The Nightly News and Shipwreck Alfredo

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[00:00:33] Nightly News and Shipwreck Alfredo, welcome back to PBN folks. No Surviving America yesterday. I woke up to when I was planning this show and my son woke up pretty early and was just all over the place. So what is up, Hunter? What is up, Firewolf Forge? Wait a second. Something about those two people, those two names.

[00:01:03] I want to talk today about a number of different things, but we're going to hover around this current. Really, I have a pleading message for the anchorage of the news networks. I was watching Wolf Blitzer and some other guy make the case that, I don't know the case that they were making exactly, but it was something to the effect that Donald Trump's going to facilitate the takeover of Europe.

[00:01:34] Basically, by one meeting, right, where he wasn't even there. One meeting. And, you know, watching these guys do this was, it made me feel bad for them. It made me feel terrible that they have to get up in front of the camera and this is their career and they have to pretend like what they're saying they believe in and it's true. You know, because I could feel it.

[00:02:02] I could feel the, I just feel it. I see like the dissipating honor coming off of their coats. You know what I mean? Like in the good studio lighting. And, you know, it's what's on my mind this morning. There's a number of other things we got going on here at PBN. So let's touch on that stuff first. Today's podcast brought to you by Pack Fresh USA. Okay.

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[00:04:49] There's a lot, you know, the, the things that are reported on the news are so boring and the things that people, average people are involved in because of their, the way they make a living. It's just way cooler. Do you know what I mean? It's just way cooler. Reaching out to these people Monday. Of course, we're going to have Richard Anderson on. Don't forget. Don't miss it. Monday. Amazing show coming up. Survival on Mars.

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[00:05:39] I learned a lot about the early days in Jamestown because my son was at home and he had a good history teacher and it was COVID time and he was learning about Jamestown. And, yeah, it seems very similar to me. It seems very, there's a light snow falling. It's going to be a beautiful day, folks. Morning, J. Ferg in chat. Nice looking chat group this morning. Thanks, guys. Thanks, guys, for coming and hanging out with me.

[00:06:08] Let's get into it. Without further ado, let's talk about it. For those of you who don't know, the news has basically decided that Donald Trump has sided with Russia now and the war is over and Russia gets everything they want and Ukraine gets nothing they want. And it's all Donald Trump's fault fundamentally.

[00:06:35] Barring the fact that no one's met with these people in three years, barring the fact that there was no real negotiations done. What's amazing to me, and I don't know, this is part of the looking at, man, there's some big snowflakes coming down now.

[00:06:51] This is part of the sort of the it's disdain, but it's also like empathy that I feel for these news anchors watching them work their way around this idea that, you know, Donald Trump is the end of all things because it's their it's it's their directive from the people up top. And they got bills to pay and, you know, they got a name to keep up.

[00:07:20] But Donald Trump said that Zelensky, you could see it in the article right there, that Zelensky is a dictator and he's done a terrible job. And you look at Ukraine. It's hard to I mean, what would you grade him? I think it's just nerve wracking for people. That have been so brainwashed over the years that they can't like the idea of saying anything bad about Ukraine is insane because there are still people with Ukrainian flags flying outside their house. You know what I mean? They're still in on this thing.

[00:07:49] They still bought in on this. I don't know what the ends are. I don't think they you know, it's just like cheerleading. It's like putting an eagle's flag outside. It's like, yeah, I'm here for support. Well, what's that mean? I don't know, but I'm here to support them. So it's. I find it really interesting, though, because.

[00:08:12] Trump brought up the fact that Zelensky, I didn't know this, I had no idea Ukraine was under martial law since 2022, but he said that, you know, Zelensky's refused to have elections since 2002. It's now 2025. I don't know anything about Ukrainian elections. OK, I don't know before all of this, everyone forgets. But before all of this, Ukraine was just a bastion of corruption. Nobody was like, I'm taking my vacation to Ukraine. You know what I mean? I cannot wait.

[00:08:42] We really need to do a solid deal with the Ukrainians. We need to more more interaction with the nation of Ukraine. Right. Like it was a you would you would watch Ukrainian parliament members punch each other in the face and it was awesome. That's what I remember about Ukraine. You know what I mean? And corruption and a place money goes to disappear. It's still that place. But now we love it and we love this guy Zelensky. He's amazing.

[00:09:11] You know, and he's amazing because no one's been allowed to judge him on the media. No one in the media could possibly, especially not a guy like Wolf Blitzer, could possibly ever say. A lot of people dead, a lot of Ukrainians dead. I don't know how much negotiating the president has done, the president of Ukraine. I mean, you know, to get a deal done, to get the war ended. I don't he pops up at the Cannes Film Festival and everybody's rah rah amazing.

[00:09:39] Yeah, maybe maybe the guy has done a bad job. Maybe the fact that even, you know, that we'll just look at the country. How would you feel about Donald Trump? How would you feel about Joe Biden if they suspended elections and introduced martial law because there was a war in the United States? See, what you don't understand, some of you understand. But what a lot of you don't understand is there is a war in the United States.

[00:10:11] America's been at war in the United States. I don't mean Middle East. I mean in the United States. 100,000 people died of fentanyl poisoning every year. We've got, what, two, three years now. We've got two, three years of numbers. Ballpark 100,000. 98, 94, whatever. 88. I don't care. It's close enough to call it 100.

[00:10:39] I used this example before in a show, but it's really simple. If the drug cartels were flying drones over here and blowing 100,000 Americans up a year, you would say that's a war. What the hell is going on? And there are things being planned for you and your family.

[00:11:04] There are things being planned by Al-Qaeda, by the Taliban, by the greater Islamic army that have been exposed. They've been exposed on podcasts. They've been written about. There's books written about them. I don't have the books in mind right now. I'm sorry. I don't own them. I never read them. I just heard the podcasts and went, wow, this is wild. And perhaps we should, right, go into in-depth on that kind of stuff. But whatever.

[00:11:31] Your enemies know there's a war in the United States. They know it. And it's against you, the civilians. And what I want you to really ruminate on is that it's not just going to be a guy driving down Bourbon Street with an unused AK-47 in his backseat and an ISIS flag on his Honda Accord or whatever.

[00:11:58] This is not what terrorist attacks are going to look like in this country forever. It's not always going to be one rogue guy who gets a few shots off and gets killed. We're getting a little too comfortable with that mentality here in the United States. There's a lot of excitement going on with Donald Trump changing things, doing things. Very exciting. Very cool.

[00:12:23] You will look back on this time and the amount of people being killed by drugs that are coming over to the country illegally created by China, right? Or at least the elements to create the drugs being given to the drug cartels by China. And you'll say, wow, there was a war being fought and we didn't even realize it.

[00:12:41] And now if this homeland attack that Al-Qaeda, Taliban, the Islamic army, the son of bin Laden is so intent on having happen happens in the country, then again, you'll be awoken to the idea that, oh, we were at war and we didn't know it. So, you know, plan accordingly. Listen to some gunmetal armory. Read the book.

[00:13:11] What's the book called? Why can't I think of it? I have to look. That's it. I was going to say on resistance. Oh, my God. Then God came down upon me with his great light. Read the book Total Resistance by H. Von Dock. Okay. Wrap your head around this concept.

[00:13:37] Wrap your head around what it could look like to see things you could never imagine seeing in the United States. Attacks like October 7th. You know what I mean? Attacks like October 7th all over the country. Just you don't have to you don't have to fathom how everyone responds. You have to just fathom what it's what happens in your household when you hear gunshots outside the window. You know what I mean?

[00:14:04] And what's step number one, step number two, step number three, right? Do you have a weapon? Are you capable of using it? Is it at all ready to be used? Right? Do you know that the weapon is sighted in and you can look down the barrel? You can look down the iron sights, the cool scope you bought, whatever it is you have on that thing. And you'll hit what you see when you pull the trigger.

[00:14:33] Going on the offensive, I wouldn't even consider it. I wouldn't even consider it. So having the weapon, purely defensive, right? But knowing that if you have to use it, it'll work. Basic stuff, right? These are the real stories.

[00:14:51] Like the idea that Donald Trump is a covert agent for Russia and is going to give over the rubble of eastern Ukraine to the Russians. There's no other plan. What's the other plan? When does Zelensky come out and said anything concrete about his plan for what's happening? Just keep sending me money.

[00:15:20] Just keep sending me weapons. Eventually we'll break the Russians. Eventually we'll break the Russians and they'll run off. Firewolf Forge says total resistance is three bucks on Audible. It's a great deal. Though there's a lot of images in the book, Firewolf. There's some really important. Is it H. Von Dock? Total resistance?

[00:15:47] Make sure it's not some kind of, you know, shoddy fiction written by somebody. Anyway, a lot of important pictures in that book too. So I don't know if the audio book would be best. Better than nothing though, right? Anyhow, total resistance, great book. Counter Gorilla.

[00:16:11] Essentially, you know, the gorillas will be the terrorists and you would have to consider like counter gorilla efforts. But not from a state, you know, state level. This stuff, you know, you get the blanket of this kind of madness from the news. And I always wondered, do the people reporting the news understand the grave threats that we face or not? You know, it doesn't matter at the end of the day. It matters what you do.

[00:16:39] It matters what you and your family are prepared for and, you know, capable of. Let's kill this. Now, there's a couple more things to touch on. Zelensky accused the U.S. president of living in a disinformation space because Donald Trump came out and said maybe he could have stopped the war. Asked by the BBC how he would respond to the Ukrainians who felt betrayed over not having a seat at the table. Trump said Ukraine could have made a deal earlier.

[00:17:10] Stopping the war. No, it's not. You know, this is what it is. Russian President Vladimir Putin later said nobody is excluding Ukraine from the talks and ending the war. Again, what's the what's the plan? I mean, I think that's all like the average American person wants to see. He's like, what's what's your plan? Do you have a plan? Do you have a plan? Or is it literally till the last man?

[00:17:38] Because if it's till the last man, there's a bunch of men who live far away from any kind of land grab that that Russia is going to make. You know what I mean? I mean, I look. Maybe roles reversed. It's a different thing. But how long does the war go on and how long do I have to pay for it at the end of the day? Right. How long does a war like this go on? How long do I have to pay for the missiles, the bombs, the rockets, the pensions, the whatever salaries, the whole thing? Like how long?

[00:18:11] And that's fundamentally the issue, right? If no one's going to come up with a. Yeah, there you go. That's it. Fire will forge. If if no one's going to come up with a plan, then the American people are going to get tired. We are tired. We talked, you know, days ago about where money goes and where money should be going and seniors and veterans suffering in this country. All this money we should be given to them.

[00:18:39] How could there be people in this in the nation who need money? Right. They who need medications to survive, who need food, food banks. Do we just read up about the food banks in the United States of America and how busy they are? Right. How can we have those things going on and say, well, don't you worry? We're going to get things sorted out here eventually. But in the meantime, I got to go back to the White House.

[00:19:04] I got to write another 200 million dollar check to send over to Zelensky so he can buy more drones and blow up one tank at a time. The entire Russian army. It's not a matter. Nobody's saying what Russia did is right. It's just the idea that like, come on, how long? How long? I got some more breaking news for you playing around with these news templates. I think they're fun. Let's check it out. Let's check it out.

[00:19:34] I have a message for the anchors is what I have. What I have is a is a is a sound message for the nightly news anchors, because truth be told, I feel bad for them. It's time to quit your job. Wolf Blitzer, you it's time for you to call it. It's time to get out of there. Like, do yourself the favor. Everyone that you love is still going to be there. Right.

[00:20:02] You may have to get rid of a vacation home. You may have to get rid of this. You might have to trim back like the rest of us. But do your your honor and your your pride a favor by getting out of the nightly news. Like, just quit. Just quit. Just sit down and quit. Call the boss. I can't do it anymore. I can't get in front of the people and try to make out this this dream that.

[00:20:32] The worst and the most dangerous threat in the world is. Donald J. Trump. You know, I mean, I it really felt feels awful to watch you. This is direct now. This is direct to Wolf. This is direct to all these anchors, particularly the men. No offense to the ladies, but particularly the men who I watch and they are.

[00:20:57] I cannot believe like for the next four years, you're going to you're going to be paid to get in front of people like lots of them. And make believe you're surprised that Donald Trump said crazy shit again. And then he comes out and he says and your news organization don't care about you. They understand that he said something crazy. It'll get clicks. And that's the end of the deal. Right. And you're put in this position where it's like this is your life.

[00:21:27] You're going to you're going to get older and they're going to fire you or you're going to retire and you're going to look back on it all. And you're going to be like, what did I do? I grew up in working in restaurants. You know what I mean? A lot. And restaurants, hard business. It's tough. A lot of them went out of business. And my mother used to give me some advice that I'm going to give you guys, the anchors of the CNNs and the MSNBCs and such.

[00:21:55] She always used to tell me because I had bills even at a young age. I paid for my car, my car insurance, that kind of stuff. And she used to tell me, Jim, don't go down with the ship. OK, don't go down with the ship. Get out of there before the restaurant closes completely and you don't get a check. Go get another job. You know, this is your life. Wolf Blitzer. This is my cry. You know, advice from from my mother.

[00:22:24] OK, don't go down with the ship. It's embarrassing. And on that note, let's do a little shipwreck Alfredo. All right, folks, let me get my big head out of the way. Super simple, super easy, unbelievably delicious dish that is probably one of the most underrated things people can make.

[00:22:53] And it's really because there's two ingredients in it or at least one ingredient that people don't really buy very much. Probably the reason that people don't make it. Also, you can get it in a jar for real cheap or even in a can for real cheap. And it's not too bad, but it's nothing like the real thing. We're going to call it shipwreck Alfredo because, you know, don't go down with the ship.

[00:23:17] Born to Brat says in chat real quick, born to Brat says no news, just quit social media, too old school style, much easier to live. Oh, Firewall Ford says make coffee at home. Come on, dude. I own a coffee business. Don't you think I make coffee at home? It's a snow covered wonderland out there. And the roads are a little, you know, so I told my wife I'd go pick her up Starbucks this morning. And in doing so, I'm drinking Starbucks.

[00:23:47] It's all right. It's not the end of the world. Don't go all wolf blitzer on me. This is not a headline. So shipwreck Alfredo, folks. How many people know how to melt cheese into cream? Or to melt cheese into a bechamel sauce, right? It's. There are only a few ways you can mess it up, really. Actually, there might only be one way you can mess it up.

[00:24:12] The only thing you really have to avoid is you can't bring the sauce back to an immense simmer or boil after you've added the cheese. Or you risk the cheese coagulating down at the bottom, right? And then you ruin the sauce. Separation, fat on top, cheese ball at the bottom. Gross. But aside from that, man, it's pretty cake. And Alfredo's sauce, what do we got here? One, two, three, four.

[00:24:43] If you take away garnish and seasonings, you're talking about a four-ingredient dish, right? All right. 504 says, give me the sauce. I'll find three more ways to mess it up. I'm sure there are some, but I'm saying the big screw-ups that you can make. Some people do sliced garlic, crushed garlic in their Alfredo. I think that you – I don't want to – I love garlic, all right? But I don't want to bite into a garlic piece in my Alfredo.

[00:25:11] You want it, like, smooth, you know, satiny. You're making a sauce here. Sauce. Respect the sauce, you know what I mean? It's not a ragu. So I prefer to mince the garlic down tiny, you know, fine. Mincing is essentially the way I was taught. It's supposed to be like fine sand. Like, mincing is supposed to take some time. It's not a thing that you do with a few swipes of a knife. Quarter cup of butter. Just keep everything low. Low to medium low.

[00:25:41] There's no need at all to put anything on high heat in this recipe. You know what I mean? Most people cook on high and low. And they don't – you know, the management of heat is where people really, really screw things up. Oh, my God. Firewolf Forge says put respect the sauce on an apron. I got a T-shirt in the works with Jay Ferg. I got another T-shirt just this morning that came from Chin.

[00:26:11] Direct Bible quote that is kind of phenomenal. And now we got the respect the sauce apron. Yeah, we might have to make that happen. But it's true. It's true. Sauce is a big thing, man. In culinary school is a very big thing. Particularly if you have a French chef, as I did, you know, raining down on you. We don't sauce food very much anymore because we're afraid of sauce. You know? Everything has to be grilled, like seasoned, grilled, and out the window. You know what I mean?

[00:26:40] And that's it. Like there's no more saucing. There's no more putting – taking veal bones and roasting them and reducing that down by like 10 times to get what we used to call a veal gloss or a demi-gloss. Like a sauce so thick that when you put it in the fridge, it becomes like a rubber disc. Literally. So anyway, mince garlic, quarter cup of butter, medium to low heat at the most until it's fragrant, until you smell the garlic.

[00:27:10] Once you smell the garlic, you're like, oh, that smells good and garlicky. Boom. In goes the cream. You do it anymore, the garlic's going to burn. It's going to taste like burnt garlic or overcooked garlic or brown garlic and start over. Clean the whole pan, start over. So just until you get a smell of the garlic, then boom. Right? Heavy cream reduced by at least a third to a half. Reduce the heavy cream down. And really the most important thing, right?

[00:27:38] The most important thing is the cheese. Like all your flavor comes from the cheese. Otherwise, it's just garlic milk. Just thick garlic milk, you know? So reduce it all down at least to a third, maybe to a half if you want it real thick. Depends on how thick you want it, right? You could do a quarter, you know, whatever. It's a consistency thing. You know how to test sauce consistency?

[00:28:05] You take a wood spoon, dip it in the sauce, run your finger across it. If the line stays momentarily that you run your finger through, your sauce is plenty thick. Doesn't really need to be much thicker than that. Doesn't, you know, if you run it through and the line stays there forever, too thick. No line, not thick enough. So you add your Parmigiano Reggiano. It's expensive Parmigian cheese. Or here's an idea.

[00:28:33] You add the salty Italian cheese that you like. Pecorino Romano, Parmigian, right? Whatever it is. Fontini even. You want to get into something a little crazy. Whatever it is that you like. Imagine. Sometimes in a recipe, you look at a recipe, right? And you go, oh, dude, I hate Parmigiano Reggiano cheese. So don't put it in your food. Simple. Salt. Not too much. Everything in there is salty.

[00:29:04] Fresh cracked pepper like crazy. Like until your arm is tired. This is something that's often left out of Alfredo sauces, but it's one of my favorite parts. And then you can do some chopped flat leaf parsley if you want to add that flavor. If you want to add no flavor, you can do chopped curly parsley because chopped curly parsley is like adding iceberg lettuce to a sauce. You know, I'm just going to do nothing for it. And that's it. That's your shipwreck Alfredo. That's basically it's easy.

[00:29:34] Man, super. If you have the if you have the heavy cream and the cheese, that's it. It just heat up the pan. Garlic until fragrant. Cream in and, you know, serve it up with fettuccine. You can get crazy. You could do like a fusilli. You can do whatever like a bow tie pasta. You can do whatever kind of pasta you like, too. You don't have to do fettuccine Alfredo, right? Life is good, folks. Take advantage of it. You know what I mean? Take advantage of it. It's easy.

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[00:33:21] The Rising Republic will be on today, which is not normally a Thursday thing. But just before I started the show, L. Douglas Hogan, a.k.a. Swenson, sent me an episode. So we'll get that up for you today. And like I said, look for the ag, the European ag interview this weekend. Avian flu. All that kind of stuff.

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