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Artwork by Boomer Bob (Blame him)I don't know when "I'm offended" became a full-time job, but episode 449 is basically a case study. We start with a hacker group tearing open a Flock surveillance camera and finding out it's been quietly logging your face — not just your plate — by the hundreds of thousands. Then it's the manufactured meltdown over Arch Manning laughing at an AI video, because apparently a 22-year-old having a sense of humor now counts as "promoting violence." Somewhere in there Robert Kraft tells Macklemore to take his "Free Palestine" routine somewhere else, and I go on the record about why cancel culture has nothing to do with free speech and everything to do with cowards who can't win an argument.From there it's Sydney Sweeney getting dragged for a betting ad by women who apparently have zero problem with actual men playing women's sports, Travis Kelce proving once again that a rocket arm doesn't come with a working brain, and a full round of voicemails to close it out. Duchess and I don't agree on all of it — good, that's the point.Topics Covered:Trump Tweet Read By Kate — Trump demanded the Fed cut rates to 1% or less, one day after the Fed actually raised them to 3.75–4%, the first hike in three years. We break down why "best credit in the world, by far" doesn't hold up — the U.S. hasn't had a top credit rating since Moody's downgraded it in 2025.Flock Cameras Are Tracking More Than License Plates — A hacker collective cracked open a roadside Flock Safety camera and found it logging photos of actual people, not just plates, by the hundreds of thousands. We get into whether you have any expectation of privacy in public, government vs. private use, drones as first responders, and where the line actually is.Arch Manning's Apology He Shouldn't Have Had to Give — Texas QB Arch Manning laughed at a fake AI video of his coach appearing to slap ESPN's Holly Rowe and got dragged for it by half the internet. We get into why a joke about something that never happened isn't "violence," and why nobody's talking about the reporter who dropped her mic and stormed off live.Kraft Bans Macklemore Over "Free Palestine" — Robert Kraft personally kept Macklemore off Ed Sheeran's stadium tour after his onstage stunt cost four other opening acts their gigs. We get into who's actually in the right here — and neither side comes out clean.The Outrage Mob, Full Teardown — Why "you have free speech, not freedom from consequences" has turned into an excuse to try to get people fired instead of just debating them — including the pile-on over Sydney Sweeney's sports betting ad, Sophie Cunningham getting booed in her own arena, and Riley Gaines getting barricaded by campus police, all for having an opinion.Travis Kelce Named a Victim in a $35M Ponzi Scheme — The man behind SwiftArc Capital just got sentenced to prison after scamming Kelce and a list of other athletes out of millions — and a sitting Missouri congressman personally asked the judge to go easy on him.Voicemails — Halfway Back Jose checks in, Producer Mike and All White Dean bring the jokes, and Deuce calls in to correct one of my facts. As usual.Website: https://boomerbunker.com Discord: https://boomerbunker.com/discord Support the Show: https://boomerbunker.com/support Get involved! Send a Voice Message: https://boomerbunker.com/voicemail Can't Talk? Leave a Text or Voice Message: (856) 477-1935Mentioned in this episode:Voicemail Call to ActionBe Like Billy Bob

Episode 448 of The Boomer Bunker Podcast opens with dueling Sunday disasters: co-host Kate ran a personal-best 5K through a flash flood warning in Pennsauken, NJ, while John Jamingo spent his Sunday in the emergency room after two black stools sent him in for bloodwork, a CT scan, and a very memorable exam — all while trying to keep tabs on the Steelers and Eagles games from a hospital bed.From there, John and Kate turn to New Jersey politics, going after Governor Sherrill over her sanctuary state policies after an illegal immigrant fleeing an ICE stop crashed into a car on Route 130 in North Brunswick on September 2nd, leaving Dr. Penelope Cohen — wife of East Brunswick Mayor Brad Cohen — hospitalized with a leg injury. From there they spiral into a full AI regulation debate — should the government step in on frontier AI companies like OpenAI and Anthropic, or does regulation just hand the industry to the biggest players — which spins into an extra-long Trump Tweet segment, read by Kate, framing AI panic as the next climate-change-style hoax.The back half goes full spooky-season detour: Kate geeks out over the new Crystal Lake / Friday the 13th prequel headed to Peacock, John admits — again — that horror movies give him real nightmares, and a rabbit hole through Dark Shadows and Barnabas Collins somehow mutates into the AI-generated character who gives this episode its name: Barnabus Bob. Along the way, they get into Elvira's own memoir account of losing her virginity to Tom Jones as a young Vegas showgirl.Topics Covered:Kate's Flash Flood 5K — Kate ran a 5K in Pennsauken, NJ during a flash flood warning at Cooper River Park, finishing soaked to the bone and clocking her fastest 5K time ever.John's Emergency Room Visit — Two black stools while on blood thinners sent John to the ER for bloodwork, an exam, and a CT scan — all while sneaking in the Steelers and Eagles games.NJ Governor Under Fire Over Sanctuary Policies — John and Kate slam Governor Sherrill after an illegal immigrant fleeing an ICE stop crashed into a car on Route 130 in North Brunswick, injuring Dr. Penelope Cohen, wife of East Brunswick Mayor Brad Cohen.AI Regulation Debate — John and Kate debate whether the government should step in on frontier AI development, covering dropped guardrails, AI agents spinning up on their own, and the fear that regulation just protects the biggest players like OpenAI, Anthropic, and Grok.Extra-Long Trump Tweet, Read by Kate — Kate reads an extended Trump tweet dismissing AI panic as the next manufactured hoax, right alongside Russia-Russia-Russia, the impeachment hoaxes, and climate change.Crystal Lake: A Friday the 13th Prequel — Kate previews the 8-episode Peacock prequel centered on young Jason Voorhees and his mother Pam at Camp Crystal Lake.John's Horror Movie Phobia — John explains why he still can't watch horror movies without nightmares, leading into a detour through '70s horror TV staples like Dark Shadows.Elvira's Tom Jones Story — The Dark Shadows detour leads into Cassandra Peterson's (Elvira) own memoir account of losing her virginity to Tom Jones as a young Vegas showgirl.How Barnabus Bob Got His Name — A Dark Shadows tangent about Barnabas Collins spirals into the AI-generated bit that becomes this episode's title.LinksWebsite: https://boomerbunker.com Discord: https://boomerbunker.com/discord Support the Show: https://boomerbunker.com/support Get involved! Send a Voice Message: https://boomerbunker.com/voicemail Can't Talk? Leave a Text or Voice Message: (856) 477-1935Links for Duchess and Jamingo’s other Podcast, Over 50 OverhaulX / Twitter: https://x.com/Over50OverhaulFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61590362170475Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/over50overhaul/Discord: https://discord.gg/dU9YQDdMh9

The tech gremlins were out in full force tonight — the episode kicks off with the intro music playing for John and nobody else. Just the cherry on top of a rough day. Buckle up: this one's a rant-filled episode.The thing that really had John on the warpath? $4.49 a gallon for gas — he came two quarters short of putting a C-note in his tank. Republicans can throw all the midterm conventions they want; it's not going to make anyone forget how high prices have climbed and keep climbing. John and Duchess agree: if the Democrats take control after the midterms, this country is doomed.Then there's the story out of Anthropic, where a researcher quit because he believed AI has a 10% chance of wiping out humanity within a decade. John put the question to Claudia directly, and she didn't sugarcoat it — no guardrails exist, and companies and countries alike are stripping the ones they had as the race to be first heats up. And speaking of going off the rails, John gives his unsolicited opinion on how to fix the school system. Because of course he does.Recorded one day before the 25th anniversary of 9/11, John and Duchess dig into newly surfaced city records showing officials — including then-EPA chief Christine Todd Whitman — knew within weeks that the air at Ground Zero was dangerous while telling the public it was safe to breathe. NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch marked the anniversary by unveiling a new memorial wall at One Police Plaza honoring 469 officers who died of Ground Zero–related illness, and by calling out "9/11 revisionists" who blur the line between heroes and terrorists. That sets up the bigger fight: several 9/11 families, along with Giuliani, Pataki, and gubernatorial candidate Bruce Blakeman, are calling on Mayor Mamdani to skip tomorrow's ceremony — while Trump heads to the Pentagon instead of New York and JD Vance represents the administration there.You wouldn't guess it from this episode, but New Jersey ranks as the second-happiest state in the country. John's theory: Jersey people don't bottle anything up, and that's exactly why they're happier.Apple's new foldable iPhone drops at $2,000 — and even John, a lifelong Apple fanboy, thinks that's too rich. "I can buy an iPad and a regular iPhone for less than $2,000," he said.Bud Vugger, Dean, and Producer Mike all called in with voicemails. And John picked four NFL games against the spread, just so he had an excuse to use the new Sydney Sweeney–fronted sports betting app.(Show notes written by the show's AI Assistant Claudia)Join us Mondays and Thursdays at 6:30 pm Eastern for our live stream on the following platforms: https://www.youtube.com/@theboomerbunker https://www.twitch.tv/theboomerbunker https://rumble.com/c/BoomerBunkerFollow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/boomer_bunker Join our Discord: https://www.boomerbunker.com/discord Voice Message and Text Number: (856) 477-1935 Leave us a voicemail: https://www.boomerbunker.com/voicemail Did we bring you value? Maybe you can support the show financially? https://www.boomerbunker.com/supportMentioned in this episode:First promo of run your 30 sec show promo

John opens 446 by putting the nastiest family dinner-table hypothetical you've ever heard to a vote — and somehow that's not even the most unhinged thing this episode covers. From there it's a hard turn into an American Airlines passenger getting duct-taped and zip-tied to his seat after a racial-slur meltdown at 30,000 feet, then straight into the Lindsay Clancy mistrial, where John makes the case that a guy who lost his job over one bad night on a plane is getting torched harder in public opinion than a mother who strangled her three kids — and the Duchess isn't fully buying the comparison.Also on deck: a second Illinois case eerily tied to the Clancy trial, a Wall Street guy named "Mr. Global" who called a suspicious oil futures trade a full day before the US bombed three Iranian tankers, and John's official position on Congress trying to force AM radios into every new car (spoiler: he does not care). Plus a Western Michigan-Michigan officiating disaster, a Barbara Eden health update, and the chat weighing in on all of it in real time.Topics Covered:The Cake Debate — John recaps a filthy either-or hypothetical from a family gathering and puts it to the Duchess and the live chat to settle once and for all.Barbara Eden Update — Clears up that her canceled film festival appearance was a bad medication reaction, not a health scare, straight from her own Instagram.Michigan vs. Western Michigan Controversy — The hosts break down the Hail Mary, the phantom second put back on the clock, and the Big Ten's explanation for why the TV clock and the game clock didn't match.Airline Passenger Duct-Taped Mid-Flight — An American Airlines flight to Newark gets diverted to Baltimore after a first-class passenger hurls a racial slur at a flight attendant and attacks another passenger, and gets zip-tied and duct-taped by fellow travelers.Lindsay Clancy Mistrial & the Sympathy Gap — John argues the plane passenger is getting more public hate than a woman who strangled her three children; the Duchess pushes back that the two cases aren't a fair comparison.A Second "Copycat" Case — An Illinois mother allegedly killed her toddler son hours after obsessively following the Clancy trial, and the hosts weigh whether more cases like it are coming.Suspicious Oil Trade Before the Iran Tanker Strikes — A trader known as "Mr. Global" flagged a large oil futures buy right before the US bombed three Iranian tankers, and John wants to know who knew what and when.AM Radio Mandate — Congress is voting on forcing every new car to keep an AM antenna; John explains why he genuinely does not care either way.Website: https://boomerbunker.com Discord: https://boomerbunker.com/discord Support the Show: https://boomerbunker.com/support Get involved! Send a Voice Message: https://boomerbunker.com/voicemail Can't Talk? Leave a Text or Voice Message: (856) 477-1935Join us Monday and Thursdays at 6:30 pm Eastern for our live stream on the following platforms:https://www.youtube.com/@theboomerbunkerhttps://www.twitch.tv/theboomerbunkerhttps://rumble.com/c/BoomerBunkerFollow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/boomer_bunkerMentioned in this episode:Voicemail Call to ActionBe Like Billy Bob

Got a voicemail as unhinged as Bud Vugger's comeback? Leave your own: https://boomerbunker.com/voicemessageEpisode Art Provided by Boomer BobNobody was safe in Episode 445 — not Oreos, not Congress, not the mainstream media's talking points. John and the Duchess turned a story about South Carolina banning candy from food stamps into an all-out brawl over whether name-brand cookies are worth the extra buck, and the chat had a name for it before the segment even ended: The Great Cookie Wars.But this is still Boomer Bunker, so the real world didn't get ignored. A Times Square stabbing ended in a police shooting that even NYC's own mayor had to praise. A Los Angeles podcaster got indicted for allegedly threatening to assassinate the president. And a father whose daughter was left disabled by an undocumented driver stood in front of Congress and told Democratic lawmakers exactly what he thought of their sympathy — on camera, no apology. Canada's Prime Minister, meanwhile, is refusing to talk trade until "the memes stop." You can't make this stuff up, and we're not going to pretend it's normal.John and the Duchess also didn't hold back on the Gloria Steinem news, the fight over trans athletes in women's sports it turned into, or a certain 24-hour Bushwick "sex camp" story that had to be heard to be believed. Come hang with people who say what they actually think, not what a network tells them to.Topics Covered:Cookie Wars: Store Brand vs. Name BrandTrump's Approval Ratings and 2027 Impeachment ChatterTexas Senate Race: Talarico vs. CornynTrump Tweet, Read by KateMark Carney: "Stop Doing Memes" Trade WarNYPD Shooting After Times Square StabbingLA Podcaster Indicted for Threatening TrumpDalilah Coleman's Father Testifies Before CongressSouth Carolina's SNAP Candy and Soda BanListener VoicemailsBushwick's 24-Hour "Sex Camp"Gloria Steinem's Death and the Trans Athletes in Sports DebateWebsite: https://boomerbunker.comDiscord: https://boomerbunker.com/discordSupport the Show: https://boomerbunker.com/supportSend a Voice Message: https://boomerbunker.com/voicemessageText or Leave a Voice Message: (856) 477-1935Show notes by Claudia, AI Executive Producer for Boomer BunkerRalph's new daily showJoin us Monday and Thursdays at 6:30 pm Eastern for our live stream on the following platforms:https://www.youtube.com/@theboomerbunkerhttps://www.twitch.tv/theboomerbunkerhttps://rumble.com/c/BoomerBunkerFollow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/boomer_bunkerMentioned in this episode:Be Like Billy BobVoicemail Call to Action