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What’s up, everybody! Here are JETLAG RADIO 228 & BENKYO RADIO 228. I’ve also included the latest LAMBDA/QUANTUM/GT/TECHNO RADIO episodes.

As I just had some (decaf) coffee and warming up some water for some Ramen after eating a salad, I am feeling a sense of weird feeling. I got myself some Pioneer DDJ-400 turntables which I told myself: “I would only celebrate with them if Biden wins.” It was very surreal. I mean, we have been living in this COVID-19 nightmare since March 2020. Since March 2020, as we’ve read in Bob Woodward’s new book, we’ve known the complete lack of leadership to tackle this virus due to Trump. It’s time to tell it like it is: everybody was scared shitless of Trump, not just because they would lose their job, but because of the large numbers of White Nationalists that surround him. The Trump-Russia connection. This mafia/mobster mentality that went unchecked. The fact that the Manhattan’s District Attorney’s office is impatiently waiting to press some charges. I tried to be patient because we’re about almost forty-some days until Biden takes office. But, Trump needs to concede. I’m tired of this MGS 2 Tanker intro revisit. We are NOT going to let these White Nationalists collaborating with Russians steal the new Metal Gear. It’s time for Trump to concede. This is life. Life is real. Mr. Trump, life is not HOME ALONE 2 - Lost in New York. We know you’re going to launch a Newsmax-type conspiracy site. That’s fine, go do that. The American people don’t have time to deal with this bullshit. Let the Biden Administration get to work. Let people relaunch the Economy. Most important of all, let me PLEASE read my fucking copy of The Economist, and play my video-games, and listen to my Techno. COVID-19 is depressing. You, Mr. Trump, are depressing. You’ve made everything about you, and you didn’t realize that you work for the American people, it was your fucking job to take care of Americans. Your whole methodology was “America, First!” and you did NOT deliver. I have the luxury to tell you like it is, because I work for free. I haven’t had a paycheck in a year+. I work because tens of thousands of people in my field are fucking sick and tired of your shit. It’s over. You didn’t win the Popular vote. You didn’t even win the Electoral College. So please, get off the news. The Intelligence Community has a lot of shit to do. Your inability to read and research are putting a lot of people in jeopardy.

The next few weeks of pandemic COVID-19 statistics are going to be grim. That’s got to do with the President’s stupid behavior of telling people not to wear masks. You have to wear a mask. It’s imperative.

Let Operation Warp Speed team members do their job. Go back to your couch and listen to Rush Limbaugh.

It’s December. It’s Christmas. NORAD is following Santa, and we all want to enjoy a little bit of time among our loved ones.

It’s 2020. If in this day in age, you find the time to criticize Barack Obama, a black man, who showed up to work for 8 fucking years, but don’t criticize Trump for his mistakes which are immense (barely shows up to work, always out golfing), you need to go fuck yourself. There are things I love about Obama, there are things I hate about Obama. But at least, I’m still gonna read his new 700 page book. What the fuck is Trump’s book going to be about? Do we even dare to ask?

Dear unknown number of people in Israel who actually do believe in empathy, thank you for releasing that Palestinian prisoner who was on a hunger strike for 103 days. We live in a global pandemic. It’s time to think about peace between both sides. I want everybody around the world that whenever they are eating green olives, they do a little prayer for the Israel/Palestinian conflict.

RIP Paul Walker. It’s been 7 years, but it still feels like yesterday.

Dear Fellas, please read this article, I found it helpful: No game days. No bars. The pandemic is forcing some men to realize they need deeper friendships (Washington Post).

Mitch McConnell has 24-hrs to pass a COVID-19 / stimulus bill before he looks at himself in the mirror, realizing that he will burn in hell. Millions of Americans are waiting.

Until next time!