Pay no attention to that man behind the curtain!
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Scott Ott is so caught up in Bill Whittle’s new Apollo 11 series, that he very nearly misses this pre-production meeting so he can binge watch it. Meanwhile, Stephen Green is champing at the bit to talk about James Bond movies. We welcome new Members at BillWhittle.com to this goat rodeo that resembles a “show” only in the most derivative and tangential sort of way.
President Trump told U.S. Representatives Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Ilhan Omar, Ayanna Pressley and Rashida Tlaib — known collectively as ‘The Squad’ — to go back where they originally came from and to fix the broken, corrupt governments in those places before they try to fix America. What did he mean by this, and why does he continue to go after a handful of rookie lawmakers as part of his effort to get re-elected? Bill Whittle explains.
Four satellite launches into the Space Race, and the score—in terms of pounds put into orbit—is Communism, 1300; Capitalism, 33. And the humiliations keep on coming.
President Trump wants NASA to get Americans back to the moon in five years. To heighten the urgency, NASA administrator Jim Bridenstine — a Trump political appointee — fires William Gerstenmaier, a well-respected 42-year NASA veteran in charge of human space exploration. Will this sudden move light a fire under the bureaucracy, or did we just lose four decades of institutional knowledge jeopardizing our safe return to the lunar surface? Should NASA get our of the business of human space transportation?
The Boston Globe reports that the FBI and ICE sweep photo databases at state departments of motor vehicles (DMV) to run criminal searches unauthorized by state or federal law. You didn’t sign off, granting the feds permission to access your image and information without probable cause. Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle complain that the law enforcement agencies have done this on their own initiative, turning the land of the Fourth Amendment — the Republic of “innocent until proven guilty” — into suspect nation.
Welcome to 1960’s America, when men were men, everything was A-Okay and programs were paid for by commercial breaks!
The Jeffrey Epstein sex trafficking case claims a Trump team scalp as Labor chief Alex Acosta resigns. He still defends his actions a decade ago in a secret deal that many view as a slap on the wrist for Epstein. Should Trump have fought for him or fired him?
The F-35 stealth fighter jet and U.S. nuclear submarines offer battlespace dominance that Bill Whittle says is perhaps the best hope for world peace. Join the men of Right Angle for this encouraging update on stealth weapons at sea and in the air that has Iranian Mullahs sleeping with one eye open.
The government of France slaps an eco-tax of up to $20 (US) on departing plane passengers to fund transit projects, because…climate change. Scott Ott leads Bill Whittle and Stephen Green to consider the implications of exacting tribute from a small group (the flying public) to pay for Utopian Progressive control dreams over the entire public.
The lots-of-Apollo-stuff edition. Recorded live before a global audience on 07/11/2019.
Jeffrey Epstein has evaded justice with a relative slap on the wrist for a decade, until his recent arrest. Will his victims finally get justice now that his power to a make a deal with prosecutors is gone.
Democrats say they have 200 votes in the House to raise the federal minimum wage from $7.25/hour to $15. But a new study from the non-partisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO) says that in addition to lifting 1.3 million households above the official poverty line, raising the minimum wage would kill up to 3.7 million jobs. Even if you think low-paid workers should make more, is there a better way to do it than with the long-arm of the federal government?
Here’s the trailer for the five-hour special — “Apollo 11: What We Saw,” with Bill Whittle. Mark the 50th anniversary of the historic American moon landing by getting the story behind the space race, and man’s quest to step off of this planet and explore the night sky.
This morning, “someone” inadvertently posted a new episode of Right Angle Backstage to the development environment of this site, instead of to the live, production environment.