740: August 13, 2003

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Today, Dan and Jordan go to the past, hoping to escape the rising antisemitism in the modern right wing, only to stumble into an episode that drifts heavily into similar territory. In this installment, Alex covers overzealous gunpowder storage laws, a Holocaust survivor calls in, and another caller brings up Henry Ford's favorite literature.

Tidbits

• Dan is a even more of a witch than previously thought. (5:00)
• Alex continues to ignore de-baathification. (8:00)
• Alex continues to be "forced" talk a lot about Arnold Schwarzenegger. (8:33)
  • Dan speculates this is part of a strategy to run cover for Mel Gibson.
• Alex feels much more comfortable attacking gay people in 2003. It's part of his attack against Schwarzenegger. (10:44)
• Alex attacks the Simon Wiesenthal Center's endorsement of Arnold Schwarzenegger / their denouncement of Mel and Hutton Gibson.
• Joyce Riley comes on to whine more about Schwarzenegger. (16:15)
• Ice cream truck driver accused of improperly storing gunpowder pleads guilty. (21:20)
  • Turns out he's a Nazi.
  • "Grandmother Elizabeth's Reading Hour for White Children"
• Michael Guilfoyle faces jail under first British court order to ban use of a racial slur. (27:12)
• [Still working on the rest]

Detailed Show Notes

Topics covered:

• Antisemitism and homophobia were pretty regular at Infowars in 2003
• Alex and Joyce Reilly don't tell the whole story about Arnold and the Simon Weisenthal Center
• Alex covers a story about a man arrested for illegally storing gunpowder, but fails to point out that he was a Nazi who was stockpiling gunpowder in advance of a race war he saw coming
• Alex defends a racist harasser in UK in the name of protecting free speech
• 911 Truthers entirely misrepresent the story of Willie Brown getting a warning about flying on 9/11
• The claim that Condoleezza Rice warned Brown traces back to holocaust denier David Irving
• HR 2431