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    | title             = January 9-12, 2004
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    | episodeNumber     = 779
    | length            = 01:35:28
    | airDate           = February 22, 2023
    | coverageStartDate = January 9, 2004
    | coverageEndDate   = January 12, 2004
    | episodeType       = [[:Category:2003 Investigation|2003 Investigation]]
    | appearance        = [[Glenn Spencer]], [[Jack Foote]], [[Saddam Hussein]], [[Glenn Spencer]], [[Joel Skousen]], [[Kevin McDonald]], [[David Kelly]]
    | previousEpisode   = [[778: January 8, 2004]]
    | nextEpisode       = [[780: February 21, 2023]]
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Today, Dan and Jordan continue their path to the Dean Scream, and in the process get to know two dangerous border vigilantes, discuss the University of Texas's cannon-based celebration history, and learn that Alex doesn't know about Stone Cold Steve Austin.

==Detailed Show Notes==

Topics covered<ref>[https://knowledgefight.com/research/2023/2/21/episode-779-january-9-12-2004 Episode #779: January 9-12, 2004]</ref>:

*[https://www.cbsnews.com/news/saddam-secretly-ill/ Stories about Saddam having cancer] have been around for a long time, [https://www.upi.com/Archives/1996/01/27/Saddam-Hussein-cancer-reported/4247822718800/ at least since 1996]
*[[Glenn Spencer]]'s [https://web.archive.org/web/20090308050415/http://www.americanpatrol.com/SPENCER-GLENN/081223-JewInf-GS_081223.html antisemitic article], which includes [https://www.splcenter.org/fighting-hate/extremist-files/individual/kevin-macdonald a citation to Kevin MacDonald]
*[https://www.c-span.org/video/?88352-1%2Fmexican-immigration The speech] by the former president of Mexico
*Students at UT [https://tower.utexas.edu/2020/03/02/light-the-tower-texas-independence-day/ celebrate Texas Independence Day now], and have [https://news.utexas.edu/2008/03/06/how-texas-independence-day-came-to-ut/ a storied history] of doing so
*[[Jack Foote]] was on [https://www.amfirstbooks.com/IntroPages/ToolBarTopics/Articles/Featured_Authors/strom,_kevin/kevin_strom_works/Kevin_Strom_2002-2004/Kevin_A._Strom_20031220_War_on_the_Border;_Interview_with_Jack_Foote;_Part_1.html the National Alliance's radio show] ([https://www.amfirstbooks.com/IntroPages/ToolBarTopics/Articles/Featured_Authors/strom,_kevin/kevin_strom_works/Kevin_Strom_2002-2004/Kevin_A._Strom_20031227_War_On_the_Border,_Part_2.html transcript is continued here])
*Jack Foote is [https://commons.stmarytx.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1357&context=thescholar a dangerous vigilante] who was [https://www.myplainview.com/news/article/Two-immigrants-take-formal-possession-of-seized-8637993.php successfully sued by immigrants he terrorized]. Though it can't be proven that his group ever killed anyone, [https://www.adl.org/sites/default/files/documents/assets/pdf/combating-hate/Border-Disputes-Armed-Vigilantes-in-Arizona.pdf murders of border crossers is not uncommon]

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