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Hey, welcome to the Thursday podcast from Standing Rock Ranch.

We've got a great show lined up for you.

I am going to, I'm going to face my whiteness.

Yes, my white privilege.

We talk about this new course in Seattle that if you work for the city of Seattle, you must take.

Oh my gosh, it's insanity, insanity.

We have that.

We talk about Trump's odds of winning.

Is there a 1948 that is is in the works?

Harry Truman beating Dewey.

Everybody thought Dewey would win.

Everybody's starting to think that Biden is going to win.

Is this the same kind of year as 1948?

We'll show you the comparisons, and we have an expert that talks about it as well.

A new poll or a new algorithm that has been accurate

all the way back, I think, 110 years,

only missed two, two presidential wins, and he says that Donald Trump has a 91% chance of winning.

They have that as well.

You don't want to miss a second of today's show, especially what's going on with the Supreme Court.

All on today's broadcast and podcast.

You're listening to the best of the Blenbeck program.

Kanye.

Kanye says he's running.

He hasn't taken any steps to do it.

But he said yesterday that he's just looking to maybe peel off a few Democrats from Joe Biden.

But don't laugh at Kanye being elected.

I think there's a lot of people right now that'd be like, why not?

Why not?

It's 2020.

Why not?

It would make perfect sense, would it not

it would by the way we went back and found a i did stew does kanye on uh stew does america last night and uh we found a clip from 2016 where i said the next president is going to be a kardashian we just have to hope it's courtney now at that point i was not considering uh

i was not considering kanye west uh in a 2020 run which is is very odd i mean he he did he actually come out and say he was trying to peel black people off intentionally in his first interview he did not read that.

I read that

yesterday.

I read that late last night.

I don't know where I read it.

I mean, it's possible.

I think he came out and said, you know, look,

if I could peel a few people off of Joe Biden, I would be good.

The bottom line is I think it's you kind of, he was also critical of Trump, and

he's no longer a supporter.

He said he's taking the red hat off,

which now we don't have to say he's brilliant anymore, right?

Like, we're past that.

Can we get past that now?

Can we go back to to when we all thought he was insane as of two years ago?

Can we get past that?

Brilliant people often look insane.

That's what insane people say, Glenn.

For example.

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I want to share a Facebook post that I saw from a couple of people, Brad and Angela Davis.

They started this restaurant.

I'm sorry, what did I say?

It's Ashley and Brad Davis.

They started this restaurant, which had been a dream of theirs.

And it's called the Friend and Foe Board Game Cafe.

It's a little sandwich shop in Plano

and Texas.

And they have, you know, the usual fare, but they also have like 600 board games, so people can come and play board games with a family.

I read this post, and I think there's millions that feel this way.

Why do we get up in 6 in the morning to drive 70 miles back and forth for a 12 or 13 hour workday?

Because we have no other choice.

Frankly, if we had an out, we probably would have taken it by now.

But all of our eggs are in this basket.

In fact, the whole chicken is in this basket.

We, the three owners, wear every hat.

We are the general managers, the grill cooks, the prep cooks, the bakers, baristas, bartenders, marketers, the janitors, just to name a few.

We get up every day and we take a beating.

We fight tooth and nail to make it through this with no support from the government thus far.

And we know there are many other businesses doing the same.

Our thoughts have been focused on the business and survival for so long, I do anything for a carefree moment.

Every fiber of my being is stretched to the max.

But with that being said, I'm fed up, not just with our current situation.

I am sick of the judgment, anger, irrational behavior, and sheer hatred I am seeing.

I'm afraid to say anything about anything, because

inevitably someone will disagree and spew hatred rather than having a discussion.

If I don't post something, I'm labeled.

If I do post something, I'm labeled.

If I keep my mouth shut during a conversation, I'm labeled.

If I open my mouth during a conversation, I'm labeled.

Nobody really cares about what anyone else has to say.

Their minds are all made up and likely based on a meme, a headline, or a one-sided source rather than an array of reputable books or articles.

We get flack as business for remaining open and trying to bring in customers with various incentives, even though we are following all recommended safety protocols.

Nothing we do seems to be enough.

We're expected to go a step further than what's required.

We open at 25%.

You should stay closed.

We sanitize all of our games.

You shouldn't let people play games.

We strongly recommend masks.

You should make it mandatory, not by choice.

Most business owners can't just throw in the towel and go find another job.

It's not how it works.

Oftentimes, when one is focused on

forced to close their business, they lose everything

because we have put everything into it.

In short, please stop.

Stop judging people for what they don't post.

Stop judging people for what they do.

Stop labeling businesses as irresponsible for doing their best during this crap.

Stop labeling people in general.

Stop reacting to wrong with another wrong.

Stop hating your neighbor because they have a different worldview than you.

And if you aren't sure what your worldview is, think about it.

Read about it.

Maybe you'll be able to disagree with someone cordially if you understand the fundamental differences.

Amen.

That was written by Ashley.

She's married to Brad, and they both happen to be on with us now.

They live in Abilene, Texas.

Ashley and Brad, welcome to the program.

How are you?

Thanks, Glenn.

We're doing good.

Just excited to be on your show.

Yeah, really.

Not a problem.

I know you are struggling just like everybody else, but Ashley,

your Facebook post is what caught my eye.

Your Facebook post,

what happened to get you to snap

like that and speak truth?

Yes.

Well, really from the time we started working to open this business, which was about three years ago to now, things have been incredibly challenging.

You know, it seems like we take one step forward and then three steps back at times.

But the reason I made this post is because I just got fed up with the unrealistic expectations that I was noticing from the general public and the realization that some people actually expect businesses to go one step further than what is even required as far as the COVID restrictions go, which is just ridiculous.

I think there are some businesses who can afford to do that.

For example, like keeping their dining closed or

refusing business to certain people

because they either have like a second source of income or they got a ton of money from the government.

But businesses like ours just can't afford to do that.

So whenever I'm not.

You guys have been

operating on a 60 to 80 percent loss every day.

You need, what,

at least $1,000 in sales every day.

I'd say about $800 to $1,000, yeah.

Okay.

And you said in your Facebook post that the government didn't help you at all.

So you didn't get the PPP

loan qualification.

Correct.

I mean, up to this point, we have,

all we've received from the government is a $6,000 advance on the economic disaster funds, and we haven't seen anything else from that.

We were actually denied.

They claimed that we didn't suffer enough of a loss.

So, you know, we made an appeal, and we're going through, we're going through, right?

We're going through the process to try to, you know, get what we can out of that.

But no, we have not seen anything from that or the PPPL yet.

yet

so Brad what are you guys doing to stay open

uh well we're working our butts off

we're you know we're we're we're putting in you know 13 14 hour days at the store we've unfortunately had to cut employee shifts way back just to save on payroll

We've been praying a whole lot.

We're believers, we're Christians, and so we're just having to really lean on the fact that God is good even in difficult times and you know we're just trusting in that fact and just working as hard as we can

so are you guys making it with the

restaurant at all I mean are you close to your $800 minimum or is it just not even close

No,

we're at this point

with the further, you know, we were starting to open back up here in Texas, and then the COVID numbers go back up, and, you know, they put further restrictions on us.

And so we're operating at about,

our revenue is about 50% of what we need it to be.

I mean,

we pretty much burnt through our reserves, personal savings to keep things afloat.

And we're just at that point where it's like, gosh,

if we can't figure this out, we're going to lose it all.

I have been in that situation, and it is the most stressful.

Because there's nothing you can do.

There's just nothing you can do.

And when you have to lay people off and you have to make these decisions, how are you guys faring as a couple?

Well, like Brad said, we're believers and we've really had to lean on the Lord during this time.

And, you know, in all honesty, it's probably brought us closer together, which is a good thing.

I know it doesn't always happen that way.

But we really make a good team.

You know, we have two girls.

One of them is two years old.

One of them is eight months old.

And so we actually alternate days, you know, and Brad will go one day to the store and I'll have the girls all day and then we'll switch and we kind of go back and forth.

You know, sometimes we bring the girls up to the store with us.

And so we just kind of do whatever it takes.

Ashley, it's interesting looking at your post because you could definitely sense the issues that you're having with the business and the frustrations with the business.

But the post is really more focused on how people are treating each other.

Why did you focus on that?

Well, I think, you know, there's a lot of things that happened at the same time in our country.

And I think though they're not necessarily related, people are entangling them together and just really acting hatefully towards one another.

And it's coming out, you know, on our social media posts and

the decisions that we make.

And so that's why I focused on that

because that's made of, that's kind of exacerbated everything.

Brad, are you worried worried that you started a board game cafe?

Because that's going to cause something where, you know, people want to kill each other over a game of Monopoly.

You may be increasing the stress.

Yeah, it's a good idea.

There are certain games that we probably want to tell customers, like, look, if you're stressed out, don't play this game.

It's just going to make it worse.

So, what are you guys doing?

I know you guys are now renting board games, which is a good idea.

You are also delivering food.

You're also making food for

nursing homes, et cetera, et cetera.

Is that right?

Yeah, we have a

sorry, go ahead, Brad.

You got this one.

Oh, that's all right.

That sounds good.

Yeah, so

we implemented a game rental system since a lot of people aren't comfortable coming into the store to play games.

We said, hey, let's make our games rentable and people can rent a game, bring it home, and play it.

And then we're doing a donate a meal program, which allows people to purchase games.

I mean, not purchase games, purchase meals, and then we deliver it to first responders, nursing homes, healthcare workers.

I mean, it's a stressful time for them, and it's a way for us to generate a little bit of revenue, and then also, you know, get some food out there to some people who have a lot of other stuff going on and may not want to have to worry about lunch or dinner.

Okay, so how do people get involved in that?

If people wanted to donate a meal to somebody, you're not asking for a handout.

You're saying,

we're going to charge you for something and we're going to do something good with it.

So how do people get involved in that?

Right.

You can go to our website.

It's friendandfoebgc.com.

And there's actually a link on there where you can click on donate a meal.

You click on it, pay for the meal, that goes into our system, and then we compile these certain numbers.

We contact

fire departments, police departments, hospitals, nursing homes.

It says, hey, we've got meals.

We'd like to donate them to you guys.

And then we prep them and deliver them.

Wow.

I mean,

only in Texas

or in a small town in America would you be delivering meals to police officers, and the police officers would take them at this point.

Thank you for that.

So it is friend and foe, BGC.com.

Thank you guys so much.

And

I just, I wish you the very best.

Lynn, can I say one more thing real quick?

Sure.

Yeah.

If when things calm down, you need to bring you, and then you could call like Sean Hannity, Ben Shapiro, and say, I want to challenge you guys to a board game.

Let's go to Friend Info.

Okay.

All right.

Thank you so much.

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Okay, so Carlin Borisenko is an organizational psychologist.

She works with individuals and organizations all over the world through her practice, which is called Zen Workplace, to help them create amazing work experiences by combining organizational and positive psychology with mindfulness techniques.

This is actually something that I would actually probably do in my own business, but I would hate myself myself for it just because of the description of it.

It just seems so, I don't know, earthy.

You know what I'm saying, Carlin?

I'm sorry.

Yeah.

So you are here and you're going to explain this whiteness training that is happening only for white people in Seattle.

If you work for the Seattle city government and you're white, you have to take this training.

Yes.

And it looks insane.

It is insane.

So, what happened is about a month ago, I got an email from an employee from the city of Seattle, and they're going to be leaving their job because they think all this is crazy.

And essentially, it was an email from the city asking all of their white employees to spend a vacation day that had already been previously scheduled in this white witness training that was specifically for white employees.

And they have a whole separate training track for people of color.

So, what is if I'm a Seattle City employee and I show up, what is this training?

What do they do?

Well, essentially, they go through all.

Well, first, you have to, of course, confess your internalized racial superiority as a white person because that is just not in dispute at all.

And if you come to the training and say, well, hang on, I don't actually think I have internalized racial superiority, then you're expressing cognitive dissonance, which is further proof of your internalized racial superiority.

So, you have to go through the process of confessing your sins first and then you have to do you have to practice self-talk and affirmations that affirm your complicity in racism

okay so we're hunting for witches now in seattle

well no it's not even hunting for witch witches because if you're white

then we found you that's that's it you are a witch well unless there is actually one out in this if you you do not identify as white, if you have like a Rachel Dolazau moment and identify as black, even though you're white, then you don't have to do the training.

You can opt out.

Oh, my gosh, I would be a black man in a heartbeat.

I would be.

You know, I'm feeling my color, my inner color coming onto me really strongly right now, Carlin.

I'm beginning to believe I am black.

They'll let you get away with that?

Yeah, it's actually in the email that the city, well, it's actually in the email that the city sent out to their employees that this is for all people who identify as white.

So that seems like a pretty easy out to me.

Wow.

Okay, so we get in.

Can you take us through some of these things?

Well, I mean, so I'm basically, I'm going off of some of the documents that actually your previous guest got from the city, Christopher.

And so some of the things that they're talking about in these trades are things like, you know, white people have to let go of things that might make them comfortable in the work environment, like any expectations of their emotional safety or even their physical safety.

White people should not expect that their physical safety should be protected in the work environment.

They also go through all of this.

Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait.

How is this happening from a group of people that needed a cry room in college?

How is this, I don't feel safe anywhere being translated into now I have a right to feel safe, but you don't?

It sounds like revenge.

Well, I think that that's exactly what it is.

But the reality, Glenn, is this material has actually been around for a very long time.

So one of the documents that the city of Seattle is using is this document that is 10 years old that talks about the attributes of a white supremacist culture in organizations.

And so this training is not new.

It's just had a really hefty resurgence in the past couple of months.

So,

what do you mean when I have to confess?

Do you sit around and they go from person to person and then you have to say how you were complicit?

And is there a right answer on that that is acceptable to people?

Well, the only acceptable answer in any of these circumstances is to bend the knee and confess your sin of being a white supremacist.

And so, for other examples of things they're talking about in this training, are things like: are white employees speaking up and contributing ideas in the workplace?

That's a white supremacist organization.

Are they, well, Glenn, let me ask you this.

You have a staff, right?

You have people that work for you?

So do you have some sort of hierarchy, like an organizational chart?

I want to say no, but yes.

Yeah, white supremacist.

Yeah.

That is a white supremacist

organization.

Now, do you expect people to meet deadlines?

I want to say no, but yes.

I'm such a hater.

White supremacy, right there.

So

how does the city of Seattle get away with that when they have a hierarchy and they expect people to meet deadlines?

Well, you know, it's funny.

It's like, so I recently read part of the book, White Fragility.

And if anyone has not read that book, let me just save you the trouble.

It's basically Robin D'Angelo confessing her own racism for the entire book.

That's what it is.

And so when you confess your racism, it absolves you from the racism.

So the city of Seattle is essentially confessing that, yes, our organization is engaged in white supremacy.

And through the act of

the action, they are absolved.

okay carly will you hold on for just a second because i i i want to ask you um

i think we should go to these corporations and these cities and say specifically

specifically what are your crimes i want to know your crimes i want to know specifics on what you as a corporation have done

lay it all out there baby i'd like to hear your response to that