F*ck Your Sensitivity - The Mad Ramblings of a Gen X-er

Which is COMING FIRST? The Epstein files Release or the Killer Asteroid?

• Online Big Blue Entertainment LLC

Share episode

Politics and space rarely share a headline, but today they collide. We open with the House’s 427–1 vote to push more Epstein files into the light and ask the hard question: how do we balance public transparency with the legal duty to protect victims, witnesses, and grand jury secrecy? We lay out why one member voted no, what “privacy safeguards” actually mean, and how media clarifications shifted the narrative after early attempts to tie names and emails to people who weren’t accused of crimes. The theme is bias versus process—and how fast takes can hurt people who never chose the spotlight.

From there, we lift our eyes skyward. The so-called “city killer” asteroid, 2024 YR4, looks less likely to hit Earth and more likely to intersect with the Moon. That sounds reassuring until you consider debris risks, communications impacts, and our still-murky understanding of the object’s structure. We unpack the real engineering behind planetary defense: why nuclear deflection demands deep reconnaissance, how kinetic nudges work, and what makes launch windows in 2029–2031 so critical. Forget the clean movie shot—redundancy, timing, and uncertainty management are the real heroes when you only get one chance to be wrong.

We close by revisiting Armageddon and Deep Impact as cultural blueprints that shape how we imagine both justice and survival. Spectacle is fun, but it can mislead: mass document dumps don’t guarantee truth, and dramatic explosions don’t guarantee safety. What does help is slow, careful design—tight privacy controls on sensitive files, honest risk communication, and space missions built for flexibility. If you value clear thinking over clout-chasing, hit play, share this with a friend who loves both law and orbital mechanics, and leave a review with your take: should we deflect, disrupt, or disclose?

Support the show

SPEAKER_02:

What you just said is one of the most insanely idiotic things that I've ever heard. At no point in your rambling, incoherent response were you even close to anything that could be considered a rational fun. Everyone in this room is now dumb for having listened to it.

SPEAKER_05:

You don't know when I'm on this price. I told you when I'm too old. I'm too tired of the fucking mind. If I would have been on the walls five years ago, I'd take a five throw to this place.

SPEAKER_02:

Do you understand the words that are coming out of my mouth?

SPEAKER_04:

You want answers? I think I'm a title. You want answers the truth.

SPEAKER_03:

You know what's in the thing? Oh, I want to talk about the release of the Epstein Files. And I want to discuss the City Killer Asteroid. 2024. YR4. It was, it was, it was uh scheduled a rocketing towards Earth, they thought at this point in time. But uh it seemed to it has changed directions or it's changed trajectory, this killer asteroid, and it's heading towards the moon. And I don't I not only want to talk about that, I want I want to talk about two movies that came out um about the same time, about the same subject, but let's get to the Epstein Files because I'm curious what's gonna be released first or what's coming first? The Epstein Files or the Killer Asteroid? The House voted uh 427 to one to release the files. The lone no vote was uh Representative Clay Higgins, and it he had this, he had a thought process why he voted no. And I kind of understand it, and legally it makes sense because you got to remember the the uh the Department of Justice has gone to three separate judges to try to get these files released, but the judges keep saying no because there's grand jury testimony in some of these files. So they are protecting the the innocent, they're protecting the sources, they're they're protecting the victims, and and I get that. And and I get that. But if these are files that that the government compiled and these are grand jury files, okay, I'm I'm I'm fine with that. Um, and I and and if you read exactly what uh Representative Clay Higgins said, of course he's out of Louisiana, as written, this bill reveals the injured injured, thousands of innocent people, witnesses, people who provided alibis, family measures, etcetera, if enacted in its current form, this type of broad reveal of the criminal, excuse me, criminal investigative files released into a rabid media will absolutely result in the innocent people being hurt, not by my vote. I agree. The oversight committee is conducting a thorough investigation and has already released well over 60,000 pages of documents from the Epstein files, they're saying uh this effort will continue in the manner to deprive all due protections of the innocents. If the Senate amends the bill to properly address privacy of the victims and other whose names have not been criminally implicated, then I will vote for the bill when it comes back to the House. So Speaker Mike Johnson told reporters at uh at his weekly press conference that it was yesterday that he would vote in favor of the bill despite concerns that he saw limited protection of the victims and other innocent people whose names shall be released against their will or their wishes. I I love this because now the Democrats are kind of like uh they're kind of reeling a little bit because of the fact that Trump came out and said, Yeah, fucking release it. Go ahead. I I have nothing to hide. Uh, a lawyer who represents 70 of the Epstein victims spoke about how the fact that uh Trump was the only one in 2019 to help in his investigation.

SPEAKER_04:

President Trump is that he is the only person who in 2009, when I served a lot of subpoenas on a lot of people, or at least gave notice to some pretty uh connected people that I was going that I wanted to talk to them. He is the only person who picked up the phone and said, Let's just talk. I'll give you as much time as you want, I'll tell you what you need to know, and was very helpful in the information that he gave and gave no indication whatsoever that he was involved in anything untoward whatsoever, but had good information that checked out and that helped us, and that we didn't have to take a deposition of him. That was in 2009, that was in 2009.

SPEAKER_03:

Now, sorry, I said 2019. That was in 2009. That was, like I said, that was an attorney for 70 of the victims. And then I love it because now you even have the likes uh of CNN starting to backtrack a little bit. Well, if you could hear it.

SPEAKER_00:

We do want to be clear, the president Trump did not receive or send any of the messages, which Larley predated his time as president. He's not been accused of any criminal wrongdoing in connection with Epstein or Maxwell.

SPEAKER_03:

The White House So that's basically CNN saying major clarification saying that that Trump did not receive or send any of the email messages, and there was no connection. Evidently, they're evidently people are starting to run for cover as potentially these files can be released or will be released. And I love it because the emails that the uh that I love that the Democrats put out the other day, and I and I love that uh I love our new press secretary. She's not new anymore, she's been here for a year. Um, basically, they the Democrats, when they released this email that I thought was damning, retracted the victim's name. Well, evidently that woman, of course, had passed away. So the Republicans unre unretracted it or redacted her, whatever the word is gonna be, and basically said, uh, you you sent this email. And I love it because you have all these pundits like Jasmine Crockett. I love Jasmine Crockett because she's a chameleon. She could be a hood rat one minute, and then the next minute she's like, she's a scholar. But even she's like, well, why are they why are they redacting the name if they have nothing to hide? Well, baby, the Democrats redacted the name, not the Republicans. Oops. So I believe, like I said, this this has got to this has gotta get passed. This has got to get signed. Uh, this is just one step in the process. And and Trump said that he would, you know, he would sign any any bill that came in front of his desk. Um, so I I find I find it interesting. Then the then the DOG will have the DOJ will have 30 days to comply um with the with this with this bill if it gets signed or this legislation. But uh I don't know. This is this is just one step. But I love it because you have all these, you you have Rome, what is Rome Khanna of California, oh we need transparency. Okay, Trump said, go ahead, release him. DOJ has tried three times, but three judges who happen to be all Democratic appointed judges, people are like, they're like, uh, well, yeah, you know what? People are fucking scrambling. People are scrambling. And I and I and it it's just it's just one of these things that you watch this and you look at this and you're like, this is just fucking crazy. This this is crazy. There's just so many things wrong with the Democratic Party. I mean, I I really don't even know where to start. I really don't. It's it's crazy. And I love the fact that the the Democrats had two full years under Biden, complete control of all branches of the government, could have released these files at any point in time. And if you go back and think about this, Epstein was a Democrat. He died, he donated heavily to Democrats, and hundreds of Democrats went to his island. Democrats basically held on to these files for years. Democrats then blocked the release of the New York files, and a Democratic judge blocked the release of the grand jury files. But it's all Trump's fault. You watch this stuff and you're and you're fucking it's just fucking crazy. It's just insane. I want to play this full minute of this clip because this this this uh this just make this just this just made me laugh.

SPEAKER_01:

Lots of news, particularly on the Jeffrey Epstein front. Yep. Congress has released a whole bunch more of uh emails. This this is this was from uh November 15th. Uh the Democrats tried to make hay, but it hasn't stuck to Donald Trump. You know where it's sticking? The Democrats. And today the story really significantly boomeranged around. Why is that first? Um, a the Ghlaine Maxwell's uh lawyer accused Democrat Jamie Raskin of working with uh prison officials to leak confidential communications from his client. Uh, those prison officials apparently have been disciplined, but that is only the beginning of it. Uh just a few moments ago, Attorney General Pam Bondi announced that she is naming uh the acting U.S. attorney in New York City, Jay Clayton, to investigate Democrats' relationships with Jeffrey Epstein and whether any of them rose to the level of criminality. Why? Because so many of the emails today didn't involve Donald Trump or Republicans. That's right. It invited all involved all those Democrats. And this time around, the idea that Democrats would project on Republicans ain't gonna cut it. This Justice Department is gonna go full boards. That is a big, big decision uh in the uh weaponization era, and it's another of many signs that I think M Bondy's moving towards approving the notion that there was a grand conspiracy against Donald Trump and his followers are conservatives, and it needs to be treated as such.

SPEAKER_03:

There was a grand conspiracy. We all know this. This this is the I know that like I said, I just I just love the clip. But this is this is from the uh Real Voices of America. I love the clip because it's true. There was there was a grand conspiracy against Donald Trump and his followers. Just, I mean, you you literally had agencies attacking only conservative groups. It's it's just uh you you hope it gets better, and we hope it gets better to the fact that the killer asteroid is coming and may hit the moon in 2032. That, of course, is the the asteroid 2420 UR4, which previously thought we was proposing a threat to Earth, but now it could potentially be striking the moon. I don't know, that seems bad to me. This is gonna impact Earth. Initially thought it was gonna impact Earth in December of 2032, which was around 3%. And the past predictions were saying that the asteroids' chance of hitting the Earth have basically sunk lower and lower, despite the low probability, scientists are already considering extreme possible prevention strategies, such as aiming at and deflecting or destroying the asteroid before its potential in fact, which they're saying it's not gonna impact, so why are we gonna try to destroy it? But now they're saying it might hit the moon, and that could be bad if it hits the moon. So, just like all those sci-fi movies that you've seen over the years, there are testing ideas, and some of these ideas are not limited to using nuclear devices that could deflect or destroy 20 2024 UR4, and scientists are working on that approach soon. To deflect the asteroid, science would have to detonate a nuclear device around a strategically selected surface, not looking at you, Armageddon, obliterating one of the faces and changing the course through the creation of thrust. Not looking at you, deep impact. Meanwhile, to destroy the asteroid, science would shoot a nuclear device straight towards its core, smashing into smithereens. According to the study's author, this is a guy's study. Nuclear deflection isn't feasible for 24 assumes 2024 YR4, whether scientists reuse old spaceships or construct a new one. Deflection mission were assessed to appear to be impractical, the team says in its stated paper, thanks to a lack of information about the asteroid structure. So they're just this is just a team that was there's just a team, not even of scientists, the people of uh I believe this was from the Discovery magazine. The better option they're saying would be that the the team state the team from Discovery Magazine states it's nuclear disrupt uh robust disruption or destruction to blast the asteroid apart before it approaches with two nuclear devices. Just one of these devices should properly destroy the asteroid. The author also says of the study from Discovery Magazine, suggests in this paper that leaving a second device is a backup in case it's needed. With the launch between now, I glove this because like I said, this this we're going back into science fiction here. The launch would have to be somewhere between late 2029 and 2031. Uh, excuse me. I'm gonna go with um I'm gonna go with uh Armageddon. And I I I like the idea they had in the one version uh that they were trying to come up with these ideas, and it was solar sails that they were gonna put these land on, put these solar sails on, and have it, you know, just kind of float away like a boat. I like I like that idea. And of course, you had the cra and I love it because you had the crazy general, who of course was in Platoon. Was it Keith David or David Keith? I can never remember exactly what his name is, who wanted to just shoot every single nuke they had at it. And what did the scientist said who was the smartest man on the planet? That's not gonna work. I know you know I'm not trying to make light of this subject because it could be potentially damning, it could be potentially impactful to this country and the world with this, you know, with these types of asteroids. Because you know, close collisions are usually within a million miles of these asteroids, but this is something that literally has a 3% chance, and 3% chance of me with an asteroid hitting Earth is is just is just crazy. As a Gen Xer, of course, I can remember the movies Armageddon and Deep Impact. Armageddon was this blockbuster, of course. Bruce Willis, you know, Ben Affleck. It was this blockbuster special effects movie, and then also at the same time, Deep Impact came out with Tay Leone. And it was kind Tay Leone and actors from multiple TV series like ER and LA Law. So while The Blockbuster was Armageddon, Deep Impact was kind of like an asylum film. And I and you have to really go back and watch these things because when you watch Deep Impact, you you you see the star power, you see the the draw of the film, the excitement. You know, it's it's it it builds the story in the beginning and it leads up to the crescendo on the end, you know, with the with Harry Stamper, you know, sacrificing himself so AJ can live. You know, you you have you have moments in this film that are like generational defining moments in cinema for Gen X fans or just people of the Gen X age. And you laugh because Deep Impact was always an afterthought. Deep Impact was that movie that if you were up late and it was on TBS, you would stop and watch it for a while, and then you would get halfway through and like, why am I watching this garbage with these fucking commercials? And and the difference between the special effects between the films was kind of phenomenal. Like I said, Deep Impact wasn't this film that was just, you know, on this shoestring budget. I mean, this this was a high, this was a big budget, high, you know, high dollar film. And when it came out, like I said, this this budget was$80 million. Now, I'm not I'm not telling you that it didn't make money, but it still grossed$349 million. And you do have you did have the likes of like Robert Duvall in it, Elijah Wood, Morgan, Morgan Friedman as the president, you know, because it was that extinction level event or ELE. But it just wasn't the same. And while it made money, it it was known, and it was nowhere near Armageddon. And Armageddon, like I said, was was this film that that just that that that at times was was generationally different because the fact that how many people quote Armageddon? How many people can tell you more about Armageddon than anyone, you know, than any other movie? You know, the and Armageddon came out, and Armageddon had a$140 million budget, but also made$553 million worldwide. I mean, look, think about it. You had Bruce Willis, Billy Bob Thornton, uh Liv Tyler, Ben Affleck, Will Payton, Keith David, like I said, Steve Buscemi's in it as well. You had a great cast, yeah, you had a great cast. You really did. And it's one of those times you have these competing films where both were successful, but in some regards, you think that Deep Impact was more of just the red-headed stepchild to Armageddon. And now we're after we have to potentially live through both of these films. Oh, it's always fun to jump on the mic and say hello and do some things. We're gonna have some special guests coming up in the next uh week or so, so make sure you stay tuned for that. And just remember, the truth is she always sets you free. This is fuck your sensitivity, the mad ramblings of a Gen Xer, and I'm out of here.