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This Week's Top Stories - Russia Bombs Ukrainian Civilians, Biden Bans Russian Oil & More

Mar 12, 202232 minEp. 10478
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Russia bombs civilians trying to escape Ukraine, skyrocketing gas prices create headaches in the U.S. as President Biden announces a ban on Russian oil, and NATO countries tread carefully.

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You're listening to Comedy Central. Despite the world telling Vladimir Putin that he's been not nice, the Russian military has continued its indiscriminate bombing of civilian areas in Ukraine, reducing them to rubble and leaving the people there without homes, food, or even water. And when the civilians tried to flee those cities, well, it turns out that Russia has been bombing them too, More and more civilians being killed as Russia escalates its attacks. Here, people trying to flee the

invasion struck at an evacuation crossing point. Twice Russia and Ukraine agreed to cease fires in order to give people a chance to get out. Both times Russia broke the ceasefires with violent, indiscriminate showing. At least are people, including a woman and her two children, were killed in that attack. We will not forgive, We will not forget. Ukraine's president Zelenskive OUs to punish Moscow's troops as he reacts to

the killing of civilians attempting to flee the conflict. We will find every we're shot at our cities of people, there will be no quiet place on this earth for you except for the Great Sweet Jesus. This is insane. Like, it's bad enough that Russia is blowing Ukraine to smithereens, but it's even worse that they're bombing people who are trying to escape during a ceasefire that Russia agreed to. I mean, what, well, what's what's Russia's logic here? I

honestly don't get it. What is it? First we murder the people, then they'll warm up to us of their new rulers. What's the plan? And today, after attacking civilians during the first two evacuation attempts, Russia offered to create new humanitarian corridors to allow people to escape these cities. Except and you can't make this product. Many of the evacuation routes would funnel civilians straight into Russia, which is insane.

Let just think about that for a more. People are trying to escape and you're like, we'll let them escape, but into our country. Like imagine hostage take us saying all right, we'll let the hostages leave. We'll let them leave the bank, but only if they come with us to our house. Then they're still hostages. Are you insane? I mean, not to mention even refugees probably don't want to live in Russia right now when things are great in Ukraine, but at least they still get the batman.

There's nothing in Russia, and because many Russians have family members who are living in Ukraine, the idea of the Russian military leveling Ukrainian cities and killing innocent people was never going to be popular in the first place, which is probably why Putin has now gone into overdrive to make sure that in Russia nobody hears about it. Well. A new iron curtain has fallen in Russia, and this time it's an information iron curtain. That's why most Russians

don't know what's really happening in Ukraine. The crime and today blocked Facebook and Twitter, and there are no independent media outlets left. Vladimir Putin signing a law tonight making it a crime to spread what the Russian government considers fake news about the conflict in Ukraine. The maximum penalty fifteen years in jail. Independent Russian news outlets have always

found it difficult to operate. Now it's impossible. The staff at Moscow's last independent TV station walking off set as their final symbolic broadcast played out a similar scene played out at Russia's oldest liberal radio station, Echo of Moscow, which says it's been forced to close. We just can say welcome to the u s sur Yeah, just think about that for a moment. The only place to get

any news in Russia now is state media. That's it puttin't even shut down Facebook in Russia, which is so messed up, Like why couldn't you have shut it down everywhere? Why only in Russia? Which is truly evil. We also want to break from Facebook, I mean. On the plus side, the one silver lining of this is that everyone is getting the exact same news in Russia, which means Russian family dinners are probably going to be like the least

contentious affairs ever, especially way more than American family dinners. Well, I heard the war in Ukraine is going well, oh yeah, I heard the same thing. Yeah, more stuffing police every Thanksgiving will Russians together enjoying same news. So we don't disagree Russia's plan to liberate Ukrainians by bombing all of their cities, and things don't look like they'll be getting better anytime soon. A third round of peace talks has

ended with no resolution. Two million Ukrainians have now fled the country, and the Russians are reportedly trying to pay Syrians to come fight with them against Ukraine. And I don't know. I feel like Syrians must be pretty conflicted about this because on the one hand, Russia's asking them to fight in another war, but on the other hand, there's finally one European country happy to have Syrians come over. And you know, if you ask me, I think this

is a pretty smart strategy from Putin. He's probably thinking that if he can turn this into a Middle East conflict, then the West will stop caring about it. Meanwhile, in the battle to isolate Russia, McDonald's and Starbucks have become the latest Western corporations to cut ties with Russia, with both announcing that they would temporarily close all locations in the country. Yeah, no Starbucks, no McDonald's. That's a sad

life to live. And no pick me up in the morning, no happy meals, or as they call them in Russia, meals. I don't think they have a word for happy, you know. Yeah, just like go to the drive through and then give the kid the food, just like looking meal. Dmitri, there is great toy of will Barrow to remind you the purpose of life is work. Do you see is your birthday? This is your birthday. You were born on this day.

This is your birthday. Now, as the situation in Ukraine gets more dia, the economic fallout of the wall is spreading to the rest of the world. This morning, gas prices story to the highest average ever recorded, four dollars and seventeen cents a gallon. I just felled up right now and it cost me fifty dollars versus normally. It's cost me thirty up ten cents in just one day, and fifty five cents since last week, eclipsing the previous record of four ten a gallon set fourteen years ago

in California. Four dollars a gallon would be a relief the average. There is five prices at this shell station in Los Angeles, hitting nearly seven dollars. Oh my god, gas prices shocking drivers at the pump. It's a hundred dollars and it's not even a full tank. Yeah, if you thought gas prices will read high, Russia invading Ukraine has only made things worse, which sucks for everybody. I mean, it sucks for parents who needs to drive kids to school.

It sucks for small businesses who have to spend more money to move things around. It sucks for everyone because the price of gas affects the price of everything. Like if this keeps up, the next Fast and Furious movies is going to take place on public transportation. It's all about saving gas. And I feel so bad for everyone who gets surprised when they fill up their tank. I mean, think about yesterday you had enough money, and then all of a sudden today you don't. Your salary didn't go

up a right, nothing in your life change. You just don't have enough money, which, by the way, is weird. Can we agree on this as a concept. It's weird. It's weird that the price of gas changes, but like instantly at the pump. Do you get what I'm saying? Like I feel like the change should only affect the gas that's on its way, not the gas that's already there. Like this gas has been here for a week, so technically that's the four dollar gas, you know what I mean?

Give me the four dollar gas. In fact, give me the gas at the bottom of the tank. There's like the two dollars ship. It's been there for a while. I don't chart the five that's still coming. The price change. That price changed. I want the stuff that's here now. And can we spare a moment for this woman who was surprised there. Let me just think about a camera crew comes up to and they're like, can we film you while you fill up your tank? She was probably like,

oh boy, I'm on a secret game show. Oh he's gonna finally propose. And then they're just like, ha ha, we showed you don't have enough money on the news. Have a good day, And you know you've already got a hand it to corporations when you think about it, man, because you hear people all the time going like, ah, the price of oil has gone up, so everything costs more. But they've done a great job of tricking all of us into thinking that prices of these magical things that

nobody has control over. Because you understand, as consumers, we understand it. We go the price of oil went up, so we're gonna have to pay more. But who made that rule? Right? Oil companies are making windfall profits right now, over a hundred billion dollars a year. Why can't they take a hit, just a tiny hit? Yeah, because when prices go up. You know, the oil companies are there and they just making the money. They're like, oh, man, I wish there was something we could do, well, you

could make a little less profit. No, No, something else, something else, something else we could do that wouldn't affect us. What would it be? The question is, now, why are gas prices surging the way they are. Well, as you heard, Russia supplies a lot of oil to the rest of

the world. And even though America and Europe have passed loads of sanctions against Russia, they've cut off its banks and they've kicked it out of the U. N. Book Club, they're still paying Russia five hundred million dollars every day for oil and gas, which I mean, let's be honest, doesn't make a lot of sense. You're sending money to

a country that you basically at war with. Like if you were in a bar fight, wouldn't it be strange to buy the other guy a bottle of bud light so that he can smash you over the head with it. In fact, that such a weird arrangement that many countries have been talking about boycotting Russian oil, which then created fears of an oil shortage that sent oil prices skyrocketing. Yeah, and apparently those fears were well founded, because today America

did this Today, more consequences from the United States. President Biden announced a ban on all Russian oil, natural gas, and coal imports to the US. Today, I'm announcing the United States is targeting the main artery of Russian's economy. We're banning all imports of Russian oil and gas and energy. America's of rally support have rallied to support through Ukrainian people and made it clear we will not be part

of subsidizing Putent's war. This is a step that we're taking to inflict further pain on Putent, but there will be cost as well here in the United States. Since Prudent began as military build up in Ukrainian borders, just since then, the price of the gas of the pump and American up seventy five cents. And with this action is going to go up further. I'm gonna do everything I can to minimize Prudent's price ike here at home. Yes, you heard the President's Russian oil is now banned from

the United to the States. But don't get it twisted. America isn't just gonna start riding bikes everywhere. All right, it's gonna get that well from somewhere. And luckily, America produces a lot of its own oil. There's Texas, there's Alaska, there's Rudy Giuliani. But it's not enough. It's still not

enough oil. So America has also been reaching out to countries that it's not exactly on great terms with, you know, like Venezuela and Saudi Arabia, to try and get them to pump more oil to get the prices back down, which you have to admit is a bit of an awkward situation to be in, you know, because yeah, America is basically like, these countries are immoral and we will have nothing to do with them. Do you guys have any gas money? Saudi Arabia? I said that ship to

you before I was home. Yeah, it wouldn't it be funny of those countries turned around and and flipped on America if they were like America, we would love to sell you oil, but we cannot do business with a country that drowns civilians in the Middle East. Our conscience will not allow it. Now, we'll just kid day and we'll take your money. You should have seen the face. You're so scared, he imagine, we don't take your money. For all, America is able to go cold Turkey on

Russian oil. Europe is hooked. They completely hooked for now, and like completely hooked. The EU gets its gas and a quarter of its oil from Russia, which is why they couldn't join this boycott even if they wanted to. Yeah, without Russia's energy, Europe wouldn't have enough heat for their homes, or fuel for their cause, or oil for their weird Christmas black face celebrations, which means that Russia has a lot of leverage in that relationship. And it turns out

that they know it. As the way of crippling sanctions falls on Russia, Vladimir Putin is now threatening to cut off Europe's gas supply. In an address on state television on Monday, Russia's deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak warned that Russia has every right to shut off its gas deliveries to Europe. He added, so far, we are not taking such a decision, but European politicians, with their statements and

accusations against Russia, push us towards that. Yeah, you see, you can't go too hard after the country that makes it possible for you to survive winter. That's why Europe always has to pepper its denunciations of Russia with like the occasional compliments. This war in Ukraine is as inexcusable as Tchaikovsky's music is unforgettable. Now, of course, this is a two way streets. Sure, Europe needs Russian oil, Russia needs Europe's money. I mean, what else do they have

to offer. It's not like they're going to fund a war by selling cabbage soup. So both sides of this relationship are in a game of chicken, and nobody knows who's gonna give. But one thing we do know is this, it would definitely be better for Europe and America to not be in this situation in the first place, because Putin has shined a spotlight on the trade offs that

dependency on fossil fuels creates. If countries want to move to renewable energy or safe nuclear power, they can no longer afford to make that, like item number ten on the agenda, Yeah, because not only will the planet suffer, but you'll find yourself constantly having to make deals with the devil. One of the big stories of Vladimir Putin's invasion of Ukraine has been the surprising resilience of the

Ukrainian people. But what's been almost more surprising is that it turns out the Russian military wasn't as prepared or powerful or effective as everybody thought. Yeah, their tanks are falling apart, their trucks are getting stuck in the mud, and the soldiers don't seem very prepared, which is not what any of us expected. You know, Russia struggling is

not what anybody thought. It's like, imagine if in Game of Thrones we waited seven seasons for the White Walkers and then when they arrived, it was just a bunch of old dudes using walkers, you know, I mean, it still would have been a better ending, but you know what I mean. You know, when you think about it,

you realize there's a chance that Russia's nukes don't even work. Yeah, because if you look at the trucks that get stuck in the mud, you realize there's a chance that the nuclear weapons don't like they might press that red button and the nukes are just going to be like yeah, Now, please note if I'm wrong about the nukes were all dead, So whatever you do, don't act on my intelligence. This

is just me brainstorming here. The point is that in the two weeks that this has been going on, Russia has only been able to capture completely capture one major Ukrainian city so far, but that hardly means that things are going well for Ukraine. Several other cities are on the siege and facing constant bombardment, and Russian troops have taken control of one especially strategic assets. Ukraine is raising

alarms about the situation. If that's your noble nuclear power plant the side of the world's worst nuclear disaster, Ukraine officials say Russian forces disconnected the decommissioned facility from the power grid, but called for a ceasefire in order to restore power. Ukraine's foreign minister says the plant has reserve of diesel generators that can power it for forty eight hours, but after that the cooling systems for spent nuclear fuel

store there will stop making radiation leaks. A minute, Come on, Russia, can you not mess around with a nuclear power plant? It's nuclear power. I mean I one season two of Chernobyl, Yes, but I also want to be around to watch season two of Chernobyl. Now, thankfully, the International Atomic Energy Agency says that there's no danger of a leak right now, which is good news right now. But I mean, regardless, Russia, what are you doing huh? I mean, we're already dealing

with one meltdown over here. The world doesn't need another one, and a cherobyl disasters bad news for you. Think about it. I mean, best case scenario, best case scenario. What happens if you screw this up? Huh? A lot of Russians get sick. Worst case scenario, the radiation is going to create an army of mutant super Ukrainians and right now you can't even beat the regular one. So is this

a move we readly want to make? Now? While all of this is taking place in Eastern Europe, the West is still trying to figure out how involved Nature should get in helping Ukraine fights off the Russian invasion. Because you see, so far, Nature has been sending a lot of weapons into Ukraine. They've been sending surface to air missiles, anti tank missiles, rocket launches, guns AMMO, some legos from the Russians to step on everything, and these weapons are

all helping. But what Ukraine really wants, really, really really wants is some fighter jets, which apparently is a much trickier request. The Biden administration racing to catch up to news the Poland is offering to provide used fighter jets MiGs that could ultimately be delivered to Ukraine, multiple sources telling CNN that report initially caught US officials completely off guard.

Poland said it would give Ukraine all of its MiG twenty nine jets but transfer them to an American air base in Germany, but the Pentagon said no, that it's too close to direct US military involvement in the fight against Russia. Okay, this is this is weird. This is really weird. Poland has offered Ukraine fights and jets, but they don't want to give the jets to Ukraine directly because then they will be in a direct role with Russia. So instead they want to give the jets to America,

and then America hands them to Ukraine. But then America doesn't want to do that because then they're fighting Russia directly. So now there's jets and there's Ukraine, but nobody knows how to bring the two together. I'll be honest, I don't know why this is so complicated. I mean, you've just got to treat these jets like an old couch that you don't want anymore, Okay, just leaving on the sidewalk. And then if Ukraine happens to walk by and finds

a jet, I mean, what's Poland got to do with it? Also, I don't know if it's just me. I don't know if it's just me, But it's weird that they're going through all these mental gymnastics here, because even if Poland finds some sneaky way to get these planes to Ukraine, is it Russia gonna know where the planes came from? You told us on the news, Comrade, did you notice Poland offered you couldn't jets? No, you couldn't have Polish jets. How did that happen? Yeah? Probably same way tost always

lends butter side down there. Life is crazy. We'll never know. And this has been a tricky situation since the war started. How involved can NATO get without Russia turning on them? And I'll be honest, I get it. It is hard to figure out, you know, this is like the ultimate conundrum of life. Sometimes, like the other day, I saw a mugging on the subway, and I'm not going to jump into stop it because now that person is stabbing me.

So instead I said, hey, don't do that, and then immediately jumped off the train and I ran away, which I think struck the right balance. Now, while the war war rages on the West, economic war against Russia is ramping up too. Just yesterday, President Biden band all Russian oil from entering America. But that's created its own problems because America kins still need gasoline to drive cars and to heat offices and to set their homes on fire

for the insurance money. So President Biden is going around the world asking other countries to pump more gas to replace Russia's right. Unfortunately, some of the countries that could help America apparently won't pick up the phone as Americans watch gas prices rise. The Biden administration is now looking at importing oil from hostile countries, but it's not going so well. The Wall Street Journal reports President Biden tried to call the leaders of Saudi Arabia and the United Aramembrance,

but they would not take his call. Officials from both countries are upset over American policy in the Gulf. Specifically, the Saudis want legal immunity for Prince Mohammed Ben Solomon in the US, he's facing several lawsuits over the killing of journalist Jamal ka Shogi. Back in Saudi Arabia and the UAE also want more backing from the US and Yemen to quell the civil war there, and both are also reportedly not happy with the revival. They ranni a

nuclear deal. You have got to be kidding me. Apparently Saudi Arabia won't even pick up the phone for the President of the United States. I mean, look, I know it's hard to arrange those calls. You know, read is eight hours ahead. Biden is asleep by four pm. It's a narrow window to make it work. But still, I must have been really embarrassing for Biden. Can you imagine he phones them and they don't pick up. He probably had to do that thing where you pretend that the

other person did pick up. Ha ha ha, yes, MBS my man, Yeah, Ukraine, that is what I'm calling. You got me, baby? You got yeah? Oh, I have been working out, yeah, kind loves me, he loves me, yeah, yeah, Okay, I'll call you back all right, Love you too. You know what the White House needs to do, you know they should do for the situation. They need to redirect the call so that instead of Washington, d C. It looks like the call is coming from Ohio. Yeah, because then the

saudiast curiosity is going to get them. Phone's gonna ring. They're gonna be like, ah, who's calling from Ohio? Do we know anybody from Ohio? And I was gonna be like, don't answering list, But what if it's Lebron I have to answer Hello, Joe Biden? Damn it? You are right, ship, Yes, yes, I was hoping you would call now. According to the White House, According to the White House, this story is

totally untrue. They deny it, which I would too. But either way, man, there's no denying that Saudi Arabia isn't playing ball with Joe Biden. And you know what, you can say what you want, but this would have never happened to Donald Trump. Never. No one was ever ignoring Donald Trump's calls. Yeah, because if you ignored Donald Trump's calls, you didn't know how he would respond. Maybe he'd send an angry tweets, or maybe he just like banned your

country from everything. You don't know. That's why I bet in these situations Biden actually wishes that he could hire Trump to step in as president. Wild card. You know, just keep everyone on their toes because if Trump was calling, you best believe the UE, there'll be racing to pick up the phone. Mr Trump. Mr Trump would here, We're here, Hello, Julie, doc med you made me too. Rings. We're bombing the

UA and the UFC. Just engage now. While Biden and Nature are trying to figure out how to get Russia back in line, people all over the world are trying to do their part to stand up to the Russian regime. The only downside is that some people don't quite seem to understand the assignments. Backlash to the Russian invasion of Ukraine is leading to some misguided hostility in the US Congressman Eric S. Walwell, who says that the consideration of kicking every Russian student out of the US should be

on the table. A young Russian pianist who is set to perform with the Montreal Symphony Orchestra this week has been struck from the schedule after protests. The Can't If Philarmonic Orchestra have removed the Russian composer Tchaikovski from its program of up and coming concerts due to the current conflict in Ukraine. The popular Russian restaurant in d C is now vandalized. D C police say several people broke windows and spray painted anti Russian writing on the Russia

House restaurant. New York's Russian sam of Our restaurant says they've lost six of their customers. The co owner is half Ukrainian. He said their sign has been kicked down, and people have been leaving one star reviews online, saying things like stop the war. Just because you're a quote unquote Russian establishment does not mean you kind of checked the prudent or his regime. Man. Really, people, really, you know, the only thing worse than not getting help is getting

help from idiots. People. Just because something is Russian doesn't mean it's automatically bad, all right, Like like Russian dressing, for examt Okay, that that is bad. That's actually bad. Yeah, that tastes like ketchup died inside a bottle of mayonnaise. But you get what I'm saying. Not all Russian things are bad because of what's happening in Russia. Do you understand you're not trying to be against the Russian people. You're trying to be against the Russian government to stop

them from what they're doing in Ukraine. You understand you can be anti Russia and pro Russian, all right. It's the same way you can question the Chinese government's handling of coronavirus without punching Asian grandmothers in the street. Do you understand this? Americans, of all people, should understand this. Yeah. You know, sometimes people want to be separated from the

actions of their government. Yeah, we've seen you Americans traveling around the world with your Canadian flags sewn on your backpacks, and you know, we can't tell the difference between your accents. By the way, you might think it's a good idea to ban Tchaikovsky now, but wait until Christmas comes and you're trying to get your nutcracker on, then come talk to me. But look, idiots taking their anger out on

Russian restaurants in New York. That's one thing. There is another backlash that's going on with corporations, which does make sense. Every day, more and more corporations are deciding they don't want to be a part of the Russian economy that is funding this war right. As we told you yesterday, McDonald's, Starbucks, and now Coca Cola have announced that they're suspending business in Russia. Yes, which means the Russian people are going to be forced to develop diabetes on their own now. Yeah,

And today today another big names calling it quits. Bumble also announced that it will be discontinuing operations in Russia, removing all of its apps from the Apple App Store and Google Play Store in Russia and Belarus. And it's just the latest company to do so. Wow, normal Bumble in Russia. That's harsh. And you need dating apps in the country with a cuffing season is ten months long? Have you seen their winters? And I know you might be saying, oh, Trevor, meeting women in Russia is easy.

All you have to do is look inside a slightly larger woman. But that's not how it works. Don't be stupid. This is yet another hit to the Russian people because of what Prutin has done. And you know, when you think about it, because Russian people only get Russian news, they probably have no idea why all these companies are closing. None think about it. Every day, something else just disappears from their life. McDonald's gone, Starbucks, gone Coca Cola on

you don't know why? Can you imagine how confusing that must be? Yeah, it's probably Russians just walking around like huh, I guess I was the only person drinking coke. Now, as always, where the Western companies move out, the Russian government steps in, and luckily for all the Russians looking to meet horny singles in their area, there's another app that's coming out, Comrades. Are you upset that Bumble has abundoned Mother Russia? Like coward, We'll do not worry, or

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After matching on pulking out, you will enjoy all kinds of fundad think adventures like storming or dessa viches or cleaning normal glowing rocks in Chernobo so fugged, So sign up today for putting out does not matter if you're already married. Is mildatory. Kim Kardashian Influenza business mogul and Instagram's Final Boss. To promote the new Kardashian show that's launching on Hulu, Kim and her sisters gave an interview to Variety where they talked about their lives and their

business strategies. But one clip that's gone viral has rubbed many people the wrong way. Kim Kardashian has sparked outrage among some people after offering women career advice during a recent interview with Variety magazine. Here's what she said. I have the best advice for women in business. Get your ass up and work. It seems like nobody wants to work these days. You have to surround yourself with people that want to work, no tox at work environments, and

show up and do the work. Okay, okay, okay. I know. I know a lot of people are piste off at Kim. I know, but if I'm being perfectly honest, I can see this thing from both sides. I honestly can, like I can see it from from Kim's side. I can see it from Kim's side. You know, She's like you guys think I just take a few pictures and I go to a few events and then suddenly I'm rich and famous and you think it's easy. But it's not easy. And I understand that. I understand that Kim does a

lot of work. She grinds all the time. She's a shrewd businesswoman, and she's a mom to Kanye and the kids. But but part of this idea that people have of Kim is Kim's fault. I mean, think about it. For decades, the thing that she's sold is not work. Yeah. In fact, she works really hard to look like she's not working hard. Every photo on Instagram, she's either on a beach, or in a pool, or in a hot tub, basically any

relaxing body of water, she's there. You know. So I get why people have the idea that doesn't work because you don't see it, you know. I mean, I mean, maybe Kim should put that stuff on Instagram, you know, put up photos of late night meetings, constant calls on product design. I mean, you can still do it in the beginni if you want, But The point is, you know, people should see more of the work they understand, Like

take the Rock. Here's an example. Look at the Rock right because of his social media, I know what it takes to become the Rock. I know if I'm gonna try and become like him, I've got to wake up at four am every day, lift every weight in the gym, and try not to laugh every time I have to work with Kevin Hart. I mean, how can you know? He's like he's a human, but he's like just says of like a little Kevin. I got Kevin. He's like he's in my bucket right now. Damn. But here's the

thing that maybe Kim Kardashian doesn't understand. It can come off as extremely condescending to tell women that the reason they're not successful is because they're too lazy to get off their asses and actually work. Because, yes, Kim kardash It works hard, but you know who else works hard?

Most women, But what their asses don't have is Kim's luck to be born into a rich family with the famous lawyer parents and an even more famous olympian stepparents, and all the access and the connections that that brings. You think about it. If you're lucky, if you're lucky to have that, then yeah, there's a good chance that your hard work is going to make you successful. But don't forget how much luck has to do with that success.

Anyone who says just work hard if things will work out, those people are forgetting a major component known as luck. A lot of people work hard and they're still broke. In fact, a lot of the time, the broker you are, the harder you probably work. Yeah, my grandmother worked ten times harder than me. But I'm bowling circles around that woman. Yeah, you hear that. Google, You can't touch me. You can't touch me before we go. Families in Ukraine are fling

violence and urgently need emergency aid. CARES Immediate Crisis Response aims to reach four million people, prioritizing women and girls, families, and the elderly. So if you can, please help by donating at the link below to rush urgently needed food, water, hygiene kits and ongoing support in Ukraine. What's the Daily Show weeknights at eleven tenth Central on Comedy Central. In stream full episodes anytime on Paramount Plus. This has been a Comedy Central podcast

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