Homeless compound. [ laughter ] uh, for those of you who dont know what im talking about, let me explain what happened. Martin sheen, a fine actor i dont know martin at all was made an honorary mayor of malibu, california. Just a strictly honorary title. His first pronouncement was he declared malibu a nuclearfree zone and sanctuary for aliens and the homeless and wildlife, wild or tame. [ laughter ] well, i live in malibu. And malibu is for the homeless. Ill tell ya, i didnt have a home when i had to move there. [ laughter ] mayor of malibu, huh . I guess the job didnt have enough stature to land sonny bono. [ laughter ] now i dont really know what sheen had in mind about that, but theyre a little out of touch in malibu. Their idea of the homeless is, in malibu, uh, is when while youre renting out your bel air house. [ laughter ] theyre homeless. [ laughter ] but they, uh malibu opened their hearts today to the homeless. Barbra streisand lives in malibu. Offered to pay their Valet Par
Is the large nation of ukraine. Lots of news about ukraine in recent years. Russia recently took part of that country. Russia is currently occupying other parts of it. But on top of ukraine, between ukraine and the baltic states, is the large and still quite soviet country of belarus. Belarus did become an independent country when the soviet union collapsed in 1991. They established a new form of government, they constituted themselves as the republic of belarus. They held an election for president of that republic for the first time in 1994. In that first election in 1994, they picked this guy, alexander lukashenko, to be their first ever president. Again, they picked him in 1994. He is still there today. I say that belarus is kind of soviet. Because belarus is often described as europes last dictatorship. And he is the dictator. But belarus is both effectively a dictatorship and also nominally, its a republic. Its a place that holds elections. And those two things may seem contrary t
In that first election in 1994, they picked this guy, alexander lukashenko, to be their first ever president. Again, they picked him in 1994. He is still there today. I say that belarus is kind of soviet because belarus is often described as europes last dictatorship, and he is the dictator. But belarus is both effectively a dictatorship and also nominally its a republic. It is a place that holds elections. And those two things may seem contrary, that you would be a dictatorship but also one that holds elections. But in practice, those two things often come together. I mean if you think about it, right, basically by definition, if you are an authoritarian leader, if youre a dictator, you dont believe in like checks and balances in government, right . You dont believe in anybody else in government, anybody else in any position in your country being able to interfere with you just dictating what you want to happen and getting it. By definition, right . Authoritarian leaders and dictators
Thats ridiculous. Is it . Mmhmm. Look, heres me. Oh, and have you met my friend adam . He bakes the best mini muffins in all of sausalito. And this one. And. Oh, my god i told you he was passed out thats what you do. And in a way, it was amazing to have had such a new york experience my first night here. Mm. But weve cancelled all her credit cards and recovered the purse in a dumpster, so alls well that ends well. Yeah, you got to watch it in this town a lot of dirtbags. [knock at door] hey, dirtbag. Whats going on . Ah, mr. Rhodes, hello. My fiancee, suneetha, and i were just telling mr. Dunbar about her first night in new york city. Well, its great to finally meet you. Likewise. Anyway, after the brisk chase through the park, we went back to my place, where suneetha proceeded to tease me mercilessly about how small my apartment is. Oh, and hot. By the way, my uncle jawahars restaurant called. They want their tandoor back. [chuckles] thats great. I dont really get it, but i love it. A