The Brett Johnson Show

06/09/2025

Senator John Kennedy from Louisiana claiming that eating Walmart shrimp could turn you into a creature like in the Alien movies.

The problem isnt that we have an idiot out there saying this stuff. Hell, the problem isnt even that he is a long time US Senator--though that is a huge issue. No, the problem is there are people out there who believe the bullshlt he is saying.

Let's explain the shrimp issue.

First 90%+ of all the shrimp sold in the USA is imported. Thanks to Trump's illegal tariffs--shrimp prices are going to explode. Kennedy's insane scare tactics are likely his attempt to calm those people who like shrimp, but will soon be unable to afford to eat them.

Next. Cesium-137. Turns out it is occurring in many foods: Moo Cow Milk, Pistachios, Brazil Nuts (note--in Brazil they don't call them 'Brazil Nuts', they just call them 'Nuts'), etc.

For shrimp, Cesium-137 is used to irradiate for food safety and to extend shelf life. Cesium can also contaminate shrimp by them being exposed to contaminated water and food, being around metals with Cesium-137, etc.

It appears that radioactive metal in an Indonesian shrimp plant is the culprit. It appears that one shipment made it through to Walmart and Kroger stores. Warnings have been issued, shrimp recalled.

Cesium stays in the human body for roughly 70 days. Exposure to too much cesium can result in acute radiation syndrome. Nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, bleeding, coma, death. Increased risk of cancer

The amount of Cesium-137 in the recalled shrimp was 68bq/kg. That's far below the FDA intervention level of 1200bq/kg. No acute health hazard was posed. The recall was to reduce long term repeated exposure to low dose radiation that could increase cancer risk.

Does that worry you? It shouldn't. If you are a cell phone user in the USA, the GPS in that phone you are obsessed with produces more cesium than what was in those shrimp.

Also--it is impossible for consumption of those or any other shrimp loaded with any amount of radiation to turn you into a space monster with acid for blood that incubates in unsuspecting humans chest cavities.

05/09/2025

Ban Transgender individuals from owning fi****ms? Even better, kill two birds with one stone: Declare and classify Transgender people as "Mentally Ill". That way no fi****ms, no real job or economic hopes, and it's easier for "Normal" people to not empathize, to dislike, hate, mistreat.

That's a win win. America. Great Again.

Here's the thing. I've served prison time with trans people. 3 or 4 total. I can tell you that once you get past the idea of a man on the compound having t*ts, you find out "those people"...are normal people.

Am I for men playing women's sports? No. Am I for gender identity or drag shows coming into children's classrooms? No. Am I for children undergoing surgeries or irreversible chemical procedures when a child lacks the capacity for rational thought? No.

Do I think things have went overboard the last few years. Yes.

That said?

Do I think Transgender people are mentally ill? No. No more than anyone else is in this screwed up country we have.

Do I think Transgender people should be banned from owning fi****ms? No. Why should they? Oh, because there have been a couple of shooters who were Transgender? If that is the litmus test, than no white males should be allowed to own fi****ms.

We have turned into a society that thrives off denigrating and mistreating others. We are given permission to do so. We are told to do so by those in power. We tell ourselves we are better people because we make others worse than us. We elevate ourselves by abusing others.

Novel idea: Treat each other as a fellow human being.

And understand that doesn't mean I have to like you or agree with you in order to treat you as a human. I can disagree with you and still choose to treat you as I would like to be treated.

Take Trans people. I will call you by your pronoun. I will call you by your chosen name. I will absolutely respect that and that person. I will treat them as a fellow Human Being. I will support their Rights--like owning fi****ms. I will fight against bigots and those who seek to target and mistreat them. I'll do all those things, and more. But that doesn't mean I think that Trans person is the same type of Man or Woman that some refer to as CIS.

I don't. At all. But I don't have to in order to treat someone fairly, respectfully, and as a fellow Human Being.
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trans-gun-ban-trump-mental-illness-b2820372.html.

Justice Department reportedly mulling restrictions in threat to Second Amendment rights fueled by anti-trans rhetoric

05/09/2025

Worst job numbers since the Pandemic. Remove the Pandemic from the equation and it's the worst job numbers since 2008.

Newsflash: The Economy Sucks.

Median US Income? $79,000
Median US Home Price? $443,000
Average Mortgage Rate? 6.6%

Americans can no longer afford to buy homes.

Folger's 40 Ounce Instant Coffee? $22
Gallon milk? $4.18
80/20 pound of ground beef? $6.20

Most Americans are worried about being able to put food on the table.

A $100,000 salary today? Its really worth about $76,000. Only 18% of individual Americans make $100k+, 34% of households.

Utilities? Electric bills up 10% for this year. Natural gas bills up 24% for 2025.

Layoffs? Over 800,000 the first 6 months of 2025.

The Economy Sucks. Firing the guy who reports the job numbers doesnt change that. Trump saying the real numbers wont be out for a year is bullshlt. The real numbers are above.

Most Americans have known the economy sucks. The only ones who don't are working at the White House or the cult that follows those in the White House.

What is truly amazing is no one in power seems to give a damn about those in pain. Trump and Company certainly don't as they continue to implement a hairbrained economic policy. Democrats don't--they haven't done a damn thing. The Supreme Court doesn't give a damn either, they are too worried about RVs and trips and payoffs in the form of cash, status, or power.

Making America Great Again? For who? Not for ordinary Americans. Maybe for people like Musk and Thiel and Bezos and Zuckerberg. Maybe for those at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. Maybe for those looking to buy off those in power.

Everyone else? Screwed.

By Lucia Mutikani WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. job growth weakened sharply in August while the unemployment rate increased to 4.3%, confirming that labor market conditions were softening and sealing the case for an interest rate cut from the Federal Reserve this month. Nonfarm payrolls increased by o...

02/09/2025

We all got it coming.
My father lived with me the last year of his life. He chose to be bed bound, only getting up to use the restroom. He finally got to the point he didn't have the strength to even do that. The last of it? He was in a hospital, with sepsis, in and out of his mind, staff cleaning him after he used the restroom on himself.

We all got it coming. And we would all do well to remember that.

Been a lot of news and conjecture recently concerning the health of President Donald Trump. He's 79. It's about that time for the Reaper to come knocking. Trump, like the rest of us, has it coming.

Lot of people disagree with and dislike Trump. I'm one. I despise the man and most everything he and his followers support and argue. I believe we are a far worse country because of Trump and those who support him.

But that does not mean I wish the man a hard, painful, or humiliating exit from this this life. Quite the opposite.

That Book so many of Trump's followers profess to believe in? You know, the one they say they follow, but don't? The New Testament of that Book boils down to two statements:

1. Love Thy Neighbor as Thyself.
2. Do Unto Others as You would have Them Do Unto You.

Words and Ideas to live by whether or not you are Christian. (and I'm not)

Jesus didn't say only practice those ideas if you liked the person or if you thought the person deserved love or the same treatment you'd like. Those ideas apply to everyone, regardless.

We'd do well to remember that, and to remember we all got it coming. And we'd do well to model how proper human beings are supposed to treat each other even as Trump and many of his followers are filled with corruption, hatred, bigotry, and racism.

That's the path toward becoming a better People and Nation.

02/09/2025

It appears President Donald Trump may have had a massive stroke.

Note the skin overhang above the nose. "Sinking Skin Flap Syndrome" (SSFS). That's a rare complication after having a hemicraniectomy for treating a malignant stroke.

Part of Trump's skull was removed. The outside pressure exceeds the internal cranial pressure, resulting in a hernia. Yes, it is life threatening.

Now we know why Trump disappeared for a few days. We also know why the Pentagon went into overtime over the weekend ala the Pizza Order Index. And we know why those tweets were so obviously not Donald Trump.

Serious Stroke. Operation to remove brain pressure. Life Threatening Complication develops.

Note the hat. Its being worn to cover up the procedure.

The question now is how damaging the stroke was. And did the stroke complete? Because that means the likelihood of more strokes.

This could well be what finishes Trump. And now we know why JD Vance said he was ready to be President.

01/09/2025

Let's talk Fraud. And let's make an uncomfortable admission:

A lot fraud goes unnoticed, unstopped, and unprosecuted because of biases and prejudices, because we like that person too much for them to be a Fraudster, because it doesnt fit in that echo chamber we have built for ourselves, because we don't want to know the Truth.

"Oh, Bill would never steal. He's got a great job. He comes from a good family. He has a wife, kids! No worries about him!"

"He's a Billionaire! Why would he commit fraud? He wouldn't!"

Biases. Prejudices. Preconceived notions. Failure to be objective and open minded because you want something to be True.

The Tariffs were ruled illegal. If that ruling stands, the US Government will have to refund all those US Citizens and Businesses who paid those taxes. That's in excess of $100 Billion and increasing daily.

(And yes, a Tariff is a tax on the American People. Just because MAGA and the current Administration scream that it isn't doesn't make it not true.)

Let's talk Fraud, though.

Meet Howard Lutnick, Commerce Secretary. His old company is a little place called Cantor Fitzgerald. Howard's sons now run that company.

Howard LOVES the Tariffs. He wants more of them. He goes to bed and has dreams of Tariffs dancing in his head.

Howard's boys are creating a financial product to profit from the Tariffs. You see, Howard's boys are betting the Tariffs wont stand and the US Govt will have to refund those taxes to businesses and individuals.

(and let's be fair--Howard is of that same opinion as well)

The scheme:
--Small businesses get hit with massive Tariffs that they cannot afford to wait years to get back through the courts.

--Cantor Fitzgerald offers to buy their Right to a future refund for a small percentage of the value (20 cents on the dollar).

--If the courts overturn the Tariffs, Cantor Fitzgerald gets the full refund from the government, making a huge profit.

The Lutnicks are profiting from a policy that their family is directly involved in creating, profiting from the financial desperation it causes other businesses.

Corruption. Fraud.

Now understand that at least 30% of Americans are ok with that corruption and fraud. Why?

Biases. Prejudices. Preconceived notions. The Truth doesn't fit in that echo chamber in which they live. Rather than admit the Truth, they accept and rationalize the fraud and corruption.

Hint: This applies to more than just MAGA, Republicans, and the current Administration....

01/09/2025

It is amazing how many people choose to be Bigots and Racists when someone in power gives them permission.

31/08/2025

"The key is to be grateful, look carefully at what we have and understand that somewhere, someone would give everything for what you already have and don't appreciate.”

"There are those who want a swimming pool in the house, while those who have one barely use it. Those who have lost a loved one feel a deep sense of loss, while others who hold them close often complain about them. Those who do not have a partner yearn for him, but those who have, sometimes do not value him. The hungry would give anything for a plate of food, while the well-fed complains about the taste. The one who doesn't have a car dreams, while the one who has one is always looking for a better one."

--Hiroyuki Sanada

There are many things for which I'm grateful. Every day.

But, as I read Hiroyuki Sanada, I realized that many of the things I am grateful for are also the things that I take for granted, that I either don't appreciate--or don't appreciate enough.

My family, my friends, loved ones, job, home. My pets. The respect and trust that I have been blessed with on the "Good Guy" side. Even the "stuff" I've bought over the years.

I have gratitude for all of those things. But a part of me also takes those things for granted. I don't appreciate them enough. I don't show that gratitude to the degree I should. I lack humility. I am prideful. And I want more.

All while not understanding or appreciating that I have so much more than most.

And all while not having proper gratitude for how fortunate that I am.

29/08/2025

Cybercrime, Scams, fraud? Romance Schemes? Pig Butchering? People getting ripped off on Crypto? Proper mitigation, prevention, and cybersecurity?

A lot of the problem is we allow lies to be told and believed without being corrected.

That Grandparent who keeps saying Elon Musk is sending them a Tesla and they just need to pay TTL? That lonely fellow who has a face for radio that is talking to some hottie online that's asking him for money? Those people actually believe those things. They will argue them with you. Often those listening will try to tell those victims the Truth. That often results in the person trying to reason with the victim either giving up, or trying to meet the Cognitive Dissonance of the victim halfway.

Wrong thing to do.

By not constantly correcting that victim or by giving them some "quarter", you allow that victim the opportunity to continue that incorrect belief.

Today, I had an "Expert" comment on a post of mine where I discussed Unicode and IDN Domains. This "Expert" claimed those types of attacks non-existent. I corrected him. He then tried to say it was a matter of opinion. I corrected him again. He ended up running away and blocking me instead of admitting his error.

Not correcting an "Expert" who is blatantly wrong means individuals who dont know any better might believe that person. It makes us less safe.

Those Scam centers in China, Cambodia, Vietnam, wherever? If we read the news and listen to many on this platform, we would believe that those centers are solely stocked with Human Trafficking Victims who are forced and tortured into scamming people. That does happen. But by not acknowledging that there are plenty of willing people out there in those centers and abroad who are scamming--one gets an inaccurate and incomplete picture of the problem. That results in improper and less effective mitigation strategies.

Too often the problem is that someone says and believes something is true because they want it to be true.

Victims, certainly. But a growing number or "Experts" and professionals do the same.

The people who know the Truth are either shouted down, give up trying to correct others out of frustration, or keep their mouth shut--not wanting to rock the boat.

If we are to truly solve these issues, it begins with being truthful and by correcting those who are incorrect--whoever that person may be. Will you p**s someone off by doing that? Absolutely.

But sometimes that's the price of Doing the Right Damn Thing.

27/08/2025

Make lying wrong again.

26/08/2025

"They got into the confidential stuff."
That's the Judge commenting on a Scattered Spider member "hacking" the court. Spider REALLY wanted that access to the Noah "King Bob" files.

Do you know why?

Consider that Urban was Sentenced to 10 years on a Plea Agreement. $13million in Restitution. 56 victims. Federal Sentence Level would have been 31-34. That's a sentence range from 108-188 months. Defense was arguing for 60 months. Prosecution for 96. hmm. Odd that the Prosecution was looking for less than the Guideline Range.

What you need to know is there are two types of people in Federal Prison: Those who have talked, and those who wished they would have talked.

What you really need to understand is that most people talk.

Noah Urban's buddies compromised the Court system and got that "confidential stuff" because they really needed to know what Noah was saying. Did he provide "Assistance"?

The answer to that is yes. You can bet your a$$ Young Noah told everything he could while also trying to lie his way out of trouble.

25/08/2025

Trump was told his name was in the Epstein Files before the DOJ withheld those documents. I'll explain so it sinks in as to what that means:

Before May 7, there was a promise to release the Epstein List and Documents. But the Documents were reviewed and Trump was implicated.

May 7 Pam Bondi informs Trump he is implicated multiple times.

July 7 the decision to release those files changes due to those implications despite blacking out Trump's name in the files.

That means the decision not to release the files is because Trump's name is next to lines which indicate the sexual abuse of children.

Pam Bondi and her DOJ are complicit in aiding and abetting a suspected child predator

That Deep State P**o Ring MAGA has been so worried about? Looking like it might have been ran out of Mara Lago.

President Donald Trump was friends with Jeffrey Epstein for years before the two men had a falling-out.