Stu's totally out of context 'Game of Thrones' Review | Episode 2

The following is part of an ongoing experiment by Glenn Beck program heartthrob, Stu Burguiere, to begin watching Game of Thrones in its final season, without any previous context. Other than highlights shown in commercials, Stu has never seen a second of Game of Thrones, and has never read a word about its characters or plot lines.

Before embarking on this project, Stu's summary of the series was:

  • There is a battle over who controls the throne(s)?
  • Lots of people watch it
  • There is a lot of violence and/or nudity involved
  • There are dragons that fly around

Spoiler alert: you are about to read information about Game of Thrones that would definitely be considered spoilers, if it was possible to decode what Stu was talking about.

*For pictures of the characters Stu is referencing, check out the review of episode one.

  • There are 7 kingdoms
  • Someone pushed someone out of a tower
  • The open animation is VERY long
  • It also is just animation of very cheesy looking models
  • It's like the old tales of the crypt open, except a puppet skeleton doesn't pop up at the end
  • The Game of Thrones font is just a normal font with 3 lines vertically through the O's
  • Blondie queen wants guy in beard's sister to send troops, which… she isn't
  • Bearded guy is angry at elf's brother and non-troop-sending lady's sister
  • They all used to be at war, and aren't now, but still don't like each other
  • Matronly woman vouches for beard guy, claims she was sexually assaulted, and that beard guy defended her
  • That makes his previous murder attempts ok
  • Backstreet Boy in wheel chair seems to only stare pensively at people
  • Frumpy girl who liked swords with goatee guy in last episode visits dirty guy who hasn't showered and works in a weapon or coal factory or something
  • It looks really cold there
  • Frumpy girl can throw knives, wants weapon made
  • Bright red tree is meeting spot for bearded guy and Backstreet Boy in wheel chair
  • Seems unlikely a wheel chair could make it through all that snow to get to the red tree. Where are the sidewalks?
  • Bearded guy was the person who pushed Backstreet Boy out the window— I assume this caused the wheel chair situation
  • Angry elf and brother beard seem to think their sister was trash, but loved her anyway
  • Angry elf has said that he wants to die at 80 while receiving sexual favors so often, his brother finishes his description of it
  • Beard guy might be Sir Jamie
  • Matronly woman might be Lady Greer
  • Guy who kind of looks like Ricky Gervais and Lenny from "Laverne & Shirley" visits Queen Blondie
  • They used to not like each other but now do, which is the relationship dynamic of every person in this show apparently
  • Red Head — Lady Sansar?
  • Red Head and Blondie might be at odds with each other
  • Red Head brother loves Blondie
  • Blondie's eyebrows are remarkably dark for her hair color
  • Blondie is in love with John, which might be John Snow
  • They're in Winterfell. What falls in winter? Snow. Probably entire plot of series.
  • Some conflict between Blondie and Red Head about a throne and the north
  • Red Head hugging someone— I have no idea who it is, everyone looks the same
  • Little kid wants to join the war and eat some soup
  • The "someone is here" alarm sounds
  • Red Hair Burly Guy is happy to be home. He also has a beard.
  • Eye patch guy is there too
  • Whoever is coming is coming before sun up
  • The army is unbeatable except for their one weak point that destroys the entire army, kind of like the Death Star
  • Angry elf wants to fight, but he's apparently too smart
  • "We're all going to die, but at least we go together" from red burly beard guy— doesn't sound like a positive observation
  • Couple of people want to see the beach together
  • The safe part of the city seems to be the crypt, which is almost never the safe part
  • Someone killed a "White Walker" and is proud of this
  • Angry elf and brother think their dad wouldn't like them to die defending Winterfell
  • Brother of angry elf was sleeping with his sister. Which I think is also angry elf's sister
  • Burly red beard guy killed a king then slept with his wife when he was 10, then breastfed for a few months, currently is extremely poor at getting liquid in mouth while drinking—like the drinking problem from the guy in Airplane!
  • Everyone seems to think they're probably going to die in a few hours
  • Frumpy girl gets her weapon
  • She asks the guy who brought the weapon a lot of invasive questions about his sexual history
  • They says she wants to hook up for her first time before they die
  • She looks less frumpy without clothes on
  • Sir Jamie… of Lanister?
  • Sir Brianne of Toth(?) is going to be a lady knight, which isn't a thing usually. Good to see they're breaking some glass ceilings
  • Fat guy gives Bryan Cranston looking guy a large sword
  • Sporty Spice gives kiss to boyfriend
  • Persons real name is Agon Tarkarian or something— this seems significant but I don't have any idea why or what it means
  • The scary opposing army is in view of castle/Winterfell. They are on horses.
  • This is probably a lot more dramatic to people who understand it

UPDATE: Here's how the discussion went on radio. Watch the video below.


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Trump's education secretary has BIG plans for the DoE

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Our education system is broken, and the Department of Education is a massive failure. But that all ends now.

It's no secret that America's school system is seriously lacking in many ways. President Trump pointed out that despite our massive spending per pupil, we are behind most of the developed world in most metrics. Our scores continue to plummet while our student debt and spending skyrocket—it's utterly unacceptable performance and America's students deserve better.

That's where Linda McMahon, Trump's pick for Secretary of Education comes in.

The former WWE CEO and leader of the U.S. Small Business Administration during Trump's first term, McMahon laid out her harsh criticisms of the DoE during a confirmation hearing on the 13th and revealed her promising plans to turn things around. McMahon described the public education system as "in decline" and promised that under her authority, the DoE would be reoriented towards student success.

Here are the top three changes to the Department of Education:

1. Dismantling the Department of Education

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From the beginning Trump's orders for McMahon were clear: oversee the end of the Department of Education.

During her Thursday hearing, McMahon clarified what dismantling the DoE would entail. As Democrats have repeatedly pointed out, Trump does not have the authority to destroy the DoE without Congressional consent, as an act of Congress created it. That is why Trump and McMahon's plan is to start by shutting down programs that can be stopped by executive action, then approach Congress with a plan to dismantle the Department for good. The executive orders have already begun to take effect, and once McMahon is confirmed she will author a plan for Congress to close the Department.

McMahon also promised that the end of the Department of Education does not mean an end to all the programs currently undertaken by the doomed department. Programs that are deemed beneficial will be transferred (along with their funding) to departments that are more suited to the task. The example given by McMahon was IDEA (Individuals with Disabilities Education Act) funding, which instead of being cut would be transferred to the Department of Health and Human Services.

2. School Choice

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In a huge win for parents across the country, McMahon pledged her support for School Choice. School Choice is the idea of allowing parents to enroll their student in any school of their choice, including religious schools and private schools. It would also mean that part or all of the funding that would have gone to a relocated child would follow them and continue to pay for their education.

This gives parents the ability to remove their children from failing schools and seek a better education for them elsewhere. A growing body of evidence suggests that the way we run our schools isn't working, and it is time to try something new. School Choice opens up education to the free market and will allow for competition.

Our children deserve better than what we can currently offer them.

3. COVID and DEI

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Trump's government-wide crackdown on DEI will ironically serve to increase inclusion in many American schools.

McMahon said as much during her Senate hearing: “It was put in place ostensibly for more diversity, for equity and inclusion. And I think what we’re seeing is, it is having an opposite effect. We are getting back to more segregating of our schools instead of having more inclusion in our schools.” She also spoke in support of Title IX, and the push to remove biological males from women's and girl's sports. In the same vein, McMahon pledged to push back against the rise of antisemitism on college campuses, which many Universities have failed to adequately address.

On Friday, February 14th, President Trump signed an executive order barring any school or university with COVID-19 vaccine mandates from receiving federal money. This only applies to the COVID-19 vaccine, and other vaccine mandates are still standing.

POLL: What DARK government secrets will Trump uncover?

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Will the dark secrets of the Deep State finally see the light of day? Or will they slip back into darkness, as they have many times before?

The Trump administration is gearing up to fulfill one of Trump's most anticipated campaign promises: to make the contents of the JFK files, along with other Deep State secrets, available to the public. Kash Patel, who has promised to publicize the highly anticipated files, is expected to be confirmed next week as Trump's director of the FBI. Moreover, the House Oversight Committee created a new task force headed by Rep. Anna Paulina Luna called "Task Force on Declassification of Federal Secrets," which is tasked with investigating and declassifying information on the JFK, RFK, and MLK assassinations, UFOs, the Epstein list, COVID's origins, and 9/11. This all comes after the FBI found 2,400 "new" records relating to the assassination of President Kennedy following Trump's executive order to release the files.

Glenn discussed this topic with the cast of the Patrick Bet David podcast. Glenn expressed his confidence in Trump's radical transparency—on the condition that Kash Patel is confirmed. The cast was not as optimistic, expressing some doubt about whether Trump will actually unveil all that he has promised. But what do you think? What files are likely to see the light of day? And what files will continue to linger in the dark? Let us know in the poll below

Do you think the JFK, RFK, and MLK files will be unveiled?

Do you think the 9/11 files will be unveiled?

Do you think the COVID files will be unveiled?

Do you think the UFO files will be unveiled?

Do you think the Epstein list will be unveiled?

Transgender opera in Colombia? 10 SHOCKING ways USAID spent your tax dollars.

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The government has been doing what with our tax money!?

Under the determined eye of Elon Musk, DOGE has rooted out the corruption that permeates USAID, and it turns out that it's worse than we thought. Glenn recently read a list of atrocious causes that were funded by USAID, and the list was as long as it was shocking.

Since the January consumer index report was published today, one thing is clear: eggs are bearing the brunt of inflation. That's why we illustrated the extent of USAID's wasteful spending of YOUR taxpayer dollars by comparing it to the price of eggs. How many eggs could the American people have bought with their tax dollars that were given to a "transgender opera" in Colombia or indoctrinating Sri Lankans with woke gender ideology? The truth will shock you:

1. A “transgender opera” in Colombia

USAID spent $47,000 on a transgender opera in Colombia. That's over 135,000 eggs.

2. Sex changes and "LGBT activism" in Guatemala

$2 million was spent funding sex changes along with whatever "LGBT activism" means. That equates to over 5.7 million eggs!

3. Teaching Sri Lankan journalists how to avoid binary-gendered language

USAID forked over $7.9 million to combat the "gender binary" in Sri Lankan journalism. That could have bought nearly 23 million eggs.

4. Tourism in Egypt

$6 million (or just over 17 million eggs) was spent to fund tourism in Egypt. If only someone had thought to build some impressive landmarks...

5. A new "Sesame Street" show in Iraq

USAID spent $20 million to create a new Sesame Street show in Iraq. That's just short of 58 million eggs...

6. Helping the BBC value the diversity of Libyan society

$2.1 million was sent to the BBC (the British Broadcasting Corporation) to help them value the diversity of Libyan society (whatever that means). That could have bought over 6 million eggs.

7. Meals for a terrorist group linked to Al-Qaeda

$10 million worth of USAID-funded meals went to an Al-Qaeda linked terrorist group. That comes up to be just shy of 29 million eggs.

8. Promoting inclusion in Vietnam 

A combined $19.3 million was sent to two separate inclusion groups in Vietnam inclusion groups in Vietnam (why where they separated? Not very inclusive of them). That's over 55 million eggs.

9. Promoting DEI in Serbia's workplaces

USAID sent $1.5 million (4.3 million eggs) to “advance diversity equity and inclusion in Serbia’s workplaces and business communities.”

10. Funding EcoHealth Alliance, tied to the Wuhan Institute of Virology's "bat research"

EcoHealth Alliance, one of the key NGOs that funded the Wuhan lab's bat virus research, received $5 million from USAID, which is equivalent to 14.5 million eggs.

The bottom line...

So, how much damage was done?

In total, approximately $73.8 million was wasted on the items on this list. That comes out to be 213 million eggs. Keep in mind that these are just the items on this list, there are many, many more that DOGE has uncovered and will uncover in the coming days. Case in point: that's a lot of eggs.

POLL: Should Trump stop producing pennies?

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On Sunday, February 9th, President Trump ordered the U.S. Mint to halt the production of pennies. It costs the mint three cents to produce every penny, which Trump deemed wasteful. However, critics argue that axing the pennies will be compensated by ramping up nickel production, which costs 13 cents per coin.

In other news, President Trump promised on Truth Social that he would be reversing a Biden-era policy that mandated the use of paper straws throughout the federal government. From potentially slashing entire agencies to saying farewell to pennies and paper straws, Trump is hounding after wasteful spending of taxpayer dollars.

But what do you think? Was Trump right to put an end to pennies? And should plastic straws make a comeback? Let us know in the poll below:

Should Trump stop the production of pennies? 

Do you agree with Trump's reversal of the plastic straw ban?