**Previous Episode: [[BDE351]]** **Next Episode: [[BDE353]]** %%Post image thumbnail below.%%  > [!abstract|no-i] **Episode Overview** **Date Aired:** [[08-15-2024]] **Title:** An Ode to the Lizard Overlords **Episode:** 352 **Description:** It's their world, we just live in it. **Link:** https://rumble.com/v5b4cx1-big-dig-energy-352-an-ode-to-the-lizard-overlords.html **Tags:** %%<https://historydraft.com/happened/what-happened/1-January/world>%% ## Replay %% Get embed URL then highlight and hit ALT + I%% <iframe src="https://rumble.com/embed/v58s4g5/?pub=6eeyh" allow="fullscreen" allowfullscreen="" style="height:100%;width:100%; aspect-ratio: 16 / 9; "></iframe> <br> ## Greetings & Announcements 1. Hi!  ## Segments ### Musk/Trump Discussion is Terrifying [Direct Link](https://x.com/CurtisHouck/status/1823068701240758626)  ### European Commission Showing Weakness? Thierry Breton threatened X owner [[Elon Musk]] ahead of his Monday interview with former president [[Donald Trump]], but he did so without approval from the [[European Commission]]. [Direct Link](https://x.com/ThierryBreton/status/1823033048109367549)  [Full Letter](https://i.postimg.cc/Q8yJLLQj/BDE-Capture-27.png):  Thierry Breton, the European commissioner for the internal market, wrote a letter to Musk on Monday hours before Musk's live-streamed interview with Trump was set to take place on X. He did so without approval from European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen, the Financial Times reported.  [Brussels slaps down Thierry Breton over ‘harmful content’ letter to Elon Musk](https://archive.ph/zugnf) [Musk Response](https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1823076043017630114):  %%Footer Starts Here%% --- ![[Brain Icon 1.png|center]] <b><font color="#ffffff"> <center>You might not have noticed it… but your brain did.</center> </font></b> --- ### Tags ### Linked Pages & Footnotes