Brian Fitzherbert joins Anne Baker on WOND radio for 'Fitzherbert Friday'. Today, Brian and Anne discuss a whole host of issues relating to America's security, immigration, the Strait of Hormuz, and a whole lot more. They also hear from Caller John from Ocean City.

Upcoming Events & Liberty and Prosperity Announcements

Richard Somers Memorial (Sept 4): A ceremony honoring local hero Richard Somers (died Sept 4, 1804, in Tripoli) will take place at 10:00 AM at the park by the library in Somers Point, followed by an $20 breakfast at 11:00 AM.

Media Appearances: A feature story is published in the free Shore Local newspaper (page 8), and a radio segment discussing Richard Somers will air Wednesday, Sept 2, at 8:00 AM on 95.5 WPG.

Mort Klein Lecture (Sunday): The president of the Zionist Organization of America will speak at 7:00 PM at the Rodef Sholom Synagogue in Atlantic City on anti-Semitism and Zionism.

Donations: Listeners are urged to support Liberty and Prosperity with $30 dues/donations via their website, by mail, or at the breakfast.

Fatal Car Crash & Crime Policy Critique

Mays Landing Tragedy: A stolen vehicle containing four Atlantic City teenagers crashed into oncoming traffic on Route 50 and 3rd Street, killing Egg Harbor Township residents Alice Stillwell and Robert Barr.

Juvenile Detention Shortage: The speaker argues that local crime is worsened by a lack of juvenile facility space—noting that the 27-bed Harborfields facility is overcrowded, leading to repeat offenders (including one teen in the crash who was arrested twice in the previous two months) being released.

Social and Institutional Criticisms: The host attributes systemic issues to liberal education, broken family structures, overly restrictive police pursuit guidelines, and municipal disputes between Atlantic County and the state over detention obligations.

Federal Spending, Law, and Political Influence

Presidential Spending Authority: Addressing the national debt, the speaker highlights that U.S. presidents cannot unilaterally cut Congressionally approved budgets without a veto, as mandated by federal budget law and 1972 Supreme Court precedent.

Political Lobbying Dynamics: In response to a caller questioning why pro-Israel PACs opposed fiscal conservatives like Rep. Thomas Massie, the host stated that political lobbies primarily support politicians who advance their specific legislative priorities, regardless of broader party alignment or fiscal policies.

EDITED TRANSCRIPT OF SETH GROSSMAN RADIO INTERVIEW WITH JOHN DEMASI ON AUGUST 29, 2026:

SETH GROSSMAN:  This Friday, September 4, we'll hold a ceremony, - at the park by the library in Somers - Point, - at Shore Road across the street from Charlie's - Bar. - To remember the local hero Richard Summers - who died on September fourth eighteen o four. - Fighting America's first foreign war against terror - in Tripoli North Africa. - So the ceremony will be at 10:00. - We're having a breakfast afterwards for $20 at - 11:00. - It's not a fundraiser, it just pays for - the breakfast, but we'd love to have you - come and participate. - And, if you haven't joined or donated to - Liberty and Prosperity - yet - and you like hearing me talk on the - radio and you like the events we have, - you like the website, - please let us keep doing it by donating - at least $30 - for - supporting dues or whatever you can. - You could donate through the website at the - breakfast or send a check to our Somers - Point office. - Oh and by the way, if you wanna - share that story of Richard Summers, - Shore Local did a great job this year. - It's a newspaper that's distributed free all along - on the South Jersey Shore. - The whole story is on page eight. You - can, it has a big picture of a - colorful beach umbrella for this edition, - and I recommend getting it. And of course, - another long standing tradition, Harry Hurley will be - having me tell the whole - story. - O'clock, - rather at, - at 08:00, - in the morning this Wednesday, September 2 - on, ninety five five point five, WPG. - Well, - it's, - certainly a week that you are gonna be - very busy. That's for sure. - It seems that way. And another announcement, - on Sunday, - that's tomorrow if you're listening to this on - Saturday or in about an hour if you're - listening to this on - Sunday. Mort Klein, - the president of the Zionist Organization of America - will be speaking in Atlantic City, - at 7PM at the - and that's on Atlantic Avenue and Plaza Place - across the street from the, - Plaza, - condominium. - And his official topic is fighting antisemitism - and the propaganda lies against Israel and more. - Now, when you go to most of these - seminars on antisemitism, - you normally get the woke leftist garbage - of the, - established - you know Jewish organizations - who seem more interested - in keeping their stupid rainbow, - leftist coalition together and elect Democrats. - They could care more about that than in - protecting Jews. But Mort Klein, - is really a a Republican, a conservative, - staunch supporter of Israel who really tells you - the truth about what's going on. - And, if anyone has a chance to get - to Atlantic City, - and and wants to - understand - how these so called Jewish organizations - are creating more antisemitism - than they, they say they prevent. - He's a a dynamic speaker, and I think, - a lot of folks would find that worthwhile. - It it's definitely, - I'll I'll tell you, when I saw the, - saw the ad that you had for it, - It sounds like, it it's definitely different than - what the norm is. - And, Yeah. What what is the reason? Why - is there so much antisemitism? - I know you could talk for an hour - about this, but why is do you do - you know? - Well well, I mean, it there there's - a a problem is that really, - socialism - is, - in my opinion, is the main cause of - of antisemitism. - It always has been. Because again, socialism - has two elements to it. One is that, - you know, too many people have too little. - And if there's a problem in your life, - if you don't have what you want, - it's because somebody else is taking too much. - Somebody else is is fixing the system so - you don't get a fair share. - So of course, once you have that kind - of mentality - and and so many of these liberal, - institutions that you support, support the socialism. - But socialism also ends up leading you to - antisemitism. - Because people say well look at look at - how well the Jews are doing. So - so that's - the cause of it and yet these Jewish - organizations - who claim to be fighting antisemitism, - they make it worse by falsely blaming Christians, - falsely blaming the so called right wing, - falsely, blaming, - conservatives and Republicans and Trump. You know? So - that so so Jewish leaders actually make it - worse. Worse. And of course the second element - of socialism - is instead of understanding the reality of life - that all people - have some good in them. Most people have - some bad in them. Good people often do - bad things. Bad people do good things. - What they teach, the the leftist, the socialist - teach that every single problem in the world - is caused by somebody else who's bad. And - all we have to do is identify who's - bad and get rid of them. - And, it's very easy to say, oh, look - the Jews are are behind everything. So I - think that's the main cause of the antisemitism. - And I think that, - that unlike the, the groups we have in - Atlanta County, you know, like the Board of - Jewish Education and the Jewish Federation and the - ADL - who make things worse, - Ward Klein really, - tells it straight. And I think, - a lot of people who are fed up - with, you know, the the the, traditional Jewish - groups will find, - Mordecline in his Zionist organization of America very - refreshing. That's this Sunday at 07:00, - and it'll be posted on the website. - Sounds like a a a must attend - lecture. - It is. And we'll we'll put the stuff - online. - But meanwhile, I think the most important, - story, - or event that we've just got to talk - about, and you can't talk about it enough, - is what happened just an hour before you - and I were on the radio last Saturday. - And that was when four teenagers - from Atlantic City - stole a car in Longport - and then ran away from police in Longport, - drove to Mays Landing, and killed two people - on Route 50 And 3rd Street, right in - the middle of Mays Landing. - And and they were, of course, Alice Stillwell - and Robert Barr, both of Egg Harbor Township. - And, we posted, - you know, the whole story on our website - under the title, - I I believe that the title was, - something like, - two two here it is. Teens - caught and released twice in Atlantic City - till two in Mays Landing. - And when you look at the video - of just, you must had a huge SUV. - I think it was a $280,000, - car, Mercedes, - SUV. - Well, it must have been going 70 or - 80 miles an hour, - swerves into the oncoming lane - and hits these poor people. You see they - never had a chance. The absolute horror. - And if you don't already know how evil - and dysfunctional - the politics and government of this country have - become, - the senseless death of these two people should - wake you up, - but I'm not so sure. - Because - what led to the deaths of Alice Stillwell - and Robert Barr - have been going on for fifty years. And - I just don't have time to discuss the - details, but let's just talk about the the - main points. Number one, for the past sixty - five years, - black Americans and the rest of us have - been fed this fake black history instead of - real American history. - And the fake black history tells us that - every problem, every failure in the black community - is the fault of white racism. - Therefore, black teachers, black parents, black leaders, or - black anybody - has no responsibility - whatsoever for their actions - responsibility - for raising their children. Number three. We have - schools that spend $25,000 - a year that teach these kids absolutely no - skills, - no discipline, - no sense of controlling yourself,...

Talking With Anne - 8-21-26​

Remember Richard Somers on September 4, the day he died in Tripoli in 1804.

EDITED TRANSCRIPT OF SETH GROSSMAN INTERVIEW WITH JOHN DEMASI ON WPG TALK RADIO, 95.5FM 1450AM:

 August 22, 2026

1. Ceremony to remember Richard Somers on September 4 is as important as remembering September 11.

2. Our book 1676 Project explains why "reparations" in New Jersey is ridiculous.

3. Trump added $10 trillion to create America's $40 trillion national debt.

4. Jihad is only certain way to guarantee forgiveness of sin and eternal life in Paradise.

5. When America was great, people were free to decide what to build on their own land.

SETH GROSSMAN: Richard Somers, who was born in Somers Point, New Jersey, died in Tripoli, in North Africa, on September 4, 1804. He died in America's first foreign war. He died fighting the same people who did the same thing to Americans that the Iranians, the Houtis, and the Islamic State ISIS people are doing to Americans right now.

Every year on September 4, we celebrate how that sacrifice made by Richard Somers, and all 12 men on his ship, Intrepid, and the American Marines who later went to the Shores of Tripoli kept Americans safe around the world for the next 150 years.

When you learn the story of Richard Somers, you understand that the reason we have terrorism and war, and riots and chaos around the world today is because Americans have stopped doing what Richard Somers and those other young Americans did all the time back in 1804.

We need to tell that story to more people. We need more people to learn that lesson.  Our ceremony to remember Richard Somers and to tell that story will be one week from next Friday, September 4. It will be at 10 in the morning, the Friday before Labor Day. The details are posted on our Liberty and Prosperity.com website.

Only a few dozen people will be with us to remember Richard Somers. A lot more people will be at ceremonies to remember the attacks on America that happened on September 11, 2001.

However, if you had a choice of going to just one of those events, you will draw a lot more useful lessons from our ceremony to remember Richard Somers.  Here's why.

The story of Richard Somers explains who attacked, and kidnapped and murdered Americans back in 1804, and why they did it. It also explains what we had to do, and what we did to stop them.

Some 3,000 Americans were attacked and murdered on September 11, 2001 by those very same people.  And yet hardly any of the ceremonies to remember the victims of September 11, 2001 say a word about who killed them, why they killed them, or what we need to do to stop them from killing Americans again.

em say nothing about who killed them, why they killed those Americans, and what we need to do to stop them from attacking us again and killing more Americans.

However, all of those questions are answered when you learn the story of Richard Somers

2. Our 1676 Project history book explains why "reparations" in New Jersey are ridiculous.

JOHN DEMASI:  You know, I had never heard of Richard  Somers  until you came along. And I guess a lot of people are in the same boat.

SETH GROSSMAN: Absolutely. But yet every American once knew all about Richard Somers. Every American school child, who passed the fourth or fifth grade  was once taught about Richard Somers. But after 1940, we started to change what we teach our kids in public school. And today, after 80 years of this, hardly any Americans even heard of Richard Somers. And it's not just about Richard Somers.

I just published a whole history book about how New Jersey got started. The book is called 1676 Project: How New Jersey Shaped America. At one time, almost every story in that book was taught to every American by the 8th grade.  And today hardly any of those stories are even mentioned in college, let alone public school.

We Americans pay a price for not knowing our history.  Right now, our New Jersey Governor Mikie Sherrill and the Democrats in the State Legislature are talking about forcing every taxpayer in New Jersey to pay an extra tax to pay for so-called reparations to the descendants of Blacks who were slaves more than 160 years ago.

You can't understand how outrageous and ridiculous this is if you don't know the history of New Jersey. That is because slavery was normal all over the world for 10,000 years. And it was Christians in America and in Britain who ended it. And the center of the movement to end slavery was right here in South Jersey.

So to force people in South Jersey to pay for something we worked and sacrificed so hard to get rid of is absolutely ludicrous!  However, nobody knows that because they don't know the history. It's not being taught in schools. They're teaching our kids a fake history instead. And that's why I keep talking about my book, 1676 Project. I hate to always be plugging my own book, but this is why it's so important.

3. Trump added $10 trillion to create America's $40 trillion national debt.

Above Image: Gamie Tumbling Tower Drinking Game. Each player tries to make the tower higher by removing a block from the bottom and placing it on top. At some point, the tower collapses.

SETH GROSSMAN: In your opening monologue, you were talking about President Trump. It is true that if you have been watching MSNOW, CNN or any of the broadcast networks, or reading the Philadelphia Inquirer or any of the Democrat media, you know that they are all claiming that President Trump and his family are getting rich from insider trading. That is all they talked about last week.

However, if you have been following conservatives and Republicans on social media, like X, Facebook, Instagram and YouTube, they have been talking about something else. - that's all they're talking about is, - you know, President Trump enriching himself from insider - trading. - And that's, you know, that's what they're focused on. But if you have been looking at -what leading conservative and Republican influencers have been posting on social media like X, Facebook, Instagram and YouTube you will notice that they were talking about something else--the national debt.

Last week, the federal government announced that that it now owes $40 trillion on its credit card. That's 40,000 billion dollars. I talked about this a little bit last week. But this is an absolute, fundamental disaster. You cannot defend this. You cannot excuse this. You simply cannot protect America and our freedom against communists, socialists, Muslims, or anybody else when you screw up the economy this bad.

And we also cannot deny that President is responsible for this. Of that $40 trillion debt, $10 trillion, that is one fourth of it, came from President Trump's six years in office. And he still has two more years to go!

You can't blame Democrats for this, because President Trump could have stopped this.  He had Elon Musk and all of his cutting edge technology on board. And Elon Musk identified every specific area where billions of dollars was bing stolen and where billions of dollars were being wasted, or spent on stuff government has no business doing.

And what did Trump do? Trump sided with the swamp and got rid of Elon Musk. - So you can't blame the Democrats for that.

And really, you can't blame Congress for that. Let's look where all that federal money is going. You see it openly announced in the newspaper every single day. Yesterday, the Press of Atlantic City said federal funds are paying for new tennis courts in Atlantic City. Four million dollars of federal funds are fixing up the Boardwalk in Wildwood. Federal funds paid to pave Atlantic Avenue in Atlantic City, Margate and Longport, and West Avenue in Ocean City. Millions of dollars of federal funds are fixing up Lucy the Elephant in Margate.  Federal funds are paying to pump sand in front of million dollar homes in Ocean City and Strathmere. And of course. And of course, a half million dollars of federal funds gave 52 lucky families in Atlantic City $10,000 in so-called scholarships.

Now our Congressman is Jeff Van Drew. And I think he is the best Congressman we can have and he is doing an outstanding job in so many ways. But suppose he started voting against having the federal government spend all this money in the district. He's have about as much chance of winning the next election as me!

Everybody thinks that if the federal government spends money here, somebody else is paying for it. They forget that we had 535 elected  members of Congress. We have a President, 100 Senators, and 435 members of the House. And they all need campaign money and they all need votes.  And they all  have to buy the votes and money the need to get elected by having the federal government pay for all of this fraud, all of this waste, and all of these local and private things that the federal government has no business doing.

There's only one person who can possibly put an end to this.  And that's the President. Trump is the only person who can bring sanity back to federal spending. But the President is doing nothing. He isn't even saying anything about it. Even worse, he is supporting awful candidates for Congress who are behind this reckless spending, and he is going out of his way to defeat good, principled, responsible members of Congress who are trying to get this spending under control 

He got Tom Massie defeated in Kentucky and Bob Good in Virginia. And he is supported awful candidates like Byron Donalds in Florida, and Lindsey Graham's sister in South Carolina, and he did everything he could to defeat good conservative.  Almost all of Trump's endorsements are for swamp critters who are have been corrupting and bankrupting this country for years.

The best I can say is what that great Republican President, Warren Harding, said more than a hundred years ago:  "My enemies, I can lick my enemies any day of the week. But my friends,...

Economic Pressures and Governance

Cost of Living and Immigration: Brian argues that the rising cost of living—affecting housing, healthcare, and insurance—is fundamentally driven by excess demand fueled by illegal immigration, pushing younger generations toward socialism out of frustration with market conditions.

Domestic Policy Critiques: Democratic social programs, particularly the Affordable Care Act, are criticized as costly failures, while Trump administration enforcement actions (such as ICE operations) are defended as necessary legal enforcement.

Cultural and Political Polarization

Partisan Tribalism: Both speakers lament "team-based" political mindsets that overlook radicalism, poor policy, or moral failings in favor of political power.

Social and Legal Debates: The discussion touches on public glorification of criminals (referencing Luigi Mangione), criticisms of late-term abortion legislation in states like Massachusetts, and progressive social agendas in state leadership.

Transgender Policies in Sports: Anne and Brian strongly oppose transgender women competing in biological women’s sports, citing the WNBA, fairness in athletic scholarships, and biological definitions of sex, while characterizing youth gender transitions as a failure of parental duty.

Foreign Policy and Global Security

Iran and the Strait of Hormuz: The blockade and disruption of shipping lanes by Iran and allied groups are highlighted as major threats to global energy supplies and domestic fuel prices. Brian suggests former President Trump would prioritize decisive national security deterrence over political fallout, drawing analogies to historic military ultimatums.

Allied Defense and NATO: Frustration is voiced over allied dependency on U.S. defense, reiterating calls for NATO members to meet their required 2% GDP defense spending thresholds.

Defense Technology and Ukraine: Ukraine is characterized as an active proving ground for modern military technology, particularly unmanned aerial vehicles (drones) and adapted weapons systems, which global allies in the Pacific (such as Taiwan, Japan, and South Korea) are closely monitoring.

Summary: Seth Grossman from Liberty and Prosperity. WPG Radio  August 15, 2026.

We should not be the only folks in South Jersey to hold an event to remember Richard Somers.

Above Image: Statue and Park Dedicated to Richard Somers. We invite you to join us as we tell his story at 10am on September 4, the day he died in Tripoli in 1804. The park is located next to the library at 801 Shore Road (at New Jersey Avenue), in Somers Point.

To the best of my knowledge, we are the only organization in South Jersey that will remember Richard Somers on September 4, the day he was killed in Tripoli in 1804.  We are holding an event by the Richard Somers Park in Somers Point at 10 am on Friday, September 4-- the Friday before Labor Day weekend. We invite you to join us.

Richard Somers died in a war against the same people we are now fighting in Iran. They are the same people who murdered 3,000 Americans in New York City and in Washington, D.C. on September 11, 2001. The same enemy that captured and took more - than a million white Christians - as slaves from Europe and made them slaves - in Africa - for more than a thousand years. And the - same people who captured more than 5 million Black Africans as slaves throughout the Arab world.  

Many organizations will remember September 11.  However, nobody else is holding an event to remember when Americans fought back and defeated those people. Not the Atlantic County Historical Society. Not the Somers Point Historical Society. Not the Ocean City or Cape May County historical societies. Not a single town, not a single library.

Book Promotion: By the way, the back story of the vicious attacks by Muslim Arabs and Turks against Christians in Europe and Blacks in Africa is described in my book, 1676 Project, how New Jersey shaped America.

 

Why don't we talk about "moderate" Muslims?

First, there is several fundamental differences between Islam and other world religions.  Judaism and Christianity are both based on the Ten Commandments and the Golden Rule, "Do unto others as you would want others to do to you." Buddhists and Hindus have similar values.  Islam does not.  Non-believers, no matter how good, and loving, and fair, have no place is Islam.

Because of this, if a Muslim jihadi attacks, murders, rapes or commits any other barbaric crime against a non-Muslim in the name of Islam, you will not find any Islamic religious or community leader openly denounce the attack and claim that that the attacker was a disgrace to Islam.  On the contrary, most leaders will insist on a proper Islamic burial for the perpetrator.

It is the total opposite for Jews and Christians. In 1994, one Jew went crazy and murdered 29 Arabs who were praying in Hebron.  Every Jewish religious and political openly denounced what he did. They would not let his body be buried in a Jewish cemetery.   In 2009, someone shot and killed an abortion doctor.  Every Christian and pro-life leader openly denounced that murderer.

Maybe we would look at so-called moderate Muslims differently if they openly and publicly denounced every Muslim who attacks and kills non-Muslims in the name of Islam. But they never, never do. They instead come up with some excuse to blame the victim.  You simply cannot live in a normal society where someone you think is a peaceful neighbor can attack you out of the blue like that. You also can't have a normal democracy where every member of one religion will automatically vote only for members of that religion and against anyone who is not a believer of that religion.

Click here for link to article with details:  What About So-called ‘Moderate Muslims’? - CultureWatch

 10 ounce Wawa coffee from $1.87 to $2.98 in four weeks!

Rising Living Costs: The 20-ounce cup of coffee I just bought at Wawa is now $2.79 plus the 19-cent sales tax for a total of $2.98.  It was $1.75 plus a 12 cent tax, or $1.87 just a few weeks ago.  So Wawa is charging me 60% more.  And the state government gave me a big 60% tax increase by basing its tax on the higher price for the same 10-ounce cup of coffee.  And of course, prices are up for everything else.  Groceries, restaurants, houses, rent, college tuition and doctor bills.

This is a big deal and everybody is talking about inflation.  However, very few people are talking about what is causing it, and how to stop it.

 Higher gas prices from the war in Iran. I'm sure others besides will have a lot to say about this.  Probably the biggest problem is that a good leader doesn't start a war without first explaining to people the price that must be paid to win that war. Of course, higher gas prices cause higher prices for everything else. Gas is needed for fertilizer to grow the coffee beans, roast the beans, ship them to America and then bring them to Wawa.  And higher gas prices raise the cost of everything else we buy.

Higher prices for "green" electricity. Governor Murphy and the Democrats shut down six power plants. We're not going to have lower prices until we rebuild, replace, or reopen them.

Federal Borrowing and Spending  The Federal government spent $1.8 trillion dollars more than it took in during the past twelve months. That's one thousand eight hundred billion dollars!  Trump Republicans together with Biden Democrats increased the national debt from $19 trillion in 2016 to $40 trillion today. This is simply not sustainable.  Every dollar the federal government spends more than it takes in is a dollar that the federal government prints out of thin air. It makes every dollar we have and every dollar we earn less valuable.  A lot of the inflation we have is nothing more than our dollars being worth a lot less.

Higher Property Taxes caused by public schools and local government costing too much.

Bad Zoning Laws make it too expensive to build anything. They also smother competititon.

The people who created New Jersey in 1676 knew how to fix this.  Why can't we learn from them?

EDITED TRANSCRIPT OF AUGUST 15, 2026 SETH GROSSMAN RADIO INTERVIEW ON WPG RADIO WITH JOHN DEMASI:

 

Why are we the only ones who remember Richard Somers on September 4?

On September 4, the Friday before Labor Day Weekend, we will remember Richard Somers. He is the national hero from Somers Point. September 4 is the day he was killed in Tripoli, in North Africa. He was fighting the same war against the same people we are now fighting in Iran.

The Richard Somers story is remarkable in many ways. It was once well known by every American with an eighth grade - education.  Yet today, hardly anyone knows that story except. Hardly anybody else knows that story. Many who do know don't seem to care. We have an Atlantic County Historical Society. - They have nothing planned. We have an Ocean City Historical Society, Egg Harbor Township Historical Society. - We have libraries in Atlanta County, Cape May - County, Ocean City, - Stockton University. - Not one major local institution - has any event to remember this remarkable local hero. He is probably the only true national hero who came from this area.

I don't know of any businesses doing Richard Somers promotions. No Richard Somers hats or T-shirts. No community events.  Nothing done by the city of Somers Point, Ocean City, Atlantic City or anyone else. In most tourist attractions, businesses and communities give more recognition to their local pirates, outlaws and scoundrels than we give to Richard Somers.

Why are we, Liberty and Prosperity, a tiny breakfast discussion group of aging Boomers during this.  We all know why. To remember Richard Somers is to talk about why he fought and died in Tripoli 222 years ago. We have to remember that he was fighting the same enemy that is shouting "Death to America" in Iran.  hE FOUGHT the same enemy who murdered 3,000 Americans in New York and the Pentagon and in those airplanes on 09/11/2001, - The same enemy that captured and took more - than a million white Christians - as slaves from Europe and made them slaves in Africa for more than a thousand years. And the same people who captured more than 5,000,000 blacks - from Africa - and sold them as slaves throughout the entire Arab world. 

 And by the way, that entire backstory - of the Richard Summer story is described in - detail in my book, the 1676 - project. - And you could get that from us at - Liberty and Prosperity for $20 or at several - local stores.  You could buy it on Amazon for $25 - and you could buy it on Kindle for - $10, - through Amazon.

Why don't we recognize "moderate" Muslims?

You were troubled when you talked about that conservative Muslim listener who reach out to you. He asked why we don't talk about the great majority of Muslims in America who are not violent.  I think there's a very simple reason why. 

Because every barbaric act of violence that we've been dealing with was done by Muslims who claimed they were doing what their religion instructed them to do.  When a Pakistani murders an American in New York, it is not about any conflict between America and Pakistan. When a Tunisian uses a truck to murder nearly a hundred people on a promenade in a seaside resort in France, it was not about any conflict between Tunisia in France.

And what do other Muslims do and say when someone commits such horrible acts in the name of their religion?

We know what Jews and Christians do.  Back in 1994, a Jew in Israel went crazy and murdered 29 Muslims when they were praying in Hebron.  He was openly denounced by every Jewish religious and political leader in Israel and America and all over the world. They would not even let him be buried in  Jewish cemetery.

When someone murdered an abortion doctor in Kansas, he was publicly denounced and repudiated by every Catholic leader, every pro-life leader, every Christian leader in America.  And because of that,...

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Above YouTube Video: Second Floor of the Quarter of the Tropicana Hotel-Casino in Atlantic City on Saturday Night, August 1, 2026

Also click here for link to Facebook video:   https://www.facebook.com/share/v/14nR8Auck5C/

Viral Videos of Fights and Violent Confrontations in Atlantic City Last Saturday (August 1): They apparently started at the Bungalow Beach Bar, moved onto the Boardwalk, and then into the Tropicana Casino and its entertainment mall known as the Quarter. There were other disturbances outside the closed Chelsea Inn. This was widely reported on Facebook and other social media and provoked much public comment. It appears that nobody was seriously injured. However, will the perception of what Thomas Sowell called "Black Redneck" culture kill Atlantic City again, as it did in early 1970s, before casinos?

Deadly Shootings and the Perception of Crime Destroyed Atlantic City before casinos in 1972-1973:   During these years, there was a random fatal daylight shooting on the Boardwalk. There was a deadly shootout between two Philadelphia gangs at the Club Harlem. Someone threw a beer can at a Miss America contestant during the Miss America Pageant Parade which was then held at night. By 1974, there was a popular expression, "Will the last person to leave Atlantic City please turn out the lights."   In 1974, legislators proposed amending the NJ State Constitution to allow casinos in New Jersey to fix this. However, voters rejected that proposal. In 1976, NJ voters approved an amendment to allow casino gambling only in Atlantic City.

We need to talk about specific ways to end this behavior. Criminals who break the laws must be locked up and removed from society. If we don't have enough jails, especially youth detention jails, we need to build them.  There have to be consequence for barbaric behavior.  We also need to have teenagers working again during the summer. That means we need to get rid of minimum wage laws. Nobody is going to pay high wages to kids who never worked before and need lots of supervision and training. We also need to remove mentally ill and drug and alcohol addicted "homeless" from tourist areas. Of course, we can't do anything until we are free to openly talk about these things.

Update:  These incidents are becoming normal at many vacation destinations including cruise ships and amusement parks. The first video below describes brawls and fights that broke out during the last night of the Wisconsin State Fair on Sunday, August 16. The second describes an alleged attack on a nine year old child on a luxury cruise ship. 

https://youtu.be/Cm5TeEtkdhc?si=6ljJRM2vY_2Euip2

https://youtube.com/shorts/EhmGEeRne54?si=t0nsRl1hLUjV3i_g

It is now normal to name public buildings after mediocre career politicians.  Atlantic City's City Hall was just named after Ernest Coursey. At one time, public buildings were named after people who achieved something extraordinary. Now we name buildings after politicians who have been in office a long time. Ernest Course was first hired by Atlantic City's City Council President to drive him around and do personal errands in 1986. His job title was clerk-typist even though he never learned how to type. In 1991, he was elected to City Council from his ward. He was appointed to deputy mayor, a full-time position created for him when he helped get a new mayor elected. When that mayor was voted out of office, Coursey ran and was elected to the Atlantic County Board of Freeholders (now Commissioners) from one of five county districts. He was elected to four three-year terms. He then helped elect a new Atlantic City mayor. That mayor appointed to a newly created full time "chief of staff" position. He then got sick and died last year. He was not known for any extraordinary or particular achievement during his 39 years in politics. And now City Hall in Atlantic City is now named after him.

Above Image: Site of the old Dolphin Dock on Bay Avenue in Somers Point. The old owners retired and closed their bait and tackle shop in 2014. New owners thought this was an ideal spot for a new restaurant. They were denied permits because zoning laws required more parking spaces. (The Clam Bar next door doesn't have enough parking spaces either. However, it was built before new zoning laws went into effect.)

Above Image: Site of old parking lot of Shore Medical Center on Bay Avenue in Somers Point. When the hospital built a new three level garage for patients and staff, it planted grass and trees on its old parking lot.

New Jersey Zoning Laws do nothing but guarantee high prices, high taxes and stagnation.  Most towns in New Jersey towns have zoning and building laws that do not allow any successful new buildings or businesses to be built anywhere. new business to be built or opened anywhere. Almost every existing business and building is in violation of something in the zoning or building laws.  If the owner gets old and wants to sell to someone who wants to build or operate something new, almost anything new violates the zoning law. If the building burns down, and the owner just wants to rebuild what he had before, he can't do it. Nothing new can get built or opened unless that owner gets a "variance" from the law or a special "redevelopment zone" for just his property. This is expensive and often takes years. The application process requires expensive lawyers, experts, and political connections. Only rich insiders can do this.  Even after doing all this, many applications are denied. This is one reason why everything is too expensive. This is why the site of the old Wonderland amusement park in Ocean City has been a dead zone in Ocean City for the last two summers. This is why so much prime waterfront land along Bay Avenue in Somers Point has been vacant for years.

Pension System and Cost-of-Living Increases:  Retired police and firefighters are lobbying for yearly cost of living increases in their pensions.  If the pension funds were sound, this would not be a problem.  However, New Jersey government pension funds are broke.  There are many reasons for this. For years, there was no connection between how much employees put into their pension funds, and how much they received when they retired. Police officers and fire fighters would often work years for modest salaries, but then get promoted to chief just before their retired. Their pensions were based on their salaries as chief rather than salaries during most of their careers. Teachers and even lifeguards routinely got big pay hikes just before they retired to juice up their pensions. Then, the police got the law changed so they could retire at age 55 after 25 years of employment, and at any age after 30 years.  That meant some police officers and firefighters retired as early as age 52. The pension funds never collected enough contributions to pay retirees for that many years. Some retirees live until their 80s and spend more years collecting their pension than they did working!

SPEECH TO TEXT ROUGH TRANSCRIPT:

- We'll probably begin - by talking about the series of violent incidents - that took place last Saturday - on the boardwalk in Atlantic City. - I don't know if you heard much about - it, but it's been all over Facebook, YouTube, - all the social media. - Apparently, it began, - last Saturday night, August 1, - at when there was a fight at the - Bungalow Beach Bar, - in the beach, I guess, off the, the - Tropicana Casino. - And then they canceled a party there. About - 400 people went on the boardwalk, - and there were fights on a boardwalk, and - then many more moved into - the club voice at the Tropicana - and where there was another big fight. And - then the fight spilled - over into the, I guess, "The Quarter" an area of shops and restaurants in the Tropicana Casino. Then it went outside to the Chelsea Inn, - which is closed, but apparently there was a - fight outside, and then to near the Albany Avenue Bridge. And, of course, when you look at the - video that's been posted, - almost everyone all of those involved were young and Black. They met the profile of people who were part of what Thomas Sowell called in 2005 a "Black Redneck Culture."  Although dozens of people were involved, only about four or five were arrested.

And of course, video of this is all over Facebook and YouTube. It reminds me of what Atlantic City went through back in 1972 and 1973.  That was when someone was randomly shot and killed on the Boardwalk, in broad daylight in the Inlet section. I remember being in the military in, - in South Carolina at the time, and everybody - in South Carolina was talking about somebody getting, - you know, shot and killed on the Boardwalk - Of Atlantic City. -

And then, - I guess the following Easter, two gangs from Philadelphia had a shootout at the Club Harlem in Atlantic - City, - and that was the end of the Club - Harlem. - And a couple years later, somebody threw a beer can at a - Miss America contestant during the Miss America parade. - And, really, that perception of violence, - that perception of a ghetto culture in Atlantic - City killed Atlantic City. - And that created the need - for the casinos. We had the casinos. We - had, - forty years of boom in Atlantic City, - but we we never dealt with that problem. - And, - and I don't know if if this is - going to hurt Atlantic City again, - but it seems that dealing with this perception - or this crime problem, homeless problem, whatever you - want to call it, if the word gets out - there that Atlantic City is unsafe, Atlantic City - is unpleasant - Yeah. You could spend hundreds of millions of - dollars on redevelopment projects, - but it won't do any good. And we'd - see how this perception - has killed amusement parks, - has killed - cruise ship lines,...

August 1, 2026 WPG Radio segment featuring Seth Grossman:

 

 

1. Grossman's 1676 Project refutes the fake history of  "smallpox blanket" genocide of Native Americans.

 

2.  Dr. Anthony Fauci lied and played politics with AIDS/HIV in 1980s long before he lied about Wuhan Coronavirus/COVID-19 in 2020.

 

The lies and politics of federal health officials during the AIDS/HIV pandemic during the 1980s was reported by Randy Shilts. He was assigned to the pandemic full time as a reporter for the San Francisco Chronicle. In 1984, he published his findings in his book And the Band Played On. At that time, Anthony Fauci clinician‑scientist who pivoted to HIV/AIDS research in 1981. Fauci became director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) in 1984.

https://youtu.be/sSfejgwbDQ8?si=VBwNzzS3dAK64aDu

Almost all of the dishonesty and incompetence of Fauci and other federal that came out of the hearings before Congres this week were widely known and discussed in 2020.  That included the well-grounded suspicion that the COVID-19 virus was artificially produced in a Wuhan lab.

https://youtube.com/shorts/fS8XOz1eaFI?si=R0lq9Y6c4eGhgsdv

President Donald Trump repeatedly embraced Dr. Fauci, gave him a national media platform and introduced him as "my dear friend Tony." 

3. Illegal "Migrant" invasion in Spain shows need for Border Security & Events in Spain

 

https://youtu.be/L2b6A9-GeZk?si=RYAQGUqTEkf2MIXo

 

Last week, roughly 60,000 young Moroccan men swam and used flotation devices to illegally enter the Spanish city of Ceuta. The "woke" far-left government invited this invasion by giving legal status to 600,000 migrants who previously entered Spain illegally. Spain's high court also recently ruled that while migrants who illegally entered Spain by land could be immediately deported, illegals who came by water were entitled to "due process" rights.

Trump may benefit from this.  Although Trump has been heavily criticized for his handling of the Iran war, this incident in Spain may win support for Trump and Republican candidates for Congress because of his deportations of illegal migrants here in the United States.

4.  $8 Million Donor Angry at Stockton University for "woke" anti-Israel lies on its official website 

Open Letter from Donor: Philanthropist and multi-millionaire John F. Scarpa demanded "an explanation" as to why the University's Holocaust Center was spreading anti-Jewish propaganda.

The Donor should not have been surprised. In 2016, Stockton hired Raz Segal, a well-known "woke" leftist to run its Holocaust Center ever since. It has been spewing anti-Israel, anti-American, anti-Jewish and anti-Christian propaganda ever since.

 

Parents and donors need to wake up and stop funding this.  

EDITED TRANSCRIPT:

Our "1676 Project" book exposes many "woke" lies about American history-- including the "smallpox blanket" lie. Even popular conservative podcaster Joe Rogan repeated the lie that Europeans used smallpox as a weapon to commit genocide against Native Americans. Chapter 21 of the book documents how those false charges were made against Swedes and Quakers in New Jersey during the 1600s, and how those charges were refuted back then.

Dr. Anthony Fauci was a disaster with the AIDS-HIV epidemic during the 1980s. This was 30 years before he shut down the country over the Wuhan coronavirus.  I don't know if you remember this, but - during the nineteen eighties when Ronald Reagan was - president, - we had the AIDS or HIV - epidemic. Suddenly, - a lot of gay men - were suddenly getting sick and dying - from these routine bacterial - infections - and nobody knew what it was. It took a while to find out what it was. It was a virus that destroyed the immune system. However, it was  known right away how this disease spread from one person to another. It was spread by direct sexual contact - between gay men - mostly in these bath houses in San Francisco where gay men had multiple sexual partners.

There was a journalist called Randy Schultz who published all this in the San Francisco Chronicle. In 1987, he published a book about it called "And the Band Played On".

At the very beginning, the doctors said, "We don't know what is causing this deadly disease, but we do know how it is spreading". They said, we have to warn gay men to stop having unprotected sex with random partners. We need to shut down these bathhouses. We need to warn the gay community about what is going on!

However, the owners of those bathhouses - were very wealthy. They had a lot of - political influence in the Democratic Party - and they gave the word that they didn't - want to be put out of business. - At that time, - Anthony Fauci played a leading role in responding to this AIDS/HIV epidemic.

And at that time, national health officials led by Fauci were pushing a fake narrative to avoid criticizing the gay community. They suppressed scientific observation. They instead said, anybody can get AIDS. Anybody can get - HIV. - And they delayed the closing of those bathhouse - and - bathhouses. They delayed specific warnings to gay men for years. And during that time, the infection - spread from maybe five to ten thousand people - when it could have been controlled, to millions of people. It ended up killing hundreds of thousands of people. That - was Anthony Fauci during the 1980s.

About  90% of what we learned from that congressional - hearing this week about Fauci, - that was known in in 2020. - Many people knew he was a fraud. Many - people knew he was contradicting himself. - Even had the, - the, comedian Jon Stewart - who was on, you know, made an appearance - when he said, well, where'd the virus come - from? And he said, well, what about the - the Wuhan Institute of Virology? - You know, do you think that had something - to do with it? So all this stuff - was known and and really - what what is being talked about a lot - is that where was president Trump at the - time? At the time, president Trump for the - longest time - and I I don't know if you still - remember, but it was always my dear friend - Tony. - And it was, you know, president Trump that - gave - Fauci the platform - to take control - of the whole, you know, management or mismanagement - of, - the coronavirus. It got to the point. We - couldn't even call it coronavirus anymore. We couldn't - call it Wuhan virus. We couldn't call it, - China virus. We we we had to call - it COVID nineteen because that's what the communist - Chinese - said we had to had to do.

Immigration crisis in Spain making Americans support Trump deportations.  

 Trump caused a lot of these problems with Fauci. He was impulsive. He had to be warp speed. He had to take credit for all the ventilators which actually killed people. And, during the past week, a lot of - folks were commenting about how Trump's impulsive nature got us into the Iran war was almost very much the way - he impulsively embraced Fauci. There was a lot of criticism about Trump during the past week.

However, the flood of illegal immigrants in Spain made a lot of Americans understand how Trump was doing the right thing by arresting and deporting illegal immigrants here in America.

Part of Spain is located in North Africa. There are two Spanish cities there called Ceuta And Melilla. They used to be part of a bigger Spanish territory called the Spanish Sahara - or Spanish Morocco, but these two cities are still part of Spain. If you want to go to the beaches there - or eat in the restaurants there, They are about a one hour ferry ride away from where my brother lives in Cadiz, Spain.  One of those cities, Ceuta, is only about eight or - nine miles away from the rest of Spain. 

So even though this place is is technically - in North Africa, - it's about the distance between Brigantine and Ocean - City. - And if you get on an inner tube - and paddle over, you could do it in - a couple of hours. - So what happened two days ago? - Suddenly, you had 40 to 50,000 - young men from Morocco - just, you know, went in the ocean - on, you know, inner tubes and rubber rafts, - and they just swam - the, - just a couple miles into this part of - Spain. - And suddenly you had the city with - 60 or 70,000 Spanish - overwhelmed - by 60 to 70,000 - young Moroccan men - who just took over the place. - The police could not do anything. The army - was not there, - and and you have a total immigration disaster. - And when they asked the, you know, the - the young, - you know, Moroccan men, - You know why they they did it? They - said, well we have no jobs in Morocco - so you have lots of jobs in Spain - so we're coming to Spain. - And of course the basic question is well - why don't they have jobs in Morocco? - And then you get back to what we - talk about every week. - Liberty brings prosperity. - If you want to have a good comfortable - life with good paying jobs, where it's safe - and you can enjoy yourself, - you need a country with a culture of - a Judeo Christian bible based values, - respect for the individual, - respect for law, respect for constitution, - limited government, individual rights. Where you have that - kind of a culture for you know a - thousand years, - you can have a good life. - But if you have the Islamic - or tribal life - where it's, I will do with it. I - could lie, cheat, steal, bully, kill, whatever I - can do to take something from somebody else, - I'm gonna do that. - You're gonna have a miserable society - of poverty, - of violence, - and and just a a a dead end, - hellhole of a place to live. - So if you want to fix the situation, - the sit you know, you don't fix it - by taking the people with this, - I guess, primitive barbaric culture - and bring them to our country because they'll - just destroy our country. - You've got to get them to embrace the - same things that made America