The System is Down with Dan Smotz

Dan & Travis watch the world burn while laughing their way thru all the most important articles in the news… and a whole lot of unimportant ones as well. On the Docket: * Gov Cuomo resigns in shame for boob-grabbary, rather than murder *Obama's birthday bash blowback *That one meme that got me threats of "legal action" *Rand Paul grows brass balls *Joe Rogan is fed up with the B...

Today's episode is my conversation with Scott Schluter on taking out IL Governor, JB Pritzker.  As an Illinoisan, I am painfully aware of the fact that Pritzker needs to go. He ran heavily on legalizing cannabis and he actually made it happen... However, he failed to mention that, if a "pandemic" breaks out, he'll also go full-tyrant, illegally forceing small businesses to shut...

Dan & Travis watch the world burn while laughing their way thru all the most important articles in the news… and a whole lot of unimportant ones as well. On the Docket: * Matt Damon apologizes for getting "cancelled" for apologizing for saying the "f-slur" * Fourth cop from Jan 6, commits suicide.... FOURTH * Vaccines are Definitely NOT Mandatory *Joey Joridson died * Tans...

Dan & Travis watch the world burn while laughing their way thru all the most important articles in the news… and a whole lot of unimportant ones as well. On the Docket: * Biden's Town Hall was a disaster, inside and out of context * Pepe Le Pew's Space Jam 2 replacements? *Captain Marvel still ain't woke enough *Lil Nas X's prison praise? *Bezos' Dick Rocket * and much...

While at PorcFest, I had the absolute pleasure of hanging out with the great meme lord, Pete Quinones. Pete is well known for more than just his glorious twitter tom-trollery. He is a writer for the Libertarian Institute, the host of Free Man Beyond the Wall, and a documentarian with his latest release being The Monopoly on Violence and another currently in the works. In this mini-interview, we to...

I'm at camp this week, but I won't completely leave you hanging. This is my conversation on Adam Nutter's fantastic show, The Porcupine, where we dig into my liberty origins, my work on the Jorgensen Campaign, toxic "libertarians", shadow governments, collapsing systems, and more. Go check out and subscribe to Adam's show and I'll see you guys next week! --- OP D...

Dan watches the world burn while laughing his way thru all the most important articles in the news… and a whole lot of unimportant ones as well. On the Docket: * Ted Cruz secretly wants v@x passports * DaBaby takes candy from children * God destroys George Floyd mural? * New SUPER RARE J&J side effects * #tuckeriskillingus * Biden is coming for your texts now too * and much more Guest & Sp...

Today, Dan pretends like he's going to do a short episode for two hours, pretends like he's there's any chance he's going to upload this to Youtube and watches the world burn while laughing his way thru all the most important articles in the news… and a whole lot of unimportant ones as well. On the Docket: * The vaccination tour is coming to a front door near you! * The San Fra...

Continuing my on-location in-person at PorcFest series, today's episode is my conversation with the great Scott Horton, on how the US should (or shouldn't) be handling foreign affairs. Scott gave a great speech on the main stage about the War on Terror. Immediately following the speech, CCP survivor, Lily Tang Williams approached Scott discuss his stance on foreign policy. That quickly t...

While perusing PorcFest 2021, I stumbled upon a free-range Dave Smith, wandering around in the woods New Hampshire. As a pretend journalist, I naturally asked him all the important questions like "What's with all the nazis, bro?", "When are you going to be president?" and "Why are you afraid to come on The System is Down?" There's also a sneak peak at the ru...

Dave is back! But Travis didn't bail.... trouble in paradise?... No. Just listen to the episode. Dan and Dave watch the world burn and laugh their way thru all the most important articles in the news… and a whole lot of unimportant ones as well. On the Docket: *PorcFest 2021 recap, highlights, & drama... If you don't care about the festival at all, skip to a little before the halfway...

In case you missed it, I was out at PorcFest 2021 in New Hampshire all last week, covering all the libertarian shenanigans and festivities. While I was there, I had a chance to grab a couple interviews with heavy hitters in the liberty movement. Today's episode is my PorcFest 2021 on-location interview with LNC Secretary, Caryn Ann Harlos. Caryn Ann has recently been under fire from the LNC,...

I've heard a lot of people (libertarians in particular) heavily advocating this new platform, Clubhouse. I did a small amount of digging, but I didn't find a clear answer as to what made this platform better or even as good as podcasting. I'm always open to being proven wrong. Today's episode is my conversation with Jess Mears, on why she thinks Clubhouse is not only an innovat...

To some of you, none of this matters. To others, this is a BFD. If the Libertarian Party is corrupt, then it has zero moral high-ground over the duopoly system and consequently, zero value.  Plain and simple. We're not supposed to be the lesser of three evils, we are supposed to be principled and accept our inevitable L's. For those that don't know, Jeremy Kauffman is the "dast...

Dan and Travis watch the world burn and laugh their way thru all the most important articles in the news… and a whole lot of unimportant ones as well. On the Docket: The "Clinton Body Count" grows? Biden self-destructs at G7 John Stewart's hillarious honesty makes Steven Colbert uncomfortable CDC says vaccines seem to cause heart inflammation Fauci = Science = Truth Are vegetables r...

Travis overslept, like a punk, so Dave Casey RETURNS and joins Dan to watch the world burn and laugh their way thru all the most important articles in the news… and a whole lot of unimportant ones as well. On the Docket: "Punk" band charges Anti-Vax-Tax Hunter Biden is in hot water for leaked "N" word texts China threatens nuclear war over investigation talk Bill Gates' do...

We've all heard stories about cover-ups of abuse within the church, but for the most part, people seem to shrug it off and assume the best... until it happens to them or someone they know. Then it gets horrifyingly real. Today's episode is my conversation with Gene Sellers, who experienced this evil, first hand at Camp Tracy, where he was physically, mentally, and emotionally abused, in...

Dan and Travis watch the world burn and laugh their way thru all the most important articles in the news… and a whole lot of unimportant ones as well. On the Docket: Dr Fauci's email leak Donald Trump's alleged coming return Facebook censorship hypocrisy Ellie Kemper's KKK Twitter outrage Biden Gaffes Gulf of Tonkin and much more Guest & Sponsor Links: Charm Media: https://charm...

On today's episode, I am joined by the great maker-of-waves, Dave Casey from the Dave vs Goliath podcast, to dig into the "crazy conspiracy theories" and put a call out to other libertarians, to be bold and speak truth, no matter how uncomfortable or unpopular it may be.  These days, if you're simply opposed to a tyrannical overbearing government, you're already "on t...

Dan and Travis watch the world burn and laugh their way thru all the most important articles in the news… and a whole lot of unimportant ones as well. On the Docket: Powerpuff girls SPICY live-action remake failure Elliot Page's abs are totally fake, bro Washington pushes vaccine passports President Biden will NOT be paying for your college. SHOCKER! Minimum wage debates Fauci says it MAY hav...

As the money printer goes "brrr" and "free stuff" is passed out like presents in the purgatory Christmas loop that is COVID-19, employers are having a predictably difficult time convincing people to let go of their cozy "free money" and get back to work... oh, and our economy is kinda tanking, but I'm sure that's totally unrelated...On today's episode,...

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Dan watches the world burn and laughs his way thru all the most important articles in the news… and a whole lot of unimportant ones as well. On the Docket: CDC gives you “permission” to breathe again Rachel Maddow has to remember how to not be a douche Fauci is a grifter David Hogg is a narcissistic superhero Cuomo is a scared noble monster and much more Guest & Sponsor Links: Charm Media: htt...

This weekend in Pittsburg, PA, members of the Libertarian Party traveled from far and wide to take part in the Mises Caucus’ Take Human Action Bash and the LPPA Convention. I unfortunately did not have the pleasure of being in attendance, but thru the social media grapevine, I heard rumblings about both. It sounded to me like the Bash went off without a hitch and with a lot of high energy, but aro...

So.... that was neat. In case you haven't figured it out yet, this weekend is apparently Tom MacDonald Weekend. If you don't like Tom MacDonald, TOUGH because it's Tom MacDonald Weekend! Huzzah! #TomMacdonald is justifiably breaking the internet today with his indescribably grownd-breaking legendary power move #dearslim produced by #eminem . Because I knew this would be nothing shor...