Timcast IRL · January 31, 2023 · 2h 0m
Timcast IRL #704 Pfizer ADMITS To Engineering Virus In Response To Project Veritas w/Matt Strickland
Episode Recap
Timcast IRL episode 704 featured a discussion on Pfizer's controversial response to Project Veritas regarding the company's alleged engineering of COVID-19 mutations. Tim Pool was joined by co-hosts Ian Crossland and Libby Emmons, along with guest Matt Strickland, a veteran and Virginia restaurateur who gained national attention for resisting COVID mandates. The show opened with analysis of Pfizer's formal statement, in which the pharmaceutical giant acknowledged creating engineered viruses while maintaining they were not gain-of-function research. The discussion also covered actor Zachary Levi's criticism of Pfizer and subsequent backlash, CNN's declining ratings and hiring of Bill Maher, and Wizards of the Coast's reversal on changes to Dungeons & Dragons' open gaming license. Strickland shared his experience fighting unconstitutional COVID mandates, losing his business licenses, and his subsequent victory, announcing his campaign for Virginia state senate.
TL;DR
- →Pfizer issued a formal response to Project Veritas acknowledging they engineer viruses for research while denying it constitutes gain-of-function research
- →Actor Zachary Levi faced liberal backlash after criticizing Pfizer on Twitter without mentioning vaccines
- →Wizards of the Coast reversed plans to restrict the Dungeons & Dragons open gaming license after overwhelming community opposition
- →Guest Matt Strickland discussed fighting Virginia COVID mandates, losing his restaurant licenses, and winning his legal battle
- →Tim announced upcoming TimCast coffee brand launch pending organic certification
- →Libby Emmons discussed her work with The Postmillennial and current media landscape
Key Moments
- 0:01:42Opening StoryTim introduces the Pfizer and Project Veritas story, reading their formal response about engineering viruses
- 0:04:21Matt Strickland IntroductionGuest Matt Strickland discusses his military background, restaurant business, and fight against COVID mandates
- 0:05:30Senate Campaign AnnouncementStrickland announces his candidacy for Virginia state senate to challenge the establishment
- 0:06:01D&D License ReversalIan Crossland discusses Wizards of the Coast backing down from controversial D&D licensing changes
- 0:06:31Cat UpdateLight-hearted discussion about Bucko the cat and Ian's caregiving schedule with girlfriend Cara
Notable Quotes
“They issued a statement about mutations and directed evolution. And the interesting thing is that they actually said that in certain cases, such a virus could be engineered so they could help identify antiviral drug treatments”
— Tim Pool · opening segment on Pfizer statement
“I spent my entire adult life fighting dictatorships overseas, and I was not going to come home to my country and allow a dictatorship to rule”
— Tim Pool · Matt Strickland explaining his resistance to COVID mandates
“I saw them stripping my customers and my employees of our constitutional rights, and I wasn't going to be complicit in that”
— Libby Emmons · Strickland's reasoning for defying mandates
“Wizards of the Coast couldn't even do it, they tried and they realized the correct... the 89 percent of the people were dissatisfied in their polls so they just scrapped the whole plan”
— Ian Crossland · discussing D&D open gaming license reversal
“We went down to Gore Melt's. It's in Virginia, right? Amazing food. Love the music, 90s music. Yeah, the food was legit”
— Tim Pool · remembering visit to Strickland's restaurant