LAL Live Part 1: (NPS June 15)

<p>Norm opens the show with an announcement: he has entered an appearance on behalf of Joe Biggs and will stand between the incarcerated and persecuted Proud Boys member and the federal government in its pursuit of a seditious conspiracy conviction behind the events of January 6. More on this as it develops. </p> <p>Norm then criticizes the January 6 Committee for its unexpected request for "more time" to prepare for its own hearings. Rome is burning and the Committee doesn't have a fire extinguisher? Get a grip!</p> <p>The next few minutes of the opening segment are Norm's appeal to the citizens of Connecticut to hold Themis Klarites—Connecticut's Republican candidate for US Senate—accountable for some cognizable level of basic political competence. </p> <p>The main topic of today's show, however, is the story of Happy the Elephant. Happy has made headlines in recent days for something really incredible. The case brought before New York's highest court, the New York Court of Appeals, by the Nonhuman Rights Project, finally hit a wall. No, Happy the Elephant is not a human. </p> <p>Norm spends time discussing the absurdity that this case even made it as far as it did and exploring the boundaries of personhood in his analysis of Happy's case. </p> <p>He gets a call from Lisa Wexler and they volley back and forth about the merits of the Happy case. Of course, Norm invites the discussion in an effort to transition the conversation to that about Artificial Intelligence and our declining appreciation for what it is about humanity that cannot be obtained in a lab or by a computer. </p> <p>Like, share, and subscribe. Norm is live every weekday from 12pm ET to 2pm ET on WICC 600AM/107.3FM. Stream the Norm Pattis Show at <a href="https://www.wicc600.com/">https://www.wicc600.com/</a>. Follow @PattisPodcast on Twitter. </p>