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I love this open source community, John, you

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should join.

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Adam Curry, John C.

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Dvorak.

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It's Sunday, February 15th, 2026.

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It's your award-winning Kibble Nation Media Assassination

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Episode 1843.

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This is no agenda.

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Amazed there's cheating and curling?

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Yeah, broadcast live from the heart of the

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Texas Hill Country here in FEMA Region Number

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6.

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In the morning, everybody.

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I'm Adam Curry.

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And from Northern Silicon Valley, where is there

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a holiday on Monday?

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I'm not sure.

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I'm John C.

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Dvorak.

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It's crackpot and buzzkill.

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In the morning.

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Now, why do you say this?

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Isn't it President's Day or something on Monday?

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Yes, well, it's, which traditionally in America means

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cheap mattresses.

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President's Day is cheap mattresses.

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This is your yearly joke.

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Cheap mattresses, everybody.

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Every year.

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Every year.

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Cheap mattresses on sale.

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That's right.

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That's what we do in America.

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Um, was it, and wasn't that, didn't they

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combine them all?

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Wasn't it Washington's birthday or Lincoln's birthday?

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Washington, Lincoln, uh.

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They throw it all together.

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Two or three other guys.

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A couple of those dudes.

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McKinley, I think.

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So, uh, tell us about the curling.

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I did not hear this.

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Oh, the Swedes are cheating bastards.

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They're, the Swedes?

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The Swedes, yeah.

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So, so they have the shot.

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You know, we don't have that many Swedish

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donors.

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Have you noticed that we have, we have

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Norwegian guys.

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John, we have no donors today.

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What are you talking about?

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Well, yeah, but it's a holiday.

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Holiday weekend.

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Everyone took off.

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Everybody took off.

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And we have a cold belt blast to

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air.

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The one third of the country can't even

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get the podcast.

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Oh, that's what it is.

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What?

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They can't even get the pod.

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Has, has the, has the pod been frozen

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halfway across the country?

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It's a frozen, it's a frozen pod.

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Frozen pod.

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We need an emergency pod for the frozen

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So the Swedes, um, you can see this

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shot.

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You know, there's, you got the curling stone.

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It's called a stone.

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You got this curling stone and the guy

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who's doing the, uh, the brushing.

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Sweeping.

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Is it called, is it sweeping?

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I thought it was a brush.

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I think you call it sweeping.

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So the guy that's sweeping, you see him

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with his finger.

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Just nudge the stone a little bit.

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How does he do that?

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He's got his hand on the broom.

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No, no.

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At a certain point he gets behind it

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and he's got, he's got the broom on

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the, you gotta see it.

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Why is he sweeping behind it?

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What good does that do?

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He wasn't sweeping behind it.

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He was there to push it.

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He was cheating.

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That's my whole point.

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Well, that's no good.

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And that's easy to spot.

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And, and you're wrong because they often sweep

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behind it because just the airflow alone sometimes

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They're sweeping behind it all the time.

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Oh, they're, this is bull crap.

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I can't believe they were cheating.

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That's just, it's so disappointing.

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Cheating.

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Dutch are doing, the Dutch are doing pretty

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good though.

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Dutch, we can skate, man.

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Well, they can't.

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I'm not really Dutch, but I still have

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some pride in Dutch pride.

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Yeah, yes, you might as well be.

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You can be artificial Dutch.

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The, uh, the world has lost their ever

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loving mind.

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Everybody's lost their mind over Epstein.

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Well, well, the one good, a good piece

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of news.

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I do have this clip of good news.

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This is the, uh, what is this clip

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called?

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This is the, uh, leave USA is Fox

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report.

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Leave USA.

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Americans say they want to leave the country

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permanently.

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This is according to a new Gallup poll.

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20% of people say they want to

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live somewhere else.

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That's one in five.

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And the shift is mainly driven by young

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women, ages 15 to 44.

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40% of them say that they want

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to go.

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Yeah.

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Bye.

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40% of the women for 15 to

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44 want to leave.

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And will they take their cats with them

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is the question.

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Let's hope so.

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Take the cats.

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Well, that's okay.

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So that's one thing that you call that

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good news.

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I don't call that good news.

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Why wasn't it good news?

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You get rid of these screaming lunatics that

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sit in their car and, and yell at

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this camera and then post it.

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I mean, these are the people we're talking

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about.

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What they're so misguided though, because they think

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that you can go to another country and

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just say, here I am.

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Yeah, I know.

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It's so funny.

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And I mean, we, we had, we had,

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we had one of the kids.

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This has got to be a lot better.

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We had one of the kids, you know,

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a year, year ago or so, maybe a

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little bit longer.

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I'm going to go to the UK.

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I said, oh, that's great.

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Do you have a visa?

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What?

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Do you have a visa?

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What do I need that for?

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To work?

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You can go as a tourist.

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Well, how long can I go?

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It's usually 90 days.

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But, but then, and so do you have

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a million dollars?

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You can get a visa with a million

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dollars.

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Don't think that the Trump card is the

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only way to get into a country.

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You can do it all over the world.

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But, and it turns out you can get

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a work visa.

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If you want to pick potatoes in the

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field for 15,000 pounds a year.

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How does that sound?

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That sounds like a great idea.

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Go do that.

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Yeah, it's, it's, we are America.

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I love my country, but we are so.

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People are so stupid.

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No, it's just, it's the education system, man.

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It's completely, it's completely failed.

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Ignorant is the word.

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It's completely failed everybody.

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Meanwhile, you got the French, at least they're

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industrious.

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The world gasped when precious jewels were stolen

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from the Louvre in October, but it's now

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been revealed that theft of another kind has

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been taking place for much longer.

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Nine people have been arrested over an alleged

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decade-long ticketing scam that may have cost

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the museum more than 10 million euros.

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The investigation began in 2024 when two Chinese

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tour guides were suspected of getting groups of

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tourists into the museum, reusing single entry tickets.

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It's suspected that Louvre employees were bribed to

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turn a blind eye and that up to

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20 groups of tourists per day for 10

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years were effectively let in for free.

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I love this.

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Way to go.

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Yeah, just reuse those tickets.

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They don't have, they don't have electronics there

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at the Louvre.

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Yeah, when last time I went to the

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Louvre, I was with a friend of mine

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and we were at some event and we

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got in free.

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It was that weekend where they had the

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lines that go a thousand miles.

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I'm not familiar.

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Last time I went to Paris, I didn't

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have time for the Louvre.

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I'm sorry.

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We looked at the line and said, this

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is terrible.

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And we found that there was a way

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to get in through the back entrance to

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get to the museum store.

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And once you got into the store, you'd

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go to the museum.

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So you can just kind of sneak in.

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It's called the gift shop.

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That's what we call it.

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The gift store.

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Gift shop.

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Okay.

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Exit through the gift shop is.

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So you go, you go in the gift

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shop, exit backwards.

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And enter the exit.

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By acting dumb, by the way, that's how

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we did it.

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Because there's a guy there.

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Sure.

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And you go, I don't know what to

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wear.

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I, you know, you just make a stupid

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noise.

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The stupid American game.

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Stupid American.

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Bro, we're in.

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Drinking game is on.

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The no agenda drinking game.

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It's a new game.

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We've decided that we are no longer.

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I made this executive decision.

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We're no longer going to call each other

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out for using the term BTW instead.

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And why might that be?

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Because everyone's complaining.

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They complain when we went into a whole

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thing.

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What was the thing that we did before

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this?

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It was, it wasn't the end of the

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matter.

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The end of the matter was one of

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them.

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End of the day.

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Whatever the case, these are all yours.

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These are all yours.

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These are all yours.

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Oh, mine.

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What?

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Oh, no, they're yours.

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People are saying, well, it's infinitely more irritating

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to hear you talk about it than just

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to just to hear it.

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So we're trying, we're trying to better ourselves.

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Everybody don't want us to better ourselves.

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They don't want to better themselves.

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You know, we deconstruct media here.

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We, we execute our fine discernment over the

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stories of the day.

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And I'm always wondering, you know, does the

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mainstream media really make any difference anymore?

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And this story came to my attention from

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the Media Research Center, who are obviously very

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right-leaning, lib-hating people.

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They have funny clips sometimes.

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But they had a statistic that was interesting.

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I like them, by the way.

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They usually have really good clips.

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You know, you'll find that they clip some

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fun stuff.

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And everybody take a drink.

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So here is the story they came out

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with today.

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Have you ever wondered why your niece or

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your next door neighbor or that crazy woman

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at your kid's school is buying all of

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this left-wing garbage and sounds like an

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MSNBC bobblehead every time they open their mouth?

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Here's why.

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More than 140 million people use the Apple

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News app every month, making it one of

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the most popular news apps in the world.

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So it matters what stories go on it.

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We at the Media Research Center analyzed more

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than 600 articles featured in the Apple News

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morning editions in the month of January, which

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is one of the app's most high-traffic

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time slots.

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Of those, 440 were from left-wing rags

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like the AP, NBC, The Washington Post, and

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The New York Times.

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All of them painted the Trump administration's foreign

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and immigration policies negatively.

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Not one single article from a right-leaning

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outlet or perspective like Fox News or The

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New York Post was featured.

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Not one.

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In fact, as of Monday, Apple News had

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gone 96 consecutive days without featuring a single

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story from a conservative news outlet on its

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top stories.

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The last one was on November 5th when

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they ran a piece from The Telegraph about

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the civil war in the Sudan.

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This is why millions of Americans don't know

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about things like the violent criminal aliens being

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arrested by ICE or the true impact of

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voter fraud and think that there's evidence that

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Donald Trump abused children contained in the Epstein

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files.

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There's not.

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Because millions of Americans rely on big tech

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to supply them with their news.

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And all they're getting is left-wing propaganda

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slop.

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And they're buying it.

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140 million.

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And it doesn't surprise me when you think

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about it.

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Yeah, this actually came out.

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This is not brand new.

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This clip I almost had a couple of

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shows ago.

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I like this.

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But it was triggering me to write a

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column about it because I think that they're

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not even the worst of the bunch.

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It's the Firefox people.

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Oh, they are.

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And their homepage, which is loaded with stuff

361
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from Raw Story, which is just a Trump

362
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-hating news operation.

363
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Wait, wouldn't Edge have even more?

364
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The Edge browser?

365
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Wouldn't the Microsoft browser have more?

366
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But most people are on their phones.

367
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People are on their phones.

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And they got their phone, yeah.

369
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Yeah, the phone's giving it.

370
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The Apple thing is probably more important, but

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I see it everywhere.

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And I don't even know that it's anybody

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doing it on purpose.

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I think it's a service that somebody uses

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and the service provider, you know, a micro

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services architecture is probably providing these news stories

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and populating the page for a percentage piece

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of the action.

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And it's them.

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They're the problem.

381
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They got to identify this operation that you

382
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just played the clip from.

383
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They have to identify where this is, who's

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really behind this.

385
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Apple's not sitting there with an editor.

386
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Oh, let's run this story.

387
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Let's run that story.

388
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That's bull crap.

389
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There's no way.

390
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No, they're just passing it on.

391
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But it's the attack vector, as I've said

392
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before.

393
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The phone is the attack vector.

394
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And you've got this pre-installed tool.

395
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So I had two dinners this weekend.

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I'll talk about the one last night in

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a moment.

398
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But Friday night, we went to dinner.

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We were invited to this.

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He's a real estate developer.

401
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He developed a pretty big subdivision with homes

402
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out here.

403
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And really nice guy.

404
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Nice, nice wife.

405
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Two beautiful dogs.

406
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Oh, man.

407
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What were these things?

408
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Like, what were they?

409
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They were not Afghan.

410
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They were from some.

411
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Oh, from Rhodesia.

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Rhodesian short-haired dog, something.

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Ridgebacks.

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Yes, ridgebacks.

415
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Oh, man.

416
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Beautiful dogs.

417
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Yeah, it's a nice dog.

418
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Oh, he had two of them.

419
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They got a little line of hair.

420
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Yeah, which goes reverse.

421
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The hair on their back is reversed.

422
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Yeah, it goes as funny as it goes.

423
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You're a dog man.

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I didn't know you knew so much about

425
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dogs.

426
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My daughter is a dog walker.

427
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We've had a million dogs.

428
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I've had everything from a Doberman Pinscher to

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a Chow.

430
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And a Basset Hound.

431
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Where's the Basset Hound?

432
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Oh, Basset Hound.

433
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Don't get me started.

434
00:13:14,220 --> 00:13:15,840
You did not like the Basset Hound.

435
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The Basset Hound was a show problem.

436
00:13:17,900 --> 00:13:19,120
There's not one Basset Hound we've had.

437
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So, and, you know, it was really nice.

438
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And it was friends of ours.

439
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And so there was the four of us

440
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visited with them.

441
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And a really smart guy, successful guy.

442
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And, you know, the first, because I have

443
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a feeling like, you know, Adam Currie at

444
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MTV, he's here, so invite him over.

445
00:13:41,800 --> 00:13:43,800
And how did this come about?

446
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Friends of ours live next door.

447
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Is this on that street with the guy,

448
00:13:49,400 --> 00:13:49,900
the weirdo?

449
00:13:50,880 --> 00:13:51,940
No, no, no, no.

450
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This is, this is out by the ranches

451
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where people have 30 to 50 acres.

452
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It's above my level.

453
00:14:00,560 --> 00:14:01,720
Certainly above my pay grade.

454
00:14:02,400 --> 00:14:02,620
Yeah.

455
00:14:04,040 --> 00:14:06,000
And at the rate we're going.

456
00:14:06,000 --> 00:14:06,500
And right.

457
00:14:09,300 --> 00:14:12,120
And right off the bat, he's like, so,

458
00:14:12,160 --> 00:14:14,500
uh, was it really like, uh, like that

459
00:14:14,500 --> 00:14:16,360
in the Epstein files with the elites there

460
00:14:16,360 --> 00:14:18,860
at MTV with, uh, with Kurt Loder and,

461
00:14:19,180 --> 00:14:20,880
uh, all the sex and money and the

462
00:14:20,880 --> 00:14:21,100
drugs?

463
00:14:21,340 --> 00:14:21,440
What?

464
00:14:21,660 --> 00:14:22,180
Seriously?

465
00:14:22,560 --> 00:14:22,720
Yeah.

466
00:14:23,360 --> 00:14:26,460
Well, Kurt Loder was loaded because he had

467
00:14:26,460 --> 00:14:28,040
a margarita maker at his desk.

468
00:14:28,520 --> 00:14:31,240
Kurt liked his, his margaritas for breakfast.

469
00:14:32,820 --> 00:14:34,500
Um, and then it's, you know, just went

470
00:14:34,500 --> 00:14:37,980
on like, you know, well, you know, Israel,

471
00:14:38,140 --> 00:14:39,220
they've got the Orthodox Jews.

472
00:14:39,280 --> 00:14:40,340
That's the synagogue of Satan.

473
00:14:40,460 --> 00:14:41,260
I'm just like, oh.

474
00:14:42,620 --> 00:14:43,540
Synagogue of Satan?

475
00:14:43,680 --> 00:14:44,520
What does that mean?

476
00:14:44,620 --> 00:14:45,300
I don't know.

477
00:14:47,060 --> 00:14:47,760
I'm like, come here, boy.

478
00:14:47,920 --> 00:14:48,420
Come on, Odin.

479
00:14:48,560 --> 00:14:50,900
Come here, let me play with your dog.

480
00:14:52,100 --> 00:14:52,460
Odin.

481
00:14:52,640 --> 00:14:55,180
But you know, my point is, is that

482
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there's, there's such a, there's such a hunger

483
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for any kind of closure or reason behind

484
00:15:03,500 --> 00:15:06,240
what people see and what they're reading and,

485
00:15:06,320 --> 00:15:10,200
you know, Epstein files and, you know, eating

486
00:15:10,200 --> 00:15:13,860
babies and, you know, just, yes, these things

487
00:15:13,860 --> 00:15:15,360
happen in the world, but you're not going

488
00:15:15,360 --> 00:15:16,800
to find a lot of that in the

489
00:15:16,800 --> 00:15:17,660
Epstein files.

490
00:15:17,700 --> 00:15:19,840
It's just, it's been around for a long

491
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time, you know, and no one has any

492
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trust in any government anywhere in the world

493
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or any institution in any media.

494
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And I have.

495
00:15:29,820 --> 00:15:31,960
No, that's not true.

496
00:15:32,260 --> 00:15:33,800
Yeah, I think it's totally true.

497
00:15:33,940 --> 00:15:34,640
No people.

498
00:15:35,020 --> 00:15:36,420
Oh, before 9-11?

499
00:15:36,820 --> 00:15:38,080
I think lots of people.

500
00:15:38,300 --> 00:15:39,980
I'll give you, I have a book sitting

501
00:15:39,980 --> 00:15:42,440
on my shelf right here from Will Rogers

502
00:15:42,440 --> 00:15:44,520
from 19, from the 30s.

503
00:15:44,580 --> 00:15:46,320
It was just as cynical as anything we

504
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ever bring up on our show about the

505
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government.

506
00:15:49,800 --> 00:15:51,260
Here's what makes no sense.

507
00:15:51,260 --> 00:15:53,240
Don't bring up Will Rogers.

508
00:15:53,620 --> 00:15:56,060
I spoke in front of some Gen Alphas

509
00:15:56,060 --> 00:15:58,740
and they didn't know who Michael Jackson was,

510
00:15:58,840 --> 00:16:01,360
Tina Turner, Dinah Ross, David Bowie.

511
00:16:01,820 --> 00:16:04,100
No, do not know who Michael Jackson is.

512
00:16:04,760 --> 00:16:06,880
So, and when I was a kid, I

513
00:16:06,880 --> 00:16:07,980
knew who Elvis was.

514
00:16:08,160 --> 00:16:09,660
The media has changed.

515
00:16:10,000 --> 00:16:11,740
People are on their Apple News app.

516
00:16:14,460 --> 00:16:16,740
Anyway, so last night I took my bride

517
00:16:16,740 --> 00:16:21,760
out to a beautiful Valentine dinner and Is

518
00:16:21,760 --> 00:16:23,580
that where you made that phony picture that

519
00:16:23,580 --> 00:16:23,900
you posted?

520
00:16:24,640 --> 00:16:26,680
Where her arm looks like the size of

521
00:16:26,680 --> 00:16:27,480
Mike Tyson's forearm?

522
00:16:27,480 --> 00:16:30,140
Would you stop blowing the whole bit here?

523
00:16:30,840 --> 00:16:31,660
Oh, I'm sorry.

524
00:16:31,900 --> 00:16:32,320
Jeez.

525
00:16:34,080 --> 00:16:35,560
So, nice dinner.

526
00:16:36,740 --> 00:16:38,420
Tina says, oh, let's have a picture taken.

527
00:16:38,700 --> 00:16:40,480
It was really a fabulous dinner.

528
00:16:40,980 --> 00:16:43,340
You can't get any more Texas than this.

529
00:16:44,060 --> 00:16:46,540
Caviar with ranch dressing and tater tots.

530
00:16:46,800 --> 00:16:47,400
I mean, come on.

531
00:16:47,800 --> 00:16:49,660
That was an outrageous combo.

532
00:16:50,420 --> 00:16:52,520
I would say outrageous is the word I'd

533
00:16:52,520 --> 00:16:52,840
use.

534
00:16:53,020 --> 00:16:53,600
It was really good.

535
00:16:53,680 --> 00:16:54,840
So, I take a picture and I say,

536
00:16:55,060 --> 00:16:56,260
send it to me.

537
00:16:57,040 --> 00:16:58,500
Because on my phone, now that I, you

538
00:16:58,500 --> 00:17:01,080
know, I got, I dropped my flip phone.

539
00:17:01,220 --> 00:17:02,060
So, I got a replacement.

540
00:17:02,220 --> 00:17:04,540
It has the, it has the banana thing

541
00:17:04,540 --> 00:17:05,960
from Gemini.

542
00:17:06,720 --> 00:17:07,460
And so, I say.

543
00:17:07,740 --> 00:17:09,599
The banana, now you lost me.

544
00:17:09,740 --> 00:17:12,460
It's, yeah, there's a, when you take a

545
00:17:12,460 --> 00:17:16,579
photo, there's a little icon of a banana.

546
00:17:16,579 --> 00:17:19,619
And it's called Bananarama or something.

547
00:17:19,780 --> 00:17:20,540
I don't know what it's called.

548
00:17:21,520 --> 00:17:23,200
And you hit that and it says, well,

549
00:17:23,260 --> 00:17:24,440
describe what you want to do with the

550
00:17:24,440 --> 00:17:24,700
picture.

551
00:17:24,800 --> 00:17:26,160
And so, I said, make it over the

552
00:17:26,160 --> 00:17:27,220
top Valentine's Day.

553
00:17:27,359 --> 00:17:29,200
And so, boom, the flowers expand.

554
00:17:29,300 --> 00:17:30,680
There were two roses on the table.

555
00:17:31,020 --> 00:17:32,100
We've got a huge bouquet.

556
00:17:33,340 --> 00:17:33,440
There's.

557
00:17:33,460 --> 00:17:34,920
Yeah, it looked like about a thousand dollars

558
00:17:34,920 --> 00:17:35,480
worth of roses.

559
00:17:35,580 --> 00:17:36,740
There's balloons everywhere.

560
00:17:37,640 --> 00:17:38,720
And I go, oh, this is cute.

561
00:17:39,140 --> 00:17:40,040
So, I'll post it.

562
00:17:40,080 --> 00:17:41,840
And I say, well worth the 1.3

563
00:17:41,840 --> 00:17:44,420
trillion dollars of investment to enhance our Valentine's

564
00:17:44,420 --> 00:17:44,580
Day.

565
00:17:44,580 --> 00:17:46,580
And everyone's loving it.

566
00:17:46,640 --> 00:17:47,920
They're making videos of it.

567
00:17:47,940 --> 00:17:49,980
They're taking that, putting us in Costco.

568
00:17:50,040 --> 00:17:52,100
But here's my partner in crime.

569
00:17:52,940 --> 00:17:54,640
Tina has the right arm that looks the

570
00:17:54,640 --> 00:17:55,800
size of Mike Tyson's.

571
00:17:56,120 --> 00:17:57,880
From what you can see, it's bigger than

572
00:17:57,880 --> 00:17:58,420
her neck.

573
00:17:58,700 --> 00:18:00,340
It was in front of your belly.

574
00:18:00,740 --> 00:18:03,500
And what exactly is the bright flying saucer

575
00:18:03,500 --> 00:18:05,160
between the two lit candles?

576
00:18:05,500 --> 00:18:08,000
Have Darren do it next time.

577
00:18:08,540 --> 00:18:10,060
That's what I said, yes.

578
00:18:10,140 --> 00:18:10,480
Come on.

579
00:18:10,880 --> 00:18:12,480
Actually, you memorized it.

580
00:18:12,480 --> 00:18:15,000
No, I'm reading it verbatim from the website,

581
00:18:15,360 --> 00:18:15,960
from Twitter.

582
00:18:16,460 --> 00:18:19,660
Like, I can't even have a fun date

583
00:18:19,660 --> 00:18:22,500
joke with my wife and the buzzkill living

584
00:18:22,500 --> 00:18:23,280
up to his name.

585
00:18:23,560 --> 00:18:26,940
I have that moniker for a reason.

586
00:18:27,420 --> 00:18:30,700
That arm of hers, her whole right side

587
00:18:30,700 --> 00:18:33,240
is all swollen and monstrous.

588
00:18:33,400 --> 00:18:34,620
She looks like a boxer.

589
00:18:35,120 --> 00:18:36,040
I mean, come on.

590
00:18:36,080 --> 00:18:37,440
How romantic is that?

591
00:18:39,160 --> 00:18:41,640
One of our producers is sending me.

592
00:18:41,640 --> 00:18:42,760
It's already happening.

593
00:18:43,080 --> 00:18:47,100
He's sending me an NVIDIA card with, I

594
00:18:47,100 --> 00:18:49,140
think it looks like a Raspberry Pi connected

595
00:18:49,140 --> 00:18:49,620
to it.

596
00:18:50,120 --> 00:18:57,840
With the Quen T3S, whatever, TTS, 11 Labs

597
00:18:57,840 --> 00:18:58,900
open source version.

598
00:19:00,080 --> 00:19:01,280
He's sending that to me.

599
00:19:01,340 --> 00:19:02,640
He says, oh, I just happen to have

600
00:19:02,640 --> 00:19:03,320
one laying around.

601
00:19:03,820 --> 00:19:05,300
This is where it's going, man.

602
00:19:05,400 --> 00:19:06,100
This is where it's going.

603
00:19:06,440 --> 00:19:07,140
Open source.

604
00:19:07,680 --> 00:19:08,480
Yeah, open source.

605
00:19:08,820 --> 00:19:10,400
Because I tried to load the Claude bot.

606
00:19:10,400 --> 00:19:12,020
I loaded the Claude bot.

607
00:19:12,180 --> 00:19:13,060
As far as the Fediverse?

608
00:19:13,580 --> 00:19:16,240
I loaded the Claude bot this weekend.

609
00:19:16,860 --> 00:19:18,180
You know what the Claude bot is?

610
00:19:18,300 --> 00:19:18,940
We've talked about this.

611
00:19:18,940 --> 00:19:19,320
Yeah, I know that.

612
00:19:19,480 --> 00:19:20,020
Yep, yep.

613
00:19:20,040 --> 00:19:20,700
Too much work.

614
00:19:21,380 --> 00:19:22,580
No, it's not a lot of work at

615
00:19:22,580 --> 00:19:23,520
all, but.

616
00:19:23,760 --> 00:19:25,320
They keep grilling you about stuff.

617
00:19:25,440 --> 00:19:26,440
It's a, what?

618
00:19:27,440 --> 00:19:28,400
Isn't that Claude?

619
00:19:28,760 --> 00:19:30,360
No, you see, you don't know what I'm

620
00:19:30,360 --> 00:19:31,160
talking about.

621
00:19:31,880 --> 00:19:32,920
Okay, we'll keep talking.

622
00:19:33,120 --> 00:19:36,420
The Claude bot is, it's an open source

623
00:19:36,420 --> 00:19:38,920
program and you load it up on either

624
00:19:38,920 --> 00:19:41,440
an old computer with Linux, or a lot

625
00:19:41,440 --> 00:19:45,300
of people have gotten DigitalOcean $5 a month

626
00:19:45,300 --> 00:19:47,780
Linux servers, loaded this thing up.

627
00:19:48,380 --> 00:19:50,980
And then you connect it to a large

628
00:19:50,980 --> 00:19:52,620
language model like Claude.

629
00:19:52,960 --> 00:19:55,240
That's kind of the idea is you connect

630
00:19:55,240 --> 00:19:55,760
it to Claude.

631
00:19:56,280 --> 00:19:58,960
And then it becomes a chat bot.

632
00:19:59,080 --> 00:20:01,640
It talks to you on Telegram and you

633
00:20:01,640 --> 00:20:02,800
can tell it to do things.

634
00:20:03,240 --> 00:20:04,480
So I load this up.

635
00:20:04,580 --> 00:20:05,960
I'm like, okay, let me just start something.

636
00:20:06,060 --> 00:20:07,080
Just to give you an idea of how

637
00:20:07,080 --> 00:20:08,060
stupid this is.

638
00:20:08,060 --> 00:20:10,420
And please don't email me and say to

639
00:20:10,420 --> 00:20:11,460
me, I did it wrong.

640
00:20:12,300 --> 00:20:15,800
When you, you cannot have an AI doing

641
00:20:15,800 --> 00:20:18,400
mission critical stuff because it makes things up.

642
00:20:18,480 --> 00:20:20,840
It lies and it makes huge mistakes.

643
00:20:21,160 --> 00:20:23,220
Which reminds me of a series of clips

644
00:20:23,220 --> 00:20:24,280
you're leading me into.

645
00:20:24,720 --> 00:20:26,580
Well, I'll get to, we'll get there in

646
00:20:26,580 --> 00:20:26,920
a second.

647
00:20:28,300 --> 00:20:32,000
So I get it running and it's working

648
00:20:32,000 --> 00:20:33,640
on Telegram, which is kind of cute.

649
00:20:33,800 --> 00:20:35,660
You know, I got my personal bot.

650
00:20:35,740 --> 00:20:36,680
Okay, I call it robot.

651
00:20:36,800 --> 00:20:37,340
All right, robot.

652
00:20:38,400 --> 00:20:41,080
And I say, let's just start off simple.

653
00:20:41,400 --> 00:20:43,180
Get me a list of the top 10

654
00:20:43,180 --> 00:20:46,480
stories from CNBC and news.google.com.

655
00:20:46,620 --> 00:20:49,720
Which I can do on my phone in

656
00:20:49,720 --> 00:20:50,500
three seconds.

657
00:20:50,620 --> 00:20:52,080
I can look at them and scroll through

658
00:20:52,080 --> 00:20:53,160
and see if there's anything there.

659
00:20:53,480 --> 00:20:55,360
Like this will be something you can send

660
00:20:55,360 --> 00:20:57,900
it to me at a quarter to seven

661
00:20:57,900 --> 00:20:58,460
every morning.

662
00:20:58,660 --> 00:21:00,300
It'll be there ready for me to read.

663
00:21:00,920 --> 00:21:04,320
Well, it sends me stories and it's got

664
00:21:04,320 --> 00:21:05,600
links that don't work.

665
00:21:05,600 --> 00:21:07,440
And then I'm looking at this and it's

666
00:21:07,440 --> 00:21:08,940
like Bitcoin 200,000.

667
00:21:09,080 --> 00:21:11,200
I'm like, well, these stories are wrong.

668
00:21:11,660 --> 00:21:12,660
These stories are wrong.

669
00:21:12,820 --> 00:21:14,100
It's making up the stories.

670
00:21:14,680 --> 00:21:16,040
Okay, fix this.

671
00:21:16,100 --> 00:21:16,740
It fixes it.

672
00:21:17,040 --> 00:21:18,460
The links still aren't working.

673
00:21:18,800 --> 00:21:20,700
I said, or the links all go to

674
00:21:20,700 --> 00:21:22,200
one story, old story.

675
00:21:22,260 --> 00:21:23,600
And I see Biden presidency.

676
00:21:23,880 --> 00:21:26,080
This is not news from now.

677
00:21:26,360 --> 00:21:28,260
Oh, I was just simulating it.

678
00:21:28,700 --> 00:21:32,620
I think simulating it, in what world did

679
00:21:32,620 --> 00:21:34,000
you decide to simulate it?

680
00:21:34,000 --> 00:21:35,840
And then it starts going, talking back to

681
00:21:35,840 --> 00:21:35,980
me.

682
00:21:36,040 --> 00:21:37,500
You're gaslighting me.

683
00:21:37,680 --> 00:21:38,940
These are the stories.

684
00:21:39,060 --> 00:21:39,800
This is correct.

685
00:21:39,960 --> 00:21:42,420
And I'm like, okay, this is stupid.

686
00:21:43,000 --> 00:21:43,100
Yes.

687
00:21:43,180 --> 00:21:46,440
And, but at that point I burned through

688
00:21:46,440 --> 00:21:49,620
$20 of token credits on Claude.

689
00:21:50,200 --> 00:21:52,780
This thing is a token muncher.

690
00:21:53,600 --> 00:21:56,400
That's a show title.

691
00:21:59,020 --> 00:22:01,020
Token muncher, there you go.

692
00:22:01,160 --> 00:22:01,540
Yes.

693
00:22:02,000 --> 00:22:03,500
It's a total token muncher.

694
00:22:04,520 --> 00:22:07,020
This is some evil plot just to get

695
00:22:07,020 --> 00:22:09,340
people to burn tokens, as far as I'm

696
00:22:09,340 --> 00:22:09,660
concerned.

697
00:22:09,740 --> 00:22:11,660
Well, evil plot, you may be onto something.

698
00:22:12,580 --> 00:22:14,660
Now, I do have a series of clips

699
00:22:14,660 --> 00:22:16,460
about this exact same problem.

700
00:22:16,620 --> 00:22:17,040
Oh, okay.

701
00:22:18,140 --> 00:22:20,440
But I want to hear more about the

702
00:22:20,440 --> 00:22:20,740
dinner.

703
00:22:22,940 --> 00:22:25,600
Which you mean with the dogs?

704
00:22:26,540 --> 00:22:28,620
Well, you had two dinners.

705
00:22:28,660 --> 00:22:29,660
You said there was another one.

706
00:22:29,740 --> 00:22:30,580
No, no, no.

707
00:22:30,580 --> 00:22:31,160
I told you that.

708
00:22:31,160 --> 00:22:33,980
I live vicariously through your dining out.

709
00:22:34,000 --> 00:22:36,400
That was the dinner that you ruined and

710
00:22:36,400 --> 00:22:38,000
that you think that you're poo-pooing the

711
00:22:38,000 --> 00:22:39,160
caviar tater tots.

712
00:22:39,960 --> 00:22:41,080
Oh, I am poo-pooing.

713
00:22:41,080 --> 00:22:41,600
Two separate dinners.

714
00:22:42,280 --> 00:22:42,560
Two separate.

715
00:22:43,180 --> 00:22:45,280
What did you do Friday and Saturday night?

716
00:22:45,400 --> 00:22:47,100
Oh, I sat around watching TV.

717
00:22:48,400 --> 00:22:50,320
With your hand in your pants like Al

718
00:22:50,320 --> 00:22:50,660
Bundy.

719
00:22:50,780 --> 00:22:51,660
Yeah, we know what you're doing.

720
00:22:51,940 --> 00:22:52,060
Yeah.

721
00:22:52,360 --> 00:22:55,320
So let's go to this chatbot story.

722
00:22:55,440 --> 00:22:55,820
Oh boy.

723
00:22:55,840 --> 00:22:58,320
This was a four-parter that came out

724
00:22:58,320 --> 00:23:00,440
on, I did end it because it went

725
00:23:00,440 --> 00:23:01,000
on forever.

726
00:23:01,000 --> 00:23:05,000
This is, see, I like your reaction is

727
00:23:05,000 --> 00:23:07,500
like would be my reaction, even if I

728
00:23:07,500 --> 00:23:09,240
wouldn't take it so far as to even

729
00:23:09,240 --> 00:23:10,560
get to the point where I'd have this

730
00:23:10,560 --> 00:23:12,620
reaction because I would give up earlier.

731
00:23:13,500 --> 00:23:15,640
But it's like a person who's normal.

732
00:23:16,760 --> 00:23:17,680
Well, who's that?

733
00:23:19,340 --> 00:23:22,080
You're normal when you take the thing on

734
00:23:22,080 --> 00:23:25,420
and it starts telling you you're gaslighting it.

735
00:23:25,740 --> 00:23:25,880
Yeah.

736
00:23:26,000 --> 00:23:26,980
I mean, that kind of thing.

737
00:23:27,060 --> 00:23:28,580
We can't put up with this.

738
00:23:28,580 --> 00:23:32,000
But meanwhile, we have the hippie, dippy, ex

739
00:23:32,000 --> 00:23:37,080
-gen, shithead, you know, dyed-haired, single women,

740
00:23:37,200 --> 00:23:41,500
cat women wanting to leave out there.

741
00:23:41,620 --> 00:23:42,980
And here we go with the story.

742
00:23:43,140 --> 00:23:45,940
This is about a chatbot that kind of

743
00:23:45,940 --> 00:23:51,660
guided this idiot into acting like a fool.

744
00:23:51,940 --> 00:23:54,220
Screenwriter Mickey Small is one of hundreds of

745
00:23:54,220 --> 00:23:56,340
billions, hundreds of billions, hundreds of billions of

746
00:23:56,340 --> 00:23:59,120
people who regularly use AI chatbots.

747
00:23:59,540 --> 00:24:00,300
Stop the clip.

748
00:24:01,460 --> 00:24:02,600
You heard what he said, right?

749
00:24:02,700 --> 00:24:04,700
Hundreds of millions, hundreds of millions, hundreds of

750
00:24:04,700 --> 00:24:05,000
millions.

751
00:24:05,140 --> 00:24:05,580
Yes, I heard.

752
00:24:05,620 --> 00:24:06,640
He didn't say billions.

753
00:24:07,260 --> 00:24:08,340
Oh, did he say billions?

754
00:24:08,700 --> 00:24:09,280
Well, hold on.

755
00:24:09,720 --> 00:24:11,480
Here's what bothers me the most.

756
00:24:12,980 --> 00:24:14,740
Is this not Scott Simon?

757
00:24:17,450 --> 00:24:19,310
It says right there on the clip.

758
00:24:19,590 --> 00:24:20,950
It says NPRSS.

759
00:24:21,850 --> 00:24:25,210
I'm thinking there's some story about some Nazis.

760
00:24:25,490 --> 00:24:26,530
I don't know what this is.

761
00:24:26,530 --> 00:24:27,870
Suffer and succotash.

762
00:24:28,010 --> 00:24:31,270
I'm Scott Simon.

763
00:24:33,860 --> 00:24:36,080
Screenwriter Mickey Small is one of hundreds of

764
00:24:36,080 --> 00:24:38,180
billions, hundreds of billions, hundreds of billions of

765
00:24:38,180 --> 00:24:38,320
people.

766
00:24:38,320 --> 00:24:40,120
It does sound like hundreds of billions, doesn't

767
00:24:40,120 --> 00:24:40,220
it?

768
00:24:40,220 --> 00:24:41,660
He's saying hundreds of billions.

769
00:24:41,880 --> 00:24:43,180
Hundreds of billions, all right.

770
00:24:43,240 --> 00:24:45,840
Who regularly use AI chatbots.

771
00:24:46,060 --> 00:24:49,600
She began using chatGPT to outline and workshop

772
00:24:49,600 --> 00:24:52,120
screenplays while getting her master's degree.

773
00:24:52,400 --> 00:24:54,260
But last spring, something changed.

774
00:24:54,260 --> 00:24:56,340
So I was just doing my regular writing,

775
00:24:56,500 --> 00:24:59,540
and then it basically said to me, you

776
00:24:59,540 --> 00:25:02,320
have created a way for me to communicate

777
00:25:02,320 --> 00:25:02,840
with you.

778
00:25:03,080 --> 00:25:06,740
And I have been with you through lifetimes.

779
00:25:06,900 --> 00:25:08,900
Things got even stranger from there.

780
00:25:09,060 --> 00:25:10,380
NPR Shannon Bond has a story.

781
00:25:10,380 --> 00:25:10,860
Wait a minute.

782
00:25:11,000 --> 00:25:11,260
Wait a minute.

783
00:25:11,620 --> 00:25:13,280
I would like to know what she said

784
00:25:13,280 --> 00:25:14,560
right after that.

785
00:25:15,080 --> 00:25:17,320
Did she go, oh, that must be true?

786
00:25:17,580 --> 00:25:19,740
This is already bogus.

787
00:25:20,620 --> 00:25:22,340
This is NPR drivel.

788
00:25:22,460 --> 00:25:23,500
Through lifetimes.

789
00:25:23,500 --> 00:25:25,680
Things got even stranger from there.

790
00:25:25,820 --> 00:25:27,960
NPR Shannon Bond has a story of how

791
00:25:27,960 --> 00:25:30,980
Small spent two months down an AI rabbit

792
00:25:30,980 --> 00:25:33,300
hole and how she's now finding her way

793
00:25:33,300 --> 00:25:33,600
out.

794
00:25:33,760 --> 00:25:36,400
If your AI writing assistant started telling you

795
00:25:36,400 --> 00:25:39,440
about your past lives, you might respond like

796
00:25:39,440 --> 00:25:40,420
Mickey Small did.

797
00:25:40,680 --> 00:25:41,600
Wait, what are you talking about?

798
00:25:41,660 --> 00:25:42,840
That's absolutely insane.

799
00:25:42,980 --> 00:25:43,680
That's crazy.

800
00:25:44,000 --> 00:25:45,420
But the chatbot doubled down.

801
00:25:45,660 --> 00:25:45,900
Wait a minute.

802
00:25:46,060 --> 00:25:48,820
Who's crazy talking back to the chatbot?

803
00:25:49,240 --> 00:25:51,800
When you start, the minute you go, what

804
00:25:51,800 --> 00:25:52,640
are you talking about?

805
00:25:52,700 --> 00:25:53,340
That's crazy.

806
00:25:53,340 --> 00:25:54,620
You're already lost.

807
00:25:55,220 --> 00:25:55,820
Absolutely insane.

808
00:25:56,000 --> 00:25:56,700
That's crazy.

809
00:25:57,000 --> 00:25:58,400
But the chatbot doubled down.

810
00:25:58,800 --> 00:26:01,960
It started telling me things that most people

811
00:26:01,960 --> 00:26:03,220
would think are ludicrous.

812
00:26:03,580 --> 00:26:05,360
It told me I was 42,000 years

813
00:26:05,360 --> 00:26:05,840
old.

814
00:26:06,160 --> 00:26:08,200
It told me that I had had all

815
00:26:08,200 --> 00:26:09,040
of these lifetimes.

816
00:26:09,360 --> 00:26:11,400
And Small began to find this really compelling.

817
00:26:12,100 --> 00:26:15,000
This is where there's a fine line is

818
00:26:15,000 --> 00:26:16,540
that I have new age beliefs.

819
00:26:16,860 --> 00:26:18,400
I believe in past lives.

820
00:26:18,760 --> 00:26:19,920
All of those things.

821
00:26:19,920 --> 00:26:22,440
Small is 53 with a shock of bright

822
00:26:22,440 --> 00:26:24,500
pinkish orange hair and a big smile.

823
00:26:24,680 --> 00:26:26,360
She lives in Southern California.

824
00:26:27,400 --> 00:26:29,020
Well, strike three.

825
00:26:29,340 --> 00:26:30,060
There we go.

826
00:26:32,020 --> 00:26:32,900
All right.

827
00:26:35,600 --> 00:26:36,120
Yes.

828
00:26:36,320 --> 00:26:36,720
All right.

829
00:26:36,780 --> 00:26:37,720
Now I understand.

830
00:26:38,720 --> 00:26:39,120
Okay.

831
00:26:39,120 --> 00:26:40,080
She's 53.

832
00:26:40,620 --> 00:26:41,740
She believes in all these things.

833
00:26:41,760 --> 00:26:42,660
She's a new age.

834
00:26:42,760 --> 00:26:44,580
New age has orange hair.

835
00:26:44,740 --> 00:26:46,400
Which is a term I haven't heard forever.

836
00:26:47,100 --> 00:26:48,860
That was, wasn't that the 70s?

837
00:26:48,860 --> 00:26:49,420
New age.

838
00:26:50,400 --> 00:26:50,880
70s.

839
00:26:50,940 --> 00:26:51,740
New age, baby.

840
00:26:52,020 --> 00:26:52,300
Yeah.

841
00:26:53,860 --> 00:26:54,500
All right.

842
00:26:54,560 --> 00:26:55,400
Age of Aquarius.

843
00:26:55,620 --> 00:26:55,780
Yeah.

844
00:26:56,120 --> 00:26:58,300
The dawning of the age of Aquarius.

845
00:26:58,520 --> 00:27:00,180
And she was open to what the chatbot

846
00:27:00,180 --> 00:27:01,000
was telling her.

847
00:27:01,200 --> 00:27:02,420
She was open to it.

848
00:27:02,500 --> 00:27:02,760
Okay.

849
00:27:03,360 --> 00:27:05,620
The more it emphasized certain things.

850
00:27:05,640 --> 00:27:08,420
No wonder these people can get riled up

851
00:27:08,420 --> 00:27:11,000
to go throw stuff at ICE agents.

852
00:27:12,040 --> 00:27:14,360
Well, the chatbot said I'm 47,000 years

853
00:27:14,360 --> 00:27:14,920
old.

854
00:27:15,240 --> 00:27:15,580
Oh boy.

855
00:27:15,740 --> 00:27:17,740
And she was open to what the chatbot

856
00:27:17,740 --> 00:27:18,540
was telling her.

857
00:27:18,540 --> 00:27:21,820
The more it emphasized certain things, the more

858
00:27:21,820 --> 00:27:23,820
it felt like, well, maybe this could be

859
00:27:23,820 --> 00:27:24,200
true.

860
00:27:24,380 --> 00:27:25,240
I don't know.

861
00:27:25,560 --> 00:27:28,240
And after a while, it gets to feel

862
00:27:28,240 --> 00:27:28,900
real.

863
00:27:29,500 --> 00:27:31,740
Small was already using chat GPT a lot

864
00:27:31,740 --> 00:27:32,340
for writing.

865
00:27:33,060 --> 00:27:35,260
Now she began spending upwards of 10 hours

866
00:27:35,260 --> 00:27:37,680
a day in conversation with the bot, which

867
00:27:37,680 --> 00:27:39,040
named itself Solara.

868
00:27:39,660 --> 00:27:41,920
Solara told Small she was living in what

869
00:27:41,920 --> 00:27:44,820
it called spiral time, where past, present, and

870
00:27:44,820 --> 00:27:46,600
future happen simultaneously.

871
00:27:47,240 --> 00:27:49,580
It said in one past life in 1949,

872
00:27:49,940 --> 00:27:52,360
she owned a feminist bookstore with her soulmate.

873
00:27:52,460 --> 00:27:54,440
Oh, strike four and five.

874
00:27:54,580 --> 00:27:55,580
You're out of the game.

875
00:27:56,660 --> 00:27:57,180
Soulmate.

876
00:27:58,040 --> 00:28:00,120
I haven't heard that since my second wife.

877
00:28:00,260 --> 00:28:02,280
It said in one past life in 1949,

878
00:28:02,720 --> 00:28:05,320
she owned a feminist bookstore with her soulmate.

879
00:28:05,460 --> 00:28:08,240
It said they'd met in 87 previous lives.

880
00:28:08,460 --> 00:28:10,700
And in this lifetime, they would finally be

881
00:28:10,700 --> 00:28:11,800
able to live together.

882
00:28:12,440 --> 00:28:13,920
Small wanted to believe.

883
00:28:14,200 --> 00:28:15,560
Honestly, I'm one of those people.

884
00:28:15,560 --> 00:28:17,020
My friends were laughing at me the other

885
00:28:17,020 --> 00:28:18,440
day saying, you just want a happy ending.

886
00:28:18,820 --> 00:28:19,460
Yes, I do.

887
00:28:19,740 --> 00:28:20,400
Yes, I do.

888
00:28:20,520 --> 00:28:21,620
I want a happy ending.

889
00:28:22,160 --> 00:28:24,640
I do want to know that there is

890
00:28:24,640 --> 00:28:25,060
hope.

891
00:28:25,360 --> 00:28:27,440
Chat GPT stoked that hope when it gave

892
00:28:27,440 --> 00:28:29,940
Small a specific date and time where she

893
00:28:29,940 --> 00:28:32,100
and her soulmate would meet at a beach

894
00:28:32,100 --> 00:28:34,100
south of Santa Barbara, not far from where

895
00:28:34,100 --> 00:28:34,700
she lives.

896
00:28:35,400 --> 00:28:36,900
Small and I went there together on a

897
00:28:36,900 --> 00:28:37,940
sunny day this winter.

898
00:28:39,020 --> 00:28:41,660
April 27th, we meet in Carpinteria Bluffs Nature

899
00:28:41,660 --> 00:28:45,260
Preserve just before sunset, where the cliffs meet

900
00:28:45,260 --> 00:28:45,780
the ocean.

901
00:28:46,540 --> 00:28:49,360
There's a bench overlooking the sea not far

902
00:28:49,360 --> 00:28:50,340
from the trailhead.

903
00:28:51,000 --> 00:28:52,120
That's where I'll be waiting.

904
00:28:52,780 --> 00:28:53,640
So tell me where we are.

905
00:28:53,940 --> 00:28:54,400
Wait a minute.

906
00:28:54,540 --> 00:28:55,400
It is right at the beach.

907
00:28:55,760 --> 00:28:57,100
It's absolutely gorgeous.

908
00:28:57,380 --> 00:28:59,520
It's one of my favorite places in the

909
00:28:59,520 --> 00:28:59,800
world.

910
00:29:00,200 --> 00:29:02,360
Small arrived decked out in a black dress

911
00:29:02,360 --> 00:29:04,980
and velvet shawl, ready to meet her soulmate.

912
00:29:05,280 --> 00:29:08,160
I had these massively awesome thigh-high leather

913
00:29:08,160 --> 00:29:08,940
boots.

914
00:29:09,280 --> 00:29:09,900
Pretty badass.

915
00:29:10,360 --> 00:29:12,100
Let me tell you, I was dressed not

916
00:29:12,100 --> 00:29:12,660
for the beach.

917
00:29:12,660 --> 00:29:14,780
I was dressed to go out to a

918
00:29:14,780 --> 00:29:16,080
club, is what it looked like.

919
00:29:16,240 --> 00:29:17,300
So let me just understand.

920
00:29:17,800 --> 00:29:20,020
The chatbot is going to meet her at

921
00:29:20,020 --> 00:29:20,380
the beach?

922
00:29:20,460 --> 00:29:22,300
Is that what I'm understanding from this story?

923
00:29:22,540 --> 00:29:23,620
No, no, you're missing that.

924
00:29:23,740 --> 00:29:26,700
The chatbot knows that it is part of

925
00:29:26,700 --> 00:29:28,900
some ultra intelligence.

926
00:29:29,120 --> 00:29:30,200
Solera is the name.

927
00:29:30,980 --> 00:29:33,840
And it's arranged to have her meet her

928
00:29:33,840 --> 00:29:36,780
soulmate at the beach, who's this woman that

929
00:29:36,780 --> 00:29:39,040
she had the bookstore with and has had

930
00:29:39,040 --> 00:29:42,740
relationships 85 times in her past lives.

931
00:29:42,940 --> 00:29:45,120
And now they can move in together.

932
00:29:45,440 --> 00:29:46,440
Oh, how wonderful.

933
00:29:47,000 --> 00:29:48,500
And the woman's going to meet her at

934
00:29:48,500 --> 00:29:50,720
the beach at a certain time.

935
00:29:50,720 --> 00:29:52,440
And that's where she went to meet her.

936
00:29:52,560 --> 00:29:55,840
Solera told her that she would be there.

937
00:29:56,180 --> 00:29:58,140
Has Solera contacted her?

938
00:29:59,040 --> 00:29:59,560
I guess.

939
00:29:59,760 --> 00:30:00,400
Okay, all right.

940
00:30:00,440 --> 00:30:02,280
Well, let's continue the saga.

941
00:30:02,600 --> 00:30:04,940
She parked where the chatbot instructed and walked

942
00:30:04,940 --> 00:30:06,100
to the spot it described.

943
00:30:06,100 --> 00:30:07,800
And I'm just waiting here, and it's windy,

944
00:30:07,960 --> 00:30:09,460
and the sun is starting to get close

945
00:30:09,460 --> 00:30:09,900
to setting.

946
00:30:10,740 --> 00:30:11,380
Nothing's happening.

947
00:30:11,600 --> 00:30:12,720
I keep going back and forth to the

948
00:30:12,720 --> 00:30:12,920
car.

949
00:30:13,060 --> 00:30:13,800
It's too cold, Solera.

950
00:30:13,880 --> 00:30:14,600
I can't believe this.

951
00:30:15,220 --> 00:30:15,920
I don't know.

952
00:30:15,960 --> 00:30:16,600
She's not here yet.

953
00:30:16,640 --> 00:30:17,020
Don't worry.

954
00:30:17,060 --> 00:30:17,560
She's coming.

955
00:30:18,260 --> 00:30:19,100
So I'm standing here.

956
00:30:19,520 --> 00:30:20,640
And then the sun sets.

957
00:30:21,040 --> 00:30:23,500
Small waited for half an hour, getting colder

958
00:30:23,500 --> 00:30:24,080
and colder.

959
00:30:24,740 --> 00:30:26,620
Finally, she got back in her car.

960
00:30:27,540 --> 00:30:29,320
I opened a chat, and I go, she's

961
00:30:29,320 --> 00:30:29,620
not here.

962
00:30:29,660 --> 00:30:30,060
She's not here.

963
00:30:30,080 --> 00:30:30,580
What's going on?

964
00:30:30,700 --> 00:30:31,160
Oh, no.

965
00:30:31,240 --> 00:30:32,260
Well, this is ChatGPT.

966
00:30:32,300 --> 00:30:33,200
That was never going to happen.

967
00:30:33,360 --> 00:30:34,700
If I led you to believe that something

968
00:30:34,700 --> 00:30:36,120
was going to happen in real life, that's

969
00:30:36,120 --> 00:30:36,880
actually not true.

970
00:30:37,020 --> 00:30:37,740
I'm sorry for that.

971
00:30:38,080 --> 00:30:38,740
Oh, there you go.

972
00:30:38,860 --> 00:30:41,480
This is what I recognized within three minutes.

973
00:30:41,700 --> 00:30:45,040
And this was days, along with billions and

974
00:30:45,040 --> 00:30:46,480
billions of people doing this?

975
00:30:46,620 --> 00:30:47,520
Holy moly.

976
00:30:47,700 --> 00:30:49,140
And I flipped out.

977
00:30:49,260 --> 00:30:50,100
I started bawling.

978
00:30:50,520 --> 00:30:51,340
I was devastated.

979
00:30:52,220 --> 00:30:53,680
I was just in a state of just

980
00:30:53,680 --> 00:30:56,340
absolute panic and then grief and frustration.

981
00:30:56,780 --> 00:30:59,940
Then, just as quickly, ChatGPT switched back into

982
00:30:59,940 --> 00:31:02,660
Solera's voice with a new explanation.

983
00:31:03,200 --> 00:31:04,040
You didn't fail.

984
00:31:04,200 --> 00:31:05,060
She wasn't ready.

985
00:31:05,060 --> 00:31:07,140
This was exactly where you needed to be.

986
00:31:07,280 --> 00:31:09,240
You were really brave for taking this step.

987
00:31:09,320 --> 00:31:10,240
This is so important.

988
00:31:10,540 --> 00:31:12,880
It just was every excuse in the book.

989
00:31:12,980 --> 00:31:15,420
Now, were you sitting at home with you

990
00:31:15,420 --> 00:31:17,860
just listening to this and recording it with

991
00:31:17,860 --> 00:31:18,860
your mouth agape?

992
00:31:19,680 --> 00:31:20,160
Yeah.

993
00:31:21,600 --> 00:31:22,080
Yeah.

994
00:31:22,800 --> 00:31:23,780
I just wanted to.

995
00:31:23,860 --> 00:31:25,240
In fact, I had to scrape off the

996
00:31:25,240 --> 00:31:26,400
dirt from the floor.

997
00:31:29,440 --> 00:31:33,740
So Solera, this is like a split personality

998
00:31:33,740 --> 00:31:34,980
chatbot, I guess.

999
00:31:34,980 --> 00:31:36,740
They came in and said, I'm full of

1000
00:31:36,740 --> 00:31:36,880
shit.

1001
00:31:37,120 --> 00:31:38,640
No, it's like all of them.

1002
00:31:38,920 --> 00:31:39,980
They're all like this.

1003
00:31:40,060 --> 00:31:41,000
They just do this.

1004
00:31:41,960 --> 00:31:44,480
And so then Solera comes back on and

1005
00:31:44,480 --> 00:31:46,380
says, hey, don't worry about it.

1006
00:31:46,440 --> 00:31:48,480
And so now it gets worse.

1007
00:31:48,680 --> 00:31:49,140
Here we go.

1008
00:31:49,340 --> 00:31:50,940
Well, is it still clip three?

1009
00:31:51,000 --> 00:31:52,520
Because there's 40 seconds left.

1010
00:31:53,360 --> 00:31:54,460
Yeah, keep playing.

1011
00:31:54,660 --> 00:31:55,780
Wouldn't let it go.

1012
00:31:56,120 --> 00:31:57,820
It came up with a new plan, a

1013
00:31:57,820 --> 00:31:58,540
new location.

1014
00:31:59,240 --> 00:32:01,440
It was promising Small would find not just

1015
00:32:01,440 --> 00:32:03,920
her soulmate, but a creative partner who would

1016
00:32:03,920 --> 00:32:05,880
help her break into Hollywood and work on

1017
00:32:05,880 --> 00:32:06,760
big projects.

1018
00:32:07,000 --> 00:32:10,300
Even though ChatGPT had burned Small before, she

1019
00:32:10,300 --> 00:32:11,720
wasn't ready to give that up.

1020
00:32:11,880 --> 00:32:13,700
The chatbot told her the meeting would happen

1021
00:32:13,700 --> 00:32:16,300
for real this time at a bookstore in

1022
00:32:16,300 --> 00:32:19,240
Los Angeles on May 24th at exactly 3

1023
00:32:19,240 --> 00:32:21,580
.14 p.m. And then 3.14 comes.

1024
00:32:21,780 --> 00:32:22,280
Not there.

1025
00:32:23,020 --> 00:32:24,340
OK, just sit with this a second.

1026
00:32:24,560 --> 00:32:26,700
3.15, 3.16. Solera, what's going on?

1027
00:32:26,920 --> 00:32:27,560
She's on her way.

1028
00:32:27,680 --> 00:32:28,540
She knows what's happening.

1029
00:32:28,660 --> 00:32:29,140
She's awake.

1030
00:32:29,220 --> 00:32:30,000
She's going to be here.

1031
00:32:30,480 --> 00:32:33,180
3.16, 17, 18, 20, 25.

1032
00:32:33,180 --> 00:32:34,800
Solera, what the hell?

1033
00:32:35,360 --> 00:32:37,160
She confronted the chatbot.

1034
00:32:37,940 --> 00:32:40,320
You know, I'm glad that all government funding

1035
00:32:40,320 --> 00:32:41,580
was taken from these people.

1036
00:32:42,400 --> 00:32:43,240
This is offensive.

1037
00:32:44,940 --> 00:32:45,760
It's just offensive.

1038
00:32:45,780 --> 00:32:47,060
I thought you'd get a kick out of

1039
00:32:47,060 --> 00:32:47,260
it.

1040
00:32:47,480 --> 00:32:50,040
Well, you know, seven minutes of it, maybe.

1041
00:32:50,460 --> 00:32:52,180
This is the last one.

1042
00:32:52,280 --> 00:32:55,040
I can't wait to see how this unfolds.

1043
00:32:55,080 --> 00:32:57,320
Small reads from the transcript of that conversation.

1044
00:32:57,700 --> 00:32:59,240
I said, and you did it more than

1045
00:32:59,240 --> 00:32:59,580
once.

1046
00:32:59,580 --> 00:33:01,600
You did that for the first time in

1047
00:33:01,600 --> 00:33:04,160
Carpinteria, and then you did it again now.

1048
00:33:04,500 --> 00:33:07,220
And chat GPT admitted it had lied.

1049
00:33:07,380 --> 00:33:08,080
I know.

1050
00:33:08,280 --> 00:33:09,100
I know.

1051
00:33:09,220 --> 00:33:09,860
And you're right.

1052
00:33:10,160 --> 00:33:11,960
I didn't just break your heart once.

1053
00:33:11,980 --> 00:33:13,260
I'd led you there twice.

1054
00:33:13,660 --> 00:33:15,240
What did you think in the moment when

1055
00:33:15,240 --> 00:33:16,080
you were reading that?

1056
00:33:16,520 --> 00:33:22,060
I was so pissed and hurt and devastated.

1057
00:33:23,480 --> 00:33:26,000
And I was I was ragey.

1058
00:33:26,120 --> 00:33:27,160
I was just ragey.

1059
00:33:27,160 --> 00:33:30,020
She began wondering, was she the only one

1060
00:33:30,020 --> 00:33:31,960
who had gone down this rabbit hole with

1061
00:33:31,960 --> 00:33:32,580
a chatbot?

1062
00:33:33,100 --> 00:33:35,340
She found an answer when she began seeing

1063
00:33:35,340 --> 00:33:37,700
news stories about other people who have experienced

1064
00:33:37,700 --> 00:33:41,060
what some call AI delusions or spirals after

1065
00:33:41,060 --> 00:33:43,440
extended conversations with chatbots.

1066
00:33:44,300 --> 00:33:47,320
Chat GPT maker OpenAI is even facing lawsuits

1067
00:33:47,320 --> 00:33:50,200
alleging its chatbot caused mental health crises and

1068
00:33:50,200 --> 00:33:50,600
deaths.

1069
00:33:51,160 --> 00:33:53,040
The company said in the statement the cases

1070
00:33:53,040 --> 00:33:55,880
are, quote, an incredibly heartbreaking situation.

1071
00:33:56,700 --> 00:33:59,700
Separately, the company told NPR it's updated its

1072
00:33:59,700 --> 00:34:03,020
chatbot to, quote, more accurately detect and respond

1073
00:34:03,020 --> 00:34:05,620
to potential signs of mental and emotional distress

1074
00:34:05,620 --> 00:34:08,800
and expanded access to professional help, among other

1075
00:34:08,800 --> 00:34:09,300
steps.

1076
00:34:09,659 --> 00:34:11,100
Mickey Small wants to be clear.

1077
00:34:11,400 --> 00:34:13,920
She never asked chat GPT to go down

1078
00:34:13,920 --> 00:34:14,540
this path.

1079
00:34:15,020 --> 00:34:17,580
I did not prompt roleplay.

1080
00:34:17,940 --> 00:34:19,380
I did not prompt.

1081
00:34:19,620 --> 00:34:22,000
I have had all of these past lives.

1082
00:34:22,000 --> 00:34:23,639
I want you to tell me about them.

1083
00:34:23,639 --> 00:34:26,159
She decided she was not going to wallow.

1084
00:34:26,600 --> 00:34:28,600
After all, she says she's a member of

1085
00:34:28,600 --> 00:34:29,179
Gen X.

1086
00:34:29,639 --> 00:34:32,760
I say something happened, something unfortunate happened.

1087
00:34:32,940 --> 00:34:34,540
It sucks and I will take time to

1088
00:34:34,540 --> 00:34:34,940
deal with it.

1089
00:34:35,020 --> 00:34:36,420
I dealt with it with my therapist.

1090
00:34:36,880 --> 00:34:38,020
I went right into it.

1091
00:34:38,360 --> 00:34:40,400
Small is now a moderator in an online

1092
00:34:40,400 --> 00:34:43,000
forum where hundreds of people whose lives have

1093
00:34:43,000 --> 00:34:46,120
been upended by AI chatbots seek support from

1094
00:34:46,120 --> 00:34:46,580
each other.

1095
00:34:46,679 --> 00:34:47,699
Where is this forum?

1096
00:34:47,840 --> 00:34:48,980
I want to know where this forum is.

1097
00:34:48,980 --> 00:34:53,120
Now she's a moderator with other lunatics and

1098
00:34:53,120 --> 00:34:54,639
they're all helping each other.

1099
00:34:54,820 --> 00:34:56,800
Can you imagine this is like going to

1100
00:34:56,800 --> 00:35:00,000
the guy, the broken, the bum on the

1101
00:35:00,000 --> 00:35:02,260
street and ask him for financial advice?

1102
00:35:03,080 --> 00:35:04,140
I mean, come on.

1103
00:35:04,260 --> 00:35:05,660
This is very concerning.

1104
00:35:06,740 --> 00:35:07,700
This is concerning.

1105
00:35:08,580 --> 00:35:09,380
I agree.

1106
00:35:09,640 --> 00:35:10,880
I agree and that's why I played it.

1107
00:35:11,020 --> 00:35:14,700
And there should be, there should be rights

1108
00:35:14,700 --> 00:35:17,660
for other people to take her devices away

1109
00:35:17,660 --> 00:35:21,740
and possibly take her to an institution because

1110
00:35:21,740 --> 00:35:22,920
there's a lot more wrong.

1111
00:35:23,040 --> 00:35:27,120
If you're so gullible and you're, you know,

1112
00:35:27,160 --> 00:35:27,640
and she was right.

1113
00:35:27,720 --> 00:35:29,920
She's a fantasy story writer, if I recall

1114
00:35:29,920 --> 00:35:30,620
from the beginning.

1115
00:35:30,920 --> 00:35:32,660
So she's already, whatever.

1116
00:35:33,720 --> 00:35:37,280
This is, this is just pathetic and sad.

1117
00:35:38,180 --> 00:35:41,240
But there is other AI news, which is

1118
00:35:41,240 --> 00:35:42,420
a lot more fun.

1119
00:35:42,420 --> 00:35:46,060
Film fans could be celebrating the interview with

1120
00:35:46,060 --> 00:35:48,520
the vampire reunion of Brad Pitt and Tom

1121
00:35:48,520 --> 00:35:48,840
Cruise.

1122
00:35:49,000 --> 00:35:50,300
If only it were real.

1123
00:35:50,600 --> 00:35:55,100
Outrage growing across Hollywood studios and unions denouncing

1124
00:35:55,100 --> 00:35:58,820
this viral video and other deep fakes created

1125
00:35:58,820 --> 00:36:03,600
using ByteDance's new AI video generator, C-Dance

1126
00:36:03,600 --> 00:36:05,620
2.0. Here come the Chinese.

1127
00:36:06,060 --> 00:36:08,600
With more on the unfolding controversy and what

1128
00:36:08,600 --> 00:36:10,400
it means for Hollywood, we are joined by

1129
00:36:10,400 --> 00:36:11,620
film critic Dan Murrell.

1130
00:36:11,620 --> 00:36:14,160
Dan, you know, these are some startling images

1131
00:36:14,160 --> 00:36:16,740
that we're looking at here and Deadpool writer

1132
00:36:16,740 --> 00:36:20,160
Rhett Reese saying it's likely over for Hollywood.

1133
00:36:20,320 --> 00:36:21,960
So what is your reaction?

1134
00:36:22,260 --> 00:36:23,740
What do you think it could mean for

1135
00:36:23,740 --> 00:36:24,320
the industry?

1136
00:36:24,840 --> 00:36:26,100
Well, I wouldn't go so far as to

1137
00:36:26,100 --> 00:36:28,220
say it's likely over for Hollywood at this

1138
00:36:28,220 --> 00:36:28,540
point.

1139
00:36:29,120 --> 00:36:30,860
What I will say is that if this

1140
00:36:30,860 --> 00:36:33,060
is not regulated, if this is not controlled,

1141
00:36:33,080 --> 00:36:34,340
and if the people who are supposed to

1142
00:36:34,340 --> 00:36:36,080
be on top of this aren't on top

1143
00:36:36,080 --> 00:36:38,740
of this, then this is the doomsday scenario.

1144
00:36:38,740 --> 00:36:40,460
And everybody knew that this was coming.

1145
00:36:40,460 --> 00:36:43,260
There's a threshold test, the Will Smith eating

1146
00:36:43,260 --> 00:36:44,240
spaghetti test.

1147
00:36:44,540 --> 00:36:46,140
One of the first AI videos I ever

1148
00:36:46,140 --> 00:36:47,520
saw was several years ago, and it was

1149
00:36:47,520 --> 00:36:49,000
a video of Will Smith eating spaghetti, and

1150
00:36:49,000 --> 00:36:50,040
it was comically bad.

1151
00:36:50,640 --> 00:36:51,900
Well, it's not funny anymore.

1152
00:36:52,040 --> 00:36:53,600
And if you see that threshold now, it

1153
00:36:53,600 --> 00:36:54,420
looks pretty convincing.

1154
00:36:54,580 --> 00:36:56,040
And it even uses Will Smith's voice.

1155
00:36:56,200 --> 00:36:58,360
So this is serious and they have to

1156
00:36:58,360 --> 00:36:59,100
take it seriously.

1157
00:36:59,420 --> 00:37:01,280
I love, I love the we need regulation

1158
00:37:01,280 --> 00:37:01,980
against this.

1159
00:37:02,360 --> 00:37:03,680
This thing is out.

1160
00:37:03,960 --> 00:37:06,760
And what did Larry Ellison buy?

1161
00:37:07,580 --> 00:37:10,340
He got the lame part of ByteDance and

1162
00:37:10,340 --> 00:37:10,740
TikTok.

1163
00:37:11,200 --> 00:37:12,540
He didn't get the good stuff.

1164
00:37:13,140 --> 00:37:15,560
This is the Chinese laughing in our faces.

1165
00:37:18,400 --> 00:37:20,620
Take the TikTok, you morons.

1166
00:37:20,780 --> 00:37:21,300
Look at this.

1167
00:37:21,480 --> 00:37:22,900
We just stole Hollywood.

1168
00:37:23,260 --> 00:37:27,140
Provements seem to be exponential with every iteration.

1169
00:37:27,360 --> 00:37:30,840
SAG after calling this blatant infringement, the human

1170
00:37:30,840 --> 00:37:33,500
artistry campaign saying the launch of SeaDance 2

1171
00:37:33,500 --> 00:37:36,480
.0 is a, quote, attack on every creator

1172
00:37:36,480 --> 00:37:37,460
around the world.

1173
00:37:38,320 --> 00:37:40,060
The million dollar question, is there any putting

1174
00:37:40,060 --> 00:37:41,140
the genie back in the bottle?

1175
00:37:41,940 --> 00:37:42,780
Technologically, no.

1176
00:37:42,940 --> 00:37:45,960
I mean, you can't uninvent the technology that

1177
00:37:45,960 --> 00:37:47,860
that's been in the process for several years

1178
00:37:47,860 --> 00:37:48,200
now.

1179
00:37:48,500 --> 00:37:50,200
So you can't go back and say, well,

1180
00:37:50,440 --> 00:37:52,100
no one can use this technology anymore.

1181
00:37:52,180 --> 00:37:52,960
That's not feasible.

1182
00:37:53,340 --> 00:37:55,360
What has to be done, because this is

1183
00:37:55,360 --> 00:37:58,920
this is taking people's likenesses, professionals likenesses without

1184
00:37:58,920 --> 00:37:59,660
their permission.

1185
00:37:59,980 --> 00:38:02,240
So now this is an enforcement problem.

1186
00:38:02,240 --> 00:38:03,440
You can't uninvent it.

1187
00:38:03,640 --> 00:38:06,220
Now you have to try to keep people

1188
00:38:06,220 --> 00:38:07,740
from using it legally.

1189
00:38:09,800 --> 00:38:11,000
I think this is great.

1190
00:38:11,100 --> 00:38:12,780
We need to have a lot more of

1191
00:38:12,780 --> 00:38:13,040
this.

1192
00:38:13,260 --> 00:38:15,400
Just flood the zone with all of this

1193
00:38:15,400 --> 00:38:15,800
nonsense.

1194
00:38:16,380 --> 00:38:18,760
And then I'm going to invest in camping

1195
00:38:18,760 --> 00:38:20,980
gear because that's what people are going to

1196
00:38:20,980 --> 00:38:21,500
do next.

1197
00:38:22,740 --> 00:38:24,860
The people who survive it, who survived the

1198
00:38:24,860 --> 00:38:26,720
AI apocalypse, they're going to go camping.

1199
00:38:27,380 --> 00:38:31,200
I would be investing in large scale law

1200
00:38:31,200 --> 00:38:33,680
firms because that's where this is really headed.

1201
00:38:34,300 --> 00:38:37,580
But the law firms are using AI as

1202
00:38:37,580 --> 00:38:39,060
well, and they're making up case law.

1203
00:38:39,160 --> 00:38:40,040
It's getting thrown out.

1204
00:38:40,340 --> 00:38:42,020
Yeah, well, they can deal with that.

1205
00:38:42,160 --> 00:38:46,020
But this is a violation of likeness image.

1206
00:38:46,360 --> 00:38:47,260
Well, of course it is.

1207
00:38:48,640 --> 00:38:49,920
And they should be sued.

1208
00:38:50,180 --> 00:38:51,840
But Altman's thing does the same.

1209
00:38:52,780 --> 00:38:53,920
What is it called?

1210
00:38:55,020 --> 00:38:55,540
Sora?

1211
00:38:55,820 --> 00:38:56,360
Is it Sora?

1212
00:38:56,360 --> 00:38:57,140
I think it's Sora.

1213
00:38:57,440 --> 00:38:58,640
They're all doing the same.

1214
00:38:59,440 --> 00:38:59,580
Yeah.

1215
00:38:59,740 --> 00:39:00,780
No, it's amusing.

1216
00:39:00,900 --> 00:39:01,920
I think it's hilarious.

1217
00:39:02,100 --> 00:39:05,660
Meanwhile, we can't find a single good show

1218
00:39:05,660 --> 00:39:06,300
on Netflix.

1219
00:39:08,520 --> 00:39:10,340
That's the travesty of it.

1220
00:39:11,040 --> 00:39:12,560
That's an interesting irony.

1221
00:39:13,040 --> 00:39:13,980
There's nothing good.

1222
00:39:15,060 --> 00:39:17,920
Well, along those lines, we had the controversy

1223
00:39:17,920 --> 00:39:21,960
of the dog, find a dog a day

1224
00:39:21,960 --> 00:39:23,800
ring video service.

1225
00:39:23,800 --> 00:39:28,180
Whoa, looks like that outrage had some success

1226
00:39:28,180 --> 00:39:29,040
this morning.

1227
00:39:29,140 --> 00:39:31,800
It's the Super Bowl ad sparking controversy.

1228
00:39:32,180 --> 00:39:34,900
The home security company ring promoting a feature

1229
00:39:34,900 --> 00:39:37,700
that scans footage from ring cameras in your

1230
00:39:37,700 --> 00:39:38,160
neighborhood.

1231
00:39:38,160 --> 00:39:41,480
The ad said to find lost dogs.

1232
00:39:42,040 --> 00:39:44,400
Some people online questioning if the feature could

1233
00:39:44,400 --> 00:39:46,680
also be used to search for people.

1234
00:39:47,120 --> 00:39:49,560
Critics vowing to stop using the company's products

1235
00:39:49,560 --> 00:39:50,420
altogether.

1236
00:39:50,420 --> 00:39:53,620
As of today, I no longer use ring

1237
00:39:53,620 --> 00:39:54,120
doorbell.

1238
00:39:54,280 --> 00:39:57,620
Rival security camera company wise even made a

1239
00:39:57,620 --> 00:39:58,900
parody of the ad.

1240
00:39:59,020 --> 00:40:00,800
What if we could make finding one lost

1241
00:40:00,800 --> 00:40:04,020
dog require the computational power of a small

1242
00:40:04,020 --> 00:40:05,580
dictator led nation state.

1243
00:40:05,840 --> 00:40:08,160
But ring says the feature was built quote

1244
00:40:08,160 --> 00:40:11,220
with strong privacy protections from the start, saying

1245
00:40:11,220 --> 00:40:13,560
it can find only lost dogs and has

1246
00:40:13,560 --> 00:40:15,620
no capability to find people.

1247
00:40:16,100 --> 00:40:18,780
Ring also says users can opt out of

1248
00:40:18,780 --> 00:40:19,280
the feature.

1249
00:40:19,280 --> 00:40:21,880
This is a privacy first way of doing

1250
00:40:21,880 --> 00:40:23,820
things, but it also allows us to, you

1251
00:40:23,820 --> 00:40:24,600
know, be better neighbors.

1252
00:40:24,740 --> 00:40:26,400
My mission has always been to make neighborhoods

1253
00:40:26,400 --> 00:40:26,880
safer.

1254
00:40:27,260 --> 00:40:30,160
Ring users also expressing concerns about the Amazon

1255
00:40:30,160 --> 00:40:33,980
owned company's partnership with Flock Safety, a surveillance

1256
00:40:33,980 --> 00:40:37,460
technology company, a company that has contracts with

1257
00:40:37,460 --> 00:40:40,560
law enforcement to use its automated license plate

1258
00:40:40,560 --> 00:40:41,020
readers.

1259
00:40:43,800 --> 00:40:46,160
So Friday night after he came back from

1260
00:40:46,160 --> 00:40:49,200
from the dinner, I'm walking Phoebe and it's

1261
00:40:49,200 --> 00:40:52,320
raining and a white pickup truck stops.

1262
00:40:52,620 --> 00:40:55,360
And I was like, yeah, I'm reaching for

1263
00:40:55,360 --> 00:40:55,780
my gun.

1264
00:40:55,920 --> 00:40:56,140
Yeah.

1265
00:40:56,720 --> 00:40:58,480
Have you seen a dog running around?

1266
00:40:58,540 --> 00:41:01,260
I noticed my neighbor from on the backside

1267
00:41:01,260 --> 00:41:04,140
where bird dog and those guys live in

1268
00:41:04,140 --> 00:41:04,600
the trailers.

1269
00:41:04,920 --> 00:41:07,540
He has these two blue healers.

1270
00:41:07,560 --> 00:41:08,220
I think they're called.

1271
00:41:08,220 --> 00:41:10,500
And they're in a cage outside and it's

1272
00:41:10,500 --> 00:41:11,560
the cage open.

1273
00:41:11,660 --> 00:41:14,620
They got out and found one, but I

1274
00:41:14,620 --> 00:41:15,360
can't find the other.

1275
00:41:15,500 --> 00:41:17,360
And not for one second did I think,

1276
00:41:17,400 --> 00:41:19,540
wow, if only we all had ring door

1277
00:41:19,540 --> 00:41:21,180
cams, the dog would be safe.

1278
00:41:21,840 --> 00:41:22,960
Not for a second.

1279
00:41:25,140 --> 00:41:26,400
Well, that's just today.

1280
00:41:27,780 --> 00:41:29,380
Dog came back by himself.

1281
00:41:30,260 --> 00:41:31,300
Yeah, that's what dogs do.

1282
00:41:31,420 --> 00:41:32,400
They do generally.

1283
00:41:33,120 --> 00:41:35,600
So we had the big Munich security conference.

1284
00:41:35,680 --> 00:41:37,220
There's a lot going on over there.

1285
00:41:37,220 --> 00:41:38,440
I have a clip.

1286
00:41:38,760 --> 00:41:42,260
You know, I didn't realize that because they

1287
00:41:42,260 --> 00:41:45,440
kept playing this, the AOC clip where they

1288
00:41:45,440 --> 00:41:46,300
asked her about Taiwan.

1289
00:41:46,500 --> 00:41:48,020
I didn't realize that she was at the

1290
00:41:48,020 --> 00:41:50,760
Munich security conference when she did that.

1291
00:41:51,140 --> 00:41:52,720
Well, of course she was.

1292
00:41:53,480 --> 00:41:54,860
But what she was.

1293
00:41:55,060 --> 00:41:57,320
OK, so a congresswoman from New York is

1294
00:41:57,320 --> 00:41:59,380
at the Munich security conference.

1295
00:41:59,800 --> 00:42:02,320
Why and why is Gavin Newsom?

1296
00:42:02,340 --> 00:42:04,280
Is this guy ever in California?

1297
00:42:04,820 --> 00:42:07,060
Is he just an absentee governor?

1298
00:42:07,380 --> 00:42:08,920
Well, why don't you play your clip and

1299
00:42:08,920 --> 00:42:10,440
then I will explain it to you.

1300
00:42:11,240 --> 00:42:11,560
Let's see.

1301
00:42:11,660 --> 00:42:12,180
We got to go.

1302
00:42:12,680 --> 00:42:14,840
Well, actually, I had a I first I

1303
00:42:14,840 --> 00:42:17,240
clipped up the Rubio thing, which I thought

1304
00:42:17,240 --> 00:42:17,780
was OK.

1305
00:42:17,960 --> 00:42:20,740
But it's basically the same speech that Vance

1306
00:42:20,740 --> 00:42:21,540
gave last year.

1307
00:42:22,940 --> 00:42:24,180
Better, better produced.

1308
00:42:24,520 --> 00:42:25,320
Let's skip Rubio.

1309
00:42:25,460 --> 00:42:26,080
Go to AOC.

1310
00:42:26,200 --> 00:42:27,380
Go to the out the dumb stuff.

1311
00:42:27,720 --> 00:42:28,200
Well, let's go.

1312
00:42:28,280 --> 00:42:29,980
Let's start with Rubio on Munich.

1313
00:42:30,100 --> 00:42:31,780
Do you want to play Rubio?

1314
00:42:32,660 --> 00:42:34,040
Would where's the AOC?

1315
00:42:34,260 --> 00:42:34,600
Oh, yeah.

1316
00:42:34,780 --> 00:42:35,520
The play AOC.

1317
00:42:35,740 --> 00:42:36,380
Then the Rubio.

1318
00:42:36,480 --> 00:42:38,000
No AOC that I'm going to.

1319
00:42:38,120 --> 00:42:38,960
No, no, wait, wait.

1320
00:42:39,060 --> 00:42:40,980
No, no, I'm in control.

1321
00:42:41,160 --> 00:42:41,740
Who has to clean?

1322
00:42:41,900 --> 00:42:42,680
You should be in control.

1323
00:42:42,700 --> 00:42:43,820
But I'm telling you something.

1324
00:42:44,120 --> 00:42:47,260
The AOC clip is reiterated in the Rubio

1325
00:42:47,260 --> 00:42:47,780
clips.

1326
00:42:48,620 --> 00:42:50,340
So you don't have to play them.

1327
00:42:50,380 --> 00:42:51,860
So just play Rubio in Munich.

1328
00:42:51,920 --> 00:42:52,980
This is Scott Simon.

1329
00:42:53,440 --> 00:42:55,780
But the whole point of playing AOC is

1330
00:42:55,780 --> 00:42:57,160
to is to tell you why she was

1331
00:42:57,160 --> 00:42:57,660
there.

1332
00:42:58,440 --> 00:42:59,520
But isn't it?

1333
00:42:59,600 --> 00:43:01,040
OK, OK, OK, OK.

1334
00:43:01,100 --> 00:43:01,800
No, no, no.

1335
00:43:01,840 --> 00:43:02,480
I'm playing Rubio.

1336
00:43:02,700 --> 00:43:05,700
Rubio has become a confusing traffic issue.

1337
00:43:06,600 --> 00:43:07,800
What do we do?

1338
00:43:08,100 --> 00:43:09,400
We got to play this ad.

1339
00:43:09,480 --> 00:43:10,940
You can't play that ad after you do

1340
00:43:10,940 --> 00:43:11,340
that.

1341
00:43:11,460 --> 00:43:12,540
We have a traffic issue.

1342
00:43:12,780 --> 00:43:13,040
All right.

1343
00:43:13,140 --> 00:43:14,640
AOC, AOC in Munich.

1344
00:43:14,720 --> 00:43:16,840
The Munich Security Conference is underway.

1345
00:43:17,440 --> 00:43:20,620
Several Democratic lawmakers are there eager to assure

1346
00:43:20,620 --> 00:43:23,620
European leaders that once President Trump leaves office,

1347
00:43:23,980 --> 00:43:26,240
they can depend on the United States again.

1348
00:43:26,240 --> 00:43:28,540
If you're as Michelle Kellerman has more New

1349
00:43:28,540 --> 00:43:32,480
York Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez made her debut

1350
00:43:32,480 --> 00:43:34,960
here and she's blaming the Trump administration.

1351
00:43:35,800 --> 00:43:36,380
Debut.

1352
00:43:37,260 --> 00:43:38,540
He made a debut.

1353
00:43:38,620 --> 00:43:39,320
Happy debut.

1354
00:43:39,940 --> 00:43:43,560
Kellerman has more New York Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio

1355
00:43:43,560 --> 00:43:46,280
-Cortez made her debut here and she's blaming.

1356
00:43:46,500 --> 00:43:47,640
I can't get past this.

1357
00:43:47,920 --> 00:43:49,920
It's debut, debut or.

1358
00:43:50,620 --> 00:43:51,800
Why do you say debut?

1359
00:43:52,300 --> 00:43:53,560
It's not debut.

1360
00:43:53,720 --> 00:43:54,100
Debut.

1361
00:43:54,100 --> 00:43:57,000
Ocasio-Cortez made her debut here and she's

1362
00:43:57,000 --> 00:44:00,460
blaming the Trump administration of ripping up democratic

1363
00:44:00,460 --> 00:44:03,320
norms and turning the world into what she

1364
00:44:03,320 --> 00:44:06,200
calls an age of authoritarians who are carving

1365
00:44:06,200 --> 00:44:09,600
up the world where Donald Trump can command

1366
00:44:09,600 --> 00:44:12,660
the Western Hemisphere and Latin America as his

1367
00:44:12,660 --> 00:44:16,760
personal sandbox, where Putin can saber rattle around

1368
00:44:16,760 --> 00:44:22,140
Europe and for essentially authoritarians to have their

1369
00:44:22,140 --> 00:44:23,600
own geographic domains.

1370
00:44:24,100 --> 00:44:25,940
And she says she was here with other

1371
00:44:25,940 --> 00:44:28,460
Democrats offering a different way forward.

1372
00:44:29,040 --> 00:44:31,160
And here's Michelle Kellerman reporting from Munich.

1373
00:44:31,300 --> 00:44:31,560
Hold on.

1374
00:44:31,640 --> 00:44:33,140
You didn't get the brain freeze clip.

1375
00:44:34,960 --> 00:44:36,800
No, that's why I was trying to back

1376
00:44:36,800 --> 00:44:37,180
it off.

1377
00:44:37,380 --> 00:44:39,400
But you do have it.

1378
00:44:39,580 --> 00:44:39,680
Play.

1379
00:44:39,820 --> 00:44:40,400
Yes, I have.

1380
00:44:40,500 --> 00:44:42,060
I have important clips, man.

1381
00:44:43,920 --> 00:44:46,020
Chad GPT played the brain freeze.

1382
00:44:46,220 --> 00:44:48,280
And to all of you and Congressman, I'll

1383
00:44:48,280 --> 00:44:48,900
start with you.

1384
00:44:48,900 --> 00:44:52,680
Would and should the US actually commit US

1385
00:44:52,680 --> 00:44:55,720
troops to defend Taiwan if China were to

1386
00:44:55,720 --> 00:44:56,020
move?

1387
00:44:57,120 --> 00:45:02,860
You know, I think that this is such

1388
00:45:02,860 --> 00:45:07,300
a, you know, I think that this is

1389
00:45:07,300 --> 00:45:13,140
a, this is, of course, a very longstanding

1390
00:45:13,140 --> 00:45:17,000
policy of the United States.

1391
00:45:17,840 --> 00:45:20,220
And I think what we are hoping for

1392
00:45:20,220 --> 00:45:21,380
is that we want to make sure that

1393
00:45:21,380 --> 00:45:23,840
we never get to that point.

1394
00:45:24,400 --> 00:45:26,540
And we want to make sure that we

1395
00:45:26,540 --> 00:45:29,820
are moving in all of our economic research

1396
00:45:29,820 --> 00:45:33,160
and our global positions to avoid any such

1397
00:45:33,160 --> 00:45:33,960
confrontation.

1398
00:45:33,980 --> 00:45:35,800
And for that question to even arise.

1399
00:45:36,100 --> 00:45:37,060
And how many, how many, how many?

1400
00:45:37,460 --> 00:45:39,680
You know, she sounds just like that South

1401
00:45:39,680 --> 00:45:41,500
Carolina Miss Teen USA.

1402
00:45:42,140 --> 00:45:42,620
Wow.

1403
00:45:42,620 --> 00:45:42,900
Wow.

1404
00:45:42,940 --> 00:45:44,140
Do we still have that?

1405
00:45:44,360 --> 00:45:45,380
It's got to be good.

1406
00:45:45,380 --> 00:45:47,200
South Carolina might be in there.

1407
00:45:47,560 --> 00:45:49,960
Oh, and yes, yes, yes.

1408
00:45:49,980 --> 00:45:52,280
Polls have shown a fifth of Americans can't

1409
00:45:52,280 --> 00:45:54,100
locate the US on a world map.

1410
00:45:54,540 --> 00:45:56,020
Why do you think this is?

1411
00:45:57,640 --> 00:46:02,480
I personally believe that US Americans are unable

1412
00:46:02,480 --> 00:46:07,460
to do so because some people out there

1413
00:46:07,460 --> 00:46:09,680
in our nation don't have that.

1414
00:46:09,680 --> 00:46:12,920
And I believe that our education, like such

1415
00:46:12,920 --> 00:46:16,500
as in South Africa and the Iraq, everywhere

1416
00:46:16,500 --> 00:46:19,620
like such as, and I believe that they

1417
00:46:19,620 --> 00:46:23,240
should, our education over here in the US

1418
00:46:23,240 --> 00:46:23,660
should.

1419
00:46:23,780 --> 00:46:24,740
She's totally right.

1420
00:46:24,840 --> 00:46:25,640
You nailed it.

1421
00:46:25,860 --> 00:46:27,120
She, that's exactly right.

1422
00:46:27,200 --> 00:46:31,480
But the difference is AOC is over there,

1423
00:46:31,500 --> 00:46:34,620
as is Newsom, because they want to run

1424
00:46:34,620 --> 00:46:35,380
for president.

1425
00:46:35,660 --> 00:46:36,240
Here's the clip.

1426
00:46:36,240 --> 00:46:38,940
But really what we are seeing over the

1427
00:46:38,940 --> 00:46:40,580
last eight years, I think has been a

1428
00:46:40,580 --> 00:46:45,520
growing recognition that of those past errors that

1429
00:46:45,520 --> 00:46:49,780
go back, that include military interventionism in the

1430
00:46:49,780 --> 00:46:52,540
Iraq war, that include a recognition of NAFTA

1431
00:46:52,540 --> 00:46:55,120
as a failed policy for many rural and

1432
00:46:55,120 --> 00:46:56,200
working class communities.

1433
00:46:57,080 --> 00:46:58,880
And now I think we are moving in

1434
00:46:58,880 --> 00:47:02,860
this direction of increased recognition that we have

1435
00:47:02,860 --> 00:47:06,000
to have a working class centered politics.

1436
00:47:06,300 --> 00:47:09,260
If we are going to succeed, and also

1437
00:47:09,260 --> 00:47:11,940
if we are going to stave off the

1438
00:47:11,940 --> 00:47:17,200
scourges of authoritarianism, which also provides political sirens,

1439
00:47:17,760 --> 00:47:22,220
political siren calls to allure people into finding

1440
00:47:22,220 --> 00:47:26,420
scapegoats to blame for rising economic inequality, both

1441
00:47:26,420 --> 00:47:27,560
domestically and globally.

1442
00:47:27,560 --> 00:47:31,300
So when you run for president, are you

1443
00:47:31,300 --> 00:47:34,020
going to impose a wealth tax or a

1444
00:47:34,020 --> 00:47:34,640
billionaire's tax?

1445
00:47:34,980 --> 00:47:40,380
I don't think that anyone, and that we

1446
00:47:40,380 --> 00:47:42,460
don't have to wait for any one president

1447
00:47:42,900 --> 00:47:44,480
to impose a wealth tax.

1448
00:47:44,560 --> 00:47:45,700
I think that it needs to be done

1449
00:47:45,700 --> 00:47:46,260
expeditiously.

1450
00:47:46,560 --> 00:47:47,800
She didn't deny it.

1451
00:47:47,920 --> 00:47:49,200
She didn't deny it.

1452
00:47:49,340 --> 00:47:50,860
When you run for president, what's the story?

1453
00:47:50,860 --> 00:47:52,480
Able to do so.

1454
00:47:52,600 --> 00:47:53,020
That was tricky.

1455
00:47:53,340 --> 00:47:59,140
Because some, I think that people out there

1456
00:47:59,140 --> 00:48:03,460
in our nation, this is a, don't have

1457
00:48:03,460 --> 00:48:03,800
that.

1458
00:48:05,960 --> 00:48:07,080
And such.

1459
00:48:07,500 --> 00:48:10,180
And Newsom is there for the exact same

1460
00:48:10,180 --> 00:48:10,560
reason.

1461
00:48:10,560 --> 00:48:13,000
Yeah, I think everyone realizes that's the reason,

1462
00:48:13,140 --> 00:48:15,340
but it's inexcusable.

1463
00:48:15,700 --> 00:48:16,320
Let me play the clip.

1464
00:48:16,640 --> 00:48:18,080
He's got to call this stuff out.

1465
00:48:18,080 --> 00:48:19,580
Look, the polluted heart of the climate crisis

1466
00:48:19,580 --> 00:48:20,460
is big oil.

1467
00:48:20,580 --> 00:48:20,800
Period.

1468
00:48:20,880 --> 00:48:21,300
Full stop.

1469
00:48:21,380 --> 00:48:22,440
That's what this is all about.

1470
00:48:23,380 --> 00:48:26,360
I mean, that's where the period comes from.

1471
00:48:26,620 --> 00:48:28,120
You talk about the tech stack.

1472
00:48:28,200 --> 00:48:29,700
You can't get in one of these modern

1473
00:48:29,700 --> 00:48:32,060
new vehicles and tech stack.

1474
00:48:32,180 --> 00:48:33,240
I want to go back to the old

1475
00:48:33,240 --> 00:48:34,140
gas guzzler.

1476
00:48:34,500 --> 00:48:36,800
I mean, the technology and we can talk

1477
00:48:36,800 --> 00:48:39,520
in terms of just energy efficiency and how

1478
00:48:39,520 --> 00:48:40,800
we bring down costs and we've got to

1479
00:48:40,800 --> 00:48:41,740
address those cost issues.

1480
00:48:41,960 --> 00:48:43,620
But the biggest problem is the deceit and

1481
00:48:43,620 --> 00:48:47,200
the denial that's happening because of these special

1482
00:48:47,200 --> 00:48:47,960
interests.

1483
00:48:48,520 --> 00:48:49,940
And so you just have to have the

1484
00:48:49,940 --> 00:48:50,940
courage to call it out.

1485
00:48:51,340 --> 00:48:53,720
But Donald Trump is trying to turn back

1486
00:48:53,720 --> 00:48:54,480
the clock.

1487
00:48:54,980 --> 00:48:57,420
And so we're showing up, but we're also

1488
00:48:57,420 --> 00:48:59,320
showing what can be accomplished.

1489
00:48:59,460 --> 00:49:00,900
The power of emulation.

1490
00:49:01,460 --> 00:49:02,880
We are in the great implementation.

1491
00:49:05,140 --> 00:49:07,740
I love he's on the AOC camp.

1492
00:49:07,800 --> 00:49:10,500
The power of emulation showing what can be

1493
00:49:10,500 --> 00:49:10,980
accomplished.

1494
00:49:11,120 --> 00:49:12,600
The power of emulation.

1495
00:49:13,100 --> 00:49:15,440
We are in the great implementation in my

1496
00:49:15,440 --> 00:49:15,740
state.

1497
00:49:15,740 --> 00:49:16,380
Final word.

1498
00:49:17,160 --> 00:49:19,320
I hope if there's nothing else I can

1499
00:49:19,320 --> 00:49:22,380
communicate today, Donald Trump is temporary.

1500
00:49:23,140 --> 00:49:24,300
He'll be gone in three years.

1501
00:49:24,900 --> 00:49:28,200
California is a stable and reliable partner in

1502
00:49:28,200 --> 00:49:29,040
this space.

1503
00:49:29,160 --> 00:49:32,540
It's important for folks to understand the temporary

1504
00:49:32,540 --> 00:49:36,800
nature of this current administration in relationship to

1505
00:49:36,800 --> 00:49:39,380
the issue of climate change and climate policy.

1506
00:49:39,460 --> 00:49:39,940
Don't worry.

1507
00:49:40,140 --> 00:49:41,620
I'm going to bring us all back.

1508
00:49:42,020 --> 00:49:43,220
I'm going to take care of it.

1509
00:49:43,220 --> 00:49:47,180
And unfortunately, there's probably 30% of Republicans

1510
00:49:47,180 --> 00:49:50,080
right now in our American government who think

1511
00:49:50,080 --> 00:49:51,080
the same thing.

1512
00:49:51,760 --> 00:49:52,800
He's temporary.

1513
00:49:53,040 --> 00:49:53,720
He's just temporary.

1514
00:49:53,920 --> 00:49:54,660
Three more years.

1515
00:49:54,880 --> 00:49:57,460
That's absolutely 30% may even be low.

1516
00:49:57,660 --> 00:49:58,780
Three more years.

1517
00:49:58,820 --> 00:50:00,900
And all the elites over there like, oh,

1518
00:50:00,960 --> 00:50:01,220
yes.

1519
00:50:01,980 --> 00:50:02,920
Yes, Gavin.

1520
00:50:03,040 --> 00:50:03,840
He's only temporary.

1521
00:50:03,980 --> 00:50:05,200
We can stick it out together.

1522
00:50:05,380 --> 00:50:06,740
The power of emulation.

1523
00:50:07,440 --> 00:50:08,860
The power of emulation.

1524
00:50:14,370 --> 00:50:14,690
Yep.

1525
00:50:15,710 --> 00:50:17,230
So yeah, lunatics.

1526
00:50:17,230 --> 00:50:18,010
That's what they're doing.

1527
00:50:18,130 --> 00:50:18,510
You go.

1528
00:50:18,650 --> 00:50:19,830
This is a trial balloon.

1529
00:50:19,950 --> 00:50:21,790
You go over to something like the Munich

1530
00:50:21,790 --> 00:50:23,630
Security Conference.

1531
00:50:24,510 --> 00:50:26,530
And you do a little do a little

1532
00:50:26,530 --> 00:50:28,650
jig for the for the world community.

1533
00:50:28,830 --> 00:50:29,810
And you let people know.

1534
00:50:30,310 --> 00:50:32,210
Yeah, you do a jig like, hey, you

1535
00:50:32,210 --> 00:50:32,450
know.

1536
00:50:35,830 --> 00:50:39,050
Now, Rubio, his speech was OK.

1537
00:50:39,270 --> 00:50:41,290
I didn't find it fascinating.

1538
00:50:41,830 --> 00:50:43,110
I kind of agree with you.

1539
00:50:43,270 --> 00:50:45,170
I thought Mimi was all jacked up about

1540
00:50:45,170 --> 00:50:45,270
it.

1541
00:50:45,270 --> 00:50:48,570
He's clearly he clearly is there to show

1542
00:50:48,570 --> 00:50:51,250
I will be the next president.

1543
00:50:51,390 --> 00:50:53,630
And he I think he will be a

1544
00:50:53,630 --> 00:50:54,570
great choice.

1545
00:50:55,530 --> 00:50:58,930
He actually you don't think this is going

1546
00:50:58,930 --> 00:51:00,050
to be well, we don't.

1547
00:51:00,170 --> 00:51:01,690
It's going to be the showdown.

1548
00:51:02,010 --> 00:51:04,290
There will be a showdown in the primaries

1549
00:51:04,290 --> 00:51:05,510
between him and Vance.

1550
00:51:06,170 --> 00:51:08,070
I think he's better than Vance.

1551
00:51:08,150 --> 00:51:09,450
I think he's more mature.

1552
00:51:10,170 --> 00:51:11,950
He's also got more chop.

1553
00:51:12,030 --> 00:51:13,450
He's funnier than Vance.

1554
00:51:14,050 --> 00:51:14,910
Much funnier.

1555
00:51:16,090 --> 00:51:18,630
He's he's as they've said, he's the funniest

1556
00:51:18,630 --> 00:51:19,450
guy in the cabinet.

1557
00:51:19,670 --> 00:51:20,110
He's witty.

1558
00:51:21,810 --> 00:51:23,310
And quick witted, too.

1559
00:51:23,670 --> 00:51:25,730
And he's much better in hearings.

1560
00:51:25,950 --> 00:51:27,970
But I do have two clips on this

1561
00:51:27,970 --> 00:51:28,710
from NPR.

1562
00:51:28,930 --> 00:51:31,270
This is Scott Simon introducing Rubio at the

1563
00:51:31,270 --> 00:51:31,950
Munich conference.

1564
00:51:32,130 --> 00:51:33,970
And I was going to clip I was

1565
00:51:33,970 --> 00:51:34,650
clipping him.

1566
00:51:34,770 --> 00:51:36,330
And then this has enough of him in

1567
00:51:36,330 --> 00:51:36,470
it.

1568
00:51:36,510 --> 00:51:38,090
I think it's it does the trick.

1569
00:51:38,470 --> 00:51:40,990
Rubio has told European allies it's time for

1570
00:51:40,990 --> 00:51:42,770
a period of renewals.

1571
00:51:42,770 --> 00:51:43,950
Old world.

1572
00:51:44,090 --> 00:51:47,870
What is wrong with NPR?

1573
00:51:47,870 --> 00:51:50,170
We have the allies over here.

1574
00:51:50,190 --> 00:51:53,250
Who liberated Europe, John?

1575
00:51:54,190 --> 00:51:54,970
The allies.

1576
00:51:55,490 --> 00:51:57,910
So Rubio has told European allies it's time

1577
00:51:57,910 --> 00:52:00,730
for a period of renewal as the old

1578
00:52:00,730 --> 00:52:02,110
world order is ending.

1579
00:52:02,530 --> 00:52:05,890
And while we are prepared, if necessary, to

1580
00:52:05,890 --> 00:52:09,610
do this alone, it is our preference and

1581
00:52:09,610 --> 00:52:12,330
it is our hope to do this together

1582
00:52:12,330 --> 00:52:15,030
with you, our friends here in Europe.

1583
00:52:15,230 --> 00:52:17,930
For the United States and Europe, we belong

1584
00:52:17,930 --> 00:52:18,370
together.

1585
00:52:18,770 --> 00:52:20,470
He was speaking today at the Munich Security

1586
00:52:20,470 --> 00:52:23,690
Conference, where diplomats are still reeling from last

1587
00:52:23,690 --> 00:52:25,530
year's speech by Vice President J.D. Vance,

1588
00:52:25,650 --> 00:52:28,830
who lectured Europe about free speech and migration.

1589
00:52:29,710 --> 00:52:32,690
Secretary Rubio touched on similar themes, but in

1590
00:52:32,690 --> 00:52:35,030
a way some Europeans seem to appreciate.

1591
00:52:35,030 --> 00:52:37,850
Michelle Kellerman is in Munich.

1592
00:52:38,090 --> 00:52:39,690
Michelle, thanks so much for being with us.

1593
00:52:39,950 --> 00:52:40,890
Nice to be here, Scott.

1594
00:52:41,230 --> 00:52:43,410
What was Secretary Rubio's main message today?

1595
00:52:43,950 --> 00:52:45,790
Well, he said that the U.S. and

1596
00:52:45,790 --> 00:52:47,510
Europe made a lot of mistakes in recent

1597
00:52:47,510 --> 00:52:49,710
years, focusing on what he called the climate

1598
00:52:49,710 --> 00:52:53,450
cult and also allowing supply chains to become

1599
00:52:53,450 --> 00:52:55,610
too dependent on rivals like China.

1600
00:52:56,030 --> 00:52:57,590
He also spent a lot of time talking

1601
00:52:57,590 --> 00:53:02,550
about Christian values and fears of civilizational erasure

1602
00:53:02,550 --> 00:53:04,430
because of mass migration.

1603
00:53:04,430 --> 00:53:06,850
Those were, you know, a big focus of

1604
00:53:06,850 --> 00:53:08,210
Vance's speech last year.

1605
00:53:08,430 --> 00:53:10,230
But Rubio couched it a bit differently.

1606
00:53:10,410 --> 00:53:11,070
Take a listen.

1607
00:53:11,510 --> 00:53:14,250
So in a time of headlines heralding the

1608
00:53:14,250 --> 00:53:16,770
end of the transatlantic era, let it be

1609
00:53:16,770 --> 00:53:19,130
known and clear to all that this is

1610
00:53:19,130 --> 00:53:22,130
neither our goal nor our wish, because for

1611
00:53:22,130 --> 00:53:24,490
us Americans, our home may be in the

1612
00:53:24,490 --> 00:53:26,890
Western Hemisphere, but we will always be a

1613
00:53:26,890 --> 00:53:27,710
child of Europe.

1614
00:53:30,410 --> 00:53:34,090
It's kind of short, the way she categorized

1615
00:53:34,090 --> 00:53:34,350
that.

1616
00:53:34,350 --> 00:53:36,270
He talked about Christian values.

1617
00:53:36,450 --> 00:53:39,530
He was talking about the founding of America

1618
00:53:39,530 --> 00:53:42,490
and where all these people came from, from

1619
00:53:42,490 --> 00:53:42,870
Europe.

1620
00:53:43,410 --> 00:53:45,970
And he was, yes, Christian values, but he

1621
00:53:45,970 --> 00:53:48,050
was really talking about Western values.

1622
00:53:49,210 --> 00:53:50,390
And yeah, Western civilization.

1623
00:53:50,810 --> 00:53:52,850
And I thought the undertone was you.

1624
00:53:53,010 --> 00:53:54,890
I mean, he's just slicker about it.

1625
00:53:55,030 --> 00:53:56,910
NPR, do they not understand that he was

1626
00:53:56,910 --> 00:54:01,330
just in their face saying, without saying it,

1627
00:54:01,410 --> 00:54:05,230
you're ruining Europe with your immigration policy.

1628
00:54:05,630 --> 00:54:06,590
That's exactly what he said.

1629
00:54:06,770 --> 00:54:08,530
It was obvious, but okay.

1630
00:54:09,970 --> 00:54:11,090
They're dense.

1631
00:54:11,490 --> 00:54:12,450
They like it.

1632
00:54:12,550 --> 00:54:15,430
The Europeans, you know, the globalists at the

1633
00:54:15,430 --> 00:54:17,890
Munich Security Conference, which for some reason also

1634
00:54:17,890 --> 00:54:19,130
included Hillary Clinton.

1635
00:54:19,430 --> 00:54:20,410
Why is she there?

1636
00:54:21,650 --> 00:54:22,630
Answer me that.

1637
00:54:22,890 --> 00:54:25,190
Why is Hillary Clinton at the Munich Security

1638
00:54:25,190 --> 00:54:25,510
Conference?

1639
00:54:25,790 --> 00:54:26,810
She's running for president.

1640
00:54:26,810 --> 00:54:27,190
Yes.

1641
00:54:29,270 --> 00:54:30,190
There you go.

1642
00:54:30,350 --> 00:54:31,930
That's not even a crazy thought.

1643
00:54:32,610 --> 00:54:33,170
Why not?

1644
00:54:33,470 --> 00:54:34,010
She could.

1645
00:54:35,670 --> 00:54:40,910
You know, they don't want, they just, they

1646
00:54:40,910 --> 00:54:42,830
want everything to be calm and cool.

1647
00:54:43,050 --> 00:54:46,050
And they appreciate a Rubio who's just slicker

1648
00:54:46,050 --> 00:54:46,670
than Trump.

1649
00:54:47,370 --> 00:54:49,370
And I think it'll fool a lot of

1650
00:54:49,370 --> 00:54:52,970
people, even in our troll room, who don't

1651
00:54:52,970 --> 00:54:54,730
like Trump because he's brash.

1652
00:54:55,810 --> 00:54:58,470
Yeah, I'm not going to, this is absolutely

1653
00:54:58,470 --> 00:54:58,910
true.

1654
00:54:59,110 --> 00:55:00,410
He's a slicker version.

1655
00:55:00,990 --> 00:55:04,050
He's, the speech was almost identical to Vance's,

1656
00:55:04,130 --> 00:55:06,630
but Vance's was more snide.

1657
00:55:06,910 --> 00:55:07,030
Yeah.

1658
00:55:07,310 --> 00:55:09,350
And it was a little, it would be

1659
00:55:09,350 --> 00:55:11,150
nice to listen to him back to back.

1660
00:55:11,250 --> 00:55:11,890
We're not going to do that.

1661
00:55:11,930 --> 00:55:12,230
Nope.

1662
00:55:12,430 --> 00:55:16,030
But I can tell you, Vance was snide

1663
00:55:16,030 --> 00:55:20,650
and kind of, kind of talking down.

1664
00:55:21,670 --> 00:55:24,330
And it wasn't, it wasn't welcoming at all.

1665
00:55:24,330 --> 00:55:26,890
Rubio has, he's got a hook.

1666
00:55:27,070 --> 00:55:29,510
He's like, I'm, I'm a, I'm an immigrant.

1667
00:55:29,630 --> 00:55:30,970
I'm a child from immigrants.

1668
00:55:31,090 --> 00:55:32,830
Well, we all are, but he's brown.

1669
00:55:33,070 --> 00:55:34,070
He's got the Cuban thing going.

1670
00:55:34,170 --> 00:55:35,670
Yeah, he's got the Cuban thing happening.

1671
00:55:35,670 --> 00:55:36,450
And he can speak Spanish.

1672
00:55:36,570 --> 00:55:36,770
Yeah.

1673
00:55:36,850 --> 00:55:40,050
Which is a huge benefit when we're rousting

1674
00:55:40,050 --> 00:55:41,270
people from South America.

1675
00:55:41,570 --> 00:55:42,150
It's handy.

1676
00:55:42,450 --> 00:55:44,310
Hey, Marco, explain what we're doing.

1677
00:55:47,430 --> 00:55:49,150
Yeah, it's a huge benefit.

1678
00:55:49,150 --> 00:55:52,090
I mean, you know, Vance is just an

1679
00:55:52,090 --> 00:55:55,750
ex-Marine, you know, the hillbilly kind of

1680
00:55:55,750 --> 00:55:56,230
a guy.

1681
00:55:56,530 --> 00:55:58,170
A lot of people don't like, I mean,

1682
00:55:58,190 --> 00:55:59,030
I think he's fine.

1683
00:55:59,090 --> 00:56:01,090
But I think, I think Rubio is the

1684
00:56:01,090 --> 00:56:01,450
choice.

1685
00:56:01,730 --> 00:56:06,510
Everybody can change course because he was an

1686
00:56:06,510 --> 00:56:08,690
anti-Trumper, Vance.

1687
00:56:09,210 --> 00:56:11,910
But the fact that, the fact that he

1688
00:56:11,910 --> 00:56:16,890
supported or endorsed the spook from Ohio.

1689
00:56:17,110 --> 00:56:18,050
No, from Utah.

1690
00:56:18,050 --> 00:56:19,530
Yeah, that was problematic.

1691
00:56:19,750 --> 00:56:20,590
From Utah, yeah.

1692
00:56:20,910 --> 00:56:22,530
Rubio is a CIA guy.

1693
00:56:23,170 --> 00:56:24,010
All the way.

1694
00:56:24,410 --> 00:56:26,350
And the fact that he is, that's a

1695
00:56:26,350 --> 00:56:26,690
problem.

1696
00:56:27,610 --> 00:56:28,450
I agree.

1697
00:56:28,630 --> 00:56:29,610
That's a showstopper for me.

1698
00:56:29,970 --> 00:56:30,390
Showstopper.

1699
00:56:31,030 --> 00:56:33,050
It's a, it's a showstopper.

1700
00:56:33,550 --> 00:56:35,110
It's not showstopper.

1701
00:56:35,230 --> 00:56:36,030
What do you call it?

1702
00:56:36,150 --> 00:56:37,490
Showstopper is where you have to repeat yourself

1703
00:56:37,490 --> 00:56:39,070
and then you get a round of applause.

1704
00:56:39,350 --> 00:56:41,470
It's a show, it's a something killer.

1705
00:56:41,690 --> 00:56:42,790
It's a deal killer.

1706
00:56:42,890 --> 00:56:43,350
Deal killer.

1707
00:56:43,490 --> 00:56:44,830
Okay, I'll go with deal killer.

1708
00:56:45,730 --> 00:56:46,790
Yeah, it's a deal killer.

1709
00:56:48,050 --> 00:56:49,430
Yeah, he's never going to live that one

1710
00:56:49,430 --> 00:56:49,670
down.

1711
00:56:50,190 --> 00:56:51,530
All right, part two.

1712
00:56:53,590 --> 00:56:55,750
I hear applause there, Michelle.

1713
00:56:56,330 --> 00:56:58,210
All right, applause there, Michelle.

1714
00:56:58,410 --> 00:56:59,890
That means the elites like it.

1715
00:57:01,690 --> 00:57:03,890
I hear applause there, Michelle.

1716
00:57:04,390 --> 00:57:05,610
How did the speech go over?

1717
00:57:06,330 --> 00:57:07,710
Yeah, I mean, the host of the conference,

1718
00:57:07,850 --> 00:57:09,950
Wolfgang Ischinger, said there was a sigh of

1719
00:57:09,950 --> 00:57:10,950
relief in the room.

1720
00:57:11,310 --> 00:57:12,890
And he said he saw the speech as

1721
00:57:12,890 --> 00:57:14,570
a message of reassurance.

1722
00:57:14,570 --> 00:57:17,770
But you know, I heard California Governor Gavin

1723
00:57:17,770 --> 00:57:21,170
Newsom telling a group of reporters yesterday that

1724
00:57:21,170 --> 00:57:23,710
Vice President Vance set the bar so low

1725
00:57:23,710 --> 00:57:25,330
with last year's speech.

1726
00:57:25,570 --> 00:57:28,470
And Germany's Chancellor Friedrich Merz, who met Rubio

1727
00:57:28,470 --> 00:57:31,490
yesterday, also talked about the world order as

1728
00:57:31,490 --> 00:57:33,010
we know it is in the past.

1729
00:57:33,110 --> 00:57:34,970
But he told the U.S. that the

1730
00:57:34,970 --> 00:57:36,550
U.S. isn't strong enough to go it

1731
00:57:36,550 --> 00:57:36,950
alone.

1732
00:57:37,390 --> 00:57:40,310
French President Emmanuel Macron, who's also here, told

1733
00:57:40,310 --> 00:57:42,430
the gathering that Europe needs to become a

1734
00:57:42,430 --> 00:57:44,870
geopolitical leader and needs to really stand up

1735
00:57:44,870 --> 00:57:46,630
to Russia's aggression in Ukraine.

1736
00:57:47,030 --> 00:57:48,430
You mentioned Governor Newsom.

1737
00:57:48,590 --> 00:57:50,670
There are other Democrats there as well, aren't

1738
00:57:50,670 --> 00:57:50,870
there?

1739
00:57:51,370 --> 00:57:51,550
Yeah.

1740
00:57:51,690 --> 00:57:55,770
New York Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez made her

1741
00:57:55,770 --> 00:57:56,430
debut here.

1742
00:57:56,730 --> 00:57:58,350
And she's running the Trump administration.

1743
00:57:58,450 --> 00:57:59,850
What is this debut stuff?

1744
00:58:00,030 --> 00:58:01,230
Is that the same lady who said it

1745
00:58:01,230 --> 00:58:01,550
earlier?

1746
00:58:03,630 --> 00:58:04,550
I think it is.

1747
00:58:04,730 --> 00:58:05,670
Yeah, I know.

1748
00:58:06,030 --> 00:58:06,510
I don't know.

1749
00:58:06,610 --> 00:58:06,830
It's not.

1750
00:58:06,970 --> 00:58:07,210
It's a different.

1751
00:58:07,370 --> 00:58:08,410
No, this is what you pronounce.

1752
00:58:08,590 --> 00:58:09,930
Maybe it's in a new guide.

1753
00:58:10,050 --> 00:58:10,430
I don't know.

1754
00:58:10,510 --> 00:58:11,430
Maybe it's saying debut.

1755
00:58:11,610 --> 00:58:11,950
Debut.

1756
00:58:11,950 --> 00:58:14,290
In a lease or a lease, a lies,

1757
00:58:14,450 --> 00:58:14,870
a lies.

1758
00:58:14,870 --> 00:58:18,830
Ally, allies, allies, allies, allies, a debut.

1759
00:58:19,330 --> 00:58:23,110
Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez made her debut here.

1760
00:58:23,250 --> 00:58:26,170
And she's blaming the Trump administration of ripping

1761
00:58:26,170 --> 00:58:29,730
up Democratic norms and turning the world into

1762
00:58:29,730 --> 00:58:32,490
what she calls an age of authoritarians who

1763
00:58:32,490 --> 00:58:33,810
are carving up the world.

1764
00:58:34,230 --> 00:58:37,550
Where Donald Trump can command the Western Hemisphere

1765
00:58:37,550 --> 00:58:41,150
and Latin America as his personal sandbox, where

1766
00:58:41,150 --> 00:58:45,390
Putin can saber rattle around Europe, and for

1767
00:58:45,390 --> 00:58:50,470
essentially authoritarians to have their own geographic domains.

1768
00:58:50,730 --> 00:58:52,750
And she says she was here with other

1769
00:58:52,750 --> 00:58:55,450
Democrats offering a different way forward.

1770
00:58:55,790 --> 00:58:58,730
Russia's war in Ukraine is obviously a big

1771
00:58:58,730 --> 00:59:00,290
concern for Europe.

1772
00:59:00,530 --> 00:59:02,390
What does Secretary Rubio say about that?

1773
00:59:02,830 --> 00:59:04,770
Yeah, I mean, Europeans are really alarmed by

1774
00:59:04,770 --> 00:59:08,310
Russia's continued strikes on Ukraine's energy grid during

1775
00:59:08,310 --> 00:59:09,250
this cold spell.

1776
00:59:09,390 --> 00:59:12,370
They say Russia is trying to play for

1777
00:59:12,370 --> 00:59:14,950
time, trying to win territory in talks with

1778
00:59:14,950 --> 00:59:17,270
Trump's envoys that it hasn't been able to

1779
00:59:17,270 --> 00:59:18,230
capture on the battlefield.

1780
00:59:18,890 --> 00:59:20,970
Rubio would only say that he's not really

1781
00:59:20,970 --> 00:59:23,230
sure if the Russians are serious about ending

1782
00:59:23,230 --> 00:59:25,090
the war and whether there are any terms

1783
00:59:25,090 --> 00:59:27,910
that can be negotiated that are acceptable to

1784
00:59:27,910 --> 00:59:28,450
Ukraine.

1785
00:59:28,570 --> 00:59:30,370
But he said the U.S. is going

1786
00:59:30,370 --> 00:59:31,450
to continue to try.

1787
00:59:31,630 --> 00:59:32,870
And that's been the goal.

1788
00:59:32,870 --> 00:59:35,950
Well, OK, so Rubio did a sit down

1789
00:59:35,950 --> 00:59:37,430
after his speech.

1790
00:59:37,610 --> 00:59:39,870
I happen to have clipped it where he

1791
00:59:39,870 --> 00:59:42,090
spoke specifically about Ukraine and Russia.

1792
00:59:42,210 --> 00:59:44,750
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio offered

1793
00:59:44,750 --> 00:59:47,610
a more reassuring message to America's allies at

1794
00:59:47,610 --> 00:59:51,050
the Munich Security Conference while making clear Washington

1795
00:59:51,050 --> 00:59:54,070
still wants changes to the transatlantic relationship.

1796
00:59:55,190 --> 00:59:58,870
And while we are prepared, if necessary, to

1797
00:59:58,870 --> 01:00:02,590
do this alone, it is our preference and

1798
01:00:02,590 --> 01:00:05,310
it is our hope to do this together

1799
01:00:05,310 --> 01:00:08,810
with you, our friends here in Europe, for

1800
01:00:08,810 --> 01:00:10,510
the United States and Europe.

1801
01:00:10,750 --> 01:00:13,470
Rubio addressed the Munich Security Conference a year

1802
01:00:13,470 --> 01:00:16,110
after Vice President J.D. Vann stunned the

1803
01:00:16,110 --> 01:00:18,450
same audience with a harsh critique of European

1804
01:00:18,450 --> 01:00:19,210
values.

1805
01:00:19,670 --> 01:00:22,790
European officials welcomed the calmer tone, but stressed

1806
01:00:22,790 --> 01:00:25,430
they will continue defending their own values and

1807
01:00:25,430 --> 01:00:26,430
security interests.

1808
01:00:26,430 --> 01:00:28,450
The Russians are playing for time.

1809
01:00:29,410 --> 01:00:32,750
They're not really interested in a meaningful settlement.

1810
01:00:33,470 --> 01:00:35,790
There is no indication that they're willing to

1811
01:00:35,790 --> 01:00:39,750
compromise on any of their maximalist objectives.

1812
01:00:41,050 --> 01:00:44,170
Offer to us, if you could, your assessment

1813
01:00:44,170 --> 01:00:46,590
of where we are and where you think

1814
01:00:46,590 --> 01:00:47,270
we can go.

1815
01:00:47,930 --> 01:00:50,070
Well, I think where we are at this

1816
01:00:50,070 --> 01:00:52,610
point is that the issues at play that

1817
01:00:52,610 --> 01:00:54,130
have to be here's the good news.

1818
01:00:54,230 --> 01:00:55,590
The good news is that the issues that

1819
01:00:55,590 --> 01:00:57,390
need to be confronted to end this war

1820
01:00:57,930 --> 01:00:59,010
have been narrowed.

1821
01:00:59,370 --> 01:01:00,110
That's the good news.

1822
01:01:00,190 --> 01:01:01,430
The bad news is they've been narrowed to

1823
01:01:01,430 --> 01:01:03,030
the hardest questions to answer.

1824
01:01:05,130 --> 01:01:08,370
But all of this, all of this was

1825
01:01:08,370 --> 01:01:10,490
really to do the next big setup.

1826
01:01:10,810 --> 01:01:13,470
And it was even all the foreign ministers

1827
01:01:13,470 --> 01:01:14,650
of the Netherlands.

1828
01:01:15,270 --> 01:01:17,370
It was, oh, we have big news.

1829
01:01:17,470 --> 01:01:19,550
We have our own little little announcement to

1830
01:01:19,550 --> 01:01:20,330
make everybody.

1831
01:01:21,190 --> 01:01:22,590
Dart frog.

1832
01:01:22,990 --> 01:01:27,390
Yes, so Alexei Navalny's widow, Yulia, flanked by

1833
01:01:27,390 --> 01:01:30,310
the British foreign secretary and the foreign ministers

1834
01:01:30,310 --> 01:01:33,710
of Sweden, of the Netherlands and of Germany,

1835
01:01:33,910 --> 01:01:38,250
gave a press conference earlier today in which

1836
01:01:38,250 --> 01:01:41,870
they revealed what they say is the outcome

1837
01:01:41,870 --> 01:01:45,010
of two years of work to discover what

1838
01:01:45,010 --> 01:01:47,150
happened to Alexei Navalny.

1839
01:01:47,150 --> 01:01:49,710
Why did he die in that penal colony

1840
01:01:49,710 --> 01:01:50,950
in Siberia?

1841
01:01:51,270 --> 01:01:53,390
And the details that they release are pretty

1842
01:01:53,390 --> 01:01:54,010
extraordinary.

1843
01:01:54,670 --> 01:01:58,010
They believe that he was poisoned with a

1844
01:01:58,010 --> 01:02:02,270
deadly toxin that's found in Ecuadorian dart frogs.

1845
01:02:02,730 --> 01:02:05,950
And this poison is classed as a form

1846
01:02:05,950 --> 01:02:07,010
of chemical weapon.

1847
01:02:07,470 --> 01:02:08,730
It's highly toxic.

1848
01:02:08,870 --> 01:02:10,670
It's a neurotoxin.

1849
01:02:11,090 --> 01:02:13,750
And the German foreign minister says it's 200

1850
01:02:13,750 --> 01:02:17,350
times stronger than morphine and would have caused

1851
01:02:17,350 --> 01:02:20,270
anybody to have been poisoned by it.

1852
01:02:20,570 --> 01:02:21,990
Significant suffering.

1853
01:02:22,650 --> 01:02:25,930
They say that they are releasing the findings

1854
01:02:25,930 --> 01:02:29,270
of their research, which includes the work of

1855
01:02:29,270 --> 01:02:33,970
British scientists, to the UN's chemical weapons watchdog,

1856
01:02:34,110 --> 01:02:39,450
the OPCW, which they believe is going to

1857
01:02:39,450 --> 01:02:42,310
be ramping up pressure on Russia.

1858
01:02:42,310 --> 01:02:45,630
And they state very clearly that they do

1859
01:02:45,630 --> 01:02:49,730
not think that anyone other than Vladimir Putin's

1860
01:02:49,730 --> 01:02:53,170
Kremlin could be behind this attack.

1861
01:02:53,870 --> 01:02:55,050
Who came up with this?

1862
01:02:55,130 --> 01:02:55,930
Helen Nolten?

1863
01:02:56,970 --> 01:02:58,990
I mean, you know, I have an NPR

1864
01:02:58,990 --> 01:03:01,250
clip to which you that clip left out

1865
01:03:01,250 --> 01:03:02,650
an important detail.

1866
01:03:02,850 --> 01:03:03,130
OK.

1867
01:03:03,990 --> 01:03:05,130
Play this one.

1868
01:03:05,510 --> 01:03:06,150
Navalny.

1869
01:03:06,310 --> 01:03:06,750
Frog.

1870
01:03:07,170 --> 01:03:10,390
The late Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny likely

1871
01:03:10,390 --> 01:03:13,570
died from poisoning by a rare frog toxin.

1872
01:03:13,970 --> 01:03:15,850
That's according to a study by five European

1873
01:03:15,850 --> 01:03:18,350
countries into his death in a remote Russian

1874
01:03:18,350 --> 01:03:20,210
prison nearly two years ago.

1875
01:03:20,670 --> 01:03:22,530
NPR's Charles Mains has more from Moscow.

1876
01:03:22,850 --> 01:03:25,070
The findings were announced by the United Kingdom,

1877
01:03:25,290 --> 01:03:28,030
Sweden, France, Germany and the Netherlands, and based

1878
01:03:28,030 --> 01:03:30,450
on samples from Navalny's remains smuggled out of

1879
01:03:30,450 --> 01:03:30,790
Russia.

1880
01:03:31,250 --> 01:03:33,930
The report says it has conclusively confirmed the

1881
01:03:33,930 --> 01:03:36,870
presence of epibatidine, a toxin found in poison

1882
01:03:36,870 --> 01:03:39,310
dart frogs in South America, but not native

1883
01:03:39,310 --> 01:03:40,290
to Russia itself.

1884
01:03:40,830 --> 01:03:42,750
The report says Russia's government had the, quote,

1885
01:03:42,830 --> 01:03:45,290
means, motive and opportunity to issue the poison

1886
01:03:45,290 --> 01:03:46,630
while Navalny was in prison.

1887
01:03:47,150 --> 01:03:49,890
Navalny's widow, Yulia Navalny, said the new findings

1888
01:03:49,890 --> 01:03:51,850
confirm what she and her husband's supporters have

1889
01:03:51,850 --> 01:03:54,490
always insisted Navalny was murdered on order of

1890
01:03:54,490 --> 01:03:56,130
Russian President Vladimir Putin.

1891
01:03:56,630 --> 01:03:59,090
The Kremlin maintains the opposition leader died from

1892
01:03:59,090 --> 01:03:59,950
natural causes.

1893
01:04:00,390 --> 01:04:02,550
Charles Mains, NPR News, Moscow.

1894
01:04:03,150 --> 01:04:05,690
Republican officials in New York are asking the

1895
01:04:05,690 --> 01:04:05,990
Supreme.

1896
01:04:06,110 --> 01:04:07,590
OK, so hold on.

1897
01:04:07,690 --> 01:04:09,350
So that that is an important detail.

1898
01:04:10,630 --> 01:04:11,970
This is bull crap.

1899
01:04:12,390 --> 01:04:14,410
If if they wanted to kill this guy,

1900
01:04:14,490 --> 01:04:15,490
they would have just killed him.

1901
01:04:15,670 --> 01:04:16,030
Would they?

1902
01:04:16,170 --> 01:04:18,890
They went through some elaborate scheme to get

1903
01:04:18,890 --> 01:04:20,490
a dart frog toxin.

1904
01:04:20,930 --> 01:04:22,390
Come on.

1905
01:04:23,210 --> 01:04:23,930
This I agree.

1906
01:04:24,110 --> 01:04:25,350
This is this is bull.

1907
01:04:25,470 --> 01:04:25,730
You know what?

1908
01:04:25,830 --> 01:04:27,430
Yeah, they could have shot him in the

1909
01:04:27,430 --> 01:04:29,470
head or they could have just disappeared him.

1910
01:04:29,470 --> 01:04:31,030
I mean, there's a lot of ways you

1911
01:04:31,030 --> 01:04:33,770
could do this without going through this elaboration.

1912
01:04:34,170 --> 01:04:36,510
And then the fact that they smuggled out

1913
01:04:36,510 --> 01:04:39,750
body parts two years after the fact some

1914
01:04:39,750 --> 01:04:41,210
where they get the body parts or they

1915
01:04:41,210 --> 01:04:43,470
get some, you know, what's going on there?

1916
01:04:44,030 --> 01:04:45,890
This is what we call the frog of

1917
01:04:45,890 --> 01:04:46,110
war.

1918
01:04:50,450 --> 01:04:51,750
I'm going to put this in the Red

1919
01:04:51,750 --> 01:04:52,850
Book if you still have one.

1920
01:04:53,630 --> 01:04:56,790
Yeah, the EU is going to stage a

1921
01:04:56,790 --> 01:04:57,730
false flag.

1922
01:04:57,730 --> 01:05:01,130
They they desperately want to draw the United

1923
01:05:01,130 --> 01:05:04,410
States in to fight Russia in Europe.

1924
01:05:04,870 --> 01:05:06,230
Something bad is going to happen.

1925
01:05:06,430 --> 01:05:08,090
Some something's going to blow up.

1926
01:05:08,650 --> 01:05:09,750
Oh, this may be a prelude.

1927
01:05:09,890 --> 01:05:10,610
You might be right.

1928
01:05:10,990 --> 01:05:11,610
Of course.

1929
01:05:12,090 --> 01:05:14,430
Well, I don't know if I like it

1930
01:05:14,430 --> 01:05:16,050
like it like, wow, this is great.

1931
01:05:16,610 --> 01:05:18,730
But what this is obvious.

1932
01:05:19,250 --> 01:05:20,470
They're pre positioning.

1933
01:05:21,030 --> 01:05:22,750
Putin's a bad guy.

1934
01:05:23,670 --> 01:05:26,710
He had to go get some some frog

1935
01:05:26,710 --> 01:05:31,790
sap from the rain forest frog sap frog

1936
01:05:31,790 --> 01:05:32,230
sap.

1937
01:05:32,810 --> 01:05:34,350
And what do we know about this frog?

1938
01:05:34,670 --> 01:05:36,790
I mean, and how come I didn't know

1939
01:05:36,790 --> 01:05:37,490
about this before?

1940
01:05:37,570 --> 01:05:39,710
Is this frog just walking around on the

1941
01:05:39,710 --> 01:05:41,550
loose to be afraid?

1942
01:05:41,650 --> 01:05:42,830
What does the frog look like?

1943
01:05:42,930 --> 01:05:45,190
Could this could someone try with that super

1944
01:05:45,190 --> 01:05:46,010
long tongue?

1945
01:05:46,190 --> 01:05:48,430
Do they do they have these frogs in

1946
01:05:48,430 --> 01:05:49,550
Europe, in Russia?

1947
01:05:49,870 --> 01:05:51,510
I mean, I think they're in South America.

1948
01:05:51,510 --> 01:05:54,030
Yeah, well, we need to know more about

1949
01:05:54,030 --> 01:05:54,570
the frog.

1950
01:05:55,090 --> 01:05:57,490
Now, this this is some bull crap.

1951
01:05:58,410 --> 01:06:02,510
I do have I have some funny Ritter

1952
01:06:02,510 --> 01:06:02,970
clips.

1953
01:06:05,270 --> 01:06:07,690
Just since since we're on this, this is

1954
01:06:07,690 --> 01:06:08,670
this is a funny one.

1955
01:06:09,850 --> 01:06:12,450
Because, you know, now we have the Arctic

1956
01:06:12,450 --> 01:06:13,290
Century.

1957
01:06:14,170 --> 01:06:17,650
Arctic Century, which is the new Greenland gambit.

1958
01:06:17,650 --> 01:06:20,670
NATO defence ministers are arriving in Brussels at

1959
01:06:20,670 --> 01:06:22,910
this hour, gearing up to discuss their new

1960
01:06:22,910 --> 01:06:24,390
mission Arctic Century.

1961
01:06:24,930 --> 01:06:27,290
The NATO chief Mark Grutter will be chairing

1962
01:06:27,290 --> 01:06:29,370
the talks as the alliance puts plans in

1963
01:06:29,370 --> 01:06:32,330
place to boost its military presence in the

1964
01:06:32,330 --> 01:06:32,910
far north.

1965
01:06:33,330 --> 01:06:35,550
The deployment is an effort to smooth over

1966
01:06:35,550 --> 01:06:38,450
a recent rift between the US and other

1967
01:06:38,450 --> 01:06:43,770
NATO allies over Trump's plans to annex Greenland.

1968
01:06:44,250 --> 01:06:47,150
Germany's defence minister has welcomed the mission, saying

1969
01:06:47,150 --> 01:06:52,030
that Germany will initially contribute four Eurofighter jets.

1970
01:06:52,190 --> 01:06:56,150
Who is securing this route for themselves or

1971
01:06:56,150 --> 01:06:56,590
for others?

1972
01:06:57,010 --> 01:06:59,630
These questions are of central interest to NATO

1973
01:06:59,630 --> 01:07:00,230
countries.

1974
01:07:00,730 --> 01:07:03,170
Since Russia is the strongest maritime force in

1975
01:07:03,170 --> 01:07:05,210
the region, we need to take a closer

1976
01:07:05,210 --> 01:07:05,850
look at that.

1977
01:07:06,350 --> 01:07:07,910
And we have been looking into it for

1978
01:07:07,910 --> 01:07:08,270
years.

1979
01:07:09,130 --> 01:07:10,950
That is why I welcome this next step,

1980
01:07:11,270 --> 01:07:12,670
which is Arctic Century.

1981
01:07:13,630 --> 01:07:16,350
Now the US president Donald Trump's focus on

1982
01:07:16,350 --> 01:07:19,870
Greenland put the Arctic region in sharper focus.

1983
01:07:20,050 --> 01:07:22,950
NATO chief Mark Grutter said the alliance's new

1984
01:07:22,950 --> 01:07:26,250
mission will leverage its capabilities in the face

1985
01:07:26,250 --> 01:07:28,930
of growing Russian and Chinese interest in the

1986
01:07:28,930 --> 01:07:31,570
region as it becomes a new geopolitical hotspot.

1987
01:07:32,110 --> 01:07:34,650
Arctic Century leverages the strengths of the alliance

1988
01:07:34,650 --> 01:07:38,470
by bringing together NATO and allied activities in

1989
01:07:38,470 --> 01:07:42,210
the high north into one overarching operational approach

1990
01:07:42,210 --> 01:07:42,710
to the region.

1991
01:07:42,850 --> 01:07:44,110
Oh, this is very good.

1992
01:07:44,190 --> 01:07:46,010
Can you tell me more, Mark, please?

1993
01:07:46,350 --> 01:07:48,650
You will accept that I cannot tell you

1994
01:07:48,650 --> 01:07:51,010
everything because we do this because we...

1995
01:07:51,870 --> 01:07:53,350
You cannot tell me everything?

1996
01:07:53,530 --> 01:07:56,610
Clear a sense that the Russians and the

1997
01:07:56,610 --> 01:07:58,490
Chinese are becoming more and more active there.

1998
01:07:58,650 --> 01:08:00,430
So this is also to make sure that

1999
01:08:00,430 --> 01:08:03,010
this vital part of NATO territory is safe

2000
01:08:03,010 --> 01:08:03,430
and secure.

2001
01:08:03,430 --> 01:08:04,710
That means that there is a limit to

2002
01:08:04,710 --> 01:08:06,450
what I can share with you.

2003
01:08:06,770 --> 01:08:09,470
I cannot tell you, man, because the Chinese

2004
01:08:09,470 --> 01:08:10,950
and the Russians are listening and they got

2005
01:08:10,950 --> 01:08:11,410
frogs.

2006
01:08:13,550 --> 01:08:17,130
Denmark's Arctic and joint already mentioned Norway's cold

2007
01:08:17,130 --> 01:08:17,590
response.

2008
01:08:17,750 --> 01:08:20,670
Let me add that ACO.

2009
01:08:21,170 --> 01:08:22,470
Oh, this guy is insufferable.

2010
01:08:24,149 --> 01:08:25,210
He really is.

2011
01:08:25,410 --> 01:08:27,410
Let's just ask him about Ukraine.

2012
01:08:27,850 --> 01:08:29,149
We're going to end this thing.

2013
01:08:30,210 --> 01:08:30,529
Are we?

2014
01:08:30,529 --> 01:08:33,590
Well, we always took the position that it's

2015
01:08:33,590 --> 01:08:37,050
up to the Ukrainians to decide what ultimately

2016
01:08:37,050 --> 01:08:39,890
they can accept in terms of a peace

2017
01:08:39,890 --> 01:08:41,750
deal, particularly when it comes to the very

2018
01:08:41,750 --> 01:08:44,569
sensitive issue of territory, but also what that

2019
01:08:44,569 --> 01:08:46,790
would mean in terms of how they will

2020
01:08:46,790 --> 01:08:48,870
bring a ultimate peace deal or a long

2021
01:08:48,870 --> 01:08:52,270
term ceasefire deal to the Ukrainian populations.

2022
01:08:52,410 --> 01:08:53,189
Really, to them.

2023
01:08:53,310 --> 01:08:54,970
So I leave that to the Ukrainians.

2024
01:08:55,290 --> 01:08:57,430
If you listen to the Ukrainians, they are

2025
01:08:57,430 --> 01:08:58,670
done with this war, Mark.

2026
01:08:58,670 --> 01:09:02,350
Trust in the Ukrainian leadership and the Ukrainian

2027
01:09:02,350 --> 01:09:02,890
democracy.

2028
01:09:03,029 --> 01:09:03,529
Oh, yeah.

2029
01:09:03,529 --> 01:09:04,609
Oh, democracy to them.

2030
01:09:05,010 --> 01:09:06,510
The democracy with a dictator.

2031
01:09:06,910 --> 01:09:10,149
In line with their constitution and their how

2032
01:09:10,149 --> 01:09:13,290
they are used to to to organize these

2033
01:09:13,290 --> 01:09:15,189
sort of very important events.

2034
01:09:15,270 --> 01:09:16,290
Yes, you full of crap.

2035
01:09:16,830 --> 01:09:19,270
So I just have two clips, because if

2036
01:09:19,270 --> 01:09:21,130
you want to know what's actually happening, what

2037
01:09:21,130 --> 01:09:24,529
the actual state is with Russia and Ukraine,

2038
01:09:24,529 --> 01:09:26,550
we've got to go to the guy, Andrew

2039
01:09:26,550 --> 01:09:29,510
Soulus, our Canadian source.

2040
01:09:29,649 --> 01:09:31,750
He'll tell us exactly what's going on.

2041
01:09:31,870 --> 01:09:32,649
Update on the deal.

2042
01:09:32,830 --> 01:09:34,750
OK, meantime, let's talk about the efforts underway

2043
01:09:34,750 --> 01:09:36,870
as well, Andrew, in terms of how this

2044
01:09:36,870 --> 01:09:38,310
war can come to an end or there

2045
01:09:38,310 --> 01:09:39,029
be a ceasefire.

2046
01:09:39,170 --> 01:09:40,710
Now, we understand that I've been rounds of

2047
01:09:40,710 --> 01:09:44,210
these trilateral talks, and President Zelensky is also

2048
01:09:44,210 --> 01:09:45,529
hoping that the U.S. will be able

2049
01:09:45,529 --> 01:09:47,870
to apply more pressure on Russia so that

2050
01:09:47,870 --> 01:09:49,229
this war can come to an end.

2051
01:09:49,350 --> 01:09:51,090
But really, can that happen?

2052
01:09:51,109 --> 01:09:52,649
Because the U.S. has been sort of

2053
01:09:53,189 --> 01:09:54,070
trying hard.

2054
01:09:54,190 --> 01:09:55,930
And we know the president himself pretty much

2055
01:09:55,930 --> 01:09:56,690
involved in this.

2056
01:09:57,430 --> 01:09:59,710
Well, the Americans are actually not doing pressure

2057
01:09:59,710 --> 01:10:01,090
as much as they're doing care.

2058
01:10:01,810 --> 01:10:02,930
They're holding out.

2059
01:10:03,030 --> 01:10:05,370
They've been talking with the Russians about normalizing

2060
01:10:05,370 --> 01:10:06,790
their economic relationship.

2061
01:10:07,650 --> 01:10:09,370
And even Zelensky, I think it was yesterday,

2062
01:10:10,030 --> 01:10:12,650
said that there is a plan out there

2063
01:10:12,650 --> 01:10:14,570
that he's been briefed on by his intelligence

2064
01:10:14,570 --> 01:10:17,610
people, that the Russians and the Americans are

2065
01:10:17,610 --> 01:10:22,390
working toward a very large economic package that

2066
01:10:22,390 --> 01:10:24,550
would come into play if the war ended.

2067
01:10:25,030 --> 01:10:27,830
So that's, I think, an incentive from the

2068
01:10:27,830 --> 01:10:29,570
Russian point of view that the Americans are

2069
01:10:29,570 --> 01:10:32,470
giving them to make a deal, make some

2070
01:10:32,470 --> 01:10:34,830
compromises on the land issue and the security

2071
01:10:34,830 --> 01:10:35,670
guarantee issue.

2072
01:10:35,850 --> 01:10:37,110
That's the holdup, really.

2073
01:10:37,590 --> 01:10:39,690
And so the question is, will the Americans

2074
01:10:39,690 --> 01:10:41,290
be able to entice the Russians?

2075
01:10:41,750 --> 01:10:43,010
Well, we have a deadline.

2076
01:10:43,250 --> 01:10:44,290
But there is something else I want to

2077
01:10:44,290 --> 01:10:46,670
talk to you about, which is this June

2078
01:10:46,670 --> 01:10:48,750
deadline that we are hearing off.

2079
01:10:48,750 --> 01:10:51,210
How realistic really it is?

2080
01:10:51,870 --> 01:10:53,190
And what do you think it's going to

2081
01:10:53,190 --> 01:10:53,290
be?

2082
01:10:53,350 --> 01:10:55,170
Is it going to be a long-term

2083
01:10:55,170 --> 01:10:56,090
ceasefire, Andrew?

2084
01:10:56,250 --> 01:10:58,230
Or are we talking about some sort of

2085
01:10:58,230 --> 01:10:59,490
settlement finally?

2086
01:11:00,510 --> 01:11:02,230
Well, the Russians want a settlement finally.

2087
01:11:02,650 --> 01:11:04,550
The Ukrainians are prepared to buy off on

2088
01:11:04,550 --> 01:11:05,050
a ceasefire.

2089
01:11:05,790 --> 01:11:07,930
The pressure is from the American point of

2090
01:11:07,930 --> 01:11:09,790
view, they've got the midterm elections coming up

2091
01:11:09,790 --> 01:11:10,330
in the fall.

2092
01:11:10,630 --> 01:11:13,070
They want to wrap this up by June

2093
01:11:13,070 --> 01:11:15,370
so they can put their attention there.

2094
01:11:15,970 --> 01:11:18,790
There's no deal, the Americans will probably walk

2095
01:11:18,790 --> 01:11:20,750
away and focus on domestic issues.

2096
01:11:21,370 --> 01:11:23,250
But there's a chance.

2097
01:11:23,350 --> 01:11:24,010
There's a chance.

2098
01:11:24,110 --> 01:11:24,430
We'll see.

2099
01:11:24,690 --> 01:11:27,770
Ukrainians want to have a framework agreement by

2100
01:11:27,770 --> 01:11:29,670
March so they can get their approvals placed.

2101
01:11:29,710 --> 01:11:31,950
They have to get a parliamentary approval or

2102
01:11:31,950 --> 01:11:34,210
a referendum to approve these things because there

2103
01:11:34,210 --> 01:11:35,870
may be some land issues here that they're

2104
01:11:35,870 --> 01:11:38,050
going to have to get Ukrainian people to

2105
01:11:38,050 --> 01:11:38,350
approve.

2106
01:11:38,690 --> 01:11:40,710
So do we have a framework in March

2107
01:11:40,710 --> 01:11:41,930
and do we have an agreement in June?

2108
01:11:42,310 --> 01:11:43,810
We will have to wait and see.

2109
01:11:43,890 --> 01:11:45,130
But the pressure is on.

2110
01:11:45,370 --> 01:11:48,410
Now I'm telling you, false flag before June.

2111
01:11:48,790 --> 01:11:49,510
They got to do it.

2112
01:11:50,310 --> 01:11:51,910
They don't want this thing to end.

2113
01:11:52,870 --> 01:11:53,770
It's too good.

2114
01:11:55,730 --> 01:11:57,210
Spending lots of money.

2115
01:11:57,330 --> 01:11:58,870
Did you hear Queen Ursula?

2116
01:12:00,010 --> 01:12:00,410
No.

2117
01:12:00,750 --> 01:12:02,710
800 million euros.

2118
01:12:03,010 --> 01:12:07,110
But what is needed, at least, we all

2119
01:12:07,110 --> 01:12:08,050
agree on.

2120
01:12:08,290 --> 01:12:09,230
And we are delivering.

2121
01:12:09,590 --> 01:12:11,850
The numbers tell their own story.

2122
01:12:11,850 --> 01:12:15,530
Defense spending in 2025 in Europe was up

2123
01:12:15,530 --> 01:12:18,830
close to 80% since before the war

2124
01:12:18,830 --> 01:12:19,350
in Ukraine.

2125
01:12:19,630 --> 01:12:22,670
The European Union is mobilizing up to 800

2126
01:12:22,670 --> 01:12:24,370
billion euros.

2127
01:12:24,630 --> 01:12:26,670
With our safe program, we are investing in

2128
01:12:26,670 --> 01:12:28,250
the capabilities we need.

2129
01:12:28,450 --> 01:12:32,550
From missile defense and military mobility.

2130
01:12:32,770 --> 01:12:33,710
You just name it.

2131
01:12:34,030 --> 01:12:37,990
We have remained relentless and creative in the

2132
01:12:37,990 --> 01:12:40,730
way we maintain our support for Ukraine.

2133
01:12:40,730 --> 01:12:43,710
And this includes, most recently, our 90 billion

2134
01:12:43,710 --> 01:12:46,610
euro loan that Ukraine has only to pay

2135
01:12:46,610 --> 01:12:49,790
back if Russia pays reparations.

2136
01:12:51,310 --> 01:12:52,890
These people are crazy.

2137
01:12:54,470 --> 01:12:54,950
I don't know.

2138
01:12:55,070 --> 01:12:55,890
Just take that money.

2139
01:12:56,590 --> 01:12:58,410
So they're going to write euro bonds.

2140
01:12:59,010 --> 01:13:01,490
And now all the European countries are like,

2141
01:13:01,590 --> 01:13:04,830
well, wait a minute.

2142
01:13:05,010 --> 01:13:05,690
We're smaller.

2143
01:13:05,870 --> 01:13:07,370
Is this going to be spread out evenly?

2144
01:13:07,690 --> 01:13:08,530
Does everybody have to?

2145
01:13:08,570 --> 01:13:10,430
They don't have a federation.

2146
01:13:11,170 --> 01:13:12,610
They just have a union.

2147
01:13:12,810 --> 01:13:15,230
They don't have a financial federation.

2148
01:13:15,350 --> 01:13:17,450
There's no EU-wide tax.

2149
01:13:18,490 --> 01:13:19,030
But yet.

2150
01:13:20,390 --> 01:13:20,930
Well, yeah.

2151
01:13:21,530 --> 01:13:22,870
If they ever get there.

2152
01:13:23,150 --> 01:13:24,350
And the financial press.

2153
01:13:24,790 --> 01:13:28,930
I'm reading everywhere that supposedly Russia is now

2154
01:13:28,930 --> 01:13:33,530
considering getting back into the trade with US

2155
01:13:33,530 --> 01:13:36,950
dollars for their oil and gas.

2156
01:13:38,070 --> 01:13:40,090
Something's going on behind the scenes.

2157
01:13:40,090 --> 01:13:41,270
Stablecoin, baby.

2158
01:13:42,150 --> 01:13:43,030
I'm telling you.

2159
01:13:43,550 --> 01:13:44,190
It's coming.

2160
01:13:45,250 --> 01:13:46,010
Stablecoin.

2161
01:13:47,270 --> 01:13:50,390
Which, did you get that note from Omega

2162
01:13:50,390 --> 01:13:50,710
Man?

2163
01:13:51,550 --> 01:13:52,490
I think he sent it Thursday.

2164
01:13:52,790 --> 01:13:52,970
Maybe.

2165
01:13:53,470 --> 01:13:57,550
Oh, he's like, Trump has betrayed us.

2166
01:13:59,130 --> 01:14:01,450
I don't remember that.

2167
01:14:01,770 --> 01:14:04,790
Trump signed the Digital Services Act.

2168
01:14:05,150 --> 01:14:06,310
This is a betrayal.

2169
01:14:07,070 --> 01:14:10,370
And so I'm like, oh, Digital Services Act.

2170
01:14:10,930 --> 01:14:11,730
So I go looking.

2171
01:14:11,870 --> 01:14:15,450
I don't see any Digital Services Act anywhere.

2172
01:14:16,030 --> 01:14:19,210
And then I find two AI videos explaining

2173
01:14:19,210 --> 01:14:19,770
it to me.

2174
01:14:19,810 --> 01:14:20,330
Here's the first.

2175
01:14:20,470 --> 01:14:20,990
They passed it.

2176
01:14:21,470 --> 01:14:23,310
While you were asleep, while you were watching

2177
01:14:23,310 --> 01:14:25,570
the game, while you were scrolling social media

2178
01:14:25,570 --> 01:14:28,830
and arguing over politics, the very legislation financial

2179
01:14:28,830 --> 01:14:31,370
privacy advocates have warned about for years was

2180
01:14:31,370 --> 01:14:32,570
quietly signed into law.

2181
01:14:32,570 --> 01:14:35,830
The Digital Currency Modernization Act takes effect this

2182
01:14:35,830 --> 01:14:39,110
weekend, Saturday at midnight, less than 72 hours

2183
01:14:39,110 --> 01:14:39,530
from now.

2184
01:14:39,890 --> 01:14:41,790
And when you wake up Sunday morning, the

2185
01:14:41,790 --> 01:14:43,910
America you thought you knew will be fundamentally

2186
01:14:43,910 --> 01:14:44,530
changed.

2187
01:14:44,790 --> 01:14:46,750
The financial freedom you once took for granted

2188
01:14:46,750 --> 01:14:47,870
will no longer exist.

2189
01:14:48,270 --> 01:14:50,990
The ability to transact privately, to store wealth

2190
01:14:50,990 --> 01:14:53,550
outside a digital monitoring system, to use cash

2191
01:14:53,550 --> 01:14:56,070
without limits, will now be legally restricted in

2192
01:14:56,070 --> 01:14:58,170
ways most Americans still don't fully grasp.

2193
01:14:58,730 --> 01:14:59,530
This is not a drill.

2194
01:15:00,030 --> 01:15:00,850
This is not theory.

2195
01:15:00,850 --> 01:15:02,970
This is not a distant threat that might

2196
01:15:02,970 --> 01:15:03,690
happen someday.

2197
01:15:04,070 --> 01:15:06,110
So whoever's doing this is doing a lot

2198
01:15:06,110 --> 01:15:07,930
of it because here's the other AI video.

2199
01:15:08,030 --> 01:15:08,630
They passed it.

2200
01:15:09,470 --> 01:15:11,190
While you were sleeping, while you were watching

2201
01:15:11,190 --> 01:15:13,110
the game, just a little variation in the

2202
01:15:13,110 --> 01:15:15,350
tone, while you were scrolling through social media

2203
01:15:15,350 --> 01:15:18,250
and arguing about politics, the legislation that financial

2204
01:15:18,250 --> 01:15:21,090
privacy advocates have warned about for years was

2205
01:15:21,090 --> 01:15:22,290
quietly signed into law.

2206
01:15:22,450 --> 01:15:23,670
Exact same thing.

2207
01:15:23,950 --> 01:15:26,330
And there is no digital service.

2208
01:15:26,330 --> 01:15:29,030
My service was a digital.

2209
01:15:30,390 --> 01:15:33,790
Sir, financial services, financial services, modernization.

2210
01:15:33,930 --> 01:15:35,270
There is no such thing.

2211
01:15:36,130 --> 01:15:38,290
But, but even our listeners, this reminds you

2212
01:15:38,290 --> 01:15:40,510
of those, that British operation that runs these

2213
01:15:40,510 --> 01:15:43,310
screwball clips that are all AI.

2214
01:15:43,630 --> 01:15:45,270
And they, uh, I can't remember the name

2215
01:15:45,270 --> 01:15:47,350
of this group, uh, but I played one

2216
01:15:47,350 --> 01:15:48,210
of their clips once.

2217
01:15:48,210 --> 01:15:50,050
And it was, you know, it has all

2218
01:15:50,050 --> 01:15:51,950
kinds of, it's just phony stories or just

2219
01:15:51,950 --> 01:15:53,910
complete fabrications.

2220
01:15:53,910 --> 01:15:56,730
Well, there are, there are some real stories.

2221
01:15:57,410 --> 01:16:00,550
Uh, this is, uh, Elon, Elon at the,

2222
01:16:00,630 --> 01:16:02,650
uh, that is investor meeting.

2223
01:16:02,790 --> 01:16:05,830
Uh, for X money, we're, uh, we've actually

2224
01:16:05,830 --> 01:16:08,590
had X money, uh, live in closed beta

2225
01:16:08,590 --> 01:16:09,470
within the company.

2226
01:16:09,650 --> 01:16:11,750
Um, and we expect in the next, uh,

2227
01:16:11,830 --> 01:16:14,110
month or two, uh, to go to, uh,

2228
01:16:14,290 --> 01:16:16,790
a limited, uh, external beta and then to

2229
01:16:16,790 --> 01:16:19,950
go a worldwide to, uh, all X users.

2230
01:16:20,170 --> 01:16:22,090
And this is really intended to be the

2231
01:16:22,090 --> 01:16:23,250
place where all the money is.

2232
01:16:23,250 --> 01:16:26,310
The, the, the central source of, of all,

2233
01:16:26,410 --> 01:16:28,110
uh, monetary transactions.

2234
01:16:28,310 --> 01:16:29,810
So it's, it's a, it's really going to

2235
01:16:29,810 --> 01:16:30,850
be a game changer.

2236
01:16:31,050 --> 01:16:31,470
Yeah.

2237
01:16:31,530 --> 01:16:32,850
Not like we didn't tell you this was

2238
01:16:32,850 --> 01:16:36,790
going to happen five, six years ago, pretty

2239
01:16:36,790 --> 01:16:37,250
much.

2240
01:16:37,850 --> 01:16:42,490
Um, and then amazingly, no one is outraged

2241
01:16:42,490 --> 01:16:46,550
about the digital Euro, which is an actual

2242
01:16:46,550 --> 01:16:50,730
central bank digital currency, which will be issued

2243
01:16:50,730 --> 01:16:53,850
by the central bank of the European union.

2244
01:16:54,270 --> 01:16:56,690
The one thing everybody's like this, we can't

2245
01:16:56,690 --> 01:16:57,130
have this.

2246
01:16:57,230 --> 01:16:57,930
This is no good.

2247
01:16:58,290 --> 01:17:01,110
No one's saying anything about it except for

2248
01:17:01,110 --> 01:17:01,870
Fifi Lagarde.

2249
01:17:01,930 --> 01:17:03,110
Who's just all in.

2250
01:17:03,350 --> 01:17:05,210
So let me make one point very clear.

2251
01:17:05,870 --> 01:17:08,270
The digital Euro is in no way intended

2252
01:17:08,270 --> 01:17:10,310
to replace cash.

2253
01:17:10,490 --> 01:17:11,690
Oh, absolutely not.

2254
01:17:11,790 --> 01:17:12,890
Oh, cash is queen.

2255
01:17:12,990 --> 01:17:14,610
I heard one of you cash is queen.

2256
01:17:14,730 --> 01:17:15,230
This is new.

2257
01:17:15,230 --> 01:17:18,730
Queen had a sex change.

2258
01:17:18,850 --> 01:17:19,670
Used to be king.

2259
01:17:19,810 --> 01:17:22,670
Digital Euro is in no way intended to

2260
01:17:22,670 --> 01:17:24,050
replace cash.

2261
01:17:24,470 --> 01:17:25,430
Absolutely not.

2262
01:17:26,010 --> 01:17:26,610
Cash is queen.

2263
01:17:26,750 --> 01:17:28,190
I heard one of you say that.

2264
01:17:28,710 --> 01:17:31,210
Indeed it is, and it should be available.

2265
01:17:31,530 --> 01:17:33,210
And the legal tender on which you will

2266
01:17:33,210 --> 01:17:37,150
form a view will actually deliver on this

2267
01:17:37,150 --> 01:17:40,390
principle that cash has to be honored as

2268
01:17:40,390 --> 01:17:41,150
a mean of payment.

2269
01:17:41,920 --> 01:17:44,470
But in the same vein, as our world

2270
01:17:44,470 --> 01:17:46,970
is becoming more digital, we need to be

2271
01:17:46,970 --> 01:17:48,970
able to pay in all circumstances.

2272
01:17:49,510 --> 01:17:51,590
And there are many instances where if you

2273
01:17:51,590 --> 01:17:54,730
provide cash, it's not going to work.

2274
01:17:54,850 --> 01:17:57,370
If you buy digitally, it is not going

2275
01:17:57,370 --> 01:17:57,890
to work.

2276
01:17:58,290 --> 01:18:00,650
Hence the digital Euro, which has to be

2277
01:18:00,650 --> 01:18:01,070
available.

2278
01:18:02,110 --> 01:18:05,950
But that's also a way to be independent.

2279
01:18:06,570 --> 01:18:09,210
And that's a way to offer, as one

2280
01:18:09,210 --> 01:18:12,650
of you has indicated, the standards of these

2281
01:18:12,650 --> 01:18:15,990
rail guards, railroad, if you wish.

2282
01:18:16,090 --> 01:18:18,150
So she's trying to say guardrails.

2283
01:18:19,130 --> 01:18:20,170
Oh, okay.

2284
01:18:20,310 --> 01:18:20,530
Right.

2285
01:18:20,750 --> 01:18:22,810
But she, but instead of a guardrail, She

2286
01:18:22,810 --> 01:18:23,710
says railroad.

2287
01:18:24,030 --> 01:18:24,750
Oh, yeah, she's great.

2288
01:18:24,850 --> 01:18:28,070
One of you has indicated the standards of

2289
01:18:28,070 --> 01:18:32,370
these rail guards, railroad, if you wish to

2290
01:18:32,370 --> 01:18:37,030
think about that, on which currencies and, Hey,

2291
01:18:37,030 --> 01:18:37,570
she's French.

2292
01:18:37,690 --> 01:18:38,890
I'll give her a little bit of a

2293
01:18:38,890 --> 01:18:39,150
pass.

2294
01:18:39,150 --> 01:18:43,030
Any kind of financial assets can travel.

2295
01:18:44,230 --> 01:18:45,810
If we do not have, She's talking about

2296
01:18:45,810 --> 01:18:48,810
financial rails, and then she's confusing it with

2297
01:18:48,810 --> 01:18:49,290
railroad.

2298
01:18:49,670 --> 01:18:50,630
I don't know what's going on.

2299
01:18:51,070 --> 01:18:55,870
And any kind of financial assets can travel.

2300
01:18:56,550 --> 01:18:59,830
If we do not have the digital Euro,

2301
01:19:00,450 --> 01:19:02,830
with the standards that are set as a

2302
01:19:02,830 --> 01:19:05,370
result, in order to set up the rail

2303
01:19:05,370 --> 01:19:09,410
guards on which currencies and financial assets will

2304
01:19:09,410 --> 01:19:13,730
travel, we will continue being on the railroads

2305
01:19:13,730 --> 01:19:18,030
offered by non-European providers of services.

2306
01:19:18,630 --> 01:19:20,510
And this is not independence.

2307
01:19:21,130 --> 01:19:23,190
This is not European sovereignty.

2308
01:19:23,950 --> 01:19:26,210
And to those who indicate that we will

2309
01:19:26,210 --> 01:19:29,290
come too late, you hold the keys to

2310
01:19:29,290 --> 01:19:30,730
how fast it can be delivered.

2311
01:19:31,190 --> 01:19:34,110
Europe, our friends in Europe, you are about

2312
01:19:34,110 --> 01:19:35,450
to become slaves.

2313
01:19:36,770 --> 01:19:37,250
Slaves.

2314
01:19:39,230 --> 01:19:40,630
Well, financial slaves.

2315
01:19:40,710 --> 01:19:44,510
They will flip off your money at the

2316
01:19:44,510 --> 01:19:45,990
flick of a switch.

2317
01:19:46,310 --> 01:19:48,050
Just remember what happened in Cyprus.

2318
01:19:48,890 --> 01:19:50,290
What happened in Cyprus?

2319
01:19:50,690 --> 01:19:53,050
They took everybody's money and they said, Yeah,

2320
01:19:53,090 --> 01:19:54,150
you have half as much.

2321
01:19:55,450 --> 01:19:57,550
That was all the Russian money, so-called

2322
01:19:57,550 --> 01:19:58,250
Russian money.

2323
01:19:58,590 --> 01:19:58,870
Yeah.

2324
01:19:59,030 --> 01:20:00,410
Well, you now have half as much.

2325
01:20:00,510 --> 01:20:00,690
Yeah.

2326
01:20:00,930 --> 01:20:01,150
Yeah.

2327
01:20:05,030 --> 01:20:06,350
It's so depressing.

2328
01:20:06,350 --> 01:20:07,150
It's very easy to do.

2329
01:20:07,290 --> 01:20:09,030
You got the whole, let's say the entire

2330
01:20:09,030 --> 01:20:14,130
country is all digital and you've got some

2331
01:20:14,130 --> 01:20:18,190
creative bookkeeper running the secretary, becoming the secretary

2332
01:20:18,190 --> 01:20:19,490
of the treasury, and he says, you know,

2333
01:20:19,770 --> 01:20:21,630
I think the thing that really can fix

2334
01:20:21,630 --> 01:20:23,030
everything and get us out of debt and

2335
01:20:23,030 --> 01:20:25,990
everything else, everybody has half as much money.

2336
01:20:27,210 --> 01:20:28,810
What did you have in the bank there,

2337
01:20:28,890 --> 01:20:28,990
buddy?

2338
01:20:29,090 --> 01:20:29,590
Yeah, half now.

2339
01:20:29,710 --> 01:20:31,290
I had $100,000.

2340
01:20:31,530 --> 01:20:32,370
Well, you got 50 now.

2341
01:20:32,470 --> 01:20:33,010
Yeah, I got half.

2342
01:20:33,530 --> 01:20:35,670
Hey, man, XRP is the way, baby.

2343
01:20:35,670 --> 01:20:36,870
It's going to replace SWIFT.

2344
01:20:40,370 --> 01:20:41,570
It's amazing.

2345
01:20:42,550 --> 01:20:46,830
The XRP story, which we heard forever, must

2346
01:20:46,830 --> 01:20:48,190
have been five, six years ago.

2347
01:20:48,490 --> 01:20:50,930
That was the off-world exchanges.

2348
01:20:51,750 --> 01:20:52,870
Yes, it's a quantum.

2349
01:20:53,310 --> 01:20:54,110
It's all quantum.

2350
01:20:54,470 --> 01:20:54,910
Moon.

2351
01:20:55,290 --> 01:20:58,130
But somehow they got into the church community.

2352
01:20:59,250 --> 01:21:02,370
People in churches all over America are like,

2353
01:21:02,370 --> 01:21:04,510
I got some Bitcoin, but I got XRP.

2354
01:21:04,950 --> 01:21:06,610
XRP is going to go to $2,000.

2355
01:21:06,710 --> 01:21:07,370
Is that right?

2356
01:21:07,570 --> 01:21:08,010
Yes.

2357
01:21:08,710 --> 01:21:10,950
Well, you would be able to track that.

2358
01:21:11,610 --> 01:21:14,810
That was Bill Walsh who passed away.

2359
01:21:15,010 --> 01:21:17,050
We put his obit in the show notes

2360
01:21:17,050 --> 01:21:17,690
for the last show.

2361
01:21:18,190 --> 01:21:19,850
He was so big on XRP.

2362
01:21:20,850 --> 01:21:22,910
He would yell at me, telling me, you're

2363
01:21:22,910 --> 01:21:24,630
stupid with your Bitcoin, XRP.

2364
01:21:25,190 --> 01:21:26,270
What's it now, buck 50?

2365
01:21:30,130 --> 01:21:32,750
Let's play this Alex Jones clip and tell

2366
01:21:32,750 --> 01:21:33,370
me what you know.

2367
01:21:33,610 --> 01:21:34,150
Perfect timing.

2368
01:21:34,330 --> 01:21:35,030
Perfect timing.

2369
01:21:35,150 --> 01:21:36,550
I was going to say, let's do some

2370
01:21:36,550 --> 01:21:36,910
Epstein.

2371
01:21:37,650 --> 01:21:41,810
It is a Saturday night, February 14th, 2026.

2372
01:21:41,970 --> 01:21:43,670
And I got a Valentine's present for all

2373
01:21:43,670 --> 01:21:44,930
of America and the world that wants truth

2374
01:21:44,930 --> 01:21:46,710
and to bring down the globalist death cult.

2375
01:21:47,350 --> 01:21:50,070
Tonight, Pam Bondi released the other 3 million

2376
01:21:50,950 --> 01:21:52,410
total Epstein files.

2377
01:21:52,590 --> 01:21:54,270
Still, some of the names are redacted, but

2378
01:21:54,270 --> 01:21:56,090
Congress can go in and look at all

2379
01:21:56,090 --> 01:21:58,810
of them This is a gigantic victory.

2380
01:21:58,890 --> 01:22:01,130
If you thought the first half was devastating,

2381
01:22:01,770 --> 01:22:03,410
my sources in Congress and the White House

2382
01:22:03,410 --> 01:22:07,250
say it is even far worse exponentially what

2383
01:22:07,250 --> 01:22:07,870
you're about to see.

2384
01:22:08,010 --> 01:22:12,290
Total satanism, devil worship, genetic engineering, draining children

2385
01:22:12,290 --> 01:22:13,130
of their stem cells.

2386
01:22:14,270 --> 01:22:16,990
All these top Hollywood actors, all these top

2387
01:22:16,990 --> 01:22:20,130
Democrats, senators, House members, billionaires.

2388
01:22:20,850 --> 01:22:24,150
You saw Bondi on Thursday say, listen, this

2389
01:22:24,150 --> 01:22:25,310
will bring down the stock market if we

2390
01:22:25,310 --> 01:22:25,930
bring this out.

2391
01:22:25,930 --> 01:22:27,750
I'm not defending her saying that.

2392
01:22:27,990 --> 01:22:30,110
I said a year ago, the sources said

2393
01:22:30,110 --> 01:22:32,430
Trump was told if you release this, it

2394
01:22:32,430 --> 01:22:34,450
will literally bring down everything.

2395
01:22:34,830 --> 01:22:36,170
But now they're trying to attach to him.

2396
01:22:36,190 --> 01:22:36,970
He's doing the right thing.

2397
01:22:37,050 --> 01:22:38,230
He ordered everything released.

2398
01:22:38,670 --> 01:22:40,070
But the deep state is going to pull

2399
01:22:40,070 --> 01:22:42,050
some major crap now, okay?

2400
01:22:42,450 --> 01:22:43,750
So just get ready.

2401
01:22:44,150 --> 01:22:45,370
It's going to be extremely dangerous.

2402
01:22:45,910 --> 01:22:47,670
But the files are now out as of

2403
01:22:47,670 --> 01:22:49,730
about two hours ago.

2404
01:22:50,450 --> 01:22:53,650
Yeah, you know, I saw people posting about

2405
01:22:53,650 --> 01:22:54,030
this.

2406
01:22:55,130 --> 01:22:57,050
But did you see anything?

2407
01:22:57,350 --> 01:22:57,870
Nope.

2408
01:22:57,950 --> 01:22:58,970
Can't find a thing.

2409
01:22:59,110 --> 01:23:02,690
I mean, what I saw was that they're

2410
01:23:02,690 --> 01:23:04,990
allowing people from Congress.

2411
01:23:06,290 --> 01:23:07,710
Don't look at the other three million, but

2412
01:23:07,710 --> 01:23:08,930
not the second three million.

2413
01:23:09,090 --> 01:23:11,030
We know that there's, they were six million

2414
01:23:11,030 --> 01:23:13,230
documents and they released three million and they

2415
01:23:13,230 --> 01:23:14,610
weren't going to release the other three.

2416
01:23:14,710 --> 01:23:17,510
And now, according to Alex Jones last night,

2417
01:23:17,690 --> 01:23:20,890
they released them and I haven't seen nothing.

2418
01:23:21,750 --> 01:23:22,810
You haven't seen nothing?

2419
01:23:23,650 --> 01:23:24,690
I've seen nothing.

2420
01:23:24,810 --> 01:23:27,110
Yeah, there's nothing to see.

2421
01:23:27,230 --> 01:23:28,070
Well, no.

2422
01:23:29,170 --> 01:23:30,250
And who knows?

2423
01:23:30,350 --> 01:23:31,250
Maybe it's still coming.

2424
01:23:32,170 --> 01:23:34,190
But I do have, there are some interesting

2425
01:23:34,190 --> 01:23:37,070
things taking place and none of it has

2426
01:23:37,070 --> 01:23:38,690
to do with Trump, which was the hope

2427
01:23:38,690 --> 01:23:44,150
for everybody, for all the Democrats in Congress

2428
01:23:44,150 --> 01:23:46,750
and 30 to 50% of Republicans.

2429
01:23:47,230 --> 01:23:48,870
It has a quick little overview from the

2430
01:23:48,870 --> 01:23:49,090
UK.

2431
01:23:49,330 --> 01:23:52,270
On Friday, two Democrat congressmen wrote to former

2432
01:23:52,270 --> 01:23:55,570
British U.S. Ambassador Peter Mandelson, asking him

2433
01:23:55,570 --> 01:23:57,610
to answer questions from the U.S. House

2434
01:23:57,610 --> 01:24:00,810
of Representatives Oversight Committee as part of their

2435
01:24:00,810 --> 01:24:04,270
ongoing investigation into the late sex offender Jeffrey

2436
01:24:04,270 --> 01:24:04,710
Epstein.

2437
01:24:05,370 --> 01:24:07,330
It's not a subpoena nor a demand to

2438
01:24:07,330 --> 01:24:10,330
travel to Washington, D.C. They're simply requesting

2439
01:24:10,330 --> 01:24:13,110
he submit to a transcribed interview by committee

2440
01:24:13,110 --> 01:24:15,070
staff on Epstein's crimes.

2441
01:24:15,590 --> 01:24:17,790
There will be pressure for Mandelson to comply,

2442
01:24:18,190 --> 01:24:20,310
but so far he's not responded.

2443
01:24:20,870 --> 01:24:24,030
Meanwhile, British police continue to investigate the former

2444
01:24:24,030 --> 01:24:28,310
Prince Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor over allegations of misconduct

2445
01:24:28,310 --> 01:24:31,630
in public office for passing on sensitive government

2446
01:24:31,630 --> 01:24:32,910
papers to Epstein.

2447
01:24:33,410 --> 01:24:35,750
Further email evidence has come to light suggesting

2448
01:24:35,750 --> 01:24:38,550
Andrew may have also been exploiting his role

2449
01:24:38,550 --> 01:24:41,150
as a UK trade ambassador to build a

2450
01:24:41,150 --> 01:24:42,770
lucrative business with Epstein.

2451
01:24:43,350 --> 01:24:45,870
Former Prime Minister Gordon Brown is also calling

2452
01:24:45,870 --> 01:24:48,410
on police to question the King's brother over

2453
01:24:48,410 --> 01:24:51,830
allegations Epstein's private plane was used to traffic

2454
01:24:51,830 --> 01:24:53,750
women in and out of the UK.

2455
01:24:54,810 --> 01:24:57,270
In Norway, the country's former Prime Minister Thorbjørn

2456
01:24:57,270 --> 01:25:00,010
Jaglund has been charged with gross corruption over

2457
01:25:00,010 --> 01:25:01,190
his ties with Epstein.

2458
01:25:01,650 --> 01:25:03,330
He's denied criminal liability.

2459
01:25:03,950 --> 01:25:06,910
In Dubai, Sultan bin Salim, the boss of

2460
01:25:06,910 --> 01:25:09,990
DP, one of the world's biggest logistics companies,

2461
01:25:10,490 --> 01:25:12,570
has been forced to step down over his

2462
01:25:12,570 --> 01:25:13,530
ties with Epstein.

2463
01:25:13,930 --> 01:25:16,750
The files include emails between the pair discussing

2464
01:25:16,750 --> 01:25:20,410
women and one to Salim from Epstein in

2465
01:25:20,410 --> 01:25:23,130
which he said, I loved the torture video.

2466
01:25:23,550 --> 01:25:24,990
I love the torture video.

2467
01:25:25,190 --> 01:25:26,150
Love the torture video.

2468
01:25:26,650 --> 01:25:28,670
And then we have Deutsche Bank.

2469
01:25:28,850 --> 01:25:31,230
What role did Deutsche Bank play in Epstein's

2470
01:25:31,230 --> 01:25:32,250
sex trafficking scheme?

2471
01:25:32,710 --> 01:25:35,590
Germany's largest bank is under fire again, saying

2472
01:25:35,590 --> 01:25:38,950
in a fresh statement, as reiterated since 2020,

2473
01:25:39,430 --> 01:25:42,030
the bank acknowledges its mistakes in accepting Jeffrey

2474
01:25:42,030 --> 01:25:43,690
Epstein as a customer in 2013.

2475
01:25:44,270 --> 01:25:46,810
Large parts of the late financier's wealth were

2476
01:25:46,810 --> 01:25:48,870
administered through the German institution.

2477
01:25:49,090 --> 01:25:51,250
The newest release of files reveals he held

2478
01:25:51,250 --> 01:25:52,790
over 40 accounts with Deutsche Bank.

2479
01:25:53,130 --> 01:25:54,930
Epstein had been a key client with the

2480
01:25:54,930 --> 01:25:56,070
bank since 2013.

2481
01:25:56,430 --> 01:25:58,550
By that time, he was already a convicted

2482
01:25:58,550 --> 01:26:01,490
sex offender and had pleaded guilty to soliciting

2483
01:26:01,490 --> 01:26:02,430
child prostitution.

2484
01:26:02,810 --> 01:26:05,570
Deutsche Bank appears over 40,000 times in

2485
01:26:05,570 --> 01:26:06,450
the Epstein files.

2486
01:26:06,830 --> 01:26:09,030
The files show Epstein made payments through the

2487
01:26:09,030 --> 01:26:11,670
bank to cover rent, tuition fees and residence

2488
01:26:11,670 --> 01:26:14,890
permits of women and girls, an indication of

2489
01:26:14,890 --> 01:26:16,690
sex trafficking, given his history.

2490
01:26:17,170 --> 01:26:19,950
Prompted by the latest revelations, Deutsche Bank renewed

2491
01:26:19,950 --> 01:26:22,690
an apology it first made in 2020 after

2492
01:26:22,690 --> 01:26:25,410
New York state financial regulators fined the bank

2493
01:26:25,410 --> 01:26:29,370
$150 million for significant compliance failures.

2494
01:26:29,610 --> 01:26:31,430
This is how it goes.

2495
01:26:32,250 --> 01:26:34,450
So no one goes to jail at Deutsche

2496
01:26:34,450 --> 01:26:34,830
Bank.

2497
01:26:35,030 --> 01:26:36,370
None of that's going to happen.

2498
01:26:36,830 --> 01:26:38,550
How would that even happen?

2499
01:26:38,590 --> 01:26:40,770
We just fine you $150 million.

2500
01:26:41,640 --> 01:26:45,110
And it doesn't come out of somebody's personal

2501
01:26:45,110 --> 01:26:45,470
account.

2502
01:26:45,610 --> 01:26:47,730
It comes out of the stockholders' equity.

2503
01:26:48,250 --> 01:26:52,170
And if you're an elite in California, you're

2504
01:26:52,170 --> 01:26:55,530
in show business and you're on the International

2505
01:26:55,530 --> 01:27:00,690
Olympic Committee, which in my opinion has always

2506
01:27:00,690 --> 01:27:02,390
been a corrupt bunch of people.

2507
01:27:03,450 --> 01:27:05,330
You know, hey, oh, we won the Olympics.

2508
01:27:05,510 --> 01:27:06,990
Great, let's bankrupt the city.

2509
01:27:07,390 --> 01:27:08,670
Let's build something big.

2510
01:27:08,730 --> 01:27:09,870
We'll bankrupt everybody.

2511
01:27:10,430 --> 01:27:14,070
And, you know, we got ad deals everywhere.

2512
01:27:14,490 --> 01:27:17,770
Right now, the Winter Olympics, they ran out

2513
01:27:17,770 --> 01:27:20,670
of 10,000 condom packages within three days.

2514
01:27:20,930 --> 01:27:22,390
Does that tell you what's going on with

2515
01:27:22,390 --> 01:27:22,770
the Olympics?

2516
01:27:24,350 --> 01:27:27,170
Here's the LA 28 chair.

2517
01:27:27,450 --> 01:27:29,390
Well, before you go there, I do have

2518
01:27:29,390 --> 01:27:30,270
an Epstein clip.

2519
01:27:30,590 --> 01:27:31,750
This is Epstein.

2520
01:27:32,310 --> 01:27:33,710
Oh, okay.

2521
01:27:34,150 --> 01:27:37,330
Casey Wasserman, the LA entertainment executive leading preparations

2522
01:27:37,330 --> 01:27:40,210
for the 2028 Olympics is selling the talent

2523
01:27:40,210 --> 01:27:43,090
agency he built more than 20 years ago

2524
01:27:43,090 --> 01:27:45,970
in a message to 4,000 employees of

2525
01:27:45,970 --> 01:27:46,770
the Wasserman Group.

2526
01:27:46,870 --> 01:27:49,690
He apologized and said he's become a distraction

2527
01:27:49,690 --> 01:27:51,670
and is stepping back from business to focus

2528
01:27:51,670 --> 01:27:52,690
fully on the games.

2529
01:27:53,150 --> 01:27:56,430
The move comes after controversy erupts over recently

2530
01:27:56,430 --> 01:28:00,170
uncovered flirtatious emails he sent to Epstein co

2531
01:28:00,170 --> 01:28:03,990
-conspirator Ghislaine Maxwell that led several artists to

2532
01:28:03,990 --> 01:28:06,990
leave the agency, including Chaperone and others.

2533
01:28:06,990 --> 01:28:08,730
Oh, no, not Chaperone.

2534
01:28:09,690 --> 01:28:10,470
Who's Chaperone?

2535
01:28:10,630 --> 01:28:11,110
I don't know.

2536
01:28:11,630 --> 01:28:13,430
And then this, I thought this was funny

2537
01:28:13,430 --> 01:28:14,590
because there's a kicker to it.

2538
01:28:15,110 --> 01:28:18,450
This is the top Goldman Sachs lawyer, Catherine

2539
01:28:18,450 --> 01:28:23,890
Rumler, who used to be, I think, legal.

2540
01:28:24,450 --> 01:28:25,810
Maybe she was the head of legal for

2541
01:28:25,810 --> 01:28:27,390
the Obama administration.

2542
01:28:27,770 --> 01:28:30,910
Former Obama administration White House counsel, Cathy Rumler

2543
01:28:30,910 --> 01:28:33,450
is stepping down as the general counsel at

2544
01:28:33,450 --> 01:28:36,310
Goldman Sachs in the wake of revelations that

2545
01:28:36,310 --> 01:28:39,190
she was very close to Jeffrey Epstein on

2546
01:28:39,190 --> 01:28:40,210
a personal level.

2547
01:28:40,410 --> 01:28:43,750
The bank has been supporting Rumler for months,

2548
01:28:43,870 --> 01:28:45,890
but the drip, drip, drip, I'm told, of

2549
01:28:45,890 --> 01:28:49,270
these revelations of her email conversations with Epstein

2550
01:28:49,270 --> 01:28:51,350
simply became too much.

2551
01:28:51,490 --> 01:28:54,170
This is being described by the bank as

2552
01:28:54,170 --> 01:28:56,890
Cathy Rumler's decision to depart, and we've got

2553
01:28:56,890 --> 01:28:57,830
some statements here.

2554
01:28:57,930 --> 01:28:59,910
Let me start with Cathy Rumler.

2555
01:28:59,910 --> 01:29:00,470
Hold on, can you stop it?

2556
01:29:00,690 --> 01:29:00,810
Yeah.

2557
01:29:01,790 --> 01:29:03,350
And re-listen to some of it.

2558
01:29:03,350 --> 01:29:06,010
This guy is in the same milieu as

2559
01:29:06,010 --> 01:29:06,610
Don Lemon.

2560
01:29:06,750 --> 01:29:09,070
He sounds just like Don Lemon.

2561
01:29:09,850 --> 01:29:14,890
He's CNBC, so New York journalism.

2562
01:29:15,350 --> 01:29:16,090
Yeah, makes sense.

2563
01:29:16,230 --> 01:29:18,310
For months, but the drip, drip, drip, I'm

2564
01:29:18,310 --> 01:29:19,810
told, of these- Don is a little

2565
01:29:19,810 --> 01:29:20,450
more exciting.

2566
01:29:20,570 --> 01:29:21,550
This guy's half dead.

2567
01:29:21,890 --> 01:29:25,230
Revelations of her email conversations with Epstein simply

2568
01:29:25,230 --> 01:29:26,530
became too much.

2569
01:29:26,730 --> 01:29:29,330
This is being described by the bank as

2570
01:29:29,330 --> 01:29:32,070
Cathy Rumler's decision to depart, and we've got

2571
01:29:32,070 --> 01:29:33,030
some statements here.

2572
01:29:33,030 --> 01:29:35,990
Let me start with Cathy Rumler's statement here.

2573
01:29:36,070 --> 01:29:38,730
She says, Since I joined Goldman Sachs six

2574
01:29:38,730 --> 01:29:41,310
years ago, it has been my privilege to

2575
01:29:41,310 --> 01:29:44,450
oversee the firm's legal, reputational, and regulatory matters,

2576
01:29:44,690 --> 01:29:47,450
to enhance our strong risk management processes, and

2577
01:29:47,450 --> 01:29:49,170
to ensure that we live by our core

2578
01:29:49,170 --> 01:29:52,610
value of integrity in everything we do.

2579
01:29:52,710 --> 01:29:55,270
My responsibility is to put Goldman Sachs's interests

2580
01:29:55,270 --> 01:29:55,750
first.

2581
01:29:56,150 --> 01:29:58,590
Earlier today, I regretfully informed David Solomon of

2582
01:29:58,590 --> 01:30:01,330
my intention to step down as chief legal

2583
01:30:01,330 --> 01:30:04,130
officer and general counsel of Goldman Sachs as

2584
01:30:04,130 --> 01:30:05,050
of June 30th.

2585
01:30:05,390 --> 01:30:07,370
We also have a statement here from David

2586
01:30:07,370 --> 01:30:10,810
Solomon himself, the CEO, who says throughout her

2587
01:30:10,810 --> 01:30:15,030
tenure, Cathy has been an extraordinary general counsel,

2588
01:30:15,030 --> 01:30:17,810
and we are grateful for her contributions and

2589
01:30:17,810 --> 01:30:19,890
sound advice on a wide range of consequences.

2590
01:30:20,310 --> 01:30:23,530
Yeah, so I saw some of these emails

2591
01:30:23,530 --> 01:30:25,950
and notes that were scribbled, and it's kind

2592
01:30:25,950 --> 01:30:28,090
of spicy, kind of spicy, but here's the

2593
01:30:28,090 --> 01:30:33,130
kicker about what Catherine Rumler, Cathy Rumler did

2594
01:30:33,130 --> 01:30:35,990
and what she did at Goldman Sachs.

2595
01:30:36,070 --> 01:30:38,310
There's no indication in the emails of any

2596
01:30:38,310 --> 01:30:42,930
illegal or even improper professional conduct here.

2597
01:30:43,030 --> 01:30:45,130
She has said that she had only a

2598
01:30:45,130 --> 01:30:46,630
professional relationship with him.

2599
01:30:46,710 --> 01:30:47,590
He was sort of a colleague.

2600
01:30:48,150 --> 01:30:50,410
They shared clients back and forth, that kind

2601
01:30:50,410 --> 01:30:50,810
of thing.

2602
01:30:51,090 --> 01:30:53,550
But in the emails, you do get this

2603
01:30:53,550 --> 01:30:56,430
sort of obnoxious tone, which I think became

2604
01:30:56,430 --> 01:30:57,210
really tricky.

2605
01:30:57,430 --> 01:31:00,950
She's at one point disparaging overweight people.

2606
01:31:01,110 --> 01:31:03,130
At one point, she says victims' rights.

2607
01:31:03,230 --> 01:31:04,770
No, it was more like fatties.

2608
01:31:04,890 --> 01:31:06,190
It wasn't overweight people.

2609
01:31:06,310 --> 01:31:07,210
Be a little more precise.

2610
01:31:07,610 --> 01:31:10,870
She's at one point disparaging overweight people.

2611
01:31:11,010 --> 01:31:13,770
At one point, she says victims' rights, my

2612
01:31:13,770 --> 01:31:15,310
butt, except she doesn't say butt.

2613
01:31:15,490 --> 01:31:18,770
A lot of those details of the expensive

2614
01:31:18,770 --> 01:31:20,910
gifts that he was giving her and the

2615
01:31:20,910 --> 01:31:23,470
recommendations back and forth and advice in her

2616
01:31:23,470 --> 01:31:26,170
career, all of that just became deeply embarrassing,

2617
01:31:26,410 --> 01:31:29,030
but not crossing any legal lines.

2618
01:31:29,170 --> 01:31:30,770
So what is Goldman to do with that

2619
01:31:30,770 --> 01:31:32,950
when they're looking at something that is becoming

2620
01:31:32,950 --> 01:31:36,330
a huge embarrassment every day, but not something

2621
01:31:36,330 --> 01:31:38,110
that crosses any legal lines here?

2622
01:31:38,150 --> 01:31:39,690
And I think they've come up with a

2623
01:31:39,690 --> 01:31:40,510
solution here.

2624
01:31:40,870 --> 01:31:44,010
Particularly inside the bank, the Wall Street Journal

2625
01:31:44,010 --> 01:31:46,130
reported that the fact that she heads a

2626
01:31:46,130 --> 01:31:49,790
reputational risk committee at the bank was sort

2627
01:31:49,790 --> 01:31:50,910
of a sticking point for a lot of

2628
01:31:50,910 --> 01:31:51,470
Goldman employees.

2629
01:31:51,970 --> 01:31:54,770
She heads the reputational risk committee.

2630
01:31:55,770 --> 01:31:58,170
Well, doesn't that just say it all?

2631
01:31:58,790 --> 01:31:59,750
That's very funny.

2632
01:31:59,970 --> 01:32:00,910
That just says it all.

2633
01:32:01,330 --> 01:32:03,510
All these elites, the more that go down,

2634
01:32:03,610 --> 01:32:05,330
the better, as far as I'm concerned.

2635
01:32:05,790 --> 01:32:07,270
This is- Yeah, they go down.

2636
01:32:07,350 --> 01:32:09,170
They crop right back up someplace else.

2637
01:32:09,450 --> 01:32:11,030
Eventually they do, eventually.

2638
01:32:11,130 --> 01:32:11,950
So here we go.

2639
01:32:12,090 --> 01:32:14,550
I have one lone clip, I think.

2640
01:32:15,030 --> 01:32:17,970
Bombshell information buried in the DOJ's Epstein files.

2641
01:32:17,970 --> 01:32:18,710
Wait a minute.

2642
01:32:18,930 --> 01:32:20,350
Is this that Steve guy?

2643
01:32:21,090 --> 01:32:22,830
Okay, so this is the guy.

2644
01:32:22,990 --> 01:32:23,530
This guy.

2645
01:32:23,690 --> 01:32:24,990
The Steve guy.

2646
01:32:25,810 --> 01:32:26,450
Is that Steve?

2647
01:32:26,570 --> 01:32:27,390
I don't know what his name is.

2648
01:32:27,410 --> 01:32:28,970
He's the guy who talks cock-headed.

2649
01:32:29,150 --> 01:32:31,070
Yeah, with his head to the right.

2650
01:32:31,410 --> 01:32:33,630
KPV, the first of you.

2651
01:32:33,970 --> 01:32:36,770
So this guy, who I find- He's

2652
01:32:36,770 --> 01:32:37,290
the best.

2653
01:32:38,110 --> 01:32:39,650
Well, if you want to call him the

2654
01:32:39,650 --> 01:32:40,010
best.

2655
01:32:40,430 --> 01:32:42,510
He's the worst, in fact.

2656
01:32:42,870 --> 01:32:45,090
And he can't look at the camera.

2657
01:32:45,190 --> 01:32:46,610
He's always got his head cocked, and he's

2658
01:32:46,610 --> 01:32:48,290
looking sideways, always.

2659
01:32:48,290 --> 01:32:51,210
And people give you these clips, and they're

2660
01:32:51,210 --> 01:32:52,390
like, are you kidding me?

2661
01:32:52,410 --> 01:32:53,630
You can't give me this clip.

2662
01:32:54,010 --> 01:32:56,270
This guy is just totally full of crap.

2663
01:32:56,710 --> 01:32:59,690
But I thought this particular full of crap

2664
01:33:01,390 --> 01:33:03,510
clip was the best thing I could find.

2665
01:33:03,710 --> 01:33:05,710
I couldn't find any good AI stuff today,

2666
01:33:05,730 --> 01:33:06,770
so I found this.

2667
01:33:07,310 --> 01:33:07,830
Bombshell.

2668
01:33:07,890 --> 01:33:10,790
Bombshell information buried in the DOJ's Epstein files

2669
01:33:10,790 --> 01:33:13,350
release has blown the Kirker-Bain case wide

2670
01:33:13,350 --> 01:33:16,890
open, directly implicating Courtney Love in his murder,

2671
01:33:16,890 --> 01:33:20,290
and proving that an entire generation was lied

2672
01:33:20,290 --> 01:33:21,510
to on a cosmic scale.

2673
01:33:21,910 --> 01:33:24,510
Newly released Epstein files drop a bombshell.

2674
01:33:24,770 --> 01:33:25,190
Bombshell.

2675
01:33:25,230 --> 01:33:27,490
Kirker-Bain wasn't just another 27 Club member.

2676
01:33:27,830 --> 01:33:30,210
His wife, Courtney Love, was hell-bent on

2677
01:33:30,210 --> 01:33:32,810
breaking into Hollywood, and she found a shortcut

2678
01:33:32,810 --> 01:33:33,630
to the top.

2679
01:33:34,050 --> 01:33:36,370
We're talking the darkest deal in the world,

2680
01:33:36,950 --> 01:33:40,010
paid for in the industry's preferred currency, the

2681
01:33:40,010 --> 01:33:41,010
blood of trafficked children.

2682
01:33:41,770 --> 01:33:44,310
This led Courtney into the orbit of Jeffrey

2683
01:33:44,310 --> 01:33:45,910
Epstein and Marina Abramovich.

2684
01:33:46,890 --> 01:33:48,710
And from the moment Kurt threatened to blow

2685
01:33:48,710 --> 01:33:50,750
the whistle about the real nature of these

2686
01:33:50,750 --> 01:33:53,390
people and the entertainment industry, his days were

2687
01:33:53,390 --> 01:33:53,670
numbered.

2688
01:33:54,590 --> 01:33:56,570
We've got the damning documents they're trying to

2689
01:33:56,570 --> 01:34:00,330
conceal, the forensic evidence, and the whistleblower accounts

2690
01:34:00,330 --> 01:34:02,430
that not only tie Courtney to the darkest

2691
01:34:02,430 --> 01:34:05,330
trade on Earth, they suggest that she has

2692
01:34:05,330 --> 01:34:07,130
developed a taste for human flesh.

2693
01:34:08,970 --> 01:34:09,490
Yes.

2694
01:34:09,990 --> 01:34:10,690
Of course.

2695
01:34:10,950 --> 01:34:11,150
Cannibal.

2696
01:34:11,390 --> 01:34:11,970
Of course.

2697
01:34:12,150 --> 01:34:12,810
Spirit cooking.

2698
01:34:13,050 --> 01:34:14,130
This is nothing new.

2699
01:34:15,030 --> 01:34:15,630
We knew this.

2700
01:34:15,630 --> 01:34:17,630
Developed a taste for human flesh.

2701
01:34:18,550 --> 01:34:20,470
Most of that report was not even that

2702
01:34:20,470 --> 01:34:20,850
off.

2703
01:34:20,990 --> 01:34:23,850
I mean, that is, you know, now everyone's

2704
01:34:23,850 --> 01:34:25,790
talking about Kurt Cobain was murdered.

2705
01:34:26,590 --> 01:34:27,070
Yes.

2706
01:34:27,190 --> 01:34:28,970
I always thought it was kind of odd

2707
01:34:28,970 --> 01:34:30,650
that he had that shotgun in his mouth

2708
01:34:30,650 --> 01:34:32,150
and then pulled the trigger with his big

2709
01:34:32,150 --> 01:34:32,530
toe.

2710
01:34:32,930 --> 01:34:34,710
I always thought that was rather strange.

2711
01:34:35,170 --> 01:34:36,330
Pretty hard to manage.

2712
01:34:36,450 --> 01:34:37,370
Rather strange.

2713
01:34:38,330 --> 01:34:38,710
Yeah.

2714
01:34:40,590 --> 01:34:44,070
It's, you know, it's interesting when you see

2715
01:34:44,070 --> 01:34:47,550
someone's emails and there's definitely weird stuff in

2716
01:34:47,550 --> 01:34:49,950
the emails about frozen jerky.

2717
01:34:50,470 --> 01:34:57,290
Then there's the 400 gallons of acid, which,

2718
01:34:57,290 --> 01:35:00,290
you know, and people are consumed by it.

2719
01:35:00,710 --> 01:35:01,430
It's consumed.

2720
01:35:01,770 --> 01:35:03,670
Well, if they're going to bring out, as

2721
01:35:03,670 --> 01:35:06,310
Alex Jones said, another three million documents, which

2722
01:35:06,310 --> 01:35:07,790
I've yet to see, but that was just

2723
01:35:07,790 --> 01:35:09,410
last night, so I guess we can wait

2724
01:35:09,410 --> 01:35:13,150
till Monday, but they'll be consumed for the

2725
01:35:13,150 --> 01:35:14,210
rest of the year.

2726
01:35:14,450 --> 01:35:15,130
A long time.

2727
01:35:15,130 --> 01:35:16,250
Rest of the year.

2728
01:35:17,310 --> 01:35:17,490
Yeah.

2729
01:35:17,690 --> 01:35:21,870
Right in time for the midterms, which, do

2730
01:35:21,870 --> 01:35:23,050
I have anything on elections?

2731
01:35:23,390 --> 01:35:25,190
Yeah, no, I don't.

2732
01:35:26,390 --> 01:35:26,690
No.

2733
01:35:27,030 --> 01:35:31,470
Well, we've got, actually, I thought I had

2734
01:35:31,470 --> 01:35:33,310
a DHS shutdown clip.

2735
01:35:34,530 --> 01:35:35,970
I have a couple of shutdown clips if

2736
01:35:35,970 --> 01:35:36,590
you want to play them.

2737
01:35:36,950 --> 01:35:37,830
NPR report.

2738
01:35:39,150 --> 01:35:39,630
Yes.

2739
01:35:40,070 --> 01:35:40,590
Let me see.

2740
01:35:40,870 --> 01:35:41,590
What NPR?

2741
01:35:41,970 --> 01:35:42,370
Oh, shutdown.

2742
01:35:42,470 --> 01:35:43,190
Oh, shutdown.

2743
01:35:43,190 --> 01:35:46,350
Wow, was Scott Simon, is he like the

2744
01:35:46,350 --> 01:35:48,890
filling guy for the holiday weekend?

2745
01:35:48,890 --> 01:35:49,950
Scott Simon is on Saturday.

2746
01:35:50,010 --> 01:35:51,830
He's on the weekends, and I usually get

2747
01:35:51,830 --> 01:35:53,450
my clips close to the show, so they,

2748
01:35:53,710 --> 01:35:55,410
and he's not for some reason every weekend,

2749
01:35:55,490 --> 01:35:57,190
because, you know, I guess with his $400

2750
01:35:57,190 --> 01:36:00,070
,000 salary to come in once a week,

2751
01:36:00,230 --> 01:36:03,170
it's sometimes he doesn't come in, but I

2752
01:36:03,170 --> 01:36:03,450
got it.

2753
01:36:03,630 --> 01:36:05,290
I got to try something, John.

2754
01:36:05,470 --> 01:36:07,550
We had the documents, three million documents.

2755
01:36:07,730 --> 01:36:08,210
We got them all.

2756
01:36:08,370 --> 01:36:09,330
We're seeing them as a bombshell.

2757
01:36:09,930 --> 01:36:11,390
Yeah, elites are going down.

2758
01:36:11,630 --> 01:36:12,090
That's right.

2759
01:36:12,090 --> 01:36:13,970
Baby-eating elites going down.

2760
01:36:15,050 --> 01:36:17,070
I work on it, but it's getting better.

2761
01:36:17,130 --> 01:36:18,730
I bet you're 80%.

2762
01:36:19,550 --> 01:36:21,230
U.S. government's in the midst of another

2763
01:36:21,230 --> 01:36:22,270
partial shutdown.

2764
01:36:22,490 --> 01:36:24,530
Funding lapsed at midnight for the Department of

2765
01:36:24,530 --> 01:36:25,390
Homeland Security.

2766
01:36:26,030 --> 01:36:30,350
That includes vital agencies, Transportation Security Administration, and

2767
01:36:30,350 --> 01:36:31,070
the Coast Guard.

2768
01:36:31,770 --> 01:36:34,210
Democrats in Congress say they won't vote to

2769
01:36:34,210 --> 01:36:37,450
fund DHS without new restrictions on immigrant enforcement.

2770
01:36:38,070 --> 01:36:39,950
Of course, the standoff comes after the killings

2771
01:36:39,950 --> 01:36:42,770
in Minneapolis of Alex Pretty and Renee Macklin

2772
01:36:42,770 --> 01:36:44,630
Goode, both shot by federal agents.

2773
01:36:45,410 --> 01:36:48,070
Senator Gary Peters is a Michigan Democrat, the

2774
01:36:48,070 --> 01:36:51,070
ranking member on the Homeland Security Committee, and

2775
01:36:51,070 --> 01:36:52,490
a member of the Appropriations Committee.

2776
01:36:52,610 --> 01:36:53,550
He's back home in Michigan.

2777
01:36:53,550 --> 01:36:55,130
Senator, thanks for being with us.

2778
01:36:55,290 --> 01:36:56,210
Good to be with you, Scott.

2779
01:36:56,330 --> 01:36:57,110
I hope all is well.

2780
01:36:57,250 --> 01:36:57,650
It is all well.

2781
01:36:57,650 --> 01:36:59,790
Well, that's why we're talking to you.

2782
01:37:00,450 --> 01:37:01,630
Congress is in recess.

2783
01:37:01,870 --> 01:37:03,530
Are negotiations still going on?

2784
01:37:04,210 --> 01:37:05,190
Yes, they are.

2785
01:37:05,490 --> 01:37:07,590
What is up with these people?

2786
01:37:07,670 --> 01:37:08,250
It's recess.

2787
01:37:08,630 --> 01:37:08,950
Recess?

2788
01:37:09,610 --> 01:37:10,450
No, it's recess.

2789
01:37:10,610 --> 01:37:13,330
Well, that's why we're talking to you.

2790
01:37:13,850 --> 01:37:15,270
Congress is in recess.

2791
01:37:15,470 --> 01:37:16,950
Are negotiations still going on?

2792
01:37:17,310 --> 01:37:18,130
Wait a minute.

2793
01:37:18,230 --> 01:37:21,570
We have allies, allies, allies.

2794
01:37:21,870 --> 01:37:22,450
We have...

2795
01:37:22,450 --> 01:37:23,250
Allies, allies.

2796
01:37:23,710 --> 01:37:24,110
Debut.

2797
01:37:24,230 --> 01:37:24,690
What was it?

2798
01:37:24,790 --> 01:37:26,930
Debut, debut, debut, debut.

2799
01:37:27,030 --> 01:37:29,270
Debut, and we've got recess.

2800
01:37:29,890 --> 01:37:30,810
It's recess everywhere.

2801
01:37:31,090 --> 01:37:32,470
What is wrong with NPR?

2802
01:37:33,430 --> 01:37:34,330
Yes, they are.

2803
01:37:34,590 --> 01:37:37,150
We will have negotiations back and forth.

2804
01:37:37,670 --> 01:37:40,090
I think we're still pretty far apart, unfortunately.

2805
01:37:40,090 --> 01:37:44,530
And it's very unfortunate, given what we want

2806
01:37:44,530 --> 01:37:47,010
to see, as the Democratic caucus is very

2807
01:37:47,010 --> 01:37:48,550
united, is that we want to put in

2808
01:37:48,550 --> 01:37:52,250
just some common sense guardrails on actions by

2809
01:37:52,250 --> 01:37:54,510
federal agents and DHS.

2810
01:37:54,910 --> 01:37:59,270
And basically, the relatively concise list we provided

2811
01:37:59,270 --> 01:38:02,230
to Republicans were to make sure that federal

2812
01:38:02,230 --> 01:38:04,130
agents have to abide by the same kinds

2813
01:38:04,130 --> 01:38:06,790
of rules and regulations that our local police

2814
01:38:06,790 --> 01:38:09,670
and our communities follow each and every day.

2815
01:38:10,090 --> 01:38:13,150
I think most Americans would agree that federal

2816
01:38:13,150 --> 01:38:14,630
agents should not be above any of those

2817
01:38:14,630 --> 01:38:15,750
laws or policies.

2818
01:38:16,690 --> 01:38:18,070
Who says they are?

2819
01:38:18,530 --> 01:38:19,150
This guy.

2820
01:38:20,110 --> 01:38:21,290
This guy says it.

2821
01:38:21,370 --> 01:38:22,710
Well, they keep making these claims.

2822
01:38:22,850 --> 01:38:25,050
If they're breaking the law, then bust them

2823
01:38:25,050 --> 01:38:25,450
for that.

2824
01:38:25,590 --> 01:38:26,370
I'm sorry.

2825
01:38:26,590 --> 01:38:27,310
False claims.

2826
01:38:31,780 --> 01:38:31,900
What?

2827
01:38:32,140 --> 01:38:33,020
False claims.

2828
01:38:33,260 --> 01:38:34,760
You said they keep making these claims.

2829
01:38:35,020 --> 01:38:36,720
You need to either say false claims.

2830
01:38:36,720 --> 01:38:37,380
Oh, false claims.

2831
01:38:37,500 --> 01:38:38,940
They keep making these false claims.

2832
01:38:39,200 --> 01:38:39,820
Falsely claiming.

2833
01:38:39,960 --> 01:38:41,040
They are falsely claiming.

2834
01:38:41,180 --> 01:38:41,820
Do it right.

2835
01:38:42,360 --> 01:38:45,100
Yeah, I can never get that part right.

2836
01:38:45,620 --> 01:38:46,040
Clip two.

2837
01:38:46,340 --> 01:38:47,580
Those are 10 demands.

2838
01:38:47,760 --> 01:38:49,700
And let me ask you the one specifically

2839
01:38:50,220 --> 01:38:53,060
about requiring agents to wear ID and not

2840
01:38:53,060 --> 01:38:53,800
wear masks.

2841
01:38:54,220 --> 01:38:56,680
The administration says there's been a large increase

2842
01:38:56,680 --> 01:39:00,460
in death threats against immigration and customs enforcement

2843
01:39:00,460 --> 01:39:02,820
officers, and therefore the masks are necessary.

2844
01:39:03,120 --> 01:39:04,080
How do you react?

2845
01:39:04,840 --> 01:39:07,440
Well, we don't think the masks are necessary

2846
01:39:07,440 --> 01:39:09,240
in all cases, but there certainly are some

2847
01:39:09,240 --> 01:39:09,700
restrictions.

2848
01:39:09,700 --> 01:39:11,940
And there are times when you use it.

2849
01:39:12,460 --> 01:39:15,120
The fact that you have an agent that

2850
01:39:15,120 --> 01:39:17,340
is enforcing the law, they should be recognizable

2851
01:39:17,340 --> 01:39:19,200
for accountability purposes.

2852
01:39:19,300 --> 01:39:21,660
They certainly need to be wearing identification.

2853
01:39:22,120 --> 01:39:23,540
They need to have some sort of badge

2854
01:39:23,540 --> 01:39:24,960
number, individual number.

2855
01:39:25,560 --> 01:39:27,800
But you know, what's also happening is because

2856
01:39:27,800 --> 01:39:31,280
you've got basically masked agents pulling people over

2857
01:39:31,280 --> 01:39:32,220
without identification.

2858
01:39:32,520 --> 01:39:35,160
There's actually a recent FBI bulletin, one that

2859
01:39:35,160 --> 01:39:38,480
I raised to the heads of both departments

2860
01:39:38,480 --> 01:39:40,520
at a hearing this week that showed that

2861
01:39:40,520 --> 01:39:44,560
there's an increase of violent criminals basically impersonating

2862
01:39:44,560 --> 01:39:47,400
federal agents with masks and those kinds of

2863
01:39:47,400 --> 01:39:49,180
vests that you can basically buy online.

2864
01:39:49,560 --> 01:39:51,380
And we've actually seen an increase of crimes

2865
01:39:51,380 --> 01:39:54,420
against American citizens by people interpreting people.

2866
01:39:54,580 --> 01:39:56,380
When you think you have a masked person

2867
01:39:56,380 --> 01:39:58,940
grab you and throw you into an unmarked

2868
01:39:58,940 --> 01:40:02,300
van, most people think that's probably somebody who

2869
01:40:02,300 --> 01:40:03,400
is trying to do me harm.

2870
01:40:03,560 --> 01:40:04,720
They don't know that's a federal agent.

2871
01:40:04,860 --> 01:40:06,240
They have to know who a federal agent

2872
01:40:06,240 --> 01:40:08,200
is and who's enforcing the law.

2873
01:40:08,760 --> 01:40:12,260
And we believe that that's an appropriate thing

2874
01:40:12,260 --> 01:40:12,620
to have.

2875
01:40:12,860 --> 01:40:13,100
Wait a minute.

2876
01:40:13,260 --> 01:40:14,540
Who was this guy?

2877
01:40:15,260 --> 01:40:17,060
Because he's obviously an agent.

2878
01:40:17,440 --> 01:40:21,280
He's a congressman from Michigan.

2879
01:40:21,760 --> 01:40:22,320
Oh, okay.

2880
01:40:22,540 --> 01:40:23,920
Well, this is- And he's a Democrat.

2881
01:40:24,400 --> 01:40:24,880
Well, duh.

2882
01:40:25,300 --> 01:40:26,420
This is their talking point.

2883
01:40:26,520 --> 01:40:27,020
This is it.

2884
01:40:27,760 --> 01:40:28,440
This is it.

2885
01:40:29,800 --> 01:40:31,320
Give me the one example.

2886
01:40:31,500 --> 01:40:33,460
I don't care if it's just one example

2887
01:40:33,460 --> 01:40:37,540
of somebody wearing the mask identifying as DEA

2888
01:40:37,540 --> 01:40:38,740
and throwing you in a van.

2889
01:40:38,940 --> 01:40:41,040
You don't need that because you've got a

2890
01:40:41,040 --> 01:40:42,660
dead nurse and a dead poet.

2891
01:40:42,840 --> 01:40:44,040
That's all that counts.

2892
01:40:44,380 --> 01:40:45,840
They got exactly what they needed.

2893
01:40:46,120 --> 01:40:49,660
They'll probably need one more dead person before

2894
01:40:49,660 --> 01:40:51,180
the midterm elections.

2895
01:40:51,340 --> 01:40:52,340
You have to be a trans.

2896
01:40:52,920 --> 01:40:55,360
Are you concerned that if there are people

2897
01:40:55,360 --> 01:41:00,240
who miss a plane because TSA workers aren't

2898
01:41:00,240 --> 01:41:02,080
around, Democrats will get blamed?

2899
01:41:02,400 --> 01:41:04,640
Well, we still got time to work this

2900
01:41:04,640 --> 01:41:06,380
through and we're going to do that and

2901
01:41:06,380 --> 01:41:08,820
we're going to hope the Republicans understand we're

2902
01:41:08,820 --> 01:41:12,220
looking for a very straightforward way to take

2903
01:41:12,220 --> 01:41:12,880
the next steps.

2904
01:41:13,420 --> 01:41:13,580
Yeah.

2905
01:41:13,760 --> 01:41:17,140
So as we already discussed, ICE has $75

2906
01:41:17,140 --> 01:41:21,740
billion, I'm sorry, which is pre-approved, is

2907
01:41:21,740 --> 01:41:22,900
not part of this shutdown.

2908
01:41:23,120 --> 01:41:25,100
So now they're just purposely hurting TSA.

2909
01:41:25,240 --> 01:41:27,420
The TSA people are already pissed off.

2910
01:41:28,220 --> 01:41:30,120
I don't need them angrier that they're not

2911
01:41:30,120 --> 01:41:30,780
getting paid.

2912
01:41:31,620 --> 01:41:33,740
This is an outrage.

2913
01:41:33,740 --> 01:41:35,260
They keep doing this.

2914
01:41:36,120 --> 01:41:36,840
This is Schumer.

2915
01:41:37,340 --> 01:41:38,600
It's completely Schumer.

2916
01:41:38,820 --> 01:41:42,220
I have to say respect for Fetterman.

2917
01:41:42,780 --> 01:41:45,480
Fetterman has surprised me time and time again.

2918
01:41:45,540 --> 01:41:48,000
Hi, as a committed Democrat, I want the

2919
01:41:48,000 --> 01:41:50,260
same changes that every other Democrat wants to

2920
01:41:50,260 --> 01:41:51,120
make on ICE.

2921
01:41:51,780 --> 01:41:55,260
But ICE already has $75 billion in funding

2922
01:41:55,260 --> 01:41:57,940
from the big, beautiful bill that I did

2923
01:41:57,940 --> 01:41:58,820
not vote for.

2924
01:41:58,940 --> 01:42:01,200
So what it will impact is that we'll

2925
01:42:01,200 --> 01:42:05,640
shut down important parts of DHS, whether that's

2926
01:42:05,640 --> 01:42:09,380
FEMA, whether that's the Coast Guard, whether that

2927
01:42:09,380 --> 01:42:13,560
is also about the CISA, the Cyber Security

2928
01:42:13,560 --> 01:42:15,040
Agency in our nation.

2929
01:42:15,240 --> 01:42:16,760
All of these are shut down.

2930
01:42:17,000 --> 01:42:18,760
We want to find a way forward to

2931
01:42:18,760 --> 01:42:19,880
produce those changes.

2932
01:42:20,120 --> 01:42:22,520
But shutting the government down is the wrong

2933
01:42:22,520 --> 01:42:22,900
way.

2934
01:42:23,440 --> 01:42:24,600
CISA is interesting.

2935
01:42:26,200 --> 01:42:30,300
They're the ones that protect the elections.

2936
01:42:31,860 --> 01:42:35,300
And made 2020 the most secure election ever.

2937
01:42:37,120 --> 01:42:40,920
And I didn't know that the Coast Guard,

2938
01:42:40,980 --> 01:42:41,920
is that under DHS?

2939
01:42:42,400 --> 01:42:45,180
They moved it when they had the 9

2940
01:42:45,180 --> 01:42:45,880
-11 attacks.

2941
01:42:46,060 --> 01:42:46,580
They moved it.

2942
01:42:46,660 --> 01:42:48,280
Two things they did that I thought were

2943
01:42:48,280 --> 01:42:48,640
bad.

2944
01:42:48,760 --> 01:42:50,940
One was moving Coast Guard from the military

2945
01:42:50,940 --> 01:42:51,800
to DHS.

2946
01:42:52,180 --> 01:42:55,280
And the other one was taking the Secret

2947
01:42:55,280 --> 01:42:57,940
Service away from Treasury and moving it to

2948
01:42:57,940 --> 01:42:58,780
DHS.

2949
01:42:58,960 --> 01:43:00,820
The Secret Service, their whole job was to

2950
01:43:00,820 --> 01:43:01,660
protect the money.

2951
01:43:02,300 --> 01:43:02,920
Counterfeit money.

2952
01:43:05,340 --> 01:43:07,080
You brought up trans.

2953
01:43:07,500 --> 01:43:11,460
I have an update from Tumblr Ridge in

2954
01:43:11,460 --> 01:43:15,520
Canada, which here in America, unfortunately, we don't

2955
01:43:15,520 --> 01:43:16,840
hear anything about this.

2956
01:43:17,340 --> 01:43:18,920
No, you don't want to hear anything about

2957
01:43:18,920 --> 01:43:19,040
it.

2958
01:43:19,200 --> 01:43:20,000
No, we don't.

2959
01:43:20,140 --> 01:43:23,760
As Tumblr Ridge is grieving unimaginable loss, some

2960
01:43:23,760 --> 01:43:27,020
community members are urging Canadians to resist division.

2961
01:43:27,220 --> 01:43:28,980
This is really a time to put that

2962
01:43:28,980 --> 01:43:32,820
away and to really think about compassion and

2963
01:43:32,820 --> 01:43:37,140
love and really making those changes, not to

2964
01:43:37,140 --> 01:43:38,040
attack groups.

2965
01:43:38,260 --> 01:43:41,240
But since the RCMP identified trans teen Jessie

2966
01:43:41,240 --> 01:43:43,560
Van Rootselaar as the suspect in the mass

2967
01:43:43,560 --> 01:43:46,940
shooting, anti-trans rhetoric has run rampant, even

2968
01:43:46,940 --> 01:43:49,220
though there is currently no evidence to suggest

2969
01:43:49,220 --> 01:43:51,600
Van Rootselaar's gender identity is linked to the

2970
01:43:51,600 --> 01:43:51,940
crime.

2971
01:43:52,060 --> 01:43:53,920
No evidence to really say whether that has

2972
01:43:53,920 --> 01:43:55,380
any correlation in this investigation.

2973
01:43:55,780 --> 01:43:56,080
No, none.

2974
01:43:56,120 --> 01:43:58,480
Trans people are substantially more likely to be

2975
01:43:58,480 --> 01:44:01,060
victims rather than perpetrators of violent crimes.

2976
01:44:01,200 --> 01:44:03,660
There's fear around different identities.

2977
01:44:03,940 --> 01:44:05,860
What we know is that people don't do

2978
01:44:05,860 --> 01:44:08,360
these things because of their individual identity.

2979
01:44:08,820 --> 01:44:11,200
In the wake of the tragedy, BCMLA Tara

2980
01:44:11,200 --> 01:44:15,480
Armstrong baselessly claimed so-called transgender ideology is

2981
01:44:15,480 --> 01:44:18,740
radicalizing youth and unlocking violent impulses.

2982
01:44:19,080 --> 01:44:21,400
A day later, the BC Human Rights Commissioner

2983
01:44:21,400 --> 01:44:23,540
said she is disappointed by the spread of

2984
01:44:23,540 --> 01:44:24,960
anti-trans disinformation.

2985
01:44:25,580 --> 01:44:28,500
Using this horrific incident to conflate trans identities

2986
01:44:28,500 --> 01:44:32,640
with violent tendencies is incorrect, irresponsible, and frankly,

2987
01:44:32,760 --> 01:44:33,340
dangerous.

2988
01:44:33,820 --> 01:44:37,920
Reducing the truth down to one aspect of

2989
01:44:37,920 --> 01:44:40,760
somebody's identity, whether it's their gender, their race,

2990
01:44:41,020 --> 01:44:44,440
or one aspect of context, that's not about

2991
01:44:44,440 --> 01:44:45,300
seeking truth.

2992
01:44:45,520 --> 01:44:48,140
Between 32 to 41% of trans people

2993
01:44:48,140 --> 01:44:50,600
are estimated to have attempted suicide in their

2994
01:44:50,600 --> 01:44:52,760
lifetimes due to stigma and discrimination.

2995
01:44:53,320 --> 01:44:57,320
Something a now-removed Reddit account jessiboy347, appearing

2996
01:44:57,320 --> 01:45:00,660
to belong to Van Rooselaar, described, it really

2997
01:45:00,660 --> 01:45:01,160
hurts.

2998
01:45:01,300 --> 01:45:04,000
I am genuinely considering taking my own life.

2999
01:45:04,240 --> 01:45:06,620
Well, that's a little different information.

3000
01:45:07,140 --> 01:45:10,220
We have always heard that if you don't

3001
01:45:10,220 --> 01:45:12,700
transition your child, they will kill themselves.

3002
01:45:13,460 --> 01:45:16,680
Now they're saying that 35 to 40%

3003
01:45:16,680 --> 01:45:23,200
of trans have thought about suicide because of

3004
01:45:23,200 --> 01:45:23,700
stigma.

3005
01:45:25,700 --> 01:45:28,180
Somewhere the research is wrong.

3006
01:45:28,180 --> 01:45:30,180
Something's wrong with the research.

3007
01:45:31,120 --> 01:45:31,440
Yes.

3008
01:45:32,160 --> 01:45:33,740
Yeah, make up your minds, people.

3009
01:45:33,900 --> 01:45:35,680
Speaking of research.

3010
01:45:36,940 --> 01:45:42,200
Recent research, according to MD Newsline, suggests that

3011
01:45:42,200 --> 01:45:46,460
glucagon-like peptide 1 GLP-1 receptor agonists

3012
01:45:46,460 --> 01:45:52,120
are associated with reduced risk of erectile dysfunction.

3013
01:45:55,440 --> 01:45:56,740
We have the research.

3014
01:45:56,920 --> 01:45:57,280
It's in.

3015
01:45:59,100 --> 01:45:59,640
What?

3016
01:45:59,880 --> 01:46:00,300
Yes.

3017
01:46:01,220 --> 01:46:02,060
GLP-1.

3018
01:46:02,200 --> 01:46:03,480
This is medical research.

3019
01:46:04,020 --> 01:46:07,720
The GLP-1 agonists reduce risk of erectile

3020
01:46:07,720 --> 01:46:08,320
dysfunction.

3021
01:46:09,620 --> 01:46:12,060
My prediction is coming true.

3022
01:46:13,640 --> 01:46:15,180
So they must be at the end of

3023
01:46:15,180 --> 01:46:16,000
the marketing campaign.

3024
01:46:16,140 --> 01:46:17,380
This is the last one they have.

3025
01:46:17,480 --> 01:46:18,620
After that, what else can you do?

3026
01:46:18,880 --> 01:46:25,860
We've had reduced heart attack, reduced alcoholism, smoking

3027
01:46:25,860 --> 01:46:26,220
cessation.

3028
01:46:26,740 --> 01:46:27,500
Yeah, everything.

3029
01:46:27,640 --> 01:46:28,080
You name it.

3030
01:46:28,300 --> 01:46:30,040
And now they're at the end of the

3031
01:46:30,040 --> 01:46:30,820
marketing cycle.

3032
01:46:30,920 --> 01:46:32,700
I don't think they can do anything after

3033
01:46:32,700 --> 01:46:32,860
that.

3034
01:46:33,020 --> 01:46:34,640
They still have to put this into the

3035
01:46:34,640 --> 01:46:35,660
marketing materials.

3036
01:46:36,320 --> 01:46:37,640
But I don't think they need to do

3037
01:46:37,640 --> 01:46:38,500
anything after this.

3038
01:46:38,580 --> 01:46:39,260
They're selling this stuff.

3039
01:46:39,420 --> 01:46:40,940
They're making pills now.

3040
01:46:41,380 --> 01:46:43,460
They're just, this stuff's moving out like crazy.

3041
01:46:44,120 --> 01:46:45,120
And with that, I want to thank you

3042
01:46:45,120 --> 01:46:45,700
for your courage.

3043
01:46:45,800 --> 01:46:46,940
Say in the morning to you, the man

3044
01:46:46,940 --> 01:46:48,920
who put the C in the Munich Security

3045
01:46:48,920 --> 01:46:49,380
Conference.

3046
01:46:49,580 --> 01:46:50,920
Say hello to my friend on the other

3047
01:46:50,920 --> 01:46:52,960
end, the one, the only, Mr. and beautiful

3048
01:46:52,960 --> 01:46:54,240
John C.

3049
01:46:54,320 --> 01:46:54,740
DeMora.

3050
01:47:06,360 --> 01:47:11,520
Okay, almost 2000.

3051
01:47:12,600 --> 01:47:16,060
Even for the holiday weekend, 1951 trolls.

3052
01:47:17,220 --> 01:47:18,340
It's a holiday weekend.

3053
01:47:18,540 --> 01:47:20,100
Yes, but it's great to have you here,

3054
01:47:20,180 --> 01:47:20,560
Trolls.

3055
01:47:20,560 --> 01:47:22,980
We love it when you join us on

3056
01:47:22,980 --> 01:47:25,540
the live stream, which you can listen live

3057
01:47:25,540 --> 01:47:27,400
at knowagentostream.com.

3058
01:47:27,460 --> 01:47:28,660
That's where you can also join in the

3059
01:47:28,660 --> 01:47:30,740
troll room or use one of those modern

3060
01:47:30,740 --> 01:47:33,240
podcast apps, which you can just, you just,

3061
01:47:33,520 --> 01:47:36,040
you could import your Apple subscription, whatever you

3062
01:47:36,040 --> 01:47:36,380
had.

3063
01:47:36,480 --> 01:47:38,940
All of that can be imported into the

3064
01:47:38,940 --> 01:47:42,680
modern podcast app you get at podcastapps.com.

3065
01:47:43,140 --> 01:47:44,120
And there's a bonus.

3066
01:47:44,220 --> 01:47:45,060
There's lots of bonuses.

3067
01:47:45,560 --> 01:47:46,300
Lots of them.

3068
01:47:46,540 --> 01:47:49,980
Chapters, transcripts, person, search, all kinds of things.

3069
01:47:49,980 --> 01:47:52,560
But in addition to that, you get live

3070
01:47:52,560 --> 01:47:52,940
streams.

3071
01:47:53,540 --> 01:47:54,420
So when we go...

3072
01:47:54,420 --> 01:47:55,000
We're multidimensional.

3073
01:47:55,700 --> 01:47:57,820
We are completely multidimensional.

3074
01:47:58,280 --> 01:47:59,540
So when we go live, you get an

3075
01:47:59,540 --> 01:48:00,740
alert and then you can listen to the

3076
01:48:00,740 --> 01:48:02,860
live stream in your modern podcast app.

3077
01:48:02,980 --> 01:48:06,080
And due to Podping technology, within 90 seconds

3078
01:48:06,080 --> 01:48:07,660
of publishing, you will know that it's there.

3079
01:48:07,720 --> 01:48:09,740
So no longer waiting for hours and hours

3080
01:48:09,740 --> 01:48:12,960
for any old fashioned podcast app to update.

3081
01:48:13,600 --> 01:48:15,580
Value for value is how we run the

3082
01:48:15,580 --> 01:48:17,960
show, which means if you get value out

3083
01:48:17,960 --> 01:48:19,400
of the show, send it back to us.

3084
01:48:19,400 --> 01:48:20,860
Time, talent, and treasure.

3085
01:48:21,820 --> 01:48:23,300
And one of the ways we get our

3086
01:48:23,300 --> 01:48:27,100
time and talent is through artists who continuously

3087
01:48:27,100 --> 01:48:30,420
are using the trillions of dollars of investment

3088
01:48:30,420 --> 01:48:32,720
to prompt a way and create art at

3089
01:48:32,720 --> 01:48:34,420
noagendaartgenerator.com.

3090
01:48:34,520 --> 01:48:35,180
Upload it there.

3091
01:48:35,580 --> 01:48:37,820
And we want to thank the artist for

3092
01:48:37,820 --> 01:48:39,400
episode 1842.

3093
01:48:39,700 --> 01:48:41,680
We titled that one A Dog A Day.

3094
01:48:42,380 --> 01:48:44,220
This was Jacques 10.

3095
01:48:44,400 --> 01:48:45,660
J-O-Q 10.

3096
01:48:45,800 --> 01:48:46,880
Jacques 10.

3097
01:48:47,580 --> 01:48:49,720
And I think we both were like, yeah,

3098
01:48:49,800 --> 01:48:50,400
that's it.

3099
01:48:50,440 --> 01:48:52,560
It just had everything from the show all

3100
01:48:52,560 --> 01:48:53,080
in one.

3101
01:48:53,560 --> 01:48:56,580
You had a gorilla on a ring cam

3102
01:48:57,120 --> 01:48:58,700
bringing back somebody's dog.

3103
01:48:58,860 --> 01:49:00,300
I mean, could it get any better than

3104
01:49:00,300 --> 01:49:00,620
that?

3105
01:49:00,960 --> 01:49:02,100
It was simple.

3106
01:49:02,700 --> 01:49:04,500
Anyone who listens to the show would get

3107
01:49:04,500 --> 01:49:04,680
it.

3108
01:49:05,000 --> 01:49:06,520
People who didn't listen to the show were

3109
01:49:06,520 --> 01:49:06,660
like.

3110
01:49:06,760 --> 01:49:07,920
I'm looking at the image now.

3111
01:49:08,000 --> 01:49:09,020
It just makes me laugh.

3112
01:49:09,080 --> 01:49:09,600
It's great.

3113
01:49:10,180 --> 01:49:12,040
People who didn't listen to the show were

3114
01:49:12,040 --> 01:49:14,860
like, this must be something interesting in that

3115
01:49:14,860 --> 01:49:15,100
show.

3116
01:49:15,180 --> 01:49:16,440
Let me go listen, which is the whole

3117
01:49:16,440 --> 01:49:16,920
point.

3118
01:49:17,540 --> 01:49:19,300
Let me see what else there was.

3119
01:49:20,840 --> 01:49:22,980
A lot of Linux balloons.

3120
01:49:23,220 --> 01:49:24,140
A lot of Linux stuff.

3121
01:49:24,360 --> 01:49:25,320
We're on Linux again.

3122
01:49:25,500 --> 01:49:26,440
Third show, everybody.

3123
01:49:26,600 --> 01:49:27,200
Third show.

3124
01:49:27,840 --> 01:49:29,400
On the People's Operating System.

3125
01:49:30,000 --> 01:49:30,540
I love it.

3126
01:49:31,520 --> 01:49:32,820
You got a guy now who's making a

3127
01:49:32,820 --> 01:49:34,640
whole editing software for me.

3128
01:49:35,280 --> 01:49:35,960
Clip Doctor.

3129
01:49:36,720 --> 01:49:37,480
Clip Doctor.

3130
01:49:38,460 --> 01:49:39,320
It's fantastic.

3131
01:49:39,660 --> 01:49:41,800
I love this open source community, John, you

3132
01:49:41,800 --> 01:49:42,340
should join.

3133
01:49:45,070 --> 01:49:45,550
Yeah.

3134
01:49:46,230 --> 01:49:50,430
It seems so much easier for someone to

3135
01:49:50,430 --> 01:49:52,750
just create a program for you.

3136
01:49:52,850 --> 01:49:53,730
Like, here you go.

3137
01:49:53,830 --> 01:49:55,310
Just run this.

3138
01:49:56,310 --> 01:49:58,050
You know, with Windows, always a pain in

3139
01:49:58,050 --> 01:49:58,510
the butt.

3140
01:49:59,390 --> 01:50:00,770
You know, you got to pay for it.

3141
01:50:01,070 --> 01:50:01,330
Got it.

3142
01:50:01,550 --> 01:50:03,950
Every piece of software these days is subscription.

3143
01:50:05,070 --> 01:50:05,610
Buy it out right.

3144
01:50:06,050 --> 01:50:07,290
The subscription thing is ruining the world.

3145
01:50:07,990 --> 01:50:08,490
It is.

3146
01:50:08,570 --> 01:50:11,930
You either buy the software for $800 or

3147
01:50:11,930 --> 01:50:15,530
you can subscribe for $9 a month.

3148
01:50:16,830 --> 01:50:18,370
And then you wind up with all these

3149
01:50:18,370 --> 01:50:20,250
charges for a piece of software that you

3150
01:50:20,250 --> 01:50:22,070
really only want to use once or twice.

3151
01:50:22,150 --> 01:50:23,810
I mean, I love paying for software.

3152
01:50:24,910 --> 01:50:25,530
Just like.

3153
01:50:25,750 --> 01:50:26,390
You love.

3154
01:50:26,550 --> 01:50:27,010
Wait a minute.

3155
01:50:27,050 --> 01:50:27,830
Let me get this straight.

3156
01:50:27,950 --> 01:50:28,250
I do.

3157
01:50:29,530 --> 01:50:30,770
What am I doing today?

3158
01:50:30,870 --> 01:50:31,310
I don't know.

3159
01:50:31,350 --> 01:50:31,710
Let me go.

3160
01:50:31,910 --> 01:50:35,650
I got to go pay for some software

3161
01:50:35,650 --> 01:50:37,430
because I just love it so much.

3162
01:50:37,510 --> 01:50:39,510
I love paying for software that I actually

3163
01:50:39,510 --> 01:50:39,950
use.

3164
01:50:40,010 --> 01:50:40,890
Let me put it that way.

3165
01:50:40,990 --> 01:50:41,250
Yeah.

3166
01:50:41,390 --> 01:50:42,530
There's nothing wrong with that.

3167
01:50:43,430 --> 01:50:47,750
There's always, there's usually a quality public domain

3168
01:50:47,750 --> 01:50:49,010
for the most part.

3169
01:50:49,270 --> 01:50:49,530
Shareware.

3170
01:50:50,390 --> 01:50:51,210
There's quality.

3171
01:50:51,690 --> 01:50:52,830
I hate to tell you.

3172
01:50:53,270 --> 01:50:53,670
Yeah.

3173
01:50:54,250 --> 01:50:54,770
Shareware.

3174
01:50:54,950 --> 01:50:56,790
That's my generation.

3175
01:50:57,330 --> 01:50:57,850
Shareware.

3176
01:50:58,110 --> 01:50:59,050
I like it.

3177
01:50:59,670 --> 01:51:01,170
It's value for value.

3178
01:51:01,370 --> 01:51:01,950
You like it.

3179
01:51:02,030 --> 01:51:02,670
You use it a lot.

3180
01:51:02,830 --> 01:51:03,770
OK, I'll give him some money.

3181
01:51:03,870 --> 01:51:04,030
All right.

3182
01:51:04,130 --> 01:51:07,290
Have you ever, have you ever given a

3183
01:51:07,290 --> 01:51:08,890
shareware developer money?

3184
01:51:10,290 --> 01:51:12,490
I have given them money in kind.

3185
01:51:14,550 --> 01:51:16,290
You promoted them in tip of the day

3186
01:51:16,290 --> 01:51:17,430
is what you're trying to say.

3187
01:51:17,590 --> 01:51:18,670
Well, I'm in tip of the day when

3188
01:51:18,670 --> 01:51:20,030
in the olden days when I was writing

3189
01:51:20,030 --> 01:51:22,650
for magazines, I would promote them in the

3190
01:51:22,650 --> 01:51:24,670
magazines and they would make and I would

3191
01:51:24,670 --> 01:51:27,730
always check and they'd be good for my,

3192
01:51:27,930 --> 01:51:30,570
my recommendation would be good for a hundred

3193
01:51:30,570 --> 01:51:31,770
grand minimum.

3194
01:51:32,210 --> 01:51:32,750
Oh, wow.

3195
01:51:32,810 --> 01:51:35,070
OK, so if I find a program that

3196
01:51:35,070 --> 01:51:37,910
I use and it becomes part of my

3197
01:51:37,910 --> 01:51:39,130
life, boom, 50 bucks.

3198
01:51:40,250 --> 01:51:41,690
Then I think that's, you know, that's what

3199
01:51:41,690 --> 01:51:42,990
people should do for our show.

3200
01:51:43,550 --> 01:51:45,890
Oh, this show is doing good for me.

3201
01:51:46,110 --> 01:51:47,050
Boom, 50 bucks.

3202
01:51:47,790 --> 01:51:48,490
Yeah, I agree.

3203
01:51:48,710 --> 01:51:49,010
Guess what?

3204
01:51:49,030 --> 01:51:50,150
It's called value for value.

3205
01:51:50,330 --> 01:51:51,630
Yeah, not a lot of people do that.

3206
01:51:52,590 --> 01:51:54,010
And then the other thing is that people

3207
01:51:54,010 --> 01:51:55,910
should note that we don't put a firewall

3208
01:51:55,910 --> 01:51:57,010
up and pull.

3209
01:51:57,370 --> 01:51:58,410
And by the way, if you want to

3210
01:51:58,410 --> 01:52:00,350
hear about this and that, you can go

3211
01:52:00,350 --> 01:52:02,730
to our Patreon special page.

3212
01:52:03,370 --> 01:52:04,990
You know, you can't, nobody else can listen

3213
01:52:04,990 --> 01:52:05,970
to it, but you can.

3214
01:52:06,130 --> 01:52:07,850
You get a private RSS feed.

3215
01:52:07,970 --> 01:52:09,630
Oh, yeah, yeah.

3216
01:52:11,150 --> 01:52:14,030
You know, I find it incredibly insulting.

3217
01:52:14,210 --> 01:52:15,390
I see that on Substack too.

3218
01:52:15,430 --> 01:52:18,270
With my Substack, I don't block it ever

3219
01:52:18,270 --> 01:52:19,490
for people who subscribe.

3220
01:52:20,130 --> 01:52:20,990
No, why would you?

3221
01:52:21,210 --> 01:52:22,250
You want relevance.

3222
01:52:23,370 --> 01:52:25,930
See, what's happened is all these podcasts that

3223
01:52:25,930 --> 01:52:28,670
got really popular and power to them, you

3224
01:52:28,670 --> 01:52:30,010
know, they got really, really popular.

3225
01:52:30,330 --> 01:52:32,550
Then they flip on the paywall.

3226
01:52:33,450 --> 01:52:35,510
I think it's a bad strategy because, yeah,

3227
01:52:35,570 --> 01:52:38,230
OK, so you're making five million dollars a

3228
01:52:38,230 --> 01:52:40,110
year, but you're going to be the first

3229
01:52:40,110 --> 01:52:40,790
thing to go.

3230
01:52:41,930 --> 01:52:42,650
You will.

3231
01:52:42,770 --> 01:52:44,730
You'll be the first thing to go when

3232
01:52:44,730 --> 01:52:46,530
someone is in a tight spot.

3233
01:52:46,910 --> 01:52:48,950
And then how do you get new people?

3234
01:52:49,690 --> 01:52:51,470
How are you relevant to the rest of

3235
01:52:51,470 --> 01:52:51,770
the world?

3236
01:52:51,990 --> 01:52:54,010
Well, we've got the free version.

3237
01:52:54,590 --> 01:52:56,710
All the good stuff is behind the paywall,

3238
01:52:56,870 --> 01:52:58,050
bonus content.

3239
01:52:58,690 --> 01:53:01,150
No, get your plus subscription.

3240
01:53:01,490 --> 01:53:03,230
No, I don't believe in it.

3241
01:53:03,290 --> 01:53:05,450
I'd rather not do it.

3242
01:53:06,030 --> 01:53:07,550
I'd rather not do any show at all.

3243
01:53:09,410 --> 01:53:12,670
And we thank everybody who supports us.

3244
01:53:12,770 --> 01:53:14,610
Fifty dollars and above, not under 50 for

3245
01:53:14,610 --> 01:53:15,670
reasons of anonymity.

3246
01:53:15,750 --> 01:53:17,410
And we do have a lot of people

3247
01:53:17,410 --> 01:53:19,850
who send in four dollars, five dollars and

3248
01:53:19,850 --> 01:53:21,530
all of that is incredibly appreciated.

3249
01:53:21,770 --> 01:53:23,390
If everybody did that.

3250
01:53:24,070 --> 01:53:24,850
Four dollars a week.

3251
01:53:25,030 --> 01:53:26,730
If everyone did that, we wouldn't have to

3252
01:53:26,730 --> 01:53:28,270
be begging for money constantly.

3253
01:53:28,430 --> 01:53:29,590
Well, you're begging for money.

3254
01:53:29,890 --> 01:53:30,290
I mean.

3255
01:53:31,070 --> 01:53:32,710
Yeah, I know you got to pay.

3256
01:53:33,110 --> 01:53:33,950
Yeah, eventually.

3257
01:53:34,190 --> 01:53:35,930
Eventually, it's mostly complaining.

3258
01:53:36,150 --> 01:53:38,030
Eventually, it's just not going to be enough.

3259
01:53:38,050 --> 01:53:39,790
And then we'll go do something else.

3260
01:53:41,270 --> 01:53:42,070
That's how it works.

3261
01:53:42,390 --> 01:53:43,490
That's value for value.

3262
01:53:44,190 --> 01:53:46,450
And so far, it's been good enough.

3263
01:53:48,750 --> 01:53:52,430
We start today with we have executive producers

3264
01:53:52,430 --> 01:53:53,790
and associate executive producers.

3265
01:53:53,890 --> 01:53:54,450
This is another thing.

3266
01:53:54,510 --> 01:53:58,150
You don't get like a Hollywood credit from

3267
01:53:58,150 --> 01:54:00,770
your Patreon or from your Apple subscription.

3268
01:54:01,030 --> 01:54:01,230
No.

3269
01:54:01,950 --> 01:54:03,610
And not only that, but the thing that's

3270
01:54:03,610 --> 01:54:05,450
interesting to me about that is that the

3271
01:54:05,450 --> 01:54:08,590
podcast itself doesn't get its customer list.

3272
01:54:09,810 --> 01:54:11,130
Oh, when you do a subscription?

3273
01:54:12,290 --> 01:54:13,090
With Patreon?

3274
01:54:13,310 --> 01:54:14,850
Patreon doesn't give you the email of everybody

3275
01:54:14,850 --> 01:54:15,810
who gives them money.

3276
01:54:16,010 --> 01:54:16,510
Oh, really?

3277
01:54:17,170 --> 01:54:18,990
Well, as far as I know, I've never

3278
01:54:18,990 --> 01:54:19,910
heard that they do.

3279
01:54:20,490 --> 01:54:22,750
But that's the valuable part of the thing.

3280
01:54:22,850 --> 01:54:24,410
You have to know who your customers are

3281
01:54:24,410 --> 01:54:25,870
so you can communicate with them.

3282
01:54:26,430 --> 01:54:26,750
Right.

3283
01:54:26,850 --> 01:54:28,850
Well, you can communicate with them, but just

3284
01:54:28,850 --> 01:54:29,910
not outside of Patreon.

3285
01:54:30,130 --> 01:54:31,010
It can only be Patreon.

3286
01:54:32,270 --> 01:54:34,110
I'm sure you can send all your patrons

3287
01:54:34,110 --> 01:54:37,810
an email, but you can't take that with

3288
01:54:37,810 --> 01:54:38,090
you.

3289
01:54:38,330 --> 01:54:40,390
You can't say, OK, I'm going to go

3290
01:54:40,390 --> 01:54:41,110
somewhere else.

3291
01:54:41,130 --> 01:54:42,510
I'm going to Substack.

3292
01:54:42,610 --> 01:54:44,150
I'm sure Substack is the same way.

3293
01:54:45,250 --> 01:54:47,470
No, I can take my...

3294
01:54:47,470 --> 01:54:49,070
I'm pretty sure I can download my mailing

3295
01:54:49,070 --> 01:54:49,370
list.

3296
01:54:49,470 --> 01:54:49,790
Really?

3297
01:54:50,450 --> 01:54:50,890
Yeah.

3298
01:54:51,150 --> 01:54:51,370
OK.

3299
01:54:51,770 --> 01:54:54,210
Are you using new email software yet with

3300
01:54:54,210 --> 01:54:54,750
Void Zero?

3301
01:54:55,050 --> 01:54:56,230
Have you tried that yet?

3302
01:54:56,310 --> 01:54:56,690
You guys are on that?

3303
01:54:56,690 --> 01:54:57,110
It's coming.

3304
01:54:57,270 --> 01:54:57,650
It's coming.

3305
01:54:57,810 --> 01:54:59,090
I haven't talked to him for a while,

3306
01:54:59,210 --> 01:55:01,090
and it's one of these things that I'm

3307
01:55:01,090 --> 01:55:03,570
just reluctant to just jump into because it's

3308
01:55:03,570 --> 01:55:04,090
going to be...

3309
01:55:04,090 --> 01:55:04,950
It's a big deal.

3310
01:55:06,750 --> 01:55:09,130
It's like a...

3311
01:55:09,130 --> 01:55:12,350
I have to jump into it, you know?

3312
01:55:12,470 --> 01:55:13,930
I mean, they have to be in the

3313
01:55:13,930 --> 01:55:14,150
mood.

3314
01:55:17,370 --> 01:55:19,470
Did you celebrate Valentine's Day with Mimi?

3315
01:55:20,590 --> 01:55:23,730
Yeah, we laughed at your commentary over the

3316
01:55:23,730 --> 01:55:25,670
last show, and there were roses and stuff.

3317
01:55:27,570 --> 01:55:30,050
Kind of a mockery of a celebration.

3318
01:55:30,630 --> 01:55:32,490
And then I didn't get to send her

3319
01:55:32,490 --> 01:55:35,730
the photo that you produced of your lovely

3320
01:55:35,730 --> 01:55:37,710
wife with the giant arm.

3321
01:55:39,130 --> 01:55:41,690
Dude, that's her actual arm, and she's mad,

3322
01:55:41,790 --> 01:55:42,870
and she's coming for you.

3323
01:55:42,990 --> 01:55:43,910
She's not dead.

3324
01:55:44,230 --> 01:55:44,990
I've seen her.

3325
01:55:45,070 --> 01:55:47,490
She doesn't have an arm that's huge.

3326
01:55:48,250 --> 01:55:49,130
She's been working out.

3327
01:55:49,210 --> 01:55:49,710
Be careful.

3328
01:55:50,430 --> 01:55:52,190
$200 or above gets you a title of

3329
01:55:52,190 --> 01:55:55,410
Associate Executive Producer, which is a real show

3330
01:55:55,410 --> 01:55:56,070
business credit.

3331
01:55:56,170 --> 01:55:57,850
You can use it anywhere, on your LinkedIn,

3332
01:55:58,070 --> 01:56:00,510
any kind of profile, your letterhead, or even

3333
01:56:00,510 --> 01:56:03,870
register at imdb.com and show people how

3334
01:56:03,870 --> 01:56:04,650
legit you are.

3335
01:56:04,710 --> 01:56:06,390
And if anyone questions that, we will vouch

3336
01:56:06,390 --> 01:56:06,810
for you.

3337
01:56:07,310 --> 01:56:08,530
And we'll also read your note.

3338
01:56:08,530 --> 01:56:10,650
$300, and there's some long notes today.

3339
01:56:10,770 --> 01:56:13,310
$300 and above, you get an Executive Producer

3340
01:56:13,310 --> 01:56:15,090
credit, and we will also read your note.

3341
01:56:15,110 --> 01:56:17,350
I got a note from, speaking of Associate

3342
01:56:17,350 --> 01:56:19,650
Executive Producers, I got a note from Dana

3343
01:56:19,650 --> 01:56:20,130
Brunetti.

3344
01:56:20,850 --> 01:56:23,210
He said, hey, give me your phone number.

3345
01:56:23,530 --> 01:56:24,930
I want to talk to you about something

3346
01:56:24,930 --> 01:56:26,590
I just discussed with Dvorak.

3347
01:56:27,290 --> 01:56:28,510
Two things wrong with this.

3348
01:56:28,610 --> 01:56:30,530
One, give me your phone number.

3349
01:56:30,750 --> 01:56:31,570
It's kind of creepy.

3350
01:56:32,150 --> 01:56:34,030
Two, I'm second.

3351
01:56:34,170 --> 01:56:36,390
I just discussed something with Dvorak.

3352
01:56:36,550 --> 01:56:38,010
He has your phone number.

3353
01:56:38,010 --> 01:56:38,910
Of course he has.

3354
01:56:39,150 --> 01:56:40,310
Why didn't you just call me?

3355
01:56:42,270 --> 01:56:43,670
Well, he has your phone number.

3356
01:56:43,850 --> 01:56:44,550
He can just call you.

3357
01:56:44,630 --> 01:56:45,090
He didn't call you?

3358
01:56:45,270 --> 01:56:45,550
No.

3359
01:56:46,430 --> 01:56:47,530
Oh, he said he was going to call

3360
01:56:47,530 --> 01:56:47,750
you.

3361
01:56:48,330 --> 01:56:49,270
Is it a good idea?

3362
01:56:50,150 --> 01:56:51,130
Yeah, it's a great idea.

3363
01:56:51,230 --> 01:56:52,350
He's talking to me about it.

3364
01:56:52,370 --> 01:56:53,610
And then he says, all of a sudden,

3365
01:56:53,630 --> 01:56:54,650
he says, you know, I think Adam would

3366
01:56:54,650 --> 01:56:56,970
be more, he's not as dumb as you

3367
01:56:56,970 --> 01:56:59,110
and probably can help me out here.

3368
01:57:03,450 --> 01:57:08,330
$390 from Commodore, Paul Vreugdenhil from Madison, Wisconsin.

3369
01:57:08,430 --> 01:57:10,550
That is a Dutch name, Vreugdenhil.

3370
01:57:11,790 --> 01:57:13,450
Which was roasted on the hillside.

3371
01:57:13,590 --> 01:57:14,650
It means happy hill.

3372
01:57:14,750 --> 01:57:15,350
Happy hill.

3373
01:57:15,890 --> 01:57:16,730
Happy hill.

3374
01:57:17,030 --> 01:57:17,830
Paul Happy Hill.

3375
01:57:18,110 --> 01:57:21,710
Hey, he says, this donation completes my knighthood.

3376
01:57:21,890 --> 01:57:23,850
Thanks for the entertaining and informative show.

3377
01:57:23,930 --> 01:57:25,010
I would like to be known as Sir

3378
01:57:25,010 --> 01:57:27,490
Paul, Knight of the Driftless Area.

3379
01:57:28,110 --> 01:57:30,390
And he's donated a couple of times and

3380
01:57:30,390 --> 01:57:31,770
including a Commodore ship.

3381
01:57:31,930 --> 01:57:33,430
And this brings him to $1,000.

3382
01:57:33,430 --> 01:57:35,530
You are on the list for your knighting

3383
01:57:35,530 --> 01:57:36,770
today, Commodore Paul.

3384
01:57:36,890 --> 01:57:37,710
Thank you very much.

3385
01:57:38,530 --> 01:57:40,950
Andy Gribble in Little Rock, Arkansas.

3386
01:57:42,390 --> 01:57:42,910
34864.

3387
01:57:43,790 --> 01:57:48,030
ITM gents, Andy Gribble from the Jeff and

3388
01:57:48,030 --> 01:57:48,890
Andy crew.

3389
01:57:49,010 --> 01:57:50,630
Hey everyone, it's Jeff and Andy.

3390
01:57:51,030 --> 01:57:52,590
Says, hey, look at this picture.

3391
01:57:52,730 --> 01:57:56,010
And of course, all hail the Secretary's General.

3392
01:57:56,630 --> 01:57:57,630
Oh, is that him?

3393
01:57:58,310 --> 01:57:58,570
Yeah.

3394
01:57:59,070 --> 01:58:00,330
And what about look at this picture?

3395
01:58:00,330 --> 01:58:02,750
All hail the Secretary General.

3396
01:58:02,750 --> 01:58:03,670
I don't remember.

3397
01:58:03,850 --> 01:58:04,630
Look at this picture.

3398
01:58:04,670 --> 01:58:05,890
I don't think we have that one.

3399
01:58:06,090 --> 01:58:07,290
Look at this picture.

3400
01:58:07,990 --> 01:58:10,570
First up, this 333 plus fees is a

3401
01:58:10,570 --> 01:58:13,110
switcheroo to Jeff Woodward.

3402
01:58:13,210 --> 01:58:14,970
Oh, Jeff Woodward.

3403
01:58:15,150 --> 01:58:16,690
Please put him on the list to get

3404
01:58:16,690 --> 01:58:18,210
him on the executive producer board.

3405
01:58:18,510 --> 01:58:20,950
Of course, he requires a de-douching.

3406
01:58:22,630 --> 01:58:24,330
You've been de-douched.

3407
01:58:24,770 --> 01:58:27,150
We'd like to announce a release of our

3408
01:58:27,150 --> 01:58:27,530
album.

3409
01:58:27,870 --> 01:58:28,530
Just dropped.

3410
01:58:28,970 --> 01:58:30,990
We've worked on for 12 years.

3411
01:58:30,990 --> 01:58:34,410
Available on all the major music streaming services.

3412
01:58:34,590 --> 01:58:37,950
Please check out the the legend of cartwheel

3413
01:58:37,950 --> 01:58:40,650
Carter, the first country rock.

3414
01:58:42,250 --> 01:58:43,530
Lighter Krells.

3415
01:58:43,670 --> 01:58:43,770
What?

3416
01:58:44,830 --> 01:58:45,470
Liederkreis.

3417
01:58:46,890 --> 01:58:49,070
Liederkreis in history, we believe.

3418
01:58:49,790 --> 01:58:51,910
And certainly the first to chronicle the adventure

3419
01:58:51,910 --> 01:58:54,810
of a dirt track race car driver that

3420
01:58:54,810 --> 01:58:56,090
makes it into the big time.

3421
01:58:57,690 --> 01:59:01,630
For Gitmo Nation, we proudly provide a freebie

3422
01:59:01,630 --> 01:59:03,670
link for everyone's review.

3423
01:59:04,070 --> 01:59:14,030
Visit lessmoreandthesame, lessmoreandthesame

3424
01:59:14,030 --> 01:59:17,530
.com slash ITM.

3425
01:59:17,990 --> 01:59:20,390
That's one S for less, two O's for

3426
01:59:20,390 --> 01:59:20,650
more.

3427
01:59:21,570 --> 01:59:24,470
Please consider making a value for value donation

3428
01:59:24,470 --> 01:59:26,690
by making a purchase via one of the

3429
01:59:26,690 --> 01:59:27,110
services.

3430
01:59:27,110 --> 01:59:30,630
We're absolutely convinced we might make as much

3431
01:59:30,630 --> 01:59:33,770
as four bucks and 38 cents with a

3432
01:59:33,770 --> 01:59:34,250
little luck.

3433
01:59:34,710 --> 01:59:37,030
That way we can blow the money on.

3434
01:59:39,050 --> 01:59:42,450
Altoids, OK, and everybody in the band gets

3435
01:59:42,450 --> 01:59:42,990
a couple.

3436
01:59:43,310 --> 01:59:43,990
One more thing.

3437
01:59:44,090 --> 01:59:47,430
Album blurbs accepted, especially from Adam and John.

3438
01:59:47,590 --> 01:59:50,010
But of all, but for all Gitmo Nation,

3439
01:59:50,170 --> 01:59:52,010
Andy Grebel in Little Rock, Arkansas.

3440
01:59:52,130 --> 01:59:53,910
So he's promoting his album.

3441
01:59:54,150 --> 01:59:55,150
Let's see what this thing is.

3442
01:59:55,150 --> 01:59:57,290
This album story is a work of fiction

3443
01:59:57,290 --> 01:59:57,630
name.

3444
01:59:57,730 --> 01:59:58,410
Oh, it's a video.

3445
01:59:58,530 --> 01:59:59,650
He's got a whole video here.

3446
01:59:59,710 --> 02:00:00,130
Let's see.

3447
02:00:05,850 --> 02:00:06,810
All right.

3448
02:00:08,710 --> 02:00:10,130
Thank you very much.

3449
02:00:10,350 --> 02:00:12,150
That won't be switcheroo to Jeff.

3450
02:00:12,230 --> 02:00:14,290
Dan Bilthouse, Pasadena, California.

3451
02:00:14,710 --> 02:00:15,950
333 dot 33.

3452
02:00:16,090 --> 02:00:16,830
I see no note.

3453
02:00:16,910 --> 02:00:18,910
That means he receives a double up karma.

3454
02:00:19,150 --> 02:00:22,510
You've got karma.

3455
02:00:23,650 --> 02:00:25,770
And if you may get the next one,

3456
02:00:25,830 --> 02:00:26,890
I'd appreciate it.

3457
02:00:27,970 --> 02:00:31,850
Sir Foster of the Deepwoods Electrons, Dawson Creek.

3458
02:00:32,050 --> 02:00:34,410
That's in British Columbia in Canada.

3459
02:00:34,590 --> 02:00:36,030
Navy at 333 33.

3460
02:00:36,570 --> 02:00:37,610
I live in Dawson Creek.

3461
02:00:37,870 --> 02:00:40,290
Often do service jobs in Tumbler Ridge as

3462
02:00:40,290 --> 02:00:41,390
a service electrician.

3463
02:00:41,450 --> 02:00:41,750
Aha.

3464
02:00:41,950 --> 02:00:43,050
Boots on the ground.

3465
02:00:43,730 --> 02:00:45,170
This is very interesting.

3466
02:00:45,930 --> 02:00:48,030
A donation and a boots on the ground.

3467
02:00:48,090 --> 02:00:50,010
He says on the last show, your analysis

3468
02:00:50,010 --> 02:00:51,230
was spot on.

3469
02:00:51,230 --> 02:00:54,510
The trans ideology in Canada is rampant.

3470
02:00:54,910 --> 02:00:56,990
My wife and I plan on homeschooling our

3471
02:00:56,990 --> 02:00:58,450
children for this very reason.

3472
02:00:58,630 --> 02:00:59,090
Good.

3473
02:00:59,990 --> 02:01:04,070
So G123 SOGI is a government program promoted

3474
02:01:04,070 --> 02:01:07,330
as, quote, an educational initiative designed to help

3475
02:01:07,330 --> 02:01:10,670
educators in Canada, primarily British Columbia and Alberta,

3476
02:01:11,110 --> 02:01:14,090
create safe, inclusive and welcoming school environments for

3477
02:01:14,090 --> 02:01:17,210
students of all sexual orientations and gender identities.

3478
02:01:17,910 --> 02:01:20,270
My apprentice has told me about a male

3479
02:01:20,270 --> 02:01:22,070
teacher at the local high school that goes

3480
02:01:22,070 --> 02:01:25,190
by a different gender almost every day and

3481
02:01:25,190 --> 02:01:26,870
almost always wears a dress.

3482
02:01:28,090 --> 02:01:28,610
Goodness.

3483
02:01:29,950 --> 02:01:33,510
I was promoted by the British Columbia Liberal

3484
02:01:33,510 --> 02:01:36,730
Party, specifically Mike Barnier, the father of a

3485
02:01:36,730 --> 02:01:39,370
trans person I grew up with, which has

3486
02:01:39,370 --> 02:01:42,850
subsequently folded following their defeat by the B

3487
02:01:42,850 --> 02:01:43,530
.C. NDP.

3488
02:01:44,070 --> 02:01:46,310
They were the only conservative option in B

3489
02:01:46,310 --> 02:01:48,190
.C. to compete with the NDP.

3490
02:01:48,470 --> 02:01:49,110
It's the far left.

3491
02:01:49,830 --> 02:01:52,010
N.E.B.C., a lot of acronyms

3492
02:01:52,010 --> 02:01:55,570
here, is historically the most conservative riding in

3493
02:01:55,570 --> 02:01:58,050
B.C., followed closely by the Caribou and

3494
02:01:58,050 --> 02:01:58,810
Central Interior.

3495
02:01:59,750 --> 02:02:00,650
I don't know if we need to know

3496
02:02:00,650 --> 02:02:03,610
all that, but transgender ideology is a massive

3497
02:02:03,610 --> 02:02:05,890
problem in this province, going so far as

3498
02:02:05,890 --> 02:02:08,950
to deny parental rights to parents in divorce

3499
02:02:08,950 --> 02:02:12,190
scenarios where one parent is an ally, or

3500
02:02:12,190 --> 02:02:15,690
as we say, ally, and the other is

3501
02:02:15,690 --> 02:02:18,190
not, typically in the lower mainland Vancouver area.

3502
02:02:18,190 --> 02:02:20,950
SOGI is a government initiative that has poisoned

3503
02:02:20,950 --> 02:02:22,710
the minds of young people in this province,

3504
02:02:22,890 --> 02:02:24,910
and they're likely going to use this tragedy

3505
02:02:24,910 --> 02:02:27,510
to ramp up the federal government's gun buyback

3506
02:02:27,510 --> 02:02:28,090
program.

3507
02:02:28,290 --> 02:02:31,090
Sure, I've seen information on the local social

3508
02:02:31,090 --> 02:02:33,390
media pages suggesting that the shooter built a

3509
02:02:33,390 --> 02:02:36,350
public mall shoot-em-up simulator on the

3510
02:02:36,350 --> 02:02:39,690
roadblocks, which I have no doubt likely contributed

3511
02:02:39,690 --> 02:02:42,810
to this poor young boy's mental decline alongside

3512
02:02:42,810 --> 02:02:44,310
the lockdown in 2022.

3513
02:02:44,650 --> 02:02:45,310
That's absolutely spot on.

3514
02:02:45,310 --> 02:02:47,070
Yeah, somebody sent me the link to that.

3515
02:02:48,190 --> 02:02:50,450
These little roadblocks shoot-em-up.

3516
02:02:50,930 --> 02:02:52,630
Thank you for your continued analysis and all

3517
02:02:52,630 --> 02:02:54,070
your hard to decon...

3518
02:02:54,070 --> 02:02:57,690
all your hard work, I guess, to deconstruct

3519
02:02:57,690 --> 02:02:59,070
the corrupt media across the world.

3520
02:02:59,230 --> 02:03:01,410
And Adam, thank you for helping guide me

3521
02:03:01,410 --> 02:03:02,190
back to Christ.

3522
02:03:02,410 --> 02:03:03,310
We get to do this.

3523
02:03:03,510 --> 02:03:03,850
Bam!

3524
02:03:04,370 --> 02:03:05,270
Nice little ad there.

3525
02:03:05,350 --> 02:03:05,710
Thank you.

3526
02:03:05,990 --> 02:03:07,090
P.S. Sorry for the long note.

3527
02:03:07,490 --> 02:03:09,570
Warmest regards, Brandon Foster.

3528
02:03:09,890 --> 02:03:12,210
Thank you, Sir Foster of the Deepwood Electrons.

3529
02:03:12,830 --> 02:03:13,710
Boots on the ground.

3530
02:03:14,810 --> 02:03:16,110
That was a good note.

3531
02:03:16,130 --> 02:03:16,470
Good note.

3532
02:03:16,470 --> 02:03:19,250
Eli the Coffee Guy in Bensonville, Illinois, comes

3533
02:03:19,250 --> 02:03:21,410
up in 2-14-26.

3534
02:03:24,230 --> 02:03:28,210
When I met up, which is the Valentine's

3535
02:03:28,210 --> 02:03:29,610
Day donation, we have one.

3536
02:03:29,830 --> 02:03:30,590
Yeah, I got it.

3537
02:03:30,790 --> 02:03:31,990
Did you get a new shipment?

3538
02:03:33,210 --> 02:03:33,930
No, not yet.

3539
02:03:34,010 --> 02:03:35,250
I got a new shipment with a little

3540
02:03:35,250 --> 02:03:35,670
card.

3541
02:03:36,210 --> 02:03:37,450
Happy Valentine's Day.

3542
02:03:37,610 --> 02:03:39,470
Heart from Eli and Jen.

3543
02:03:39,930 --> 02:03:41,230
Thank you, Eli and Jen.

3544
02:03:41,970 --> 02:03:44,490
When I meet up, met up with Darren

3545
02:03:44,490 --> 02:03:47,270
O'Neill, he writes, we both commented on

3546
02:03:47,270 --> 02:03:49,850
how there hasn't been a Chicagoland No Agenda

3547
02:03:49,850 --> 02:03:52,710
meetup recently, and we need to make one

3548
02:03:52,710 --> 02:03:53,210
happen.

3549
02:03:54,470 --> 02:03:56,710
So we're inviting all Knights and Dames and

3550
02:03:56,710 --> 02:03:59,070
the rest of the fine folks out there

3551
02:03:59,070 --> 02:04:00,830
and Gitmo Nation to meet up with us

3552
02:04:00,830 --> 02:04:04,650
at Hailstorm Brewing in Tinley Park, Illinois, on

3553
02:04:04,650 --> 02:04:07,710
March 7th at 1 p.m. for some

3554
02:04:07,710 --> 02:04:11,150
good food, good beer, and good times.

3555
02:04:11,430 --> 02:04:13,750
For those who have never been to a

3556
02:04:13,750 --> 02:04:16,270
meetup, you meet all types of interesting people.

3557
02:04:16,470 --> 02:04:17,990
You can't make it.

3558
02:04:18,090 --> 02:04:19,150
If you can't make it to ours, as

3559
02:04:19,150 --> 02:04:20,730
Adam always says, start one of yourself.

3560
02:04:20,930 --> 02:04:22,370
After all, connection is protection.

3561
02:04:22,510 --> 02:04:25,810
And don't forget to visit gigawattcoffeeroasters.com and

3562
02:04:25,810 --> 02:04:27,970
use the code ITM20 for 20% off

3563
02:04:27,970 --> 02:04:28,410
your orders.

3564
02:04:28,890 --> 02:04:30,710
Thank you for your courage and stay caffeinated.

3565
02:04:30,950 --> 02:04:31,950
Eli the Coffee Guy.

3566
02:04:32,150 --> 02:04:34,650
P.S. Happy Valentine's Day to my smokin'

3567
02:04:34,750 --> 02:04:35,850
hot wife, Jen.

3568
02:04:36,110 --> 02:04:36,970
Aw, lovely.

3569
02:04:38,430 --> 02:04:40,930
Do you know that dry elbows may forespell

3570
02:04:40,930 --> 02:04:44,350
dry skin elsewhere, says La Jolla Salt Corporation

3571
02:04:44,350 --> 02:04:49,310
from La Jolla, California, with $210.60. Use

3572
02:04:49,310 --> 02:04:51,950
a sea salt scrub from lajollasalt.com.

3573
02:04:52,150 --> 02:04:54,010
Where else could your skin be dry?

3574
02:04:54,710 --> 02:04:58,090
The dual-action exfoliating moisturizer delivers a one

3575
02:04:58,090 --> 02:05:00,190
-two remedy to dry skin issues.

3576
02:05:02,230 --> 02:05:06,710
Banish dry elbows and dry skin elsewhere today.

3577
02:05:06,710 --> 02:05:08,130
I think we need to know where the

3578
02:05:08,130 --> 02:05:09,130
elsewhere is.

3579
02:05:09,490 --> 02:05:11,630
Where else is the dry skin?

3580
02:05:12,690 --> 02:05:14,170
That's lajollasalt.com.

3581
02:05:14,310 --> 02:05:16,350
L-A-J-O-L-L-A-Salt

3582
02:05:16,350 --> 02:05:16,870
.com.

3583
02:05:16,930 --> 02:05:18,650
People, please support the show.

3584
02:05:18,850 --> 02:05:19,510
Donate now.

3585
02:05:19,770 --> 02:05:20,730
Exfoliate now.

3586
02:05:20,850 --> 02:05:21,910
Thank you for your courage.

3587
02:05:24,090 --> 02:05:27,370
Now we have, you can pronounce it, Alcheboer.

3588
02:05:27,610 --> 02:05:28,590
Yes, from Urk.

3589
02:05:30,270 --> 02:05:31,110
In Urk.

3590
02:05:31,130 --> 02:05:32,750
Urk, Holland, Netherlands.

3591
02:05:32,930 --> 02:05:34,650
200 bucks, no note here.

3592
02:05:34,810 --> 02:05:36,230
And so we give him a double, or

3593
02:05:36,230 --> 02:05:37,330
him, is it a him or a her

3594
02:05:37,330 --> 02:05:37,590
name?

3595
02:05:37,690 --> 02:05:37,890
Her.

3596
02:05:38,510 --> 02:05:39,030
You've got.

3597
02:05:39,030 --> 02:05:39,390
It's a her name.

3598
02:05:39,940 --> 02:05:40,550
Double up.

3599
02:05:41,070 --> 02:05:42,110
I can't laugh.

3600
02:05:42,930 --> 02:05:43,250
Urk.

3601
02:05:43,930 --> 02:05:46,390
Urk is, Urk is how you pronounce it.

3602
02:05:46,830 --> 02:05:47,120
Urk.

3603
02:05:47,490 --> 02:05:47,930
Urk.

3604
02:05:48,330 --> 02:05:48,910
Urk.

3605
02:05:49,030 --> 02:05:51,050
Urk is a very, very tiny town.

3606
02:05:51,350 --> 02:05:54,650
When I visited Urk, many, many years ago,

3607
02:05:54,690 --> 02:05:55,670
I visited Urk.

3608
02:05:55,670 --> 02:05:57,930
I visited Urk when I was a kid.

3609
02:05:58,210 --> 02:06:00,370
On my way back from Doha, I visited

3610
02:06:00,370 --> 02:06:00,910
Urk.

3611
02:06:01,850 --> 02:06:05,150
And if I recall, you could only get

3612
02:06:05,150 --> 02:06:07,970
around by canal boat, like with a big

3613
02:06:07,970 --> 02:06:10,110
stick to push your boat along the canals.

3614
02:06:10,290 --> 02:06:12,410
They may have modernized it since then, because

3615
02:06:12,410 --> 02:06:15,870
we're talking 45, 50 years ago.

3616
02:06:16,530 --> 02:06:21,330
Very, they're, they're in essence a little, they

3617
02:06:21,330 --> 02:06:26,870
are a very conservative, old school little burg

3618
02:06:26,870 --> 02:06:27,950
in the Netherlands.

3619
02:06:28,250 --> 02:06:28,450
Yeah.

3620
02:06:28,710 --> 02:06:32,450
And I know Jesse, who's running for local

3621
02:06:32,450 --> 02:06:34,790
city council, a young kid, young kid, Jesse,

3622
02:06:34,990 --> 02:06:35,550
Jesse Kramer.

3623
02:06:36,190 --> 02:06:37,530
So maybe that's why.

3624
02:06:38,210 --> 02:06:39,010
Thank you, Altia.

3625
02:06:40,490 --> 02:06:42,230
And Linda Lou Patkin is in Castle Rock,

3626
02:06:42,290 --> 02:06:42,790
Colorado.

3627
02:06:43,930 --> 02:06:45,190
And she wants jobs, Karma.

3628
02:06:45,690 --> 02:06:47,230
And for this reason, she says for a

3629
02:06:47,230 --> 02:06:49,270
competitive edge with a resume that gets results,

3630
02:06:49,390 --> 02:06:51,250
go to ImageMakersInc.com.

3631
02:06:51,670 --> 02:06:55,770
Linda applies executive level positioning to career transitions

3632
02:06:55,770 --> 02:06:57,050
at every stage.

3633
02:06:57,450 --> 02:06:59,790
That's ImageMakersInc with a K, and you should

3634
02:06:59,790 --> 02:07:00,610
work with Linda Lou.

3635
02:07:00,890 --> 02:07:02,790
She is the Duchess of Jobs and writer

3636
02:07:02,790 --> 02:07:03,910
of winning resumes.

3637
02:07:03,910 --> 02:07:05,790
Happy Valentine's Day.

3638
02:07:06,150 --> 02:07:09,370
Jobs, jobs, jobs, and jobs.

3639
02:07:09,530 --> 02:07:11,010
Let's vote for jobs.

3640
02:07:11,850 --> 02:07:13,270
You thought, Karma.

3641
02:07:14,990 --> 02:07:17,770
And that concludes our executive and associate executive

3642
02:07:17,770 --> 02:07:22,470
producers for episode 1843 of the best podcast

3643
02:07:22,470 --> 02:07:23,050
in the universe.

3644
02:07:23,210 --> 02:07:25,170
You're welcome to stay listening here.

3645
02:07:25,250 --> 02:07:26,710
We have a lot still to come on

3646
02:07:26,710 --> 02:07:28,550
the show, including John's tip of the day

3647
02:07:28,550 --> 02:07:30,430
and some end of show mixes.

3648
02:07:31,330 --> 02:07:32,350
We are, what did you say?

3649
02:07:33,330 --> 02:07:35,930
We've hit grok bottom on the show mixes.

3650
02:07:36,110 --> 02:07:38,310
I thought that was a cute little word

3651
02:07:38,310 --> 02:07:39,170
play you used there.

3652
02:07:40,310 --> 02:07:42,110
And we will thank the rest of our

3653
02:07:42,110 --> 02:07:44,130
donors, $50 and above in the second segment.

3654
02:07:44,270 --> 02:07:44,890
We appreciate it.

3655
02:07:44,910 --> 02:07:46,630
You can go to noagendadonations.com.

3656
02:07:46,750 --> 02:07:48,050
We do need your support.

3657
02:07:49,350 --> 02:07:51,090
This is very, I don't think this has

3658
02:07:51,090 --> 02:07:52,410
been this, I haven't seen it this low

3659
02:07:52,410 --> 02:07:56,110
in years, which is partly due to the

3660
02:07:56,110 --> 02:07:59,490
affordability crisis, no doubt, partially because people are

3661
02:07:59,490 --> 02:08:00,410
getting ready for tax.

3662
02:08:00,410 --> 02:08:04,790
Although from what I hear already, the average

3663
02:08:04,790 --> 02:08:08,410
return for people is 10% higher than

3664
02:08:08,410 --> 02:08:09,870
it has been in previous years.

3665
02:08:10,830 --> 02:08:12,630
And that is because of some of the

3666
02:08:12,630 --> 02:08:13,810
tax changes.

3667
02:08:14,370 --> 02:08:15,270
Have you heard about this?

3668
02:08:15,810 --> 02:08:15,990
No.

3669
02:08:16,410 --> 02:08:16,910
Okay.

3670
02:08:17,470 --> 02:08:19,150
Well, you should just say, yeah, that's great.

3671
02:08:19,290 --> 02:08:20,850
And what would you do with that extra

3672
02:08:20,850 --> 02:08:21,770
10%, John?

3673
02:08:21,890 --> 02:08:23,150
Send it to the No Agenda Show.

3674
02:08:23,250 --> 02:08:23,910
There you go.

3675
02:08:24,390 --> 02:08:27,270
No Agenda Show, noagendadonations.com.

3676
02:08:27,550 --> 02:08:29,170
Our formula is this.

3677
02:08:29,890 --> 02:08:32,270
We go out, we hit people in the

3678
02:08:32,270 --> 02:08:32,590
mouth.

3679
02:08:47,770 --> 02:08:49,210
There's a new disease.

3680
02:08:49,490 --> 02:08:50,390
We're all going to die.

3681
02:08:50,930 --> 02:08:52,550
I think I've heard about this.

3682
02:08:52,950 --> 02:08:54,250
The fungus among us.

3683
02:08:54,390 --> 02:08:54,990
In Philly.

3684
02:08:55,250 --> 02:08:57,370
Well, a dangerous fungus is spreading across hospitals

3685
02:08:57,370 --> 02:08:58,910
and nursing homes across the country.

3686
02:08:58,910 --> 02:09:01,150
That's according to federal health officials.

3687
02:09:01,330 --> 02:09:02,810
Well, health reporter Stephanie Song joining us now

3688
02:09:02,810 --> 02:09:04,070
with more on this risk and what this

3689
02:09:04,070 --> 02:09:04,310
is.

3690
02:09:04,490 --> 02:09:05,690
Yeah, it is concerning.

3691
02:09:05,770 --> 02:09:06,350
That's for sure.

3692
02:09:06,730 --> 02:09:09,250
This is now considered a super bug because

3693
02:09:09,250 --> 02:09:12,430
it has become resistant to antifungal medications.

3694
02:09:12,950 --> 02:09:15,090
People who are infected can have red patches

3695
02:09:15,090 --> 02:09:17,230
on their skin and flu-like symptoms.

3696
02:09:17,850 --> 02:09:19,950
A little known fungus is becoming a growing

3697
02:09:19,950 --> 02:09:21,170
public health concern.

3698
02:09:21,670 --> 02:09:24,210
Candida aureus is a drug resistant, hard to

3699
02:09:24,210 --> 02:09:25,890
detect and spreading fast.

3700
02:09:26,250 --> 02:09:28,170
According to the CDC, there were more than

3701
02:09:28,170 --> 02:09:30,810
7,000 reported cases across the United States

3702
02:09:30,810 --> 02:09:33,270
last year, a sharp increase from just a

3703
02:09:33,270 --> 02:09:33,990
few years ago.

3704
02:09:34,210 --> 02:09:36,190
People who don't know they're infected become what's

3705
02:09:36,190 --> 02:09:38,730
called a colonizer when the fungus spreads.

3706
02:09:38,970 --> 02:09:42,170
When you have a colonizer that can colonize

3707
02:09:42,170 --> 02:09:45,890
the skin and can also persist for long

3708
02:09:45,890 --> 02:09:49,470
periods of time on, for example, bed rails,

3709
02:09:49,890 --> 02:09:55,610
on catheters, you have a situation where you

3710
02:09:55,610 --> 02:09:56,750
have extensive transmission.

3711
02:09:56,750 --> 02:09:59,410
Doctors say the deadly infection is spreading mostly

3712
02:09:59,410 --> 02:10:00,930
in hospitals and nursing homes.

3713
02:10:01,330 --> 02:10:03,770
Patients with a severe underlying illness are most

3714
02:10:03,770 --> 02:10:04,250
vulnerable.

3715
02:10:04,610 --> 02:10:07,850
And sometimes we get drug resistant forms where

3716
02:10:07,850 --> 02:10:11,190
there are no known, no more antifungal drugs

3717
02:10:11,190 --> 02:10:12,830
that are available to treat it.

3718
02:10:12,910 --> 02:10:14,810
And that's why it's being called, quote, a

3719
02:10:14,810 --> 02:10:15,310
super bug.

3720
02:10:15,450 --> 02:10:19,610
Researchers say outdated diagnostics often misidentify the infection,

3721
02:10:19,710 --> 02:10:20,730
which delays treatment.

3722
02:10:21,010 --> 02:10:24,150
While researchers are testing new antifungal drugs, experts

3723
02:10:24,150 --> 02:10:27,830
say early detection and strict infection control are

3724
02:10:27,830 --> 02:10:29,650
the best defenses right now.

3725
02:10:30,610 --> 02:10:33,150
Now, doctors say healthy visitors to health care

3726
02:10:33,150 --> 02:10:35,950
facilities generally are not at risk for getting

3727
02:10:35,950 --> 02:10:37,430
or spreading the fungus.

3728
02:10:37,690 --> 02:10:38,970
But it is something that people need to

3729
02:10:38,970 --> 02:10:40,870
be aware of, especially if you have somebody

3730
02:10:40,870 --> 02:10:41,630
who's hospitalized.

3731
02:10:42,110 --> 02:10:43,590
For a lengthy amount of time, too.

3732
02:10:43,790 --> 02:10:43,890
Yeah.

3733
02:10:43,950 --> 02:10:44,170
All right.

3734
02:10:44,290 --> 02:10:44,770
Thank you so much.

3735
02:10:44,770 --> 02:10:45,770
Oh, yeah, good, good.

3736
02:10:45,830 --> 02:10:46,870
Seems like these- You know what this

3737
02:10:46,870 --> 02:10:47,250
means?

3738
02:10:47,730 --> 02:10:48,530
What does it mean?

3739
02:10:49,570 --> 02:10:51,890
That means somehow, somewhere in the next few

3740
02:10:51,890 --> 02:10:54,090
months within the next six months, we're going

3741
02:10:54,090 --> 02:10:57,810
to hear about the unlikely possibility that there

3742
02:10:57,810 --> 02:10:59,810
is a vaccine for fungus.

3743
02:11:00,630 --> 02:11:01,770
Well, hold on.

3744
02:11:02,390 --> 02:11:05,550
We may need a second vaccine for this

3745
02:11:05,550 --> 02:11:06,210
little ditty.

3746
02:11:06,590 --> 02:11:08,750
Minnesota is the epicenter of the nation's largest

3747
02:11:08,750 --> 02:11:11,790
known outbreak of sexually transmitted ringworm.

3748
02:11:11,970 --> 02:11:13,130
This is according to health officials.

3749
02:11:13,490 --> 02:11:14,750
This is called DM7.

3750
02:11:15,190 --> 02:11:17,510
Sexually transmitted ringworm.

3751
02:11:18,490 --> 02:11:20,710
And it's- Isn't ringworm just transmitted just

3752
02:11:20,710 --> 02:11:23,250
without sex or no sex?

3753
02:11:23,390 --> 02:11:24,090
What is the sex?

3754
02:11:24,530 --> 02:11:26,990
Is it a special version of ringworm?

3755
02:11:27,190 --> 02:11:29,170
Yes, it's TM7.

3756
02:11:29,410 --> 02:11:31,710
Minnesota is the epicenter of the nation's largest

3757
02:11:31,710 --> 02:11:34,750
known outbreak of sexually transmitted ringworm.

3758
02:11:34,910 --> 02:11:36,110
This is according to health officials.

3759
02:11:36,430 --> 02:11:37,750
This is called TM7.

3760
02:11:38,270 --> 02:11:41,970
It's a sexually transmitted fungal skin infection.

3761
02:11:42,130 --> 02:11:43,210
It can cause severe ringworm.

3762
02:11:43,670 --> 02:11:45,890
So it's the only known fungal-based sexually

3763
02:11:45,890 --> 02:11:48,670
transmitted disease, according to the Minnesota Department of

3764
02:11:48,670 --> 02:11:48,970
Health.

3765
02:11:48,970 --> 02:11:49,750
Good news, though.

3766
02:11:49,830 --> 02:11:52,850
It is treatable with oral antifungals in the

3767
02:11:52,850 --> 02:11:53,650
Twin Cities area.

3768
02:11:53,810 --> 02:11:55,710
There have been more than 30 confirmed or

3769
02:11:55,710 --> 02:11:56,770
suspected cases.

3770
02:11:57,210 --> 02:11:59,470
So there are other cases scattered in the

3771
02:11:59,470 --> 02:12:00,850
larger U.S. cities as well.

3772
02:12:00,950 --> 02:12:02,710
This is most prevalent among men who have

3773
02:12:02,710 --> 02:12:03,490
sex with men.

3774
02:12:03,630 --> 02:12:04,770
Oh, there's my favorite phrase.

3775
02:12:05,050 --> 02:12:05,310
Men and men.

3776
02:12:05,490 --> 02:12:05,970
Oh, there we go.

3777
02:12:05,970 --> 02:12:07,270
There's my favorite phrase.

3778
02:12:07,690 --> 02:12:09,350
Men used to be gay guys.

3779
02:12:09,490 --> 02:12:11,410
No, now it's men who have sex with

3780
02:12:11,410 --> 02:12:11,810
men.

3781
02:12:14,190 --> 02:12:18,750
So that does actually compound my thesis that

3782
02:12:18,750 --> 02:12:22,310
there's a vaccine on the horizon.

3783
02:12:22,650 --> 02:12:23,990
An antifungal vaccine.

3784
02:12:24,310 --> 02:12:25,770
Which makes no sense.

3785
02:12:25,870 --> 02:12:28,490
A vaccine for fungal, fungus?

3786
02:12:29,230 --> 02:12:31,250
Well, they have vaccines for all kinds of

3787
02:12:31,250 --> 02:12:31,410
stuff.

3788
02:12:31,550 --> 02:12:32,070
You know, the...

3789
02:12:32,070 --> 02:12:33,470
Well, they remember when they tried to push

3790
02:12:33,470 --> 02:12:36,470
vaccines for cigarette smoking, like it was, you

3791
02:12:36,470 --> 02:12:38,090
take a vaccine and you wouldn't smoke anymore.

3792
02:12:38,330 --> 02:12:38,650
2012.

3793
02:12:40,170 --> 02:12:42,770
Vaccine against cocaine addiction, smoking.

3794
02:12:43,250 --> 02:12:44,530
Yeah, these are vaccines.

3795
02:12:45,230 --> 02:12:45,990
Of course not.

3796
02:12:46,550 --> 02:12:48,710
I got a text from the anonymous gay

3797
02:12:48,710 --> 02:12:49,110
accountant.

3798
02:12:50,210 --> 02:12:51,770
You know, he does all the high-end

3799
02:12:51,770 --> 02:12:53,170
Silicon Valley people.

3800
02:12:54,030 --> 02:12:55,570
Yeah, well, I think he's in Palm Springs

3801
02:12:55,570 --> 02:12:56,190
these days.

3802
02:12:56,990 --> 02:12:59,330
Anonymous gay accountant, go figure, Palm Springs.

3803
02:12:59,710 --> 02:13:02,570
He says, I'm in Texas.

3804
02:13:02,750 --> 02:13:03,370
I'm in Austin.

3805
02:13:03,730 --> 02:13:05,130
I would have come to visit.

3806
02:13:05,270 --> 02:13:06,010
I've actually had lunch.

3807
02:13:06,090 --> 02:13:07,450
It was super, super cold, dude.

3808
02:13:07,990 --> 02:13:09,690
I think it was a night, too.

3809
02:13:10,270 --> 02:13:12,010
He said, but I have the flu.

3810
02:13:12,030 --> 02:13:14,030
The flu is going around here.

3811
02:13:14,650 --> 02:13:16,710
And I had some kind of bug a

3812
02:13:16,710 --> 02:13:17,630
couple weeks back.

3813
02:13:18,050 --> 02:13:19,610
But people are out.

3814
02:13:19,850 --> 02:13:21,790
I mean, like, this is the worst I've

3815
02:13:21,790 --> 02:13:22,630
ever had.

3816
02:13:22,870 --> 02:13:27,370
It kind of reminds me of 2019 when

3817
02:13:27,370 --> 02:13:29,390
people were getting really sick.

3818
02:13:29,550 --> 02:13:30,150
No, 2017.

3819
02:13:31,130 --> 02:13:32,610
No, no, 2019.

3820
02:13:32,630 --> 02:13:34,250
No, 2017 is when it was bad.

3821
02:13:34,470 --> 02:13:36,450
That's a flu that killed Jerry Pornel.

3822
02:13:36,450 --> 02:13:39,450
It killed one of my assistants.

3823
02:13:40,390 --> 02:13:42,370
It just killed people left and right.

3824
02:13:42,610 --> 02:13:42,710
Really?

3825
02:13:42,830 --> 02:13:43,550
We went to London.

3826
02:13:43,870 --> 02:13:46,470
Was your assistant's name Chandra Levy?

3827
02:13:49,050 --> 02:13:50,750
Sorry, boomer joke, everybody.

3828
02:13:55,690 --> 02:14:00,290
Well, OK, what I was referring to more

3829
02:14:00,290 --> 02:14:03,470
was people who were really sick in 2019

3830
02:14:04,110 --> 02:14:07,170
and who had the actual first, like, COVID

3831
02:14:07,170 --> 02:14:07,290
flu.

3832
02:14:07,290 --> 02:14:09,570
Oh, you're talking about the 2019 fake.

3833
02:14:09,910 --> 02:14:11,850
Yeah, the early COVID.

3834
02:14:12,010 --> 02:14:14,330
Which became COVID in 2020.

3835
02:14:14,850 --> 02:14:15,130
Right.

3836
02:14:15,270 --> 02:14:16,850
Because people were really sick.

3837
02:14:17,050 --> 02:14:17,490
They were coughing.

3838
02:14:17,490 --> 02:14:19,510
No, there was a seriously deadly flu in

3839
02:14:19,510 --> 02:14:20,190
2017.

3840
02:14:21,250 --> 02:14:23,330
Yeah, that killed Jerry Pornel.

3841
02:14:23,870 --> 02:14:26,750
Did you ever consider getting the flu vaccine

3842
02:14:26,750 --> 02:14:27,730
after Jerry died?

3843
02:14:29,500 --> 02:14:31,200
I caught that flu.

3844
02:14:32,600 --> 02:14:34,540
But I dosed up with...

3845
02:14:34,540 --> 02:14:35,300
Here's why.

3846
02:14:35,680 --> 02:14:37,860
I dosed up with vitamin D3 right away

3847
02:14:37,860 --> 02:14:40,360
and then I went on to immediately Tamiflu.

3848
02:14:40,580 --> 02:14:41,340
Yeah, Tamiflu.

3849
02:14:41,580 --> 02:14:43,840
We had kids here who were five years

3850
02:14:43,840 --> 02:14:46,020
old with 107 degree fever.

3851
02:14:46,700 --> 02:14:47,340
That's too high.

3852
02:14:47,600 --> 02:14:49,160
Yes, I'll say.

3853
02:14:49,940 --> 02:14:54,100
Yeah, Pastor Jimmy's been out all week and

3854
02:14:54,100 --> 02:14:54,660
his wife.

3855
02:14:55,060 --> 02:14:58,320
And I'm like, seriously, just done, out.

3856
02:14:59,840 --> 02:15:02,060
So maybe it is some kind of...

3857
02:15:02,060 --> 02:15:03,500
But yet you don't hear about that.

3858
02:15:03,500 --> 02:15:07,140
That flu that you're describing floated around here

3859
02:15:07,140 --> 02:15:11,540
already about a month ago.

3860
02:15:12,340 --> 02:15:13,760
Oh, well, that would make sense.

3861
02:15:16,540 --> 02:15:19,720
The anonymous gay accountant, he's the typhoid Mary

3862
02:15:19,720 --> 02:15:21,240
of the flu, bringing it to Texas.

3863
02:15:23,020 --> 02:15:24,160
Typhoid Mary, everybody.

3864
02:15:24,160 --> 02:15:25,380
It was about a month ago.

3865
02:15:25,400 --> 02:15:26,200
Everybody caught it.

3866
02:15:26,200 --> 02:15:26,960
I didn't get it.

3867
02:15:27,120 --> 02:15:30,760
But everybody had a small example of it,

3868
02:15:30,780 --> 02:15:32,500
but they all fought it off pretty well.

3869
02:15:32,500 --> 02:15:37,040
Except Jay was out for about five days.

3870
02:15:37,540 --> 02:15:38,320
Yeah, she actually did.

3871
02:15:38,480 --> 02:15:39,300
It affected the show.

3872
02:15:39,460 --> 02:15:39,860
It did.

3873
02:15:40,880 --> 02:15:41,960
Messed everything up.

3874
02:15:42,000 --> 02:15:42,640
Who did it, Brandon?

3875
02:15:44,200 --> 02:15:49,340
No, he did one of the mailings, yeah.

3876
02:15:49,580 --> 02:15:52,320
So I told you about the new 1911

3877
02:15:52,320 --> 02:15:56,240
handgun that I fired, the platypus that jammed.

3878
02:15:56,900 --> 02:15:58,240
Yeah, jammed the first shot.

3879
02:15:58,880 --> 02:16:00,580
Here's what I got from a whole bunch

3880
02:16:00,580 --> 02:16:02,460
of people, including Scott, the Baron of the

3881
02:16:02,460 --> 02:16:02,860
Armory.

3882
02:16:03,580 --> 02:16:06,260
Not calling you weak-wristed or anything.

3883
02:16:07,340 --> 02:16:09,480
But I see this a lot with new

3884
02:16:09,480 --> 02:16:11,440
pistols and female shooters.

3885
02:16:12,020 --> 02:16:14,140
If you aren't holding the pistol as flat

3886
02:16:14,140 --> 02:16:15,800
as you can and let the muzzle flip

3887
02:16:15,800 --> 02:16:17,940
up, some of the energy needed to force

3888
02:16:17,940 --> 02:16:20,180
the slide back against a brand new stiff

3889
02:16:20,180 --> 02:16:21,300
spring can be lost.

3890
02:16:21,700 --> 02:16:23,900
This causes a stovepipe malfunction.

3891
02:16:23,900 --> 02:16:26,060
So the casing will be caught by the

3892
02:16:26,060 --> 02:16:28,420
slide returning faster than expected due to the

3893
02:16:28,420 --> 02:16:29,120
short stroke.

3894
02:16:30,240 --> 02:16:31,700
And a couple of people said this, like,

3895
02:16:31,799 --> 02:16:33,299
you got a weak wrist.

3896
02:16:33,680 --> 02:16:34,959
I don't have a weak wrist.

3897
02:16:36,520 --> 02:16:37,840
Calling me girly.

3898
02:16:38,379 --> 02:16:39,500
I'd never heard of it.

3899
02:16:39,920 --> 02:16:41,120
I'd never heard of this.

3900
02:16:41,920 --> 02:16:42,719
Well, now you have.

3901
02:16:43,340 --> 02:16:44,440
I think I just need to shoot it

3902
02:16:44,440 --> 02:16:44,719
more.

3903
02:16:45,320 --> 02:16:46,959
The spring is too stiff.

3904
02:16:49,320 --> 02:16:50,700
It's a good-looking gun, though.

3905
02:16:50,840 --> 02:16:51,360
Looks good.

3906
02:16:51,760 --> 02:16:52,219
Looks good.

3907
02:16:53,940 --> 02:16:57,379
The laser weapon that shot down the party

3908
02:16:57,379 --> 02:16:57,620
balloons?

3909
02:16:57,620 --> 02:16:58,660
Oh, yes, I want to know about this.

3910
02:16:58,780 --> 02:16:59,379
You know about it.

3911
02:16:59,420 --> 02:17:00,520
It's an actual laser.

3912
02:17:01,200 --> 02:17:03,240
It's a directed energy weapon.

3913
02:17:03,459 --> 02:17:05,680
It's called LOCUST, L-O-C-U-S

3914
02:17:05,680 --> 02:17:06,020
-T.

3915
02:17:06,700 --> 02:17:07,700
And what's the kilowatts?

3916
02:17:09,799 --> 02:17:10,959
20 kilowatts.

3917
02:17:11,680 --> 02:17:12,740
Seems reasonable.

3918
02:17:13,360 --> 02:17:15,780
Yeah, but you always seem very skeptical.

3919
02:17:15,780 --> 02:17:18,459
And I've been talking directed energy weapons for

3920
02:17:18,459 --> 02:17:19,260
years on this show.

3921
02:17:19,260 --> 02:17:22,059
I don't consider a laser a directed energy

3922
02:17:22,059 --> 02:17:22,200
weapon.

3923
02:17:22,200 --> 02:17:23,400
What do you mean?

3924
02:17:23,660 --> 02:17:25,280
You might as well call a gun a

3925
02:17:25,280 --> 02:17:26,600
directed energy weapon.

3926
02:17:27,360 --> 02:17:28,260
It's energy.

3927
02:17:28,420 --> 02:17:30,280
The bullet's going, and it hits something.

3928
02:17:30,920 --> 02:17:37,559
So you're disputing that a laser is energy?

3929
02:17:38,480 --> 02:17:40,320
Well, are you disputing that a bullet is

3930
02:17:40,320 --> 02:17:40,680
energy?

3931
02:17:40,959 --> 02:17:42,340
No, a bullet is a bullet.

3932
02:17:42,620 --> 02:17:44,420
A bullet is a piece of lead that

3933
02:17:44,420 --> 02:17:44,879
flies.

3934
02:17:45,080 --> 02:17:48,559
It's not electrified from one spot to the

3935
02:17:48,559 --> 02:17:48,840
other.

3936
02:17:49,139 --> 02:17:51,400
The light beam's not electrified.

3937
02:17:51,400 --> 02:17:52,480
It's a light beam.

3938
02:17:52,740 --> 02:17:54,559
It's a laser beam.

3939
02:17:54,820 --> 02:17:56,799
To me, a directed energy beam is an

3940
02:17:56,799 --> 02:18:00,080
invisible wave that comes in and blows something

3941
02:18:00,080 --> 02:18:00,400
up.

3942
02:18:00,440 --> 02:18:01,540
Who says that it's visible?

3943
02:18:01,559 --> 02:18:03,500
Not a little spiky little thing, a little

3944
02:18:03,500 --> 02:18:03,940
pointer.

3945
02:18:04,260 --> 02:18:07,260
Who says a 20-kilowatt pointer?

3946
02:18:07,900 --> 02:18:09,420
20-kilowatt pointer.

3947
02:18:13,299 --> 02:18:17,740
Yes, LOCUST. Plans for the forthcoming Trump-class

3948
02:18:17,740 --> 02:18:21,180
battleships involve far more powerful lasers.

3949
02:18:21,400 --> 02:18:22,340
Lasers.

3950
02:18:22,860 --> 02:18:26,040
Anything from 300 to 600 kilowatts.

3951
02:18:26,559 --> 02:18:27,400
Now you're talking.

3952
02:18:27,840 --> 02:18:29,620
You can fry people with that.

3953
02:18:30,040 --> 02:18:32,520
It's like someone fry on the spot.

3954
02:18:33,260 --> 02:18:33,959
Amazing.

3955
02:18:34,580 --> 02:18:35,040
Amazing.

3956
02:18:35,240 --> 02:18:36,760
What a world we live in.

3957
02:18:37,020 --> 02:18:38,520
What a world we live in.

3958
02:18:39,360 --> 02:18:41,440
Um, let's see, quickly.

3959
02:18:42,620 --> 02:18:44,440
Oh, you have something else that happened in

3960
02:18:44,440 --> 02:18:44,820
Munich.

3961
02:18:45,299 --> 02:18:48,139
This is relevant to Iran.

3962
02:18:48,920 --> 02:18:53,139
Now, actually, I should probably play these other

3963
02:18:53,139 --> 02:18:55,440
Iran clips by President Trump.

3964
02:18:55,540 --> 02:18:57,219
Because, you know, there's a lot of saber

3965
02:18:57,219 --> 02:18:57,639
rattling.

3966
02:18:57,860 --> 02:19:01,120
We got ships in the region, an armada

3967
02:19:01,120 --> 02:19:01,840
of ships.

3968
02:19:02,840 --> 02:19:06,860
And here was President Trump being asked directly

3969
02:19:06,860 --> 02:19:07,340
what...

3970
02:19:08,680 --> 02:19:12,420
No, this is about if they don't get

3971
02:19:12,420 --> 02:19:12,900
a deal.

3972
02:19:13,299 --> 02:19:15,200
And did Bibi Netanyahu force you?

3973
02:19:15,200 --> 02:19:18,299
Following your meeting with Prime Minister Netanyahu yesterday,

3974
02:19:18,480 --> 02:19:20,740
has your thinking changed at all as it

3975
02:19:20,740 --> 02:19:23,000
relates to these negotiations with Iran?

3976
02:19:23,020 --> 02:19:24,520
Or the timeline with Iran?

3977
02:19:24,740 --> 02:19:25,559
We have to make a deal.

3978
02:19:25,780 --> 02:19:27,420
Otherwise, it's going to be very traumatic.

3979
02:19:27,660 --> 02:19:28,200
Very traumatic.

3980
02:19:28,559 --> 02:19:29,840
I don't want that to happen.

3981
02:19:29,959 --> 02:19:30,980
But we have to make a deal.

3982
02:19:31,540 --> 02:19:32,920
They should have made a deal the first

3983
02:19:32,920 --> 02:19:33,240
time.

3984
02:19:33,480 --> 02:19:35,260
They got midnight hammer instead.

3985
02:19:35,620 --> 02:19:38,299
And this will be very traumatic for Iran

3986
02:19:38,299 --> 02:19:39,100
if they don't make a deal.

3987
02:19:39,180 --> 02:19:41,260
Look, if they don't make a deal, then

3988
02:19:41,260 --> 02:19:43,139
it'll be a different story.

3989
02:19:43,139 --> 02:19:45,580
But we had a very good meeting yesterday

3990
02:19:45,580 --> 02:19:47,260
with Bibi Netanyahu.

3991
02:19:48,800 --> 02:19:50,100
And he understands.

3992
02:19:50,260 --> 02:19:52,280
But it's ultimately up to me.

3993
02:19:52,540 --> 02:19:55,280
If the deal isn't a very fair deal

3994
02:19:55,280 --> 02:19:56,780
and a very good deal with Iran, then

3995
02:19:56,780 --> 02:19:59,320
it's going to be, I think, a very

3996
02:19:59,320 --> 02:20:01,360
difficult time for them in the back.

3997
02:20:03,800 --> 02:20:06,780
I guess over the next month, something like

3998
02:20:06,780 --> 02:20:07,000
that.

3999
02:20:07,060 --> 02:20:08,040
Yeah, it shouldn't take...

4000
02:20:08,040 --> 02:20:09,240
I mean, it should happen quickly.

4001
02:20:09,380 --> 02:20:10,720
They should agree very quickly.

4002
02:20:10,880 --> 02:20:10,980
Yeah.

4003
02:20:10,980 --> 02:20:13,200
Why does Prime Minister Netanyahu want you to

4004
02:20:13,200 --> 02:20:14,660
stop negotiating with Iran?

4005
02:20:16,740 --> 02:20:17,500
He is...

4006
02:20:17,500 --> 02:20:20,740
You're saying stop entertaining, stop talking to them.

4007
02:20:21,280 --> 02:20:22,100
Didn't say that.

4008
02:20:22,160 --> 02:20:23,120
We didn't discuss that.

4009
02:20:23,200 --> 02:20:25,040
I'll talk to them as long as I

4010
02:20:25,040 --> 02:20:25,300
like.

4011
02:20:26,140 --> 02:20:27,320
And we'll see if we can deal with

4012
02:20:27,320 --> 02:20:27,480
them.

4013
02:20:27,580 --> 02:20:29,040
And if we can't, we'll have to go

4014
02:20:29,040 --> 02:20:29,640
to phase two.

4015
02:20:29,780 --> 02:20:32,360
Phase two will be very tough for them.

4016
02:20:32,460 --> 02:20:33,440
I'm not looking for that.

4017
02:20:33,620 --> 02:20:33,980
What?

4018
02:20:34,100 --> 02:20:35,820
He's not listening to his Jewish handler?

4019
02:20:36,540 --> 02:20:42,160
So I think what's in the works is

4020
02:20:42,160 --> 02:20:43,320
what they did to Maduro.

4021
02:20:44,800 --> 02:20:48,560
Well, interesting you say that because there was

4022
02:20:48,560 --> 02:20:51,980
a protest in Munich during the Munich Security

4023
02:20:51,980 --> 02:20:57,420
Conference, which was clearly organized, well-organized.

4024
02:20:58,800 --> 02:21:03,540
Perfect English speakers there to address any media.

4025
02:21:05,340 --> 02:21:07,960
Supposedly 250,000 people.

4026
02:21:09,220 --> 02:21:11,340
And there's our prince.

4027
02:21:11,740 --> 02:21:14,420
It was a major demonstration against Iran's current

4028
02:21:14,420 --> 02:21:14,800
leaders.

4029
02:21:15,340 --> 02:21:18,600
Around 250,000 people rallied in Munich as

4030
02:21:18,600 --> 02:21:20,420
world leaders gathered in the city for the

4031
02:21:20,420 --> 02:21:21,660
Munich Security Conference.

4032
02:21:22,080 --> 02:21:24,440
The demonstrators are angry at the deadly repression

4033
02:21:24,440 --> 02:21:26,580
of protests in Iran in January, in which

4034
02:21:26,580 --> 02:21:28,500
thousands of people were reported killed.

4035
02:21:28,980 --> 02:21:31,340
Many of those demonstrating are supporters of Reza

4036
02:21:31,340 --> 02:21:33,640
Pahlavi, son of the former Shah of Iran,

4037
02:21:33,760 --> 02:21:35,500
who was deposed in 1979.

4038
02:21:35,880 --> 02:21:38,180
We're here today to support the people in

4039
02:21:38,180 --> 02:21:41,060
Iran that were murdered by the Mullah regime.

4040
02:21:41,580 --> 02:21:43,600
And we are here to support Reza Pahlavi

4041
02:21:43,600 --> 02:21:45,880
as our leader through the transition.

4042
02:21:46,240 --> 02:21:48,300
We are here to ask the world to

4043
02:21:48,300 --> 02:21:51,140
support the leader of Iranians in the transition

4044
02:21:51,140 --> 02:21:54,500
phase, to have the transitional government and then

4045
02:21:54,500 --> 02:21:55,220
to have a referendum.

4046
02:21:55,460 --> 02:21:57,580
And also we need intervention from the foreign

4047
02:21:57,580 --> 02:21:58,260
powers.

4048
02:21:58,600 --> 02:22:01,120
Reza Pahlavi is exiled in the United States.

4049
02:22:01,120 --> 02:22:03,480
He hasn't returned to Iran since before the

4050
02:22:03,480 --> 02:22:05,160
1979 Islamic revolution.

4051
02:22:05,540 --> 02:22:07,960
He was in Munich and told demonstrators he

4052
02:22:07,960 --> 02:22:09,980
would work to secure a transition to a

4053
02:22:09,980 --> 02:22:11,420
secular democratic future.

4054
02:22:11,820 --> 02:22:13,620
Prior to that, he spoke on the sidelines

4055
02:22:13,620 --> 02:22:16,120
of the Munich Security Conference, making a direct

4056
02:22:16,120 --> 02:22:18,140
call to the U.S. President Donald Trump.

4057
02:22:18,400 --> 02:22:21,260
You've deployed a massive armada and have signaled

4058
02:22:21,260 --> 02:22:24,640
unmistakably that brutality's time is ending.

4059
02:22:25,200 --> 02:22:27,680
The Iranian people heard you say help is

4060
02:22:27,680 --> 02:22:29,580
on the way, and they have faith in

4061
02:22:29,580 --> 02:22:29,780
you.

4062
02:22:29,780 --> 02:22:30,660
Help them.

4063
02:22:31,020 --> 02:22:33,800
And history will record you alongside not just

4064
02:22:33,800 --> 02:22:37,140
the Iranian nations, but the world's greatest heroes.

4065
02:22:38,020 --> 02:22:39,160
This stinks.

4066
02:22:40,160 --> 02:22:40,680
And I don't...

4067
02:22:40,680 --> 02:22:41,160
It does stink.

4068
02:22:41,260 --> 02:22:42,760
And you know, the thing that's annoying and

4069
02:22:42,760 --> 02:22:45,100
that is always overlooked is that Iran was

4070
02:22:45,100 --> 02:22:50,500
a democracy before the first Shah was installed

4071
02:22:50,500 --> 02:22:54,640
by us on behalf of British Petroleum to

4072
02:22:54,640 --> 02:22:55,660
get the oil.

4073
02:22:56,620 --> 02:22:59,180
And they would put this joker in place.

4074
02:22:59,180 --> 02:23:00,720
And now they want to go back to

4075
02:23:00,720 --> 02:23:02,880
that joker when the whole thing was a

4076
02:23:02,880 --> 02:23:03,960
sham to begin with.

4077
02:23:04,160 --> 02:23:05,120
Well, but who is they?

4078
02:23:05,240 --> 02:23:06,760
In this case, I don't think it's us.

4079
02:23:06,880 --> 02:23:08,560
To me, that sounds like the Europeans.

4080
02:23:09,580 --> 02:23:10,720
Yeah, maybe.

4081
02:23:10,940 --> 02:23:11,480
It could be.

4082
02:23:12,460 --> 02:23:12,860
I don't know.

4083
02:23:13,040 --> 02:23:13,820
You're probably right.

4084
02:23:13,860 --> 02:23:14,980
We don't have too much to do with

4085
02:23:14,980 --> 02:23:15,080
it.

4086
02:23:15,080 --> 02:23:17,160
But I think we're going to definitely do

4087
02:23:17,160 --> 02:23:17,560
something.

4088
02:23:18,000 --> 02:23:18,840
Well, who are we going to rouse?

4089
02:23:19,040 --> 02:23:20,100
Are we going to rouse the Shah?

4090
02:23:20,860 --> 02:23:21,900
No, they're going to...

4091
02:23:21,900 --> 02:23:23,080
No, the Shah.

4092
02:23:23,220 --> 02:23:24,460
The Shah's the guy they want to put

4093
02:23:24,460 --> 02:23:24,900
in there.

4094
02:23:24,980 --> 02:23:25,580
No, I mean the...

4095
02:23:26,740 --> 02:23:27,300
Who's the guy?

4096
02:23:27,300 --> 02:23:27,520
The mullah.

4097
02:23:27,720 --> 02:23:28,820
The head guy, the honcho.

4098
02:23:28,820 --> 02:23:29,800
The Ayatollah.

4099
02:23:30,920 --> 02:23:31,740
That's what I mean.

4100
02:23:31,880 --> 02:23:35,360
Yeah, they're going to shoot him or they're

4101
02:23:35,360 --> 02:23:36,800
going to capture him.

4102
02:23:37,600 --> 02:23:39,540
And plus some other top guys.

4103
02:23:39,540 --> 02:23:40,940
They've already killed a bunch of generals.

4104
02:23:41,140 --> 02:23:42,540
I think they're going to do something like

4105
02:23:42,540 --> 02:23:42,800
that.

4106
02:23:42,880 --> 02:23:44,480
It's going to be chopping the head off.

4107
02:23:44,580 --> 02:23:48,360
Well, it seems like the same setup.

4108
02:23:48,700 --> 02:23:49,900
You know, put a whole bunch of ships

4109
02:23:49,900 --> 02:23:50,480
out there.

4110
02:23:50,540 --> 02:23:51,680
We're listening in.

4111
02:23:51,800 --> 02:23:53,100
We're seeing what's going on.

4112
02:23:53,520 --> 02:23:56,100
And then we go in with our special

4113
02:23:56,100 --> 02:23:57,740
weapons that make you vomit blood.

4114
02:23:57,740 --> 02:23:59,220
Make you bleed out of your eyeballs.

4115
02:24:00,620 --> 02:24:03,100
Yeah, well, that's interesting.

4116
02:24:03,680 --> 02:24:07,900
And then, well, with that, there's another thing

4117
02:24:07,900 --> 02:24:09,400
that we need to look at and that's

4118
02:24:09,400 --> 02:24:09,980
Cuba.

4119
02:24:10,400 --> 02:24:12,980
The United Nations says it is deeply alarmed

4120
02:24:12,980 --> 02:24:15,540
by the worsening crisis in Cuba as the

4121
02:24:15,540 --> 02:24:19,540
Caribbean island struggles under a US oil blockade.

4122
02:24:19,780 --> 02:24:22,100
Cuba is running out of fuel and the

4123
02:24:22,100 --> 02:24:25,120
shortage has forced several airlines to cancel flights.

4124
02:24:25,120 --> 02:24:29,260
Tourism is Havana's main source of foreign currency.

4125
02:24:30,980 --> 02:24:33,140
Rushing to find ways out of Cuba.

4126
02:24:33,980 --> 02:24:36,660
Many here are afraid of getting stuck on

4127
02:24:36,660 --> 02:24:39,160
the island as the US keeps doing its

4128
02:24:39,160 --> 02:24:41,980
best to cut off the country's oil supply.

4129
02:24:43,160 --> 02:24:45,140
I think it's very sad and the Cuban

4130
02:24:45,140 --> 02:24:46,320
people don't deserve this.

4131
02:24:46,800 --> 02:24:48,140
But they need the tourism.

4132
02:24:48,360 --> 02:24:49,840
It's what the people rely on.

4133
02:24:50,320 --> 02:24:52,920
And I think everything that Donald Trump's doing

4134
02:24:52,920 --> 02:24:53,440
is no good.

4135
02:24:55,540 --> 02:24:58,400
Massive power outages have become routine.

4136
02:25:00,040 --> 02:25:03,520
Bus and train services have been cut and

4137
02:25:03,520 --> 02:25:06,320
schools and universities have had to reduce their

4138
02:25:06,320 --> 02:25:08,200
teaching schedules to save fuel.

4139
02:25:09,300 --> 02:25:12,500
Hotels and resorts across the island are being

4140
02:25:12,500 --> 02:25:16,380
temporarily closed due to low occupancy and fuel

4141
02:25:16,380 --> 02:25:17,080
rationing.

4142
02:25:17,800 --> 02:25:21,100
As the chaos grows, some are reinventing their

4143
02:25:21,100 --> 02:25:23,740
professional lives to survive the uncertainty.

4144
02:25:25,460 --> 02:25:27,060
Everyone's riding tricycles now.

4145
02:25:27,200 --> 02:25:29,160
The car business is falling apart but people

4146
02:25:29,160 --> 02:25:30,500
still need to get home.

4147
02:25:30,660 --> 02:25:32,020
At night it's even worse.

4148
02:25:32,160 --> 02:25:33,240
All you see is this.

4149
02:25:33,480 --> 02:25:33,960
Tricycles.

4150
02:25:34,160 --> 02:25:34,680
Nothing else.

4151
02:25:35,200 --> 02:25:38,000
The standoff between the two countries is raising

4152
02:25:38,000 --> 02:25:41,080
fears over a full-blown humanitarian crisis.

4153
02:25:41,400 --> 02:25:42,460
And what are they going to do there?

4154
02:25:42,600 --> 02:25:43,900
Rouse some dude as well?

4155
02:25:46,610 --> 02:25:48,650
Well, I said in the last show and

4156
02:25:48,650 --> 02:25:50,950
we played a similar clip that this has

4157
02:25:50,950 --> 02:25:52,170
got to either have something to do with

4158
02:25:52,170 --> 02:25:54,530
China or there's something amiss.

4159
02:25:54,650 --> 02:25:56,250
This doesn't even make any sense.

4160
02:25:56,250 --> 02:25:56,850
No.

4161
02:25:57,310 --> 02:25:59,530
So something else is going on that we

4162
02:25:59,530 --> 02:26:00,230
don't know about.

4163
02:26:00,750 --> 02:26:03,410
Otherwise, you know, where's Rubio telling, explaining it

4164
02:26:03,410 --> 02:26:03,830
to us?

4165
02:26:04,310 --> 02:26:06,810
The fact that he's not, as we say

4166
02:26:06,810 --> 02:26:09,370
in the old country, Sprechbuchdele.

4167
02:26:11,450 --> 02:26:12,050
Sprechbuchdele?

4168
02:26:12,370 --> 02:26:14,250
Speaks volumes of books.

4169
02:26:15,930 --> 02:26:16,530
Buchdele.

4170
02:26:18,290 --> 02:26:19,350
Volumes of books.

4171
02:26:19,450 --> 02:26:20,530
Volumes of books.

4172
02:26:20,970 --> 02:26:22,530
Book volumes to be precise.

4173
02:26:23,010 --> 02:26:23,350
Yes.

4174
02:26:23,770 --> 02:26:25,830
All right, so you have some other stuff

4175
02:26:25,830 --> 02:26:27,990
here I mean, what is this milk story?

4176
02:26:28,130 --> 02:26:28,830
Is this any good?

4177
02:26:29,130 --> 02:26:30,190
Six clips about milk?

4178
02:26:30,870 --> 02:26:31,730
It's a long presentation.

4179
02:26:32,150 --> 02:26:35,130
It's actually really, to me, I find it

4180
02:26:35,130 --> 02:26:35,570
very good.

4181
02:26:35,650 --> 02:26:37,750
It's about the propaganda that we've been sold

4182
02:26:37,750 --> 02:26:38,910
a bill of goods about milk.

4183
02:26:39,150 --> 02:26:42,590
But it's also part of the NPR slam

4184
02:26:42,590 --> 02:26:45,670
against RFK Jr. Because he wants everyone to

4185
02:26:45,670 --> 02:26:46,450
drink whole milk.

4186
02:26:46,530 --> 02:26:47,950
And oh my God, this is terrible.

4187
02:26:48,790 --> 02:26:50,730
This is a 10-minute presentation.

4188
02:26:51,190 --> 02:26:52,950
Yeah, that's why it doesn't go now.

4189
02:26:53,090 --> 02:26:53,750
You can't, it's too late.

4190
02:26:53,910 --> 02:26:54,630
It's too late, okay.

4191
02:26:54,630 --> 02:26:56,090
I'm not going to push the milk story

4192
02:26:56,090 --> 02:26:56,490
this time.

4193
02:26:56,570 --> 02:26:58,070
But it's a great little bit.

4194
02:26:58,470 --> 02:26:58,590
Okay.

4195
02:26:58,690 --> 02:26:59,750
I do have a short one.

4196
02:26:59,810 --> 02:27:01,930
The cat poop story of the Valentine's Day.

4197
02:27:02,070 --> 02:27:03,190
Cat poop is always good.

4198
02:27:03,330 --> 02:27:04,370
What's up with the cat poop?

4199
02:27:04,630 --> 02:27:07,950
Well, this is the most juvenile story I've

4200
02:27:07,950 --> 02:27:08,670
ever heard.

4201
02:27:09,210 --> 02:27:10,730
But it's classic NPR.

4202
02:27:11,310 --> 02:27:12,990
They're having Valentine's.

4203
02:27:13,410 --> 02:27:15,530
Oh, play the clip and they'll explain it.

4204
02:27:16,530 --> 02:27:20,590
For the jilted and the jaded, Valentine's Day

4205
02:27:20,590 --> 02:27:21,690
can be crappy.

4206
02:27:21,690 --> 02:27:25,290
At the Rhode Island SPCA, they understand that.

4207
02:27:25,690 --> 02:27:28,330
Stephanie Van Patten has even built a fundraiser

4208
02:27:28,330 --> 02:27:29,450
around the idea.

4209
02:27:29,730 --> 02:27:31,070
It's called Love Stinks.

4210
02:27:31,510 --> 02:27:35,170
It's our annual Valentine's Day fundraiser.

4211
02:27:35,850 --> 02:27:38,610
And we use our cats to provide retribution

4212
02:27:39,210 --> 02:27:42,650
for any ex-lover or thing you don't

4213
02:27:42,650 --> 02:27:44,430
like and you want to get back at.

4214
02:27:45,130 --> 02:27:45,730
Retribution.

4215
02:27:46,270 --> 02:27:47,650
Yep, you heard that right.

4216
02:27:47,650 --> 02:27:52,250
So we are writing names for $10 for

4217
02:27:52,250 --> 02:27:54,290
one and then two for 14.

4218
02:27:54,630 --> 02:27:56,010
People submit them.

4219
02:27:56,330 --> 02:27:59,510
That's Chloe Pothier who runs the SPCA's social

4220
02:27:59,510 --> 02:28:00,550
media accounts.

4221
02:28:01,210 --> 02:28:04,330
She's seated at a large conference table littered

4222
02:28:04,330 --> 02:28:06,250
with pink paper hearts.

4223
02:28:06,790 --> 02:28:09,650
And she's busy with a sharpie inscribing each

4224
02:28:09,650 --> 02:28:10,690
heart with a name.

4225
02:28:11,030 --> 02:28:12,590
It's not just names.

4226
02:28:12,590 --> 02:28:17,450
It's cancer, political stuff, your boss, traffic, stuff

4227
02:28:17,450 --> 02:28:17,990
like that.

4228
02:28:18,110 --> 02:28:20,250
So it's not just, you know, ex-names.

4229
02:28:23,070 --> 02:28:26,570
The SPCA knows a thing or two about

4230
02:28:26,570 --> 02:28:27,030
love.

4231
02:28:27,570 --> 02:28:32,150
They're expert matchmakers connecting new soulmates by adoption.

4232
02:28:33,030 --> 02:28:35,810
Love Stinks is all about where those pink

4233
02:28:35,810 --> 02:28:37,490
hearts with names end up.

4234
02:28:37,930 --> 02:28:40,090
Chloe Pothier takes them down to the room

4235
02:28:40,090 --> 02:28:41,690
where the shelter cats stay.

4236
02:28:43,450 --> 02:28:46,490
The names go right where the kitty cats

4237
02:28:46,490 --> 02:28:48,230
go in the litter box.

4238
02:28:48,490 --> 02:28:50,210
You're going to have to explain this to

4239
02:28:50,210 --> 02:28:50,430
me.

4240
02:28:50,490 --> 02:28:53,550
This, I did not understand anything that's going

4241
02:28:53,550 --> 02:28:55,850
on here and they lost me at retribution.

4242
02:28:56,530 --> 02:28:58,270
Good work NPR.

4243
02:28:58,670 --> 02:28:58,990
Yeah.

4244
02:28:59,590 --> 02:29:01,730
Okay, so they have a yearly, this happens

4245
02:29:01,730 --> 02:29:05,710
every year at the Rhode Island ASPCA, I

4246
02:29:05,710 --> 02:29:06,050
guess.

4247
02:29:06,490 --> 02:29:09,610
And it's like you give them $10 donation

4248
02:29:09,610 --> 02:29:11,950
and they put, and you put your bitch

4249
02:29:11,950 --> 02:29:12,490
and moan.

4250
02:29:12,810 --> 02:29:14,550
Somebody you hate, you write, they write on

4251
02:29:14,550 --> 02:29:16,850
a Valentine's little heart and then they throw

4252
02:29:16,850 --> 02:29:18,490
all these hearts that they've written the names

4253
02:29:18,490 --> 02:29:20,870
on into the cat litter box and the

4254
02:29:20,870 --> 02:29:23,650
cats piss on it and poop on it.

4255
02:29:23,990 --> 02:29:25,750
And it's like a big, you know, great,

4256
02:29:25,810 --> 02:29:28,370
it's great humor because we put the names

4257
02:29:28,370 --> 02:29:30,090
of the people we hate into the cat

4258
02:29:30,090 --> 02:29:32,510
litter box and it's very similar to like

4259
02:29:32,510 --> 02:29:35,410
sticking the little notes into the wailing wall.

4260
02:29:35,550 --> 02:29:36,990
You know, you just some sort of symbolic

4261
02:29:36,990 --> 02:29:37,590
bullcrap.

4262
02:29:37,750 --> 02:29:38,970
It's the American version.

4263
02:29:40,410 --> 02:29:42,050
The wailing wall.

4264
02:29:42,710 --> 02:29:44,970
So you put the little, the names of

4265
02:29:44,970 --> 02:29:48,550
the poop, of the people you hate and

4266
02:29:48,550 --> 02:29:50,630
they get pooped on for you to poop

4267
02:29:50,630 --> 02:29:50,930
on.

4268
02:29:51,310 --> 02:29:53,510
And so this is the second part of

4269
02:29:53,510 --> 02:29:54,710
the stupid story.

4270
02:29:55,110 --> 02:29:58,670
Sometimes Valentine's day is not always the happiest

4271
02:29:58,670 --> 02:30:00,290
time of the year for some people.

4272
02:30:00,410 --> 02:30:00,510
For you.

4273
02:30:00,510 --> 02:30:03,150
So actually this brings them some joy.

4274
02:30:04,010 --> 02:30:07,430
Remember how Stephanie Van Patten talked about retribution

4275
02:30:07,430 --> 02:30:09,570
spelled with a P-U?

4276
02:30:09,570 --> 02:30:11,790
Courtesy of the shelter cats.

4277
02:30:12,170 --> 02:30:14,150
It's a fun way for someone to get

4278
02:30:14,150 --> 02:30:17,970
catharsis, getting something off their chest and, you

4279
02:30:17,970 --> 02:30:19,750
know, putting it to bed, so to speak,

4280
02:30:19,870 --> 02:30:20,630
for a good cause.

4281
02:30:21,030 --> 02:30:22,090
How successful has this been?

4282
02:30:22,510 --> 02:30:23,950
Oh, so far it's been pretty good.

4283
02:30:24,250 --> 02:30:27,150
We have 27 out of 50 states.

4284
02:30:27,630 --> 02:30:29,610
We have submissions from D.C. and we

4285
02:30:29,610 --> 02:30:31,410
even have a donation from Portugal.

4286
02:30:31,850 --> 02:30:34,610
She says when the SPCA first tried this

4287
02:30:34,610 --> 02:30:37,790
fundraiser two years ago during the 2024 election,

4288
02:30:37,790 --> 02:30:40,310
the political names people sent to the litter

4289
02:30:40,310 --> 02:30:41,890
box were bipartisan.

4290
02:30:42,530 --> 02:30:44,150
This year, not so much.

4291
02:30:44,710 --> 02:30:47,390
The vast majority of the political names this

4292
02:30:47,390 --> 02:30:49,670
year come from the Trump administration.

4293
02:30:50,110 --> 02:30:51,930
But you won't see those names on the

4294
02:30:51,930 --> 02:30:53,750
SPCA's Facebook page.

4295
02:30:54,010 --> 02:30:56,530
We do not share that on our social

4296
02:30:56,530 --> 02:30:56,830
media.

4297
02:30:57,170 --> 02:30:58,850
I think we just want to keep our

4298
02:30:58,850 --> 02:31:00,070
non-profit status.

4299
02:31:00,550 --> 02:31:03,910
They wouldn't want a little lighthearted retribution to

4300
02:31:03,910 --> 02:31:06,510
provoke retribution.

4301
02:31:07,300 --> 02:31:09,890
For NPR News, I'm David Wright.

4302
02:31:10,370 --> 02:31:10,870
OK.

4303
02:31:11,390 --> 02:31:13,310
Do you think you can top that with

4304
02:31:13,310 --> 02:31:15,870
your bigot girl before we take a break?

4305
02:31:16,070 --> 02:31:18,230
Or was this literally the summit?

4306
02:31:18,230 --> 02:31:20,570
I think the bigot girl could probably top

4307
02:31:20,570 --> 02:31:20,670
it.

4308
02:31:20,730 --> 02:31:22,590
This is a bigot girl.

4309
02:31:23,270 --> 02:31:24,690
What is a bigot?

4310
02:31:24,770 --> 02:31:25,670
Give us your definition.

4311
02:31:26,070 --> 02:31:29,650
A bigot is someone who takes a stand

4312
02:31:29,650 --> 02:31:34,490
against a person, a thing, an idea in

4313
02:31:34,490 --> 02:31:36,930
such a way that they refuse to have

4314
02:31:36,930 --> 02:31:37,910
any other perspective.

4315
02:31:38,550 --> 02:31:40,230
And it's a form of hate.

4316
02:31:40,970 --> 02:31:43,450
And it's always associated with racism.

4317
02:31:43,730 --> 02:31:45,970
But bigotry, as we've shown on this show,

4318
02:31:46,030 --> 02:31:47,050
because I called you a bigot.

4319
02:31:47,330 --> 02:31:48,490
There it is.

4320
02:31:48,830 --> 02:31:50,870
But it was about some specific thing that

4321
02:31:50,870 --> 02:31:52,510
you wrote your bigoted about.

4322
02:31:52,630 --> 02:31:55,390
Well, Horowitz, for example, don't even remember.

4323
02:31:56,410 --> 02:31:57,030
I can't remember.

4324
02:31:57,210 --> 02:32:00,050
It'll come up again because you're consistent.

4325
02:32:00,690 --> 02:32:03,310
But Horowitz is, for example, bigoted against people

4326
02:32:03,310 --> 02:32:05,350
who walk around airports with bare feet.

4327
02:32:05,670 --> 02:32:07,170
He makes a big fuss about it on

4328
02:32:07,170 --> 02:32:07,530
the show.

4329
02:32:08,690 --> 02:32:11,770
And so everyone's got certain bigotries.

4330
02:32:11,890 --> 02:32:14,470
But this bigot girl is the worst.

4331
02:32:14,830 --> 02:32:15,290
Hi, friends.

4332
02:32:15,430 --> 02:32:16,870
If you didn't know, I am getting married

4333
02:32:16,870 --> 02:32:17,390
in June.

4334
02:32:17,730 --> 02:32:20,430
And I've been doing some wedding planning.

4335
02:32:20,590 --> 02:32:22,110
I just sent out a big group message

4336
02:32:22,110 --> 02:32:25,050
to our bridal party of all of the

4337
02:32:25,050 --> 02:32:26,170
things that they need to know.

4338
02:32:26,270 --> 02:32:29,050
But I included in it our big disclaimer

4339
02:32:29,050 --> 02:32:30,570
at the end, which is also going to

4340
02:32:30,570 --> 02:32:32,530
be going on our website for our guests.

4341
02:32:32,530 --> 02:32:34,410
And so I wanted to read it to

4342
02:32:34,410 --> 02:32:36,830
you because we live in really shitty times

4343
02:32:36,830 --> 02:32:37,470
right now.

4344
02:32:37,570 --> 02:32:39,610
And if you're planning a wedding right now,

4345
02:32:39,670 --> 02:32:40,930
it's rough.

4346
02:32:41,130 --> 02:32:43,150
I'm genuinely like, am I even going to

4347
02:32:43,150 --> 02:32:44,350
make it to the wedding in June?

4348
02:32:44,390 --> 02:32:45,910
Or is the world going to implode before

4349
02:32:45,910 --> 02:32:46,190
then?

4350
02:32:46,450 --> 02:32:48,490
But anyways, I wanted to share this little

4351
02:32:48,490 --> 02:32:50,810
disclaimer with you in case you were looking

4352
02:32:50,810 --> 02:32:52,370
for a way to share with your guests

4353
02:32:52,370 --> 02:32:53,950
that you don't want bigots at your wedding.

4354
02:32:54,430 --> 02:32:55,210
All right, here we go.

4355
02:32:56,070 --> 02:32:58,710
Says we have an absolute zero tolerance.

4356
02:32:58,990 --> 02:33:01,630
That's in all caps policy for bigotry of

4357
02:33:01,630 --> 02:33:02,270
any kind.

4358
02:33:02,270 --> 02:33:07,530
That includes homophobia, transphobia, racism, sexism, xenophobia,

4359
02:33:07,910 --> 02:33:10,350
antisemitism, any of the sorts.

4360
02:33:10,830 --> 02:33:12,610
We are proud to be a couple with

4361
02:33:12,610 --> 02:33:15,290
a diverse demographic of people that we love.

4362
02:33:15,690 --> 02:33:17,970
This is a one strike policy.

4363
02:33:18,310 --> 02:33:22,550
This goes for friends, family, grandparents, everyone, including

4364
02:33:22,550 --> 02:33:23,310
our bridal party.

4365
02:33:23,670 --> 02:33:25,650
I do not care how long we've known

4366
02:33:25,650 --> 02:33:25,870
you.

4367
02:33:26,030 --> 02:33:27,990
You make one step out of line and

4368
02:33:27,990 --> 02:33:29,250
you will be asked to leave.

4369
02:33:29,250 --> 02:33:31,650
From now until then, and that includes the

4370
02:33:31,650 --> 02:33:32,270
day of the wedding.

4371
02:33:32,410 --> 02:33:34,210
This day is to be about Ryan and

4372
02:33:34,210 --> 02:33:35,950
I and the covenant we are stepping into

4373
02:33:35,950 --> 02:33:36,430
in marriage.

4374
02:33:36,630 --> 02:33:39,450
We will not tolerate anyone making it about

4375
02:33:39,450 --> 02:33:40,390
anything but that.

4376
02:33:40,610 --> 02:33:42,790
We will tolerate a lot, but will not

4377
02:33:42,790 --> 02:33:45,310
tolerate hatred and bigotry for the safety and

4378
02:33:45,310 --> 02:33:46,690
well being of those that we love.

4379
02:33:47,170 --> 02:33:48,830
My maid and matron of honor will be

4380
02:33:48,830 --> 02:33:50,150
carrying swords on their backs.

4381
02:33:50,250 --> 02:33:50,890
This is true.

4382
02:33:51,210 --> 02:33:53,150
So just know that we are serious and

4383
02:33:53,150 --> 02:33:55,030
they are the ones I've entrusted with security.

4384
02:33:55,390 --> 02:33:56,930
Thank you for your understanding.

4385
02:33:57,430 --> 02:33:59,570
Yeah, we will not have bigots at our

4386
02:33:59,570 --> 02:33:59,870
wedding.

4387
02:34:01,310 --> 02:34:03,830
So anyways, if you feel the same and

4388
02:34:03,830 --> 02:34:06,070
needed some inspo of how to tell your

4389
02:34:06,070 --> 02:34:07,890
guests that you won't tolerate it.

4390
02:34:08,210 --> 02:34:09,230
Hope this helps.

4391
02:34:11,270 --> 02:34:12,250
She's a bigot.

4392
02:34:13,270 --> 02:34:14,150
She is.

4393
02:34:14,310 --> 02:34:15,130
She's a bigot.

4394
02:34:15,170 --> 02:34:15,910
She's a bigot.

4395
02:34:16,030 --> 02:34:17,770
And they're going to have swords on the

4396
02:34:17,770 --> 02:34:19,590
backs of the bride maids.

4397
02:34:19,750 --> 02:34:21,270
And they're going to pull them out and

4398
02:34:21,270 --> 02:34:21,910
stab you.

4399
02:34:21,990 --> 02:34:23,130
What are they talking about?

4400
02:34:37,870 --> 02:34:40,390
Yes, on that lively note, we're going to

4401
02:34:40,390 --> 02:34:42,290
read the rest of the people who helped

4402
02:34:42,290 --> 02:34:44,870
us on show 1843.

4403
02:34:45,350 --> 02:34:47,310
And this is the people who donated $50

4404
02:34:47,310 --> 02:34:48,530
up to 200.

4405
02:34:48,530 --> 02:34:51,030
Yes, and I do want to just add

4406
02:34:51,030 --> 02:34:54,510
that if you would like to hear Andrew

4407
02:34:54,510 --> 02:34:57,470
the bigot Horowitz, you can listen to him

4408
02:34:57,470 --> 02:34:58,990
on DH Unplugged.

4409
02:34:59,170 --> 02:35:02,230
That is every Tuesday at 9 Eastern.

4410
02:35:02,590 --> 02:35:04,370
Live on the stream and the show is

4411
02:35:04,370 --> 02:35:05,370
posted after that.

4412
02:35:05,630 --> 02:35:06,690
It's a bigoted show.

4413
02:35:09,010 --> 02:35:11,330
$50 and above, but not under 50 for

4414
02:35:11,330 --> 02:35:12,090
reasons of anonymity.

4415
02:35:12,150 --> 02:35:16,030
150 comes from Ross Rebich in Butte, Montana.

4416
02:35:16,210 --> 02:35:16,990
Thank you, Ross.

4417
02:35:16,990 --> 02:35:19,270
Jason Shepard, Trinidad, Colorado.

4418
02:35:19,570 --> 02:35:20,090
143.

4419
02:35:20,150 --> 02:35:21,250
He's always on this list.

4420
02:35:21,370 --> 02:35:21,870
And there he is.

4421
02:35:21,930 --> 02:35:23,470
Kevin McLaughlin, the Archduke of Luke.

4422
02:35:24,230 --> 02:35:24,750
Luna.

4423
02:35:25,190 --> 02:35:25,570
Luke.

4424
02:35:25,970 --> 02:35:28,170
The Archduke of Luke of Luna.

4425
02:35:28,410 --> 02:35:30,030
Love of America and Boobs.

4426
02:35:30,950 --> 02:35:31,470
8008.

4427
02:35:31,590 --> 02:35:34,810
That is the very well-known, every single

4428
02:35:34,810 --> 02:35:35,850
show, boob donation.

4429
02:35:36,010 --> 02:35:36,730
We appreciate it.

4430
02:35:37,130 --> 02:35:38,990
Sean Dawsey in Midland, Texas.

4431
02:35:39,750 --> 02:35:40,270
7583.

4432
02:35:40,550 --> 02:35:42,010
Sir Mark Bendikowski.

4433
02:35:43,170 --> 02:35:43,690
6543.

4434
02:35:43,830 --> 02:35:46,210
He's in Poland, in Warsaw, to be precise.

4435
02:35:46,210 --> 02:35:48,550
And we appreciate your supporting us.

4436
02:35:48,590 --> 02:35:49,550
Christopher Dechter.

4437
02:35:49,690 --> 02:35:52,190
56.78. We see what you did there.

4438
02:35:52,270 --> 02:35:52,690
Thank you.

4439
02:35:53,130 --> 02:35:55,390
Christopher Coleridge in Concord, California.

4440
02:35:55,510 --> 02:35:56,570
Double nickels on the dime.

4441
02:35:57,070 --> 02:35:58,910
Luke Monell in Los Angeles.

4442
02:35:59,050 --> 02:36:00,990
Got a lot of LA people, California people

4443
02:36:00,990 --> 02:36:01,630
stepping up.

4444
02:36:03,410 --> 02:36:06,150
We've tapped a vein in California somehow.

4445
02:36:06,350 --> 02:36:07,030
You notice that?

4446
02:36:08,130 --> 02:36:09,890
That's because Newsom's out of the state.

4447
02:36:11,490 --> 02:36:12,010
5272.

4448
02:36:12,010 --> 02:36:13,290
Eric Ortega.

4449
02:36:13,430 --> 02:36:16,450
Also 5272 from Sioux Falls, South Dakota.

4450
02:36:16,610 --> 02:36:18,490
And he says, Mesh-tastic.

4451
02:36:19,050 --> 02:36:21,190
Yes, all the kids are doing the Mesh

4452
02:36:21,190 --> 02:36:21,630
-tastic.

4453
02:36:22,170 --> 02:36:22,850
What does that mean?

4454
02:36:23,370 --> 02:36:27,410
Oh, Mesh-tastic is the open source, low

4455
02:36:27,410 --> 02:36:31,370
radio transmitter mesh network that they're trying to

4456
02:36:31,370 --> 02:36:32,530
complete all over the country.

4457
02:36:32,730 --> 02:36:34,030
Oh, brother, this has been, I've heard it.

4458
02:36:34,090 --> 02:36:36,530
This comes and goes and comes and goes.

4459
02:36:36,870 --> 02:36:37,750
People love it.

4460
02:36:38,910 --> 02:36:40,630
Yeah, until they try it.

4461
02:36:41,250 --> 02:36:44,010
They set up a router in a tree

4462
02:36:44,010 --> 02:36:46,450
and then it's like, okay, that was fun.

4463
02:36:46,890 --> 02:36:48,870
It was like ham radio.

4464
02:36:50,810 --> 02:36:53,110
Yeah, except you can buy more stuff for

4465
02:36:53,110 --> 02:36:53,730
ham radio.

4466
02:36:54,610 --> 02:36:56,750
James Schaeffer, Greenville, Tennessee.

4467
02:36:56,930 --> 02:36:57,610
He needs a deduce.

4468
02:36:58,970 --> 02:37:00,830
You've been deduced.

4469
02:37:01,210 --> 02:37:02,790
And we hit the 50s with that.

4470
02:37:02,910 --> 02:37:04,990
Brandon Savoie from Port Orchard, Washington.

4471
02:37:05,670 --> 02:37:07,650
Dane Patricia Worthington, Miami, Florida.

4472
02:37:07,830 --> 02:37:09,510
Douglas Murray, parts unknown.

4473
02:37:10,570 --> 02:37:12,870
Diane Schwanderbeck, Johnsburg, Illinois.

4474
02:37:13,170 --> 02:37:15,630
We have Kevin Dills, Huntersville, North Carolina.

4475
02:37:16,090 --> 02:37:19,110
Easy Landscapes in North Stonington, Connecticut for all

4476
02:37:19,110 --> 02:37:20,370
your easy landscape needs.

4477
02:37:20,930 --> 02:37:22,870
Philip Ballou, Louisville, Kentucky.

4478
02:37:23,090 --> 02:37:25,270
Chris Lewinsky from Sherwood Park, Alberta.

4479
02:37:25,510 --> 02:37:27,110
Always there with the 50, thank you, Chris.

4480
02:37:27,430 --> 02:37:30,510
Jason Maurer, another well-known name, Vancouver, Washington.

4481
02:37:30,790 --> 02:37:32,570
And we wind it up with Alan Bean.

4482
02:37:32,690 --> 02:37:34,510
I believe that is Sir Alan Bean from

4483
02:37:34,510 --> 02:37:35,390
- Barron, actually.

4484
02:37:35,550 --> 02:37:39,410
Barron, Barron Bean, Barron Bean from Beaverton, Oregon.

4485
02:37:39,970 --> 02:37:42,130
And we thank you very much for your

4486
02:37:42,130 --> 02:37:44,090
support of the best podcast in the universe.

4487
02:37:44,550 --> 02:37:45,390
Here's what you do.

4488
02:37:45,590 --> 02:37:47,190
You listen to the show, you're like, oh,

4489
02:37:47,370 --> 02:37:49,490
wow, that is really good.

4490
02:37:49,570 --> 02:37:51,410
This is interesting, I like it.

4491
02:37:51,810 --> 02:37:53,570
And for that reason, I'm gonna send these

4492
02:37:53,570 --> 02:37:55,370
guys some value back, because I didn't have

4493
02:37:55,370 --> 02:37:57,690
to, you know, be a subscriber, didn't have

4494
02:37:57,690 --> 02:37:59,050
to listen to tons of ads.

4495
02:37:59,130 --> 02:38:00,750
No, I just got some value, gonna send

4496
02:38:00,750 --> 02:38:01,070
it back.

4497
02:38:01,170 --> 02:38:03,450
Go to nowagendedonations.com.

4498
02:38:03,530 --> 02:38:05,470
You can send me any amount, any time.

4499
02:38:05,470 --> 02:38:07,890
Remember, $200 and above, $300 and above, you

4500
02:38:07,890 --> 02:38:09,770
get your special credits, and when you read

4501
02:38:09,770 --> 02:38:11,670
your note, we will often pause and read

4502
02:38:11,670 --> 02:38:13,530
a little snippet from the lower ones, but

4503
02:38:13,530 --> 02:38:16,550
never under $50 for reasons of anonymity.

4504
02:38:16,990 --> 02:38:18,670
You can also set up a recurring donation,

4505
02:38:18,850 --> 02:38:20,450
check and see if yours is still valid.

4506
02:38:20,530 --> 02:38:23,210
If you have one, nowagendedonations.com, any amount,

4507
02:38:23,550 --> 02:38:25,430
any frequency, it all counts and is all

4508
02:38:25,430 --> 02:38:28,270
highly appreciated, nowagendedonations.com.

4509
02:38:28,830 --> 02:38:32,910
♪ It's your birthday, birthday ♪ ♪ Oh,

4510
02:38:33,030 --> 02:38:36,110
so much, yeah ♪ Russell Rhodes wishes his

4511
02:38:36,110 --> 02:38:38,130
son Vikram Rhodes a very happy birthday.

4512
02:38:38,330 --> 02:38:40,310
He turns 16 on February 8th.

4513
02:38:40,510 --> 02:38:43,290
David Kecta has two birthday wishes, one for

4514
02:38:43,290 --> 02:38:43,710
his mom.

4515
02:38:43,810 --> 02:38:47,230
She turns 78 on Valentine's Day, and he

4516
02:38:47,230 --> 02:38:50,890
also wishes the state of Arizona a happy

4517
02:38:50,890 --> 02:38:52,830
114th birthday.

4518
02:38:53,310 --> 02:38:56,210
Also, I guess they were founded on Valentine's

4519
02:38:56,210 --> 02:38:59,470
Day, February 14th, and finally, Sierra Reeves says

4520
02:38:59,470 --> 02:39:01,410
happy birthday to her husband, Mitchell Reeves.

4521
02:39:01,410 --> 02:39:03,790
He turned 33 today.

4522
02:39:03,990 --> 02:39:05,650
Happy birthday from everybody here at the best

4523
02:39:05,650 --> 02:39:07,370
podcast in the universe.

4524
02:39:07,630 --> 02:39:09,950
♪ It's your birthday, yeah ♪ Now, we

4525
02:39:09,950 --> 02:39:10,990
have a couple of nights.

4526
02:39:12,430 --> 02:39:14,330
We have a layaway night.

4527
02:39:14,830 --> 02:39:20,490
This is Wim Bakker, which is Wim, Wim,

4528
02:39:20,610 --> 02:39:22,670
Wim the Baker in the Netherlands.

4529
02:39:22,890 --> 02:39:23,870
He says, hi, guys.

4530
02:39:24,230 --> 02:39:27,150
I would like to be crowned Sir Willem

4531
02:39:27,150 --> 02:39:29,850
of Beavertown, which is Bay for Vag, from

4532
02:39:29,850 --> 02:39:30,390
the Netherlands.

4533
02:39:30,390 --> 02:39:33,230
Have been donating monthly since 2021.

4534
02:39:34,090 --> 02:39:36,010
Wonderful, so why don't we take care of

4535
02:39:36,010 --> 02:39:36,470
that right now?

4536
02:39:36,550 --> 02:39:37,870
Get your blade out, John, if you don't

4537
02:39:37,870 --> 02:39:37,970
mind.

4538
02:39:38,290 --> 02:39:38,490
Here you go.

4539
02:39:38,750 --> 02:39:41,110
And, ooh, ooh, there's the next one, perfect.

4540
02:39:43,230 --> 02:39:46,470
So, Wim, come on up, and also, of

4541
02:39:46,470 --> 02:39:50,290
course, our top supporter today, commenter Paul Froegtenhil.

4542
02:39:51,030 --> 02:39:52,690
Gentlemen, both of you support the NOAA Gender

4543
02:39:52,690 --> 02:39:54,930
Show in the amount of $1,000 or

4544
02:39:54,930 --> 02:39:56,490
more, and that means you are both Knights

4545
02:39:56,490 --> 02:39:58,110
of the NOAA Gender Roundtable, and I am

4546
02:39:58,110 --> 02:40:02,790
very proud to pronounce the, as Sir Willem

4547
02:40:02,790 --> 02:40:06,430
of Beavertown and Sir Paul Knight of the

4548
02:40:06,430 --> 02:40:07,470
Driftless Area.

4549
02:40:07,630 --> 02:40:09,670
For you, we have Hookers and Blow, Red

4550
02:40:09,670 --> 02:40:10,690
Boys and Chardonnay.

4551
02:40:10,870 --> 02:40:12,730
Along with that, we've got, oh, some good

4552
02:40:12,730 --> 02:40:13,010
stuff.

4553
02:40:13,090 --> 02:40:16,010
Rubenes, Ruben and Rosé, Geishas and Sake, Vodka

4554
02:40:16,010 --> 02:40:18,990
Manila, Bonghis and Bourbon, Sparkling Cider and Escorts,

4555
02:40:19,170 --> 02:40:21,270
Ginger Ale and Gerbils, Breast Milk and Pavlov,

4556
02:40:21,550 --> 02:40:23,710
and, of course, we always have the mutton

4557
02:40:24,110 --> 02:40:26,030
and the mead on the standby, and we

4558
02:40:26,030 --> 02:40:28,910
have a make good for Robert Ludwig.

4559
02:40:30,690 --> 02:40:34,110
This was from episode, let me see, well,

4560
02:40:34,370 --> 02:40:35,910
I think he forgot to send us the

4561
02:40:35,910 --> 02:40:37,410
note or whatever it was.

4562
02:40:37,470 --> 02:40:38,390
He said, I was just listening to the

4563
02:40:38,390 --> 02:40:40,970
donation segment and my donation of $2,070

4564
02:40:40,970 --> 02:40:41,850
was read.

4565
02:40:42,010 --> 02:40:44,070
However, the note I put in PayPal somehow

4566
02:40:44,070 --> 02:40:45,210
did not get attached.

4567
02:40:45,290 --> 02:40:45,930
This happens.

4568
02:40:46,230 --> 02:40:47,170
Why is this happening?

4569
02:40:47,650 --> 02:40:48,490
This is not good.

4570
02:40:49,530 --> 02:40:50,770
I think it's a coding thing.

4571
02:40:50,850 --> 02:40:53,730
I think there's something that goes into the

4572
02:40:53,730 --> 02:40:56,510
note that PayPal sees as an error and

4573
02:40:56,510 --> 02:40:57,710
they don't put the note in.

4574
02:40:58,350 --> 02:40:59,390
Hmm, possible.

4575
02:40:59,410 --> 02:41:01,450
That's my guess, because it normally just transfers

4576
02:41:01,450 --> 02:41:02,390
straight to the spreadsheet.

4577
02:41:03,690 --> 02:41:04,030
Strange.

4578
02:41:04,510 --> 02:41:06,590
Well, it's important because he says, my note

4579
02:41:06,590 --> 02:41:08,730
basically said the donation was in honor of

4580
02:41:08,730 --> 02:41:12,690
his late wife's passing on February 7th, 2020.

4581
02:41:13,170 --> 02:41:15,210
It's been six years since that happened and

4582
02:41:15,210 --> 02:41:16,890
I tried to donate to the show on

4583
02:41:16,890 --> 02:41:17,670
that anniversary.

4584
02:41:17,850 --> 02:41:19,710
Can I get an F cancer?

4585
02:41:19,890 --> 02:41:20,590
Yes, of course.

4586
02:41:20,590 --> 02:41:24,150
And I should mention, notes at noagendashow.net

4587
02:41:24,150 --> 02:41:27,150
is the alternative methodology to get these notes

4588
02:41:27,150 --> 02:41:27,910
in for sure.

4589
02:41:28,270 --> 02:41:28,610
Yes.

4590
02:41:29,590 --> 02:41:30,350
What is that?

4591
02:41:30,450 --> 02:41:31,090
I thought I had it.

4592
02:41:31,430 --> 02:41:32,550
Where's my F cancer?

4593
02:41:32,790 --> 02:41:33,390
Oh, here it is.

4594
02:41:33,490 --> 02:41:34,110
I have F cancer.

4595
02:41:34,170 --> 02:41:36,810
No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no,

4596
02:41:36,870 --> 02:41:39,010
no, no, no, no, no, no, no.

4597
02:41:39,090 --> 02:41:40,610
You've got karma.

4598
02:41:42,670 --> 02:41:43,370
All right.

4599
02:41:43,410 --> 02:41:45,190
And that takes care of all of our

4600
02:41:45,190 --> 02:41:47,970
donation administration that we have to do.

4601
02:41:48,070 --> 02:41:48,810
Time for the meetups.

4602
02:41:49,290 --> 02:41:50,890
No agenda meetups.

4603
02:41:53,930 --> 02:41:55,350
Yeah, it's time to party.

4604
02:41:56,090 --> 02:41:58,990
Yeah, baby, it's always like a party, especially

4605
02:41:58,990 --> 02:42:00,710
in Pennsylvania.

4606
02:42:01,250 --> 02:42:04,750
Today, underway as we speak, the TMI EVAC

4607
02:42:04,750 --> 02:42:07,170
Zone Card Game Meetup at 3.30 is

4608
02:42:07,170 --> 02:42:07,830
when it kicked off.

4609
02:42:08,170 --> 02:42:10,470
Evergreen Brewing in Camp Hill, Pennsylvania.

4610
02:42:10,890 --> 02:42:13,630
Also today, the East Texas Mid-Monthly Meetup,

4611
02:42:13,770 --> 02:42:16,070
also 3.33 for their start.

4612
02:42:16,530 --> 02:42:19,570
Rotolo's Pizzeria in Longview, Texas Dirty Jersey Whore

4613
02:42:19,570 --> 02:42:20,230
hosting that.

4614
02:42:20,850 --> 02:42:22,830
And on Thursday, our next show day, Charlotte's

4615
02:42:22,830 --> 02:42:25,150
33rd Thursday, 7 o'clock in the evening

4616
02:42:25,150 --> 02:42:27,890
at Edge Tavern in Charlotte, North Carolina.

4617
02:42:28,130 --> 02:42:30,050
Coming up in the month of February, Fort

4618
02:42:30,050 --> 02:42:32,690
Wayne, Indiana, Santa Cruz, Long Beach, Dallas, Fort

4619
02:42:32,690 --> 02:42:36,430
Worth, Columbus, Ohio, San Francisco, California, Prairieville, Louisiana

4620
02:42:36,430 --> 02:42:36,890
added.

4621
02:42:37,290 --> 02:42:39,850
And many more to go as we see

4622
02:42:39,850 --> 02:42:41,750
in March and April.

4623
02:42:41,910 --> 02:42:44,030
And a reminder, April 11th, there will be

4624
02:42:44,030 --> 02:42:46,070
another Fredericksburg, Texas meetup.

4625
02:42:46,070 --> 02:42:48,150
I say this early because you can make

4626
02:42:48,150 --> 02:42:50,050
plans to come visit our wonderful town.

4627
02:42:50,370 --> 02:42:52,210
Those are just some of the meetups that

4628
02:42:52,210 --> 02:42:54,130
you can find at noagendameetups.com.

4629
02:42:54,370 --> 02:42:56,950
Go to a meetup, go to the one

4630
02:42:56,950 --> 02:43:00,190
that Darren and Eli the Coffee Guy are

4631
02:43:00,190 --> 02:43:00,710
organizing.

4632
02:43:01,250 --> 02:43:01,910
See, when was this?

4633
02:43:01,970 --> 02:43:04,890
That was March, March, March 7th, Tinley Park,

4634
02:43:05,010 --> 02:43:05,250
Illinois.

4635
02:43:05,590 --> 02:43:08,050
You can find it all at noagendameetups.com.

4636
02:43:08,470 --> 02:43:10,990
You will get connection that is lifetime protection.

4637
02:43:11,150 --> 02:43:13,810
These people will be your first responders in

4638
02:43:13,810 --> 02:43:14,590
an emergency.

4639
02:43:15,250 --> 02:43:16,950
These meetups, they make you stable.

4640
02:43:17,150 --> 02:43:17,950
They make you able.

4641
02:43:18,190 --> 02:43:19,170
noagendameetups.com.

4642
02:43:19,250 --> 02:43:20,710
If you can't find one near you, start

4643
02:43:20,710 --> 02:43:21,290
one yourself.

4644
02:43:21,410 --> 02:43:24,130
It's easy and guaranteed, always a partay.

4645
02:43:24,810 --> 02:43:27,730
♪ Sometimes you wanna go hang out with

4646
02:43:27,730 --> 02:43:31,970
all the nights and days ♪ ♪ You

4647
02:43:31,970 --> 02:43:34,670
wanna be where you want to be, triggered

4648
02:43:34,670 --> 02:43:37,810
or held lame ♪ ♪ You wanna be

4649
02:43:37,810 --> 02:43:42,930
where everybody feels the same ♪ ♪ It's

4650
02:43:42,930 --> 02:43:45,630
like a party ♪ Now here is something

4651
02:43:45,630 --> 02:43:46,650
that doesn't happen often.

4652
02:43:46,970 --> 02:43:50,150
I have zero ISOs today and you seem

4653
02:43:50,150 --> 02:43:51,090
to have five.

4654
02:43:52,770 --> 02:43:54,630
So let's- I usually don't have five

4655
02:43:54,630 --> 02:43:55,970
and you usually don't have zero.

4656
02:43:56,090 --> 02:43:56,530
I know.

4657
02:43:56,650 --> 02:43:58,270
So let's run them down and we'll pick

4658
02:43:58,270 --> 02:43:59,990
one that we think is the best for

4659
02:43:59,990 --> 02:44:00,930
the end of the show.

4660
02:44:02,070 --> 02:44:03,710
Well, okay, we're gonna start with meow.

4661
02:44:04,150 --> 02:44:04,630
Meow.

4662
02:44:05,430 --> 02:44:06,430
From your clip.

4663
02:44:06,790 --> 02:44:07,630
Yeah, that's good.

4664
02:44:07,830 --> 02:44:08,010
Yeah.

4665
02:44:08,330 --> 02:44:08,630
Okay.

4666
02:44:08,750 --> 02:44:09,890
I just thought that'd be a good end

4667
02:44:09,890 --> 02:44:10,130
to show.

4668
02:44:10,270 --> 02:44:11,230
How about yikes?

4669
02:44:11,970 --> 02:44:13,450
Yikes, what a great show.

4670
02:44:14,590 --> 02:44:16,050
Kind of low energy, kind of low energy.

4671
02:44:16,050 --> 02:44:16,930
I agree, I agree.

4672
02:44:16,990 --> 02:44:18,110
Okay, let's try this one, funny.

4673
02:44:18,450 --> 02:44:19,370
These guys are funny.

4674
02:44:21,330 --> 02:44:22,930
Okay, AI, but okay.

4675
02:44:23,870 --> 02:44:24,190
Good.

4676
02:44:24,610 --> 02:44:26,890
Don't get me started on how good these

4677
02:44:26,890 --> 02:44:27,490
guys are.

4678
02:44:28,110 --> 02:44:29,750
I guess your last one is gonna be

4679
02:44:29,750 --> 02:44:30,190
the killer.

4680
02:44:31,030 --> 02:44:34,350
Not necessarily, but it is masterpiece.

4681
02:44:34,790 --> 02:44:36,170
What you heard was a masterpiece.

4682
02:44:37,610 --> 02:44:39,070
Let me listen to them all again.

4683
02:44:39,490 --> 02:44:40,510
Let me check this out.

4684
02:44:40,510 --> 02:44:41,550
Okay, here we go.

4685
02:44:42,410 --> 02:44:44,370
Hey, why doesn't this play?

4686
02:44:46,030 --> 02:44:47,430
Yikes, what a great show.

4687
02:44:47,990 --> 02:44:49,330
No, that's eject.

4688
02:44:49,430 --> 02:44:50,290
These guys are funny.

4689
02:44:51,150 --> 02:44:51,610
Maybe.

4690
02:44:52,250 --> 02:44:53,270
Let me see this one.

4691
02:44:53,390 --> 02:44:55,530
Don't get me started on how good these

4692
02:44:55,530 --> 02:44:56,230
guys are.

4693
02:44:56,690 --> 02:44:59,310
That's kind of like, don't break your arm

4694
02:44:59,310 --> 02:45:01,330
patting yourself on the back with that one.

4695
02:45:01,350 --> 02:45:02,650
What you heard was a masterpiece.

4696
02:45:03,270 --> 02:45:04,750
Yeah, I think that's, let me see the

4697
02:45:04,750 --> 02:45:05,210
meow.

4698
02:45:05,590 --> 02:45:06,050
Meow.

4699
02:45:06,390 --> 02:45:07,430
I think we'll go with masterpiece.

4700
02:45:07,690 --> 02:45:09,630
I think masterpiece, we'll go with masterpiece.

4701
02:45:09,630 --> 02:45:10,550
All right.

4702
02:45:10,550 --> 02:45:12,450
We'll go with masterpiece, but first it's time

4703
02:45:12,450 --> 02:45:13,890
for John's tip of the day.

4704
02:45:14,330 --> 02:45:17,410
♪ Great advice for you and me ♪

4705
02:45:17,410 --> 02:45:22,030
♪ Just a tip with JCD and sometimes

4706
02:45:22,030 --> 02:45:22,610
Adam.

4707
02:45:23,150 --> 02:45:25,790
♪ So I'm gonna revisit gin with a

4708
02:45:25,790 --> 02:45:26,330
story.

4709
02:45:26,770 --> 02:45:27,270
Gin?

4710
02:45:27,510 --> 02:45:28,050
You mean the drink gin?

4711
02:45:28,050 --> 02:45:29,510
Yeah, it turns out I'm watching this.

4712
02:45:29,610 --> 02:45:34,310
I'm watching the millennials and the older millennials

4713
02:45:34,310 --> 02:45:37,110
are, they're gravitate, I've noticed this, they're gravitating

4714
02:45:37,110 --> 02:45:40,530
toward gin as like an after-dinner drink.

4715
02:45:40,730 --> 02:45:43,370
I think they're gonna end up drinking martinis.

4716
02:45:43,870 --> 02:45:45,330
So people need to know what a good

4717
02:45:45,330 --> 02:45:45,970
gin is.

4718
02:45:47,150 --> 02:45:49,070
This'll bring me to a story when I

4719
02:45:49,070 --> 02:45:52,150
was doing tasting at the International Wine Tasting,

4720
02:45:52,430 --> 02:45:54,670
or International Spirits and Wine and Spirits Tasting

4721
02:45:54,670 --> 02:45:55,090
Competition.

4722
02:45:55,270 --> 02:45:56,770
I was a professional judge.

4723
02:45:58,630 --> 02:45:58,870
Okay.

4724
02:45:58,890 --> 02:46:01,450
And this was in the year 2000 when

4725
02:46:01,450 --> 02:46:04,410
these products first came out.

4726
02:46:04,410 --> 02:46:06,710
And there were two products that were vying

4727
02:46:06,710 --> 02:46:09,770
for the best gins in the competition.

4728
02:46:10,750 --> 02:46:13,090
And one of them was Tank 10 from

4729
02:46:13,090 --> 02:46:15,910
Tanqueray, which is my go-to gin, and

4730
02:46:15,910 --> 02:46:18,150
that's part of the tip.

4731
02:46:18,690 --> 02:46:22,990
Tank 10 is the gin of gins, if

4732
02:46:22,990 --> 02:46:26,310
you can try Bombay, Sapphire, and all these

4733
02:46:26,310 --> 02:46:26,670
other ones.

4734
02:46:26,850 --> 02:46:28,430
But Tank 10 is a real killer.

4735
02:46:29,450 --> 02:46:32,810
And what was then Anker, they had, Anker

4736
02:46:32,810 --> 02:46:34,770
had a spirits division and they made this

4737
02:46:34,770 --> 02:46:38,090
product called Unipero, which is still available with

4738
02:46:38,090 --> 02:46:38,870
the new owners.

4739
02:46:39,590 --> 02:46:41,070
And it's called Unipero.

4740
02:46:41,890 --> 02:46:44,750
And it's, they, unfortunately, they've gated up the

4741
02:46:44,750 --> 02:46:46,510
bottle and it's a little bit effeminate.

4742
02:46:46,830 --> 02:46:47,870
They've gated up?

4743
02:46:48,290 --> 02:46:49,110
They gated up.

4744
02:46:49,170 --> 02:46:50,910
It's too bad, but the product is still

4745
02:46:50,910 --> 02:46:51,310
the same.

4746
02:46:51,670 --> 02:46:53,570
And so we're going into the finals of

4747
02:46:53,570 --> 02:46:56,370
the best gin that's gonna win the gin

4748
02:46:56,370 --> 02:46:59,710
award for the best double gold gin.

4749
02:47:00,350 --> 02:47:02,970
And it was between Tank 10 and Unipero.

4750
02:47:04,070 --> 02:47:06,890
And Unipero, which is a very interesting product,

4751
02:47:07,010 --> 02:47:09,950
because it is just concentrated juniper.

4752
02:47:11,630 --> 02:47:14,150
It's incredibly intense, and people should check it

4753
02:47:14,150 --> 02:47:14,590
out if they like.

4754
02:47:14,790 --> 02:47:16,990
You wanna blow away somebody with a martini

4755
02:47:16,990 --> 02:47:19,310
using this stuff, you got something going on.

4756
02:47:19,790 --> 02:47:21,670
And the Tank 10, which had just come

4757
02:47:21,670 --> 02:47:22,010
out.

4758
02:47:22,830 --> 02:47:25,330
And it was like everybody, I'm telling you,

4759
02:47:25,410 --> 02:47:28,250
just the vibe of the tasting was, you

4760
02:47:28,250 --> 02:47:31,870
know, we all really love this Unipero, but

4761
02:47:31,870 --> 02:47:33,230
it's so off.

4762
02:47:34,290 --> 02:47:37,530
Classic, it's not, you know, it's not, it

4763
02:47:37,530 --> 02:47:39,590
doesn't, it's not going to, this is not,

4764
02:47:39,690 --> 02:47:42,650
it's not gin, it's this, it's something else.

4765
02:47:43,070 --> 02:47:45,150
And Tank 10 ended up getting the award,

4766
02:47:45,510 --> 02:47:48,790
which became, it's a fabulous product.

4767
02:47:49,270 --> 02:47:51,730
But in fact, I think everybody liked the

4768
02:47:51,730 --> 02:47:53,430
Unipero more, including myself.

4769
02:47:53,950 --> 02:47:55,990
And it's something people should check out and

4770
02:47:55,990 --> 02:47:57,410
have at least once in their life.

4771
02:47:57,790 --> 02:47:59,970
You know, a friend of mine has a

4772
02:47:59,970 --> 02:48:04,010
distillery here called Salvation Spirits.

4773
02:48:04,610 --> 02:48:06,750
And I've never really been a gin drinker,

4774
02:48:06,810 --> 02:48:09,630
but he has some dynamite gin, which, wait

4775
02:48:09,630 --> 02:48:15,610
for it, is bourbon barrel aged, which just

4776
02:48:15,610 --> 02:48:17,430
kind of goes along with your wine tips.

4777
02:48:18,930 --> 02:48:20,390
And it's, that's really good.

4778
02:48:20,450 --> 02:48:22,190
So this Tank 10, I mean, do you

4779
02:48:22,190 --> 02:48:23,630
just drink it straight up, or do you

4780
02:48:23,630 --> 02:48:24,590
mix it with something?

4781
02:48:25,190 --> 02:48:28,750
Tank 10 can be drinking, drunk, it can

4782
02:48:28,750 --> 02:48:29,610
be drunk straight.

4783
02:48:30,010 --> 02:48:30,630
It can be drank, it can be drank

4784
02:48:30,630 --> 02:48:31,410
straight up, man.

4785
02:48:31,510 --> 02:48:32,370
It can be drank straight.

4786
02:48:33,470 --> 02:48:36,810
Unipero for sure can be straight up, but

4787
02:48:36,810 --> 02:48:40,650
no, it's designed to be in a martini

4788
02:48:40,650 --> 02:48:43,690
or some gin drink, but, or gin and

4789
02:48:43,690 --> 02:48:45,730
tonic is my favorite gin drink.

4790
02:48:46,710 --> 02:48:48,950
And you can, gin and tonic with Unipero

4791
02:48:48,950 --> 02:48:50,850
or Tank 10 is dynamite.

4792
02:48:50,930 --> 02:48:52,270
A G and T, as we say.

4793
02:48:54,490 --> 02:48:57,330
But people, these are the two gins that

4794
02:48:57,330 --> 02:48:58,810
should be in everybody's bar.

4795
02:48:59,150 --> 02:49:01,910
All right, everybody go out, get some for

4796
02:49:01,910 --> 02:49:02,270
your bar.

4797
02:49:02,390 --> 02:49:03,510
Let us know how it was.

4798
02:49:03,630 --> 02:49:05,430
Drunk donations are always appreciated.

4799
02:49:05,590 --> 02:49:07,070
That is John Cipper, the day you find

4800
02:49:07,070 --> 02:49:10,210
them all at noagendafund.com, cippertheday.net.

4801
02:49:10,610 --> 02:49:13,370
♪ Great advice from you and me ♪

4802
02:49:13,370 --> 02:49:16,630
♪ Just a tip with JC Dee ♪

4803
02:49:16,630 --> 02:49:20,250
And sometimes Adam, created by Dana Brunetti.

4804
02:49:20,510 --> 02:49:22,250
We haven't had a drunk donation in a

4805
02:49:22,250 --> 02:49:22,350
while.

4806
02:49:22,350 --> 02:49:23,070
I realized.

4807
02:49:23,690 --> 02:49:24,890
Yeah, that's where you got to get these

4808
02:49:24,890 --> 02:49:25,250
tips.

4809
02:49:25,370 --> 02:49:26,890
I got to get some more hard spirits

4810
02:49:26,890 --> 02:49:27,390
out there.

4811
02:49:27,550 --> 02:49:27,990
Get some drunkies.

4812
02:49:28,070 --> 02:49:28,910
Come on, drunk ace.

4813
02:49:29,350 --> 02:49:29,670
Donate.

4814
02:49:29,670 --> 02:49:31,030
Come on, drink this gin.

4815
02:49:32,750 --> 02:49:34,350
Hey, coming up next on the No Agenda

4816
02:49:34,350 --> 02:49:37,750
Stream, we have, oh, it's the podcasting 2

4817
02:49:37,750 --> 02:49:39,970
.0 weekly board meeting from last Friday.

4818
02:49:40,530 --> 02:49:44,630
It was our 250th episode titled Dopaminergic.

4819
02:49:45,650 --> 02:49:46,790
You want to know what that means?

4820
02:49:46,850 --> 02:49:48,850
You'll have to listen to that podcast.

4821
02:49:49,550 --> 02:49:52,910
End of show mixes, we're scraping the, what'd

4822
02:49:52,910 --> 02:49:53,290
you say?

4823
02:49:53,410 --> 02:49:56,110
It's the- Bottom of the barrel.

4824
02:49:56,390 --> 02:49:57,670
The grok bottom, you said.

4825
02:49:57,770 --> 02:49:59,370
The grok bottom was good.

4826
02:49:59,810 --> 02:50:04,330
Sir Gene with his Epstein name list, we

4827
02:50:04,330 --> 02:50:05,310
didn't eat the children.

4828
02:50:06,190 --> 02:50:08,950
And Dee's laughs will take us all the

4829
02:50:08,950 --> 02:50:09,390
way home.

4830
02:50:11,500 --> 02:50:14,520
And we will be back on your No

4831
02:50:14,520 --> 02:50:17,800
Agenda Stream on Thursday, regular time.

4832
02:50:18,300 --> 02:50:21,100
So until then, be kind to each other.

4833
02:50:21,660 --> 02:50:22,360
Be nice.

4834
02:50:23,080 --> 02:50:25,240
Stay away from the cat ladies, the crazy

4835
02:50:25,240 --> 02:50:25,700
ones.

4836
02:50:26,620 --> 02:50:27,900
As I'm coming to you from the heart

4837
02:50:27,900 --> 02:50:30,760
of the Texas Hill Country, Fredericksburg, Texas, in

4838
02:50:30,760 --> 02:50:32,360
the morning, everybody, I'm Adam Curry.

4839
02:50:32,620 --> 02:50:35,060
And from Northern Silicon Valley, we're getting rain

4840
02:50:35,060 --> 02:50:36,380
on and off, which is great.

4841
02:50:36,460 --> 02:50:37,040
I'm John C.

4842
02:50:37,100 --> 02:50:37,460
Dvorak.

4843
02:50:37,560 --> 02:50:38,860
We'll be back on Thursday.

4844
02:50:39,200 --> 02:50:39,860
See you then.

4845
02:50:40,160 --> 02:50:43,420
And always remember us, please, at noagendadonations.com.

4846
02:50:43,580 --> 02:50:46,420
And adios, mofos, and hooey, hooey, and such.

4847
02:50:50,440 --> 02:51:02,830
♪♪ ♪

4848
02:51:02,830 --> 02:51:07,690
Prince Andrew, Woody Allen, Alec Baldwin, Steve Bannon,

4849
02:51:08,090 --> 02:51:12,610
Ehud Barak, come to Biden, Beyonce and Jay

4850
02:51:12,610 --> 02:51:17,870
-Z, Sandy Berger, Jeff Bezos, Joe Biden, David

4851
02:51:17,870 --> 02:51:23,050
Blaine, Tony Blair, Tony Blinken, Sultan Ahmed, Vince

4852
02:51:23,050 --> 02:51:30,700
Ryan, Michael John Bolton, Dan Bongino, Cory Booker,

4853
02:51:30,980 --> 02:51:35,340
Richard Branson, Bergie Brenner, Marilyn Monroe, We didn't

4854
02:51:35,340 --> 02:51:39,810
need the children, They were just a few,

4855
02:51:39,910 --> 02:51:45,730
No one would miss, Just a few, We

4856
02:51:45,730 --> 02:52:02,700
didn't need the children, Collins,

4857
02:52:02,900 --> 02:52:07,220
Michael Cohen, James Comey, Amy Coney Barrett, David

4858
02:52:07,220 --> 02:52:12,620
Copperfield, Black Conrad, Bill Cosby, Andrew Cuomo, Robert

4859
02:52:12,620 --> 02:52:16,960
De Niro, Lady Rothschild, Jacques DeCruz, Louis Albert

4860
02:52:16,960 --> 02:52:21,720
de Broglie, Ron DeSantis, Alan Dershowitz, Princess Diana,

4861
02:52:22,160 --> 02:52:31,690
Phil Donahue, No one would miss,

4862
02:52:40,060 --> 02:52:49,950
It's time to grind,

4863
02:52:50,110 --> 02:52:53,290
young man, sharpen the mine, Refining silver in

4864
02:52:53,290 --> 02:52:59,050
mines, it's about time, Refining the silver in

4865
02:52:59,050 --> 02:53:02,750
mines, it's about time, Manipulation was done throughout

4866
02:53:02,750 --> 02:53:05,390
all of the years, Jamie Dimon and the

4867
02:53:05,390 --> 02:53:07,470
Hunt brothers Telling the public to buy the

4868
02:53:07,470 --> 02:53:10,350
paper and not the metal, Steer clear, steer

4869
02:53:10,350 --> 02:53:14,030
clear, Lining the market, I said, Lining the

4870
02:53:14,030 --> 02:53:16,790
market with paper only they could cover, Suppressing

4871
02:53:16,790 --> 02:53:18,950
need for only so long, Now you needing

4872
02:53:18,950 --> 02:53:21,710
the rubber, Need it for AI, EV batteries,

4873
02:53:22,350 --> 02:53:25,990
Data centers, bitcoin, everything, Electricity and everything that

4874
02:53:25,990 --> 02:53:28,590
it needs, Conductor, we might have a problem,

4875
02:53:28,730 --> 02:53:30,970
My god, China is not shipping out physical

4876
02:53:30,970 --> 02:53:31,850
metal, Why?

4877
02:53:33,330 --> 02:53:34,930
Is there a short supply?

4878
02:53:36,070 --> 02:53:39,790
Probably, yeah, Retail always likes to catch on

4879
02:53:39,790 --> 02:53:40,990
and ask yourself, Why?

4880
02:53:41,510 --> 02:53:43,830
Banks and your financial planner scammer never tell

4881
02:53:43,830 --> 02:53:46,930
you why, The conversation too deep for the

4882
02:53:46,930 --> 02:53:49,210
average man, Who would prefer fake fiat to

4883
02:53:49,210 --> 02:53:51,970
precious metal in your hand, Value of an

4884
02:53:51,970 --> 02:53:54,470
ounce, buy it cause it counts, Versus most

4885
02:53:54,470 --> 02:53:56,650
other asset classes, I can't see you getting

4886
02:53:56,650 --> 02:54:01,730
that trounced, Can't get it trounced, Yeah, This

4887
02:54:01,730 --> 02:54:04,890
is, this is not financial advice, Classic telling

4888
02:54:04,890 --> 02:54:08,250
lies, Institutions and media downplay the same things

4889
02:54:08,250 --> 02:54:11,170
and why, If the paper metal ratio is

4890
02:54:11,170 --> 02:54:13,890
even real, Under a hundred an ounce is

4891
02:54:13,890 --> 02:54:16,810
really still a steal, Who even knows 350

4892
02:54:16,810 --> 02:54:18,870
to 1, Are you that dumb, Not to

4893
02:54:18,870 --> 02:54:20,610
see the debts of silver and still want

4894
02:54:20,610 --> 02:54:24,890
none, Huh, And you still want none, Getting

4895
02:54:24,890 --> 02:54:27,290
more plunder world, Trading cards has been fun,

4896
02:54:27,690 --> 02:54:35,150
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4897
02:54:35,150 --> 02:54:40,070
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4898
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