1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:02,080 Speaker 1: I don't want to ask what is America thinking? But 2 00:00:02,160 --> 00:00:05,040 Speaker 1: what are they thinking? As more details of their social 3 00:00:05,040 --> 00:00:07,160 Speaker 1: media information request to enter the States came to the 4 00:00:07,240 --> 00:00:09,880 Speaker 1: light yesterday, the less I wanted to go there. To 5 00:00:09,920 --> 00:00:12,320 Speaker 1: get in, I need to supply a wealth of personal information, 6 00:00:12,400 --> 00:00:15,960 Speaker 1: including DNA and all my social media links. Now, I 7 00:00:16,000 --> 00:00:17,880 Speaker 1: love America and it's people, but if I have to 8 00:00:17,960 --> 00:00:20,159 Speaker 1: jump through all those hoops, my first reaction is to 9 00:00:20,200 --> 00:00:23,360 Speaker 1: forget it. The Land of the Free is no longer 10 00:00:23,400 --> 00:00:25,840 Speaker 1: the land of the free speech. Say the wrong thing 11 00:00:25,880 --> 00:00:28,560 Speaker 1: on social media, they may cancel you. This is worse 12 00:00:28,560 --> 00:00:32,640 Speaker 1: than anything under Biden and Obama. It's canceled culture writ large, 13 00:00:32,640 --> 00:00:35,720 Speaker 1: and the irony is so dumb because if you really 14 00:00:35,760 --> 00:00:38,000 Speaker 1: are an enemy of the States, you've already canceled all 15 00:00:38,040 --> 00:00:41,760 Speaker 1: your social media. This is going to cancel the tourists 16 00:00:41,800 --> 00:00:44,280 Speaker 1: and not the terrorists in Seace. I'll probably get canceled 17 00:00:44,280 --> 00:00:47,479 Speaker 1: because I've said this. Here's the other bonkers thing that 18 00:00:47,520 --> 00:00:50,920 Speaker 1: I heard yesterday out of Trump's America. Marca Rubio halted 19 00:00:50,920 --> 00:00:54,640 Speaker 1: the State Department's official use of the typeface Calibri. He 20 00:00:54,760 --> 00:00:58,640 Speaker 1: called the whole font wasteful and order the return of 21 00:00:58,640 --> 00:01:01,400 Speaker 1: Times New Roman called it as part of a push 22 00:01:01,440 --> 00:01:04,840 Speaker 1: to stamp out diversity. Now, I thought, how does that work. Well, apparently, 23 00:01:04,840 --> 00:01:07,839 Speaker 1: back in twenty twenty three, Anthony Blincoln ordered the typeface 24 00:01:07,959 --> 00:01:11,679 Speaker 1: change to Calibri to improve accessibility for readers with disabilities. 25 00:01:11,840 --> 00:01:13,720 Speaker 1: If you've got low vision or dyslex here and people 26 00:01:13,760 --> 00:01:17,000 Speaker 1: who use screen readers, it's easier to read. And that 27 00:01:17,120 --> 00:01:19,560 Speaker 1: is in fact true. It was invented for people with 28 00:01:19,680 --> 00:01:24,039 Speaker 1: low vision. And by the way, it's Microsoft Officer's default font, 29 00:01:24,280 --> 00:01:28,280 Speaker 1: and apparently it works. But apparently it's also woke. So 30 00:01:28,400 --> 00:01:31,800 Speaker 1: America's going back to Times New Roman. And the left says, 31 00:01:31,840 --> 00:01:33,679 Speaker 1: of course they're going back to Times New Roman. Meg 32 00:01:33,800 --> 00:01:36,200 Speaker 1: is obsessed with all things Roman. Now, this would all 33 00:01:36,240 --> 00:01:38,200 Speaker 1: just be a bit funny, you know, I just change 34 00:01:38,240 --> 00:01:41,200 Speaker 1: the font. If it wasn't actually so expensive, you'd think 35 00:01:41,240 --> 00:01:43,839 Speaker 1: you just have to ask everyone changing the default font, 36 00:01:43,920 --> 00:01:46,520 Speaker 1: off we go. But no, Apparently teams are going to 37 00:01:46,560 --> 00:01:48,920 Speaker 1: have to check every little unit. And apparently that's one 38 00:01:48,960 --> 00:01:51,840 Speaker 1: hundred and forty five thousand dollars an agency. And there's 39 00:01:51,880 --> 00:01:55,920 Speaker 1: a lot of agencies in American bureaucracy. And here's the thing. 40 00:01:56,280 --> 00:02:01,000 Speaker 1: Times New Roman takes more ink, and then when you 41 00:02:01,080 --> 00:02:04,280 Speaker 1: calculate the sheer volume of wordage being printed out of 42 00:02:04,320 --> 00:02:10,560 Speaker 1: the American state, the cost actually mounts into many millions. 43 00:02:12,040 --> 00:02:14,520 Speaker 1: The rite off and complain about the cost of crazy 44 00:02:14,600 --> 00:02:19,640 Speaker 1: left wing ideology, seemingly blessfully unaware that their jest is 45 00:02:19,880 --> 00:02:24,760 Speaker 1: ideologically crazy. For more from Early Edition with Ryan Bridge, 46 00:02:24,880 --> 00:02:28,320 Speaker 1: Listen live to News Talks it Be from five am weekdays, 47 00:02:28,560 --> 00:02:30,640 Speaker 1: or follow the podcast on iHeartRadio.