WEBVTT - Government Shutdown Over | Reviving U.S. Shipping

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<v Speaker 1>You're list Saints.

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<v Speaker 2>I am six forty the bill Handles show on demand

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<v Speaker 2>on the iheartradioff I AM six forty bill Handle here

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<v Speaker 2>on a Thursday morning, November thirteenth. Some of the stories,

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<v Speaker 2>a few of the stories were covering it's going to

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<v Speaker 2>be a weather story over the next few days, because

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<v Speaker 2>it looks like the rain is coming in tonight and

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<v Speaker 2>it's going to be a big one, that atmospheric river,

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<v Speaker 2>which no one understands what that is. And then the

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<v Speaker 2>other big story, this is the government reopening. We know

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<v Speaker 2>it's a matter of time, but it went forty three

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<v Speaker 2>days of a government shut down. And the government shutdown

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<v Speaker 2>is not just shut down. You can't do business. One

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<v Speaker 2>of the things about the United States budget is Congress

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<v Speaker 2>has to vote itself a budget where it cannot do

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<v Speaker 2>business unless it accepts the budget. It's like if you

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<v Speaker 2>have a business and you need a budget by the

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<v Speaker 2>end of the year, you can't go beyond unless you've

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<v Speaker 2>accepted the budget. For example, California, you have to have

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<v Speaker 2>a balanced budget otherwise everything stops.

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<v Speaker 1>Well.

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<v Speaker 2>The United States has much the same thing where the

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<v Speaker 2>US government Congress says okay, and the president they sign off.

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<v Speaker 2>We now have a budget, but it's very weird. Doesn't

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<v Speaker 2>stop the government completely. There are certain parts of the

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<v Speaker 2>government that are exempt the policing power. For example, you've

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<v Speaker 2>got the Secret Service, and you have Congress stays in

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<v Speaker 2>session and everybody gets paid, so it's certain parts of

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<v Speaker 2>the government don't get paid. This really shuts down air

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<v Speaker 2>traffic controller controllers, for example. And there's two kinds of

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<v Speaker 2>there are two types of employees with the government, those

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<v Speaker 2>that just don't get paid period and those that have

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<v Speaker 2>to go back to work and don't get paid air

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<v Speaker 2>traffic controllers. So we now have a budget in place,

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<v Speaker 2>everything goes back to normal theoretically. The politics of this

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<v Speaker 2>have been incredible, incredible. I've never seen anything like this.

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<v Speaker 2>The accusations are amazing. Republicans blaming Democrats, the Democrats blaming Republicans.

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<v Speaker 2>As a matter of fact, each side calls the shut down,

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<v Speaker 2>the Democratics shut down, or the Republicans shut down. Now

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<v Speaker 2>as of right now, it looks like the Republicans are

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<v Speaker 2>getting more blamed than the Democrats. No matter what Carol

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<v Speaker 2>Levitt is saying, no matter what the President is saying,

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<v Speaker 2>the Democrats did this. The Democrats did this to an

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<v Speaker 2>extent they did, because what President Trump and the Republicans

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<v Speaker 2>wanted is a continuing revolution resolution. Let's just say everything

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<v Speaker 2>the same while we figure out your issues. The problem

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<v Speaker 2>is that the issue at hand is the continuation of

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<v Speaker 2>the ACA subsidies, the Obamacare subsidies. The continuation they they

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<v Speaker 2>end at the end of the year. They were put

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<v Speaker 2>in place ten porarily because of COVID by Joe Biden

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<v Speaker 2>and the Republicans saying it's over. Democrats are saying, hey,

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<v Speaker 2>do you know how many people are going to lose

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<v Speaker 2>their medical insurance or they're going to be priced out

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<v Speaker 2>of their medical insurance by the tens of millions. And

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<v Speaker 2>therein lies the philosophy the Republicans say, you pass this resolution,

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<v Speaker 2>will talk about this crisis in medical care, particularly insurance.

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<v Speaker 2>What's covered, what's not. Frankly, the Democrats don't believe them.

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<v Speaker 2>I don't believe them. I don't believe the Republicans. They

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<v Speaker 2>haven't committed anything. They've committed to talking about it. This

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<v Speaker 2>is an administration that does not like social services. It's

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<v Speaker 2>that simple. That's a philosophy I mean. And by the way,

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<v Speaker 2>that's not a value judgment I'm making. I'm telling you factually,

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<v Speaker 2>because when you have a democratic administration, they love social services.

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<v Speaker 2>You know, when you look at every one of these

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<v Speaker 2>Democrats that are in power, every one of them share

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<v Speaker 2>exactly the same epitaph. Epitaph their tombstones will read much

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<v Speaker 2>like real Will Rogers, who said I never met a

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<v Speaker 2>man I didn't like on his tombstone, theirs will read

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<v Speaker 2>I never met a tax I didn't like. So we

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<v Speaker 2>have two ways of of doing government. In the meantime,

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<v Speaker 2>the cutting of social programs, energy programs is going balls

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<v Speaker 2>to the wall with the Trump administration. How much you

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<v Speaker 2>think they're spending on border enforcement. It's unbelievable how much

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<v Speaker 2>money is being poured into that. So the Democrats said,

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<v Speaker 2>this was the line that couldn't be crossed. We're done now.

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<v Speaker 2>We're not going to let the government move on. We're

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<v Speaker 2>not going to let this government be funded until we

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<v Speaker 2>get some kind of a deal on the extension of

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<v Speaker 2>Obama Care subsidies allowing tens of millions of people to

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<v Speaker 2>be insured. So one of two things are going to

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<v Speaker 2>happen now, and this is where the politics come back in.

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<v Speaker 2>The Republicans are absolutely going to win this one. There's

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<v Speaker 2>no question about it, because lack of insurance happens at

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<v Speaker 2>the beginning of next year. Lack of your groceries are

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<v Speaker 2>happening right now, and right now, it's a little bit

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<v Speaker 2>more important to feed the family than it is to

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<v Speaker 2>worry about medical insurance. Okay, government is in continuing resolution

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<v Speaker 2>has been passed only until January thirty one, and then

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<v Speaker 2>it starts all over again. The difference is is that

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<v Speaker 2>those people will not have medical insurance who have it

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<v Speaker 2>now or will not be able to afford the premiums

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<v Speaker 2>which are going to double in certain cases. And so

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<v Speaker 2>it's going to be a very different animal. It's not

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<v Speaker 2>going to be the it's not going to be proactive.

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<v Speaker 2>It's going to be happening at this moment. I'm talking

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<v Speaker 2>about January thirty one, and so the politics are going

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<v Speaker 2>to go I think the other way. The Republicans are

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<v Speaker 2>going to be blamed for the lack of subsidies, There's

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<v Speaker 2>no question about it, and they should because that's their position.

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<v Speaker 2>And you've got a whole lot of millions of Americans

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<v Speaker 2>who are not going to be very thrilled with a

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<v Speaker 2>lack of insurance or is so expensive they have been

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<v Speaker 2>priced out, so as of right now, government's back and action.

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<v Speaker 2>It's gonna take a little bit of time. The snap

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<v Speaker 2>payments are going to be back.

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<v Speaker 1>That's the other thing.

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<v Speaker 2>How much are the Republicans going to get hit? How

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<v Speaker 2>much is the Trump administration going to get hit in

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<v Speaker 2>terms of approval rating? Stopping trying to stop snap payments,

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<v Speaker 2>even partial stamp payments from being made. They went to

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<v Speaker 2>court to stop it. Once the lower court said you

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<v Speaker 2>have to make those payments. Once that decision is made,

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<v Speaker 2>Carolyn Levitt got up on that lectern in the White

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<v Speaker 2>House press room and said, we are releasing those payments.

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<v Speaker 2>This administration wants to pay those people. But you said

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<v Speaker 2>no a week ago, and all you're doing is following

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<v Speaker 2>the court order. Well, see, everybody takes advantage of everything

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<v Speaker 2>that's happening. You know, you take the blame for nothing,

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<v Speaker 2>You take the credit for everything.

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<v Speaker 1>Good. Okay, enough of that.

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<v Speaker 2>The Epstein files come back and back and back again

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<v Speaker 2>to haunt the president. And as everyone knows, Jeffrey Epstein,

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<v Speaker 2>complete cockroach is dead. He committed suicide in prison on

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<v Speaker 2>his second go round of child molestation charges. His first time,

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<v Speaker 2>he was given the sweetheart deal of all time. Did

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<v Speaker 2>one year in prison, a federal prison, and it was

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<v Speaker 2>no one could believe it. And the other part of

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<v Speaker 2>no one can believe it Jelaane Maxwell, who is Epstein's

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<v Speaker 2>right hand and his buddy, a pimp, pimped for him,

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<v Speaker 2>who was convicted of child molestation, also sex with minors.

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<v Speaker 2>We've got twenty years in prison. Strangely got transferred to

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<v Speaker 2>a club met actually a club fed where minimum security prison.

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<v Speaker 1>What is sick? Sexual offenders like this don't get transferred

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<v Speaker 1>to places like this. How did it happen? Well, there's

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<v Speaker 1>a whole story there.

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<v Speaker 2>But as far as these emails that were just released,

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<v Speaker 2>I tell you it doesn't bode well for the president.

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<v Speaker 2>And I have said and I think it's panning out,

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<v Speaker 2>and I've said this for months, is I don't think

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<v Speaker 2>the president is going to be tagged with doing anything

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<v Speaker 2>wrong being part of the sexual exploitation.

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<v Speaker 1>What I think he's going to.

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<v Speaker 2>Be tagged with is having a whole lot closer relationship

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<v Speaker 2>to Epstein than he has said. And any close relationship

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<v Speaker 2>to Epstein is toxic under any circumstances. And there are

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<v Speaker 2>a whole lot of people that are there in that category.

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<v Speaker 2>Because Epstein, it was a real player socially, he has

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<v Speaker 2>a lot of money, had big parties. Look what happened

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<v Speaker 2>to Prince Andrew So anyway, in an email he wrote

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<v Speaker 2>to himself on February first, twenty nineteen, This was a

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<v Speaker 2>few months before he was arrested on the sex trafficking

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<v Speaker 2>charges the second time and was in jail and he

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<v Speaker 2>killed himself. This is a quote from that email. Trump

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<v Speaker 2>knew of it, referring to the sexual misconduct. And he

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<v Speaker 2>came to my house many times during that period. He

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<v Speaker 2>never got a massage. And this was part of this

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<v Speaker 2>whole tranch of documents. And Trump said he had a

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<v Speaker 2>falling out in the mid two thousand with Epstein, and

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<v Speaker 2>it doesn't look like it. And Trump in twenty nineteen

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<v Speaker 2>said I had no idea referring to Epstein and the

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<v Speaker 2>sexual misconduct. I haven't spoken him in many, many years.

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<v Speaker 1>Well, it looks like he did.

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<v Speaker 2>And on Wednesday, of course, Trump accused the Demo crats

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<v Speaker 2>of resurfacing the scandal to distract from the forty three

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<v Speaker 2>day government shutdown. The Democrats are using the Jeffrey Epstein

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<v Speaker 2>hoax to try to deflect from their massive failures. In particular,

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<v Speaker 2>the most recent one, the shutdown. Well, here's the problem.

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<v Speaker 2>The shutdown is over and the Republicans won, Yet the

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<v Speaker 2>Epstein emails and files continue to haunt the president and

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<v Speaker 2>they will. This is why the administration has fought like

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<v Speaker 2>crazy to not have the entire file release. Department Justice

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<v Speaker 2>is holding on to this stuff. They have all of it,

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<v Speaker 2>and the Oversight Committee wants it. In Congress, even Republicans

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<v Speaker 2>want it because this is we're talking about raping fourteen

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<v Speaker 2>year olds. I mean, this is something Republicans are saying, Okay,

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<v Speaker 2>you know what. We have to find out everything about this,

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<v Speaker 2>every bit of it. And the Trump administration is fighting

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<v Speaker 2>it like crazy. Why not because I think Trump did

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<v Speaker 2>anything wrong. I don't, but because of the radioactivity of

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<v Speaker 2>being anywhere near Epstein. And then the argument did Trump

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<v Speaker 2>actually know of the sexual misconduct? And I don't know

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<v Speaker 2>about that. That one's up in the air, but I'm

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<v Speaker 2>pretty sure that he never participated, but he was a

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<v Speaker 2>lot closer. And of course Mike Johnson is naturally doing

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<v Speaker 2>exactly what Trump wanted, and he is doing everything he

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<v Speaker 2>could to keep the file secret.

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<v Speaker 1>And what he wouldn't do is swear in Grivalja.

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<v Speaker 2>Who is the congressman, I think from Arizona who just

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<v Speaker 2>got elected, wouldn't swear her in for thirty days. He's

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<v Speaker 2>because she is the vote that puts it over the

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<v Speaker 2>edge to demand that the Department of Justice turn over

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<v Speaker 2>those files. Johnson fight said, But there's a procedure which

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<v Speaker 2>you can bypass the speaker and demand it. And that's

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<v Speaker 2>exactly what is happening right now. So how toxic is

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<v Speaker 2>this going to be? You know, even if it goes

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<v Speaker 2>no further than this, I think the President can yell hoax, hoax,

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<v Speaker 2>hoax all he wants. You know, some stuff just sticks

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<v Speaker 2>no matter what. All right now, what I do want

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<v Speaker 2>to get into is what we do with our maritime

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<v Speaker 2>fleet the United States. And this is where President Trump

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<v Speaker 2>is saying, hey, let's revive us shipping. We don't do

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<v Speaker 2>enough of it and we don't. Let me give you

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<v Speaker 2>a statistic that kind of floored me, and that is,

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<v Speaker 2>in the last ten years, the United States manufactured thirty

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<v Speaker 2>eight large commercial vessels US shipyards.

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<v Speaker 1>Thirty eight of them.

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<v Speaker 2>China over seventy five hundred of these commercial vessels. The

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<v Speaker 2>way the law works in the United States is horrific.

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<v Speaker 2>The American law says that for international commercial shipping on

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<v Speaker 2>American vessels and flying under the American flag, that means

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<v Speaker 2>it's register in the US, follows the Coastguards regulation, employs

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<v Speaker 2>only American citizens.

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<v Speaker 1>That means it's not happening. So what is the answer.

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<v Speaker 2>And I think the administration is right on because this

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<v Speaker 2>is an area that has been ignored and that is

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<v Speaker 2>working as a mariner, building more ships and working as

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<v Speaker 2>a mariner right now as an American city, and you

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<v Speaker 2>can go and work for well almost any fleet.

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<v Speaker 1>In the world.

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<v Speaker 2>Mariners earn over one hundred thousand dollars a year six

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<v Speaker 2>months of paid leave a year.

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<v Speaker 1>Who is not going to do that.

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<v Speaker 2>There are seven maritime academies in the US, seven of them,

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<v Speaker 2>six state and the US United States Merchant Marine Academy

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<v Speaker 2>that's in New York. Now, the federal academy perfectly free

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<v Speaker 2>to attend. The other ones, the state ones are they

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<v Speaker 2>cost money. And let me give you another stat that's

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<v Speaker 2>kind of just mind bending. The number of students graduating

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<v Speaker 2>with Coastguard qualifications, okay, which all the academy give last

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<v Speaker 2>year was eight hundred and ten. How about that eight

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<v Speaker 2>hundred and ten. Now, there is an organization called the

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<v Speaker 2>Military Sealift Command. These are a fleet of ships that

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<v Speaker 2>supply the US Navy. Those supply ships that you see

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<v Speaker 2>with fuel and goods and material are usually civilian ships

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<v Speaker 2>crewed by civilians.

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<v Speaker 1>They can't find mariners, they can't find people to work.

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<v Speaker 2>How about this a first officer two hundred and twenty

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<v Speaker 2>thousand dollars along with a seventy one thousand dollars signing bonus,

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<v Speaker 2>and you can't get enough of them? Well, first of all,

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<v Speaker 2>you got to go to school. Okay, it's one of

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<v Speaker 2>these four year degree things. But I don't know how

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<v Speaker 2>many jobs out there. Right out of college you go

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<v Speaker 2>for what two hundred grand a year? Now, the fleet,

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<v Speaker 2>the Military Seelift Command, it took vessels out of regular service.

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<v Speaker 2>They didn't have enough civilian employees. They didn't have enough

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<v Speaker 2>people to run these ships. I mean, it is kind

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<v Speaker 2>of crazy. So why do they have so few? Because

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<v Speaker 2>when you look into it, the work is brutal. If

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<v Speaker 2>you don't have enough mariners on a ship, which means

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<v Speaker 2>the ones that you do have are working twice as

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<v Speaker 2>hard and the burnout rate is unbelievable. One of this

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<v Speaker 2>is what this was a wall Street Journal New York

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<v Speaker 2>Times article, and one of these guys was interviewed, Nathan Weimoth,

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<v Speaker 2>a chief engineer on a tramper, which means it went

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<v Speaker 2>from place to place, not a specific route that was

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<v Speaker 2>hired for. He said he had six months of paid

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<v Speaker 2>short leaves, but he works so long when he was

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<v Speaker 2>at sea that we actually look at the hours work

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<v Speaker 2>there longer than the six months he had off twelve

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<v Speaker 2>hours a day, six or seven days a week.

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<v Speaker 1>And it's total burnout.

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<v Speaker 2>But if you're willing to not see your family for

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<v Speaker 2>six months at a time, which is I'd be thrilled

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<v Speaker 2>to do that. If you're willing to not be anywhere

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<v Speaker 2>near your home and be on a ship. The pay

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<v Speaker 2>is pretty high and I'm assuming the benefits are pretty good.

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<v Speaker 2>And it's just one of those fields that not enough

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<v Speaker 2>people were going to and.

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<v Speaker 1>It pays huge money. So what I'm going to do.

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<v Speaker 2>Is, occasionally, as unemployment explodes and you're going to see

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<v Speaker 2>it die, I believe because of AI etcetera is getting

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<v Speaker 2>worse and worse, I'm going to be throwing in these

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<v Speaker 2>jobs occasionally. Where it's good money, it's not very well.

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<v Speaker 2>These are not very well known and I just love

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<v Speaker 2>talking about employment. Okay, okay, there is a something called

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<v Speaker 2>college direct admissions. Now you can pre register for college.

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<v Speaker 2>They have early admission, but you have to apply direct admissions.

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<v Speaker 1>You don't apply. An email goes.

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<v Speaker 2>Out from the schools, from the four year colleges to

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<v Speaker 2>kids who are kids you know, who are out of

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<v Speaker 2>high school, who meet the criteria, and it says you've

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<v Speaker 2>been admitted. And the theory is it's going after those

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<v Speaker 2>kids who are disenfranchised, are on the lower socioeconomic ladder.

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<v Speaker 2>They're lower on the ladder because it's just more difficult

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<v Speaker 2>for them. You have to know how to work the system.

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<v Speaker 2>An application to college is not an easy thing. I mean,

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<v Speaker 2>you have to obviously take the tests, and then you

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<v Speaker 2>get to write the essay as to why you want

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<v Speaker 2>to go to school and you come up with some

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<v Speaker 2>complete lie and what you want to do for the

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<v Speaker 2>rest of your life, and then you're in front of

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<v Speaker 2>a admissions officer or at least the application.

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<v Speaker 1>Is and it's a lot of work.

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<v Speaker 2>Well, with these direct admissions, it is not a lot

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<v Speaker 2>of work. Now, California has just started it. Six other

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<v Speaker 2>states or seven other states have already done this and

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<v Speaker 2>it looks like it's fairly successful because the number of

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<v Speaker 2>people that are wanted, and that is first generation or

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<v Speaker 2>second generation Americans coming from the first people to go

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<v Speaker 2>to college in their families. I mean that, you know

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<v Speaker 2>the story of people who it's just not easy to

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<v Speaker 2>go to college. Well, they're getting more and more of them.

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<v Speaker 2>They've almost doubled those figures with a direct admission. So

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<v Speaker 2>who is in this case, it was the cal State

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<v Speaker 2>system that by law is now involved in direct admissions

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<v Speaker 2>after the pilot program. I think it was at cal

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<v Speaker 2>State Riverside. I don't even know if there is a

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<v Speaker 2>cal State Riverside. It was one of the schools.

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<v Speaker 1>Is there a cal State Riverside?

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<v Speaker 2>I don't, Okay, I don't even know. Yeah, well, you know,

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<v Speaker 2>I understand. But this is not for uc The ucs

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<v Speaker 2>are exempt from this. It's not there. Yes, this is

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<v Speaker 2>only cal State and it's cal State. San Luisbispo, for example,

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<v Speaker 2>is exempt. They're not doing this because frankly, well it's

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<v Speaker 2>a high end school. That's what that's about. For example,

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<v Speaker 2>it's impossible impossible to get into UCLA, right, you can't

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<v Speaker 2>do it, give it up. You want to go to

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<v Speaker 2>UC channel islands you can get in. So the cal

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<v Speaker 2>State system is saying, and this, I guess is some

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<v Speaker 2>kind of a pilot program or full time. I don't

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<v Speaker 2>know if it's ever going to go to the UC system.

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<v Speaker 2>But the schools are the entire is the entire system

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<v Speaker 2>except two schoolers or exempt one of San Luis Obispo.

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<v Speaker 2>And strangely enough, cal State Northridge is not involved with

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<v Speaker 2>this program because there was a huge move to move

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<v Speaker 2>cal State Northridge into the community college system and remove

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<v Speaker 2>it from California State University because Northridge gives you such

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<v Speaker 2>quality education. Having graduated from cal State Northridge, I can

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<v Speaker 2>see why it should be a junior college, right Kono?

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<v Speaker 1>Sure? Bill? Yeah? Uh? Amy didn't go off. Also, Amy

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<v Speaker 1>didn't go to cal State Northriach. I did not. I

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<v Speaker 1>went to Oregon State University. Yeah. I was onto cal

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<v Speaker 1>State San Bernardino and cal State Fullerton. Yeah. Likes college. No,

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<v Speaker 1>I do you know what I have? Actually? Are you

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<v Speaker 1>ready for this?

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<v Speaker 2>I am looking at cal State Long Beach, uh for

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<v Speaker 2>some histories. I'm thinking of getting a master's degree in

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<v Speaker 2>history because I like history so.

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<v Speaker 1>Much about it.

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<v Speaker 2>I do because I'm just and and and well and

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<v Speaker 2>my life is different now. I mean I used to

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<v Speaker 2>be you know all, I used to be the surrogacy center.

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<v Speaker 2>I work all day after the show and uh uh

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<v Speaker 2>now I get do you I guess you call a

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<v Speaker 2>semi retired. Does that make sense? Where I do the

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<v Speaker 2>show and then basically by noon, Now what do I do?

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<v Speaker 1>Are you gonna do it? From student union? You'll do

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<v Speaker 1>the show? Uhout be wild?

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<v Speaker 2>But anyway, it's uh, this directed mission thing seems to

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<v Speaker 2>be working.

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<v Speaker 1>And it is designed for.

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<v Speaker 2>People, first of all, to make it easier to go

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<v Speaker 2>to college, to apply for college, and to try to

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<v Speaker 2>get those students that were just difficult to apply. I mean,

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<v Speaker 2>I've applied well, cal Staton Northoris was not that difficult.

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<v Speaker 2>My law school, for example, that was a tough one.

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<v Speaker 2>I remember going in and seeing the admissions counselor at

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<v Speaker 2>my law school, what your law school? And I was wondering,

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<v Speaker 2>why was the admissions person putting mirrors under people's noses?

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<v Speaker 2>And it turned out that if you had condensation, you

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<v Speaker 2>were admitted to the school. That was the requirement. By

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<v Speaker 2>the way, that school is no longer there. Just to

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<v Speaker 2>let you know, my law school is no longer It's

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<v Speaker 2>just out there. I think Starbucks is in the building,

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<v Speaker 2>and then I think they also have maybe an Amazon

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<v Speaker 2>warehouse there. Okay, we're done, all right, Joe Larsguard is

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<v Speaker 2>coming up and we're going to talk about some how

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<v Speaker 2>the money news and there's some fun stuff fifty year

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<v Speaker 2>mortgage that the President just pitched and we was talking

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<v Speaker 2>about with Joel. Does that make sense, as well as

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<v Speaker 2>other topics, So don't go away.

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<v Speaker 1>This is by the way, I'm just.

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<v Speaker 2>Kidding about cal State northridget It really is a superb

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<v Speaker 2>institution of higher learning. It's called Harvard of the West.

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<v Speaker 2>All Right, KFI am six forty.

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