WEBVTT - US Testing Nuclear Weapons | Escaped Monkeys Destroyed

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<v Speaker 2>Now yesterday an interesting announcement where Donald Trump says the

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<v Speaker 2>US will immediately start testing nuclear weapons. Now I agree

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<v Speaker 2>with his premise that if other countries testing their nuclear weapons,

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<v Speaker 2>then we should react to that and test our nuclear weapons.

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<v Speaker 2>But here's where he conflated just a little bit. First

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<v Speaker 2>of all, we've been talking about the last major agreement

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<v Speaker 2>was back when H. George HW Bush signed the Comprehensive

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<v Speaker 2>Nuclear Test Ban Treaty in nineteen ninety six. The Senate

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<v Speaker 2>refused to ratify it, and all treat all treaties must

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<v Speaker 2>be ratified by the Senate.

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<v Speaker 1>We are not part of it. However, we've lived up

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<v Speaker 1>to it.

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<v Speaker 2>All the terms we are following, and what it means

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<v Speaker 2>is no nuclear testing. There are a couple times. There

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<v Speaker 2>are a couple of ways of testing nuclear weapons. One

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<v Speaker 2>is underground, which they've been doing since nineteen sixty when

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<v Speaker 2>I was.

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<v Speaker 1>In grade school.

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<v Speaker 2>There were two major stories that I remember when JFK

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<v Speaker 2>was president, certainly when he was assassinated, but during the

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<v Speaker 2>course the first three years, and I was a young guy,

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<v Speaker 2>but I still remember this. One was Alaska and Hawaii

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<v Speaker 2>being incorporated in the United States as states. That was

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<v Speaker 2>nineteen sixty, by the way, it hasn't been that long ago.

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<v Speaker 2>And number two the Test Ban Treaty that was signed

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<v Speaker 2>with Russia, and the test Ban Treaty said there are

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<v Speaker 2>no more atmospheric nuclear tests. That before that, starting from

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<v Speaker 2>World War Two right up to nineteen sixty, the testing

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<v Speaker 2>would be in the atmosphere.

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<v Speaker 1>They would throw missiles up and.

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<v Speaker 2>Explode nuclear weapons in the sky, and everybody realized, yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>you know, that's maybe that's not such a good idea,

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<v Speaker 2>so they moved it to underground, where we tested probably

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<v Speaker 2>a thousand different tests the United States did and it

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<v Speaker 2>was underground in Nevada, which is why you don't want

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<v Speaker 2>to be a spilunker because when you are you don't

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<v Speaker 2>actually need those lights.

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<v Speaker 1>You glow yourself.

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<v Speaker 2>And so the testing went underground and nobody has since

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<v Speaker 2>nineteen ninety six, we have not exploded a test. We

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<v Speaker 2>have not exploded a weapon underground. The only people that

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<v Speaker 2>have NUCA is North Korea. They have because they don't

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<v Speaker 2>agree to anything, and so do they still test? Yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>they actually do. But let me tell you how it's done.

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<v Speaker 2>They do it with computer modeling. That's the testing that's

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<v Speaker 2>being done. And I had a friend of mine that

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<v Speaker 2>worked up at Lawrence Livermore Lab up in northern California

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<v Speaker 2>and they developed nuclear devices. They you know, technology just

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<v Speaker 2>gets better and better across the board, so as they're

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<v Speaker 2>new TVs and new new nuclear weapons, and the testing

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<v Speaker 2>was always done on a computer model and that's the

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<v Speaker 2>way it works. Well, why is Trump now saying that

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<v Speaker 2>we are going to start testing, Well, because China and

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<v Speaker 2>Russia are going to start testing.

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<v Speaker 1>Particularly Russia. But it's not testing nuclear weapons that Russia

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<v Speaker 1>is doing.

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<v Speaker 2>It's delivery systems is what they're testing how to get

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<v Speaker 2>the nuclears weapons to a given target.

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<v Speaker 1>That's the testing.

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<v Speaker 2>And so when President Trump says they are testing nuclear

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<v Speaker 2>weapons and we are going to engage in testing, they're

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<v Speaker 2>not what he's What he should be saying is following.

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<v Speaker 2>What's actually happening is Russia is testing delivery systems. Therefore

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<v Speaker 2>we should test delivery systems. And Russia talks about it's

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<v Speaker 2>hyper missile and a torpedo so that moves so quickly

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<v Speaker 2>that it's you can't defend against it. Now on Air

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<v Speaker 2>Force One on the way back from South Korea, he

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<v Speaker 2>did say that the process will begin immediately. We don't

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<v Speaker 2>know what that means. And because of other countries testing programs. Again,

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<v Speaker 2>what they're testing is delivery systems, not the weapons themselves.

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<v Speaker 2>I've instructed the Department of War to start testing are

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<v Speaker 2>nuclear weapons on equal basis and that will happen right now.

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<v Speaker 2>And then a reporter asked him is the world entering

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<v Speaker 2>a more risky environment when it comes to these nuclear issues,

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<v Speaker 2>and he said no, I don't think so. I think

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<v Speaker 2>we pretty well have it locked up. But I see

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<v Speaker 2>them testing, and again he leaves out, I see them

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<v Speaker 2>testing delivery systems, not the nuclear weapons themselves. And I say, well,

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<v Speaker 2>they're going to test. I guess we have to test.

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<v Speaker 2>He'd like to see a de nuclearization program, and that

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<v Speaker 2>would be a tremendous thing. That's true, And he said

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<v Speaker 2>it's something we're actually talking to Russia about. I don't

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<v Speaker 2>know what they're talking to Rush about, because Putin keeps

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<v Speaker 2>on testing these delivery systems and he is. As a

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<v Speaker 2>matter of fact, Russia has created a couple of ways

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<v Speaker 2>of delivering nuclear weapons that I don't think we've come up,

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<v Speaker 2>we've come close to.

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<v Speaker 1>And so you know what's going to happen. Well, I

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<v Speaker 1>don't know.

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<v Speaker 2>Is Trump going to go forward and start the nuclear

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<v Speaker 2>tests in Nevada? And the politics of that. You have

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<v Speaker 2>Nevadians or Nevado's whatever, they all they call people citizens

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<v Speaker 2>of Nevada, residents of Nevada's, they're not going to be

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<v Speaker 2>happy about it. They're internationally people aren't going to other

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<v Speaker 2>countries aren't going to be happy about it. And there

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<v Speaker 2>are a lot of countries that are not big fans

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<v Speaker 2>of Donald Trump to begin with. But can you imagine

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<v Speaker 2>starting another nuclear war, not actual war, but a nuclear

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<v Speaker 2>testing war. I mean, we don't need it, and we

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<v Speaker 2>have the technology. From what I understand, we have the

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<v Speaker 2>technology to do all the testing we want by way

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<v Speaker 2>of this computer modeling. So I don't get it now

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<v Speaker 2>the basic premise, I agree. If the other countries, particularly

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<v Speaker 2>Russia and China, that's what we're talking about. North Korea

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<v Speaker 2>is going to test itself to obolivion and there's nothing

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<v Speaker 2>anybody can do about that. And they have maybe a

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<v Speaker 2>couple hundred weapons. China, well, Russia and the United States

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<v Speaker 2>have about the same over five thousand of these nuclear weapons.

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<v Speaker 2>Are you ready for this one? You know what they

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<v Speaker 2>used to have with the United States and Russia had.

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<v Speaker 2>The United States had thirty thousand of them at one

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<v Speaker 2>point and Russia is in the twenty thousands. How's that

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<v Speaker 2>for the ability to blow up this earth into little

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<v Speaker 2>tiny pieces? Now it's down because we've done all kinds

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<v Speaker 2>of treaties reducing the very weapons down to about five

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<v Speaker 2>thousand each. United States a little bit ahead by a

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<v Speaker 2>couple of hundred, and when you talk about North Korea,

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<v Speaker 2>it's way down. So who are the major countries that

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<v Speaker 2>have them? While North Korea does Unfortunately, Pakistan India developed

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<v Speaker 2>their own Israel has had one for years and years,

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<v Speaker 2>although they deny it, they won't comment on it. And

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<v Speaker 2>there's a wonderful story about Israel and one of the

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<v Speaker 2>Israeli guys who worked at Demona, which is the plant

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<v Speaker 2>where they make it, stealing secrets and actually giving them

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<v Speaker 2>the United States and we had them in jail for

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<v Speaker 2>twenty years. That's another story we want to do at

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<v Speaker 2>some point because that's a fun one. So the bottom

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<v Speaker 2>line is, are we really going to start testing when

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<v Speaker 2>the other countries are not testing except their delivery systems?

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<v Speaker 2>Who the hell knows? No idea. Okay, now we're going

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<v Speaker 2>to have fun escape monkeys. There was that story about

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<v Speaker 2>the escape monkeys. There was that truck in Mississis that

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<v Speaker 2>overturned and had it was a trunk. It was a

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<v Speaker 2>truck full of Recis monkeys on the way to be tested.

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<v Speaker 1>And where were they going.

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<v Speaker 2>Well, they were actually going to a movie set where

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<v Speaker 2>they were filming the next film of Night at the Museum.

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<v Speaker 2>That's actually not true because those are Cappachin monkeys, not

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<v Speaker 2>Reciss monkeys. But I had to go there because it's

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<v Speaker 2>a nice visual. In the meantime, there's all kinds of

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<v Speaker 2>controversy about the monkeys themselves. Originally the truck driver said

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<v Speaker 2>that they were infected with herpes and hepatitis because of

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<v Speaker 2>the testing is what they do. And then we find

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<v Speaker 2>out that's not true, and one monkey was had escaped,

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<v Speaker 2>and it turns out there are three monkeys and a

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<v Speaker 2>number of monkeys were quote destroyed. That's the term they

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<v Speaker 2>use after they got loose. You ever noticed when anybody

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<v Speaker 2>is executed that what they should do is we have

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<v Speaker 2>destroyed the inmate, because that basically works. Okay, So the

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<v Speaker 2>controversy is they were coming from the National The school

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<v Speaker 2>said that it's National Biological Research Center. It provides primates

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<v Speaker 2>monkeys to other research organizations to quote advance science, and

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<v Speaker 2>the monkeys were in fact not in fact that Okay,

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<v Speaker 2>that's the news story. And then I go thinking about

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<v Speaker 2>the animal rights people who have a real problem with

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<v Speaker 2>animals being used for testing. They've successful, they've been successful,

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<v Speaker 2>and for example, rabbit testing for makeup products no longer

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<v Speaker 2>rabbit eyes are being used to hurt the animals. But

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<v Speaker 2>when it comes to diseases, that's a very different thing.

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<v Speaker 2>And so there was a woman just right next to

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<v Speaker 2>this story who has just found guilty of well, removing

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<v Speaker 2>four chickens from a processing plant. Four chickens, and she

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<v Speaker 2>did it and said she was removing them from cruelty.

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<v Speaker 1>She didn't deny taking them.

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<v Speaker 2>Matter of fact, her organization the direct Action everywhere DX filmed.

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<v Speaker 1>It, they didn't un it and released it.

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<v Speaker 2>She was there, and she was there to prove that

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<v Speaker 2>animals were destroyed cruelly. And so she breaks into this

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<v Speaker 2>processing plant where there are millions of chickens, grabs four

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<v Speaker 2>of them, puts them in buckets, which is what the

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<v Speaker 2>story tells us. Ironically enough, the buckets they put them

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<v Speaker 2>in they got from the back of a KFC store

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<v Speaker 2>that were put into the dumpster. So she is now

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<v Speaker 2>convicted of stealing the four chickens. And her attorney and

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<v Speaker 2>by the way, her attorney said, oh, we're going to

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<v Speaker 2>appeal the conviction. Her attorney said that the prosecution look

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<v Speaker 2>at what the prosecutors look at what the county did

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<v Speaker 2>spend hundreds of thousands of dollars to prosecute this case

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<v Speaker 2>because the animal rights people were throwing tons of money

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<v Speaker 2>into this legal action.

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<v Speaker 1>Into the defense.

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<v Speaker 2>Well, the prosecution is right, and that is we're not

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<v Speaker 2>doing this because you're an animal rights person or you

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<v Speaker 2>believe in, you know, stopping animal cruelty.

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<v Speaker 1>We did this because it broke in. That's what it's about.

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<v Speaker 2>You broke into a facility, and it doesn't matter what

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<v Speaker 2>the motivation is, and it doesn't. I mean, can you

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<v Speaker 2>imagine if they don't prosecute based on the fact that

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<v Speaker 2>the motivation is to save animals from cruelty. By the way,

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<v Speaker 2>does anybody think when they're gnawing on a chicken leg

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<v Speaker 2>that somehow it's cruel to animals?

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<v Speaker 1>I try not to think. I don't. I mean, I

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<v Speaker 1>don't do that.

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<v Speaker 2>I mean, there are people that na on people's legs

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<v Speaker 2>that don't think that it's cruelty.

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<v Speaker 1>The people read Jeffrey Dahmer different story. The point is,

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<v Speaker 1>that's what animals are.

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<v Speaker 2>But we as human beings, are put on this earth,

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<v Speaker 2>and we are the primary species, and we eat both.

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<v Speaker 1>Animals and we eat plants. That's what we do.

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<v Speaker 2>We were designed to do that by God, if you

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<v Speaker 2>are into God. We were also designed to listen to

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<v Speaker 2>rock and roll and to get high on drugs and

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<v Speaker 2>to engage in all kinds of crazy ass sexual escapades.

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<v Speaker 1>That's what human beings do. So you can.

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<v Speaker 2>Argue all day long that chickens have to be saved

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<v Speaker 2>from poulsry plants. Now, I wonder which of the four

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<v Speaker 2>chickens were the lucky ones. You talk about winning the lottery.

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<v Speaker 2>There's two million chickens. We'll grab these four. You ever

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<v Speaker 2>seen a chicken smile? Okay, all right, let me talk

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<v Speaker 2>about restaurants. And then Neil talks about restaurants all the time.

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<v Speaker 2>And this is how restaurants have changed completely. It's a

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<v Speaker 2>new model and it started in the early two thousands.

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<v Speaker 2>And what it is is delivery. It's not people coming

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<v Speaker 2>into the restaurant anymore. It's delivering food. And you mix

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<v Speaker 2>that up with technology. I mean, even delivery has been

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<v Speaker 2>around involved forever. I remember as a kid in the

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<v Speaker 2>valley there was pizza Man that would deliver and that

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<v Speaker 2>was and by the way, that failed miserably only because

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<v Speaker 2>the pizzas were horrible and it was basically pizza again.

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<v Speaker 3>I still have Pizza Man.

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<v Speaker 2>Oh wow, you go back a long way. Well, the

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<v Speaker 2>point is it's gone from pizza delivery, which has sort

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<v Speaker 2>of been the end all be all for pizzas, into

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<v Speaker 2>anything you want, I mean anything. Some of the most

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<v Speaker 2>high end food that is delivered to your door, and

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<v Speaker 2>you're never on the phone. You never talk to anybody,

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<v Speaker 2>is you just you're clicking through on your device or

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<v Speaker 2>on your home computer and the order comes in and

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<v Speaker 2>then the mechanism starts on the other side. And what

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<v Speaker 2>has been happening, I think Neil will back this up.

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<v Speaker 2>What has been happening is that the focus of restaurants

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<v Speaker 2>is moving away from people walking into restaurants and having

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<v Speaker 2>the restaurant experience to having the food delivered at home.

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<v Speaker 2>Now there's some downsides to that too, which I'm going

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<v Speaker 2>to get into, but just get I'm going to start

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<v Speaker 2>giving you some stats, and I want to start.

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<v Speaker 1>Giving you some names.

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<v Speaker 2>Okay, this guy, but then na Colin Wallace in two

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<v Speaker 2>thousand and six wanted a snack in the classroom and

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<v Speaker 2>he had delivered long classes and he did it by

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<v Speaker 2>talking on the phone, ordering for the restaurant and then

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<v Speaker 2>waiting for the delivery.

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<v Speaker 1>It was the Georgia Tech and he goes, that's kind

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<v Speaker 1>of neat.

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<v Speaker 2>So he started a company that then was eventually acquired

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<v Speaker 2>in twenty eleven by grub Hub. He was at a

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<v Speaker 2>leadership at this company that would go on to change

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<v Speaker 2>restaurants forever. And so, as I said today, you can

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<v Speaker 2>get anything, literally anything ice cream Sunday, martini, wagou steak

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<v Speaker 2>delivered to your door and whatever you order. It comes

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<v Speaker 2>from a business that used to operate as a restaurant,

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<v Speaker 2>and now it's more like a pickup counter. And there's

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<v Speaker 2>no experience there, restaurant experience, although eating at home and

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<v Speaker 2>in front of your TV that's kind of an I mean,

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<v Speaker 2>there's some downsides to that delivery. And now I don't

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<v Speaker 2>like delivery at home. I mean, I think Lindsay has

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<v Speaker 2>door dash and we have it delivered, you know, once

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<v Speaker 2>a blue moon. But the food is always cold. You

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<v Speaker 2>never get hot, piping food delivered to your table.

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<v Speaker 1>That's a given.

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<v Speaker 2>The best you're gonna do is lukewarm plus and the

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<v Speaker 2>food steams. You order tacos, for example, from that taco

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<v Speaker 2>restaurant up the street from US, which has great tacos,

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<v Speaker 2>these crispy tacos that are just wonderful. Well, once I

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<v Speaker 2>ordered from them and they wrap it up in aluminum

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<v Speaker 2>foil by the time it got to my house, and

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<v Speaker 2>by the way, only a few minutes later.

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<v Speaker 1>Because this thing is quarter mile from it from me.

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<v Speaker 2>The tacos were all soggy, they had steamed in their containers.

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<v Speaker 2>And even the way the restaurants are using many dishes,

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<v Speaker 2>they're not using much cutlery. What they're using is lots

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<v Speaker 2>of plastic, lots of paper, lots of rappers. And it's

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<v Speaker 2>changed completely, totally, completely, basically. One of the restaurant restaurant

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<v Speaker 2>tours and a critic as well as an expert in

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<v Speaker 2>the world of restaurant says, what's happening is less of

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<v Speaker 2>experience and this has become a commodity.

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<v Speaker 1>That is the shame of it.

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<v Speaker 2>National Restaurant Association keeps track of restaurants nationally.

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<v Speaker 1>Wine a whild name. In twenty twenty.

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<v Speaker 2>Four, nearly three out of every four restaurant orders were

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<v Speaker 2>not eaten in restaurants. And when you look at millennials

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<v Speaker 2>and Generation Z man, here are the stats. More than

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<v Speaker 2>half of adults under forty five use delivery at least

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<v Speaker 2>once a week.

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<v Speaker 1>I shouldn't do that. How come I has that to me?

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<v Speaker 2>They use delivered at least once a week, thirteen percent

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<v Speaker 2>use it every day. One in eight boomers use the

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<v Speaker 2>delivery once a week, which is last time a Boomer.

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<v Speaker 2>We're order inners or inner orders, and DoorDash was just

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<v Speaker 2>acquired by a British delivery service, delivery, I mean delivery.

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<v Speaker 2>How's that for a name? They paid three point eight

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<v Speaker 2>six billion dollars for door Dash. So, Neil, you have

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<v Speaker 2>seen this happen. You've been talking about food for what

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<v Speaker 2>twenty years and you have fifteen or more? Okay, you

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<v Speaker 2>have you know you have seen this happen before your

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<v Speaker 2>very eyes.

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<v Speaker 3>Oh yeah, we all saw it unfold and then explode,

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<v Speaker 3>you know, tenfold or more during the pandemic. It just

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<v Speaker 3>has been Now it's the norm. I mean, whether it's groceries,

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<v Speaker 3>which is one thing, or whether it's restaurants, which is

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<v Speaker 3>a whole other thing, because they're still paying unless they

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<v Speaker 3>have a ghost kitchen, which we've talked about before, which

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<v Speaker 3>is just a kitchen, no storefront, no vibe, no atmosphere,

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<v Speaker 3>nothing inside. You never walk in it. All this ghost

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<v Speaker 3>kitchen does is produce food to be delivered. That's one thing.

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<v Speaker 3>But if you have an actual restaurant that you've paid

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<v Speaker 3>designers to come and design to make a vibe and

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<v Speaker 3>all of those things, you've got people paid to go

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<v Speaker 3>in there and serve you, or make cocktails or do

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<v Speaker 3>any of these things. There's a massive amount of cost

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<v Speaker 3>in there. And I know it looks glamorous and like

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<v Speaker 3>everybody's you know, a celebrity chef, but it's not. They're

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<v Speaker 3>very small margins, and those margins are consumed by the

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<v Speaker 3>typical charge fifteen to thirty percent of the total order

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<v Speaker 3>price by the company that is, the third party company

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<v Speaker 3>or app that is delivers.

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<v Speaker 1>But let me throw something back at you.

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<v Speaker 2>The cost of producing the meal and having it delivered

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<v Speaker 2>for a restaurant, is that more profitable than it is

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<v Speaker 2>for a sit down restaurant, considering labor, considering rent, considering overhead, because.

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<v Speaker 3>If you're trying to do both, which they are because

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<v Speaker 3>that's the only way they can stay alive, and some

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<v Speaker 3>of it they're still paying for the lighting, the air

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<v Speaker 3>condition everything, if that restaurant's empty.

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<v Speaker 1>No, And that's my point.

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<v Speaker 2>So what I'm asking is, if a restaurant can successfully

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<v Speaker 2>move over to delivery only for the same food, will

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<v Speaker 2>they make more money.

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<v Speaker 3>No, Because some of the best items, some of the

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<v Speaker 3>higher end items stake and things like that, they don't

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<v Speaker 3>travel well. I was saying, And you're not going to

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<v Speaker 3>buy a fancy meal and have it delivered to your house.

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<v Speaker 1>Except that's happening now, why rare occasions? All do something?

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<v Speaker 3>If I'm you know, if it's just me and I'm

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<v Speaker 3>sitting home and Max and Tracy are at visiting family

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<v Speaker 3>or something, then I might treat myself to something like that.

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<v Speaker 3>But at that point I'll make it myself. It's not

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<v Speaker 3>a great model the way it is. They've tried to

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<v Speaker 3>switch to first party where they invite you. Restaurants invite

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<v Speaker 3>you to order off of their website, and that saves

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<v Speaker 3>them some money, but still it's a rough model all

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<v Speaker 3>the way around. And I think deliveries continues to get

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<v Speaker 3>worse because now they're batch. They're batching deliveries if you notice,

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<v Speaker 3>and so it takes longer for you to get yours

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<v Speaker 3>because they're making multiple stops for other people's foods. So

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<v Speaker 3>the quality goes down.

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<v Speaker 1>I think the.

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<v Speaker 3>Way it's designed or being utilized now, they're going to

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<v Speaker 3>have to they're gonna have to change that a little bit.

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<v Speaker 3>But it's hard to have a restaurant and try and

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<v Speaker 3>live off of just delivery.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, and look at people who deliver, they're ten ninety

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<v Speaker 2>nine employees. No one is a cardiovascular surgeon that delivers food.

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<v Speaker 2>They are told to move quickly, not particularly safely.

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<v Speaker 1>Remember what was it.

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<v Speaker 2>Domino's used to deliver in half an hour guaranteed until

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<v Speaker 2>one driver plowed into a car and made the other driver,

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<v Speaker 2>the kid, a quadriplegic. Okay, they stopped doing the half

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<v Speaker 2>hour guaranteed and driving.

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<v Speaker 1>And I didn't know this.

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<v Speaker 2>Driving for a delivery service is one of the most

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<v Speaker 2>dangerous jobs in America.

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<v Speaker 3>I didn't know that either.

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<v Speaker 1>Really, I didn't either.

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<v Speaker 2>That's according to the story out of the Atlantic. Okay,

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