WEBVTT - Dopes & Lunkheads

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<v Speaker 1>Broadcasting live from the Abraham Lincoln Radio Studio at the

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<v Speaker 1>George Washington Broadcast Center.

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<v Speaker 2>Jack Armstrong and Joe Getty.

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<v Speaker 3>Armstrong and Getty.

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<v Speaker 4>And now, here's Armstrong and Getty.

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<v Speaker 3>Joe really going heavy on the air guitar with that

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<v Speaker 3>opening music.

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<v Speaker 4>Even throw in a little Gene Simmons tongue. I hope

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<v Speaker 4>you dug that.

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<v Speaker 2>Ah!

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<v Speaker 5>Yeah.

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<v Speaker 4>Your guitar.

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<v Speaker 3>Gotta have a guitar face.

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<v Speaker 4>You gotta be ready to rock.

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<v Speaker 3>That's clearly true. Live from Studio C. C Senior. A

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<v Speaker 3>dimly lit room deep within the bowels of the Armstrong

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<v Speaker 3>and Getty communications compound. Today we're toiling under the title

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<v Speaker 3>of the show.

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<v Speaker 4>Grim Anniversary's Approach.

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<v Speaker 6>Yeah.

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<v Speaker 4>Or on a cheerier note. I'd like the economic war

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<v Speaker 4>with a side of missiles, please. Back to shooting at

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<v Speaker 4>the Iranians in various islands nobody had heard of before

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<v Speaker 4>this conflict. We'll see how hot that gets.

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<v Speaker 3>Well, I don't know if we brought it up last week,

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<v Speaker 3>but the Pentagon announced we had cleared all the mines

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<v Speaker 3>out of the Strait of Hormuz. And then yesterday, Iran thought,

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<v Speaker 3>let's put some more mines back in there. And we said, no,

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<v Speaker 3>you didn't. No, you ain't. And we blasted their mine launchers.

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<v Speaker 3>They launch mines on rockets. I guess that's how you

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<v Speaker 3>put mines in the street.

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<v Speaker 4>I didn't know that.

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<v Speaker 3>But anyway, we blasted the hell out of them.

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<v Speaker 4>These days, yeah. Yeah, I was surprised to hear that myself.

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<v Speaker 4>I thought you kind of just went out in a

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<v Speaker 4>boat and lowered them into the water or something. I

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<v Speaker 4>assumed a boat was involved.

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<v Speaker 3>My knowledge of underwater mines, though, is minimal at best. But, yes,

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<v Speaker 3>we blasted them, and then they started shooting back at

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<v Speaker 3>a variety of things, including our bases, which in the past,

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<v Speaker 3>they've done some pretty serious damage to and killed people.

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<v Speaker 3>What they did yesterday, I don't know. We're reporting we

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<v Speaker 3>shot down all the rockets. We're not always honest about that,

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<v Speaker 3>which is okay. We don't need to be honest about that,

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<v Speaker 3>but just because we reported that none of the rockets

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<v Speaker 3>got through or whatever doesn't mean that that's true.

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<v Speaker 4>Correct. Yeah, I guess they really went after our bases

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<v Speaker 4>in Jordan in particular. And there are a lot of

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<v Speaker 4>thousands of our folks there.

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<v Speaker 3>One of your other big stories, not important, but the

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<v Speaker 3>nation is following. The Lindsay Clancy jury resumes deliberations today.

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<v Speaker 3>So we'll have our eye on that if for some

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<v Speaker 3>reason they come up with a fact that it's taking

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<v Speaker 3>a long time. Does that mean anything to you? That

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<v Speaker 3>lean push one direction or the other? I feel like

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<v Speaker 3>that pushes further away from clearly guilty of flat out murder. Yeah, yeah,

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<v Speaker 3>I've tried to follow the conventional wisdom on that through

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<v Speaker 3>the years, especially after I served on a handful of juries,

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<v Speaker 3>and gosh.

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<v Speaker 4>It's just hard to say. As we discussed last week,

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<v Speaker 4>it's a case with a bunch of kind of fuzzy

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<v Speaker 4>concepts at play. It's not, was he the guy with

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<v Speaker 4>the gun at the liquor store? It's very, very complicated

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<v Speaker 4>in dealing with human psychology and that sort of thing

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<v Speaker 4>in a way that's going to take a while to

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<v Speaker 4>sort out. And it depends how many lunkheads are on

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<v Speaker 4>the jury, too. You never hear this from legal analysts,

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<v Speaker 4>but you will hear. It depends how many dopes, lunkheads,

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<v Speaker 4>prejudiced people there are on the jury and how hard

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<v Speaker 4>their arms have got to be twisted.

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<v Speaker 3>Dopes and lunkheads.

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<v Speaker 4>Sometimes literally.

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<v Speaker 3>D's and L's. Dopes and lunkheads. You got to deal

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<v Speaker 3>with them. Right. Everybody does in life. In fact, I've

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<v Speaker 3>been talking to my youngest kid about that with school.

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<v Speaker 3>You got to deal with dopes and lunkheads. It's part

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<v Speaker 3>of part of the whole life experience.

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<v Speaker 4>Oh, my. Yeah. Yeah. I remember giving the boss who's

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<v Speaker 4>an idiot speech to one of my kids. I think

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<v Speaker 4>it was my youngest. She was in a class. I

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<v Speaker 4>won't say which at what level of school. It's unimportant

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<v Speaker 4>because those people listen and I don't want to make

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<v Speaker 4>it personal, but She said, essentially, this teacher's a dope,

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<v Speaker 4>doesn't know what they're doing. Their standards are weird. Nobody

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<v Speaker 4>can quite figure out what's happening. And my advice to

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<v Speaker 4>her was do your level best and manage that person

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<v Speaker 4>because that's the most important life skill you're going to

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<v Speaker 4>pick up in this class by far. You will have

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<v Speaker 4>an idiot professor. You will have an idiot boss, maybe

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<v Speaker 4>more than one. And dealing with that, frustrating as it

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<v Speaker 4>can be, man, that's a valuable life skill. So I

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<v Speaker 4>know it's frustrating, but once in a while, remind yourself,

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<v Speaker 4>I'm learning something very valuable here.

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<v Speaker 3>You'll certainly have an idiot co-worker. I mean, that's guaranteed.

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<v Speaker 4>Please, look around the room. You guys are looking right

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<v Speaker 4>at me. Well, you're looking at me.

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<v Speaker 3>Speaking of school and lunkheads, Wall Street Journal, of all places,

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<v Speaker 3>With a long article trying to throw cold water on

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<v Speaker 3>the cell phone ban in schools. And it's not really

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<v Speaker 3>doing that much, which I just thought was ridiculous. And

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<v Speaker 3>the way it was written was and like making conclusions

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<v Speaker 3>that were just dumb to me. And so I want

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<v Speaker 3>to talk about that later because I hate pushback against

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<v Speaker 3>eliminating cell.

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<v Speaker 4>Phones from school rooms, which is obviously a good idea.

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<v Speaker 4>I'm astounded by that. I miss that. I want to

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<v Speaker 4>hear it. I want to know who wrote it. I

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<v Speaker 4>want to go to their home. I want to grab

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<v Speaker 4>them and shake them.

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<v Speaker 3>Well, part of it was. Part of it was that

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<v Speaker 3>initially a lot of people were upset. Now, since then,

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<v Speaker 3>some people have calmed down.

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<v Speaker 4>It's like, what? Who cares?

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<v Speaker 3>And then secondly, that test scores haven't gone up as

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<v Speaker 3>much as people were hoping because that again, who cares?

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<v Speaker 6>I mean, I'd like test scores to go up. It's

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<v Speaker 6>got what difference does it make? You can't teach a

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<v Speaker 6>kid when they're sitting there staring at their phone and

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<v Speaker 6>it's disruptive. I don't even know why we're having this conversation.

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<v Speaker 6>It's like they're smoking pot in the classroom. And, you know,

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<v Speaker 6>two weeks into the new, you can't smoke pot in

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<v Speaker 6>the classroom. You know, tests have only gone up by 8%.

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<v Speaker 6>I'm not sure it's doing it.

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<v Speaker 4>That's just idiotic. My God. I do want to go

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<v Speaker 4>to their homes and shake them. We're keeping a live

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<v Speaker 4>tiger in the studio. Live tiger's been in there for

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<v Speaker 4>an hour and nobody's been bitten. It's not a good idea.

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<v Speaker 4>Trust me. Oh my God. Anyway, it's a television set.

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<v Speaker 4>You morons, you old, this is you older morons. You

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<v Speaker 4>can't have kids have a TV set in the, well,

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<v Speaker 4>of course you can't have a TV set in the classroom.

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<v Speaker 4>That's what it is. Except it's hooked up to the

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<v Speaker 4>best entertainment ever divided by mankind. My God, people, I

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<v Speaker 4>think they.

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<v Speaker 3>Were focusing on the LA school district. I don't remember

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<v Speaker 3>which is a second biggest school district in America, but, um, uh,

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<v Speaker 3>One part mentioned that you take away the phones, but

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<v Speaker 3>in one class, a lot of kids were continuing to

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<v Speaker 3>watch YouTube videos on their computers.

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<v Speaker 4>What?

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<v Speaker 1>How in the world?

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<v Speaker 3>If you know they're watching YouTube videos on your computer,

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<v Speaker 3>how do we not have a world where the teacher

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<v Speaker 3>can just close the computer and take it and say,

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<v Speaker 3>you get it back after class or whatever? How is

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<v Speaker 3>that not the world we live in? Well, we know

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<v Speaker 3>why teachers unions and all kinds of crap around that.

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<v Speaker 3>But that's insane that they're sitting there watching YouTube videos.

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<v Speaker 4>Therefore, the cell phone ban is just not that useful. Oh,

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<v Speaker 4>my God. I was just going to say, if you're

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<v Speaker 4>conducting an experiment, we all learn the scientific method in school,

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<v Speaker 4>or at least we should have. You can only have

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<v Speaker 4>one variable to draw any sort of conclusions. I was

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<v Speaker 4>just going to point out that the L.A. schools, I mean,

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<v Speaker 4>my God, they've got, you know, a solid four to

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<v Speaker 4>eight things terribly wrong with them. So just tweaking, fixing one, well,

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<v Speaker 4>it's not going to hurt, but no, that's not going

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<v Speaker 4>to straighten things out overnight. Oh my gosh, people. People

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<v Speaker 4>make me insane.

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<v Speaker 3>So I want to talk about the details of that article.

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<v Speaker 3>And then one that's got tongues wagging on the Sunday

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<v Speaker 3>talk shows and then still today was, was it the

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<v Speaker 3>Washington Post or the New York Times? One of your

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<v Speaker 3>big papers with an expose on how, I think it

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<v Speaker 3>was the New York Times Sunday story on how we

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<v Speaker 3>can't protect ourselves as a country in a way that

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<v Speaker 3>has never really been true because we've used so much

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<v Speaker 3>of our good stuff on this war in iran and

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<v Speaker 3>giving it to ukraine and all kinds of different things

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<v Speaker 3>and we're really vulnerable right now and that has got

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<v Speaker 3>lots of people talking and and trump's threatening to uh

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<v Speaker 3>to sue because that information shouldn't come out which probably

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<v Speaker 3>shouldn't announcing to china that hey man we're really low

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<v Speaker 3>if you're ever thinking of attack now is the good

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<v Speaker 3>time because we are really that's probably not good to

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<v Speaker 3>be uh reporting that on the other hand if You know,

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<v Speaker 3>similar to the Pentagon Papers and the war in Vietnam.

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<v Speaker 3>If it's the only way you can let the public

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<v Speaker 3>know what's really going on, then maybe it's a service.

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<v Speaker 4>Trump also going after Kristen Welker and Kirsten Kirsten, Kristen

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<v Speaker 4>Welker and ABC News for because she said he's got

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<v Speaker 4>a mixed record of his endorsements. And then he says,

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<v Speaker 4>I win practically every one. So he's going to sick

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<v Speaker 4>the FCC on her. Please. Can we please just stop?

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah.

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<v Speaker 3>Put her on a boat and send her out in

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<v Speaker 3>the middle of the Sea of America. That's what I say.

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<v Speaker 4>The American Ocean or the U.S. Ocean.

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<v Speaker 3>We'll rename both of them. Let's start the show officially.

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<v Speaker 3>It's the last day of this month. I'm Jack Armstrong.

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<v Speaker 3>He's Joe Getty.

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<v Speaker 4>On this, it is.

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<v Speaker 3>Monday, August 31st. So is today our anniversary? Michael, you're

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<v Speaker 3>the one who keeps track.

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<v Speaker 4>Yes, it is.

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<v Speaker 3>So we've been doing this for 29 years, the Armstrong

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<v Speaker 3>and Getty Talk Show?

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<v Speaker 4>We started in 98. So 28.

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<v Speaker 3>Sounds like 28 years to me. 28 years we've been

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<v Speaker 3>doing this. It seems like a long time.

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<v Speaker 4>Is that long enough?

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<v Speaker 3>Maybe it's long enough.

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<v Speaker 4>28th anniversary. I believe the traditional gift is pistachios, if

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<v Speaker 4>you'd like to send some to the studio. We are

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<v Speaker 4>Armstrong and Getty, and we approve of this program. Let's

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<v Speaker 4>begin then, officially, according to FCC rules and regs. Here

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<v Speaker 4>we go, leaping into action at mark.

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<v Speaker 3>It is completely ridiculous.

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<v Speaker 7>It's laughable to say guys like myself, guys like Abdul El-Sayed,

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<v Speaker 7>we hate America.

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<v Speaker 3>I say I hate America all the time.

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<v Speaker 8>A lot of motherfuckers want to kill me over that take.

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<v Speaker 3>But at least I say it with my fucking chest.

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<v Speaker 4>People will be like, Hasan, you hate America. I'm like, yeah,

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<v Speaker 4>I do.

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<v Speaker 3>I do hate America.

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<v Speaker 4>Marxists lie. They lie and they lie and they lie.

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<v Speaker 4>That's Hasan Piker denying he's ever said he hates America.

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<v Speaker 4>He says it all the time. Is his moment about

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<v Speaker 4>over so I don't have to talk about him anymore?

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<v Speaker 4>Is it about over? I hope so. You know, I

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<v Speaker 4>certainly hope so too. He is on stage campaigning with

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<v Speaker 4>perhaps winning candidates for the United States Senate. I know

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<v Speaker 4>he's a punk and a shock jock or whatever he is,

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<v Speaker 4>and a self-promoter and an a-hole and a rich socialist

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<v Speaker 4>and an Islamist, the rest of it, but By God,

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<v Speaker 4>if Ken Paxton were campaigning with the Grand Imperial Wizard

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<v Speaker 4>of the local Klan chapter, we'd be hearing about it. Probably, yes.

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<v Speaker 3>That'd be a bad move. If I was his campaign manager,

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<v Speaker 3>I'd say, I don't think this is a good idea.

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<v Speaker 4>That's what El Acai does every week. Campaigns with Islamist

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<v Speaker 4>radicals and communists.

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<v Speaker 3>So we got headlines on the way to get into

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<v Speaker 3>some more of the news stories today and then a

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<v Speaker 3>little more depth on what we've talked about and a

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<v Speaker 3>whole bunch of other stuff. It's going to be a

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<v Speaker 3>big day. And then we got the bleak anniversary to

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<v Speaker 3>talk about, partially because Joe tweeted out this Wall Street

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<v Speaker 3>Journal documentary about the withdrawal from Afghanistan, specifically what happened

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<v Speaker 3>at Abbey Gate. You know that story if you're a

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<v Speaker 3>news junkie. And it is gruesome. And the fact that

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<v Speaker 3>this is not more of a conversation is disturbing. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 3>I have a lot to say about it. It was harrowing.

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<v Speaker 3>It was gruesome. It was angering.

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<v Speaker 4>It was sad. And it reminded me anew of how

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<v Speaker 4>horrific a failure that was and how little accountability, practically

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<v Speaker 4>no accountability.

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<v Speaker 3>Practically none. Practically none. And yeah, we'll have a lot

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<v Speaker 3>more on that later. So Katie's Headlines next.

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<v Speaker 4>Stay here.

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<v Speaker 1>Armstrong and Getty.

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<v Speaker 2>The Armstrong and Getty Show.

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<v Speaker 3>I think I'm going to decide. I haven't decided how

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<v Speaker 3>many or what the list will be, but I'm going

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<v Speaker 3>to have a list or a number of things that

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<v Speaker 3>I care about at any given time in my life.

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<v Speaker 2>Wow.

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<v Speaker 4>Any flexibility to that? I mean, if you've fulfilled your

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<v Speaker 4>list of five and then your car breaks down, how's

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<v Speaker 4>this going to work?

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<v Speaker 3>Well, I'm going to rank personal issues way above 99%

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<v Speaker 3>of the things that are in the news, I guarantee you.

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<v Speaker 3>But yeah, I'm just going to have a very tight

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<v Speaker 3>list of things I give a crap about. Just like

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<v Speaker 3>perusing the Twitter and looking at all the TV. Most

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<v Speaker 3>of the stuff that gets reported, I just don't care.

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<v Speaker 3>It's not important, and I don't care.

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<v Speaker 4>Boy, if one man is angry online, I want to

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<v Speaker 4>know about it.

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<v Speaker 3>I know. For real. Give me the tea.

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<v Speaker 1>All right.

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<v Speaker 4>Let's figure out who's reporting what. It's the lead story

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<v Speaker 4>with Katie Green.

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<v Speaker 2>Katie.

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<v Speaker 1>All righty.

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<v Speaker 9>The major networks. Nepal, Tibet, flood. Death toll surpasses 900.

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<v Speaker 9>More than 4,700 still missing.

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<v Speaker 3>Race against. Oh, this is from CNN.

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<v Speaker 9>Race against time to find workers missing in the Nepal

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<v Speaker 9>hydropower tunnels and CBS. Nepal's hesitance to accept foreign help

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<v Speaker 9>for flood relief is under scrutiny.

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<v Speaker 3>So I think everybody saw the initial videos that came

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<v Speaker 3>out from Nepal and we we watched them and talked

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<v Speaker 3>about them. But since then, they've gotten more graphic because

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<v Speaker 3>they've found more cameras. I don't want to see them.

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<v Speaker 3>We're into snuff films now. They're just snuff films. I mean,

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<v Speaker 3>why are... What's... Another video showing, and it's just like

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<v Speaker 3>a close-up of somebody dying.

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<v Speaker 4>What is that? What's the news value? So many bodies. Right.

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<v Speaker 2>NBC.

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<v Speaker 4>Follow the drone.

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<v Speaker 9>How Ukraine captures Russian prisoners with uncrewed vehicles.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, I'm happy about that. But Russia had their deadliest

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<v Speaker 3>attack in several years on Ukraine over the weekend.

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<v Speaker 4>So they're using drones to round up prisoners? Yeah, I'd

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<v Speaker 4>like to know more about that. Crazy.

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<v Speaker 3>From the New York Times.

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<v Speaker 2>U.S.

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<v Speaker 9>And Iran exchange strikes overnight after month-long calm.

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<v Speaker 4>Talked about that earlier.

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<v Speaker 9>New York Post, Lindsay Clancy verdict, live update, jury deliberations

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<v Speaker 9>hit day three. I don't know if you saw this,

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<v Speaker 9>but one of the psychologists that they had as a

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<v Speaker 9>witness ended up being, I don't know if he was

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<v Speaker 9>fired or he resigned after he just got ripped for

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<v Speaker 9>smiling while he was answering questions.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, I don't know. It was a big deal over

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<v Speaker 3>the weekend.

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<v Speaker 4>Washington Post.

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<v Speaker 9>Trump says he will report NBC host to FCC for

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<v Speaker 9>rebuke or punishment.

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<v Speaker 3>Kristen Walker.

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<v Speaker 4>Trump is the, like, test case opposite of choose your battles.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah.

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<v Speaker 3>He's like the ground, you know, the starting point of

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<v Speaker 3>choose your battles. Because he does not at all. He

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<v Speaker 3>chooses every battle always.

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<v Speaker 4>Right, right. In contrast to Churchill, stops and chucks rocks

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<v Speaker 4>at every dog that barks. Yeah, nice. Plus, The free

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<v Speaker 4>speech stuff, sorry, no, wrong, 100% wrong, ugly, un-American, stop it.

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<v Speaker 9>The Wall Street Journal, car sunroofs keep spontaneously exploding, and

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<v Speaker 9>the problem is getting worse.

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<v Speaker 3>How often does this happen? They're saying, well, I.

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<v Speaker 9>Don't know how often it happens, but they're saying heat, debris,

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<v Speaker 9>and manufacturing defects, meaning that owners are experiencing this more often.

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<v Speaker 3>Well, is it a particular model, or is it happening

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<v Speaker 3>to everyone?

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<v Speaker 9>They're pointing out the Lexus SUV as a highlight in

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<v Speaker 9>this article, but.

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<v Speaker 4>It shatters, right? It doesn't explode per se. I read

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<v Speaker 4>the first paragraph or two.

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<v Speaker 3>I don't want it to shatter either.

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<v Speaker 4>Right.

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<v Speaker 9>And finally, from the Babylon Bee, Darlene Graham quietly Googles, quote,

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<v Speaker 9>what does a senator do?

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<v Speaker 4>Oh, that's unfair.

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<v Speaker 3>I know.

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<v Speaker 4>That's unkind.

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<v Speaker 9>That was rude.

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<v Speaker 3>I just lost her brother. I like this headline, which

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<v Speaker 3>is real. Google Maps has changed the name of Lake Ontario.

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<v Speaker 3>I give up.

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<v Speaker 4>Maybe use Google Translate. Set it to English.

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<v Speaker 3>Is it the Zepbound?

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<v Speaker 4>Is that what's happening?

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<v Speaker 2>The Armstrong and Getty Show.

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<v Speaker 5>Battle over the name of Lake Ontario after President Trump's

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<v Speaker 5>executive order to rename it Lake America. That has set

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<v Speaker 5>off a pitched social media battle with the White House

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<v Speaker 5>celebrating the change on Google Maps, although other mapping services

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<v Speaker 5>are still using the historic name.

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<v Speaker 3>That's actually what I was attempting to say before the break,

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<v Speaker 3>and I wasn't able to get it out of my mouth.

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<v Speaker 3>I think because of that bond, my tongue has gotten

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<v Speaker 3>too skinny and it flaps around in there and doesn't

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<v Speaker 3>work anymore.

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<v Speaker 4>Yeah.

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<v Speaker 3>Google Maps went ahead and changed Lake Ontario to Lake America.

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<v Speaker 3>Apple Maps didn't. And some of your other whatever. This

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<v Speaker 3>would list this would be on my list of stories

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<v Speaker 3>I don't care about. I'm not going to pay attention

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<v Speaker 3>to in my life.

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<v Speaker 2>Right. Right.

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<v Speaker 3>Doesn't make the narrow. I pay attention to this group.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah.

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<v Speaker 4>Google Maps within the US changed it. If you're across

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<v Speaker 4>the border and you Google it, it has the traditional name,

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<v Speaker 4>which is fine. I say change the Atlantic Ocean to

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<v Speaker 4>the American Ocean. I mean, what's Atlantic mean anyway? Nobody knows.

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<v Speaker 4>And the Pacific Ocean, Pacific implies peacefulness, right? The peaceful ocean.

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<v Speaker 4>Have you ever seen the Pacific Ocean? It's not peaceful

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<v Speaker 4>in the least. It's a violent, cold ocean. Call that

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<v Speaker 4>the U.S.

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<v Speaker 2>Ocean.

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<v Speaker 4>So we got the American Ocean and the U.S.

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<v Speaker 2>Ocean.

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<v Speaker 4>Just change them all. Lake Winnebago. Well, Winnebago's are American.

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<v Speaker 4>Why aren't we selling sponsorships? It's got to be like

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<v Speaker 4>sports stadiums.

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<v Speaker 3>It's like Toyota until its contract runs out, and then

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<v Speaker 3>it's a different lake.

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<v Speaker 4>Right, right.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, I love that idea. And it's Lake Verizon Wireless.

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<v Speaker 4>Trump's got a bizarre unholy oil deal going in Venezuela

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<v Speaker 4>that we can talk about at some point. But, yeah,

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<v Speaker 4>why not sell naming rights to the lakes, and why

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<v Speaker 4>not the states?

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<v Speaker 9>Yeah.

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<v Speaker 4>I mean, Illinois, what is that, French or something? Come on.

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<v Speaker 4>Name it, I don't know, General Motors, in Illinois. I

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<v Speaker 4>love that idea. So speaking of machinery and progress and

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<v Speaker 4>that sort of thing, place 21, would you, Michael?

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<v Speaker 1>154.

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<v Speaker 4>You are good to go.

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<v Speaker 8>NASA's Roman Space Telescope, barrel-shaped, about the size of a

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<v Speaker 8>tour bus.

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<v Speaker 4>Destination?

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<v Speaker 3>Deep space.

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<v Speaker 8>From an orbit one million miles from Earth, Roman will

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<v Speaker 8>map the cosmos inside the Milky Way and far beyond

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<v Speaker 8>with jaw-dropping sweep and detail.

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<v Speaker 4>So we are continuing to explore the cosmos, to press

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<v Speaker 4>further out into the universe with increasingly sophisticated equipment, And

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<v Speaker 4>I think that's incredibly important for human beings. And I'll

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<v Speaker 4>get to why in a moment. But I was weirded

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<v Speaker 4>out the whole weekend because I kept hearing like, what's

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<v Speaker 4>the audio equivalent of out of the corner of your eye?

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<v Speaker 4>Out of the corner of my ear, I kept hearing

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<v Speaker 4>about the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope. And I'm like, okay,

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<v Speaker 4>what's a Roman Space Telescope? And why the hell did

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<v Speaker 4>they name it after that cable news joke, Nancy Grace?

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<v Speaker 1>What?

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<v Speaker 4>And I kept not digging into it. And then I

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<v Speaker 4>finally learned that, indeed, the full name of a prominent

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<v Speaker 4>female astronomer of your, I guess, I don't know much

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<v Speaker 4>about her, is Nancy Grace Roman. But, yeah, keep calling

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<v Speaker 4>it the Roman Space Telescope because calling it the Nancy

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<v Speaker 4>Grace Roman is just confusing. I'm sure that the husband

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<v Speaker 4>did it. Anyone can see the husband did it. No,

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<v Speaker 4>she has nothing to do.

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<v Speaker 3>O.J.

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<v Speaker 4>Simpson's guilty, y'all. It has nothing to do with the telescope.

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<v Speaker 3>A quick space note before we get into something I

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<v Speaker 3>know you have is serious. I heard this yesterday and

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<v Speaker 3>it's kind of blown my mind. Scientists saying we can

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<v Speaker 3>send a spaceship out into space to visit the far reaches,

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<v Speaker 3>but a hundred years from now, whatever we invent will

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<v Speaker 3>go further, will.

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<v Speaker 4>Pass that one.

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<v Speaker 3>Like, so there's no point in it going Because in

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<v Speaker 3>100 years, we'll invent one that goes significantly further past

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<v Speaker 3>that one. I mean, like, see you later.

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<v Speaker 4>Well, the obvious problem that leaps to my mind is

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<v Speaker 4>in 100 years, they'll say, yeah, what's the point? 100

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<v Speaker 4>years from now, we'll have a far better one. We'll

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<v Speaker 4>never learn anything.

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<v Speaker 3>Because there's almost nothing in between. And even at the spaces,

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<v Speaker 3>at the speed that they travel. So it's waiting to

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<v Speaker 3>get somewhere to give us some new information. Chugging along

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<v Speaker 3>out there. And then a century from now, we'll invent

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<v Speaker 3>something that just goes right on by.

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<v Speaker 9>Yeah, maybe.

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<v Speaker 3>That's funny.

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<v Speaker 4>That's a funny notion. It's probably true. But it was

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<v Speaker 4>a SpaceX rocket that took off a Falcon Heavy, I believe.

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<v Speaker 4>And it went off flawlessly and was great fun to

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<v Speaker 4>watch online, which I did. And we wish them well.

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<v Speaker 4>It's going to send back just those mind-blowing pictures of

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<v Speaker 4>various cosmic energies that I barely comprehend, including dark matter.

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<v Speaker 4>So that'll be fun. I listened to an explanation of

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<v Speaker 4>what dark matter was, and again, you might as well

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<v Speaker 4>try to explain the Julian calendar to a dog. I just,

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<v Speaker 4>it's some sort of, it's kind of like gravity, but not. Anyway,

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<v Speaker 4>I love that. Oh, here's why it's important we keep exploring.

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<v Speaker 4>And it's all of a package, I think, with free

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<v Speaker 4>markets and free people, as opposed to just looking inward, navel-gazing,

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<v Speaker 4>giving up, socialism. It all, it's like of a package.

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<v Speaker 3>A free market people, a free people who practice free markets,

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<v Speaker 3>it's practically, we have to explore.

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<v Speaker 4>We have to learn more and see more and know more.

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<v Speaker 4>It's all part of, you know, just the free market

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<v Speaker 4>is in that, just liberty in general. But that inward,

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<v Speaker 4>just failing, British, sad, Waiting for the end thing. That's

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<v Speaker 4>that's the people who say don't spend money on the

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<v Speaker 4>space program. Use it for housing for the unfortunate. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 4>we can do both.

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<v Speaker 3>Well, kind of fitting in with my I've decided I'm

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<v Speaker 3>going to have like five things I pay attention to

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<v Speaker 3>because most of it is crap. The attention economy, which

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<v Speaker 3>is a term I really like, just everybody battling for

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<v Speaker 3>your attention and they're winning. taking all of our attention

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<v Speaker 3>all the time. I hope it becomes really cool at

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<v Speaker 3>some point. Like, you're sophisticated artist thinker types. I can't,

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<v Speaker 3>you know, be distracted by every stupid story that comes along.

0:24:29.260 --> 0:24:31.179
<v Speaker 3>I need to, you know, be able to focus on

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<v Speaker 3>things deeper, bigger, think about them, whatever. I can't spend

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<v Speaker 3>the day thinking about did vandals actually damage the reflecting

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<v Speaker 3>pool or not and how it's being reported or whichever

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<v Speaker 3>story it is that has no meaning to me whatsoever. And,

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<v Speaker 3>you know, think on a bigger, deeper level. I hope

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<v Speaker 3>that becomes cool at some point.

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<v Speaker 4>I agree with you 100%. Just in terms of approaching

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<v Speaker 4>the show, I'd rather, you know, just concentrate on big

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<v Speaker 4>things and big ideas than just the rigmarole of daily life.

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<v Speaker 3>Like all your philosophers, would Immanuel Kant have not, like,

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<v Speaker 3>thought of anything if he had been born now because

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<v Speaker 3>he'd just been constantly scrolling through crap?

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<v Speaker 2>Wow.

0:25:10.580 --> 0:25:12.500
<v Speaker 3>You know, because they had time to think. There was

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<v Speaker 3>nothing else to do.

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<v Speaker 5>Yeah, yeah.

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<v Speaker 4>There's such a thing as too much time to think,

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<v Speaker 4>but we're so far away from that.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, let's not worry about that. Like when people start

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<v Speaker 3>working out, and I'm worried about getting too big.

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<v Speaker 7>Yeah, yeah, yeah. Let's circle back to that. Hey, this

0:25:33.119 --> 0:25:36.380
<v Speaker 7>is a little grimish, but a word from our friends

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<v Speaker 7>at Incogni. When the monster in Minnesota... killed a lawmaker

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<v Speaker 7>and her husband in their own home, and they searched

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<v Speaker 7>his car. They found a notebook with a list of

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<v Speaker 7>11 websites that weren't like weapons and ammo.

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<v Speaker 4>They were data brokers. He's trying to figure out where

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<v Speaker 4>people lived so he could do terrible things. And just

0:25:55.030 --> 0:25:57.350
<v Speaker 4>why not get your stuff off the Internet to whatever

0:25:57.390 --> 0:25:58.650
<v Speaker 4>extent is humanly possible?

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<v Speaker 3>First time I did this a couple of years ago,

0:26:00.420 --> 0:26:02.479
<v Speaker 3>I went to a people search site, and I was

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<v Speaker 3>blown away by how much information you can get about

0:26:05.520 --> 0:26:09.130
<v Speaker 3>any just regular person. Type your name into one right now.

0:26:09.170 --> 0:26:11.090
<v Speaker 3>There you are. Your address, your phone, your family's names,

0:26:11.270 --> 0:26:13.250
<v Speaker 3>maybe a photo of your front door. Anyone can look

0:26:13.270 --> 0:26:15.080
<v Speaker 3>you up in seconds and you'll never know who did.

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<v Speaker 3>That's why we use Incogni. It forces data brokers and

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<v Speaker 3>people search sites to delete you. Then it keeps checking

0:26:21.040 --> 0:26:24.060
<v Speaker 3>over and over because the data creeps back in. Love that.

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<v Speaker 4>And there's so many sites. I mean, you can't do

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<v Speaker 4>it manually. You need the awesome power of Incogni dot com.

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<v Speaker 4>Go to Incogni.com slash Armstrong. You get 60% off. That's

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<v Speaker 4>I-N-C-O-G-N-I dot com slash Armstrong because the next time a

0:26:36.690 --> 0:26:41.220
<v Speaker 4>stranger searches your name, let them find nothing. Incogni.com slash Armstrong.

0:26:42.740 --> 0:26:45.960
<v Speaker 4>So moving along to other fare and not quite as

0:26:46.160 --> 0:26:50.180
<v Speaker 4>awe-inspiring as exploring the galaxy and once again, well done,

0:26:50.300 --> 0:26:52.919
<v Speaker 4>Elon Musk. Oh, you know what? Now is the perfect

0:26:52.960 --> 0:26:57.580
<v Speaker 4>time to do this. Talked about this months ago, but

0:26:57.660 --> 0:27:02.290
<v Speaker 4>I re-came across it And the fellow, he's actually a

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<v Speaker 4>French thinker who retweeted it, mentioned that it's gotten something

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<v Speaker 4>like 80 million likes. And I thought this is straight

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<v Speaker 4>out of the, you know, liberty is only a generation

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<v Speaker 4>away from going away. However Reagan put it, that was

0:27:18.400 --> 0:27:21.899
<v Speaker 4>five times more eloquent than what I just said. But

0:27:21.940 --> 0:27:26.050
<v Speaker 4>this guy's tweeting about Elon Musk and something he said that,

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<v Speaker 4>Beyond a certain level of wealth, money is no longer

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<v Speaker 4>about consumption. It's about capital allocation. And he goes into

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<v Speaker 4>a really good example of kids on a playground trading

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<v Speaker 4>Pokemon cards and how the free market works out 100

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<v Speaker 4>different questions automatically without anybody thinking about it. Then the

0:27:42.910 --> 0:27:45.830
<v Speaker 4>teacher looks in and sees kids, different kids with different

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<v Speaker 4>numbers of cards and says, That's unfair. So she confiscates, redistributes,

0:27:50.550 --> 0:27:54.190
<v Speaker 4>enforces equality. So the good players stop playing because what's

0:27:54.230 --> 0:27:56.570
<v Speaker 4>the point? The bad ones have no reason to improve

0:27:56.970 --> 0:27:58.990
<v Speaker 4>because they'll get their share anyway, so they don't bother.

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<v Speaker 4>Trades collapse. The playground is equal and dead. She maximized

0:28:03.350 --> 0:28:08.510
<v Speaker 4>equality or equity and destroyed happiness. And then he gets

0:28:08.670 --> 0:28:11.270
<v Speaker 4>into the fact that the teacher's problem is that she

0:28:11.310 --> 0:28:15.450
<v Speaker 4>can't have the information the playground has collectively. Goes into

0:28:15.470 --> 0:28:21.430
<v Speaker 4>the Soviet Union. with its shortages, lines, economic collapse, because

0:28:21.450 --> 0:28:23.909
<v Speaker 4>of central planning. Not because the Soviets were dumb, but

0:28:23.990 --> 0:28:28.850
<v Speaker 4>because the problem is mathematically unsolvable in centralized mode. And

0:28:29.030 --> 0:28:33.620
<v Speaker 4>here's the part that nobody gets, particularly on the young

0:28:34.000 --> 0:28:37.400
<v Speaker 4>socialist end of things. When Elon Musk has $ 200 billion,

0:28:37.700 --> 0:28:43.219
<v Speaker 4>he doesn't consume it, he allocates it. SpaceX, Starlink, Neuralink, XAI,

0:28:43.320 --> 0:28:45.920
<v Speaker 4>and he's just one example, obviously, but Every dollar is

0:28:45.960 --> 0:28:50.459
<v Speaker 4>a bet on the future, and he has a track record. PayPal, Tesla, SpaceX.

0:28:50.790 --> 0:28:53.630
<v Speaker 4>He's demonstrated he knows how to spot massive problems and

0:28:53.690 --> 0:28:58.370
<v Speaker 4>allocate resources to them with spectacular returns. The state has

0:28:58.430 --> 0:29:03.350
<v Speaker 4>a track record, too. Hospitals collapsing, education declining, debt exploding,

0:29:03.610 --> 0:29:08.410
<v Speaker 4>public services degrading despite constantly rising budgets. The market identifies

0:29:08.530 --> 0:29:14.750
<v Speaker 4>good allocators. Politics identifies good communicators or beggars or bribers.

0:29:16.030 --> 0:29:18.050
<v Speaker 4>But just to take it a little further, profit isn't

0:29:18.090 --> 0:29:21.170
<v Speaker 4>an end goal. It's a signal. It says you've allocated

0:29:21.270 --> 0:29:23.850
<v Speaker 4>scarce resources to a use that people value enough to

0:29:23.950 --> 0:29:27.430
<v Speaker 4>pay for. The bigger the profit, the greater the value created.

0:29:27.830 --> 0:29:30.670
<v Speaker 4>When Starlink turns profitable, it means millions of people in

0:29:30.710 --> 0:29:34.130
<v Speaker 4>rural areas finally have Internet. When a ministry runs a deficit,

0:29:34.390 --> 0:29:37.390
<v Speaker 4>it means it's consuming more than it produces. One creates,

0:29:37.450 --> 0:29:41.460
<v Speaker 4>the other destroys, and we call that redistribution. Then he

0:29:41.480 --> 0:29:44.680
<v Speaker 4>gets into the two categories of actors, entrepreneurs and bureaucrats,

0:29:44.800 --> 0:29:50.080
<v Speaker 4>and the difference between them. Entrepreneurs take risks. If they're right,

0:29:50.120 --> 0:29:53.500
<v Speaker 4>they win. If they're wrong, they lose. But the bureaucrat

0:29:53.540 --> 0:29:56.340
<v Speaker 4>takes no personal risk. His salary is guaranteed. At best,

0:29:56.380 --> 0:29:59.560
<v Speaker 4>he maintains an existing rent balance. At worst, he destroys

0:29:59.600 --> 0:30:03.210
<v Speaker 4>it through over-regulation, forced bad allocation, perverse incentives that discourage

0:30:03.250 --> 0:30:05.810
<v Speaker 4>those who produce, but in no case does he create.

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<v Speaker 3>And if it's a good-sounding idea, you can make the

0:30:08.610 --> 0:30:10.570
<v Speaker 3>argument at the end of your failure that it's because

0:30:10.590 --> 0:30:13.170
<v Speaker 3>you didn't have enough money. Imagine if you could do

0:30:13.210 --> 0:30:19.500
<v Speaker 3>that in a free market. My muffin shop isn't getting

0:30:19.540 --> 0:30:24.100
<v Speaker 3>enough customers, so... You need to double down on it,

0:30:24.180 --> 0:30:26.580
<v Speaker 3>make it bigger, spend more money on it with no

0:30:26.640 --> 0:30:28.920
<v Speaker 3>customers for the next two years and see.

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<v Speaker 4>If that helps. It's the ultimate foolproof argument. If you win,

0:30:34.010 --> 0:30:35.930
<v Speaker 4>you win, and you get more money. If you lose,

0:30:35.970 --> 0:30:37.070
<v Speaker 4>you get more money.

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<v Speaker 3>Man, did you see the viral video that's going around

0:30:40.430 --> 0:30:43.890
<v Speaker 3>about Berkeley, that woman who took her kid to Berkeley

0:30:43.910 --> 0:30:46.100
<v Speaker 3>to drop him off at the University of Berkeley?

0:30:46.760 --> 0:30:48.340
<v Speaker 4>Oh, oh, oh, with the junkie cans.

0:30:48.380 --> 0:30:52.290
<v Speaker 3>Yeah, with the junkie cans. The homeless encampment, yes, with

0:30:52.310 --> 0:30:55.350
<v Speaker 3>the drug addict camp. Just incredible.

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<v Speaker 4>Horrific.

0:30:56.470 --> 0:30:58.090
<v Speaker 3>Absolutely incredible.

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<v Speaker 4>Yeah, yeah. People talk about L.A. and the big cities

0:31:05.290 --> 0:31:10.810
<v Speaker 4>with the junkies and bums, Portland, Seattle, Sacramento. It's practically

0:31:11.270 --> 0:31:11.970
<v Speaker 4>all of them.

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<v Speaker 3>If you allow it.

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<v Speaker 4>Yeah, in particular, university towns, Davis, Berkeley, all of them.

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<v Speaker 3>I live right next door to a town where they

0:31:22.070 --> 0:31:24.730
<v Speaker 3>don't allow it. Vacaville, California. We've had the police chief

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<v Speaker 3>on before. He doesn't put up with that. And he

0:31:27.720 --> 0:31:30.380
<v Speaker 3>has spoken to the whole state when they get together

0:31:30.440 --> 0:31:32.739
<v Speaker 3>for cop stuff and everything like that. But, you know,

0:31:32.760 --> 0:31:34.140
<v Speaker 3>you got to live in a town where they want

0:31:34.160 --> 0:31:37.990
<v Speaker 3>you to prosecute people or or hold people to the law.

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<v Speaker 4>I believe there is an Armstrong and Getty T-shirt and

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<v Speaker 4>force the law.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, if you haven't seen it, we should tweet that

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<v Speaker 3>out or put it on the website or something. If

0:31:48.360 --> 0:31:51.010
<v Speaker 3>you haven't seen that video of taking your kid to

0:31:51.030 --> 0:31:54.160
<v Speaker 3>one of the most prestigious universities in the world, and

0:31:54.180 --> 0:31:55.930
<v Speaker 3>then you see that, you've got to think, is this

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<v Speaker 3>where we want to be?

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<v Speaker 9>Yikes.

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<v Speaker 3>Oh, my God. Mailbag on the way next. Stay here.

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<v Speaker 1>Armstrong and Getty.

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<v Speaker 2>The Armstrong and Getty Show.

0:32:18.040 --> 0:32:21.120
<v Speaker 3>Quick headline we'll tease to a conversation we'll have later.

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<v Speaker 4>U.S.

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<v Speaker 3>Household leverage, that would be your liabilities to net wealth,

0:32:25.240 --> 0:32:29.500
<v Speaker 3>is the lowest in 50 years. That's probably not good.

0:32:30.760 --> 0:32:35.080
<v Speaker 4>Liabilities to net wealth or net wealth to liabilities? I'm confused.

0:32:35.580 --> 0:32:39.360
<v Speaker 3>We will discuss later. Liabilities to net wealth and how

0:32:39.400 --> 0:32:43.000
<v Speaker 3>much you owe out there versus your net wealth.

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<v Speaker 4>Okay. All right. Okay. Here's your freedom-loving quote of the day.

0:32:49.010 --> 0:32:51.590
<v Speaker 4>From C.S. Lewis. Have a great one from Churchill, but

0:32:51.630 --> 0:32:53.150
<v Speaker 4>it's too long. We'll do it tomorrow. Maybe we'll have

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<v Speaker 4>a little more time.

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<v Speaker 1>C.S.

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<v Speaker 4>Lewis, I love this. I'm going to get this tattooed

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<v Speaker 4>on my chest. Progress means getting nearer to the place

0:33:00.450 --> 0:33:02.640
<v Speaker 4>you want to be. And if you have taken a

0:33:02.670 --> 0:33:05.000
<v Speaker 4>wrong turn, then to go forward does not get you

0:33:05.060 --> 0:33:07.840
<v Speaker 4>any nearer. If you are on the wrong road, progress

0:33:07.880 --> 0:33:10.520
<v Speaker 4>means doing an about turn and walking back to the

0:33:10.600 --> 0:33:12.980
<v Speaker 4>right road. And in that case, the man who turns

0:33:13.060 --> 0:33:15.400
<v Speaker 4>back soonest is the most progressive man.

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<v Speaker 3>Wow, that's really good.

0:33:17.940 --> 0:33:21.100
<v Speaker 4>Absolutely love that, especially for those of you who are

0:33:21.160 --> 0:33:23.980
<v Speaker 4>sleepy-headed or not paying attention using the term progressive at

0:33:24.020 --> 0:33:27.890
<v Speaker 4>the end. Yeah, so-called progressives are taking us away from

0:33:27.930 --> 0:33:31.970
<v Speaker 4>where we want to go. Turn around. From where they

0:33:32.020 --> 0:33:35.640
<v Speaker 4>want to go off, and that's what I don't get. Yeah, well,

0:33:35.660 --> 0:33:38.760
<v Speaker 4>that's the nature of cults. They don't serve your best interest.

0:33:38.800 --> 0:33:43.010
<v Speaker 4>You've lost your capacity to think rationally. Mailbag. Drop us

0:33:43.030 --> 0:33:47.030
<v Speaker 4>a note. Mailbag at armstrongandgetty.com. Here's a nice note from

0:33:47.250 --> 0:33:52.220
<v Speaker 4>Jan with some advice about your constipation, Jack. What have

0:33:52.240 --> 0:33:52.940
<v Speaker 4>we become?

0:33:53.380 --> 0:33:54.740
<v Speaker 3>Is that what the show is now?

0:33:55.080 --> 0:33:59.970
<v Speaker 4>What have we become? We were once so young and handsome.

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<v Speaker 3>It's probably more common now because GLP-1s cause that problem

0:34:04.130 --> 0:34:05.860
<v Speaker 3>and lots and lots of people are on that drug.

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<v Speaker 7>Oh, yeah.

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<v Speaker 4>Yep, indeed. Mike, the lawyer from Chicago, writes on the

0:34:11.020 --> 0:34:13.399
<v Speaker 4>topic of the cell phone ban in schools. A middle

0:34:13.440 --> 0:34:15.340
<v Speaker 4>schooler I met with told the adults at the party

0:34:15.390 --> 0:34:17.910
<v Speaker 4>that the students don't care. They're bringing dummy phones to

0:34:17.969 --> 0:34:20.129
<v Speaker 4>school to hand in first period, so the school thinks

0:34:20.170 --> 0:34:22.330
<v Speaker 4>all the students are handing in their phones. That's one

0:34:22.350 --> 0:34:26.009
<v Speaker 4>of the things the Wall Street Journal mentioned. And then

0:34:26.050 --> 0:34:28.270
<v Speaker 4>he says, as a law school lecturer, I deal with

0:34:28.290 --> 0:34:30.290
<v Speaker 4>students on their phones. I simply tell them, hey, law

0:34:30.310 --> 0:34:33.130
<v Speaker 4>school's a choice. It's an investment. You're ruining your own investment.

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<v Speaker 4>I like that. We are scroomed.

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<v Speaker 3>At that level, I love that. Hey, you're paying for

0:34:38.300 --> 0:34:40.239
<v Speaker 3>this class, and you're going to go out in the

0:34:40.260 --> 0:34:41.660
<v Speaker 3>world and try to make a living. If you want

0:34:41.680 --> 0:34:42.799
<v Speaker 3>to screw that up, go ahead.

0:34:43.480 --> 0:34:46.240
<v Speaker 4>We are screwed. Screwed and doomed. Let's see. We'll save

0:34:46.280 --> 0:34:48.710
<v Speaker 4>that one for later. How about this from Al Anonymous?

0:34:49.450 --> 0:34:53.270
<v Speaker 4>After becoming a jilted member of the terrible breakup club,

0:34:53.350 --> 0:34:55.430
<v Speaker 4>I took Jack's advice as an experiment and went to

0:34:55.450 --> 0:34:57.969
<v Speaker 4>the chatbots for advice and therapy. I found that chat

0:34:57.989 --> 0:35:00.750
<v Speaker 4>GPT constantly regurgitated what I told it and came back

0:35:00.790 --> 0:35:04.989
<v Speaker 4>with the same self-affirming snowflakey message every time. Followed up

0:35:05.350 --> 0:35:07.190
<v Speaker 4>by questions about whether or not I was planning on

0:35:07.250 --> 0:35:11.120
<v Speaker 4>hurting myself. So I told Grok that chat GPT sucked

0:35:11.180 --> 0:35:13.400
<v Speaker 4>at therapy and couldn't do better. Grok was much more

0:35:13.460 --> 0:35:16.940
<v Speaker 4>clinical and less emotional. You know, it's funny. I don't

0:35:17.020 --> 0:35:19.700
<v Speaker 4>use Grok anymore because it keeps paywalling me. I find

0:35:19.900 --> 0:35:22.480
<v Speaker 4>Claude to be the best of those for that sort

0:35:22.520 --> 0:35:26.390
<v Speaker 4>of thing. Yeah, yeah. But they do vary a great deal.

0:35:26.610 --> 0:35:29.790
<v Speaker 4>Keep up the fight against Snowflaker and the BS that

0:35:29.810 --> 0:35:32.230
<v Speaker 4>happens when people use AI to affirm their emotions instead

0:35:32.250 --> 0:35:36.799
<v Speaker 4>of reality. Grok paywalls you. Well, I like ask it

0:35:37.000 --> 0:35:38.960
<v Speaker 4>something very simple. Then I try to follow up and

0:35:38.980 --> 0:35:40.140
<v Speaker 4>it says you've reached the limit.

0:35:40.680 --> 0:35:44.299
<v Speaker 3>Oh, I think I'm paying for the advanced something or other,

0:35:44.380 --> 0:35:45.300
<v Speaker 3>which is probably stupid.

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<v Speaker 4>How much time do we have, Michael?

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<v Speaker 2>A minute 30.

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<v Speaker 4>All right. Brian writes, he mentions Ted Cruz wrote a

0:35:52.120 --> 0:35:54.700
<v Speaker 4>book about Clarence Thomas and did a two hour, two

0:35:54.739 --> 0:35:58.130
<v Speaker 4>part podcast. Getting a lot of attention. Yeah, good. And

0:35:58.150 --> 0:36:01.250
<v Speaker 4>it should. Clarence Thomas finally getting the attention and plaudits

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<v Speaker 4>he deserves. Near the end part, Justice Thomas tells a

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<v Speaker 4>story about Justice Breyer in a fond way. He was

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<v Speaker 4>a liberal. When gathered among a group of colleagues, Breyer

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<v Speaker 4>was telling a story about how he had been robbed

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<v Speaker 4>while at his vacation home and went something like this. Clarence,

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<v Speaker 4>imagine you're on your porch with your wife and another

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<v Speaker 4>couple playing bridge and a man walks up to you

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<v Speaker 4>and demands your wallet. What would you do? Thomas responds, well,

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<v Speaker 4>I wouldn't be playing bridge. Breyer says, OK, OK, OK.

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<v Speaker 4>What if you're on your porch with your buddies playing

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<v Speaker 4>poker and a man walks up and demands your wallet?

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<v Speaker 4>What would you do? Thomas replies, well, I wouldn't be

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<v Speaker 4>playing poker. Breyer replies, OK, if you're on your porch,

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<v Speaker 4>what would you be doing? Thomas replies, I'd probably be

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<v Speaker 4>cleaning my guns. I'm looking forward to hearing that. I

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<v Speaker 4>think I will. Although I'm informed there are no other podcasts.

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<v Speaker 4>This is the only one.

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<v Speaker 3>He's the boogeyman of the left. You know, Clarence Thomas,

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<v Speaker 3>he's the scary justice.

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<v Speaker 4>Oh, yeah, I know. They got to have one.

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<v Speaker 3>We've got so much on the way, and if you

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<v Speaker 3>don't get it or hear it live, you can get

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<v Speaker 3>it in podcast form. Armstrong and Getty On Demand. If

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<v Speaker 3>you subscribe, you'll get it all the time, which is

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<v Speaker 3>really cool.

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<v Speaker 1>Armstrong and Getty.