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<v Speaker 1>And now....

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<v Speaker 2>Ha, ha, ha, ha. Lots of those. Wow.

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<v Speaker 3>You're militant, but I can't tell in what direction. Rebel

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<v Speaker 3>without a cause. Live from Studio C. C, senior.

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<v Speaker 2>A dimly lit room with something or other. And we're here.

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<v Speaker 2>We are working on Columbus Day. Yes, we are. We're saying,

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<v Speaker 2>take that. Who are we against here? Queen Isabella, bitch.

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<v Speaker 2>And today we're toiling under the title of the show.

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<v Speaker 3>Trump and Putin sitting in a tree. T-R-A-D-I-N-G. Or if

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<v Speaker 3>you prefer, unrest in Middle East celebrates its 5000th birthday.

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<v Speaker 2>Quickly back to Columbus Day while I brought it up.

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<v Speaker 2>I got one kid in high school who has the

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<v Speaker 2>day off because their school celebrates it as Indigenous Peoples Day.

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<v Speaker 2>And that has to be it. You can't go to

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<v Speaker 2>school on Indigenous Peoples Day or you don't respect the

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<v Speaker 2>indigenous people.

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<v Speaker 3>You might as well build a Walmart on their burial grounds.

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<v Speaker 2>And then my other kids in a different school where

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<v Speaker 2>they call it Columbus Day, but they're in school, which

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<v Speaker 2>I feel like when we were kids, we went to

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<v Speaker 2>school on Columbus Day, didn't we? I don't think so.

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<v Speaker 2>I feel like I remember always being in school on

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<v Speaker 2>Columbus Day and talking about it. It depends on the

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<v Speaker 2>state of the teachers' unions at the time, I think.

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<v Speaker 2>That's the driving force these days in school. Absolutely. But

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<v Speaker 2>in California, it's officially... It's a it's a government holiday,

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<v Speaker 2>but it's Indigenous People Day. I don't know how many

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<v Speaker 2>places around the country are like that. Pretty good handful.

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<v Speaker 2>Last I heard, but I couldn't tell you the number.

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<v Speaker 1>All right.

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<v Speaker 2>It was dumb before and it's dumb now. It's all correct.

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<v Speaker 2>So much dumbness. All just dumb.

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<v Speaker 4>Yes.

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<v Speaker 2>More on that later, I guess. So your first title

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<v Speaker 2>there was about the whole we're buying oil from Russia now. Yes, indeed.

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<v Speaker 3>We've exempted Russia from the very sanctions that were just

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<v Speaker 3>signed into being the great Lindsey Graham project that we've

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<v Speaker 3>talked about in the past. Trump has exempted Russia so

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<v Speaker 3>that we can buy barrels of diesel theoretically to drop

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<v Speaker 3>the price before the midterms. Desperate plea to to get

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<v Speaker 3>that across the line. But Russia doesn't sell enough oil

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<v Speaker 3>or diesel rather to to really move the needle much

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<v Speaker 3>at all.

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<v Speaker 2>Even if it did. Even if it dropped at a

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<v Speaker 2>dollar in a week, it's unconscionable. Well, it's horrific. It's unconscionable.

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<v Speaker 3>We are financing now and continuing Putin's war effort against Ukraine.

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<v Speaker 5>Yeah.

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<v Speaker 2>Right.

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<v Speaker 5>Correct.

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<v Speaker 2>Right. And Trump blaming Zelensky all weekend long for the

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<v Speaker 2>price of oil. Right. Because Zelensky keeps attacking Russia's oil.

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<v Speaker 2>You know why Zelensky keeps attacking Russia's oil? Because Russia

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<v Speaker 2>attacked them. And if they don't win the war, they're

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<v Speaker 2>all going to die or be enslaved. That's what they're

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<v Speaker 2>doing is they're trying to win the war.

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<v Speaker 3>Well, it's worse than that because Russia is helping Iran

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<v Speaker 3>with targeting information, which means they're also helping the Houthis

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<v Speaker 3>with targeting information so that they can strike at the

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<v Speaker 3>Saudis and other oil facilities in the Middle East, which

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<v Speaker 3>are jacking up the price. But we're not hearing the

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<v Speaker 3>president griping about that. No, we just hear bitching about Zelensky.

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<v Speaker 2>All right. So if you weren't following the story over

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<v Speaker 2>the weekend, Trump announced on Truth Social that there was

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<v Speaker 2>a deal between Russia Russia and Ukraine for a halt

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<v Speaker 2>in attacking each other's energy infrastructure. We have reached a deal.

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<v Speaker 2>Both sides have agreed to which Zelensky said, what? I

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<v Speaker 2>haven't heard about this at all. If it's true, sure.

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<v Speaker 2>Russia responded by bombing oil facilities and Russia responded by

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<v Speaker 2>bombing energy facilities all weekend long, including like an hour ago.

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<v Speaker 5>Yes.

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<v Speaker 2>Paying no attention to what's over.

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<v Speaker 3>When they weren't bombing bus stations and apartment buildings.

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<v Speaker 2>Man, I saw the video of that bus that got

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<v Speaker 2>hit and all the dead bodies laying around and everything

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<v Speaker 2>like that. Pretty horrific. And Zelensky got lectured over the

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<v Speaker 2>weekend and Trump said they need to get a new

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<v Speaker 2>president because he's standing in the way of world peace.

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<v Speaker 2>Zelensky is. Not Putin. Zelensky is.

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<v Speaker 5>Right.

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<v Speaker 2>Right. I don't even know what to do with that story.

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<v Speaker 2>Stop getting invaded. You're ruining everything. Yeah, no, I'm horrified

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<v Speaker 2>by it. Horrified. Well, anyway, baseball playoffs are going on.

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<v Speaker 2>Very exciting. So then Saudi Arabia's airport got bombed pretty hard.

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<v Speaker 2>I tried, yes. And I don't know if you saw

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<v Speaker 2>the videos of that. Saudi Arabia, Riyadh is a big city.

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<v Speaker 2>It looks like any big city in America. I mean,

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<v Speaker 2>it's just, you know, it's a modern city. It was

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<v Speaker 2>a modern airport. Video from inside the airport could have been,

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<v Speaker 2>you know, Cleveland Airport or Burbank or wherever. Then all

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<v Speaker 2>of a sudden, bombs hit. People are scurrying. Bodies laying around.

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<v Speaker 2>And I assume Saudi Arabia is not going to put

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<v Speaker 2>up with that. No, but they have limited recourse.

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<v Speaker 3>I mean, they fought the hell out of the Houthis

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<v Speaker 3>there for a while back in, I don't know, seven,

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<v Speaker 3>eight years ago. Bloody, terrible, famine, et cetera. They could

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<v Speaker 3>go back to that. But it was pretty costly for

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<v Speaker 3>MSB because he's trying to turn his country into a

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<v Speaker 3>modern economy, trade, tourism, et cetera. And this is a

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<v Speaker 3>miserable setback for him. And the Houthis, Jack, it's worth mentioning,

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<v Speaker 3>are driven by Islamist fundamentalism. So it's not like you

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<v Speaker 3>can cut a deal with them unless it's to give

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<v Speaker 3>them a big old chunk of a caliphate and they'll,

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<v Speaker 3>like Hamas, pretend to be content until the moment they

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<v Speaker 3>can attack again.

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<v Speaker 4>Okay.

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<v Speaker 2>I just want to get those out there because those

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<v Speaker 2>are some really big stories that could lead to who

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<v Speaker 2>knows what this week.

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<v Speaker 3>I would never advocate any action by this great country

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<v Speaker 3>of ours, Jack, that would result in Mass death.

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<v Speaker 2>Never.

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<v Speaker 3>It's unconscionable indeed. On the other hand, you remember back when,

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<v Speaker 3>in the midst of the post-911 fervor and frenzy and

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<v Speaker 3>the war in Iraq, and various folks were advocating, how

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<v Speaker 3>about we just nuke the whole region and turn it

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<v Speaker 3>into a parking lot?

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<v Speaker 2>I understand their frustrations. I'll just say that.

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<v Speaker 3>But I tell you what, if I live for another

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<v Speaker 3>5,000 years and I'm reading the same headlines... I will

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<v Speaker 3>tip my cap to those people and say maybe they

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<v Speaker 3>had a point.

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<v Speaker 2>But again, the loss of life would be terrible. Katie,

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<v Speaker 2>this is your son's first Columbus Day. It's very exciting.

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<v Speaker 4>It is.

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<v Speaker 2>And he's five months old today. You have him dressed

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<v Speaker 2>as an Indian being told to get off his land

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<v Speaker 2>or a little European explorer? No, he dresses as the Indian.

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<v Speaker 2>Get out of here.

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<v Speaker 3>Covered him up with a little smallpox-infested blanket.

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<v Speaker 2>It's ours now. Get. You know it. I should see him.

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<v Speaker 2>He's running wild. Oh, my God.

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<v Speaker 3>Well, it's very similar in that he discovered your house

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<v Speaker 3>when you brought him home from the hospital, and now

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<v Speaker 3>he runs the place.

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<v Speaker 2>Am I wrong?

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<v Speaker 3>You're bringing it all the way back around.

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<v Speaker 2>There you go. Is it a company holiday, Hanson? Are

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<v Speaker 2>we working on a company holiday? You don't know? I

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<v Speaker 2>don't know either. It might be. And do we call

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<v Speaker 2>it Columbus Day or do we call it Indigenous Peoples Day?

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<v Speaker 2>There aren't enough employees left to tell.

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<v Speaker 3>Oh!

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<v Speaker 2>I don't know. I don't know. Who cares? The whole

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<v Speaker 2>thing is so silly. What is the theory behind Indigenous

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<v Speaker 2>Peoples Day?

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<v Speaker 3>Well, that Columbus was a genocidal colonial settler monster who

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<v Speaker 3>displaced the people and brought on the great European Holocaust

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<v Speaker 3>of the New World, blah, blah, blah. And so you

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<v Speaker 3>can't possibly celebrate him.

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<v Speaker 5>Well, I get that.

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<v Speaker 2>I get how we got here. Well, right.

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<v Speaker 3>But then you've got to do the opposite as a,

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<v Speaker 3>you know, a third world or, you know, a up

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<v Speaker 3>with the native peoples type. You got to say, you

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<v Speaker 3>know what?

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<v Speaker 2>Let's do the opposite.

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<v Speaker 3>Let's celebrate the people he displaced.

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<v Speaker 2>That's as simple as that. Yeah, I understand. So we

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<v Speaker 2>got her. But what do you do? Like, do you

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<v Speaker 2>have a parade in our speech or I don't know?

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<v Speaker 3>He had a little maze, I don't know, to a

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<v Speaker 3>land acknowledgement. Talk about Buffalo, how they used every part,

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<v Speaker 3>I don't know.

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<v Speaker 2>And then as always, are we celebrating the people that

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<v Speaker 2>were here in, I don't know, when it became a

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<v Speaker 2>state or when the United States became a country or

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<v Speaker 2>when Columbus landed or the people that were here 100

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<v Speaker 2>years before that, they were displaced by different, No, no, no.

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<v Speaker 3>It's just the people that the white people displaced. The

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<v Speaker 3>people before that can go to hell, killing the hell

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<v Speaker 3>out of each other for thousands of years.

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<v Speaker 2>Now, that's it's irrelevant. Tens of thousands of years.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, that's irrelevant to getting Marxism going. They need the

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<v Speaker 3>narrative of victimhood and oppression. That's all they want.

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<v Speaker 2>That's all this is. Any of this. That's all it's about.

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<v Speaker 2>This land has changed hands. We don't know how many

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<v Speaker 2>times because there are no written records, but it would

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<v Speaker 2>have to be hundreds of times. Oh, yeah.

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<v Speaker 5>Yeah.

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<v Speaker 3>You take an individual 10-acre parcel, sure.

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<v Speaker 2>Dozens, hundreds, who knows? A great deal of blood. Enslavement. Yeah.

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<v Speaker 3>Oh, enslavement, please. Even the slaves had slaves.

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<v Speaker 2>I mean, sure.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, but you've got to pretend otherwise to push the

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<v Speaker 3>narrative that the current thing is evil and must be overthrown.

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<v Speaker 2>On the other hand... That's what all of this is.

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<v Speaker 2>I've got to admit, as a little kid, I was taught...

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<v Speaker 2>Columbus got here, and either the country was empty or

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<v Speaker 2>there were like five Indians, and they were happy to

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<v Speaker 2>see people come take the land here. They were lonely, sure. Cool.

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<v Speaker 2>You start farming our land. I'd love that.

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<v Speaker 3>Wow, you have totally different customs, totally different language. Your

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<v Speaker 3>culture is enormously different. Heck, even your immune system is different.

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<v Speaker 2>Come on in. Only a fool would say that.

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<v Speaker 1>Oh.

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<v Speaker 2>Like, there's even pictures in my school books of Indians, like,

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<v Speaker 2>standing on the beach waving, like, big smiles on their face. Like, hey!

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<v Speaker 2>What happens?

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<v Speaker 5>Sure.

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<v Speaker 2>Fantastic. It's all just, it's all happy, happy joy joy.

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<v Speaker 2>It's good for everyone. I don't know. I don't know

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<v Speaker 2>why we did that either. Now we're going the other

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<v Speaker 2>direction too far. Well, they had to have pictures, right?

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<v Speaker 2>It's history books for kids. And so, you know, and

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<v Speaker 2>the pictures were friendly. They were child-friendly. There were greetings.

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<v Speaker 2>There were waves. Hey, look at those boats out there. Hey,

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<v Speaker 2>I wonder if they're coming ashore. Oh, this will be exciting.

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<v Speaker 1>Sure.

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<v Speaker 2>Oh, this will be exciting. Let's start the show officially.

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<v Speaker 2>We've got to get to headlines and stuff. I do

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<v Speaker 2>have a question about European exploration. We'll get to it later.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm Jack Armstrong. He's Joe Getty. On this, it is Monday,

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<v Speaker 2>October 12th, known as Columbus Day or Indigenous People Day,

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<v Speaker 2>the year 2026. We're Armstrong and Getty, and we approve

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<v Speaker 2>of this program.

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<v Speaker 3>Many years ago, I saw a political cartoon of the

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<v Speaker 3>Indians waving to the boats, and one of the Indians

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<v Speaker 3>says to the other one, I guess we'll welcome them,

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<v Speaker 3>but I have reservations.

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<v Speaker 2>Hey!

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<v Speaker 1>Oh, I get it.

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<v Speaker 2>I get it. Oh, no. Oh, golly. All right, here's

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<v Speaker 2>the beginning of the show. Officially, according to FCC rules

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<v Speaker 2>and regs, here we go. At Mark.

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<v Speaker 1>Monday is Indigenous Peoples Day and Columbus Day, which is

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<v Speaker 1>like if Easter was also National Nails Day.

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<v Speaker 2>Oh, yeah. Oh. Too much. Too much. Too much. Katie,

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<v Speaker 2>how does headlines look? Give it a grade, A to F.

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<v Speaker 2>We're going to go sold, A minus. Oh, cool. Wow.

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<v Speaker 5>Excellent.

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<v Speaker 2>Of course, with great inflation, it might be a C.

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<v Speaker 2>It's hard to say. Everybody passes. Exactly. But we'll get

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<v Speaker 2>to headlines and more deep dives into the news coming up.

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<v Speaker 2>Stay here. I want to get into this story later.

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<v Speaker 2>There's a book out about this we think we talked

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<v Speaker 2>about already, but we're getting dumber. We are getting dumber,

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<v Speaker 2>mostly because of staring at our phones, but there's all

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<v Speaker 2>kinds of stats around how we're getting dumber, and it's interesting.

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<v Speaker 2>Better read that book quick while I can still comprehend it. Right. Hey,

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<v Speaker 2>let's figure out who's reporting what. It's the lead story

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<v Speaker 2>with Katie Green. Katie, hit it.

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<v Speaker 4>All right, top of the alphabet networks. Iran, at least

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<v Speaker 4>20 killed in week of attacks on Saudi airports. That's

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<v Speaker 4>coming from ABC. Fox hoodies threaten Saudi Arabia's airspace after

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<v Speaker 4>airport attack. And we also have Saudi airport struck again

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<v Speaker 4>a day after deadly attack in deadliest day.

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<v Speaker 2>This could go any direction and turn into anything.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, I've got that scholarly piece which I've read and

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<v Speaker 3>comprehended most of about how the Middle East is going

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<v Speaker 3>to change shape fundamentally. All the old alliances are gone,

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<v Speaker 3>the old assumptions are gone, and where it ends, nobody knows.

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<v Speaker 2>Oh, goody.

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<v Speaker 4>For Maxios, Trump bears down on Zelensky as Russia keeps

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<v Speaker 4>up attacks on Ukraine.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, including very recently, I was just looking at some

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<v Speaker 2>of the news. And Zelensky made the announcement, hey, Russia's

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<v Speaker 2>still striking our energy facility. Just letting you know.

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<v Speaker 3>And look, if you have a pushback on this, weigh in.

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<v Speaker 3>Mailbag at armstrongandgetty.com. But Trump is saying, hey, you've got

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<v Speaker 3>to let yourself be defeated. So gas prices come down

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<v Speaker 3>a little bit in time for the midterms. CBS News.

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<v Speaker 3>Secret Service's deputy.

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<v Speaker 4>Head said drone swarms are a, quote, huge problem that

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<v Speaker 4>the agency has not solved yet.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, there was a lead story on 60 Minutes last night.

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<v Speaker 2>We'll talk about that later. Pretty darn interesting.

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<v Speaker 4>From the Wall Street Journal, the welfare state is crushing Britain.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, I'm all over that one. A couple of related stories.

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<v Speaker 3>It is the world's most predictable disaster, and it happens

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<v Speaker 3>everywhere they implement the system. That the left in America

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<v Speaker 3>is demanding we implement here.

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<v Speaker 2>It's math. Yeah, it's math.

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<v Speaker 4>From the Washington Post, substitute teacher fired over OnlyFans account

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<v Speaker 4>says business is booming.

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<v Speaker 2>This always happens. Yeah. They've figured it out. Hot, hot

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<v Speaker 2>women who are willing to do this have figured out

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<v Speaker 2>if they get fired as a stewardess or a teacher

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<v Speaker 2>or whatever for their OnlyFans account, it gets the news

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<v Speaker 2>and attention and they make more money.

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<v Speaker 5>Mm-hmm.

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<v Speaker 3>New York Post will run some softcore shots of them,

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<v Speaker 3>and they'll make even more money having already decided to

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<v Speaker 3>move on in their lives.

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<v Speaker 2>And you dudes that apparently have unlimited time and desire

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<v Speaker 2>for looking at naked chicks online will check that out. Well,

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<v Speaker 2>for me, it's a civil liberties issue.

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<v Speaker 3>That's why I read those articles. It's unfair that these

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<v Speaker 3>poor women are fired just for expressing themselves nakedly.

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<v Speaker 2>Speaking of the New York Post.

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<v Speaker 4>Whizzing college professor pees on student's backpack found to be

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<v Speaker 4>campus mystery cereal sprinkler.

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<v Speaker 5>Wow.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, this guy's thing was he would pee on student's backpacks.

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<v Speaker 2>That's not weird. You know, looking at his picture, he

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<v Speaker 2>looks like he would pee on backpacks. He looks like

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<v Speaker 2>the kind of guy who would randomly secretly pee on backpacks.

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<v Speaker 2>Backpack beer all day long. Oh, my God.

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<v Speaker 5>Sick.

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<v Speaker 4>Study finds adults with ADHD struggle more to stop watching

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<v Speaker 4>short videos.

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<v Speaker 1>Huh.

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<v Speaker 2>I didn't think about that one. That's interesting.

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<v Speaker 4>And finally, the Babylon Bee. Pentagon confirms Hassan execution to

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<v Speaker 4>be hosted by Ryan Seacrest.

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<v Speaker 2>The thing I need to fully internalize about looking at

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<v Speaker 2>reels on YouTube or wherever I'm looking at short videos

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<v Speaker 2>is they are good there, but there's endless good ones.

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<v Speaker 2>I'll get one. I'll think, well, this is really good.

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<v Speaker 2>This is something I'm really going to enjoy. This is entertainment.

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<v Speaker 2>I like. Yeah, but there's eight million of those. It's

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<v Speaker 2>not wasting my time on stuff that's not entertaining. It

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<v Speaker 2>is entertaining. It's really good.

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<v Speaker 3>But it's like eating till you vomit at a buffet

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<v Speaker 3>that has really good food. Science needs to invent the

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<v Speaker 3>video vomit reflex. The Armstrong and Getty Show.

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<v Speaker 1>The two oldest men alive who turned 114 and 113

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<v Speaker 1>years old share the exact same birthday. And they shared

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<v Speaker 1>a little high five, killing them both.

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<v Speaker 2>My son and I laughed hard at that. I don't

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<v Speaker 2>know if that makes us bad people.

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<v Speaker 5>Yes.

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<v Speaker 2>Shocking, shocking joke. I laughed out of shock and horror. Yes, exactly.

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<v Speaker 2>We talked about this book a while back. This guy

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<v Speaker 2>named James Marriott. He wrote a book called The New

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<v Speaker 2>Dark Ages. The death of reading in the dawn of

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<v Speaker 2>the post literate society. And we talked a little bit

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<v Speaker 2>about that when the book came out a while back.

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<v Speaker 2>It's it's interesting. And some of the stats around it

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<v Speaker 2>are horrifying. And those of us who still read long form,

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<v Speaker 2>we're a dying breed. Nobody's going to be doing that

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<v Speaker 2>in the future. And I don't know if we're going

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<v Speaker 2>to if they'll stop printing all those books and bookstores

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<v Speaker 2>will go away except for self-help books and quickie political books.

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<v Speaker 2>Those are the only things that sell. Like really shallow,

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<v Speaker 2>quickie political books and some sort of self-help or diet books.

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<v Speaker 2>Those are the only things I currently sell, which ain't good.

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<v Speaker 2>But here are some of the stats around this broken

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<v Speaker 2>down in this opinion piece by the author in the

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<v Speaker 2>Washington Post. Because it's expanding. It's not just reading. It's movies.

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<v Speaker 2>It's TV. It's all kinds of different things. In a

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<v Speaker 2>world of constant distraction, script writers can no longer rely

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<v Speaker 2>on audiences to pay attention. Executives at Netflix have reportedly

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<v Speaker 2>demanded simpler scripts in which characters repeatedly announce what they're

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<v Speaker 2>doing so that scrolling viewers can keep track of what's

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<v Speaker 2>going on. Oh, my. I know.

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<v Speaker 5>Wow.

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<v Speaker 2>I know.

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<v Speaker 3>That is such a gentle yet devastating description.

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<v Speaker 2>We've talked about, like, your daughter, my son does this,

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<v Speaker 2>where they have their phones open while they're watching TV.

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<v Speaker 2>So Netflix has picked up on that. People are doing

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<v Speaker 2>the two-screen experience, so our characters have to repeatedly reset

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<v Speaker 2>what they're doing.

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<v Speaker 3>Are you ready to go in and rob the bank

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<v Speaker 3>to get money to finance our guerrilla group now? Yes,

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<v Speaker 3>I'm ready, El Comandante, and to help you avenge your.

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<v Speaker 2>Father who was killed earlier. Right.

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<v Speaker 5>Yeah.

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<v Speaker 2>Oh, boy.

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<v Speaker 5>Right.

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<v Speaker 2>According to Matt Damon.

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<v Speaker 3>At least every husband on earth will probably not have

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<v Speaker 3>to answer the, why is he doing that question?

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<v Speaker 2>I don't know. That's what we're supposed to find out.

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<v Speaker 2>I used to ask that as a kid. My dad

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<v Speaker 2>would get so upset with that. How about we watch?

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<v Speaker 2>and find out?

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<v Speaker 3>Wondering is part of the entertainment.

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<v Speaker 2>Never mind. According to actor Matt Damon, filmmakers are told

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<v Speaker 2>it wouldn't be terrible if you reiterated the plot three

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<v Speaker 2>or four times in the dialogue because people are on

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<v Speaker 2>their phones while they're watching. Oh, no. The result is

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<v Speaker 2>the inverse of the traditional creative writing advice of show,

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<v Speaker 2>don't tell. It is hard to sustain interiority or nuance

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<v Speaker 2>in a film in which every action must be clearly

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<v Speaker 2>signed post. Oh, my God. I mean, that's the opposite

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<v Speaker 2>of what, like, really great literature or writing has always done.

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<v Speaker 2>It's always like unfolded and it dawns on you, you know,

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<v Speaker 2>maybe several hours in or maybe even after you read

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<v Speaker 2>the book or watch the movie. Oh, my God.

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<v Speaker 3>You can see she's turning away from him because she

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<v Speaker 3>still loves her husband who died in the war.

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<v Speaker 2>Oh, God.

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<v Speaker 5>Right.

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<v Speaker 2>It's heavy. It's powerful.

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<v Speaker 3>I must turn away from you now for I still

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<v Speaker 3>love my husband, who, as you may recall, died in

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<v Speaker 3>the war, as I explained in an earlier scene.

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<v Speaker 2>Well, if it must be that way. Maybe have the

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<v Speaker 2>dead husband step into the scene. Remember me? Remember me?

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<v Speaker 2>I was in a flashback.

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<v Speaker 3>In fact, you'd have to pan to the picture on

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<v Speaker 3>her dresser.

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<v Speaker 2>Oh, right. The dead husband.

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<v Speaker 5>Yeah.

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<v Speaker 2>With the beard.

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<v Speaker 5>Right.

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<v Speaker 2>Okay.

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<v Speaker 5>Yeah. Yeah.

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<v Speaker 2>Oh, Lord. The fact that Netflix is actually telling people

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<v Speaker 2>that the characters have to restate what they're doing is

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<v Speaker 2>just oh, my God. The same relentless pressures towards simplification

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<v Speaker 2>at work in almost every creative industry. A 2024 statistical

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<v Speaker 2>analysis of more than three hundred and fifty thousand songs

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<v Speaker 2>between 1970 and the 2020s found that lyrics are becoming simpler,

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<v Speaker 2>more repetitive and less rich in their vocabulary. Shorter words.

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<v Speaker 2>Another study suggests that melodies are becoming less complex, too.

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<v Speaker 2>We're just getting dumber all the way around. Equally striking

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<v Speaker 2>is what is happening in the publishing industry. Books are

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<v Speaker 2>getting simpler and easier to read. An economist analysis of

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<v Speaker 2>New York Times bestselling books from the 1930s till now.

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<v Speaker 2>So basically the last hundred years found that sentences in

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<v Speaker 2>popular books have been contracted by almost a third since

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<v Speaker 2>the 1930s. Long sentences are not easy to grapple with

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<v Speaker 2>in an age when, according to one estimate, the average

0:22:11.230 --> 0:22:15.899
<v Speaker 2>American checks his or her smartphone 186 times per day.

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<v Speaker 2>That's the average. Wow. The audiences for serious nonfiction and

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<v Speaker 2>literary fiction have declined steeply. Sales of books about economics,

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<v Speaker 2>current affairs, and politics also fallen off. What I said was...

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<v Speaker 2>You know, really simple, short politics were for you if

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<v Speaker 2>you're a liberal sort of books or were for you

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<v Speaker 2>if you like Trump headlines with really nothing on the inside.

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<v Speaker 2>And then like diets, that's pretty much the only thing.

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<v Speaker 2>Got one, a couple more examples that we can tell

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<v Speaker 2>you about after this.

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<v Speaker 3>Frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn because of

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<v Speaker 3>the many times you've manipulated me and how our relationship

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<v Speaker 3>seems to be serving you and not me as much

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<v Speaker 3>as outlined in the earlier incident.

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<v Speaker 2>You remember when the rebel army was going by? Yes.

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<v Speaker 2>So anyway, I don't give a damn. You may or

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<v Speaker 2>may not recall.

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<v Speaker 3>Well, Rhett Butler should have had SimpliSafe to protect the

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<v Speaker 3>old plantation.

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<v Speaker 2>I don't know.

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<v Speaker 3>I just had to have some sort of transition. I

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, I love this. What used to keep you up

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<v Speaker 2>at night about your family safety and why is why

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<v Speaker 2>I got into simply safe is just who's out there.

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<v Speaker 2>What are they doing while I'm home or while I'm gone?

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<v Speaker 2>And now with all the cameras and the sensors and

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<v Speaker 2>which is really cool.

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<v Speaker 2>So us getting dumber and having shorter attention spans is

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<v Speaker 2>partly to explain why studios are making so many remakes

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<v Speaker 2>and franchises and extended universes. Before the turn of the millennium,

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<v Speaker 2>only about 25% of top grossing films were spinoffs or sequels,

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<v Speaker 2>and now it's 75%. 75% of movies are spinoffs or sequels.

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<v Speaker 2>Because it's just.

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<v Speaker 2>The idea of a new story is just too much

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<v Speaker 2>for me. I need the story. I already know the

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<v Speaker 2>characters and maybe a slight tweak of what's going on.

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<v Speaker 4>Right.

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<v Speaker 2>Right. Back catalog songs now make up more than 70

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<v Speaker 2>percent of the music market. Stuff from the olden times

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<v Speaker 2>driven by young consumers who increasingly listen to the to

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<v Speaker 2>the familiar music of their parents and grandparents as opposed

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<v Speaker 2>to new stuff for whatever reason. I guess, again, because

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<v Speaker 2>it's something you've heard before. Right.

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<v Speaker 5>Right.

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<v Speaker 3>Well, that reminds me, you want to hear a charming story?

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<v Speaker 3>So I'm playing golf with a fellow yesterday and his

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<v Speaker 3>wife's dad was an attorney and he was a young attorney.

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<v Speaker 3>He's working in Detroit for one of your big law firms,

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<v Speaker 3>Bill and Kill, they call it, where you just work

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<v Speaker 3>in enormous long hours and you're busting your ass and

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<v Speaker 3>you don't see your young family and stuff like that.

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<v Speaker 2>And one of his neighbors came up to him and said, Dave,

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<v Speaker 2>it's not his name, but Dave, you're an attorney. I

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<v Speaker 2>need you to do me a favor. I need you

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<v Speaker 2>to go to New York and negotiate a contract for me.

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<v Speaker 2>And Dave's like, dude, I can't take any time off.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm too busy. I'd love to help you. Why me?

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<v Speaker 3>I've never done that. And his buddy says, well, we're friends.

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<v Speaker 3>I know I can trust you.

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<v Speaker 2>You're smart.

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<v Speaker 3>I'll bet you can do it. But I need you

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<v Speaker 3>to do it tomorrow. And Dave's like, now there's no,

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<v Speaker 3>I can't get tomorrow off. So he thinks about it.

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<v Speaker 3>He sleeps on it. He wakes up in the morning.

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<v Speaker 3>He quits his job, his big job, and goes to

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<v Speaker 3>New York for his buddy to negotiate the contract. Buddy

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<v Speaker 3>Bob Seger. And he worked with him for 50 years.

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<v Speaker 5>Wow.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah. Isn't that crazy? Yeah. Yeah.

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<v Speaker 3>And for what it's worth, speaking of old-timey music, Bob

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<v Speaker 3>is every bit the decent Midwestern everyman regular guy that

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<v Speaker 3>he comes off as.

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<v Speaker 2>I thought that story was amazing.

0:26:21.640 --> 0:26:24.399
<v Speaker 3>Guy saw Crossroads in his life and thought, I'm going

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<v Speaker 3>to give it a chance. Story could have ended, you know,

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<v Speaker 3>that guy's name, Albert McGinney. He was dropped from the

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<v Speaker 3>label three weeks later.

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<v Speaker 1>Right.

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<v Speaker 2>Yes.

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<v Speaker 1>Right.

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<v Speaker 2>Biggest mistake of his life. And that's the point of

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<v Speaker 2>it up on the streets.

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<v Speaker 5>Divorced.

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<v Speaker 2>And that's the point of your story. Don't quit your

0:26:40.570 --> 0:26:43.869
<v Speaker 2>job on a whim. That's the point. That's not my point. Oh,

0:26:43.890 --> 0:26:46.070
<v Speaker 2>my point is, you don't know how it's going to go.

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<v Speaker 2>Nobody does. Anyway, to the point of this book and

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<v Speaker 2>the stats are just laid out, if it seems like

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<v Speaker 2>They're doing that in movies and TV shows and books

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<v Speaker 2>and everything now. They are. And they know what they're doing.

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<v Speaker 2>And it's because of this, holding my phone in my hand,

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<v Speaker 2>which has pretty much ruined the world.

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<v Speaker 3>I think.

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<v Speaker 5>Yeah.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, I think so. Yeah, definitely. Two points.

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<v Speaker 3>Number one, this trend is going to make people much

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<v Speaker 3>more easily manipulated politically than they already are.

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<v Speaker 2>Of course.

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<v Speaker 3>I mean, the simplest of narratives will sway their thinking.

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<v Speaker 2>Without a doubt.

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<v Speaker 5>Number two, Luke, you know, how your father kind of

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<v Speaker 5>disappeared and he was a Jedi, but people don't talk

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<v Speaker 5>about him much. And, uh, how Leah, you like feel

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<v Speaker 5>a kinship with her, but, uh, not a sexual attraction. And, uh,

0:27:42.420 --> 0:27:44.740
<v Speaker 5>you know, all of that. So anyway, all of that,

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<v Speaker 5>I want to remind you of to, to, to bring

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<v Speaker 5>you to this thought, uh, I am your father.

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<v Speaker 2>Okay.

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<v Speaker 5>Right.

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<v Speaker 2>The very famous ending of Plan to the Apes. You

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<v Speaker 2>know what this is? This is the head of the

0:28:01.750 --> 0:28:02.710
<v Speaker 2>Statue of Liberty.

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<v Speaker 5>Meaning?

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<v Speaker 2>The only way that could be is if this is

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<v Speaker 2>actually Earth, then we're just in the future, you see.

0:28:10.420 --> 0:28:14.620
<v Speaker 3>And in the future, apes are in charge.

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<v Speaker 2>On our own planet. So, you're still not getting it?

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<v Speaker 2>The artists of the world, like Matt Damon or whatever,

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<v Speaker 2>when they're told, we need you to have your character

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<v Speaker 2>reiterate their purpose three or four times per movie, it's

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<v Speaker 2>going to be so painful. That's so dang funny, but

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<v Speaker 2>not surprising to me.

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<v Speaker 3>I've learned to communicate paragraphs with a glance, and you

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<v Speaker 3>want me to say... I'm leaving you because... Right.

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<v Speaker 2>Right. Yeah, over and over again. Right. Well, I'm leaving

0:28:57.150 --> 0:28:59.450
<v Speaker 2>now because of, you know, the argument we had earlier?

0:28:59.470 --> 0:29:02.310
<v Speaker 2>That whole thing about your mom? Outside by the car?

0:29:02.330 --> 0:29:05.370
<v Speaker 3>That one.

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<v Speaker 2>Okay, we got mailbag on the way next. Stay here.

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<v Speaker 4>Armstrong and Getty.

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<v Speaker 3>The Armstrong and Getty Show.

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<v Speaker 2>By the way, I mentioned last week the Nobel Prize

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<v Speaker 2>for Literature was given out to this poet from Canada,

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<v Speaker 2>Anne Carson. I got into reading some of her stuff

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<v Speaker 2>over the weekend. Wow, is she fantastic. So if you

0:29:41.400 --> 0:29:42.780
<v Speaker 2>like that sort of thing, you might want to check

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<v Speaker 2>it out.

0:29:43.500 --> 0:29:47.140
<v Speaker 3>Well, that's funny that she'd come out. We'll explain in

0:29:47.180 --> 0:29:53.740
<v Speaker 3>a moment with Mailbag. Here's your freedom-loving quote of the day.

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<v Speaker 1>Hmm.

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<v Speaker 2>Just reset. Dang it. Let's see. How about this?

0:30:05.890 --> 0:30:08.210
<v Speaker 3>Steve Maraboli from Life, the Truth and Being Free. The

0:30:08.250 --> 0:30:10.610
<v Speaker 3>purpose of fear is to raise your awareness, not to

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<v Speaker 3>stop your progress.

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<v Speaker 2>I like that. I like that.

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<v Speaker 3>So that my young lawyer friend and Bob Seger, he

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<v Speaker 3>had a little bit of fear, but he was. You

0:30:21.430 --> 0:30:24.780
<v Speaker 3>can't be you can't be stopped by it. Purpose of

0:30:24.860 --> 0:30:27.740
<v Speaker 3>fear is to raise your awareness, not to stop your progress.

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<v Speaker 2>That's a good thought. Mailbag.

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<v Speaker 3>Drop us a note, mailbag at armstrongandgetty.com. So Jeff came

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<v Speaker 3>across an example of the Nobel Prize winning poet for 2026.

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<v Speaker 2>Comparing it to the winner from 1907.

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<v Speaker 4>Hmm.

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<v Speaker 3>In 1907, God of our fathers, known of old, Lord

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<v Speaker 3>of our far-flung battle line, beneath whose awful hand we

0:31:00.830 --> 0:31:04.280
<v Speaker 3>hold dominion over palm and pine, Lord God of hosts,

0:31:04.340 --> 0:31:07.140
<v Speaker 3>be with us yet, lest we forget, lest we forget.

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<v Speaker 3>And the modern winner? All kinds of pants went by.

0:31:12.030 --> 0:31:14.610
<v Speaker 3>All kinds of pants went by. All kinds of pants

0:31:14.650 --> 0:31:17.390
<v Speaker 3>went by. All kinds of pants went by. It repeats

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<v Speaker 3>that like 30 times.

0:31:19.130 --> 0:31:19.950
<v Speaker 2>Trousers, too.

0:31:20.600 --> 0:31:23.479
<v Speaker 3>All kinds of pants went by. It repeats it like

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<v Speaker 3>25 more times. Yet the birches linger.

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<v Speaker 2>Makes you stop and think. Well, I can tell you

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<v Speaker 2>I read some of her stuff for the weekend and

0:31:32.600 --> 0:31:36.459
<v Speaker 2>thought it was absolutely magnificent. Yeah, wow, interesting. That was

0:31:36.610 --> 0:31:38.990
<v Speaker 2>one of her off days, apparently, the pants one. Ha, ha, ha.

0:31:40.160 --> 0:31:43.810
<v Speaker 3>Speaking of art, oh my gosh, Travis has made us

0:31:43.890 --> 0:31:47.650
<v Speaker 3>so happy. There is a new documentary out on Hulu

0:31:48.250 --> 0:31:52.770
<v Speaker 3>entitled Clown Panic about the 2016 clowns at the edge

0:31:52.810 --> 0:31:53.670
<v Speaker 3>of the woods craze.

0:31:55.550 --> 0:31:59.350
<v Speaker 2>Love that. We're working on getting the audio from the trailer. Fantastic.

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<v Speaker 3>When children in a small South Carolina community reported seeing

0:32:03.810 --> 0:32:06.890
<v Speaker 3>clowns hiding in the woods in 2016, few believed them.

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<v Speaker 3>But as sightings spread across the country, panic escalates into

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<v Speaker 3>school lockdowns, police investigations, and a nationwide media frenzy.

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<v Speaker 2>I remember when I was getting emails from the school

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<v Speaker 2>about it.

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<v Speaker 3>Featuring chilling archive footage. How could there be chilling footage?

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<v Speaker 3>Nothing happened.

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<v Speaker 2>Chilling footage of what? Scared-looking softheads? Unbelievable.

0:32:29.880 --> 0:32:32.610
<v Speaker 3>Clown panic examines the collision of fear, social media, and

0:32:32.650 --> 0:32:35.230
<v Speaker 3>modern America at a moment of deep national anxiety.

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<v Speaker 2>That, I believe.

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<v Speaker 3>Darkly funny, unsettling, and unexpectedly emotional, the film uncovers how

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<v Speaker 3>a bizarre urban legend spiraled into a global moral panic

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<v Speaker 3>that has echoes that resonate today. I'll bet that's really interesting.

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<v Speaker 3>I've got to check whether I get Hulu at this point.

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<v Speaker 2>I don't know. Who knows? Probably.

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<v Speaker 3>I've probably been paying for it $ 7. 99 a month for

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<v Speaker 3>the last 68 months.

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<v Speaker 2>Having not watched an iota of the programming. Probably, yes.

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<v Speaker 2>Let's see.

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<v Speaker 3>Kevin the Texas Marine munching on crayons, thanking us for

0:33:05.870 --> 0:33:12.350
<v Speaker 3>our billionaires are evil argument last week. And then our discussion, well,

0:33:12.390 --> 0:33:14.290
<v Speaker 3>he kind of explains it. The thought that the real

0:33:14.350 --> 0:33:16.850
<v Speaker 3>problem is the bottom 1% is one that I've held

0:33:16.910 --> 0:33:19.190
<v Speaker 3>for many years. I don't have a dash cam to

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<v Speaker 3>document the good drivers. I don't lock my doors and

0:33:21.530 --> 0:33:24.190
<v Speaker 3>have a home defense firearm because of the honest people.

0:33:24.210 --> 0:33:27.250
<v Speaker 3>I've been seeing an increase in bums and junkies here lately.

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<v Speaker 3>Don't California my Texas. I left California for a reason.

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<v Speaker 4>All right.

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<v Speaker 2>Let's see.

0:33:34.000 --> 0:33:37.380
<v Speaker 3>This political thought from Dee in southeast Washington has a couple,

0:33:37.420 --> 0:33:38.090
<v Speaker 3>but here's one of them.

0:33:39.490 --> 0:33:40.590
<v Speaker 2>She quotes Dr.

0:33:40.710 --> 0:33:43.430
<v Speaker 3>Michael Savage back in the day, a good friend of

0:33:43.470 --> 0:33:46.770
<v Speaker 3>the Armstrong and Getty show. We launched the mighty KNEW

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<v Speaker 3>in San Francisco with him in 03, right?

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah.

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<v Speaker 2>Anyway, best wishes to the whole family.

0:33:52.080 --> 0:33:54.940
<v Speaker 3>But he was talking about the pebble in the shoe theory.

0:33:56.400 --> 0:33:59.910
<v Speaker 3>which was something Plato wrote about back in the day,

0:33:59.930 --> 0:34:01.990
<v Speaker 3>that the average Roman did not care about the latest

0:34:02.090 --> 0:34:04.990
<v Speaker 3>military victory by the legions. They cared about the pebble

0:34:05.050 --> 0:34:07.750
<v Speaker 3>in their shoe, meaning the cost of bread, everyday goods,

0:34:07.890 --> 0:34:12.960
<v Speaker 3>the day-to-day stuff. And that's how you win elections. Then

0:34:13.000 --> 0:34:16.160
<v Speaker 3>D says, by the way, Jack, describing the internet as

0:34:16.180 --> 0:34:19.820
<v Speaker 3>the evil net, that was me, Joe, is spot on.

0:34:23.030 --> 0:34:26.380
<v Speaker 3>We've known for 20-plus years that if somebody singles out

0:34:26.660 --> 0:34:29.420
<v Speaker 3>one of us, they always mean the other one.

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<v Speaker 2>And not half the time, which you'd think statistically be true.

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<v Speaker 4>Right.

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<v Speaker 3>Always.

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<v Speaker 2>You know, it's the overwhelming majority, yeah.

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<v Speaker 3>And then this from Russ in Portland.

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<v Speaker 2>Do we have time? Yeah, we do.

0:34:38.700 --> 0:34:42.600
<v Speaker 3>Portland housing prices. Local news stories regarding declining housing prices.

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<v Speaker 3>According to the story, rent prices and even home purchase

0:34:45.280 --> 0:34:48.259
<v Speaker 3>prices are declining in Portland, so much that people on

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<v Speaker 3>waiting lists for public housing are now just renting regular

0:34:50.620 --> 0:34:53.410
<v Speaker 3>apartments because they're cheaper. We mentioned this when the story

0:34:53.469 --> 0:34:56.790
<v Speaker 3>came out. And what Russ says, what the story doesn't

0:34:56.830 --> 0:34:59.509
<v Speaker 3>go into is why. Here's my hypothesis. No one wants

0:34:59.590 --> 0:35:02.989
<v Speaker 3>to live there. People are lowering the asking price of

0:35:03.010 --> 0:35:04.930
<v Speaker 3>their homes because they're on the market for years with

0:35:04.969 --> 0:35:11.109
<v Speaker 3>no takers. Then they resort to just renting it out. Why?

0:35:11.210 --> 0:35:13.820
<v Speaker 3>But everyone with any substantial income already moved out, as

0:35:13.910 --> 0:35:14.160
<v Speaker 3>I did.

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<v Speaker 2>Why might that be?

0:35:15.590 --> 0:35:17.220
<v Speaker 3>Could it be because, oh, I don't know, the lack

0:35:17.260 --> 0:35:20.320
<v Speaker 3>of law enforcement leading to hobo junkies wandering the streets pantless?

0:35:20.630 --> 0:35:23.050
<v Speaker 3>pushing a stolen shopping cart from a store that already

0:35:23.130 --> 0:35:25.650
<v Speaker 3>closed and left town full of stolen car parts.

0:35:25.700 --> 0:35:26.489
<v Speaker 2>I saw that Tuesday.

0:35:26.840 --> 0:35:30.300
<v Speaker 3>Or maybe it's the open public masturbation, public defecation, derelict

0:35:30.440 --> 0:35:34.560
<v Speaker 3>RVs lining the streets, half-naked people stumbling into traffic, or

0:35:34.660 --> 0:35:37.200
<v Speaker 3>all the major companies that left in the last few years,

0:35:37.219 --> 0:35:41.460
<v Speaker 3>like Columbia Sportswear, Nike, Starbucks, REI, on and on. empty

0:35:41.520 --> 0:35:44.060
<v Speaker 3>office buildings being sold for pennies on the dollar of

0:35:44.100 --> 0:35:48.870
<v Speaker 3>their previous worth. Downstown restaurants closing because they have no customers.

0:35:49.170 --> 0:35:51.310
<v Speaker 3>Reminds me of stories from Detroit I heard years ago

0:35:51.330 --> 0:35:53.230
<v Speaker 3>where you could buy a house in downtown Detroit for

0:35:53.250 --> 0:35:53.830
<v Speaker 3>a dollar.

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<v Speaker 2>I remember that. So here's the lesson.

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<v Speaker 3>If you want to lower the cost of housing, just

0:35:58.010 --> 0:36:00.060
<v Speaker 3>stop enforcing the law and let your city become an

0:36:00.200 --> 0:36:03.219
<v Speaker 3>asshole and no one but street junkies and prostitutes.

0:36:02.739 --> 0:36:06.899
<v Speaker 2>Will want to live there. Problem solved. Eventually, yes. That's true.

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<v Speaker 5>Yeah. Yeah.

0:36:09.080 --> 0:36:13.540
<v Speaker 2>Policies have consequences. Speaking of policies, how about Trump's policy

0:36:13.719 --> 0:36:16.839
<v Speaker 2>of funding Russia's war efforts to try to get the

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<v Speaker 2>price of diesel down a little bit before the election? Ugh. Man,

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<v Speaker 2>even some of the Fox stalwarts hate it and have

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<v Speaker 2>been very outspoken about how awful it is. Interesting. Very interesting.

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<v Speaker 2>And a couple of Republican senators that came out on

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<v Speaker 2>the talk shows yesterday. We'll we'll get into that a

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<v Speaker 2>little bit in our two and lots of other stuff.

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<v Speaker 2>You'll never miss a segment if you get the podcast

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<v Speaker 2>Armstrong and Getty On Demand.

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<v Speaker 3>Armstrong and Getty.