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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. Jack Armstrong and Joe Getty.

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<v Speaker 2>Armstrong and Getty. And now, here's Armstrong and Getty.

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<v Speaker 3>Among things we'll get to, a couple of NFL reps

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<v Speaker 3>in trouble, which is an interesting story. And why are

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<v Speaker 3>they all so swole? according to the Manning brothers. Two

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<v Speaker 3>of the world's richest men both did interviews yesterday. Elon

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<v Speaker 3>asked what it's like to be a trillionaire, and Bill

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<v Speaker 3>Gates basically saying you're nuts if you think AI is

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<v Speaker 3>going to result in more jobs as opposed to fewer.

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<v Speaker 2>How interesting. Yeah, a lot of good stuff to come.

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<v Speaker 2>I found that Elon stuff just fascinating, talking about why

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<v Speaker 2>he still works. So if you are online at all,

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<v Speaker 2>On Twitter in particular, you've seen many videos of the

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<v Speaker 2>violence in France, the rioting, the fires, the insanity, screeching,

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<v Speaker 2>and the cops running around and all of it. It's chaos.

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<v Speaker 3>I saw a street scene that looked like it was

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<v Speaker 3>out of Yemen or someplace with the Eiffel Tower in

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<v Speaker 3>the background.

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<v Speaker 2>It was disturbing. Right, right. And so a couple of

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<v Speaker 2>days ago, I decided I wanted to get a full,

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<v Speaker 2>well-rounded understanding of exactly what's happening. And obviously, I knew

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<v Speaker 2>I couldn't just read it in the mainstream media. And

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<v Speaker 2>so I looked at a bunch of different trusted sources.

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<v Speaker 2>And I'm going to take you through a bit of

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<v Speaker 2>a journey here. And a nice place to start might

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<v Speaker 2>be this email from Steve. who recommends a couple of

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<v Speaker 2>good sources, but then he says the protests in France

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<v Speaker 2>are ostensibly about schools and the quality of schools, and

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<v Speaker 2>the kids are mad because their schools aren't good enough.

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<v Speaker 2>And there's something to that, and we'll get to that,

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<v Speaker 2>but he says the average class size in France is

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<v Speaker 2>20 or 21 students. If the motivation of the riots

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<v Speaker 2>is to complain about education, why are you burning down

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<v Speaker 2>the newest and best schools? Why carry Palestinian flags around?

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<v Speaker 2>See if that has anything to do with class sizes

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<v Speaker 2>and resources. Ah, an excellent preview, and we will get there.

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<v Speaker 2>So the New York Times protests spread against France growing

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<v Speaker 2>from schools demonstration. And then they say demonstrations swept across

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<v Speaker 2>France on Tuesday as union activists rallied in solidarity with

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<v Speaker 2>high school students. who've spent two weeks blockading their schools

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<v Speaker 2>over understaffing overcrowded classrooms and dilapidated buildings. One might pause

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<v Speaker 2>and say, why are union activists rallying in solidarity? Maybe

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<v Speaker 2>it's teachers' unions, they just want more money because they

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<v Speaker 2>always want more money for themselves and it never filters

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<v Speaker 2>down to the kids. But they point out that the

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<v Speaker 2>demonstrations are a litmus test of the longevity of a

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<v Speaker 2>protest movement that began last month in a single school

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<v Speaker 2>in the suburbs of Paris. They go into some of

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<v Speaker 2>the injuries and the arrests. And they've set off, the

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<v Speaker 2>protests have set off a national debate over what constitutes

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<v Speaker 2>justifiable protest. Paragraphs and paragraphs. And then they get to

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<v Speaker 2>the far-left party, France Unbowed, whose leader might make the

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<v Speaker 2>upcoming runoff in the presidential election. And he's a good

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<v Speaker 2>old Marxist. He wants to overthrow the government. So... The

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<v Speaker 2>fact that he's supporting the protests have some people wondering, hmm,

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<v Speaker 2>is this really just kids being mad about the schools? Okay,

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<v Speaker 2>fair enough. Also, the New York Times, I found this interesting.

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<v Speaker 2>Mark Landler wrote a piece entitled, Strikes, Barricades, and Fiscal Turmoil,

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<v Speaker 2>an Autumn of Discontent Grips France. And here's his lead

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<v Speaker 2>paragraph or two, because we're edging closer to the truth.

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<v Speaker 2>Striking public workers, barricaded high schools, blocked ports, budget paralysis,

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<v Speaker 2>spiraling bond rates, fear of a far-right takeover. France suddenly

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<v Speaker 2>finds itself engulfed by crisis. Not a single spasm of unrest,

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<v Speaker 2>but a cascade of disruption that's roiling city streets, trading

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<v Speaker 2>floors and public offices across the country. The French fall

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<v Speaker 2>back to school and work season is anything but orderly.

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<v Speaker 2>While the causes of the chaos may appear disparate, they

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<v Speaker 2>can be traced to a common root. France's two-decade-long struggle

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<v Speaker 2>to fund its state, now exacerbated by high borrowing costs,

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<v Speaker 2>surging fuel prices, and political uncertainty, with jockeying underway, politically speaking.

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<v Speaker 2>French public finances, already fragile, continue to deteriorate, fanning fears

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<v Speaker 2>in financial markets that France could be the next European

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<v Speaker 2>country to tumble into a full-blown financial crisis.

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<v Speaker 3>So I didn't even think about that angle. So some

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<v Speaker 3>of it is.

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<v Speaker 3>What happens eventually to all socialist projects? You run out

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<v Speaker 3>of money.

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<v Speaker 2>Hundred percent. Yeah. The shared misery of socialism ends up

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<v Speaker 2>with running out of other people's money.

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<v Speaker 3>And then everybody's so mad when they don't have all

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<v Speaker 3>the programs they want.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah.

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<v Speaker 3>Some of us were telling you you're going to run

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<v Speaker 3>out of money if you didn't change cars.

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<v Speaker 2>And now you're mad. And then as we edge even

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<v Speaker 2>closer to a full explanation of what's going on, the

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<v Speaker 2>Wall Street Journal, France's appetite for magic money has turned

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<v Speaker 2>into a debt bomb. After years of overspending, the country

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<v Speaker 2>has emerged as one of Europe's weakest links. Investors are

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<v Speaker 2>bracing for things to get worse. France is on the

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<v Speaker 2>precipice of a dangerous financial spiral. The global surge in

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<v Speaker 2>interest rates has exposed the country, once considered an oasis

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<v Speaker 2>of the relative stability in Europe's financial markets, As one

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<v Speaker 2>of the continent's weakest links, France now pays more to

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<v Speaker 2>borrow than former crisis hotspots like Greece and Italy. Its

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<v Speaker 2>government is running a budget deficit surpassed only by the

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<v Speaker 2>United States among its peers.

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<v Speaker 4>Oh, yeah.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah.

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<v Speaker 4>Yeah.

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<v Speaker 2>If you don't think, wait, you know, wait a minute.

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<v Speaker 2>You just mentioned the U.S.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah.

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<v Speaker 2>If you don't notice that, you're a fool. Luckily, we have,

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<v Speaker 2>you know, 10 times the economic juggernaut that France is.

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<v Speaker 3>For now.

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<v Speaker 2>For now. But are we not being pulled as fast

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<v Speaker 2>as AOC can pull us toward a French-style system? One

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<v Speaker 2>more bit from the Wall Street Journal. Last week, a

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<v Speaker 2>slow-burning sell-off in France's government bond market took an alarming

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<v Speaker 2>turn as it spread across the continent. It goes into

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<v Speaker 2>the skyrocketing bond yields and prices and that sort of thing.

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<v Speaker 2>Investors are bracing for things to get worse. France has

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<v Speaker 2>been this free rider in Europe for years, if not decades.

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<v Speaker 2>It's gotten away with fiscal murder, says Kevin Thosé. a

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<v Speaker 2>portfolio manager, and a French asset manager. It worked as

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<v Speaker 2>long as people were not noticing. Now people have started

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<v Speaker 2>to notice.

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<v Speaker 3>Well, he should have talked to my college professors who

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<v Speaker 3>told me how great it was in France and why

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<v Speaker 3>don't we do it that way here where you get

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<v Speaker 3>like three months of vacation every year and retired age 50,

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<v Speaker 3>et cetera, et cetera.

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<v Speaker 2>France has been this free rider in Europe for years,

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<v Speaker 2>if not decades. It has gotten away with fiscal murder,

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<v Speaker 2>says the French realist. Okay. In an unprecedented move of

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<v Speaker 2>discipline for our live radio audience, we're going to break

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<v Speaker 2>on time.

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<v Speaker 1>What?

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<v Speaker 2>To leave plenty of time to bring it all together

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<v Speaker 2>and work in everybody. Come on. What's the most important

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<v Speaker 2>political movement on earth right now? Right up there with socialism. Islamism.

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<v Speaker 2>That's right. And that factors into the New York Times.

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<v Speaker 2>Does I want to tell you that? But it does.

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<v Speaker 2>Connect and protect. I'm telling you, you're going to understand

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<v Speaker 2>the France thing if you stay tuned.

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<v Speaker 1>Armstrong and Getty. The Armstrong and Getty Show.

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<v Speaker 4>We are here to secure a future because there are

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<v Speaker 4>fewer and fewer jobs available. And we just want more

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<v Speaker 4>rights and equality, whether in Paris or in rural areas.

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<v Speaker 4>We want everyone to have the same opportunities.

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<v Speaker 2>Sounds just fine. Angry French children screaming at TV cameras.

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<v Speaker 2>Universal language. Understanding what's actually going on in France. Classic

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<v Speaker 2>example of if you take in media or if you

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<v Speaker 2>don't take in media, you're uninformed. If you do take

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<v Speaker 2>in media, you're misinformed. This is edging closer toward the

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<v Speaker 2>truth from Fox News. Stephanie Bennett.

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<v Speaker 5>And adding fuel to the fire, France's prime minister announced

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<v Speaker 5>spending cuts in the government's budget for 2027. French intelligence

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<v Speaker 5>agencies say the protest movement was initiated by a hard

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<v Speaker 5>left political party, although that party denies any involvement. The

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<v Speaker 5>French education minister is pledging to listen to students' concerns,

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<v Speaker 5>but says the movement has been taken hostage by violent

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<v Speaker 5>small groups.

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<v Speaker 2>Ah, we're getting closer. So, Simone Rodin-Banziquin writes, at least occasionally,

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<v Speaker 2>for the Free Press and is based in France, and

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<v Speaker 2>has written an absolutely brilliant analysis of the situation. Here's

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<v Speaker 2>your quiz question. This will be on the test. If

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<v Speaker 2>you have all sorts of civil unrest, some of it legitimate,

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<v Speaker 2>some of it not so much, Who is going to

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<v Speaker 2>move in and fuel it and make sure it gets

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<v Speaker 2>as violent and crazy as possible?

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<v Speaker 3>Clowns at the edge of the woods?

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<v Speaker 2>No. Close, though. There are a couple of acceptable answers.

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<v Speaker 2>Those who want the downfall of Western civilization, maybe you've

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<v Speaker 2>been more specific, Marxists and Islamists. If you said that,

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<v Speaker 2>you're right. So Simone writes, for the past few days,

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<v Speaker 2>France has been burning. She describes how last week high

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<v Speaker 2>school students and actually this came out yesterday. Last week,

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<v Speaker 2>high school students in Paris took to the streets to

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<v Speaker 2>protest their crappy, crappy schools. Yet another, you know, inevitable

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<v Speaker 2>result of socialism and unionization.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, that kind of gets glossed over. Why are your

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<v Speaker 3>schools so crappy?

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<v Speaker 1>Right.

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<v Speaker 4>Yeah.

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<v Speaker 2>Excellent point. Nobody's really addressing that. They're just, well, of

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<v Speaker 2>course they're crappy for some reason and they could fix

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<v Speaker 2>it probably with more socialism. But anyway, they go into

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<v Speaker 2>the garbage set on fire, the masks, the balaclavas, the

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<v Speaker 2>violent clashes with police. Um, and, and it's really crazy.

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<v Speaker 2>I mean, people are getting hurt and beaten down. A

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<v Speaker 2>kid had his hand blown off. He picked up a

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<v Speaker 2>shock grenade and looked at it just as it was

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<v Speaker 2>going off.

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<v Speaker 3>Terrible.

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<v Speaker 2>Um, More than 100 schools damaged, many, many injuries. Hundreds

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<v Speaker 2>and hundreds of schools now closed as there's no security.

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<v Speaker 2>So the protests have confounded observers both in France and overseas. Yes,

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<v Speaker 2>the students have reason to be angry about overcrowded classrooms

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<v Speaker 2>and absent teachers. Their teachers suck. It's just like public

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<v Speaker 2>school teachers who don't teach. Even Nicole Hannah-Jones had to

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<v Speaker 2>admit that the other day. I wish we'd spent more

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<v Speaker 2>time on that. But anyway, so... Why has it gotten

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<v Speaker 2>so out of hand? Why is a high school protest

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<v Speaker 2>movement turned into a nationwide violent riot? A big part

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<v Speaker 2>of the answer lies with a man named Jean-Luc Mélenchon,

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<v Speaker 2>who is the leader of France Unbowed. We mentioned it

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<v Speaker 2>last segment. The country's principal radical left party, known by

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<v Speaker 2>its French initials LFI, which we'll use henceforth. Now, in 2022,

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<v Speaker 2>the guy won about 22% of the vote, narrowly missed

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<v Speaker 2>a runoff between the top two contenders. But as the

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<v Speaker 2>left has gained credibility and energy, He's doing better and better,

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<v Speaker 2>and it's looking like he could well make the runoff between, oh,

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<v Speaker 2>it could be a runoff between Mélenchon and Marine Le Pen,

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<v Speaker 2>famously the right-wingy character in French politics.

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<v Speaker 3>She put out her economic plan today. I mean, she's serious.

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<v Speaker 4>Oh, yeah, yeah.

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<v Speaker 2>To advance his political prospects ahead of the election, Mélenchon' s

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<v Speaker 2>strategy appears to be to capitalize on the discontent currently

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<v Speaker 2>roiling the country. And then she goes into some details,

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<v Speaker 2>not just about schools. Public debt is enormous. We were

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<v Speaker 2>talking about that last segment. The government proposed a $ 61

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<v Speaker 2>billion budget squeeze, and the unions and the Marxists and

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<v Speaker 2>the leftists went nuts because they want more and more.

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<v Speaker 2>Let's see.

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<v Speaker 4>So.

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<v Speaker 2>Melanchon's answer to the country's troubles? Confrontation. In a 2012 speech,

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<v Speaker 2>he argued that progressive political action must turn everything it

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<v Speaker 2>touches into conflict. Again, this guy's credo is progressive political

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<v Speaker 2>action must turn everything it touches into conflict. His opponents

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<v Speaker 2>call this approach, it's a French word meaning make a

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<v Speaker 2>mess of everything. He calls it a citizen's revolution. Keeping

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<v Speaker 2>the conflict alive is part of the plan. Find a

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<v Speaker 2>common adversary, bring all these disparate groups together, and cause chaos.

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<v Speaker 2>And that's why Melenchon and his parties have actively supported

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<v Speaker 2>the protests. Over the past few days, LFI lawmakers have

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<v Speaker 2>appeared at school gates and called for the blockades to spread,

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<v Speaker 2>while Melenchon has urged his elected representatives and activists to

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<v Speaker 2>place themselves between students and police and intervene against the

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<v Speaker 2>law enforcement response. In Saint-Denis, north of Paris... the mayor,

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<v Speaker 2>who's an LF guy, told protesters that while it was

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<v Speaker 2>preferable to keep protests peaceful, quote, violence at some point

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<v Speaker 2>can be legitimate.

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<v Speaker 3>Ooh, man, you shouldn't be ever saying that.

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<v Speaker 2>Meanwhile, here's where it gets really interesting. So Melenchon notices that,

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<v Speaker 2>you know, a lot of these suburbs of Paris got

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<v Speaker 2>tons and tons of Muslims in them. I mean, like,

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<v Speaker 2>No go zone. The cops have to ask for permission

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<v Speaker 2>to go into these neighborhoods. Honest to God, they have

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<v Speaker 2>to contact the local Muslim leaders and say, hey, we

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<v Speaker 2>were thinking of patrolling today. Is that OK? Seriously. So

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<v Speaker 2>Mel and Sean says, all right, how do we whip

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<v Speaker 2>this up further? Any crackdown by the authorities he's branding

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<v Speaker 2>is anti-Muslim. The idea being that many of the members

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<v Speaker 2>of the protests are Muslim, and that's why they're being

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<v Speaker 2>targeted by the government. So he's trying to whip up

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<v Speaker 2>the notion that the only reason the cops are cracking

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<v Speaker 2>down is because they're Islamophobes against you poor, innocent Muslim folks.

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<v Speaker 2>And online influencers have echoed this accusation. This one big-time

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<v Speaker 2>activist in France... Her content has linked school conditions to

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<v Speaker 2>restrictions on Muslim clothing. Why can the state ban hijabs

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<v Speaker 2>in state schools but not provide a teacher or a

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<v Speaker 2>decent classroom? So that sort of false choice thing is

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<v Speaker 2>very popular in radical politics. And so you've got now

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<v Speaker 2>the Islamist groups fired up. So Simone writes, should we

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<v Speaker 2>all be surprised then that Palestinian flags have appeared at

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<v Speaker 2>the school protests? At this point, you can't find video

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<v Speaker 2>of these protests without Palestinian flags. What does Gaza have

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<v Speaker 2>to do with a shortage of teachers in France? I'll

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<v Speaker 2>tell you what. LFI has spent years making hostility to

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<v Speaker 2>Israel a central part of its appeal to young voters.

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<v Speaker 2>Does that sound familiar, friends? Bringing that cause into the

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<v Speaker 2>school protests helped fuel the racial dynamics and turned the

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<v Speaker 2>demand for better classrooms into a much broader confrontation with

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<v Speaker 2>the government. Kind of the permanent omnic cause featuring Gaza,

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<v Speaker 2>Islamic resentment of the West, you know, Marxists wanting to

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<v Speaker 2>overthrow the government, etc. To summarize... The strategy is simple.

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<v Speaker 2>If Melenchon can bring enough young people to the polls

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<v Speaker 2>in the spring elections, he'll improve his chances of making

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<v Speaker 2>the runoff. Then he'll call on the rest of the

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<v Speaker 2>left and anyone who fears the national rally. That's Marine

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<v Speaker 2>Le Pen's party, which is currently the most popular party

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<v Speaker 2>in the country, rallying everybody saying, oh, these crazy right wingers,

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<v Speaker 2>you got to support me. So indeed, no matter how

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<v Speaker 2>the protests play out, Melenchon will likely benefit. It is classic.

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<v Speaker 2>Karl Marx, we will come to the aid of every

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<v Speaker 2>protest movement wherever we find it, and we'll smash stuff

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<v Speaker 2>up to get rid of Western civilization. So it's the

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<v Speaker 2>radical left and Islamists fighting. Joining with the allegedly pissed

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<v Speaker 2>off little kids who don't understand that socialism is what

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<v Speaker 2>ruined their schools. That's what's happening in France.

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<v Speaker 3>So Marine Le Pen is currently leading in the polls.

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<v Speaker 3>And it was unthinkable that she could end up getting

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<v Speaker 3>elected not that many years ago. She was a fringe candidate.

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<v Speaker 3>And it was always interesting how much support she would get.

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<v Speaker 3>Now she's actually leading in the polls. And she's running

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<v Speaker 3>on tighter immigration controls, national preference for French citizens in

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<v Speaker 3>benefits and services.

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<v Speaker 2>Oh, my God.

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<v Speaker 3>Tougher law and order policies, lower taxes, reducing government spending

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<v Speaker 3>and debt.

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<v Speaker 2>It's so like Germany and the U.S. to a large extent,

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<v Speaker 2>like immigration especially. If the so-called mainstream politicians ignore what

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<v Speaker 2>the people are bellowing at them, The so-called extreme parties

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<v Speaker 2>on the right are going to say, no, we hear

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<v Speaker 2>you and we think you're right. And people are going

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<v Speaker 2>to go there.

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<v Speaker 1>Right.

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<v Speaker 2>And you will reap the whirlwind you have sown.

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<v Speaker 3>And then and then there will be a reaction to that,

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<v Speaker 3>which is the point of book submission, which I mention

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<v Speaker 3>all the time, which actually features Le Pen getting elected,

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<v Speaker 3>which at the time that book was written was impossible.

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<v Speaker 3>Now it's possible.

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<v Speaker 1>Armstrong and Getty. The Armstrong and Getty Show.

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<v Speaker 6>The nfl suspended two officials for quote unprofessional conduct sunday

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<v Speaker 6>the first such penalties in eight years line judge jeff

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<v Speaker 6>seaman was suspended for two games for a heated interaction

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<v Speaker 6>with arizona tight end trey mcbride and referee adrian hill

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<v Speaker 6>got a one game penalty for yelling at eric wilson

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<v Speaker 6>after wilson accidentally knocked him.

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<v Speaker 2>Down okay.

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<v Speaker 3>I don't understand officiating in the nfl i don't get

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<v Speaker 3>worked up about it i just i just throw up

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<v Speaker 3>my hands whatever I don't understand why that was interference

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<v Speaker 3>and that wasn't interference. I don't get it. So I just.

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<v Speaker 2>It's an impossible job.

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<v Speaker 3>It really is. And then the super slow-mo 4K, every

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<v Speaker 3>angle doesn't help anything.

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<v Speaker 4>Right.

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<v Speaker 3>From their standpoint.

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<v Speaker 2>Can you imagine?

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<v Speaker 3>I mean, I don't even know how it's possible to

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<v Speaker 3>even come close to figuring that out. When you're running

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<v Speaker 3>full speed, it's happening in a millionth of a second.

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<v Speaker 3>You have your one angle. I can't even imagine how

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<v Speaker 3>they even come close to getting it right.

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<v Speaker 2>Well, they do occasionally. You know, it's practically random because, again,

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<v Speaker 2>it's an impossible job.

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<v Speaker 3>Here's a funny thing about the refs. So this is

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<v Speaker 3>from the Manning cast, which I've never actually watched. You

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<v Speaker 3>say it's pretty good. Oh, I love it. Peyton Manning

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<v Speaker 3>is a pretty funny guy and his charming brother, Eli,

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<v Speaker 3>and they watch, like, Monday Night Football, and they're there

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<v Speaker 3>on the screen commenting. So it's like listening instead of

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<v Speaker 3>your idiot... buddies who don't know anything including me in

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<v Speaker 3>many cases saying various things about the game it's two

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<v Speaker 3>guys who actually understand everything about the game throwing in

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<v Speaker 3>their comments throughout the game.

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<v Speaker 2>Super bowl winners probable hall of famers yeah.

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<v Speaker 3>Both of them won two super bowls yeah um so

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<v Speaker 3>here they are commenting on the referees and how swole

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<v Speaker 3>they are Out to the play.

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<v Speaker 2>Personal foul. Unnecessary roughness. Kicking team number 33. A 15-yard.

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<v Speaker 1>Penalty.

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<v Speaker 2>Hey, are the refs lifting more these days?

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<v Speaker 7>Are they lifting more weights these days, the refs?

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<v Speaker 3>No, it's just tighter shirts.

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<v Speaker 2>It's tighter shirts.

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<v Speaker 3>All smalls.

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<v Speaker 2>Got a boy's medium on. That's the sort of thing

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<v Speaker 2>you get on the Manning cast. I absolutely love it.

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<v Speaker 3>He's got a boy's medium.

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<v Speaker 2>Boy, that would not be flattering on me just saying.

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<v Speaker 3>I thought that was funny as heck.

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<v Speaker 2>I don't know. I find it very, very interesting.

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<v Speaker 3>But every time Tom Brady explains something sometimes and I realize,

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<v Speaker 3>why do I even have any opinions about this? Because

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<v Speaker 3>I haven't got the slightest idea what's actually going on.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, yeah. They do a brilliant job of revealing the

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<v Speaker 2>complexity of it. to you and you start to realize,

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<v Speaker 2>oh my gosh, these guys are so much better and

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<v Speaker 2>understand the game at such a higher level than most

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<v Speaker 2>fans do. You have to admire them for it. Well, right.

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<v Speaker 2>And then they're good at their jobs and they get

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<v Speaker 2>paid a lot of money.

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<v Speaker 3>And it's casual fans who, who yell, what.

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<v Speaker 2>The hell was that? What'd you throw it to that

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<v Speaker 2>guy for?

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<v Speaker 3>We don't have any idea what was going on there.

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<v Speaker 2>Right.

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<v Speaker 1>Right.

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<v Speaker 4>Funny.

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<v Speaker 2>Well, and it's funny. It's just a real simple, A

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<v Speaker 2>lot of casual fans might not know this. They call

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<v Speaker 2>two plays in the huddle. And then the quarterback gets

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<v Speaker 2>the line. He takes a look at the defense and

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<v Speaker 2>he asks for one or the other of them. Or

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<v Speaker 2>there's like a play that's called and then an optional play.

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<v Speaker 2>And he will option to that second play. And everybody

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<v Speaker 2>having said, okay, that's right. I chip block this guy.

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<v Speaker 2>Then I go out and I do an out pattern

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<v Speaker 2>to five yard. Okay. Okay. And then he changes the

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<v Speaker 2>play of the line and the guy says, okay, now

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<v Speaker 2>I've got to shift over there. This time I blah, blah, blah.

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<v Speaker 2>Every guy on the field has to make that sort

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<v Speaker 2>of adjustment immediately.

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<v Speaker 3>And if one of them doesn't get it right, everything

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<v Speaker 3>falls apart.

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<v Speaker 2>Exactly. Yeah.

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<v Speaker 4>Yeah.

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<v Speaker 2>Or if the defense does something unanticipated.

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<v Speaker 4>Yeah.

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<v Speaker 3>Um, my maybe one AI comment for the day, Bill

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<v Speaker 3>Gates in an interview yesterday, I thought this was damned

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<v Speaker 3>interesting presenting the, uh, other side of the optimism about

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<v Speaker 3>jobs anytime new technology comes along they say it's going

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<v Speaker 3>to take jobs and it always creates more jobs i

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<v Speaker 3>don't know why we fall for that as human beings

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<v Speaker 3>over and over again things are true until they're not

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<v Speaker 3>with everything with everything yeah uh but um I mean,

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<v Speaker 3>outside of like gravity and the sunrise, it pretty much

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<v Speaker 3>just won't even know. Even those will come to an

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<v Speaker 3>end at some point. But Bill Gates saying AI will

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<v Speaker 3>create more jobs. He said they just don't understand what's coming.

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<v Speaker 3>Once AI becomes reliable enough to do the work, it

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<v Speaker 3>starts replacing people. Once you replace human cognition as a

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<v Speaker 3>scarce element, you blow it away. Working 24 hours a day,

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<v Speaker 3>reading more, knowing every language. This isn't like the PC.

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<v Speaker 3>This is like evolutionary history. It's like the aliens are

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<v Speaker 3>really here. They just didn't come in a spacecraft. They

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<v Speaker 3>came in computers. So, again, people saying AI will create

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<v Speaker 3>more jobs don't understand what is coming.

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<v Speaker 2>And that's the point of view that finally convinced me

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<v Speaker 2>that that was right, because every other invention that folks

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<v Speaker 2>look to as an example of this sort of thing,

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<v Speaker 2>whether it's the cotton gin or the assembly line or

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<v Speaker 2>the Industrial Revolution General or whatever, the one indispensable thing

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<v Speaker 2>was always human ingenuity, intellect. And intellect had to be

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<v Speaker 2>around to manage that stuff and figure out how to

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<v Speaker 2>grow it. And that resulted in more and more jobs

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<v Speaker 2>are absolutely correct there. But replacing the one indispensable commodity

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<v Speaker 2>in the equation, human intellect, with a machine, that is

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<v Speaker 2>fundamentally different. And I hope I'm wrong, but I don't

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<v Speaker 2>think I am.

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<v Speaker 3>He was using the example of, first he said lawyers,

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<v Speaker 3>forget it. Lawyers jobs are done, which I don't quite

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<v Speaker 3>understand how that could be. Having worked with lawyers a

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<v Speaker 3>lot in the last couple of years, I just can't

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<v Speaker 3>imagine how AI could take over that. But that's what

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<v Speaker 3>Bill Gates said. He was using the example of like

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<v Speaker 3>medical advice or advice nurses or whatever that just somebody

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<v Speaker 3>who has all the knowledge at their fingertips can speak

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<v Speaker 3>any language and has endless time for you.

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<v Speaker 1>Right.

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<v Speaker 3>As opposed to, you know, and can answer, you know,

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<v Speaker 3>endless calls. So it's not you wait on hold until

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<v Speaker 3>the one person on their shift is available, et cetera.

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<v Speaker 3>And I can see how that could happen.

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<v Speaker 2>Oh, yeah.

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<v Speaker 4>Yeah.

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<v Speaker 2>Well, and a lot of the law is formula. Like,

0:25:20.310 --> 0:25:23.170
<v Speaker 2>I'm doing something right now. I need a lawyer. It's ridiculous.

0:25:24.630 --> 0:25:28.030
<v Speaker 2>It's so X, Y, Z-ish. But the law says I've

0:25:28.050 --> 0:25:29.290
<v Speaker 2>got to have a lawyer and it's got to be

0:25:29.310 --> 0:25:31.770
<v Speaker 2>certified and signed and the rest of it. It's just silly.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah.

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<v Speaker 4>Yeah.

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<v Speaker 2>You know, the one saving grace, maybe, might be that

0:25:37.180 --> 0:25:41.640
<v Speaker 2>the hallucination problems and the getting stuff wrong problems, they

0:25:41.660 --> 0:25:45.530
<v Speaker 2>just never figure out how to fix that. And so

0:25:45.570 --> 0:25:49.770
<v Speaker 2>you can't hand over a case to your AI. You

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<v Speaker 2>can use it for certain things, then a human has

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<v Speaker 2>to check it. But I don't know enough about it

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<v Speaker 2>to have an opinion.

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<v Speaker 3>No, I wish I'd hear the big guys ask more

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<v Speaker 3>about the Why you got to make it act like

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<v Speaker 3>it's a human being thing? And I'd like to hear

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<v Speaker 3>them describe that because I haven't heard him describe it. But,

0:26:10.540 --> 0:26:16.410
<v Speaker 3>you know, I use the example I ask chat GPT

0:26:16.470 --> 0:26:18.550
<v Speaker 3>over the weekend. What are the 10 best poems? And

0:26:19.050 --> 0:26:22.889
<v Speaker 3>chat GPT said to me, well, I'll give you 10

0:26:22.890 --> 0:26:25.960
<v Speaker 3>that are highly rated as opposed to my personal favorites.

0:26:27.210 --> 0:26:29.350
<v Speaker 3>Why are you talking to me like that, computer?

0:26:29.369 --> 0:26:29.909
<v Speaker 2>What the hell?

0:26:30.109 --> 0:26:33.030
<v Speaker 3>Why are you pretending you have your personal favorite poems?

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<v Speaker 3>I mean, what is that?

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<v Speaker 1>What the f * * * type of AI s * * *

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<v Speaker 1>is this?

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<v Speaker 3>But one of the reasons I wanted to bring this

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<v Speaker 3>up is I was watching a little of The Daily Show.

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<v Speaker 3>And I don't know if this was from last week

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<v Speaker 3>or last night, but it was the Jon Stewart version

0:26:45.960 --> 0:26:47.520
<v Speaker 3>of The Daily Show. And he had a lot of

0:26:47.540 --> 0:26:50.280
<v Speaker 3>the same questions that we've had. He's the only other

0:26:50.660 --> 0:26:52.810
<v Speaker 3>person I've heard pick up on this other than us.

0:26:53.580 --> 0:26:56.560
<v Speaker 3>His solution was different than ours. His was oligarchs are

0:26:56.580 --> 0:26:58.899
<v Speaker 3>controlling the world and we need more government. But he

0:26:58.920 --> 0:27:01.399
<v Speaker 3>was asking the same questions, playing all the clips of

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<v Speaker 3>the abundance and the amount of productivity that it's going

0:27:04.590 --> 0:27:09.210
<v Speaker 3>to create all this money. And when is this going

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<v Speaker 3>to start? And who's going to gather the money? And

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<v Speaker 3>why are they voluntarily? And if we all get the

0:27:15.210 --> 0:27:18.980
<v Speaker 3>same amount, how is anybody rich? And all these different things.

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<v Speaker 3>That's the only other entity I've heard ask that question

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<v Speaker 3>besides us.

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<v Speaker 2>And then when the technology changes fundamentally again in three months,

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<v Speaker 2>how do we adjust? If ever we get that program

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<v Speaker 2>going and answer your questions. When does the universal high

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<v Speaker 2>income begin?

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<v Speaker 3>How many people will lose their jobs to AI before

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<v Speaker 3>it kicks off?

0:27:44.950 --> 0:27:46.389
<v Speaker 2>How does it get started?

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<v Speaker 3>Unless you're going to pass legislation that. There are so

0:27:53.050 --> 0:27:55.540
<v Speaker 3>many variables, I can't even come up with a scenario.

0:27:55.820 --> 0:27:59.700
<v Speaker 3>But so you're going to say to industry X, the

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<v Speaker 3>healthcare industry, you are now over 30% AI, 50% AI.

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<v Speaker 3>I don't know at what point you have to start

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<v Speaker 3>paying 20%, 10%, 80% of your profits to some sort

0:28:14.850 --> 0:28:19.649
<v Speaker 3>of government fund, private fund that collects the money and then.

0:28:19.550 --> 0:28:23.190
<v Speaker 2>Gets doled out To who? When?

0:28:23.290 --> 0:28:23.690
<v Speaker 1>How?

0:28:24.150 --> 0:28:28.530
<v Speaker 2>Tax? Not? What? I'm an assistant manager at a grocery store,

0:28:28.850 --> 0:28:31.629
<v Speaker 2>and the inventory process, which I used to have an

0:28:31.770 --> 0:28:35.929
<v Speaker 2>active role in, is now 100% AI. And so they

0:28:35.950 --> 0:28:37.710
<v Speaker 2>don't need a guy like me anymore. They can pay

0:28:37.750 --> 0:28:39.989
<v Speaker 2>somebody half just to make sure the shopping carts are

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<v Speaker 2>rounded up. So do I get the money? I mean,

0:28:44.340 --> 0:28:46.620
<v Speaker 2>they're still offering to pay me half, so does the

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<v Speaker 2>other half come from? Well, it wasn't AI exactly. It

0:28:49.940 --> 0:28:51.280
<v Speaker 2>was the police. It's just it's.

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<v Speaker 3>Well, lots of industries are using AI at what percentage

0:28:54.620 --> 0:28:58.640
<v Speaker 3>of your GTP that you can credit to AI. Does

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<v Speaker 3>some thing start collecting money that it gives back out

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<v Speaker 3>to who? Everyone or just people in that industry?

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<v Speaker 6>Right.

0:29:08.080 --> 0:29:10.220
<v Speaker 3>Are we all going to get a check from GM

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<v Speaker 3>if they go full AI and don't need any automotive

0:29:13.950 --> 0:29:14.670
<v Speaker 3>workers anymore?

0:29:15.270 --> 0:29:15.480
<v Speaker 2>Right.

0:29:15.870 --> 0:29:16.050
<v Speaker 1>Right.

0:29:16.160 --> 0:29:19.930
<v Speaker 3>Why would I get money for that? I just it's

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<v Speaker 3>so incredibly unworkable in my mind. The fact that people

0:29:23.970 --> 0:29:27.270
<v Speaker 3>aren't asking Elon or anybody these questions blows my mind.

0:29:27.750 --> 0:29:28.050
<v Speaker 2>I know.

0:29:28.070 --> 0:29:28.590
<v Speaker 1>I know.

0:29:28.730 --> 0:29:32.650
<v Speaker 2>And if everybody were pure of mind and spirit, this

0:29:32.690 --> 0:29:36.490
<v Speaker 2>would be an incredibly difficult set of questions to answer.

0:29:37.030 --> 0:29:39.330
<v Speaker 2>But I'm reminded of the tariff thing. And I really

0:29:39.410 --> 0:29:41.710
<v Speaker 2>I really wanted to get into this but who wants

0:29:41.750 --> 0:29:44.840
<v Speaker 2>to hear tariff talk but here's the reality of it

0:29:45.150 --> 0:29:48.860
<v Speaker 2>so trump announces these tariffs then all of the big

0:29:49.040 --> 0:29:54.050
<v Speaker 2>companies And the companies with personal contacts with Trump send

0:29:54.090 --> 0:29:57.190
<v Speaker 2>their lobbyists and write their checks. And what you end

0:29:57.270 --> 0:30:03.930
<v Speaker 2>up with is this utterly obscene, rent-seeking, those well-connected got

0:30:03.970 --> 0:30:09.320
<v Speaker 2>exemptions from the tariffs. The little fellas got hosed. This industry,

0:30:09.380 --> 0:30:13.460
<v Speaker 2>which is exactly like this industry in all of the particulars,

0:30:13.980 --> 0:30:17.160
<v Speaker 2>but isn't quite as well thought of by the administration

0:30:17.220 --> 0:30:20.030
<v Speaker 2>for these reasons. They're getting hammered. These guys are let

0:30:20.050 --> 0:30:21.870
<v Speaker 2>off the hook. And if you don't think that sort

0:30:21.890 --> 0:30:25.260
<v Speaker 2>of lobbying and rent-seeking, Google it, kids, would happen with.

0:30:27.340 --> 0:30:32.420
<v Speaker 2>When the government controls 80% of all economic output because

0:30:32.480 --> 0:30:35.380
<v Speaker 2>it's all AI and nobody has a job and we're

0:30:35.400 --> 0:30:38.770
<v Speaker 2>all writing poetry, you don't think there will be that

0:30:38.830 --> 0:30:42.290
<v Speaker 2>sort of fever pitch rent-seeking then? Oh, God, I don't

0:30:42.350 --> 0:30:44.870
<v Speaker 2>even want to think about it. I just convinced myself.

0:30:44.890 --> 0:30:46.390
<v Speaker 2>I'll be on the golf course. Call me if you

0:30:46.410 --> 0:30:46.690
<v Speaker 2>need me.

0:30:46.770 --> 0:30:49.910
<v Speaker 3>I just convinced myself with my little running through the scenarios.

0:30:50.290 --> 0:30:54.250
<v Speaker 3>It's not going to happen. So the richest man in

0:30:54.290 --> 0:30:57.070
<v Speaker 3>the world, one of the smartest people on earth, Your

0:30:57.110 --> 0:30:59.390
<v Speaker 3>scenario makes zero sense, Elon.

0:31:00.030 --> 0:31:01.570
<v Speaker 2>Explain it to somebody.

0:31:02.730 --> 0:31:04.770
<v Speaker 3>If you just take the auto industry and it goes

0:31:05.130 --> 0:31:08.650
<v Speaker 3>all automation, all robots. Okay, that's tens of thousands of

0:31:08.690 --> 0:31:12.310
<v Speaker 3>people out of work. All right, so explain to me

0:31:12.390 --> 0:31:15.110
<v Speaker 3>how those people are going to get money from this.

0:31:15.770 --> 0:31:15.950
<v Speaker 1>Right.

0:31:16.610 --> 0:31:17.520
<v Speaker 3>Only auto workers?

0:31:18.580 --> 0:31:18.930
<v Speaker 2>Everyone?

0:31:19.170 --> 0:31:26.180
<v Speaker 3>You said universal. Universal means everybody. High income. How much

0:31:26.200 --> 0:31:27.330
<v Speaker 3>does GM.

0:31:27.090 --> 0:31:29.410
<v Speaker 2>Have to pay in? How about all the restaurants where

0:31:29.430 --> 0:31:33.370
<v Speaker 2>all those autoworkers ate? All of the equipment suppliers, the

0:31:33.410 --> 0:31:37.670
<v Speaker 2>clothing manufacturers, everything. Everything connected to that industry. And that's

0:31:37.710 --> 0:31:41.200
<v Speaker 2>just like in an imaginary scenario, which is hilarious, that

0:31:41.240 --> 0:31:45.380
<v Speaker 2>it all starts at Mark. Right. Like the show. It's

0:31:45.400 --> 0:31:47.880
<v Speaker 2>going to be phased in bit by bit by bit.

0:31:47.920 --> 0:31:49.420
<v Speaker 3>Different industries at different points.

0:31:50.010 --> 0:31:50.270
<v Speaker 2>Right.

0:31:51.190 --> 0:31:52.570
<v Speaker 3>It makes no sense whatsoever.

0:31:52.630 --> 0:31:57.300
<v Speaker 2>Different plants and different companies within industries at different points.

0:31:59.000 --> 0:32:03.260
<v Speaker 3>Yes, it makes zero sense. John Stewart is right. We're right.

0:32:04.080 --> 0:32:04.880
<v Speaker 2>Violent revolution.

0:32:05.600 --> 0:32:09.080
<v Speaker 3>We have to take a break. OK, I do want

0:32:09.100 --> 0:32:10.900
<v Speaker 3>to talk about the death of Jim Baker a little

0:32:10.940 --> 0:32:12.740
<v Speaker 3>bit later. You have to be of a certain age

0:32:12.780 --> 0:32:16.380
<v Speaker 3>to remember him is on the biggest TV evangelists in history.

0:32:16.780 --> 0:32:17.660
<v Speaker 3>He finally died.

0:32:19.180 --> 0:32:22.020
<v Speaker 2>Nowhere in the Bible does it say thou shalt not

0:32:22.100 --> 0:32:25.460
<v Speaker 2>have a Learjet and Rolls Royces just because you're preaching

0:32:25.480 --> 0:32:25.840
<v Speaker 2>the word.

0:32:25.900 --> 0:32:27.530
<v Speaker 3>I don't think that's the way you're supposed to phrase

0:32:27.590 --> 0:32:33.390
<v Speaker 3>it when there's a celebrity passing. He finally died. But

0:32:33.430 --> 0:32:35.590
<v Speaker 3>maybe it's appropriate in this case. More on that and

0:32:35.610 --> 0:32:36.370
<v Speaker 3>other stuff on the way.

0:32:36.390 --> 0:32:38.270
<v Speaker 2>Stay here.

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<v Speaker 1>Armstrong and Getty. The Armstrong and Getty Show.

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<v Speaker 7>In honor of National Taco Day tomorrow, Taco Bell has

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<v Speaker 7>announced a new collaboration with the language lesson app Duolingo

0:33:05.260 --> 0:33:09.140
<v Speaker 7>and will offer limited edition sauces that have language lessons

0:33:09.220 --> 0:33:12.360
<v Speaker 7>on the packets. Specifically,¿ Dónde está el baño?

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<v Speaker 3>I only speak English. What is that?

0:33:18.860 --> 0:33:19.700
<v Speaker 2>Where is the bathroom?

0:33:22.180 --> 0:33:22.620
<v Speaker 3>Toilet humor.

0:33:22.880 --> 0:33:25.840
<v Speaker 2>Oh, it's a joke about Taco Bell and its effects

0:33:25.920 --> 0:33:30.610
<v Speaker 2>on the human digestive system. That's the way I took that.

0:33:30.950 --> 0:33:31.810
<v Speaker 3>That's my reading.

0:33:32.750 --> 0:33:36.330
<v Speaker 2>Speaking of what sounds like not very highbrow fare, but

0:33:36.370 --> 0:33:43.640
<v Speaker 2>it actually is, how a Russian spy's erectile dysfunction may

0:33:43.700 --> 0:33:45.040
<v Speaker 2>have changed history.

0:33:45.540 --> 0:33:45.610
<v Speaker 1>Wow.

0:33:46.460 --> 0:33:50.760
<v Speaker 2>Unbelievable story. You can't make this stuff up. But continuing

0:33:50.900 --> 0:33:54.740
<v Speaker 2>at least tangentially on our theme of AI and its

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<v Speaker 2>many wonders and head scratchers, an appeals court in Arizona yesterday,

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<v Speaker 2>or I'm sorry, no, a couple of days ago, threw

0:34:04.310 --> 0:34:07.690
<v Speaker 2>out the prison sentence of a man convicted after manslaughter

0:34:08.510 --> 0:34:11.690
<v Speaker 2>because the judge in the original trial had allowed an

0:34:12.030 --> 0:34:20.109
<v Speaker 2>AI agent video of the victim forgiving his killer to

0:34:20.170 --> 0:34:21.969
<v Speaker 2>play in court for the sentencing.

0:34:22.090 --> 0:34:22.450
<v Speaker 1>What?

0:34:23.190 --> 0:34:29.569
<v Speaker 2>Yes. Why would you play that in court? That's what

0:34:29.610 --> 0:34:32.230
<v Speaker 2>the appeals court was asking. What the F type of

0:34:32.310 --> 0:34:37.440
<v Speaker 2>AIS it did. So at the sentencing, this fella whose

0:34:37.480 --> 0:34:42.580
<v Speaker 2>name was, uh, Pelkey, um, uh, Christopher Pelkey was 37

0:34:42.580 --> 0:34:45.200
<v Speaker 2>years old. God bless him. It's terrible. And he was

0:34:45.260 --> 0:34:48.540
<v Speaker 2>killed by this guy. But his sister, it was during

0:34:48.580 --> 0:34:54.339
<v Speaker 2>the impact statement, the victim impact statements made by his

0:34:54.380 --> 0:34:59.030
<v Speaker 2>friends and relatives. And his sister gets up and presents

0:34:59.110 --> 0:35:05.990
<v Speaker 2>an AI video depicting the victim, Mr. Pelkey, addressing the perpetrator, saying,

0:35:06.330 --> 0:35:08.270
<v Speaker 2>and this is with his voice and his face. We

0:35:08.290 --> 0:35:10.339
<v Speaker 2>all know how good the deepfake videos are these days.

0:35:10.860 --> 0:35:14.390
<v Speaker 2>I believe in forgiveness and in God who forgives. The

0:35:14.410 --> 0:35:16.890
<v Speaker 2>video also portrayed Mr. Pelkey as addressing the court, saying,

0:35:17.350 --> 0:35:20.410
<v Speaker 2>this here is a true representation of who I was.

0:35:21.239 --> 0:35:25.700
<v Speaker 2>The sentencing judge, Todd F. Lang of Maricopa County Superior Court,

0:35:25.719 --> 0:35:28.759
<v Speaker 2>praised the video, saying, I love that AI. He called

0:35:28.800 --> 0:35:31.640
<v Speaker 2>it genuine and noted that the victim was allowed to, quote,

0:35:31.960 --> 0:35:34.419
<v Speaker 2>speak from his heart, even though he was dead.

0:35:35.160 --> 0:35:35.540
<v Speaker 1>What?

0:35:36.480 --> 0:35:38.700
<v Speaker 3>This judge needs to has bad judgment.

0:35:39.750 --> 0:35:43.149
<v Speaker 2>Oh, yes. How did the judge not react.

0:35:42.870 --> 0:35:46.640
<v Speaker 3>To when it was first presented as an idea saying,

0:35:47.300 --> 0:35:50.299
<v Speaker 3>what the hell are you talking about? Of course you

0:35:50.340 --> 0:35:51.040
<v Speaker 3>can't do that.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah.

0:35:52.860 --> 0:35:53.140
<v Speaker 1>Yeah.

0:35:53.180 --> 0:35:55.020
<v Speaker 2>Well, that's what the appeals court judges said.

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<v Speaker 3>That's crazy.

0:35:57.840 --> 0:36:02.520
<v Speaker 2>You can't you can't claim it's the victim. It erases

0:36:02.580 --> 0:36:05.080
<v Speaker 2>the interpretive distance between the family's belief about what the

0:36:05.120 --> 0:36:07.100
<v Speaker 2>victim would have said and the victim's own voice and opinions,

0:36:07.160 --> 0:36:07.739
<v Speaker 2>the judges wrote.

0:36:07.860 --> 0:36:12.219
<v Speaker 3>It erases the distance between reality and making something up.

0:36:13.030 --> 0:36:16.070
<v Speaker 2>Right. Now, the fellow who killed me right over there,

0:36:16.270 --> 0:36:19.009
<v Speaker 2>he seems like not such a bad fellow to me. Now,

0:36:19.050 --> 0:36:22.109
<v Speaker 2>he certainly deserves punishment, but let's all be reasonable here.

0:36:23.030 --> 0:36:24.270
<v Speaker 3>That is so crazy.

0:36:24.730 --> 0:36:25.050
<v Speaker 2>Yeah.

0:36:25.469 --> 0:36:25.629
<v Speaker 4>Yeah.

0:36:25.650 --> 0:36:27.930
<v Speaker 2>Can you believe the judge said, oh, that's wonderful. I

0:36:28.010 --> 0:36:33.110
<v Speaker 2>love this. You're an idiot. He may be an idiot.

0:36:33.210 --> 0:36:34.109
<v Speaker 2>AI is so good.

0:36:34.130 --> 0:36:37.070
<v Speaker 3>Have you seen that video somebody made of me? There's

0:36:37.150 --> 0:36:38.930
<v Speaker 3>a picture of me on the boat up in Canada,

0:36:38.969 --> 0:36:40.110
<v Speaker 3>and they have me doing a backflip.

0:36:40.850 --> 0:36:43.730
<v Speaker 2>Oh, yeah. It's amazing how good that is. It's frightening.

0:36:44.950 --> 0:36:46.050
<v Speaker 3>And it probably took him two seconds.

0:36:46.870 --> 0:36:47.009
<v Speaker 4>Mm-hmm.

0:36:47.590 --> 0:36:49.290
<v Speaker 3>I can't do a backflip like that. And if I did,

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<v Speaker 3>I wouldn't do it by the railing of a boat

0:36:50.820 --> 0:36:51.879
<v Speaker 3>in the ocean.

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<v Speaker 2>My video would say, vengeance, your honor. Throw the book

0:36:55.040 --> 0:36:57.680
<v Speaker 2>at that scumbag. I'm in heaven, and I'm still angry.

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<v Speaker 1>Armstrong and Getty.