WEBVTT - I Was Not Saying "Oh Good" To You Dying

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

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<v Speaker 1>Washington Broadcast Center.

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<v Speaker 2>Jack Armstrong and Joe Kaddy Armstrong and.

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<v Speaker 3>Jettating and Arms range.

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<v Speaker 1>Live from studio see signor a diddly lit room deep

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<v Speaker 1>in them the bowels of.

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<v Speaker 3>The Armstrong and Getty Communications Compound. Wow.

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<v Speaker 1>Word that Mike came up in the Diddy trial. I

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<v Speaker 1>probably will what now vowels there's some ball or some

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<v Speaker 1>awful lives. There's some awful words being thrown around in

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<v Speaker 1>the Diddy trial. I wouldn't be surprised that that word

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<v Speaker 1>doesn't come up at.

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<v Speaker 2>Some golly gee, hope not.

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<v Speaker 3>Hey, we were under the tutelage of our general manager.

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<v Speaker 3>Arabs bearing gifts.

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<v Speaker 2>I remember when I was a kid, I heard the

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<v Speaker 2>saying you wear Greeks bearing gifts or somebody bearing gifts.

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<v Speaker 2>It was kind of your old timey.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah.

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<v Speaker 2>You know, if somebody comes at you say, I'd just

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<v Speaker 2>like to give you a little gift, little token of

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<v Speaker 2>my affection. There's a string attached. There's something going on.

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<v Speaker 2>All the Arab governments are coming at Trump with gifts,

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<v Speaker 2>and I'm wary.

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<v Speaker 1>So how about the New York Times. I was just

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<v Speaker 1>reading it as I was coming up in the elevator.

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<v Speaker 1>They did a good job of laying out the whole

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<v Speaker 1>Joe Biden had promised MBS in Saudi Arabia would be

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<v Speaker 1>a pariah on the world stage after the bone sawing

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<v Speaker 1>of Kushogi. Then gas got real high and we decided

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<v Speaker 1>we need your help. So Biden went over there to

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<v Speaker 1>meet him and beg for help. Fist bumped him. Now

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<v Speaker 1>we're fully on back with Trump getting the red carpet

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<v Speaker 1>tree Minton right and the handshakes and hugs all around

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<v Speaker 1>and everything like that. So so much for the pariah

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<v Speaker 1>state that didn't last long.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, that was just an incredibly undisciplined thing to say,

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<v Speaker 2>which is you know Biden's deal. Look, nobody's in favor

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<v Speaker 2>of bone sawing journalists who are dissidents of Saudi Arabia.

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<v Speaker 3>I don't know.

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<v Speaker 2>Well, I'm not many people are in favor of it.

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<v Speaker 2>But in geopolitics, a guy is not a basis for

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<v Speaker 2>severing an important relationship, even if it's an unsavory friend

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<v Speaker 2>of me weird relationship. Anyway, Biden was a Seena idiot

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<v Speaker 2>back to you. So, so Trump's there and getting the

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<v Speaker 2>full on I'm a king, You're a king. Treatment And

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<v Speaker 2>I was just listening to the Fox Report on how

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<v Speaker 2>Saudi Arabia has got a project twenty thirty that they're

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<v Speaker 2>spending unimaginable amounts of money on it, especially for a

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<v Speaker 2>country that size. They want to be the most technologically

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<v Speaker 2>advanced place on Earth by twenty thirty, particularly around Ai

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<v Speaker 2>and green that all the world. That will be the

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<v Speaker 2>capital of the world if you're going to as a

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<v Speaker 2>country or a business for you know, investments, or where

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<v Speaker 2>all we're all where everybody who's anybody hangs out and

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<v Speaker 2>that's where the deals are made. That's what they want

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<v Speaker 2>to Yeah, well, and.

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<v Speaker 3>They might pull that off. Well.

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<v Speaker 1>Well, meanwhile, out in the you know, one hundred miles

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<v Speaker 1>outside of town, you got a bunch of camel humper

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<v Speaker 1>and fundamentalist Muslims who want to saw off NBS's head.

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<v Speaker 2>But right sure, yeah, and are belly kept under wraps

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<v Speaker 2>by the regime through bribery and threats. Yeah, boy, the

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<v Speaker 2>whole we want to be the world's biggest on AI. Thing.

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<v Speaker 2>That seems promising to me, But the isn't the bloom

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<v Speaker 2>off the green grows.

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<v Speaker 1>I think they're I think they've missed. I think they

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<v Speaker 1>missed the reality of that one.

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<v Speaker 2>Perhaps, Yeah, I mean the Euros are still making all

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<v Speaker 2>sorts of noises and driving tight at right.

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<v Speaker 3>That's what that is. That's to get the whole euro crowd.

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<v Speaker 2>But friends, the populist right is on the rise fast

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<v Speaker 2>in Europe. And one of the things they're just I

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<v Speaker 2>think a little behind the US in that the populace

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<v Speaker 2>is going to say, we're paying enormous amounts and having

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<v Speaker 2>terrible damage done to our standard of living to realize

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<v Speaker 2>these fanciful green energy goals.

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<v Speaker 3>It wouldn't make a difference.

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<v Speaker 2>Anyway, So, uh, can we change?

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<v Speaker 3>Please? That's common trust me.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm all for living in reality. Uh, you got to

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<v Speaker 1>what other choice do you have? But man, I'm looking

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<v Speaker 1>at the video of NBS and Trump walking through that palace,

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<v Speaker 1>and I mean, it's just so, you know, you wouldn't

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<v Speaker 1>believe that the world in twenty twenty five could still

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<v Speaker 1>be that way, that people, because of their family that

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<v Speaker 1>they were born into, live that life of luxury, because

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<v Speaker 1>they own the country, because of you know, it's just

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<v Speaker 1>you wouldn't think that could still exist on planet Earth.

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<v Speaker 2>But it does because they were the fist camel herders

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<v Speaker 2>back in the day.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, one hundred and fifty years ago.

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<v Speaker 2>First to sign a big contract with the the Aramco,

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<v Speaker 2>the big oil company FDR. I don't know, you know

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<v Speaker 2>more about the history so out of Arabia in ninety.

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<v Speaker 1>I think FDR in the original house Asad is when

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<v Speaker 1>it started with this particular family. But it is something

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<v Speaker 1>that continues to be a thing. And you know, we're

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<v Speaker 1>as powerful as we are, we still got to deal

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<v Speaker 1>with them. They got a lot of oil, they got

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<v Speaker 1>a lot of money, and that's just the way that

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<v Speaker 1>the world works.

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<v Speaker 3>There you go.

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<v Speaker 1>H Meanwhile, is Putin and earned Zolensky are they're gonna

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<v Speaker 1>show up on Thursday to that meeting.

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<v Speaker 3>I think that's an exciting story.

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<v Speaker 1>Haven't heard anything lately of you, Well, Zelenski's still saying

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<v Speaker 1>he's gonna show. There hasn't been a word out of

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<v Speaker 1>Russia about it was his idea, Hey, Putin, it was

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<v Speaker 1>your idea, dude. You're the one who said you wanted

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<v Speaker 1>a meeting. He said okay, and then you haven't said

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<v Speaker 1>a word. What's going on there? The old tricker room,

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<v Speaker 1>you'ld switch a room, the old bait and switch.

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<v Speaker 2>Oh it's one of those. Certainly. Yeah, I still am

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<v Speaker 2>highly skeptical that it will happen. I think Putin may

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<v Speaker 2>have written a check for more what do they have

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<v Speaker 2>over rubles than his his mouth can cash or something

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<v Speaker 2>something like that.

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<v Speaker 3>And then so it's the old switcher roo. I don't know.

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<v Speaker 1>And how much time should we be spending on the

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<v Speaker 1>qataris give Trump a plane story that for much of

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<v Speaker 1>the mainstream media is a very big gift.

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<v Speaker 2>I don't know. It's not a good idea, it's a

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<v Speaker 2>bad idea, but I don't know.

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<v Speaker 1>Said yesterday, who turns down a gift? Who turns down

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<v Speaker 1>a free plane?

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<v Speaker 3>Who would do that? That's what Trump said yesterday.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, so you know what, I've got a great example

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<v Speaker 2>of that, A fabulous example of that. Would you like

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<v Speaker 2>to hear it? Yes, you would. He's taking a drink

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<v Speaker 2>of water. I'll answer for you. In certain highly dysfunctional families,

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<v Speaker 2>sometimes gifts come from a controlling parent, and you know

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<v Speaker 2>there'll be strings attached and hell to pay and guilt

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<v Speaker 2>designed and the rest of it. You turn down a

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<v Speaker 2>gift when you know this is going to ensnare me

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<v Speaker 2>and do something unsavory and that's the quitar is evil folks.

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<v Speaker 1>Well, is there a chance Trump thinks you think you're

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<v Speaker 1>gonna ensnare me into something? I'm gonna take your plane?

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<v Speaker 1>You ain't getting nothing from me? Sure, yeah, yep, that's possible.

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<v Speaker 3>I was listening to the.

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<v Speaker 1>Just from a technological standpoint, the how would you take

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<v Speaker 1>that plane apart to make sure there's not you know,

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<v Speaker 1>any sort of like listening device or tracking device or

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<v Speaker 1>you know, stores data somehow you how would you do that?

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<v Speaker 1>You'd have to take it completely apart, wouldn't you? Like

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<v Speaker 1>every joy goodness goodness knows.

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<v Speaker 2>I am not up on the state of the art

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<v Speaker 2>of listening device, sweeping and surveillance equipment, you know, a detection.

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<v Speaker 2>But could there be anything more complex and difficult search

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<v Speaker 2>than a zillion dollar wildly tricked out seven forty seven

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<v Speaker 2>I mean, great, Scott, It's got miles and miles, hundreds

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<v Speaker 2>of miles probably of wiring, right for instance.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, every tiny little piece of metal could be something.

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<v Speaker 2>All right, Yeah, and to be tricked out to be

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<v Speaker 2>Air Force one. It has astounding capabilities of you know,

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<v Speaker 2>evasion and self defense and communications and that sort of thing.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, you can't just take the plane from the Qataris

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<v Speaker 1>and then say, oh cool, there's a USB plug in

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<v Speaker 1>here right next to my chair.

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<v Speaker 2>I'll plug my phone in and charge it. Mean he

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<v Speaker 2>could work like that. Yeah, I would love to hear

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<v Speaker 2>from somebody. I wonder if we could seek out a guest.

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<v Speaker 2>What is the state of the art in A hiding

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<v Speaker 2>and B detecting the sort of surveillance devices that we're

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<v Speaker 2>talking about here. I don't know.

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<v Speaker 3>I don't know either.

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<v Speaker 1>We should start the show officially before we get in trouble.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm Jack Armstrong, He's Joe getting on. This is Tuesday,

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<v Speaker 1>May the thirteenth.

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<v Speaker 2>We need a plane, the A and G force one cool,

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<v Speaker 2>probably Ford, a little Cessna. Don't need as much gold

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<v Speaker 2>then these work missing one wing. The Saudis like their goal.

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<v Speaker 3>They gold.

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<v Speaker 1>They got the same sort of decoration thing going as

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<v Speaker 1>Trump does. It looks like a Trump property, that big

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<v Speaker 1>Saudi building they're in right now. I'm looking at it.

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<v Speaker 1>So what is it about certain mindsets that really like

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<v Speaker 1>lots of gold and chandeliers.

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<v Speaker 3>I don't know what that is exactly. It's not my tastes.

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<v Speaker 1>Particularly, they're twenty twenty five Armstrong in getting we approve

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<v Speaker 1>of this program. You're more a chandelier fashioned out of

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<v Speaker 1>a wagon wheel type con exactly.

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<v Speaker 2>Handler's yeah, all right, let's beg in the show now. Officially,

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<v Speaker 2>according to the FCC Rules of Regulations, here we go

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<v Speaker 2>at mark.

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<v Speaker 4>Their economic plans are really focused on how do we

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<v Speaker 4>keep the Chinese Communist Party in power? How do we

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<v Speaker 4>keep people employed, how do we keep people happy so

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<v Speaker 4>that their regene can stay in place? That they're economic goals.

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<v Speaker 4>They're just different than ours in the West, and we

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<v Speaker 4>have to figure out a way how to fit us.

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<v Speaker 4>We're peg into a round circle, if that's possible.

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<v Speaker 2>So true came across a great piece by one of

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<v Speaker 2>America's favorite business thinkers about how rotten China is to

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<v Speaker 2>deal with. Our theme seems to be frenemies this morning today,

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<v Speaker 2>because China is the weirdest sort of frenemy that I've

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<v Speaker 2>ever observed on the world scene. Honestly, to be this

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<v Speaker 2>entangled and this at odds weird.

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<v Speaker 1>I think I'm going to be dead soon, so I

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<v Speaker 1>feel like I should say everything I've ever wanted to say,

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<v Speaker 1>oh good about any topic. I mean, I think I'm

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<v Speaker 1>gonna be dead soon. Of the whooping cough. I didn't

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<v Speaker 1>mean oh good.

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<v Speaker 2>I meant that seems like an appropriate thing to do,

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<v Speaker 2>given your you know, hell love it.

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<v Speaker 3>You said, oh good, Yeah I did.

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<v Speaker 1>I meant to be supported, said I'm going to die,

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<v Speaker 1>and you said, oh good. I mean, go back to

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<v Speaker 1>the tape if you want to, perhaps you have something

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<v Speaker 1>you'd like to say about that, for instance. I meant

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<v Speaker 1>to be encouraging that. Oh you're going to say all

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<v Speaker 1>the things you want to say. Oh good, that was

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<v Speaker 1>my Oh good, there you go, Yes, express you to get.

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<v Speaker 3>It off your ches. That's the way I took it.

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<v Speaker 3>That's the way. Were good. Thank god. And we got

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<v Speaker 3>Katie's just don't croak. We got Katie's.

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<v Speaker 1>Headlines next on the way and our text line is

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<v Speaker 1>four one five two nine five k FTC. I noticed

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<v Speaker 1>the pencil store near my house and taking down there

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<v Speaker 1>going out of business sign.

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<v Speaker 3>So they're very excited about things. The turn. Everything is taken.

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<v Speaker 2>America's doll and pencil imports and continued now been reinvigorated.

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<v Speaker 2>Thank god. Hey, there's all sorts of stuff going on.

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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 Well with USA today to begin.

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<v Speaker 5>Inflation eased to a four year low in April as

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<v Speaker 5>Trump's tariffs took effect.

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<v Speaker 3>Wow, okay, four year low on inflation like that?

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, and I don't see any reason it shouldn't continue

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<v Speaker 2>to stay low, honestly, go with the tariff roll back

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<v Speaker 2>so far.

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<v Speaker 5>From ABC, of course, you guys talked about Trump lens

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<v Speaker 5>in Saudi Arabia for big Middle East trip.

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<v Speaker 3>He's not going to Israel though.

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<v Speaker 2>No, there are signs of a little several signs of

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<v Speaker 2>a little discomfort between the US and Israel, some space

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<v Speaker 2>between us. But the Israelis said the other day, Hey,

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<v Speaker 2>we're not lockstep. Sometimes when you tango, you step on

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<v Speaker 2>each other's toes.

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<v Speaker 3>That's fine.

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<v Speaker 2>I didn't know the tango was so big in Israel,

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<v Speaker 2>but that's what the guy said. I thought they did

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<v Speaker 2>the more of the haven the thing.

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<v Speaker 3>But whatever.

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<v Speaker 5>From Fox News, Colorado Capital, female staffers fear retaliation after

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<v Speaker 5>filing bathroom complaint against transgender AID.

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<v Speaker 3>Oh really gotta do it in their bathroom.

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<v Speaker 2>They don't like it. Boiling that down if you're not

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<v Speaker 2>hip on the modern lingo from the Washington Post.

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<v Speaker 5>From Elephants to inline skates, a history of foreign gifts

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<v Speaker 5>given to presidents.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, it's in the first time. Who got an elephant? Yeah?

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<v Speaker 1>Wow, who gave who an elephant? When I need the

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<v Speaker 1>details on that, I'll look into that story, Katie.

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<v Speaker 3>That's up the.

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<v Speaker 2>Elephant wearing the inlinees case. Now you've got something exactly

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<v Speaker 2>a roller blading elephants.

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<v Speaker 3>Somebody gave Harding a roller skating.

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<v Speaker 5>Elephant from Axios.

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<v Speaker 3>There is no there.

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<v Speaker 2>It is skating on buy.

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<v Speaker 5>From Axios exclusive. As new book says Biden Aids discussed

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<v Speaker 5>wheelchair use if he were re elected.

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<v Speaker 2>Wow, apparently that's in Tapper's book. Really Yeah, yeah, well

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<v Speaker 2>that's not surprised given his decreasingly you know, ambulance or

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<v Speaker 2>he show.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah.

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<v Speaker 5>From the New York Post, rfkge Junior takes a dip

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<v Speaker 5>in DC Creek, known.

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<v Speaker 3>For high levels of fecal bacteria.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, that seemed like marka Pope again.

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<v Speaker 3>It seemed like a hit piece on RFKA Junior when

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<v Speaker 3>I read it yesterday.

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<v Speaker 5>Right from the Wall Street Journal, United Airlines adds caviar

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<v Speaker 5>service and Jammys in race for super premium travelers.

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<v Speaker 3>There you go, they're gonna give you pgs.

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<v Speaker 5>Yeah, this is for their Polaris studio suites that they

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<v Speaker 5>have and can just wear something comfy.

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<v Speaker 2>Where am I changing in this scenario? I guess do

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<v Speaker 2>they have like little suites?

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<v Speaker 3>Wow? Interesting.

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<v Speaker 5>Caveon from study fines this ping pong playing robot can

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<v Speaker 5>return balls with precision at thirty one miles per hour.

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<v Speaker 1>Wow.

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<v Speaker 2>That seems like a lot a ping pong robot.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, what have time to be alive? Yeah?

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, that'd be kind of fun though, if you know

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<v Speaker 2>you had nobody to play with him. You want to

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<v Speaker 2>keep your game in shape until.

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<v Speaker 5>It keeps kicking your ass because it can hit the ball.

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<v Speaker 2>At your thirty one miles per hour.

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<v Speaker 3>You surely you would have settings.

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<v Speaker 1>You put that us, You put that on top of

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<v Speaker 1>a roller skating elephant, and your life is complete.

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<v Speaker 3>Oh yeah, there's no reason to get up in the morning.

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<v Speaker 3>You've seen it all.

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<v Speaker 2>There, he's doing another lap around the studios.

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<v Speaker 5>From Newsweek, study warns that psychopaths are more attractive.

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<v Speaker 3>There you go.

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<v Speaker 5>Said something about someone who is a narcissist makes them

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<v Speaker 5>look more trustworthy.

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<v Speaker 2>Oh wow, yeah, that's troubling. I'd like to know more

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<v Speaker 2>about that. Perhaps you could bring that to us later.

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<v Speaker 5>That's odd and finally from the Babylon be Trump accepts

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<v Speaker 5>generous gift of him curial class start Destroyer from Emperor Palpatine.

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<v Speaker 1>I think they're trying to make a point there. Star

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<v Speaker 1>Wars person, is that a Star Wars reference? That's the

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<v Speaker 1>the the evil evil list of the evil. That's the

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<v Speaker 1>head evil guy. You don't want to be ensnared in

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<v Speaker 1>his web of deceit.

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<v Speaker 5>And it was Reagan that got the roller skating elephant,

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<v Speaker 5>I'm sorry, just the elephant.

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<v Speaker 3>Elephant? And who gave it to him?

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<v Speaker 5>Do we know this presented to him by a President

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<v Speaker 5>Jawar Regene of Sri Lanka.

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<v Speaker 1>Okay, yeah, you say that. I kind of remember it. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>it lived, it slept in the Lincoln bedroom there for.

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<v Speaker 2>Several hours, questioning the accuracy of that report.

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<v Speaker 1>Was it some sort of a gift of the people's

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<v Speaker 1>because one of those they go straight to a zoo,

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<v Speaker 1>one of those.

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<v Speaker 2>Kind of yeah, yeah, like the pander Bears.

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<v Speaker 1>So that girl that PDD Combs had by the hair

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<v Speaker 1>and was dragging down the hallway, and the video everybody's

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<v Speaker 1>seenes she is going to testify, it looks like and

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<v Speaker 1>she's got some pretty disgusting things.

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<v Speaker 3>She's going to testify too.

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<v Speaker 1>I don't even know if I want to say him

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<v Speaker 1>on the air, but if she does testify, that's going

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<v Speaker 1>to be the trial. I don't know if there's any

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<v Speaker 1>bouncing back from that, among other things we have to

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<v Speaker 1>tell you about today.

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<v Speaker 3>I hope you can stick around. If you miss the

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<v Speaker 3>SEC we get.

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<v Speaker 2>The podcast Armstrong and Getty.

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<v Speaker 6>I think Trump is setting up a two front strategy.

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<v Speaker 6>You've got the oil leverage in the Middle East, the

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<v Speaker 6>economic leverage on China, so expect Trump to look down

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<v Speaker 6>to his Middle East partners with the tech and the

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<v Speaker 6>arms and those trade deals to freeze China out of

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<v Speaker 6>the region.

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<v Speaker 2>So Trump is on the road in the Middle East

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<v Speaker 2>to cutting all sorts of deals and managing all sorts

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<v Speaker 2>of interesting relationships.

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<v Speaker 3>I would like.

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<v Speaker 2>To take a few minutes to kick the Kataris at

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<v Speaker 2>some point during the show today, as they have unholy

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<v Speaker 2>influence in the US, particularly in our college campuses, and

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<v Speaker 2>I would like to talk about that. But and a

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<v Speaker 2>completely different topic. First of all, this preamble disclaimer, it's

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<v Speaker 2>more disclaimer. We usually don't talk much about the big

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<v Speaker 2>budget bills as they're taking shape. No budget conciliate reconciliation,

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<v Speaker 2>grand compromise stuff. For a couple of reasons. Number one

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<v Speaker 2>a strategic reason. When you go into any depth of

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<v Speaker 2>these things, people's eyes glaze over. They quickly become bored,

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<v Speaker 2>and our strategy is to have listeners, and so it

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<v Speaker 2>doesn't seem like a great idea to drown you in that.

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<v Speaker 2>The second is a more practical concern. They change so much.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, I've always talking about what actually gets past is interesting,

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<v Speaker 1>but all of the hypotheticals leading up to it are

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<v Speaker 1>mostly wasted air. Well, right exactly.

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<v Speaker 2>If you're some budget wonk policy wonk inside the Beltway

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<v Speaker 2>and this is what you do for a living, that's fine.

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<v Speaker 2>It's like I will talk about April baseball games with

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<v Speaker 2>you just because I really like baseball, but they don't

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<v Speaker 2>really matter that much to who's going to win the

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<v Speaker 2>World Series anyway. Having said that, there are some really

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<v Speaker 2>interesting trends going on right now, and they're not super great.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm going to hit you with a handful of headlines

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<v Speaker 2>then get to a piece. Ron Johnson, one of the

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<v Speaker 2>real fiscal conservatives in America, wrote headline number one, Alicia Finley,

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<v Speaker 2>the great editorialist welfare as we know it is back,

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<v Speaker 2>and it's bipartisan. It's the Clinton years in reverse. Democrats

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<v Speaker 2>and some Republicans refuse to reform Medicaid. Combination of swing

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<v Speaker 2>state folks and Republicans sensitive to how easy it is

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<v Speaker 2>to demagogue people losing their health insurance, even if it's

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<v Speaker 2>a healthy, working age male who's getting unholy subsidies from

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<v Speaker 2>the federal government.

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<v Speaker 1>More on that another time. There's another heavy meet the

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<v Speaker 1>press on Sunday. They had the governor of New Mexico

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<v Speaker 1>on in New Mexico, for whatever reason, has the highest

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<v Speaker 1>percentage of people on Medicaid apparently, and so they had

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<v Speaker 1>the governor on there and lots of sad stories about

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<v Speaker 1>people that would lose this or that if the Republican

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<v Speaker 1>plan went through.

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<v Speaker 3>So that's the sort of demagoguing you're talking about.

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<v Speaker 2>Oh yeah, And if you pull that sort of stuff,

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<v Speaker 2>it's so easy to get people convinced that, oh, oh,

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<v Speaker 2>I heard the Republicans are cutting taxes on the rich

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<v Speaker 2>and canceling poor people's insurance. I mean, it's just so

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<v Speaker 2>easy to sell that to low information.

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<v Speaker 3>It's funny. I've never reacted that way to those stories,

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<v Speaker 3>even when I was poor. No, I don't neither.

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<v Speaker 1>I don't know why, but I've just always been get

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<v Speaker 1>a job with healthcare like everybody else.

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<v Speaker 2>Then there's this from the Wall Street Journal editorial Board,

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<v Speaker 2>the case for fixing food Stamps. Its work requirement is evaded,

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<v Speaker 2>and states don't share its costs, and it's wildly out

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<v Speaker 2>of control. More than forty one million Americans are on

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<v Speaker 2>food Stamps. Forty one million. The program long ago seems

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<v Speaker 2>to be temporary help for those who fall on hard times.

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<v Speaker 2>Enrollment doesn't shrink in strong economies, and the roles include

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<v Speaker 2>millions of adults who can work. The program is contributing

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<v Speaker 2>to one of America's most pressing social ailments, Prime age

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<v Speaker 2>men attenuated from work. That's not a word, I use

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<v Speaker 2>that much kept away from working or induced to not work.

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<v Speaker 2>And it's a tendant to disciplines and contributions to society.

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<v Speaker 2>You know, we have a huge challenge with working age

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<v Speaker 2>men who don't work.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, well, I just has been growing our entire lives.

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<v Speaker 1>I suppose people who are willing to gain the system

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<v Speaker 1>will realize, well, there's money out there to grab in

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<v Speaker 1>a variety of ways. If I'm willing to make this

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<v Speaker 1>claim or that claim. So yesterday we did the big

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<v Speaker 1>sixty minute story from Sunday night that there was a

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<v Speaker 1>trillion dollars of theft of COVID relief money, a trillion dollars,

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<v Speaker 1>and the number one text reply we got, uz, why

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<v Speaker 1>didn't I figure out a way to get some of

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<v Speaker 1>that at some point?

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<v Speaker 3>That's what you think. I thought the same thing I thought, Geez.

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<v Speaker 1>I should have claimed I was a business in Florida

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<v Speaker 1>and just sending the paperwork and see if I could

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<v Speaker 1>have grabbed one hundred thousand dollars or something. Right, Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>no kidding, I'm not a thief, but I mean if

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<v Speaker 1>a trillion dollars a taxpayer money is going out the door,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, it reminds me of the situation that you

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<v Speaker 1>have in like former Soviet socialist republics Russia, obviously in

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<v Speaker 1>Ukraine and will name them, or like in Afghanistan, places

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<v Speaker 1>in the Middle East where Americans say, look, there's so

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<v Speaker 1>much corruption, and the locals say, we don't.

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<v Speaker 3>Call it corruption.

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<v Speaker 2>We have a different word for it, like in the

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<v Speaker 2>Middle East or Afghanistan is bakshish. It's the fee you

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<v Speaker 2>pay to get things done, and they don't see it

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<v Speaker 2>as corruption. At all.

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<v Speaker 3>They just see that as a way of life.

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<v Speaker 2>And if you were living in the Soviet Union, you know,

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<v Speaker 2>you might have had derogatory words for the way you

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<v Speaker 2>get ahead by bribing Communist party officials are getting to know,

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<v Speaker 2>or your uncle is the guy, or whatever. But that's

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<v Speaker 2>just the way you run your life. And I worry

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<v Speaker 2>we're getting closer to that in this country where people

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<v Speaker 2>think all my neighbors are scamming the system and they

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<v Speaker 2>have a better life than me. I'm getting in on it, right, Yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>that's that would be a bad tipping point. I don't

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<v Speaker 2>know if we're already at it, but anyway, I could

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<v Speaker 2>howl about the food stamps program and how it's feeding healthy,

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<v Speaker 2>working age people, but I'll move along.

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<v Speaker 1>If you're an a shame, That's what I've been talking

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<v Speaker 1>about forever. You should be ashamed of yourself if you're

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<v Speaker 1>grabbing food stamps and you're an able bodied man, ashamed

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<v Speaker 1>of yourself.

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<v Speaker 2>Shamed ring a bell baby, show it out.

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<v Speaker 3>That's right.

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<v Speaker 2>This editorial have medicaid courage Republicans. The politics of reform

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<v Speaker 2>isn't nearly as dangerous as some of them think. And

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<v Speaker 2>again they point out that the Feds currently pick up

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<v Speaker 2>ninety percent of the bill for able bodied adults eligible

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<v Speaker 2>under the Affordable Care Act, Obamacare's expansion, but the federal

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<v Speaker 2>share is a tiny fraction of that for like a pregnant,

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<v Speaker 2>poverty stricken lady. So Obamacare distorted what medicaid is wildly.

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<v Speaker 2>And then the states play these games, and I wish,

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<v Speaker 2>you know, there's part of me that would like to

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<v Speaker 2>describe them to you, because you get an idea of

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<v Speaker 2>how crooked our system is. But like the states, they

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<v Speaker 2>put all these people on Medicaid, and then they charge

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<v Speaker 2>these taxes to hospitals and healthcare providers that then beefs

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<v Speaker 2>up how much money the state is spending. But then

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<v Speaker 2>they get that back from the Fed, and then they

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<v Speaker 2>give it back to the hospitals who know what's going

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<v Speaker 2>on and wink and nod because it's all induced to

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<v Speaker 2>get more federal money going. It's it's just a you

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<v Speaker 2>want to talk about corruption, good lord, And the Wall

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<v Speaker 2>Street journal is trying to convince the Republicans, guys, you

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<v Speaker 2>gotta do something about this, but the Republicans are afraid anyway.

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<v Speaker 2>That brings us to the main point, which is a

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<v Speaker 2>piece by Ron Johnson, the ugly truth.

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<v Speaker 3>About the big beautiful bill.

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<v Speaker 2>Year after year, I'm sorry, years after COVID, the overspending

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<v Speaker 2>continues even with the Republican Congress. The one big beautiful

0:25:10.640 --> 0:25:12.760
<v Speaker 2>bill the Congress is working on is certainly big, but

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<v Speaker 2>beauty is in the eye of the beholder. Too often,

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<v Speaker 2>the reality these budget debates gets obscured in details, politically

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<v Speaker 2>charged issues in demagogurey. Let me attempt to clarify the

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<v Speaker 2>current discussion by focusing on the most important facts in numbers.

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<v Speaker 2>In fiscal twenty nineteen, federal outlays total four point four

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<v Speaker 2>to five trillion, or almost twenty one percent of gross

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<v Speaker 2>domestic product. This year, according to the CBO's report, total

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<v Speaker 2>outlays will.

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<v Speaker 3>Be seven point oh three trillion.

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<v Speaker 2>Why that's more than two and a half trillion dollars

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<v Speaker 2>more than twenty nineteen, a growth of almost fifty percent,

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<v Speaker 2>and gone from almost twenty one percent of gross domestic

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<v Speaker 2>product to over twenty three percent of it. That's a

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<v Speaker 2>fifty eight percent increase over six years.

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<v Speaker 3>Well, the country doubled in size, so good lord.

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<v Speaker 2>The CBO projects federal outlays will total There are so

0:26:03.640 --> 0:26:06.040
<v Speaker 2>many numbers here, here's where we get into the glazing eyes.

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<v Speaker 3>But this is important.

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<v Speaker 2>The CBO projects federal outlays will total eighty nine trillion

0:26:11.880 --> 0:26:15.600
<v Speaker 2>dollars across fiscal twenty six to thirty five. Much of

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<v Speaker 2>the blame goes to pandemic spending, but lockdowns are long over.

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<v Speaker 2>There's nothing now to justify this abnormal level of government spending. Pathetically,

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<v Speaker 2>Congress is having a hard time agreeing on a reduction

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<v Speaker 2>of even one and a half trillion dollars from that

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<v Speaker 2>ten year amount. That's a one point six to eight

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<v Speaker 2>percent cut, a little more than a rounding error. My

0:26:33.560 --> 0:26:35.760
<v Speaker 2>guess is that much of that minuscule decrease will be

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<v Speaker 2>backloaded to the end of the ten years for which

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<v Speaker 2>Congress is now budgeting, increasing the probability that those savings

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<v Speaker 2>will never be realized. There are a handful of Ron

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<v Speaker 2>Johnson's and Chip Roy's and guys like that who are

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<v Speaker 2>being pushed to the edges of the Republican Party. And

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<v Speaker 2>I think they ought to be our heroes. I think

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<v Speaker 2>they ought to be the guiding lights the north stars,

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<v Speaker 2>and I just am starting to lose hope.

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<v Speaker 1>Well, how would you not, I mean, from twenty nineteen

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<v Speaker 1>to this year, We've gone from four point four or

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<v Speaker 1>five trillion to seven point h three trillion with roughly

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<v Speaker 1>the same population of people. So I mean, explain why

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<v Speaker 1>that's necessary.

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<v Speaker 2>Well, right, And once the program has started, it just

0:27:41.040 --> 0:27:45.560
<v Speaker 2>doesn't go away because they're cutting look ato one armed

0:27:45.600 --> 0:27:48.440
<v Speaker 2>dimish farmers, the a that they depend on to feed

0:27:48.440 --> 0:27:53.320
<v Speaker 2>their children. I mean, it's just it's so nakedly obvious

0:27:53.359 --> 0:27:59.640
<v Speaker 2>a scam that DC wants more power, which means more money.

0:27:59.800 --> 0:28:02.639
<v Speaker 2>They will come up with any rationale for it. They

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<v Speaker 2>will call a giant green energy new Deal, the Inflation

0:28:06.760 --> 0:28:11.199
<v Speaker 2>Reduction Act, and guff faw as it echoes down the

0:28:11.240 --> 0:28:16.359
<v Speaker 2>halls of Congress, just the laughter. And then because it

0:28:16.440 --> 0:28:20.200
<v Speaker 2>appeared once upon a time, those those spending levels must continue.

0:28:20.480 --> 0:28:25.040
<v Speaker 2>Otherwise you're you're yanking chicken soap out of the mouth

0:28:25.080 --> 0:28:28.840
<v Speaker 2>of blind little girls in America votes for it. So

0:28:29.040 --> 0:28:31.240
<v Speaker 2>I know, I give up a monarchy now.

0:28:31.119 --> 0:28:31.480
<v Speaker 3>You know what?

0:28:31.520 --> 0:28:33.240
<v Speaker 2>You know what Trump is over there in the Middle

0:28:33.240 --> 0:28:36.399
<v Speaker 2>East is learning how monarchies work, because that's.

0:28:36.280 --> 0:28:36.960
<v Speaker 3>Our only hope.

0:28:37.040 --> 0:28:41.640
<v Speaker 1>And neither party even pretends anymore to care really, and

0:28:41.640 --> 0:28:46.040
<v Speaker 1>and the public demands that one dollar ninety cents worth

0:28:46.080 --> 0:28:48.720
<v Speaker 1>of government for the price of a dollar and is

0:28:48.760 --> 0:28:52.680
<v Speaker 1>willing to borrow against it. Yeah, it's it's a it's frustrating, it's.

0:28:52.600 --> 0:28:55.320
<v Speaker 2>Very very Has anybody still got their tea party hats

0:28:55.320 --> 0:28:58.120
<v Speaker 2>and T shirts and placards and stuff? Can we fire

0:28:58.160 --> 0:29:01.840
<v Speaker 2>that up again? And then the media will say it's

0:29:01.840 --> 0:29:04.800
<v Speaker 2>about race again. That'll be tougher to call. Well, it's

0:29:05.400 --> 0:29:08.160
<v Speaker 2>Hakeem Jeffries is the minority leader of the House and

0:29:09.120 --> 0:29:11.080
<v Speaker 2>these crazy white people.

0:29:10.800 --> 0:29:12.840
<v Speaker 3>Are against him, so clearly it's racism.

0:29:13.640 --> 0:29:17.440
<v Speaker 1>If you're an NBA fan, everything changed last night. Jason Tatum,

0:29:17.600 --> 0:29:19.120
<v Speaker 1>one of the best players in the league from the

0:29:19.120 --> 0:29:23.120
<v Speaker 1>defending champs, went down. He may never play again, certainly

0:29:23.120 --> 0:29:25.880
<v Speaker 1>probably not going to play next year, let alone this year.

0:29:26.000 --> 0:29:29.240
<v Speaker 1>So everything's up in the air in the NBA right now.

0:29:29.560 --> 0:29:32.080
<v Speaker 2>That's the Dallas Mavericks, who made what may be the

0:29:32.200 --> 0:29:34.640
<v Speaker 2>worst trade in the history of sports, got bailed out

0:29:34.680 --> 0:29:38.120
<v Speaker 2>by an incredibly unlikely pulling of the ping pong ball,

0:29:38.160 --> 0:29:39.960
<v Speaker 2>and they get the number one pick in the draft

0:29:40.040 --> 0:29:42.360
<v Speaker 2>and get that gifted bmth from.

0:29:42.280 --> 0:29:44.840
<v Speaker 3>Duke Yeah yeah, what's his face? Yeah?

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<v Speaker 1>God, I can't imagine what it's like to be twenty

0:29:46.880 --> 0:29:48.400
<v Speaker 1>seven years old in the peak of your career. I

0:29:48.440 --> 0:29:50.600
<v Speaker 1>meany you're young, godly rich, but then to have an

0:29:50.640 --> 0:29:53.320
<v Speaker 1>injury that might all be over, that'd be hard to

0:29:53.760 --> 0:29:54.680
<v Speaker 1>wrap around your head.

0:29:54.720 --> 0:29:55.080
<v Speaker 3>Anyway.

0:29:55.120 --> 0:29:57.480
<v Speaker 1>It's a wide open season, now, wide open playoffs. Now

0:29:57.520 --> 0:29:59.120
<v Speaker 1>we got mail bag on the way. Hope you can

0:29:59.120 --> 0:30:05.200
<v Speaker 1>stay here. One of the Shark Tank guys takes his

0:30:08.320 --> 0:30:11.600
<v Speaker 1>puts both fists. I'm sorry, I'm trying to read and

0:30:11.640 --> 0:30:12.320
<v Speaker 1>talk at the same time.

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<v Speaker 2>One of the Shark Tank guys beats the hell out

0:30:14.240 --> 0:30:16.800
<v Speaker 2>of China for the trade policies and says they're the

0:30:16.840 --> 0:30:19.720
<v Speaker 2>tariffs against them ought to be four hundred percent plus.

0:30:19.800 --> 0:30:21.800
<v Speaker 2>Cutter is trying to win the hearts and minds of

0:30:22.240 --> 0:30:26.760
<v Speaker 2>your children by turning them into Islamists. So more on

0:30:26.800 --> 0:30:28.520
<v Speaker 2>that to come next hour. I hope you can stay around. First,

0:30:28.520 --> 0:30:31.360
<v Speaker 2>your freedom loving quote of the day. I absolutely love

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<v Speaker 2>this from legendary sci fi author Robert Heinlein, who I

0:30:35.200 --> 0:30:38.960
<v Speaker 2>read avidly as a youth. I am free because I

0:30:39.040 --> 0:30:42.600
<v Speaker 2>know that I alone am morally responsible for everything I do.

0:30:43.000 --> 0:30:45.479
<v Speaker 2>I am free no matter what rules surround me. If

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<v Speaker 2>I find them tolerable, I tolerate them. If I find

0:30:48.080 --> 0:30:50.840
<v Speaker 2>them too obnoxious, I break them. I'm free because I

0:30:50.920 --> 0:30:54.680
<v Speaker 2>know that I alone am morally responsible for everything I do.

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<v Speaker 2>Like that, just have to be willing to take the repercussions.

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<v Speaker 2>As we've discussed many times, the brave little would be

0:31:03.000 --> 0:31:06.640
<v Speaker 2>Chay Guavera's at our nation's universities who like to chant

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<v Speaker 2>and commit nets of civil disobedience and vandalize and block

0:31:09.880 --> 0:31:12.560
<v Speaker 2>Jewish students from going to class. Then when you arrest them,

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<v Speaker 2>they squeal like hurt little children, say you're hurting my wrists. Mommy, mommy.

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<v Speaker 1>You know.

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<v Speaker 2>Oh, don't do the crime if you can't do the time.

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<v Speaker 3>Huh.

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<v Speaker 2>Mailbag perups note mail bag at Armstrong and getty dot com.

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<v Speaker 3>I want to get this one in from Poolo.

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<v Speaker 2>Guys, you're talking about is there some sort of unified

0:31:35.280 --> 0:31:40.520
<v Speaker 2>explanation for all that troubles us these days? We're talking about,

0:31:40.920 --> 0:31:45.560
<v Speaker 2>you know, whether it's anxiety and depression and weird sexual

0:31:45.640 --> 0:31:50.040
<v Speaker 2>stuff and incumbents being thrown out of office and the established

0:31:50.040 --> 0:31:52.680
<v Speaker 2>political parties losing power and just there seems to be

0:31:52.720 --> 0:31:56.680
<v Speaker 2>a global angst and dissatisfaction anyway, Powell says.

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<v Speaker 3>Polo says, I.

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<v Speaker 2>Honestly don't know what it is, but I always enjoy

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<v Speaker 2>theorizing i e.

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<v Speaker 3>Making stuff up.

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<v Speaker 2>So I think we're changing our environment much faster, and

0:32:04.720 --> 0:32:07.400
<v Speaker 2>we're able to change ourselves right now. I don't think

0:32:07.400 --> 0:32:10.080
<v Speaker 2>any species has ever done that. If humans expect to

0:32:10.120 --> 0:32:13.160
<v Speaker 2>live satisfying lives into the future, we'll need to radically

0:32:13.200 --> 0:32:16.320
<v Speaker 2>modify what it is that gives meaning and satisfaction to

0:32:16.360 --> 0:32:18.920
<v Speaker 2>our lives. For example, much, if not all, of the

0:32:18.960 --> 0:32:22.160
<v Speaker 2>work we do now will eventually become unnecessary. That should

0:32:22.200 --> 0:32:24.160
<v Speaker 2>be a good thing, not a bad thing. The reason

0:32:24.200 --> 0:32:26.560
<v Speaker 2>we get satisfaction from doing work is that it's been

0:32:26.600 --> 0:32:29.880
<v Speaker 2>necessary for us to thrive. Feeling rewarded for doing that

0:32:29.920 --> 0:32:32.480
<v Speaker 2>work is an important survival mechanism. In the future, of

0:32:32.560 --> 0:32:34.800
<v Speaker 2>very different things will be important to us. It's up

0:32:34.840 --> 0:32:36.720
<v Speaker 2>to us to learn to derive the same or even

0:32:36.760 --> 0:32:39.680
<v Speaker 2>greater satisfaction from these new things. If we can't do that,

0:32:39.720 --> 0:32:41.480
<v Speaker 2>maybe the human race just doesn't cut out for the

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<v Speaker 2>long haul, and then we have, of course, Katie, the

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<v Speaker 2>planet of the beavers. Here's the problem, though, You can't

0:32:48.720 --> 0:32:55.960
<v Speaker 2>will yourself to have different fundamental primal urges. I mean,

0:32:56.160 --> 0:32:59.120
<v Speaker 2>we're the beast that we are because of millions of

0:32:59.560 --> 0:33:04.360
<v Speaker 2>years of experience and evolution. I don't think you can

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<v Speaker 2>just will yourself as an average working guy or girl

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<v Speaker 2>all of a sudden not need a life of purpose

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<v Speaker 2>and just write like groovy poetry and lay around and

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<v Speaker 2>feel good about that and amuse yourself.

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<v Speaker 5>I feel like that's making an excuse for giving up.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, but it's well, yeah, but if there's no point

0:33:26.000 --> 0:33:27.960
<v Speaker 2>in working, there's no need to or what have you.

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<v Speaker 2>I don't. Yeah, Paolo, I wish you were right. I

0:33:30.640 --> 0:33:33.960
<v Speaker 2>wish you could will yourself to do that. Let's see,

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<v Speaker 2>you got this from Brad. Your coverage of the teriff

0:33:37.320 --> 0:33:40.440
<v Speaker 2>issues have been mostly terrible. You continue to not discuss

0:33:40.480 --> 0:33:45.200
<v Speaker 2>the impact of these tariffs on small business. The explains

0:33:45.240 --> 0:33:47.480
<v Speaker 2>how no small business can handle that kind of price

0:33:47.480 --> 0:33:51.400
<v Speaker 2>shock on stuff they've already ordered. In addition, lead times

0:33:51.440 --> 0:33:53.000
<v Speaker 2>are weeks and months.

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<v Speaker 1>These changes can't be fixed because Trump played golf is

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<v Speaker 1>chesion ping. These changes are devastating two thousands of business, says.

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<v Speaker 1>You always say you stand up for the little man,

0:34:02.240 --> 0:34:04.480
<v Speaker 1>but only the large corporations had any reasonable way to

0:34:04.560 --> 0:34:09.680
<v Speaker 1>mitigate these drives to consudden changes. Shame, shame, shame. He

0:34:09.760 --> 0:34:13.880
<v Speaker 1>hits us with a triple shame. I wrote back to him, We've.

0:34:13.680 --> 0:34:16.600
<v Speaker 2>Talked about that specific aspect of this many times. But

0:34:16.640 --> 0:34:20.279
<v Speaker 2>thanks for your hysterical shaming. Nonetheless, best wishous. Yeah, we've

0:34:20.280 --> 0:34:21.120
<v Speaker 2>talked about that a bunch.

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<v Speaker 5>I was just gonna say, you've covered the hell out

0:34:23.480 --> 0:34:23.839
<v Speaker 5>of that.

0:34:24.520 --> 0:34:28.759
<v Speaker 2>We've covered how tariffs become a cesspool of swampy lobbying, yea,

0:34:28.800 --> 0:34:31.680
<v Speaker 2>And how favorites get picked and winners and losers are

0:34:31.719 --> 0:34:34.759
<v Speaker 2>chosen by government and how that's that's awful in a

0:34:35.320 --> 0:34:37.200
<v Speaker 2>what ought to be a free ish market.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah. But you know what, Brad, I don't know.

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<v Speaker 2>Maybe A, if you're gonna come at us with that

0:34:43.120 --> 0:34:47.160
<v Speaker 2>sort of you know, tears running down your cheeks shaming, A,

0:34:47.360 --> 0:34:49.360
<v Speaker 2>you got to listen to every minute of the show,

0:34:50.560 --> 0:34:51.600
<v Speaker 2>and B you've got to.

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<v Speaker 3>Like take detailed notes.

0:34:52.680 --> 0:34:55.279
<v Speaker 2>I can't remember what we talked about last hour, you know.

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<v Speaker 2>It's so yeah, Wow, ease up, brother, that was a beating. Yeah,

0:35:00.520 --> 0:35:05.000
<v Speaker 2>he triple shamed us. Let's see. Kelly writes the plane

0:35:05.160 --> 0:35:09.480
<v Speaker 2>is a trojan horse. Obviously it's something like that. Beware

0:35:09.520 --> 0:35:12.520
<v Speaker 2>a Katari's bearing gifts more to come. Stay with us

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