WEBVTT - Now You're Both Lost! 

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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. Armstrong

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<v Speaker 1>and Getty.

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

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<v Speaker 3>Here he comes, spinning out of the parking lot, charging

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<v Speaker 3>through the hallways and onto the elevator with a one-nose lead,

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<v Speaker 3>Jack Armstrong.

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<v Speaker 1>Coming out of turn number one, into.

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<v Speaker 3>The hallway by the studio.

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<v Speaker 1>He has really got a head of steam.

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<v Speaker 2>You see the white flash? He's still in yellow.

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<v Speaker 4>Oh, there he is.

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<v Speaker 2>Play the doormat. Traps.

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<v Speaker 1>Good right. I had this good line I was going

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<v Speaker 1>to use for the very opening. I wrote it down

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<v Speaker 1>and somewhere in my car and I was for my

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<v Speaker 1>truck and I was digging around under the seat in

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<v Speaker 1>that whatever is the horrible region of the world that

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<v Speaker 1>is the under the seat of a car. With all

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<v Speaker 1>the wires and pointy things and you can't get your

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<v Speaker 1>hands in there. Inexplicable stickiness.

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<v Speaker 3>Right.

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<v Speaker 1>What is going on under there? Anyway, I couldn't find it.

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<v Speaker 1>So where are we? Did you give the title of

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<v Speaker 1>the show yet?

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<v Speaker 2>Oh, no, no.

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<v Speaker 3>I was just pretending you were a horse in a

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<v Speaker 3>race and spinning around the turn and coming out of

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<v Speaker 3>the elevator itself.

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<v Speaker 1>That's pretty funny.

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<v Speaker 2>Eh, what the hell.

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<v Speaker 1>And today, here on the Armstrong and Getty Show, we're

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<v Speaker 1>toiling under the title of the show. I see London.

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<v Speaker 1>I see France.

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<v Speaker 2>Dying.

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<v Speaker 1>Or if you prefer. That's pretty good.

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<v Speaker 2>Thanks. I enjoyed that myself.

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<v Speaker 3>If you prefer a cheerier note, the midterms will be

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<v Speaker 3>over soon, proving there is a God.

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<v Speaker 4>Yeah.

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<v Speaker 1>Does everybody understand at this point the Republicans pounce thing

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<v Speaker 1>in journalism? I know we've talked about it a bunch

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<v Speaker 1>of times, but I was just listening to NPR driving in.

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<v Speaker 1>Republicans capitalize is the same as Republicans pounce. Right-wingers in

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<v Speaker 1>France are capitalizing on the protests over the weekend, and

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<v Speaker 1>then they do a negative story about Marine Le Pen,

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<v Speaker 1>acting like that's the story. Anytime you hear Republicans pounce

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<v Speaker 1>or right-wingers capitalize or whatever, what they're doing is they're

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<v Speaker 1>ignoring the story. The story is they have the worst

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<v Speaker 1>riots in France they've had in a half a century.

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<v Speaker 2>And they're dying of socialism. It's also a story. And

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<v Speaker 2>rampant immigration, yeah.

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<v Speaker 1>It's also a story that Marine Le Pen will probably

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<v Speaker 1>get elected president of France and she would be the

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<v Speaker 1>most extreme right-wing candidate, blah, blah, blah. It's also true.

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<v Speaker 1>But to only frame everything as Republicans pounce or right-wingers

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<v Speaker 1>capitalize or whatever... And ignore the story is what journalism

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<v Speaker 1>does over and over again. And I'll tell you, once

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<v Speaker 1>you become aware of it, you won't believe how often

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<v Speaker 1>you see it.

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<v Speaker 2>Oh, it's omnipresent, yeah.

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<v Speaker 3>You got two senators murder somebody. Republican, the headline is

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<v Speaker 3>Republican Senator Accused of Murder. The Democratic senator, the headline is,

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<v Speaker 3>Republicans pounce on accusations of crime.

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<v Speaker 1>Right, right.

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<v Speaker 3>And it won't even say Democrat crime or anything. It'll

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<v Speaker 3>just say Republicans pounce. That is exactly right.

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<v Speaker 2>Yep.

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<v Speaker 1>So have you nailed down the Wall Street Journal's big

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<v Speaker 1>story that they reported yesterday was Elon shut down the Starlink,

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<v Speaker 1>star whatever that thing is. He shut that.

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<v Speaker 2>Star shield down.

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<v Speaker 1>That Elon was the guy that slowed that stuff down

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<v Speaker 1>so Ukraine couldn't defend itself. It wasn't the president. It

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<v Speaker 1>wasn't the White House. It was Elon. Despite Elon's pretty

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<v Speaker 1>strong denials last week. What do you know about that?

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<v Speaker 3>I know somebody's lying. Multiple somebodies are lying. And it

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<v Speaker 3>is impossible to figure out what the hell is going on.

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<v Speaker 2>That's what I've nailed down. Is there a reason for.

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<v Speaker 1>Elon to lie about it?

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<v Speaker 2>Uh, yeah. Oh yeah. Possibly. Sure.

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<v Speaker 3>Let me, I'll give you the brief outlines. So the journal,

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<v Speaker 3>the headline is Elon Musk ordered the slowdown, blah, blah, blah.

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<v Speaker 3>Decision sparked panic in Kiev, et cetera, and confusion inside

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<v Speaker 3>the Trump administration.

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<v Speaker 2>According to U.S. officials and people familiar.

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<v Speaker 3>With the matter, people unfamiliar with the matter probably shouldn't

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<v Speaker 3>be commenting at all.

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<v Speaker 1>No, don't ask them.

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<v Speaker 2>That's just me.

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<v Speaker 1>If somebody says, I don't know what you're talking about,

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<v Speaker 1>just move on.

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<v Speaker 3>Last week, Musk capped the speeds at which the Ukrainian

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<v Speaker 3>hardware could stay connected to the satellite-based network, et cetera.

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<v Speaker 2>Okay.

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<v Speaker 3>Musk and Trump discussed the Starlink decision in a call

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<v Speaker 3>soon after the slowdown became public. After, while the president

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<v Speaker 3>was campaigning, one of the people also claimed Musk and

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<v Speaker 3>Trump discussed the matter prior to the decision to throttle Starlink.

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<v Speaker 2>Wait a minute now. That's completely different.

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<v Speaker 3>During the uproar, SpaceX representatives called White House counterparts seeking

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<v Speaker 3>a unified understanding and subsequent message that the company and

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<v Speaker 3>Trump could coordinate ahead of Musk's directive, the people said.

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<v Speaker 3>Then Musk himself posted on X hours after the slowdown

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<v Speaker 3>became public. Any limits on speed or usage are decided

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<v Speaker 3>by the U.S. military and ultimately POTUS. Oh, and then

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<v Speaker 3>Trump said, I don't know who's responsible. I'd like to

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<v Speaker 3>find out. So somebody's lying.

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<v Speaker 1>Well, why do you think the Wall Street Journal reported

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<v Speaker 1>it as if they've figured it out?

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<v Speaker 3>Because they like their sources. They believe these people. Although

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<v Speaker 3>there is that conflict between they talked about it after,

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<v Speaker 3>they talked about it before. I mean, if they talked

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<v Speaker 3>about it before and Trump hinted strongly that it ought

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<v Speaker 3>to happen, then Elon said to the SpaceX people, yeah,

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<v Speaker 3>slow down the speed limit on Starshield for the Ukrainians.

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<v Speaker 2>Okay, so I don't know.

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<v Speaker 1>So, I'm pro-supporting Ukraine, as I've said 8 million times,

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<v Speaker 1>so that's not a surprise. But if it turns out

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<v Speaker 1>Elon slowed it down more than just the, I don't

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<v Speaker 1>agree that he should have done with that, that'd be

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<v Speaker 1>a heck of a thing. Has that ever happened in

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<v Speaker 1>recent world history? Where one businessman has the power to

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<v Speaker 1>have an opinion on a war and greatly affect its outcome?

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<v Speaker 1>One guy?

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<v Speaker 4>Sure.

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<v Speaker 3>Can you imagine if Lockheed or General Dynamics or something decided,

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<v Speaker 3>you know, our ally Australia, for instance, is, I'm not

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<v Speaker 3>loving their policies toward India.

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<v Speaker 2>You know what? I'm going to slow down the submarines.

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<v Speaker 3>I've got a kill switch or, you know, they depend

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<v Speaker 3>on us for this software or whatever. I'm going to

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<v Speaker 3>slow down the submarines. I mean, that would be an

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<v Speaker 3>enormous change in the way defense technology works and who's

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<v Speaker 3>got the power.

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<v Speaker 1>Well, right. And then so going forward, if you're the

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<v Speaker 1>president of the United States and you decide to go

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<v Speaker 1>to war with a country, you got to make sure

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<v Speaker 1>Zuckerberg's on board and Elon Musk and, you know, a

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<v Speaker 1>couple of other people, Dario and Anthropic, make sure they're

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<v Speaker 1>on board because they have the ability on their own

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<v Speaker 1>to affect our policy. Mm-hmm.

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<v Speaker 3>So I suspect very strongly, this is just my gut feeling,

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<v Speaker 3>that the source that said, oh, yeah, they talked before

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<v Speaker 3>knows more than the source that said they just talked after.

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<v Speaker 3>And that it was made clear to Elon that Trump

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<v Speaker 3>was pissed off at Zelensky, which, again, would fit a

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<v Speaker 3>pattern of quite a few statements he's made in recent days.

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<v Speaker 3>And he wanted to send a shot across the bow

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<v Speaker 3>or just mess with him or something or other.

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<v Speaker 2>And then Elon obliged.

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<v Speaker 3>And then when it became public and virtually everybody went nuts.

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<v Speaker 2>Everybody's like, yeah, it wasn't my decision. It wasn't my decision.

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<v Speaker 2>He did it. You told me to do it. I

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<v Speaker 2>think it's one of those.

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<v Speaker 1>One more thing on this topic, which I continue to

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<v Speaker 1>claim is going to tear the Republican party apart. Uh,

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<v Speaker 1>I was watching Fox and friends this morning and they

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<v Speaker 1>went to their correspondent Hoff Hoffman. I don't know if

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<v Speaker 1>we've ever had this guy on he's he's there in, uh, Russia,

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<v Speaker 1>I guess he's a correspondent over there in that part

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<v Speaker 1>of the world. And, um, And he was very negative

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<v Speaker 1>on this whole peace plan thing. And one of the

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<v Speaker 1>hosts on Fox and Friends sitting on the curvy couch

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<v Speaker 1>was even like, yeah, you know, a lot of our viewers,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, they notice how negative you are on this

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<v Speaker 1>whole thing. Yeah. And he said, yeah, I have never

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<v Speaker 1>seen one indication whatsoever that Vladimir Putin has any interest

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<v Speaker 1>in stopping his goal of taking over Kiev and installing

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<v Speaker 1>a puppet government. I mean, he was not even even

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<v Speaker 1>close to that. Even want to throw out, there's a

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<v Speaker 1>possibility that this is going to be a deal the

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<v Speaker 1>world should like. That's on Fox.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, yeah.

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<v Speaker 1>So, I don't know where this is going to.

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<v Speaker 2>End up politically. Well, he's right.

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<v Speaker 3>Anybody who thinks Putin is going to come around to

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<v Speaker 3>a peaceful resolution, and it's all about NATO. He was

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<v Speaker 3>just worried about NATO, blah, blah, blah. You've been lied to.

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<v Speaker 2>You've been fooled.

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<v Speaker 1>Well, the reason they're talking about it, we haven't brought

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<v Speaker 1>it up yet. So, we got a guy back. Russia

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<v Speaker 1>scooped up an American citizen. who was in Ukraine at

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<v Speaker 1>the beginning of the war, grabbed him illegally, and has

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<v Speaker 1>been holding him all this time, and by many accounts,

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<v Speaker 1>torturing him and making his life quite miserable. We've been

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<v Speaker 1>trying to get this guy back for quite a while,

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<v Speaker 1>and Putin announced that he's going to give the guy back.

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<v Speaker 1>And the correspondent, this Hoffman guy on Fox, said it's

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<v Speaker 1>such a clear trying to play Trump by acting like, oh, well,

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<v Speaker 1>I'm a good guy. See, I'm giving me when you

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<v Speaker 1>shouldn't have taken him in the first place. You're holding

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<v Speaker 1>this guy illegally. You should get no credit for this.

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<v Speaker 2>Go ahead, Mike. Go ahead.

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<v Speaker 1>I think we all know with Trump, this sort of

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<v Speaker 1>thing could work.

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<v Speaker 3>Michael, play 81. This is Steve Witkoff, as long as

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<v Speaker 3>we're talking about this.

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<v Speaker 1>You talk so much about my president, President Trump, being

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<v Speaker 1>a humanitarian. You are a humanitarian also, sir. And I

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<v Speaker 1>salute that. I commend you and I thank you again.

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<v Speaker 3>Steve Witkoff saluting and commending Vladimir Putin for being a humanitarian.

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<v Speaker 3>I get if you're in charge of freeing Americans and

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<v Speaker 3>getting them loose, you know what? I would call an

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<v Speaker 3>octopus a lion, I suppose. But that, those words, I

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<v Speaker 3>think those words were choking in his throat. He kept stumbling.

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<v Speaker 3>I don't think it was jet lag.

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<v Speaker 2>It was his conscience punching him in the face.

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<v Speaker 1>It's hard to imagine a situation in which calling an

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<v Speaker 1>octopus a lion would be of any benefit to anyone.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, I think I illustrated the point just fine. Everybody

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<v Speaker 2>followed it. I just think you're picking nits. Off of

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<v Speaker 2>an elephant, lion, octopus, creature.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm Jack Armstrong. He's Joe Getty. On this, it is Wednesday,

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<v Speaker 1>middle of the week, October 21st, the year 2026. We're

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<v Speaker 1>Armstrong and Getty, and we.

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<v Speaker 2>Approve of this program. Here we go, then. Officially, according

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<v Speaker 2>to FCC rules and regs, the show starts at Mark.

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<v Speaker 1>Wait, wait, wait. Quiet, quiet. What's wrong with you? Are

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<v Speaker 1>you a sick person? Not that I know of, sir.

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<v Speaker 5>Mr.

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<v Speaker 1>President, I'm not a sick person. I actually think there's

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<v Speaker 1>something wrong with you. Go ahead. I've felt that way before.

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<v Speaker 1>I just don't have enough power like the president does

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<v Speaker 1>in a meeting to say, quiet, quiet, quiet. What is

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<v Speaker 1>wrong with you? I think there's something wrong with you.

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<v Speaker 1>That was a new move. Katie, how are the headlines looking? Depressing? Oh, always.

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<v Speaker 2>Tedious?

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<v Speaker 1>Rebellious? No, they'll be delightful and informative. That's the way

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<v Speaker 1>you should have described them. A delight. They will be delighted.

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<v Speaker 1>We've got them next. Stay here.

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<v Speaker 2>Armstrong and Getty.

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<v Speaker 1>I don't know why, but the 21st of October, I

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<v Speaker 1>feel like I can smell Thanksgiving from here. That's how

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<v Speaker 1>close we are. We're that close to the holiday season.

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<v Speaker 5>How do you go to any of the big stores?

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<v Speaker 5>You'd think Christmas is tomorrow.

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<v Speaker 1>Oh, yeah.

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<v Speaker 2>No doubt.

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<v Speaker 1>No doubt.

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<v Speaker 3>Let's figure out who's reporting what. It's the lead story

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<v Speaker 3>with Katie Green.

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<v Speaker 2>Katie?

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<v Speaker 4>All right, well, the Alphabet Networks are all covering how

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<v Speaker 4>Russia freed the American. CNN, Russia free 74-year-old.

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<v Speaker 5>American captured in occupied Ukraine.

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<v Speaker 4>ABC, detained American released by Russia as Witkoff meets Putin.

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<v Speaker 5>And CBS, U.S.

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<v Speaker 4>Citizen released by Russia after four years in jail and

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<v Speaker 4>Trump said no swap.

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<v Speaker 1>Good. Glad to hear that. Because last time there was

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<v Speaker 1>some sort of swap, we gave him back like one

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<v Speaker 1>of the worst terrorists in the world.

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<v Speaker 2>Wrong. The swap is for Ukraine.

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<v Speaker 5>Yeah.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, I realize that's going to happen. But I'm glad

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<v Speaker 1>in addition to that, we're not giving them a bad criminal.

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<v Speaker 2>Fair enough.

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<v Speaker 1>New York Post.

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<v Speaker 4>Ukraine's Zelensky says he'd accept a peace deal with Russia that, quote,

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<v Speaker 4>freezes the front lines, and that's, quote, the real way

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<v Speaker 4>to end the war.

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<v Speaker 1>I feel like that's new information. I don't remember hearing

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<v Speaker 1>him say that before. Freezing the front lines would be

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<v Speaker 1>giving up a pretty big chunk of the country. Maybe

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<v Speaker 1>he just realizes that's the best he can do at

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<v Speaker 1>this point. This one from NBC.

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<v Speaker 4>Trump keeps promising goodies on the campaign trail, but only

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<v Speaker 4>if Republicans win.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, $ 8 billion or $ 80 billion, however much money it

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<v Speaker 1>was to help out farmers because of the high costs

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<v Speaker 1>from diesel and everything else.

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<v Speaker 3>Mm-hmm. Yeah, the list is actually getting a little bit comical.

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<v Speaker 3>And if you poll people, do you think this will

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<v Speaker 3>ever happen, you'll ever get it? They say overwhelmingly no.

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<v Speaker 1>Ha ha.

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<v Speaker 4>Financial times musk backs spacex tesla merger idea as both

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<v Speaker 4>boards form special committees.

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<v Speaker 1>That's funny i was talking to my financial advisor yesterday

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<v Speaker 1>who uh actually said man spacex is looking good because

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<v Speaker 1>i my first ever what did i call it emotional

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<v Speaker 1>stock purchase ever But I just got into it because

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<v Speaker 1>I just think it'd be cool to be in it,

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<v Speaker 1>not because I think it's the best idea out there.

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<v Speaker 1>But SpaceX had a really good start since their IPO,

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<v Speaker 1>and SpaceX and Tesla are going to merge. And that's

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<v Speaker 1>part of what you saw with that rocket car last week,

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<v Speaker 1>is just the merger of those two companies.

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<v Speaker 5>Fox News.

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<v Speaker 4>Obama campaigning for El-Sayed in final stretch before the midterm elections.

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<v Speaker 1>Interesting, interesting poll out showing the Democrats way too close

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<v Speaker 1>in the governor's race in Florida. Where they could be

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<v Speaker 1>take over the governor's house in Florida for the first

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<v Speaker 1>time in 30 years or something.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, that's wild. Is Byron Donald just a weak candidate?

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<v Speaker 3>I haven't followed it much.

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<v Speaker 4>Also, the New York Post creep in a Joe Biden

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<v Speaker 4>mask terrifies Texas family by eating a banana at their

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<v Speaker 4>front door in the dark.

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<v Speaker 1>So I hear a noise. I go out to my

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<v Speaker 1>front door, and there's somebody in a Joe Biden mask

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<v Speaker 1>eating a banana.

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<v Speaker 5>And, of course, it's a ring camera because those videos

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<v Speaker 5>are everywhere now.

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<v Speaker 1>Not sure how I'd react to that.

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<v Speaker 5>It is creepy looking.

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<v Speaker 2>I would not be pleased. Hey, kids, look.

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<v Speaker 3>Some stranger in a Biden mask eating a banana on

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<v Speaker 3>her patio.

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<v Speaker 1>I wasn't super nice to a guy that came to

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<v Speaker 1>my door. It was yesterday or.

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<v Speaker 2>The day before.

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<v Speaker 1>I ought to tell that story.

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<v Speaker 2>Uh-oh.

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<v Speaker 1>Please do. I don't like it when people come to

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<v Speaker 1>my door selling me stuff. I hate that.

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<v Speaker 2>Oh, sure. Yeah, get out.

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<v Speaker 5>You have to get a no soliciting sign and then

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<v Speaker 5>just point at it.

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<v Speaker 1>That's what I do. I feel like that should be

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<v Speaker 1>an understood for all Americans. I don't want anything you

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<v Speaker 1>have to sell at my front door. I know how

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<v Speaker 1>to find everything on planet Earth. Get away from me.

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<v Speaker 5>All right.

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<v Speaker 3>Oh, some traveling salesman or door-to-door specialist once said to us,

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<v Speaker 3>a lot of people see those signs and they think, oh,

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<v Speaker 3>that's a person who doesn't have the will to say no.

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<v Speaker 1>Oh, wow.

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<v Speaker 2>So that sign indicates an easy mark.

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<v Speaker 4>Oh, ouch.

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<v Speaker 3>Wow.

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<v Speaker 1>I'll have to tell my story because everyone can judge

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<v Speaker 1>if I went too far or not.

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<v Speaker 4>New York Times. Roadkill, meat cereal, and raw chicken. Inside

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<v Speaker 4>the world of dark nutrition.

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<v Speaker 1>What?

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<v Speaker 5>The whole influencing channel, pretty much.

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<v Speaker 1>Well, we'll get into that.

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<v Speaker 2>Dark nutrition.

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<v Speaker 1>Dark nutrition.

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<v Speaker 2>It's a terrible name.

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<v Speaker 5>Finally, the Babylon Bee.

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<v Speaker 4>French shop owners hang hams over doorposts so rioters will

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<v Speaker 4>pass them by.

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<v Speaker 1>There was a story out, if true, pretty disturbing the

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<v Speaker 1>other day that you could look at a street in

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<v Speaker 1>one of your cities there in France and the shops

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<v Speaker 1>owned by Muslim immigrants or people that had come from

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<v Speaker 1>this to France and were Muslim had been bypassed and

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<v Speaker 1>all the Jewish shops had been hit. I don't know

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<v Speaker 1>if that's true or not.

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<v Speaker 3>Well, I heard multiple, multiple reports from very reliable outlets

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<v Speaker 3>saying that, yeah, the Jewish-owned businesses had been targeted.

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<v Speaker 2>Crystal knocked, isn't it?

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<v Speaker 4>Yeah, it is.

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<v Speaker 1>Sure.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah. Google it.

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<v Speaker 3>I could spend the entire show talking about France. This

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<v Speaker 3>is an amazingly important and troubling tale.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah. So is me dealing with the solicitor at my door.

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<v Speaker 1>Lots of stuff on the way, Thayer.

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<v Speaker 3>Armstrong and Getty.

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<v Speaker 1>Since it came up, Trump is doing tons of rallies.

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<v Speaker 1>From an energy of an old man standpoint, it's pretty

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<v Speaker 1>damn impressive. That schedule is something else. But he was

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<v Speaker 1>at a rally last night and he promised another thing.

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<v Speaker 1>So he's $ 5, 000 to everyone. If the Republicans take back

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<v Speaker 1>the House and however many billion dollars to farmers if

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<v Speaker 1>the Republicans. So we got this text. Trump promising stuff

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<v Speaker 1>is ridiculous. Trump promising stuff in response to the socialists

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<v Speaker 1>promising stuff makes sense. I don't know if I agree,

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<v Speaker 1>but the Democrats calling out Trump for promising free stuff

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<v Speaker 1>is the most ridiculous. That's true. That's true. That's true.

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<v Speaker 1>You're giving out stuff to the tune of... Two hundred

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<v Speaker 1>trillion dollars was the number Bill Maher had for if

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<v Speaker 1>all of the DSA stuff came true, it cost two

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<v Speaker 1>hundred trillion dollars, which is obviously like, you know, a

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<v Speaker 1>made up number practically. So, yeah. And then complaining that

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<v Speaker 1>Trump's trying to buy votes is pretty funny.

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<v Speaker 2>It is indeed.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, we've been talking about silly season for some time now,

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<v Speaker 3>but it just keeps getting sillier and sillier.

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<v Speaker 1>So here's what happened. So last night, it's always busy

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<v Speaker 1>at my house. Both kids are home and everything like that.

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<v Speaker 1>My youngest is at the table with his math tutor

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<v Speaker 1>working on math. I'm in the bedroom changing clothes because

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<v Speaker 1>I got to go do something. I run to the

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<v Speaker 1>pharmacy or something like that. And I didn't hear the doorbell,

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<v Speaker 1>but my son comes and knocks on the door. And

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<v Speaker 1>Henry said, the doorbells rang twice. There's somebody at the

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<v Speaker 1>door and I'm trying to do my math. Can you

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<v Speaker 1>go get the door? So I'm frustrated already because I'm like,

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<v Speaker 1>I'm naked at this point, and I'm not going to

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<v Speaker 1>go to the door naked. I might have gone to

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<v Speaker 1>the door naked if the math tutor hadn't been there,

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<v Speaker 1>but I can't be naked in front of college girls.

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<v Speaker 1>It's just not appropriate on any level.

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<v Speaker 2>That won't end well.

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<v Speaker 1>So I put on some pants and a T-shirt, and

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<v Speaker 1>I go to the door, and I probably didn't start

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<v Speaker 1>the best way. I mean, I wait to see, because

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<v Speaker 1>it might be a Girl Scout selling cookies. I'm very

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<v Speaker 1>friendly and open-minded to that sort of thing. Or, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>our dog is lost. I'm very nice about that sort

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<v Speaker 1>of thing. Anything. But this was clearly not that sort

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<v Speaker 1>of thing. Your dog's lost. Get lost. Now you're both lost.

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<v Speaker 1>F you. Now you're both lost. Out of the door,

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<v Speaker 1>and this got the look of somebody trying to sell

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<v Speaker 1>me something. I said, are you going to try to

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<v Speaker 1>sell me something? Is the first thing I say. I

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<v Speaker 1>don't even know if I said hello. And he said, no,

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<v Speaker 1>absolutely not. I'm here to talk about electricity. I don't

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<v Speaker 1>know if you've seen on a lot of houses around here,

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<v Speaker 1>there are white boxes next to houses. I said... Just

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<v Speaker 1>so you don't waste your time or my time, I'm

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<v Speaker 1>a renter. I don't own this place, so I can't

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<v Speaker 1>do anything like any upgrades. I'm just talking about electricity,

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<v Speaker 1>if you've seen the white boxes around. And he went

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<v Speaker 1>a little bit longer, and I said, okay, I'm going

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<v Speaker 1>to give you 20 seconds to explain what this is,

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<v Speaker 1>because I still don't know what you're talking about. Are

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<v Speaker 1>you trying to sell me something? electricity is about, okay,

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<v Speaker 1>you're trying to get me to vote for something. He said, no,

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<v Speaker 1>just hear me out. Electricity, these white boxes that are

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<v Speaker 1>at the house. I said, okay, 15 more seconds. Cause

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<v Speaker 1>I still, now that we've been 45 seconds, I have

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<v Speaker 1>no idea what you're talking about. Are you selling me something?

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<v Speaker 1>Do you want me to vote a certain way? What

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<v Speaker 1>do you want from me? And then they started in

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<v Speaker 1>with his white boxes. I said, okay, I got to go.

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<v Speaker 1>And I turned around and shut the door, but he

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<v Speaker 1>was clearly mad. He was like, oh, whatever. And then

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<v Speaker 1>got on his electric scooter and wrote off. So he's

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<v Speaker 1>probably going to keep my car or egg my house.

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<v Speaker 1>I have no patience for it. Leave me alone.

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<v Speaker 2>Get away from here.

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<v Speaker 1>I want a sign that says, unless you got a

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<v Speaker 1>lost cat or dog or you're a cute little kid,

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<v Speaker 1>leave me alone. I don't want anything from you. Whatever

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<v Speaker 1>you got, I can find it. If I need it,

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<v Speaker 1>I'll go online and find it. Get the hell off

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<v Speaker 1>of my doorstep.

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<v Speaker 2>Right, right.

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<v Speaker 1>Oh, it drives me nuts. And I feel bad for that.

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<v Speaker 1>You know, he probably took this job and he's a

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<v Speaker 1>young guy and trying to find a job. You got it.

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<v Speaker 1>You got to get to your point. I still don't

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<v Speaker 1>know what he wanted. He had 45 seconds. I haven't

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<v Speaker 1>got the slightest idea if he was selling something or

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<v Speaker 1>was a political pitch or what? Get to the point.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, some sort of phony electricity conditioner thing like we

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<v Speaker 3>got duped in two years ago.

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<v Speaker 1>You think?

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<v Speaker 2>I suspect so, yeah. Otherwise, he'd get to the point.

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<v Speaker 3>If it was a political thing, he'd say, yep, I

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<v Speaker 3>totally get it. Your time is valuable. We want to

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<v Speaker 3>make sure that the city of.

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<v Speaker 2>Blah, blah, blah.

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<v Speaker 1>Vote yes on seven.

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<v Speaker 2>Right, exactly. Just shout that as the door slams in

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<v Speaker 2>his face.

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<v Speaker 1>I don't know. Yes on seven. I felt bad because

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<v Speaker 1>I could tell he was unhappy, and he's a young guy,

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<v Speaker 1>and he's trying to make a living, and I just,

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<v Speaker 1>I got no patience with people coming to my door

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<v Speaker 1>trying to.

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<v Speaker 2>Pitch me something. It's your guilt that mystifies me. Get

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<v Speaker 2>the hell out of here.

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<v Speaker 1>And he had a ponytail.

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<v Speaker 2>You're not invited to my home. You have no business

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<v Speaker 2>in my home. Oh, even worse. Even worse.

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<v Speaker 1>And he had some sort of weird, it wasn't a

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<v Speaker 1>one wheel. It was similar to like a one wheel

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<v Speaker 1>with a handle. It was some sort of, it was like,

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<v Speaker 1>it was like a unicycle. It was like a one wheel.

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<v Speaker 2>Are you new to the country?

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<v Speaker 1>It just, it just, that's what they call them.

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<v Speaker 2>Oh, do they? It's the name of the brand. One wheel.

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<v Speaker 1>What is it?

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<v Speaker 2>Is it like a unicycle thing?

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<v Speaker 1>Well, it's the powered wheel, and you just stand on

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<v Speaker 1>the platform and zoom around town. Oh, yeah.

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<v Speaker 2>I've seen those.

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<v Speaker 1>Sorry, I didn't know what they were called. It's like

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<v Speaker 1>a one wheel with a handle in it. It just

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<v Speaker 1>kind of reminded me of Job from Arrested Development. He

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<v Speaker 1>just gets on his Segway and rides off in a huff.

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<v Speaker 2>Wait a second. Ride off in a second in a huff.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah. Yeah.

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<v Speaker 2>Wow. No, you're totally in the right. Get the hell out.

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<v Speaker 2>At least it wasn't the.

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<v Speaker 3>Youth who I've never seen before in my life and

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<v Speaker 3>don't look like they.

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<v Speaker 2>Live in this neighborhood say, donate to youth sports. Okay.

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<v Speaker 1>What youth sports? Where? Yeah.

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<v Speaker 2>Youth sports. Okay.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm actually pretty surprised that in the year 2026, door-to-door

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<v Speaker 1>soliciting still exists with the lack of families, lack of homeownership.

0:23:37.300 --> 0:23:40.359
<v Speaker 1>The fact that anybody under the age of 40 is

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<v Speaker 1>scared to get on the phone and order a pizza.

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<v Speaker 1>I mean, just all those things combined. I'm surprised that

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<v Speaker 1>anybody even tries going door-to-door in the modern world.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, I would agree. I would agree. It's a vanishing thing.

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<v Speaker 3>Good!

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<v Speaker 2>Good! Yeah, yeah.

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<v Speaker 3>I live in the sort of hood where they'll be

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<v Speaker 3>shot on sight for even trying. So I wouldn't know

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<v Speaker 3>how prevalent it is these days. But back in the day,

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<v Speaker 3>I know it was dropping off.

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<v Speaker 1>I got to admit, as a renter, that gets me

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<v Speaker 1>out of a lot of them. Yeah, I rent. Sorry.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm wasting your time.

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<v Speaker 1>You can't even hit me with your second line that

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<v Speaker 1>they taught you at salesperson school. I'm a renter. Take

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<v Speaker 1>your ponytail, get on your weird electric thing and drive off.

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<v Speaker 1>You should have said, cut your hair, hippie. Yeah, exactly.

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<v Speaker 2>I should have yelled that as he left the cul-de-sac. Right.

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<v Speaker 1>So you're saying I shouldn't feel guilty. That's the final note.

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<v Speaker 1>I shouldn't? Katie?

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<v Speaker 2>Katie?

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<v Speaker 1>I felt guilty. No, that's... Okay.

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<v Speaker 4>I mean, they're coming to your home. That is like

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<v Speaker 4>the most personal of your spaces.

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<v Speaker 5>And then not telling you what he's.

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<v Speaker 1>Selling right away. I have more personal spaces, but yeah.

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<v Speaker 2>All right. I see what you're saying.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah. The long convoluted, I'm not going to get to

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<v Speaker 2>the point pitch.

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<v Speaker 4>Yeah.

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<v Speaker 2>That's especially annoying. Oh, it is.

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<v Speaker 3>Because you know how it goes. You know where it's going.

0:25:02.410 --> 0:25:03.830
<v Speaker 3>And it's just like, all right, dude.

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<v Speaker 1>It really is.

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<v Speaker 2>You're not going to play me.

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<v Speaker 3>You're not going to leave me so bamboozled by your

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<v Speaker 3>logic that I just. Without my credit card, it's just

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<v Speaker 3>not going to happen.

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<v Speaker 4>Right.

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<v Speaker 1>I suppose that's part of what gets under my skin,

0:25:16.520 --> 0:25:19.360
<v Speaker 1>because I look dumb. He thinks he can, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>I just got a couple of more clever lines here,

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<v Speaker 1>and I'll have him signed up for whatever this is

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<v Speaker 1>before I know it. Look, I am not the right

0:25:27.000 --> 0:25:29.050
<v Speaker 1>guy for this. All right, go to my neighbor. He

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<v Speaker 1>seems like a nice guy.

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<v Speaker 4>Yeah.

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<v Speaker 1>We're going to do a big France segment later in

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<v Speaker 1>the show because that is one of the more interesting

0:25:36.400 --> 0:25:38.810
<v Speaker 1>stories on planet Earth. I'm happy to see mainstream media,

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<v Speaker 1>while not exactly getting the angle right, is paying a

0:25:42.750 --> 0:25:45.190
<v Speaker 1>fair amount of attention to it. At least the most

0:25:45.250 --> 0:25:47.990
<v Speaker 1>watched newscast in America, ABC News, has had correspondents there

0:25:50.740 --> 0:25:53.000
<v Speaker 1>talking about it pretty regularly, at least the last couple

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<v Speaker 1>of days. Although they're still going with student protests as

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<v Speaker 1>the main driver.

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<v Speaker 2>That is so ridiculous. It would be laughable if it

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<v Speaker 2>wasn't so angering.

0:26:01.109 --> 0:26:05.609
<v Speaker 3>This, again, may be the most important story of the decade.

0:26:07.240 --> 0:26:10.520
<v Speaker 3>The crumbling of Europe. And more on that to come,

0:26:10.540 --> 0:26:12.980
<v Speaker 3>as Jack said. A quick word from our friends at Incogni.

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<v Speaker 3>Picture a for sale sign in your front yard. Jack's

0:26:15.540 --> 0:26:17.689
<v Speaker 3>not going to have this for, as he has informed us,

0:26:17.910 --> 0:26:20.869
<v Speaker 3>he is a renter. But the for sale sign is

0:26:20.910 --> 0:26:23.210
<v Speaker 3>not for your house, actually. It's for you, your name,

0:26:23.230 --> 0:26:25.310
<v Speaker 3>your home address, your phone number, your kids, your politics,

0:26:25.330 --> 0:26:28.570
<v Speaker 3>your religion. They're all for sale on these damn data

0:26:28.609 --> 0:26:32.150
<v Speaker 3>broker sites. You'd hate that sign in your front yard, yeah? Well,

0:26:32.650 --> 0:26:34.990
<v Speaker 3>get with Incogni and get it off those sites, too.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, I don't like people calling me on my personal

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<v Speaker 1>number and trying to pitch me stuff anymore, and I

0:26:38.970 --> 0:26:40.930
<v Speaker 1>like people coming to my door. And all that information

0:26:40.970 --> 0:26:43.410
<v Speaker 1>is out there floating around on these data brokers, thousands

0:26:43.450 --> 0:26:46.520
<v Speaker 1>of them, and Incogni is working for me on a

0:26:46.600 --> 0:26:50.439
<v Speaker 1>daily basis, sending removal requests to 420-plus data brokers and

0:26:50.460 --> 0:26:53.119
<v Speaker 1>people's search sites. They even follow up so that the

0:26:53.180 --> 0:26:56.930
<v Speaker 1>info doesn't sneak back out there. Yeah, it's really quite

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<v Speaker 1>good and very, very affordable. Go to incogni.com slash Armstrong

0:27:00.859 --> 0:27:04.240
<v Speaker 1>right now. It gets 60% off. That's incogni.com slash Armstrong.

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<v Speaker 1>I-N-C-O-G-N-I dot com slash Armstrong.

0:27:07.119 --> 0:27:09.280
<v Speaker 3>And remember, they just keep going back to these brokers

0:27:09.340 --> 0:27:11.659
<v Speaker 3>over and over again to make sure your stuff stays off.

0:27:11.980 --> 0:27:17.510
<v Speaker 3>Incogni.com slash Armstrong. Take your name off the market. Speaking

0:27:17.530 --> 0:27:20.830
<v Speaker 3>of markets, there is now more oil coming out of

0:27:20.850 --> 0:27:25.780
<v Speaker 3>the Persian Gulf than before the Iran war. Combination of

0:27:26.160 --> 0:27:32.250
<v Speaker 3>learning how to evade Iranian attacks, alternate routes, etc.

0:27:32.310 --> 0:27:34.350
<v Speaker 2>There's now more oil flowing.

0:27:34.890 --> 0:27:38.820
<v Speaker 3>It is significantly more expensive and dangerous to do it.

0:27:38.990 --> 0:27:41.979
<v Speaker 1>So that will keep diesel prices in particular up for

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<v Speaker 1>a while?

0:27:44.000 --> 0:27:47.780
<v Speaker 3>Yeah, although the problem with diesel isn't oil supplies, it's refinement.

0:27:49.760 --> 0:27:53.540
<v Speaker 3>The damage of the Iran war to diesel refining capacity

0:27:53.660 --> 0:27:56.500
<v Speaker 3>and the whole Ukraine-Russia thing as well.

0:27:56.540 --> 0:27:57.540
<v Speaker 2>That's the holdup there.

0:27:58.590 --> 0:28:02.890
<v Speaker 3>But what it proves is all Iran really can do

0:28:03.050 --> 0:28:06.310
<v Speaker 3>at this point is make oil somewhat more expensive and

0:28:06.350 --> 0:28:08.609
<v Speaker 3>put people in a bad mood. But the idea that

0:28:08.630 --> 0:28:10.550
<v Speaker 3>they can choke off the world economy and do so

0:28:10.590 --> 0:28:14.050
<v Speaker 3>much damage that we have to back off, it ain't working.

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<v Speaker 3>So where this leads, nobody knows. The attention on the

0:28:18.080 --> 0:28:20.040
<v Speaker 3>Middle East has kind of faded since the attack on

0:28:20.060 --> 0:28:21.960
<v Speaker 3>the Riyadh airport. Right.

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<v Speaker 1>And as soon as you started that, I thought, well,

0:28:23.980 --> 0:28:27.129
<v Speaker 1>it's interesting how I, we handle one war at a time.

0:28:27.250 --> 0:28:29.250
<v Speaker 1>So we were big on the whole Iran thing for

0:28:29.270 --> 0:28:31.510
<v Speaker 1>a while. And then Russia, Ukraine kind of gets hot again.

0:28:31.550 --> 0:28:33.710
<v Speaker 1>And we pay attention to that as if the Iran

0:28:33.820 --> 0:28:36.780
<v Speaker 1>one isn't going on every single day, just like it

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<v Speaker 1>was before.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, I actually got rid of, I clicked closed some

0:28:41.570 --> 0:28:44.200
<v Speaker 3>pretty good analysis of how Saudi Arabia is in a

0:28:44.260 --> 0:28:46.900
<v Speaker 3>tough spot because they hate the Houthis.

0:28:46.940 --> 0:28:49.500
<v Speaker 2>The Houthis hate them, but the Houthis.

0:28:49.220 --> 0:28:56.850
<v Speaker 3>Are a hardened, hardcore Islamist, dirt in the teeth. Toyota

0:28:56.910 --> 0:29:01.470
<v Speaker 3>pickup driving machine gunning sons of bitches, okay? They don't

0:29:01.550 --> 0:29:04.370
<v Speaker 3>fear boots on the ground at all. That's their thing.

0:29:04.850 --> 0:29:07.970
<v Speaker 3>Saudi Arabia has a really good air force, thanks to

0:29:07.990 --> 0:29:10.760
<v Speaker 3>the United States. They got some pretty good missile capacity,

0:29:10.960 --> 0:29:14.820
<v Speaker 3>but they have no taste for anything but really sponsoring

0:29:14.940 --> 0:29:18.600
<v Speaker 3>other hard asses to go in and fight the Houthis.

0:29:19.220 --> 0:29:19.840
<v Speaker 2>And the U.S.

0:29:19.900 --> 0:29:22.010
<v Speaker 3>Isn't going to send boots on the ground, so you

0:29:22.050 --> 0:29:24.330
<v Speaker 3>can't defeat a force like that from the air, okay?

0:29:24.830 --> 0:29:27.330
<v Speaker 3>So as long as the Houthis are hardcore everything I

0:29:27.350 --> 0:29:33.100
<v Speaker 3>just said, nobody's quite sure how you clean up that mess. So, yeah,

0:29:33.140 --> 0:29:35.980
<v Speaker 3>that situation is going to continue to unfold and at

0:29:36.020 --> 0:29:37.780
<v Speaker 3>exactly the wrong time for MSB.

0:29:40.130 --> 0:29:40.970
<v Speaker 2>Ben Solomon.

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<v Speaker 4>MBS.

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<v Speaker 2>I can never remember that. MLB.

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<v Speaker 1>It's not MLB.

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<v Speaker 2>No, certainly not.

0:29:48.280 --> 0:29:50.210
<v Speaker 1>I'm going to buy a Brewers hat before Friday, before

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<v Speaker 1>the World Series kicks off.

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<v Speaker 2>Oh, no, no.

0:29:52.650 --> 0:29:56.350
<v Speaker 3>I'm rooting for them. Don't kill them with your... weird

0:29:56.440 --> 0:29:57.490
<v Speaker 3>sports cooler powers.

0:29:57.510 --> 0:29:59.830
<v Speaker 1>I've actually been to a Brewers game in Milwaukee. Anybody

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<v Speaker 1>else here?

0:30:02.510 --> 0:30:05.430
<v Speaker 2>Again, I must back off. Again, I have been corrected.

0:30:05.450 --> 0:30:08.370
<v Speaker 1>I was a little kid in Wisconsin. I think I

0:30:08.370 --> 0:30:10.230
<v Speaker 1>went to Brewers games a couple of times with my dad.

0:30:11.430 --> 0:30:13.310
<v Speaker 3>When we were there for the RNC, I was bitterly

0:30:13.350 --> 0:30:15.890
<v Speaker 3>disappointed that the Brewers were not in town except I

0:30:15.910 --> 0:30:17.440
<v Speaker 3>think like the last day we were there or something

0:30:17.460 --> 0:30:18.540
<v Speaker 3>like that because I really.

0:30:18.340 --> 0:30:20.440
<v Speaker 2>Wanted to go to a Brewers game. Damn it. Then

0:30:20.480 --> 0:30:21.300
<v Speaker 2>I could have been legit.

0:30:21.910 --> 0:30:23.470
<v Speaker 1>Back in the old days when you hit a home run,

0:30:23.510 --> 0:30:26.210
<v Speaker 1>a guy in an old-timey costume slid down a slide

0:30:26.230 --> 0:30:28.410
<v Speaker 1>into a giant mug of beer and everybody cheered like crazy.

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<v Speaker 3>Yep.

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<v Speaker 2>Good times.

0:30:30.080 --> 0:30:31.940
<v Speaker 1>Hey, kids, look. A big giant mug of beer.

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<v Speaker 2>That man will be drunk soon.

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<v Speaker 1>We got mailbag next. Stay here.

0:30:39.200 --> 0:30:43.170
<v Speaker 2>Armstrong and Getty.

0:30:43.190 --> 0:30:47.400
<v Speaker 1>What's up? I may have given that guy, if he's

0:30:47.440 --> 0:30:48.980
<v Speaker 1>in sales the rest of his life, the rest of

0:30:49.020 --> 0:30:52.239
<v Speaker 1>his life, that unfortunate experience with me, everything he ever

0:30:52.300 --> 0:30:53.720
<v Speaker 1>does in sales, he's going to have in his mind,

0:30:53.740 --> 0:30:56.850
<v Speaker 1>I've got to have a 20-second pitch to hit people with.

0:30:56.910 --> 0:30:59.490
<v Speaker 1>I've got to be ready to go. That might be

0:30:59.510 --> 0:31:01.910
<v Speaker 1>the lesson that I taught him in a not particularly

0:31:01.950 --> 0:31:05.310
<v Speaker 1>friendly way. When I said, I'll give you 20 seconds

0:31:05.330 --> 0:31:06.890
<v Speaker 1>to tell me what this is, because I still don't

0:31:06.910 --> 0:31:08.620
<v Speaker 1>know what this is, and he is a Hammond and Hahn,

0:31:09.000 --> 0:31:10.360
<v Speaker 1>now he's going to be ready to go the rest

0:31:10.400 --> 0:31:10.860
<v Speaker 1>of his life.

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<v Speaker 4>Right.

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<v Speaker 3>I don't want the full pitch. I want the elevator pitch.

0:31:14.180 --> 0:31:16.640
<v Speaker 3>He's got to be ready to switch gears. You've helped

0:31:16.680 --> 0:31:18.640
<v Speaker 3>him with the firm hand of your disdain.

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<v Speaker 2>Mailbag. I'm sorry.

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<v Speaker 3>Freedom-loving quote of the day. That's twice in a row

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<v Speaker 3>I'm trying to forget the freedom-loving quote, which would be

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<v Speaker 3>bad because we've got a decent one, I think.

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<v Speaker 1>This is Stefan.

0:31:30.150 --> 0:31:35.810
<v Speaker 3>Molyneux, the writer, the thinker, the tech guy. Conformity to

0:31:35.830 --> 0:31:38.250
<v Speaker 3>the present is invisibility to the future.

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<v Speaker 2>Except when it's not. No, I don't like that quote

0:31:44.000 --> 0:31:45.860
<v Speaker 2>as much as I did at first. Oh, wow.

0:31:45.920 --> 0:31:47.080
<v Speaker 1>Joe turned on his own quote.

0:31:47.860 --> 0:31:49.360
<v Speaker 2>Yeah, stupid quote.

0:31:51.040 --> 0:31:55.990
<v Speaker 3>Here's another one from Ron Guerin, who was an astronaut,

0:31:56.530 --> 0:31:59.330
<v Speaker 3>wrote a book called The Orbital Perspective, Lessons in Seeing

0:31:59.370 --> 0:32:01.550
<v Speaker 3>the Big Picture from a Journey of 71 Million Miles.

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<v Speaker 2>Hmm.

0:32:03.710 --> 0:32:06.130
<v Speaker 3>He writes, if we adopt the same collaborative mindset and

0:32:06.170 --> 0:32:08.230
<v Speaker 3>practices that got to the moon and back and built

0:32:08.290 --> 0:32:11.360
<v Speaker 3>the International Space Station, we can alleviate poverty and do

0:32:11.480 --> 0:32:12.080
<v Speaker 3>so much more.

0:32:12.740 --> 0:32:15.160
<v Speaker 2>It's a beautiful thought, Ron. It's a beautiful thought.

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<v Speaker 1>Good luck with that.

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<v Speaker 2>Push for liberty everywhere. Free people and free markets. Mailbag.

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<v Speaker 1>Oh, I've got my economic advisor told me yesterday that

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<v Speaker 1>the best indicator of when the economy is good or

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<v Speaker 1>bad that he has come across.

0:32:31.440 --> 0:32:31.700
<v Speaker 2>Wow.

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<v Speaker 1>From a guy who does investing for a living.

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<v Speaker 2>Love that.

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<v Speaker 1>Well, let's see. Drop us a note. Mailbag at armstrongandgetty.com.

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<v Speaker 3>Ricky the Bricky writes that yesterday's One More Thing was

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<v Speaker 3>the epitome of why so many.

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<v Speaker 2>Of us listen to your show religiously.

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<v Speaker 3>Then he goes on to say things that are really,

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<v Speaker 3>really nice and complimentary, but my self-effacing Midwestern boy upbringing

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<v Speaker 3>won't let me read them, but I will read this one.

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<v Speaker 1>What were we talking about? From Russ from Portland. Is

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<v Speaker 1>it on a specific topic?

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<v Speaker 2>It'll become clear. Dear Jensen, greetings, Jensen, Katie.

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<v Speaker 3>I was driving home from work yesterday listening to your

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<v Speaker 3>One More Thing podcast. OMG, I was laughing so hard

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<v Speaker 3>I think I ran over a hobo. I mean, he

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<v Speaker 3>was probably already dead. It's hard to tell since there

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<v Speaker 3>are so many hobos laying unconscious everywhere in Portland. But anyway,

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<v Speaker 3>I wasn't actually aware that KFC has beans. Okay, that's

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<v Speaker 3>probably far enough. Thank you for that, sir, to the

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<v Speaker 3>hobo I may have run over. Keep putting the fun

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<v Speaker 3>in dysfunctional. Yesterday's One More Thing podcast, I laughed so

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<v Speaker 3>hard I had tears on my cheeks and I gave

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<v Speaker 3>myself a back spasm.

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<v Speaker 2>So that's all I'm going to say. You may not.

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<v Speaker 1>Whether or not KFC is serving us pigeons, we still

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<v Speaker 1>don't know.

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<v Speaker 2>No, indeed. Anyway, that's probably enough said.

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<v Speaker 3>If you subscribe to Armstrong and Getty On Demand, One

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<v Speaker 3>More Thing, which never airs on any radio station, often

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<v Speaker 3>has swears, and certainly does in this case, it downloads automatically.

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<v Speaker 3>Moving along, we were discussing hardware stores having cat mascots

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<v Speaker 3>that are drawing people to the store where they're there

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<v Speaker 3>and they feel obliged.

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<v Speaker 2>To buy a screwdriver, I guess.

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<v Speaker 3>Seriously, there's a famous cat you go to see. Anyway,

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<v Speaker 3>Annie writes, our small business has a star, Gyro. We

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<v Speaker 3>do have people who come just for him. She sent

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<v Speaker 3>Gyro the cafe cat, who is perched somehow with a

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<v Speaker 3>cup of coffee on his or her back.

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<v Speaker 1>That's cute.

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<v Speaker 3>Gyro is a charming looking cat. Looks like every other

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<v Speaker 3>freaking cat I've ever seen in my life. I would

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<v Speaker 3>not cross the street to see Gyro, the cafe cat.

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<v Speaker 3>But that's just me.

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<v Speaker 1>Oh, boy.

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<v Speaker 3>On a totally different topic related to the French riots, Kevin,

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<v Speaker 3>the Texas Marine, writes, repeating the question I've seen online

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<v Speaker 3>on X and some veterans forums, since France is a

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<v Speaker 3>nuclear-armed country, at what point do we go in and

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<v Speaker 3>seize the nukes? Obviously, the useful idiots in the street

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<v Speaker 3>burning down town halls and looting bistros won't be able

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<v Speaker 3>to arm them. But the real power in that sick

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<v Speaker 3>movement may be evil, but not unintelligent. Not an issue yet,

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<v Speaker 3>but better to think of the contingencies now rather than later. unrelated,

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<v Speaker 3>my local family-owned hardware store is closing at the end

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<v Speaker 3>of the month. They will be missed. Oh, that's too bad. Oh,

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<v Speaker 3>just doing my part to help the most depressing show ever.

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<v Speaker 2>There you go.

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<v Speaker 1>Did you see the speech Maloney gave yesterday? Is that

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<v Speaker 1>her name, the person that runs Italy? She's tough. I

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<v Speaker 1>like her. And she basically said, it ain't happening here.

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<v Speaker 1>Let me know right now. We got lots of cops,

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<v Speaker 1>and we're going to stop this in its tracks. Don't

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<v Speaker 1>even think about it. So I hope that's true. Yep.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, law and order. I love that. Way to go.

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<v Speaker 1>How much time?

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<v Speaker 2>We don't have much time. Dr.

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<v Speaker 3>Ed writing on Jalen Hurts, the Eagles star of the

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<v Speaker 3>NFL and his career-ending blood clots. He's operated in that

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<v Speaker 3>very specialty for almost 30 years. He said, this is

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<v Speaker 3>a season and possibly career-ending occurrence. Deep vein thrombosis is

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<v Speaker 3>associated with Virchow's triad. you need a predilection to form

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<v Speaker 3>blood clots, a sluggish blood flow as someone that's flying

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<v Speaker 3>on a long flight doesn't get up and down for

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<v Speaker 3>too many hours or trauma. It's hard not to imagine

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<v Speaker 3>all three of these conditions in him. Big clots can

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<v Speaker 3>break off and travel the lungs, causing a pulmonary embolism,

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<v Speaker 3>which can quickly be deadly.

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<v Speaker 1>Even as a world-class athlete. Interesting. If you missed a segment,

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<v Speaker 1>get the podcast Armstrong and Getty on demand. Hour two

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<v Speaker 1>is going to be boffo.

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<v Speaker 3>Armstrong and Getty.