WEBVTT - That Zapped My Will To Live

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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, Katty Armstrong and Jackie and he

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<v Speaker 2>Armstrong and Gatty. Can you give us any more sense

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<v Speaker 2>of who exactly in I run?

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<v Speaker 3>It is either.

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<v Speaker 2>Left? Yeah, we had.

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<v Speaker 4>I hate to say this in front of these young people.

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<v Speaker 4>They're not children that I spoke to, most of them.

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<v Speaker 4>They sound like adults to me, even though they are

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<v Speaker 4>sort of children, right, they'll always be your children.

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<v Speaker 2>But I hate to say it, but we killed all

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<v Speaker 2>their leadership.

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<v Speaker 4>And then they met to choose new leaders and we

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<v Speaker 4>killed all of them. And now we have a new

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<v Speaker 4>group and we can easily do that. But let's see

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<v Speaker 4>how they turn.

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<v Speaker 2>Out at O'Keefe a snooze talking to Donald Trump yesterday,

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<v Speaker 2>and this conversation gets more interesting, starting with the whole

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<v Speaker 2>it's all built around Trump saying we're negotiating, we're getting

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<v Speaker 2>close in Iran responding with we're not talking to anybody,

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<v Speaker 2>and then that whole thing. So Edie keep goes on,

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<v Speaker 2>what makes trust them?

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<v Speaker 4>I don't trust anybody. I don't trust you. I mean

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<v Speaker 4>that's only because I know you. But if I didn't know.

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<v Speaker 4>You'll probably have more trust. But I don't trust that.

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<v Speaker 4>Why do you Why do you say that?

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<v Speaker 2>Why do you say? What makes you trust? You? Think?

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<v Speaker 2>I trust them?

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<v Speaker 4>I don't trust them.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah. I wish he would have had at hand the

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<v Speaker 2>Ronald Reagan quote that is always so good. Oh, I trust, trust,

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<v Speaker 2>but verify, which is a very fancy way of saying

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<v Speaker 2>I don't trust you. I'm not going to say I

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<v Speaker 2>distrust you because it would be insulting, but I don't

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<v Speaker 2>I trust you. I just didn't need to be able

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<v Speaker 2>to verify your doing everything you say you're going to

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<v Speaker 2>do on a regular basis, because well, because I don't

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<v Speaker 2>trust you, Right, they go on by, they're.

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<v Speaker 4>Talking to me because they're going to make a deal.

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<v Speaker 4>They're going to make a deal. They did something yesterday

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<v Speaker 4>that was amazing. Actually, they gave us a present and

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<v Speaker 4>the president arrived today. It was a very big present,

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<v Speaker 4>worth a tremendous amount of money. And I'm not going

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<v Speaker 4>to tell you what that present is, but it was

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<v Speaker 4>a very significant prize and they gave it to us,

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<v Speaker 4>and they said they were going to give it, so

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<v Speaker 4>that meant one thing to me. We'd deal with the

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<v Speaker 4>right people. No, it wasn't nuclear related. It was oil

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<v Speaker 4>and gas related, and it was a very nice thing

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<v Speaker 4>they did. But what it showed me is that we're

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<v Speaker 4>dealing with the right people.

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<v Speaker 2>Had everybody wondering, what's the great present that Iran sent you,

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<v Speaker 2>like a set of lovely bookends or a pen or ah. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>I'm sorry.

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<v Speaker 5>I can't get past how obnoxious at O'Keefe is, but

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<v Speaker 5>that's your department. Having been annoyed by him for an evening,

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<v Speaker 5>I was at a different table.

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<v Speaker 2>I sat next to him at a restaurant for several

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<v Speaker 2>hours and I found him unbelievably pompous. But I shouldn't

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<v Speaker 2>let that get in the way of this. But the question, well,

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<v Speaker 2>why even talk to them? Then? Yeah, that's a dumb question.

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<v Speaker 2>I think if you don't trust him, why negotiate with him,

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<v Speaker 2>Because you have to negotiate with everybody. You have to

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<v Speaker 2>negotiate with Putin and the war. You have to trust him. No,

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<v Speaker 2>I'll practically everybody negotiate with you don't trust because in

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<v Speaker 2>some deals you build in standards and sanctions and the

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<v Speaker 2>rest of it, so trust has nothing to do with it.

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<v Speaker 2>There are incentives and disincentives you jackass, right, But his

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<v Speaker 2>only goal at O'Keefe is to try to present Trump

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<v Speaker 2>his dumb or dufis or naive or whatever anyway. So

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<v Speaker 2>another question, different journalist kind of gets to what the

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<v Speaker 2>gift is that Iran gave us just the next clip

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<v Speaker 2>fifty four red Flow.

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<v Speaker 4>Yeah, it was related to the flow and to the strait.

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<v Speaker 2>It was negotiating on who's going to control the straight from.

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<v Speaker 4>Now on, we'll have control of anything we want. Look,

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<v Speaker 4>if we can end this without more lives being done,

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<v Speaker 4>without knocking out ten billion dollar electric plants at a

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<v Speaker 4>brand new and the apple of their eye, I'd like

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<v Speaker 4>to be able to do that, you know, but they

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<v Speaker 4>can't have certain things.

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<v Speaker 2>I mean, you know the things. I don't have to

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<v Speaker 2>go over the list.

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<v Speaker 4>But again it starts with no nuclear weapons and they've

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<v Speaker 4>agreed to that.

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<v Speaker 2>So Oran came out yesterday and said that non hostile vessels,

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<v Speaker 2>including those belonging to are associated with other states countries,

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<v Speaker 2>may may go through the Strait of horror moves. And

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<v Speaker 2>then they also said that they are not negotiating with

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<v Speaker 2>us because and here's the quote, our first and last

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<v Speaker 2>word has been the same from day one, and it

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<v Speaker 2>will stay that way. Someone like us will never come

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<v Speaker 2>to terms with someone like you, not now, not ever.

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<v Speaker 2>That's what Haran said, which leads you to this. Former

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<v Speaker 2>CIA director John Brennan was on MS Now yesterday and

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<v Speaker 2>asked about whether Trump says that we're negotiating, Iran says

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<v Speaker 2>we're not, and the former CIA director said, well, I

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<v Speaker 2>tend to believe Iran more than I do Donald Trump,

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<v Speaker 2>which is just dandy. He ought to be in jail

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<v Speaker 2>for perjury now. I realize Donald Trump once said I

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<v Speaker 2>believe Russia over our intelligence. That was a horrible thing

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<v Speaker 2>to say. He should have never said it, which we

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<v Speaker 2>kicked him for it, kicked him that day for it

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<v Speaker 2>because thats a terrible thing for Trump to say. But

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<v Speaker 2>the former CIA director shouldn't go on cable news and

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<v Speaker 2>say I believe Iran, Iran of all countries, I believe Iran,

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<v Speaker 2>not the president. What is it? Where are we as

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<v Speaker 2>a country now where that's the sort of conversations we have.

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<v Speaker 2>That is a prostitute.

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<v Speaker 5>He works for the network whipping up anti Trump fervor,

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<v Speaker 5>and he will perform any act that will do that. Well,

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<v Speaker 5>I'm going to betraying the truth betraying his vows, betraying

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<v Speaker 5>his country.

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<v Speaker 2>Well, and I'm sure their audience just loved it. Oh,

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<v Speaker 2>I know exactly he's doing his job. Michael Clips sixty. Please,

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<v Speaker 2>this is an Iranian American journalist.

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<v Speaker 6>I would not believe that Ryanni regime, and never I

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<v Speaker 6>have never in all the work I've ever done of

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<v Speaker 6>their own regime, they do nothing but lie through their teeth.

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<v Speaker 6>So I don't believe that when they say that there

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<v Speaker 6>are no talks because they're supporters, which are twenty percent

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<v Speaker 6>of the country, want to see the regime pummel the

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<v Speaker 6>United States and Israel. So yeah, I believe talks are happening,

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<v Speaker 6>and I.

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<v Speaker 2>Think Trump is leaving.

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<v Speaker 5>Yeah, Brandon, shove that up your lion. Hind Anduida unbelievable.

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<v Speaker 2>I hope I never become so partisan that I would

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<v Speaker 2>root for in Iran or a Russia or a China

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<v Speaker 2>over who's president because I don't like the president. I

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<v Speaker 2>hope I never get that partisan. I don't know how

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<v Speaker 2>you get that way, eh boy, Yeah, I don't get it.

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<v Speaker 5>A couple of kind of counterintituitive pieces of journalism here

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<v Speaker 5>an odd juxtaposition. This is from The Wall Street Journal

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<v Speaker 5>the oil supply crunch is spreading from the Gulf to

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<v Speaker 5>the rest of the world. For a glimpse of how

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<v Speaker 5>much higher energy prices could still soar, look to beyond

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<v Speaker 5>the West Texas Intermediate brand blah blah blah, at the

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<v Speaker 5>center of the supply squeeze in the Middle East, traders

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<v Speaker 5>are paying an eye watering one hundred and sixty dollars

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<v Speaker 5>a barrel for the Emeradi oil that can dodge the

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<v Speaker 5>Strait of horm moves far above those global benchmarks. And

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<v Speaker 5>they make the point that because the world economy is

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<v Speaker 5>interrelated and some of our allies use Gulf oil and

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<v Speaker 5>and Asian countries blah blah blah fertilizer blah blah blah,

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<v Speaker 5>that would be pretty expensive and the right it would be,

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<v Speaker 5>but eye watering one hundred and sixty dollars a barrel.

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<v Speaker 5>Now here's Brett Stevens, who is the token conservative in

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<v Speaker 5>the New York Times editorial pages. Most Americans probably don't

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<v Speaker 5>look back at March twenty twelve, if they remembered it

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<v Speaker 5>at all. And I think of terrifyingly high gas prices

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<v Speaker 5>in the month when the Hunger Games ruled the box

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<v Speaker 5>office and President Barack Obama was on his way to

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<v Speaker 5>a comfortable re election. The price of brint crude closed

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<v Speaker 5>the month at around one hundred and twenty three dollars

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<v Speaker 5>a barrel. That would be about one hundred and seventy

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<v Speaker 5>five dollars a barrel in today's dollars, and as of Tuesday,

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<v Speaker 5>despite around's effective closure of the state of Hormus and

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<v Speaker 5>it's attack on neighbor's energy of facilities, it's hovering around

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<v Speaker 5>one hundred dollars, slightly higher than the average inflation adjusted

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<v Speaker 5>price since January of oh one, which is roughly ninety

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<v Speaker 5>five dollars.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, as I mentioned the other day, one hundred bucks

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<v Speaker 2>is about seventy nine in your pre pandemic numbers. So

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<v Speaker 2>I don't understand any economics discussions that don't include numbers

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<v Speaker 2>adgested for inflation. Their clickbait, their interest bait. Now, when

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<v Speaker 2>you do it with a movie, box office or athlete salaries,

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<v Speaker 2>this is the highest anybody's ever been paid to do this,

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<v Speaker 2>or the most money a movie's ever made. Fine, go ahead,

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<v Speaker 2>I mean, you're just trying to sell an entertainment product,

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<v Speaker 2>but it's a lie. Also, you're not adjusting for inflation.

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<v Speaker 2>But if you're gonna do it around important statistics like

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<v Speaker 2>the price of oil and whether or not we're gonna

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<v Speaker 2>have a worldwide recession and that sort of stuff, come on,

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<v Speaker 2>you're just you're not doing your job. Yeah, it's funny.

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<v Speaker 5>I actually do remember that period, weirdly enough, because I

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<v Speaker 5>decided to get into not day trading exactly, but individual

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<v Speaker 5>stock trading. And I decided to get into the sector

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<v Speaker 5>I was going to concentrate on was oil exploration stock,

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<v Speaker 5>and gas prices just kept going up, or oil prices,

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<v Speaker 5>I should say, just up, up, up, up up, And

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<v Speaker 5>I was starting to think I was a genius. But

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<v Speaker 5>I remember where those prices were because of those stocks,

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<v Speaker 5>And yeah, we're energy has gotten significantly less expensive, way

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<v Speaker 5>less expensive in general, other than at the moment.

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<v Speaker 2>So yeah, again it's just clickbait. So oil is significantly

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<v Speaker 2>less expensive than twenty twelve a year, you don't even remember,

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<v Speaker 2>is anybody going to click on the following headline oil

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<v Speaker 2>surges to slightly more expensive than average over the last

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<v Speaker 2>twenty five years. No, nobody would click on that. Well,

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<v Speaker 2>and then there's political advantages too, sure, so you got

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<v Speaker 2>the media clickbait advantage. And then you've got the political advantages.

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<v Speaker 2>Trump has gotten us into a terrible situation where bogged

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<v Speaker 2>down and oil is so expensive.

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<v Speaker 5>All right, this is my worst transition ever. These lying journalists.

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<v Speaker 2>We well you are die now I'm talking as well.

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<v Speaker 2>I want to talk about baseball. Baseball starts tonight, but

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<v Speaker 2>they got a new wrinkle. They got computers that are

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<v Speaker 2>going to call balls and strikes sometimes.

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<v Speaker 5>Interestingly, I have a brief note on how save metrics

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<v Speaker 5>data is ruining basketball.

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<v Speaker 2>Interesting also, Yeah, so stay tuned for all that and

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<v Speaker 2>other things stick around.

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<v Speaker 7>I wasn't expecting it. I was like, why is he

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<v Speaker 7>coming out here? And he got on the mound and

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<v Speaker 7>told me I made the Team's pretty cool. I mean honestly,

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<v Speaker 7>I thought I was getting taken out of the game.

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<v Speaker 7>I didn't know what was going on. Obviously, whenever the

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<v Speaker 7>manager comes out are you're usually done. He just came

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<v Speaker 7>up and told me I made the team, and everybody

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<v Speaker 7>just said congrats. Caught me totally off guard. Went through

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<v Speaker 7>a lot of hard times a few years ago. I

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<v Speaker 7>never would have expected this. Looking back, I'm glad I

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<v Speaker 7>kept my head down and kept hammering away.

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<v Speaker 2>Pretty special. Wow, that had to be quite a moment.

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<v Speaker 2>Then he struck out the last guy and he was done. Yeah.

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<v Speaker 5>I saw the play by play when the manager came

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<v Speaker 5>out in the infield came around and the manager walked

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<v Speaker 5>up to the picture and like he said, any pitcher

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<v Speaker 5>knows what to expect. And the manager said, hey, you

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<v Speaker 5>made the opening opening day roster, and all of his

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<v Speaker 5>teammates smiled big and clapped him on the back and

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<v Speaker 5>all and he was trying to suppress you know, the

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<v Speaker 5>biggest GrITT he's ever had in his life. Is really

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<v Speaker 5>sweet moment, kind of a fun idea by the manager.

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<v Speaker 2>Well, because we ruin everything is the way we do

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<v Speaker 2>things ever since the TV era began in Major League Baseball,

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<v Speaker 2>up until a few years ago, opening day men, every

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<v Speaker 2>baseball team played and everybody who's rooting for the team,

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<v Speaker 2>and it was kind of a kickoff of spring and

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<v Speaker 2>it was kind of a cool thing. But of course

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<v Speaker 2>we got to ruin stuff like that. So now the

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<v Speaker 2>games come out drips and drabs to a certain extent.

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<v Speaker 2>First game is tonight, Netflix first ever Netflix game Yankees

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<v Speaker 2>at Giants. He got Aaron Judge playing eighty miles from

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<v Speaker 2>where he grew up in Uba City or whatever. And

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<v Speaker 2>then he got hometoime hero Logan Web who's also from

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<v Speaker 2>northern California, as a picture for the Giants. Pretty cool,

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<v Speaker 2>but it's a Netflix thing. If you don't have Netflix,

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<v Speaker 2>you don't get to see the game, and it's the

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<v Speaker 2>only game and whatever. More interesting thing is they're going

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<v Speaker 2>to have computers calling balls and strikes if you ask

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<v Speaker 2>for it. So you get a couple per game where

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<v Speaker 2>you get to say, either the pitcher, the catcher or

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<v Speaker 2>the batter can tap their helmet and say, wait a second,

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<v Speaker 2>that wasn't a ball or it wasn't a strike. And

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<v Speaker 2>then they go to the computer. First of all, are

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<v Speaker 2>you in favor of that or not? I have really

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<v Speaker 2>mixed like anything that slows down the game. I don't

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<v Speaker 2>quite understand if they think the computer is more accurate.

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<v Speaker 2>Why you didn't just leap to having the computer do

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<v Speaker 2>all the pitches? What is that?

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<v Speaker 5>Oh, there are all sorts of issues from bargaining agreements

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<v Speaker 5>and unions to.

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<v Speaker 2>Oh, it would just take too long. It's complicated. But

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<v Speaker 2>doesn't that but from a making sense standpoint, aren't you

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<v Speaker 2>just declaring by having the computers, the computers can get

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<v Speaker 2>right all the time.

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<v Speaker 5>We've just chosen not to. Part of it is it

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<v Speaker 5>would so change the game. It would shock baseball fans

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<v Speaker 5>to see how much change is the game for the

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<v Speaker 5>weirdly unspoken strike zone to become the technical strike zone.

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<v Speaker 5>Well here they don't want to do that all of

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<v Speaker 5>a sudden.

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<v Speaker 2>Here's what they learned, boy, in the strike zone thing

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<v Speaker 2>I just heard I read about that. It's interesting. So

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<v Speaker 2>rather than like chest to the knees or whatever you

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<v Speaker 2>learned in the Little league, it's thirty two point four

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<v Speaker 2>percent of your height and blah blah blah that the

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<v Speaker 2>computer uses, but which obviously you couldn't calculate as a

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<v Speaker 2>human being to that degree. One thing they found in preseason, though,

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<v Speaker 2>is the catchers were right more often by far than

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<v Speaker 2>the pictures of the batters, just because of the angle

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<v Speaker 2>they have or whatever. So, yeah, batters and pictures challenging

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<v Speaker 2>it didn't go as well as catchers, but it was

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<v Speaker 2>just barely over fifty percent of the time that they

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<v Speaker 2>the umpire got the call wrong. So there's two ways

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<v Speaker 2>you could look at it. I was listening to NPR

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<v Speaker 2>and they said, so, it didn't really make much difference,

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<v Speaker 2>And I thought so half the time the umpire got

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<v Speaker 2>it wrong. That sounds significant to me.

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<v Speaker 5>Well, keep in mind, though, it is in the couple

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<v Speaker 5>of times, one or two times per game, that the

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<v Speaker 5>players believed it was the most egregious right miss call

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<v Speaker 5>of the game. Half the time it was a strike

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<v Speaker 5>or a ball.

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<v Speaker 2>Half the time they got all right, but half the

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<v Speaker 2>time they didn't. So I don't know. I would imagine

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<v Speaker 2>it's going to grow from here. Over time, though, wouldn't

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<v Speaker 2>you guess that it grows from twice a game to

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<v Speaker 2>more often?

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<v Speaker 1>Oh?

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<v Speaker 5>Yeah, one hundred percent. Yeah, I preferget.

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<v Speaker 2>I don't like anything that slows down any games. I

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<v Speaker 2>don't care if it's more accurate. I'm not one of

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<v Speaker 2>those as long as they get the calls right. I

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<v Speaker 2>don't take if it takes an hour of replay. I

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<v Speaker 2>am not that person at all. I want the games

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<v Speaker 2>to just go. And it was fine. I watched in

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<v Speaker 2>my whole life. I enjoyed the games, and my life

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<v Speaker 2>was not ruined by the occasional bad call. We yelled

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<v Speaker 2>about the umps. It was part of it. Yeah, are

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<v Speaker 2>the refs or whatever. Yeah, it'll be interesting to see

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<v Speaker 2>how that works tonight. I would hate it as an empire.

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<v Speaker 5>I think, uh yeah, well they do because their industry

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<v Speaker 5>is going away. They'll just have to stand back there

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<v Speaker 5>and assess whether it was a foul tip and whether

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<v Speaker 5>somebody gets tagged out or forced out at the plate,

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<v Speaker 5>and it's going to be a completely different line of work.

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<v Speaker 2>Most of your other baseball teams play tomorrow. If you

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<v Speaker 2>don't have Netflix, you don't get to watch the game tonight.

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<v Speaker 2>That's going to make some people angry. Netflix only has

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<v Speaker 2>three games the entire season, but they have the opening game.

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<v Speaker 5>We're out of time to do the other NBA thing

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<v Speaker 5>I was going to talk about, but maybe we can

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<v Speaker 5>talk about that later, how data sabermetrics has kind of

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<v Speaker 5>ruined the NBA squeeze that in later.

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<v Speaker 2>Maybe fit that in with all kinds of prop betting

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<v Speaker 2>that's going on that is a problem, including like government policy.

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<v Speaker 2>That's really a problem. Armstrong and Getty.

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<v Speaker 8>We turn out of a mystery in the oil markets

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<v Speaker 8>and the suspicion that some people are getting very rich

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<v Speaker 8>by trading on inside the information. In the minutes before

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<v Speaker 8>President Trump's announcement Monday that the US would postpone strikes

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<v Speaker 8>against Iranian energy targets, traders suddenly bet hundreds of millions

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<v Speaker 8>of dollars on oil prices falling, which is exactly what

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<v Speaker 8>they did.

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<v Speaker 2>Huh. I'll be darned. So this happened, and it's getting

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<v Speaker 2>surprisingly little attention, which I think is a problem. I

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<v Speaker 2>think because the whole country feels the way I feel

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<v Speaker 2>about it. Of Course, that happened, It's always happened, it's

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<v Speaker 2>always gonna happen, and there's nothing I can do about it,

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<v Speaker 2>which your both parties are doing it all the time,

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<v Speaker 2>which really isn't good. That were that cynical and just

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<v Speaker 2>accept the beating that we take from the rich and

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<v Speaker 2>connected who somehow were alerted to the fact that Trump

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<v Speaker 2>was about to go out and make an announcement that

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<v Speaker 2>was going to make oil jump up. Here's Jill and

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<v Speaker 2>CBS handled this in a very soft way. This is

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<v Speaker 2>the new Berry Weiss CBS, where you don't just come

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<v Speaker 2>out and call the president a liar or whatever, you know,

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<v Speaker 2>like other networks do. Hasn't helped them in the yet,

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<v Speaker 2>but anywhere. Here's Jill Sleschinger their business woman on CBS

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<v Speaker 2>explaining how this how odd this is?

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<v Speaker 1>Well, I think the most important thing in what stands

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<v Speaker 1>out is that we saw a surge of trading activity.

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<v Speaker 1>So if you look at this at six forty nine

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<v Speaker 1>to six fifty one, there is this circle there that's

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<v Speaker 1>a big jump up in activity. And then soon after

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<v Speaker 1>we see the price of oil at the top and

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<v Speaker 1>then it drops by ten percent literally in minutes fifteen

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<v Speaker 1>minutes before this non public information.

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<v Speaker 8>Is out, So somebody might have known something a little

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<v Speaker 8>too early.

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<v Speaker 1>It does appear that way, and why we care about

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<v Speaker 1>this is that is not considered public information and someone

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<v Speaker 1>seems to know it, and that's illegal, Tony. I mean,

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<v Speaker 1>that's the issue, is that this is essentially insider trading.

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<v Speaker 2>That was a pretty gentle way of handling it, because

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<v Speaker 2>it's obvious that there was insider training going on. Obviously.

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<v Speaker 5>Yeah, there was a great story not long ago, and

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<v Speaker 5>I referenced it a couple of times. I never really

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<v Speaker 5>read anything the show, but the point of it was

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<v Speaker 5>intelligence agencies around the world are watching the poly markets,

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<v Speaker 5>prediction markets because politicians in every never I was saying,

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<v Speaker 5>both parties are doing politicians in every country around the

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<v Speaker 5>world are trading on insider information on these prediction markets,

0:20:19.200 --> 0:20:22.359
<v Speaker 5>and the stock market is essentially a prediction market, so

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<v Speaker 5>everybody's doing it everywhere, insider information. Blah blah blah. This

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<v Speaker 5>is why you limit the size of government. But I've

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<v Speaker 5>lost that fight, so I'm graciously accepting defeat.

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<v Speaker 2>I think as a country that a lot of people

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<v Speaker 2>are like I said, or where I am, you recognize that, Yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>rich connected people get to do this. I don't get

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<v Speaker 2>to do it. There's nothing I can do about it.

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<v Speaker 2>If I dwell on it, I'll be less happy. So

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<v Speaker 2>I think I'll just forget about it. That's very, very,

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<v Speaker 2>very sane of you. Yes, I think. I mean it sucks.

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<v Speaker 2>It sucks a lot, and I don't know how you'd

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<v Speaker 2>ever get rid of it, because even if if you

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<v Speaker 2>get like Elizabeth Warren's, people in Congress aren't allowed to

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<v Speaker 2>trade stock, which I'm fine with. I don't know if

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<v Speaker 2>it's constitutional, but I'm fine with that or any stock

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<v Speaker 2>with any committee that they're involved in that industry. Hold on,

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<v Speaker 2>I'm about to sney.

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<v Speaker 5>Oh oh oh, it's a soul trying to escape. According

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<v Speaker 5>to Middle Ages popes.

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<v Speaker 2>I got it. HPM RV or whatever it is that's

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<v Speaker 2>going around MSRP. Even if you got Elizabeth Warren thing

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<v Speaker 2>through where you can't trade on stocks as long as

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<v Speaker 2>you're in Congress or whatever, you can't stop them from

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<v Speaker 2>calling their wives or their husbands or their kids or

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<v Speaker 2>where you're mean to be a pop for other than law. Right.

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<v Speaker 5>Yeah, I was thinking the Biden family really set a

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<v Speaker 5>pace in their obvious you know, insider information dealing, influence pedaling,

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<v Speaker 5>the rest of it. And I yelled about it like

0:21:52.080 --> 0:21:54.000
<v Speaker 5>a lot of people did. The truth is the Trump

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<v Speaker 5>family has taken is it doesn't do that per se,

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<v Speaker 5>but they've made zillion dollars based on Hey Dad, what's

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<v Speaker 5>gonna happen tomorrow?

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah? Well yeah, and again everybody everywhere is doing this.

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<v Speaker 3>Now.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah that that that is. That is true. But on

0:22:11.080 --> 0:22:15.359
<v Speaker 2>this one it was so much. It was so broad,

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<v Speaker 2>I mean, and all these people minutes before he makes

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<v Speaker 2>the announcement, all the trading going on, I mean, is

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<v Speaker 2>very kind of Jill Sushionser and Tony Deakopa to act

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<v Speaker 2>like it's an open question on what they're not. There's

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<v Speaker 2>insider trading happening, and it's probably bipartisan it's probably spread

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<v Speaker 2>out among all kinds of different people they got the

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<v Speaker 2>tip on that. I'll tell you what, I'm a really

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<v Speaker 2>honest guy. It'd be pretty damn hard if I knew

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<v Speaker 2>there was about to be a giant announcement that's gonna

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<v Speaker 2>affect this drug or that oil price or whatever electric

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<v Speaker 2>vehicles and just keep it to myself. It'd be pretty

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<v Speaker 2>hard to do, right, to not say to you know,

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<v Speaker 2>tell you what, might I want to dump that ev

0:23:04.680 --> 0:23:09.320
<v Speaker 2>stock we got before Tuesday? Just saying you do that too?

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<v Speaker 5>Three times and they owe you an enormous favor and

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<v Speaker 5>they pay back that favor someday. So it's like we

0:23:14.760 --> 0:23:17.760
<v Speaker 5>were talking about the Epstein network. People are obsessed with

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<v Speaker 5>the sex stuff. It was an insider trading network and

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<v Speaker 5>the guy at the center of it happened to be

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<v Speaker 5>a PERV. Yeah I know, yeah, well born into the

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<v Speaker 5>wrong family, stupid working class.

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<v Speaker 2>I really don't know that there's anything you can do

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<v Speaker 2>about this. Try to keep it to as much of

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<v Speaker 2>a minimum as you can.

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<v Speaker 5>I'll tell you what, Why did you set up a

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<v Speaker 5>rule and then give me thirty seconds to get around it?

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<v Speaker 2>Right? I don't know if this is policeable in any

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<v Speaker 2>meaningful way. Maybe just maybe the best you can do

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<v Speaker 2>is have the news do what they did. We're aware

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<v Speaker 2>of this. Just let you know we're aware of it.

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<v Speaker 2>Sit well, and the Wall Street Titans are like, yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>we don't care. But I just don't get too greedy,

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<v Speaker 2>I guess, or don't push it too far. Don't think

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<v Speaker 2>we're not paying any attention. I guess that's all you

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<v Speaker 2>can do. Yeah, yeah, A final note from me.

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<v Speaker 5>I am, as you know, a huge fan of the

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<v Speaker 5>free market, and I despise capitalism or communism, socialism, so

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<v Speaker 5>much of this sort of thing that is decried. As

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<v Speaker 5>you see, this is the problem with capitalism. This is

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<v Speaker 5>crony capitalism. It's the opposite of a free market with

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<v Speaker 5>the free flow of information. It's the very very powerful

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<v Speaker 5>who have a serious role in business. It's the government

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<v Speaker 5>business nexus. That's where things get perverse.

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<v Speaker 2>I'd like to know how that information got out so

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<v Speaker 2>Trump knows he's going to go out and give that speech.

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<v Speaker 2>Wouldn't be a whole lot of other people that know that, though,

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<v Speaker 2>I wouldn't think. Well, it's like the uh, well, it's

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<v Speaker 2>like any viral phenomenon, including word of mouth recommendation, I

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<v Speaker 2>have three people on going to call. They each have

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<v Speaker 2>three people they're trying to call, etc. Yeah. So if

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<v Speaker 2>you had Marco Rubio's crowd, Pete Hegza's crowd, Trump's crowd,

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<v Speaker 2>and all the staff involved, that'd probably be three figures

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<v Speaker 2>at least. Right, did the Gang of Eight get briefed

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<v Speaker 2>on this? Yeah? There you go. Now you're up to

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<v Speaker 2>several hundred people with the staffers that would be aware

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<v Speaker 2>of it, each of whom has friends. And you're some

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<v Speaker 2>staffer making I don't know, sixty five thousand dollars a

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<v Speaker 2>year make working eighty hours a week for Mike Johnson

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<v Speaker 2>and you find out that this is going to happen.

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<v Speaker 5>And you're worth three point eight million dollars in your salary. Yeah, gee,

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<v Speaker 5>what's going on there? And they must be a real savior.

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<v Speaker 5>They strengthened, They say, its very admirable, the real savor.

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<v Speaker 2>Anyway, that happened and it will continue to happen for

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<v Speaker 2>all of eternity and everyone knows it. That's right. Marjorie

0:26:00.440 --> 0:26:04.760
<v Speaker 2>Taylor Green Margie Well, that discouraged me, that sat my

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<v Speaker 2>will to live, was that your purpose was that what

0:26:06.560 --> 0:26:09.600
<v Speaker 2>you were trying to do it wasn't actually, because like

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<v Speaker 2>I said, I think we've all just made our peace

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<v Speaker 2>with it. Yeah, the connected get to do this and

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<v Speaker 2>I don't. And Bengo, thanks Michael, I lived to my spirits.

0:26:23.760 --> 0:26:26.479
<v Speaker 2>That was good. Ah the old man. Don't we all

0:26:26.480 --> 0:26:30.120
<v Speaker 2>miss Joe Biden. But that's how you get care, that's

0:26:30.119 --> 0:26:33.480
<v Speaker 2>how you get there. Like Joe Biden, I wonder how

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<v Speaker 2>long he was in DC before he started doing that,

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<v Speaker 2>before he looked around and said, what, thousands and thousands

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<v Speaker 2>of people are taking advantage of the system we have

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<v Speaker 2>and I'm not going to in a way that can

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<v Speaker 2>help my family for all of eternity. I'd be a schmuck,

0:26:49.320 --> 0:26:54.439
<v Speaker 2>is probably what you come to convince yourself. Uh huh. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>your buddy at the Department of Labor, Hey, us Steel's

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<v Speaker 2>gonna lay off like fifteen thousand people whoo to make

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<v Speaker 2>a trade.

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<v Speaker 5>Right over and over and over again. Or your brother

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<v Speaker 5>in law does it for you or what have you.

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<v Speaker 2>So I was listened to the Dispatch podcast the other

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<v Speaker 2>day and they started with talking about sports gambling around

0:27:15.080 --> 0:27:18.320
<v Speaker 2>March Madness really and just how much of it is

0:27:18.359 --> 0:27:20.879
<v Speaker 2>done and how it has affected sports because we've got

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<v Speaker 2>the stories from the last couple of years of major

0:27:23.320 --> 0:27:26.800
<v Speaker 2>league pictures throwing the balls trade into the ground, or

0:27:26.920 --> 0:27:29.080
<v Speaker 2>college basketball players, you know, shooting a free thrown that

0:27:29.119 --> 0:27:32.000
<v Speaker 2>goes over the backboard or whatever because they were involved

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<v Speaker 2>in some of the trading. But there are all these

0:27:33.720 --> 0:27:37.320
<v Speaker 2>prop bets now on like governmental policy that you can

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<v Speaker 2>get involved in. Will Maduro be removed from office, or

0:27:41.280 --> 0:27:44.320
<v Speaker 2>will we attack Iran or stuff like that. And there's

0:27:44.359 --> 0:27:49.600
<v Speaker 2>the real concern that if you can find a picture

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<v Speaker 2>who's willing to throw a baseball straight into the ground

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<v Speaker 2>because he's on the hook for some gambling debts, you're

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<v Speaker 2>not going to find some buddy in government who influences

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<v Speaker 2>policy direction or the other because of betting right almost

0:28:02.960 --> 0:28:05.320
<v Speaker 2>certainly guaranteed to happen. Came across the.

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<v Speaker 5>Report that there's this small time journalist, I think he's

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<v Speaker 5>based in Israel whose job was just to do the

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<v Speaker 5>little column on where a missile hit or whatever. And

0:28:16.040 --> 0:28:19.159
<v Speaker 5>and he there's an Iranian missile that got through and

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<v Speaker 5>caused like very minor damage in some town, and he

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<v Speaker 5>wrote up the little report, you know, page fourteen c

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<v Speaker 5>of the newspaper. He started getting death threats and offers

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<v Speaker 5>of bribes and we will ruin yous.

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<v Speaker 2>And blah blah blah.

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<v Speaker 5>Because some of the betting markets, the prediction markets, had

0:28:39.160 --> 0:28:42.240
<v Speaker 5>bets of whether there would be any missile strike that

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<v Speaker 5>got through in Israel on that day. Who knew you

0:28:44.560 --> 0:28:46.840
<v Speaker 5>could bet it on freaking anything these days you can.

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<v Speaker 5>So they were threatening his family, They were hitting him

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<v Speaker 5>with I know where your kids go to school, saying

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<v Speaker 5>you've got to retract that report and say it was

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<v Speaker 5>an error.

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<v Speaker 2>And so the question is is there anything that can

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<v Speaker 2>be done about this now that they're betting on everything?

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<v Speaker 2>I didn't know it was that specific bets on will

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<v Speaker 2>any missiles get through to Tel Aviv tonight? You can

0:29:09.360 --> 0:29:12.120
<v Speaker 2>bet on that. And then, of course the problem being

0:29:12.160 --> 0:29:15.600
<v Speaker 2>at some point, does it sway people's decisions or do

0:29:15.640 --> 0:29:19.320
<v Speaker 2>you you know I'm the guy who makes the decision. Anyway,

0:29:19.520 --> 0:29:21.280
<v Speaker 2>I might as well make some money off of this.

0:29:22.080 --> 0:29:24.760
<v Speaker 2>So I'm going to bet heavily and then fire the

0:29:24.760 --> 0:29:29.760
<v Speaker 2>missile off at seven pm. That sort of thing that's inevitable,

0:29:29.800 --> 0:29:34.360
<v Speaker 2>isn't it? Yeah? In one form or another? Yeah? Can

0:29:34.400 --> 0:29:40.479
<v Speaker 2>anything be done about that? Pairaback legal gambling? No, this

0:29:40.520 --> 0:29:44.280
<v Speaker 2>didn't exist before? Or is this all because the Internet exists. Yeah,

0:29:44.320 --> 0:29:46.920
<v Speaker 2>that's a huge part of it. That is absolutely the

0:29:46.960 --> 0:29:48.280
<v Speaker 2>catalyst for so much evil.

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<v Speaker 5>I stick by my assessment that this ape has gotten

0:29:51.560 --> 0:29:54.400
<v Speaker 5>too smart for its own good, and we'll bring itself

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<v Speaker 5>to ruin.

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<v Speaker 2>You say that I was bringing people down. You end

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<v Speaker 2>the segment with we are bringing ourselves to ruin.

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<v Speaker 5>It's inevitable. Okay, humanity is on the way out. Yeah,

0:30:07.800 --> 0:30:10.120
<v Speaker 5>I'm at peace. I'm an old guy.

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<v Speaker 2>There is no good luck. There's no other radio show,

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<v Speaker 2>TV show or podcasts that talks this way. Oh that's true.

0:30:19.600 --> 0:30:24.160
<v Speaker 2>I'm strong. Oh oh oh, the most depressing radio show

0:30:24.360 --> 0:30:29.280
<v Speaker 2>there's There's nobody offering this product anywhere. I guess that

0:30:29.320 --> 0:30:33.200
<v Speaker 2>makes us unique. We've got our own niche market. Oh yeah, exactly. Yeah.

0:30:33.240 --> 0:30:34.920
<v Speaker 2>Hey do you listen to that show that brings down

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<v Speaker 2>every single damn day? Oh?

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<v Speaker 5>I love them? Coming up yoga trend or parody. In

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<v Speaker 5>recent days, we've brought you snake Yoga, Legit, Portland, sword

0:30:49.160 --> 0:30:53.560
<v Speaker 5>Yoga in New York. I will present a new yoga trend.

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<v Speaker 5>Is it real or parody? It's getting harder and harder

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<v Speaker 5>to tell.

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<v Speaker 2>I don't know how we could possibly know that. And

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<v Speaker 2>other stuff on the way Armstrong, Hetty. Here is Katie

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<v Speaker 2>Green to set up what we are about to hear.

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<v Speaker 3>So, this guy is standing at a crosswalk and is

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<v Speaker 3>approached by a Mingo food delivery robot, which proceeds to

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<v Speaker 3>ask him to hit the crosswalk button for him.

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<v Speaker 2>All right, huh, hello, what do you want? What do

0:31:28.640 --> 0:31:31.920
<v Speaker 2>you want? You want me to press the button for you?

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<v Speaker 2>You want me to press the button for your Mingo?

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<v Speaker 8>You press it yourself, and you took a human job

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<v Speaker 8>and you want me.

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<v Speaker 2>To press the button for you. No, hello, cu excuse you,

0:31:44.800 --> 0:31:49.320
<v Speaker 2>you excuse you. I'm oppressing nothing. You press it, go yourself.

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<v Speaker 2>The relationship between human and artificial intelligence, rocky.

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<v Speaker 3>And then he and then he crosses the street and

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<v Speaker 3>just leaves the robot there.

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<v Speaker 2>He goes the other way.

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<v Speaker 5>These intentions clear, i'd say, angrily shouting obscenities. It a

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<v Speaker 5>robot is proof that you need to relax. Perhaps you

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<v Speaker 5>should consider yoga. Now, Katie, you're part of the committee.

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<v Speaker 5>This is you will vote okay. This is Joe Getty's

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<v Speaker 5>yoga trend or parody. I used to be a mess.

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<v Speaker 5>I'm reading from a woman's account. What's her name?

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<v Speaker 2>Elena High?

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<v Speaker 5>Stress, corporate job, endless deadlines, a diet consisting of sad

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<v Speaker 5>desk salads and existential dread. My body ache, my mind raised,

0:32:36.760 --> 0:32:39.360
<v Speaker 5>my soul felt as empty as the gluten free bread isle.

0:32:40.360 --> 0:32:43.520
<v Speaker 5>Then when ordinary Tuesday, while stress eating a turkey club

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<v Speaker 5>in my kitchen, I accidentally struck something that was similar

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<v Speaker 5>to the tree pose while reaching for the mustard. Blah

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<v Speaker 5>blah blah, I had discovered sandwich yoga. What is sandwich yoga.

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<v Speaker 5>It's the mindful practice of combining ancient yoga postures with

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<v Speaker 5>the sacred act of holding and eventually eating a sandwich.

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<v Speaker 5>The core philosophy is life is a sandwich, a delicious,

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<v Speaker 5>layered experience best savored one mindful bite at a time.

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<v Speaker 5>And the virtues of sandwich yoga include balance in every layer,

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<v Speaker 5>mindful consumption, stress, release with zero equipment, and community and

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<v Speaker 5>connection because we encourage people to get together and do

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<v Speaker 5>this with each other. Actual yoga trend or parody.

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<v Speaker 2>It's hard to say life is a sandwich is a

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<v Speaker 2>pretty good line. Balance in every layer, that's right. The

0:33:39.400 --> 0:33:42.680
<v Speaker 2>virtues of sandwich yoga Life is a sandwich, jack layer.

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<v Speaker 2>Make your pronounce not a turd sandwich. I really have

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<v Speaker 2>no idea it'd be a coin flip. It could be gating.

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<v Speaker 2>I mean so silly now that anything's on the table,

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<v Speaker 2>I'm going there.

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<v Speaker 5>Past week, we've brought you a sword yoga and snake yoga. Michael,

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<v Speaker 5>i'mtsa say real, Okay, ladies and gentlemen, we have precisely

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<v Speaker 5>one reel, one parody, and one coin flip.

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<v Speaker 2>Not very helpful. I believe it.

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<v Speaker 5>Gets thrown to the House of Representatives in the and

0:34:11.080 --> 0:34:12.840
<v Speaker 5>the VP breaks the tie or something like that.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, it's parody, Okay, I was gonna say clearly, but

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<v Speaker 2>not clearly it's not.

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<v Speaker 5>Yeah, there are at least half a dozen things I

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<v Speaker 5>can think of off the top of my head in

0:34:24.520 --> 0:34:28.560
<v Speaker 5>which it is impossible to launch a parody. There was

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<v Speaker 5>a rally in Brooklyn yesterday for dot dot Dom. Can

0:34:32.480 --> 0:34:34.239
<v Speaker 5>you come up with something so outlandish?

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<v Speaker 2>It's clearly not true. The latest TikTok trend.

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<v Speaker 5>Is oh yeah, yeah, Hamadic Socialists of America are in

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<v Speaker 5>favor of dot dot dot.

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<v Speaker 2>Young people are hammering tax between their toes to I'm

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<v Speaker 2>calling bs on that because young people are so soft.

0:34:56.719 --> 0:35:03.480
<v Speaker 2>Oh boy called the toe tac challenge, a sixteen year

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<v Speaker 2>old died in Pennsylvania. Parents are outraged and blah blah.

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<v Speaker 2>Traditional yoga the hammer ring. Traditional yoga teaches balance. Sandwich

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<v Speaker 2>yoga demands it.

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<v Speaker 5>Try holding a fully loaded BLT in mountain pos without

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<v Speaker 5>dropping the tomato. It builds core strength, focus, and deep

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<v Speaker 5>appreciation for structural integrity.

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<v Speaker 2>There you go. I had a BLT yesterday and I

0:35:28.200 --> 0:35:31.759
<v Speaker 2>was reminded that I had my first BLT maybe ten

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<v Speaker 2>years ago. I was in my fifties. First time I

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<v Speaker 2>ever tried a belt, they always sounded gross to me,

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<v Speaker 2>and then the first time I ever tried when I

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<v Speaker 2>was like, Wow, this is fantastic. And I've had thousands

0:35:43.400 --> 0:35:44.160
<v Speaker 2>of them since.

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<v Speaker 3>Jack, You're amazing.

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<v Speaker 2>You are constantly mystifying. I just always thought this out

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<v Speaker 2>a terrible and had never taken a bite until I did,

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<v Speaker 2>and I was like, wow, this is great. All right.

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<v Speaker 2>Well the Humble Turkey on Rye next hour. Stay with

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<v Speaker 2>if you missed the segment of the podcast Armstrong and

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<v Speaker 2>Getty on demand Armstrong and Getty