WEBVTT - Crack You Open!

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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. And now, here's Armstrong and Getty.

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<v Speaker 2>I just came across the scariest paragraph in the Wall

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<v Speaker 2>Street Journal coverage of the inflation numbers.

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<v Speaker 1>A scaragraph, if you will.

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<v Speaker 2>Stay tuned. Live from Studio C.

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<v Speaker 1>Si, senor.

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<v Speaker 2>A dimly lit room deeper than the bowels of the

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<v Speaker 2>Armstrong and Getty communications compound. And hey, y'all, today we're

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<v Speaker 2>toiling under the title of the show.

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<v Speaker 1>Get well soon, Mr.

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<v Speaker 2>Pope. Or if you prefer, the world sets yet another

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<v Speaker 2>record in production of stupidity. I was so depressed looking

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<v Speaker 2>through the big stories of the day and the medium-sized

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<v Speaker 2>stories and some.

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<v Speaker 1>Of the small stories, too. We are at peak stupid.

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<v Speaker 2>Makes you want to climb into a tiger pit and

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<v Speaker 2>try to reason with the giant cat.

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<v Speaker 1>That's one reaction, yes. Some have had. And do we

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<v Speaker 1>all want to live.

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<v Speaker 2>Under a pope that doesn't have two full lungs during

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<v Speaker 2>these troubled times? Wow, that is terrible. That is among

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<v Speaker 2>the worst things you've ever said.

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<v Speaker 1>Wow, okay. um so here's that's that's a big pull

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<v Speaker 1>to draw from it is it's really uh.

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<v Speaker 2>So the inflation numbers just came out like just a

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<v Speaker 2>little bit ago and they're uh it's going up which

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<v Speaker 2>isn't good uh it isn't good for your life it

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<v Speaker 2>certainly isn't good for trump and republicans to go out

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<v Speaker 2>there because they're going to get the hell beaten out

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<v Speaker 2>of them in the media all day long today over

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<v Speaker 2>these the numbers being up um Now, it's up because

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<v Speaker 2>mostly of energy prices. We all know gas is up.

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<v Speaker 2>We all know why it's up. So it's kind of

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<v Speaker 2>flat for everything that's not related to energy prices. But

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<v Speaker 2>it's up enough overall that the Federal Reserve, at least

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<v Speaker 2>according to the Wall Street Journal, will have to consider

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<v Speaker 2>raising interest rates again. Obviously, it's not something people want.

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<v Speaker 2>But here's the paragraph in the Wall Street Journal coverage

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<v Speaker 2>of this that bothers me the most. A key reason

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<v Speaker 2>inflation is stuck above the Fed's target, which is 2%,

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<v Speaker 2>is the strength of American consumers. Buoyed by low unemployment

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<v Speaker 2>and rising stock prices, households continue to spend despite rising prices.

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<v Speaker 2>We're continuing to spend like crazy. Yeah. Mm-hmm.

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<v Speaker 1>Even with this headwind in front of us.

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<v Speaker 2>And that would be fine if it weren't all the

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<v Speaker 2>other stats that are out there, like record credit card debt,

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<v Speaker 2>record car repossessions, record foreclosures on this and that, just

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<v Speaker 2>all kinds of negative records that go along with it.

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<v Speaker 2>So we seem to be spending in spite, like we're

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<v Speaker 2>fingers in the ears, hand on our credit card, la, la, la, la, la,

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<v Speaker 2>pretending it's not.

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<v Speaker 1>Happening, I guess. I know. I find the whole thing astounding.

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<v Speaker 2>Adjusted for inflation or spending was up last time I

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<v Speaker 2>saw 3% or something like that. Just year over year.

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<v Speaker 2>Just families buying more, spending more. I mean, 3% is

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<v Speaker 2>not a lot. So we're looking at inflation saying, yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>I'll see that 3% and raise you three more. Yes,

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<v Speaker 2>everything I buy is more expensive and shocks me. But

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<v Speaker 2>I'll tell you one thing I'm not going to do.

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<v Speaker 2>I am not going to change my lifestyle. Nobody's going

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<v Speaker 2>to make me do that. In fact, I'm going to

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<v Speaker 2>beef it up a little bit. I don't care if

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<v Speaker 2>I have to put it all on my credit card

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<v Speaker 2>or get my car repossessed or just not make my

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<v Speaker 2>car payments, which is at a record high, the number

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<v Speaker 2>of people that are 90 days or more behind on

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<v Speaker 2>car payments.

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<v Speaker 1>That is not good.

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<v Speaker 2>That just seems to have a very House of Cardi

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<v Speaker 2>feeling to it. How's McCarty be?

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<v Speaker 1>This is an.

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<v Speaker 2>Interesting paragraph, too, which I did not understand. There's lots

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<v Speaker 2>of stuff I don't understand. Long-time listeners are aware of this.

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<v Speaker 2>But economic reporting, I have long said, is the stupidest

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<v Speaker 2>reporting we have. And they say all kinds of things

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<v Speaker 2>without explanation, or you know they don't know what they're

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<v Speaker 2>talking about. Like always saying, it came in higher than expectations.

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<v Speaker 2>Explain to me why that's important. I get that if

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<v Speaker 2>I'm a big financial firm or something and I'm trying

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<v Speaker 2>to budget for the next quarter or whatever, I have

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<v Speaker 2>to guess where things are going to be and I'd

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<v Speaker 2>have to adjust my sales if I was wrong or whatever.

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<v Speaker 2>But for the average person, inflation is up worse than

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<v Speaker 2>expectations or better than expectations. Does that matter to me

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<v Speaker 2>what the expectations were? First question I always have, whose expectations?

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<v Speaker 1>Were they reasonable? And what does that have to do

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<v Speaker 1>with me? I don't think it has anything to do

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<v Speaker 1>with you. I didn't expect anything. I had forgotten the

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<v Speaker 1>numbers were coming out, so I'm okay. Somebody smart way

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<v Speaker 1>in on it.

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<v Speaker 2>My guess is it only matters to Wall Street bigwigs who.

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<v Speaker 1>Have to plan around this sort of stuff.

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<v Speaker 2>But for an individual person, I don't think the expectations

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<v Speaker 2>make any difference whatsoever. Right.

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<v Speaker 1>Be my guess.

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<v Speaker 2>Maybe it's code for something we don't understand as layman,

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<v Speaker 2>but I would like somebody to.

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<v Speaker 1>Unravel that for me. Explain it for us. But listen

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<v Speaker 1>to this.

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<v Speaker 2>The boom in data center construction also contributed to inflation

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<v Speaker 2>by pushing up the prices of semiconductors and other goods.

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<v Speaker 1>I would not have guessed that. The whole data center

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<v Speaker 1>craze drove up inflation. Oh, heck yeah.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah.

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<v Speaker 1>Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah.

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<v Speaker 2>But there's that many of them. That's why it takes

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<v Speaker 2>forever to get computers and watches. But there's that many

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<v Speaker 2>of them being built, even with all the controversy around it.

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<v Speaker 1>Well, and they use zillions and zillions of chips.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, and as it says here, AI profits is so

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<v Speaker 2>enticing that everybody's scrambling to build as many data centers

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<v Speaker 2>as they can. Huh.

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<v Speaker 1>I'll be darned. There you go. There's the inflation news. The, um...

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<v Speaker 1>Pope had part of his lung removed yesterday. Yeah. I

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<v Speaker 1>got the lung cancer.

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<v Speaker 2>And I was unfortunate as a non-smoker that sucks as

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<v Speaker 2>a non-smoker. Oh yeah. Cause your chances of getting lung

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<v Speaker 2>cancer when you didn't smoke very, very low. And, uh,

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<v Speaker 2>you'd think what, what I'm the Pope. What's God got.

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<v Speaker 2>What do you, what is the plan here? But, um,

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<v Speaker 2>I thought it was really interesting. I didn't realize until

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<v Speaker 2>a little bit ago, I was listening to some doctor

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<v Speaker 2>on some channel and, he'll be completely back to normal

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<v Speaker 2>in a few days because it was just a scope.

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<v Speaker 1>I wasn't picturing that.

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<v Speaker 2>And that not very long ago, like not very many

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<v Speaker 2>years ago at all, they had to crack you wide

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<v Speaker 2>open and go in there. And it would have been

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<v Speaker 2>a hell of a deal to go into you and

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<v Speaker 2>take out part of your lung and sew you back up. And,

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<v Speaker 2>you know, you'd have been in bed for now. It's

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<v Speaker 2>just a little scope and you're back and everything's back

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<v Speaker 2>to normal. A few days to take out part of

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<v Speaker 2>your lung.

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<v Speaker 1>Right. That's amazing.

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<v Speaker 2>Lung cancer isn't near the death sentence it used to

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<v Speaker 2>be either. Depending on the case, there's pretty effective treatments.

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<v Speaker 2>I have a friend who's dealing with lung cancer right

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<v Speaker 2>now and has been for some time. And, you know,

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<v Speaker 2>it kind of ebbs and flows, but he's alive and kicking. Well, yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>but the cancer aside, taking out part of your lungs.

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<v Speaker 1>Seems like it would be a big deal.

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<v Speaker 2>Apparently it's not. They just go in there with a

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<v Speaker 2>tiny little hole and we took it out. You can

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<v Speaker 2>play tennis this weekend if you want.

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<v Speaker 1>Oh, fantastic. Craziness. Is it? The Pope's a big tennis player.

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<v Speaker 1>Is it that easy to recover from? That's what they said. Seriously? Yeah. Really?

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<v Speaker 1>Just in a couple of days, yeah. I'll be damned.

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<v Speaker 1>And not long ago, it would have been a huge deal,

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<v Speaker 1>cracking you open.

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<v Speaker 3>Sure.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, yeah. So it's a good deal I've known. Katie

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<v Speaker 1>wants you to stop saying that. Yeah, stop saying cracking

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<v Speaker 1>you open.

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<v Speaker 2>Right, right. Yeah, having to do a major surgery is

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<v Speaker 2>the way, you know, civilized people.

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<v Speaker 1>Would put it.

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<v Speaker 2>I guess I'm trying to make it more dramatic. And

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<v Speaker 2>that's fairly accurate also. You're causing people conniptions, though. I mean,

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<v Speaker 2>it's too heavy-handed.

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<v Speaker 1>Well, the good news is they don't have to do

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<v Speaker 1>that anymore. Oh, my gosh.

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<v Speaker 2>They don't have to saw him open and drag his

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<v Speaker 2>lung out.

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<v Speaker 1>Into the open air and stab it with.

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<v Speaker 2>A sharp knife and rip some of it off and

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<v Speaker 2>hurl it to a.

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<v Speaker 1>Dog who's waiting to eat it in a carter. Not

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<v Speaker 1>near as much. It's no longer major surgery. Not near

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<v Speaker 1>as much oozing and tubes. Okay.

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<v Speaker 2>Oh my lord i think i just saw is that

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<v Speaker 2>right or is that a look-alike i looked up a

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<v Speaker 2>tv and i think i just saw kimberly guilfoyle doing

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<v Speaker 2>some sort of ad for something is she a pitch

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<v Speaker 2>person for some no she couldn't yeah for greek builders

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<v Speaker 2>that's the problem yeah she oh my gosh what a

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<v Speaker 2>funny story and and and we need to get into

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<v Speaker 2>this later but When all of this broke, she called

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<v Speaker 2>the White House and says, that's AI generated.

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<v Speaker 1>Those aren't my texts. And they said, yeah, right. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>we know you. Please.

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<v Speaker 2>I like the quote from Trump yesterday when he's asked

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<v Speaker 2>about her. He said, I don't know her that well.

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<v Speaker 2>I guess she dated my son for a while. That's hilarious.

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<v Speaker 2>I guess she dated my son for a while, a

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<v Speaker 2>long time ago. They were engaged for four years. She

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<v Speaker 2>was at like every family, everything. Wow. Which, you know,

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<v Speaker 2>I'm not a guilt by association. I don't think the

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<v Speaker 2>fact that she did this got anything to do with him, really.

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<v Speaker 2>But that's a funny thing to say.

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<v Speaker 1>Oh, boy. And the whole, it was AI created. Oh,

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<v Speaker 1>how weak.

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<v Speaker 2>As read in the newsletter I read every morning from

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<v Speaker 2>Mark Halpern, he said the reality of the life change

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<v Speaker 2>she's experiencing is going to hit her soon. And then

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<v Speaker 2>what she has to say about the Trump family or

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<v Speaker 2>the Trump operation will be interesting. But yeah, she's about

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<v Speaker 2>to find out that whole ride because she's been on

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<v Speaker 2>a ride for a long time. Wife, the mayor, and

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<v Speaker 2>he gave it to Trump or, big deal speaking at

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<v Speaker 2>giant conventions, people chanting your name.

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<v Speaker 1>Flying on Air Force.

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<v Speaker 2>All that stuff is over for the rest of your

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<v Speaker 2>life and the money that comes with it. And her

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<v Speaker 2>skill set is fading by the day as well. So yeah, wow.

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<v Speaker 2>What is her next chapter?

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<v Speaker 1>I'd tell how She will have a tell-all book. Tell-all.

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<v Speaker 2>Well, that's what the concern is, apparently, from the Trump people,

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<v Speaker 2>is that she's going to, out of anger and need

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<v Speaker 2>to make money, start talking. Now, she could go on

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<v Speaker 2>the county fair circuit and fit three oranges in her

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<v Speaker 2>mouth at one time.

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<v Speaker 1>That's a good point. I think the tell-all book is

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<v Speaker 1>much more likely.

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<v Speaker 2>Boy, is she well-positioned to spill some just cans of beans.

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<v Speaker 1>Don't you think she could do that, Katie? I just

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<v Speaker 1>feel like that's... County Fairs? Yeah, like one of the

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<v Speaker 1>carnival games.

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<v Speaker 4>She stands there with her mouth open and people have

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<v Speaker 4>to throw the balls.

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<v Speaker 1>No, I have that. Four or five golf balls. That's demeaning.

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<v Speaker 2>I was thinking more of a stage and you walk

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<v Speaker 2>out and a band plays and then one orange, two orange,

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<v Speaker 2>and you think there's no way she can get another

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<v Speaker 2>orange in there.

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<v Speaker 1>And then she does. Right. You got the hype man

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<v Speaker 1>talking to the crowd. You think she can do it?

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<v Speaker 1>Cheer good and loud. She's going to try.

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<v Speaker 2>Need louder now.

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<v Speaker 1>And she takes that third orange and.

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<v Speaker 2>Right. Wow.

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<v Speaker 1>See, this is childlike. It's idiotic. This is what I

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<v Speaker 1>was talking about. You could be a carnival hype man. Oh,

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<v Speaker 1>that's my next chapter.

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<v Speaker 2>Okay, let's start the show officially. We just brought you

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<v Speaker 2>a lot of news right there. I'm Jack Armstrong. He's

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<v Speaker 2>Joe Getty on this. It is Wednesday, October 14th, the

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

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<v Speaker 2>this program. All right, let's begin. According to FCC rules

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<v Speaker 2>and regulations, here we go, at Mark. You led the

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<v Speaker 2>government's hunt for this for 16 years.

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<v Speaker 1>Simple question. Are we alone? No, Brett, we're not.

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<v Speaker 2>Humanity is not the only intelligent life in the universe,

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<v Speaker 2>nor do we know the intent of the non-human intelligent

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<v Speaker 2>life that's here.

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<v Speaker 1>It's very concerning.

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<v Speaker 2>If you don't recognize the voice, that's Brett Baier, Special

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<v Speaker 2>Report Fox, who's one of the most serious journalists in

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<v Speaker 2>the world. The fact that he had a guest on says, oh, absolutely,

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<v Speaker 2>there are spaceships. I've seen the aliens, and we're not alone.

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<v Speaker 2>This is not made news. So we'll delve into that

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<v Speaker 2>a little bit more. And also, oh, my gosh, some

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<v Speaker 2>of the financial stuff that's come out about Ilhan Omar.

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<v Speaker 1>Are you kidding me?

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah.

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<v Speaker 1>Wow. No wonder they raided her house. She's all sorts

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<v Speaker 1>of kinds of hustler. I mean, just, yeah. We've got

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<v Speaker 1>headlines coming up next. Stay here. Armstrong and Getty.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, there's a lot to get to today. As usual,

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<v Speaker 2>the news flow is overwhelming, so we look forward to

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<v Speaker 2>talking about it. And overwhelmingly depressing, so we're dreading talking

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<v Speaker 2>about it.

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<v Speaker 1>Stay with us.

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<v Speaker 2>I've got a very strong, well, I don't want to

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<v Speaker 2>steal any Katie's thunder. Maybe I'll withhold my comment until

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<v Speaker 2>after we figure out.

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<v Speaker 1>Who the hell is reporting what. It's the lead story

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<v Speaker 1>with Katie Green. Katie.

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<v Speaker 4>Tis all inflation on the Alphabet Network's NBC.

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<v Speaker 1>What's fueling inflation?

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<v Speaker 2>Fuel.

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<v Speaker 1>CNBC, the latest.

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<v Speaker 4>Inflation data is expected to show price increases are accelerating.

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<v Speaker 4>And CNN, inflation worsened last month to 3.7% and a

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<v Speaker 4>sign that prices remain elevated.

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<v Speaker 2>The fact that inflation is up and it's mostly fuel

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<v Speaker 2>is going to cause Trump to double down on the whole.

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<v Speaker 2>We should buy diesel from Russia and Ukraine needs to

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<v Speaker 2>stop attacking their refineries stuff. At the point that Trump

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<v Speaker 2>announces we've secured a great new deal, we're buying oil

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<v Speaker 2>from Iran now, that's when I check out. That's the

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<v Speaker 2>next step.

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<v Speaker 1>That or Satan. I don't know. And speaking of Russia.

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<v Speaker 4>ABC, 600,000 without power in Ukraine as Russia launches massive

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<v Speaker 4>attack amid Trump's energy ceasefire.

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<v Speaker 1>That's kind of a funny last phrase. Who was that headline?

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<v Speaker 2>ABC. ABC.

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<v Speaker 1>Amid Trump's energy ceasefire. New York Times. They're still firing

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<v Speaker 1>and they haven't ceased, so. New York Times.

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<v Speaker 4>Cornell bans fraternity parties and adds sexual assault investigation.

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<v Speaker 1>Oh, that makes sense.

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<v Speaker 2>That makes sense. Ban all fraternity parties because of that,

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<v Speaker 2>what happened a couple of years ago, and you're not

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<v Speaker 2>even sure what happened.

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<v Speaker 1>And that makes perfect sense.

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<v Speaker 2>I read a great piece by a woman writer in

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<v Speaker 2>the Free Press talking about how Cornell has been at

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<v Speaker 2>war with fraternities for quite some time, and the past

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<v Speaker 2>president tried to ban them or just regulate them to death.

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<v Speaker 2>And this gal was pointing out that, you know, for

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<v Speaker 2>the excesses of fraternity life, which.

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<v Speaker 1>Exists, but....

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<v Speaker 2>The way they're defined is a lot like when the

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<v Speaker 2>woke crowd defines all masculinity as toxic masculinity.

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<v Speaker 1>In a world where boys are lonely, disattached, they.

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<v Speaker 2>Don't have close relationships, they're kind of at sea, fraternity

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<v Speaker 2>life has a lot of positives.

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<v Speaker 1>Anyway, more on that to come. CBS News.

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<v Speaker 4>AI linked to 84% of ransomware attacks.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, why would you write your own code at this point?

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<v Speaker 1>This is a hell of a headline. New York Post.

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<v Speaker 4>Drunk husband opens fire in Indiana IHOP, chases cook with

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<v Speaker 4>a knife while accusing him of sleeping with his wife.

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<v Speaker 1>That's oddly reminiscent of another story. It is.

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<v Speaker 2>It was a Waffle House, but this is an IHOP.

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<v Speaker 2>But similar story, you're right. Same couple. They got banned

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<v Speaker 2>from the Waffle House.

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<v Speaker 1>Different breakfast place, yes. Right, yeah.

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<v Speaker 4>From page six, Sylvester Stallone calls himself an idiot for

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<v Speaker 4>doing his own stunts and details nine back surgeries.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah. There's actually some pretty interesting stuff apparently from his book.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm not going to read his book, but he's been

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<v Speaker 2>doing a lot of interviews.

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<v Speaker 1>You know, I might. I've seen a handful of interviews.

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<v Speaker 2>Just really, really interesting, compelling stuff.

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<v Speaker 1>But, you know, read what you want. Study finds.

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<v Speaker 4>Could a handful of pistachios mean better sleep? Scientists make

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<v Speaker 4>the case.

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<v Speaker 1>All right.

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<v Speaker 2>All right.

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<v Speaker 1>What am I doing with them? Eating them? You're juggling them. No,

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<v Speaker 1>you're going to eat them. Right. Clearly. Put them under

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<v Speaker 1>your eyelids.

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<v Speaker 4>And finally, from the Babylon Bee, Trump approves Fort Hood

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<v Speaker 4>shooter being tied to a bomb and dropped on Iran.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, I'd be fine with it. Yeah. There you go.

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<v Speaker 2>We got the inevitable smear the bullets with pig blood.

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<v Speaker 1>References. A classic. Bacon grease. Yes, it is. It's throwback.

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<v Speaker 1>It's good to see.

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<v Speaker 2>So Ilhan Omar's original financial disclosure said that she was

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<v Speaker 2>worth $ 32 million.

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<v Speaker 1>Then she refiles it and says, we're worth $ 125, 000. Well,

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<v Speaker 1>that's a typo.

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<v Speaker 2>How do you become worth $ 35 million as a congressperson immigrant? Plus,

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<v Speaker 2>the Kelly Clarkson mechanical bird saga grinds on.

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<v Speaker 1>We'll update you with the latest.

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<v Speaker 2>Armstrong and Getty.

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<v Speaker 3>On Monday morning, Homeland Security conducted a pre-dawn raid on

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<v Speaker 3>the home of Ilhan Omar. When the feds knocked, she

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<v Speaker 3>panicked and tried to flush her brother down the toilet.

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<v Speaker 1>What? Yeah, that's the evidence you see.

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<v Speaker 2>So I've got a story you may or may not

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<v Speaker 2>have heard with a twist that you probably have not

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<v Speaker 2>heard about Ilhan Omar. So the numbers reported yesterday were

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<v Speaker 2>the part of the investigation was all around her original

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<v Speaker 2>congressional filing. You have to put in like what all

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<v Speaker 2>your net worth basically. And it was between 30 and

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<v Speaker 2>35 million dollars. That's a hell of a net worth.

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<v Speaker 2>And I realize it's attached to her husband. Wasn't her

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<v Speaker 2>husband married? Which husband are we talking about here? Is

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<v Speaker 2>this a Somali dude that came over here also? She

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<v Speaker 2>changes them like I change socks. But no, this guy's

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<v Speaker 2>a campaign staff or former campaign staff.

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<v Speaker 1>It's worth 30 to 35 million dollars. Oh, maybe. Anyway,

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<v Speaker 1>and then the most, the recent filing, it was between.

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<v Speaker 2>$ 60, 000.

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<v Speaker 1>And $ 125, 000.

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<v Speaker 2>So our net worth is either $ 32 million.

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<v Speaker 1>Or $ 65, 000.

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<v Speaker 2>We're either the richest people you've ever met in your life.

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<v Speaker 1>You've probably never met anybody as rich as I am

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<v Speaker 1>in your life.

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<v Speaker 2>Or I'm quite poor by the standard of somebody our age. Yeah.

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<v Speaker 1>One of the two. Somewhere between those two things, yes.

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<v Speaker 2>But the most interesting thing to me about that is...

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<v Speaker 2>And that's quite the discrepancy. I don't know how they're

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<v Speaker 2>going to figure that out, but The some nonpartisan congressional

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<v Speaker 2>board that looks into this sort of stuff about congresspeople

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<v Speaker 2>voted five to one to drop the investigation earlier this year.

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<v Speaker 2>You know what that's all about? That's the independent board

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<v Speaker 2>all agree. We are nonpartisan.

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<v Speaker 1>We all agree.

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<v Speaker 2>We don't want to investigate other congresspeople on how all

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<v Speaker 2>of us come to Washington, D.C. and make whatever we

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<v Speaker 2>make 180 grand a year, but leave millionaires. We don't

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<v Speaker 2>want any investigations about that whatsoever, that we all come here,

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<v Speaker 2>you know, the old saying, to do good and end

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<v Speaker 2>up doing well.

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<v Speaker 1>Yes.

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<v Speaker 2>Of course they voted to not look into her, because

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<v Speaker 2>if you look into her, you've got to look into

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<v Speaker 2>lots of people. How did you end up so rich?

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<v Speaker 2>How are you so rich? I read about your house

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<v Speaker 2>the other day. How do you own that home as

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<v Speaker 2>a congressperson? Yeah, they don't want anybody looking into any

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<v Speaker 2>of that.

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<v Speaker 1>Right, right.

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<v Speaker 2>When this story first came out about the wildly gyrating

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<v Speaker 2>net worth stuff, I looked into it a little bit,

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<v Speaker 2>and she explained it. Well, my husband has an interest

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<v Speaker 2>in a winery, and it's very hard to ascertain what

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<v Speaker 2>the value of blah, blah, blah. You'd think you could

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<v Speaker 2>nail it down to somewhere between $ 60, 000.

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<v Speaker 1>And $ 32 million. I thought, I'll never get to the

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<v Speaker 1>bottom of this. I'm not worried about it.

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<v Speaker 2>She's an Islamist who hates America and lied in her

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<v Speaker 2>immigration documents.

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<v Speaker 1>So that's plenty for me.

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<v Speaker 2>To me, the headline of the story was, of course,

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<v Speaker 2>Congress doesn't investigate other Congress people about their financial, where

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<v Speaker 2>their money comes from or how much they got.

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<v Speaker 1>Of course they don't. No. Because if they started, they'd

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<v Speaker 1>never end.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, I think the ethics committee probably starts every one

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<v Speaker 2>of their meetings with a hearty laugh. Well, a really

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<v Speaker 2>expensive glass of wine at a very fancy restaurant because

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<v Speaker 2>they're all very wealthy.

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<v Speaker 1>Right.

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<v Speaker 2>Do we all agree to not look into this?

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<v Speaker 1>Yes, let's agree. Another bottle of wine, please.

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<v Speaker 2>So speaking of the loathsomeness of Congress, I thought this

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<v Speaker 2>was interesting. The thoroughly, thoroughly discouraging Senate race in Texas

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<v Speaker 2>between utterly woke nutjob James Tallarico.

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<v Speaker 1>Who disappeared? Utterly, he had the flu. And utterly corrupt....

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<v Speaker 2>Windbag, wife-cheat-non, droopy-eyed Ken Paxton.

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<v Speaker 1>Barely campaigning Ken Paxton. It's just awful.

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<v Speaker 2>Just for instance, so not too long ago during COVID,

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<v Speaker 2>James Tallarico tweeted, white skin gives me and every white

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<v Speaker 2>American immunity from the virus, but we spread it wherever

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<v Speaker 2>we go, through our words, our actions, and our systems.

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<v Speaker 2>We don't have to be showing symptoms like a white

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<v Speaker 2>hood or a confederate flag to be contagious. The only

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<v Speaker 2>cure is diagnosing the virus within ourselves and taking dramatic

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<v Speaker 2>action to contain the spread. The first small step is

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<v Speaker 2>proclaiming loudly and unequivocally that black lives matter. So he's

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<v Speaker 2>a full white guilt privileged guy. Yeah, I love the

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<v Speaker 2>idea of him being in the Senate. Whiteness is a virus,

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<v Speaker 2>is his screed.

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<v Speaker 1>Screw you, dude. You racist. Screw you, you racist.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, then somebody responded, so you like the guy whose

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<v Speaker 2>own team turned him in for corruption, was impeached by

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<v Speaker 2>his own party, and then was caught partying with people

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<v Speaker 2>on the run from indictments?

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<v Speaker 1>Yikes.

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<v Speaker 2>No.

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<v Speaker 1>That's a fair point. It has nothing to do with Tallarico. No,

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<v Speaker 1>that's not the way it.

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<v Speaker 2>I can't stand this sort of arguing about politics.

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<v Speaker 1>In what sense? If you say something.

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<v Speaker 2>Bad about one guy or person or woman or whatever, oh,

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<v Speaker 2>so you like the other person?

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<v Speaker 1>No. Did I say that? Did I say that at all?

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<v Speaker 1>Did those words come out of my mouth?

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<v Speaker 4>No.

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<v Speaker 2>You just judge at action or at person, and that

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<v Speaker 2>is good or bad, and that is bad.

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<v Speaker 1>Now let's turn to the other person. You want to

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<v Speaker 1>talk about the other person? Different topic. Let's go to

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<v Speaker 1>the other person.

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<v Speaker 2>The weird scale thing that like if one goes down,

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<v Speaker 2>the other goes up.

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<v Speaker 1>How does that work in your mind?

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<v Speaker 2>And I would also suggest unless you are a truly,

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<v Speaker 2>truly low information voter, what your reaction to the situation

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<v Speaker 2>would be. Well, given the enormous gulf between the parties

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<v Speaker 2>in terms of policy and philosophy and even whether they

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<v Speaker 2>like their country or not. My reaction to that is

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<v Speaker 2>we've got to do a better job of nominating better

0:23:33.350 --> 0:23:35.950
<v Speaker 2>people for the party whose policies I believe in. It

0:23:36.020 --> 0:23:38.480
<v Speaker 2>wouldn't be, well, maybe I ought to go with the

0:23:38.520 --> 0:23:40.879
<v Speaker 2>guy who seems to be of slightly better character but

0:23:40.960 --> 0:23:44.300
<v Speaker 2>represents policies I find absolutely abhorrent. I mean, that's not

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<v Speaker 2>the way any rational person would react to that. Which

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<v Speaker 2>brings me to my favorite French thinker, Breville de Pogon.

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<v Speaker 1>Oh, we need to get into Space Aliens or Among Us.

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<v Speaker 1>I don't know if I have a favorite French thinker.

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<v Speaker 1>I better get one. Oh, my gosh. Well, anyway. this

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<v Speaker 1>guy says, I'm French.

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<v Speaker 2>I want to talk to Americans who are about to

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<v Speaker 2>vote Democrat, not to insult you, to warn you. I

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<v Speaker 2>come from your future. In France, we did everything your

0:24:07.830 --> 0:24:12.760
<v Speaker 2>progressive politicians promise. Free healthcare, free college, generous welfare, strong unions,

0:24:12.980 --> 0:24:15.760
<v Speaker 2>heavy regulation, high taxes on the rich, a state that

0:24:15.800 --> 0:24:20.119
<v Speaker 2>takes care of everything, public spending close to 57% of GDP,

0:24:20.440 --> 0:24:22.900
<v Speaker 2>one of the highest on the planet. On paper, it's

0:24:22.980 --> 0:24:25.470
<v Speaker 2>the dream. Here's what it looks like from the inside.

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<v Speaker 2>France hasn't passed a balanced budget since 1974. Our debt

0:24:29.670 --> 0:24:33.770
<v Speaker 2>is above 3,300 billion euros. Interest on that debt is

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<v Speaker 2>becoming one of the biggest items in the national budget.

0:24:36.510 --> 0:24:40.130
<v Speaker 2>Our hospitals are collapsing despite record funding. Our schools rank

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<v Speaker 2>lower every year. Young people with degrees can't afford an

0:24:43.270 --> 0:24:45.430
<v Speaker 2>apartment in the city they were born in. Our best

0:24:45.470 --> 0:24:48.649
<v Speaker 2>engineers leave for London, Zurich, and San Francisco. And the

0:24:48.710 --> 0:24:51.080
<v Speaker 2>rich you wanted to tax, they left too and took

0:24:51.100 --> 0:24:54.180
<v Speaker 2>the jobs with them. The promise was protection. The result

0:24:54.260 --> 0:24:57.560
<v Speaker 2>is stagnation. The worst part is that nobody in France

0:24:57.640 --> 0:25:02.360
<v Speaker 2>voted for the decline. And this is such great, clear writing.

0:25:02.900 --> 0:25:07.820
<v Speaker 2>Every single step sounded generous, compassionate, and reasonable. One more program,

0:25:08.000 --> 0:25:10.560
<v Speaker 2>one more regulation, one more tax to fund it. Each

0:25:10.640 --> 0:25:13.830
<v Speaker 2>step alone makes sense. 50 years of them and you

0:25:13.869 --> 0:25:15.630
<v Speaker 2>wake up in a country that can no longer build

0:25:15.670 --> 0:25:17.750
<v Speaker 2>a nuclear plant on time or keep its streets safe.

0:25:18.230 --> 0:25:20.720
<v Speaker 2>I love America because it's the one place on earth

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<v Speaker 2>where people still believe they can build something from nothing.

0:25:23.560 --> 0:25:25.619
<v Speaker 2>I came to Silicon Valley as a self-taught kid and

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<v Speaker 2>it changed my life. That spirit is the most precious

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<v Speaker 2>thing your country has. Before you vote, ask yourself one question.

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<v Speaker 2>Is the program you're voting for making America more like

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<v Speaker 2>America or more like France? Trust me, you don't want

0:25:41.070 --> 0:25:44.570
<v Speaker 2>to be France. And that's why it's so hard to

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<v Speaker 2>be the eat your vegetables party or the eat your

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<v Speaker 2>vegetables voter.

0:25:49.609 --> 0:25:50.170
<v Speaker 1>It's just.

0:25:50.910 --> 0:25:52.629
<v Speaker 2>Look, if you don't eat your vegetables, you're going to

0:25:52.650 --> 0:25:55.109
<v Speaker 2>be sick and you're going to die young is not

0:25:55.250 --> 0:25:57.690
<v Speaker 2>as fun to hear as everything's free.

0:25:58.410 --> 0:26:00.920
<v Speaker 1>Right. Free cake all the time.

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<v Speaker 2>Can you imagine if you went to the doctor and

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<v Speaker 2>everything was free, your drugs are free and the appointment's

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<v Speaker 2>free and there's no copay?

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<v Speaker 1>That sounds awesome.

0:26:07.060 --> 0:26:10.260
<v Speaker 2>Except there's nowhere on earth where it's ever worked out

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<v Speaker 2>for obvious math reasons.

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<v Speaker 1>Right. Mm hmm. Oh, boy.

0:26:15.690 --> 0:26:17.760
<v Speaker 2>We could get into the stats of the wait times

0:26:17.840 --> 0:26:20.679
<v Speaker 2>for care in Britain and Canada and all those systems

0:26:20.700 --> 0:26:21.080
<v Speaker 2>and how.

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<v Speaker 1>Horrible it is.

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<v Speaker 2>The Pope would be dead if he was Canadian. But anyway,

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<v Speaker 2>more on that another time. That's a good headline. The

0:26:27.640 --> 0:26:30.770
<v Speaker 2>Pope would be dead if he was Canadian. You know,

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<v Speaker 2>I feel kind of close to the Pope there because

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<v Speaker 2>he's a Chicago guy like myself.

0:26:35.090 --> 0:26:38.350
<v Speaker 1>So I feel a kinship with him. He's a White

0:26:38.369 --> 0:26:39.030
<v Speaker 1>Sox fan, though.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, so we've agreed to disagree. Actually, I think that's

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<v Speaker 2>a lesson for mankind. If a Cubs fan can embrace

0:26:48.280 --> 0:26:51.720
<v Speaker 2>a Sox fan, can't we all get along? Of course,

0:26:51.760 --> 0:26:58.220
<v Speaker 2>Sox fans don't behead Cubs fans when.

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<v Speaker 1>They abduct them. That's good. Do we have an ad

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<v Speaker 1>we have to do here?

0:27:01.990 --> 0:27:02.130
<v Speaker 4>No?

0:27:02.290 --> 0:27:07.379
<v Speaker 1>Cool. This is recent. Maybe we'll get into this later.

0:27:08.440 --> 0:27:11.419
<v Speaker 2>Trump was headed to the plane on the helicopter on

0:27:11.440 --> 0:27:14.940
<v Speaker 2>the new heliport or whatever and was asked, Russia hit

0:27:15.060 --> 0:27:20.550
<v Speaker 2>six energy sites yesterday, referring to the energy ceasefire. And

0:27:20.619 --> 0:27:23.710
<v Speaker 2>Trump said, oh, yeah, well, Ukraine hit them the day before.

0:27:23.869 --> 0:27:29.470
<v Speaker 2>So what are they supposed to do? He is absolutely a.

0:27:31.490 --> 0:27:35.090
<v Speaker 2>They're equal, Ukraine and Russia, in terms of their role

0:27:35.130 --> 0:27:38.540
<v Speaker 2>in the war and the ending the war. And I

0:27:38.560 --> 0:27:40.520
<v Speaker 2>was trying to find the Brit Hume quote, Brit Hume

0:27:40.680 --> 0:27:44.879
<v Speaker 2>of the senior analyst for Fox. Brit Hume said the

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<v Speaker 2>other day, I don't understand why he thinks Putin has

0:27:49.060 --> 0:27:52.090
<v Speaker 2>any interest in peace whatsoever. I don't know what continues

0:27:52.119 --> 0:27:54.930
<v Speaker 2>to lead him to believe that. What deal could Zelensky

0:27:54.990 --> 0:27:57.990
<v Speaker 2>make that Putin would take that would actually end the war?

0:27:58.330 --> 0:28:02.790
<v Speaker 2>That's not just giving over the country. Or what would

0:28:02.830 --> 0:28:06.380
<v Speaker 2>be most likely is... it's enough of a pause to

0:28:06.480 --> 0:28:07.800
<v Speaker 2>rebuild to then.

0:28:08.359 --> 0:28:10.570
<v Speaker 1>You know, reinvade in a year. Sure.

0:28:10.920 --> 0:28:11.110
<v Speaker 3>Yeah.

0:28:11.470 --> 0:28:15.550
<v Speaker 2>Well, I believe Trump is a very strange human being

0:28:15.670 --> 0:28:18.290
<v Speaker 2>with a lot of good policies that I like, but

0:28:18.609 --> 0:28:21.790
<v Speaker 2>I think he's completely amoral, and he finds it impossible

0:28:21.869 --> 0:28:26.239
<v Speaker 2>to put himself in another person's position to try to

0:28:26.320 --> 0:28:27.139
<v Speaker 2>see their point of view.

0:28:27.600 --> 0:28:29.140
<v Speaker 1>I'm not sure he has any interest in that.

0:28:30.160 --> 0:28:34.070
<v Speaker 2>I mean... He claims all sorts of patriotism for America.

0:28:34.109 --> 0:28:36.550
<v Speaker 2>For all I know, he's sincere. But at the same time,

0:28:36.590 --> 0:28:38.330
<v Speaker 2>he thinks, yeah, Ukraine, just give away a third of

0:28:38.350 --> 0:28:41.410
<v Speaker 2>your country to the invaders who have slaughtered your children

0:28:41.470 --> 0:28:46.820
<v Speaker 2>and your old people and targets your vegetable vendors with drones.

0:28:46.860 --> 0:28:48.760
<v Speaker 2>Just give away a third of your country because then

0:28:49.160 --> 0:28:50.560
<v Speaker 2>it will be more convenient for me.

0:28:51.160 --> 0:28:52.180
<v Speaker 1>That's what I'm hearing from.

0:28:52.940 --> 0:28:58.240
<v Speaker 2>I'll buy a Russian diesel and finance their war machine

0:28:58.260 --> 0:29:00.420
<v Speaker 2>because that would be better for me in the midterms.

0:29:01.380 --> 0:29:06.100
<v Speaker 2>I think he's completely amoral. And I'm glad the border

0:29:06.160 --> 0:29:09.400
<v Speaker 2>is sealed. So what's a boy to do? As a

0:29:09.440 --> 0:29:13.120
<v Speaker 2>guy who's dealt with lying sharks his whole life, you know,

0:29:13.160 --> 0:29:15.660
<v Speaker 2>at a very high level, you'd think he would recognize

0:29:15.810 --> 0:29:19.510
<v Speaker 2>one when he meets one. Putin's a lying shark. He

0:29:19.550 --> 0:29:23.150
<v Speaker 2>never follows through on anything he says. That's what I

0:29:23.210 --> 0:29:27.310
<v Speaker 2>don't get. I think Trump is especially tuned into people. Okay,

0:29:27.350 --> 0:29:29.800
<v Speaker 2>I get this guy. You can't trust what he's doing,

0:29:30.120 --> 0:29:36.070
<v Speaker 2>but not with the leadership of Iran or Putin. He

0:29:36.210 --> 0:29:39.830
<v Speaker 2>actually believes them the 18th time they tell him, oh, yeah.

0:29:40.300 --> 0:29:41.260
<v Speaker 2>we're close to a deal.

0:29:41.300 --> 0:29:41.780
<v Speaker 1>We want peace.

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<v Speaker 2>Well, in the short term, though, if he just gives

0:29:44.300 --> 0:29:46.580
<v Speaker 2>Putin what he wants, which is Ukraine, it is better

0:29:46.640 --> 0:29:47.140
<v Speaker 2>for Trump.

0:29:48.120 --> 0:29:48.700
<v Speaker 1>In the short term.

0:29:49.880 --> 0:29:51.990
<v Speaker 2>And even if that's only six months, he'd say that's

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<v Speaker 2>a win for me.

0:29:53.410 --> 0:29:54.470
<v Speaker 1>Yeah. Yeah.

0:29:55.030 --> 0:29:57.489
<v Speaker 2>Yeah, six months, a year, I don't know. Depends what

0:29:57.510 --> 0:30:00.490
<v Speaker 2>we're talking about. But yeah, just very short-term thinking.

0:30:01.330 --> 0:30:01.550
<v Speaker 4>Wow.

0:30:03.910 --> 0:30:06.080
<v Speaker 1>I mean, I can't come up with another explanation for it.

0:30:06.100 --> 0:30:10.460
<v Speaker 1>Nobody has one. Unless it's that whole kind of new right.

0:30:11.060 --> 0:30:15.680
<v Speaker 2>View that putin is the antidote to western decadence i

0:30:15.720 --> 0:30:18.530
<v Speaker 2>was reminded yesterday listening to a podcast of one of

0:30:18.570 --> 0:30:21.200
<v Speaker 2>the reasons trump hates ukraine so much that i that

0:30:21.240 --> 0:30:23.690
<v Speaker 2>everybody's completely forgotten we'll have to get to that later

0:30:23.710 --> 0:30:25.510
<v Speaker 2>because we're out of time now but it's it makes

0:30:25.550 --> 0:30:28.870
<v Speaker 2>sense i don't know why i didn't know this um

0:30:29.390 --> 0:30:34.970
<v Speaker 2>why trump hates zolinski and ukraine so much We forgot

0:30:35.010 --> 0:30:37.010
<v Speaker 2>about it from the first impeachment, a part of the

0:30:37.050 --> 0:30:39.630
<v Speaker 2>first impeachment that never gets talked about. Anyway, we'll get

0:30:39.650 --> 0:30:40.830
<v Speaker 2>to that a little bit later in the show. We've

0:30:40.850 --> 0:30:41.910
<v Speaker 2>got Mailbag coming up next.

0:30:43.570 --> 0:30:48.610
<v Speaker 1>Armstrong and Getty.

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<v Speaker 2>I hate to mention the T word again, but did

0:30:50.470 --> 0:30:54.760
<v Speaker 2>you see Trump's hilarious truth social post he just made? No.

0:30:55.080 --> 0:30:55.980
<v Speaker 1>Oh, my God.

0:30:56.480 --> 0:30:58.660
<v Speaker 2>Everybody's seen the video now. The guy laying there trying

0:30:58.680 --> 0:31:00.420
<v Speaker 2>to lecture the tiger who ends up getting eaten by

0:31:00.440 --> 0:31:03.530
<v Speaker 2>the tiger. It's Trump laying there telling the tiger what

0:31:03.570 --> 0:31:05.490
<v Speaker 2>time it is. It's getting it up, putting a headlock

0:31:05.590 --> 0:31:06.570
<v Speaker 2>on the tiger.

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<v Speaker 1>Oh, boy. Oh, God. That's really good.

0:31:16.310 --> 0:31:20.670
<v Speaker 2>Yeah. Here's your freedom-loving quote of the day from James

0:31:20.860 --> 0:31:25.480
<v Speaker 2>Allen in his classic As a Man Thinketh. I said

0:31:25.600 --> 0:31:27.800
<v Speaker 2>classic as if I have any idea what that book

0:31:27.860 --> 0:31:28.420
<v Speaker 2>is or anything.

0:31:28.720 --> 0:31:29.320
<v Speaker 1>I've never heard of it.

0:31:29.920 --> 0:31:33.240
<v Speaker 2>No. A noble deed is a dream before it is reality.

0:31:33.400 --> 0:31:36.340
<v Speaker 2>The oak sleeps in the acorn. The bird waits in

0:31:36.360 --> 0:31:38.760
<v Speaker 2>the egg. And in the highest vision of the soul,

0:31:38.820 --> 0:31:40.760
<v Speaker 2>a beautiful world waits to be realized.

0:31:40.780 --> 0:31:44.240
<v Speaker 1>I like that. Who's that? James Allen. Okay.

0:31:44.680 --> 0:31:46.500
<v Speaker 2>I could look up who he was and what he believed.

0:31:46.820 --> 0:31:49.120
<v Speaker 2>I always hate when, because sometimes I don't have time

0:31:49.140 --> 0:31:51.770
<v Speaker 2>to get the biography on these guys. Turns out he

0:31:51.810 --> 0:31:55.790
<v Speaker 2>was a militant communist who led to the slaughter of

0:31:55.830 --> 0:31:58.940
<v Speaker 2>the thousands. For your poets and stuff. Right in your

0:31:58.980 --> 0:32:02.180
<v Speaker 2>super idealistic pronouncements, yeah. People suck and you got to

0:32:02.220 --> 0:32:02.720
<v Speaker 2>have rules.

0:32:02.780 --> 0:32:04.920
<v Speaker 1>There you go. That's the Joe Getty philosophy. That's a

0:32:04.920 --> 0:32:09.840
<v Speaker 1>good poem. Mailbag. People suck and you got to have rules.

0:32:10.120 --> 0:32:15.640
<v Speaker 2>At least it's short, huh? Drop us a note, mailbag

0:32:15.660 --> 0:32:19.520
<v Speaker 2>at armstrongandgetty.com. Got this note among several, including from personal

0:32:19.560 --> 0:32:22.180
<v Speaker 2>friends of mine from Tad. Do I understand correctly that

0:32:22.200 --> 0:32:26.730
<v Speaker 2>you're going to start streaming the show each day on video? No,

0:32:26.990 --> 0:32:31.630
<v Speaker 2>not for now. We're going to be doing single segments

0:32:31.690 --> 0:32:34.350
<v Speaker 2>and excerpts and stuff like that and putting them on

0:32:34.430 --> 0:32:40.840
<v Speaker 2>various video platforms. Still working out the business aspects of

0:32:40.980 --> 0:32:42.340
<v Speaker 2>streaming the show on video.

0:32:43.040 --> 0:32:46.680
<v Speaker 1>Very complicated. Very. Plus, we've got to get in shape.

0:32:47.110 --> 0:32:48.210
<v Speaker 1>And we've got to hit the gym.

0:32:49.830 --> 0:32:52.890
<v Speaker 2>I'm just working on an AI device that can make

0:32:52.930 --> 0:32:53.690
<v Speaker 2>me look slimmer.

0:32:53.710 --> 0:32:55.390
<v Speaker 1>It's a lot less work. I haven't had my neck

0:32:55.450 --> 0:32:55.870
<v Speaker 1>tucked yet.

0:32:56.710 --> 0:32:57.010
<v Speaker 2>Oh, boy.

0:32:57.630 --> 0:32:58.290
<v Speaker 1>Let's see.

0:32:58.450 --> 0:33:01.810
<v Speaker 2>Moving on to the correspondence proper. He always signs off

0:33:01.890 --> 0:33:06.430
<v Speaker 2>bong hits for Jesus. He writes, Guys, choosing an emergency

0:33:06.490 --> 0:33:09.740
<v Speaker 2>contact is deciding whose day immediately goes to hell right

0:33:09.800 --> 0:33:10.600
<v Speaker 2>after yours does.

0:33:10.740 --> 0:33:15.410
<v Speaker 1>That's a lot of power. Wow, that's pretty good. Oh,

0:33:15.550 --> 0:33:17.650
<v Speaker 1>B-H for J. That is really funny.

0:33:17.670 --> 0:33:19.470
<v Speaker 2>I realized the other day I have the same emergency

0:33:19.510 --> 0:33:21.730
<v Speaker 2>contacts on a bunch of things that I signed up

0:33:21.790 --> 0:33:24.690
<v Speaker 2>for many years ago. I haven't changed them. I thought,

0:33:24.770 --> 0:33:28.150
<v Speaker 2>I'll bet these people don't remember they're my emergency contact.

0:33:28.170 --> 0:33:29.270
<v Speaker 2>I haven't talked to them in years.

0:33:29.910 --> 0:33:32.050
<v Speaker 1>Yeah. Or they'll get the call.

0:33:32.790 --> 0:33:36.710
<v Speaker 2>Bad news. Jack is in the hospital. Jack's still alive? Jack, wow,

0:33:36.800 --> 0:33:38.340
<v Speaker 2>that's too bad.

0:33:38.400 --> 0:33:40.160
<v Speaker 1>Who are you? I'm supposed to pick up his kids

0:33:40.200 --> 0:33:40.740
<v Speaker 1>from school?

0:33:42.730 --> 0:33:42.890
<v Speaker 2>What?

0:33:43.630 --> 0:33:47.880
<v Speaker 1>Right. He has kids? Wow. Yeah, let's see.

0:33:48.280 --> 0:33:51.360
<v Speaker 2>Steve from Beautiful Eugene, one of a number of people

0:33:51.400 --> 0:33:54.260
<v Speaker 2>to send along roughly these sentiments.

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<v Speaker 1>Getting the execution right.

0:33:57.280 --> 0:33:59.370
<v Speaker 2>We've got a problem with fentanyl killing people when they

0:33:59.380 --> 0:34:00.430
<v Speaker 2>get too high a dose.

0:34:00.460 --> 0:34:01.350
<v Speaker 1>Which is easy to do.

0:34:01.390 --> 0:34:03.250
<v Speaker 2>If we need to bump off that death row prisoner,

0:34:03.590 --> 0:34:05.070
<v Speaker 2>why don't we just give them a handful of little

0:34:05.090 --> 0:34:06.990
<v Speaker 2>blue fentanyl pills, a glass of water, and call it

0:34:07.050 --> 0:34:07.370
<v Speaker 2>a day?

0:34:07.390 --> 0:34:10.049
<v Speaker 1>No kidding. You know, check their mouth. Make sure they

0:34:10.090 --> 0:34:10.870
<v Speaker 1>actually swallowed them.

0:34:10.930 --> 0:34:14.270
<v Speaker 2>Say, look, we don't want to jab you 17 times

0:34:15.090 --> 0:34:17.930
<v Speaker 2>to get this into your vein, but we will, or

0:34:17.969 --> 0:34:19.120
<v Speaker 2>you can take these blue pills.

0:34:20.440 --> 0:34:21.460
<v Speaker 1>That'd be a tough decision.

0:34:22.440 --> 0:34:25.200
<v Speaker 2>I think, wow, this is a heavy topic, and we

0:34:25.219 --> 0:34:26.759
<v Speaker 2>don't have time for it, so I'll just move along.

0:34:27.160 --> 0:34:28.840
<v Speaker 1>I'd take a couple of fentanyls and a glass of

0:34:28.860 --> 0:34:29.620
<v Speaker 1>water and go to sleep.

0:34:30.880 --> 0:34:34.800
<v Speaker 2>Yeah, I think I would too, ultimately, but the human

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<v Speaker 2>instinct to create one more opportunity... One more minute. One

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<v Speaker 2>more something crazy could happen. Maybe the governor calls.

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<v Speaker 1>Maybe there's an earthquake.

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<v Speaker 2>Maybe God descends from on high and says, this is

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<v Speaker 2>my son.

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<v Speaker 1>You'd still be holding out hope at that point that

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<v Speaker 1>you're going to? I think that's the human instinct. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>it's not like you choose to. I think I would

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<v Speaker 1>be resigned to it at that point.

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<v Speaker 2>It's like virtually every person who's tried to kill themselves

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<v Speaker 2>by walking into the water and drowning or hurling themselves

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<v Speaker 2>off the bridge, immediately when their life is waning, they think,

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<v Speaker 2>oh my God, I want to live. It's practically universal.

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<v Speaker 2>Or your body says, yeah, maybe you want to die,

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<v Speaker 2>I want to breathe, so get to the surface of

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<v Speaker 2>the water. Anyway, heavy, heavy stuff, hadn't intended to. Let's see,

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<v Speaker 2>we don't have time for that. Great analysis here of

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<v Speaker 2>the protests in France, speaking of France, and its miseries,

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<v Speaker 2>and how there are now 50 organizations involved in the

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<v Speaker 2>riot today. and barely a third or any sort of

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<v Speaker 2>youth groups. It's all communists, socialists, Islamists, everybody else is

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<v Speaker 2>piling on. Just like May 68. We've got a lot

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