WEBVTT - Yes! Public Weeping!

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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, Jack Armstrong and Joe, Katty Armstrong and

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<v Speaker 1>Jacky and Key Armrong.

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<v Speaker 2>Wow, you should not have to pay for today's episode.

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<v Speaker 2>I mean barely going through the motions.

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<v Speaker 1>He's fairly barely going through the motions, so fulfilling the

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<v Speaker 1>least can.

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<v Speaker 2>Cratch contractual requirement would be considered working today.

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<v Speaker 1>That's what I'm going for. Wow. I am, on the

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<v Speaker 1>other hand, have loaded for.

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<v Speaker 2>There, barely barely doing it at all live from studio

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<v Speaker 2>c S something or other ump another. And today we're

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<v Speaker 2>under the tutelage of our General Manager, Donald J. Trumph

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<v Speaker 2>my Resident of the United States right now, clearly.

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<v Speaker 1>Everything but the keys of the Oval Office.

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<v Speaker 2>And then soon Biden may wander off anyway, so Trump

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<v Speaker 2>might actually sit behind the desk. I promised yesterday we

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<v Speaker 2>would not talk about the government shutdown and all that

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<v Speaker 2>sort of stuff. But so they had that bill that

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<v Speaker 2>was gonna try to take care of all that, and uh.

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<v Speaker 1>Speaker john Holy as always, Yeah.

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<v Speaker 2>Speaker Johnson was pushing hard to let's get to signed

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<v Speaker 2>and go off for Christmas and all that sort of stuff.

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<v Speaker 2>And looking good, and Elon had over one hundred don't

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<v Speaker 2>sign this bill, don't vote for this bill tweets yesterday

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<v Speaker 2>from him explaining all the different parts of it that

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<v Speaker 2>he hated and that stirred up enough stuff and Trump

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<v Speaker 2>got on board. And so now the bill has been

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<v Speaker 2>pulled and my big government shut down, and I don't care.

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<v Speaker 2>I just don't care at all. Maybe that makes me

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<v Speaker 2>a child, I don't know. But this is all. This

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<v Speaker 2>is all such a DC thing.

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<v Speaker 1>How many no, no, I must step in there.

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<v Speaker 2>This is wildly different than anything that has ever happened

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<v Speaker 2>in the history of the United States government.

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<v Speaker 1>No, that is insane.

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<v Speaker 2>That part I agree with, the the crisis of the

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<v Speaker 2>government shutting down. Oh how many times have I lived

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<v Speaker 2>through this? And it's just no memory of it whatsoever.

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<v Speaker 2>It just it comes and goes and whatever, no threat.

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<v Speaker 1>In the history of threats. Yeah, I know, I know. Whatever.

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<v Speaker 2>But the other part, yeah, is for better or worse.

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<v Speaker 2>And there's a lot of uh hair on fire. This

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<v Speaker 2>is we have a co president, an unelected co president,

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<v Speaker 2>who is an oligarch. The richest man on earth is

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<v Speaker 2>our co president. Blah blah blah. Elon Musk with so

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<v Speaker 2>much power. On the other hand, but he listens to

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<v Speaker 2>you people anymore. You lost badly, it was just last month.

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<v Speaker 2>On the other hand, you got the world's richest man

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<v Speaker 2>who knows about business, weighing in on stories and having

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<v Speaker 2>some and getting some attention about it, and the aspect

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<v Speaker 2>of it that I'm really enjoying him. I'm so curious

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<v Speaker 2>to see where it goes going forward, obviously into Trump's

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<v Speaker 2>actually actual term is that the Republican Party heads through

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<v Speaker 2>and I'm gonna be a little sympathetic here through just

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<v Speaker 2>fatigue because there's almost no constituency for it. Abandoned the

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<v Speaker 2>idea of constantly calling for fiscal restraint and calling out

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<v Speaker 2>the excess of spending, and just they were going along

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<v Speaker 2>to get along these days, let's face it. And Elon's like,

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<v Speaker 2>I don't need to get elected in two years. I

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<v Speaker 2>don't care what anybody thinks of me.

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<v Speaker 1>Here's the truth.

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<v Speaker 2>And he's hurling truth bombs around like he's the Israeli military.

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<v Speaker 1>On this stuff.

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<v Speaker 2>This is where I'm the most maga, if maga could

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<v Speaker 2>be defined as let's just tear it down. That's I

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<v Speaker 2>was kind of there in twenty sixteen, and I now

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<v Speaker 2>look back on it and think that's ridiculous. You can't

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<v Speaker 2>you can't just be breaking every norm and tearing everything down.

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<v Speaker 1>It's not good.

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<v Speaker 2>It's the opposite of conservative, and there's and you just

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<v Speaker 2>you don't know what's gonna come out of it. But

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<v Speaker 2>when it comes to the way we spend, I'm full

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<v Speaker 2>maga freaking tear it down, do it a different way.

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<v Speaker 1>How could it possibly be worse?

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<v Speaker 2>And every single time there's some reason that the Republican

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<v Speaker 2>Party or the Democratic Party explains, just this one, we

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<v Speaker 2>need to get this one passed. I know it's full

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<v Speaker 2>of a lot of things spending that people don't like,

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<v Speaker 2>but this one we have to get passed.

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<v Speaker 1>And again I have a shutdown, will be blamed for

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<v Speaker 1>the shot.

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<v Speaker 2>Right, and then we'll come back after Christmas and then

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<v Speaker 2>we'll we'll blah blah blah, and the blah.

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<v Speaker 1>Blah blah never ever happens.

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<v Speaker 2>Every single time, every twice a year or every two

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<v Speaker 2>years or whatever, you have one of these giant, gargantuan bills,

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<v Speaker 2>All this crap gets thrown in there, they all vote

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<v Speaker 2>for it, spending money on everything in the world that

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<v Speaker 2>we don't have. So this is where I'm the most maggat,

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<v Speaker 2>just freaking burn there. Let Washington d C be shut

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<v Speaker 2>down for a months where people are crying in the

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<v Speaker 2>streets to.

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<v Speaker 1>Get enough attention. Something has to change.

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<v Speaker 2>Yes, public weeping, Yes, yes, Hey Michael.

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<v Speaker 1>I die. I hate to chew.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, this close to Christmas. Can we get an explosion

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<v Speaker 2>sound or something. Every time mister Armstrong screams blow it up,

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<v Speaker 2>blow it up, I want to hear it more.

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<v Speaker 1>Public crying, Yes, that's our aid. Public weeping.

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<v Speaker 2>Yes, you won't have gone far enough until you see

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<v Speaker 2>people weeping in the streets. Dash a soft country. Well,

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<v Speaker 2>but it's just so annoying. I was listened to Speaker Johnson,

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<v Speaker 2>who I'm sure's a good guy and everything like that,

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<v Speaker 2>but I listened to him yesterday. Well, it's very important we

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<v Speaker 2>get this passed, and we only have one half of

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<v Speaker 2>one branch. But coming back after the year and after

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<v Speaker 2>the neouguration, and yeah, that's what everybody says every single

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<v Speaker 2>time on why you got to pass this unholy bill.

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<v Speaker 2>I've heard this, I don't know sixty times since we've

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<v Speaker 2>been doing talk radio.

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<v Speaker 1>Just we got to pass this one.

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<v Speaker 2>There's reasons for this one because of the war, of

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<v Speaker 2>the pandemic, the oil crisis, the dot com miltdown, whatever,

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<v Speaker 2>with this one, we have to pass.

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<v Speaker 1>But then we're no, you're never ever going.

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<v Speaker 2>To stop spending wildly.

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<v Speaker 1>You're just never gonna stop.

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<v Speaker 2>Well, he says, knowing full well he's about to get

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<v Speaker 2>yelled at. He could make the argument, Hey, we've got

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<v Speaker 2>the Senate in January, after Trump gets elected. We've got

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<v Speaker 2>all three branches, so this just funds it through march. Marshall,

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<v Speaker 2>come and go before you know it, like like pages

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<v Speaker 2>of a book, like leaves in the wind. And then

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<v Speaker 2>we'll get down to brast eggs, right, with help of

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<v Speaker 2>the Doge brothers. Sure they will. And it's never this one.

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<v Speaker 2>It's never this gargantuan bill full of crap. Yeah, and

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<v Speaker 2>it's always the next one. All of the above so frustrating.

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<v Speaker 2>So just blow it up. Blow it up, Mike, Yes,

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<v Speaker 2>until there is PW public weeping.

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<v Speaker 1>And oh my god, the endless the government shut down?

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<v Speaker 2>Well whatever, I tell you what, Yeah, shut it down

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<v Speaker 2>for six months.

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<v Speaker 1>Let's see how we do out here in the private sex.

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<v Speaker 2>And if you close the national parks, we will fight

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<v Speaker 2>our way in. And I okay, and I fully get

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<v Speaker 2>the grown ups when they push back it. Here's why

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<v Speaker 2>you can't shut down the government and the things that happen.

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<v Speaker 2>The problem is this, you never ever stop spending wildly.

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<v Speaker 1>It never happens.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, and it is utterly you know, at the risk

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<v Speaker 2>of repeating ourselves for the millions of time, but it

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<v Speaker 2>is no less true. It is utterly immoral. What we

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<v Speaker 2>are doing, we the people, what we are doing right

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<v Speaker 2>now is indefensible, fiscally, morally, patriotically, it's it's it's treasonous.

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<v Speaker 2>I am not exaggerating, I'm not kidding. We are spending

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<v Speaker 2>future generations into oblivion. It's incredibly selfish and evil. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>we'll be a much weaker country and our children will

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<v Speaker 2>have much higher taxes and less services. Hey, seriously, if

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<v Speaker 2>I were a congressman and I like it was a

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<v Speaker 2>mole for the Chinese for a decade, you know, unless

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<v Speaker 2>I was on an extra had an extremely high security clearance,

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<v Speaker 2>on an extremely important committee, for instance, I could not

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<v Speaker 2>possibly do more damage to the country twenty years from

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<v Speaker 2>now than I would do by simply continuing to vote

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<v Speaker 2>for wildly irresponsible spending and deficit spending. That is treasonous.

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<v Speaker 2>I don't know how you pull out of it with

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<v Speaker 2>the each party can claim the other parties to blame.

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<v Speaker 2>I don't know how you end the spiral, the downward spiral,

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<v Speaker 2>because there's always a well you started it with this,

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<v Speaker 2>will you started it with that? On everything, on absolutely everything,

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<v Speaker 2>And I'm sorry, I'm sorry.

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<v Speaker 1>I hate to do this. During the show. I've got

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<v Speaker 1>to take a call.

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<v Speaker 2>Hello Joe Getty here, Yes, History, it's History calling.

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<v Speaker 1>Oh wow, that's what can we do for you? Okay, okay, okay, okay,

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<v Speaker 1>thank you. Thanks. Yeah, yeah, very Christmas too. Yeah. History

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<v Speaker 1>called and said, the way you stopped the downward spiral,

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<v Speaker 1>he's your hit bottom.

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<v Speaker 2>You have a disaster, you have a cataclysm, and that's

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<v Speaker 2>the only option.

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<v Speaker 1>Where's the eggnog?

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<v Speaker 2>History kept calling me. I blocked them. They they can

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<v Speaker 2>no longer get there. I don't want to hear from history.

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<v Speaker 2>And if you considered a set of history related encyclopedias, encyclopedias,

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<v Speaker 2>it's twenty thirty four and I live in La La

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<v Speaker 2>Land and ignore history, which apparently we're going to do.

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<v Speaker 1>Let's start the show officially. That'll be fun.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm Jack Armstrong, He's Joe Getty on this it is Thursday,

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<v Speaker 2>December nineteenth. You're twenty twenty four. We are armstrong in

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<v Speaker 2>getting We approve of this program. Okay, let's leap indection.

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<v Speaker 2>Then officially, according to CC rules and regulations, here we

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<v Speaker 2>go at Mark.

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<v Speaker 3>Sell Hackey to steal me here and see all you

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<v Speaker 3>wonderful people. And that's had a good time well out there.

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<v Speaker 3>You see, my family always had.

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<v Speaker 1>A lot of fun.

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<v Speaker 3>We always we always had a lot of fun. And

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<v Speaker 3>I never got over that.

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<v Speaker 1>What was that, Michael.

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<v Speaker 2>That's one hundred and six year old woman, Florence Hackman,

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<v Speaker 2>and her secret is fireball whiskey.

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<v Speaker 1>That's what's kept her alive. One hundred and sixty six.

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<v Speaker 2>Sound like you said one hundred and sixty, but I

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<v Speaker 2>doubt that's the case. Yeah, one hundred and six years old.

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<v Speaker 2>That's that's old. And she drinks the fireball.

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<v Speaker 1>Good for her.

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<v Speaker 2>Wow, and Judy brought home a meme or a birthday

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<v Speaker 2>It might have been a birthday card. Actually, happy birthday, sweetheart,

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<v Speaker 2>it's my darling bride's at birthday today. I've certainly wished

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<v Speaker 2>her that in person already, but ah, she brought home

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<v Speaker 2>a birthday card that said, hey, they have candles. This

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<v Speaker 2>woman sniffing a decorative candle. Hey, they have candles that

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<v Speaker 2>smell like fire, Paul whiskey, and her friend replies, or

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<v Speaker 2>is we non alcoholic?

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<v Speaker 1>Non alcoholics call it cinnamon. That's pretty funny.

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<v Speaker 2>It's amazing how many of your super ancient people, when

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<v Speaker 2>they're asked about keys to life or what they do,

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<v Speaker 2>ever include drinking.

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<v Speaker 1>It's missed now and again. It seems that happened quite often.

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<v Speaker 2>It's involved some beverage, alcoholic beverage of some sort. Well,

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<v Speaker 2>when the world, family whatever is about to make you

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<v Speaker 2>completely insane, eh, you stop, Karen.

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<v Speaker 1>It's probably good for you. I would like to know

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<v Speaker 1>when then we you got to take a break. But

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<v Speaker 1>I would like to.

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<v Speaker 2>Don't wonder how many of the people that get to

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<v Speaker 2>that age are people that don't pay super close attention

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<v Speaker 2>to what's going on in the world, because you would

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<v Speaker 2>go crazy.

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<v Speaker 1>This is not good for business. I hear what you're

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<v Speaker 1>driving at.

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<v Speaker 2>Another sixty years of paying attention to this level would make.

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<v Speaker 1>Me insane right fast.

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<v Speaker 2>The fireball. How does mailbag look? Oh it's very nice. Yes,

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<v Speaker 2>well that's on the way and our text line is

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<v Speaker 2>four one, five, two nine five KFTC new poll just

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<v Speaker 2>out from Marquette University, sixty four percent support deporting illegal immigrants.

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<v Speaker 2>So it continues to pull very very well. And uh,

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<v Speaker 2>that's going to be one of the biggest stories of

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<v Speaker 2>next year. I was at a lovely gathering last night

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<v Speaker 2>and one of my friends, who lean's somewhat left politically speaking, Uh,

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<v Speaker 2>he agreed that anybody who thinks Trump is going to

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<v Speaker 2>like root out the guy who's been in the country

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<v Speaker 2>twenty years, has two kids in schools, he's a successful

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<v Speaker 2>small businessman or something like that, and it has followed

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<v Speaker 2>the law.

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<v Speaker 1>It's not going to happen.

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<v Speaker 2>Those black medcenarios are not going to happen. But if

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<v Speaker 2>one of those people accidentally does get deported, that is

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<v Speaker 2>going to be the only story in America. Yeah, so

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<v Speaker 2>much to talk about today, including lead story in the

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<v Speaker 2>Wall Street Journal. They are talking, They have begun talking.

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<v Speaker 2>Biden Aid's saying, oh yay, Senile as hell, here's how

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<v Speaker 2>we dealt with it. The leaks have begun at First

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<v Speaker 2>Freedom Loving Quota of the Day, Timoyer. Tim Sanderfer sent

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<v Speaker 2>this in my way. It's John Adams writing in twenty

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<v Speaker 2>twenty four.

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<v Speaker 1>Apparently is tim put it.

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<v Speaker 2>He's talking about how getting beyond the constitution, specifically to

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<v Speaker 2>tax people and then redistribute money income to people, is

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<v Speaker 2>wildly outside the bounds of the constitution, according to Adams,

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<v Speaker 2>and he says, the nature of the encroachment upon the

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<v Speaker 2>American Constitution is such as to grow every day more

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<v Speaker 2>and more encroaching, Like a cancer. It eats faster and

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<v Speaker 2>faster every hour. The revenue creates pensioners, and the pensioners

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<v Speaker 2>urge for more revenue. The people grow less, steady, spirited

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<v Speaker 2>and virtual us, the seekers more numerous and more corrupt,

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<v Speaker 2>and every day increases the circle of their dependence and expectance,

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<v Speaker 2>until virtue, integrity, public spirit, simplicity, frugality become the objects

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<v Speaker 2>of ridicule and scorn and vanity, luxury, foppery, too damn

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<v Speaker 2>much foppery and oh my god, hot and cold running foppery, selfishness, meanness,

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<v Speaker 2>and downright venality, swallow up the whole society.

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<v Speaker 1>That is really, really good.

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<v Speaker 2>My pushback would be, yeah, but it's unfair that there

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<v Speaker 2>are billionaires.

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<v Speaker 1>And poor people. John Adams for the win. That's really good,

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<v Speaker 1>That is really good.

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<v Speaker 2>They they they understood the long game on so many

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<v Speaker 2>of these things.

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<v Speaker 1>The Founding Fathers Human Nature mailbag.

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<v Speaker 2>Drops a Nope mail bag at Armstrong e Getty dot towncal.

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<v Speaker 1>Yes, I was driving around yesterday. Foppery everywhere.

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<v Speaker 2>Oh yeah, yeah, where you look? Thomas Sokaw with some

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<v Speaker 2>gift ideas. Jack always says he can't wait to read

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<v Speaker 2>books written about the Biden administration. Here's some titles I'm

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<v Speaker 2>looking forward to reading. There's not a single thing that

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<v Speaker 2>comes to mind. The Kamala Harris Story, an automography, I've

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<v Speaker 2>Got a Busy Day, A Daily Calendar and Planner by

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<v Speaker 2>Alejandro Mamon, Jailee Calendar, Pardon Me Brother, A Guide to

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<v Speaker 2>Plausible Deniability by Jim Biden, Padwey, Tasty Recipes for San

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<v Speaker 2>Antonio Breakfast Britos by not a real doctor Jill Biden.

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<v Speaker 2>And finally, You're Gonna In for a Problem, a novel

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<v Speaker 2>by Joe Biden. I recommend the audiobook version where he

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<v Speaker 2>whispers the entire story.

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<v Speaker 1>That's some good that's some good material right there. That's

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<v Speaker 1>some good comedy. Thomas, So call nice job, buddy.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, uh, Senile, Joe Biden, stay with us next hout.

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<v Speaker 1>You're Gonna in for a Problem, That's one of my

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<v Speaker 1>favorite clips.

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<v Speaker 2>Side show Bah excuse me, asking why on earth would

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<v Speaker 2>Jack even consider giving up baked goods. It's the only

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<v Speaker 2>thing that truly sets us apart from the apes. That's true,

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<v Speaker 2>apes are almost never seen eating pie. Got us talking

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<v Speaker 2>to the kids about this at dinner. This is my

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<v Speaker 2>most challenging New Year's resolution ever. I'm almost a little scared.

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<v Speaker 2>Well and jt and Livermore asks a question that I've

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<v Speaker 2>wondered myself at times. He says, primarily, I don't understand

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<v Speaker 2>why Jack is even eating baked goods, dessert styles, sugar bombs,

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<v Speaker 2>given that he lost his sense of sweet from COVID. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>people ask me that all the time. I eat more

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<v Speaker 2>because I lost my tents ability to tast sweet. I

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<v Speaker 2>eat more sweets than I did before. It is your

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<v Speaker 2>brain wants sweet for some reason. I don't know why,

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<v Speaker 2>and I can't get that. I don't get that I eat.

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<v Speaker 2>It don't like, and I don't My brain doesn't recognize

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<v Speaker 2>that I took in sweets, so it wants more. And

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<v Speaker 2>I am attracted to more sweets than ever in my

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<v Speaker 2>life because of the COVID sweet thing.

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<v Speaker 1>It's weird. I would have thought it'd been the other

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<v Speaker 1>way around, like most people.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, very strange. I wish we had more time. We've

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<v Speaker 2>got some amusing emails, but we'll drop them in throughout

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<v Speaker 2>the show.

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<v Speaker 1>Today.

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<v Speaker 2>We've got all sorts of stuff to talk about. Elon Muskin,

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<v Speaker 2>Donald Trump, running the government from mar A Lago already. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>so much today. I'm going through the motions barely but

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<v Speaker 2>a lot, so stay.

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<v Speaker 4>Tuned, Armstrong and Getty.

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<v Speaker 2>Starbucks announced this week it's doubled it's paid parental leave

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<v Speaker 2>policy for baristas, while Duncan employees are still insisting they're

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<v Speaker 2>not the father.

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<v Speaker 1>What is that? What is that? That's some sort of

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<v Speaker 1>lack Coast thing. I don't get.

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<v Speaker 2>Wow, what sort of odd snobbery the elite elite is? Oh,

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<v Speaker 2>speaking of the elite, you know, I know you wanted

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<v Speaker 2>to talk about something, and we will, by God, we will.

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<v Speaker 2>But you know I'm a big Brett Bear fan. It's

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<v Speaker 2>an article in the Wall Street Journal. The incoming Secretary

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<v Speaker 2>of Commerce, Howard Lutnick, just bought Brett Bay's home in

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<v Speaker 2>DC for twenty nine million dollars. Brett Baar of Fox

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah is selling a home for twenty nine million dollars.

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<v Speaker 2>That's because he bought one in Palm Springs a couple

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<v Speaker 2>of years ago where he lives now, apparently for thirty

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<v Speaker 2>seven million, so he owned Brett doing pretty well. So

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<v Speaker 2>he's been owning a thirty seven million dollar home while

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<v Speaker 2>owning another thirty million dollar home, least for a little.

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<v Speaker 1>While, waiting for that to clear the market.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, wow, there aren't that many buyers at that level.

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<v Speaker 1>No, Yeah, wouldn't that. That's got to be something.

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<v Speaker 2>There's got to be like five people in the entire country,

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<v Speaker 2>maybe not even that many, because you'd have to be

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<v Speaker 2>conceivably able to afford it and then have any interest

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<v Speaker 2>in buying a home at that moment. So it might

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<v Speaker 2>be like two people in the nation at any given

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<v Speaker 2>moment that could and want to buy a home at

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<v Speaker 2>the price range. I realize if you have to ask,

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<v Speaker 2>you can't afford it. But what the hell are the

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<v Speaker 2>property Texas on a house like that?

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah?

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<v Speaker 2>Hi, karamba, yeah bear, thanks for that, Michael H A

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<v Speaker 2>couple things for you.

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<v Speaker 1>You can't over sell. I don't think what a big

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<v Speaker 1>deal it is.

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<v Speaker 2>The Wall Street Journal has this big piece on Joe

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<v Speaker 2>Biden's brain and how they've been hiding it forever. Here's

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<v Speaker 2>an interesting thing, just teasing it because we're gonna talk

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<v Speaker 2>about it to kick off hour two. We got to

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<v Speaker 2>talk about it every hour the whole show today because

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<v Speaker 2>it's it's a big deal. A couple of things that

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<v Speaker 2>I've come across in terms of just teasing the story

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<v Speaker 2>for later is Matt Welch pointing out PolitiFact said the

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<v Speaker 2>lie of the year is they're eating the dogs. They're

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<v Speaker 2>eating the cats from Donald Trump, that's the lie of

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<v Speaker 2>the year, and links the Wall Street Journal story saying

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<v Speaker 2>White House meetings were frequently canceled because Joe Biden's brain

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<v Speaker 2>didn't work. Yeah, yeah, the dogs and cats saying bigger

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<v Speaker 2>lie than the high eating the fact that they had

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<v Speaker 2>to cancel meetings all the time because the presidents.

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<v Speaker 1>Of brain didn't act.

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<v Speaker 2>And where am I seeing most of the stuff the

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<v Speaker 2>little snippets of the Wall Street Journal piece from James

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<v Speaker 2>Homan of The Washington Post, who's retweeting all the most

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<v Speaker 2>juicy stuff from the Wall Street Journal story, probably because

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<v Speaker 2>he didn't like being lied to all this time, his

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<v Speaker 2>initial tweet being and again, we're gonna kick off our

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<v Speaker 2>two of this blockbuster reporting this Morning from and he

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<v Speaker 2>lists all the reporters. They have fifty sources detailing various

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<v Speaker 2>ways that Biden's inner circle was hiding his decline going

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<v Speaker 2>back to twenty nineteen.

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<v Speaker 1>And that's going back to the very beginning.

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<v Speaker 2>But that's a Washington Post guy saying that about the

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<v Speaker 2>Wall Street Journal article. I think that's notable. And Nate

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<v Speaker 2>Silver also retweeting that story and saying, if you said

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<v Speaker 2>any of this before June twenty twenty four, you'd get

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<v Speaker 2>accused of peddling misinformation, Like there was literally an entirely

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<v Speaker 2>new category of misinform invented cheap fakes concerning videos of

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<v Speaker 2>Biden's decline that they would accuse you of. Now it's

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<v Speaker 2>out in the open, and it's interesting that all these

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<v Speaker 2>other people are retweeting this stuff.

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<v Speaker 1>I find that unique.

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<v Speaker 2>Indeed, I will point out, at the risk of self congratulations,

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<v Speaker 2>if you've been listening to this show, you knew. I mean,

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<v Speaker 2>we didn't even I didn't even take seriously the denials.

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<v Speaker 2>I thought they were hilarious, just idiotic. And it's all

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<v Speaker 2>been born out again, you know, final punchline, and then

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<v Speaker 2>we'll get to the story next hour in full, because

0:21:36.520 --> 0:21:40.320
<v Speaker 2>it's well worth hearing. There are still those within the

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<v Speaker 2>White House who were responding to this story and the

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<v Speaker 2>various accusations observations Joe Biden seriously diminished.

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<v Speaker 1>Noise not.

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<v Speaker 2>You need to keep meetings short and simple with them. No,

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<v Speaker 2>you don't, he's very old men. Noise not.

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<v Speaker 1>There's still one hundred percent denying it.

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<v Speaker 2>So again we'll kick off hour two with that, and

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<v Speaker 2>then there's a lot interesting stuff in that. I can't

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<v Speaker 2>believe I'm talking about government shut down, debt ceiling stuff.

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<v Speaker 2>But there are a couple of interesting things happening. As

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<v Speaker 2>we've already mentioned, Trump has come out and said he

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<v Speaker 2>wants to fully get rid of the debt ceiling, which

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<v Speaker 2>we have said many times before. Trump saying today the

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<v Speaker 2>Democrats have said they want to get.

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<v Speaker 1>Rid of it.

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<v Speaker 2>If they want to get rid of it, I would

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<v Speaker 2>lead the charge. It's a fake thing. There's no real

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<v Speaker 2>value in terms of debt control, and we've been saying

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<v Speaker 2>that for years. It doesn't actually do anything. It just

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<v Speaker 2>puts us in this weird bickering back and forth, weird

0:22:32.119 --> 0:22:35.119
<v Speaker 2>political handcuff situation every once in a while, but so

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<v Speaker 2>far it's never accomplished anything.

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<v Speaker 1>Right, Yeah, it's it's hilarious. You could it's in first

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<v Speaker 1>new clothes.

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<v Speaker 2>Ish you could make the argument that at least once

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<v Speaker 2>a year, twice a year, it makes you have the

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<v Speaker 2>conversation about debt, and without it we won't. I don't know,

0:22:51.760 --> 0:22:56.159
<v Speaker 2>but so far it's never it's never helped, and it

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<v Speaker 2>is completely made up.

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<v Speaker 1>It's a man made thing. For what it's worth.

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<v Speaker 2>Newt Gingrich just tweeted President Trump and Republicans should not

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<v Speaker 2>be afraid of a government shutdown. The next election is

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<v Speaker 2>two years away. We had two shutdowns in nineteen ninety

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<v Speaker 2>five and became the first re elected GOP House majority

0:23:12.160 --> 0:23:15.600
<v Speaker 2>since nineteen twenty eight. It may take shock therapy for

0:23:15.640 --> 0:23:18.480
<v Speaker 2>Schumer and Democrats to learn President Trump is serious about

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<v Speaker 2>training the swamp. And a number of people pointed out

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<v Speaker 2>that during that time, when Bill Clinton was the president,

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<v Speaker 2>that was our last budget surpluses as a country.

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<v Speaker 1>They had a balanced budget multiple years.

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<v Speaker 2>So in ninety five I was barely following politics at all.

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<v Speaker 2>I don't remember I remember hearing stuff about Newton the shutdown.

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<v Speaker 2>I didn't think about it, ever, so how much of

0:23:41.760 --> 0:23:45.440
<v Speaker 2>the population would even be aware. DC goes nuts over

0:23:45.480 --> 0:23:48.040
<v Speaker 2>this stuff? Oh, if you didn't have the media acting

0:23:48.200 --> 0:23:53.760
<v Speaker 2>like it's akin to the nationwide wildfire or something, screeching

0:23:53.800 --> 0:23:54.720
<v Speaker 2>about it constantly.

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<v Speaker 1>No, you'd never notice, right, And it's always the thing

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<v Speaker 1>of this.

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<v Speaker 2>Many government ployees will miss a check, yeah, and then

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<v Speaker 2>they'll get the rest of it, like three days later.

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<v Speaker 1>No, no, no, no, no, no. They go with veterans.

0:24:04.960 --> 0:24:08.280
<v Speaker 2>It'll be veterans, disabled veterans, blind, disabled veterans will not

0:24:08.320 --> 0:24:09.040
<v Speaker 2>get their checks.

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<v Speaker 1>Oh my god.

0:24:13.480 --> 0:24:16.360
<v Speaker 2>And the old, the very old, the soul they can't

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<v Speaker 2>even lift their hand to feed themselves. Trying to figure

0:24:20.800 --> 0:24:22.960
<v Speaker 2>out what sort of thing I want to talk about today.

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<v Speaker 2>Remind the mood for various things.

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<v Speaker 1>Oh, by the way, you mentioned Fox News and Brett Baer.

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<v Speaker 2>How much money he makes, yeah or not how much

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<v Speaker 2>money makes, But he's selling one thirty million dollar house

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<v Speaker 2>since he moved into a thirty five million dollars roughly, Yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>which means you have both at the same time, which

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<v Speaker 2>is crazy. Fox News dominated twenty twenty four so much

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<v Speaker 2>it beat easily CNN and MSNBC added together for.

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<v Speaker 1>The end of the year ratings. That is something I'd

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<v Speaker 1>like to know.

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<v Speaker 2>What News Nation and Oan and some of the other

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<v Speaker 2>ones are are what sort of traction they're getting? Yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>so that I don't want to bring that up. I

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<v Speaker 2>can't I find it interesting. Maybe i'll bring it up later.

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<v Speaker 2>I just can't make.

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<v Speaker 1>Myself talk about this. Wow, all right, it's a downer.

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<v Speaker 1>It's a conflicted man. We're listening to folks. So do

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<v Speaker 1>you know anything about this Yun?

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<v Speaker 2>The president of South Korea who's now gone because he

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<v Speaker 2>pulled that whole I'm going to become emperor thing and

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<v Speaker 2>martial law and all that.

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<v Speaker 1>Luckily suck, even suck.

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<v Speaker 2>Luckily they were able to get back in there and

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<v Speaker 2>vote him down and open the streets back up and

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<v Speaker 2>then impeach him. Ian Brummer tweeted this out yesterday, and I

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<v Speaker 2>know nothing about this. Yun's presidential campaign relied heavily on

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<v Speaker 2>ai deep fake version of him that was much more

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<v Speaker 2>engaging and sociable than the real him and got him elected.

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<v Speaker 2>The real Yun's capability turned out to be a rude

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<v Speaker 2>awakening to people. How did hell how did the world

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<v Speaker 2>miss the story? Did a guy get elected in a

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<v Speaker 2>major economicly powerful country? Ian is implying through deep fake

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<v Speaker 2>videos portraying him in a way he's not at all

0:26:06.280 --> 0:26:08.600
<v Speaker 2>wow and misled people. And then when he became president,

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<v Speaker 2>people are like, who are you? You're you're a weird,

0:26:11.760 --> 0:26:16.920
<v Speaker 2>off putting angry. Exactly did that happen?

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<v Speaker 1>Think if Kamala had the videos.

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<v Speaker 2>Out of her gliding around the room merely throwing out

0:26:24.160 --> 0:26:28.480
<v Speaker 2>clever bond Mo after bond Mo, making perfect sense, not

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<v Speaker 2>giggling like a moron, Yeah, it could have changed things,

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<v Speaker 2>huh much.

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<v Speaker 1>But they don't Hilary now Hillary.

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<v Speaker 2>If they'd had deep fakes of Hillary seeming youthful and

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<v Speaker 2>likable and whatever, that could have turned the tide of history. Yes, yes,

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<v Speaker 2>yes they didn't have They don't have a media there

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<v Speaker 2>in South Korea where there are sources that could come

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<v Speaker 2>out and say that that never happened.

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<v Speaker 1>Look, I was in the room that night. That is

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<v Speaker 1>not what happened or something.

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<v Speaker 2>I have no idea. This is this story's brand new

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<v Speaker 2>to me. I'm fascinating. I saw it late last night

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<v Speaker 2>and I thought I got to dig into that because

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<v Speaker 2>if that happened, that's a major turning point in world history.

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<v Speaker 2>I think, sure, Yeah, they do have to figure out

0:27:11.160 --> 0:27:16.720
<v Speaker 2>the AI. Some scientists needs to figure out what percentage

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<v Speaker 2>of perfect faces can the brain handle and still think

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<v Speaker 2>it's real or not because the perfect symmetry. I feel

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<v Speaker 2>like I can look at the AI created.

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<v Speaker 1>People and to me, that's AI.

0:27:29.359 --> 0:27:32.760
<v Speaker 2>They're too perfect. Nobody looks like that. Nobody's perfectly symmetrical.

0:27:32.880 --> 0:27:35.720
<v Speaker 2>Even really good looking people aren't perfectly symmetrical. But the

0:27:35.760 --> 0:27:38.640
<v Speaker 2>A people are the chicks usually because they got them everywhere,

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<v Speaker 2>and it just they're they're obviously fake. Yeah. What's interesting

0:27:43.359 --> 0:27:46.639
<v Speaker 2>is I know in digital recording, like music recording, you

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<v Speaker 2>can fix something to a grid so it's perfectly in rhythm,

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<v Speaker 2>and then you can instruct it to insert fifteen percent variation. Interesting,

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<v Speaker 2>and I'll bet that sort of thing's come into visual.

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<v Speaker 1>And you add to it, and you would do that

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<v Speaker 1>to what mimic real humans?

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, essentially, it's like you fix something and then you

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<v Speaker 2>unfix it a little bit so it sounds more human. Interesting.

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<v Speaker 2>So I was a club DJ briefly when I was younger.

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<v Speaker 2>I knowed I like that.

0:28:15.119 --> 0:28:17.960
<v Speaker 1>Gladys huh, And.

0:28:17.840 --> 0:28:21.879
<v Speaker 2>It was nineteen seventy seven. Disco was king many decades

0:28:21.920 --> 0:28:25.200
<v Speaker 2>after that. But so I would have to mix songs

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<v Speaker 2>together and like your your rap or hip hop music

0:28:28.280 --> 0:28:31.120
<v Speaker 2>or whatever they use what they call a click track.

0:28:31.160 --> 0:28:34.119
<v Speaker 2>I mean, it's a computer dram. It's perfect, and so

0:28:34.280 --> 0:28:36.640
<v Speaker 2>you can mix beats together. But any rock and roll song,

0:28:36.680 --> 0:28:38.200
<v Speaker 2>if you'd try to mix it there, like you know,

0:28:38.280 --> 0:28:40.840
<v Speaker 2>back in Black ACDC or whatever, you can't, cause the

0:28:40.880 --> 0:28:44.080
<v Speaker 2>tempo varies, rolling stones, any of the beat varies. They

0:28:44.080 --> 0:28:46.000
<v Speaker 2>get a little faster toward the end, or slow down

0:28:46.000 --> 0:28:48.440
<v Speaker 2>in the middle or whatever, because it's human beings involved.

0:28:48.440 --> 0:28:49.840
<v Speaker 1>And I always thought that was really interesting.

0:28:50.000 --> 0:28:52.120
<v Speaker 2>Some of the most popular songs of all time, they

0:28:52.120 --> 0:28:55.000
<v Speaker 2>didn't keep a perfectly steady beat through it. Of course

0:28:55.040 --> 0:28:59.280
<v Speaker 2>you wouldn't, right, right, And I kind of regret being

0:28:59.600 --> 0:29:03.000
<v Speaker 2>mostly recording during the year of click tracks, because when

0:29:03.080 --> 0:29:04.640
<v Speaker 2>you listen to those songs and just pointed out to

0:29:04.720 --> 0:29:08.440
<v Speaker 2>you, you think that's why the last chorus sounds more exciting.

0:29:08.480 --> 0:29:10.400
<v Speaker 2>They picked up a pace, sped up a little, they

0:29:10.480 --> 0:29:13.360
<v Speaker 2>got excited, or they slowed down before it, just because

0:29:13.360 --> 0:29:15.560
<v Speaker 2>they were all looking at each other. And yeah, there

0:29:15.560 --> 0:29:18.840
<v Speaker 2>was human emotion involved, exactly. They got excited. Now I'm excited.

0:29:18.880 --> 0:29:22.440
<v Speaker 2>Everybody's excited. That'll be the difficult thing for AI to mimic,

0:29:22.440 --> 0:29:25.880
<v Speaker 2>although they'll figure it out soon enough. Also, looking at

0:29:25.920 --> 0:29:29.920
<v Speaker 2>some of the Elon headlines. He is a guy who

0:29:30.040 --> 0:29:33.480
<v Speaker 2>is not concerned what other people think about him. No,

0:29:34.120 --> 0:29:35.760
<v Speaker 2>I don't think it ever crosses his mind. I mean

0:29:35.800 --> 0:29:38.320
<v Speaker 2>he is, he is the all time king of I

0:29:38.440 --> 0:29:42.240
<v Speaker 2>have no e fs to give mine ego, wealth and autism.

0:29:42.360 --> 0:29:45.840
<v Speaker 2>I think there's plenty of people positioned, plenty of people

0:29:45.840 --> 0:29:47.880
<v Speaker 2>with ego and wealth, but they seem to be very

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<v Speaker 2>concerned what other people think.

0:29:50.320 --> 0:29:51.080
<v Speaker 1>He's not one.

0:29:51.120 --> 0:29:53.920
<v Speaker 2>And I said it yesterday you were gone somewhere that

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<v Speaker 2>I wonder how much of his ability. Oh, it was

0:29:55.840 --> 0:29:58.760
<v Speaker 2>the conversation we had about so Katie, you got the

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<v Speaker 2>name for me, some big business leader, gazillionaire also who

0:30:02.760 --> 0:30:05.640
<v Speaker 2>worked with Steve Jobs, and Elon Musk was talking about

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<v Speaker 2>the signal the noise.

0:30:06.560 --> 0:30:09.680
<v Speaker 1>Ratio thing that I'm kind of fascinated with, and he was.

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<v Speaker 2>He was talking about how Steve Jobs was ninety percent

0:30:12.200 --> 0:30:15.120
<v Speaker 2>signal ten percent noise, as in, ninety percent of everything

0:30:15.160 --> 0:30:18.720
<v Speaker 2>he did was focused on getting something accomplished with very

0:30:18.800 --> 0:30:21.960
<v Speaker 2>little extraneous whatever, and he worked twenty hours a day.

0:30:22.320 --> 0:30:24.960
<v Speaker 2>He said, Elon is one hundred percent signal.

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<v Speaker 1>Wow, just the way he is, like twenty hours a day.

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<v Speaker 2>And I wondered how much of that is his aspergers,

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<v Speaker 2>just his ability to stay focused without like, screw this,

0:30:34.160 --> 0:30:36.520
<v Speaker 2>I'm gonna do something else. I'm gonna drink margaritas and

0:30:36.560 --> 0:30:39.040
<v Speaker 2>flip through, you know, a porn or something.

0:30:39.080 --> 0:30:39.600
<v Speaker 1>I don't know what.

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<v Speaker 2>I wish you could step on a scale or get

0:30:42.360 --> 0:30:44.560
<v Speaker 2>a scan or something and they could say, well, Joe,

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<v Speaker 2>you're twenty.

0:30:45.400 --> 0:30:52.000
<v Speaker 1>Two percent signal. I'd be like, what, yeah, no kidding.

0:30:52.040 --> 0:30:54.600
<v Speaker 1>Do you remember who that was? Katie? Yeah, Kevin O'Leary,

0:30:54.760 --> 0:30:57.600
<v Speaker 1>also big on Shark Tank. Oh yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Oh,

0:30:57.640 --> 0:30:58.880
<v Speaker 1>you know it's funny on that topic.

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<v Speaker 2>I I've got just a minor health thing on everything's fine,

0:31:02.320 --> 0:31:04.680
<v Speaker 2>but they wanted to do an MRI of my brain

0:31:04.720 --> 0:31:08.640
<v Speaker 2>to make sure it wasn't a brain tumor. And how

0:31:08.680 --> 0:31:10.520
<v Speaker 2>do you say I got a health thing. It's no

0:31:10.600 --> 0:31:12.720
<v Speaker 2>big deal. They did an MRI to see if I

0:31:12.720 --> 0:31:14.600
<v Speaker 2>got a brain tumor. That seems like a big deal.

0:31:15.120 --> 0:31:17.360
<v Speaker 2>I just the details of it aren't interesting, and we're

0:31:17.440 --> 0:31:21.000
<v Speaker 2>up against a break. It's it's a hearing thing, but

0:31:21.040 --> 0:31:22.600
<v Speaker 2>it's it's I think I know what it is going

0:31:22.640 --> 0:31:24.760
<v Speaker 2>to be fine. But anyway, I thought it was hilarious.

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<v Speaker 2>That I got the results. I actually saw them at

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<v Speaker 2>getting Ready with the show for the show today. Uh,

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<v Speaker 2>and it said please to share the patient and his

0:31:33.160 --> 0:31:37.760
<v Speaker 2>MRI looks normal and his brain showed nothing exceptional. And

0:31:37.800 --> 0:31:40.560
<v Speaker 2>I thought, well, that's pretty much confirmed by the trajectory

0:31:40.600 --> 0:31:47.760
<v Speaker 2>of my life. Exceptional the Joe Getty story.

0:31:47.960 --> 0:31:49.560
<v Speaker 1>That could be the title of your book.

0:31:49.680 --> 0:31:53.080
<v Speaker 2>We see nothing exceptional, the Joe Getty story. We've got

0:31:53.160 --> 0:32:00.280
<v Speaker 2>Katie's headlines next. I like reading the style section of

0:32:00.360 --> 0:32:04.960
<v Speaker 2>various newspapers because I find them hilarious and they're so

0:32:05.160 --> 0:32:07.920
<v Speaker 2>out of touch with my real life. Anyway, here's one.

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<v Speaker 2>What is the hottest scent in perfumes right now? According

0:32:12.080 --> 0:32:15.960
<v Speaker 2>to the Wall Street Journal, it is pistachio, just a

0:32:16.080 --> 0:32:19.520
<v Speaker 2>hint of pistachio and all the most expensive scents out there.

0:32:19.560 --> 0:32:23.960
<v Speaker 2>And also their suggestion for the holidays, forego the hackneyed

0:32:24.040 --> 0:32:26.320
<v Speaker 2>holiday beanie, which I wore to work today to keep

0:32:26.360 --> 0:32:29.640
<v Speaker 2>my head warm. Foregoing it's hackneyed, you see, in favor

0:32:29.640 --> 0:32:34.440
<v Speaker 2>of the equally practical fullard fou l A R D flard.

0:32:34.480 --> 0:32:35.880
<v Speaker 1>Oh yeah, I've got three of them.

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<v Speaker 2>Some triangle thing you tie around your head. I hope

0:32:41.240 --> 0:32:44.160
<v Speaker 2>you're not wearing a hackneyed beanie this weekend.

0:32:45.120 --> 0:32:47.640
<v Speaker 1>Full hard. I wouldn't know one if you shoved it

0:32:47.680 --> 0:32:48.760
<v Speaker 1>up my chimney.

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<v Speaker 2>Anyway, Hey, let's figure out who's reporting what it's lead

0:32:51.080 --> 0:32:53.680
<v Speaker 2>story with Katie Green Katie starting with ABC.

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<v Speaker 4>The FAA temporarily bands drums and parts of New Jersey

0:32:57.880 --> 0:33:01.760
<v Speaker 4>notice threatens quote deadly force for imminent security threat.

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<v Speaker 2>There is as Joe is saying, this will go away

0:33:04.200 --> 0:33:09.160
<v Speaker 2>when Travis proposes to Taylor, or you know, something happens

0:33:11.320 --> 0:33:14.120
<v Speaker 2>Christmas will make this story go away, right, We'll all

0:33:14.160 --> 0:33:17.120
<v Speaker 2>forget about it. We'll come back in January sixth and

0:33:17.440 --> 0:33:18.080
<v Speaker 2>will have gone.

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<v Speaker 1>Away and nobody will remember how it got resolved, and

0:33:20.360 --> 0:33:22.360
<v Speaker 1>that'll be the end of it. The latest is you

0:33:22.400 --> 0:33:24.440
<v Speaker 1>got a bunch of New Jersey eights saying the.

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<v Speaker 2>Thing passed over my house and now I can't stop coughing.

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<v Speaker 1>Oh, any get weird symptoms?

0:33:30.160 --> 0:33:33.600
<v Speaker 2>Maybe you need a fillard to keep your head warm.

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<v Speaker 4>From The New York Post, Luigi Mangione arrives at courthouse

0:33:37.200 --> 0:33:41.400
<v Speaker 4>as hundreds of protesters gather outside to show support.

0:33:41.120 --> 0:33:42.920
<v Speaker 1>For killer freaking weirdos.

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<v Speaker 4>From The Washington Post, Amazon hit by teamsters strikes during

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<v Speaker 4>holiday rush.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, it's thousands of people, and Amazon has one point

0:33:53.960 --> 0:33:57.280
<v Speaker 2>eight million employees or something like that. But in the

0:33:57.520 --> 0:34:01.040
<v Speaker 2>locations where they're centered, like San Francisco and see, if

0:34:01.040 --> 0:34:04.920
<v Speaker 2>you're expecting something, you know, overnight last minute rush, it

0:34:04.960 --> 0:34:05.360
<v Speaker 2>could happen.

0:34:05.400 --> 0:34:08.400
<v Speaker 1>Effect woops from.

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<v Speaker 4>The Associated Press, NASA's two struck as two stuck astronauts

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<v Speaker 4>face more time in space, with return delayed now until.

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<v Speaker 1>At least March.

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<v Speaker 2>That'd be a heck of bad news to get you

0:34:23.000 --> 0:34:25.080
<v Speaker 2>think you're coming back from space after being stuck up

0:34:25.080 --> 0:34:29.719
<v Speaker 2>there forever much change it again. Yeah, even if it

0:34:29.760 --> 0:34:31.440
<v Speaker 2>was kind of exciting that they would be up there

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<v Speaker 2>for an extended period, at first, they'd think, well, what

0:34:33.880 --> 0:34:35.399
<v Speaker 2>the hell I get to live in space for all?

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<v Speaker 1>They're probably good and sick of it now, unless you

0:34:37.600 --> 0:34:39.760
<v Speaker 1>don't like your family and you're thinking, oh right.

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<v Speaker 4>From CNN, humanoid robot that can do your laundry, dishes

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<v Speaker 4>and make you coffee could.

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<v Speaker 1>Be yours as early as next year. Awesome.

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<v Speaker 4>And finally, the Batlon Bee RFK Junior advises children to

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<v Speaker 4>leave out eight strips of bacon and a bowl of beef.

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<v Speaker 2>Tallow for s this year, which publication had the headline

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<v Speaker 2>about that you might have a robot next year CNN. Okay,

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<v Speaker 2>I have to look into that story. I need one

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<v Speaker 2>between AI and robots. We're spend a lot of time

0:35:13.160 --> 0:35:15.960
<v Speaker 2>and money on designing things that we could just do ourselves.

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<v Speaker 1>I don't know.

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<v Speaker 2>We're going to make ourselves obsolete. The president is senile

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<v Speaker 2>and now everybody's admitting it. Major Wall Street Journal story

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