WEBVTT - Why Do Your Bowels Have An English Accent?

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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, Joe, Katty arm Strong.

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<v Speaker 2>And Jetty and now he Armstrong and Eddy.

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<v Speaker 3>I'm considering voting yes on DeSantis if he finally admits

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<v Speaker 3>that he has lifts in his boots.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm sure he does.

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<v Speaker 3>I think three inches for inches at least.

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<v Speaker 4>That's a US senator and colleague of Marco Rubio, John

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<v Speaker 4>Fetterman of Pennsylvania saying he will vote for Marco Rubio

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<v Speaker 4>as Secretary of State.

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<v Speaker 1>Ron de Santis.

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<v Speaker 4>N de Santis would vote for Ron DeSantis as Secretary

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<v Speaker 4>of Defense if he's nominated.

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<v Speaker 2>If he admits he has lifts.

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<v Speaker 1>In his boots Senator on Senator violence.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, I don't know if DeSantis would think that was

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<v Speaker 2>funny or not.

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<v Speaker 1>Definitely like the new Fetterman post stroke better than the

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<v Speaker 1>old one, yeah, which is no endorsement of that terrible

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<v Speaker 1>medical melody. But he sure is a different dude.

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<v Speaker 4>So we're not there yet that that Trump needs to

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<v Speaker 4>name DeSantis as the nominee for Secretary of Defense, because

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<v Speaker 4>you still have old Pete Hegseth in there. He hasn't

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<v Speaker 4>gotten out yet here's a little on the reporting on

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<v Speaker 4>that from Bill Malusion on Fox.

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<v Speaker 5>Heg Seth also met yesterday with Senator Roger Wicker. He's

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<v Speaker 5>the incoming chairman of the All Important Arms Services Committee.

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<v Speaker 5>Wicker says Hegseth pledged to him he would stop drinking

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<v Speaker 5>if he set death.

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<v Speaker 3>Issu was made about him being intoxicated several times, and

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<v Speaker 3>so the questions that everry member will be asking him led.

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<v Speaker 6>To and hekill Stuftrina altogether if he becomes secretaries exactly,

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<v Speaker 6>and then the rest of the allegations in the New

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<v Speaker 6>York article on the like.

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<v Speaker 3>How I will not I answered about that, and he

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<v Speaker 3>stated categorically they were untrue.

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<v Speaker 4>So I hadn't thought about that. If you're a big drinker,

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<v Speaker 4>you can very easily. I just finished reading Bob Woodward's

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<v Speaker 4>War Secretary of State, Secretary of Defense. You get phone

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<v Speaker 4>calls at two thirty in the morning and have to

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<v Speaker 4>make some serious decisions very quickly. You can't be drunk

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<v Speaker 4>and or hungover. So it's not just do you drink

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<v Speaker 4>during work hours, because your work hours are literally twenty

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<v Speaker 4>four to seven when your secretary Defense, right, So.

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<v Speaker 2>As Hegxsist said, he doesn't drink at all.

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<v Speaker 4>He told Megan Kelly yesterday, doesn't he's not an alcoholic,

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<v Speaker 4>and he said, yeah, he would.

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<v Speaker 1>Be willing to give up alcohol entirely during his stay.

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<v Speaker 2>As Pentagonchi, that's a good commitment.

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<v Speaker 1>As Senator Wickers said, you know, so, I thought a

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<v Speaker 1>couple of days ago his nomination was shakier than I

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<v Speaker 1>think it is today. And Goodness knows, it could go

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<v Speaker 1>either way. But he is absolutely manfully and intelligently saying this.

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<v Speaker 1>This is a manufactured takedown. I am not going to

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<v Speaker 1>back down in the face of this crap. Okay, I

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<v Speaker 1>admire him for that.

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<v Speaker 4>Yeah, I want to hear that Wall Street Journal stuff

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<v Speaker 4>you have before you get to that. I think this

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<v Speaker 4>will set it up. So a little piece from the

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<v Speaker 4>New York Times. Trump has made clear to people close

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<v Speaker 4>to him that he believes Hegseth should have been more

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<v Speaker 4>forthcoming about the problems he would face getting confirmed, according

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<v Speaker 4>to two people with knowledge of his thinking, So it's possible.

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<v Speaker 4>You know, you never know if this stuff's true or not,

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<v Speaker 4>but it's possible. Trump's like, God, God, dude, you gotta

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<v Speaker 4>let us know so he can be ahead of this stuff.

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<v Speaker 4>Possible Politico is reporting. Well, actually it's a quote from

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<v Speaker 4>Hegzz's lawyer, whose name parlatory, defended Hegzev's communication with the

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<v Speaker 4>Trump team around all this stuff and why he didn't

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<v Speaker 4>tell him. Hegsat's lawyer said, it's not something you would

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<v Speaker 4>necessarily be expected to disclose. Were you ever falsely accused

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<v Speaker 4>of something that the police investigated and clear you of

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<v Speaker 4>That's not a question that comes up in any background check.

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<v Speaker 4>Uh yeah, I would, it kind of does. And that's

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<v Speaker 4>absolutely the sort of thing you would disclose. How many

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<v Speaker 4>of you have been investigated by the police and then

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<v Speaker 4>cleared and then you think, once you're cleared, that's a

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<v Speaker 4>non story. In my life, it's not worth you ever

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<v Speaker 4>mentioning to anybody.

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<v Speaker 1>Really, you don't follow politics much for one right, of course,

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<v Speaker 1>this is his attorney who also said that he wasn't

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<v Speaker 1>even the state for the alleged strip club incident where

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<v Speaker 1>he was hammered and wanted to get up on stage

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<v Speaker 1>with the dancers. Who knows what's true, but so one

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<v Speaker 1>the dynamic I've been aware of is that his current

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<v Speaker 1>colleagues and very recent past colleagues at Fox News has

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<v Speaker 1>said he's the stand upist guy they've ever worked with.

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<v Speaker 1>They never sensed any problem. He never maltreated anybody, And

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<v Speaker 1>so I was surprised to see this headline Pete Hexast

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<v Speaker 1>drinking worried? Is Fox News colleagues, sources tell NBC News. Right,

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<v Speaker 1>So I went to this story that happened to be

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<v Speaker 1>on MSNBC. Citing ten current and former Fox News employees,

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<v Speaker 1>NBC News reported that on more than a dozen occasions

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<v Speaker 1>they smelled alcohol on him before he went on air.

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<v Speaker 1>They don't say what time of day or why he

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<v Speaker 1>was on air or anything like that.

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<v Speaker 4>Right, So those are unnamed Fox employees. Doesn't mean it

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<v Speaker 4>didn't happen. But Brian Kilmeat on Fox and Friends said,

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<v Speaker 4>we've all worked with Pete for fourteen years and none

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<v Speaker 4>of us have been contacted by any reporters.

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<v Speaker 1>That's what kill Meat said. I think it was yesterday

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<v Speaker 1>on Fox and Friends. So two of those people said

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<v Speaker 1>on more than a dozen occasions. But those same two

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<v Speaker 1>people who are not willing to put their names forward,

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<v Speaker 1>said that during his time there, he appeared on television

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<v Speaker 1>after they'd heard him mentioned being hung over. All right,

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<v Speaker 1>so he showed up to work slightly hungover and never

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<v Speaker 1>missed a que, never missed a day of work, never

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<v Speaker 1>missed anything, according to these same anonymous rumor mongers.

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<v Speaker 4>Well that gets the question I've been asking along. Shouldn't

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<v Speaker 4>we do you make a decision as a nation on

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<v Speaker 4>what our standards are for people that have some of

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<v Speaker 4>these jobs? Are you not allowed to go to strip clubs?

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<v Speaker 4>Are you not allowed to have affairs? Are you're not

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<v Speaker 4>allowed to ever be hungover? I mean that will have

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<v Speaker 4>eliminated a lot of people that like have statues in

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<v Speaker 4>parks for them in US history, Winston Churchill wouldn't have

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<v Speaker 4>been Prime Minister for instance.

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<v Speaker 1>Right, And, as one of our beloved listeners pointed it

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<v Speaker 1>out quite eloquently via email, this is really good. So

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<v Speaker 1>I want to mention his name. No, that's not it.

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<v Speaker 1>Uh never mind pointed out this stuff only runs one way.

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<v Speaker 1>Democrats always make like it's some big deal when a

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<v Speaker 1>guy was hung over once.

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<v Speaker 4>Oh, for god's sake, this bull shack And ask well,

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<v Speaker 4>I guess we have a clip about the strip club.

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<v Speaker 4>I want to hear this and I have a question.

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<v Speaker 1>So how do you respond to those reports?

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<v Speaker 6>All of those allegations are anonymous, All of them are unsubstantiated.

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<v Speaker 6>No one's putting their name on it. No one can

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<v Speaker 6>point to an actual incidence, an actual place, an actual

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<v Speaker 6>piece of evidence, none of it. I was at my

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<v Speaker 6>brother's house last night where I was talking about where

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<v Speaker 6>did this allegation come of me being in a strip club?

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<v Speaker 1>That's one of the things that is in Louisiana that

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<v Speaker 1>not just in the strip club strict clus storming the state.

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<v Speaker 6>On the stage at a strip club. Where did this

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<v Speaker 6>come from? And they said, Pete, don't you know what

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<v Speaker 6>happened there? I said, no, it was, there was an

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<v Speaker 6>incident at a strip club. Something happened that was addressed.

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<v Speaker 6>You were nowhere near there. You weren't even at the event.

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<v Speaker 6>You weren't even in the state. You're being accused of

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<v Speaker 6>something you weren't even at. So if they're making up

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<v Speaker 6>an instance of something where I didn't even attend, how

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<v Speaker 6>can you believe a single other thing that any of

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<v Speaker 6>these people are saying in any instance?

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<v Speaker 4>Well, I assume that's one hundred percent true, because there's

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<v Speaker 4>no way you'd want to come out and say that

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<v Speaker 4>and have that turn out to be wrong, because then

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<v Speaker 4>you're doomed. So that must be true, And that's a

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<v Speaker 4>pretty good point. If you're going to make those claims

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<v Speaker 4>that I wasn't even in the state on the date

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<v Speaker 4>you're claiming this happened, the rest of the stuff falls apart,

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<v Speaker 4>and then what do you think about the whole Brian Kilmead,

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<v Speaker 4>who's on Fox and Friends daily but also worked with

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<v Speaker 4>him on the weekends, saying, we've all all the people

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<v Speaker 4>on the couch, like the biggest stars of Fox, said,

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<v Speaker 4>we've worked for Pete for fourteen years and nobody's asked

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<v Speaker 4>us and we never saw any of this stuff.

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<v Speaker 2>What does that mean?

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<v Speaker 1>Which is which is why I went to that headline

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<v Speaker 1>from NBC News thinking, oh wow, that contradicts what I've heard.

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<v Speaker 1>But no, it's two anonymous crackpots making ridiculous who cares allegations?

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<v Speaker 2>So did that answer your question?

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<v Speaker 1>Or I think yeah, the fact that everybody works with

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<v Speaker 1>now says no, he's a great guy, there's no problem.

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<v Speaker 1>But his piece in the Wall Street Journal Pete Hexas

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<v Speaker 1>is there available today. I've faced fire before, I won't

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<v Speaker 1>back down. I look forward to an anonymous I'm sorry,

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<v Speaker 1>to an honest confirmation hearing, not a press show trial

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<v Speaker 1>based on anonymous accusations, and he says on these pages,

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<v Speaker 1>eighteen years ago, I penned an article titled more Troops Please.

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<v Speaker 1>I was a young US Army lieutenant who just complete

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<v Speaker 1>a combat tour in Iraq, and I believe we needed

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<v Speaker 1>more troops and a new strategy to turn the war around.

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<v Speaker 1>I had seen a lot, been through a lot, and

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<v Speaker 1>believed in my troops in the mission. Ever since then,

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<v Speaker 1>I've been fighting for our troops. And he goes into

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<v Speaker 1>his background of founding and advocating for organizations that are

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<v Speaker 1>all about the troops. A couple of different ones, including

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<v Speaker 1>one that overspent and went into debt, and he stayed

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<v Speaker 1>there at the Helm until they paid off all their debt.

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<v Speaker 1>Very stand up guy, at least by his description, and

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<v Speaker 1>he has volunteered over and over again to protect his guys.

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<v Speaker 1>Than he re enlisted, he'd missed the sense of purpose

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<v Speaker 1>of being in the military. Then he talks about when

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<v Speaker 1>he came back he founded Concerned Veterans for America. Is

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<v Speaker 1>his background as an organizer and worker and guy who

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<v Speaker 1>cares is really very very impressive. Then he talks about

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<v Speaker 1>his work at Fox News. He says, where I saw

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<v Speaker 1>my work as a continuation of my mission to fight

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<v Speaker 1>for America again, and the legacy Press has used anonymous

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<v Speaker 1>sources to try to discredit even that. Please see my

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<v Speaker 1>ex feed for all the on the record sources whom

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<v Speaker 1>I actually did work with and know what kind of

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<v Speaker 1>person I am and how I conduct myself. I've been

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<v Speaker 1>through a lot combat tours, job changes, divorces and family challenges. Yes,

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<v Speaker 1>I love my mom very much, and she loves me.

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<v Speaker 1>I've always led with honesty, integrity, and passion. Tragically, many

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<v Speaker 1>veterans never find the purpose for the next chapter and

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<v Speaker 1>so come to the bottled depression or worst of all, suicide.

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<v Speaker 1>I understood what they're facing because I've lived it. By

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<v Speaker 1>the grace of God, I took another path. My Lord

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<v Speaker 1>and Savior, Jesus Christ is renewed and restored my life.

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<v Speaker 1>I am saved by his grace. The press is peddling

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<v Speaker 1>anonymous story after anonymous story, all meant to smear me

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<v Speaker 1>and tear me down. It's a textbook manufactured media takedown.

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<v Speaker 1>They provide no evidence, no names, and they ignore the

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<v Speaker 1>legions of people who speak on my behalf. They need

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<v Speaker 1>to create a boogey man because they believe I threaten

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<v Speaker 1>their institutional insanity. That is the only thing they're right about.

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<v Speaker 4>Yeah, So I don't really have an opinion on pedd

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<v Speaker 4>Exit being Secretary of Defense or not, other than some

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<v Speaker 4>of my favorite pundits are really in favor of him

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<v Speaker 4>getting the job, so it makes me think I'd be

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<v Speaker 4>in favor of it. But I definitely have an opinion

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<v Speaker 4>on these snowballing witch hunts that happen in Washington, d C.

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<v Speaker 4>Particularly around Republicans, like having Kavanaugh, like happen with Kavanaugh,

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<v Speaker 4>and that's not good. That's not the reason to get

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<v Speaker 4>rid of people. And I like the way the goal

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<v Speaker 4>pulse always move. So it started with he may have

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<v Speaker 4>like raped a woman or something, but that one kind

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<v Speaker 4>of fell apart or went away, and now we're down to.

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<v Speaker 2>He was hungover at work.

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<v Speaker 4>I mean, what are you would you disqualify anybody for

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<v Speaker 4>anything before because they were hung over at work a

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<v Speaker 4>couple of times.

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<v Speaker 1>And you got all sorts of drunks and philanderers and

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<v Speaker 1>How that first sip of coffee? Oh affects you physiologically?

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<v Speaker 4>Just see how bright Venus was last night over the

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<v Speaker 4>moon and that was really cool?

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<v Speaker 1>Did not notice?

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<v Speaker 2>Check it out?

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<v Speaker 4>It was at its peak last night. But it'll still

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<v Speaker 4>be really bright tonight and it's right like in the

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<v Speaker 4>crescent of the moon, like a some plan out of

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<v Speaker 4>a painting or something, and super bright.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah.

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<v Speaker 1>I was actually engaged in one of my beloved hobbies,

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<v Speaker 1>which I want to talk about later. Just that whole

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<v Speaker 1>doing a hobby because it makes you happy and it's

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<v Speaker 1>good for you, as opposed to having an end goal.

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<v Speaker 1>I struggle with that, and I think a lot of people. Yep,

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<v Speaker 1>everybody does. Anyway, more on that to come. So Coffee

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<v Speaker 1>Drinkers of the World Unite came across this rather interesting

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<v Speaker 1>piece about what actually happens when you have your coffee

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<v Speaker 1>in the morning or all day long in some folks case.

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<v Speaker 1>So let's say at eight o'clock you take here first

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<v Speaker 1>sip of coffee. They mentioned that there's there are significant

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<v Speaker 1>differences between the way people process between the ways people

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<v Speaker 1>process caffeine, and it's kind of understood, but only partly

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<v Speaker 1>gender differences.

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<v Speaker 7>You know.

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<v Speaker 1>Of course there word as sex men and women, and genetics.

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<v Speaker 2>Of course there is.

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<v Speaker 4>I've never thought about it before, but a courser is

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<v Speaker 4>and that explains me, my kids. People I know, and

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<v Speaker 4>the way they re you know, the way they handle

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<v Speaker 4>drinking coffee and the way I do.

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<v Speaker 2>We react completely differently. Yeah, right, or alcohol or whatever.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, it's one of the most liberating things in the world, folks,

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<v Speaker 1>when you realize, oh, different people perceive the world differently

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<v Speaker 1>than I do. They come to different opinions, and that's okay.

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<v Speaker 4>Anyway, There's some things not get like the jag from

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<v Speaker 4>coffee that like you and I get, do some people

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<v Speaker 4>because it's like painkillers don't make me high and happy,

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<v Speaker 4>so I have no desire to take them. But I

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<v Speaker 4>know people they like the first time they ever had

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<v Speaker 4>any painkillers, like this is the greatest feeling I've ever had.

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<v Speaker 4>Do some people not get that from coffee?

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<v Speaker 1>Uh? Yeah, I suppose to, and I know you and

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<v Speaker 1>I differ in that. I drink a fair amount of

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<v Speaker 1>coffee too, but I don't get headaches if I don't

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<v Speaker 1>get coffee. I just think, man, I'd like some coffee.

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<v Speaker 2>I feel like a railroad spike has been driven through

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<v Speaker 2>my eyeball. So the first.

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<v Speaker 1>Mood alteration when you take that sip is likely placebo

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<v Speaker 1>rather than any biological change, especially if you're in the

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<v Speaker 1>routine of consuming caffeine every morning. To actually get any

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<v Speaker 1>effects from caffeine, it's got to get into your bloodstream,

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<v Speaker 1>which takes about twenty minutes or so.

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<v Speaker 4>I've been aware of this from my drinking days. I

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<v Speaker 4>would get that feeling you get after having a beer

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<v Speaker 4>when I decided to have a beer before it even

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<v Speaker 4>opened it up, so the brain was like, Okay, we

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<v Speaker 4>know what's come and release the chemicals. And it does

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<v Speaker 4>the same thing with coffee. That doesn't surprise me.

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<v Speaker 1>Yes, I can attest to that phenomenon. You're not alone.

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<v Speaker 1>About twenty minutes in the first thing he experienced is

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<v Speaker 1>an increase in heart rate if you're in a low

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<v Speaker 1>state of arousal, not that kind of arousal.

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<v Speaker 2>Plain it up walking around and a cup of coffee.

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<v Speaker 1>Oh my god, he couldn't let folks.

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<v Speaker 2>I begged him. I begged him.

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<v Speaker 1>Let's see, which is why people rely on the cup

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<v Speaker 1>of coffee in the morning. Within twenty minutes, your metal

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<v Speaker 1>performance has already improved. You feel more alert, switched on,

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<v Speaker 1>able to tackle cat tackle tasks. The flow of coffee

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<v Speaker 1>into the bloodstream causes adrenaline to be released.

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<v Speaker 2>Does it say less angry at any point, because that's

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<v Speaker 2>what happened for me, less likely to stop it data.

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<v Speaker 1>It can actually sharpen your vision too, which probably explains

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<v Speaker 1>why morning paper, spreadsheets, whatever are easier to read after.

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<v Speaker 2>A coffee or two. Wow, that's what you.

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<v Speaker 1>Need, Yeah, my mansters start drinking coffee in your vision

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<v Speaker 1>around twenty minutes. Come at the twenty minute mark comes

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<v Speaker 1>the old rush of euphotia. It's when you're feeling good,

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<v Speaker 1>you're feeling positive, you're greeting your colleagues, whatever it's the.

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<v Speaker 2>R Everything's great, always has been, always will be.

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<v Speaker 1>By eight thirty oh, nature calls literally because caffeine is

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<v Speaker 1>a diuretic, and so you gotta pee. If I tell

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<v Speaker 1>people all the time, we would get on get ready

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<v Speaker 1>to go on family vacations, and of course I would

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<v Speaker 1>be in charge of finishing packing the car and pushing

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<v Speaker 1>the rope, hurting the cats trying to get him in

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<v Speaker 1>the car, and the mood was always a little tense,

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<v Speaker 1>and then we go off down the road. But I

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<v Speaker 1>was never hard asked Dad about no, it's too soon

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<v Speaker 1>to stop to go to the bathroom, because I was

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<v Speaker 1>swinging out of coffee.

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<v Speaker 2>I was the first guy who had to stop right anyway.

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<v Speaker 1>By nine thirty am, an hour and a half later,

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<v Speaker 1>much sooner for other people. All of a sudden, your

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<v Speaker 1>your bowels say, well, good morning, haul, I'm feeling excellent

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<v Speaker 1>about the day, and there's something I would like to accomplish.

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<v Speaker 1>I don't have time to explain to you the metaphysics

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<v Speaker 1>of it, but it's unmistaken.

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<v Speaker 2>Why do your bowels have an English accent? More to

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<v Speaker 2>come Armstrong and Getty.

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<v Speaker 8>Between twenty eighteen and twenty twenty three junk fees alone

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<v Speaker 8>allowed airlines to pocket billions of dollars.

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<v Speaker 1>This is all.

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<v Speaker 8>Detailed in a multi year Senate study, and the chair

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<v Speaker 8>of the committee says this report pulls back the curtain

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<v Speaker 8>on tactics like dynamic pricing. Of course, the curtain is

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<v Speaker 8>then quickly closed by the first class flight attendant.

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<v Speaker 2>If you don't fly.

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<v Speaker 8>Delta one, you don't get to see Delta one. Now

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<v Speaker 8>go poop in a bucket, you beasts.

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<v Speaker 1>Reminding me of how funny Colbert is when it's not

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<v Speaker 1>just prick pardon me, sorry, folks.

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<v Speaker 2>Sir, like a seller.

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<v Speaker 4>I think about that for ever when I'm in coach

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<v Speaker 4>where I mostly am poop, you beast.

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<v Speaker 1>That is really funny.

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<v Speaker 4>So Senator Josh Holly laid into the CEOs of the

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<v Speaker 4>big airlines yesterday in a very populist way that maybe

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<v Speaker 4>we'll play.

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<v Speaker 2>Some of that coming eyes.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, okay, so I thought this was so interesting. Getting

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<v Speaker 1>back to the coffee discussion, then I want to move

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<v Speaker 1>on to France. Roughly sixteen to ninety minutes after consumption.

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<v Speaker 1>Your results may vary. All of us feel.

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<v Speaker 4>Strange rumblings below, and they point out they used to

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<v Speaker 4>make that joke on friends all the time about coffee

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<v Speaker 4>making you poop, and it always struck me his word,

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<v Speaker 4>because it doesn't me and not that you probably want

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<v Speaker 4>to hear this much about it, but it just does.

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<v Speaker 1>It never, it's never had, never been a correlation for me.

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<v Speaker 1>Definitely mobilizes the troops in my case.

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<v Speaker 2>But wow, what's more interesting discussion we've ever had?

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<v Speaker 1>Only if you make it childish, well more than capable

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<v Speaker 1>of carrying this on in an adult way.

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<v Speaker 2>What makes you poop? Katie?

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<v Speaker 1>Oh? So many? Oh lord, what I gotta work with? Kid?

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<v Speaker 1>Don't as if you're going to dignify as stupidity, I

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<v Speaker 1>don't have.

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<v Speaker 2>Does coffee have it? Do you drink coffee?

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<v Speaker 1>Katie?

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<v Speaker 4>I don't even know if I paid attention, I do

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<v Speaker 4>you do? And does it have the effect on your

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<v Speaker 4>bowels that Joe's mentioning? No, now it doesn't perfect and

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<v Speaker 4>women don't do that.

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<v Speaker 2>Jack's right, women don't keep it that way.

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<v Speaker 1>That is that's an excellent point, Katie, thank you. Uh So, Anyway,

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<v Speaker 1>what's interesting is though coffee is a vasodilator, and I've

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<v Speaker 1>heard that it dilates your veins eventually, and and everything

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<v Speaker 1>just gets going more. Uh, there are also compounds in coffee,

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<v Speaker 1>including decalf that cause those rumblings. But no, please, again,

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<v Speaker 1>the adult in the room says, coffee drinking has been

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<v Speaker 1>pretty strongly associated with a lower risk of colorectal cancer,

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<v Speaker 1>and one view is because of those compounds effects on

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<v Speaker 1>gut motility, as they say, getting things up. Going coffee

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<v Speaker 1>also has been shown to lower the risks the type

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<v Speaker 1>two diabetes, among other things. And then they talk about

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<v Speaker 1>the crash and the headache, and then you want more

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<v Speaker 1>and all. But we all know that. So anyway, let's see.

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<v Speaker 4>Now, A long time ago, some radio doctor, I don't

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<v Speaker 4>remember who it was, I remember them saying, the only

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<v Speaker 4>downside of being a coffee addict is you're a coffee addict.

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<v Speaker 4>Other than that, there's not really a problem. Still mostly

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<v Speaker 4>true as far as I can tell. Yeah, as far

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<v Speaker 4>as I've observed.

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<v Speaker 1>One more somewhat interesting thing I came across was this

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<v Speaker 1>doctor who's a neurobiology stea coined the term the ninety

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<v Speaker 1>minute rule about coffee, suggesting the best time to drink

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<v Speaker 1>your morning coffee for optimal productivity is ninety to one

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<v Speaker 1>hundred and twenty minutes after waking up.

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<v Speaker 2>Not a chance. Not This is set clip and chance.

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<v Speaker 4>Who's going to wait an hour and a half for

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<v Speaker 4>their first sip of coffee after they get up?

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<v Speaker 2>Good lord?

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<v Speaker 1>This is said to help you avoid the dreaded mid

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<v Speaker 1>morning energy crash and cortisol spike which will affect your sleep.

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<v Speaker 1>Mind his own, damn kidding. We're agreed on that. So

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<v Speaker 1>complete change of topic here, Michael. We haven't played transition

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<v Speaker 1>music in a long time. Do you have something good

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<v Speaker 1>handy there at your fingertips? When we veer wildly from

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<v Speaker 1>topic topics, sometimes it helps to put the palt cleanse

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<v Speaker 1>the palate.

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<v Speaker 2>There we go. That's us. I ain't got no cigarettes.

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<v Speaker 1>That groove is just intoxicating. The great Roger Miller love

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<v Speaker 1>it anyway. This is certainly the co finalist for the

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<v Speaker 1>most important story any American could pay attention to. With

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<v Speaker 1>the you know, small group of stories about how China

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<v Speaker 1>is constantly attacking us. We're in a full on cold

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<v Speaker 1>war as they're hacking into our phone systems and stealing

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<v Speaker 1>our technology, and the America is lousy with Chinese spices.

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<v Speaker 1>But the other one is the problem going on right

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<v Speaker 1>now in France. Don't get hung up on the particulars

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<v Speaker 1>of parliament and prime ministers and presidents. And wait a second,

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<v Speaker 1>I thought Macrone was the president, but they have a

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<v Speaker 1>parliamentary system.

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<v Speaker 2>Oh my gosh.

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<v Speaker 1>Well they just had a no confidence vote, essentially throwing

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<v Speaker 1>out their prime minister, even though he might stay in

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<v Speaker 1>office because of some of the rules and REGs. But again,

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<v Speaker 1>that's not the important part. The important part is this.

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<v Speaker 1>They are in complete political gridlock because they have overspent

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<v Speaker 1>their revenue so much and they are so saddled with debt.

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<v Speaker 2>And expensive interest.

0:23:48.840 --> 0:23:52.600
<v Speaker 1>Payments that they are going broke, and the measures it

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<v Speaker 1>would take to fix the problem are so politically unpopular.

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<v Speaker 1>The whole thing is crumbling and nobody knows what to do.

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<v Speaker 1>Nobody can form a coalition, nobody can get elected. Telling

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<v Speaker 1>the truth, France is nigh on screwed and we're about

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<v Speaker 1>two strides, you know behind them.

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<v Speaker 4>Well, how did you go broke? Gradually? Then suddenly one

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<v Speaker 4>of the best things ever written about that, because that

0:24:21.359 --> 0:24:25.080
<v Speaker 4>is what happens. It feels gradual till the point that

0:24:25.160 --> 0:24:28.919
<v Speaker 4>it's just okay, now we're screwed. I'm screwed, the family screwed, whatever,

0:24:28.960 --> 0:24:29.800
<v Speaker 4>the country's screwed.

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<v Speaker 2>And then and then there's no fixing it.

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<v Speaker 4>There's no coming back saying oh wait a second, I

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<v Speaker 4>didn't know or something.

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<v Speaker 2>It's no, you're done.

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<v Speaker 1>Maybe you prefer the metaphor of the boiling frog, which

0:24:41.640 --> 0:24:44.359
<v Speaker 1>is especially appropriate because we're talking about French people. There

0:24:44.520 --> 0:24:49.080
<v Speaker 1>surely are their nickname on anybody. Yeah, anyway, So putting

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<v Speaker 1>aside the particular parties and personalities, Marine la Penn, you've

0:24:52.480 --> 0:24:55.800
<v Speaker 1>heard of her, the right winger and unruly alliances of

0:24:55.880 --> 0:24:59.720
<v Speaker 1>leftist parties and Macron's so called moderates and all the

0:25:00.080 --> 0:25:05.440
<v Speaker 1>worry about that, here's the deal. La Penn joined with

0:25:05.680 --> 0:25:09.600
<v Speaker 1>leftist lawmakers backing the no confidence vote for the current

0:25:09.640 --> 0:25:15.440
<v Speaker 1>prime minister dude after he said, look, here's sixty billion euros.

0:25:15.440 --> 0:25:18.399
<v Speaker 1>It's about sixty three billion dollars. It's quaint by US

0:25:18.880 --> 0:25:23.280
<v Speaker 1>monetary foolishness standards, but France is a much smaller country.

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<v Speaker 1>He produced about seventy three billion dollars in spending cuts

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<v Speaker 1>and tax increases. What he's trying to do is narrow

0:25:31.240 --> 0:25:34.200
<v Speaker 1>France's deficit, which is going to reach more than six

0:25:34.280 --> 0:25:38.119
<v Speaker 1>percent of their gross domestic product this year, which is

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<v Speaker 1>double the European Union's limit because they have rules to

0:25:40.560 --> 0:25:43.280
<v Speaker 1>keep everybody from going broken, then making everybody else bail

0:25:43.359 --> 0:25:47.320
<v Speaker 1>them out like Grease did. But this Barnier is this

0:25:47.320 --> 0:25:50.320
<v Speaker 1>guy's name. We just got voted out. He spoke to

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<v Speaker 1>the Lower House as people were shouting at him. He

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<v Speaker 1>had a solemn look on his face, and he said, look,

0:25:56.920 --> 0:26:01.520
<v Speaker 1>we need to fix our finances. Spending more on servicing

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<v Speaker 1>our debt than our entire defense budget. Quote, listen to me,

0:26:06.359 --> 0:26:09.200
<v Speaker 1>this reality is here to stay and it won't disappear

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<v Speaker 1>by the magic of emotion of censure. In other words, Okay,

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<v Speaker 1>get rid of me. Get the next guy in. He's

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<v Speaker 1>gonna have exactly the same problem and they're politically paralyzed.

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<v Speaker 2>Well.

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<v Speaker 4>I started the show talking about Mitt Romney's speech yesterday,

0:26:25.560 --> 0:26:28.720
<v Speaker 4>his leaving the Senate speech, when he talked about the

0:26:29.320 --> 0:26:31.840
<v Speaker 4>thing that bothered him the most, he couldn't make any

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<v Speaker 4>movement on bringing the parties together and doing something about

0:26:34.200 --> 0:26:36.760
<v Speaker 4>our debt. And he mentioned, you realize that if we

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<v Speaker 4>didn't have so much we are spending on just the

0:26:40.520 --> 0:26:43.680
<v Speaker 4>interest payments on our debt, we could double our defense budget,

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<v Speaker 4>or double our Social Security payments in Medicare payout, or

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<v Speaker 4>double lots of things, he realized if we didn't have

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<v Speaker 4>to pay, But we do, and nobody has any interest

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<v Speaker 4>in doing anything about it, and it's only gonna get worse.

0:26:57.040 --> 0:26:59.439
<v Speaker 1>Our spend thrift ways are a choice and they have

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<v Speaker 1>re consequences, but there is zero political gain in putting

0:27:04.440 --> 0:27:06.840
<v Speaker 1>that out. That is, so you're gonna eat your spinach,

0:27:06.960 --> 0:27:09.640
<v Speaker 1>and we do not have an electric that is willing

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<v Speaker 1>to eat spinach at this point. Just one more note

0:27:12.000 --> 0:27:15.800
<v Speaker 1>on the French thing, and it's gonna be frustrating. And

0:27:16.160 --> 0:27:19.800
<v Speaker 1>I know y'all are with us on this, but when

0:27:20.200 --> 0:27:26.840
<v Speaker 1>the pooh hits the ventilation device, a huge percent of

0:27:26.880 --> 0:27:29.399
<v Speaker 1>the population and a lot of the politicians are going

0:27:29.440 --> 0:27:30.040
<v Speaker 1>to say.

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<v Speaker 2>How did this happen? Right?

0:27:32.600 --> 0:27:34.919
<v Speaker 1>And I'm gonna be slapping my forehead. But anyway, so

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<v Speaker 1>Marine La Penn, who I agree with on a fair

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<v Speaker 1>amount about immigration that sort of thing, said she was

0:27:40.280 --> 0:27:42.960
<v Speaker 1>prepared to vote in favor of an extension. She was

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<v Speaker 1>railing against Barnier's measures as an assault on working in

0:27:47.080 --> 0:27:49.879
<v Speaker 1>middle class households that have borne the brunt of the

0:27:49.920 --> 0:27:53.400
<v Speaker 1>cost of living crisis. This budget takes the French people hostage,

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<v Speaker 1>she said.

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<v Speaker 2>Good luck, well, good luck to us.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, no kidding.

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<v Speaker 4>And you know that's not good for the United States either,

0:28:02.520 --> 0:28:05.040
<v Speaker 4>because France is one of our main allies. We end

0:28:05.119 --> 0:28:07.040
<v Speaker 4>up in a full on war with China, France will

0:28:07.040 --> 0:28:08.440
<v Speaker 4>be on our side and we'll need them.

0:28:08.560 --> 0:28:10.880
<v Speaker 2>And if they're broke, they're less help.

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<v Speaker 1>Oh yeah, yeah, I don't know. I just I think

0:28:16.840 --> 0:28:19.000
<v Speaker 1>I'm resigned to the disaster. I just feel I think

0:28:19.000 --> 0:28:20.400
<v Speaker 1>I am too. I think I am too.

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<v Speaker 4>They're going to grow up in a different country than

0:28:22.080 --> 0:28:26.200
<v Speaker 4>I did, a much weaker country with much higher taxes

0:28:26.440 --> 0:28:30.520
<v Speaker 4>and lower services, which I don't care that much about.

0:28:30.560 --> 0:28:33.280
<v Speaker 4>But it'll be a different it'll be a different country.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah. I'm looking for the energy that would be behind

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<v Speaker 1>a reckoning with the problem and a summoning the will

0:28:39.600 --> 0:28:41.960
<v Speaker 1>to fix it. And don't I don't find that energy anywhere.

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<v Speaker 4>There are lots of people, slash families that do the

0:28:45.760 --> 0:28:49.880
<v Speaker 4>same thing. You know, you got to get your act together.

0:28:51.520 --> 0:28:53.920
<v Speaker 4>It could be your weight, it could be your credit card,

0:28:54.000 --> 0:28:55.320
<v Speaker 4>it could be lots of different things. You know, you

0:28:55.320 --> 0:28:57.479
<v Speaker 4>got to eat your act together. And when do you

0:28:57.680 --> 0:29:00.840
<v Speaker 4>after the disaster hits, after the heart attack, after you

0:29:00.920 --> 0:29:04.320
<v Speaker 4>actually get your car repossessed or lose your job after

0:29:04.360 --> 0:29:07.080
<v Speaker 4>the disaster, and we are gonna have to have a.

0:29:07.080 --> 0:29:09.800
<v Speaker 2>Disaster before we'll do anything about it.

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<v Speaker 4>Well, not looking forward to super no kicking the gut.

0:29:15.880 --> 0:29:17.840
<v Speaker 4>I'll just mention this briefly before we take a break.

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<v Speaker 4>Did you see the pictures of Hunter Biden at Arby's.

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<v Speaker 1>I missed that somehow.

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<v Speaker 4>I don't think I've ever seen anybody look so happy.

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<v Speaker 4>And when I saw the look on his face, I thought,

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<v Speaker 4>you know, I get it, it makes sense.

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<v Speaker 2>I hate it.

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<v Speaker 4>But he was facing a miserable end to his life,

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<v Speaker 4>he says, his early fifties. He's gonna spend five, ten, fifteen,

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<v Speaker 4>twenty years in prison, right be broke forever. Well, and

0:29:48.720 --> 0:29:53.480
<v Speaker 4>that's just the existing convictions, never mind all the crimes

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<v Speaker 4>he may have, money laundering, Faarah violations, everything that his

0:29:57.920 --> 0:30:02.400
<v Speaker 4>daddy preemptively pardoned him. His daddy declared that for an

0:30:02.400 --> 0:30:06.640
<v Speaker 4>eleven year period, Hunter Biden was not subject to the

0:30:06.720 --> 0:30:08.840
<v Speaker 4>laws of the United States, and if he broke a

0:30:08.840 --> 0:30:12.640
<v Speaker 4>single one, all is forgiven preemptively, no matter what he did.

0:30:13.160 --> 0:30:16.000
<v Speaker 1>Treason, murder, well that's a local church as well. But

0:30:16.160 --> 0:30:18.400
<v Speaker 1>just it's o scene.

0:30:18.640 --> 0:30:21.200
<v Speaker 4>So that guy who is facing prison and a whole

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<v Speaker 4>bunch of other stuff getting uncovered and made his life

0:30:23.200 --> 0:30:26.760
<v Speaker 4>even more miserable and ending up broke. As of Sunday

0:30:26.840 --> 0:30:31.080
<v Speaker 4>Night is a fifty something, rich guy who's never going

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<v Speaker 4>to jail. Every imagine the weight lifted off of his shoulders.

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<v Speaker 4>Kind of funny that I ended up at the Arby's

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<v Speaker 4>and Ventura.

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<v Speaker 2>But the meats. They have the meats, So huh, where

0:30:43.600 --> 0:30:45.680
<v Speaker 2>you're gonna go. You're gonna go where they have the meats.

0:30:46.880 --> 0:30:48.840
<v Speaker 2>Got and so then the other story. If you haven't

0:30:48.840 --> 0:30:52.000
<v Speaker 2>heard this, have you heard about who Joe Biden's talking about? Partning?

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<v Speaker 4>I mean, this was reported yesterday by the great political

0:30:54.480 --> 0:30:56.520
<v Speaker 4>reporter Jonathan Martin. We should tell you about that when

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<v Speaker 4>we come back up on other things.

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<v Speaker 7>I saw that as shopping mall in Los Angeles is

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<v Speaker 7>charging one hundred and sixty five dollars for kids to

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<v Speaker 7>meet Santa. Oh yeah, these kids are so rich Santa

0:31:09.760 --> 0:31:13.520
<v Speaker 7>ask them for presents. Normally, if sitting on someone's lap

0:31:13.560 --> 0:31:15.320
<v Speaker 7>costs one hundred and sixty five dollars, you're not.

0:31:15.240 --> 0:31:16.040
<v Speaker 2>At the mall, you know.

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<v Speaker 4>Yeah, So this is a Los Angeles mall. If you

0:31:20.080 --> 0:31:22.600
<v Speaker 4>know LA, it's a Westfield Mall in Century City, where

0:31:22.600 --> 0:31:25.000
<v Speaker 4>I've been many times, not far from Beverly Hills. They

0:31:25.040 --> 0:31:27.920
<v Speaker 4>have three pricey photo options for parents who want to

0:31:27.920 --> 0:31:30.640
<v Speaker 4>have their kids take a photo and meet Santa. The

0:31:30.920 --> 0:31:35.120
<v Speaker 4>get in price. The cheapest price called an Elf pass,

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<v Speaker 4>is one hundred and nine dollars, which is just a

0:31:37.280 --> 0:31:41.240
<v Speaker 4>regular ticket one hundred and nine bucks for the cheapo version.

0:31:41.600 --> 0:31:43.360
<v Speaker 4>For parents that don't have time to wait as much

0:31:43.400 --> 0:31:46.840
<v Speaker 4>as the peasants next to them, the Reindeer Express passes

0:31:46.880 --> 0:31:49.200
<v Speaker 4>available for one hundred and twenty five. Then you got

0:31:49.200 --> 0:31:53.240
<v Speaker 4>the VIP option one hundred and sixty five dollars, which

0:31:53.280 --> 0:31:55.920
<v Speaker 4>comes with complimentary cookies and the elves will check you.

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<v Speaker 2>In and you don't have to wait in line very long.

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<v Speaker 4>You can't take any of your own photo, by the way,

0:32:00.600 --> 0:32:02.320
<v Speaker 4>you can't stay there with your standard if your phone

0:32:02.360 --> 0:32:04.840
<v Speaker 4>and click a picture of your kid on them saying

0:32:04.840 --> 0:32:07.080
<v Speaker 4>his lap. You got to buy their official photos of course.

0:32:07.440 --> 0:32:08.320
<v Speaker 4>Oh no, they'll tasy.

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<v Speaker 1>If you try to do that, one of the elves

0:32:09.840 --> 0:32:11.480
<v Speaker 1>will run at you with a taser and bring you

0:32:11.520 --> 0:32:12.160
<v Speaker 1>to your knees.

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<v Speaker 4>Take that, as Will Ferrell said, an Elf Santa sits

0:32:17.040 --> 0:32:18.520
<v Speaker 4>on the throne of lies.

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<v Speaker 1>Speaking of Christmas presents and that sort of thing, your

0:32:25.560 --> 0:32:28.480
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0:32:36.680 --> 0:32:38.520
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0:32:38.520 --> 0:32:41.360
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<v Speaker 4>So Jonathan Martin's one of your top political reporters in America,

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<v Speaker 4>and he put this out yesterday and it got a

0:32:47.560 --> 0:32:51.960
<v Speaker 4>lot of attention. Top Biden aids are conducting a vigorous

0:32:52.080 --> 0:32:57.480
<v Speaker 4>internal debate. So they're actually debating this over whether to

0:32:57.600 --> 0:33:01.320
<v Speaker 4>issue preemptive pardons, which would be an extraordinary step to

0:33:01.360 --> 0:33:05.640
<v Speaker 4>inoculate potential Trump targets from prosecution. At issue, whether to

0:33:05.760 --> 0:33:09.240
<v Speaker 4>err on the side of protecting figures like Anthony Fauci.

0:33:11.400 --> 0:33:13.000
<v Speaker 2>Freaking shift.

0:33:14.640 --> 0:33:21.080
<v Speaker 4>Uh, the mister Russiagate Liz Cheney in case Trump pursues him.

0:33:21.680 --> 0:33:25.320
<v Speaker 2>Hey, yours a people who engage in law fare. The

0:33:25.400 --> 0:33:31.360
<v Speaker 2>Republicans don't do that, you scum bags, ye um.

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<v Speaker 4>And the debate is over whether or not Biden should

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<v Speaker 4>issue a pardon like he did with his son or

0:33:37.400 --> 0:33:41.480
<v Speaker 4>avoid any suggestion of impropriety by handing out pardons. Such

0:33:42.320 --> 0:33:45.600
<v Speaker 4>individuals are not even seeking over things they haven't nobody's

0:33:45.640 --> 0:33:49.560
<v Speaker 4>even I mean, there haven't been pardons like this before.

0:33:49.680 --> 0:33:51.680
<v Speaker 4>I was reading through a bunch of those the legal

0:33:51.680 --> 0:33:54.080
<v Speaker 4>people jumping in as soon as this news broke yesterday.

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<v Speaker 4>This would be a new territory for the pardon power

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<v Speaker 4>of just there's a person that might somebody might come

0:34:00.360 --> 0:34:02.520
<v Speaker 4>after them over something so their part and.

0:34:02.560 --> 0:34:03.200
<v Speaker 2>I like them.

0:34:03.320 --> 0:34:07.000
<v Speaker 1>Yeah, I'll just put them above the law whatever might

0:34:07.120 --> 0:34:10.960
<v Speaker 1>have seen. It is horrifying. If this gets through, I

0:34:11.000 --> 0:34:13.319
<v Speaker 1>don't there will be a reckoning over the pardon power.

0:34:13.320 --> 0:34:14.080
<v Speaker 1>One hundred percent.

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<v Speaker 4>Yeah, there has been a fair amount of talk among

0:34:16.640 --> 0:34:18.400
<v Speaker 4>various legal people of whether or not we ought to

0:34:18.440 --> 0:34:20.520
<v Speaker 4>rein that in or do away with it completely.

0:34:20.600 --> 0:34:21.439
<v Speaker 2>And then.

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<v Speaker 4>Who's the guy who got shot in the duel Alexander Hamilton.

0:34:29.280 --> 0:34:33.200
<v Speaker 4>He wrote the federal's paper arguing for the pardon power.

0:34:33.800 --> 0:34:38.720
<v Speaker 4>But it perhaps relied on I'm stealing this from others

0:34:38.760 --> 0:34:41.799
<v Speaker 4>smarter than me. It perhaps relied on certain kinds of

0:34:41.800 --> 0:34:44.200
<v Speaker 4>people in the presidency that weren't going to abuse it.

0:34:44.239 --> 0:34:45.920
<v Speaker 4>And then if you get a certain kind of person

0:34:45.920 --> 0:34:47.400
<v Speaker 4>in the presency that's going to abuse it and it

0:34:47.400 --> 0:34:48.240
<v Speaker 4>doesn't work anymore.

0:34:49.000 --> 0:34:52.840
<v Speaker 1>Yeah, honorable moral people don't need as many rules. Is

0:34:53.640 --> 0:34:59.000
<v Speaker 1>not honorable people like an entire family that sells influence

0:34:59.040 --> 0:35:05.400
<v Speaker 1>and there's money for instance. Oh boy, yeah, I can't

0:35:05.400 --> 0:35:06.200
<v Speaker 1>imaginate it.

0:35:06.280 --> 0:35:10.319
<v Speaker 4>I almost want Biden to do it kind of practically,

0:35:10.400 --> 0:35:12.960
<v Speaker 4>like taking a page from the whole Marxist playbook of

0:35:13.080 --> 0:35:16.920
<v Speaker 4>let's make things so awful they have to be rebuilt.

0:35:17.640 --> 0:35:18.160
<v Speaker 2>Just you know, go.

0:35:18.320 --> 0:35:21.720
<v Speaker 4>Go whole hog with this, do it, do just crazy pardons,

0:35:21.760 --> 0:35:24.040
<v Speaker 4>and then let's have a real conversation of whether or

0:35:24.040 --> 0:35:25.759
<v Speaker 4>not presidents ought to be able to do this or not,

0:35:26.400 --> 0:35:27.080
<v Speaker 4>and in what way.

0:35:27.440 --> 0:35:27.920
<v Speaker 2>Yeah.

0:35:28.040 --> 0:35:31.399
<v Speaker 1>Yeah, if the media were not the lapdogs that they were,

0:35:32.120 --> 0:35:34.279
<v Speaker 1>everybody would be talking about this all the time. It's

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<v Speaker 1>an enormously important story. The idea of preemptively declaring people

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<v Speaker 1>above the law for a decade or more of their lives.

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<v Speaker 1>What the hell? The Founding fathers would be loading their

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<v Speaker 1>muskets And this is not a call for any sort

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<v Speaker 1>of violence. It's merely a phantasmagorical fantasy. They would be

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<v Speaker 1>loading their muskets and saying time for another one round two?

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<v Speaker 1>Here we go.

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<v Speaker 4>What but they're vigor sleep debating it inside the White

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<v Speaker 4>House right now. So who knows which direction they go

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<v Speaker 4>or you know, they don't have to do all of them.

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<v Speaker 4>Maybe they do Liz Cheney or just Adam Shift or whatever,

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<v Speaker 4>but it will still be extraordinary.

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<v Speaker 1>If they'll declare what they think they're guilty of, they

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<v Speaker 1>need to be pardoned. I might be more patient with it.

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