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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>Jetty and he.

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<v Speaker 2>Arms Wrong.

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<v Speaker 1>Live from Studio C say s you're we're in a

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<v Speaker 1>dimly lit room deep with them, the bowels of the

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<v Speaker 1>Armstrong and Getty Communications counbound on Little Friday, and today

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<v Speaker 1>we're under the tutelage of our general manager.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm not saying.

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<v Speaker 1>Hit make me.

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<v Speaker 2>The secret Hard Court has rolled repeatedly that compelled speech

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<v Speaker 2>is every bit is forbidden by the First Amendment is

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<v Speaker 2>restricting speech.

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<v Speaker 1>Do you want me to say it?

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<v Speaker 2>I won't.

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<v Speaker 1>The General manager today the Jeffrey Epstein Files, or what

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<v Speaker 1>is known as when they vote on it next week,

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<v Speaker 1>the Epstein Transparency Act.

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<v Speaker 2>There was a vote yesterday. First thing they did when

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<v Speaker 2>they opened the government back up. First thing worth repeating.

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<v Speaker 1>The first thing they did was they swore in this

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<v Speaker 1>new Arizona congress woman who had won in a special election,

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<v Speaker 1>but over the last fifty some days or whatever, hadn't

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<v Speaker 1>had a chance to get sworn in.

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<v Speaker 2>There's no time the schedule was for with the shutdown

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<v Speaker 2>and whatnot. And she gave a little speech about this

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<v Speaker 2>and that, including we need to see the Epstein files.

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<v Speaker 2>And she was a yes vote, as were many Republicans,

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<v Speaker 2>including this guy. Representative Massey will be hearing from him

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<v Speaker 2>a little bit later. Who went out there and said, Hey, Republicans, done,

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<v Speaker 2>other Republicans. He's a maggat conservative Republican couldn't be more

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<v Speaker 2>in charge of and forcefully advocating for the Epstein Transparency Act.

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<v Speaker 2>Who said, hey, other Republicans, before you vote next week,

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<v Speaker 2>Donald Trump isn't going to be around forever. This vote

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<v Speaker 2>will be hanging around your neck forever. If you decide

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<v Speaker 2>to stand up for protecting pedophiles when you're in a

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<v Speaker 2>debate in twenty thirty with either a Republican or Democrats,

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<v Speaker 2>somebody's going to look at you and say, why did

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<v Speaker 2>you vote to cover up for pedophiles? Wow, that's from

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<v Speaker 2>Republican Congressman Massey challenging themself. Loose cannon. But yeah, he's

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<v Speaker 2>pretty magga. Well, so that's where this thing, the whole

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<v Speaker 2>thing gets interesting. I still don't understand what we're talking about.

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<v Speaker 2>I still don't know if there's any there there. Although

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<v Speaker 2>why Trump's fighting so hard to keep this from happening.

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<v Speaker 2>So it was a really close vote yesterday, and Trump

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<v Speaker 2>was trying to turn some of the Republican votes that

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<v Speaker 2>were extra Maggie away from voting for this so that

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<v Speaker 2>it wouldn't have a chance to come up for vote

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<v Speaker 2>next week. And for instance, Lauren Bobert, of the type

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<v Speaker 2>Jean's high heels and hand jobs in movie theaters, there's

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<v Speaker 2>that Lauren Bobert, congressperson from Colorado. Frank there, but go on,

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<v Speaker 2>I'm just describing who she's what she's known for. There's

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<v Speaker 2>more than one way, but go on. They actually brought

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<v Speaker 2>her into the White House and had the Attorney General

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<v Speaker 2>and the FBI director pressuring her to vote no.

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<v Speaker 1>She voted yes. Anyway, that's a heck of a move.

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<v Speaker 1>Why are you doing this? Why you doing it?

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<v Speaker 2>I'm I'm just I'm exhausted, completely exhausted by this. Why

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<v Speaker 2>are you? Why you working that hard? And then you

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<v Speaker 2>got the whole thing, and we did this on the

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<v Speaker 2>area yesterday. The Democrats released whatever, twenty thousand pages or

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<v Speaker 2>some cherry picked emails or whatever, and then the Republicans

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<v Speaker 2>released twenty three thousand pages of the The reason this

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<v Speaker 2>is so much more interesting than like every other battle

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<v Speaker 2>of the last decade is you got a chunk of

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<v Speaker 2>the most maga people in our government who are hardcore.

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<v Speaker 2>The Epstein files need to come out, right, And I

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<v Speaker 2>personally know a couple of people that are very maga

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<v Speaker 2>whose biggest disappointment is the Epstein files haven't come out yet,

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<v Speaker 2>and Trump's fighting like hell to keep them from coming out.

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<v Speaker 2>I'll tell you what, I'm gonna strike a bargain with

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<v Speaker 2>the world right now. World here it is, take it

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<v Speaker 2>or leave it. When the Democrats had both houses in

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<v Speaker 2>the White House, they didn't come up with anything that

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<v Speaker 2>is really damaging to Republicans. Republicans have been in power,

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<v Speaker 2>they haven't really come up with anything damaging to Democrats

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<v Speaker 2>or really themselves. Just some innuendo and vaguely worded emails.

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<v Speaker 2>The first thing of real significance that comes out, you

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<v Speaker 2>tell me, and I'll pay attention to this steam and

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<v Speaker 2>pilot crap. This country faces existential threats, existential and we're

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<v Speaker 2>obsessing with this garbage. Makes me insane. I can't take

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<v Speaker 2>it anymore. In twenty twelve, mister Epstein emailed one of

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<v Speaker 2>his lawyers. This is one of the emails that came

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<v Speaker 2>out of here Stay, saying he needed to get someone

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<v Speaker 2>to dig into Donald Trump's finances, including the mortgage on

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<v Speaker 2>Marl and the thirty million dollar loan that mister Epstein

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<v Speaker 2>said mister Trump had received, and they needed to be

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<v Speaker 2>dug into.

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<v Speaker 1>That there's dirt there, Okay, is.

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<v Speaker 2>There or not? That lawyer was contacted yesterday by The

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<v Speaker 2>New York Times, he said, attorney client privileges.

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<v Speaker 1>I got nothing to say.

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<v Speaker 2>Epstein's dead, so can't ask him. As Trump's presidential campaign

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<v Speaker 2>gained traction, in December of twenty fifteen, mister Epstein asked

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<v Speaker 2>a New York Times reporter, would you like a photo

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<v Speaker 2>of Donald and girls in bikinis in my kitchen? It's

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<v Speaker 2>unclear whether Epstein actually possessed such photos, and this mister Thomas,

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<v Speaker 2>who doesn't work with The New York Times anymore, says

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<v Speaker 2>mister Epstein never provided him.

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<v Speaker 1>But he did send him that message. Well, and what

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<v Speaker 1>the hell does that mean?

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<v Speaker 2>Girls? Did he mean twenty four year old models are

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<v Speaker 2>thirteen year olds? I it makes all the difference in

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<v Speaker 2>the world. Again, vague innuendo. But then why would you?

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<v Speaker 2>And this isn't really cool? Bringing Lauren Bobert and have

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<v Speaker 2>the Attorney General and FBI director pressuring her to vote

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<v Speaker 2>knowing this thing. Yes, that's not a good look. No,

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<v Speaker 2>you know, you get I don't know the answer to that.

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<v Speaker 2>It could be that this Trump is truly like me,

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<v Speaker 2>disgusted by this idiotic waste of time.

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<v Speaker 1>But at this point, you know, even when a lot

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<v Speaker 1>of his magabass is like super on fire for it, well, yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>it's the.

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<v Speaker 2>Kind of paranoid conspiracy base. But at this point, with

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<v Speaker 2>the one caveat that you've got to continue to protect

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<v Speaker 2>the victims' names and that sort of thing, and you

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<v Speaker 2>know the usual ways that the Justice Apartment handles. I

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<v Speaker 2>don't think there's any choice but to just flood the

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<v Speaker 2>zone with all of it. Just get all of it

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<v Speaker 2>out so we can move the hell on. Well, I

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<v Speaker 2>think it's going to happen next week, and then is

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<v Speaker 2>that going to be a whole bunch of We got

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<v Speaker 2>another email we'll get to later where Epstein says something

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<v Speaker 2>about the dog that didn't bark is how dirty Trump

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<v Speaker 2>is in this whole thing, but doesn't specify in any way. No, no,

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<v Speaker 2>can it all come out next week and then people

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<v Speaker 2>dig through It'll take a while to dig through everything, sure,

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<v Speaker 2>and then they just find nothing but like innuendo and

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<v Speaker 2>kind of vague suggestions he's pretty dirty.

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<v Speaker 1>Wait till you find out. Would you like to see

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<v Speaker 1>some pictures that I've never shown anybody in?

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<v Speaker 2>Right? Uh? And then and then what it? And then

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<v Speaker 2>does it just go away? And I never have to

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<v Speaker 2>hear about it again? Could that happen? My evidence that

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<v Speaker 2>there's nothing really there is entirely circumstantial, which I've described already.

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<v Speaker 2>Everybody's had power, everybody's had access, nothing's happened, So I

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<v Speaker 2>don't think anything will happen. Well, there had another point

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<v Speaker 2>I was going to make, But while you're thinking of

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<v Speaker 2>that point, I'll go with the circumstantial evidence the other direction.

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<v Speaker 1>As Mark Alprin writes in his newsletter today, m sorry

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<v Speaker 1>jumped down to.

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<v Speaker 2>Here until someone explains why Maxwell moved to a cushy prison,

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<v Speaker 2>why Bobert was in the situation room being pressured by

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<v Speaker 2>the c the FBI director. The level of suspicion around

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<v Speaker 2>this has nothing to do with the emails that were

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<v Speaker 2>released on Wednesday. Why is Donald Trump working so hard

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<v Speaker 2>to keep these from coming out? Yeah? Fair enough. I

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<v Speaker 2>would not be shocked to find out that he was

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<v Speaker 2>up to no good at some point in the past.

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<v Speaker 2>He was a millionaire womanizing playboy type and ran in

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<v Speaker 2>some racy circles. And that is some pretty decent, circumstantial

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<v Speaker 2>evidence that there's something there. Although the Julaine Maxwell thing,

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<v Speaker 2>I still say it was as simple as back, you know,

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<v Speaker 2>two rounds of this crap ago. Trump had her come

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<v Speaker 2>out and say Trump never did anything. And this bargain

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<v Speaker 2>he struck with her and her lawyers was that she

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<v Speaker 2>would be moved to a cushy, cushy girls camp, a

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<v Speaker 2>tennis camp with you know, a perimeter. I mean, what

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<v Speaker 2>do I have to pay for a week in that

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<v Speaker 2>prison camp? Some me take care of my kids. It's

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<v Speaker 2>been a week in that prison sounds fair. I don't know.

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<v Speaker 2>I just feel like I'm watching some sort of mystery movie.

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<v Speaker 2>Judy and I like to watch mystery movies. But we're

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<v Speaker 2>stuck on the first scene. Well, there's been a murder

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<v Speaker 2>most foul. I wonder which of these towns people could

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<v Speaker 2>have done it? But then you never get any more

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<v Speaker 2>like serious clues. You just stay stuck in that first

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<v Speaker 2>scene talking about murder most foul. You bring me something, anything, please,

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<v Speaker 2>or forget it.

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<v Speaker 1>I'll tell you this.

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<v Speaker 2>Watching MSNBC last night, it was the only story they

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<v Speaker 2>had watched Morning Some Morning Joe and MSNBC today they

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<v Speaker 2>were heavy, heavy on the Epstein thing. I watched about

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<v Speaker 2>twenty minutes of Fox and Friends and it never came.

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<v Speaker 1>Up at all. So Fox has decided a better approach.

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<v Speaker 1>It's not a story that they want to carry, even

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<v Speaker 1>though for a lot of the Magabas it's a huge thing.

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<v Speaker 1>I don't know.

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<v Speaker 2>I would like to call it the Armstrong and Getty

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<v Speaker 2>don't have to talk about it.

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<v Speaker 1>Act that they're going to vote on next week.

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<v Speaker 2>If they vote and it comes out and then there's

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<v Speaker 2>nothing there, and then are we done? So, Nancy mays

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<v Speaker 2>without saying that would have my vote to your high

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<v Speaker 2>profile MAGA people, Nancy Mace, South Carolina, Lauren Barber Colorado,

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<v Speaker 2>Oh Cuckoo, both pressured yesterday to vote no because it

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<v Speaker 2>was such a close vote, but they.

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<v Speaker 1>They went ahead and voted.

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<v Speaker 2>Yet, let's release there, let's move on with the Epstein stuff.

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<v Speaker 2>Two congress people who are proof of the whole hot

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<v Speaker 2>crazy matrix that was such a popular YouTube video not

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<v Speaker 2>too long ago.

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<v Speaker 1>Oh man, what a deal?

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<v Speaker 2>All right? Let's start the show officially. I'm Jack Armstrong,

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<v Speaker 2>he's Joe getting on this. How did it already get

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<v Speaker 2>to be now that there's no more government shutdown? It's

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<v Speaker 2>everything's changed. Thursday, November thirteenth, the year twenty twenty five.

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<v Speaker 2>We're armstrong and getting and we approve of this program. Okay,

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<v Speaker 2>let's beget officially. Then, according to FCC rules and riggs,

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<v Speaker 2>here we goes show starts at mark.

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<v Speaker 3>These emails prove absolutely nothing other than the fact that

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<v Speaker 3>President Seump did nothing wrong. And what President Trump has

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<v Speaker 3>always said is that he was from Palm Beach and

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<v Speaker 3>so was Jeffrey Epstein. Jeffrey Epstein was a member at

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<v Speaker 3>mar A Lago until President Trump kicked him out because

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<v Speaker 3>Jeffrey Epstein was a pedophile and he was a creep.

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<v Speaker 2>If I was gonna try try to put my best

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<v Speaker 2>guess onto what's going on here is Trump did a

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<v Speaker 2>lot of party in with Epstein with a lot of

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<v Speaker 2>young women, which he'd been hanging around his whole life,

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<v Speaker 2>you know, up until not that long ago, right, I mean,

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<v Speaker 2>that's his thing, and he thinks he wasn't.

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<v Speaker 1>He's not a.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm like I was going to name some names, but

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<v Speaker 2>this hasn't been proven in like some names on the

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<v Speaker 2>list who I think really liked the idea of having

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<v Speaker 2>sex with seventeen year olds. Let's go with Prince Andrew. Okay,

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<v Speaker 2>Prince Andrew Matt Gates like that was their thing. It

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<v Speaker 2>turned him on for some reason. I think Donald Trump

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<v Speaker 2>might look back at all those partying days and thinking, God,

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<v Speaker 2>I am no idea. I didn't ask she was pretty young.

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<v Speaker 2>I just assumed they were all of age until I

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<v Speaker 2>found out Jeffrey Epstein's into the hole underagenting.

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<v Speaker 1>Holy crap.

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<v Speaker 2>Right, yeah, I think that's a pretty pretty good supposition.

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<v Speaker 1>Oh and the whole I didn't know thing.

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<v Speaker 2>I don't know if anybody would much traction you get

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<v Speaker 2>with that?

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<v Speaker 1>What are you gonna do and peach him? What was

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<v Speaker 1>it gonna happen? Anyway? He can't run again, right right?

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<v Speaker 2>I just honestly, the fact that this dropped the day

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<v Speaker 2>the shutdown ended and the Democrats were shown to have

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<v Speaker 2>been show voting for no good purpose, and Chuck Schumer

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<v Speaker 2>looks like the grizzled, old, used up bum that he is. Please,

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<v Speaker 2>It's just this is an enormous distraction. I mean, we've

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<v Speaker 2>got a thirty eight trillion dollar debt or whatever it is.

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<v Speaker 2>It might be fifty by now you know, the house

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<v Speaker 2>is burning down and we're arguing about the paint color.

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<v Speaker 2>It's just insane. Joe Getti covering up for pedophiles, just

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<v Speaker 2>like a fair assessment. Just like Massey said, We've got

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<v Speaker 2>Katie's headlines on the way and a bunch of other stuff.

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<v Speaker 1>Stay here.

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<v Speaker 2>Well, one thing I'm trying to sense is how many

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<v Speaker 2>of you listeners to the Armstrong and Getty Show give

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<v Speaker 2>a crap about the Epstein thing that I don't actually know.

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<v Speaker 2>I just saw a poll that about three quarters of

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<v Speaker 2>Americans want the file to come out. Whatever the file means,

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<v Speaker 2>probably so we can stop hearing about it. Could be

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<v Speaker 2>they are my two favorite headlines. Katie Number one the

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<v Speaker 2>college student who did a wheelie for ninety three miles.

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<v Speaker 1>Oh wow, I.

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<v Speaker 2>Asked him the all time record by like forty miles.

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<v Speaker 2>I got to tell my son about that. I said,

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<v Speaker 2>how long far you can do a WHEELI and he

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<v Speaker 2>said he did do one all the way downtown once.

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<v Speaker 1>That was four miles.

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<v Speaker 2>This guy was six plus hours of wheelies. Wow. His

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<v Speaker 2>prostate will never work again in your arms is what

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<v Speaker 2>it gives out on you. And my other favorite headline,

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<v Speaker 2>Chinese diplomat threatens to cut off Japanese leader's head.

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<v Speaker 1>Oh, there you go. Now that's a threat. That's a fleck.

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<v Speaker 2>All right. Let's see what Katie's favorite headlines are. Who's reporting?

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<v Speaker 2>What is leave story with Katy Green? Katy, here's a

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<v Speaker 2>headline for me. Horrible story. Somebody broke into my house

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<v Speaker 2>and stole all my fruit, left me peachless. You could

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<v Speaker 2>have given me fifty guesses for the last word of

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<v Speaker 2>that sentence.

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<v Speaker 1>Wait what Oh? I feel like the governments.

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<v Speaker 4>I feel like the government shutdowns over the jokes are back.

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<v Speaker 2>Wow, that's right, that's right, it's the Department of Jokes

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<v Speaker 2>now real, Oh god, with all the full.

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<v Speaker 1>Back pay.

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<v Speaker 2>All right.

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<v Speaker 4>Starting with the Washington Post, Transportation Department freezes at flight

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<v Speaker 4>cuts at six percent, citing strum staffing and possible recovery.

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<v Speaker 1>Hm hmm, there you go.

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<v Speaker 4>From NBC, Gavin Newsom's former chief of staff accused of

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<v Speaker 4>stealing campaign funds from ex health Secretary of Besara.

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<v Speaker 2>That's weird Gavin would associate with a criminal.

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<v Speaker 1>Is there any is that paint Gan in any bad way?

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<v Speaker 1>At all, so have anything to do with him? Really?

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<v Speaker 1>Apparently he knew about it and didn't say anything. So

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<v Speaker 1>oh really okay, well that's something I.

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<v Speaker 2>Was letting the investigation proceede.

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<v Speaker 4>From the Free Beacon, NYPD officers say, Mom, Donnie's win

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<v Speaker 4>will lead to an exodus of quote a few hundred officers.

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<v Speaker 1>Wow, I'll be something to see. Yikes.

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<v Speaker 4>From the Wall Street Journal, Streaming prices are soaring and

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<v Speaker 4>consumers are still.

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<v Speaker 2>Paying streaming prices like you for your Netflix in there,

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<v Speaker 2>Oh yeah, Hulu and that sort of thing. Okay, I

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<v Speaker 2>don't even know this is the price one, of course

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<v Speaker 2>I wouldn't. Got it on a want to pay like

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<v Speaker 2>everybody does. All right, one goes up three dollars, one

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<v Speaker 2>goes up five dollars, the other goes up six dollars,

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<v Speaker 2>and you don't really notice it until it accumulates.

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<v Speaker 4>From the New York Times, Will people trust voting by phone?

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<v Speaker 4>Alaska is going to find out?

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<v Speaker 1>Huh? Apparently they're going to test.

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<v Speaker 2>This out an anchorage, and they think that's better than

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<v Speaker 2>voting by mail.

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<v Speaker 1>It might be.

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<v Speaker 4>Actually have better security and it'll be easier.

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<v Speaker 2>Right. Yeah, I'd have to noodle this through. I want

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<v Speaker 2>lower turnout, not higher, because the bottom twenty percent of

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<v Speaker 2>the moron population should not be voting for This could

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<v Speaker 2>be the way of the future.

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<v Speaker 1>I want poll testing as you know, Yes, love this.

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<v Speaker 4>One New York Post seventy nine year old Vietnam veteran

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<v Speaker 4>piled as a hero after he shot and killed naked

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<v Speaker 4>intruder who broke into female tenants la home.

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<v Speaker 2>Ah God, dang it.

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<v Speaker 1>Good for him, yeah. Page six.

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<v Speaker 4>Diddy's prison release date pushed back after rapper allegedly violates

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<v Speaker 4>multiple rules.

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<v Speaker 1>M what do you do?

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<v Speaker 4>Well, there's speculation apparently he was drinking the Bruno.

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<v Speaker 2>I likes to get a buzz after a long day.

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<v Speaker 2>He is not Christall Bruno.

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<v Speaker 4>And finally, the babylon Be Democrats somberly remove sombreros, signaling

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<v Speaker 4>the end of the shutdown.

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<v Speaker 2>Those a good times, the sombrero days. Oh those were

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<v Speaker 2>the best days of the shutdown. The sombrero days. I'd

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<v Speaker 2>forgotten about those. We got to catch up on all

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<v Speaker 2>the news of the day on the way if you

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<v Speaker 2>miss a segment of the podcast Armstrong and Getty on

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<v Speaker 2>demand Armstrong and Getty, Well, guys, let's send us as

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<v Speaker 2>self driving taxi company Weimo said that their cars will

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<v Speaker 2>start taking customers on the freeway for the first time.

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<v Speaker 2>They made the announcement after a Weimo accidentally took a

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<v Speaker 2>customer on.

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<v Speaker 1>The freeway first. That's pretty funny. Yeah, we're doing that now.

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<v Speaker 2>That's actually pretty funny joke. We'll see how that goes.

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<v Speaker 2>I promise this is a tease. I will shut up

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<v Speaker 2>about it for a while. But the Speaker of the House,

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<v Speaker 2>Mike Johnson, was just asked about the Epstein file vote.

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<v Speaker 2>He said it will happen. He will because he didn't

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<v Speaker 2>have to bring it to a vote. He will bring

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<v Speaker 2>it to the floor next week for a full House vote.

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<v Speaker 2>So it's going to happen. Okay, good, all right. It

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<v Speaker 2>reminds me of like oral surgery. The sooner we start,

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<v Speaker 2>the sooner it's going to be over. Let's just get

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<v Speaker 2>it all done, please. So a couple of really interesting,

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<v Speaker 2>unexpected commentaries on the shutdown in just the politics these days.

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<v Speaker 2>The first one why Schumer had to do it, Some

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<v Speaker 2>really good analysis from Barton swam and yeah it was

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<v Speaker 2>AOC and his left right. Everybody knows that he's going

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<v Speaker 2>to get primary.

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<v Speaker 4>You know.

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<v Speaker 2>The crazy part is He's seventy four freaking years old,

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<v Speaker 2>and he doesn't run again until twenty twenty eight, So

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<v Speaker 2>that means it's just one hundred percent assumed a seventy

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<v Speaker 2>six year old man he's going to run for another

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<v Speaker 2>six year terms.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, that would be horrifying if he did, regardless of

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<v Speaker 2>someone there running against him. Yeah. Yeah. But as Barton

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<v Speaker 2>Swain points out in The Wall Street Journal, from the

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<v Speaker 2>beginning of the dispute, Everyone dispute, Everyone seems to have

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<v Speaker 2>understood that mister Schumer forced a shut down because he

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<v Speaker 2>needed to show his state's progressive voters he could take

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<v Speaker 2>it to Trump and fend off AOC right. Ezra Cline

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<v Speaker 2>in The New York Times wrote, the whole stunt was

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<v Speaker 2>about Trump's authoritarianism. It was about showing their base and

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<v Speaker 2>themselves that they could fight back. Guy in Politico says

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<v Speaker 2>Democrats achieved their primary political objective, showing a furious base

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<v Speaker 2>that they can actually work together effectively.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah.

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<v Speaker 2>I don't think that's what happened to flee for what

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<v Speaker 2>do any of y'all watch? John Stewart on The Daily

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<v Speaker 2>Show Monday night. That was one of his great performances.

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<v Speaker 2>I liked it because he was attacking Democrats as opposed

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<v Speaker 2>to Republicans, and he's really really good at that sort

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<v Speaker 2>of thing. But man, he was incensed that the Democrats

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<v Speaker 2>caved the way they did, so the whole we showed

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<v Speaker 2>the base that we fought.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, I don't think that's.

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<v Speaker 2>Way it landed with a lot of them, right, They're

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<v Speaker 2>prepared to fight with every tool at their disposal, says

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<v Speaker 2>the political guy. All right, But who are what callum rights?

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<v Speaker 2>That's the part I liked. Who's that base to which

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<v Speaker 2>these fellows are referring? Poke around you'll find it consists

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<v Speaker 2>mainly of cash flush foundations, unions and activist groups, the ACLU,

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<v Speaker 2>the Sunrise Movement, other environmental and climate groups, Planned Parenthood,

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<v Speaker 2>other abortion rights outfits on an array of immigrants rights

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<v Speaker 2>and associations, some of them so radical is to be

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<v Speaker 2>almost insurrectionist. The American Federation of Teachers. Don't get me

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<v Speaker 2>started in the National Education Association, Southern Poverty Law Center,

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<v Speaker 2>Black Lives Matter, other racial justice organizations, Human Rights Campaigned,

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<v Speaker 2>a sort of LGBTQ plus minus over the power of

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<v Speaker 2>three activist groups, scores of foreign connected, Palestinian rights and

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<v Speaker 2>otherwise anti Zionist groups and the George Soros funded network

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<v Speaker 2>known as the Open Society Foundations, on and on and on,

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<v Speaker 2>and then he points out that it's interesting and revealing

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<v Speaker 2>that the Democrats tried to make such a big deal

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<v Speaker 2>of the Koch Brothers right back in the day, and

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<v Speaker 2>the Koch Brothers are mostly libertarian leaning and are not

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<v Speaker 2>very close to trump Ism at all. But he points

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<v Speaker 2>out that the reason the Democrats are always saying that

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<v Speaker 2>Republicans are controlled by their activist groups because the Democrats

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<v Speaker 2>are and they really really fear running a foul of

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<v Speaker 2>these far left groups that really don't represent Americans at

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<v Speaker 2>all except on the left fringe, and a lot of

0:21:36.840 --> 0:21:40.760
<v Speaker 2>them are still like the NAACP, a legendary organization did

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<v Speaker 2>amazing work during the Civil Rights era. They are now

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<v Speaker 2>a far left blackmail organization like the Southern Poverty lawsonerre

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<v Speaker 2>just nothing like they were, Which brings us to this

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<v Speaker 2>great piece Jeff Blair wrote for National Review. And this

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<v Speaker 2>has happened over and over again, and I just love

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<v Speaker 2>it so much. I'm honored lefty organization in this case,

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<v Speaker 2>the Sierra Club, eaten apart from inside by its woke

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<v Speaker 2>staffers and he asks, where does power truly reside? It

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<v Speaker 2>often resides only where people believe it does, and only

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<v Speaker 2>up until the moment people believe it to reside there.

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<v Speaker 2>And the Sierra Club, once one of America's most formidable

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<v Speaker 2>ecological activist groups and a group that did very good

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<v Speaker 2>work back in the day, is giving up the illusion

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<v Speaker 2>that it wields any power whatsoever as it seizes up

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<v Speaker 2>arthritically and kneels upon broken joints to display its helpless

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<v Speaker 2>incapacity to the world. That's pretty good the New York

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<v Speaker 2>Times story. New York Times is out with a story

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<v Speaker 2>that should already be familiar. The Sierra Club embraced social justice,

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<v Speaker 2>then it tore itself apart, and he points, you know

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<v Speaker 2>the drill from the headline alone. They're now a flaming wreck.

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<v Speaker 2>They've lost sixty percent of their paying donors since twenty nineteen.

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<v Speaker 2>And for precisely the reason that all observers watching wokeism

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<v Speaker 2>progress through left coded institutions thought it would. It was

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<v Speaker 2>devoured by the never ending financial and political demands of

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<v Speaker 2>the progressive omni cause, which encouraged the formerly single minded

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<v Speaker 2>conservationist society to become deeply embroiled in the progressive left's

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<v Speaker 2>racial and socio sexual agenda part of its core mission.

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<v Speaker 1>They let themselves get tied up in that.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah so, and this is so typical of the permanent

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<v Speaker 2>omni cause. Social justice was folded into the Sierra Club's

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<v Speaker 2>mission through its newer, younger leadership via the now standard

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<v Speaker 2>series of semantic slights of hand. Environmental justice is racial justice,

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<v Speaker 2>is transgender justice, is Palestinian justice. Hey, we're just trying

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<v Speaker 2>to saved pine trees over here, the water clean. Well,

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<v Speaker 2>then you've got to embrace transgender Palestinians. And the scattering

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<v Speaker 2>of its focus has not only left the Sierra Club

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<v Speaker 2>flat footed and broke, it's also rendered it indistinguishable from

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<v Speaker 2>other everything bagel progressive organizations, which I thought was a

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<v Speaker 2>good description the everything bagel, my favorite bagel, and the

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<v Speaker 2>focus of the movie everything all at once, all the time,

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<v Speaker 2>everything and oh yeah, yeah, my favorite move. Moment he

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<v Speaker 2>talked about the New York Times piece, again illustrative of

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<v Speaker 2>the natural progress of activist entriyism, came when a local

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<v Speaker 2>Sierra Club member responded to a volunteer suggestion that the

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<v Speaker 2>club lobby for more protection for wolves. We've got to

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<v Speaker 2>protect the wolves, and the response from the leadership was

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<v Speaker 2>that's fine, Delia, but what do wolves have to do

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<v Speaker 2>with equity, justice and inclusion? Wow?

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<v Speaker 1>What the Sierra freaking Club?

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<v Speaker 2>Wow, that is something you're authoric when that happens. I

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<v Speaker 2>love this so much. All right, final note, and this

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<v Speaker 2>is this is worth remembering. I'd kind of let I'd

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<v Speaker 2>space this off. I entered it years in, years and

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<v Speaker 2>years ago. Jack, I know you know this. The sovietologist

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<v Speaker 2>Robert Kung Quest what a name Dick Army wishes his

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<v Speaker 2>name was Bob Khnquest. Anyway, let's see. Ye Oh. He

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<v Speaker 2>once positive a series of laws of politics, the most

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<v Speaker 2>famous of which remains his second. Any organization not explicitly

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<v Speaker 2>right wing sooner or later becomes left wing. Our friend

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<v Speaker 2>Tim Sandifer has quoted that on our show a number

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<v Speaker 2>of times, and it's stuck in my head. It seems

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<v Speaker 2>to be true. Unless your goal is to be right wing,

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<v Speaker 2>you overtime become left wing. Yes, And you can see

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<v Speaker 2>it all around. Once you become aware of that, you

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<v Speaker 2>see it all the time. Yeah, agreed. I think it's

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<v Speaker 2>mostly because left wing entities are much much easier to

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<v Speaker 2>milk for profit. Than right wing entities, which tend to be,

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<v Speaker 2>you know, all about self reliance and following rules or

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<v Speaker 2>I've always would have just taken It's just, you know,

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<v Speaker 2>humans are involved, and humans are emotional, and the left

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<v Speaker 2>is an emotional thing.

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<v Speaker 1>I don't know.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, well, and it also it's mats of the iron

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<v Speaker 2>law of bureaucracy, which is another great law to memorize

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<v Speaker 2>that over time, every institution, and this is the short

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<v Speaker 2>version of it, grows less to be about its actual

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<v Speaker 2>purpose and more to be about protecting the institution or

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<v Speaker 2>protecting the bureaucracy, to the point that you know, in

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<v Speaker 2>the latter stages of a Department of Labor or something

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<v Speaker 2>like that, nobody even knows what they're supposed to do

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<v Speaker 2>except continue to exist, continued ad staff and keep their budget.

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<v Speaker 2>And oh and I'm sorry. And my point being that

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<v Speaker 2>that very orientation is very leftist. It's very you know,

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<v Speaker 2>we've got to maintain the bulk of the bureaucracy. I've

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<v Speaker 2>got a story about myself I want to tell later

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<v Speaker 2>that will cause you to slap.

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<v Speaker 1>Your head and wonder about me. I wonder about myself.

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<v Speaker 1>It is a self reveal that is very, very embarrassing.

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<v Speaker 1>You should wonder about yoursel else. It's called introspection, Jack,

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<v Speaker 1>speaking of one of our other favorite sayings. If you

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<v Speaker 1>don't know what introspection is, you need to take a long,

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<v Speaker 1>hard look at yourself. Hey, this one isn't hard. This

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<v Speaker 1>is a what is wrong with you?

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<v Speaker 2>Oh?

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<v Speaker 1>No, so sorry to hear that. I've got that story

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<v Speaker 1>coming up a little bit later. Look forward to getting

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<v Speaker 1>into that.

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<v Speaker 2>Oh. I realized what my personal hell would be. I

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<v Speaker 2>actually said to my wife as we were walking the dog, sweetheart,

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<v Speaker 2>and need to clean up my act and be a

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<v Speaker 2>better person, because I just realized what Satan would damn

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<v Speaker 2>me too, my personal hell, and it has to do

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<v Speaker 2>with never ending leaf blowers. There would be three to

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<v Speaker 2>four leaf blowers around me every moment of my god

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<v Speaker 2>forsaken literally suffering in eighties, just constantly blowing and repige.

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<v Speaker 2>If it were hell, though, it would have to be

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<v Speaker 2>like seven point thirty on a Sunday morning, because that's

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<v Speaker 2>what makes it worse. I hate them always, But the

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<v Speaker 2>fact that this is a beautiful, pristine, quiet weekend morning.

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<v Speaker 1>Right next door.

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<v Speaker 2>If I ever gotten used to my suffering, you know

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<v Speaker 2>what Satan would add someone trying to talk to me

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<v Speaker 2>over the sound of it that I couldn't understand because

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<v Speaker 2>it was so loud. So mixing that frustration or with

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<v Speaker 2>the hellish din least blower. Okay, so we've got lots

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<v Speaker 2>of get too. We've got mail bag on the way.

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<v Speaker 2>I'll mention how the text are running on Epstein. I'm

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<v Speaker 2>wondering if anybody in our audience is interested about it today.

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<v Speaker 2>It's not scientific in any way, but I can tell

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<v Speaker 2>you how the results have gone.

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<v Speaker 1>Stay tuned in my.

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<v Speaker 2>Searching for stuff to talk about on Twitter in various

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<v Speaker 2>places and listening to podcasts the topic of back in

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<v Speaker 2>the fifties, on one income, you could have a nice

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<v Speaker 2>house you owned and garn and blah.

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<v Speaker 1>Blah blah, blah blah.

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<v Speaker 2>Now you can't. As to the whole affordability thing that

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<v Speaker 2>I have. The elections all might be about for the

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<v Speaker 2>foreseeable future for both parties want to talk about that

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<v Speaker 2>a little bit. We have in the past, but we

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<v Speaker 2>need to talk about it more looking forward to that.

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<v Speaker 2>So has anybody assembled here today been pressured into repeating

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<v Speaker 2>something they didn't believe to be true, or sat in

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<v Speaker 2>a classroom being browbeaten into believing the country was I

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<v Speaker 2>don't know, for instance, founded on racism, or that men

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<v Speaker 2>can declare themselves women and shamed into silence. You'll love

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<v Speaker 2>our freedom loving quote of the day, Continuing on our

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<v Speaker 2>series from John Stuart Mills on liberty society, canon does

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<v Speaker 2>execute its own mandates, and if it issued its wrong

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<v Speaker 2>mandates instead of right, or any mandates at all, in

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<v Speaker 2>things which it ought not to meddle, it practices a

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<v Speaker 2>social tyranny more formidable than many kinds of political oppression. Wow,

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<v Speaker 2>there's something that is not well understood and very hard

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<v Speaker 2>to control, impossible to control really? Oh yeah, yeah. Mill

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<v Speaker 2>was a believer not only in freedom from government oppression,

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<v Speaker 2>but also a tolerance of competing ideas obviously the marketplace

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<v Speaker 2>of ideas in general. And he was trying to tell

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<v Speaker 2>people in a very different time. Hey, keep an open mind.

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<v Speaker 2>That's why every bit is true.

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<v Speaker 1>Now, That's why I.

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<v Speaker 2>Like conversations about the culture of free speech. When anybody

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<v Speaker 2>throws it at you know, the you know, the First

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<v Speaker 2>Amendment is specifically Congress blah blah blah. The culture of

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<v Speaker 2>free speech is important, two different things. Yeah, I agree completely, mailbag.

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<v Speaker 2>Speaking of exercising your rights drop is a note mail

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<v Speaker 2>bag at Armstrong Ageeddy dot com Brian from Kansas City

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<v Speaker 2>with a nice note guys our one of the show

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<v Speaker 2>the other day. I have to say, poor Michaelangelo. The

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<v Speaker 2>man's done with his Christmas shopping before Thanksgiving, and Jack

0:30:46.240 --> 0:30:49.120
<v Speaker 2>asks like he just announced he's starting a TikTok Dan's career.

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<v Speaker 2>The beating of Michaelangelo is completely inappropriate for declaring that

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<v Speaker 2>the Christmas season has begun. Jack is the gold medal

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<v Speaker 2>procrastinator here. If they're an Olympic of and for waiting

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<v Speaker 2>until December twenty fourth to start shopping, he'd be the

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<v Speaker 2>Simone Biles of last minute panic. Meanwhile, Mike Clientelow's over

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<v Speaker 2>here with everything wrapped labeled in alphabetized. The guy probably

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<v Speaker 2>has a spreadsheet of stocking stuffers. Instead of mocking him

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<v Speaker 2>study his methods are just appoint him director of Holiday

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<v Speaker 2>logistics for TEAMM and G. He's operating on a level

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<v Speaker 2>the rest of us mortals can't comprehend. Can it be

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<v Speaker 2>somewhere between waiting for the last minute and finishing mere

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<v Speaker 2>Christmas shopping in the.

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<v Speaker 1>Summer like Michael Einlode.

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<v Speaker 2>Oh. The beating continues from the bidderl. Thanks for listening

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<v Speaker 2>to us on FM and Kansas City. I wish we

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<v Speaker 2>were on more FM stations. Yeah, Brian, don't make this

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<v Speaker 2>the last time. You're right. That's great. And then we're

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<v Speaker 2>going to feature one email in particular from Rob s Guys.

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<v Speaker 2>He writes, the recent discussion on the show about the

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<v Speaker 2>trend to younger Americans towards socialist thinking is really disturbing.

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<v Speaker 2>I like Joe's analogy with grades. You know, everybody gets

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<v Speaker 2>a be since most people can understand that immediately. Here's

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<v Speaker 2>another argument. Often capitalists will ask a socialist to name

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<v Speaker 2>one country where socialism has worked, and they'll cite Sweden,

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<v Speaker 2>for instance, since there's little evidence there of the social

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<v Speaker 2>tensions that are seen in other country cultures. Actually there

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<v Speaker 2>are now, but more on that later. Okay, great, So

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<v Speaker 2>what are the facts Sweden's meeting in the household income

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<v Speaker 2>is thirty nine thousand dollars per year. The poverty threshold

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<v Speaker 2>in the US for a four person household is thirty

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<v Speaker 2>two thousand dollars a year, so half of Sweden is

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<v Speaker 2>living just above the US poverty level. There's the question

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<v Speaker 2>of buying power society to society, which can change those

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<v Speaker 2>numbers a little, but the point still remains. I think

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<v Speaker 2>Sweden's average household income is even less thirty three K year,

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<v Speaker 2>just at the US poverty level. Compare that to the

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<v Speaker 2>US with a median income of eighty thousand dollars an

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<v Speaker 2>average income of one hundred and forty four K. So

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<v Speaker 2>what does that mean Americans have a much higher standard

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<v Speaker 2>of living than Swedes? Why in the global economy. The

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<v Speaker 2>answer is simple. Americans are four times on average as

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<v Speaker 2>productive as Swedes because capitalism motivates people to work harder

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<v Speaker 2>and take bigger risks. It does because there are rewards

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<v Speaker 2>and more subtle. In Sweden, the average income is less

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<v Speaker 2>than the median. What that means is that the poor

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<v Speaker 2>are more poor than the median because the rich are

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<v Speaker 2>more rich than the median. Wow, that sucks. Isn't the

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<v Speaker 2>whole point of socialism to make sure nobody gets left behind?

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<v Speaker 2>Not only are people just barely above the US poverty threshold,

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<v Speaker 2>but a lot of them are way below it. If

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<v Speaker 2>I was in the US, if I was going to

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<v Speaker 2>argue against that, and I'm not on the side that

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<v Speaker 2>would really want to. But let's be John Stuart mill

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<v Speaker 2>here and steal man the argument they regularly rank at

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<v Speaker 2>the top in the world of life satisfaction being happy people.

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<v Speaker 2>That has declined precipitously in the Nordic countries the Scandinavian

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<v Speaker 2>countries as they let in way too much immigration and

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<v Speaker 2>the homogeneity, nuity, gnuity of their societies, the fact that

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<v Speaker 2>they are all pretty similar people, same culture, same religions

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<v Speaker 2>which are generally atheism, etc. Has now changed and they

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<v Speaker 2>are being torn apart doing non assimilating immigrants.

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<v Speaker 1>PhD dissertation on that whole topic.

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<v Speaker 2>Oh my lord, Yes, The only possible counter I could

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<v Speaker 2>see for this is for a socialist to say money

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<v Speaker 2>isn't everything well good in America. You're free to be

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<v Speaker 2>poor and live like a Swede. Just make sure you

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<v Speaker 2>act like one too, and live contentedly at the poverty

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<v Speaker 2>level and quit complaining. Which fight fits in a little

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<v Speaker 2>bit with the topic we need to get to on

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<v Speaker 2>the hole. In the fifties, one guy could earn enough

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<v Speaker 2>money to support his whole family in buy house and.

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<v Speaker 1>Blah blah blah.

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<v Speaker 2>And then a Rob has makes his final fabulous argument, Joe,

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<v Speaker 2>I know, Jack, I know your redneck background is struggling

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<v Speaker 2>with owning an electric vehicle. Not super fast, but still.

0:34:40.880 --> 0:34:43.480
<v Speaker 2>I have a solution. It's a hybrid smoke pressure cooker.

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<v Speaker 2>You can install it on the better your truck with

0:34:45.640 --> 0:34:48.960
<v Speaker 2>a stack vented to a fake tailpipe. When your social

0:34:49.080 --> 0:34:51.560
<v Speaker 2>justice neighbors flip you off, pull up to them, throw

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<v Speaker 2>the vent switch in the cab and coal roll their ass,

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<v Speaker 2>just like you would add pack in Kansas.

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<v Speaker 1>There you go, roll and coal.

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<v Speaker 2>Cole on me the other day, guy in a great,

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<v Speaker 2>big truck, I want to show me in my stupid

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<v Speaker 2>cyber truck. Hey, you didn't take that, idiot. I need

0:35:08.600 --> 0:35:10.360
<v Speaker 2>to put a sign in my window which is true.

0:35:10.520 --> 0:35:13.800
<v Speaker 2>I also own a big giant diesel truck. I have both.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm the only one in America who has both. I

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<v Speaker 2>am making I like them both. I'm making no political statement.

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<v Speaker 2>Find out how crazy to believe you drive a car

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<v Speaker 2>with no politics in mind. Yet another concept that if

0:35:28.760 --> 0:35:30.799
<v Speaker 2>you try to explain to so many fifteen years ago,

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<v Speaker 2>they wouldn't know what you were talking about. The politics

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<v Speaker 2>around the car you drive. I know we have a car.

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<v Speaker 2>We have a lot on the way. I hope you

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<v Speaker 2>can stick around. Armstrong and Getty