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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.

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<v Speaker 2>Armstrong and Jetty and he.

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<v Speaker 3>Arms Yo Yo.

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<v Speaker 2>Yo, live from Studio C Sor. It's a dimly lit

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<v Speaker 2>room deep with the numb bowels of the Armstrong and

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<v Speaker 2>Getty communications. Calm down and today Friday headed into the

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<v Speaker 2>weekend under the tutelage of our general manager. This one

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<v Speaker 2>will annoy you, but I'm really proud of it. The flagpole,

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<v Speaker 2>the flagpole. Why is the flag in? Every day or

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<v Speaker 2>so they run something up it to see if it

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<v Speaker 2>sticks against Trump, total dictator. He's a Hitler fan. And

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<v Speaker 2>then like twenty four hours later where he's like, oh yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>you remember that whole Hitler thing Tuesday seems nutty. You

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<v Speaker 2>you mix your metaphors. I believe you don't run a

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<v Speaker 2>flag up to see if it sticks. You throw things

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<v Speaker 2>against the wall to see if they stick. You run

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<v Speaker 2>things up the flagpole to see if anybody salutes, and

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<v Speaker 2>all of them. Okay, that's an excellent point, and I apologize.

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<v Speaker 2>It's the dizzy times we live in. It's let me disoriented.

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<v Speaker 2>Here's my favorite quote of yesterday from the Great Polster

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<v Speaker 2>Nate Silver. Basically, everyone loses twenty five IQ points in

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<v Speaker 2>the final two weeks of an election campaign. That's hilarious.

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<v Speaker 2>That's really good, he said. It's like showing up to

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<v Speaker 2>a party where everyone is six drinks in. Boy, that's

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<v Speaker 2>good too. I was, that's so funny. Cramming through all

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<v Speaker 2>the stuff we crams through before the show, I was

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<v Speaker 2>struck by the increased, increasingly frantic and idiotic nature of

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<v Speaker 2>the various pitches. Just crazy pandering, ridiculous fear mongering. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>everybody's lost twenty five points off their IQ. It's a

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<v Speaker 2>good metaphor. Yeah. The New York Times Siena polls out today.

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<v Speaker 2>They only got a couple of lefts. Most expensive poll

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<v Speaker 2>in the field public Pole. Anyway, they have it exactly

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<v Speaker 2>forty eight to forty eight with eleven days left, exactly, which,

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<v Speaker 2>if you go by past elections, means Kamalo's behind by

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<v Speaker 2>three really in terms of trying to win, but who knows.

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<v Speaker 2>They're making the argument that this time around, maybe she

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<v Speaker 2>loses the popular vote but wins the electoral college and

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<v Speaker 2>a switcheroo, so we'll see. I think they're just trying

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<v Speaker 2>to keep their readers from jumping off balconies with that

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<v Speaker 2>against the wall to see you salutes. In my opinion,

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<v Speaker 2>right exactly, we'll burn that bridge when we get to it.

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<v Speaker 2>All in the dice and try to come up with

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<v Speaker 2>a royal slush. Come on, My brother said, his boss

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<v Speaker 2>gets those sayings wrong all the time. We'll burn that

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<v Speaker 2>bridge when we get to it. And that sort of thing,

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<v Speaker 2>kind of a Yogi bar as a character. Huh, exactly

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<v Speaker 2>what was I gonna say? I don't know. I was

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<v Speaker 2>talking about the election, something about So I got my

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<v Speaker 2>car yesterday and I flipped on NPR and the unmistakable

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<v Speaker 2>voice of James Carvel was on this. They gotta stick

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<v Speaker 2>with one message, and all these messages aren't walking. And

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<v Speaker 2>it was the idea said two weeks ago they got

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<v Speaker 2>that she got dementia. Now he's an evil genius fascist,

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<v Speaker 2>Which is it? And and he said, if I was

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<v Speaker 2>talking to your you know, highly educated listeners who are

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<v Speaker 2>willing to take a nuanced argument, I could explain how

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<v Speaker 2>he's crazy and a fascist. But he said, you got

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<v Speaker 2>to pick one or the other. And I thought that

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<v Speaker 2>was interesting. From that, even Carvil recognized it's a little

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<v Speaker 2>Flayly to go heavy dementia and then all of a sudden,

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<v Speaker 2>heavy evil genius, He's gonna take over the country. Well,

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<v Speaker 2>you can't really take over the country if you're so

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<v Speaker 2>dementia ridden you don't know where you are, which was

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<v Speaker 2>what they were claiming to were right. I also think

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<v Speaker 2>it's everyday is revealing that carvill said. You know, if

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<v Speaker 2>it's an audience that will actually listen to me for

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<v Speaker 2>ninety seconds, I could spell it out in a way

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<v Speaker 2>that they would get. But that's not the nature of

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<v Speaker 2>popular politics. It's got to be. If you can't blurt

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<v Speaker 2>it out in twelve point three seconds or less, it's

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<v Speaker 2>too complex an argument, which is chilling. Right, that's a

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<v Speaker 2>good way to pick your leaders on arguments that have

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<v Speaker 2>to be made in eight seconds or less. Fantastic. Oh,

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<v Speaker 2>I see the roads are gonna be blocked off in

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<v Speaker 2>town because the Ironman Triathlon is going on this weekend.

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<v Speaker 2>Are you commeeting in that? Michael? Tell me about it.

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<v Speaker 2>I was planning to, but I just must have forgot

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<v Speaker 2>didn't get it on my calendar. Correct Now my ankle's

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<v Speaker 2>bothering me, right, I gotta get tried on my singlet

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<v Speaker 2>and it's really tight, So I'm gonna see if I

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<v Speaker 2>can find a good one at the store. I'll go ahead,

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<v Speaker 2>I'll go. But I promised the kids i'd finally get

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<v Speaker 2>the Halloween decorations up one week before Halloween. So I

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<v Speaker 2>suppose you've got no time for the iron, So I

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<v Speaker 2>got no time to go? Is it soon? Whim a

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<v Speaker 2>couple miles? I think that will run swim bike? Yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>and I think it's the full one, like you swim

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<v Speaker 2>two miles bike on one hundred and then run a marathon.

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<v Speaker 2>That's crazy exactly, that's just insane. Well, and then I

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<v Speaker 2>plan to clean the garage as soon as I'm done

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<v Speaker 2>with that. So as I get Holmo'll clean the garage.

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<v Speaker 2>Oh yeah, good lord. We work with somebody who does

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<v Speaker 2>that sort of thing, and he's in unbelievable shape, which

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<v Speaker 2>you'd have to be. Uh. I can't sit on a

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<v Speaker 2>bicycle seat for that long, even if I could pedal

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<v Speaker 2>for that long. How do you get used to that

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<v Speaker 2>hard tiny bicycle jammed up your wedge? Do you have

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<v Speaker 2>well hois graphic? Do you have biking shorts? Sir? Have

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<v Speaker 2>you invested in a pair of biking shorts? I am

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<v Speaker 2>never ever going to be wearing biking shorts. No, I'm not.

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<v Speaker 2>What are you talking about? I'm not gonna wear biking

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<v Speaker 2>shorts is ridiculous. I don't think you know what you're

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<v Speaker 2>talking about, sir. I know they got padding in them,

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<v Speaker 2>but I don't. I don't run a bike like that,

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<v Speaker 2>so I don't need that. I'm never gonna wear the bike.

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<v Speaker 2>So what do you wear the ride the beach cruiser

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<v Speaker 2>like you're a six year old woman or something. Well, yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>I have a one speed bike. We're a one speed family.

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<v Speaker 2>Those are that's the fun bike. Okay, But I wear

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<v Speaker 2>jeans and tennis shoes and a T shirt. You'll never

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<v Speaker 2>see me in the Tour de France get up on

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<v Speaker 2>a Saturday morning. Oh, you don't need to wear that.

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<v Speaker 2>I have them. They look like they're shorts. All begun

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<v Speaker 2>to listen to you with your prejudices. You're ridiculous. They're comfortable,

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<v Speaker 2>they look great, they got pockets for everything. I have

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<v Speaker 2>mountain biked up and down the mountains of California for years,

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<v Speaker 2>crashing over rocks in the grate, and they keep your

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<v Speaker 2>prostate from getting crushed. But they're not cool at all

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<v Speaker 2>for jerk. Ok all, I'm not wearing bike shorts, just

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<v Speaker 2>not doing it. Not doing it?

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<v Speaker 4>You used to?

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<v Speaker 2>All, right, enough, we had any The jury is actually

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<v Speaker 2>picking a brocks to throw. I think I've made my case, yes, Katie.

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<v Speaker 3>I'm I'm just thinking of some form of a bet

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<v Speaker 3>that is set up for you to lose. Needs to

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<v Speaker 3>take place, and the bike shorts and no time man,

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<v Speaker 3>and it would have to be an important bet.

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<v Speaker 2>Well that's the point. I think he hears bike shorts

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<v Speaker 2>and has a very limited view of what that is.

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<v Speaker 2>Like every swimsuit is a g strength.

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<v Speaker 5>Nowhere that either the people of America, thank you, remember

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<v Speaker 5>what was that modeling gig we had to do one

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<v Speaker 5>time off their bike countfits.

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<v Speaker 2>I would like to seek out the people behind that

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<v Speaker 2>and hunt them down. There was some fundraiser for a

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<v Speaker 2>worthy charity that was tied into a big bike race

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<v Speaker 2>and they said part of it is a celebrity biking

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<v Speaker 2>fashion show and they just threw clothes at us here

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<v Speaker 2>put these on. They're totally the wrong side, tighty little

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<v Speaker 2>shirts on the really tight, skin tight tour de friend's shirts.

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<v Speaker 2>Oh yeah, yeah, Sauce. This has to be on the internet, right,

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<v Speaker 2>I don't think it is. If it was, I would

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<v Speaker 2>call whoever runs a long time ago and pay the

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<v Speaker 2>money to scrub it. Oh yeah, I mean were on

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<v Speaker 2>Bill Gates, elon Musk whatever it costs. Oh that was

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<v Speaker 2>a horrible thing to do. Yeah. Those were the actual

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<v Speaker 2>unfortunate skin tight bus bike shorts. And it was awful charity.

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<v Speaker 2>So we weren't really in a position, I mean, any

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<v Speaker 2>other thing. We just said, no freaking way, I'm gonna

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<v Speaker 2>put on these ridiculous clothes and walk out in front

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<v Speaker 2>of a bunch of people. But you know, for charity,

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<v Speaker 2>you don't want to come off as say, oh so

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<v Speaker 2>you don't want to help burn the children or whatever

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<v Speaker 2>the hell it was? Right, yeah, yeah, and this was

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<v Speaker 2>this was like pushing thirty years ago almost, and we

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<v Speaker 2>were right at the beginning of our career where you

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<v Speaker 2>say yes to every right. Yeah, now there's no I'm

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<v Speaker 2>going home. That's not happening.

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<v Speaker 6>I'm not putting notes clothes. Oh god, that was funny.

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<v Speaker 6>We just start show officially, it's Friday. We have so

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<v Speaker 6>many professional things. That's exactly right. That's what the whole

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<v Speaker 6>crowd did when we walked out.

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<v Speaker 2>The entire crowd. That was awful. I'm Jack Armstrong, He's

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<v Speaker 2>Joe Getty on this It is Friday, October twenty fifth

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<v Speaker 2>of the year twenty twenty four. Life will Not Be

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<v Speaker 2>Born twenty four where Armstrong and getting We all approve

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<v Speaker 2>of this program. Please let it be over, Please let

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<v Speaker 2>it be over soon. Let's begin the show according to

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<v Speaker 2>FCC regulations precisely now at marrow. Let's do it.

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<v Speaker 4>Paul free Paul, no tax on tips, no tax on overtime.

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<v Speaker 2>Listen to that crowd, no tax.

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<v Speaker 4>On Social Security benefits.

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<v Speaker 2>Now, aside from the fact that the policies are populous nonsense,

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<v Speaker 2>I'm not the first to point out that the script

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<v Speaker 2>has been flipped on who's the joyful candidate? Oh? Please

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<v Speaker 2>not even he is going out with the He's Hitler.

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<v Speaker 2>We're about to be taken over by Hitler. We're all

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<v Speaker 2>going to right and he's got he's the Princess of Darkness,

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<v Speaker 2>and he's doing jokes and giving stuff away and people

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<v Speaker 2>are cheering in it. So the joy thing is completely flipped. Yeah, Well,

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<v Speaker 2>when the final days and we'll see how that plays out.

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<v Speaker 2>I think I have a guess. Ah, it's gonna be

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<v Speaker 2>very very exciting. How oh what speaking of which what

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<v Speaker 2>Hillary said yesterday, She's pushing a book, so people say

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<v Speaker 2>things in their one. Brian Killmead on Fox, who's one

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<v Speaker 2>of the funniest people in America, but he said, Hey, Hillary,

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<v Speaker 2>nobody's interested in your book in real time, let alone

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<v Speaker 2>looking back on it with the memoirs. Ye stop that

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<v Speaker 2>you bought that book, take it back to the bookstore

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<v Speaker 2>and said, this book's no good. I didn't learn anything.

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<v Speaker 2>What another memoir from Hillary? But anyway, what she said

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<v Speaker 2>on the trail is just unbelievable in the realm of

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<v Speaker 2>the whole fascist Hitler thing. How does mailbag look? It's

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<v Speaker 2>it's decent enough. We have clips of the week first though,

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<v Speaker 2>awesome all on the way. Here's our text line four

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<v Speaker 2>one five two nine five KFTC. So the DA in

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<v Speaker 2>La County says them and Nandez brothers have served their uh,

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<v Speaker 2>the debt to society. I don't know what your debt

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<v Speaker 2>to society is when you shotgun both your parents to death,

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<v Speaker 2>but apparently they've served it. According to him, and get

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<v Speaker 2>into that story later, he's evil. Oh real, I wonder

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<v Speaker 2>what he's up to now. Now it's nefarious. The one

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<v Speaker 2>good thing about George gisscon is, you can assume if

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<v Speaker 2>he does something it's for the wrong reasons. It's it's

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<v Speaker 2>evil at its core, one way or the other. Coming up,

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<v Speaker 2>we have a great continuing series of freedom loving quotes

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<v Speaker 2>the Day plus mail bag. First, though, it's time to

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<v Speaker 2>take a not fake, take a fond look back at

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<v Speaker 2>the week that was. It's cow Clips of the Week,

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<v Speaker 2>So here it goes.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm kind of a nerd sometimes.

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<v Speaker 2>Like a kipip. Vice President Kamala Harris is calling Donald

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<v Speaker 2>Trump increasingly uninged and unstable.

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<v Speaker 7>Donald Trump's dissension into madness after Trump told Kelly he

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<v Speaker 7>wished he'd be more like German generals. Clearly, you can't

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<v Speaker 7>mean Hitler's generals, and Trump said, yeah, yeah, Hitler's.

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<v Speaker 2>Whole death defyingly What No, I meant death defiantly. No, no,

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<v Speaker 2>you you meant to say defiantly. Do you think Donald

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<v Speaker 2>Trump is a fascist?

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<v Speaker 6>Yes?

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<v Speaker 2>I do, Yes, I do. You're USh Vice president.

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<v Speaker 4>The only piece of advice I would have for her

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<v Speaker 4>and the event that she wins, would be not to

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<v Speaker 4>let her husband Doug anywhere near the nannies.

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<v Speaker 2>Just keep them. Aw, that's a nasty one. That's nasty.

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<v Speaker 4>I used to think that Democrats were crazy for saying

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<v Speaker 4>that men have peeriods, but then I met Tim Wattz.

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<v Speaker 3>Meanwhile, here's Harris leading a rally that apparently came with

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<v Speaker 3>free vodka.

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<v Speaker 2>What fucking about you? Wish you'd done those executive orders

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<v Speaker 2>in twenty twenty two, twenty three. I think we did

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<v Speaker 2>the right thing.

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<v Speaker 8>She was the last person in the room before Biden

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<v Speaker 8>decided to withdraw from Afghanistan. She was the borders are

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<v Speaker 8>She cast a tie breaking vote for an inflation reduction

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<v Speaker 8>act that gives you high prices.

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<v Speaker 9>Cut into social security is like giving the middle finger

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<v Speaker 9>to the middle class.

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<v Speaker 2>The duck stop following me around all day.

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<v Speaker 1>Hypercrombie and Fitch Sword and popularity in the early two thousands.

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<v Speaker 1>Michael Jeffries, who led the company at that time, now

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<v Speaker 1>federally charged in a sex trafficking and prostitution scheme. Sex

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<v Speaker 1>trafficking has become the second most profitable criminal activity in

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<v Speaker 1>the country, right after drug trafficking.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, you're telling your what I said. You're wrong your

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<v Speaker 2>you used your instead of your maths finished. I'm asking

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<v Speaker 2>you to Well, then you have to listen. Well I

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<v Speaker 2>can't because I'm talking, Well, you stopped. Maybe when I

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<v Speaker 2>go to bed.

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<v Speaker 4>Okay, I guess I just don't see the point of

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<v Speaker 4>taking shots at myself when other people have been shooting

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<v Speaker 4>at me for a hell of a long time.

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<v Speaker 2>A day's shoot. How is that? Even Presbyterian Pella didn't

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<v Speaker 2>even make any sense? The oppression of the autocorrect they're

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<v Speaker 2>portrayed in comedy form, delightful. Here's your freedom loving quote

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<v Speaker 2>of the day, continuing our series of responses to Kamala

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<v Speaker 2>Hers saying equity and equitable treatment means we all end

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<v Speaker 2>up in the same place. It's a quote of all people,

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<v Speaker 2>Liz Cheney. We all embrace equal opportunity, but government enforced

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<v Speaker 2>equality of outcome is Marxism. A century of history shows

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<v Speaker 2>where that path leads. Yeah, don't get me started on

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<v Speaker 2>Liz Cheney's current mental state. Man, my son is studying

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<v Speaker 2>Marxism right now, and in school in a way that

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<v Speaker 2>I don't think would ever have happen a public school

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<v Speaker 2>sit in private school. Yeah, that's amazing. Ye, a system

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<v Speaker 2>that killed hundreds of millions of people ignored by our

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<v Speaker 2>public schools for some reason, including the mail, Yes, including

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<v Speaker 2>the teacher pointing out that Kamala Harris's parents were both Marxists.

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<v Speaker 2>There's something that wouldn't happen in a public school when

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<v Speaker 2>money well spent. I love that mail bag. Oh my god,

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<v Speaker 2>I couldn't believe that. I'm I'm sorry dot Com. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>let's see Steve from Everett, Washington. Right's quite sensibly all right,

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<v Speaker 2>the whole Hitler thing. Why don't we all just agree

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<v Speaker 2>that there's been a universal breach of Godwin's law. You

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<v Speaker 2>remember Godwin's Law. The longer an online discussion goes on,

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<v Speaker 2>the more certain it becomes that somebody will compare somebody

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<v Speaker 2>else to Hitler. And we're in the season of all

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<v Speaker 2>Hitler all the time. I think you should have the

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<v Speaker 2>classic from the producers, Springtime for Hitler, at the ready

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<v Speaker 2>for all future references.

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<v Speaker 9>Spring Time for hit Law and Germany go here you go,

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<v Speaker 9>Stee picking up on that this has gotten a lot

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<v Speaker 9>of attention the Washington Examiner yesterday, and we'll read from

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<v Speaker 9>it later.

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<v Speaker 2>Reductio ad Hitler IM sixty years of Democrats claiming the

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<v Speaker 2>Republican nominees a fascist and they going election after election

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<v Speaker 2>after election. I can't wait to do that. And on

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<v Speaker 2>a similar topic, Matt, that's right, sir, Matt in Honolulu. Rites, guys,

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<v Speaker 2>I have to disagree that it would be insane for

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<v Speaker 2>a candidate to call another fascist ten years ago, ten

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<v Speaker 2>or fifteen years ago, as one of us stated. Recall it,

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<v Speaker 2>Biden said he told a group of black folks that

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<v Speaker 2>Romney would put you all back in chains in twenty

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<v Speaker 2>twenty twelve. I think I'd rather be called a fascist

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<v Speaker 2>than a slaver. But maybe that's just me. Good point,

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<v Speaker 2>Matt in Honolulu. Yeah, anyway, we'll review more of that

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<v Speaker 2>rhetoric coming up. Let's see Dave writes, did you notice

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<v Speaker 2>that Waltz's I could be a knucklehead sometimes there's a

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<v Speaker 2>certain similarity to Harris' is sometimes I can be a nerd? Yeah.

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<v Speaker 2>I think the script writers decide that a little self

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<v Speaker 2>deprecation could help humanize their candidates. Yeah, but you can't.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm a nerd away. I don't know anything about the

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<v Speaker 2>job I'm applying for. I can't think of any policies

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<v Speaker 2>about anything. I don't know if the knucklehead and the

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<v Speaker 2>nerd is the best closing argument I've ever heard either.

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<v Speaker 2>We've got a lot more on the way. Stay with us.

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<v Speaker 2>If you missing now get the podcast.

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<v Speaker 1>Armstrong and Getty.

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<v Speaker 7>We have four new CNN poll of polls from four

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<v Speaker 7>key battlegrounds. First up, the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Harrison Trump

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<v Speaker 7>only separated by one percentage point forty eight forty seven.

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<v Speaker 7>Harris North Carolina also raised her thin forty nine forty

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<v Speaker 7>eight Trump, and George of the former President holds a

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<v Speaker 7>slight advantage fifty forty eight Trump, And finally in Arizona

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<v Speaker 7>also close fifty forty seven Trump. So I at this point, honestly,

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<v Speaker 7>I don't even know how much I should even show

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<v Speaker 7>poles because look, we know this, there are what seven battlegrounds.

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<v Speaker 2>There you go that maybe a punch line. I agree

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<v Speaker 2>with Jake Tapper there, what's the point of even looking

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<v Speaker 2>at the poles anymore? Now they're all I was watching

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<v Speaker 2>the thing with Karl Rove yesterday. He has twenty one poles.

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<v Speaker 2>He looks at that he considers the best from these

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<v Speaker 2>different organizations and averages and sort of he said yesterday morning,

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<v Speaker 2>of the twenty one, there are four that were between

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<v Speaker 2>one and two percent. Fourteen of them were less than

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<v Speaker 2>one percent. I mean, so you know, well, and to

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<v Speaker 2>further drive home. The point, the idea that there would

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<v Speaker 2>be a change in the electorate significant enough to measure

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<v Speaker 2>and the poles would measure it accurately and come out

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<v Speaker 2>in time to see is idiotic. It can't happen. It's done,

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<v Speaker 2>and now it's time to lace up the shoes. You

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<v Speaker 2>remember that. It's one of the funniest meetings we've ever

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<v Speaker 2>had in our career. Sales manager is a good guy.

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<v Speaker 2>I really liked the guy, but he's a It was

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<v Speaker 2>a psychop speech, and he said, we gotta lace up

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<v Speaker 2>our shoes, we gotta pick up the paint brush. You know,

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<v Speaker 2>it's time to put on the helmets. And we got it,

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<v Speaker 2>and I can't remember. There are a couple more and

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<v Speaker 2>we were like, what sort of weird painting sports full

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<v Speaker 2>contact contest? Is this what we're getting into here? But anyway,

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<v Speaker 2>so it's yeah, now it's to just say show up

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<v Speaker 2>and vote and then we'll find out what happened. I

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<v Speaker 2>hope four hours to forty days later. All right, So

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<v Speaker 2>the number of times Republican candidates have been called hitler

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<v Speaker 2>or a fascist over the years, we'll get to that

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<v Speaker 2>in now or two. Make sure you get that. Wow. Wow, Okay,

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<v Speaker 2>stay tuned for that, and plus a couple of great

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<v Speaker 2>analyses of the weakness and flounderingness. Is that a word

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<v Speaker 2>of Kamala Harris's closing argument, including from some very moderate

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<v Speaker 2>reasonable people. It's not just right wing red meat chuck,

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<v Speaker 2>and it's it raises serious questions about who's in charge

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<v Speaker 2>and what are they thinking? And or is their candidates

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<v Speaker 2>so bad they just don't know what to do. On

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<v Speaker 2>a different topic, entirely, if you are even a marginal

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<v Speaker 2>baseball fan, you are excited that, as bugs Bunny would say,

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<v Speaker 2>the world serious is beginning tonight, and it is pitting

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<v Speaker 2>the East Coast legends, the greatest team of all time,

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<v Speaker 2>the Yankees of New York against the LA Dodgers, certainly

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<v Speaker 2>the royalty of western US baseball. The biggest stars in

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<v Speaker 2>the game are on either team to a large extent,

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<v Speaker 2>Heyo Tani, Aaron Judge, and others who if you're a

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<v Speaker 2>real baseball fan, you know Mookie Bats, Freddy Freeman, Garrett Cole,

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<v Speaker 2>you got all sort, Juan Soto, just all sorts of

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<v Speaker 2>great stars. Wall Street journalists talking about the fact that

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<v Speaker 2>it costs six hundred and fifty million dollars worth of

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<v Speaker 2>payroll to bring you this World Series. Yeah. I was

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<v Speaker 2>about to say, why do they have the biggest stars

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<v Speaker 2>because they spent so much freaking money the two biggest

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<v Speaker 2>media markets in the country where you make the most

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<v Speaker 2>money as a sports team. Yeah, they've spent a mind

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<v Speaker 2>boggling some That highlights the enormous financial advantage that they

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<v Speaker 2>hold over most of their competitors Dodgers. For instance, last winter,

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<v Speaker 2>they committed over a billion dollars that's with a bee

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<v Speaker 2>to sign Otani and his Japanese countryman Yoshinobu Yamamoto, which

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<v Speaker 2>came on top of five hundred and twenty seven million

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<v Speaker 2>they were already paying Mookie Bets and Freddie Freeman. Yeah.

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<v Speaker 2>And as sports fans know, you don't always end up

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<v Speaker 2>winning whatever sport you're in by spending the most money.

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<v Speaker 2>But it happens a lot. It does. It helps a

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<v Speaker 2>lot to spend the most money. And it's kind of

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<v Speaker 2>weird that in professional sports it's just you know, yay,

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<v Speaker 2>my team is richer than the other team and can

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<v Speaker 2>buy better players from other teams. Yeah, you know, whatever,

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<v Speaker 2>what is the other option to And you're quite right,

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<v Speaker 2>I mean, if this happened like three four years in

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<v Speaker 2>a row or four out of five or something like that,

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<v Speaker 2>there would be a hue and a cry to do

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<v Speaker 2>something about it. But often it's the plucky upstarts that

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<v Speaker 2>did advance far into the playoffs, and they're fun to

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<v Speaker 2>root for. Just some of the money that whoever the

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<v Speaker 2>sticks and whenever that does happen, whoever the best plucky

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<v Speaker 2>upstart is ends up a Yankee or a Dodger, or

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<v Speaker 2>a Laker, or a Celtic or a NIX chair, you know,

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<v Speaker 2>or a cowboy or whatever. Right. The Wall Street Journal

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<v Speaker 2>quotes Dodgers infielder Max Munsey saying, is a fan of baseball?

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<v Speaker 2>How can you not be excited about this? Well, for one,

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<v Speaker 2>you might be a baseball fan in Pittsburgh or Oakland

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<v Speaker 2>or Saint Petersburg rooting for a team whose entire roster

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<v Speaker 2>costs a tiny fraction of the Yankees or Dodgers. Yeah. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>And if you know how baseball works, they share baseball,

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<v Speaker 2>I'm sorry, a TV revenue to beef up the payrolls

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<v Speaker 2>of the lower teams, and there are various rules to

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<v Speaker 2>try to tax the super high spenders. And I don't

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<v Speaker 2>want to get into that because it's boring if you're

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<v Speaker 2>a sports fan. But I came across a really interesting piece.

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<v Speaker 2>I wish I had it in front of you. You might

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<v Speaker 2>have been the journal I don't recall talking about how

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<v Speaker 2>the greatest thing American sports has going for it is

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<v Speaker 2>quote unquote socialism, And I thought, wait, what are you

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<v Speaker 2>talking about? In Europe, the big soccer clubs particularly, it's

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<v Speaker 2>really the only sport that matters. Well that's not entirely true,

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<v Speaker 2>but it might as well be football as they call it.

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<v Speaker 2>It's so crazy, the game where they constantly kick the

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<v Speaker 2>ball with their feet all game long. In fact, you

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<v Speaker 2>touch it with your hands, you get called for a foul.

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<v Speaker 2>They call that football our game where you kick it

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<v Speaker 2>like once every twenty minutes. That's the real football anyway.

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<v Speaker 2>Name Nate Margatzi's thing about that where he's George Washington. Yeah, yes,

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<v Speaker 2>football a game you or you kicked the ball? No, no, no,

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<v Speaker 2>well there's some kicking, very little, very little. How many

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<v Speaker 2>points do you get for kicking the ball? Sometimes one,

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<v Speaker 2>sometimes three? I love that bit anyway. So in Europe

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<v Speaker 2>for the soccer it is unbridled capitalism, and you have

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<v Speaker 2>the big team's real Madrid who's the big British team

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<v Speaker 2>that's always on top, Manchester United. There you go. They

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<v Speaker 2>spend whatever they want. They got money flown in from

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<v Speaker 2>the oil sheeks. They always win. They're in the Premier League.

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<v Speaker 2>The lesser teams are always relegated down to the Trump

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<v Speaker 2>League that Ted Lasso spent most of his time in.

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<v Speaker 2>The greatest thing for American sports is that they have

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<v Speaker 2>leveled the playing field and so every team has a

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<v Speaker 2>reasonable chance to compete every year. I didn't know that.

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<v Speaker 2>I just thought, yeah, it was interesting, and you know,

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<v Speaker 2>is it some sort of Joe Gideon endorses socialism. No,

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<v Speaker 2>not at all, not at all. But in the context

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<v Speaker 2>of sports, where the entire question is am I watching

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<v Speaker 2>an exciting game? Yeah, it makes perfect sense. I thought

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<v Speaker 2>it was pretty good analysis. Here's an interesting thing conversation

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<v Speaker 2>I got into with my son yesterday. It really made

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<v Speaker 2>me think and I wanted to bring it to the air.

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<v Speaker 2>I don't remember how we got started on this, but

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<v Speaker 2>I talked about rooting for the underdog. I wish I

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<v Speaker 2>could remember the origin of our conversation, but I talked

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<v Speaker 2>about rooting for the underdog, and I said, it's kind

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<v Speaker 2>of a common thing to do. People like to root

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<v Speaker 2>for the underdog. And he said that doesn't make any sense.

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<v Speaker 2>I said, well, I don't know. I just I just

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<v Speaker 2>just what we do, like my dad taught, like when

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<v Speaker 2>I was a kid, if we turned on a game,

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<v Speaker 2>I'd say, well, who do you root for? If you

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<v Speaker 2>don't know who I usually root for, who's behind? Root

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<v Speaker 2>for the underdog. And my son, who's a very interesting person,

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<v Speaker 2>said that doesn't make any sense just from a like

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<v Speaker 2>an evolutionary standpoint, and I and I was thinking about

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<v Speaker 2>it for a while, and I've always been interested in

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<v Speaker 2>this comment from Osama bin Laden, this quote where he said,

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<v Speaker 2>and he was talking about geopolitics and all that sort

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<v Speaker 2>of stuff, and he said, when when two people see

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<v Speaker 2>horses fighting, they root for the strong horse. And I thought,

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<v Speaker 2>that is not what we usually do. And I wonder

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<v Speaker 2>if the normal evolutionary thing is to root if two

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<v Speaker 2>people are in a fight, you root for the strong one.

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<v Speaker 2>And we've kind of like overcome that or lost that

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<v Speaker 2>out of either I can't tell of its softness or goodness,

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<v Speaker 2>but I just thought it was interesting. I remember the

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<v Speaker 2>first time I heard that Osama bin Laden quote, I thought,

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<v Speaker 2>that's not what I would do. If I saw two

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<v Speaker 2>horses fighting, I wouldn't be rooting for the strong horse

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<v Speaker 2>to beat down the weaker horse. But that's the way

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<v Speaker 2>he's on and I wonder if that's the way most

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<v Speaker 2>of the world, or most of the humans through history

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<v Speaker 2>have seen things. I came up with this phrase years

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<v Speaker 2>and years and years ago, and if I were a

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<v Speaker 2>different guy, I would have devoted my life to developing

0:26:26.960 --> 0:26:30.800
<v Speaker 2>the theory, but as working on my short game on golf. Anyway,

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<v Speaker 2>the idea that you get you have to take care

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<v Speaker 2>of necessity before you can get to nicety. You have

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<v Speaker 2>to get through the quest for security before you can

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<v Speaker 2>indulge the more gentle parts of the human spirit. And

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<v Speaker 2>I think in Osama Bin Lauden's part of the world,

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<v Speaker 2>you are still in the competition is everything. Of course

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<v Speaker 2>he was an extremely with wealthy Saudi air. But anyway,

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<v Speaker 2>but in that part of the world, you've got your

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<v Speaker 2>competition phase of development as human beings. Then you get

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<v Speaker 2>to your altruism phase, where you can afford to be

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<v Speaker 2>kind to the less fortunate. There are many many tales

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<v Speaker 2>of you know, for instance, people fetishize, romanticize the Native

0:27:21.000 --> 0:27:24.159
<v Speaker 2>American peoples and the way they lived, and then the

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<v Speaker 2>way they lived was frequently brutal. If you couldn't pull

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<v Speaker 2>your weight, you were left to starve to death. If

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<v Speaker 2>you were lazy or indigent or a coward, you were

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<v Speaker 2>either killed or left to die. You were sent out

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<v Speaker 2>to die into the wilderness. And it was only after

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<v Speaker 2>a certain amount of security and wealth has accumulated that

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<v Speaker 2>you can take care of the handicapped, in the blind

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<v Speaker 2>and the developmentally disabled or whatever, which I think is

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<v Speaker 2>a wonderful thing. But yeah, during the hard scrabble years,

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<v Speaker 2>not so much, which would be ninety nine point nine

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<v Speaker 2>nine percent of human history. So we have softened out

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<v Speaker 2>of our culture, the normal tendency to root for the stronger,

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<v Speaker 2>do you think? And yeah, and I think so. And

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<v Speaker 2>while I like that, and in all kinds of different ways,

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<v Speaker 2>I wonder I fact culture gets overtaken by cultures that

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<v Speaker 2>continue to do it, do the old way. Now we

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<v Speaker 2>root for the strong, well, right now we're too like

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<v Speaker 2>the core of the armstrong and getting message for our

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<v Speaker 2>beloved republic, which is that if you get too far

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<v Speaker 2>down the road to that obsessed with the niceties, just

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<v Speaker 2>a self obsessed critical theory, you know, microaggressions, just all

0:28:40.560 --> 0:28:44.760
<v Speaker 2>that crap. You get way too far into the navel gazing,

0:28:44.880 --> 0:28:47.880
<v Speaker 2>you will be taken like ripe fruit by those who

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<v Speaker 2>are young and hungry and brutal, no matter how big

0:28:50.840 --> 0:28:53.320
<v Speaker 2>and strong your empire seems to be. Take a look

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<v Speaker 2>at history, friends, and so you know that's that's been

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<v Speaker 2>our message. If we've had a consistent message through the years,

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<v Speaker 2>is you can't get too soft and self indulgent, or

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<v Speaker 2>it's over. I was just thinking about that in terms

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<v Speaker 2>of rooting for the scrappy underdogs and maybe the more successful. Anyway,

0:29:10.200 --> 0:29:13.960
<v Speaker 2>human impulses to root for the giant Strong has been

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<v Speaker 2>built to be the best whatever team, corporation, person, fang, whatever. Counterargument.

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<v Speaker 2>If you see somebody who's clearly in the underdog position

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<v Speaker 2>and they triumph, you've you've identified a real winner. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>I don't know. I thought it was a very interesting,

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<v Speaker 2>uh that it didn't automatically make sense to my son

0:29:36.480 --> 0:29:40.040
<v Speaker 2>because he hasn't been you know, inculcated yet. It has

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<v Speaker 2>light up the idea of rooting for the underdog. Yeah,

0:29:43.360 --> 0:29:45.640
<v Speaker 2>really interesting question. If you have any thoughts, mail bag

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<v Speaker 2>at Armstrong e getty dot com. We we'll touch on those.

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<v Speaker 2>I actually have one more quick note on baseball specifically,

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<v Speaker 2>since twenty eleven, the winner of the World Series has

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<v Speaker 2>ranked between seventh and eighth in the majors in payroll

0:29:58.320 --> 0:30:02.320
<v Speaker 2>on average. Oh interesting, top eight ten of the past

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<v Speaker 2>fourteen champs, including the Yankees or Dodgers. This season, either

0:30:06.120 --> 0:30:09.600
<v Speaker 2>one will have had payroll in the top ten. Only

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<v Speaker 2>one the twenty seventeen Houston Astros who cheated, as I recall, Hey,

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<v Speaker 2>you ain't cheating. He eight trying. I loved that team.

0:30:18.560 --> 0:30:20.920
<v Speaker 2>I know they cheated, but that was a fun team.

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<v Speaker 2>Only one those Astros ranked in the bottom half. Oh well,

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<v Speaker 2>it's accurate to say that the Yankees and Dodgers don't

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<v Speaker 2>win the Series every year A team that bears at

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<v Speaker 2>least a passing resemblance to them almost always. And if

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<v Speaker 2>you're in the bottom half of salaries, you've got really

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<v Speaker 2>no shot. That's something you would never tell your fans.

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<v Speaker 2>If you're in the bottom half, start banging on trash cans. Right,

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<v Speaker 2>if you're familiar with the reference, We've got Katie's headlines

0:30:46.520 --> 0:30:53.200
<v Speaker 2>on the way. World Series Game one is tonight in

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<v Speaker 2>Los Angeles. Now it seems like my microphone is crazy

0:30:56.200 --> 0:30:58.400
<v Speaker 2>loud was it was off and now it's Michael if

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<v Speaker 2>you lost your mind, there's something gone wrong. Button sabotage, sabotage.

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<v Speaker 2>We've been sabotaged. Okay, I hate to hear that. Well,

0:31:06.880 --> 0:31:09.120
<v Speaker 2>let's forge you ahead. Then it's let's figure out who's

0:31:09.120 --> 0:31:11.080
<v Speaker 2>reporting what. It's the lead story with Katie Green.

0:31:11.000 --> 0:31:13.760
<v Speaker 3>Katie starting with the New York Times. Harris and Trump

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<v Speaker 3>deadlocked to the end, according to final Times in Sienna

0:31:17.040 --> 0:31:17.840
<v Speaker 3>national polls.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, actually forty eight to forty eight, which is horrible

0:31:21.000 --> 0:31:21.920
<v Speaker 2>news of your Democrat.

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<v Speaker 3>By the way, CNN, Israel strikes Gaza and Lebanon. A

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<v Speaker 3>ceasefire talks are expected this weekend.

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<v Speaker 2>Speaking a listener to NPR every day, there's going to

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<v Speaker 2>be a ceasefire as soon as the Dodgers and Yankees

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<v Speaker 2>announce the ceasefire. Ye please, Yeah, Yeah, it's funny. I

0:31:40.160 --> 0:31:42.280
<v Speaker 2>didn't even catch that because I'm so used to hearing

0:31:42.280 --> 0:31:46.160
<v Speaker 2>it in in this meaningless term, right, the ceasefire. I

0:31:46.200 --> 0:31:50.200
<v Speaker 2>heard somebody say yesterday. Currently neither party has an interest. Yeah. See,

0:31:50.200 --> 0:31:52.640
<v Speaker 2>that's the problem with the whole Ceaspire thing. You got

0:31:52.640 --> 0:31:55.760
<v Speaker 2>to have both parties very interested. When neither party has

0:31:55.840 --> 0:32:00.280
<v Speaker 2>any interest. What are we talking about here? It's like

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<v Speaker 2>that man and woman. They currently no plans to get married.

0:32:04.640 --> 0:32:06.840
<v Speaker 2>They haven't met, they haven't talked to each other. That

0:32:06.880 --> 0:32:10.200
<v Speaker 2>what they do know of each other, they hate each other. No,

0:32:10.440 --> 0:32:14.600
<v Speaker 2>we will discuss wedding plans further this weekend. Right, it's weird,

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<v Speaker 2>But I was gonna say, every time I listen to

0:32:17.480 --> 0:32:20.960
<v Speaker 2>NPR on this story, it's Israel bomb to school or

0:32:21.000 --> 0:32:23.600
<v Speaker 2>Israel bomb to hospital. How have you not caught on

0:32:23.800 --> 0:32:26.040
<v Speaker 2>to they call everything a hospital or a school? Do

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<v Speaker 2>you really think every building in Gaza is a school

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<v Speaker 2>or hospital? Or Southern Lebanon.

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<v Speaker 3>From the Washington Post, LA District attorney requests resentencing for

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<v Speaker 3>Menendez brothers, opening a path to release.

0:32:41.720 --> 0:32:46.959
<v Speaker 2>Marxist prostitute makes announcement he thinks will somehow help him period.

0:32:48.520 --> 0:32:52.240
<v Speaker 3>From the Wall Street Journal, Elon Musk's Secret conversations with

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<v Speaker 3>Vladimir Putin.

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<v Speaker 2>So I haven't read that story of you, I have, indeed, Yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>well you have to tell us about that later. I

0:32:59.520 --> 0:33:03.120
<v Speaker 2>know how it's being portrayed in the central left media,

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<v Speaker 2>and it's kind of, oh, of course, kind of hilarious.

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<v Speaker 2>Back to Russia. Russia, Russia. Yeah, for sure.

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<v Speaker 3>From NBC, Kim Jong owned to send putin twelve thousand soldiers.

0:33:13.960 --> 0:33:17.080
<v Speaker 3>South Korea says that US they'll be fair game.

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<v Speaker 2>Say that again, you glitched out. I didn't hear what

0:33:20.440 --> 0:33:22.040
<v Speaker 2>you said or glitched out of my head. But you're

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<v Speaker 2>a Michael sabotage probably.

0:33:23.800 --> 0:33:31.280
<v Speaker 3>Dang Michael sending twelve thousand soldiers. US says they'll be

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<v Speaker 3>fair game for killing. Yes, Oky, no to take out

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<v Speaker 3>to lunch?

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, well played, Katie. Idiots?

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<v Speaker 3>But USA today Nevada forfeits women's volleyball game against San

0:33:47.520 --> 0:33:48.240
<v Speaker 3>Jose State.

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<v Speaker 2>Really another forfeit? Yeah, oh that's right. I became aware

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<v Speaker 2>one of some friends of the Armstrong and Getty show

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<v Speaker 2>in sports and the government have written a powerful letter

0:34:01.320 --> 0:34:04.040
<v Speaker 2>about that topic. We'll get to that later on the show.

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<v Speaker 2>Just forcing women to compete against men get their heads knocked.

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<v Speaker 3>In From International Business Times radio stations replacing journalists with

0:34:15.960 --> 0:34:17.120
<v Speaker 3>AI presenters.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, well, what are you gonna do? Lose my job? Apparently? Yeah?

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<v Speaker 2>Go on, Katie, open a taco truck. Huh.

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<v Speaker 3>Our meme of the day is? It says at the top,

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<v Speaker 3>So I ordered an take two? So I ordered an

0:34:38.600 --> 0:34:42.040
<v Speaker 3>Arnold Palmer, and it's a picture of an Arnold Palmer

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<v Speaker 3>with a giant egg plant in it.

0:34:44.280 --> 0:34:48.560
<v Speaker 2>Oh unfortunate how the lemonade iced tea comes with the

0:34:48.600 --> 0:34:52.120
<v Speaker 2>big egg plant in it. Let's move on, please class

0:34:52.200 --> 0:34:52.480
<v Speaker 2>it up.

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<v Speaker 3>And finally, the Babylon be worst allegation yet. Woman claims

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<v Speaker 3>in nineteen ninety three, Trump touched her inappropriately with classified

0:35:04.800 --> 0:35:06.240
<v Speaker 3>documents while praising Hitler.

0:35:06.440 --> 0:35:09.719
<v Speaker 2>Yeah, yeah, there's another one of those out in Epstein's

0:35:09.719 --> 0:35:12.439
<v Speaker 2>sort of claim about Trump doing something bad with the woman.

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<v Speaker 2>I suppose we could get into that or not not

0:35:15.239 --> 0:35:17.680
<v Speaker 2>dignify it anyway. Much more on the way, stay here,

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<v Speaker 2>Armstrong and Getty