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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 Getty.

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<v Speaker 2>Arm Strong and Jetty and he Armstrong and Eddy. I

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<v Speaker 2>want to pull up on the security changes. Is there

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<v Speaker 2>talks about you potentially wearing a bulletproof vest moving forward

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<v Speaker 2>given you have now been shot at. I don't know.

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<v Speaker 3>I can handle looking twenty pounds heavier. Somebody's got there's

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<v Speaker 3>somebody these guys in physical specialties.

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<v Speaker 2>There's some of these guys drop. I don't want to

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<v Speaker 2>be here.

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<v Speaker 1>The lighter side of assassination attempts. Trump is a unique guy.

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<v Speaker 1>He is psychologically.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah.

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<v Speaker 1>I don't know what his brushes with death did to

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<v Speaker 1>him or for him. You know, it's funny, Just a

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<v Speaker 1>quick departure. The bit of Scott's email we didn't squeeze

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<v Speaker 1>in before the top of the hour break was why

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<v Speaker 1>was the shooter so calm taking his selfies before walking

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<v Speaker 1>into his almost inevitable death. Excepting that you're already dead

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<v Speaker 1>is calming and liberating. I've heard that, and this is

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<v Speaker 1>certainly I don't claim any personal knowledge, and it's probably

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<v Speaker 1>not universal, but I've heard guys who've dealt with combat,

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<v Speaker 1>say the only way you stay sane and you lose

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<v Speaker 1>like your fears to accept all right, I'm gonna die,

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<v Speaker 1>so let's get the job done. So I wonder, anyway,

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<v Speaker 1>I wonder if there's an aspect of that in Trump's personality.

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<v Speaker 1>Well remember when we had we had Corey Lewandowsky on

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<v Speaker 1>and when we were at one of the conventions. That's

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<v Speaker 1>Chirstyn Nolam's old man and the one that doesn't wear

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<v Speaker 1>the big balloons under his shirt. And Corey lind Lewndusky

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<v Speaker 1>said one of the things about Trump, he said, he

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<v Speaker 1>is fearless. He is absolutely fearless. And there I think

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<v Speaker 1>there is some and maybe he's got like some something

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<v Speaker 1>wrong with his brain where he cannot be It's weird

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<v Speaker 1>that he can be, on one hand, so easily butt

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<v Speaker 1>hurt by the slightest insult by a meaningless character that

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<v Speaker 1>he needs to respond immediately, but like be fearless about

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<v Speaker 1>lawsuits being shot at, about you know, his his personal

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<v Speaker 1>life falling apart in public. Oh, that stuff just doesn't

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<v Speaker 1>seem to phase him. You know, a comedian you've never

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<v Speaker 1>heard of saying something about its hair will make him,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, go Berzerko, it's the same time. So it's

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<v Speaker 1>an and completely step on his own messaging. Yeah, to

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<v Speaker 1>his own detriment. I mean it's not harmless.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, you're right, what a duck.

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<v Speaker 1>We don't have to do a deep dive on this now.

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<v Speaker 1>Just wanted to put this on the plate for a

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<v Speaker 1>conversation later.

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<v Speaker 2>It's a it's a big.

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<v Speaker 1>Deal obviously in California, then for the rest of the country,

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<v Speaker 1>the entire bullet train thing.

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<v Speaker 2>But you should be aware.

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<v Speaker 1>Of this just from a the fact that it happens

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<v Speaker 1>over and over again, these government projects that balloon did

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<v Speaker 1>and get out of hand.

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<v Speaker 2>The California High Speed.

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<v Speaker 1>Rail Project put up their new projection yesterday, to which

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<v Speaker 1>The California Post responded to the editorial board said, it's

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<v Speaker 1>time to end the high speed rail disaster.

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<v Speaker 2>That's got to be the fiftieth.

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<v Speaker 1>Time they've written that piece, the call for the end

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<v Speaker 1>of the high speed train. But they put out their

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<v Speaker 1>new cost projection two hundred and thirty one billion dollars,

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<v Speaker 1>seven times now the original estimate, seven times what voters approved.

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<v Speaker 1>Now two hundred and thirty one billion dollars. There's still

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<v Speaker 1>as sixty minutes showed us a couple of weeks ago.

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<v Speaker 1>Ain't no dang train, hardly any There ain't no actual track.

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<v Speaker 1>There's just a couple of cement things in the middle

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<v Speaker 1>of nowhere, little track bed, you know, keeping million dollars.

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<v Speaker 1>Keeping in mind when they said it's now going to

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<v Speaker 1>be about one hundred billion dollars, when was that two

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<v Speaker 1>three years ago? I was screaming, there's not a chance

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<v Speaker 1>in hell it'll be less than two hundred billion, your

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<v Speaker 1>ridiculous stop line. And here they've exceeded my estimate. So

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<v Speaker 1>one one critic actually did the math on this. The

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<v Speaker 1>amount of money involved in here. At current demands LA

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<v Speaker 1>between San Francisco, you could fund roughly two hundred years

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<v Speaker 1>of air travel before the money would run out. Holy crap.

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<v Speaker 1>Well that was back when it was one hundred and

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<v Speaker 1>twenty six billion. The California Post points out that now

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<v Speaker 1>you can double that, So you've got four hundred years

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<v Speaker 1>of flights that you could pay for for the for

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<v Speaker 1>the current demand of people that fly back and forth

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<v Speaker 1>between LA and San Francisco, four.

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<v Speaker 2>Hundred years worth. That is a stunning number, which is interesting.

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<v Speaker 1>The whole thing is stunning, Gavin, and what makes us

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<v Speaker 1>insane although I've had to just kind of put it

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<v Speaker 1>aside and accept it is that it is an utterly

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<v Speaker 1>how do I put this guileless crime? The crime is

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<v Speaker 1>happening in the open, it's openly discussed, it's undeniable.

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<v Speaker 2>Millions of people are acutely aware of it.

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<v Speaker 1>But there are enough people who are either in on

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<v Speaker 1>the scam or are so ignorant they have no idea

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<v Speaker 1>of it. The same scammers get elected over and over again,

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<v Speaker 1>or they hate Trump so insanely they just keep voting

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<v Speaker 1>for dese who continue the scam. You've just got to

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<v Speaker 1>take a deep breath and accept that this is the most.

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<v Speaker 2>Glaring, bright spotlet.

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<v Speaker 1>Example of the failure of democracy perhaps in our nation's history.

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<v Speaker 1>It might actually, in fact, if it's not, I want

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<v Speaker 1>to know, it's a bigger, uglier illustration. Yeah, it might

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<v Speaker 1>be the biggest disconnect between taxpayer and money spent.

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<v Speaker 2>And that is a heck of a thing to say

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<v Speaker 2>in our nation's history.

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<v Speaker 1>As is pointed out, they don't even claim anymore that

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<v Speaker 1>it's a train between San Francisco and LA It's not

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<v Speaker 1>even close to that. It gets you, like within an

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<v Speaker 1>hour and a half drive of each of those towns

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<v Speaker 1>at right glass speed of two hundred and thirty one

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<v Speaker 1>billion dollars. Since we're on it, might as well finish

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<v Speaker 1>this off. This is I mean, you thought that was outrageous.

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<v Speaker 1>Here you go, and if you accept that number, I

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<v Speaker 1>got some magic beans. I'd like to sell you a

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<v Speaker 1>dumb dumb.

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<v Speaker 2>Right, you're right, that's not the ending number anyway.

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<v Speaker 1>So the bosses at the California High Speed Rail are

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<v Speaker 1>weighing currently giving the CEO even more power to make

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<v Speaker 1>decisions on his own without any other input whatsoever. The

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<v Speaker 1>board of Director's mulling and granting. Ian I don't know

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<v Speaker 1>how to pronounce his name.

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<v Speaker 2>Do you know his name? Chordryuz.

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<v Speaker 1>He's a villain. I don't care what kind of guy

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<v Speaker 1>he is. He's a villain for not coming out and

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<v Speaker 1>saying we got to stop this. It would give him

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<v Speaker 1>more authority over spending in operations. For instance, he can

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<v Speaker 1>approve contracts worth twenty five million dollars without any board

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<v Speaker 1>approval whatsoever. One guy. Now, how do you think he'd

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<v Speaker 1>keep corruption out of that? If you got one individual

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<v Speaker 1>who can approve contracts up to twenty five million dollars,

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<v Speaker 1>and you've got two hundred some billion dollars to spend.

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<v Speaker 1>Oh my god, I know it's astonishing. You know, I've

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<v Speaker 1>got a great piece around here somewhere. Oh there it

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<v Speaker 1>is California. Fraud is not a bug, it's a feature.

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<v Speaker 1>It's the way the system is supposed to function according

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<v Speaker 1>to the people running it. The fraud is on a

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<v Speaker 1>massive scale. I mean the the bullspit train is just

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<v Speaker 1>one example, and I have half a dozen other examples.

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<v Speaker 1>Thousands of inmates Murder's rapist death Row inmates received up

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<v Speaker 1>to a billion dollars on unemployment benefits. An estimated one

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<v Speaker 1>hundred and forty six billion was lost to fraud from

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<v Speaker 1>medical At least thirty two billion was lost in fraudulent

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<v Speaker 1>payments from the Unemployment Department under Gavin's leadership. By the way,

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<v Speaker 1>he's spending nineteen million dollars of taxpayer money on a

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<v Speaker 1>New York PR firm to dust off California's image, which

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<v Speaker 1>is just lovely. How about the thirty seven billion dollars

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<v Speaker 1>since twenty nineteen to curb homelessness.

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<v Speaker 2>The results homelessness.

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<v Speaker 1>Bums and junkies increased, while the funds disappeared without so

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<v Speaker 1>much as a mechanism to measure their effectiveness.

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<v Speaker 2>It is sickening.

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<v Speaker 3>Thanks for taking the money.

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<v Speaker 2>I agree.

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<v Speaker 1>Well, back to the that young woman is the voice

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<v Speaker 1>of the taxpayer. Back to this guy running the high

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<v Speaker 1>speed rail. However, your pronouncer's name Ian Chudry Thief mcgrafty,

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<v Speaker 1>well is the proper pronunciation.

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<v Speaker 2>He might be a decent, honest man.

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<v Speaker 1>I would say he's kind of by definition, not because

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<v Speaker 1>if he was, he would be out in front of

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<v Speaker 1>microphones and cameras saying, look, I've looked at the numbers.

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<v Speaker 2>This doesn't make any sense. We need to end this today.

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<v Speaker 1>And since he's not saying that, I'm going to assume

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<v Speaker 1>he's a bad guy. But you've got somebody one hundred

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<v Speaker 1>percent true who on his own can sign off on

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<v Speaker 1>a twenty five million dollar check, and the board is

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<v Speaker 1>trying to give him more power so it could be

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<v Speaker 1>contracts up to one hundred million dollars.

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<v Speaker 2>That one guy. Now, if you have the ability to

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<v Speaker 2>give one hundred.

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<v Speaker 1>Million dollars to this guy, this guy, or this guy,

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<v Speaker 1>and you can do that without any favor toward one

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<v Speaker 1>of them, because they tell you they'll give you this

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<v Speaker 1>or that, or help out your kid here or your

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<v Speaker 1>wife that, or give you a car or whatever. You

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<v Speaker 1>should get sainthood, because I'm not sure there's any human

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<v Speaker 1>being on earth that put in that position could do that.

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<v Speaker 1>Keeping in mind that there will never be any accountabilit

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<v Speaker 1>for what you decide, So go on. I imagine the

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<v Speaker 1>sort of personality you'd have to have to be able

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<v Speaker 1>to be completely fair when you have the on your own,

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<v Speaker 1>with no oversight decision making on one hundred million dollars.

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<v Speaker 2>But that one, that one, they're that one over and

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<v Speaker 2>over and over again.

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<v Speaker 1>Is it the largest peace time theft of government funds

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<v Speaker 1>in the history of humanity?

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<v Speaker 2>Very well could be, Yeah, it could be. Yeah.

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<v Speaker 1>Putin has got to be looking at that singing, jeez,

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<v Speaker 1>what is the deal?

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<v Speaker 2>I thought I was good man, that's good. Yeah, I

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<v Speaker 2>just don't want I think I'm for the grace of God.

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<v Speaker 1>This guy should be Now the guy has the balls

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<v Speaker 1>to run for president. Gaby who when he was a

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<v Speaker 1>lieutenant governor right was like this math doesn't work, this

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<v Speaker 1>train will never run, this is a boondoggle. But then

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<v Speaker 1>he got his cut and so now he's part of

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<v Speaker 1>the theft machine. And now suddenly, oh no, no, we

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<v Speaker 1>got to do this, This proves California is on the

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<v Speaker 1>lad edge oh greatest theft of taxpayer funds in human history.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm sticking by that claim. I used to live.

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<v Speaker 1>Next door to a woman, her and her husband, but

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<v Speaker 1>she was one of those medtech sales people, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>medical sales, and she would take doctors out and schmooze

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<v Speaker 1>them to try to get them to buy their version

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<v Speaker 1>of medicine. And they take them out to ridiculously expensive

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<v Speaker 1>dinners and give them stuff and everything like that. And

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<v Speaker 1>that's for a tiny, tiny fraction of the kind of

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<v Speaker 1>money we're talking about here. Can you imagine what these

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<v Speaker 1>companies do to try to get this guy to make

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<v Speaker 1>the choice to go.

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<v Speaker 2>With them for one hundred million dollars. Keeping in mind

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<v Speaker 2>again there's no accountability.

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<v Speaker 1>Yes, I imagine that that would be something to see. They

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<v Speaker 1>got to make a documentary out of that. Well, this

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<v Speaker 1>is a small time scam indeed, trying to steal all

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<v Speaker 1>your life savings. But every spam call, every scam text,

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<v Speaker 1>every sketchy email with your name starts the same way.

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<v Speaker 1>Somebody found you on a data broker site. All of

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<v Speaker 1>your inh is sitting on data broker sites right now.

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<v Speaker 1>Getting sold, but you can do something about it. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>and we all know that this stuff is floating around here.

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<v Speaker 1>That's why we get those damn texts and calls and

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<v Speaker 1>emails all the time that are trying to hack into us.

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<v Speaker 1>And it's so easy to fall for one if you

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<v Speaker 1>ain't paying attention. Well, the only way to get them

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<v Speaker 1>off is if you use the law, and Cognate can

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<v Speaker 1>actually do that. They contact hundreds of data brokers and

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<v Speaker 1>legally force them to remove your information. There's a good

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<v Speaker 1>way to try it. Sign up with in cognate and

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<v Speaker 1>see if you don't start getting fewer scam texts, emails

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<v Speaker 1>and calls.

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<v Speaker 2>Man oh Man.

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<v Speaker 1>So many things came together in a bad way for humanity.

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<v Speaker 1>The falling a part of the media world, the news world,

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<v Speaker 1>the actual investigative journalism world, newspapers going away.

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<v Speaker 2>You know, Craigslist destroyed.

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<v Speaker 1>Newspapers to talk about consequences that you don't think about.

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<v Speaker 1>And then so like I almost dropped an s bomb.

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<v Speaker 1>Crap legs can go on and there's just nobody around

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<v Speaker 1>to report.

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<v Speaker 2>On it anymore.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, clickbait has has has a displaced journalism in a

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<v Speaker 1>very real way. Plus you've got Trump arrangement syndrome. If

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<v Speaker 1>Gavin says that's Trump trying to ruin our California dream,

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<v Speaker 1>people would be like, oh, dare Trump call for text

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<v Speaker 1>hair accountability?

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<v Speaker 2>I hate him so much, And.

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<v Speaker 1>It enables the criminals to perpetrate this astonishingly big crime.

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<v Speaker 2>I like you do your colargarly line, I laughed.

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<v Speaker 1>In Okay, we had a lot more other ways there.

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<v Speaker 4>According to a new survey, thirty percent of respond and

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<v Speaker 4>said that they have removed a friend or family member

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<v Speaker 4>from a group chat in the last year. And for

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<v Speaker 4>those who aren't in a family group chat, it was you.

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<v Speaker 1>Here's my here's the headline of the day off to

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<v Speaker 1>look into this story more Iran eyeing mine, carrying dolphins

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<v Speaker 1>to attack US warships and straight up.

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<v Speaker 2>Her home or moves.

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<v Speaker 1>Oh Iran is going to use mine carrying dolphins, and

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<v Speaker 1>then did they train the dolphin to go by the ship?

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<v Speaker 1>How do you do? Dolphins are complete slots for a mackerel.

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<v Speaker 1>They'll do anything, So yeah, they train them like they

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<v Speaker 1>train them to leap up and hit the little orange

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<v Speaker 1>thing at the dolphins show.

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<v Speaker 2>Really yeah, how do you do that?

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<v Speaker 1>Did they do that ahead of time or do you

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<v Speaker 1>do it all of a sudden or does it only

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<v Speaker 1>take five minutes?

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<v Speaker 2>Or I don't understand this, well, it takes a while.

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<v Speaker 1>I remember reading fascinating stuff as a youngster, a teenager

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<v Speaker 1>about how both the US and Soviet Union were experiment

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<v Speaker 1>with training dolphins and whales to accomplish various underwater skullduggeries.

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<v Speaker 1>So yeah, that reminds me of last year when we

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<v Speaker 1>went to Florida and Henry got to do the thing

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<v Speaker 1>where he's in the water with the dolphins and put

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<v Speaker 1>his hand on both their fins and they pulled him

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<v Speaker 1>across this little pond really fast.

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<v Speaker 2>What a cool thing to do. Yeah.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, My headline of the day is actually incredibly discouraging,

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<v Speaker 1>so I'm going to leave it out for now. Please

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<v Speaker 1>do I will unleash my righteous biblical profit screed on

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<v Speaker 1>ye later on oh, speaking to the Bible.

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<v Speaker 2>That's right, mister president.

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<v Speaker 1>I realized something about myself last night that I really

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<v Speaker 1>don't like. Still trying to be a good person, like

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<v Speaker 1>healthy psychology at my advanced age. Sorry, youngsters, it never

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<v Speaker 1>ends if you have any self awareness. So I'm going

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<v Speaker 1>to admit it. It's unflattering now or later. It's part

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<v Speaker 1>of my healing process. I don't think I have time now.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm gonna Michael, maybe we could do all that one minutes,

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<v Speaker 1>because I've always got two minutes. I've got my two

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<v Speaker 1>things I got wrong this week that I need to

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<v Speaker 1>apologize for us.

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<v Speaker 2>Oh, we'll call it confession is good for the soul. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>maybe we'll do that. Yeah, okay, sounds good.

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<v Speaker 1>And talk to Katie about maternity leave and Katie's last

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<v Speaker 1>day before she goes. And you said he got the

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<v Speaker 1>bedroom all decorated and everything.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, it's all done, thank god. With the thing being

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<v Speaker 2>baby Zoo animals babies are so cute. A classic, and

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<v Speaker 2>it's a classic for a reason. That's perfect. Did you

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<v Speaker 2>tell a boy or a girl? Is that a secret?

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<v Speaker 2>That's a boy. It's name is Jack, Joe, Mike Mike. Remember, Okay,

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<v Speaker 2>we know.

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<v Speaker 1>That Judy and I've been referring to him as JJ

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<v Speaker 1>just to save time, because Jack Joe Mike Mike's a

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<v Speaker 1>little cumbersome. Such a good name, though, Yeah, that's a

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<v Speaker 1>good name. Okay, Well, just do we get to reveal

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<v Speaker 1>the name? You know, you let us know and we'll

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<v Speaker 1>make the big announcement or uh, I kind I already did,

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<v Speaker 1>but I think it went in one ear and out

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<v Speaker 1>the other.

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<v Speaker 2>Like like a week ago. Yeah.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, assuming everything goes okay, uh, you know, God willing

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<v Speaker 1>and it's always the case. How soon after the baby

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<v Speaker 1>is born? Will we be on the air five minutes? Yeah, hell,

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<v Speaker 1>I'll be on there while it's happening.

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<v Speaker 2>I don't care.

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<v Speaker 1>Live team coverage, yeah, oh my god, Live team coverage

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<v Speaker 1>from a birth. Yeah, Katie's giving birth.

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<v Speaker 2>We go to Katie. Yes, you gotta, we gotta.

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<v Speaker 1>We're up against a hard commercial, Katie, You're gonna have

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<v Speaker 1>to hold it. Okay, we'll be back after this break.

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<v Speaker 2>You gotta do a live a live spot. You hang

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<v Speaker 2>on a second, but we have to talk to you

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<v Speaker 2>about Yeah, there are four human beings in the room.

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<v Speaker 1>When we come back, there will be five say half

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<v Speaker 1>this quick word from Incogniti dot com.

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<v Speaker 2>That's right.

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<v Speaker 1>Oh so on a totally different topic, uh, chat bot

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<v Speaker 1>addiction scientists as Science Science have now identified three di

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<v Speaker 1>thinks kinds of chatbot addictions. Okay, interesting and you might

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<v Speaker 1>have them. I hope, I don't. I use the general

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<v Speaker 1>a lot, but not for the weird reasons I don't

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<v Speaker 1>think anyway. All on the way, including apologizing about a

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<v Speaker 1>couple of big news.

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<v Speaker 5>Stories Armstrong and Getty, we got the first big update

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<v Speaker 5>on this story since President Trump told us a couple

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<v Speaker 5>of weeks ago that the White House and the FBI

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<v Speaker 5>were going to be investigating possible links between these scientists

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<v Speaker 5>that have either gone missing or turned up dead over

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<v Speaker 5>the last two years.

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<v Speaker 3>Well, so far, I mean their individuals somewhere said some

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<v Speaker 3>left this earth self inflicted. But so far we're finding

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<v Speaker 3>that there's not much of a connection.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, that's the whole why so many scientists disappeared or died.

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<v Speaker 1>Story that is fascinating from like a logic standpoint or

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<v Speaker 1>I don't know what the right term is, Joe explained.

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<v Speaker 1>It's the only person I've heard explain it anywhere, is

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<v Speaker 1>that you could make it about you know who's killing

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<v Speaker 1>the great chefs of Europe. You could make it about chefs,

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<v Speaker 1>or baseball players, or any large group you wanted, especially

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<v Speaker 1>over three year period. Do you know how many former

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<v Speaker 1>Major League Baseball players have died in the last three years?

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<v Speaker 1>You have disappeared, and a lot of the disappeared are

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<v Speaker 1>right over here.

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<v Speaker 2>Nobody looked right.

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<v Speaker 1>And then you dig into it and you realize, well,

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<v Speaker 1>two of those guys never made it past double A,

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<v Speaker 1>and one of those guys is still alive.

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<v Speaker 2>It's utter crap. You know, it's funny as well.

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<v Speaker 1>See the reason I wanted to bring this up was

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<v Speaker 1>I saw the other day China is having the same

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<v Speaker 1>problem this. Many Chinese scientists, nuclear scientists have disappeared or

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<v Speaker 1>died in the last three years. Well, yeah, it's because

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<v Speaker 1>you can extrapolate it to really any large group of

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<v Speaker 1>people and make it seem like something exciting happened. Right, Also,

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<v Speaker 1>Chinese farmers and performance artists and wet bat dealers from

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<v Speaker 1>the web market exactly speaking with dealers, speaking of which

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<v Speaker 1>I was deep in thought listening to that clip, and

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<v Speaker 1>as Jack was starting to talk, I'm gonna I'll just

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<v Speaker 1>present it as Joe Getty's what do you performance art?

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<v Speaker 2>Modern world performance art?

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<v Speaker 1>Guys? The house is on fire, Honey, we really need

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<v Speaker 1>new drapes.

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<v Speaker 5>Dad.

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<v Speaker 2>Why are we out of peanut butter? The house is

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<v Speaker 2>on fire? Hey, Dad, I need a ride to soccer.

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<v Speaker 1>The effing house is on fire. All of these stupid,

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<v Speaker 1>stupid stories and objects of conversation. Nobody's paying attention to

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<v Speaker 1>the house being on fire. But I'm not gonna bring

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<v Speaker 1>it down with that.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm not. I'm trying to sound like Trump there when

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<v Speaker 2>he starts to get reflective. It's a crazy world. Aren't

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<v Speaker 2>you afraid crazy things happen?

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<v Speaker 1>Anyway, Let's just hit a couple of headlines that are

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<v Speaker 1>worth mentioning Jack. We need to call our fabulous agent,

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<v Speaker 1>Eric and he'd do a better job. Elon Musk's Tesla

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<v Speaker 1>compensation last year surpassed one hundred.

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<v Speaker 2>And fifty eight billion dollars.

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<v Speaker 1>He had a good twenty twenty five, clearly according to

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<v Speaker 1>regulatory filing, and indeed, his ten year deal could be

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<v Speaker 1>worth a trillion dollars. If Musk hits every milestone, which

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<v Speaker 1>includes growing Tesla's market cap to eight point five trillion dollars,

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<v Speaker 1>he almost certainly is going to become the world's first trillionaire.

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<v Speaker 1>Part of that is because of the whole inflation thing,

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<v Speaker 1>because a trillion dollars a day, just like one hundred

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<v Speaker 1>dollars today ain't close to what it was in the

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<v Speaker 1>year two thousand and that was the screen I'm holding

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<v Speaker 1>myself back from. Maybe we'll get to it next hour.

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<v Speaker 1>You will be second and horrified and angered, disappointed, but smarter.

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<v Speaker 1>It were here ruin every possible positive thing that could

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<v Speaker 1>happen this weekend. It will crush your joy like an

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<v Speaker 1>elephants stepping on a grape.

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<v Speaker 2>But you'll be smarter if you have any arms. Yes,

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<v Speaker 2>But the most depressing radio.

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<v Speaker 1>Shot, it's not even close.

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<v Speaker 2>Are you kidding anyway? Uh so yeah, elon musk. Although

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<v Speaker 2>if you missed this, we just posted it.

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<v Speaker 1>I think at Armstrong and getty dot com under hot links.

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<v Speaker 1>The absolutely fabulous piece by a French economist to whoever

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<v Speaker 1>he is, jotrist.

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<v Speaker 2>So it is.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm describing how quote unquote billionaires they don't consume that money.

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<v Speaker 1>They allocate it where they think it's going to be

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<v Speaker 1>the most productive, which spawns zillions of jobs, and it's

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<v Speaker 1>so good for society in every single way compared to

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<v Speaker 1>if the government says we're gonna put a tax on

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<v Speaker 1>billionaires and we're gonna take that money out of equity,

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<v Speaker 1>how they just squander it and hand it out to

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<v Speaker 1>their cronies and it becomes utterly unproductive, really really good

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<v Speaker 1>informative stuff. It's at Armstrong and getty dot com under hotlinks. Anyway,

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<v Speaker 1>dr moving along. Oh, here's one of the stories that

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<v Speaker 1>got obscured. It is becoming more and more clear that

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<v Speaker 1>the Biden administration, Anthony Fauci and his dominions engaged in

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<v Speaker 1>utterly bold faced and illegal cover ups of the various

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<v Speaker 1>aspects of COVID, whether it was the side effects of

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<v Speaker 1>the vaccine, or the needlessness of vaccine mandates, or the

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<v Speaker 1>lab leak, et cetera. They were violating all of our

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<v Speaker 1>government transparency laws for reasons that are infinitely clear, but

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<v Speaker 1>practically nobody's talking about it. Yeah, this should worst cataclysm

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<v Speaker 1>to hit the world since World War Two. There was

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<v Speaker 1>a giant cover up and nobody's talking about it. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>it should get more attention. So somebody's being charged with

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<v Speaker 1>something or investigated with something. What's the actual headline? Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>this character doctor David Moran's form or National Institute's a

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<v Speaker 1>health official is being charged with essentially a fraud and

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<v Speaker 1>cover ups and violating government transparency laws.

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<v Speaker 2>And what's so.

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<v Speaker 1>The trial that that that could hopefully when it actually

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<v Speaker 1>a trial actually happens, no way learn more about it.

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<v Speaker 1>He gets more attention because it should, Like you said,

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<v Speaker 1>this is a big deal. Yeah, but what what makes

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<v Speaker 1>me insane and I got to take deep breasts and

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<v Speaker 1>deal with and just accept, is that the press, the

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<v Speaker 1>media is portraying it as political retaliation because Trump headed

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<v Speaker 1>in for Fauci, so it's more of the law there.

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<v Speaker 2>They're charging them with this silly stuff.

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<v Speaker 1>Well, we don't help your case when you do crap

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<v Speaker 1>like the Seashell's.

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<v Speaker 2>James Comy thing or exactly.

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<v Speaker 1>And that's the That's yet another example of Trump stepping

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<v Speaker 1>on his own messaging. He was so intent on punishing

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<v Speaker 1>Comy for his law fare, which I get that he

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<v Speaker 1>stepped all over this gigantic style. This ought to be

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<v Speaker 1>they ought to be Every cabinet member ought to be

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<v Speaker 1>talking about this because it was so important to our

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<v Speaker 1>civil liberties, our economy, our health, are armed forces. It's

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<v Speaker 1>it's difficult to fully describe how enormous this was. But

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<v Speaker 1>it's gone in the noise of the missing scientists quote

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<v Speaker 1>unquote and the coomy seashells and the rest of this

0:25:25.160 --> 0:25:30.400
<v Speaker 1>horse craft. Again, guys, the house is on fire. Well,

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<v Speaker 1>never mind, nobody cares.

0:25:31.600 --> 0:25:35.320
<v Speaker 2>I'll move on. Want you want another Houses on Fire headline?

0:25:35.359 --> 0:25:35.640
<v Speaker 1>I won't.

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<v Speaker 2>I won't go into it.

0:25:36.720 --> 0:25:41.840
<v Speaker 1>I really don't, but yes, guest essay in The New

0:25:41.920 --> 0:25:44.359
<v Speaker 1>York Times Today by Robert D. Kaplan, who I'm a

0:25:44.400 --> 0:25:46.359
<v Speaker 1>big fan of his writing and stuff like that. He's

0:25:46.440 --> 0:25:49.000
<v Speaker 1>nanailist US military stuff, writes a lot of good books.

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<v Speaker 1>The Tragic Decline of the American Navy, and it is

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<v Speaker 1>really an interesting piece and how the world has benefited

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<v Speaker 1>so much from the dominance of first Great Britain and

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<v Speaker 1>in the United States of keeping the oceans free for

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<v Speaker 1>commerce ninety percent of commerce even now in the age

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<v Speaker 1>of aeroplanes, ninety percent of commerce going around on the

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<v Speaker 1>seas at some point, and keeping the seas open and free.

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<v Speaker 2>And it's over.

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<v Speaker 1>Those days are over, according to him, we just don't

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<v Speaker 1>have the navy to do it. As soon as China

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<v Speaker 1>flexes their muscle down where like forty percent of commerce

0:26:27.200 --> 0:26:29.880
<v Speaker 1>goes through they're going to control that. We're seeing what's

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<v Speaker 1>happening with the straight of horn moves, So those days

0:26:31.760 --> 0:26:36.879
<v Speaker 1>are over. Yeah, I remember I formulated Joe Getty's unified

0:26:36.920 --> 0:26:39.199
<v Speaker 1>theory of civilizations a number of years ago in that

0:26:39.600 --> 0:26:43.679
<v Speaker 1>civilizations veer from one guardrail to the other and have

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<v Speaker 1>no idea that they've hit the sweet spot when they

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<v Speaker 1>hit it, and they just keep going until they hit

0:26:47.840 --> 0:26:51.520
<v Speaker 1>the other guardrail. Great example of that, We with our

0:26:51.600 --> 0:26:55.840
<v Speaker 1>incredible military and naval might in particular, said no, the

0:26:55.880 --> 0:26:57.479
<v Speaker 1>world's going to be open to commerce. You're not going

0:26:57.520 --> 0:27:00.520
<v Speaker 1>to choke off the commerce of the nations to extract

0:27:00.600 --> 0:27:05.159
<v Speaker 1>you know, it's piracy essentially, whether it's literally stealing the

0:27:05.160 --> 0:27:07.320
<v Speaker 1>goods or just exacting tolls and that sort of thing.

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<v Speaker 2>We're not gonna let that happen. Yeah, you can.

0:27:10.320 --> 0:27:12.440
<v Speaker 1>You can say that. You can say that all day long.

0:27:12.480 --> 0:27:14.480
<v Speaker 1>You have to be able to enforce it, and we could.

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<v Speaker 1>Well that's what I'm saying. Yes, precisely my point. And

0:27:18.680 --> 0:27:21.720
<v Speaker 1>much like a society that beefs up pits policing, it

0:27:21.760 --> 0:27:24.200
<v Speaker 1>has a robust justice system. If you break the law,

0:27:24.400 --> 0:27:26.600
<v Speaker 1>you get arrested, you get tried, you get convicted, you

0:27:26.600 --> 0:27:29.000
<v Speaker 1>get jail, blah blah blah. All of a sudden, people

0:27:29.000 --> 0:27:32.520
<v Speaker 1>look around and say, there's no crime. We don't need

0:27:32.560 --> 0:27:37.440
<v Speaker 1>all these cops, we don't need this Dracconian iniquity sentencing.

0:27:37.960 --> 0:27:41.280
<v Speaker 1>We don't need a giant, powerful navy. There's no threat

0:27:41.280 --> 0:27:45.719
<v Speaker 1>to international shipping. And so you dismantle your navy and

0:27:45.760 --> 0:27:49.040
<v Speaker 1>you hit the guardrail, and you know, God help us all.

0:27:49.920 --> 0:27:52.360
<v Speaker 1>Speaking of defense, this is a big headline, very important.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm a claw fan. I gotta hit you at these numbers.

0:27:55.880 --> 0:27:56.879
<v Speaker 2>Just be front of me.

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<v Speaker 1>I do I love about the navy, and then I'll

0:27:58.440 --> 0:28:02.960
<v Speaker 1>shut up. This is interesting. At the beginning of World

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<v Speaker 1>War Two we had eight hundred ships. At the end

0:28:06.520 --> 0:28:10.160
<v Speaker 1>of World War two, we had seven thousand ships. And

0:28:10.200 --> 0:28:12.440
<v Speaker 1>that's how we have dominated the sea all this time.

0:28:12.520 --> 0:28:17.640
<v Speaker 1>Seven thousand ships. We now have currently at latest measurement,

0:28:17.760 --> 0:28:23.719
<v Speaker 1>latest gentlemen act in at ships, two hundred and ninety ships. Yeah,

0:28:23.840 --> 0:28:25.920
<v Speaker 1>we had seven thousand at the end of World War two,

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<v Speaker 1>and obviously you don't need to keep that number, but

0:28:28.440 --> 0:28:31.320
<v Speaker 1>two hundred and ninety now currently the Chinese navy has

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<v Speaker 1>about four hundred.

0:28:32.840 --> 0:28:33.040
<v Speaker 2>Yeah.

0:28:33.040 --> 0:28:35.159
<v Speaker 1>I was gonna say, I think we're the second largest

0:28:35.240 --> 0:28:39.320
<v Speaker 1>navy on Earth. Wow, we made the neighborhood too safe.

0:28:39.720 --> 0:28:42.600
<v Speaker 1>We fired all the cops, We dismantled all the locks

0:28:42.640 --> 0:28:43.240
<v Speaker 1>on the doors.

0:28:43.440 --> 0:28:45.480
<v Speaker 2>We we went there's the guardrail.

0:28:45.520 --> 0:28:49.320
<v Speaker 1>We went with the AOC defund the police plan, because

0:28:49.320 --> 0:28:51.760
<v Speaker 1>the Navy is the police. We defunded the police. For

0:28:51.840 --> 0:28:54.440
<v Speaker 1>the world think and everything's fine.

0:28:56.000 --> 0:28:58.560
<v Speaker 2>Seas will look like the suburbs. No they won't. They

0:28:58.640 --> 0:29:04.360
<v Speaker 2>look like good one, A good one boy, oh boy. Well,

0:29:04.400 --> 0:29:06.320
<v Speaker 2>we're going to try to break on time. As if

0:29:06.320 --> 0:29:09.760
<v Speaker 2>this hasn't dispe what is it with us?

0:29:12.000 --> 0:29:14.600
<v Speaker 1>A mental problem? Should we see a shrink a show

0:29:15.360 --> 0:29:19.440
<v Speaker 1>together on the air. Should we have a therapist come

0:29:19.520 --> 0:29:22.200
<v Speaker 1>on the air with us and talk to us about

0:29:22.280 --> 0:29:25.000
<v Speaker 1>what a downer show we are and how maybe we've

0:29:25.000 --> 0:29:27.360
<v Speaker 1>gotten in some sort of like doom loop or something.

0:29:28.080 --> 0:29:28.480
<v Speaker 2>I don't.

0:29:29.320 --> 0:29:33.640
<v Speaker 1>I don't think we are, though. I think we're walking

0:29:33.760 --> 0:29:37.360
<v Speaker 1>we we all of us. Hello, friends, we're all walking

0:29:37.440 --> 0:29:41.320
<v Speaker 1>through a coal mine with dead canaries scattered everywhere. You know,

0:29:42.080 --> 0:29:45.840
<v Speaker 1>we have we've experienced this in some workplaces.

0:29:45.880 --> 0:29:47.320
<v Speaker 2>I won't say what workplaces.

0:29:47.560 --> 0:29:50.440
<v Speaker 1>We've experienced this in the workplaces where people are trying

0:29:50.480 --> 0:29:53.000
<v Speaker 1>to go with the positive attitude it's like there are

0:29:53.160 --> 0:30:01.000
<v Speaker 1>no solid, real indications that we should be positive, right,

0:30:01.360 --> 0:30:03.360
<v Speaker 1>the needle's pointing south on everything.

0:30:03.840 --> 0:30:06.680
<v Speaker 2>Yes, yeah, and it always turns out to be true.

0:30:07.000 --> 0:30:11.560
<v Speaker 1>Sometimes a bad attitude or negative attitude is just realizing

0:30:11.640 --> 0:30:13.960
<v Speaker 1>the facts on the ground. Sure, But at the same time,

0:30:14.000 --> 0:30:17.560
<v Speaker 1>if you're the biblical prophet, say, who's just constantly yelling

0:30:17.600 --> 0:30:20.520
<v Speaker 1>at people that they're doomed. After a while, people are like,

0:30:20.560 --> 0:30:22.840
<v Speaker 1>oh my God, there comes to your Here comes Jeremiah again.

0:30:23.200 --> 0:30:25.240
<v Speaker 2>Just turn to act like you don't see him. I

0:30:25.240 --> 0:30:26.360
<v Speaker 2>guess that's what we don't want to be.

0:30:27.080 --> 0:30:28.560
<v Speaker 1>We don't want to be to show that's the guy

0:30:28.600 --> 0:30:30.240
<v Speaker 1>on the standing on the corner with the end is

0:30:30.360 --> 0:30:34.680
<v Speaker 1>near sign. Just yeah every day. Yeah, agreed. So I'm

0:30:34.880 --> 0:30:37.200
<v Speaker 1>I'm ashamed of myself. I have a confession to make.

0:30:37.320 --> 0:30:40.920
<v Speaker 1>Next segment. I have a flaw in my personality, terrible

0:30:40.960 --> 0:30:42.600
<v Speaker 1>flaw and I.

0:30:42.520 --> 0:30:44.360
<v Speaker 2>Will you want us to point it out or you're

0:30:44.360 --> 0:30:48.240
<v Speaker 2>going this will be great. Why don't I save you

0:30:48.280 --> 0:30:49.400
<v Speaker 2>the trouble and go ahead?

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<v Speaker 1>Okay, all that's on the way. We have a lot

0:30:57.440 --> 0:30:59.920
<v Speaker 1>of stuff to jam in today. May first, by the way,

0:31:00.080 --> 0:31:01.480
<v Speaker 1>happy may Day or.

0:31:03.080 --> 0:31:06.040
<v Speaker 2>Something. All right, So we need to get right into this.

0:31:06.040 --> 0:31:08.800
<v Speaker 1>This is a quirk of human psychology that we've actually,

0:31:08.840 --> 0:31:10.480
<v Speaker 1>I'm well aware of it. We've talked about it on

0:31:10.520 --> 0:31:15.640
<v Speaker 1>the show several times. So Judy and I have just

0:31:15.680 --> 0:31:18.360
<v Speaker 1>gotten done with a big remodel of our house. We

0:31:18.880 --> 0:31:22.800
<v Speaker 1>love our house, have We're just so happy where we are,

0:31:23.280 --> 0:31:28.240
<v Speaker 1>love the view. Blah blah. Our new ish neighbors had

0:31:28.400 --> 0:31:31.280
<v Speaker 1>us and our other neighbors over for a couple of

0:31:31.320 --> 0:31:33.600
<v Speaker 1>drinks some you know, dead orders, that sort of thing

0:31:33.680 --> 0:31:36.360
<v Speaker 1>last night, and it was a hoot. It was great, wonderful.

0:31:36.360 --> 0:31:38.440
<v Speaker 1>People really like them, lucky to have them as neighbors.

0:31:39.200 --> 0:31:42.960
<v Speaker 1>Their house is beautiful, it was beautifully designed, and their

0:31:43.080 --> 0:31:44.440
<v Speaker 1>view is at least as good as ours.

0:31:44.480 --> 0:31:45.560
<v Speaker 2>Blah blah blah.

0:31:45.680 --> 0:31:49.000
<v Speaker 1>I get back home, I look around, I think I

0:31:49.040 --> 0:31:49.920
<v Speaker 1>don't like this house.

0:31:51.000 --> 0:31:54.160
<v Speaker 2>Wow. I wish I had their house. Wow.

0:31:54.440 --> 0:31:59.560
<v Speaker 1>While fully aware of what was going on in my brain, right,

0:31:59.600 --> 0:32:01.800
<v Speaker 1>I mean, it's it's like I woke up later and thought,

0:32:02.120 --> 0:32:03.840
<v Speaker 1>oh my gosh, I.

0:32:03.760 --> 0:32:04.560
<v Speaker 2>Should be grateful.

0:32:04.600 --> 0:32:07.040
<v Speaker 1>No, as it was unfolding, I'm like, what the hell

0:32:07.120 --> 0:32:10.960
<v Speaker 1>is the matter with you? The whole people are happier

0:32:11.000 --> 0:32:14.880
<v Speaker 1>making eighty thousand if the people next to them make

0:32:14.960 --> 0:32:17.840
<v Speaker 1>seventy thousand, then they are making one hundred and twenty

0:32:17.880 --> 0:32:19.600
<v Speaker 1>thousand if the people next to them are making one

0:32:19.640 --> 0:32:23.160
<v Speaker 1>hundred and thirty thousand. Yeah, which is definitely a flaw

0:32:23.440 --> 0:32:26.640
<v Speaker 1>in our personalities, right, it's a flaw in the programming.

0:32:26.720 --> 0:32:30.880
<v Speaker 1>What anthropologically is going on there? To win the mate,

0:32:31.160 --> 0:32:34.040
<v Speaker 1>your mate, you have to be like the best warrior

0:32:34.360 --> 0:32:38.320
<v Speaker 1>to make you a striver. Maybe it's that it's just

0:32:38.320 --> 0:32:41.320
<v Speaker 1>so you're not not satisfied. You'd see a strive, but

0:32:41.600 --> 0:32:45.800
<v Speaker 1>in terms of a happiness thing, it's Oh, it's a

0:32:45.960 --> 0:32:47.760
<v Speaker 1>horrible flaw in the programming.

0:32:48.280 --> 0:32:48.520
<v Speaker 2>Yeah.

0:32:48.560 --> 0:32:52.840
<v Speaker 1>Our our old producer positive sean complicated dude, but he

0:32:52.880 --> 0:32:55.760
<v Speaker 1>had this collection of sayings that he'd accumulated through his life,

0:32:55.920 --> 0:32:58.600
<v Speaker 1>bits of wisdom, and one that really knocked my socks

0:32:58.640 --> 0:33:01.760
<v Speaker 1>off was comparison is the thief.

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<v Speaker 2>Of joy, No doubt. Boy.

0:33:03.960 --> 0:33:07.920
<v Speaker 1>I was thinking about that last night. What is it

0:33:07.920 --> 0:33:10.240
<v Speaker 1>with humans? But anyway, I'm gonna work on it. I'm

0:33:10.240 --> 0:33:15.080
<v Speaker 1>gonna ask my counselor Claude to talk me through gratitude exercises,

0:33:15.120 --> 0:33:19.920
<v Speaker 1>perspective because there's always somebody richer sher Elon Musk with

0:33:19.960 --> 0:33:23.600
<v Speaker 1>a nicer, a better wife, what you're gonna make yourself insane,

0:33:24.000 --> 0:33:28.280
<v Speaker 1>plus the knowledge that the incrementally better this or that

0:33:28.360 --> 0:33:31.200
<v Speaker 1>doesn't actually make you happy anyway. So right, I mean

0:33:31.440 --> 0:33:33.400
<v Speaker 1>you've had if you've been able to run that experiment

0:33:33.400 --> 0:33:35.680
<v Speaker 1>a few times. Somebody pointed this out to me when

0:33:35.720 --> 0:33:39.000
<v Speaker 1>I was way younger. I don't remember who, but uh,

0:33:39.320 --> 0:33:42.080
<v Speaker 1>just I was talking about cars driving down the road

0:33:42.160 --> 0:33:44.120
<v Speaker 1>Like everybody else. You know, this car or that car.

0:33:44.200 --> 0:33:46.840
<v Speaker 1>You only notice the ones that are better, are cooler

0:33:46.840 --> 0:33:49.600
<v Speaker 1>than yours. You don't notice the gazillions you pass that

0:33:49.600 --> 0:33:51.040
<v Speaker 1>are probably less than yours.

0:33:51.240 --> 0:33:53.760
<v Speaker 2>I mean, that's just that is a flaw in the programming.

0:33:54.360 --> 0:33:58.960
<v Speaker 1>Yeah, yeah, I think just understanding it, naming it is

0:33:59.040 --> 0:34:02.800
<v Speaker 1>good and trying to understand where that comes from, because

0:34:02.800 --> 0:34:05.400
<v Speaker 1>it's obviously it is part of our programming.

0:34:05.440 --> 0:34:06.840
<v Speaker 2>That doesn't make it good.

0:34:07.520 --> 0:34:10.040
<v Speaker 1>I see a good looking woman walk by, and I

0:34:10.080 --> 0:34:12.080
<v Speaker 1>want to have sex with her and impregnate her.

0:34:12.160 --> 0:34:13.080
<v Speaker 2>It's the way we're made.

0:34:13.120 --> 0:34:17.200
<v Speaker 1>I don't well good, probably because you wouldn't have me,

0:34:17.400 --> 0:34:19.360
<v Speaker 1>but also because that would be a moral and a

0:34:19.480 --> 0:34:23.880
<v Speaker 1>betrayal of my beautiful wife. Yeah, there are aspects of

0:34:24.320 --> 0:34:26.800
<v Speaker 1>human character that don't fit the modern world.

0:34:27.239 --> 0:34:29.839
<v Speaker 2>Obviously yeah wow.

0:34:29.960 --> 0:34:34.759
<v Speaker 1>And of course, obviously for the umpteenth time, Facebook, Instagram,

0:34:34.760 --> 0:34:37.719
<v Speaker 1>all that sort of stuff has made it more available

0:34:38.080 --> 0:34:40.640
<v Speaker 1>to compare yourself to more people you know or went

0:34:40.680 --> 0:34:43.120
<v Speaker 1>to high school with or whatever than has ever existed

0:34:43.160 --> 0:34:47.000
<v Speaker 1>in the past. Not to mention Zillow as I had

0:34:47.000 --> 0:34:49.600
<v Speaker 1>to give up real estate porn because that's what it's

0:34:49.640 --> 0:34:52.160
<v Speaker 1>all built on. I mean, I'm interested in real estate

0:34:52.239 --> 0:34:56.760
<v Speaker 1>and design and neighborhoods and trends and just because I'm interested,

0:34:58.200 --> 0:35:01.120
<v Speaker 1>but it's also a bit of porn, which is.

0:35:01.080 --> 0:35:03.319
<v Speaker 2>Why I call them my plan.

0:35:03.440 --> 0:35:06.920
<v Speaker 1>I plan to never have a permanent address once I'm retired.

0:35:07.280 --> 0:35:10.320
<v Speaker 1>I don't know that I'll ever have a permanent residence,

0:35:11.239 --> 0:35:14.680
<v Speaker 1>just a string of victims left behind as you moved

0:35:14.680 --> 0:35:17.320
<v Speaker 1>from town to town that the FBI will put together eventually.

0:35:18.760 --> 0:35:21.560
<v Speaker 2>Anyway, women I've sucked the money out of and then

0:35:21.560 --> 0:35:22.560
<v Speaker 2>I move on to the next one.

0:35:22.600 --> 0:35:26.280
<v Speaker 1>Exactly sad now broke widows, Yes, yes, exactly.

0:35:26.480 --> 0:35:30.800
<v Speaker 2>Yes, they call him the mobile jigglow.

0:35:32.400 --> 0:35:38.760
<v Speaker 1>Boy, the geriatric jigglow That's what I was draining their savings,

0:35:38.760 --> 0:35:40.680
<v Speaker 1>and then onto the next trailer park.

0:35:40.840 --> 0:35:43.640
<v Speaker 2>Oh yeah, there will be podcasts about you and.

0:35:46.040 --> 0:35:48.919
<v Speaker 1>Photos up on the you know, on the bulletin board

0:35:48.960 --> 0:35:53.399
<v Speaker 1>at the post office. Keep changing your appearance exactly too

0:35:53.400 --> 0:35:55.960
<v Speaker 1>smart for that, Yeah, I will change my appearance.

0:35:56.000 --> 0:35:58.680
<v Speaker 2>Glasses no glasses, go te no no, go to ecke.

0:35:58.800 --> 0:36:01.840
<v Speaker 1>Sure sure drained your savings before you realize it's me.

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<v Speaker 1>So you wanted to issue a few corrections in RATA Yes.

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<v Speaker 2>News stories this week.

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<v Speaker 1>One that I was way wrong on I don't even

0:36:12.400 --> 0:36:14.560
<v Speaker 1>know what I was thinking that day pisses me off.

0:36:14.640 --> 0:36:16.000
<v Speaker 2>But we've got more on the way.

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<v Speaker 1>If you miss a segment, get the podcast Armstrong and

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