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<v Speaker 1>Broadcasting live from the Abraham Lincoln Radio Studio, the George

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<v Speaker 1>Washington Broadcast Center, Jack Armstrong and Joe Katty Armstrong and.

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<v Speaker 2>Getti and he.

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<v Speaker 1>Arms drawn from Studio C see Senior A dimly lit

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<v Speaker 1>room deeper than the bowels of the Armstrong and Getty

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<v Speaker 1>the way I said bowels too.

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<v Speaker 2>I don't know what it was, but it was.

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<v Speaker 1>Good, the Armstrong and Getty communications compound. And today we're

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<v Speaker 1>under the tutelage of our general manager. Let's be honest.

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<v Speaker 1>Elon Musk, you're talking space travel, obviously it is Elon Musk.

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<v Speaker 1>You're talking cars is Elon Musk. Tech often Elon Musk.

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<v Speaker 1>You're talking to European politics. Today it's Elon must the doge.

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<v Speaker 1>That's all. I expect him to become the offensive coordinator

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<v Speaker 1>for the Chiefs next call the plays in the Super Bowl.

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<v Speaker 1>So you're arguing that he is the unelected co president.

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<v Speaker 1>I don't think I am oh Oh a tech billionaire

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<v Speaker 1>who has an inordinate political influence.

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<v Speaker 2>How terrifying I thought.

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<v Speaker 1>I thought that when I heard that Biden gave George

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<v Speaker 1>Soros whatever medal of freedom. That is because you're billionaire

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<v Speaker 1>who's been influencing politics. By the way, he's the guy

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<v Speaker 1>that got Alvin Bragg and uh, what's his name in

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<v Speaker 1>Los Angeles, Gascone and all those people elected, and is

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<v Speaker 1>like crime room rampant in these big cities that has

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<v Speaker 1>been rejected by Democrats also, But anyway, your billionaire medal

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<v Speaker 1>of freedom on the right, you have a billionaire.

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<v Speaker 2>Oh my god, it's the end of democracy whatever.

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<v Speaker 1>So many, virtually all of the arguments you hear that

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<v Speaker 1>sound moral or sound like real concern, they're just a

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<v Speaker 1>quest for power. The only proper response is, yeah, whatever,

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<v Speaker 1>your policies suck. This headline from today backs your Elon

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<v Speaker 1>Musk argument. This is the New York Times Meta. That's

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<v Speaker 1>Zuckerberg's thing. I hate calling it meta. Can we go

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<v Speaker 1>back to call it Facebook or whatever?

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<v Speaker 2>Anyway? Meta?

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<v Speaker 1>To end fact checking program and shift a head of

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<v Speaker 1>Trump term. The sub paragraph is the social networking giant

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<v Speaker 1>will stop using, will stop using third party fact checkers

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<v Speaker 1>and instead rely solely on users to add notes to posts.

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<v Speaker 1>It's likely to please President elect Trump and his conservative allies. Hmm,

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<v Speaker 1>what does that sound like? What model does that sound like?

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<v Speaker 1>He's emulating right there, It's exactly what Elon does on Twitter,

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<v Speaker 1>having been absolutely humiliated for the overt bias that Facebook

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<v Speaker 1>showed in their quote unquote fact checking through COVID and

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<v Speaker 1>beyond good. Look, here's the headline for you. Elon Musk

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<v Speaker 1>is royaling European politics. Trump ally is flooded x with

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<v Speaker 1>posts criticizing European politicians, causing diplomatic conundrum for continence leaders.

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<v Speaker 1>The only thing I don't like about that angle, and

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<v Speaker 1>I just heard it on NPR is instead of Republicans pounce,

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<v Speaker 1>it's an Elon Musk pounce. Elon Musk pounces instead of

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<v Speaker 1>the story itself. I caught the tail end of the

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<v Speaker 1>story when I turned on NPR and got in my

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<v Speaker 1>car today, But it was Elon Musk's latest obsession is

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<v Speaker 1>the story that happened over a decade ago of girls

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<v Speaker 1>being raped by Muslim men in England and Elon Musk

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<v Speaker 1>blah blah blah, Elon Musk, And it was all about

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<v Speaker 1>how he's obsessed with this story, rather than that story

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<v Speaker 1>is real and occurred, and many people believe it's still

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<v Speaker 1>going on. Right, Yes, it's still occurring over a decade ago.

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<v Speaker 2>Oh my god, don't get me started.

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<v Speaker 1>You know, what's incredible is the depths of the amorality.

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<v Speaker 1>If children are being raped to death, but it's being

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<v Speaker 1>called to our attention by somebody of the center right

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<v Speaker 1>or admittedly on the trumpion right now, at this point,

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<v Speaker 1>whatever that means, NPR will poo poo it. Children being

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<v Speaker 1>raped becomes a nothing. If there's somebody on the center

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<v Speaker 1>right bringing your attention to it. The amorality is spectacular.

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<v Speaker 1>It is satanic, it is evil, and one more Elon

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<v Speaker 1>Musk thing, since we're being all in love with Elon

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<v Speaker 1>Musk right now. I saw Tesla the other day in

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<v Speaker 1>my town that had a Elon.

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<v Speaker 2>Musk circle with a line through it on their Tesla.

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<v Speaker 1>So it's like, I'm gonna keep it driving my Tesla,

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<v Speaker 1>got but I gotta make it clear just because I'm

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<v Speaker 1>driving Tesla doesn't mean I'm up with Elon Musk. I

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<v Speaker 1>was listening to the End of the Year National Review

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<v Speaker 1>podcast over the break, and somebody made the comment that

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<v Speaker 1>it's a good possibility that the only name currently in

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<v Speaker 1>circulation that will be remembered five hundred years from now

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<v Speaker 1>is Elon Musk, based around his space exploration stuff. Particularly,

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<v Speaker 1>they were talking about how the rocket thing, and you

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<v Speaker 1>know how he caught that rocket when it came back

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<v Speaker 1>down with the chopsticks, and that's such a leap forward

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<v Speaker 1>for space exploration. It might be like Christopher Columbus is

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<v Speaker 1>like the only name you know from fourteen ninety two.

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<v Speaker 2>Elon Musk could be that way now and that's possible.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, yeah, certainly that was an amazing achievement, right, Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>I missed that podcast.

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<v Speaker 2>I'll have to check that. We end up going to Mars.

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<v Speaker 2>I was in something else.

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<v Speaker 1>Who knows what other option might open up as the

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<v Speaker 1>technology develops.

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<v Speaker 2>And that's the thing about.

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<v Speaker 1>And I've been harping on this for years, how often

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<v Speaker 1>on the left, going back to the Apollo program, they're like, no, no,

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<v Speaker 1>don't explore space, don't develop science, Just spend the money

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<v Speaker 1>on America's streets and give people money. You don't know

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<v Speaker 1>what the result is when you go boldly forth to explore,

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<v Speaker 1>to develop, to learn. You think you're on this path,

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<v Speaker 1>turns out you might be on another path that's ten

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<v Speaker 1>times as great. That's why you always have to keep

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<v Speaker 1>striving as a society. And that's why the United States

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<v Speaker 1>continues to kick the world's ass economically and in innovation

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<v Speaker 1>and all sorts of things. Because we have that spirit.

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<v Speaker 1>We can't lose that spirit. Of course, we'll have full

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<v Speaker 1>team coverage on our lead story today. Kim Jong un

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<v Speaker 1>has banned hot dogs in North Korea. What they're too well,

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<v Speaker 1>now I am outraged. There is just play they're too western.

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<v Speaker 1>He said two things there. Either he wants all the

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<v Speaker 1>hot dogs. I don't need to hear choice two. Or

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<v Speaker 1>he caught a look at himself and he was looking

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<v Speaker 1>at a family photo and thought, wow, I've let myself go.

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<v Speaker 1>And the only way he thinks he can stop eating

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<v Speaker 1>hot dogs is to ban them in the whole country.

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<v Speaker 2>Is the power to do that? And be like, if

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<v Speaker 2>I could ban donuts in the whole nation, I would,

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<v Speaker 2>So that's a dictator. You can do that.

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<v Speaker 1>So I'm not dumpty by them, right. So it's one

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<v Speaker 1>of those two. Clearly, he either wants to eat them

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<v Speaker 1>all he wants none around him. Some candid pixture of

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<v Speaker 1>a fat boy at some New Year's Eve, Catherine, where

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<v Speaker 1>he's just turning the look and he just looks like

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<v Speaker 1>a moon on a stick his head, his big head.

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<v Speaker 2>And he thought, oh my god, I've got to do something.

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<v Speaker 2>The moon on a stick.

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<v Speaker 1>Let's start the show officially, because we got a good one.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm Jack Armstrong, He's Joe Getty on this it is Tuesday,

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<v Speaker 1>January the seventh year, twenty twenty five, where Armstrong and

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<v Speaker 1>getting and we approve of this program. Let's begin exploring

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<v Speaker 1>the outer reaches of the events of our time, precisely

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<v Speaker 1>according to FCC rules.

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<v Speaker 2>Rags. Here we go at Mark Donald J.

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<v Speaker 1>Trump of the State of Florida has received three hundred

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<v Speaker 1>and twelve votes. Kamlade Harris, that's got a sting.

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<v Speaker 2>She's like, I can hear you.

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<v Speaker 1>God, it's like attending your own funeral, and even the

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<v Speaker 1>mourners are like got I watched the opening fifteen minutes

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<v Speaker 1>of the Daily Show on the drive in, and Jon

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<v Speaker 1>Stewart is freaking brilliant. He's the best at that ever.

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<v Speaker 1>And I know a lot of you can't handle it.

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<v Speaker 1>The jokes run against your politics, but he is so

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<v Speaker 1>good at crafton jokes anyway. One of the points he made,

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<v Speaker 1>and I thought this was really good, is about how

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<v Speaker 1>we all act like we've always known. January sixth, Well,

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<v Speaker 1>there's a big important day in the whole process of

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<v Speaker 1>the elga Oh We're only this many hours away from

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<v Speaker 1>the certification. Like we all ever talked about the certification

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<v Speaker 1>ever in our lives. Let's not act like this is

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<v Speaker 1>some brand new I've studied this stuff in university and

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<v Speaker 1>on my own, and I had either forgotten or was

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<v Speaker 1>unaware of it, or it was just a ceremonial thing

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<v Speaker 1>of me jiggy that happens right.

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<v Speaker 2>Right right until four years ago.

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<v Speaker 1>Obviously, here is the flower I will throw on the

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<v Speaker 1>political grave of Kamala Harris. She quite clearly made it

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<v Speaker 1>unmistakable to all of you who have mispronounced her name

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<v Speaker 1>that her name is pronounced Kamala.

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<v Speaker 2>Here's all you need to know about her.

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<v Speaker 1>When Obama was hot back in the day, she told

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<v Speaker 1>the Sacramento, California the Capitol Press Corps, it's pronounced Kamala,

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<v Speaker 1>so it would sound like Obama. She actually did that,

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<v Speaker 1>and then later on went back to Kamala, that's all

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<v Speaker 1>you need to know about that woman. Well, I'll say this,

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<v Speaker 1>and I'm not supposed to say this. Apparently, based on

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<v Speaker 1>the news I took in yesterday from the right, I

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<v Speaker 1>thought it was really great the way she handled that

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<v Speaker 1>and everything. And yeah, I thought that was absolutely fantastic.

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<v Speaker 1>She didn't have to do that. She didn't and well,

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<v Speaker 1>constitutionally she has to do that, but she didn't have

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<v Speaker 1>to have the tone that she had and everything. And

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<v Speaker 1>I thought that was fantastic. I thought that was really

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<v Speaker 1>good for the country. I need more of that, not

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<v Speaker 1>less of that. Was that bashed from the right. I

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<v Speaker 1>missed that, all kinds of different examples of how awful

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<v Speaker 1>she was. So okay, anyway, how does the mailbag look?

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<v Speaker 1>What's it?

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<v Speaker 2>It's it's coming together.

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<v Speaker 1>As you said last year, it's a work in progress. Oh,

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<v Speaker 1>here's what I need from you the text. But I

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<v Speaker 1>also vowed yesterday we're all We're gonna be honest. I'm

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<v Speaker 1>gonna be honest every single day this year. I'm going

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<v Speaker 1>to tell you exactly what I think. No sugarcoating, no pandering.

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<v Speaker 1>Mail bag is coming together. Could go either way. So

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<v Speaker 1>last year it was life will not be a bor

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<v Speaker 1>in twenty four? Do you have any ideas for twenty five?

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<v Speaker 2>Text me at the text?

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<v Speaker 1>Did you see my tweet? I had some? I had

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<v Speaker 1>some pretty good ones. No, I did not off to

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<v Speaker 1>tell take a look at those later. Yeah, I don't

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<v Speaker 1>look at our Twitter.

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<v Speaker 2>And neither does anyone else. There was no settle down.

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<v Speaker 2>Now there was. There was one in particular that was

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<v Speaker 2>pretty popular.

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<v Speaker 1>There were just a couple hundred people away from forty

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<v Speaker 1>thousand followers on Twitter and just I really want to

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<v Speaker 1>get there, so could you? Would you please? I don't

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<v Speaker 1>know why that matters to me.

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<v Speaker 2>You don't have to use it at all. Just go

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<v Speaker 2>on Twitter.

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<v Speaker 1>Yountimes called X. You don't have to put the strong

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<v Speaker 1>e giddy. It's effortless to find. This is the text

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<v Speaker 1>line for if you can come up with something clever

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<v Speaker 1>that rhymes with five, The number is four one, five

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<v Speaker 1>two nine five k FTC.

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<v Speaker 2>Stay here.

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<v Speaker 1>I just saw an interesting argument from Van Jones about

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<v Speaker 1>Canada be in our fifty first state. He said, hey, Republicans,

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<v Speaker 1>it would be a very blue state and it's about

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<v Speaker 1>the size of California.

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<v Speaker 2>So that's a good point from me.

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<v Speaker 1>They're so worn out by the woke agenda, woke Elvis.

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<v Speaker 1>That's what Matt tayeebie Pierre Trudeau of Justin Trudeau. I

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<v Speaker 1>saw a clip of Pierre Trudeau from years ago. I

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<v Speaker 1>didn't realize he's been Prime minister for ten years. Justin Trudeau,

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<v Speaker 1>the Yes guy. Yeah, Pierce's old dad, right, Justin Trudeau

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<v Speaker 1>the prime minister. Ten years he's been prime minister anyway.

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<v Speaker 1>I saw a clip of him where he's taken a

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<v Speaker 1>question from somebody and the person used the term mankind

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<v Speaker 1>in the question.

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<v Speaker 2>He said, excuse me, excuse me. I prefer person kind like.

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<v Speaker 1>You got to you gotta be kidding me. And he

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<v Speaker 1>lasted ten years with that attitude. Yeah, that would be

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<v Speaker 1>a very very lefty blue state with as many electoral

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<v Speaker 1>votes as California. So no thanks, LGDP, LGT LBG, LGBTQ

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<v Speaker 1>two plus what an annoying weasel. I swear, don't get

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<v Speaker 1>me started. I have already started. Here's your thought provoking

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<v Speaker 1>quote of the day. And I had a bunch of

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<v Speaker 1>great choices looking at a series of quotes about beginnings.

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<v Speaker 1>Francis Drake the explorer, there must speaking of this spirit

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<v Speaker 1>of exploring and expanding your horizons and going into the unknown.

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<v Speaker 2>There must poor Man's Magellan in my opinion.

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<v Speaker 1>Wow, don't please, don't get he gets so militant about this.

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<v Speaker 1>There must be a beginning of any great matter, but

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<v Speaker 1>the continuing unto the end until it be thoroughly finished.

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<v Speaker 1>Yields the true glory. Yeah, yeah, thanks for your input.

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<v Speaker 1>Francis mailbag, So true, so true. Oh the big splashy

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<v Speaker 1>beginning the ribbon cutting. Yeah, that ain't the hard part, right.

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<v Speaker 1>Let's see a number of people reacting to my getting

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<v Speaker 1>a tick on Christmas Eve story. You can drop us

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<v Speaker 1>a note mail bag at Armstrong and getty dot com.

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<v Speaker 1>A good story, including it when you present it that

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<v Speaker 1>way with that sort of title. Remember the time I

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<v Speaker 1>got a tick on Christmas Eve? Kids gather around? Oh yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>well that was a good time. Let's see Charlotte with

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<v Speaker 1>a cute note. She went to the emergency room. The

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<v Speaker 1>doctor walks into the room and says, do you have

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<v Speaker 1>a tick or any starts like convulsing or a tick?

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<v Speaker 1>I was like, that's not a prow that's that good humor.

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<v Speaker 2>A tick like a like a twitch, like a seizure. Wow,

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<v Speaker 2>that's not funny doctor.

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<v Speaker 1>Then this from Sean while shooting a tick will always

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<v Speaker 1>resolve the medical issue.

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<v Speaker 2>One must aim the.

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<v Speaker 1>Weapon so that the round strikes only the tick, not

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<v Speaker 1>the person the tick is feeding on. I recommend a

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<v Speaker 1>nine millimeter round, or if you don't trust your spouse's aim,

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<v Speaker 1>you can always dump two mags or three California sized

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<v Speaker 1>mags rack to slide back and press the heated barrel

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<v Speaker 1>against the tick. It's a rather militaristic approach there, Sean,

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<v Speaker 1>thanks for the advice. Oh and then he says, if

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<v Speaker 1>performing either of these medical techniques indoors, say in a bathroom,

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<v Speaker 1>be sure to wear ear protection.

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<v Speaker 2>Don't risk your hearing. Wow, what is the matter with you, Sean?

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<v Speaker 1>Uh? Let's see, this is a very serious indeed from

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<v Speaker 1>Tom about the British child rape story, the Muslim immigrants

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<v Speaker 1>and the child rape rings and the cover up by

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<v Speaker 1>the British authorities who were embarrassed at they're immigration policies

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<v Speaker 1>were so miserable, and also they wanted to keep the

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<v Speaker 1>Muslim votes in those beleaguered rust belt towns. He points out,

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<v Speaker 1>you get speculated as to why these rapists would not

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<v Speaker 1>have committed these atrocities in the countries they come from.

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<v Speaker 1>What's not being discussed enough about these crimes as a

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<v Speaker 1>central role that religion plays. Their home countries have almost

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<v Speaker 1>no unbelievers living in them.

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<v Speaker 2>That is true. That is true.

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<v Speaker 1>You want to talk about a bigoted apartheid society, look

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<v Speaker 1>at every Muslim country on earth virtually almost everyone according

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<v Speaker 1>to the tenets of their religion. It's forbidden even look

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<v Speaker 1>at a covered Muslim woman other than your wife, much

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<v Speaker 1>less touch or molest one. However, anything goes with an

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<v Speaker 1>Infidel woman or girl, it is perfectly acceptable to use

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<v Speaker 1>and abuse them sexually. In fact, it's seen as a

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<v Speaker 1>good thing to do. Infidels are considered less than human,

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<v Speaker 1>and when people who adhere to this belief system are important,

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<v Speaker 1>large numbers into a culture like the one in Great

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<v Speaker 1>Britain and has become, it is inevitable that poor, powerless

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<v Speaker 1>young girls will be victimized wholesale. Again, this would not

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<v Speaker 1>be happening in the absence of one particular religion. It

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<v Speaker 1>is time for people to get honest about fundamentalist Islam.

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<v Speaker 1>They're pretty wonderful Muslim people living in the country. I

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<v Speaker 1>have no quarrel with them whatsoever. But fundamentalist Islam is

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<v Speaker 1>an incredibly bigoted religion of conquest.

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<v Speaker 2>That just is.

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<v Speaker 1>It's undeniable. I saw a quote and I didn't verify

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<v Speaker 1>it or not. It claimed it was from Winston Churchill

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<v Speaker 1>saying Moslems, which was the term back in the day

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<v Speaker 1>when they are in the minority minority rights are very

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<v Speaker 1>important when they are in the majority.

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<v Speaker 2>There are no.

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<v Speaker 1>Minority rights, that's correct, which is interesting. Yeah, the history

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<v Speaker 1>of the world would back that up. And then a

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<v Speaker 1>note I want to talk maybe more later from our

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<v Speaker 1>old friend Camper, who says some very very nice things

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<v Speaker 1>about the way we were talking about a couple of topics.

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<v Speaker 1>But then he said, sixty years ago we'd not only

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<v Speaker 1>express outrage, but would also engage and make a collective

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<v Speaker 1>and individual effort to fix things and make righteous as happen.

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<v Speaker 2>And he's suggesting more we have we give you more.

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<v Speaker 1>Avenues for getting involved, recommend groups to join or where

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<v Speaker 1>a ballot initiative is going.

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<v Speaker 2>We can try to do that.

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<v Speaker 1>We have a very small crew and to get the

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<v Speaker 1>show ready every single day, and like give you your

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<v Speaker 1>marching orders would be a challenge, but it's a great thought.

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<v Speaker 2>We'll work on it.

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<v Speaker 1>We got some more of the news of the day,

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<v Speaker 1>and I hope you can join us, and I would

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<v Speaker 1>like your recommendations for things at rhyme with twenty.

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<v Speaker 2>Five are strong and getty.

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<v Speaker 1>Okay, I just was looking at our Twitter feed and

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<v Speaker 1>saw your tweet. It was right above my retweet of

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<v Speaker 1>somebody saying people are too casual about the fact that

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<v Speaker 1>parrots can talk.

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<v Speaker 2>Amen to that.

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<v Speaker 1>Since I was a kid, I thought that, Wait a minute,

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<v Speaker 1>we're just taking this in stride on anyway, your suggestions

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<v Speaker 1>for the theme when we open the show every single day,

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<v Speaker 1>stay alive in twenty five, just survive?

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<v Speaker 2>Cut the jibe? Will we arrive picking the hive? Yeah? Yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>I will tell you that.

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<v Speaker 1>Judging by the comments, and there were hundreds of them,

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<v Speaker 1>cut the jive number one, Cut the jive in twenty five?

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<v Speaker 2>Wow jive? Has anybody under fifty heard that term?

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<v Speaker 1>And kicking the hive was pretty popular too. It's draining

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<v Speaker 1>the swamp the ESK news of the day. As we mentioned,

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<v Speaker 1>we'll hear from Mark Zuckerberg a little bit later. He's

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<v Speaker 1>doing some interviews. He's changing Facebook from fact checkers to

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<v Speaker 1>community notes, and he says specifically he modeled it after

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<v Speaker 1>Elon Musk's deal on Twitter. So interesting, and I think

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<v Speaker 1>is there step forward? Has there been in recent American

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<v Speaker 1>history a phrase more contemptible than fact checker? Yeah, and

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<v Speaker 1>welcome to the party, Mark Zuckerberg. That fact checker to

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<v Speaker 1>me means okay, here, I'm about to be spun one

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<v Speaker 1>way or the other. One more thing I wanted to

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<v Speaker 1>mention before we get to this news clip.

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<v Speaker 2>We need to.

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<v Speaker 1>Discuss A friend of mine who works for the federal

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<v Speaker 1>government said, texted me this yesterday. President Biden just gave

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<v Speaker 1>all federal employees Thursday off to honor and remember President

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<v Speaker 1>Carter paid holiday.

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<v Speaker 2>Thank you, dear taxpayers.

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<v Speaker 1>Wow, what the hell? Please get Biden out of office?

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<v Speaker 1>How soon can we do that?

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<v Speaker 2>A week? That's pretty soon? Please someone a week?

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<v Speaker 1>I'm sorry, someone explained to me, how you justify that

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<v Speaker 1>so that segment of society gets a day off? No

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<v Speaker 1>big deal. It's all paid for by all the other people,

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<v Speaker 1>which is a vast majority of us, like almost all

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<v Speaker 1>of us, who are paying for it, and we have

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<v Speaker 1>to go to work, of course we do. Someday I

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<v Speaker 1>will be recognized. Let's make this about me, and the

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<v Speaker 1>Getty principle will be spoken of far and wide, and

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<v Speaker 1>that is that the government, and more specifically, particularly in

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<v Speaker 1>blue states, unionized government workers have become the most important

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<v Speaker 1>lobbyist of government. They now run the government for themselves

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<v Speaker 1>to a large extent, and that is perverted our politics

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<v Speaker 1>in this country. I gotta believe so. I spend else

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<v Speaker 1>with Biden do that? Why name a single damn reason.

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<v Speaker 1>Come on, I spent a lot of time thinking about

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<v Speaker 1>the overall structure of our country. Over the break, I

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<v Speaker 1>listened to a long podcast with some law professors about

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<v Speaker 1>the Constitution and all that sort of stuff.

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<v Speaker 2>Then ended up going to Washington, d C.

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<v Speaker 1>And seeing the Founding documents in person and reading various

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<v Speaker 1>quotes from the Founding fathers, I gotta believe that universally,

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<v Speaker 1>as much as they fought with each other, and they

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<v Speaker 1>solidly disagreed with each other on so many issues, like

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<v Speaker 1>you're going to destroy the country we've already been started.

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<v Speaker 1>I mean, they really believe the other side was wrong.

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<v Speaker 1>But I got to believe that they would all be

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<v Speaker 1>an agreement that it's completely too big and into too

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<v Speaker 1>much of our lives.

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<v Speaker 2>At this point, I gotta believe every one of them.

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<v Speaker 2>I think you're a hundred percent right.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, Because and there are I don't know two three

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<v Speaker 1>four central principles that informed everything that went into the Constitution, and.

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<v Speaker 2>One of those was power always.

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<v Speaker 1>Wants to centralize, and the Constitution was built to resist

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<v Speaker 1>that impulse. It's been true since the days of the cavemen.

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<v Speaker 1>It was truth through the Middle Ages. It's true now.

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<v Speaker 1>Power wants to accumulate, it wants to centralize, and we

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<v Speaker 1>the people have been seduced into letting that happen because

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<v Speaker 1>we've been promised that a powerful central government will give

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<v Speaker 1>us everything we dream and paraphrase Jefferson, it is therefore

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<v Speaker 1>powerful enough to take away everything we have.

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<v Speaker 2>But we've been seduced.

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<v Speaker 1>I got into the argument, and I won't get into

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<v Speaker 1>it here. Maybe later that Madison was strongly against the

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<v Speaker 1>Bill of Rights, just thought it was a terrible idea,

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<v Speaker 1>argued so strongly to try to convince all of his

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<v Speaker 1>fellow voters there at the Constitutional Convention that the Bill

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<v Speaker 1>of Rights was a terrible idea, but he lost the argument.

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<v Speaker 1>And then say, okay, I lost the argument. Here's how

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<v Speaker 1>we ought to do it, if we're going to do it,

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<v Speaker 1>which I just thought I could, if we could do that,

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<v Speaker 1>now where you just.

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<v Speaker 2>You lost the argument.

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<v Speaker 1>Okay, fine, now I'm going to get on board with

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<v Speaker 1>Let's try to make this the best it can be.

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<v Speaker 1>Since this is what the majority of you have decided.

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<v Speaker 1>We're so far from that now. Anyway, another day, this

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<v Speaker 1>could be the story that dominates the year.

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<v Speaker 2>I hope it's not here.

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<v Speaker 3>We go health officials reporting the first death from bird

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<v Speaker 3>flu in the US. The patient, who was over sixty

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<v Speaker 3>five with underlying health conditions, had been hospitalized in Louisiana

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<v Speaker 3>since mid December after being exposed to the virus through

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<v Speaker 3>a flock of birds in a backyard. The CDC analyzed

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<v Speaker 3>the virus in that Louisiana patient and found concerning new

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<v Speaker 3>mutations which could help the virus infect people more easily,

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<v Speaker 3>but so far, there has been no evidence of human

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<v Speaker 3>to human spread. Health officials urging the public to avoid

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<v Speaker 3>consuming unpasteurized dairy products. Public health officials are also warning

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<v Speaker 3>not to feed your pets raw food after at least

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<v Speaker 3>one cat in Oregon died from the virus.

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<v Speaker 1>So is this an attempt by me to scare you

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<v Speaker 1>bubbling is no? I just think you need to know

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<v Speaker 1>that story is out there and the media is on it,

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<v Speaker 1>and once again, having learned nothing, apparently from the coverage

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<v Speaker 1>of the whole COVID thing, this person with horrible health,

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<v Speaker 1>who is also quite old and already in the hospital

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<v Speaker 1>for a long time, died with bird flu. Not of

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<v Speaker 1>bird flu, but with bird flu. There's a big difference.

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<v Speaker 1>It's Scott Anthony Faucis issued a statement to ordering everyone

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<v Speaker 1>to wear mittens and begin all sentences with verbs, because

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<v Speaker 1>that's the science. Go get some mittens, for instance, said

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<v Speaker 1>the great doctor who represents science. Al Right, bird first,

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<v Speaker 1>bird flu death. Somebody with really bad health who had

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<v Speaker 1>gotten bird flu died, God rested their souls couldn't have

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<v Speaker 1>withstood home mine.

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<v Speaker 2>Okay, bird size, well, it's illustrative.

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<v Speaker 1>Yes, okay, some oldster who God bless their souls couldn't

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<v Speaker 1>have survived any infection.

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<v Speaker 2>Fair enough. You know, I'm not.

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<v Speaker 1>Worried about the damn bird flu. I'm worried about the

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<v Speaker 1>damn man eaten worm in Texas.

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<v Speaker 2>Did you see this?

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<v Speaker 1>The New World screw worm, which is a pretty good name.

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<v Speaker 1>It's it's Latin name Haman novorax means man eater, and

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<v Speaker 1>it's it's spreading up from Mexico. We eradicated it in

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<v Speaker 1>the US years and years ago, nineteen sixty six. It's horrific.

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<v Speaker 1>It screws its way. It's a slow down. I'm sorry,

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<v Speaker 1>I'm a little excited about this. I am just becoming

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<v Speaker 1>aware of this. I need to take it in a

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<v Speaker 1>way that I can digest it. So there is a

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<v Speaker 1>worm that can kill larva. Yeah, yes, and it's in

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<v Speaker 1>Texas and it's spreading, yes northward, all right, yes it's

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<v Speaker 1>and again we eradicated it in nineteen sixty six after

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<v Speaker 1>an extensive federal and states sterilization product.

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<v Speaker 2>It's the larva of a fly. The what's the name

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<v Speaker 2>of the fly? You fly? Don't bother me, I can't

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<v Speaker 2>remember some damn fly. Anyway, it is.

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<v Speaker 1>It is evidence that God has forsaken us. It is

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<v Speaker 1>the worst thing I've ever heard of. It is the

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<v Speaker 1>worst insect on Earth's bar.

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<v Speaker 2>None.

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<v Speaker 1>Uh. Texas Tech School of Veterinary Medicine said, hey, it's

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<v Speaker 1>gonna it could have devastating effects on the health of

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<v Speaker 1>our livestock. But the screwworm begins its rain of terror

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<v Speaker 1>when the female lays her eggs into the into an

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<v Speaker 1>open wound or orifice. The female flies are drawn to

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<v Speaker 1>the open wounds and orifices by the odors they emit.

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<v Speaker 1>They can be as small as a tick bite, oh,

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<v Speaker 1>a nasal or eye opening, a navel of a newborn,

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<v Speaker 1>or genitalia. I tend to keep my genitalia covered, so

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<v Speaker 1>I think I'm okay, there, and we appreciate it.

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<v Speaker 2>These eggs then hatch into dangerous larvae that burrow into

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<v Speaker 2>the wound like screws.

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<v Speaker 1>Females can lay two hundred to three hundred eggs at once.

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<v Speaker 1>Oh my god, I'm gonna faint.

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<v Speaker 2>But the country is on edge.

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<v Speaker 1>So did you say somebody has died of it? No, no,

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<v Speaker 1>it's but it's it's creeping its way north. It primarily

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<v Speaker 1>affects live stock, but it can infect humans.

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<v Speaker 2>Okay, good god, run for your lives.

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<v Speaker 1>The fact that the bird flew death was one of

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<v Speaker 1>the lead teases on all the evening national newscasts concerned me,

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<v Speaker 1>Like they get so excited about that sort of thing.

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<v Speaker 1>Oh yeah, yeah, people don't tune out of being frightened.

0:27:11.040 --> 0:27:15.119
<v Speaker 1>It's a ratings ploy to constantly keep you frightened. It

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<v Speaker 1>works politically too, As Menkin said, you know, politics is

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<v Speaker 1>trotting out an endless series hob goblins to terrify you

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<v Speaker 1>into voting one way or another. We won't do it here,

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<v Speaker 1>except for the screwworm. It is terrifying. Tell your children

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<v Speaker 1>just before they try to go to sleep tonight about

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<v Speaker 1>this worm that burrows its way into your orifices. Well,

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<v Speaker 1>the country is on edge on the exactly the country

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<v Speaker 1>is on the country is on.

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<v Speaker 2>Edge on the bird flu thing. Now. I know some

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<v Speaker 2>people on the right.

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<v Speaker 1>Believe this is an effort the government wants to get

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<v Speaker 1>the bird flu thing going as a scare to try

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<v Speaker 1>to really limit a lot of livestock stuff or take

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<v Speaker 1>control of that because the government wants to have more

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<v Speaker 1>control over the food.

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<v Speaker 2>Thank you. There you go, the.

0:28:05.280 --> 0:28:08.199
<v Speaker 1>Food source that we have in America, particularly people that

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<v Speaker 1>provide their own food. So right, right, an excuse to

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<v Speaker 1>take more control. Yeah, isn't that that that needs to

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<v Speaker 1>be the same. I think cut the Jive in twenty

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<v Speaker 1>five might be the right theme. And Michael, the fabulous

0:28:21.359 --> 0:28:22.720
<v Speaker 1>clip you keep playing.

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<v Speaker 2>Go ahead. The country is on edge the.

0:28:25.680 --> 0:28:30.159
<v Speaker 1>Never ending drum beat of trying to motivates politically or

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<v Speaker 1>sociologically or whatever by these fake harum scareum things.

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<v Speaker 2>That's all right, I'm on the I'm on the beat.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm on the hunt.

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<v Speaker 1>You can only do that so many times, though, can't

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<v Speaker 1>you have? Before people start saying, ah, whatever, bring it on. Well,

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<v Speaker 1>we're at like four billion I think and counting in

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<v Speaker 1>this country. Okay, so uh, we got no, we don't

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<v Speaker 1>have k Katie's ill. She's got the I heard her

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<v Speaker 1>sneeze it you call. I think it might be the

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<v Speaker 1>BF the bird, certainly, hope not. But we've got more

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<v Speaker 1>news of the day on the way. I really want

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<v Speaker 1>to get into some of the stuff that went on

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<v Speaker 1>yesterday around the big certification really constitutional box checking.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, no, kidding, no kidding.

0:29:21.680 --> 0:29:25.280
<v Speaker 1>It was. It was all the drama of like, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>filling out your car rental agreement and other stuff on

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<v Speaker 1>the way, so stay here.

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<v Speaker 4>Yesterday, during an event at the White House, President Biden

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<v Speaker 4>brought a young man up on stage just say him

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<v Speaker 4>happy birthday, and well just watch.

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<v Speaker 1>This, Happy birthday, Happy birthday.

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<v Speaker 2>At birthday all right? Well he still got it. That's good,

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<v Speaker 2>he said. I ended up in a situation like that

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<v Speaker 2>over the break. Who was it?

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<v Speaker 1>Obviously wasn't my son his birthday. I was at some

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<v Speaker 1>birthday thing and people started singing. In about two lines

0:30:17.360 --> 0:30:19.720
<v Speaker 1>into the song, I realized, I do not remember this

0:30:19.840 --> 0:30:28.600
<v Speaker 1>person's name, Happy birthdayed Bell. You know. When he sang

0:30:28.920 --> 0:30:31.360
<v Speaker 1>happy birthday my son who turned thirteen. I ended with

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<v Speaker 1>here comes puberty and uh and I got bad looks.

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<v Speaker 1>Oh no, wonder why I thought there was again. No,

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<v Speaker 1>oh no, no, too big a thing. No, puberty is

0:30:45.160 --> 0:30:47.480
<v Speaker 1>too big a thing. Yeah, you don't throw in a

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<v Speaker 1>witty line at the end of a song. My son's

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<v Speaker 1>excited about puberty. He's constantly asking. He says, do you

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<v Speaker 1>see any here on my lip?

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<v Speaker 2>And he hear my lip? This is my voice? Sound

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<v Speaker 2>any deeper? Today? He's all right.

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<v Speaker 1>He wants because he saw go through it, and his

0:31:00.880 --> 0:31:03.800
<v Speaker 1>brother seems like a grown man, and girls seemed.

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<v Speaker 2>To get and all that sort of thing, so he wants.

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<v Speaker 2>He's looking forward to it. Excellent.

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<v Speaker 1>Actually, yesterday, my thirteen year old he said, do you

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<v Speaker 1>think I'm taller? And I said you might be. He said,

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<v Speaker 1>I was looking at my feet in the shower today

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<v Speaker 1>and they just seem further away.

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<v Speaker 2>That's beautiful.

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<v Speaker 1>A couple of things from my notes before I get

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<v Speaker 1>to something somewhat serious and thoughtful. First quote from Albert

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<v Speaker 1>Einstein that I thought was really good. Two things are infinite,

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<v Speaker 1>the universe and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about

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<v Speaker 1>the universe, yeah, which is pretty good. And I came

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<v Speaker 1>across this, which is finding out stripper poles spin in

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<v Speaker 1>place instead of strippers around the poles. Is the grown

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<v Speaker 1>ups finding out Santa isn't real.

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<v Speaker 2>I didn't know that. I didn't know that either. I

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<v Speaker 2>didn't know that either.

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<v Speaker 1>But now that I think about it, the few times

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<v Speaker 1>I've seen strippers on stripper poles, which is not very

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<v Speaker 1>many times, that's how you do it. The poll spins.

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<v Speaker 1>You're not spinning around the pole. The poll spins which holes,

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<v Speaker 1>which is much easier to do.

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<v Speaker 2>Hanging on the pole.

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<v Speaker 1>That's spinning much easier than I'm spinning around it with

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<v Speaker 1>Like my I always wondered how you get your legs

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<v Speaker 1>to not squeak against the metal bowl or your hands

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<v Speaker 1>or whatever. So that explains it, you know, I hadn't

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<v Speaker 1>given it a moment's thought. Kind of ashamed of that

0:32:24.280 --> 0:32:26.480
<v Speaker 1>because now that you pointed out, yeah, it's practically a

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<v Speaker 1>physical impossibility to what they seem to be doing growing

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<v Speaker 1>up their exotic dancers.

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<v Speaker 2>By the way, growing up Aquillan finding out sand isn't real.

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<v Speaker 2>That's so there you go.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm trying to be more big picture in the year

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<v Speaker 1>twenty twenty five as opposed to some of the daily

0:32:44.640 --> 0:32:48.480
<v Speaker 1>nonsense that gets so much attention in some media, and

0:32:48.560 --> 0:32:52.040
<v Speaker 1>it's meaningless big picture and this is a big picture thing.

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<v Speaker 1>I remember how much time I got Michael, I want

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<v Speaker 1>to lunch into a big picture thing, and I got

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<v Speaker 1>no time.

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<v Speaker 2>I'd be ironic, wouldn't it. Yeah?

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<v Speaker 1>It a half, no problem perfect. So I remember, Oh,

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<v Speaker 1>Gladys Gladys working in twenty five? Did we because Joe

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<v Speaker 1>and I renewed our contract. We're going to be around

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<v Speaker 1>for several more years?

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<v Speaker 2>What what?

0:33:15.040 --> 0:33:16.920
<v Speaker 1>But I didn't know if Gladys signed on too. Gladys

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<v Speaker 1>signed on too, cool, So Gladys is going to be

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<v Speaker 1>with us for the next several years.

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<v Speaker 2>God Willing.

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<v Speaker 1>I remember when Barack Obama was elected in two thousand

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<v Speaker 1>and eight and George Will saying on the TV, it's

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<v Speaker 1>interesting that this sticks in my mind, saying the treat.

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<v Speaker 2>Gotta get the line right.

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<v Speaker 1>He said, the retreat of the state is over, and

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<v Speaker 1>I thought, wow, that is fascinating. So he was looking

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<v Speaker 1>at when Ronald Reagan came into office, through two terms

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<v Speaker 1>of Reagan, Bush and even two terms of Clinton. When

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<v Speaker 1>Bill Clinton ran on, the era of big government is over.

0:33:52.040 --> 0:33:56.680
<v Speaker 1>The state was in retreat and it ended with Barack Obama.

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<v Speaker 1>And it has been that way now for a couple

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<v Speaker 1>of decades with just the growth of the government through

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<v Speaker 1>des and rs, bigger and more expensive everything. And then

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<v Speaker 1>this article in the Wall Street Journal that I came

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<v Speaker 1>across over the weekend, the progressive moment in global politics

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<v Speaker 1>is over, at least for now. This past year showed

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<v Speaker 1>that the progressive politics that have dominated most industrialized countries

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<v Speaker 1>over the past two decades, so the period of time

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<v Speaker 1>since Barack Obama, after you know, several decades of a

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<v Speaker 1>retreat of the state, the state has been growing, and

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<v Speaker 1>in our face that dominated over the past two decades

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<v Speaker 1>is more is shifting to the right because of working

0:34:35.640 --> 0:34:40.200
<v Speaker 1>class anxieties, economy, immigration, fatigue with issues from climate change

0:34:40.200 --> 0:34:43.520
<v Speaker 1>to identity politics, all that sort of stuff. So it

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<v Speaker 1>looks like we're it is flipped back to the other

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<v Speaker 1>side again, at least for now and hopefully for a

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<v Speaker 1>couple of decades at least.

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<v Speaker 2>At the risk of.

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<v Speaker 1>Being a sounding smug, the Wall Street Journal could have

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<v Speaker 1>saved some ink by just saying the backlash was because

0:34:57.600 --> 0:35:03.480
<v Speaker 1>progressive policies yield miserable results. The problem is that a

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<v Speaker 1>lot of that spending and growth is locked in. Yes,

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<v Speaker 1>that is a huge problem, A lot, I mean nothing

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<v Speaker 1>is permanent, at least in a republic democracy like we've got,

0:35:15.680 --> 0:35:17.719
<v Speaker 1>but a lot of it would be really really hard

0:35:17.760 --> 0:35:20.040
<v Speaker 1>to undo. And of course money spent is money spent.

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<v Speaker 1>There's nothing you do about that. You got to pay

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<v Speaker 1>it back, right right. Yeah. The great danger of democracy

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<v Speaker 1>is that a benefit that wasn't imagined for the past

0:35:29.000 --> 0:35:32.080
<v Speaker 1>five hundred years given on Tuesday, if you try to

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<v Speaker 1>take it back the next day, realize you've made a mistake,

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<v Speaker 1>people will howl like you're skinning them. So, to paraphrase

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<v Speaker 1>George Will, it looks like the retreat of the working

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<v Speaker 1>man is over, which is good news.

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<v Speaker 2>We've got more to come. Stay with us, Armstrong and

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<v Speaker 2>Getty