WEBVTT - You're A Fake Egg Fan

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<v Speaker 1>Broadcasting live from the Abraham Lincoln Radio Studio, the George

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<v Speaker 1>Washington Broadcast Center, Jack Armstrong and Joe, Katty.

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<v Speaker 2>Armstrong and Tecat and Hearty, who live from Studio C

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<v Speaker 2>see Senior.

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<v Speaker 3>Hey, We're in a dimly lit room deeper than the

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<v Speaker 3>bowels of the Armstrong and Getty Communications compound and on

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<v Speaker 3>a busy news Wednesday. We're under the tutelage of our

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<v Speaker 3>general manager. Who else? Trump? Trumpety Trump Trump.

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<v Speaker 4>So in the last twenty hours since we last talked

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<v Speaker 4>to you, they've fired half the Department of Education Ukraine

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<v Speaker 4>has agreed to a cease fire, the tariffs.

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<v Speaker 3>Saraphors have begun. That's right.

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<v Speaker 1>Tarff's kicked in at midnight, and Trump bought a red, bright,

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<v Speaker 1>red s plaid tesla.

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<v Speaker 3>All that's happened in the last twenty hours. There you go,

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<v Speaker 3>you're up today.

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<v Speaker 1>There you go. Anything you need to know? Wowser's I

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<v Speaker 1>was just reading a morning newsletter that I like to

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<v Speaker 1>read every day. In what might be a first ever,

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<v Speaker 1>literally every Wall Street Journal editorial today is critical of

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<v Speaker 1>Trump's policies.

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<v Speaker 3>Every single Wall Street Journal editorial. They think that's the

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<v Speaker 3>first time that's ever happened. Fairly devastating, yes, depending on

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<v Speaker 3>your take. Yeah, yeah, so you know, it doesn't mean

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<v Speaker 3>they're right. But and then you've got the thing I

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<v Speaker 3>mentioned about Ukraine has agreed to the.

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<v Speaker 1>Ceasefire plan, no idea if Russia has any interest whatsoever

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<v Speaker 1>in this, I guess we'll find out, hopefully when they

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<v Speaker 1>are a counterpart that has never ever argued in good faith,

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<v Speaker 1>so that should be spicy, right. Yeah, Hopefully we're about

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<v Speaker 1>to see the other side of this where they pressure

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<v Speaker 1>the Russians to come to the table and here's what

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<v Speaker 1>will happen to you if you don't play ball. Hopefully

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<v Speaker 1>we're about to see that. I'm not sure that's what's

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<v Speaker 1>going to happen.

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<v Speaker 3>Did see a.

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<v Speaker 1>Business report about Russia's economy that we're going to play later,

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<v Speaker 1>But Russia currently has something like forty percent inflation.

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<v Speaker 3>Well that's inconvenient.

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<v Speaker 1>And like if you want to buy a house, it's

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<v Speaker 1>thirty five percent interest. That sort of thing is going

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<v Speaker 1>on in Russia, and so there's some belief that they can't,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, he can't hold out forever on this war

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<v Speaker 1>with that economic reality, and so perhaps he's feeling the pressure.

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<v Speaker 3>I don't know who knows. I've been hearing that, I

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<v Speaker 3>feel like for three years that their economy was devastated

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<v Speaker 3>and there's no way they could continue.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, it's a complex stew of of what ifs, because

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<v Speaker 1>it's it's a difficult country to get a grip on

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<v Speaker 1>the various dynamics that would be at play, whether it's

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<v Speaker 1>popular support.

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<v Speaker 3>Or the actual economic realities.

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<v Speaker 1>And to what extent are the oligarchs pissed off? Because

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<v Speaker 1>Putin's control depends on the loyalty of the oligarchs mostly,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, to what extenter is security forces effective? And

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<v Speaker 1>there are just tons and tons of question marks. That's

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<v Speaker 1>why they you know, they talk about criminologists who are

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<v Speaker 1>able to you know, gaze through the swirling mists of

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<v Speaker 1>Russian politics to figure out what the heck's actually going on.

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<v Speaker 3>Looking up at the headline on CBS education Department slashing workforce.

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<v Speaker 1>No, no, there's gonna be no education in America. Kids

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<v Speaker 1>won't learn to read or write.

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<v Speaker 3>Right Here's they aren't. Yeah, exactly, here's a secret they're not. Now.

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<v Speaker 1>Partly of education just doles out piles of money for

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<v Speaker 1>districts that comply with whatever federal whim comes down The Pike.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, so that's something. Well, we'll see.

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<v Speaker 1>Well, yeah, you know, it's such an interesting mixed bag.

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<v Speaker 1>And for new listeners, first of all, welcome, whether you

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<v Speaker 1>love Trump or hate him or somewhere in between. We

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<v Speaker 1>will give you an update on how things are going.

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<v Speaker 1>I for one, am thrilled with ninety eight percent of

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<v Speaker 1>the immigration stuff, and any of the stuff that's a

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<v Speaker 1>little excessive or a little fast, the courts will deal with.

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<v Speaker 3>It'll be fun.

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<v Speaker 1>Just love that, love the doge stuff, love the reign,

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<v Speaker 1>and in the Department of Education, which barely needs to exist.

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<v Speaker 1>There's so many things I love, but I join with

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<v Speaker 1>you know, the now I don't join with exactly, but

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<v Speaker 1>I'm sympathetic to the Wall Street Journal editorial board and

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<v Speaker 1>other folks who are saying, not just that I think

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<v Speaker 1>these tariffs are a mistake, because not everybody's saying that,

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<v Speaker 1>but they're saying, we don't know what he's doing and

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<v Speaker 1>he won't tell us right, and whip sawing American businesses

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<v Speaker 1>back and forth is just it's not a good thing.

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<v Speaker 3>And I am concerned.

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<v Speaker 1>Color me concerned but not certain, which makes me a

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<v Speaker 1>bad talk show host. You have to be one hundred

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<v Speaker 1>percent certain about every topic every second. Anyway, I am

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<v Speaker 1>afraid that the not great stuff is going to derail

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<v Speaker 1>our ability conservative America.

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<v Speaker 3>To do the really, really, really good stuff.

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<v Speaker 1>And some of it seems a little quick and unnecessary,

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<v Speaker 1>but we will all find out together.

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<v Speaker 3>Friends.

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<v Speaker 1>Eggs are up sixty percent since last year. Oh no,

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<v Speaker 1>my omelet cost one hundred dollars.

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<v Speaker 3>I don't know if I eat an egg a month,

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<v Speaker 3>So maybe I'm the wrong person to be commenting on

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<v Speaker 3>the egg situation. Oh I do love eggs. I like

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<v Speaker 3>them too, not enough. If you're eating them once a month,

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<v Speaker 3>you're a fake egg fan. You're to please. You know

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<v Speaker 3>what I had yesterday? That was good, Michael. I know

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<v Speaker 3>you're not supposed to eat stuff like this with your diabetes.

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<v Speaker 3>You had a mcfluury. I did have a mcflory, But

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<v Speaker 3>before I had the mcfluory, that wasn't even the headline, Michael,

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<v Speaker 3>I had a.

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<v Speaker 1>Quarter pounder with cheese. I took a I hadn't had

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<v Speaker 1>one in a while. I took a bite of vent. Dang,

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<v Speaker 1>that's a good sandwich.

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<v Speaker 2>Whoo.

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<v Speaker 1>I don't know what they put in that crack or whatever,

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<v Speaker 1>but thats a good sandwich. Well, let me jot this

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<v Speaker 1>down real quickly. What's that restaurant you're recommending McDaniels McDonald's.

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<v Speaker 1>So my son and I got into a conversation about it,

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<v Speaker 1>and I started googling some stuff.

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<v Speaker 3>There are.

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<v Speaker 1>Thirteen thousand McDonald's in the United States. That's an extraordinary number, yes,

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<v Speaker 1>because obviously if you had is nearly ubiquitous, keep the

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<v Speaker 1>revelations coming. But if you had a one hundred per state,

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<v Speaker 1>you'd only have five thousand. I mean, that's that's a

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<v Speaker 1>stunning number. Well, right in some of your states, like

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<v Speaker 1>Wyoming's got thirty people, So how many how many McDonald's

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<v Speaker 1>do you need? I mean a real seven in a

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<v Speaker 1>big state like you. But that's a lot of McDonald's.

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<v Speaker 1>It's just incredible. And I was doing the math, and

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<v Speaker 1>it's so much bigger than all the other joints. Like

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<v Speaker 1>I looked at Burger Kings, like a third of that,

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<v Speaker 1>that's the closest competitor.

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<v Speaker 3>Wendy's is a fourth of that. So nobody's been close.

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<v Speaker 1>And I was in there and were eaten and they

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<v Speaker 1>play they got the music that I assume that some

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<v Speaker 1>corporate genius chooses to try to please the client tell

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<v Speaker 1>and the seventies classic hit rain Drop Keep Falling on

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<v Speaker 1>Your Head came on and I thought, hmmm, who is

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<v Speaker 1>the audience? Who's who's eating at McDonald's. That's when I

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<v Speaker 1>started doing the research and everything like that. Is you

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<v Speaker 1>got to be at least my age to know that song.

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<v Speaker 1>It's well, it's a it's a classic jack people don't

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<v Speaker 1>I mean, Katie around the track clock and I wasn't

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<v Speaker 1>around Katie.

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<v Speaker 3>Are you familiar with rain drops keep falling on your hand?

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<v Speaker 3>Are you familiar with that on my head?

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<v Speaker 1>They're falling on somebody. It's not That's not the point

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<v Speaker 1>of the conversation. Who's who's the pate is getting rain

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<v Speaker 1>on it? It's not the point. That's not the key question,

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<v Speaker 1>right anyway, Katie?

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<v Speaker 3>But go ahead? Did you have morey? Do you know

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<v Speaker 3>that song? Did you say? I was? I was cracking

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<v Speaker 3>wise okay, sorry, but I was just sick.

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<v Speaker 1>That is such a good dang sandwich. It doesn't taste

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<v Speaker 1>anything like a hamburgers. Moving back to the now, As

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<v Speaker 1>we mentioned many times over the years, it doesn't taste

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<v Speaker 1>anything like a hamburger, and that's what allegedly is but

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<v Speaker 1>is so delicious, and then we both had Shamrock mcfluory's.

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<v Speaker 3>Also a delicious dessert. This is very much.

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<v Speaker 1>Like President Trump flogging Tesla's on the South Lawn. This

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<v Speaker 1>is untoward, This is unethical. Have you been paid by

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<v Speaker 1>the Burger Giant? What's happening here? But they are driving

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<v Speaker 1>everybody to the automated screen when you walk in the door.

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<v Speaker 3>They want everybody to do that.

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<v Speaker 1>They still have a clerk there, you know, see the

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<v Speaker 1>podcast from yesterday. They haven't gone Silicon Valley and just

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<v Speaker 1>immediately abandoned having a human being there. So everybody's standing

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<v Speaker 1>around trying to get the menu to word and I

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<v Speaker 1>order from the person there.

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<v Speaker 3>I still do that. And I said, is there anybody

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<v Speaker 3>like that's not my age that doesn't order up here?

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<v Speaker 3>And they said, now all the young people use the screen,

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<v Speaker 3>so it's only old people to walk up and talk

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<v Speaker 3>to a human beings say they want their quarter pound

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<v Speaker 3>with cheese with onions, so lame. Yeah.

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<v Speaker 1>I just hope Trump's tariffs don't affect those weird little onions.

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<v Speaker 3>I think we import those from Belgium that killed a

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<v Speaker 3>bunch of people a couple weeks back.

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<v Speaker 1>Hey, Hey, Hey, everybody makes mistakes, but the screen thing

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<v Speaker 1>is that driven by the minimum wage. That's what the

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<v Speaker 1>that and technology getting cheaper. But yeah, yeah, one hundred percent.

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<v Speaker 1>It's a question of one cost is decreasing while the

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<v Speaker 1>other is art officially through government FIAT increasing. Yes, So,

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<v Speaker 1>as we mentioned earlier, in fact, Katie, I was going

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<v Speaker 1>to urge you to bring that story back. What the

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<v Speaker 1>latest study says how many fast food jobs have been

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<v Speaker 1>lost in California since the gift, the blatant gift to

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<v Speaker 1>the union that Gaviy Newsom's law was sixteen sixteen thousand

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<v Speaker 1>people are now out of work, and it's worth pointing

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<v Speaker 1>out that these are the oft to mentioned most vulnerable. Yeah, well,

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<v Speaker 1>you probably don't have a lot of other job opportunities

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<v Speaker 1>if you're working at McDonald's.

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<v Speaker 3>Probably right, it's not your first choice.

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<v Speaker 1>You could have, you know, been a programmer or an

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<v Speaker 1>executive VP at IBM, but you chose to go to McDonald's.

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<v Speaker 3>No, and it's worth driving this point.

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<v Speaker 1>Thousand people that were willing to show up to work

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<v Speaker 1>for that wage prior the old wage and State of

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<v Speaker 1>California force is a new wage.

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<v Speaker 3>Now they don't have a job at all.

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<v Speaker 1>It is worth driving home if you're feeling groggy or

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<v Speaker 1>slow of wit. That that illustrates so beautifully the cruel

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<v Speaker 1>hypocrisy of a Gavin Newsom who jabbers on and on

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<v Speaker 1>about standing up for the little guy and BIPOC people

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<v Speaker 1>and the poor and whatever. But if he could do

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<v Speaker 1>something to shovel more power towards the powerful unions, he

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<v Speaker 1>sacrificed those sixteen thousand poor people and laughed while he

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<v Speaker 1>did it.

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<v Speaker 3>He's a piece of guard. Wow. How else? Yeah, shut up?

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<v Speaker 3>How else would you describe.

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<v Speaker 1>Somebody who's that blatantly cruelly hypocritical piece of crap?

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<v Speaker 3>Is the on air version, that's the PG version. There's more.

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<v Speaker 1>We got to start the show officially around it's going off.

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<v Speaker 1>Things have gotten out of control. I'm Jack Armstrong. He's

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<v Speaker 1>Joe Getty on this. It is Wednesday, March the twelfth

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<v Speaker 1>of year twenty twenty five. We're Armstrong, you're getting We

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<v Speaker 1>approved this program. He is a cruel, rich monster. He

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<v Speaker 1>makes Trump look like mother Teresa.

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<v Speaker 3>Wow.

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<v Speaker 1>All right, let's begin the show officially now according to

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<v Speaker 1>FCC rules and regulations.

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<v Speaker 3>Here we go at.

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<v Speaker 5>Mark Mayor in Ireland, and it's beautiful and warm, not

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<v Speaker 5>physically it's actually quite cold. Moved here on January fifteenth,

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<v Speaker 5>and it's been pretty wonderful. And when you know it

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<v Speaker 5>is safe for all citizens to have equal rights there

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<v Speaker 5>in America, that's when we will consider coming back.

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<v Speaker 3>Laura, Ireland.

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<v Speaker 1>We should have said we had breaking news, ladies, and

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<v Speaker 1>we should have said, please sit down first.

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<v Speaker 6>I think this is not an airport. There's no need

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<v Speaker 6>to announce your departure. Roseh o'donald moved to to Ireland

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<v Speaker 6>because of.

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<v Speaker 3>Trump and Rosie. Hey hey, bad news.

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<v Speaker 1>Totally unsafe, I mean really crazy unsafe here in America.

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<v Speaker 3>Probably will be for fifteen, I mean twenty years. You

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<v Speaker 3>might want to give it a little longer there in Ireland. Yeah, yeah,

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<v Speaker 3>don't rush back. So we got Katie's headlines, I'd buye.

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<v Speaker 3>We can get Katie's headlines on the way and a

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<v Speaker 3>bunch of other stuff.

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<v Speaker 1>Stay here, army strong, Hey Yeddy I was born in

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<v Speaker 1>nineteen eighty nine, says this texture. We sang rain drops

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<v Speaker 1>keep falling on your head at our eighth grade graduation,

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<v Speaker 1>So there you go.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, also born in nineteen eighty nine. Al Right, it

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<v Speaker 3>was a hit.

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<v Speaker 1>Speaking of Katie, who's speaking, Let's figure out who's reporting what.

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<v Speaker 3>It's the lead story with Katie breaking Green. Hello, Hey

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<v Speaker 3>Katie Breen here, New York Posts.

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<v Speaker 6>Russia launches deadly missile attack on Zelenski's hometown, just hours

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<v Speaker 6>after Ukraine agreed to a ceasefire proposal.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah.

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<v Speaker 1>I think the interesting part is, is there any way

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<v Speaker 1>Putin's gonna agree to a ceasefire as long as there

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<v Speaker 1>are ten thousand Ukrainian troops in that one chunk of

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<v Speaker 1>Russia that they took, Well, it's gonna take a hell

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<v Speaker 1>of a long time to eject them.

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<v Speaker 6>From ABC, AU announces twenty eight billion dollars in countermeasures

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<v Speaker 6>to Trump's steel tariffs.

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<v Speaker 3>We're at Warwick, Canada. Finally, I've been waiting for this,

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<v Speaker 3>my whole life trade war.

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<v Speaker 6>From the New York Times, EPA plans to close all

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<v Speaker 6>environmental justice offices.

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<v Speaker 3>H I don't know anything about that, but it sure

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<v Speaker 3>sounds good. Good.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, environmental justice. Please, that could be anything. You could

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<v Speaker 1>do anything in those offices, as long as it's spent

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<v Speaker 1>money from Breitbart doge.

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<v Speaker 6>More than two hundred thousand federal government credit cards deactivated.

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<v Speaker 1>Wow, I know some people with government credit cards and

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<v Speaker 1>they don't care much how they spend money.

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<v Speaker 3>Hmmm, that's surprising.

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<v Speaker 6>USA Today House passes GOP funding bill backed by Trump.

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<v Speaker 3>Now a showdown looms in the Senate. So not another

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<v Speaker 3>Senate showdown. Boy.

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<v Speaker 1>I tell you one thing I do not have a

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<v Speaker 1>lot of patients for is following the early stages of

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<v Speaker 1>these big budget bill negotiations. I mean, assists, you've got

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<v Speaker 1>to be obsessed with the Beltway. Just let me know

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<v Speaker 1>when you got something you're ready to vote on it.

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<v Speaker 6>From The Free Beacon, Anti Israel agitators arrested in New

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<v Speaker 6>York amid nationwide walkouts protesting pro Hamas activists ice arrests.

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<v Speaker 3>We got to talk about that more later.

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<v Speaker 1>I tell you what, how about every college instructor and

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<v Speaker 1>professor across America walks out and stays out, and we

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<v Speaker 1>start again and rebuild the greatest university system on Earth.

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<v Speaker 3>From CNN.

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<v Speaker 6>Cargo ship captain arrested in north Sea collision with US

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<v Speaker 6>flagged tanker is a Russian national?

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<v Speaker 3>All Okay? Rested? I hadn't heard that. All have to

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<v Speaker 3>dig into that story.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, I have been arrested for reckless killing people by

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<v Speaker 1>being a bad ships captain Wow. Believe that's the charge.

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<v Speaker 6>From Fox News man caught with live turtle in his

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<v Speaker 6>pants at Newark Airport, leaving tsa agents shell shocked.

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<v Speaker 3>Oh wow, I forget it. That actually hurts. Its painful

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<v Speaker 3>to second, don't judge until you've had a turtle in

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<v Speaker 3>your pants. It's more fun than it sounds.

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<v Speaker 1>As a matter of fact, I do have a turtle

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<v Speaker 1>in my pants, and I'm glad to see you.

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<v Speaker 3>It's a false choice. And finally, the Babylon.

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<v Speaker 6>Bee Isis claims responsibility for Megan Markel Netflix show?

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<v Speaker 3>Is there someplace?

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<v Speaker 1>Is there someplace I can sign up to never hear

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<v Speaker 1>about Meghan Markle again? Is there is there an algorithm

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<v Speaker 1>for that? If you find it, let me know it

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<v Speaker 1>filter that out of my news feed or something like that.

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<v Speaker 1>Although I sense and certainly I can stand guard. Since

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<v Speaker 1>you're so horrified and I get that, it feels like

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<v Speaker 1>it's moving towards so bad, it's good terriff or it

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<v Speaker 1>definitely could be so mockable it's enjoyable. Where are we

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<v Speaker 1>with the tariffs and whatnot? And how do we feel

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<v Speaker 1>about buying cars in the White House?

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<v Speaker 6>Long?

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<v Speaker 3>I think I'm fine with it? Among other things on

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<v Speaker 3>the way stay tuned, Armstrong and Getty.

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<v Speaker 7>So we spend two hundred billion dollars a year subsidizing Canada.

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<v Speaker 3>We don't have to do that.

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<v Speaker 7>And frankly, the way that gets solved is Canada should

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<v Speaker 7>honestly become.

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<v Speaker 3>Our fifty first state.

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<v Speaker 7>We wouldn't have a northern border problem, we wouldn't have

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<v Speaker 7>a tariff problem. Canada would be great as our cherished

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<v Speaker 7>fifty first state. You wouldn't have to worry about borders,

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<v Speaker 7>you wouldn't have to worry about anything. And by the way,

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<v Speaker 7>Canada is very highly taxed and we're very low tax

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<v Speaker 7>We're considered a low tax nation because of me, because

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<v Speaker 7>I cut the taxes so the people of Canada would

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<v Speaker 7>pay much less tax.

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<v Speaker 3>But it makes a lot of.

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<v Speaker 1>Sense now all the behind the scenes reporting, is Trump's

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<v Speaker 1>serious about trying to get Greenland. That's a that's an actual,

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<v Speaker 1>but not Canada be in a fifty first state.

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<v Speaker 3>There's nobody. Actually, it's it's just trolling, isn't it.

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<v Speaker 1>I guess I've heard some democratic Why is he just

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<v Speaker 1>going on and on about it though repeating it over

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<v Speaker 1>the course of weeks and weeks?

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<v Speaker 3>I mean, that didn't sound like trolling. Well, some believe

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<v Speaker 3>he drove Trudeau out of office by making him look

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<v Speaker 3>so weak and pathetic, trolling him in so little pushback.

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<v Speaker 1>Maybe yeah, and he but he fired up the Liberals

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<v Speaker 1>when it looked like they were going to lose, and

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<v Speaker 1>now they're back in power. Yeah. Well, sometimes having the

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<v Speaker 1>way the way extreme of your other party in charge,

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<v Speaker 1>doesn't you know?

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<v Speaker 3>That's just so good?

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<v Speaker 1>See see themocrats in the United States. But what was

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<v Speaker 1>I gonna say, become a fifty first state?

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<v Speaker 3>Oh?

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<v Speaker 1>I heard some prominent Democrats say yes day, and I'm

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<v Speaker 1>surprised the Democrats aren't keeping their mouths shut.

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<v Speaker 3>They should be quietly saying yeah, yeah, that I agree.

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<v Speaker 1>I mean, I rarely agree with Trump, but Canada being

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<v Speaker 1>the fifty first state, I mean, why not? It's only

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<v Speaker 1>fairness or something, because, as one prominent Democrat said yesterday,

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<v Speaker 1>Republicans will never win another presidential election. If Canada is

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<v Speaker 1>the fifty first state, then you have two Californias with

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<v Speaker 1>the same amount of delegates that will always vote Democrat.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah for the foreseeable future. Yeah.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, Like I say, I have no idea what he's doing.

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<v Speaker 1>I understand the intent of rebuilding American manufacturing to whatever

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<v Speaker 1>extent it's possible.

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<v Speaker 3>I get that.

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<v Speaker 1>And you can find a few people who say, yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>in the long term, this will pan out. You can

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<v Speaker 1>find you know, an infinite multiple of that of people

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<v Speaker 1>who say either this won't work or there's a different

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<v Speaker 1>crowd that says, I just don't know what he's doing. Well,

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<v Speaker 1>let's let's hear let's hear fifty one a little more

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<v Speaker 1>on this topic, and then we can get to the latest.

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<v Speaker 1>Because Canada was threatening a twenty five percent search charge

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<v Speaker 1>on electricity yesterday. But here's uh, here's Trump and Elon

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<v Speaker 1>on the White House lawn.

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<v Speaker 7>When you take away that artificial line that looks like

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<v Speaker 7>it was done with a ruler, and that's what it was.

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<v Speaker 7>Some guy sat there years ago and they said, rah, Well,

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<v Speaker 7>when you take away that and you look at that

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<v Speaker 7>beautiful formation of Canada and the United States, there is

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<v Speaker 7>no place anywhere in the world that looks like that.

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<v Speaker 3>It's plus Graven plus.

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<v Speaker 7>Green Land, and then if you add Greenland, that's it.

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<v Speaker 3>I mean, that's pretty.

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<v Speaker 1>Canada threatened twenty five surcharge on electricty and then backed

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<v Speaker 1>off it later in the day.

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<v Speaker 3>So the rhetoric and the real stuff continues.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, but the extra twenty five percent tariffs on steel

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<v Speaker 1>in a Luman took a fete at midnight last night. Yeah, Now,

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<v Speaker 1>I'll see what happens. Yeah, we absolutely, we'll see what happens.

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<v Speaker 1>The estimates of you know, well, I'll just you know what.

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<v Speaker 1>I won't get into the statistics and the technical crap.

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<v Speaker 1>But the longest short of it is, in the short term,

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<v Speaker 1>this will drive up the costs for every American manufacturer

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<v Speaker 1>virtually and make goods more expensive and cut down on

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<v Speaker 1>their share of any market until the great Transition happens

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<v Speaker 1>and we've restored our manufacturing.

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<v Speaker 3>Might that's the idea. I'm highly skeptical.

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<v Speaker 1>So Trump walked back a little bit or revised his

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<v Speaker 1>answer somewhat on the whole recession thing.

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<v Speaker 3>And then we've got some breaking news. First, this resion,

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<v Speaker 3>I don't see it at all. I think this country's

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<v Speaker 3>going to boom.

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<v Speaker 1>So after saying could be, you don't know, I don't

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<v Speaker 1>like to predict those things in the market, and everybody

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<v Speaker 1>reacting to that, you know, yesterday he was more positive.

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<v Speaker 3>I think the markets are going to boom. So here's

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<v Speaker 3>your breaking news.

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<v Speaker 1>The inflation numbers are out for the most recent stats

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<v Speaker 1>from last month. Consumer prices rose two point eight percent

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<v Speaker 1>in the year through February, a slightly better result than

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<v Speaker 1>economist said expected.

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<v Speaker 3>I I'll never understand, because I'm not an economist why

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<v Speaker 3>it's all based on what economists expected. What if they

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<v Speaker 3>were wrong and they had to ask.

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<v Speaker 1>Him in the first place and just wait a few

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<v Speaker 1>days and get the actual statistic.

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<v Speaker 3>Anyway, slightly better than economist set.

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<v Speaker 1>Like every morning, I'm about to get on the scale,

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<v Speaker 1>and you got physicians who say we expect to wait

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<v Speaker 1>one ninety seven point four.

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<v Speaker 3>That's a good When it's not one ninety eight point one, it's.

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<v Speaker 1>Like, oh, exceeded expectations.

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<v Speaker 3>That's a good book. Okay, let's you just wait till

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<v Speaker 3>I get on the scale. Yeah, that's pretty funny. Oh

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<v Speaker 3>the market is reacting.

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<v Speaker 1>Is Joe weighed more than expectations or less?

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<v Speaker 3>That's funny? No, no more lately, trust me. Uh So.

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<v Speaker 1>The consumer price index was up two point eight percent

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<v Speaker 1>from a year earlier, after rising another point two percent

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<v Speaker 1>on a monthly basement basis. That was a step down

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<v Speaker 1>from January's surprisingly large point five percent increase.

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<v Speaker 3>So stocks are up based on that the well.

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<v Speaker 1>The New York Times version of this anyway, says, analysts

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<v Speaker 1>are worried the tariffs could add two future price pressures.

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<v Speaker 1>Of course, that's what Joe was just doing, Ama, And uh,

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<v Speaker 1>then we'll have to play out. I will say, in

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<v Speaker 1>Trump's defense that if this is merely a brutal and

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<v Speaker 1>whipsaw e for a short time period to move toward

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<v Speaker 1>more reciprocal tariffs, which is a theme he has sounded

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<v Speaker 1>over and over again, because Canada does have some fairly

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<v Speaker 1>stiff tariffs against various agricultural stuff like darry and that

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<v Speaker 1>sort of thing. Okay, but I just and there's another

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<v Speaker 1>piece in the journal where even Trump advisors and loyal

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<v Speaker 1>business leaders are saying, just tell.

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<v Speaker 3>Us what you're trying to do.

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<v Speaker 1>The different headlines Fox has stubborn inflation cools, okay, and

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<v Speaker 1>Wall Street Journal has inflation cooled to two point eight

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<v Speaker 1>percent in February, lower than expected. So that's got to

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<v Speaker 1>be some news that the White House will out and

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<v Speaker 1>we'll see what that does to the stock market. And

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<v Speaker 1>the endless discussion of what your four oh one K

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<v Speaker 1>is doing is if you're about to start pulling from

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<v Speaker 1>your four one k today, and again I apologize to

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<v Speaker 1>anyone around the country who actually did retire last week.

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<v Speaker 1>You know, we're not talking about you, but for most

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<v Speaker 1>of us, you know, whatever, it'll be back by the

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<v Speaker 1>time I'm ready to use it all right, right, And honestly,

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<v Speaker 1>even that kind of under or over sells it because

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<v Speaker 1>not taking out all you're still well right, You're not

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<v Speaker 1>going to take it all out at once. That's not

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<v Speaker 1>the way it works. End you've probably been tapering off

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<v Speaker 1>your risk as you get closer to retirement. I want

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<v Speaker 1>to go through a couple of texts we got real

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<v Speaker 1>quick before we take a break, and we can leave

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<v Speaker 1>plenty of time for mailbag. First of all, we got

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<v Speaker 1>this text, are you finally ready to listen to the

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<v Speaker 1>red tie of power and give up shilling for Zelensky?

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<v Speaker 1>So yeah, wow, that's a sort of intelligent and well

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<v Speaker 1>reasoned argument.

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<v Speaker 3>Thanks, I'm offering it.

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<v Speaker 1>Zelensky has agreed to the ceasefire yet to see if

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<v Speaker 1>Russia is going toe to the ceasefire. And there's also

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<v Speaker 1>the criticism that if they do agree, you do it

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<v Speaker 1>it's just because they'd love to have a break and

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<v Speaker 1>be able to rearm and.

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<v Speaker 3>Get there trying together.

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<v Speaker 1>Their newest crop of the North Korean cannonfot or prisoners. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>so might only be to their advantage. Back to my

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<v Speaker 1>McDonald's stats. As I was eating McDonald's just day, thirteen

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<v Speaker 1>thousand some McDonald thirteen thousand, five hundred McDonald's in the

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<v Speaker 1>United States, which if you do the quick math on that,

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<v Speaker 1>that's two hundred and seventy per state. Obviously, they're not

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<v Speaker 1>evenly dispersed, because, like I said, Wyoming needs three. But

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<v Speaker 1>there are, according to this texture, a stunning five hundred

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<v Speaker 1>and seventy McDonald's in New York. Five hundred and seventy

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<v Speaker 1>just in New York. However, while I was talking about

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<v Speaker 1>how dominant McDonald's is, another person pointed out there are

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<v Speaker 1>seventeen thousand milkshake locations known as Starbucks. Seventeen thousand. Of course,

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<v Speaker 1>if you live in an urban area at all, there's

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<v Speaker 1>one you can stand outside on the corner. There's one there,

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<v Speaker 1>and there's one there you can honestlee from one corner. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>Starbucks undergoing a giant restructuring right now. I was just

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<v Speaker 1>reading about they got a new CEO who's pairing back

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<v Speaker 1>the menus and cutting staff oh, he laid off how many.

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<v Speaker 3>I don't have the story in front of me.

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<v Speaker 1>He laid off well into four figures worth of folks

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<v Speaker 1>working at their headquarters in Seattle and working remotely. And

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<v Speaker 1>I don't see Congress on the steps of the Capitol

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<v Speaker 1>whining and moaning and crying about those layoffs. I don't

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<v Speaker 1>see the New York timesmoaning what a human tragedy it is.

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<v Speaker 3>The bunch of private sector people got laid off.

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<v Speaker 1>Talking to some Starbucks employee who says, I just moved

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<v Speaker 1>here for this job, right, Former Starbucks employees find a

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<v Speaker 1>difficult labor market.

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<v Speaker 3>You're just not seeing that.

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<v Speaker 1>We actually got into this conversation my son and I

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<v Speaker 1>about somehow. I don't remember how it started. He was

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<v Speaker 1>studying something in franchises and how those work and owner

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<v Speaker 1>operated versus not and all that sort of thing. It's actually,

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<v Speaker 1>i'm an interesting conversation mm hm. And he also told me,

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<v Speaker 1>he said, did you realize Ray Croc sold the thing

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<v Speaker 1>for only a couple of million dollars and it's considered

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<v Speaker 1>the worst business decision in world history.

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<v Speaker 3>That's what my son said. So I don't know. I

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<v Speaker 3>guess he saw that something.

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<v Speaker 1>More arguably sure. Maybe Ray was like, I'm tired of

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<v Speaker 1>flipping burgers. I'm just going to go to my ranch

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<v Speaker 1>and have fun. Any right, lived every day of the

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<v Speaker 1>rest of his life in joy and serenity. I don't know,

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<v Speaker 1>I'm probably not eating McDonald's. We have got to Joe's

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<v Speaker 1>mailbag and a whole bunch of this stuff on the

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<v Speaker 1>way stay here. Yeah, doing the research, I think I

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<v Speaker 1>misunderstood the story that my son was telling me. The

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<v Speaker 1>worst business decision was the McDonald's brother selling to Ray

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<v Speaker 1>kroc Ah And that.

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<v Speaker 3>Was, uh, you know, that was my misunderstanding. But yeah,

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<v Speaker 3>well but they did that.

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<v Speaker 1>That doesn't make any sense though, just because you have

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<v Speaker 1>a Scotsman, just because you have a successful Burger milkshake stand,

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<v Speaker 1>that doesn't mean you could have become the franchise.

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<v Speaker 3>He's genius. Oh right, that's the that's the key. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 3>that's kind of a silly assertion, honestly. Yeah. Yeah, yeah.

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<v Speaker 1>Here's your freedom loving quote of Hey, getting back to

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<v Speaker 1>our series from Theodore Roosevelt. Two two freedom loving quotes

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<v Speaker 1>to the day from Roosevelt Today. Number one, the unforgivable

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<v Speaker 1>crime is soft hitting. Do not hit at all if

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<v Speaker 1>it can be avoided but never hit softly. Interesting Yeah yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>And then this I love this. When they called the

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<v Speaker 1>role in the Senate, the senators do not know whether

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<v Speaker 1>to answer present or not guilty. You tell him, Teddy

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<v Speaker 1>mail Bag, feel freedom to drop us a note. The

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<v Speaker 1>email addresses mail Bag and I'm strong Eddy dot com.

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<v Speaker 1>Jack talking about his desire to buy one of Elon

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<v Speaker 1>Musk's cyber trucks, specifically the Ultra Powerful cyber Beast and

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<v Speaker 1>put a plate on it that says gog absolutely right.

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<v Speaker 1>Got this from Joe Anonymous, so too. My kids are

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<v Speaker 1>home from college for spring break. We drove from the

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<v Speaker 1>Bay Area to Tahoe to ski today, listening to you

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<v Speaker 1>on the way, and we were rolling with laughter listening

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<v Speaker 1>to Jack talking about a cyber truck with the doge

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<v Speaker 1>license plate as we.

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<v Speaker 3>Approached the ski resort. What did we see?

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<v Speaker 1>I kid you, not below photo is not AI altered

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<v Speaker 1>a cyber truck with our Bitcoin one license plate. Wow,

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<v Speaker 1>not exactly the same, but still what are the odds bitcoin?

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<v Speaker 3>Doge coin?

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<v Speaker 1>And of course you need to get your cyber truck

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<v Speaker 1>with the Doge plates and drive it all around your

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<v Speaker 1>college town bike circles every day blasting, Proud to be

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<v Speaker 1>an American and YMCA that makes it in a little

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<v Speaker 1>kid rock too, But your playlist is up to you.

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<v Speaker 3>Thanks to you, Anonymous. That is funny.

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<v Speaker 1>Let's see Jim on the topic of Kamala Harris for

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<v Speaker 1>governor of cal Unicornia, let's stick with it. It includes

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<v Speaker 1>one of my favorite sign offs lately. Kamala is beginning

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<v Speaker 1>to contemplate what needs to be done in terms of

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<v Speaker 1>recognizing the importance of understanding the steps she must to

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<v Speaker 1>seriously consider thinking about running for governor in twenty six

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<v Speaker 1>and expects the passage of time required to unburden what

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<v Speaker 1>that entails to extend until the end of summer. Wow,

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<v Speaker 1>that's pretty good, Kamla. Then he signs off KLTTBBD. Keep

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<v Speaker 1>launching torpedoes of truth, but don't overegg the pudding, Jim.

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<v Speaker 3>We'll try not teach Jim.

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<v Speaker 1>Paolo with a brief note a good sign in the

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<v Speaker 1>transports debate, most people on both signs seem to have

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<v Speaker 1>come down to common sense side of this issue.

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<v Speaker 3>The common sense side that's encouraging. Another encouraging thing.

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<v Speaker 1>To my recollection, everybody involved, at least tacitly acknowledges that

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<v Speaker 1>we're talking about men and women's sports, not trans women

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<v Speaker 1>in women's sports.

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<v Speaker 3>And best of.

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<v Speaker 1>All, no more annoying incantations of trans women are women.

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<v Speaker 1>I was just wearing my hot dogs are Dogs t

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<v Speaker 1>shirt yesterday. Progress indeed, now somebody just needs to tell

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<v Speaker 1>the great majority of Democratic politicians about it. Damn their

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<v Speaker 1>dopes on this issue. Maybe they're soffering from that new

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<v Speaker 1>gen z malady trend overload, and he helpfully included a

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<v Speaker 1>link to an article about trend overload, which we can

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<v Speaker 1>maybe talk about in a little bit. I think it's

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<v Speaker 1>more interesting than it even knows. I'm guessing it's the

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<v Speaker 1>idea that trends come too fast and furious.

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<v Speaker 3>Now you can't keep up with them. You always feel pressure.

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<v Speaker 1>Well yeah, And the greater significance of it, I think,

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<v Speaker 1>is understanding that the rapid fied pleasures of the Internet,

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<v Speaker 1>social media, smartphones, etc.

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<v Speaker 3>Are just it's too much, too much, too much, too

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<v Speaker 3>much among young people. Something has got to change on

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<v Speaker 3>that front, I would agree.

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<v Speaker 1>Side Joe Bob writes a Tale of Two Countries. I

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<v Speaker 1>absolutely love the direction the administration is taking with them

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<v Speaker 1>as but for the life of me, I don't understand

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<v Speaker 1>why they don't see the similarities with Ukraine. In one case,

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<v Speaker 1>terrorist's comebags crossed the border to kill innocent civilians, and

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<v Speaker 1>then the same thing happened in Israel.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, I see your point. I see it much more

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<v Speaker 3>like Bob does than a lot of people do these days.

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<v Speaker 3>But that's fun. Let's continue the debate. Al none of

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<v Speaker 3>us writes.

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<v Speaker 1>On the top of a millionaires and billionaires, the idea

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<v Speaker 1>of limiting those that care about wasteful spending. Yeah, that's

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<v Speaker 1>the great leftist plot, is to narrow the tax base

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<v Speaker 1>and praddle on about how the rich need to pay

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<v Speaker 1>their fair share to the point that they're among the

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<v Speaker 1>actual high taxpayers. There aren't nearly enough votes to defeat

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<v Speaker 1>horrific wasteful spending. It's a specific strategy, and it's been

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<v Speaker 1>pretty successful in every independent study that's ever been done.

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<v Speaker 1>Says the way to make government more efficient and spend

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<v Speaker 1>money more efficiently and more answerable to the people is

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<v Speaker 1>to broaden the tax base.

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<v Speaker 3>But nobody wants to do that anyway.

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<v Speaker 1>He writes, the idea of limiting those that care about

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<v Speaker 1>wasteful spending. Whatever my socialist friends talk about spending I

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<v Speaker 1>asked them if they itemize their tax returns, followed by

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<v Speaker 1>why would you want to pay less in taxes and

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<v Speaker 1>have me pay more? In fact, why don't you donate

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<v Speaker 1>more money to the wonderful government in their efficient projects.

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<v Speaker 1>They no longer bring up the idea of spending end

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<v Speaker 1>or taxes, probably just not to you. Yeah, yeah, this

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<v Speaker 1>is interesting and troubling. Yesterday, John writes, my son witnessed

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<v Speaker 1>an unprovoked attack by a he says homeless person, I

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<v Speaker 1>say transient drug addict on a non binary or trans person,

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<v Speaker 1>a man deluded into think he was a woman in

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<v Speaker 1>San Francisco. It was a brutal beating that could have

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<v Speaker 1>killed the victim, multiple punches to the back of the head.

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<v Speaker 1>The only reason my thun could think of the victim

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<v Speaker 1>wasn't killed is that he didn't fight back or for

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<v Speaker 1>any resistance at all. Haven't seen anything about it in

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<v Speaker 1>the news. If it had been an attack by someone

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<v Speaker 1>in a maga hat would have led the news nationwide

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<v Speaker 1>and even internationally.

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<v Speaker 3>Absolutely.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, And then Angie writes, and we'll get to this

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<v Speaker 1>next hour. This is dovetailing beautifully with our discussion of

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<v Speaker 1>the University of California Berkeley lecture series on the Dreaming

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<v Speaker 1>of Water or whatever the hell all might guard the

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<v Speaker 1>intersectionality of neo colonialism feminist queerness. She sent Long an

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<v Speaker 1>actual published university study that she thought, it's got to

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<v Speaker 1>have been written as a joke by James Lindsay. I

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<v Speaker 1>have dug into it. It may be the crowning glory

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<v Speaker 1>of soft science self mockery.

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<v Speaker 3>Wow, and that's saying something. So that's a good by

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<v Speaker 3>that statement.

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<v Speaker 1>And I was going to go home, and I'm going

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