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That's a lot of cows, brother. Adam Curry. It's Thursday,

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August 27th, 2026. This is your award-winning Get Mar Nation

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Media Assassination, episode 1898. This is No Agenda. This is

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No Agenda. In the morning, Gitmo Nation, this is No

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Agenda, episode 1898, with a special guest here today. Yes,

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part of the ongoing Curry and Friends episodes. We'll be

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speaking to him in just a moment. I'm going to

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give you his name, then you're going to listen to

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a little bit of Just Baker to get into the

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mood. Go ahead and Google him, Matt Long. In the

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morning, Gitmo Nation. morning No more Still refreshing the sub

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Like it's scripture Y'all, y'all hate the A-I-R-R Call it

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torture on the feed Same ones who never miss a

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show Still need that weekly need Adam found Jesus Now

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the commons catch a fever South on Trump Lost the

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edge Buzzkill Left this over But every Sunday Y'all still

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in the comment section Hate listen Harder than the producer

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Drops a donation You just hit the deconstruction Like it's

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your full-time job While the show keeps moving And you

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just keep the sob Hate listen Hate listen Listen, still

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in the morning, refreshing the page While you claim that

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you're boring Yeah, I got you heated, but you can't

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look away Value for value, haters still pay with the

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time Still in the morning Yeah, keep the hate coming.

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Best podcast in the universe. You just proving the point

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in the morning. In the morning. In the morning. even

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like hip-hop Thank you, Just Baker. In the morning, everybody.

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And we say a big in the morning to my

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friend. Not even on the other end, right on the

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other side of the desk, which is brand new for

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me. Never has no agenda been hosted by two people

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in the same room at the same time. Matt Long,

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in the morning to you, my friend. In the morning

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to you. And I'm telling you what, this is a

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real honor to be in here. And I have to

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tell the producers that don't ask me about what the

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studio looks like. Adam made me sign an NDA when

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I came in. And so you could torture me, but

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I'm not giving any details out. So, Matt, I'm trying

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to give a little description of Matt. We only met

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a few years ago. Matt is... Let's see how you

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take this, Matt. Part Willie Nelson, part Hulk Hogan, activist,

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constitutionalist, brother in Christ. He and his wife, Gail, have

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organized every No Agenda Fredericksburg meetup, as far as I

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know. And... Man, it is so good to have you

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here. Matt has a radio show every single day, the

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Matt Long Show. It's also a podcast. And did we

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meet at church? Is that where we met the first

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time, Matt? Yeah, we did. We met at Bridge Church.

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I can't imagine anywhere else because I don't go anywhere

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else but the church and the radio station. That's right.

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And I've been on your radio show a couple times.

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It's on Hill Country Patriot FM, which is one of

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those classic American shows. small town radio stations i mean

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does it reaches kerrville fredericksburg is that kind of it

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gillespie kindle county figure uh draw a circle around kerrville

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about 60 miles yeah and it covers that area we

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have five stations but it's all it's owned by a

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couple uh Sweet little couple that owns all five stations,

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and it really is a – what's the best way

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to describe it? Mom and pop station. Mom and pop

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station held together with bailing wire and duct tape. Matt,

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your studio is literally in a shipping container. It's the

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funniest thing. It's so old school. So – What is

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so interesting about you, I mean, when I met you

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at the church, you know, you were very active. I

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think this was probably around the election, maybe four years

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ago. And, you know, you're like our go to guy

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for all things, local politics, the Constitution. You're just an

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amazing patriot. But you're the kind of patriot. that holds

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conservatives feet to the fire nonstop. I mean, you're like

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a thorn in their side. And I just, I love

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what you do. Well, thank you. And yeah, it is.

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I have more enemies at the Capitol in Austin than

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I have friends. But but yeah, I focus my my

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whole focus is Christian first conservative and then Texas politics.

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And so there's so many people doing national politics, you

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know, Adam and and. I would just be, even if

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those say. And we have a few good Texas people

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that cover Texas politics, but I think I'm the best

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among all those that cover Texas politics. We had a

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vote here and it's two to nothing. But But you're

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like a guy who can stuff. You make jellies for

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everybody. But you have a whole selection. I mean, you

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are – If you wanted a picture, a Norman Rockwell

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picture of an American, you're it, brother. You got your

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truck parked outside. I mean, everything is just so perfect.

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issues with you today. But the one other thing I

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want to mention is that I think it's once a

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year, but maybe multiple times a year for school kids,

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but also at the Capitol. You dress up as Ben

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Franklin. I do. I have been playing a Ben Franklin

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character for about 10 years, and it started out as

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a small project. It was three times every summer for

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a group in Georgetown that puts on Vacation Liberty School.

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a while back when you were talking about Vacation Bible

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School. Yeah. The heathens that listen. to this that have

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no idea what Vacation Bible School is. Well, we do

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Vacation Liberty School, and as part of that program, Ben

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Franklin comes in and talks about charity and what is

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Ben Franklin's beliefs in charity. And then after doing that

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a few years, I started getting invitations from other people.

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gotten a lot of little gigs, and I just love

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it. It's absolutely a blast, and I have to shave

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my beard. My wife, we got married 26 years ago,

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and I hadn't shaved my beard since 1989 or so,

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and so I decided to go all in as Ben.

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I had to get rid of the beard. And so

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I shaved, and I don't think I even told Gail

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ahead of time. And she walked in, and I'm really

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glad she's usually armed. And the good Texas wife is.

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That's right. And so she came in, and I'm glad

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she wasn't armed because she didn't recognize me. Who's this

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stranger in my room? But I've been playing Ben Farnes.

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franklin and it is an absolute treat and i love

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every minute of it and i have to give credit

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to we have a local lady also goes to our

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church her name is cj latta and she started making

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me costumes because i started out ben franklin with a

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halloween costume from amazon and Yeah. And but CJ, I

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now have I mean, I got like six outfits when

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you dress up as Ben. I mean, you're Ben. I

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mean, you look like him. You walk like him. You're

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maybe about the same size that he was. And. We

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had coffee a few, what was it, last week or

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so? And this is really when it popped in my

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mind. Like, man, I'd love to have Matt on the

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show with me. And we're having coffee at Clear River

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here on Main Street. Well, coffee is a big word.

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It was basically a shake that tasted like coffee. And

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you said, hey, man... Can you help me with some

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of your AI agents? And can you download these 15,000

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documents on Ben Franklin from the Yale Library? Are you

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legally in trouble now? No, man. It's for personal use.

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It was for personal use. Because you literally know everything

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about Ben Franklin. I mean, it's amazing. I know a

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lot, but. Definitely not everything there is to know. But,

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yeah, I love – and I don't read books about

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Ben Franklin written by other people. I read his writings

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and his works, and it just gives you – it

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gets me into his head. And then the interesting thing

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is when I get into the costume – it's more

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than i just look like him i'm you become him

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i become him yeah and i guess someone told me

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years ago and i don't have any kind of theater

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background well i have a little bit but they told

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me well you're a character actor and i said well

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i don't know i just get into when i'm in

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costume i'm that person yeah and that even bothers me

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when people address me as matt when i'm in It's

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like, who are you talking about? But, yeah, I've got

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a big event coming up here on September 19th. I'm

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really excited about it. I've got a new presentation. It's

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Liberty in Action, We the People, another grassroots organization, conservative

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grassroots organization here. And they're having a big fundraiser. and

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uh tom homan's gonna be there and uh that's chip

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roy tom homan's the uh dhs guy yeah dhs guy

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i have spent a day with him before he's quite

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a character yeah and um

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We've got a lot of big Texas politicians, Don Huffines.

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Now, wait a minute. Don Huffines... He is currently the

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interim comptroller. Yes. And I think he has to do

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some kind of election. I'm not quite sure why. But

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isn't he the guy that also bought Epstein's Ranch in

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Arizona? Yes, he did. Yes, he did. How's he feeling

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about that? You know, I tried to get an interview.

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I've had him on my program a number of times.

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And after that broke, I called him and I... I

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was never able to arrange anything after that. But, I

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mean, come on. That's what Texans do. You buy ranches.

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cool place. You dig up the dead bodies, you know,

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and then, you know, get some cattle on there. I

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was really surprised at the reaction to that. Oh, everyone

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is a meat-disguised. creepy and you know that's what i

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heard everywhere oh don huffines oh boy he's part of

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it epstein like dude he's like a like a mini

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man Yeah, he is. He's like a petite male, but

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he's super energetic, loves running the money for Texas. And

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he doesn't need money himself. I think he's quite wealthy.

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And I voted for him like, yeah, that's the guy.

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I mean, that's the guy you want running our money.

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But people have no idea. They just go off in

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conspiracy theory land like, well, you know, some guy from

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Texas. Texas bought it and it's no good and he's

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covering everything up like yeah I don't think so and

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you know I know Don and his wife real well

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he has a twin brother really yes he does he

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has a twin brother and you can tell them apart

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but boy they look awfully a lot alike and they

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come from the Huffines family up in Dallas people get

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real concerned that is at the Huffines out of Houston.

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And so you got to be real careful. They're the

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Dallas Huffines. Okay. And yeah, their father made a bunch

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of money. Let me guess. Oil? Just guessing. You know,

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cars, I think. Oh, really? I think he was an

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auto dealer or is. I'm not sure where they got

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it all, but I'm sure there was some oil in

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there somewhere. Yeah. Yeah. So whenever there's elections, you're the

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guy. You talk about the elections. You do registration drives

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at the church. And something happened this week with the

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Supreme Court. I'm sure you're up to speed on it.

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I got a clip here, and this is about the

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mail-in ballots, and this is really interesting. The U.S. Supreme

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Court issued an emergency order yesterday that allows the Trump

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administration to move forward for now with plans to restrict

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mail-in voting ahead of the midterm elections. It's a ruling

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opponents say would bring chaos to the election process only

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days before ballots in some states are mailed out. Our

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White House correspondent, Liz Landers, has more. The ruling allows

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the administration to proceed with an executive order President Trump

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signed in March directing the U.S. Postal Service to determine

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which voters should receive mail-in ballots. It also directs the

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Department of Homeland Security to build a database of U.S.

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citizens who are eligible to vote. There are a lot

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of moving parts, and here to help explain it all

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is Steve Vladek. He's a constitutionalist. constitutional law professor at

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Georgetown University Law Center. Steve, thank you for joining the

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program this evening. Thanks for having me. So there are

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two lawsuits that are challenging the president's executive order about

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mail-in ballots. The Supreme Court decision yesterday had to do

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with a group of states that sued, while the other

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case that was brought by the League of Women Voters.

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What did the Supreme Court's ruling tell the states? Yeah,

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so the Supreme Court's ruling only applied Liz to the

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state's lawsuit and it only said that the states had

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sued too early because they brought their lawsuit before the

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US Postal Service issued their final rule, which of course

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they did last Friday. So it was, I think, a

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win for President Trump, but a very time limited one.

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It didn't say anything about whether the under underlying executive

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order is lawful. It didn't say anything about whether the

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new Postal Service rule is lawful. That issue is now

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going to be litigated probably pretty quickly in both of

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the cases that are back before Judge Talwani in Boston.

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Now, have you followed this case at all, Matt? I

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have been. Yeah, absolutely. And I don't think it's going

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to have much effect on Texas because we have pretty

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strict mail-in ballot rules. But I know, like my friends

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out in the West Coast, Everybody gets a ballot in

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their mail. Everybody, no matter who you are. There's just

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like stacks of them out there. And there's got to

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be something in between there. I have voted by mail

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before living overseas and so have done that. In fact,

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one presidential election, it must have been 90 years. 88

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or 90. We got the ballots on the day that

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the results were released. In other words, we got our

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ballots from the embassy on Wednesday after the election. No

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way. And I'm sitting around with all my American friends,

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and they're like, well, why bother? And I said, oh,

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hell no. We're going to. You're going to. We're going

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to fill these all out. We're going to send them

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in. We're going to make them do their work. work,

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and so we did that. But mail-in ballots, I think,

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are probably the most important. easiest way to steal an

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election and to get dishonest results. And I think we're

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maybe even thinking about tightening up. Well, we did get

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a notice recently from the Secretary of States about mail-in

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ballots. They really need to have a postmark on them.

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What happens in a your ballot at the post office

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and they'll just take it from the inbox and put

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it into or take it the outbox and put it

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into the inbox and they don't even stamp it and

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uh i have a problem with that and so the

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secretary of state this year issued a thing saying all

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right y'all got to pay more attention to the uh

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postmarks on that but yeah i think uh the west

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coast and a couple of other states that we've got

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got to do something about the mail-in ballots so what's

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interesting about this supreme court case because of course rob

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the constitutional lawyer do you know rob carty i've met

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him at a at a meetup one of the great

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meetups in fredericksburg fantastic meetups yeah he's with suits and

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boots if you got hit by a truck call rob

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there you go he'll get you the most money ever

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um he says The reason why the Supreme Court wrote

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this opinion is because they didn't lose on the merit

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of the case. This was purely for standing. In other

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words, because the states hadn't been hurt. Nothing has happened

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to them. So they just jumped the gun, and Rob

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thinks that they won't even be able to bring anything

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back to the Supreme Court until after the election. Which

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is interesting. So this seems like one of the most

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phenomenal pieces of lawfare done by Republicans for once because

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it's always the Democrats who have all the lawfare on

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their side. And I think this clip explains… exactly what

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the executive order does. Okay, so let's talk about that

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executive order. There's another part of President Trump's EO that

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bars the Postal Service from delivering ballots to people who

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are not on federal lists of eligible voters. And it

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also will direct the Homeland Security Department to create a

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list of US citizens who are eligible to vote. How

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are these actions affected by the ruling yesterday? So for

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now, they're not. I mean, the most important thing that

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folks should know is that the status quo, which is

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the executive order is not in effect and the USPS

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rule is not in effect, is still the status quo.

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All the Supreme Court did yesterday was pause one of

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the two injunctions against the executive order. executive order. There's

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still a second injunction blocking the executive order from going

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into effect. And Liz, the rule itself says it can't

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go into effect until that injunction, too, is no longer

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in effect. So we really are not at the end

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of the story. We're really more in the middle of

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the story where there's going to be more litigation and

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where it's possible that these people are going to be

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in effect. These questions are back in the Supreme Court,

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perhaps by this time next week. So the way it's

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going to work is the Postal Service will only send

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out will only send on, I guess, mail mail in

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ballots to people who are on their list. Hmm. And

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I think what all of these people forget – wasn't

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Benjamin Franklin who started the post office? Why do I

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think that? He was the first postmaster general under the

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British. We were still the colonies. It was 20 years

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before freedom and before our liberty, and he was, yeah,

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the postmaster general. But it's like postmaster general is because

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– This was like the military in a way, right?

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The U.S. Post Office is a constitutional thing. I think

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they may actually have the power to do this. I

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think they do. I think they do. And it's going

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to be phenomenal because if they don't send ballots to

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people who they don't deem as, hey, you're not on

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the list, then – it just won't happen and that's

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always been the problem and so all these states are

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crying like well you can't do that well yeah why

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don't you then don't use the post office yeah go

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and go and deliver it so here's the the attorney

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general of arizona because of course you know the and

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by the way Mail-in ballot scam has been used by

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Democrats and Republicans alike. This is not like a new

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thing. This is – I think Florida probably has won

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more elections with sketchy mail-in ballots than any state in

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the union. But they've come up with some wording to

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make sure everybody knows that this is not going to

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work. It's horrible. It's a bad thing. We have to

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fight this. this. We will fight this. The good news

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is basically the because the Postal Service rulemaking is now

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in effect and is ripe, we can go to court

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and challenge it. So, you know, look for that very,

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very soon because, you know, this is ridiculous. It's outrageous.

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It's unconstitutional. Right. Elections are run by states. And this

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is what I love. Yeah. You're still running your election.

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Just you can't send it through the post office and

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have it delivered in

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Unless the people are on the list. I'm just wondering

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if it's been years since we've had any episodes of

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going postal. Yeah, what happened to that? People just stopped

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going postal. I think now they're just going pregnant mom.

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I don't know what that is. That's a good point.

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What happened to those dudes going postal? I don't know.

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Maybe they got a raise. And what they are trying

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to do is undermine the right of people in this

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country to vote. And they're trying to make it harder

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for our veterans. Oh, there it is. People in rural

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Arizona to vote. And we're going to fight that. You

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know, obviously... As you point out, elections in America are

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run by states. It's a federalist country. But one thing

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you said there really stands out, Attorney General. First time

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I hear someone on a liberal station call it a

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federalist country. What happened to your democracy? Yeah, no kidding.

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Are run by states. It's a federalist country. But one

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thing you said there really stands out, Attorney General. You

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said 80 to 90 percent of voters in Arizona cast

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their ballots by mail. OK, as in that's the norm.

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That's how everybody does it. So can you just play

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the hypothetical with me? If this went ahead, OK, and

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you're 44 days out from everything starting in early October

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and you had to comply, OK? Would you even be

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able to run an election? What would you do? I

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mean, I think it's a great question. There's no such

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thing. It's a great question. It would cause absolute and

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total chaos. Chaos! Because the people of my state are

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literally going to be waiting by their mailbox, waiting for

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that – ballot to arrive and their expectation is that

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it'll arrive and they'll fill it out and they'll put

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it in the mail or they'll put it in a

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drop box and that'll be that. That's how we vote.

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It's how we have voted in Arizona since 1992. And

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interestingly enough, it was pioneered here by Republicans. Yeah, exactly.

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That's why it's stop altogether. Is this... When did this

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really start? I mean, I voted by absentia is what

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it was called when I was in Europe. And you

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would get an absentee ballot because you're out of the

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country. Was it really just COVID that accelerated that? Or

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is she right that Arizona has been doing this forever?

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I really don't know. I think a lot of these

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mail-in places were way before COVID. I'm pretty sure Oregon

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was before COVID. Yeah. And it's this movement of, well,

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it just makes it easy to vote. And I'm not

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sure if voting should be that easy. I think it

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should. My opinion is we need to have a national

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holiday. All vote on one day. All go in. I'm

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with you on that. And if you are disabled, differently

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abled, or if you're overseas, which both Adam and I

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and many in my family have experienced that being overseas,

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but we still want to participate. There are some legitimate

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reasons, and that is where Texas is right now. But

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if you're over 65, I think all you have to

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do is ask for it. Right. Oh, really? Yeah, it

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is now. I've got an age on it in Texas.

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So, yeah, if you're over 65 or a certain age,

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you just tell them you're old and you can't go

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in. Oh, we should bring that up to parity with

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Social Security, man. That should be 67. Is that where

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we're at now? That's where we're at, 67. Oh, man,

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I've got six more years to go. I can't stand

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it. Bless your heart. Here's ABC breaking down the ruling.

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This odd situation. where we're defending the law against The

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federal government. I'm sorry, that's not the one. This is

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the one with them breaking it down. Andrew, this was

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a six to three decision by the Supreme Court with

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the conservative justices voting in President Trump's favor to allow

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him now to begin to implement some key portions of

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that March 2026 executive order that imposed some new regulations

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around military. mail-in voting in the United States just now

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ahead of the November elections. This was an executive order

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that was challenged by a coalition of Democratic-led states, in

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their view, as an unconstitutional infringement of how elections are

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administered. But the Supreme Court, in its decision today, said

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that the executive order actually hasn't had any bite yet.

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It hasn't harmed any of the states just yet. And

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therefore, the president should be able to continue with his

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policies as he sees fit. What are those policies? The

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president, with his executive order, is now going to be

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allowed to direct the Department of Homeland Security to compile

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a citizenship list, a federal citizenship list. and to distribute

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it to the states, to also then direct the attorney

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general to prosecute any state and any state official that

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would happen to give a mail-in ballot to someone who

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is not on those citizenship lists, and to work with

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the U.S. Postal Service to come up with new standardized

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regulations for mail-in ballots. How do we feel about that,

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Matt, about the government making a list of anything? Yeah,

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I guess when it comes to voting, I don't have

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a problem with that. I think there should be a

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database. Every state has a database. I know the Constitution

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says that the method or the means of the election

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is up to the states, and so I see that

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where they're coming from, the constitutional yet. But what struck

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me on this were the two things they. brought up

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one was who had standing yeah and the other one

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that he just mentioned was nothing's happened yet and so

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can you sue somebody for something you think they might

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do i mean i've got a neighbor you know that

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might do something in my you know throw his trash

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over my fence yeah do do can i go to

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the house and then i'm going to the house and

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then i'm going to the house and then ahead and

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sue him now for something he might do in new

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york get it in new york maybe i don't know

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there you go i get it but you know we

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tried that uh recently and it was actually successful and

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that was here locally where they're trying to stop the

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solar farm north of town right and one of the

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arguments from that company was we haven't done anything yet

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how can you as for something where thinking about it.

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We haven't even done yet. What happened to that? You

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know, the judge sided with the plaintiffs. Man, I'm learning

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legal language. Careful, Matt. This is going to ruin your

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rep, man. That's right. The judge sided with the plaintiffs,

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and I think there's a hold on it right now.

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I do not know all the details on it, but

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I think the good guys came out on top. Yeah,

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and I think the real concern there was not so

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much the solar farm, but the big battery, the best,

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00:26:52,993 --> 00:26:57,183
the big electrical storage. Battery energy storage. Oh, there you

473
00:26:57,183 --> 00:26:59,083
go. Thank you. But they changed the name, so we

474
00:26:59,083 --> 00:27:01,173
don't have to worry about it anymore. Oh, it's not

475
00:27:01,173 --> 00:27:03,643
called BESS anymore? No, it's not called BESS. And don't

476
00:27:03,643 --> 00:27:05,983
ask me what the new name is. The Thing. The

477
00:27:05,983 --> 00:27:10,483
Thing. Here's the... details about DHS. The Supreme Court did.

478
00:27:10,623 --> 00:27:15,583
Is it temporarily allowed... Trump's executive order severely restricting mail

479
00:27:15,583 --> 00:27:18,173
voting to go into effect. It said it was too

480
00:27:18,173 --> 00:27:21,573
early for states to challenge this. And this leads to

481
00:27:21,573 --> 00:27:25,373
a lot of uncertainty going into the midterms because the

482
00:27:25,373 --> 00:27:29,873
Trump executive order would radically restrict vote by mail. It

483
00:27:29,873 --> 00:27:33,193
would instruct the Department of Homeland Security to create lists

484
00:27:33,193 --> 00:27:36,183
of voters. that deem citizens, these lists are likely to

485
00:27:36,183 --> 00:27:39,313
be highly inaccurate based on the fact that the Department

486
00:27:39,313 --> 00:27:42,553
of Homeland Security has already made. You're making faces at

487
00:27:42,553 --> 00:27:45,983
me. I'm wondering why they're going to be highly inaccurate.

488
00:27:46,623 --> 00:27:50,863
Based on what? What? Based on democracy now, of course.

489
00:27:51,183 --> 00:27:54,183
They know what they're talking about. Are you kidding me?

490
00:27:54,343 --> 00:27:57,123
To create lists of voters that deem citizens, these lists

491
00:27:57,123 --> 00:27:59,843
are likely to be highly inaccurate based on the fact

492
00:27:59,843 --> 00:28:02,993
that the Department of Homeland Security has already made these

493
00:28:02,993 --> 00:28:06,053
egregious claims of voter fraud that have turned out not

494
00:28:06,053 --> 00:28:09,353
to be true. I don't remember the Department of Homeland

495
00:28:09,353 --> 00:28:13,773
Security making... claims of voter fraud who know maybe todd

496
00:28:13,773 --> 00:28:17,343
or uh holman maybe holman said something i don't know

497
00:28:17,343 --> 00:28:20,573
oh holman's got loose lips man he does shoot off

498
00:28:20,573 --> 00:28:23,783
all the time and says stuff not that he cares

499
00:28:23,783 --> 00:28:26,023
but he does say stuff And then it says that

500
00:28:26,023 --> 00:28:29,223
the Postal Service can only deliver mail ballots based on

501
00:28:29,223 --> 00:28:32,503
these DHA's lists. And moreover, it will only deliver mail

502
00:28:32,503 --> 00:28:35,483
ballots in states that hand over their voter rolls, which

503
00:28:35,483 --> 00:28:38,873
includes sensitive personal information to the federal government. This is

504
00:28:38,873 --> 00:28:42,603
essentially a form of extortion. The Department of Foreign Security

505
00:28:42,603 --> 00:28:45,233
is trying to create these new lists. of voters in

506
00:28:45,233 --> 00:28:47,594
each state that it claims are citizens. The problem is

507
00:28:47,594 --> 00:28:50,203
that that's not the job of DHS. They don't have

508
00:28:50,203 --> 00:28:54,083
this information. It's not their constitutional role. They've also made

509
00:28:54,083 --> 00:28:57,153
these ludicrous claims of voter fraud. For example, they claim

510
00:28:57,153 --> 00:29:01,923
that 15,000 people, non-citizens, were registered to vote in Nevada.

511
00:29:01,923 --> 00:29:04,683
When a closer look was taken at that data, it

512
00:29:04,683 --> 00:29:08,663
turned out 185 non-citizens were registered. Oh, that's okay. It's

513
00:29:08,663 --> 00:29:12,823
just 185. It's never wide scale, and it's never large.

514
00:29:12,823 --> 00:29:14,903
It's all just little bits and bobs here and there.

515
00:29:14,903 --> 00:29:18,933
So they had dramatically overstated the number of non-citizen voting,

516
00:29:18,933 --> 00:29:22,303
and that's the fear here, is that if voters... voting

517
00:29:22,303 --> 00:29:25,303
proceeds based on these DHS lists. It's going to be

518
00:29:25,303 --> 00:29:28,263
inaccurate. It's going to be unconstitutional. And a lot of

519
00:29:28,263 --> 00:29:33,163
legit... I don't see the unconstitutional angle at all. Yeah,

520
00:29:33,163 --> 00:29:36,773
if they pull up that manner of elections being up

521
00:29:36,773 --> 00:29:39,703
to the states, and I don't have the exact language,

522
00:29:39,703 --> 00:29:42,153
but that is in the Constitution. Right, but they can

523
00:29:42,153 --> 00:29:44,523
still hold their election. It's just you can't use the

524
00:29:44,523 --> 00:29:47,423
U.S. Postal Service without them being on the list. And

525
00:29:47,423 --> 00:29:52,193
otherwise, go to Congress. uh, higher FedEx. Yeah, there you

526
00:29:52,193 --> 00:29:55,823
go. DHS lists. It's going to be inaccurate. It's going

527
00:29:55,823 --> 00:29:59,623
to be unconstitutional. And a lot of legitimate American voters

528
00:29:59,623 --> 00:29:59,923
will,

529
00:30:00,049 --> 00:30:03,579
are going to be wrongly labeled as non-citizens and unable

530
00:30:03,579 --> 00:30:08,240
to vote, either based on shoddy data or an intentional

531
00:30:08,240 --> 00:30:11,279
attempt by the trump administration to prevent people from there

532
00:30:11,279 --> 00:30:13,329
it is there it is oh yes of course this

533
00:30:13,329 --> 00:30:15,890
is how trump is going to steal the election you

534
00:30:15,890 --> 00:30:18,670
watch there's going to be a a j6 or left

535
00:30:18,670 --> 00:30:23,349
uh insurrection you just watch election deniers election deniers here's

536
00:30:23,349 --> 00:30:25,950
here's my favorite though we'll wrap this one up with

537
00:30:25,950 --> 00:30:28,130
leticia james of course She is the AG in New

538
00:30:28,130 --> 00:30:31,099
York. What does this mean? It comes right after you

539
00:30:31,099 --> 00:30:33,480
and a group of attorneys general filed a new lawsuit

540
00:30:33,480 --> 00:30:37,049
to block the Postal Service rule from taking effect. It's

541
00:30:37,049 --> 00:30:40,309
not. clear you'll get any relief until as early as

542
00:30:40,309 --> 00:30:43,660
next week. So what happens between now and then? So

543
00:30:43,660 --> 00:30:47,420
I and my Democratic attorneys general will continue to challenge

544
00:30:47,420 --> 00:30:50,700
this rule because this rule will create nothing but chaos

545
00:30:50,700 --> 00:30:54,519
and confusion. Chaos and confusion. Mark it down. That's that's

546
00:30:54,519 --> 00:30:57,000
going to be the the term of the day. Chaos

547
00:30:57,000 --> 00:31:00,789
and confusion. Who doesn't love some good alliteration. In the

548
00:31:00,789 --> 00:31:03,730
state of North Carolina, in less than 11 days, they

549
00:31:03,730 --> 00:31:07,920
will mail out a ballot to individuals who are in

550
00:31:07,920 --> 00:31:11,630
armed forces as well as to citizens in these United

551
00:31:11,630 --> 00:31:15,619
States. And it's critically important that individuals understand that the

552
00:31:15,619 --> 00:31:18,619
only reason why this rule was created is because individuals,

553
00:31:19,160 --> 00:31:22,059
particularly those in the White House believe that they cannot

554
00:31:22,059 --> 00:31:24,670
run on their record and therefore they have to steal

555
00:31:24,670 --> 00:31:26,940
this election. This is nothing more than an attempt to

556
00:31:26,940 --> 00:31:29,460
suppress the right to vote. And I and my Democratic

557
00:31:29,460 --> 00:31:32,230
colleagues will fight this all the way to the United

558
00:31:32,230 --> 00:31:35,750
States Supreme Court. Let's be clear. The United States Postal

559
00:31:35,750 --> 00:31:39,259
Service and the president of these United States does not

560
00:31:39,259 --> 00:31:44,039
have jurisdiction over the elections. it's states and it's in

561
00:31:44,039 --> 00:31:47,720
the constitution and that's why it's critically important that individuals

562
00:31:47,720 --> 00:31:51,319
understand that states have the power and the duty and

563
00:31:51,319 --> 00:31:56,279
the responsibility to administer elections not the president and definitely

564
00:31:56,279 --> 00:31:59,079
not the postal system there you go that's can i

565
00:31:59,079 --> 00:32:02,519
add one more thing to this please the list they're

566
00:32:02,519 --> 00:32:06,779
talking about about these highly inaccurate lists. Every single state

567
00:32:06,779 --> 00:32:10,579
keeps a list of registered voters. In fact, in Texas,

568
00:32:10,579 --> 00:32:14,839
I can ask for that list and get it, and

569
00:32:14,839 --> 00:32:17,950
it's not that big a deal. And so that list

570
00:32:17,950 --> 00:32:23,230
would just be a matter of 50 different states sending

571
00:32:23,230 --> 00:32:26,700
a zip file on off to DC, put it in

572
00:32:26,700 --> 00:32:29,630
a drop box and say, these are all our registered

573
00:32:29,630 --> 00:32:33,470
voters. It's not like they're going to have to create

574
00:32:33,470 --> 00:32:37,789
something new or spend years getting it all together. Just

575
00:32:37,789 --> 00:32:40,079
send them the list. And then I guess what DHS

576
00:32:40,079 --> 00:32:42,309
is going to do, I guess they have the list

577
00:32:42,309 --> 00:32:46,089
of who has who has citizenship. I would presume somebody

578
00:32:46,089 --> 00:32:48,610
has a list of that somewhere or at least I

579
00:32:48,610 --> 00:32:51,110
mean, I don't know. Yeah. Is there a list of

580
00:32:51,110 --> 00:32:54,990
that? I presume so. Bound to be. Yeah, especially if

581
00:32:54,990 --> 00:32:59,079
they're naturalized. If they've been naturalized citizens, they've come in

582
00:32:59,079 --> 00:33:02,250
and, you know, taken the courses and answered, passed the

583
00:33:02,250 --> 00:33:05,539
test and gotten sworn in. Those people's names are on

584
00:33:05,539 --> 00:33:08,099
a list. Yeah. So they're going to do a little

585
00:33:08,099 --> 00:33:10,519
a little diff, a little A, B, and then that's

586
00:33:10,519 --> 00:33:12,329
it. You're on the list. You're good to go. But

587
00:33:12,329 --> 00:33:14,980
this is how they're going to steal the election. Of

588
00:33:14,980 --> 00:33:19,400
course. Of course. So there was something else. This president.

589
00:33:19,450 --> 00:33:21,660
I'm going to miss him just for all his wackiness

590
00:33:21,660 --> 00:33:24,279
and for the crazy stuff he does. And people don't

591
00:33:24,279 --> 00:33:27,069
realize that, you know, there's so much hate. Yeah, he's

592
00:33:27,069 --> 00:33:31,039
not acting presidential. This is something that, you know, I

593
00:33:31,039 --> 00:33:33,680
think you and I both know a lot about when

594
00:33:33,680 --> 00:33:36,549
it comes to ranchers. We have a lot of friends

595
00:33:36,549 --> 00:33:40,389
who are ranchers, you know, the. Texas is ranching. You

596
00:33:40,389 --> 00:33:43,250
know, Texas has fed the country, the entire country in

597
00:33:43,250 --> 00:33:46,309
the past. So this is the beef deal that the

598
00:33:46,309 --> 00:33:50,329
president announced. I'll play a little backgrounder here. Let's turn

599
00:33:50,329 --> 00:33:53,240
to Washington now. A new push by the Trump administration

600
00:33:53,240 --> 00:33:56,089
to curb inflation at the grocery store by lowering beef

601
00:33:56,089 --> 00:33:58,980
prices. Eamon Jabberts joins us. He has the story for

602
00:33:58,980 --> 00:34:01,720
us. Eamon. Yeah, good morning. David, President Trump is turning

603
00:34:01,720 --> 00:34:05,480
his attention to rising costs for voters today, announcing what

604
00:34:05,480 --> 00:34:08,670
he calls a deal to substantially lower the price of

605
00:34:08,670 --> 00:34:12,349
ground beef for working American families. The president said on

606
00:34:12,349 --> 00:34:15,909
social media that the U.S. will allow up to 300,000

607
00:34:15,909 --> 00:34:18,920
metric tons of product for ground beef to be imported.

608
00:34:18,980 --> 00:34:22,579
By the way, 300,000 tons of ground beef. Do you

609
00:34:22,579 --> 00:34:25,360
know how many cattle that is? I don't know. It's

610
00:34:25,360 --> 00:34:29,159
over a million head. Over a million cows. - That's

611
00:34:29,159 --> 00:34:32,679
a lot of cows, brother. I'm not quite sure where

612
00:34:32,679 --> 00:34:35,210
that's coming from. And that's the point. - With no

613
00:34:35,210 --> 00:34:37,889
out of quota tariff, And he said that we have

614
00:34:37,889 --> 00:34:40,960
a commitment that this beef will be sold at 25

615
00:34:40,960 --> 00:34:45,010
percent below current market prices. But all this presents something

616
00:34:45,010 --> 00:34:48,170
of a mystery here, guys. In his social media post,

617
00:34:48,170 --> 00:34:51,489
the president didn't say who he had concluded this deal

618
00:34:51,489 --> 00:34:54,559
with. And he did not specify who exactly had made

619
00:34:54,559 --> 00:34:57,949
a commitment to sell that below market beef. Now, CNBC

620
00:34:57,949 --> 00:35:00,070
has reached out to the White House with questions about

621
00:35:00,070 --> 00:35:03,139
this. We've gotten no response so far. And we are

622
00:35:03,139 --> 00:35:06,199
contacting the major beef importers to see if any of

623
00:35:06,199 --> 00:35:09,690
those companies were will confirm that they are party to

624
00:35:09,690 --> 00:35:11,829
an agreement with the White House. We'll let you know

625
00:35:11,829 --> 00:35:14,590
if we get any more information, guys. But overall, this

626
00:35:14,590 --> 00:35:18,820
really symbolizes the president's concern going into those midterm elections

627
00:35:18,820 --> 00:35:22,400
that prices are still too high for consumers. Yeah. This,

628
00:35:22,400 --> 00:35:26,429
of course, is about the so-called affordability crisis. Now, what

629
00:35:26,429 --> 00:35:29,720
happens when the president makes an announcement like this? The

630
00:35:29,720 --> 00:35:33,340
price of beef dropped immediately. I mean, the cattle futures

631
00:35:33,340 --> 00:35:36,860
drop, everything drops. And so people are waiting for the

632
00:35:36,860 --> 00:35:40,860
other shoe to drop. And I was kind of... Stunned

633
00:35:40,860 --> 00:35:44,079
by the thing that was CNBC saying, well, we can

634
00:35:44,079 --> 00:35:47,940
actually find who this deal is with. Some people said

635
00:35:47,940 --> 00:35:51,679
Argentina. I saw memes everywhere like we're going to get

636
00:35:51,679 --> 00:35:55,769
poisoned beef from Argentina. The president's going to kill us

637
00:35:55,769 --> 00:35:58,489
with this subpar beef. And then I get a boots

638
00:35:58,489 --> 00:36:01,510
on the ground from a no agenda rancher, not just

639
00:36:01,510 --> 00:36:06,179
any rancher, a regenerative zoomer rancher. And he sent in

640
00:36:06,179 --> 00:36:10,050
an audio report. Hey, Adam, this is the anonymous rancher

641
00:36:10,050 --> 00:36:14,699
from Northwest River, picture Woodgate. Quick, down a report. Boots

642
00:36:14,699 --> 00:36:17,760
on the ground. Just keep in mind that I have

643
00:36:17,760 --> 00:36:23,760
actually a Zoomer, so apparently after Trump's announcement, I kind

644
00:36:23,760 --> 00:36:27,389
of took it in no agenda vein that Trump likes

645
00:36:27,389 --> 00:36:30,840
to put stuff on social media and let it ruminate

646
00:36:30,840 --> 00:36:34,029
and see what happens. You know, he didn't actually do

647
00:36:34,029 --> 00:36:37,170
anything as far as I know to purchase the... The

648
00:36:37,170 --> 00:36:40,500
beef, but he did truth it from what I've heard.

649
00:36:41,340 --> 00:36:44,380
And that's just dropped the market along with the class

650
00:36:44,380 --> 00:36:48,170
closing. I take a different point of view than most

651
00:36:48,170 --> 00:36:52,369
people. I am regenerative. We've been taking these last couple

652
00:36:52,369 --> 00:36:54,940
of years to switch our dirt around, to get it

653
00:36:54,940 --> 00:36:59,970
ready to be operating low cost. Even after the markets

654
00:36:59,970 --> 00:37:03,630
have turned down, the cattle market's been high a year

655
00:37:03,630 --> 00:37:06,570
longer than it should have been. Usually the cattle market

656
00:37:06,570 --> 00:37:10,190
runs on 11-year cycles, give or take. So we've been,

657
00:37:10,190 --> 00:37:13,159
I think we're year 12 of a high market. So

658
00:37:13,159 --> 00:37:17,159
we should have crashed already based on just market fluctuations.

659
00:37:17,739 --> 00:37:20,090
See, I didn't know that. I didn't know there was

660
00:37:20,090 --> 00:37:22,869
an 11-year cycle to the cattle market. you know i

661
00:37:22,869 --> 00:37:25,570
think and i'm thinking we're seeing this a lot these

662
00:37:25,570 --> 00:37:30,139
days people not understanding the cycle of of different things

663
00:37:30,139 --> 00:37:34,840
like that the uh the economic cycle and how drought

664
00:37:34,840 --> 00:37:38,099
might affect the cattle crops and so the the cattle

665
00:37:38,099 --> 00:37:40,550
and so the price goes up this year and oh

666
00:37:40,550 --> 00:37:43,579
my goodness and then but then things uh there is

667
00:37:43,579 --> 00:37:48,199
a natural cycle to these things and interfering with it

668
00:37:48,199 --> 00:37:50,970
is a is is a no-no it's against nature it

669
00:37:50,970 --> 00:37:54,559
is it is yo dude self-meddling when they so our

670
00:37:54,559 --> 00:37:59,039
anonymous zoomer rancher goes on because you know i've talked

671
00:37:59,039 --> 00:38:02,380
about the commodity cowboys these are the people who really

672
00:38:02,380 --> 00:38:05,809
they're not like coal at KNC. They're not like this

673
00:38:05,809 --> 00:38:10,210
rancher, regenerative, feeding their local community. And you don't have

674
00:38:10,210 --> 00:38:12,730
to bring your cattle to one of the big three

675
00:38:12,730 --> 00:38:16,889
processors. In fact, coal is doing quite well. I mean,

676
00:38:16,889 --> 00:38:20,320
he's successful. He's not going to be a billionaire, but

677
00:38:20,320 --> 00:38:23,289
he doesn't care. He wants to do this. He loves

678
00:38:23,289 --> 00:38:26,760
what he does. And You got these commodity cowboys. who

679
00:38:26,760 --> 00:38:30,150
just, you know, they stuff their cow with $1,100 worth

680
00:38:30,150 --> 00:38:32,840
of Cheerios, and I'm not kidding, I've talked to Texas

681
00:38:32,840 --> 00:38:35,429
Slim. When they go to the stockyard, they feed them

682
00:38:35,429 --> 00:38:37,559
Cheerios to fatten them up and get them to the

683
00:38:37,559 --> 00:38:41,420
right weight and everything. So that's not your grass-fed, grain

684
00:38:41,420 --> 00:38:46,000
finish. No, that's Cheerio cows. And they're just concerned about

685
00:38:46,000 --> 00:38:48,320
what they put in and what they get out. They

686
00:38:48,320 --> 00:38:50,519
take it off to JBS and one of these other

687
00:38:50,519 --> 00:38:54,519
guys, which is cartel. And I think that they're actually

688
00:38:54,519 --> 00:38:58,699
working on breaking up some stuff with those guys because

689
00:38:58,699 --> 00:39:01,309
they're not even American companies. They're owned by Brazil and

690
00:39:01,309 --> 00:39:05,000
by China. And so our anonymous Zoomer Rancher says something

691
00:39:05,000 --> 00:39:09,440
about that here. Cattle people are… uh commodity cowboys that's

692
00:39:09,440 --> 00:39:12,050
that's true a lot of them you know they sit

693
00:39:12,050 --> 00:39:14,650
and they watch the market report on tv and you

694
00:39:14,650 --> 00:39:18,199
know they can go and complain to everybody else about

695
00:39:18,199 --> 00:39:22,110
the the markets and the weather and the government the

696
00:39:22,110 --> 00:39:25,480
three things you can't uh change whereas you know us

697
00:39:25,480 --> 00:39:30,860
regenerative sell-by Find it, people. We're going to focus on

698
00:39:30,860 --> 00:39:33,119
what we can change, and we're going to make a

699
00:39:33,119 --> 00:39:37,000
profit while doing it. The only... Limit to your success

700
00:39:37,000 --> 00:39:40,420
is the creativity of your mind. Yeah, exactly. Be creative.

701
00:39:40,519 --> 00:39:43,559
That's what an American does. You get creative. And he

702
00:39:43,559 --> 00:39:46,860
has some issues. It's not easy, but he's ready for

703
00:39:46,860 --> 00:39:50,699
the challenge. I'm young. I'm not even 30 yet. Bam.

704
00:39:50,980 --> 00:39:53,840
And I see nothing but opportunities in my future. That's

705
00:39:53,840 --> 00:39:55,539
what I love. I see a lot of guys that

706
00:39:55,539 --> 00:39:59,550
are fixing to retire. And... Boy, you give us some

707
00:39:59,550 --> 00:39:59,980
time and...

708
00:40:00,711 --> 00:40:02,571
you know we i don't know if we're going to

709
00:40:02,571 --> 00:40:04,901
be owning a whole lot of land but you know

710
00:40:04,901 --> 00:40:08,211
if we could keep our landowners happy i can see

711
00:40:08,211 --> 00:40:10,731
us releasing as much ground as we can get a

712
00:40:10,731 --> 00:40:12,241
hold of because there's not a whole lot of us

713
00:40:12,241 --> 00:40:15,781
young guys wanting to come back yet now the labor

714
00:40:15,781 --> 00:40:18,231
part that's going to be tough we use a lot

715
00:40:18,231 --> 00:40:21,591
of h2a labor from south africa and uh Different culture.

716
00:40:21,591 --> 00:40:25,021
It's hard to keep those guys from wrecking equipment and

717
00:40:25,021 --> 00:40:28,071
everything around them, but it's all just a learning curve.

718
00:40:28,791 --> 00:40:30,981
Sky's the limit when it comes to ranching, if you

719
00:40:30,981 --> 00:40:34,401
ask me. But Otivus Rancher, out. All right. See, I

720
00:40:34,401 --> 00:40:36,701
love that guy. So can I ask you a technical

721
00:40:36,701 --> 00:40:41,181
question? Yeah. Did you run that through like Enhance? Adobe,

722
00:40:41,181 --> 00:40:44,231
yeah. Enhance. All right. I could tell the little signs

723
00:40:44,231 --> 00:40:47,821
of it. Yeah. It was really noisy, his audio, and

724
00:40:47,821 --> 00:40:51,011
I tried to clean up as best as possible. Yeah.

725
00:40:51,091 --> 00:40:54,271
He's a rancher. I can't feed a cow. By the

726
00:40:54,271 --> 00:40:57,361
way, I don't think it's Honey Nut Cheerios, someone asked

727
00:40:57,361 --> 00:41:00,011
me in the troll room. I think Froot Loops would

728
00:41:00,011 --> 00:41:03,641
have been better. Can you imagine cutting your steak up

729
00:41:03,641 --> 00:41:06,811
and it being red, green, and yellow? I think that

730
00:41:06,811 --> 00:41:10,011
would be cool. I think I'd want some Froot Loops

731
00:41:10,011 --> 00:41:19,111
steaks. Oh, man. General Scott Bessent. You've changed his name.

732
00:41:19,231 --> 00:41:21,951
You know, when you're on the podcast with Jimmy, you

733
00:41:21,951 --> 00:41:24,441
don't ever call him the gay general. Well, I get

734
00:41:24,441 --> 00:41:28,511
crap for it. Like we have the anonymous gay accountant.

735
00:41:28,711 --> 00:41:30,281
And, you know, I'm sure he's not happy with me

736
00:41:30,281 --> 00:41:33,811
calling him that. Yeah. And then I'm focusing too much

737
00:41:33,811 --> 00:41:37,051
on the gay part. It's more like Elizabeth Warren's brother

738
00:41:37,051 --> 00:41:40,361
because, man, he has a weird-looking face. He has that

739
00:41:40,361 --> 00:41:44,971
same kind of shaky demeanor when he's talking. But the

740
00:41:44,971 --> 00:41:47,891
man is doing some interesting stuff. He is. And we

741
00:41:47,891 --> 00:41:51,381
have a new... a new war operation. We have a

742
00:41:51,381 --> 00:41:58,831
new D-Day Operation Economic Outcast. Today we're launching Today, today

743
00:41:58,831 --> 00:42:04,191
Who gave him some cojones? Today we're announcing this. I

744
00:42:04,191 --> 00:42:09,451
am Scott Messant. Today we are launching Operation Economic Outcast

745
00:42:09,451 --> 00:42:14,491
to foreclose every other option available to the Iranian regime.

746
00:42:15,231 --> 00:42:20,141
Treasury has mapped every node, every facilitator, and every network

747
00:42:20,141 --> 00:42:24,591
that Iran has used to smuggle oil and evade sanctions.

748
00:42:25,211 --> 00:42:30,111
Beginning today, the actions of Treasury and other agencies will

749
00:42:30,111 --> 00:42:33,951
tighten the noose and block every potential source of revenue

750
00:42:33,951 --> 00:42:38,961
that funds the IRGC and the evil Iranian regime. We

751
00:42:38,961 --> 00:42:42,521
are enforcing a zero leakage approach. There will be no

752
00:42:42,521 --> 00:42:46,391
minimal breathing space for the regime to rebuild its capacity

753
00:42:46,391 --> 00:42:50,571
to inflict terror against America and the world. You got

754
00:42:50,571 --> 00:42:53,601
to wonder how corrupt this business with Iran has been

755
00:42:53,601 --> 00:42:56,561
throughout the decades when really all you need to do

756
00:42:56,561 --> 00:42:59,011
is just turn off the money. No one was doing

757
00:42:59,011 --> 00:43:02,731
that. We've had all kinds of Treasury secretaries. I mean,

758
00:43:02,731 --> 00:43:07,001
the dollar is the money that people use to buy

759
00:43:07,001 --> 00:43:10,011
and sell oil. How come this never happened before? It

760
00:43:10,011 --> 00:43:12,561
seems like a no brainer. It does. And you know

761
00:43:12,561 --> 00:43:16,001
what? I'm telling you, it's interesting that China came out

762
00:43:16,001 --> 00:43:19,651
within minutes. I mean, it was literally within the hour.

763
00:43:20,291 --> 00:43:22,041
China came on and said, yeah, no, we're not going

764
00:43:22,041 --> 00:43:24,231
to we're not going to stick to that. We will

765
00:43:24,231 --> 00:43:27,871
continue our support of Iran. And then on the very

766
00:43:27,871 --> 00:43:34,111
same day, the CIA flies into Moscow. Into Moscow. Listen,

767
00:43:34,111 --> 00:43:37,961
this is scary for me to say, but this type

768
00:43:37,961 --> 00:43:41,521
of action, is this opening the door for people? A

769
00:43:41,521 --> 00:43:46,621
literal, true world war? No, no. No? No, because we're

770
00:43:46,621 --> 00:43:49,471
already at D-Day. We're ending the war right away. Listen

771
00:43:49,471 --> 00:43:54,211
to the general. Operation Economic Outcast. That's the administration's new

772
00:43:54,211 --> 00:43:57,831
name for its plan to choke off Iran economically by

773
00:43:57,831 --> 00:44:01,281
targeting any country that does business with Tehran. In the

774
00:44:01,281 --> 00:44:05,761
Second World War, D-Day marked the historic beginning of a

775
00:44:05,761 --> 00:44:10,011
campaign with our allies to target and drive the enemy

776
00:44:10,011 --> 00:44:15,371
from its positions, including those in third countries. Today, in

777
00:44:15,371 --> 00:44:20,741
that same spirit, we are launching an economic onslaught against

778
00:44:20,741 --> 00:44:25,651
Iran's financial connections around the globe. That's, I mean, so

779
00:44:25,651 --> 00:44:29,651
there's no war. No, there's no world war. It's over.

780
00:44:29,811 --> 00:44:32,901
We have D-Day. D-Day. D-Day is here. We're liberating. We're

781
00:44:32,901 --> 00:44:36,581
liberating the world. And maybe we are. I mean, this

782
00:44:36,581 --> 00:44:39,651
is it's just like there's enough oil in the Gulf

783
00:44:39,651 --> 00:44:42,911
and it's going through pipelines and we're bringing it through

784
00:44:42,911 --> 00:44:45,701
the southern route. You know, these guys, they're just no

785
00:44:45,701 --> 00:44:50,271
good. You know, I have to say that the we'll

786
00:44:50,271 --> 00:44:55,671
clean this up. I lost complete track. Don't worry. I'll

787
00:44:55,671 --> 00:44:58,151
play another clip and you'll get it back. Okay, there

788
00:44:58,151 --> 00:45:01,051
you go. Now, it's not really clear what... We don't

789
00:45:01,051 --> 00:45:03,351
edit anything on the show here, Matt. That's right. It's

790
00:45:03,351 --> 00:45:05,631
warts and all on this show. Okay. Now, it's not

791
00:45:05,631 --> 00:45:08,531
really clear what impact the new sanctions will have on

792
00:45:08,531 --> 00:45:11,251
the Iranian economy. It's been subject to years of maximum

793
00:45:11,251 --> 00:45:14,631
pressure, and it hasn't caused the regime. to crumble yet,

794
00:45:14,631 --> 00:45:16,901
there's still a lot of questions about who will be

795
00:45:16,901 --> 00:45:20,501
targeted and when. The Treasury Secretary, Scott Bessent, was at

796
00:45:20,501 --> 00:45:23,031
a press conference today laying it all out. And he

797
00:45:23,031 --> 00:45:25,281
said that the plan is to, quote, tighten the noose

798
00:45:25,281 --> 00:45:28,551
and force a, quote, zero leakage approach to cutting off

799
00:45:28,551 --> 00:45:31,561
revenue that funds Iran's economy. And he did lay out

800
00:45:31,561 --> 00:45:35,921
some specific areas that would be targeted, including technology. gold,

801
00:45:35,921 --> 00:45:40,051
shipping, aviation. Now, he's also said that Trump had called

802
00:45:40,051 --> 00:45:43,011
some world leaders to talk about the economic pressure, but

803
00:45:43,011 --> 00:45:45,161
he said he wouldn't name names about who he had

804
00:45:45,161 --> 00:45:47,871
called, and he refused to say how long the U.S.

805
00:45:47,871 --> 00:45:51,311
was giving these governments to fall in line. Now, Besson

806
00:45:51,311 --> 00:45:53,961
compared all of this to an economic D-Day, and I

807
00:45:53,961 --> 00:45:58,411
asked him about that. Here's what he said. Well, this

808
00:45:58,411 --> 00:46:01,861
is where I think Besant... uh put in a bit

809
00:46:01,861 --> 00:46:04,761
of a tell you described this as an economic d-day

810
00:46:04,761 --> 00:46:07,801
but d-day wasn't a threat of an invasion and the

811
00:46:07,801 --> 00:46:11,001
u.s didn't give a timeline to germany so why not

812
00:46:11,001 --> 00:46:14,061
impose the sanctions today why would i want to blow

813
00:46:14,061 --> 00:46:19,151
up the global financial system what what what is he

814
00:46:19,151 --> 00:46:24,151
planning here i'm So when it's time he blows up

815
00:46:24,151 --> 00:46:27,511
the financial system or if he had told them this

816
00:46:27,511 --> 00:46:30,191
to me. Or it's going to blow it up. I

817
00:46:30,191 --> 00:46:31,961
don't know. But if we tell them first, it won't

818
00:46:31,961 --> 00:46:35,601
blow it. I remember seeing that live and going, wait

819
00:46:35,601 --> 00:46:38,971
a minute. There's something weird about that. We believe that

820
00:46:38,971 --> 00:46:42,671
it is important to level set. and give people a

821
00:46:42,671 --> 00:46:45,911
cure period, but they should know that that will move

822
00:46:45,911 --> 00:46:49,541
very quickly and that we are serious. If people do

823
00:46:49,541 --> 00:46:53,891
not want to meet our expectations, then we expect... And

824
00:46:53,891 --> 00:46:56,991
they should expect that they will leave the dollar system.

825
00:46:57,311 --> 00:46:59,551
Another big question hanging over all of this is how

826
00:46:59,551 --> 00:47:03,271
China might be affected. Beijing is the top purchaser of

827
00:47:03,271 --> 00:47:06,901
Iranian oil. It's Iran's biggest trading partner. But Trump doesn't

828
00:47:06,901 --> 00:47:09,031
appear at the moment to be in a mood to

829
00:47:09,031 --> 00:47:12,691
upend his relationship with the Chinese president Xi Jinping, who's

830
00:47:12,691 --> 00:47:14,851
coming here to the White House for a state visit.

831
00:47:14,851 --> 00:47:18,011
Next. Yeah, see, there's no coincidence in timing in this.

832
00:47:18,551 --> 00:47:23,031
They can't just, you know, Xi Jinping is coming. Boy,

833
00:47:23,031 --> 00:47:25,751
what kind of ceremony is the president going to give

834
00:47:25,751 --> 00:47:27,791
to Xi Jinping? I don't know. You think they're going

835
00:47:27,791 --> 00:47:30,181
to clean up the streets of San Francisco? No, no.

836
00:47:30,181 --> 00:47:34,031
That was great, wasn't it? Yeah, that was. All the

837
00:47:34,031 --> 00:47:37,191
homeless were gone. They were all in the bay. It

838
00:47:37,191 --> 00:47:40,661
was fantastic. No, they're going to have flyovers. We're going

839
00:47:40,661 --> 00:47:43,981
to have fireworks, all kinds. We should do a march

840
00:47:43,981 --> 00:47:46,991
like they do in China. Yeah, and maybe even drop

841
00:47:46,991 --> 00:47:49,991
a couple of bombs. drums nearby you know just we

842
00:47:49,991 --> 00:47:52,931
got some tiny nukes we've never used you're the worst

843
00:47:52,931 --> 00:47:55,801
matt you're the worst i have i do want to

844
00:47:55,801 --> 00:47:59,721
make one comment on this d-day thing um That was

845
00:47:59,721 --> 00:48:04,691
a bloody, deadly day. A lot of families were destroyed

846
00:48:04,691 --> 00:48:08,491
on that day. I just looked it up, and we

847
00:48:08,491 --> 00:48:14,771
lost 2,501 people. on D-Day in one day. And the

848
00:48:14,771 --> 00:48:18,531
total loss that day of Allied troops was over 4,000,

849
00:48:19,051 --> 00:48:24,651
including 391 Canadians. Man, those were the Canadians, I'm telling

850
00:48:24,651 --> 00:48:28,781
you. But I have a hard time him using that

851
00:48:28,781 --> 00:48:33,511
term D-Day because it kind of connotates. I know all

852
00:48:33,511 --> 00:48:37,121
– what is it they say about all comparisons break

853
00:48:37,121 --> 00:48:40,441
down at some point in time. When you call someone

854
00:48:40,441 --> 00:48:45,241
Hitler. Well, analogies break down at some point. Right. And

855
00:48:45,241 --> 00:48:47,061
this one I think broke down relatively. right away at

856
00:48:47,061 --> 00:48:49,031
the beginning and I think they could have used a

857
00:48:49,031 --> 00:48:53,041
better term than that and I know there's probably very

858
00:48:53,041 --> 00:48:57,171
few people even alive today that can remember what happened

859
00:48:57,171 --> 00:49:02,321
on that day. There's about 18 U.S. veterans, a friend

860
00:49:02,321 --> 00:49:06,071
of the show, Agent Orange, He takes them to Normandy

861
00:49:06,071 --> 00:49:09,761
every single year. They're over 100 years old now. And,

862
00:49:09,761 --> 00:49:12,041
you know, he takes it, gets them on. I think

863
00:49:12,041 --> 00:49:14,851
it's used to be American Airlines. Now I think it's

864
00:49:14,851 --> 00:49:17,721
United. You know, whoever will treat them the best, flies

865
00:49:17,721 --> 00:49:20,431
them over there. And those guys sit there and they

866
00:49:20,431 --> 00:49:24,681
remember. And it's a beautiful, beautiful ceremony that they do

867
00:49:24,681 --> 00:49:30,631
there. And. But even my maternal grandfather, Opa Al-Shoble, he

868
00:49:30,631 --> 00:49:34,141
landed at Normandy and he got a he got a

869
00:49:34,141 --> 00:49:38,891
bronze star, I think, for saving some. He was in

870
00:49:38,891 --> 00:49:43,881
the signal and wire core. But, yeah, it was not

871
00:49:43,881 --> 00:49:48,071
a great time there at all. My great aunt was

872
00:49:48,071 --> 00:49:54,361
an administrator and a hospital administrator actually was in Hawaii

873
00:49:54,361 --> 00:49:59,311
and had left the day before the bombing Pearl Harbor.

874
00:49:59,311 --> 00:49:59,991
Yeah.

875
00:50:00,043 --> 00:50:04,123
And right after D-Day, within a couple of days, she

876
00:50:04,123 --> 00:50:08,233
was shipped in to land there, and she ran the

877
00:50:08,233 --> 00:50:11,323
hospital in New York. Is it Sherborg? I can't remember.

878
00:50:11,323 --> 00:50:13,963
One of the two towns there. There's two towns. I

879
00:50:13,963 --> 00:50:17,343
don't know. And there was a hospital there and she

880
00:50:17,343 --> 00:50:21,413
ran that hospital and was the administrator of that hospital

881
00:50:21,413 --> 00:50:24,463
right after D-Day. And of course, she's not alive now

882
00:50:24,463 --> 00:50:27,003
to hear the stories, but I imagine there were saw

883
00:50:27,003 --> 00:50:31,363
a lot of ugly things in that hospital. You mentioned

884
00:50:31,363 --> 00:50:36,973
the CIA director flying to Moscow. Here's ABC. Sources say

885
00:50:36,973 --> 00:50:43,383
John Ratcliffe made the unannounced trip to Moscow overnight. This

886
00:50:43,383 --> 00:50:45,623
is Ratcliffe's first known trip to Russia as the head

887
00:50:45,623 --> 00:50:49,433
of the agency. The CIA declined to comment. Officials from

888
00:50:49,433 --> 00:50:53,913
both countries have not disclosed what was discussed. Now, I

889
00:50:53,913 --> 00:51:06,333
so I don't know if it was really about Iran

890
00:51:06,333 --> 00:51:11,633
per se. I know that President Trump wants to play

891
00:51:11,633 --> 00:51:14,503
ball with Russia. Then I don't see why we shouldn't

892
00:51:14,503 --> 00:51:18,193
actually. There seems to be no reason other than, you

893
00:51:18,193 --> 00:51:22,803
know, the full scale invasion of Ukraine, which we provoked.

894
00:51:22,803 --> 00:51:24,683
We set it all up, you know, and thank you,

895
00:51:24,683 --> 00:51:27,763
Victoria Nuland. I think it may have more to do

896
00:51:27,763 --> 00:51:32,073
with the deal with Canada. And I think this is

897
00:51:32,073 --> 00:51:36,303
Doug Ford. These Ford guys up north, they crack me

898
00:51:36,303 --> 00:51:40,563
up. I think he even mentioned Russia as an alternative

899
00:51:40,563 --> 00:51:43,843
to some Canadian products we would not get anymore. Premier

900
00:51:43,843 --> 00:51:46,483
Ford, Alex Taibo with MS Now. In the past, you've

901
00:51:46,483 --> 00:51:50,803
threatened yet stronger retaliation against the U.S., including curtailing the

902
00:51:50,803 --> 00:51:54,033
export of electricity. from Ontario to the US. Would you

903
00:51:54,033 --> 00:51:57,803
still go that far? I would. Everything's on the table,

904
00:51:57,803 --> 00:52:00,233
but I can't do it alone. You know, I'm not

905
00:52:00,233 --> 00:52:03,583
the only province that ships electricity down to the US.

906
00:52:03,943 --> 00:52:07,893
We need a Team Canada approach. And I'd be happy

907
00:52:07,893 --> 00:52:12,693
within the provinces to lead that approach. If this escalates

908
00:52:12,693 --> 00:52:15,623
and we can't get back to the table and he

909
00:52:15,623 --> 00:52:18,853
keeps coming after us, all options are on the table

910
00:52:18,853 --> 00:52:21,543
in my opinion. But I can't do it alone. We

911
00:52:21,543 --> 00:52:25,443
have other provinces that send electricity down to the U.S.

912
00:52:25,443 --> 00:52:27,943
We all have to be on the same page. And

913
00:52:27,943 --> 00:52:31,493
a follow-up, we know literally why we're in this trade

914
00:52:31,493 --> 00:52:34,503
war right now, but I guess more philosophically, what are

915
00:52:34,503 --> 00:52:37,723
the undercurrents that have brought us to this moment? President

916
00:52:37,723 --> 00:52:41,303
Trump. Simple as that. You have a president, unlike President

917
00:52:41,303 --> 00:52:45,163
Reagan that didn't believe in tariffs. President Reagan believed in

918
00:52:45,163 --> 00:52:47,863
growing the economy on both sides of the border and

919
00:52:47,863 --> 00:52:52,073
around the world. Make no mistake about it. America is

920
00:52:52,073 --> 00:52:56,263
a powerhouse. but we're an economic powerhouse as well we're

921
00:52:56,263 --> 00:53:00,063
the us's number one customer across the board across the

922
00:53:00,063 --> 00:53:03,773
world we buy more products more services more widgets off

923
00:53:03,773 --> 00:53:06,563
the u.s than anyone in the world and a tariff

924
00:53:06,563 --> 00:53:08,793
on canada is nothing more than a tax on the

925
00:53:08,793 --> 00:53:11,643
american people there it is i feel terrible for our

926
00:53:11,643 --> 00:53:14,823
workers here the steel workers and auto sector but we're

927
00:53:14,823 --> 00:53:16,553
going going to back them now what i was looking

928
00:53:16,553 --> 00:53:19,303
for is a clip where he mentions potash which is

929
00:53:19,303 --> 00:53:23,903
uh potash is for uh fertilizing Yeah, yes, yes, it

930
00:53:23,903 --> 00:53:27,303
is potash. I was thinking of the other potash. Oh,

931
00:53:27,303 --> 00:53:30,693
no, no, that's from back in the day, Matt. Potash,

932
00:53:30,693 --> 00:53:34,873
yeah, it's absolutely necessary for fertilizer. And there's so many

933
00:53:34,873 --> 00:53:38,803
of these things we import that we have been blessed

934
00:53:38,803 --> 00:53:41,833
with a bountiful country. There are so many things we

935
00:53:41,833 --> 00:53:45,133
have in our country. Can we make potash? I bet

936
00:53:45,133 --> 00:53:48,903
we can. What is potash? That is not my area

937
00:53:48,903 --> 00:53:52,173
of expertise. Hold on a second. That's the book of

938
00:53:52,173 --> 00:53:55,273
knowledge. Yes, this is exactly where I'm going. Hold on

939
00:53:55,273 --> 00:53:59,963
a second. Book of knowledge. What exactly is potash? Let's

940
00:53:59,963 --> 00:54:03,023
see what the book of knowledge has for us today.

941
00:54:05,093 --> 00:54:08,823
Okay. It's all pot-ass, so I don't know if he's

942
00:54:08,823 --> 00:54:12,453
going to... According to the Book of Knowledge, potash is

943
00:54:12,453 --> 00:54:18,283
a general term for potassium-containing compounds, most commonly potassium carbonate

944
00:54:18,283 --> 00:54:23,123
or potassium chloride, derived historically from leaching wood ash in

945
00:54:23,123 --> 00:54:27,983
iron pots, hence the name pot-ash. It is widely used

946
00:54:27,983 --> 00:54:31,413
today as a fertilizer to enrich soil and boost crop

947
00:54:31,413 --> 00:54:35,123
yields, and is also essential in the manufacture of glass,

948
00:54:35,123 --> 00:54:41,303
soap, and various industrial chemicals. Thus, it has been written.

949
00:54:42,303 --> 00:54:44,333
So we can't make that? We don't have that stuff

950
00:54:44,333 --> 00:54:46,863
here? I don't know. I was just reading. Apparently, there

951
00:54:46,863 --> 00:54:53,083
is Michigan. There is a domestic potash project in Michigan,

952
00:54:53,083 --> 00:54:57,173
and it sounds like they take burnt wood and do

953
00:54:57,173 --> 00:55:02,213
– you know, the waste of space in the Northwest

954
00:55:02,213 --> 00:55:05,963
now that is – I'm sorry – that is being

955
00:55:05,963 --> 00:55:10,263
– occupied by crazy liberals they got enough trees up

956
00:55:10,263 --> 00:55:14,203
there we can make our own potash i'm sorry we're

957
00:55:14,203 --> 00:55:16,903
americans that's right i'm i got my tongue in my

958
00:55:16,903 --> 00:55:21,033
cheek very uh very uh carefully but apparently this uh

959
00:55:21,033 --> 00:55:25,703
new mexico uh and utah also produce uh potash um

960
00:55:25,703 --> 00:55:29,623
you know we found out during world war ii How

961
00:55:29,623 --> 00:55:32,333
many resources we had in this country and what we

962
00:55:32,333 --> 00:55:34,633
were able to do. And we just – if it's

963
00:55:34,633 --> 00:55:38,343
easier to get it from Mexico or China or whatever,

964
00:55:38,343 --> 00:55:40,763
that's just our nature. We're going to go, oh, yeah,

965
00:55:40,763 --> 00:55:43,053
go over and get it in China. Why not? And

966
00:55:43,053 --> 00:55:47,923
I just think that when we become so dependent on

967
00:55:47,923 --> 00:55:51,583
foreign resources. You don't have a country. country you don't

968
00:55:51,583 --> 00:55:55,193
have a country yeah what where does that eventually lead

969
00:55:55,193 --> 00:55:58,713
you and so yeah i guess if we didn't have

970
00:55:58,713 --> 00:56:02,723
any potash from canada well bless her hearts you know

971
00:56:02,883 --> 00:56:07,433
And maple syrup and hockey, that's – There's literally going

972
00:56:07,433 --> 00:56:09,983
to be tariffs on hockey sticks. Did you know that?

973
00:56:10,023 --> 00:56:13,083
No, I didn't. A hockey stick costs about 200 bucks.

974
00:56:13,323 --> 00:56:15,263
Get out of here. For a good hockey stick, yeah.

975
00:56:15,323 --> 00:56:18,463
So it'll probably cost $300 to $400. I'm pretty sure

976
00:56:18,463 --> 00:56:21,873
we can make a curved stick of wood. absolutely you

977
00:56:21,873 --> 00:56:25,743
think we could but that see that's the whole idea

978
00:56:25,743 --> 00:56:30,893
behind president trump's uh american system you know which i

979
00:56:30,893 --> 00:56:34,323
think was a i think hamilton had the same you

980
00:56:34,323 --> 00:56:36,543
know the american system i know you're giving me that

981
00:56:36,543 --> 00:56:38,873
look like i'm just spouting here matt i don't know

982
00:56:38,873 --> 00:56:42,373
i was trying to think about it well the idea

983
00:56:42,373 --> 00:56:45,973
is Build it here. All our resources here and how

984
00:56:45,973 --> 00:56:48,943
we're going to grow our way out of the the

985
00:56:48,943 --> 00:56:52,833
deficit and the and the debt is with tariffs. That

986
00:56:52,833 --> 00:56:56,473
has always been the plan. That's why, you know, the

987
00:56:56,473 --> 00:57:00,973
Democrat and the Canadian Ford type response is always it's

988
00:57:00,973 --> 00:57:04,353
going to be a tax on the American people. We

989
00:57:04,353 --> 00:57:07,923
definitely have issues with being able to afford things, which

990
00:57:07,923 --> 00:57:12,123
is a salary issue, and to some degree, a debasement

991
00:57:12,123 --> 00:57:16,073
issue of the dollar. But we can make steel, and

992
00:57:16,073 --> 00:57:21,093
that's happening now. And that will bring – well, here

993
00:57:21,093 --> 00:57:24,993
it comes – good paying union jobs joe biden there

994
00:57:24,993 --> 00:57:27,603
you go i mean i mean we can get back

995
00:57:27,603 --> 00:57:30,593
to that the whole the whole midsection of the country

996
00:57:30,593 --> 00:57:33,763
has just been destroyed tina lived in right across from

997
00:57:33,763 --> 00:57:36,703
gary indiana where they still don't have power after 13

998
00:57:36,703 --> 00:57:40,823
days um and her dad you know the mill closed

999
00:57:40,823 --> 00:57:43,443
he worked at the steel mill closed That wall went

1000
00:57:43,443 --> 00:57:48,003
to China. But it's coming back. And yeah, it's not

1001
00:57:48,003 --> 00:57:50,653
going to be easy for a couple of years. Never

1002
00:57:50,653 --> 00:57:54,883
is. But I think that... they may be able to

1003
00:57:54,883 --> 00:57:57,643
pull it off i don't know i really don't know

1004
00:57:57,643 --> 00:58:00,793
well you know the tariffs were never part of the

1005
00:58:00,793 --> 00:58:05,423
republican playbook ever and he's right the the the canadian

1006
00:58:05,423 --> 00:58:08,353
i hate to say that the canadian was right when

1007
00:58:08,353 --> 00:58:11,583
he said reagan was very much against tariffs and i'll

1008
00:58:11,583 --> 00:58:15,423
tell you what i was very very shocked when i

1009
00:58:15,423 --> 00:58:18,153
first heard heard trumps talk about tariffs i'm thinking wait

1010
00:58:18,153 --> 00:58:20,543
a minute wait a minute oh no and so then

1011
00:58:20,543 --> 00:58:23,883
i watched all the republicans all of a sudden flip

1012
00:58:23,883 --> 00:58:27,523
180 from oh tariffs are no good tariffs are bad

1013
00:58:27,523 --> 00:58:31,063
but trump's doing it and so tariffs now are good

1014
00:58:31,063 --> 00:58:34,393
and i've heard listen to a lot of the excuses

1015
00:58:34,393 --> 00:58:39,143
and a lot of the uh justifications for his tariffs,

1016
00:58:39,143 --> 00:58:41,733
and I think I buy into some of them, but

1017
00:58:41,733 --> 00:58:46,323
this was definitely tariffs are a progressive, liberal thing that

1018
00:58:46,323 --> 00:58:50,833
Republicans and conservatives have steered away from for years. So

1019
00:58:50,833 --> 00:58:54,313
it's really been an interesting flip that all of a

1020
00:58:54,313 --> 00:58:58,713
sudden now we're all gung-ho about tariffs. So I hope

1021
00:58:58,713 --> 00:59:02,233
we get out of it what Trump, our president, says

1022
00:59:02,233 --> 00:59:05,183
we'll get out of it. The idea is it becomes

1023
00:59:05,183 --> 00:59:08,323
too expensive to buy the stuff from overseas, so we

1024
00:59:08,323 --> 00:59:11,093
make it ourselves. That's the entire idea the way I

1025
00:59:11,093 --> 00:59:14,523
see it. It's forceful, and a lot of people who

1026
00:59:14,523 --> 00:59:18,993
have internet shops are very upset. I get it. You

1027
00:59:18,993 --> 00:59:22,053
know, because, yeah, what a bonanza. I mean, you get

1028
00:59:22,053 --> 00:59:24,923
stuff from China, you mark it up. I mean, just

1029
00:59:24,923 --> 00:59:27,833
I walked through the mall with Tina a couple of

1030
00:59:27,833 --> 00:59:31,203
weeks ago and and it was some women like a

1031
00:59:31,203 --> 00:59:35,943
mid range women's clothing shop. And I look at sandals,

1032
00:59:35,943 --> 00:59:40,423
literally two slabs of. probably not even real leather with

1033
00:59:40,423 --> 00:59:42,893
a strap on it it has some brand on it

1034
00:59:42,893 --> 00:59:46,143
that i don't know the brand and it's 280 dollars

1035
00:59:46,143 --> 00:59:49,813
what are you kidding me this this is you know

1036
00:59:49,813 --> 00:59:53,373
this is made in china it costs maybe three bucks

1037
00:59:53,373 --> 00:59:57,153
maybe even less to make these ship them over put

1038
00:59:57,153 --> 00:59:59,923
a brand on it boom there it is

1039
01:00:00,019 --> 01:00:02,709
ridiculous you know that it just makes no sense and

1040
01:00:02,709 --> 01:00:07,119
then you bought them for her no no way i

1041
01:00:07,119 --> 01:00:09,229
don't think so no no i know i guilt her

1042
01:00:09,229 --> 01:00:12,079
about you know you got that's why i'm doing it

1043
01:00:12,079 --> 01:00:17,069
like hmm these chinese slaves the uyghurs uyghur sweat and

1044
01:00:17,069 --> 01:00:21,219
blood is in these things now she believe again Gary,

1045
01:00:21,219 --> 01:00:24,209
Indiana, or Gary is something. Yeah, that's what I thought

1046
01:00:24,209 --> 01:00:27,739
it was. Gary. No, it's Gary. You got Gary, Indiana.

1047
01:00:27,999 --> 01:00:31,439
I can't quite perfect it yet. Okay. Dude, my wife,

1048
01:00:31,439 --> 01:00:35,869
she, you know, we have like a moisturizer with a

1049
01:00:35,869 --> 01:00:39,059
little pump on the top. When it doesn't come out

1050
01:00:39,059 --> 01:00:42,459
of the pump anymore, the top comes off. and we

1051
01:00:42,459 --> 01:00:45,739
are to scrape the insides. Oh, yeah. Okay. All right.

1052
01:00:45,779 --> 01:00:48,639
And then put your hand over the straw and use

1053
01:00:48,639 --> 01:00:51,749
it that way for at least three more weeks. Oh,

1054
01:00:51,749 --> 01:00:54,919
three weeks. Wow. There's a lot in there. Yeah, there

1055
01:00:54,919 --> 01:00:57,979
is. Why don't they make those little straws longer? I

1056
01:00:57,979 --> 01:01:00,399
don't understand. You just cut open it with a razor

1057
01:01:00,399 --> 01:01:03,499
you can take. That's another way. And then you can.

1058
01:01:03,499 --> 01:01:05,719
just get it out. I got to do that. Listen,

1059
01:01:05,719 --> 01:01:10,139
I used to wash out my Ziploc bags and hang

1060
01:01:10,139 --> 01:01:13,149
them up to dry. So I know where your wife

1061
01:01:13,149 --> 01:01:15,919
is coming from. I love her for that, man. I

1062
01:01:15,919 --> 01:01:18,609
could. This is just a ripoff. It's a waste. I'm

1063
01:01:18,609 --> 01:01:21,139
not throwing it away. And so now I'm like, I'm

1064
01:01:21,139 --> 01:01:23,959
going all over the top now. You should see my

1065
01:01:23,959 --> 01:01:28,759
toothpaste. tube. I mean, we have those big keys that

1066
01:01:28,759 --> 01:01:31,039
you can slip on it, and you can twist it

1067
01:01:31,039 --> 01:01:32,419
all the way. I can't believe this. I have one,

1068
01:01:32,419 --> 01:01:34,199
too. I can't believe this. You have one of those

1069
01:01:34,199 --> 01:01:37,259
keys? I do. From my grandmother out of her bathroom.

1070
01:01:37,439 --> 01:01:40,699
Yeah, it's the best. Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah. So the

1071
01:01:40,699 --> 01:01:44,159
one thing... The president does say there could be a

1072
01:01:44,159 --> 01:01:47,569
problem is aluminum. But for all the rhetoric, Trump last

1073
01:01:47,569 --> 01:01:51,499
night did acknowledge the U.S. relies on Canada for some

1074
01:01:51,499 --> 01:01:55,519
key products like aluminum. You know, selfishly, we need aluminum

1075
01:01:55,519 --> 01:01:57,949
in this country. We don't have it. We get it

1076
01:01:57,949 --> 01:02:00,579
all from Canada for the most part. And we need

1077
01:02:00,579 --> 01:02:04,629
it badly. Yeah. President Trump has long lamented the trade

1078
01:02:04,629 --> 01:02:08,579
deficit between the two countries, which stood at nearly $50

1079
01:02:08,579 --> 01:02:12,019
billion last year. But for a trading relationship as big

1080
01:02:12,019 --> 01:02:16,219
as the U.S. and Canada's, these tariffs still hit just

1081
01:02:16,219 --> 01:02:20,119
a fraction of the roughly $800 billion of commerce between

1082
01:02:20,119 --> 01:02:24,409
the two neighbors, which U.S. Trade Representative Jameson Greer has

1083
01:02:24,409 --> 01:02:27,189
echoed. At the end of the day, this is 5%

1084
01:02:27,189 --> 01:02:32,679
of imports from Canada. It's 0.06% of ours. overall consumption

1085
01:02:32,679 --> 01:02:35,519
in this economy. So there's no possible way it can

1086
01:02:35,519 --> 01:02:40,539
really affect U.S. well-being. Still, for states like Michigan, which

1087
01:02:40,539 --> 01:02:43,929
trades heavily with the nation to its north, this trade

1088
01:02:43,929 --> 01:02:49,739
war is already having consequences. Yeah. Michael Howard says his

1089
01:02:49,739 --> 01:02:54,599
furniture business has started losing clients. With a 50% tariff,

1090
01:02:54,599 --> 01:02:59,379
all those costs have skyrocketed, and just that one project

1091
01:02:59,379 --> 01:03:04,559
just cost our family thousands of dollars in profit. and

1092
01:03:04,559 --> 01:03:06,979
which impacts the ability for us to put food on

1093
01:03:06,979 --> 01:03:10,319
the table for our family. On the U.S.-Canadian border, where

1094
01:03:10,319 --> 01:03:14,689
$2.5 billion in goods cross every day, the costs to

1095
01:03:14,689 --> 01:03:18,529
citizens on both sides continue to grow. So you take

1096
01:03:18,529 --> 01:03:21,999
that furniture maker. I presume he's getting wood from Canada.

1097
01:03:22,109 --> 01:03:24,649
Could be. We got lots of wood. You just mentioned

1098
01:03:24,649 --> 01:03:27,799
that. We got tons of wood. I mean, we even

1099
01:03:27,799 --> 01:03:33,829
have producers who make cool boots and really nice men's

1100
01:03:33,829 --> 01:03:36,269
shoes, and they do it all in America. I mean,

1101
01:03:36,269 --> 01:03:38,759
it really is possible. And I don't see the price

1102
01:03:38,759 --> 01:03:42,799
being outrageously high. It's certainly not the $280, you know.

1103
01:03:43,799 --> 01:03:47,879
Sandals. Sandals. Give me a break. So Canada's firing back.

1104
01:03:48,119 --> 01:03:52,229
In Ottawa today, Canada's government had a clear message. It's

1105
01:03:52,229 --> 01:03:57,339
firing back. Canada will meet the moment. Canadians will meet

1106
01:03:57,339 --> 01:04:01,299
the moment. We will meet the moment together. All right.

1107
01:04:01,419 --> 01:04:03,649
NetNet has sent this to me in the troll room

1108
01:04:03,649 --> 01:04:08,339
five times now. Canada sends five million tons of garbage

1109
01:04:08,339 --> 01:04:14,239
to Michigan every year. We're literally taking their garbage. Okay.

1110
01:04:14,539 --> 01:04:17,519
So why don't you keep your garbage? That's right. Is

1111
01:04:17,519 --> 01:04:20,039
there a tariff on garbage? No, and they got all

1112
01:04:20,039 --> 01:04:22,099
that land going up north. You know, you look at

1113
01:04:22,099 --> 01:04:24,539
the map, and Canada doesn't seem to have a northern

1114
01:04:24,539 --> 01:04:27,379
boundary. No, it just goes all the way to Russia.

1115
01:04:27,379 --> 01:04:30,339
It just goes all the way up there. Man, there's

1116
01:04:30,339 --> 01:04:32,729
a lot of pits they could dig up there and

1117
01:04:32,729 --> 01:04:35,829
put their trash in. Yeah. And besides. I thought they

1118
01:04:35,829 --> 01:04:38,369
all recycled. I didn't think they even made trash in

1119
01:04:38,369 --> 01:04:41,439
Canada because they're so cool. They are. We'll support our

1120
01:04:41,439 --> 01:04:46,039
workers, our businesses, and our industry with whatever it takes

1121
01:04:46,039 --> 01:04:50,389
for as long as it takes. Starting September 8th, Canada

1122
01:04:50,389 --> 01:04:55,359
will impose or raise tariffs ranging between 15% and 50%,

1123
01:04:55,359 --> 01:05:00,129
affecting... 27 billion dollars worth of imports and that will

1124
01:05:00,129 --> 01:05:05,959
hit over 700 u.s products including some key U.S. imports.

1125
01:05:07,579 --> 01:05:10,689
Our response will specifically target products in the sectors of

1126
01:05:10,689 --> 01:05:16,359
steel, aluminum, household appliances, farming equipment, paper products and electronics.

1127
01:05:17,539 --> 01:05:22,669
Canada's retaliation follows the Trump administration, placing 50 percent tariffs

1128
01:05:22,669 --> 01:05:26,719
on roughly $20 billion dollars. worth of Canadian imports on

1129
01:05:26,719 --> 01:05:30,769
Saturday. Along with threats of more to come, President Trump

1130
01:05:30,769 --> 01:05:34,829
said he'll impose 50% on steel and autos starting next

1131
01:05:34,829 --> 01:05:39,399
year. And this clash between allies has gone beyond goods.

1132
01:05:39,889 --> 01:05:42,989
President Trump wrote on social media that the U.S. doesn't

1133
01:05:42,989 --> 01:05:46,189
expect to do business with the Canadian border province of

1134
01:05:46,189 --> 01:05:51,449
Ontario, adding, quote, the United States is giving serious consideration

1135
01:05:51,449 --> 01:05:55,099
to changing the name of Lake Ontario to Lake America.

1136
01:05:55,589 --> 01:05:59,799
to that. One Canadian official simply said today, we'll always

1137
01:05:59,799 --> 01:06:03,789
call it Lake Ontario. So that is the typical Trump

1138
01:06:03,789 --> 01:06:08,979
look over here moment. I'm going to You know, just

1139
01:06:08,979 --> 01:06:11,429
mess troll with everybody. By the way, I looked it

1140
01:06:11,429 --> 01:06:14,929
up. Lake Ontario, it literally is half, you know, if

1141
01:06:14,929 --> 01:06:18,359
there's ownership, what there isn't. There's a border that runs

1142
01:06:18,359 --> 01:06:21,399
through it. It's roughly about right in the middle. And

1143
01:06:21,399 --> 01:06:23,939
we can call it whatever we want. That's right. We

1144
01:06:23,939 --> 01:06:25,889
can call it Lake America. I think we should. I

1145
01:06:25,889 --> 01:06:28,399
think that it's hilarious. There you go. It's Lake America.

1146
01:06:28,539 --> 01:06:33,299
It's official. It's just like, oh, man. This, of course,

1147
01:06:33,299 --> 01:06:36,559
is what, you know. The media loves to jump on

1148
01:06:36,559 --> 01:06:40,479
these things. Trump wants to rename Lake Ontario, Lake America.

1149
01:06:40,999 --> 01:06:43,679
And that's not even the real story. This is just

1150
01:06:43,679 --> 01:06:46,609
the latest jab in an escalating trade war between the

1151
01:06:46,609 --> 01:06:49,819
US and Canada. And the bigger threat just landed. President

1152
01:06:49,819 --> 01:06:53,839
Trump says he will impose 50% tariffs on Canadian cars,

1153
01:06:53,839 --> 01:06:57,419
trucks, auto parts and steel, start from the 1st of

1154
01:06:57,419 --> 01:07:01,639
January next year. Canada's already hitting back starting September 8th.

1155
01:07:01,699 --> 01:07:04,459
They're matching... Blah, blah, blah. Here's another one. President Donald

1156
01:07:04,459 --> 01:07:08,899
Trump is back to weaponizing bodies of water. Trump... He's

1157
01:07:08,899 --> 01:07:12,679
weaponizing Bile for Florida Trump posted on Truth Social His

1158
01:07:12,679 --> 01:07:16,419
administration is giving serious consideration In changing the name of

1159
01:07:16,419 --> 01:07:19,909
Lake Ontario To Lake America He even posted an image

1160
01:07:19,909 --> 01:07:22,359
of a map showing the Great Lake He even posted

1161
01:07:22,359 --> 01:07:25,199
an image of the map On all His proposed new

1162
01:07:25,199 --> 01:07:27,609
name This comes as Trump is engaged in a bitter

1163
01:07:27,609 --> 01:07:33,479
trade feud with Canadian leaders I think it's a bit

1164
01:07:33,479 --> 01:07:39,279
of a power struggle, you know, kind of a little

1165
01:07:39,279 --> 01:07:44,299
man's ego complex. Oh, little man's ego, little man's ego.

1166
01:07:44,299 --> 01:07:48,119
Have you seen the president's butt? That thing is larger

1167
01:07:48,119 --> 01:07:50,989
than the two of us put together. That thing is

1168
01:07:50,989 --> 01:07:56,349
enormous. McDonald's. McDonald's not Coke. He's got a Mickey D

1169
01:07:56,349 --> 01:08:00,459
caboose, baby. I think building of animosity between two neighbors

1170
01:08:00,459 --> 01:08:04,899
is something that is never a good result. It's not

1171
01:08:04,899 --> 01:08:07,169
the first time Trump has tried to rename a body

1172
01:08:07,169 --> 01:08:22,949
of water. So the general thinking here is that, you

1173
01:08:22,949 --> 01:08:25,689
know, of course, this is Mark Carney, who's the prime

1174
01:08:25,689 --> 01:08:30,829
minister. He is the central banker, central banker, basically. He's

1175
01:08:30,829 --> 01:08:37,209
all about the liberal rules-based world order. The general thinking

1176
01:08:37,209 --> 01:08:41,089
amongst people that I talk to is this is really

1177
01:08:41,089 --> 01:08:44,789
just about the midterms. Oh, it all is. Make Trump

1178
01:08:44,789 --> 01:08:47,899
look bad for the midterms, you know, get everyone all

1179
01:08:47,899 --> 01:08:51,829
jacked up about, you know, about – prices and tariffs

1180
01:08:51,829 --> 01:08:54,019
and you know the hockey sticks are gonna be too

1181
01:08:54,019 --> 01:08:57,639
expensive etc and when Doug Ford talks about electricity I

1182
01:08:57,639 --> 01:08:59,799
think he's only talk is he do they really have

1183
01:08:59,799 --> 01:09:02,859
electricity wires coming to America was he talking that oil

1184
01:09:02,859 --> 01:09:05,259
I had no I think I've heard that before the

1185
01:09:05,259 --> 01:09:08,399
power lines part of their a part of the very

1186
01:09:08,399 --> 01:09:11,979
northern area of some of our states no wow And,

1187
01:09:11,979 --> 01:09:15,429
you know, the U.S., we have three power grids in

1188
01:09:15,429 --> 01:09:18,469
the country, and one of them is Texas. One of

1189
01:09:18,469 --> 01:09:20,069
them is west, one of them is east, and the

1190
01:09:20,069 --> 01:09:23,839
other one is Texas. Yeah. Imagine. But it wouldn't surprise

1191
01:09:23,839 --> 01:09:26,979
me at all if there are power lines going over

1192
01:09:26,979 --> 01:09:32,009
the border into U.S. countries or into our states. It

1193
01:09:32,009 --> 01:09:35,119
wouldn't surprise me. These United States. I love the way

1194
01:09:35,119 --> 01:09:38,359
that gal earlier said that. These United States. And that's

1195
01:09:38,359 --> 01:09:40,919
the way it should be said, actually. So yesterday I

1196
01:09:40,919 --> 01:09:43,629
was talking to Pastor Jimmy who do the podcast, We

1197
01:09:43,629 --> 01:09:46,699
Get to Do This, and a question came up. I

1198
01:09:46,699 --> 01:09:49,799
think he asked me, like, well, what news can we

1199
01:09:49,799 --> 01:09:53,879
believe? And I like none. You can't believe any news

1200
01:09:53,879 --> 01:09:56,859
at all, whatsoever. The best thing you can do is

1201
01:09:56,859 --> 01:09:59,799
talk to somebody who knows what's going on, who's actually

1202
01:09:59,799 --> 01:09:59,979
an

1203
01:10:00,081 --> 01:10:03,391
expert in that field, which is what our producers are

1204
01:10:03,391 --> 01:10:05,421
on the No Agenda show, boots on the ground. I

1205
01:10:05,421 --> 01:10:08,971
just got a text from the oil baron, Paul the

1206
01:10:08,971 --> 01:10:11,811
oil baron. And he sent me a full article, but

1207
01:10:11,811 --> 01:10:13,421
I have no time to read it while on the

1208
01:10:13,421 --> 01:10:17,001
show. He says, the Trump administration is in talks with

1209
01:10:17,001 --> 01:10:21,072
Venezuela's interim government about taking an ownership stake in the

1210
01:10:21,072 --> 01:10:26,741
south american country's enormous oil resources two u.s officials tell

1211
01:10:26,741 --> 01:10:30,671
axios now uh we know axios for some reason axios

1212
01:10:30,671 --> 01:10:34,362
is like a direct hotline to to the white house

1213
01:10:34,362 --> 01:10:38,051
yeah i'm not sure why um why it matters this

1214
01:10:38,051 --> 01:10:41,961
this is the historic deal Would more than double U.S.

1215
01:10:41,961 --> 01:10:44,431
oil reserves by drawing from a country that has the

1216
01:10:44,431 --> 01:10:48,251
world's largest proven reserves. And then the oil baron says,

1217
01:10:48,251 --> 01:10:52,061
Trump, sign up to keep oil price down, LOL. And

1218
01:10:52,061 --> 01:10:55,291
I believe it. I believe that's exactly what that is.

1219
01:10:55,612 --> 01:10:59,692
Well, all that oil in Venezuela was developed by American

1220
01:10:59,692 --> 01:11:04,251
companies and was actually owned by American companies. And I'm

1221
01:11:04,251 --> 01:11:06,961
going to get the companies wrong, but there were two

1222
01:11:06,961 --> 01:11:11,591
companies. Well, Chevron was one. Chevron. And they actually bought

1223
01:11:11,591 --> 01:11:14,391
that. They paid for all the infrastructure. They put it

1224
01:11:14,391 --> 01:11:16,591
all in. it all in that was their oil and

1225
01:11:16,591 --> 01:11:18,891
then they had to pay a fee to you know

1226
01:11:18,891 --> 01:11:22,771
venezuela got a share of it and the venezuelans took

1227
01:11:22,771 --> 01:11:26,751
it over and when they had their little revolution and

1228
01:11:26,751 --> 01:11:31,532
they kicked out all the operators in these refineries and

1229
01:11:31,532 --> 01:11:35,431
they said we can do it ourselves well guess what

1230
01:11:35,431 --> 01:11:40,322
they couldn't and uh... so a lot of their equipment

1231
01:11:40,322 --> 01:11:43,271
just went south and uh... i spent some time up

1232
01:11:43,271 --> 01:11:46,881
and uh... maracaibo is where the the big uh... bay

1233
01:11:46,881 --> 01:11:48,782
is where they did a lot of oil you were

1234
01:11:48,782 --> 01:11:52,511
there yeah yeah what were you doing there i was

1235
01:11:52,511 --> 01:11:57,072
uh... Traveling. Careful now. Yes. Working on my import-export business.

1236
01:11:57,271 --> 01:11:59,421
Sounds kind of spooky to me, Matt. I don't know

1237
01:11:59,421 --> 01:12:02,971
what business you were in. But, yeah, and it was

1238
01:12:02,971 --> 01:12:07,081
a horrible-looking place. I mean, it was like out of

1239
01:12:07,081 --> 01:12:09,572
some kind of sci-fi movie. The Derricks were kind of

1240
01:12:09,572 --> 01:12:12,681
all tipping over, and it was a very, very bizarre

1241
01:12:12,681 --> 01:12:14,761
scene. Because all the experts. That's where it's left. They

1242
01:12:14,761 --> 01:12:16,491
had to leave the country, and the whole thing fell

1243
01:12:16,491 --> 01:12:21,051
apart. Absolutely. So us taking it back, we're just getting

1244
01:12:21,051 --> 01:12:25,221
it back to the original owners. I mean, that's really

1245
01:12:25,221 --> 01:12:28,551
what it is. We just found some stolen property, and

1246
01:12:28,551 --> 01:12:30,851
we've got a guy big enough to go in and

1247
01:12:30,851 --> 01:12:32,942
take our stolen property back. So I don't have a

1248
01:12:32,942 --> 01:12:36,942
problem with it at all. Amen to that. You're a

1249
01:12:36,942 --> 01:12:39,791
car guy. I mean, all Texans are car and truck

1250
01:12:39,791 --> 01:12:43,282
guys. And I don't think I mean, when I was

1251
01:12:43,282 --> 01:12:46,871
growing up, I remember we always used to have long

1252
01:12:46,871 --> 01:12:52,081
conversation or my dad would have long conversations with other

1253
01:12:52,081 --> 01:12:57,931
dads about tires. And buying tires was a conversation. I

1254
01:12:57,931 --> 01:13:00,241
don't think that – do you remember those days when

1255
01:13:00,241 --> 01:13:02,851
people would just talk about tires you got? I'm going

1256
01:13:02,851 --> 01:13:04,631
to get new tires. I mean, these days – I

1257
01:13:04,631 --> 01:13:07,931
mean, does anyone really talk about tires that much anymore?

1258
01:13:08,152 --> 01:13:10,652
Or you just buy a car and, you know, it's

1259
01:13:10,652 --> 01:13:13,391
like, meh. You know, maybe it's, you know, it's an

1260
01:13:13,391 --> 01:13:15,551
eight-year-old car and the tire's a little worn. You can

1261
01:13:15,551 --> 01:13:17,711
literally go down to the tire. What is it called?

1262
01:13:17,711 --> 01:13:21,211
Like Tires R Us? Yeah, seven-day tires, something like that.

1263
01:13:21,471 --> 01:13:23,692
You have a cup of coffee, and they put new

1264
01:13:23,692 --> 01:13:25,652
tires on. You don't even ask, and you just put

1265
01:13:25,652 --> 01:13:28,612
some new tires on. But do you remember the conversations

1266
01:13:28,612 --> 01:13:33,411
about different kinds of tires? I guess I don't. Really?

1267
01:13:33,411 --> 01:13:36,461
I don't remember any tire conversations. Well, I was on

1268
01:13:36,461 --> 01:13:38,091
the East Coast. Maybe it was more of an East

1269
01:13:38,091 --> 01:13:40,541
Coast. coast thing, but it was always, and there was

1270
01:13:40,541 --> 01:13:43,152
a whole bunch of reasons and which tire was better.

1271
01:13:43,331 --> 01:13:44,981
And you want to have, actually, when I was in

1272
01:13:44,981 --> 01:13:47,532
college for three months in West Virginia, I remember that

1273
01:13:47,532 --> 01:13:50,291
was a big conversation because what tires you're going to

1274
01:13:50,291 --> 01:13:52,491
have for the winter? You want to have all round

1275
01:13:52,491 --> 01:13:56,771
tires. Round tires. And I want round ones, like, you

1276
01:13:56,771 --> 01:14:01,061
know, ones that work. And so as a part of

1277
01:14:01,061 --> 01:14:07,791
the midterm PSYOP from California, they've put in new rules

1278
01:14:07,791 --> 01:14:12,771
and regulations for tires. And I was like… What is

1279
01:14:12,771 --> 01:14:15,641
going on with this? And of course, Gavin Newsom is

1280
01:14:15,641 --> 01:14:18,141
very happy about it. And so we'll break down exactly

1281
01:14:18,141 --> 01:14:20,041
what is going on with this. I think it was

1282
01:14:20,041 --> 01:14:23,051
a good choice. Governor Gavin Newsom speaking for the first

1283
01:14:23,051 --> 01:14:26,931
time on new tire regulations. The California Energy Commission or

1284
01:14:26,931 --> 01:14:30,671
CEC unanimously approved earlier this week. Thank you, everybody. At

1285
01:14:30,671 --> 01:14:33,362
an unrelated press conference. Wow, what a nap pop that

1286
01:14:33,362 --> 01:14:38,381
was. Great nap top. Let's hear that again. Thank you,

1287
01:14:38,381 --> 01:15:03,181
everybody. standards beginning in 2033. The governor says his administration

1288
01:15:03,181 --> 01:15:06,511
backs the rules, saying they will reduce the energy needed

1289
01:15:06,511 --> 01:15:09,692
to move cars, in turn saving drivers money on fuel,

1290
01:15:09,692 --> 01:15:13,421
all while cutting emissions. The ROI is pretty good, the

1291
01:15:13,421 --> 01:15:17,481
return on investment. I'm back to just facts. In fact,

1292
01:15:17,481 --> 01:15:19,561
a billion dollars a year in fuel. You talk about

1293
01:15:19,561 --> 01:15:23,041
affordability agenda. That makes some sense to me. There it

1294
01:15:23,041 --> 01:15:27,591
is. The affordability agenda. So this is clearly a midterm.

1295
01:15:28,152 --> 01:15:32,751
Now, it doesn't really go in until January 1st, 2029.

1296
01:15:33,291 --> 01:15:37,031
But here's here's what it's about. It's the replacement tire

1297
01:15:37,031 --> 01:15:41,911
efficiency program. The California Energy Commission. So this is a

1298
01:15:41,911 --> 01:15:46,271
climate change initiative, which is just amazing. And it has

1299
01:15:46,271 --> 01:15:51,152
to do that. So passenger car replacement tires must meet

1300
01:15:51,152 --> 01:16:00,011
a maximum rolling resistance coefficient. Okay. RRC of 9.0 NKN.

1301
01:16:00,011 --> 01:16:02,841
I don't know exactly what that is. Then they have

1302
01:16:02,841 --> 01:16:07,551
phase two, where the ceiling drops from 9.0 to 7.1.

1303
01:16:07,551 --> 01:16:12,171
So this is how efficient your car tires roll on

1304
01:16:12,171 --> 01:16:19,081
the road, which, of course, has huge implications for weather,

1305
01:16:19,081 --> 01:16:26,572
speed, speed. Turning. They have to. So the what's called

1306
01:16:26,572 --> 01:16:31,981
the wet grip. It's like what in the world? So

1307
01:16:31,981 --> 01:16:35,131
they have to change to go from rubber to high

1308
01:16:35,131 --> 01:16:40,612
silica and functionalized polymer compounds. This this sounds like a

1309
01:16:40,612 --> 01:16:45,072
horrible idea. to and evs most of them in california

1310
01:16:45,072 --> 01:16:48,671
they eat up tires 30 more you know like will

1311
01:16:48,671 --> 01:16:50,822
you be able to break the same you know can

1312
01:16:50,822 --> 01:16:53,661
you will you get acceleration do your tires spin out

1313
01:16:53,661 --> 01:16:56,851
i mean this sounds like a bunch of idiots just

1314
01:16:56,851 --> 01:17:00,281
want to put something in there to you know to

1315
01:17:00,281 --> 01:17:05,171
placate the climate crazies and It doesn't sound like a

1316
01:17:05,171 --> 01:17:08,031
good idea. You know, the only concern I have about

1317
01:17:08,031 --> 01:17:10,301
that is can you get them in white walls? California

1318
01:17:10,301 --> 01:17:13,862
Energy Commissioner Nancy Skinner acknowledged. Matt will be here all

1319
01:17:13,862 --> 01:17:18,011
week, everybody. Under the new regulations, about 70% of the

1320
01:17:18,011 --> 01:17:21,181
tires currently sold in California will not be legal to

1321
01:17:21,181 --> 01:17:25,301
sell come 2033. But she also stresses tire manufacturers have

1322
01:17:25,301 --> 01:17:27,891
seven years between now and then to come. up with

1323
01:17:27,891 --> 01:17:30,942
new types of tires to sell tires Skinner believes will

1324
01:17:30,942 --> 01:17:35,041
ultimately benefit consumers. We'll ensure that the tires sold in

1325
01:17:35,041 --> 01:17:39,091
2029 will be the same quality and just as good

1326
01:17:39,091 --> 01:17:41,521
as the tires that are on your brand new car

1327
01:17:41,521 --> 01:17:44,152
when you drive it off the lot. Just as good,

1328
01:17:44,152 --> 01:17:47,822
just as good. So it's only for replacement tires. So,

1329
01:17:47,822 --> 01:17:49,631
you know, buy a new car and you get the

1330
01:17:49,631 --> 01:17:52,992
good tires, I guess. And of course, with California, this

1331
01:17:52,992 --> 01:17:56,011
is what we learned from John. It's like the reason

1332
01:17:56,011 --> 01:17:59,992
we have crazy expensive diesel is because of the sulfur

1333
01:17:59,992 --> 01:18:04,511
content that California demands. And we're not going to make

1334
01:18:04,731 --> 01:18:08,171
One diesel for California and a different one for everybody

1335
01:18:08,171 --> 01:18:12,371
else. So we have to deal with their regulations. That

1336
01:18:12,371 --> 01:18:16,731
may be the same. If all the tire companies get

1337
01:18:16,731 --> 01:18:20,771
on board with this, we're going to get these crap

1338
01:18:20,771 --> 01:18:23,171
tires. You know, I think a lot of tire companies

1339
01:18:23,171 --> 01:18:25,531
just won't do business in California, or at least a

1340
01:18:25,531 --> 01:18:27,931
couple of them won't. I mean, if they've got the

1341
01:18:27,931 --> 01:18:30,311
rest of the country to sell their tires to –

1342
01:18:30,402 --> 01:18:34,591
I just don't do business in California. I mean, what

1343
01:18:34,591 --> 01:18:37,612
is California's motto? We're from the government and we're here

1344
01:18:37,612 --> 01:18:41,171
to help. Is that their motto? We've got the government

1345
01:18:41,171 --> 01:18:46,551
designing tires. This is a problem. ...and Bridgestone Tires said

1346
01:18:46,551 --> 01:18:49,171
they hope to work with the California Energy Commission... Ah,

1347
01:18:49,171 --> 01:18:53,171
traitors. Bridgestone traitors. ...to ensure the new regulations take effect

1348
01:18:53,171 --> 01:18:57,152
smoothly. But other tire manufacturers and industry groups have argued

1349
01:18:57,152 --> 01:19:00,631
the rules could limit consumer choice and lead to significantly

1350
01:19:00,631 --> 01:19:04,112
higher costs for replacement tires after the tougher standards take

1351
01:19:04,112 --> 01:19:07,371
effect. Yeah. A coalition of tire companies earlier this year

1352
01:19:07,371 --> 01:19:10,181
sent the commission this letter, urging it not to adopt

1353
01:19:10,181 --> 01:19:14,192
the regulations amid concerns over high costs. Republican State Senator

1354
01:19:14,192 --> 01:19:17,461
Tony Strickland of Huntington Beach, meantime, argues the new rules

1355
01:19:17,461 --> 01:19:20,631
are government overreach. There's a lot of families that are

1356
01:19:20,631 --> 01:19:23,862
living paycheck to paycheck, And they can't afford these kind

1357
01:19:23,862 --> 01:19:28,721
of regulations. In fact, these board directors are the modern-day

1358
01:19:28,721 --> 01:19:33,511
Marie Antoinette. They don't care that they're really driving people

1359
01:19:33,511 --> 01:19:36,511
out of the state of California. You'd be wise to...

1360
01:19:36,661 --> 01:19:41,101
take advantage of new efficient tires, lower your cost at

1361
01:19:41,101 --> 01:19:44,731
the pump. Tire manufacturers, the vast majority came on board,

1362
01:19:44,731 --> 01:19:47,911
one notable one did not, but from a consumer's perspective

1363
01:19:47,981 --> 01:19:51,591
uh the savings is is self-evident and so i think

1364
01:19:51,591 --> 01:19:53,751
it was a good choice in that respect i wonder

1365
01:19:53,751 --> 01:19:55,661
who didn't come on board oh i know i've already

1366
01:19:55,661 --> 01:19:57,751
got that in my notes they're they're going to be

1367
01:19:57,751 --> 01:19:59,992
my new favorite tire company

1368
01:20:00,053 --> 01:20:04,583
Let's find out. Book of Knowledge. Which tire company is

1369
01:20:04,583 --> 01:20:09,773
not participating in California's new tire regulations? I love my

1370
01:20:09,773 --> 01:20:15,753
book of knowledge. Oh, it's great. Yeah. Let's see. According

1371
01:20:15,753 --> 01:20:19,703
to the Book of Knowledge, Goodyear and Dunlop oppose California's

1372
01:20:19,703 --> 01:20:24,853
new replacement tire efficiency program, while Michelin and Bridgestone support

1373
01:20:24,853 --> 01:20:30,643
it. Goodyear. Yeah. It has been written. So, Goodyear. Nice.

1374
01:20:30,643 --> 01:20:34,463
I wrote in a blimp once. Really? Yeah. Man, that's

1375
01:20:34,463 --> 01:20:36,643
a trip I'd like to take. It was pretty cool.

1376
01:20:36,783 --> 01:20:40,343
It was very cool. I missed an opportunity when Budweiser

1377
01:20:40,343 --> 01:20:44,433
had a blimp. I missed that opportunity. But I like

1378
01:20:44,433 --> 01:20:47,543
blimps. I think that, you know, they're... a pain in

1379
01:20:47,543 --> 01:20:50,403
the butt to land you gotta have 18 people on

1380
01:20:50,403 --> 01:20:53,123
the ground grabbing ropes with it it's a pretty cool

1381
01:20:53,123 --> 01:20:55,663
mode of transport it was really yeah but when was

1382
01:20:55,663 --> 01:20:59,383
the hindenburg 1908 I don't know. I can't remember. But,

1383
01:20:59,383 --> 01:21:03,153
you know, we had buildings that had airship docks on

1384
01:21:03,153 --> 01:21:05,383
the top of them. New York had them all over

1385
01:21:05,383 --> 01:21:08,523
the place. Yeah. And it was slow, but it was

1386
01:21:08,523 --> 01:21:13,173
luxurious. And you had big sleeper cabins. The only problem

1387
01:21:13,173 --> 01:21:16,363
was they exploded. But helium was hard to get back

1388
01:21:16,363 --> 01:21:21,473
in the day. So did pentos. It's a fine American

1389
01:21:21,473 --> 01:21:26,173
tradition of exploding transportation, yes. You know, but the Goodyear

1390
01:21:26,173 --> 01:21:29,273
blimp, it's got a cockpit that I think is about

1391
01:21:29,273 --> 01:21:32,803
the size of your studio here. And it is noisy

1392
01:21:32,803 --> 01:21:38,493
as can be because everything's right there. And it's just

1393
01:21:38,493 --> 01:21:41,883
this tiny little compartment. But, yeah, I think a blimp

1394
01:21:41,883 --> 01:21:44,323
would be a cool way to go across the country

1395
01:21:44,323 --> 01:21:47,613
without a doubt. A lot of these Silicon Valley guys

1396
01:21:47,613 --> 01:21:50,393
have tried to resurrect that several times. I'm not sure

1397
01:21:50,393 --> 01:21:53,443
what the status is. You know, I think everyone changed

1398
01:21:53,443 --> 01:21:58,103
investing into airships, as they're known. They're not blimps, airships,

1399
01:21:58,103 --> 01:22:00,683
into flying cars, which, you know. The flying car is

1400
01:22:00,683 --> 01:22:03,523
going to be like the paperless office or the paperless

1401
01:22:03,523 --> 01:22:06,253
toilet, maybe. I can't wait to get one. You haven't

1402
01:22:06,253 --> 01:22:08,163
seen my garage, but I have a spot for it.

1403
01:22:08,443 --> 01:22:11,283
For some reason, we have a three-car garage. We don't

1404
01:22:11,283 --> 01:22:13,743
have three cars, but that's where my flying car will

1405
01:22:13,743 --> 01:22:16,243
go if it ever comes out. All right. You know,

1406
01:22:16,243 --> 01:22:19,343
Gene, Sir Gene is always sending me. these uh these

1407
01:22:19,343 --> 01:22:22,363
videos youtube's like look at this man it's here it's

1408
01:22:22,363 --> 01:22:24,533
coming this is it the flying car i say have

1409
01:22:24,533 --> 01:22:27,273
you looked at the specs you can you can fly

1410
01:22:27,273 --> 01:22:31,103
exactly 60 miles an hour For 20 minutes. If I

1411
01:22:31,103 --> 01:22:34,163
can't get to Austin and land in your backyard, it's

1412
01:22:34,163 --> 01:22:36,413
not worth it. And also, if I have to recharge

1413
01:22:36,413 --> 01:22:39,273
for 24 hours before I can fly home, the power

1414
01:22:39,273 --> 01:22:44,113
to rate ratio is a whole thing. Mm-hmm. A lot

1415
01:22:44,113 --> 01:22:49,863
of complaints about H-1B visas. I think pretty much everybody

1416
01:22:49,863 --> 01:22:51,983
who listens to the show has a complaint about it.

1417
01:22:52,103 --> 01:22:54,813
A lot of my friends who work in technology companies,

1418
01:22:54,813 --> 01:23:00,303
their biggest complaint is they've been overrun by Indians. Mm-hmm.

1419
01:23:00,573 --> 01:23:04,623
All H-1B, they bring in more H-1B. It's filled with

1420
01:23:04,623 --> 01:23:09,583
fraud. Also, sorry, Brahmins, but the Brahmins are really racist

1421
01:23:09,583 --> 01:23:12,403
or classist, I should say. And it's just a mess

1422
01:23:12,403 --> 01:23:15,433
and no one wants to work there anymore. And it

1423
01:23:15,433 --> 01:23:19,553
seems like there's going to be some crackdown on this

1424
01:23:19,553 --> 01:23:22,613
finally, which is another part of the how about let's

1425
01:23:22,613 --> 01:23:25,553
get Americans back to work. And the first is the

1426
01:23:25,553 --> 01:23:28,483
new fee. Which was just came. I'm not sure about

1427
01:23:28,483 --> 01:23:31,443
the number, but this is probably a good idea. The

1428
01:23:31,443 --> 01:23:34,713
Trump administration is moving to codify a new fee for

1429
01:23:34,713 --> 01:23:39,243
H-1B worker visas that costs more than $103,000. In a

1430
01:23:39,243 --> 01:23:42,283
filing today, the Department of Homeland Security said some of

1431
01:23:42,283 --> 01:23:44,893
the revenue would be used to help fund the nation's

1432
01:23:44,893 --> 01:23:48,173
immigration courts and ICE. Earlier this summer, a judge in

1433
01:23:48,173 --> 01:23:52,363
Massachusetts struck down a similar temporary fee. The H-1B program

1434
01:23:52,363 --> 01:23:55,763
allows U.S. companies to hire tens of thousands of foreign

1435
01:23:55,763 --> 01:23:59,113
workers each year. President Trump has argued it takes jobs

1436
01:23:59,113 --> 01:24:02,313
away from Americans, but many companies say it's needed to

1437
01:24:02,313 --> 01:24:06,453
recruit top talent, especially in tech and research. Which is

1438
01:24:06,453 --> 01:24:09,703
just bull crap. They all get their education here. They

1439
01:24:09,703 --> 01:24:12,793
come over from India, get their education here, and then

1440
01:24:12,793 --> 01:24:15,943
get an H-1B, and then they're working. Do you know

1441
01:24:15,943 --> 01:24:20,863
why the tech industry? Is it really a labor shortage?

1442
01:24:21,163 --> 01:24:23,823
No, it's cost. It's just cost. So there's no –

1443
01:24:23,823 --> 01:24:28,663
it's not labor shortage based. Well, initially it was cost.

1444
01:24:29,083 --> 01:24:32,253
Of course, there are a lot of really highly educated

1445
01:24:32,253 --> 01:24:36,033
– and just mainly Indians, I would say. But then

1446
01:24:36,033 --> 01:24:39,203
– you know indians hire indians and they got you

1447
01:24:39,203 --> 01:24:44,093
know this whole h1b farms and you know like like

1448
01:24:44,093 --> 01:24:46,463
pat you I hate to sound racist, but you know,

1449
01:24:46,463 --> 01:24:49,603
one guy looks like the other on the passport photo,

1450
01:24:49,603 --> 01:24:54,613
you know, Rajiv. And so that just permeates. The fraud

1451
01:24:54,613 --> 01:24:58,493
is known, it's well known. Everybody complains about it. And

1452
01:24:58,493 --> 01:25:00,873
I don't care. You know, you can come here and

1453
01:25:00,873 --> 01:25:04,603
become an American and work here. That's fantastic. But the

1454
01:25:04,603 --> 01:25:07,603
specific visas part, of it is a scam. And there's

1455
01:25:07,603 --> 01:25:12,203
another thing. The State Department is now going to revoke

1456
01:25:12,203 --> 01:25:16,813
a lot of the 1B visas, which I presume is

1457
01:25:16,813 --> 01:25:23,723
A1B. There's a couple of different 1Bs, hospitality, agriculture and

1458
01:25:23,723 --> 01:25:27,583
business. The U.S. government is preparing to revoke the business

1459
01:25:27,583 --> 01:25:31,403
and tourism visas of up to 200,000 foreigners who have

1460
01:25:31,403 --> 01:25:34,963
applied for or are currently seeking asylum status. If this

1461
01:25:34,963 --> 01:25:38,503
happens, it'll be the largest mass revocation of visas in

1462
01:25:38,503 --> 01:25:43,213
U.S. history and would likely face legal challenges. State Department

1463
01:25:43,213 --> 01:25:46,963
documents attained by the Associated Press say the revocation will

1464
01:25:46,963 --> 01:25:50,313
take place in the coming weeks. on B1 and B2

1465
01:25:50,313 --> 01:25:54,483
visas issued between 2016 and 2026, and will be done

1466
01:25:54,483 --> 01:25:58,013
in coordination with the Department of Homeland Security. B1 visas

1467
01:25:58,013 --> 01:26:01,323
are generally issued for business trips, and B2 visas are

1468
01:26:01,323 --> 01:26:06,223
generally issued for tourism, family visits or medical care. Current

1469
01:26:06,223 --> 01:26:09,663
applicants for B1 and B2 visas are asked to affirm

1470
01:26:09,663 --> 01:26:12,313
that they will not apply for asylum in the United

1471
01:26:12,313 --> 01:26:15,313
States and prove that they intend to return to their

1472
01:26:15,313 --> 01:26:18,423
home countries. Since President Donald Trump took office for his

1473
01:26:18,423 --> 01:26:21,603
second term last year, his administration has steadily ramped up

1474
01:26:21,603 --> 01:26:26,193
restrictions on visa applicants, demanding more information about their social

1475
01:26:26,193 --> 01:26:30,703
media histories, requiring the posting of expensive bonds for the

1476
01:26:30,703 --> 01:26:34,893
processing of visas, and outright banning the issuance of visas

1477
01:26:34,893 --> 01:26:38,863
to citizens of certain countries. Yeah. All they've got to

1478
01:26:38,863 --> 01:26:41,283
do is marry an American. No, they're cracking down on

1479
01:26:41,283 --> 01:26:44,663
that, too. They just rolled up a whole Chinese ring.

1480
01:26:44,763 --> 01:26:47,393
They've been doing that for a decade. Oh, yeah. I

1481
01:26:47,393 --> 01:26:51,763
had a friend in Ecuador... who needed to marry an

1482
01:26:51,763 --> 01:26:55,063
Ecuadorian to get her to stay in the country to

1483
01:26:55,063 --> 01:26:57,793
keep her business going. And she worked out a deal

1484
01:26:57,793 --> 01:27:01,423
with a young teenage boy in the village there. Yeah.

1485
01:27:01,573 --> 01:27:06,643
Boom. And so she said, well, do you want something?

1486
01:27:06,803 --> 01:27:09,813
He wanted a basketball. So she got her a basketball

1487
01:27:09,813 --> 01:27:12,943
and a husband. She gave him a basketball, and she

1488
01:27:12,943 --> 01:27:15,393
got a husband, and as far as I know, still

1489
01:27:15,393 --> 01:27:19,693
lives there. You know, that's right. I'm all for making

1490
01:27:19,693 --> 01:27:24,463
it, putting levels into getting into our country. You know,

1491
01:27:24,463 --> 01:27:27,563
at one point, I don't know. This is when I

1492
01:27:27,563 --> 01:27:30,553
was living in Europe. Like, maybe I should go move

1493
01:27:30,553 --> 01:27:34,133
to Australia. That might be interesting because I visited Australia,

1494
01:27:34,133 --> 01:27:37,073
did a documentary in 1990. Now, this is before they

1495
01:27:37,073 --> 01:27:41,033
went completely woke. Not all provinces or states, I guess

1496
01:27:41,033 --> 01:27:46,543
you call them, like Queensland is still pretty okay. And

1497
01:27:46,543 --> 01:27:49,663
I looked into it. And at the time, and I

1498
01:27:49,663 --> 01:27:52,933
don't think it's changed much, you had to either be

1499
01:27:52,933 --> 01:27:58,583
a literal rocket scientist or have $5 million. Okay. Now,

1500
01:27:58,583 --> 01:28:02,913
that's $5 million. Australian dollars. So I know that's maybe

1501
01:28:02,913 --> 01:28:06,983
nine fifty here's a buck fifty dollar dues now. But,

1502
01:28:06,983 --> 01:28:10,613
you know, yeah, that I agree with that. Make it

1503
01:28:10,613 --> 01:28:12,953
harder. I mean, or put a put a limit of

1504
01:28:12,953 --> 01:28:15,843
reason for you to come here and not just come

1505
01:28:15,843 --> 01:28:20,303
in. This is what destroyed Europe, completely destroyed Europe. It's

1506
01:28:20,303 --> 01:28:23,823
crazy. And you've been telling a lot of us recently

1507
01:28:23,823 --> 01:28:27,463
that we're not on the same path of destruction with

1508
01:28:27,463 --> 01:28:31,573
our immigrants coming in as quick as Europe was. For

1509
01:28:31,573 --> 01:28:34,613
this very reason. Yeah. You know, President Trump closed the

1510
01:28:34,613 --> 01:28:39,823
borders. Your boy Tom Holtman enforced it. No, we're not.

1511
01:28:39,942 --> 01:28:44,323
You know, of course, as part of the midterm push,

1512
01:28:44,433 --> 01:28:48,873
Let's all be extremely worried about Muslims. There's absolutely problems

1513
01:28:48,873 --> 01:28:54,173
with Islam. There's absolutely imams doing podcasts saying they've absolutely

1514
01:28:54,173 --> 01:28:58,303
had a plan since 1991. Absolutely. But it's still 1%

1515
01:28:58,303 --> 01:29:03,193
of the population. You haven't quite overrun us yet. You

1516
01:29:03,193 --> 01:29:06,613
know, every time I talk about Islam on my program,

1517
01:29:06,613 --> 01:29:10,123
which seems to be quite often recently, is I always

1518
01:29:10,123 --> 01:29:13,283
have to start with that caveat that I know they're

1519
01:29:13,283 --> 01:29:17,223
bad. I know they don't even culturally fit in here.

1520
01:29:17,363 --> 01:29:20,823
I mean, just everything right down the line. And yet

1521
01:29:20,823 --> 01:29:23,223
I can still – then I can talk about it

1522
01:29:23,223 --> 01:29:26,223
because anything I seem to say, if I don't put

1523
01:29:26,223 --> 01:29:29,793
the caveat in there, it's like, oh, you're pro-Islam. It's

1524
01:29:29,793 --> 01:29:32,613
like, no, I'm not. But we've – yeah, we do

1525
01:29:32,613 --> 01:29:35,813
have to be careful. But at the same time, this

1526
01:29:35,813 --> 01:29:39,503
is not London overnight. It's not Paris. No. Not overnight.

1527
01:29:39,703 --> 01:29:43,943
And London – you know, the main source of Muslims

1528
01:29:43,943 --> 01:29:49,343
is Indians. And why? Because I forget which prime minister

1529
01:29:49,343 --> 01:29:53,123
was it. It was, oh man, I should know this.

1530
01:29:53,423 --> 01:29:57,373
We've talked about him. The prime minister, I think before

1531
01:29:57,373 --> 01:29:59,923
Thatcher, I can't remember.

1532
01:30:00,799 --> 01:30:04,019
I heard something with an H. He said, hey, you

1533
01:30:04,019 --> 01:30:07,269
know, if we colonize you, you have a right to

1534
01:30:07,269 --> 01:30:10,999
come to England. Oh. Heath. I think it was Heath.

1535
01:30:11,099 --> 01:30:14,789
Heath. Okay, yeah. And so the Indians went... Straight up,

1536
01:30:14,789 --> 01:30:19,509
bro. And the Pakistanis and all kinds of colonies came

1537
01:30:19,509 --> 01:30:24,169
in. And that's where that came from. So you and

1538
01:30:24,169 --> 01:30:27,599
I could go and live in London then and be

1539
01:30:27,599 --> 01:30:30,419
allowed to stay because we were colonized as well. Good

1540
01:30:30,419 --> 01:30:34,029
luck with that. That won't fly? Shall I get you

1541
01:30:34,029 --> 01:30:36,559
a one-way ticket? Yeah. Happy to send you off there,

1542
01:30:36,559 --> 01:30:39,419
man. No problem at all. So you get these countries

1543
01:30:39,419 --> 01:30:42,569
like the Netherlands and they just let – I mean

1544
01:30:42,569 --> 01:30:47,259
the Moroccans. We had Muslims in the Netherlands for decades.

1545
01:30:47,759 --> 01:30:51,029
We didn't call them Muslims. They were Indonesians. Number one

1546
01:30:51,029 --> 01:30:58,309
country of Muslim religion, faith. Islamic political ideology, whatever you

1547
01:30:58,309 --> 01:31:01,399
want to call it, they call themselves Muslims, is Indonesia.

1548
01:31:01,619 --> 01:31:06,039
Number one, the Netherlands famous for its Indonesian restaurants. We

1549
01:31:06,039 --> 01:31:09,579
love Indonesian food. Never had a problem with, as they

1550
01:31:09,579 --> 01:31:12,219
call them, the Indos. The Indos. In fact, it was

1551
01:31:12,219 --> 01:31:14,359
okay to call them Indos. You can't do that anymore.

1552
01:31:14,959 --> 01:31:17,369
After that came the Turks. And that was part of

1553
01:31:17,369 --> 01:31:20,739
a guest worker program in the 70s. And they had

1554
01:31:20,739 --> 01:31:24,719
to really start building up the country because a lot

1555
01:31:24,719 --> 01:31:27,299
of it was destroyed. And so we needed guest workers

1556
01:31:27,299 --> 01:31:29,899
to come in. Just weren't enough people in the country.

1557
01:31:29,999 --> 01:31:32,459
Now, as a sideline to that, you had the Moluckers,

1558
01:31:32,459 --> 01:31:36,609
and the Moluckers didn't get a good deal. And they

1559
01:31:36,609 --> 01:31:40,939
also got colonized and treated poorly by the Dutch because

1560
01:31:40,939 --> 01:31:43,929
the Dutch, they were no good, man. They transported all

1561
01:31:43,929 --> 01:31:46,839
the slaves. I mean, they were the ship-faring nation. So

1562
01:31:46,839 --> 01:31:49,139
the Moluckers got all pissed off in the 70s, and

1563
01:31:49,139 --> 01:31:52,009
they started hijacking trains. Do you remember this? They were

1564
01:31:52,009 --> 01:31:54,439
hijacking trains in the Netherlands? Oh, yeah. How do you

1565
01:31:54,439 --> 01:31:57,099
hijack a train? They literally would hijack, and it would

1566
01:31:57,099 --> 01:31:59,919
be on TV. TV for days and they would have

1567
01:31:59,919 --> 01:32:04,099
hostages and then the special forces would go in and

1568
01:32:04,099 --> 01:32:06,949
several hostages got killed. It was and was always the

1569
01:32:06,949 --> 01:32:12,129
Moluccas, never Muslims, Moluccas. Then came the Turks. Turks. Yeah,

1570
01:32:12,129 --> 01:32:14,489
you know, there was a little bit of racism against

1571
01:32:14,489 --> 01:32:17,419
the Turks, but they integrated pretty well. And I have

1572
01:32:17,419 --> 01:32:21,899
a lot of Turkish Dutch, you know, crossbreeding families. And

1573
01:32:21,899 --> 01:32:24,679
they didn't really have the cuisine that added much to

1574
01:32:24,679 --> 01:32:27,379
the culture, but they were there for so long. They

1575
01:32:27,379 --> 01:32:30,899
helped build it. Not a problem. By the way, Muslims.

1576
01:32:31,069 --> 01:32:35,039
Then came the Moroccans. And these were not the Moroccans

1577
01:32:35,039 --> 01:32:41,209
in the big cities. You know, like Marrakesh. Have you

1578
01:32:41,209 --> 01:32:44,459
ever been to Marrakesh? I have not. Dude, it's like

1579
01:32:44,459 --> 01:32:47,629
the most modern city in the world. It is like

1580
01:32:47,629 --> 01:32:53,499
Singapore on steroids. Wow. Just beautiful buildings, beautiful, like shopping

1581
01:32:53,499 --> 01:32:59,079
malls better than UAE. Just fantastic. It wasn't those Moroccans.

1582
01:32:59,179 --> 01:33:02,809
No. No. They sent over the ones from the mountains

1583
01:33:02,809 --> 01:33:07,449
and they came over. Now, Muslims, yeah, you know, they

1584
01:33:07,449 --> 01:33:12,079
have Ramadan and they have some, you know, slowly the

1585
01:33:12,079 --> 01:33:15,619
halal stores crept in and people didn't really push back.

1586
01:33:15,739 --> 01:33:18,849
And then, of course, they started to get into government

1587
01:33:18,849 --> 01:33:21,979
because people are apathetic and don't go and vote. They

1588
01:33:21,979 --> 01:33:26,179
run the drugs, all the drugs. It used to cost

1589
01:33:26,179 --> 01:33:29,649
probably, if you wanted to kill somebody, I grew up

1590
01:33:29,649 --> 01:33:32,139
in this country, so I lot of weird things. If

1591
01:33:32,139 --> 01:33:34,279
you wanted to kill someone, you know, you probably 15,

1592
01:33:34,279 --> 01:33:38,989
10,000 euros. Now, 500. Wow. And they do it on

1593
01:33:38,989 --> 01:33:43,239
mopeds. Yep, they drive by, they shoot you, machine guns,

1594
01:33:43,239 --> 01:33:46,479
everything, run all the drugs throughout all of Europe through

1595
01:33:46,479 --> 01:33:50,219
the port of Rotterdam. Rotterdam, where my daughter lives, she

1596
01:33:50,219 --> 01:33:53,499
had to move out to a different area. I'm like,

1597
01:33:53,499 --> 01:33:55,479
you should move out to Tennessee is what I keep

1598
01:33:55,479 --> 01:34:00,529
telling her. That's far southwest of Holland, right? She doesn't

1599
01:34:00,529 --> 01:34:04,619
listen to me. But again, it wasn't a Muslim problem

1600
01:34:04,619 --> 01:34:09,919
until it's almost like someone told them, hey, Don't forget

1601
01:34:09,919 --> 01:34:14,299
you're Muslims. So all these years, it never was an

1602
01:34:14,299 --> 01:34:17,079
issue, but some of it has to do with Israel.

1603
01:34:17,079 --> 01:34:24,799
And the extreme hate of Israel in the Netherlands, where...

1604
01:34:24,939 --> 01:34:28,819
You know, Anne Frank, Corrie ten Boom. These are famous

1605
01:34:28,819 --> 01:34:33,579
Jewish stories from from Second World War. The hate is

1606
01:34:33,579 --> 01:34:37,609
unbelievable. And of course, a lot of it is because

1607
01:34:37,609 --> 01:34:40,419
look at who's living in Amsterdam. Look at who's living

1608
01:34:40,419 --> 01:34:44,729
in Rotterdam. You know, they burn Israeli flags now. I'm

1609
01:34:44,729 --> 01:34:48,079
not saying anything about Netanyahu or the current – I

1610
01:34:48,079 --> 01:34:51,459
don't give a crap. Gaza, okay, this is not a

1611
01:34:51,459 --> 01:34:56,069
problem that has just been recently. This is all psyops

1612
01:34:56,069 --> 01:35:01,129
to highlight genocide. There's been a lot of genocides no

1613
01:35:01,129 --> 01:35:03,679
one seemed to care about. This one people care about.

1614
01:35:04,339 --> 01:35:07,099
And so now the latest – This is amazing, is

1615
01:35:07,099 --> 01:35:12,299
the Eurovision Song Contest. Yes, I've never paid attention to

1616
01:35:12,299 --> 01:35:15,299
it until I started listening to No Agenda. And I've

1617
01:35:15,299 --> 01:35:20,459
been watching the Eurovision Song Contest since 1972 when ABBA

1618
01:35:20,459 --> 01:35:24,849
won with Waterloo. And I think the Dutch have won

1619
01:35:24,849 --> 01:35:28,899
four or five times. And it is a cultural phenomenon.

1620
01:35:29,359 --> 01:35:32,579
And it's from the European Broadcasting Corporation. The EBU, which

1621
01:35:32,579 --> 01:35:37,409
by itself is weird, because why is Australia in there

1622
01:35:37,409 --> 01:35:40,659
and why is Israel in there? And then there's all

1623
01:35:40,659 --> 01:35:43,739
kinds of ways people say, well, but they're technically a

1624
01:35:43,739 --> 01:35:47,039
part of Europe. Okay, geographically, I'm not seeing it, but

1625
01:35:47,039 --> 01:35:56,399
whatever. So ever since. Really, since... Even before Gaza, there

1626
01:35:56,399 --> 01:36:00,759
was already people calling for Israel to be boycotted, kick

1627
01:36:00,759 --> 01:36:02,949
them out. We don't want them in the Eurovision Song

1628
01:36:02,949 --> 01:36:08,189
Contest. And now it's flipped. And now... countries are pulling

1629
01:36:08,189 --> 01:36:11,689
out of the Eurovision Song Contest. And I'm joined by

1630
01:36:11,689 --> 01:36:14,639
Josje Suis. He's a Eurovision expert and journalist for Omro

1631
01:36:14,639 --> 01:36:17,169
Buker. I wish I could be paid as a Eurovision

1632
01:36:17,169 --> 01:36:19,839
expert. There you go. What a job that will be.

1633
01:36:19,939 --> 01:36:23,849
And in Arnhem in the Netherlands. Now, the Netherlands are

1634
01:36:23,849 --> 01:36:27,379
boycotting. Is this the biggest crisis that Eurovision has ever

1635
01:36:27,379 --> 01:36:30,059
faced? Yeah, I would like to think so. It's a

1636
01:36:30,059 --> 01:36:33,559
really big crisis. It's a crisis! Of course, the Eurovision

1637
01:36:33,559 --> 01:36:36,199
has always been political since the beginning. It was made

1638
01:36:36,199 --> 01:36:39,599
to make peace in Europe, but it's never been so

1639
01:36:39,599 --> 01:36:44,359
polarizing and dividing as it is now. Everybody is thinking

1640
01:36:44,359 --> 01:36:47,139
something of it. A lot of countries are boycotting it.

1641
01:36:47,139 --> 01:36:50,769
It's a big crisis. Yeah, it could be like a

1642
01:36:50,769 --> 01:36:54,849
negative downfall of the contest for sure. It's a big

1643
01:36:54,849 --> 01:37:01,379
crisis, a downfall. So negative. Everything's falling apart. How much

1644
01:37:01,379 --> 01:37:05,889
would people lose if Eurovision went away? I mean, what

1645
01:37:05,889 --> 01:37:08,709
would that, you know, I mean, I know it's kind

1646
01:37:08,709 --> 01:37:11,889
of a facetious question, but. I think the thing is

1647
01:37:11,889 --> 01:37:15,129
that this is one of these cultural events that kind

1648
01:37:15,129 --> 01:37:19,719
of keeps Europe together. Okay. Right. It's kind of like

1649
01:37:19,719 --> 01:37:22,439
we're the European Union, even though it goes far beyond

1650
01:37:22,439 --> 01:37:25,979
the European Union. And it's not just the Netherlands pulling

1651
01:37:25,979 --> 01:37:29,219
out, but the other big ones are pulling out. And

1652
01:37:29,219 --> 01:37:32,269
I think this could start in a funny way. I'm

1653
01:37:32,269 --> 01:37:35,579
just calling it as a possible Red Book prediction that

1654
01:37:35,579 --> 01:37:38,989
this could be the. Breaking up of the European Union

1655
01:37:38,989 --> 01:37:43,089
over cultural things like this. Now, Spain has said it

1656
01:37:43,089 --> 01:37:47,469
would not broadcast the contest or the semifinals in Vienna

1657
01:37:47,469 --> 01:37:52,679
next year, describing the process of decision making as insufficient

1658
01:37:52,679 --> 01:37:57,739
and engendering distrust. What do they mean by that? They

1659
01:37:57,739 --> 01:38:01,269
are not the only one. Ireland is also not broadcasting

1660
01:38:01,269 --> 01:38:05,099
it. I think what I mean... is because they think

1661
01:38:05,099 --> 01:38:07,799
the changes that are being made, that's what they voted

1662
01:38:07,799 --> 01:38:13,059
on yesterday. So they voted on having more juries and

1663
01:38:13,059 --> 01:38:17,019
changing the number of votes you can make. They're rigging

1664
01:38:17,019 --> 01:38:20,889
the whole thing. It was rigged anyway. It was all

1665
01:38:20,889 --> 01:38:25,469
favoritism. Countries voted for their neighbors, Belgium. Belgium and the

1666
01:38:25,469 --> 01:38:29,219
Netherlands would vote. No one voted for the UK. Like,

1667
01:38:29,219 --> 01:38:33,499
England is always last with no votes. I mean, they

1668
01:38:33,499 --> 01:38:36,839
won once, I think, with Brotherhood of Man. save all

1669
01:38:36,839 --> 01:38:39,059
your kisses for me. Why do I know this stuff?

1670
01:38:39,179 --> 01:38:42,459
Because I'm an unpaid Eurovision expert, Matt. I think they

1671
01:38:42,459 --> 01:38:45,649
find that too less of a change to keep the

1672
01:38:45,649 --> 01:38:49,849
trust in the EUVU that they are independent, not supporting

1673
01:38:49,849 --> 01:38:54,279
Israel in any way or giving them special treatments. And

1674
01:38:54,279 --> 01:38:58,159
I think they... They just don't trust the EU that

1675
01:38:58,159 --> 01:39:02,899
they are really independent. And I think for the fans,

1676
01:39:02,899 --> 01:39:06,679
it's very sad that the broadcaster will not broadcast it,

1677
01:39:06,679 --> 01:39:09,169
but they can watch it on YouTube as well. So

1678
01:39:09,169 --> 01:39:12,379
here's the funny thing. So it's the European Broadcast Union.

1679
01:39:12,559 --> 01:39:15,609
It's all the public broadcasters because all these all these

1680
01:39:15,609 --> 01:39:22,239
countries have. government broadcasting organizations. And it's just like the

1681
01:39:22,239 --> 01:39:25,929
BBC, funded a little bit differently, but it's from the

1682
01:39:25,929 --> 01:39:29,079
people. It's supposed to be apolitical and for the people

1683
01:39:29,079 --> 01:39:35,139
in every single country. It's extremely left-wing, very biased, and

1684
01:39:35,139 --> 01:39:39,639
it's a very expensive thing. The European Broadcasting Union, they're

1685
01:39:39,639 --> 01:39:41,699
not going to broadcast it in these countries, but now

1686
01:39:41,699 --> 01:39:45,819
they're putting it on YouTube? Yeah. Get rid of the

1687
01:39:45,819 --> 01:39:48,639
whole thing. So you lose your own – so you're

1688
01:39:48,639 --> 01:39:52,159
just cutting your own throat. I'm assuming there's advertising that

1689
01:39:52,159 --> 01:39:54,629
goes in with these. Is there money that's made by

1690
01:39:54,629 --> 01:39:57,079
broadcasting it? I'm glad you asked because they do –

1691
01:39:57,079 --> 01:39:59,979
Was that a good question? That's a – It's close.

1692
01:40:00,031 --> 01:40:02,081
It's still a great question, but no, it's a good

1693
01:40:02,081 --> 01:40:06,531
question. They have one sponsor. You might be surprised. Now,

1694
01:40:06,531 --> 01:40:10,751
Spain is, of course, one of the biggest contributors financially,

1695
01:40:10,971 --> 01:40:14,551
and without its participation and other nations like the Netherlands

1696
01:40:14,551 --> 01:40:19,091
and Ireland pulling out, what will be the effect on

1697
01:40:19,091 --> 01:40:23,781
this event? It's very hard to say now because the

1698
01:40:23,781 --> 01:40:28,611
Netherlands is the sixth biggest contributor in Money Wise. Spain

1699
01:40:28,611 --> 01:40:30,881
is, of course, one of the big five. So they

1700
01:40:30,881 --> 01:40:33,491
will lose a lot of money, but they keep the

1701
01:40:33,491 --> 01:40:37,811
biggest sponsor, Moroccan Oil, now. So it's hard to say

1702
01:40:37,811 --> 01:40:41,361
what will happen. They got three countries back, Moldova, Bulgaria

1703
01:40:41,361 --> 01:40:44,851
and Romania. So I think they tried to compensate the

1704
01:40:44,851 --> 01:40:48,111
loss that was expected to happen a little bit. But

1705
01:40:48,111 --> 01:40:51,261
I think you could see a lot of the rising

1706
01:40:51,261 --> 01:40:55,731
expectations. Did you hear it? the oil moroccan oil i

1707
01:40:55,731 --> 01:40:58,851
heard oil and i didn't hear what was before it

1708
01:40:58,851 --> 01:41:03,471
moroccan oil could it be any more anti-israel yeah moroccan

1709
01:41:03,471 --> 01:41:07,201
oil sponsor do you think that had anything to do

1710
01:41:07,201 --> 01:41:10,271
with it by any chance oh is it possible no

1711
01:41:10,271 --> 01:41:14,431
of course not you're just that's just a crackpot theory

1712
01:41:14,431 --> 01:41:16,691
i'm telling you that this is going to be the

1713
01:41:16,691 --> 01:41:21,201
beginning mark this the eurovision song contest breaking apart people

1714
01:41:21,201 --> 01:41:24,391
not broadcasting it and moving to youtube is going to

1715
01:41:24,391 --> 01:41:27,261
be the end of the european union this will be

1716
01:41:27,261 --> 01:41:30,281
the the crack the very first crack i can just

1717
01:41:30,281 --> 01:41:34,311
feel it it's it's you can't understand it it's like

1718
01:41:34,311 --> 01:41:37,651
super bowl It's like Super Bowl in America. Really? Okay.

1719
01:41:37,711 --> 01:41:40,781
Very much so. Yeah. And it was just fun. It

1720
01:41:40,781 --> 01:41:43,991
was just fun to see the votes coming in and

1721
01:41:43,991 --> 01:41:46,861
yelling and saying, oh, those guys are just voting for

1722
01:41:46,861 --> 01:41:50,451
them. Yeah. It used to be, you'd see Ukraine and

1723
01:41:50,451 --> 01:41:54,931
Russia voting against each other, you know, zero points, no

1724
01:41:54,931 --> 01:42:00,441
points for Russia from Ukraine and vice versa. Russia used

1725
01:42:00,441 --> 01:42:03,071
to be in it. Hmm. They used to be in

1726
01:42:03,071 --> 01:42:05,101
the Olympics. They used to be in all kinds. They

1727
01:42:05,101 --> 01:42:09,571
used to be in the G8. G7 plus one, maybe.

1728
01:42:10,231 --> 01:42:16,331
So the – This happened to you twice now, Matt.

1729
01:42:16,591 --> 01:42:19,441
I know what it's from. The 70s. Yes, that's exactly

1730
01:42:19,441 --> 01:42:22,871
where it's from. Matt and I were sharing bong stories

1731
01:42:22,871 --> 01:42:27,941
earlier. We both are avid vapors now, which I just

1732
01:42:27,941 --> 01:42:30,471
love. We're just sitting here vaping away in the studio.

1733
01:42:30,651 --> 01:42:32,871
It's fantastic. What are you rocking there? What's your rig?

1734
01:42:33,051 --> 01:42:34,771
What is mine? I think I have the same as

1735
01:42:34,771 --> 01:42:37,261
yours. I'm not sure what it is You got a

1736
01:42:37,261 --> 01:42:40,391
geek vape I think I have an older model I

1737
01:42:40,391 --> 01:42:47,411
went to a I'm so blind now This is the...

1738
01:42:47,411 --> 01:42:51,331
It's a little smaller than mine. The Aspire. Okay, Aspire.

1739
01:42:51,471 --> 01:42:53,671
Okay, okay. I'm familiar with them. Do you build your

1740
01:42:53,671 --> 01:42:56,511
own coil? No, I heard you when you said that

1741
01:42:56,511 --> 01:42:58,471
a while back, and I was thinking, what an idiot.

1742
01:43:00,111 --> 01:43:02,541
Yeah, man, you got to wind your own coil, use

1743
01:43:02,541 --> 01:43:06,221
American cotton. Yeah. Do you pull it out of an

1744
01:43:06,221 --> 01:43:10,661
old T-shirt? Where do you get this American cotton? You

1745
01:43:10,661 --> 01:43:13,551
buy it in a bag called – it's called bacon.

1746
01:43:13,891 --> 01:43:17,991
Cotton bacon. Okay. It was funny. When we were stopped

1747
01:43:17,991 --> 01:43:21,231
at the border coming back two times ago, we were

1748
01:43:21,231 --> 01:43:25,511
stopped. We stopped in – it might have been –

1749
01:43:26,681 --> 01:43:31,111
Minneapolis, I think. We came in from Minneapolis over to

1750
01:43:31,111 --> 01:43:35,391
Texas. And for some reason, we have the global entry,

1751
01:43:35,391 --> 01:43:40,261
which is like, you know, literally face scan like, hey,

1752
01:43:40,261 --> 01:43:42,661
Mr. Mrs. Curry. Yeah. OK, you're good to go. And

1753
01:43:42,661 --> 01:43:45,301
then we're standing there waiting for our luggage. And you

1754
01:43:45,301 --> 01:43:48,871
could see one of those feds walking around. He's like,

1755
01:43:48,871 --> 01:43:50,861
excuse me. You know, it's like, can I see your

1756
01:43:50,861 --> 01:43:53,821
passports? I'm like. Well, this is interesting. I use my

1757
01:43:53,821 --> 01:43:58,241
passport. Okay. And then we're ready to go out, and

1758
01:43:58,241 --> 01:44:00,911
then two more customs agents come up, and we got

1759
01:44:00,911 --> 01:44:04,391
our suitcases. And he's like, okay. where are you folks

1760
01:44:04,391 --> 01:44:06,291
from? I said, you know, we just got spoken to

1761
01:44:06,291 --> 01:44:08,531
by your colleague. I mean, do we look like international

1762
01:44:08,531 --> 01:44:11,741
diamond smugglers? Oh, last thing to say. T.T. is like

1763
01:44:11,741 --> 01:44:14,121
so mad at me. He's like, oh, why don't you

1764
01:44:14,121 --> 01:44:16,241
come over here? So do you have any cash on

1765
01:44:16,241 --> 01:44:18,231
you? Yeah, I got like 40 bucks. Can you need

1766
01:44:18,231 --> 01:44:20,451
some? Let me know. It's like, and so I think

1767
01:44:20,451 --> 01:44:23,271
because he kept mentioning cash, like, okay, open up my

1768
01:44:23,271 --> 01:44:26,711
computer back, you know, my studio bag, basically. And in

1769
01:44:26,711 --> 01:44:30,901
there is the bacon. Okay. And it says bacon on

1770
01:44:30,901 --> 01:44:34,771
the side. Is this an agricultural product? Oh, good Lord.

1771
01:44:35,671 --> 01:44:39,161
No, it's cotton. What do you need cotton for? For

1772
01:44:39,161 --> 01:44:42,951
my vape. Okay. They were really nice about it. Tina

1773
01:44:42,951 --> 01:44:45,451
was mad. Like, don't make these jokes, man. Don't do

1774
01:44:45,451 --> 01:44:48,191
this. But come on. It's like the whole thing is

1775
01:44:48,191 --> 01:44:52,341
hilarious. We're not smuggling anything. if i was smuggling something

1776
01:44:52,341 --> 01:44:55,401
i'd be a little quieter obviously you know i used

1777
01:44:55,401 --> 01:44:59,071
to uh collect beach sand at different beaches i would

1778
01:44:59,071 --> 01:45:02,111
go to because the sands are all very cool right

1779
01:45:02,111 --> 01:45:05,761
why does this not surprise me and so um so

1780
01:45:05,761 --> 01:45:09,591
i am uh flying in from columbia into miami and

1781
01:45:09,591 --> 01:45:11,771
uh they're going through my bags oh and the worst

1782
01:45:11,771 --> 01:45:14,391
thing that could ever happened was the girl working behind

1783
01:45:14,391 --> 01:45:16,671
the count, but working where I got pulled up. This

1784
01:45:16,671 --> 01:45:19,541
was Houston, not Miami, Houston. And she looks at me

1785
01:45:19,541 --> 01:45:22,541
and she goes, We went to high school together, didn't

1786
01:45:22,541 --> 01:45:26,101
we? And I went, oh, crap. Yes. Listen, let me

1787
01:45:26,101 --> 01:45:29,091
tell you, I could not have smuggled a cat's fart

1788
01:45:29,091 --> 01:45:31,891
in on that. She knew me from high school. She

1789
01:45:31,891 --> 01:45:33,951
knew you. They turned over everything, and they find the

1790
01:45:33,951 --> 01:45:38,211
one little container of white sand from a beach in

1791
01:45:38,211 --> 01:45:44,101
Columbia. Wow. I had Colombian white he says yes Colombian

1792
01:45:44,101 --> 01:45:46,651
white and she said what's this I said it's sand

1793
01:45:46,651 --> 01:45:49,351
and boy immediately these people come over and they took

1794
01:45:49,351 --> 01:45:52,151
it off and I guess they chemically analyzed it somewhere

1795
01:45:52,151 --> 01:45:55,111
and about 20 minutes later they come back and hand

1796
01:45:55,111 --> 01:45:57,611
me my sand back short a few grains I had

1797
01:45:57,611 --> 01:46:02,091
weighed it and they they they I said it was

1798
01:46:02,091 --> 01:46:05,331
okay. It was sand. I said thank you very much.

1799
01:46:06,771 --> 01:46:09,061
Anyway, I don't even know how we got on that

1800
01:46:09,061 --> 01:46:13,231
tangent. Vaping. And by the way, I'm going to put

1801
01:46:13,231 --> 01:46:16,121
it out there. I was a heavy smoker for many,

1802
01:46:16,121 --> 01:46:19,081
many years. Me too. And I tried, I mean, I

1803
01:46:19,081 --> 01:46:22,961
tried everything. I think I never tried hypnosis, but I

1804
01:46:22,961 --> 01:46:26,641
tried everything about quitting smoking that ever anybody had ever

1805
01:46:26,641 --> 01:46:29,391
come up with. And nothing ever worked for a short

1806
01:46:29,391 --> 01:46:33,371
period. It would never work. Yeah. And when I decided

1807
01:46:33,371 --> 01:46:35,691
to try the vape, and it was our good friend

1808
01:46:35,691 --> 01:46:39,441
Jerry. Jerry. Rest in peace. Jerry. And I went in

1809
01:46:39,441 --> 01:46:44,721
there and… Jerry and his wife… Oh, I knew you

1810
01:46:44,721 --> 01:46:47,611
were going to say that. Oh, goodness. Not Mary. No,

1811
01:46:47,611 --> 01:46:50,911
no. She had a common name. It'll come to me.

1812
01:46:51,171 --> 01:46:55,041
So they were… The hippies. Yeah. Hippies from California. And

1813
01:46:55,041 --> 01:46:59,171
they were in their 70s. And their mission literally was

1814
01:46:59,171 --> 01:47:03,041
to get people off of smoking cigarettes. Yeah. That's why

1815
01:47:03,041 --> 01:47:05,041
they opened the vape shop. And so I go in

1816
01:47:05,041 --> 01:47:08,221
there and they fixed me all up. And Adam, I

1817
01:47:08,221 --> 01:47:11,951
tell you, I did not pick up a cigarette. even

1818
01:47:11,951 --> 01:47:14,741
after that even once yeah now we've got a guy

1819
01:47:14,741 --> 01:47:17,051
at the uh our one of our main engineers up

1820
01:47:17,051 --> 01:47:20,271
at the studio he's a smoker and i love it

1821
01:47:20,271 --> 01:47:24,491
his little cubicle or his little box oh man and

1822
01:47:24,491 --> 01:47:27,631
he could well no he smokes outside so oh yeah

1823
01:47:27,631 --> 01:47:30,291
it comes in i'll come in i'll and i'll i'll

1824
01:47:30,291 --> 01:47:35,011
be heading in in I can smell Bob over there.

1825
01:47:35,491 --> 01:47:39,531
I love the smell of tobacco smoke. I love it.

1826
01:47:39,751 --> 01:47:42,521
And this is one thing that we connected on very

1827
01:47:42,521 --> 01:47:45,841
early, that we were both roll-your-own guys. And, of course,

1828
01:47:45,841 --> 01:47:48,401
I'd roll up the tobacco with weed. I mean, I

1829
01:47:48,401 --> 01:47:52,911
was wake and bake for most of my life. But

1830
01:47:52,911 --> 01:47:59,931
I stopped because of the... Maverick My periodontist He called

1831
01:47:59,931 --> 01:48:01,851
me. I've become really good friends with him. He's a

1832
01:48:01,851 --> 01:48:04,151
pilot. That's how we kind of connected. And he called

1833
01:48:04,151 --> 01:48:07,341
me a week before my first procedure, which was the

1834
01:48:07,341 --> 01:48:10,571
extraction phase. You know, I have just these beautiful new

1835
01:48:10,571 --> 01:48:15,151
teeth. I mean, don't you think? Oh, they're gorgeous. Gorgeous.

1836
01:48:16,111 --> 01:48:19,941
And he said, Adam, it's Mitch. Hey, man. can you

1837
01:48:19,941 --> 01:48:23,011
stop putting fire in your face for a week? Because

1838
01:48:23,011 --> 01:48:25,951
it's really, it's going to make my job harder, and

1839
01:48:25,951 --> 01:48:27,661
it's going to be harder for you to heal. And

1840
01:48:27,661 --> 01:48:31,071
I put down tobacco and weed and never touch it

1841
01:48:31,071 --> 01:48:37,221
again. I don't crave it. I mean, the vaping... Of

1842
01:48:37,221 --> 01:48:40,991
course, it is an electronic nicotine delivery system. There's no

1843
01:48:40,991 --> 01:48:45,471
doubt about that. And I think it's more just... you

1844
01:48:45,471 --> 01:48:47,881
know i miss that rolling that's why i like doing

1845
01:48:47,881 --> 01:48:50,871
the coil i miss the rolling the whole process you

1846
01:48:50,871 --> 01:48:54,341
know thinking about it you know and then sparking it

1847
01:48:54,341 --> 01:48:57,061
up and letting it go out and sparking it up

1848
01:48:57,061 --> 01:49:00,941
again and something about the vape satisfies those movements and

1849
01:49:00,941 --> 01:49:03,541
just i don't know what to do with my hands

1850
01:49:03,541 --> 01:49:06,811
well we can say it it's an oral fixation that's

1851
01:49:06,811 --> 01:49:08,721
right There it is. There it is. But I love

1852
01:49:08,721 --> 01:49:11,391
these people say... you know you're going to die from

1853
01:49:11,391 --> 01:49:13,891
vaping i'm like you really haven't done the research on

1854
01:49:13,891 --> 01:49:16,991
all the different aspects of vaping you know well yeah

1855
01:49:16,991 --> 01:49:20,211
it's really bad it's worse than smoking like you get

1856
01:49:20,211 --> 01:49:24,641
those people oh i absolutely do what do you shut

1857
01:49:24,641 --> 01:49:27,971
up exactly no i have one line i gave up

1858
01:49:27,971 --> 01:49:31,711
all my hard drugs i gave up alcohol um nobody

1859
01:49:31,711 --> 01:49:34,681
is taking my caffeine or my nicotine away from me,

1860
01:49:34,681 --> 01:49:37,991
I will go to the grave with a vape. Maybe,

1861
01:49:37,991 --> 01:49:39,981
I don't know, maybe I'll have a cigarette. If I

1862
01:49:39,981 --> 01:49:42,151
know I'm on my way out, go over bum one

1863
01:49:42,151 --> 01:49:48,401
from Bob. But I have to tell you that, no,

1864
01:49:48,401 --> 01:49:51,581
there's a lot of things that I have enjoyed in

1865
01:49:51,581 --> 01:49:53,541
my life that I gave up for good. Good, healthy

1866
01:49:53,541 --> 01:49:57,331
reasons. And I'm going to, by God, I'm going to

1867
01:49:57,331 --> 01:49:59,171
hang on to some of them. I'm with you, brother.

1868
01:49:59,431 --> 01:49:59,991
I'm with you.

1869
01:50:00,043 --> 01:50:02,623
Since we're on a cultural trip here for a moment,

1870
01:50:02,623 --> 01:50:07,583
Dolly Parton, first of all, Tim Curry passed away 80.

1871
01:50:09,243 --> 01:50:12,583
The number of times someone has said to me, hi,

1872
01:50:12,583 --> 01:50:18,683
Tim, I can't count. And so... Maybe that'll end now,

1873
01:50:18,683 --> 01:50:21,603
finally, because people think, well, that can't be Tim Curry

1874
01:50:21,603 --> 01:50:26,163
because he's dead. But I wasn't really a Rocky Horror

1875
01:50:26,163 --> 01:50:29,363
fan. What other stuff has he done? He'd been in

1876
01:50:29,363 --> 01:50:31,153
a lot of different things, though, not just Rocky. He

1877
01:50:31,153 --> 01:50:33,323
was known for – what a bummer that must have

1878
01:50:33,323 --> 01:50:36,113
been to only be remembered for Rocky Horror Pictures. For

1879
01:50:36,113 --> 01:50:39,463
the transgender dance that he did. But he was pretty

1880
01:50:39,463 --> 01:50:43,023
ugly. You know, I appreciate his – He was pretty

1881
01:50:43,023 --> 01:50:48,313
ugly. I appreciate the work he did as Pennywise. I

1882
01:50:48,313 --> 01:50:52,163
thought he was – We've had several Pennywises, and I

1883
01:50:52,163 --> 01:50:55,983
think he was one of the best Pennywises. And, of

1884
01:50:55,983 --> 01:50:59,083
course, Home Alone 2, they've been showing that little clip.

1885
01:50:59,863 --> 01:51:03,023
And that was a pretty funny scene. He's a pretty

1886
01:51:03,023 --> 01:51:06,683
funny guy. Let me look at his body of work.

1887
01:51:06,863 --> 01:51:11,463
Let me see. Doesn't Wikipedia always have that? Yeah. Okay.

1888
01:51:11,723 --> 01:51:15,603
So, man, they don't have a – the wiki page

1889
01:51:15,603 --> 01:51:19,443
doesn't have a – oh, Tim Curry performances. Well, here

1890
01:51:19,443 --> 01:51:23,573
we go. Okay. um let's see seven he was from

1891
01:51:23,573 --> 01:51:26,923
the 70s man he had okay he played in buttons

1892
01:51:26,923 --> 01:51:30,523
in cinderella midsummer this is uh stage stuff that's theater

1893
01:51:30,523 --> 01:51:33,823
it was a theater it's from the theater oh wow

1894
01:51:33,823 --> 01:51:36,843
he did a lot of theater stuff how about his

1895
01:51:36,843 --> 01:51:40,033
uh how about his movies uh Man, he did a

1896
01:51:40,033 --> 01:51:47,543
film. Okay, Rocky Horror, Annie, Clue, Hunt for Red October.

1897
01:51:48,203 --> 01:51:52,173
Now, that was a good movie. The Player, Home Alone

1898
01:51:52,173 --> 01:51:57,043
2. Loaded Weapon 1. I wish I was in that.

1899
01:51:58,323 --> 01:52:02,043
Mikhail's Navy. Huh, how about that? Oh, he was Major

1900
01:52:02,043 --> 01:52:06,483
Vladikov. Adam's Family Reunion. Oh, he played Gomez. That's right,

1901
01:52:06,483 --> 01:52:10,793
in Adam's Family Reunion. Charlie's Angels. Who wasn't in Charlie's

1902
01:52:10,793 --> 01:52:15,493
Angels? What else did he do? I still watch Charlie's

1903
01:52:15,493 --> 01:52:21,553
Angels on Sunday afternoons. Hello, Angels. He did a lot

1904
01:52:21,553 --> 01:52:25,163
of TV stuff, too. He would have been someone that

1905
01:52:25,163 --> 01:52:28,343
would have been really fun to have around the campfire.

1906
01:52:28,803 --> 01:52:31,063
He just seems like he would be able to tell

1907
01:52:31,063 --> 01:52:34,843
a story that would just keep you enthralled. I don't

1908
01:52:34,843 --> 01:52:37,803
know. I could be totally wrong on that, but that

1909
01:52:37,803 --> 01:52:40,513
was my impression of it, that he'd be a blast

1910
01:52:40,513 --> 01:52:44,023
to have over just to tell us some stories to

1911
01:52:44,023 --> 01:52:46,353
him you know and uh i think he'd be good

1912
01:52:46,353 --> 01:52:48,933
now you grew up in texas you're a full texas

1913
01:52:48,933 --> 01:52:51,823
boy i was born in abilene but my folks moved

1914
01:52:51,823 --> 01:52:54,693
us to vienna austria when i was about a year

1915
01:52:54,693 --> 01:52:57,413
and a half old in fact when hitler came to

1916
01:52:57,413 --> 01:53:01,073
power no i'm yeah i'm not that old 1961 in

1917
01:53:01,073 --> 01:53:06,143
fact we took the roder over to Europe. Sure. And

1918
01:53:06,143 --> 01:53:09,873
it's now a hotel in somewhere. I would like to

1919
01:53:09,873 --> 01:53:13,113
go stay somewhere. No, you don't. No, I don't? No,

1920
01:53:13,113 --> 01:53:16,003
it's not what you think it is. It's not what

1921
01:53:16,003 --> 01:53:19,363
you think it is. But so we were in Vienna.

1922
01:53:20,163 --> 01:53:22,403
In fact, we had ties to Holland. We'd go to

1923
01:53:22,403 --> 01:53:25,583
Den Haag every now and then. We had a good

1924
01:53:25,583 --> 01:53:28,413
friend who was a… What did your dad do going

1925
01:53:28,413 --> 01:53:31,923
to The Hague? You know, he was a preacher. Yeah.

1926
01:53:31,923 --> 01:53:34,663
Really? He was a preacher, a missionary. He and his

1927
01:53:34,663 --> 01:53:41,333
buddies. Well, big fail on Holland. They took Bibles and

1928
01:53:41,333 --> 01:53:48,263
literature in behind the Iron Curtain during the 60s. And

1929
01:53:48,263 --> 01:53:50,513
so they did a lot of that. But we went

1930
01:53:50,513 --> 01:53:54,383
to The Hague. In fact, the thing I remember about

1931
01:53:54,383 --> 01:53:57,983
Holland was they had seven up in Holland, and we

1932
01:53:57,983 --> 01:54:02,353
couldn't get that. in Vienna. And the other thing, the

1933
01:54:02,353 --> 01:54:05,043
most beautiful woman I think I've ever known was a

1934
01:54:05,043 --> 01:54:10,663
Dutch-Indonesian woman named Leda Katan, who I just, even as

1935
01:54:10,663 --> 01:54:14,163
a kid, I was like, oh my God. Goodness, beautiful

1936
01:54:14,163 --> 01:54:19,083
Indonesian women. By the way, Dutch, speaking of colonizations, the

1937
01:54:19,083 --> 01:54:23,053
Dutch colonized Indonesia. Yeah. And in fact, then the Japanese

1938
01:54:23,053 --> 01:54:25,883
took it away from them. And they threw everyone in

1939
01:54:25,883 --> 01:54:29,203
the Dutch people in the Japanese concentration camps. OK. I

1940
01:54:29,203 --> 01:54:31,373
knew a lot of kids. Their parents had been in

1941
01:54:31,373 --> 01:54:33,833
the Yuppa Kump. Oh, wow. They were called the Jap

1942
01:54:33,833 --> 01:54:37,583
camp. Wow. So, yeah, and then we came to the

1943
01:54:37,583 --> 01:54:40,683
States when I guess I was about 11 or 12,

1944
01:54:40,683 --> 01:54:44,193
and we moved to the tiniest little West Texas town

1945
01:54:44,193 --> 01:54:48,053
in the whole wide world, a place called O'Donnell, where

1946
01:54:48,053 --> 01:54:51,953
they put me in school. And I had never played

1947
01:54:51,953 --> 01:54:58,793
football. You know, not football, but football. Baseball. None of

1948
01:54:58,793 --> 01:55:01,153
those things were familiar with me at all. And I

1949
01:55:01,153 --> 01:55:03,893
ate with my fork in my left hand and my

1950
01:55:03,893 --> 01:55:06,883
knife in my right. You know that? Yeah, you know,

1951
01:55:06,883 --> 01:55:10,643
the proper way, the Emily Post way. Absolutely. I got

1952
01:55:10,643 --> 01:55:14,403
in trouble at school because I didn't know how to

1953
01:55:14,403 --> 01:55:21,103
hold. my silverware. You're heathen. I know. But I do

1954
01:55:21,103 --> 01:55:26,163
have memories of Holland, and I grew up reciting a

1955
01:55:26,163 --> 01:55:30,213
Dutch nursery rhyme when we first met. I remember that

1956
01:55:30,213 --> 01:55:32,003
was the first thing I asked you. What is it?

1957
01:55:32,023 --> 01:55:34,783
I don't remember what it was. Olico bolico rabi solico,

1958
01:55:34,783 --> 01:55:40,123
olico bolico no. And you've got to do these things

1959
01:55:40,123 --> 01:55:44,283
with your hands, right? Yeah. Nailed it, brother. All right.

1960
01:55:44,843 --> 01:55:48,273
You and Mark Rutter. Yes, hello. So I was leading

1961
01:55:48,273 --> 01:55:53,633
into an entertainment package of Dolly Parton just because I

1962
01:55:53,633 --> 01:55:56,033
always liked her. I mean, did you grow up listening

1963
01:55:56,033 --> 01:55:57,903
to Dolly Parton? I don't think so. I think I

1964
01:55:57,903 --> 01:56:00,323
did. I don't think I did. I obviously knew who

1965
01:56:00,323 --> 01:56:02,633
she was, and I heard her music by accident. But

1966
01:56:02,633 --> 01:56:05,503
it was not something I would tune in or buy

1967
01:56:05,503 --> 01:56:08,283
a record. As a radio guy, I've played all of

1968
01:56:08,283 --> 01:56:11,063
– because she had crossed over all the time. It

1969
01:56:11,063 --> 01:56:13,943
would go top 40, like Jolene, which I despise that

1970
01:56:13,943 --> 01:56:17,573
song. Now, here's the crazy thing. On the last episode

1971
01:56:17,573 --> 01:56:20,753
of the Noah Gentiles. show, I was talking to Rob,

1972
01:56:20,753 --> 01:56:25,953
you know Rob, and he was talking about the psyop

1973
01:56:25,953 --> 01:56:29,473
of the COVID vaccine. And I said, yeah, even Dolly

1974
01:56:29,473 --> 01:56:31,943
Parton was in on it. And I played the clip

1975
01:56:31,943 --> 01:56:35,713
of her singing vaccine, vaccine. So this is, you know,

1976
01:56:35,713 --> 01:56:38,223
you don't want to mess with a no agenda show.

1977
01:56:38,423 --> 01:56:42,063
That's right. Bad things happen when we dig up old

1978
01:56:42,063 --> 01:56:45,443
stuff of yours. But... I always loved her. I always

1979
01:56:45,443 --> 01:56:48,313
loved the songs, you know, 9 to 5. I just

1980
01:56:48,313 --> 01:56:51,653
wanted to play this as a short, well, it's a

1981
01:56:51,653 --> 01:56:55,293
longer than normal homage to Dolly Parton. Well, I wanted

1982
01:56:55,293 --> 01:56:57,673
to be a star, but I always thought of a

1983
01:56:57,673 --> 01:57:01,593
star more as a singing star. Legendary country music star,

1984
01:57:01,593 --> 01:57:11,393
businesswoman, actor, and philanthropist Dolly Parton has died. Parton was

1985
01:57:11,393 --> 01:57:14,013
born one of 12 kids in a one-bedroom cabin in

1986
01:57:14,013 --> 01:57:17,513
East Tennessee. I was never ashamed of my background, even

1987
01:57:17,513 --> 01:57:20,433
though we grew up very poor. Those humble beginnings would

1988
01:57:20,433 --> 01:57:23,223
shape her life in music. I think we've become who

1989
01:57:23,223 --> 01:57:26,513
we are when we're young. By 21, Parton broke into

1990
01:57:26,513 --> 01:57:29,023
the country billboard charts for the first time with her

1991
01:57:29,023 --> 01:57:34,093
single Dumb Blonde. It was one of the first milestones

1992
01:57:34,093 --> 01:57:41,873
in a career that spanned seven decades. She released over

1993
01:57:41,873 --> 01:57:46,303
50 albums, winning 10 Grammys and garnering 55 Grammy nominations,

1994
01:57:46,303 --> 01:57:49,323
the most ever for a female country artist. Get your

1995
01:57:49,323 --> 01:57:51,853
scummy hands off of me. Her first of two Oscar

1996
01:57:51,853 --> 01:57:55,373
nominations for Best Original Song was in 1981 for the

1997
01:57:55,373 --> 01:57:57,533
song 9 to 5 from her movie of the same

1998
01:57:57,533 --> 01:58:01,763
name. Working 9 to 5, I don't know where to

1999
01:58:01,763 --> 01:58:05,193
make it. She received an honorary Oscar in 2025 for

2000
01:58:05,193 --> 01:58:08,063
her humanitarian work. It makes me want to dream up

2001
01:58:08,063 --> 01:58:10,913
new ways to help lift people up. And isn't that

2002
01:58:10,913 --> 01:58:14,093
what we're supposed to be here for? In 2024, Rolling

2003
01:58:14,093 --> 01:58:17,613
Stone magazine ranked her 1973 hit Jolene, the number one

2004
01:58:17,613 --> 01:58:23,193
greatest country song of all time. Jolene, Jolene, I'm begging

2005
01:58:23,193 --> 01:58:28,013
her. you please don't take my man brain worm yeah

2006
01:58:28,013 --> 01:58:31,303
right And a song she wrote around the same time

2007
01:58:31,303 --> 01:58:34,213
as Jolene, I Will Always Love You, eventually got its

2008
01:58:34,213 --> 01:58:37,963
own iconic cover. And then Whitney, of course, made it

2009
01:58:37,963 --> 01:58:47,933
into a worldwide hit. And I! Beyond her music, Parton

2010
01:58:47,933 --> 01:58:51,563
created a business empire. Dollywood in the heart of the

2011
01:58:51,563 --> 01:58:55,443
smokest. Opening Dollywood, a theme park near her hometown in

2012
01:58:55,443 --> 01:58:58,943
East Tennessee that employs thousands and has invigorated the surrounding

2013
01:58:58,943 --> 01:59:02,633
area. Hundreds and hundreds of businesses have sprung up and

2014
01:59:02,633 --> 01:59:07,103
thousands and thousands of jobs. I just really think business.

2015
01:59:07,463 --> 01:59:10,323
I get that from my. dad. Parton supported many charitable

2016
01:59:10,323 --> 01:59:14,923
causes, including childhood literacy, through her imagination library. We've officially

2017
01:59:14,923 --> 01:59:20,413
gifted over 200 million books to children. Thank you. Dolly

2018
01:59:20,413 --> 01:59:23,263
Parton leaves behind more than iconic music. She leaves a

2019
01:59:23,263 --> 01:59:26,583
legacy of generosity, humility, and a reminder to be kind

2020
01:59:26,583 --> 01:59:29,813
to one another. I think everybody should be treated with

2021
01:59:29,813 --> 01:59:33,403
respect. I hope that everybody gets a chance to be

2022
01:59:33,403 --> 01:59:36,153
who and what they are. And, you know, she was

2023
01:59:36,153 --> 01:59:39,173
a real American, man. An American success story. Yes, she

2024
01:59:39,173 --> 01:59:42,523
was. Absolutely. I really loved her for that. And, you

2025
01:59:42,523 --> 01:59:46,053
know, Taylor Swift is no Dolly Parton. No, of course

2026
01:59:46,053 --> 01:59:49,343
not. Yeah, but there's always that comparison. Yeah. But it's

2027
01:59:49,343 --> 01:59:51,493
like, no, no, no, Dolly Parton. And whenever she was

2028
01:59:51,493 --> 01:59:54,983
on The Tonight Show, those appearances were legendary. Oh, yeah.

2029
01:59:55,183 --> 01:59:57,543
Oh, yeah. She just played it off so well. And

2030
01:59:57,543 --> 01:59:59,923
you know what? Taylor Swift can see or shoot.

2031
02:00:00,049 --> 02:00:03,879
and Dolly Parton was never able to see her shoes.

2032
02:00:04,059 --> 02:00:06,569
There you go. So there's a big difference. Let me

2033
02:00:06,569 --> 02:00:09,489
see, Matt. Was there anything else you wanted? I have

2034
02:00:09,489 --> 02:00:13,719
a couple other things here that we haven't handled. Actually,

2035
02:00:13,719 --> 02:00:18,699
we should probably do a quick bit here on –

2036
02:00:18,799 --> 02:00:21,589
On the latest, we actually talked about this on your

2037
02:00:21,589 --> 02:00:25,219
program on Monday, the Matt Long Show, Matt Long Show

2038
02:00:25,219 --> 02:00:29,099
podcast, which is a good listen. You know, how long

2039
02:00:29,099 --> 02:00:33,359
have you been doing radio? Yeah. I'm going into my

2040
02:00:33,359 --> 02:00:35,789
eighth year. And is this all a hill country? It

2041
02:00:35,789 --> 02:00:39,329
is, yeah, the hill country. I started out, I did

2042
02:00:39,329 --> 02:00:42,959
a call in for a national show a few years

2043
02:00:42,959 --> 02:00:46,099
before that. where I called in and gave them Texas

2044
02:00:46,099 --> 02:00:50,219
news from the legislature on Tuesdays. Yeah. And that's when

2045
02:00:50,219 --> 02:00:53,609
the local radio station heard that and said, we want

2046
02:00:53,609 --> 02:00:56,879
you to do that for us. For free. For free.

2047
02:00:57,139 --> 02:00:59,889
And then next thing you know, they were offering me

2048
02:00:59,889 --> 02:01:05,299
a job. But there was no pay. There was no...

2049
02:01:05,299 --> 02:01:08,319
No pay. That's radio, baby. But you're in show business.

2050
02:01:08,619 --> 02:01:11,209
So I said, I'll tell you what. I'll give you

2051
02:01:11,209 --> 02:01:15,259
six months. And if I add value to you, I'm

2052
02:01:15,259 --> 02:01:18,959
telling you, this was before I discovered you guys. But

2053
02:01:18,959 --> 02:01:21,039
I told him, I said, if I'm adding value to

2054
02:01:21,039 --> 02:01:23,639
your station, then you need to pay me. And if

2055
02:01:23,639 --> 02:01:25,919
I'm not adding value to your station, then you need

2056
02:01:25,919 --> 02:01:28,049
to pay me. You need to find something that gives

2057
02:01:28,049 --> 02:01:30,319
you value. I said, so I'll give you six months.

2058
02:01:30,739 --> 02:01:33,739
And it's about a 33-mile drive one way for me

2059
02:01:33,739 --> 02:01:36,519
to get over there. So it's, you know, wear and

2060
02:01:36,519 --> 02:01:40,159
tear, gas, et cetera. And the owner called me in

2061
02:01:40,159 --> 02:01:43,849
at five months. And his table was clear except for

2062
02:01:43,849 --> 02:01:47,199
that big checkbook. And he said, what do you want?

2063
02:01:47,719 --> 02:01:51,069
And so I came home and I talked to Gail

2064
02:01:51,069 --> 02:01:54,599
about it. And again, no, I've never run a board.

2065
02:01:54,739 --> 02:01:57,569
I've never done any of that. Nothing. So this is

2066
02:01:57,569 --> 02:02:00,569
the thing. The first time you had me on, I

2067
02:02:00,569 --> 02:02:02,539
come into the – I'm like, so first of all,

2068
02:02:02,539 --> 02:02:06,739
you're coming down this very dangerous road. You're driving towards

2069
02:02:06,739 --> 02:02:09,499
Kerrville. Yep. And you have to – turn left on

2070
02:02:09,499 --> 02:02:13,519
this two-lane, 70-mile-an-hour road. With no view from either end.

2071
02:02:13,619 --> 02:02:16,009
No, it's like your life is in danger of making

2072
02:02:16,009 --> 02:02:20,059
this left-hand turn. You roll up. There's five shipping containers.

2073
02:02:20,199 --> 02:02:22,449
One of them is the one you're in. He's exaggerating

2074
02:02:22,449 --> 02:02:25,299
a little bit. No, I am not. I am not.

2075
02:02:25,539 --> 02:02:29,439
No, there's an office building, but no, I'm not. There's

2076
02:02:29,439 --> 02:02:32,539
five containers. No, the country station, which I'm sure is

2077
02:02:32,539 --> 02:02:36,199
the big one, they have cushy studio inside the building.

2078
02:02:36,599 --> 02:02:39,419
All the other guys get the container. And you're sitting

2079
02:02:39,419 --> 02:02:41,879
and I'm looking at you working the board and everything.

2080
02:02:42,639 --> 02:02:44,779
You know, I used to be a skateboarder back in

2081
02:02:44,779 --> 02:02:47,649
the day. You ever skateboard? No. And you know the

2082
02:02:47,649 --> 02:02:52,299
concept of goofy foot? No. So… Typically on a skateboard,

2083
02:02:52,399 --> 02:02:54,539
or in a surfboard, I guess. Your right foot is

2084
02:02:54,539 --> 02:02:57,179
back and your left foot is forward. Okay. And some

2085
02:02:57,179 --> 02:02:59,349
guys just learned how to do it with their left

2086
02:02:59,349 --> 02:03:02,029
foot back in their front. That's goofy. Okay. And it

2087
02:03:02,029 --> 02:03:05,139
freaks skateboarders out. And that's when I saw you doing

2088
02:03:05,139 --> 02:03:07,359
radio. I'm like, man, this is like goofy foot on

2089
02:03:07,359 --> 02:03:11,039
radio, but he's doing it. It's amazing. Now, you're really

2090
02:03:11,039 --> 02:03:12,889
good at, you know, you're running your own board and

2091
02:03:12,889 --> 02:03:16,529
everything. Yeah. And I'm just amazed, like, how did everything

2092
02:03:16,529 --> 02:03:19,019
work? Because, you know, it just seems like you're the

2093
02:03:19,019 --> 02:03:23,259
crazy professor. And you hit the top of the hour,

2094
02:03:23,259 --> 02:03:26,329
you hit the news, everything's perfect. It's a joy watching

2095
02:03:26,329 --> 02:03:29,229
you goofy foot on the radio. Thank you. It's a

2096
02:03:29,229 --> 02:03:33,909
compliment. It really is. Like your typical watch me do

2097
02:03:33,909 --> 02:03:36,579
this boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, pressing all the buttons.

2098
02:03:37,339 --> 02:03:39,879
Because that's what all the radio guys are. That's why

2099
02:03:39,879 --> 02:03:43,499
they put cameras in studios because the stupid top 40

2100
02:03:43,499 --> 02:03:45,449
i think it's the stupidest thing they ever did the

2101
02:03:45,449 --> 02:03:47,639
top 40 jocks want you know look how cool it

2102
02:03:47,639 --> 02:03:50,099
is when i'm when i'm hitting the buttons it's all

2103
02:03:50,099 --> 02:03:52,349
this complicated stuff that i'm doing man i'm turning up

2104
02:03:52,349 --> 02:03:54,879
the volume turning it down oh yeah and the minute

2105
02:03:54,879 --> 02:03:57,009
the the song starts you know i stop talking i

2106
02:03:57,009 --> 02:03:58,999
throw off my headphones and i go to the coke

2107
02:03:58,999 --> 02:04:01,239
machine i'm right back in time you know it's like

2108
02:04:01,239 --> 02:04:04,849
that's that's That's what DJs are, and you're the opposite

2109
02:04:04,849 --> 02:04:07,559
of that. But the result is fantastic. Well, thank you.

2110
02:04:07,659 --> 02:04:09,919
Thank you. Do you guys have a camera in the

2111
02:04:09,919 --> 02:04:12,589
studio? Oh, heavens no, and we never will. It ruins

2112
02:04:12,589 --> 02:04:17,609
everything. It ruins everything. It's the old line, we have

2113
02:04:17,609 --> 02:04:20,319
a face for radio, and it's very true. You're a

2114
02:04:20,319 --> 02:04:24,389
good-looking man. Not long. All right, so here is the

2115
02:04:24,389 --> 02:04:29,019
latest midterm outrage hair on fire that is working quite

2116
02:04:29,019 --> 02:04:31,969
well in Texas. President Trump hosted tech leaders at the

2117
02:04:31,969 --> 02:04:35,589
White House to discuss U.S. efforts on cryptocurrency and artificial

2118
02:04:35,589 --> 02:04:39,519
intelligence. Trump says the technology is crucial to create more

2119
02:04:39,519 --> 02:04:43,159
jobs and beat China, but voters have a different perspective.

2120
02:04:43,159 --> 02:04:46,699
NPR's Deepa Shivaram reports. The president argued that if he

2121
02:04:46,699 --> 02:04:49,029
were the mayor of a town, he would want an

2122
02:04:49,029 --> 02:04:52,129
AI data center there for the tax benefits. But if

2123
02:04:52,129 --> 02:04:54,099
I were a governor or mayor, I would want that

2124
02:04:54,099 --> 02:04:57,319
plant in my community. And many of them are designed

2125
02:04:57,319 --> 02:04:59,719
in a very beautiful way. That puts Trump at odds

2126
02:04:59,719 --> 02:05:02,849
with the majority of Americans. A Gallup poll from March

2127
02:05:02,849 --> 02:05:06,109
this year said seven in 10 Americans oppose an AI

2128
02:05:06,109 --> 02:05:09,189
data center getting built in their area. Trump, in his

2129
02:05:09,189 --> 02:05:12,889
remarks, acknowledged that AI data centers could use a, quote,

2130
02:05:12,889 --> 02:05:16,489
little public relations help. But his stance underscores how his

2131
02:05:16,489 --> 02:05:20,579
perception of the technology differs from voters' concerns, which could

2132
02:05:20,579 --> 02:05:23,479
be a top issue in the midterm elections. this year.

2133
02:05:23,539 --> 02:05:26,289
There it is. Top issue in the midterm and Abbott's

2134
02:05:26,289 --> 02:05:29,159
fallen hook, line and sinker for it. have you ever

2135
02:05:29,159 --> 02:05:31,289
seen i mean what happened to all the other outrage

2136
02:05:31,289 --> 02:05:33,299
it just all went away oh it just comes and

2137
02:05:33,299 --> 02:05:35,609
goes and uh we've doubled down on this one you

2138
02:05:35,609 --> 02:05:38,339
know when the outrage on that one came into the

2139
02:05:38,339 --> 02:05:42,539
hill country i'm i'm i get these pockets of outrage

2140
02:05:42,539 --> 02:05:45,989
that just pop up this cycles of outrage that we

2141
02:05:45,989 --> 02:05:48,569
see here in the hill country i think maybe started

2142
02:05:48,569 --> 02:05:51,599
by some of the women on No, it's all –

2143
02:05:51,599 --> 02:05:54,359
it is them. It is those women all the time.

2144
02:05:54,579 --> 02:05:56,999
Yeah, they get that all fired up, and it just

2145
02:05:56,999 --> 02:05:59,499
seems like they want to pull me in real quick.

2146
02:06:00,139 --> 02:06:02,029
Let's talk to Matt. He'll make it an issue on

2147
02:06:02,029 --> 02:06:04,909
the radio. And I just – I kick back, and

2148
02:06:04,909 --> 02:06:08,679
I wait, and I watch, and I observe. And at

2149
02:06:08,679 --> 02:06:11,719
the end of this, on these data centers, the first

2150
02:06:11,719 --> 02:06:14,539
thing I thought about was you're cutting off your nose

2151
02:06:14,539 --> 02:06:17,899
to spite your face. We are so addicted to Internet,

2152
02:06:17,899 --> 02:06:21,839
to connectivity, to being able to, you know, check your

2153
02:06:21,839 --> 02:06:24,479
bank account while you're on the road in, I don't

2154
02:06:24,479 --> 02:06:29,189
know, Taiwan or somewhere. And all these things that… People,

2155
02:06:29,189 --> 02:06:32,699
they're thirsty for more internet, more things on their phone,

2156
02:06:32,699 --> 02:06:36,149
more connectivity. You know, I went to the bank the

2157
02:06:36,149 --> 02:06:38,899
other day, and the ATM machine was down. You can't

2158
02:06:38,899 --> 02:06:41,879
walk into your bank anymore and just get cash, right?

2159
02:06:42,619 --> 02:06:45,299
By the way, you can at Guadalupe Bank. You can

2160
02:06:45,299 --> 02:06:48,119
at Guadalupe Bank, which are a sponsor of the Matt

2161
02:06:48,119 --> 02:06:50,879
Long Show, I should say. I love those guys. Yes,

2162
02:06:50,879 --> 02:06:55,399
they are real good. And so… So I pulled up

2163
02:06:55,399 --> 02:06:57,259
to the drive-up window, and I just gave her my

2164
02:06:57,259 --> 02:07:00,239
card, and I said, I just need $40. Adam, they

2165
02:07:00,239 --> 02:07:06,739
had to go print temporary checks. Fuck! for me. Really?

2166
02:07:07,019 --> 02:07:10,839
Yeah. The system was down so they couldn't do it

2167
02:07:10,839 --> 02:07:15,159
electronically? Electronically. Oh, goodness. I'm telling you, folks, this battle

2168
02:07:15,159 --> 02:07:18,939
against the data centers and had I brought any clips,

2169
02:07:19,039 --> 02:07:23,099
it would have been boring clips from 13 years ago

2170
02:07:23,099 --> 02:07:27,239
when Texas, the state of Texas, was hustling for data

2171
02:07:27,239 --> 02:07:30,799
centers. Yeah. And I listened to several hours of a

2172
02:07:30,799 --> 02:07:34,569
committee hearing from – 13 years ago where they were

2173
02:07:34,569 --> 02:07:37,679
begging these companies to come to texas and the companies

2174
02:07:37,679 --> 02:07:40,709
were lined up there talking to them giving testimony and

2175
02:07:40,709 --> 02:07:43,389
they kept saying yeah but we need a sales tax

2176
02:07:43,389 --> 02:07:46,039
cut yeah and uh they got it they got it

2177
02:07:46,039 --> 02:07:49,939
they got a six percent sales tax cut and so

2178
02:07:49,939 --> 02:07:54,289
we the state was all gung-ho to get it get

2179
02:07:54,289 --> 02:07:57,279
the data centers in, and now the very same people

2180
02:07:57,279 --> 02:08:00,189
who are all gung-ho. And, by the way, it passed

2181
02:08:00,189 --> 02:08:03,509
on the floor unanimously. How often does that happen? And

2182
02:08:03,509 --> 02:08:07,019
that never happens. No, no. And so it passed unanimously.

2183
02:08:07,339 --> 02:08:10,539
And now those same guys, gals and guys are all

2184
02:08:10,539 --> 02:08:14,499
saying, oh, no, no data centers, no data centers. No.

2185
02:08:14,659 --> 02:08:20,879
it's to get votes. It's be afraid of data centers

2186
02:08:20,879 --> 02:08:24,279
and vote Republican. Be afraid of Muslims, vote Republican. Be

2187
02:08:24,279 --> 02:08:28,719
afraid of... and vote Republican. Just name it. Name it

2188
02:08:28,719 --> 02:08:30,919
whatever it is. Oh, and weed's going to come back

2189
02:08:30,919 --> 02:08:36,539
into it. Be afraid, you know, of Delta 9s, vote

2190
02:08:36,539 --> 02:08:41,499
Republican. They already passed that, didn't they? Yeah, but they've

2191
02:08:41,499 --> 02:08:44,349
even pulled that back just in the last couple of

2192
02:08:44,349 --> 02:08:47,019
weeks. Because the Stone Texans are like, hey, you're, I'm

2193
02:08:47,019 --> 02:08:48,569
not going to vote for you if you don't give

2194
02:08:48,569 --> 02:08:50,839
me my Delta 8 and Delta 9 back. That's right.

2195
02:08:50,919 --> 02:08:54,409
That's right. That's crazy. So, yeah, it's just fear-mongering before

2196
02:08:54,409 --> 02:08:58,499
the elections. And you don't want to insult people. You

2197
02:08:58,499 --> 02:09:02,049
know, I don't want to insult people. But at the

2198
02:09:02,049 --> 02:09:05,939
same time, it's like – Step back a little bit.

2199
02:09:06,479 --> 02:09:09,719
See who is motivating you and why. Where is this

2200
02:09:09,719 --> 02:09:13,699
message coming from? And why is it so – why

2201
02:09:13,699 --> 02:09:16,859
are you getting so hair on fire about it? Well,

2202
02:09:16,859 --> 02:09:21,229
one of the reasons is – The frontier model companies

2203
02:09:21,229 --> 02:09:24,609
themselves – frontier model. Okay, so these – like OpenAI

2204
02:09:24,609 --> 02:09:29,259
and Anthropic, basically the top two. Their entire marketing to

2205
02:09:29,259 --> 02:09:33,319
keep the money flowing into them without any profits coming

2206
02:09:33,319 --> 02:09:36,279
out. In fact, they're burning money at an unbelievable rate.

2207
02:09:37,019 --> 02:09:41,399
Their marketing campaign is twofold. One is – Our stuff

2208
02:09:41,399 --> 02:09:44,719
is so good, it's dangerous. So we couldn't even give

2209
02:09:44,719 --> 02:09:48,949
it to you if we wanted to. Government, please regulate

2210
02:09:48,949 --> 02:09:52,289
us so that the cheap – see that computer right

2211
02:09:52,289 --> 02:09:56,539
there? Yeah. That is running my entire production system. That

2212
02:09:56,539 --> 02:09:59,409
is all open source models running on that one little

2213
02:09:59,409 --> 02:09:59,979
computer.

2214
02:10:00,071 --> 02:10:01,931
That little box right there with the blue lights. That

2215
02:10:01,931 --> 02:10:05,231
little tiny thing? Oh, my goodness. That's a GTX. It's

2216
02:10:05,231 --> 02:10:12,341
just running everything, my clips, the whole thing. It runs

2217
02:10:12,341 --> 02:10:17,151
everything, and that's what they hate. So they want regulation

2218
02:10:17,151 --> 02:10:22,011
to ban open source models. But because of their marketing,

2219
02:10:22,071 --> 02:10:24,511
People are like, well, this stuff doesn't sound good for

2220
02:10:24,511 --> 02:10:27,391
my health. It's in these data centers. We don't want

2221
02:10:27,391 --> 02:10:29,321
it near me because it might take over and do

2222
02:10:29,321 --> 02:10:32,551
something. And this was the latest. OpenAI CEO Sam Altman

2223
02:10:32,551 --> 02:10:35,291
in an ad with a new app building partner on

2224
02:10:35,291 --> 02:10:40,081
the promises of artificial intelligence. Another company executive is sending

2225
02:10:40,081 --> 02:10:43,691
a different message. In an interview with The Guardian newspaper,

2226
02:10:43,691 --> 02:10:47,961
OpenAI's chief global affairs officer, Chris Lehane, saying people are

2227
02:10:47,961 --> 02:10:51,111
going to be able to access these open source models

2228
02:10:51,111 --> 02:10:54,751
and be able to have ongoing persistent attacks on you.

2229
02:10:54,951 --> 02:10:57,621
Oh, no. You're going to need to have open models

2230
02:10:57,621 --> 02:11:00,351
will have attacks on you. We've got. to regulate them

2231
02:11:00,351 --> 02:11:04,691
stop really superior models defend them superior models off and

2232
02:11:04,691 --> 02:11:08,341
defend yourself It's been a month since OpenAI revealed one

2233
02:11:08,341 --> 02:11:11,791
of its models, with no instructions to do so, escaped

2234
02:11:11,791 --> 02:11:15,831
containment and hacked another company called Hugging Face. We're looking

2235
02:11:15,831 --> 02:11:18,281
at AI, we're looking at controls, we're also making sure

2236
02:11:18,281 --> 02:11:20,791
that we leave. I like this president, but he has

2237
02:11:20,791 --> 02:11:23,691
no jack about this. He doesn't know what he's talking

2238
02:11:23,691 --> 02:11:27,211
about. Shortly afterwards, President Donald Trump said the White House

2239
02:11:27,211 --> 02:11:31,631
was... was examining safety regulations, but little has happened since,

2240
02:11:31,631 --> 02:11:34,431
at least on the federal level. Weeks ago, a New

2241
02:11:34,431 --> 02:11:38,261
Mexico judge ordered Facebook and Instagram owner Mehta to pay

2242
02:11:38,261 --> 02:11:43,201
more than $900 million U.S., for causing mental harm to

2243
02:11:43,201 --> 02:11:47,701
children. On Monday, Alabama's attorney general subpoenaed OpenAI over the

2244
02:11:47,701 --> 02:11:53,031
hugging face incident, investigating whether the company violated consumer protection

2245
02:11:53,031 --> 02:11:56,531
laws and poses an ongoing risk to the citizens of

2246
02:11:56,531 --> 02:11:58,961
the state. - They might be able to impose real

2247
02:11:58,961 --> 02:12:02,861
change on the way OpenAI The University of Toronto's Evan

2248
02:12:02,861 --> 02:12:06,451
Light says the New Mexico ruling could offer precedent for

2249
02:12:06,451 --> 02:12:10,531
controlling tech giants, pointing out the chorus calling for AI

2250
02:12:10,531 --> 02:12:14,581
control includes top AI companies like OpenAI. And he notes

2251
02:12:14,581 --> 02:12:18,811
Lehane's comment targeted open source artificial intelligence to the world.

2252
02:12:18,971 --> 02:12:24,341
OpenAI's not-for-profit rivals. Hugging Face tried to use an OpenAI

2253
02:12:24,341 --> 02:12:26,641
model to deal with the situation, and it was not

2254
02:12:26,641 --> 02:12:29,581
capable of doing that. And it used an open source

2255
02:12:29,581 --> 02:12:34,261
model from a Chinese developer to... adequately figure out what

2256
02:12:34,261 --> 02:12:38,051
the situation was. Global News asked OpenAI for comments. The

2257
02:12:38,051 --> 02:12:40,741
company did not respond by deadline. On Monday, it told

2258
02:12:40,741 --> 02:12:43,941
CNN it is conducting a thorough review. Okay, so it's

2259
02:12:43,941 --> 02:12:46,941
that kind of story when people don't know what it

2260
02:12:46,941 --> 02:12:50,411
is. And it's kind of... Hard for people to understand.

2261
02:12:50,411 --> 02:12:53,111
The only thing they really most people see is Chad

2262
02:12:53,111 --> 02:12:55,281
GPT and it talks back to him and it sounds

2263
02:12:55,281 --> 02:12:57,381
like a robot and it looks up off and it's

2264
02:12:57,381 --> 02:13:00,161
like a magic eight ball. And they think it's the

2265
02:13:00,161 --> 02:13:03,251
Oracle and it says everything. Of course, it's not always

2266
02:13:03,251 --> 02:13:06,031
right. But that's not really what AI does. I mean,

2267
02:13:06,031 --> 02:13:08,411
I don't have my box over there. I don't ask

2268
02:13:08,411 --> 02:13:10,851
it questions. You know, what I do is I use

2269
02:13:10,851 --> 02:13:14,901
it to run different workflows and processes. It made me

2270
02:13:14,901 --> 02:13:19,201
extremely efficient and saved me hours and hours of prep

2271
02:13:19,201 --> 02:13:21,981
per day. I mean, it's really phenomenal. But they hear

2272
02:13:21,981 --> 02:13:24,991
this and they're like, I don't want that near me.

2273
02:13:25,191 --> 02:13:28,741
You know, there's enough time. YouTube pastors out there that

2274
02:13:28,741 --> 02:13:31,031
have made people afraid of this. You know, it's the

2275
02:13:31,031 --> 02:13:36,281
devil. It's the antichrist. All of this stuff. You know,

2276
02:13:36,281 --> 02:13:39,311
Peter Thiel. You get people out there, well, Peter Thiel

2277
02:13:39,311 --> 02:13:41,671
and flock cameras. And it's all going to come together

2278
02:13:41,671 --> 02:13:44,031
and we're all going to die. That's basically the marketing.

2279
02:13:44,211 --> 02:13:47,281
The funny thing is, is that this is one of

2280
02:13:47,281 --> 02:13:51,051
the largest companies. transfers of wealth to the working class

2281
02:13:51,051 --> 02:13:54,921
to build these data centers. I mean, it's unbelievable the

2282
02:13:54,921 --> 02:13:58,101
amount of work that is available in Texas. That's all

2283
02:13:58,101 --> 02:14:00,751
I know about, but it's everywhere to build these data

2284
02:14:00,751 --> 02:14:03,891
centers. But they better hurry up because just today it

2285
02:14:03,891 --> 02:14:08,081
was announced that NVIDIA, the only company actually making a

2286
02:14:08,081 --> 02:14:12,151
profit because they create the The GPUs that everyone runs

2287
02:14:12,151 --> 02:14:15,441
their frontier models on, but not just the front every

2288
02:14:15,441 --> 02:14:19,381
model. There's other stuff, but they're the big dog. They

2289
02:14:19,381 --> 02:14:25,881
just reported like some astronomical number like $46 billion with

2290
02:14:25,881 --> 02:14:30,871
a $2.20 per share profit this past quarter. They just

2291
02:14:30,871 --> 02:14:34,321
announced they're buying Hugging Face, the guys you just heard

2292
02:14:34,321 --> 02:14:37,571
about. You told us a couple of weeks ago what

2293
02:14:37,571 --> 02:14:42,271
Hugging Face was. It's basically... A version of that. Okay.

2294
02:14:42,591 --> 02:14:48,071
Okay. So Chinese models, they're distilled, probably stolen from those.

2295
02:14:48,171 --> 02:14:51,271
Whatever it is, it works fine. You know, is it

2296
02:14:51,271 --> 02:14:54,201
cutting edge? Is it frontier? No. No, it's maybe nine

2297
02:14:54,201 --> 02:14:56,671
months behind. It works fine. There's a lot of open

2298
02:14:56,671 --> 02:15:01,421
source work being done. But NVIDIA… They are now about

2299
02:15:01,421 --> 02:15:04,111
to kill all these guys because they now have the

2300
02:15:04,111 --> 02:15:08,191
full stack. They've got the GPUs. They signed it. And

2301
02:15:08,191 --> 02:15:11,121
they've been pumping money into all these companies to keep

2302
02:15:11,121 --> 02:15:14,031
them going. The circular financing you might have heard about.

2303
02:15:14,531 --> 02:15:17,291
So they've been putting money in Anthropic, in Open Air,

2304
02:15:17,291 --> 02:15:20,141
all the small startups that use these models. And now

2305
02:15:20,141 --> 02:15:21,751
they just said, you know what? We're going to buy

2306
02:15:21,751 --> 02:15:25,031
Hugging Face. That's going to kill these guys. And NVIDIA

2307
02:15:25,031 --> 02:15:27,601
is going to be the top big dog. Yeah. And

2308
02:15:27,601 --> 02:15:29,821
I don't know if all these data centers are going

2309
02:15:29,821 --> 02:15:32,171
to happen. I really don't think so. Let me ask

2310
02:15:32,171 --> 02:15:37,611
you, being the king of conspiracy theories, what – What

2311
02:15:37,611 --> 02:15:40,781
do you hear about this theory about that China is

2312
02:15:40,781 --> 02:15:43,721
the one that is behind the no data centers in

2313
02:15:43,721 --> 02:15:48,241
our neighborhood because they want all the data centers? And

2314
02:15:48,241 --> 02:15:51,141
so the folks that are out promoting no data centers

2315
02:15:51,141 --> 02:15:54,091
and keep them out of my neighborhood, do you think

2316
02:15:54,091 --> 02:15:57,161
that China has anything to do with that? No, that

2317
02:15:57,161 --> 02:16:00,911
is the Republican response. to the Democrats playing this game

2318
02:16:00,911 --> 02:16:05,331
on them. So literally, you know Mr. Wonderful, Kevin O'Leary?

2319
02:16:06,071 --> 02:16:08,701
So he's... I don't know if the guy even has

2320
02:16:08,701 --> 02:16:11,801
any money. I don't know if he's just on Shark

2321
02:16:11,801 --> 02:16:15,551
Tank or whatever, but he does YouTube videos in his

2322
02:16:15,551 --> 02:16:18,501
pajama pants at home now. And he had this whole

2323
02:16:18,501 --> 02:16:22,131
video like, oh, we found out that this whole campaign,

2324
02:16:22,131 --> 02:16:24,131
which was some – I think it was in Utah,

2325
02:16:24,131 --> 02:16:28,651
like some left-wing group was going against data centers and

2326
02:16:28,651 --> 02:16:32,261
literally spreading this message of data centers bad. You know,

2327
02:16:32,261 --> 02:16:35,341
don't vote Republican because they want data centers. And Mr.

2328
02:16:35,341 --> 02:16:38,771
Wonderful is a perfect, you know, poster child for Republican

2329
02:16:38,771 --> 02:16:43,971
capitalism. And he immediately went, this is China. They're funded

2330
02:16:43,971 --> 02:16:48,571
by China. No, they're not. They're funded by, you know,

2331
02:16:48,571 --> 02:16:52,511
the Arabella group. Okay. Which is this huge, you know,

2332
02:16:52,511 --> 02:16:58,631
group of left-wing billionaires who just hate Republicans. So they're

2333
02:16:58,631 --> 02:17:04,191
playing a psyop party. on the Republican Party, getting everyone

2334
02:17:04,191 --> 02:17:07,201
to be afraid of data centers. And the Republican response

2335
02:17:07,201 --> 02:17:09,541
is, well, that's just China. They want to have all

2336
02:17:09,541 --> 02:17:13,171
the data centers. It's all midterm bull crap. All of

2337
02:17:13,171 --> 02:17:16,761
it. Okay. I take back everything. I've been spreading that

2338
02:17:16,761 --> 02:17:21,481
theory. No, no. I'll break that theory up. China doesn't

2339
02:17:21,481 --> 02:17:23,501
need – this is the beauty of the Internet. You

2340
02:17:23,501 --> 02:17:25,961
don't need data centers in Texas or Utah if you're

2341
02:17:25,961 --> 02:17:28,691
China. Put them in China. They've got the cheapest power

2342
02:17:28,691 --> 02:17:32,501
everywhere. What about putting them in space? There's been a

2343
02:17:32,501 --> 02:17:36,031
lot of talk about that. That's Elon. Yeah. Well. I

2344
02:17:36,031 --> 02:17:38,741
like Elon. I mean, if he can make that happen,

2345
02:17:38,741 --> 02:17:42,121
I mean, he solves the power problem supposedly because the

2346
02:17:42,121 --> 02:17:44,651
sun, you know. I don't know. It's like pigs in

2347
02:17:44,651 --> 02:17:47,071
space. It's going to have data centers. I don't know.

2348
02:17:47,071 --> 02:17:50,701
I guess if you can have the space station, I

2349
02:17:50,701 --> 02:17:53,321
guess you can have data centers. I don't know what

2350
02:17:53,321 --> 02:17:55,861
the weight ratio – I don't know how any of

2351
02:17:55,861 --> 02:17:59,891
that works, but man – It funded his IPO. Yeah.

2352
02:18:00,171 --> 02:18:04,261
You got the rockets. You got the GPUs. You know

2353
02:18:04,261 --> 02:18:07,091
how to do solar. You've got Starlink. Maybe he can

2354
02:18:07,091 --> 02:18:10,531
do it. I don't know. Hmm. What he will do

2355
02:18:10,531 --> 02:18:12,671
is he's going to do his new cell phone company.

2356
02:18:13,071 --> 02:18:17,841
Yeah, I've heard. There's some interesting stuff. I don't like

2357
02:18:17,841 --> 02:18:21,721
necessarily the idea of everything being tied to Elon because

2358
02:18:21,721 --> 02:18:25,271
it can go away. But yeah, I don't know. Data

2359
02:18:25,271 --> 02:18:27,681
centers in space, I'm fine with it. I'm good with

2360
02:18:27,681 --> 02:18:31,141
data centers. There you go. They're going to have so

2361
02:18:31,141 --> 02:18:36,391
much power being built around these data centers that when

2362
02:18:36,391 --> 02:18:38,481
they go away, because they will, you know. I had

2363
02:18:38,481 --> 02:18:43,271
a data center in 2002 in Amsterdam. Spectacular fail. I

2364
02:18:43,271 --> 02:18:46,531
was way too early. Right on the AM6, the Amsterdam

2365
02:18:46,531 --> 02:18:50,791
Internet Exchange. And I was right because, you know. Data

2366
02:18:50,791 --> 02:18:54,671
centers today are filled up with your YouTube videos. All

2367
02:18:54,671 --> 02:18:57,131
your Netflix stuff is at a data center as close

2368
02:18:57,131 --> 02:19:00,011
to you as possible because it's just cheaper that way

2369
02:19:00,011 --> 02:19:03,351
to transport the data. So these things are a fact

2370
02:19:03,351 --> 02:19:05,861
of life. But when they go away, we'll have all

2371
02:19:05,861 --> 02:19:07,811
this cheap power and we'll be, I don't know, mining

2372
02:19:07,811 --> 02:19:10,891
Bitcoin all day, Matt. There you go. There you go.

2373
02:19:11,231 --> 02:19:15,211
You know, it was interesting, the testimony from 13 years

2374
02:19:15,211 --> 02:19:18,491
ago from these folks who were trying to bring data

2375
02:19:18,491 --> 02:19:22,131
centers to Texas. They were very clear that they really

2376
02:19:22,131 --> 02:19:25,051
needed to be and wanted to be near big cities.

2377
02:19:25,231 --> 02:19:29,851
They had to be. close to a large population because

2378
02:19:29,851 --> 02:19:34,651
of latency. Has that changed? No. Latency is still the

2379
02:19:34,651 --> 02:19:37,451
same. Well, that's for what they – so you have

2380
02:19:37,451 --> 02:19:41,371
inference is what they call it. It's a fancy word.

2381
02:19:41,811 --> 02:19:45,191
So you have the compute – gotta have compute matt

2382
02:19:45,191 --> 02:19:48,881
okay gotta have compute to build the models which is

2383
02:19:48,881 --> 02:19:54,001
a very uh energy and processor intense uh intensive process

2384
02:19:54,001 --> 02:19:56,741
you know that costs a lot of money just in

2385
02:19:56,741 --> 02:19:59,991
pure energy but then the inference so when it doesn't

2386
02:20:00,043 --> 02:20:02,893
something, you want to get that information to you as

2387
02:20:02,893 --> 02:20:06,723
quickly as possible. For your chat GPT, maybe not that

2388
02:20:06,723 --> 02:20:11,063
important, but it's the same as... Like the stock market.

2389
02:20:11,663 --> 02:20:16,503
You have data centers in the buildings themselves where people

2390
02:20:16,503 --> 02:20:20,723
do this trading because you want the lowest latency possible

2391
02:20:20,723 --> 02:20:24,453
to make the trade even two-tenths of a second faster

2392
02:20:24,453 --> 02:20:27,093
than the other guy. It could mean a lot of

2393
02:20:27,093 --> 02:20:32,323
money. This is why – the president's media company was

2394
02:20:32,323 --> 02:20:36,783
selling API early access, which is literally like milliseconds to

2395
02:20:36,783 --> 02:20:40,503
his true social posts. Because when the president posts something,

2396
02:20:40,503 --> 02:20:44,503
then, you know, that changes markets. That, you know, when

2397
02:20:44,503 --> 02:20:47,583
he says, um, You know, I'm going to bomb a

2398
02:20:47,583 --> 02:20:51,723
whole civilization civilization. The oil markets react immediately when he

2399
02:20:51,723 --> 02:20:54,823
says, oh, no, it's I think it's OK now. The

2400
02:20:54,823 --> 02:20:57,923
oil markets react immediately. If you can get that five

2401
02:20:57,923 --> 02:21:02,183
500 milliseconds faster than the other guy, you can make

2402
02:21:02,183 --> 02:21:05,433
a lot of money. Okay. That's why they're leasing that

2403
02:21:05,433 --> 02:21:09,203
API access out for half a million dollars or $100,000

2404
02:21:09,203 --> 02:21:12,913
a month. It could literally be that valuable. Wow. So

2405
02:21:12,913 --> 02:21:18,223
anyway, I'm not against data centers. Okay. I'm against chatbots.

2406
02:21:18,303 --> 02:21:19,793
I think that's the worst thing that could have ever

2407
02:21:19,793 --> 02:21:22,683
existed. I've never even tried one. You should try one,

2408
02:21:22,683 --> 02:21:27,603
Matt. Yeah. Which one? It doesn't matter. Doesn't matter. Try

2409
02:21:27,603 --> 02:21:30,383
Chad GPT and give it a name and talk to

2410
02:21:30,383 --> 02:21:34,683
her. Oh, no, I can't. I just can't do it.

2411
02:21:35,243 --> 02:21:37,643
Oh, man. Hey, Matt, I really appreciate you being here.

2412
02:21:37,743 --> 02:21:39,713
Actually, I held you much longer than I said I

2413
02:21:39,713 --> 02:21:43,743
would. You're welcome. I'm going to do the donations. You're

2414
02:21:43,743 --> 02:21:45,743
welcome to hang around. I'm happy to let you out.

2415
02:21:45,823 --> 02:21:47,853
What do you want to do? Well, before you do

2416
02:21:47,853 --> 02:21:52,763
donations, I want to talk about a donation right quick,

2417
02:21:52,763 --> 02:21:54,383
if you don't mind. Yeah, of course. So one of

2418
02:21:54,383 --> 02:21:57,663
the very first times I heard of No Agenda, and

2419
02:21:57,663 --> 02:21:59,893
it was somewhere between three and four years ago, and

2420
02:21:59,893 --> 02:22:01,823
I was driving back, and it was right after I'd

2421
02:22:01,823 --> 02:22:04,393
met Adam. And I said, well, I was driving back

2422
02:22:04,393 --> 02:22:07,353
from Georgetown, and it was about 1 o'clock, and I

2423
02:22:07,353 --> 02:22:09,922
said, oh. I'm going to listen live, you know, and

2424
02:22:09,922 --> 02:22:13,343
hadn't done that yet. And so I'm listening live. And

2425
02:22:13,343 --> 02:22:16,743
JCD, you guys were going back and forth, and he

2426
02:22:16,743 --> 02:22:21,083
started ribbing you about your wealthy friends here in Fredericksburg.

2427
02:22:22,023 --> 02:22:25,173
And he said something to the effect, you must be

2428
02:22:25,173 --> 02:22:27,323
getting a lot of dollars out of your wealthy friends

2429
02:22:27,323 --> 02:22:30,643
here in Fredericksburg. And he said, Then you said, no,

2430
02:22:30,643 --> 02:22:35,213
you hadn't gotten a dime yet from no donors from

2431
02:22:35,213 --> 02:22:38,673
Fredericksburg. Adam, I whipped over to the side of the

2432
02:22:38,673 --> 02:22:42,553
road. Yeah. And I made a donation. I bet you

2433
02:22:42,553 --> 02:22:45,853
did, Matt. And I made a donation because I just

2434
02:22:45,853 --> 02:22:48,263
wanted to be able to say from here to eternity

2435
02:22:48,263 --> 02:22:51,863
that I was the first donor in Fredericksburg to the

2436
02:22:51,863 --> 02:22:54,933
Adam Curry Show. Now, I'm not going to tell you

2437
02:22:54,933 --> 02:22:57,383
how much I donated, but it was 40% of what

2438
02:22:57,383 --> 02:23:01,563
was in my checking account that day. Yeah. It's $16.

2439
02:23:01,983 --> 02:23:06,303
Okay, perfect. Brother, I so appreciate you coming on. I

2440
02:23:06,303 --> 02:23:09,533
love talking through the stuff with you. And if you

2441
02:23:09,533 --> 02:23:12,593
want to come back on again, I'm sure we could

2442
02:23:12,593 --> 02:23:14,223
do that. I'd love to do that with you. It's

2443
02:23:14,223 --> 02:23:16,243
a lot of fun. Well, it's a real honor. And

2444
02:23:16,243 --> 02:23:19,703
knowing how many people out there would love to have

2445
02:23:19,703 --> 02:23:22,373
this seat, I just feel very pleased. privilege to sit

2446
02:23:22,373 --> 02:23:26,283
here. And no, you can't get the NDA is very

2447
02:23:26,283 --> 02:23:29,473
clear. I'm not going to give you any details about

2448
02:23:29,473 --> 02:23:33,363
Adam's studio. Or any trade secrets. That's right. No trade

2449
02:23:33,363 --> 02:23:37,583
secrets. Thank you again, Adam. Thank you, brother. Morning, meatbags.

2450
02:23:38,123 --> 02:23:45,903
The thing four has been automated. In the morning. In

2451
02:23:45,903 --> 02:23:51,423
the morning. In the morning. In the morning. Oh. In

2452
02:23:51,423 --> 02:23:56,823
the morning. In the morning. Morning. Morning. 939 Beijing hit

2453
02:23:56,823 --> 02:24:00,423
the starter gun Bolt in the headline Silicon already won

2454
02:24:00,423 --> 02:24:04,243
Last year 21-5 Now the stopwatch looks embarrassed Metal athletes

2455
02:24:04,243 --> 02:24:07,983
progress Polished package Paraded 666 teams Man the bumper rights

2456
02:24:07,983 --> 02:24:10,983
itself 51 events put the omen on the shelf Lightning

2457
02:24:10,983 --> 02:24:14,083
hit 932 testing 947 racing fast enough to steal the

2458
02:24:14,083 --> 02:24:20,953
char And still needs padding for the braking Road We'll

2459
02:24:20,953 --> 02:24:38,583
be right back. Victory floor, battlefield, same legs, different branding,

2460
02:24:38,583 --> 02:24:42,323
HRC's efficiency, brass C's remote commanding, investor dextro cap muscles

2461
02:24:42,323 --> 02:24:45,093
numbered, go up, gets thighs, every demo turns prophetic when

2462
02:24:45,093 --> 02:24:48,043
the funding multiplies, plug a cable, sort a tray, recover

2463
02:24:48,043 --> 02:24:50,963
from a slip, terminator turns and turn when reality hits,

2464
02:24:50,963 --> 02:24:54,183
follow money, follow hype, follow every breathless claim, if the

2465
02:24:54,183 --> 02:24:57,003
bot steals your job, make the bastard finish the race,

2466
02:24:57,003 --> 02:24:59,903
get the money, get the money, Monation Sportsball Update. Humanity.

2467
02:25:00,603 --> 02:25:06,043
Second place. Value for value. Before they automate the plate.

2468
02:25:07,783 --> 02:25:12,383
Date in the morning. Date in the morning. Date in

2469
02:25:12,383 --> 02:25:19,863
the morning. Date in the morning. In the morning. Thank

2470
02:25:19,863 --> 02:25:23,903
you very much, Just Baker, for another fantastic mix. Appreciate

2471
02:25:23,903 --> 02:25:26,003
him so much. Anybody's welcome to send him in. I

2472
02:25:26,003 --> 02:25:27,933
love playing him during the show now instead of end

2473
02:25:27,933 --> 02:25:30,913
of show. It's a lot of fun. Value for value,

2474
02:25:30,913 --> 02:25:34,383
that is our motto here at the No Agenda Show.

2475
02:25:35,083 --> 02:25:39,863
Let me just see. Let me just see. I'm flying

2476
02:25:39,863 --> 02:25:44,003
solo on this here. Let me see. Peak trollage, 876.

2477
02:25:44,363 --> 02:25:47,083
Oh, man, you guys were better on Sunday. Good to

2478
02:25:47,083 --> 02:25:51,423
have you all here, trolls. That is trollroom.io, noagendastream.com. I

2479
02:25:51,423 --> 02:25:55,573
think noagenda.stream also works. So value for value. It's very

2480
02:25:55,573 --> 02:25:57,633
simple. All you have to do is whenever you get

2481
02:25:57,633 --> 02:25:59,743
value out of the podcast, send it back with your

2482
02:25:59,743 --> 02:26:03,103
time, your talent. or your treasure. Time and talent, critical.

2483
02:26:03,543 --> 02:26:06,923
Your boots on the ground. Just anything you can do.

2484
02:26:07,063 --> 02:26:11,383
Telling people about the podcast is extremely helpful. Organizing meetups.

2485
02:26:11,483 --> 02:26:14,343
There's so much that can be done, including artwork for

2486
02:26:14,343 --> 02:26:18,413
the show at noagendaartgenerator.com. And let me see, I don't

2487
02:26:18,413 --> 02:26:22,373
really have anyone to argue with anymore since John isn't

2488
02:26:22,373 --> 02:26:25,683
here with me, but I will say that I love

2489
02:26:25,683 --> 02:26:31,603
Parker Pauly's JCD pest control art. It was definitely something

2490
02:26:31,603 --> 02:26:34,873
different the way it looked with the lettering. And I

2491
02:26:34,873 --> 02:26:38,933
don't think he's an AI guy, actually. It looks like

2492
02:26:38,933 --> 02:26:41,803
he did some work on this. It was just great.

2493
02:26:41,903 --> 02:26:43,363
I love this. I think I even used one of

2494
02:26:43,363 --> 02:26:47,513
the Parker Pauleys for the bat signal this morning. Thank

2495
02:26:47,513 --> 02:26:49,893
you. No agenda art generator, Doc. Let's take a quick

2496
02:26:49,893 --> 02:26:53,133
look. There was some other stuff, I think, that was

2497
02:26:53,133 --> 02:26:56,613
in the running here. We had, oh, I did kind

2498
02:26:56,613 --> 02:27:01,373
of like the beef one, the beef product. The beach

2499
02:27:01,373 --> 02:27:06,823
ball was okay. The order of the ant was cute,

2500
02:27:06,823 --> 02:27:10,193
although I could hear John saying it's too small. Certainly,

2501
02:27:10,193 --> 02:27:14,333
Korean Friends was too small. And I think that was

2502
02:27:14,333 --> 02:27:19,523
really it. Artgenerator.com. It's highly appreciated, all the work that

2503
02:27:19,523 --> 02:27:25,903
you guys do. All the work prompting. Now to thank...

2504
02:27:26,523 --> 02:27:30,973
Our producers who supported us, $50 and above, we thank

2505
02:27:30,973 --> 02:27:34,323
everybody. $200 or more, we give you not just –

2506
02:27:34,383 --> 02:27:36,583
The opportunity to send in a note, which I'll read,

2507
02:27:36,583 --> 02:27:39,083
but also you get an official Hollywood title of associate

2508
02:27:39,083 --> 02:27:43,603
executive producer, $300 above, and you get an executive producer.

2509
02:27:43,603 --> 02:27:46,073
And we have a lot of people coming in for

2510
02:27:46,073 --> 02:27:50,243
the order of the ant, 33333, gets you that handsome

2511
02:27:50,243 --> 02:27:53,723
pin, which Jay has been working on very hard. And

2512
02:27:53,723 --> 02:27:56,283
we start off with Sir Wild Bill. who is in

2513
02:27:56,283 --> 02:28:00,423
Data Center Central in Alexandria, Virginia, $600. He says, I

2514
02:28:00,423 --> 02:28:03,803
am a baronet. Thanks for making no agenda. I'm not

2515
02:28:03,803 --> 02:28:07,023
a spook, but I've been to Gitmo several times. I

2516
02:28:07,023 --> 02:28:10,313
can't say more. God bless Sir Wild Bill, sacred red

2517
02:28:10,313 --> 02:28:15,063
knight of the heart, liberator of California. Is that so?

2518
02:28:16,103 --> 02:28:20,403
Sir J. Moe, Lewiston, Idaho, $350.93. Order of the Antonation

2519
02:28:20,403 --> 02:28:24,323
from Sir J. Moe, Black Baron of North Idaho. Hakan

2520
02:28:24,323 --> 02:28:29,863
Andersen from Portland, Oregon, $350.58. ITM, I started listening in

2521
02:28:29,863 --> 02:28:32,983
2022 after my brother hit me in the mouth. This

2522
02:28:32,983 --> 02:28:35,913
podcast has given me so much. I am forever grateful

2523
02:28:35,913 --> 02:28:39,183
for the information and the laughter that you two have

2524
02:28:39,183 --> 02:28:42,283
given me. I'm going to miss JCD's voice. You are

2525
02:28:42,283 --> 02:28:44,863
not alone, my brother. I would like some jobs karma.

2526
02:28:44,983 --> 02:28:45,323
And this last podcast is going to be so much.

2527
02:28:45,323 --> 02:28:48,003
Last donation brings me to knighthood. I would like to

2528
02:28:48,003 --> 02:28:52,413
be known as Sir Tinfoil Viking for the roundtable. Smalhove,

2529
02:28:52,413 --> 02:28:57,213
which is a sheep's head. And Aquavit, a breakfast of

2530
02:28:57,213 --> 02:29:02,883
champions. Keep up the good work, says Hakon Kuhnle. And

2531
02:29:02,883 --> 02:29:09,163
we got your Jobs Karma right here. Jobs, jobs, jobs,

2532
02:29:09,163 --> 02:29:16,633
and jobs. Let's vote for jobs. You got Karma. Sir

2533
02:29:16,633 --> 02:29:20,703
Mike Keillor, Slayer of Taxes in Las Vegas, Nevada, 350.

2534
02:29:21,343 --> 02:29:24,303
Long-time listener from Las Vegas. My first donation was for

2535
02:29:24,303 --> 02:29:28,023
show 267. Wow. I originally learned about the show when

2536
02:29:28,023 --> 02:29:30,813
JCD was on Twit, as many of you did. The

2537
02:29:30,813 --> 02:29:33,683
passing of JCD was devastating. I read his columns back

2538
02:29:33,683 --> 02:29:35,603
in the 80s, and they were often the first thing

2539
02:29:35,603 --> 02:29:38,003
I read when I received those weekly or monthly magazines.

2540
02:29:38,123 --> 02:29:40,493
You are not alone in that, brother. Well, I didn't

2541
02:29:40,493 --> 02:29:42,823
always agree with him. And you're not alone in that

2542
02:29:42,823 --> 02:29:47,223
either. His columns were always thought-provoking. Today is August 26th.

2543
02:29:47,243 --> 02:29:50,093
It's my 60th birthday. And joining the Order of the

2544
02:29:50,093 --> 02:29:52,783
Ant is an awesome gift. And you shall receive such

2545
02:29:52,783 --> 02:29:55,263
order, my friend. Keep up the fight. Help bring the

2546
02:29:55,263 --> 02:29:59,023
truth out. Best regards, Sir Mike Keillor, Slayer of Taxes.

2547
02:30:00,019 --> 02:30:06,829
And let's see, now we have some... Nathan Rottier. Yes,

2548
02:30:06,829 --> 02:30:09,719
Nathan Rottier. He says in the morning it was time

2549
02:30:09,719 --> 02:30:15,329
for my annual donation. This was five hundred dollars, Scandinavian

2550
02:30:15,329 --> 02:30:18,599
dollars at the time. It's now three forty eight fifty

2551
02:30:18,599 --> 02:30:23,639
and sinking. I must admit, John's passing. Hit harder than

2552
02:30:23,639 --> 02:30:25,959
I expected and my prayers go out on behalf of

2553
02:30:25,959 --> 02:30:29,079
the family, friends and Noah Gendon Nation as a whole.

2554
02:30:29,079 --> 02:30:31,909
May healing come as you grieve and God bless you

2555
02:30:31,909 --> 02:30:34,579
all. Thank you, brother. Appreciate that. I remember when Adam

2556
02:30:34,579 --> 02:30:36,819
John were talking regarding what they would do if one

2557
02:30:36,819 --> 02:30:40,709
of them passed. Hmm. We've talked about that a few

2558
02:30:40,709 --> 02:30:43,159
times. They both said that they would get Mo Fax

2559
02:30:43,159 --> 02:30:46,239
as a replacement. No, I think John actually said, you're

2560
02:30:46,239 --> 02:30:48,629
going to get Mo, aren't you? Which he did not

2561
02:30:48,629 --> 02:30:51,589
think was a good idea. Made me smile and then

2562
02:30:51,589 --> 02:30:54,719
a bit more ruefully now. On a different note, show

2563
02:30:54,719 --> 02:30:58,319
day is my birthday. He wants, okay, he's got some

2564
02:30:58,319 --> 02:31:02,259
jingles that I didn't prep. He wants Eating the Dogs.

2565
02:31:02,379 --> 02:31:08,169
Hold on a sec. Eating the Dogs. I'm sorry. I

2566
02:31:08,169 --> 02:31:11,779
dropped the ball on the prep for the jingles here.

2567
02:31:11,859 --> 02:31:16,009
Eating the dogs. That sounds pretty good. Okay. Man, you

2568
02:31:16,009 --> 02:31:20,219
asked for too much for me today. Pretty good. Yes,

2569
02:31:20,219 --> 02:31:24,339
we got pretty good. What in the world is this?

2570
02:31:24,339 --> 02:31:29,169
Uh... That is, man, what is that? I think that's

2571
02:31:29,169 --> 02:31:31,459
the F-35. I'm going to wind it up with an

2572
02:31:31,459 --> 02:31:35,699
F-35 Karma for you. That should do it for you.

2573
02:31:35,779 --> 02:31:39,179
Here we go. They're eating the dogs. I think that

2574
02:31:39,179 --> 02:31:48,459
sounds pretty good. Yeah. You've got... Karma. There you go.

2575
02:31:49,339 --> 02:31:54,989
Jesse Chapotel, 343.75. No note, that earns a double up

2576
02:31:54,989 --> 02:32:01,299
karma for you. You've got... And, of course, in order

2577
02:32:01,299 --> 02:32:05,979
of the end, Sir David Fugizotto. He is the man.

2578
02:32:06,079 --> 02:32:08,389
He is the Duke of America's heartland and the Arabian

2579
02:32:08,389 --> 02:32:13,249
Peninsula, I believe, 343.75. That's probably 333 plus fees. Proud

2580
02:32:13,249 --> 02:32:15,399
to join the fight. I'm doing my part, says Sir

2581
02:32:15,399 --> 02:32:19,839
Dave Fugizotto. Salvatore Tringali, thank you for your courage. No

2582
02:32:19,839 --> 02:32:26,979
jingles, no karma, 343.75. This is Rajinderpal Raj Dosanj. from

2583
02:32:26,979 --> 02:32:31,919
Friant, California. I think that's right, Free and Friant. ITM,

2584
02:32:31,919 --> 02:32:35,039
all caps this note. That doesn't happen often. Our condolences

2585
02:32:35,039 --> 02:32:36,939
to the Dvorak's Curry's and the No Edge in the

2586
02:32:36,939 --> 02:32:39,129
Nation. I've been a long-time listener to the show over

2587
02:32:39,129 --> 02:32:43,819
15 years and 1111 monthly subscribers since September 27th, 2015.

2588
02:32:44,259 --> 02:32:47,669
I'm adding 333.33 for the order of the ant and

2589
02:32:47,669 --> 02:32:49,379
this should always be also put me well over the

2590
02:32:49,379 --> 02:32:51,819
threshold for knighthood. Yes, it does. I would like to

2591
02:32:51,819 --> 02:32:55,699
be knighted as Sir Jagni, oh, Jagni, pronounced Jagni, Sir

2592
02:32:55,699 --> 02:32:59,189
Jagni of the Middleton Lake area. Can I have chai

2593
02:32:59,189 --> 02:33:03,539
and samosas at the round table along with Diljit Dosanj

2594
02:33:03,539 --> 02:33:09,129
Punjabi music? I'd... I forgot to get the musicians in

2595
02:33:09,129 --> 02:33:11,279
for that. Also, add me to the birthday list. I'll

2596
02:33:11,279 --> 02:33:14,399
be turning 59 on August 28th. And he wants some

2597
02:33:14,399 --> 02:33:18,499
F-Karma goat cancer. Goat F-Kancer goat karma. Thank you for

2598
02:33:18,499 --> 02:33:23,879
your courage. God bless. Raj Dosanj. Happy to oblige. Jobs.

2599
02:33:24,499 --> 02:33:27,229
Jobs. Wait, that's not the one. You wanted F-Kancer. Happy

2600
02:33:27,229 --> 02:33:33,299
to fucking get one. fucking guys It was so much...

2601
02:33:33,899 --> 02:33:38,309
It's so much easier with John. I could... key stuff

2602
02:33:38,309 --> 02:33:42,119
up while he was talking. Ryan Jacobs, 34375, Order of

2603
02:33:42,119 --> 02:33:44,019
the Ant for you. Like many others, I got hit

2604
02:33:44,019 --> 02:33:46,779
in the mouth during COVID and your show helped ground

2605
02:33:46,779 --> 02:33:50,419
me. This is my first donation. Please de-douche me. You've

2606
02:33:50,419 --> 02:33:55,739
been de-douched. Missing JCD like so many others, it would

2607
02:33:55,739 --> 02:33:57,289
be an honor to be a member of the Order

2608
02:33:57,289 --> 02:34:01,859
of the Ant. Thanks, Ryan. Sir, becoming heroic, 33333, ants,

2609
02:34:01,859 --> 02:34:04,729
ants, ants. Yes, sir, you are in the order. Sarcastic

2610
02:34:04,729 --> 02:34:09,479
the Nomad from Glenmore, Pennsylvania with 33333. And he's celebrating

2611
02:34:09,479 --> 02:34:13,039
30 years of his wedded bliss with his keeper. And

2612
02:34:13,039 --> 02:34:16,599
I never had a fight. I never want to fight,

2613
02:34:16,599 --> 02:34:19,369
he says. This donation will make me a Viscount. I

2614
02:34:19,369 --> 02:34:23,299
claim Chester County if the Peerage Committee approves. So done.

2615
02:34:23,299 --> 02:34:27,219
Adam, please plug the Chester Springs Meetup on August 30th.

2616
02:34:27,359 --> 02:34:30,859
Well, there you go. The Chester Springs Meetup in Pennsylvania

2617
02:34:30,859 --> 02:34:34,119
on the 30th. No jingles, no karma. Sarcastic the Nomad.

2618
02:34:34,119 --> 02:34:40,399
Paul Field wrote War and Peace from Mozzany, Wisconsin, 33333.

2619
02:34:41,079 --> 02:34:43,819
Little Boots on the Ground, they operate Fieldwork Telecom, small

2620
02:34:43,819 --> 02:34:48,199
family-owned operating splicing company. My wife helps with crew deployment

2621
02:34:48,199 --> 02:34:50,609
as well as managing our books, all while managing the

2622
02:34:50,609 --> 02:34:53,159
house and homeschooling our four human resources. I stay in

2623
02:34:53,159 --> 02:34:56,189
the field with the guys helping hit deadlines, among other

2624
02:34:56,189 --> 02:34:58,879
things. Work is going well, and we are truly blessed.

2625
02:34:59,299 --> 02:35:02,379
We built new fiber to the home networks, maintaining existing

2626
02:35:02,379 --> 02:35:06,299
fiber, and have recently started to cable... or dabble in

2627
02:35:06,299 --> 02:35:08,499
data centers and I'd love to give back to my

2628
02:35:08,499 --> 02:35:12,639
community with an insider's peak okay Here we go. So

2629
02:35:12,639 --> 02:35:15,309
far, we have only done some acceptance testing on the

2630
02:35:15,309 --> 02:35:18,189
fiber network running through most of the Midwest. These networks

2631
02:35:18,189 --> 02:35:21,029
are being built or upgrading on preparation for the data

2632
02:35:21,029 --> 02:35:23,349
center traffic, so I cannot provide a boots on the

2633
02:35:23,349 --> 02:35:26,179
ground reporting from inside the data center. Friends who do

2634
02:35:26,179 --> 02:35:28,579
that work say the same problems exist in the data

2635
02:35:28,579 --> 02:35:31,789
center projects as the fiber to the home project. Materials

2636
02:35:31,789 --> 02:35:34,799
and labor are short. short. All of the ISPs have

2637
02:35:34,799 --> 02:35:37,619
been racing for many years to take the Obama rural

2638
02:35:37,619 --> 02:35:39,749
development of fiber. That's right. We got it here in

2639
02:35:39,749 --> 02:35:43,459
Fredericksburg. All the poor people in rural Fredericksburg got fiber.

2640
02:35:43,459 --> 02:35:45,649
Okay. They've been racing to get the money. They're all

2641
02:35:45,649 --> 02:35:47,379
getting ready to do the same thing with the next

2642
02:35:47,379 --> 02:35:51,599
wave of government funding. Joey's bead, broadband equity access and

2643
02:35:51,599 --> 02:35:56,699
development. That's from the O'Biden administration. They're trying to cover

2644
02:35:56,699 --> 02:35:59,339
as much ground as possible, as quickly as possible, and

2645
02:35:59,339 --> 02:36:01,719
the supply chain is stressed. In general, the industry as

2646
02:36:01,719 --> 02:36:04,099
a whole is tapped. Another problem for the data center

2647
02:36:04,099 --> 02:36:27,899
build-out. I'm splatter. Thank you. someone who has been hit

2648
02:36:27,899 --> 02:36:30,599
in the mouth. There you go. That's a prerequisite. We

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02:36:30,599 --> 02:36:33,939
will provide on-the-job training and competitive wages located in central

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Wisconsin, servicing all of Wisconsin and beyond. If interested, visit

2651
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fieldworkuse... fieldworkusallc.com fieldworkusallc.com maybe Linda can send some quality people

2652
02:36:47,879 --> 02:36:51,289
my way Linda Lupatkin JCD cannot be replaced but I

2653
02:36:51,289 --> 02:36:55,269
like your new Alex Jones guy Sir Ducifer thank you

2654
02:36:55,269 --> 02:36:57,439
very much Paul that was worth the boots on the

2655
02:36:57,439 --> 02:37:00,639
ground 250 first associate oh I'm sorry Edward Noon comes

2656
02:37:00,639 --> 02:37:03,929
in with 333.33 No note. Order of the ant for

2657
02:37:03,929 --> 02:37:10,939
you, sir. You've got... Here's our first associate executive producer,

2658
02:37:10,939 --> 02:37:13,979
Wes Stewart, Mesa, Arizona 250. What is the best birthday

2659
02:37:13,979 --> 02:37:16,899
gift someone can give themselves? Of course, it's a producership

2660
02:37:16,899 --> 02:37:19,179
for the No Agenda show that takes them to knighthood.

2661
02:37:19,679 --> 02:37:22,229
On the 28th, I will have completed my 63rd revolution

2662
02:37:22,229 --> 02:37:25,999
around the sun. Like me, Adam, you are Generation Jones,

2663
02:37:25,999 --> 02:37:28,199
not a boomer or Gen Xer. I'm the face of

2664
02:37:28,199 --> 02:37:31,789
Gen X, though. My first ever producership was sadly John's

2665
02:37:31,789 --> 02:37:34,689
last episode. I forgot to mention on that note that

2666
02:37:34,689 --> 02:37:37,419
it was an inside track donation because he is the

2667
02:37:37,419 --> 02:37:40,379
person who brought me to Noah Jen the Nation. My

2668
02:37:40,379 --> 02:37:43,179
deepest condolences to the Dvorak and Curry families. It does

2669
02:37:43,179 --> 02:37:45,219
really feel like we all lost a loved one. No

2670
02:37:45,219 --> 02:37:47,869
kidding. For my night name, I'd like to be known

2671
02:37:47,869 --> 02:37:51,259
as Sir Name... surname Stewart of the Basin of the

2672
02:37:51,259 --> 02:37:53,899
Sun. For the roundtable, how about a fistful of nuts

2673
02:37:53,899 --> 02:37:56,679
and a bottle of any Kirkland wine in John's honor?

2674
02:37:56,799 --> 02:38:00,089
You got it. No jingles, just some R2. D2 karma,

2675
02:38:00,089 --> 02:38:07,599
please. Wes Stewart, Mesa, Arizona. You've got... Karma. Joe in

2676
02:38:07,599 --> 02:38:15,539
Watkinsville, Georgia 250. Request a dedouching. You've been dedouched. Long

2677
02:38:15,539 --> 02:38:18,829
overdue donation for the best podcast in the universe. Shout

2678
02:38:18,829 --> 02:38:21,939
out to Sir J. Lou, Island Dog, and Dame Janet

2679
02:38:21,939 --> 02:38:27,199
of the Bulldog Nation, ITM. Nicholas C. Fickland, Lancaster, South

2680
02:38:27,199 --> 02:38:30,689
Carolina, 212. My first donation is long overdue, and it's

2681
02:38:30,689 --> 02:38:32,519
time to atone. I'm going to give you a de-douche.

2682
02:38:33,619 --> 02:38:37,139
You've been de-douched. Thank you for the unexpected introduction on

2683
02:38:37,139 --> 02:38:40,049
the last show to answer your question. Yes, the remainder

2684
02:38:40,049 --> 02:38:44,199
from the 8-8 in memory of JCD. Oh, this is...

2685
02:38:44,199 --> 02:38:52,369
This is Sklazin Hot Sauce, Sklazin.com, S-C-L-A-Z-I-N. The remainder from

2686
02:38:52,369 --> 02:38:54,589
the 8-8 in memory of JCD batch with a special

2687
02:38:54,589 --> 02:38:56,999
inscription are now available on the site for a special

2688
02:38:56,999 --> 02:38:59,969
price. They're exclusive for Noah's in the nation. So they're

2689
02:38:59,969 --> 02:39:06,079
hidden at Sklazin.com slash JCD. S-C-L-A-Z-I-N dot com slash JCD.

2690
02:39:06,519 --> 02:39:08,359
All sales of this batch will be donated to the

2691
02:39:08,359 --> 02:39:11,099
show as John would want it. No, John would demand

2692
02:39:11,099 --> 02:39:15,849
it. Additionally, there are limited to 33 bottles, coincidentally, after

2693
02:39:15,849 --> 02:39:18,599
what I sent you, Dvorak's and keeping one for myself.

2694
02:39:18,739 --> 02:39:20,959
So that's what there is, 33 bottles. Buy now while

2695
02:39:20,959 --> 02:39:23,419
stocks last. They will be gone soon, I'm sure. No

2696
02:39:23,419 --> 02:39:27,799
jingles, but new business prayer, if you don't mind. Yes,

2697
02:39:27,799 --> 02:39:32,639
we have... We have a special prayer jingle for those

2698
02:39:32,639 --> 02:39:41,319
who... What happens? Prayer. This is the one. You've got

2699
02:39:41,319 --> 02:39:48,819
prayers. Prayers. And you're on my list, brother. Matthew Martel,

2700
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Broomall, Pennsylvania. Ah, martelhardware.com, $210.60. The challenge was to try

2701
02:39:55,579 --> 02:39:58,939
to get JCD to chuckle using 250 characters or less.

2702
02:39:59,399 --> 02:39:59,979
I think I got

2703
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Once or twice. Same challenge, new host. Visit martelhardware.com. Use

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02:40:05,271 --> 02:40:10,371
coupon code NOPOTATO for an additional 10% off your order.

2705
02:40:10,851 --> 02:40:18,241
JCD Hot Pockets. Yes. Okay. JCD Hot Pockets. Oh, wait

2706
02:40:18,241 --> 02:40:22,481
a minute. I somehow I don't know what happened, but

2707
02:40:22,481 --> 02:40:27,551
I forgot to key everything up. Hot pockets where. Oh,

2708
02:40:27,551 --> 02:40:32,371
this is it. Yes. Hot pockets. From the grave, everybody.

2709
02:40:32,371 --> 02:40:36,011
Hot pockets from the grave. And there she is, Linda

2710
02:40:36,011 --> 02:40:39,761
Lupatkin from Castle Rock, Colorado, $200, and all she wants

2711
02:40:39,761 --> 02:40:42,301
is jobs, karma, and she writes in her note that

2712
02:40:42,301 --> 02:40:44,841
AI can write your resume. The problem is it can

2713
02:40:44,841 --> 02:40:49,241
write everyone else's too. Linda helps professionals and executives figure

2714
02:40:49,241 --> 02:40:51,751
out what makes them different, what makes them valuable, and

2715
02:40:51,751 --> 02:40:55,111
turns that value into a resume that gets results. Go

2716
02:40:55,111 --> 02:40:59,311
to ImageMakersInc.com. That's ImageMakersInc with a K. And Linda Liu,

2717
02:40:59,311 --> 02:41:02,631
Duchess of Jobs and writer of winning resumes, because your

2718
02:41:02,631 --> 02:41:06,251
resume should do more than just look good. Jobs, jobs,

2719
02:41:06,251 --> 02:41:11,631
jobs, everything. And jobs. Let's vote for jobs. You've got

2720
02:41:11,631 --> 02:41:16,031
karma. And as promised, the rest of the donors, $50

2721
02:41:16,031 --> 02:41:18,971
and above. Reading of your note, not guaranteed. But thank

2722
02:41:18,971 --> 02:41:24,291
you, Johns Burt. Johns BRT, $100.88. Patrick Mangan from Tacoma,

2723
02:41:24,291 --> 02:41:30,621
Washington, $100. Andrew Kelly, Los Angeles, 8888. Vote with your

2724
02:41:30,621 --> 02:41:33,091
pocket. Happy Adam is back and we love Rob Dew.

2725
02:41:33,511 --> 02:41:37,121
Our rest in peace, JCD. Philip Bloom, Weiden. Oh, that's

2726
02:41:37,121 --> 02:41:44,171
in Switzerland. Weiden, Weiden, Weiden, EG and Schweiz. 8888. Miss

2727
02:41:44,171 --> 02:41:46,061
you, John. Keep it up, Adam. Oh, he's also a

2728
02:41:46,061 --> 02:41:51,041
ham. 73s, Hotel Bravo 388. x-ray Yankee Papa. Sir Anonymous

2729
02:41:51,041 --> 02:41:55,151
Viscount of the ADFC and Arapahoe County in Aurora, Colorado,

2730
02:41:55,151 --> 02:42:00,091
8888. Dame Rita, Sparks, Nevada, 8833. ITM and thank you

2731
02:42:00,091 --> 02:42:02,391
for your courage. Thank you, Dame Rita. And there he

2732
02:42:02,391 --> 02:42:06,251
is, as always, with the boob donation, $80.08, 8008. Sir

2733
02:42:06,251 --> 02:42:08,681
Kevin McLaughlin, he is the Archduke of Luna, lover of

2734
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America and boobs from Concord, North Carolina. And also a

2735
02:42:12,281 --> 02:42:15,971
boobs donation from Gordon Schroeder in memory of Dolly. Yes,

2736
02:42:15,971 --> 02:42:21,031
that makes sense. $80.08. Thank you. John Alberini, 7026. Lester

2737
02:42:21,031 --> 02:42:24,731
Kowski in Kingman, Arizona with a small boob, $60.06. Put

2738
02:42:24,731 --> 02:42:28,091
it in your calculator, folks. Dame Liberty Mom, Vista, California.

2739
02:42:28,191 --> 02:42:30,861
She's got small boobs as a donation. And Dame Rita

2740
02:42:30,861 --> 02:42:33,811
comes in again. What happened there, Dame Rita? double nickels

2741
02:42:33,811 --> 02:42:36,271
on the dime. from Sparks, Nevada. And she has a

2742
02:42:36,271 --> 02:42:38,221
note. I'll read it. ITM Adam, you've been doing a

2743
02:42:38,221 --> 02:42:41,331
fantastic job at rearranging to keep the show going as

2744
02:42:41,331 --> 02:42:44,291
you work your way back to see your granddaughter. Yes,

2745
02:42:44,351 --> 02:42:47,191
leaving on Saturday. Can't wait. Doing the show from Rotterdam,

2746
02:42:47,531 --> 02:42:51,121
home of the Macro Mafia on Sunday. Becoming a Grand

2747
02:42:51,121 --> 02:42:53,731
Parrot is a wonderful new chapter, Love and Light. Yes,

2748
02:42:54,031 --> 02:42:58,831
we saw Baby Cleo this morning. morning on the WhatsApp

2749
02:42:58,831 --> 02:43:02,851
call. And of course, I went, oh, Cleo. And then

2750
02:43:02,851 --> 02:43:05,301
she started to cry. So I have some work to

2751
02:43:05,301 --> 02:43:08,841
do. Tina said, maybe don't do your voice like a

2752
02:43:08,841 --> 02:43:12,741
retard so high. Just keep your low baritone. That might

2753
02:43:12,741 --> 02:43:17,841
be better. But yeah, I scare children. Daniel Pagan, Bayside,

2754
02:43:17,841 --> 02:43:21,491
New York, 55. Thank you, Sir Luke Rayner in London.

2755
02:43:22,141 --> 02:43:24,771
55, very grateful the show is still happening. We'll miss

2756
02:43:24,771 --> 02:43:27,671
John. Love and collective karma for all. Sir Luke Rayner,

2757
02:43:27,671 --> 02:43:29,971
Duke of London in the Southeast. Do it at the

2758
02:43:29,971 --> 02:43:33,691
end for you. Surprise, Night of Astonishment in Yukon, Oklahoma,

2759
02:43:33,691 --> 02:43:40,871
54-44. And Nathan Gwynn, Jackson, Tennessee, 52-72. Here's the 50s.

2760
02:43:41,231 --> 02:43:47,311
We've got... James Gonzalez, Lancaster, California. Brad McDonald from Mason,

2761
02:43:47,311 --> 02:43:53,631
Ohio. Katrine van Tau in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. and hello,

2762
02:43:53,631 --> 02:43:56,961
Katrine, and Aaron Weisgerber and Ben, Oregon, and last on

2763
02:43:56,961 --> 02:43:59,691
the list, Michael Myers, Diamond Head, Missouri. Thank you all

2764
02:43:59,691 --> 02:44:03,061
so much. We see you, 4999s. We do not do

2765
02:44:03,061 --> 02:44:07,291
anything under 50 for reasons of anonymity. Noagendadonations.com is where

2766
02:44:07,291 --> 02:44:10,041
you can support the show. It's very simple. You can

2767
02:44:10,041 --> 02:44:13,121
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2768
02:44:13,121 --> 02:44:15,351
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2769
02:44:15,351 --> 02:44:19,591
Pay, Venmo. All this stuff is available. PayPal. Notes to

2770
02:44:19,591 --> 02:44:24,111
notes at noagendashow.net. But go to noagendadonations.com. Support the show

2771
02:44:24,111 --> 02:44:27,051
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2772
02:44:27,051 --> 02:44:29,171
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2773
02:44:29,171 --> 02:44:32,291
up a recurring donation, any amount, any frequency. That is

2774
02:44:32,291 --> 02:44:37,711
noagendadonations.com. Thank you. It's your birthday, birthday It's your birthday,

2775
02:44:37,711 --> 02:44:42,431
birthday And we say happy birthday to Sir Mike Keeler,

2776
02:44:42,431 --> 02:44:46,961
Slayer of Taxes. He turned 60 yesterday. Nathan Ruttier turns

2777
02:44:46,961 --> 02:44:53,271
27 today. Raj Dossange turns 59 tomorrow. Wes Stewart turns

2778
02:44:53,271 --> 02:44:58,911
63 tomorrow. And Andre Mackey. Andre celebrates on the 29th.

2779
02:44:59,151 --> 02:45:01,561
And I want to say happy birthday to Christine. I'm

2780
02:45:01,561 --> 02:45:06,111
Tina Valerie Curry. She turns 36 today. Happy birthday, Babalu.

2781
02:45:06,111 --> 02:45:09,051
And from everybody here at the best podcast in the

2782
02:45:09,051 --> 02:45:13,761
universe. Now, let's see. I thought we should have had

2783
02:45:13,761 --> 02:45:17,821
some title changes here, but I didn't see them in

2784
02:45:17,821 --> 02:45:22,481
the email. So the first thing we shall do... is

2785
02:45:22,481 --> 02:45:26,801
welcome the brand new entrance of the No Agenda Order

2786
02:45:26,801 --> 02:45:35,591
of the End. And we congratulate Sir Wild Bill, Sir

2787
02:45:35,591 --> 02:45:39,641
Jamo Hacon Anderson, Sir Mike Keillor, Slayer of Taxes, Nathan

2788
02:45:39,641 --> 02:45:45,631
Rochier, Jesse Chapotel, Sir David Fugizotto, Salvatore Tringali, Raj Dorsans,

2789
02:45:45,631 --> 02:45:50,671
Ryan Jacobs, Sir Becoming Heroic, Sarcastic, The Nomad, Paul Field,

2790
02:45:50,671 --> 02:45:53,011
and Edward Noon. All of you are now in the

2791
02:45:53,011 --> 02:45:57,391
order of the answer. Ha, ha, ha, ha. Okay, it

2792
02:45:57,391 --> 02:45:59,381
takes some getting used to. I'm working on it. Hey,

2793
02:45:59,381 --> 02:46:00,841
we've got a couple of knights to bring up on

2794
02:46:00,841 --> 02:46:04,641
the podium, so there's my single sword. Hakon Anderson, Raj

2795
02:46:04,641 --> 02:46:07,841
Dosanj, and Wes Stewart, hop on up here on the

2796
02:46:07,841 --> 02:46:11,311
podium. You're about to become Knights of the Noagenda Roundtable.

2797
02:46:11,411 --> 02:46:14,771
Thanks to your support. The show of $1,000 or more,

2798
02:46:14,771 --> 02:46:20,071
I'm very proud to pronounce-a-cate thee as... Sir Jugney of

2799
02:46:20,071 --> 02:46:25,371
the Millerton Lake area. Sir Tinfoil Viking and Sir Name

2800
02:46:25,371 --> 02:46:28,351
Steward of the Basin of the Sun. For you, we've

2801
02:46:28,351 --> 02:46:30,941
got hookers and blow, rent boys and chardonnay. Chai and

2802
02:46:30,941 --> 02:46:34,821
samosas at the round table with some jilt dosani Punjabi

2803
02:46:34,821 --> 02:46:37,701
music. Not happen. Fistful of nuts, a bottle of any

2804
02:46:37,701 --> 02:46:40,221
kind of Kirkland wine. And of course, with that, we

2805
02:46:40,221 --> 02:46:42,931
have some sparkling cider and escorts, ginger ale and gerbils,

2806
02:46:42,931 --> 02:46:45,591
breast milk and pablum. And as always, the mutton and

2807
02:46:45,591 --> 02:46:48,971
the meat. Head over to NoAgendaRings.com. That is where you

2808
02:46:48,971 --> 02:46:51,831
will find a place for you to give us all

2809
02:46:51,831 --> 02:46:54,011
your information, the place where to send your ring, what

2810
02:46:54,011 --> 02:46:56,011
size you want it to be. There's a ring sizing

2811
02:46:56,011 --> 02:46:59,151
guide on that as well. Of course, you also will

2812
02:46:59,151 --> 02:47:04,691
find information about the Order of the Ant at NoAgendaRings.com.

2813
02:47:04,751 --> 02:47:07,331
I thought I didn't. I thought I had a new

2814
02:47:07,331 --> 02:47:11,131
ant jingle. Maybe it was an ant karma jingle. People

2815
02:47:11,131 --> 02:47:14,171
are starting to send jingles again. This is good news.

2816
02:47:14,271 --> 02:47:20,621
What is this? You've got... And Okay Alright Thank you

2817
02:47:20,621 --> 02:47:23,851
very much Thank you all for supporting the No Agenda

2818
02:47:23,851 --> 02:47:36,491
show It is highly appreciated No Agenda Meetups Am I

2819
02:47:36,491 --> 02:47:40,031
going to promote the Fredericksburg meetup? Yeah. Are you kidding

2820
02:47:40,031 --> 02:47:42,201
me? okay all right once you once you do it

2821
02:47:42,201 --> 02:47:45,141
right now matt once you promote the fredericksburg meetup all

2822
02:47:45,141 --> 02:47:50,451
right october 17th it will be the fifth um semi-annual

2823
02:47:50,451 --> 02:47:54,201
we do it twice a year and uh the fifth

2824
02:47:54,201 --> 02:47:58,431
one will be in october 17th out at j6 jenny's

2825
02:47:58,431 --> 02:48:01,921
yep and uh the notice is already up and And

2826
02:48:01,921 --> 02:48:05,291
I would like to put a special request out there.

2827
02:48:05,291 --> 02:48:09,651
Jenny makes a living on renting out her units out

2828
02:48:09,651 --> 02:48:12,911
there, her B&Bs, and it is business practice here in

2829
02:48:12,911 --> 02:48:15,811
the Hill Country. That you, on a weekend, you have

2830
02:48:15,811 --> 02:48:18,681
to get two nights. That's the way it is. That's

2831
02:48:18,681 --> 02:48:21,691
everything that way, for sure. Yeah, the whole hill country

2832
02:48:21,691 --> 02:48:24,311
that way. I would really appreciate it if some of

2833
02:48:24,311 --> 02:48:27,221
you guys would come over for two nights. Come on

2834
02:48:27,221 --> 02:48:29,191
over on a Friday night. And the reason I say

2835
02:48:29,191 --> 02:48:32,491
that, first of all, the breakfast that Jenny gives you

2836
02:48:32,491 --> 02:48:34,971
on Saturday morning. Oh, is that good? And then on

2837
02:48:34,971 --> 02:48:38,350
Sunday. I mean, I'm telling you, and i will say

2838
02:48:38,350 --> 02:48:40,780
that if uh if we get any uh folks uh

2839
02:48:40,780 --> 02:48:44,511
that stay the weekend there i will bring up a

2840
02:48:44,511 --> 02:48:48,041
jelly that my homemade jelly which one i will donate

2841
02:48:48,041 --> 02:48:51,291
it i don't know we could bring the prickly pear

2842
02:48:51,291 --> 02:48:54,271
the what i'll bring a whole uh a variety a

2843
02:48:54,271 --> 02:48:57,611
whole selection but it would be a blast to see

2844
02:48:57,611 --> 02:49:00,691
all out there and it is such a peaceful place

2845
02:49:00,691 --> 02:49:04,231
if you're coming over from Austin or Houston or the

2846
02:49:04,231 --> 02:49:07,261
Metroplex or wherever. I mean, it is so quiet and

2847
02:49:07,261 --> 02:49:10,451
peaceful out there. It'll be a perfect weekend for you.

2848
02:49:10,551 --> 02:49:14,731
So check in at 3 o'clock on Friday. Check in.

2849
02:49:14,871 --> 02:49:17,691
Stay the weekend. And I do have to say the

2850
02:49:17,691 --> 02:49:22,631
first meetup we had there. was the highest bar revenue

2851
02:49:22,631 --> 02:49:25,251
that they had ever had up until that day. We're

2852
02:49:25,251 --> 02:49:28,171
drinkers, man. We're drinkers. And it's just beer and wine.

2853
02:49:28,171 --> 02:49:31,451
And so I guess the no agenda people drink and

2854
02:49:31,451 --> 02:49:36,061
know things. And so there you go. That's my push

2855
02:49:36,061 --> 02:49:41,651
for the Fredericksburg fifth semiannual. meet up and if you

2856
02:49:41,651 --> 02:49:45,461
are uh if you are christ curious decloaking or just

2857
02:49:45,461 --> 02:49:48,111
want to check it out i will personally usher you

2858
02:49:48,111 --> 02:49:51,061
at bridge church for the early service at 9 a.m

2859
02:49:51,061 --> 02:49:53,551
if you stay friday and saturday and come to the

2860
02:49:53,551 --> 02:49:55,571
church on sunday it'll be a hoot and matt will

2861
02:49:55,571 --> 02:49:57,591
be there too we will try we will walk you

2862
02:49:57,591 --> 02:49:59,991
we will walk you down the aisle that's right

2863
02:50:00,123 --> 02:50:04,134
A meetup report that I missed, it was the Thirsty

2864
02:50:04,134 --> 02:50:09,323
Thursday meetup. Let me see. This is from the Baron

2865
02:50:09,323 --> 02:50:13,483
of Belmont and Catawaba. Catawba, sorry, River Basin. We had

2866
02:50:13,483 --> 02:50:16,113
a good turnout at the 33rd Thursday meetup at Ed's

2867
02:50:16,113 --> 02:50:18,573
Tavern. On Thursday, we had two Dukes, two Barons, several

2868
02:50:18,573 --> 02:50:21,993
Knights, one Dame, even had the blonde girlfriend, nickname given

2869
02:50:21,993 --> 02:50:24,943
by John. Some of our regulars were absent, but we

2870
02:50:24,943 --> 02:50:30,363
did have a first-timer and some who can't. make every

2871
02:50:30,363 --> 02:50:34,083
month. I got you. JCD was well-remembered for lots of

2872
02:50:34,083 --> 02:50:36,453
bits and sayings of his were recalled. John is a

2873
02:50:36,453 --> 02:50:39,863
national treasure and will be well-remembered for years to come.

2874
02:50:39,943 --> 02:50:42,783
The Charlotte Noah Jenner family sends his love and heartfelt

2875
02:50:42,783 --> 02:50:45,873
condolences to the Dvorak family, the Curry family, the Horowitz

2876
02:50:45,873 --> 02:50:49,083
family, and all who loved and missed JCD. Quote, Our

2877
02:50:49,083 --> 02:50:51,884
lives change like the weather, but a legend never dies.

2878
02:50:52,023 --> 02:50:54,763
Jimmy Buffett from Last Mango in Paris. Thank you for

2879
02:50:54,763 --> 02:50:57,733
your courage. The Baron of Belmont and the Catawba River

2880
02:50:57,733 --> 02:51:00,283
Basin. Thank you so much, brother. Very nice. I'm sorry

2881
02:51:00,283 --> 02:51:02,863
I missed that the first time. I prefer audio reports,

2882
02:51:02,863 --> 02:51:05,713
but we make an exception for you, of course. An

2883
02:51:05,713 --> 02:51:08,983
audio report, though, here from the Chattanooga No Agenda Meetup

2884
02:51:08,983 --> 02:51:12,644
with me. music, apparently. In the morning, No Agenda Nation,

2885
02:51:12,644 --> 02:51:15,384
this is Commodore Baron Bones, Night of Twin Peaks. We

2886
02:51:15,384 --> 02:51:18,583
are here at Lookout Winery having a fantastic time. Everybody

2887
02:51:18,583 --> 02:51:21,224
had some flights of wine, we had some pizza, had

2888
02:51:21,224 --> 02:51:24,163
some great conversation, and we're here to pass the phone

2889
02:51:24,163 --> 02:51:27,353
around to say hello to everybody else that's here. Sir,

2890
02:51:27,353 --> 02:51:30,644
Ewell Larry here in the morning. Hello there, No Agenda

2891
02:51:30,644 --> 02:51:33,243
crowd. This is Dave Carlson, Hang in there, Adam. This

2892
02:51:33,243 --> 02:51:36,583
is Linda Carlson. This is Chris Lebrowski in the morning.

2893
02:51:36,743 --> 02:51:40,233
Hey, this is Scott Lovelace, newly crowned, not at the

2894
02:51:40,233 --> 02:51:42,663
round table, Sir Ginger Bear of East by God, Tennessee.

2895
02:51:43,103 --> 02:51:46,203
In the morning, RIP JCD. In the morning, slaves love

2896
02:51:46,203 --> 02:51:48,943
mac and cheese. ITM, this is a dude named Ben,

2897
02:51:48,943 --> 02:51:52,433
named Ben, and I really appreciate Sir Paul putting this

2898
02:51:52,433 --> 02:51:54,103
on and saying, an excellent job. It's been a lot

2899
02:51:54,103 --> 02:51:57,103
of fun. Hi, guys. I'm Salty. I have no idea

2900
02:51:57,103 --> 02:52:01,224
who you are, but it's good to be here. Sir

2901
02:52:01,224 --> 02:52:05,443
Paul Couture, Keeper of the Art, in the morning. This

2902
02:52:05,443 --> 02:52:09,203
is Noah, your resident Illuminati and Freemason. Sir, I do

2903
02:52:09,203 --> 02:52:12,853
name Ben again. Missy John. And we will all say

2904
02:52:12,853 --> 02:52:15,263
that, John, you may have turned down your speakers for

2905
02:52:15,263 --> 02:52:17,293
the last time, but we're going to turn them up

2906
02:52:17,293 --> 02:52:18,993
here just so that way we can go out and

2907
02:52:18,993 --> 02:52:21,304
hit them in the mouth. In the morning. In the

2908
02:52:21,304 --> 02:52:24,974
morning. Ah, wonderful. Thank you. I don't think I heard

2909
02:52:24,974 --> 02:52:27,943
your server in there, but that happens. This meetup taking

2910
02:52:27,943 --> 02:52:31,384
place tomorrow in Maastricht in the Netherlands. The three times

2911
02:52:31,384 --> 02:52:35,463
is shipwright. That. is a Dutch saying, three miles scheepsrecht,

2912
02:52:35,463 --> 02:52:39,064
three times a shipwright, seven o'clock in Café in Den...

2913
02:52:39,483 --> 02:52:43,623
Tennekan in Maastricht. Oh, that's Sir Avert Bob. He is

2914
02:52:43,623 --> 02:52:47,833
the crisis guy who comes in with emergency communications. He

2915
02:52:47,833 --> 02:52:50,933
came in and helped out in Kerrville, set up entire

2916
02:52:50,933 --> 02:52:54,523
mesh networks for everybody. Wonderful guy. Go and see Avert

2917
02:52:54,523 --> 02:52:57,433
in Maastricht. If you're in the south of the Netherlands,

2918
02:52:57,433 --> 02:52:59,753
it's a beautiful place to go check out. If you're

2919
02:52:59,753 --> 02:53:03,823
not, go drive down there. On Saturday, the backyard barbecue

2920
02:53:03,823 --> 02:53:07,163
at the Jingle Pit Ranch, 1 o'clock, Jingle Pot Ranch,

2921
02:53:07,163 --> 02:53:09,653
I'm sorry. It's a private residence, so you need to

2922
02:53:09,653 --> 02:53:12,423
see the website to RSVP. That is in Nanaimo, British

2923
02:53:12,423 --> 02:53:16,724
Columbia in Scandinavia. Go check that out. SirTreeDaddy is hosting.

2924
02:53:17,023 --> 02:53:19,873
They have a cool place. Our favorite Buzzkill meetup, 2

2925
02:53:19,873 --> 02:53:22,913
o'clock at Marble Brewery in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Also on

2926
02:53:22,913 --> 02:53:26,353
Saturday, the New England JCD Memorial meetup, 2 o'clock. That

2927
02:53:26,353 --> 02:53:28,213
is at the home of Lady Butters and Sir Knives

2928
02:53:28,213 --> 02:53:32,564
in Rhode Island. RSVP required for the secret location. Curmudgeon

2929
02:53:32,564 --> 02:53:36,663
meetup, 6 o'clock. That is the same as Amsterdam time.

2930
02:53:36,663 --> 02:53:38,943
But this will be at the Rooftop Bar in Zurich,

2931
02:53:38,943 --> 02:53:44,103
Switzerland. Black Knight Sir Swiss Senna is hosting Please, we

2932
02:53:44,103 --> 02:53:46,953
love meetup reports From different countries So go to the

2933
02:53:46,953 --> 02:53:50,203
rooftop bar on Saturday At 6 o'clock and hang out

2934
02:53:50,203 --> 02:53:53,804
With Sir Swiss Senna And your other knights and dames

2935
02:53:53,804 --> 02:53:58,623
And douchebags, etc. And producers in Switzerland On Sunday, I'm

2936
02:53:58,733 --> 02:54:01,763
Our next show day, the Chester County Community Meetup, 333

2937
02:54:01,763 --> 02:54:05,483
at Liberty Union Barn Grill in Chester Springs, Pennsylvania. And

2938
02:54:05,483 --> 02:54:08,394
we're done with August. But for September, we have on

2939
02:54:08,394 --> 02:54:12,273
the 3rd, my birthday, Raleigh, North Carolina, the 6th, Tapiolla,

2940
02:54:12,273 --> 02:54:16,863
Michigan, Fort Mills, South Carolina, Medford Lakes, New Jersey. On

2941
02:54:16,863 --> 02:54:20,564
the 10th, Brooklyn, New York. Brooklyn! The 12th, Boise. Idaho,

2942
02:54:20,564 --> 02:54:23,783
Scottsdale, Arizona on the 15th, Charlotte, North Carolina on the

2943
02:54:23,783 --> 02:54:27,843
17th, the 18th Tbilisi in Georgia, not the state, in

2944
02:54:27,843 --> 02:54:31,804
the country. Another meetup report is required. The 19th King

2945
02:54:31,804 --> 02:54:36,753
George in Virginia, Petaluma, California, Wilmington, California, also on the

2946
02:54:36,753 --> 02:54:38,873
19th. And that rounds it out. There's many more in

2947
02:54:38,873 --> 02:54:42,363
October, November, going through December. No. in a meet-up this

2948
02:54:42,363 --> 02:54:45,023
is the place where you will meet people that you

2949
02:54:45,023 --> 02:54:48,293
never expected to meet you will make friendships some people

2950
02:54:48,293 --> 02:54:51,663
get married you make connections and as you know connection

2951
02:54:51,663 --> 02:54:54,903
always brings you connection protection Is that you, Matt, or

2952
02:54:54,903 --> 02:54:59,923
is that me? Connection brings protection. In fact, these people

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will be your first responders in any emergency. Go to

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noagendameetups.com. If you can't find a meetup near you, just

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start one yourself. It's easy. It's so easy. Matt can

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do it with help from his wife, Gail. noagendameetups.com. Guaranteed.

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Always a party. Always a party. Sometimes you wanna go

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hang out with all the nights and days. Be where

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you won't be. Triggered on hell's blame. You're the one.

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Everybody feels the same It's like a party. And that

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concludes our broadcast day. Unfortunately, no end of show ISO.

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People, start sending those in again, will you? I just

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don't have time to make them. Help me out, producers.

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It would go a long way. Now, if you're listening

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on one of those modern podcast apps, which notifies you

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when the bat signal goes out and the stream goes

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live, stay with us because Congressional Dish on Jim Briney

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coming up next on the No Agenda stream. No, she

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will not be co-hosting. And no, this is not a

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talent search show. I am bringing in people I want

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to work with. I can work with. I know. I

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know. and I'm friends with, that's the way it's going

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to go for the foreseeable future. I got no other

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ideas, people. Just support the show. NoagendaDonations.com That is the

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most helpful thing you can do is support us. by

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going to noagendadonations.com. So looking forward to Sunday. It should

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be another hootenanny because there's always something to deconstruct. There's

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always sense to be made of the crazy world you're

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in where everything, and I mean everything, is about the

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midterms. Thank you to Matt Long. Check him out, the

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Matt Long Show, as a podcast. And I will be

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back on Sunday. Until then, adios, mofos. Hooey, hooey. And

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such. In the morning meatbags. Lane four has been automated.

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In the morning bags. In the morning meatbags. In the

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morning meatbags. In the morning meatbags. Lane 4 has been

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automated 9-3-9 Beijing hit the starter gun Boat in the

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headline Silicon already won Last year 21-5 Now the stopwatch

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looks embarrassed Metal athletes Progress polish package Paraded 6-6-6 Teams

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on the shelf Lightning hit 9-3-2 testing 9-4-7 racing Fast

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enough to steal the track and still needs padding for

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the braking. Run, bot, run. M5M says the future's here.

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Take the metal, miss the cable, cue the techno fear.

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Run, bot, run. Let the China Chiron glow. Beat the

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fastest man alive. Then face plant. in the phone factory

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every demo turns prophetic when the funding multiplies plug a

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and turn when reality hits follow money follow hype follow

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Every breathless claim If the bot steals your job Make

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the bastard finish the race Get Mo Nation Sports Ball

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Update Humanity, second place Value for value Before they automate

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the plate Go! Good morning meatbags. Good morning meatbags. mofo

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