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Light heartily covering topics including the WNBA, Trump, Sydney Sweeney, Tsunami warning, death of a 3 year old (this one we take seriously), and much more.

Hosted by: 

- Jesse Fries

- Jamon Fries

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(00:00:20) Introduction

(00:07:57) Trump's Political Moves and Deals

(00:14:47) Economic Policies and Stimulus Checks

(00:18:01) Cybersecurity and National Guard Activation

(00:26:12) International News and Cultural Insights

(00:35:03) Debate Coaching and Free Speech Issues

(00:45:50) Sydney Sweeney Controversy

(00:52:00) Political Strategies and Gerrymandering

(00:59:58) Child Welfare and Tragic Incidents

(01:03:32) Business News and Technological Innovations

(01:10:08) Masculinity in Politics and Sports Humor

[00:00:21] Jesse Fries:

Good afternoon,   everybody.   It is July 31, and we are live with episode number 49 of the Mindless Meanderings.   I'm Jesse Fries,   and I just spent the first part of my day with a bunch of 10 year old girls at a birthday party. Yeah. That wasn't fun.  

[00:00:40] Jamon Fries:

It sounds like it could have been fun maybe.   10 year old girls? No. No. No. Yeah. No. No.   And this is Jamin Frias, and   I am enjoying   the first day after our quote, unquote,   heat wave.   I I I just for the life of me, I can't   I I can't think of '95,   96   being   a heat wave in the July,   early August that, you know, that that's that's normal weather here.  

[00:01:15] Jesse Fries:

Yeah. Yeah. That's   I I swear to god. They they they've really been   trying hard to make it seem, like, bad or anything. Yeah. Yeah. They they really have.   What what is Lawrence, Kansas average?  

[00:01:29] Jamon Fries:

Our average right now is about 89 to 90 for July for the end towards the July.   Okay.   So we we're we're   a couple degrees above average.   The the the big killer though was how humid it was. It's usually not the it's usually not as humid as it was.   I mean, yeah, I I've seen, like, in the   feels like categories,   which I   completely ignore anyways.  

[00:01:57] Jesse Fries:

Right.  

[00:01:58] Jamon Fries:

Usually, they're five to 10 degrees above above what the temperature is. Mhmm. But we were at 95, and we had feels like temperatures of a 115   because of how humid it was. Yeah. I find that to be  

[00:02:12] Jesse Fries:

bullshit. Yeah. I really do. All all this said oh,  

[00:02:16] Jamon Fries:

it feels like this. No. No. It really doesn't. It doesn't. No. You know, it feels like that temperature with humidity. That's really what it feels like. If you were if you were to go into a oven   set at 95 degrees,   that would be exactly what it felt like outside.   Yeah. Yeah. I I I I'm  

[00:02:36] Jesse Fries:

so tired of it. But, yeah, it's like   so so it it's actually been a cool summer down here in Texas. Right? Oh, yeah. We've only had, I think what is it? We've only had maybe, like, three days above a 100 degrees.   And usually, by this point in the summer actually, for the whole year, we've had four.   But for this point in the summer, usually, we've the average of a 100 degree temperature days we've hit is about 30.   Yeah.   So we are well below that. We've only had four. Not only that, it's like all of July was we've only had, like, three days above a 100.   That's it. It's like nothing.  

It's Yeah. Average temperature here. Do you know what the average temperature here is?  

[00:03:19] Jamon Fries:

I'd be willing to bet probably about   90 ish.  

[00:03:24] Jesse Fries:

98 is average temperature for   today. That's the average temperature for today. It's like,   yeah. So it's just hot, you know, but, you know, it's not   it's it's actually been relatively nice. It really has.  

[00:03:39] Jamon Fries:

Yep.   Yeah. We've got,   they they said that we were supposed to well, the Kansas City area is supposed to have highs of, like, 76 today.   Mhmm. Tomorrow is gonna be 77.   The day after that, seventy eight. The day after that, seventy nine. So we've got four days in the upper seventies coming   today from today on. Yeah. Yeah. I so  

[00:04:02] Jesse Fries:

Well, they're calling it, like, a a summer polar vortex, I heard, someplace.   People just stop. You you know, it's these things used to be heat waves and cool fronts and, you you you you know, that sort of thing. You know? It's but Yeah. It's not   they've really changed the terminology   around weather to the point where you can't even correspond it with the past. Maybe that's the point. Maybe they don't want you to correspond it with the past. Yes. Yes.  

[00:04:31] Jamon Fries:

It's ridiculous. It really is. It's like, okay. So it's a cold front. We we what was that? Yeah. And and, you know, if you if you set aside the   places that they're measuring the temperatures at Uh-huh.   Because   it in the,   you know, in the eighties and the seventies and the eighties, the places where they put the temperature gauges Right. Were all out in the country. No. Yeah. No. It's There was the city. Yeah.   Well, it's not that they're in the middle of the city, but they they they didn't move,   but the city's expanded.   No. That's what I'm saying. Now they're in the middle of the city. They're they're like in the outskirts of the city now, which is being affected by   the heat from the city.  



[00:05:12] Jesse Fries:

Yeah. Yeah. No. It it's it's all stupid. It's all I know. Yeah. It really is.   Do I have anything about weather? And then we could just  

[00:05:22] Jamon Fries:

kick I don't see anything.  

[00:05:24] Jesse Fries:

Yeah. No. I don't think so.   Yeah. Well, there's the tsunami. I guess there's that. You know? Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. There's a there's   a earthquake in Russia.   We're off Russia's coast, and   it caused  

[00:05:40] Jamon Fries:

a tsunami, but not that big of a one. Yeah. So Yeah. I I heard that it that that that there were tsunami warnings up and down the East up and down the West Coast. Right. I haven't seen anything talking about any damage or anything like that from them. Well, it was like Hawaii  

[00:05:56] Jesse Fries:

got hit by the so called tsunami. It was   something like three feet  

[00:06:01] Jamon Fries:

higher. That's nothing.  

[00:06:03] Jesse Fries:

Yeah. Exactly.   Exactly.  

[00:06:05] Jamon Fries:

So they had a windy day, so the waves were were slightly higher. Yeah. Yeah. No. Equates to. Now it did pull the water out.   Yeah. And and so people started running like crazy because, yeah, that's when you you definitely need to run. You you see the water start receding, and you just wanna get far away from the beach. Yeah. Yeah. But yeah. But for for it to only be a three foot wave by the time it got to Hawaii, that's   that's almost nothing.  

[00:06:30] Jesse Fries:

They they they talked about some port in Russia getting hit hard, but I haven't seen any photos   footage of it. Yeah. So   it can't be that bad if you just hear, like, one guy talk about it and then it disappears.   You know? It's like, it can't be that bad. So Yeah.   Absolutely.   Or or, you know, maybe the tsunami warning actually worked. You know? That's a good thing. That could be. So yeah. Yeah.   Yeah.   Oh, speaking of weather, remember last time we talked about, like,   clean   air, not   causing Yes. Making it, so that if there's clean air,  

[00:07:10] Jamon Fries:

then The there's the hurricanes are lesser? Yes. No. The the hurricanes   are more if it's clean air. Yes. Correct. Correct. Start polluting more. And so the Atlantic was,  

[00:07:20] Jesse Fries:

they say is more active than the Pacific is what they were saying. Right? Right. This morning on the news, they go, well, there's no activity tropically in the Atlantic,   but the Pacific has about four or five storms. So I'm gonna go,   well  

[00:07:37] Jamon Fries:

Well, damn. There goes that hypothesis.   Yeah.   They don't know anything. That's all I'm saying. Yep.   Yep.   It's hilarious.  

[00:07:50] Jesse Fries:

It is. It is.   Let's see. Trump keeps winning, so that's nice. Oh, yeah. You know? Yeah.   Let's see what happened.   He   made a deal with South Korea.   Mhmm. That came through.   It's gonna be, like, a 15%   tariff on that.  

[00:08:08] Jamon Fries:

Yep.  

[00:08:09] Jesse Fries:

Plus other things they're gonna give   us extra money to they're gonna, like,   have they're gonna   do stuff that we own. So they're gonna pay for something and then give it to us for free, and then we will earn the profits off of it or something like that. It's all kinda crazy.   And Trump gets Kinda weird. Yeah. And the president gets to decide what it is.   I don't know.   Wow.   Yeah. Yeah. It it's all a bit crazy. It's all a bit crazy.   Yeah.   Then he also extended the   Mexico one. I I I don't think he wants to really do that one.   Mhmm.  

He extended that another ninety days so they're not gonna get hit tomorrow unlike Yep. Pretty much everybody else.  

[00:08:55] Jamon Fries:

Right.   Yeah.   Yeah. I I think he kind of wants to lay off Mexico for a little while, I think. Yeah. Because No. No. No. No. No. No. No. Overall, they're doing fine.   Yeah. Apparently, one of the cartels is like   Yeah. They they've they've been pretty active in   stopping   the migrants from going across the Mexico and from helping with the cartels  

[00:09:21] Jesse Fries:

curtailment. Yeah. What are the cartels they're doing and stuff like that? I read one story. I can't remember which cartel it was, but it was like, they're going, yeah. They're going out of business.   Just because they can't get across the border, they're going out of business. It's like That is a wonderful sign. It really is. It really is. I I gotta love that.  

[00:09:38] Jamon Fries:

Yeah. Yeah. Definitely.  

[00:09:41] Jesse Fries:

Did he have any others?   I don't know if he had any   other major wins. Oh, a Brown University settled.   So Okay. We will start getting federal funding again. Basically, it was like a win win. Basically, they just agreed   not to   allow   anti Semitic stuff and whatnot. So Yeah. Yeah. And then Well, that that's,  

[00:10:06] Jamon Fries:

that that makes me think of something I saw when I was watching,   Gutfeld.   Tyrus,   he's he said   or no. It wasn't Tyrus. It was Gutfeld himself that said, you know,   everything that president Trump is doing,   it   wins politically   Mhmm.   But it also brings in money.   He's monetizing everything.   Yep. Yep. You know? So we're gonna stop giving you know, he's monetizing   the,   the immigration   stuff with   we are not giving the any more money to   sanctuary cities and states.   Mhmm. You know, that's he so he's he's stopping that spending.   He's getting money from the colleges, like, 500,000   from,   from a from a university in in California.  

Mhmm. 600,000   from   from   Columbia, I think it was.  

[00:11:08] Jesse Fries:

Yeah. He got,   it was, like, something like   10,000,000 from Brown to put towards   job placement for everybody in Rhode Island.  

[00:11:17] Jamon Fries:

Yep. Yeah. So things like that. Yeah. So he so he's getting so, you know, he's he's punishing them with with financial   things. And that's really the the only way to make to change things.   If you stop the money from going,   because you're not gonna change their ideological   thoughts. Right. So you have to punish their thoughts and their actions   with monetary things.  

[00:11:42] Jesse Fries:

Well, that's how he deals with everybody. It's a monetary transaction. It's Yeah.  

[00:11:46] Jamon Fries:

Look at look at Ukraine.   Right? Right. We're not sending them as much money anymore. But   Yep. We're we got everybody else in NATO to increase their defense funding.   And they're sending stuff to to Ukraine.   Mhmm. And a lot of the stuff that they're selling it that they're that they're sending over is bought from us. Oh, yeah. Or or like the Cambodia, Thailand thing where it's Yeah.   He he used money to get them to stop fighting.  

[00:12:17] Jesse Fries:

You know? So it, it works. It works. Everything is about bringing in the money.   Yep. Yep. It really is. Or just using money just to Yes.  

[00:12:27] Jamon Fries:

Get what you want. Either bringing money in or saying you're gonna have to pay if you don't if you don't straighten up. Mhmm. Yep. Yep.   And the result of that   is they're talking about sending out stimulus checks again.  

[00:12:47] Jesse Fries:

Oh, okay.  

[00:12:49] Jamon Fries:

Because we have a budget surplus now for the first time in a very long time. Instead of paying off the debt   Jesus.   Missouri's   Republican senator has put forward a bill   to give back $600   per person in the family.   Per per what can I use it for? What tech do I want?  

[00:13:14] Jesse Fries:

That's why I use the COVID money for a guy who gets new iPad.   Yeah. When you're yeah. It's like  

[00:13:21] Jamon Fries:

the the last stimulus check I got, I built a new computer with it. Yeah. But please just pay off the debt. We don't yes. Some people need the money, but There there are some Most of us that could use that money. Yeah. No. And, you know, the the there's conflicting story conflicting ideas as to what it's how it's going to be paid out.   Mhmm. Some people are saying it it would be paid out like stimulus checks were   just utilizing the tax the,   IRS to send the money out to everybody.   Right. Others are saying that it would be a,   tax credit of the on your next, when you file your taxes next year. Oh, okay. Okay.  

So it may not be just a whole bunch a lump sum of money sent out, but it it may instead be a tax credit.   The reason that they're doing that is they they they're calling it a refund   of your taxes   because we have a surplus.   You just put that towards the deficit. Put it towards the debt. Yeah. Get rid of the debt person, then you can talk about giving us money. Yes. You know, it's   it's basic simple math people. Pay down the debt. Because if you pay down the debt, then you won't have to pay as much interest into it. Exactly.  

[00:14:33] Jesse Fries:

You know, it's  

[00:14:35] Jamon Fries:

just doesn't make sense to me. So so No. No.  

[00:14:38] Jesse Fries:

It's like we're we're not in an emergency of any sort. They haven't shut us down. We don't need this. Yeah. You know?   I don't need In in fact, there is more people that are surviving right now than there have been in quite a while. Actually, probably what I would do is I I would take that $2,400   that I would get.   And then I would just,   send it into my student loans that I'm still paying. Yeah. Yeah. It's like, I would not get 2,400,   student loan money. So Makes sense. Yeah. I I actually would be using it the right way. If the government's not gonna pay off their debts, you might as well pay off yours. Exactly.   I also did that with, that other money as well. Because   it was a it was a good chunk of change that last time. Oh, yeah. Yeah. It was, Well, we got, what, two, three different stimulus checks throughout COVID? Yeah. Something like that. Yeah.  

Yeah.   Used one of them for the iPads, and then I think the rest basically just went to   take care of,   yeah, student debt. So   Yep.   Yep. Yep. Yep.   Let's see here.   The administration is cutting,   the   regulations   on   climate change,   basically.   Okay. They're rolling back the Obama era finding that greenhouse gas emissions posed a threat to human health. So basically, that got really bad. Yep. Yep. And so because of that, I don't think   then the EPA can monitor   it. No. Because it has to be   because it has to have they did that so that the EPA could actually regulate it is why they made it Yeah. Even though it doesn't affect our health at all. Yeah. Yeah. That's not So   but yeah. So that could help,   maybe. You know? It's, Yeah. That it's definitely a positive move. At least get rid of my regulations. Yeah. Yeah.  

Which is always good.  

[00:16:40] Jamon Fries:

Yep.   And, the senate   is putting forth   a bill to   make it so that future presidents don't quite have as much leeway to not enforce immigration   laws.  

[00:16:57] Jesse Fries:

Okay.  

[00:16:59] Jamon Fries:

Yeah.   Essentially, what what it the bill the bill that they're trying to pass right now,   if some if if an illegal alien   is pulled over for DUI   Uh-huh.   If it's not categorized as a felony DUI,   they don't get sent out of the they don't get deported.   And now so many in many places, they're just not charging it as a felony DUI.   Right. Instead, they're charging it as a as just a a little one.   But now with with this, with the bill that they're trying to pass, it'll make it set any DUI   is a departable offense.  

[00:17:39] Jesse Fries:

Well, it makes sense to me. Yeah. Oh, yeah. You know? Yeah. I'm surprised they haven't made a a murder of misdemeanor. You know? That's a Yeah. No kidding.  

[00:17:52] Jamon Fries:

Let's see here. What else do we got? Anything else exciting?   The land of America.   Something out of Minnesota.  

[00:18:04] Jesse Fries:

Oh, okay.  

[00:18:06] Jamon Fries:

Tim Waltz has activated the National Guard.  

[00:18:10] Jesse Fries:

Why?  

[00:18:11] Jamon Fries:

Because there was a cyber attack that basically   shut down the government.  

[00:18:16] Jesse Fries:

Okay. How long did it last? Is it still going? Do you know?  

[00:18:19] Jamon Fries:

According to the story that I read, it had they haven't gotten everything fixed yet. Oh, okay.   Everything from the police   to,   to regular government government processes and stuff like that was affected by this attack.  

[00:18:34] Jesse Fries:

Wow. Wow.  

[00:18:36] Jamon Fries:

Yeah. So he had to so he he brought out the National Guard to  

[00:18:41] Jesse Fries:

To do what?  

[00:18:43] Jamon Fries:

To do what the police do, I guess. But the the police are still there.   Yeah. I I don't I I have no idea why he did that. I I just found it very interesting that, you know, they keep saying Trump is gonna be bringing out the military.   Right. Right. And he brings out the military.   Yeah. For nothing.   Who knows? You know That's great. A cyber attack   does not need the National Guard.   It needs  

[00:19:11] Jesse Fries:

unless if it's something good, it's like like to where it's gonna be over any cyber attacks. Yeah. If there's like no communication or anything like that, it's not with it. If it's just, you know, attacking the government, then it's self help. If it were like if it were like if they took down nine one one,  

[00:19:26] Jamon Fries:

I could see putting National Guard out on the streets so that you had a much larger cover cover. I no. I wouldn't. What's the point of that? No.  

[00:19:34] Jesse Fries:

No. Nine one one, I wouldn't.   It it it would have to be, like, serious serious.   Yeah. Nine one one, yeah, bad. But   what can they do?  

[00:19:45] Jamon Fries:

You know, they because Jerry, the reason why 911 goes down, the problem with that is getting emergency services, like fire and Right. Ambulance. Yes. Reporting crimes if they're but that's not gonna just skyrocket all of a sudden, I doubt. No. That's that's true. People aren't gonna people aren't gonna go out and start committing crimes because 911 is down. Maybe one or two will, but, you know, it's like Well, I mean, you know, it's a perfect time to plan, like, a big heist or something like that. No. It would be. It would be. Other than that, I mean, you know, the just state normal crime isn't gonna change because of it too much. It won't. It won't. So, yeah, I I guess I agree with that. That was the only thing that I could think of that would cause that would need the that would potentially   give a reason for putting the National Guard out there. Because, I mean, it's a cyber attack. It's   not like the National Guard can do anything about that. They really can't. They really can't.  

So yeah. You know, I I don't know. That didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. But yeah. I was I just found it found it interesting that,   the first time somebody puts out the National Guard in response to something like that Mhmm. Is a Democrat.   What do you know?   In a very socialist state.   Yeah. What do you know? You you you you know, they say it's a socialist state right now. But, you know, it's like,   I don't see it when I go visit. You know? No. No. The the government has socialist leanings, but that's Yeah. That the the people are normal.  

[00:21:20] Jesse Fries:

Yeah. Yeah. Except for Minneapolis. They're a bit weird. Yeah. Yeah. They are.   They always have been. Yeah. Always have been. Always have been.   Let's see here. Any other news that's affected?  

[00:21:35] Jamon Fries:

One other thing that I've got that,   I forgot to put in the show notes. Uh-huh.   The Powell has decided that he is not absolutely   not lowering interest rates.   Yeah. Even though everything is going good, everything's   looking very positive, and everything should lead to lower interest rates. But   the threat of the increase of every the the threat of the decline of the economy from tariffs is still looming. So we can't drop it. Yeah. Which   hasn't come about anyways. So, yeah, it's The   the the economy is thriving   for because of everything.  

Yeah. Economy is going gangbusters.   Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. I I I heard there were some people saying that,   that   one of the thing you know, some people are saying, well, housing is still low. You know, nobody's building houses anymore and stuff like that. Oh, there's so many houses on the freaking market right now. It's Yeah. It's but I I I loved the response to it. Uh-huh. The response was   nobody's buying houses   because they're waiting for the interest rates to drop.  

[00:22:51] Jesse Fries:

Yeah. They are. Every single last one.  

[00:22:54] Jamon Fries:

Why would you buy a house at an over 3% interest rate   when you're   I mean, it in a normal circumstance, if this were any other president   Mhmm. You would be paying,   like, 1.5%  

[00:23:09] Jesse Fries:

or something like that. Yeah. Well, to me So why would they buy at 3% when they're sure it's gonna drop? Well and not only that, but the sellers are also sure that it'll drop. And so because of that, they're going, I want that more money. I'm not willing to reduce the house to the point where you can afford it. You know? Right. Absolutely. Yeah.   And right now, sir and and for some reason,   got back from the road trip, and all of a sudden,   in between when I left and now,   about 10 more houses in our neighborhood went on the   up for sale.  

It's, like, just crazy. Yeah. Damn. It's, like,   okay. Do you know something we don't know? Because I I don't know what's going on here, but they still haven't sold.   Yeah.   One house sold, but that   they dropped the price on that by, I think, about 50,000.  

[00:24:00] Jamon Fries:

Oh, wow. Okay.  

[00:24:02] Jesse Fries:

So   yeah. So about 10%.   Yeah.  

[00:24:06] Jamon Fries:

Yeah.  

[00:24:09] Jesse Fries:

Who knows?   Mhmm. But, yeah, they they really the the the whole yeah. He just wants to stick it to Trump, I really think. Okay. I know he says he doesn't.  

[00:24:19] Jamon Fries:

Yeah. But, there was If it were any if it were any other president  

[00:24:23] Jesse Fries:

Yeah. If it were any other president, he would've he would've lowered the rates by now. More than likely. More than likely. Yeah. But then Trump doesn't like him either, and so it's just tit for tat. Oh, I mean,   it's just what it is. You know? Yep.   This is how the world works. It's a personal game. Everything is personal. Everybody says the the people always say, oh, it's not personal. It's business. No. No. No. Everything is personal. Yeah.   Everything is   personal. It's like Yeah. You go to wars for personal reasons. You do this for personal reasons. You know, it's like  

[00:24:54] Jamon Fries:

Yeah. We know that that that's that's the that's the one statement that I've always hated the most. Uh-huh. Because, you know, the person saying it's not personal is the one that's doing something bad to you.   Yeah. Yeah. That's And so, sure, it may not be personal to you,   but to me. But, actually, it's just   for this.  

[00:25:15] Jesse Fries:

No. No. It is personal for them as well because they want that extra they they they want that extra They they want the money out, whatever they get proud of it. It for themselves. That's it. So it is it's it's just a lie is what they Yeah. Basically, it's all it is. You know? It's not personal. There's no. It's it it is personal. Plans and everything is personal.   That is how life works.  

[00:25:36] Jamon Fries:

Yeah. Even even big corporate decisions that, like, shut down the factory.  

[00:25:41] Jesse Fries:

Mhmm.  

[00:25:42] Jamon Fries:

It's a personal decision that you made because you wanted to make more profits.  

[00:25:46] Jesse Fries:

Yeah. Yeah. As a corporation or is this yeah. Yeah. Everything is personal. Yep. Yep.  

[00:25:52] Jamon Fries:

Your stockholders wanted to make more profits, so they voted to close this factory down. You know? I mean, that's   pretty personal.  

[00:26:00] Jesse Fries:

It is.   It is. It is quite   personal. You know? It's,   yeah. Okay. What else we got?   Looks like you had some national news that we haven't covered there.  

[00:26:16] Jamon Fries:

Yeah.   So   talking about personal,   Maumdani   with his wedding.  

[00:26:25] Jesse Fries:

Mhmm.  

[00:26:28] Jamon Fries:

Well, this wedding celebration in Uganda.   Right. Right. Right. They they were   the soonest people started hearing about how about what the what it was like at his wedding, you know, him renting this big huge mansion,   having armed security everywhere.  

[00:26:44] Jesse Fries:

Right. Right.  

[00:26:47] Jamon Fries:

And, you know, all this other stuff.   Mhmm. And how much money he had to have spent and how he's being so opulent, and everything else like that. Uh-huh.   I I I forgot to look it up. I was planning on looking it up. Do you have any idea what the cost of something in Uganda is compared to the cost of something here? It's like next to nothing in comparison. Yeah.   So you take a thousand dollar you take a thousand dollars there and you can party away very hard.   Well, he he probably spent a few 100,000 on that. Oh, yeah. No. I I have no doubt about that. But, you know, I mean but that's not if if he were to spend that kind of money here  

[00:27:33] Jesse Fries:

Mhmm. He would have gotten, like, next to nothing. No. Yeah. Yeah. It's like, we had,   for my sister in law's wedding.   It it was a good to do, you know, the guy Mhmm. They're both lawyers and everything like that. Okay.   And, and, you know,   it's the first time and possibly the only time in my life I'll have a police escort through   we had a police escort through Nairobi. You know? So I know. Yeah. Yeah. It it was quite entertaining. It was quite entertaining. Yeah.   And then it was the reception was at,   there's a famous,   lady, Karen Blixen,   and she was like,   she was a European, like Scandinavian or something like that. Okay. Swiss or something. But, anyway, she she's very famous. She was very rich. She owned a whole bunch of plantation there.  

And the reception was there. You know? So it's like, yeah.   Yeah. I don't know how much that cost.   Probably quite a bit. You know?   Now there wasn't security,   at least not much of it. You know? But Right. Did have police escort, so that's fine. But that probably   it would have cost maybe $50.60   grand, I would say, probably about.   Mhmm. So just like a normal wedding here, but a lot better as well. You can get more Because the dollar goes a lot more there. Exactly. A lot brighter. Yeah. Yep.  

[00:28:57] Jamon Fries:

Yeah. Absolutely. So, you know, I I I don't quite get the arguments about how opulent he was and how this proves that, you know, he wants to live it up in the large lifestyle while spending everybody else's money.   Well, maybe he does, you know. I mean, it's possible that he does, but this isn't a this can't be to me, this shouldn't be able to be used as a proof of that.  

[00:29:20] Jesse Fries:

Because See see, to me, this is more of a proof of, like, how,   you know, you make money in the West, and then you go live in   the Yeah.   In the third world. You know? And then you can live like a king off of just   you could live like a king of Social Security. You know, you could have Yeah. You could have house help. You could,  

[00:29:39] Jamon Fries:

like, three or four house help. I've seen I've seen some videos, and this is in Asia in,   in The Philippines   and in Thailand.  

[00:29:50] Jesse Fries:

Yeah. Yep.  

[00:29:52] Jamon Fries:

You can live   a very good lifestyle   off of a thousand US dollars a month. Oh, yeah. Yeah.   Whereas here, that's you you have a hard time living.  

[00:30:05] Jesse Fries:

Exactly.   Exactly. And so because of that, you know,   me and Carol are always we're always thinking maybe we'll retire in Kenya, you know, or Yeah. Yeah. Some other island that's cheap, you know. But Yep.  

[00:30:16] Jamon Fries:

That's true. I I saw it. I was watching one video, and this guy was talking about this house that he rented for $500   US a month. Mhmm.   What would that get you in here in The US? It wouldn't even get you a studio apartment apartment in many places. I'm not sure if you can get apartment 5500  

[00:30:34] Jesse Fries:

most.  

[00:30:35] Jamon Fries:

There there's still a few places that you could, but I mean, we're talking out in the boondocks in the middle of nowhere type places. Like Perry or Lacoste. Yes. Exactly. Yeah.   And he was living in in the house that he rented,   had a separate office,   five bedrooms, a pool.   Mhmm. I mean,   if I could live like that on $500   a month, I think I'd be okay with that.   Yeah. I would. And they're talking about the expensive   food that that expensive meal there. Mhmm. It'll cost you about $10 for a meal.  

[00:31:15] Jesse Fries:

Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. A cheat meal, it'll be a dollar.   Oh, yeah. Yeah. If that. Yeah. Yeah.   It's,   you you you you can get if you go to if there's, like, like, super fancy, especially if they're, like, western oriented Oh, yeah. Yeah. That that then they get into real prices.  

[00:31:34] Jamon Fries:

Yeah. The beyond that They were talking about that. There's a few restaurants that are like, you're spending a 100 doll 100 US dollars for the meal. Oh, yeah. Stuff like that. But,  

[00:31:43] Jesse Fries:

those are the very, very fancy restaurants. Oh, yeah. Yeah. Well well or or just western leaning because it's like in India, in Bangalore,   it it was like everything was perfect cheap. Right? Mhmm. But you go to Hard Rock Cafe,   and it's American prices. You know? You know? Yeah. It's just what it is. So it's Yeah. But you're getting American burger. You're getting all that fun stuff, you know. So  

[00:32:06] Jamon Fries:

Well No. You are. It's India, so you're not really getting Yes. Beefy? Yes. You are. Yes. Beef. Yes. Really? Yes. How'd they get away with that in India?  

[00:32:16] Jesse Fries:

It it it's legal to eat beef.  

[00:32:20] Jamon Fries:

Yeah. Is it really? Yeah.  

[00:32:22] Jesse Fries:

Muslims do it all the time over there. That causes some of the tension. The Hindus don't like it. Well, it's completely legal.  

[00:32:29] Jamon Fries:

I I thought that India had laws against that. No. It's just a tradition. You can't Oh, okay. You  

[00:32:37] Jesse Fries:

you   you you you they have laws against harming,   like,   hitting them with your car, things like that, chasing them off Right. Sticks, things like that. But in the end of the life sort of situation, yeah, you can raise and kill animals. Muslims do it all the time. You can actually get   go to a Muslim shop and just get a steak and everything like that. A Muslim restaurant.   It'd be halal, but, you know, I don't care. Right. You know? So it's a I I there's not that much of a taste difference there, if any at all. None at all. It's just, they go, oh,   a la Akbar or something like that as they slice in the throat. That's the only difference. So it's not Yeah. I don't care. You know? You can pray to whatever god is. You're killing my animal. I don't care. Absolutely.  



[00:33:20] Jamon Fries:

As long as you're killing the animal so I can eat it.  

[00:33:23] Jesse Fries:

Exactly.   Or you can eat it. I don't care. I'm not Well, yeah. Yeah. I mean, it's not  

[00:33:27] Jamon Fries:

yeah. Yeah. The only time I would ever care is if I'm eating it. That's the only time I ever care what's in the meat, you know, what what what what's going into the food. So   as far as that goes, yeah. Yeah. I could care less as long as I get to eat the meat.  

[00:33:42] Jesse Fries:

Yeah. I'm not Sikh, so it's all good. Yep. Yeah. Sikhs can't. They they cannot eat   animals that have been, slaughtered for a different god.   Really? Yeah. They cannot. So Okay. Halal or kosher, they cannot That makes sense. Yeah. Yep. Yep.   Yep.   Yeah. I know random crap. Yep. Yeah.  

[00:34:10] Jamon Fries:

Let's see. Let's just   forgot for that. Oh,   so   if you were going to be   if you had ever decided to run for president   and you wanted to prep for a debate   Uh-huh.   What   would you most likely look for in a   coach someone to coach you for your debate?  

[00:34:34] Jesse Fries:

Somebody that knows how to   debate.  

[00:34:37] Jamon Fries:

Yeah. Somebody that knows politics, knows how to debate, and all this other stuff. I get, like, technicalities because he he could debate. He's like master debate. Oh, hell yeah. Yeah.  

[00:34:47] Jesse Fries:

Will. From   Come on. Come on. Come on. Master debater team. Come on. I I heard it. I heard it.   That's all I would say. I just wanted to say that just for fun.  

[00:35:04] Jamon Fries:

It took me a little it took me a bit to get for it to kick in.  

[00:35:09] Jesse Fries:

Okay. So my sister Steven Spielberg.   So  

[00:35:15] Jamon Fries:

instead of going with someone like that for a debate prep   Uh-huh.   For Biden's final debate, the one that caused him to get kicked out by his own party of the election.   Right.   He was coached by Steven Spielberg.   Well, that's different. Why? Why would they go to oh, CGI.   That's why.   CGI   or acting   for,   you know, for   camera presence. Those are the only things you would go to a director for. Right. Right. Right.   Not for debate,   but for camera presence, for stuff like that.  

[00:35:53] Jesse Fries:

Right. Right.   That is really weird.  

[00:35:57] Jamon Fries:

Yeah. Yeah.  

[00:36:01] Jesse Fries:

Okay.   Doesn't make sense to me, but, you know,   Spielberg is a lot of money, and some guy goes, hey. We don't we have Steven Spielberg. He wants to help out.   Yeah. That's right. Yeah.   Yep.   Probably how that happened.  

[00:36:17] Jamon Fries:

Most likely.  

[00:36:21] Jesse Fries:

Okay.   Let's see. Speaking of speech and whatnot, the whole free speech thing that is still going on, in The UK,   they   are thinking of banning VPNs.  

[00:36:36] Jamon Fries:

That's not surprising.  

[00:36:38] Jesse Fries:

Yeah. Because   you can hide who you are, and, you could say that you're not in The UK.   They they have a new act,   a new law basically that   makes it so that you have to use your ID to look at porn sites or do anything,   really. Right. It it or it and then it also gets into free speech about what you can say and everything like that.   They're they're actually even coming after some American companies with that.   One of them was Yeah. Suicide.   Oh, god. Like a website that   talks about suicide. The whole thing is suicide, but   the company or that company says, well, it's basically to help people that are   thinking about it, talk to other people that   might be able to lead them down a different path and everything like that. But it's also free speech, so sometimes they talk about methods.  

The best method.  

[00:37:35] Jamon Fries:

So but but, apparently, this is it's an American based company.  

[00:37:40] Jesse Fries:

And Okay. The UK is actually   they're saying either shut this down or we're gonna come and throw you in prison.  

[00:37:47] Jamon Fries:

Yeah.  

[00:37:48] Jesse Fries:

And and there's been a there's other couple sites there too. But, you know, what's kind of funny about that is that this is what somebody said I saw this.   Is that so they they they will arrest somebody for helping you commit suicide, like like a website giving you ideas on how to commit suicide. But then their national health care system will actually   help you commit suicide. Yeah. Yeah.   That's very true.   What does it matter?  

[00:38:17] Jamon Fries:

Well, it's because, you know, the the if you're helping people commit suicide, then it's people that are healthy.   You know? I mean   Yeah. Yeah. Just just gotta love that. Although with their health care system, the people that they're telling to commit suicide and that they're helping commit suicide,   some of them aren't exactly that six.  

[00:38:38] Jesse Fries:

Yeah. Oh, yeah. Well,   it's not as bad as can. Canada really   just some of those doctors really push for, oh, my toe hurts.   Hey. Have you heard thought about killing yourself? You know, it's a  

[00:38:51] Jamon Fries:

You know?  

[00:38:55] Jesse Fries:

Yeah. And that's be also,   free speech,   Polish   Polish socialist.   They wanna ban a right wing party, of course.   Before   it grows to a size we cannot handle.  

[00:39:13] Jamon Fries:

I I honestly   there's   so much I could say about that that I just don't even know what to say. Yeah. Yeah. So apparently They wanna they wanna get rid of the right wing party because   it might grow too big and   over   power them.  

[00:39:33] Jesse Fries:

Right. And Yeah. That that that really sounds for something like something like a socialist would do. Well, he he he says that   the outsparking,   party is called the Polish Crown Party. They actually wanna bring back the monarchy.  

[00:39:47] Jamon Fries:

Okay.  

[00:39:48] Jesse Fries:

And,   apparently, the guy that's the leader of that   is,   is   they say that he is frequently anti Semitic   and homophobic.   And so because of that, it's basically Nazi.   And so,   he he said, remember the Weimar Republic and how they just let the Nazi party, like,   get out of control? We don't need another one of those.   So   yeah.   Yeah. Wow.   Yeah.  

[00:40:19] Jamon Fries:

And I I love I love how socialist   always go to the not go to Nazism.  

[00:40:25] Jesse Fries:

Well, everything is Nazis. You you you know? Everything   is Nazi. And speaking of Nazi, you know, Sydney Sweeney, apparently, she's a Nazi too now. You know? Yeah. I I I heard about that. I I I had never heard of this girl. Just saying. I had never heard of this girl. I'm sure I've seen her in some show or some Right. Yep. But I'd never really heard of this girl. You know? She's a very beautiful girl. You know? You know, body, everything like that. Yep. Wow. Have you seen these reactions from the left? I don't know. I've seen some of them. Yeah. Yeah.  

[00:40:57] Jamon Fries:

I mean, you know, first of all, the ad is genius.  

[00:41:01] Jesse Fries:

It is. It is. It's double a tundra, you know. Yeah. Jeans and jeans, you know. She has great jeans. Exactly.  

[00:41:09] Jamon Fries:

It's a jean company. Of course, they're gonna do this. But the the the funny thing is is that she is not the first one that a jean company has said that with.  

[00:41:17] Jesse Fries:

Oh, of course not. No.  

[00:41:19] Jamon Fries:

I mean, they they've done that with a few others as well. I mean, you know, you talk about, like,   I can't remember the the their names.   Calvin Klein's.  

[00:41:33] Jesse Fries:

Mhmm.  

[00:41:34] Jamon Fries:

I can't remember who who that one was. Well, there's Brooke Shields.   Yeah. That's it. Brooke Shields.   Brooke Shields was with with Calvin Klein's. There there was another jean company   that specifically said that she has great jeans just like this one did.   Yep. Yep. But there was absolutely zero outrage when   when they did that.  

[00:41:56] Jesse Fries:

Mhmm.   Yeah. I   Well, that was a while ago before woke. Now it's woke. Yeah. Yeah. Wokeism  

[00:42:03] Jamon Fries:

hadn't come about yet.  

[00:42:05] Jesse Fries:

Now now they really searched   to be angry about something. I swear to god. I don't understand. Yeah.  

[00:42:11] Jamon Fries:

Well, I mean, you know, I mean, the thing is is that if she didn't have great genes, she wouldn't be beautiful.  

[00:42:17] Jesse Fries:

Exactly.   Exactly.   So Or It's kind of a good job. Or a good plastic surgeon. One or the other, you know. Right. Well, I mean,  

[00:42:25] Jamon Fries:

from from all accounts, she is 100% natural. That that was I I know. I I was just a good joke. That that's one thing that I saw on the on Fox News that they that were they were saying was, like, you know,   it's kind of refreshing   to see a natural beauty instead of a processed beauty now. Oh, yeah. Yeah.  

[00:42:47] Jesse Fries:

No. I I'm right there with you. Yeah. I mean, natural is, like, 110%  

[00:42:51] Jamon Fries:

always better.  

[00:42:52] Jesse Fries:

I I think so. I think so. Yeah. No. It's to me, it's just   it's just a sexy ad. You know? It's like Yeah.   It's like they go, oh, sex appeal. You you know, it's too sexy and everything like that. But, you know, something I I was talking to Carol. You know, we we came to the idea that, you know, it's like   men, of course, they like to see sexy. You know? That's just what men like to see.   And and then, you know, but then I heard some of these feminists talking and they're going, but, you know, this is for female jeans. Why are they trying to do that? It's like, well, women also wanna see   jeans on a good looking woman. You know? It it's like it's like, I don't like to see male underwear models that are fat. Oh, no. No. You know?  

I I I'm not homosexual by any stretch of the imagination,   but I prefer the buff body versus the Oh, yeah. Yeah.   If if I you know, even beyond that, if I'm going to the beach  

[00:43:50] Jamon Fries:

Uh-huh. Yes. I don't wanna see a whale   in a swimsuit. Exactly. Which is why I don't go to the beach.   I don't want anybody else to have to see the whale in the swimsuit.  

[00:44:03] Jesse Fries:

Yeah. It it's just   I don't see a problem with it, you know? And it's it's   you wanna look like that model. That that's the idea of that. It's Yes. This is how great you can look in our genes. Yeah. That is what they're saying. Yes. Of course, you have to have basically a body like that, but, you know Yeah. You you have to take care of yourself. You it it's not always easy.   Exactly. Exactly. You know, it's or if you're young, you're just young and lucky. You know? That's how life goes. Exactly. It's   Yep.   But, yeah, I I don't understand the upper over it. I really don't. It's like,   leave this poor girl alone.  

Apparently, American Eagle, they've now said that 100%   of the revenue, they said, I believe, or proceeds. They said proceeds. 100% of the proceeds from the jeans is actually gonna go to   domestic violence.   Okay.   Which,   Sweeney is very passionate about. That's one of her things.   So, you know, it's like, there you go. More than likely, it was because the uproar American Eagle goes, okay. Fine. This is all the way.   And, you know, that's fine and dandy, but I I really find it ridiculous overall. But it is helping their business. Yeah. Their stocks are up quite a bit. Everyone knows American Eagle now.   Yeah. Everybody knows Sweeney now too. You know? So they do. Yeah.  

If it wasn't for this, I would be good. Oh, she's cute and gone about my life. But now, you know, I've seen that ad  

[00:45:31] Jamon Fries:

more than I probably would have otherwise.   You know? So Yeah. Not that I'm complaining at all about that. Oh, absolutely not.  

[00:45:44] Jesse Fries:

What   else do we got here?  

[00:45:50] Jamon Fries:

Completely unrelated subject back to The UK.   Uh-huh.   Google   has announced that the UK government did not demand an encryption backdoor for its users' data.  

[00:46:04] Jesse Fries:

What now?  

[00:46:05] Jamon Fries:

We know Well, you know how they they demanded they they got the court to say that Apple had to,   you know, do that.   Google is now saying that the UK government did not   demand that from them because they were asked by people.  

[00:46:21] Jesse Fries:

Oh, so they just gave it up without being asked?  

[00:46:23] Jamon Fries:

Well, I I see there there's   three possibilities.  

[00:46:27] Jesse Fries:

Or they've always had a backdoor. I think Google has always had a backdoor. Well, they it they do, but it's always but it's for themselves.   Well, right. Right. Apple doesn't even have a backdoor.  

[00:46:37] Jamon Fries:

There there's three possibilities   that exist that that exist here in my mind. Uh-huh.   The first one   is, in my mind, the least likely.   Okay. And that is that the UK government decided to back off of it   and don't want backdoors into   information  

[00:46:58] Jesse Fries:

that like that, which Well, I I every story I've I've heard out of The UK would kind of beg to differ from that from that. Well, I I'm sure Trump and everything like that. The the the Trump really got on is getting on the EU Yeah. And The UK   over,   messing with American companies.  

[00:47:16] Jamon Fries:

So Right.   The second option   is that they actually did demand an encryption backdoor,   but   they're following the statutes of their law that was written, which says that they can't talk about it. Yeah. Exactly. It's like now they're not talking about it.   The third option   is that   they had already given them the back door.   Yeah. I I think they've always had the back door. I I think that the I think the first the last one that they've already given them the back access to the back door that they created  

[00:47:51] Jesse Fries:

is the most likely one. No. That's what I'm thinking. Yeah. Yeah. And that's that's   why they don't like Apple because   Yeah. As far now some people go, oh, you can't trust them. Blah blah blah blah blah blah. Okay. Fine. But I don't think when they say it's secure, it's secure. You know? It's Yeah. Yeah. Facebook is is always listening to you. You know? If you have Facebook app, it is always listening to you. Yeah. When you're using when you're using Apple product,  

[00:48:18] Jamon Fries:

it's not Apple itself that's listening to you. Big yep. Yep. It's   the apps that you put on the phone or it's the websites you go to on the computer Yep. And stuff like that. You know,   someone is gonna get your data even if you're even if you're using an Apple because you're going through their systems.   Yes. Yes.   Completely.   Completely. Yeah.  

[00:48:42] Jesse Fries:

Yep. Yep.   Let's see here. Oh, sticking to that region,   court of appeals has ruled that asylum seekers have no right to be housed in Ireland.   Thank you. Yeah. This overturns a previous decision by the high court after the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission took the state to court for failing to house asylum seekers.   So,  

[00:49:08] Jamon Fries:

sanity is starting to come. It's it's it is nice seeing at least a   a European   country   being sane.  

[00:49:17] Jesse Fries:

Well, Polish.   Poland is completely sane generally. It's just that socialist guy that's Right. Trying to cause problems. But in general, the Polish government is they don't allow Yeah. But Poland asylum seekers in.   They don't allow anybody in. They really don't. Eastern Europe is like, Eastern Europeans are like, no. No. No. No. You you that's a heat western guy thing. You know? Nah. So no. No. No. No. You know?  

[00:49:45] Jamon Fries:

Yeah. I I early in the early in the immigration crisis thing, I saw some videos   of Poland.   And, you know, they had the waves of people coming at the borders.  

[00:49:57] Jesse Fries:

Mhmm.  

[00:50:00] Jamon Fries:

They bought brought fire trucks out and opened up the hoses on them. Oh, yeah. Yeah. We're not gonna tolerate that. You ain't getting close to our fence.  

[00:50:11] Jesse Fries:

Hey. Yep. Yep. That that that's how we here in Texas do it too. You know? It's Yep.   Oh, speaking of Texas, the whole,   gerrymandering   that's going on. Have you seen that?  

[00:50:23] Jamon Fries:

I've heard about it from time to time. Yeah. They're they're basically,   they're they're  

[00:50:28] Jesse Fries:

Trump or the DOJ, they came to   Texas and said, you you you guys you you you need to redo your lines. We're gonna sue you otherwise.   And, basically, the the way that they   Trump and, our governor and everybody took that is going, okay. Well, that means we can, completely,   practically get rid of all Democrats.   Like, nieces. To the  

[00:50:53] Jamon Fries:

house. And and it was, like, one of them. One of the  

[00:50:57] Jesse Fries:

ideas I'm not sure if it was the one that actually passed. But this one, it included San Antonio   and Lubbock   in the same district.   Wait. What?  

[00:51:07] Jamon Fries:

Yeah.   San Antonio   and Lubbock.  

[00:51:14] Jesse Fries:

If you guys don't know what that's about, three or 50 mile distance. Yeah.   So, you you know   yeah. Yeah.   Yeah. When when you get through all that, you know, and all the gerrymandering,   California was the Democrats did the same thing there. You know? Oh, absolutely.   It's   it's all messed up. I I I find the whole idea   does it. But   every state every, yeah, every party does it. It's just politics.   Democrats   claim racism.   Republicans   just   don't claim anything. They just go.  

[00:51:56] Jamon Fries:

You know, that's basically what it is. But, yeah, it's just what it is. You know, it's politics. This is how it goes.  

[00:52:04] Jesse Fries:

Yeah. But yeah. That's awesome. I would love to see if they're doing it. Love it. Yeah.  

[00:52:09] Jamon Fries:

So it was the Democrats that want that we're gonna sue if they didn't change the party the lines?  

[00:52:14] Jesse Fries:

No. The DOJ.   Department of Justice. Oh, okay. Okay. Under Trump. Yeah. So Bondi.  

[00:52:23] Jamon Fries:

Interesting.   I I I think it was we're more than likely a scheme to   make this   happen. Yeah. Basically, it took We're gonna sue you if you don't change your your your lines. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Well,   we can go hog wild with this stack.  

[00:52:42] Jesse Fries:

Which is what happened. Yeah. That's exactly what it is.   What is it? That that Crockett lady?   She she she she's been on social media and everything like that. She's out of Houston.   This gets rid of her district.   It just wipes her district out the  

[00:53:01] Jamon Fries:

Oh, man. Well, I mean, yeah. Yeah. That's one of the perks of being the the, party in charge of your state.  

[00:53:09] Jesse Fries:

Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. It would also mean that you live in the city.   Yeah. Yeah. It is pure craziness. It is pure craziness.   It's politics. You gotta love politics sometimes. Yeah. Absolutely.  

[00:53:25] Jamon Fries:

Talking about lawsuits.   Uh-huh.   You've I'm sure you you remember the stories about the,   transgender athletes in Oregon that were   that caused that were on the news for quite a while.   Mhmm. Yep. For the the track race thing. Yep. Yep.   Well,   some of the girls that got beat by the by the   man   are now suing.   Oh. They filed lawsuits.   Okay. Which means that for the first time,   transgender in sports   is going to court.  

[00:54:06] Jesse Fries:

Well, that should be interesting. That should be interesting to see what, the courts find.  

[00:54:12] Jamon Fries:

I'm sure it's gonna go all the way up to the Supreme Court because neither neither   side is going to to give in until it until it hits the Supreme Court. But Oh, yeah. Yeah.   But yeah. So that's,   it'll be very interesting to see what what happens in the courts with that.  

[00:54:28] Jesse Fries:

It will be. It will be.   Yeah.   I   trans   trans women should not be in competition against women. It's just that do what you do in your own life. That's fine. But,   leave women alone. Just just just I I know you think you you you belong in that body, but, well, you don't have that body. You know? You can Exactly.   You you you could take all the hormones, you could do all this, but you still don't have the body. It it's just Yep.   The testosterone   starts flooding through your body by the age of, like, six or seven, like, flooding. Yep.   And so   yeah. It's not like puberty level, but it's, like, massive amounts. Yeah. No matter what, you're gonna have some sort of, advantage due to that.  



[00:55:16] Jamon Fries:

Yeah. It's just And, you know, even even with even, you know, I I don't know   all the biological stuff that goes into it. But I I do know that males tend to have larger hearts than women. They tend to have larger lungs than women, which Denser bones. Gives them   yeah. Denser bones. But and that all that does is give them advantages in sports. Oh, yeah. Completely. In physical activity. I mean Yeah.   So   I I could   care less how   how many gender   affirming things you've gone through.   It doesn't change the fact that   physically,   you still have an advantage over   everyone else in the sport.  



[00:55:59] Jesse Fries:

Yeah. Yep. Yep.   Completely. Completely.  

[00:56:06] Jamon Fries:

Okay. Let's see what else do we got here. Got that. Got that.  

[00:56:11] Jesse Fries:

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And we would love to hear from you. Any ideas? If you have   images you want us to use on the podcast or anything like that, just send them, and we may use them  

[00:56:58] Jamon Fries:

if they're good enough for us. And we may talk about it too, you know, just for fun. So please help us out. And and considering the artwork that we currently have, they'll be good enough for us. What are you talking about? My artwork is awesome. I don't know what you're talking about, Shane. Jeez.  

[00:57:17] Jesse Fries:

I   see. I get no respect.  

[00:57:22] Jamon Fries:

What can you do? Not for your work in that case.  

[00:57:27] Jesse Fries:

I can do good stuff. Those are just quick. No. I I know you could. Yeah.  

[00:57:32] Jamon Fries:

But, yeah, I've seen I've seen your real artwork. That was probably something you did in, like, two seconds.  

[00:57:38] Jesse Fries:

It was. It was. It was come on. Kyle, the toilet seat is the guy running away. You know? Yeah. Absolutely.   Yeah. I've been thinking much easier than that one too.   Maybe that's turning some people off. Body humor. You know? It's a Yeah. Yeah.   Girls don't like body humor. I don't know why. I think it's Yeah.   Yeah. Yeah.   Let's see here. Okay. That's done over and done with. Let's see here. There's a few other stories going around The US,   dealing with kids, actually.   Both Okay. Kinda both pretty sad.   One of them, there's   a a gay couple,   and   they did a surrogacy,   to have a kid.  



[00:58:23] Jamon Fries:

Right.  

[00:58:25] Jesse Fries:

Apparently, one of them is   a child sex offender.  

[00:58:30] Jamon Fries:

Oh, god.  

[00:58:31] Jesse Fries:

And they have this video.   I I didn't know that he was a child sex offender,   when I saw the video, but I saw this video of these two gay guys with their baby, and they're, like,   kissing it love lovingly, like, for one month, two months, three months. I'm just going there's something weird about this. I'm just saying. And, yeah,   apparently, there is. But, yeah, child sex offender. Somehow it got through,   in Pennsylvania.   There was a loophole   that allowed   that to happen.  

[00:59:03] Jamon Fries:

Wow. That's pretty sad.  

[00:59:05] Jesse Fries:

Very sketchy. Very sketchy. Yeah. Very sketchy.   And then the other one,   it's   so some kid was taken away from its parents.   This was   where was this? In Birmingham.  

[00:59:21] Jamon Fries:

Okay.  

[00:59:22] Jesse Fries:

Alabama.   It was a three year old,   was taken away from the parents, I think, due to drugs.   Okay. And then the person that,   the contractor or whatever that works for   the, the kids, you know, department of health Yeah. The child and health resources. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yep.   Apparently, they left them in the car.   Another child's dead.  

[00:59:49] Jamon Fries:

Oh, god. Because of yeah.   Yeah.   Well, hopefully, he'll be looking at jail time.   Something. I know if if it were a parent, they'd be looking at jail time, but you never know. Yep. The contractor for child services,   they might not be looking at jail time for doing that. Qualified immunity. So Yeah. Maybe.  

[01:00:10] Jesse Fries:

You never know. Yeah. No. It it's just messed up. Completely messed up. Yeah.  

[01:00:16] Jamon Fries:

So   Take the kid away just to kill the kid. That is I I I know. Right?   It's heartbreaking.   It really is. It really is. Yeah.  

[01:00:27] Jesse Fries:

Okay. Enough sadness. This   is  

[01:00:31] Jamon Fries:

Alright. Let's get on to something fun. Well, something else for kids. Uh-huh.   This one   well,   it   could end up being just as bad.   So Skechers,   the,   tennis shoe maker,   is now making a kid's shoe that has a hidden AirTag compartment in the in the heel of it.  

[01:00:56] Jesse Fries:

Well, that's good. That's good for those paranoid parents out there. Yeah. That's perfect.  

[01:01:02] Jamon Fries:

There there's some thought that this could lead into,   you know, on a very positive side, this could lead into,   putting making   tennis shoes for elderly with dementia.   Ah. So that as they wander off, you can very easily find them. See that. And say things like that. So I mean, there are a lot of very positive things that can happen, you know. Completely.   If you're if you're a wealthy family and you're concerned about your child being kidnapped,   very good thing to do.  

[01:01:33] Jesse Fries:

Well, even  

[01:01:34] Jamon Fries:

not wealthy families. Well, yeah. Yeah. I mean, but, you know, I mean, if   if you're if you're in a situation where   your child is at a larger risk No. Then, you know, it would it would definitely be worthwhile doing that. Yep.   The only   issue I see   is   the security of it. House I I have no idea how secure those AirPods are.   So I have no idea if somebody could hack into it and   find it secure. Someone because of it?  

[01:02:08] Jesse Fries:

Only if they have you logins.   Okay. It's the only way that they can do that. Usually, that's a two factor, at least. Okay. Okay. So, generally,   that shouldn't be too much of a problem. Yeah. Okay. That that was the only that was the only potential concern that I had for that. And then all Apple also has it to where, like, if there's a Apple device following you, it'll let you know.   Okay.   Yeah. Yeah. Which really annoys me because my daughter's headphones.   Along the the whole trip this summer, it was, like, every you could you could pause it for, like, a day or two, but then it's just gonna come up and goes, there are AirPods following you.   Okay.  



[01:02:51] Jamon Fries:

Oh, wow. Yeah.   That would be very annoying.   It really was. On a family vacation and your kid following you makes your makes your   makes your iPhone tell you that you're being followed.  

[01:03:04] Jesse Fries:

Yeah. Right. Right. She's just used them in the back seat there. Yeah. I know. It's okay.  

[01:03:09] Jamon Fries:

And there's no way for me to turn it off. You can turn it off for two days. Two days. Oh my god.  

[01:03:14] Jesse Fries:

Wow. That's my kids. Yeah. I never mind if my kids stuff is following me.  

[01:03:18] Jamon Fries:

Two two days doesn't help on a forty four day vacation.  

[01:03:21] Jesse Fries:

It really doesn't. It really doesn't.  

[01:03:26] Jamon Fries:

Oh, man. Yeah. That's hilarious.   Yeah.   Yeah.  

[01:03:32] Jesse Fries:

Oh, let's see. What something else in business news. So one of the big shippers,   Madsen,   is a cargo ship   Okay. Company,   and they have decided to stop shipping EVs   completely. Really? Also, yeah, also hybrids. No hybrids, no EVs. We'll not do it on their cargo ships.  

[01:03:56] Jamon Fries:

I mean, it makes sense.  

[01:03:58] Jesse Fries:

In in the past couple years, like, three years, there have been three fires on these cars. Once it gets going, that's it.  

[01:04:05] Jamon Fries:

Well, I mean, the the the problem the problem with the EVs with those lithium batteries and everything   Mhmm. Is,   you know, I I was I was watching a video   of,   that was put on by a firefighter.   Right. And he said that there were a lot of people that were   laughing at at them needing special equipment to handle an electric vehicle fire. Uh-huh. Right.   And he was like, well, you know, the reason that we need this special equipment   is because   a standard car fire, the fire will get to about   a 500   degrees. Right. Right. Right around there.   An electric fire an electric vehicle fire   gets upward of over 5,000   degrees.  



[01:04:52] Jesse Fries:

Yeah. And it's a chemical fire. You can't put it out with water. Yeah. It's impossible to put it out with water.   Yeah.   So  

[01:05:00] Jamon Fries:

yes. I mean, on a ship? Oh. Uh-huh.  

[01:05:03] Jesse Fries:

Yeah. No. That ship was lost. No. Yeah. It has happened a few times now. It's Yeah. I can imagine. Yeah. This this cargo company is just like, oh, nope. Not touch even even hybrids.   If it has a lithium when I bring it, not doing  

[01:05:17] Jamon Fries:

it. Yep.   Makes sense.  

[01:05:19] Jesse Fries:

It does to me too. It does to me too. So, apparently,   they're the guys that send most of the EVs   to Hawaii.   So let's see.   Yeah. So, Hawaii might not be able to get any EVs anytime soon. So Yeah. Yeah.  

[01:05:36] Jamon Fries:

There you go. I I honestly, I wouldn't be surprised if more shipping companies didn't start doing stuff like that either.  

[01:05:42] Jesse Fries:

Oh, yeah. Completely. Completely. Yeah. It just, has to be on the road.  

[01:05:47] Jamon Fries:

On the road. Yeah. Yeah.   I never would have thought that the thing would that would kill EVs   was that they couldn't be shipped anywhere.  

[01:05:55] Jesse Fries:

Yeah. Yeah. Well, it's just like, airlines are now starting to,   stop power banks,   from even being used   Oh, yeah. On the airplane.   They and they have to be they can't you can't even put in some areas, like, planes, you can't even put them in the overhead compartment. They have to be with you   within arms reach.   Yeah. Because just too many incidences.  

[01:06:18] Jamon Fries:

So yeah. Makes sense. I mean It does make sense. You you've gotta per you've you've gotta protect the other passengers. You've gotta protect, you you know, for the shipping containers, they've gotta protect their ship, and they've gotta protect the other cargoes they're carrying. I mean Mhmm. You you   yeah. There are times where you just have to say, you know what?   You're just not allowed to have that.  

[01:06:40] Jesse Fries:

No. Yeah. Yeah. You know, planes, they should just,   make sure that there's, like, a USB port or USB c probably now. Yeah. Everywhere. On every seat. Yep. You know, just, right in front of you. Just plug it in. You know? That way Yeah. Absolutely. It would stop that process. You know? It makes sense to me.   Mhmm. Then you wouldn't need those power banks.   Yeah.   Let's see here. What else do we got? Talking about power. Uh-huh.  

[01:07:10] Jamon Fries:

There's a company s s SOSV  

[01:07:13] Jesse Fries:

Okay.  

[01:07:15] Jamon Fries:

That is   they're kind of a, investment comps type company. They Okay. Like investing in things. Uh-huh.   And they have gone heavy   into   anyone   that's producing   anything   plasma related.  

[01:07:32] Jesse Fries:

Okay.  

[01:07:33] Jamon Fries:

They they they believe that plasma is going to   basically   fix a lot of problems. They think plasma will be the key   to fusion energy  

[01:07:45] Jesse Fries:

Okay.  

[01:07:46] Jamon Fries:

To semiconductors,   to spacecraft   thrusters, going to plasma thrusters versus others. Right. So they are investing   hard and heavy into a lot of different companies that are researching into plasma   for,   for energy or for for other things as well.  

[01:08:04] Jesse Fries:

That's cool. That is cool. Yeah.   Let's see. What's this,   Kennedy,   the most masculine people in Denver here are the women.  

[01:08:16] Jamon Fries:

Yeah. That that was on the Gutfeld Show. Uh-huh.   The,   there there was a a   survey that was done   amongst   the younger generation, younger Democrats.  

[01:08:30] Jesse Fries:

Right.  

[01:08:33] Jamon Fries:

And they could not name   a single   masculine   male   in the Democrat party. It's the only exception was Obama.   They couldn't name a single male that they thought was masculine.   Fetterman?   I I I I'd say he was masculine. He's he's the closest to it. He's a lot closer now that he's   now after he had the stroke.  

[01:09:03] Jesse Fries:

Right. Right.  

[01:09:04] Jamon Fries:

His personality changed quite a bit, and he does seem to be more masculine now. Right. Right. But   yeah.   Nobody else. And   the one of the one of the commenters, Tyrus,   had a really good point to that, I thought. Uh-huh.   What he the reason that he that he feels that you can't find masculine men in the Democrat party Uh-huh.   Is because   the Democrat party   pre chooses   who is going to be   the person that goes ahead.   You know, they I see that. Yep. It's Hillary Clinton's turn or you're gonna put this person up there. Whereas masculine   men want the challenge. They want the fight. The competition. You know, the Yeah. The competition.  

Yeah. And so by removing the competition,   they lost interest.  

[01:09:59] Jesse Fries:

I could see that. I could see that. Completely. Yep.  

[01:10:02] Jamon Fries:

Yeah.   Yeah. That I thought that was a very interesting take on that. I'd I'd never thought I'd never considered that aspect of it. But, yeah, competition   is huge for masculine males.   Well, yeah. Just for men in general, you know. Yeah. It's a competition. Well, no. Not not for men in general, obviously, because there are no masculine men in the Democrat party. Yeah. But there are more men in the Republican party, so I would say That is true. So you I think I I could say in general. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. I I you could probably generalize it. Yeah.  

[01:10:34] Jesse Fries:

It's funner to generalize anyways. You know? It is definitely. Yes.   Let's see here. With that, there's a couple funny stories we can,   end with.  

[01:10:46] Jamon Fries:

So I'm just I'm just finding it hilarious that they're both about the WNBA.   Yeah. So the WNBA.   So,  

[01:10:54] Jesse Fries:

you know, there's all been this Caitlin Clark and Reese and whatnot Yep. Going back and forth and everything like that. Well, there is this funny one. It has nothing to do with them.   But, apparently,   let's see. It looks like   Kalea or Kalea Cooper, what however you pronounce her name. I I've never actually heard it said.   Apparently, her wig fell off mid game.   And so a fan just started to making started making a joke about it.   Yeah. And then her team heard this guy making   a joke about it,   and the refs kicked him out  

[01:11:33] Jamon Fries:

for making fun of it.   It's like   it's like a blooper.  

[01:11:39] Jesse Fries:

Her hair fell off. I I don't see how   I I I know black women in their wigs, you know, but it's still kind of funny because, well, her hair fell off. You know? I'm sorry. It's still with the six. Yeah. Yeah. I I have not I have not seen a situation  

[01:11:56] Jamon Fries:

where a wig falling off does not   cause laughter.   Right. And is it just me or  

[01:12:03] Jesse Fries:

isn't making fun of funny things always been part of sports? You know? And just I thought so. Yeah. Always part of every sport ever. Yeah. Right? And if a man does it, you know, he he better laugh it off or suck it up, you know, one or the other. He's if he starts making trouble over it, oh, doggy. He's gonna get in trouble. You know? He's gonna get roasted by the media. He'll get roasted by the fans. He'll get roasted by everybody.   Exactly. But when a woman does it, her and her fellow companions,   they kill the fun. They get ejected. Yeah. And they kill the fun. You know, it just kinda Absolutely.  



[01:12:40] Jamon Fries:

Kinda screams of what women sometimes do is killing the fun. Just saying. Yeah. Yeah.  

[01:12:45] Jesse Fries:

And then along those lines,  

[01:12:48] Jamon Fries:

some guy. Guy they don't know who did this. They still haven't found the person that did this. Oh, that's awesome.  

[01:12:53] Jesse Fries:

He threw a green dildo onto the court.  

[01:12:57] Jamon Fries:

I just threw out a green dildo. And and and and, apparently, the news,   the ESPN  

[01:13:03] Jesse Fries:

cameras, they go, oh, what is that? You know? And then they zoomed in. Once it got clear what it was, they quickly switched that off.   Oh, yeah.   I wonder if that was a   retaliation for the wig thing, you know, because It could be. It could be. Yeah.   Yeah. Just have fun with it, Pete. It's it's hilarious. This dildos. You know? Just have fun with it. Absolutely.   And with that, thank you for joining us for episode 49 of the minus me and reads podcast. I'm Jesse Fries. And I'm Jamin Fries.   And we will talk to you on Monday.