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Talking about cease fire, studies, and Gen Z uprisings.

Hosted by:

- Jesse Fries

- Jamon Fries

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(00:00:23) Banter

(00:01:18) California moves to cap loud streaming ads

(00:05:29) Jarring ads, and awkward moments

(00:05:52) Debate: Insurrection Act, sanctuary cities, and rule of law

(00:17:00) Aside: Family, fire ants, and life getting too interesting

(00:18:33) DOJ lawsuits over voter registration lists

(00:20:40) EV policy shifts, grants, and real‑world charging woes

(00:25:45) Range anxiety tales and the generator-in-the-trunk hack

(00:26:45) OSHA and COVID vaccine injury reporting controversy

(00:27:19) H‑1B visa fee shock and who should get priority

(00:31:03) Arson cases: judge’s house, Palisades fire, and explosives arrest

(00:34:55) On aging, boredom, and the spikes of parenting

(00:35:29) Data centers in deserts: power and water strains

(00:38:21) Energy bills, LEDs, and a reported Gaza–Israel ceasefire

(00:40:22) Ceasefire details, leverage, and who enforces peace

(00:45:53) Global unrest: Gen‑Z uprisings and alleged outside actors

(00:48:07) Antifa funding claims and a would‑be escape to Spain

(00:49:38) Rosie O’Donnell’s Irish citizenship bid and comedy’s turn

(00:52:43) Europe’s rightward drift and regulation pushback

(00:56:12) Crime, constitutions, and unequal justice debates

(00:59:06) Podcast housekeeping and live schedule

(01:00:16) Made in USA: Sharpie’s reshoring story

(01:02:13) Home batteries, Texas energy markets, and grid control

(01:08:10) Pros and cons of renting your home battery to the grid

(01:08:24) Parental oversight tools for AI chats

(01:10:01) Court fights over National Guard deployments

(01:11:11) Studies corner: 911 caller tone and suspicion bias

(01:13:00) Do the Chiefs get favorable calls? A penalty study

(01:21:47) This season’s Chiefs: penalties, form, and frustrations

(01:21:56) Warehouse drones take over inventory counts

(01:23:22) Deepfakes of the deceased: ethics and boundaries

(01:27:25) Bumper stickers and road rage: what studies suggest

(01:28:36) Wrap‑up and sign‑off

[00:00:23] Jesse Fries:

Good afternoon, everybody.   It is October 9, and it is a Thursday, and we are live with episode 69   of the minus meanderings.   And I'm Jesse Fries. And, yes,   before six seven, there was 69.  

[00:00:42] Jamon Fries:

Yeah. That that that's true. Yeah.   And I'm Jamin Friess, and   I read something that has me slightly changing my mind about something.  

[00:00:57] Jesse Fries:

Okay.  

[00:00:58] Jamon Fries:

For a long time now, I've always hated the fact that one state can pass a law   that   because   of cost   or   something like that, it can affect   every other state in the union. Right. Right. You know, like school books and stuff like that. Mhmm.   Well, I finally saw a law that and I hate to admit it, but California passed   that I actually hope does   change how it happens for the rest of the states.  

[00:01:32] Jesse Fries:

Well, what's the change in law?  

[00:01:36] Jamon Fries:

Califor   have you ever watched Netflix or any of the streaming videos where you're watching the movie   and suddenly they start playing an advertisement   that's, like, twice as loud?  

[00:01:49] Jesse Fries:

Yeah. Yeah.  

[00:01:51] Jamon Fries:

Well, California just passed the law saying that you can't do that anymore. You have to play those commercials at the same volume   as the movie.  

[00:02:00] Jesse Fries:

Well, that makes sense. I Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. I I like that. I like that. It,  

[00:02:06] Jamon Fries:

Yeah. Normally, I hate most of the stuff that California decides to pass about, like, you know, online stuff and and things. Right. This one, I'm fully 100%   behind. I hate listening to a movie,   watching a movie, having the volume at the perfect level for the movie, and suddenly this advertisement comes out and just blows you out of the water. Oh, yeah. Yeah. It it is really annoying.  

[00:02:30] Jesse Fries:

It  

[00:02:31] Jamon Fries:

is completely annoying.   So So props to California for this one.  

[00:02:38] Jesse Fries:

Yeah. Yeah. I wonder how that,   yeah. It won't affect everything because a lot of commercials are local instead of national. So  

[00:02:46] Jamon Fries:

Right. But, I mean, like, the the large streaming services and stuff like that, I I it it all depends on   on where the volume control is set. If it's like a master volume control for advertisements, because they all seem to be at about the same volume.   Well, we have I always have to turn the volume down the same amount regardless of what the commercial is. And I know that some of those commercials are definitely local, but some of them are also national.   Yeah. And so I'm I'm thinking that if they've just got the one master setting for volumes,   then it'll solve the problem for everything.  



[00:03:23] Jesse Fries:

Yeah. I could see that. I could see that. Maybe. I'm hopeful for that anyways. Yeah. I I don't know. Maybe it's just,   yeah. I have no clue. I have no clue. But it it would be nice. Sometimes they are very jarring.   Oh, yeah. Yeah. Yeah.  

[00:03:37] Jamon Fries:

Yeah. You know, it's it's nothing like there's nothing like watching a movie and suddenly,   advertisement for condoms or something like that comes on, and you've got kids in the area. And you're like, oh, shit.  

[00:03:51] Jesse Fries:

What? You you know, if you would have gotten that commercial beforehand, you wouldn't have had the kids.  

[00:03:55] Jamon Fries:

I don't have kids. I know, but I'm just saying, whoever  

[00:04:00] Jesse Fries:

whoever those kids belong to, you know, it's a Yeah. Yeah. Yeah.  

[00:04:04] Jamon Fries:

Or the or the ED commercials,   you know, stuff like that. Just   or, you know, the the ones dealing with women's health and stuff like that. You know, I just there there I there's certain things that I don't want blaring out there, especially   some of the   some of the websites that I watch movies at, like, half of their advertisement is for porn.   And so suddenly, you you you've got this woman moaning in the background. I'm like, oh, shit. That's not good.  

[00:04:34] Jesse Fries:

So so so you must you you you must be,   pirating streams then. Because  

[00:04:41] Jamon Fries:

I go to websites   that aren't   potentially   following the   law.  

[00:04:51] Jesse Fries:

Okay. Because I I I hey. So the the only time I see porn ads is when I'm on a porn page.  

[00:04:59] Jamon Fries:

You know? So, you know, that's   that's it for me. There there are there are some, some movie ones out there, and I know they're not fail following the law because half of the movies that they put up there are,   somebody went into a movie theater with a video camera.  

[00:05:15] Jesse Fries:

Oh, those horrible ones. Okay. Yeah. Good old good old fashioned,  

[00:05:19] Jamon Fries:

pirating. Yeah. Yeah. So   when a movie first comes out, they'll play those, but then eventually, they'll get the they'll get the, high def version of it Right. Right. Or it goes out to video or something like that. But,   yeah, that that's where I watch a few of my movies.  

[00:05:39] Jesse Fries:

Okay. That works. That works.   I guess. Yeah.   Oh, let's see here.   Let's,   just dive right in on the end here, I guess. Alright.   Looks like the Trump administration, they're seriously discussing invoking the Insurrection Act,  

[00:05:58] Jamon Fries:

on these. Heard about that. But, I mean, that's something that they've been they've been bandying about now since Trump went into office.   Right. Trying to figure I mean, essentially, what they're doing is they're trying to figure out a way to make it so that the states can't   can't   file a lawsuit   saying you can't bring the National Guard in. Well, bay well, no. It it's  

[00:06:21] Jesse Fries:

I I don't think it's that. I I think it's a way to stop   this whole sanctuary crap.   Yeah. You you know, not necessarily   stopping them from because I I technically, I think trying to stop the National Guard, I I think that's I think that's fine, but Trump is trying to use the National Guard because the locals are not doing their side of the bargain   in a federal society. The locals aren't the locals aren't protecting the feds. They're they're not they're not going out for backup. They're not They're they're not obeying the law. They're not paying a federal law. They're not handing over   people that the fed needs, you know, illegals and things like that. They used to be fine. There used to be no problem. They they would just hand over whoever, the illegals were if they're arrested. But now   it's a whole different situation. Now you have these sanctuary cities that and so they're basically ignoring federal law. You know?  

It's  

[00:07:16] Jamon Fries:

I mean, what what really amuses me about that is   these sanctuary cities have been in existence for a very long time now. No. Yeah. Yeah. And yet,   up until Trump was in office, they would still turn over illegals that they arrested.   Well, some time. Suddenly, Trump No. Sometimes. I mean, there there were some case some instances where they didn't. But Any case. Yeah. Especially, like, good  

[00:07:40] Jesse Fries:

especially the big cities. Chicago, LA,   New York. They they would not.  

[00:07:45] Jamon Fries:

There were times where they were willing to   hand over certain criminals.   Well, right. Now it's none. Yeah. Now it's none. Now they wanna let everybody out even if they're Yeah. Rapists and murderers and everything like that. It doesn't matter. If if it was if it was someone that committed or murdered in the past, they would have will hand very happily handed them over to ICE. No. Yeah. Yeah. Yep. But now   you could be a crazed serial killer, and they still wouldn't   arrest you or hand you over to ICE if you're illegal.  

[00:08:18] Jesse Fries:

Mhmm. Yeah. Yeah.   Yeah. So yeah. They're trying to figure out you you know, you have to read these laws and then you have to delve into them and redo a lot of research.   Can can I make this   actually sound the way I want it to sound?   You know, it's,  

[00:08:35] Jamon Fries:

Yeah. Well, I mean and that's that's the biggest problem,   I think, is the optics of it   more than anything else.   Because you know that even if he is perfectly justified   in declaring that those cities   have have   have done an insurrection, which essentially they have because they're no longer following federal law in in any way Right.   Regarding that,   That's technically insurrection.   But at the same time,   you can't just   say they're insurrectionists   and send in the military because, well,   you know how that's gonna play in the Yeah.  

[00:09:17] Jesse Fries:

Yeah. Yeah. You you know, it's   yeah. We live in a very interesting time, I must say. That's,   it it   yeah. Things have   you know, the sanctuary city thing, that whole thing, it it it it kinda broke the system a bit. You know? It's Oh, it did big time. Yeah.   And   which isn't   good at all. You know? Once you break the system a little bit, it just it fractures a little bit, and then those fractures Oh, yeah. Cracks. Those cracks become  

[00:09:46] Jamon Fries:

chasms and, you know Oh, yeah. Yeah. The the the fissures have gotten pretty big   lately.  

[00:09:52] Jesse Fries:

Yeah. Yeah. And and it's it it's   you you you could blame one side or the other, but, you know, this is this is just a situation of   the times we've been living in. You know? It's,   yeah. You you you could always go back to a root, and then they can go back to a root, and then they can go back to a root and everything like that. But   trying to say which who is right or wrong. But either way, it's wrong. They they it shouldn't be done,  

[00:10:17] Jamon Fries:

the sanctuary cities and everything like that. I don't think it's so much about which party is right and which party is wrong. Mhmm. I think   what it is is there are groups of people   that have decided that operating on the rule of law is not the way that they think the government should run. Right. Right.   And,   unfortunately, there are   people on both sides that feel that way.   Yep. More so on one than the other, of course. Mhmm.   But a country that isn't run by the rule of law   is nothing but an anarchist country that is doomed to die.  

[00:11:01] Jesse Fries:

Yeah. You need social cohesion. And for social cohesion, you need certain laws that are   everywhere  

[00:11:08] Jamon Fries:

in that society. And laws that are enforced.  

[00:11:11] Jesse Fries:

Yeah. No. Exactly. Exactly. If they're not enforced, it's not law. You know? It's   that's how it is in my book. You know? It's like, you you could say it is, but is it really? If if it's not enforced, I don't think it is. So Yeah. Without a doubt. And you need these sorts of things. You you know, it's like you you can disagree with them and everything like that. That's fine. But, you know, how about you actually go through   the system that the law has set up? Yeah. You know, if you don't go through that system, then   it it it will just devolve to where there's no going back in a nice,   peaceful way.  

Yes.   Yeah. Or or or at least not in   or you might need, like, a strong man to come in and make it happen, you know. I it's just how things work, you know. It's how societies have always been, you know. It's, Oh, yeah. Yeah. No. It  

[00:12:06] Jamon Fries:

a a society that doesn't operate on laws   is a society that   is ripe for  

[00:12:16] Jesse Fries:

a strong person to come out and just take over. No. Yeah. It it it's exactly what happened, like, in Rome. You know? It's,   when before Julius Caesar, while he   while he was doing his   general lead and everything like that, while he was in the army   Mhmm. It was   the society was breaking. You know? You had the Spartacus revolts. You had all sorts of things. You know? Yep. And society was breaking, and they needed   somebody to come in. And, he's the one that did. And then from that point on,   for about four to five hundred years, it was   a empire with the emperor instead of the republic that it started out as. So Yeah.  



[00:13:02] Jamon Fries:

Yeah. And and   I would hate to see that happen to The US, but   we need   that   emperor mindset to, like, reset the books.  

[00:13:13] Jesse Fries:

I'm not I'm not sure if I  

[00:13:16] Jamon Fries:

I don't think We need we need someone that has we need someone that that has the mindset   of   just   not backing down,   enforcing the laws that are there.   Basically, we need Trump is what I'm saying. I mean  

[00:13:33] Jesse Fries:

Got it. Got it. So, you know, it's it could just be where we just actually have   both sides   realize that they just need to calm the crap down, you know, and just,   especially   the But but I don't see how that would happen because the Republicans I I don't see how.   Okay. How will we The only way the   only way that's gonna happen Sorry. Uh-huh.  

[00:14:00] Jamon Fries:

The only way that's gonna happen is if the Republicans do what they always did in the past.   Capitulate. Which was just sit there and capitulate and say, okay. You can do whatever you want to. We're not gonna care. Right. Right. Right. Yeah. At which point in time, we might as well not really be a nation anyways because we will eventually become a communist   organization.  

[00:14:21] Jesse Fries:

Or just overrun by   people that don't like this country,   that, don't believe in certain things. It's it's this whole postmodern   sort of idea that there's no truth.   You you you know, there there there are no genders. There's no this. There's no that. You you you know, you you you Where my truth is more important than than the truth. Exactly. We all have a truth, and everybody's truth is a valid truth, which   it's not how about an empirical truth? You you know, let let let's go with that. You know, what actually happened? You know? It's Yes.   That that that's what really matters, you know, and also intent. Intent   matters. It's It's not how you felt about what that person did. It's about the intent of it for the law. You know? That's what it   otherwise, they have a right to do whatever they want, you know Yeah. Whether or not you like it or not, whether or not it triggers you as they like to say nowadays, you know, or just pisses you off like we we used to say. Yeah. Like we used to say. Yeah.  



[00:15:26] Jamon Fries:

We weren't triggered. We were just pissed the fuck off. Exactly.  

[00:15:30] Jesse Fries:

Exactly.   You know? It's, and I think   words matter, you know. It's Absolutely. They do. Saying you're triggered, it means that   it's valid. No.   It doesn't mean it's valid.  

[00:15:44] Jamon Fries:

To me, it's a little bit different than that.   I think of triggered as okay. So if I get pissed off,   I can think about it and I can calm myself down.  

[00:15:55] Jesse Fries:

Mhmm. Triggered is like pulling the trigger of a gun. Well, no. That's it. Done. It's final. No. See. That's the thing. That that's how they interpret it. They go, oh, my god. It's triggered. So which means I can react any way that I want to.   Yes. Whoever is triggered can react however they want, which is completely wrong. And and they can't. Complete bullshit. Now. Exactly.   Exactly. It's   but it's like this whole, psychology   talk and everything like that trigger. Yeah. It's a cycle Yeah. It's a tool of psychologists and psychiatrists and everything like that. And in that sphere, it can be useful.   Right. But in regular parlance and everything like that, I think it's it's it's too weighted. It's Yeah. No. You you have to be able to just   calm down, you know, and just go, well, maybe I overreact. You you you know, it's and move on with your life. You know, if if everybody looks at you a little   bit side eyed, you should go, okay. I'm in the wrong. You know, it's,  

[00:16:57] Jamon Fries:

You know what we need to have happen to fix everything?  

[00:17:00] Jesse Fries:

What?  

[00:17:01] Jamon Fries:

We need earth to move through one of those alcohol clouds that you're talking about.   What would the Muslims do? It's, I don't know. I mean, that that would be problematic.  

[00:17:14] Jesse Fries:

It would be. It would really be problematic.   Yeah.  

[00:17:18] Jamon Fries:

The Muslims and the,   the Latter day Saints.  

[00:17:22] Jesse Fries:

Oh, yeah. Yeah. Yeah. I forgot about them. Yeah. Yeah. The the Mormons. Yep. Yep.   Why do you call them the Latter day Saints? I know that's a name for them as well.  

[00:17:32] Jamon Fries:

Because I forgot the word mormon.   Got it. Got it. And I I remembered the news article from up in Wisconsin where it said it was the Latter day Saints Church. So I'm like, okay. We'll go with that. I know it's the same thing, so we'll go. Yeah. Yeah.  

[00:17:45] Jesse Fries:

Hold on real quick. I need to  

[00:17:47] Jamon Fries:

talk to Carol. Okay.  

[00:17:54] Jesse Fries:

Carol says hi.  

[00:17:56] Jamon Fries:

Hi, Carol.  

[00:17:58] Jesse Fries:

Yeah. It's just   pest control is here, and, we have some firearms that need to be taken care of. So I had to let Carol know where   they were so the guy could take care of them. So Definitely wanna get those taken care of. Yeah. Yeah. Especially,   Carol and my son. He's like   those two, they get bit by a fire ant, and they just, like, swell like nobody's business. So Oh, that's not good. Yeah. They're, like, hyper allergic to those things. Not anaphylaxis,   but, yeah. Right. It's crazy. Yeah.   Damn. That sucks. Yep. Yep. Okay. So let's continue on.   Okay.  

Next thing I have here is that, the   DOJ is suing six states   for voter registration lists.  

[00:18:47] Jamon Fries:

Okay.  

[00:18:48] Jesse Fries:

Basically,   what the DOJ is saying is that   they're not providing lists. And so how can we actually know if the lists are good, the voter registration lists are good? And so, basically, if you're hiding these things, that must mean that you're cheating. It is basically the gist of the whole thing.   Okay.   They're   suing, Minnesota,   California, Michigan, New Hampshire, Pennsylvania,   and New York,   for failures to over,   to turn over statewide voter registration lists.   They the DOJ says that   for various different laws, they have to be turned over to The United States, and these states are not doing it.   Okay.  

Four of them are democratically   controlled,   board of elections,   and then two of them are Republican,   with secretaries   Republican secretary of states. So Okay. Okay.   Yeah. Yeah. So but, yeah, it's   they're they're they're trying to clean up the elections.  

[00:19:50] Jamon Fries:

Yeah. Is, how I view it. I always thought that those were, like, public knowledge because I keep hearing people talking about,   you know, they they find out instantly, you know, this person was registered as a Republican, or this person was registered as a Democrat whenever they commit crimes or Right. Right. Most of those are, like, out of Florida, though. You know? So   Oh, yeah. That that is true.  

[00:20:14] Jesse Fries:

You know, it's   I really think that. Yeah. Yeah. I think most of those are out of Florida. So it's,   apparently, they're not all public and or at least not turned over to the DOJ. So Yeah.   Yeah. I I   if that's the law, that's the law. I don't Yeah.   I personally don't know if it is or not, but, you know, the the the DOJ says it is. So more than likely, they would know, I would think. So Yep. Yep.  

[00:20:40] Jamon Fries:

Yeah. Trump's, Department of Energy has   has proposed putting billions in grants   for   GM,   Ford, and according to this, lots of startups.  

[00:20:54] Jesse Fries:

Wow.   Wow. That would suck.  

[00:20:57] Jamon Fries:

Well, essentially, what it is is,   so the grant for GM,   GM was was had gotten the government grant to retool one of their manufacturing   facilities to Uh-huh. Go towards electric vehicles. Oh, okay. And now the government is saying,   why should we pay for that? Right. Right. Right. Oh, the 19 Grand River. Okay. I know that. Yeah. Yeah.   That that's basically what it is. Every everything that that's being cut is,   stuff where   they were   essentially going to be changing over to electric vehicles, or they were gonna be doing   research and stuff like that into climate change.  

And,   you know, that climate change is something that Trump doesn't want people talking about so much anymore Well, right. Right. As far as, like, giving grants or anything like that. So Yeah. It's  

[00:21:53] Jesse Fries:

I I was I I don't think this will really affect GM. I actually, I know the GM. I I don't think it'll I don't think it would either. Well, no. Just for the simple fact that they're actually already   Yeah. They're trying to get their own. Yeah. They're they're they're they're they're they they're stopping a switch over of their one of their engine, their v eight engine plant. They're gonna transition that over into electric. Now they're not going to now they're gonna start building v eights again.  

[00:22:21] Jamon Fries:

Yeah. I mean, the electric vehicle isn't   it isn't popular enough, and there's not enough sales for the for them to   to warrant   retrain to warrant transitioning that factory anymore. Yeah. No. It really isn't.  

[00:22:38] Jesse Fries:

You know, I I I must say electric vehicles are very fun.  

[00:22:41] Jamon Fries:

Oh, yeah. Yeah. No. Absolutely.  

[00:22:43] Jesse Fries:

But,   yeah. Yeah. It's,   they're not that popular. They're they're range anxiety and everything like that. I'm starting to kinda get over it because Carol has the Hummer.   Right.   So you you just kinda have to get used to a new sort of thing. So  

[00:23:00] Jamon Fries:

Yeah.   Well, you could always do, like, what I saw.   I I saw a YouTube short   that had,   the guy in the Tesla was parked on the side of the road. He had run out of battery. Right.   And he asked people if they could help him get him get some gasoline.  

[00:23:18] Jesse Fries:

Uh-huh.  

[00:23:19] Jamon Fries:

And they're like, this is a Tesla. Why do you need gasoline?   He's like, I I just need some gasoline. Could you get me some? And so they so they went and they got him some gasoline and brought it back.   And he he he, opened up the trunk of the car, and he had an electric generator in there with the the dongle on it to adapt it to to to the powers of sorts. Nice. So he puts it so he just I mean,  

[00:23:48] Jesse Fries:

that's how he adapted to the range of of, like No. Yeah. Yep. Yep. Yep. He should have had a good thing for himself, though.  

[00:23:56] Jamon Fries:

Well, he should have. Yes.   Or it was all staged. It may have been all staged. It was it was probably all staged. I mean Yeah. That that, you know, most of those things are. But,   I I mean, that's what you you do what you have to do when you when you've got an electric vehicle. Oh, yeah. There's nowhere to charge it. You find a way to charge it. Yep. Yep. They they are still expanding the charging network.   So it's like Well, that that's I think it was pilot. That's what that's what needs to happen is we need to expand the charging networks   and then   the sales can can catch up. Yep. Because there if without that infrastructure of the charging network,   not enough people are gonna be buying the vehicles.  



[00:24:42] Jesse Fries:

Oh, yeah. Yeah. And, you know, if you can get fast enough charging   Yes. Yes. If they could get the quick charging, absolutely. Yeah. Yeah. Not not not this 50 kilowatt or anything like that. You need, like Yeah. 300 to 500, if not more, kilowatt.  

[00:24:57] Jamon Fries:

Yeah. I don't wanna spend time I I don't wanna spend more than, say, twenty minutes.  

[00:25:03] Jesse Fries:

Right. Right. And and you know something. It's on a long trip, you you know, it's like, if you have to pause for, like, twenty minutes.   Yeah. Then you could sit there and but yeah. Exactly. And then you move on with your life. But, yeah, it's,   but it's too long. Hell no. Yeah. No. It's like one time   the first time we went out, it was like a 50 kilowatt charger that we were at, and it just took forever just to go, like, 10%. I'm like, oh, Jesus. Yeah.   Yep.   But, yeah, it's not like you wanna just leave you abandon your vehicle and goes the car go throughout the town while your vehicle sits there charging. No. I'd probably just end up drinking, and then I couldn't drive because I'm too drunk to drive. You know? It's it it just wouldn't work out. Very well. Just wouldn't work out very well. So,   apparently,   OSHA,   they   told, health care employers not to report COVID vaccine injuries   during the whole thing.  



[00:26:03] Jamon Fries:

Yeah. That's not surprising.  

[00:26:05] Jesse Fries:

Yeah. No. It's like we don't cover COVID very much here, because well, yeah.   But there is so much hinky stuff going on with all that, you know, the vaccines and all this. You know, it's   it's there's too much hinky stuff. And, you know, telling people not to report vaccine injuries, it's like,   are you even helping science with this? You you you know, you're playing No. You're not. No. You're not at all. You know? You're just trying You're not helping you're not helping the health of the nation. You're not helping science. You're not helping anything by doing that. That. Yep. Yep. I completely   agree with that. It's  

[00:26:40] Jamon Fries:

The only the only thing you're helping is the politician because they can say   there haven't been as many there haven't been that many injuries reported. Well, right. And you're also helping just  

[00:26:53] Jesse Fries:

government   to have more control, you know, so they can stomp on our heads and tell us to do this and do that. Yeah. So   Yeah.  

[00:27:04] Jamon Fries:

So yeah. No. It's that that's all bad stuff. Mhmm.   Alright.   Well, that's all we've got for the government this time around. Yeah. For now. For now. Yeah. Yeah. For now.   Yeah. So, okay. So there was,   there's been some more changes with the h one b visas.  

[00:27:25] Jesse Fries:

Okay.  

[00:27:26] Jamon Fries:

They have upped the charge.   Now the article here had me really confused   Uh-huh. Because   it at one point, it says president Trump announced an application b for an h one b visa would increase to a $100,000.  

[00:27:46] Jesse Fries:

Right. Right. That's what he first said. Yeah.  

[00:27:49] Jamon Fries:

But then later on and later on, I read I don't think it was in the same article, but I read somewhere else that it was $10,000.  

[00:27:58] Jesse Fries:

I think that's probably what it was beforehand.   Okay.   Yeah. No. It's the 100,000 mark.   Okay. Okay. Yeah. Be because if if you have, like, 10,000,   it doesn't makes  

[00:28:10] Jamon Fries:

that that that's cheap for a business. Yeah. It doesn't it doesn't prevent anything. Right. A $100,000,  

[00:28:17] Jesse Fries:

you yeah.  

[00:28:18] Jamon Fries:

Yeah. And and so, you know, there there's a lot of people, of course, saying that they're gonna be that this is gonna limit that that this is gonna limit how many people come here, and it's gonna make it so that people go to other countries instead of to here. Okay.   And I'm like, but do we really need another programmer here?  

[00:28:37] Jesse Fries:

No. See, that's the thing. Exactly. I remember all those stories of   programmers   training   Indians that just came over to do their job. Yes.  

[00:28:48] Jamon Fries:

Yes.  

[00:28:49] Jesse Fries:

You you you know, it's like because they were cheaper. That's why they went with that route. You know? So it's like Yeah. No. No. It's,  

[00:28:57] Jamon Fries:

no. But but that's perfectly fine with the programmers not coming here because we've got enough people that that know how to program too.   And we, you know, we need somewhere for our students that are program that are in programming   classes right now to have a job when they get out of school.   Yeah. Well, with AI, they might not, you know, so Well, right. Right. But I mean, that that's enough of of an of a competitor   for their job. They don't need to add in   half of India. Exactly.  

[00:29:28] Jesse Fries:

Yeah. Yeah. Those Plus,  

[00:29:30] Jamon Fries:

there's a finite number of h one b visas that are available every year,   which means that if companies are bringing in programmers,   there's   scientists,   mathematicians,   rocketry people.   These people can't come in.   Yeah. Because the the numbers are filled.  

[00:29:51] Jesse Fries:

By these schlocky   barely know anything, just high school grads from India. You you you or college grads from India, you know. It's Exactly.  

[00:30:01] Jamon Fries:

So I mean, a a company that really wants to bring someone in   is going to bring them in.   Oh, yeah. Yeah. You know, you'll spend a 100,000   Elon Musk would spend a $100,000   if it meant revamping his rockets  

[00:30:15] Jesse Fries:

and making them more efficient. Oh, completely. Completely. Yeah. He gets who he wants from wherever. Yeah. You know? Exactly. Yep.  

[00:30:23] Jamon Fries:

He's not gonna spend a $100 to bring another programmer in. Mhmm. Thank god.   So   but, you know, I mean so yeah. Just just the fact that there's limitations on how many people can get h one b's, I would much rather be a sit see a situation where there were available h one b's at the end of the year. Mhmm.   Versus no more available h one b's a quarter through the year.   And then for three quarters of the year, the really intelligent people that we really wanna have here can't come.  

[00:30:55] Jesse Fries:

Yep. Yep.   That is true. That is true.   Let's see here. Oh, that house that burned down, that judge, you know, and how people were blaming, mega and whatnot. Yep. Yeah. It it was just   an it it wasn't purposefully lit. So it was just a accidental fire. So Yep. Yeah.   So yeah. There you go. Look at that.  

[00:31:21] Jamon Fries:

Yeah. Talking about arson. Uh-huh.   They've arrested the guy they claim is responsible for the Palisades fire.  

[00:31:30] Jesse Fries:

Oh, okay. Okay. Who was he? Yeah.  

[00:31:33] Jamon Fries:

He was a 29 year old Uber driver.   Okay. At the time. He was he was a Uber driver at the time. Uh-huh.   But he   had artwork and stuff like that that showed he was very much a pyromaniac.  

[00:31:49] Jesse Fries:

Oh, okay.  

[00:31:50] Jamon Fries:

And   he was upset with some of his Uber customers.  

[00:31:57] Jesse Fries:

Uh-huh.  

[00:31:58] Jamon Fries:

So he went up into the forests,   and he lit a fire up there.   Wow. That fire got put out. Uh-huh.   But, supposedly,   down in the root systems, the embers were still were still there, and then Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Strong   winds. Uh-huh. Yeah. Yeah. And that sparked up the Palisades fire.  

[00:32:22] Jesse Fries:

Wow.  

[00:32:23] Jamon Fries:

Wow. So he he was, arrested in Florida. He's, currently being tried in Florida. They're gonna,   they're they're gonna they're doing federal charges for now. Okay. Because federal buildings were affected.  

[00:32:37] Jesse Fries:

Mhmm.  

[00:32:38] Jamon Fries:

And then then,   so right now, it it's just arson that he's being arrested for, but   they eventually they assume that there'll be at least state level charges of the 12 set 12 counts of homicide since 12 people died. Right.   But that'll he'll probably have to get extradited to California for that. No more than that. Right right now in Florida, they're dealing with the federal aspect. Okay. Okay. Well   yeah. So he was just a fire bug, basically. Yeah. Angry fire bug. Okay. Okay. He he was an angry fire bug that, decided to light a fire up in the up in the hills.   And, I mean, he did what the classic fire bug does is he started driving away, but then he drove back and watched the fire and all this other stuff. And Mhmm. He interacted with the firefighters,  

[00:33:28] Jesse Fries:

like, they do a lot, you know, and all sorts of stuff like that. So yeah. Oh, yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Well, speaking of fire and everything like that, they arrested a guy   outside,   the red mass ceremony,   at Saint Matthew's Cathedral, for, like, the supreme court and everything like that. That's how they mark, the start of the supreme court is with a mass.  

[00:33:49] Jamon Fries:

Okay.  

[00:33:50] Jesse Fries:

And this guy had over 200 explosives on him.   Oh, wow. And he was trying to get in. And they were homemade explosives.   Damn.   Yeah. Yeah. And they they they tried to stop him. They stopped him at the door. They go and he goes, oh, you want me to give you these? I could just throw one and we into the street, and we could see what happens.   And yeah.   Yeah. Molotov cocktails, whatnot, bottle rockets, aluminum foil. Yeah. Yeah. It's a   it's crazy what this guy was doing. So, yeah, it's a   Yeah.   Well, life has gotten way too interesting. So I'm sorry. It really has. Yes.  

[00:34:30] Jamon Fries:

Some sometimes I wish it wasn't quite so interesting.  

[00:34:33] Jesse Fries:

Right? Right?  

[00:34:35] Jamon Fries:

A boring life is a good life, damn it. I would think so. I would think so.   Once you get past a certain age, you know. Boring is good one once you're no longer a teenager or your early twenties.  

[00:34:47] Jesse Fries:

Yeah. And and then and then as you get older, you want a little bit more excitement, but not too much. And yeah. Yeah. Uh-huh.   And you  

[00:34:57] Jamon Fries:

yeah. That that's when you have kids, and there's lots of excitement there.  

[00:35:02] Jesse Fries:

Actually, it's it's pretty boring overall, I would say. So, you know, it's a  

[00:35:06] Jamon Fries:

With with at least some spots of excitement.  

[00:35:10] Jesse Fries:

Yes.   Some spots of excitement and terror and, Yes. Yes. And just dread and   a little bit of joy, you know, but, yeah. Just just a wee bit.  

[00:35:22] Jamon Fries:

Mhmm.   Yep. Yep.   Yeah. And then I I ran across a story talking about,   all of the new,   data centers that are going up. Mhmm.   What I don't understand though   is   why are they putting them in deserts?   Uh-huh.   They're building they're building, like, a huge I mean, it's like   the, it's an industrial complex that's the size   of,   like, Philadelphia  

[00:36:05] Jesse Fries:

Okay.  

[00:36:07] Jamon Fries:

Just outside of Reno. Uh-huh.   And it's only going to have data centers in it.  

[00:36:15] Jesse Fries:

Okay.  

[00:36:17] Jamon Fries:

The problem with this is that data centers   require a shit ton of two things.   Uh-huh. Electricity   Right. And water.   In a desert And yet they're putting them in deserts.  

[00:36:34] Jesse Fries:

Wow.   Wow.  

[00:36:35] Jamon Fries:

Yeah. For cooling. Right? So Yes. Yes. They need water for cooling,   which means that it's that that it's not water that will be potable ever again.  

[00:36:46] Jesse Fries:

Right. Right.  

[00:36:49] Jamon Fries:

That is So right now, there's one town that's trying to   find a way to get their sewer water clean enough that it could be used instead of   instead of the regular water. Uh-huh.   But I don't know how   anything that's still left in there might impact the equipment and the cooling ability or anything. Right. Right. I mean  

[00:37:14] Jesse Fries:

yeah.  

[00:37:18] Jamon Fries:

There's so many you know, it's like right now,   they say, yeah. We don't need to worry. Right now, we're we don't need to worry about using   those types of that type of water in our facilities.   Mhmm. But what this means is that the water bills for everyone in those towns Yep. Is skyrocketing   because you've suddenly got this massive water user   that's using clean water.   Mhmm.  

[00:37:44] Jesse Fries:

Yeah. Yeah.   Never a good thing. It's just like electricity prices and everything like that. They're going up because,   you know, it's like we have all these light bulbs, right, that that that, you know, cost, like, nothing to run now. You know, the LED ones and everything like that.   But nobody has ever seen a reduction in their light cost. Oh, no. No. Not once. You know? It was supposed to save us money. It hasn't done squat.   You know?   It's like,   what was the use?   What's that? We use we use less electricity. That's fine. The electricity rates have gone up. Exactly. Exactly. So, sucks to be you. You know? It's like yeah. It just doesn't make sense to me. It doesn't make sense. Not at all.   Well, Trump got a win.  

Man, you know?   Well, the ceasefire   in the Oh, yeah. Yeah. Gaza, Israel.   You know? That is a crazy story that he it was like yeah. Yeah. It it it's actually in place right now. I haven't seen anything that it, hasn't reverted yet. So  

[00:38:46] Jamon Fries:

Right. It's as of right now, it's all been signed by it's been signed by all parties. The peace agreement is in effect.   Israel's supposed to be drawing their troops   back today or today or tomorrow probably. Yep. Yep. And they expect the 20   remaining surviving,   rep   The the original deal was that everybody has to be returned, even the bodies, but they say that the bodies may take longer to Right. Locate and return.  

[00:39:28] Jesse Fries:

Yeah. I wonder why.   Yeah.   So  

[00:39:33] Jamon Fries:

but,   supposedly, as long as everything goes the way it's the way it's been agreed upon. Mhmm. By Monday, all of the remaining living hostages will be will be released.  

[00:39:44] Jesse Fries:

Yeah. Yeah.   It's,  

[00:39:47] Jamon Fries:

I I will just say that this has happened in the past.   Mhmm. There was one other time that that Israel and Hamas had said accepted a ceasefire.   Yep.   But then Hamas   backed off and didn't release as many hostages as they said they were going to. Yep. And so Israel started the war again. So  

[00:40:08] Jesse Fries:

Yeah. That was just with this current conflict. Yeah. So  

[00:40:12] Jamon Fries:

Yes. And so that there's no guarantees   until all the hostages are actually returned, then we'll find out if Hamas is going to uphold their end of the bargain this time around or not. Yeah. Yeah. It's a but, yeah, it's a  

[00:40:26] Jesse Fries:

from what I understand, Trump just laid into everybody.   Oh, yeah. So and it was the that whole attack in Qatar that is real good against Hamas leaders that just tipped the   Oh, yeah. Thing going, Trump's good. I'm done with this.   Yeah.   Did did you hear that he actually made Netanyahu   apologize   to Qatar?   No. I didn't hear about that. They were at the White House. Netanyahu was over here, and Trump seriously   got a phone,   had a script for Netanyahu   to read, and told him read this to Qatar.   Damn.   Yeah.  

[00:41:03] Jamon Fries:

Yeah. Trump wasn't having it at all. He's just sick and tired of this crap, you know. So Well, you you know, I mean, like like I said earlier, that it takes someone like Trump, a guy who's who's not   gonna back down   Yeah. To make shit happen in a crazy time. Oh, yeah. And then he told Hamas,  

[00:41:24] Jesse Fries:

if you don't want this,   I'll tell Israel to go balls out. You know? It it's   And we may even help him. Yeah. No. Exactly. Exactly. You know? It's like,   this or nothing, dude. This or Yeah. I'll say, go ahead, wipe them out. You know? Yep. And, you know, so   which really, they should just be completely gotten rid of. But Yeah.  

[00:41:47] Jamon Fries:

But, you know, it's a The we'll we'll see just how effective everything is once Oh, yeah.   Gaza   one once the Palestinian people   have   a new form of government, because I'm assuming that Hamas isn't gonna be allowed to stay as the main government. But Yeah. That still has to be negotiated. I don't know. Yeah. But that's still part of the negotiations. We're actually a piece.   Yep.  

[00:42:13] Jesse Fries:

If we can actually get there, you know, because   last time Hamas just had the piece, and all they did was build up armaments so they could attack again. Yeah. It's Well, yeah. The I mean, that that's kind of the history of that area. No. Yeah. Yeah. And and what's funny is that They're either they're either fighting the full out war or  

[00:42:31] Jamon Fries:

they're building up for war. One of the two is happening. And what's funny is that they're not even building up  

[00:42:38] Jesse Fries:

enough to win.   No. No. They they they they build up for one attack,   and then they get wiped out, and then it's another ten to fifteen years.   Yep. And then they attack again. You you know? It's like,   if you're not gonna go to   win, what's the point? If you're just going to go, oh, I'm gonna   they'll learn their lesson. I'm gonna make them   mad, and so then they'll go away. Yeah. No. That's not how it works. It works. No. That's not how it works. You know, it's,  

[00:43:11] Jamon Fries:

I I honestly, I think what they're trying what they try to do with their when they're doing that   is I think they're trying to show that Israel's not as strong as people think it is,   trying to convince the other Arab nations to do another   pull out war on Israel.  

[00:43:29] Jesse Fries:

Oh, there's no way they're doing that. No way.  

[00:43:32] Jamon Fries:

I I know. But I think that's I think that's the thought process behind that is if we can hit them hard enough now,   then   the other Arab nations will do what they promised us back right after World War two  

[00:43:46] Jesse Fries:

and drive Israel out. But they didn't even hit them that hard. You you you don't get me wrong. Yeah. No.   The the the thousands dead and everything like that on October 7,   that was bad enough. But   in a strategic sense   Yeah. That was good  

[00:44:03] Jamon Fries:

enough. Well, and the the problem the problem strategically   with it was that they targeted they targeted civilians.   Right. Targeting civilians is in no way or shape going to weaken a nation.  

[00:44:15] Jesse Fries:

It won't. It's gonna make them pissed that they're gonna kill you. It's just like 09:11. All it did was piss us off. That is the only thing it did.   You know? It it's and so we went and basically wiped Al Qaeda off the face of the planet. Yeah. They're still there a little bit here or there, but, you know, it's   that's what we did. Yeah. You poke the sleeping bear, and you don't usually survive it. Yeah. Yeah. You know, it it just doesn't   yeah.   Yeah. You you you just attack. As you you you you go for the win. You don't go for,   trying to   Hamas tries to   get international public opinion on their side. That that seems to be their whole goal. Yeah. But that's not gonna help you at all because The United States is completely   aligned with Israel. It has been through every administration.  



[00:45:07] Jamon Fries:

Right. And there hasn't been a difference. There's for me, personally, there's one reason that I would never get behind an organization like Hamas.   Mhmm. And that's because   even even during their times of, quote, unquote, peace,   they're still we're they were still launching missiles   and sending suicide bombers   into target civilians. They only ever targeted civilians.  

[00:45:34] Jesse Fries:

Yeah.   Yeah.   They're they're terrorists. That's it. They're they're not anything but terrorists. You know? It's,   it's not like a real military where you're attacking military installations, things like that. You know? It's just pure terrorism. Yeah. You know?  

[00:45:50] Jamon Fries:

Absolutely.   Mhmm.  

[00:45:54] Jesse Fries:

Let's see here.   Elsewhere in international   news.   So, apparently, you know, this, Gen z revolution,   there's been quite a few of them, actually.  

[00:46:05] Jamon Fries:

Right.  

[00:46:06] Jesse Fries:

The Nepal one is especially the big case where, basically, there is a uprising,   and they overthrew the government and everything like that. They voted on this part. I remember that one. Yeah. They voted on this court and everything like that.   So   apparently, that really took most people   by surprise,   when it comes to where is this story? Trying to.   Yeah. So, basically,   they say a lot of the protesters and everything, they they they said they weren't trying to overthrow the government. They weren't trying to do that. They were trying to get things done. Right? And then they said someone   appears to have steered the movement in unexpected ways,   leaving its youthful engineers dazed,   even as they now scramble to help the new government run. And now even now there's a new push   for,   more,   investigations and another uprising and everything like that.  



[00:47:09] Jamon Fries:

Isn't that how it always works, sir?   Yeah. You have you have grass you have grassroots level that   suddenly somebody grabs a hold of and goes completely batshit crazy with it. Yep. Yep.   And then they got what they wanted, but all of a sudden that isn't enough. So now you gotta go for more.  

[00:47:29] Jesse Fries:

Well, I would also say   I I I would say that   there there is some inkling, kinda like the Arab Spring, where there may be outside   actors involved in these. Because Yeah. It yeah. It's this whole Gen z thing, it it's like it's in Kenya. It's, everywhere. There's a whole bunch of these protests going on around the globe right now.   And so, you know, it's like   it seems a bit too   organized.   You know what I mean? It's so more than likely Just just just like the Antifa  

[00:48:03] Jamon Fries:

that is   not an organized organization.  

[00:48:07] Jesse Fries:

Oh, yeah. Yeah.   Did did you see that they released the names of the funders   of NTU? I didn't. I didn't. Yeah. Yeah. George Soarer was was on the list and then quite a few other ones, actually.   Yeah. Yeah. They actually   released a list of, the White House did   Nice. Of the people funding Antifa. So   and then there was a guy that the rule book, the Antifa rule book or something like that. You know? He he he tried to leave the country for Spain   because he's been,   he's had death threats and everything like that.   Okay. He's a professor at, like, Rutgers, I believe.  



[00:48:46] Jamon Fries:

Okay.  

[00:48:47] Jesse Fries:

But, yeah, he he the somehow, the story is I don't know if he was able to get over there, but the last I heard is that he tried to get on his on the plane with, his family,   and they got to the gate.   And then the gate agent goes, we don't have your reservation.   We've we don't have anything that says you had a reservation either.   So   yeah. Yeah. Yeah. It sucks   to be him. Yeah. He he he's trying to escape,   The United States. So he says it's because of death threats to him, but   maybe if he's trying to escape The United States, maybe it's for political reasons as well. Maybe criminal reasons or whatnot. Who knows? Yeah.  

[00:49:30] Jamon Fries:

Well,   I I I you know, speaking of escaping The United States,   I heard something interesting and kind of funny.   Mhmm.   So Rosie O'Donnell   has applied for Irish citizenship  

[00:49:47] Jesse Fries:

now. Yeah. Yep. Yep.  

[00:49:51] Jamon Fries:

Yeah. I I heard you. On the place that I was looking at, those watch that I saw that, they're like, good riddance.  

[00:49:59] Jesse Fries:

But the the it it was on,  

[00:50:01] Jamon Fries:

that was Gutfeld, and he was making a joke over reports. And he's like, you know, the the only problem is is   they don't know if they want her to become a citizen of there or not.   Right. It's like they're they're they're afraid that, it might bring back the potato famine.  

[00:50:22] Jesse Fries:

You know, I remember when Rosie O'Donnell was funny.   Yeah. It's,   it's so sad that she's just let   hate just rule her world.  

[00:50:33] Jamon Fries:

Yeah. You know, it is  

[00:50:35] Jesse Fries:

I I I just don't she used to be funny. You know? That's,   so was Whoopi. Whoopi used to be funny as well. Yes.   Yes. She did. Now she's not. You know? It's No. Yeah. It's like George Carlin was funny till he died. You know? It's Yeah. Why why can't you be like that? You know? Just funny till he died. Robin Williams. You know? Yeah. Exactly. He was he was also sad, but, yeah, he was funny till he died. You know? It's,   Farley, funny till he died. You know?   It's,  

[00:51:05] Jamon Fries:

not those two, though. There's there's a lot of them, you know? And   I don't know what it what caused the hatred in them, but   it is just pure visceral hate. It really is. On their part.  

[00:51:18] Jesse Fries:

Yeah. Yeah. It's   I I I don't understand it really either. I but I don't understand the hate that the left has. I I really don't. No. It's I don't either.   It's   I've never heard of that. Suck in whatever everybody was saying so much that they go, yeah. He's Hitler. You you know? And so they just have this hate for everybody   on the right now, you know? It's just I I honestly  

[00:51:43] Jamon Fries:

think   that   it's a little bit more than that. Mhmm.   I think it's that   they were fed the hate from when they were babies.   I mean, I would say that. I I've it's with some of them. I have I have Well well well, no. I'm just talking about I'm talking about those two. That's what not not not just the left in general. But yes.  

[00:52:08] Jesse Fries:

Some on the left. Yeah. Of course. Because you have leftist parents and everything like that. Yep. So it feeds and everything like that.   But then you generally have a mind view of your own that you can it's nature versus nurture. You know? It's, Yeah.   And then when usually, once you get to college, then kids really start to view veer off into different  

[00:52:29] Jamon Fries:

aspects too. So it's, yeah. If if they grew up liberal, they're gonna become more conservative. If they grew up conservative, we're gonna become liberal. Oh, for some reason. That happens in college.  

[00:52:39] Jesse Fries:

A lot of times. Yeah. A lot of times. Yeah.   Mhmm.   Let's see here. Anything else? Oh,   apparently   so, you know, the far right or as they call it, the far right, in Europe has been expanding power.   Yes.   And so now,   there's a coalition   in,   the European Parliament,   and it's basically,   center right,   with socialists   and whatnot. Okay?  

[00:53:09] Jamon Fries:

Okay.  

[00:53:10] Jesse Fries:

Well,   because of the far right and everything like that, or as they like to say, the far right   Mhmm. The center right now is going, well,   if you guys don't give us something, talking to the socialist   and the greenies,   then we will just go form a government   with the far right.   And so they actually   got   some of the   European European green rules,   some of their environmental rules. They've actually gotten some of those   quashed or will be quashed and gotten rid of. And they're also gonna   allow   easier business practices on reporting and everything like that. So they're actually getting rid of some regulations,   which could actually help their economy. So   I think last show, I was talking about how they just won't let anything happen because the clothing that they want to make Yeah. Clothing   clothiers   responsible for trash.  

Yeah.   And now, yeah, it it seems like they're they're actually   doing something   good. Let's see how long that lasts.  

[00:54:18] Jamon Fries:

Yeah. Hopefully   hopefully the,   the, quote, unquote, far right   is   stays at their power levels   and makes it so that everybody has to come and meet in the center.  

[00:54:32] Jesse Fries:

That'd be nice. That'd be nice. Yeah. No. In Europe, the   the right is rising. It really is. Yep. Everybody is sick and tired of it.  

[00:54:41] Jamon Fries:

Well, there's only there's only so long   people that have free will can put up with socialism.  

[00:54:49] Jesse Fries:

Well, right. Right. Yeah. Yeah.   And  

[00:54:53] Jamon Fries:

you you have to do something so drastic   to kill the free will of an individual   in order for them to accept socialism   Mhmm. Or communism. I mean, that's just   humans are not designed   to live in a socialist world. That's just not the way we are.  

[00:55:12] Jesse Fries:

Well,   I would say   I would say that if you go any which way that changes society too much and for the detriment of the people in your country   Yes.   And it could go either which way. It doesn't matter. To to me, it's  

[00:55:29] Jamon Fries:

You can go far to the you can go too far to the right. Right. Right. You know, it's it's at that point, when you make life too hard  

[00:55:37] Jesse Fries:

just for the average citizens   Yeah. That is when opposition   arises.   And   this is what   this is what is seen. The regulations are getting too hard over in, Europe and everything like that. It's hard for farmers to actually make a living. You have all these immigrants coming in,   that are raping your children and doing this and doing that, you know. And Yeah. You you they're taking your jobs. You're all these sorts of things. You add all this up, and, yeah, it is going to  

[00:56:08] Jamon Fries:

at some point, it's gonna be It's gonna be a counter kick. Yeah. At some point. Yep. If you let it get too far.  

[00:56:15] Jesse Fries:

Exactly. There's no nothing you can do.   Yeah. You know? It's like if you it's   if you go back to, like, the French Revolution,   you know, it wasn't the social issues. It was, like,   the   no food.   So you're making life too hard on your people, and you gave all of your money to The United States.  

[00:56:36] Jamon Fries:

Yeah. It's yeah. You you it it if you if you let it get to the point where your people are starving in the streets   Yes. Then   there there's  

[00:56:46] Jesse Fries:

it's gonna be a powder keg for sure. It's starving. You you have the your families attacked. You have this, you know, you fear for your daughter's life, you for her Yep.   Just bodily   Yeah. Health and everything like that. You know, all these things you just can't   sooner or later,   it has to stop.   Oh, you know? It it's,   especially if you're not doing anything to actually   stop these people from doing it.   Yeah.   Which is the one part I just don't understand. Just allowing them to   do whatever. You know? Canada's getting that bad too. So I just. Oh, yeah. It is. Yeah.  

[00:57:25] Jamon Fries:

I really do.   We're very slowly   starting to approach it now with, like, the cashless fail,  

[00:57:33] Jesse Fries:

the cash and Yeah. No. No. Completely. Completely.  

[00:57:36] Jamon Fries:

Not charging.   Yeah. Reducing   crime rates   by not  

[00:57:42] Jesse Fries:

charging people with crime. You know? Well well right. Right. No. No. No. I sense to me. We we have our own issues with that, but ours are not so tied   Oh, no. Yeah. To, racial and cultural differences.   Right.   You you know, we we because of how our constitution is set up, you can't   it has to be equal across the board.   Yeah.   But   most of these other countries, they don't have the constitution that we have, the the strong constitution that we have.   Yep. And so they don't have those guaranteed   equality rights. You know? It's a judge can   be nicer or as in The UK, they have different sentencing guidelines for white people than they do for everybody else. Yeah.  

You you know, it just doesn't make sense.   You know? It it should be equal across the board. That's it. You know? You rape somebody, guess what?   Ten, twenty years. Actually, I I say string them up, but, you know, that's I I say castration  

[00:58:44] Jamon Fries:

at a minimum.  

[00:58:45] Jesse Fries:

Yeah.   Something. Something. Yeah. Yeah. It it's,  

[00:58:50] Jamon Fries:

well, I mean, what what better way to deter the crime from happening again   to make than making it so that it can't happen. No. Exactly.  

[00:58:59] Jesse Fries:

Exactly.   You you you know, either stringing up or castration. Yeah. That sounds good. Yeah. Yeah. Make him a eunuch. Yeah.   You know?   Okay. Here at the Mindless Meanderings,   we are a value for value,   based   model podcast. So if you wanna help us out, please help us out in any which way you can. Time, Talent, Treasure.   So if you have an idea or anything like that, send it to us.   My email is jesse@mindlessc.com.   Jamens is jamen@mindlessmeanderings.com.   Help us out any which way you can, money to help defray the cost of the podcast. Doesn't have to be much.   A dollar, $2, $3, $100, whatever you think this is this show has actually worth to you. If you get any enjoyment out of it at all, who knows? Maybe you don't. If not, that's cool too.  

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[01:00:27] Jamon Fries:

Interesting.  

[01:00:28] Jesse Fries:

Yeah. Yeah.   They   yeah. They just can make it more cheaply over here.   So  

[01:00:37] Jamon Fries:

I I isn't that like a   huge blip?  

[01:00:41] Jesse Fries:

It is. It is. It's like with automation and everything like that. You know? It's just they can make it cheaper, quicker, better, everything. It doesn't matter than they can overseas.   So   mhmm.   Apparently, back in 2018,   Sharpies were made abroad,   and then they got a new CFO.   And he goes, can we do something about that here? And, yeah, they did.   So now Sharpies are made in The United States again.  

[01:01:12] Jamon Fries:

Awesome. I can see my Sharpie again. Right? Right. Yeah. No. It's like that I never stopped or It's like one of their bought one. Right. Right. Right.  

[01:01:22] Jesse Fries:

Right. But yeah.   See, it can be done. You know? We don't need to send all our manufacturing over to China. We can do it. Let's build it back up. You know, that's what Trump wants anyways. You know? That's what Yeah. Absolutely. Everybody should want. We should want these jobs for Americans. You know? It's, Yeah. I I keep hearing complaints about how everything's gonna get more expensive because all of the parts are made overseas.  

[01:01:44] Jamon Fries:

Right. Well, just start making them here. No. Exactly.   Exactly. Used to be made here. Yep. Why did they why did you send them overseas? Because it was cheaper. And now they're making it so it's not cheaper. So start building them here again. Mhmm.  

[01:01:59] Jesse Fries:

Yep.   Yeah. I'm right there with you. I'm right there with you. So yeah. Yep. Yep. That's some good news from good old US Of  

[01:02:08] Jamon Fries:

A. Oh, yeah. Absolutely.   And, there there's a company called Base Power   Mhmm. That is,   they're   raising   they they rail they raised $1,000,000,000.   I I don't normally   go for the tech stories where they're raising money to do stuff because it to me, that's not that big of a story that they're raising money. Mhmm.   But with this one, the the I thought that the idea was novel,   but I'm kind of   on the edge as to whether I think it's a good idea or not.   So what they're doing is base. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. I know what it is. Yeah. Yeah. They they've got,   they've got battery packs that Right.  

You can that you can buy, but they're also now renting those battery packs out. No. That's basically how they're doing it. Yeah. Yeah. You spend, like, $6.07,   $800   to buy a battery to to rent a battery pack. Yep. And I think it's, like, $29   a month Mhmm.   After that from from the 19 or $29   after that.   And the the only thing that you the one thing you do have to do is you do have to sign a three year contract   to buy their   to buy energy from them at Yep. 8.5¢  

[01:03:27] Jesse Fries:

per kilowatt hour. So I'm not sure how that price compares to, like, the just the general power. It is it is generally on the good side. I think I'm paying, like Okay. 10¢ a kilowatt or something like that, I think. Okay. Okay.   I looked into it, and it seemed   it didn't   seem worth it in my book. It was, like, upfront cost or something like that. It was like because because my neighbor has it.   Oh, okay. Okay. And and, yeah, I was like   I looked at it. May maybe I'll relook at it, but, yeah, it did it seemed to be it was gonna cost me more, and it was, like, that price was only for, like, a little while, and then it could jump for whatever. So   Yeah. It   it seemed a bit hinky,   but Yeah.  

Yeah. I I I hate the Texas system anyways. I hate how we do it. I really do. Because   you you you don't it's not a public service. Right? So it's not   so   everybody   there these it's it's Enron is what it is, basically.   I think the same people run it, the whole system. So we have, like, one   system   that actually produces the power. It's called Encore.   And then   from there,   it   different companies can sell Encore's energy   is basically how it works. And then you buy from those other companies. It's like I have reliant,   for it. But if you makes no sense. It doesn't make any sense. And it's based off contracts that could Why do you need a middleman  

[01:05:02] Jamon Fries:

for energy?  

[01:05:03] Jesse Fries:

Because because it's public. So you know or it's, it's private. And you know the private industry is so much. But Enron, dude. Enron. Yeah. Bull fucking shit. No. Yeah. It was exactly the same it was exactly the same system that   drove California into the ground.   Yeah. Remember where they were having all those blackouts and everything like that? Yep. It's because of the same system  

[01:05:25] Jamon Fries:

that we have now Oh. In Texas.  

[01:05:28] Jesse Fries:

That sucks.   But since they got rid of that in California, have you heard of those issues? No. No. There's power Exactly. Their power issues have gone away Exactly. As far as I know. So it's this whole private  

[01:05:39] Jamon Fries:

crap that Yeah. Yeah. Now the the only the the biggest re one of the biggest reasons   that   I'm not sure that I would like this Mhmm.   Is because so   the primary use of it, from what I gather reading this article, is kind of as a   energy backup in case power goes out. Yeah. Yeah. It's like a generator sort of thing. Right? Yeah. It's a It's a battery pack. It it's it's it's, it's like two or three days worth of power essentially for a standard house. Yep. And   that's all well and good,   but   part one thing that the customer has to agree to   is they have to allow the companies to use the batteries to sell electricity   back to the grid when they don't need them for backup power. Mhmm. Which means   if the day before a back out, they needed to sell   80% of the power in your battery back to the grid   Yep. You suddenly have only 20% of the power, and then the blackout hits, and you're just you might as well not have it. No. Exactly.  



[01:06:49] Jesse Fries:

Exactly. You know? And and oh, yeah. I   that's why I didn't want it because it was, like,   the $8.08 and a half cents per kilowatt hour plus delivery fees. So it's not just that.   Right.   And and then it's the $6.95, and then it's $19 a month. So it is it's   it's more expensive than what I'm paying.  

[01:07:10] Jamon Fries:

Yeah. And they can take that power back to resell it back to the grid Yep. Yep.   To to make it so that I I mean, the the one reason that I would see that that it would need to be sold back to the grid would be, like, for inconsistencies in power because you got windmills   doing your power or solar doing your power. Yep. Which is has inconsistencies,   which caused the blackout in Spain.   Right. Right. I mean,   yes. Having those battery packs would be one way to prevent a blackout   because of the energy dis the   energy fluctuations.  

But at the same time,   if I'm if I'm relying on this and I bought this simply so that   I can have protection against the blackout,   and then you drain my battery and then a blackout happens,   what was the point of spending the money on it all that time?  

[01:08:06] Jesse Fries:

Exactly.   Exactly.   Yeah.  

[01:08:09] Jamon Fries:

Yeah. So so, I mean, I I like the concept,   but there's too much too many things in it that I don't really like. Oh, yeah. Yeah. Same here. Same here. Same here.  

[01:08:22] Jesse Fries:

Okay. Got anything else there for Yes. Business?  

[01:08:26] Jamon Fries:

OpenAI   has added parental oversight tools for chat PPT now Okay. Because of the whole suicide   stuff where   yep. Kids could request could request information on suicide.  

[01:08:40] Jesse Fries:

So the Tell me how not to commit suicide. You know, that's what it is. Yes. Yes. Exactly.  

[01:08:46] Jamon Fries:

Or or I'm writing a paper.  

[01:08:48] Jesse Fries:

Uh-huh. Yep. Yep. Yep. How to commit suicide.  

[01:08:51] Jamon Fries:

So can you give me some examples?   Yep. Yep. You know, stuff like that. And so what what's happened is they've put they've set it up so that now this is entirely   voluntary, the parent for the parents to set this up. So   if you're a parent that doesn't want to monitor your kids at all, you don't have to, but this is available to you Mhmm. Where   you can set up a parental account, and that parental account   would see   what types of things you're talking your child your children are talking to ChatGTP about  

[01:09:27] Jesse Fries:

Mhmm.  

[01:09:28] Jamon Fries:

Which would give them a forewarning   for, like, suicide, isolation, or something like that. Right. Right. Right.   At the same time, there are a lot of parents who I know   would have would want nothing to do with knowing anything that their kids were talking about because they believe that children should be free as well.  

[01:09:46] Jesse Fries:

Oh, yeah. Completely. Completely.   Yeah.   Yeah. Let's see how well that works. So Yeah.   Mhmm.  

[01:09:57] Jamon Fries:

Okay. What else do you need? On to legal.   Mhmm.   The   Portland the the appeals an appeals court has lifted the injunction   on the Portland National Guard   being activated in Portland.  

[01:10:13] Jesse Fries:

Okay.  

[01:10:14] Jamon Fries:

But   they still can't go in.  

[01:10:19] Jesse Fries:

Okay. What now?  

[01:10:22] Jamon Fries:

Well, because of the   order that was placed when he then tried to send California troops in. Oh, okay. The judge then placed an order saying they can't that   no national guard from any state can go in.   Yeah. Can be activated,   which means that even though even though   the one that that   Trump took the appeals court was that that it was Portland,   now the Portland still can't go in because of the, the second one that the same judge did that was over   just that was over every every national guard. Okay. So even the Portland And National Guard can't be activated now. So there's another   one that Trump has to take to court to get reversed as well.  



[01:11:09] Jesse Fries:

Sounds about right. Sounds about right.  

[01:11:11] Jamon Fries:

Yep.  

[01:11:12] Jesse Fries:

Okay. Now remember, people,   studies   are more than likely   not accurate. So just remember that. And, Jamin, you're gonna love that in the study that I've hidden from you, this podcast. But let let let let let let let let let let let let let's get to the first one. So,   apparently, they did a study,   and it shows that if you call 911,   if your voice doesn't sound right,   cops will listen to that, and then they may suspect you of the crime that you just reported.   Oh god. So so so if you're not emotional enough or you're too emotional or you're this or that, you have to just be perfect. Otherwise,   yeah. Yeah. Yeah.  

And apparently, this affects men more than women because, well, of course, we aren't as emotional   as women.   You know? Sometimes we just   just go dead inside, you know, when something really, really bad happens. You know? It's just Yep. And then yeah. So it's like, how how do you want me to react? You know? So Yeah. Yeah.  

[01:12:18] Jamon Fries:

Okay. So I saw a guy beating up another guy,   and   I'm supposed to be, what, afraid?  

[01:12:27] Jesse Fries:

Yep. Yep. So  

[01:12:30] Jamon Fries:

Yeah. No. I ain't none of that. I'm just calling you to let you know what happened.  

[01:12:33] Jesse Fries:

Yep. And, apparently, police, not just regular people, but police rated male callers as more suspicious   than female callers   even though the scripts were the same.   No. So yeah. Yeah. Cops just, they they they they just believe men are crap is what they Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. That's,   yeah. So keep that in mind. Keep that in mind. Yeah. No. This next study. This next study.   Study, Jimmy, I can't believe somebody did this study,   but they did this study.   Here. Let's see. The the the title   of,   this article,   on study finds is the Mahomes advantage is real,   how NFL officiating   shifted   when the Chiefs became must see TV.  

So this was a study that was done for in a financial,   thing. Right?   And so they were checking to see   what's going on with that because everybody everybody was saying there's something hinky going on here. Right?   Except for the Chiefs people. Yeah. You know, Chiefs fans go down. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. But   according to this,   they they analyzed 13,136   defensive penalties,   from 2015 to 2023.   Okay. And this is from their abstract. It says, we find that postseason officiating disproportionately   favored the Mahomes era Kansas City Chiefs,   coinciding with the team's emergence as a key driver on TV, viewership, and ratings, thereby   revenue. So this is   this was financial. You know? This was a financial study. They were trying to figure out   if there is a motive behind it as well. You know? So it's basically revenue.  

And their they said that their study suggests that financial reliance on dominant entities can alter enforcement   dynamics.   So a concern that   with implications far beyond sports governance. So, basically, what they're saying   is that money can really affect things. And more than likely,   the NFL or whatnot may have been behind the whole thing. I'll get into the numbers now here. So so it's not just that. So let's get into this. So   defensive penalties against the Chiefs offense   in playoff games yielded an average of 2.36   more yards.  

Okay.   More than just the baseline.   Okay?   Okay. So   on an average,   23 percentage points more likely to result in a first down and an average of 28%   more points more likely to involve   subjective referee judgment compared   to the rest of the league.   So when it comes to   everybody else, it just seemed that there was this and this is only during playoffs, Jay, which is funny.   Because during the regular season,   the Chiefs actually received fewer favorable penalties than average. Yeah. Yeah. So it was in the playoffs   that they got these bonus,   but not   in the regular season.  

It says in the article, penalties against their opponents result in an average 2.02   fewer yards   and are an average of 8% points less compared to the other teams. So, basically, what it was is that they were during the regular season, they weren't getting,   the   postseason bump that they were getting. Right?   To the point where it was a 388%   reversal,   for the Kansas City Chiefs from regular season to postseason.   Okay. So, yeah, they were in a deficit during regular season.  

[01:16:30] Jamon Fries:

Postseason, they were above hand. No. That was that was just the judges it was just the referees correcting the mistakes from the from the regular season.  

[01:16:39] Jesse Fries:

No. No. No. No. No.   It goes on.   So and they say that the favorable treatment isn't random.   It appears precisely when it matters most. So, basically,   the the the tweaking happens when the Chiefs really need it in the playoffs.   It matter but keeping drives alive, so it generally happened during the third or fourth downs.   I mean In the in the first or second downs, in the third or fourth downs,   and basically kept drives going,   to get points on the board.   When researchers analyze penalties by game situation,   they found refs were significantly more likely to call pen penalties benefiting Kansas City Chiefs   on third and fourth down,   the exact moments,   when a flag can mean the difference between punting and scoring.  



[01:17:31] Jamon Fries:

Okay.  

[01:17:33] Jesse Fries:

And they compared this to, like, Tom Brady's run with the patriots,   you know, because   that's   and the Patriots did not have any favorable. It was just average across the board. There was no benefit or, negative in postseason or,   regular season.  

[01:17:51] Jamon Fries:

Okay.  

[01:17:53] Jesse Fries:

But,   and before they also tested,   checked before Mahomes got to the Chiefs,   and the Chiefs   didn't have any bonus or negative   before then   either. So it it only happened good before then. It only happened with Mahomes because he started bringing in money is what they say.   Plus, the researchers also tracked the officiating crews, so the actual people that were officiating.   And they discovered that the postseason   advantage for Kansas City was driven entirely by referees   who had worked Chiefs playoff games in prior seasons.   Officials with previous Chiefs playoff exposure called game significantly more in favor for Kansas City in subsequent   contests.  

Referees without,   that experience, they showed no bias.   And then you have to figure then they say, well, you have to also figure out, like, who puts the referees   in for which games.   Right?   And so, basically, the whole thing is saying that the NFL skewed,   and the some officiants,   skewed it for the Chiefs.   It's in the numbers. You can read the study, you know, but, it is there,   and  

[01:19:12] Jamon Fries:

I probably didn't do it justice. That's okay. I don't believe in studies anyway.   I knew you would. After all, they're all wrong.  

[01:19:22] Jesse Fries:

But, yeah, it's a I I think   right now, they may be experiencing,   the the the normal of where regular season, they're they're  

[01:19:34] Jamon Fries:

getting bad calls. It I I think They suck this year. Holy crap. I Yeah. I don't think I don't think it's the normal this year. I I think that,   that it's a reaction   to   the   Chiefs having been accused of having these preferential   calls,   because they there are quite a few calls that are that aren't called against to their opponents. Right. Right.   And there are a lot of that I would consider very questionable  

[01:20:06] Jesse Fries:

Mhmm.  

[01:20:07] Jamon Fries:

That are called especially, I mean, this the Monday night's game. I mean, there there were, what, 12 penalties against the Chiefs?  

[01:20:14] Jesse Fries:

Right. Right.  

[01:20:16] Jamon Fries:

I mean, that was   insane.  

[01:20:20] Jesse Fries:

Yeah. Because you guys are used to not having that. Well, no. No. It's  

[01:20:25] Jamon Fries:

it's not that. It's that a lot of that some of them   were I mean, it was definitely judgment calls on the on the part of the ref for some of them. Right. There's   some very obvious blatant ones, of course. But Mhmm. There there's some that   normally wouldn't have been called that were.  

[01:20:44] Jesse Fries:

Right. Right.  

[01:20:45] Jamon Fries:

And I'm not talking because of the preferential treatment. I'm talking   that nobody gets called for that.  

[01:20:53] Jesse Fries:

Right. Right. No. I understand. I understand. Yeah. Yeah. No. I understand. No. The it's   the Chiefs   this year  

[01:21:00] Jamon Fries:

yeah. I'm not the way they're playing I don't know what the hell is going on this year. They it it's like they can't do anything.   They really can't. It's like the, like, Monday night, they they seem to be going well and then Well, the the problem the problem with Monday night is and I knew that there was something wrong   when right at the beginning of the game,   we were beating the crap out of them. Yep. Yep. That's not how the Chiefs play.   The Chiefs suck the first half of the game, and then we come back and win it. Right. Right. Right. That's what the Chiefs do. That's what they've always done. Yeah. So as soon as soon as I saw us getting up in the beginning of the game, I knew that we were in trouble.  

[01:21:44] Jesse Fries:

That's funny. That's funny.   Let let's quickly go through I'm gonna skip that one story. The next one, let's, go through and then, so I can get out of here and get the kids.  

[01:21:57] Jamon Fries:

Yes. Yes.   The one that I have for technology, it's   old technology, but it's a   interesting use. But it   goes along the lines of   robots replacing humans in the workforce.  

[01:22:11] Jesse Fries:

Okay. Okay.  

[01:22:13] Jamon Fries:

So there's a company that and and, I mean, it makes complete sense that they're doing this.   The inventory control companies, you know, the ones where they send people out to the warehouse and stuff and they climb all over the Right. All over the warehouse to count how many of everything there is. Yeah. Yeah.   Well, they're now doing that with drones, so they don't need to hire people to go in there and do it. Makes sense. Makes sense. Yeah. I mean, it they they created small drones that can fly everywhere in the warehouse. Mhmm. They can go up to they can go up above the pallets, make sure that there's nothing not like a hollowed out center area and stuff like that. Right. Because that has that has happened in the past. Mhmm.   But,   yeah. So so this company is using drones for inventory   issues   instead of hiring people to go and climb all over. So Okay.  

Sucks for those people, but   it's definitely   it's   it to me, it makes more sense to do it this way than to have people do it. Either it'll be done a lot faster.  

[01:23:15] Jesse Fries:

Yep. And it's very, very accurate. Mhmm. So Makes sense to me. That's pretty cool. Yeah.  

[01:23:21] Jamon Fries:

Yep.   And then I I saw   a story.   It was   our article about   about the new AI   that that has come out   and using   people that are deceased and   having them saying stuff that they normally wouldn't say and stuff like that. Mhmm.   So they there there was there's this one lady. It's, Robin Williams' daughter.  

[01:23:56] Jesse Fries:

Right.  

[01:23:58] Jamon Fries:

That people have been using his likeness   to create AI   stuff   Mhmm. And sending it to her. Oh, Jesus.   I mean, she gets them all the time. Yeah. You know? Isn't that cool?  

[01:24:13] Jesse Fries:

Leave her alone. And  

[01:24:15] Jamon Fries:

so I I like the the so the type the the problem is is that you can have them say anything you want to with the AI because Right. Libel doesn't   doesn't exist when they're no longer when they're deceased. Well, right. You have no reputation to uphold. Yeah. Right.   And so   but   at the same time, you know, there should be, like, moral   stuff that, you know, you the the, the title of the article is perfect. You can't libel the dead,   but that doesn't mean you should deep fake them.  

[01:24:49] Jesse Fries:

Yeah. Yeah.   Unless if it's funny. If it's really funny, you know. Right. Right.   You know, that's  

[01:25:00] Jamon Fries:

but, I mean, you know, like, there there's   one one thing that, like, I I saw one guy talking. He he hasn't done it yet, he was talking about doing it, about,   doing a deep fake of Richard Nixon   talking about police and stuff like that. How holding an absolute opposite side of on police issues that he Right.   Yep. You know, just stuff like that. And,   you know, I mean, I I could see it.   The the I don't I don't mind so much once like, if you did a deep fake of Abraham Lincoln Lincoln saying something   Mhmm.   I wouldn't really care that much because I've never seen any video of him, and I don't know all There isn't any video. There is no Exactly. There is no such thing to  

[01:25:49] Jesse Fries:

film, no nothing, you know. Exactly. We we have photos. That's the best we got. If you did a deepfake of Albert Einstein  

[01:25:56] Jamon Fries:

or, you know, something   or Mozart or any of them,   I wouldn't say anything because, I mean Well, Einstein was this was twentieth century dude, so there's stuff Yeah. I know. But there's not too many videos of him. Okay. I'm just saying.  

[01:26:13] Jesse Fries:

He's not the title. I know.  

[01:26:16] Jamon Fries:

Well, he's old enough.   I know. If I consider dad prehistoric, I mean, you know, what's Einstein? I mean, come on. Well, Einstein, he died in '55. So, you know, it's Yeah. Oh, okay. So he was five dad was five years old when he died then. Interesting. Yep. Yep. Nice. Nice.   Actually four.  

[01:26:38] Jesse Fries:

Four. Okay. Yeah. Yeah. So it's based off the date.  

[01:26:42] Jamon Fries:

Yep. Yep.   But, but yeah. No. So I mean, I I find it very problematic   with the deep fakes, especially   sending them to   especially if they're recently deceased.   Mhmm. You know, I I don't if you do a deepfake with somebody that died, like, fifty, sixty years ago, I got no problem with that. Right.   But if you're doing a deep fake where their children are still alive and are are and even   even worse, sending them to their children Yeah. Don't send it to them. No. Yeah. No. No. That's just  

[01:27:16] Jesse Fries:

that's uncouth, dude. Just completely Yeah. Yeah.   Yeah. No. I'm with you on that. I am with you on that.   Let's see here. Oh, another study.   So remember studies. Well, this one, I kinda believe. Apparently, political bumper stickers are make you more angry at,   in road rage than,   like, if it's for the other side,   then one for your side or no bumper sticker at all. You'll get more angry. Yeah. I can I can see that?   Funny. Funny.  

[01:27:51] Jamon Fries:

Yeah. Yeah. That   that wouldn't surprise me. I mean,   you know, non non political bumper stickers will piss the fuck out of some people off.   Yeah.   Yep. Yep. Yep. Let let alone a political one if you're on the opposing side. Yep. Yeah. Even the coexist one will piss some people off. Yes.  

[01:28:14] Jesse Fries:

Yes. But, yeah, that's,   that's really all that context.  

[01:28:18] Jamon Fries:

You have anything else? Is that it? No. That's all that's all we've got. Okay.  

[01:28:24] Jesse Fries:

Well, what is going on? My my screen just went to an ad, and I didn't want it to. It's going it went to the attic of the house right now.   Okay. Anyways   Is your computer telling you it's time to end the show? I think so. I think so. And with that, we'd like to thank you for joining us for episode 69, dude, of the Mindless Meandering podcast. I'm Jesse Fries. And I'm Jamin Fries.   And you guys have a great weekend.