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- Jesse Fries

- Jamon Fries

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(00:00:20) Live intro

(00:00:56) NFL weekend recap: Chiefs collapse vs. Houston

(00:04:46) Old dynasty teams, playoffs odds, roster problems

(00:06:32) College football drama: Notre Dame snub and bowl talk

(00:12:12) Politics opener: Jasmine Crockett eyes Senate, Texas maps

(00:15:36) Supreme Court on Texas redistricting and race vs. politics

(00:19:19) SCOTUS to hear birthright citizenship debate

(00:22:37) Hegseth at Reagan event: Reagan–Trump parallels

(00:25:00) Peace through strength and talking to adversaries

(00:29:18) Neocons, nation‑building, and Cold War comparisons

(00:40:32) Iraq, WMD debates, Syria optics, Afghanistan mission creep

(00:47:02) Trump restoration, drug boats, and defense contracting

(00:53:34) Department of War naming riff and soundbites

(00:55:25) Work permits to 18 months? Security vs. bureaucracy

(00:58:01) NYC mayor‑elect guidance on ICE; Minneapolis clash

(01:02:38) Campus disability surge, accommodations, and skepticism

(01:07:34) International quick hits: Russia launch pad, Louvre leak

(01:09:15) UK arrests over US gun photo; EU fines X and free speech

(01:17:59) EU, NATO, borders, and rebranding language rants

(01:19:17) Belgium balks at seizing Russian assets; Ukraine fatigue

(01:20:36) Greta Thunberg fined and briefly banned in Venice

(01:22:04) Value‑for‑value break and donations portal

(01:23:35) Media mega‑mergers: Netflix–Warner vs. Paramount bid

(01:25:14) Study roundup: smells, fasting brain, marriage, cannabis

(01:32:28) Ultra‑processed plant foods and handwriting vs. typing

(01:34:30) Fun stories: Chernobyl "blue dogs" and porta‑potty dye

(01:36:34) Idaho bar’s free‑beer bounty and closing sign‑off

[00:00:21] Jesse Fries:

Good afternoon,   everybody.   It is December 8. It is a Monday, and we are live with episode 80   what is it now? Eighty four Eighty four. Of the mindless meanderings. I'm Jesse Fries.   And,   yeah, apparently, there's a tsunami warning or going on in Japan right now. So there you go.  

[00:00:41] Jamon Fries:

And I'm Jamin Fries. And,   yeah, there ain't much.   Yeah. Yeah. There's not really anything I'm all that interested in that's going on or anything. It's just a boring weekend.   It's just a very boring weekend.  

[00:00:57] Jesse Fries:

Well and your chief's lost. So, you know, that's so, I mean yeah.  

[00:01:03] Jamon Fries:

Yeah.   We we were robbed. Yes.  

[00:01:06] Jesse Fries:

I   you know, at first, I thought so, especially off that,   the first time call.   Yeah. And then after that, you guys could buy your way out of the paper. But yeah. And then you guys couldn't buy your way out of a paper bag. It was just Well, we did we did really well for the third quarter.  

[00:01:21] Jamon Fries:

But then it was, like, the fourth quarter, they just completely fell apart and couldn't do jack shit.  

[00:01:27] Jesse Fries:

Yeah. Houston's defense had your number like nobody's business. It was Oh, yeah. Yeah.  

[00:01:33] Jamon Fries:

And it A fourth you know, we got lucky that our defense   actually did pretty well in the latter half of the game. Right.   They didn't allow much to happen,   but it just wasn't enough. The our offense   I mean, you know, the the thing that I absolutely hate and, you know, a lot of people looking at it, they'll unfortunately, this is gonna look really bad on the homes Mhmm. Because   there were so many incomplete passes. Oh, yeah. Yeah. But   they were all right into the hands of their chosen receivers.  

[00:02:10] Jesse Fries:

No. A lot of them were. Yeah. It was   the the it was cold,  

[00:02:15] Jamon Fries:

but still Yeah. But still but, I mean, this this is something that I've noticed for, like, the last three or four weeks now. The the the receivers just can't catch the balls.  

[00:02:25] Jesse Fries:

No. They really can't. They really can't. They they they need some ball control. That's what they need. Yeah.  

[00:02:31] Jamon Fries:

Uh-huh. I mean, the ball can be placed in the perfect place, you know. There there was one it bounced off his face guard. You know, I'll give him that. It was a little bit high. It's hard to catch that.   But   the ones where it's, like, right into their chest and it bounces out or into their hands as they're reaching out for it, and it's, like, right where it's supposed to be. Now that is their job to catch that ball.  

[00:02:56] Jesse Fries:

Oh, completely completely. Yeah. No. It's   I I I thought they had a chance, and then they just seriously   fucked it all up. They really did. Yeah. If if  

[00:03:07] Jamon Fries:

you if you if you looked at it from, like, the second quarter on, for the second and third quarter,   almost every ball that was thrown was caught. Mhmm.   They started looking like the old Chiefs again. They were catching those balls that everyone should catch.  

[00:03:21] Jesse Fries:

Right. Right.  

[00:03:22] Jamon Fries:

And then in the last quarter, it's like they couldn't   catch   they they couldn't have catched it if he threw it at a quarter of a mile per hour.  

[00:03:32] Jesse Fries:

No. Exactly. Exactly. And it's not like   Houston was a much better team. They had the same record team in Houston. Not. Yeah.   Yeah. No.   I I I watched it. I always like to watch the Chiefs lose. That's actually due Yeah. Why I and what's funny is that the only time I cheered for the Cowboys  

[00:03:50] Jamon Fries:

is last time when they played the Chiefs. It was the only time. I was like, I hate the Cowboys as well. Then that's that's usually the way it goes with the Cowboys and the Patriots. You know? Uh-huh. Yep. Those old dynasty teams, everybody loves to hate them. No. They do. They do. And the only time that you'll cheer for them is when the new dynasty team is playing them because you hate the new dynasty team too. Yeah. Yeah. But  

[00:04:14] Jesse Fries:

let's see if that dynasty keeps up because Oh, I I don't think it has a chance now. I mean, I don't think there's I I I don't know. Wonder if they could even rebuild. I don't know. It's they might be able to. The problem the problem is is that the players that are making the mistakes right now Uh-huh.  

[00:04:31] Jamon Fries:

Are the ones   that we have to rely on because   there are there are old players. Oh, no. Completely. Completely. You know, it it's not like the new guys   are screwing up that bat. True. True.   I mean, you you look at okay. So one thing that I always heard about Houston's about Houston's defense   was that they're really strong from the outside.   Right. Right? Uh-huh. And so when I heard that our starting   left tackle   was injured,   I was concerned.   Right. When his replacement was taken out   at the very first play of the game, I was really concerned about, you know, Mahomes getting hit a lot. Yeah. I saw that. I'm like, oh, no.   I was like, oh god. We're we're fucked. Uh-huh. Yeah. Completely. But the guy that came in,   he didn't let them do anything on that side. None of none of the pressure came from that side, except for maybe once.  

None of the none of the sacks came from that side.   He did a damn good good job.  

[00:05:36] Jesse Fries:

Well, yeah. With there were, what, how many sacks? Three, at least? Yeah. Yeah. The the other side didn't do nearly as good of a job. So yeah. It's   you know, it it was a the whole team, they they can't really pull it together. They really can't. No. No.   It it's been proven, that   it's just been proven, you know? So  

[00:05:57] Jamon Fries:

yeah. And they they the old the old blood has   gotten old. They they just can't do what they used to be able to do. Completely. And the only way they'll make the can they even make the playoffs? I I don't know. There is still a very slight possibility.   A lot of teams have to lose key games, and they have to basically win everything from now on to do it. Right. Yeah.   But I'm   I'm   I'm pretty firm in that we're not even gonna make it to the playoffs this year. No. Completely. I'm with you. I'm  

[00:06:28] Jesse Fries:

with you. Yeah.   Well, let's,   go. Did did you, just speaking of sports and everything like that, did you hear about, like, Notre Dame, what they did? Yes. I heard that, they  

[00:06:41] Jamon Fries:

I no. I didn't I don't know what their records were or anything like that, but I know that Notre Dame didn't get into the into the,  

[00:06:49] Jesse Fries:

the tournament round. Right. They didn't get into the tournament. And so because of that, they go, oh, we're not even gonna do the bowl game. You know?  

[00:06:58] Jamon Fries:

It's like Oh, god.  

[00:07:00] Jesse Fries:

Losers. Come on, dude. Sore losers. Plain and simple. You know? It's,   because there were quite a few good teams this year when when it comes to college football. You know, Texas Tech, Indiana.   It was nice to see Indiana beat Ohio State. That was fun.  

[00:07:18] Jamon Fries:

Yeah. I mean, there there were definitely   quite a few good teams in the in in the college   in the college football field area. Yeah.   And, I   mean, Notre Dame,   they used to be one of the greats.   Used to be being the keyword. I I don't think they've been one of the greats for a long time now.  

[00:07:40] Jesse Fries:

Well, what was the record? Let's see.  

[00:07:53] Jamon Fries:

See. And the one article that I read on it, it basically made it sound like   they were   very close it to making it in. Oh, they were 10 of two. So  

[00:08:04] Jesse Fries:

Oh.   So so and they were ranked number coaches ranked them nine. AP ranked them nine. So they were, like, ninth in the country.  

[00:08:14] Jamon Fries:

But So how the hell did the not make it into the tournament?  

[00:08:17] Jesse Fries:

Let's see here. What's that called? CFP?   The CFP ranked them at 11.  

[00:08:28] Jamon Fries:

Let's see. There's more than 10 teams in the tournament.  

[00:08:31] Jesse Fries:

Right. Right. So   okay. The people that got in let's see. So Ohio State is number   well, that was December 6.   Miami, Texas,   A and M, Texas Tech, Indiana, Georgia, Ohio State, Alabama.   Yeah. No. Hey. I I think it's just you have to break one. You you know, it's just no matter what, somebody's gonna be pissed. I really think this is Yeah. Because it's like   all of these well, hold on.   Okay. So two teams   made it in the had the same record, the hurricanes and the Sooners.  

[00:09:30] Jamon Fries:

Okay.   But What about the team that made it in instead of them?  

[00:09:36] Jesse Fries:

Wait.   That that's the thing. It's like   oh, Alabama too.  

[00:09:44] Jamon Fries:

I can't remember who it was, but it it seems like it was a smaller college,   not one of the big names. Oh, James Madison?   Could be.  

[00:09:54] Jesse Fries:

Yeah. There's James Madison, Ole Miss, Tulane,   maybe Tulane.  

[00:09:59] Jamon Fries:

Maybe.  

[00:10:00] Jesse Fries:

But all the other ones are just  

[00:10:02] Jamon Fries:

big boys. So Yeah. Yeah. They they weren't one of the big names.   The the article read the article that I read just said that they chose this other college over new Notre Dame to get in.  

[00:10:14] Jesse Fries:

Oh. And Yeah. Possibly too late, but I don't know.  

[00:10:20] Jamon Fries:

But, I mean, if Notre Dame was ten and two,   I mean, that's   Oh, yeah. I understand. I understand. But That's kinda funky. Yeah. Especially if the other team wasn't as what didn't have as good of a record. I have no clue what the two lanes Yeah. Record was. So I'll have to try to find that article again to to find out just who it was. But,   well, I I I guess I I guess I was wrong. Notre Dame was actually pretty good this year. No. Yeah. Yeah. They were good. They were good. It's just  

[00:10:54] Jesse Fries:

these are the lumps when it comes to this whole new system. You know, it's there's a limited   amount of spots,   and I'm sure they wanna be able   to let not one of the big boys in. I bet that's exactly what it is. It's like, oh, yeah. All these guys are great. But let let let's get in more of a wild card. You know? Everybody loves that under good dog story. More than likely.   So Yeah.  

[00:11:18] Jamon Fries:

Which really frustrates me in these kinds of situations. You know, we're talking about tournaments.   The tournaments should be the best of the best. No. I understand. I understand. See, with football though, it's just tough. It really is. It's No. It is. Everything like that. It is. And and but, you know, what you do is if you want those if you want those   Cinderella stories, the underdog stories to to be there,   then you just increase the size of the pool that's playing for   it. No. I understand. I understand. Yeah. You know, you go the you go the route of the five of the end of the,   of the final four.  



[00:11:56] Jesse Fries:

Yeah. That part work. That part work.   But yeah. Oh, well. I don't care about Notre Dame. So, you know, it was Yeah. Yeah.  

[00:12:05] Jamon Fries:

Okay. It's been a very long time since I've been in the news anyways. So, you know, I was in the news this time. Yep. Yep. Yep.  

[00:12:12] Jesse Fries:

Okay. Let's start with yours, Jamin.  

[00:12:15] Jamon Fries:

Alrighty. So Jasmine Crockett, who now according to the new congressional   map Uh-huh. Loses her district   Right. Has decided she wants to run for senate.  

[00:12:29] Jesse Fries:

No. It's not gonna happen.   There's no way. No way. That's  

[00:12:34] Jamon Fries:

And from what I've heard,   basically, all of the Democrats that had been planning on running for for senate now Uh-huh. Have backed out so that she's gonna be, like, the only one running.  

[00:12:48] Jesse Fries:

Wow.   Wow. Yeah.  

[00:12:50] Jamon Fries:

Well, I mean, that that that is how the Democrat party does it. No. I They don't they don't allow for for   people to have   differences.  

[00:13:02] Jesse Fries:

No. I know. But this is Jasmine Crock. She is crazy.   She she isn't  

[00:13:08] Jamon Fries:

No.   This is the woman that that when when trying to find out who Epstein gave money to, didn't care if it was that Jeffrey Epstein. Is that right?  

[00:13:20] Jesse Fries:

Yeah.   You you   know, in all honesty,   it's Texas. So   Yeah. You might as well run a dipshit with a personality   Oh, yeah. Yeah. Versus,   what, Colin Allard Allard or Allen or whatever his name was,   that ran before him and who was gonna run again. You know? It's like, you know, you know? It's like Yeah. You kept running for this and running for that. It's like, just just go away, baby. Just go away.  

[00:13:51] Jamon Fries:

Yeah. If you lose if you lose, the the your likelihood of winning in the future is extremely loud.  

[00:13:58] Jesse Fries:

Yeah. Yeah. You know? So now we'll have probably what is it? The Republican?   Ken Paxton. And if it's him, then I'll have, like   then I'll have to like Tom or Ted Cruz more than I do, which I just don't like because I I Yeah. I I I don't like   our attorney general either. He's   a corrupt   Yep.   Allegedly corrupt.   And   it's   Yeah.  

[00:14:28] Jamon Fries:

Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. No. I I know exactly what you mean.  

[00:14:33] Jesse Fries:

Yeah. But speaking of that whole, thing where she doesn't have a district anymore, yeah, it looks it's official. The Supreme Court,   just said you can use the new one. Plain and simple.   That was their decision.   They had   they had stopped the lower court from going, and then they made the final decision   Okay.   Recently too over the weekend   Yep. Or Friday or something like that. So, yeah, the the new one is good to go. That that one was a bit interesting because they actually said that the reason why   they're allowing it to go through   is because   the lower courts   Does he hold on?  

Oh, the the lower court failed to honor the presumption of legislative good faith.   So, basically, what what this whole thing boils down to is,   some people the Democrats were saying that this was completely race based.   So everything that was done was based off of race.   Right.   And so because of that, you cannot legally   base something off of race when it comes to gerrymandering and everything. Yeah. Gerrymandering is not illegal. You can gerrymander all you want as long as it is not race based.  

[00:15:52] Jamon Fries:

Mhmm.  

[00:15:54] Jesse Fries:

And so, basically,   the question comes in is   since   Democrats, their majority of people are blacks and Hispanics   and other minorities,   at what point   can you say that it's based off of race and not off of politics?   Yeah.   You know? And so, basically,   the Supreme Court says   you there's also this whole thing where you say   that a court has to   without   actual proof, they have to   side with the legislature because you have to presume   that they were doing it for political reasons rather   than racial reasons.   Right.   And there's nothing that has been proven that or I've I haven't seen anything that decidedly says   our legislature would, oh, yeah. It's because we don't like the black people.  

Right. You know? It was all about politics. You know? And Trump talking, it was all about politics.   Yeah. Absolutely.   When Trump said, do you give me five more? You know? Yeah. Purely Yeah. Political. So   Yeah.   And then it was No. That makes absolute sense. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. It it was kinda funny. It's like in the whole decision, they also said that   something about that, this whole thing   happened too late. As in   you can't just   quickly decide at the very nth hour   to actually   change these things. Right? Yeah. And which makes sense. But then I I saw some Democrats go, but the election isn't until next year.   The thing is, though, is that it had the districts had to be finalized   by,   like, in a couple days   Yeah. For the next year's election.  



[00:17:45] Jamon Fries:

Yes. That way the way they have time to print everything out. That way everybody knows where where they need to go to vote. That way everybody knows   who's allowed to run for office in those districts and stuff like that. Exactly. Because, you know, when when you redistrict,   you   you have to live in the district that you're running for in most states.   Well I don't know if it's I don't know if that's something that's nationwide.   I I don't know about that. Yeah. I'm not sure. I know that I know that in in in some states anyways, you have to live in the district that you're running for. Or have a house that you say you live in. Yeah. Yeah.   Yes. Absolutely.  

But you have to have a residence there. And so   they   so as the maps are redrawn,  

[00:18:34] Jesse Fries:

it's a potential that your district may be somewhere else. Yeah. Yeah. No. Exactly. And Jasmine Crockett's out because of it. So   but nobody's crying over that. Nobody is. Everybody's crying about that. I I haven't heard any Democrats crying about that either.   Not about that one.   And they go, oh, you wanna run for senate? Okay. I guess.  

[00:18:59] Jamon Fries:

So It's like a consolation prize for, we'll let you run for it. Yeah. Oh, yeah. Chance at hell getting it, but we'll let you run for it. Yeah. There is no chance at hell. There really isn't.  

[00:19:11] Jesse Fries:

They thought they had some chances later.   Yep.   There really isn't any chance. Yeah. But yeah.   Let's see here. Speaking of the Supreme Court,   so they are also the Supreme Court has decided that they will actually take up, the citizen birthright,  

[00:19:30] Jamon Fries:

question. I heard about that.   So   What? They're gonna start the hearings in, like, May or something like that? Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. It'll probably be decided in June or whatnot. Yep.  

[00:19:42] Jesse Fries:

Yeah. No. It it's,   there seems to be some disparity in between the different districts.   So Okay. It just makes sense. And Yeah. Yeah. That's a big one. So That's a huge one. Yeah. Based off of everything that I've read of it, now I'm not a perfect expert or anything like that. But just from the reading of it, I would say that,   and from just knowledge of history that   it shouldn't be there shouldn't be birthright citizenship   even based off the constitution.   Yeah.   That that   constitutional amendment was just there to   allow   every   former slave   citizen. Yes.  

So and then not not to allow   everybody.   And even right after that, not if you were born here, that didn't actually mean you were a citizen technically Yeah.   For decades after that. So Right. Yeah. It's it's  

[00:20:39] Jamon Fries:

it's a newer interpretation.  

[00:20:41] Jesse Fries:

Mhmm.  

[00:20:43] Jamon Fries:

And,   you know, it it's one that   I think   I think the the delineation   need does need to occur that, you know, if you're born to a US citizen, yes, you're a United States citizen.   Yeah. But was.   You know, and and you can make some extrapolations   into the,   you know, if you if you're like a permanent resident or something like that, I could see citizenship for for their children.   Mhmm.   But if you're just here on a work visa or something like that, yeah, no, no. Because you're going back home.  

[00:21:19] Jesse Fries:

No. I I completely understand.   I I I'm I understand that it would cause problems and whatnot. Yeah. But, no. I understand. It's, like, actually, technically,   some of my,   well, my wife's cousin.   I they're pretty much my nieces and nephews, but basically,   their parents aren't American. One's French. One's,   Kenyan.   Yeah.   So, technically, those kids and they were now they're on green cards. So the kids would automatically get green carded.   But,   technically,   they were they were not on green cards when the kids were born. So   that could   depending on how far back this goes, I think it it's not retroactive.  



[00:22:00] Jamon Fries:

Yeah. No.   No. It it's not retroactive at all. It I think, it goes back to so anyone that was born before his executive order came out Right. Is still going to be a United States citizen. It's just going to be from now on, they wouldn't fit better. Right. Right.  

[00:22:19] Jesse Fries:

That's what I'm thinking too. So Yeah.  

[00:22:23] Jamon Fries:

Yeah. Because it retroactively   going and taking away their citizenship   would be   bad considering that it was the law of the land, and you can't make retroactive  

[00:22:33] Jesse Fries:

laws. So No. Yeah. Completely. Completely. I'm with that.   Okay. So   I have actually   so, Higgs, that'd be Texas. He gave a speech at the Ronald Reagan,   something something something.   And, basically,   what he's doing is he's laying out basically,   like, Trump and how he's kinda like Reagan and so on and so forth. Yeah. But also just talking about different policy and criticizing   neocons and everything like that. So I I actually have some clips of this. I have about, like, nine clips.   And, we'll go through it and discuss it as we go along and see what we think. Yeah. Trying something new. Look at that.   There we go.  

This way it is, Reagan and Trump, how they're   kinda similar.  

[00:23:24] Unknown:

You know, folks in Washington   like to invoke president Reagan's name   often when they criticize president Trump.   They say or at least insinuate that Donald Trump is nothing like Ronald Reagan.   They say the current president's approach is nothing like the vision championed by Ronald Reagan at the height of the cold war. As we grapple with the Soviets and ultimately   prevailed.   But those folks are wrong. They're dead wrong.   Most who invoke Ronald Reagan's name today,   especially self styled Republican hawks,   are not much like   Ronald Reagan.  

The policies they've championed are nothing like his. In fact, for the better part of thirty years,   they've been quite the opposite.   If you look at actual policies, Donald Trump is the true and rightful heir of Ronald Reagan.   It's president Trump who has inherited and restored president Reagan's powerful but focused and realistic approach   to national defense.  

[00:24:34] Jesse Fries:

So   how do you feel about that? Do you think that's right? Do you think that,   Trump is more Reaganite than   here's a little bit   of why Hankset thinks that. Let's go with that. Let's see if that  

[00:24:51] Jamon Fries:

helps. Turn the volume up a little bit too. I could barely hear it at the end there. You you can barely hear it? Yeah.  

[00:25:00] Jesse Fries:

Okay. Let's try that here. Let me know if that's good. Okay. Reagan rebuilt the military after Vietnam,  

[00:25:07] Unknown:

And that is rightfully considered one of his greatest achievements.   President Trump has done and is doing   the same,   making historic investments in   defense.   But president Reagan also believed   sincerely in the peace part of peace through strength   as his actions showed.   It was not a popular thing to do at the time at the height of the cold war to talk to communists.   Yet president Reagan did.   During his high profile meetings with Mikhail Gorbachev and others, Ronald Reagan saw the prudence   and potential in engaging with our nation's adversaries from a position of strength. So he did.   Even in the face of fierce criticism at home, including from his own party.  



[00:25:56] Jesse Fries:

I do remember that. Reagan willing to talk with Gorbachev and everything like that. So Yeah. Reagan Reagan Reagan  

[00:26:04] Jamon Fries:

did approach things the same way that Trump did. He was he was actually   more willing to talk to enemies   to try to   solve the problems than he was that he he   you heard him talking about talk talk talking about into   Russia and China and all that a lot more than you heard about him talking to Europe.  

[00:26:26] Jesse Fries:

No. Completely. Completely.   Yeah.   And then with that, you know, this is skipping I'm skipping around in the whole thing. But,   this is what Higgseth said about Trump when it comes to that.  

[00:26:40] Unknown:

Like president Reagan,   president Trump is willing to talk to rivals.   From Mikhail Gorbachev to Deng Xiaoping in the nineteen eighties to Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping today.   This is born of strength,   not weakness.   It is born of clarity   of purpose. Folks in Washington like to criticize president Trump for doing so, but those critics forget   that this is exactly what Ronald Reagan did,   and America   was better off for it.  

[00:27:13] Jesse Fries:

Yeah. Yeah. No. This is   yeah. If you talk to these people, you might actually get something done. You know? That's the whole point of diplomacy.  

[00:27:21] Jamon Fries:

You know? Well and, you know, the the   what's the alternative? The alternative is actual war. No. Yeah. Yeah. Exactly. I mean, the alternative is soldiers dying.  

[00:27:32] Jesse Fries:

And Wars soldiers. Want that. Yeah. Yeah. Innocents die. Yeah. Yeah. No. We we don't want that. You know? It's,   if only you would actually talk, then you could actually get something done. You know? But yeah, when   it comes to,   like, the neocons and everything like that, they really had   have this idea that   they could do whatever they want because, they won the cold war. You know? It's Yep.   Which just led to   all sorts of issues.  

[00:28:05] Jamon Fries:

Well, not not only that, but, you know,   to me, they all   it it's like okay. So   The US has   I don't know if it's always, but for a very, very long time now, we've had the policy   of we don't negotiate with terrorists. You know? We don't and stuff like that. Right. Well, the problem is is that   many people   see   Russia   like they would see terrorists.   They don't see a difference between Russia and the Taliban.   They don't see a difference between   a   organized country that has a standing military   and insurgents.   Yeah. Yeah.   When when there's a standing military in an organized country, you talk to them   so that you don't go to war.  

When it's insurgents,   sure, you may talk to this one, but nobody else is gonna is gonna follow what that one said. Yep. Yep. You know, if if you make an agreement, a peace agreement with   with with   one individual, the rest of the group isn't necessarily gonna hold to that peace agreement. No. So there's no so there's absolutely it's useless to talk to them. Mhmm. Whereas when it's when you're dealing with a country with a standing military,   you make a peace deal with Gorbachev   or with,   Putin.   They ain't gonna be coming at you with war.   No. They won't. His soldiers are gonna follow what he says.  



[00:29:35] Jesse Fries:

They they will. That's the big difference.  

[00:29:37] Jamon Fries:

And  

[00:29:40] Jesse Fries:

and, you know,   also, the big difference is that,   generally, leaders of countries are not   insane. Yeah. You you you know, it's, yes, I know the American people. There are exceptions.   Well, of course, there always are. But Yeah. The United States is always during the cold war and everything like that, we always had this idea,   or at least the people did, that the commies were crazy. You you you know? It's Yeah. But they weren't. You know? They were   they were just afraid of us as we were of them.   They thought we were crazy and were willing to go to nuclear war. You know? And we thought the same of them.   Yeah.  

And that's what it is now. You know? It's like everybody in the West seems to be like, oh, Putin. He's crazy. Putin crazy. You know? And so he's gonna invade   Europe and everything like that when he has shown no indication of that. I haven't seen one bit. The only indication I have seen of that is European leaders going, oh, he's gonna attack us. That's the only thing.  

[00:30:41] Jamon Fries:

Yeah.   Now the only thing I've you you have to pay attention to what they say as well as what they do. Uh-huh.   And   the only thing out of Putin that I've ever heard is that   he wants that he wants to make sure that there's always that buffer zone between him and the UN.   Be be or between him and NATO. Oh, no. Because because he knows that NATO wants to destroy Russia.   Yep. Yep.   I mean, they have said that publicly that they wanna do that. Oh, yeah. They have. They have. So   why should he not fight to keep that buffer zone going?  

[00:31:18] Jesse Fries:

That that's what I figured. They basically, ever since the Soviet Union fell, it's NATO's policy to completely get rid of,   Russia. You know? They just wanna basically wipe it off the planet to where it can't pose a risk at all. You know? It's a very Yep.   Antagonistic,   point of view  

[00:31:40] Jamon Fries:

that NATO has towards Russia, which I've never really fully understood. To me, it's really funny considering that and unless you go back to, like, the era,   before communism   came about Uh-huh.   Russia has never once made any movements   into Europe   other than   when Germany attacked them.  

[00:32:07] Jesse Fries:

Poland would not agree with that   estimate. I'm just saying.   But then Poland was always just a wasteland for war in between Prussia and Russia.   Yeah. Yeah. Or the Holy Roman Empire. You know? It was that that that's all it was there for. You know? So,   you know, Poland had has a different viewpoint on that.  

[00:32:27] Jamon Fries:

Yeah. Yeah. I could see that. I mean, Poland has gotten screwed over by everybody around them. No. Completely. Completely. You you know? And,  

[00:32:36] Jesse Fries:

you know, I I understand   the hesitancy   of,   like, like, the Croatians,   Lithuanians, and everything like that Oh, yeah. Yeah. The Baltic and everything. I understand that. Yeah. Because they are neighbors to Russia, everything like that, and there are Russian speakers there and everything like that. So it it it can be a bit tense and everything like that. But Mhmm. When it comes to Western Europe,   Russian people don't give a shit about Western Europe. They they care more about the Slavic people. That that's their their their their common folk. You know? Yep. It's,  

[00:33:10] Jamon Fries:

because they have a identity with them. Western people, they're completely different than the Russians and the Slavics. So No. The the only the only people that really need to be concerned and be worried about what Russia is gonna do   would be the former   USSR states.   No. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Because, I mean, it I if I'm not mistaken, Putin has said that he would like to   to reform the USSR in a way.   I'm not sure if he exactly said that. I know he Not those exact words, but, I mean, that that's how people have interpreted what he said. Well, yeah. Of course.  

[00:33:46] Jesse Fries:

Yeah.   He he he finds   he finds the fall of the Soviet Union to be a geopolitical   tragedy.   Oh, yeah.   Which I can understand because it completely changed geopolitics.   So It did. Yeah. I I I'm not sure if he's stuck on I don't think he's stuck on the past, though. See, that's the thing. Everybody thinks he's stuck on the past, and I don't think he's stuck on the past. No.  

[00:34:10] Jamon Fries:

So Well, and and, you know, in in a way,   the the thing about the thing about   the former USSR   and how it benefited Russia in and of itself   is   a lot   of   the resources,   like food and stuff like that, came out of countries that were not in that were not Russia.   You know, Russia itself Ukraine. Yeah. Yeah. Russia itself, it's tough to grow  

[00:34:43] Jesse Fries:

a lot of crops in Russia. No. Yeah. Yeah. Ukraine is was the bread basket of, the Soviet Union. Yeah. Definitely.  

[00:34:51] Jamon Fries:

It's So, I mean, the they're   so the the loss of all of those outside   countries that that were part of the USSR   had had really   negatively impacted Russia in and of itself.   And so now they're just trying to figure out a way to,   you know, and   using normal geopolitical   means,   it wouldn't be hard for them to get that food brought in.   Right.   Right. But everyone keeps hitting them with sanctions. Everyone keeps saying you can't   you can't trade with Russia.   You know, I mean, all this stuff is going on, and Russia is just sitting there like, well, what the fuck are we supposed to do?  

[00:35:37] Jesse Fries:

I'm not sure if it's a   food issue on their part. I really don't know. It may not be. I mean I I think it's strategic is really what it is. No. Yeah. I mean, it's strategic.   And also to defend their fellow Russians.   Yeah. Because remember, the Nazis in Ukraine were attacking the Russian speakers   Yep. In the   Donbass and everything like that. So, you know, it's   so you have to take that into consideration. And then Crimea, that was solely because   they because it was   originally, it was Russian, and then Russia gave it to Ukraine during the Soviet Union era.   Yep.  

And then, basically, with NATO in the EU,   core team and trying to get Ukraine to join them,   if they lost Crimea if Russia lost access to Crimea, which is their one major warm water port,   they'd be fucked. Oh, big time. Yeah. And so it was a strategic point to actually take Crimea. It it it they just had to happen for them. It's not   and so you have to think about all these things. You know? It's like whether or not   this whole idea I I hate the idea that   borders are static.   I I really do not like  

[00:36:57] Jamon Fries:

it. That is something that came about,   I think, the end of World War  

[00:37:02] Jesse Fries:

two one Yeah. Yeah. It was, '2. Yep.  

[00:37:06] Jamon Fries:

And it was it was simply because they   I I think it was more of   you know, I I don't even know why they did it. Mhmm.   Because borders should never be static.   You know, during times of peace, yes, they can be static without a doubt.   But,   I mean, it  

[00:37:30] Jesse Fries:

no. If   Well, no. See, to me, it's not  

[00:37:34] Jamon Fries:

it that's the dream. You you you know, that you could actually the dream, but the the the It's not reality. I have the problem that I have with static borders   is   when they're arbitrarily   drawn up borders.   No. Completely. Yeah. Yeah.   Like all of Africa.   The entirety of Africa is artificially drawn up borders. Well, same with the Middle East.  

[00:37:59] Jesse Fries:

So yeah. Yeah. So some guy in London   just decided to draw some lines wherever he wanted to draw. Yeah. Exactly. Mhmm.  

[00:38:08] Jamon Fries:

And so that just causes   problems   everywhere.  

[00:38:12] Jesse Fries:

No. It does. It does. Especially when   it's   it wasn't decided by the people on the ground Yeah. There. You know, like, the actual people that live there. You know? It's   but, you know, it   you know, it's borders come and change. To me, the idea   that humanity can   have static borders is just hilarious.   It's they're gonna be the spirit. They're gonna be fought over. They're gonna be this. They're gonna be that. You you know, it's like you start taking water. Well,   the I was using that water. I need that water.   You know? And then all of a sudden, you have a war over borders because you somebody needs to control the water supply, you know, for the nation. So Yeah.  



[00:38:53] Jamon Fries:

Yeah. Many different reasons. Like,   in Israel when the,   I think it was the Syrians   tried to   reroute the water that goes to the main lake that provides basically all of the water for Israel. Uh-huh.   Yeah. There was a pretty good war fought on that. Now it's a long lasting war, but there was a war. No. Exactly.  

[00:39:14] Jesse Fries:

Exactly.   Let's see here. Let's continue. He, he goes against,   he has a a few things about,   the problems,   that have come about because of certain people. So let's, go into those real quick.  

[00:39:31] Unknown:

Hey. Ronald Reagan's   discipline focused and realistic approach was a far cry   from the grandiose   nation building,   moralistic,   and rudderless wars that many of his self described acolytes   let us into in the decades after Reagan left office.   Indeed, it's only under President Trump's leadership during his first term and now that we've been able to restore America's greatness after years of suffering under the so called bipartisan   consensus,   which is really just a euphemism   for disastrous   foreign policy.  

[00:40:08] Jesse Fries:

Yeah.   Like Yeah.   From   especially after nine eleven, it was just Oh, yeah. Bad foreign policy. It was Yeah. It was   I wouldn't say Clinton was the best. He was bombing,   medicine factories   Mhmm. To to,   divert from the Monica Lewinsky   scandal. You know? It's,   yeah.   So   and then you have   nine eleven, and then for some reason, we attacked Iraq. That that was, like, going well, that's kinda random. You know? In the heat of the moment, you go, okay. I guess.   I guess. And then as you think about it, you're, like, going, really? Why did we attack Iraq? You know? Yeah. It's   like,   why now? Just because, he wanted to   Hussein wanted to kill your daddy? Was that really   why we went in there?  



[00:41:02] Jamon Fries:

Pretty much. Yeah. I mean Yeah. Yeah. And then You know, I mean, now the   the the arguments that were made,   you know, like, the weapons of mass destruction. Right. Right. Right. Right.   People may think that I'm a little bit conspiratorial   about that. Uh-huh.   I know that they had them   because they had used them.  

[00:41:30] Jesse Fries:

Yeah. About twenty, thirty years before. Yeah.  

[00:41:33] Jamon Fries:

It wasn't quite that long ago. A lot of it was worth. Yeah. It was some time though.   There was some time. Yes. But   with   to to me, I just and and this is the conspiratorial   part of of my ram of my rambling on this is that,   you know, we announced when we're gonna be launching the war on Iraq on on Iraq.   Uh-huh.   The day before, and this was seen by the troops that were watching everything going on,   the day before, suddenly, there's semi after semi after semi after semi   Right. Taking stuff to Syria. Yeah. Yeah.  

[00:42:10] Jesse Fries:

Well, yeah.  

[00:42:11] Jamon Fries:

Shortly thereafter,   Syria starts using chemical  

[00:42:17] Jesse Fries:

oil. Did it   come?   You   know?   See, to me, the thing that didn't help whether or not he had it or not Yeah.   Saddam Hussein, he actually said, yes. I have it. During that whole buildup, he was going, yes. I have. Yeah. Yes. I have. And I'm not giving it up and everything like that. Yep. So he did whether or not it was there or not, you know, and whether or not Syria has because the white helmets in Syria, it seems like they were Oh, yeah. Faking   some chemical attacks.   It wouldn't surprise me at all. Yeah. Yeah. I I I I   and it's been proven that they faked   that Assad. War war war has become all about optics now. No. It really has. Fully about anything other than optics. Yeah. But, you know, truth matters in life, in my political time. Yeah. And so yeah.  

But, yeah, it's like all those worse than then you have Afghanistan that just dragged on for no reason.  

[00:43:13] Jamon Fries:

Why did we even go into Afghanistan?  

[00:43:16] Jesse Fries:

Well, because they are harboring,   Bin Laden.   That's why we win it.  

[00:43:24] Jamon Fries:

Okay. But why did we stay?  

[00:43:27] Jesse Fries:

After we got Bin Laden, who was actually in Pakistan.   Yeah.   That's that's the question, dude. That's the quest nation building. Nation building, dude. That's what it is. Yeah. That that's right. Because the Taliban was evil. Right. Right. And speaking of that here, let's see what he has to say. I think this one has something on the or is it not sure which one.   Oh, this one. Here we go. For years of bipartisan  

[00:43:53] Unknown:

consensus of neoconservatives   and liberal   internationalists   led us from one disaster to another.   They sent our nation's sons and daughters to war after   rudderless war   even as they allowed our allies to grow weaker   and our potential rivals   stronger.  

[00:44:12] Jesse Fries:

And then also  

[00:44:13] Unknown:

Ronald Reagan taught us the value of focused powerful leadership.   But his so called disciples didn't heed that lesson.   Since the end of the cold war, a generation of self proclaimed neo Reaganites   have touted Reagan's name,   but didn't govern Lincoln.   All the bluster, none of the clarity.   That's especially true   in the military realm.   This generation of self proclaimed neo Reaganites abandoned Reagan's actual wise policies   in favor of unchecked neo conservatism and economic globalism.   In economics, they dismantled our industrial base, shipping it overseas.   At the same time, in diplomacy and defense, they swore off the clear eyed flexible realism of Reagan,   Nixon,   and Eisenhower.  



[00:45:02] Jesse Fries:

And they also went for nation building. That was the whole thing. Bring democracy   everywhere. You know? Yeah. That was like George Bush and everything and Obama. Democracy. Democracy.  

[00:45:13] Jamon Fries:

Well and that to me, that's one of the biggest flaws anywhere because Completely. Democracy   is not   the is not an ideal form of government. It's not like the perfect government for everyone.   Even the United States government, you know, which is a republic instead of a democracy is not ideal for everyone.  

[00:45:34] Jesse Fries:

Well, not only that, but a democracy   should be brought   about by the demo,   by the p p. Yes. You you you Otherwise It it it's not a democracy if it's been forced on you. No. It really isn't. It really isn't.   So yeah. No. I   I I I I just   the neocons and everything like that, they really fucked over foreign policy.   I really think so.  

[00:46:01] Jamon Fries:

Well, and and they took a strong they took a strong Iraq that could stand up to Iran Yep. Yep. And turned it   into Iran's laptop.   No. Completely. Completely.   Yep. Because when they went to the democracy in Iraq,  

[00:46:16] Jesse Fries:

they lost all of their power. Yeah. No. Iraq and Iran were they were at loggerheads. They were attacking each other. You know, why can't we just leave that? You know? We we we we got rid of Saddam Hussein.   And so all of a sudden, Iran could spend all their money and everything like that on Israel, on trying to   damage Israel. So take it   unintended consequences, people here. Sometimes you just should leave it alone. So Yeah.   Man, I I was drinking this water that's been on my desk. I shouldn't have done that. I just saw something.   Yeah. That's kinda gross. That's not good. Yeah.  

No. No.   Yeah.   At least nothing's swimming. So Yeah. That's a good thing.   Let's see here.   Then I have,   two other clips here. This is one that's called Trump Restoration. Let's see what he has to say about that.  

[00:47:11] Unknown:

But president Trump knows better.   He knows what it means to restore peace through strength on an enduring basis.   To put our nation's interests   first and the American people first   in a way that is practical,   applicable,   and common sense. That leaves,   importantly,   America better, but also leaves our allies   better off.  

[00:47:37] Jesse Fries:

Yeah. I think Trump's trying to make everybody better off. I really do. Yeah. So  

[00:47:42] Jamon Fries:

I mean, that that's one of the that's, you know,   a lot of people look at what he's what he's told Europe that, you know, they need to   spend more on their own defense and stuff like that. Uh-huh.   They they look at they look at that as if he's saying, well, you know, we're gonna be backing off and we're gonna have nothing to do with you. Right.   But no. It's because he knows   that if you have weakness   in one part of a group that's allied together,   the entire group is weak.   Yeah. Yeah.  

[00:48:17] Jesse Fries:

And, you know, if,   Europe starts investing,   you know, maybe they can become strong. Maybe they can have their own systems and everything like that. Even though I think Trump wanted them to buy all American stuff. But, you know Yeah. But, you know, if they could build up their own industry, that can help them as well because Yeah.   They have a piss poor economy. So They do. Really do. Anything that can help build that back up would be a good thing. So Mhmm.  

[00:48:42] Jamon Fries:

Yeah. The the weakness is not necessarily just militarily. It's also financially. It's economically.   I mean Yep.   You can't have trading partner partners that are weak economically because they're no longer trading partners.   They're now just a recipient of of your welfare   Mhmm. In in a way.  

[00:49:02] Jesse Fries:

Yep.   Yep.   And since we're speaking of Hegseth, we we we should kinda   he has a little bit about the drug votes. So let's see what he has to say about the the drug votes here.  

[00:49:14] Unknown:

And right now, the world is seeing the strength of American resolve in stemming the flow of lethal drugs to our country.   Here, again, we've been focused and here we've been clear. If you're working for a designated terrorist organization   and you bring bring drugs to this country in a boat, we will find you and we will sink you.   Let there be no doubt about it.   President Trump can and will take decisive military action as he sees fit to defend our nation's interests.   Let no country on earth doubt that for a moment.   Like president Reagan, president Trump knows how to do so in a way that is tied to a clear purpose with a decisive incredible theory of military victory.  



[00:49:57] Jesse Fries:

Yeah. So   yeah.   Yeah. No. I could   Yeah. I don't understand this whole hemming and hawing over the drug quotes.   I really don't know me either.   So   I yeah. Yeah. I just don't understand that one. It's  

[00:50:15] Jamon Fries:

it's another thing that they can complain about and that they think people will get will give up in a righteous indignation   against.  

[00:50:22] Jesse Fries:

Well right. Right. I I well, I also think,   because there was a bit of the speech as well   here that he he was he was redoing another speech that he had where, basically, he was saying that   he's gonna change   who   or he's gonna change to the bidding process   for,   actual,   being a contractor for   the the   the Department of War.   Oh, okay. So, basically, what it's been is that there's been these prime ones, you know, like Halliburton and whatnot   Right. Where   they are the basically, they are the first ones that can get in a bid and everything like that, and everything is tailored to actually   drive all the business towards that. Right?  

Hegseth is   trying to stop that, and he's gonna make it so that even secondary or third level   will have access   and may actually win because it'll be based off of who has the best product and who can do it for the cheapest. Oh, thank   god. Right?   Yeah. And so I think and he he announced that a little while ago in one of his speeches to the contractors.   And I think that might be why they're trying to get rid of him.  

[00:51:36] Jamon Fries:

Oh, okay.  

[00:51:39] Jesse Fries:

Big and they will do anything. They'll throw anything. So they're throwing the boats at him and everything like that. They're just trying to get rid of him   because of that. That's where and I think   the congress is going along with it or some of the members in congress are going along with it for the same reasons because the contractors, the lobbyists came to them saying, you gotta get rid of the Higgseth.   Right.  

[00:52:01] Jamon Fries:

Yep.   That makes sense. I mean Yeah. You know Yeah. You know that you know that politicians  

[00:52:07] Jesse Fries:

do whatever the money tells them to do. Yeah. The lobbyists say exactly how how do you think they get there. But yeah. So   that's my theory on that one. So it's,   I think it'd be   I think it I I think it is what's is happening. Because if you go after this big   contractors for the the front,   Department of War yeah.  

[00:52:30] Jamon Fries:

Well, technically, it's not the Department of War yet.  

[00:52:35] Jesse Fries:

He called it the Department of War. Everybody calls it the everybody calls it. The the Yeah. The,  

[00:52:41] Jamon Fries:

I I I heard something on that the other day, and so I I looked it up to make sure. Uh-huh.   Congress has to officially change the name to the from for the Department of Defense to the Department of War.   They would take a congressional act to make that change.  

[00:52:59] Jesse Fries:

Well,   yeah. I love the I I love the website for it, though, war.gov.  

[00:53:07] Jamon Fries:

I mean, it is a beautiful website. Yes. Absolutely. No. It's it's it's And and it should be the Department of War instead of the Department of Defense because No. It should. Because it's offensive and defense. Is well, I mean, its entire purpose is war. No. Yeah. Yeah. You know I agree. Whether whether it's a defensive or an offensive war, doesn't matter. It's still war.   So  

[00:53:29] Jesse Fries:

so when was it changed?   Because it oh, it was always the Department of War beforehand.  

[00:53:39] Jamon Fries:

Yeah.   I think it was   around the time of the Vietnam War.  

[00:53:45] Jesse Fries:

No.   I I thought it was around World War two.   Yeah. World War two.   Yeah. Yeah. Legal   name established by congress in 1949   when it renamed the newly unified military service branches under the new Department of Defense.  

[00:54:08] Jamon Fries:

So  

[00:54:10] Jesse Fries:

okay. Okay.  

[00:54:12] Jamon Fries:

I'll still call it the Department of War because it's fine. I I will too. Yes. Yes. But,   it's not officially  

[00:54:19] Jesse Fries:

Oh, I Department of War yet. I don't care. It's it is more accurate.  

[00:54:24] Jamon Fries:

It it is absolutely more more accurate, and I think that Congress should very quickly get on that and change the name for it. But,   yeah.  

[00:54:35] Jesse Fries:

Yep. Yep. Oh, he had a couple good lines. He he had this one here. Let's see. The arsenal  

[00:54:41] Unknown:

of freedom.   The arsenal of freedom.  

[00:54:48] Jesse Fries:

Or he was talking about, like, Biden and everything like that and,   everything like that. And he had this one. Weakness,  

[00:54:55] Unknown:

wokeness,   war.  

[00:54:57] Jesse Fries:

So, basically, weakness and wokeness led to war is basically what he was saying. So it's, Oh, okay. Yeah. And it's true.   Yeah. Absolutely true. I like the alliteration to weakness.  

[00:55:07] Jamon Fries:

Yep. Okeness war.   Absolutely.  

[00:55:13] Jesse Fries:

I think that's all I really got on him. So I think that was Okay. Yeah. But yeah. It's,   yeah, that's it. That that that's it. Yep.   Okay. It looks like, The US,   they're trying to tighten how work permits work.   This is especially after,   that attack on the National Guardsmen.   Right.   So, basically,   right now,   you get a work permit, and it's good for five years.   Okay. They wanna change that to eighteen year or eighteen months.   So   that means that after every eighteen months, they have to investigate you again   to make sure that you're good to go.   We which is great for security, but it's crappy for Oh, god. Yeah. I mean, that that getting this done. Well,  

[00:56:07] Jamon Fries:

you do you know the problem with that? I mean, it's it's great for security. Absolutely.   But   the bureaucracy that that creates   Mhmm.  

[00:56:18] Jesse Fries:

Fuck no.   Yeah. Yeah. Because processing on these things is   bad anyways.   Oh, yeah.   Because there's a backlog, massive backlog.   Yep. So   yeah. Yeah. I  

[00:56:33] Jamon Fries:

I'm not sure how much that one. Shortening that term that time frame is not   it's not beneficial   too much at all. Yeah. I don't I mean, yes. It'll it'll keep people it'll get get rid of people that   might have come here with good intention, but got corrupted after they got here or that, you know, the or that we missed them. It may it may give the it may mean that we looked into them again sooner.   Uh-huh. But at the same time,   just how long that will cause every delay. I mean, all of a sudden, immigration is gonna be concentrating more on   on the work visa people than it will on people that are trying to come here for other reasons and stuff like that. I mean, you'd have to almost triple the number of people that are working for immigration   Mhmm.  

Just to be able to process all of that. And, no, I don't agree with that. No. Yeah. Completely.  

[00:57:32] Jesse Fries:

Completely. I think the ends do not justify the means. I really don't think so. I don't think so either. It seems to overstep in my book. Yeah. So  

[00:57:45] Jamon Fries:

Yeah. Because, to me, a year and a half is just way too frequently that you're looking into someone. Oh, yeah. Completely.  

[00:57:52] Jesse Fries:

Mhmm.  

[00:57:53] Jamon Fries:

What you got? Yeah. If you wanna take it down to four years, mate.  

[00:57:57] Jesse Fries:

Right. Right. Right.  

[00:57:59] Jamon Fries:

Yeah. Just little things. Mhmm.   Okay. So   kind of in line in line with the with immigration there.   Mamdani   Uh-huh.   Has, put out has   tell   so   I don't really agree with   how the how Fox News made it sound. Uh-huh.   New York City mayor elect tells residents how to resist ICE agents knocking at the door in new video.  

[00:58:30] Jesse Fries:

Right.  

[00:58:32] Jamon Fries:

So what he did   is   he told them   the law. Uh-huh. He said,   to come on private grounds, they have to have a search warrant.   Right. Right. Or probable cause. To have a warrant of they have to have either a warrant for your for an arrest   or a search warrant.   And that's  

[00:58:56] Jesse Fries:

just a case. You have to add probable cause in there because you Okay. Yeah. If there is a certain Probable cause is valid as well. Yeah. Yeah.  

[00:59:05] Jamon Fries:

But so he he just said search warrant. So he didn't he left out probable cause and all that. So I mean, maybe you can document a little bit for that. But Yeah. And when it comes to ICE, it's like, would probable cause actually factor into that? But, you know, you know, it's, Yeah. Yeah.   But then he also said   that if you wanna protest it,   you have to protest it without   interfering.   Right. Right. You cannot   interfere with their operations when they're doing something. Yeah. No. No.  

[00:59:39] Jesse Fries:

You can't.  

[00:59:40] Jamon Fries:

Everything he said was just,   this is how you don't get arrested   if you're going to to say something.   Yep. Yep. Yep. And it was all legal. It was all law. He's not trying to tell them how to resist.   Uh-huh. He's telling them that you gotta let them do their job that they're there to do.  

[01:00:00] Jesse Fries:

Right. Right. No. Unlike  

[01:00:03] Jamon Fries:

Minnesota.   Uh-huh.   I I didn't get this added in. But there was, the Minneapolis,   head of the police department in the Minneapolis   Uh-huh.   Said that if you see an ICE agent who you think is using too much force   or   kidnapping someone if they're if you can't tell that they're an ICE agent   or anything like that,   call us and we will go and intervene.  

[01:00:35] Jesse Fries:

Sure.  

[01:00:35] Jamon Fries:

Sure. He is going he is going to order his police officers   to intervene   in ICE arrests.   Wow.  

[01:00:50] Jesse Fries:

You you you I mean Even police cannot intervene No. They can't.   In the arrest by a federal agent. They cannot. No. No. That and then it's just as illegal for them to do it as it is for a citizen.  

[01:01:03] Jamon Fries:

Absolutely is. Yes.   But he he basically just came out and said that he is going to direct his police officers that if you get a call that, say, an ICE agent is using unwarranted,   if if there's,   like yeah. Unwarranted force  

[01:01:23] Jesse Fries:

Mhmm.  

[01:01:25] Jamon Fries:

That the police officer's duty is to go in and stop it.  

[01:01:30] Jesse Fries:

Well, I I I'd be that police officer because doesn't look unwarranted to me. Okay. Let's move on with that. Absolutely. Yeah. I investigated   and looked fine.   I personally would've knocked a couple heads together, but they decided to be a little bit nice about it. You know? Yeah. Yeah. Exactly.  

[01:01:49] Jamon Fries:

I mean, that that situation there, that would have been a body slam and a head and a headlock. But,   you know, the fact that you didn't do that, I I gotta say you guys were pretty nice about it. Right. Right. Right. Yeah. It's   Yeah. Gotta love Minnesota.  

[01:02:08] Jesse Fries:

No.   There's something. Holy balls. I know.  

[01:02:12] Jamon Fries:

There there's gotta be something in the water there.   That wasn't how we lived there. It's gotta be. And it's,  

[01:02:21] Jesse Fries:

Yeah. One of our cousins, he   he   he was almost on the point of defending a bit of it. And I'm like, well, interesting.   Interesting.   Minnesotans,  

[01:02:34] Jamon Fries:

they'd be crazy. They'd be crazy. Yeah. They do. Yeah. They do. Yep.  

[01:02:38] Jesse Fries:

Let's see here. So,   completely switching,   kind of.   So,   apparently,   can   do you know how many college students actually have,   a disability   or supposed disability?  

[01:02:59] Jamon Fries:

I would like to say that the number should be around maybe thirty, forty percent, but it wouldn't surprise me if it was much higher. You you actually think it should be that high? Oh, you got it. That that's it. I can't believe you actually think it's that high, dude.   No. I you kidding me, dude? I I was in college not too long ago. I I went back to school and, yeah, it's   the disability amounts are high, and it's it's for shit that's not really disabilities.  

[01:03:24] Jesse Fries:

Yeah. ADHD.   Yeah.   Apparently, it's like, they get rooms   special rooms for testing that are quieter and everything like that. Yeah. But now there's so many kids that those are noisier than the actual classrooms.  

[01:03:39] Jamon Fries:

Yeah.   And they they can take tests that are,   that are multiple choice instead of write down the answer.  

[01:03:48] Jesse Fries:

Yeah. Yeah. Or or or they have more time to finish them and everything. Like, it's like Oh, yeah. No. If you can't do it, you can't do it. It's like, what do you think is gonna happen when you get into the real world?  

[01:03:59] Jamon Fries:

Yeah. You ain't gonna have extra time because you're disabled. No. You just ain't gonna get the job.  

[01:04:05] Jesse Fries:

Yeah. Yeah. Because, you know, there are deadlines that have to be met, and it's just they have to be met. That's it. You can't do anything else about it. Yeah.   If the deadline is You can't have a quiet room. Go bankrupt. You can't have a quiet room   to go do your work.  

[01:04:22] Jamon Fries:

Well, no. I disagree with that. You should be able to have a quiet room to go do your work. I mean, I I always liked preferred offices that No. I understand that, but most of the time, you don't have the possibility.   That's what I'm saying. No. You don't. Yeah. In in most workforces,   if you're not one of the bosses or one of the supervisors,  

[01:04:41] Jesse Fries:

you were in a little cubicle with a lot of other people in little cubicles, and everybody is making a lot of noise. Yes. That's what it is. Yeah. So yeah. No. I I just it's it's just crazy. How can over a third of the students be disabled? I it just doesn't make sense to me. It's it's for two reasons. A,  

[01:05:02] Jamon Fries:

disabled people are   well, okay.   When I look at this, someone with ADHD   to me is not disabled. No. Same here. I don't agree with that either. Yeah. So what is considered disabled has changed so drastically   Yeah. Yeah.   That   Yeah. No. It's given preference  

[01:05:26] Jesse Fries:

to getting into some colleges. Yep. Yep. Yep. I I think a lot of this is just, oh, I get extra time. So I need to have my doctor tell people that I am disabled. Grab this or that. It wouldn't surprise me. Yeah. I mean, it it it That's how I would be. Not you know, what I think what I would be willing to say that it is is that  

[01:05:43] Jamon Fries:

it's people that   intellectually   aren't as   smart as others. They don't learn as well.   And to make them feel good, the doctors say, well, it's because you have a learning disability.  

[01:05:57] Jesse Fries:

I could see that. I could see that.  

[01:06:00] Jamon Fries:

Yeah. So being dumb is now a learning disability. You're a learning disability is you stupid.   Yeah.  

[01:06:11] Jesse Fries:

You're stupid.  

[01:06:12] Jamon Fries:

See, that might be But, you know, I mean, it it it's like that for everything. You what's that? You're overweight? No. It's not because you can't not eat food. It's because you have this disability. It's because you have this There's something wrong with you. Mhmm. It's not your fault.   Yep. And that's that's the that's the way that the world is really gone. It's not your fault.  

[01:06:34] Jesse Fries:

No. Completely. It really is. It has gone. You couldn't do anything to prevent that from happening.   Yep.   We're all equal. We're all this in, like, outcomes in everything Yeah. Which is kind of,   you know, we're   it's equal under the law.   Not,  

[01:06:52] Jamon Fries:

it's not we're not equal about the end all, you know. So I will blatantly say I am overweight because I eat too fucking much, and I don't exercise.   No. Yeah. That's why I'm overweight.   Mhmm. You know? And I know this because when I   exercise,   I lose weight. When I eat less, I lose weight.   Matching that. I start eating more again. And then I put the weight back on. Uh-huh. It's,   I mean, sure, I may not have the willpower to not sabotage my diet,   but that doesn't mean that there's something wrong with me. It just means that  

[01:07:29] Jesse Fries:

I don't care enough about it. Oh, yeah. Yeah. Okay. So I just looked at the time.   We're we're we need to start speeding this up a bit. Okay.   Let's see here. So international, what you got?  

[01:07:43] Jamon Fries:

Well, Russia is in a bit of a kerfuffle.  

[01:07:45] Jesse Fries:

Uh-huh.  

[01:07:47] Jamon Fries:

With their last   with the last launch that they that they, did sending astronauts up into space Mhmm. Their launch pad   broke.  

[01:07:57] Jesse Fries:

Well, that's not good.  

[01:07:59] Jamon Fries:

And none of the other launch pads that they have can   are big enough and solid enough to launch   people and or lots of supplies   up to the ISS anymore.  

[01:08:13] Jesse Fries:

Oh, doggy.  

[01:08:14] Jamon Fries:

Which means they are basically locked out of space now, and so they will be requiring the assistance   of other countries   or SpaceX. Yes.  

[01:08:23] Jesse Fries:

Okeydokey.   That sucks for them. That is Big time. That really sucks.   Sucks. It's,  

[01:08:30] Jamon Fries:

And  

[01:08:31] Jesse Fries:

the Louvre is in the is in the news again. Okay. Again? Oh, that's not good. What's up this time?  

[01:08:38] Jamon Fries:

So for some reason, they had a lot of water pipes in the area where their books are.  

[01:08:44] Jesse Fries:

Ah, okay. Makes sense. Water pipes   broke.   Well, you know, you have to put the water pipe somewhere. I'm just saying, you know, it's Yeah.  

[01:08:57] Jamon Fries:

Yeah. That sucks. Yeah. That sucks. That sucks. Yeah. So a lot of a lot of their historical books are water damaged now. They're   trying to get them all back into good shape, but, I'm I'm sure they've probably lost some permanently. Oh, probably so. Probably so. One dot it. One dot it.  

[01:09:15] Jesse Fries:

Ah, so in Britain,   apparently, some guy, he was a IT consultant,   And, he came over,   to Florida,   for his vacation. Right?   Right.   And so he he he decided to shoot a gun because, well, when in Florida, of course, you can shoot a gun. You know? Why not? Absolutely.   He put a picture of this of this on LinkedIn.   Okay. He got back to The UK, and he was arrested for it.  

[01:09:53] Jamon Fries:

For a picture   of him holding a gun. Yes. Yes.  

[01:09:58] Jesse Fries:

What the fuck?  

[01:10:01] Jamon Fries:

Well, you know what this means. Uh-huh. You know what this means. What? From now on, if you don't like someone,   Photoshop a gun into their hand. No. No. Seriously. Seriously. But,  

[01:10:12] Jesse Fries:

officers cautioned him about online content and its potential   potential   impact on others' feelings.  

[01:10:21] Jamon Fries:

Feelings. Oh god.   Oh god.  

[01:10:25] Jesse Fries:

And   and even though he proved that the picture was taken in America,   they still arrested   him back in August.  

[01:10:35] Jamon Fries:

Yeah.   Yeah.   I'm not surprised. I wish I could say I was shocked by that, but I'm not.  

[01:10:42] Jesse Fries:

Yeah. Yeah. No. They did they dropped all   charges and everything like that. But this whole idea,   it's like they said that the firearm possession was intended to frighten,   and they said that he was stalking   people online just by having the video stalking.  

[01:11:07] Jamon Fries:

Me showing a picture of myself doing something is not me stalking others. Right. If they have a problem with it, it means that they stalked me, damn it. Uh-huh.  

[01:11:16] Jesse Fries:

Yep.  

[01:11:17] Jamon Fries:

Yeah. No. That's bullshit.   So much BS.  

[01:11:21] Jesse Fries:

I yeah. Yeah. And then what was funny is so that was in,   August. And then in October,   there was another second arrest warrant for   bail violations   even though they everything had been dismissed.  

[01:11:40] Jamon Fries:

Oh, shit. Yeah. Wow.   Right? Wow. Yeah.  

[01:11:45] Jesse Fries:

Yeah. Yeah.   Yeah. And then to continue with all that,   with Britain and everything like that. So,   especially well, there's EU and everything like that. The EU,   they're they find x, like, a 160   or a €120,000,000,000   saw that. Or million euros   just because   they don't like   the fact that   they don't like how the blue checks aren't done. That that's one of the things you go, oh, we don't like how that's done. It's like, how is that   any of your business?   Yeah.   Yeah. Yeah. And then they say that,   x doesn't let   qualified people search their databases.   It's like, well, their their databases.  

Yeah.   And it's like they go, oh, it's part of this act and everything like that. It's like all this, and then you have,   the   what is it? The UK's Online Safety Act. All these things are trying to get us Americans to have to follow the law over there. No. Yeah. I'm sorry. Yeah. I don't give a shit.   I'm not gonna follow your laws. When I'm over there, I'll follow your laws. But Yes. When I'm over here, it's got nothing to do with anything.   Yeah.   And as   I I think I said that if they really wanna protect their citizens, they do the great firewall   of The UK like China did. Oh, yeah. That's what you   don't come to me telling me how to do my job in my own place.  



[01:13:17] Jamon Fries:

Don't don't come to me and and complain about a program or a product that I'm that is perfectly legal where I'm at.   Yeah. Yeah.   Because if you don't like that program or if you think it conflicts with your laws, then just don't allow that program in your country. They have every right to do that. Or arrest  

[01:13:37] Jesse Fries:

people that download it in your country. However you wanna do it or do a firewall. You know? It's just Yeah. Yes. But that would be free speech if you do a firewall. See, this is where they that this is this is why they they can't why they're not willing to do that because that would show   that,   you can't they shown in every other way that you have no free speech there, though? Yeah. Yeah. I saw this one where it's a van der Luyen, Ursula van der Luyen, she was giving a speech about free speech   and how   x is like this and you can't do that. And then   while she goes in the she was basically saying, like, in The US, you don't have free speech. And while she was given a speech about free speech,   she had somebody arrested for protesting   for free speech  

[01:14:22] Jamon Fries:

Yeah. Speech.   Yep.  

[01:14:25] Jesse Fries:

It's like   yeah. It's so convoluted. You're like, does that even make any sense? You know? You're you're giving the speech about free speech and you arrest somebody for   having free speech.   Well, that's because they have to redefine what free speech is. Seriously. It's whatever they want it to be. That's Yes. I mean, that that's the way it is with everything. Yeah. But that's not free speech people. Plain people. That's not free speech.  

[01:14:52] Jamon Fries:

Yeah. Yeah. And that's that's one of the problems with the liberal mindset is that they think that simply by rebranding it, it becomes   something different.  

[01:15:02] Jesse Fries:

That's true. I'm not sure if it's liberal. I I I really don't know exactly where it falls. Well, I I   I see it more from the liberal side. Right. Right. In in this country. In this country. Yeah. I just don't know.  

[01:15:13] Jamon Fries:

Like, I guess it's kind of the same over there. But One one time I would I was   I was, you know, we were talking about record colds and stuff like that, and I just made the comment, gotta love global warming.  

[01:15:25] Jesse Fries:

Right. Right.  

[01:15:26] Jamon Fries:

And the comment that came back was, it's climate change now. It's not global warming.  

[01:15:33] Jesse Fries:

What does it matter?  

[01:15:35] Jamon Fries:

It's it's   you're still complaining about the same thing. You're complaining about the planet getting hotter, yet we're seeing record cold temperatures in places.   Yeah. Yeah. It's Yeah. You know, I mean,   when whatever you name it, whether it's climate change, global warming, or anything else like that, it don't mean shit because those are just words. We're looking at what you're actually talking about.  

[01:15:59] Jesse Fries:

Yeah. Yeah.  

[01:16:00] Jamon Fries:

So those are rebrandings are nothing. They're they're just stupid.   They really are. They really are. We're re rebranding male into cis male now or cis female.   What now? Shit. Male came first. Well, what now? Transgender. If if you're not transgender, you're cis. Oh.   So you're cis male and or cis female. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. No. I I'm just a male. I'm a man. Yeah. That's it. You know? If you if you if you're gonna as far as I'm concerned,   I don't mind adding things   like, you you know, to me, cis   or whatever whatever they would choose to be should be for people that made the transition.   People that have always been male   or female   should not be forced to start calling themselves something different just because you want to use the word male or female to mean someone of the other gender.  



[01:16:54] Jesse Fries:

Right. Right. Right.   Yeah. No. It's  

[01:16:59] Jamon Fries:

Yeah. It's The rebranding. I I hate rebranding.  

[01:17:02] Jesse Fries:

Yeah. No. It's like and this whole assigned at birth bullshit.   It's like, no. No. No. It's not assigned. You you know, they they they say you have a penis. You're a man.   They say you don't have a penis. You're a girl.   Yep. Yes. It can get complicated with a small, small, small percentage of people. Very, very small percentage of people. Yeah. That that that do have, like,   the x y all mess different. Yeah. All mess up, but it's different than the normal. That's Yeah.   That's fine and everything like that, but it's not assigned.   It's not. Yeah. It's just it's what you are, people. You know? You can be   you can have gender dysphoria. That's fine. You know? But Mhmm.  

Deal with that when you're adults.  

[01:17:49] Jamon Fries:

You know, it's Yeah. It's best to that way. You know? And not not only that, but when you're when you're children,   it's not necessarily   gender dysphoria. The the prompt that's another problem. Completely. Yep. You know, they they keep taking adult   illnesses, mental illnesses   Uh-huh. And putting them on children.   Yep. Yep.   That child is not necessarily   ADHD. I mean, there's a possibility that they could be, but they're not necessarily.   It could just be that they got bored in class.  

[01:18:21] Jesse Fries:

No. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Or or, you know, a a boy decided to play with a Barbie doll, and then Yeah. All of a sudden, his woke parent goes, oh, he's a transgender.   You   know, it's like,   no. He that that that was gonna be   GI Joe's lover. Just say it. You know? That's   what I would've done if I had a Barbie. I'm just saying. I I had he met. I had the GI Joe. Yeah. Yeah. Doing GHO is awesome. But  

[01:18:50] Jamon Fries:

it also depends on the age. You know, a four year old playing a four year old boy playing with a doll Uh-huh. Is not unusual if that doll is in the area. If you have if you have children,   if you have a daughter, and you have a son, and your son picks up the doll and plays with it like your daughter does, that doesn't mean he thinks he's a girl. Yeah. It really doesn't mean anything. It doesn't mean anything. It means nothing.  

[01:19:14] Jesse Fries:

Okay. We are diverting, and we are short on time. Okay. Let's see here. So,   Belgium the Belgium PM is putting a kibosh on this whole taking Putin's money or the Russian money.   Yeah. It's like, do most of it is actually held in banks in Belgium.   And so he's going, if this goes if this goes sideways, and it looks like it would,   I'd be out. The EU   wouldn't   have any problems. But me, the country that's actually responsible for that money, we'd be shit out of luck.   Yep. They did. Yeah. He's really pushing back hard on it, and, the EU is trying to, the commission is trying to see if they can force them to do it and everything like that. It's just   just   stop people. You know? Just just   just let Trump and   stop.  

Europe needs to stop talking to Zelensky. We need to just stop that,   because it's not helping.  

[01:20:14] Jamon Fries:

Yeah. No. You're you're a Fuck the EU on the whole. You know? Has  

[01:20:19] Jesse Fries:

shown that they have no interest in stopping the war. No. Exactly. They just wanna prolong it. They they they wanna they wanna cause pain to Russia. Pain to Russia. Pain to Russia. Yeah. No. No. Sorry. Get get over it. No. Sorry.   Okay. And then   on to some funny news.   So Greta Thunberg,   our favorite,   I don't know. Just activist. I think it's just activist now. Right? It's not Yeah. Yeah. It's not for anything. Climate activist anymore. She's just an activist. She is just a full time activist for Yep. Whatever. Well, she's been arrested in Venice, and she was banned from Venice, Italy.   Nice. So   she was and this was due to polluting   the waterways.  

Yeah. So, basically,   they were   pouring green dye   and other stunts,   into   yeah. And this was in Italy's opposition to including fossil fuel restrictions in a deal. Mhmm.   Yeah. Yeah. So   yeah. So she was arrested and banned from the ancient city for forty eight hours,   and the group was fined a $172.   Not that the fine really means anything, but, basically, it's just yeah. No. It's   yeah. Her parents are activists, and so now she's an activist. And so Yep.   Yep. Yep. That's,   yeah, because poor   some guy on TikTok, Evan R. Smith, said pouring toxic dyes into water. That's great for the environment. You know? Oh, yeah. Yeah.   Yeah. Pure craziness. Pure craziness.  

Let's see here. Warner Brothers.   This is pure madness.   So Warner Brothers, HBO, whatnot, it's been up on   oh, this is business. Ah, here at the value here at the Mindless Meanings, we are value for value podcast. I forgot that bit because I'm in such a hurry now. So, let's see here. Value for value, what that means is that you can help donate to the show, and we have a new   web portal for that. I have set that up. It's through Stripe.   You can,   you you can help us out in any which way. You can send us a dollar. You can send us $200, any amount. You can send us a dollar every month. You can send us whatever you want.   And it's a nice easy platform   now. No PayPal or anything like that.  

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And all complaints, of course, go to Jamin because that's just how we roll here.   Yep. But he hasn't gotten one yet, so we must be perfect. Done so far. Yeah. Yeah. So we must be perfect.   Absolutely.   Okay. So Netflix, Warner Brothers. So Netflix   has,   announced a deal to buy Warner Brothers, which includes HBO,   Discovery, and everything like that.   Uh-huh.   So this deal, it's supposed to be finalized, like, next year or something like that.   Well, Paramount isn't happy about this.   And so I can imagine. Yeah. So because Paramount wanted to buy it.   And so or Skydance, whatever, you know, Paramount Skydance.  

And   so Paramount now is trying to do a hostile takeover   of Warner Brothers,   because it they Paramount says that, Warner Brothers didn't want Paramount to do it because of the politics.   Because Paramount, they're more of a conservative   group Right. Now with Skydance. And so   Warner Brothers didn't want that to go down.   And so now, Paramount is going directly to the shareholders saying,   I had this deal, $30 a a share.   And so   how about you we just do that? So they're trying to hustle takeover of the situation. So That is awesome. Hello.   Some good corporate,   fisticuffs is going on right now. So Yep.  

Okay. And takeovers are fun to watch. Right? Right? This one might be fun, especially with Netflix. So these are some big boys going on here. This is gonna be a a a fight of the millennium.   Century. Let's not go millennium.   I don't know what could happen. I I'm not one of those, but it might be the best fight this millennium so far.   Yeah. Okay. On to studies.   We have a lot of.   Yeah. We'll see which ones we cover here. But just remember,   a study   showed   that studies   primarily are inaccurate.   But since a study said this,   can you even believe that study? I don't know. Who knows? Let's see what we got, Jamin. We'll find out. So the the first study I ran across  

[01:25:40] Jamon Fries:

was one of those that I don't believe. Uh-huh. But it was a way to excuse, like I said, they love to do. Right. Being obese.   Uh-huh. What what what what what what Exposure to fat related food smells, this includes while you're in the womb,   increases   lifelong obesity risk.   So if your parents are eating a pizza, you're more likely to be fat in the future.   That's fucking hilarious.  

[01:26:10] Jesse Fries:

Wow.   That is,   yeah, I am saying that study is full of shit. I I yeah. I couldn't agree more. Yeah. Yeah.   That's Wow, dude.   Wow. That's I that's all I gotta say.   Yeah.  

[01:26:29] Jamon Fries:

Yeah. Then there was another study about with the diet Uh-huh. That has shown that a fasting style diet   Right. Seems to result in a dynamic changes in the human brain.  

[01:26:44] Jesse Fries:

Okay. Okay. So  

[01:26:46] Jamon Fries:

areas that control hunger and stuff like that, they get permanently changed when you're when you fast a lot. Is it a good thing or a bad thing?   They didn't really say one way or the other. It's probably it's good until it goes too far maybe.   But but   Yeah. I don't know. They   also they also said that fasting also changes your gut biome.  

[01:27:12] Jesse Fries:

Okay. Yeah. Because   your gut biome doesn't have any food. Yeah. So yeah. I guess yeah. Yeah.   There's nothing to eat.   Yeah.  

[01:27:22] Jamon Fries:

Yeah. No. It it it says that it it did they just they didn't extrapolate as to what kind of changes it made in what I read. It just said that it changes the part portion of the brain that cat that controls appetite and cravings and stuff like that. So I'm assuming that maybe I mean, I know that if you fast long enough, you stop feeling hungry.   Right. Right. You know, if if you fast for, like, a for if you do, like, a two day fast Uh-huh. Towards the end of that two day fast, your desire for food starts dropping. So I'm assuming that it that the changes that you're it makes it so you don't feel that hunger as   as prevalently,   which would be a good thing for people who eat because they feel hungry.  

Right. For people who eat because, well, they just want to, that wouldn't really do anything for them. But,   yeah.  

[01:28:14] Jesse Fries:

Okay. Okay. Well, speaking of gut function and everything like that,   they they they did they say that, lonely marriages,   are linked   to,   what higher body weight and altered brain and gut function. So, basically, if you have a lonely marriage,   you   are fat. It's it's just what it's saying, basically. You know? So it's,   so but supportive marriages  

[01:28:43] Jamon Fries:

show What's qualified   as a lonely marriage?  

[01:28:47] Jesse Fries:

Let's see here. Married people who feel   that who feel unsupported.   Yeah.   So so like a bra. I don't know.  

[01:29:00] Jamon Fries:

So people that are easily depressed, basically.  

[01:29:05] Jesse Fries:

Possibly. But, you know, I I   basically. Yeah. You know, eating your feelings and everything like that. You know? There's also another study that said that,   happy marriages,   people live longer. Imagine that. You know? It it's like having a good life,   you know, means that you can actually   be healthier and everything like that. You know? It's kinda crazy. You know? Without a doubt. Yeah. Yeah. It's   try to have a good life, people. If you don't   Yep. As long as you don't have kids, do what you need. If you have kids, stick around for the kids because the studies also show that if the parents stick around, it's better out for the kids. Just saying.   Yep.  



[01:29:45] Jamon Fries:

Nope. Okay. I actually believe. So Yeah. Yeah.   Talking about kids.   Uh-huh. Another study came out that is that is, linked cannabis   legislation   to a sharp rise in adolescent psychiatric   emergencies.   Well, duh.  

[01:30:05] Jesse Fries:

Cannabis is a   psychoactive   drug. Mind altering drug. Yeah. Yeah. And it Yeah.   And yeah. When when you're underage,   like, under, like, the I think it's, like, 21 or 25 or something like that, it could really fuck up. Right? It really is. Oh, it can. Yeah. So And, you know, the secondhand smoke and stuff like that would you know, if your parents are smoking when you're, like, three, four years old Yep. Yep. It's gonna fuck with you bad.   No. Yeah. Completely. It's   yeah. No. It's not the innocent drug that everybody made it out to be. Yeah.   Yeah. But then we didn't know because we couldn't study it,   which is funny. Yeah.  

So now that it's being studied,   it is not showing   To be all that good for you, generally. The results have been bad.   Yeah. Yeah. If you're old, do whatever you want, dude. You know? But if you're young, if you want a good life   yeah. I will I will say do whatever you want when you're old as long as you adhere to one principle is that you don't do it around those that are younger. No. I could see that. I could yeah. I could see that. Yeah. I could see that. I'm just saying, you know, you're on your deathbed. Yeah. Yeah. I'm gonna do whatever I want. I I Definitely not. I will, I will try cocaine. I'll try heroin. I'll try it all. Why not? You know? If if I if I know I've got, you know, a week to live,  

[01:31:24] Jamon Fries:

yeah, there ain't nothing I ain't willing to try.  

[01:31:27] Jesse Fries:

Exactly.   Exactly.   You might die happy. You might die off that first injection, but, you know, you only got a week to live anyways. So Or who knows? It may cure you. You'd you you know, they say tobacco is actually, nicotine   is actually a cure all. I've seen that. You know? It cures a lot of things. As well. Yeah. So whether or not that's true, but I've seen studies on it. So, you know, what can you do? Once again, studies, people. You never know if you can trust.   Let's see here. Another one kinda related to ingesting.   Apparently, ultra processed plant based foods. So think like the Twinkie.  

Mhmm.   They are not good for your health,   like your heart. It doesn't well, it doesn't hurt your heart, it doesn't say, but it doesn't actually have any benefit for your heart. So highly processed,   veg food or anything like that. So all those   vegan options and everything like that. The vegan options, the Cheerios, and stuff like that to say that they're heart heart healthy. Well no. No. No. Cheerios is different because that's not highly processed.   Yeah. Cheerios, it's just oats, dude. Have you looked at the ingredients on that? It's just oats. I haven't.   Yeah. Cheerios is just it's why it's flavorless, and you have to add sugar.  

A lot of sugar. Yes. Yes. Yes. You know, it's just It kinda does away with the heart healthy aspect. It really does. You can add bananas. That that that one was always a good bananas and trees. That was good. Or cornflakes.   Bananas with cornflakes. That was good too. Strawberries. Always add sugar into those too. Well, yeah. Of course. Because Yeah. Maybe less sugar, but you'd still add sugar. But, yeah, this is just for ultra processed. So, Cheerios generally is just ground up. That there's nothing wrong with flour or anything like that.   So   but, yeah, highly processed ultra processed plant foods, no benefit for the heart. So don't think you're doing any better. Just eat that broccoli, dude, even though that was man made.  

Yep. Yeah. I don't know. I don't know.   And then in the last study, apparently,   handwriting handwriting is better than typing,   for   it just better reacts to your brain. So if you're taking notes,   make sure that you use, handwriting. Actually, write it out versus typing. You'll actually remember it more.   And and don't use AI, people. Don't that's even worse for you. You know? So AI is horrible. You learn nothing when you use AI.   You really don't. Learn cursive.   During Thanksgiving,   there's a whole debate on whether or not we should   teach cursive in elementary school. And,   Carol wasn't for it at first.  

And I'm a very firm proponent of cursive. Right. Right. And then she had to write something, and then she goes, yeah. It's faster. Okay. Cursive.  

[01:34:23] Jamon Fries:

It's faster, and it's easier to read. It is. It is. Yeah.  

[01:34:29] Jesse Fries:

Okay. On to fun stories. Doctor's signature. No. Yeah. Yeah.   Yeah. Or signatures are on you know. My signature is not it's not my name. It it's some lines  

[01:34:41] Jamon Fries:

It came from my name. Yeah. Yeah. With with my signature, you can see the j. You can see the a.  

[01:34:47] Jesse Fries:

The m is somewhat there, but everything else is lost. You could probably get the, the j out of mine, and that is actually about it.   Well, I don't know. That's   No.   Okay. Let's do yours first.   Your fun story.  

[01:35:03] Jamon Fries:

So   have you heard about the blue dogs in around Chernobyl?  

[01:35:09] Jesse Fries:

Is this like the blue pigs?  

[01:35:11] Jamon Fries:

No. No. Well, kind of, but no.   So they they've recently seen some dogs that had blue fur. Uh-huh. Bluish colored fur. Okay.   And so they there was a whole bunch of stuff about, you know, is this radiation   poisoning?   Is it anything like that?  

[01:35:31] Jesse Fries:

Right.  

[01:35:32] Jamon Fries:

Well, somebody finally came and clarified it. Uh-huh.   What it was was it was an   overturned,   urinal.   Overturned porta potty. An overturned porta potty.   They've been rolling around in the shit in there, and it's it's blue dyed.  

[01:35:57] Jesse Fries:

It's so mysterious. Why are they turning blue? Yeah.   Oh, there's a porta potty.  

[01:36:06] Jamon Fries:

Yeah. It it took a person who studies and and works with the   animals in that area. Uh-huh. Specifically   with the stray dogs   to just to finally set the story straight and said,   yeah. No. It was a porta potty that got turned over.  

[01:36:27] Jesse Fries:

That's awesome. That is awesome.   Yep.   Love it. Love it.   Okay. So up in Idaho, did you hear about this   bar that was giving out free beer?   No. I didn't. Okay. So a bar up in Idaho,   if you would help,   catch,   illegal,   right,   and you had proof of this, you would actually they would give you a free month worth of beer, as much beer as you wanna drink.   Right. And the guy took him up on the offer. He   turned in,   some   people hiring illegals.   Not just some people, but state representatives,   Stephanie Mickelson.   He turned her in   for hiring illegals.  



[01:37:22] Jamon Fries:

Nice.   Yeah. That that has gotta be the one reward that will get everyone behind turning in those people. Right. Right. Right. Offering free beer for a month? Yeah. Illegals are gone very quickly.  

[01:37:36] Jesse Fries:

Yeah. Somehow,   state rep Mickelson, she said the promotion is despicable,   because Yeah. Because it encourages targeting based on skin color.  

[01:37:46] Jamon Fries:

Well, kinda. Yeah. Yeah. You you know? No. It see that that's my biggest problem with this. They keep saying it's skin color. Uh-huh.   It's not skin color. It's actually because there's a lot of white people that they're kicking out. There's a lot of black people that kick out. No. Completely. A lot of Asians are getting kicked kicked out. Yep. Yep. It's not just Mexicans.  

[01:38:07] Jesse Fries:

No. It's not. It's not.  

[01:38:11] Jamon Fries:

In certain parts of the country, sure, they're more prevalent than the others are.   Uh-huh. But they're kicking out   everyone that's not here legally. So So it has nothing to do with rice. But yeah. So if you want free beer,  

[01:38:25] Jesse Fries:

for a month   and you heck. You know what? This would be worth it just to I could, like I would You do it here. Though. Just And then you and then you prove to him that you helped him out in your home state. I I I don't think it it matters what state you help him out. And then you go live in Idaho for a month right next to the bar. Come on. Absolutely.   It's worth it. Worth it. Definitely. Yes. It's the Old State Saloon, by the way, everybody, just so everybody knows in Idaho.   So go and,   collect your winnings from the Old State Saloon.   And with that, I'd like to thank you guys for joining us for episode 84 of the mindless meanderings. I'm Jesse Fries. And I'm Jamin Fries. And we will see you all on Thursday.  



[01:39:11] Unknown:

You know, folks in Washington  

[01:39:13] Jesse Fries:

Wrong button. Way to go.   I know. Right? Yeah. I messed that all up. You know? But here at the Mindless Meanings, we are The arsenal  

[01:39:23] Unknown:

of freedom.