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It's been one year since we started this tiny little podcast, and we've been having a lot of fun doing it. Join us for this Anniversary Episode!

Hosted by:

- Jesse Fries

- Jamon Fries

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(00:00:19) Introduction and Anniversary Celebration

(00:03:00) Current Events and News Highlights

(00:03:32) Discussion on Minnesota Shooting

(00:20:49) Cracker Barrel Controversy

(00:27:28) Crime and Safety in DC

(00:35:04) Political Commentary and Analysis

(00:50:55) Climate Change and Environmental Issues

(01:11:18) Business and Technology Updates

(01:14:24) Science and Health Insights

(01:21:52) Space Exploration and AI Innovations

[00:00:20] Jesse Fries:

A good midday to you all. It is August 28, and we are live with episode number 57 of the mindless meanderings. And it is our one year anniversary today.   And I'm Jesse Fries, and,   apparently, Putin bombed the crap out of Kyiv today. Who knew?  

[00:00:46] Jamon Fries:

And I'm Jamin Fries, and   I am very, very, very sad today.   Why?   I just found out   that   Taylor Swift and Travis Kelsey got engaged,   which means   for the rest of my life, for as long as Kelsey is playing football,   I will have to pay I will have to put up with Taylor Swift being more important than the Chiefs   from now on in the media.   Yeah. Perfect. Never gonna stop.   No. No. But Kelsey's gonna retire soon. He's getting old. Yeah. Well, yeah. I mean, when when he retires, then that'll start going away a little bit. But anytime he shows up to support his team again, it's gonna be right back in the news.  

[00:01:37] Jesse Fries:

Yeah. Yeah. It will. It will. Of course. Of course. Taylor Swift and Kelsey. Yada yada yada. Yep.   Carol, this morning, she because this news is, like, a couple days old. But   Yeah. It was funny. As I was walking down the stairs today, Carol goes, oh, Taylor and,   Kelsey got engaged. And I'm like, who? And   then I go, oh, why why are you Taylor Yeah. You could say Swift and Kelsey, but I'm like,  

[00:02:05] Jamon Fries:

okay. It's like Yeah. There's a lot of Taylors out there.  

[00:02:09] Jesse Fries:

I know. I'm like, oh, really, Carol's good. Yeah. I know. That was stupid.   But, yes, we've been doing this for one year. Jamin, one year. We've been doing this for one year. Can you believe it?  

[00:02:23] Jamon Fries:

I honestly can't.   When when I first started when I when we first started this, I   thought maybe a couple of months, and then I might   decide that, you know, it's not for me. But,   now I'm loving it. So, yeah, I'm I'm pretty happy with hitting a year now. Yeah. Yeah. One year. That is crazy.  

[00:02:43] Jesse Fries:

Crazy times. And it's,   gives us something to do. So that's good, You know? Yeah. Absolutely.  

[00:02:50] Jamon Fries:

Breaks up the monotony of the day.  

[00:02:53] Jesse Fries:

It does. It does. We just need more listeners. You know? That that's all we Yeah. You know?   Keep growing. Yeah. Keep growing.   Okay. So what do we got today? It's been a busy news cycle.  

[00:03:04] Jamon Fries:

It has been a very busy news cycle.   Well, I don't have any flash from the past.  

[00:03:11] Jesse Fries:

Okay. That works.  

[00:03:12] Jamon Fries:

Unfortunately. I I tried to find some, but I couldn't find anything.   So I guess we could just start right into   politics like usual.   I I would say Or do you wanna or or do you wanna flip it up and start at the bottom and start with,   with technology and science?  

[00:03:32] Jesse Fries:

No. I I think, we should just start with the big news, the shooting in, Minnesota.   You know, it's Yeah.   That's the main thing right now, really. You know? It's,   seems to be going a bit crazy over there. A Catholic school was shot up, like, 18 people shot, two killed. A eight year old and a 10 year old were killed.   Yeah.   The shooter killed himself, herself, whatever it is.   Apparently, it's trans.   So   Apparently, yeah.   Yeah. Yeah. It it it's   it's a sad situation, and then you have everybody go   stating their lines. You know, the Democrats   spout the gun thing. The Republicans,   spout the   well, it's basically now just basically mental issue. Mental Yeah. Yeah. Above mental health. Stuff. Yeah. Yeah. When,   yeah. It it's a tough it's a tough nut to crack really exactly why, but I I wouldn't say it's the guns. Yes. That helps facilitate.  



[00:04:31] Jamon Fries:

But Yeah. But I mean, the   you know, the I I was talking to mom about that. You know, like, well,   you know, if I were in a situation and as long as I wasn't, like, the first one to be shot   Uh-huh. I'd rather I'd rather be facing someone with a gun than someone with a knife that was intent on killing a lot of people. Right. Right.   Because the gun, as soon as that first shot is fired, everyone knows what's going on. Oh, yeah. Completely. Completely. The knife, you don't necessarily know it until somebody sees a puddle of blood on the ground. And by then, who knows how long ago that was? Well, right. But with a gun, you know, the   Yeah. It it A bullet It's a lot easier. You.  

Yeah. It it's a lot easier to kill with a well, you know, I mean, my size, I ain't not I ain't out riding on the guy with a knife either. No. I understand. I understand. Yeah. It is You know, but,   no.   It it's one of those things where people who are intent to kill are going to kill. Yep. I mean, there's   it doesn't matter what method they're using, they will kill. That's Oh, yeah. Pure and so. Yeah. So you can't just say, if we get rid of all the guns, this will all go away.  

[00:05:43] Jesse Fries:

No. I agree with you. I agree with you. To to me, this it's   the Democrats, of course, go, oh, let's get let's not talk about politics in this, but the guns. You know? It's it's like Well, of course, because it's a trans.   Well well, no. He's that, but he he he's he was a complete or she   they were   completely   anti Trump.   Yeah. They had been given this whole thing. All that they knew was everything anti Trump, anti this, that yeah. The world is go coming to an end because Trump's president. This and that. And then you have the and then you have that he targeted a Catholic school. You know? It's   to me, that's kind of it's just like the one in Tennessee, was it?  

Or Kentucky. I can't remember exactly one where there was a   a trans man   that   shot up a school,   killed, like, three, a teacher, a kid, and whatnot, and they wouldn't release,   their manifesto,   except for, like, two or three years later.   Yeah. Because there's all this trans stuff. You you know, it's   to me, especially, like,   the religious schools,   these religions,   Christianity   teaches   a certain way, and that does not incorporate trans.   You know? Right. So   and so there is   you're not they're not really accepted in these churches.   You know? They feel ostracized and everything like that. And so I could   I could see why that would be a target.  

I'm not saying churches should change or anything like that, but these people are Right. Living   a tough life. You know? Apparently, I just saw something where this,   this person   regretted transitioning and so on and so forth. And so Oh, yeah. Now now, of course, all this is speculative. I'm not sure what exactly there is or anything like that. Right.   But it seems   it is a mental health issue, but a lot of it is also like the,   like, depression drugs, not necessarily even just the trans or anything like that. It it's all these drugs that are being pushed on these people, I think, are not Yeah. Yeah. Putting them in the right head.  

[00:07:51] Jamon Fries:

Well, I mean, it I wouldn't be surprised if if some of these if some of them weren't on these   antidepressants   and other medications   and that caused them to feel like they needed the transition.  

[00:08:03] Jesse Fries:

Yep. And once they did, they're like, oh, shit. What the heck did I do? Yeah. No. It it's that and then just, you know, just like Columbine and everything like that. You know? The Yeah. A lot of those kids, they're they're the ostracized and everything like that.   So so and there's I from what I heard, they may have been on, like, SSRIs and everything like that, Ritalin and whatnot.  

[00:08:26] Jamon Fries:

So yeah. It's called The the drugs that we give, Pete, that we give children and, well, even that we give adults,   especially the ones that are designed specifically to mess with your brain. Yep. We don't know enough about the human brain and how it works to really be playing with it. No. Yeah. And if you look at, like, Columbine and everything like that, that would that was, like, '99.  

[00:08:49] Jesse Fries:

Right? '98 or something like that? Yep.  

[00:08:52] Jamon Fries:

And that's just really when these drugs started Oh, yeah. That that's what that's when the,   that that's   before   in the earlier nineties. I mean,   Adderall There's some Ritalin and stuff like that. It it wasn't something very,   very   widespread, you know. No. No. There were some kids that there were some kids that were on it, but I didn't know anybody.   You know? Yeah. I think I had, like, one kid in my class. That was about it. Yeah. There there was maybe maybe one in my entire school that I knew of. Yep. Yep. I mean, now I did go to a very small school. But, you know Yeah. Yeah.  

[00:09:32] Jesse Fries:

But, yeah, it's I think it's all that that's causing this issue. You know? It it's Yeah. It very well could be. And and you pump these people full of all these different drugs,   that is not natural to their body.   Yeah.   And it can cause problems. You know? It's  

[00:09:50] Jamon Fries:

Yeah. I mean, every every medication   has side effects.  

[00:09:57] Jesse Fries:

Yes. Yep.  

[00:10:00] Jamon Fries:

So why would anybody think that it was safe to alter people's brains with those same medications? I do think that's thinking.  

[00:10:08] Jesse Fries:

And and, like, estrogen and,   testosterone   to affect the brain as well and everything. Oh, massive. You know? It's like it's like the trans man in, what, Kentucky, Tennessee, whatever, the last, religious school shooting.   She was being or they were being pumped full of testosterone because they were transitioning to a man. You know? And then   it's a testosterone is a doozy, people. You know? Oh, it is. It absolutely is. Learn how to   cope with it.   You know, it's just our normal thing now. You don't know once you get old enough, but   early boys and everything like that, they're kinda crazy because, well, the testosterone. Oh, yeah. You know? Kids going through puberty are insane.  

Well, no. Even before that, apparently, five children going through. Yeah. Well, it it's, like, even around, like, five or six, apparently, it's even more of a boost of testosterone than Okay. Puberty.   It's just, like, it's raging through their systems at that point. So,   yeah, it starts early. It's not too spreedy. Yeah. Yeah. So and then you have a girl that doesn't know testosterone,   and then they're they're transitioning. And then all of a sudden, they have to deal with testosterone.   You know? It's   yeah.  

But any of those drugs, SSRIs and things like that, Adderall, whatever, you know, I I Mhmm.   I I I think it's a drug issue. I really do. I It it wouldn't surprise me at all.   Yep.   Yep. But then with that also is is you have the media and everything like that doing all this,   political stuff. There's this guy on ABC.   What did he say? It was,   the journalist. He he   said the gun he he said what this guy had, and he said the gun had Trump's name on it.   But that's all he said. He didn't say that it said, kill Donald Trump.   He just said that has Donald Trump on it. So, basically, you're kinda trying to hint   that That that he that he was doing it for Trump. That he was a Trump supporter. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. But no. It said, kill Donald Trump on it. You know? It's like   I always hate all this political back and forth and everything like that when it comes to these things. You know? And Oh, yeah. None of them really seem to   try to actually figure things out. You know? But then again, maybe they don't wanna figure it out because   the big pharma is, sponsoring the media and everything like that, and they don't want it known that, they're the ones causing it.  



[00:12:37] Jamon Fries:

Yes.   Yeah. That I yeah. Definitely.  

[00:12:44] Jesse Fries:

Yep. Yep. That   that's my 2¢.  

[00:12:49] Jamon Fries:

Yeah. I it's   it's a horrible thing.   I've heard that I've heard   you've read in a few places that   this is they're planning on this being kind of a wave now.   There's a group of very militant   transgender   Oh, yeah. The trantifa Is that or something like that? Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. That have basically said, we're we're going to be sending our our people are gonna be going after   anyone   that   basically   disagrees with them.  

[00:13:26] Jesse Fries:

Yeah. Yeah. They did conservatives,  

[00:13:29] Jamon Fries:

Christians,   you know, religious people. Yeah. Yeah. The the trans are saying the that trans group is saying they're coming after you. Yeah. I don't know if this guy was part of that or anything like that. But Yeah. I don't know either. It it's or girl. But  

[00:13:45] Jesse Fries:

it   it they are very militant. They do not like being told no.   Yeah.   They they get upset when you misgender them, everything like that. Even though most of the time, it's just you're not thinking. You just it's off the cuff.   You know? Yeah. It's it's most people that misgender, it's not due to malice.   Yes. Of course. Some do. There are some. Yeah. Yeah. Some jackasses. You know, way of life to me, you know, you try and go about your life and you   don't say anything to the case. At least you may go behind their back because that's how society works. Right.  

[00:14:20] Jamon Fries:

The the biggest problem for me is, you know,   there's   people in drag   who   have zero problems with you calling them sir if it's a guy  

[00:14:33] Jesse Fries:

in drag.  

[00:14:34] Jamon Fries:

Yep.   So how can   you how can you definitively   tell   that it's someone in drag versus a transgender?  

[00:14:45] Jesse Fries:

You know, or or just somebody that looks manly or looks feminine. Yeah. You know? Yeah.   It's I mean, it's It's like I saw this stand up too easy to make that mistake. Yeah. I saw this with TikTok. It was a stand up comic.   And you look at him and the whole thing makes sense. He he   this guy, he goes, so by women really love me.   You you you know? Because, you know, I I I could either I could be anything, you know. I could also be a trans man or a trans woman. You you don't know by looking at me which way I'm going here, you know. It's like and   from what I understand, he's not. I don't know. Maybe he is or anything. Right. But due to the joke, I would assume not.  

Yeah.   And so, you know, it's like,   we have we just, as a society, we try our best.   Oh, yeah. And if you don't like the best,   you have some issues that you need to take care of.   Yes. You you know, it it's to to me, that's it. Then it's an internal issue of yours,   not of society.   You know? It's Yeah. Yes. There's   there's racism. There's,   trans hate. I I hate the whole transphobia title, by the way, because a phobia is a fear.   I I I   ever since it was added to homophobia, I'm like,   I don't like that. You know? It's it's not a fear, you know? But some people are, I guess, but in general.  

[00:16:09] Jamon Fries:

It's just it's just a,   for me, it's more of,   how to say it?   It's more of,   yes, they have rights within The United States, and they have the right to do whatever they want to. Yeah.   But your but their rights   stop as soon as it infringes upon mine.   No. Completely. Which which means that if I make a mistake and misgender someone,   I mean, it I guarantee it's not intentional with no ill intent or anything like that. Yeah.   But at the same time,   they don't have a right to   to go after me for that mistake. I mean, they they can correct me absolutely if they wish to. And then from then on, I would I would not misgender them as long as I could remember it. Or or or you would just know not to use pronouns.   Yes. Yes. Absolutely.  

Yeah.   Yeah. So I mean, you know, it's   it's just one of those crazy things, you know.   It   I I have no problem with people that doing whatever they wanted   as long as they're above the age of 18.   You know, as long as long as you're above the age of consent,   I have absolutely no problem with you doing what you wanna do.  

[00:17:31] Jesse Fries:

Well, to me, it it's  

[00:17:34] Jamon Fries:

I I'm even under 18, I'm fine with you doing whatever you want now. No medical or anything like that. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. I mean, if if you can't get a tattoo, you shouldn't be able to do other things that that you're a purse   irreversibly  

[00:17:49] Jesse Fries:

change your body. Yeah. No. No. I I I think it's a reasonable   thing. I really do. Yeah.   Unless maybe in, like, certain circumstances when   the psychiatric field has really given up on this whole thing.   Oh, yeah. So if there were actually stringent   requirements   Yes. Might be willing to Well, you know, it But it'd have to be very stringent.  

[00:18:16] Jamon Fries:

Yeah. I mean, the the biggest problem that I've always had with with this stuff is   it takes   three short visits   in in most states. It takes three short visits visits to a psychologist  

[00:18:30] Jesse Fries:

Yep. To get approved for gender for for gender affirming care. And and it's do you feel like a boy? Yes. Okay.   Yeah. Yeah. That that that's it. Oh, you do do you like flowers? Do you like dresses? Yeah. Yeah.  

[00:18:43] Jamon Fries:

A girl likes to play with a toy truck, so he must so he must really be a boy.  

[00:18:49] Jesse Fries:

Exactly. Exactly.   And then these parents go, oh, yeah. He says he's this. And then, of course, the kid's gonna believe what the parent says. Of course. Yeah. This is this is this is the whole point, you know? And that's what children do because their parents are everything. They're God in all this. Absolutely.   So yeah.   My mommy's told me I'm a girl. So   because I did one thing one time, and so, of course, I'm a girl. You you know, that sort of thing. You know? It's,  

[00:19:17] Jamon Fries:

Yeah. I I could even see it going as far as   I have   four older sisters that love dressing me up as a girl, so I must be a girl.  

[00:19:26] Jesse Fries:

Yeah. Yeah. Exactly.  

[00:19:29] Jamon Fries:

I I I   I am very thankful that I didn't have older sisters.   Uh-huh. Or any sisters. But  

[00:19:39] Jesse Fries:

Yeah. Yeah.   Yeah.   But they would've kept the family closer together, I think. Oh, absolutely. Yes. Yes. Absolutely. I've  

[00:19:51] Jamon Fries:

I've I've heard I've heard stories about how bad it is growing up, but once you get into those adult years Yeah. They keep the family tight.  

[00:19:59] Jesse Fries:

Yeah. Because because, it's just us four boys. It's like Yeah.   That's all it was, you know? It was Yep.   We we   we just talk because we do this.   Oh, yeah. Yeah.  

[00:20:12] Jamon Fries:

I I talked to   the youngest brother maybe   two, three times a year.   Our older brother maybe,   unless he's dropping Jackson off for me to watch him while they go out and and, go on a date night or something.   I talk to him maybe twice a year.  

[00:20:34] Jesse Fries:

Yeah. No. I I I don't talk to him at all. So   yeah. Uh-huh. I I I try. I get no response. So what can I do? Yep.  

[00:20:43] Jamon Fries:

Yeah. He's he's a bit tough to get in contact with sometimes. Yeah. They both are. They both are. Yeah.  

[00:20:49] Jesse Fries:

Oh, let's see here. What do we got here? Oh, let's do Cracker Barrel. That that that's a fun Oh, yeah. Yeah.   Okay. So   what do you have? Gotta love that.  

[00:20:59] Jamon Fries:

I really don't have anything on Cracker Barrel. You don't have anything.   I mean, it it was something that I saw in the news, but Right. I mean, it it's just an to me, it was just another company changing their logo.   You know, everybody says that it was for a DEI and stuff like that. I mean,   companies change logos all the time, so I'm not really sure. I I   I understand why people got upset,   but   I don't at the same time, I don't understand why everybody got so upset about it. Well,  

[00:21:33] Jesse Fries:

the story from how I remember, the first instances I have heard about I heard about issues   with Cracker Barrel was when it was talking about the change on the inside.  

[00:21:43] Jamon Fries:

It Yeah. Went to more of Oh, yeah. I mean, the the the farmhouse look. Yes. Yes. In instead of the country store look where Right. I mean, I I don't from the pictures that I saw, I don't even see that country store in there anymore. No. There is no country store. Yeah. No. It it it looks like a suburban country house.  

[00:22:02] Jesse Fries:

Okay. Yeah. No. It it white walls. Thick of a change. No. Completely. Completely. It was a country store. You know? That was the whole shtick. The it was the Americana of it.   A suburban   country kitchen is not   is not what that that's not Americana. You know, that that's No. It's not. That's just boring modernism. You know? It's Exactly.  

[00:22:27] Jamon Fries:

You know, you can take I completely understand the the issues with that change. I I I The logo change. I don't really understand the issues with.  

[00:22:35] Jesse Fries:

See, the thing is is that one fed into the other because this Yeah. This was like a $700,000,000   change,   like, interior,   logo, everything like that.   Yeah.   And so because of that, it's   it was just the one thing, and then it was then you changed the logo as well. You you know, it was just this piling up, You know? It's it's Yep. And I they they say,   oh, the woke and everything like that. But I think   everybody that loved it loved it for what it was, whether it's Democrat or Republican. Yeah. I've seen Democrats even say, no. It needs to go back.   You know? It it needs   that country shtick. You know? Yes. Yeah. That's the whole point of it. You know? Americana.  

And,   apparently,   I read somewhere. Maybe it was wrong. It was on a comment   that BlackRock   owns,   this that place now.   Really?   Yeah.   Yeah.   As I said, it was just a comment. I don't know if it's real or anything like that.   But, yeah, it it's just this whole   idea of getting rid of that. You know, they've also you know, that peg game that they have there?   Yes. I loved that game. Yeah. Apparently, there was a deal in between the family that made that and the original owner, and, basically, that just blew up.   The   they they they did not want it anymore, and so they go this   it was a TikTok that I saw from the lady that does it now, who her grandfather started it.  

And it was just like   they just said, okay. Well, you can still make them for the tables, but, we're you for the stores,   you you're not gonna sell any of yours through our stores.   We're we're we're gonna go to, like, China for that or something like that. So, you know, it's   yeah. Yeah. It's just this it's just this whole streamline   going away from   just   good old   Americana.   You know? You you can say family values or anything like that, but it wasn't even family values. It was just Americana.   Yep. You you know?   So   Yeah.  



[00:24:46] Jamon Fries:

Yeah. I I heard, when I when the first time I heard heard about the change,   there was   a guy that made a comment on it that I thought was kind of   hilarious and to the point.   Uh-huh.   So the name of the store is Cracker Barrel, but you got rid of the cracker and the barrel.  

[00:25:09] Jesse Fries:

Well well, the logo of the new one is supposed the shape is supposed to be a barrel. The outlet the the yellow one is don't look like nothing like a barrel. Well, this is what they said. Okay?   And so   yeah. And then they got rid of, uncle whatever his name is on the logo.   Yep. And so it's   it   I I don't care either way, but I I think Yeah. It was just overall.   They were changing too much all at once is what I'm talking. And now you're changing it, they went   like, it it was like a complete   a complete reversal of the interior and everything like that. You know? It's like Yeah.   It's like, oh, it's a IHOP now. Congratulations.  



[00:25:54] Jamon Fries:

Basically, yeah. It's an IHOP that you know? I mean, no. I I hope I'm not offending anyone out there, but it's an IHOP with not the greatest food.   Well, they have IHOP though.   They they have certain dishes that are decent, but No. Yeah. Good point. When I when I was when I was driving over the road, I used to eat at Cracker Barrel quite often because it was one of the only restaurants that I could get to with my truck. Oh, yeah.   And yeah. I   I I almost preferred truck stop food over Cracker Barrel.  

[00:26:28] Jesse Fries:

Yeah. I I've never been a huge fan of it either.  

[00:26:31] Jamon Fries:

But Yeah. Yeah. Some people love it. So Yeah. The the biggest reason that we went there because,   well, here's a little bit of a flash from the past.   My   girlfriend at the time, who was who I was driving with,   loved the,   the,   the Thai Beanie Babies.   Okay. And Cracker Barrel always had them in stock.   And so so she would wanna stop there. We we bought   hundreds of those things from   from Cracker Barrel, I would say. Mhmm. Wow. Wow.   Yeah.   Yeah. She was really into those.  

[00:27:18] Jesse Fries:

That sucks.  

[00:27:21] Jamon Fries:

Yeah.   Yeah. But yeah.   Yeah.  

[00:27:28] Jesse Fries:

Okay. Let's see here. Let let's do, I guess, DC,   and everything like that seems to be going well there.   So Yeah.  

[00:27:37] Jamon Fries:

Yesterday   as of yesterday, twelve days without any murders, which   I guess isn't quite the record at DC, but it's, you know, it's doing pretty damn good. So Well, it's going nearly like a one a day, one every other day, something like that. So Yeah. It was it was one every other day was the average.   Yep.   You know, the the longest the the the DC's record for the longest time without any murders   is sixteen days.   Yep. Yep. Yep.  

[00:28:08] Jesse Fries:

That's not very long. No. It isn't. It isn't. Robberies have declined 42%.   Yeah.   Carjackings have dropped 85%.   Yeah. And that's just in the past fourteen days. So it's Yep.   Yeah. It's quite a dramatic,   shift. It really is.  

[00:28:27] Jamon Fries:

And so Oh, absolutely.  

[00:28:29] Jesse Fries:

And then, the DC mayor,   she actually said she greatly appreciates the surge of officers   that enhance, what,   the Metro PD has been able to do.   Mhmm. For carjackings,   the difference between this twenty day period of this federal surge and last year's represents a 87%   reduction in carjackings.   Yeah. So yeah. No. She she's happy with the results. Now she might not be happy with the takeover itself.   Right.   But, she's happy with the results. Who can't be happy with those results? Oh, yeah. No kidding. Yeah.  

[00:29:06] Jamon Fries:

But apparently the people Safer well, I mean, yeah. Say safer streets will always be better.   Oh, yeah. Unfortunately, there's some people that   complain about the way you get to the safe streets.  

[00:29:18] Jesse Fries:

Yeah. And they're usually white liberals that really complain about how you get there.   Yeah.   Most of   the poor communities, they go, just thank you. Thank you for   you know? They they that's That's all they care about, you know? Yes. Of course, they don't want their son thrown in jail and everything like that. They don't want police brutality or anything like that. But in general, they do like it when they can go outside and their young children can play outside. So Yes. Yes. I I saw a story. I can't remember. I can't remember. I think it was NBC,  

[00:29:51] Jamon Fries:

went out and were interviewing   all sorts of people. I could   it's been a while since I watched it, so I can't quite remember if it was DC or Chicago, but I think it was DC that they were looking at. Mhmm.   Trying to get people   their intention   and the questions that they were asking, we're trying to lead people into saying,   you know, we don't want we don't want the National Guard here and stuff like that.   Right. Right. And yet, every single person that they interviewed, who all happened to be black in the in in the   problem areas   Uh-huh.  

Kept saying, you know, well,   my family member or someone I know or I see this happening all the time. So I'm very glad that they're here, and I haven't seen it in a while. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. No. Exactly. You know, it's like The story just backfired on them so hard.  

[00:30:46] Jesse Fries:

There's a poll done, like, in within DC itself, and it's said something like 80% of the people don't want this takeover.   But then if you broke down, like, where these people were that they it was like   the it was about, like, 90%   of,   the polling was done in white areas.  

[00:31:08] Jamon Fries:

Okay. The white low crime areas, of course. Exactly. Exactly.   So so you have the white liberals, like, saying, oh, no. Yeah. But everything Well, you know, I mean, that that's that's gotta be the way you do it in DC because, well, the other areas are too dangerous to go in and pull.  

[00:31:24] Jesse Fries:

No. Exactly.   Exactly. You know, it's it's   it's just like,   the grand jury,   declined to indict that guy that threw this sandwich.   Yeah. I I saw that coming, though. Oh, I I saw that coming too, you know, because, you know, the one thing   we'd   the one thing is, basically, DC is it's the deep state. You you know, you you could just call it Deep state central, you know, DC. Oh, yeah. You know, just add a s in there. And they hate Trump so much   that they would actually probably throw him in jail for blowing his nose.   Oh, absolutely. They would.  

And then they would probably,   not indict,   a would be assassin of Trump.   Yes.   The the that really is see that happening.   That is because they they indicted everybody   that was in Trump's,   sphere   Yeah. That they could.   And Oh, yeah. But are letting everybody off that, Trump goes after. You know? So it's like, you you you can't it is such a hyperpartisan   city that  

[00:32:32] Jamon Fries:

yeah. Oh, yeah. Big time. It's just crazy.  

[00:32:35] Jesse Fries:

It really is. Yeah.   But, apparently,   like, 54%   of, American  

[00:32:43] Jamon Fries:

voters actually like what Trump's doing. So Yes. Yes. There there was a there was a Fox News reporter that followed,   that followed the,   the marshal's office around   around DC.  

[00:32:58] Jesse Fries:

Right.  

[00:32:59] Jamon Fries:

They went and arrested this one kid.   And he's like, I don't understand why they keep doing this.   He he was he was charged in Maryland   with,   with   armed carjacking.  

[00:33:13] Jesse Fries:

Uh-huh.  

[00:33:16] Jamon Fries:

He has now been arrested   six times on the same charge.   Nobody comes to pick him up, and three days later, the judges say you gotta let him go. Oh, Jesus.   Six times for the same charge.   And because of the way their their the way because of their policies,   they keep letting them go without even I mean, Maryland doesn't come to get him.  

[00:33:45] Jesse Fries:

Mhmm.  

[00:33:46] Jamon Fries:

I don't   I wouldn't be surprised if they didn't even tell Maryland that he was in custody.  

[00:33:52] Jesse Fries:

Oh, yeah. Yeah. Completely.   That's That's just insane.   It really is. It really is. But, you know, it's   that's really what how the warrant system works, you know. If they don't come pick you up,  

[00:34:07] Jamon Fries:

you you just have to be Yeah. They have to let you go. There's nothing else that could be done about. Yeah. They they can only hold you for three days. So if the if the other party doesn't show up to collect,  

[00:34:17] Jesse Fries:

you go back home. And, you know, Maryland doesn't have any excuse. It it it's just right there.  

[00:34:23] Jamon Fries:

It's just right there. It's not like the guy to travel across the country to pick him up. I mean,   you know, Florida had absolutely no problem picking up that truck driver in California.  

[00:34:36] Jesse Fries:

You could fly into Baltimore to get to DC.   Yes. You know? It's  

[00:34:43] Jamon Fries:

Yeah. So that that's just insane.  

[00:34:46] Jesse Fries:

It really is. That is really insane.   Let's see here. What else do we got here?  

[00:35:04] Jamon Fries:

We were talking about Cracker Barrel and, CNN,   the, you know, the CNN poll analysis   Uh-huh. Guy.   He,   went on talking about,   saying that the Democrats are struggling in polls like the Cracker Barrel rebrand.  

[00:35:23] Jesse Fries:

That's funny.   That's funny. Yeah. Yeah.   They're   really trying, you know. Is is it Yep. They aren't   they  

[00:35:34] Jamon Fries:

just they've got some more left that they The the problem is   is that they truly believe that the reason that they're not pulling well is because they're not doing enough to stop Trump.   Yeah. I know. I know. It's Because the militant side   says this is why we're not poll we're not we don't approve of of what of what you're doing.  

[00:35:56] Jesse Fries:

Right. Right.  

[00:35:58] Jamon Fries:

You know, that's, like,   may maybe 10%   of all the Democrats out there. Oh, yeah. Most of them are Most of them are like, you've gone way too crazy.  

[00:36:10] Jesse Fries:

Yep. Yep. No. I agree. I agree.   Let's see here.   Oh, apparently, you know, due to that,   truck driver,   that killed three people in Florida. Yep.   So,   apparently, ICE,   they're gonna start doing a whole bunch of checkpoints now   throughout   Florida,   to the point where it'll be, like, two or three every trucker will have to go through. Sometimes just proving that they know English and everything like that.  

[00:36:46] Jamon Fries:

And so The the article says they're gonna be at the weigh stations?  

[00:36:50] Jesse Fries:

Yeah. And they're also creating new weigh stations.  

[00:36:53] Jamon Fries:

Yeah. Well, I mean, they they have Or new checkpoints. Yeah. Yeah.   Just because because there's there's there's ways around those weigh stations that every truck driver knows.  

[00:37:03] Jesse Fries:

Yep. Yep. And so because of California and that jackass,   truckers now have to put up with more bullshit.   Now   now it's justified bullshit because of what happened. Oh, yeah. But it's bullshit nonetheless,   you know, and it's just makes the life of truckers even harder. You know? It's  

[00:37:22] Jamon Fries:

I heard that there are some states   that are thinking about not recognizing California's CDL unless they make changes.  

[00:37:31] Jesse Fries:

I could see that. I could see that.  

[00:37:33] Jamon Fries:

I mean, it makes absolute sense. So no truck driver that drives out the California CDL would be able to operate in those states anymore.   That's really gonna hamper   a lot of unfortunately, that's gonna be a huge effect on the truck drivers because,   you know, I mean, the the individual truck driver has no influence over the government about the way that they the way that they do things.   And if you can't drive to a certain state, you've suddenly lost your employability in almost every every nationwide trucking company. So Mhmm.   And it it could hurt California drivers   pretty bad.  



[00:38:14] Jesse Fries:

Oh, yeah. It really could. It really could.   No. It it's it's a bad situation. It really is just a bad situation.  

[00:38:23] Jamon Fries:

Yeah. It is.   But, you know, they've been there have been more people recording semis turning around on interstates doing u turns in the in the across the median and interstates.   Mhmm. There was one truck   driver,   that   drove down the wrong side of a bridge in a major city.  

[00:38:45] Jesse Fries:

Oh, Jesus.  

[00:38:47] Jamon Fries:

Yeah. I it's   it's insane.  

[00:38:53] Jesse Fries:

It really is. It is really insane.   It just doesn't make much sense.  

[00:38:59] Jamon Fries:

No. No. None at all.  

[00:39:03] Jesse Fries:

Let's see here.   Looks like the commerce secretary,   Howard Lutnick, he voided about 7,400,000,000.0   payment   to,   a Biden ally staffed nonprofit.   So, basically, there was a   there's some, whole bunch of funding, that was set aside.   And at the very end of the Biden administration, you know how they just start throwing money away, you know, just throwing money at anything and everything?   Yeah. Basically, they set up a some some of his cap some of his   people in his White House set up a nonprofit.   And, basically, it's just funneling all straight to them. And then they Oh, shit.   Then they distribute it. So, basically, they set up they basically set up,   outs   a part of government outside government  

[00:39:53] Jamon Fries:

is basically private basically, an a private investment fund that the government funds.  

[00:39:59] Jesse Fries:

Exactly. Exactly. We which is, I would say, on the shady side, illegal side. If not outright illegal. Yeah. Yeah. Exactly. Completely in the black.   Yes. Yes. Yes.   So yeah. 7,400,000,000.0   was, set to be given to them and everything like that. So yeah. It's Yeah.   Yeah. It's   the the the   yeah. It was just crazy. It it is life is crazy right now. It is crazy. But at least they stopped that. So, you know, it's   because, yeah, semiconductor   research. Come on. You know? Throw that in Intel. You know? You're you're buying part of them anyways for some godass reason.   Yeah.  

Oh, did you hear,   Bernie Sanders loves the fact that we bought part of Intel?   That doesn't surprise me one bit. I know. So guess what? If a communist   or AKA very, very socialist likes your ideas Yes.   You might want to rethink that. Idea.   Exactly.   Exactly.  

[00:41:01] Jamon Fries:

Although I did hear I did hear of a better   idea   if you wanna set up this, Sovereign Trust Fund. Uh-huh.   There was,   in fact, you this was yours. You have this one as well.   The,   if you want to the, idea of   having the   government   have ownership of part of patents   and stuff like that that they have spent money   Yeah. That government money has gone towards. No. See, I'm fine with that.   That makes so much sense. It does. It does. If if the government is paying for it, what just just like with the drug industry. If the government is paying for your research, why is it that the drug company gets all of the money? Yeah. Exactly.  

[00:41:49] Jesse Fries:

Exactly. Or,   government employees get the money. Yeah. Fauci and whatnot. He has so many patents for drugs and everything like that. You know? It's like,   no. That you're working for the government. That's your payment.   Yes.   Everything else goes to the government.   Yeah. All those things should actually revert to the government. Play it simple. It it's They should. Yeah. If if you're getting paid by the government, you don't get paid. Fine with, right, I'd be fine with you getting a portion of it,  

[00:42:15] Jamon Fries:

but not the whole thing, you know. No. You get a bonus.  

[00:42:18] Jesse Fries:

One time bonus.  

[00:42:20] Jamon Fries:

That's it.  

[00:42:22] Jesse Fries:

I I yeah. I could see that. That's how it works at most companies.   You do something for them.   It's not your name on that.   Yeah.  

[00:42:31] Jamon Fries:

It is the company's name on that. And then if there That is true. There's no scientist that works for a drug company   that   gets their name on any of the drugs that they create.  

[00:42:42] Jesse Fries:

Exactly. They might get a bonus,   but Yeah. That'd be about and it would be a one time bonus.   That is true. Yeah. So to me, that's the way it should be, you know. If Yeah. If it's outside your work and everything like that, fine. Fine and done. Absolutely. I don't mind you doing other things. But if it's for work related? Yeah. Yeah. No.  

[00:42:59] Jamon Fries:

Yeah. So what I would like to see the government do is the percentage of the of funding for the research that they put into it   is the percentage that they keep.   So if they give a 100%,   they keep a 100%.   No. Yeah. Completely. Completely. Yeah.   Yeah. I mean, that that just and if if that were to happen,   could you imagine   how much excess money this country would have considering that at least   probably 75%   of all all manufactured drugs are   done with government money for research?  

[00:43:37] Jesse Fries:

Mhmm. Yep.  

[00:43:39] Jamon Fries:

No one would ever have to pay any form of tax ever again.  

[00:43:44] Jesse Fries:

Exactly.   So, you know, I   to me, that's the way because we're we're propping up all these companies,   as a government. It is to me, I think it's completely wrong. It's not Oh, absolutely. Mistakes.   It's,  

[00:44:00] Jamon Fries:

I I thought the bank bailouts back in the day were wrong because Nope. I mean Yep. It it was mistakes that they made that caused them to fail. So why there there is no such thing as a bank that's too large to fail. Yeah. No. No. Let them all fail. If that takes the system down, well, you should've done a better system. Why are you propping down? If if if that can take the system down, it means that the system is not working properly anyways.  

[00:44:24] Jesse Fries:

Yep. I would say if you need a fix for the system, you fix the system. You don't bail out the company that's caused the issue.  

[00:44:31] Jamon Fries:

Yeah. Absolutely.  

[00:44:33] Jesse Fries:

Yeah. Hey. Yeah. Yeah. But of course not. Of course not. That's not how it works. Yeah. Of course not. The government,   pays for their own. You know? That's a that's a   let's see. What do you got? What else have we got?  

[00:44:55] Jamon Fries:

So   let me see.   Oh, the, interest rate is most likely gonna be dropping.   Jerome Powell has   has admitted that   tariffs have not had as large of an impact as you thought that they would.  

[00:45:19] Jesse Fries:

Imagine that. Imagine that. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah.   And the economy just, shot up, today, like, the like, second quarter numbers came back better than they were originally posted.   Oh, yeah. Yeah. 3% GDP raise. It was a 3.3.  

[00:45:35] Jamon Fries:

So Yeah. Everybody yeah. I I remember the first time the the first after the first quarter GDP stuff comes out, and everybody's like, well, it's because everybody is buying stuff now because, you know, that they would have bought later because they don't wanna have to pay the tariff charges.   Yep. Yep.   No. I'm sorry, but people are still   People will buy whatever they wanna buy as soon as they see it. They're not gonna, you know, unless,   you know, you're like looking at maybe a car. If you're looking at a specific European car, you may have bought it before   before the tariffs hit. Uh-huh. But   in normal day in everyday life,   you don't   buy things   because of their price. You buy things because you want them.  

Most people don't pay attention to the price too much unless, you know, it's the point where they can't afford it because it's too expensive.  

[00:46:29] Jesse Fries:

Right. Right. Right. Yep.  

[00:46:32] Jamon Fries:

Oh, yeah. Exactly. The the the the majority of the consumers out there are not the type to   say,   well, you know,   toilet paper is gonna be running out   in six months,   so I better stock up now.   Mhmm. That's not how that's not how the consumer works.  

[00:46:53] Jesse Fries:

Sometimes it does, but generally not. Generally not.  

[00:46:56] Jamon Fries:

Yeah. I know.  

[00:46:58] Jesse Fries:

Yeah. There's a little bit of fear, but   it's been Yes. Proven, basically. It it Yeah. It it may   trickle its way down over time, but,   it might just be factored straight into inflation and not Well, and and the and the thing that they don't  

[00:47:15] Jamon Fries:

the thing that most people don't think about   is it's going to be   just one increase.   Yep. You know, even if it does become slightly more expensive because of tariffs,   it's gonna jump up a bit and then it's gonna stay there for the rest of time as long as the tariffs don't change. Well, inflation and everything like that. Well, yeah. But companies might also trickle it out.   You never know. It would just make sense to you. I mean, if if you're selling a whole bunch of stuff   and   I mean,   yeah. I it just yeah. It would make sense for for companies,   especially the the the places that are actually selling them   because, you know, there there's the there's the   recommended price from the manufacturer,   and then there's the price that you actually buy it for, and those almost never match.  

Yeah. Generally not. Generally not. So the the the price you buy it for is usually higher than the recommended price.   I've seen a few rare occasions where it's been lower. Low. I usually think it's lower. Really?  

[00:48:21] Jesse Fries:

Yeah. That's how it works. Okay.  

[00:48:23] Jamon Fries:

So yeah. Usually I I I've I've seen quite a few things where the MSRP is is lower than the actual price is.   But, you know,   a lot of the stuff that I buy is on Amazon, though. And one of the problems with Amazon   is it goes through, like, five   people raising prices before it gets put on Amazon. Exactly. Exactly. No. I completely understand that. Yep. Yeah. The the   I I   I'm glad that Amazon is there because it makes it easier for me since I'm not really mobile. Yep. But at the same time,   when I can if I can go to the store and buy it for cheaper than I can at Amazon,   Amazon kind of loses part of its purpose. And, you know, I've I've seen, like, a candy bar   going for   $20   on Amazon before.  



[00:49:16] Jesse Fries:

Yeah. Yeah. Saw that on you see that on eBay and stuff like that too. So Yeah. Yeah. It is it's just, it is what it is. Yeah. Mhmm.   Yep. Let's see here. It looks like Trump is going after the digital tax and everything like that,   that other countries are putting on.   He's, like,   his truth,   post was, as president of The United States, I will stand up to countries that attack our incredible American tech companies.   Digital taxes, digital service legislations, and digital market regulations are all designed to harm or discriminate against American technology.   They also outrageously   give a complete pass to Chinese largest tech companies. This must end and end now.  

With this truth, I put all countries in digital taxes, legislation, rules, and regulations or regulations   on notice that unless these discriminatory   actions are removed, I, as president of The United States, will impose substantial additional tariffs on that country's   exports to The US,   yada yada yada.   So   yeah.   Yeah. So Makes sense. Yeah. It it does make sense because it's all part   of   what we sell. You know? So Yeah.   And our digital is one of the biggest things that we sell. So Absolutely  

[00:50:34] Jamon Fries:

is. Yeah.   Mhmm.  

[00:50:39] Jesse Fries:

Let's see. What else do we get? Anything,   like, super fascinating?  

[00:50:48] Jamon Fries:

Not   really from government or politics.  

[00:50:53] Jesse Fries:

Okay. That works. That works.  

[00:50:56] Jamon Fries:

Let's get into some climate stuff.  

[00:50:59] Jesse Fries:

Okay. What's up?  

[00:51:01] Jamon Fries:

Frontier,   a,   like, I I can't remember exactly what they do, but they they're they're buying,   carbon credits   from a company that   is doing some things that, you know, I'm   kind   of have issues with. Uh-huh.   This company is trying to   basically   give the ocean   antacids.  

[00:51:33] Jesse Fries:

Oh,   okay.  

[00:51:36] Jamon Fries:

The the so they they're saying they're they're claiming that the pH balance of the ocean   has gone from 8.3   to 8.4   or no. No. I think it was 8.2 to 8.3.   Okay. So a point one a point one change in in the, in the Right. Assisted. PH balance. Right.   Which   they which they say, and it very well could be true, is a problem for the coral reefs and stuff like that because, you know, once once he is once the pH changes,   it changes everything.  

[00:52:10] Jesse Fries:

Right. Right.  

[00:52:12] Jamon Fries:

And so but they also claim that by lowering the pH,   it allows the ocean   to absorb   a lot more carbohydrates.   Or not carbohydrates, carbon. Carbohydrates. Carbohydrates.   Sorry. Sorry. My my mind just kind of flashed into that.   It it it allows the ocean to absorb a lot more, carbon.   Uh-huh.   And so they're giving the ocean antacids   and selling those carbon credits.  

[00:52:46] Jesse Fries:

But do we want more carbon in   the water?   Don't don't don't they don't fish need, like, oxygen?   Not Yes, Cindy. They do. Not not carbon.   I'm just Yes. Absolutely.  

[00:53:00] Jamon Fries:

They they don't want carbon dioxide in the too much carbon dioxide in the water is a huge problem too.   Wow. Wow. Okay.   Yeah. So   they're doing that. And, you know, it's it's one of those things where   no one knows if the pH change is natural or not. I mean Right.   The   records have shown that as it gets warmer, the oceans released more carbon dioxide.   Hence, by, if the ocean releasing that carbon dioxide   means that the pH level changes,   it's a natural   progression   if we supposedly   are   are heating up the planet too much.  

[00:53:46] Jesse Fries:

Yeah. Yeah.   Sounds like what we always do. We go, oh, we're gauze at this, and then we digress. You know, it's,   you know. Yeah.  

[00:53:58] Jamon Fries:

Another thing out of climate news is the a German court   has now said that Apple cannot call its watch carbon neutral.  

[00:54:09] Jesse Fries:

Okay. Why not?  

[00:54:11] Jamon Fries:

Because they   bought they they rented a forest   Uh-huh.   For   but the lease expires   in, like, four or five years. Okay. And so since it's not a long draw they said if it would have been, like, a hundred year lease, then sure you coulda you coulda used those that those carbon credits against your watch. But since it's just temporary like this, no. We're not gonna let you do it.  

[00:54:40] Jesse Fries:

I am completely fine with that. They need to get rid of this whole forest crap thing, you know. Oh, shit. It's  

[00:54:47] Jamon Fries:

no. I'm sorry. The four the forests are already there. Renting a forest does not reduce   your carbon footprint.   They're already there.  

[00:54:57] Jesse Fries:

Who who seriously,   who's the genius   that goes, you know, there's gonna be these big companies that will give me money   just to say that the for a forest. And then they'll somehow   think of the marketing, because that is 100%   marketing. There's no science behind it at all. Yeah. No. That's 100.   It is 100%   marketing.   Yeah. How much did Apple pay for that?   Yeah. Yeah. I think I think they could reduce, some of my Apple devices   and price just   just said to buy jackasses   without force. No kidding. No kidding. Yeah.   That's funny. Yeah.  



[00:55:42] Jamon Fries:

Yeah.   And then and then there's a a company that,   wants to become the McDonald's   of biochar   is what they say. What is biochar?   Biochar is taking plant life and burning it in an oxygen free environment,   turning it into   biochar,   biochar. Charcoal.   Yeah. Yeah. But they they don't do they don't use trees. They they take, like, plants and stuff like that. Yeah. But it's still charcoal.  

[00:56:11] Jesse Fries:

Yeah. That's all it is.  

[00:56:12] Jamon Fries:

Yes. So so this company   goes to farmers in some in in an area in Africa, and I think that they have another area too. I can't remember exactly where it was. Uh-huh.   And they convince the farmers   to give them   the plants that that are left after the harvest.  

[00:56:33] Jesse Fries:

Right.  

[00:56:35] Jamon Fries:

So they give them this material. They they   don't really   buy it from them.   They give them this material.   They then go and burn it and sell the biochar.  

[00:56:50] Jesse Fries:

Sore god.   So they're taking nutrients that would be just tilt into the ground, and they're taking those nutrients and burning them up.   Yeah. To sell the What?  

[00:57:03] Jamon Fries:

The problem the problem that I have with it is the reason that they're doing this is to reduce the number of,   farms that burn the fields after the after the the cycle.   Okay. You know, like, here in Kansas, you know, you Right. You burn the you burn the farms. Yeah. But that puts nutrients back into the soil. Exactly.   So they're buying everything that should go back into this farmer's soil   and selling it to somebody else that can afford it,   which means that these farmers that this farmer's soil   is going to very quickly deplete and won't be able to   to produce as much food.  



[00:57:42] Jesse Fries:

Yeah. And then they'll become reliant on ConAgro   or big the big egg companies.   Yeah. Oh, so it's like a perfect cycle.   I it must have been They're they're convincing  

[00:57:54] Jamon Fries:

farmers to to use the biochar.  

[00:57:58] Jesse Fries:

For what? By  

[00:58:00] Jamon Fries:

well, to as fertilizer.  

[00:58:04] Jesse Fries:

You go and you spray it on your bills. Yeah. Just burn it your damn self.   But they also say that that this biochar  

[00:58:12] Jamon Fries:

absorbs carbon dioxide. It it absorbs carbon out of the air.   So they're   so they're getting they're not only are they selling the fertilizer,   but they're also selling carbon credits.  

[00:58:26] Jesse Fries:

Of course, they are.  

[00:58:28] Jamon Fries:

And they're giving part of the carbon credits proceeds   to the farmers that   bought the biochar   from them.  

[00:58:36] Jesse Fries:

Because the farmers need bio credits?  

[00:58:39] Jamon Fries:

Or or is it, like, or is it they're giving them the money from the from the sale of the bio of the, carbon credits. Well, at least the farmers are getting something then, I guess. Yes. But, I mean, essentially, what it means is you buy the biochar, but you're not really buying it because you're getting the money back.  

[00:58:53] Jesse Fries:

But or are they selling it to, like, Europe?  

[00:58:57] Jamon Fries:

Well, of course. It's it's I mean, it wouldn't surprise me. So they're taking  

[00:59:02] Jesse Fries:

African resources, taking it to Europe. Sounds like a normal thing to me. It absolutely does. Yeah. And then whoever uses that, they get a carbon credit. Right? Yes.   So yes. Because farmers in Europe The the  

[00:59:13] Jamon Fries:

company technically gets the carbon credit Uh-huh. Not the farmer itself.  

[00:59:17] Jesse Fries:

The farmer just gets some of the proceeds from the sales No. No. No. I I meant the the the the farmer that puts it on his field.  

[00:59:25] Jamon Fries:

No. He doesn't he doesn't actually get carbon credits. Okay. Okay. The company that produces the biochar gets all of the carbon credits   and then they get part of the the proceeds from those the sales of those carbon credits to the farmer that put it in the field.  

[00:59:42] Jesse Fries:

It sounds janky. Just saying. It does. Yeah.   Why did we get it? They wanna they wanna spread this week around the world. We could be making billions, Jamin. No kidding.   I have a forest. Does anybody wanna buy a floor?   No. Rent. Don't let them buy. They've gotta rent. Oh, yeah. They're gonna be rent. Rent. Rent. Yeah. You you know?   Yeah. Yeah.   I'll tell Carol about that because   I think,   her siblings and her are about to get some land   okay. In the forest,   around Mount Kenya. You know, so, you know, they're Oh. Yeah. Yeah. They   Just say, we're selling carbon credits. There you go. Make money.  



[01:00:27] Jamon Fries:

Yeah. Existing   forests   should never be able to get carbon credits.   The only way that you should be able I mean, well, I mean, I completely disagree with the entire concept of carbon credits.   But working within the system, I would see planting trees as getting carbon credits.   Yeah. You know, if you if you planted a forest, then, you know, I mean, sure, it absorbs carbon that normally wouldn't have been absorbed. So,   potentially.   Uh-huh.   But a fairly existing forest of which you do absolutely   nothing   for,   and yet you get carbon credits for it to offset a watch.   Yeah. No. Yeah. That that's just that's just wrong in every way.  



[01:01:14] Jesse Fries:

It really is. It really is.   Okay. Let's see here.   Okay.   So which tech founder is, gonna be going for the California governor?  

[01:01:37] Jamon Fries:

I've got his name, but they never said   who he was. It's,   Ethan   Agarwal.  

[01:01:45] Jesse Fries:

Okay.  

[01:01:48] Jamon Fries:

But nowhere in the article does it say what he.   Okay. He found he co founded a fintech startup,   The Coterie.  

[01:02:01] Jesse Fries:

Okay.  

[01:02:01] Jamon Fries:

But I've I've never heard of that, so I have absolutely no idea. Yeah. No clue.  

[01:02:07] Jesse Fries:

No clue. Okay. Congratulations.  

[01:02:10] Jamon Fries:

Yeah.   But, the platform he's running on is,   is that   capitalism   works,   and so he's a Democrat who believes in capitalism.   Mhmm.   So   he might be better for California   since he actually   believes in capitalism.   So, you know, that might that might be a good thing, but he is still a Democrat. So No. Understand.  

[01:02:39] Jesse Fries:

Understand.   Let's see here. Let let's do some international news here.   Alright.   Okay. So Ukraine is,   desperate for people to throw to the front lines. Right? Of course. Yeah.   And so now they're opening up,   dual citizenship so you can become a dual citizen   of, Ukraine. Now, of course, they don't say it's for fodder to send to the front lines.   That's just my theory on it. You know? It's like, why else would you would they want you to become a Ukrainian citizen now? It's like, they they would they wanna be able to no other reason. Yeah. That's what I'm thinking. And they're gonna open it up,   looks like they're opening it up to Germany, Poland, and The Czech Republic.  

And then later on, they'll open it up to The US and whatnot, and it's like going, no. No. Sorry, dude. I no. No. I don't wanna be conscripted.   Yeah. I know.  

[01:03:36] Jamon Fries:

So The only other possibility is if they were selling that dual citizenship, you know, if it could be to make money if they were if you had to pay for it. But,   no. It it is probably to get troops.  

[01:03:50] Jesse Fries:

Yeah. Yeah. It's the only thing that I could see   Yeah. Why. Yeah. I I can't think of any other reason.   Yeah. So yeah. Yeah. Oh, there you go. There you go. Interesting.  

[01:04:03] Jamon Fries:

And then  

[01:04:04] Jesse Fries:

and then in Scotland. Have you heard about this little girl? Yeah.   Yeah. Yeah. You you know, I don't know the full story or anything like that. So it's just good to put that out there. But   if she felt threatened enough to pull out an ax and a dagger   against   the immigrant man who was filming   her and apparently groped her sister or something like that too is from what I understand.  

[01:04:27] Jamon Fries:

Yeah. It it was,   there there were three young girls there,   and   this guy just started   harassing them. He he had harassed them for, like,   almost ten minutes and, you know,   getting in getting in front of them, doing stuff.   And it got to the point where she felt that she had to pull out the knife and the ax.  

[01:04:50] Jesse Fries:

Yep. Yep. Well, the guy was begging for it. Show me the knife. Show me the knife. You know? Yeah. It's like so   yeah. I he he wanted to get her in trouble, I think, is what it was Oh, yeah. With that. That's why he was recording that bit, probably not the other bit.  

[01:05:03] Jamon Fries:

Well, of course. He he you're not gonna record yourself doing something wrong. Yeah. Exactly. Exactly. And I'm gonna record the person reacting to it and threatening you with them. Yeah. I don't think she did anything wrong. Oh, no. To her. What is she supposed to be? She's sad of it's a very sad state of affairs in in the in Great Britain where   little 14 13, 14 year old girls   have to carry knife and axes to protect themselves from being assaulted.  

[01:05:33] Jesse Fries:

Yep. Yep. The means have been great, though. And then Oh, there's nothing I've been yes.   Everybody I love the artwork on some of them. Yeah. Yeah. Everybody seems to be supporting this girl.   I saw one report where it said that the immigrant was actually arrested,   but it was only one report.   So,   yeah, it was from the Economic Times.   I'm not sure. Saw  

[01:06:00] Jamon Fries:

it, kind of, early into the story, I saw that this one person from Scotland   posted, you know,   I'm really glad that this girl is all getting all this support.   Mhmm.   If only all of the support wasn't from The US and none of it was from the from Great Britain.  

[01:06:22] Jesse Fries:

Yeah. Yeah. See see,   The United States   in general, we believe you have a right to defend yourself in any Yes. Means   possible.   And Absolutely. We're we're we're not afraid of knives here unlike the No. No.   So, you you know, you you actually have to be 18 to buy a knife, a kitchen knife over there.   Seriously?   Yep. You have to be 18 to buy a kitchen knife. Yeah.   That's insane. Because they got rid of the gun, so then there's a whole bunch of knife violence. Yeah.   Yeah. Yeah. And that's that's how it works. Also, acid attacks. They have so many acid attacks. Oh, yeah. It's because there's no guns.   Yep. It's so you're picking one for the other one. You know, it's just a  

[01:07:05] Jamon Fries:

Yeah. People that intend to do harm and everyone   in every country, there are people   that intend to do harm. Yep. People that intend to do harm are going to do it with whatever weapon is available.   Yep.   Yep.   Even if it's just picking up a baseball bat and bashing the hell out of someone.   Yeah. It's Yeah.   Honestly, I'd rather   have   I'd in many cases, I'd rather face the gun because, you know, it's a quick death in most in some cases.   Mhmm. Being beat with a baseball bat is never gonna be a quick painless death.  

[01:07:42] Jesse Fries:

Yep.   Yeah. Yeah. Apparently, one of those girls ended up in the hospital.   Apparently.   Yeah. So   no. It's   No.   Yeah. No. It it it it is sad state of affairs when   things have just Yeah.   Devolved so much over there. You know? It it's Mhmm.   And, you know, it it's they're English speaking, so we feel a kinship. You know? Our country started from them. You know? Our our history, our laws, they they they date back  

[01:08:16] Jamon Fries:

to England. They all originate there.  

[01:08:18] Jesse Fries:

Yeah. And so, you know, it's   our our thought. You know? Yep. Every man has a right to   life, liberty, and the well,   the lock was property, but the pursuit of happiness, that goes back to English.   Yeah. English,   philosophers, British philosophers. So, you know, we   we trace ourself from that.   Yeah. And so I think that's why   we feel like we can say something about it. Yeah. You you know why we have a guttural   reaction Yeah. To even things that are going across   the pond, you know. Oh, yeah. Absolutely.  

[01:08:58] Jamon Fries:

Yeah. I just saw this I saw a story that that showed that there were, like,   80 different rape gangs that are currently active across the across Great Britain right now.  

[01:09:09] Jesse Fries:

Yeah. Yeah. It it   it's it is really sad. Hopefully, the reform   party   wins. Yeah. The Farage can do something about all this crap.   Hopefully. Because the Liberals and the Tories aren't doing crap.  

[01:09:25] Jamon Fries:

No. They're not. No. So it it's,  

[01:09:28] Jesse Fries:

they need that reform party, and it seems like   it keeps gaining the support. So   Yeah. Let's hope for that. Let's hope for that. Because Anyhow.   Yeah. That it's a sad state of affairs. And just think how much she has been through to actually have that on her.  

[01:09:43] Jamon Fries:

Oh, I know.  

[01:09:45] Jesse Fries:

You you know, it's it's it's not just this one instance.   She had to have Yeah. I know.  

[01:09:51] Jamon Fries:

She had to she had to have experienced it in the past. Exactly.   Or or known someone   very close to her that did. Yep.  

[01:10:00] Jesse Fries:

Yep. Yep. So  

[01:10:03] Jamon Fries:

yeah.   Yeah.  

[01:10:08] Jesse Fries:

Very sad state of affairs. It it really is. It really is.   Okay.   Let's quickly pause and let everybody know that we are a value for value podcast here at the minus meanderings. What this means is that we could, take anything that you wanna give us time, talent, treasure. If you have money to help out defray the cost of, this endeavor, that would be great. If,   you have an idea for a story we should cover, let us know. We may not cover it the way you want it to us to, but, you know, send it to us. We may cover it. We may not all at the same time, or send us artwork,   music,   actual artwork, whatnot,   cover art, everything like that. Just send us what you got. It'd be great.  

If you have any, ideas or complaints or anything like that, just, send them to me at jesse@mindlessc.com,   or you could email jamen, especially the complaints,   at, jamen@minusmeanderies.com.   And, so just help us out any which way you can because we would love that. And if you do help us out, we will make you a producer of the show, which you can put on your resume. Look at that. In tough times like this, every bit on your resume could actually help. And I will back it up. I will back it up and so will Jay.  

[01:11:19] Jamon Fries:

Absolutely.   Okeydokey.  

[01:11:22] Jesse Fries:

What is business news you got here, Jay, man?  

[01:11:25] Jamon Fries:

Well,   General Motors   Mhmm.   Is now   well, you you   it's not surprising.   But   so there are currently,   I think, three different standards   for electric vehicle plug ins. Yep.   And   so   General Motors is now building   has now designed a adapter   for the other two, the one that that and, you know, they don't obviously don't need to make one for the one that plugs into their vehicles. Right. Right.   So   the   the article is just said, get ready EV EV owners. Here come the dongles.  

[01:12:13] Jesse Fries:

But Yeah. For a little bit.  

[01:12:15] Jamon Fries:

Yeah. So they so they've designed the adapters for for the two other formats that are out there.   So I mean, that that's   so now General Motors vehicles can   be charged at any charging station.  

[01:12:31] Jesse Fries:

Yeah. Which is good. Which is good. Yeah.   Coming back from the weekend,   we had   we had to we stopped off because we were low. We stopped off in Fredericksburg,   and there was, like, one   fast charger. It was only a 50 watt, so it still took forever   to charge up the Humvee.   It's,   and there was only one fast charger. There's a Tesla   network right there,   but we didn't have the adapter yet. So Right. Barrels   we're we're gonna buy that real quick so that we can actually use the Tesla   system as well. But  

[01:13:06] Jamon Fries:

Yeah. Now now, I guess, it's gonna come with the vehicle, so that that's a big plus.   You don't have to buy the adapter anymore is what I think is and it didn't outright say that, but it that's the way I took it from what they're saying in the article.   So  

[01:13:22] Jesse Fries:

yeah. Well, that'd be nice. That'd be nice.   Yep.   But everything is just going to the Tesla   standard anyways. So  

[01:13:31] Jamon Fries:

Fine. Yeah. Yeah. No. They've agreed on that. So yeah.  

[01:13:35] Jesse Fries:

That's good. It's it's it's necessary that they all go to one standard. You know? Oh, yeah. Exactly. It's like VHS. Yeah. I don't know. Over Betamax. Yep. Yep. Just makes sense. Just makes sense. Well, and it it's  

[01:13:48] Jamon Fries:

yeah. You can even go further back than that, you know,   the size of the   of the hole for the that you put gasoline into a car.   Uh-huh. I would have absolutely no doubt that that first, there was no standard for that size. Oh, yeah. Yeah. Completely. Completely.   So everything everything eventually becomes standardized.  

[01:14:09] Jesse Fries:

No. It does. It does. Let's speed through the rest because I am gonna have to pick up,   my son for a dentist appointment here soon. So Alrighty.   So what do we got? I don't think we need to cover the legal stuff.  

[01:14:24] Jamon Fries:

Okay. So on to science. Sugary drinks increase your hair loss.  

[01:14:29] Jesse Fries:

Okay. Okay. Stop drinking, Joe.  

[01:14:32] Jamon Fries:

I I don't drink sugary. I don't. I don't. I'm just saying. Yeah. I used to drink a lot, but I have noticed that ever since I stopped, I have not been losing hair.  

[01:14:42] Jesse Fries:

Ah.  

[01:14:43] Jamon Fries:

I haven't been thinning out anymore. So, you know, you never know. It could yeah. Absolutely.   They've also found that,   the food choices that you make  

[01:14:55] Jesse Fries:

Mhmm.  

[01:14:57] Jamon Fries:

May actually depend on what your blood sugar levels are.   I can see that. I can see that. They found that if the higher your blood sugars are,   the more the sweeter you want your food to be.   Right.   So the the completely unsweetened   foods are not   palatable to many people that have higher blood sugars. It's a Oh, okay. So you get the higher blood sugar and then to find things delicious, you start eating things that are higher in sugar,   which just makes your blood sugar even worse.  

[01:15:32] Jesse Fries:

Wow. That sucks.   Yeah.   That really sucks. Yeah. That's like It does. Yeah.  

[01:15:43] Jamon Fries:

So what's this about LASIK?  

[01:15:45] Jesse Fries:

Yeah. They, LASIK itself,   is dangerous overall. Oh, yeah. Yeah. They they they say complication rates are low, but they it seems from what I understand, they hide a lot of the complications.   And   some people there there there's a   pretty well   known story, at least I know. It was up in Michigan. There's a TV,   anchor   who she had LASIK done.   Mhmm. And it got botched.   Like, six months later, she committed suicide.  

[01:16:18] Jamon Fries:

Oh, damn.  

[01:16:20] Jesse Fries:

Yeah. Yeah. Because you don't have eyesight   anymore. Right. So so your life is completely changed, everything like that. And it happens so many times. So many times. It's like dry eyes this or that or   it's not   from what I understand, most eye doc, like, actual eye doctors are going, no. I won't ever have it done. Oh, yeah. Because it's it's just too   too dangerous. Interest.   Yeah. Yeah. And so because of that, people are going, well, is there a different way to do that?   And some people it's only been done in, like, mice or rats or something like that.  

[01:16:56] Jamon Fries:

Okay.  

[01:16:57] Jesse Fries:

But they have come out,   they have figured out a different way to   reshape   the cornea,   so that it can actually,   and it's not as invasive as the LASIK.   So   Oh, nice. Yeah. The LASIK, it's just basically a laser that just carves.   Right. Yeah. So it it could be a a little bit rough and everything like that. Right.   But yeah. So it's,   it just deals with   I I don't know exactly what.   Mhmm. It it it's like a platinum contact lenses or something like that that you that reshape the cornea or something like that. Right. Yeah.   Apparently, the platinum lens acts like an electrode to generate a precise pH change.  

Talk about pH again.   And then when the researchers applied a small electrical potential to the lens,   it would actually make it so that it would change the cornea and everything like that.   Yeah. That's really cool. Yeah. I'm still good. Give that about 20 years before I try it. Oh, yeah. Yeah. Absolutely.  

[01:18:10] Jamon Fries:

Yeah. Mom and dad have both gotten LASIK.   Right. Right. Well, they had cataracts anyways. Yeah. They they had to get the cataracts replaced. And   mom   mom was so so upset   because they they   they gave her,   corrective lenses in the eyes. Right. Instead of just standard ones. Right. And she thought that because they had given her the corrective lens, that meant that she that   that she thought that was the reason that she could no longer bring something close to her face and read it. Uh-huh.   But   I've completely debunked that for her. Okay. Okay. Anyone   that replaces the lens in their eye Uh-huh. Will never be able to bring something close and read it.  



[01:18:56] Jesse Fries:

Oh, okay.  

[01:18:58] Jamon Fries:

The reason is because the way the eye eye works is there's muscles that are attached to the lens Right. That that stretch the lens when you the closer you bring something.   Oh. And since the since you've replaced the lens, there's no muscles attached to it, and it can't stretch. Right. So that's why that's why as soon as you get your lens replaced,   you will never be able to do that. You'll you'll have to use bifocals for the rest of your life.  

[01:19:22] Jesse Fries:

Oh, cool. Cool. Yeah.   Interesting. Interesting. Yep.   Let's see here. So what wind did SpaceX   just have?  

[01:19:32] Jamon Fries:

Oh, they,   they successfully launched, and   they successfully launched their space, the spaceship   Uh-huh. I think its name is.   But they did a little they they didn't recover it or the or the launch   or the the,   first stage of the rocket either.   Mhmm. But they weren't attempting to. So, you know, it's not a problem that they didn't. Right.   The the first stage of the rocket, they   come normally, when normally, what they do when they're doing a recovery is they launch it up and it the it's always burning.   The the   the the engines are always ignited as it goes up and then starts dropping.  



[01:20:18] Jesse Fries:

Right.  

[01:20:20] Jamon Fries:

This time, they've put some backup thrusters in there as well. Okay. And they were able to completely disengage the thrusters and   turn the new thrusters on and got it to do what they wanted it to before it splashed down into the ocean. Oh, nice. Nice.   The   the the part that went up into space,   they were testing,   three different mode three different types of,   panels,   heat protective panels for for reentry.   Mhmm.   One of them was pure metal, a purely metal   panel instead of the ceramic   Okay. Which   as long as it doesn't melt or get warped due to the heat, it would   it would be much   more much less likely to fail than ceramic would be. Right.  

Another one was a liquid cooled   panel.   So while it so instead of just relying on the the heat absorption ability of the panel, They were also liquid cooling it.   So they they've got all of the all of the information back from all of those before it, went and touched down into the ocean into the Indian Ocean as well. So,   yeah, they they were very happy with this, especially since the last couple of launches have not gone as planned.  

[01:21:48] Jesse Fries:

Okay. Okay.   Cool. Cool.   Let's see here.   Let's skip the op ed. I'll just do this one last story, and then I gotta get going.   But, apparently,   some hacker decided to use AI   to do everything. Write the code that   infiltrated   the companies and everything like that.   It just did everything using AI. So I mean, why not? It's there. It can do it. So why not? Exactly. It was using, the Claude chatbot   is, and it has stored at least 17 companies,   with its hacks. I know.   Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. The robots are taking over. You know, those damn clankers.   Yeah. Yeah. Did you hear that? Clankers people call them. Yeah. I did. Yeah. Bolt munchers.  

Those  

[01:22:40] Jamon Fries:

bolt munchers. Well, you know, pretty soon people won't have to be racist. They'll just be   robotist.  

[01:22:49] Jesse Fries:

Exactly. Exactly. Anti tech. Anti tech. Yep. After all, everyone has to hate someone.   Exactly. And with that, we thank you for joining us for episode 57 on the mindless meanderings podcast, our one year anniversary.   I'm Jesse Fries.   And I'm Jamin Fries. And we will see you on Monday.