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Light heartily covering topics including the WNBA, Gerrymandering, teacher pay around the western world, and much more.

Hosted by: 

- Jesse Fries

- Jamon Fries

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(00:20) Introduction

(01:45) Political Maneuverings in Texas

(07:08) Gerrymandering and Political Games

(13:08) Paper Terrorism: Liens on Properties

(18:18) Trump and Labor Statistics Controversy

(23:42) Teachers' Unions and Pay Debate

(31:00) California GOP and Newsom's Gerrymandering

(34:05) ICE and Law Enforcement

(38:03) Public Broadcasting and Caribbean Passports

(47:42) Record-Breaking Lightning Bolt

(49:01) Oil Prices and New Zealand's Energy Policy

(50:50) Gates Foundation and Women's Health

(52:13) ChatGPT Privacy Concerns

(53:23) Human and Chimpanzee Genetic Differences

(55:25) Conclusion and Farewell

[00:00:21] Jesse Fries:

Good afternoon,   everybody.   It is, looks like, August 4, and we are live with episode   50,   yay,   of the mindless meanderings.   I'm Jesse Fries, and the kids had some play dates today. So, hopefully, everybody is happy.  

[00:00:38] Jamon Fries:

Absolutely. And I'm Jamin Fries, and,   yeah, no. I got another report for today. It has been a very boring weekend.   Hey, I I can see that. I can see that. Yeah. I mean, other other than, you know, the fact that county fair was a couple of was like a block away and that was going over this during this week. So,   yeah, I got to listen to people screaming   all night long and Oh, fun.   Anytime they had   a anytime they had a, band playing,   I got to just be in done inundated with bass music and nothing else. So I know.   Sounds exciting. Sounds true. Oh, yeah. Yeah. Yeah.  

Excitement and thrill. You know, that's what I'm all about.  

[00:01:25] Jesse Fries:

We just chilled. That's all we did. So we it was basically just as exciting. It's just   being ready for the kids to go back to school in about a week. Yep.   And so it's only only one more weekend and just took a weekend just to do, like, nothing. So that's nice. That was nice.   Yeah. Absolutely.  

[00:01:45] Jamon Fries:

Okay. Let's see. What do we got here?   Well, the big thing, I guess, here in Texas, especially,  

[00:01:52] Jesse Fries:

the Democrats have fled the state.   Apparently, we got rid of the Democrats, so there's always that fun stuff.   It looks like most of them went to Illinois,   some to,   New York.   But,   yeah. They they they just don't wanna have a quorum so that Republicans can't vote,   to actually,   change,   the   congressional districts.   So the gerrymandering that's going on, you know, they just they wanna get out to try to stop it and everything like that. So Yeah.  

[00:02:29] Jamon Fries:

Which is understandable,   but   that's led to a bit of an issue though, I guess.   Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Your governor has now said that,   all you Democrats who fled the country just that we couldn't have a they fled the state so we couldn't have a quorum.   Yeah. You all just abandoned your your,   your publicly elected duties that have now forfeited and have therefore forfeited them so we can   get rid of you.  

[00:03:00] Jesse Fries:

Yeah. Yeah. That that that's, because this isn't the first time that the Democrats have done this. Oh, yeah. Yeah. I know here in the state.   They they they love to do this. I can't remember what the last time was for. It was something stupid as well. Yeah.   But, you know, it's   yeah. Let let's just,   apparently,   Greg Abbott or or or governor Abbott, he he he's he's basing this off of what our attorney general said last time.   The attorney general, he wrote an opinion. Now that opinion, of course, means nothing,   until it's, like, driven in the court. But   based off that opinion,   which basically says that the governor can just   kick those people out   and then just appoint whoever he wants   to be,   those representatives.  

It   doesn't really seem   democratic in any sense of the imagination, but, you know, it's a it's a   what they're trying to do. It's all it's all political gamesmanship is all that. Oh, yeah. Yeah.  

[00:04:07] Jamon Fries:

I mean, you know, I I could see   kicking them out potentially   because, you know,   if you   abandon your job when you know that your job is when when something that your job entails is coming up Mhmm. That that   in most places, you're not gonna have a debt job anymore.  

[00:04:28] Jesse Fries:

Well, yeah. Technically,   they can be arrested,   even right now. They can be arrested, which is why they're fleeing to, like, Illinois and whatnot. Right. Right.   Because apparently, Illinois will say no reciprocity or anything like that even though there's a Yeah. Arrest warrant out for them. You know? So it's like things like that. You know? It's, but, you know, I think there's a easy way just to solve this. You know?   We we we could change, like, one or two of the districts to be more in favor of the Democrats, but   ensure that, Jasmine Crockett can't be elected   again. You you you know, this woman, she she is crazy. She seems she she thinks that she should have a top position because he she has the most followers   on Insta or something. You know? It's like, you know that's not how this works. Right? It's not about followers. Right? You know? I it's just saying Not at all. Yeah.  



[00:05:19] Jamon Fries:

Yeah. The thing that I the thing that I found interesting in all of this is   that, you know, they they keep saying that this is a racial move and that it's they made so that minorities won't have a voice and stuff like that.   Of course. Yeah. That that's what the Democrats are saying. Yeah. That's what they always say. Yeah. Yet   this creates   six districts   that will have a very large majority of Mexican   of Hispanic population.   Well, of course, because Creates a couple that will have   a that are predominantly   black, so the so people that the black people support will be most likely to be elected.  

Mhmm. I mean,   instead   of   someone who   the majority want in, it's creating, like, six, seven, eight districts   that are   primarily the minorities.   So Yeah. I'm not really sure their argument for how this is racial.  

[00:06:24] Jesse Fries:

Well, everything is racial when it comes to Well, of course. Whenever   the Republicans do anything, it's always because it's the racist. Yeah. It's the only reason why they do anything, you know. Of course. It's why Republicans get out of bed, you know.  

[00:06:38] Jamon Fries:

It's just the fuck over those black people. That that that's all it is. And the brown people and everybody else. Well well, yeah. No. No. No. It's it's not even the it's not even the fuck over the people. It's the simple fact we get out of bed because we're racist,   which which means that, you know, I guess, non racist people don't get out of bed.   I I I mean, it it explains a lot. It is. Well,  

[00:07:03] Jesse Fries:

I I I'm not sure about that. That that's a weird way to go, but I can see your logical,   alleyway there. But,  

[00:07:10] Jamon Fries:

yes. It is a very obscure alleyway.  

[00:07:13] Jesse Fries:

Yes. Very As most of mine are. A very dark,   dingy alleyway.   But, yeah, it's   everything is racist no matter what. If a Republican dreams it up, it's racist. It doesn't matter. This is how it works.   Yeah. So   yeah. But, yeah, I I I think just because Jasmine Crockett nobody really likes her anyways. You know? It's it's like Archie Taylor Greene. You know? Getting rid of her would not hurt any Republicans' feelings. I'm just saying. You know? It's like Yep.   Trump might not like it, but, you know, that's about it. You know? It's Yeah. Yeah. But she's I've been on the Epstein thing, so maybe Trump wouldn't mind it anymore, you know? So it's, possibly.  

[00:07:55] Jamon Fries:

Yep. Yep. Well, you know, at the same time this is going on over in California,   Newsom is trying to   begin gerrymandering again.   He wants to gerrymander his districts again. Except   there's one huge difference between California   and Texas in this matter. Uh-huh.   California,   it's not   constitutionally   allowed   according to the California constitution,   whereas in Texas, it is.   Well, you know, I I'm not sure if, Democratic's ever let the constitution get in their way. You know? I'm just That is very true. That is very true. Yes.  

[00:08:40] Jesse Fries:

They'll just come up with a reason why it is. You know? Well, yeah. He's he's  

[00:08:44] Jamon Fries:

he's trying to he's trying to do all sorts of stuff. He's trying to,   he's trying to force   some districts and some some areas into,   redoing their elections for no reason.  

[00:09:01] Jesse Fries:

Well, yeah. That that that's the playbook out of Europe too, you know. Yep.   Yep. Oh, you didn't want the EU? Well, just vote again. Sooner or later, you're gonna want us, you know. Yeah.  

[00:09:13] Jamon Fries:

And and, yeah, I mean, it's you know, they they're trying so, I mean, they're they're trying all sorts of shenanigans   to to get rid of the to get to to be able to gerrymander the few surviving   conservative   Well, yeah. Districts out.  

[00:09:27] Jesse Fries:

Oh, completely. Completely. It's Yeah. Because   It it's pure politics.   Oh, it is. We we just need to   go to a straight   like, okay. So a county has this money. You know?  

[00:09:39] Jamon Fries:

Yeah. Just break it up that way. I don't know who would win or lose. I really don't know which one would actually come up with that that situation.  

[00:09:46] Jesse Fries:

Absolutely not. But, you know, something that I I think that's the way to do it because you get a good mix of rural with urban and this and that. You know, then these people would actually have to listen to people   instead of, oh, you get all the urban blacks. Well, we know what they view. You know? How how about you get   somebody that actually can view see multiple viewpoints? Maybe then we could actually get a government that works   instead of all this Yeah. It's very true. Mandarin. That that's true. Yeah.  

[00:10:15] Jamon Fries:

Just   it's so focused. You know? It's like Yeah. Only white Suburbans. Only black Suburbans. Yeah. It's like this sort of thing.   It's well, only Mexican When you when you only when you only have to pander to one group   Yes. It makes it very easy to be   very single-minded   wherever you go.  

[00:10:34] Jesse Fries:

It really does. And so if you just do it based off of, like,   just geolocation, you you you know, you you take the map and you go, well and you make them, like, nice squares and stuff like that. Not not these  

[00:10:47] Jamon Fries:

crazy, crappy Not the not these octopus looking things, like, in Yeah. Hampshire where it goes all over the state.  

[00:10:55] Jesse Fries:

I know. It's just like it it makes no sense to me. I think it would make more sense if we would get better politicians  

[00:11:02] Jamon Fries:

Oh, yeah. If  

[00:11:03] Jesse Fries:

they had to actually listen   to Yeah. All sides   instead of Yep.   That one crank,   or two cranks in their district that, has a different viewpoint.  

[00:11:15] Jamon Fries:

You know? It's I I think it would help Republicans and Democrats. You know? Oh, it definitely would. It it would it would definitely lead to more moderate people being elected, I think. And maybe independence more independence being elected. Yes. Yes.  

[00:11:30] Jesse Fries:

You know? I but I I see that. So more than likely, just like any of my ideas when it comes to the political system, it will never happen. But, you know, I think it would,  

[00:11:41] Jamon Fries:

Yeah. Neither neither side would allow it to happen. No. Exactly. Unfortunately.  

[00:11:46] Jesse Fries:

Yeah. So, you know, to me, it would make more sense. You know? The these crazy lines and everything like that, it's just stupid.   But the this is how the parties like to fight. And, you know, you could say racist this or this that. You know? Mhmm.   Dead people are voting this. You know? It it it it really doesn't matter.   They're they're all just trying to go for power, and they're all  

[00:12:07] Jamon Fries:

crappy. Yeah. Absolutely.   Honestly, you The only thing that I was surprised about in California is,   I guess,   40%   of registered   voters in California are Republican.   Yeah. Yeah. But they only get 15%  

[00:12:26] Jesse Fries:

coverage in the in the Yeah. Because California has already been gerrymandered   Yeah. To the extreme, to the And what he's trying to do now, what he's what he what he wants to do now, we'll get rid of another 5%.  

[00:12:39] Jamon Fries:

Yeah. So it will only have 10% representation.   That is insane.  

[00:12:46] Jesse Fries:

Because that makes sense. How? You know? It's   it's pure crap. 100%   crap. You know? It's   Yes. California,   a lot of most of the time, it would go,   blue. But you know something? Yeah.   These counties and every the districts, they're just so stupid.  

[00:13:04] Jamon Fries:

It just makes no sense to me. I I Mhmm. Yeah.  

[00:13:08] Jesse Fries:

But we've already covered that. But speaking of, like, political shenanigans, have you heard what I can't I don't know what side it is. Maybe it's the right. I don't know who is doing this   exactly.   But they've come up with a   new way   to   screw politicians that don't do what they want them to do.  

[00:13:28] Jamon Fries:

Oh, how's that?  

[00:13:30] Jesse Fries:

They put a fictitious lien on the house.  

[00:13:34] Jamon Fries:

Wait. What?  

[00:13:36] Jesse Fries:

Yes. Anybody can just put a lien on your house for any reason. It doesn't matter. You could just say they owe me this money and put a lien on your house.  

[00:13:47] Jamon Fries:

Yeah. Oh, that's BS.   Right?  

[00:13:53] Jesse Fries:

Yeah. It is pure crap, but this is what they're doing. And it can mess up your credit. It can do so many things. Yeah. Yeah. Job prospects because they do a deep dive, and they find this lien on your house for $30,000.  

[00:14:05] Jamon Fries:

And they go, what's this? And you go, fuck if I know.   Wow.  

[00:14:12] Jesse Fries:

Yeah.   Yeah. Yeah.   Apparently, it's considered paper terrorism,   from   Oh, yeah. A nonpartisan congressional research service. They call it a paper terrorist. Yeah. It it's complete crap.   Wow.   It's yeah. All these way the doxy, this, that you know, I swear to God, this  

[00:14:35] Jamon Fries:

life is sure interesting. That's all I gotta say. But, yeah, this is what way they've been doing is putting liens on people's houses. So if a judge doesn't do what they want, they put a lien on his house.   The hell?  

[00:14:48] Jesse Fries:

Uh-huh.   People are creative. You know, I must say. Just just like just like everything else, unfortunately,  

[00:14:58] Jamon Fries:

there there's   there's only one way   to prevent that.   Uh-huh.   And that is to have a mortgage on your house.   Because in No. Kenneth That doesn't help.   So having a mortgage on your house won't prevent another late that other lien on it? You could have multiple mortgages.   Well, no. I know that. Each one is a lien.   The the thing is though is that at least you would know that someone had done this because the mortgager   Yeah. It's like it's like the it's like that, title change scam   where people can take the can put the your title into their name. No. Please. The only way to even know that it happens and possibly prevent it is by having a mortgage on your house because   by law every the the state has to notify   the lienholder   that something is that something happens to your title.  

Right. But they don't have to notify you as the owner that something has happened to your title. And that just doesn't make a whole lot of sense to me. It it really doesn't. It's but you you can have multiple liens because judges can put a lien on your house,   if you owe money and things like that. They can Right. But I'm I'm assuming based on the same laws I'm I'm assuming that based on the same laws as the title change   that   the lien   and the extra lien would have to be notified to   the current lien holder.   No. I I don't think so. I think so because the only reason that the current lien holder has to be notified   is because   it affects the ability for them to claim the house   and to   to take the, to get their the value that they hold on the of the property.  

Their course is It doesn't matter if they have to be notified. A lien can be put no matter what. Even if they're notified, it doesn't matter. A lien can be put. But, I mean, at least, you know, you can potentially fight a lien if you at least know it's there. You can, but that's gonna cost you thousands of dollars. Oh, yeah. Yeah. I mean, it it's it's gonna take years to Yeah. To get it all taken care of. Years and probably hundreds of thousands of dollars.   Yep. But at least you would know that it's there.  

[00:17:15] Jesse Fries:

Either way, it doesn't even matter. Yeah. You you you Yeah. No. No. It screws you over no matter what. Yeah. It does. Uh-huh. Because it just costs $5 to record a lien in California.   So you just can  

[00:17:29] Jamon Fries:

put a lien on the house. You know? It's a it doesn't have to be ready for anything like that. So   You you know the best way to get those laws changed?   Uh-huh.   Go and put a lien on everybody's   house that has anything to do with politics.  

[00:17:47] Jesse Fries:

Uh-huh. Yep. Yep. I can see that. Make them change the law.   Yep. Yeah.   That's what I'm thinking.  

[00:17:56] Jamon Fries:

But, yeah, it's not messed up. Oh, it's insanely messed up. Yeah. That that is screwed. That is very very weird.  

[00:18:02] Jesse Fries:

It really is. It really is. Damn.  

[00:18:09] Jamon Fries:

Let's see.   What else do we got here?  

[00:18:18] Jesse Fries:

Let's see.   Trump fired the labor statistics boss.   So,   because of what he claimed were bad job numbers,   because they were put down, like like,  

[00:18:30] Jamon Fries:

adjusted down and everything like that, to Well, it it's not just it's not just that they were adjusted down. It's that it was the largest adjustment that has ever been made.   You the was it ever ever yes. It was. Oh, yeah. Well, at least at least for the last thirty to forty years, it's the largest adjustment that's ever been made. The   when when COVID started,   the numbers started getting off and they they get they kept getting further and further and further off. Right.   There were some people that were saying that it's because   the the ways that they come up with these numbers is they contact employers and Yes. Just pull. With forms. They they pull they they pull them and they ask them, you know, how many people do you have working for you? How many new jobs are you looking you're gonna open and stuff all sorts of stuff like this.  

But according to them,   a smaller and smaller percentage of companies are actually starting are actually responding to those requests.   Oh, okay. Okay.   So with when COVID started, it   it dropped massively the number of p of companies that were reporting.   Uh-huh. And it's never really climbed back up to the levels that it was at. No. Okay. Okay. But And so way. I find it funny.   Oh, yeah. Yeah. No. But, I mean, the the fact that ever since ever since, like, shortly before COVID,   ever well, basically, ever since Trump went into office,   the adjustments have had have been have had to be   larger than than normal.  



[00:20:05] Jesse Fries:

Right. Right. And  

[00:20:07] Jamon Fries:

that that tells me one of two things. That tells me either the   the method that they're using to accumulate the information   is faulty   or that the calculation that they're putting that information into is faulty.   Mhmm.   Both of which   are under the jurisdiction of this person that got fired. Right. Right. So she obviously hasn't been doing anything to correct it in the last fourteen,   fifteen years.   So, yeah, I don't think she should have a job anymore. They need to find somebody that can change it, that can correct it. No. I I I don't doubt. It's it just, seemed very petty, the way it went down. Yeah.   He didn't.  



[00:20:49] Jesse Fries:

Yeah. Yeah. Well, that's how Trump works.   Yeah. But yeah. It's like a really okay.   It seems.   But but those numbers, they do they they can affect many different things.  

[00:21:03] Jamon Fries:

So Oh, yeah. They they can affect a lot of stuff.  

[00:21:06] Jesse Fries:

And and then, you know, you I I I thought it was funny. It was, like, some people were trying to, like,   sign with Trump in the news and they go, well, they just use polls. It's how they do it. It's not really real. And you go, okay. So, you know, this is how it's they've always used polls. So that's a  

[00:21:22] Jamon Fries:

Yeah. Yeah. You know, the the use method   Yeah. The method, I I could see I could see that how it was a change and everything like that. But it it just saying it's polls, well, that's how it's always been done. So I don't see an issue there. But yeah. No. And and, you know, some people some people say, well, since it's only polls, we should really shouldn't trust the information anyways.   But   everything   is based off of that information. The the interest rates, the Yeah. The way that the market reacts to everything.   Yeah. There was one of those things that was affected by this information.  



[00:21:58] Jesse Fries:

A guy from the Fed, one of the not not not the main guy, but one of the other guys, he goes, yeah. If we had known these numbers, we would,   lower the interest rates.  

[00:22:07] Jamon Fries:

Yeah.  

[00:22:09] Jesse Fries:

So, yeah, it's like   so so you pick right after they announce that they're not gonna lower the interest rates to give out these numbers. It it kinda it kinda seems a bit fishy. Just It really does. Yes. I mean, well, just like the, the true jobs numbers after Biden,  

[00:22:26] Jamon Fries:

just shortly after Biden was no longer in office. Yep. You know? I mean, the the their their corrections   come very timely.  

[00:22:35] Jesse Fries:

They they really do. They really do.  

[00:22:38] Jamon Fries:

Yeah. And so, you know, yeah, I've   I I think that she should be gone.   I, you know,   I I think, you know, I I kinda get the feeling that sometimes when Trump decides to fire someone or something like that,   it's like a,   I don't like the way that person is talking to me, so you're fired.   Mhmm. And then tomorrow,   oh, shit. She was doing this and this and this and this. Hey, God. We fired her.  

[00:23:06] Jesse Fries:

Or maybe he knows what they're doing because he's not a dumb man. And,   even though there's all these reports, oh, he has dementia. He has dementia. Oh, yeah. Shut up. I swear to god these people.   It's you can't see it like you saw with Joe Biden. I'm just saying. Joe, you could just watch Joe Biden, and he had that glazed look upon his eyes, so he just go, yeah. Nobody's home there, dude. Yeah. Yep. So   but they've always been they always tried to do this sort of thing. It's always funny. Of course.  

[00:23:37] Jamon Fries:

Let's see here.  

[00:23:43] Jesse Fries:

Okay. You got anything here?   Well,  

[00:23:47] Jamon Fries:

the   progressives are now   joining forces with the with teachers supposedly,   trying to get, teachers' wages bumped up.  

[00:24:00] Jesse Fries:

Well, yeah. But  

[00:24:02] Jamon Fries:

a lot of a lot of people are well, I mean, they they put a new bill forward to do it. Oh, okay.   And   a lot of people are looking at this and, like, you know,   everything that this bill is doing just benefits the teachers union.  

[00:24:21] Jesse Fries:

So that doesn't even help the   the the kids or the teachers. It's just for the union? Yeah. Yeah. No. It definitely doesn't help help the kids.  

[00:24:29] Jamon Fries:

It it will it would lead to teachers receiving   large more pay,   but everything else that it does is more pro union.   And   when you're part of a union, you pay a percentage   of your income to the union. So   raising   pay just means raising union wages.   Sounds about right. That's how the unions work.  

[00:24:58] Jesse Fries:

So Yeah.   Yeah. Yeah. I really wish that they didn't work that way. But,   you know Oh, okay. Yeah.   That that that so it's funny. It's like,   okay. You you you only work nine months out of the year. If that, maybe eight and eight and a half Yep. Eight if you take out all the other vacations in the the two weeks and Yeah. Yeah.   Around Christmas and then the the spring break, that's three, and then basically the Thanksgiving.   It's like my school district, we have the whole week off for that. And so   it's like so you work  

[00:25:36] Jamon Fries:

seven months out here? I don't know. You know? It's it's it's not much of anything.   And then you and so and you expect to get paid the same as somebody that's working   twelve months out of that year?  

[00:25:48] Jesse Fries:

I'm just saying, you know, it Yeah. Just doesn't make sense. So Yeah.  

[00:25:53] Jamon Fries:

I mean, I I will be the first one to say that we need   to that   we need to pay teachers a decent wage.  

[00:26:02] Jesse Fries:

Well, yeah. And most to pay a decent wage. For the work that they do. Oh, yeah. Yeah.  

[00:26:08] Jamon Fries:

You know, it   but   when they're not teaching,   there's lots of stuff they could be doing. They don't need to take a vacation all summer.  

[00:26:21] Jesse Fries:

Well, yeah. Well, yeah. Some take second jobs, whatnot.  

[00:26:24] Jamon Fries:

Well, yeah. Yeah. Some a a lot of them do, and that's because they're not paid enough to   not have a second job during the summer. You know, they they need that steady income coming in.   Yeah. Yeah. They definitely do. They definitely do. And so, you know, I I'm completely against the thought of paying someone for seven months of work   enough that they can live very comfortably for   twelve months of year.   Yeah. Looks like the average range is roughly around, like, 45, I would say. Yeah.  

[00:26:59] Jesse Fries:

45,000   a year.   Mhmm.   Apparently,   the the they had this,   list and it   has Canada's.   American teachers should be happy. Yeah. They have Canada's on here.   They make   $32,000.  

[00:27:21] Jamon Fries:

Wow.   Yeah.   Yeah. And apparently, that's just a good happy.  

[00:27:26] Jesse Fries:

That's it it's like across the board, actually. It's like $32.09  

[00:27:30] Jamon Fries:

27. So 33,000.  

[00:27:32] Jesse Fries:

It's like for all the provinces except for New Brunswick   Okay. And Newfoundland.  

[00:27:38] Jamon Fries:

I'd be interested   to see what European teachers make.  

[00:27:42] Jesse Fries:

Let's  

[00:27:51] Jamon Fries:

see. That is a good question. Because in more socialist countries, I could definitely see teachers not making that much money. €25,000.  

[00:28:00] Jesse Fries:

Yeah.  

[00:28:03] Jamon Fries:

So here in The US, our teachers are actually pretty doing pretty damn good.  

[00:28:08] Jesse Fries:

Yeah. Yeah. They they are. They they they they gain paid what they should be gain paid, really. Yeah.   Yeah.   There's only two countries that pay over 50,000.   Apparently, Switzerland. You wanna be a teacher in Switzerland. They pay 66  

[00:28:24] Jamon Fries:

well, basically, €67,000  

[00:28:27] Jesse Fries:

in a year.   Germany gets 54.   But, yeah, the average is €25,055.  

[00:28:39] Jamon Fries:

Yeah. No. That's that's insane.  

[00:28:43] Jesse Fries:

So so what's the worst? If that's the average,  

[00:28:46] Jamon Fries:

what's the worst? I need to see this,   because because that's gotta be bad. Right? You know? It's, Oh, yeah. Yeah.  

[00:28:54] Jesse Fries:

The official annual gross starting salary for public school or   range from €4,000   in Albania.   4,000  

[00:29:04] Jamon Fries:

Oh my god.  

[00:29:05] Jesse Fries:

To 69,000   in Luxembourg.   That was in '21.   €4,000.  

[00:29:14] Jamon Fries:

So does does Albania use the euro as their as their monetary unit?   You Or do they have their own Seems like it. I I think much of it does. So Yeah. I I was just thinking, you know, if if Albania had their own currency, then   the the exchange rate may   may make it you know, maybe that just everything is so  

[00:29:39] Jesse Fries:

cheap there that yeah. Well, yeah. No. No. No. Things things are cheaper there too. You know? It it's that that's the funny thing about the euro. It's like,   in Western Europe, it's not gonna buy you crap. But you go to Right. Even Spain,   or Italy, you can   it's like $3,400   for a flat. You know? So Oh, damn. Yeah. You you can get a decent place to live   for cheap, dirt cheap. Yeah. Yeah. It still uses the same currency.   Right. But but you go to, like, Paris?   Nope. I'm sorry. That's gonna be that's like New York City sort of living, if not more expensive. Okay. Yeah. So so so you have these weird   and it's all the same thing. You know? It's like The US has some fluctuation.  

Like like, you go to, like, the middle of nowhere, Kansas or Alabama or something like that. Yeah. Yeah. You could find a house for, like, $2,030,000  

[00:30:30] Jamon Fries:

dollars. But Yeah. That's rare. It's not It's it's not gonna be a good house.  

[00:30:36] Jesse Fries:

Right. Right. Right. But But yeah. So   I I think our teachers are good. Just saying based off these statistics.   Yeah.   Yep. €4,000.   Damn. That is crazy.  

[00:30:52] Jamon Fries:

Yeah. I I think our teachers should be pretty happy.  

[00:30:55] Jesse Fries:

Yeah. I think so. I think so. So what's this California GOP  

[00:31:00] Jamon Fries:

plant? Oh, that that's the that's, the new some with is the,   with his gerrymandering.   Oh, okay. Alright. That's all   good. Yeah. There's a Republican that's currently running against him that's   been   targeting his plan on that to do that   just Oh. Massively.   So  

[00:31:20] Jesse Fries:

That works. That works.   The only other kind of national   news thing is the the White House Ballroom,   that Trump wants to build.  

[00:31:29] Jamon Fries:

Okay.  

[00:31:30] Jesse Fries:

So   apparently,   he's Trump said that, like, for, like, a hundred and fifty years or so, presidents and everything like that go, we kinda need a ballroom. We need a ballroom. We don't have, like, a space,  

[00:31:42] Jamon Fries:

to entertain it. And so Trump's going well. It would it would make sense that they not have to use the hotels in the area for that. Well, Jerry, what they do,  

[00:31:51] Jesse Fries:

in this story, a lot of times they set up tents and everything like that. Yeah. But and and the tents are great   when it's raining, but then you have to traverse   from the tent to the White House. And so everybody gets just, like, wet. You can you imagine that? Oh, yeah. Yeah. That All all the most powerful people in the world getting wet as we go back and forth.  

[00:32:13] Jamon Fries:

Well, I mean Yeah. Let's keep that up. Let's keep them getting wet. Even even even without that aspect of it,   just the fact that the most powerful   country in the in the world   Uh-huh.   Has to set up tents for large scale events. Right. Right. Exactly. I mean, there there's something a little bit wrong with that concept.   Yep. And nobody has to pay for it.  

[00:32:36] Jesse Fries:

Trump,   the government isn't paying for it. Trump and his,   allies, they're just gonna donate private money to it. Okay. Because because that's how presidents work. They set up Yeah. They can change the White House however they want. It's their building. It's their home. So Yeah. It's it's their home. Yeah. Yeah. So I I I I don't see what   the issue is, except it will be ostentatious because, well, it is Well, I mean Trump Trump. But, you know, I mean Right.  

[00:33:03] Jamon Fries:

But, yeah, he's gonna do something. He's gonna make it, you know, he's gonna, like, put gold everywhere and all that other good stuff. Exactly. Exactly. Yeah.   But, yeah, I I can't believe everybody's just going off on him. You know? They just love to complain and complain and go, oh Yep. Damn Trump. You know, why are you doing this? You know? Yeah. I don't know. I   yeah. So  

[00:33:25] Jesse Fries:

there you go. Yeah. Another thing to complain about.  

[00:33:28] Jamon Fries:

Yep. Now the only the only other thing I have with   politics and all that other good stuff, well, basically, almost everything, is,   finally   finally, I've been waiting for people to say this.   Uh-huh.   The   director the acting director of ICE   on Fox News   came out and said, look,   if you have a problem with the job that we're doing,   change the laws that we're enforcing.   Yep. Yep. It's that simple. It is that simple. That's all you gotta do. Change the law, and then we won't be we won't go out and enforce it. No. See, that's just enforcing the current law. Imagine that. Enforcing the law that Congress enacted. I swear to God. Yeah.   This is all I ask. You know, if you wanna get rid of a law, get rid of the law. Sign it into law,  

[00:34:27] Jesse Fries:

revoke that law, and have the president sign it. That sort of thing. Don't have all this  

[00:34:32] Jamon Fries:

crap. It's like, I think the government likes it just so that they can catch you in something illegal when they don't like what you do with it. Yes. The government wants   to have   50 different laws that cover the same thing just so that   they can say, well, we don't like this person, so here's the law that we can go after them for. Exactly. It's like the guy down there. I am Did you see that guy clip his toenails on Main Street? Did you see that? The rest is ass. You know what I mean? Yeah. Yeah. No. I I have I have been saying that same thing about well, except in the opposite direction,   about gun laws. Every time I ever see   someone talking about we need new gun laws  

[00:35:13] Jesse Fries:

Mhmm.  

[00:35:14] Jamon Fries:

My first thought   is we should just enforce the ones that we currently have.  

[00:35:20] Jesse Fries:

Imagine that. Imagine that.  

[00:35:22] Jamon Fries:

Instead of adding a new law that we're not going to enforce anyways,   why the what the hell, you know?   Yep. Yep. Yep. A a law is there to be enforced. It's not there to not be enforced.   That's what I'm saying. That's what I'm saying. You you you know, you pass a law that  

[00:35:42] Jesse Fries:

the the federal government that the executive has to enforce every law. See, how about that one?   Honestly,   they wouldn't enforce that one.  

[00:35:52] Jamon Fries:

No. They wouldn't. They wouldn't.   Yeah. I I don't even understand it because   technically,   the president not enforcing a law that Congress has has passed.  

[00:36:03] Jesse Fries:

And that a president has signed.  

[00:36:06] Jamon Fries:

And that a president has signed   is unconstitutional.   No. It is completely. But they do it on the Presidents the president well, it yeah. They they break the constitution all the time. Constantly. Because the constitution   says that the president's job is to enforce the laws.   It doesn't say to enforce the laws if he likes them. That makes a charity. Enforce the laws that he wants to to enforce.   It says that he has to enforce the laws.  

[00:36:34] Jesse Fries:

Wouldn't that be great? So oh, it it would be. You know, a nation of actual laws. You you know, just the ones that you want to enforce, but the ones that are there, you know, playing Yeah.  

[00:36:46] Jamon Fries:

Yeah. It'd be   And then you can get rid of the ones you don't like, you know. Yes. Absolutely.   I am a firm believer that if you don't want to enforce the law, the first thing you do is you get it off of the books.   It   seems makes sense to me. But, Jamie, you know, we're making too much sense here, you know. Of course, we are. Of course, we are.   We're making You know, it it it's like the it it I I don't remember exactly what the law said, but something something to the effect that, you know, you had to have   a sweeper   behind your horse, behind your carriage   Yep. As you were riding through town.  

Well, you know,   that's kind of an outdated law, and we don't really need that on the books anymore in most cases.   Right?  

[00:37:31] Jesse Fries:

Yeah.   Get rid of that.  

[00:37:33] Jamon Fries:

Yeah.   There's there's no need for it to be on the in the books. Our our law books do not need to be as large as they are because 90% of those laws are not being enforced anyways. Yep. Yep. Well, you know, maybe we might start having to use that horse one again, you know, come   nuclear apocalypse. You know, maybe this is true. This is true. Yeah.  

[00:37:56] Jesse Fries:

I say that that could be left to our kids or after that. Yes. Figure that one out. So Yes. Yes. Absolutely.   Let's see here. What do I got for just national news?   Corporation for Public Broadcasting, they are closing their doors.  

[00:38:13] Jamon Fries:

I figured they would. Yeah. Yeah. And that's why they're doing it because, well, the Congress defunded them, and so, well, they have to go away. So they're closing the door. Somebody's gonna be in the office until, like, January 26  

[00:38:26] Jesse Fries:

or January,   but that's really about it. So Yeah.   Yep.   Let's see here.   Apparently,   there's, like, quite a few,   Caribbean islands that you can just buy, like, a 200,000,   $300,000   house, and they'll just give you a passport.   Really? For for as little as $200,000,   like Saint Lucia,   Antigua, Barbuda,   Dominica,   Grenada  

[00:38:57] Jamon Fries:

or Granada, however you wanna say. Saint Kitts, Nevis. Yeah. Apparently, you can just buy a $200,000  

[00:39:03] Jesse Fries:

house, and you will get a passport.   And these passports, they're good for, like, a 150 countries, including Europe, the Schengen area. Holy crap.   Yeah. So they're cool. They're about as good as we as our passport.   So Yeah. It might have advantages in other ways. Like, for some, we have to do visas. Maybe they don't, especially with African countries or whatnot.   Mhmm. So yeah. Yeah. If you wanna go buy a house, you want for 200,000.  

[00:39:29] Jamon Fries:

Maybe maybe if you go visit Iran, you won't be arrested for being a US citizen.   If you're not using The US passport, you know, Iran is not a little  

[00:39:38] Jesse Fries:

bit better. Passports say where you're born. So Yeah. They'll see America, and they'll be going,   no.   Great Satan or No.  

[00:39:53] Jamon Fries:

Hey, yo.   Never know.  

[00:39:56] Jesse Fries:

You never know. You never know.   Let's see here.   Somebody did a poll. It was like a Europe in out of Europe where they pulled Americans, and it looks like Americans actually want more diversity.   And   and less diversity.   And this is across the board. This is Christians, hardcore, everybody. It doesn't matter.   Pretty much everybody wants more diversity,   from how they ask the questions. So they ask in a certain way and,   like, they ask, like,   like, what percentage do you think we're at, and everything like that. Apparently, they really thought we were lower than we were, a lot of these people. They thought we were at about, like, 40% white when we're, like, 69%   white.  

So yeah. But even then, they wanted more diversity.   Uh-huh.   Yeah. So, you know, it's   it it just goes to show, it's not that Americans  

[00:40:52] Jamon Fries:

are racist or anything like that. Yeah. No. No. Just  

[00:40:56] Jesse Fries:

come here legally.   Just come here legally.   You know? That way we can vet you. We can make sure that we don't have too many coming in to stress our job market or things like that. You know, we slowly bring you in and everything like that. That is what the country is supposed to do. They are supposed to safeguard these things like that. So Yeah. Absolutely.   Yeah. So yeah. Apparently,   we're not racist. Look at that. I wonder what they did for, wonder what they'd find if they asked   Europeans.   Probably, I want all white people. That's probably what they would find.  

[00:41:29] Jamon Fries:

Yeah. Yeah.  

[00:41:33] Jesse Fries:

Speaking of Europe,   so, you know, all these countries have been saying that they're gonna recognize Palestine and everything like that? Yes.   Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Apparently,   some lawyers are warning, Keir Starmer over in England.   And he there's they're saying, you really can't do that,  

[00:41:51] Jamon Fries:

because Palestine does not fit the legal definition of a state.  

[00:41:55] Jesse Fries:

So he and this is per,   a Montevideo   convention,   that   countries,   all abided to. And it said the criteria for the recognition of a state under international law,   and it's defined as,   it it has to have a defined territory   Mhmm. A permanent population,   an effective government,   and the capacity to enter into relations with other states. I don't think they have an effective government.  

[00:42:24] Jamon Fries:

No. I don't think they really have the ability to I don't think they really have the ability to enter into negotiations with other states. So they could recognize them, but it won't have any standing,  

[00:42:35] Jesse Fries:

internationally, technically,   from what this says. So   basically, they would break the law in recognizing   the country,   Palestine.   And and what ways. Borders are you gonna give it?  

[00:42:48] Jamon Fries:

Yeah.  

[00:42:49] Jesse Fries:

You're gonna give them the 67 borders? Are you gonna give them the twenty twenty five borders? Wait. Which borders are you gonna give these people?  

[00:42:57] Jamon Fries:

There's no Well, Anne, they have to accept that those are their borders.  

[00:43:01] Jesse Fries:

No. Exactly. Exactly.  

[00:43:03] Jamon Fries:

That's never gonna happen. No. No.  

[00:43:07] Jesse Fries:

So, yeah, the defined territory. There is no such thing. Yeah. Which one are you gonna go by? Yeah. Which one? You could go all the way back to That's that's like the argument  

[00:43:16] Jamon Fries:

that I've that's the same argument that I've held with, Taiwan.   Uh-huh.   The Taiwanese government for the longest time I think they're finally starting to. But for the longest time, the Taiwanese government thought that their borders included all of Mainland China.  

[00:43:31] Jesse Fries:

Well, they're they're they're we call them Taiwan, but they're the Republic Of China. Yes. Exactly.   ROC. And then you have the People's Republic Of China, which is Yep.   China  

[00:43:42] Jamon Fries:

Island. Yeah. And and Governments say they don't control everything. Everybody everybody kept saying, you know, Taiwan is their own is their own country, you know, and all this other stuff. And I'm like, no. In order for Taiwan to no long to be its own country, it has to recognize that Taiwan is the only borders that it   recognize that Taiwan is the only   borders that it has.   Its borders end at the end of the island.   They don't own they they don't control   Mainland China. They don't control the the little islands all over the China Sea that that the Chinese   that that mainland has always controlled.  

Mhmm.   It's their little island that they control. Once they can admit to that and once they no longer claim   the Mainland China, then I could see saying that, yes, they are their own their own country. But until then  

[00:44:31] Jesse Fries:

Mhmm.  

[00:44:32] Jamon Fries:

They're not. Oh, yeah. Completely. It's just that it's just the civil war has not ended yet.  

[00:44:39] Jesse Fries:

Yep. Yep.   Speaking of recognizing countries,   apparently, you know Somaliland?   Oh, yeah. Yeah. So it's a break breakaway region,   that declared independence from Somalia in 1991.  

[00:44:52] Jamon Fries:

Okay.  

[00:44:55] Jesse Fries:

But it has not reckon been given recognition internationally,   for being its own government. Even though it's been stable for decades, has democratic government,   so many different   things. Right? Yep. So   so so but they are actually, now they're trying to get us to actually,   give,   them the recognition because they've been helping us in the area in the Red Sea area and everything like that. Yep.   And, basically, what they wanna do is they wanna give us,   like, a base in Somaliland   for the Red Sea. So we would have a Red Sea base.   Yeah. They will give us,   access to their minerals   and everything like that. You know? They really they really want this to happen. You know? I I think it would make sense if they're willing to do all that. Oh, yeah.  

And these minerals include lithium.   So, you know, it's like but, you know, I I think they could really tip it over the,   over the threshold   if they just say that they'll also take back Elon Omar.   You know?  

[00:46:08] Jamon Fries:

And that guy up in Minneapolis that's ready   for   the mayor.   If they take them,   you know,   and they could be a good to cut in stone then. Right? Exactly. You know, take Elon, Omar, her brother or husband, whichever you know, her brother, husband. You know?   And there you go.  

[00:46:30] Jesse Fries:

It's just like the Crockett thing. You know? Give and take here. You know? Yeah. I mean, we can really do. Absolutely.  

[00:46:37] Jamon Fries:

Yeah.   Well, talking   talking about, new countries.   Uh-huh.   So over by Albania,   there's an area   that,   I think it's Albania anyways. It's   it's an area where two countries just recently split apart, like, I mean, in the last, like, couple of decades or something.  

[00:47:01] Jesse Fries:

Okay.  

[00:47:03] Jamon Fries:

And but there's an area that that have been contested, but neither of them can lay can lay claim to. Right.   So this 20 year old with a bunch of his friends went there, put up a new flag, and they're declaring that they have just started a new country.  

[00:47:19] Jesse Fries:

Sweet. Sounds good to me. Sounds good to me. Yep.  

[00:47:27] Jamon Fries:

Okay. Let's see here. Lot of lot of new country talk here.  

[00:47:30] Jesse Fries:

Right? Right? Exactly. You know, we have themes, you know. It's the best Yeah. Yeah. Oh,   apparently, the   largest   lightning bolt was actually,   just recorded.   Well, it was recorded, like, back in 2017   or something like that. They just measured it though or something like that. Yeah. Before this, the longest,   lightning   bolt was 477   miles,   and that was in 2020. Lightning bolt. It it was. Apparently,   the longest, though,   was actually before that. It was 2017.   And this one   stretched from East Texas   all the way up to Kansas City, Missouri.   So for 515   miles, it was one lightning bolt.  

Damn.   Yeah. Yeah. Eight hour drive in a car, roughly. You know?  

[00:48:34] Jamon Fries:

Travel it it traveled in the it's the same as the same distance as an eight hour drive.   It traveled in seconds.  

[00:48:43] Jesse Fries:

Exactly.   Exactly.  

[00:48:45] Jamon Fries:

Maybe even just one second.  

[00:48:47] Jesse Fries:

Yeah. The average lightning bolt is 10 miles. That's it. So Okay. It's,  

[00:48:52] Jamon Fries:

yeah, that's kinda crazy. It's a pretty pretty long stretch. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah.  

[00:48:57] Jesse Fries:

Looks like I need to speed this up. The wife is coming home and then so Okay. There's a lobster fest around here, so we're gonna go hit that real quick.   But, anyways,   just real quickly, apparently, oil that is in the news right now,   OPEC said that they're gonna boost output.   So oil prices are gonna drop,   which means that gas prices will drop. So that's good. That's good. Nice. Nice. Also, New Zealand, they have a new, prime minister apparently. And this prime minister didn't really like the other one. And now he's opening up offshore gas and oil exploration,   after a six year ban. So There you go. That'll that'll drive prices down even further potentially.  



[00:49:36] Jamon Fries:

Right. Right. It's it's perfect. You know? Yeah. Yeah.  

[00:49:41] Jesse Fries:

Let's see here.   And   okay.   Got anything   real quick that you wanna cover?  

[00:49:50] Jamon Fries:

Just the kind of   interesting   one that   I have a bit of a funny take on. Uh-huh.   So the Gates Foundation.   Right. Has decided that they are going to start they're going to put $2,500,000,000   into,   donating into focusing on women's health.   Mhmm.   Okay. Primarily,   from what I can tell, it looks like most of it's going gonna go into reproductive health and stuff like that.   Abortions. Now, I've got it. Well, no. Not abortions.   Really? Okay. Yes. Not abortions, but reproductive actual reproductive health.   Menstrual flow, stuff like that, help trying to get the menstrual Okay. Trying to make it so that all sorts of stuff like that is is no longer problematic for some women. That's good. That's good. Okay.   Now according to the story,   before this,   only 1% of money   went into researching these topics.  

Uh-huh.   Everything else is spent on men.   Okay.   Well,   now that   men can give birth,   baby scientists put a lot of money into reproduction.  

[00:51:10] Jesse Fries:

That is kind of a funny take. That is kind of a funny take. Yeah.  

[00:51:14] Jamon Fries:

Yeah. I I mean,   the the just the timing is just too perfect for it.  

[00:51:23] Jesse Fries:

Yeah. No. Women really have gotten the short end of the stick when it comes to research,   health research.   I which just makes no sense to me. They're half the population. Come on, people. Yeah. You know? It's Yeah. Out outside outside of, cancer.  

[00:51:37] Jamon Fries:

Right. When the women research is only 1%   of everything.  

[00:51:42] Jesse Fries:

That is pathetic.   Yeah.  

[00:51:45] Jamon Fries:

Truly pathetic.   But now now that men quote unquote men can   have these same women's issues, all of a sudden people are starting to put money into it.   That is funny. Well, you know, at least there's one good side to what the to all this crap that's going on. Well, there is that. There is that. At least the money's finally getting put into study to researching that stuff. So Yeah. Yeah.  

[00:52:12] Jesse Fries:

Let's see.   Looks like, ChatGPT   apparently, people are finding out that there is a button they had to press   to keep their chats with ChatGPT   private.   Otherwise, they could be searched by Google.   And,   and this include and people didn't know this. So   there's evidence of crimes now out there.   Yeah. Yeah.  

[00:52:39] Jamon Fries:

Camps are probably, like, searching, oh, look at this one and everything like that. So yeah. Guys,  

[00:52:47] Jesse Fries:

keep it on the DL. You know? I'm sorry. ChatGPT.   You You can't trust these things. It's AI. It's a computer. Of course, it's gonna be everywhere. You know? It's Yeah. Well, that's just like the story I talked about was,  

[00:52:59] Jamon Fries:

last week   where they were where,   they were saying, now people, if you're talking if you're treating JAT BGP,   JAT BGP is your psychologist.   Remember,   nothing that you say is protected by clients   by clients,   by client doctor privilege.  

[00:53:18] Jesse Fries:

Yep. Yep. Yep.   Yep.   Let's see here.   Just,   a pair you know, the you've heard the whole, the only difference between a chimpanzee and a human is 1%?   Yes.   So so somebody looked at that, and they're going,   no. No. No. Now if you, like, take, like like, multiple genes, each one of those genes will be, like, 1%   off. Right? 1% off.   5% off or this or that. Yeah. But when you add them all up together, it's roughly about 15%   difference.   And some of these are, like, huge difference. Like, huge difference. Yeah. Yeah. And so it's, like, good. Yeah. We're not one we're we're we're we're it's not the 1%.   It is not the 1%. So  

[00:54:10] Jamon Fries:

isn't that crazy? That that to me was that that makes me wonder just, you know, how much of that   science that was proven, you know, that was known and that was set in stone about evolution   is actually   still set in stone.  

[00:54:27] Jesse Fries:

Well, I I I  

[00:54:31] Jamon Fries:

I I I I I'm sure it's still there, Jim. It's just I'm sure it is because people look at this and they'll, like, say, still say so. You know, there's still No. No. I I think there's a difference in each individual genome. I'm just saying this is chimpanzee versus all the other human  

[00:54:45] Jesse Fries:

humans that have been even before us, the ancient genes and everything like that. So, you know, it's a   see see, I believe in evolution. I am 100%   okay with evolution. I'm in there. I understand how it works. So I I'm not on your side when it comes to that, but that's okay. That's okay.  

[00:55:03] Jamon Fries:

Let's see here.   Yeah. For me, I'm I'm a I'm a  

[00:55:08] Jesse Fries:

micro evolution believer. I'm not so much a macro evolution believer, though. To me, it's one and the same, so it really doesn't matter. So it's just over hundreds and thousands and millions of years. It's just what it happens. You know? It's, so,   yeah, that's how I roll. But, anyways,   I think that's about it. The only thing we need to cover is that we are value for value here. So please help us out any which way you can.   Send us your cash. Send us your art. Send us everything.  

[00:55:36] Jamon Fries:

I redid, I I just did a new   cover art. I wonder if anybody will see the difference. Well, it's completely different. So, yeah, we'll see. Hopefully, you like it. If they if if they've seen the cover art before and they've seen it now, they're gonna notice the difference. Trust me. Probably.   Probably.  

[00:55:53] Jesse Fries:

I stick figure versus something kinda actually artistic. You know? Who knows? Who knows?   Anyways, just to send us off, though,   WNBA keeps coming to the news because another dildo was thrown on the court.   This time it was green yet again. So   but but guess what you can do now?   What's that?   You can bet   on what the next color of the next dildo will be.  

[00:56:24] Jamon Fries:

Hey. Somebody's gotta make a profit off of it. Right? Right. There you go.  

[00:56:30] Jesse Fries:

Let's see what color is gonna be. Yeah. Oh, they literally bet on anything.   Right? Right.  

[00:56:36] Jamon Fries:

I think it's hilarious, but but Oh, it absolutely is. The the guy that threw the second one, he was arrested and everything like that.  

[00:56:44] Jesse Fries:

And and, you know, it's it's like,   I I   throwing stuff out of the court, I guess, not cool. You know? Just they they say, oh, it could hurt. It's like,   okay. Sure. Anyways wait. You know,  

[00:56:57] Jamon Fries:

to me, it's a joke. But, of course, these women, once again, they they don't see the humor in it.  

[00:57:03] Jesse Fries:

Yep.   And also,  

[00:57:06] Jamon Fries:

guys, just because you say it's not funny, doesn't make it not funny. You know, poop jokes,  

[00:57:11] Jesse Fries:

butt jokes,   dick jokes. They're all funny. It doesn't matter. You know, I I I know people go, oh, you should grow up.   Where's the fun in that? That sounds like fun in growing up. Yeah. No. No fun in growing up at all. So, you know, let's not grow up, and let's make the dick jokes in the butt jokes. That's what I say.   Absolutely.   And with that, we'd like to thank you for joining us for episode 50   of the Mindless Meanderies podcast. I'm Jesse Fries. And I'm Jamin Fries.   And you guys will see us, on Thursday, I hope.