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Listen to two middle aged Xers. One a former Truck Driver, and the other an over educated guy with four degrees.

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- Jesse Fries

- Jamon Fries

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(00:00:20) Opening banter: "six seven" meme and introductions

(00:03:18) Government shutdown: impact, automation, parks, and politics

(00:12:45) Taxes, tariffs, and the growth of government

(00:12:46) Ted Cruz, anti-doxxing bill, and data broker debate

(00:20:08) TSA/Air Marshals allegedly tracking lawmakers

(00:22:36) Washington state’s service sales tax overhaul

(00:29:11) Immigration case update and airport mishaps

(00:32:09) ADL database removed and extremism labels

(00:33:54) Traffic sting: CDL, Real ID oddities, and English rules

(00:38:05) Retail rants: Walmart receipts and self-checkout woes

(00:45:02) Cultural gaps in schools and youth sports coaching dust-up

(00:50:19) Community responses to violence and Christian forgiveness

(00:52:02) International: Gaza flotilla, arrests, and terror plots in Europe

(00:56:45) Air travel oddities: eating passports and asylum angles

(00:57:57) JK Rowling vs. Emma Watson: words and backlash

(01:00:59) UK NHS and first-cousin marriage controversy

(01:08:24) Value-for-value break and contact info

(01:08:26) Walmart reformulates house brands: dyes and sweeteners

(01:10:30) Study chat: yogurt, infant sleep, and memory

(01:15:00) New parachute tech resists wind drift

(01:17:55) Cosmology rethink: do dark matter and energy exist?

(01:24:26) Science isn’t “settled”: laws, theories, and questioning

(01:26:04) AI actors, unions, and the future of animation

(01:31:55) Space booze and sign-off

[00:00:20] Jesse Fries:

Good afternoon, everybody. It is,   Thursday, October 2, and we are live with episode   67,   or as Jen Alpha likes to say,   six seven   or something like that. Yeah. I I'm an exer, so I don't know.   And,   I'm Jesse Friese. And,   yeah, I still don't know what six seven means. So, you know, there you go.  

[00:00:47] Jamon Fries:

Yeah. And I'm Jamin Fries. And,   yeah, it's way beyond me. You know?   I   I just looking at the number,   I mean,   could say it's maybe a version of 69.  

[00:01:10] Jesse Fries:

Yeah. No. See, that's the thing. It's like, it comes from a song,   by Scrilla or something like that. Scrilla is something.   And   in it, he just says 67 over and over again. And so it became this thing. And then, apparently, there was this TikTok   where this one young kid,   he   at least this is what I I got this from an article. So who knows? It might be all false. But then Right. Basically,   he said six seven into the camera then turned around, and it was he was at a high school basketball game, and then the ball went in right after he said six seven. And   that just   blew up.  

And now he's become a meme,   kind of horror link. They've changed his image and everything like that. And so Yeah. Now now he's just six, seven.   Apparently, it really actually doesn't mean a single thing from what I understand. It's just Wow. Something Yeah. You know? You know,  

[00:02:08] Jamon Fries:

I wish I were shocked about that, but   it doesn't surprise me that something that means absolutely   nothing   would get   the stupid kids to do something.  

[00:02:23] Jesse Fries:

Well, every stupid generation needs something stupid to go about. So, you know I know. I I absolutely  

[00:02:30] Jamon Fries:

know that. But, you know, at least ours, there was a reason for  

[00:02:35] Jesse Fries:

it. Yeah. Yes. There was a reason with 69.   But Yeah.   But   it was a whole bunch of virgins saying, oh, it's sixty nine seven. Absolutely.  

[00:02:46] Jamon Fries:

Absolutely.   Yeah. So I mean  

[00:02:49] Jesse Fries:

so really it didn't mean anything   with  

[00:02:54] Jamon Fries:

that.   It it was it was people dreaming   of the future potential.   That's what it was. And then I'm sure some were very, very disappointed in the whole matter. Oh, I guarantee they were.   Oh, hell.  

[00:03:14] Jesse Fries:

Yep. Yep.   So where are we starting?  

[00:03:19] Jamon Fries:

Well,   let's go with the government shutdown.  

[00:03:27] Jesse Fries:

Oh, yeah. Yeah.   Fun times.   Absolutely.  

[00:03:32] Jamon Fries:

Hasn't affected me at all. No. No. And and that's, you know, that's one of the things that I saw a lot of people saying is, you know,   it   back in the day,   a government shutdown was a massive thing because   Social Security checks wouldn't go out, food stamps wouldn't go out,   you know, any help, any benefits that people were receiving would would not be sent out that when it because the government shut down.  

[00:04:01] Jesse Fries:

Right. Right. Because it required actual physical  

[00:04:03] Jamon Fries:

labor. Yeah. They they had to mail physicals   they had to mail physical objects and stuff like that. And   but now everything's automated.   Oh, yeah. There there is no there is   this thing does not affect   anyone unless you're wanting to go to a national park for the most part. But even those are open?   Yes. They're o well, the buildings are closed, but the   but the   if it's an open air like the museums and stuff like that, those are all gonna be closed. Well, right. But   but, yeah, the national parks and stuff like that now, you can go in and see them. No problem. Yeah. Yeah. Because, well, it's a national park. I'm just saying. Yeah. Yeah.   It's wilderness. You can just walk right in. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. So yeah. It's  

[00:04:52] Jesse Fries:

I think it's funny. I I I   I I really don't   I don't understand the Democrats on this one. They're they're trying to Yeah.   It's like a   I don't even know what it's trying to do. They they they they wanna fund Obamacare, but   all that has done is actually raised the rates   for insurance. So  

[00:05:15] Jamon Fries:

I I Well, and it it's not just Obama it's not it's not necessarily that they wanna fund Obamacare.   Well, it's What their credits and everything like that with that. Yeah. Right. What they're what they're trying to do what they're trying to get put into the bill from my understanding, now I could be wrong,   is an extension   of the,   COVID   credits and stuff. Mhmm.   So it's not about the health care itself. They want to   essentially, they wanna make   the  

[00:05:50] Jesse Fries:

COVID credits a permanent thing. Got it. Got it. Got it. Yeah.  

[00:05:55] Jamon Fries:

And the Republicans are saying,   no. COVID was temporary.   It had a it was it was actually supposed to expire in '22,   but they voted to keep extend but they voted to extend it out to to the 2025.   So, I mean, though those haven't even expired yet, they don't expire until next year.  

[00:06:16] Jesse Fries:

Right. Right. Yep.  

[00:06:18] Jamon Fries:

So I don't know why they're   why they're fighting that fighting this battle right now   other than the fact that they're that it's Trump that's trying to get pushed the continuing resolution through. But I mean, that that's the only thing. Trump. This is just No. I I know. Yeah. Just always happens. This isn't even just about administration or anything like that. Yeah. No. I I under the under the Biden administration,   people voted for the same exact thing that the Republicans are trying to get put trying to push through now 13 freaking times.  

[00:06:52] Jesse Fries:

Yeah. So it it's not it's just the minority party always does. It doesn't it doesn't matter who's even the minority party. It's just Which once again means get rid of the freaking filibuster.   Exactly.   What?   Exactly.   You know, that that that should just be our theme. Get rid of the food. It should be. Yes. Yes. Absolutely.   Because it comes down to this. It's a whole bunch of bellyaching   Yeah. Over nothing. You know? It's   because they know they're gonna cave at some point.   You know, it's they because what? Apparently, I wonder if they actually did get that five star, resort in Napa. You know? So they're sitting around drinking wine,   having a gale time   Yeah. While the   few workers that it, harms is yeah. Yeah. I know. Yeah.  



[00:07:40] Jamon Fries:

I mean, that that's the that's the only other impact is that now it it's   depending if this this impact all depends on how how long this lasts. Well, right. Right. But the military   and   the federal work, federal employees and stuff, they won't get a mid a mid month paycheck   if the if it continues through there. Right. With Trump's Trump's been somehow, he's  

[00:08:07] Jesse Fries:

he's worked figures, they say, to be able to keep his pet projects going,   which is hilarious. It's like, okay.  

[00:08:15] Jamon Fries:

I I absolutely love Trump's response to this though, which is,   alright. Well, y'all are fucking around like this. Uh-huh. What this what this means, though,   is that Trump can do shit that nobody can undo.  

[00:08:33] Jesse Fries:

Possibly. Yeah. I really I don't know,  

[00:08:36] Jamon Fries:

per se. With gov with government shutdowns,   he   can fire people.  

[00:08:42] Jesse Fries:

No. Yeah. I know. But then there will be lawsuits and blah blah blah. So I I I Depending on how he does it. If he does it properly with the sixty day notice, then, you know, no lawsuit will happen. So you seem to be I I don't like to say that that nobody I don't like that whole nobody can do anything about it. You know? Yeah. Hey. With these judges, you know, that we have right now, it seems to be at least hold it up and everything like that. So Yeah.   No. They give that to Supreme Court. They,   made it so that they're gonna hear actual full arguments   on, that,   fed lady, that did the mortgages and everything like that. Oh, okay. So, basically, she gets to keep her job until,   the decision. So until I don't know when. Maybe June, July.  

Yeah.   Yep. Yep. Yep.  

[00:09:33] Jamon Fries:

That sucks.  

[00:09:35] Jesse Fries:

It it it does. It does. It does.  

[00:09:38] Jamon Fries:

Now Trump is also targeting Democrat states, though.   He's like, well, we've got this government shutdown, which means no funds can be sent out   to certain places.  

[00:09:51] Jesse Fries:

Yep. Yep. Yep. It's it's   all political games. You you know, you can compare about political games, but it's just political games. It's normal political games. It's shenanigans.   You know? It's Yeah. Nothing beyond that.   Yeah. It it raises the ire of the opposite party. But Yeah. Yeah. Definitely. That's really all it is. You know? It's Yep.   Let's see. It looks like, the resignations that came through,   with that   buyout   about looks like those are about to go through.  

[00:10:25] Jamon Fries:

Oh, okay.  

[00:10:27] Jesse Fries:

So it'd be something like a 100,000   Yeah. People   would be   would be out of a job,   because, well, they took the deferment. So, you know, that's,   yeah. They they resigned. I mean, you know? Yeah. Yeah. No. Yeah. But they took the buyout, you know. It's,   yeah. Trump's gonna shrink this thing. It seems like pretty Oh, yeah. It's, all I'm all for it.   I am all for that. Yeah. No. I have no problem with shrinking the government. I really don't.  

[00:10:57] Jamon Fries:

And and, you know, one thing   I I I heard somebody talking, and   I completely agree with this concept.   Mhmm.   When COVID came around,   the government hired a whole bunch of people to deal with COVID issues. Right. Right.   They still work there.   Yeah. Yeah. They've been done. It's it's time to go get rid of those people. They were not they're not needed anymore.  

[00:11:28] Jesse Fries:

It's just an extra waste of money. Well, yeah. That's how the government works, you know. You you you Yeah. You hire somebody or you have   a a new tax or a temporary tax and everything like that. These temporary taxes, last forever, you know. Oh, yeah. Yeah. It's like income tax That only came about because of prohibition, because they couldn't make money off of the taxation of alcohol.  

[00:11:51] Jamon Fries:

Yeah.  

[00:11:52] Jesse Fries:

Well,   why do we still have   income tax? Because last time I checked, they got rid of,   prohibition.   So they have those taxes now. I'm just saying. Yeah.  

[00:12:06] Jamon Fries:

Yeah. Well, you know, the government will never give up an opportunity to spend money or to take money from the US citizen. They really won't. And it's no matter what. Ever since the Yeah. I think the beginning of the twentieth century, it's been that way. Oh, yeah. Yeah. Absolutely.   Ever ever since   ever since I stopped   dealing with the the ever since we stopped putting tariffs on people. Yep. Yep.   Because that was that became the sole source of income for the government.  

[00:12:36] Jesse Fries:

Tariffs and then also just, alcohol tax and everything like that. Yeah. Add all that up and yep.  

[00:12:42] Jamon Fries:

Yep. Absolutely.  

[00:12:46] Jesse Fries:

Let's see here. What else do we got? Looks like Ted Cruz  

[00:12:49] Jamon Fries:

Uh-huh. Your favorite senator.  

[00:12:52] Jesse Fries:

Yeah.  

[00:12:55] Jamon Fries:

He is blocking a bill that would extend privacy protections to all Americans.  

[00:13:01] Jesse Fries:

Okay. What that's the headline. What what would you know what it actually means?  

[00:13:05] Jamon Fries:

Well, I mean so right now as it stands,   it's currently illegal to   dox   people that are in   congress   and stuff like that. Okay.   And   the Democrats   now because of   the firings that have happened with the Charlie Kirk thing Uh-huh.   Are now trying to extend those protections   to everyone in The United States.  

[00:13:40] Jesse Fries:

So basically, make it illegal to docs?  

[00:13:43] Jamon Fries:

Not not only docs, but it would make it this bill would also make it illegal   to sell anyone's information.  

[00:13:52] Jesse Fries:

Background checks. Come on. That's a huge business.  

[00:13:56] Jamon Fries:

Oh, yeah.   You you look at like Microsoft,   Google, where do they make their money?  

[00:14:02] Jesse Fries:

Right. Right.  

[00:14:04] Jamon Fries:

That would be illegal.  

[00:14:09] Jesse Fries:

Oy.  

[00:14:11] Jamon Fries:

The other the the biggest the one of the one of the concerns that Cruise   has said   is that this would make it   so that the government   would no longer have   access   to publicly available information on people, therefore, would have to get a search warrant   for everything.  

[00:14:34] Jesse Fries:

Well, I'm okay with that.  

[00:14:36] Jamon Fries:

Well, not right. But I mean, you know, they they wouldn't be able to   the because, you know, you have to get a search warrant for anything that's not out there in the public domain.   Right. Right. And so they use this they use that aspect to track,   people that are running away from the law and stuff like that. They they utilize the public for that. Yeah. I know. Yeah. And so with this law, they would have to get search warrants to be able to   even track these people to catch them.  

[00:15:13] Jesse Fries:

Yeah. I don't have a problem with that part.   I really don't.   To me, making the job more difficult for the government   Yeah. Is not a bad thing. I'm just saying.   You know? There there there's so many   times   where it's been abused. And to me, that's, like, going fine. Just,   yep. Because it it could mean that, you know, some ex husband cop couldn't could no longer stalk   his ex wife.  

[00:15:45] Jamon Fries:

Yeah. Which sometimes they do, you know. It it's Well, it it wouldn't necessarily make it that they couldn't. What it would do is it would make it so that   it was illegal to have done that. Exactly. So it would it would add another   Exactly. It would add another charge onto the onto the long list of charges that would that they'd already have. Mhmm. Yeah. Yeah. So it it But, you know, to to me, the biggest impact is the information brokers. It's the it's the Google and stuff like that. I mean,   if they can't if they can't make money doing that,   that means   shit's gonna get really expensive for the for people that are using it. See, not only that. I I it's kinda  

[00:16:27] Jesse Fries:

how does it work with just public records? Because, like,   tax information, like like, property tax, that is public information.   And it has your name, it has your address, it has everything.  

[00:16:40] Jamon Fries:

Yeah.  

[00:16:41] Jesse Fries:

How would that be treated? Because any if anybody knows, like, your locale,   then they could easily just go through the records and find you.   Oh, yeah. Absolutely.   You know? Because it's like,   here in my county and everything like that, if you know the address, you can just get all the information. You know? Mhmm. So Yep.   Yeah. It's it's like how about a phone book? You know?   Yeah. Not that they exist anymore, but, you know, it's Right.  

[00:17:08] Jamon Fries:

Yeah. But they haven't received one of those in the mail in a long time. No. They don't exist anymore.  

[00:17:14] Jesse Fries:

Yeah.  

[00:17:15] Jamon Fries:

The the printing cost too much for what they got back out of it after some time. Because Well, the here in Lawrence, say, here here, they used to send out a small local   phone book. Mhmm. It wasn't I I don't remember who was doing it. But,   yeah. They   about four or five years ago, though, they stopped sending that out. Yeah. And it was just numbers that   they put in. It wasn't just every number. Right. Right. It used to be every number. And there was no cell and and there they didn't have cell phones. Right. Right. In there. Which defeats the purpose, really. Yeah. It's, like, 90% of people's communication  

[00:17:53] Jesse Fries:

form right now. Yeah. Yeah. Nope.   It's like you can't look up somebody a friend's phone number. But Right. Yeah. You you you know all those,   scams,   they sure can find you.  

[00:18:06] Jamon Fries:

Oh, yeah. Big time. Big time.   You know,   maybe with the with if they had been able to pass that,   maybe it would mean that,   that   these that those random phone calls would end.   Maybe so. Maybe so. Nope. I I could see it really highly affecting, like,   debt collectors.   Possibly. Possibly. I'd have to actually read the bill and everything. Yeah. Yeah. I So Yeah. I I didn't the the, the article that I read didn't really go that deep into what it what it was supposed to do. But Right. Right. The   the Ted Cruz's biggest   biggest problems with it were the fact that it would make it illegal for anyone to sell your information,   including Google and all this stuff. So, I mean, what websites you visit, your shopping trends, that would all be illegal to sell.  



[00:19:06] Jesse Fries:

Oh, okay.  

[00:19:07] Jamon Fries:

And then   he also, of course, since he's big government,   didn't like the fact that, that it would limit the police's ability to look for people.  

[00:19:18] Jesse Fries:

Yeah. Yeah. Republicans   are generally the law and order. They like the police to   Yeah. Be bastards.   Yep. I'm just saying.   So,   you know, I can understand that. You you you know, it's like it's like the Republicans go too far and then the Democrats go too far the other way as well. You know? Yeah. Can can we have, like, a happy medium because we know we need police?  

[00:19:40] Jamon Fries:

But  

[00:19:42] Jesse Fries:

Yeah. You need to curtail their excesses as well. You know? So it's Yeah. Absolutely.   Yep.   Speaking of excesses, though, so you you remember how, Tulsi Gabbard,   no.   Yeah.   I think it was good. Right? Tulsi Gabbard, she was, the one that   or they she was on the list, the TSA,   secret sky or whatever it was. Yep. Yep. Yeah.   Apparently, she wasn't the only congress   member on that was being followed like that. There are two others.  

[00:20:17] Jamon Fries:

Uh-huh.  

[00:20:18] Jesse Fries:

Yeah. And they were all Republican.   The other two were Republicans.   So it was Tulsi,   and then it was,   two,   Republicans that would that air marshals would just follow.   Damn.   Yeah.   Yeah. It's, they're not releasing who it was.  

[00:20:39] Jamon Fries:

Okay.  

[00:20:41] Jesse Fries:

But   yeah.   It's quite shady what they were actually doing. It   Oh, yeah. Yeah. Absolutely. I seriously don't understand why the TSA was doing that, why they were following. And   and Tulsi was an active member of the military   at the time   and everything like that, like National Guard. And so,   yeah, I I I really don't understand it. I   I wonder.   Just doesn't make sense to me. Really, you know? No. No. It doesn't. But, you know,  

[00:21:15] Jamon Fries:

that's   government for you. It never makes sense.  

[00:21:19] Jesse Fries:

It has to be political shenanigans on   the democratic side. It it it's the only thing that One one would think so.   I I can't think of  

[00:21:28] Jamon Fries:

I can't think of a of a legitimate  

[00:21:31] Jesse Fries:

reason for it. Yeah. No. And maybe not maybe not even political shenanigans. Just straight up corruption, you know, trying to use these people to, I don't know, dig up dirt because they were being followed, they were being harassed, you know, they had to I think they always had the at the triple s or the quadruple s on their,   tickets.  

[00:21:51] Jamon Fries:

We Yeah. No. I mean, the,   trying to dig up information,   I could I could definitely see that.   One thing because, I mean, you know, the what they would be able to find there is exactly where they're traveling,   who they're meeting when they're doing that traveling and stuff like that. Yeah.   So, yeah, I I could definitely see that.  

[00:22:12] Jesse Fries:

Yeah. It   k. But it's just funny that even more is coming out about it. You know? It's like   but, of course, it won't make the real news. You know? So it's Of course not. Yeah. There you go. You know? You you heard it here if you didn't know it before.   You know?   Okay. What else do we got?  

[00:22:37] Jamon Fries:

Well,   I have,   so the state of Washington   Mhmm.   Has decided that they are going to   revamp their sales tax.  

[00:22:50] Jesse Fries:

Okay.  

[00:22:51] Jamon Fries:

Now by that, I don't mean   changing how much they charge for sales tax.  

[00:22:57] Jesse Fries:

Mhmm.  

[00:22:59] Jamon Fries:

I mean, they're going to look at what they're charging sales tax on.  

[00:23:06] Jesse Fries:

Okay.   Makes sense, I guess. Possibly.   What are they gonna charge now?  

[00:23:15] Jamon Fries:

So   they're looking   at reclassifying   several activities   as retail sales  

[00:23:26] Jesse Fries:

Okay.  

[00:23:29] Jamon Fries:

Such   as marketing,   digital advertising   to custom software and IT support.   What now? IT support is now go is now going to be centered   under retail sales, which means that you will have to pay sales tax   for getting IT support.  

[00:23:55] Jesse Fries:

You're joking.  

[00:23:57] Jamon Fries:

No. I'm not.   Jesus.  

[00:24:02] Jesse Fries:

That's just crazy.  

[00:24:04] Jamon Fries:

Yeah.   It it did did charge sales tax on advertising services, IT services,   custom website development,   live presentations,   and sale or licensing of customs custom software.   Now the the sale of custom software, I can I can get behind that because that's a sale?   So therefore, for sales tax could could   be.   But it also affects temporary   staffing,   Which means if you work for Manpower or one of the other many   staffing agencies out there   Right. When the company   hires   Manpower   to send people to them, they will have to pay   sales tax.  



[00:24:53] Jesse Fries:

That is crazy.   Yeah. I don't   And this article says   law applies to or at least in Maryland, the law applies to companies with at least a higher million dollars annual revenue.   But that means it's not across the board, which means you're picking and choosing, which means it would be unconstitutional.   Yeah. Because you can't say, oh, it's for you, but not for him. Right.  

[00:25:17] Jamon Fries:

Right.   Yeah. This this is going to affect the pro   the Department of Revenue says it'll affect more than 90,000   businesses in Washington alone, in Washington where   they're gonna be impacted by that. Businesses? Yeah. It's I would think so. Yeah. Pretty much.  

[00:25:35] Jesse Fries:

Jesus Christ.  

[00:25:37] Jamon Fries:

Yeah.   Is that I read this and I'm like, holy  

[00:25:42] Jesse Fries:

what? What the hell? I don't think you can even figure out what it would do until it's implemented.  

[00:25:48] Jamon Fries:

Yeah. I know.   I I mean yeah. It's one of those things that you're not going to realize that you have to charge sales tax now until you get a bill from the state   saying this is how much your sales tax at revenue is.  

[00:26:06] Jesse Fries:

And they're going after, it looks like, out of state people too. Yes. Because taxes are based   not on where work is performed, but where the customer receives the service.   Mhmm. So if you're calling from   Seattle, but the company is in Texas,   They're receiving the service   in Seattle.  

[00:26:31] Jamon Fries:

Right.   Well, that that's generally how sales tax works is the is   Right. But it's based on where the person  

[00:26:40] Jesse Fries:

buying the product is. But is this just telling somebody to,   like,  

[00:26:46] Jamon Fries:

Yeah. This means that having an IT center Their system Having an IT center in having an IT center in Dallas.   Anyone   that's in The US, in in Washington that utilizes that Dallas IT center   will have to be charged sales tax.  

[00:27:04] Jesse Fries:

But if if it's part of a if it's already part of the service as in it's free,   like, under warranty,   I wonder how that would play out. I wonder if they say, well, there's this amount of money that it would equate to.   It wouldn't surprise me if they did. It wouldn't surprise me either. That is just crazy, though.  

[00:27:24] Jamon Fries:

Yeah.  

[00:27:26] Jesse Fries:

And advertising. Jeez.   Such as billboards I mean media broadcasting. Oh, Jesus. They're really going after everything, aren't they? They absolutely are. What actually those means No. No. Those are excluded from the new law. Newspaper, radio, TV, and out of home advertising   as such as billboards excluded from the new law.  

[00:27:47] Jamon Fries:

So what advertising are they talking about? Was it only online? I I it seems like it. Yeah.  

[00:27:55] Jesse Fries:

Well, that's fucked. But everybody does it online.  

[00:27:59] Jamon Fries:

That's the thing.  

[00:28:01] Jesse Fries:

Yeah. There are billboards, but they usually have an online presence as well.  

[00:28:05] Jamon Fries:

Mhmm.  

[00:28:08] Jesse Fries:

Yeah. I don't know how many expected to bring in?  

[00:28:14] Jamon Fries:

It doesn't   say. I didn't see anywhere in the article that it said that. Anyway Expected to raise approximately  

[00:28:20] Jesse Fries:

$1,100,000,000   over   from '25 to '27.  

[00:28:27] Jamon Fries:

For the state of Washington.   Yeah.   Yeah.  

[00:28:33] Jesse Fries:

Jesus   Christ. That's a   okay. Have fun with that. Everybody's moving out.   No service for Washington.  

[00:28:43] Jamon Fries:

Yeah.   Exactly.   You  

[00:28:46] Jesse Fries:

you want that service? You have to drive to Idaho. Or Yeah.  

[00:28:51] Jamon Fries:

You have to drive to Idaho or you have to move.  

[00:28:54] Jesse Fries:

Exactly.   Exactly. Or drive down to Oregon or or or just go up to Canada then give us a call then. I'll help   you out. Yeah. Ay. That is crazy.   Yeah. Big time. That is crazy.  

[00:29:12] Jamon Fries:

Okay. And then, on to some immigration   news.   Mhmm.   So Kilmar   Abrego   has once again tried to file for   a   to reopen his immigration case. Okay. Yeah.   And it was completely 100%   denied by the judge.  

[00:29:33] Jesse Fries:

Okay.   Okay.  

[00:29:35] Jamon Fries:

So maybe maybe sometime within the next   fifty years,   he'll finally have to leave The US for good.  

[00:29:45] Jesse Fries:

Well, either that or he'll just spend the rest of his life in   a cage, you know. There's there's that too, you know. Have fun with that, dude. I'd rather go to Uganda, you know. At least they Absolutely.   At least they   kinda speak English there. You know? It's one of their languages.   So, you know Yep. So Yep. You have to get used to the accent. You know?   Wow. I mean yeah.   But that was easy. Yeah. Yeah. It's pretty much like a Kenyan accent. It's a little bit different, but, okay. Okay. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. So I can understand it a lot. That's a pretty good accent. I mean, that's an easy to understand accent. Yeah. Overall. Overall. Yeah.  

[00:30:23] Jamon Fries:

At least at least they're not, like, moving to somewhere that talks like the hillbillies West Virginia do. You know?  

[00:30:31] Jesse Fries:

Or the Creole. Yeah. It's Yeah. Or the Creole. Yeah.   Nobody can understand them, but, you know, it's okay. It's okay. Yeah. Yeah. Absolutely.   Let's see here. It looks like there was two Delta Jets collided at LaGuardia   today.  

[00:30:49] Jamon Fries:

Yeah. Yeah. They they were on the they were on they were on in the taxiway.  

[00:30:54] Jesse Fries:

Yep. Yeah. And one wing clipped the other front.   You know? And so   yeah. Yeah. So that's gonna cause havoc.  

[00:31:02] Jamon Fries:

Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah.  

[00:31:05] Jesse Fries:

Wonder what they're gonna blame it on. I haven't heard anybody blaming anything on anything yet for that one. But,  

[00:31:11] Jamon Fries:

No. I'd honestly, I I think it's   most likely   pilot error on the one who got his nose clipped.  

[00:31:20] Jesse Fries:

Right.  

[00:31:21] Jamon Fries:

Right.   He didn't stop far enough   behind the behind the intersection or something like that because it was one pane one plane passing in front of the other. Mhmm. So it was like a t intersection.  

[00:31:35] Jesse Fries:

Right.  

[00:31:36] Jamon Fries:

And so I think the one just moved a little bit too far too far forward and which   made it set the other one didn't really  

[00:31:45] Jesse Fries:

know that their wing was gonna catch them. Yeah. Ho ho hopefully, it wasn't our cousin who was flying it, you know? Yeah. No. I was kidding. Yeah.   Yeah.   I I think it wasn't actually for Delta, but, you you know,   hopefully, it wasn't him.  

[00:32:02] Jamon Fries:

Yeah. Not sure. Yeah. That that would be bad. Yeah. Yeah. They have a lot of pilots, though, so they do. Yes.  

[00:32:10] Jesse Fries:

Let's see here. What else?   The Anti Defamation   League   has   gotten rid of its extremism   database.   So they basically had a database.   It was like the Southern Poverty Law Center database of, extremists. You know, basically, if   if you were a little bit critical of either,   of a Jew,   you'd be put on,   that list, basically.   It it was a left leaning sort of thing. So Yeah. So and so   they actually put,   the TP USA,   Turning Point USA on there   as a extremist organization.   And so yeah. So  

[00:32:55] Jamon Fries:

there's been a lot of backlash because of that. Oh, I can imagine.  

[00:32:59] Jesse Fries:

And so the anti defamation league just deleted the entire database.   They just got rid of it.   Good. Because, seriously, a lot of them like that shouldn't exist anyways. No. They really shouldn't. And, you know, newspapers would always cite them. They would cite the Southern Poverty Law Center.   They would cite,   the Anti Defamation League and everything like that. And Yeah. It was basically every halfway conservative organization   was on the list,   basically. You know? So Yep. It it it was always like, okay. So you say that, but it doesn't really mean anything. You know? It's,   and what is the extreme? Absolutely nothing.  

Yep. Yep. So   they got rid of that. So that's a good thing. And I haven't heard from the suburb Southern Poverty Law Center. They may have been sued out of existence, I I wonder.  

[00:33:50] Jamon Fries:

Possibly.  

[00:33:51] Jesse Fries:

Yeah. Yeah. For that same sort of thing. So  

[00:33:55] Jamon Fries:

Yeah. So they they did a sting in Oklahoma.  

[00:33:58] Jesse Fries:

Okay.  

[00:34:00] Jamon Fries:

They decided that they were going to very strictly   enforce the Oklahoma law of having to speak English to drive a semi.   Okay. Yeah. Yeah. Like Arkansas and whatnot. Yeah. And so they they were stopping a whole bunch of truck drivers,   and   they found more than a 120   illegal immigrant truck drivers.  

[00:34:24] Jesse Fries:

Oh, wow.  

[00:34:27] Jamon Fries:

Wow. Some of them and now   this greatly   concerns and confuses the shit out of me. Mhmm.   They showed a picture of one guy's driver's license with, you know, his picture and any,   identifying information on it blocked out. Right.   But they didn't have to block out as the name.  

[00:34:51] Jesse Fries:

Okay.  

[00:34:53] Jamon Fries:

Because on the name of the driver's license, it said no   name given.   This was a New York driver's license.   A New York CDL   with no name given.   And it was a actual real ID? Oh, yes. It it was it was   authorized and issued by the state of New York.  

[00:35:15] Jesse Fries:

No name given.  

[00:35:16] Jamon Fries:

Yeah. Wow.   So in New York, when you go to get a driver's license,   don't give your name because I guess you don't have to.  

[00:35:25] Jesse Fries:

Okay. There's  

[00:35:28] Jamon Fries:

Wow. The thing that really confuses me me though Uh-huh. Is that that I that driver's license   had the star on it that if I'm not mistaken Real ID. Yeah. That it's real ID?   Right. Right. How the fuck can you have a real ID   without even giving your name?  

[00:35:46] Jesse Fries:

Well, you know,   it's all for show. The real idea or anything like that. It's no different. I I swear to God, I the federal government,   that whole thing came out because of nine eleven. And then it took, like, twenty some odd years for it to actually get in place. It's useless. It's pointless. It's it's It really is. Yeah.   Yeah. Yeah. Driver's license anywhere would work. So, you know, now you have some people that don't have a real ID.   So Yeah. They can't   fly. Yes. So they're they're lesser class they're they're a lesser class of citizen. But, actually, you know something. You can fly without an ID. You know this. Right?   Did not know that. Yes. You can fly without an ID.  

Now internationally, you need a passport.   Right. But but domestically,   you don't need an ID. You just go through more security. They'll ask you questions, blah blah blah,   but that's it.   Uh-huh. But, technically, you can't lie without an ID and have been able to   forever as far as I know.  

[00:36:53] Jamon Fries:

So what's the point of the real ID then? I mean, my understanding of it, it was just   it's like it it essentially, it's a form of a passport.   Yeah. For within, domestically. Yeah. Yeah. And and they say you can't fly without it. But Right. If you don't have to have an ID to fly.  

[00:37:12] Jesse Fries:

Right. Then you can obviously fly without a real ID. Right. But it takes time. It take you you Yeah. It's like an hour of them asking you questions. And so I think they want they don't want anybody to really know   because then they would hold up the lines.   Right. Right. And so they just say, you have to have it. And so, you know, they'll turn you away. It's like   unless if they change the law, but that's how it was, before. So I wanna see why they would change because   because it's also technically under travel.   And   Right. There there's that whole thing in the constitution where you can travel.  

And so people use it for driving cars. It's a it's a funny thing. I I I don't the sovereign citizen sort of thing. You know? It's a Yes. I don't fully understand it, but,   and I'm not gonna do it because that's just that's a headache. So there's no way. I'll just go along with the system sometimes.   Left it unless if it's Walmart, I'm not gonna show them my damn receipt. I'm just saying I'm not gonna do it. Just not gonna do it. I completely understand that. Yeah.   You shouldn't have to. That's what I'm saying.   That's what I'm saying. It's stupid.  



[00:38:24] Jamon Fries:

Yeah.   You know, if if if they want to   accuse you essentially, what they're doing is accusing you of shoplifting without accusing you of shoplifting.  

[00:38:34] Jesse Fries:

Exactly.   Exactly.  

[00:38:36] Jamon Fries:

And I'm sorry, sir. I'm not gonna make it easy for you to accuse me of shoplifting. And apparently, there is no policy that  

[00:38:43] Jesse Fries:

you have to. No. Technically. No. But they Yeah. There's this informal policy where you have to. And every time I just walk by. Every time they look at me like, what the fuck are you doing? I'm like, oh, no. I'm not. You know? It's like Yeah. Do what you're gonna do to me in that one. It's like, no Walmart. No. I don't harass me when I'm trying to shop.   Plain and simple.  

[00:39:05] Jamon Fries:

Especially   don't harass me just after I gave you money.  

[00:39:09] Jesse Fries:

Exactly. And, you know, if if   if the churn rate is way too high because you have the,  

[00:39:15] Jamon Fries:

self checkout, that's your own damn fault. Yeah. Then get rid of the freaking self checkout. I never liked those anyways. No. Exactly. So  

[00:39:25] Jesse Fries:

there you go.   It it's it's it's a you problem. It's not me problem. So don't make it my problem. Plain There there have been many times where trying to self check out vegetables. I'm like, okay.  

[00:39:37] Jamon Fries:

So which category does this fall under? Which button do I have to push?   And they've got this big long,   big long, big chart that that you can look through to find out just   where your vegetable  

[00:39:50] Jesse Fries:

lines up as far as far as, you know, what you're supposed to push for it. I just type in a name. That's what I do. Yeah. Name search. That's what I do. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah.   I don't know. It's been a very long time since I've done self checkout. So Got it. You know, back then, they they had, like, paper lists. They had everything. Yeah. No. They they have search searches now where Okay. You can just type it in. Yeah. The name of it, and it'll it'll come up. It'll come up. So, you know, it's Right. You don't mind that too much.   But no. I I don't mind self checkout, but if it's a problem  

[00:40:24] Jamon Fries:

Yeah.  

[00:40:25] Jesse Fries:

You know,  

[00:40:26] Jamon Fries:

do something. And and the thing the thing is, you know, is that it's a it's not like it's a problem that no one ever thought of. Yeah. Yep. Yep.   So if you wanna check receipts,  

[00:40:39] Jesse Fries:

have someone standing right in front of the self checkout area to check them. Well, there's people there and no. No. No. Once I paid for it, you better let me go. Otherwise Oh, yeah. No. No. Absolutely.  

[00:40:50] Jamon Fries:

But what I But that's You know, where I'm getting is that is that if you wanna do this for loss retention   Mhmm.   And you know that 90% of your losses are probably coming from the,   self checkout area Right.   Or just from just outright theft and not even trying to pay Mhmm.   Would if you're going to if you're combating for that, put the person directly   in the self checkout line area   so that they can see that you're not scanning something or, you know, they can check they can check the receipt.   To me, that would be a lot more legitimate   than putting them at the exit   where everyone even that went through the cashiers  

[00:41:38] Jesse Fries:

is expected to show their their receipt. Yeah. Yeah. And some people like It's like you're you're not even trusting your own freaking employees No. You don't. They don't. To ring me up properly. Yeah. No. They don't. Of course. Yeah. Yeah. No. It's,   yeah. No. They just need to change it. It's it's pathetic. I saw that and I'm like, oh, I'm not doing it. Not doing   it. No.   You don't like it? Call the cops on me. I I I it's just   I don't I don't need this. You know? It's not Yeah. But   because of it, I I tried not to shop there because of it. I seriously   tried not to shop at Walmart because of this crap, because I I just don't want to deal with it. Yeah. And then now that some of these companies, they really if you accidentally   forget an item or something like that,   they will arrest you, like,   on the spot,   and they will throw you in jail. So I don't wanna deal with that. I don't want any of that crap.  

Yeah. You know, fix your systems.   Yeah. Big time. Absolutely. Plain and simple. It it's a you thing. It's not me thing.   You know? So yeah.  

[00:42:44] Jamon Fries:

Yeah. I mean, it's it's not unusual   for someone to   be leaving a grocery store and and   right then, they remember, shit. I had that gallon of water at in the bottom of the cart. Yep. Yep.   Nope.  

[00:43:00] Jesse Fries:

Or the the 12 pack of Coke or something like that, you know? No. Yeah. Exactly. Or a can of beans. I'm not saying anything. But maybe a can of beans.   It wasn't at Walmart. Maybe a can of beans.  

[00:43:16] Jamon Fries:

Yeah. No. It's   Yep.   If you if you want to completely defeat it, you have to make it so that it's absolutely   error prone error Oh, yeah. Yep. That is not prone for mistake at all. Then   this would mean everything   that that, like, the cart would have to go into   instead   of having the cart be   on the other side of the cashier.  

[00:43:43] Jesse Fries:

If the if the cart went went to the side of the same side, the cashier Oh, like the old style ones. See everything? Yeah. The old style ones. Yeah. Where they were just taken out of the cart itself. You didn't have to do crap.   Yeah. What happened to that? You put it out there. Why did they get rid of that? Now that's a good question.   Because it was because it was, you know, they they wanted to drop their customer service a little bit. Yeah. We we that was awesome. I forgot about it. Oh, yeah. You could just Yeah. It was a empty spot that you would just put pull the cart into, and then it would be on their side. Yeah. You would just ring it.   Let's bring that back. Let's bring that back. Absolutely.  



[00:44:19] Jamon Fries:

Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. And that would eliminate the possibility   of   forgetting something at the bottom of the cart. Exactly.   If they if something doesn't get charged for, it's now these because it's now the store's fault because they didn't they didn't scan it when it was on the cart. Makes sense. Makes sense.   Because I mean, right now, the the person that the person that's behind the that's doing the scanning,   they can't see anything that's in the cart, really. Well, some have cameras down below.  

[00:44:50] Jesse Fries:

Yeah. Kroger's have cameras down below and everything like this so they can see on the bottom of your cart. Oh, okay.   So yeah. Well, we've bitten beaten that one to death. I think we've solved that one.   Let's see here. So   it's two well, one's really interesting. I'll save that one for right after this one. But, apparently,   there's this story.   It's not really surprising, but the story is that,   Arab   American families   struggle with US school amid cultural divide. So, basically, what it is,   this was a study. And as we all know, you know, you have to watch it for studies and everything like that. Yeah.   But this study, it was just they were just asking people. So it was just a poll situation. So it wasn't really a study. Okay. It was a poll.  

And with this poll, it was, like, 64%   of,   Arab American students said that their parents don't fully understand The US school system.   And I'm like, well, duh, because they're immigrants. You know? Well, not not not only that, but because,  

[00:45:53] Jamon Fries:

I mean, it it if you ask United States citizens   if their parents understand the school system.   Well, right. Right. But you you like I'm like but you have the cultural difference as well, you know? So Yeah. Yeah. But I but I mean, the school system is not something that's extremely easy to understand.  

[00:46:12] Jesse Fries:

Yeah. But we've been through it. So, you know, it has it it's a bit different nowadays. A little bit more security and whatnot. But it's still basic the basic system that we had. You know, they don't play dodgeball anymore or have those carts that can run over your finger. But, you you know Those those were what made school fun. I I know. It's like they got rid of the textbooks and just have a computer now. But so so there there there are differences, but it's, like,   just the cultural things of how things work. And so it's like I I I find this funny. It's like any immigrant   coming in wouldn't understand our school system. You know? Yeah.  

And, of course, the first generation of kids of those,   immigrants, yeah, of course, they're gonna be going, my parents don't understand because, well, they don't. You know? Yeah.  

[00:47:03] Jamon Fries:

Yeah. If you come from anywhere outside of The US, The US school system is strange.  

[00:47:09] Jesse Fries:

No. It is. It is. It is. You you know, it   it's everything with kids. You know? It's like so Yeah.   So Aiden.   Right? My son. He he he's seven years old.   And,   you know, it   it's it's kinda funny because   he he he he's he he he missed some practices and a game or something like that, and then he went for a game. Right? The coach benched him. This is   pee   wee,  

[00:47:41] Jamon Fries:

recreational   league,   second   grade.  

[00:47:45] Jesse Fries:

Damn. And I'm like, go what are you doing?   Could could I I did talk to the coach right at the game because, well, I just wanted to   see what Aiden said and everything like that. And so at practice, I go,   you didn't play him. You barely played him. He played him, like, for, like   like, two half quarters is all he played instead of a full Okay. Two full quarters. So I'm like, oh, what's going on? He goes, yeah. I talked to Aiden, and I told Aiden that. And I'm like, oh, you didn't talk to me, dude.   He goes, oh, you missed some practices in a game. So, yeah, I I I benched it. I'm like,   how about you talk to me? How about you do something? You know? It's like, I talk to you and I go and then this guy goes, I've never seen you. And I'm like, I'm the one that shows up, dude.  

I'm the one that takes him to everything. Carol's taking him once. This guy is, like, going, oh, I've never seen he's, like,   apparently, I'm just a guy that people look over. You know? I'm just a a very typical Yeah.   White guy. Apparently, I could be an assassin because nobody notices me. Hell, yeah. I could just be an assassin. You know? That'd be cool. Maybe that'll do for my next career, you know.   Yeah. I can't see you doing that.   Probably not.   But I apparently, I could get away with it because nobody Absolutely.   Yes. Yes. I   I also   fall into that where it's like, when we go to bars and everything like that, me and Carol, right,   If I show up without Carol, nobody knows who I am.  



[00:49:22] Jamon Fries:

You know what your perfect job would be then? Assassin. Yes. I said so.   Oh,   that that's the that's the fun side of it. The other side, though, would be a PI.   There is that there is that, you know? Yeah. No one would ever realize that you're looking at them. Yeah. Be a spy too, you know? Just Yeah. Blend on it, you know. It's, See, I I think that would fit you a little bit more than assassin.   Yeah. But assassin is a fun one. You know? Oh, no. Absolutely. I just don't think you have the, bloodthirstiness   needed for the Yeah.  



[00:49:58] Jesse Fries:

Oh, I could get it.  

[00:50:04] Jamon Fries:

Tomorrow, breaking news.  

[00:50:08] Jesse Fries:

And they caught him on the first attempt.   Speaking of assassins or killing people,   apparently so that attack   up in Michigan?   Yeah.   Against the Mormon church.   Mhmm. What happened?   There was a story. I don't know what happened to my link. But,   basically, apparently,   from what I read is that,   they've actually raised   around $200,000   for the   the attacker's family.  

[00:50:53] Jamon Fries:

Yeah. I see that.   Yeah. The donations came from more than 5,000 people, many of whom were were,  

[00:51:01] Jesse Fries:

Latter day Saints. Yeah. Yeah. They were Mormons and, Yeah.   They   yeah. So it's   it's kinda crazy, you know, to   to to because they go,   this family didn't ask for this, you know. It's Yeah.   Their their life has been destroyed.   Part of Yep. You know, it's like,   your your father did this, your husband did this. What are you supposed to do now? You know? It's, Oh, yeah. Yeah.   But, yeah, it's like these past two,   it's like Charlie Kirk. You have his wife forgiving   the assassin.   And then you have this, you know, the   this those two things really show   I'm not really a Christian, but, you know, they really show, like, true Christian belief, you know. Oh, absolutely. Yes. Yes.  



[00:51:50] Jamon Fries:

It is the it is it is the epitome of turn the other cheek. Yeah. Exactly.  

[00:51:56] Jesse Fries:

Exactly.   Yeah. Yep.   Yep.   Well, on international news.   Let's see here.   Greta   Thunberg   who has been detained or arrested or whatever,   by Israel.   Okay. She was on a flotilla trying to get to Gaza to help,  

[00:52:19] Jamon Fries:

the Gaza. And and if I remember right, weren't there a couple of nations   like Italy and another one   that sent their navy   to escort the flotillas   that Right. Right. But couldn't be stopped. Right. But once it entered Israeli water  

[00:52:36] Jesse Fries:

Yeah.  

[00:52:38] Jamon Fries:

The the the fact that the fact that they were escorting   the the flotilla to make it so that,   essentially, Israel couldn't stop them,   I I never quite understood that aspect of it. It doesn't make sense because it's  

[00:52:55] Jesse Fries:

I believe it's a 10 mile border, isn't it? But then there's also, like, a but then there's also, like, extra. It's 10 miles within the border. Yeah. But then there's also, like, a extra in international, like, with, like, 250   miles or something like that of where we can,   operated.   You know? So it's, like   yeah. I don't know. I don't know. But, yeah, she was arrested,   trying to do her   do gooding thing. Maybe she know realizes that global warming really isn't happening. Maybe she was fed in on the lie.  

[00:53:25] Jamon Fries:

Oh, very possible. That could be why she doesn't talk about it anymore because I haven't heard anything from her about that for quite a while now. No. No. It was like, think of the children.  

[00:53:34] Jesse Fries:

That's all it was.   Yeah.   Let's see here. Then we have some terror attacks going on overseas.   A synagogue   was attacked in The UK.   A   few people died.   The gunman had a suicide vest on, everything like that.   They   I think he's dead.   But yeah. So   and that was in Manchester.   In Germany, they actually stopped,   terrorist attack.   They   arrested three,   Hamas operatives,   that were trying because it's Yom Kippur right now, their holiest of days. Right. Yeah.   And so yeah. The Germans actually stopped,   one, so that's good.  

[00:54:25] Jamon Fries:

Wait. So the Germans protected the Jews?  

[00:54:28] Jesse Fries:

Well, yeah. You know, they they still feel guilty.  

[00:54:34] Jamon Fries:

I thought nobody was protecting the Jews anymore. Well, you don't want a terrorist attack. You know, that that that's the thing. Oh, yeah. Depending on you listen to some of them, they they say, you know, it doesn't really matter.  

[00:54:46] Jesse Fries:

Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. You know, but you you have to stop terrorist attacks. You know? Yes. Yep. Yep.   Let's see here.   And then coming out of Europe as well. So there there there's this Ryanair flight. It's a airline out of Ireland.   And   it was flying from,   I believe, Paris   to London.   If,   no. It's from Milan to London.   Okay. And about ten fifteen to twenty minutes into the journey,   this guy starts to eat his passport.   And then another guy goes into the bathroom and   starts to try to flush   his passport down the toilet.   So it's two guys doing this weird thing. So it's not it's like if it was one, that's a nutter. Right? That that is it's that's it. But if it's two guys, there's something going on.  

You know, it's   yeah. You could blame, like, just being insane   for one person eating a passport, but Right. People trying to get rid of their passports for   whatever reason. I don't know.   Maybe they realized they were on the wrong flight, and they're going, oh, fuck. What are we gonna do? Yeah. It's,   yeah.  

[00:56:05] Jamon Fries:

No. No. No. I don't think so. Because to destroy your passport   means that you're   trying to make sure that you can't be identified   when you   get into that country.  

[00:56:16] Jesse Fries:

Well, right. Right. I know. But then they can probably claim asylum,   maybe, and then, you know, that sort of thing. And without any proof of ID is what I'm thinking. Yeah. Yeah. Probably. And the way The UK works, it'll just let you in.  

[00:56:29] Jamon Fries:

Yeah. Oh, and that that's like The US border   when Biden was under control, you know. Yeah.   You you come they would come up and they would bury all their paperwork after crossing into The United States.  

[00:56:41] Jesse Fries:

Mhmm.   Yep.   Well, yeah. So there's that.  

[00:56:46] Jamon Fries:

Yeah.   Fun.  

[00:56:48] Jesse Fries:

Yeah. Yeah.   And then there's two more stories coming out of The UK.   One is kinda like   entertainment news sort of thing.   Okay. This one is, so   there's a tweet,   that JK Rowling   Yes. Yes. Yeah. It it's, so Emma Watson, apparently, she was on a interview, and she basically   tried to say that   Rowling   isn't such a bad person   and everything like that. After she, like, trashed her last night.  

[00:57:22] Jamon Fries:

She essentially did what the what   that side usually   does, which is apologize without apologizing.   Well, right. Right. And it's like   Calling on on   JK Rowling to be the bigger person, essentially.  

[00:57:38] Jesse Fries:

Right. Right. She and and apparently, at one point, Emma Watson even wrote her a note,   saying, oh, I know you're I I I know you you don't you're you're a good person or something along those lines.   And then she goes on to attack her, you know, in public. You know? It's like and JK Rowling, she she just   I it was that it was that twist that really pissed her off. Oh, absolutely. Rowling off. Yes. Because she she was she wasn't gonna comment on Watson herself or anything like that.   But then   Emma Watson saw the tea leaves on how people are starting to   defend,   real women.  

Yeah. And so   she just hated   so Rowling hated how she was just moving with the wind   Oh, yeah. Change, you know, instead of actually sticking up for her beliefs and everything like that. Yeah.   And I think that just annoyed her. So she just was she just trashed Emma Watson really hard.  

[00:58:37] Jamon Fries:

You guys should read the post if you can. It's quite interesting. Oh, yeah. I Really. Yeah. I I saw they they were talking about this on one of the Fox News shows. Like, it was either the five or it was, Gutfeld.   Mhmm.   And they're like, you know,   the one thing   you don't wanna do   is get into a word battle with a right with an author.  

[00:59:03] Jesse Fries:

Exactly.  

[00:59:04] Jamon Fries:

Exactly. You know? Especially an author of JK Rowling's stature because she is going to destroy you. No. Yeah. Completely.  

[00:59:13] Jesse Fries:

And and, basically,   the the her her main argument was that Emma Watson had no clue what it was to Yeah. Be a poor woman.  

[00:59:21] Jamon Fries:

Yeah. She she had she had never experienced   anything. She's always been protected her entire life. Exactly. And so  

[00:59:28] Jesse Fries:

yeah.   We're all just   who laid into her. It's quite the Yeah. I I I loved the,  

[00:59:35] Jamon Fries:

the thought, you know, when she where she said,   you know, Emma Watson   would never   have to be subjected   to a   shared bathroom.  

[00:59:48] Jesse Fries:

Uh-huh. Uh-huh. Or or a shared floor, like a co ed floor. Yeah. Apparently,   they have floors that are just for women and men in The UK?   That's a thing?  

[01:00:00] Jamon Fries:

I've never heard of I mean, I could see in dormitories.  

[01:00:03] Jesse Fries:

Yeah. But no. In hospitals.   Yeah. No. No. I I except for the maternity   ward.   Yeah.   Beyond that,   I wouldn't see it would because you have your own separate room, don't you? Or maybe they don't even have rooms. Maybe they it's still the old style of all those beds.  

[01:00:23] Jamon Fries:

Yeah. The the well, no. There there's still there's still the   there's, you know, even here in The US, there's still a lot of hospitals that have   two to four beds in them,   in a room. Right. Right. And so, you know, that but at the same time, I mean, it's not the yeah. The only thing that I could think of as to why you would have to make it sex dependent is  

[01:00:47] Jesse Fries:

if it was just a big, huge, wide open room with hundreds of beds in it. Yeah. That's what I'm thinking. Those old style ones, you know. Yeah. It is an NHS. So, you know, it's a maybe something. Yeah.   Yeah. And speaking of the NHS,   so,   apparently,   the National Health Service over there, they they they   they they kinda caved. Some people say that they caved,   and I I I I think that might be a good description of it. But, basically, what they have said   is they have said,   okay. So there's this thing. Let let let me there's this thing going on in The UK to where,   Pakistanis,   a a good proportion of them are marrying their first cousins.  



[01:01:38] Jamon Fries:

Okay.  

[01:01:40] Jesse Fries:

And, basically,   this is generally   view or frowned upon. Right? You know, marrying your first cousin. Yeah. Generally. Yeah. And so there is a huge uptake in genetic illnesses   in this community. Surprising.   Right. Right.   And so   based on that, how would you think the NHS, the National Health Service, would actually respond to that?  

[01:02:05] Jamon Fries:

Oh, one would think that they would say, you know, first marriage first cousin marriages  

[01:02:11] Jesse Fries:

shouldn't be allowed. Yeah. No. No. No. They they they actually praise   first cousin marriages. Yep.   Let me see here. It claims intermarriage   off offers benefits, which include stronger extended family support systems and economic advantages.   This is basically   I can actually see why the National Health Service would say this. Do you know why?   Why is that? Because this is how the royal family works or used to work. That that is very true. Yes. You know, you would marry your first cousins, and you would keep it all in the family. All the lands and everything like that would be in the family. Yeah. Well, I mean, it it there there was a point in time where  

[01:02:52] Jamon Fries:

almost every royal   in  

[01:02:55] Jesse Fries:

all of Europe almost Yeah. Were brothers, sisters, and cousins. Yeah. Exactly. Exactly. Yeah. It was like during World War   one, it was like Yeah.   Cousins and cousins. Like, the king of England was cousins, with the Russian czar, you know, which was, like, cousins with the   Kaiser in Germany. You know? And so so yeah. No. It was yeah. They were they were all interrelated.  

[01:03:23] Jamon Fries:

So yeah. The only one the only one that I don't think was in a real well, no. Even they were was the French. Yep. Yep. I I don't think they were as closely related to the to the British, though.  

[01:03:35] Jesse Fries:

Well,   they that family was   kinda ended back in,   the seventeen hundreds. So I Right.   You know? But more than likely, it would have been if they would have made it that far. But, yeah.   But, yeah, it it's the NHS said that banning   the practice,   would stigmatize   certain communities   and cultural   traditions. And the authority should instead offer genetic counseling, awareness raising initiatives, and public health campaigns.  

[01:04:09] Jamon Fries:

Yeah. No. No.   No. Right. Right.  

[01:04:12] Jesse Fries:

It's just  

[01:04:14] Jamon Fries:

you you know There's no effects that happened because of of incest like that.   Well, I mean, first of all,   you know, one of the two big reasons   that   people give for why abortion should be should be legal here in The US. Yeah. It it's incest. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Mhmm.   Of course, they all think that incest means rape, but, you know, that's not necessarily always the case. Right. Right. Sometimes it is consenting cousins and stuff like that. Yep. Yep. Yep.   There there's a reason   that   it's very highly frowned upon, and that's because   eventually, it gets to the point where the kids where the kids produce just can't survive.  



[01:05:00] Jesse Fries:

No. Yeah. Exactly. Exactly. And and it's quite high with, first cousins. So it Yes. Absolutely. Once you get into, third and fourth cousins   Yeah.   That's when you can where where it doesn't matter so much. It could still be weird if there's family connection still there.  

[01:05:17] Jamon Fries:

Right. Absolutely.   Yes.  

[01:05:20] Jesse Fries:

But, yeah, it it it's   it's better that way at least. But, yeah, with first cousins, it just doesn't make any sense. You know? It's like Yeah. I yeah. I I just I  

[01:05:30] Jamon Fries:

I I can't imagine. Could you imagine going out on a date before you got married?   You meet this great girl. Yeah. Yeah. And and you find out   by talk through you know, and this would eventually come up, but talking about family.   Uh-huh.   And you would meet one of her cousins who   you know is   one of your cousins?   Yeah. Yeah. No. It's like, oh, okay. Yeah. Let's keep going with this relationship.   Absolutely.  

[01:06:03] Jesse Fries:

Yeah. No. Only if you go, okay. So   how are   you how because it's like it's like for us, like   like, with one of our cousins, you know, it's like,   if it's like their cousin, but not your cousin.   Right. Yeah.  

[01:06:21] Jamon Fries:

Which side of the family are you a cousin from? Exactly. Exactly.   You know? Are you from mom's side or are you from your dad's side? Yeah. Yeah. Exactly. Exactly.  

[01:06:31] Jesse Fries:

But yeah. So,   yeah, I I just don't understand that. You know, when you   when you enter   a society as an immigrant, you need to embrace it. I know it can be hard. You will hold on to some of those things from your past,   but you should try to make your children   completely accept the new culture.   And by doing this sort of thing, it can lead to   a disfractured   society.   You know? Oh, it's Yeah. Absolutely.   Or A fractured society, not a disfractured society because they'd be a cohesive society. Okay.  

[01:07:06] Jamon Fries:

So does this mean that the n h that the NHS supports   first cousin marriages for that group, but not others? Or is it anyone can can do first first cousin marriages? I think anybody. According to them.   According to them. Yeah. Because because you yeah. So Well, at least they're being fair about it.  

[01:07:25] Jesse Fries:

There is. There is. You know? And speaking of fair, you know, we here at the Minus Meandrin, we are very fair in our value for value system. So please help us out any which way you can. What that means, value for value, is that if you get any value out of this, please, send us or ideas or money or anything to help with the show and help defray the costs.   You can send those things,   we have a PayPal link,   on our website and also in the show notes and everything like that,   of the episode. You can click through there to PayPal.   You can help us any which way you want. If you have an idea, please send those to us.  

We may respond. We may use it. You never know.   But we may not use it the way you want it used, so you never know.   But you can send those to me either at, or to us, either at jesse@minusc.com   or at jamon@minusmeanderings.com.   And, yeah, just please help us out.  

[01:08:25] Jamon Fries:

Yeah.   So, you know, we were talking about Walmart earlier. Right.   But they have released some news that I'm   pretty happy about. Uh-huh.   I I do wonder if   this is going to   further one of their trends that I saw recently, which I would be very happy if it did that as well.   They are removing   all dyes and other additives   from its,   US house brand products by 2027.  

[01:08:57] Jesse Fries:

Okay.   Nice.  

[01:09:00] Jamon Fries:

Well, it I don't know if it's all dyes, but there's a list of, like, 30 dyes and additives that they're dropping.   They're they're removing all artificial dyes.   But the one of the things that I saw in this list that I was insanely happy about  

[01:09:17] Jesse Fries:

Mhmm. Is  

[01:09:19] Jamon Fries:

they're getting rid of the artificial sugars.  

[01:09:22] Jesse Fries:

Oh, nice. Nice.   Yeah.  

[01:09:27] Jamon Fries:

Hopefully,   this means that something I've noticed in a lot of their products, which is   unlike many other   products of the same category,   they don't have they're using real sugar instead of high fructose corn syrup.   Okay. Now they still do use some high fructose corn syrup in some of their stuff, but   the   a lot of the a lot of their products, I've been noticing that they don't have that in there. And I kind of have to pay attention to that because   I   get gout occasionally, and I guess high fructose corn syrup leads to   gout.  

So that's something that I have that I've been paying attention to for a while. Right. But yeah. So   Walmart   groceries   are about to become   safer.  

[01:10:17] Jesse Fries:

Nice. Nice. Yeah. So they're brands. Right? Yes. They're brands. They're star value. It's great value. Yep. So Yep.   That is pretty cool. That is Yeah. Cool.   Yeah. And so we it looks like we have a study coming up here.   Looks like just remember, studies,   they're not always accurate. Sometimes,   most of the time, they it's very dubious on whether or not you can actually believe a study. So please  

[01:10:46] Jamon Fries:

please keep, the And the reason that we know that is because of a study. Exactly.  

[01:10:52] Jesse Fries:

Exactly.   I just saw another one, that said the same thing.   And this one was from 02/2005. So, apparently, this has been going on for a long time, and they know that studies are   not so good. Apparently, a lot of biases and everything like that. So Oh, yeah. Yeah. Big time. So just keep eating that bacon. If if a study says don't eat the bacon, just eat the bacon  

[01:11:12] Jamon Fries:

because it's tasty. Yep. Because you don't know if it can be if the study can be trusted, and bacon's just so damn good you can't avoid it. Exactly.  

[01:11:21] Jesse Fries:

Exactly.  

[01:11:23] Jamon Fries:

Anyways, the study that we've got today is   yogurt   and sleep in infancy   Uh-huh.   Can make it so that your working memory is better   as you get older.   Oh.   So   this was tracked with kids from one years old to three year old. Uh-huh.   And it was determined it it was they they tracked the amount of sleep that they got   and whether they ate yogurt or not.   The kids that ate some yogurt had slightly better working memories.   The kids that had that ate   yogurt frequently   had better working memories. So they've so the study   correlates   yo it doesn't doesn't say it causes it or anything like that, but it's a correlation   Mhmm.  

That   eating yogurt   on a regular basis when you're one years old,   from one years old on   Right. Can make it so that your   verbal working memory is   greatly improved   at four years old even.  

[01:12:34] Jesse Fries:

Well, I'm screwed because I hate yogurt. So yeah.  

[01:12:38] Jamon Fries:

Yep. Yep.   Never really like that taste.   Yeah. No. No.   The the one of the things that it does say as to why that could be the case   is because,   eating   yogurt, which is a fermented   food  

[01:12:58] Jesse Fries:

Mhmm.  

[01:13:00] Jamon Fries:

Can affect the quality of the sleep in infancy.  

[01:13:04] Jesse Fries:

Interesting.  

[01:13:06] Jamon Fries:

Interesting. And so it it can affect how long they sleep and the the when when when tracking the amount of sleep that they got,   Mhmm.   It specifically showed that basically the more sleep they got throughout the day,   the better their working memory was   later on in life. Okay. Okay.   Cool. And so yogurt with the probiotics and stuff like that, I guess, it makes it so that the   so that they don't have,   as much   you know, that the gut doesn't wake them up, basically.  

[01:13:45] Jesse Fries:

Right. Right. Right.   Okay.   There you go. Eat yogurt.  

[01:13:53] Jamon Fries:

Even if you don't You only have to eat you only have to eat yogurt from ages one to three, though. After three, you can avoid it.  

[01:14:00] Jesse Fries:

Sweet. Okay. I think you know, actually, I think that's when my kids ate yogurt.   Yeah.   Yeah. They really don't eat it anymore. I don't think they really like it. I can't blame it. It's something that many people grow out of. Yeah. Yeah.   My wife still eats it. It's like yeah. It's just Yeah.   It it it's it it tastes rotten to me, you know. It's off. It's fermented. I don't like it. I don't like it. You know,  

[01:14:24] Jamon Fries:

I I don't I I I like   flavored sweetened yogurts.  

[01:14:30] Jesse Fries:

I I can't stand just plain yogurt though. I don't I don't even like plain yogurt. I don't like those either. It's like Yeah. Either way, it's still got that base in there, you know. Yep. It's like those malt liquors. You you you know, like the Zima's and the Smirnoff Ice, they all taste like Zima to me. So I just hate them all. It's just Absolutely. Yes. I can't do it anymore. The underlying   flavor profile that I just hate. I just hate. Yep.   Well, let's cover this science story you have, and then I have two space ones. So we'll stick these two together. So  

[01:15:03] Jamon Fries:

a there is a new form of parachute that has been looked that has been invented.   Mhmm.   And the benefit of this parachute,   which would make it   ideal for, like, supply drops  

[01:15:18] Jesse Fries:

Okay.  

[01:15:19] Jamon Fries:

Is   it doesn't   change where it's going based on the wind.  

[01:15:26] Jesse Fries:

Oh, that's cool.  

[01:15:28] Jamon Fries:

Because what it now,   it's a huge parachute.   Uh-huh.   But essentially, what it is is it using,   the Japanese art of kirigami.  

[01:15:39] Jesse Fries:

Okay.  

[01:15:40] Jamon Fries:

So you take a flat sheet of paper and you make it you you cut it so that it's, like, wavy and can extend upwards.   Right.   Now for a human being, the size of pair of this type of parachute that a human being would have to use to land safely   would be roughly the size of a football field.   Yeah.   So It it requires a much bigger bigger,   much bigger parachute. Right. But it doesn't   wind does not affect it because it's as it as it goes down,   it's like   just a whole bunch of open air with little   with little things along the side Right. That can catch the air from that's going that from that's moving upwards that so as you're in free fall   would but this means that you can drop it on specific   targets   and not have to worry about drift.  



[01:16:38] Jesse Fries:

Cool. So that's it's more like our like, you're driving artillery because it'll just go Yeah. You instead of,  

[01:16:45] Jamon Fries:

Exactly. Yes.  

[01:16:47] Jesse Fries:

Okay. That kinda makes sense. Yeah. I think that would be very helpful, especially for supply drops.  

[01:16:52] Jamon Fries:

Definitely. Yeah. They're they're also thinking about,   adapting something like something like this to one of the one of their thought processes as to where this could go Mhmm. Is,   like,   delivery drones.   Mhmm. You can you can sit right over where you want it to be, drop it. Right. And this parachute it with with this type of parachute, it won't drift at all, so it'll land right where the drone wanted it to land.   Kinda makes sense. Kinda makes sense. Yeah. Yeah. That is cool. Yeah. Because depending on the weight of the object, you know, the parachute might have to be pretty big. So it'll have to you'll have to give it a good a good wide open area for it to land. But   no. That is But yeah. No. I mean, that for for certain aspects, that that kind of parachute would just be sweet. It would be. It would be. It would be.  



[01:17:47] Jesse Fries:

Yeah.   Cool. Okay. Let's get on to actually, I'm gonna save, one of these stories because it's kinda silly. We can make a joke out of it. Okay. We'll save that one for the end.  

[01:17:56] Jamon Fries:

But, looks like I can guess which one.  

[01:18:00] Jesse Fries:

I wouldn't know.   So,   apparently,   dark matter and dark energy may not exist.   Surprise, surprise. You know? Yes.   We which is   it's all these I I think we   covered a story kinda like this where some guy,   had   said that basically that the it was expanding   differently because of   time and relativity and everything like that. Yep. Yep. Is faster where there's mass and slower where it's,   there's no mass and everything like that. Yeah. This is basically just along those same lines to where,   time is   constant in the very center of   a galaxy.  

But as you grow go out to the tendrils, then it starts to   change, and you need some sort of, calculation to make it work. Right.   Yeah. But basically, it's it's just trying to get rid of,   dark matter and dark energy, which   Okay. The   they came up with these dark energies and dark matter to explain  

[01:19:08] Jamon Fries:

something that they couldn't explain.  

[01:19:10] Jesse Fries:

Exactly. That's why it's called dark because it's unknown Yep. And everything like that. And so they've been trying for, like,   a century now and everything like that Yeah. To actually try to find   any of this dark energy, dark matter.   Yep.  

[01:19:27] Jamon Fries:

And it's like They even went so far as to say that if we could find this, it'll revolutionize  

[01:19:33] Jesse Fries:

everything that we've done. Exactly. Exactly. Thousands of researchers   worldwide have dedicated   their entire career   to  

[01:19:42] Jamon Fries:

detecting I I would I would bet that they have spent billions of dollars on that research. Yeah. Maybe even trillions.  

[01:19:49] Jesse Fries:

I don't think they've ever found it. No. They haven't. No. It it's just   it's so funny. It's, like, supposedly, there's this matter   that is pretty much, like, 95%   of the universe.   Yes.   That just passes right through us. But it's matter.  

[01:20:09] Jamon Fries:

And it's not even something that you can replicate in a collider or anything like that. Yeah. And and you can see through it. When light goes through it,   you know, it's like Without any form of of diffusion.  

[01:20:23] Jesse Fries:

Yeah. Yeah. It's like   I it just did it it did make   when you really think about it, people. You know? No. Absolutely.   Yeah. No. It's it's like I I understand why you did this because you couldn't come up with a better idea. But,   you know, at least now we're getting to the idea that   it may not be there, and   so we could actually figure out how the universe actually works.  

[01:20:51] Jamon Fries:

Well, see, to me, this just this just displays   the fundamental   gravitas   of   of the human society.   Right.   We have no idea, so we have to come up with a possibility   that can't be proven Yeah. To say that this is how things actually work.  

[01:21:18] Jesse Fries:

No. Yeah. Exactly. Exactly.  

[01:21:20] Jamon Fries:

You know, it's like,   we can't find it. So   it's gotta be something that   I mean, it couldn't just be that it's, like, just empty space.  

[01:21:35] Jesse Fries:

Or could it? No. You know? It it It couldn't be.   Yeah. Yeah. No. It it it it's very fascinating. You know, it goes into all this science y gobbly gook. But, basically, it boils down to   there's probably no dark matter or dark energy. At least this is what,   now his theory does have some holes. It's only for, like, spherical   galaxies,   which is, like,   pointless because there's many others as well. So Yeah. There there's still bugs to be worked out. But, yeah, it's Right. Right. More and more science. See, this is science.   It's Yes. You you you take   what is established and you go, is that really real?  

You know? It   it's at all levels of science, whether it's,   like,   pharma, whether it's global, whether it's whatever. Yes. It it is   you always have to question. You always because now there seem to be a lot of these a lot of countries, they're releasing stuff saying,   this   shot,   the shot the COVID shot, it's causing cancers. You know? And and it's like South Korea, Japan. They're they're coming out with these things. So, you know, it's   you you always have to question. It's what you have to do. You know? That's science. Absolutely. Constantly question. There there is no such thing as   agreement. If there's an agreement,   then nobody's actually questioning, and the science really isn't happening. So Then the the  

[01:23:05] Jamon Fries:

either either no one's really questioning   or no one can figure out the question to ask. Yeah. Exactly. Exactly.  

[01:23:13] Jesse Fries:

That's good. And unfortunately,  

[01:23:16] Jamon Fries:

we determine that nobody can figure out the question to ask or if the   prominent political   ideology   doesn't want into one task those questions.   It's   suddenly you know, I I have always always   always hated the term set science.   There is no fucking such thing. Yeah. Yeah. Settled. Settled science. Yeah. Yeah. Settled science. Yeah. It's been settled. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. No. It it No. It's only been settled because you   you shut up the, the opponent who wasn't happy with your what you said. Exactly. Exactly.  

[01:23:58] Jesse Fries:

Exactly. And it is that's why   that's why they don't call anything laws anymore. It's like, it's not the, it's not the law of relativity. It's a theory of relativity. It's like, you know, scientists   realized   after Newton that you really couldn't do laws. You can't call things laws. Oh, yeah. Yeah. There's no exceptions. There's this. There's that. It's Yeah. There's a theory. You know? It's something might come around and destroy that theory. So Do they still call it the law of gravity?   Yeah. Yeah. Because the Okay. Stuff is still considered   laws. It's just how it's the lexicon, but everybody understands that it's also theory.  

Yeah. At least scientists do.   So they they just be they they still call it the law of gravity,  

[01:24:43] Jamon Fries:

his other laws. Yeah. The the biggest reason that I've that I've disliked   the laws   of science and the,   and the settled science science aspect   is because   it causes people   to stop questioning   in the same manner.   Yep. You know? Yep.   Stuff that's not settled, stuff that's not considered a law,   it's all open to every single   branch of study. Yep. Yep. But nobody else study   the law of gravity   because it's a law.  

[01:25:22] Jesse Fries:

Well well well, true scientists do, of course, because they realize Right. Right. You know, it's like Einstein. He really did, You know? He, he took Yeah. No. If any if anybody ever found anything that disproved the law of gravity, I mean well, first of all, they would very quickly change it to back to the theory of gravity. Yeah. They probably still call it that. You you know? There there there are some errors, I believe, in the,   Yes. Yes, sir. In the theory. But, you know, it's,   it it holds up. There's not Maybe not necessarily errors, but inconsistencies.   Right. Right. Yeah. And it doesn't explain everything. I think that Right. Is more what it is. It doesn't explain everything.  



[01:25:58] Jamon Fries:

Yeah. Yep.  

[01:26:01] Jesse Fries:

So yeah. Absolutely.  

[01:26:05] Jamon Fries:

Yeah. Okay.   So on to technology.  

[01:26:09] Jesse Fries:

Uh-huh.  

[01:26:11] Jamon Fries:

Somewhere where many people   never really   hoped things would go. Well, especially acting. But at the same time, I kinda   I I heard an opinion on it that I really fell in love with. Uh-huh.   So we're talking about   acting   and AI generated actors. There there's a there's an AI generated actor called Tilly Norwood that is currently seeking an agent.   Mhmm.   And, of course, the Screen Actors Guild and,   and a whole bunch of other group groups are up in arms about this now. Say Right. They've even go gone so far as to say that any talent agency that takes this Tilly Norwood on, we are not gonna work with.   Mhmm.  

But I I   I heard something,   I think it was on the Gutfeld show that   I just loved.   Mhmm.   And that is,   if we replaced all our AIs with actors,   we would no longer have actors giving us political advice.  

[01:27:27] Jesse Fries:

That's funny. That's funny.  

[01:27:32] Jamon Fries:

You know, I mean,   I I would be happy with that.  

[01:27:36] Jesse Fries:

Yeah. I could see that. I could see that. Yeah. It's   generally generally, I view they should stick to their own lane. But, it's,  

[01:27:46] Jamon Fries:

Right. Yeah. But we all have opinions. We all live in the world. So, you know, it's Yes. That's not my problem. My problem comes when when they pretend to be experts in the field. Yeah.  

[01:27:58] Jesse Fries:

Yeah. That that that is   especially when it when it's just like one, like, party sort of thing. You you know? Right. Yes.   It's not it's not like,   Clooney,   necessarily. Clooney, he he knows, like, Sudan, you know? Yeah. Yeah. That that that's what he know. That's what, you know, you can really get specific.   Yeah. Yeah. And and after a lot of research, yeah, you can get to, like, PhD level, you know, all all of your own. Absolutely. You know, it's like Absolutely. Yeah. Without a doubt. But, you know, it's just   basic, oh, Republican, Democrat, that sort of crap. You know? It's like Ruffalo. All he it's just pure Democrat talking points.  

Yeah. You know? If it's talking points, leave me alone. I don't I don't even wanna hear talking points from my friends. You know? No. No.   Absolutely not. And it doesn't matter what side, Republican or Democrat. I don't wanna hear talking points. Come up with your own thoughts, you know, how Yeah. Sometimes they align with talking points, which is fine. Yes.  

[01:29:02] Jamon Fries:

Yeah. Some some people some people said, you know, even the AI generated actors and actresses, it's not really going to affect   the   people that are actors. Mhmm.   And there's one aspect be that that's the cause for that. Right. And that aspect is   most people   that love celebrities   Mhmm. Don't love those celebrities   because of the movie that they did.   Right. They love them for their personal life.  

[01:29:36] Jesse Fries:

Yeah. Yeah. A lot of them do. Or they think that that   that that role is their personal life. Yeah. Yes.   And and then they're shocked when it's not, you know. It's Right. Yeah. Yeah.  

[01:29:50] Jamon Fries:

And so because of that personal aspect,   many experts in the AI area   believe that it's not going to   it's not going to eliminate   the actor.   Mhmm.   It's just it it it'll basically just be a new subset   of   of entertainment,   much like cartoons.   Okay. You know? Okay. Yeah. Where it where because, you know, it's like the Tilly Norwood. She   always gives every   ounce of   of,   credit to the person that created her. Mhmm.   Because that's her voice. That's her actions. That's who's doing all of this. And so just like so it's basically gonna be the new form of cartoonist.  

[01:30:38] Jesse Fries:

Yeah. Basically. Yeah. Now now yeah. When it comes to,   like, animation   Right. Yeah. That industry   is gonna be toast.   Yeah.   It's like all the guys creating, like, all these,   like, Pixar movies and everything like that. Yeah.   You may have the writers and everything like that and maybe, like, one or two   graphic artists,   to lead   the AI. But beyond that?   Oh, yeah.   Yeah. Yeah.  

[01:31:12] Jamon Fries:

Yeah. So I mean, it   the the one comment that I heard was very interesting, and it was that,   it's going to become   you know, there there was a there was a joke in in the industry   that this actress made a huge mistake   by   sleeping with a writer to get ahead Mhmm.   Instead of a director or something like that. Right.   And this will actually take it back to that where the writer actually has influence again.  

[01:31:46] Jesse Fries:

Yeah. I could see that. I could see that. Yeah.   Yeah.   The world is a changing. The world is changing. It is. Absolutely.   But even though it's changing, just remember, guys, it was discovered, like, a decade ago or so, that there is a cloud   floating around in space   made up of alcohol.   So when you're feeling down, just remember, the universe wants you to get drunk.  

[01:32:16] Jamon Fries:

Absolutely.   And that That makes me that makes me wanna be a space pirate. Go out there and hunt for some of that alcohol. May maybe maybe it's a much better alcohol than what we have here on Earth. Maybe so. Maybe so. Maybe it was a huge tankard,  

[01:32:31] Jesse Fries:

the aliens Could've been. Yeah. Going through space, and then it exploded and dissipated.   Could be the tastiest rum on the planet. Who knows? It very well could be. Yeah.   Yeah.   And with that, I'd like to thank you for joining us for, joining us for episode   six, seven   of the Mindless Beginneries podcast. I'm Jesse Fries.   And I'm Jamin Fries. And we will see you all on Monday if Jamin wakes up.