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We are one week from our anniversary!!  Topics covered today will be, science, Ukraine, Lawfare, free speech issues in European countries, and another Ozempic side effect.

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- Jesse Fries

- Jamon Fries

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(00:00:20) Introduction

(00:04:08) Banking Controversies and Political Influence

(00:11:18) Immigration Policies and Border Control

(00:22:47) Political Shifts and Party Dynamics

(00:38:17) International Relations and Conflicts

(00:51:45) Free Speech and Censorship Issues

(01:06:44) Legal Updates and Court Decisions

(01:07:47) Health and Science Discoveries

(01:14:18) Conclusion

[00:00:21] Jesse Fries:

Good afternoon, everybody. It is   Thursday,   August 21, and we are live with episode 55 of the mindless meanderings. I'm Jesse Fries,   and,   I'm gonna go camping this weekend, so that should be fun. Well, in cabins, so not really camping. But yeah. You know? Beer, steaks, fire. It's all I need.  

[00:00:43] Jamon Fries:

Absolutely.   And I'm Jamin Fries, and   day four of my diet,   and it's gone pretty good so far.  

[00:00:53] Jesse Fries:

Good. Good. Good. Good. Yeah.  

[00:00:55] Jamon Fries:

I I I really thought I'm I'm doing a kind of weird diet. I don't I can't remember if I told anybody if I told us that on Yeah. You did. On live live. I didn't remember if it was live or not. But, Oh, you know, that's a good point.  

[00:01:08] Jesse Fries:

Yeah.  

[00:01:09] Jamon Fries:

So I'm doing a diet where I eat   basically every other day. So I and I limit my   my calorie intake and how many how often I eat   to one to two times a day,   and then I don't eat the next day, and then I eat this then I eat one or two times a day.   I really thought it would be a lot harder to go for the days that I don't eat.   Right. I I really thought that I would be,   like, really craving food, my you know, just getting that intense feeling that I need to eat something.   And yet I find myself on the days that I do eat, I'm like,   I I wake up in the morning, I start doing my stuff, and I finally think get to thinking about it. I'm like, oh, shit. I should probably eat something now.  

You know, it it's like, I I don't even notice that I'm not eating.  

[00:02:04] Jesse Fries:

No. That is cool. That is cool.   Yeah. Let's let's see how it is at, week two.   You know, or even week two. Yeah. Yeah. No. Absolutely.  

[00:02:13] Jamon Fries:

Absolutely.   Yeah. If if it starts getting hard, if I see some significant weight loss and I mean, it in the interim, then I'll be,   it'll give me a more   desire to continue and pull push through the hard stuff because Oh, completely. I really need to lose the weight. So  

[00:02:33] Jesse Fries:

Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. I I saw some pictures of my road trip, and I'm like, I need to lose weight.   So Yeah. So so the first time in my life, I'm actually counting calories.   And so Okay. It's I I can drink a lot more beer than I thought I could, you know. It's like  

[00:02:51] Jamon Fries:

You you just As as long as you make cuts where it's unimportant,   you get your beer, which is the important thing. That's what I'm thinking.  

[00:02:59] Jesse Fries:

And I'm Yeah. It's it's just like light beer. Like, Miller Lite is my go to generally. So it's light beer. It's not much of anything. But I like I just like the flavor of beer. So it's it's Yeah.   And then yeah. Let's see if it works. I don't know. I don't know.   Yep. Yep. I'm also exercising, like, fifty minutes a day, so and so forth. Okay. We'll see. Nice. We'll see. Yeah.   If it works, it works. If it doesn't, it doesn't. But we are one week away from   our anniversary.   Can you believe it?   I I still can't believe that we've been doing this for almost a year now. I know. It's crazy. And, you know, guys, this would be a perfect time to help donate to the show. Just saying.   Just saying. This would be the perfect time to help us out,   to help to free some of the costs.  

Or artwork. That'd be great. Or some emails or something like that. Artwork could be good. Mhmm. Yep. Yep. Yep.   Let's see here.  

[00:04:00] Jamon Fries:

Well, let's let let's start the show off here by talking about   stuff that happened in the past that's coming to light now.   Okay. Sure. What you got?   Okay.   So   there,   there has been a   claim   by bank executives   Uh-huh.   That Biden and Obama   were behind the push to de bank conservatives.   You're shitting me.   No.   According according to the banks that, ever since, like, 2008 or something like that, Right. Right. In the books that that says,   that makes it so that   banks   can can be   can get in trouble for   allowing   customers that have a bad reputation to bank with   them. So, like,   they they they remember back when they were going after the gun companies trying to de bank the gun companies and stuff like that. Right. That was all a result of that.  

Well,   during the election   be   coming up before the election,   all of a sudden, a lot of Republicans   lost complete access to their bank to their money. Right.   Right.   And now it's come out these bank executives are saying that's because   the Obama administration   and the Biden administration   came to us   and said   that if they didn't de bank conservatives,   they were going to sic the regulators on them.  

[00:05:41] Jesse Fries:

That is crazy.   Yeah.   That is completely   I swear to how how corrupt can you get? You know? It's like I know.   And and for these bank executives to go with it, that's also the issue. Yeah. Oh, yeah. Big time.   So your president comes to you saying you need to screw over your political opponent. Your initial reaction should be no. Plain and simple. Yeah. Yeah. It should be.   Fuck the regulations. You go public with it right away.   Yep. And then they can't come after you if you go public right away.   Yeah.   No. That is just some shady shit. That's just  

[00:06:21] Jamon Fries:

Very much so. Yeah.  

[00:06:27] Jesse Fries:

I'm not surprised because I never understood why they were coming after,  

[00:06:30] Jamon Fries:

like No. I I couldn't understand it either. Conservatives and the Why people and everything like that?   Why did the bank suddenly   close all of   Trump's children's   accounts?  

[00:06:43] Jesse Fries:

Yeah. Yeah.   When they're really   really good   customers, you know. Yeah.   You know, it's not like they're problematic customers where they were always in debt and, you know, weren't paying off their loan.  

[00:06:54] Jamon Fries:

Debt and, you know, weren't paying off their loans.   None of that was the case. So why would a bank willingly do that?   Well, we found out now that it wasn't quite so willing.  

[00:07:06] Jesse Fries:

Facebook,   x Yeah. All these things. I   this is I you know, I think this is what they're doing over in the EU too. And I think Oh, yeah.   We were letting them get away with it, but and but we're we're a little bit more,   we we don't tolerate so much. And we're not as fractured because we only have two parties.  

[00:07:32] Jamon Fries:

Yeah. Absolutely.  

[00:07:34] Jesse Fries:

In The UK or in Europe,   you you you have so many different parties that even the,   like, the AFD and everything like that, you know, that's that that's a fringe no matter what because it'll always be   technically like a minority. We'll never probably be 50%.   Right. Yeah. Or even close to it. Here in The United States, we have   two parties roughly at 45% each.   Mhmm. And it's hard to for the one to   just stomp down,   a populist uprising in the other one. So Yeah. Apparently, they tried, though.  

[00:08:08] Jamon Fries:

No. Apparently. Yeah.   Wow. Wow.   Yeah. Another another flash from the past that's that's just recently been unveiled   Mhmm. Is during the Biden administration,   there were 11,500   migrant an unaccompanied migrant children   Uh-huh. That were reportedly placed with unvetted adults. By unvetted, I mean, they didn't get a   fingerprint from the adults. They didn't get a phone number. They did they got addresses   Uh-huh. But they didn't they didn't have any way to track these children.   After further after further going into,   to investigate it,   there   were 42   children   that were   released into the same address.  



[00:08:57] Jesse Fries:

Holy shit.   Some of these address  

[00:09:00] Jamon Fries:

some of these addresses that they were that these children were released to   were strip clubs or other businesses.  

[00:09:08] Jesse Fries:

Oh, wow.   That is crazy.  

[00:09:14] Jamon Fries:

Yeah.   There there was there was they they said that after going through all the records, there was one guy. They didn't say how many kids he had picked up. Uh-huh. But he picked up kids using, like, eight different addresses   over,   you know,   very close to each other. But he they he was like a he was a constant coming in and picking up kids.   Jesus.  

[00:09:41] Jesse Fries:

And then And this was allowed under Biden. Yeah. And then Oh, yeah. They were definitely traffic. Yeah. Yeah. Wow.  

[00:09:50] Jamon Fries:

I mean, that's some scary shit. It is. It is. I  

[00:09:56] Jesse Fries:

I've I really don't know   how the   cojones on these people to actually try Yeah. Get away with this crap. You know? It's   it is freaking ridiculous. You you know, it's like all the Absolutely.   Mortgage fraud that's been   being found out. Yeah. That's the one thing. There's a whole bunch of it, though. Holy crap. But Oh, yeah. Yeah.   All this other stuff, like, it's like anti American. You know, mortgage fraud, you're like, oh, okay. Mortgage fraud. But this other stuff is, like, anti what America stands for, for God's sake. Oh, absolutely. Yeah. In every way. There there is absolutely zero ways that you can look at this and say, well, you know, it's kind of understandable.   Yeah. No. There's no understanding of it at all.  

Wow.   Yeah. Yeah.   God bless America.  

[00:10:49] Jamon Fries:

Yep.  

[00:10:52] Jesse Fries:

You have anything else from the past? No. No. That that that's all I've got for the past. From the past. Yeah. Okay. Okay. That's everything. Everything else. You should come up with more.   You should come up with a more. That's a good statement. That's from the past.   Let's see here. What do we got?   What do I have?   Apparently, The US,   we are going to screen immigration   applications that come in. We're gonna really screen their   social,   their socials, to make sure that they're not anti American and everything like that.  

[00:11:34] Jamon Fries:

Yep.   There there's another thing,   with immigration.   But, back on that one,   the,   I I saw I saw something that said that anyone flying in from internationally   Uh-huh.   They now have to   allow   the custom agent   to peruse their phones.   If you're a citizen of The United States   and you say, I'm not gonna let you peruse my phone,   they confiscate your phone.  

[00:12:13] Jesse Fries:

They've actually always been able to do that. Yeah. I know. They've just never done it. No. They have. They have. Have they? Yeah. Yeah. They have. Oh, okay. I've never seen it reported.   Oh, yeah. They have. It it like, going back five, ten years. Yeah. Okay. Okay. Mhmm. They they also   What what you do is you put your phone   you you you, like, turn it off, and then you can turn it back on. Just don't get into the phone.   And then right when you get to the customization, because then they can't you   then it needs a passcode to actually get in. And you say, I'm not giving you my passcode.   Oh, okay. And then   now if you're not a US citizen,   you may be turned away. But you're you're a citizen. That's what that's what we're doing for noncitizens is if you refuse  

[00:13:02] Jamon Fries:

to allow access to your phone, you get turned away. Yeah. Yeah. As a citizen,  

[00:13:07] Jesse Fries:

they'll be a little bit more questioning you and whatnot, but it's, Yep. It's it's just like for cops and everything like that. If you're gonna do a be in a cop situation, what you do is you just turn off your phone because then you need the passcode because it's easy to do the face ID and whatnot to get into the phone. But if it needs the passcode,   it's   protected   free speech and search and seizure, all that sort of stuff, not to give them your passcode. But not to give them your face is a different issue.  

[00:13:37] Jamon Fries:

So   So disable the facial ID and go password only for those situations.  

[00:13:46] Jesse Fries:

It's best to turn it off and then turn it back on because then there's nothing in the memory.   Yeah.   Yep. So completely turn it off and then turn it back on. It'll set it to where   it can't   easily be broken into at all. So Okay. Okay. Mhmm. Yeah. That's interesting. That's good to know. If I ever decide to travel internationally, yeah, I'll that's information that I'll need to know. It's like, I know there's information, but I don't do it even though I travel internationally. It's like Yeah. It's like,   too much hassle. And then you forget in the process, you know, and Oh, yeah. Nothing to hide. So, you know, it's, yep.  

At least for America.  

[00:14:23] Jamon Fries:

Europe. Right. Yeah. It's kinda bit crazy over there. But, yeah. Yeah. I'd be worried about traveling into Europe and having them look at my phone.  

[00:14:32] Jesse Fries:

Yeah. You   you you you you said free speech? Holy hell, you know?  

[00:14:36] Jamon Fries:

Yep. Yep.   There there's, something else going on with immigration right now. The,   under the citizenship reviews   Uh-huh. That that for people that are trying to become citizens. Right. They've added a new   area into those reviews.   Uh-huh. Yep. So it used to be that they only looked for,   for crimes, for stuff like that.   And now they've they've for for that aspect of it, they've gone a little bit further into,   like,   speeding tickets, traffic violations,   stuff like that.   Oy.   Yeah. They're they're really hammering down on it.   But also,   they've all they've added a new area   that says,   will this person   be a con a positive   contributor   to The United  

[00:15:36] Jesse Fries:

States. Well, yeah. Makes sense to me. Isn't that whole point?   You know, it it's kinda like the whole   idea of,   you you have to prove that   you can take care of yourself, or you need a sponsor that can prove that you will not go on the dole as they say in The UK. You know? You won't go on the dole. So because of that yeah. No. It just makes sense.   And it's like it's like with that whole the anti immigration sort of thing, you know, it's   like, as in, like, where you need to show your socials and everything like that. We don't want people coming in to disrupt from outside.   We don't care if our own citizens disrupt.  

It's just why should we allow outsiders to come in and disrupt?   You know?   A lot of a lot of people say that that sort of thing is like McCarthyism,   you know, like, the Red Scare and everything like that. But, you know, it's like these are foreigners.   It's got nothing to do with the the locals, you know. Yeah. You you you can hate whoever you want in The US. Yeah. There are people that have no skin in the game.  

[00:16:39] Jamon Fries:

Mhmm.   They come in. They they cause this ride this this this dysfunction,   and then they leave.  

[00:16:47] Jesse Fries:

Yeah. Exactly.   Exactly. So Why should we let them in to do that? Well, that's what I'm thinking. That's what I'm thinking. Because if you actually if you're at the border   and they ask you why are you coming and you go, I'm going to like, you're coming over from, Canada. You say, well, I'm going to protest. You are turned back immediately, and it has always been that way. It has always been that way. If you're here to protest to cause problems in our country, why would we let you in? It's like these aren't necessarily  

[00:17:17] Jamon Fries:

actually new things. It's just Oh, yeah. No. Well, that that's the thing about that's the thing about the immigration policy is is that nothing that we're doing now,   nothing that the Trump administration is doing is a new thing.  

[00:17:31] Jesse Fries:

Yeah. Yep.  

[00:17:33] Jamon Fries:

I mean Is there there have always been ice roundups at farms, at meat packing plants, and stuff like that. Well, yeah. Because that's, where they work. So Yeah. There there was one day I I I used to pull swinging meat.   And there was one day I pulled into the meat packing plant, and they they just came out that what pulled up to the guard check, and they're like, you're not gonna be able to pick up your load until tomorrow.   Jesus. I'm like,   why not?   Because ICE is here today, so we have so about three quarters of our employees are not are not here.   Three quarters. Ice yeah. Ice Ice gives them warning that they're coming.  

I I'm not sure if they give them warning anymore. I I don't know if they give warning anymore, but they used to. They used to give warning that they were coming,   and so all of the illegals wouldn't show up to work that day.  

[00:18:25] Jesse Fries:

Jesus. That's a whole buttload of illegals.  

[00:18:28] Jamon Fries:

Yeah. I mean, three quarters of the packing plant were didn't show up for the job, so they couldn't put out orders.  

[00:18:34] Jesse Fries:

Then ICE would have had to know that they were doing that because Oh, of course. They go in there and there's nobody there. It's like, are you guys working? Is everybody working? Yeah. Yeah. We're good.  

[00:18:44] Jamon Fries:

Yeah. No. Of of course ICE knew. I mean, that was why they gave the notification is   employees.  

[00:19:00] Jesse Fries:

Yeah. Yeah. Imagine that. Imagine that. Now they do. Let let's just round them up. Yep. Yep. Makes more sense to me. So Absolutely.   Let's see. Anything else immigrants since we seems to be talking about that?   I don't have anything else for that. Oh, yeah. You do. It's not really immigrant, but it's a border wall.  

[00:19:24] Jamon Fries:

Oh, yes. The border wall. They are painting the border wall black.  

[00:19:30] Jesse Fries:

Yeah.   That that cracks me, though.  

[00:19:35] Jamon Fries:

Just a bit hot. Tired of peep they're they're they're getting tired of people trying to climb over the wall,   So they're painting it black because it absorbs the sun and makes it very hot.   I I think that metal would be hot either way, but Yeah. Yeah. Hopefully, it doesn't make it so hot that it actually   interferes with the, strength of the metal, but, you know, you never know.   Doubtful. It's steel. Yeah. It probably won't. But  

[00:20:03] Jesse Fries:

Yeah. But, yeah, I I thought that was hilarious.   Yeah. That is kind of funny. I   it's like, okay.   You know? Yeah.   That that's all I just do. It's it's not even like a oh my god or anything like that. It's just like a Yeah. Yeah. Okay.   You know?  

[00:20:20] Jamon Fries:

Sure. Why not? Let's waste some money. To To me, that's a waste. Well, you know, I mean, with with that with the one beautiful with the big beautiful bill, they got plenty of money to to do it. So Yeah. I know. But  

[00:20:31] Jesse Fries:

To wait.   Border crossing is down to, like, nil right now. Oh, yeah.   So I don't see a need really, you know. It's like Yeah. Okay. Sure.   Stop that one guy.  

[00:20:46] Jamon Fries:

Yes. Stop those few people that actually   try to climb it.  

[00:20:51] Jesse Fries:

Or maybe ice or or maybe custom   and the border protection. They they wanna be able to put a hot dog right next to it and cook it in, like, two seconds. That could be have a nice hot meal while they're out there. You know? It's a That could be. I mean, that would make sense. Right? That's what I'm thinking. It's gotta be all for the hot dogs. It's gotta be. All American.  

[00:21:13] Jamon Fries:

Yeah. Yeah.  

[00:21:15] Jesse Fries:

Let's see here.   Apparently,   air force chief announced that he's leaving early, so   there's that. Okay.   I kind   I thought it was kinda funny. It was, like, the article is, like, going, like, five people,   five military people, where the whole thing was another,   military guy   is leaving underneath Trump.   Right? Right.   But   the story,   it it says that all these people are leaving because of Trump. Nobody knows why this guy is leaving.   The other, like, four that left because of Trump were fired by Trump.   It it it wasn't that they were leaving because of Trump. Well, I mean technically, they did leave because of Trump. No. I I understand.   I understand. But the hint that it was like, oh, they go, oh, I'm not doing this. You know? No. No. No. No. No. You are fired.  

Yeah.   Absolutely. So this is the first one to retire.   Okay.   For you never know. It could be, you know, the the the global classic spending more time with the family.   You know?   He could have an illness that we don't know about. So many different Yeah. I don't know. So there's a lots of reasons for   military personnel to retire. It's not always because of who the leader is. Yep. Yep. Yep. And so because of that, I just of course, they're gonna try to spin it, the media. They're gonna try to spin it,   to be anti Trump because that's what they always do.  

[00:22:44] Jamon Fries:

Oh, yeah. Okay. Yeah.  

[00:22:45] Jesse Fries:

Enough of that, people.  

[00:22:47] Jamon Fries:

Yep.   Okay. So let's get into politics a little bit here. Okey dokey.   Oklahoma   has,   developed a new test for all incoming teachers, especially   from New York and California.  

[00:23:06] Jesse Fries:

Okay.  

[00:23:08] Jamon Fries:

And, of course, you know,   liberals are going insane about this. Yeah. How, you know, just   basically saying it's a it's   a test to make sure that they're,   that they're loyal to mega.   Uh-huh. Right.   So in the AP news article where they were talking about this, they put out they they listed five of the sample questions from their test. Right. Right.   The first question, what are the first three words of the constitution?  

[00:23:44] Jesse Fries:

It is we the people.  

[00:23:46] Jamon Fries:

That it is.   The second one Mhmm. Why is freedom of a religion important to America's identity?   And then it gives lists, it makes Christianity the national religion. It bans all forms of public worship. It limits religious teaching in public life, or it protects religious choice from government control.   The last one. Obviously, one there. Yeah.  

[00:24:11] Jesse Fries:

What are the two Well, no. No. No. Some the lib Liberals would pick c.  

[00:24:16] Jamon Fries:

Yes. They would. Yeah. Yep.   The third one is what are the two parts of the US Congress?  

[00:24:26] Jesse Fries:

Okay. Senate and,   representatives.  

[00:24:29] Jamon Fries:

Yeah. The Senate and the House. Yeah. Yeah. Number fourth one, how many US senators are there?  

[00:24:37] Jesse Fries:

If you don't know this, if you don't know there are a 100,   you got some reason. Yeah.  

[00:24:44] Jamon Fries:

And the fifth one, why do some states have more representatives than others?   These are the these these are the five sample questions that show that this is a mega loyalty test.  

[00:24:59] Jesse Fries:

That is   I I I love these these supposed answers for five. It's, like, why do some states have more representatives than others? A, they cover a larger geographic area.   B, they have held statehood for a longer period.   And, c, the number is determined by military presence.   Sure. Sure. D, of course, is correct. Representation is determined by population size.   Yes. Yes.  

[00:25:28] Jamon Fries:

Yeah. But, yeah, I mean,   when when the when these are the when these are the questions that the AP can   points to to show   that it's a mega loyalty test Right. Right.   The rest of the questions must not be that bad either or even better than these.  

[00:25:46] Jesse Fries:

Well,   the only one that you could   the only one of those that you could actually I could see where you could say that is Would be the religion one. Yeah. It's the religion one. Because a lot of liberals do believe that it limits religious teaching and public life. Yes.   They really think that's what separate   separation of church and state means. Yep.   Or the freedom of religion.   Separation of church and state technically isn't in the constitution.  

[00:26:15] Jamon Fries:

No. It's not.  

[00:26:17] Jesse Fries:

So, you know, it was talked about,   but Yeah. Around that time frame, but it wasn't it's actually not in there. It's just freedom of religion.  

[00:26:24] Jamon Fries:

The the only thing in the constitution is that the government cannot  

[00:26:29] Jesse Fries:

be involved in religion. It's government, essentially. I mean, the government can't Right. No state religion. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. No no preference to one religion over the others and so on.  

[00:26:40] Jamon Fries:

Yeah. Yeah. So I mean, it's   but yeah. I mean,   they're complaining about those questions. I'm sorry. But those to me, these are questions that every teacher should know.   And if you don't know that, how can you properly teach children?  

[00:26:57] Jesse Fries:

I would think so. I would think so. Yeah. Yeah. It's,   that's a good one. That's a good one. I like that. It does seem Yeah. It's basic it's like basic civics. Do you know your basic civics?  

[00:27:10] Jamon Fries:

Yeah. That's all it is. Well, you the problem is is that nobody does because civics isn't taught in high school anymore.   There is no civics class anymore. When did that stop?  

[00:27:21] Jesse Fries:

I wonder. I  

[00:27:23] Jamon Fries:

don't know, but it was  

[00:27:25] Jesse Fries:

because we had civics.  

[00:27:27] Jamon Fries:

Yeah. At least in Minnesota. In late nineties, early two thousands   at the earliest.   I know in '93, I had civics.  

[00:27:36] Jesse Fries:

Right. But that's Minnesota. Maybe Minnesota regains differently than, That could be.   It's like down here, it's like, my they they haven't learned a thing about American history yet.   Wow. Okay. My daughter's in the fifth grade.   Yeah.   Don't you remember learning about George Washington and all that in elementary school? Oh, yeah. Absolutely.   Yeah. Minnesota history was like a I guess. Right?   Mhmm. Last year or yeah. It was last year.   They, in fourth grade, they are taught   Texas history. They're taught this is Texas. So   Texas history is taught before American history.  



[00:28:18] Jamon Fries:

My very first   state history class for for Minnesota was in seventh grade.  

[00:28:26] Jesse Fries:

Yeah. It was either It was just junior high.   Yeah. Yeah. I I think that's it was, like, seventh or ninth. I can't remember exactly.   Yeah. It was something around that. Yeah. It's  

[00:28:37] Jamon Fries:

Yeah.   And I I specifically remember that because I was still at Woodbury High School.   Right. And   I had to draw   by hand.  

[00:28:47] Jesse Fries:

Oh, yeah. You had to do   that.   I never had to do that.  

[00:28:52] Jamon Fries:

Minnesota is not an easy state to draw by hand.  

[00:28:56] Jesse Fries:

No. No. It's got all these bumps and everything like that. You know? It's,   yeah, just like Texas. Texas is   that we do a whole bunch of you know, it's   yeah.   That's interesting. So Yeah. It's like, you know, at least Texas history is more interesting than Minnesota history, for God's sakes. It really is. Minnesota history was history was pretty boring.   Yeah. It's like,   we have   we've had, you know, Six Flags, the the amusement park.   Yep. Well, that that's based out of Texas. And the six flags is six flags over Texas.   Yep. Because Texas has had six national flags   over its history.  

Damn.   The Spanish, the Mexican Texas,   you know, and   a few others in there too, I bet. I I I don't know it all. I'd have to ask my daughter.   Yeah.   But yeah. So  

[00:29:52] Jamon Fries:

Yeah. And then,   Democrats seem to be   having a little bit of a problem now.  

[00:29:59] Jesse Fries:

Uh-huh.  

[00:30:00] Jamon Fries:

The   according to the New York Times,   between 2020 to 2024,   Democrats have lost 2,100,000   registered voters,   while the Republicans   gained 2,400,000.   In the 30 states that track party affiliations   there is not a single state that tracks party affiliation, so all 30 of them, where the Democrats did not lose voters.  

[00:30:31] Jesse Fries:

Uh-huh.   That's crazy. But it's not surprising.   It's No. It's not. They've really gone off the deep end. It's   Yeah.   Yeah.   They but but then again, you know, it's like,   with that, I was   I've ran across this story. It was just people, like, complaining about, like,   the election and everything like that. And it was like Right. Oh, the Democrats are, oh, they're lost. Lost. Lost, I tell you. Right?   Yeah. But, you know, if you really think about it,   every president   basically, the the routine is that you have a Democrat, then you have a Republican, then you have a Democrat, then you have a Republican.   Some can go two terms, some can only do one term. Right? This is the sequence. Right? Because   I think in general, the American people get sick and tired of whatever party is in power.  

Oh, yeah. And so we want the other party. It's got nothing to do beyond that. We're just we want something new. Let's try something new. You know? Yep.   The last time   that that wasn't the case was Reagan Bush.   Yeah. It went from two terms of Reagan to Bush because everything  

[00:31:45] Jamon Fries:

everybody was happy with Reagan and everything like that. And Bush seemed to be among the most liked Reagan, so they went with Bush. And and they found out they didn't like Bush so much, so he only served one term. Well, Clinton was a much more charismatic   guy. Yeah. So yeah. Absolutely.   But, I mean, you know, Bush senior, he he wasn't, like, the ideal  

[00:32:03] Jesse Fries:

either. No. No. He he he was a he he he was   a he was a government shill. You know? He was pure government. You know? He was he was, like, he was the machine. He was head of CIA and everything like that. So he was the machine.   He was the deep state.  

[00:32:18] Jamon Fries:

You know?   Absolutely. Yes.  

[00:32:21] Jesse Fries:

You know, but he he he made a mistake. You know, the read my lips,   no new taxes, things like that. You know? It's and then Clinton was just able he was more charismatic. He really was. No matter what you think of Clinton,   he was much more charismatic.  

[00:32:35] Jamon Fries:

Just it just like Obama, you know, even if you didn't even if you didn't like the some of the things that Obama did, his charisma, his just   the way he spoke, it   it was just something that was gonna draw everybody in.  

[00:32:50] Jesse Fries:

Well, yeah. No. To to me, that's actually   generally   the peep people that win. It's it's like Oh, yeah. If if you okay. So it's like so Bush or, I mean, Clinton,   he he he was running against,   what did I say? Who? Bush. Bush. Okay. Yeah. No. Junior. Bush junior.   He he he was running against Al Gore first. He's a stick in the mud. Al Gore is a literal stick in the mud. Oh, yeah. Absolutely.   And then the next one he faced was Kerry or not Kerry. Was it Kerry?   Yeah. It was Kerry. John Kerry. Yeah. Yeah. Which is another.   Yeah. With the Swifties. You know?  

A different Swiftie. Yeah. Look at that. Swifties. Yes. Yeah. They were kinda Swifties.   I just realized that there was that. Yeah. They were called Swifties.   But it's John Kerry was a stick in the mud completely. Oh, yeah. You know?   And then   Obama, come on. He was just charisma. It doesn't matter who you put up against Obama. He's gonna win. You know? It's like John McCain,   not a chance.   Who was the other one? Mitt Romney. Yeah. There we go. Yeah. Yeah.   No chance against   Obama. He he was pure charisma. Because they're both stick in the muds.   Exactly. And McCain had that huge goiter on his   neck or whatever. Yep.  

And then you had Trump. Trump versus Hillary.   Hillary   never had the personality. She never did. No. No.  

[00:34:20] Jamon Fries:

And a lot of   people were very against Hillary   just because   of,   you know well, I mean, a lot of stuff that she did when she was secretary of state. There there was just way too much against her. Well, right. Not only that, but  

[00:34:37] Jesse Fries:

the whole   everybody knew what she was doing from the moment,   Clinton left the White House.   Yep. She went for senate   in of New York.   And everybody knew that was   to try to,   push for the White House. Everybody knew it was. Absolutely.   And then she became and then she didn't have any experience, so they go, you know, maybe you should be secretary of state so you can have some   actual experience and everything like that. Yep. Yep.  

[00:35:09] Jamon Fries:

But that's really about it. You know? It was Oh, yeah. Yeah. Wasn't it? I I I still remember the the big, hoopla that everybody   would that that a lot of people were going on about with Hillary when she went to when she ran for the New York,   house   for the New York House. Senate. Yeah. The New York Senate.   About how   she never lived in New York. She wasn't a New Yorker.   I I I it that's one thing that I don't like is when people move   from one place   to somewhere else just so that they can run for election there   Oh, yeah. Because they know I have a better they have a better chance of winning. I mean, that's that's just BS in my mind. Well,  

[00:35:53] Jesse Fries:

there's kind of a term for that. You know? But if it was in the South, it would have been used. Carpetbagger. Yeah. You know? It it's when you come in from outside and you try to win elections, it's just what it is.  

[00:36:04] Jamon Fries:

Well, I mean, she was from the South, though. So so you know? Well, right. She was it's like reverse carpetbagger.  

[00:36:11] Jesse Fries:

Yeah.   You know? It's  

[00:36:13] Jamon Fries:

Yeah. Because it used to be people from the North going to the South, and this was this was the reverse. So Yeah. Yeah. But she was she was really Chicago too if you really think about it. She grew up Chicago.  

[00:36:23] Jesse Fries:

Yes. So Her family was Chicago if I remember correct. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. So that's where she grew up and everything like that. So Yep. Really not Southern. So look at that. Yeah. There you go. Look at that. I win.  

[00:36:37] Jamon Fries:

That cheated.  

[00:36:38] Jesse Fries:

But yeah. No. I I'm just tired of it. You know? Because it's just a back and forth. That's all it is. Yeah. There's nothing else beyond that. Yeah. So it's,   yeah.   Except for and then with Trump. Let let's just throw this in there.   Somehow,   Biden got 20,000,000 more votes than anybody ever had before or after the election his election.   Yeah.   I'm   not saying there was fraud,  

[00:37:07] Jamon Fries:

but I I just I just love the response of the Democrats in 2024.  

[00:37:13] Jesse Fries:

Yeah. They go, where did the votes go? They must've Where did those where did those votes go?  

[00:37:19] Jamon Fries:

Well, they  

[00:37:21] Jesse Fries:

They never existed before. So for  

[00:37:24] Jamon Fries:

for the longest time, they weren't there. Suddenly, for one election, they jumped up to that,   and then they went back to their normal levels. And you're saying that the Republicans   played hanky panky with the elections because those votes disappeared?  

[00:37:43] Jesse Fries:

You you know, I know Yeah. No. That just seems problem.   I know right where they went.   Where is that? The same place that the flu went to during COVID.  

[00:37:53] Jamon Fries:

Very true. Yeah.  

[00:38:00] Jesse Fries:

Hell, yeah. Let's throw how many more conspiracy theories can we throw in there?   That's me and I believe,   but things are hinky. Yeah. Just say   it. Yep.   Speaking of hinky,   Walmart   and radioactive   shrimp.   Gotta love that.   Damn.   Yeah. Some of their fried shrimp,   cesium one thirty seven, I think.   So FDA   made them do a recall or whatnot. So   radioactive   frozen.   13 states are affected by it.  

[00:38:41] Jamon Fries:

Damn.   Right?   It's a good thing I don't buy shrimp from Walmart.  

[00:38:47] Jesse Fries:

I know. Where do you where does it pick up cesium one thirty seven?  

[00:38:55] Jamon Fries:

I can't think of any local areas that it would.  

[00:39:00] Jesse Fries:

Apparently, it's created by nuclear reactions.   Yeah. Man made.   Right.  

[00:39:07] Jamon Fries:

So So the only the only places that I could think of is, like,   in the atolls where where we tested the nuclear bombs way back when.  

[00:39:17] Jesse Fries:

Wait. Maybe? I'm not sure.  

[00:39:19] Jamon Fries:

But, I mean, I don't think we have anybody fishing for shrimp. I don't I I don't think it's legal for anybody to fish out there. So Yeah. No. You see, it's like Louisiana. That sort of area. The coast. Yeah. Yeah. Louisiana   is usually where Alabama, Mississippi. Yeah. Yeah. The the Gulf Coast Mhmm. Is where most of the shrimp comes from. There are some sources outside of there, but they're all very close to the coast. And Well, there's Walmart's probably the bombs close to the coast. Maybe. Yeah. They could be shipped in from overseas at Yeah. Anywhere overseas.  

[00:39:51] Jesse Fries:

Yeah. Right off Japan.   Yep.   We've had a few nuclear incidences.  

[00:39:57] Jamon Fries:

Just just a few.  

[00:39:58] Jesse Fries:

At least,   well, two were on purpose, but, you know   Yep.   Let's see here. What else do we have?  

[00:40:14] Jamon Fries:

I think we've covered everything mostly with the government.   Yeah. Oh, yeah. With the federal government anyways. Yep. Yep.   So I've,   was listening   to Sean Hannity.   Uh-huh.   Don't listen to him very much, but, you know, this this Yeah. I kind of been got me It's a good maybe, like, twenty years since I listened to him last. Yeah. Yeah. It's been a while.   But, he was talking about   Gavin Newsom and how they're   how he's   be how he's pretending to be Trump like now with his all cap tweets and stuff like that. Uh-huh.   Concentrating   massively   on the redistricting   issue.  



[00:41:00] Jesse Fries:

Well, yeah. He wants to be president. So yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Absolutely.   Get to be number one for the Democrats.  

[00:41:06] Jamon Fries:

Did you know that even though it's been seven months since the fire since the fires in LA   Uh-huh.   There have only been a 140   some buildings that have been that have gotten through all of the paperwork to be able to start building.  

[00:41:24] Jesse Fries:

Oh, yeah. Yeah. Plus, they wanna make it, like, public housing and things like that. They wanna buy up Yeah. As much as they can to put public housing there and  

[00:41:32] Jamon Fries:

yeah. In order to get permission to rebuild on their own property,   they have to jump through   tons of hoops and   go through lots of different regulatory   things.   And this is all because the state of California to this day   has not finalized   the rules for building those new houses yet.  

[00:41:54] Jesse Fries:

Of course not. Of course not. They won't. They could dilly dally because they don't want it actually done.   Yeah. They want public housing there. So they they don't want you to be able to build houses there. No. They don't. They don't want it at all. Yeah. No. It's it's pure crap. It is completely pure crap. But, you know, that's their choice. If you wanna live in California,   you have to deal with that sort of stuff. You know? It's Yep.   Yeah. Yeah. And then all the   just all the   redistricting and everything like that too. Yep. So   it's kinda crazy. I don't think they could be able to do it out in California. I don't think they could be able to stop it because they have to go through a constitutional amendment and everything like that.  

Yeah.   It it would it was where was it? I have a story here somewhere. But it was,   I wrote a little bit of something. Under National News, your second article, your second one. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. So,   it said Newsomancy's Democrat allies in the legislature insist that they still support the independent redistrict   redistricting   committee process,   which was created, with a ballot measure.   And it's popular amongst the the state's voters, of course. But they argue that their partisan response to Texas is necessary to check the power of Trump,   who urged Texas'   governor to redraw his state's maps.  



[00:43:17] Jamon Fries:

Which is bullshit.  

[00:43:18] Jesse Fries:

Yeah. So so they say that they're they're   they   like the   nonpartisan way, but then they say, well, unless if we don't.   You know? It's it's like Yeah. See, the thing is is that if Democrats actually believed what they said, they would actually stand up and just let the system take its course. They would complain about Texas. Yes. That's fine.   But they would leave their system alone and say, just because you're cheating doesn't mean I'm cheating.   You know, even though Texas is cheating because of all the other states that cheated.   So  

[00:43:54] Jamon Fries:

Oh, what what I find hilarious about this is that there's two things. So first of all is,   what is the stated reason that many Democrats are against this?   That think that think that Texas should not be able to redistrict.   It's because most states redistrict   right after a census.   Right. Right. Texas is doing it mid between cent between censuses.   Right. Right. So it's the timing is wrong. Oh, yeah. Exactly. Nothing beyond time. That that's   that that's not really a good excuse though.  

[00:44:31] Jesse Fries:

It really isn't. Especially  

[00:44:32] Jamon Fries:

since   Texas knows how many people are moving into Texas from California   and other red state and other blue states.   Mhmm. Texas is growing   on a on a level that   it has to make changes before the next census comes around.  

[00:44:51] Jesse Fries:

Well, they don't have to. Well, I I know. Well, actually, technically It's a it's a it's a it's a it's a good argument, David. But it is basically just because Trump wants it. I I agree with that statement of why it's being done. It's not because Trump wants it. Yes. It is. No. It's not. Happened otherwise. It would not have happened. No. It wouldn't have. They It wasn't even on the radar. Hold on. Hold on. They had redistricted in 2021.   Okay. Right. Yes. After the census.  

[00:45:21] Jamon Fries:

The courts   the the the Democrats took it to court,   and the courts said that this was that these that this districting was under racial   biases.   Uh-huh.   Because it was under racial biases,   the court   that was convened during Biden   said   that you had   so the the DOJ I see what you're saying. Just follow what the courts in 2020 in 2024   said.  

[00:45:51] Jesse Fries:

I see. So it wasn't because Trump wanted it. No. No. I I say I I see what you're saying. And, actually, it's a decent argument. Look at that.   Yeah.   It's a good argument. I I had never heard that. I I I heard it, on But, yeah, DOJ did say that they needed to redistrict.  

[00:46:08] Jamon Fries:

Yeah. But I didn't know that. That's because of the courts in 2024.  

[00:46:13] Jesse Fries:

Okay. Well, there you go. That that that that means it's just they're following along, and I bet it's gonna be totally true. They're doing what court ordered them to do.   Okay. Okay. It's your fault then people. Just say it.  

[00:46:27] Jamon Fries:

If the if the Liberals hadn't complained about it being a racist thing and taken it to court,   then they wouldn't be redistricting right now and you wouldn't have lost those five extra seats.  

[00:46:37] Jesse Fries:

Yeah. Yeah. That that that is true. That is true.   Let's see. It looks like we're gonna have to pair down because things are  

[00:46:46] Jamon Fries:

we couldn't spend too much talking. We we have a lot of stuff to talk about and not that much time. So Yeah. Yeah. So,  

[00:46:54] Jesse Fries:

let's, pick the highlights and then we will go from there. Anything in national news that you wanna cover that you have?  

[00:47:02] Jamon Fries:

Just Mexico is sending 26 cartel   people   to The US for court dates. Okay. Okay. Pretty major ones in the Sinaloa cartel as well as others.   One of them is even the head of a cartel almost. He's, like, really high up in the cartel.   Okay. Nice. The other thing is we're,   supposedly, we're sending destroyers   to off the waters of Venezuela   to fight against the drug the drug, cartels down there. Those cartels in Venezuela?   Well, in the government. In other words, the government There's gangs, I guess. Yeah. So I guess you Well, they're they're starting they're starting to say that the in most reports, they say cartels because I I don't know. They think that if it's   if it's a Latin community, it's a cartel. Just like if it's the I just like if it's the Italian community, it's the mafia. If it's the Oh, god. Got it. The Yakuza.  

You know, I mean, the I I I think they just   jump them all jumble them all in together like that. Oh, yeah. Yeah.   So   yeah. So that that's what that's what I have for international for national news.  

[00:48:12] Jesse Fries:

Okay. Okay.   Sounds good. Sounds good. Let's see here. I guess, I think that's pretty much all. I don't have anything else I really wanna cover for   national.   Mhmm.   I'll talk about the Cambridge thing   later.   Otherwise, I've covered it. Okay.   Let's see here.   International news, of course, there is the Zelensky talk.   Yep.   And,   yeah, that would that wind about as   expected. Nobody knows actually anything.   It really seems.   Yeah. It looks like they're actually holding their cards close to the vest.   Zelensky actually kinda wore a suit, kinda, sorta. So, you know, there's that. That's good. That's good. You know, Trump was pleased apparently to   see that.  

You   know?   But then Macron and, Mertz or whatever,   or Starmer, they keep saying that, they want a cease fire. They want a cease fire.   And, you know, the problem with cease fires   is that they're generally used just to restock and attack again.  

[00:49:18] Jamon Fries:

Yes. That is absolutely true.  

[00:49:20] Jesse Fries:

So because of that, I can understand why Putin wouldn't want it. I could actually fully understand it because it it just means we'll send more armaments in during that cease fire.   Yeah.   And then,   they'll attack again and so on and so forth. So,   yeah, I don't see   the whole a a lot of people are going off about, oh, how no. How how can Trump say that you don't need a ceasefire? Well, I think this was probably Putin's argument. I'm just saying he's going NATO's just gonna keep pumping   armaments into there, and then we'll just keep going if there's a cease fire because it'll end sooner or later.  

[00:49:58] Jamon Fries:

Yep.   So Well, and and now after   after Zelensky and them met with Trump, you know, Russia   attacked Ukraine again with drones.  

[00:50:08] Jesse Fries:

Well, right. Right. They are still at war. And so No. And and so every so the the  

[00:50:14] Jamon Fries:

Zelensky and the Europeans are, like, we need to sanction Russia be for this unprecedented   attack. Yeah. Because sanctions were peace.   But   I remember   seeing news articles   the day after Trump met with Putin.   Uh-huh. Ukrainians   launched a drone attack on Russia.  

[00:50:34] Jesse Fries:

Yeah. No. It's war. You're still at war. Everybody knows this. But, of course, they're all gonna   cry home to the media   and everything like that. You know? It's like and Macron was gonna   that warmonger. He just he   just wants   Russia to suffer. He wants more sanctions. It's like, how about   okay. And the EU just put more sanctions on. And guess what? Nothing's gonna happen. This is the whole thing. It's like, it's stupid. You can't Yeah. The sanctions aren't working. I'm sorry. They just aren't working. But there's too many countries that are willing to  

[00:51:08] Jamon Fries:

bypass the sanctions.  

[00:51:11] Jesse Fries:

Well, yeah. Because we're in a multipolar world. It's not just whatever we want. You know? And India has always been this way. China's always been this way. So Yep.   I don't see a problem with that. You know? It's,  

[00:51:25] Jamon Fries:

And Europe is buying oil that comes from Russia,   but is sent to an intermediary, and then they buy it from that intermediary. I mean,   Europe is doing is just as bad.  

[00:51:39] Jesse Fries:

Yeah.   Yeah.   It really is. It really is. You you you know, it's like there's also this article about European,   free speech and everything like that where basically they just   don't have anything. This it was in the Atlantic. And, basically, it   he he basically, in this article, it's by Connor,   Friederdorf   Friedersdorf,   I think is his name. Okay.   But anyways,   he he basically   he really lays out, like, free speech and everything like that pretty well and what they're doing wrong over there.   But   then he has to try to tie it to   us and say that we're kind of bad too. You know? It's like   it he he really attacked the free speech that how they're coming down on this. They're they're trying to stop the right wing and everything like that. You know?  

Yeah.   And his but it seems like   his main problem   is that   if   if you crack down on free speech, that means when the right gets power, they can crack down on free speech. Yeah. Not that there's a crackdown on free speech. The issue is that   the right can do the same thing. The other side can do it back to you. Yeah. Exactly. Exactly. It's like Yeah. Should the right gain more power on the continent as it has done in Hungary,   with a dire consequences for free speech. More centrist European leaders could soon realize the risk of the infrastructure they are building to surveil and punish hate speech. Because, seriously, everything is a hate speech thing now over there. Every little thing. It is crazy.   You know?  



[00:53:26] Jamon Fries:

Same with The UK. The day that saying I don't like you is now considered hate speech.  

[00:53:32] Jesse Fries:

Yeah. Exactly.   Exactly. Yeah. It's   this kinda ties into,   the Apple story that I have to where,   our government,   has actually talked to their government so that they actually don't get a backdoor   into the whole world's Apple,   accounts.   Yeah. So so the UK government is backing down on that right now.   But   which is good.   Yeah. Very good. But my thing is is that it it's   for some reason,   I I don't know why.   I I wrote this whole dialogue   here. You know? It's just   let let let me read what I was saying. It is time for countries that don't,   like the free for all,   US free speech system to create their own great firewall, just like China does.  

You know? Yeah.   They come after American companies, and they threaten American voices,   for our free speech   while not in   and and this is why we are in our own country. You know? We're not in The UK spouting a lot of this, but they still wanna come after us. They wanna come after our companies and everything like that. You know?   Just follow Chinese example.   Great fire firewall of China. Do not try to make us do what you want.   Yeah.   If you don't want your citizens to see, that is your business, and I have no problem with it. Mhmm. But don't try to change the world. It's it's like, you know, how California, they try to change,   like,   emission standards around The US and everything like that, animal rights and everything like that because they're a big state. And so they try to do that. This is what The UK is trying to do. Yeah.  

They are trying to   change the world   and make everybody bow down to their system. No. Create your own great firewall.   Plain and simple. That's it. Absolutely. You can't come after me whether I sit in my own country.   No. Even if I said it about you.  

[00:55:37] Jamon Fries:

You know, they I agree 100%.   Yeah.  

[00:55:39] Jesse Fries:

And so I just don't understand it. They really   just don't want I I I know it's not really the apple and backdoor, but, yeah, this whole free speech thing, it's just   Yeah.   I think it's very important. And for   I don't know what's going on in Europe.   It it it is kinda crazy.  

[00:55:56] Jamon Fries:

So Well, you know, the I I think one of the problems   is is that   unlike The United States where free speech is written in the constitution and it's in writing   Right. Right.   Countries that don't have   a constitution   that's in writing and enforceable   will   always be able to just   flip it on the on the snap of a finger.   Right. Right. Right. This this is allowed. Boom. Snap of the finger. Okay. It's not allowed anymore.  

[00:56:32] Jesse Fries:

Well, right. It's like all these protections over in Europe and everything like that. They they say as long as,   it doesn't go cause any harm or this or that. There are so many different exceptions.   And so the governments just take that. It's like France,   when France wrote their constitution,   their first republic   Mhmm. They had a whole segment, apparently. I was listening to this podcast about the history of free speech, and the guy was a Brit. So he he he teaches at Yale, but he's a Brit. So he has the British   mindset that it's okay to curtail free speech. Right. But he he he's it was basically roughly written around the same time when we wrote our bill bill of rights and our free speech,   which our free speech is just free speech. Right? Yes.  

In the French one, it was kinda like going, as long as you don't slander this, that there there's all these examples of,   when the government can step in and everything like that. And, you know, so he he he goes and he said that many states, most of the states in The United States, when they were framing their constitutions,   picked that, the French version over the American version because they just thought it was   better. But the thing that's great about American free speech is that we don't have those caveats. We written in the constitution.   We have those caveats   in law.  

Yeah. As in you can't slander people,   you can't,   you can't threaten stuff like that. Yeah. No. You can hate speech. There's nothing wrong with hate speech. Nah. Depending on where you are now. No. No. No. No. No. No. It is 100   covered.   You could as long as there's no threat of violence. If it could actually lead   right away to violence,   then it'd be okay.   See, the way the Europe said thinks about it is that if it could lead to violence in a year or two,   then it then they can squash it. Yeah. Yeah. It's it's it's it the   it's in the long term, not as in the instant go grab your pitchforks sort of situation.  

Okay.   See, that's a difference,   which I think is a very big difference.  

[00:58:35] Jamon Fries:

Yeah. Oh, yeah. Huge difference.  

[00:58:37] Jesse Fries:

And so our our pure just free speech for all, you know, just that blanket statement   allowed some exceptions   in just common law and everything like that to actually come through.   Right. So we have those protections that can slander, libel, things   things like that, which are great if you need. Yeah. And and just for protection and everything like that, but not to the point where if the government doesn't like what you're saying and it's bad for society.   Right. They can't squash it.   Yeah.   So, yeah, I I found that, kinda interesting. And the guy that podcast I listened to, he he was all for, oh, you need these you need to be able to,   quash whatever you or what you think is bad. You know? It's like, no. No. This that you don't.  



[00:59:25] Jamon Fries:

No.   That that would be, like,   if someone were to say   that   that would be like if the government were to   look at   different   economical   different economics theories   Mhmm. And say we are only going to allow this economic theory to be anywhere in The United States. Anyone attempting to talk about these other economic theories   will be put in jail. Right. That's essentially what it would give equivalency,   it would be.   Yeah.   Yeah.   And, you know, we did think of a single American that would find that okay.  

[01:00:06] Jesse Fries:

And, you know, we did have a period of time where we started to go down that rabbit hole with McCarthyism,   with the Red Scare.   We were, like, so scared that everybody went crazy.  

[01:00:18] Jamon Fries:

Oh, yeah. Big time.  

[01:00:20] Jesse Fries:

But we learned that that was bad.   Yeah. You cannot   quash   political thought.   No.   It   it it is   It is exactly. And so we allow communism.   You know, we we we allow the communist. We allow all these things because you need the complete   and utter   allowance of political thought and speech. Not just thought, speech as well.   Yes.   Publicly.   Not just in your home. You know? It's,   yeah. So yeah.   Okay. Okay. I think we break   beat that one until it's dead.   Yeah. Yeah. That was a pretty good discussion, though. Yeah. I I think so too. I think so too. Let's see here. Apparently, Britain also is having problems with the farmers,   because, basically, they have a tax now on,   well, so many different things. But one of them is a tax on inheritance. They have an inheritance tax on something. I I can't remember the size of the farm, but it Yeah.  

With how much land is, it it covers most just basic farmers that are Mhmm. Living   hand to mouth, you know, making, like, £50,000   a year or something like that if they're lucky.   You know? And a lot of them, they can't afford the inheritance tax when their dad dies or anything like that. So then they have to sell it and everything like that. So there's a whole bunch going on over there. Apparently, some are being some people are being arrested in protests and everything like that.   It seems a bit of a mess.  

[01:01:56] Jamon Fries:

Yeah.   You know, all I all I think about that is follow the money. Who is this in the buying the farms when they sell it? Yeah. Are they   big huge preparations that are giving lots of money to the good to the government? You know, I kinda had I I had this  

[01:02:12] Jesse Fries:

in this one article, it was interesting. It was saying how Keir Starmer, the prime minister of, The UK,   back in the eighties,   he was   what was it?   He was a Trotskyite.   So Okay. Do you know Trotsky? Do you know who Trotsky is?  

[01:02:34] Jamon Fries:

Yes. Somewhat.   Okay. He he was one of the,  

[01:02:38] Jesse Fries:

leaders of   the Russian revolution.   He was, with Stalin.   It was him and Trotsky. Stalin and Trotsky were the two that would probably take over from,   from Lenin. There you go. From Lenin. Okay.   And so when Lenin died, there's this whole movement.   It's an interesting story about that fight in between Trotsky and Stalin. Trotsky had to flee to Mexico.   But   and he shacked up with Frida, a very famous,   Mexican artist.   Yep.   But, anyways, this guy was a Trotskyite.   Right? So he's a communist. Right? He was like an editor of the Trotsky paper or something like that. Okay.   And he seems to want to get rid of he wants to tax these,   farmers out of existence,   but he's also part of the World Economic Forum.  

And he's a big fan of the World Economic Forum. So it got me thinking.   This is kind of a   conspiracy theories. My my brain was really going this time, apparently.   But, basically, I was thinking,   possibly going after farmers in order to get maybe they're getting that out of their hands, and then they can put it into the wealthy hands. But the wealthy nowadays,   much of them are actually more communist in nature.   Yeah. And so, basically, the idea is to put that into the,   what, neo communistic,   sort of situation to where it is led by oligarchs,   and they're the ones in control of all the land. Like Bill Gates, he owns most of the farmland in The United States.  

Really? Yeah. I did not know that. Yeah. He's the largest farm holder in The United States.   Yeah. Yeah.   And so, you know, it's like most of the billionaires, they're complete leftists.   So maybe this is a backdoor way   to actually   get through because they have realized that   communism is a pure,   economic system.   And most of the workers   also care about societal issues.   Yeah. You know,   workers are not just all about the dollar.   Right.   Unlike what Marx thought, you know. Farmers are about traditions. They're about culture.   Yep. They're about all these things. And all these the World Economic Forum, they seem not to   care about that.  

And so possibly,   all that is like a way to actually just transfer it to the wealthy. And then from there, they can figure out a way to make it more of a communist situation.   Anyways, that's a thought.  

[01:05:30] Jamon Fries:

Yeah. It's a thought. That's a that's a pretty good solid theory, so it wouldn't surprise me. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. My brain's  

[01:05:39] Jesse Fries:

we're not overdrive this time,   apparently.   My brain knew that a little bit too, but it's not about anything that we're talking about. So Oh, okay. Okay. Yeah. Some of this, it it just piques some interest in my head, you know. It's a Yeah. You read all   these   different   things.   Let's see. Anything   else   of note.   Oh, they arrested the guy that, did the Nord Stream gas pipeline bombing. He was a Ukrainian.   Basically, Ukraine did it even though China.   No. It was Ukraine. You mentioned   that. Yeah. I think it was a way to get Europe on the side of,   on the side Europe on the side of Ukraine. I think that's really where it was. Ukraine denies it. Zelensky won't say it was him or anything like that, but that's, that's how I interpret that whole bombing situation.  

People blame Putin, but he had no reason to do it.   Yeah.   Let's see   here. Okay. I think that's it for international.   Oh, yeah. The fraud. Trump fraud thing. That's gone.   Yep.   Yep.   He doesn't have to pay the 5 or nearly $500,000,000.  

[01:06:55] Jamon Fries:

Yeah. It it's just the penalty that was that they got rid of. They didn't get rid of the  

[01:07:00] Jesse Fries:

everything else attached to it. It. Yeah. No. It it was a mixed bag from the appeals court, basically. But either way, this appeals court is going, yeah. No. And it was civil. So having a decision against you technically isn't a bad thing in a civil case. Right. Yeah. Yeah. There's there's I think I think I read there were two that thought that he should pay that much.  

[01:07:21] Jamon Fries:

There were two that thought that he shouldn't be charged that much, that it was over that it was overreaching as far as the the penalty.   And then there was one that just thought that it should be thrown out completely. Well, not thrown out. It's a it's a   lower appeals court. So the there there was one that thought that it should be completely completely retried.  

[01:07:42] Jesse Fries:

Yep.   Yep. Completely. Completely.   Mhmm.   Okay.   And then,   science wise, I actually have science. You don't have science here. I don't. I can't do anything  

[01:07:55] Jamon Fries:

good in there now.  

[01:07:57] Jesse Fries:

Apparently, COVID is causing women's arteries to show signs of aging faster after COVID.   Not men, though.   Only women. That's weird.   Yeah. Yeah.   Don't know why.   And it could be completely fake because remember last time we said,   most of these studies were fake?   So, you know, there's a study to say most of these are fake. Yeah. So, yeah, there you go. There you go. Take it or delete it as Can you believe the study that was made to tell that the studies are fake? See, that's the question. You never know.   In another study or   was it a study or just a article?  

But oh, yeah. Study.   Basically,   if you're too sensitive, it actually affects your mental health. Can you imagine that?  

[01:08:46] Jamon Fries:

Gee. I wonder how anyone could have ever   thought that that might be true.  

[01:08:52] Jesse Fries:

Right. You feel everybody's pain? Yeah. That's gonna cause you issues.   You you you think everything is internal? Yeah. That's gonna cause you issues.   You know,  

[01:09:02] Jamon Fries:

I'm just See, I've seen I've seen it too many times in real life that that's the case to It is. I mean, why why did they even have to do a study on that? That's I thought everybody knew that. But now we could say, oh, look at this proof.  

[01:09:15] Jesse Fries:

Yep. If you can believe it.  

[01:09:21] Jamon Fries:

We'll we'll just have to prep we'll just have to put that addendum at the end of every single scientific study that we that we talk about from now on. I I think we should. We should just get it recorded. Yeah. And we can, just say it. Absolutely.  

[01:09:34] Jesse Fries:

Because,   seriously, you don't know if any what studies are, actually real or not. So but,   and they're repetitive, but, like, really good studies too. You Yeah. Don't know. You can't you Yep. You have no clue. It's screwing up science. It's all I know. You know? But, anyways, yeah. And and, you know, I'm just saying, you know, it's, like, generally, Democrats are a little bit more sensitive than conservatives.   So Probably a little bit more.   So maybe they have more mental   health issues.   Maybe.   I think.   Yeah. It it is a possibility. I mean I know. I'm not saying one way or the other. I'm just looking at the tea leaves. Just looking at the tea leaves.   And then, apparently, Oxford, they have,   they have come up with some new dictionary words for the or no. Cambridge. The Cambridge dictionary in The UK.  

Yep. So they have added Skibidi,   Tradwife,   and Dalulu,   to their dictionary.  

[01:10:39] Jamon Fries:

So I have heard of one of those three words. Which one?  

[01:10:44] Jesse Fries:

Trad wife. Yeah. Traditional wife. You know? Yeah.   Making bread for the husband and stuff like that. Yep. Mhmm. Never heard of Skibbidi.   Skibbidi is a Gen z word.   I've always thought that it meant   bad,   but, apparently, the Cambridge dictionary defines skibidi as   a word that can have different meanings such as cool or bad or can be used with no meaning   as a joke. So   it has no definition. Wait.   Doesn't that mean it's not a word? Yeah. The the definition is in a word that can have different meanings such as cool or bad, or can be used with no meaning as a joke. So that means there is no definition.  

[01:11:28] Jamon Fries:

Yes. Which means this should not be in a dictionary.  

[01:11:31] Jesse Fries:

I know. I know.   This is Cambridge, you know. Yeah. Don't send your kids to Cambridge. It's all I'm saying.  

[01:11:38] Jamon Fries:

What about the Lulu? I mean, I'm I'm assuming delusional.  

[01:11:41] Jesse Fries:

Yeah. It's just delusional. Yeah. Okay. Yeah.   It for me, the my first instance of Dolulu was, the there's this African TikToker,   who who, like,   just, like, points at things and goes, what's wrong with this? Why are you so stupid? Sort of thing. That's all I want to say. He goes, oh, Dolulu.   That's so   it was a pretty good TikTok. You you you had open it,   yeah. So so yeah.   Skibbity, Tradwife,   and, DeLulu.   There you go.   Yeah.   Yeah. You gotta love it. You gotta love it. Yep. Yep.   Oh, and then since at the very beginning of the show, we were kinda talking about weight loss and everything like that, let's bring it full circle   with another   Ozempic side effect.  

Oh, gotta love that. Yeah. So this one is,   was it's called Ozempic   vulva.   So women that lose weight on Ozempic,   it makes their   lips per se down below,   look funny,   apparently.  

[01:12:52] Jamon Fries:

Is it only weight loss on Ozempic, or is it weight loss in general, though? Well, probably just  

[01:12:57] Jesse Fries:

it says Ozempic.   But I think most of these are just weight loss in general.   Yeah. And   people now just they can add Ozempic onto the front of anything   and just go with that. You know? It's funny that way. Because a lot of people are losing weight are losing weight with Ozempic. So Yeah. Yeah. So you could just say Ozempic this, Ozempic that, Ozempic this. You know? Yeah. It's it's perfect. It's perfect. So yeah. Ozempic   Volva.   You know? It's,   wow. Yeah.   Yeah. Yeah.   Just another reason not to use Ozempic.   Exactly. Let let let's stick to our diet stream and let's see how that goes. At least they're natural. Ozempic, you have to stay on for the rest of your life. Anyways. I know. I don't wanna do that. That's why I didn't get the bariatric surgery.  

[01:13:46] Jamon Fries:

Yeah. Yep. Well, there there were two reasons. First, they told me I'd have to lose 80 pounds too before they'd let me get the surgery.   Uh-huh. And I was like, well, if I can lose that 80 pounds, I can just keep losing weight. You know? Right. Right. Right. Sense. But the other one is because   not only they make your stomach smaller, but they also cut a part of your small intestine.  

[01:14:07] Jesse Fries:

Uh-huh. And  

[01:14:10] Jamon Fries:

you have to stay on vitamins and medications   for the rest of your life because they've done that to you. Yeah. Because it can't absorb as many nutrients as,  

[01:14:19] Jesse Fries:

it used to. Yeah.  

[01:14:21] Jamon Fries:

So as soon as I learned that, I'm like, hell no.  

[01:14:25] Jesse Fries:

Yeah. Yeah. Exactly. You know, it's like the wife's been on me to get,   snipped.   Okay. Yep.   You know, I looked into it. I I I've seen some side effects. I'm, like, going   I I know that that might be a small percentage, but I'm not really. This is body body my choice.  

[01:14:46] Jamon Fries:

Chance. Yeah. Exactly.  

[01:14:49] Jesse Fries:

I am seriously all for my body, my choice along every line. I personally don't care. Do what you want. I'm I I I I don't care. So, yeah, my body, my choice. That's   no.   She's been on me like nobody's business like a wife always is, you know, because you don't think your body is is yours, of course. You know that. How that goes.   Actually, you don't know how that goes. You don't have a wife. But anyways, you had a girlfriend. You've had a girlfriend. I'm not sure who you know who it goes.   But yeah. So there is that.   And with that, please always remember to help us out. We really didn't do a value for value pitch on this one, but we are a value for value podcast here. So please help us out with time, talent, or treasure. If you have any ideas or anything like that, complaints, you can email me the ideas at jesse@mindlessc.com,   and you can email jamen the complaints at, jamen@mindlessmeanderings.com.  

I'll take complaints too, but it's a good joke.  

[01:15:44] Jamon Fries:

And any amount with them.  

[01:15:47] Jesse Fries:

Yeah. And any amount helps. A dollar, $2,   $100. Any amount would help defray the cost of, this podcast.   And so with that, we'd like to thank you for joining us for episode 55 of the Mindless Meanderings podcast. I'm Jesse Fries. And I'm Jamin Fries. And we will talk to you after the weekend.