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Covering Candace Owens, Trump, the East Wing and much more.

Hosted by: 

- Jesse Fries

- Jamon Fries

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https://mindlessmeanderings.com

(00:00:21) Home repairs, and a leaky window

(00:02:09) Abolish the filibuster

(00:06:26) White House renovations

(00:14:04) Military pay and DOE grants

(00:18:39) Federal authority in Portland, House swearing-in delay, and chemtrail inquiries

(00:23:36) H‑1Bs and Russia sanctions

(00:27:36) Israel and West Bank seizure backlash

(00:31:24) Global carbon tax

(00:35:33) Immigration

(00:38:57) Domestic security

(00:43:03) Candace Owens' public meltdowns

(00:44:26) LA ICE arrest shooting, teachers call for violence, and policy shifts

(00:47:53) Trumps peculiar $230M lawsuit against the government he leads

(00:50:32) International

(00:53:03) Europe

(00:57:14) UK royals, Irish riots, and Germanys immigration turn

(01:02:27) Tech in the UK and German conscription

(01:07:25) Value-for-value break and supporter callouts

(01:08:42) GM drops CarPlay/Android Auto for in-car AI

(01:14:17) Tinders video authentication, Amazon cargo e-bikes, and AR glasses for drivers

(01:20:00) Onshoring tech jobs to rural America

(01:22:01) NBA betting scandals

(01:24:26) Early allergen exposure and SSRI brain effects

(01:28:39) Ocean batteries and drone dogfights

(01:36:22) Closing remarks and sign-off

[00:00:21] Jesse Fries:

Good afternoon,   everybody.   It is Friday, October 24, and we are live with episode number 73 of the Mindless Meanderings.   I'm Jesse Fries, and I'm a day late and $2 short.  

[00:00:35] Jamon Fries:

And I'm Jamin Fries, and,   yeah, I'm a lot more than $2 short.   I just spent a lot of money getting my roof, resealed,   and,   yeah, one of my windows is still leaking, so I gotta call them back. Well, that sucks. That sucks. How much it cost you?   Well, the ceiling, it's the ceiling, the roof cost about 18 about 1,900.   Alright. The   ceiling, the windows   cost about 1,400.   Ouch. So okay. Good chunk.   Yeah. I should have gotten an estimate on how much it was gonna cost to put a gutter guards on. Uh-huh.   Because,  

[00:01:17] Jesse Fries:

yeah, that was about 2,400.   Holy balls, dude.   So you spent $5  

[00:01:23] Jamon Fries:

over $5, $6? I I spent close to $7, about 6,700.  

[00:01:29] Jesse Fries:

Jesus Christ. Yeah. That's a lot of money. That's a lot of money. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. All I did was take the kids to the dentist, and   that cost me, like, a $100. So, you know, it's a  

[00:01:40] Jamon Fries:

Yeah.   Yeah. Luckily,   the the   two windows that used to have a lot of water coming in them are no longer problematic. But there's one that for a long time now, for, like, years, it's been slowly dripping   when it rains   that,   didn't seem to get sealed off. So I gotta   call him over and see if we can figure out just where that leak is coming in from.  

[00:02:04] Jesse Fries:

Fun. Fun. Fun.  

[00:02:06] Jamon Fries:

Yeah. Yeah. Absolutely.  

[00:02:09] Jesse Fries:

Yeah. Well, let let let let's just start with our theme.   Get rid of the filibuster. You know? I it's   Absolutely. I I I I swear.   This whole   thing is still going on. It's stupid. You know? It's don't get me wrong. I don't mind the government being shut down because it really hasn't affected anything,   Which means we should probably get rid of a lot of the government. But  

[00:02:34] Jamon Fries:

Yeah. It it is going to start impacting  

[00:02:38] Jesse Fries:

stuff pretty quickly, though. Well, yeah. Snap and everything like that. That's, like, November 1 and everything. Yeah. Yeah. No. It's That that that's gonna be a pretty big hit to a lot of people. No. It will be. It will be. It's like, who's gonna flinch first? That that's basically what it is. And it's just stupid, really, in my book, the whole thing.   But, even Fetterman   Fetterman has become   you you you know, it's like when he's on your side, you always like the person, but when he he's not, you   You know, oh, he had a stroke.   You know?  

But, you you know, he say, let's just do the nuclear option. Just nuke the filibuster. You know? It's   and he   he said it just for this, but I think it should be done for everything.   Yeah.  

[00:03:24] Jamon Fries:

I think that   in a country where   we are electing   people to represent us Mhmm.   That   it should just everything should just be majority rules.  

[00:03:42] Jesse Fries:

Yeah. Yeah. I I I'd agree. I'd agree.  

[00:03:45] Jamon Fries:

I mean, it it's the choice of the people and who we put in power.   And   a group of people that is smaller   should not be able to hold up the group that's larger.  

[00:04:01] Jesse Fries:

No. I agree. I agree. You know, I I kinda like the two system, so you have to go through and how one is, like, two years. Every two years, they win, and then one is, like, every six years, and the whole state picks the senators while the Yeah. Districts,   pick the house and everything like that. I like how that works. I really do. But, yeah, just give me a little buzz. As well. It's I I do I do think that it would be better served  

[00:04:28] Jamon Fries:

to the   original intentions   if the senators were still appointed by the state legislatures. Well, right. Right. But we had a didn't we have a constitutional amendment about that one? So, you know, it's just Yeah. Yeah. It was a constitutional amendment that took the that took it away from the state legislatures   because they were afraid that,   that people would spend money and give money to the legislators   to get them   to get themselves appointed.  

[00:04:59] Jesse Fries:

Well, right. And so, you know, if but either way, you know, it's in the constitution. So this is system that we have and, you know, at least they went through a congressional amendment,   or Oh, yeah. Constitutional amendment process for that. So Yep. I'll accept it as just the law of the land and, move on from the line. Yeah. But   yeah. No. Just get rid of the filibuster. I I I it's just a bygone thing from a bygone era that   I don't even know why it started. I should. Maybe I'll research that, but it it it just it's pointless. I I I find it cumbersome and   unnecessary.  



[00:05:33] Jamon Fries:

Yeah. I I don't remember yeah. I can't remember when it started either. It was  

[00:05:38] Jesse Fries:

in my lifetime, I know. No. No. No. No. It it it Wasn't it? No. They've had filibusters for a long like, back into the nineteenth century.   It's just they we were   they've really been used a lot lately. It wasn't used very often. No. It really was. To be something very drastic for it to get used. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. It could be because all it is is basically you're stopping   a vote to get a vote is all it is because you need to vote to have a vote.   Yep. And it's that that requires 60. And it's just like, no. It just doesn't make much sense. You know? It's   Yeah. I I don't understand it at all. Yeah. Yeah. But that's the theme of the show. One of our themes is just get rid of the filibuster. So, you know, it's Yeah. Absolutely.  

Let's see.   Might as well stick with,   should should we talk about, Trump and and the White House? You know, Winston?  

[00:06:36] Jamon Fries:

Yeah. There there's lots of good stuff to talk about.  

[00:06:42] Jesse Fries:

So, yeah, he he decided to if you asked a Democrat, he tore down the East Wing of,   the White House.   Mhmm. But, really, it was just like the Porticullis or something like that. It was just the   awning sort of area.   It was a carport that he tore down. Well, no. Not a carport because you drive through and everything like that. It's not   you don't park a car there. Well,  

[00:07:07] Jamon Fries:

I mean I mean, but then it's essentially   a   a carport   for in for other than you don't park under it. But, I mean, it's it's where you drive up Yeah. To the West Wing   or to the East Wing to get dropped off without getting rained on. Right. Right. That that that's exactly what it is. Yeah. Yeah.  

[00:07:30] Jesse Fries:

And that's what was torn down.  

[00:07:33] Jamon Fries:

That that that is And you and a little bit of the building itself because tearing that down, he did he did take down that exterior wall so you could see the the internal offices.   But all that building is is just the offices.   Yeah. Yeah. It's it's not like anything   life changing has   probably ever happened there.  

[00:07:56] Jesse Fries:

You you see it, like, when the only time   people see it is   I I think it's used, with has been used when the new president comes and the old president,   welcomes them to the White House and everything like that. I I I think that's on that East Wing there. But, you know, that's really about it. Maybe for foreign dignitaries if it's raining or something like that, but   that's really about it. It doesn't really matter.  

[00:08:23] Jamon Fries:

It it's a building that people walk through, not that they go there to do business with unless you work there. Yeah. Yeah. It's  

[00:08:30] Jesse Fries:

it there's there's so many things that it's like I heard an archaeologist. He goes, how dare they destroy this? They're they're like Isis.   It's like,   ISIS?   For for for   trying   to ingrandize   the White House? Because that's what they're doing.   Yeah. Yeah. You you know, the and the White House has been has gone through many changes.   Oh, yeah. It was burnt down during put in Well, yeah. Yeah. It was burnt down during the war of eighteen twelve. It was burnt down. The Canadians still have to say in and then cover and then taken out. Yeah. Yeah. It it's and then what was it? It I can't remember exactly when it was, but during the twentieth century, they it was a gut job. They literally gutted the entire White House. Yeah. And they only built The only thing that remained was the exterior of the White House. Yeah. Yeah. That's it. It was just a shell, and then they completely   rebuilt it. So this whole idea of, oh, the horror, the history, there is no history there. There well, there is. Don't get me wrong. But Well, yeah. It's it's not the same. It's not what it was. It it's a new building, you know, overall.  

And Yeah. Every so often, you need to fix it up. And Trump Yeah. He he's ostentatious.   You know, that's just what he is. He loves gold. Have you ever seen pictures of his plate Trump Tower and everything like that? Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah. Yeah. There's gold everywhere.   Yeah. And it's, like, not that he  

[00:10:03] Jamon Fries:

they say, oh, he's like a king. He wants gold. No. That's just Trump. He's always been that way. You know? It's,   yeah. It absolutely. You know what I find kind of amusing   about this all this though? Uh-huh.   Is if you just look at spending   Right. For the renovations,   Obama   spent about $400,000,000   from what I read.   Right. Put in a tennis court.  

[00:10:28] Jesse Fries:

Yeah. Of of American taxpayer money. Yes. Of during a recession.   Yep. Yep, yep. Trump  

[00:10:38] Jamon Fries:

is spending 300,000,000   of his own money Mhmm.   To give to put in a huge ass ballroom,   which how can how is he doing it for 300,000   when it costs 400 You mean 300,000,000.   Yeah. When it costs 400,000,000  

[00:10:56] Jesse Fries:

for a freaking tennis court? Well, you don't know what was put underneath the tennis court. I'm just That that is true. That is true. Because that that that's what they do. It's like that gut job way back when. They they they they just completely changed everything out, put extra security and blah blah blah. You know, that's what they do. Oh, yeah. Also When when it seems like when they do major remodeling and stuff like that, they also expand the underground portion of it. Oh, yeah. Yeah.   So I think they're probably doing the same thing now. You know? It's It's it's very possible. Yeah. Yeah. We'll see what not. You know? It's Yep.   More building to be under.  

Yeah.  

[00:11:37] Jamon Fries:

No. I mean, this isn't the first time Trump made changes to the White House either, though. No. The rose garden or the rose patio an hour or whatever it is.   Right. But there there was another big change too. You know, Obama,   he tore out the tennis court to put in his basketball court. Right.   Well, during Trump's first administration, he also put in a new bass a new tennis court. Oh, okay. Okay. He didn't tear out the basketball court. He put in the new tennis court. Yeah. That makes sense. You know? Why not keep both? Yeah. You know? I don't see. Yeah. Exactly. Yeah. Yeah. Why why did why did you have to replace it? Why not just put it the new one somewhere else?  

[00:12:13] Jesse Fries:

Makes sense to me. Makes sense to me. But, yeah, it it's it's a bunch of just,   oh, Trump. Oh, damn you, Trump. You know, the history.   And they and  

[00:12:25] Jamon Fries:

the people saying that it's not his house, it's our house. Uh-huh.   Every   it's tradition   that the White House is the president's house while he's in office. Yeah. He could do whatever he wants or his wife can do whatever they want with it. President has the ability to make any changes to that building that they so desire.  

[00:12:47] Jesse Fries:

And not only that,   but, basically, the White House staff, from what I understand,   they've been begging for a decent ballroom.  

[00:12:56] Jamon Fries:

Oh, yeah. It they   Democrat and Republican alike   have I mean, it have openly said for, like, the last hundred years Yeah. That we need a ballroom or we need we need some kind of a large place where we can hold  

[00:13:11] Jesse Fries:

big huge events. State events. Yeah. Exactly. Yeah. Exactly. So yeah. I   And and just the people that work there. You know, just the day in, day out peep you know, the Yep. The actual house stuff. Yeah. They go, we need it. You know? So it's  

[00:13:25] Jamon Fries:

Yeah. He knows a bummer now. Really wished he had it during his, during that one state event where he had to put tents out in the, like, in the yard. Yep. Yep. Yep.  

[00:13:35] Jesse Fries:

Yeah. Oh, it'll be better. It'll be better. Just just just chill. Just chill. Mhmm. That's a And that's a hell of a lot better than renting a hotel for your state events.   It it really is. It really is.   That is doesn't have the same gravitas. You know? Yeah. Exactly.  

[00:13:51] Jamon Fries:

It's it doesn't seem like a state event when it's held at a hotel somewhere in town. No. It really doesn't.  

[00:13:58] Jesse Fries:

It really doesn't.   Okay. What else we got, Jamin?   Well,  

[00:14:06] Jamon Fries:

a little bit of news came out about,   how Trump is paying the military.  

[00:14:12] Jesse Fries:

Mhmm.  

[00:14:14] Jamon Fries:

There was a private donor that sent a $130,000,000   on, like, Thursday or something like that Right. Right. To help cover, to help make to help,   bring to to help cover the extra expenses for military wages.   Yeah. He's he's he's been getting private private donations from friends and stuff like that to keep the military paid. Or from Saudi Arabia. I don't know. Or yeah. It just could be It just Yeah.   Yep. This one, he said it was a personal friend of his. He's not he didn't   he said, I I would love to say tell you who it is, but,   you know, I I've gotta ask him first. And until he gets permission, I'm not gonna tell him.  



[00:14:57] Jesse Fries:

You know, somebody that just, wants to help out. And some people do just give money to the government. I'm just saying. Oh, yeah. Yeah. So so. Yeah. Yeah. Yep.   It it makes sense. You know? It's   they they need money. And a lot of those, especially like the e ones, e twos, they barely make anything. So Yeah. And they're   especially if they have a family, they're they're living paycheck to paycheck pretty hard. Yep. So it's, Yep. Yeah. No. Makes a lot of sense. Makes a lot of sense. Yeah.   Have anything else along those rays?   Oh, when it comes to Trump, I guess,   well, all those are kinda international,   national.  

Let's see here if we get   Well, I've got,  

[00:15:50] Jamon Fries:

the Department of Energy has confirmed it's canceling over 700,000,000   in manufacturing   grants.  

[00:15:57] Jesse Fries:

Ouch. Okay.  

[00:15:58] Jamon Fries:

I'm not   so sure I like the cuts that they're making.   At least not some of them. Right.   Because, I mean, I they're they're all going for   green energy   of sorts. Okay.   But at the same time,   it's it's the it's it's one of those things where   if we could upgrade the technology   because of these grants, it would be   awesome.  

[00:16:30] Jesse Fries:

Oh, yeah. Yeah.  

[00:16:31] Jamon Fries:

You know, like,   there's   a there was a company that was given money to produce synthetic graphite for lithium ion battery anodes.  

[00:16:43] Jesse Fries:

Mhmm.  

[00:16:44] Jamon Fries:

There was another grant that went to   taking old lithium batteries   and recovering the rare earth metals from them   so that we could produce new ones. Oh, okay.   You know, stuff like that where   it's   yes. It's linked towards   elect electric vehicles and stuff like that. So I understand, you know, broad brush why why they did it. But at the same time,   those are kind of   decent things.  

[00:17:20] Jesse Fries:

Oh, yeah. Yeah.  

[00:17:22] Jamon Fries:

No. Yeah. It's Now now it now as long as it's feasible. You know, if it's if it's like, we don't think we're gonna be able to do this,   but, you know No. Because some of these some of these, it was a great idea that they had. Mhmm. But it's been, like, five years, and they haven't accomplished   anything with it yet. And they've only in fact, only, like, a tenth of the money had even been distributed to them yet.  

[00:17:45] Jesse Fries:

Well, yeah. When it comes to that, it just kinda makes sense. You know, if they're not doing any it it's it's like that bullet train to nowhere,   out Yes. Exactly. Everything like that. If if it's just a Yeah. If it's a waste, they may have won the contract. But if it was waste, yeah. Just get rid of it. That makes sense. Yeah. Like like, there was one like, there was one company that was awarded $31,700,000  

[00:18:06] Jamon Fries:

to build a factory   on the site of an old old   coal plant. Mhmm. It was it was making windows that insulate buildings as well as solid walls, which is a pretty a pretty good concept.   Uh-huh.   But they'd only spent like a million dollars.   And in two and a half years or so, they hadn't even started the process of building the the factory yet.   Well, that So that got canceled.  

[00:18:34] Jesse Fries:

Yeah. That that makes sense. That makes sense.   Let's see here. Oh, court said that Trump can send troops to Portland.   So   Okay.   Yep. Yep.   I figured that would happen. I figured so too because that's just the way it works, you know, especially with the National Guard and everything like that.   The Trump Trump can pretty much do practically anything there. It's not Oh, yeah. Yeah. Absolutely. That's always been the case. The president can just do they he can call up the troops whenever he wants. So yeah. Yeah. The the only thing he can't do  

[00:19:08] Jamon Fries:

is tell them to enforce the law.   Yep. Yep. They they can only be there to protect the federal agents that are enforcing the law. No. Yeah. Completely. Completely. Yeah. But I mean soon. Yeah. Yeah. Absolutely.  

[00:19:21] Jesse Fries:

Yeah. And then also,   Arizona is suing,   the US house.   Yeah. Yeah. Good. Because there's   a lady   Halva or something like Rich Alva. I don't know how to pronounce her name. But, anyways,   she was elected in a special election.   She's a Democrat.   And she won the election, like   like, right after   the house Shutdown?   Right after the shutdown started. Yeah. And Yeah. He and   the speaker of the house, he swore in two Republicans   since then. But they had won beforehand,   and it was all set up previously.   And then this one,   she's just sitting there,   and Arizona is suing the US house because they go, oh, we don't have representation. And he goes, well, it it's technically   there's nothing I could do about it because the house is   adjourned. You know? They they there's,   there's no point. We're just waiting for the senate to figure itself out. And then   once we come back, then, then I'll swear her in. So  

[00:20:31] Jamon Fries:

Yeah.   Of course, some people are saying that the reason he's not swearing or swearing her in is because she's the last vote needed to Yep. Make it to make the house,   like, make a to to so they could pass a bill to or something   do something to make the Epstein files public.  

[00:20:52] Jesse Fries:

Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. And so okay.   Yeah. I I I I seriously doubt that's it because, you know, it's like when the   whoever's in the minority wants the Epstein files to be released. It's kinda funny that way. Yeah. It really is. But but but the people that are empowered don't want   it released, whether it's Democrat or Republican on both sides. It's kinda funny. So yeah.  

[00:21:18] Jamon Fries:

I've got a story here, but I just clicked on the link to try to find   to to remember all the facts about it. Uh-huh.   And   the page has been removed. Which one was it?   It's   it's a bird. It's a plane. It's a chemtrail. My second one under federal government. Got it. Got it. Yeah. So according to that article,   the,   they were they were complaining about how conspiracy   theories have taken root   in Kennedy's HHS.   Okay.   Because he's   sending people out to investigate   all the crap that they're putting in the air for different things, you know, to sequester carbon, to,   blocks the sun, to Right. Right. Right. Yeah. Seed the clouds.  

Because a lot of the shit that they're putting in the air, if it comes down to the ground, it's not good for us or for other things. Yeah. Yeah.   Yeah. It's like when they see when when when they see the clouds, when they seed clouds, they use aluminum and sodium and salt. Right. Right.   And considering that you're seeding clouds that are for   food to grow for food,   said it rains on the farms,   introducing   those small parts small parts,   small groups of sodium,   salt. They're salting the earth at very minuscule amounts, but they are salting the earth. So eventually, it could make it so nothing grows.   And   aluminum is really bad for human consumption.  



[00:22:56] Jesse Fries:

So Yeah. Yeah.  

[00:22:58] Jamon Fries:

So he he's he's just he's deassigned people to look into   the effects and, you know, to see just how   likely it is for those things to get back down into the ground   and cause irreparable harm.   And so they're saying that the conspiracy theory has taken root.  

[00:23:23] Jesse Fries:

Yeah. Yeah. So sorry.   My wife was texting me. She was Oh, okay.   Yeah.   Anyways,   let's see here. Oh, let's see. H one b visas,   the 100,000 for h one b's and everything like that. Yeah. There's been,   they've qualified it a bit. They've, refined it,   to where the 100,000 will only be charged   on   people in another country. So if they're coming over   for that purpose alone,   that then they'll get charged a 100,000.   But   if they were if they're already in The United States legally,   possibly except on tourist visa. I don't know that. Probably not tourist visa. Right. But if they're here legally, then they don't have to pay the 100,000.   Okay. There's also one other caveat is that if somebody if you get a degree from   US college, university,   and you go back,   you don't have to pay the 100,000 to come   back. So I I have no problem with that either. No. I I don't either. I don't either. So Yeah. No.  



[00:24:38] Jamon Fries:

Yeah. I've I've I like the fact I like the thought of  

[00:24:42] Jesse Fries:

people that come over here to learn also benefiting The United States by working here. No. Yeah. Exactly. I I I always thought that was part of the whole point of it. So Yeah. Yeah. Absolutely.   Let's see here.   You got anything else? Or Oh,  

[00:25:01] Jamon Fries:

the only other one I have is,   The   US sanctions on Russian oil companies.  

[00:25:08] Jesse Fries:

Yeah. Yeah. There's that one. That was holding nuclear drills.   Yeah. Yeah. So nuclear drills. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Who cares?   But it it's   I don't know why we're doing sanctions again. I really don't.   I don't know either. It's like and it's these are just additional sanctions on those same companies from what I could tell. Yeah. Yeah.   And that's worked so far. Right? So Oh, absolutely.   Yes.   I I swear sanctions have always worked so wonderful. Right? Right. They they've really put they they've really put Iran in its place. Right? That that's where they work. Yeah. It's really worked against Cuba. You know, we got rid of Yeah. The Castro regime, like, what, forty years ago because it's just sanctions. Right? Yeah. Yeah. Definitely. Yeah.   It's so stupid. I I I It really is. It's like, okay, Trump. You're just trying the same thing.  

Okay. This may prove he is actually insane because he's doing the same thing but expecting different results. You know? Yeah.   I'm just   it just doesn't make sense. We have proof of insanity for Trump. Yeah. Look at   that.   You   you you I don't know. Or at least his cabinet or something. You know, somebody's insane over there. Some somebody in the administration.   Thanks. Yeah. Yeah. It just doesn't make any sense to me. It just makes no sense. Sanctions never work.  

[00:26:33] Jamon Fries:

They really don't. They not not on not not on large issues anyways. You know, sanctions will work on a very small issue where it's like,   I'm out a little bit more because of the sanctions. So we just we'll just, you know, we'll just stop doing that. Uh-huh. But on big major national   international issues, the sanction  

[00:26:53] Jesse Fries:

ain't gonna touch shit. It really won't. It really won't. So yeah. Especially when it's like if if the country believes that that is who they are. You know? It's it's like Iran, you know, basically, we want the Ayatollah out. Yep. And well, that's not gonna   happen. You know? So, you know, it's like, we we we we we want Cuba to become our puppet state again, you know Yeah. And get the the communist out of there. That's what we want, there. Well, that kinda defeats purpose for that government.   Yeah. Russia feels like, we've screwed them over, so why would   they're they're trying to protect their own, so why would they yeah. No. It it's stupid. It's just it just doesn't make any sense. No. It doesn't.  

So.   Let's see. International also,   apparently, Trump,   has been has threatened to cut off aid all support to Israel.   Oh, wow. Yeah. Yeah. Because   the parliament over there   decided   to vote even against Netanyahu. They voted   to   seize the West Bank and kick everybody out.   Oh god.   Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. So they they go, no. That's for Jews. So let's just get rid of the Palestinians.   Because that's what we want. Even more you you know, it's like are you fucking kidding me?   Oh, god. And so, JD Vance went over there and said, this is an insult, plain simple.   Massive insult to everybody involved in trying to get this peace deal,   figured out and everything like that. And so Trump said, you do this, we're cutting everything. Plain and simple. That's it. Done. Makes sense. No. It really does. It really does. There there comes a point in time where you have to just say, you know what?  

You're on your own. We can't we can't do this anymore. Well, it it's also yeah. Exactly. You know, it's also it's, like,   support for defense. Completely understandable. I would do that any day, any   that is fine.   But just for you to expand and kick out, no. I'm not gonna help you with that. I'm not gonna help you be an asshole.   Sorry. That that that's up to you to be an asshole and then you to   get everything that comes to you because of your your being an asshole.   You know? Yeah.   Yeah. Absolutely. It's like if you're asshole and you get punched, well, that's on you, dude. You know, that's not on me. You know? It's Mhmm.  

[00:29:15] Jamon Fries:

You know, I mean,   the  

[00:29:17] Jesse Fries:

the  

[00:29:20] Jamon Fries:

only   the only reason   that   I'm   somewhat   just   minutely   somewhat   okay with them wanting to reclaim at least parts of the West Bank. It it would be reclaimed, just so you know. Well well,   it it depends on how far back in history you go.  

[00:29:48] Jesse Fries:

No. I know. I I'm just saying, like because that's Jerusalem.  

[00:29:51] Jamon Fries:

That's, you know,   that that that's   basically the old center of the of the Jewish religion and   government   all the way back to, like, King David. Yeah.  

[00:30:06] Jesse Fries:

I do that to me. So you gotta go along Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Exactly. So yeah. No. Either way, it's,  

[00:30:13] Jamon Fries:

But I mean, you know, it it's reclaimed for both sides because at one point in time, they both held it. Right. Right.   And which is why I'll say reclaimed for both sides.   But, you know, it it's   as a Christian,   I would like   the I would like that area to be controlled by   well, Christ   nor the nor the,  

[00:30:43] Jesse Fries:

the Muslim. So Right. Right. Right. Yeah. Let let Christians take it over. We'll Let's do a crusade, dude. Let's do a crusade. Hell, yeah. Let's do it. Crusade.   Kick them both out of there. Yeah.  

[00:30:58] Jamon Fries:

Yeah. Because I mean, that more more so than any other religion, that is truly the center and the genesis of the Christian religion. So  

[00:31:08] Jesse Fries:

Well, yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Completely. Completely. Yeah. And   I forgot where I was going with that. Yeah. It doesn't really matter in the grand scheme. No. I got sidetracked.  

[00:31:20] Jamon Fries:

Exactly. Crusades. You know? It it is. Yes. Absolutely.  

[00:31:24] Jesse Fries:

Yeah. Let's see here. And then Trump also put the kibosh   on a global carbon tax scheme that,   the what group was it? It was the International Maritime Organization.   They   they   they said it wasn't a tax or anything like that, but, basically, they wanted Of course.   They wanted   to charge you for using greenhouse   fuel. You know, things that, like, gas and diesel and everything like that that get that allow ships to actually move,   which would just raise the whole price of shipping anything internationally. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. We'd all be screwed. Everybody would be screwed on the planet, you know, and it would just go into   somebody's pocket   because they they say, oh, it'd be for this. But then they really don't   some of these things don't even exist and they just wanna do it, you know. It's like or or, like, give money to these islanders and everything like that that are really affected by,   the ocean. Well, they shouldn't have lived so darn close to the ocean, you know. Yeah.  

And why are billionaires building on the ocean, you know, right on the shore? You know, if it was a problem, they wouldn't be. The the great thing about being a billionaire is even if the ocean comes up, you can still just keep rebuilding closer,  

[00:32:41] Jamon Fries:

you know, somewhere on the shore or somewhere. Well, right. I I I know. But it may be you know, 10 miles in. But   No.   Right Yeah. I I risen at all. No. You know? Yeah. No. It it and it hasn't. And but, I mean, you can   you can look at some things   that are   that are from a long time ago, like,   in Europe. I've   I've heard stories and seen pictures of   old old   cement docks   that are quite a ways inland,   which means that at some point in time, the sea was up to that point. I mean Well, right. Or, like,  

[00:33:23] Jesse Fries:

some areas, like, in Egypt where everything's below water now. You know? Yeah. Yeah. You see it both ways. You know? It just depends on where things were. You know? It's,  

[00:33:33] Jamon Fries:

Yep. And and then also just land sinks sometimes and everything like that. Yeah. Yeah. Well, I mean, you know, as as we go through the cooling and warming stages of the Earth, which are just natural stages   Yep.   We sometimes get into an ice age where the ice   covers up a lot of stuff,   and which means there's no water in the ocean. Yep. Yep. And sometimes   the ice melts, which means there's more water in the ocean.   Yeah. That's the natural progression of a planet.   Imagine that. Imagine that. Yeah. You know, I've always I've always thought that it was kind of odd that they're talking about how horrible global warming is   by looking at the ice at the,   at the glaciers   in Greenland.  



[00:34:22] Jesse Fries:

Mhmm.  

[00:34:23] Jamon Fries:

And yet, as those glaciers are receding,   it's uncovering   old farmland.  

[00:34:29] Jesse Fries:

Yeah. Of course. Of course. It's not It's not a surprise.   I'm sorry. You know, it's,   yeah. You know,   the earth temperature fluctuates. That's all you need to know and be okay with it, you know? Yeah.   Enjoy the warmth we have, you know? So Yes. Absolutely. That's all I say.   Yeah.  

[00:34:51] Jamon Fries:

Oh, let's The great thing the great thing about the human about humans   is we can adapt   and we can move.   If it gets too hot at the Equator where nothing can survive,   then we live closer to the poles.  

[00:35:05] Jesse Fries:

Well well,   there's many things that I don't think it'll ever get that hot. No. It won't. It won't. Yeah. And, you know, just because you're in the equator doesn't mean anything because, you know, like, well, yeah, I know. Nairobi is, like, on the Equator, but it's, like, thousands of feet up. So it's actually Yes. Pretty chilly, you know, a lot of times. You know, seventy, eighty degree Yeah. Year round. It's kinda beautiful. At night, it can get Yeah. Pretty chilly. So Chill I'm sure Chile and Nepal are the same way.   Probably so. Probably so. Yeah. Probably so.  

Well, speaking of, other people,   immigration.   So another truck driver killed people.   Yeah. I heard about that. This one was in California. Accident too from what I heard. Yeah. It was a pile up. Yeah. Apparently, he was coked out on something.   Yeah. Yeah. Just another illegal with a CDL.   Yep. That, should not have had a CDL.   So   and he was, of course, Indian. All these ones seem to be Indian. I don't know why. They do.  

[00:36:05] Jamon Fries:

Well, I mean,   it it's   you look at how they drive there.  

[00:36:12] Jesse Fries:

Well I mean, they come they come here and think think that they can drive the same way. I mean Oh, I could see that. U turns on the interstate? I mean, that's something that would be normal in India. No. And everybody would be on the watch for it. And if somebody died, nobody would care. Yeah. Yeah. Because they want over a billion people.  

[00:36:27] Jamon Fries:

Yeah. So they learned how to drive in India. They come here, get into a semi, and think that they can drive the same way. It's  

[00:36:33] Jesse Fries:

essentially what's going on. No. Yeah. I could see that. I could see that now.   Okay.   You got anything immigration wise?  

[00:36:44] Jamon Fries:

Yes.   So   the California   Democrats   and   the,   the House of Representatives of the of the US, the federal   on the federal side, some Democrats from there,   are creating a tool to track ICE agents now. Lovely. Lovely.  

[00:37:04] Jesse Fries:

Yeah.   Yeah. Because the ones that were on, like, the   Apple Store and Google Store,   they got shut down. So Yeah. Yeah. Amazing how that happened. Yeah. I   yeah. I I I I really don't know what to do with this. You you know, the Democrats keep harping on this when most   everybody wants the   illegals kicked out.   Yeah.   Now they may not like the methods that ICE is using and everything like that.   But most people want them out. Plain and simple. Yeah. You know? So Yeah. Yeah. And it's not gonna be a pretty thing. It will never be a pretty thing. You're disrupting people's lives.   Yep. But they're here illegally.  

That that that's it.  

[00:37:49] Jamon Fries:

In what They're they're here illegally,   but also   they're   artificially   inflate them being here artificially inflates the housing prices. Well, yeah. Of course.   Art artificially   depreciates   the in the wages.  

[00:38:04] Jesse Fries:

Yep. Yep.  

[00:38:06] Jamon Fries:

I mean,   everything would be much better if they weren't here   as they shouldn't be because they're here illegally.  

[00:38:15] Jesse Fries:

Yeah. I agree. I agree.   That's,   yeah.   I think we've probably said that quite a few times as well. Yeah. Probably.  

[00:38:25] Jamon Fries:

Yeah. We we kinda repeat ourselves. But then a lot of things repeat themselves. So yeah. Yeah. Yeah. We all we only repeat it when it's in the news. Yeah. That that is true. That is true. If they stop talking about it, we could stop talking about it. Oh, that's not gonna happen. That's not gonna happen. No. It's not.  

[00:38:43] Jesse Fries:

Let's see here. The other one that we had under immigration, that's about Germany. So we'll Okay. Ditch that into international news.  

[00:38:50] Jamon Fries:

Oh, okay. I should have known that with the source. Yeah. Yeah. Probably so. Probably so.  

[00:38:56] Jesse Fries:

Let's see here.   Well, it looks like there was an attempted,   shooting   supposedly at the the Atlanta Airport.  

[00:39:04] Jamon Fries:

Oh, wow. That sucks.  

[00:39:06] Jesse Fries:

Yeah. Yeah. So they stopped it, though. Well, the family called the cops on the and and said Okay.   And said, oh, well, you, might wanna check this guy out because   yeah. He he said he's gonna go   shoot up the airport or something like that.   So they found him,   in his truck, a parked truck. He he wasn't with the truck from what I can tell. But in his truck, they found a AR fifteen   and twenty seven rounds.   So Yeah. Yeah. See seems kind of a pathetic amount of rounds in my book. I'm just saying. Does. Yeah. You know, if you yes. You you can kill people. Don't get me wrong. You can kill   I don't think you can kill 27 with that many. Seriously. I know, technically, if you, a, have perfect aim, everything like that, you could. But Well, if if you if you have perfect aim and you have time to  

[00:39:57] Jamon Fries:

specifically target each and every single individual Yep. Yep. Yep. And they're standing still, then, yes, you could easily kill 27 people with 27 rounds. Yeah. But   after the first shot, everyone's running.   Yep. Yep. Yep. So the only possible chance of of actually killing 27 people would be multiple people with one bullet.  

[00:40:18] Jesse Fries:

Yep. Yep.   Exactly. I don't know. I haven't heard of any sort of motive,   or anything like that. Just he was just   a guy who Just another crazy guy. Yeah. Just another crazy guy.   So yeah. So at least I was stopped, thankfully. So Yeah. Absolutely.   And it didn't seem to be one of these ones where, the FBI sets them up   and then stops them. This one seemed to be homegrown. So this one was like a real one. Not not not one of those where and it they found out through a FBI informant that somehow gave them the gun and gave them the ammo. Yeah. It's funny how that works sometimes.   It really is.  

Yeah.   Yeah.   Let's see here. And then speaking to say it for forever. Oh, yeah. Yeah.   And then kinda along the same lines,   one of the j sixers,   he's been charged with threatening to kill hook Hooking Jeffries.   Oh. Yeah. He had, like, a bomb or something like that or yeah. It was   just   stupid idiot. Yeah. Yes. You know, it's like You know, if  

[00:41:25] Jamon Fries:

to me, he's stupid for two reasons. Uh-huh. He first of all, he's stupid for   threatening and   even thinking about doing it. Right. Right.   The second reason he's stupid   is Hakeem Jeffries?  

[00:41:39] Jesse Fries:

Well, he's a Democrat. He's in the way. He's He's like the least intelligent  

[00:41:43] Jamon Fries:

Democrat male Democrat that I've ever heard. Yeah. I I don't Go after Schumer. Go after Pelosi. Go after somebody No. Don't go after him. If you're gonna Jay Jay don't go   don't go after What are you doing? But I but I mean but I mean,   Hakeem Jeffries?  

[00:42:00] Jesse Fries:

Well, he's a lead he's a leader. Yeah. He's a leader. Well, I suppose.   Well, he's actually the leader. Pelosi is like nothing anymore. So Yeah. I I know. I know. But I mean, no. I But no. It it's   it's just wrong. You just don't do it. You know? It's like   but then, you know   and some people are gonna, like, go, oh, j six. He's a j six. You see? This is all the j sixes. No. Not all of them are that way.   But, yes, some of them work as well. Some of those yeah. Well, yeah. I mean,  

[00:42:30] Jamon Fries:

it   the stuff that happened in j six happened and Yep. Yep.   A lot of it was because of   the FBI   and Mhmm.   Antifa and stuff like that. But   there were people that were leaning that way on our side as well. So Oh, yeah. You know?   There there's crazies everywhere.  

[00:42:51] Jesse Fries:

There are crazies   everywhere.   Let's see here.   I also have so speaking of crazies,   Candace Owens, she has   seriously gone off the deep end, this girl. She has  

[00:43:06] Jamon Fries:

What'd she do this time? She she she said  

[00:43:10] Jesse Fries:

that   if she would stab, like, Elon Musk and some other people,   there would be no blood because they're just robots.   Like, she really believes this.   Oh, god.   Yeah. She has just What the hell has happened to her? She's she's crazy. I I I think she's pulling a Britney Spears, dude. Like, going   nuts. Yeah. Yeah.  

[00:43:35] Jamon Fries:

Yeah. Because so odd. I mean, because she used to be very  

[00:43:40] Jesse Fries:

intelligent, I thought. Yeah. Yeah. She said,   if she step Elon Musk, Sam Altman, and Peter Thiel,   she doesn't know if they bleed because they're hybrid droids ushering into demonic AI.   Wow.   Yeah.   Damn. Yeah. So  

[00:44:00] Jamon Fries:

Talking about a little crazy.  

[00:44:02] Jesse Fries:

It's it's really sad when people fall apart in public. Like, you could see   just their mental   acuity just just completely   destroy themselves. Yeah. You you know, like, Britney Spears were, Biden or whatever. It's sad to see. You know? It really is. Yeah.   Yeah. It's always sad.   Definitely.   But yeah. So that's that.  

[00:44:26] Jamon Fries:

Yeah. So   also, another crazy person   Uh-huh.   In Los Angeles. Well, first of all, did you hear about the ice shooting in Los Angeles?  

[00:44:39] Jesse Fries:

Not  

[00:44:40] Jamon Fries:

that. Where? So this guy that was a   he made a name on TikTok   by or or one of those social media sites by following Ice around and stuff like that and doxing them and everything else like that. Okay. Well, it turns out he was here illegally as well.   So I just went after him. Uh-huh.   They went to arrest him. And when they did so,   he was in his car and he started   they boxed him in, and he started   ramming   everything with his car trying to to break out. Right. Right. That's all with a dead weapon. Yeah. An ICE agent took a shot at him. Right.   And he hit his elbow,   but the ricochet also hit another   another officer as well. Okay. Hit his hand.  

So there were two people injured in in that shooting.  

[00:45:41] Jesse Fries:

Mhmm.  

[00:45:43] Jamon Fries:

In response,   this LA teacher   went out and he's like,   in the in this part of LA,   they're not the only ones that have guns and all this other crap.  

[00:45:55] Jesse Fries:

Okay.  

[00:45:59] Jamon Fries:

Yeah. So he was basically saying it it's time to do it to have open season on ICE agents.  

[00:46:05] Jesse Fries:

Well, yeah. If we if you want open revolt, go for it. Let's see how that ends. Yeah. Yeah. That will actually   I I think everybody would say, okay. Well, Trump is justified in sending a national guard to actually quell that uprising. Oh, yeah. You know? Just Absolutely.  

[00:46:20] Jamon Fries:

Yeah. I know. Yeah. It's, you you start you start shooting at federal agents,   you're gonna  

[00:46:27] Jesse Fries:

Yeah. Yeah. Bad thing for you. Yep. Yep. Nope. Completely.  

[00:46:31] Jamon Fries:

I mean, yeah. The the thing that I just   absolutely astounded me at this is this guy's a teacher.   He shouldn't be a teacher anymore.  

[00:46:39] Jesse Fries:

There there there there's a   lot of teachers out there,   that are unhinged   and are complete Yeah. Leftist. And, you know,   that's fine, but they should   hide it a little bit better, I would think. You know?  

[00:46:54] Jamon Fries:

Yeah. Yeah.  

[00:46:55] Jesse Fries:

That that's,  

[00:46:57] Jamon Fries:

If if we're gonna entrust you with our with the future of our with our children's future by with their education  

[00:47:03] Jesse Fries:

Right. We need to know that you're at least balanced.   Stable minded. Yes. Completely. You know, just just you you could you could believe anything, but just be of stable mind. You know? That's,   it it makes sense. It would make sense. Yep.   Speaking of ICE and whatnot, so, apparently,   Trump is ending the release of illegals without bond.   So   for a long time, like, under Biden and for many years,   ICE would detain and then they'd be released. Judges would release them,   and then they were told to come back. They were given a date and everything like that. That has been revoked. That is not gonna happen again.   Okay. So, basically, you come here illegally,   you're detained. 100%   detained. That's it. So Makes sense. It really does. It really does.  

And then the only other thing I have for national news is   the fact that Trump may   give himself $230,000,000.   So  

[00:48:05] Jamon Fries:

Well, that he'll then donate, according to what he said.  

[00:48:09] Jesse Fries:

According he said that that there was there was some qualification in that. It was like, maybe. You know, I might do this and that. You know? But,   basically, it it's   he sued the federal government because of all the investigations and the arrests and everything like that of him. Yep. And now it's come out that it was pretty much all the hoax and everything like that. A lot of it was. And so he was suing, but now his attorneys that were suing for him are actually part of the Department of Justice.   Yep.   And even Trump is going, this is weird, people. It's really weird.  

I'm suing myself here. I I I it just seems weird, you know. It's like,   I have to sign off on me getting $230,000,000.   It it just seems awfully weird. You know? So It really does. Yeah.   It is really weird. And   yeah. I   I really don't even know what to think about it. It's too weird for me to the point of   pay off the attorneys and just call it good. Yeah.  

[00:49:13] Jamon Fries:

Well, no. No. No. You can't you can't do that because that would set a precedent. No. I know. I know. I know. It's So what   it's it's a type it's it's a very weird situation that that they find your that they find themselves in because   he was   not in public office when he filed the lawsuit.  

[00:49:31] Jesse Fries:

Right. No. Completely. Yeah.  

[00:49:33] Jamon Fries:

And so   it's it has to still go through the court and everything else like that. It just so happens that in between then, he became the highest power in the off in in public office.   And so I mean but you can't you can't you they have to keep with the lawsuit because   otherwise,   it would be   well, it would become open season for on for politicians   to go after their opponents using the law. Oh, yeah. Yeah.   So they need that precedent to be set that it's not okay to do that stuff.   But then they also,   but then he doesn't really   he doesn't want to accept the money   because   it's coming from the government that he's now running.  



[00:50:29] Jesse Fries:

Yeah. It's really weird. It is really weird. So  

[00:50:32] Jamon Fries:

Oh, wow. That that is a mind twister. Yeah. It really is. It really is.  

[00:50:39] Jesse Fries:

On that note, let's go with international here. It looks like most of it's in Europe that we have. So let's cover Mhmm.   Some non Europe stuff. So, apparently, India has   decided to cut Russian oil purchases   Oh, wow. Okay. To get,   to have tariffs reduced by us. Yep.   So they'd be reduced from, like, 50% down to, like, 15% or 12% or something like that. Okay.   And so there's that deal that Trump made. So Yep. That would hurt Russia,   and be a win for India. So there's that. Yep.   Yep. And then to kinda segue from with Russia there, apparently, there's a news story that Putin was so so, you know, there were supposed to   be some talks in between Putin and Trump in Hungary Yes. In, Budapest.  

Yeah. Well,   so that was called off. And then I found this one article, and the article says that   it was kinda called off because Putin   was warned of a UK assassination   that was gonna be attempted on him   in Budapest.   Oh, wow. Okay.   Yeah. Yeah. And so because of that,   he   decided to call that off, and so it was just called off. Because Trump, he was going, yeah, we'll meet. And then he goes, we're not gonna meet. And it was just this whole nice easy, like,   it it was like it wasn't because of anything or anything, like, from how Trump said.   Or if it was, it was like something that   was   okay to cancel it over. And I think an assassination attempt would be okay to,   cancel something. So  

[00:52:27] Jamon Fries:

Yeah. Yeah. That seems like an acceptable reason to not go there. Yep. Yep. Yep. Yep. So  

[00:52:34] Jesse Fries:

Yeah.   Yeah.   So yeah. Gotta love Europe. Right? You know?   Oh, yeah. The UK and everything like that. So that's kinda messed up if,   that actually was the thing, which wouldn't surprise me. They've been wanting to kill Putin for quite some time. They keep saying he has cancer. He has this. He has that. And, well Yep. He he's still going. So   Yeah.   But then onto just regular other European news. You have anything in Europe there?  

[00:53:03] Jamon Fries:

Yes. So   in Italy   Mhmm.   Maloney,  

[00:53:11] Jesse Fries:

who is The prime minister.  

[00:53:13] Jamon Fries:

The prime minister of Italy Yep.   Warned the EU   that   they really should not   take Russian money that they've frozen   Mhmm.   To give to Ukraine.  

[00:53:31] Jesse Fries:

Yeah. Yeah. It's technically illegal.  

[00:53:33] Jamon Fries:

Yeah.   Mhmm.   There there are   this is yeah. I usually say there's no such thing as international law.   This is the one place. Financial. There are international   financial laws. There are. And this just completely   destroys.   If they do this, it completely destroys the entire   principle   of banking.   Yeah. It really does. International banking. Why would you why would you do international banking   if the governments could just say, well, yeah, we're just gonna take your money. Mhmm.  

[00:54:08] Jesse Fries:

Yeah. No. It it it is completely messed up. It it's Yeah.   Europe but this is how Europe works. This is especially especially   Western Europe.   They love   to shame you, put you into the Yes. Poor house,   everything like that just because you're not doing what they want you to do. They did it to Germany after World War one.   It was only because of The United States, and they had no say over the fact   that World War two, we did not have reparations.   We did not demand any reparations   from anybody.   We said, okay. We will help rebuild you.  

[00:54:45] Jamon Fries:

Yeah.  

[00:54:46] Jesse Fries:

And look at what became of Western Europe and Japan.   Oh, yeah. This whole reparations   crap, all it does is lead to more war. It's all it does.   Yes.   It it's yeah.   And stealing money? Yeah. That's not good. Because   there's money in Russia that Putin can seize and take that are belongs   to Westerners. So, you know, it's like, no. No. I'm   I've never liked this idea. I've never liked this idea. They go, oh, we have a way. No. You don't. You really don't have a way. Way. Well, they they've already they've already done some things. Oh, yeah. Yeah. Is that, you know, like  

[00:55:26] Jamon Fries:

Take the interest. Yeah. They gave one they they take the interest yet, but they also gave loans to Ukraine Yep.   That used the Russian money in banks as their guarantee. So if you if Ukraine doesn't repay the loan   Yeah.   They think that they can just take Russia's money to repay it.  

[00:55:48] Jesse Fries:

Exactly. Which is it's just   it is stupid. I I really don't think   I don't know how they they think this is okay. I really don't. It it makes absolutely no sense. It's just a money grab. These they they can't have a good economy, and so they need to take money from someplace else. You know? It's  

[00:56:06] Jamon Fries:

yeah. Which, like I said, just completely destroys the concept of international banking.  

[00:56:12] Jesse Fries:

It really does. It really does. Can never you can never,  

[00:56:17] Jamon Fries:

in my opinion, this means you can never hold money   in another country's bank.  

[00:56:22] Jesse Fries:

Yeah. It could be taken. Yep. Yeah. Because it's not Putin's money. It's it's his oligarchs and other people's money. And It's and some state money. Yeah. And some state money. But it's also just some of the oligarchs' money. It's not necessarily even Russia's.   Yeah.   So  

[00:56:41] Jamon Fries:

yeah. Which means that if Europe ever decides to break ties with The US,   any Yep. Money that anyone in The US has in in those European banks Mhmm.  

[00:56:51] Jesse Fries:

Is forfeit.   Yeah. Could be. It could be. Yep. Or any investments or anything like that. Yep. Yeah.   Yeah. Yeah. It it it it's not a good system to break. No. Yeah. It's   but, apparently, every they wanna break everything. So, you know, there you go. You know? It's,   let's see here.   Prince Andrew,   from The UK, he keeps,   his lot in life keeps getting worse and worse and worse.   You know, it looks like he's gonna lose his house,   and the parliament is actually probably gonna just remove his   dukedom,   his duchy,   from him,   because   well,   yeah. Because of what he did and everything like that. He is no he he he's not he can't use his titles anymore, but the parliament wants to just remove him from the duchy.  

Yep.   So   did you know that's where the word duke comes from is duchy?   Yeah. Yeah. Yeah.   Yeah. I did know that. Okay. Okay. I did for a long time.  

[00:58:00] Jamon Fries:

Well, I mean, actually, Duchess is a lot more is a lot closer to the act to the original term. So No. Cool. Yeah. Correct. Correct. Yep.  

[00:58:10] Jesse Fries:

Okay. Let's see here.   Anything else?   There's riots in Dublin.  

[00:58:18] Jamon Fries:

Okay.  

[00:58:19] Jesse Fries:

Yeah. So,   once again, these,   illegals or whatnot,   asylum seekers,   one of them from one of these hotels that they put up in, he decided to go out and rape a 10 year old girl.   Yeah. And so there have been riots, like, cons there have been riots, like, left and right,   in Ireland,   and they're not they're not having it. And Oh, yeah.   You you you know, one thing that's been proven throughout, like, the last hundred years or so   is that you really don't mess with the Irish.  

[00:58:53] Jamon Fries:

Yeah. No. You don't. It it not  

[00:58:56] Jesse Fries:

bad things happen when you do that. Like the troubles, you know, and things like that. You know? It's just   yeah. It it's   because they will   you push them too far, and they they've been pushed really far in their life. So they know how to Yeah.  

[00:59:12] Jamon Fries:

They they know how to quickly get into  

[00:59:23] Jesse Fries:

like, they they they one of the police vans they lit on fire, Garda, as they call it,   not police. But, yeah, they torched one of those   and everything like that. So,   yeah, it it's it's getting pretty violent over there. Actual riots going on over the whole thing. So   I'm not sure if they actually arrested the guy.  

[00:59:43] Jamon Fries:

Honestly, if they keep pushing it further and further, I wouldn't be surprised to see a rebirth of the IRA.  

[00:59:51] Jesse Fries:

No. Yeah. Yeah. No. I I I'm with you on that one. I'm with you on that one. It it's gotten to the point now where it wouldn't surprise me anymore. Oh, no. No. They they've done enough crap that it wouldn't surprise me. Yep. But Germany's,   chancellor, he has actually   seen this. You know how I said that they weren't that a lot of these,   center parties and center leftist parties, they were not,   taking in   any considerations   of the right as in, like, immigration and everything like that. And since they're becoming the majority,   that's a very dangerous thing to do.  

Well, the chancellor, Mertz, of Germany, he actually   has decided to   kick out as many immigrants as he can.   Pretty much just kick out all the illegals. That's what he wants to do. He just wants to kick them all out.   Wow.   Yeah. Yeah. And, a lot of his   people are not happy with that.   But I think I can imagine. Yeah.   Yeah. It it's   it makes sense. You know? You can only go so far. You know? It's Yeah. And   people go, well,   they go, this is so horrible that you'd be doing that. And he goes, well, if it's so horrible, go ask your daughters if this is horrible or not because they have to deal with these guys.   Yep.  

Because yeah. They they   they   as a immigrant as a tourist, it's different. But as a immigrant,   you need to accept the culture and to adapt to that culture as best use as best as you can.   Yeah. That is your role. And the next the   first generation that's born in that country   needs to completely   accept that culture.   Yep.   At least   in public. In your own home,   you have your differences like Italian Americans and Greek Americans. They have their own thing inside their home. But outside, we're all Americans.   100% American. You know? So it's   that's the way you do it. You know? You keep some of that, but   you also   fully accept and just   enter into the society as a whole. You don't   hide yourself. You don't do things like that. You know? You don't set up your own enclaves and kick everybody out. And   Yeah.  

You don't break the laws of the land and everything like that. You know? It's mhmm.   At least that's how I feel. So   Yeah.  

[01:02:21] Jamon Fries:

Yeah. I I completely agree. 100%.   Yeah. Mhmm.  

[01:02:27] Jesse Fries:

Let's see. Get something in The UK?  

[01:02:30] Jamon Fries:

Yeah. So   Apple and Google   have been it's been   determined by The UK that they are designated Apple and Google as   strategic   as having strategic   market   status.  

[01:02:45] Jesse Fries:

I would probably agree with that in general.   Just with their stores and everything.  

[01:02:50] Jamon Fries:

The the reason that they're doing that is because that will now allow them to put massive regulations on those.  

[01:02:56] Jesse Fries:

Yeah. And that's what The UK loves to do. So Yep.  

[01:03:00] Jamon Fries:

So, of course, Apple and Google are fighting back a little bit, but,   don't think it's gonna come to anything. I think that, you know, I mean, they they are  

[01:03:09] Jesse Fries:

strategic markets. Yeah. They they Oh, yeah. Strategic markets. Yeah. Yeah. It's like it's like somehow Apple won its case here in The United States on that one.   Mhmm. Google lost it in The United States for some reason. I don't know why Apple won and Google didn't. Apparently, Apple's lawyers are better.   You know? It's the only thing I can think of.   But Apple did lose. They had to make it easier to actually   buy outside of the app.   Yeah.   So so the company doesn't get hit with that 30%   Charge. Yep. From Apple. So   Yeah.  

Okay. Let's see. I have a couple other things here.   So   Germany,   the chancellor once again, he has a grand plan to build Europe's strongest army.   Right?   He's given a lot of money. He's gotten loans, blah blah blah.   Okay. And what he wants to do   is he wants to have   a conscription   lottery.   So, basically   so, you know, like, Vietnam and everything like that.   Yeah.   To where you don't have a choice. You're just part of the lottery, and then you they pick your number and you're conscripted into the army for, I don't know, one, two years, whatever it is. I don't know exactly.   His,   inter party allies,   from different parties are not having it from the left. And I go, no. No. No. It has to be voluntary, a voluntary force. That's what it has to be.  

Yeah.   But I'm not sure. Germans really don't   they   they're still   caught by World War two and everything like that. And Oh, yeah. They're still afraid of themselves.   So   Yep. I'm not sure how well that would go, actually being able to get volunteers into the army. So Yeah.   But to me, it wasn't the army that was the problem. It was the Nazis. It was the SS. Yeah. Yeah. It definitely was the SS. Yeah.   Otherwise, it's just   the army. But, you know, yeah, it's, they still don't like it because of all that. So   Mhmm.   So that probably won't happen.  

And then,   Hungary has been accused of spying on the EU Commission.   So   yeah. Yeah. Yeah. It's Okay. I I I don't know how they could really spy on their own government,   but, apparently, they can. You know? It it it's like if a state would   send people to the federal government   to see what's going on, would that be considered spying?  

[01:06:00] Jamon Fries:

Only if they   went to areas where they weren't legally allowed to be.  

[01:06:05] Jesse Fries:

But it's just checking I see I I don't see how that's fine. You know, it's your own government.   Yeah.   Not not not trying to get secrets and everything like that. You know? Being able to see classified documents. Okay. Whatever. But calling it spy? It kinda shows that   maybe you don't think Hungary is really part of the EU or you don't think nation states are part of the EU. You you know what I mean? It's a weird well, yeah. I mean, the EU is by far above the nation states as far as they're concerned. Yeah. Yeah.   There's a alleged Hungarian spy ring operating out of the country's embassy in Brussels.  

But   I it just doesn't make sense to me. It this is the commission.   This is the Yeah. European Union Commission, and Hungary is part of the European Union.   So   if Hungary   feels like something's going on in their own commission,   that is a problem.  

[01:07:07] Jamon Fries:

Yeah. Yeah. That would be a pretty big problem. Because, otherwise, why would you have to technically spy?  

[01:07:12] Jesse Fries:

Yeah.   You know what I mean?  

[01:07:16] Jamon Fries:

Absolutely. That makes a lot of sense.  

[01:07:19] Jesse Fries:

Yeah. It's a messed up situation.  

[01:07:21] Jamon Fries:

It's a messed up situation.  

[01:07:25] Jesse Fries:

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[01:08:54] Jamon Fries:

Yeah. Yeah. And,   the it's been reported that   from 2020 all their cars from 2026   on for now   are going to have,   Google Gemini powered AI assistance in them. Yeah.  

[01:09:11] Jesse Fries:

Yeah. And they're getting rid of CarPlay.   Yep. So,   yeah, I'm gonna have to get one of those CarPlay displays   because   I am not gonna pay for their navigation. I am not going to pay   for their streaming service. I I I have that all on my phone that I pay something for already.   Why should I pay for extra? I'm sorry. No. Yeah. Yeah. Absolutely.   You know, I'll pay for their Wi Fi on road trips.   Mhmm. You know?   So the kids have, Wi Fi for their devices. Right. Yeah. Makes sense. Beyond that, I I don't need it.   You know? I don't yeah. No. No.   And Google? No. I don't want Google to know anything about me. I hate Google. Oh, hell no.  

So I don't need   a a a a funky   AI system that gets things wrong.  

[01:10:06] Jamon Fries:

Well, the the problem is is that it's gonna be built into every vehicle, which means that even if you don't pay for it, it's still probably listening to you.  

[01:10:16] Jesse Fries:

No. You you could already turn those things off. It might be listening to you, but, I'm not too concerned about that. But you can turn off the data. But, I mean, as as far as, like,  

[01:10:25] Jamon Fries:

if it's yeah. If as long as you can turn off the data stream going to Google, that's the only thing I'm I'm concerned about because Well, you you yeah. You generally can.  

[01:10:35] Jesse Fries:

Okay.   Yeah.   And and they make big big big they they make you pay for it. It's, like, $20 a month. Why would I pay for another Internet line? I'm sorry. Could could you imagine being being a,  

[01:10:48] Jamon Fries:

one of Google's   competitors.   Uh-huh. And you drive a GM vehicle, and suddenly, they find out about all the things you're talking about   doing   while you're in the car. Right. Yeah. Yeah. I I mean, no. It's This this is why I   don't   absolutely   don't like   where everything's going with the AI by Google and stuff like that. You know, I mean,   if it were   something that were   stand alone on your computer and didn't have to access   the Internet and didn't have to rely on somebody's server somewhere else Mhmm.   Then I would have absolutely no problem utilizing AI.   But   the fact that somebody else owns that server means that everything you do with that AI,   that other party knows about it. No. Completely. Completely. No.  



[01:11:43] Jesse Fries:

You know, I I I I don't   like it.   Yeah. I'm gonna have to figure something out because I I'd like CarPlay.   The greatest thing about CarPlay is you get into any car that has CarPlay, and you know where everything is. You know how everything you have your music. You have this. You have your maps. You have you don't have to figure out Google Maps. You don't have to figure out this or that and everything like that. You know? You can use Waze. You can use Apple Maps. You can use Google Maps. You can use anything you want on your phone, but not with this built in system. You're you're you're locked in. And gee, I I've heard GMs.   I I've read everything on it, and I   they they   they actually said   that they're doing a Steve Jobs moment.  

They're they're getting rid of all this extra stuff, and they're just building it for themselves. It's like,  

[01:12:31] Jamon Fries:

no. You're the car company. But but You're nothing else. You're you're the the problem is that they're not building building it by themselves. No. They're not. They're they're buying somebody else's product and putting it into their car. Yep. Yep. That's not building it for yourself. It isn't just Steve's job moment would mean that you develop your own AI to run-in your own cars. That would be doing a Steve's job moment. I'm sure the car is just some sort of Android.  

[01:12:56] Jesse Fries:

Yeah. So yeah. Yeah. No. It's   it's   it's like, okay. You you you built yourself up. Congratulations.   I don't agree with you. I think you're full of shit   and, things like that. Yeah. You know, it's   it's   yeah, no. I I I I I just don't like it. I don't like it at all. I I find it and, seriously, I'll just get one of those they they they sell them on TikTok. You just   CarPlay screens.   Yeah. I'll throw it on front of my screen   and just use that.   That's what I'll do.   Yeah.   Or I'll   Yeah. Yeah. No. Is it   nope. Sorry. Or or or there's those dongles. I'm not sure if it would work with the system, like the new systems, but there's little those little USB dongles that you plug in, and it, you know, takes over your screen on your car.  

[01:13:50] Jamon Fries:

See? I've never actually heard about those. But then again, I've never had a car that had a screen on it. So Well, pretty much every car does now by law. Yes. I know. But I'm still driving a 2,000.  

[01:14:01] Jesse Fries:

Got it. Got it. Got it. Yeah. But they have those things that you could just plug into your USB slot.   Yeah.   Because every car is a USB slot and it will just go. It'll just take. Yeah. It'll just take over the screen.  

[01:14:15] Jamon Fries:

Okay.  

[01:14:16] Jesse Fries:

There you go. Interesting. And it'll do CarPlay. It's like it just or Android Play or whatever, you know, Google Play. Yeah. Yeah. But yeah. So this   I'll I'll figure something out. I'll hack the system. Absolutely. Yes. Yes.   Hack the planet, you know.   There's a reference out of nowhere.  

[01:14:35] Jamon Fries:

Yeah. No kidding.   Well, while it's not important to you anymore   Uh-huh. The dating world has gotten a lot safer.   Has it now?   Supposedly.   Tinder   is now requiring   well,   so with Tinder, they've got   a there's an author a there's an, like,   a authentication   that that they that they're now offering   that you can that'll mark your account as authenticated.  

[01:15:06] Jesse Fries:

Okay.   Where  

[01:15:09] Jamon Fries:

you have to post you have to post a   video   of yourself   moving around and talking and stuff like that   to the app.   Mhmm. The app will then compare your to your video   to the pictures that you posted.   Okay. And if they if there is a close enough resemblance, then it will say that it's that this is an authenticated   real person.  

[01:15:38] Jesse Fries:

Okay. Okay. Interesting. Which means  

[01:15:42] Jamon Fries:

that you'll no longer, as long as you've you've only go with people that have been authenticated Right. You'll no longer meet that person, male or female,   that took their 20 year old photo and posted it of themselves in their fifties.   Yeah.   Yeah. Just dye your hair. You'll look the same. Don't worry. Yeah. Don't worry. Yeah.   So in in that case, the dating world in that situate in those situations, the dating world has gotten a lot safer. Oh, that's good. That's good. Sure. Okay.  

[01:16:16] Jesse Fries:

You you won't be tricked by, the accidental fat slop. Congratulations. Yep. Yep. Yep.  

[01:16:25] Jamon Fries:

It's really to compare to combat against bots and stuff like that. So you guys bots have been taken over Tinder too.  

[01:16:33] Jesse Fries:

Yeah. Well, bots are everywhere. Yep. Yeah. Yep.   Okay. It looks like you got some Amazon news.  

[01:16:40] Jamon Fries:

Yeah. So Amazon is, there's a couple of interesting things going on.   The first one, which is kind of on the lamer side and I think will piss a few peep piss some people off. Mhmm. Amazon   is by buying thousands   of pedal assist cargo vehicles from Rivian,   From well, from a Rivian spin off.  

[01:17:01] Jesse Fries:

Okay. Okay.  

[01:17:03] Jamon Fries:

So these are small enough to fit in the bike lane.  

[01:17:05] Jesse Fries:

Okay.  

[01:17:06] Jamon Fries:

And   you can either pedal them or you cannot pedal them. Right.   And it's got a small cargo container in the back. So, you know, it'll it'll be great for, like, New York City and stuff like that. Oh, yeah. Absolutely. You can easily move through move through traffic with getting through traffic will be a lot easier and stuff like that. But I can imagine it's gonna piss a lot of bicyclists off. Oh, yeah. Yeah. Amazon's coming for your bike lanes, buddy. Yeah. Yeah.  

[01:17:37] Jesse Fries:

Sucks to be you.  

[01:17:38] Jamon Fries:

Absolutely.   On on   another on another realm, Amazon is has unveiled their AI smart glasses for their delivery drivers.  

[01:17:49] Jesse Fries:

Okay.  

[01:17:50] Jamon Fries:

And what what it's gonna do is, you can put corrective lenses in them as well. So, you know, if you wear glasses, you can put corrective lenses in them.   And what it'll do is while you're  

[01:18:03] Jesse Fries:

while you're,  

[01:18:06] Jamon Fries:

while you're in the vehicle Mhmm. While you're driving, it's   blank.   It doesn't show anything. It's you just normal vision seeing out while you're driving. Right. But then as soon as you stop at your destination  

[01:18:19] Jesse Fries:

Uh-huh.  

[01:18:20] Jamon Fries:

It'll pop up and it'll it'll   just instantly have right in your vision   where the   where it is on the truck to get the package that goes there,   and then it'll have, like, navigational   lanes, like, you know, apartment complexes and stuff like that. It'll tell you how to get how to walk through the complex to get to the to where it has to be delivered.  

[01:18:44] Jesse Fries:

That's cool.  

[01:18:45] Jamon Fries:

All sorts of shit like this. I mean, it it  

[01:18:48] Jesse Fries:

it looks pretty it it sounds pretty freaking amazing. Yeah. No. That that that's cool. Useful. You know? So Yeah. Absolutely.   It's like you never know what's actually gonna be useful. And and I think, like, glasses, I think this is where   it'll come in handy. I really do. Yeah. You know? It's like Yeah. I would I would love some, like, AI glasses to where I could, like,   I could go for a walk and watch a TV show while I go for a walk outside. I think that'd be awesome.  

[01:19:15] Jamon Fries:

Yeah. Get get your exercise. You know, at least that way, instead of being on a treadmill Yes. Walking in front of your TV, you're actually out there walking through nature and getting the sun and, you know, getting your vitamin d and all that other stuff. That's what I'm saying. That's what I'm saying. Yeah. I had this idea the other day, and I'm going, you know, I wanna watch TV. It just zone because if you're listening to music, your brain will wander and everything. Oh, yeah. You'll think about real things in your life.  

[01:19:40] Jesse Fries:

I didn't wanna do that. So I I wanted a TV show that where I didn't have to think. I would just be   but, you know, walk around because I don't even pay attention that much to the screen. I'd like the Oh, yeah. Yeah. And everything like that. So yeah. Because I I think it's a good idea personally. Yeah.  

[01:19:57] Jamon Fries:

Sounds like a pretty good idea to me.  

[01:20:00] Jesse Fries:

So there's a company that has decided to outsource   to rural America.   Oh, nice. So, basically, what they're doing is, they're setting up,   centers for tech jobs and everything like that. Okay. And instead of going overseas, they go to rural America where wages are low.  

[01:20:21] Jamon Fries:

Makes sense.  

[01:20:22] Jesse Fries:

They test these people to see if they would have this necessary,   not necessarily The ability to   but the ability. Yeah. Exactly. See if they have the ability to actually   do tech roles, and most of them can.   Yep. And so you get your small little town. You can pay them less than in the big city and everything like that. And so it's a win win, and it helps Americans.   It is like a beautiful thing. It really is. Yeah. So  

[01:20:51] Jamon Fries:

We got it. That that's one thing. You know? Yes. In a major city, you have a lot larger pool that you can draw from. Right. Right.   But the wages are also a lot higher.  

[01:21:03] Jesse Fries:

Oh, yeah. Nope.  

[01:21:04] Jamon Fries:

I mean, you you look at, like, middle of nowhere Texas   Kansas   or Colorado   or any state really   that has a middle of nowhere. Yep. Yep.   And the wages that you that people will are will accept there are gonna be so much lower because the cost of living is so much lower. Yeah. It's like this one lady, she was, promoted to a $17  

[01:21:26] Jesse Fries:

an hour   managing.   Yeah. You   you you can't you can't survive on $17 in a city. $17  

[01:21:35] Jamon Fries:

an hour is a little bit low for entry level in a larger a lot of big cities. Exactly. But if you go into the rural mill of nowhere  

[01:21:44] Jesse Fries:

Yeah. Where everything's cheap   Yep.   It's a beautiful business plan. It's, Oh, it is. It absolutely is. Yeah. And it's a Provolus. To that. Is the name of it. Yeah. Provolus.   So   Yeah. I think it's quite interesting. So Yeah. Definitely.   Oh, let's see here. NBA. Have you heard about this?   Yeah. I did.   Like, gambling   scandal and everything like that? Yeah.   Yeah. That's,   let's see who was it. Let me find the note exactly that I have on it.   Yeah. Portland coach, Chauncey Billups was charged with participating in conspiracy to fix high stakes card games   in Vegas, Miami, Manhattan, and the Hamptons.  

Okay.   And,   they were backed by La Cosa Nostra   crime families.   Oops.   And then Yeah. And then Terry Rosier,   guard for the heat, was accused of a second scheme to concoct fraudulent bets by exploding confidential information   about NBA athletes and teams. Basically, he gave him inside information on LeBron James' injuries and stuff like that.  

[01:22:57] Jamon Fries:

So yeah. I heard that I heard that there was one player   that,   he actually   kind of threw the   Yeah. Yeah. He he didn't throw the game. Right. But what he what he did is he placed bets   on   him underperforming   for the for the for the game or something like that, or he had people place bets for his Yep. For him performing below par on the game. Mhmm. And then before he got above that, he suddenly had an ankle injury.  

[01:23:35] Jesse Fries:

Yeah. Yeah.  

[01:23:37] Jamon Fries:

Complete shadiness. Complete shadiness. See, this is the crap that happens when you legalize  

[01:23:43] Jesse Fries:

sports gambling. No. It really does. It really does.  

[01:23:48] Jamon Fries:

And it it's gonna happen everywhere. Oh, it will. It will. Yep. There there will be referees that that make decisions based on bets that people have placed.   There will be people I mean, in in a situation where one person can throw off the entire game  

[01:24:05] Jesse Fries:

Mhmm.  

[01:24:06] Jamon Fries:

It's just way too easy  

[01:24:08] Jesse Fries:

to get influence on that one person. Oh, completely. Completely. But, yeah, this will be a huge black eye for the NBA.   Yeah.   Yeah. It's not it's not a good thing. It is not a good thing for sports. So or sports betting. Yep. Mhmm.   Let's see here.   Let's get on to studies. Yeah.   And   remember,   not, well, most studies are actually wrong. So   just saying some of them are good, so you may wanna pay attention to them, but a lot of them aren't, so you might not want to.   So read a study and then decide for yourself.  

[01:24:44] Jamon Fries:

Yeah. Yeah.   So,   apparently,   if you   for a long time now, people have doctors have recommended   that   people keep their children away from   potential   allergens.   Uh-huh.   You know, like, the when they're babies. To keep them away from, like, peanuts and stuff like that because the potential for them being allergic   is,   you know, is there.  

[01:25:14] Jesse Fries:

Mhmm.  

[01:25:16] Jamon Fries:

Well, it turns out that they have now found doing studies   that   that's a mistake.   Yeah. Yeah. By introducing   young very young children, infants, to things like peanuts and other allergen and other allergens,   it actually helps them form immunities to those allergens.  

[01:25:40] Jesse Fries:

Yeah. You know. Imagine that. Imagine that. It's like also, you know, it's like when we were growing up, not many kids had allergies. And, you know, we were all outside. You know? We were constantly outside in the allergenetic   forest or whatnot. You know? Yeah. And I think this is why, like, the Amish don't   really get Yeah. Allergies is because or farm kids. A lot of times they don't either because they're outside   with it and their body gets used to it. You know? Oh, yeah. Yeah. But now we're all clustered inside.   Yeah.  

And so, yeah, you get allergies.   Yeah. Makes a lot of sense. Makes a lot of sense.   Yeah. Let's see here. And then, there's some,   s so antidepressants and everything like that. Yeah. They're they're starting to figure out   what, these antidepressants,   the SSRIs   do.   There are real impacts on the brain,   that they're actually fully starting to understand.   They they use neuroimaging.   Yeah. And, apparently,   it it does affect the serotonin levels, which is what it's supposed to do.   Okay. But it can also reduce activity in the amygdala, which is the fear center.   Oh, wow. Yeah. And it can also reduce activity in the hippocampus.  

That's the memory center. Yeah. So yeah. Is that really a good idea? I I   don't know.   I'm thinking maybe not. Yeah. Other research indicates that, taking SSRIs   in the long term can actually change the shape and size of some parts of your brain,   such as the anterior cingulate   cortex or whatever that does. Oh, that drives decision making and attention.   Wow. And also the hippocampus. It can change the size of the hippocampus.   So Yeah.   Anything that really changes size of things of the brain, I think, is kind of a bad thing personally. But Yeah. Yeah. I I think anything that changes any function of the brain is a bad thing. Yeah. Yeah.   The the the report   said that these were good things, but I I I you're changing the brain, dude. I don't think that's a good thing. You know? It's No. It's not.  

Not a good thing. So   yeah. And it really doesn't even help that many people. So, you know, it's   yeah. I don't know. It's like if you have mild, it doesn't do anything apparently. So   Deal? I really don't know. I really don't know. Yeah. But and then shootings at schools kinda went up when SSRIs really started taking off. So, you know, they did.   Not saying it's linked, but there's some correlation.   Just say it. Yeah.   Not saying it's a causation, but there's definitely correlation. Yeah. There is correlation. Just say it. Just saying. Yep. Yep. Okay. What else we got, Jamie? On the technology  

[01:28:41] Jamon Fries:

world Uh-huh.   Saw something pretty cool. So,   you know, the there's   I I didn't know that this was a thing, but there are but there's some people that   have gathered,   they they   they build a dam.   And then when energy is   abundant  

[01:29:07] Jesse Fries:

so A dam where?  

[01:29:09] Jamon Fries:

What's that? A dam where? Okay. Anywhere. Okay. And then where when it where where water is abundant when energy is abundant,   they utilize that energy to pump water into the dam.   Okay.   And then when energy becomes   unabundant,   when there's a break in the system,   they start releasing the water to create energy to back up the system.   Oh. It's kind it's kind of like a big battery of sorts. No. Yeah. Completely. Completely.   Yeah. And but the problem with this is that you have first of all, you have to find somewhere with land that can   hold the water, then you have to   build concrete walls. Every Uh-huh. Every single one of it that they build is   different in many ways. Right. Right.  

So this company, it's a brand new start up,   has decided   that   they'd love they they love the idea of that,   but they wanna do it in a way that is   can be done anywhere. Okay.   That one size fits all situation.   Mhmm. There is one caveat to this is that you do have to be close to the ocean.   Okay.   So what they've done is they've developed a,   a system that floats out in the ocean   when energy is abundant.   I I did not know this, but I guess   when in the ocean,   the   water deeper down has more salt in it, so it's heavier water   Oh, okay. By weight.  

And so what they do is they pump that heavy salt water up to the top of the ocean Uh-huh. Into a into a into a reservoir.  

[01:30:56] Jesse Fries:

Okay.  

[01:30:58] Jamon Fries:

And then when they need energy,   they let it drop back down.   And it turns a turbine and then Yeah. It turns a turbine creating energy, which   helps back up the system.   And this is I mean, it it doesn't it's not like it takes up a huge space or anything like that.   And this is something that people could put   anywhere.  

[01:31:23] Jesse Fries:

Right. Right.  

[01:31:24] Jamon Fries:

And I, you know, I I don't I don't know this because they haven't mentioned it. They didn't mention this or anything like that. But I could see a situation   where   you turn that into a power generating source   by using tidal   or wave energy   to pump the water up. Oh, okay. Okay. I can see that. I can see that. So I mean, it it I could I could see that potential rather than waiting for   for the   for something for power to come from from onshore   Right. To pump the water up if you utilize tidal energy and wave energy. Mhmm. I could see develop   that doing enough energy to be able to run the pumps themselves.  

And then you release it back down. And you could you could do this in a constant stream even almost. Okay. You know, have one pipe going down for dry for putting the water down, one pipe for pulling it up.   And,   but, I mean, if you think about it, if if we went to that point, if we could get it to that point,   how much better would that be for everything than putting windmills out in the ocean?   Wouldn't be as ugly. That's for sure. Well, it wouldn't be as ugly. It probably also wouldn't have as large of an impact on wildlife.   Oh, yeah. Probably. Because the noise that those windmills make is insane.  



[01:32:45] Jesse Fries:

Drives it drives whales crazy. No. Yeah. But it's like, I wonder if, like, the turbines in the water would cause Yeah. Yeah. I I don't know. I mean You know, it's like But, you know, the the  

[01:32:55] Jamon Fries:

I yeah. I I don't know. I don't know how much noise it would create doing that. I don't know any of that stuff, of course. But Yeah. I mean, potentially,   it could be a lot better because, I mean,  

[01:33:07] Jesse Fries:

turbines can can be can be fairly quiet if you do it right. Well, right. No. I understand. I it's just, yeah. Yeah. Interesting. That's cool. That would be definitely something to look into though. No. Yeah. Completely. Completely.  

[01:33:21] Jamon Fries:

But yeah. So I thought that was pretty cool. It is. It is.   And then my last story for the day, also the kind of I think it's our last story. Yeah. It is. It is. Yeah.  

[01:33:32] Jesse Fries:

So  

[01:33:33] Jamon Fries:

I I I was   browsing through x this morning,   ran across something.   Russian MIC came up with a high technological   solution after sent spending billions for researching combating Ukraine drones.  

[01:33:49] Jesse Fries:

Okay.  

[01:33:50] Jamon Fries:

Just kidding.   What they've done apparently according to this post, I haven't found anything to corroborate it. I didn't have time to look for it or anything like that. So this could just be a scam. It could just be, you know, it could just be something that I bought into that wasn't real.   But   supposedly, what they're doing is they have   put sticks on drones   and have duct taped small explosives   to them, and they're jousting   with the   Ukrainian drones. They're flying them in, and they're poking their wings and blowing it up. Okay. So basically, it'll just become a dogfight with drones. Okay. Yes. Sounds good to me. That's a And and the the great the great part about it is is that it doesn't destroy their drone. It's just this it's just a very small explosive at the end of the stick. So you see the explosion, and then the drone flies back to get another one put on. No. It makes sense. It makes sense. It's  

[01:34:51] Jesse Fries:

it's rather funny. But,   you know, I it'll probably get to be just, like, instead of pilots, it'll be just drones up there doing the same things. You know? There'll be the bomber drones.   Yeah. And then those bomber drones, they'll have to have   fighter jets as security.   You know?   Just like it was during World War two. You know? You had the bombers and then you had the fighter jets for security, and then you would set up the fighter jets to attack. And yeah. Yeah. No. It's a Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Just   Yeah. Repeat. Yep. Yep. Just Absolutely.   Just our pilots will be on the ground. So  

[01:35:26] Jamon Fries:

Yep. Some some of the comments on it were pretty cool, though. They one of the comment was one of the comments was, well, you know, it it was referring to the past. It's like, well, you know,   when NASA found out the ballpoint pens don't work up in space Uh-huh.   They spent millions of dollars to design a pen that would work in for in in zero gravity.   Right.   They then later went to Russia and asked them, so how did you solve this problem?   Russia says we use pencils.  

[01:35:59] Jesse Fries:

Exactly.  

[01:36:01] Jamon Fries:

You don't have to spend a lot of money to fix a problem if the if the if there's a much, much cheaper fix like that.  

[01:36:10] Jesse Fries:

Yeah. But we now have pens that can write upside down. See? You know? Yeah. Yeah.   With without NASA, we wouldn't have that. You know? This is true. This is very true. Yes.   And with that, we'd like to thank you for joining us for episode 73 of the mindless meanderings. I'm Jesse Fries. And I'm Jamin Fries. And we will see you all on Monday.