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A roaming conversation between brothers covering the administration, War Texts, 23andMe, Green Peace, Chinese Space Station, and much more.

Hosted by:

- Jesse Fries

- Jamon Fries

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(00:00:20) Introduction

(00:01:13) Discussion on War Tech and Security Clearance

(00:13:39) Social Media and Mental Health Legislation

(00:21:51) Elon Musk and Political Donations

(00:28:19) Supreme Court Decisions and Gun Laws

(00:36:42) International Politics and Elections

(00:50:34) Trump Administration Policies and Media Perception

(01:03:01) Legal Battles and Environmental Issues

(01:17:18) Technology and Aerospace Innovations

(01:29:04) Entertainment and Cultural Commentary

Show Notes:
https://mindlesssea.com/show-notes-keep-the-royals-inbred/

[00:00:21] Jesse Fries:

Good morning, everybody. It is Wednesday,   March 26, and we are live with episode number 30   of the mindless meanderings.   I am Jesse Fries. And if you are listening to this podcast, you are listening to top secret war plans and will be prosecuted.  

[00:00:39] Jamon Fries:

And I'm Jamin Fries. And,   yeah, I know.   I guess I'm gonna be prosecuted.  

[00:00:46] Jesse Fries:

No. You're not listening. You're participating.   So you see? Uh-huh.  

[00:00:50] Jamon Fries:

Uh-huh. But I'm also listening. I mean, I can hear what you're saying. So But you can't hear what you're saying. Have a security clearance. But you can't hear what you're saying. See, that's the thing. This is true. This is true.  

[00:01:02] Jesse Fries:

Actually, it'd be kinda weird if I couldn't. But Yeah. It would be. It's true. True. Maybe maybe we will be prosecuted. What do you know? I I don't know. I don't know.   That that's a crazy thing. The whole war tech thing. It's pure freaking craziness.   Do you have anything on it, or, do you want me to I've found a little bit about it. Yeah. It's it's definitely strange. Yeah. How about you start it off and then, we can go from there?  

[00:01:30] Jamon Fries:

Okay. Well,   what I've found so far is   there's   so there's a lot of question as to how this guy actually got access to the to the group.   Mhmm.   The right now, the they're looking into it, but   the   person that he claims to have sent him the link to the group   says that that he doesn't have that guy's information in his phone anywhere at all. So it would have been almost impossible for him to send that link. So you're to send a link to him. So Waltz? Okay.  

[00:02:08] Jesse Fries:

Yeah.  

[00:02:10] Jamon Fries:

And   so they're they're looking into finding out just how he got access, if it was accidental access, or if he,   found out about it from somebody and then dug into it and found a way in. Right. Right. Because according to what I've heard, it seems like   the   ID that he was in under was not his own ID. It was somebody else's.   Okay.   Okay.   So now I don't know if that's accurate or not. That's just what that's just what Walt's saying right now. So  

[00:02:46] Jesse Fries:

Yeah. He he might be just covering his own ass. I'm just saying. Absolutely. Yes. Yes.   Which I can blame him for, but   right now, it's like I've   there there's they're holding congressional meetings and everything like that. Right? And I have seen them up, and it's   it's covering this crap. So many of these people are calling for   head. And I'm like, oh,   this was a secure   signal   chat,   which I'm sure everybody in the government uses.   And Yes. There and there is the rumor that it was actually developed by the NSA. To say it's a rumor.  

[00:03:22] Jamon Fries:

They they they're they're I mean, signal is completely encrypted. There's nothing Yep. There's nothing   questionable   about it.  

[00:03:30] Jesse Fries:

Well,   whenever there is technology involved, it's always a question. Remember when,   Barack Obama,   when he was the first president to have a crackberry, you know, blackberry?   Yeah. There was, like, this huge thing and everything like that. Remember that?  

[00:03:47] Jamon Fries:

I  

[00:03:48] Jesse Fries:

I remember hearing about it now that you mentioned it. Yes. Yeah. Yeah. So so there was all these worries about security and everything like that. So, you know,   whenever there's new technology   and everything like that, you're gonna get this sort of thing. But   to me to call for Hegset's head on this one is stupid.   And if you're gonna do somebody, it'd be Walt's because Yes. If if he actually actually Walt's Walt's was Walt was supposedly the one that invited him in. Yeah. So why would you go after someone else who had no idea that this guy was there? I think because they all hate Hegseth. It's the only thing that course. That's why. Well, right. Right. But it just doesn't make sense otherwise. Just because he shared   he thought he was on a secure channel. It's, like, secure phone calls and everything like that. So you think you're unsecured so if somebody accidentally gets in there that you have no clue about   Mhmm. Is that your fault? I I I I don't think so personally. Not my not his fault.  



[00:04:48] Jamon Fries:

Yeah. Well, you know, the the other thing that I'm really finding interesting is   the language used in reporting it.  

[00:04:56] Jesse Fries:

Mhmm.  

[00:04:57] Jamon Fries:

They keep saying that he texted that that he texted them.  

[00:05:01] Jesse Fries:

Right.  

[00:05:03] Jamon Fries:

Hegseth texted   this to this reporter.   Yeah. Yeah. But that's not what freaking happened.   It it was He joined a he joined a chat group. Yep. Yep. It's entirely different than than I mean, if if he had gone in and sent a text message to this reporter   Yep. Saying what we what was gonna happen, then absolutely, yes. Throw them throw them to the wolves. I mean, you know, because damn, that would be bad. No. Yeah. Yeah. It it's, it's quite interesting too. And and they  

[00:05:36] Jesse Fries:

they   the reporter,   they released the Atlantic released the complete text   now Okay.   Because   every because the White House and everybody said it wasn't classified. So, well, if it's not classified, it can be released.   Mhmm. So they released it all, and it's been in congress and everything like that. They have all these transcripts and everything like that. And from   everything in there, I'm not I'm not expert on what's classified, what's not, but all it says is basically, like, going, like, okay. So   f 18 is in the air.   It's targeting, like, tango zero or you you you know, all the just all these  

[00:06:17] Jamon Fries:

So so it it it listed the   it listed things that would have been going over the air from the f from the fighter jets and stuff like that? Yes. Yes. Nothing that actually gives, like, specific,  

[00:06:30] Jesse Fries:

like,  

[00:06:31] Jamon Fries:

technicians. Name someone specifically or give   specific location or anything like that then.  

[00:06:37] Jesse Fries:

No. It didn't.   And then it was also the I believe it was the CIA director. I listened to him before Congress.   And he said that,   the reporter said   the the reporter   in his reporting said that,   a CIA   agent was   identified in this text. Right? And they have the CIA is going, yeah. That's my chief of staff. He's not   he's not embedded.  

[00:07:10] Jamon Fries:

He's not someone that's he's not someone whose identity is protected.  

[00:07:15] Jesse Fries:

Yeah. Yeah. He's just chief of staff. He's here at Langley.   And  

[00:07:21] Jamon Fries:

so so he's good. Every everyone knows that with CIA, there are certain people that you want to keep their names hidden, and there are certain people that you want everyone to know who it is. Yeah. Chief of staff do that. Chief of staff. Yeah. Definitely. People need to know who the chief of staff is. So I think. That may be just common knowledge there. Anyways. Yeah. It'd become a knowledge. So I I can look it up on a website.  

[00:07:46] Jesse Fries:

Exactly.   Exactly. So   to to me, the now   maybe something will be figured out to where this is, like, a huge scandal, but everything that it seems like is just yeah. It shouldn't have happened. Plain and simple. We all know it shouldn't have happened.   It was a fuck up.   Yes. But it's   Hegseth   I'm sorry. That guy is just they hate him, and they they're just trying to get rid of him. Oh, yeah. Yeah.   There's so much bad reporting on Hegseth. It's not even funny.   So it's   Well, of course. Yeah. Of course. Of course. But yeah. It it And he you know, if if nothing else, he came from Fox News. I mean, goddamn, he's gotta be back. Right? He's gotta be back. And not only that, he   was not only that, he was enlisted. You you know, we can only trust fucking officers. Right? That that's all we can do. That's right. Yep. Yep. The ones that have gone through the   the academic world.  

Because they all pretty much have to have masters if you get high up, you know, and everything like that. So, you know, you if you haven't gone through that, you're just a grunt, and you you you can't be trusted or anything like that. So it's Well, not only can't you be trusted, but, you know, I've seen some people  

[00:08:56] Jamon Fries:

talking about how uneducated   the the conservatives   are and stuff like that, you know. Yep. Yep. They still if you're wearing a mega hat, people still consider you to be like a a neanderthal   with your knuckles dragging on the ground. No. They do. They really do.  

[00:09:13] Jesse Fries:

And it's it's funny. It's like it seems like all the polls   just show   that even if there is dissent and everything like that against Trump, most of it's just done by college educated women.   You know, everybody else, the majority is for what Trump's doing, which is hilarious. It it it's like, why is it that   just college educate and it's white women, not just women generally. It's very college educated white women   that really are just   anti Trump and everything like that. It makes me really wonder   why. Yeah. I I I I have my theories. I think I'll keep them to myself.   But, yeah, it it's it's kinda crazy. It's kinda crazy how that is. You know? It's, Yeah. It really is.  

But all I know is, like, I have a master's, and this is what I've learned. Nobody is smarter than anybody else.   Yeah. It's just whether or not you're willing to deal with the bullshit.  

[00:10:13] Jamon Fries:

It's whether you're whether or not you're willing to deal with the bullshit   and also   whether or it it's really all about   where your information comes from. That that's the biggest that's the biggest thing that separates the, quote, unquote, intelligent from the from the standard people Woah. Is that their information comes from a more reputable source, generally.  

[00:10:37] Jesse Fries:

Well, possibly. But I also think   if it comes to that side,   it's about what you actually have time to pay attention to. Yes. Yeah.   It's like if you're working stiff, you don't have time for the news. Oh, yeah. Yeah. You you don't have the time that I do. Just   Yeah. Or or that I do. Yeah. Yep. If I were to actually utilize it. Yeah. Yeah. Just to sit there and go through the news. You you you don't have the time to   do that. So a lot of times, it's just the time needed   to do certain things. You know? But it's like what what I was trying to say is that it's like   like a bachelor's. It's hard to get a bachelor's.  

Yeah. Right? It it's one of the hardest degrees to get because there's so much crap that you don't need.  

[00:11:21] Jamon Fries:

Oh, yeah.  

[00:11:23] Jesse Fries:

You you know, you're you're you're going for, physics, and you need to take a history class.   Yep. Why? You you need to have an art class.   Why? You you you know, it's like and it's to say for every major out there, you know. You're you're taking history and all of and you need physics or you need Yeah. In in order in order to get your in order to get your bachelor's degree, you have to take   I'd I'd approximated about half of your classes are not related to your field at all. Half two, three quarters. Yeah. Easy. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. But but then you get to master's. Master's is easy. It it is so easy because all you're doing is   your subject.  

Yes. That is all you're doing. It's like for my history masters.   It was seriously only history classes. That's all it was. Yep. Nothing beyond history. And so it was easy. I loved it.   You know, PhD, it's the same thing. The only hard thing about a PhD is sitting there and writing   your freaking dissertation. That's why so many of them cheat. Just saying.  

[00:12:25] Jamon Fries:

Well, I think that basically all the PhD is is just writing a dissertation. Are there actually any classes and stuff for it? No. There are classes. But it's the it's the same classes generally that  

[00:12:38] Jesse Fries:

a master student is taking. It's just different ones.   So you've taken more of the same of graduate level courses. It it's just all graduate level courses. Getting indoctrinated into it more fully. Yeah. That in other words. Yeah. Yeah. Exactly. Exactly. That's what it is. And then you write your dissertation, and you have a few years to write that even after you're done. Yeah.   And a lot of times,   you will teach   while there. Getting your Okay.   So you'll be   you'll be you'll have classes itself. You'll be teaching, like,   history one zero one and so on and so forth Right. For undergraduates.  



[00:13:13] Jamon Fries:

So Yeah. Well, I mean, it it makes complete sense because part of the   aspect of learning is teaching. If you if you teach it, you you remember it a lot better. You you learn a lot more out of it. Completely.  

[00:13:26] Jesse Fries:

Completely.   Yep. Makes sense. Okay. Okay. We spent so much time on that.   What else do we got going on? Interesting subject. So No. I think so. I think so too. But, I'm sure people are getting bored.  

[00:13:40] Jamon Fries:

Yeah. Yeah. Well,   another thing going on in the government right now is,   there is currently a bill being   sent around. It's passed the senate,   and now it's on its way to the   house, banning   social media for children 13 and under.  

[00:13:59] Jesse Fries:

Hoo, doggy.   That's,   that's different.  

[00:14:06] Jamon Fries:

Okay. Okay. I I   there's been a lot of studies out because,   saying that   due to the access to social media,   there's a lot more depression, there's a lot more,   mental health issues going on with children   Yeah. Which also which which in some way they think links to possibly,   the school shooters as well because a lot of them are very depressed and and   stuff like that. Yeah. But that's bullshit. I am sorry. When when it comes to school shooters that I read the story that I read, I've I've the the one that I've got in the in the notes here, it didn't list that, but I just not too long ago, I read something else saying this could be why. Columbine  

[00:14:52] Jesse Fries:

bitches? Come on. That was well before social media. Maybe Myspace was around. Maybe.   But   yeah. When was that? Was there. No. It wasn't. Was it? Not during Columbine.   No.   Was he  

[00:15:08] Jamon Fries:

That's so long ago. I don't remember what what what all was around at that time.   I see. But, anyways yeah. So the so the government is, is   the so it's already passed the senate with, I think it was unanimous support.   Now it's gone to the house where they're not really sure what's gonna happen with it.  

[00:15:28] Jesse Fries:

Okay.   Yeah. No. Columbine was, '99.   Oh, okay. Facebook wasn't until, like, 02/2006,   '2 thousand '7.  

[00:15:41] Jamon Fries:

Maybe. Yep. I don't I don't remember exactly when Facebook came out.  

[00:15:45] Jesse Fries:

Let's see. And Myspace was launched in 02/2003.   So So, yeah, column Columbine was definitely before social media. Yeah. Before social media, so I call bullshit. Just say it.   Yeah. Everybody likes to blame social media. They they always like to blame something. No matter what Oh, yeah. Yeah.   These parents and adults, they'll blame whatever is the newest thing to blame and   Yep. It's it's stupid. I I just don't under Oh, it really is.   It's like the only thing   one   it's like on no agenda.   They posit that it's because of the SSRIs,   like,   Ritalin and crap like that. Right.  

And that is what is really causing the school shootings   because they're psychoactive drugs.   Yeah. So   that's what that that that's their theory at least, if I'm saying it right. But Right. Right. Yeah. I I think it's about There there's a lot there's lots of theories out there. There's no way to know which ones are actually real and which ones No. It it is. It's almost impossible.  

[00:16:50] Jamon Fries:

But, yeah, you know, especially especially with something like this. Well, I mean, social media may play a small part as well. Well, yeah. Because you hear something or whatnot. That's something Exactly.   Or, you know, if in some cases, another reason why this why this one is is going out there, banning the the younger kids, is because,   you know, there's   kids will say really, really  

[00:17:16] Jesse Fries:

well, anybody else say really, really nasty things Yeah. On social media. Yeah. Don't leave it to kids because we all do it. Yeah.   Well, I don't. But, you know, it's a Right. Yeah.  

[00:17:30] Jamon Fries:

All you have to do all you have to do is play a multiplayer game like World of Warcraft or something like that, and you see so much crap. I mean Oh, yeah. Yeah. It's it's like I'm on a a Mastodon instant,  

[00:17:42] Jesse Fries:

which is a a social media   that is just   you could set up your own server.   Right? And only you can see that stuff if you want and so on and so forth. Yeah. Right? And I'm on this one instance. And yeah. But   but then you can also see what everybody else is doing at the same time in, like, other servers and everything like that. Yeah. There's some nasty shit out there, dude.   It's it's like there's things that the the the end where you're just throwing here,   Jew hate antisemitism,   this, that, like right? It doesn't matter. There is so much hate. But you know something? I love free speech.   So Yeah. If I disagree with it, I go, okay. And then I move on with my life or I block them. Absolutely.  

You know, that that's how I deal with it, you know, but I like Yeah.   If if if somebody gets to a point where you just can't tolerate it anymore, you just block them. Yeah. Yeah. That's all you have for you. You'll never hear what they're saying again. Yeah. But I I like it because it's just a free for all. It's not Yeah. Because because every other social media, like the big ones, you know, like x   or Facebook or anything like that, they're so moderated, and they have algorithms. This one is, there's no algorithm, actually. It's just Oh, wow. Whatever happened. So it's just based off timeline.   Oh, okay. That's all it is. So whoever posted, that's what you see. Then you scroll through the timeline.  



[00:18:59] Jamon Fries:

That's it. That's insane.  

[00:19:00] Jesse Fries:

It's awesome. Have not having an algorithm,   It is Oh, yeah. Beautiful. It really is beautiful.  

[00:19:06] Jamon Fries:

Well, it it's kind of interesting how, you know, I've I've got, like, three different x accounts now.   The reason for it is   is that   in the in one of them   was when we first started the show.   Uh-huh. And so I started   so everything that I looked at was political.  

[00:19:26] Jesse Fries:

Right.  

[00:19:29] Jamon Fries:

Now everything I ever see on that feed is something political, and   that's not entirely what I wanna see. I wanna see everything that I can.  

[00:19:41] Jesse Fries:

Oh, yeah. No. I I I'm right there with you. I I just do it on different media platforms.   Yeah. It's a it's like my Insta   is completely different than my TikTok,   which is completely different than my Facebook.   You   know, it's  

[00:19:56] Jamon Fries:

yeah. You know, the the the funny thing is is you don't even have to leave you don't even have to leave   the the platform because of what the second one, which is one that I had created a long time ago. Uh-huh. And and at that point in time, I was really interested in sports.   Oh. And so   that feed is, like, 90%   sports.   Nice. Nice. And then I've got another feed that I that I've,   I've been intentionally   clicking on, like, social interest stuff. Okay. So so I've got so my three different feeds are in just   all over the place, but I Well, that makes a lot sense. You never you almost never see the same thing  

[00:20:37] Jesse Fries:

on those three. That's perfect. Yeah. Then I might have to get a new x one too because right now,   the one I have is just, like, Elon Musk and Yes. Yes.   The the queen of Europe,   whatever, van der Lijen.   She's not a queen, but, you know, it's a Right. Yeah.   And   so and so forth. It's all political.   So it's, like, both left and right. It's just all political, which kinda gets annoying, so I don't look at x that much. But Right. Yep. Yeah. If you just start up a new account there and  

[00:21:11] Jamon Fries:

just start clicking it when when you when you start it fresh,   it's not going to you the algorithm is gonna basically be nothing. It'll just bring up what's what's the most latest. Uh-huh. And so just, yeah, just start clicking on anything other than political, and you won't see much political on on that feed.  

[00:21:30] Jesse Fries:

Okay. Okay.  

[00:21:32] Jamon Fries:

Kinda makes sense. Kinda. So you can play with the algorithm a little bit, but it's very annoying.   Yeah. Yeah. I really don't wanna do that. Yeah. Yeah. So Having multiple accounts is very is very annoying, but, you know, it it with what I do to see what I wanna see. So Makes sense to me. Makes sense to me.   Speaking of Elon Musk   Uh-huh.   There's a lot of complaints about him now getting involved in the,   Wisconsin Supreme Court   elections.   Why?   Who cares? Because he donated money.   He took his Congratulations.   Two PACs that he's with donated 17,000,000.  



[00:22:13] Jesse Fries:

And how much has the Soros Foundation  

[00:22:16] Jamon Fries:

given? I it it they didn't say where is it where is the,   where is the liberal judge's   money came from, but,   there there's about $80,000,000   have been spent on the on the campaign   Yeah. With with without with with Musk's money,   the conservative judge has now spent, like, 42,000,000,   and the   conser and the the liberal judge has spent, like, 35,000,000   or something like that. Okay. So it's pretty much on the market. There's not much of a difference there. Yeah. Yeah. So And yet this article is going on and on about how horrible Musk is and how it's Trump trying to make it so that the so that the Wisconsin Supreme Court, you know, is is because right now, it's three and three. So if the conservative gets in, it's more conservative leaning.   But, I mean, yeah, trust they they think it it's the Wisconsin Supreme Court trying to make it so that it can impact   the   judicial   stuff going on right now with his,   with his executive orders.  

But the thing is is that a state Supreme Court has absolutely nothing to do with federal. Yeah. So it don't that just don't fly. It don't make sense. It doesn't make sense at all. Not at all.  

[00:23:36] Jesse Fries:

Yeah. It's I don't know. But Wisconsin, though, especially with the supreme court, Wisconsin is it's   it goes back and forth between Republican and Democrat so much. Yeah. But,   yeah, who cares? This is it's it's like Yes. Yeah. It   now don't get me wrong. I think I've said this before on the show where I believe if it's if   you're not personally   in have a stake in it, like like the governor of Texas or whatever race, only the people in that state or whatnot should be able to give money or whatnot to it. I I think I've said this before.   I think that's the case it should be, but it's not. I agree completely. Yeah. The law in The United States is if you're in The United States, you can give as much to anything that you want. Plain and simple. This is the law. I don't I don't agree with any state  

[00:24:25] Jamon Fries:

any   state official  

[00:24:28] Jesse Fries:

receiving money from outside of the state. No. I I I really don't think so. I I think it warps,  

[00:24:34] Jamon Fries:

what should be yeah. So Well, I mean, it it it brings the state politics into the national level. Yep. Yep.   Which is not what it's supposed to be.  

[00:24:44] Jesse Fries:

No. It is a state politics. Are supposed to be for the state itself. No. That's what I'm thinking. But, you know, we we we yeah. We we we had this discussion, I think, back during the election.   You know? Yeah. It's   yeah. So with that, I I I believe that but then it's like,   I believe that nobody should be involved. So Trump can't Right. Musk getting involved. I I I think it's shady, but   everybody else is getting involved on the other side too. So it only makes sense that   Yeah. Just now that   the right has   an option   for Yes.  

Big money coming in from a Yeah. A billionaire.   Yeah. Now the Democrats are pissed off, but they're they weren't pissed off about Soros spending all that money to change out everything on the left,   on the prosecutor   Absolutely. And everything like that. I I'm sorry. No.   If it's good for the goose, it's good for the gander.  

[00:25:40] Jamon Fries:

Yeah. With with Soros' money buys state prosecutors   Mhmm. Even, you know, the   I mean,  

[00:25:49] Jesse Fries:

that's a pretty big deal. No. Yeah. Exactly. So, you know, it's just yeah.  

[00:25:55] Jamon Fries:

It's just I think that's that's what that's what I found most interesting about this article though is that it specifically names Elon Musk, but then it doesn't say anywhere else that any of the money came from.   Yeah. So it's like holding Musk to a different level   Of course. Than everyone else. Yeah.   Yeah. Now now   part of the reason that some people say he put so much money into it is because he actually does have a stake in it with with Supreme Court right now.   Because,   Wisconsin has a law saying that   a auto manufacturer   cannot own a dealership.  

Oh, yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. So so same And he's he's fight he's fighting that in Wisconsin right now, and they they figure that's gonna get up to the Supreme Court. So, you know, if if he's got so he he's really put so they they think that he's putting money into the Supreme Court race because   of the the potential of that reaching the supreme court. So  

[00:26:54] Jesse Fries:

Right. Right. To to me, it's it's not it's the   if you live there, that sort of thing. Not Oh, yeah. Yeah. No. Absolutely. I I agree completely. Yes.   Yeah. Yeah. So it's like or your business is based there. You know? If it's just like, whatever.   I can understand fighting it and everything like that in law, but  

[00:27:13] Jamon Fries:

Yeah. You shouldn't be able to donate to the elections. Yeah.  

[00:27:17] Jesse Fries:

But that  

[00:27:18] Jamon Fries:

that's the law of USAID government. Ways the law is. Yeah. So That's how everybody works. So nothing you can do about. Act of congress passing a new law to to get rid of that.  

[00:27:28] Jesse Fries:

It it might actually take a Supreme Court or actually a constitutional amendment,   in all honesty.   Possibly.   Because free speech,   you know, money has been considered free speech. So  

[00:27:43] Jamon Fries:

That is true. Yeah.  

[00:27:45] Jesse Fries:

Yeah. Yeah. Which is why we got the super packs now and everything like that. So it would actually probably have to take a  

[00:27:52] Jamon Fries:

a hard, firm, constitutional measures.   Yep. And we all know the likelihood of that happening.  

[00:27:59] Jesse Fries:

Not at all. Yeah. Yeah.  

[00:28:02] Jamon Fries:

Yeah. It's like zero.  

[00:28:05] Jesse Fries:

It is absolutely zero. Yep. Yeah.   Well, maybe point zero zero one, you know. So but that's about it. Yeah. It's   let's see here. What else do we got?   Oh, Supreme Court decision. I just got one. It was a brand new one. It just came out. It was, where did that go?   The Supreme Court. So so ghost guns. So the the there was a case before the Supreme Court where it's about ghost guns. Right.   And the whole thing was that ghost guns don't have a serial number. Yes. And so they can't be tracked.   Right. And so there was this fight on whether or not   they needed a serial number or anything like that.  

And the court decided that they do. They   seven to two. It was a seven to two decision, including Gorsuch and whatnot,   that said they need a serial number. Plain and simple. The law says serial number. So that's it.   That's fair. Yeah. Because there's a law from, like, the sixties or something like that that says that every gun needs to have a serial number.   And it's been it's been upheld   fine because it's not actually restricting.  

[00:29:19] Jamon Fries:

Right. It's not restricting right. It's not restricting anything with your right to bear arms. It's purely just we need to have a we need to have a serial number on every weapon. Yeah. So they could be tracked or whatnot if Yeah. Just in case. Yeah. So Yep.  

[00:29:33] Jesse Fries:

It kinda makes sense to me. It's not but, yeah, that that was a huge Supreme Court decision that just came down today.  

[00:29:39] Jamon Fries:

So Now there are some some weapons that I would say that having a serial number on them would not   be useful in any way, but you could still put one on like a shotgun.   You know, the reason the reason you want a serial number attached to a gun is because all of the rifling is different. Right. Every single gun and so   you can you can attach a rifling to a serial number. That way, you can verify that this gun is is was the one that was used.   Whereas with the shotgun, they're they're yeah. No. There's nothing.   Yay. There's no rifling. No no rifling or anything like that. It's just pushed out the fucking barrel. That's all it is. Yep. Yeah.  

In fact, a lot of the babies don't even touch the barrel because the the wad holds them until it gets Yep. Left behind.  

[00:30:26] Jesse Fries:

Yeah. So there there's no way of tracking that. Yeah. And it's a smooth barrel. There's there's nothing there. So   it's  

[00:30:33] Jamon Fries:

a Yeah. So putting putting a serial number on a shotgun would be kinda useless,  

[00:30:38] Jesse Fries:

but, you know, it's the law, so I don't mind it either. But yeah. But, also, it can help you in the case your gun is stolen. It can be found.   Absolutely. Yeah. So so it's like a VIN on a car. You know? It just kinda makes sense. You know? It's,   I understand the   Uber   people don't want that sort of thing because they they don't think you should be tracked and everything like that. But, you know,   I'm I'm not that sort of   way. But, anyway, that that kinda reminds me. I saw this video. It was, Idris Elba. You know him. Right?   Actor.  

British actor. He was Luther.   He did the show Luther.   He was   in Thor. He was the guy that opened the gate, you know, whatever   the the portal   in Okay. Thor movies. Yeah. The black guy. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Is that guy I I saw this video where he was going on and on about how horrible knives are because, you know, the Brits,   they don't like knives.   Well, yeah. I mean, you know, guns are outlawed there, so everybody commits crimes with knives. So, you know Yeah. Yeah. You can't even buy a kitchen knife over there. Did you know that? Without showing your ID. You cannot. It's like   it's like, dude, it's a kitchen knife.  



[00:31:52] Jamon Fries:

I I need to cook.  

[00:31:54] Jesse Fries:

I I think you talked about that a couple episodes ago. Yeah. Yeah. It's just all stupid. It just brought that up, though. It's like Yep.   Insanity  

[00:32:02] Jamon Fries:

of some of those. Yeah.  

[00:32:07] Jesse Fries:

Let's see here. The,  

[00:32:09] Jamon Fries:

FDA chief has been, doctor Marty McCary has been confirmed   for f as the head of the FDA. Doctor Harry Mcnutty?  

[00:32:18] Jesse Fries:

What?  

[00:32:22] Jamon Fries:

What was his name?   Marty McCarrie.  

[00:32:25] Jesse Fries:

Marty   Marty McCarrie?  

[00:32:28] Jamon Fries:

Yeah.  

[00:32:29] Jesse Fries:

Carrie or Harry?  

[00:32:31] Jamon Fries:

M a k r   m a k a r y.   Okay. Sound like McCarry.   Yeah. I'm sorry. It did sound like McCarrie, didn't it? It did. It did. It did.   Okay. But the the the thing that I found interesting was   the, the reason that I brought that up is during during his, the   last thing where they were asking him questions,   one senator was kept asking him, will you know, the there's I guess, the FDA   has always   almost always   had a big meeting   to confirm   what   strains of the flu virus they're gonna put into the flu shots. Uh-huh.   But this year,   before Trump came in, they canceled   they canceled that meeting. They decided not to hold the meeting.  



[00:33:29] Jesse Fries:

What why now?  

[00:33:32] Jamon Fries:

Because, well, for the last seven years, they go with the international   consensus as to what to put into it. Oh, okay. Okay.   So   there really wasn't much need for it if they're just gonna adopt an international consensus.  

[00:33:47] Jesse Fries:

Well, that could make sense.  

[00:33:49] Jamon Fries:

And so the so this guy's response to everything was, well, we'll look into seeing if we even need to hold these meetings anymore.   And she kept she kept going, but the FDA is is like   the   the the,   the whole safeguard or whatnot. Yeah. The safeguard and everything else like that. And he's like, yeah. But if they don't even   look if if they don't even look at anything and just agree with the international,   why bother even having the meeting?  

[00:34:19] Jesse Fries:

No. It makes sense to me. If it's just a pass through, it it it's pointless. You you're just wasting money. It's Yeah. And that's how it's been for the last seven years.  

[00:34:28] Jamon Fries:

And, you know, and and so and but to get her to be quiet, he said,   well, you know,   if you if you're looking at those meetings and how important it is for us to determine what's in what goes into a vaccine   or into a into a shot,   why didn't the why didn't the Biden administration   hold this meeting with the with the COVID vaccine?   Uh-huh.   And she just completely shut up. She had she she kept going on about about the flu. This isn't about COVID. This is about the flu shot. Oh, yeah. Yeah. But if it wasn't important to you that they did it for the COVID vaccines, why is it so important for the flu shot when for the last seven years, we've just adopted what the international   says?  



[00:35:18] Jesse Fries:

Yeah. Yeah.   The COVID shot, that that they'll take me down the whole route if if they Oh, yeah. Yeah. Start that with.   That's it.   That that's a   yeah. That that was a Trump shot too. Trump actually got that one. So, you know, it's,   they just didn't want him to take credit for him, so they didn't release it until Biden came. Trump Trump was the one that started the fast tracking of it. Yep. Yep. Yep.   Let's see what else we got. Oh, New York City,   they had passed a law saying that noncitizens could vote. So, basically, if you're a green card holder, you could vote.   Right. Well, the their supreme court or it's actually called, like, the New York,   Court of Appeals. I don't think they actually have a supreme court.  

But the New York,   Court of Appeals, they said, nope. Nope. That that you need you need to be a citizen. I I I'm sorry. Our constitution says you need to be a citizen. So   Yeah.   So, yeah, so green card hold nobody   that law never went into action   Okay. In New York City. It was just, because once it was passed, it was automatically,   like,   sued. You know, I was like, nope. No. No. No. No. No. We can't have that. Because that'd be 800,000   more votes.  

[00:36:35] Jamon Fries:

Yes. It would be. Yeah. The the first time I heard that, I'm like, okay. So what were the election results really then?   Yep. But since it never went into a since it never never actually took effect,   so that we can somewhat trust the, results.  

[00:36:52] Jesse Fries:

As much as we can ever trust the results. Yeah. You know, I I I'm sorry. Just all elections are all a bit scandalous. It just who just all depends on who can cheat better. That's all it is. Oh, yeah. Yeah. Absolutely.   Uh-huh.   Well, you know, and  

[00:37:05] Jamon Fries:

and speaking of of that, you know, I I   so many things are coming up now still about how   about, like, the the Supreme Court judge   in Wisconsin even, they talked about it. He was he was in support of Trump's contention   about the '20   about the,   the February.   Uh-huh.   And so, you know, this was one of the big things that they're like, well, because he was like that Trump is doing this since, you know Right. Right. Right. This just proves that it's bad. But the thing that I don't understand is everybody in the media, everyone everywhere   keeps talking about how   the   the alleged   fraud,   how there's never been any proof for the fraud, how, you know, there's never been any proof of any fraud in any election anyway. No. No. No. No. No. No. They they coach it. They coach it. They say  

[00:37:59] Jesse Fries:

large scale.   They they they they they had to change it because there is   Oh, yeah. Yeah. There's proof of fraud on both sides. You you know, both sides, there's some sort of fraud going on no matter what. But, yeah, it's  

[00:38:14] Jamon Fries:

And one thing that Trump is currently   doing with his with executive orders with,   making it he he signed an executive order saying that,   that you had to show   ID to vote.  

[00:38:28] Jesse Fries:

Well, proof of citizenship, wasn't it? Yeah. Proof of citizenship. Yep.  

[00:38:33] Jamon Fries:

And so but up until now,   without having to show any ID or anything like that,   without having to show proof of citizenship,   who knows how much fraud has actually been going on?   Well, right. You know, there there's the the it's impossible   to track it. Therefore, they can say that there's none   Yep. Because   there's there's no one looking to see   if they actually you know, even, you know, out in California,   they went so far as making it illegal to ask for ID.   You know?  

[00:39:06] Jesse Fries:

Plus, it's basically everything is mail and bad ballot. Yeah.   And even before that, mail in ballots are known to be prone  

[00:39:15] Jamon Fries:

Oh, extremely safe.  

[00:39:16] Jesse Fries:

Yeah. Yeah. It's always been known,   anybody because   anybody can vote. You know?   You get the ballot and you just go, okay. Yeah. And then you do whatever you want. Your your kid could pick up the vote the ballot and vote for you. I mean,  

[00:39:32] Jamon Fries:

your your  

[00:39:34] Jesse Fries:

the nanny that you hired could do all the could fill in all the forms. And and do you think you can and do you think you can catch all the different signatures? I'm sorry. That's just   you know, it's impossible because they say, oh, we match against signature.  

[00:39:48] Jamon Fries:

That's millions of signatures. You can't tell you can match that. Wasn't it wasn't in   Pennsylvania where   they when they were matching signatures, they found   a large number of ballots that all had the same signature?  

[00:40:03] Jesse Fries:

Yeah. You know? I mean,  

[00:40:05] Jamon Fries:

it's,   it just kinda screams, we know there's fraud. No. There there's a reason why, like,  

[00:40:12] Jesse Fries:

in Kenya elections,   you go to the ballot box   and then   You dip your finger in ink. You dip your finger in ink, and you cannot vote again. Yep. There's a reason for this. They don't trust the system. You know? Yeah. I to to me,   to side on   the side of not trusting the system is the best way to go.   Oh, absolutely.  

[00:40:35] Jamon Fries:

She'll never trust the system.  

[00:40:37] Jesse Fries:

No. You really shouldn't. You really shouldn't.   Let's see here. Speaking of elections,   Canada is calling for   new elections. Probably will happen in April   Yeah.   For a new prime minister and everything like that.   Everybody thought they were gonna be it was gonna be called   because they have a new prime minister now.   Okay. Who was never elected for anything, by the way. Just just saying.  

[00:41:05] Jamon Fries:

He's never held an elected position in his life? No. No. Wow. Yeah. Never.  

[00:41:11] Jesse Fries:

He was just it it's just the way parliamentary systems work, it it's weird. It's the head of the party   that   is the prime minister.   Right. Technically, they don't have to have a vote.   So that that's what   that that that's how it is.   But, anyways, so   the whole idea was when Trudeau stepped down, it was before   the tariff trade war, whatnot.   Right. And and so   since then,   the Liberals have been in ascending because they were, like, shit out of luck,   during the whole process because Yeah. Yeah. The the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the Liberals has really helped the Liberals. Oh, it really has. It really has. And I think   it's on purpose.  

Yeah. If you really look at it if you really look at it,   it's   on purpose because everybody   every other country in the world   is not going their route.   Yeah. Every single last one of them. Mexico isn't.   Yep. Mexico is just good. Okay. Well,   we'll give you what you want, and then we'll see what we can negotiate and everything like that. Europe Yeah. Same thing. They they were all and everything like that for a bit. And then they When when when the when it came down to it, they just kind of capitulated and said, alright. When   which hit the fan. They go Yeah. Okay.  

Which is when   when Trump said, okay. So you're gonna raise tariff on us to the EU? Okay. I'm gonna do a 200%   on all your liquor and everything like that. Yeah. That shut up Europe so bloody quick. It wasn't even funny. It was just like   done. They were like, go well, we'll negotiate.  

[00:42:54] Jamon Fries:

Yeah. Yeah. And he has has stood has stood that hard line the whole time. They are not bending at all. They aren't, and I think it's their propaganda,  

[00:43:02] Jesse Fries:

and it I think it's the media and everything like that. They were booing our national anthem, yada yada.   Don't get me wrong. National pride is great. I have no problem with it, but I think it is a political ploy of the liberals   Yeah. Be because the vote was they were thinking that the vote was actually gonna happen, like, September.  

[00:43:23] Jamon Fries:

Okay.  

[00:43:24] Jesse Fries:

But I think that's too long from now   Oh, yeah. Yeah.   For the Liberals to actually be in a place of power.   So so I think that's why they're calling it now because the Liberals think now is their most politically   expedient time for an election. So Yep.  

[00:43:41] Jamon Fries:

That's how I view it, at least. So Yeah. I I saw a interesting little video with Mike Myers   Uh-huh. And the prime minister of Canada.   But they were,   went to a hockey rink, and we're standing by the boards, and we're watching the hockey players play and stuff like that.   And they   the prime minister was like,   aren't you from The US?   He's like, I'm Canadian, though. And so he started asking a whole bunch of questions that, well,   a lot of people would know. I mean, there there were some comments on it that from Minnesota that were like, yeah. We can answer all those questions too. It's the same here.   But,   at the end, the at the end, you know, they they started talking about the tariff war and stuff like that. And Mhmm. Mostly about,   Canada becoming the fifty first state. Right. Right. Right. You know, the the,   I I guess, I've never heard of this, but there's a saying elbows up.  

Yeah. Apparently. Yeah. Yeah. I just saw that. It's a it's a hockey term for saying, you know, we're gonna fight this shit. Oh, okay. It's time to fight.   And so they did they both did the elbows up thing, and   they turned around, and Myers had a shirt on that said never 51.  

[00:45:00] Jesse Fries:

Yeah. I I I don't care. Looks like Alberta might actually wanna become the fifty first state. They're gaining Oh, okay. Apparently, they're premier or something like that. They're they're getting sick of, being ruled by Quebec.   Oh, yeah.   Quebec and,   Ontario.   Yep. Those are the left leaning,   territories out there. And they're they're they're kinda tired of it.   So  

[00:45:25] Jamon Fries:

and a lot of their They're they're those are by far the most, populous areas in Canada.  

[00:45:31] Jesse Fries:

Yeah. It is. And the most liberal.   Yeah. Alberta is Alberta is kinda like Texas   in how conservative it is.   So yeah. It's   Yep.   Yeah.   Let's see. Also,   I think that's it for Canada that I have. Do you have anything on Canada?  

[00:45:48] Jamon Fries:

No. No. That was it. Okay.  

[00:45:51] Jesse Fries:

So you know how Trump did the executive orders, like, suspending security clearances on law firms and everything like that?   So   one,   law firm, it was Paul Weiss,   Rifkin,   Wartman, and Garrison. It's a long name. You know how these things go.   Anyways, they decided to instead   of sue   because   another one sued Trump and everything like that   to try to get their security clearance back. These guys just decided to negotiate   with Trump.   And and so sense. Yeah. Yeah. So and they got what they wanted.   Trump got what he wanted.   There was a truth social post,   and these were some of the things that were covered and said, Paul Weiss firms its unwavering commitment   to these core ideals and principles and will not deny representation to clients, including in pro bono matters and in support of nonprofits   because of the personal political views of individual   lawyers.  

The third point was, they will take a wide range of pro bono matters that represent a full spectrum of political viewpoints of our society, whether conservative or liberal.   This is what   the media always seems to ignore is that Trump, in all of his orders, he says it has to be fair across the board.   Yeah. Liberal, conservative. He he that that that's what every order yeah. They always say, oh, he's attacking everything like that. But Trump always says it it has to be neutral.   Yes. That I've never seen anything in his orders that say it can't it isn't neutral. Should be anything but. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah.   And then he also got them to,   dedicate,   $40,000,000   of pro bono legal services,   during Trump's term,   in support of the administration's   initiatives. So, basically, they have to give $40,000,000   worth of services   to Trump's,   initiatives. But   this is what that's   all the media says. Right? So it's Right. To Trump. Plain and simple. But   it says at the very end of that segment, it says, and other mutually agreed projects. So it has to be   mutually agreed projects.  

It's not just whatever Trump wants to do. They have to have that with Trump. It's  

[00:48:13] Jamon Fries:

something it has to be something that the law firm is willing to take up and that Trump wants to take up as well. Yeah. No. It's like some of them were, like, defined, like assisting our nation's veterans. Okay. That seems like a good one. Yeah.  

[00:48:25] Jesse Fries:

Fairness in the justice system   seems fine to me.   And the task force to combat,   antisemitism.   Okay. Yeah. Yeah. Unless if you hate Jews, that's not a bad one. So, you know, it's Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. So it's a  

[00:48:41] Jamon Fries:

it it kinda sounds to me   like   he's trying to make the justice system blind again.  

[00:48:50] Jesse Fries:

The the that's that's how   everybody but liberals will think about it. Yeah. Yeah. Liberals   do not see that. They only see they generally see the negative of what Trump is doing. They don't see Right. The neutrality of what Trump is doing. Yeah.   To me, Trump feels attacked, and he's just trying to level the playing field,   because the justice system in his point of view,   which I agree with, was used against him. You you know, like the New York case and everything like that, taking misdemeanors, throwing them up to felonies.  

[00:49:24] Jamon Fries:

Yeah.  

[00:49:25] Jesse Fries:

Jack Smith and everything like that. Extend extending  

[00:49:28] Jamon Fries:

the statute of limitations that you can bring a case. I mean, that that's all that's all bullshit.  

[00:49:33] Jesse Fries:

Good. Good. That's never happened. Secrets going after Trump for top secret stuff, but, saying that Biden's too damn old to actually prosecute him on the shit. Yeah. It's like   to me, that whole point of he's too old and and feeble,   that's just saying, well,   basically,   we wouldn't do it anyways, but we have   to justify why we're going after Trump.   Yeah.   Because he's not too enfeebled.  

[00:50:00] Jamon Fries:

Yeah. You know, that's that's how I view that at least. So And yet every time you hear about Pete about the the liberal media talking about Trump, it's about how he blunders on, how he's how he's discombobulated,   how he's it he doesn't seem to mean belt mentally all there. And I'm like, dude, did you actually listen to what he says?  

[00:50:21] Jesse Fries:

I know. Right?   Just just just  

[00:50:25] Jamon Fries:

if you're not something you don't agree with does not mean that he's bumbling around. It really doesn't. It really doesn't.  

[00:50:32] Jesse Fries:

It really doesn't.   Oh,   Trump and Australia.   So Australia   this is a funny one. Trump decided or his administration, they he decided to cut off funding   to some schools,   down in Australia   because, apparently, we were funding   research in Australia.   Like like, $400,000,000,000   or million dollars were sent into Australia, and their universities were doing whatever they wanted with it.  

[00:51:06] Jamon Fries:

Right? I I don't know why. Doesn't make a lot of sense.  

[00:51:09] Jesse Fries:

It doesn't. It doesn't.   And so Trump decides to basically cut that off. Well, actually, what they did is they sent   a a questionnaire,   right, to these, universities down there. Okay.   And this was, like, saying, so what are you using this for and everything like that?   And   they are so pissed down there, These universities and the government going, how dare a foreign government tell us what we can do with their money?   It's basically what they're saying. You you you   it's like, okay. You can do whatever you want with your own money, but when it comes to our money.  

[00:51:49] Jamon Fries:

Yeah. I've never heard of a situation where somebody receiving money from somewhere else   doesn't have to tell you what they're spending the money on. I know. Right? Yeah. It it it was just a 36  

[00:52:01] Jesse Fries:

questionnaire.   Let's see. Questions include whether research universities   ever received funding from China,   and if the project complies with administration's   trans well, this is what this is the teachers union's response to it or the school's union's response to it.   And,   the project complies with the administration's   transphobic two sexes,   executive orders, how they viewed it. It's a transphobic   and everything like that.   Yeah. The questionnaire also asked about secure borders with Mexico, diversity,   equity, inclusion, ending government waste, terrorism,   war on opioids,   and eradicating   anti Christian bias. Apparently, these schools are against,   this sort of thing,   and so they're just complaining that Trump cut them off of these things, which is   it's what he wants. So, you know, it's a Yeah. That that's a  

[00:52:57] Jamon Fries:

And the executive branch is the one that determines where we send where we send our money to overseas usually. Yeah. Yeah. And and, you know, you you you could disagree with Trump on these things, so that's fine.  

[00:53:08] Jesse Fries:

But for   a foreign school   to complain about   not getting their foreign money.  

[00:53:19] Jamon Fries:

And and it sounds like they weren't even complaining about not getting the foreign money. They were being they were complaining  

[00:53:24] Jesse Fries:

about being asked what they're doing. Well, no. No. No. They were cut off if they didn't reply to this or give the right answers. Yeah. Yeah.   So they they they decided not to reply, and so   Trump just cut them off. Yeah. Yeah.   So  

[00:53:42] Jamon Fries:

Well, it's like,   you know, with other other money that he's been cutting off, the, Radio Free Europe, Radio Free Asia, and stuff like that. Well, no. That's Voice of America. Yeah. Yep. Yeah.   I'm not really sure where I what I think about that one.   I I think I'd really have to I'd have to   listen to some of their programming to see what I thought about it. Well, Do you know what it is?   Because I I know the history of, this I mean, to I think the the history of it was to   basically propagandize   with Europe and Asia about how great the about how great America is. Well, it's worldwide.  

[00:54:24] Jesse Fries:

Voice of America is worldwide.   Okay. And, yeah, it was to it it was pure propaganda.   Yeah. It was,   US government propaganda,   100%.   And so that yeah. That's all it was   and still is to this day. It's just propaganda.   It's news from our government's point of view.   So   it's not even from American point of view. It's from our government's point of view.  

[00:54:50] Jamon Fries:

Okay.  

[00:54:52] Jesse Fries:

It's to combat communism and blah blah blah. You know? Yeah. So  

[00:54:57] Jamon Fries:

Do we really need that all that much anymore?  

[00:55:03] Jesse Fries:

That begs the question. Right? Right. It's  

[00:55:07] Jamon Fries:

Obviously, Trump doesn't think it's that important.  

[00:55:09] Jesse Fries:

Well, I I think it's a leftover from the Cold War that just needs to be shut down. You you know, it's   it's like if you're actually at war and whatnot, okay. Fine. Throw in  

[00:55:20] Jamon Fries:

Right. Yeah.  

[00:55:21] Jesse Fries:

Propaganda and everything like that. Like like like, during   World War   two, Tokyo rose.   Right. That's their Yep. Yeah. Tokyo rose would broadcast to our troops saying you guys are all gonna die,   you know, and everything like that. And so it's, Hanoi Jane during during Vietnam?  

[00:55:39] Jamon Fries:

Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. So I never I I can never understand why she's still even allowed to be in The US.  

[00:55:47] Jesse Fries:

It was a war. You know? Yeah. Really, well, when it comes to Vietnam, we were in the wrong. Come on. We It was a bad war. It was a bad war. Yeah. We shouldn't have been there. The whole freaking   domino theory that we're trying to   do again with Russia, I swear to god. I just don't Yeah. I I've you know,  

[00:56:05] Jamon Fries:

I I could understand   some of that thought when communism was brand new, when everyone didn't when no one knew what communism was really about.  

[00:56:14] Jesse Fries:

Well, not only that, but it was actually   it's part of the communist manifesto   is to spread the revolution around the world. Well, that's because that's the only way communism can work. Well, right. But the only way   the only way the only way the way the way the way the way the way the way the way the way the way the way the way the way the way the way the way the way the way the way the way the way the way the way the way the way the way the way the way the way the way the way the way the way the way the way the way the way the way the way the way the way the way the way the way the way the way the way the way the way the way the way   but the thing is, especially, like, with Vietnam, the issue was is that,   Ho Chi Minh, he came to us   saying, can you help us with the French?  

And we go, well, the French are our allies, so no. We can't help you with the French.   Yeah. And so he goes, okay. Well, who isn't an ally with them? And so he found the Soviet Union.   Yeah. And he goes, well, I guess we're communist now because   well, because he was a nationalist. Ho Chi Minh was a nationalist. One hundred percent nationalist for the Vietnamese. That's all he was. Yeah.   So  

[00:57:14] Jamon Fries:

But in order to fight the French, he had to find it he had to find allies, and those allies   would wouldn't help him unless he  

[00:57:21] Jesse Fries:

changed over to communism. So Yeah. Yeah. So okay. I'm gonna change over to communism.   And   yeah. Yeah. Then we decided to take up the mantle to help him. France. Yeah. And then we decided to take up the mantle from France, which I just don't understand.   No. But  

[00:57:38] Jamon Fries:

Yeah. There's a lot of stuff about that war that were just really questionable.  

[00:57:43] Jesse Fries:

Yeah. Yeah. There was a lot. A lot of wars are that way. Yeah. They really are. There there there's only So many of them could have been prevented if the if proper things were done.   Yeah. For The US, what, there's maybe, like, four, maybe five good wars. You know? There's, the revolutionary   war, of course, because, you know,   then you have 1812.  

[00:58:04] Jamon Fries:

Yep.  

[00:58:05] Jesse Fries:

That one was a, to me, a just war. Yeah. Because the Brits decided to seal our guys and everything like that.   And then World War one and World War two. World War one is kinda actually questionable too, really, that one. But beyond that,   yeah, that's about it.  

[00:58:21] Jamon Fries:

The only other   war   which   some people say it was a war, some people say it wasn't, was against the Barbary pirates.  

[00:58:30] Jesse Fries:

Oh, yeah. Yeah. Yeah.   That that one was definitely a justified war. Okay. I could see that one. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. But   to to to me, that that was like a quick sort of situation. That was a quick naval battle. That's about it. Yeah. And and and it gave,   the marines their theme song. So, you know, it's  

[00:58:49] Jamon Fries:

Well,   that was the   that was the original   invention of the of the current marine car. Yeah. I know. I know.   You know, we we did have boots on the ground.   Yep. Yep. Like, five of them.  

[00:59:05] Jesse Fries:

Exactly.  

[00:59:06] Jamon Fries:

Exactly. It was very, very small   group of of marines went went on the ground.   Yep.  

[00:59:16] Jesse Fries:

Let's see what else we got. We're we're getting long here.   Not yet, but,   it's getting there.   Let's see. Oh, the   the JFK dump, that was kind of a wop wop. Yeah. Wasn't it? Yeah. That wasn't much of anything. Was that this time or last time? I can't remember if we talked about that before.   We have not talked about that before. No. Yeah. But it was kind of a bunch of nothing.   You know? The CIA, there were many apparently, there are a couple hits   planned on him, and this is just the last one that succeeded. So it's like yeah. So Yeah.  

[00:59:50] Jamon Fries:

Something that everybody's basically all always known anyways. Yeah. There wasn't too much new  

[00:59:54] Jesse Fries:

there at all. So  

[00:59:56] Jamon Fries:

Yeah. I know that was the that that was the most looked at assassination   I've ever heard of in the world ever.   And Yep. Yep. Yeah. I mean, it's there's so much stuff that   either there's so many people looking at it, it's impossible   to hide everything. So, So, yeah, not the news. Not much news comes out. Oh, yeah. Oh, on the funnier side,  

[01:00:18] Jesse Fries:

there's the Trump portrait in Colorado.   Have you seen this thing?  

[01:00:23] Jamon Fries:

No. I haven't.  

[01:00:26] Jesse Fries:

Well, let's see here. It's,   a Oh, wow. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. So That doesn't even look like Trump.   So so it was like   so, yeah, apparently, he wanted it removed. This was put up during his first term or right after his first term.   And Trump, like, did not like it, so it basically caused Colorado to,   re remove it and everything like that. And and so I told my kids about it. Right?   And and they're going, what's wrong with that? And then my son goes, well, his jaw is awfully funny. Maybe if he gay if they gave him a jaw, you know, it's like, if a seven year old can point out   Yeah.  

Why   they might not why he might not like it. Yeah.   Oh, yeah.  

[01:01:14] Jamon Fries:

I it when when I when when you just showed it to me, I   I don't I didn't recognize him at all as Trump.  

[01:01:21] Jesse Fries:

Right. Right. Right. Yeah. It's it's kinda there.   Yeah.   But it's, like, usually, he's smiling, and they've I saw other photos or   there's other portraits right around him, and they have   other, like, bush and whatnot smiling   and Biden smiling. But Trump, they have, like,   with no job. Yeah. So so Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. No. It's   yeah. So yeah. I I think It's a horrible it's a horrible part.   I know. But to complain about it, I think it's funny. To me Oh, yeah. Yeah. No. It's Come on, dude. Really?   Yeah. It's   but, yeah, it it's, it wasn't the most flattering of   Yeah. Portraits. Yeah. But   I thought it was funny that my son picked it out real quick. I'm like, yeah. Yeah. That that's exactly what I was thinking too, the jawline, dude. And he was yeah. Oh, yeah. Yeah. Absolutely.  

Who knew? Who knew?  

[01:02:18] Jamon Fries:

Yep.   So   Uh-huh.   Columbia University. They Oh, yeah. Capitulated to Trump to get their $400,000,000   in funding back.  

[01:02:29] Jesse Fries:

Well, the union now is suing, though.   They're suing Trump to stop that.   So I just heard.   So Okay. I don't I don't know where why they would have standing,   the union. Yeah.   Jerry, when the the unions, like, go against that, other judges have found that unions don't have standing   when it comes to   their employees or to their Right. Members.   That things that affect the members. So I don't know.   But so many lawsuits, I swear to God.  

[01:03:06] Jamon Fries:

Ayo.   Yeah. But actually, I've read in the article, they're part of what they're doing to,   to change the to change everything around is they're actually giving   they're they're   giving 17 of their security officers the right to arrest people now.  

[01:03:23] Jesse Fries:

Okay.  

[01:03:24] Jamon Fries:

So they can actually take them into custody. Before their security couldn't even take someone into custody.  

[01:03:30] Jesse Fries:

Is it security or police? Because a lot of universities actually have police. I think they went from security to police. Oh, okay.   That makes sense. That would make sense. Yep. Because a lot of universities have a police force.  

[01:03:42] Jamon Fries:

Yeah. That yeah. So yeah. It would make sense. I mean, it they had to have been security, though, because none of them had permit have they had the power to actually   arrest and detain someone.   So it had to have been a security force instead of a police force.  

[01:03:58] Jesse Fries:

Unless if it was just policy.   Because a lot of these yeah. Especially Colombia and whatnot.  

[01:04:04] Jamon Fries:

They're giving but they but they're not changing the policy for everyone. They're they've just   given 17 specific people   that that power.  

[01:04:14] Jesse Fries:

Maybe they're the ones that actually have a   that are actually police. I don't know. That could be. So yeah. Yeah.  

[01:04:22] Jamon Fries:

Who knows?  

[01:04:23] Jesse Fries:

Yeah. I really don't know. I really don't know on that one. It's,  

[01:04:27] Jamon Fries:

I I just found it interesting that, you know, every every other college campus that I've been on to that had security or   the that was it wasn't security. It was the college police.   Yep. Yep.   And   all of a sudden, I'm hearing that that Columbia, one of the major   universities, didn't   its its security didn't even have the right to detain and arrest someone.  

[01:04:50] Jesse Fries:

Yeah. You know? It's awfully funny. It's awfully funny. Yeah. So   yeah, let's see. Oh, Greenpeace lost the lawsuit.   They   so a Dallas based   company,   Energy Transfer Partners, they they were doing a pipeline in North Dakota.   Okay.   And it was   let's see. You might it was a while   back. What was the name of   the Indian reservation here? I'm trying to find that because oh, Standing Rock. Do you remember that? It was a No. No. It doesn't ring at all. But, basically, Greenpeace was involved. There's a protest by the,   Native Americans,   the tribe there.  

And   they started it, and then Greenpeace got involved, and things kinda escalated from there and everything like that. As usually happens when Greenpeace is involved. Yeah. But, they were ordered to pay $667,000,000,   to this yeah. Yeah. As due to the protest that, it was about   a decade or so ago,   and it stopped the pipeline that was gonna go on tribal lands.   Yeah.   But yeah. And then   there's a   but now that they won   that,   it's gonna be appealed, of course. But Greenpeace and The Netherlands   because   Greenpeace International Resuit is part of this, and Greenpeace International   is based in The Netherlands.  

Okay. And the EU has anti SLAPP, which is a strategic lawsuit against public participation.   So basically stopping lawsuits   for protesting.   You can't   apparently sue for protests   in the EU.   Okay.   Yeah. No. It's EU. You know. But anyway, so now so now   Greenpeace is suing this   energy transfer partners   for, like, the same amount of money   in the EU   to try to recoup their costs   is basically what they're doing.  

[01:06:52] Jamon Fries:

Interesting.  

[01:06:53] Jesse Fries:

Right?   Yeah.   So   You lose in one country, you go to, the next continent over. Why not? You know? It's   a it's a bit interesting.   Yeah. Yeah.   And then also speaking of,   EU and whatnot, apparently, Britain and Germany,   they updated or gave, travel warnings,   for coming to The United States.   Can you guess what for?  

[01:07:22] Jamon Fries:

Racism?  

[01:07:23] Jesse Fries:

No. No.   It's due to the fact that you if you come,   they we might not let you win.   As in just because you have a visa,  

[01:07:32] Jamon Fries:

you might not be letting.  

[01:07:34] Jesse Fries:

Okay. Which is the way it is everywhere. Just because you have a visa   doesn't mean you just automatically get to get go into the country. So Right. Yeah.   Yeah. So   and what what what's funny? I swear I read this one story, and it said that the German,   minister foreign minister   said that, well, this is what happens   in every country.   So he doesn't know why there's a big   to do about it. But now that story changed I swear this story changed.   But they don't have any, oh, we updated the story or anything like that. But I swear   it was there.  

Maybe I'm wrong.  

[01:08:16] Jamon Fries:

I don't know. I've I've actually run into that with a few of the things that I that I was,   you know, not too long ago. I was going through all of the all my old information   to send to you because we didn't have it updated on the sources.  

[01:08:31] Jesse Fries:

Right.  

[01:08:33] Jamon Fries:

And there were some   that   the story had they they didn't change   the ad the website. They didn't change anything.   Mhmm. But the story was saying the exact opposite.  

[01:08:47] Jesse Fries:

Yeah. Yeah. That means   I I really think these places, they need to have   lines in their saying of the corrections. I really think Oh, yeah. Because otherwise,   how you it's like  

[01:09:00] Jamon Fries:

yeah. And what was was I smoking crack, or did I actually see what I think I saw? You know? It's, Well, and and you see the the thing that I don't understand about this is why did they change those articles? Because what what it was talking about was the,   with,   China, how The US The US Postal Service had stopped accepting large packages from China because of the whole tariff situation. Right. Right.   Well, they changed the article from they're stopping it to they're not stopping it.   So it wasn't a correction on the article.  

[01:09:38] Jesse Fries:

Right.  

[01:09:39] Jamon Fries:

It was just a later story, but they completely overwrit   the original story.   Yeah. Oops. We fucked up. Okay. I guess we're not doing that. There was never, like, three three different news sources that all did that same thing with that story. And I'm, like,   why? This isn't I mean, it would   he did the US Postal Service did put a stop to them. So why did you completely change that story   on this?  

[01:10:08] Jesse Fries:

Yeah. No. I I don't know why. It's it's hard to get anything   going, you know. It's Well, it's about, like,  

[01:10:17] Jamon Fries:

which senator was it? I'm not find I'm not finding it here. But,   there was a senator, one of   the one of the, most vocal liberal senate senators   that   was commenting about the, deportations and stuff like that. Uh-huh. And her comment that was was that,   instead of looking at other people, he should look at departing Melania Trump.  

[01:10:42] Jesse Fries:

Melania. Okay.  

[01:10:44] Jamon Fries:

And,   you know, and she's like, we don't we don't know if her parents were undocumented   or not.   And   her parents   were   I I mean,   first of all, she is now a US citizen, so why would we deport her?   She went through the steps and became a US citizen.  

[01:11:04] Jesse Fries:

Yeah. Only if there's fraud involved can you take the citizenship away. Yep.  

[01:11:10] Jamon Fries:

And   her parents   have a green card to come here, so they're not here illegally right now.   Yep. I don't know when she was referring to because   she was the the article that they were talking about was the,   was   a US citizen by birth. Right. Right.   But Melania Trump wasn't Melania Trump wasn't born in The US.   Mhmm. So why would that argument have anything to do with her?   Why would how could you possibly use her as a basis for that argument?   I it just   I was so confused by all of that.  

[01:11:52] Jesse Fries:

Oh, yeah. Yeah. It it it gets confusing.   It it it really does. Some of the art some arguments   the one thing I've learned is that a lot of reporters, a lot of these op ed people, they need to justify their job just like everybody does. Yeah. And so they just they go, oh, that's a good idea. And then I bet as they're writing it, they're, like, going,   this doesn't make any sense, but I'm kinda stuck in a rut, so let's get this thing done. You know? I you know, so many times I start to write, and I go, well, okay. My argument I just killed my own argument. And then I move on out of there. I I stop writing that. But I think some people, they they just   some people, it's their job. And so they go, I need to justify this argument because this is what I believe. And so I need to do Well, not not only this is what I believe, but this is what I've been told to write. Yep. Yep. No. A lot of times, especially in corporate media and everything like that Yeah.  

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[01:14:15] Jamon Fries:

Yeah. It would be it would be nice to you know,   monetarily would be nice, but,   personally, I would like to see   news that other people   send us. Yeah. Absolutely.   I mean,   what we can see ourselves throughout the week is   is very minuscule   compared to all the news going on out there. So Yep. Yep. It it would be nice to to get some feedback on that. You know, if nothing else, it at least would give us something new to talk about, maybe something from a different angle. Yeah. Exactly. Exactly.  

[01:14:48] Jesse Fries:

Well, speaking of a different angle, so everybody that gave their DNA to 23 andMe is kinda screwed right now. I'm just saying. Yeah.   Yeah.  

[01:14:59] Jamon Fries:

Hey.  

[01:15:00] Jesse Fries:

Yeah. Yeah. That's all gonna be sold   to somebody.  

[01:15:05] Jamon Fries:

Yep.   And it it's not just it it's not just the people themselves that are screwed. It's all their family. Oh, yeah. Completely.   Yeah. Yeah. I I that has a DNA linked to them is screwed.  

[01:15:17] Jesse Fries:

Yeah. I know one of, our cousins did it. So then   Yeah.   I know. Right? Yeah. It's like so   yeah. Yeah.   So but just a cousin. So it's not it's not   Yeah. At least it wasn't a brother. Yeah. Yeah. I I know. It's like it's a very close familial match. It's just like, fuck. I guess I can't commit any murders or anything like that. Yep. Yep. They'll be who I am.   I know. Right? Why are you snitching beforehand? You know? I just don't know.   But I think there is a grace period where you can actually go   and actually   stop them from selling your data or have it deleted before the sale goes through.  



[01:16:02] Jamon Fries:

They will well, they won't delete all of the data, though.   Okay. They won't they won't delete the actual DNA data,   and they won't delete   they'll they'll basically just delete the links to you   from the data.  

[01:16:17] Jesse Fries:

So it'll be okay. Okay.  

[01:16:21] Jamon Fries:

Well, I see.   That's be they they claim it's for legal purposes.   They have to maintain   that data for legal purposes for a certain amount of time. You can also go in and request that the,   that the DNA   that the DNA   material that was given to them   be destroyed.  

[01:16:43] Jesse Fries:

Okay. Okay. How many people are gonna hear this? So if you know this,  

[01:16:47] Jamon Fries:

please tell everybody that you know that did 23 andMe to get that deleted. Yeah. Because it's it's not really out there. I've I've just I just saw one one thing in tech news that was talking about it. Yeah. Yeah. Couldn't just do it. Who who normally looks at tech news?  

[01:17:02] Jesse Fries:

Yeah. Because there are worries that, like, viruses and whatnot can be targeted towards certain people.   Oh, yeah. And if your genome is out there, you could be targeted. Just say it. Yep. You know? It's not really a good thing. So Absolutely.   Let's see here. What else we got? Looks like you've got a whole bunch of tech and science, so let's see what Yeah. I I did come up with some decent tech and science stuff.  

[01:17:27] Jamon Fries:

But before that,   Boeing.  

[01:17:30] Jesse Fries:

Okay. What's up with Boeing?   Well,  

[01:17:35] Jamon Fries:

the the new Boeing seven thirty seven max that was launched   Mhmm.   It's,   been going through trials for quite a while.   They   defrauded   the FAA   and other   agencies   by, say, by lying about   how good   the   software   to run things while it was.   Oh, you you mean where they crashed the planes? Yeah. Two of two of them crashed without, you know, with really no reason as to why. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah.   So they they   they plead guilty to fraud,   and we're gonna get what many consider a very sweetheart deal. Uh-huh.   Because the deal essentially was, well,   we'll spend money on ourselves to make sure that this doesn't happen again.  



[01:18:27] Jesse Fries:

That sounds about right. Sounds about right. And so a judge  

[01:18:31] Jamon Fries:

looked at it and   used the diversity and equity   things that were going on back with the with Biden   Uh-huh. To stop that from to stop that, that   that deal from happening.   And now they're they're going up up to court again, and they've got a court case file that's gonna be in in going on in June 23. So   Okay. There's a lot of people that are really hoping I mean, because in in the original plea deal, it didn't sound like they were actually gonna pay money out to the people that were affected, who lost people in those crashes.  

[01:19:07] Jesse Fries:

Really?  

[01:19:08] Jamon Fries:

Yeah. 90% of 90 maybe a little bit of money, but 90% of it was gonna be spent on   making sure that this didn't happen again within their own entity. So they were gonna spend money that they should have been spending anyways.   Uh-huh.   But yeah. So yeah.   It it was a very shady deal.  

[01:19:31] Jesse Fries:

Yeah. And and they just won the contract for the new fighter plane. Yeah. How is that possible? Yeah. I'm sorry. I just it just makes no sense to me. It makes sense to me. They they can't they they they they can't  

[01:19:44] Jamon Fries:

safely put a person in space   even though they spent so much money.   Their planes keep crashing. Their doors fly off. Uh-huh. You know, I don't think I want them building our our fighter jets.  

[01:19:58] Jesse Fries:

Yeah. Yeah. That's awfully odd to me. It really is. It's this Yeah.   It's really strange.  

[01:20:06] Jamon Fries:

Yeah. That that is pretty weird.   But, something going on from there,   I did not know this,   but China has built their own space station.  

[01:20:17] Jesse Fries:

Oh, cool.  

[01:20:19] Jamon Fries:

Back in 2020, '20 '20 '1, something like that, they put it up in space.   Because   due to   all of the issues with, like, hacking and stuff like that, the US government will not allow China to join the International Space Station.   Well, that's different. Okay. So any research that China wants to do in space,   they had to build their own space station to do it. That's kinda crazy.   Yeah.  

[01:20:53] Jesse Fries:

So they're worried about China, but not Russia.   Right.   Or or just Russia was too   I I   okay. Sure. Yeah. Yeah.  

[01:21:05] Jamon Fries:

Yeah. So they they built their own space station. It's it's smaller. It's only got three little three little things sticking off of it. But,   yeah, so the the I ran across an article saying that they were sending that they had just launched their,   would be their seventh group up to up to the space station now. Oh, good.   And so I was like, wait. China has a space station?  

[01:21:29] Jesse Fries:

Yeah. Seriously.   I it's it's kinda, like, tickling my memory, but not really at all. So Yeah. Yeah. But then again, why would it make our news, you know Yeah. Exactly. Totally. Yeah. So  

[01:21:41] Jamon Fries:

And it's big news for space exploration   and   for research out in space and stuff like that. But for general news, yeah, they are. Yeah. That's something that most people wouldn't even touch on. But so I thought that was pretty cool.   Mhmm.   There's   a company   that has created an algorithm   that seems to have   a much better view   on where rare earth elements are. Oh, okay.   They it's kind of interesting. This is also from Australia, so we were talking about Australia   earlier. Uh-huh.   Australia   had they don't   allow anyone to own any of the land that that they're mining, so they have to rent it all.   Okay. They get they have six year leases.  



[01:22:33] Jesse Fries:

Okay.  

[01:22:35] Jamon Fries:

And because of that, part of the lease is that you have to give the government   all of your data about the g about the,  

[01:22:43] Jesse Fries:

about the Yep. The the geodata from from there. Yeah.  

[01:22:49] Jamon Fries:

But no one had ever utilized any of that information.   Oh, okay. Okay. It just sat there doing nothing. So this company went in, got access to it,   loaded it all up into their into their AI algorithm.  

[01:23:03] Jesse Fries:

Mhmm.  

[01:23:04] Jamon Fries:

And   places that were completely overlooked, they have found large deposits   of many things, gold,   tin,   copper,   cobalt,   all sorts of stuff like that. So,   yeah.   So the so this company thinks that with with the with its new algorithm being built that it could,   that it may be able to do a lot of good.   So that's pretty cool.   Yeah. Rare earth elements where no one ever thought they should be.  

[01:23:36] Jesse Fries:

That is cool. That is cool.  

[01:23:39] Jamon Fries:

Then there's a company called Outbound Aerospace   Uh-huh.   Which is making a new plane.   They've they tried to get people to back them to fund them to make this plane,   but everyone always said, it's never been done. We don't think it's possible.   Uh-huh.   They're may they're trying to make a passenger airplane   made from carbon fiber.  

[01:24:05] Jesse Fries:

Okay.  

[01:24:07] Jamon Fries:

And   it's it's gonna be unlike any other passenger plane out there. Yeah. I'm looking at it.   It it looks it is its body shape is very reminiscent   to the,  

[01:24:20] Jesse Fries:

to the stealth bomber. Yeah. It's a flying wing. Yeah.   Yeah. Okay.  

[01:24:26] Jamon Fries:

And with the with the being a flying wing, they can have a huge internal capacity   because it's, you know, very they can have a very wide,  

[01:24:35] Jesse Fries:

passenger area. Right. Right. Right.  

[01:24:38] Jamon Fries:

So a plane that's not that big can hold up to 200 people.   Well, that's pretty cool. To be nearly as long as a as a commercial jet is right now. Right. Right.  

[01:24:51] Jesse Fries:

That's kinda cool. That is kinda cool.   Yeah.   I wonder how.   I don't know. From what I understand, flying wings, they they   they rely completely on computers   to fly them. Yes.  

[01:25:06] Jamon Fries:

So if the computer fails That is one of the one of the things that they talked about too is that they've,   is that they've got compute computer control. You you you kinda went off, dude. Where's your mic? Oh, sorry about that. I moved my mic a little bit.   But,   the the, the hydraulics are completely run by computer. Everything is completely run by   computer,   on it. So, you know, there there is that. There's still some   they there's those things all have to be tested quite a bit before the FAA would allow passengers on them. No. I understand.  

[01:25:40] Jesse Fries:

It's like it that'd be my concern is that Yeah. If the computer fails,   you're kinda screwed. It's like if a seven forty seven   or something like that, if that fails, you could still fly by wire at least. Yeah. Yeah. You know? But Yeah. These things these flying wings, they're so unstable from what I understand that you you need the you need a computer that's fast enough to keep changing everything   real quick. So it's like   yeah. That that's my own only concern. It's kinda like, I heard I think you're like,   like, drone taxis, you know   Mhmm. Where, basically, it's like a drone, but it's a taxi and everything like that. So it takes you up in the air.  

Somebody had a good point.   If it stops working,   it it just plummets to the ground.   Yes.  

[01:26:27] Jamon Fries:

There there there's no That is one of the problems with being up in the air. You know, being on the ground, you can roll to a stop or you'll hit something.  

[01:26:34] Jesse Fries:

Well right. But   it it's like if if it was like a plane with wings, you could glide down. There's always a possibility of gliding. That's something with planes.   Yeah. Otherwise, it's like a helicopter. If you lose that propeller,   you're toast. It's just  

[01:26:49] Jamon Fries:

down. Yeah. That that That is true. Yeah. Yeah. But there's no secondary safety.  

[01:26:54] Jesse Fries:

There's no secondary   safety at all.   Yeah. It's just plummet to the ground and die. That that that's your option.  

[01:27:03] Jamon Fries:

That that's your only option. So it's Yeah. So so what they would need to do then, they would they would need to make   find some way to make that   kind of plane more stable   so that it could glide to the ground. The Oh. The, one like the stealth bomber and stuff. Yeah. Maybe maybe it's possible. I don't know. But, yeah, it's,  

[01:27:27] Jesse Fries:

it'd be it's a bit of a concern because engines go out on planes. So Oh, yeah. Yeah. Absolutely.   You you know, it's like the bird strike in, New York where it landed in the Hudson. You know? Yeah.   Yeah. It's if if it would just plummet to the ground, you're kinda screwed.   Yeah. And so is anybody below yet. Absolutely.   So  

[01:27:47] Jamon Fries:

Mhmm. I don't mean that the jet does look cool.   It does. No. It looks pretty sweet. I would love to the artist's renditioning of it is sweet as hell. It really is. It really is. But that's an artist. It's the thing that I like about it is that the frame is that the body is all, like,   you know, the   the wings aren't a separate thing on the plane. They're part of the body.   So it's so it supposedly makes it so that they're they're a lot they're a lot more stable. They're a lot harder.   Okay. Okay. You won't have wing issues because, well, it's part of the entire body of the plane. So That makes sense. Makes sense.  

[01:28:25] Jesse Fries:

Guys, if you ever wanna see what we're talking about, all our if you go to mindless,uh,c.com,   there's a meandering show notes, and it has all that there. And then I also put it in the   description,   the podcast description   of   our show. It's right in there. Just click on show notes there, and it will take you to all of our articles that we talk about and everything like that. It it's everything.   So   if you wanna know what we're talking about and everything like that,   just go there, and,   that's it. I think we have time for one more story. Let me   queue it up real quick. This one is kinda funny. So,   so Meghan Markle. You you know Meghan Markle. Right? Oh, yeah. Yeah. Yeah. So so, basically,   there is this   father, friar I don't know. Oh, f r. I don't know what that, is that father or friar for Catholic church? Like,   possibly I'm not. Father. I don't know. I don't know. But, anyways, there's this Irish   Catholic guy,   friar father, something like that.  

But, basically, he he Meghan Markle has a new show on Netflix. Right?   And he completely destroys this thing. It it is hilarious. He says that it's bloody awful   is how he describes the show.   But he also says that it   it's so awful that it's worth watching.   So so so so you gotta love that.   He he likened it to a b movie. You know, one of those awful b movies Oh, yeah. That is just so bad you have to watch it. Yep.   Right? Yeah. Yeah. So  

[01:30:09] Jamon Fries:

The the the movies the movies that become cult classics.  

[01:30:13] Jesse Fries:

Exactly. Exactly.   Now in my opinion, you might need to have, like, a pint of Guinness with this or something like that   or something stronger just to make it more interesting and everything like that.   But   he he he he rips it. He has a YouTube video. The the link is in the show notes.   And he just really   rips it.   No nobody's business. But there is this   he he said this little thing about the royals   that I just thought was kind of funny that, we'll   do right here.  

[01:30:48] Unknown:

Okay. Speaking myself, I'm as common as dirt. Okay? Speaking myself as a commoner. Okay? And I put the big c in commoner. Believe me. I am a very common commoner.   Yeah.   Speaking myself as a commoner,   I don't think   that kings or queens   should marry commoners.   Okay? Because we're common as dirt.   Okay? I believe that they should marry among themselves and stay traditionally   inbred.   Okay? Reasonably stupid so they won't meddle too effectively in constitutional   matters.   Yeah. I think they should speak old English and Latin   so that hardly anyone else understands them, like the old Japanese emperor.  

Yeah?   I I I I think they should   operate in their own remarkable sphere   and give us all   a sense of wonder   and a connection with the divine through their presence among us.  

[01:31:52] Jesse Fries:

So so so so he likens them to God to where you can't understand them.   Yeah. So they should just stay over there,   and they should keep inbreeding.   Wow.   I thought that was hilarious.  

[01:32:13] Jamon Fries:

Yeah. That was good. That was good.  

[01:32:16] Jesse Fries:

Well, thank you for all for joining us for episode   30 of the Mindless Meandering podcast. I'm Jesse Fries.   And I'm Jamin Fries. And you guys have a great week.