Listen to here how numbers and certain words can sway an argument in any direction, and the dangers of political retribution.
Host by:
- Jamon Fries
https://mindlessmeanderings.com
(00:00:20) Introduction
(00:00:41) The New Hummer EV Experience
(00:01:01) Discussing the Heatwave and Climate Change
(00:01:39) Trump's Approval Ratings Compared to Past Presidents
(00:02:52) DOJ Employee's Subway Sandwich Incident
(00:04:22) Adam Schiff's Legal Troubles
(00:05:18) The Dangers of Political Retaliation
(00:08:06) DC Crime and Police Union Support
(00:12:11) Foreign Aid and DC Politics
(00:16:13) Trump's White House Decor Changes
(00:19:18) Maduro and Trump: Bounty Tit-for-Tat
(00:20:41) NASA's New Space Relay Station Plans
(00:22:39) Russia and Ukraine: War and Peace Talks
(00:27:27) European Politics and Historical Conflicts
(00:28:29) China's NVIDIA Chip Ban and Tech Advancements
(00:29:17) Ukraine's War Fatigue and Russian Strategy
(00:32:12) North Korean Hacker Exposed
(00:34:41) Gaza Food Truck Discrepancies
(00:36:46) Understanding Statistics and Media Bias
(00:45:04) Cincinnati Brawl and Legal Repercussions
(00:49:23) New Jersey's Parental Responsibility Ordinance
(00:53:29) Steel Factory Explosion in Pennsylvania
(00:54:14) Vegas Tourism Decline Due to Canadian Relations
(00:55:44) US Drinking Trends and Statistics
(00:57:43) Texas Democrats and Political Drama
(01:02:35) Influencer Family's Controversial Punishment
[00:00:21]
Jesse Fries:
Good afternoon. It is Thursday. Yeah. Thursday, August 14. And I'm Jesse Fries, and we are live with episode number 53 of the minus meanderings. And, yeah. Let's see. I I I have so many things that I could talk about right now. Let let let's just say I'm enjoying the Hummer, the new Hummer EV that the wife just got, the company car. Holy balls. That thing is freaking awesome. Nice.
[00:00:54] Jamon Fries:
And I'm Jamin Freese. And, you know, I really hate having to still talk about this. We're in a heat wave again. Welcome to summer. Yeah. With highs of 93 degrees for the next five days. Why do they call that heatwave? Seriously? I don't know. Last year, that was not a heatwave. No. Last year, it was it's gotta be a cool out. It's gonna it's only gonna be 93.
[00:01:28] Jesse Fries:
I think it's all a scheme to make people go, oh, the Earth is warming even though it really isn't. I really think it is. It it and everybody's bought into it. You know? It's, let's see. The other things I wanted to like, I was debating on for the opening is, apparently, Trump's numbers are better than Obama's and Bush's in their second term. Oh, nice. Yeah. Trump's at, 45.9, and theirs were 43 something. Both of them.
[00:02:00] Jamon Fries:
So Awesome.
[00:02:01] Jesse Fries:
Yeah. So at the same point in, their, terms. So, yeah, Trump's doing good. I think people like what he's doing with, DC and whatnot overall. Oh, yeah. People say he's not doing much, but he's trying to get a lot done, it seems like. So
[00:02:17] Jamon Fries:
Yeah. He is trying to do a he's trying to get a lot of stuff done, but it's all a lot of it is stuff that it it that should just be standard operating procedure.
[00:02:32] Jesse Fries:
Yeah. Yeah. You would think. You would think a lot of times. You know, it what what he's doing is not, like,
[00:02:39] Jamon Fries:
going outside of what a normal person would do while running a government. It's it's exactly what a normal person would do running anything.
[00:02:48] Jesse Fries:
Oh, yeah. Yeah. Completely. I agree with that. Also, the other thing I wanted to say is, did you see the guy that, threw a Subway sandwich at ICE? Yeah. Did you see? Yes. He was DOJ.
[00:03:04] Jamon Fries:
Was he really?
[00:03:05] Jesse Fries:
Yeah. He no longer has a job.
[00:03:08] Jamon Fries:
Well, of course. Yeah. But he was being charged with a felony. I I didn't I hadn't heard that he's DOJ.
[00:03:15] Jesse Fries:
Yeah. He's DOJ. He was, let's see here. What was he in? His name is Sean Charles Dunn. He was in the DOJ criminal division's international affairs section.
[00:03:30] Jamon Fries:
Oh, shit.
[00:03:31] Jesse Fries:
Yeah. Yeah. And, of course, he was a Democrat.
[00:03:35] Jamon Fries:
Of course.
[00:03:36] Jesse Fries:
But are are you fucking kidding me? You're part of the DOJ and you're you apparently, he was drunk, but you should know better. Come on. You know? You you work for the DOJ. I I I just Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Have you seen the video? It's awfully funny. No. I I haven't. I I only saw a stealth photo of it. Okay. Yeah. He just checks the subway sandwich in in the chest of ice. So, you know, it doesn't hurt or anything like that. Right. Yeah. But then three ice ages just go off and chase him. It's hilarious.
[00:04:18] Jamon Fries:
That is awesome.
[00:04:19] Jesse Fries:
Yep. Yep. Let's see here. Along those lines, looks like, Adam Schiff, there's seems to be quite a lot of evidence against him that at least what the DOJ is saying. Yeah. Yeah. And I've been following that a little bit too. Yeah. It looks like he could be facing, like, twenty years in jail Yeah. Whatnot. And apparently, he was a nicer guy. I I I know. Right? Freaking liar. Everything he seemed to say publicly was a lie from what everything has come out about it. It was crazy. He was saying, yeah. We have all the evidence of, Trump and everything like that. Yeah. Yeah. But this is what politicians do. They go, oh, we have all the evidence. There's there's there were like, during Trump, there is, oh, there's thousand tens of thousands of, sealed indictments coming, but that never happened. You know? It's like things like that. And so let let let's see if, this DOJ actually gets something done
[00:05:16] Jamon Fries:
with that. Be nice if they did.
[00:05:19] Jesse Fries:
Yes. But I'm torn, actually. Okay. Because it's like, yes. I understand that rule of law, nobody's above the law, blah blah blah. Right. But then, also, it's like it's especially, like, since some people wanna go after, like, the Clintons and Obama and whatnot. I I think Adam Schiff, yeah, I think you could go after him. But you we start going after those ex presidents. That is pretty much everyone breaks the law. So Oh, yeah. It's a very, very slippery slope that I think could lead to problems down the line. Plain and simple. It's how I'm thinking. Because then it would It absolutely very well could. And then it also means that the the election just gets even more hyperpartisan because you don't want your guy thrown in jail once the new guy comes about.
I think it's a dangerous precedent if you do it. I really think that's well, it's a dangerous precedent that Biden's administration did, actually. He started it after going after Trump, indicting Trump. Oh, yeah. Yeah. He absolutely did. Yeah. So but if so, if anything, Biden started it, but it's dangerous. I think it's a very dangerous thing to do overall Yeah. The political system.
[00:06:40] Jamon Fries:
I would agree with that. I I think it's one of those things where, you know, you've got somebody that starts it up. And and a lot of things happen this way where somebody starts trouble up, they start doing something that's not normally acceptable.
[00:06:56] Jesse Fries:
Right.
[00:06:57] Jamon Fries:
But they don't realize that it could happen to them because they allowed because they did it.
[00:07:03] Jesse Fries:
Yeah. Yeah. It's it's like those freaking documents. You you know? It's like, that that was the stupidest one of them all if you ask me. And then also the New York one, the New York City one. That was stupid as well. But from the federal level, that top secret documents one was completely bogus because everybody in the house and senate and in the administration has top secret documents at home. And you know they do. You know?
[00:07:34] Jamon Fries:
Yeah. They absolutely do.
[00:07:36] Jesse Fries:
So, yeah, I I don't I really don't see that that that one was just that was hyperpartisan, and they just want to get Trump. That that's it's New York City. That was hyperpartisan too, but that wasn't the fad at least. Well, I'm not sure they talked. But Well, yeah. Yeah. But, yeah, it is a dangerous precedent. It's that it it it really is. It was a dangerous Yes. It was. To set. Because it has been set. It's not
[00:08:06] Jamon Fries:
Yeah. And that that's that's one that's one of the biggest problems right now is that now that the precedent has been set, where is it gonna go from here? So Exactly. So either the Republicans do the smart thing, which is to say, you know, we're not gonna follow along. We're going to go back to the standards of the way things are supposed to be. Well But at the same time, if if you do that, you know that next time around, they're gonna do the same shit.
[00:08:43] Jesse Fries:
No. Completely. And not only that, it's like the Republicans, like, actual just straight up Republicans, they wanna go that route. They they they don't wanna but but it's the mega that is saying, fuck it all. We're we're we're we're taking you down because we know you did things illegal. Plain and simple. We're gonna take it down. So
[00:09:03] Jamon Fries:
And and I do per I do personally believe that if, you know, that I I don't have too much of a problem with it simply because if we have the proper evidence and they've been giving that evidence out to the public, So the public can look at it and say, well, shit. This guy's doing some bad stuff. You know, he he should be in jail for what he's doing. Right. Right. So so, you know, whereas with Trump, they never actually showed any evidence of him doing anything.
[00:09:39] Jesse Fries:
But you see, the thing is is that the the the so called evidence or lack of evidence, the Democrats completely believed. Everything against Obama and everything like that, they don't agree with. Vice versa for the Republicans. And so it it it's just this no matter how true it is see, this is the problem. This is the true problem, is that no matter how real the evidence is, the other side will not believe it. That is true. And so at least one third of the country will not believe it no matter what.
[00:10:14] Jamon Fries:
Or they'll believe it, but I don't care. They'll have they'll well, no. They'll have the opinion of it was done to prevent
[00:10:25] Jesse Fries:
something else from happening. So it's okay. Right. Yeah. Justification. They'll justify. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Exactly. Yeah. One way or the other, that that's how it's gonna be. And so Oh, yeah. There's no good ending to it. No. There isn't.
[00:10:43] Jamon Fries:
No.
[00:10:44] Jesse Fries:
And to me, that's I'm trying to look at the ending. You know? It's Yeah. What is the ending here? Because, yes, of course, we want vengeance. We we we we we we want retaliation. This is what we're humans. That's what humans want. Yeah. But then as a rational actor, you kinda have to set aside your feelings and see say, is this the right way to go? You know? And I I I'm I'm not I I just find it dangerous is what I'm trying to say. I I find it very dangerous
[00:11:16] Jamon Fries:
to go down that route. Yeah. I I I do completely understand that. But, you know, the I I'm afraid that the ship has already sailed, so it doesn't really matter what we do now. It's gonna continue happening forever from now on. No. I wouldn't I wouldn't I wouldn't I don't. Yeah. The it would it would take very drastic changes in, a, the society, and b, in the relationship among amongst politicians and the relationship amongst the public to simmer down quite a bit before it wouldn't continue blowing over.
[00:11:56] Jesse Fries:
Yeah. Yeah. No. I I agree. I agree. It it's just it's just crazy. It is crazy. Yes. It's, I think that's the best way to describe it. Let's see. Appeal court sided with Trump officials to withhold billions of dollars in foreign aid. This is just, on one level. It's not the final final decision. More than likely, this will be appealed again. Right. So, yeah, just another chink in or another, lag on the ladder, as we're going up to whatever it's going to be. Yep. Absolutely. The DC Police Union agrees with Trump, about DC and the crime and everything like that. So they kinda like what is happening there. So Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. I saw another video where it was, this one this one guy was arrested, and this one lady started to, like, hit the cops trying to get them not to arrest him.
[00:12:58] Jamon Fries:
Uh-huh. They threw her to the ground or against the cop car and arrest him. I mean, that's what happens when you would assault the police officer.
[00:13:06] Jesse Fries:
Yep. Yep. Yep. Fuck around and find out. It's,
[00:13:09] Jamon Fries:
Yeah. I there there's since they went in on Tuesday, there's already been over a 100 arrests now.
[00:13:16] Jesse Fries:
Yeah. Yeah. Makes sense to me. Makes sense to me.
[00:13:21] Jamon Fries:
Now I looked at some I looked at some numbers on that. And from what I've from what I saw, it looks like they only they've only they only they have a solve rate of 30% of their homicides.
[00:13:36] Jesse Fries:
Yeah. That's actually generally, if you commit murder, you will get away with it in The United States. Just like Yeah. Yep.
[00:13:46] Jamon Fries:
Generally I I never realized that it was that low. I I hoped that it was at least 50.
[00:13:52] Jesse Fries:
Yeah. Right? You would hope. You would hope.
[00:13:56] Jamon Fries:
But yeah. No. 30% and just 70% of the of the of the of murder cases just go unsolved, and that's insane.
[00:14:06] Jesse Fries:
It it it really is. It really is. It it just, looks like, in from '13 to '22, only 57% of homicide cases in The US were solved or cleared.
[00:14:21] Jamon Fries:
Okay.
[00:14:24] Jesse Fries:
So Yeah. There's a good chance of actually getting caught, but, there's there's a decent chance of getting away with that.
[00:14:35] Jamon Fries:
Yeah. Yeah. There absolutely is. That's insane.
[00:14:38] Jesse Fries:
Yeah. It looks like it just depends on, like, Alaska and Nebraska. The rate is much it's, like, 80% clearance, which is pretty good, actually. That's a pretty good rate. So Yeah. That's that's pretty good. Yeah.
[00:14:54] Jamon Fries:
That that should be, like, the national standard.
[00:14:57] Jesse Fries:
Right? What's the lowest? Let's see. There's a lot of 56, 50 twos, 40 now we're getting bad. Okay. In Mexico, you have a better chance of getting away with it. It's a 41% chance of it being found. Yeah. Ohio is the worst. It's at 41% Yeah. For states. So DC is even worse. Yeah. For states. Right.
[00:15:28] Jamon Fries:
Yeah. DC wouldn't be included in that list.
[00:15:31] Jesse Fries:
No. It would. Because it's not a state. And Trump said, there's no way you're ever gonna be a state.
[00:15:36] Jamon Fries:
Did you hear that? No.
[00:15:40] Jesse Fries:
Yeah. I mean, that that's
[00:15:43] Jamon Fries:
yeah. You know, if if if you want to have if you wanna be a state, move to a state. Don't live in the one district that's set apart by the constitution that is not that that was designed for a purpose of not having a state being able to control the government.
[00:16:09] Jesse Fries:
Completely. I agree. I agree. Yeah. I see no problem with that.
[00:16:14] Jamon Fries:
Yeah. Because I mean, could you could you could you imagine the the the problems that could arise if, say, Maryland if if DC became part of Maryland? Uh-huh. Yep. All of a sudden, Maryland can control almost everything that the that the federal government does and screw the rest of the states. Oh, completely. Completely. Yep. So, I mean, we can't let that happen.
[00:16:40] Jesse Fries:
No. I I agree. I agree. A funny little thing. So Trump in the White House, you know, the official portraits of president? Yes. Yes. I heard about that. Apparently, Trump moved Obama's and Bush Junior's into a stairwell. A hidden one. Yeah. That you can't keep. One that is very rarely ever used. I see. You you know, you can't if nothing else, Trump is petty. You know? Oh, yeah. Absolutely.
[00:17:17] Jamon Fries:
Well, and and have you seen, before and after pictures of the, Oval Office?
[00:17:23] Jesse Fries:
No. No. I haven't.
[00:17:24] Jamon Fries:
So before, it was pictures of of former presidents and, you know, just regular stuff. Probably somewhat expensive, but not terribly so. Uh-huh. You there? Damon, where'd you go? Mantle?
[00:17:50] Jesse Fries:
Sorry. What? Yeah. You completely cut out. I did not hear anything you said.
[00:17:55] Jamon Fries:
Oh, did I?
[00:17:57] Jesse Fries:
Yeah. Yep. Oh. Sure did. Uh-huh. That is very strange. I have no idea what happened. Started talking about the white the Oval Office.
[00:18:06] Jamon Fries:
Oh, okay. So in the Oval Office, it originally, it had pictures of of presidents and stuff like that in there. Just kind of a bland, boring room. Uh-huh. Now, the next picture they showed, it had, like, gold vases and stuff like that up on a mantle. And then there was gold stuff all over on the walls. I it's it's basically become like a gold palace now. Well, that's Trump. He loves Yeah. Absolutely.
[00:18:38] Jesse Fries:
It's a bit gaudy for my taste, but, you know, it's Yeah. Yeah. You like. That's what you like. So Yep. You know, I I I didn't mind the first picture because it was just very
[00:18:48] Jamon Fries:
minimal. Mhmm. But the the the next picture was a little bit worse. But the last picture, it's it's gotten pretty, garish, I would say.
[00:19:00] Jesse Fries:
Yeah. Yeah. That that that's true. Yeah. He is quite garish overall. Yep. Let's see here. Like, what What is this one store? I just see.
[00:19:18] Jamon Fries:
Have you heard that the White House has put a $50,000,000 bounty on, Maduro?
[00:19:27] Jesse Fries:
No. No. Wow. Yeah. Yeah.
[00:19:30] Jamon Fries:
They have direct they can they've directly linked him now to a lot of drugs coming into the country and stuff like that. Mhmm. And so they've put a $50,000,000 bounty on him. Okay. He then, of course, turned around and put a $50,000,000 bounty on Trump. But, you know Well, of course. Of course. Yeah. Yeah.
[00:19:51] Jesse Fries:
It's pretty much all meaningless crap, you know. Oh, yeah. Yeah. You you know, I really don't understand stand on this tit for tat with these these so called communists in our Yeah. I know. You know? It's like No. I don't it's like I I don't care if Cuba's communist. I really don't. Let's let's make it a holiday place so we can go enjoy, you know, like Jamaica or something. You know? It's a different vibe, though. So, you know, just because you're pissed off at them and some people in Florida hate them, you know, it's like, I don't care. You know?
Makes no sense to me. It really does. Yeah. It it it doesn't. That was the sixties. You you know? It it's like that that that that's sixty years ago, people. Just saying.
[00:20:41] Jamon Fries:
And NASA has, decided to spark up a new, race in space.
[00:20:49] Jesse Fries:
Okay.
[00:20:50] Jamon Fries:
They are, for for a long time now, they they have a they have a a vehicle of some sort that travels, that travels around the orbit between Mars and Earth to trans to to, transmit signals from Mars. It then hits the this vehicle and then it comes to Earth.
[00:21:16] Jesse Fries:
Oh, okay. Yeah. Yeah. Well A relay station.
[00:21:19] Jamon Fries:
Yeah. A relay station. So it's starting to get fairly old. Mhmm. They expect it'll still work up in into the twenty thirties, but after that, they're not so sure anymore. Okay. And so they've decided to instead of doing it themselves, they have decided to put an open bid out. They're they're, taking ideas from people right now. They haven't they haven't decided who's gonna do anything. They haven't decided what's gonna be done yet. They want they want, the tech companies and stuff like that to start looking into ways to make it better.
[00:21:55] Jesse Fries:
Okay. Cool.
[00:21:57] Jamon Fries:
Yes. That was pretty cool.
[00:21:59] Jesse Fries:
That is that is really cool. Yeah. I think commercial could be the way to go. It's, Oh, yeah. Yeah. The government, they can't seem to do anything right. So Of course not. Somehow, they got us to the moon. I I really don't know how they did that. But, you know, there there was a it we we we when it comes to crunch, I I think the government can do fine. But if there's no crunch Yeah. It it doesn't matter. They'll just throw money at it if there's crunch, and sooner or later, it'll be fine. But where there's no threat or anything like that, they won't throw the money. And so and then they're just inept. So Oh, yeah. Absolutely.
[00:22:37] Jamon Fries:
Without a doubt. Yeah. Yeah. It's like if well, it's not even so much the crunch. It's if Russia's trying to do it, we will put everything we can in to beat it. Oh, yeah. Completely.
[00:22:51] Jesse Fries:
Come yes. I can understand that during the cold war because now there was a cold war. Since then, I just don't understand it. I I, you you know, it's I think I I think it's a European frame of mind just to hate Russia. I really do. I think it's just a European frame of mind and, we're European based. So I think it's just makes no sense to me, but, it really seems to be the way it is. Yeah. There there's
[00:23:17] Jamon Fries:
too much in that about that stuff like that that doesn't make sense. It's like the, you know, it it's one of those things where it's like so we we were there and we were enemies twenty years ago, so we still have to be their enemy.
[00:23:37] Jesse Fries:
Yeah. Yeah. I I think what where it guys started from was, with it's like before Putin, like, in between that sweet spot in the nineties and everything like that. Yeah. Basically, Americans were able to go over there and just do whatever they wanted. Right? Oh, yeah. Definitely. And then Putin actually came and put his stamp on that horrible, horrible form of capitalism that was going on over there. And he he made it more It was a horrible form of capitalism. No. Yeah. Yeah. I think it he I think he probably turned it more into kind of a crony situation, but, you know, that's fine. You know? It's it's Yeah.
[00:24:13] Jamon Fries:
It's better than the lawlessness that was going on beforehand, if you ask me. Oh, yeah. I mean because when when when communism went away and it turned to capitalism, it was just the higher ups in the communist government took control of everything. They they owned all of the they they were the ones that owned all the factories. They were the the the the, the Russian mob was the other was the it was either the the old government dictators or it was the Russian mob. Between the two, they controlled everything.
[00:24:51] Jesse Fries:
Yep. Yep. Yep. Now I'm not sure if those people are different than who they are today. They might be the same people. But Yeah. It just seems to be a more stable situation. They there there's so many bad stories given out of that period of time. Yeah. Definitely. Yes. Of course, people do fall out of windows over there. That seems to be the favorite way of, doing it in Russia. But, you know, it that's fine. You know? It is Well, yeah. Defenestration,
[00:25:15] Jamon Fries:
it's a wonderful thing for some people.
[00:25:20] Jesse Fries:
It's very depressive over there. Of course, you're gonna fall out of it. What else would you do? Yeah. It's Absolutely. Well, let's see. Well, since we're talking about Russia, we might as well keep along that line. Okay. So, of course, we know about, Putin and Trump getting together in Alaska. Right? Yes. Yes. Absolutely. Yeah. And they actually picked an air force base to do that on, which kinda makes sense.
[00:25:50] Jamon Fries:
Yeah. It makes a lot of sense.
[00:25:52] Jesse Fries:
That way they can really control it and everything like that. Yeah. So For security purposes, I mean, that's, like, the the best place best way to do it. Oh, yeah. Yeah. Yeah. But it's like, what was it yesterday or the day before that Europe, had a meeting with Trump and Zelensky, and they go, oh, we can't allow certain things, you know, and everything. But they they were going nuts. They go, we can't allow this. We can't allow that. Wait. It's like, go away, Europe. I I I swear to God, but who who who cares what they say? I I have no care what they say. I really don't. Not at all.
Zendlinski? Okay. I I can care what he says, but Yes. In the end, I'll be all Putin's more powerful. Trump's more powerful. All the rest of them are literally peons. I swear to God. You know? It it's Oh, yeah. Definitely. So okay. There's Germany there. There's France over there. Oh, you're so cute, each one of you. Yeah. Yeah. You know that. Yeah. That's really what it is. You know? It's like, yes. We know you hate Russia. We know you hate Russia. Yes. We know you hate Russia. Okay. Yep. That seems to be their only thing is Haiti and Russia.
[00:27:03] Jamon Fries:
Well, yeah. I mean, I I think in many ways, hatred of Russia is the only thing that holds them together.
[00:27:16] Jesse Fries:
Yeah. I could see that. I could see that. Yep.
[00:27:20] Jamon Fries:
If they didn't have somebody that they that they hated
[00:27:24] Jesse Fries:
They would end up hating each other again. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. It's like France started most wars in European history. Just saying. Yep. Yeah. And Germany was trying to catch up.
[00:27:41] Jamon Fries:
Yeah.
[00:27:42] Jesse Fries:
They they're good at trying to catch up. They are. They are. It it's like it's like the big three are, like, England, France, and Germany. Those, Yep. Those three really just love to start trouble. Austria did too, but now Austria is, like, pretty much gone. So in power wise. Yep. But yeah. Those three. What can you do? What can you do? Yeah. Yeah. And we have and technically, we're descendants of all three.
[00:28:11] Jamon Fries:
Oh. We are. Yes.
[00:28:15] Jesse Fries:
We're in trouble.
[00:28:16] Jamon Fries:
Therefore, we must be warmongers.
[00:28:19] Jesse Fries:
We are. God bless it. You know? Yeah. Kill everybody. Let's see here. Looks like, China, they they're trying to stop Chinese companies from buying NVIDIA chips. Okay. I think kind of the whole same way that we stop Huawei and everything like that from being used over here. I think it's that same sort of thing. So Since I heard that DeepSeek used NVIDIA chips. They did not use Really? Yeah. Wow. In their newest iteration of it.
[00:28:59] Jamon Fries:
Okay. Alright. So that's kinda NVIDIA NVIDIA is making huge progress.
[00:29:05] Jesse Fries:
Yeah. Yeah. It really is. It really is. So that's good for Nvidia, I guess. So Yeah. Yeah. Absolutely is. Oh, Russia, right before the meeting with Trump, they punched through and did got, like, 15 to 25 miles with a hundred hundred and ten thousand troops. Yeah. So that was a surprise. Apparently, Ukrainians do not support the war anymore. Not Really? Yeah. I think they're they're just sick of They're just getting tired of it. Yeah. 69 say they want they're in favor of a negotiated end. 24% support fighting until victory.
[00:29:54] Jamon Fries:
That's a pretty significant number that wants to that wants to have peace
[00:30:02] Jesse Fries:
talk. Yeah. Yeah. I I I think, you know, because otherwise, it's just churning out dead. You know? You that's all you do. It's like, oh, you're old enough now. Go to war. You're old enough now. Go to war. It's the end of this war. You know? It's like Yep. In many cases, a bad piece is better than war.
[00:30:21] Jamon Fries:
Yes. Yes. Absolutely. You know? And, you know, Ukraine's kind of at the point now where if they don't have enough people coming of age to go to war, they have to start getting older and bringing in older and older and older people to go to war. Yeah. And, yeah, I mean, that's just it's never a good, never a good situation.
[00:30:41] Jesse Fries:
No. No. I think they've lost at least a generation, you know. Yeah. It's,
[00:30:46] Jamon Fries:
Yeah. They they they may be able to kill more Russians, but there's at least 30 times more Russians that can be brought against them than what they can put out there. So, you know, even if even if they're killing twice as many Russians as they as Ukrainians are dying, it's still a losing numbers battle.
[00:31:12] Jesse Fries:
It really is. It really is. It's Russians have more. That's just it. You know? It's,
[00:31:18] Jamon Fries:
Well and that's that's what Russia has always done. That's how they beat the Germans. You know? That's how that's how they made it to Germany. They just kept pouring people onto
[00:31:28] Jesse Fries:
Yeah. They were just throwing bodies. They they were trained. They weren't anything. It's like, here, have a gun. Go. Oh, every third of you gets a gun. Yeah.
[00:31:37] Jamon Fries:
We we've we'll we'll give you, like, five things of five five bullets. Uh-huh. So run-in. This guy here has a gun. You two follow him. When he dies, pick up his gun and start shooting. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. And it worked. It worked. Yeah. It worked wonderfully for for, you know, not not so good for the people that ended up dying, but for Russia as a whole, it worked to it was a wonderful plot for them.
[00:32:03] Jesse Fries:
No. Yeah. It it it it was, the perfect idea. It really was. Yeah. It really was.
[00:32:10] Jamon Fries:
Yeah.
[00:32:12] Jesse Fries:
Let's see here. What else do we got? Anything interesting there?
[00:32:18] Jamon Fries:
I've got some, there there was a a couple of hackers that, hacked hacked another hacker.
[00:32:27] Jesse Fries:
Hack hacking the hacker? Sweet. Yeah. Yeah. He was,
[00:32:33] Jamon Fries:
they have it it hasn't been officially proven, of course, but there was a lot of stuff on his computer that linked him to, the North Korean hacking. So they believe that he worked for one of the for one of the North Korea hacker rings. Okay. And some of the stuff that they found, it they they they the reason that they think he was that he was from North Korea was, he had a lot of North Korea stuff on his computer. But also, whenever he was hacking, it was always from 9AM to, like, from from o nine hundred to thirteen hundred, the time, time zone of the of the create of the Korean capital North Korean capital. Oh, yeah. Whatever it is. Yeah. Yeah.
Okay. And, of course, a lot when they when they went in when they went in when they they they got into his computer and then they released basically everything that his computer had in it. Okay. And there were a lot of ties between him him and the, Chinese hackers.
[00:33:50] Jesse Fries:
Mhmm.
[00:33:51] Jamon Fries:
So China and North Korea, they've kind of proven that they're working together. Another thing that linked him to North Korea was the IP addresses that he was using were all linked to known, North Korean hacker rings. Oh. So Makes sense. So they're they're pretty sure that he's North Korean.
[00:34:12] Jesse Fries:
Right. Right. Makes sense. Makes sense. But yeah. So he
[00:34:16] Jamon Fries:
this is the first time though. At every other time anyone has ever dealt with North Korean hackers, it's always been in response to to them hacking us, so we haven't gained access to them. Oh, okay. The first time that anybody's actually gained access to them and pulled stuff off of their computers.
[00:34:35] Jesse Fries:
Okay. That is cool. That was kinda cool. Yeah. Yeah. That's really cool.
[00:34:41] Jamon Fries:
And then there was another international story I ran across that Uh-huh. It it really got me thinking. I I was looking at a lot of stuff. They were talking about the famine in Gaza and all that stuff. Right. Well, I I found a I found a a group. Now this is from is it's it's a group in Israel, so you have to you have to go to it knowing that. So Right. Right. You can't there there is a bias there.
[00:35:12] Jesse Fries:
Oh, completely.
[00:35:14] Jamon Fries:
But according to the numbers that the UN is using
[00:35:22] Jesse Fries:
Mhmm.
[00:35:24] Jamon Fries:
Israel is reporting to the places that they're supposed to report to that so far, since the beginning of the war, over 10,000 more food trucks have gone into Gaza than what's being reported.
[00:35:39] Jesse Fries:
Okay.
[00:35:41] Jamon Fries:
Interesting. And they explained why there's a difference in the reporting.
[00:35:45] Jesse Fries:
Uh-huh. What's their reason?
[00:35:48] Jamon Fries:
It's because the group that is the group that is giving the UN their numbers, they're only stationed at two of the border crossings, and they only report the numbers when their people are at the border crossing, which is not a twenty four hour seven thing for them. Right. Right. Right. Oh, okay. So any truck going in from any other border crossing or any truck going in while they're not there is not in the numbers that's given to the UN.
[00:36:24] Jesse Fries:
Well, that would make sense. That would make sense. So okay. Yeah. Yeah. You you know, numbers can mean so many things. You know? It's Oh, yeah. Absolutely. That's the numbers you have, but what's the re reality? You know? It's like the DC time statistics and everything like that. It's like, what does it really mean? You know? It's you really have to delve into it and try to figure out anything. Oh, yeah. And you can't it's a tough thing to do, and most people cannot look at numbers. They really can't. I think COVID is a great example of it because, you know, when COVID was first coming out around, like, in March, right, they were saying the and this is before the mask mandates and everything like that. They were saying that Yeah. They gave the statistics on who was dying. Right?
Right. And I look at the statistics, and it was like a guy what? I was, like, 42 at the time. The chances of dying from COVID is, like, it was, like, less than one percent. And the the chance of my children dying, like, nil.
[00:37:28] Jamon Fries:
Like, like, zero zero
[00:37:31] Jesse Fries:
zero zero Right. Right. Right. Right. Chance. Yeah. And my wife, once again, the same. You know? Like, nil. You know? And so I'm like, well, I don't have to worry. I'm out of here. And that's just for me. I I I just looked at the numbers. I read it. I just looked at the numbers and I go, well, that means there's nothing to worry about. You know? Even if I'm 60, the chance of dying is slim. You know? So it's not. Yeah. So I I from that moment on, I was like, and so pay attention to numbers to people. You really have to know what numbers mean and delve into it, not just Yeah.
Take what people say for granted and everything like that. There's a lot of reasons why numbers are faulty.
[00:38:10] Jamon Fries:
Yes. Absolutely. There is.
[00:38:13] Jesse Fries:
And people love to push it one way or the other. You know, it's, Yeah. Well, it's like the,
[00:38:20] Jamon Fries:
the DC crime statistics. You know, they've I I keep hearing that the numbers are that the cry the crime is going down. Crime is going down. It's been dropping for the last couple of years now.
[00:38:31] Jesse Fries:
Right.
[00:38:33] Jamon Fries:
Well, the guy that puts those numbers out was just fired because he was lying about the numbers.
[00:38:43] Jesse Fries:
Mhmm.
[00:38:45] Jamon Fries:
I I mean, you know, so not not only do you have to look at where the number not only do you have to pay attention to the numbers in a way that's reasonable, but you also have to look at where the numbers are coming from. Yep. And what the my biggest problem though is that and this happens on on all sides. Once the actual numbers are known,
[00:39:10] Jesse Fries:
they still keep quoting the old numbers. Oh, of course. Because that's the one that's good for you. Yeah.
[00:39:18] Jamon Fries:
Yep. And that just that just drives me nuts. You know, when when new numbers come out and it's proven that they're accurate, everyone should be reporting those new numbers.
[00:39:28] Jesse Fries:
Oh, yeah. Yep.
[00:39:31] Jamon Fries:
It's like the it's like the inflation thing. I I I was watching, I I was in one of this one of the things that I was watching. They were talking about how is inflation is 3.1% now. Uh-huh. And that was all they said.
[00:39:47] Jesse Fries:
Right.
[00:39:48] Jamon Fries:
Then I was I was watching other stuff in in that wasn't related, and then it come then it pops up. It's three per 3.1% if you take this and this and this out.
[00:40:02] Jesse Fries:
Mhmm.
[00:40:04] Jamon Fries:
So but they didn't say if it should be higher or if it should be lower or what. But Right. Right. When you're taking stuff out of it, that messes with the inflation numbers. So the numbers obviously aren't just 3.1%.
[00:40:19] Jesse Fries:
Yeah. Yeah. I I read this one article. It goes, well, it says it says it's about 2.7 is with the number they quoted. And it it they say it's it's like a range in between, like, 13%. We really don't know. But it's somewhere in there. Okay. Okay. Yeah. If they go either way, that's good. So it's like, you you know, it it's just like it's just just like words. You you you know? Yes. Especially, because that story that I have in the link, it's from the sun. It's about, the Russian troops going in. Right? Right. These are the words that they use to describe they go, the raging despot.
Right? Mad Vlad. His bloodthirsty forces have reportedly advanced. You know? It's like Russian forces barbarically surged through the villages. It's like, propaganda much, you know, and that's what many of us land there. Just a wee bit. Just a wee bit. Yeah. I was like, wow. That is, like, some of the worst.
[00:41:36] Jamon Fries:
Yeah. Definitely.
[00:41:37] Jesse Fries:
Did you say Russian troops did this, this, that, and then we can maybe make our own opinion? When you add those charged words in there, you know what it's gonna do, and that's why you do it. Now this is the sun. So Right. You know, that is very is a tabloid. So but still, you know, it's like if you want news, if they add anything like that, even if it's just quasi, you know, watch over it. Because because it's just look at the real words that are there, not actually those. Mad Vlad. I like that one. Mad Vlad. Yes. That that is a pretty good one. I like the show title. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. I'm mad Vlad.
[00:42:23] Jamon Fries:
Let's see. You got anything else international?
[00:42:26] Jesse Fries:
International. The AFD in France or in Germany, they've gained even more, percentage points in the latest poll. They're still below a third. So it's like Yeah. Okay. It's not gonna mean anything because the other two thirds won't have anything to do with them. So Yeah. Yeah. Absolutely. It it it really doesn't mean anything. Yeah. China's developing a dam in the mountains. Okay. Right next to, like, I think India and whatnot. Mhmm. And it's like a super high powered dam to where it would be, like, what is it? It's a giant hydropower. It requires digging tunnels that plunge through high mountains to harness the power of a river that sharply descends through the deepest and possibly longest canyon on the planet.
Wow. They think it'll be big enough to power around 40,000,000 Chinese homes.
[00:43:32] Jamon Fries:
Holy crap. That's,
[00:43:34] Jesse Fries:
that's a lot of power coming out of that. Yeah. Yeah. That is a lot of power. That that that's bigger than their, current biggest, it's bigger than the 3 Cord gorgeous dam. Yeah. Oh, actually, hold on. The project could generate triple the output of the world's largest hydroelectric facility, China's 3 Gorges Dam. Okay. No. 3 Gorges Dam, that's 40,000,000. So this is three times that size. So it could do a 120,000,000 homes. Damn.
[00:44:10] Jamon Fries:
That's, that that that's a lot.
[00:44:13] Jesse Fries:
But it's in a quake prone area. So I'm not sure. And and apparently, it's it's right along, the disputed area with India and Right. Pretty close to Bhutan. So
[00:44:32] Jamon Fries:
So it's is it up in the, Tibetan region then? Yeah. It's in Tibet. Yep. Okay.
[00:44:38] Jesse Fries:
Yeah. Well, China just calls it China now. Oh, yeah. Yeah. It's Tibet. It's Tibet. Oh, China's gonna come after Vietnam. But but, yeah, that's kinda crazy. A 120,000,000. That is nuts. Ew. That's all I got for international. So Okay.
[00:45:00] Jamon Fries:
Most of what I found was, national news. Mhmm. So, Cincinnati. You you know that, big brawl that that happened over there? Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Well, the, Cincinnati leaders are now demanding prosecution of the white man that slapped the black guy.
[00:45:23] Jesse Fries:
Yeah. I heard that. I heard that. Yeah. I don't even know if it's the guy that got stomped or not. Yeah. I I don't know. I have no idea. Yeah. But, I'm sorry. A slap? Yeah. Slap him back. Punch him once or twice. Mob them? That seems a bit much. I'm just saying.
[00:45:43] Jamon Fries:
Well and and from from what from my understanding is that this all happened that this all started long before that video started being recorded.
[00:45:52] Jesse Fries:
Right. Right.
[00:45:53] Jamon Fries:
So if the slap was on video, which is how they know that he got slapped Uh-huh. That means that the fight was already going.
[00:46:02] Jesse Fries:
Yeah. At least verbal. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Apparently, racial slurs were being tossed back and forth. It was
[00:46:09] Jamon Fries:
Yeah. The from what I from what I heard, well, from what they were talking about in the the they later on put a body cam video of the two police officers that were in that were investigate that arrived at the scene first and were were trying to get information.
[00:46:27] Jesse Fries:
Right.
[00:46:27] Jamon Fries:
It sounded like the majority of the racial slurs were happening after the fight started.
[00:46:34] Jesse Fries:
Okay.
[00:46:35] Jamon Fries:
So I don't know if that's what actually led up to the fight. Right. Right. It very well maybe. But I so a lot of the racial slurs were after the fighting had already started. So Got it. Yeah. I mean, not not that it's good, not that it's permissible to do that, but, you know, that was something Yeah. A much more heated moment.
[00:46:59] Jesse Fries:
Yeah. Yeah. It'll crack me up. It's like I saw some of that, and they're going, oh, you you have to charge that guy with inciting a riot for slapping somebody. He's like, yes. You you gotta charge you gotta you
[00:47:13] Jamon Fries:
gotta charge him for inciting these other people into into committing a felony.
[00:47:20] Jesse Fries:
Yeah. Into writing. I I think just you you know, generally, inciting a riot generally, that's words used as in you try to push them into rioting. Yes. Not just a fight that happens to break out into riot. You know? It's a
[00:47:40] Jamon Fries:
And and, you know, the the the argue the the thing the arguments that I've heard on this is okay. I mean, he did slap the guy that is assault. So sure. Go after him for assault. Yep. Yep. But that doesn't excuse the behavior of the people that were doing the mobbing No. Because they weren't just they didn't just attack him. Yep. Yep. They put they they put a woman down on the ground. They put another guy down on the ground. I don't know how many people were how many people Yeah. In that group that got put down. But I mean okay. So one person did something, so you attack everyone?
That's not how it works.
[00:48:23] Jesse Fries:
Generally, it's not how it works. Yes. I I agree. I agree. It's Yeah. Yeah. Just say to slap and say it right. Let's just say, okay. You know, apparently, the the cops, they they want the cops to go talk to this guy. Right? Uh-huh. And so the cops went to talk or this guy has a lawyer. And so the cops called the lawyer because if he has a lawyer, you call the lawyer. Right? That's what you do. Yeah. And the lawyer said, I don't want him to talk to you. And so the cops are going, well, there's nothing we could do right now. We're we're we're investigating, see if we can charge them with something. But Right. You can't talk to them.
Yeah. Yeah. It's just that's the law. You know? The lawyer says no. So, well, that's it. You know? It's
[00:49:15] Jamon Fries:
yeah.
[00:49:16] Jesse Fries:
Yeah. It is crazy.
[00:49:19] Jamon Fries:
It is crazy. It really is. And then, on the immigration front with DHS. Mhmm. Remember, we were talking last time and it was up to 80,000 people had had applied for the 100 for the 10,000 jobs that were open.
[00:49:37] Jesse Fries:
Right. It's now up at a 120,000
[00:49:40] Jamon Fries:
people have applied.
[00:49:42] Jesse Fries:
Okay. Nice. Nice. That's, yeah.
[00:49:46] Jamon Fries:
Pretty high numbers.
[00:49:48] Jesse Fries:
Well, 50,000 and, student debt wiped.
[00:49:52] Jamon Fries:
Oh, yeah. Yeah.
[00:49:55] Jesse Fries:
It's tempting. It is tempting. You know? But Yeah. Yeah. No. Not not not for me. You know? But, it it is. Yeah. It does make you think. It's like going, Yeah. Or as the old song, things that make you go
[00:50:15] Jamon Fries:
Yes. Exactly. Yep. Then, in New Jersey, the a, township has a new ordinance that has parents in an uproar. Uh-huh. The I guess, there had been there was a a summer festival in this in this township. Uh-huh. And, like, just a gathering of, like, 300 teenagers came in and just caused a whole bunch of ruckus. They basically tore the place apart.
[00:50:51] Jesse Fries:
Okay.
[00:50:52] Jamon Fries:
And so the city put in an ordin put an ordinance into effect that says, parents, if if your children if your teenagers have been have been convicted of stuff like this enough times, we're going after you and potentially putting you in jail for up to ninety days or a 2 or a $2,000 fine.
[00:51:20] Jesse Fries:
No. Yeah. It's, it's part of that whole thing with guns where they're they've started going after guns as well. And, you know, on yeah. It's it's the trend nowadays. It's like you are technically responsible to your for your kids. Yeah. It's yeah. It it's like if they get unruly, but, though, can you just say, well, he's unruly. I cannot handle him. He's your problem now so you can give him up to the state. Is that what you're supposed to do? Or because some children just some parents can't do it. Yeah. I'm not even sure I blame the children. It's just some parents can't. They had don't have the gumption.
[00:52:02] Jamon Fries:
They don't have the gumption or they've they're never home because they're working or something. Yeah. They try to provide and everything like that. There's many different ways.
[00:52:10] Jesse Fries:
Yeah. But, yeah, it's
[00:52:13] Jamon Fries:
it's rough. Yeah. So I mean, it it is rough and and and he's like, you know, we we we are going to take that into account, which is why we have fine fine opportune fine options or jail time options. And it's up to ninety days. So it could be, you know, a day or two in jail just and just saying, hey, you know, get your kid under control a little bit if you can. Right. Right. So so they will take they will take the situation into account. Like, if you've if you've got, like if the the example they were giving was, like, so this, a lady has three kids.
One of them, she just can't control. So, you know, what do you are you gonna take her away from the other two? And so the so so the guy the mayor was like, that this is everything will be determined by the court, you know. Case by case. Yep. Okay. Yeah. It'll be a case by case basis. We have set minimums that are fairly low, and the maximums aren't that high. So, you know, it it's it it's kind of reasonable. It's kind of just, I think it's more of just a wake up call saying, hey, parents. You gotta know what your kids are doing. Right. Right. Makes sense. Makes sense. Yep.
[00:53:29] Jesse Fries:
Coolio. Coolio. Let's see. What else do we got? Oh, apparently, a factory steel factory exploded or parts of it did
[00:53:42] Jamon Fries:
Okay. In,
[00:53:43] Jesse Fries:
Pennsylvania. Yeah. Yeah. This was in Pennsylvania. Yeah. It's, two killed, apparently. Mhmm. Like, at least a dozen or 10 people injured. So Yep. Yeah. Yeah. In Pittsburgh area. So which is where steel is generally done. So
[00:54:03] Jamon Fries:
Yep.
[00:54:04] Jesse Fries:
Isn't but yeah. So that sucks. You know?
[00:54:09] Jamon Fries:
Yeah. It does. It definitely does.
[00:54:15] Jesse Fries:
Apparently, Vegas is feeling the pinch from, Canada not visiting. Canadians really hate us right now. They really just don't like us. Trump has really twisted their panties in a bunch, and they really just don't like us right now. It's hilarious. Yeah. It sucks for Vegas, but, you know, it's because they're down, like, what, 11%? Something like that, I think. Yeah. Yeah. They're hurting pretty hard. They're starting to have to lay off people. So Okay. Mhmm. Yep. All because Canadians don't like being say be told that it could be the fifty first state. So
[00:54:56] Jamon Fries:
Yep.
[00:54:57] Jesse Fries:
You you know, they should just stop paying as much attention to us as they do. You you know, that They really should. Yeah. I think that's probably a rule for the world. You you know, it's like, we don't pay attention to them, really. You know? So Yeah. They just should do the same to us and then we can go about our our own crazy way, and they'll live happily in ignorance.
[00:55:20] Jamon Fries:
You know? Not only that, but, I mean, most of us live in ignorance too. We don't even pay attention to ourselves. And if we're not if we're not gonna pay attention to what our government's doing, why should you?
[00:55:36] Jesse Fries:
Very, very true. Love it. Love it.
[00:55:44] Jamon Fries:
My next story, I actually have a prop for.
[00:55:48] Jesse Fries:
Oh, do you know? Yes. Yes. Okay. What is the next story?
[00:55:53] Jamon Fries:
There is a, report that some people are very happy about. Uh-huh. And that is is that drinking is down at the lowest record in ninety years. It's dropped to, like, it's dropped by, like, 54%. To which Oh, Jesus. I say.
[00:56:17] Jesse Fries:
God bless you. I'm doing the same here. So I I started the show that way. Yeah. But Okay. Yep. Yeah. Yeah. Well, I that just means we have to drink more for them, Jayme. That that that's what that means. Absolutely. Yes.
[00:56:33] Jamon Fries:
Yeah. It it's it's down to the average number of drinks per week is 2.8 drinks per week now.
[00:56:41] Jesse Fries:
2.8 a week?
[00:56:43] Jamon Fries:
Yes.
[00:56:44] Jesse Fries:
That's my daily That is the national that's like the national average.
[00:56:48] Jamon Fries:
That's my daily at least. Just saying. Yeah.
[00:56:53] Jesse Fries:
Yeah. That is sad. That is truly sad. At least I'm bringing up the numbers. You know? Absolutely. Yes. Yes. I'm just saying we need we need people like you holding in there to to keep the numbers up for us. Damn Skippy. Damn Skippy. Alcohol is what makes life tolerable. Otherwise, you'll go, what was me? And, you know, actually think too much. You know, you don't want that in life. You know, you wanna stay there and just relax. You know? It's, like, that's how I view it at least. Oh, yeah. Definitely. So Definitely. Same here. Beer.
Let's see here. Do we have anything else there?
[00:57:40] Jamon Fries:
I have one more. Okay. Will Kane on Fox News. He interviewed, gosh. I can't remember which rep he interviewed, one of the Texas state reps. Uh-huh. And the Texas the the one of the Democrats that was up in Illinois. And he It's Telerico. Yes. Telerico. That's it. And he would he was asking you know, Telerico asked him questions that were supposed to be gotcha moments. Uh-huh. And Will Cain answered everything fairly well. He admitted he didn't know some things at the time.
[00:58:27] Jesse Fries:
Right.
[00:58:28] Jamon Fries:
Telerico then went and posted on lie on x, I think it was, with a from a ten minute interview, he posted seventy seconds of just cuts of him asking questions and dead silence. And then and then he and then he posted a cut that had that had the, that had Will Cain saying, okay. Well, we're running short on time now, so we're gonna have to wrap this up. Uh-huh. And then he he said that they just cut him off.
[00:59:10] Jesse Fries:
Wow. Wow.
[00:59:12] Jamon Fries:
That Will Will Kane played that last part of his interview? Uh-huh. He said, okay. We've gotta wrap it up now. And he'd let the for three minutes, this guy was talking about how he missed the tacos from Mexico. And then they both said goodbye to each other.
[00:59:38] Jesse Fries:
That is ridiculous. That is seriously ridiculous. It's Yeah. Those Democrats just think you come back. Apparently,
[00:59:45] Jamon Fries:
now they're saying that they're never coming back.
[00:59:48] Jesse Fries:
So does that mean they're ever even representing anybody anymore? That that that's, like, oh, so you so does that mean you're moving out of the state? Just say. Yeah. You know? It's, I think the seats are vacant.
[01:00:00] Jamon Fries:
Yeah. I know. So, I mean, the the thing that Will Cain was the most upset about. It it wasn't even that this guy did that. Uh-huh. It was that the reputation of this guy is that he's a man of the cloth, that he's upstanding, very, very, very good man. Uh-huh. And yet, there were, like, three times where he just flat out lied in his answers. And then he went in and posted these massive lies. And McCain's like, that's not the act of a man of of a of a man of the cloth.
[01:00:37] Jesse Fries:
Well, what's funny is that it doesn't matter if you're a man of the cloth. The saying still stands. How do you know when a politician is lying? His mouth. His mouth. Open. Exactly. Yeah. That's it. That that that that is it. You know, play it over. That's Yeah. Oh, oh, no. A politician lied. Oh my goodness, Steven. What are we gonna do? I I I don't I know. I know. But before we get uh-huh. Go ahead. Go ahead. No. You.
[01:01:07] Jamon Fries:
No. I was just gonna say I I've just never you know, I've I've heard stories about them lying, but I've never seen it this blatant before.
[01:01:15] Jesse Fries:
Oh, yeah. It's blatant. It's blatant. Just as blatant as we are here when we say we are a value for value podcast here. So if you guys can help us out in anything, time, talent, treasure, that would be great. I've gotten some emails saying that we should have guests on the show. I don't want guests on the show. That's just not what I want. You know? That that that that would completely ruin the dynamic. You know? It's not that there's much of a dynamic, but, you know, it would ruin it. Yeah. So if you have any other ideas or anything like that, please let us know. My name you can email me at jesse@mindlessc.com or jamen@jamenatmindlessmeanderings.com.
And if you have ideas about the show, that's great. Send us money. That is great as well. Anything. You know? If you want a address to send it to, please let us know, and, I can get a address for you so that you can send us a check even if you wanna do it anonymously, that sort of thing. Any which way you wanna do. It doesn't matter if it's a dollar or 300. It doesn't matter what you do. If you, do, like, $50, we'll make you a producer of the show, and that will be a credit, and we'll back that up and everything like that. So you can even put on your resume. You know? You can say I'm a producer of the show. Would that be awesome? I think so. But, yeah, please help us out any which way you can.
So, Jaylen, what's the last story of the day?
[01:02:36] Jamon Fries:
The last story of the day. There was a gentleman who I I don't know if he would if he's the if he's the, the, shit. I can't think of the word, influencer. I don't know if he's the influencer or if his wife is. The they didn't get it. They didn't get into that. They just said it's an influencer family.
[01:03:00] Jesse Fries:
Okay.
[01:03:02] Jamon Fries:
The son, the the his the his mom was telling him to do stuff, and he just he just disrespected her in a way by just saying, just chill. Right. So the dad says you don't tell your mother to chill.
[01:03:21] Jesse Fries:
You don't tell your wife to chill either. Just say it. No. Just say you you you just don't do it.
[01:03:26] Jamon Fries:
His punishment has gotten a lot of good reviews and a lot of people
[01:03:34] Jesse Fries:
just really upset at him. Of course. What was the punishment?
[01:03:39] Jamon Fries:
He made his kid do push ups and squats. 10 push ups, 10 squats.
[01:03:48] Jesse Fries:
This story said 60 squats.
[01:03:51] Jamon Fries:
Is it what? No. It wasn't 60.
[01:03:54] Jesse Fries:
He then straight his stepson to do several push ups followed by 60 squats. Is what I don't know. Don't
[01:04:01] Jamon Fries:
ask me. Well, you say in the in the recording, it would the in the re the recording ended with just, okay. Now do some squats. And so he did a couple of squats and the recording ended. So Okay. Okay. Well So I don't I don't know exactly how many he did. Either way, it He he did 10 push ups. Yeah. He did 10 push ups and squats.
[01:04:23] Jesse Fries:
That that kid I mean, you know from the from the picture, that kid, like, weighs, like, just fifty, you know, if that. You know? So, you know, that yeah. That's funny.
[01:04:36] Jamon Fries:
I mean, the I I just couldn't wrap it around my head how anybody thought that punishing him by exercise was a bad idea. It's better than a time out because you're not gonna learn anything from a time out. Well, right. It's a hell of a lot better from getting beaten.
[01:04:55] Jesse Fries:
You you you you've seen America, Jamin. You you you know? Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. You're kinda part of it too. You know? So, you know, it's like yeah. Yeah. People don't like exercise. It's just one of those things. I see nothing wrong with it. I have absolutely nothing wrong. I I actually love exercise. No. I know. I know. I know. I just need to do more of it if you could. You know? That's, that's,
[01:05:23] Jamon Fries:
Exercise was never my problem.
[01:05:25] Jesse Fries:
No. I understand. I understand. I I I'm just
[01:05:29] Jamon Fries:
I'm just trying to make a joke. You know, if if if if you wanna if you wanna if you wanna say exercise, two and a half years of hanging drywall was a lot of fucking exercise. It was. It was. It was. And you were And yet I gained weight during that time because of how much I was eating. So Yeah. Yeah. He he goes back and forth. He goes back. It does. Yes. It but with that,
[01:05:52] Jesse Fries:
thank you for joining us for episode 53 of the mindless pioneering podcast. I'm Jesse Fries. And I'm Jamin Fries. And we will talk to you next week.
Good afternoon. It is Thursday. Yeah. Thursday, August 14. And I'm Jesse Fries, and we are live with episode number 53 of the minus meanderings. And, yeah. Let's see. I I I have so many things that I could talk about right now. Let let let's just say I'm enjoying the Hummer, the new Hummer EV that the wife just got, the company car. Holy balls. That thing is freaking awesome. Nice.
[00:00:54] Jamon Fries:
And I'm Jamin Freese. And, you know, I really hate having to still talk about this. We're in a heat wave again. Welcome to summer. Yeah. With highs of 93 degrees for the next five days. Why do they call that heatwave? Seriously? I don't know. Last year, that was not a heatwave. No. Last year, it was it's gotta be a cool out. It's gonna it's only gonna be 93.
[00:01:28] Jesse Fries:
I think it's all a scheme to make people go, oh, the Earth is warming even though it really isn't. I really think it is. It it and everybody's bought into it. You know? It's, let's see. The other things I wanted to like, I was debating on for the opening is, apparently, Trump's numbers are better than Obama's and Bush's in their second term. Oh, nice. Yeah. Trump's at, 45.9, and theirs were 43 something. Both of them.
[00:02:00] Jamon Fries:
So Awesome.
[00:02:01] Jesse Fries:
Yeah. So at the same point in, their, terms. So, yeah, Trump's doing good. I think people like what he's doing with, DC and whatnot overall. Oh, yeah. People say he's not doing much, but he's trying to get a lot done, it seems like. So
[00:02:17] Jamon Fries:
Yeah. He is trying to do a he's trying to get a lot of stuff done, but it's all a lot of it is stuff that it it that should just be standard operating procedure.
[00:02:32] Jesse Fries:
Yeah. Yeah. You would think. You would think a lot of times. You know, it what what he's doing is not, like,
[00:02:39] Jamon Fries:
going outside of what a normal person would do while running a government. It's it's exactly what a normal person would do running anything.
[00:02:48] Jesse Fries:
Oh, yeah. Yeah. Completely. I agree with that. Also, the other thing I wanted to say is, did you see the guy that, threw a Subway sandwich at ICE? Yeah. Did you see? Yes. He was DOJ.
[00:03:04] Jamon Fries:
Was he really?
[00:03:05] Jesse Fries:
Yeah. He no longer has a job.
[00:03:08] Jamon Fries:
Well, of course. Yeah. But he was being charged with a felony. I I didn't I hadn't heard that he's DOJ.
[00:03:15] Jesse Fries:
Yeah. He's DOJ. He was, let's see here. What was he in? His name is Sean Charles Dunn. He was in the DOJ criminal division's international affairs section.
[00:03:30] Jamon Fries:
Oh, shit.
[00:03:31] Jesse Fries:
Yeah. Yeah. And, of course, he was a Democrat.
[00:03:35] Jamon Fries:
Of course.
[00:03:36] Jesse Fries:
But are are you fucking kidding me? You're part of the DOJ and you're you apparently, he was drunk, but you should know better. Come on. You know? You you work for the DOJ. I I I just Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Have you seen the video? It's awfully funny. No. I I haven't. I I only saw a stealth photo of it. Okay. Yeah. He just checks the subway sandwich in in the chest of ice. So, you know, it doesn't hurt or anything like that. Right. Yeah. But then three ice ages just go off and chase him. It's hilarious.
[00:04:18] Jamon Fries:
That is awesome.
[00:04:19] Jesse Fries:
Yep. Yep. Let's see here. Along those lines, looks like, Adam Schiff, there's seems to be quite a lot of evidence against him that at least what the DOJ is saying. Yeah. Yeah. And I've been following that a little bit too. Yeah. It looks like he could be facing, like, twenty years in jail Yeah. Whatnot. And apparently, he was a nicer guy. I I I know. Right? Freaking liar. Everything he seemed to say publicly was a lie from what everything has come out about it. It was crazy. He was saying, yeah. We have all the evidence of, Trump and everything like that. Yeah. Yeah. But this is what politicians do. They go, oh, we have all the evidence. There's there's there were like, during Trump, there is, oh, there's thousand tens of thousands of, sealed indictments coming, but that never happened. You know? It's like things like that. And so let let let's see if, this DOJ actually gets something done
[00:05:16] Jamon Fries:
with that. Be nice if they did.
[00:05:19] Jesse Fries:
Yes. But I'm torn, actually. Okay. Because it's like, yes. I understand that rule of law, nobody's above the law, blah blah blah. Right. But then, also, it's like it's especially, like, since some people wanna go after, like, the Clintons and Obama and whatnot. I I think Adam Schiff, yeah, I think you could go after him. But you we start going after those ex presidents. That is pretty much everyone breaks the law. So Oh, yeah. It's a very, very slippery slope that I think could lead to problems down the line. Plain and simple. It's how I'm thinking. Because then it would It absolutely very well could. And then it also means that the the election just gets even more hyperpartisan because you don't want your guy thrown in jail once the new guy comes about.
I think it's a dangerous precedent if you do it. I really think that's well, it's a dangerous precedent that Biden's administration did, actually. He started it after going after Trump, indicting Trump. Oh, yeah. Yeah. He absolutely did. Yeah. So but if so, if anything, Biden started it, but it's dangerous. I think it's a very dangerous thing to do overall Yeah. The political system.
[00:06:40] Jamon Fries:
I would agree with that. I I think it's one of those things where, you know, you've got somebody that starts it up. And and a lot of things happen this way where somebody starts trouble up, they start doing something that's not normally acceptable.
[00:06:56] Jesse Fries:
Right.
[00:06:57] Jamon Fries:
But they don't realize that it could happen to them because they allowed because they did it.
[00:07:03] Jesse Fries:
Yeah. Yeah. It's it's like those freaking documents. You you know? It's like, that that was the stupidest one of them all if you ask me. And then also the New York one, the New York City one. That was stupid as well. But from the federal level, that top secret documents one was completely bogus because everybody in the house and senate and in the administration has top secret documents at home. And you know they do. You know?
[00:07:34] Jamon Fries:
Yeah. They absolutely do.
[00:07:36] Jesse Fries:
So, yeah, I I don't I really don't see that that that one was just that was hyperpartisan, and they just want to get Trump. That that's it's New York City. That was hyperpartisan too, but that wasn't the fad at least. Well, I'm not sure they talked. But Well, yeah. Yeah. But, yeah, it is a dangerous precedent. It's that it it it really is. It was a dangerous Yes. It was. To set. Because it has been set. It's not
[00:08:06] Jamon Fries:
Yeah. And that that's that's one that's one of the biggest problems right now is that now that the precedent has been set, where is it gonna go from here? So Exactly. So either the Republicans do the smart thing, which is to say, you know, we're not gonna follow along. We're going to go back to the standards of the way things are supposed to be. Well But at the same time, if if you do that, you know that next time around, they're gonna do the same shit.
[00:08:43] Jesse Fries:
No. Completely. And not only that, it's like the Republicans, like, actual just straight up Republicans, they wanna go that route. They they they don't wanna but but it's the mega that is saying, fuck it all. We're we're we're we're taking you down because we know you did things illegal. Plain and simple. We're gonna take it down. So
[00:09:03] Jamon Fries:
And and I do per I do personally believe that if, you know, that I I don't have too much of a problem with it simply because if we have the proper evidence and they've been giving that evidence out to the public, So the public can look at it and say, well, shit. This guy's doing some bad stuff. You know, he he should be in jail for what he's doing. Right. Right. So so, you know, whereas with Trump, they never actually showed any evidence of him doing anything.
[00:09:39] Jesse Fries:
But you see, the thing is is that the the the so called evidence or lack of evidence, the Democrats completely believed. Everything against Obama and everything like that, they don't agree with. Vice versa for the Republicans. And so it it it's just this no matter how true it is see, this is the problem. This is the true problem, is that no matter how real the evidence is, the other side will not believe it. That is true. And so at least one third of the country will not believe it no matter what.
[00:10:14] Jamon Fries:
Or they'll believe it, but I don't care. They'll have they'll well, no. They'll have the opinion of it was done to prevent
[00:10:25] Jesse Fries:
something else from happening. So it's okay. Right. Yeah. Justification. They'll justify. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Exactly. Yeah. One way or the other, that that's how it's gonna be. And so Oh, yeah. There's no good ending to it. No. There isn't.
[00:10:43] Jamon Fries:
No.
[00:10:44] Jesse Fries:
And to me, that's I'm trying to look at the ending. You know? It's Yeah. What is the ending here? Because, yes, of course, we want vengeance. We we we we we we want retaliation. This is what we're humans. That's what humans want. Yeah. But then as a rational actor, you kinda have to set aside your feelings and see say, is this the right way to go? You know? And I I I'm I'm not I I just find it dangerous is what I'm trying to say. I I find it very dangerous
[00:11:16] Jamon Fries:
to go down that route. Yeah. I I I do completely understand that. But, you know, the I I'm afraid that the ship has already sailed, so it doesn't really matter what we do now. It's gonna continue happening forever from now on. No. I wouldn't I wouldn't I wouldn't I don't. Yeah. The it would it would take very drastic changes in, a, the society, and b, in the relationship among amongst politicians and the relationship amongst the public to simmer down quite a bit before it wouldn't continue blowing over.
[00:11:56] Jesse Fries:
Yeah. Yeah. No. I I agree. I agree. It it's just it's just crazy. It is crazy. Yes. It's, I think that's the best way to describe it. Let's see. Appeal court sided with Trump officials to withhold billions of dollars in foreign aid. This is just, on one level. It's not the final final decision. More than likely, this will be appealed again. Right. So, yeah, just another chink in or another, lag on the ladder, as we're going up to whatever it's going to be. Yep. Absolutely. The DC Police Union agrees with Trump, about DC and the crime and everything like that. So they kinda like what is happening there. So Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. I saw another video where it was, this one this one guy was arrested, and this one lady started to, like, hit the cops trying to get them not to arrest him.
[00:12:58] Jamon Fries:
Uh-huh. They threw her to the ground or against the cop car and arrest him. I mean, that's what happens when you would assault the police officer.
[00:13:06] Jesse Fries:
Yep. Yep. Yep. Fuck around and find out. It's,
[00:13:09] Jamon Fries:
Yeah. I there there's since they went in on Tuesday, there's already been over a 100 arrests now.
[00:13:16] Jesse Fries:
Yeah. Yeah. Makes sense to me. Makes sense to me.
[00:13:21] Jamon Fries:
Now I looked at some I looked at some numbers on that. And from what I've from what I saw, it looks like they only they've only they only they have a solve rate of 30% of their homicides.
[00:13:36] Jesse Fries:
Yeah. That's actually generally, if you commit murder, you will get away with it in The United States. Just like Yeah. Yep.
[00:13:46] Jamon Fries:
Generally I I never realized that it was that low. I I hoped that it was at least 50.
[00:13:52] Jesse Fries:
Yeah. Right? You would hope. You would hope.
[00:13:56] Jamon Fries:
But yeah. No. 30% and just 70% of the of the of the of murder cases just go unsolved, and that's insane.
[00:14:06] Jesse Fries:
It it it really is. It really is. It it just, looks like, in from '13 to '22, only 57% of homicide cases in The US were solved or cleared.
[00:14:21] Jamon Fries:
Okay.
[00:14:24] Jesse Fries:
So Yeah. There's a good chance of actually getting caught, but, there's there's a decent chance of getting away with that.
[00:14:35] Jamon Fries:
Yeah. Yeah. There absolutely is. That's insane.
[00:14:38] Jesse Fries:
Yeah. It looks like it just depends on, like, Alaska and Nebraska. The rate is much it's, like, 80% clearance, which is pretty good, actually. That's a pretty good rate. So Yeah. That's that's pretty good. Yeah.
[00:14:54] Jamon Fries:
That that should be, like, the national standard.
[00:14:57] Jesse Fries:
Right? What's the lowest? Let's see. There's a lot of 56, 50 twos, 40 now we're getting bad. Okay. In Mexico, you have a better chance of getting away with it. It's a 41% chance of it being found. Yeah. Ohio is the worst. It's at 41% Yeah. For states. So DC is even worse. Yeah. For states. Right.
[00:15:28] Jamon Fries:
Yeah. DC wouldn't be included in that list.
[00:15:31] Jesse Fries:
No. It would. Because it's not a state. And Trump said, there's no way you're ever gonna be a state.
[00:15:36] Jamon Fries:
Did you hear that? No.
[00:15:40] Jesse Fries:
Yeah. I mean, that that's
[00:15:43] Jamon Fries:
yeah. You know, if if if you want to have if you wanna be a state, move to a state. Don't live in the one district that's set apart by the constitution that is not that that was designed for a purpose of not having a state being able to control the government.
[00:16:09] Jesse Fries:
Completely. I agree. I agree. Yeah. I see no problem with that.
[00:16:14] Jamon Fries:
Yeah. Because I mean, could you could you could you imagine the the the problems that could arise if, say, Maryland if if DC became part of Maryland? Uh-huh. Yep. All of a sudden, Maryland can control almost everything that the that the federal government does and screw the rest of the states. Oh, completely. Completely. Yep. So, I mean, we can't let that happen.
[00:16:40] Jesse Fries:
No. I I agree. I agree. A funny little thing. So Trump in the White House, you know, the official portraits of president? Yes. Yes. I heard about that. Apparently, Trump moved Obama's and Bush Junior's into a stairwell. A hidden one. Yeah. That you can't keep. One that is very rarely ever used. I see. You you know, you can't if nothing else, Trump is petty. You know? Oh, yeah. Absolutely.
[00:17:17] Jamon Fries:
Well, and and have you seen, before and after pictures of the, Oval Office?
[00:17:23] Jesse Fries:
No. No. I haven't.
[00:17:24] Jamon Fries:
So before, it was pictures of of former presidents and, you know, just regular stuff. Probably somewhat expensive, but not terribly so. Uh-huh. You there? Damon, where'd you go? Mantle?
[00:17:50] Jesse Fries:
Sorry. What? Yeah. You completely cut out. I did not hear anything you said.
[00:17:55] Jamon Fries:
Oh, did I?
[00:17:57] Jesse Fries:
Yeah. Yep. Oh. Sure did. Uh-huh. That is very strange. I have no idea what happened. Started talking about the white the Oval Office.
[00:18:06] Jamon Fries:
Oh, okay. So in the Oval Office, it originally, it had pictures of of presidents and stuff like that in there. Just kind of a bland, boring room. Uh-huh. Now, the next picture they showed, it had, like, gold vases and stuff like that up on a mantle. And then there was gold stuff all over on the walls. I it's it's basically become like a gold palace now. Well, that's Trump. He loves Yeah. Absolutely.
[00:18:38] Jesse Fries:
It's a bit gaudy for my taste, but, you know, it's Yeah. Yeah. You like. That's what you like. So Yep. You know, I I I didn't mind the first picture because it was just very
[00:18:48] Jamon Fries:
minimal. Mhmm. But the the the next picture was a little bit worse. But the last picture, it's it's gotten pretty, garish, I would say.
[00:19:00] Jesse Fries:
Yeah. Yeah. That that that's true. Yeah. He is quite garish overall. Yep. Let's see here. Like, what What is this one store? I just see.
[00:19:18] Jamon Fries:
Have you heard that the White House has put a $50,000,000 bounty on, Maduro?
[00:19:27] Jesse Fries:
No. No. Wow. Yeah. Yeah.
[00:19:30] Jamon Fries:
They have direct they can they've directly linked him now to a lot of drugs coming into the country and stuff like that. Mhmm. And so they've put a $50,000,000 bounty on him. Okay. He then, of course, turned around and put a $50,000,000 bounty on Trump. But, you know Well, of course. Of course. Yeah. Yeah.
[00:19:51] Jesse Fries:
It's pretty much all meaningless crap, you know. Oh, yeah. Yeah. You you know, I really don't understand stand on this tit for tat with these these so called communists in our Yeah. I know. You know? It's like No. I don't it's like I I don't care if Cuba's communist. I really don't. Let's let's make it a holiday place so we can go enjoy, you know, like Jamaica or something. You know? It's a different vibe, though. So, you know, just because you're pissed off at them and some people in Florida hate them, you know, it's like, I don't care. You know?
Makes no sense to me. It really does. Yeah. It it it doesn't. That was the sixties. You you know? It it's like that that that that's sixty years ago, people. Just saying.
[00:20:41] Jamon Fries:
And NASA has, decided to spark up a new, race in space.
[00:20:49] Jesse Fries:
Okay.
[00:20:50] Jamon Fries:
They are, for for a long time now, they they have a they have a a vehicle of some sort that travels, that travels around the orbit between Mars and Earth to trans to to, transmit signals from Mars. It then hits the this vehicle and then it comes to Earth.
[00:21:16] Jesse Fries:
Oh, okay. Yeah. Yeah. Well A relay station.
[00:21:19] Jamon Fries:
Yeah. A relay station. So it's starting to get fairly old. Mhmm. They expect it'll still work up in into the twenty thirties, but after that, they're not so sure anymore. Okay. And so they've decided to instead of doing it themselves, they have decided to put an open bid out. They're they're, taking ideas from people right now. They haven't they haven't decided who's gonna do anything. They haven't decided what's gonna be done yet. They want they want, the tech companies and stuff like that to start looking into ways to make it better.
[00:21:55] Jesse Fries:
Okay. Cool.
[00:21:57] Jamon Fries:
Yes. That was pretty cool.
[00:21:59] Jesse Fries:
That is that is really cool. Yeah. I think commercial could be the way to go. It's, Oh, yeah. Yeah. The government, they can't seem to do anything right. So Of course not. Somehow, they got us to the moon. I I really don't know how they did that. But, you know, there there was a it we we we when it comes to crunch, I I think the government can do fine. But if there's no crunch Yeah. It it doesn't matter. They'll just throw money at it if there's crunch, and sooner or later, it'll be fine. But where there's no threat or anything like that, they won't throw the money. And so and then they're just inept. So Oh, yeah. Absolutely.
[00:22:37] Jamon Fries:
Without a doubt. Yeah. Yeah. It's like if well, it's not even so much the crunch. It's if Russia's trying to do it, we will put everything we can in to beat it. Oh, yeah. Completely.
[00:22:51] Jesse Fries:
Come yes. I can understand that during the cold war because now there was a cold war. Since then, I just don't understand it. I I, you you know, it's I think I I think it's a European frame of mind just to hate Russia. I really do. I think it's just a European frame of mind and, we're European based. So I think it's just makes no sense to me, but, it really seems to be the way it is. Yeah. There there's
[00:23:17] Jamon Fries:
too much in that about that stuff like that that doesn't make sense. It's like the, you know, it it's one of those things where it's like so we we were there and we were enemies twenty years ago, so we still have to be their enemy.
[00:23:37] Jesse Fries:
Yeah. Yeah. I I think what where it guys started from was, with it's like before Putin, like, in between that sweet spot in the nineties and everything like that. Yeah. Basically, Americans were able to go over there and just do whatever they wanted. Right? Oh, yeah. Definitely. And then Putin actually came and put his stamp on that horrible, horrible form of capitalism that was going on over there. And he he made it more It was a horrible form of capitalism. No. Yeah. Yeah. I think it he I think he probably turned it more into kind of a crony situation, but, you know, that's fine. You know? It's it's Yeah.
[00:24:13] Jamon Fries:
It's better than the lawlessness that was going on beforehand, if you ask me. Oh, yeah. I mean because when when when communism went away and it turned to capitalism, it was just the higher ups in the communist government took control of everything. They they owned all of the they they were the ones that owned all the factories. They were the the the the, the Russian mob was the other was the it was either the the old government dictators or it was the Russian mob. Between the two, they controlled everything.
[00:24:51] Jesse Fries:
Yep. Yep. Yep. Now I'm not sure if those people are different than who they are today. They might be the same people. But Yeah. It just seems to be a more stable situation. They there there's so many bad stories given out of that period of time. Yeah. Definitely. Yes. Of course, people do fall out of windows over there. That seems to be the favorite way of, doing it in Russia. But, you know, it that's fine. You know? It is Well, yeah. Defenestration,
[00:25:15] Jamon Fries:
it's a wonderful thing for some people.
[00:25:20] Jesse Fries:
It's very depressive over there. Of course, you're gonna fall out of it. What else would you do? Yeah. It's Absolutely. Well, let's see. Well, since we're talking about Russia, we might as well keep along that line. Okay. So, of course, we know about, Putin and Trump getting together in Alaska. Right? Yes. Yes. Absolutely. Yeah. And they actually picked an air force base to do that on, which kinda makes sense.
[00:25:50] Jamon Fries:
Yeah. It makes a lot of sense.
[00:25:52] Jesse Fries:
That way they can really control it and everything like that. Yeah. So For security purposes, I mean, that's, like, the the best place best way to do it. Oh, yeah. Yeah. Yeah. But it's like, what was it yesterday or the day before that Europe, had a meeting with Trump and Zelensky, and they go, oh, we can't allow certain things, you know, and everything. But they they were going nuts. They go, we can't allow this. We can't allow that. Wait. It's like, go away, Europe. I I I swear to God, but who who who cares what they say? I I have no care what they say. I really don't. Not at all.
Zendlinski? Okay. I I can care what he says, but Yes. In the end, I'll be all Putin's more powerful. Trump's more powerful. All the rest of them are literally peons. I swear to God. You know? It it's Oh, yeah. Definitely. So okay. There's Germany there. There's France over there. Oh, you're so cute, each one of you. Yeah. Yeah. You know that. Yeah. That's really what it is. You know? It's like, yes. We know you hate Russia. We know you hate Russia. Yes. We know you hate Russia. Okay. Yep. That seems to be their only thing is Haiti and Russia.
[00:27:03] Jamon Fries:
Well, yeah. I mean, I I think in many ways, hatred of Russia is the only thing that holds them together.
[00:27:16] Jesse Fries:
Yeah. I could see that. I could see that. Yep.
[00:27:20] Jamon Fries:
If they didn't have somebody that they that they hated
[00:27:24] Jesse Fries:
They would end up hating each other again. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. It's like France started most wars in European history. Just saying. Yep. Yeah. And Germany was trying to catch up.
[00:27:41] Jamon Fries:
Yeah.
[00:27:42] Jesse Fries:
They they're good at trying to catch up. They are. They are. It it's like it's like the big three are, like, England, France, and Germany. Those, Yep. Those three really just love to start trouble. Austria did too, but now Austria is, like, pretty much gone. So in power wise. Yep. But yeah. Those three. What can you do? What can you do? Yeah. Yeah. And we have and technically, we're descendants of all three.
[00:28:11] Jamon Fries:
Oh. We are. Yes.
[00:28:15] Jesse Fries:
We're in trouble.
[00:28:16] Jamon Fries:
Therefore, we must be warmongers.
[00:28:19] Jesse Fries:
We are. God bless it. You know? Yeah. Kill everybody. Let's see here. Looks like, China, they they're trying to stop Chinese companies from buying NVIDIA chips. Okay. I think kind of the whole same way that we stop Huawei and everything like that from being used over here. I think it's that same sort of thing. So Since I heard that DeepSeek used NVIDIA chips. They did not use Really? Yeah. Wow. In their newest iteration of it.
[00:28:59] Jamon Fries:
Okay. Alright. So that's kinda NVIDIA NVIDIA is making huge progress.
[00:29:05] Jesse Fries:
Yeah. Yeah. It really is. It really is. So that's good for Nvidia, I guess. So Yeah. Yeah. Absolutely is. Oh, Russia, right before the meeting with Trump, they punched through and did got, like, 15 to 25 miles with a hundred hundred and ten thousand troops. Yeah. So that was a surprise. Apparently, Ukrainians do not support the war anymore. Not Really? Yeah. I think they're they're just sick of They're just getting tired of it. Yeah. 69 say they want they're in favor of a negotiated end. 24% support fighting until victory.
[00:29:54] Jamon Fries:
That's a pretty significant number that wants to that wants to have peace
[00:30:02] Jesse Fries:
talk. Yeah. Yeah. I I I think, you know, because otherwise, it's just churning out dead. You know? You that's all you do. It's like, oh, you're old enough now. Go to war. You're old enough now. Go to war. It's the end of this war. You know? It's like Yep. In many cases, a bad piece is better than war.
[00:30:21] Jamon Fries:
Yes. Yes. Absolutely. You know? And, you know, Ukraine's kind of at the point now where if they don't have enough people coming of age to go to war, they have to start getting older and bringing in older and older and older people to go to war. Yeah. And, yeah, I mean, that's just it's never a good, never a good situation.
[00:30:41] Jesse Fries:
No. No. I think they've lost at least a generation, you know. Yeah. It's,
[00:30:46] Jamon Fries:
Yeah. They they they may be able to kill more Russians, but there's at least 30 times more Russians that can be brought against them than what they can put out there. So, you know, even if even if they're killing twice as many Russians as they as Ukrainians are dying, it's still a losing numbers battle.
[00:31:12] Jesse Fries:
It really is. It really is. It's Russians have more. That's just it. You know? It's,
[00:31:18] Jamon Fries:
Well and that's that's what Russia has always done. That's how they beat the Germans. You know? That's how that's how they made it to Germany. They just kept pouring people onto
[00:31:28] Jesse Fries:
Yeah. They were just throwing bodies. They they were trained. They weren't anything. It's like, here, have a gun. Go. Oh, every third of you gets a gun. Yeah.
[00:31:37] Jamon Fries:
We we've we'll we'll give you, like, five things of five five bullets. Uh-huh. So run-in. This guy here has a gun. You two follow him. When he dies, pick up his gun and start shooting. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. And it worked. It worked. Yeah. It worked wonderfully for for, you know, not not so good for the people that ended up dying, but for Russia as a whole, it worked to it was a wonderful plot for them.
[00:32:03] Jesse Fries:
No. Yeah. It it it it was, the perfect idea. It really was. Yeah. It really was.
[00:32:10] Jamon Fries:
Yeah.
[00:32:12] Jesse Fries:
Let's see here. What else do we got? Anything interesting there?
[00:32:18] Jamon Fries:
I've got some, there there was a a couple of hackers that, hacked hacked another hacker.
[00:32:27] Jesse Fries:
Hack hacking the hacker? Sweet. Yeah. Yeah. He was,
[00:32:33] Jamon Fries:
they have it it hasn't been officially proven, of course, but there was a lot of stuff on his computer that linked him to, the North Korean hacking. So they believe that he worked for one of the for one of the North Korea hacker rings. Okay. And some of the stuff that they found, it they they they the reason that they think he was that he was from North Korea was, he had a lot of North Korea stuff on his computer. But also, whenever he was hacking, it was always from 9AM to, like, from from o nine hundred to thirteen hundred, the time, time zone of the of the create of the Korean capital North Korean capital. Oh, yeah. Whatever it is. Yeah. Yeah.
Okay. And, of course, a lot when they when they went in when they went in when they they they got into his computer and then they released basically everything that his computer had in it. Okay. And there were a lot of ties between him him and the, Chinese hackers.
[00:33:50] Jesse Fries:
Mhmm.
[00:33:51] Jamon Fries:
So China and North Korea, they've kind of proven that they're working together. Another thing that linked him to North Korea was the IP addresses that he was using were all linked to known, North Korean hacker rings. Oh. So Makes sense. So they're they're pretty sure that he's North Korean.
[00:34:12] Jesse Fries:
Right. Right. Makes sense. Makes sense. But yeah. So he
[00:34:16] Jamon Fries:
this is the first time though. At every other time anyone has ever dealt with North Korean hackers, it's always been in response to to them hacking us, so we haven't gained access to them. Oh, okay. The first time that anybody's actually gained access to them and pulled stuff off of their computers.
[00:34:35] Jesse Fries:
Okay. That is cool. That was kinda cool. Yeah. Yeah. That's really cool.
[00:34:41] Jamon Fries:
And then there was another international story I ran across that Uh-huh. It it really got me thinking. I I was looking at a lot of stuff. They were talking about the famine in Gaza and all that stuff. Right. Well, I I found a I found a a group. Now this is from is it's it's a group in Israel, so you have to you have to go to it knowing that. So Right. Right. You can't there there is a bias there.
[00:35:12] Jesse Fries:
Oh, completely.
[00:35:14] Jamon Fries:
But according to the numbers that the UN is using
[00:35:22] Jesse Fries:
Mhmm.
[00:35:24] Jamon Fries:
Israel is reporting to the places that they're supposed to report to that so far, since the beginning of the war, over 10,000 more food trucks have gone into Gaza than what's being reported.
[00:35:39] Jesse Fries:
Okay.
[00:35:41] Jamon Fries:
Interesting. And they explained why there's a difference in the reporting.
[00:35:45] Jesse Fries:
Uh-huh. What's their reason?
[00:35:48] Jamon Fries:
It's because the group that is the group that is giving the UN their numbers, they're only stationed at two of the border crossings, and they only report the numbers when their people are at the border crossing, which is not a twenty four hour seven thing for them. Right. Right. Right. Oh, okay. So any truck going in from any other border crossing or any truck going in while they're not there is not in the numbers that's given to the UN.
[00:36:24] Jesse Fries:
Well, that would make sense. That would make sense. So okay. Yeah. Yeah. You you know, numbers can mean so many things. You know? It's Oh, yeah. Absolutely. That's the numbers you have, but what's the re reality? You know? It's like the DC time statistics and everything like that. It's like, what does it really mean? You know? It's you really have to delve into it and try to figure out anything. Oh, yeah. And you can't it's a tough thing to do, and most people cannot look at numbers. They really can't. I think COVID is a great example of it because, you know, when COVID was first coming out around, like, in March, right, they were saying the and this is before the mask mandates and everything like that. They were saying that Yeah. They gave the statistics on who was dying. Right?
Right. And I look at the statistics, and it was like a guy what? I was, like, 42 at the time. The chances of dying from COVID is, like, it was, like, less than one percent. And the the chance of my children dying, like, nil.
[00:37:28] Jamon Fries:
Like, like, zero zero
[00:37:31] Jesse Fries:
zero zero Right. Right. Right. Right. Chance. Yeah. And my wife, once again, the same. You know? Like, nil. You know? And so I'm like, well, I don't have to worry. I'm out of here. And that's just for me. I I I just looked at the numbers. I read it. I just looked at the numbers and I go, well, that means there's nothing to worry about. You know? Even if I'm 60, the chance of dying is slim. You know? So it's not. Yeah. So I I from that moment on, I was like, and so pay attention to numbers to people. You really have to know what numbers mean and delve into it, not just Yeah.
Take what people say for granted and everything like that. There's a lot of reasons why numbers are faulty.
[00:38:10] Jamon Fries:
Yes. Absolutely. There is.
[00:38:13] Jesse Fries:
And people love to push it one way or the other. You know, it's, Yeah. Well, it's like the,
[00:38:20] Jamon Fries:
the DC crime statistics. You know, they've I I keep hearing that the numbers are that the cry the crime is going down. Crime is going down. It's been dropping for the last couple of years now.
[00:38:31] Jesse Fries:
Right.
[00:38:33] Jamon Fries:
Well, the guy that puts those numbers out was just fired because he was lying about the numbers.
[00:38:43] Jesse Fries:
Mhmm.
[00:38:45] Jamon Fries:
I I mean, you know, so not not only do you have to look at where the number not only do you have to pay attention to the numbers in a way that's reasonable, but you also have to look at where the numbers are coming from. Yep. And what the my biggest problem though is that and this happens on on all sides. Once the actual numbers are known,
[00:39:10] Jesse Fries:
they still keep quoting the old numbers. Oh, of course. Because that's the one that's good for you. Yeah.
[00:39:18] Jamon Fries:
Yep. And that just that just drives me nuts. You know, when when new numbers come out and it's proven that they're accurate, everyone should be reporting those new numbers.
[00:39:28] Jesse Fries:
Oh, yeah. Yep.
[00:39:31] Jamon Fries:
It's like the it's like the inflation thing. I I I was watching, I I was in one of this one of the things that I was watching. They were talking about how is inflation is 3.1% now. Uh-huh. And that was all they said.
[00:39:47] Jesse Fries:
Right.
[00:39:48] Jamon Fries:
Then I was I was watching other stuff in in that wasn't related, and then it come then it pops up. It's three per 3.1% if you take this and this and this out.
[00:40:02] Jesse Fries:
Mhmm.
[00:40:04] Jamon Fries:
So but they didn't say if it should be higher or if it should be lower or what. But Right. Right. When you're taking stuff out of it, that messes with the inflation numbers. So the numbers obviously aren't just 3.1%.
[00:40:19] Jesse Fries:
Yeah. Yeah. I I read this one article. It goes, well, it says it says it's about 2.7 is with the number they quoted. And it it they say it's it's like a range in between, like, 13%. We really don't know. But it's somewhere in there. Okay. Okay. Yeah. If they go either way, that's good. So it's like, you you know, it it's just like it's just just like words. You you you know? Yes. Especially, because that story that I have in the link, it's from the sun. It's about, the Russian troops going in. Right? Right. These are the words that they use to describe they go, the raging despot.
Right? Mad Vlad. His bloodthirsty forces have reportedly advanced. You know? It's like Russian forces barbarically surged through the villages. It's like, propaganda much, you know, and that's what many of us land there. Just a wee bit. Just a wee bit. Yeah. I was like, wow. That is, like, some of the worst.
[00:41:36] Jamon Fries:
Yeah. Definitely.
[00:41:37] Jesse Fries:
Did you say Russian troops did this, this, that, and then we can maybe make our own opinion? When you add those charged words in there, you know what it's gonna do, and that's why you do it. Now this is the sun. So Right. You know, that is very is a tabloid. So but still, you know, it's like if you want news, if they add anything like that, even if it's just quasi, you know, watch over it. Because because it's just look at the real words that are there, not actually those. Mad Vlad. I like that one. Mad Vlad. Yes. That that is a pretty good one. I like the show title. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. I'm mad Vlad.
[00:42:23] Jamon Fries:
Let's see. You got anything else international?
[00:42:26] Jesse Fries:
International. The AFD in France or in Germany, they've gained even more, percentage points in the latest poll. They're still below a third. So it's like Yeah. Okay. It's not gonna mean anything because the other two thirds won't have anything to do with them. So Yeah. Yeah. Absolutely. It it it really doesn't mean anything. Yeah. China's developing a dam in the mountains. Okay. Right next to, like, I think India and whatnot. Mhmm. And it's like a super high powered dam to where it would be, like, what is it? It's a giant hydropower. It requires digging tunnels that plunge through high mountains to harness the power of a river that sharply descends through the deepest and possibly longest canyon on the planet.
Wow. They think it'll be big enough to power around 40,000,000 Chinese homes.
[00:43:32] Jamon Fries:
Holy crap. That's,
[00:43:34] Jesse Fries:
that's a lot of power coming out of that. Yeah. Yeah. That is a lot of power. That that that's bigger than their, current biggest, it's bigger than the 3 Cord gorgeous dam. Yeah. Oh, actually, hold on. The project could generate triple the output of the world's largest hydroelectric facility, China's 3 Gorges Dam. Okay. No. 3 Gorges Dam, that's 40,000,000. So this is three times that size. So it could do a 120,000,000 homes. Damn.
[00:44:10] Jamon Fries:
That's, that that that's a lot.
[00:44:13] Jesse Fries:
But it's in a quake prone area. So I'm not sure. And and apparently, it's it's right along, the disputed area with India and Right. Pretty close to Bhutan. So
[00:44:32] Jamon Fries:
So it's is it up in the, Tibetan region then? Yeah. It's in Tibet. Yep. Okay.
[00:44:38] Jesse Fries:
Yeah. Well, China just calls it China now. Oh, yeah. Yeah. It's Tibet. It's Tibet. Oh, China's gonna come after Vietnam. But but, yeah, that's kinda crazy. A 120,000,000. That is nuts. Ew. That's all I got for international. So Okay.
[00:45:00] Jamon Fries:
Most of what I found was, national news. Mhmm. So, Cincinnati. You you know that, big brawl that that happened over there? Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Well, the, Cincinnati leaders are now demanding prosecution of the white man that slapped the black guy.
[00:45:23] Jesse Fries:
Yeah. I heard that. I heard that. Yeah. I don't even know if it's the guy that got stomped or not. Yeah. I I don't know. I have no idea. Yeah. But, I'm sorry. A slap? Yeah. Slap him back. Punch him once or twice. Mob them? That seems a bit much. I'm just saying.
[00:45:43] Jamon Fries:
Well and and from from what from my understanding is that this all happened that this all started long before that video started being recorded.
[00:45:52] Jesse Fries:
Right. Right.
[00:45:53] Jamon Fries:
So if the slap was on video, which is how they know that he got slapped Uh-huh. That means that the fight was already going.
[00:46:02] Jesse Fries:
Yeah. At least verbal. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Apparently, racial slurs were being tossed back and forth. It was
[00:46:09] Jamon Fries:
Yeah. The from what I from what I heard, well, from what they were talking about in the the they later on put a body cam video of the two police officers that were in that were investigate that arrived at the scene first and were were trying to get information.
[00:46:27] Jesse Fries:
Right.
[00:46:27] Jamon Fries:
It sounded like the majority of the racial slurs were happening after the fight started.
[00:46:34] Jesse Fries:
Okay.
[00:46:35] Jamon Fries:
So I don't know if that's what actually led up to the fight. Right. Right. It very well maybe. But I so a lot of the racial slurs were after the fighting had already started. So Got it. Yeah. I mean, not not that it's good, not that it's permissible to do that, but, you know, that was something Yeah. A much more heated moment.
[00:46:59] Jesse Fries:
Yeah. Yeah. It'll crack me up. It's like I saw some of that, and they're going, oh, you you have to charge that guy with inciting a riot for slapping somebody. He's like, yes. You you gotta charge you gotta you
[00:47:13] Jamon Fries:
gotta charge him for inciting these other people into into committing a felony.
[00:47:20] Jesse Fries:
Yeah. Into writing. I I think just you you know, generally, inciting a riot generally, that's words used as in you try to push them into rioting. Yes. Not just a fight that happens to break out into riot. You know? It's a
[00:47:40] Jamon Fries:
And and, you know, the the the argue the the thing the arguments that I've heard on this is okay. I mean, he did slap the guy that is assault. So sure. Go after him for assault. Yep. Yep. But that doesn't excuse the behavior of the people that were doing the mobbing No. Because they weren't just they didn't just attack him. Yep. Yep. They put they they put a woman down on the ground. They put another guy down on the ground. I don't know how many people were how many people Yeah. In that group that got put down. But I mean okay. So one person did something, so you attack everyone?
That's not how it works.
[00:48:23] Jesse Fries:
Generally, it's not how it works. Yes. I I agree. I agree. It's Yeah. Yeah. Just say to slap and say it right. Let's just say, okay. You know, apparently, the the cops, they they want the cops to go talk to this guy. Right? Uh-huh. And so the cops went to talk or this guy has a lawyer. And so the cops called the lawyer because if he has a lawyer, you call the lawyer. Right? That's what you do. Yeah. And the lawyer said, I don't want him to talk to you. And so the cops are going, well, there's nothing we could do right now. We're we're we're investigating, see if we can charge them with something. But Right. You can't talk to them.
Yeah. Yeah. It's just that's the law. You know? The lawyer says no. So, well, that's it. You know? It's
[00:49:15] Jamon Fries:
yeah.
[00:49:16] Jesse Fries:
Yeah. It is crazy.
[00:49:19] Jamon Fries:
It is crazy. It really is. And then, on the immigration front with DHS. Mhmm. Remember, we were talking last time and it was up to 80,000 people had had applied for the 100 for the 10,000 jobs that were open.
[00:49:37] Jesse Fries:
Right. It's now up at a 120,000
[00:49:40] Jamon Fries:
people have applied.
[00:49:42] Jesse Fries:
Okay. Nice. Nice. That's, yeah.
[00:49:46] Jamon Fries:
Pretty high numbers.
[00:49:48] Jesse Fries:
Well, 50,000 and, student debt wiped.
[00:49:52] Jamon Fries:
Oh, yeah. Yeah.
[00:49:55] Jesse Fries:
It's tempting. It is tempting. You know? But Yeah. Yeah. No. Not not not for me. You know? But, it it is. Yeah. It does make you think. It's like going, Yeah. Or as the old song, things that make you go
[00:50:15] Jamon Fries:
Yes. Exactly. Yep. Then, in New Jersey, the a, township has a new ordinance that has parents in an uproar. Uh-huh. The I guess, there had been there was a a summer festival in this in this township. Uh-huh. And, like, just a gathering of, like, 300 teenagers came in and just caused a whole bunch of ruckus. They basically tore the place apart.
[00:50:51] Jesse Fries:
Okay.
[00:50:52] Jamon Fries:
And so the city put in an ordin put an ordinance into effect that says, parents, if if your children if your teenagers have been have been convicted of stuff like this enough times, we're going after you and potentially putting you in jail for up to ninety days or a 2 or a $2,000 fine.
[00:51:20] Jesse Fries:
No. Yeah. It's, it's part of that whole thing with guns where they're they've started going after guns as well. And, you know, on yeah. It's it's the trend nowadays. It's like you are technically responsible to your for your kids. Yeah. It's yeah. It it's like if they get unruly, but, though, can you just say, well, he's unruly. I cannot handle him. He's your problem now so you can give him up to the state. Is that what you're supposed to do? Or because some children just some parents can't do it. Yeah. I'm not even sure I blame the children. It's just some parents can't. They had don't have the gumption.
[00:52:02] Jamon Fries:
They don't have the gumption or they've they're never home because they're working or something. Yeah. They try to provide and everything like that. There's many different ways.
[00:52:10] Jesse Fries:
Yeah. But, yeah, it's
[00:52:13] Jamon Fries:
it's rough. Yeah. So I mean, it it is rough and and and he's like, you know, we we we are going to take that into account, which is why we have fine fine opportune fine options or jail time options. And it's up to ninety days. So it could be, you know, a day or two in jail just and just saying, hey, you know, get your kid under control a little bit if you can. Right. Right. So so they will take they will take the situation into account. Like, if you've if you've got, like if the the example they were giving was, like, so this, a lady has three kids.
One of them, she just can't control. So, you know, what do you are you gonna take her away from the other two? And so the so so the guy the mayor was like, that this is everything will be determined by the court, you know. Case by case. Yep. Okay. Yeah. It'll be a case by case basis. We have set minimums that are fairly low, and the maximums aren't that high. So, you know, it it's it it's kind of reasonable. It's kind of just, I think it's more of just a wake up call saying, hey, parents. You gotta know what your kids are doing. Right. Right. Makes sense. Makes sense. Yep.
[00:53:29] Jesse Fries:
Coolio. Coolio. Let's see. What else do we got? Oh, apparently, a factory steel factory exploded or parts of it did
[00:53:42] Jamon Fries:
Okay. In,
[00:53:43] Jesse Fries:
Pennsylvania. Yeah. Yeah. This was in Pennsylvania. Yeah. It's, two killed, apparently. Mhmm. Like, at least a dozen or 10 people injured. So Yep. Yeah. Yeah. In Pittsburgh area. So which is where steel is generally done. So
[00:54:03] Jamon Fries:
Yep.
[00:54:04] Jesse Fries:
Isn't but yeah. So that sucks. You know?
[00:54:09] Jamon Fries:
Yeah. It does. It definitely does.
[00:54:15] Jesse Fries:
Apparently, Vegas is feeling the pinch from, Canada not visiting. Canadians really hate us right now. They really just don't like us. Trump has really twisted their panties in a bunch, and they really just don't like us right now. It's hilarious. Yeah. It sucks for Vegas, but, you know, it's because they're down, like, what, 11%? Something like that, I think. Yeah. Yeah. They're hurting pretty hard. They're starting to have to lay off people. So Okay. Mhmm. Yep. All because Canadians don't like being say be told that it could be the fifty first state. So
[00:54:56] Jamon Fries:
Yep.
[00:54:57] Jesse Fries:
You you know, they should just stop paying as much attention to us as they do. You you know, that They really should. Yeah. I think that's probably a rule for the world. You you know, it's like, we don't pay attention to them, really. You know? So Yeah. They just should do the same to us and then we can go about our our own crazy way, and they'll live happily in ignorance.
[00:55:20] Jamon Fries:
You know? Not only that, but, I mean, most of us live in ignorance too. We don't even pay attention to ourselves. And if we're not if we're not gonna pay attention to what our government's doing, why should you?
[00:55:36] Jesse Fries:
Very, very true. Love it. Love it.
[00:55:44] Jamon Fries:
My next story, I actually have a prop for.
[00:55:48] Jesse Fries:
Oh, do you know? Yes. Yes. Okay. What is the next story?
[00:55:53] Jamon Fries:
There is a, report that some people are very happy about. Uh-huh. And that is is that drinking is down at the lowest record in ninety years. It's dropped to, like, it's dropped by, like, 54%. To which Oh, Jesus. I say.
[00:56:17] Jesse Fries:
God bless you. I'm doing the same here. So I I started the show that way. Yeah. But Okay. Yep. Yeah. Yeah. Well, I that just means we have to drink more for them, Jayme. That that that's what that means. Absolutely. Yes.
[00:56:33] Jamon Fries:
Yeah. It it's it's down to the average number of drinks per week is 2.8 drinks per week now.
[00:56:41] Jesse Fries:
2.8 a week?
[00:56:43] Jamon Fries:
Yes.
[00:56:44] Jesse Fries:
That's my daily That is the national that's like the national average.
[00:56:48] Jamon Fries:
That's my daily at least. Just saying. Yeah.
[00:56:53] Jesse Fries:
Yeah. That is sad. That is truly sad. At least I'm bringing up the numbers. You know? Absolutely. Yes. Yes. I'm just saying we need we need people like you holding in there to to keep the numbers up for us. Damn Skippy. Damn Skippy. Alcohol is what makes life tolerable. Otherwise, you'll go, what was me? And, you know, actually think too much. You know, you don't want that in life. You know, you wanna stay there and just relax. You know? It's, like, that's how I view it at least. Oh, yeah. Definitely. So Definitely. Same here. Beer.
Let's see here. Do we have anything else there?
[00:57:40] Jamon Fries:
I have one more. Okay. Will Kane on Fox News. He interviewed, gosh. I can't remember which rep he interviewed, one of the Texas state reps. Uh-huh. And the Texas the the one of the Democrats that was up in Illinois. And he It's Telerico. Yes. Telerico. That's it. And he would he was asking you know, Telerico asked him questions that were supposed to be gotcha moments. Uh-huh. And Will Cain answered everything fairly well. He admitted he didn't know some things at the time.
[00:58:27] Jesse Fries:
Right.
[00:58:28] Jamon Fries:
Telerico then went and posted on lie on x, I think it was, with a from a ten minute interview, he posted seventy seconds of just cuts of him asking questions and dead silence. And then and then he and then he posted a cut that had that had the, that had Will Cain saying, okay. Well, we're running short on time now, so we're gonna have to wrap this up. Uh-huh. And then he he said that they just cut him off.
[00:59:10] Jesse Fries:
Wow. Wow.
[00:59:12] Jamon Fries:
That Will Will Kane played that last part of his interview? Uh-huh. He said, okay. We've gotta wrap it up now. And he'd let the for three minutes, this guy was talking about how he missed the tacos from Mexico. And then they both said goodbye to each other.
[00:59:38] Jesse Fries:
That is ridiculous. That is seriously ridiculous. It's Yeah. Those Democrats just think you come back. Apparently,
[00:59:45] Jamon Fries:
now they're saying that they're never coming back.
[00:59:48] Jesse Fries:
So does that mean they're ever even representing anybody anymore? That that that's, like, oh, so you so does that mean you're moving out of the state? Just say. Yeah. You know? It's, I think the seats are vacant.
[01:00:00] Jamon Fries:
Yeah. I know. So, I mean, the the thing that Will Cain was the most upset about. It it wasn't even that this guy did that. Uh-huh. It was that the reputation of this guy is that he's a man of the cloth, that he's upstanding, very, very, very good man. Uh-huh. And yet, there were, like, three times where he just flat out lied in his answers. And then he went in and posted these massive lies. And McCain's like, that's not the act of a man of of a of a man of the cloth.
[01:00:37] Jesse Fries:
Well, what's funny is that it doesn't matter if you're a man of the cloth. The saying still stands. How do you know when a politician is lying? His mouth. His mouth. Open. Exactly. Yeah. That's it. That that that that is it. You know, play it over. That's Yeah. Oh, oh, no. A politician lied. Oh my goodness, Steven. What are we gonna do? I I I don't I know. I know. But before we get uh-huh. Go ahead. Go ahead. No. You.
[01:01:07] Jamon Fries:
No. I was just gonna say I I've just never you know, I've I've heard stories about them lying, but I've never seen it this blatant before.
[01:01:15] Jesse Fries:
Oh, yeah. It's blatant. It's blatant. Just as blatant as we are here when we say we are a value for value podcast here. So if you guys can help us out in anything, time, talent, treasure, that would be great. I've gotten some emails saying that we should have guests on the show. I don't want guests on the show. That's just not what I want. You know? That that that that would completely ruin the dynamic. You know? It's not that there's much of a dynamic, but, you know, it would ruin it. Yeah. So if you have any other ideas or anything like that, please let us know. My name you can email me at jesse@mindlessc.com or jamen@jamenatmindlessmeanderings.com.
And if you have ideas about the show, that's great. Send us money. That is great as well. Anything. You know? If you want a address to send it to, please let us know, and, I can get a address for you so that you can send us a check even if you wanna do it anonymously, that sort of thing. Any which way you wanna do. It doesn't matter if it's a dollar or 300. It doesn't matter what you do. If you, do, like, $50, we'll make you a producer of the show, and that will be a credit, and we'll back that up and everything like that. So you can even put on your resume. You know? You can say I'm a producer of the show. Would that be awesome? I think so. But, yeah, please help us out any which way you can.
So, Jaylen, what's the last story of the day?
[01:02:36] Jamon Fries:
The last story of the day. There was a gentleman who I I don't know if he would if he's the if he's the, the, shit. I can't think of the word, influencer. I don't know if he's the influencer or if his wife is. The they didn't get it. They didn't get into that. They just said it's an influencer family.
[01:03:00] Jesse Fries:
Okay.
[01:03:02] Jamon Fries:
The son, the the his the his mom was telling him to do stuff, and he just he just disrespected her in a way by just saying, just chill. Right. So the dad says you don't tell your mother to chill.
[01:03:21] Jesse Fries:
You don't tell your wife to chill either. Just say it. No. Just say you you you just don't do it.
[01:03:26] Jamon Fries:
His punishment has gotten a lot of good reviews and a lot of people
[01:03:34] Jesse Fries:
just really upset at him. Of course. What was the punishment?
[01:03:39] Jamon Fries:
He made his kid do push ups and squats. 10 push ups, 10 squats.
[01:03:48] Jesse Fries:
This story said 60 squats.
[01:03:51] Jamon Fries:
Is it what? No. It wasn't 60.
[01:03:54] Jesse Fries:
He then straight his stepson to do several push ups followed by 60 squats. Is what I don't know. Don't
[01:04:01] Jamon Fries:
ask me. Well, you say in the in the recording, it would the in the re the recording ended with just, okay. Now do some squats. And so he did a couple of squats and the recording ended. So Okay. Okay. Well So I don't I don't know exactly how many he did. Either way, it He he did 10 push ups. Yeah. He did 10 push ups and squats.
[01:04:23] Jesse Fries:
That that kid I mean, you know from the from the picture, that kid, like, weighs, like, just fifty, you know, if that. You know? So, you know, that yeah. That's funny.
[01:04:36] Jamon Fries:
I mean, the I I just couldn't wrap it around my head how anybody thought that punishing him by exercise was a bad idea. It's better than a time out because you're not gonna learn anything from a time out. Well, right. It's a hell of a lot better from getting beaten.
[01:04:55] Jesse Fries:
You you you you've seen America, Jamin. You you you know? Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. You're kinda part of it too. You know? So, you know, it's like yeah. Yeah. People don't like exercise. It's just one of those things. I see nothing wrong with it. I have absolutely nothing wrong. I I actually love exercise. No. I know. I know. I know. I just need to do more of it if you could. You know? That's, that's,
[01:05:23] Jamon Fries:
Exercise was never my problem.
[01:05:25] Jesse Fries:
No. I understand. I understand. I I I'm just
[01:05:29] Jamon Fries:
I'm just trying to make a joke. You know, if if if if you wanna if you wanna if you wanna say exercise, two and a half years of hanging drywall was a lot of fucking exercise. It was. It was. It was. And you were And yet I gained weight during that time because of how much I was eating. So Yeah. Yeah. He he goes back and forth. He goes back. It does. Yes. It but with that,
[01:05:52] Jesse Fries:
thank you for joining us for episode 53 of the mindless pioneering podcast. I'm Jesse Fries. And I'm Jamin Fries. And we will talk to you next week.
Introduction
The New Hummer EV Experience
Discussing the Heatwave and Climate Change
Trump's Approval Ratings Compared to Past Presidents
DOJ Employee's Subway Sandwich Incident
Adam Schiff's Legal Troubles
The Dangers of Political Retaliation
DC Crime and Police Union Support
Foreign Aid and DC Politics
Trump's White House Decor Changes
Maduro and Trump: Bounty Tit-for-Tat
NASA's New Space Relay Station Plans
Russia and Ukraine: War and Peace Talks
European Politics and Historical Conflicts
China's NVIDIA Chip Ban and Tech Advancements
Ukraine's War Fatigue and Russian Strategy
North Korean Hacker Exposed
Gaza Food Truck Discrepancies
Understanding Statistics and Media Bias
Cincinnati Brawl and Legal Repercussions
New Jersey's Parental Responsibility Ordinance
Steel Factory Explosion in Pennsylvania
Vegas Tourism Decline Due to Canadian Relations
US Drinking Trends and Statistics
Texas Democrats and Political Drama
Influencer Family's Controversial Punishment
