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- Jesse Fries

- Jamon Fries

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(00:00:19) Introduction

(00:03:05) Age Verification and Privacy Concerns

(00:09:08) Government Surveillance and Cash Withdrawal Limits

(00:19:00) US Department of Defense vs. Department of War

(00:30:34) US Economy and Recession Concerns

(00:40:26) Illegal Immigration and Employment Issues

(00:51:01) Bureaucratic Challenges and Presidential Powers

(01:03:01) Law Enforcement and Social Order

(01:14:02) Electric Vehicles and Market Dynamics

(01:18:11) AI in Education and Cognitive Impact

(01:24:04) Advancements in Medical Technology

(01:29:00) Legal Name Confusion and Social Media Issues

[00:00:20] Jesse Fries:

Good afternoon,   everybody.   It is September. Yes. I got the right month this time. September 8,   and we are live with episode number 60 of the Mindless Meanderings.   I'm Jesse Fries, and I'm wondering, just how crazy Europe's gonna get. Seems like the governments are a little bit in chaos right now over there.  

[00:00:41] Jamon Fries:

And I'm Jamin Fries. And,   yeah, it's not just Europe. Nepal seems to be going the same route now too.  

[00:00:49] Jesse Fries:

Really? What's going on there?  

[00:00:52] Jamon Fries:

Oh, they've,   they're trying to block access to YouTube,   x,   and a few other social media sites,   which resulted in a riot where seven people got killed.  

[00:01:05] Jesse Fries:

Holy crap.   Yeah.  

[00:01:08] Jamon Fries:

That is crazy. That is crazy. They they they say they're doing it to prevent   the   fake stories and stuff like that. The the Well, of course. Same shit that everybody says they're doing it for.  

[00:01:22] Jesse Fries:

Yeah. Yeah.   Exactly. It's not my propaganda, so it's gotta be bad. You know? It's basically what the Yeah. Concept is. Yeah. Yep. Yep. Yeah. Look looks like France information that I put out, so it's gotta be wrong.   Exactly. Exactly.   Looks like France just just now had a vote of no confidence against the prime minister.   Yeah. But I read about that. Yeah. Whatever his name is. So now Macron, the president   yes. It's a weird system. The president now has to,   try to figure out what to do with that, and then the parliament has to try to   coalesce around   somebody.  

But yeah. I   I I think that was all happening due to finances and everything like that. He was trying to cut budgets and things like that. People didn't like it.   Yep.   So,   yeah, it's all crazy.   Le Pen   seems to be,   in the surge and everything like that. So   Yeah. We she's part of the far right or what they call the far right. Right.   Yeah. So,   yeah, let's see what happens there. That that's a bit crazy over there. Yeah. There's a lot of craziness going on around.   There is. There is. And then, some minister, one of the big shots over in The UK, I can't remember what she was   exactly, like, minister I I don't know. So something. Anyways, well, she was caught up in a scandal with finances or something like that.  

And so she had to resign   because it was a pretty big scandal.   So  

[00:02:58] Jamon Fries:

Gotta love those scandals.  

[00:03:00] Jesse Fries:

Yeah. Yeah. You gotta love them. You gotta love them. Yep.   Let's see here.   So let let's just dive into it. I hate that word dive. Every podcast says dive. Let's dive. Let's do a deep dive.   No deep dives here, people. Just say no.   We're skirting the top of it. Deep dives.   Every so often, they pop up when we really get a bug up the butt, but that's about it. Well, yeah. At the end of the audit. So if it's something that we're extremely,   knowledgeable about, we'll deep dive into something. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. We're passionate about it. Strong opinion about it. Uh-huh. Yeah. Yeah. That rarely happens. So It it rarely happens. So usually just screw the top of it. Yeah. Yep. Yep. No deep dives here.   Let's see here. So   what is this age verification   thing?  



[00:03:54] Jamon Fries:

Well, you know, everybody's   everybody's wanting to do the,   the   the the government is trying some states anyways have set it up so that you have to Oh, yeah. Prove that you're underage and stuff like that. Yeah. Well, there's been a problem with some of that, and many of the many people are starting to   use,   to use VPNs and stuff like that to get around it. Well, of course. Yeah. The the problem is is that no one can guarantee that these third party sites that are collecting your personal information   are secure.  

[00:04:30] Jesse Fries:

No. Yeah. Completely. Yep.  

[00:04:32] Jamon Fries:

And so, you know, I I through reading the article, I I got to thinking about it. And, you know, I'm like, well, there's one way to do it   that some people might not approve of, but it would make sense.   What is that? They're talking about providing government ID and so, you know, having to provide well,   what if and this only works for cell phones. What if when you go in to buy a cell phone,   you show the government ID of the person that's gonna be using it and they put your birth date on the phone. So it so anytime   anytime any website out there says how old are you, the phone will just automatically tell them.  



[00:05:15] Jesse Fries:

Yeah. I I I could see that. Like, especially, it's just a date of birth.  

[00:05:19] Jamon Fries:

Yeah. Because, I mean, we already trust the phone. We already trust trust You just have to have the age.  

[00:05:23] Jesse Fries:

The phone could know your date of birth.  

[00:05:26] Jamon Fries:

Yes. Exactly. And this is All it has to tell all it has to do birth. Yeah. All it it doesn't even have to tell the date of birth. All it has to do is just say, yes. This person is old enough. Yeah. Absolutely   zero information has to be transferred. We already entrust   all of that information to the cell phone provider.  

[00:05:45] Jesse Fries:

You know, I I thought you were gonna go down, like, the road of, like, the digital ID sort of of thing. But no, I Yeah. No. Hell no. No. No. No. I no. I I like I like it. It it I would see why not. Yeah. And you could make it so that you actually have to go in and show some random dude your Exactly. You know, it's like if if you're getting a kid if you're getting a phone for your kid, you take your kid you you know, this would require that everybody has a government ID of some form.  

[00:06:10] Jamon Fries:

You take you take your kid in with you. You show the ID for it. They input the kid's age. That way, they never have to change settings on the phones.   Right. Right. You know, things that are 13 and up, you can access it once you're 13. Things that are 18 and up, you can access it once you're 18.   It's just makes logical sense, I think.  

[00:06:30] Jesse Fries:

Yes. Except for that whole 13 thing. You know? I I Well, you know, I mean   because to me, that's like a parental  

[00:06:38] Jamon Fries:

Well, and and and It's like some of these things are yeah. That's the thing is that it's still a parental thing because the parent   can put it under their own ID if they don't care if their kid sees anything.   Well,   right. But yeah. I I I know what you're saying. I know what you're saying. Yeah. In general, it it There's something something to be worked out. But yeah. There's The only problem is is that that wouldn't really be accessible for PCs   because, well,   you know, I mean, I I buy parts for my computer and I build it. So, you know, there's no way to guarantee it. So you guys still gotta figure out something with PCs. But for phones?  

[00:07:20] Jesse Fries:

Hell, yeah. It's easy to do. Yeah. We'll see why not. We'll see why not.   Yeah. Makes sense to me. Makes sense to me. Because, you know, it's like   down here in Texas, you you need for porn. You have to Mhmm.   Prove that you're of age and everything like that. And it's like Yeah. Well,   I'm not I'm not ashamed about it. I watch porn because, well, I'm a man. But, you know, it's it's like   so so for it, the options where you could either do, like, you could present your ID,   or it could just scan your face, and then it could say, well, you're old enough or not old enough, or you need a short ID.   And so I just did that.  

Thankfully, I'm all gray, so I look older than hell. So, you know, I   I did have to so my face is out there, but, you know, I don't really care about that. My face is everywhere. So everybody's face is everywhere. So Yeah. Absolutely.   But yeah. No. It it's it is a tough thing. You know? I I know Britain through looks like they're trying to go, like, for the digital ID sort of thing. Yeah.   I'm not so sure about that. You know? But   I don't like It'll very happen.  

[00:08:28] Jamon Fries:

I I don't I   I I don't much like concept of digital anything. I don't like digital currency. I don't like digital ID.   I like having physical things. And   but yeah. I mean, it's  

[00:08:44] Jesse Fries:

yeah. Much of our life now, though, is digital. So it's like It really is. Yeah.   It's I can see why it's going that way. It's just it means that it's everything can be tracked, which is just really annoying.   Yeah. I I I think it doesn't need to be tracked. If I wanna do something illegal, I should be able to do that. And then if you bust me, fine. But I it shouldn't just be open for the government to  

[00:09:06] Jamon Fries:

Right. Figure out real quick. You know? It's, Yeah. You know, it it's for me, it's the   I mean, yes, I carry zero cash with me. But if I wanted to do something and wanted it to not reflect on my bank account,   I wanna be able to pay with cash. No. I don't want everybody to know every single thing that I buy.  

[00:09:28] Jesse Fries:

Yeah. Yeah. Apparently, England doesn't want that. Did did we talk about what they're trying to do over there?  

[00:09:35] Jamon Fries:

Don't think so. So what they're trying to do, there's this proposal,  

[00:09:40] Jesse Fries:

or it's about to be law. I don't know which one it is. But, basically, to where you   if you ever withdraw more than £200   within a week,   within a seven day period,   the government would be notified.   What the hell?   Yeah. Yeah. It it it's like here in The States, we have, like, the 10,000,   which to me, I still find it ridiculous as my fucking money. It's not your Yeah. Yeah. You could screw off. But   at least that's a decent amount. But, apparently, they want to stop people from, like, buying used cars and crap like this. I don't know why.   That makes sense. But   it really doesn't. £200,   Jay. You you know, I know money works differently over there and everything like that, a pound. Well, yeah.  

You you you can still get, like, a beer at a pub for, like, £2 or something like that. So Okay. So   you would be fine with a £100, you know, but   still, it's not that much. You know? I mean, £2,200  

[00:10:45] Jamon Fries:

that   that that doesn't get you a new cell phone. It doesn't get you a computer. It does there there's so much shit that you buy on an every that people buy on an everyday basis Yep. Yep. That won't meet those   that won't meet those standards.  

[00:11:01] Jesse Fries:

Yeah. Yeah. So if you what you need to do is, like, every   every week, just withdraw a higher 50 pounds, and then just save it.  

[00:11:09] Jamon Fries:

And then you can do whatever you want. Because Well, you you know what that you know what that's gonna do.   It's gonna make it so that they have to hire, like, 50   new   federal employees   for   every for every certain number of people   because you've got so much more paperwork   now.  

[00:11:31] Jesse Fries:

Oh, I'm I'm sure they don't care about that. And I'm not I I don't think it's Well, no. I mean, that's what they want. The the these governments, they want bigger governments.  

[00:11:39] Jamon Fries:

So Yep. The more people they have to hire, the happier they are. Yeah. Yeah.  

[00:11:46] Jesse Fries:

You know, things   things are crazy. That's insane.   It really is. It really is.   You know, it's like,   there was this other story. It was basically,   so I I think I said, like, the London Chief Police said, it's a stupid law, like, arresting that median.   Yeah. And it's like, okay. Yeah. That's nice and everything like that. You you you   this one guy on Twitter, he goes, well,   it's nice that you said that that they should have different laws, but you it seems like you can actually pick and choose what laws you enforce because apparently, crime and an assault   on the street by immigrants is not being arrested.  

So how is the   you know? So why are you enforcing this one, but not   actual criminal law? You know? Yeah. Yeah. That just thought that made no sense.   Yeah.   It's all completely crazy.  

[00:12:41] Jamon Fries:

It really is. Yeah.  

[00:12:46] Jesse Fries:

And then also crazy, you know, it's like, I always get kicked out of,   these news stories. It's like,   so this cousin of Trump thinks he's an asshole.   And, it is yeah.  

[00:12:58] Jamon Fries:

And and now there's one about, like, RFK because, you know, well, his family hates him. Well, I mean, yeah. The the Kennedys have always been have always been against RFK as soon as he went rip as soon as he went Republican.  

[00:13:09] Jesse Fries:

Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. But, you know, it's like, does it matter?  

[00:13:13] Jamon Fries:

Seriously. You know? It doesn't.  

[00:13:15] Jesse Fries:

It's   like, why is that a news story? It it just makes no sense because his family member some family members say he's a threat to American health.  

[00:13:24] Jamon Fries:

You know, if this were back in the   seventies   Mhmm. Maybe even the eighties,   it might have   been something because back then, the Kennedys were still royalty. But,   I mean,   I don't know of anybody that thinks of the Kennel Kennedys in a   very positive light right now.  

[00:13:50] Jesse Fries:

Yeah. No. They're still they're they're they're still by a threat. But Yeah. They're hanging on by a threat, really. You know? It's But, I mean, it's I think it's nothing like what it used to be. No. No. Not at all. They were camelot for Christ's sake. You know? It's,   no. It it's it's been fading   for a long time now and,   you know  

[00:14:12] Jamon Fries:

yeah. It's just it's just another attempt. That was I I think this is just another attempt of the the Kennedy family to try to get back into the spotlight again. Yeah. They'll try to bring back some of that some of that strength that they used to have. That's an interesting thought. That's an interesting thought. Yeah.   Yeah. I wonder what because I mean, other than other than RFK Jr, you never hear about any   Kennedy in the news anymore.  

[00:14:38] Jesse Fries:

Oh, rarely. Every so often you do, you know, but a lot of times you don't even know it's a Kennedy because it's a girl. Yeah. So it has she has a different name because of marriage. Yeah. That's true. So it's Yep. It's like it's like Schwarzenegger's   ex wife. She's a Kennedy.   Schreiber. Okay. Yeah. She's a Kennedy. You know, there's a whole bunch of Kennedys that you just go, oh, that's a Kennedy? Okay. That you know, you move on with your life because who cares? Yeah. Exactly.   Thankfully, here in The United States, we we we can have these dynasties,   but then the dynasties fall apart, and we don't care. Yeah. Yeah. You you know, it's not like you The UK   where it's the king or the queen, you know, and it's like and then Yeah. You follow them for forever and a day, you know, for all Yeah. History, you know, basically. So   Yep. Yeah. Yeah. We have a better system. That's all I'm saying. I agree completely.  

Yeah. So   the Department of War, kinda love that. Right?  

[00:15:34] Jamon Fries:

Oh, absolutely.   Yeah. I I I just yeah. I I I found this this article here, and I just had to put it in here for the for the name. It's from Wired.   So, of course, you know, it's gonna be interesting, but defense department scrambles to pretend it's called the war department.  

[00:15:55] Jesse Fries:

Yeah. I've I've   Yeah.   You know, technically, I guess, it needs to kinda go through through congress, but then it also doesn't all at the same time.   Yeah. I know. And you know, so that it it was only the Department of Defense after World War two.   Yes.   So so, technically, it's been the the Department of War   for longer than it's been the Department of Defense.   So  

[00:16:20] Jamon Fries:

I I heard one person I I I heard one person say I can't remember exactly where where I saw where I heard this, but they're like, you know,   ever since we called it the Department of Defense,   we haven't won a single war.  

[00:16:37] Jesse Fries:

What have we also defended? You know, is we we've all been attacking. We've lost everything.  

[00:16:43] Jamon Fries:

Anything that we did halfway decent at, we were attacking.  

[00:16:47] Jesse Fries:

Exactly. We can't defend shit. It's like in World War two, we were actually defending, and we called it the Department of War.   Yep.  

[00:16:55] Jamon Fries:

So yeah. No. And then after that, we lost part of Korea. We lost Vietnam.   You know? I mean, we couldn't defend anything where we were trying to go to help defend. No. Exactly. And you know something? I really think it  

[00:17:10] Jesse Fries:

by calling it the Department of War,   when you're giving it a budget, you're saying this is for war.   Yes. What I am giving you is for war. This isn't about defense. This is about war. This is about our interest and everything like that. It's like I just saw a recent article. It was like, oh, we now have,   some interests in Venezuela. It's our security interests.   Some general was saying that it's like going Sure.   Sure.   Yeah. You know, it's   that just means that   that gives you the pretext to invade and do whatever you want when you say it's in our interests. You know? Absolutely.   It's all shady. Completely shady. It really is. Yeah. But, yeah. Just call it Department of War. That's what it is. That's what we've been doing. Yeah. We haven't been defending a single thing. No. We've been waging war. Yes.  

Vietnam. That was a war. Korea. Oh, yeah. You know, it's like, yes, we had these stupid theories of why we're doing it. Oh, the domino theory. And we're now in,   the the new,   neo,   domino theory with Russia,   you know,  

[00:18:20] Jamon Fries:

and everything like that. But yeah. No. It just call what it is. It's war. It's what we're doing. Depart you know, I I would have a problem with having a Department of Defense and a Department of War as long as the Department of Defense was purely about protecting our borders.   Yeah. Well because that's what defense is. Yeah. Yeah. Actual,  

[00:18:38] Jesse Fries:

like like, military   defense of the homeland. Yeah. No. It makes sense. Yeah. It's,   it's like homeland security. It really isn't homeland security. It's,   let's keep our people,   under our thumb   and and everything like that. You know? It's, Yep.   So Let's make sure all of our people are toeing the line. That's what Homeland Security is. Yeah. Basically. Except for maybe us. You know, that's the only one where it's like, okay. You're you're you're doing something there. Yeah.   But then they also can go in a 100 miles from the border and do whatever they want. Did you know that? Mhmm. Technically,   we have no constitutional rights within a 100 miles of the border   per the Supreme Court. Really? Yep.  

There's no,   like, search and everything like that. They could just search you if they want to.   There's they don't have a warrant. ICE can just do whatever they want within a 100 miles of the border. Mhmm.  

[00:19:36] Jamon Fries:

How far is LA from the border?  

[00:19:38] Jesse Fries:

Oh, it's on the border.  

[00:19:41] Jamon Fries:

LA isn't on the border. Yes. It is.  

[00:19:45] Jesse Fries:

Oh, the ocean. Yeah. Yeah. That's a border.  

[00:19:48] Jamon Fries:

Well, shit. That means that all the complaints that people have been having with the judges and stuff is all completely thrown out the water.   Yeah. Yeah. I could see that. I could yeah. I wonder if that they've ever wonder thought about Because the they've got their the judges tried to the the local judges tried to stop the roving ice patrols in California.   Right. Right.   But if there's   no constitutional   protection against search and seizure  

[00:20:19] Jesse Fries:

There isn't.  

[00:20:20] Jamon Fries:

Within a 100 miles of the border,   you got nothing to say.  

[00:20:24] Jesse Fries:

Yeah. You go through a border, they can just take your phone. Yeah. They could take everything. It doesn't matter.   You don't have a right to anything   on the border. It's just what it is because you're crossing the border. You're crossing international Oh, yeah. Yeah. No. Absolutely.  

[00:20:41] Jamon Fries:

I didn't I didn't know that it went that it went a 100.   I I didn't know it went a 100 miles in inland.   Yep. 100 miles in   That makes sense, though. Because I mean, you know, when I was driving over the road, I'd quite often see the,   like in Southern Southern Texas, Arizona,   New Mexico. The border   patrol that was that wasn't actually on the border.  

[00:21:02] Jesse Fries:

Yeah. Yeah. You you go by. They're they're checking things, and they go, you're a citizen? Everybody in there is citizen? And you go Yes. And they go, okay. And you move on through. You know, they don't they don't  

[00:21:12] Jamon Fries:

sometimes they check IDs, but if you just say yes, Jarian, and you look kosher, then you're Yep. On through. No worries. But yeah. Yeah. It's a 100 miles. I never had I I never had to think twice about them because, you know, as an over there truck driver, I was licensed out of a different state. So they knew not that they didn't have to bother with me. Oh, okay. Okay.  

[00:21:31] Jesse Fries:

But yeah. So that yeah. I I find that an interesting thing too. But, yeah, within a 100 miles of the border,   you you could say whatever you want. You you you have some of those rights and everything like that. Right. Yeah. To,   bodily freedom and things like that. You They can they can stop you for no reason. Yes. They can stop you for no reason. Completely stop you for no reason. That is just what it is. So so Chicago would be a bit different because it's not Right. A 100 miles.   Yeah. Well, it's either I would is it a 100 miles or is it more? Let's see.   I don't know. But it is something like that. We could check here. Should we check?  



[00:22:10] Jamon Fries:

Let's  

[00:22:13] Jesse Fries:

see  

[00:22:17] Jamon Fries:

here.   That could be why the Supreme Court just went and said that,   that Trump can continue the roving ice patrols in California and didn't really   specify as to why they were agreeing with it. It could just be that they know the constitution.  

[00:22:33] Jesse Fries:

He got every right to do it. That that would actually make a lot of sense.   Yeah. Yeah. It is a 100 miles.  

[00:22:40] Jamon Fries:

So Yeah. Because a lot of people got upset that that they didn't, like, delineate   why they were letting Trump do it.  

[00:22:48] Jesse Fries:

Yeah. Yeah. And, actually   so   there's this map   that shows the 100   mile border.   Okay. And the way they do it is they it's land border.   So,   you know, the Great Lakes, you know, the Yeah. That's a water border that so the land is Chicago.   Basically,   every major US city,   Chicago,   Milwaukee, Green Bay, Detroit, Buffalo,   all these, are within the 100 mile   zone.   And   Apparently, I'm not though. So suck it, people.  

[00:23:28] Jamon Fries:

They can't go touch you.  

[00:23:30] Jesse Fries:

Yeah. Exactly.   But yeah. It's I'm definitely not. No. No. You you definitely are not. Yeah. Exactly. But yeah. So   I'm a border enforcement zone.  

[00:23:43] Jamon Fries:

Yep. Yeah. So   yeah, just send all the feds to all those cities.   They you can't stop them.  

[00:23:50] Jesse Fries:

You can't enter all the the all the deepest of blue cities.   Yeah. It's,   Saint Louis kinda. Not too big of a deal. You know? Atlanta is not too big of a deal. You know? It's, Yep.   Yeah. No.   So   I see. I wonder if that was ever argued because if   it would make sense because they could do whatever they want there. There is nothing to do. Yeah. No. That that  

[00:24:17] Jamon Fries:

is that is awesome.  

[00:24:20] Jesse Fries:

Well, it kinda sucks all at the same time. I'm I'm not sure right now. Is it awesome? It does. Well, no. I mean,  

[00:24:26] Jamon Fries:

if you if your desire is   to get rid is to have illegal aliens removed from the country, then it's an awesome thing. True. True. I I could see that. I could see that. Yeah. Yeah. If your goal is not to do that, then, you know, it kinda sucks.  

[00:24:42] Jesse Fries:

If you want your civil liberties to be infringed upon, it's not such a good thing, you know. But, you know,  

[00:24:48] Jamon Fries:

but yeah. So there you go. Although, I mean, you're a 100 miles from the border, so it's not considered civil liberty. So  

[00:24:56] Jesse Fries:

right? Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. But basically, most of the population falls underneath this. So Yeah.   Mhmm.  

[00:25:02] Jamon Fries:

Wow. That that's insane.   There's I I was I was really happy about the one thing,   Kavanaugh   put out a put out a statement about the,   about the Supreme Court, thing with the with the roving ice patrols.   Right.   And it's the first Supreme Court justice that I've heard say,   if you don't like the way that the rules currently are, which are currently being enforced by the president, then you need to go to congress and change the law.   Yeah. Plain and simple. I it's so simple, but nobody tries to do it.   Well, I mean, they they know it'll fail, but still.  

[00:25:43] Jesse Fries:

No. That yeah. That's the thing. It's like, you know, these are the laws. These are the laws that have been written. Everything like that, there's nothing new here. No. They're very old laws, in fact, because immigration law very rarely ever gets touched. Yeah. Yeah. So it's   and illegally crossing the border, that is what's been a crime. Yeah.   So yeah. Yeah. I don't see it. Remaining in the country without permission has always been a crime? It has. It has. Yeah. Exactly. You you know, there's a   yeah. So I don't   that that that always cracks me up too. It's like, oh, we need this. We need this. Well, how about you actually try to get it done the right way? You know? Yeah. No kidding. Yeah.  

You know, it's like Roe v Wade. You know? It's like, okay. You want that? You want the constitution mind me saying that? Well, you create one, and Yeah. Let's ratify it. It can be ratified. If it can't, well, there you go. That's what we want. Yeah. You know? It's, It's what the people chose.   Yeah. It's what the states chose. It's the states, not the people. The states. Sorry. See, everybody needs to understand this. It's the states. It's not the people. We are not a democracy.   Big d or small d, we are not.   Yep. We have democratic   institutions,   I would say. Yes.  

But we are not democratic. So Yeah. Yeah.   Yep. Let's see. Supreme Court also, just allowed,   Trump to fire the FTC commissioner.   Some lady. I can't remember exactly.   Nice. Yeah. Which one this was for? He's tried to fire so many people, so I'm just like I know.   Yeah. So chief,   John Roberts, chief justice,   he wrote the he issued the order,   that struck down the temporary order   blocking the judge's   or  

[00:27:35] Jamon Fries:

how how does how does he Issue the commissioner's termination?  

[00:27:39] Jesse Fries:

Right. Right. The court, via the order to issue by,   the chief justice, temporarily   blocked the judge's ruling that reinstated Rebecca Kelly Slaughter,   while the case continues. So, you know   Mhmm.   Mhmm. Yeah.   Whatever that really means.  

[00:27:56] Jamon Fries:

I don't I don't even understand why there's a case.  

[00:28:00] Jesse Fries:

Because   back in, like, the twenties or thirties,   it was   a law was put in   that to set up institutions   that   the president   the they were trying to be apolitical about the whole thing. And so they made it so that the president couldn't,   fire them.   But then that slowly changed over time,   throughout   ever since, there was one decision that said, yeah. No. We can't have it. And then ever since, like, the twenties or thirties, the Supreme Court has chipped away at that.   Okay.   And so, basically, Trump is just saying, can we just get rid of this? Because it's unconstitutional   because I am the executive.  

And I have sole duty under the constitution   as a executive branch.   Exactly.   Exactly. And if it's not of the congress and it's not of the,   judiciary,   it is an executive.   Yeah.  

[00:28:58] Jamon Fries:

Yeah. So A 100%.   Yeah. Yeah. I've never I've never understood that aspect, you know, the I I I get the whole they tried to make it so that bureaucrats were protected   essentially.   Mhmm. But   at the same time,   when the people vote   for president,   they're voting for how they want the country run, not how some bureaucrat decides to do it.  

[00:29:27] Jesse Fries:

Exactly.   Exactly. And most presidents,   unfortunately,   actually   just   either they have great ideals and then they learn that the system is gonna buck them every chance they can.   Yeah. Or they just are part of the system anyways, and they go, I know how this works. So it's no biggie. Yeah. We're just gonna keep going the way it is. Trump is just a different animal. He's like, oh, no. We're doing it my way because I'm the president.   Yeah. So Yeah. He fell for it the first term, but, he's not falling for it the second term. No. This term, he's like, good. You you you screwed me over. You know? Yep. And and and it wasn't even nice about it. It wasn't, like, pushing back and just stopping him. They actually attacked him, you know, with all these lawsuits and all these criminal filings. I mean, they they attacked him. You know? It wasn't just, like, a simple,   oh, we're not gonna do what you wanted us to do, which is what, like, some people in the DOD did   Right. Or in the justice department. But they actually also went after him, like, hardcore. So, you know, it's Mhmm.  

Yeah. You can't blame him for how he's acting right now. You really can't. No. You can't.   Let's see here. What else? Looks like one third of The US economy is already in a recession.   I'm not sure if that's a surprise or   anything like that. You know? Wait. Third.   Well, it's a whole bunch of states and everything like that, but it looks like the hardest hit is,   I don't know why. It doesn't make any sense to me, but it's just right around DC.   I don't know why.   Yeah.   Yeah. Yeah. I don't know why. It could be that make sense. He fired everybody. You know? Yeah. I mean,  

[00:31:08] Jamon Fries:

it could be that the bureaucracies   are falling apart.  

[00:31:11] Jesse Fries:

Yeah. Yeah. So so so that takes up, those three states. Right? They're Delaware,   Maryland, and Virginia.   Yep.   But it looks like the Northwest and the Northeast are   in a recession.   Georgia's in recession, Minnesota, whatnot. But Texas here. We're good. Kansas. In a recession too. Did you know that you're in a recession, apparently? I did not know that.  

[00:31:38] Jamon Fries:

I haven't noticed it.  

[00:31:40] Jesse Fries:

Yeah. Apparently, you are. Would you notice it though? Because, you know, you just get Social Security benefits anyway. So yeah. Yeah. Yeah.  

[00:31:48] Jamon Fries:

But yeah. I mean, the the cost of stuff that I buy has been dropping. So, you know, I just assumed that we were doing okay.  

[00:31:56] Jesse Fries:

Mhmm. No. Yeah. Yeah. Apparently, it's   whatever it is, I'm not sure exactly.   Oh, you have a   what is this?   Okay. It doesn't recession high risk.   So is that status recession high risk? I don't know exactly what that means. No idea.   Yeah. No. It's,   apparently,   your share of The US GDP is just point 8%, though. So that's kind of pathetic, dude. That is really It really is. Yeah.  

[00:32:29] Jamon Fries:

I I blame it all on the Chiefs. They lost. So, you know, it's another fault.  

[00:32:34] Jesse Fries:

I can see that. I can see that. You know, it's,   Lions lost too, so, you know, there is that. Yep. Yep.   Kansas State lost. Our asses handed too. No. They did. They did. Yeah. It it it was funny. It's like I wanted to watch the game because well, I wanted to watch the game, and it was gonna be the national game, right, on CBS at that time. Unfortunately, the freaking Houston Texans were playing at the same time. So guess what game are they? Woah. Yeah. Yeah.   Yeah. Yeah. And they go, damn it. Yeah.  

[00:33:05] Jamon Fries:

Yeah. That's,   that sucks.  

[00:33:09] Jesse Fries:

It did. It really did. But, you know, what can you do? What can you do? Yeah.  

[00:33:13] Jamon Fries:

For the first time in a long time, I actually got to watch the Twinkies play.  

[00:33:18] Jesse Fries:

Oh, that's cool. That's cool. Yeah.  

[00:33:20] Jamon Fries:

They beat the shit out of the royals.   Oh, wait. No. The royals beat the shit out of them. Oh, okay. Okay.   Yeah. It was, like,   12 to three or something like that.  

[00:33:32] Jesse Fries:

I I think the deal might be off right now. But, generally, at the beginning of every,   baseball season,   T Mobile through T Mobile, they just give you free access to MLB stations   or, like, every MLB game that is not in your,   locality. So you couldn't get, like,   Royals games, but you'd be able to get Right. Minnesota games as long as they're not playing the Royals. Oh, nice.   Well, so I could watch the Tigers all I want. It's Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. They also do that for the MLS, but who cares about soccer?  

[00:34:09] Jamon Fries:

I I couldn't agree more. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. And not a sport I've   ever understood   or wanted to understand.  

[00:34:17] Jesse Fries:

I understand it. It's just it's   it's it's boring. You know? I I just   Yeah. It's a lot of kicking, though. Especially at the high levels, they're just just kicking long distances.   Like, at Aiden's age, because he plays soccer, it's a whole different matter. It's a it's it's it's it's like rugby sort of thing at that level. Yes.   Yeah. You know, they're just, like, clumped altogether. Just  

[00:34:38] Jamon Fries:

You know?   Where where the entire where both entire teams are right next to the ball.  

[00:34:45] Jesse Fries:

Exactly. Exactly. You you know, it's like   a sport that   it's good if it ends in a nil nil   situation. You just, like, go how is that good? That means nobody scorched that means   nothing happened   for ninety minutes.  

[00:35:02] Jamon Fries:

Pretty much. Yeah.  

[00:35:04] Jesse Fries:

You might as well not even have showed up.  

[00:35:07] Jamon Fries:

Yeah. Yeah. No. Absolutely.   You know, I I   I I think that's one of the things, you know, I keep hearing about, like, these great plays, but yet nobody scored.  

[00:35:18] Jesse Fries:

Yeah. You know? Yeah.   This great play happened, but it obviously wasn't that great because nobody scored. Well, if it's a great defensive play, I can understand. Well, yeah. Yeah. But, yeah, beyond that, it's like, what's the point? You see?   Yeah.   Yep.   No. Yeah. Right there with you. Right there with you.   Okay.   Hyundai or Hyundai. High Hyundai. However you wanna pronounce that. So they're kind of in a bit of trouble right now.  

[00:35:48] Jamon Fries:

Yeah. Just a wee bit.   Yeah. Yep.   I I heard I that I've read an article just a bit ago that, it's gotten it's gotten to the point where   South Korea is actually sending officials to escort   No. Yeah. All of the illegals back.  

[00:36:07] Jesse Fries:

No. Yeah. Because it looks bad on, South Koreans. Oh, yeah. Big time.   Yeah. So it's I I've seen so many news stories and everything like that and every whatnot, but it seems to boil down   to where they   they hired contractors and then those contract or or they hired contract companies and then those contract companies   hired contractors   Yep.   To run the plant   instead   of   hiring,   local workers, which is kind of the whole purpose of having them built here. Is to hire  

[00:36:42] Jamon Fries:

Americans  

[00:36:42] Jesse Fries:

for this. I'm just saying. It is so but a lot of these contractors, they were also here just illegally. Plain and simple, they were here illegally. They didn't have the papers. Yep.   Yep.   And then I I I've heard   some people on the left, you know, they're like going, oh, look at what they're doing. They're they're just a whole bunch of,   they they they just wanted to get rid of these people because they're racist. The person that turned these people in are racists. You know? It's   apparently, it was a Republican, but maybe they just wanted workers.   And the lady who she I'm not sure if   if the if ICE did it because of what she said. But Right. In her statement, she goes,   these are people taking jobs away from union workers.  

Yeah. This is a Republican   worried about union workers.   Oh, yeah. So   to me, I thought that was the Democrats. I thought the Democrats cared about the union workers.  

[00:37:36] Jamon Fries:

The unions are actually backing Republicans a lot more now than they than they ever have in the past. Well, yeah, the parties have flipped on that. We the Republicans actually  

[00:37:45] Jesse Fries:

are no longer the elite. They really aren't. The Democrats still try to push it. Yeah. We   the Republicans well, not really. But on the right, we have Musk.   But that's really about it. You know? I know he's the biggest dog on the planet, but, you know, it's,   that everybody most everybody else is leftist,   You know? So Yeah. Liberal. So  

[00:38:08] Jamon Fries:

Yeah. I mean, all the big money   votes blue now.  

[00:38:12] Jesse Fries:

No. They do. They do. Wall Street votes blue because Yep.   The Democrats just wanna help Wall Street. That's, basically, the whole purpose of them right now. Yeah. Absolutely.   Mhmm. But, yeah, some of these people fled, I guess, and tried to they jumped in a sewage pond or something like that trying to get away,   which kinda defeats the whole purpose of,   these people saying, oh, they they weren't here illegally. Because some people were actually saying that. They were saying they weren't here illegally.  

[00:38:41] Jamon Fries:

And they're running away jumping into the hedge funds. Yeah.   Sure.   I'm gonna buy that.  

[00:38:49] Jesse Fries:

I don't think I would jump into a sewage pond if I wasn't doing something wrong.  

[00:38:53] Jamon Fries:

Yeah. No. Just say Generally.   One of those places that,   yeah. No. You only go to hide.  

[00:39:02] Jesse Fries:

Yeah. You only go to hide. Exactly.   But, yeah, the South Koreans,   they were they wanted to make sure that all the rights were upheld by these people. They didn't want them to go through the detention centers or anything like that,   because they care about their people. And so Of course. Yep. And they go, okay. Well, we were caught.   Back we go.   Yeah.   Because, generally, you know, a lot of   a lot of these companies have done that sort of thing. You know, they'll just hire, like like, Foxconn and everything like that. Oh, yeah. Definitely. They'll they'll just hire their own people   when they come over here. You know? Except the whole idea is for our workers to do it instead of Right.  

Instead of Right. You can  

[00:39:46] Jamon Fries:

have a few, of course. You know? Well, yeah. I mean,   especially up in management and stuff. I mean, I've No. I have no problem with Korean management if it's a company owned company. To train and everything like that, it makes sense.  

[00:39:58] Jesse Fries:

Yeah.   But just in general,   the majority of the workers need to be American. Otherwise, it's,   I completely agree. Yes. It it doesn't make any sense for you to come over here then. No. Why why would we have you here? You know? Because you get tax breaks from us to build anyways.   You know? And then you say you get those tax breaks, and then you want your own people there and not our people. You know? Yeah. Yeah. No. It's a bad idea, generally.  

[00:40:24] Jamon Fries:

Yeah. Generally.  

[00:40:27] Jesse Fries:

Let's see here. Looks like, migrant children that were lost underneath of Biden,   looks like I think it was, like, 27 of them have been found dead   Oh, were working. As sex slaves   as young as, like, nine years old. Yeah. Doesn't surprise me, unfortunately.   Yep. 27   confirmed dead,   causes of death ranging from murder, suicide,   car accidents, or drug overdoses.   A lot of these, would be with just drug dealers, and then they would just start taking fentanyl as kids.   Oh, yeah. Yeah. There they go.   Yeah. Yep. So these are the unaccompanied   minors that are coming up over the border. So  

[00:41:09] Jamon Fries:

These are the these are the kids that   we're told that we have   to leave be leave here in The US so that   the approved   adults   can claim them.   Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. And and yet drug dealers,   sex rings. Yeah. Those are really, really good, well approved adults.  

[00:41:31] Jesse Fries:

Seriously. Right? Or or   parents or, foster   parents just,   wanting the money and everything like that. You know? We know how the system works, people. It's a Oh, yeah. So there's a lot of shadiness out there.   A lot. Yes.   But yeah. So it it yeah. At least twenty seven dead.   Yeah.   About, like, 230,000   came in   Yeah. Under Biden. So it's it's it's just a sad situation. It really is. Oh, it's very sad situation. Yeah.  

[00:42:03] Jamon Fries:

It's pretty bad.  

[00:42:05] Jesse Fries:

Yeah. Yeah.   Let's see here. The only other thing I have is, that Hulk Garcia guy, you know,   the supposed Maryland   father.  

[00:42:15] Jamon Fries:

Yeah. Yeah. The Maryland dad.  

[00:42:18] Jesse Fries:

Yeah. Yeah. So, apparently   so his lawyers,   came out with this whole thing going a list of, like, 20 some odd countries   saying that he fears fears retaliation,   torture, or whatever,   prosecute persecution   in, like, this list of 20   countries. Right?   And, of course, because we were gonna send them to Uganda. Right?   Yeah.   So   Uganda apparently made the list.   Well, of course. Yes.   And so the Trump administration   is saying, okay. Well, we're just gonna send you to Eswatini.  

[00:42:54] Jamon Fries:

Never heard of it, but okay.  

[00:42:56] Jesse Fries:

It used to be called Swaziland.   Oh, okay. Okay. That I've heard. Yeah. Yeah. Exactly. Exactly. Yeah. Swaziland is basically where, Eswatini.   So   that's where that's a new one. It's,   and apparently, one of the reasons he didn't wanna go to Uganda, he goes, well, I don't know the language. Well,   Uganda's two formal languages, like, actual governmental languages are   Swahili   and English.  

[00:43:24] Jamon Fries:

So he doesn't know English.  

[00:43:26] Jesse Fries:

Apparently not. You know, he is from El Salvador. So, you know, it's Yeah. But, I mean, you know, he's the Maryland dad. He he should know English. I mean, you know, that's what they were saying. I I thought so. He was a Maryland father. Exactly. Yeah. So yeah.   Yeah. Yeah.   Send him to Swaziland.  

[00:43:43] Jamon Fries:

Hell, yeah.   Oh, man. Yeah. Well, that's that's like CBS caving in when they when they,   edited out Chris, secretary Nomes   Oh, yeah.   Talked about him.  

[00:44:01] Jesse Fries:

Oh, yeah. They   they did a they they they knew they messed up so badly that they just caved almost almost instantly. Like, within a week, they caved.   It's crazy. Because it was last night. Had done such a bad hatchet job on it too. Oh, they did. It was a horrible hatchet job. Yeah. It's a she, like, went into why he's such a bad guy, and they just cut all that out. It was hilarious.  

[00:44:25] Jamon Fries:

It it it it is hilarious when when you give the reason that you're never going to allow him to walk on US streets again.   Yeah. Yeah. And yet they cut that reason out and just leave the threat of him never being able to walk on US streets again.  

[00:44:41] Jesse Fries:

Well, well, that's responsible journalism,  

[00:44:44] Jamon Fries:

Jay. Of course. Of course. Yeah.  

[00:44:52] Jesse Fries:

Is it oh, it's just a funny bit.   Have you seen the Phillies Karen?   Yes. I did. Oh, that lady. I swear to god.   Yeah. So so if I get my story straight, she she she gets hit by a ball, it falls, and then the dad comes and gets it because, well, it's a fair ball. You you could just grab it, you know, or something like that. I that's what I heard one person say. I don't know if the ball hit her first or whatnot. It doesn't matter. You didn't have it. So Yeah. No. I I don't know if the ball hit her. If it did, it bounced off and fell,  

[00:45:26] Jamon Fries:

fell into the row in front of her. Yeah. Yeah. And   she was reaching for it, but wasn't close to it. And Mhmm. The dad came over from, like, 10 seats over and grabbed the ball,   which is very standard in professional baseball games.   Oh, completely. Completely. That ball is free game until it's picked up.  

[00:45:49] Jesse Fries:

No. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. You you know, I saw this one TikTok. It was like, your guy goes, there's two rules to these balls. Right? So   you have to get it. You can't just hit Yes. You have to get it. That means it's yours. And then there's a second rule. You never take a ball from a kid.   Yeah.   Never. It doesn't matter. You just never do. If you do if you grab a ball out of the air where it's gonna go to that kid, your ass is grass socially.   You know? Yes.  

[00:46:18] Jamon Fries:

Yes.  

[00:46:19] Jesse Fries:

Unless you give the cog the ball to the kid right away. No. Completely. Completely. Yeah. Catch it in the head into the kid. This is what you do. Everybody knows this.   But, apparently, she was having a bad day.   But then with that haircut   I can see that. I can see that. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. I think she's had a bad life. Apparently, there's a video too. I heard a I heard a lot of people talking,  

[00:46:40] Jamon Fries:

comparing her to,   they they at first, they thought that she was,   I can't remember her name, Pocahontas.   Elizabeth Warren. Yeah. Warren. At at first, people thought it was Warren because they look pretty similar. The haircuts are, like, dead on. Right. Right. It's just different colors and of hair.   Yeah. Which throws it completely off, but yeah. Yes. Yes. Totally. But, so there there were some people some people are now calling her the, Warren of the Phillies and stuff like that.  

[00:47:12] Jesse Fries:

Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. And, apparently, there was a video somebody somehow got video of her previously to this at the same game.   Don't know what the circumstances were, but she walked over to another guy and just started laying into him. He was just eating like a hot dog or something. I don't know the story behind it, but she would just just laid into him and it's like,   woman, you got issues. You you you Yeah.   Yeah.   You know, if you just get angry for no reason, you you need to take a deep breath. This is what I do for myself. You know? When you find yourself, like,   you you take a deep breath,   and then you just   chill. And don't do anything because you know you're messing up in general.  

You know?  

[00:47:55] Jamon Fries:

Yeah. Well, you know, on on the, on the ex post that I saw, the Philadelphia Karen,   they showed another another lady   Uh-huh.   That,   it was it before a game when the baseball players tossing the baseballs out into the stands and stuff. Right.   Player tossed it in her general direction.   She   it hit her hand, bounced up, and a little girl caught the ball.   Uh-huh.   She took the ball out of the girl's hand, turned around, and celebrated   it getting the ball.  

[00:48:31] Jesse Fries:

You're kidding me. No.  

[00:48:34] Jamon Fries:

And I mean, this this girl is maybe   maybe 10 to 12, eight years old.  

[00:48:40] Jesse Fries:

What   what is wrong in Philadelphia?  

[00:48:42] Jamon Fries:

I thought it was the city of brotherly love. I don't know I don't know if that was in Philly. They didn't they didn't they neither of them had any kind of uniform on, so I didn't couldn't see. Okay. It was so I couldn't see who what team it was. But,   I mean,   no. Like like you said, you never take the ball from a kid. You never take the ball from a kid. Never. No.  

[00:49:05] Jesse Fries:

And apparently, it's brotherly love, not sisterly love. So Of course. Yes. Yeah.   Apparently, only the men love each other. You know? That sounds so wrong on so many levels. Yeah. It really does. But I stand by it.   Nice.   Alright.   Let's see here.   I guess,   apparently, the National Archives   has,   apparently, they've stated that,   there was   they they don't have anything confirming that Biden   was in meetings about some of these pardons that he supposedly gave that were written by auto pens.   Like, meetings about these things. Apparently, like, on December,   January 11, and nineteenth, apparently,   there is no he supposedly gave verbal approval.  

Uh-huh. But Biden,   they don't have any record record of him actually attending these meetings to begin with.   Yeah.   Yeah. So  

[00:50:15] Jamon Fries:

Yes.   This autopend thing, it just keeps going. Yeah. It just keeps It it really does. And, I mean, I I wonder what the ramifications are this gonna be and where and where it's gonna lead to. I mean, it could   it could go really far in either direction.  

[00:50:33] Jesse Fries:

Yeah. Yeah. I saw one thing where it said the policy was or there was a memo saying   that if it was a law or, like, an executive order, it had to be given to Biden to overlook.   If it was just like a pardon or something like that, that could go through the VP.   But that's unconstitutional.   It can't go through the Yes. Everything actually has to go through Only the president  

[00:50:58] Jamon Fries:

has the power of pardon. Only the president. Yes. Only the president. So  

[00:51:04] Jesse Fries:

yeah. Yeah. There seems to be a lot of, shifty and shady stuff going on with that. So Yeah. Yeah. It seems like it. But that is the Biden administration. So or just, well, it's an administration.   Let let let's not be the right to push.  

[00:51:21] Jamon Fries:

It was it was, yeah, it was a bureaucratic   administration. It's pretty easy. I mean, that's the best way to put it. Yeah. Yeah. Apparently but that's every administration. So yeah.  

[00:51:31] Jesse Fries:

Yeah.   Yep. Yep. Yep.   It really is.  

[00:51:38] Jamon Fries:

Yeah.   Well, on another front,   the,   you know, all the the stuff that all the metals and stuff like that that we mine here in The US   Yeah. Turns out   that   we,   in those mines, they only collect the material that they are mining for. Everything else gets thrown away.   Right.   If they   could   recover all of the other metals that they get from those mines,   it is estimated   that even if they could only get 1%   of some of those metals   Right. We would not have to import   any of those metals   ever again.  

[00:52:24] Jesse Fries:

Well, that kinda makes   sense. Yeah. Because   the whole idea of a rare earth element   mineral Yeah. Is a misnomer. It's not rare. Yeah. Absolutely. No. It's rare that we mine it.   Yes. That's   But,  

[00:52:40] Jamon Fries:

generally, it's they're small amounts of money. Amongst us. It's it's very common amongst all of the other stuff that we're mining or areas that we're not mining. It's just in very small amounts, so it's not worth putting all the money into mining for that.   Yeah. But I mean, like, the the materials used for,   for solar panels, the materials used for batteries, lithium, and all this other stuff, we would never have to import any of that if we just used all the metals that are dug up when we're mining for something else.  

[00:53:12] Jesse Fries:

Makes sense. Just add that onto   the conveyor belt to look for that one. Yeah.  

[00:53:17] Jamon Fries:

Yeah. No. It makes sense. Let's do it. Instead of having a conveyor take it to the dry trash, have it somewhere else where they get separated.   Yeah. It would make sense. You could have because once it goes into the trash, it's harder to recover them, I guess.  

[00:53:31] Jesse Fries:

No. I could see that. I could see that. Yeah.   Yeah. Just have a diff few different things,   attached to it to look for different things, and then you move on with your life. It's, it would make sense. Yeah. Yeah. Absolutely.   Nice. Nice.  

[00:53:45] Jamon Fries:

You know?   And Texas   Uh-huh. Has   put a ban   on lab grown meat.  

[00:53:57] Jesse Fries:

God bless us.  

[00:53:59] Jamon Fries:

I know.   You're not the first to do it, but,   it's definitely a good thing.   You would Now, there there's   there's currently,   what was it,   five or six different states that have put bans on on lab grown meat.  

[00:54:15] Jesse Fries:

Okay. So this is, like, the stuff that's,   like, actually, it's   actual meat just grown in a lab. Not not the Yes. The Beyond. They grow the they grow the cell they they grow the cells in in a in  

[00:54:28] Jamon Fries:

a petri dish, basically. Okay. So it's it's not a mixture of chemicals, like Beyond Meat. No. No. No. No. It's it's it is it is true beef. It's just that,   I'm sure they use chemicals to make it grow.   Well, yeah. Of course. So, I mean, there there's probably some some chemicals in there that we don't know what it is. But, yeah, this is actually   the,   genetically, it is meat.   Okay. And it's Okay. But,   yeah. It's it's supposedly a lot of a lot of people   are trying to   get this to become widespread   because it's the humane way of eating meat?  

[00:55:08] Jesse Fries:

It it it's a it it'd be good for vegans.   Yeah. Yeah. Because, technically, it's not well, actually, I I've seen arguments that it's not. It's meat. So No. No. No. No. No. I've seen arguments that it's not   because   there had to be an original sample.   That's not true. Yes. Yes.   That that's where the argument goes because otherwise, there's no actual animal being harmed. It's just meat, which is just a   link of molecules.   Right.   So it also  

[00:55:38] Jamon Fries:

But you had to jab that needle into an animal. Damn it. Then you probably have to butcher the animal. You know, to get enough, you know. So  

[00:55:45] Jesse Fries:

Why why would you just jab it? Needle in. I just butcher the sucker and then have a steak left over. Yeah.  

[00:55:54] Jamon Fries:

Have a real steak left over.  

[00:55:56] Jesse Fries:

Exactly. Exactly.  

[00:55:58] Jamon Fries:

No. But I I guess even some restaurants have been replacing their real meat with this stuff and not telling anyone about it.  

[00:56:07] Jesse Fries:

Yeah.   Yeah.   I could see that. I could see that. It it's messed up. We should know what we're eating and everything like that. You know, it's,   it's hard, you know. Every every country, every whatever state, we we try to   show what people are eating, but you you never know. It's like in apparently, in the EU and everything like that, they always tell talk about how The US   we have so many chemicals in our food. But Yeah. That's   we know this because our government   has laws that says we have to list everything that was put in. Yeah. The EU does not have these laws. They don't have to list everything that was put in. So all the Europeans think, oh, look at this. You guys are stupid over there.   Yeah. It it's just you don't know what you're actually eating over there. So  

[00:56:57] Jamon Fries:

Yeah. That that is very true. Now the,   there's,   there's some people that are that are saying that, you know, that this eliminates   choice.   You you can't choose to not to to to eat the non meat   meat and stuff like that. But I mean   and then there's others that are like, well, you know, as long as they label it properly and very large, I don't have a problem with it being in the grocery store.   But knowing of how they do   everything, it's gonna be like some tiny little small print somewhere on the package that no one ever can read   saying that it's not actual live animal meat.  



[00:57:39] Jesse Fries:

Mhmm. Yep. Yep.   So  

[00:57:42] Jamon Fries:

No. Yeah. Makes sense to No. I I'm 100% in agreement with with   Texas banning it. I mean,   it's   to me,   you   I don't know enough about it to really   say one way or the other, but I   personally, I just wanna eat animal meat. I wanna I wanna animal butchers that I can eat it. No. Yeah. Same here. Same here.  

[00:58:12] Jesse Fries:

Let's see here. Just, the   really sad news out of Charlotte this week was,   the Ukrainian,   refugee Yeah. She was on the metro,   light rail.   And that guy that had been arrested 14 times just came Yeah. Was sitting behind her and then just started stabbing her for no freaking reason. She was she had her headphones in on the phone, minding her own business.   Yeah.   I thought this guy just   stabbed her. Yeah. It that's  

[00:58:44] Jamon Fries:

yeah. And the fact that he's been released 14 times I mean,   what the hell is wrong with this country, you know, with this? I mean, why are we letting violent criminals out?  

[00:58:57] Jesse Fries:

No. Completely. Completely. And, you know, it's if you look at how beautiful this woman was,   holy hell.   I you you know, she was just in, like, a,   I I don't know. It was just, like, a fast food   uniform or something like that. Nothing bigger. Nothing like that. But Yeah. There's some, like, professional shots of her and holy hell, dude.   She   these Ukrainian and Russian women are truly beautiful women. I Oh, they are. Yes. Yeah. Until they become,   babushkas or whatever. You know? They they they they then it's, the grandmas and everything like that. They they like to go downhill quickly. But when they're nice and young, they they are very beautiful women.   Yeah. It's just it it   not that ugly life is any   worth less than a beautiful life, but, you know, it's   it's just sad to see. It it's noting. When when you see a photo, it it jogs your   brain and everything like that. Yeah. Yeah. This guy arrested 14 times since, like, eleven.  

And   That's it.   You know? It apparently, the magistrate that, let him free, like, this last time or maybe a couple times,   apparently, she's, like, the co director of, like,   one of these, nice, safe drug   diversion sort of places.   Yeah. So it's like the question is, like, did she somebody posed the question. It's like, did she just do that so she can get money for it? You know? It's,  

[01:00:25] Jamon Fries:

It wouldn't be surprising.  

[01:00:27] Jesse Fries:

No. The judges have done that sort of thing all the time. So Oh, yeah. Yeah. Not a surprise. Not a surprise.   But, yeah, that's a really sad thing from just   senseless.   You know? And Yeah. You you know,   I have a little bit of a rant on here. You know, I I I've seen   I I recently, I I've always known, like, Singapore and whatnot, very clean cities, you know, very structured. Right. Japan, very structured, clean, and everything like that. You know? The reason why is because   they   enforce all their laws.   Yeah. They they ensure that the cities are clean.   Yes. You know, no spitting, no this, no that, you know. Yes. Some of those would be drastic. We can always deal with some of those, but   you go after all these small things. You don't just let crime go like it's been going in this country lately. No. No. The you know,  

[01:01:20] Jamon Fries:

we we have littering laws. We have all sorts of other laws that if they were properly enforced, it would   most likely I mean, I can't guarantee this, but most likely,   it would mean that people actually took care of the way where they were, which would mean that they wouldn't be   committing crime all over the place potentially. No. Exactly. I mean,   if   you do have to start at the very, very,   very  

[01:01:48] Jesse Fries:

bottom ones. Yeah. And I would say this is a western problem. It's not necessarily US problem. It's a western problem. You know, it's like,   do you know how   to in to ensure that our values and our morals and our ethics,   western,   are actually   tolerate or not tolerate, but that they're actually enforced   is to hold everybody accountable to them. You can't just let,   the poor go, oh, they have a different culture. Whatever race they are. No. Their religion. Oh, we could just let them go because that's their culture. That's their this. No. No. No. No. No. They're living in our culture. They're we are all one culture in and of   they are part of our they come here. They live with us. This is the culture. And to ensure that the culture survives and thrives, you need to make sure everybody is on the same page. Yes. There are always people that don't, and you throw those asses in jail. Plain and simple. That's what you do. Yeah.  

If there's too many of them, then you try to figure out   why, but you still throw them in their asses in jail.   You don't just let them go and everything like that. Let this guy go 14 times.   Even for petty crap. After a while, you just go, dude.   You know? It's like,   no. I I I'm   it's it's   it's all of West the West. You know? Europe, America,   India or not India, but Canada   and their issue with Indians where they'll just poop   on the beach and everything like that, dig a hole and poop in the it's like, what?   No. That is not our culture. That is not what we do. Do you want this place to be like the Ganges? No.   You know? It's  

[01:03:29] Jamon Fries:

Do do you want it to be like LA where you have to have a map of where the poop sightings are? No. That was San Francisco.   Oh, was that San Francisco? Oh, that's right. Yeah. That's right. Yeah. That was San Francisco poop maps. Yep. Yeah.  

[01:03:45] Jesse Fries:

You have to enforce   Yeah.   You have to enforce. It's the only way to do it. If you need more police, you do it.   Yeah. Absolutely.   You know, you you just   it's not yes. There'll be mistakes by the police. Yes. But these things are necessary evils. You know, you need   law and order. You need it. Otherwise Yeah. Society crumbles. Society is not held together.   No. But it it like, seven people again died in Chicago this last weekend?   Yeah. Something like that.   You know, it's   it's I don't think it's sustainable. I just don't see how it's sustainable.  

[01:04:22] Jamon Fries:

No. No. It's not in any way.  

[01:04:24] Jesse Fries:

Either we're gonna fall? And if if that's what you want, you want us to fall,   that's fine. Asia will just pick up the,   slack Yeah. And run with it.  

[01:04:34] Jamon Fries:

Yep.   We will become a third world country, and Asia will be the ruler of every  

[01:04:41] Jesse Fries:

Well,   not necessarily the ruler, but they'll be the dominant force. Yeah. Completely. Yeah. Completely. Yeah. Just like we were the dominant force for such a long time. You know? Yeah.   We weren't the ruler necessarily.  

[01:04:51] Jamon Fries:

I mean,   we we kinda were. I mean, if we said something, it happened   True. True. True. Throughout most of the world.  

[01:05:00] Jesse Fries:

But yeah. It it's it's like all these   cuddling these criminals and saying they're victims too and everything like that. But Yeah. That doesn't help anybody. It doesn't help anybody.  

[01:05:12] Jamon Fries:

No. I I think I honestly think that the sanitariums   should come back.   Well, I I Crime  

[01:05:21] Jesse Fries:

petty crime should be enforced. You know? You find it. Yes. You know? It's, yeah, apparently, like, over in Singapore or something like that, if you don't flush a public toilet, you can get fined.   You know? Makes sense. Yeah. Yeah.   Do it. No. I mean, it's just I have I have always  

[01:05:38] Jamon Fries:

always hated the fact that there are rules on the books that never get that never get either replaced,   thrown out, or enforced. You know? Like, it's like, okay. So   most towns   still have laws dating back to,   back to   the day days of cowboys and Indians   Of course. About the horse drawn sidewalk or the horse drawn carriages and cleaning up the people.   There have been so many cases where I've seen where it's illegal to speed spit on the streets.   And so the police will use that as an excuse to go after an individual,   but they don't charge   anybody else with it with doing the same exact thing. Yep. Yep. It's,  

[01:06:23] Jesse Fries:

you you need to it has to be blanket, you know. Yeah. Just  

[01:06:27] Jamon Fries:

You have to enforce every rule that's on the books. If you don't want the rule there, get it off the books. Yep. Completely. I am 100% there. Yep.  

[01:06:39] Jesse Fries:

If only people would listen to us, Jamin. You know? They're not I know. Be perfect. You know? It would be. Yes.  

[01:06:47] Jamon Fries:

For us, anyways.  

[01:06:50] Jesse Fries:

Well, maybe not. We might be caught up in the consequences of what we just said too. You you never know. There there may be some, maybe.  

[01:06:59] Jamon Fries:

Just maybe. Just maybe.  

[01:07:04] Jesse Fries:

Okay. So what's going on in the EU?  

[01:07:08] Jamon Fries:

Oh, they have,   once again, Google is fine. They shit ton of money   over   their their antitrust   stuff. It's the monopoly thing again.   Mhmm.   Yeah.   US didn't do what they wanted them to do. So now the so now the EU is going after them   to   let me see here. What exact how exactly did they term it?   Oh, yes. It's because Google   abused   its dominant position   by   promoting   their own advertisements   over other people's advertisements.   So somebody comes to Google, pays them to advertise,   Google promotes those advertisements   over   somebody that's paying somebody else to advertise.  

[01:08:10] Jesse Fries:

Okay.  

[01:08:11] Jamon Fries:

So the EU is has fined them $3,500,000,000   for that.  

[01:08:18] Jesse Fries:

Yeah. I heard there's some pushback from the White House on that one. Yeah. Yeah. Just a little bit.   Yeah. He was, like, saying something about how, we made, like, up our tariffs. Just,  

[01:08:29] Jamon Fries:

you know? Yep. Yeah. Yeah. It's,   I mean, that's the that's the only response that you that Trump can give right now is that Oh, yeah.   Because I mean yeah. No. It's just it's getting insane over there.   It really does All of the fees and fines and lawsuits and stuff like that against companies that that operate here in The US.   Either it's for the social media with,   you know, trying to make it set that it's that people can't say what they wanna say,   or it's the   tech companies that   don't play nice with the neighbors.  

[01:09:09] Jesse Fries:

Mhmm.  

[01:09:10] Jamon Fries:

It's just all a whole bunch of crap.  

[01:09:14] Jesse Fries:

Yeah. I could see that. I could see it. It's,   yeah, there's so much crap, you know. It's like,   It's like, we could probably file this under what I'm about to talk about this next article.   We could probably file it under actually, I know we can. We can file it under,   Russian propaganda.   But the the these aspects to it that I understand. So, apparently so there was a meeting between China, Russia,   Iran,   and North Korea.   Right?   And, basically, there was this whole meeting. It was the SCO   summit.   And Ursula von der Leyen, the head of the EU, she said that,   this is, an attack against basically, she said this is attack against the rules based system and everything like that.  

Okay.   You know, this whole world   rules based world order rules based system. This this is what The US talks about. It's what Europe talks about and everything like that. It's like it it this article,   he's like,   okay. So okay. Rules based.   But how about law based?   You know? So it's like, how about we go by the laws of the UN, about   the Yalta and everything like that? We go by those, not the rules that they said some hegemon, of course, are talking about us.   Not just the rules that some hegemon has,   instilled upon everybody else. You know, it's   I I think it's a valid argument from that side, you know. It's Yeah. Yeah.  

I'm not trying to push a Russian propaganda, but, you know, it I think I I may make this part of our, thing just to have some propaganda from the other side because   not everything is as our government and as Armenia says it is. You know? Oh, yeah. No. Absolutely. You have to Yeah. Sometimes you have to get the outside perspective. You know? It's,   yeah. I and, of course, you know, we don't want the system. We we like the system that we created with our rules, but, you know, other people might not. You know? Other big dogs, you know, like China and everything like that. So Yep.   Yeah. We have plus, whether or not you agree with it, you have to know what they're thinking.  

Oh, yeah. Absolutely. Yes. Because if you don't know what they're thinking necessary to. Yeah. If you don't know what they're thinking,   then you're just a stooge for your own government. You can't even help your government because you actually don't know the system. You don't know what's actually going on overseas.   If you wanna be   if you wanna actually know   why your government is doing things, you have to know why other countries are also doing things, and not from our perspective, from their own perspective. Otherwise   Yes. It it just doesn't work. You'll be going, well, they're just stupid over there. And they're not. They're just as smart as our politicians. So, yes, they're  

[01:11:58] Jamon Fries:

stupid. But Exactly.   Yes.  

[01:12:01] Jesse Fries:

It's just that their stupid works in a different way than our stupid. Exactly. And they have their own reasoning behind it. You know? That that's what you need to that's what everybody should understand and not just go, oh, I'm a patriot. So that means everything you say is stupid. You know? It's it's Yeah. You could be patriotic or just be of your country and not be a traitor, but still understand the other side. You know? It's like Yeah. If it comes to war, yes, you just join your country and put your head down and you go for it because that's what you have to do.   But   otherwise, you know, before war   hits, you know, you should look at all sides and everything like this. You can actually see what's going on.  



[01:12:39] Jamon Fries:

Yeah. I agree completely.  

[01:12:42] Jesse Fries:

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And on that note of business,   so apparently,   EV factories, they're not they're producing too many cars, apparently.   So   can you imagine that, Jay?  

[01:14:14] Jamon Fries:

No. I can't. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. It's amazing it's amazing how when it's not mandated by the government, suddenly,   their sales drop.  

[01:14:23] Jesse Fries:

I know. It's crazy. It's crazy. It's like GM, they cut output,   on all their major EV factories, including the ones that make their, like, EV Escalade and whatnot.   Damn.   Yeah. Yeah. So it's   I I I'm not sure if it's just people who are tire EVs or if it's Trump, because Trump relaxed all the CAFE standards and everything like that. Right.  

[01:14:46] Jamon Fries:

Well, I mean, part part of it is I I would be I would bet part of it is that the price of fuel has gone down significantly from what it was before.   You   I don't know if you still can get the   tax credits for going EV.  

[01:15:03] Jesse Fries:

I think that n  

[01:15:05] Jamon Fries:

is about to It it either ended or it's about to. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. So that would ex that would that would be a good explanation as Oh, September 30. Dropping.   Okay. Yeah. So that that would be a pretty good explanation as to why projected sales would be dropping then.   Yep.   Because, you know, if there's no incentive to buy EV, most people are gonna still buy gas. So No. Yeah. Yeah. It's  

[01:15:30] Jesse Fries:

a journey better system. Don't get me wrong.   My wife's Hummer EV is fun to drive. Holy hell. Yeah. Fun to drive.  

[01:15:38] Jamon Fries:

EVs are nice.   They really are. Nice. Yeah. The problem is   that the infrastructure   to support them isn't 100%   there yet. Yep. And   the   there's the   risk of lithium batteries   complications   occurring.  

[01:15:58] Jesse Fries:

No. Yeah. Yeah. Fires and everything like that. So shipping companies is not willing to   there was that story that we had that, shipping company   wasn't gonna let them on their boats anymore. So Yep.  

[01:16:09] Jamon Fries:

And from what I understand,   they still there are still some electric vehicles being made   that if the battery dies,   you can't get out of your vehicle.   Yeah. Yeah. They don't have manual switches.  

[01:16:25] Jesse Fries:

Yeah. You basically always have to have, like, one of those window punches.  

[01:16:29] Jamon Fries:

Yeah. You can shed a glass. Yeah. Yeah. Which which means if your car if you get into an accident and your car may start on fire,  

[01:16:36] Jesse Fries:

if your battery's dead, you are just stuck sitting in your car. No. Yeah. And and also break the window and get out. Also, the used car market is, like, nonexistent for you. Yes. Yeah.   It's like you buy a ten year old car with a 100 some odd thousand miles on it.   You may have to replace the battery, and it's worth that'll cost more than the car's worth. So it's Oh, yeah. Absolutely. Yeah. Not gonna happen. So so second secondhand market, the the risk of the,  

[01:17:06] Jamon Fries:

you know, things happening,   and the lack of infrastructure that's required for for   moving around the country.   Those three things right there are large reasons not to buy   an EV. So   Oh, yeah. I know. They are wonderful things. So I do love I love the concept. I I would probably buy one tomorrow   if they fix if they replace the the lithium battery with something that was safer.  

[01:17:35] Jesse Fries:

I can see that. I can see that. But, yeah, it's fine. It it's fun to   that Hummer, it can go zero to 60 in 3.5.   I think it's just Yeah. Yeah. I I I love just leaving everybody in the dust. It's hilarious. Yeah.  

[01:17:48] Jamon Fries:

Well, I mean, so this is when it does it too, it's The thing that I love about it is that there are no gears.  

[01:17:54] Jesse Fries:

Oh, yeah. Yeah. No. No hesitation. No anything. Yeah. Yeah. It's awesome. It's awesome. Step on the pedal, and you just accelerate through everything.   Yep. Yep.   Let's see here. I'll skip that story.   Apparently, MIT did a study. And as we all know,   every study   might be wrong because the study said that they may be wrong. So so   just keep that in mind. Keep that in mind. But, anyways, the MIT study, they,   they studied   how artificial   intelligence   affects   or reprograms   the brain and everything like that. Mhmm.   And, basically, if you use it to help write your papers in college or anything like that, you will not actually   you'll retain maybe 10% of it. Instead of doing it yourself and everything like that, it's more like 83%.  

Yeah. So   using it, you're you're actually not getting your education's worth. Plain and simple. No. You're not.   Now a lot of people won't care. They just want the degree to get on with life and everything like that. But   it's not gonna help you in life if you just use the AI and everything like that. So And and personally, as an employer,  

[01:19:11] Jamon Fries:

I would rather hire some if I were an employer, I would rather hire someone that I knew   did everything properly and learned all the information than somebody that just learned how to search an AI to get something done. Yep. Yep. Also, it says that the the connectivity,  

[01:19:31] Jesse Fries:

brain connectivity,   it declines   with AI use.   So Yeah. Like, it   weakens along the alpha, beta, delta, and theta bands,   parameters, whatever.   Any of that   means.  

[01:19:47] Jamon Fries:

But, yeah, no idea.  

[01:19:50] Jesse Fries:

No clue. No clue. But, yeah, it's   let's see here.   Also,   AI users, they forget what they just wrote.   That's because they didn't write That's because they didn't write it. Exactly.   Exactly. And it was, like, 0%   of the AI users could produce a correct quote from what they just wrote.   0%.  

[01:20:15] Jamon Fries:

Well, you know, I mean, I've I noticed the difference   from writing by hand and typing on a keyboard.   Mhmm. Writing by hand, I remembered a hell of a lot more than I did typing on a keyboard.  

[01:20:27] Jesse Fries:

No. Yeah. Yeah. They they have even done stud   studies on that.   And and, yeah, there is a massive decline as well. Right? Yeah. My hand is actually the better way of doing it. The it's a better way of retaining information. Absolutely.   Yep. And so sit there in your   if you actually like the subject, if you're just if it's just one of those gen eds to get away with,  

[01:20:52] Jamon Fries:

If you're writing an English paper for your English class, you know, then just  

[01:20:57] Jesse Fries:

well, unless that's your major type boy. If that's your major Well Yeah. You better be doing it right if   I'm just saying.  

[01:21:05] Jamon Fries:

Yeah.  

[01:21:07] Jesse Fries:

If it's your major, see, I like this. Okay. So if it's your major,   yes, you have to do it yourself.   If you don't do the research yourself and you've you don't actually produce anything yourself.   Right. Why are you going to school? If it's your major.  

[01:21:21] Jamon Fries:

Or even like Pre req. If it's a pre req Or even a minor. You have to take to be able to A pre req gen ed. Yep. Yeah. If it's a pre req gen ed, I have no problems doing AI because I mean, let let's face it. I don't remember any of the math that I did in college.  

[01:21:38] Jesse Fries:

I I I still use some of some algebra.   I'm not sure if that was in college or high school that I learned. That would have been high school. But that would have been high school, but also college. Yeah. Yeah.   So, you know, it's,   I use a little bit of it, but   it it it but it no. In general, you know, it it's like for my master's. You know, I love my master's. Gave my master's. Yes. Because all it was was history.   Yeah. And so I loved it. I didn't have to deal with any gen eds or anything like that. I didn't have to deal with physics or   trig. I took trig. Oh, the the the guy took pity on me and gave me a c. I seriously   handed him that test, and he's and he goes, how how how did it go? And I just shook my head and put my head down, and he goes,   I gotcha.  

Nice.   And I gotta see. You know? It's, like, be honest with these people. You know? And Yeah. Yeah. Definitely. Yeah.   May maybe they'll let you skirt by.   Yep.   Or just use AI for those classes. Who cares? Yeah. Yeah. I still don't know the difference between the sine, cosine.   Is the other one's a tangent. Right? Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. There there's tangent, cosine, and sine.   Yeah. See, I know what tangent means. None of them mean. I know what tangent means in a discussion.   You you know, going off on a tangent. It may be related, but I actually don't know because I don't care.   Yeah.  

But yeah. So if it's your main field of study, you use AI,   you're   I I I'd almost say that's worse than plagiarism.   Because plagiarism, you might actually know what they said.  

[01:23:18] Jamon Fries:

If you say Plagiarism, you at least had to read what they wrote.  

[01:23:22] Jesse Fries:

And you would have to put it in the right context.   Yes.   So so you'd know what they're saying at least. Yes.  

[01:23:29] Jamon Fries:

Where AI   AI is the ultimate plagiarism because it just goes throughout the entire Internet   and takes bits and pieces from everywhere.  

[01:23:40] Jesse Fries:

And you didn't even read it when before you turned it in, generally. So you you don't even have that option, you know. So Yeah.   Yeah. Okay. I think we've settled it, Jamie. We settle all the world's problems in this podcast. We do. We really do. It's amazing how that   works.   It   really   is.   Okay. So what's this? On,  

[01:24:05] Jamon Fries:

the   ultrasound,   there's been some new advancement in ultrasound technology.   Uh-huh.   And   they think that it's gonna help with, like, Parkinson's and stuff like that. Okay.   They have now designed it an ultrasound device that   can reach the deepest levels of the brain   Mhmm. And still be   fine tuned enough to be able to,   interact with it.  

[01:24:38] Jesse Fries:

Okay.  

[01:24:40] Jamon Fries:

And so this this allows them to,   get down to the core aspects of the brain,   and they think that potentially it may help with Parkinson's   and some other mental issues and stuff like that.   They've up until now, it's always been either   way too way too powerful of a of a refined beam   or it's been too broad   where they couldn't they couldn't narrow it down far enough. Oh. And so they've   they've advanced the technology a little bit more. So now they can interact with the with the brain at the base levels, you know, the sight sound and all that other stuff.   Yes.  

So they   ultimately, this would be, like, a huge improvement   into a lot of things potentially.  

[01:25:32] Jesse Fries:

Okay. Cool. Nice. Nice. Yeah.   Let's see here.   Let me   oh, look look looks like somebody at Harvard, they wanna ban laptops Hey. With the whole AI discussion. Let let's go for it. Let's just get rid of them from the class. You know? Because Yeah. It's they they allowed laptops because you were taking notes. This was the idea. Right.   Most people aren't taking notes on these suckers that we know it. So Yeah.   Yeah. Now, you know, you you have one of those writing pads that you just write on, and then it can trans   transcribe that,   into, for the computer and everything like that, into a word document and everything like that. That's fine. I'd be fine with that. Yeah. Yeah. A laptop. Yeah. Because you you're watching  

[01:26:17] Jamon Fries:

your your TikTok or going on x Yeah. Doing something. Yeah. So yeah. Makes sense. There's so many there's so many other things you can do with the laptop that just   Oh, yeah. Completely completely   take away from the fact that you're in a classroom.  

[01:26:31] Jesse Fries:

Mhmm.   Let's see here. And then I'm speeding along. I have one more, then we'll go with, your last fun story there.   Okay.   But apparently   so did you know that, Kenya sent   troops into Haiti  

[01:26:49] Jamon Fries:

under the UN? Yes. I had heard about that. Yes. Okay.  

[01:26:52] Jesse Fries:

So, apparently, that's not working.  

[01:26:54] Jamon Fries:

Right? Okay.  

[01:26:56] Jesse Fries:

And so,   The US is getting together with,   other countries, like, what's what's the like, Panama or something like that. I can't remember exactly what other country it's, going with. But, anyways, they they they're coming up with this idea where it would be like a police force that could actually arrest people. So, apparently, the Kenyans can't even arrest people.  

[01:27:23] Jamon Fries:

Yeah. That make I mean, that doesn't surprise me. How are you gonna curb  

[01:27:28] Jesse Fries:

violence and crime   You're not. If you can't   arrest   anybody?  

[01:27:34] Jamon Fries:

Well, you shoot everybody. That's how you do it.   No. The Kenyans aren't shooting anybody. It's under the UN, so they probably don't even have guns. But if if you can't if you can't arrest people, the only way to to curb crime would be to shoot them. Yeah. I know. It's just  

[01:27:47] Jesse Fries:

I I I was shocked by that. I'm like, go so so they're standing around in their blue helmet going, bleep.  

[01:27:54] Jamon Fries:

It is all they do. Well, I mean, that that's that's what anything involving the UN is.  

[01:28:00] Jesse Fries:

I know. But, you know, I I was hoping that Kenya, you know, because they they could be pretty brutal over there against their own. Oh, yeah. Yeah. So I was hoping maybe they they do the same for Haiti, but apparently not. Apparently, they're nicer to Haitians than they are to their fellow Kenyans.   But,  

[01:28:18] Jamon Fries:

Well, I mean, you gotta remember, they are hampered by UN regulations. No. I understand. I understand. Yeah. I'm just like, oh, so what's the point? You know? I There was no point. I mean, it was just stupidity.  

[01:28:30] Jesse Fries:

Yeah. So maybe if this other idea can work and,   you know or you could actually negotiate with, these criminals and actually put them in government   and help hold them accountable   because, you know, we all know everybody in our governments are criminals anyways.   So I why not? You know? It's, seems like a you could go that route, or you could just arrest them. Actually, have arresting powers. Yes. Yes. Absolutely. Yes.   Okay. So what's your last story, Jaylen?  

[01:29:00] Jamon Fries:

Well,   so Mark Zuckerberg   Uh-huh.   Is suing Mark Zuckerberg.   Oh,   You know, it's gotta really suck having the same name   as someone as good as Mark Zuckerberg. Yes.   So Mark s Zuckerberg   is a bankruptcy lawyer.  

[01:29:24] Jesse Fries:

Okay.  

[01:29:26] Jamon Fries:

And he has been   on Facebook for a very you know, ever since for a very long time now. Right.   Yet his account   constantly   gets,   gets tagged and shut down   Right. Because he has the same name as Mark e Zuckerberg.  

[01:29:46] Jesse Fries:

Right. Right. Right.  

[01:29:49] Jamon Fries:

But   Facebook   still has him paying for all of the commercials that link to his   now closed account.   You're joking.   No. Oh, Jesus. So this has happened, like, 10 to 15 times over the years   where his account gets shut down. He has to mail every time he has to mail his his dry a photograph of his front and back of his driver's license   as well as other stuff to prove that this is really him, that it's his real name   because it keeps getting account shut down for impersonating   a known figure.  

[01:30:28] Jesse Fries:

But, you know, once you do that, wouldn't that be good enough for the company to know One would think so, but it constantly  

[01:30:35] Jamon Fries:

keeps happening.   Wow.   And so he finally just got fed up with it, so he's suing.  

[01:30:42] Jesse Fries:

Yeah. Especially if they're taking his money but not but closing his account. You know? Yeah. That that's fraud right there, I think. They're closing both his business and his personal accounts. And, I mean, it's just  

[01:30:53] Jamon Fries:

yeah.  

[01:30:55] Jesse Fries:

How is okay. I I see his   business account. Bankruptcy law office of Mark s Zuckerberg.   Yep.   And it has a picture of a guy that is not   the CEO of Zuckerberg. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. So   I I don't see how that's impersonation by any stretch of the imagination. It's, it it runs the names through an AI logarithm and  

[01:31:19] Jamon Fries:

gets canned.  

[01:31:20] Jesse Fries:

Yeah. This guy has a suit. I don't think Zuckerberg I think he's worn a suit, like, twice to see, like, Trump, and that's probably about it in his entire life. Otherwise, it's just a hook. Yep.  

[01:31:33] Jamon Fries:

Wow.   Yeah. It's gotta suck to be of the same name as someone popular.  

[01:31:39] Jesse Fries:

It really does. It really does.   And with that, I'd like to thank you all for joining us for episode 60 of the minus meanderings.  

[01:31:47] Jamon Fries:

I am Jesse Fries. And I'm Jamin Fries.  

[01:31:51] Jesse Fries:

And we will see you on Thursday.