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A live recoded roaming conversation between brothers covering Geo-engineering, odd way to break up dogs fighting, ADHD, a possible thawing of the trade war with China, and much much more.

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- Jesse Fries

- Jamon Fries

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(00:00:18) Introduction

(00:02:00) Political Commentary and Trump Discussion

(00:06:00) Term Limits and Political Longevity

(00:14:44) Leticia James and Legal Controversies

(00:19:10) Kristi Noem's Purse Theft

(00:22:53) Dark Woke and Political Strategies

(00:29:24) Liberal vs. Conservative Happiness Study

(00:36:16) Food Dyes and Petrochemicals

(00:44:41) Elon Musk and Tesla Updates

(00:51:03) Electric Vehicles and Infrastructure

(01:02:01) Blue Origin and Space Tourism

(01:09:03) Supreme Court and Federal Powers

(01:18:52) Social Media and Mental Health

(01:22:27) ADHD and Amphetamines

(01:28:54) Geoengineering and Environmental Solutions

(01:39:29) Funny Stories and Closing Remarks

[00:00:19] Jesse Fries:

Good morning, everybody.   It is Wednesday, April 23, and we are live with episode number 34   of the Mindless Meandering podcast. I'm Jesse Fries, and I'm waiting for Trump to go to the pope's funeral to verify that JD Vance actually complete completed his mission of getting rid of the pope.  

[00:00:40] Jamon Fries:

And I'm Jamin Friess, and I'm very glad criminals aren't as agile as goats.   Okay. Yes. Yes. I have to tell you. Breaking breaking news out of Humboldt, Georgia.   Officers surrounded a goat trying to corral it, and it,   jumped fences and disappeared.  

[00:01:06] Jesse Fries:

Love it. Love it.  

[00:01:08] Jamon Fries:

Absolutely.  

[00:01:09] Jesse Fries:

Yeah. Those goats, they're kinda crazy.  

[00:01:11] Jamon Fries:

Yeah. They really are.   I'd much rather corral a pig than a goat.  

[00:01:19] Jesse Fries:

Yeah. Yeah. Just not a old pig  

[00:01:21] Jamon Fries:

because they're a pain. Yeah. No. That that would be kinda bad. Yeah. Yep. Yep. Now when we were younger, I actually I,   some one of our friends, bad when we lived in South Dakota, one of our friends, the movers,   their,   pigs got loose one day,   and they had all of us kids standing around trying to get keep the kid pigs from going through us.   Oh, okay. And one of them one of them   scooted right between my legs and picked me up and carried me for about 15 yards.  

[00:01:52] Jesse Fries:

Nice. Nice. Yep. Yep.   Well,   things are getting boring.   Just saying. They really are. Things are really getting boring. You know? It's all the same old, same old. It's like, okay.   Trump gets sued.   Trump says no.   And then we just wait for the courts to do their slow, boring, freaking process, you know. Yep. It's, Yep.  

[00:02:17] Jamon Fries:

And now CNN's   bringing up all sorts of polls about   what do you think Trump should be able to ignore the courts? And do you think that if Trump ignores the courts, that it's an impeachable offense and all this other stuff?  

[00:02:33] Jesse Fries:

I I really haven't   really seen him ignore the courts.   The the thing with the one guy in   the Salvadorian,   I I I won't call him guy from Maryland because he's Salvadorian.  

[00:02:50] Jamon Fries:

So yeah. And he he wasn't here legally, so he's not from Maryland.  

[00:02:54] Jesse Fries:

Exactly. Exactly. So   that guy.   Okay. That one. He's like, I there there's   technically not much as the Supreme Court can do. Yes. They can make they could say, oh, you have to do something. And then   the executive branch will go, yeah. I'm sure. We we we we we'll go and tell them, and they'll publicly tell the president there, hey. You need to do this. And then behind the scenes, they go, you know, you can keep them if you want.  

[00:03:18] Jamon Fries:

And and then the he'll just keep them. You know? And there's Yeah. And there's nothing anybody could do about that. Not a single thing. In in order for in order for him to be sent out of El Salvador now, the the president of El Salvador has to allow him to leave.  

[00:03:33] Jesse Fries:

Or the courts or whatever. I don't know their process. I don't know their laws. Just whatever process they have would have to be yeah. Yeah. He's an El Salvadorian  

[00:03:41] Jamon Fries:

citizen in El Salvador.   Yeah. Yeah. Unless he smuggles himself out, which ain't gonna happen because he's in jail. Unless he smuggles himself out,   the only way for him to leave is with permission of their government.  

[00:03:54] Jesse Fries:

Yeah. Yeah. Exactly. And he's a citizen there. So Yeah.   Yeah. No. That that's the only one that says that but the Democrats, they they they keep pushing us. Oh, he's gonna ignore. He's gonna do this. He's gonna do that. Mhmm. Oh,   didn't you just love the, what was it, martial law that, Trump,   declared on, April 20?   Oh, yeah. It it was a wonderful thing. Yeah. Yeah. We're under martial law now, don't we? You know? Well, at least that that that's what   that's what I love about. Saying was gonna happen anyways. Yeah. I know. It's a queuing knot all over again. Just on the other side. Oh, yeah. Just Yeah.   It just makes no sense to me. It's hilarious.  



[00:04:36] Jamon Fries:

Well, they they still are predicting that he's going to make it so that there will never be an election again. There's Yeah. Yeah. Even though everything he does   just screams the exact opposite.  

[00:04:50] Jesse Fries:

It really does. It really does. It's  

[00:04:53] Jamon Fries:

Now I I won't say everything he says. Think. I I won't say that what he says necessarily screams the opposite   because Trump is a showman. He he says things to get reactions.  

[00:05:03] Jesse Fries:

Oh, yeah. Completely. He's but but then what actually happens is different than what he says. You know? It's  

[00:05:10] Jamon Fries:

Well, it's like he's he's talking about running for a third or fourth term. You know? He he said that jokingly once or twice. Uh-huh. Right. Right. And, of course, the media ran with it. But even at the end of his statement, he said, no. It'll only be two terms.  

[00:05:25] Jesse Fries:

Yeah. But you you you have to listen to what he really says, you you you know, that first part. Not not not not the other part. You know? It's Yeah. Wait. Didn't Schwarzenegger also say that he was gonna run for president? Well, he can't. So, you know, it was a Yeah. Yeah. I I do remember him saying that. Yeah. He wanted to get a constitutional amendment and everything like that. So, yeah, it's   yeah.  

[00:05:46] Jamon Fries:

Yeah. You know, it it's it's kinda funny. You know, there there are certain things   that   if they could get a constitutional   amendment for it Uh-huh. It would make sense and I'd be for it.   Right. Right. You know, if   there there are   so for example,   talking about, you know, a third or fourth term, this he is, of course, referring to,   shit. Can't remember which president it was, but they're at the end of World War   two, I think it was.   FDR served four terms. Yeah. Yeah. FDR.   Roosevelt. Yeah. The one that right after he served his four terms, they then did a constitutional amendment saying you could only serve two. Well, he did finish out the fourth one, but, yeah, he was elected. Well, yeah. Because he kinda croaked. But yeah. Yeah. Yeah. But,   but, I mean,   the way I look at it is if Trump could have four terms  

[00:06:45] Jesse Fries:

Mhmm.  

[00:06:46] Jamon Fries:

He could reverse all the fuck ups that FDR did   that put us into that whole new deal era and stuff like that.   Okay. Okay. Yeah. I could see that. I mean, there there's so much that needs to be fixed now that has gone rampantly wrong   over time.   Yeah. No. Seems to be the only person that can fix it. No. I really you know? I'm hoping that JD Vance will be able to when if he gets elected afterwards, but I don't know. See, personally,  

[00:07:16] Jesse Fries:

I don't think that we we we we should just get rid of that. To just in general, we should have we should get rid of that whole thing. Just get rid of that constitutional amendment.   Yeah. Be because to me, I I I know so many people love the idea of term limits and everything like that. But to me, that it's stupid. You know, if you like somebody, keep them. And you know what woulda happened if we didn't have that?   More than likely, we woulda had a third term of Obama at least Oh, absolutely. Yes. If not a fourth.   Yeah. People liked him. Plain and simple. Yeah. And I don't mind that either way. It's but Right. So I I don't see why it's a problem. Yeah. Exactly. Why why limit the why limit the people's choices in that manner? That's what I'm saying. That's what I'm saying. Yep. I I I think when it comes to term limits, I find it stupid and ridiculous.  

It's up to the local   to decide if they want that geriatric in there or that corrupt guy. You know, that's up to them. That's not   up to everybody else. You know? If they want it, they want it. There's there's nothing else you can do about it. So Yeah. Yeah. Well, while it is good to have fresh blood in there, at times, it's very important to have the old aged   logo that's been doing it forever. Yeah. Unless I mean, let until you get to the point of   Well, yeah.   Like, Biden   or,   who's the   not Pelosi, because she was a fighter throughout.   Yeah.  

The other one from   California, she was a senator.   Debbie   something maybe. I don't know. But she her brain had completely gone.   Oh, yeah. And and so, you you know, it's like, I don't care how old you are, but as long as you have the mental faculties,   fine, you know, and everything like that. It's like,   and then there's Mitch McConnell Mitch McConnell has Mitch McConnell who just suddenly stops  

[00:09:08] Jamon Fries:

Right?   In the middle of a press conference.   Reboot. Reboot. Reboot. Completely could he he can't even be he's not even moving around. He's just standing there with this weird look on his face at the back.  

[00:09:21] Jesse Fries:

Yep. Yep. Yeah. So yeah. Just once you get to that point, yeah, they Yeah. Then the local people need to do their job and get them out.  

[00:09:30] Jamon Fries:

Well, you know, what what I would what I would say is that   in those positions,   the   requirement   should be to be of sound faculty and the ability to   to function.   Once you get to the point where medically you cannot soundly   function.   Right. Now I know that that can go a little bit haywire because, you know, somebody can always get a doctor to say this guy's insane. This guy's mentally insane. That's the thing. Yeah. But here.  

[00:10:01] Jesse Fries:

We we we have, but we have systems for it. Yeah. It's   they should just get out of the way, personally, in my book, until Yeah. The system can work its way through.  

[00:10:13] Jamon Fries:

To me, it that's a hard one to define and everything like that. Oh, it really is. And and it's an easy one to to really just kind  

[00:10:22] Jesse Fries:

of take advantage of. Oh, yeah. Completely. Completely.  

[00:10:26] Jamon Fries:

You know? So I I I don't know how to do it, but it would be nice to have only people that were actually   functional   and cognizant people in in those places.  

[00:10:37] Jesse Fries:

It would be good. It would be good. No matter their politics as long as Yeah.   Exactly.  

[00:10:43] Jamon Fries:

As long as we know that they're the ones making the decisions. Yeah. Yes. Yes. It's like Biden nobody wants to lose it. That's the biggest problem that I ever had with Biden's administration is who was actually making the decisions.   Yeah. Yeah.   Because when he would even he would even when questioned about bills that he signed or or executive orders that he signed,   he'd be like, I didn't sign anything like that. Yeah. Yeah.   Maybe one of the things not remember it, or worse people doing it for him?  

[00:11:13] Jesse Fries:

Or was it the other Biden? Because they say they say Yeah. Yeah. But yeah. That that   like, there was tall Biden and this Biden.  

[00:11:23] Jamon Fries:

Yep. Yep.   I wonder if Trump has any body doubles.  

[00:11:28] Jesse Fries:

He might. I I would see why not.   Yeah. Yeah. Maybe so. Maybe so.   But, yeah,   politics, it's a crazy thing. You you know, it's like, them trying to get rid of Hegseth now.   Yes. Based off of   another supposed signal,   chat that he had with his wife and whatnot.  

[00:11:47] Jamon Fries:

Yeah.  

[00:11:50] Jesse Fries:

I I don't know what Trump's gonna decide because you never know.   Just like in all just like in all politics, you you you're you stand behind him until it's public that you don't.  

[00:12:02] Jamon Fries:

Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Until it's public that you don't. Yeah. You know, behind the scenes, it might be won't be until it won't be until the days that he's gone that we'll know Trump wasn't gonna actually back him. Exactly.  

[00:12:13] Jesse Fries:

And, you know, he might back him. I wouldn't doubt it because he's doing what Trump wants in the military. Yes. Yeah. So it's just whether or not because that that happened at the same time as other things. So it's pretty much the same incident.   Mhmm.   So   given that, I would just give him a Mulligan on that one because it's the same incident.   And then move on with our life, you know, and go bad. Don't do it again.  

[00:12:38] Jamon Fries:

Yeah. And you all you know, I'd I've watched   the video of Hegseth,   replying to a reporter about it on Fox News.   Mhmm. And he said some things that, you know, just kind of really made sense to me.   The first one is is that   the guy who came out with this was just fired by them.  

[00:13:00] Jesse Fries:

Uh-huh. And do you know what he was fired for?  

[00:13:04] Jamon Fries:

What? Leaking? Right? Yes. For leaking stuff to the press.   Low and behold, he gets fired and suddenly he leaks something to the press.   Amen. I got that.   This this guy this this guy is like go is doing a hail Mary trying to find a new job.   Yep. Yep. Yep. And he'll you know? So I I can't believe anything that he says.  

[00:13:29] Jesse Fries:

True. True. He needs to be stripped of his security clearance.  

[00:13:32] Jamon Fries:

Yes.  

[00:13:33] Jesse Fries:

Because otherwise, he'll land in a cushy job at a network Yep. With the security clearance so that he can talk about secure things with and everything like that. So, yeah, they need to, completely strip him of his security clearance   and,   go from there. If if you leak, you leak. Get the hell out. You know? Play in some Absolutely.   Yeah. Well, that's they probably will. It's like just They Anything. You you leak, that's just go. I don't care what party you are. If you leak, get out. You know? Yeah. So It probably will end up at that point. Right now, the everything is still under investigation.  

[00:14:07] Jamon Fries:

They they felt that there was enough evidence to prove that he had done it, but it hasn't gone to DOJ for their investigation   yet. So Okay. They fired him, but he hasn't been investigated by DOJ. Once DOJ does their thing and they know yes or no whether he did or not, then they'd probably do the revocation of his of his security clearances. But   up until then, they really don't have a good reason to, I think.   Mhmm.   Yeah. Yeah. Which means he'll land the cushy job, and then he'll get fired from it because he can no longer talk secrets.  

[00:14:40] Jesse Fries:

That'd be good. That'd be good. Yeah. I'm good with that.   Another funny one that came out today was the the whole, Leticia not today, but this week was the Leticia James.   You you do you remember who Leticia James is?   Yeah. Wasn't she the New York prosecutor for her murder? Yeah. Yeah. New York prosecution. She's the one that,   did the Trump thing and everything like that. Yeah.   Where she said that he,   made it so that the houses were more expensive than what they were and everything like that. Right. Yeah. Yeah. And that's been proven or it's been alleged   that, she has, done the same thing.  

And not only that, she has decide that she she she pulled a a   Elon Omar,   sorta   thing to where you you you know,   Omar, she she she, like, married her brother supposedly,   for immigration purposes.   Okay. The Minnesota rep from Minneapolis.   Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. The the the Somali woman, she's part of the five,   the five or whatever.   Mhmm.   But, basically so she married, like, her brother for, like, immigration things, supposedly.   And then   but, apparently, Leticia James,   she married her father   for   for house documents   to get   a good mortgage rate or something like that. Oh my god.  

Yeah.   Yeah. So she,   yeah.   Wow.   Mhmm. Yep. Yeah. And she went after Trump for,   all that. You know? It's like,   you know, if you're gonna go after somebody, clean up your own house first. Well, your multiple houses. Yeah. Kick kick your husband daddy to the,   to the curve.  

[00:16:30] Jamon Fries:

Do something. You know? Yeah. Yeah. You know, when when you're doing stuff like that to get favorable loans   Yeah. Yep. It it just doesn't really make sense that you would go after somebody that   put a value on the house that the bank was willing to accept,   and you still go after them?  

[00:16:50] Jesse Fries:

Yeah. Yeah. It it's all a bit weird. The whole thing is yeah.   Just doesn't make much sense. But, yeah, apparently, she   married her father.   So,   you you know, it's,   it's probably just out for paper or whatnot, you know, but it's Oh, yeah. Yeah.  

[00:17:09] Jamon Fries:

But still, I mean, that that's,   yeah, that that really puts a lot of questioning   on her morals   Yeah. Her values.  

[00:17:19] Jesse Fries:

And some of these things are it's like she put her   the properties a lot of what she did was property. She said that they were her primary residence,   and these houses were in Virginia,   and she's in New York.   So   yeah. Be difficult for that to be a primary residence. It would be. It really would be. It would be. So, yeah, that's why, that was thrown away.  

[00:17:43] Jamon Fries:

A prosecutor in New York, which means she doesn't get away that often. Yeah. She really doesn't. She really doesn't. So yeah.   Yeah.   Mhmm.   Yeah. There's definitely problems with that.  

[00:18:01] Jesse Fries:

Yeah. It it may have just been, like, on the paper, but the if you look at the documents, like, with her,   father,   it it it says right next to it says Robert James and then let's say Tisha James, and then it says his wife.  

[00:18:20] Jamon Fries:

So does that mean she's now her own mom?  

[00:18:24] Jesse Fries:

My own grandma. Stepmom at least.  

[00:18:26] Jamon Fries:

Exactly.   Technically, yes. That would be exactly what she was. She is she is her own stepmom now. Uh-huh.   Wow. That that's very reminiscent of some West Virginia style songs that I've heard. Well, the house was in Virginia. You know, me. That is true. Yeah. You didn't have to go far to get to West.  

[00:18:45] Jesse Fries:

You really don't.   And a lot of Virginia's like West.  

[00:18:49] Jamon Fries:

It really is. Yeah.  

[00:18:52] Jesse Fries:

Beautiful country, though. Yeah. I love it. A very beautiful country. Great people.   Great people. Great people.   And their third eye and everything like that. Yeah.   Yeah. And then,  

[00:19:11] Jamon Fries:

breaking news.   Christine Noem's   purse was stolen  

[00:19:18] Jesse Fries:

right out from underneath the secret services eyes. Yes. You see, how did that happen? That's what I wanted. It's hilarious. At a restaurant. It really is.  

[00:19:27] Jamon Fries:

They they've they've got video of the   of the guy who was sitting quite a little ways away, then he moved over to a table next to her. Uh-huh. And then he used his foot to slowly move the bag out from underneath her. And I was in there my only thought going through my head right now is there's secret service agents in the restaurant with her that are there to protect her. Yep.   And they let this guy get close enough that he could move that he could use his feet to get the bag out from underneath her.   How the hell is that a protection detail? Well   It would have taken him half a second to kill her if he wanted to.  



[00:20:05] Jesse Fries:

Right. But   the the the security level is much different for   a secretary than a president. Yeah. Yeah. I A president a president, they won't let anybody  

[00:20:15] Jamon Fries:

near him Yes. Yes. Versus a secretary where, okay, you're sitting at the next table. You you know? So I I completely understand. But at the but at the same time, the fact that he was able that he was able to maneuver   to get the bag that was underneath her chair,   he was obviously   broaching her territory   at that point.   And yet Secret Service did nothing. Yeah. I my the the my takeaway from that  

[00:20:43] Jesse Fries:

whole story was that she was carrying $3,000   around in cash. So   that's a good chunk of change. Yeah. It is. Yeah. It's,   I don't know what it's for, bribes, this. Maybe she was bribed. I I don't know. I'm not saying. I don't know. I'm just saying.  

[00:21:00] Jamon Fries:

I I know what the what her official statement what the for what the money was for is. But What is that?   That her family came into town and she had taken out a whole bunch of cash so that she could,   take them around and do stuff. But I'm like, in this day and age,   there's credit cards for that.   You don't need bundles of cash anymore. You really don't. You know, everybody  

[00:21:26] Jesse Fries:

everybody takes, like, Venmo or   Yeah.  

[00:21:30] Jamon Fries:

Whatnot, you know. It it If nothing else, at least a debit card or credit card. Exactly. Exactly. It's like even even in the end, man. Cash at I haven't had cash in my wallet for how long now? I mean, damn.  

[00:21:42] Jesse Fries:

I just have this little wallet on the back of my phone that I can take off where it just holds three cards. That's it. You know, ID,   credit card, debit card. That's all I have. And then I don't even have to pull those out most of the time because Apple Pay works now everywhere. Thankfully thankfully,   these stores have decided to come around on Apple Pay. Like, Home Depot Home Depot,   like, waited for forever,   to take Apple Pay.   And   then H E B down here, the grocery store, they finally started taking,   Apple Pay right at the same time. Something must have happened behind the scenes.   Maybe Apple gave them a discount or something like that on the That could be.  



[00:22:19] Jamon Fries:

But yeah. Well, that is that is one of the main reasons that a lot of companies don't take certain credit cards is because they just won't give them a good enough deal. They charge too much for each transaction. So Well, yeah. It it was like, to take Apple Pay,  

[00:22:32] Jesse Fries:

on top of the other credit card charges, you have to pay another one point something percent   Yeah. To to Apple.   That goes straight to Apple. And so, you know, a lot of these plays are going, I don't wanna pay another 1%. Percent. You know? That that Oh, yeah. Yeah. No. That's my margins, people. You know? It's, so Yep.   Absolutely.   Let's see here. What else do we got?   Oh, apparently, have you heard of Dark Woke?  

[00:23:01] Jamon Fries:

I actually have. I I saw I saw a news article on that yesterday.  

[00:23:06] Jesse Fries:

Yeah. It might have been the same article that I saw. You know, it's Might have been. Yeah.  

[00:23:11] Jamon Fries:

Yeah. It seems to be  

[00:23:13] Jesse Fries:

it's   Where is it? Where did I put that here?   I wrote some notes about it. I'm trying to get it here. So  

[00:23:24] Jamon Fries:

just trying to It's much like it's much like the polls that people that that swear on CNN about why   why the Democrats weren't supporting the Democrat party anymore, and it's because they weren't going hard enough on Trump. Yeah. That's basically what it is. Yeah.  

[00:23:40] Jesse Fries:

I mean   and you need to be crass and discerning,   rude Yeah. Only to a point, apparently. So it's Oh, yeah. So be rude, crass, and   discerning. I'm not sure what the discerning bit has to do with anything.   But   yeah. No. It's this whole   they think that's why they lost the election. I swear to god, they still haven't figured it out. You you would think that they would have figured it out by now. You know? It's like but they still just go, oh, Trump was mean, and that's why people liked him. No. That's not why people liked him. He just   he was himself, and that's what people responded to. It wasn't Yeah.  

He himself is a bit mean,   but people respond to authenticity.   That is what they respond to. And Trump Well He's he he says what he says.   You know? You have no doubt what he thinks, you know, at least in the moment. What he actually finally does may be different.  

[00:24:33] Jamon Fries:

Yeah. Yeah. Definitely.   Yeah. Yeah. Well, it's like I I was watching a a clip from Gutfeld   the other yesterday.   Uh-huh. And,   they were they were talking about this news article that came out. I can't remember which which one put it out.   I don't remember the exact term for it, but it's the show the show the term for the showmanship in the in wrestling,   in professional wrestling. Uh-huh. You know, where   and and then these they're they at the at the time, they had two,   they had two ex wrestlers in the in the   panel too. Uh-huh.  

And,   you know, they were they were all talking about it. And you're like, the the biggest reason that that it's okay when Trump does this stuff   is because he's being genuine.   Yep. You know, it it's like you you look at the you look at the the   the professional wrestlers.   The ones that can really pull it off and the ones that people love   are the ones that are genuine to their true selves within their within their persona.  

[00:25:41] Jesse Fries:

Yes. Yes.  

[00:25:43] Jamon Fries:

You know, you can tell when someone's faking it. And unfortunately, with Democrats,   it's almost always faking it. With a lot of Republicans, it is too. Oh, yeah. But with most Republicans, sometimes, I think. Few politicians that are actually   true to what they to what they believe.  

[00:26:00] Jesse Fries:

Very true. Because I I bet, like, of Democratic   politicians.   I would bet that the people that actually believe   that   trans   women should compete against women, I believe that is to be a very small percentage just like the rest of the population.   Yes. That's what I You know,   when it comes to, either go immigrants, that is   solely a political move on their part   Yes. Absolutely. To try to win elections.   Yep. It's it's   both parties do this.   Democrats try to get more people in so that they can have more people in their areas,   for the electoral roles and everything like that. Not necessarily to vote, but just for population, which affects the representation   and so on and so forth.  



[00:26:50] Jamon Fries:

Then meanwhile, if they if they get higher populations in one place and they can make it so that   Republicans have less of a territory, have less representation   of the house and stuff like that. Yeah. Yep. And and then Republicans,  

[00:27:03] Jesse Fries:

they they they go to quash   as much voting as possible.   You you you know, like,   in person and whatnot because that is where they do better. They do better in the ballot box.   All the mail in and everything like that, beyond it just being   corrupt, it can be easily corrupted.   It it also tends to lean more towards Democrats.  

[00:27:28] Jamon Fries:

Yeah. And so they fight about it. It's kind of interesting. Even even the same person, if they vote   while if they vote   through ballot, through through vote through the mail   Mhmm.   They're more likely to be led by emotions   than if Yep. Than if they go in to the actual physical location,   and they're more likely to vote with logic.  

[00:27:51] Jesse Fries:

That's an interesting thought. Where where did you see that?  

[00:27:54] Jamon Fries:

I didn't. That's just a thought that I had talking to people. It's okay. It's an interesting thought. It's an interesting thought.  

[00:28:01] Jesse Fries:

But, yeah, it it's so  

[00:28:03] Jamon Fries:

Well, it doesn't mean it's dark woke. It's just  

[00:28:06] Jesse Fries:

Yeah. It might be it might be okay for, like, one person to be dark woke and whatnot, certain democrats, but only if that's their true self.   If they're just trying to be dark woke just for the sake of being dark woke, it'll backfire on them. Plain and simple.  

[00:28:22] Jamon Fries:

And and do you know what the weirdest thing is, though, is that the people that they wanna go this dark woke Uh-huh. Are the people that are in more conservative areas.  

[00:28:33] Jesse Fries:

Exactly. And they can't because they're in conservative areas. Yeah.  

[00:28:38] Jamon Fries:

Yeah. If they go dark woke, they have no chance.  

[00:28:41] Jesse Fries:

Yep. Yeah. And dark woke, it'll work towards   the hard base of the Democratic Party,   but it will not work,   for  

[00:28:52] Jamon Fries:

the middle of the road. No. The the middle ground people will not go for it. You will have absolutely no chance of converting a conservative to it. Yeah. Yeah. And you need to go for the middle,  

[00:29:03] Jesse Fries:

to be able to win elections. That's what you have to do. You know? You have to Yep. You don't necessarily have to have the policies that you want, but you have to win them over.   Yeah.   One way or the other. You know? So yeah.   Yep.   And, let's see here. I have something else tied to.   Oh,   since we are talking about dark woke so there there's been a study. They did a study, and,   they have found that liberal women are less happy   and are more lonely,   than conservative women.   So they took all the studies and everything like that. And it's by quite a huge   gap, actually.  

Oh, yeah.   When it comes to,   less satisfied,   liberal women   least likely to be satisfied in life. Only 12% of liberal women were satisfied in life,   or completely satisfied. And 37%   of conservatives   were completely   satisfied with life. So that is   a 25   difference. You know?  

[00:30:11] Jamon Fries:

That that is quite huge. You know? It's, I wonder how much of that is simply because of all the fear that they put out there.  

[00:30:18] Jesse Fries:

Well, see, that's the thing. It's like some people,   say that   it it's due to the fear in the social media and everything like that. Mhmm. Because liberal women generally spend more time on social media.   Yeah. They just do. And that they also   catastrophize.   Everything is a catastrophe. Yes. Trump is elected. It's a catastrophe. This happens. It's a catastrophe.   Yep. And it's just when anything doesn't really go their way. You know? There's a I would say this is also the same for liberal men, especially with that. I Oh, yeah. I I've had so many just, like, go it's starting to mellow down now,   a little bit. I think most of them are starting to realize it's not as bad as they thought it   was. Yeah. Yep.  



[00:31:05] Jamon Fries:

The world didn't end. Democracy has not gone away. Yep. Yep. But  

[00:31:11] Jesse Fries:

so there's that. But   this whole article that I read, they they were trying to tie   why conservative women were happier and everything like that.  

[00:31:20] Jamon Fries:

And they  

[00:31:21] Jesse Fries:

so they tied it to the stats of marriage and,   religion.   So, basically, when it comes to married,   thirty one percent of   liberal women this is ages 18 to four 40. So it's Okay. The the sweet spot, the young women, generally.   So it's, liberal women were generally 31%,   married.   Conservative women were 51%.   So a huge difference there. 20%   difference there. Yep.   And then they also did religion. So those that actually went to religious service   weekly   So 12% of those were liberal,   or 12% of liberal women went weekly,   and   55%   of   conservative women went   weekly. And so Okay. And then it just goes from there.  

But it it this whole   article here, it tries to say that it's marriage and religion   that does it. Right?   That makes a woman happier.   Right. Okay. Okay.   But   in in this thing, they said they they could they added controlling factors,   to look at the data for marriage and church attendance. Right?  

[00:32:35] Jamon Fries:

Okay.  

[00:32:37] Jesse Fries:

Marriage was the strongest prediction of having a less lonely life.  

[00:32:43] Jamon Fries:

Imagine that having a spouse. That. You actually have a spouse and somebody to talk to all the time. You're not alone. It wasn't religion. I wonder. It wasn't religion.  

[00:32:51] Jesse Fries:

It was it was it was   marriage.   Plain and simple. You you know? So   this whole, this I think this is more of a conservative,   site that I found this on. Yeah. Probably.   But, yeah,   it's it was marriage. You know? And I think part of that could also be   that I've noticed this trend. It seems to be that liberal women   there seems to be this trend of not wanting to compromise their values,   or anything like that for a man. If a man is conservative or voted Trump, a lot of women just will not touch him with a 10 foot pole. Yeah.   You you know, even though he it's   just because you vote for somebody doesn't mean you're a complete racist or anything like that. You just like most of his policies versus   Right. Yeah. Less of the policies on the other side. You know, that sort of thing. You know? Like, normal politics.  

Yeah.   And so I think that's what it is. You know? And so I think what the study shows is that   marriage is good for everybody.   It makes men live longer.  

[00:33:53] Jamon Fries:

Mhmm.  

[00:33:54] Jesse Fries:

And it makes women less lonely.  

[00:33:57] Jamon Fries:

Yeah.  

[00:33:58] Jesse Fries:

But then there's also all these studies that go, oh, women don't need a marriage because they have close female groups and everything like that. Yeah. It's not the same as a marriage. It really is. No. It's not. And and even, you know,  

[00:34:11] Jamon Fries:

close female groups will never give you the   the same   I'm trying to say this in a   way that doesn't sound like sexist and stuff like that.  

[00:34:25] Jesse Fries:

Good luck, David. Let's see what Yeah. I know.  

[00:34:28] Jamon Fries:

It it'll it'll never give you the same type of relationship that you can have that you could have with a male completely irregardless   of sex or anything like that.   There are Well, yeah. Yeah. But A lot of women a lot of women find comfort,   yeah, and protection   is something that they seek out of a man,   but not not protection as, say, just  

[00:34:50] Jesse Fries:

the just the security almost. No. I understand. I understand. It's  

[00:34:55] Jamon Fries:

to to me, it's just you a spouse is it's a completely different relationship no matter Yeah. What what gender. I I don't think it would be that much. I'm not even saying spouse. I mean, I I myself am not married. No. I know. I know. But I'm saying To me. It's so even just a male friend   is a much different Yeah. Well It's a much different   than than only having female friends. You know, when you surround when a woman surrounds herself with females,   she's missing out on  

[00:35:24] Jesse Fries:

on certain things. I I I I understand. I understand. What what I'm saying though, it it's not necessarily the, like,   male, female, or anything like that. It's a spousal support. Yeah. Yeah. Just always having somebody there. Because even if it's a friend if it's a friend   They're not alone. With you. Yeah. They're not living with you. You don't see them every day. Even if you don't wanna see them every day,   you see them every day. You you know, that sort of thing. And so you're, to me, that's what it is. It's that. Yep. It's that that sort of aspect where you're not lonely because   you know you're not because they're always there. You know? Yeah. Some days you don't want them there, but, you know, that's that's just, it's a trade off. Yeah.  

Yep. Yep. Absolutely.   Yeah. So   alright. What else we got?  

[00:36:17] Jamon Fries:

Well, let me see. There's,   stuff that RFK is doing with the food dyes   being phased out.  

[00:36:27] Jesse Fries:

Voluntarily. Yeah. Yeah.  

[00:36:29] Jamon Fries:

Yeah. Yeah. But   for now?  

[00:36:32] Jesse Fries:

Yeah. For now.  

[00:36:33] Jamon Fries:

If they don't phase them out voluntarily, it will become unvoluntarily   in the future.   We'll see. That means it's because, you know, you never know how long it takes and if it'll actually happen. But the thing that I found interesting was,   I didn't know this, but   all of those food dyes that they're trying to get rid of Uh-huh.   They're all made of petrochemicals.   Oh, yeah. Yeah. Yeah.   Yep.   Well, I mean, do you this brings to mind something else that I saw that I read a long time ago   about   the   medications.   Uh-huh.   Do you know who started the drug companies and changed the way medicine is being was done?  



[00:37:18] Jesse Fries:

No. Who?  

[00:37:22] Jamon Fries:

I,   okay, the name of the family just skipped my name. Big massive powerful family used to run the oil industries,   but because of,   because they   had too much influence in oil yeah. Rockefellers.   Because they had too much influence in the oil industry,   they were   forcibly broken apart. Right.   They went into pharmaceuticals   and started using petrochemicals   to make medicine.  

[00:37:52] Jesse Fries:

Interesting.  

[00:37:53] Jamon Fries:

That's where modern medicine comes from. It's petrochemicals.  

[00:37:56] Jesse Fries:

I I don't I don't our whole civilization   is petrochemical.   Yeah.   Plastics.   Our   entire being   Yeah. We have microplastics   throughout us. Oh, yeah. Yeah. Have dimension have more of it in their brains than everybody else.  

[00:38:14] Jamon Fries:

Yep.  

[00:38:15] Jesse Fries:

Yeah. No. It it's to the point where I me and I I'm trying to get this house as little plastic as possible. Yeah. Is it is it possible to get rid of it all right now in today's world? Mhmm. Because all your meat, all your food is wrapped in plastic. Everything is wrapped in plastic. You when you buy it, it's in plastic.  

[00:38:31] Jamon Fries:

Exactly. Exactly. But, yeah, I've I've I'm trying right now, I'm looking at, food storage containers   Uh-huh. That are glass to to put my meat stuff into to freeze. I found some that are,  

[00:38:43] Jesse Fries:

ceramic. I think we're gonna go with ceramic out on that instead of glass. Carla bought some glass ones, but   ceramic,  

[00:38:51] Jamon Fries:

it it doesn't shard as bad as glass and everything like that. So Well, the ones that I'm looking at are more like Pyrex. They're they're not really good for anything like that. Yeah. I know. But the the the thing that I the reason that I'm thinking about them, though, is because I can take it directly out of the freezer, put it in the fridge, let it thaw out over a couple of days, and then just throw it straight in the oven, and I don't have to dirty an extra pan to Oh, yeah. Yeah.  

[00:39:13] Jesse Fries:

I I think maybe the ceramic ones you can do the same too. I don't know. Okay. I wouldn't see why not.  

[00:39:18] Jamon Fries:

Yeah. Ceramic. I'll have to look I'll look if I'll have to look into the ceramic. I've never seen any ceramic food storage containers.  

[00:39:24] Jesse Fries:

So Yeah. No. The, I found some. I have it on the Amazon list somewhere. But, yeah, it's Okay. But, yeah, I'm also gonna get rid of all my,   nonstick shit.   Yes.  

[00:39:35] Jamon Fries:

Everything like that. I got rid of that stuff. Oh, there there's still one one kind of nonstick that I use. Uh-huh. It's a ceramic lined pan.  

[00:39:45] Jesse Fries:

Oh, okay. Okay.   So I I looked into the ceramic. Bad nonstick stuff. No. No. I I looked into the ceramic. It's a bunch of chemicals also. It's just it's not   it's a little bit different, but it's not ceramic.  

[00:39:58] Jamon Fries:

It's Well, the it it's got a ceramic layer on it, but then it's got a whole bunch of glue holding it to it. It's technically not ceramic.  

[00:40:06] Jesse Fries:

Is it really? Yeah. I looked into it. It's technically not ceramic.   They call it ceramic, but it is not ceramic.  

[00:40:14] Jamon Fries:

Okay. So I'll have to stop using them, and I'll just start using my I've got cast iron. I've got stainless steel, and I've got carbons. I've got,   carbon steel.   Okay. Yeah. Yeah. Well, I'm good to start using those instead. Yeah. I'm gonna get stainless.  

[00:40:31] Jesse Fries:

I don't wanna deal with the carbon. I have one cast iron pan, and that's enough of dealing with having to season shit. Yeah. Hate doing that crap and everything like that. Yeah. I I've even stopped. I just use soap on my pan just like dad does.   I say fucking add oil.  

[00:40:47] Jamon Fries:

The only the only one that I the only thing that I have that I  

[00:40:53] Jesse Fries:

wok. Oh, okay. Okay.  

[00:40:56] Jamon Fries:

That I season because I don't want shit sticking in that. No. I can understand that. Everything else, I can put enough oil in there that it ain't gonna stick anyways. See, that's the thing. Oil, it's a nonstick. It's crazy how that works. It's crazy how that works. And as long as you're using the right oils,   bad is good for you. So tallow and whatnot.   Yeah. I I use lard   I use lard, olive oil, and avocado oil. Those are about the three mains. And then Oh, yeah.  

[00:41:22] Jesse Fries:

Butter. I usually use butter and, olive oil. So extra virgin. Okay. So I I I don't listen to the chefs. I go, oh, it's has a low smoke point. I go, fuck it.   And I use it.  

[00:41:34] Jamon Fries:

I don't care. Well, you know, the the thing is is that it's it's   olive oil, as long as you're   mixing it properly and cooking properly with it, you know, as long as you're always attending it, it's not going to it's not gonna get bad.   It's it's when you use it for, like, frying and stuff like that that it that you would have massive problems with all of it. Yeah. Yeah. No. I I don't I I I have air fryer. I do like the air fryer,  

[00:41:58] Jesse Fries:

just because   yeah, I like air fryer. It works. It makes good fries and everything like that. I don't have to I've thought about buying one, but I've always got I've I've got a deep fryer right now and  

[00:42:09] Jamon Fries:

but that one, I haven't used that in so long.  

[00:42:12] Jesse Fries:

Yep. Yep. Yep. But yeah. No. It's like with the air fryer, it's like, okay. It's fries, but it's not the calories of fries. Yeah. It's just a potato, and potatoes are healthy for you. You know? I throw olive oil on them and, you know, to Wow. Kind of healthy for you. Well, olive oil is good. Yeah. It's a little bit of fat, but what can you do? Well, no. No. The olive oil is good is great. It's the potato that, no. Potatoes are very healthy for you.  

[00:42:38] Jamon Fries:

Well, for you maybe, not for me.  

[00:42:40] Jesse Fries:

It's a very healthy vegetable.   It gets a bad name. Against my diet. Yeah. I I know. But in general, as a food, it's a healthy food. It's a healthy vegetable. You know? It's a great starch. It it's not a vegetable. It's a great starch.   Vegetable starch? Who cares? There's no such thing as a vegetable. Let's not get into that. You know, it's   like  

[00:43:01] Jamon Fries:

That's okay. Tomato's a fruit, and I can still I call that a vegetable. Damn it. Yeah. Exactly. And, technically, there is no such thing as a vegetable.  

[00:43:09] Jesse Fries:

Really? Scientifically,   there's no such word as vegetable.  

[00:43:13] Jamon Fries:

Okay.  

[00:43:14] Jesse Fries:

It's culinary is vegetable.   It's not scientifically,  

[00:43:18] Jamon Fries:

it's tubers So anything is a vegetable as long as you wanna call it that.  

[00:43:23] Jesse Fries:

Roots.   It's   it's grains. It's it's these are   because it's like celery. It's a stock. It's not a vegetable. It's a stock.   Tomato. It's a fruit.   You know? A potato. It's a tuber. Sweet potato. Tuber. You know, carrot, root vegetable. You you it's a or root. You know? That that's just what it is. There's there's no Yeah. Vegetable is a made up thing. So yeah. Okay. Okay. But then everything's made up. So, you know, what can I do? That it is. Yes.   Let's see here.   Apparently, Biden,   during his   time in   the White House blueprints for the White House were shared with 11,000   people.  

Wow.   Yeah. So   all these leaks and the accidents of,   it's normal people. Just saying. You can get angry, but you know something? I don't know. You know, that that kind of downplays headaches  

[00:44:20] Jamon Fries:

leaks quite significantly.  

[00:44:22] Jesse Fries:

I mean I'm just saying, you know, it's   this shit happens. It it it just happens. I I Yeah.   You know, it's it's it it happens.   That's life. What can you do? Yep. Yep. Yep.  

[00:44:40] Jamon Fries:

Interesting. Yeah. Oh, and, lots of news articles lately about how Elon Musk is gonna be stepping back from Doge.   Some people say it's because of Tesla blowback,   some because   of a fallout between between Trump and Musk.   You know the real reason now?   Mhmm.   It's because   in the type of service that he's the type of employee government employee he is, he can only legally work a hundred and thirty five days a year. And   based on January 20, if the if that was the starting point, he can only work till the May.  

[00:45:20] Jesse Fries:

Yep. There's that. And I bet   I bet Tesla and whatnot and probably SpaceX and all these other companies, they could use a little bit more direct Oh, yeah. Supervision as well. Yep. You you know, because   he is the impetus for those companies, plain and simple. Oh, he absolutely is. So it's not a surprise that, he would have to do something about it. It's like,   if he steps back, you know, it may just raise the price of Tesla because, well, Democrats will stop keying their car,   those cars and everything, and blowing them up and everything like that. So it's   Yeah. Yeah.  

Oh, some guy that works in the state of or state of Minnesota,   he he did, like, $20,000   worth of damage over on Tesla vehicles, scratching them and everything like that. And   the judge,   and the prosecution,   decided not to press charges,   and they're just gonna put them on diversion.  

[00:46:13] Jamon Fries:

So For $20,000   worth of physical damage? Uh-huh.  

[00:46:19] Jesse Fries:

That's almost felony damage. It is felony damage. Yeah.   Yeah.   Yep. The version.   It's a first time offense even though he did it many, many times.  

[00:46:32] Jamon Fries:

Yeah. You know, that I I saw an article about I saw a report on that, and it was so funny. Like,   the Tesla is the car with the most cameras out of any vehicle on it. Yep. How can anyone think that they can get away and stay anonymous   when they do this stuff? I don't know. It's hilarious. It's hilarious. It really is. Yeah.   But yeah. No. I mean, that that doesn't surprise me with Minnesota doing that, though. No. It really doesn't. It really doesn't. And there's a Twin City,  

[00:47:03] Jesse Fries:

court. So Oh, okay. Yeah. Definitely.  

[00:47:06] Jamon Fries:

It doesn't surprise me then.   Exactly. It's almost as bad as a New York court.  

[00:47:12] Jesse Fries:

Pretty much. Yeah.   Pretty much. Yeah. Any major city. You know? There's very few   conservative major cities.  

[00:47:20] Jamon Fries:

Yeah. Well, when when, Musk was announcing this, he did he said, at the May is when he's gonna take a step back and, you know, he's like, the reason I'm taking a step back is because,   well, the work's pretty much done. Yep. We're to the point now where we can just let secretaries do the rest of it.  

[00:47:38] Jesse Fries:

Yeah. Yeah. That that's what I'm thinking. I wouldn't see why not.   Oh, speaking of Tesla and whatnot,   another car company in China has,   maybe they shared information, but there's two car companies now in China that, can   allow their car to recharge in five minutes up to 80%.  

[00:47:57] Jamon Fries:

Damn.   That is nice.  

[00:48:00] Jesse Fries:

Uh-huh. We need to get this tech. I'm sorry, GM. I'm sorry, Ford. I'm sorry, everybody. We need this tech. So and if we had that, I would buy one.   Oh, yeah. Yeah. Because then I could do road trips  

[00:48:12] Jamon Fries:

again. Or I could do road trips again. If you could if you could plug in for five minutes to recharge your vehicle, it's the same as putting the gas, gas nozzle into your tank. Yep. It takes five to ten minutes to fill your tank, and you're off on then you're off. You know? So if recharging were were that quick and it didn't take hours   Yeah. To recharge the vehicle, sitting there doing absolutely nothing for hours as your vehicle recharges Yeah. I I could see a lot more people buying into into the EV. Oh, completely. And you just need  

[00:48:42] Jesse Fries:

you don't even need   with that sort of speed, if enough people have it now don't get me wrong. We would have to update the grid and everything like that. Yes. Yes. Because we're talking megawatts of power here, people. This isn't just Yeah.   It it you need a huge line of electricity to be able to do this sort of situation.   Yeah. So we'd have to build it out and everything like that. So it'd still be a few years out,   but it's the start is how I'm viewing it. You know? It's the start Oh, yeah. Actually being able to do it if you wanna do it. I I don't care either way.   I just need I'm an American,   and I like my road trips. I'm planning a road trip this summer with my kids, so I'll be doing this show on the road.  

So yeah. It's yeah. I think it should be fun. So and you need that really to  

[00:49:32] Jamon Fries:

be able to Yeah. Well, you know, that that's the one that's the one for the thing that I've always questioned you   know, they they want   the the the Democrats kept putting mandates about EV and how everybody had to switch to EV and stuff like that. Yep.   But they didn't build the infrastructure first. If you don't have the infrastructure   for it,   it's impossible   to do it. Oh, yeah. Yep. Everybody would drive an EV, but all of a sudden, you couldn't go more than, like, 50 to a hundred miles away from your house.   Yep.  

Yep.  

[00:50:06] Jesse Fries:

Yeah. And Exactly. America just doesn't work that way. We really don't. You you know, normally, we probably drive,   20 to 40 miles a day, I would say. Yeah.   Yep.   But on the weekends,   once a month   Oh, yeah. Six times a year, we're doing those long road trips.   Yep. You you know And, you know, that that's something about get on a train to go somewhere or Oh, no. You know, it's a we drive.  

[00:50:35] Jamon Fries:

And, yeah, you'd you'd think about, like,   LA and stuff like that where   you literally sit in traffic jams for hours on end. Yep. Yep.   What happens if your battery charge dies when you're out there? And, yes, it's the same as running out of gas, but   you can get gas anywhere.  

[00:50:56] Jesse Fries:

Yeah. It's easy too. Yeah. Yep. Yeah.   Uh-huh.   Yeah. No. So I I think this would be nice. So it it, Yeah. It would be awesome.  

[00:51:05] Jamon Fries:

Talking about technology out of China, there's a couple more couple interesting things out of China as well.   The they have just,   gotten approval from the from the,   Chinese Air Air Administration   Group, much of the their counterparts, the FAA,   for a new plane that they've built.   Okay.   It's a plane that's an amphibious plane.   It right now, it's set up for two different ways. It can either be used as an amphibious rescue   vehicle   Uh-huh. Or it can be used as a firefighting vehicle.   The water capacity   is double what we have here in The US.  

[00:51:48] Jesse Fries:

Oh, nice. Nice.  

[00:51:50] Jamon Fries:

They can carry a here in The US, the the biggest what the biggest amphibious that can land in a leak lake and reef and re and,   refill its tank its water tank Uh-huh.   Is about six tons of water.   So about 6,000 gallons.  

[00:52:07] Jesse Fries:

Uh-huh.  

[00:52:09] Jamon Fries:

This Chinese plane   can hold 12 tons of water.  

[00:52:13] Jesse Fries:

Oh, damn.  

[00:52:16] Jamon Fries:

I mean, could you imagine the difference in fighting fires versus   six tons of water versus 12 tons of water?  

[00:52:23] Jesse Fries:

Mhmm.   No. Yeah. It's a huge difference. I mean, that's insane.  

[00:52:27] Jamon Fries:

Yeah. It's pretty cool. And for amphibious rescue, it can it can hold up to 50 people in a rest in an amphibious rescue situation.  

[00:52:35] Jesse Fries:

Oh, okay. Okay.  

[00:52:37] Jamon Fries:

So, I mean, this that just   it it's just insane. The the the the capacity that that plane has is insane.  

[00:52:47] Jesse Fries:

Oh, yeah. Sounds like it. It sounds like it. So,   yeah, that is pretty cool. That is pretty cool. And also out of China  

[00:52:55] Jamon Fries:

Uh-huh.   A place that they call e China. I'm not really sure where that refers to.   It's That's cool. It's a city it's a city in China that supposedly   deals a lot that's it's like a a major smart city or something like that.  

[00:53:10] Jesse Fries:

Okay.  

[00:53:12] Jamon Fries:

They just had they had a, they ran a marathon.   Mhmm. There was a a half marathon run by people   and by robots.   Uh-huh.   They had, 10 to 15 humanoid robots that ran the marathon.   It was completely in a separated lane from the humans, so, you know, you don't have to worry about that.   It took the robots twice as long to run.   Okay. Okay. So we're still we're we're we're still up on them. So we can still run away from is what you're telling us. Absolutely. So so if the robot takeover happens now, we will it I might not be able to, but most people will be easily will be able to easily get away.  

[00:53:54] Jesse Fries:

Perfect. Perfect. Perfect. That that that sounds great. That sounds great. Oh, speaking of marathons, apparently, the Boston Marathon just happened. And guess who won?  

[00:54:03] Jamon Fries:

Who?  

[00:54:04] Jesse Fries:

Kenyans.   Big surprise there. Yeah. Yeah. A Kenyan guy and a Kenyan woman.   The Kenyan woman who did the best time   in   the   record keeping a Boston Marathon.   So   she which was previously held the last title was held, by a Ethiopian.   So Kenya has it back.   Woo hoo. Yep. Yeah. But yeah.   Did you know that we actually limit how many Kenyans can come in for marathons?  

[00:54:34] Jamon Fries:

No. I did not know that. Yes. Makes sense, though. Yep. We we have we have to be able to at least get second or, you know, third, fourth, fifth, sixth place. You know? Seventh. Seventh was the best one. Seventh? Okay. You've heard of The US, but yeah. Okay.  

[00:54:49] Jesse Fries:

Yeah. We don't want we don't don't wanna be getting, like, fiftieth place as our top runner. Right. Right. Exactly. So, you know, we we we need some spaces for Americans, you know, not not just Kenyans and Ethiopians running around. Yep.  

[00:55:03] Jamon Fries:

Or there's   a tribe in   South America   Uh-huh. That   runs   I mean,   they just run forever.   Okay. I think they they do well in marathons as well. They do well in the Olympics and stuff. So  

[00:55:22] Jesse Fries:

Haven't heard about them.  

[00:55:24] Jamon Fries:

Yeah. But it's just small tribal areas.  

[00:55:27] Jesse Fries:

Oh, okay. Okay. Yeah. When it comes to the Kenyan, it's a lot of times it's,   it is a bit tribal, but not very some of it is,   it's like certain tribes   tend to do a bit better.   Yeah. But, basically, if you're poor,   that's a grandest indication.   If you actually have to walk and run everywhere.   Yep. Yep.  

[00:55:48] Jamon Fries:

Well, no wonder no wonder your wife isn't a great runner. Yeah. Exactly. Exactly. Not only that, but,  

[00:55:55] Jesse Fries:

Kenya is very high elevation.   It has a high elevation.   And so they're used to running on low oxygen.   Oh, yeah. Yeah. So I bet that has something to do with it as well. So it's I guarantee that has a lot to do with it. Mhmm. So,   yeah, let's see. What else do we got here?   Anything fun? I'm tired of the immigration stories.  

[00:56:20] Jamon Fries:

Politeness   makes it so that people that that do AI stuff like OpenAI   Uh-huh. Have to spend more money.   Really? Being polite to the to the AI   saying thank you and please,   it   it increases the amount   of capacity that's needed   incredibly so.   Alright. Because it has to go is that part of what I need to do? Or is Not not only that, but it also sets the tone for the reply. So it'll put a lot more thought into a polite reply.  

[00:57:00] Jesse Fries:

That is interesting.  

[00:57:02] Jamon Fries:

Yeah.   It's really interesting. Stop being so polite when you're talking to AI. Just,   you know, don't be rude because then it'll be rude back to you.   Well, that sounds like It's it it it picks up on on your tone. So if you're a business tone, it's gonna give you a business style reply.   If you're a friendly tone, it's gonna give you a friendly reply.   If you curse at it, it may just curse back.  

[00:57:28] Jesse Fries:

I can understand that. I can understand that. Yeah. It's like here at the mindless meanderings, we are a value for value model. And, you know, if you're nice to us, we'll be even nicer to you guys. Maybe we could actually do better stuff if you guys help us out. You know, you could send the show ideas. You can send us money to help, produce this podcast. You can send me ideas or whatever at jesse at mindless c dot com, or, you can email jamen@jamenatmindlessmeanderings.com.   Everything is important. Just hearing from you guys is great. Letting us know that you're listening,   even though it may not be many, just a few is kinda nice. So, yeah, please help us out in any way you can. That would be great.  

Let's see here. What else do we got? Oh, the Popistad. Yep. There's that. Popistad.   Yep. Yep. Popistad. Yep. Yeah. JD Vance killed him. We all know it. Right?   It   is weird   that he went, and the next day, he was dead. That that that that that is a a bit odd. I'm just saying. You know? Yeah. Yeah. And I saw this thing of JD Vance going, oh, it's so nice to see you're so healthy.   Nobody ever but it better tell me I look healthy because, you know, that just needed me to die. You know? It's like an instant death sentence right there.  

[00:58:44] Jamon Fries:

Exactly.  

[00:58:48] Jesse Fries:

So yeah. Yeah. It's,   okay. I   some people say the next pope is gonna be the antichrist. Isn't that what some prophecy said?  

[00:58:58] Jamon Fries:

They've been saying that now since the   eighties.  

[00:59:02] Jesse Fries:

I think they've been saying it since   about the year January.  

[00:59:06] Jamon Fries:

Well, they've been saying the pope is the antichrist since the pure since the January.   Yeah. But since the eighties, they've been saying the next one definitely is. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. And  

[00:59:18] Jesse Fries:

now they think, oh, this,   who are the guys that look into the future?   Not fortune tellers.   It's it's escaping my mind. Prophecy.   Prophecy. Prophecy.   Yeah. Yeah. Prophets.   Supposedly, some prophets said he had this prophecy,   that,   so on and so forth, you know, how all these popes line up. And so they go, oh, yeah. That that that's what he meant there and everything like that. You know? Yeah. With that, the this guy apparently per this one,   prophecy.   Yeah. The next pope is the antichrist.   So  

[00:59:55] Jamon Fries:

it's it's amazing how the more vague you are with the prophecy, the more people will think that you're right. Oh, yeah. It's like we remembered,  

[01:00:03] Jesse Fries:

let's see. It was around   it was, like, in the nineties during the Iraq thing and everything like that, they were pulling on Notre Dame.   And they were saying the man in the blue hat, and they go, that's Saddam   Hussein.  

[01:00:17] Jamon Fries:

Yeah. Yeah.   When there's lots of people wearing blue hats, in fact, the UN soldiers   all wear blue hats. Ex   exactly. So yeah. It's You know? It is funny.  

[01:00:34] Jesse Fries:

We're all gonna die.   It's always the end of the world.   Yeah. Just realize that and move on with your life because there's nothing you can do about it, people. Just saying. No. There isn't.   But yeah. So next pope, Antichrist. Woo hoo. There you go.  

[01:00:49] Jamon Fries:

Yeah. I I saw there saw an article   about the   about,   about the the previous pope   and how he was such a great person. He   would all he always help he always   was kind and helpful to the poor and to the   the needy and to the downtrodden.   And then they said, and to the to the evil.   After all, JD Vance was went to see him.  

[01:01:24] Jesse Fries:

Jesus Christ. It it yeah. No. It   it's JD's advances or the timing of this, it's just there's so many good memes. You you you know? Oh, yeah. Yeah. It's like I I saw this one   that kinda ties in the whole,   Blue Origin,   spaceship ride. You know? It was like,   Katy Perry read the Bible for eleven minutes. Now she's gonna be the next pope.  

[01:01:56] Jamon Fries:

Nice.  

[01:01:57] Jesse Fries:

Right? So, yeah, it's you you gotta love that sort of situation. Yeah. It's like Oh, yeah. Yeah. But, yeah, that also that blue origin story. Oh my god. That blew up in their face like nobody's business.   Did it really? I haven't seen much about it. Oh, Jesus Christ. It's like, so many people are making fun of Katy Perry because she she because, you know, it was a bunch of women. Right? Yeah. They they said it was, like, the first female crew,   to go up into space even though they didn't go up into space.   Oh, the first all female crew. Yeah. Yeah. That's what they said, but it's not. Yeah. The first all female crew was Soviet.  

Yeah. During the Soviet era, there's a all female crew that went up. So it's not even that. And they actually went into space. And they actually went into space.   So this one it just went into the upper atmosphere. They saw the nice globe of the Earth a little bit, and Yep. Then they came down. People have skydived from that height. Did you know that?  

[01:02:53] Jamon Fries:

I did not know that, but it doesn't surprise me. I mean, the the halos are pretty   are they it's a deep military thing. Well, they no. They they  

[01:03:01] Jesse Fries:

this one guy, you have to be in a suit because there's, like, no oxygen up there. Right.   But it's   and so he went up on a balloon.   The balloon all the way up to that height. Balloons go up this high, people. Oh, yeah. Yeah.   And and so and then once it got reached the   Apex or whatever, he he he skydived.   He skydived from that   same height.   So if you can skydive from the same height,   I'm just saying. Unless,  

[01:03:34] Jamon Fries:

which means that they obviously wouldn't have had to go through reentry.   No. They didn't. They didn't. If you don't go through reentry, you haven't crossed into space. No. Yeah. They they  

[01:03:45] Jesse Fries:

they they they they showed,   one of the memes was showing,   the blue origin capsule as it landed. It was nice and pretty and white. And then SpaceX that was all burnt to crap.   It's like,   this one did not go through the reentry process. This one did. You see the difference?  

[01:04:04] Jamon Fries:

Yeah. And and I I remember hearing all the stories about how this proved that it was that that you could that commercial space travel was gonna be a huge thing.   And I'm like, but   they didn't get into space.   Right.   How does that prove that's commercial space travel is gonna be big?  

[01:04:27] Jesse Fries:

You know, once we once we can actually get into space and there's, like, hotels up there, hotels on the Yeah. Whatnot,   then, yes.  

[01:04:35] Jamon Fries:

Then then then the space then the space tourism will be huge because, seriously, that cost will start. I mean, I I honestly, I think in order to truly get the space race to start,   you have to have tourism into space. You have to have regular people be able to go into space. Oh, yeah. Yeah. I I think point in time, everything will just blow up and expand. With with SpaceX, I think it's the start. It's not quite it's not there yet.  

[01:04:59] Jesse Fries:

Right. But it it's a commercialized   thing. Yes.   And so with that, it will I think it will get to that point. I think there's a good chance of it. So Yep. Absolutely.   But, yeah, also, it was like agree more. Apparently,   when Katy Perry got off that thing, she kissed the earth.   People are, like, going,   why are you kissing the earth? You know? And then they were comparing her to gone for eleven minutes. Yeah. I know. And then they're comparing her to, like, the woman that was stuck up in space for eight months.   And and then not only that, there is this there is this gaffe. It was, so   the the whole setup was that Bezos was gonna come and oh, by the way, he fell on his face. It was hilarious. Yeah. As   but anyways, he was walking. He was the whole thing was staged. So he was gonna come up and then open up the door. Right? As he was getting up there, Katy Perry opened up the door from the inside.  

And then they quickly shut it, and then he opened it up from the outside.   Oh, man. Wow.   Yeah.   Yeah. So many jokes. Wendy's got involved   and so and so forth. It was a   yeah. Yeah. A good time. Good time. Yeah. Yeah. Well, you know, there's  

[01:06:25] Jamon Fries:

it's very interesting. I you hear   all these things, these anecdotes about   everything going on.   Uh-huh. And that just made me think off the top of my head about one that I heard about   Harvard   with, them suing Trump the Trump administration now.  

[01:06:42] Jesse Fries:

Right. Right.  

[01:06:46] Jamon Fries:

But,   you know, the the the funding was frozen because of   supposedly anti Semitic   things that happened. Right?  

[01:06:57] Jesse Fries:

Right. Right. That's the reasoning. Yeah.  

[01:07:00] Jamon Fries:

Yeah.   Well,   I saw an article. It's not opening up for me right now.   But, I saw an article   that said that   there have been   there was an increase   in colleges   of anti Semitic events   by over 1,600   cases,   which was an 82%   climb from 23 to 24.  

[01:07:30] Jesse Fries:

Uh-huh. Yeah.  

[01:07:34] Jamon Fries:

If there's that much antisemitism   going on in the campuses, doesn't it then make sense that   according to the,   different rules and regulations of the government   that   the colleges would lose their funding?  

[01:07:51] Jesse Fries:

Yeah. Yeah.   The thing is is that whether or not the colleges are doing something about it or not, that's what Trump cares about. Trump actually doesn't care whether or not it happened is that you're trying to do something in a Right. It is is the college trying to do something about it? We all know Harvard's not.   Right. But, like, Columbia, they capitulated,   so on and so forth. So yeah. So some most of the college are just capitulate because they just don't wanna deal with it.   Right. But Harvard,   they wanna fight it.  

[01:08:19] Jamon Fries:

So they Well, I mean, you know, they get enough money from outside sources that they can afford to not to not get that money. But, you know, yeah, they're they're suing for they're suing to have that money   re   reopened up. Yep. Yep. The courts seem to be in their favor for now.  

[01:08:36] Jesse Fries:

Well, yeah. The initial courts that they take them to it will, and then we'll see how it goes from there. You know, that's how it always is. It's it's Yeah.   Yeah. Let let's see what the Supreme Court and everything decides. We'll get there at some point. All these all this crap will get up to the Supreme Court, and then they'll decide. You know, that Let's see what  

[01:08:52] Jamon Fries:

I I I think that's probably the saddest thing about this all is that   this is   not the purview of the courts.  

[01:09:03] Jesse Fries:

But   yeah. That's that's actually exactly what the Supreme Court has to decide, though. See, that's the thing. That's why the Supreme Court needs to get involved   because all these courts are saying it is their purview. And so it's up to the supreme court to decide if it is their purview or whatnot. Because, technically, it it's like when it comes to visas,   the state department can revoke visas and everything like that. Like, no problem. They they they can put a deport deportation order out. No problem. This is Yeah. This is all within their purview without any adjudication. It doesn't matter. It's it's what it's the   law. They can do this, you know, whether or not you like it or not. That that's a whole different issue. And then you can fight the deportation, but   the order itself, that that's all   state department. You can't fight that. You know? It's not even  

[01:09:54] Jamon Fries:

a duty The the problem the problem that I have the problem that I have with referring it all to the Supreme Court   is that now I don't know how the current justices   are. I know that most of them are conservative.   But   in the old days,   the Supreme Court would grab every single power that it possibly could.   So if it came up to the Supreme Court, the Supreme Court would say would justify it through the constitution.  

[01:10:23] Jesse Fries:

What what   okay. I I I disagree with you on that one. What the Supreme Court does   is that it asserts federal power,   not necessarily judicial power. It   supports   federal power. Whatever federal power that is, whether it's executive,   whether it's judicial, whether it's, legislative,   they will always they will basically always side with the federal   system.  

[01:10:49] Jamon Fries:

Right. Because But, like like, look, Roe v Wade, it it wasn't Roe v Wade wasn't   something that the courts should have had a way in.   It it was something that the that congress should have had a way in if it was gonna be federal. Every everybody knew this. Everybody knows this. Even the courts brought it into the even yet the courts put it into the courts. Well, yeah. And then and then it was, gotten rid of. You see? Yeah. It took a long time to get on the all levels, and it's just whether or not   to me, this is the process. And, you know, you can get upset. I I'd just prefer not to get upset. Well, I'll I'll never get upset about it because, I mean, it's just the way life is. But Yeah. So You know, that's that's it's only just a slight question of   should the court   be able to determine whether they can step in and block the president's powers that were given to him originally?  



[01:11:49] Jesse Fries:

Well, if one court   has decided that they can,   there's only one court that can say they can't.   Yeah. I guess that's In the end all be all.   Yeah.   So you have to have that. You  

[01:12:06] Jamon Fries:

now I guess. I just I just Now the legislative I I just hate hearing the stories about this over  

[01:12:12] Jesse Fries:

stepping. Well, yeah. No. It's just their stick. You know? It's just   I see, this is why I'm just tired of it all. I just don't care. Yeah. So I I I rarely ever pay attention to these stories. I read them. Right. But then it's, like, in, out. It's I don't even really wanna talk about them because it it's all the same boring crap. There's nothing new about it.   Who cares?   Let's all get so bored with it that it's never in the news. Let's do that. It'd be perfect.   Yeah. Who cares? Yeah. Absolutely. Let let them fight about it. You know? That's,   that's yeah. I'm just I don't care. I I I've got   I don't care. I can always move to Kenya. You know?  



[01:12:53] Jamon Fries:

And That's still not   talking about stuff we don't care about. Uh-huh. Tariffs. Oh, yeah. Yeah. Don't care. Trump has decided Trump has said that they are not going to play hardball with China. He's backing down on the trade war as China is also backing down themselves. So  

[01:13:10] Jesse Fries:

Well yeah. But if you ask China   newspapers, they're just saying it's Trump backing down. I I I'm sure it's not toward negotiations   and everything like that. So, yeah, it's  

[01:13:21] Jamon Fries:

a But the the it's That's all backing down, which means that costs aren't going to be affected as much anymore.  

[01:13:28] Jesse Fries:

Oh, yeah. Yeah. Completely.  

[01:13:31] Jamon Fries:

And on on a lighter note, my price of eggs has finally gone down. Has it now? Yes. It's below $5 a dozen.   Sweet.   We're at $4.99   a dozen right now. Okay. Okay.   Much better than the $6 a dozen it was a few weeks ago.  

[01:13:49] Jesse Fries:

Oh, yeah.   No shit. No shit.  

[01:13:53] Jamon Fries:

So it looks like they're finally starting to recover from the bird flu from killing off all the chickens due to the bird flu. So Well, that's good. That's good. Yeah. I'm pretty happy about that.  

[01:14:04] Jesse Fries:

Or just people are buying less eggs. Who knows? So there's more That could be too.   Yeah. You never know. Yeah. Yeah.  

[01:14:10] Jamon Fries:

As they got more expensive, I had to find alternative   sources of of protein and stuff. So  

[01:14:17] Jesse Fries:

No. That's what people did. You know? It's And tuna fish is always cheap.   Yeah. Yeah. It is cheap.   Canned tuna fish is always cheap. Yeah. Until we kill them all. You know, there's that Well, yeah. Then then it won't be Yeah.   Let's see.   Oh, on a lighter note, you know,   Canada,   they're gonna have a election debate, because they're gonna   have a brand new national election.   And Right. There was gonna be a debate,   in France or in the French speaking in Quebec.   Mhmm. But, apparently, the debate was gonna be at the same time as   a hockey game.  

Oh, shit. Well, you gotta change the debate then. Yeah. So you have to change the debate too. It's Canada. Hockey definitely takes preference over that. So they changed the debate time for the French speaking to it.  

[01:15:09] Jamon Fries:

Well, they had to. No one would watch it.   Well, it's your choice between the hockey game and the debate. Nobody's gonna watch the debate. And it was the Montreal Canadian game.  

[01:15:20] Jesse Fries:

Yeah. So Oh, wow. Yeah. Like like, the Montreal their team is called Canadians.   Yep. I swear these Canadian teams that you have the Canadians, you have the Canucks. You you you   it's like, oh, let's just name them after me.   Yeah. Yeah. This is Toronto's  

[01:15:38] Jamon Fries:

Bobs. Yeah.   That's right.  

[01:15:43] Jesse Fries:

The Toronto Ontarians.   Yeah. It's I I don't know. Yeah.  

[01:15:48] Jamon Fries:

Yeah.  

[01:15:49] Jesse Fries:

But, yeah, so they switched that up. So yeah. That's,  

[01:15:54] Jamon Fries:

Yep. Yep.   I saw a report not too long ago that,   came they came out saying   social media is not wholly terrible for mental health of kids.   Imagine that. So you shouldn't you shouldn't be you shouldn't be restricting the the children from having access to   it is what the report was saying.  

[01:16:15] Jesse Fries:

Okay.  

[01:16:16] Jamon Fries:

Do you know what the subsect of the not   not harmful to them was? What?   L g d LGTBQ   people of color.  

[01:16:30] Jesse Fries:

Everything else was They found  

[01:16:33] Jamon Fries:

yeah. They found that they had more support in,   through the social media   than anything else.   Well But everyone else, including white white people that are LGBTQ,   that was not beneficial to them.   Only this one small subsect that's beneficial to them. Well,  

[01:16:55] Jesse Fries:

in the black community, there's always been a issue   with gay and trans and everything.   So it's, they have   yeah. You have to be on the DL. Like, nobody's business and everything like that. So it's,   yeah. That's,   I could see it. I could see it. Yeah. It's,  

[01:17:12] Jamon Fries:

okay. The same time for that small of a subsect, I don't think they're gonna stop the policy changes.  

[01:17:19] Jesse Fries:

No. I don't think so either. I don't think so either. It's,   but, you know, it's like   all these things. It's moderation. Just make sure just keep on buying your kid. You know? Yeah. It's,   no matter what you know, it's like people go, oh, you're spending all your time on your, phone. Okay. Well, I could be watching TV, or I could be reading books in my spare time. Or I could be playing on my computer instead. I mean, you know? On my phone. So so which one do you want? I'm still ignoring my family.  

[01:17:50] Jamon Fries:

Yeah. Still still ignoring my family. Still ignoring society. I'm not going out, you know, not going out and finding actual real physical   friends to play with. Exactly. So   pick which one you want me to do. You know? It it's it doesn't matter. You want me to ignore you watching TV? Do you want me to ignore you while playing it on my computer? Do you want me to ignore you reading a book? What do you want me to ignore you while I'm doing?  

[01:18:13] Jesse Fries:

Yep. When when when, like, literature was first starting to be,   like, seriously published and everything like that in, like, the nineteenth century, there was a term for it. They had a term like about book and how they just escape into that world, and they don't pay attention to it. And how dare these damn kids that just read and yeah. It's like yeah.   Yeah. It's the same thing, people. It we're we're not special. Really is.  

[01:18:39] Jamon Fries:

No difference. No difference. So yeah. The only difference is in the content that you're reading. You know, most books have to go through our publishers.   Back back in those days, they had to go through a publisher, so there were peep there was at least some formal of a limiting factor on it. What's that got to do with anything?   Well, with social media, there's so much crap and bad shit out there. I I I I was just talking in general being on your phone. Yeah. Yeah. No. No. Yeah.   It's like Yeah. It to me to me, it it's the the content of the media has changed quite a bit. But even even now with books,   you know, it's   I I read a lot of books online.  



[01:19:18] Jesse Fries:

Yeah. I read pretty much all my books on my phone. So I'm on my phone, but I'm reading a book. Yeah. Other other than the books that come out of China  

[01:19:27] Jamon Fries:

Uh-huh.   A lot of those other books are just really messed up   Oh. Because there is no editor. There's no one con there's no one  

[01:19:36] Jesse Fries:

looking at the content before it gets put up. Oh, yeah. And anybody can publish nowadays. It's, yeah.  

[01:19:43] Jamon Fries:

And, oh, it's so annoying reading these you know, at least when there was an editor, I could have an expectation   of good spelling.   Mhmm.   But now without the editor, so many of these books, it's just, oh, wow.   How did you even pass fifth grade?  

[01:20:03] Jesse Fries:

Yeah. It it really has gotten pretty bad. It really has gotten pretty bad.  

[01:20:09] Jamon Fries:

You know, at least at least translation   errors I can understand, you know, translating from, like,   French to English or something like that. You know, I can understand that there's gonna be   some Couple of   incongruency in in it. So, like, books from China that were translated poorly   are going to be very hard to read. Oh, yeah. Yep. Yep. No. I understand. So, you know, I you can expect that though because it's a translation. Whereas,   if it's an English writer writing in English,   how can you not know how to spell the word   the?  



[01:20:46] Jesse Fries:

Well, you know, it it it   yeah. Yeah.  

[01:20:55] Jamon Fries:

Oh, I literally saw somebody somebody wrote t h a when it was supposed to be the.  

[01:21:02] Jesse Fries:

Well,  

[01:21:04] Jamon Fries:

I can see that. I mean, phonetically, I could see it. Yeah. There you go. There you go. Phonetically. I mean, god. You know, that that's What what was it? That's not even a fifth grade education level there. What what what was it? Was it somebody, like, in quotes, so it was, like, a character speaking, or was it just something? No. It it was in a description of a of a scene.  

[01:21:24] Jesse Fries:

Interesting.   Interesting.   Yeah.   So I had the story left over from, last time that I never got around to. It's about 88 feet.   Mhmm. It it it was a fascinating thing. This guy, he's talked to all these experts and everything like that.   And it looks like there's really no good way to treat it. And it looks like it's, like, up and down on   how it actually affects you. So sometimes   it it really affects you, and then sometimes it doesn't. And it's just a step and flow.   Mhmm.   And it's like so   this one guy, Edmund   Barks, said that he invested thirty five years of his lifetime to identify   the causes of ADHD.  

Okay. And somehow,   we're further away from   the goal than when we started.   So we we just keep figuring out that we really have no clue what it is.   They say they have a clinical definition of ADHD,   that is increasingly unanchored from what we're finding in science.   So the definition   isn't matching up with the science.  

[01:22:34] Jamon Fries:

Okay.  

[01:22:36] Jesse Fries:

Also,   after fourteen months of treatment,   the children taking Ritalin, which is amphetamine.   Mhmm. They behave   better than those in other groups.   But by thirty six months, the advantage has completely faded away.   Okay. So once you hit around three years of taking   Adderall or Ritalin or something like that,   there's no difference,   right,   in how you're perceived to be. And it's treatment methods or just from nor from without any treatment at all? Well, if you're taking one of those amphetamines.  

[01:23:14] Jamon Fries:

Right. But, I mean, is it are they comparing it to other treatment  

[01:23:18] Jesse Fries:

types, or are they comparing it to other treatment types? Or are they comparing it to other treatment? Like social ones, things like that. Everything like that. Okay. Not doing anything. They a whole bunch of studies where they had control groups and everything like that. Yeah.   So there's, like, no difference,   after thirty six months.   At about fourteen months, you can see a difference.   But   one of the also funny things about   this these stimulants, the these amphetamines,   is that they tend to make people look focused and busy. The the keyword is look.   But the results are no better than a placebo.  

In fact,   people that are on these amphetamines,   their strategies for solving a problem, they plummet.   Just completely   plummet.   So that they have to actually   do more   to get the same result.   So so they're focused on it. And they're trying all these different things, but their brain isn't working right, so it doesn't quickly get to the right answer as quick.  

[01:24:20] Jamon Fries:

Okay. So so they're they're focused on it, but it's an ineffective focus.  

[01:24:25] Jesse Fries:

Correct.   Which is just like any amphetamine.   It's like, it's like,   it's been used in the military,   for pilots.   Truck drivers use them so that they can just, be happy while they're driving down the road.  

[01:24:40] Jamon Fries:

Yeah. Otherwise, they can stay awake.  

[01:24:42] Jesse Fries:

Well, yeah. Or not get mind numbingly bored and shoot themselves in the head because the truck is just driving. There's no way to not be mind numbingly bored when you're a truck driver. Trust me. I know. I've been there. No. I I know. Exactly. But but that a lot of truck drivers use amphetamines for this sort of situation so that they can actually get through this.   And the amphetamines, they make a task   seem better than it really is   Okay. Is is what they do. So so you're you're not bored. You're really excited about it while you're on the amphetamine and everything like that. Right? You you you love the schoolwork while you're on the amphetamine.  

[01:25:18] Jamon Fries:

But it's completely ineffective because it doesn't help you   learn it or function with it or find the best way to do it. Test scores did not change.  

[01:25:27] Jesse Fries:

Nothing   changed.   Wow.   It's all the same.   And but not only that.   Oh, apparently, suburban moms also use amphetamines.   Just saying.   But, anyways, apparently, amphetamines also stunt your growth   by up to an inch.   Oh, damn. Like, over thirty six months, you can be stunted by 30, by an inch.   Not only that, Adderall can triple the cases of psychosis and mania,   and then you also add pot on top of that. Just think what that might do to you. Yeah. That's a good thing. And so for us.   Right? And so and teachers love this sort of thing because these these kids that have the ADHD,   it really calms them down. They seem focused and everything like that. They're not getting anything better done or anything like that,   but they seem more focused and everything like that.  

Part of that is also it inhibits humor.   So sometimes if you're not taking this drug, if you're off of it, you're a funny guy. Right? You you you're the life of the party.   Yeah. Get on that drug. You're just  

[01:26:35] Jamon Fries:

that's all you are. You're just Get on the drug, and you're like me.  

[01:26:41] Jesse Fries:

Something like that. Yeah. Yeah. So yeah. Absolute antithesis of the life of the party. Yeah. Yeah. It just blunts your social response.   Okay.   Yeah. So, you know, it's like, in the story, there was this kid. He   he got the prescription,   and, apparently, most people actually stop using it. Kids the kids will just stop using it. Most of them don't. Yeah. Yeah.   To the point where they might take it every so often. It's like one of the kids in the,   story said that he he was a baseball player. So when is Mhmm. Baseball time? He takes it   because he could just focus   Okay. On the ball.  



[01:27:16] Jamon Fries:

And it makes sense. Ball. Yeah. Yeah. So  

[01:27:20] Jesse Fries:

but yeah. Overall,   it doesn't do anything for you. It could be a detriment.   So   yeah. Yeah. And after thirty six months, it it does nothing for you. So   Yeah. So we're just giving these kids amphetamines.  

[01:27:36] Jamon Fries:

Yeah.   Yeah.   Yeah. That's something that science has done for a long time.  

[01:27:42] Jesse Fries:

Oh, yeah. People still, go by it, you know. So it's,   but yeah.   Rules. Just keep rules going in here. It could be good. So it's Yeah. Yep.  

[01:27:53] Jamon Fries:

Speaking of rules.  

[01:27:54] Jesse Fries:

Mhmm. Remember,  

[01:27:55] Jamon Fries:

me telling you last week, I think it was last week anyways, about,   how scientists are trying to bring geoengineering   back   with,   putting sulfur in the air to reflect sulfur. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah.  

[01:28:12] Jesse Fries:

Well,  

[01:28:13] Jamon Fries:

there was a small two person company in California   Uh-huh. That,   the EPA that Trump's EPA is now targeted that have been doing this for quite a while now.   People   pay them money   to counteract   their carbon   use   Uh-huh. By having them send balloons up that explode up there, releasing sulfur and a few other things. Jesus fucking Christ people.   Now the problem is is that these are all considered pollutants.   And so, of course, Trump Trump with the EPA,   you know, cutting down on all this bad shit going on says, yeah. No. That ain't gonna happen anymore.  

[01:29:01] Jesse Fries:

Wow.  

[01:29:03] Jamon Fries:

But, yeah, the this company, it would people companies would pay them money, and they would get carbon credits from California   for let for letting them   for letting them release these balloons up into the air.  

[01:29:18] Jesse Fries:

Wow. Apparently, The UK I just saw   a news story that The UK is,   thinking of, is gonna pass a law to do this too. It's like Yeah. It wouldn't surprise me. I said it's like, okay. Okay. You can do it over your own freaking island.   Oh, you have such a big territory.  

[01:29:37] Jamon Fries:

Even even if you do it over your own island, the problem is is that as the winds blow, it goes over it it doesn't stay on their island. Well, no. It's like Chernobyl fallout. You know? Yeah. That went all over. If if nothing if if they wanted to really do that, what they should do is they should study the jet stream   and go and release it, like,   halfway into the Atlantic Ocean   so that it would blow over them. And maybe then, you know, it might affect things in The UK. But if you, you know, like these guys in California, you go up and you blow these balloons up up in the atmosphere,   it's not gonna affect the local climate in any way, shape, or form. It's not going to do anything for the local climate.  



[01:30:19] Jesse Fries:

Yeah.  

[01:30:20] Jamon Fries:

Yeah. It's just gonna pass this   stuff that shouldn't be in the atmosphere off to other country off to other places.   And it eventually travels around the world. Yeah. Or   even worse, settles down and comes down and is actually a pollutant on Earth.  

[01:30:37] Jesse Fries:

Yep. Yeah. No. It it's crazy.   It's remember I had said the, like, Highlander?   It said Yes. That was like that. I I looked up the synopsis. It's Highlander two.  

[01:30:47] Jamon Fries:

Okay.  

[01:30:48] Jesse Fries:

The, it,   the synopsis for that is the quickening begins in 1999   when Connor solves the problem of a depleted ozone layer on the Earth by devising a giant shield around the entire planet.   The Earth is saved except for the fact that it is now a continual 99   degrees,   and the Earth is plunged into twenty four hours of darkness.   Forty years later, Connor is an elderly man. So they live with us for forty years.   Yeah.  

[01:31:23] Jamon Fries:

Wow. Just  

[01:31:25] Jesse Fries:

just just just how about we go speaking of that, how about we just do what they did in, Medin.   Right? Medin. You know?   They planted in Colombia. Right?   Mhmm.   They planted trees, like trees, like a lot of trees, like up and down all the avenues. Right?   Yeah.   It dropped the temperature by two degrees Celsius.   Oh, nice.   Yeah.   Let's do that.   Let's plant trees. Freaking everywhere. Right? Yeah. Not not only that. Not not people started to bike more, walk more because it was all shaded.  

[01:32:01] Jamon Fries:

Yep. Yep.  

[01:32:03] Jesse Fries:

So we get the benefits of walking and biking more with shade,   and the temperature goes down. Plus,   plus,  

[01:32:13] Jamon Fries:

for those that are concerned about it, who actually think that carbon dioxide   causes   global warming,   the more trees you have, the more carbon dioxide it pulls out of the air,   making it so that the air is fresher. It has more oxygen in it.   It's a lot better than just limiting how much carbon dioxide we put into the air. It would be much better to increase the amount of oxygen   by putting more plants around, more trees.  

[01:32:43] Jesse Fries:

Yep. Yep.   See? It makes sense. Yeah. Instead of trying Solve solve problems. Instead of trying to put sulfides up in the air,   plant more trees, people. Plain and simple.   And the Earth is actually right now, it's actually greener than it's been in a long time. It is.  

[01:32:59] Jamon Fries:

Because of the COVID. Plus plus planting trees will help prevent the desertification.  

[01:33:05] Jesse Fries:

Yep.   Yep.  

[01:33:07] Jamon Fries:

You plant it in the areas that are starting to become desert, and it'll the roots in the ground will make it so that the ground can absorb more. It can   hold more of the water that falls Uh-huh. Making it so that it won't turn into a desert. Yep. You've in China, they're actually reclaiming desert land by planting crops and stuff like that. They're turning deserts green.   Mhmm.   So, I mean,   yeah. It just kinda makes sense. It does. Right? It's amazing how there's this natural thing that   feeds off of carbon dioxide   that   is more abundant now than it was in the past.  

Yet we need to stop producing carbon dioxide instead of planting And kill the trees. Three and one of the plants.   It would kill the trees.  

[01:33:56] Jesse Fries:

Yeah. Yeah. No. I yeah. No. I thought this was a great idea. And a lot of the temperature is due to the sprawl of urban environments Yes. Because we got rid of, the nature, and so the temperature rises.  

[01:34:09] Jamon Fries:

Not as not only did we get rid of nature, but we also put asphalt everywhere.  

[01:34:13] Jesse Fries:

Exactly. Asphalt. On the roofs, on the ground, everywhere.  

[01:34:16] Jamon Fries:

It's My roof is asphalt. Hot. It radiates heat. Yep. It's   it's not a pleasant thing.   Because so You know, I get I've I still, to this day, remember the day that I got out of my truck in Texas.   Mhmm. Stepped onto the pavement, and my tennis shoes actually sunk into the parking lot a little bit. Oh, yeah. Yeah. God bless Texas.   But, I mean, that's how hot it gets. And, of course, it's gonna be hotter. The world is gonna be hotter the more asphalt you put around. But if you put trees over that asphalt,   Yep.  

Then  

[01:34:52] Jesse Fries:

the roofs are like grass. You know? It's Yeah.   All this stuff that you could do to help mitigate these situations. You know? Yeah. It's like   and then you get, like, the,   five minute battery charging.   Yeah. All we need is now some nuke plants   to actually make it clean energy.  

[01:35:11] Jamon Fries:

Yeah. That will take a while. Fusion energy quickly. Well, I don't even care about fusion. Well, no. Yeah. No. For for now, nuke plants. Definitely. Yeah. I don't care. You know, eventually, they transition over into fusion. Well, right. But just put, like, a baby nuke Yeah. Every so often. You know? Bury the sucker and get the dough. They do have they do have them now where they can bury a very small nuclear reactor   and power   a whole lot of shit with it. Yeah. Exactly. Exactly. So, yeah, just put just drop those all over the place. You don't have to worry about a power infrastructure that much.  

[01:35:47] Jesse Fries:

Charge the cars in five minutes. We're good to go. You you can have the one at home if you want.   Yeah.   And, you know,   just go and look at clean without having to mandate too much.  

[01:36:02] Jamon Fries:

Yeah.   It's amazing how it could work if it weren't for all the mandates and all the regulations.  

[01:36:10] Jesse Fries:

Exact it's, like yeah. Okay. Instead of mandates,   throw couple billion dollars at planting trees.  

[01:36:16] Jamon Fries:

Yeah.  

[01:36:17] Jesse Fries:

Each city could do this. It'd make the city much more livable.  

[01:36:20] Jamon Fries:

Oh, yeah. Absolutely.  

[01:36:22] Jesse Fries:

Yep. Have green space. And not just green space, but, like, where it's walking. Not I'm not saying necessarily parks. Parks are fine and everything like that. Yeah. But, like, just in regular commute   sorta green space, you know, that sort of thing. Instead of just concrete, concrete, tar, concrete, concrete, tar, you know, just Yeah. There's some Concrete building, concrete sidewalk, tar road, concrete sidewalk, tar concrete building.  

[01:36:45] Jamon Fries:

You know, I've I've seen I've seen some some pictures of places that had, like that were trees lined the the roadways.   Mhmm. And I'm like,   that looks awesome. It would be cool if we had something like that here. You go into areas in, California as you're driving down the major the major roads in in, like, LA and stuff like that, you'll see palm trees from time to time. It'd be cool if there were more of them. But I mean, just the fact that there are palm trees there just really makes it a much more   inviting atmosphere.  



[01:37:18] Jesse Fries:

No. Completely. Completely. Completely. Yeah. No. It's   you know, I am all for   net zero.   Yeah. Just not   If it's something that Al Gore wants us to do it with this cap and trade bullshit and crap like that. No. It's like, we may have to always have some sort of petrol   going. We may have to. Yeah. But   there's other you if it's just a small percentage and everything like that, that's fine too. So yeah. It's, Well, you know, the biggest problem that I have with all of this Uh-huh.  

[01:37:50] Jamon Fries:

Is   the fact that we're actual is that is that the the first world powers, like The United States, and   I don't think China's so much involved in it, but the European countries definitely are.   They look at, say, Africa,   where   so many things are needed there. They need a much better electrical infrastructure   there. They can't even they can't even provide power to their hospitals twenty four seven.   Some are in the places. In some places. Yep.   And yet because we put regulations   that are international,   they can't build a power plant.   Yep.  



[01:38:36] Jesse Fries:

Yeah. I mean But not only that not only that, we actually go to them for their green space and go, okay. I'll give you money so that you can say that that is for carbon and that I can help as much as I want, and then you'll just have that land over there. Yeah. They're starting to do this crap in Kenya and Africa. It's And that that makes it so that they can't utilize that land because Yep. Well, they're getting money to not utilize the land. Well, some well, a lot of it is, like, in the mountains. It's it's like mountain forest. So it's like going Yep. Well, nobody's gonna use that anyways. But yeah. It's like so all these companies are buying up this land so they can get all these tax credits or   whatever. Credits. Yeah. Carbon credits and everything like that. It's all stupid. It's a racket.  



[01:39:15] Jamon Fries:

It's a It really is.  

[01:39:17] Jesse Fries:

Yeah. Let's just make the world Don't don't play it. It's a huge Ponzi scheme. Oh, huge Ponzi. Al Gore's at the top of it too. Yeah. Absolutely.   Yep. Yep.   It's all a way to make money. That's all it all it is. It is. Let let's end on a few funny here things. Let's see. Okay. Do I okay.   So,   apparently, there is this guy in Staten Island. Right? I don't know why he did decide to do this, but he decided that he wanted to get rid of his sex toys.   Okay? And so the way he was gonna get rid of these sex toys is by bonfire, I guess, or something. He decided to light them on fire in his backyard,   which caused this huge oh, by the way, this includes,   what was it? What was it? A rubber vagina.  

So he decides to light about fire.   The fire spreads to his two neighbors.   Old lady barely got out of her house.  

[01:40:23] Jamon Fries:

You know,   you should just throw it in the trash.  

[01:40:26] Jesse Fries:

Right? I it's like, what it why are you burning it? What what makes you think burning   rubber would be the best thing to do? I I I just don't get it. Yeah. No. No. It's definitely not even close to the best thing to do. It really isn't. It really isn't.   And then there's this one. I think this story came from The UK or something like that. But Okay. Apparently, a German shepherd was attacking   a small   dog. And so Okay. So this guy decides to save the small dog. And the only way he could do it   is by shoving his fingers up the German shepherd's ass over and over and over again until it stopped.   Like, literally up his anus. It just  

[01:41:13] Jamon Fries:

That is the only way to stop an attacking Noah. I gotta be  

[01:41:18] Jesse Fries:

Sure. Sure. We'll go with that.  

[01:41:23] Jamon Fries:

You know, I I I don't know. I've all I with our dogs, I always found it, you know, helpful to just grab their muzzle and not let them open their mouth anymore.   Yeah. Right.   Oh. Never thought about shoving shoving my finger up a dog's ass because it was attacking.  

[01:41:38] Jesse Fries:

I know. And if you wanna watch it, there's a video on x. Just saying.   And I and in the show notes, there's a link to it if you guys really wanna watch   whatever this is.   Oh, wow.   Wow.   And so thank you for joining us for episode 34   of the Mindless Me Entering's podcast. I'm Jesse Fries. And I'm Jamin Fries. And you guys have a great week, and keep those fingers out of the dog's butt.