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- Jesse Fries

- Jamon Fries

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(00:00:20) Introduction

(00:01:36) Blast from the Past: Swing Voters

(00:08:25) National Guard and Crime Statistics

(00:18:08) Middle East Peace Efforts

(00:23:00) International Relations and Trade

(00:28:34) UK Anti-Immigrant Protests

(00:34:13) Government and Business: Intel Takeover

(00:43:07) Disney's Audience Challenges

(00:50:33) Legal News and Supreme Court Decisions

(00:58:23) Scientific Studies and Health Warnings

(01:09:20) Tech News: AI in Excel

(01:13:04) Unusual News: Lost African Tribe in Scotland

[00:00:21] Jesse Fries:

Good afternoon, everybody. It is thirst well, Monday, not Thursday.   It is Monday,   August 25, and we are live at 1PM,   with episode number 56 of the mindless meanderings. I'm Jesse Fries.   And, apparently, Al Gore said he's actually gonna leave politics.   I don't believe it.  

[00:00:43] Jamon Fries:

And I'm Jamin Freese. And   on a personal note, after a weekend of my diet,   I lost 23 pounds according to my scale.   Holy crap. That's a lot of weight, dude. Yeah. I went from five eighteen down to four ninety five. So So Wow.  

[00:01:02] Jesse Fries:

Wow. Under Yeah.  

[00:01:05] Jamon Fries:

Under five hundred. Nice. Nice. Yeah. It's the first time I've been under five hundred in, like, the last, oh, I don't know, maybe   ten years.  

[00:01:15] Jesse Fries:

Yeah. Yeah. Keep it up, dude. That's pretty awesome. Absolutely.   Oh, Al Gore of Germany. Apparently, I I completely misread that headline.   Oh, well, I'm sorry.   So,   what do we got going on today? It wasn't that Well, you you you mentioned yesterday,  

[00:01:40] Jamon Fries:

last time after the show that you thought that we we should do that blast from the past thing and kind of do that as a as an intro thing. Okeydoke. Let's do that. So I've got one. It's   somewhat of a blast from the past. Mhmm. Do you remember   when they used to talk about the swing voter?  

[00:02:02] Jesse Fries:

Yeah. Yeah.  

[00:02:03] Jamon Fries:

Where it was basically somebody that was right on the line and depending on   who had who had a better   talk, they would vote either Democrat or Republican.  

[00:02:14] Jesse Fries:

Right. Right.  

[00:02:15] Jamon Fries:

Well, they are now coming out and saying there's a new you know, for a long time now, they're they completely   the swing voters just disappeared in their mind. They they have you've never heard you haven't heard about them for quite a while or anything like that. No. All you ever hear about now is the swing states. They Exactly. Yes. The specific. Yeah. Because everything's become so polarized   now that, you know, you really can't   they they don't they don't allow people to make decisions based on policy. It's just a tax on other people now.   Right.  

So they've now come out, and now I only found this in   liberal media.   I found it in two different places in on CNN   and another place. So I'm not sure, I guess, how accurate it is.   But they say there's a new type of swing voter.  

[00:03:06] Jesse Fries:

Okay.  

[00:03:07] Jamon Fries:

And that is   whether the the the swing is whether they vote  

[00:03:15] Jesse Fries:

or   not. Okay. Yeah. I could   that's that's   That's not a swing voter? It really isn't. It really isn't. No. Yeah. It's a sometimes voter. You know? Yeah. I have to question  

[00:03:28] Jamon Fries:

the timing of this.  

[00:03:30] Jesse Fries:

Uh-huh.  

[00:03:32] Jamon Fries:

Is this a reason for them to have an excuse   for why Biden got so many more votes the four years ago?  

[00:03:42] Jesse Fries:

Or or it could be the opposite.   Yeah. Like like like the reason why Kamala didn't get the vote. Right. Right. Votes this time around. Yeah.  

[00:03:51] Jamon Fries:

Yeah. So so it, you know, it it in my mind, the first thought that popped into my mind was like, well, you know, it's not really about   packing all those   all those ballots and changing the election with putting new ballots in. It's just that, you know, there were a lot more people that hated Trump, so they voted.  

[00:04:12] Jesse Fries:

Yeah. Yeah. No. It   I guess that would that that's a good way to say that, unfortunately, we couldn't get the dead to vote this time. Yeah. Exactly.   Yeah. I I I   wow. Yeah. Jesus. They always try to come up with some I I I really hate   all the news jargon and slang and this and that. You know? It's it's a lot of it even makes it seem worse. You you know? It's it's like the word triggered. When when you say I've been triggered, it means   it's yes. I know it's the clinical term. It's a psychological term, what psychologists use and everything like that. Yeah.   But to me, that is such   instead of just, you know, that slight irritation that sometimes you get in life, you know,   instead of that, you call that being triggered. Even though it's just a slight irritation that you move on with your life about.  

But like, I I I it it just tweaked me or something. You you you know, just Yeah. Yeah.   But if you put triggered on it, it's like no matter what, you're gonna go, oh my god. I might kill myself. Or they're they might kill themselves if they if they get too triggered or something like that. You know? And it's somebody else. Well They they might have the person that triggered   them. Yeah. Generally not, though. But you know what I mean? It's   it's like   it's just that Well, the the problem  

[00:05:33] Jamon Fries:

variance in it. Yeah. The the problem with it is is that it's gone from being a   clinical term   Mhmm. To being something to being something that   just any it can happen to anyone.  

[00:05:48] Jesse Fries:

Right.   Right.  

[00:05:50] Jamon Fries:

And and and not only that, but it can happen to everybody. But  

[00:05:54] Jesse Fries:

it's like a level sort of situation. You know? It's it's   you shouldn't call something that you wouldn't even talk to your therapist about as being triggered. Exactly. Yes.  

[00:06:04] Jamon Fries:

It's more, you know, an annoyance became a trigger.  

[00:06:07] Jesse Fries:

Right. Right. Everything is now a trigger. No matter what. It it could be,   you saw a dead body that triggered you.   It could be that you stubbed your toe,   or some guy stubbed his toe and fell into you, and you got triggered by how rude he was or something like that. You know, it could be anything along those lines.   We which there's a huge variance there. So, you know Or Yeah. You know, he didn't open the door for me.  

[00:06:33] Jamon Fries:

I I've seen people get triggered for that. Well or he did open the door.   Yes. I've experienced that one.  

[00:06:42] Jesse Fries:

Down here in Texas, you you never really get that one because   we just open the door for everybody.   You know, we just it's how we roll down here. It's a much better way to do things.   Yeah. Yeah. Absolutely.   We're more genteel.   There you go. No. No. We're something. I don't know what it is yet.  

[00:07:01] Jamon Fries:

Yeah. I mean, the the one the one time I had that happen to me that I really paid it that that it just struck me. What the hell is wrong with this world? Uh-huh. I was going into   a store.   In the process of opening the door to go in, I saw a lady   walking out. So I just stepped out of the way, held the door open, and let her go.   She just turned to snap. I could have gotten that.  

[00:07:28] Jesse Fries:

Yeah. I'm like, what the fuck? I I didn't think you couldn't. It was just Yeah. Courtesy.   You know? It's just simply courtesy. You know? It's   a wow.  

[00:07:39] Jamon Fries:

Wow. Yeah.  

[00:07:44] Jesse Fries:

That is crazy.   Yep.   Oh, that's insane. Every  

[00:07:49] Jamon Fries:

time I see a woman going towards the door, I question whether I should hold it open or not. I always I say just do it. Back to my head. And if they come off on you, you just go well, you didn't have to walk through.   Yeah. Yeah.   I don't know what else is saying. I wish I would've thought of that.  

[00:08:07] Jesse Fries:

Yeah. Just from now on, it's like, well, you you you actually went through. You could've just stopped and just waited for me. I'm just saying. Yeah. You know? Yeah.   It's   a   turn it right back on and make them think.   Yep.   Let's see here. What do we got?   DC is back in the news or National Guard, whatnot?  

[00:08:29] Jamon Fries:

Yeah. What's the story you got? Not so much about DC,   but, Trump is now suggesting that,   he's thinking about sending the National Guard to Chicago. And,   the media has talked to the Pentagon. And the Pentagon, it says, yes. We are drawing up   plans for sending the National Guard to Chicago.  

[00:08:50] Jesse Fries:

Uh-huh.  

[00:08:53] Jamon Fries:

So every everyone's up in arms, you know, saying, well, you know, you   you can't you can't do the same thing in Chicago as you did in in DC.   Right.  

[00:09:04] Jesse Fries:

But  

[00:09:06] Jamon Fries:

for a long time now in DC,   it hasn't been   the National Guard   that's been   doing the work.   They're just standing guard in places.  

[00:09:25] Jesse Fries:

Well, right. No. I I understand. I understand. But I also understand the other side.   Sending the National Guard in, it's  

[00:09:33] Jamon Fries:

Well, no. No. I I mean, just beyond that, they they're they're all saying that it won't work the same   because   Trump can't   can't have them be law enforcement.   But they're not really law enforcement in DC right now either.  

[00:09:51] Jesse Fries:

Right. Well, they they are, like, arresting,   like,  

[00:09:55] Jamon Fries:

immigrants and, illegals and everything like that. Well, the federal are, but not the National Guard.   Yeah. I see that. I don't know.  

[00:10:04] Jesse Fries:

It it may it may free up resources, but I don't think that really matters. And  

[00:10:08] Jamon Fries:

But along with along with that along with that story,   all of a sudden now I'm seeing all sorts of reports.   Crime in Chicago is down   low the lowest it's been in the last what in the last two decades.   Crime in New York City down the lowest it's been in in however long. Crime in Boston is down by this much. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. That that that's  

[00:10:30] Jesse Fries:

what they keep saying. It was funny. I I ran across this   video. It was a local DC   station, and they're talking about,   crime in the certain wards and everything like that. Yeah. I think they call them wards or districts. I don't know what they call them. But, anyways, it was like, so in in those really bad ones, before Trump came over, there were 39%   of arrests made there. Of all arrests, 39% of their arrests were there. After Trump Okay. There it's 39%   of all arrests are happening there. So nothing changed. You see?   So so   that's a percentage of the arrest. It doesn't mean that the arrest  

[00:11:09] Jamon Fries:

Yeah. It just means that there's more arrests all over the city. I listened to the whole  

[00:11:16] Jesse Fries:

thing. Right? And all they talked about were percentages.   Not once was the actual hard number   put out   as if this many arrests happened or anything like that. It was just straight up percentages.   And they go, see, not much has changed.   Nothing's changed. It's like, those are just percentages. That allows  

[00:11:38] Jamon Fries:

them to push their other narrative, which is that   they're still reporting   without any caveat   that crime was down   based on police reporting.  

[00:11:52] Jesse Fries:

Right. Right.  

[00:11:53] Jamon Fries:

When   they've   suspended   the guy that was in charge of the the reporting of crime because he was throwing false numbers out.  

[00:12:04] Jesse Fries:

Yeah. Yeah.  

[00:12:06] Jamon Fries:

The but they're not mentioning that. Of course not. Of course. They're not mentioning that the guy that told them these numbers was just a flat out bullshit liar.  

[00:12:14] Jesse Fries:

Yeah. You could just tell it's all about them spinning something when no. Everybody does spin. Don't get me wrong. Well, yeah. You know, I I I'm   a firm believer in just hard numbers. Give me the hard numbers   and then Yep. At least show them. They didn't even have a single hard number.   It was Yeah. Like,   how does that make any sense? It it you're of course, everybody goes, oh, but the percentage is, like, that doesn't mean anything. You know? It it's   No. It doesn't. Percentage means nothing if the percentage only means something if the number of arrests doesn't change in the city. Well, exactly. And you you you need so many different numbers. It's like there's this this one guy. I was up in Michigan. Me and a neighbor were chilling on the front porch.   And this guy walks up. He he's has a survey. He wants us to sign a petition or something like that. And it was for it was about,   dumping raw sewage into the Great Lakes.  



[00:13:09] Jamon Fries:

Okay? Okay.  

[00:13:10] Jesse Fries:

And he's going, oh, it's so many metric tons of sewage are going in. Raw sewage are going into,   the Great Lakes, and we we we need to clean that up. I go, okay. What's the percentage? What what what see, in that case, you need a percentage of, like, the body   of lake versus Yeah. That percentage. Yes. Metric tons. If it's anything in metric tons or just tonnage, you go, that's a lot of poop. You know? Yeah. But in the overall grand scheme of things, is it actually a problem? Skill amount. Yeah. Yes. Yes. So I've got   you you you you're not really giving me any real numb information here, dude. And the guy's going,   he was, like, out of the University of Michigan or something like that. It's hilarious. Okay. Yep.  

Numbers can be twisted any which way. And if you   you have to give all the numbers, every single last one, and then you can break it down percentages and everything like that if you have all the numbers. If you had don't show any numbers, like 39%   versus 39%   of arrests,   you need to know how many arrests were done in each period of time.  

[00:14:14] Jamon Fries:

Yep.   Well, you know, talking talking about petitions   Uh-huh.   There is an insane petition going out right now.   2,500,000   people   have signed a petition   asking urging Florida officials to show leniency   to that truck driver.  

[00:14:41] Jesse Fries:

Were they all Indians that signed that petition?  

[00:14:46] Jamon Fries:

It it doesn't get into demographics of No. I know. I just But yeah.   2,500,000   people   No. Sorry, dude. Want someone that murdered essentially murdered three people   to have a lighter sentence. Well, at least manslaughter.  

[00:15:04] Jesse Fries:

Yeah. Yeah.   Yeah. What he's charged with. No. I know. I know.   But I just manslaughter.   No. Yeah. Yeah. It's manslaughter. Completely. Yeah. So Yeah.   It's like, no. No lenience for him. Yeah. And   yeah. No.   Just no. I I just don't  

[00:15:27] Jamon Fries:

Yeah. You know, the the thing that really   I I find it funny and yet it kind of irritates me about this this story   Uh-huh. Is they keeps talking about it the truck was height was, jackknifed, the trailer jackknifed  

[00:15:43] Jesse Fries:

and closed the trailer jackknife.  

[00:15:45] Jamon Fries:

That's not a jackknife.   No.   A jackknife is when you lose control of your vehicle and the truck and the truck the almost the the front of the truck   almost meets   almost hits the trailer. Yeah. You know, I mean, the the the trailer and the cab for him, they hadn't even met. He wasn't turning that much.   Yeah. It was not a jackknife.  

[00:16:09] Jesse Fries:

That is just crazy.  

[00:16:11] Jamon Fries:

But every   everywhere in the story, they talk about the jackknifed trailer.   I'm like, no.  

[00:16:19] Jesse Fries:

Well, apparently, that same driver, he had a crash   while doing the CDL test,   failed it,   and everything like that. Apparently, it was it was just and this was, from the secretary Sean Duffy,   secretary of transportation. So, yeah, this guy,   he failed the and everything like that. He shouldn't have been on the road 100%.  

[00:16:43] Jamon Fries:

No. No. He shouldn't have.  

[00:16:45] Jesse Fries:

Hi.   Yeah.   That is crazy.   That is crazy.  

[00:16:51] Jamon Fries:

Hey. Hey.  

[00:16:53] Jesse Fries:

Yeah. No. Who would want him to have clemency?  

[00:16:56] Jamon Fries:

I I I don't know who would want him to have leniency. I mean, it just well, I mean, of course, we know it's it's liberals because it's Florida.  

[00:17:05] Jesse Fries:

Well, not, you know, not necessarily. It could be all his family back home.   You know? Me too. Yeah. It's these online petitions, it's like,   okay. So you got that many votes. Is it bots? Is it anybody in The United States? Is it this? Is it that? You know? It's once again, it comes down to   what is it actually saying. Just because you That's true. Yeah.   Got something on the Internet to say, oh, yeah. This. Does that actually mean anything? You know? It's a Yeah.  

[00:17:33] Jamon Fries:

Well, Eric could have been one person signing 2,500,000   times. I mean  

[00:17:38] Jesse Fries:

A bot. Exactly.  

[00:17:40] Jamon Fries:

Well, it might well, 2.5, that'd take a long time. I'm just saying. It would it would take a long time, but, you know,   it's   not impossible.  

[00:17:50] Jesse Fries:

No. It's not impossible. It's it's just   no. I I   no clemency. No clemency. Sorry. Yeah. None at all.  

[00:18:06] Jamon Fries:

Let's see here. What else do we got? And the only other thing I have involving the government is Uh-huh.   There's been   what it what they say is   quiet   progress.   And they say that because no media is talking about it. Okay.   Syria and Lebanon.   Trump has gone to both of them, and   they have   they are working pretty hard on   on signing an agreement   with Israel   to where both where Lebanon   will,   you know, help to keep the fighting down, and Syria will help to keep everything calm in the area and stuff like that as well as Israel not going in and, you know, attacking because they got attacked and all these other things.   Part of that though is Lebanon is   actually   has actually started   to   take the weapons out of the hands of Hezbollah.  

Nice.   Nice. Yeah. So   there's a   decent chance that there that Syria and Lebanon may   sign some stronger peace agreements with Israel.  

[00:19:23] Jesse Fries:

That'd be nice. That would be nice. Oh, yeah.   Yeah. Hopefully, they hold up and everything like that. Right.   Right. No. That that that's good. That's good. It's   anything that can bring about peace and   Yes. Stop all the issues going on  

[00:19:39] Jamon Fries:

is good. So if this succeeds, this makes, what,   five or six different conflicts that Trump has stepped in and fixed now?  

[00:19:48] Jesse Fries:

I think six or seven. I think last time it's It's quite a few. But But I'm not sure if   he was counting Russia. Yeah. I don't think so. So probably silent. I don't think so.   Yeah. Because   Russia we'll see what happens with that one. I'm not sure if anybody really wants to,   Putin is still winning technically on the ground. Yep.   Yeah. And Europe just doesn't want it to end it for some reason. So Yeah.   I I I don't know what what what what's gonna really happen. So  

[00:20:20] Jamon Fries:

Yeah. Yeah.  

[00:20:22] Jesse Fries:

Let's see here.   Another win for Trump. Canada is actually dropping many of its, retaliatory   tariffs on us.   Nice.   Yep. Yep. Yep.   Apparently, it was basically just,   apparently, Mexico and Canada   or Mexico and The US have been talking and getting pretty close.   And then also there's that,   the,   you know, The   US Mexico Canada agreement.   Yeah.   Apparently, that's up for review this year,   just in a few months.   And so because of that, Trump said, good.   He he told Canada, if you drop these, maybe we could start talking.   So they dropped them. So Trump's going, okay. Maybe we can talk now. So Nice.   Yeah. Yeah. I can't they they really got their backup about that. I don't they I think they just really  

[00:21:15] Jamon Fries:

You know, I I think the the re I think it was all about Trump's comment about them being the fifty first state. I think that just   that just put, like, a that just put, like, a knife in their back. And I think tariffs just they they they to them, they thought that the tariff thing was just twisting that knife.  

[00:21:35] Jesse Fries:

Yeah. Yeah. I think so too. I think so too. Yeah. It's   because   they they got pissed.   Oh, yeah. Big time. I think it's funny. But,   you know, yeah, they really got pissed up there. You know? It's a Yep.   I can't fully blame them, but also, you know, it's like, come on. You know? It's like   it wasn't like we're gonna come invade you, you know? So we don't   Yeah. We're just making you our fifty first state, which means you have to vote for it. You know? Yes.  

[00:22:04] Jamon Fries:

Yeah. You would have to vote to to do it.   And, I mean, yeah, that that   that so it's entirely your choice.  

[00:22:14] Jesse Fries:

Yeah. Yeah. But they really don't know how we work. So and how our system works. That is true. So   maybe they think we can just take over. We can make up a territory, you know, or Yeah. Yeah. We could. To  

[00:22:27] Jamon Fries:

not a state. They require No. No. They wouldn't become the fifty first state until they voted for it. Well and then our  

[00:22:35] Jesse Fries:

legislative judges are voted for it. Constitution and all that other good stuff. Well, not the constitution.   They they would have to have their own constitutions and everything like that. Well, yeah. The the state does, but they would also have to  

[00:22:47] Jamon Fries:

they would also have to,   sign an agreement that the federal constitution that they would adhere to the federal constitution as well. Yeah. Ratify it. Yep. Yep. Yeah.  

[00:22:58] Jesse Fries:

Yep. Yep. Yep. Fun stuff. But yeah. So now it's all back to   more than normal.   They still tariffs on, like, autos and aluminum and whatnot. But,   yeah. Overall, it's back to normal with Canada on that side. So,   hopefully, they're happy with whatever they got. Yeah. Normal is good. Normal is good.   Apparently, that Kilmar   Abergo   Garcia,   the guy that   the Venezuelan   no. Not Venezuelan. The El Salvadorian that was sent to El Salvador.   Yeah. And then he was brought back, and then he's up on charges of human trafficking   Mhmm. And so on and so forth. Apparently,   he has to report to ICE because   because he's free right now. He has to report to ICE, and there's   suspicion that he's gonna be sent to Uganda.  



[00:23:53] Jamon Fries:

Well, I mean, he'd probably prefer to be in Uganda than in in El Salvador. Because in El Salvador, he'll just go right back into prison. Yeah. Yeah. But where did this Uganda thing come from?   Uganda is one of the few countries that is that is come out and said if if you wanna deport people and their home country refuses them, we will take them.  

[00:24:15] Jesse Fries:

Interesting.   Interesting.  

[00:24:19] Jamon Fries:

Essentially, they see it as the way of   of building their population a little bit.   Right. Right. But, you know, they're they're gonna be importing   the people that we deport, which   if their home country doesn't want them, it means that they're probably hardened criminals.   So, you know, I I don't know exactly. I don't know if that's a good idea for Uganda and other   like that.  

[00:24:47] Jesse Fries:

But Uganda, they they you cause too much trouble. We'll just kill you. That that that's what you That is true. You know. That's true.   Or throw you in jail for the rest of your life. There there there's not human life is cheap over there, you know. So it's Very that is very true. Yeah.   It's   yeah. Much of, the subs of errors that way. You know? It's like, hey. You know what? No. No. No. You're gone.   One way or the other.   Hey. You you you no longer will be around. But, apparently, you know, it looks like we might be better at this than, Britain   because Britain said that they were gonna,   for all their,   people, they were gonna start to, deport them to Rwanda.  

But I haven't even heard of one guy being sent to Rwanda yet for me.   Yeah. So maybe we we'll beat them to the punch, you know, also. Maybe. Maybe. Yeah. Mhmm.   And also Uganda that came out of nowhere.   Uh-huh. What's that? No. Just that Uganda thing really just came out of nowhere for me. I'm like Yeah. It really did. Yeah.  

[00:25:53] Jamon Fries:

Back to DC,   there   there was an article in ABC   about,   you know, it's   school time now, so they're talking about   you know, people are starting to say now, we don't need federal agencies to help kids go to school.   Uh-huh. And stuff like that. And then they they in the article, they start talking about   how their how the proficiency   rates in English, literacy,   math are the highest   since prior to COVID nineteen.   But if I remember correctly,   they weren't really that high before COVID nineteen either.   Yeah. No. Not really. Not really. You know, touting that it's the high that it's the best it's been since COVID nineteen   just kinda says, well, we've gotten back to our mediocrity.  



[00:26:51] Jesse Fries:

Yeah. Exactly.   It's just like, oh, murders have fallen 25%.   Well, what were they beforehand?   You know?   Yeah. It's Yeah.   Is it still unsafe? You know, that sort of situation. Just because it's fallen doesn't mean it's, or gotten just because it's gotten better doesn't mean,   it's something to,   pat yourself on the back about.  

[00:27:12] Jamon Fries:

Yeah. No. Absolutely.   But I did hear a story   that,   in DC,   there hasn't been a murder in the last ten days at the time of that story. It was a couple of years ago that I read that. Yeah. I heard, like, two had happened since  

[00:27:29] Jesse Fries:

it they took over.  

[00:27:31] Jamon Fries:

Yeah. But that was, like There was one the day that they they came in and then, I think, one the day after or something like that. But yeah. So  

[00:27:38] Jesse Fries:

I think that's a good thing.  

[00:27:41] Jamon Fries:

Yeah.   You know? Just being effective.  

[00:27:44] Jesse Fries:

I think so. I think so. Yeah. It's   you need to   take care of if it's like the broken windows whole thing that,   like,   Giuliani and everything like that did in New York. Yeah. You know? You you clean up every small little thing, and then there won't be much big things.   So and then criminals will know that, you're not messing around and everything like that. You know? Dirt will   just cause more dirt. You know? It it's Yeah. You have to keep cleaning it and everything like that. So Yeah. Plus, you you you clean it up, and the normals the regular citizens  

[00:28:20] Jamon Fries:

will start feeling a little bit of pride in it. They'll start keeping it cleaner.   Yep. Yep. I mean, that's just the way it works.  

[00:28:28] Jesse Fries:

Yeah. Yeah. Exactly. Exactly.   Okay. Let's see here. Let's go to international   news.   What's this UK anti immigrant protest?  

[00:28:45] Jamon Fries:

Oh, there there was,   I guess,   there   in   one place let me pull it up here real quick.   It it's a weird name.   I think Epping.   I think it's the town.  

[00:29:06] Jesse Fries:

Okay. Epping. Uh-huh.  

[00:29:09] Jamon Fries:

They   the,   and a judge   actually   put a injunct a temporary injunction   to stop asylum seekers from being housed in the hotel there, in Right. One of the hotels there. Mhmm. And I I guess there there's a the this has kind of become a thing now where there's a lot of UK residents are starting to   protest right outside of hotels that they're being put up in. Uh-huh.   And so I just found it very interesting that,   that it's finally gotten into the courts and the court actually agreed with them, you know. It's   kind of like there might be a semblance of,   normalcy going on there.  



[00:29:55] Jesse Fries:

Well, there is a pushback. There is a huge pushback.   Yeah. It's like, flying the colors or something like that.   Have you heard about that over there? Where they fly to Saint George I heard that I heard that there there were places where  

[00:30:08] Jamon Fries:

if people saw a Palestinian flag flying somewhere that was unattended, they'd climb up, take it down, put a Brit flag up there.  

[00:30:17] Jesse Fries:

Yeah. They would do that, but then they'd also just, throw up either the Union Jack or they would throw up, the Saint George's flag. The Saint George's flag is the English flag,   for England itself.  

[00:30:30] Jamon Fries:

Is that what which one is that? I'm not That's the, Red Cross on white background.  

[00:30:35] Jesse Fries:

Oh, okay. Okay. Yeah. That that's Saint George's flag. That that that that is the flag   for   England. Okay. So if you don't know much about the flag or flag situation over there so Scotland   is a blue background with a white x   across it.   Right. Okay.   And then Wales   is like a lion or something like that.   But anyways, basically, the union jack, it's a combination of all these different flags.  

[00:31:06] Jamon Fries:

Okay. So so the union jacks the union jack signifies that that they're all together as one. Correct. Correct. Yep. Okay. Mhmm.  

[00:31:15] Jesse Fries:

But yeah. So they've been flying the English flag. They've been painting roundabout things   with the Red Cross.   And   the government is not happy about it at all.  

[00:31:28] Jamon Fries:

Yeah. Yeah. I I saw an article talking about how they were sending out crews to take the flags down and stuff like that.  

[00:31:35] Jesse Fries:

Yes. Yes. They they I I I think they're starting to think of the English flag as   basically like the Confederate flag. I really think the Yeah. Government kinda thinks of it in that same regard,   which,  

[00:31:50] Jamon Fries:

you know, these are the How can you how can you think of your own national flag as if it was   the Confederate   flag, which is a country that no longer exists. Because that was the state of  

[00:32:04] Jesse Fries:

affairs over there. If you're not inclusive to if you don't allow everybody in,   you know, if you have pride in your own land and your own culture and everything like that,   that's a problem. Yeah.   You know? It's   it's like   you put it in fun stories, but it's like this guy. He was outside of a mosque. They're protesting.   And this young guy, this was in Dalton,   England, I think. It says UK. Could be anywhere. I don't know exactly where. But, anyways,   he was arrested because he shout, we love bacon,   during a protest at a mosque.   He didn't fling bacon. He didn't do anything. He just shouted, we love bacon.  

And, you know,   the Brits do love bacon. Now don't get me wrong. Our bacon is much superior to theirs, people. I'm just saying I prefer American bacon over that back bacon that they eat over there.   Yeah.   But, yes, they still love bacon.   And so I don't see but this kid was arrested.  

[00:33:08] Jamon Fries:

What did they say? Were they gonna what are they gonna charge him with?  

[00:33:13] Jesse Fries:

Inciting hate?  

[00:33:14] Jamon Fries:

It's gotta be. Oh, god. Hate speech, probably.  

[00:33:18] Jesse Fries:

Yes.   Oh, okay. Say anything, you can see people. You can't you can't  

[00:33:25] Jamon Fries:

That is insane.   That is insane.  

[00:33:29] Jesse Fries:

Yeah. It it really is   insane.   I I just don't get it.   The memes about it on, x   are quite   funny.  

[00:33:41] Jamon Fries:

I can imagine.  

[00:33:42] Jesse Fries:

They they probably get arrested for saying those things over there. A lot of bacon pictures. Yeah.  

[00:33:52] Jamon Fries:

I don't know.  

[00:33:53] Jesse Fries:

Yeah. No. I I I just don't get it. They they they need to just let people talk. It's the best way   to deal with that sort of situation.   Yeah.   Yeah. Yeah. Get steam off.   Otherwise, it's just gonna it's gonna keep building and building and building and building.  

[00:34:09] Jamon Fries:

Oh, yeah. Yeah. Absolutely will.   Let's see here. Let's go on. Let's get into some business stuff. Yeah. Let's do that.   So   you you've heard about the government   takeover of Intel. Right?  

[00:34:25] Jesse Fries:

Yeah. I saw it. I really don't know much about it.  

[00:34:29] Jamon Fries:

I've   I haven't been able to find too much about it, but I guess   I guess the government is going to own, like,   a small percentage of intel now. It's it's a it's a fairly small amount. It's I I can't remember the exact percentage off the top of my head.   Mhmm.   10%.   So they're gonna have, 10%. That's a good chunk.   It is a decent chunk.   So   a lot of people are saying that it that Trump is giving them them that Trump   gave them money.   They're given, $8,900,000,000   investment in Intel common stock.   Uh-huh.   The article goes on to say that it's not really Trump giving them this money though.   Uh-huh. It was   the it was money that had been promised to them by Biden that never got paid out.  

Oh, okay. So they were supposed to be given 5,700,000,000.0   from on the CHIPS Act and 3.2   on the,   Secure Enclave program, whatever that was. Uh-huh.   But they never   sent the money that they were supposed to. And so   now, I guess, they're finally getting it. And Trump is like, well, we're giving you this money, but   we   would I I think Trump   according to what I've read in other places,   Trump may be starting up a bit of a thing   where the government   takes stock in different,   in different companies  

[00:36:11] Jesse Fries:

Mhmm.  

[00:36:13] Jamon Fries:

To build a sovereign wealth fund.  

[00:36:16] Jesse Fries:

Right. Right.  

[00:36:19] Jamon Fries:

I I haven't I I just saw that just before the show started up, so I haven't really did research into it too much.   I I'm   I'm not so sure I like this though.   I don't Yeah. I don't like I don't like the government owning any part of business.  

[00:36:36] Jesse Fries:

Yeah. I don't either. I I I don't like it at all.  

[00:36:40] Jamon Fries:

It it's the start of a very slippery slope.  

[00:36:43] Jesse Fries:

It is. It it it is a very slippery slope.   I I think, basically,   from what I understand, Trump's ideas, he he loves this idea of,   the sovereignty fund and everything like that. Yeah.   To the point where he we don't have to pay taxes.   Yes.   So so, you know, it's like   there's benefits to it too, but   in the end, it's it's like, is that a good thing? Because   what   I think communist It gets Communist has proven, especially like the Soviet Union. It has proven   that the government sucks at running a business.   Yes. Yeah. Trump may be good at it.   Yeah. And And,   that's a real estate business. But Yeah. In general, the government sucks.  



[00:37:30] Jamon Fries:

And and therein lies the problem is that   this has happened numerous times where   the government comes in and says we're gonna do this, and it works at during that time because the people that are that are in control of it Mhmm. Wanna do it right.   Yep.   But then as soon as they're no longer in power,   it's now an opening for people to just go for the government to just go out and say, well, you know,   this   Tesla   is   Tesla is so big that we should invest in that to add to our sovereign wealth fund.   And eventually, they get over 50   control, and they now control the company.  

Yeah. Yeah. And I could I could very much see   see either party   using this   to hurt businesses   that   donate to their opponents.  

[00:38:31] Jesse Fries:

Yeah. Exactly.  

[00:38:33] Jamon Fries:

Exactly. So this is definitely not something that I would ever agree with or ever be behind.  

[00:38:39] Jesse Fries:

Right.   Technically, if it's owned by the government, that means it's, even partially, that means it's governmental. So   guess what that means? It's like all the data that they have collected   from a company aspect,   now the government has access to it. I'm not saying that it would, but I'm saying it would.   Yeah.   You   know? It's just Yeah. That's   and we were fearful.   It's like Americans we we didn't want China to have our information. Right? You know? So Right. TikTok issue and everything like that. But, you know, something, we also don't want our government to have our information. I knew.  

[00:39:16] Jamon Fries:

I know there was a there was a pretty big hubbub   of just about the government   trying to get information from   from the social media sites and stuff like that. Yeah. I mean,   if this is the government  

[00:39:30] Jesse Fries:

owned So it's like a business.  

[00:39:32] Jamon Fries:

Yeah. If if the government owns part of it, they don't have to even ask. They just have it. Exactly.  

[00:39:40] Jesse Fries:

It's like, hey, we want you to put this in all your intel chips. It's it's just gonna skim all the data that gets sent to the processors.   Not much. You know? It's okay. Don't worry. You know?  

[00:39:50] Jamon Fries:

We won't abuse it. I promise.  

[00:39:54] Jesse Fries:

We won't put backdoors into everything. Yeah. No.   Yeah. No. I I don't like it at all either. I find it shady. I I would love not to have to pay taxes,  

[00:40:06] Jamon Fries:

but it's not worth it to me. It's not worth it to me. No. No. I keep paying taxes. It it's it's one of those things where the ends do not justify the means.  

[00:40:14] Jesse Fries:

Yep.   Exactly. Exactly. Yep.  

[00:40:18] Jamon Fries:

Now tariffs. I love tariffs. If they if they could if they could get at the point where we don't pay taxes due to tariffs,  

[00:40:25] Jesse Fries:

I'm all for that. See, that's a better way to do it because that's not really Yeah.  

[00:40:29] Jamon Fries:

Now, of course, it will probably drive a increase of things. But then Well, it'll it'll drive an increase in prices, but at the same time, we're not paying income taxes, which means that we have a lot more available funds. No. Exactly. So  

[00:40:42] Jesse Fries:

It's   it's robbing Peter to pay Paul. It's like, no matter what   you you have this money, it has to go somewhere. So if you can get if you increase tariffs and it causes inflation,   but then you get rid of income tax,   you know, at least for the people that actually pay income tax, no. Most of the country doesn't. So it Right. Actually probably hurt them. But for us that actually pay,   income taxes, it it it could be a benefit,  

[00:41:10] Jamon Fries:

or at least a loss. So Yeah. And and, you know, the the there are lots of ways around tariffs too. I mean,   there's a there's a factory in Texas now that,   that a Chinese company has   has built a a factory in Texas   to process all of their to process all the copper that's sold here in The United States through them.  

[00:41:34] Jesse Fries:

So so it sends in raw and then it processes   here? Yeah.   Oh, interesting. Interesting.  

[00:41:41] Jamon Fries:

Now I don't know I don't I don't know where they get their raw from. They may be buying it here from The US, but, it's most likely coming in from overseas. Yeah. I would think from China. Otherwise, why would you Yeah.   Yeah.   Interesting. So I mean   but   that's a way that they can limit the tariffs.   Yeah. You know, the tariff you pay you pay the tariffs on the raw material, but the fine but the finished material,   the tariffs aren't there.  

[00:42:06] Jesse Fries:

Yeah. You you you know, it's like no matter what, there's a way around every tax. Oh, yeah. Absolutely.   You just have to be smart enough to do it. It's it's like,   TikTok and everything like that. I see some for some reason, I got stuck in the TikTok of,   estate planning. Oh my god. There are so many   there are so many shady things going on around there. You know? Oh, point yourself in the LLC and then do this and do that. And you it's like and then it's then you hear this one go, don't put it in l l c. You put it in this blind blah blah blah blah blah. You know? And you let go   it it it sounds like if you get caught, you're going to jail. I'm just saying. Yeah. Yeah.  

Yeah.  

[00:42:49] Jamon Fries:

There there's there's ways around everything.   Mhmm.   Yeah.   Yep. If if there there's all sorts of ways to keep your money from the government.   There is. There is. You can be rich enough to to hire the people that'll do it for you.  

[00:43:07] Jesse Fries:

Yep. And there's all sorts of ways to lose the audience. Just ask Disney. You know? They've, Oh, yeah. Their movies have tanked. They completely went so   you could you could claim, like, woke and everything like that, but I think it's just   anti men. You know? It it it's   everything   about it was like, men are bad, this, that. You know? Oh, yeah. Yeah. It's like the first Marvel and everything like that were fine, but then Disney really got its clutches in there and   Yep.   It's really just gotten quite   to the point where now Disney is actually going, we need the Gen z audience. I'm just saying we need the Gen z audience.   Male Gen z audience. Because they completely lost that whole generation   because of all that crap.  

You know, it's  

[00:43:57] Jamon Fries:

I I Well, I mean, you know, you you you start going well, and then you go broke. I mean Yeah. Yeah. Like, forever broke. That that saying exists.  

[00:44:04] Jesse Fries:

Yeah. It is. It is.   You know, it's like a lot of people, they they blame, like, the LGBT   and whatnot, you know. But, you know, I I I blame the TQIA   plus, you know. The LGB is fine with me. They generally have decent peep. You you know, it's these   other ones that have just   it's like the LGBs got basically what they wanted   Right. With marriage and everything like that. Yeah. Now it's just gotten   defaulted into we can't just think. You know? I've seen so many TikToks of,  

[00:44:38] Jamon Fries:

like, gays around our age where they're just going, come on, people. It looks like I I think I think there was a big the the reason I think that the LGB got what they wanted   was because they went about it the right way.   They didn't go out to be   flam they didn't go out to be in your face and militant about it.   Well Whereas everything now is militant almost.  

[00:45:08] Jesse Fries:

No. There there there was a bit of that, but There was, but it wasn't nearly as But that is it's it's also it it's like   it's kinda like   all they wanted was especially during towards the end of it, all they wanted was, equality.   Yeah. Marriage equality. And, you know, then that's fine. You you can   say whatever you want on that, but that's all they wanted. And they got that. And so now they're, like, going, okay. Now I guess we're like everybody else. You know? We we still have divorces, especially the lesbians.   But it's it's like the trans  

[00:45:43] Jamon Fries:

uh-huh. With with what you said, that made me   that made me think of another big difference between the two. Uh-huh.   One wanted us to accept them as they   are. Right.   The other   wanted wants us to   agree   with what they say they are. Yes. Exactly. And and and you It's it's something that we have to do   for them instead of us just saying,   yeah. I mean, you do your thing, we'll do ours.  

[00:46:14] Jesse Fries:

Yeah. Yep. Yep. Because what what is it? People say a right is something that you have that does not obligate anybody else.   Yeah.   You you know, it it's like,   a a man going into or or a trans woman going into a woman's bathroom that obligates that woman   to have to be okay with that. Yeah. You know what I mean? It's like, she has to see that that's not a man.  

[00:46:40] Jamon Fries:

Yes.   The the and   it is always been known   that   our rights   are ours up until the point where they infringe on someone else's.   No. Completely. Completely. As soon as they infringe on someone else's rights, it's no longer your right.   Yeah. Yep.   Yeah.  

[00:47:04] Jesse Fries:

Exactly. So, you you know, it it's just there there's   just just   yeah. Yeah. But that that that's the whole Disney thing. You know? I hopefully, they actually come about. I'm not sure if they ever will.   The one art article I read on it, it said they basically need to   just get rid of the old guard. But, you know, Disney has been that way for quite some time.   So   Yeah.   I think all the way back to Walt Disney. At least? Yeah. Almost all the way back to Walt Disney era, almost.   Well, he he was probably alive during it, but it was I I would say probably the eighties is when it really started to shift over.   Yeah. Possibly seventies, but   I think really the eighties and everything like that is when it really   shifted. You know? And and Okay. But they they've done good stuff since. You know? Oh, yes. Yeah. So it just means don't go woke. You know, just tell a good story, people. You you know, the the one thing   is that there's so much preaching.  

I can read this down. There's only so much preaching a man can handle. We could preach to constantly   by our bosses, by our pastor, by our wives,   and now by feminists.   Yeah. You know? And by the woke. You know? We we we kinda get tired of being preached to in every aspect, especially   for our entertainment. That's a way to get away from being preached to.  

[00:48:25] Jamon Fries:

Yes.   Entertainment   should not be   indoctrination.   Entertainment   should be a way to check out from   all of your troubles that you're currently going through.  

[00:48:37] Jesse Fries:

Yes. Exact just give me some good old action. That's all I want. Yeah.   Kill somebody. Chop his head off. You know? That sort of thing. You you know? Good action. Yeah. Exactly. You you know? It's,   yeah. That's all I want. I don't ask for much. You know?  

[00:48:53] Jamon Fries:

You know?  

[00:48:54] Jesse Fries:

And guys being guys. I like just guys being guys. You know? Being inappropriate with each other and everything like that. You know? That's Yeah.   Yeah.   So   let's bring that back.  

[00:49:06] Jamon Fries:

I agree 100%.  

[00:49:09] Jesse Fries:

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We got some legal stuff kinda sort of.   Well, it looks like so Bolton, you know, he's in the news now for being raided   and everything like that.   Apparently, all the, like, never Trumpers. Apparently,   now they don't like,   raids on houses for, top secret stuff.   Well, you know what?   I know. Right? They loved it when Trump got hit. I thought they loved that. I thought so too. You know, when Mar A Lago Mar A Lago, got hit, you know, by the FBI.   But Yeah. This is this is the same thing. But, apparently, they don't like it when it's bolt.   So isn't that lovely?  

Doesn't that great? It is. Yeah. It makes you show, like,   like, they care about the like, what what it really means. They really care about the top secret thing.  

[00:51:27] Jamon Fries:

Yeah. Yeah. They do. Absolutely.  

[00:51:29] Jesse Fries:

And once again, this is just an example of Trump doing what doing the precedent that was set on him.   Yeah.   You know, they went after him politically. Really. And so now   it could be argued he's going after them politically. They   Not saying it's right or wrong, but   once you set a precedent   and Biden's administration and the never Trumpers set a precedent on that one. So Yes. They did. They absolutely Be careful what you will wish for.   You just might get it.   Yeah.   It's  

[00:52:05] Jamon Fries:

yeah. I've I've always loved that that that saying, be careful of what you wish, Sparks. You just might get it. Yep. Yep. Yeah. It it happens all the time. It happens all the time. It really does.  

[00:52:17] Jesse Fries:

Let's see. California   anti poverty activist, a activist, a   a Democrat mega donor.   Apparently, he had a carbon credit scam,   where he yeah. Yeah. He was like, oh, I'm gonna plant trees   for you. Give me money. I'm gonna plant trees. And he raked in billions.   DiCaprio,   invested in him and everything like that.   Of course.   Well, it was all a fraud. 100%  

[00:52:43] Jamon Fries:

fraud. Did he even plant any trees?  

[00:52:45] Jesse Fries:

Not that I know of. Yeah.   Yeah. It was a complete fraud. Wow.   So billions, he has a $303,000,000   bail. He'll probably post that from everybody else's money.  

[00:53:01] Jamon Fries:

Oh, yeah. Yeah. Absolutely.  

[00:53:03] Jesse Fries:

Yeah. He transferred 300,000,000 to Saudi Arabia. You know, that's always nice. Yeah. That's it.   Yeah.  

[00:53:10] Jamon Fries:

That's great.  

[00:53:11] Jesse Fries:

Yeah. Yeah. He gave millions to,   who,   Newsom,   Gave $11,000,000,   to back   the minimum wage, eighteen hour minimum rate wage thing in the state. It failed. And They gave 11,000,000. Yeah. He's just a   he's a fraudster. Plain and simple. Yeah. Yeah. Tell him plant a single tree.   And I think most of those   climate   change sort of do gooder things. Oh, yeah. Very fake anyways. So  

[00:53:44] Jamon Fries:

Yeah. They they completely are. I mean,   the it's   90% of what they say that they're,   you know, the it's   the the ones that are selling a product that, like, scrubs the air and stuff like that, as long as it works, you know, it's not I don't consider this a scam.   But Right. The people that say, well, we can counteract your carbon credits by   launching this balloon up into the air and doing something.  

[00:54:13] Jesse Fries:

No. No. That's bullshit. You can't. No. Well, what what are the new ones or it's not that new. It's been around for a few years. They they buy property in, like, Africa.   Right?   Like a forest, and then they just don't do anything with it. And they go,   we'll sell you those carbon credits from that land.   Yes. Yes.   It's like   that that that sounds a bit shady. You you you know, if you think That sounds very shady.   If the whole idea is that you can actually offset carbon by just   buying a piece of land and not doing anything about it,   really doesn't make any sense to me.  



[00:54:49] Jamon Fries:

Well, not only that, but, I mean, why doesn't the company just go buy some land somewhere that's in a forest then? Right. Exactly. How how how about you reforest?  

[00:54:59] Jesse Fries:

You know? Yeah. Plant a whole bunch of trees. They suck up carbon, but apparently, that's not a good option. So   Yeah. That's them. So   yep. Yep.   Let's see here. And then, the more recent kinda legal.   So there was a emergency docket thing for the Supreme Court.   Okay. It was another one of these   ones where   a judge said that Trump can't do this, but the Supreme Court had already decided,   on something that was quite similar to it.   Okay.   And so, it went to this,   Supreme Court and their emergency docket, they just   they quashed it.  

Robert sided with the opposition, though, so he voted against it. But there are enough conservative judges to,   stop it. Basically,   because there's a it was Department of Ed versus Trump. It was about, like,   money being sent or being spent, how Trump stops money being spent and everything like that.  

[00:56:02] Jamon Fries:

Okay.  

[00:56:03] Jesse Fries:

And so, basically, in Department of Ed versus California,   the Supreme Court said that Trump could stop that money.  

[00:56:10] Jamon Fries:

Right.  

[00:56:11] Jesse Fries:

And so, basically, that was the precedent. And so now all these lower courts are saying, no. You can't stop money. No. You can't stop money. No. You can't stop money.   Even though it's the same thing. It's just a different thing. Yeah.   Ed Gorsuch, he wrote an opinion on this. A lot of times, there's no opinion on these emergency dockets, but he wrote one. And in it, he said, all of these interventions   should be unnecessary,   but together, they underscore a basic tenant of our judicial system.   Whatever their own views, judges are duty bound to respect the hierarchy of the federal court system created by the constitution   and Congress.  

Basically, he's saying that if the Supreme Court decided something, you can't go around it. You can't try it. You have to say what the Supreme Court said no matter your opinion. Right.  

[00:56:58] Jamon Fries:

Yeah.  

[00:56:59] Jesse Fries:

And all these judges, when it comes to money from the Fed,   it so far,   the Supreme Court has said Trump can do what he wants. So Yeah.  

[00:57:10] Jamon Fries:

Kinda makes sense because and, you know, I think I've said this in in a show in the past. If I'm if I   understand things correctly,   in most of the budgets, they have line item budgets, and then they have just the broad expense budgets.   Well, the line item is where the was where congress says this money has to be specked on this, the earmarked money.   Mhmm. The rest of the money, it's just given to the to the bureaucracy   and they can spend it however they want. So Yep. The money that isn't specifically   assigned with via earmark,   I would think that the president would have full control over where that money went.  



[00:57:50] Jesse Fries:

Yeah. I I think it's still actually being decided. I I think   the decision he's saying, it was basically just saying that   the pause can happen while it works its way through the court system.   Right.   And so, basically, he's just saying that you have to go by that. So if it's if there's a money situation,   there's precedence on that one. We can't Yeah. So yeah. So I I don't know if it's finally been   decided on that level,   but at least temporarily,   it should be put on hold and everything like that. Yeah. Yeah. Absolutely.   And then I guess in science we go. And please,   everybody remember,   most studies are wrong. There was a study that proved it. Yeah. And so, Jamie, you're the study you have for us. As long as that study was accurate, though.  



[00:58:39] Jamon Fries:

See, if the study that said that studies are wrong was wrong  

[00:58:44] Jesse Fries:

Yes. Yes. Yes. I I I know. I was trying to put we we said we were good to Just labor, Jenna. Doing. I was trying to yeah.   Bad shame. What am I gonna do with you? Yes.  

[00:58:56] Jamon Fries:

No study is 100% accurate.  

[00:58:59] Jesse Fries:

So what what what is the study we have here?  

[00:59:02] Jamon Fries:

They did a study   on people that were going to,   be having a procedure to remove a limb.   Uh-huh.   And they they tracked the the brain movement as they moved their fingers and all these other things, you know, as they manipulated their hands   or they they also tracked manipulating the lips and their feet and stuff like that.   Uh-huh. And they found that   quite a long time after   the amputation   occurs, when they try when they mentally   try   to move the finger again Uh-huh.   The brain still remembers where that movement was supposed to be at.   No. I could see that. Which Yep. I mean, I completely understand that. Why would it possibly forget that? I mean, the arm goes away. That doesn't mean that the brain changed. So Right. Right. I'm not really sure why they why this study   was even that important, but it was a big thing in the it was a big study in the medical life sciences   news   website.  



[01:00:15] Jesse Fries:

Well, if you're in that field, I could, it's it's like Yeah. To to prove that it does stay there. And so trying to figure out if maybe you can  

[01:00:23] Jamon Fries:

maybe if you could Well, essentially, I think I think what they're I think they're yeah. I think they're trying to,   working with, like,   Neuralink and stuff like that where they have receptors that can   that can see brain activity   Uh-huh. To power,   appendages,   the the the fake appendages.   You know, arms where you can squeeze your fists and then move your fingers and stuff like that. Yep. So so they're trying to,   they probably were doing this study to see if they could accurately   link to all of that.   But,   and it it has the the knowledge of that has some benefits. I I'm not really   sure just   how impressed I am with the fact that the brain does that because   yeah. I mean, it now, you know, if it's, like, fifteen years later and that then that part didn't get repurposed,   then, you know, I'd be pretty impressed. But Right.  

You know, that that would be something that was definitely big to know. But,   yeah. They they didn't really talk too much about just how long this was. Okay. So they did,   before surgery,   three months after, six months after in a follow-up,   one point five years   for p one, five years for p two. I don't know what those mean.  

[01:01:57] Jesse Fries:

Mhmm.  

[01:01:58] Jamon Fries:

I think over six months,   they they still had ever they still they still had everything there, but I think the I think there was there might have been some signal degradation.  

[01:02:11] Jesse Fries:

Okay.  

[01:02:13] Jamon Fries:

After after, like, six months.  

[01:02:17] Jesse Fries:

Interesting.   Makes sense. Makes sense.   In another study,   Harvard scientists,   they warn   that,   Tylenol   or so atas   acetaminophen   Mhmm.   Can actually   raise the risk of autism and ADHD   in your children if you are pregnant.  

[01:02:43] Jamon Fries:

Yeah.   Yeah.  

[01:02:45] Jesse Fries:

So   yeah. Watch out for that people.  

[01:02:50] Jamon Fries:

Yeah. Yeah. There's another there's another thing, you know. When you're pregnant, stay away from alcohol, stay away from medications.  

[01:02:56] Jesse Fries:

Yep. Yep.  

[01:02:59] Jamon Fries:

Yeah. You you've if you're gonna be pregnant, you've really gotta be healthy because any medication you take is going to affect the fetus as well. Well,  

[01:03:09] Jesse Fries:

everybody thought Tylenol was healthy. So, you know, it it's Yeah.  

[01:03:12] Jamon Fries:

Yeah. No. It's And for a for a for a perfectly functioning adult, it is.   Yep. Yep. Yep. Just not for a developing fetus.  

[01:03:21] Jesse Fries:

Well, it all depends, you know, because Tylenol, it can destroy your liver.  

[01:03:25] Jamon Fries:

Yeah. Yeah.  

[01:03:27] Jesse Fries:

It's   that's why it's like if you   drink quite a bit of alcohol   Mhmm. There are cases where if you take Tylenol, that's when your liver starts to fail.   Some people die because the Tylenol just because you're already drunk and then you take that for pain. And so then the liver just goes,   no. I'm done. And then yeah.  

[01:03:50] Jamon Fries:

Good. Damn. I hadn't I hadn't heard about that. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. We know some,  

[01:03:57] Jesse Fries:

like,   some people from Kenya that have had, that issue. They were here in The States. But yeah. Okay.   Yeah. And so, basically, with that, as long as you don't have, like, stomach issues, take, ibuprofen,   Advil Yes. Because   because that's metabolized   by your kidney.   Yeah. Or so I've heard. I'm not a medical expert, people. This is what I've just heard. So just saying.   I don't want it. Take the aspirin  

[01:04:25] Jamon Fries:

or   or,  

[01:04:27] Jesse Fries:

or Something that I I don't know about aspirin. I do not know about aspirin. I don't know where that is metabolized.   So it all depends on where things are metabolized.   So Yeah.   So once again,   not medical advice, people. Just,   yeah. But yeah. So ADHD   and   autism,   may have something to do with the this was a British paper, and so they called it, what what's   paracetamol   is what they call it, but it's just as Okay. As a   sometimes I can see that word. It's Tylenol.   Sometimes I can't say that word. So Acetaminophen.   There you go. Acetaminophen. Yeah. Sometimes I can. Sometimes I can't. But, yeah. So there's that. I did I just looked it up. Aspirin is metabolized in the liver. Okay. So probably stay away from that as well.  

So because your liver is already doing double duty with alcohol if you're   if you drink alcohol. So Yep. But then ibuprofen, if you have ulcers,   that can really it can really damage the stomach lining and everything So aspirin is pretty bad for the ulcers too. Yeah. Yeah.   Imagine that tree bark might be bad for you.  

[01:05:38] Jamon Fries:

Yep.   It's like with with my medications, I'm on a blood thinner. So I've been   specifically   told,   do not take aspirin.   Oh, okay. Risk of a stomach bleed with aspirin is skyrocketed.  

[01:05:52] Jesse Fries:

Wow. Okay. Yeah. Good to know. Good to know. Yep.  

[01:05:57] Jamon Fries:

Tylenol is the only thing that they say I can I can take? So  

[01:06:02] Jesse Fries:

yeah. It it it it doesn't it doesn't affect the stomach as badly. So Yeah. But, yeah, if you like,   say you're, like, drunk, drunk, drunk.   Oh,   yeah. Tylenol is not the best option. For you, in that case, Jamin, just,  

[01:06:17] Jamon Fries:

don't take anything.  

[01:06:19] Jesse Fries:

Pain med. Exactly. That's what it is. Just suffer through it. It is basically the only thing you can do.  

[01:06:26] Jamon Fries:

Or I could take one of those oxycodone   that was,   for me, like, two years ago that I still haven't finished the bottle of.  

[01:06:34] Jesse Fries:

I guess that works. Yeah. Sure. Why well,   I have no clue. Wait. Wait. I don't know anything about that either. I'm not gonna Yeah. Don't know that one either. But No. Expired medication is never safe is never safe to take. No. No. And taking off,   label. Right. Not a good idea.   Yeah. Okay. Yeah. In the world of Ozempic, there's another side effect.   I know. We just said one last time. Right? It was the vulva last time. Yeah.   Apparently, there's a thing called Ozempic   teeth.  

[01:07:06] Jamon Fries:

Okay.  

[01:07:07] Jesse Fries:

It can cause dry mouth,   because that, the   some meglutide,   it affects the   salivate.   Man, I cannot talk today.   The saliva glands. There you go.   It it it affects those. And so because of that,   the and the medication can also cause people to drink less water because they feel less   thirsty.   Right. And so there's a increased risk of cavities and gum disease.  

[01:07:40] Jamon Fries:

Oh, god.  

[01:07:42] Jesse Fries:

And not only that, but sometimes   some people affect have side effects from Ozempic and whatnot   that include acid reflux and vomiting,   which is even worse for the enamel of the teeth. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. So,   seriously, I could not think of a good reason to take it.  

[01:08:02] Jamon Fries:

See, this this is why I always adhere to mom's policy.   If it hasn't been a if it hasn't been around for at least   twenty, twenty five years,  

[01:08:14] Jesse Fries:

I'm not taking it. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Now the drug's been around for, like, somebody but not take. Yeah. It's it's it's like if you have diabetes, fine. You know, there's something else, and then you may have to take it because   but if you're if you don't have diabetes or anything like that, you just take it to slim down. It's dangerous people to say it. It's It is. Yes.   It's not as,   freeing as you think it is. So Yes.  

[01:08:41] Jamon Fries:

Yeah. I I have always said, I will not be a guinea pig without being paid for it. That makes sense, especially if you have to pay, like, a thousand dollars a month out for it. You know? Why should I pay pay for medication   that no one knows what's gonna happen to me, and I'm just kind of the test subject?  

[01:08:58] Jesse Fries:

Yeah. Yeah. Oh, apparently, you can I don't know if it's Ozempic or Wegovy or one of those?   But, apparently, you can get it for half the price if you pay cash.   Yeah. Yeah. Because because we're overcharged for it, people. Just saying. Oh, yeah. Yeah. Absolutely.   Let's see here. Okay. On to tech news. What you got, Jamin?   Well,  

[01:09:26] Jamon Fries:

something that a lot of people probably use, Excel, Microsoft Excel   Uh-huh.   Has decided   to include AI into it.   Of course. So it has an AI function   Uh-huh. Which   I was very questionable. But   looking at what it can do,   I think for many things, it could be a very beneficial thing.   I don't think so. So what what basically, what they did because the thing that I like about it is that   you type the you type the function into the into the into one cell.   Mhmm.   And   say you you know, they I saw a thing where they did an example. The this guy worked at a at a cookie company.   And he   he had he just typed in, give me a list of three different types of cookies.  

Uh-huh.   And it listed out three different cookies.   And then he did another command in the next in the next, row   that was no. In the   next in the next column   that said,   tell me   the   tell me what the what these cookies are. Give me a description of these cookies.   Uh-huh.   And it   gave a very good in-depth description of all three types of cookies.  

[01:10:51] Jesse Fries:

Alright.  

[01:10:53] Jamon Fries:

So, I mean, this is stuff that you would normally have to manually enter, and you'd have so you'd have to look for for the information,   manually enter it, and then try to figure it out.   Right. He then he then later did a did one where   he put in a bunch of where he,   entered a bunch of reviews.   Mhmm. And then using the using the AI prompt, he's he   said, okay. Tell me if these reviews are positive, neutral, or negative.   Mhmm. So if it had good comments and bad comments, it was listed as neutral. If it was all bad comments, it was negative. And all good comments, of course, was positive.   And using AI, he could then break those down even further   to   with what category   these reviews go into. Was it the taste? Was it the quality? Was it this? Was it that?  

So he didn't have to he didn't have to do any looking into anything.   He just took that list and within two two minutes   of writing the codes,   he had the entire he had everything from the   how good the how good the review was, how   what the what area the review was reviewing, and all this other stuff. So, I mean, the ability to do that is insanely awesome.  

[01:12:14] Jesse Fries:

Oh, yeah. It is.  

[01:12:16] Jamon Fries:

So I I was pretty impressed with that. I I when I first looked at it, I'm like, oh, shit. Excel with AI. That that's gonna suck.   Right. Right. But after looking what what you can do with it, I mean, it's   pretty nice, actually.  

[01:12:31] Jesse Fries:

That is cool. That is cool. Oh, apparently, I forgot to hit the live button today. So   Oh, the final. So we haven't been live since 01:00. Well, it it technically, it has been streaming on our site. So you you technically, yes, but also technically no. So yep. There you go. Now we're live for the very last end of it. So, yeah, that should work. That should work. Right? Yeah. Yeah. The last, what, two stories?   Yeah. Yeah. I I'm not even gonna cover those two tech ones. We'll just go to the one that I think is kind of a funny story.  

[01:13:03] Jamon Fries:

Okay.  

[01:13:04] Jesse Fries:

So, apparently, there's this Texas woman. Right?   She has, she was reported missing,   by her family here in Texas.   And, apparently, she decided to,   leave Texas and go,   join   a lost African tribe   in Scotland.   Wow.   Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. There there there is actually a lost African tribe   or so the self proclaimed leader calls it,   in the Scottish Unfortunately, they've been found now, so they're not lost anymore. No. No. No. They they they were, like, lost lost. Like like like, they and then they started them back up again. So,   apparently, it's some sort of, they're, like, African Jews   and that were that had to flee Scotland or something like that.  



[01:14:00] Jamon Fries:

Yeah.  

[01:14:02] Jesse Fries:

K. Because   because, you know, Scottish nothing says Scottish like African people. I'm just saying. You know? Yeah. Yeah. No. Or part two, yeah. But, yeah, Scottish   forest,   I that's a bit chilly up there, people. I I've been there. Scotland is not a warm place. I   I'd pick something warmer. Just saying.  

[01:14:25] Jamon Fries:

Absolutely.  

[01:14:28] Jesse Fries:

And with that, we'd like to thank you for joining us for episode 56 of the mindless meanderings.   I'm Jesse Friese.  

[01:14:34] Jamon Fries:

And I'm Jamin Friese.  

[01:14:36] Jesse Fries:

And we will see you for our one year anniversary, and I will promise I will hit   go live   probably even before so I don't forget.   But please join us for the one year anniversary   on Thursday at 1PM central time. Thank you so much. Have a great week.