Jack Reacher, Blow Darts, a Quadruple Amputee Murder Case | Negligent Discharge Friday | 3.27.2026

Summary

Cleared Hot Podcast - Negligent Discharge Friday | March 27, 2026

Host: Andy Stumpf
Episode: Jack Reacher, Blow Darts, a Quadruple Amputee Murder Case

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Episode Overview

This Negligent Discharge Friday, Andy and co-host Michael dig into an unpredictable blend of stories: escalating neighborhood disputes with Jack Reacher actor Alan Ritchson, the logistical and ethical mind-benders of a quadruple amputee cornhole champion arrested for murder, political rants regarding Trump, Joe Kent, airport chaos, the blurred lines between work and phone addiction, and the circus-like state of U.S. governance. Expect signature irreverence, quick banter, and sharp-shooting skepticism throughout.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. The Arsenal Grows: Nunchucks, Stars, and a Blow Dart Gun

• Time: 00:23–05:13
• Open with comic conversation about Michael’s ever-growing “arsenal,” including miscellanea like nunchucks (nunchaku), throwing stars, and now a blow dart gun dubbed "Peter's Piper."
• Ongoing bit about naming the weapons, with crowd-sourced submissions failing to resonate.
• Playful mockery about martial arts skills, with Andy doubting Michael’s “throwing” capabilities.
• Notable Exchanges:
  • Andy (01:13): "It doesn't spark joy."
  • Michael (04:09): "Peter's Piper. Which. That is a really good name."
• Safe handling jokes, legal speculation about possessing blow dart guns.

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2. Jack Reacher (Alan Ritchson) vs. The Neighbor: Danger Close

• Time: 07:07–17:21
• The viral altercation involving Alan Ritchson (Jack Reacher actor) and his neighbor is dissected.
• Video analysis: Breakdown of Ritchson's neighborhood confrontation—neighbor claims victimhood, but footage reveals he initiated physical contact.
• Big takeaway: Don't place hands on others, especially a 6'3", 240lb action star.
• Commentary on people's false sense of consequence-freedom, and how the ubiquity of cameras disincentivizes lying.
• Quotes:
  • Andy (08:27): "There is a line between having a verbal confrontation with somebody and then putting your hands on them. Once this man crossed that line... you've just written the check that might get cashed."
  • Andy (13:15): "In their helmets, they're like, 'Did you know my dad's Jack Reacher?'"
• Civil vs. criminal implications, kids as escalation factors, and the allure of viral lawsuit potential.

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3. Quadruple Amputee, Cornhole Star, Murder Suspect

• Time: 17:34–29:27
• Case Summary: Dayton Weber, quadruple amputee and professional cornhole player, arrested for shooting a man in his car. Andy and Michael are astounded by the mechanics—and the tragedy.
• Logistical Fascination: How is he driving, shooting, and reloading with no limbs? YouTube footage reveals ingenious technique—using stumps and friction.
• Larger Lessons:
  • Adversity and ingenuity: “You are only limited by the obstacles you put in front of yourself." (Andy, 19:28)
  • Dangers of emotional escalation and irreversible decisions.
• Quotes:
  • Andy (23:26): "Where there's a will, there's a way. This is... almost an inspirational story."
  • Andy (25:00): "When I get very upset... I will not engage in anything that is going on."
  • Michael (29:15): "But you know, stop short of murder."
• Black humor about prison accessibility and the surreal nature of the news headline.

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4. Political Sidebars: Trump, Joe Kent, and National Security

• Time: 30:03–38:33
• Andy reads and reacts to Trump’s dismissive comments about Joe Kent—criticizing the lack of "staying in one’s lane," verbosity, and the lack of presidential tone.
• Analysis of how intelligence, presidential authority, and military decisions are (and should be) made.
• Dissection of the claim that only the President can determine “imminent threat,” referencing Tulsi Gabbard’s ambiguous testimony and a source from the military legal community.
• Quotes:
  • Andy (32:00): "You're very clear and concise with your language... especially when you're talking on a radio, you don't have time to read a Steinbeck novel."
  • Andy (36:11): "Dude, I don't know...I don't have access to any information that other people don't."
• Growing skepticism about the direction of U.S. military policy, specifically deployment to the Middle East.

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5. Army Recruitment, Conscientious Objectors & Military Numbers

• Time: 38:35–44:00
• Noting reported (potentially misleading) “1,000% increase” in conscientious objector claims, Andy and Michael break down how stats can distort facts (1→10 isn’t as dramatic as it seems).
• Discussions on raising the military enlistment age to 40, relaxing weed standards, and past tales of drug testing shenanigans.
• Quotes:
  • Michael (40:03): "We both suck at math."
  • Andy (44:00): “If we got boots on the ground in Iran, I do not see a world where the American public tolerates that...”

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6. Dysfunctional Government: Airport Drama & TSA Shortages

• Time: 53:07–58:27
• Professional traveler Andy vents about airports post-government shutdown: TSA underpaid and understaffed for weeks, ICE agents called in with unclear duties.
• Stories of 4–8 hour security lines; ICE presence perceived as “political theater,” possibly more threatening or discomforting to lawful travelers.
• Quotes:
  • Andy (56:31): “If there are simpler tasks that TSA people need to be freed up to do...what are they? What are we doing other than a political charade?”
  • Michael (57:14): "I will say it's not entirely unwarranted to be uncomfortable with ICE at this point."

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7. Congressional Privilege and Delta: No More Fast Lanes

• Time: 58:42–59:50
• Delta suspends special services for Congress members during shutdown—Andy and Michael endorse equal treatment for all travelers.
• Quote:
  • Andy (59:50): “Until you serve the American public for what you're elected to do, get in the back of the line with the rest of us.”

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8. Iran Sends Trump a “Very Big Present”

• Time: 60:59–64:13
• Mockery of Trump’s cryptic announcement about a mysterious oil and gas “present” from Iran.
• Speculation about what the “gift” could be—Andy jokes about outlandish possibilities, while Michael reads “Trojan horse” memes.
• Quotes:
  • Andy (63:31): “You son of a bitch, dude.”

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9. Screen Time, Phone Addiction & Truth

• Time: 46:24–52:25
• Tangent on self-reported–but suspect–daily phone and YouTube usage; Andy presses Michael on “watching” vs. “listening.”
• Extended back-and-forth about lying, unintentional misspeaking, and how words matter.
• Quotes:
  • Andy (48:01): “Every four days you live, you are just canning one.”
  • Michael (50:09): "I think what you mean to say is you lied."
  • Andy (51:24): "The truth is always trying to come through...but it's like a wave hitting the wall and splashing over the top."

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• Andy (08:27): “There is a line between having a verbal confrontation with somebody and then putting your hands on them. And once this man crossed that line... you've just written the check that might get cashed.”
• Michael (12:31): “You can't touch the guy first, though.”
• Andy (19:28): “You are only limited by the obstacles you put in front of yourself.”
• Andy (23:26): "Where there's a will, there's a way."
• Andy (32:00): “You gotta be clear and concise with your language…”
• Andy (44:00): “If we got boots on the ground in Iran, I do not see a world where the American public tolerates that, nor a world where we receive support from our allies…”
• Andy (56:31): “What are we doing other than…a political charade?”
• Andy (59:50): “Until you serve the American public for what you're elected to do, get in the back of the line with the rest of us.”
• Andy (63:31): “You son of a bitch, dude.”
• Andy (48:01): “Every four days you live, you are just canning one.”

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Episode Flow & Tone

• Language & Tone: Blunt, irreverent, skeptical, occasionally darkly funny, often sarcastic. Andy relentlessly calls out inconsistencies, double-speak, and absurdities, whether in national headlines or Michael’s daily habits.
• Style: Rapid-fire banter, open digressions, both hosts comfortable jumping from heavy current events to playful jabs and introspective moments.

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Timestamps for Major Segments

• 00:23–05:13: Weapons Collection Comedy
• 07:07–17:21: Jack Reacher/Alan Ritchson Neighborhood Altercation
• 17:34–29:27: Quadruple Amputee Murder Case
• 30:03–38:33: Trump, Joe Kent, Imminent Threats
• 38:35–44:00: Army Recruiting Stats, Objector Numbers
• 53:07–58:27: TSA/ICE Airport Shutdown Chaos
• 58:42–59:50: Congress Special Treatment at Airports
• 60:59–64:13: “The Present” from Iran
• 46:24–52:25: Phone Addiction & “Watching” YouTube

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Closing Thoughts

A classic Negligent Discharge Friday episode: part absurd headline roundup, part social commentary, all delivered with Andy and Michael’s signature blend of wit and exasperation about the state of America in 2026. Rich with tangents, laughs, and plenty for new listeners to enjoy—even if you never pressed play.

Transcript

[A]

Okay, I got the red smoke. Sun runs north to south. West of the smoke. West of the smoke. Okay, copy.

[B]

West of the smoke.

[A]

I'm looking at danger close now.

[B]

Okay, now. Now we're capturing your good side.

[A]

Now we are.

[B]

Now we are.

[A]

That's good. I don't have a good side.

[B]

Good. Well, perfect.

[A]

We're doing good. We promise to do a negligent discharge every other Friday. Yeah, and this is our second one. We're really establishing a good pattern, sticking to our word. You know, we have to open with. Right.

[B]

Oh, my new arsenal enhancement.

[A]

We have to. I mean, it would be irresponsible to not let people know how deadly you are now.

[B]

Well, there's multiple enhancements.

[A]

So we have the nunchuckus, which we have been corrected. They are Japanese name. Have you selected Chuck and Norris was a recent name given the passing of.

[B]

I was thinking Chuck and Norris. I mean. No, no, I was thinking Chuck and Bruce or Norris and Lee, which I feel like are pretty good. But you shot those down.

[A]

It doesn't speak to me. It doesn't spark joy.

[B]

Okay, I'll keep brainstorming.

[A]

There were hundreds. I mean, we asked people for feedback and they gave it to us. There were hundreds of options.

[B]

Yeah, I just don't. I don't know. None of them were really like calling out to me, you know.

[A]

Okay, so that was. We have your jiu jitsu range, obviously. Clearly discussed many times.

[B]

Yes.

[A]

So now we have Jiu Jitsu plus 12 inches.

[B]

Plus these. This is like 24.

[A]

Plus the one of those is in your hand, dude. So you can't measure the distance from the like end to end. Well, I be our buddy Johan who deeply appreciated our conceal carry. Dumb Chucks. He decided that it is in fact one down each side of the pants. So just keeping them guessing, but we've extended your range a little bit. Not the full range. Now let's go in between. This is as far as you might be able to throw something. So this would be for you.

[B]

Very careful with these.

[A]

Yeah, I've never seen you to throw anything. I do suspect that your mechanics are absolute nightmare.

[B]

I would. I would imagine so.

[A]

Yeah. So we'll call that 10 yards and in. But this is like if your numb Chucks, if they're not in that range yet. So you have three different types. Any idea what to call those?

[B]

I haven't. I mean, I haven't even got the numb Chucks named. So these will take a while.

[A]

Those three, it could be truth, justice. And the last one's the American way.

[B]

Or I could name them after stars.

[A]

The is wrong with you?

[B]

Because they're throwing stars.

[A]

I understand. This one's that they are throwing stars. Andromeda, you're talking about naming nunchucks.

[B]

Bruce is serious.

[A]

And Chuck, then like. Yeah, let's just name this one the North Star.

[B]

And this one's Soul.

[A]

Yeah. This one's Cassiopeia.

[B]

That's a moon.

[A]

It's a constellation. Don't ever try to one up me with constellations.

[B]

No, actually, you probably do know a lot about constellations.

[A]

Yeah, I do. You know, I used to celestially navigate Cassiopeia points at the North Star, which is something you've never looked at cuz you don't even know where it is.

[B]

Yeah. Isn't it in Orion's belt?

[A]

No. Damn it. Okay, listen, I saw Men in black too. Okay? That's what.

[B]

Okay, so I've got the stars. Yep. The nunchucks.

[A]

So we'll call that 10 yards and in. But we have a new addition, which I think I've already named Peter's Piper.

[B]

Yeah, that. Honestly.

[A]

And it's not even gonna fit in frame.

[B]

No, it's because it's not so badass.

[A]

This is a blow dart gun.

[B]

Yeah. I wonder if I can. The audience is staring down the barrel of the blow dart right now.

[A]

But aim it over here, not at me, obviously, because we follow safe weapons handling rules at all times. But show people the position you'll be in when a guest gets out of control. Right in the neck. A tranq dart.

[B]

Yep. Oh, yeah. So, yeah, we're covered.

[A]

Peter's Piper.

[B]

Peter's Piper. Which. That is a really good name.

[A]

I know.

[B]

I like Peter's Piper.

[A]

I know you do.

[B]

So. And then you do. Michael, for anything beyond blow dart range, again, we have the constitution.

[A]

I think you're covered.

[B]

I think we're covered.

[A]

I mean, I guess we could get a musket or something for like 100 yards. Full black.

[B]

That would be dope. We should fire it off in the

[A]

room and like, everybody would be just blind because of the smoke that comes out of the dragon's breath.

[B]

Anything. Yeah. Yeah. So we're good?

[A]

Yeah. Okay, so that's up to speed. I feel like. Do we need to, like, take you down to. I mean, the police station is right next door.

[B]

Do we need to register you as a lethal weapon? Yeah, of course.

[A]

All right. I wonder if blow dart guns are legal. I think they are.

[B]

I think so. I don't see why they wouldn't be. I mean, I Do see why they wouldn't be. But we're not. I mean, we're only using this for special occasions.

[A]

So we don't even know why we're using them.

[B]

No, not. I don't.

[A]

Sure. We just want people to know we have them in case we need to use them.

[B]

Yes.

[A]

Okay.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

Okay.

[B]

I'd rather have it and not need it.

[A]

Very wise for your 23 years, Michael. Very wise.

[B]

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[A]

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[B]

Okay. Speaking of lethal weapon.

[A]

Oh boy.

[B]

Alan Richson, his neighbor.

[A]

Oh hell yeah.

[B]

Tried to fight him. Have you seen this? I.

[A]

Well, I've Seen snippets.

[B]

So. And so here's what I did see

[A]

was the picture of the guy's face at the end of the altercation.

[B]

So before I play this.

[A]

Okay.

[B]

His neighbor tried to claim that this was basically all Allen's fault, and he just got in his face and beat the out of him. And then this body cam came out.

[A]

Why do people try to make stuff up in the era of. Almost every house has a doorbell cam.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

Garage door cam. Or a cell phone.

[B]

And in this instance, Alan was wearing this himself. So anyways.

[A]

All right, so. What a douche move, by the way. This is how you end up inducing

[B]

walks in the middle of the road.

[A]

Yeah. I mean, he's only going. It looks like he dumps the bike.

[B]

Yep. His max speed was only 22 miles per hour.

[A]

Okay. On Sunday, we run past once. Twice escalated quite quickly. So it sounds like an Aussie.

[B]

I think he's British. Actually,

[A]

I did push him because he was coming towards me. Pause it right there.

[B]

Yep.

[A]

If you're gonna go on TV and say, I did push him.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

You have just written the check that might get cashed.

[B]

Yep.

[A]

There is a line between having a verbal confrontation with somebody and then putting your hands on them. And once this man crossed that line again, I'm. Let the courts adjudicate or whatever. Law enforcement can adjudicate, whatever you want. But just for people to know out there, when you cross that line and get a hold of somebody, stand by.

[B]

Especially Alan Richardson. Are you kidding me?

[A]

Historically, very tiny man.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

You know, this is. And for people who don't know, this is the guy who plays Jack Reacher. It's on. Is it on prime something?

[B]

He's like 682-50.

[A]

No, he's not.

[B]

I'm. Well, maybe not 6 8, but he's 250.

[A]

Immediately. Google it right now. You're lying. He's not 6 8.

[B]

That's what I saw on the Internet.

[A]

Okay. I'm gonna say he is 632-36-3,240. Okay. So five inches shorter,

[B]

still very tall and big.

[A]

I see it. I see how you are with numbers.

[B]

Yeah. And by the way, his kids were with him in this as well.

[A]

And this appears to be in the neighborhood that they probably live in.

[B]

I think. I think it's his neighbor.

[A]

Which means they likely at least kind of know each other.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

Have seen each other. So this random 63250, by the way, is a giant.

[B]

It's huge. Yes. If you've never seen Alan Richardson.

[A]

Yes. Okay, let's See what happens here. Does it actually show them fighting? Please tell me it does.

[B]

I may. I don't know, but we'll.

[A]

Damn it. I'm gonna push him the second time. The second time he got up his bike. He obtained this new footage showing Allen's angle of the altercation and the part his neighbor Ronnie left. Left out to TMZ when he taunts the star in front of his two sons. Around 30 seconds later, Alan throws the first of at least four punches. Nice. See, I knew him in the background. I went to the ground and covered myself. As for what was said next. Stupid. The Brentwood Police Department tells ET no charges will be filed and Allen was acting as in self defense. A source tells ET Quote, allen did not instigate the fight. He was just enjoying a bike ride with his kids. I mean, I can't wait to see what I. That was a non sequitur clip from somewhere else. That was like a red carpet. Yeah. Don't touch people.

[B]

Yeah, it's that. It's that simple.

[A]

Don't. First, jumping in front of somebody on a bike is actually an incredibly dangerous move because not everybody can actually stop it that quickly.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

And most of the time, especially if they're not ready for that, they'll wad it up just like they did because they'll get heavy on the brakes and tip over, which. So that does damage to the bike. I feel like Alan's probably going to be okay, though, when it comes to.

[B]

Yeah, monetary. I think he'll be okay.

[A]

Yeah. Monetary. I think he's going to be fine. But. Yeah, there's a reason why they're not pressing charges.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

What's wrong with people?

[B]

I don't know.

[A]

Well.

[B]

And especially, I would have to imagine he knows it's Alan Richmond.

[A]

Yes. Is that how you say his last name? Richmond.

[B]

Rich Richmond or Rich Sin. Sorry? Rich Sin.

[A]

You're a mess today.

[B]

I know.

[A]

Do you even know who this guy is? You're just. You're.

[B]

I know who it is. Yes. I know who it is.

[A]

Alan Richson. Okay, here's the move. Here is the move. If this stuff pisses you off, instead of taking it to this level and you can tell that the guy was emotionally involved in the situation, let the guy finish the ride with his kids and go knock on his door and have a conversation. Like, go for a walk yourself.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

Get the emotion out of your system. Go knock on the guy's door and be like, listen, man, I'm not trying to be a dick, but here's whatever Describe it however you want to. And all of that avoids all of this.

[B]

Yeah, the.

[A]

And I love the TMZ interview where he openly just is like. He beat the out of me. His face is not looking great. The guy is kind of turtled up on the ground and Alan is just throwing like semi uppercuts into his grill. Yeah, yeah. But don't touch people. And that's not going to happen.

[B]

Yeah, yeah. No, I mean, may I. I feel like maybe he was trying to maybe get like a lawsuit or something out of this.

[A]

You can't touch the guy first, though.

[B]

Yeah, yeah, I know. But people are stupid.

[A]

And you do that, you push somebody in front of their kids like that, you are opening up a can of whatever you want to call it.

[B]

Yeah, well, that's the other thing too is like, as soon as your kids get involved, I feel like that just takes it to the next level where

[A]

it's like, you know, in their helmets, they're like, did you know my dad's Jack Reacher?

[B]

They're like, what are you doing?

[A]

This type of behavior, I find is tied to somehow this place where people have a ride where they think that behavior is consequence free. Because online you can say whatever you want to to anybody.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

And nobody ends up punching you in the face when you're on all fours. And then I also like the stumbling walk away.

[B]

Yeah. As he's still.

[A]

Is that the best you have? That's not. That's what he said. But it's like in my mind, that's what I wanted to hear him say.

[B]

In his head, that's what he was saying.

[A]

I mean, why. And to be honest, it's not worth it for Alan either because he is huge.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

And he actually. Whatever say he does dental, whatever it may be, you know, he might not get criminally charged.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

They're still civil.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

And I tell you what, I have no idea what that guy is worth. I feel, and I hope he's worth a spectacular amount of money because he seems to be wildly successful and I can totally appreciate that. But what is it worth?

[B]

Right.

[A]

Man, that is a. Not a good call. What would you do if you were

[B]

the father and somebody ran out in the middle of the street while I was riding a motorbike? Yeah.

[A]

I mean, everything in this situation is hypothetical because there's kids involved in this. You don't know how to ride a motorcycle. You're not 63250.

[B]

I mean, let's.

[A]

Would you gotten down on your butt and scooted towards and be like, I've been training for this my whole life probably. Have you seen those Jiu Jitsu videos?

[B]

Yeah, I have seen those. Yeah.

[A]

Somebody steals their wife's purse in the parking lot. I've been training for this for 10 years. And they get down on their butt and they start scooting. Yeah.

[B]

Oh yeah, I've seen those. I would probably. Once the guy pushed me. Yeah. That's when it would probably get physical. I would obviously do nothing physical unless he. Yeah. Continued down that path.

[A]

Please don't touch people. Yeah, don't touch people. But again, criminal and civil, two different things. I'll be curious to see this guy might pull a full douchebag move and go after him civilly.

[B]

Well, yeah, and that's what. That's what I was saying before is like maybe he's kind of hunting for some money. Cuz he knows Alan Richardson's probably got a pretty nice bank account.

[A]

Yeah. He seems Aussie or English so he would understand this word. It seems like a little bit of a. Yeah. You know. Proper cunt.

[B]

Yeah, proper. So very proper. Yeah.

[A]

Good opener. We went from our arsenal here to Jack Reacher, the walking human. What was the vest he was wearing, by the way? Is that.

[B]

I don't know. Oh, maybe that was for his camera.

[A]

I don't. Maybe just filming his kids. I was just. It was odd. Go, go back in the video. It was like a little bit bigger than it could be. Like one of those GoPro vests. That's a pretty big vest. I wonder what he had going on there.

[B]

I'm not sure actually.

[A]

Yeah, look how big that is.

[B]

Yeah. I love this shot though.

[A]

It's not bad. Not bad.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

Then even better right there. See how his right knee is all the way back? Just drive that right into that dude's rib cage.

[B]

Oh.

[A]

Not giving anybody any ideas here, but.

[B]

But if you find yourself in situation.

[A]

That bike isn't. All those bikes are nice.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

You know there's a fourth bike in the screen there. I wonder what's going on there.

[B]

I don't know. That must just be somebody else's, huh? I don't know. Yeah, good question.

[A]

It's clearly a neighborhood. I mean, that's not. That sucks. Yeah.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

What's that? What do they say? F A fo.

[B]

Oh, around and find out. Yeah, that's kind of what happened here.

[A]

It's almost always optional.

[B]

Yeah. Yeah, I would. I would agree with that assessment.

[A]

God, what a great shot.

[B]

Shot of his face just. He beat the out of me.

[A]

Is that a MAGA hat over his on the left hand.

[B]

Oh, it kind of looks like it. That's actually makes us even funnier, in my opinion.

[A]

Zulu. I. I always look at the background, see what they got going on.

[B]

It kind of does look pink.

[A]

Colored shirt, sweater vest. Who knows?

[B]

Actually, I don't know. It's so tough to tell.

[A]

It is tough to tell.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

What's that Zulu thing in the back? What's that? Is that like a movie poster? No one knows. Who cares?

[B]

Yeah, I don't know.

[A]

Anyways, what else you got for today?

[B]

Okay, this one I got sent to me and then I also saw on the news.

[A]

Do people send you stuff now to. For us to cover on these? Yeah, I'm supportive of that.

[B]

Yeah, it's helpful, actually. It's helpful. I don't know if you have heard of this.

[A]

Oh, I made a. Yeah, I posted on Twitter about this yesterday morning. I was like, listen, I am not trying to in any way diminish somebody's death, but I have logistical questions.

[B]

Yeah, how was this? Well, apparently he used a gun so that while driving. Oh, really?

[A]

That was what I understand. So for those of you listening, a profess. Go back up. A professional cornhole player and quadruple amputee is arrested for murder. So go down. Dayton Weber, 27, is accused of killing a man in the front seat of his car during an argument on Sunday in his hometown of La Plata, Maryland, about 30 miles south of D.C. the sheriff's office said in a press release that passengers in the backseat saw Weber shooting Mr. Wells, also 27, before he pulled over and asked them to help pull the victim out of the car. They refused and left, at which point Weber fled with the victim still in the car. All the passengers knew each other, authorities said. So not only was this quadruple amputee driving, he's. And this is why I had logistical questions. He somehow brandished a firearm. So now do this. Pull up a video of this guy shooting, because it's actually pretty impressive.

[B]

Okay. What's his name?

[A]

Brandon Dayton Weber. Dayton Weber Weber. Yeah. Go to YouTube. Dayton Weber shooting. I mean, what. What? Stripping the murder aside out of this, what this goes to show you is that you are only limited by the obstacles you put in front of yourself. You can do anything you put your mind to.

[B]

I suppose you could, yeah. You could frame it that way.

[A]

Glass half full.

[B]

Glass half full.

[A]

Now to a very unusual murder investigation in Maryland, where the suspect is a. A quadruple amputee, and he's one of the top professionals. Okay, so hold on. Put it on pause. Does he have an advantage because the hole is at eye level.

[B]

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[A]

Disadvantages. Yeah, but do we have an angular advantage here based off where he's throwing it from?

[B]

I think it's possible. But again I think it gets canceled out by the fact that he doesn't have a full length arm to toss in my opinion.

[A]

I haven't watched a video of him tossing a cornhole yet. Let's go.

[B]

I haven't either.

[A]

CBS News correspondent Chanel Cole joins us now with more. And Chanel, what more can you tell

[B]

us about this case?

[C]

Well look, we go this is a bizarre and disturbing story. The center of this story is someone who would be considered to be an inspiration up until now, 27 year old Dayton Weber. This is someone who is a quadruple amputee and also a star corn cornhole player. He is a profess

[A]

throwing technique was different than everybody else who plays.

[B]

Yeah. But seems to be effective indeed.

[A]

Continue. I want to there's a cornhole player

[C]

who's won multiple tournaments before but now police will go believe that he is also a murderer. So how did this happen? Well, police say that Weber was out with a couple of friends. He had three people in his vehicle. He was driving his Tesla SUV in La Plata, Maryland.

[B]

Tesla suv?

[A]

I don't know what that means or if whether or not they even have an suv. But I don't know either.

[C]

Sunday night when this happened they say that someone who was in the vehicle told them that things got heated in that vehicle. They say one of the people who were in the back seat told investigators that web were actually shot in killed 27 year old Bradrick Michael Wells. That person also told police that Weber then pulled the car over, asked the two remaining passengers who were inside the vehicle.

[A]

No, I want you to find a video of him shooting at a gun range.

[B]

Well this it's had that on the thumbnail of this.

[A]

Oh there it is.

[C]

After he was arrested, investigators also describe this as someone who is a gun involved enthusiast. What does that mean? So look at some of the videos on your screen right now. These are videos that he posted to his personal YouTube.

[B]

How is he pulling?

[A]

So listen, if you put your mind, if you put your Mind to it. You can make anything as possible. How is he doing this? I have absolutely no idea.

[B]

I'm just curious how he's pulling the trigger because I could not see anything.

[A]

There was a little bit of the.

[B]

Yeah, a little bit of the what?

[A]

Stump A. I. I don't know what

[B]

to call it all appendage.

[A]

We're in new territory here.

[B]

We are in new territory.

[A]

So if you go back a little bit, you'll see a little bit of the. I don't know if he. So he's like using friction.

[B]

Yeah. To kind of grasp the whole side of the trigger. Okay. But.

[A]

Okay, this is a great. Clearly he can shoot a gun.

[B]

Oh, yeah, yeah.

[A]

But how is he able to shoot a gun and drive a Tesla suv, which again, I don't think Tesla makes an SUV yet. How was he able to do both of these simultaneously?

[B]

Well, yeah.

[A]

And then ask his buddies to be like, hey, let's all just dispose of the body together so we can all spend the rest of our lives in prison together.

[B]

I don't know.

[A]

Where there's a will, there's a way.

[B]

This is. Yeah. Almost an inspirational story.

[A]

Easy, you're at a 10 right now. All right. I need you back at like a five.

[B]

No, I'm obviously joking. This is a tragedy. Obviously. But it just.

[A]

The.

[B]

The novelty of it is really.

[A]

I do say Teslas do have hands free driving features.

[B]

Oh, that's true. Maybe he put in autopilot.

[A]

I'm just saying, in this case, most of the time what they mean is you can take your hands off the wheel, but.

[B]

Right.

[A]

Some people don't have hands to take off the wheel. So niche product for this individual right here, for sure. I mean, what this tells you is that honestly, this goes back to the emotional. Almost every catastrophe. Actually, I can't say that I'm not gonna say almost every catastrophe. Things like this. First off, I bet you if they could go back in time and unwind this.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

I bet you that this person would make a different choice.

[B]

I would imagine so. Yeah.

[A]

So I bet that they were in a highly emotionally compromised state, and I've been the idiot in an emotional state where I've either yelled at somebody or gotten in a fight or done something that I have regretted and it took me time to figure out. Like, I have physical cues that I can recognize. Now when I get very upset. For me, I can feel my face getting very hot if I ever get. And it's been years since I've been that heated, but if I ever feel that Coming on board. I will not engage in anything that is going on. Like if it's just, you know, I mean, like if it's a conversation, I'm going to exit the conversation until I can get back to a, a better level of emotional. Like stationary, like back to five.

[B]

Right.

[A]

If it's a physical confrontation, first off, just walk or run away. It's like there's almost completely not worth it unless somebody metaphorically or physically backs you up against a wall and you have to protect somebody that you love. Totally different story. But it's taken me time to like, that's when I say dumb. That's when I do dumb things. That's when I make emotional decisions. And if you can recognize that, then the next step is you can probably prevent yourself from doing something stupid. So I know that these people are probably emotionally involved in this. Yeah. Now somebody else is not alive. Their family has to deal with that. This dude's life is ruined for sure. I don't know what prison looks like for a quadruple amputee. I don't feel like they're ADA compliant.

[B]

Yeah, that's actually a really good question. This probably does not come up very often.

[A]

If I had to guess, I never thought I was going to read or hear an article that said a quadruple amputee was driving a Tesla and shot and killed somebody.

[B]

Yeah, me either.

[A]

Again, that would be hard enough to do actually for somebody with all of their appendages.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

The fact he could fire a gun. I mean, he's basically just using tension between. I don't again, know the proper terminology here. Yeah, I don't know the proper. I'm sorry, I'm legit legitimately not trying to be rude. I don't know what you're supposed to say. What. What is remaining of his arms. I'm assuming this was a birth defect.

[B]

I don't know actually.

[A]

What was his name regardless? I mean. Yeah. The most non conventional shooting setup that I've ever seen. And he's getting it done. I have no idea how accurate he is with that.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

So. But think about this though too. Go forward here a little bit.

[B]

Yep.

[A]

To where he is like reloading the. The gun. Okay. He, you know, so he's got the gun in this lap. He's loaded in the magazine for just. For. Everybody knows it's not a clip.

[B]

Right.

[A]

That is.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

One of the most common things that people mistake that what holds. And the reason I wanted to go to this is. Okay. And just pause. Clearly. If you had fingers you could reach down and just grab this, Grab a gun and point it at somebody with one hand.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

He has some more steps because he is working around some limitations.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

The dude in the car didn't see any lead up to this. And maybe like. Hey, give me that.

[B]

Yeah, yeah. I feel like disarming. Disarming him.

[A]

You are a piece of.

[B]

I did not mean to use that word.

[A]

Clearly already disarmed, sir. What a piece. You are an insensitive piece of.

[B]

He has no fingers to maintain control of the gun. So I feel like you could just.

[A]

I'm just saying it wasn't a fluid. Let's say it was in the glove box or the center console.

[B]

Yeah, that. That's.

[A]

That's what I'm saying.

[B]

Multi step process.

[A]

This wasn't a surprise. Gotcha. Bag.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

Move. I feel like there were some preparatory steps that could have been interrupted. Maybe again, maybe in his mind things had escalated beyond where the per. And they weren't paying it. Who knows what actually happened?

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

I just feel like there were some off ramps here that maybe could have been taken.

[B]

I think so. Yeah. I mean. Yeah. Just don't shoot somebody,

[A]

like ever.

[B]

Well, in this scenario. Don't shoot somebody.

[A]

What scenario? Should you shoot somebody, Michael, if your

[B]

life is at risk, what's your threshold for that? I feel like we've had this conversation before.

[A]

I mean, don't tell me that I can't shoot anybody.

[B]

No, I'm. Okay, let me be more specific. Don't shoot somebody for the sole reason that you're frustrated with them.

[A]

Excellent idea.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

I think people should remember that what you described, also known as murder, is illegal.

[B]

Yes. Yep. Don't murder somebody. Okay, let's be more clear. Yeah, yeah.

[A]

Ah, man. Not. It's not the headlines I thought I was going to see yesterday.

[B]

No, nor I. Yeah, it was a shock to me.

[A]

I do think it is awesome stepping outside of this particular story though, that people with. I don't. Again, I don't know the word. A handicap. A handicap or a limitation that they refuse to not do the things that they want to do and they figure out a way around.

[B]

Yes, I agree. Yes. In general, I agree with that statement. Yeah, yeah.

[A]

But you know, stop short of murder.

[B]

Yeah, yeah. Where I draw the line is when you murder somebody, that. That's when I think, you know what? Maybe he's not a great person.

[A]

Probably not in that moment.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

Not the best version of himself. We all fall short from time to time.

[B]

Yeah. Yeah. So anyways, that was that these topics Are.

[A]

These are bangers today.

[B]

Thank you.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

So I'm at, like a C right now.

[A]

Minus.

[B]

Okay. Oh, that's the highest I've ever gotten, so that's not true.

[A]

I think I gave you C plus one time.

[B]

Nice. Okay.

[A]

I can't remember when that.

[B]

Slightly above average.

[A]

I can't remember when that was or if it actually happened.

[B]

Okay. Let's take a little bit of. A little bit of a detour from our fun. Well, not fun, but now we're going

[A]

back down the serious tree.

[B]

Yeah, a little bit. Yeah.

[A]

So about this Friday, we're just gonna talk about headlines that would never. You know, I'll take headlines that would never happen in real life for a thousand hours.

[B]

Yeah. Yeah. Trump's statement on Joe Kent recently. Oh, boy. I think really ruffled a lot of people's feathers. I think this particular portion right here.

[A]

Yeah. And I'll read this. And I didn't hear him say this. This is President Trump talking about Joe Ken. I believe he was doing this, like, plain side around Air Force One or something like that. I saw he was doing.

[B]

Yeah. Something.

[A]

I forget what they call that. A gaggle, I believe they call it, where they'll take impromptu questions.

[B]

Oh, okay.

[A]

His wife was killed. He remarried fairly quickly. Okay. So first off, let's just stop right there. I mean, in my attempt to just call balls and strikes, I have been very clear about how I think the President of the United States on either side of the aisle should be able to present themselves in a presidential manner. And I understand one of the enticing things for many people about Donald Trump is that he was well outside of that. And I think a lot of people thought that it would be a breath of fresh air, and they were just, quite frankly, tired of the political system and those that were engaged in the political system for quite some time. So I get that.

[B]

Which I don't blame.

[A]

I don't blame them either. And I have an equal criticism of the predecessor, you know, President Biden, who, when the teleprompter failed, basically started talking like he was reading the fine print on an ipod and, like, I couldn't even follow some of the stuff that he was saying. And he had an amazing ability to fall upstairs and down as well. Right. So, again, just calling balls and strikes. Was he the best example of being presidential in the way he presented himself? No, for different reasons. This stuff, I. I don't know. It's like he just throws adjectives into.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

And everything that he says, he's incredibly verbose and One of the leadership characteristics that I was brought up in the military around is that you're very clear and concise with your language. And the reason that you are clear and concise with your language is because then people have an understanding of what you're saying and there's less room for confusion. And especially when you're talking on a radio, you don't have time to read a Steinbeck novel. You got to, like, get it out there. Because you're also not the only people talking on the radio Net. And other people can hop in and also stay in your fucking lane. Yeah, right. Like, who you're going to tell me that Trump really knows that much about? And again, I'm not talking about the role that he was holding, but, like, whether or not he remarried fairly quickly. I mean, who are you to say that? Like, that's. You have. That is not your call. And as the President of the United States, why are you wasting your time, energy and effort even saying something like that? Yeah, stay in your lane. His wife was killed, and I felt bad for him. He ran for Congress. He lost. He ran for Congress again, and he lost. Trump said Monday. I said, you know, he's a guy, a nice guy. Seemed like a very nice guy. Again, how many times is, okay, guy, guy. So his nice guy is in there three times in the same sentence or two. I met him. He was pretty heartbroken. Pretty. But I said, you know, it's a shame he ran for Congress. Quiet. Call him up. Give him a job in the White House. They didn't just give him a job in the White House. You know, like, it's not like he was the receptionist.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

At the Oval Office.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

He actually had. From my understanding of what his role was, I'm not saying it was the most important job, but he sat in the nexus of some pretty important information. It was involved in the intelligence pipeline, the asset, like, all of those things. And that's not just like a job at the White House. They gave a job at the White House. And this is what he does to me. You know, being a nice guy doesn't pay off too much. All right. I mean, I don't know. I don't know what to say about his decision to resign. You have. So what you almost immediately saw was people saying, well, he's only resigning because he was under investigation for leaking classified information. Maybe, I don't know. So I'll wait until an investigation can produce actual results on that or not. He is saying he had access to information, saying that Iran wasn't a threat. I don't know if that's real or not. So I'm gonna have to wait for more people. What I do find interesting is that when pressed, when Tulsi Gabbard was testifying before Congress, did you see what she said? She said, essentially, I'm paraphrasing, that only the President of the United States can determine whether or not there is an imminent threat. And when she said that, it didn't strike me as being correct. And for a couple reasons. Okay, well, one, let's walk the dog on this a little bit. What if tomorrow, since Trump is the only person who is able to determine whether or not there's an imminent threat, regardless of the intelligence apparatus underneath him, he goes, canada is an imminent threat.

[B]

Right.

[A]

Does that mean we get to strike Canada because he is the only person in the intelligence apparatus? Or is the final. He might be the final say as the commander in chief, but is his decision and his decision alone and his interpretation alone, what if he says the same thing about Mexico?

[B]

Right.

[A]

So I was just having a conversation with somebody who's probably going to come on the show in a little bit. So I'll leave the topic broadly. Let's just say that this person came from the legal background, both in the military and outside of the military. And we were discussing this. It's a woman. And she was saying, she was like, no, what Tulsi said is not accurate. And I think her and I both agree. My assessment is this, that is as close as Tulsi could get to supporting Joe Kent without actually saying that she agrees with him. Because what this woman was saying, and this is the, the, this woman held a position where she would be in, I'll call it the kill chain, the approval chain for kinetic activities. From a legal perspective, signing off on, yes, this meets the, the law, the rule of war, the law of war, Geneva Convention, roes, all of these things. Authority specifically and by doctrine is delegated down to these intelligence apparatus to make these assessments as to whether or not there is or is not a threat. Now, they might deal in probabilities, but. But it is literally the role of these organizations to come up and brief the President on what is and what is not an imminent threat. And that's what I thought. But I don't come from the intelligence world, and I might be speaking out of my ass because I am at this point paraphrasing what somebody else told me. So this is like second or third hand at this point, but it was just really weird. And again, I'LL fall back to my favorite answer as I get older. Dude, I don't know. I don't know what's going on. I don't have access to any information that other people don't. Again, I had that interesting conversation with that woman. Hopefully she's going to be able to come on and we can break this down in a pretty deep level of detail. But that was an odd answer to me. It just, it struck me as. It doesn't sound right. And again, I'm not from that world because that's a double edged sword. That means that whoever holds that office can just say, oh yeah, well, yeah, you know, Greenland's an imminent threat. Which is we have to go take it now.

[B]

Right. Which is not verbatim what Trump has said in the past. But you said things similar to that about Greenland specifically.

[A]

But I still don't understand that one at all.

[B]

I mean, nobody does it besides Trump.

[A]

Basically, they're deploying the 82nd Airborne.

[B]

I did not see that. To Iran.

[A]

To the Middle East.

[B]

Okay.

[A]

And not like the entire 82nd Airborne. I think it's a little bit of more the. Maybe headquarters and, and a. Probably an actionable arm of that because they gotta lay the, the groundwork. Right. Like you need to have these things in place. But dude, for a guy who ran on no wars.

[B]

Yeah. It's, it's.

[A]

Where is this going? And again, all I want to see. Show me a definable end state.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

With achievable metrics. And then show me the metrics that you are using to measure success, efficacy or failure.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

And I, and I don't understand why that is an ask. That is too far.

[B]

Yeah. I don't, I mean looking up over there.

[A]

Well, it's tippity typing. I hear you. You're trying to quietly type view.

[B]

So I saw this on Instagram. I obviously have no clue if this is true. So I looked at, just looked it up. I'll pull it up here. Based on reports from March 2026, the center on Conscience and War reported a 1,000% increase in inquiries from U.S. service members seeking to file conscientious objector claims.

[A]

Yeah, but that could mean it goes from one to ten people.

[B]

No, that would be one to 100. No, a thousand percent increase if it

[A]

went from one to two. What's that?

[B]

Oh, never mind. Yeah. Yeah. Okay.

[A]

Yeah. Do you want to do math again with me? I'll you up. I didn't even need the quant for that.

[B]

Right. Okay.

[A]

Just to be clear, I think I'M also wrong.

[B]

But 100. Yeah. Would be two.

[A]

One to two is 100.

[B]

So that would mean a thousand percent would be 10 times that.

[A]

10 times one.

[B]

Yeah. No, that's. Yeah.

[A]

If you started at one and then 10 people did that inquiry, that's a thousand percent increase.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

So I'm just. I'm not saying it's 1 in 10. I'm just saying numbers like this can be very misleading.

[B]

I agreed.

[A]

You know what I mean? It could be go from three to 30. You know what I mean?

[B]

Yes.

[A]

At this point, I'm definitely sure I'm wrong on the math, but I don't know either.

[B]

I am.

[A]

But did you see this? The army just raised the enlistment age to 40.

[B]

I did see that.

[A]

And they're like, weed's not that big of a deal anymore.

[B]

Oh, shocking. That's shocking. Was it ever? I mean.

[A]

Yes. Oh, yeah.

[B]

Well, in recent. Recently, it hasn't been, like, as huge. Right.

[A]

Like, I can't speak to that. All I can say is when I. All the way through 2013, when I got out, you would be ejected if you popped for.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

Hot urine.

[B]

Interesting. Yeah.

[A]

Have you ever had anybody watch your dick while you piss?

[B]

No.

[A]

It's. Missed opportunity.

[B]

I. I guess.

[A]

So I'm gonna start piss testing you. It's not uncomfortable at all.

[B]

Thank you.

[A]

You know what's even weirder? They make fake dicks that you can piss out of.

[B]

Yeah. Somebody on the podcast told the story. Who was it?

[A]

I don't know, but it was the wrong color. Remember that?

[B]

Yeah, I remember that. That's the part I remember about it.

[A]

First off, proper prior preparation prevents piss poor performance. No pun intended, because we're talking about six P's. Six or seven. We need to stop doing math because we both end up.

[B]

Whatever. We both suck at it.

[A]

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[B]

But yeah, I saw this on Instagram and I was like, this may be completely false and like you said, it could be completely misleading even though it's true again.

[A]

Yeah, it's. It's like, tell me the number of people, not the stat. Right, yeah, because like I said, if it went from 1 to 10, that's astronomic growth.

[B]

Yeah. Actually, I'm going to.

[A]

Oh, what are you doing?

[B]

Open this a new page. Oh, I can't. I'm just gonna go to the source on this.

[A]

Just right click enhance. Oh, democracynow.org what do we got here? Now that just explains why. Oh, you know, we had about a 1000% increase in conscious, conscientious observers.

[B]

So that is interesting. They're not saying the number.

[A]

No, it's not interesting. It's. It shows you, I think more than anything that the number probably doesn't support their point as much as a 1000%.

[B]

Because even if it was like, because I would imagine military has a couple,

[A]

let's call it 1.5 million people serving on active duty. Yeah, there's probably a couple hundred people that are inquiring about that.

[B]

Right.

[A]

So again, it probably looks way less significant if 500 people were researching that versus 150, but 1000% increase is way more sticky and it's got a little bit more teeth to it.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

Yeah, man, I don't know what's going on.

[B]

I don't either.

[A]

I can tell you right now, if we got boots on the ground in Iran, I, I do not see a world where the American public tolerates that, nor a world where we receive support from our allies in any metro like we did in Iraq and Afghanistan.

[B]

Well, we already don't have support from the whole Strait of Hormuz thing. Like, a ton of our allies were like, no, we're not getting involved in this. Are you kidding me?

[A]

Yeah, I don't know and I don't know where it leads. I mean, is this the, Is this to a point now where the President is essentially committed to see this through, whether it ends up being A catastrophe or a success?

[B]

I don't know.

[A]

I can tell you. I went to the gas station yesterday a little bit more expensive.

[B]

Not happy.

[A]

Yeah, I mean, it was like a $30 more per gallon. Like, okay. I mean, you know, and again, I'm not. I'm just like. Not like some arduous thing I had to. To deal with. But that also could be the beginning of a trend. And this is the stuff that will, over time start. Actually, I hope that it engages this silent or often quieter minority that is actually malleable because they're not ideologically captured by either side of the aisle. Because those two, the people who are, like, blue through and through and the people who are red through and through, it doesn't matter what happens. They're going to vote with the team. And I totally get that. Like, live your life however you want to. But the people in the middle who are now missing flights because TSA is shut down.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

I. I mean, people are gonna get so sick and tired, I hope, of this and then. And I hope that it actually leads us to a place where they're willing to take action.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

Now, like, Greg Anderson, AR15s and body armors and don't pay your taxes. Because I had somebody. I was. I was thinking about him, like, not paying your taxes is. That would be effective. And somebody reached out and they're like, yeah, that would work. Except most people actually pay their taxes through their employers.

[B]

Right. Yeah.

[A]

And so the. You know what I mean? Like. Oh, damn it.

[B]

It just automatically gets taken out.

[A]

Yeah. Yeah. You can't. Employers would have to get on board.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

And that is some risky business.

[B]

So I think you can. When you go to fill out your. Yeah.

[A]

You could, like, juice the number of dependents that you have to get more money, and then you have to pay it in the arrears.

[B]

Well, I think there's actually an option to say I withhold hold my tax this year and I will at a later date, or do some calculations and pay you.

[A]

It's been a while since I filled one of those bad boys up.

[B]

Yeah, me too. So I'm not. I've again saw this on Instagram, so who knows?

[A]

How much time do you spend on Instagram? I'm a little worried about you right now. What's your screen time?

[B]

I don't know. Let's look again. It's inflated because of YouTube.

[A]

First off, you're opening with an excuse. Let's take agency over our actions. Okay.

[B]

I'm just saying that's. Let's take I am. I watch a ton of YouTube.

[A]

Okay.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

That has nothing to do with Instagram. I'm going to guess.

[B]

I don't even know where my screen time is. Settings, screen time.

[A]

If you need to go to the search bar on the bottom. Screen time.

[B]

Daily hour, daily average, five and a half hours.

[A]

You know, that's in a work week. 25 hours in 5 days, you are spending more than one entire day. So out of the five days in Monday through Friday, one of those entire days you're spending on your phone.

[B]

Yes. So, yeah, YouTube is.

[A]

So I don't need to hear what you're doing on your phone. If you lived five days, one of those entire days is you on your phone.

[B]

But it's not. I'm not actively on my phone because

[A]

I. Oh, yeah, the phone is using itself. I forgot.

[B]

That's how it works. It's. My phone is open and active.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

I push YouTube video, I set it down, I do something else and listen to the video in the background.

[A]

You have no proof of that.

[B]

No, I. I guess I don't, but that's what happens.

[A]

Unbelievable. Okay, this answers so many questions about you. For every four days you live, you are just canning one.

[B]

That's not by my screen.

[A]

30 hours per work week times 52 weeks in a year. So what is that?

[B]

312 hours by my screen time? If you're only going by that metric. Yes, that is true, but I'm not actively looking at my phone for all 312 of those hours.

[A]

Yes, you are.

[B]

No, I'm not. I don't know what to tell you.

[A]

Actually, it would be 3,000 in 12 hours.

[B]

Yeah, that's why I'm not. I'm not actually looking at my phone for all of those. It's YouTube. It's like. It's like listening to a podcast.

[A]

You listen to podcasts while making direct eye contact with me.

[B]

I'm not lying.

[A]

That's what liars say.

[B]

Oh, my God. Okay, whatever, y'. All. You can just believe whatever you want to believe.

[A]

I'm going to believe the number on

[B]

your phone, which is accurate. Yeah, my phone is active for that amount of time.

[A]

You did on the Andy and Chad reduce screen time bandwagon challenge.

[B]

But then how would that. Who would watch my YouTube?

[A]

Hey, man, if you want to work for a robot overlord and algorithm, you keep doing that. What are you watching for that much time?

[B]

So, so many, like, usually, like, mini documentaries. About what? There was one that I just watched on Nelson Mandela, how he wasn't actually like such a great person.

[A]

So you just admitted you're watching him now? Because you just told me before that you would put your phone down.

[B]

I said watching, but I listen in the background.

[A]

Oh, so which one is it? Let's speak concise with. Okay.

[B]

Excuse me. Sorry. I just listened to one about Nelson Mandela.

[A]

Then why'd you say you watched it?

[B]

Because it's YouTube. And so as you. When you. You're on YouTube, that's what you say.

[A]

Think about the words.

[B]

That's what together say when you are on YouTube is. I'm watching YouTube.

[A]

That's not true at all.

[B]

Yes, that's what people say. That is true.

[A]

Yeah, I'm just gonna. I hope everybody who buys my hardcover of my book enjoys listening to it. Right? That's not how words work.

[B]

Yeah, but you can. You can listen to a YouTube video and not watch it.

[A]

Yeah. Then don't tell me that you're watching it.

[B]

Okay, sorry, I. I misspoke. I listened to the video while I was doing other things.

[A]

I think what you mean to say is you lied.

[B]

I. Okay, I did lie unintentionally.

[A]

Oh really, Tim? Did you. You unintentionally misspoke. You got a sack of 50 grenades over there under the table.

[B]

I did unintentionally misspeak.

[A]

You're a piece of.

[B]

I know. You remind me more than enough.

[A]

Your comfort level with lying is shocking.

[B]

It's. I'm not trying to lie to you in this instance.

[A]

You have a shovel and are just throwing dirt over your shoulder. You. You got to put a pause between this brain mouth and. I wasn't trying to lie to you. I wasn't talking to an eight year old child. I didn't mean to lie. It just came out.

[B]

It did. That's literally. I just didn't think about my words and it just. Yeah, kind of all came out.

[A]

So I'll just put a pin in that one.

[B]

Yeah, we can circle back.

[A]

Okay. What are we gonna do to improve this? Five hours a day.

[B]

I. I'm not gonna stop watch or.

[A]

Sorry.

[B]

I'm not going to stop listening to you.

[A]

Isn't it funny how the truth is always trying to come through?

[B]

I'm not going to stop listening.

[A]

Intentionally put these barriers up in front of the truth. But it's like a wave hitting the wall and splashing over the top.

[B]

I think the audience would agree with me that you're liar. No, no. When you say that you're using YouTube, you always say I'm watching YouTube. No matter if you're listening or watching it?

[A]

Okay.

[B]

I'm watching a YouTube video. Even if it's plugged into my car and I'm driving, it's still playing.

[A]

Do you watch audiobooks, too?

[B]

No, I listen to audiobooks because there's no visual component of an audiobook Sometimes.

[A]

What if you're listening to it on YouTube?

[B]

I don't listen. You don't listen to audiobooks on YouTube?

[A]

Maybe you could. I'm not sure if they exist, but

[B]

I don't know either. But I go to. I go to audible for that.

[A]

Good.

[B]

I'm actually listening to a really good book right now, so. Yeah. Great.

[A]

Anyways, what are we going to do to reduce your screen time?

[B]

I'm not going to actively try to reduce my YouTube time, but I'll reduce my Instagram time.

[A]

This is the future of our country, everyone. I have identified a problem and will take no actionable measures to correct for it again.

[B]

It's not a problem because I'm.

[A]

You're a problem.

[B]

I am a problem. I agree with that.

[A]

What else you got? I mean, clearly, you're a documented liar. Everybody knows, of course. Yes.

[B]

Yeah, that was a fun diatribe. Let's see. Do you like that word?

[A]

Yes. You vehemently used it.

[B]

Yes. Okay, so we kind of just talked about this, but I don't remember what we're.

[A]

Oh, I said airports.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

How about this? How about we fund the damn government? I mean, we don't even have to have DHS employees.

[B]

Yes.

[A]

the airport.

[B]

That is the simplest solution to this.

[A]

So when I first heard this, I was thinking, I mean, I travel professionally, which, by the way, is not as luxurious as people would think. I think if you travel infrequently, it can be a way more adventurous thing. When you do it professionally, it just. You. It kind of sucks. And hotels lose their luster, and it's just. It is what it is.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

When I heard this, I was thinking, okay, so TSA is short staffed, and for anybody who hasn't traveled in the last 20 decades, you encounter them at the security checkpoint, and then when you're going through the X ray or whatever. Scanner, you know, because stuff is changing, which to me is baffling. Sometimes you get to leave your. In your bag, and sometimes you have to take them off. You take the computer.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

And I don't know why that is, other than probably the technology that has the ability to look inside of them. And I assume that they're not all upgraded at the same pace. So that's what I'm like, okay, those people, which I think right now Google the percentage of TSA people that are currently and one, how long they haven't been paid in the percentage per day that are currently calling out. I think it's about 20 of TSA employees are basically calling in sick so they don't get fired. But they're. A lot of these people are going and like looking for a part time job so they can pay their bills.

[B]

So nearly six weeks without pay.

[A]

Okay, so man, so which is crazy. Three pay periods.

[B]

Yeah. And then what, what percent they're calling out? Yeah.

[A]

What percentage of TSA has been calling out sick in that six weeks? I'm gonna guess it's about 20%.

[B]

TSA agent call it rose significantly to roughly 10 to 11 nationwide compared to a normal about 2.

[A]

Okay, so well, hold on.

[B]

Exceeding 40 in cities like Houston, Atlanta. So the biggest airports which are having

[A]

four to eight hour security lines, which is insane.

[B]

Crazy.

[A]

So when I heard that ICE agents were going to be there, I guess my initial thought was you're going to like look at the camera. Like.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

Take your laptops out, all electronics, put them in the bin. That's what I thought. So then scroll up to this picture. How is that helping? And again, I don't know what they're doing.

[B]

Right.

[A]

Like, I'm looking at one picture that could be taken very out of context.

[B]

Right?

[A]

Yeah, but what, what are that, what

[B]

are they doing in this picture actually?

[A]

Well, what is the. I mean, they could be on a break. Right? Like, like, let's take it with the most. I'll try to be as nice as possible when looking at this and say they're just on a break and they're, they're homies. So they're up there and they're chatting on their break. Yeah, but I've also seen quite a few pictures with TSA having, or ICE having a presence at the airport. But it doesn't seem like they're augmenting the TSA personnel in any measurable way. So then the question is why are they actually there?

[B]

Yeah, I think this may, this article may have a. Who are being paid? Haven't spun.

[A]

Oh. Scroll down instead. Why? Okay, so up a little bit. Whoa, dude, go up.

[B]

Okay, hold on.

[A]

Okay, so. But while ICE agents who are being paid have been spotted in Atlanta, New York, Houston, Chicago and other cities on Monday, officials have said they are limited in what duties they can perform. They are not trained, for example, to operate the understaffed security checkpoints that are often the source of delays. Yes, that's. So scroll down, though, Instead, White House borders are. Tom Homan said they will assist with simpler tasks, ideally freeing up more TSA employees to perform critical and specialized security. What does that mean, though?

[B]

I don't know.

[A]

Like, what if. If there are simpler tasks that TSA people need to be free up, freed up to do? Like, what are they. Because, again, I think I kind of went through what they do when you interface with them at the airport. So you're admitting you're sending in people who are not trained or equipped to do that job. So what are we doing other than, again, a political charade.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

And what it is doing to some people is making them uncomfortable with an ice presence.

[B]

Yeah. the airport, which I will say is not entirely unwarranted to be uncomfortable with ICE at this point.

[A]

I think it depends on whether or not you are legally in this country or not.

[B]

I would agree. But also, two people got killed who were here legally.

[A]

True. However, be very cautious judging an entire organization based off the actions.

[B]

For sure.

[A]

Right. That's. That's all I'm trying to say. I don't know what we're doing. This, to me, looks like it's like theater. I don't get it.

[B]

Yeah. I.

[A]

Unless they can. Because what I can tell them, being there, the security lines are no shorter.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

So what are we doing?

[B]

Yeah, my. I mean, I would. I guess one of my. Not fears, but, like, concerns is that they're sending ICE in basically just as an extra area for them to search for people who are here illegally.

[A]

Which, I mean, I guess it's possible.

[B]

Be that as it may, it's just like, can I. I just want to get to my plane. Like, I don't want to be stopped. Granted, I. The likelihood of me being stopped and checked is. Asks like, zero.

[A]

You could be Osama bin Michael.

[B]

I could be. I could be. Um, but, yeah, I just, like, I guess if it gets people through faster, that would be great.

[A]

It doesn't seem to be. And so therefore, the question is, what are we doing?

[B]

Yeah, but. Yeah, exactly. But again, let's just pay tsa. Like, it seems like a very simple solution, but it's just. Oh, did you see? Delta is no longer doing special treatment for politicians.

[A]

To be honest, I didn't even know that airlines did that.

[B]

I didn't know either, but I assume

[A]

that's a program that probably all airlines have. I am not sure there's something for congressional. Right. They had a congressional desk or something like that that probably. They special. They specialize in just working with that cohort of people?

[B]

I think so. Hold on no longer.

[A]

You know what bums me out though? The people who have their lives impacted by the 48 hours and they miss their flights. Like the average person who is having their life completely interrupted doesn't seem to have a memory when it comes to the next time for them to go to the voting booth.

[B]

Yeah, yeah.

[A]

You know, Delta suspends specialty services for members of Congress amid shutdown driven tsf. Yeah. Scroll down again. There's police. Yeah. Temporarily suspend specially service special Congress due to impact on resources from long standing gum shut down. Okay. Members of Congress Congress are given special treatment at airports including expedited screening escorts through airports to bypass long security lines and dedicated reservation desks that among other things allow them to make last minute changes. Yeah, I have a better idea. Until you can serve the American public for what you're elected to do, get and get in the back of the line with the rest of us.

[B]

Yep, I. My thoughts exactly. Like you are literally the cause of all of this. So let's maybe get off our high horse.

[A]

Next to safety, Delta's number one priority is taking care of our people and customers, which has become increasingly difficult in the current environment. The airline said in a statement. Yeah, no shit.

[B]

Absolutely. I mean to me, it just shocks me that they even have that service in the first place because correct me if I'm, if I'm wrong, but aren't congressmen and supposed to just be regular American citizens like so that's the whole point is their pull from.

[A]

Sure. They have a whole sphere of. In just about every industry. Things like this. I'm just not aware of it. It wouldn't shock me.

[B]

But yeah,

[A]

yeah, we're really nailing it right now as a country.

[B]

Really, really doing a great job. Okay, let's see. We're at 57. One more.

[A]

Sure. I mean, what do you got? You got anything humorous? My God,

[B]

no. I mean this is kind of funny just because of the. The mystery of it.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

So I saw a lot of Trojan.

[A]

First off, how do you find websites with this much advertising? Because this is amazing.

[B]

They all have it. It's every single website.

[A]

What did Iran give Trump? He called the gift a very nice thing. I saw this. What was it?

[B]

I don't know. He hasn't said.

[A]

A golden butt plug.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

In the shape of an eagle with his wing spread.

[B]

I've seen so many Trojan horse memes. It's so funny. Like literally Trojan horse.

[A]

All right. President Donald Trump said on March 24, Iran gave the US a gift after more than three weeks of escalating war with the country. He's also saying he's negotiating. And Iran saying, again, I have no. I have no data. I have a clue what's going on.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

Iran's like, yeah, no, we're not doing any of that. We're here to kill all you. And Trump is like, we're talking with him at the highest levels.

[B]

Yeah. What?

[A]

They're going to make a deal. They did something yesterday that was amazing, actually. They gave us a present, and the present arrived today, and it was a very big present, worth a tremendous. It's like, dude, just say what the president.

[B]

Just like, scroll down.

[A]

Last week, Trump said there was no one left in Iran to negotiate with. But after issuing an ultimatum to urge Iran to open the Strait of Hormuz, Trump delayed his deadline, citing very good and productive conversations between the countries. Iran has repeatedly denied these talks took place. That's a real front room remodel right there in that picture.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

The White House did not immediately respond to a request for a comment on what Trump was talking about. Trump's comments in the Oval Office only gave us hints at what it was. I'm not going to tell you what the present is, but it was a very significant prize. He said it wasn't nuclear related. It was oil and gas related. And it was a very nice thing they did. But what it showed me is that we're dealing with the right people. I don't know what to even make of that.

[B]

It's so vague and just weird.

[A]

Oil and gas related, and it showed up in the White House just like, oil and G. Yeah.

[B]

I mean, what was it?

[A]

Like a quart of their finest, like, crude? Like, what are we talking about? It was a very nice gift. It was the nicest gift. I'm not going to tell you what the gift was like, you son of a bitch, dude.

[B]

I just like, what the fuck are you talking about, dude? He just goes back and forth and back and forth.

[A]

It's. It's. He calls it the weave. I remember when he was on with Joe, he was talking about how he intentionally talks that way. He calls it the weave, which I think it's just a dude who is high on his own horse. Just.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

Foot on the gas pedal to, like, go, man. And he doesn't look back.

[B]

Like, if it wasn't our president, this would be hilarious. But I'm like, dude, he is making policy decisions for 300 million people.

[A]

What could they possibly have sent that arrived at the White House. That was oil and gas related. I. I like a minute, like a little miniature figurine of like an oil. Derek, what are we talking about?

[B]

Worth a lot of money. It's just this little thing on his desk. It's very nice.

[A]

Oh, God. I have heard he has a button for just specifically Diet Cokes on his desk, which

[B]

I do. You know, I am actually becoming a Diet Coke enjoyer.

[A]

A little Delta Charlie action.

[B]

Yeah, they're pretty good.

[A]

I don't know if they're good for you, but you're young enough at 23 where I think you can just crush them at will.

[B]

Yeah. I mean, they're zero calorie and I get the caffeine.

[A]

Just so you know, zero calorie doesn't mean zero negative impact.

[B]

Right. I'm just saying for like, macros and stuff. Like, it's. It's basically like drinking water.

[A]

Sure. I don't think that's how that works at all, but sure.

[B]

It's like 98 water, so.

[A]

Yeah. And 2%. Some other stuff that might impact your endocrine system. Tyler's going to be sending you memes about microplastics now.

[B]

Oh, God. We've already got enough microplastic. I don't think it matters at this point. That's another fun topic that we can explore at a later date.

[A]

That's all I have for this week.

[B]

Yeah, that's all I have for.

[A]

You're welcome, everybody. You guys asked for this. I don't even know what we talked about.

[B]

Nothing crazy.

[A]

The end.