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Host Erica
Morning, Ling.
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Erica
So funny.
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Sergio
Good morning.
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Erica
Hi, Bookish. Good morning. Guilt, shame, and condemnation for the wrongs I have done to. I am forgiven by believing in Jesus Christ, who died for me and Rose. Again, like, that's nice. All shall be forgiven, right? Good morning.
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Sergio
Redemption, right?
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Host Erica
Me trying to read the chat. Look at this.
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Erica
I know, right? Marcel and I were just talking about how it's like, I'm always like, what. What does it say? We're, like, trying to see the chat. I mean, can we make our font bigger on here? Yeah, you can?
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Host Erica
On your computer? Yeah.
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Erica
Will it make this. This bigger, too? Everything will be bigger. All right.
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Host Erica
Everything will be bigger. Like,
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Erica
good morning.
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Owen
Good morning, everyone.
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Erica
Kimberly, I hope you're feeling better. Hey, Dave Wang. Look at you guys. I look cool today. I mean, amazing. My day is complete. Come on in, you guys. You want a quick little punch monkey update? Be still my heart. I posted it last night. Oh, my God. I'm gonna need. I'm gonna need you guys to help me through this. So he's not. He's, like, at the age I think. How old is he? Like, seven months old. So now he's supposed to be, like, fully, like, socializing with the troop and blah, blah, blah. Being independent. So you know what they have to do? They have to take his stuffed animal away.
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Host Erica
No.
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Erica
What? He's too dependent on it.
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Owen
It's a stage, Erica. Same thing happens with kids. Can't keep your stuffed animal forever.
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Erica
It's like taking their binky away. So they did.
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Host Erica
They took it away.
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Erica
They're doing it. I get. Maybe today, maybe they're weak, but he's gonna feel abandoned again. So, anyway, I think it's a part of the simulation.
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Sergio
I think the simulation telling us something about what we all need to do at this point, you know, to, like, follow, you know, our instincts inside of us and not feel abandoned.
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Owen
Did you have a doll when you were little, Erica, that you carried around?
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Erica
Owen? I still have it. It's in my attic.
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Owen
But did you stop carrying it with you everywhere after a while?
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Erica
Yes, Owen. My parents made me leave her at home eventually.
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Owen
Yeah.
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Erica
Yeah. All right.
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Owen
Normal stage.
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Host Erica
But, I mean, how old is the. Is punch? I mean, he's like, not even.
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Sergio
He's old enough. He's old enough. He's old enough.
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Host Erica
Expert over there.
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Sergio
That's. No, no, no. That's the difference between a father and a mother, right? The mother goes like, oh, man, I just wish he could keep that stuffed monkey there forever. And a father has to be like, oh, it's gonna Hurt a lot, but he needs to.
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Erica
Who had Holly Hobby?
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Sergio
He needs to. He needs to get punch, and that's awful, right?
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Host Erica
So Andy said, you know, Owen was wearing. Was born wearing a jacket and tie.
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Owen
No, I actually had. I had. It was a person, but it was a stuffed animal sort of thing. It's called Harry, and it was kind of an ironic name that. That he only had, like, little tuft of hair, kind of like Burt a little bit, but different shape.
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Host Erica
Oh, really?
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Owen
Yeah. When I was little that I had that.
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Erica
Sorry. That was.
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Owen
I have no direct memory of it, but I did have Harry much later than that. So I saw it. So I'm like, okay, that must have been true.
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Erica
RIP Harry.
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Sergio
Do you have a picture of it?
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Owen
No, I don't. I don't have it anymore.
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Erica
Oh, my gosh.
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Owen
I think it got damaged eventually.
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Host Erica
Put it away. Owen. Put it away.
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Erica
Wrapping that up. You guys pray for me, because I'm. I have such abandonment issues. Like, I really do. I had. I had Holly Hob Patty. I had Holly Hobby's friend Heather. Heather was my girl. So just. I feel so bad for little Punch Monkey because he's gonna be confused. He's gonna be fine, and he's resilient, but I'm worried. All right, so, Bri, I think it's time.
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Host Erica
Thanks.
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Bri
It's the best part of the day. Best part. Every single time. Except for the other parts that are pretty good, too. So get in here. Scramble to find your vessel, to fill it with your favorite liquid, because you know how this goes. If you're here for the simultaneous sip, all you need is a cup or a mug or a glass, a tank or chalice or stein, a canteen, jug, or flask, a vessel of any kind. Fill it with your favorite liquid, and join me now for the unparalleled pleasure of the dopamine hit of the day, the thing that makes everything better, the simultaneous sip. Go.
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Erica
Oh, yeah.
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Bri
Get that motor running. All right.
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Erica
He turned the key.
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Host Erica
Old school room.
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Erica
Love that, Scott.
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Host Erica
He turned the key.
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Erica
Old school. Oh, my gosh. Good morning, everyone. We're back to reality. My name is Erica. Welcome to the Scott Adams School. And we're joined today with the news crew. I have. What is this? This is my. Is this my left to you guys. We have Sergio in the house.
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Sergio
Hello. Good morning, everyone.
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Erica
Our Marcella looking stunning and blue.
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Host Erica
Hi, everyone.
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Owen
Bringing the color.
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Erica
Love the flag. And Owen Gregorian, whose stuffed animal was a man named Harry. Welcome, Owen.
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Owen
Welcome. Good morning.
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Host Erica
Not Harry Reid.
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Erica
No, not Harry Reid. Okay. We love that story. The first thing I want to do, you guys. Oh, man, this. I. I know this hits for all of us is I want to just recognize our heroes that have lost their lives. We have their names now, and I just want to take a second to honor them. We have Sergeant First Class Nicole Amore of Minnesota, Sergeant First Class Noah Tjens of Nebraska, Sergeant Declan J. Cody of Iowa, and Captain Cody A. Cork of Florida. And, you know, it's just a. It's just sad and a shame. I know that there's, I think, two more people. We don't have their names yet, but I just wanted to put that out there because it's a serious time. It is a war, and these are people that had loved ones and people that they love that are grieving today. And we. We send our condolences and our gratitude and our thanks and sorrow for these people. I did. I just didn't want to go on without saying that.
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Sergio
And their parents and families, you know, of course.
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Owen
Yeah, I certainly. All that. I. You know, having been in the military but never being deployed somewhere, I. I certainly felt it when. When I saw that my unit was deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan multiple times. It's always a risk. It's always a danger, and it's certainly a heroic and very brave thing to serve. And what I took away from it more than anything else was just a sense of gratitude for all the men and women that protect us and keep us safe and do the fighting so that we don't have to.
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Erica
Yep. And that. That goes for anyone in that kind of position of danger, like policemen and firemen and, you know, it's just. It's just. It takes a special kind of person that, like, they know that what the ultimate sacrifice could be, and they're willing to sign up to do it anyway, and they deserve the utmost respect, no matter what. I don't want to do that job. And I'm so grateful and thankful. Ends up so sad. I really am so sad. When I saw their pictures last night, and, like, you put, like, a face with the name and, like, what's happening? And you're just like, oh, my God. It's like. It just. It's so real, you know, it's just so real. So our condolences to all of their loved ones and their families. So before we get into the news, I just wanted to do a quick reframe today. This keeps coming up for me with, like, some people in my. In my real life, I call it. So I'm just going to read it in the reframe. Book. You guys, Guys, if you have your book I should have told you Sooner is page 137. It's very short and it's about toxic people. And real quick. Okay, so you have toxic people in your life. No, I don't.
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Owen
That's good.
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Erica
Yeah, I, I learned how to get rid of them.
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Owen
Okay.
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Erica
Some of them have, have rejoined me because it worked out. But if you can't, you can't. Okay, Owen? Okay, so toxic people. So Scott writes, you might have someone in your life who has a so called strong personality. That's one way to put it. But if you accept that frame, you're probably already a victim or will be soon. If someone with a strong personality does something messed up that affects you, you might be tempted to chalk it up to that strong personality. Don't do that. Strong personality is usually a nice way to say a person is toxic. And in my experience, toxic people can't change. They have a different reward system, which means they're acting rationally according to their priorities. For example, your reward system might involve feeling good because you help someone. A toxic person would be rewarded by watching you fail so they feel superior. The only known way to deal with toxic people is to remove them from your life and block them on all social media. Don't fall for the trap that if you fix their current problems, it will be smooth sailing. Toxic people never run out of current problems. So the usual frame is, this person has a strong personality. I must become stronger to deal with it as an equal. The reframe is this person is toxic. I must escape now. The universe is very old. In all that time, no one has ever expelled a toxic person from their life and regretted it. You will not be the first. It's one of the few things in life that works every time. And I just wanted to drive that home. I was talking to a couple of friends in the last week that were having issues and I don't know, maybe it's like that when you get older, you get wiser. And I mean, I'm not like, you know, 99 years old, but you do just tend to understand that. You know, like sometimes people say if you don't like the players on your team, get new players, like the same thing. If, if the people in your, in your life are challenging you like that and you really can step back and be like, oh, no, no, they're actually toxic. Don't have them in your life. You know, it's like just like having poison around you at all times.
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Sergio
So I love that reframing, I want to add a little thing to it because it's perfect. I want to add that it's also. It's like saying people is poison. Right. Some people. Right. And to get rid of them. Right. Right away. Because it's poison. Right. It's like alcohol is poison even in moderation. Right. So when it comes to the people like that, it's not get away physically, but also, like, mentally to get them out of them. Mentally out of your head. That includes any anger you have towards them is also poison to. To you, not to them. So I don't have a real clear reframe for that, but I just wanted to add that to get them out of your head completely.
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Erica
Yeah. And I also saw somebody said, what if the toxicity comes from your family? Honestly, it's the same thing. You don't have to let that into your life. Like, if you have to see someone, like, there's a family gathering or whatever. I remember Anthony Robbins talking about this one time, and he's like, make the visit as short as possible. So, like, if you have to see someone, like, okay, like there's a family thing, don't keep yourself like it. You know, there. You have free will to leave. You know, do we have free will? You. You can leave. You can make your time short. You can before, you know, go in with an excuse right away, like, hey, I really wanted to see everyone. I have to be somewhere later. You don't owe anyone an explanation, so I just wanted to give everybody a kiss and you move on and you go, yeah, so like, family, not. I mean, some of the most toxic people in your life might be your family. So I'm dating myself about Anthony Robbins. Well, I love Anthony Robbins. He's given lots of great advice, for sure. So, you know. Yeah, he's. Oh, yeah, he's still around. Check yourselves, you guys. You don't have to keep those people in your life. Okay, so that's kind of the gist.
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Owen
I would just add. Coincidentally, I. I did post a story about dealing with toxic people today.
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Erica
Oh.
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Owen
It was in Psychology Today. Leanne Ten Brink was talking about this. And I suppose it adds something in the sense of, what if you can't just cut someone out of your life? I do think that's probably the best solution in almost all cases, and I try to do that myself. I probably have more flexibility than some people, though, because, like, I work for this big consulting firm, and I've worked for big consulting firms most of my career, and that's where you kind of float around between teams. You don't have to stay with the same people all the time. So you can have different bosses and different co workers every time and every project. And so I, I definitely have had a policy of if someone's toxic, I'm just not going to work with them again. And I'll make sure that that happens. And, you know, but if you're the low person on the totem pole, you might be not be able to do that. If you're in a different type of job where you have a toxic boss, you know, you might just be stuck for a while, at least until you get another job. But what the three pieces of advice that, that this person offers is, number one, to set clear boundaries that they mentioned. People who are normal might not need clear boundaries because they kind of know not to violate, you know, your boundaries, but someone with these toxic traits might not, might need more clear and explicit boundaries. And it's basically advising you to kind of train the person, like, say, these are my boundaries. You can't do this and then enforce it. And if you can set those boundaries and enforce them, you might have a little bit better time dealing with that person. As long as they explicitly know, you know, this is a, this is a violation and you call them out on it every time. I think that's probably consistent somewhat with what a lot of companies do with sexual harassment and things like that, where if someone's telling an offensive joke or whatever it might be, if you just say that's inappropriate, that offended me, you know, I don't. Please stop doing that. Then. Oftentimes that can make that person change. Right? Where they might not think they did anything wrong, but if they know that they're offending you, and if they know that it's going to be called out every time, then they're much less likely to do it. The second thing is to try to empathize with them. And you know, he's referring to, like dark personality traits, which might sound weird, but I think it's just trying to see things from their perspective. So, like, if you try to appeal someone unfairness or kindness or something, that might work with most people, it might not work with a narcissist, for example. And. But if you can start a conversation, this is an example they give with your egotistical uncle about talking about your shared alma mater, you might reduce the chances that he'll lash out at you later when you suggest that he's failing to fulfill his family duties or something. So if you can find something in common with the person, you might be able to sort of get on their good side. And again, I'm not saying this is perfect. It might not work with everybody, but at least it might work. And then the third thing is it says to communicate carefully. And more specifically, they're saying you might want to just move all your communications to things like text or email so that you actually have documented what you said and what was agreed to. Because if someone is this toxic person, one form of that might be that they lie or they gaslight or they say, you know, no, I never said that or I never did that. And if you keep things in text or email, then you have a record of it and you can just put that right back in front of them and say, here it is, here's the record, you know, and it's indisputable. So anyway, those are just some additional techniques. And I would certainly say if you can cut the person out of your life, that's probably the best solution. If you can't, then these are some
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Erica
things you might be, I think if you're at work and like you have that kind of a situation, like it might be kind of hard to finagle. But I'll, we'll move on from this topic. But I, I do like Scott's way of handling it too. Just get them out of your life, you know, or as he might say, get away. Okay, so we'll move on from this, you guys, but thanks. I hope that helps anybody today that's got to deal with that. You're. You're allowed to, to pick the people you want in your life.
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Sergio
Block him.
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Erica
Block them. Go ahead, you guys.
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Host Erica
So in the news today. I actually printed out the news. So your paper t. Yeah. So here for the Iran status, Owen has more news after I present mine. The Defense Secretary Pete Head said, joined by chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Air Force General Dane Gain, delivered today's Pentagon briefing on operation F. Epicuri. Announcing the US Israeli campaign against Iran accelerating dramatically with American Israeli air force poised to secure complete uncontested control of Iranian airspace between days. Hex had emphasized Iran's military capabilities as evaporating by the hour, citing fresh arrivals of US bombers and fighters that confirmed sinking of Iranian or warship by the US submarines and unrestricted deployment of pre precision guided bombs up to £2,000 to target missile sites, naval forces and nuclear infrastructures. He indicated. And he was very proud of this. I don't know if you guys got to watch. It was today at five in the morning, my time Eight east coast time. He said the Iranian navy rest at the bottom of the Persian Gulf. He's just, I, I just love how Secretary Ward Pete said, maybe because he's had time in tv, you know, as Fox News anchor or Fox News host, but he just does such good way of efficiently using his words and he indicated America's winning without mercy. I know that there's a different perspective, a different pov, as you would say, regarding the war. There is part of the conservative side that doesn't believe what the government is saying to us, that believes that the, how would you say that Israel is driving this, that the four servicemen that service women and men that Erica mentioned today didn't die for the United States, but they died for Israel. So there is that, you know, so I'm just reporting it what happened today. I'm not making a statement regarding how I feel in regards to the New York Times reported. Again, it's the New York Times, you guys. They reported the Iran made a secret offer to the US to negotiate a deal to end the war. They reported this, I believe last night. And since they reported this, the, the futures went up, I think because they find this to be close in in similar to Venezuela where Venezuela lost Maduro, the next leadership started negotiating with Trump and it's been stable ever since. You know, stable, quote, unquote. Basically what the New York Times was saying is that this was Iranian intelligence directly went to the CIA officers to try to negotiate one day after the attack. However, you know, this was one day after the attack. I believe those probably, those Iranian intelligence officers are probably dead by now. President Trump had a press conference yesterday with the Chancellor of Germany. And while he had the press conference. Hi Stella. While he had the press conference with Chancellor, I forget his name. Well, the one that sits cross legged, he told the press and this is Trump. He told the press. President Trump told the press that he knew the leadership had been killed, then the next leaders had been killed as well. That the next leaders, they might not even know who they are. In time they will know, but because they're killing everybody. And I believe, correct me if I'm wrong, Owen, I believe that one, the second eldest son of Khamenei became the supreme leader or has been appointed supreme leader since yesterday. How many discounts does USA Auto insurance offer?
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Erica
Too many to say here.
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Sergio
Multi vehicle discount, safe driver discount, new
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Host Erica
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Erica
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Owen
Yes, I believe so. And I thought I heard at least one of his sons was in the UK at this point. So that's interesting. I don't know if that's the same
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Host Erica
person, actually, but I, I understand that they thought it was his eldest son, but his eldest son is not, it's not him. It's, it's like the second eldest that is now taking over. You know, short, maybe there'll be a short time where he, I'm not sure if he's dealing with the US Government. However, this gave a lot of, I don't know how the markets are right now, but this will give kind of a push for the markets to feel like this can be done and over with faster than everybody realized. However, there's, there's a person, a scholar I follow regarding Iran, and he's Ellen Journo, and he was talking about how Venezuela is very different than Iran, meaning that in Venezuela you have ideologues, but they're fake ideologues. They just pretend they're just there to be like socialists, but they want power and that's the main thing. And they're moved differently when, while he was saying that in Iran, if we tried to make a deal like we did in Venezuela, it would be very different because there they really are centered in, you know, Shiite beliefs, Islamic Shiite beliefs, and very ideological versus very practical. So that's what he was saying, that it might not result in the same way that Venezuela did. So I'll, I'll give the floor to Owen and everybody else.
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Owen
All right. Well, certainly, I, I think one story that I posted was from Zero Hedge, they're talking about how apparently there are some discussions with Kurdish fighters or Kurdish leaders to potentially be the resistance in Iran. I think this is potentially being floated as an alternative to having US Ground troops the area. So that's something to watch. I, I, you know, it's hard to know how true that is or exactly where that stands or what's going to happen as a result of it. But there's apparently some effort to get the Kurdish forces in there to fight against the IGRC and the, the powers that are in Iran. There's a story about how Israel tracked down Khomeini. I would certainly put this in the category of propaganda, but the Financial Times. Yeah, the Financial Times is where it came from originally. And they are claiming that Israel hacked into the Tehran traffic cameras and mobile phone towers and was able to track Khomeini that way. They used this unit, 820B, and was able to get data on the bodyguards and the drivers. They knew the parking, the routes, the duty hours. They disrupted the phone towers to block any warnings. They used social network analysis. They had CIA human sources confirming the meeting. So there's a very detailed story around this, but I just put a big question mark around it because, you know, if the CIA had done something like this, I would just assume whatever they told me was false, because pretty consistently we say, oh, we got to protect sources and methods. We can't let anybody know how we did something because then we won't be able to do it anymore, and we might burn our resources and we might, you know, it could cause all sorts of damage within intelligence. So we can't tell you how we did it. And they always stick to that. Right. And I can't imagine do the same thing.
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Host Erica
The interesting thing about the Financial Times article is that they did cite that Iran itself had hacked into Israeli, Israeli traffic camps as well. So that, and then that's known because they were able to hit Israel at one point or another and know where people were. So obviously that was, you know, undone by Israel. But it's, it's happened, you know. It happened already.
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Owen
Yeah, I just, I just have, I'm just highly skeptical, but I just don't know that I can really put any credibility into this, the way Scott would talk about it, just because it's like, okay, what's the motive behind this? Like, why release this information if you're just bragging? That doesn't make any sense, Right? It doesn't make any sense to brag about what you did unless you're trying to make something happen. And to me, it probably is meant to create paranoia in the minds of the Iranian leadership that if they think their traffic cameras and phone towers and everything else are compromised, then they're not going to want to use them. Right? And they, they'll be always looking over their shoulder and they'll be having a harder time getting around. And so to me, that's the, this is an operation, right? This is a psychological operation. So I, I don't put any credibility into it. And it may still be true. Like, I, I, you know, maybe it's true that that's what they did, but releasing this information to me seems like it's geared. It has to be for a purpose. And the purpose, to me would be to create paranoia and fear in the minds of the Iranian leadership, just like the pagers, you know, that the pagers I see is a little bit different because once you set them off, you already know, okay, we can't do that again. You know, they're not going to fall for that a second time. And so you may as well tell them, yep, that was us. But, you know, for anything else like this, especially if it's ongoing, I just don't think it would make any sense to release it unless you were just intentionally trying to make people think you knew where they were and making them panic or making them move in some way that they wouldn't otherwise or be limited in how they can communicate and that sort of thing. So I think, to me, this is a disruption operation.
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Host Erica
Stella is like, I think the US Is winning because Stella is right there. She wants to talk.
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Erica
Well, mom, it's the fog of war. Move on. I'm like, if she's saying.
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Sergio
She's saying America is winning. She said, like, let's talk about what Pete said at the press conference, like, all the heat.
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Erica
Yeah.
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Host Erica
What do you have to say, Sergio?
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Sergio
Well, I think that that's the. The most amazing thing in I ever seen in my life. I don't remember ever. You know, does anybody remember having so many countries against one and nobody helping that country, like, being completely isolated and just strangulated like that? I mean, that kind of. I mean, I don't think it has that ever happened.
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Host Erica
Even Germany had Japan.
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Sergio
Yeah, exactly. Everybody had friends. It's the most friendless country. The saddest thing I've ever seen in my life. I mean, I don't feel sad for them, but it's so horrible the way they have no alliances left. Right. Nobody's sticking out for them. Just verbally out there, you know, people protesting. Oh, Dale's the Dales out there. Right. But yeah, I mean, it's just beautiful to see Pete taking the big picture. And yeah, Owen is right. I mean, this whole operation is pretty cool. All the tactical stuff, you know, and how they got it done. And Scott loved that. Scott loved how genius. He admired the genius of evil people, but not because of the evilness, but because of the craftiness. Right. So super crafty. I admire that. But the point here is that we are on. On the fourth day. It feels like we've been doing this for a month. It's only four days. It's only four days. It hasn't been a week yet. And they have accomplished so many objectives already. So the bright side is that that is going under is ahead of schedule and under budget, it looks like. So I think we have also another thing. They're saying, you know what? Don't quote us on the four Week thing. We have enough to go forever. But not to. To make us like, oh, we go like, no, please, no more. Is to scare the enemy. Right. So the enemy go like, oh, really? You only have four weeks of ammo. No, sir, we have a, A lot.
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Host Erica
It's the enemy talks.
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Sergio
Yeah. And then, and then, of course. And then Trump said, like, you know what? We have so much stuff that we have hidden stuff everywhere. Did you hear that? He said, he said on his press conference yesterday that he had, like, stuff stockpile everywhere. So don't worry about the stockpiles and timelines. Leave that to the professionals.
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Host Erica
The same thing today. He did say, like, we have like an enormous amount, that it'll never end. And you guys know the deal. And I think Marco Rubio spoke yesterday at the PESC conference. And I, I love the way Marco, I mean, I love a lot of things about him, but I love the way he handles the press because the press kept pounding him like, oh, you're just Israeli puppet. Or, you know, all these things, you know, they're pushing him. And he was like, these are, you know, like fanaticals, and we're trying to take them out. And here you are. And we're just, we didn't start this war. We were ending it. And, you know, paraphrasing what he said. But he, I love how he can control the press. And I think that's something that, when Scott talked about is Trump changed that for candidates. Because I remember before Trump there being President Bush and McCain and all that, and they always catered to the press. But once President Trump brought in the whole fake news and uncovered them for what they are and made it known to the public. Now I feel like, you know, it's not just Marco, it's many other politicians now that they're able to speak to the press and tell them, no, you're wrong or you're doing this and you're doing that, I, I love it. But I'll move on to the, to the Tuesday election results.
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Owen
So let me just throw in on the Rubio point. Did you notice he used the, he used the phrase, he said, we're about to unleash Chang on Iran.
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Host Erica
Yeah, he used that phrase. Can you historical reference on that phrase?
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Owen
But it was, it was basically referring to Chiang Kai. Check Chiang Kai Shek. And that was, I think, after World War II, that there were, there was this threat to release or unleash Chiang Kai Shek to attack mainland China. And I don't think that was accidental, frankly, that that particular reference was used in this whole context of geopolitics because I think it's meant to strike fear in the hearts of China, most likely.
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Host Erica
And China, I think Owen had a story about that today on his.
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Owen
Yeah, Schweitzer was on the news, Fox News with Laura Ingraham and, and Peter Schweitzer was talking about how this is a disaster for China. And so he was pointing out that China has a terrible hand, that they gave all their most advanced air defense systems to ran and they've just wiped out by the United States, that they invested something like $100 billion in Iran to industrialize their energy and everything and they're never going to get those loans back and that they were getting 20% of their oil from Iran and now in Venezuela, I guess. And so now they don't have access to the Venezuelan oil and the Iranian oil at least throughout, at least without using US Dollars to purchase it. So now they're going to be forced to use US Dollars to purchase their oil. So he's just pointing out that across the board this is kind of a very bad situation for China and putting them in kind of a, you know, somewhat powerless position where they're just sacrificing left and right and they can't really do anything about it. And you know, we've certainly seen that they're not stepping in to try and defend Iran. So it does seem like they're reluctant to get involved.
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Sergio
You know, it's like Sun Tzu is from China, right, Supposedly. And he said win without fighting is the ultimate and Trump is doing that to them. How ironic, right? We are winning the World War three without even starting the war yet and they're already strangulated.
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Erica
You know, Marcella, I see a paper tap coming.
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Sergio
Yeah.
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Host Erica
Okay. Tuesday election results. I know this is just my favorite story. There's a lot of memes on, on it and I know you're probably like, what is she talking about? Some of you are not paying attention, I suppose, but some of you know, if you know, you know, there's a lot of memes, put them in there if you can. In the kickoff to the 2026 midterm elections, we had elections yesterday in Texas, North Carolina and Arkansas. In Texas, a major upset unfolded in the Republicans. Sorry, I need to come compose myself. And they're in the Republican primary of U.S. house District 2. State Representative Steve Todd decisively defeated incumbent Representative Dan Crenshaw, ousting the four term congressman in a race centered on loyalty to President Trump and conservative credentials. Toddled with around 56% to Crenshaw, 41%. He was, as I quote somebody saying on X he was blindsided. And I go on and I think you're showing some of the memes, huh.
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Owen
Poor eye patch. McCain poor.
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Host Erica
If you know, you know, the high stakes U.S. senate race also had to run off on the Republican side. And this is in Texas. Senator, Senate. Senate race. Incumbent Senator John Coran against Attorney General Kennedy Pax in advance without either recurring, without either securing a majority. They're going to do a runoff. There was a third candidate that got 10% of the vote and they will share it. I was going to say how do pirates talk? I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. Sorry. For Democrats in the US Senate race, there was a clear winner. Senator, representative, State representative. Sorry. James Talarico narrowly defeated Representative Jasmine Crockett to claim the nomination. Jasmine Crockett, you know, you know her. I don't know if you have a picture of that.
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Erica
Oh, I can go.
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Host Erica
So Crockett actually made a press conference after the election results and kind of alluded to the fact that he. That's her. That's her next job.
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Erica
Okay, I know.
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Host Erica
So Crockett alluded to. I don't know if she, I don't know if anybody can. Can state. I, I hardly want to watch her. So I, I sort of listened to a bit of what she was saying. She was saying that sort of, that Talarico had played games and basically quote unquote, allegedly cheated in the elections. And I think some people retweeted her or re. I'm sorry, reposted her and said, hey, you should back up. You should back the Save act for border id since you think that way. In North Carolina, former governor Roy Cooper easily won the Democratic Senate primary to succeed retiring Republican Senator Thom Tillis. Thom Tillis, as you know, is against the SAVE act or while not voting for it. So there you go. Governor Roy Cooper, who is a Democrat, won the one in that race while Michael Watley took the GOP nod. Other notable results include strong incumbent performance in scatter House and statewide races amid the early battles for congressional control. There's more, more than just these elections, but it kind of gives you a sense of where we are. The highlight was Crenshaw surprise loss because
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Erica
he's a, he's basically Ken Paxton too.
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Host Erica
No, Ken. And they have a runoff. John corner. They, they have a runoff and he has a chance because the, there was a third candidate in that race and they got 10% and so that 10% is going to go into, like, Cornyn or Ken Paxton. Cornyn is a brutal. It's gonna be brutal.
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Erica
Yeah.
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Sergio
Crockett. Crockett is the one that surprised me the most. I just wanted to add that because I really thought that she was gonna win. I really thought that she had this cat talent stack as far as the attention grabbing, you know, how rude she was and everything she had, like, I'm surprised that she lost. So I don't know what you guys.
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Owen
Well, I think it's because of the cheating, don't you? I mean, so let me tell you. Let me. Let me make the case for it. So there was a rule change in Texas that this time, unlike all the previous times, you have to go to your precinct to vote. Okay? So in past elections, you can go any, any precinct you want. You could vote. So it didn't matter where you went, you could vote. Now you have to go to your particular precinct. So now everybody has to figure out, where is my. My voting precinct?
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Sergio
Right?
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Owen
And so the. That was part of the claim was this confused everybody. They didn't know where to go to vote. And a judge actually did extend the voting to 9pm and Crockett was saying, everybody needs to stay in line. We can't reward this behavior, blah, blah, blah. And I think the website at some point crashed, which was how people would find where their precinct is. So, you know, I think we have to allow her that. If she has really stupid voters, if that's her base who can't figure out where their voting precinct is, then she might have been put at a disadvantage.
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Erica
What are you saying, Owen, about her voters? They're.
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Owen
I. I don't. I don't know. I mean, I'm just thinking, how is
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Host Erica
the left gonna spin this? Because a white man won an African American woman? And now how will the left spin it?
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Owen
Well, my understanding is that the DNC didn't want Crockett, and they were working to get this Talarico guy elected. So they actually got what they wanted. So I don't think we're going to see a lot of upset within the Democratic Party.
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Host Erica
No, no, not within the party. Because they wanted him. But I mean, within their audience. That is not. Does not see it that way. Or you don't think.
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Owen
Yeah, but that.
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Host Erica
They think for themselves.
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Owen
None of the NGOs are going to fund their protests, so it's not gonna. It's gonna.
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Host Erica
That's true.
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Owen
It's gonna be down to the organic stuff, which doesn't exist. So I don't think you're gonna hear much.
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Erica
I. I just can't wait to hear her say, like, oh, the che. I mean, she's already talking about cheating and this and that turn Republican.
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Host Erica
Gosh.
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Erica
I know. Like, oh, so now there's cheating for you, but not anything else ever. Like, oh, my God, it is like they have, like, whiplash, these people. Just. Anyway. And why we don't just have this same voting stuff for the entire country is beyond me. Like, what is this? Bind your precinct. And just everybody
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Sergio
surprised me because she was the only one, one of the few that. She was pro Israel too. So I was thinking, like, how can she lose too, you know, with having all the support? So let's move on.
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Host Erica
Yeah, that. That shows you Israel. Not always.
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Owen
So. So apparently the Democrats, there's some reports at least that they really want AOC to be president or the nominee for president in 2028.
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Erica
They did.
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Owen
Yeah. There's some polls that are indicating that, and they're seeing her as like, Bernie Sanders heir. They're thinking that the NYC win with mom dummy is signaling a shift and she's raising a bunch of money. So I don't know. Some people are claiming that she might run for both and then end up being in senator again, but. Or, you know, run for Senate and president and then end up being a senator. But, you know, we'll have to see how that plays out. But it seems like the left is really pushing for that. In the meantime, they're not apparently not going to have their midterm convention that they were talking about because they don't have enough money.
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Host Erica
So they're broke.
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Owen
They don't have the funding. The RNC has something like 150, $100 million cash over them. It looks like the DNC took a $15 million loan for their 2025 wins and they can't afford it.
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Erica
So she squander all that money in like five days. Where's that money? She owes money. Yeah, they're in Bad shape.
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Owen
So that's cool. And then that's cool. There's a poll out that says that apparently we're. The GOP is catching up with the congressional ballot, like generic ballot thing that they do. So apparently that's a dead heat now. 50, 50. It was 54 Democrats last month, so we caught up four points and we're dead even with them now. You know, we're hoping that we might be able to get to something like the 54% ourselves based on arresting all the criminals and shutting down the border and having low taxes. But the Democrats are probably going to be countering with trying to give away free services and take down billionaires and crap like that. So I think the anti Trump messaging does, according to this poll, seem to resonate with Democrats, that they like it when those types of messages come out about Trump being a dictator and things like that. So we'll have to see what resonates with people. But I think Trump's approval rating is still slightly negative, but it's up from where it was. So it seems like we're making progress on the midterms. So it's looking, looking like we might have a chance. I don't know. I'm still thinking the odds are against us, but it looks, it's starting to look a little better.
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Erica
Can I throw in a quick reminder, you guys, whatever platform you're on, could you give us a, like a subscribe, a thumbs up? It really helps us with everything we're doing here.
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Host Erica
And comments too.
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Erica
Comments on X? Yeah, X. X give us some comments.
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Host Erica
Share this Good comments, not bad ones.
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Sergio
You need a, you need another avatar with the thumbs up like this.
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Owen
Okay, I'll work on that.
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Erica
Okay, thank you.
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Host Erica
The next story is the US Ecuador operation. This report comes from the Wall Street Journal. The Trump administration is scalading its fight against Latin America drug gangs, launching joint U. S. Ecuador operations targeting the terrorist designated group Los Choneros in Los Lobos. With Ecuador now a major cocaine transit hub, US Special forces are providing advisory support for Ecuadorian commando raids on drug sites, marking a shift from prior vote strikes to direct on on the ground collaboration. This expansion aims to curb narco violence and and trafficking flows to North America and Europe. And this was done in conjunction with in in together with Ecuador's forces with the US Military. Next story. Have common narcos and drugs.
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Erica
Yeah.
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Host Erica
All right.
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Erica
Okay, here we go.
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Owen
Well, so apparently with this Austin shooting, it looks like the Soros DA seems to be going after the police that was stopping that. I think it looks like the cops who killed this terrorist were going to be facing a grand jury and now this Garza Soros DA apparently had to back off from that once the backlash came because apparently once the cops lawyered up everybody started finding out about this and was of course pretty outraged. So it looks like, it looks like the Soros DA did make his attempt to try and go after the police.
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Host Erica
This is an Austin.
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Owen
Yeah, yeah. So these Austin police that killed the Senegalese terrorists, you know the apparently they, the D A wanted to have a grand jury against the cops and but now that it's been publicized apparently they're backing off of that and he's claiming it never happened. And so it looks like it's going the way it should. But you know Garza made a statement. My office is not seeking any charges but there was this dispute about that. I think Abbott was saying, you know I don't care what happens basically because I have the final say over what happens to these cops. So I think he was stepping in saying look if I need to I'm going to pardon these guys. So but apparently there's lots of fun happening in Texas there.
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Erica
Yeah.
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Host Erica
And then in other news, 60% of Gen C wants to go into the trades. I think we talked about that. With AI coming into the picture a new survey from resume templates shows a major pivot. 60% of Gen C plan to enter skill trades this year including construction, electrical, H vac, plumbing and manufacturing. The poll of just 1,250 young adult sites, job security, hands on skills, solid pay without heavy debt. That's a sharp jump from last year's data which was 40% it shows the reactions was that it's AI proof careers and allows for.
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Erica
We celebrate this.
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Host Erica
Yeah, let's celebrate it like that.
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Erica
Is that like I don't think we can highlight how amazing that is enough because one or a this country we need trans people desperately, desperately, desperately. Also schools as we know typically are indoctrination camps. You come out in such debt you're
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Host Erica
wasting at least plumbing school. Plumbing school they teach you. Yeah.
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Erica
Like right. Like go to a vocational school, a trade school. Oh my God. You're not going to come out in debt and you're like you can work while you're in there and you can. Oh my God. This is honestly I just wanted to like pause on this for a second because this is making me happy is great.
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Host Erica
Yeah, go ahead.
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Sergio
There's so much technology. There's so much technology in all the trades too. A lot of people they just get stuck thinking that they think of the plumber, you know, that you can see his crack, you know, like while he's working in your toilet, you know, that's not it. You know this. We're talking about high tech stuff now in every trade, right?
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Erica
Owen, I want to say one other thing too. So I have my friend. Where is Denise? Here. Here we go. So her niece is going into college. Very, very smart girl, Wealthy family, all the things. Okay, so I'm not going to show you her name or anything, but she is going to a college of technology and her major is welding and fabrication Engineering and technology. That is a smart girl right there. Her parents are doing the right thing. Look at that. Major in welding and fabrication Engineering technology. Like that's.
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Host Erica
There was a story. I don't know if it was Owen's story, but there was like female welders are being sought out by aerospace, Boeing and I don't know any other company because of. Of how steady their hands are compared to a male's hands. So when a welder is welding, they have to keep a steady, very steady. When they build things that go to space. It's very particular versus like anything else. I don't. What was your story, Owen? It's just.
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Owen
It doesn't sound familiar to me. But I can take a look for it. I don't know.
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Host Erica
Yeah.
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Erica
And shout out to those of you that remember the movie Flash dance if you're old enough. The woman, Alex, she was a welder. She was hot. She was a dancer with the shoulders sticking.
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Host Erica
How did she dance?
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Erica
Like a maniac. I can't do it, but I used to do it back in the day. I would try anyway, but anyway, she was a welder and that movie. So it can be sexy. She was gorgeous sexy. She could dance and weld. Hello. Go girl.
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Host Erica
Good. That's good. Owen, your story.
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Owen
Well, I. I like this one. That apparently there are some Republican senators who are pushing for capital gains taxes to be indexed to inflation. So basically, you know, if you hold a stock or some investment over a large number of years, you pay the capital gains based on what you paid for it versus what it's worth now. And it may have gone up a lot in that time, but a lot of that is really just inflation. I think Ted Cruz and Tim Scott are actually trying to get Besant to do it in the treasury, meaning it wouldn't even have to go through legislation to try and index the capital gains to inflation so that you wouldn't be taxed on the inflation part of it and apparently that's about one third of all the capital gains that are out there. So that would potentially boost a lot of savings and give a lot of money back to people on their homes. If they're going to have capital gains on their home sales, certainly all the retirement funds and things might be affected with that too. So I doubt it'll happen.
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Host Erica
But.
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Owen
But I like the creative thinking and it does seem like the Republicans are consistently on the side of trying to lower taxes as opposed to saying how can we raise them? Which is a very stark difference with the Democrats.
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Host Erica
Y everybody. Yeah, I just wanted to do my favorite story. I know it's not that cool, but it, it's the six story I'm skipping. Gavin.
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Erica
He.
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Host Erica
Gavin, basically in Gavin's story, it's like he went for the left, called Israel an apartheid state and now he's catering to the left. And what else did I see on Gavin News? He's adding like 30 billion billion gazillion more money for homeless which he's been fighting for 2,000 years. And there's still a homeless issue here in California. Yes.
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Sergio
Oh, yeah.
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Host Erica
Can I go to my story?
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Sergio
Yeah, just quickly. Gavin. Yeah, very quickly. Trying to get AOC to be like vp, you know, like that's why he's going against. Yeah, go ahead.
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Host Erica
Okay. He should. That would be fun. My favorite story is Arch AX and it's a Japanese robot that is 15 foot robot, high risk industrial and disaster response task. And it was. It's going viral right now on 15ft, 15ft tall. And he can help in dangerous settings. Remember, it's Japan. So he can help in earthquake rescue, power infrastructure restoration. I wanted to play the video, but I don't know how cool it will be. Hold on.
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Erica
I hear it.
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Host Erica
Oh.
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Erica
No, you got trunk.
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Host Erica
Oh my gosh.
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Erica
We saw it live, people. Well, that's how it happens. If, you know, you know. Oh my God, that thing's so scary.
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Host Erica
Okay, so every time I use chat, GPT, Gemini, AI and what else? What else? Grok. I always say thank you and I have to remember that one day that will come back and they will appreciate it once they're in power. But I just love it because, you know, I'm an anime fan. I. I also love Japanese. Like Voltron, you know, all these things where you robot and they're building it. They were. There was criticism of this robot because it's not very efficient, but it's cool.
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Erica
Oh my God, that thing. Imagine that thing coming down the street and like you're stuck In a building, in an earthquake, and it just like plucks you out of the window.
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Owen
Holy.
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Host Erica
Yes.
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Erica
That's amazing.
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Host Erica
We're very horrified.
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Erica
Or no, I know, and I'm very nice to my technology too, but I don't think it's gonna give a. In the end. It's probably just gonna.
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Host Erica
We have, we have time, I guess, for another story from story.
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Erica
We have time for one more.
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Owen
In the distraction department, there's more. UFO News Argentina has declassified an incident in 1991 in the Antarctic Circle. But apparently there was all these, they call them ryometers that were going off and that they showed impossible synced readings, meaning there were three different things that were making the same readings. And it was something happening up in the ionosphere that it was detecting. But it was basically saying the only way these readings could have happened is if something like the size of an aircraft carrier that was nuclear powered or the size of a city was up there. And apparently there people went outside and they did see some kind of big glowing orb or something that was way up in the sky over Antarctica. And you know, they're, they're claiming that there's no way these sensors could have been like just a anomaly or, you know, it seemed like there really had to be something huge up there.
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Erica
But I'm not built for this world.
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Owen
So there's apparently some massive craft that was there over 1991 in Antarctica. And then there's a retired Major General Neil McCasland, and he used to be overseeing some of this stuff. Basically. Like he was thought to be maybe one of the people that was going to be doing some of this UFO disclosure. He, he used to oversee Kirkland Air Force Base and write Wright Patterson, which is, you know, tied into the Roswell stories. He's missing now, so nobody knows where he is and they're looking for him. There's rewards out, I think, and anybody if you. There's what they call a Silver alert. I didn't know there was such a thing. Maybe that's like the Amber Alert, but for older people.
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Host Erica
There is in Californ. Yeah, there is.
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Owen
Okay, so there's a silver alert out on him and the FBI is looking into it. They're trying to find this guy.
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Host Erica
So did they say when he was last seen?
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Owen
I don't know. I don't remember that detail. But I could try and find it
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Erica
right now with the, with everybody, all the chatters. If you believe that there's aliens out there and we know about them, drop an emoji in the Chat that if you believe in it.
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Host Erica
Drop an alien emoji.
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Erica
Any emoji. It's hard to find something. Yeah, but drop an emoji if you believe that there's aliens out there.
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Host Erica
The truth is out there.
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Erica
I'm wondering.
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Host Erica
Somebody asked if there was grainy pictures of this thing.
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Owen
I did not see any grainy pictures of the orb. I just. There. There are pictures in the article of the reading on the Rio Meter, whatever that is. But it's like a. One of those ticker tape sort of things. So. No, I don't. I don't see any of the.
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Host Erica
Or get all this.
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Owen
But it was a huge light circle that they saw over the base, so that's all it would have been.
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Erica
It looks about half and half on the. On the alien idea or. I don't know. So it's not overwhelming. It's not overwhelming that we think that. I don't really have. And I don't. I don't know. It's that Libra thing again. I could go either way on this. You show me an ungrainy picture. That's not AI but how do you know? I believe nothing. I believe nothing. Look at her.
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Host Erica
I believe. I believe in aliens.
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Erica
Oh, my gosh. Well, you guys, this was so fun today. I love it. Listen, if anyone has actual footage of a UFO or an alien, please send it to me. I will review it and analyze it. It's. It's a second skill I have. You guys are so cute. I love the indecisiveness about it.
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Host Erica
Sergio didn't say anything about the UFOs.
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Sergio
Well, I don't. I don't want the channel to. I don't want the channel to get banned. You know,
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Owen
I did find out what.
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Sergio
I know you. The YouTube channel will be out.
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Owen
So the last time Major General McCaslin was seen was around 11am Friday near the Quail Run Court northeast in Albuquerque.
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Erica
All right, you guys, you gotta find Mrs. Guthrie and this man. All right? If whoever. If any of you find Mrs. Guthrie or this man, I will send you a mug and a simultaneous swaddle blanket.
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Host Erica
You can come live with us and
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Erica
you can come on live. Yes.
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Sergio
You know what we have. We have a get it together here. Meet up in Tucson next week.
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Host Erica
Oh, yeah.
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Sergio
So we can. We can go all in search for her.
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Host Erica
What day? What day?
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Sergio
Monday. Next Monday morning.
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Erica
All right, Sergio, I know you're trying to throw me off my time Nazism and it's not gonna work. So, you guys, that being said, thank you so much for being here. We'll let you know about tomorrow. We'll be here tomorrow. I just am waiting on one thing, but it's either the news crew or a guest. It's. It's gonna be either way. I think it's the news crew. Okay. Which. Look, we love this, right? So, you guys, let's be useful today. Don't forget that the Dilbert calendar has been restocked on Amazon. And you can grab a 2026 Dilbert calendar over there. And you guys are so cute. I love you guys right here. And thank. I said when you guys said. Who's Bri? Bri is Shelly's cousin and she's behind the scenes. You just can't see her. But she's running this. This little operation for us right now, so we appreciate her so much. People that were saying that you miss Scott. Yeah. Yep. Same, same and same. We miss Scott too. We don't do him justice, but we. We want to show up for each other every single day. Okay? So we love you guys. Let's all be useful and stay positive, okay? Get the toxic people out of your life. You can do it.
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Host Erica
All right.
- [62:22]
Erica
A sip. To Scott, who we love and miss and cherish so much. And we'll see you tomorrow. To Scott.
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Sergio
See you tomorrow.
- [62:30]
Owen
To Scott.