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<v Speaker 1>You're listening to Bill Handle on demand from KFI AM

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<v Speaker 1>six forty KFI AM six forty live everywhere on the

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<v Speaker 1>iHeartRadio app. Hey everybody, it is the Bill Handle Morning Show.

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<v Speaker 1>Wayne was having some tech problems, so I'm coming in.

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<v Speaker 1>Look at this. Don't a plot? Come on, sit down, everybody. Jeez.

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<v Speaker 1>He hero is a strong word, but I appreciate it.

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<v Speaker 1>ConA knife, sayy, come on. Thanks. All right, I'll be

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<v Speaker 1>with you until nine o'clock and we'll figure things out

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<v Speaker 1>and hopefully everything gets back tomorrow. So I've always been

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<v Speaker 1>kind of the person that says, politicians talk a lot,

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<v Speaker 1>but do little. I know some of them try. That's

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<v Speaker 1>not to say they're all bad. I'm not that guy either,

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<v Speaker 1>but I will tell you very rarely do things affect

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<v Speaker 1>us on our day to day lives. Now, the difference

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<v Speaker 1>in that, one major difference in that is a Supreme Court. Okay,

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<v Speaker 1>when presidents are appointing justices to the Supreme Court, as

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<v Speaker 1>we've seen with Roe v. Wade, they can make decisions

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<v Speaker 1>that affect that half the population in that particular case.

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<v Speaker 1>But what about your taxes? When it comes to your taxes,

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<v Speaker 1>there's two distinctive views when you start looking at the

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<v Speaker 1>party in power, and then you have to look at

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<v Speaker 1>not only a party in power that's in the White House,

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<v Speaker 1>but you have to look at the House, the Senate

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<v Speaker 1>and so on. Right, So, how is this going to

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<v Speaker 1>affect us? Truly, we are not far and you can

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<v Speaker 1>almost hear an audible ticking. We are not far from

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<v Speaker 1>the election. Heard Amy talking this morning on wake up

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<v Speaker 1>call about how she can't wait for it to be

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<v Speaker 1>over because of every you we're bombarded everywhere. I've got

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<v Speaker 1>stack of cardboard that come to my house every single

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<v Speaker 1>day with someone telling me how great they are and

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<v Speaker 1>now I should vote for them. So what really is

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<v Speaker 1>at stake is possibly the taxes for a couple different reasons,

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<v Speaker 1>one of which in twenty seventeen, we had some tax

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<v Speaker 1>cuts that were put in place, and if depending on

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<v Speaker 1>who gets in office, that might be a battle situation

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<v Speaker 1>as to whether those are going to go away or

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<v Speaker 1>they're going to stay. So in this particular upcoming election,

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<v Speaker 1>who wins could be a big deal into how our

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<v Speaker 1>taxes are going to affect us on an individual level

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<v Speaker 1>in our homes. That really matters, not big you know,

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<v Speaker 1>massive concepts like you know, climate change or things like that.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm talking about day to day stuff and depending on

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<v Speaker 1>which party cans the House, the Senate, and the White House.

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<v Speaker 1>And I love this. We have three options. Taxes go up,

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<v Speaker 1>taxes go down, or taxes stay the same. Yeah, like

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<v Speaker 1>everything else in life, the price may go up, the

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<v Speaker 1>price may go down, or it stays the same. A

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<v Speaker 1>lot of money's evolved, and the most important money is

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<v Speaker 1>your money, my money. That's what we're concerned about. Everyone's

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<v Speaker 1>trying to predict what's going to happen, but there's so

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<v Speaker 1>there's a couple of pieces that matter, and how those

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<v Speaker 1>pieces land is gonna be huge as to what might happen.

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<v Speaker 1>So the Republican victory, if Republicans win big, maybe they're

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<v Speaker 1>going to keep those tax cuts I was talking about.

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<v Speaker 1>They were put in place in twenty seventeen. They believe

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<v Speaker 1>those helped the economy. You think they're going to change that.

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<v Speaker 1>Probably not. They want to extend lower tax rates. They

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<v Speaker 1>want to have some special deductions for small businesses, which

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<v Speaker 1>would be great. God knows, California could use that kind

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<v Speaker 1>of attitude. However, they may face challenges. Not only you think,

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<v Speaker 1>oh well, from the other side. No, they can have

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<v Speaker 1>challenges in their own party. We're seeing more now than ever,

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<v Speaker 1>and it's happening to both parties. But really, really, in

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<v Speaker 1>the GOP you have a fractured focus. Everyone says that

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<v Speaker 1>they're all rallying, rallying around Trump, and a good number

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<v Speaker 1>are in the whole MAGA movement, but belief in the

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<v Speaker 1>specifics on how these things will iron out, especially things

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<v Speaker 1>with taxes, could be much different. So they're gonna have

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<v Speaker 1>to find a way to balance that budget. Democratic victory.

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<v Speaker 1>I don't know if Democrats take control. We already know

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<v Speaker 1>they're looking at a couple of things. They're gonna aim

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<v Speaker 1>to help families. The thing that gets me, do you

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<v Speaker 1>know what the demarcation is? They want to help families

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<v Speaker 1>earning under four hundred thousand dollars, and the way they're

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<v Speaker 1>gonna do that is keeping tax cuts for them. Four

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<v Speaker 1>hundred thousand dollars we're talking about almost half a million

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<v Speaker 1>dollars now becomes this this breaking point, that's how expensive

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<v Speaker 1>it's getting to be just to live. So they take control,

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<v Speaker 1>they be in the Democrats, they're going to try and

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<v Speaker 1>help families. They're gonna want to help families earning under

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<v Speaker 1>four hundred thousand dollars by keeping tax cuts for them.

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<v Speaker 1>But they're very much focused on raising taxes on wealthier households.

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<v Speaker 1>So wealthier households are four hundred thousand and one dollar

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<v Speaker 1>a nickel. They could also push for more child tax credits,

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<v Speaker 1>which I have a child, won't think it. But agreeing

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<v Speaker 1>on a budget is going to be difficult as well.

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<v Speaker 1>So you've got a divided possibility of a divided government,

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<v Speaker 1>which puts us in a whole different category. So now

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<v Speaker 1>if you have different parties that are controlling the White

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<v Speaker 1>House Congress, it could be massive conflict. And why is

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<v Speaker 1>that bigger in this particular election or this case Because

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<v Speaker 1>you've got those tax deadlines approaching. There's a chance for

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<v Speaker 1>both sides to find common ground fingers crossed. They've done

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<v Speaker 1>that in past years. It is possible, but it could

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<v Speaker 1>also get messy. And if nothing changes, if Congress doesn't

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<v Speaker 1>act at all, many tax cuts from twenty seventeen will

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<v Speaker 1>expire after after twenty twenty five, I think, is what

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<v Speaker 1>it is. So that's gonna result in higher taxes for

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<v Speaker 1>many households. So do we know what's gonna happen? No,

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<v Speaker 1>And we're gonna have to. We're gonna have to see

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<v Speaker 1>the pieces of the puzzle actually hit the tabletop before

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<v Speaker 1>we're gonna know how that's gonna play out. But that's

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<v Speaker 1>the real thing. That's the real thing that affects us

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<v Speaker 1>immediately once someone gets into office, we shall see. Amy.

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<v Speaker 1>Let me ask you a question. Yes you work here

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<v Speaker 1>at iHeartRadio, Yes, I do? Or iHeartMedia, of which iHeartRadio

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<v Speaker 1>is part of. Who's the CEO of iHeartMedia? Is it Pittman?

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<v Speaker 2>Yes, Bob Pittman.

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<v Speaker 1>Huh Heykno, who's the CEO of iHeartMedia?

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<v Speaker 2>Mister Bob Pittman exact?

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<v Speaker 1>You know? And that's from Kno. Kono knows who our

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<v Speaker 1>CEO is as he doesn't even know how we got here. Oh, Amy,

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<v Speaker 1>I'm glad you asked. I'm going to tell you this

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<v Speaker 1>right now. Boar's head under under the microscope and in

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<v Speaker 1>in the light in a way I never cared about before,

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<v Speaker 1>to be honest with you, and it has to do

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<v Speaker 1>with secrecy. I never knew there was some sort of

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<v Speaker 1>Boarshead dynasty with all this sexy and titillating cheese may

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<v Speaker 1>that is going on. So you go back in May

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<v Speaker 1>of twenty twenty two. You have the chief financial officer

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<v Speaker 1>of Boar's Head. Now we all know great meat processing company.

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<v Speaker 1>We love their stuff. They're facing what should be a

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<v Speaker 1>simple question. But during this legal proceeding, this person was

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<v Speaker 1>asked who is the CEO of Boar's Head? And you

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<v Speaker 1>know what his reply was, I'm not sure. How the

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<v Speaker 1>hell can you have a company and not know who

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<v Speaker 1>the CEO is. Everybody's eyebrows raise, especially since Bar's Head

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<v Speaker 1>is like a massive player in the deli meat industry, right,

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<v Speaker 1>like the massive player, earning about three billion dollars a

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<v Speaker 1>year and employing thousands of people. But Boarshead is a

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<v Speaker 1>privately owned company by two families, the Bronkhorsts Moubuy and

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<v Speaker 1>the Bishkoffs. Yeh sound like wealthy people, don't they. Now

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<v Speaker 1>they're very secretive. I never knew this. I'm the folk

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<v Speaker 1>reporter and I didn't know this. I just like the

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<v Speaker 1>meatss So they're super secretive. Tom Johnson is an industry expert.

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<v Speaker 1>He noted that they are among the most secretive in

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<v Speaker 1>the business. Ah, who would have known that? And it's

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<v Speaker 1>been even more notable as the company has light shine

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<v Speaker 1>on them. Why because if you remember in the summer

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<v Speaker 1>of twenty twenty two, he had ten people die and

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<v Speaker 1>a lot more that got sick from lasteria, that harmful

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<v Speaker 1>bacteria we all know and love. Now they could in

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<v Speaker 1>their cases they consumed liverwurst. It was made at a

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<v Speaker 1>boars Head factory in Virginia. Now law enforcements still investigating,

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<v Speaker 1>but we've talked about this on the forker Port many,

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<v Speaker 1>many times, and even here on a foody Friday with Bill.

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<v Speaker 1>The factory was shut down. They didn't even say, Okay,

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<v Speaker 1>we're gonna clean it, We're gonna take care of whatever.

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<v Speaker 1>There was so many different lists of issues, from non

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<v Speaker 1>podable water to bugs to I think there were rodents

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<v Speaker 1>all kinds like this is no joke. And I've been

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<v Speaker 1>to Haffe the meat plant out in Vernon here and

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<v Speaker 1>they were kind enough to invite me to come down,

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<v Speaker 1>and I will tell you, and this is not hyperbole,

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<v Speaker 1>you could eat off the floor. A proper fabricating factory

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<v Speaker 1>of meat is gonna be one of the cleanest places

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<v Speaker 1>you'll ever go. That's the way it should be. And

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<v Speaker 1>I witnessed that with mine own e and I've been

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<v Speaker 1>to a handful of them. So the fact that you

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<v Speaker 1>have any of these things, one of those things would

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<v Speaker 1>be a problem. So we all know about that story, right,

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<v Speaker 1>They just shut it down. Not one family member has

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<v Speaker 1>publicly addressed this the situation at all. As a matter

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<v Speaker 1>of fact, there was an apology on their website and

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<v Speaker 1>you know what was signed, sincerely Boor's head. Could you

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<v Speaker 1>imagine that? No CEO. There's no head, there's no name

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<v Speaker 1>on that, neither of the families the controlling parties. So

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<v Speaker 1>who runs the company? Well, the daily operations are handled

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<v Speaker 1>by Carlos Giraldo. He's the president. He was promoted in

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<v Speaker 1>twenty twenty one. But in court testimony, in court testimony, rather,

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<v Speaker 1>it was revealed that the final decisions don't come from him.

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<v Speaker 1>They come from three family members, Bob Martin who's seventy four,

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<v Speaker 1>his son Bob Junior, who's fifty, and their cousin Frank Bronkhorst,

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<v Speaker 1>the third thanks, I mean that he's sixty one. Now

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<v Speaker 1>the company's expanded, they continue to grow. Originally we're out

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<v Speaker 1>of Brooklyn. If you don't know that, over fifteen years,

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<v Speaker 1>family reported receiving around one point five billion in cash distributions,

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<v Speaker 1>and there's been some infighting there's a family member who

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<v Speaker 1>sued his cousins multiple times over company shares than that,

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<v Speaker 1>so more each time someone sues, each time there's a problem,

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<v Speaker 1>a little more comes to light. Back in May of

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<v Speaker 1>two thousand and five, they Sell Or Bore His Head

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<v Speaker 1>celebrated their one hundredth anniversary at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel

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<v Speaker 1>in New York. Bob Martin one of the family members.

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<v Speaker 1>He was kind of the star, real charming, wealthy guy.

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<v Speaker 1>He presented the whole history of the company began with

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<v Speaker 1>their horse drawn carriage selling deli meets all this stuff right,

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<v Speaker 1>but ultimately everything keeps coming to light because of issues,

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<v Speaker 1>new leadership, ongoing issues into the two thousands. With twenty

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<v Speaker 1>twenty two, with the outbreak, you've got more increased scrutiny

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<v Speaker 1>and focus. And still when they're hiring all these new

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<v Speaker 1>food safety experts, which you think should be, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>top of it, we're learning that we still don't know

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<v Speaker 1>exactly who's pulling the strings. That's bizarre for an American

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<v Speaker 1>company in twenty twenty four to not know who the

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<v Speaker 1>CEO is. So maybe we're learning that there's more more messy,

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<v Speaker 1>dirty stuff behind the scenes than just you know rodents

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<v Speaker 1>or the possibility of rodents or non potable water. Stay tuned.

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<v Speaker 1>We'll let you know what's going on the days of

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<v Speaker 1>our borehead. Can we control the weather? I'll pause for

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<v Speaker 1>people to go what People are becoming more and more

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<v Speaker 1>interested in trying to control the weather. Obviously it would

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<v Speaker 1>be a huge deal to be able to control the weather.

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<v Speaker 1>Hurricanes are just too powerful to manage. That's the reality. However,

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<v Speaker 1>things sometimes, and these conspiracies get out of hand. Some

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<v Speaker 1>messages claim that meteorologists were working with a government to

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<v Speaker 1>now the weather is political, the government could say move

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<v Speaker 1>a hurricane here. And this idea gained a lot of

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<v Speaker 1>certain political groups. So you know where my brain goes.

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<v Speaker 1>the weather. And it goes on and on and on

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<v Speaker 1>throughout movie and television history that there are people that

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<v Speaker 1>total hilarity. Next, we're gonna we're gonna say, like grew

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<v Speaker 1>the moon. Be uh So, despite all these theories, by

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<v Speaker 1>I'm going here, zero roof meteorologists or government officials or

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<v Speaker 1>anyone can control hurricanes in any way. Hurricanes are massive,

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<v Speaker 1>they're huge storms. Humans cannot direct or influence. Now here's

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<v Speaker 1>And I said this millions and millions of times. There's

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<v Speaker 1>so so where does that come from? Can we actually

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<v Speaker 1>mess with the weather? Sort of? Scientists have experimented for

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<v Speaker 1>a long time the ways to change the weather. This

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<v Speaker 1>ever heard of cloud seating where they actually put a

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<v Speaker 1>substance in clouds to produce rain. So they it's like

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<v Speaker 1>jiggling the cloud atually, you're doing something to make the

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<v Speaker 1>water heavier and to drop out of the cloud, because

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<v Speaker 1>And well, see that's the thing. Sometimes it works, sometimes

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<v Speaker 1>at this point, but they have pride. So that's to

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<v Speaker 1>say science is looking at ways to do that, to

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<v Speaker 1>make it. You know, I think they should show Cloud's

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<v Speaker 1>toy story three that does it for me, or the

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<v Speaker 1>notebook and then yeah, there'll be plenty of rain. Dudes

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<v Speaker 1>are like no books not said it's lame. It was

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<v Speaker 1>it was in the little time all right, So scientists

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<v Speaker 1>are messing one of these things. There's also some scientists

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<v Speaker 1>that also proposed other ideas like reflecting sunlight, like to

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<v Speaker 1>cool the earth, like that one weird neighbor who has

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<v Speaker 1>like foil or those mirrored windows, and you think, well, yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>I guess that would work. You're keeping the heat out.

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<v Speaker 1>It's bouncing back, right, But they want to do that

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<v Speaker 1>with the world. So the entire planet is going to

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<v Speaker 1>look a little I don't know, ghetto culture, not the

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<v Speaker 1>you know it's like, and that's not towards a specific group.

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<v Speaker 1>I just mean that there's every group has ghetto culture.

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<v Speaker 1>That's the I'm sorry, that's the reality. You can go

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<v Speaker 1>a ghetto culture to that whoever that culture is. So,

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<v Speaker 1>but hurricanes, you're not going to do it. It's like

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<v Speaker 1>trying to knock the earth off the access with all

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<v Speaker 1>of us jumping at the same time, or at least

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<v Speaker 1>one hemisphere, right, So it creating hurricanes is impossible. Even

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<v Speaker 1>cloud seating, if you think about it, you have to

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<v Speaker 1>have clouds, so you're not even controlling the weather. You

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<v Speaker 1>have to have clouds first, and then you're trying to

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<v Speaker 1>manipulate the clouds that are there. So all these different

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<v Speaker 1>things that we've even messed around with, we haven't been

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<v Speaker 1>able to make happen, even in the simple way. So

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<v Speaker 1>if you've got a cousin, uncle, neighbor who's calling you

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<v Speaker 1>and telling you about the big conspiracy about the government

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<v Speaker 1>making storms in certain areas, it's not true. Anyways. Happy

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<v Speaker 1>to round things out today as we hand things over

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<v Speaker 1>to Gary and Shannon shortly, So go nowhere. All right,

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<v Speaker 1>this is meatless Monday. Let's do it.

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<v Speaker 2>Your feet till you hand.

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<v Speaker 3>You not mean to eat your mind needs?

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<v Speaker 1>I got you coloring the baby on my needs anyway,

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<v Speaker 1>you're my meat is for meatless mondays.

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<v Speaker 3>That's just how about it's just another meat less Monday.

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<v Speaker 3>Oh I wish it was auday.

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<v Speaker 1>I probably shouldn't sing.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, needless Monday's up.

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<v Speaker 1>All right, let's do this. The Vegan Society applauds the

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<v Speaker 1>removal of veganism from the NHS's Prevent Prevent training. So

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<v Speaker 1>here's the thing. There are some animal activists out there

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<v Speaker 1>that do bad things, but it doesn't mean that all

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<v Speaker 1>vegans are. So the Vegan Society is happy to announce

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<v Speaker 1>that veganism has been removed from certain training materials. It

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<v Speaker 1>follows the efforts by the International Rights Network and doctor

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<v Speaker 1>Jeannette Rowley, an legal expert on human rights. So this

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<v Speaker 1>takes place in part in UK and the government strategy

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<v Speaker 1>to identify people that are going to be a problem, right,

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<v Speaker 1>that are going to be at the risk of radicalization,

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<v Speaker 1>and anybody can I mean any group. You can have

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<v Speaker 1>radical Christians, Muslims, are there, radical Jews? Yeah, what's the

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<v Speaker 1>radical do you look like? Oh? You mean just maybe

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<v Speaker 1>like Israeli who like Oh, okay, I don't know. But

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<v Speaker 1>you can have radicals in any group. And yes, you

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<v Speaker 1>can have radical vegans that are so focused when it

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<v Speaker 1>comes to animal rights that they care less about human rights.

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<v Speaker 1>And that means you. So there has been some radical behavior,

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<v Speaker 1>some extremist behavior, but now they're taking that down. They've

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<v Speaker 1>even been accused of some extreme not only extremeism, but terrorism.

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<v Speaker 1>So looking back at this and in its modern time

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<v Speaker 1>and the activities they're backing off, vegans and those considered

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<v Speaker 1>considering veganism, they say have been unfairly targeted. I don't

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<v Speaker 1>know about that. In the early days. There might have

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<v Speaker 1>been some some issues, but they have the counter terrorism

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<v Speaker 1>measures and they say stop doing that. We just care

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<v Speaker 1>about animals, even though there has been some sabotage and

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<v Speaker 1>things like that in the past. But good on them,

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<v Speaker 1>all right. Second story on Meatless Monday, here's a guy

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<v Speaker 1>one guy who has a disagreement with his wife wife's

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<v Speaker 1>vegetarian diet. Now, vegans would say vegetarians are hacks. It's

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<v Speaker 1>like pick a side, right, So the guy goes He

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<v Speaker 1>received all this support online because he shared his difficulty

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<v Speaker 1>with his wife's strict vegetarian diet, which is fine, but

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<v Speaker 1>she insists that everyone in the whole family has to

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<v Speaker 1>live by it. Now, I suppose if you're a parent,

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<v Speaker 1>you could dictate what your kids are gonna eat. I

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<v Speaker 1>get that, but your spouse. So he shares his post

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<v Speaker 1>and back in August and it has over fourteenth up votes.

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<v Speaker 1>People started this big discussion about food choices and compromise

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<v Speaker 1>in marriage, which you have to have. So this thirty

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<v Speaker 1>eight year old man explained that his thirty five year

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<v Speaker 1>old wife had you know, her desired food choices, and

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<v Speaker 1>she converted to a new religion, and that's going to

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<v Speaker 1>be cause pressure itself, which requires her to stop eating meat,

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<v Speaker 1>trying to think vegetarian diet. There's a couple out there,

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<v Speaker 1>but the whole family, including their two young sons. And

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<v Speaker 1>I'm not a fan of putting kids on these certain

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<v Speaker 1>types of diets. I think that they're especially when they're young,

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<v Speaker 1>there can be issues. You really have to manage it

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<v Speaker 1>in a particular way, otherwise I think it could be

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<v Speaker 1>quite damaging. I know people are like, oh, it's the

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<v Speaker 1>best thing in the world. Well no, no, not necessarily.

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<v Speaker 1>You can have an unhealthy vegan diet, a vegetarian diet,

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<v Speaker 1>meat diet, omnivore diet, all of them. You could do

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<v Speaker 1>it in an unhelpful way. So along with not eating meat,

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<v Speaker 1>his wife now doesn't want to be around it. So

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<v Speaker 1>in her home she says, swap pork for jackfruit, which

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<v Speaker 1>is pretty tasty, and eggs for plant based substitutes. Okay,

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<v Speaker 1>so she's not even really a vegetarian per se because

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<v Speaker 1>ov ovo something vegetarians so use plat based substitutes. And

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<v Speaker 1>he's just saying it's causing this massive problem, and that

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<v Speaker 1>he's drawing a line in the sand. And so he

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<v Speaker 1>he goes ahead and eats meat when she's gone. But see,

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<v Speaker 1>there's a saying that if you demand someone to change,

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<v Speaker 1>you're really demanding them to lie to you because they

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<v Speaker 1>are who they are. Right, So in any relationship, yes,

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<v Speaker 1>there's going to be compromised. But when the compromises do

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<v Speaker 1>what I say, there's a problem. I mean, this isn't

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<v Speaker 1>smoking or something you know, or drinking something detrimental. Inherently,

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<v Speaker 1>this is food that you're eating, your choice. So what

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<v Speaker 1>brings you joy? So any who, all I'm saying probably

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<v Speaker 1>a whole family needs to go to therapy. Cool betterhelp

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