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<v Speaker 1>You're listenings KPI AM six forty the Bill Handles show

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<v Speaker 1>on demand on the iHeartRadio f Bill Handle. It is

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<v Speaker 1>a Tuesday morning, June twenty four. Quick word about this Saturday,

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<v Speaker 1>and I am going to be m seeing a concert

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<v Speaker 1>at the Walt Disney Concert Hall and it's the La

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<v Speaker 1>Lawyers Philharmonic and Legal Voices people in the legal profession, judges,

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<v Speaker 1>pair of leegals, attorneys and they're in the orchestra and

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<v Speaker 1>these world class musicians that decided they're going to make

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<v Speaker 1>a living instead of going into music. And you got

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<v Speaker 1>some great pieces that are going to be played, and

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<v Speaker 1>please join me. I'm in a tuxedo once a year

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<v Speaker 1>and I make an ass out of myself every day,

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<v Speaker 1>including Saturday night. So go to La lawyersphil dot org.

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<v Speaker 1>It's La Lawyers phil is in Philharmonic, La Lawyers phil

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<v Speaker 1>dot org. Ticket start at just twenty bucks and it

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<v Speaker 1>is a benefit, so great fun. I'd love to see

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<v Speaker 1>you there. Now. The decision to attack Iran we're talking

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<v Speaker 1>about by the United States was made, of course by

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<v Speaker 1>the president, and we now know when it was made

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<v Speaker 1>specifically and where it was made specifically. So President Trump

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<v Speaker 1>goes every weekend to one of his golf courses and

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<v Speaker 1>his resorts. He takes a weekend off and he is

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<v Speaker 1>flying over all these great houses. That neighbor is New

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<v Speaker 1>Jersey Golf Club. This was Saturday when he made his decision.

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<v Speaker 1>It was a board Marine one is where he did this.

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<v Speaker 1>So he's going He's on Marine one and he's going

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<v Speaker 1>to an airport near I think it's New Bedford, and

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<v Speaker 1>he receives a call from Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and

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<v Speaker 1>Hexseith's it's time to make a final decision. Either you

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<v Speaker 1>move forward with the US strikes on Iran or abort

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<v Speaker 1>the mission. And he decided right there a board Marine one.

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<v Speaker 1>He had grown convinced that diplomacy alone was not going

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<v Speaker 1>to prevent Iran from developing a nuclear weapon. He gives

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<v Speaker 1>heccess the green light and says, you do it. It's

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<v Speaker 1>not the president orders. The president orders the Defense Secretary

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<v Speaker 1>to go forward. That's the same thing when the president

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<v Speaker 1>orders the bomb to be dropped. It's not like he

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<v Speaker 1>presses a button. He tells the Defense Secretary, who then

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<v Speaker 1>informs the Chief of Staff, and it goes through the military.

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<v Speaker 1>There are a couple of three levels of dropping the

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<v Speaker 1>big one, so it does go through levels. And so

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<v Speaker 1>hours later after we made the decision, the B two

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<v Speaker 1>bombers took off from their base in Missouri, thirty six

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<v Speaker 1>hour flight back and forth. Yeah, it's you know, where

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<v Speaker 1>do the pilots pee? Is there a bathroom aboard the

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<v Speaker 1>B two? There is, yeah, and many fridges and a microwave.

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<v Speaker 1>Do they sleep? I think there are only two pilots.

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<v Speaker 1>Do they take turns? You can't go thirty six hours straight?

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<v Speaker 1>I don't know that they must. Yeah, they have to

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<v Speaker 1>in the meantime. And they go there, and they go

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<v Speaker 1>over the target and drop the bomb, and you're done

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<v Speaker 1>and goodbye. And this was the culmination of a week

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<v Speaker 1>of behind the scenes double ration deliberations. And we know

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<v Speaker 1>what happened as a result of the bombing, And now

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<v Speaker 1>we don't know how much destruction. How much damage was

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<v Speaker 1>done to those nuclear facilities in Iran. The president has

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<v Speaker 1>said it was completely they were completely destroyed. CNN questioned

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<v Speaker 1>whether they were completely destroyed, saying, we really don't know.

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<v Speaker 1>The analysis hasn't come back. I don't know if Aran

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<v Speaker 1>will ever admit how much damage was done to those

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<v Speaker 1>underground facilities. The President this morning. I was watching this

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<v Speaker 1>live as he was boarding Marine one to go to

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<v Speaker 1>Andrews to get up board Air Force one to fly

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<v Speaker 1>to over to NATO, which is on the plane right now.

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<v Speaker 1>Laid into CNN for questioning his statements about total destruction,

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<v Speaker 1>I mean laid into CNN. And he laid into both

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<v Speaker 1>the Iraq and Israel in terms of the violation of

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<v Speaker 1>the quote truce that has been put into place, and

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<v Speaker 1>it is I've never seen him that mad. I mean,

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<v Speaker 1>he was screaming and reference to Israel and Iran, he said,

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<v Speaker 1>they don't know what the f they're doing saying it.

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<v Speaker 1>And so yeah, he's not happy at all with any

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<v Speaker 1>of it right now, and he's insisting on peace. I

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<v Speaker 1>think he's gonna win. I think he's gonna he is

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<v Speaker 1>going to prevail on this one. And then the issue is,

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<v Speaker 1>and this is the Democrats and Massey and a few

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<v Speaker 1>others saying we should not get involved in foreign wars.

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<v Speaker 1>Fair enough, you know, we have to. We're America first.

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<v Speaker 1>Trump ran on, we're America first, and we are not

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<v Speaker 1>going to be engaged in any foreign controversy, certainly in

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<v Speaker 1>any foreign conflict. But what they're saying Adam Schiff, who

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<v Speaker 1>is a California centator right now, said we saw no

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<v Speaker 1>evidence that Iran had made the decision to build a

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<v Speaker 1>bomb or was actually affirmatively building the mechanism, which takes time,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, ignoring the fact that they have been processing

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<v Speaker 1>uranium for years, and what the intelligence says is they

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<v Speaker 1>have reached the point that it's sixty percent pure. It

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<v Speaker 1>has to be ninety percent pure to create a bomb,

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<v Speaker 1>and they were just within days or weeks of successfully

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<v Speaker 1>doing that with the centrifuges that were particularly in fod

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<v Speaker 1>Row photo. I always get that screwed up, and it

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<v Speaker 1>was the only reason you would go to that kind

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<v Speaker 1>of purity. Even sixty percent purity is on the way

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<v Speaker 1>to make a bomb. There is no other reason. Iran

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<v Speaker 1>insists that it's all for peaceful purposes. You need two

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<v Speaker 1>to three percent purity of uranium to use in reactors

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<v Speaker 1>for peaceful purposes. There is no other reason. And Shiff

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<v Speaker 1>is saying they haven't yet decided that they were going

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<v Speaker 1>to physically put together the pieces, not just start manufacturing

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<v Speaker 1>the pieces, just put together the pieces. What the hell

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<v Speaker 1>are you talking about? Really? You know, this looks like

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<v Speaker 1>a nuclear duck. It walks like a nuclear duck, and

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<v Speaker 1>it certainly is a nuclear duck. And these people are saying, oh, no,

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<v Speaker 1>the decision hasn't been made, we should not get involved.

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<v Speaker 1>Now there is a constitutional issue. Did the president have

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<v Speaker 1>the power under the War Powers Act? And should the

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<v Speaker 1>president have gone to Congress to ask permission? And presidents

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<v Speaker 1>have and have not over the years. It's interesting that

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<v Speaker 1>Adam Schiff and the other Democrats are not laying into

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<v Speaker 1>Obama for having made a decision without going to Congress.

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<v Speaker 1>But hey, since it's a Republican why they hell not.

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<v Speaker 1>But the point is that Trump, and I think right,

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<v Speaker 1>he has said we cannot, under any circumstances let Iran

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<v Speaker 1>have a nuclear weapon, and Netanyahu has been pushing and

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<v Speaker 1>pushing and pushing for that and saying exactly the same thing. Now,

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<v Speaker 1>during this whole course, as it was hemming and hauling

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<v Speaker 1>and we didn't know which way Trump was going to go,

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<v Speaker 1>he was already in touch with Natanyahu. They were already

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<v Speaker 1>on the way behind the scenes. Do they serve lunch

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<v Speaker 1>on Marine One? I think I think they serve they

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<v Speaker 1>can serve a box lunch, because I don't think you know,

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<v Speaker 1>there's a they can cook up food. They can't on

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<v Speaker 1>air Force One just occurred to me, Okay, decided to

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<v Speaker 1>go there coming up. Uh, the biggest tool that Iran

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<v Speaker 1>has is not the bomb. No, there's something else. What

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<v Speaker 1>if it shuts down global oil? How does it do that? Well,

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<v Speaker 1>you've heard about the Strait of Horror Moves. And if

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<v Speaker 1>you look at a map, a world map, you will

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<v Speaker 1>see this little strait in which it is sort of

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<v Speaker 1>the water curves the ocean curves. North is Iran, the

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<v Speaker 1>south of it is Oman and the Emirates. And this

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<v Speaker 1>corridor of water is about thirty one miles wide and

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<v Speaker 1>that's it. That's where the world. Twenty percent of the

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<v Speaker 1>world's oil flows through it, and it's deep enough for

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<v Speaker 1>the biggest oil tankers in the world. In the first

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<v Speaker 1>half of twenty twenty three, twenty million barrels of oil

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<v Speaker 1>went through the Straits of Horror Moves per day, twenty

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<v Speaker 1>million barrels. And the oil comes from not only Iran,

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<v Speaker 1>but from a rock Kuwait cutter, Saudi Arabia, the Emirates.

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<v Speaker 1>And what's the worst case scenario If Iran does decide

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<v Speaker 1>that's going to do something pretty serious. If the attacks continue,

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<v Speaker 1>which right now look pretty good, although the truth is

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<v Speaker 1>very tentative at this point. Well, the head of I

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<v Speaker 1>six told the BBC there's the worst case scenario and

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<v Speaker 1>that is the blockade of the Strait by Iran, which

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<v Speaker 1>could blockade now it hasn't and it never has because

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<v Speaker 1>all of a sudden it puts the world in an

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<v Speaker 1>economic turmoil and at that point the Western world becomes

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<v Speaker 1>an enemy of Iran. That is a big, big move.

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<v Speaker 1>Would they do that maybe as a last resort Israel,

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<v Speaker 1>for example, which has no oil. And this is where

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<v Speaker 1>one of the issues where you know, God and the

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<v Speaker 1>chosen people. I've always questioned God choosing the Israelites because

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<v Speaker 1>as Moses leaves Egypt leading the Jewish people, God has

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<v Speaker 1>Moses turn left to where there is no oil instead

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<v Speaker 1>of turning right where it's full of oil. Can you

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<v Speaker 1>imagine the Jews having oil and controlling the world market

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<v Speaker 1>for oil. It would be a different world, it really would, Okay,

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<v Speaker 1>I digress. In the meantime, if Iran were to try

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<v Speaker 1>and block three thousand ships go through the Straits every month,

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<v Speaker 1>and they can do it. All they have to do

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<v Speaker 1>is mine the straits only thirty one miles and you

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<v Speaker 1>can easily mine those straits. I mean, Ron has a

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<v Speaker 1>very sophisticated navy. These are fast boats that it has.

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<v Speaker 1>They have anti ship missiles, they have a range of service,

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<v Speaker 1>surface vessels, submersible craft, submarines. You know Israel has a

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<v Speaker 1>submarine fleet. Did you know that out in the Mediterranean

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<v Speaker 1>they have six subs? Just thought I tell you that,

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<v Speaker 1>And it is you know, the authorities, those people know

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<v Speaker 1>are thinking that this is would be so devastating. By

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<v Speaker 1>the way, Iran has repeatedly threatened to close the Strait

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<v Speaker 1>of Hormuz in past conflicts, but it never has followed

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<v Speaker 1>through because it knows what would happen if it did.

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<v Speaker 1>So what has happened as a result of their threats

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<v Speaker 1>over and over again, oil exporting countries in that entire

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<v Speaker 1>region are developing alternative export roots pipelines actually that move

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<v Speaker 1>the oil. But the pipelines don't come close to the

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<v Speaker 1>number of ships or the of oil that can be

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<v Speaker 1>produced and moved. It is is it going to happen?

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<v Speaker 1>Only last resort. But one of the things about the Iranians,

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<v Speaker 1>and they have a history of this, and one of

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<v Speaker 1>the things that Iran in declaring victory over this war,

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<v Speaker 1>declaring victory over the United States and over Israel. Of course,

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<v Speaker 1>because they've won the war is that there has not

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<v Speaker 1>been an inch of Iranian land taken from the country

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<v Speaker 1>in all of the wars in recent history. Therefore, between

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<v Speaker 1>that and the truce, what does that mean they've won

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<v Speaker 1>the war. They've already announced that on television State run TV.

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<v Speaker 1>We have succeeded. We have forced the Israelis into a

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<v Speaker 1>truce because we have complete victory. Okay, sure, why not

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<v Speaker 1>now that happens on a regular basis. Nineteen sixty seven,

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<v Speaker 1>the sixty seven war, six Day War, the the Egyptians

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<v Speaker 1>said that they have taken out the Israeli air force,

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<v Speaker 1>and their planes were in the air and successfully fighting

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<v Speaker 1>off the Israeli air force coming in and attacking. There

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<v Speaker 1>was not one Egyptian plane that made it off the runway.

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<v Speaker 1>Every one of them were destroyed by the air force.

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<v Speaker 1>But in the Arab world, we win, you know, our

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<v Speaker 1>army is wiped out, our air force is wiped out.

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<v Speaker 1>Iran has its nuclear facilities decimated, its anti missile all

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<v Speaker 1>of its defenses gone. Israel has complete superiority on the air,

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<v Speaker 1>can bomb anything it wants and it can't be stopped.

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<v Speaker 1>But Iran has won. They've declared victory. Man, don't you

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<v Speaker 1>love it? Okay? Now, one of the things about immigration,

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<v Speaker 1>the Ice folks, is they're picking up people like crazyationally.

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<v Speaker 1>The announcement from the president was it went from We're

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<v Speaker 1>going to deport eleven million people. Okay, how's that for possible?

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<v Speaker 1>And then only the bad guys. Only people were looking

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<v Speaker 1>for the criminals, the real bad guys. Stephen Miller, who

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<v Speaker 1>picked up. Well, bad guys. You have to look for

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<v Speaker 1>the people at car washes. You just go there and

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<v Speaker 1>pick them up. The folks at home depot, those casual labors,

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<v Speaker 1>those Hispanic guys who simply want to work for moderate

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<v Speaker 1>And that's what's going on. And these really aggressive immigration raids,

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<v Speaker 1>and the federal agents are masked, they're using unmarked vehicles.

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<v Speaker 1>Big problems for both law enforcement local law enforcement, and

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<v Speaker 1>how is that. Well, local law enforcement has been working

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<v Speaker 1>a relationship. And because some of these ice agents have

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<v Speaker 1>conflating them and all of a sudden, it's the local

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<v Speaker 1>police that are picking people up, and they don't know.

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<v Speaker 1>No one knows the difference. In Bell last week, mass

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<v Speaker 1>men arrive at a car wash and begin detaining workers.

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<v Speaker 1>They're in a confrontation with residents and rights advocates, immigration

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<v Speaker 1>rights advocates. They were forced to leave the immigration folks.

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<v Speaker 1>I mean they were driving over curbs and islands to

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<v Speaker 1>get out. Pasadena last week, a man steps out of

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<v Speaker 1>his unmarked car at an intersection, takes out his pistol,

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<v Speaker 1>aims it at a group of pedestrians before returning to

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<v Speaker 1>blue emergency lights emergency lights on his car, and off

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<v Speaker 1>he goes. And there was video of that, and so

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<v Speaker 1>people got his driver's license is a license plate A

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<v Speaker 1>let's find out. Well, guess what couple things. Federal agents

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<v Speaker 1>are not subject to the same controls as local police.

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<v Speaker 1>A policeman harasses you and arrests you without probable cause.

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<v Speaker 1>I mean that cop is in trouble. A federal agent

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<v Speaker 1>plate and you know what they found. It was a

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<v Speaker 1>cold plate. Is does that mean it's untraceable and typically

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<v Speaker 1>used by law enforcement in undercover criminal operations. You can't

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<v Speaker 1>trace it, and that's what the Feds are using. There

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<v Speaker 1>is effectively what people are saying. As these federal agents

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<v Speaker 1>show up as who are these guys, they're not clearly delineated.

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<v Speaker 1>Most of the time, they don't show warrants. They just

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<v Speaker 1>pick up people, detain them, question them, forget about probable cause.

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<v Speaker 1>Can you imagine local cops stopping someone simply because the

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<v Speaker 1>color of his or her skin. They're immune, and so

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<v Speaker 1>people are pretty upset about it. To say the least,

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<v Speaker 1>they wear vests. That's very funny. Karen Bess, is something

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<v Speaker 1>really interesting about the vests that a lot of them

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<v Speaker 1>were wearing the bulletproof vests said, these look like you

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<v Speaker 1>can buy these on Amazon. They're so cheesy. So we're

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<v Speaker 1>going to see we have gone from let's arrest and

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<v Speaker 1>deport the bad guys to well, if you are hispanic,

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<v Speaker 1>you know a lot of people I mean you look

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<v Speaker 1>at look at the parking lots of the home depots,

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<v Speaker 1>are there and not showing up to work. A story

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<v Speaker 1>of food that I want to bring Neil into and

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<v Speaker 1>that is there is a state that did not grow

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<v Speaker 1>tomatoes which is now growing tomatoes, Florida. And why are

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<v Speaker 1>the Florida tomatoes becoming more and more prevalent. Well because

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<v Speaker 1>a twenty one percent tariff into against Mexican tomatoes start.

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<v Speaker 1>It's July four, and so here is Florida's tomato industry.

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<v Speaker 1>The guy who owns Litman Family Farms, one of the

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<v Speaker 1>largest growers of tomatoes in the United States, even he

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<v Speaker 1>admits the mediocrity of Florida feel grown tomatoes. Don't expect

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<v Speaker 1>the red, ripened, the vine ripe and tomatoes our grandparents grew.

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<v Speaker 1>We've got to get tomato from i Milaukee, Florida to

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<v Speaker 1>Saint Louis and your grandma's tomato wouldn't make it. So

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<v Speaker 1>you got to make choices. So that means breeding tomatoes

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<v Speaker 1>not for flavor, but for survivability against disease insects, shipping

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<v Speaker 1>Florida weather, heat, and another thing that some tomatoes are

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<v Speaker 1>bread for just to fit that hamburger patty perfectly. So Neil,

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<v Speaker 1>I have eaten tomatoes that are grown locally off of farms,

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<v Speaker 1>and it is a world of difference. Why why do

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<v Speaker 2>You know, the points that you made are so American

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<v Speaker 2>that we're breeding them not for flavor, because keep in mind,

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<v Speaker 2>sugar is something that attracts bacteria, So when they're creating

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<v Speaker 2>these tomatoes and breeding them, they're pulling out things like

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<v Speaker 2>sugar so they don't attract the bugs, which changes the flavor,

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<v Speaker 2>the sweetness and all of those things. They also, like

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<v Speaker 2>you pointed out, want them to be able to travel.

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<v Speaker 2>So the more that you start tinkering with these things,

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<v Speaker 2>the more you are changing, you know, soils, you're genetically

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<v Speaker 2>modifying these things. You just get something that looks like

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<v Speaker 2>a tomato and that's it, basically.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, not very flavorful. That rich tomato flavor you don't

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<v Speaker 1>get from tomatoes. How about the vine ripen tomatoes that

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<v Speaker 1>you get in the store with the little you know,

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<v Speaker 2>I still think they're garbage personally, So you are better off.

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<v Speaker 2>And I tell people this on the fork port all

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<v Speaker 2>the time. You're better off getting a canned tomato that

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<v Speaker 2>was came from somewhere else, that was picked at its

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<v Speaker 2>prime and put into a can. Then you are getting

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<v Speaker 2>what looks like a fresh tomato on the vine that

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<v Speaker 2>is basically tasteless or maybe even mealy or something like that.

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<v Speaker 2>I can't stand the flavorless tomatoes that are out there,

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<v Speaker 2>and they used to be more seasonal. So now what

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<v Speaker 2>they're trying to do is keep them in season. And

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<v Speaker 2>you're throwing a lot of a lot of You're putting

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<v Speaker 2>a lot of boxes that need to be checked travel pesticides,

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<v Speaker 2>the appearance to keep the skins them looking good. You're

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<v Speaker 2>substituting that for flavor.

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<v Speaker 1>Hey, let me ask you talk about cant tomatoes, which

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<v Speaker 1>I've ever done. Don't they get mushy? Uh? Where you're

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<v Speaker 1>getting like a real mush tomato.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, it's not something you're gonna slice and put on

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<v Speaker 2>a you know, it's not something you're gonna put on

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<v Speaker 2>a sand burger, okay, or even a burger. But for

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<v Speaker 2>making a sauce, absolutely okay. You you uh, the Italian

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<v Speaker 2>tomatoes are going to be just wonderful in a can

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<v Speaker 2>and the ones that you're getting the on vine and

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<v Speaker 2>all that stuff there, A lot of them are just garbage.

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<v Speaker 1>Well, how about when you buy tomato sauce or a

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<v Speaker 1>pizza sauce or you know, just a pasta sauce. Well

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<v Speaker 1>kind of tomatoes are used in.

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<v Speaker 2>Those sand marzano the.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, you know whatever, ragu or no, that's that's that

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<v Speaker 3>You're going to uh A a traditional Italian tomato.

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<v Speaker 2>Like the sand barzana there.

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<v Speaker 1>That's the that's the tomato itself. That is the one

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<v Speaker 1>you want. Yes, all right, So if I buy a

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<v Speaker 2>You know, I don't know exactly what's in there, but

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<v Speaker 2>there's so many preservatives and salt and all this other

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<v Speaker 2>stuff in there. But yes, any true Italian sauce or gravy,

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<v Speaker 2>if you will, is going to be those traditional tomatoes.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, and now I was looking.

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<v Speaker 2>You can find them on Amazon, I get you know,

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<v Speaker 2>if you can't find them in your grocer, you can

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<v Speaker 2>find them at a local Italian shop or on Amazon.

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<v Speaker 1>Even I was looking forward today to a tomato sandwich

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<v Speaker 1>with lettuce and mayonnaise on wonderbread. There's just something about that.

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<v Speaker 1>A Florida tomato sandwich. We'll be back. Heirloom.

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<v Speaker 2>You go to your local farmer's market, get a good tomato.

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