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<v Speaker 1>J r R Orlando's rock Station, Lynch and Taco Show.

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<v Speaker 1>Good morning, it is time for check it out the

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<v Speaker 1>All right, if you have if you subscribed any flavor

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<v Speaker 1>of Direct TV Beat the satellite version, Direct TV Stream

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<v Speaker 1>or AT and tu Verse, you know that you've lost

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<v Speaker 1>access to the Disney affiliated channels, which includes all of

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<v Speaker 1>the ESPN networks over one of these contract disputes that

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<v Speaker 1>pop up from time to time. It's always convey It

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<v Speaker 1>seems to happen as you're getting ready for NFL season, right,

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<v Speaker 1>So the first game that would be affected would be

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<v Speaker 1>Monday night Football. So a lot of people are like, oh, well,

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<v Speaker 1>it'll be a you know, an eleventh hour agreements and

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<v Speaker 1>they'll sort that and know it's not gonna doesn't look

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<v Speaker 1>like it's going to be, at least if you believe

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<v Speaker 1>the CEO of Direct TV, who was tweeting NonStop yesterday

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<v Speaker 1>that they are in this for the long haul. They

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<v Speaker 1>are not going to sign some deal that they're strong

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<v Speaker 1>armed into which will cause them to have to raise

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<v Speaker 1>rates even more on a customer base that continues to dwindle.

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<v Speaker 1>At one point, DirecTV had twenty two million subscribers. They've

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<v Speaker 1>lost about half of those subscribers in the last five years.

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<v Speaker 1>Same with cable exactly. My parents, my parents in their eighties,

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<v Speaker 1>actually started using YouTube TV last week. The whole argument

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<v Speaker 1>that Direct TV and other TV provider or you know

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<v Speaker 1>outlets argue is they are sick and tired of having

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<v Speaker 1>to be forced into taking these huge blocks of channels

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<v Speaker 1>that very few of their customers ask for, want, or

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<v Speaker 1>even watch, and then still have to pay for those.

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<v Speaker 1>And you can also say the reverse is true, where

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<v Speaker 1>you've got customers who have no interest in sports whatsoever

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<v Speaker 1>being having to pay for sports related channels. The ESPN

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<v Speaker 1>packaging channels is the most cost per customer there is

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<v Speaker 1>of any other channels out there right now. So this

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<v Speaker 1>looks like it may be an extended negotiation, perhaps going

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<v Speaker 1>for weeks or maybe even months. If you are a

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<v Speaker 1>Direct TV subscriber, they are offering twenty dollars kickbacks to

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<v Speaker 1>you there. You've got to reach out and ask for it, though,

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<v Speaker 1>So you reach out to their customer service. And I

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<v Speaker 1>know it's not gonna bring the channels back any quicker,

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<v Speaker 1>but at least you know lessen your bill a.

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<v Speaker 3>Little bit this month. Okay, I'll ask you later. Which

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<v Speaker 3>if it's affecting me or not, it's not okay, it's

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<v Speaker 3>not good. I didn't think so.

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<v Speaker 1>But you don't have direct TV.

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<v Speaker 3>I didn't want to affect Take the listener's time.

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<v Speaker 1>You're gonna be okay, good, don't be Boeing in NASA

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<v Speaker 1>preparing to bring the troubled Starliner capsule back to Earth.

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<v Speaker 1>If all goes as planned, six h four tomorrow evening

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<v Speaker 1>Eastern time, it will be undocking from the space station,

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<v Speaker 1>and approximately six hours later, again, if all goes as planned,

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<v Speaker 1>we'll land at New Mexico's White Sands Space Harbor with

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<v Speaker 1>no astronauts inside. Those two astronauts, as we've documented here

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<v Speaker 1>on this show and has been in the news non stop,

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<v Speaker 1>which Wilmore and Sunny Williams will still be on the

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<v Speaker 1>International Space Station awaiting a ride back from the competing SpaceX,

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<v Speaker 1>which will be going up there in February. Less two

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<v Speaker 1>astronauts than originally planned to make room for those two

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<v Speaker 1>to come back on the return trip.

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<v Speaker 3>Work together. I like how they're working together.

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<v Speaker 2>It's it's two human beings, you know, get them back safe.

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<v Speaker 1>X has been banned nationwide in Brazil. Why, they say,

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<v Speaker 1>because of the prolifered proliferation of disinformation. Why X is

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<v Speaker 1>being targeted because you could argue that there's disinformation on

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<v Speaker 1>just about every platform online these days. You can jump

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<v Speaker 1>in and take sides if you want, but as for

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<v Speaker 1>right now, you can't access X, the platform formerly known

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<v Speaker 1>as Twitter in Brazil. It's kind of a scary precedent. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>everything you see online, you've got to you gotta think,

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<v Speaker 1>is that? Is that right? Is that? You know?

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<v Speaker 3>Use your noggin, run it through a filter, use your nogin.

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<v Speaker 1>Toyota and BMW have announced a joint venture to push

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<v Speaker 1>forward with hydrogen fuel powered car technology. This is in

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<v Speaker 1>its infancy, This technology does exist. In fact, there's a

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<v Speaker 1>couple zero emission vehicles that operate on hydrogen fuel cells,

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<v Speaker 1>which you know is the most abundant element in the universe,

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<v Speaker 1>and if they could get this technology where it needs

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<v Speaker 1>to be, it gets all of the goals of zero

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<v Speaker 1>emissions mets and the only thing that's being put out

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<v Speaker 1>is water vapor as a you know, from these vehicles.

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<v Speaker 3>That's the exhaust.

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<v Speaker 1>I think the thinking here is all right. You know,

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<v Speaker 1>the push is on electric right now, but there's some

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<v Speaker 1>headwinds with that. We've talked about that on this show,

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<v Speaker 1>and the potential long term issues with evs and the

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<v Speaker 1>batteries that go along with them and the cost of that.

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<v Speaker 1>Could the hydrogen fuel cell be the ultimate answer? So

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<v Speaker 1>Toyo at MBMW we're gonna join forces to try to

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<v Speaker 1>zero in on that project.

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<v Speaker 3>It'll be called BMOTA. There's no truth to that that

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<v Speaker 3>I'm aware of, not at all. But if it was

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<v Speaker 3>on the Internet, I hope you'd run it through a filter.

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<v Speaker 1>Yes, use your noggin. A few years ago, Verizon FiOS,

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<v Speaker 1>which was one of the pioneers and fiber optic internets,

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<v Speaker 1>they were one of the first to really offer that

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<v Speaker 1>service and it was mainly in the Northeast, but has

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<v Speaker 1>since expanded to other parts of the country, then they

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<v Speaker 1>pulled back. Verizon did on the home fiber stuff and FiOS,

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<v Speaker 1>even selling off portions of their footprint to Frontier Communications. Well,

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<v Speaker 1>now things have come full circle as Verizon looks to

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<v Speaker 1>expand FiOS once again and resume, you know, installing that

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<v Speaker 1>by purchasing Frontier where they had just sold off large

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<v Speaker 1>swaths of their territory too years ago. It's a twenty

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<v Speaker 1>billion dollar deal that's in the works. Amazon delivery drones

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<v Speaker 1>have been in place in being used in several cities,

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<v Speaker 1>including College Station, Texas. Now, as Amazon looks to expand

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<v Speaker 1>on that technology, they're running into some issues with the

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<v Speaker 1>large private neighborhood that is near their Prime Air drone

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<v Speaker 1>station in College Station, Texas. Noise from the drones and

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<v Speaker 1>the constant buzz of these taking off and returning to

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<v Speaker 1>the launching point.

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<v Speaker 2>I agree one hundred percent. Have you noticed the humming

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<v Speaker 2>when you're watching golf now?

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<v Speaker 1>Oh yeah, yeah, A lot of sports events so annoying

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<v Speaker 1>to hear this constant Would you rather hear that or

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<v Speaker 1>the plane that used to that one tournament where that

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<v Speaker 1>was I mean, that became to the point where I

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<v Speaker 1>can't even watch this demute it could you imagine though

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<v Speaker 1>you're living, you move into a neighborhood, there's no drones

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<v Speaker 1>flying overhead. Now you've got hundreds of them coming and

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<v Speaker 1>going all day long, and Amazon wanting to expand that

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<v Speaker 1>even further. UH officials want to work with Amazon, obviously

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<v Speaker 1>they love the jobs and commerce it's brought to College Station.

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<v Speaker 1>It looks like the long term solution here is Amazon's

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<v Speaker 1>going to have to foot the bilt to move that

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<v Speaker 1>drone port away from the residential area to they don't

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<v Speaker 1>have to constantly be bombarded with the incoming and outgoing

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<v Speaker 1>meet in the middle package delivery a set I mentioned

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<v Speaker 1>this last week. It is happening on Monday the Apple events.

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<v Speaker 1>If you're eager to know everything about the new iPhone

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<v Speaker 1>sixteen UH, Monday one o'clock all will be revealed. Expect

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<v Speaker 1>to see a new iPhone sixteen and sixteen Pro models,

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<v Speaker 1>as well as updates to the Apple Watch AirPods and

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<v Speaker 1>perhaps even new Max although that was maybe maybe maybe category.

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<v Speaker 2>You know how they still how they keep going back

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<v Speaker 2>to retro stuff like the fold phones, the flip phones

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<v Speaker 2>and all that. Great, if they just went back for

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<v Speaker 2>the sixteen and they said it's a basically a BlackBerry.

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<v Speaker 1>Apple BlackBerry flip phone.

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<v Speaker 3>In next town, remember those things?

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, And I was reading this is kind of interesting

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<v Speaker 1>and it makes sense if you think, have you ever

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<v Speaker 1>heard of phrygenomics, frygenomics?

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<v Speaker 3>Mmm.

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<v Speaker 1>This guy named Tassos Staspolos, He's a founder and managing

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<v Speaker 1>partner of Trinetra. It's a London based investment firm.

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<v Speaker 3>Is it the economics refrigerators for refrigeration.

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<v Speaker 1>His way of looking and identifying trends and an investing

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<v Speaker 1>in them is to take trips to developing parts of

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<v Speaker 1>the world, get to know some locals and literally look

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<v Speaker 1>inside their refrigerators. You can see where they are in

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<v Speaker 1>the socioeconomic scale based on contents of the refrigerators. And

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<v Speaker 1>if he's going in to say, a society that really

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<v Speaker 1>hasn't had access to dairy products per se, and all

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<v Speaker 1>of a sudden he's seeing milk and cheese and ice

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<v Speaker 1>cream in these people's freezers. Like, hmm, things are improving

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<v Speaker 1>around here. May want to invest in those type of

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<v Speaker 1>technologies in this part of the world. Wow, And there's

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<v Speaker 1>it's a proven track record of it has this whole

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<v Speaker 1>This is a really long involved article. It's on Wired

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<v Speaker 1>dot com if you want to check it out, But

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<v Speaker 1>it's if you're an investor, you know you want every

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<v Speaker 1>little edge you can have.

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<v Speaker 2>Once you go to that village and you see they

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<v Speaker 2>have check Cola, you're like, huh, that's it.

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<v Speaker 3>I'm investing in yetties. You're gonna need to keep them cold.

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<v Speaker 2>Diabetes drugs maybe either well Tago on Demand telloadyart

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<v Speaker 3>From the Bogan Muns