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<v Speaker 1>You're listening to bill Handle on demand from KFI A

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<v Speaker 1>six forty. This is KFI bill Handle here on a

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<v Speaker 1>Tuesday morning, August sixth. Look at the trending. What's going on?

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<v Speaker 1>First of all, we've got Governor Tim Walls of Minnesota

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<v Speaker 1>who has been selected as Kamala Harris' VP pick, and

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<v Speaker 1>I'm going to do that in just a moment. Also,

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<v Speaker 1>the global markets is amy reported have actually come back,

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<v Speaker 1>or at least the meltdown has stopped. A one thousand dollars

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<v Speaker 1>fall down the day before, and I think yesterday it

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<v Speaker 1>was it was yesterday the meltdown, and then today it's

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<v Speaker 1>up three hundred points. Anyway, it seems to have recovered somewhat.

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<v Speaker 1>Google is a monopoly. So much going on, and they'll

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<v Speaker 1>not to forget the heat wave which is going crazy,

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<v Speaker 1>and the Olympics and what else. I don't know. I'm

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<v Speaker 1>going to just do headlines till the end of the show.

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<v Speaker 2>How about war in the Middle East?

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<v Speaker 1>Oh yeah, that one too. World War three is about

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<v Speaker 1>to spart start. Yeah, I forgot about that one. So

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<v Speaker 1>there's a lot going on. So this morning, just before

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<v Speaker 1>we went on the air, or as we were coming

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<v Speaker 1>on the air, the announcement was made that Kamala Harris

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<v Speaker 1>has selected Tim Walls, Governor of Minnesota, to be her

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<v Speaker 1>running mate. Interesting guy, and it was a it made

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<v Speaker 1>all the sense of the world. Now the three finalist,

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<v Speaker 1>Mark Kelly, Senator from Arizona, Josh Shapiro, Governor of Pennsylvania,

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<v Speaker 1>Ann Walls, all of them would have been a pretty

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<v Speaker 1>good choice and now it's just a question of which

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<v Speaker 1>would be the best. And it actually, I believe was incremental,

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<v Speaker 1>And a lot of it had to do with Kamala

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<v Speaker 1>Harris meeting with all three over the weekend and what

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<v Speaker 1>kind of report did they have a lot of it

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<v Speaker 1>has to do with do you trust this person? How

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<v Speaker 1>do you feel is their chemistry? Because each of them

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<v Speaker 1>had strengths in their own right. Pennsylvania is a battleground state,

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<v Speaker 1>Arizona is a battleground state, Minnesota's a battleground state. And

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<v Speaker 1>so why Tim Walls, Well, because he is a moderate

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<v Speaker 1>and she's known as a liberal. She's certainly going to

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<v Speaker 1>be attacked as a super liberal. He is moderate, he

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<v Speaker 1>is down the line. He still hits all the Democratic

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<v Speaker 1>boxes for sure. He's sixty years old, looks a little older.

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<v Speaker 1>Two kids. Born in Nebraska, he was a moderate Democrat

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<v Speaker 1>in Congress. He served as a representative from Minnesota twenty

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<v Speaker 1>seven of twenty nineteen, and then in twenty nineteen he

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<v Speaker 1>became the governor of Minnesota, and a fairly popular and

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<v Speaker 1>influential one because he served as the chair of the

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<v Speaker 1>National Democratic Governors Association. And he's going right after the moderates.

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<v Speaker 1>So the moderates are looking at him, which is what

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<v Speaker 1>Kamala Harris needs. The super liberal. She has the left,

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<v Speaker 1>she has the right. I'm going to touch her anyway.

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<v Speaker 1>Very dear friend of mine just texted me yesterday and said, well,

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<v Speaker 1>we got another one of your p doo friends who

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<v Speaker 1>are running for office. He and I have a great

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<v Speaker 1>time with this. By the way, he's so people like that,

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<v Speaker 1>it doesn't matter. And by the way, he's very proud

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<v Speaker 1>of that that position. In the meantime, rural background, working

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<v Speaker 1>class politician, went to a state college in Nebraska, Army

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<v Speaker 1>National Guard. He was a teacher on an Indian reservation.

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<v Speaker 1>He went to China as a teacher and later became

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<v Speaker 1>a high school teacher, entered politics, and so here is

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<v Speaker 1>what he has done. Here is what you're going to

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<v Speaker 1>hear his accomplishments, tuition free meals at state universities, Abortion

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<v Speaker 1>Rights instituted in the state law banning conversion therapy, which

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<v Speaker 1>is completely insane in its own right. That was Mike

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<v Speaker 1>Pence conversion therapy. If you are gay, we can give you. Basically,

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<v Speaker 1>we're gonna make you. How does that work. I'm trying

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<v Speaker 1>to remember what Mike Pence how he did that. Conversion

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<v Speaker 1>para therapy is if you're a fairly conservative and religious

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<v Speaker 1>and you have a gay member of either the congregation,

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<v Speaker 1>you're dealing with a young man or young woman, you

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<v Speaker 1>show porno and you get them so upset that they

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<v Speaker 1>convert from being gay into being straight. Conversion therapy. It's

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<v Speaker 1>just it's horrible. And what else did he do? Protections

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<v Speaker 1>for gender affirming healthcare. That's going to be a huge issue,

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<v Speaker 1>gender affirming healthcare right, the state will pay, the state

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<v Speaker 1>will get involved in helping people do the trans business.

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<v Speaker 1>Now that is, for some reason so important to the

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<v Speaker 1>conservative movement. I don't get it. What do you care?

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<v Speaker 1>What do you care if someone gets a operation? There

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<v Speaker 1>are a few hundred a year, It means nothing. Let's

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<v Speaker 1>say people being anti gay marriage, what do you care

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<v Speaker 1>if the people next door get married. Come on, that

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<v Speaker 1>is that a national issues at your taxes? Well, to

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<v Speaker 1>some extent it is. But is that foreign policy? Is

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<v Speaker 1>that immigration? So this has become a very big deal

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<v Speaker 1>and he's going to be attacked for that one for sure.

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<v Speaker 1>And he was joking, by the way, in a CNN

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<v Speaker 1>interview where he talked about himself. What a monster he's

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<v Speaker 1>talking about himself. Kids are eating, having full bellies so

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<v Speaker 1>they can go learn, and women are making their own

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<v Speaker 1>health care decisions. So he's right down the line. Oh,

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<v Speaker 1>also the weird describing Donald Trump as weird. He came

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<v Speaker 1>up with that. That is his claim to fame. And

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<v Speaker 1>so so we will see what happens. And he starts.

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<v Speaker 1>I think tonight is the first rally, if I'm not mistaken,

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<v Speaker 1>where she introduces him and then he goes balls to

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<v Speaker 1>the wall. And you're going to see a very interesting

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<v Speaker 1>campaign between the Trump campaign and the Harris campaign. The

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<v Speaker 1>Harris campaign you're going to see very methodical. You're going

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<v Speaker 1>to see very well planned out. She listens to she

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<v Speaker 1>listens to her advisors, or she will, and you have

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<v Speaker 1>Trump going totally the other way. Trump shooting from the

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<v Speaker 1>hip his advisor's cringing, and in many cases, Trump reads

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<v Speaker 1>his audience much better than his advisors do. So it's

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<v Speaker 1>going to be very interesting and the attacks are going

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<v Speaker 1>to be terrific. Yesterday, Donald Trump had said before the

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<v Speaker 1>announcement that any one of the three that would be

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<v Speaker 1>chosen by Kamala Harris would make a better president than

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<v Speaker 1>she would. And interestingly enough, today you will hear she

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<v Speaker 1>has chosen the worst vice presidential candidate in the history

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<v Speaker 1>of the United States, that there is no worst candidate

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<v Speaker 1>that has ever existed. The Dodgers are back in LA

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<v Speaker 1>to take on the Phillies tonight with the first pitch

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<v Speaker 1>just told me that it's Michelle Cube's birthday. So I'm

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<v Speaker 1>Michelle Cube was a producer on this show for twenty

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<v Speaker 1>five years and then is now the executive producer, and

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<v Speaker 1>I want to congratulate Michelle for one of the great

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<v Speaker 1>accomplishments of her life, and that's having been born. Good

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<v Speaker 1>for you, excellent job. Okay, and people take off like

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<v Speaker 1>it's my birthday week. What do you mean it's your

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<v Speaker 1>birthday week. Well, I'm celebrating my birthday. I'm not going

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<v Speaker 1>to come in this week. Do you know how many

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<v Speaker 1>times I've taken off my birthday from work? Not once.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm just not big on birthdays anyway, Michelle, congratulation on

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<v Speaker 1>your huge achievement. Well done. Now let us talk about

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<v Speaker 1>this lawsuit and this assisian yesterday by US Federal District

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<v Speaker 1>Judge Amit Mehta, who ruled that Google is a monopoly

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<v Speaker 1>violated anti trust laws. And this is a big, big deal,

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<v Speaker 1>significant victory for the Feds. The regulator is trying to

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<v Speaker 1>reign in the power of big tech in general, and

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<v Speaker 1>boy do they do it with this decision. Although Google's

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<v Speaker 1>argument that it isn't is ludicrous. And now you're looking

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<v Speaker 1>at the other firms, Apple, madea Amazon, also facing antitrust

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<v Speaker 1>lawsuits on different levels. And the judge wrote, and this

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<v Speaker 1>was a month's long trial. After having carefully considered and

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<v Speaker 1>waighed the witness, testimony and evidence, the court reaches the

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<v Speaker 1>following conclusion. Google is a monopolist and it has acted

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<v Speaker 1>as one to maintain its monopoly. Now, a couple of things,

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<v Speaker 1>and I'm gonna give you some numbers in a moment.

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<v Speaker 1>It's important to know that the ruling did not include

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<v Speaker 1>a remedy. It just said Google is a monopoly now.

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<v Speaker 1>Usually under antitrusts, when the court rules that there is

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<v Speaker 1>a violation, sometimes usually there is a remedy. The company

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<v Speaker 1>must break up at and T you had to sell

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<v Speaker 1>off its subsidiaries. Standard Oil had to break up because

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<v Speaker 1>it was a monopoly. That has not yet happened. They

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<v Speaker 1>don't know. We don't know the remedy in this one.

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<v Speaker 1>Maybe it's the way it does business. Maybe it has

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<v Speaker 1>to be sold off parts and pieces of it. Don't

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<v Speaker 1>know yet, Ken Walker, president of Google Global Affairs. Of course,

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<v Speaker 1>says companies, gonn Peel. Of course it is. And this

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<v Speaker 1>decision recognizes that Google offers the best search engine and

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<v Speaker 1>concludes we shouldn't be allowed to make it easily available.

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<v Speaker 1>We will remain focused on making products that people find

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<v Speaker 1>helpful and easy to use. You know, he's right, that's

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<v Speaker 1>exactly what the judge said. You have the best search engine,

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<v Speaker 1>but I want to make sure that people can't use

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<v Speaker 1>it That's exactly what I wrote. Not that you're a monopoly.

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<v Speaker 1>It's that you're the best out there, and I want

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<v Speaker 1>to rule that you can't that people can't use the best, right, Okay,

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<v Speaker 1>So here is what the lawsuit is about. Here's what

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<v Speaker 1>the judge ruled. Google maintained a monopoly on web searches

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<v Speaker 1>by reaching agreement agreements with browser developers, phone manufacturers, wireless

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<v Speaker 1>carriers all to pre load Google the search engine as

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<v Speaker 1>the default, and the companies all receive a portion of

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<v Speaker 1>advertising revenue. So Google gets its advertising revenue, of course,

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<v Speaker 1>by selling data for the most part, and it then

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<v Speaker 1>connects and we'll give AT and T or Samsung or

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<v Speaker 1>Verizon the ability to share in the advertising. You give

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<v Speaker 1>us as your default, you give us exclusivities, your default,

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<v Speaker 1>will share with you the amount of money that we get. Okay,

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<v Speaker 1>just to let you know. In twenty twenty one, twenty

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<v Speaker 1>six point three billion dollars went to Apple and Mozilla alone,

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<v Speaker 1>and then devices like Samsung, Motorola, US wireless carriers, AT

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<v Speaker 1>and T, and Verizon. The biggest single expense that Google

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<v Speaker 1>had that year was these revenue shares. And the government

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<v Speaker 1>said this doesn't work. Why, Well, keep in mind that.

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<v Speaker 1>Let me throw you some numbers in terms of monopoly.

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<v Speaker 1>In two thousand and nine, eighty percent of all US

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<v Speaker 1>web searches went through Google. In twenty twenty, it is

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<v Speaker 1>ninety percent mobile searches on mobile devices, it is ninety

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<v Speaker 1>five percent of searches go through Google. And Google is saying, Nope,

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<v Speaker 1>we're not a monopoly. Bing which is owned by Microsoft,

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<v Speaker 1>has a bit roaring six percent of the web searches,

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<v Speaker 1>and Google says, nope, we're not a monopoly. All we

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<v Speaker 1>do is a good job, and we're appealing it because

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<v Speaker 1>the appeals court is going to agree with us saying

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<v Speaker 1>no monopoly here, even though we have ninety five percent

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<v Speaker 1>of device searches and ninety percent of general searches. Wow,

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<v Speaker 1>So now what is going to happen? Don't know what

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<v Speaker 1>is going to be the remedy. I don't know. Are

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<v Speaker 1>they going to have to remove themselves as the default

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<v Speaker 1>and make it more even Steven will see what the

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<v Speaker 1>court has to say, or are they gonna have to

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<v Speaker 1>break up some parts of it, maybe uh, sell off itself.

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<v Speaker 1>Don't know, but I don't know where the court is

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<v Speaker 1>going to go. I don't know where Google is going

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<v Speaker 1>to go saying, oh no, no, that's not true. Don't

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<v Speaker 1>ever think ninety five percent of market share could ever

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<v Speaker 1>be a monopoly. All right, we have a vice presidential candidate,

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<v Speaker 1>Tim Walls of Minnesota. Kamala Harris has just selected him.

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<v Speaker 1>Here I go with that. Damn uh timata tillo sauce

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<v Speaker 1>Top of tillo, it's so much better, Christine, I know.

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<v Speaker 1>Okay, So Tim Walls, I'm gonna get over this. At

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<v Speaker 1>Ruled that it's a monopoly yesterday in federal court. I

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<v Speaker 1>to do it until tomorrow. Okay. So the other big stories,

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<v Speaker 1>what's going on in the Olympics and stop looking at

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<v Speaker 1>me that way. Another big story is what's happening on

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<v Speaker 1>in the Olympics, and that is the security is kind

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<v Speaker 1>of insane, right, forty five thousand cops plus we don't

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<v Speaker 1>there now. France has a very interesting habit of they

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<v Speaker 1>administrative control and surveillance. That's the name of it in French,

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<v Speaker 1>called MICUs, and it allows the French authorities to take

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<v Speaker 1>people who they think might be a risk to the Olympics,

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<v Speaker 1>you've got to stay home house arrested. You can't leave

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<v Speaker 1>your house during the Olympics, or you can't leave your neighborhood,

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<v Speaker 1>or you have to report to the police every day

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<v Speaker 1>so we know exactly where you are. No charges, nobody

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<v Speaker 1>law they can do that. And usually these are of

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<v Speaker 1>North African descent. They are Muslims from Algeria whatever in

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<v Speaker 1>North Africa, and the French have some reason to believe

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<v Speaker 1>that there may be a threat. For example, one guy

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<v Speaker 1>the first attack on Israel October seventh, so the Eiffel

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<v Speaker 1>Tower had a Star of David in lights. He takes

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<v Speaker 1>himself as selfie of him flipping the bird at the

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<v Speaker 1>Star of David. He's from North Africa, he's a Muslim.

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<v Speaker 1>He's not going anywhere near the games because the French

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<v Speaker 1>authorities have decided no, thank you. And of course lawyers

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<v Speaker 1>are going crazy and saying you can't do that with

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<v Speaker 1>a French can do that under their rules. But here

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<v Speaker 1>I'm geting you another side of the coin. There's only

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<v Speaker 1>a couple hundred of them, by the way, that have

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<v Speaker 1>done that. There were five hundred, of which two hundred

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<v Speaker 1>of the ACLU to go crazy. Let's do the reverse

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<v Speaker 1>where the French authorities have had reason to believe there

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<v Speaker 1>might be a risk there and did nothing, and a

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<v Speaker 1>terrorist attack happens. What do you think is going to happen?

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<v Speaker 1>You knew, you knew this guy had gone on these

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<v Speaker 1>internet sites. You knew he was Muslim. You knew he

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<v Speaker 1>had said things that are anti Israel or anti the West,

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<v Speaker 1>or pro Palestinian, and he was on the radar. You knew. Now,

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<v Speaker 1>friends has had its share of terrorist attacks, big time,

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<v Speaker 1>it more so than other countries, and so they're reacting

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<v Speaker 1>rather forcibly. Can you imagine, for example, in the United States,

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<v Speaker 1>going to university and not being able to wear a

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<v Speaker 1>he job if you are a Muslim student, now you

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<v Speaker 1>can't do it. In France they can say exactly that

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<v Speaker 1>under French law. Remember the fight that was here with

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<v Speaker 1>ID And there was a huge fight here in the

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<v Speaker 1>United States and it went up through the courts. It's

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<v Speaker 1>for the most part, you know, file lawsuit. Yeah, you

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<v Speaker 1>can take it to court. By the way, you can

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<v Speaker 1>couple of weeks from now, and then you can say

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<v Speaker 1>people that are under this MICUs decision by the French

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<v Speaker 1>Ministry of the Interior Security Forces, watch it on TV

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<v Speaker 1>because you're getting nowhere near even the neighborhoods that the

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<v Speaker 1>Olympic venues are at. Okay, now, interesting article came out

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<v Speaker 1>of the Atlantic and this is where Neil and I, well,

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<v Speaker 1>he see me and we've known each other for almost

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<v Speaker 1>thirty years. And that is tight wads. But tight wads

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<v Speaker 1>people who have money, tight wads. And there's a whole

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<v Speaker 1>psychological thing about that. Now I have a reputation for

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<v Speaker 1>being a tight wad. You know, I'm cheat. My clothes

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<v Speaker 1>truly are from Costco. I know I shticky about it,

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<v Speaker 1>but it's absolutely true. My shorts fifteen bucks at Costco,

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<v Speaker 1>my pans sixteen bucks at Costco. My shirt's fifteen bucks

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<v Speaker 1>at Costco. I mean, that's what I do money restaurants

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<v Speaker 1>just with my daughter every few months. Because she's a foodie.

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<v Speaker 1>I won't spend money. I mean, to me, going out

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<v Speaker 1>Cheesecake Factory is a very big expensive meal for me.

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<v Speaker 1>Quick story. A dear friend of mine who was president

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<v Speaker 1>obviously a lot of your ago, and he sharpest dresser

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<v Speaker 1>I've ever ever known. And Craig I once asked him,

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<v Speaker 1>because he's just beautiful clothes, I go, how much were

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<v Speaker 1>those pants, Craig? And he goes, two hundred and fifty dollars?

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<v Speaker 1>I said, two hundred and fifty dollars for a pair

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<v Speaker 1>of pants. I wouldn't. I don't have four suits combined

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<v Speaker 1>that cost two hundred and fifty dollars. And so when

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<v Speaker 1>get yourself a pair of pants, my gift. I kept

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<v Speaker 1>that gift certificate until the store went bankrupt. I could

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<v Speaker 1>never ever spend that much money on a pair of pants. Neil,

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<v Speaker 1>you have seen that over the years.

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<v Speaker 2>Oh yeah, oh yeah, I've seen it many times. I

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<v Speaker 2>remember walking down the street with you and there was

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<v Speaker 2>his like shoe was falling apart and it was flapping,

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<v Speaker 2>and Bill reached and do his pocket pulled out this

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<v Speaker 2>massive water cash with a rubber band around it. Took

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<v Speaker 2>homeless guid and said, here, wrap it around your shoe.

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<v Speaker 2>Really sweet moment.

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<v Speaker 1>Now, I also like, you know, hey, mister, do you

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<v Speaker 1>have any change? You know? And I have a pocket full,

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<v Speaker 1>and then keep on walking. Also what occasionally I do?

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<v Speaker 1>Now we and I have traveled, Neil, and this is

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<v Speaker 1>where I do spend discretionary income, and I will traveling,

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<v Speaker 1>I spend money on and I will occasionally go business

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<v Speaker 1>class when I can upgrade. I have actually paid for it.

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<v Speaker 1>And that killed me. That absolutely killed me. The only

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<v Speaker 1>a trip to Europe, and they have those live flat beds.

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<v Speaker 1>That was worthwhile only for as you load load up first,

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<v Speaker 2>Pretty rough?

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, the only problem is you cry yourself to sleep

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<v Speaker 1>That's true, actually, But the point is there is this

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<v Speaker 1>you know, I don't spend all my money. I spend

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<v Speaker 1>And it's still I never will have enough retirement. It's

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<v Speaker 1>And it's the thing. It is a psychological thing that

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<v Speaker 1>psychologists have written over and over. A lot a lot

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<v Speaker 1>on that way. You talk to people who are maybe

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<v Speaker 1>We're talking about great grandparents. Now, you'd be surprised how

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<v Speaker 1>many of them will pay only cash for a vehicle.

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<v Speaker 1>That's it. We'll never finance a vehicle because of what happened.

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<v Speaker 1>They pay off their mortgages as quickly as they can, which,

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<v Speaker 1>By the way, makes no sense, especially when there's three

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<v Speaker 1>kind of frightened of the future. What if? What if?

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<v Speaker 1>What if? And so Neil. As always, I want to

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<v Speaker 1>thank you for being my friend and always always reaching

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<v Speaker 2>Well, well, I don't mind you being cheap with other

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<v Speaker 1>Oh, Cono, Have I ever taken you to a lunch? No? No, Amy,

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<v Speaker 1>have I ever taken you to a meal? Once? Oh?

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<v Speaker 1>Where was it? Where did I take you? Christina? Oh? Yeah?

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<v Speaker 1>They because they went out of business. Yeah, because their

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<v Speaker 1>So you offering to take me to Yeah you know

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<v Speaker 1>I gotta take you for a meal. Yeah, Wiener Schnitzel

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<v Speaker 1>across that you know what, that's true. They have some

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<v Speaker 1>that Wiener Snitzle. You got it? Corn dogs on me? Yes?

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<v Speaker 1>All right, Cono, Yes, cor we're gonna do it. We're

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<v Speaker 1>gonna do it all right. Uh, I know when too.

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<v Speaker 1>I'll tell you about it either during the break raft

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<v Speaker 1>of the show, I'm gonna bring up my phone and calendar.

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