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Excellent. 103 Beloves waiting. I love that. Good morning. So I know YouTube needs a couple extra seconds to come in. And you guys, before we say all of our hellos, can we just watch this video while YouTube comes in? Look at this. This guy is right up my alley. Ready?

I noticed there was a frog living in our fence, so I made him a house.

But he hated it.

And then one week later, TikTok was like, he needs easier access, a patio that fills with water. They're really good ideas. So we started on V2, busted out these walls, added a patio, increased rivet amplification, and introduced additional arm comfort. Also, the people named him Frederick. So we printed it, ripped off this garbage, and installed V2, and now Pool!

He needs a pool! Seriously, you guys, that's an even better idea!

So we made a pool with plants and this infinity edge waterfall, and Froderick liked it. He even had a friend over. For now, it was perfect.

Wait, possum!

Without knowing the possum's intentions, we built Froderick an emergency cave. Then Frod— he's called Frod now—

Frod.

Had a pool party. All the Frods were there. But then— use the escape cave, Frods!

Use the cave!

Oh, he's just thirsty for some frog tea. So Possum turned out to be friend, and the people named him King Julian.

King Julian. Now the house was perfect.

He needs a bug light. Then we started on the bug attractor. After lots of designs, we ended up with this spaceship and also added this pond. And then this happened.

Awkward.

Then we had eggs and then tadpoles, so we added a tadpole ramp. Then there were baby frods everywhere. All frogs are now called frods now.

Shh!

Frods!

Then it turned out there was also a pregnant female possum. We named her Queen Julia. She had the baby. We named him Mort. Now there's a livestream where Mort and QJ have dinner each night with their hands. And then we made Fraud House V3. And that's it. That's how fraud went from this to this.

Oh, I love that, you guys. Isn't that just like when you try to renovate one thing in your house? That's exactly what happens.

I'm glad a homeless man is not living in front of his house.

Oh my God.

If you want to avoid spending a lot on your house, sometimes it's best just to ignore all the problems. Because once you start, then you're like, well, what about this? What about that?

Duct tape works wonders for problems at your house. Oh my gosh. Well, that gave everybody a chance to come in. I was dying to show you guys Fraud and his whole journey now. And so now I've been waiting for you because I've been waiting for Scott. Let's do it.

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Okay, extra credit if anyone knows what happened to Rudy Giuliani's shirt. I have no memory. Do you, Marcella?

No, I don't remember.

Owen? Oh, I muted you, Owen. Sorry. I don't know what happened to his shirt. Was it his hair dye running down? I don't know.

I hope he wasn't shirtless. Oh, it might have been the hair dye. I think there was an incident like that that I remember.

Or was it like— no, I don't want to bring up bad memories. Okay, so, um, did I see SJV in the comments saying something about harassing Marcella? If you guys don't know SJV, everybody on Locals knows him. A lot of you that listen to Owen's, uh, repl— uh, not replay, what's it called— after Party on the weekends know him. But, um, SJV, I found a fascinating clip of you I have never seen before. Who knew you were talented like this? Watch this. Ladies and gentlemen, S J V.

Yep, it's an older video, but yeah, it's an older video where he looks older.

Oh my gosh, that is amazing! You guys, how how do I end up with these things? I don't know, but but that was not S J V. That was. Hermeto Pascola. And that was some kind of bringing Brazilian tradition into playing music with his face, I guess.

I think I need a Brazilian to verify that that's a real thing down there.

I mean, good Lord. I don't think it's a Brazilian thing. I just think he's Brazilian. Pro tip to the women who sometimes get a fuzz on their face and like you can feel it, but you can't get it off. Get yourself a little mascara brush. AKA a spoolie, and I can feel it. And I'm gonna go like this, and I got it.

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Makeup tips with Erica.

That's your pro tip of the day. So by the way, good morning. My name is Erica, and you're at the Scott Adams School. Scott's probably like, really, Erica? But anyway, it's Friday, and we always are a little silly on Friday. We can't help it, we get excited. And I'm joined today by co-hosts Marcella and Owen. The teams together all week this week. I love it. So gosh, there is like so much going on in the news, yet so little. I don't know if that makes sense to you. It's just like I feel like everything's like at a standstill. It's like all these stories, but nothing's really happening. A lot of speculation. The news media is still crying, and and Jimmy Crack Corn, and I don't care. But So, Owen, I am going to come to you first, but I know you and Marcella have some news stories for me, and I have little things to interject with you too. But tell us what you have at the top of your list today.

I think the top one I had was Milei calling the UN a caste of parasites. He said they were a useless organization that only serves to feed a caste of fatally arrogant parasites disguised as well-intentioned bureaucrats. And he talked about the genocide of the COVID-19 restrictions and the forced lockdowns and was accusing the UN of sheltering what he called bloodthirsty dictatorships and voting systematically against Israel. So pretty powerful speech. Um, I think it was pretty well received, at least for the people who like that sort of point of view. I'm sure there are probably others that were not appreciating that, but, um, And Netanyahu had a pretty powerful speech as well. So it seems like—

can I just say, I, I love that he said that. And I feel like— don't you feel like Trump ushered in this, like, truth-telling ability for other people to just speak so freely like that? I feel like he started it. I mean, I know other leaders and dictators obviously have been brutal, but I just— I love that he just came into the UN. And said that. Um, or Marcela, don't you love that?

Um, yeah, but I don't think, uh, you know, for Latin America, they always tell you the, the truth.

The—

they, they don't care. They don't— they, you know, Milé is its own being. But I think, uh, you know, for American politicians, I think that's a new thing, you know. for, for, uh, Trump brought a new, uh, way of being because in the past they were always, you know, they weren't able to answer certain things that the media would say to them. But the whole notion of fake news, um, came with Trump and that gave a lot of ammunition to all politicians.

Yeah.

I, I would also just add, like, it's— to me it's a symptom of what happened at the UN because I, I think Frankly, my opinion is originally the UN was essentially an extension of the United States. We were kind of running everything and it was our way of projecting our power around the world. And it was designed that way from the start. We have veto power over pretty much anything important. And we gave that same veto power to a few other big countries just to make it all work. But essentially the UN can't do anything that we don't agree with that's significant. They can talk, they can do little things, but not much. I think what happened over the years is it became kind of taken over by the globalists. It became taken over by this thing where it no longer is really a projection of American power. It's almost like an adversary. And, um, again, still we have that veto power, so nothing super important bad can happen because they don't really have any authority, really. I mean, it's kind of all fake because, you know, there's no like laws behind it or anything. It's just whatever we actually agree to go along with. But I think Trump was the first one to really call that out. I think we, you know, people, unfortunately, a lot of people in the US were going along with all this globalist stuff and just letting it happen and not complaining about it. And I think Trump was the one that kind of said, this is all BS and we need to put a stop to this.

I think that we have too many groups. Like, I think there's too many organizations and like, like the UN and The world has shifted so much since these things were formed that they really should just like, just take them all out and like, let's just start over and just see who really is aligning with whom. Um, okay, Marcella, any more on that, or should we hear what BB said?

No, we can hear— we can finally hear what he said.

And then into the empty room. Okay, Owen, so what did BB say?

Well, I actually don't have the details on that. I just know that he had a very powerful speech as well that was pretty effective. I think a lot of it was that he was essentially saying that Israel was being treated unfairly and they were being accused of genocide and other things. But they, you know, I just think it was interesting to me that the UN was taking center stage, you know, in the past. A lot of it was kind of just in the background. Nobody really paid attention unless you were a political junkie or something. And seems like it's making a lot more headlines now, and it probably is because, you know, Xi is here. I don't know that he's been to the UN anytime recently, so that's kind of different. And then, um, you know, you obviously just got so many things going on with the Ukraine war, the Israel-Gaza stuff, the, um, you know, the Iran war and all that. And so Lots of drama at the UN is really what I'm getting at.

Bibi did slam Mamdani, and, and rightfully so. Like, what a New York mayor has to do with, you know, saying he was going to arrest Netanyahu if he came. I mean, what are we doing, people?

Um, yeah, I do remember the story about that with, with Mamdani, that he was kind of calling him out specifically as saying that he was, you know, essentially being antisemitic. But, um, That he, it was kind of like his fault that a lot of this sentiment is going against him. And, you know, I know a lot of people don't like Netanyahu. I don't particularly have like any strong opinion one way or the other. And I, I'm not really a fan and I think he probably is done as soon as this conflict is considered over. But, um, you know, I, I do think he did a good job sort of defending himself and coming across well.

Yeah, he, he's good at that. All right, Marcella, anything on that or do you want to give us more news?

Well, just in general, I don't think he— I think it's over for him on October 26th unless the polls are completely wrong, which that could totally be right. The elections are coming up in Israel. One thing is he called cowards the people that left the room. That was interesting because they left this. I guess they waited for him to come in and talk and then they like made their little march. He talked against France and all these other groups and he told them like they're calling them Israel colonizers, but France and England are the ones that created the notion of colonizing. So that was interesting.

But did he really hold up a beeper, or are you kidding?

No, but he was like, I'm gonna take out the pager if you guys don't.

Oh, because Sean just said he held up a beeper, but I think she's kidding. Okay, Lord.

So I know that there's a lot of UN, a lot of important news, you guys. Yeah, but one news that hasn't been covered is Fat Bear Week.

Fat Bear?

Yeah, bear, like a bear. Um, so there's Fat Bear Week of 2026. The contenders are announced. There's 16 brown bears in Katmai National Park in Alaska, and they're competing for who's the fattest. There's no sempic bear anymore. So there's 32 Chunks, Gully, Electra, Marshmallow, You can vote online up to September 29th, and it's been a million votes last year from over 100 countries. So vote for your fat bear.

Oh wait, how do we vote?

You can vote online. I'll post the link so that you can do your vote. But one of the funniest things is like they eat only berries and salmon and certain like vegetables, and you're like, how do they get this big with What they eat.

Maybe eating more berries, salmon.

Don't eat just berries and salmon because you could be Fat Bear. Um, but that was—

Salmons are a fatty fish, so it's probably a lot of salmon.

Um, and by the way, uh, you guys are confirming he did hold up a beeper. Okay, that's interesting.

I guess when you, when you hear the, uh— because I hear— I heard his, his speech— it's not the same as when you see it. Yeah.

I just saw clips of it. I didn't, I didn't know that, but that's, that's interesting. Thank you for letting us know. Um, and sending a signal of some kind, perhaps. Um, so Marcela, yeah, definitely do the link because I want to vote for the fat bears. That's like right up my alley.

Are they, are they like live streaming these bears or is it just a picture?

I think there are some. Yeah, they're live streaming some parts of the internet, the, you know, like, uh, I think YouTube, they have the live stream of the Salmon area.

Yeah.

Is there a Polly Market or a Calshi that's following along us?

I'm sure there is because everybody's in on it. So, all right, at least—

I was kind of wondering if there's somebody trying to rig it, you know, give an extra salmon to their favorite bear.

Oh, right.

No, like, just like Chunk 32, like he won last year, or like feed them—

like, is it by weight or how they look? Right now I have questions.

I'm like, Like, who names them? That's the question. But, um, you know, yesterday, Erica, I know you were saying, and in regards to service and how— I don't know if it was Erica, but they were playing video games and like, yeah, they said they need to be serviced. Well, there was a story today, uh, US deploying Xbox-operated laser weapons in Hormuz. And basically, um, They cite New York Post says the US forces are using high-energy lasers in the Strait of Hormuz against drones, incoming cruise missiles operated reconfiguring an Xbox controller.

Interesting. See, now look, so take it off the couch and go do that for a year. I like it. I like it. All right. See, that's good. I did want to show a clip I had from yesterday. We were talking about Christopher, not talking about him, but we had a shown Christopher Rufo on Bill Maher. He's great, you guys give him a follow. But this is more fraud in California. Oh my Lord. But you know what? We should be so angry, like, you know, like a directed energy angry at the waste that like this is the people's money, taxpayers' money. Just remember that when you watch this.

Okay, you guys, let's take a look at This is a brand new smartphone, and here in Los Angeles, the government is giving them away to undocumented migrants for free. No proof of citizenship required. And the phones are only the beginning. In the past decade, the California state government has built a shadow welfare system for the undocumented that costs the state billions. They're giving away free food, cash, housing, healthcare, college tuition, even car insurance, no questions asked. We wanted to see exactly how this system worked, so we went to the welfare office here in Los Angeles. They told us that many state welfare programs do not require American citizenship, and some, like the Cash Assistance Program for Immigrants, which provides nearly $14,000 a year in cash are for migrants only.

I don't care about legal or not, not being a citizen.

If you know where to look, the system isn't exactly a secret. The government is advertising it.

No Social Security number? No problem.

And Governor Newsom brags about it.

We're the only state in America providing universal healthcare regardless of pre-existing conditions, ability to pay, and your immigration status. I know how offensive that is to people, and I get how controversial this is.

An outrage. California families are working long hours, depleting their savings, and taking out record amounts of debt to survive while the government takes from their paycheck and hands out free everything to migrants who have no legal right to be here.

I, I couldn't hate Gavin Newsom any more than I do. I mean, what a cocky, condescending Oh my God, I caught myself. I mean, how he's like, oh, I know that offends you. Yeah, it offends people that are grinding out their jobs and trying to make ends meet, and you're taking their tax money that they have to pay or they'll be put in jail and just throwing it away to whatever you want. You are so vile and disgusting. You will never be president. Never. Um, Marcella, I'm gonna come to you first on this just because you live in California. I don't know, I feel You should be running around the streets screaming.

I want to know where they give out the new phones. I I need a new phone.

You're legal. Sorry, you can't have one.

I could pretend. I could pretend.

No, I have no dress up as a homeless person. I want to see you as a homeless person.

I can. I can pretend to be an immigrant. Ah, don't give it to me.

Um, just speak Spanish. You'll get by.

Yeah.

Yeah.

Solo en español.

Um.

No, I mean, it, it's not Gavin only. I mean, this has been going on for thousands of years in, in California, and I think people just don't understand free stuff doesn't come from— it's like they think that there's money growing on trees or something, because it's like they don't understand. They want free stuff, but they also don't want to be taxed. So it's like, where is this coming from? Like, you need to understand that This is— the money is deriving from somewhere. Um, and the more that you give out free stuff, the more people move in, the more homeless that come.

Of course.

The more everything. So it's like, I don't think they— that people mean well when they're voting. They just don't understand that empathy is wrong. Like, the things that you want to help these people they don't connect that altruism is not always— it's never good. Like, they do not connect those things. They're like, oh, we have an immigration problem and they are poor, let's help them. No, you know, it's like, well, how about— that's not how you do it.

How about the commercial? No Social Security card? No problem. Oh, great.

Oh, and, you know, and the thing that the Before you go on, the, the thing that, that pushes all this— there's a lot of people that work all day, they vote, they don't understand what they're voting for, they're not informed, right? And I'm not, I'm not excusing them, but there are NGOs, uh, government, the government itself, certain government officials, certain people, um, like nonprofits and all that. They're making— they push these things because they're making money out of it. So they, they follow the money.

Go ahead, Owen.

Yeah, I mean, I think this is part of the problem with socialism, and, and I think some of this probably is somewhat intentional to push socialism. But, um, you know, people— a lot of people seem to complain about rich people saying, oh, they've got all the money, we don't have the money, why are they— you know, why do they have this K-shaped economy where the rich people are doing great and everyone else is suffering? But I think it makes it a lot worse when you see people on the low end that are getting all this stuff for free that a lot of other people in the middle class are not Able to get. I mean, I— it was kind of amazing to me to say, like, you know, what, what's considered a poverty level and what— how high that is, frankly. And because, again, I think it started out that all this social stuff was just meant to be a safety net. Like, we don't want people to starve and die on the street or whatever, so let's give them some food, of course. But when you keep extending this and giving them free phones and all sorts of stuff, it's, it's kind of a discouragement to work. Because you're taking away the benefits as they're more successful. So it makes it harder to get out of that cycle, and it encourages more people to just not work hard or not achieve things. And I really feel like it's like the government is just playing both sides. Like, they're, they're, they legitimately— sure, they do. There are a lot of benefits to rich people in terms of business, at least. You know, they always look out to try and make sure the stock market's healthy. Um, there's a lot more corporate benefits and breaks and subsidies, much more than I'd like to see. But on the other end, they're also saying, okay, let's just give all kinds of money and benefits and free stuff to people that are at the low end. And then the people in the middle, what do they get? Nothing.

It's not even the people at the low end. It's people that aren't even American. You know, it's like Americans last is their motto. Um, middle class once again does not exist. Like I said, I never felt so unseen as when Obama was president. I was just like, what the hell is happening here? And you know, you got to remember, you guys, the more money people have— like, let's, let's just say about like the, the upper percentage of people, I'm not talking Elon and, and Bill Ackman, but yes, them too— but the more money you have, more people with money will do great things for other people because they have money to do it. So the more money I have, the more I can donate or I can create something for someone. Um, you know, same with all of you. Like, if, if I had $100,000 and you wanted me to donate something versus if I had $20,000 and you wanted me to donate something, you're gonna get a different result. So when people poo-poo wealth, and it's not like us on here, but the Democrats, oh, the rich tax the rich, you know, You know, the rich people are giving more because they have more. They're creating jobs, hopefully. They're paying more taxes. Even if you think they're not paying enough taxes, their taxes are probably like quadruple most people's salaries. So it's like, it's not like they're not paying their taxes, even if they find a loophole. Like Trump said, close the loopholes, Congress. If you don't like the loopholes, you guys have them there. Um, so it's just interesting. And, and It's really gross to watch Newsom, who's so wealthy and privileged, to just, you know, say like, sorry to the people that don't like that we're gonna give, you know, medical stuff to illegals no matter what their status. It's just like, oh my God. Denise just reminded me of when Obama— all right, let me just tell you something, Denise. It was like when Kennedy got shot, when Charlie got shot, when Obama said, you didn't make that. I know exactly where I was sitting when I heard him say that because I was sitting in front of my business in my car doing something for the business and getting ready to leave to go to a meeting. And I hear on the news Obama going, you didn't make that or you didn't create that. And I was like, this MFer, is this a joke? Like, what am I even doing here? So yeah, I remember it like that. Like, that's how hard I remember him saying that as a small business owner. So I don't know. Yeah, it really— obviously, this really gets to me as a person who creates jobs, always has, and has been working my ass off my whole life. It just really, really grinds my gears.

I've said many times, and I'll say again, I think California's government is hostile to its citizens.

Yeah.

Yep.

Okay, so let, let me just, let me just get the frustration out and just Just turn to this little clip and we'll file this one under, if I had to see it, you have to see it. You know, when I do these clips, you love it. But here's drunk wine lady Kamala, and like, watch her do her little shimmy shake, and she's gonna tell you about algorithms. Take a listen.

They're trying to dumb people down with the assumption that people don't have any interest beyond what they've already seen.

Think about that.

Oh yeah, the algorithm.

Right, but the algorithm suggesting, I have no more interest because I'm looking at this yellow flower. I'm only interested in yellow flowers.

So here's more yellow flowers.

As though my brain can't handle the fact that there may be a pink flower.

Right, right.

That I might be interested in looking at, right? And so part of it is understanding how the algorithm Is manipulating us and figuring out how we're gonna psych it out a bit.

Oh, sorry, you caught me. I was do— I was doing my behind-the-scenes charades. Uh, Owen, I'm just coming to you first. Do you love her?

Yeah, no, I think the tech companies should hire her to fix their algorithms. It would be so much better if Kamala was in charge.

Holy cow, I can't. What's so funny? Ugh. All right, Marcel.

We'd have pink flowers everywhere, right?

Marcella, more pink flowers?

Purple.

Purple.

She's a mess.

I don't know why she talks to people like she's a kindergarten teacher.

Like they're stupid.

Like very slowly to the guys. Like, uh-huh. Like he's just, um. So there was a clip yesterday that I saw from Abdul Syed, and he had her next to her, and he even looked like, what is she on? Like you could tell that he was like perturbed by her. Um, even a socialist is perturbed.

Yeah, well, now he has to pretend he likes her when he, you know, was very vocal about, uh, just abstaining from Biden and Kamala when they were running. And so, you know, now he's got to do the old pivot roux. Um, yeah, so, um, Owen, why don't you give us another one of your news items?

Well, I don't want to skip over that they signed the agreement with Greenland. So that's official now. And that's huge news. And, you know, I posted an article about this that has quotes from like, I don't know, dozens of people talking about how great this is, that, you know, Denmark, Greenland, the United States, the UN, a whole bunch of people in Europe, they're just all complimenting this, saying, wow, this is massive. This is a game changer. This is, you know, we're going to have the security that we really need and it's a great solution. And It's just such a massive Trump victory. And, um, you know, it makes me remember when, when Trump first got elected or was running and, and people were saying, oh, all the foreign leaders are going to be laughing at him and laughing at us and they're not going to take him seriously. And look what he's done. He just fixed a massive security problem and everyone is happy about it on all sides, it seems like. I don't think anybody's really complaining about this deal except maybe the Democrats that are Soar that he was able to accomplish it.

Or Russia and China.

Yeah. And I— so I, I think this is just a massive victory where he basically got everything he wanted for free, um, by using the Trump negotiation method of, you know, trying to say we're going to take over Greenland, we're going to own Greenland, we're going to do this stuff, and pushing for something much more than what he really wanted. And then he ended up getting what he wanted for free. He didn't even have to pay anything.

I, I think it's such a, a great victory that he pulled that off. Um, I'm thrilled about it. I was never, um, you know, like, I never thought about Greenland being so important to protect us until he pointed it out. And then you're looking at the map and you're like, holy crap, that would really be beneficial. So that's, uh, pretty amazing. Congratulations to him. Um, I love that. Anything on that, Marcella? Are we going there?

I've been there. Yeah, it's good.

Is it better than Iceland?

No.

You love your ice.

Sorry.

Maybe, maybe it'll be better one day.

What's, what's in Greenland?

Um, houses and snow. Nature.

Yeah, nature.

I thought it was just like all ice and then there were like a couple towns here and there. Is that accurate or is it different than what I expect?

That's accurate.

Okay, so did you see all of the stuff in Greenland then?

No, you can't travel to certain areas because of the weather. So there's not many roads, so you have to actually fly to another area. Like, uh, there's not a road that takes you to all the areas because there couldn't be a road. Um, but it's, it's— if you have Greenland, you have oil. You have tons of power. And the people in Greenland, um, do make a lot. They're making a lot of money from, from that oil, or from, um, thank goodness now that they are making a lot of money now. So there's, there's a lot more immigrants coming in. Um, there's a lot more people moving in.

From where?

Mostly the Philippines.

To Greenland? That's gonna be a shock, don't you think?

They don't always stay there, you know, but because it's like, who wants to stay in Greenland?

Wait, why are— I know, why are they going there?

As workers. Oh, there's, there's, there's a lot of work to be done, you know, and some of them are, uh, Danish that come from Denmark, you know, the Filipino-Danish or Filipino-Norwegian or whatever it is. Yeah.

So, oh my God, that is— all right, that's so confusing to me. Filipino or Norwegian? I mean, like, one has nothing to do with the other. But Norway looks like— like, Greenland looks so cute and quaint, and the little houses with the snow, like it should be on a calendar. And I'm sure it is. But then there's like Norway that also has that. But I think that that's the place you want to go visit. You can do more. So that's just if you want the vibe of Greenland without Suffering the elements of Greenland, go to Norway. Okay.

It's not that bad.

Did they tell you the story of why Greenland is covered in ice and Iceland is all green?

Um, that was part of Leif Erikson's, or, or I forget, I should know this, but it was, it was on purpose so that people wouldn't go to Iceland. Instead, they would go to Greenland. Um, so they named Greenland Greenland. And Iceland, Iceland on purpose so that nobody would go to Iceland because they didn't want anybody there.

Okay, well, it worked.

I kind of wonder how much of our history is just like stuff we did to foil pirates.

Maybe we'll never freaking know, but save your books, everybody.

In regards to the Greenland story, there's, um, you know, they, they signed this, um You know, one thing I have to— 2 things. When President Trump was signing this with the Prime Minister of Greenland and the Prime Minister of Denmark, there was a moment where the Prime Minister of Denmark, she's a woman, Mette Frederiksen, and he like— she was going to sit, they had a table, and then they had like a speaker side, and she was going to sit on her chair. He like brought the chair and like a gentleman, President Trump and, and let her put her in there. As you know, I just found— maybe she found it, you know, like machismo or something, but I think it was a nice touch that he was looking out for them.

No, I like that. My father was so like that, like, and he taught my brother to be that way. I'm full on, full on, I don't care if it's a power thing, like, no, you push in a lady's chair. I like I like it.

You open the door for a lady. Um, but the US is to reopen 2 Cold War-era bases in Greenland. So they were bases already, but they are going to reopen them. There's going to be even more work for people now. Um, so it, it brings a lot more money.

All right, so let me do one more semi-international story, technically. Um, I just thought this was so funny. Um, so This is Admiral Paparo, Admiral Paparo, U.S. Admiral Paparo. He's getting asked a question about so Carney from Canada is like suddenly putting fear porn into people that the U.S. is going to attack Canada. Okay, and I just like this guy's like I just can't take it anymore. Like Just watch.

Would you obey an order to launch military action against Canada?

I'm—

yeah, I find that— I find that scenario to be absolutely and utterly preposterous.

And so I follow the—

I follow the orders of the commander in chief, but That is a needlessly emotional question. I don't find— forgive my saying it too— is that Canada is a close ally. Thank you. I'm sorry, I didn't mean to insult you, but— No, no, but you did answer the question. I'm sorry? You didn't answer the I said I follow the orders of the president and I find it to be a— would you ask me please also what my attack plans are for the Martians? You want to dismiss it, by all means. Yes, sir.

I don't dismiss you.

I don't dismiss you, but I do dismiss the question.

I'm sorry?

You belittle it.

I don't think that's the right approach at all.

This is a serious question about a serious issue. We've had threats of annexation. I know it's not. I know it's a hypothetical, but nonetheless, if you've not thought about it, thank you. Maybe you should.

I, I just love it. Like he's like, I can't take it anymore. Like what are you know? Would we attack Canada? And he just laughs because he knows too the news is batshit crazy. Owen, thoughts on that? I just thought his little giggles were hysterical.

Yeah, I think he handled it well because that's it's another one of those gotcha questions, right? They're trying to get the little clip. They're trying to get the little quote that they can say. Oh, you know, either, you know, either he said he wouldn't follow the order or he said he would follow the order, and either way I've got a story. And the way he answered it was, I think, kind of how a lot of politicians do, where you don't directly answer the question, you basically just point out the ridiculousness of it. And anybody with a brain knows that he did answer the question, right? But he just didn't give the journalist the gotcha quote that he was looking for. So then a journalist is like, well, you didn't answer the question. It's like You're just, you're just an idiot. And I, you know, I think, um, you know, if I were in that situation, I probably would have been stronger. I wouldn't have been so deferential and saying, I'm not insulting you, or whatever. I would have been like, dude, that's stupid. I would have been more like Trump and be like, come up with better questions.

Yeah, like, how can I answer this seriously? Like, it's so stupid. Like, what should we— yeah, we're gonna invade, we're gonna annex Canada now. So, Marcela, what do you— what do you— I know BJ says Canada is as batshit crazy as the media. So that's, that's our Canadian correspondent right there, Wang and Marcella.

No, I'm glad he mocked them because that's the only thing you can do is mock their questions because you can't take it seriously. So I'm glad he did that.

I love it. I love that. Okay, so Marcella, why don't you give us one of your news stories?

Um, so there was a news story that, um, in Maine, as you would know, that there's the midterms coming up. Susan Collins is up for reelection in there. And of course, there was a, there was a September surprise before the October surprise. Um, there was a, there's alleged scandal that ProPublica investigated and has came out with this, uh, this week. And it's pay-to-play dealings between the Maine Republican, which Susan Collins and a defense contractor. It is basically this Martin Cowell, a former CEO of a contractor, a military contractor, Navitech. He actually was convicted of making illegal campaign contributions already, so he is already a convicted felon. So he made statements to ProPublica saying that basically she kind of— Susan Collins did favors for him and that he met with senior members of her, her, her Senate Appropriations Committee, and he was given all these projects in exchange for, uh, these, um, donations that he created. He created a shell company where he donated to her through, uh, pretending to be different people. Um, anyways, he is a felon and everything else. So Susan Collins was asked about this and she's denied it. Um, and ProPublica doesn't have a really good record. It's a very— I, I think it's very leftist. So it may be, you know, nothing, but it, it might cost her her election. I'm not sure, you know. Um, it's not good, but who knows what October brings for the Democrat candidate. So she might have something under her sleeve. But, uh, basically she denied it categorically. There is no such thing. The donations, uh, she gave them back once she knew that he was, um, a felon and that it was done through a shell company. And that's that. So he's basically— what she's saying is don't believe a felon.

Okay, well, you know, she found that out and gave them back. That's good with me. Um, and why did we—

Vote for the Republican.

It's fine, not a problem. And why did we keep Susan Collins? I mean, she's never going to give up power either. She's going to be like Dianne Feinstein. Um, but keeping her in there was just ridiculous that nobody ran against her. Nobody could get her out because she's, uh, she's one of those pain-in-the-ass Republicans that's like anti-Trump. And sometimes she'll do the right thing, but she's just It's just, she should have been long gone, her and Murkowski. Owen, any thoughts on that story?

Well, it sounds like it is just one of these October surprise attempts. They're just trying to shove something in late enough that you can't even really fact-check it. Voting's starting now in some states, and it's starting in a couple of weeks in many other states. And so they're just timing this perfectly to bring out this story right at the right time. So that's the way I would interpret it. It's just a political move. It's nothing else. It's not a real revelation because I'm guessing whatever they knew about this, they've known for a long time and they've waited until now to bring it out. And I, I think, you know, from what you told me, Marcella, it sounds like if there was anything that went on, it sounds like maybe they were just trying to set Susan Collins up.

Yeah.

That it might have been an intentional play from the beginning to say, okay, I'm going to try and do these things through a shell company and I'm going to try and hide this stuff and I'm going to try and and see if she'll accept it, and then I can get her later. And, you know, I would wonder if this felon CEO made some kind of deal with the Democrats.

So, and you are 100% correct, Owen. The donations, the alleged— well, they're not alleged, they're actually donations that she gave back, were back in 2020 to 2021. FBI has investigated this thoroughly. This was under Biden. He's investigated. The guy went to, you know, was convicted. If Biden would have known anything, Biden's FBI would have caught anything Susan Collins doing wrong, I'm sure he would have brought it up. So you're 100% correct. They knew about this for a while.

Yeah, she doesn't come across to me as someone who's gonna do like nefarious things per se, but she's never leaving and she's always gonna put up a stink about everything. Like, she's just such a pain in the ass. I mean, and again, I will say, gave one of the most amazing speeches I ever heard, um, after the Kavanaugh hearings, and it was brilliant. Um, so anyway, she's not stupid, she's just annoying. Okay, so—

Well, I would just say, you know, what's the alternative? Isn't one of those major socialists— is that the Graham Plattner, or is it—

Uh, no, he's out.

It's, uh, well, that same area though. Like, I think the person that replaced Graham Plattner was even worse or something in terms of socialist policies. So you might not like Susan Collins. I certainly don't appreciate how she votes, but the alternative is a lot worse.

Yeah, you got to vote for her. You have to. Don't sit it out, Maine. I mean, I think if you live in Maine, you're going to be running.

Don't vote for Troy Jackson. He married his cousin, allegedly.

Oh, yeah.

They're calling him the cousin effer. I did not make that up, but that's—

is that what they're calling him?

Yes, I've heard it everywhere. Um, allegedly, I didn't make it up. Okay, so, um, Owen, why don't you give us some more in news?

Sure. Well, we're talking about the news. Um, there have been 257 stories that were about all the Trump administration cracking down on fraud. Um, I think that covers like 51 key actions they've taken since February. How many of those 257 stories that have been published in the news in general by major news outlets, how many of those do you think appeared on Google News?

Oh, um, 2?

The answer is 0.

Oh, I was so close, but I went over.

Damn it. Yeah, you're— well, Price is Right, I think you might still win. But, um, yeah, no, none of them have been on Google News. So I think that this is MRC, Media Research Council, who's been pointing this out that says like they did this analysis and, um, you know, when there's 257 major news stories and none of them at all show up on Google News, I think you can say that's not just an algorithm glitch. It's, it's a policy. It's an editorial choice to say we're not going to let any of the good news from the Trump administration hit the news for anybody who reads that.

Um, that's a shame. This is the problem, and this is why probably no showcase showdown for me. Damn! But this is you know this is why when Trump kicks them out, you know those three outfits out. You know you're just like good because we can all see news here, there, and everywhere, and then go talk to our friends who have no clue what we're talking about. Like I I've said things that were so I thought mainstream. Maybe because I'm seeing it from you know quality people on X, and then you know I'll say to a friend like oh my gosh did you hear about that da da da da? And they're like what? I have no clue. And I'm just like oh my God like where are you getting your news? And obviously it's like CNN and this and that, but it's it's really a disservice. And so I would I was going to say yesterday I wish that. I maybe I did say that they could just say, okay, everybody's out. Okay, there's no press right now, and we are going to now pick people or outlets based on their news accuracy, and that there's some kind of like independent group that's like they covered X amount of stories on this, on that. So like at all the important topics and and things that are happening around the world, and how many of the the different outlets. Um, reported on those things how many times. And the people that had like the most reporting on it are the ones that get in. Because like, you're talking about Google ignoring almost 300 stories that were positive, you know, that were informative, um, about fraud, and not one was published. That's terrible.

The good news is nobody is reading Google News. There was a story saying that nobody is doing— nobody's reading any news anywhere. They're just going to their AI, their Chester, their ChatGPT, their Grok, to read news or to ask what the news is. So there's a lot less traffic going to Google News, any other news website or site or, or app. So, well, it is what it is.

I have a little— I think this is my last clip.

Okay, so let's, let's just see what it is and what it Well, as environmental experts sound the alarm on data centers and more Americans are coming out in protest of them, one tech giant has an interesting solution. Google is saying don't build them in people's backyards, put them miles above the earth instead. NewsNation's Brooke Schaefer joins me with the latest on this story. Brooke, what does this look like, um, and tell us a bit more about this project. Hey, Marky, good morning. So researchers admit that they don't expect to have AI data centers in space in the next year or the next few years. But this is definitely a step towards that. Next week on Thursday, Google is set to launch a test satellite with specialized AI chips into outer space. Google calls it Project Suncatcher. It would use energy from the sun to power it. The New York Times reports each panel will have a relatively small amount of power. About enough to run a hair dryer, but it should be enough to complete simple AI tasks from space. Marky, my hair dryer needs quite a lot of energy, so I got a lot of questions there still. Talk to me a bit more why space. Is this in response to all the backlash, you know, that people have had against it, or is it more advantageous up there in some way? I mean, listen, it's— it depends who you ask, but, you know, the solar energy in space is a lot more powerful. You've got unfiltered, uninterrupted solar power, right? But it could also help relieve some of those concerns about our power grids here on Earth. We know that there has been a lot of talk about the strain from these data centers. Something else, though, Marky— Google told The New York Times that if they do eventually put a data center in space, it wouldn't be up there forever. Their satellite would last about 6 years. It would eventually burn up in the atmosphere. So this test next week will see how this hardware survives not only the rocket launch, some time in orbit, but also really to see if it's reliable all the way up there in space.

All right, that was more coincidental Google news. Google seems like they're really trying to get a foothold into so many different things. We had that other thing the other day where they— weren't they going to be releasing some kind of mosquitoes into neighborhoods. Yeah, we had a story like the Google vans driving with like delivering mosquitoes. I mean, I don't know, everyone's just too crazy. But somebody in the chat, brilliant, can't we put data centers in Greenland? Be perfect. Marcela, what are your thoughts?

Well, you know, it's interesting how the news acts when Google says something. They're like, oh, it's a wonderful idea. Elon says it. It's like, oh, he's crazy. Um, so that's interesting part. But yeah, they could put it in Antarctica, they could put it in Greenland. Um, you know, having these things in space, you know, it should be A/B tested. Let's try it and see, because the thing is like, we don't really know what, what can possibly, you know, with the, the debris that's coming in and out. Um, You know, it's good that we have options, but I think Brian, uh, Romley— I mispronounce his last name. I love you, Brian. Um, he said to you on the show that eventually it won't need a big site. You know, the data centers will become smaller, kind of like computers where a whole room full of computers, then it became smaller and smaller. So that's the other thing that can occur. But I'm for anything, you know, technologically advancing anything.

But I would like to— I've said this before, but I would like, like, maybe we could slow down on the amount of data centers we're doing right now. Because like you said, technology is going to go so fast where those, you know, they're going to disrupt entire towns You know, probably clear out a lot of trees and environmental stuff, create a lot of chaos for people, people uprooting their lives, people coming for jobs. Then the jobs are going to be obsolete because the data center is going to be built. And now when you just launch your little data center into space, you're left with this big factory-looking thing. And, you know, I would like to see these companies have an exit Yeah. Because just mark my words, there's going to be all these empty factory settings that are going to look terrible in neighborhoods that are going to devalue property for people again. And if there was a way to say, you know what, we're going to then remove them and take them away and we're going to plant a beautiful park and trees there for you, give them an exit plan because these things are going up into space before we know it. Or like we were saying, Marcella, they're going to be shrunken down so small. So slow down on the land clearing. But Owen, um, I just— when she was saying that like the satellite might burn out in 6 years, I picture that right when your army is about to take off that you're building behind the scenes. Like, you'll be like, and go, and then the satellite burns out. What will happen?

Yeah, well, I mean, you know, it— you'll see when it comes time. But, um, no, I, I think, uh, I, I was gonna I'm like, was that a real news story or was that a scene from The Terminator? It's like, you know, you remember like when Skynet was launched, it was supposed to be this great thing that was going to help us. And this seems like it would just— you could slot that story right into The Terminator at the beginning and show how it happened and how nobody thought it was any big deal, right?

Yep.

Like, yeah, we're gonna have a couple stuff in space, we're just setting up a little bit of AI, and all of a sudden there's thousands of them and it's covering the whole planet and And it seems like we're moving steadily in that direction where you're not going to be able to reach out and touch these things. You're not going to be able to turn them off unless you're the ones in control. And who knows, maybe you won't be in control at some point. And so, you know, a little scary, but I do think that the data center issue is a big issue. So I'm glad they're looking for solutions. I just think this probably is going to take longer than it— longer than we need in terms of alleviating that issue. I think we need to come up with shorter-term solutions. Because certainly I think most people probably don't want a huge data center in their backyard. And it's, it's a big issue. I mean, I think we need to find places that we can still build the data centers that we need, but they're not, you know, just reducing all the property values and causing noise issues and causing all kinds of other issues. I mean, I think I personally don't think the water issues are as big as people often make them out to be. I do think the The electricity cost issue is real because we only have a limited amount of energy and there's really no way you can say, okay, we're just gonna use more energy and it's not gonna drive up prices. I mean, I think it, I know their government is trying to work on that, but the most recent story I just posted about that was that the government's killed that.

Hmm.

They had, there was a bill that passed the House and, you know, and it was all about saying, you know, you're not basically not allowed to just put the cost of a data center into everybody's electric bill.

Right.

And it seemed like a popular thing. It was at least enough to pass the House, right? Which means you got probably most, if not all, of the Republicans to vote for it and at least a few of the Democrats. And in the Senate, the Democrats killed it. And I think the story was at least that they just didn't want Republicans to be able to take credit for it. They wanted to be able to use this as a political issue to say, oh, look how much your electricity prices are going up and it's all those bad Republicans that are behind it when they were literally the people who made that happen.

Right.

And so, Owen, what, like, what's the worst thing that could happen, um, with all this going so quickly? And like, if we can't turn them off, and you know that I'm not, I'm not talking about like robots get deployed and they come after us with AK-47s, but like In general, if we can't turn these things off and they are in space and I don't know what happens, the grid has an issue, what does it do? It hacks everything?

Yeah, I think there's a lot you could do without any robots. I've often cited my reference for this, which is the book Daemon, D-A-E-M-O-N, by Daniel Suarez. and Freedom is the sequel to that. And it kind of plays out that kind of scenario where it essentially takes control of the world. And, you know, I was kind of taken aback by that book just because it seemed like, okay, even before then, this was written before AI came out, like all this GPT and everything after that. And I was like thinking about it. I'm like, there's nothing that doesn't exist already today that could be used to do exactly this. Like there's no, there's no Futuristic sci-fi technology that would have to be invented to make this happen. Like, this could happen right now. And now that we have AI, it's like, well, yeah, now it would be almost trivial to do that sort of thing. And so I think what I would worry about more is, you know, number one, like, we've seen stories where it's able to do persuasion better than humans. So you could potentially just not really know when you're interacting with anybody how real that is.

And Hmm.

And so it could persuade people to do things. But if people are unethical and don't mind breaking the law, it could certainly be used to hack companies. It could be used to blackmail people. It could be used to create new technologies, new weapons, new, you know, all sorts of things. So there certainly is a lot of potential risk. And I think that's why so much attention in news is being put on alignment to make sure we can try and make these AIs not become the dystopian sci-fi future that a lot of writers have talked about.

I feel like the more dystopian we talk about it, the more Marcella's eyes light up. She's like, yes, give it to me! Right, Marcella?

Right, Erica.

Marcella, what are you gonna— what are you gonna do? What are you gonna do? What are you gonna do when the robots come for you?

The robots will make me queen. What can I say?

Queenie.

Queenie.

Marcela.

Robot. I mean, I can't wait when I can become part robot. So that's just me.

That is— you guys, she's not kidding. Like, that Marcela is not kidding. She's like our sci-fi girl.

So I was talking a while back, I was talking to somebody that knew me from elementary school, and they were like, Marcela, you're always talking about the future and all this and all that and sci-fi and all. And I was like, I was when I was in elementary school talking about all this? And they're like, yeah, you're like never stopped talking about the, the space, the aliens, the this, the that. I was like, really?

Yeah, no, you're definitely—

My self-driving car.

Yeah.

Oh yeah.

So I can't wait. I, I really think it's the golden age, you know, like to me, I The advances that it can bring, also curing cancer, curing certain things that, um, I think that's what they're afraid of, is that it can bring bad stuff like AI and all that, but it can also take care of a lot of issues that people make money from.

Right. Yeah, right. I mean, I would like to see advancements in medical so much. I mean, people that are blind, people with ALS, people with Alzheimer's, you know, people that are quadriplegic, paraplegic. I mean, the things that Neuralink, you know, are hoping— is hoping to do is so exciting. So I love that possibility the most. Oh boy, it's a lot. All right, so you guys, here we are again. Let me just remind you First, please hit the thumbs up, like, subscribe, hit the little heart on locals. I hope everybody, if you didn't know yesterday, we announced that there is now a brand new wait. You see it right here: 2027 Dilbert calendar, you guys. And there's also a wall calendar. See it hanging there? First time ever. I didn't get the The links in the show notes today. I was running late, but I will make sure that we drop them into the show notes. You can only buy it on Amazon, so they're ready to be ordered now. A lot of you have ordered them already. That is so great. And getting them for gifts. And they do come now in a— I know someone yesterday, I think it was Robo Goon, he's like, let's hear more. Robo Goon is also the one that doesn't love the Akira songs.

Oh, really?

Robo Goo.

He was late today too.

Yeah, this is, this is another box conversation for you. But the calendars now come in this box, so when they're shipped, they'll get to you perfect. And this is really solid, okay? Because this is— they're collector's items for a lot of people.

Can it be used as a weapon?

Yeah.

Yes, it can. Yeah, but we don't promote that. Um, what I was gonna say is like, share pictures of your calendar and you with the calendar or with your pet or whoever you wanted to, you know, keep it clean, you know, people.

But yeah, keep it clean, especially if your pets are involved. And, um, put a mug in there for extra credit, a simultaneous swaddle blanket, whatever you want. Swaddle season is upon us now. Um, so for also for anybody like in the Northeast, I'm not really sure where this storm is going, but be careful. And I think there's another one on the, uh, Pacific coast too. I forget the name of that one.

Hawaii.

Of Hawaii. It's gonna get hit. Everybody buckle up, buttercup. We already have emergency crews here from like other states on standby in my town just in case something crazy happens. Owen, tomorrow, tell us what you're doing.

We will be having the afterparty. So if you want to have a voice and give us feedback on these stories we've been talking about or any of the other news, uh, join me at, uh, 9 AM Central, 7 AM Pacific, whatever that is Eastern, 10. Um, and, uh, we'll talk. So that'll be over the weekend.

Yeah, don't miss it. It's a good time. Lots, lots of you guys are there chatting it up. And, um, um, um, um, I was reading the chat. Sorry. And also tonight, tonight Subscribers only. We have an 8 PM Eastern Time, 5 PM, uh, I was gonna say Western Time, and Central is what, Owen?

7.

7. Okay, so tonight, um, Jim Wyman's gonna join me. We're gonna do a very basic preliminary, just super basic. Jim, Jim, I know you're in the chat. We're not doing anything crazy. We're talking 45 minutes of starters for crypto to understand crypto, Bitcoin, the lingo. Like when we hear people talking about it, if you're like me and you're like, I don't know, I like, I hear crypto and I kind of check out. I hear the word Bitcoin and I'm like, I don't know what it really means. We're going to just dip our toe into the crypto pool tonight. So that will be on Scott's Locals channel, which is Um, scottadams.locals.com. So join us there at 8 PM Eastern. And, um, so Jim and I will be on live and we can see your questions in the chat. Okay. And if you can't watch it live, it'll be there on replay. All right. So, um, I know, Owen, you probably have to run. So let me say thank you to Scott and Shelley for allowing the show to continue. Thank you to every single person who shows up here, um, who chats, who does in chat who just, you know, likes to hear our voices because we're all friends and we're all in this thing together. Thank you so much for being here, and let's have a super useful closing sip to our beloved Scott Adams. To Scott.

To Scott.

To Scott.

All right guys, thank you.

Have a great Friday.

Bye.

You too.

Bye.

Um, if anyone wants to hang out, I'll do an Akira song And I think I'm gonna go with repetition and simplicity right into the weekend. Let's do it. This is coming to you, Robo Goon.

You want to make sure that you always inject novelty.

It's what triggers memory. Because your brain will get bored of the sameness, so you need to trigger memory and attention with it. Contrast is a way to get people to move from where they are to where you want them to be. You just say, well, it's much, much less expensive than this. So contrast is one of the most important buttons. Use contrast often. Hey, you don't want to be this bad? You could be over here. Repetition and simplicity. Our brains are just simple machines. Repetition and simplicity. Our brains are just simple machines. The more you repeat, the more the wiring gets solidified. Repetition and simplicity. Our brains are just simple machines, and if you keep things simple, the brain can process it and deal with it. And if you keep things simple, the brain can process it and deal with it. If it's complicated, your brain has a tendency to just flush it out. Can't deal with it, flush it out. The fake because is a form of pseudo-logic. Sometimes you need to Get people moving with a fake reason that doesn't even actually pass logical standards. But people don't need logical reasons. Just look at politics. People have incredibly different opinions, and many of them are smart. So if you've got smart people on opposite sides of basically every issue, you can see That they don't need real reasons. We're not a species that operates on real reasons. We just— we'll take a fake reason, we'll take one we made up, we'll take a guess, we'll follow our friends. Once you understand that people don't need real reasons, it frees you. Because if you're locked in a little world at a lower level of awareness where you say, well, I'm not going to convince somebody, Unless I have a real reason. Sorry, that's not the reality any of us live in. Real reasons are good if you have them. Use them, but we don't need them. Real reasons are good if you have them. Use them, but we don't need them. Real reasons are good if you have them. Use them, but we don't need them. Once you know you don't need them, and the reality and be authored. You're in better shape. Repetition and simplicity. Our brains are just simple machines. Repetition and simplicity. Our brains are just simple machines. The more you repeat, the more the wiring gets solidified. Repetition and simplicity. Our brains are just simple machines.

Repetition and simplicity. Our brains are just simple machines. This is a machine. Repetition and simplicity. Our brains are just simple machines.

The more you repeat, the more the wiring gets solidified.

Repetition and simplicity. Our brains are just simple machines.

Machines.

Aww, I love that. Akira's voice is so sweet too. Like, I love his singing voice on there. So nice.

I gotta post that Fat Bear Week thing.

Oh yeah, so Marcel will post the link so we can vote for the chunky bears.

Yes!

Straight Hair Friday, Sean, let's go! Um, okay. Oh, I miss you, Bookish. Very smooth. His voice is so— you know what, and every song is so different. He's got these great layers to the songs. I love Akira. He said if I could give him some clips of us that I like, he'll make us a song, Marcella.

Oh, that'd be interesting.

But I don't have time to pick through clips. If anyone wants to pick through clips of fun, touching, interesting, silly things we said and just send us little clips, we'll send them to Akira and see what he comes up with. But I just I can't. I don't have time. But that would be amazing. That would be amazing. All right, you guys. So have a great, great weekend. I hope a lot of the locals can come tonight or watch on the replay if you want to learn more about Bitcoin. Oh my God! Could you have picked the worst picture of me?

Geez! And that was was that really the size of your?

Yes.

Yeah.

All right.

It was.

But they made it bigger.

Nope.

Uh-uh. I had 3 of them.

Like, I can't wait to watch you tonight on Friday night.

Very, very excited about it, right?

Yeah, but I need to learn from Jim.

Yeah, make a song out of Erica reprimanding me. I mean, EJ. I'm pretty, I'm pretty easy on you.

The EG song.

Yeah.

The EJ song. All right, guys, have a great day. So if I don't see you tonight, um, and I don't see you at Owen's afterparty tomorrow, what the heck are you guys doing? But no matter what, we'll see you on Monday. Okay. All right. Be careful if you have that bad weather coming and just be careful anyway.

Yeah.

Yeah. Just be, just be careful while you're being useful. Okay. All right, guys, we love you.

Okay.

Bye, guys.

Bye. Da da da.