Well, of course he is. We never have a game plan
to start these days. We never have a game plan.
And we don't need one. The bourbon speaks for
us. There you go. Well, second half. Let's roll.
Did you get your mid -halfway? Your halftime
stuff? My halftime stuff. You were like, yeah,
let's celebrate the 250th episode. We didn't.
Yeah, we didn't. Yeah, 250 was like three months
ago. Yeah, we missed our 250th. So that's something
we should announce to the podcast. We are at
what? Two? I think I just posted 270. So 270
episodes. So we're going to have a massive celebration
when we hit 300. Massive. And all of our listeners
are invited, and we're going to rent out, like
we're going to put a tent in the backyard. Is
there going to be air conditioning? And we'll
make some hot dogs. And we'll get some of those.
We'll do some bratwurst. Is it climate controlled?
And we'll get those little things that you blow
it and it makes a balloon. It smells all oily.
That chemical rubbery bubble. Chemical rubbery
bubble. Yeah. All those, the 70s or 80s toys
you used to get. Well, I used to get those at
Halloween and they smelled so toxic. So bad.
So toxic. Because they are. We can have some
of those at the celebration. Yes, but when you
blew them up, they kind of had like a, it was
kind of a grayish color, but it had like a rainbow
swirl. Yeah, that was the oil, the toxicity.
It was so bad. What? Carcinogenic stuff. How
were they not sued? I don't know. And then you
could like break it off. Kids were eating it.
I remember we would keep them. I never ate it.
I mean, you know, some kids did. I don't know.
You have freaking kids eating Elmer Glue. Like
Sean. Sean ate it. I didn't eat any of that shit.
I remember keeping those. or whatever you would
call them, for a couple days, and it would kind
of shrink and get all wrinkly, and eventually
it would just kind of... Like an elephant sack?
Yeah, like a big... Elephant screwed them. All
right. It's the second half of the Dudes Like
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going to get us. We got the video with cameras.
I mean, now we're just going to hook them up.
Do it. And you'll see how beautiful we are. We're
really beautiful people. Yeah, we're beautiful
on the inside. I mean, we could model. We could
absolutely model. We got the chin. There are
certain things we're going to have to do. Say
utter. Utter, yes. Who's got an utter? I got
the chin utter. So thank you, Mr. Producer. We
all have the chin utter. As usual, dudes like
us, I am Sean. You said I have a chin utter?
I'm Paul. I'm Jeff. You sound disappointed in
that. Well, I don't have a chin udder. I don't
have a chin udder. What the fuck? You're like
an Asian phone book. What is that? All those
chins. I'm going to have surgery on my neck.
He's going to come in next week. He's all like,
tight neck. I look like the owner of the Cowboys.
You're going to have a whole zippic face. What's
wrong with your neck? Shut up. Healing. I can
see what you just ate. Gross. All right. Well,
speaking of seeing what you ate and eating, there
was some controversy. I'm not 100 % sure about
this one. I know parts of it are true, and I
think the New York Times had posted some sort
of story about RFK. They're reputable. Exactly.
That's the whole reason I'm talking about it.
TikTok. No, this wasn't TikTok. This was the
news. New York Times. Yeah, so the New York Times
had mentioned that they were giving RFK shit
because RFK said something about how we are buying
different Froot Loops than the Froot Loops that
they make in Canada. Or Europe. Yeah. Well, specifically
Canada. And the New York Times is kind of like,
well, that's not true. They make it out of the
same ingredients. They may have a couple different
dyes for the colors, and they may have something
else that's different. Oh, I remember this. This
was a while back. And they're like, you fucking
idiots. Well, they just mentioned it. Again?
Well, I mean, this was on the news today. This
was a couple months ago that this happened. Well,
they just brought it up again, I guess, today.
But it was just kind of funny. It kind of struck
me as odd that they had to come back and recant
it. Maybe that's what they did. They came back
and said, yeah, we were wrong. Maybe that's what
it was. Maybe that's what happened. It's just
hilarious. Because they said, well, it's essentially
the same, except we have this and that and this
and that. Come on. They just debunked their whole
story. Because they're so eager to discredit
RFK. Right? Yep, they are. I'm a huge proponent
for the cases that he's... I want him to win.
I know. I want this shit to go. We want the fluoride
out of our water. Let's move it. Let's go, go,
go. We should all want him to win. I mean, what
the hell, man? The ingredient list is roughly
the same, although Canada has natural colorings
made from blueberries, carrots, while the U .S.
product contains red dye 40, yellow 5, and blue
1, as well as butylated hydroxy -2 -lane, or
BHT, a lab -made chemical that is used for freshness.
Largely the same. Yeah, it's largely the same.
Yeah, and all the things that they have that
we have that they don't have is exactly what
he's wanting to eliminate. Hmm, interesting.
Okay, they have no credibility, man. That's asinine.
It's the same old gaslighting. That was in November
when that came out. Look, this is going to have
some negative effects. I mean, we're going to
get healthy. That's a positive thing. But the
negative effects are going to be, we got some
negative things that are going to be happening
because of the tariffs that are going on. In
the next month, we're going to actually start
seeing some impacts. My knee -jerk reaction to
all that, as far as the costs go, my knee -jerk
reaction, we'll buy American. Just buy American
-made products. Don't buy off of Amazon for a
while. This is going to hurt Amazon. It is what
it is. I saw that Amazon was thinking about,
I don't think they were going to implement, they
were talking about it, to put on the tariff surcharge
so it would break down your prices. This is $10
plus $0 .25. Or 250 or whatever the tariff is.
So Trump had a conversation with... Bezos. Today.
It was either yesterday or today. The penis rock.
That was... It was apparently the fastest reversal
ever. Yeah, he was kind of like, oh, okay, I
won't do it. Just kidding. Because basically
you're pointing out everything that's not made
in America. Essentially. When you're adding that
surcharge. And Amazon doesn't do a good job of...
showing you the country of origin of their products
of course not and they're they're all knockoffs
they're cheap chinese made knockoffs now you
know the u .s is going to have to get off of
the cheap chinese product i'm on board with that
let's do it and that's a hard drug to drop Yeah,
especially when it comes to electronics. You
can get them cheap. You get these cameras, you
get these microphones, you get all these things
that are so cheap. Oh, it's only $50 if you order
from Timu or whatever. Let's get our cameras
first, though. Yeah, exactly. Before you make
that stand. Definitely. Yeah, where are those
made? Yeah, but when we go on Oriental Trading
Company and we get like 5 ,000 little plastic
things for a penny, who's going to make that
in America, man? It'll be 10 pennies instead.
I'm okay with that. I really am. I am too. Look,
I don't mind spending a couple extra dollars
to keep it in the family. And I think it's an
important thing. Look, we got to dig in. We have
to dig in as a country because this whole thing
with the tariffs, it's got to go one direction.
It needs to be symbiotic, period. There's no
reason why they should be charging more than
us. None. Right. There's no reason. Right. No,
I agree. I still think it's to be seen if this
is going to work 100 % or not. It's kind of an
unknown, at least in my opinion, that I understand
what he's trying to do, but is it going to work?
I don't know. I know what wasn't going to work
is us continuing the same path we were on. Correct.
And we needed to try something new, so I'm all
for this, but there's no guarantee this is going
to fix it. It may do a little bit. It may crash
the whole fucking economics. I don't know. The
thing is, we have the leverage. And Trump is
using the leverage. We are the consumer. We are
the consumer. What I don't want to happen. Which
means they have to have us. What I don't want
to happen, though, is this gets drug out for
four years. Right. And then it just goes back
to. Nothing gets done, really. Maybe a couple.
Right. And then it just kind of goes back. So
I don't know if he's full of shit, but he said
that they are, you know, everybody's coming to
the table. Correct. And there's over 200 deals
that they've made. Yep. And all this kind of
stuff. So, I mean, I believe, I mean, they, Trump
is the kind of person that when he says what
he says, he means it. Right? And he's actually
going to do it. So. And the fact that he turned
the corner with Bezos so fast. Because Bezos
went in there, and then he comes right out. Oh,
yeah, we're not doing that. So he's got some
sort of grand plan that Bezos bought into. I
think Bezos isn't in the day -to -day anymore.
I think he's on the board. Does anybody know?
He's not the CEO anymore. Oh, actually, I don't
know. Obviously, he has lots of power still.
But I think he's not the CEO of the day -to -day
work anymore. I think he's the chairman of the
board now. Yeah. So he still has a lot of clout.
Well, that's who the CEO reports to. He has a
lot of clout. Plus, he probably owns the most.
Stock. Shares, yeah. Yeah, I don't know. You
know, I think he, you know, you've got to give
it time. You've got to give it time. I know the
folks in stocks don't like it. I know the 401k
plans don't like it. Well, I mean, they're creeping
back up. Well, I tell you, I essentially lost
my gains from last year. Right. I'm back to where
I started. Right. And it's going to come back.
Yeah. I mean, it's just a matter of time. Remember,
the stock market's emotional. It is. You've got
to be in for the... I mean, it's emotional selling.
It's emotional buying. So when people feel like
it's headed in the right direction and they feel
like, you know, feel, feel, feel, it's going
to come back. I think where we are in our life
right now is different than we will be in 10
years. So if this happened when I'm 65, 70, I
wouldn't be liking it at all because that's the
money I'm living off of now. So I'm not living
off that money now. and it'll come back. But
if this happens, if your market crashes, all
of a sudden, maybe you're pulling in $5 ,000
a month off of your retirement fund. That won't
matter to me. That just goes down to... I'll
be working until I'm dead. Right. I thought you
were going to invest some monies. I've invested,
but it doesn't matter. I'm not going to have
enough. Well, you may. I doubt it. You're buying
low right now. Well, it's actually come up some,
hasn't it? It's over $40 ,000 now. You never
know what's going to happen. No, you don't. You
never know. Yeah, well, we'll see what happens.
I don't know. I'm optimistic. I think it's going
to work. I think it's going to take some time.
I see that the Asian folk, the Chinese, they're
digging in, but that's all right. I've been seeing
a lot of weird things, too, where they're doing
a lot of strange things. I didn't read the article.
I actually read a little bit of it. They said
they're doing like end of regime. type things.
I read that, too, and I didn't fully understand
the article. Yeah, I guess there's factions of
the Chinese government doing things contrary
to what other parts are doing. In other words,
they're implying there's chinks in the armor.
Correct. Ooh. Ooh. Wordage. Phrasing. Chink.
Like a chink in the armor. Yes, chinks in the
armor. Yes. You didn't say chinks. Is it chinks?
I think you said chinks. Chinks. Chinks. Yes,
correct. In the armor. There are chinks in the
armor. Way to go, Paul. What the hell? Way to
stop us now. Paul, stop. You guys. But yeah,
so that's what I heard. Our DEI compliance is
just falling off. HR's getting called. Our HR
department's going to come calling. Wow. So we'll
see. I think, unfortunately, I think China does
have a lot of... power over certain things, specifically
pharmaceuticals. Because if they say, all right,
well, we're going to stop pharmaceuticals, that's
going to impact a lot of folks. I mean, they
could simply do what they did last time, and
that's released another virus. They could. Right.
The only difference is the Fauci won't be in
control anymore. Who is in control now of the
NIH? I don't know. Well, we don't follow the
World Health Organization, so we don't need to
be buying into their bullshit. I think they did
push to a certain extent where they were like,
all right, well, we have another global epidemic.
All these countries are bound to follow suit
when it comes to being compliant. Right. Well,
dude, if we've learned anything from this whole
COVID thing, we have to be in control of the
supply of things that are a national security
or incredibly important to our people. That being
pharmaceuticals is one of them. Correct. Right.
We cannot be having stuff made somewhere, made
by an enemy for one thing. Correct. Let's not
beat around the bush here. China is an enemy
of the United States. I did read that. We cannot
have critical things being made. Correct. By
them. Correct. And I did read that there are
pharmaceutical companies starting to invest in
labs over here. Like Eli Lilly is going to invest
some obnoxious amount of billions of dollars
to start building the raw material, which is
what China does. They build all the raw base
minerals and chemicals and shit that goes into
the medicine. And they're moving that over here.
Same thing goes for the rare earth metals, man.
And China has a hardcore market on that. Right.
And there's no reason why they should because
we can mine it. Well, it's not the mining. It's
the refining. Oh. They have the refining. We
don't. Well, we need it. Well, it's going to
take 30 years because of the fucking regulations
and the EPA bullshit. Well, that's what he needs
to fix. He does. So we need rare earth refineries
over here. So can't they just do that on a super
large boat out in the middle of the ocean? I
don't know what it takes to refine those things.
I don't know. In international waters? I mean,
I would imagine there's more rules about that
than trying to do it in the United States. I
mean, what is it? Is it pollution? I don't know.
Oh, yeah, the whole thing. That's why we don't
have any new oil refineries or nuclear reactors.
It's because all the regulations and all the
steps, it takes decades to get these things built.
Which seems ridiculous to me. I know. It is,
and it's all about money. It's not about the
money of investment. It's about the money that
these fossil fuel companies aren't going to be
making with these alternative fuels. Yeah. Yeah.
The nuclear, the power age. It's the ideology
about snuffing out fossil fuel. Yeah. So the
rare earth could be, that's the other one. Pharmaceuticals
is problematic. Rare earth is another one because,
I don't know. Whole fucking country runs on shit
like that. I did an insurance claim where I went
to this person's business, and I met this guy.
And he sells energy to the city of Garland. And
they currently sell like 80 ,000 gigawatts or
something. Is it 80 gigawatts or 80 ,000 gigawatts?
I don't know. I think maybe 80 gigawatts. What
does the DeLorean take? 1 .21 gigawatts. I don't
think that's... 1 .21 gigawatts! And he was telling
me that the demand in 10 years, and he was like,
and that's what the demand is currently, and
they struggle to maintain that. And all over
the United States, they're struggling. That's
our grid, yeah. And he's like, and they're saying
in 10 years, the demand is going to be well over
200 gigawatts. Because of all the electricity
and the AI. Just the demand. They keep talking
about these AI data centers. I was like, what?
Those consume so much power and our grid cannot,
we can't absorb the electric car. AI is even
worse. Even worse. Yeah. And meanwhile, we're
snuffing out nuclear, we're snuffing out coal,
we're snuffing out natural gas. So the AI here
says the amount of energy it takes to run a city
varies greatly depending on the size, population,
blah, blah, blah. 11 .4 billion kilowatts per
year, requiring about 1 .3 gigawatts of power
24 -7. Yeah, for one million people. Damn. So
Garland is not quite one million people. Yeah.
Well, he said, maybe he said eight. No, he said
80. 80 gigawatts? He said 80. Maybe that was,
is that for a year? That's per day, it said,
right? Per day. It says per year. Per year. Gigawatts
of power 24 -7. So 1 .3 per day. Right? And that's
the equivalent of 500. That comment doesn't make
sense to me. It really doesn't. Well, AI is not
perfect. But look, the point is that it's going
to more than double. is what this gentleman was
insinuating. And to me, that's fascinating. And
also, the whole AI concept, you know, requiring
that much power, is this just because of the
server farms? Yes. Yeah, okay. Server farms.
Massive data centers. Correct. With tons of servers.
I wonder why it costs so much. Takes a shit ton
of power. Why? Those things are, well, it takes
so many servers, right, to run those things.
Those server farms are ginormous. Is it to keep
them cool? Yeah, you got to keep them cool, you
got to keep them powered, and they're running
all the fucking time. I would have them liquid
cooled. They probably are. Yeah, they probably
are. That takes power, too. Yeah, just a nice
big bath. Yeah, just tap water. You should email
them. You know, it's funny because I brought
up your concept. I asked him to come on the show.
I didn't tell him what the name of the show was
and talk about the energy consumption, and he
declined. He was like, there's no way. He was
like, man, I would get fired instantly if I shared
some of the stuff I'm talking to you right now.
But I shared with him, yeah, Jeff from our podcast
seems to think that we could harvest some of
the power if we opened up a couple. And he was
like, you got to have a lot of fucking bikes,
man. And they have to be very aggressive bikers.
Well, you just make them very efficient. I'll
pill all the way, man. That's the problem. We're
too lazy. Even if you had 10 ,000 bikes, the
people on them would be like. Well, even if it's
scattered around like all the Peloton people,
is there a way to network that? All these cables,
like the extension cables run everywhere? The
answer is no. I think it's a good idea. I think
it's a good idea, too. It's not going to happen.
Maybe not for a city, but maybe it could power
part of your building. It could power part of
the gym. That's what I mean. Save some money.
I'm not saying it's going to. run a city oh i
bet you also have to give them incentive right
because if they're not biking then suddenly the
tvs turn off well no it goes it goes into a big
battery the air conditioning goes out in the
middle of summer and then you charge a big ass
battery oh okay well yeah and maybe it runs your
shit at nighttime you have some really fit fit
people yes they would be incentivized right you
know you know i mean there there are uh i mean
you could dumb it down to make it easier and
easier You know, it only takes a certain amount
of energy to get something going. Well, can't
you, like, build a generator? It's not one of
those kind that you had on your bicycle that
would make the light run. Yeah. So that works.
Why couldn't... Why don't you put 5 ,000 greyhounds
in wheels and have them just run in a wheel?
Or hamsters. Because they can run a lot faster
than a hamster. Yeah, just a bunch of hamsters.
Like a million hamsters with tiny little wheels.
How do you harvest that energy? You put hamsters
on some crack or something. You've got to feed
them and shit, though. No, you don't. A million
hamsters? Yeah, but they produce massively. Yeah.
Well, just let them go, and when they die, they
fly off. You put another one on. They can eat
the dead. Yes. And they're cannibalistic, so
they'll eat the hamsters. Yeah, they'll eat each
other. When they die, they'll just eat it. That's
the food. That's the nutrition. That'll sustain
them. This actually may be worse than the...
The cow butt. Capturing the farts? Capturing
the farts of the cows. Put the cap on the butt?
We have a horrible idea. Methane, but still,
methane is a form of fuel. Stinky fuel. It is.
Horrible. I don't know. We've talked about alternative
fuels in the past. We've talked about the nuclear.
What was the other one? Proton? Who? Who? Mike?
Isn't that one of the superheroes? Yes. Protorium?
What am I saying? Am I saying that wrong? The
thorium reactor? Protons. Am I saying that wrong?
Fusion. Yeah, fusion. I'm laughing because you
said who. Like it's a superhero. Sorry. Is it
fusion I'm talking about? Fusion. Yeah, well,
fusion hasn't been like, you know. I thought
they did it on a very, very small. Very small.
It is the future of energy. Right. It absolutely
is the future of energy. Yeah, that's what I
was getting at. I mean, why? Because if you can
have all these small little cold fusion reactors,
super small. They're saying that it takes a very,
very small fusion reactor to run your car for
300 years. Right. The size of a cigarette box.
They haven't invented, you know, they can't apply
it. I don't know. Yeah, how do they know this?
Fission they have, but not fusion. Anyway. I
don't know. I'm always skeptical that they always
know because they always know something. They've
got these experiments going on all the time.
The Department of Energy, again, it all boils
down to the fact that it's about money. It's
about the Benjamins. I've also seen some stories
where there is an algae that was being grown
that was going to be a potential fuel source.
Biodiesel? Yeah. Like a manna? Mana? What? M
-A -N -A? From World of Warcraft? I don't know
what that is. No, that's the algae, what you're
referring to. Oh, I don't know. I don't know
what it was called, but I did hear that... They
do have that on Warcraft. Yeah, I was like, is
that what he's talking about? No, mana is kind
of a fuel based from an algae growth. Yeah, but
I remember that was big, I don't know, like a
decade ago. This was the next big thing, this
algae. These sizes are growing. Yeah, it grows
quickly, and I think it was biodiesel. It's what
I thought it was. It could have been. Anyway,
interesting. Yeah. Yeah. So, you know, going
back to the leverage that China has on the tariff
thing, you know how we always talk about, you
know, we're kind of screwed because China owns
all of our debt? It is not true. I was shocked.
Look this up, Chuck. Look up who owns U .S. debt,
and you will be... really surprised by this chart.
They're not even the number one. And it's a very
small percentage comparatively. All right. So
domestic holders. See, they have it broken down
into who holds our debt. 70 % are domestic holders,
which is the Federal Reserve, government trust
funds, private investors, and state and local
governments. Okay. That's 70 % of our debt. 30
% of our debt is foreign holders. Okay. That's
major foreign holders like Japan, China, Right?
Oh. I remember hearing that. We keep borrowing
money from China. Right. China, China, China.
When this whole thing started going down, I was
thinking, well, why isn't China just calling
all the debts? Yes. Because first off, it's only
30 % is foreign holders. And of that 30%, Japan
holds $1 .1 trillion, which is 3 .3%. China holds
$0 .8 trillion, which is 2 .4%. And other countries
of the like. No, like. That's less than the.
Pentagon budget. Yes. And so I was like, okay.
So I'm curious who the private investors are.
Are those the Rockefellers? U .S. banks, mutual
funds, pension funds, insurance companies, and
individuals own roughly $7 .5 trillion, 22 %
versus via treasury bonds, notes, and bills.
Isn't that shocking? Do you guys find that shocking?
Because I was always under the... I do. China
held like 80 % of all of our... I always thought
that too. So we're public domain, so to speak.
Yeah. Interesting. Yeah, that is... I was really
surprised. And I'm kind of curious also, the
private investors, are they the biggest? No,
7 .5 trillion, 6 trillion, and 5 .3. So they're
relatively the same. And you got a savings bond
too, Sean. So you're one of them. You're one
of them. So you can get pissed off and call it
in. Yeah, my boys have some savings bonds downstairs.
Anyway, I thought I would share that. They'll
mature in like 30 years. I thought I would share
that because we talk about the leverage that
China has, but how much leverage do they really
have? Again, I think it's around pharmaceuticals
and rare earth. Right. I think that is their
negotiating block. Yeah, but look at if they
don't have America to sell to. Well, I know.
It's a matter of who can last longer. And Trump
will go to the mat. Will he sacrifice his own
population and not get the pharmaceuticals? I
don't think that's going to happen. If they cut
off the drug supply. If. Look to see how much
pharmaceuticals are made in China. Maybe it's
not as high as we think. That would literally
be an act of war. Yeah, it kind of would be.
It would be an active war. At that point, you
know, it's all in. Then you're talking about,
you know, thermonuclear. That's what I mean.
At that point, you're killing American citizens.
Yeah, you can't settle for that. You know, my
son being one of them. Right. Yeah, APIs, 40%.
What are APIs? Those are the active ingredients.
Active pharmaceutical ingredients. The base shit.
So they make 40 % of the world's APIs. That's
a lot. It's unacceptable that we allowed all
those, that much of our eggs to be in one basket.
Well, we've been saying that for quite a long
time. And I'm glad it's refreshing that we're,
whatever, we got to take the bull by the horns.
There are certain things that we need to take,
the diabetes, insulin, that stuff. We need to
start making that shit here. Blood pressure medicine,
all of it. We need to start making it here. There
you go. It says 50 % of U .S. medical supplies
and 91 % of generic medication rely on Chinese
inputs. Oh. Generic. That's unacceptable. Generic.
So the fake shit. No, it's not fake. It's just
not the name brand. Once that patent runs off,
anyone can make it. It's the same stuff. It just
doesn't have the name on it. So what would happen
in that situation is that the government, i .e.
Trump, would work out a deal with the... I think
he would. If China withheld the generics, right,
then he would work out a deal with the pharmaceuticals
for them to lower their costs of the brand name
shit. Until we get the shit worked out. And protect
our country. Yes. I think you're probably right.
And I bet you would see a revolution in industry
just like during World War II. You'd see these
factories go up, fuck the regulations and all
that shit. And it'd go up fast. Overnight. And
you'd start seeing this stuff being made over
here. And it would be, they would, we would,
like you said, cut the regulations, but we would
give them tax breaks and all sorts of shit, and
they would, like, make money hand over fist.
Yeah, they would. Within, like, 10 years. Let's
make drugs. Let's do it. Yes. Let's make drugs.
Welcome to the dudes like us. Bad habit. What
is that? Breaking bad. Breaking bad, yeah. And
we can call the dudes like us pharmacy. Walter
White. Let's do it. Anyway, it's fascinating.
I mean, there's a lot of levers at play, man.
I mean, it's a complicated game of, you know.
You know, out there, it says 50 % or something
like that. We get the other, not 50, 60%. We
buy it from other places, too, not just China.
So where are some of those other places? Good
question. India. Is it India? I don't know. Probably.
India's got a lot. You know, there was some,
I don't know a whole lot about it. I saw some
shit on the news about a major power outage.
What is that all about? I saw the headline. I
don't know much about it. It's over in Europe,
right? It's like in Spain, Portugal. And it was
a big, big deal. Like, they're going to be out
of power for a week. No, no, no. It's back now.
Well, all of it? Yeah, I believe it's all back
online now, and they're being shady about what
the reason was, but they recently switched 100%.
They switched their providers? Yeah. They're
using Reliant. Spain did not pay their electricity
bill. They used Energy Ogre. And they got unplugged.
Yeah, the huge energy ogre. No, Spain recently,
you know how Europe has been shutting down all
of their nuclear plants? Oh, yeah, and coal plants.
So dumb. Anyway, they touted that they're 100
% on renewables now, and they had like a freak,
no wind, no sun day. And boom. Do you think their
eyes opened up and went, yeah, this is problematic?
They should. It should. Yeah. I mean, it's fucking
retarded. Well, I know there's been studies that
if you lose power for, I think, 30 days, millions
of people will die. Yes, we've talked about that
before. And it's terrifying. It's ridiculous.
Except for those with hamsters. Hamster wheels.
Yeah. We'll save them. Let's see. April 28th.
Spain, along with Portugal and parts of southwestern
France, experienced a massive power outage that
disrupted daily life across the Iberian Peninsula.
The blackout, which began around 1230, blah,
blah, blah, blah, blah. Major cities, Madrid,
Barcelona. God bless. I mean, then Lisbon. And
OK, that's crazy. Knocking out traffic lights,
shutting down ATMs. OK, this is like their Armageddon.
Like the less of the day. Yes. And if it happened
here, we it would be like the only thing we'd
be talking about. Oh, yeah. You know what I mean?
Well, what happened here? In the Dallas area
a few years ago with the ice. Like in 2021. We
were out for three days. Yeah. Right. Right.
It was a massive deal. That's what they're experiencing
right now. And only one day. It was a day. They're
fine. All right. Let's see. Did they say why?
Let's see. It lasted nearly 18 hours. Grid oscillation.
Gradually. Yeah. A grid oscillation possibly
triggered by a rapid shift in grid frequency
ruling out a cyber attack. However, the high
court cybersecurity agency. launched investigations,
blah, blah, blah, blah. They have an entirely
dismissed, suggested a rare atmospheric phenomenon
affecting the grid. They're insinuating it could
have been a cyber attack. No, they ruled that
out. Well, it says right here, it confirmed that
Spain's cybersecurity authorities are also looking
into whether it was a cyber attack as the main
cause. The Spain's top criminal court also said
on Tuesday it was exploring whether the act of
computer sabotage on critical infrastructure
was to blame. Well, wouldn't that just be convenient
to blame it on that when it actually has to do
with renewables? The fact that no wind and no
sun, or not enough, I should say. Anyway, I don't
know. Are we going to get the truth? Do we feel
like we're going to get the truth? No, they'll
craft it to hit any direction that they want.
Where did you hear that part? Well, it says here,
it says ruling out cyber attacks. Okay, so I'm
reading CNN. CNN or Grok? I mean, I don't know.
I mean, AI seems to be sometimes kind of wishy
-washy. Well, so is CNN. I don't know. Fuck,
I don't know who's right. Right. Who knows? Yep.
It says this event highlighted vulnerabilities
in the region's power grid, especially as Spain
and Portugal increasingly rely on renewable energy
with analysts expecting more negative price hours
in 2025 due to solar farm expansion. So, anyway,
we already know that there are risks associated
with renewables. Right, yeah, you have to have
a base. You do. And you can supplement it with
renewables. Base load generation. Debatable,
yeah, but you've got to have the base. Yeah.
100%. Yep. And over there, they're shutting down
a lot of the ranches over there. People are getting
rid of the cows because they think the farts
are problematic. It's so crazy. Whatever, man.
It's so crazy. It's going to go... I know what
they're doing. It's the new world order, and
they're just trying to euthanize our population.
They're trying to kill us off. Well, speaking
of, did you see... Klaus Schwab just got canned.
I thought he quit. Well, he quit and he was in
shame. He's the one who's been in the WEF, right?
Yes. And he quit last week or something like
that. He was embezzling money and taking money
and living lavishly what he shouldn't have. Doesn't
he have an unlimited amount of money anyway?
He was taking it from the world. Endowment fund
or whatever the fuck WEF stands for. World Economic
Forum. World Economic Forum, yeah. What? Oh,
yeah. What an idiot. Well, the investigation
did not substantiate the specific allegations
of misconduct against Schwab. It did reveal leadership
and management issues that the WEF planned to
address. Yeah, he quit immediately. So you know
something's there. Now, the guy who replaced
him. It's even worse. This Peter Brabeck -lett.
I can't even say that. Le Mafe? Yeah. I saw something
where he said that water is not a right. Oh.
It isn't? So, no. So, we're all going to die
of thirst if he chooses? No, we're going to have
Brondo. Bondo? Brondo, the thirst mutilator.
I'm not familiar with that. You don't want to
drink water. It's what's in the toilet. That
was like one of the things that they had mentioned
was like two years ago that there was some lady
of the WEF. She was saying like, you know what?
We'll go after their water. She was forecasting
that they were going to start going after the
water and charging people up the ass for it.
No one's seen Idiocracy. I saw Idiocracy. Everyone
has seen Idiocracy. He's looking at me like I'm
an idiot. Oh, okay. Well, I mean, I had needed
some context. I can't remember everything. That's
funny because they were selling like Mountain
Dew as to watering their plants with Mountain
Dew. Oh, Brondo. That's right. It was named that.
The Thirst Mutilator. Dude, I ended up buying
that damn movie on Prime. I absolutely love that
movie. I can watch it over and over and over
again. Because it's true. What was funny, or
maybe it's not, it's pretty sad. is entertainment
has devolved into people getting kicked in the
nuts. So what do we watch now on YouTube? People
getting kicked in the nuts. Yep. Ow, my balls.
Ow, my balls. They make fun of everybody in that
movie. It's so great. It's so great. It really
is. But this whole WEF thing is a bunch of elitist
globalists. You talk about your... cabal, Sean.
It's these folks who are trying to run everything.
They have the power and the money to push the
ideology that they're wanting to push on the
world. Those folks need to go. They're the ones
that have all the hidden shit going on. I don't
even know what the fuck I'm talking about. Controversial
idea. No, we don't. I know. The great reset.
It's this upper tier ether that exists that we
don't even know. We can't even wrap our heads
around. We couldn't fathom. These guys don't
even have credit cards. They have like these
black. Cards, you know, just, you know, I'm talking
about the no limit stuff. The MX Black. Just,
I mean, just whatever. Well, hold on. I've got
one of those cards. I'm just saying, you know,
these guys don't, they don't worry about anything.
They're just the cream of the crop. Well, Klaus
just got his butt puckered. Well, you know what?
That's, he was on the front line. He was number
one. He was the leader of that damn thing. Well,
I'm glad that he was being held accountable,
that they caught him and they're being held accountable.
It's not unlike the damn insider trading in Congress.
Right. I mean, when are they going to be held
accountable? Well, they're trying to pass the
Pelosi Act. That's right. That's a step in the
right direction. What does that say, the Pelosi
Act? Oh, the insider trading? That Congress people
can no longer trade stocks. While they're in
Congress. Yes, because they're always privy to
insider information. I think that's a good idea.
It's a great idea. If you have stock going in,
it rides, you can't do anything, you can donate,
but you can't buy and sell shit. Absolutely.
And even AOC was like, you know, she was on with
Jill Maher. She better be for it. She was, she
what? She better be for it. She talks enough
shit about it. Yeah, she talks a ton of shit
about it. And she's totally critical of like
anybody in Congress who's making. But they're
still going to know. They're still going to make
money off of it. They're just not going to do
it under their name. Right, they're going to
do it. It'll be Pelosi's husband. Correct. Or
her nephew, and they'll just kind of work out
a deal. I mean, it's so fucking corrupt, man.
It's sick. But let's talk about something a little
more exciting. Revenge porn? No. Oh. Okay, we
can talk about that if you want. Well, actually,
that's relevant because that's another legislation
that's making it through to Trump to sign. And
actually, that's Melania Trump's bill. Yeah.
Wasn't that with Ted Cruz as well? Is that what
you say, Chuck? I believe so, yeah. Nobody should
be voting against this. I don't know who. There
were two people that voted against it. Yeah.
Why would they vote against it? I don't know.
Thomas Massey voted against it, so our favorite
congressman from Kentucky. And why? Why would
he? Okay, so he says, I believe it leads to a
slippery slope, which right for abuse with unintended
consequences. So it's on principle. Interesting.
Nobody's calling him a pedo, but that's, you
know. And what would be the unintended consequences?
Okay, you know, there could be a fake of something,
you know, or somebody gets, you know. I don't
like your post. You need to pull it down. Yeah,
well, yeah. So somebody is unfairly targeted
or prosecuted. Or hacked or set up, you know.
So the revenge porn laws criminalize the sharing
of intimate images or videos or persons without
their consent, typically with the intent to cause
harm or distress. Laws protect these individuals
from the non -consensual distribution of sexually
explicit material, whether the image is taken
without permission or images taken without consent,
with consent, or but later without permission.
You know what? I mean, that's not a far... Okay,
how many times have we heard about guys being
unjustly accused of rape? Right. It seems to
go down the same route. If there's a scorned
woman or a scorned girlfriend or extra girlfriend,
like a married man, she's scorned and she's angry
that he broke it off and went back to his wife.
I'm going to upload your dick pics. And I'm going
to say you did it and you're going to jail. Yeah,
well, like sports. receivers or football players.
It happens to them all the time. Probably true
anyways. Think about the red light district.
There was a gentleman that was part owner of
it and he filmed Paris Hilton. Remember that
big scandal? There was a bunch of them. She was
one of the first sex tapes. Celebrity sex tapes
out there. Her and the Kardashian. Nice. You
buy it on Prime? I don't remember. I think I
downloaded it through Morpheus. So hopefully
there's some protections for... It's on that
thumb drive. It's on that floppy. You still have
to prove that it was that person that uploaded
the... And that's hard to prove. Is it? I don't
know. There's some sort of... I don't even know
how to say it. The chain of custody, so to speak.
Well, there's geo information on the videos and
the images, right? Does it your phone or your
camera? I don't know about the camera, but the
phone. I don't think. I think the spirit of this
is kind of like similar to the person we will
call Amanda that works somewhere. You know, she
had a similar circumstance show up where she
had to go to court to handle it. where she was
having fun with someone that she knew, and they
were doing stuff and whatever. It's nobody's
business. It was their business, but he decided
to share it with some friends, and that wasn't
cool. Frankly, it's not cool. To me, that's easily
prosecutable. You know what I mean? Right. So,
yeah, I mean, I mean, there's no question there
needs to be some sort of, you know, legislation
to take care of this. But how does when does
the buck stop? So, like, let's say you. are dating
some dude, and you're taking a video of you doing
things to him. Can we go with a different example?
Let's roll with this for a second. It's hypothetical,
Paul. To me. Okay, to me. Okay, then. You were
performing on him. Okay. The video was taken.
Let's say you break up, and you're like, yeah,
whatever, I don't care. And you just happened.
You're like, hey, Jeff, check this out. This
dude's hot. And you share the video with Jeff.
And Jeff's like, yeah, he's pretty hot. That's
pretty cool. But it's not a big deal because
it's between two friends. All of a sudden, Jeff
sends it to Sean, sends it to Sushi, some other
part of the planet. No, he sends it to Sean and
Sean uploads it to his pedophile site. Well,
it doesn't matter where it goes. And then who
is all in trouble? Who is all in trouble? Am
I in trouble? Is Jeff in trouble? Trump. That's
what I'm saying. Is it the chain of the custody?
Does the whole lineup get busted? I know. So
where do you draw the line? Where does it start?
Where does it end? Everybody goes down. Is it
the originator? Yeah, I'll make it fun, of course.
No, no, no. I think, honestly, we'd all go down.
Like, I shared something with you that I didn't
have the right to do. You shared something with
Sean that you didn't have the right to do. You
uploaded. We all go down. Yeah, but how do we
know that? Because they can digitally do that.
That's the tricky part. I also know that there's,
I know it's happened in the schools around here,
I think it may have been at Centennial, where
some of the kids were sending around nudies of
themselves. Well, technically that's child porn.
It's crazy. Yeah, it's child porn, and they were
getting busted for child porn. That's not right.
And anyone they sent it to who had it on their
phone. That's not right. That's, to me, that's
bending the law. So like a 15 -year -old who
takes a nudie and sends it to her boyfriend,
technically that's kid porn, kiddie porn. Right.
Or even like an AI -generated image, right? Right.
That's going on too. You just have the face and
you put something else below, right? So does
this revenge porn include that? Yeah. Because
anybody could totally do that right now. Yeah,
they can and distribute it and all of a sudden
it's out there, right? But this bill basically
says the... The host of the files has to take
it down, right? If you tell them to take it down,
then you got to take it down now, right? They
got, you know, I mean, they had an oppressive
one with AOC doing some, slobbing on some dude's
thingy, you know? I mean, but the point is, it
looked real. Right. I mean, you can see. Dude,
AI now can make it indistinguishable from the
real thing. I guarantee you. We don't need that.
No, we don't. That's not helpful. No. It's hurtful
to the people that are in it. 100%. They're innocent
bystanders that all of a sudden just get... And
being targeted because of their political beliefs
or their religious beliefs or who they voted
for or whatever. None of that is right. None
of that's right. We shouldn't be tweeting people
like that. Period. On the 60 Minutes show this
past week... I was talking to a guy. Let me see
here. When was it? No, that wasn't it. I was
talking to a gentleman about something randomly,
and he brought up that this past week there was
something, I think it was an AI in China that
they have these communities where they have people
where they are basically dating AI. and they
have like dolls and and they're they go to breakfast
or coffees and they sit there and they just sit
and talk and it's it's accepted well that happens
here too you'll see people carrying around dolls
and sex dolls and and stuff like that they'll
go have a restaurant and sit there and what yeah
you've never seen that no yeah like personally
Like, you've seen it? No, I've seen stories about
it. I haven't seen it out in the wild. People
go into a restaurant with their sex dolls. Yes.
And they sit down and have dinner with their
sex dolls. It doesn't necessarily need to be
a sex doll. It's just... Well, they take it home
and have sex. They dress it up, right? So it's
not nude. It's their companion. And not the big
red lipstick mouth waiting for the... It's all
stuck wide open. It's like shoving spaghetti
in there. No, it's not that cute. She'd like
the ravioli. Her face looks like a glazed donut.
These are the more advanced looking dolls, right?
Well, we're going to get to a point where people
have full AI robots. What are you saying? In
China, there's like whole communities? 60 Minutes
is on Mondays, is that right? Sundays. So it
was on this past Sunday's episode. I probably
should have actually watched it before bringing
it up, but I was thinking maybe because you guys
were talking about something that happened on
60 Minutes. What was it, some dude quit or something?
Yeah, some editor. Producer, yeah. Well, the
head executive producer decided, well, what's
happening is Paramount is trying to either buy
or sell. CBS to Skydance Studios or something
like that. There's a sale going on. Yes. And
Trump is suing 60 Minutes, CBS, for $20 billion.
For the editing. For election interference. Yes.
Because of Kamala Harris' speech where they deceptively
edited her speech. Go ahead. And the CEO of Paramount.
has been asking this executive producer on input
on the stories. Not input, but just let us know
what you're going to be talking about. Okay.
So he got all bent out of shape and like, I don't
have freedom of press anymore and I can't do
what I want. I should be able to talk and do
whatever I want. He's being held down by the
man. Correct, but it's the woman. But yes, so
he quit. Oh. So now it's thrown a whole wrench
into 60 Minutes where no one knows what to do
now. Well, fuck 60 Minutes. Like what they're
allowed to do, you mean. Right. So basically,
they wanted to be able to continue doing hit
pieces on Trump. Yeah. Investigative journalism.
Yeah. Dig up the dirt. Without any oversight.
I mean, he was the one in charge. Well, you have
to report to somebody. You report to this lady.
She's like, let me know what you're talking about.
He didn't like that, so he quit. Okay, well,
whatever. He can quit all he wants. Absolutely.
And apparently he had some dramatic, tearful
goodbye. Whatever. Where all these other people
were like, Can we see that? Okay. I want to see
that tearful goodbye. Do they have that? I'm
not sure they have that on video. Well, they
have the Scott Pelley talk. That's what I heard.
And he was all, you know, all newsman. This is
a Sunday night version of The View. I mean, that's
kind of what it is. That's what it's turned into.
60 minutes. I haven't watched it. 15, 20, 30
years ago was top notch. Yes, I haven't watched
it in decades. Now, you have some interesting
stories on there, don't get me wrong. But when
they get into the politics of all that bullshit,
no, they need to stay out of that. You know,
stay with the, you know, the Chinese sex dolls
and, yeah, this guy right here. Yeah, Pelly.
It's just Scott Pelly. You know, he had this
big old little announcement about how great he
is. His integrity and this has been tested and
all this shit. I'm just like, come on. Really?
Oh, my God. They really need to take it down
to the studs and just start over. These people
who've ran roughshod over the news for decades.
I mean, it was Barbara Walter. She was part of
the original crew, wasn't she? Way back, yeah.
I mean, that's when it was, I mean, they had
all kinds of fun stuff going on there. They had
the guy that used to talk about different products,
had the big mustache. Oh, yeah. John Stossel.
Yeah. Oh, yeah. Yes, John Stossel. He's still
around. He's still around. Yeah, he's a commenter
now. I mean, it's just, you know, there were
some fun things. Even as a kid growing up, I
kind of listened to some of them. Andy Rooney.
Yeah, Andy Rooney was funny, man. I'm Andy Rooney.
Never tell me about that. Is he dead or is he
alive? I'm pretty sure he's dead. I mean, he
looked dead when I was watching him 30 years
ago. Not for nothing. That's harsh. Well, that's
good for them. I think it's good when somebody
as narcissistic like that can't take direction
anymore. If you can't control the narrative of
your show that your company owns because the...
Fuck him. It's like the lead singer of the band.
Unless you're Steve Perry. Shut the front door.
I mean, if you can't, if you compromise your
objectivity, then... Well, they were compromised.
As journalists, then, yeah. That Kabbalah Harris
thing was proof that they were compromised. Correct,
yeah. 100%. And there were interviews where one
of the ladies interviewed Trump, and they were
just berating his ass, if you remember. Yeah,
Leslie Stahl called the laptop bullshit. Yeah,
she did. That can't be proven. Sure it can. It's
crazy. Yeah, Leslie Stahl. I can't be verified?
Okay. Yep. Come on, Leslie. So I've watched some
60 Minutes over the years. Again, it's for specific
stories. I don't sit down every week to watch
that show. It's an instant turn off. Yeah, it's
boring. Comes on after football. Yes. Turn it
to other football. And it's usually because if
I'm recording something. Way back in the VCR
where your time shift and football would go along
and you'd get like the 60 -minute episode instead
of your 18 episode. You'd watch it. You're like,
oh, maybe I'll get part of the show. You're like,
okay, well, that story looks decent. You know,
how do you make cheese kind of a thing. Sure.
I'd watch that. But outside of that. 60 minutes,
I'm out. Maybe we just need to stop watching
so much TV and just get out and do other fun
things. You know what I mean? Stop watching this
bullshit. It's all jaded. It's all non -objective.
I don't watch news outside of The Five. That's
it. That's all I do. I watch The Gutfeld Show.
Actually, I watch news. I watch a lot of Fox,
you know, just intermittently throughout the
day. Definitely The Five and definitely The Gutfeld
Show because it's funny. Yeah, just The Five.
That's it. I don't watch any other news. Yeah.
No, I will tune in to the other ones, CNN, MSNBC,
just to kind of see where they're at and what
they're talking about. It's just like, okay.
Yeah. Well, I will tell you, instead of watching
TV on Saturday, we did something kind of fun.
We went to Legacy West, which is kind of a hopping
food hall. You guys have been there, Legacy West?
Yeah, big food hall. Food hall, and they have
a cool kind of - They have a couple bars here,
don't they? Yeah, a lot of bars. It's Legacy
West? Legacy West. Where's that at? Legacy West.
West of what? The toll road. The toll road. It's
on Legacy. Just south of 121 to the west of the
toll road. Is that where it's no cash at all?
You remember where we went to crew? That's Legacy
East. If you go right across the toll road, it's
Legacy West. Is that where it's a two or three
-story structure? Yes. You've got bands that
play in there, and you can go to multiple little
restaurants? Yeah, yeah. Like a mall style? It's
actually a cool little hangout. Except they don't
take cash. They don't take legal tender. Oh,
I don't know if they don't take cash. I don't
know. I don't know. That's a good question. I
take credit. That's it. I use credit, so it doesn't
really matter. That's legacy -wise. Anyway, so
we went to an interesting event. Like another
couple told us about this dance party, which
was for 30 -year -olds and up, right? So they
made sure it was not the younger crowd. And,
of course, it was not 30. They were like mainly
50 -year -olds, right? So you went for the 30
-year -olds? So people like you. People like
me. And they were going to play 70s and 80s and
90s hits. And it was just a DJ. Did you wear
your bell -bottoms like normal? I just wore normal
clothes. Yeah, normal clothes. So bell -bottoms.
Parachute pants? No bell -bottoms. No parachute
pants. Zippers on the side? There was no... Your
jams? We weren't dressing to the theme. Crotchless?
Yeah, we weren't dressing to the theme. It was
just kind of a hanging out. But it was really
interesting to see. I mean, it was packed, and
everybody was dancing their asses off. They were
sweaty. Yes, 100%. Just, like, rubbing up against
each other. I didn't see, like, too much crazy
stuff going on. Were they, like, dirty dancing
kind of a thing? Some. Oh, yeah. Some people
were getting up on the stage and dancing around
the DJ. Were they lifting people up and parading
them around like Superman? So 50 -year -olds,
were they all in shape, or were they? Some were,
some weren't. I mean, some of them should not
have been up on the stage and they were twerking.
Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah. There was one guy that took
off his shirt and showed all of his, you know,
he was ripped and chiseled and all the ladies
were like, oh, my God. See, when you're in circumstances
like that, the first thing you need to do is
locate your nearest defibrillator. Right. Because
someone's going to have a heart attack. So, yes,
it was crazy. And then, of course, they did all
these line dancing songs and, you know, not country,
but like, you know, like. What is the name of
that song? I don't know. That song. 15 minutes.
Yeah. Anyway, so it was actually really cool.
The whole thing was really cool because everybody
was so happy and dancing and having a great time.
And they were playing great music from, like,
I don't know about our childhood, but it was
like, well, no, really, it was 70s, 80s, and
90s. So, yeah, it was stuff from our childhood.
I miss that stuff. Yeah, it was great. In the
right kind of mood, and it's all got to hit perfect.
You know, I enjoy going back and reflecting,
but you got to be around the right people. Yeah.
I mean, but the drinks were flowing, and, I mean,
they weren't making. When was this? It was Saturday.
Oh, I don't recall. It was Saturday from 6 to.
Oh, we were invited. You were. Yeah. It was from
6 to 8 because bedtime was at 9. That's right.
But Tara called it a day party or day party.
That's what it was. But it was from 6 to 8. No,
it was from 4 to 10 .30. Well, our times are
all over the place. Yeah. It was officially from
4 to 10 .30. We showed up at 6 and we stayed
until they shut it down. Oh, see, that was different.
I thought, because she made it sound like we're
going to be there from like two to five. No.
And I was like, eh, no. No, it was a lot of fun.
I would have gone if it were known as the other
part. It was a lot of fun. It was really cool.
Anyway, so, I mean, they played a lot of music.
I mean, talk about diverse. You would have to
bring your own bracelets, though. Oh, did you?
Yeah. Well, I mean, that's what was crazy. So
this was months in advance that tickets went
on sale. And we showed up to like, I was like,
yeah, we'll take two. Oh, so we may not have
even gotten in. I was going to say, we'll take
two. And they were like, oh, I'm sorry. We're
sold out. So if you didn't buy them online already,
then yeah, no, sorry. I was like, oh, shit, that
blows up the whole night. Now I'm like, okay,
what are we going to do now? We got to tell the
other couple that we're going to meet, blah,
blah, blah, blah, blah. And then she just goes,
she kind of hands us two, you know, wristbands
and goes, just go in. Don't worry about it. I
was like, well, that's cool. So that saved us
like 50 bucks. Jeez. I know. That was really
cool. Not just that, but it really sold out months
in advance. And this is the first time they've
ever done this. I was like, they'll be doing
it again. They will be because it was a huge
hit. Because everyone was just drunk. Were they
break dancing? No breakdancing. No, not doing
that worm. The worm. No worms. God, you'd kill
yourself. Maybe some people did on the stage.
Oh, God. I remember I would do the worm, and
I'd tell you what, every single thing. You'd
think I'd learn, but no, every time. Crunch.
Yeah. Just smack the nuts. Oh, yeah. Come on,
seriously. And you have to go across the room,
you know, because otherwise it's just like you
can't do two or three. You've got to go across
the room. I would not get up if I tried to do
that. I don't know how to do the worm. You have
to pull it back and tuck it. So your balls are
on top. Huh. Yeah, I'm trying not to visualize
that. Too late. And I'm not sure how to visualize
that, quite honestly. All I know is that I've
done the worm several times, and every single
time it's been very painful. Well, you're slamming
yourself on the ground, essentially. Why would
you think anything other than... It's in the
heat of the moment. You know, you're out there
dancing, having a good time. And you do the worm
on the dance floor. Oh, well, there was other
people break dancing, and I'm white. That's the
only thing I can contribute. Oh, my God. The
worm. Yeah. I can do the worm. Yeah, watch me.
Whoop, and he was like, oh, you did the worm.
Look at him. I can do the running man. He must
have no nuts. Yeah, all of that was going on.
No, they were doing the running man. There was
one guy, and he was, I even made the joke. I
go. Tell me what sexuality this guy is. He was
so flamboyant and, you know, flipping around.
Obviously, he was a dancer, right? That's another
reason why we don't have video. Yeah, right.
And he was doing the splits, and he was doing
all this crazy shit. Was he in, like, ballet
shoes and pants? No, but you would have thought
so. Anyway, so he was doing... did one of the
guys with us he's a retired police officer he's
a guy's guy like he's all built and stuff and
he's like he i thought he was joking he's like
he sees him all dancing around and and sort of
doing a dance off with some other person and
he's like i'm gonna go up there and we're like
that's really funny he does he goes up there
and he is literally like they're facing each
other and he's kind of acting like they're gonna
do a dance off and he can't he Kind of kicking
his legs. And it was very strange. Was he making
fun of the guy? Was he able to dance? Honestly,
he couldn't. Sort of. Sort of. Let me put it
this way. He didn't bust crazy moves that made
everybody go. Was he as flamboyant as the other
one? Oh, 100 % no. Oh, okay. So it was at least
a masculine effort. It was a masculine effort.
And I wasn't sure if... I mean, I wasn't thinking
it was like they were going to spoon in the background.
I'm just saying... I was very confused by the
moment. And I wasn't sure if it was the alcohol
talking or if that's just... And I asked his
daughter. His daughters are there. They're grown.
And I was like, is this something that he does
all the time, or is this an unpredictable thing?
I mean, what's going on? Anyway, it was really,
really, really kind of funny. So on Saturday
night, did they have the Stars playing on? Did
they play Saturday night? They played last night.
Well, they played Saturday, too, yeah. Well,
that's when they tied it up, or were they up
2 -1? Saturday was a very unfortunate game. They
lost. They got pretty well smoked. But since
we talked last week. Yeah, so Saturday it became
2 -2 with a loss. 2 -2 with a loss, yeah. And
then last night it became 3 -2 with a win. And
it was a big win. I watched the whole thing.
6 -2. Yes. You see the guy lose his skate, lose
his blade on his skate? Yes. What is that all
about? I didn't even think that could happen.
I've never seen that. Did it lodge in his neck?
No, no, not that guy. And he got dropped. The
charges dropped, even though he... He skated
a guy on the neck, but that wasn't Canada. But
no, last night, I think he took a puck off the
skate, which, you know, those blades are held
in with like two screws. Yes. And it probably
popped one or both of them. And then all of a
sudden, he's just like deer on the ice. He cannot
get up, cannot move around. It was comical. He
literally was just falling down and getting up
and falling down and trying to play defense at
the same time. And they were like, what is going
on? And the commentators were like, I think he's
lost his blade. And I was thinking, I was expecting
nothing at the bottom of his foot, but it's a
metal insert that slides into a groove. So it
slides in. There's a plastic runner, and then
the blade kind of slips into the runner. It was
comical. It was comical. What a great game, though.
The first goal happened in nine seconds, and
then the second goal happened, it bounced up.
over the goalie and landed on his back and went
into the goal. It was the most freakish goal
I've ever seen. I haven't seen that either. It
was fantastic. They went up 3 -0, and then Colorado
came back 3 -2, and I'm like, oh, here we go.
So we're heading into Game 6 tomorrow. I'm sorry,
Thursday, May 1st. It's happening at 8 .30, and
they're playing here, right? Nope. Game 6 is
in Colorado. Game 7, Saturday, back home, if
needed. If needed. If needed, go Stars. But anyway,
let's... So what series is this? The first round.
It's the first round, okay. And every series
in the playoffs is a seven -game series. All
right. Well, again, the students like us venture
every single half. We got to taste our whiskey.
And this second half is pulled right out of the
Advent calendar. If those folks don't know, Jeff
went to Bourbon Town. Is that what it's called,
Bourbon Town? Bardstown. Bardstown. Bardstown?
Bardstown. It was Bourbon Alley? Bourbon what?
Oh, Bourbon Trail. Bourbon Trail. Bourbon Trail,
okay. So he went down to Bourbon Trail, and he
acquired the Lurican. Lurican. Lurican. Lurican.
Lurican. He went down there, and so anyway, but
before that, you know, every week until, because
we don't know all, he came back with how many
bottles? 16? 16 or 17. 16 or 17 bottles. So we're
excited. So this is another advent calendar.
Open it up. And it's the Larrikin. And this is
tremendous. Larrikin. Larrikin. Larrikin. Yeah.
Let's see. Yeah. So the interesting thing with
this is I don't even know how I found them. I
think I was doing a bunch of research on which
ones we need to hit. And this was real close
to Maker's Mark. Not Maker's Mark, but Wild Turkey.
As far as location. Location. It was like. a
mile down the street. Right. So I was like, all
right, I want to hit there. And I went on the
website and I was like, oh, they got some nice
good high -proof stuff. So on the website. Because
you knew nothing about it. Knew nothing about
it. It just popped up on the Google Maps. Yeah.
And it had really good reviews. Jeff kept hearing
me in his ear. He was like, buy all the high
-proof. Go to Larrican. Buy all the high -proof
is basically what it is. Go to Larrican. Doesn't
look like a very big place. It's tiny. So that's
it there. It's a tasting room. Is that a? Kangaroo?
Yes. The guy, the owner, is from Australia. Oh.
From Australia. Australia. Hey, Mike. Let's put
another shrimp on the barbie. And what's interesting
about him is he was in the Navy over there. Ah.
And he was a captain of the Navy or... Royal.
Royal something. Royal Navy. A sailor. And he
is one of two people, I believe, to successfully
transfer to the U .S. Navy. Oh, wow. and keep
the same rank. So then he was in the U .S. Navy
for a number of years, and he retired. That's
interesting. And he decided to do this, right?
So right now they're sourcing some of the juice.
I think they're starting to distill their stuff.
But they source from Beam, Heaven's Hill, Bardstown.
They go out and pick the best of the best barrels.
Single barrels, yeah. And this is what they do
to it. So this is the Lurican Bourbon Company
Single Barrel Kentucky Bourbon Whiskey. Correct.
Is this a specific, is this the high rye? This
is just a regular single barrel, right? I don't
think it's a... I saw the mash bill right there.
There it is. 70 % corn, 21 rye, and 9 malted
barley. Okay. Eight years. And it's aged eight
years. So this one is kind of a high rye. And
the distiller is undisclosed. Like you said,
they don't have their own. Because we asked the
lady, you know, she's like, well, I can't say,
but we source from Beam and Heaven's Hill and
all these places, right? And they go and they
find what they consider the best barrels, right,
for their picks. Sure. So it's kind of like rare
character, so to speak, right? Kind of, yeah.
Except it's not a blend. It's not a blend, but
it's the same concept. Right. Interesting. So
their plan is they're going to get the distillery,
and they're already doing it, but that takes
time. So this is what they're doing now. And
they may continue doing this as part of it. Oh,
I see. If it picks up. I mean, look, the thing
is that it's just like everything else. It's
getting convoluted. And as long as they keep
making good picks. I mean, this is a good pick.
This is really good. We sampled it. It's got
some fantastic tastes. I'm enjoying the hell
out of this. Larrican Bourbon Company Single
Barrel Kentucky Bourbon Whiskey. Is this available
anywhere? You can only buy it in Kentucky. Damn.
And they don't ship. And they don't ship. And
it's only found relatively close to the distiller.
Really? They don't have a huge distribution yet.
They're working on it. Their facility is actually
nice. It doesn't look like much from the outside.
I mean, it's new. It's like a new, one of those
metal fabricated buildings. So how many barrels,
did they buy like 10 barrels? I didn't ask. I
didn't say. I'm trying to figure out how they
make money. What do you mean? I mean, they're
selling it for $120 a bottle. How many bottles
in a barrel? We talked about this. We've tried
to figure this out. There's a couple hundred,
I think. In a 53 - Yeah, it's like 3 ,400. Yeah,
in a 53 -gallon barrel, how many 750 -milliliter
bottles can be made? To me, it doesn't yield
a lot of profit is kind of what I'm getting at.
Well, let's do a quick map. Let's do a quick
- In a barrel down there. Yeah. 45 bottles. So
it's 4 ,500 a barrel. And that's assuming that
there's no angel's share. Yeah. 250 to 300. So
let's say 275. So 275. Times 120 is what? I don't
know. It's a lot, isn't it? 20 ,000 bucks? Yeah.
It's a lot. Well, I mean, but is it though? I
mean, that's going to sustain you. That means
you have to sell all of them. So 275 bottles
at $133 ,000. You've got rent. And, I mean, imagine
how much did they buy that barrel for? Depends
on where he got it from. $10 ,000, $15 ,000 probably.
So that's half the profit, you know? I mean,
my point is it doesn't seem like there's a lot
of meat on the bone after everything's said and
done. I don't know. Maybe they, you know. Well,
maybe they bought the raw dog, you know, or unfinished
stuff, and then they finished it themselves.
Maybe they paid $10 ,000 for the barrel. Right.
Sell it for $33 once I bottle it, right? I always
wonder if it's about three times what you're
buying it for, you know? Typically. Yeah, I didn't
get into the economics of it. They were bringing
that up because Sam sent me a text message asking
me, because he's down there right now, and he
was all about it. He was like, I'll buy 10 barrels.
And I was just like, well, I don't know about
that, you know? So he was serious about this.
Yeah, I told him to look up the rare character
business model, and I also told him that if you
want us to be involved in it, I highly recommend
that we sit down and talk about it before you
buy anything. Right. Otherwise, that's a really
expensive barrel you're going to be sitting in
your living room. Yeah, no shit. No shit. But
it's a great concept. Yeah. He was talking about
the thieves or something like that. Whiskey thief.
Oh, we haven't even talked about this. As far
as this, this is 120. This is outstanding stuff.
Really, really good. Yeah. It's really, really
good. 120 proof, I think, right? Correct. 120.
All right. I don't feel a little higher than
that. A really rich nose. A rich finish. I mean,
rich, rich, rich start to finish. It's very fruity.
Yeah, I think there's lots of dark fruits in
this. Yep. That's what I'm picking up on it.
So much flavor. So much flavor start to finish.
Honey's a good one. Yeah, but it's like a suckle.
It's like honeysuckle because it's got that little
botanical kind of spin to it. It's excellent.
I put it online with that Jack Daniels. Coyhill.
Coyhill. Yeah. It's right up there. Worth it.
Worth it. It's very tasty. I'll tell you what.
I'm going to score this a nine. I think I'm right
there with you. This is good shit. Solid nine.
120 proof. Does not taste like 120 proof. No,
not at all. No. This thing goes in down. It lingers.
It keeps the same taste. Throughout the whole
process. You know, it doesn't fall off and you're
tasting charcoal at the end. If anything, it's
getting a little bit more caramel -y at the end.
Vanilla. This has a lot of legs to it. It's very
oily. It's very thick. I like it a lot. I'm going
to give it an 8. It's great. Comparing this to
the whistle pig that we had on the first time,
this is... Night and day. Oh, night and day.
This is quite the treat. Now, to be fair, it's
been age eight years. To be fair. We're out of
practice. That was lame. That was bad. It's been
age twice as long. Jeff, you were supposed to
hit the low on that. Yeah, you didn't hit anything.
You went, all right, all right, all right. All
right, so we got to wrap this up. How much time
we got? 10 seconds? One second? Oh, we got plenty
of time. Yeah, we can push that. All right. Well,
check it out, guys. You can check us out, Dudes
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kind of stuff do you want us to sample? If you
want us to sample certain things, we can buy
it. You don't have to necessarily give it to
us for free. But we would rather do that. That's
never happened before. It's happened a couple
times. Anyways, we got RD1 Spirits coming up
in the next couple weeks. We got the guys from
Horse Neck that may be joining us in the next
couple weeks. We're excited. We got lots of shit
going on. Chuck, thank you for staying on top
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