043: Rabbi Gene

You know, I'll surf many low end. Welcome to episode number 43 of unrelenting. In September 23rd, 2022. It's the second unrelenting of the week. Wow. Can people handle that, Jean? Well, I didn't realize there was a second in the week. Well, yeah, we did one on Monday. Oh, well, yeah. Yeah, that's true. That's true. So technically. True. That's true. Technically, yes. But that was just a one off. This is back to normal. Back to a normal Friday.

Let's say for now, I am I'm agitated, I am pissed off and remembering why I hate eBay. So remind me. Well. Well, this case, it was because I sold a modem on eBay. A modem. A modem. Because, you know, when you. Buy that, that's crazy. People buy modems. And I always bought my own modem up until the point that expensive they basically extorted me. Oh, cable modem. I thought you meant an actual modem. No, a cable modem. Yes, I should. Right. Who's buying? Hey, it's a 33 six idea. That's okay.

That's what I was going to say is like, wait a minute. You two can connect to 1983 by. 56. K man yeah. Those are the days. Yeah, 80 way. 83 would have been more like 300, but 1200 bought, right? I mean, that was about. Oh, yeah, yeah. 1200. Yeah. 83 would have been 1224 I think was the eighties. The late eighties. Yeah. 24. Weary had that in 87 for sure, but I'm not sure when that came out.

So I mean with Comcast slash X 50, the extortion scheme to get people to lease one of their modem because I had always purchased the cable modem. Sure. The extortion came too. Well, you could lease our modem for $15 and will include unlimited data which we normally charge $50 for. So you can either keep your own modem and spend $50 a month extra for unlimited data, or you can use our modem for $15 and the unlimited data is included.

So of course, I went to their modem and I'm like, well, I'm, there's no reason to keep this thing just sitting around in the cabinet. So I listed it on eBay. It was purchased. I shipped it out the same day. The woman got it in two days and then I get modem will get past receiving and I'm like, What the hell does that mean? Modem will get past receiving. So I went through the whole thing like, well, well, you need to hook it up.

You know, you need to plug it in, you need to hook Kovacs from your cable, and then you need to call your cable company and give them the Mac address so I can activate it. I did that. It won't get past receiving. And I'm like, Who's your cable company? Blue Ridge? So I look at Blue Ridge and they support all of three DOCSIS 3.1 cable modems, and this is not one of them. Mm hmm. But does it stop this bitch from reporting it to eBay as a defective item that wasn't as described.

So we're we're going through the process now. She then canceled it with her credit card, which is the portion that we're at right now. I just sent her another email. Like I told the credit card company, exactly what I'm telling you. You are dishonest. You bought something that is not supported by your Internet service provider. You know, you're trying to get me to end up taking the hit because that's the bullshit with this. If eBay forces you to take it back, you have to pay the return shipping.

You've already paid shipping going out. So at this point that was like ten bucks each way. It's like, well, fuck that, I don't want it even back at that point because I'm, you know, it was a $60 purchase. That you got like 30 bucks for me for.

Yeah. You know, so this is the actual joke with this and I just don't know, you know, I'm not saying I'm a completely vindictive prick or anything, but I looked up her name, found her immediately, and on her LinkedIn page it says she speaks three languages because at first I was wondering, you know, is this just somebody who doesn't understand English and all of that? But it's like, well, no, you're not. That's stupid.

When it's like, I sent her the link to Blue Ridge Cable and like, here's what they support. This is not one of them that doesn't make it defective. I would have been happy if could have been like, Well, I'll ship it back on my dime and give me a refund of everything. You short of the shipping would have been happy with that. But no, that's not how fucking people operate anymore. People are dicks.

So I just wanted to to vent on that a bit because really eBay does not seem to protect sellers at all. It's kind of like you're saying, well. Yeah, well, what, uh, what businesses of theirs, I guess you collected money through them, correct? That's the problem. See, when you collected money through PayPal or some other service, it is none of eBay's business, whether it's defective or not. Yeah. And now they're in control of the money, so they just pull it right back out of your account.

Well, this. Is the interesting thing, because it is literally. Well, this one has this was so quick that eBay had never actually paid out on it. Does it takes eBay a couple of days to pay out. Oh, okay. So it's not like we ever got it. But that was it used to be PayPal when I got it because there was always you. Could you could sue eBay. Yes. With PayPal, there was always a balance where they can take it from eBay, their new system.

They just deposit this shit directly into your checking account, which I am. You gave them your checking account. Oh, I guess. Only way you can. Use eBay. I mean, at this point, what's the point at this point? Probably not, because that's where the eyeballs are. I mean, that's still what are the. I the only place I've sold shit lately has been on Craigslist. Is that's still around. A way more eyeballs on eBay. Interesting. Now people actually show up and pick stuff up. Well, yeah, I see.

I don't want to deal with that. I'd rather deal with that than packing up and driving it to the post office. Fuck that shit. Well, the post office will pick shit up at your house too, but the point that there is still the only way to go is to do something like crypto payments that people can't just jack it back when people are dicks. That's the main thing. I mean, you just be used to just make sure that right on there does all sales final. Well it does and you can still choose.

That's the hilarious part of eBay's fucking policies is that you can still list an auction as no returns, but that does not exempt it from defective, not as described. And that's what all. These fucking assholes. Do when they have buyer's remorse. They never admit I'm a fucking reject. Who ordered something that I can't use? No, it's. It was defective. Am people are asking. That's the bottom line here. People are assholes. Yeah, well, people buying. You should certainly.

Ah, this is breaking news. People are assholes. Am I called? Are you? You just discovered this. I'm like at least a good show. Content. Yeah, I know. I know. Yes. I feel like we're in Planet Rage now. Kind of. It would be a good rage. I might have to. Redo. It to recycle the whole rage for that. Is it right? It is. Yes, it is. We'll see what happens over the weekend, if anything.

But I thought it was interesting because it seems that eBay had opened up the dispute and it was immediately closed because the bitch didn't even want to deal with eBay. She just went to her credit card. And I think once you go to the credit card, eBay's like, well, we can't do anything because she's keeping payment from us now. So once it goes, you. Know, once it goes to the credit card, you have to it can do something.

In fact, if something is not defective, then the credit card company will not only will they still charge the person, but they're going to lower their their credit score. But essentially they're going to give them one of a limited number of you lie, bitch. Yes. My comments in there. Which is what I'm hoping. I actually think I might be better off now that she went to the credit card. But here was the craziest thing to me, because it went to the credit card.

eBay gives you a page that says, well, you have the ability to respond, which of course I did. Explaining exactly when you get to go. Hopefully we'll see where this goes. But I feel bad for anybody that is not tech savvy in the least because the eBay system, the way this was set up to get your case to the credit card company name, they accept. One. Uploaded file that is a JPEG or a PNG file. And you have a PDF.

You know, so you have to make your case in one image file that's under 1.5 megabytes, which isn't hard unless you're including photographs. But I know my parents wouldn't know how to do this, would most people know? Well, I have to go into some kind of text editor. I have to go and do even Microsoft Word, whatever it is, type out the case and then save it to an image file. That is goofy. But also those same people wouldn't know how to set up a camera on them. I would agree with that.

Is that what she kept coming back with? My cable company told me to buy a DOCSIS 3.1. I'm like, Well, this is a DOCSIS 3.1. But again, look at their list. It's not there. No, no. This is what they told me to buy, so it must be defective. I don't know what she sounds like, Joe Walsh, but in my mind she does. She sounds retarded. Yeah, kind of. Well, then that's.

That's kind of what I was getting from her until I looked her up and found her LinkedIn and said she works for a medical billing company and speaks three languages as a translator. So, I mean. Well, if you're really vindictive, you would then figure out how to get a procedure done that builds through that billing something and then claim that it was billed incorrectly and then the employee that helped you is this person.

Yeah. And you're going to be filing a class action lawsuit against the company unless they fire her. Not a bad idea. I mean. If you were vindictive right now, most people wouldn't go to the. Trouble to that length to recover. Well, you know, a few people that would well, I mean, basically, you can for a $60, that's pretty much worth making her life a complete ruin at this point. Yeah, well. I mean, just admit you're being the asshole, that's all.

I would have taken the return as long as you were in a paid return shipping on it. I would have even taken the hit on the shipping going out the ten bucks and call it a life lesson. All right. When I've bought stuff that didn't work on eBay, I was pissed, but I just threw it away. Yeah, well, that's weird. And if you realize, I mean, if it. What if it's totally defective and you got scammed, that's one thing.

But if you realize you made the mistake, then what a rational person does is just re listed on ebay themself and get what they can for it, sell it to somebody else because it's a functioning working item. If you were willing to pay the 60 bucks, somebody else will, too. Yeah, exactly. It's like that's the whole thing. It's like just. Oh, no, it's not. It's not functioning.

It's like, no, but I mean, I'm hoping that whoever gets this image file, the credit card can read it and go, well, yeah, this is obvious what happened? Because you with I included all of the correspondence with the woman and the minute she said her cable company was Blue Ridge, one that I had never heard of. But once I looked it up, it was like, Well, here's their list. I found their list of supported modems within like 5 seconds. This modem is not out there. That's why it's not working.

And by the way, there's no reason that they shouldn't be able to support any DOCSIS three one modem. They're clearly just trying to make it super simple from themselves by only supporting a few brands. Right? Well, because with the cable modems, again, I'm not. But also I can't believe you're selling something that cheap. I've thrown away every cable modem because it's just not worth fucking with another one. I had another one that was selling for like 15 bucks on eBay and that's it.

They get thrown out or it gets donated. There's a little resale shop here so somebody can buy it for five bucks and be happy with it. Supports the local animal shelter. I feel good. My wife and I have dropped off carloads of stuff. All well, okay. Not all, but I would say now I'm going. To start shipping stuff to you. Right? You take it. You can drop it off of your local shop because I like that interest.

It's a good idea. I mean, again, it's we had a carloads because about 90% of the stuff that I got for free on Amazon to do a review of, about 90% of it went to this place. That's like not worth selling it might cut off is always like 50 bucks. I'm like if it's under 50 bucks, the hassle of selling it mean eBay is not worth it. This was it's slightly higher. It was this. Was 60 bucks. I got burned. You see. Man, I'm at like 200. I need to raise that level. I do? Yeah.

You do it because again, you get no good vibes out of it. It's like you're just trying to help somebody out and be like, Hey. Yeah. I can save you some money. This is a good product. I just don't need it. Yeah, but then. Then again, it comes right back to people are dicks and you can't even rationally have a conversation with. They can also try selling it on Amazon. There is that I don't know if you. Used. That and of course you have like Facebook Marketplace and all of this.

I don't like any of the. Amazon wouldn't charge you ten bucks to ship it back they just sell the person. Don't bother shipping it back. It would be like take and. Then you're just out. There, my right. Forget about it. Yeah, that's how it works in Amazon land now. So speaking of Amazon. Oh, you have your products on Amazon now. I just paid the last chunk of the money. Ooh, what a segway. This is. Last night. To your to your handlers or to Amazon. You have to pay to like be in Amazon.

You have to like rent space from them. How does that neither to China. Oh, so you said. Okay and. Russia you're not buying this stuff direct from Moscow. Well, this is not coming from Moscow now. And Dad, the the no. So I'm getting each each box is about £60 and I'm getting 14 boxes coming in. It's like a pallet. So I'm like, yay, time to make some space in the garage. I guess I'm saying, wait, this is coming directly from China to your house to you. Not just dropping this right to Amazon.

You have to profit. No, no. And I know that this is all a learning opportunity. So it's the first product I'm doing on Amazon. So and by the way, Amazon will not accept large quantities when it's a brand new product. They're probably going to at best take one box of this stuff. And then as the sales start coming in, then they're going to ramp that up. So you're going to be running a little bidness right out of your garage. It's going to be a little mom and pop shop.

Yeah, I'm going to be selling. Yeah, exactly. Nuclear suppliers out of the garage. It's a. Burger. That's awesome. Yeah. Yeah. Isn't that Deen's nuclear attack emporium? Are you selling radium or. Get your stuff while it's hot? Very hot. Well, that's it. Usually sell it out of your trunk then, not your garage if it's hot. Well, you know, driving, be in the garage in the trunk. But yeah it's I, I'm feeling inside. I do have to make some space because I'm like, shit, man.

I didn't think it'd be that many boxes, but I guess it is. You have a bumper sticker on your car. Now, this is Honk if you're a prepper. Then no, that's a good. I bet you somebody sells that already. That sounds like exactly the kind of bumper sticker you see. They honk and then you're like, Well, let's pull over. I got some stuff you can buy it right here, right now out of my. Hey, how much water you got in the car? How many days of water are you carrying on? You right?

You got to be in the car. It's the prepper equivalent of a challenge coin. I mean, gallons of water. You get in here in the car. I got 64 gallons. You in fact. You are going to have an interesting experience so I can feel this with this. All right. It'll be fun. I'm looking forward. And remember, this is just the first product. There's a whole slew. How many SKUs are coming in? This is one SKU. This is all one SKU. Okay. So it's in easy then with Amazon. Is somebody else selling this on Amazon?

Will you will just add this on to a page or is this going to be all this will be branded under your name. Nice. Which is the way to go. Yep. Because otherwise you're competing on price with every more on Amazon. Yeah. Yeah. No, luckily this is a I've got a business partner who's never done anything on Amazon either. But this is going to work out. Really well that I know right. But the the whole thing is at least there's somebody going to be kind of paying attention to some stuff.

Yeah. Now, when you first want to list this item, what is the procedure you have to go through with Amazon to be a seller? Is this just a really quick sign up on line and you're done or is that more an invasive as far as what they want from you? As far as idea and Social Security numbers and all? Oh, there's plenty of stuff they want. Yeah, absolutely. Do they got to do bidness. They want to know who they're dealing with. Yeah. Yeah, exactly.

It'll be interesting to see how that goes because as we've talked about, we know they'll take a certain amount. And if that doesn't turn over, then they're not they're not happy after something like 30 days if the stuff is still sitting there like it hasn't old. Yeah, it's more than 30 days but they will not just hold your shit forever. Indefinitely, that's for sure. And that's why they also start off a new product with small quantities and then see how that sells.

And then as the the I guess it's called velocity of sales once that picks up, then, you know, they'll like more stuff. The ideal obviously is to be able to do direct ship. But I think I mentioned this to you previously. Maybe I didn't, maybe I was with my other co-host about this. But the one thing I'm doing a little differently on this is I'm getting the product airship, so I'm getting 14 boxes of £60 each airship. That's a little more expensive than putting it on it. It's a lot more expensive.

Oh, it's dad. Damn, it's more expensive. And how are you going to be able to compete in the price wars? I'm not. You're just going to have to jack the prices right up. I prices are going to be insanely jacked up. But that's why I'm counting on all the knowledge and the listeners to be customers to. Pay the inflated prices. Just so you. Know what, you get to have your nuclear stuff right now instead of after the nuclear attack. I can't wait for the YouTube video. Absurd.

Gene, let me tell you about my side hustle, where I made $8,000 doing nothing but jacking up the prices. Exactly. Well, the last I say hustle I made, I tripled my money by buying rubles. Well, that wasn't a bad idea. You did. It was a very idea. Absolutely. When crypto was crashing, when everybody was like buy Bitcoin jeans, like, no, fuck that, buy rubles. Hmm. And the rubles have outperformed if. You outperformed every stock in every everything I did. Yeah. By far Russia bad.

Do not invest in that country. Right. Right. Yeah. And then my, my buddies of course, was like, oh, so you're for profit. They're not great. Awesome. Hey, we're not at war with Russia. What are you talking about? Well, you're not. You're not Ukrainian, so you're fine. We're not officially at war with Russia. Well, are we officially anything in this country right now? No, I don't even know how to answer that, man.

No, no. I guess we are officially designated 50% of the country as being domestic terrorists by now. Well, this is true. Because the FBI in this country that. Yeah, the FBI. And that's why I was listening to them full before you, you know, coming on this show. Why would you listen to Tim Poole? He doesn't do anything but regurgitate news. That's a very that's. Exactly what I was looking forward to some good news regurgitation happening and they talked about there's now 22 FBI whistleblowers.

Yes. Well, yeah, that's 22 for a while. They're talking about how the FBI essentially either entrapped or retroactively changed laws in order to ensure that they have the greatest number of January six people to go after. Well, and it seems like they're spreading this around. So if somebody came from Portland, Oregon, to the Capitol that day, well, that's open. There's a domestic violent extremism case in Portland. But. Bullshit, it's all bullshit. And they're taking time away.

They're taking resources away more than time. Well, both from cases, you know, child sexploitation, all that kind of. They're not against that anymore, didn't you know? Yeah, that's not a big deal because it's all political. The FBI has become so politicized. That's what this all is. But. But it's always been politicized. Come on. It's created as a political tool.

The only reason the fucking attorney general of New York State is going after Trump and his family is because the governor, it looks like he might lose. And it's all another political ploy to go. It's like, how many times can you go cry wolf? I mean, that's literally a plot line right out of that. The Paul Giamatti TV show millions really. I've I've never watched billions I should. Oh, you enjoy billions. It's all about New York going after a billionaire. Well, there you go. Do they ever go?

Yeah, they have a script ready for the whole thing. They have four seasons. Last season was really crappy, but the seasons all before that were pretty good. But that's obvious what this is. Because when an attorney general of a state comes out and just declines to actually put charges out there on a criminal level, but sends it right to a civil court, you know they have the case. Yeah, it's obvious. Yep. But there is another cloying in there. Here, huh? Well, that's a good way to put it.

They've got nothing. They're crying wolf. They're doing it over and over again because it worked somewhat in the past. And that's all they've got. It's like if they were able, with the amount of resources and the amount of time they put, trying to take Trump down, the fact that they haven't actually found anything legit yet, even like the jaywalking ticket, they have found nothing. Yeah. No. It's insane. Yeah, this. Is a very this is probably the most dangerous thing.

I mean, I know there's a lot of bad stuff that comes from bad politicians. It costs people a lot of money in tax dollars. It costs a lot of money when politicians waste money on spending. But this, I think, is the most dangerous thing. When the law enforcement agencies have become politicized, that's that's beyond insane. Yep. Not what do you do? There shouldn't be an FBI to begin with. Obviously. Because then. Well, that's true, too.

But that the federal powers are very limited by the Constitution. And it is insane how huge the federal government has grown. Hey, if everybody just worked for the federal government, everybody would be happy. Well, I'm pretty sure people that work for them are pretty happy. That's your way. Of that's not the federal government. Local. Local government both much better. Yes, it is. It's a little less corrupt. Slightly in Chicago. Yes. Yes. I'm not. Sure that.

I mean, the suburbs make you know, this is the suburbs are kind of like the you know, the low end that we're kind of like the single-A teams. In the. City of Chicago. They're like a triple-A in corruption. Now, when you get to the federal level, that's the big leagues. Yeah, yeah. That's the the all stars there. Right. This is that. Yeah. The all star, the pro ball, whatever that is. When you get to. The. Top of your game. That is the, the big leagues.

But it's all political and you'll see this now. I don't know if Donald Trump is going to run or if Donald Trump's not going to run. I hope he doesn't run. I just don't need to get bogged down in all this crap, man. It's just said this from day one, but this is my point. This is my point. If Donald Trump says today he's not going to run, every bit of effort that's going against Donald Trump right now turns to DeSantis. I mean, assuming he's going to be the next Republican runner.

It doesn't matter that. It's Donald Trump. They did the same kind of crap to George W Bush in any Republican gets the same treatment. Yep. And I don't understand how people don't recognize that yet. It makes no sense. Yeah. And then that that transvestites Republican. That transvestite Republican which. Yeah. Named of Lindsey. Oh, Lindsey Graham. Uh huh. I did some great no agenda art two years ago maybe yourself with him like the queen.

There your perfect yeah so apparently Queen Lindsey is pushing through a bill to to have a an abortion bill, which is interesting because the the challenge to Rory with the successful challenge to it and the conservative side has basically been a states rights issue. So it makes complete sense that Lindsey Graham would now be pushing in federal legislation around the abortion. Right. Because it let the states have their own. No, no. God, God forbid.

No, we got to have a better law around abortion. Well, and they've been pulling support for this kind of stuff for a long time because on the face of it, a lot of it kind of makes sense. Like when the drinking age was 18 in Wisconsin and 21 in Illinois, as it was when I was growing up. What was it in Minnesota? It was well, it was 18 and then it changed in 1986, maybe. Right. I think that's when everybody went to 21. Yeah, but it was it was. 64 that. So it was when you had the low.

People that were people that were 17 when to change, couldn't drink for another three years. That had to suck. Yeah, right. But that was the law. When I was growing up, there were people like, Hey, if you're want to go parties that we just go up to Wisconsin and you can legally drink. I mean, that was before I was 18, but it was Wisconsin. You know, they give beer to kids in schools. So I don't see how that's a yeah. Hey there I think. Having a labelmates at a. Big manufacturers this.

Oh yeah you know let's do work for one of those companies ones. Over by their what la Blatz or cheese company. Yeah. It was over in La Crescent. Lisa was the company. I know which company. Was one of the beer companies and they needed some help and I was like, this would be fun. And then there was no airport in the town. And I was like, okay, this is this is way less fun. But that was I mean, I understood why that was an issue for the country.

You know, people were confused, well, why is it 18 here and 21 here? It should be the same everywhere. But the reality is it's not the same. The people aren't the same everywhere. People in rural states that are majority, you know, farmers well need different laws and different things going on than people. Who live. In New York. Yeah, but that's because people are morons, just like the eBay check. Just because people are morons, it's like, well, no, it's got to be the same for everybody.

They don't understand, like, well, why? How could abortion, how could it be different from state to state? Like, well, that's just different. Yeah, different because here's why it's very easy is because abortion is an ethical issue, not a a a law issue. Correct. Is is the law as is murder. It's an ethical issue. Murder is arguably not an ethical issue because murder involves two people. And abortion involves how many. Abortion involves a person and the future person. To a person from the future.

A future person. And I mean, if it all depends on how or what the rationale is that people have if they're against abortion, the now I happen to be pro-abortion up through the first five years post birth. So because kids are annoying, you know that's what it comes down to. Yeah, they're just annoying. So I, I don't have a dog in this funny race, but, but for some people, abortion begins at conception because God,

for other people, it could be at conception because of chemistry. But but I think you have to if that's the case, then just say that's what it is like. Like, here's what it is. Here's why I'm against all abortion at any point. Right? But when people start to dissect it into, well, it's okay, the first trimester, it's not okay after that. Okay. Well, so the argument then is what what happened? What changed from the first to second? Right.

Because I think viability could be a logical argument and say, okay, you can do anything you want with a pre person because it's a pre person because there's no viability at that age like you can't you can't extract a six year old fetus and then that would develop into a normal human as far as I know, could be wrong. This is not my area of expertize. Well, it becomes. An. Annoying thing. And then if you make it into a timing thing, you're right. Then the question becomes what has changed?

Yeah. And the answer to that is probably nothing. It's just. A. Topic between the two sides of one that wants it, the other that doesn't. We're like, Well, okay, you can do that, but only under these conditions. Right? But because of that, because it's not like this argument isn't it's not even their argument. This question doesn't even the rise in case of murder.

You know, if one person that is walking around kills another person that is walking around, it's pretty obvious that there was no timing issues with. Well, was the other person viable? Well, yeah, they were walking around. They were fully functional. Yeah. But is Joe Biden viable? Is he fully functional? Well, and here's there's where you could get into some gray areas. Okay. How about a person who's in a coma, right. Are they viable? Are they four? Can you kill somebody in the coma?

I would say yeah, because they're annoying as well, much like children. Somebody that's totally out of it. They're in a coma. They're not moving around your hospital bills in the millions of dollars a year, I'd say. Yeah, yeah. You know, that's not viability. It's it's I would call it a post person. It's another time where timing is everything. The pre person's post person's, you know, gray areas maybe get rid of them a person's that that's black and white, man, that's murder.

I thought it was interesting. The young blond conservative activist or what's her name, Caitlin or something like that. I'm forgetting her name. The kid. A long hair. Yeah, yeah, yeah. She was out hair girl. I call her hair girl. Well, I remember she got in trouble with her college. That's where she first hit the scene was that she. Was all get in trouble with their colleges. She wanted her senior photo to be with her gun and they didn't like that. And bastards.

But she was out at one of these LGBTQ quar for 912 protests and one of the women had a sign that said, you know, guaranteed life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. And when this woman was then called by Hair Girl. On. Abortion, well, you must be anti-abortion. We'll know. But you're saying people have the right to life. That's your sign that says that. What does that mean? It's like, huh?

It's like, well, funny. Yeah. And then trying to have that well, that's that's not a human, it's a fetus. And she's like a what fetus? Is it a dog? Fetus, is it a donkey fetus? You know what? You know, you can't really tell at that age. Right? Well, that's what they should have said. But the women had no idea how to answer that. And I love when people have no idea how to back up what they allegedly believe wants all of their heart and soul. You know, I've only gone to a protest once.

And what was that for? Were you trying to get laid? That was during 19. No, I wasn't. That was during 1992, 91, 92, during the the Gulf War. And I was I managed to have a sign up that I was holding that pissed everybody off, which was a great thing. We were trying to sell weapons back then too. It was my sign said Make money, not war. And I'm too. Because capitalism is bad, baby. Uh huh. Well, and so the the the Republicans tried to rip my skin off because I'm anti war.

The Democrats tried to do it by saying because I'm pro money. And so it was a total win win. And I was because I was, you know, selling buttons for both sides of the war while holding up a sign like this. You became the most popular guy at the protest. I was making money at protest bitches, although I was getting attacked as well.

But I was making money out of the product because I'm like, I'm just trying to provide a valuable service to people that neglected to make their own buttons ahead of time. They could buy a button from me and I service. I'm I'm you know I'll surf any many so. There's an I so. I was I guess I was what I would describe as an anti agitator. Hater agitator.

I know I was because I was trying to be peacefully saying shit to everybody and then making a fucking meme ironic statement back in the nineties about war and peace. Everybody else. You're like, Don't you get this? You both agree to a certain extent. That's the yeah, yeah. Some facts. I'm so far ahead of you and enlightened. Oh, my God. G of the Midwest boost 9999 SATs and says kids are annoying. Yes but it's up to the parent to teach them not to be. Sadly, Darren is right, though.

People are morons. Yes, people are more. Yeah. I mean, I would expect now after your eBay experience, you're quite, quite pro-abortion. Now there's just there's only way to prevent stupidity. It is it's not half humans. It's like just admit that you ordered the wrong thing. Why do you have to be dishonest to get your money back? It's like and again, if that's a well. It didn't say on your listing that it wouldn't would not work for her particular cable company.

So it's really your fault technically. I didn't specifically look up every cable company in the country and see which one it would work for and which one it wouldn't. Let you at least have something in there check with your cable company prior to bidding. No, I figured people are not total moron. So it is your fault? Yeah. Sure. Like Verizon? Sure. Make sure it is on the accepted list. I just think it's great when somebody wants to argue with you like they told me to buy DOCSIS 3.1.

Well, you did then complain that because it doesn't work, that means. So what do you think the odds are that this woman is going to get another DRS 3.1 the very high. I was having that conversation with my wife. I'm like, I hope she orders like ten different ones. I just can't understand why they don't work. Yeah, yeah. Somebody. She may just be that stupid. Although, again, when somebody provides you with the link that goes to your ISP that list five modems, that. Is not a technical person.

You can't just assume people understand that every. List she's they're going. To read a list. Exactly she's in medical billing that tell you something. It's not on the list not get it. If it's not on the list, it's not going to work. But did your listing say that this particular mountain was not on her list? No, we went over this already. It's all our fault. It's clearly your fault. That's why you always have to have that statement in there.

Do not order this product unless you know exactly that. It will work for you. You're right. Do not order the product. If you are not aware. When you write a product listing, you have to think in terms of a court and how you would defend against a lawsuit, how. You're eventually going to have to defend the lawsuit because it'll come if you're working out like my. Product will have nothing at all to do with me. My name will not be appearing anywhere. Oh, I thought your face was on them.

Oh, God, no. I thought it was like your face. I thought they're taking the picture of Putin on the horse and like just putting. You're putting yourself out there. Yes That would be. Straightest logo. Ever. You're. You're thinking of the logo for my other podcast. Oh, okay. That's not the Soviet Prepper logo. No, that's not the Soviet prepper. That's the good old boy logo. The good old Blues Brothers band boys. Okay, why don't we have a cool image for this part? Yes. Let me ask you that.

I don't know. We do. We need to show our. Do you know anybody? I need to find some friends that know how to make sure. I mean, I know how to make sure I don't how to make you this show art, what you're looking for. I thought what we have about. A Blues Brothers automobile with us in there in their vehicle. What would be better? It would be you and I, just in the Blues Brothers, fedoras and sunglasses. And then. Yeah, like age, that whole thing up to to a logo.

So you want you know, it doesn't we don't want a photo. You want like a draw. I mean we both. Yeah, totally a drawing. I like cartoony things. Have you not figured that out? Based on my avatar? I have. Brooklyn wants to know if he can put out a product, which would be the targets. They use a gun ranges. But with your face in the middle of sell those. Yes, yes. Yeah, I have sold those. In fact I don't currently sell them. I'm not kidding.

Here's the problem you're going to run into because I believe you. That's it. Here's the problem you're going to run into. I can tell you that I'm going to help this guy. A lot of gun ranges will not allow you to use targets that are non or how does it. The targets have to be nondescript people. All right. Because otherwise they're think. You're if they're actual people, they will not let you shoot with them. And I've actually brought this up to the NRA.

I'm a particular gun range bitching about it because I have here's here's the back story. You were doing. It. You were shooting yourself. I brought in a photo of bin Laden and like a full body shot back when he did the glamor shots. So like big. And like a. Normal range. It's a range size target. And I post it up and I started shooting and then the range officer came down and says, hey, we're going to we're going to have to ask you to take that down. It's like, what do you mean?

Like, Yeah, that's against policy that you signed when you went in the gun range. What policy? What are you talking about? Where is this. Gun that there is no oh, this this was in Plano, Texas. Wow. Texas, like. Right. It makes no sense. It's like I said, you got to be me, right? You're bin Laden. You don't want me to shoot like what? I'm like. You don't like them, Harris? Boy, we ain't going to allow that. Yeah, it's like, are you nuts?

How do you not like what kind of gun range is this for you? Like letting me not shoot at bin Laden? And yeah, they're like, look, it's, you know, we just work. They're not our call. The store owner stall, no photos, nothing that looks remotely realistic are allowed to be used in the range. So you can either take that down for a different target up or you can leave. It's your choice. And so I that bitched them out.

And then I well, I mean, I obviously I shot at the targets, but I, I did reach out to the NRA and, and said, we need to take these guys off the list because this is some kind of communist gun range right here. And and as I explain everything they said, oh, it's actually very common. It's I'm like, fuck, okay. I'm thing that people did. Yeah. So they don't want to get sued in case you go on a mass rampage at the bin Laden compound. Right.

Okay. They're asking the troll, was this before he was dead or after. This was before he was. Dead? Okay. So this is like, well, sir, sir, we don't want you going and actually killing bin Laden. That would be bad. Like, you're like, you know. Yeah, our government is. That's exactly what it is. It's not this this what this was in. It would have been probably in December 2001. Well, and were you on the Navy SEAL team that took down bin Laden? Do people know that you were you were a part of that?

No. No. You mean the Navy SEAL team that didn't take down bin Laden? No, I was not part of that team. Oh, no. Okay, good. You were on the other one? Yeah. Yeah, I was on the Spetsnaz team that took him down. Oh, that's right. Russian Special Forces. Or is it still there? Are there still Soviet special forces around that you that you're involved with or. No, there's no Soviet anything. Dude, that country doesn't exist. Do that.

That's the best country to have is the one that doesn't exist because how will they find you? That's a good point. That's right. I mean, I guess I kind of understand the they don't want people bringing pictures of their ex-wives there. I think it's an insurance thing here is in the end, here's what it comes down to. For them to get insurance as a gun range, they have to sign a multi-page contract.

Somebody in the insurance companies said, you know, it's going to look really bad if somebody ends up shooting at a real victim like their boyfriend, girlfriend, whatever, ex-spouse in the gun range and then goes and actually kills the person. Somebody will figure this out and sue the gun range and we don't have paid out. Plus, just short this whole thing and say no human life like photos are allowed and getting ranges. So what about I will say this. The silhouette that you could tell who it is?

Well, like a fat silhouette or something, right? Yeah, I don't know. I think that'll be okay. But this happened definitely in the 2000s because in the nineties shit dude, we were shooting that all kind of just photos nobody gave a shit is really not a big deal yeah yeah or, you know, ex-girlfriends, whoever. It didn't really matter. It was just that, right? You went and shoot? Yeah. It's like if you shoot, you're getting a paper target, you're less likely to want to shoot at the real thing.

Somewhere in the late nineties or early 2000s, that changed. It because of most likely the legal whole arena becoming more and more prevalent with. The. Scramble club. Yeah, I don't know about those. Well, I don't know. I guess it's a right to have a photo. I don't know. Well, now, if you have a large enough property, you just put your guns out in the backyard, you blow up whatever you want. Exactly. You get a large enough property, you could do pretty much anything you want.

You can go out and blow up anything. So, I mean, you can even go get mannequins and put faces on them. It'll be. Yeah. And I think the federal government just needs to stay out of things. The federal government. The government, they must stay out. Yeah. Well, I mean I think I'm I'm a big believer in, in states rights, like slavery should be a states rights issue, not a federal issue. I mean, there's a long list of things that I would say would make sense to be a states rights issue.

And people can vote with their feet. They already are. You see how many people they are? Look at California. California? Yeah. A million people last year left California. A million. They lost a House seat as a result of that. Well, we can just send the new migrants coming in there, but that's hateful. Yeah, and they don't really. I mean, I don't think any of the migrants would agree to go to California. They know how the streets are and all the people living in tents and things.

And sleeping. And poop. Speaking of the crying wolf stuff, and you could see this exactly like I said, the next target goes. If Trump announces he's not going to go, this is his next target. This fantasy is already getting it. Oh, he's already getting it. But there, you know, that's bound to happen. Well, I loved that the migrants that he sent up to Martha's Vineyard. And a class action lawsuit, we're suing this son of a bitch.

And he's like, I have signed documents from every one of these people that explained where they were going and why and they signed up for it. Yeah, exactly. And they didn't throw this case out immediately, which shows you how, again, the judicial system also very politicized. And this is dangerous when your government, judicial and law enforcement branches. Government. Yeah. The government become you can't trust them. What have you ever. Been able to trust them?

100%, no. But I think you could trust the government a bit more. You can't trust eBay. You think you could trust the government? Of course you can't trust eBay. Well, no, I could trust eBay because they're going to always do the same thing. They're going to take the money and they're going to stay out of it and they just want to take the cash. Yeah. So I trust that that system will always work that way.

As you also then have to understand that it doesn't make any difference that there's a whole system set up that you could click. I do not take returns because people will lie and say the item was not as described or defective. I think I put that in one of the other shows. This is why I was getting the tickets encapsulated then I wanted to sell because at least that way you can't say no. They were bent up or whatnot. But then I was thinking about it.

I'm like, they could just practice out of the case too. It'd be like, Oh no, it didn't come in the case. Absolutely. If people are going to lie, people are going to lie. And I think people that lie. I think that's why you need to have something that sells non returnable things. Maybe this is a good time for an eBay competitor. Yes, an eBay competitor with no returns. It's the. Alternate return. Just call it a no return site. Yeah. Uh huh. And maybe you get lucky. Maybe you don't. You?

Maybe that's exactly right. I mean, you're not going to get top prices there, right? Those people are going to us scammers. But here's the thing. Here's the thing. Back in the day when I used to sell a lot on eBay, they had this thing called reviews. Yes. And and you would look, if you're buying for somebody that had a minimum of 500 positive feedback reviews or whatever feedback to get six all I don't know whatever it is.

And you know, somebody who's got like three you're like, don't trust this fucker not going to buy from and as a seller it's the same thing. It's like you really want to encourage people that are happy with their purchase to leave you a good positive feedback. Well, I guess that's the biggest that's the the only thing you have that will tell people you're not going to scam. It's the positive reviews.

So it's too bad that they've the band that that whole concept because they shouldn't be as eBay the ones policing people complaining about not as advertised because it's the reviews because that's what happens if you get something and it's sold as hardly used and they get it and it's like, beat the shit. Then you're going to post a negative feedback and say, Yeah, they lied about this, but that's it. That's where your ability to do anything stops is in that bad review.

So you can either sell this and scam somebody else or you can sell it and be honest and get less money back. But you can't just turn around and say, I just don't like I changed my mind, took it back to the seller. Yeah, well, it's even worse because you do that. The reviews still exist. I'm just waiting for the bad review from this bitch to just wait for that. And it's even worse because eBay, when you are a buyer, well, you can leave positive or negative feedback depending on your experience.

When you are a seller. You can only leave positive feedback. That's bullshit. That used to be positive and negative people would leave negative shit for sellers took too long to pay was supposed to pay within three days. Never got it for a week. It didn't sell after months of negative reviews. And your default should be negative, frankly.

And if they do something that's changed your mind, then you flip it to good. But you got to assume the worst from people on eBay, because eBay's a you know, it's basically like a like you're entering the Moroccan street shops, you know, and like in the Casbah. So you're you're your assumption is nothing is quite as good as it seems. Nothing is quite as good as it seems. Sellers have very little recourse.

And the only thing that surprises me again is that once somebody buys something on eBay, you have their name and address because you have to ship it to them. Yeah. And I guess people just aren't afraid at this point that people they screw over are going to find ways to get retribution on them. No, no, I guess they're. That what you mean. Hey, Dubai them. Yeah. Demand them is right. And I wonder how many people know what we just said. And Dubai knew.

Yeah. I mean, depending if it was Vietnamese, is it? Yeah, it's Vietnamese. Yeah. Good old demo deck man. Mm. I miss getting new books. That guy. I know, I know, I know. He's sorely missed these. I guess I could reread the books that I had from him. They were good adventure story. Because it's been it was a long time ago that I read them. I mean, when they came out. When I read them. Yeah, same here. That was like the only author that I ever followed.

Like new book. New book? Yes. Although I will say his business book kind of sucked. Yeah, that wasn't. I mean, I read it, but I mean, one, I wasn't really in business at the time, but I kind of skimmed through it and it was like, this is more pieced together. Probably the code it is. I think what it is, is somebody said, oh, man, I love your book. Say, got a great idea for you. Why don't we just take these concepts that you applied to killing Vietnamese people and then apply them to business?

That seems to be like an awesome, awesome book that you don't even have to work on, but it'll have your name on it and we'll split the revenues. It seems like your angle. I bet you a lot of it was he was selling because he was going out doing the inspirational speeches. I went through on those. And you get a free book. You got how low price, how short he was. That was my biggest surprise.

Yeah, but you weren't like, Hey, you're short because then he would have just punch you in the throat and killed you. Well, I mean, he's still taller than me, but no, he was. I always can imagine him as, you know, six foot two to 20 to 30. And then not when he was like. I just can't believe you're like, oh, my God. I couldn't believe how short he was. I mean, he was taller than me, but yeah. Well, he was I mean, about the same height. I mean, when you like I know I'm not tall.

I never like I never imagined myself as being tall. Right. I'm exactly the average sized man. But you're right, when you read the books, you imagine him as he's. Bigger than life, right? He just comes across as this big, bad ass. And the reality is. Yeah, and the reality is that it is just purely the actions that, that he undertook that made him this larger than life character, not his physical stature. It was his Slavic mentality. Yeah, he was Slavic. That's exactly right.

Yeah. Too bad we have to exclude Poland from that designation now. But never give in. Never give up. Do what you have to do. Train, prepare and go into battle knowing you. Weren't in training. So you don't lead in battle. That's right. And one of the Six Commandments and then sweating you don't have to like it. You just have to do it. I'll right that too, if you don't. God damn, this is great. Now I'm just remembering shit from 20 years ago. Well, see.

I lived by those commandments for a long man. I really. I live by that stuff. That's good stuff. They did work in all facets of life. I mean, you could you maybe you had to kind of change the so. I was talking about when I was in the Spetsnaz, but no. Okay. Right. Yeah, well, that makes sense. When you were out killing. Well, if you were there, the Russkies were. Who are you killing back then? Americans have cancer. That's true.

You were fighting in the hills of Afghanistan, at least in your mind. In my head, really? Isn't that enough in today's society? If you. I mean. If you picture yourself that way. Yeah. That's how. Pretty much. Identify. I think so I'll tell you then then. Yeah. As a. As a start. The war hero. Mm hmm. Yeah. It's perfect because somebody would. You can't say you're not. Well, no. Because then they're, they're judging you and you can't judge people in America.

How dare you see Brooklyn, says Dick. Who? Dick Marchenko Richard Marchenko. Spell it. M rc and co creator of SEAL Team three SEAL Team six. Sorry six, four, three. Three. I don't know, it's double that SEAL Team six. Yeah, and they were SEAL Team six then what was the other group that he read. Read the cell result. Yeah. The Red Cell had the most fun of any military. My God, ever. Absolutely. These guys were insane.

Red Cell was the group that was asked by a admiral high up in the chain, if I remember correctly, to test the security forces they were to map bases. Not really asked. Well, true. Put a T in the front of that. They were tasked to go in and see what kind of shenanigans they can pull at military bases around the globe of the United States. Military. So it was kind of a self check was kind of a. You know, there were security testing.

Penetration testing in actual physical penetration that just that just computer stuff. Yeah. And the girls couldn't turn them down. They were always successful at penetrating. Yeah. I mean, I just love the stories of, you know, when they would leave notes on the commander's desk. Of. What they did to their. Yeah. To their outfit. They got quite a bit of reprimanding for you know, tying up a lot of guys.

Yeah. Well not just the guards, very enlisted guys one thing but and they were a of them but they were tying up officers leaving them because, you know, they're, they're tasked with checking security. So obviously they're going to engage in activities that would simulate a real security threat. So when they came in, guns drawn and then taken the office that they're targeting, they would do with those guys.

But I mean, no telling anybody, but they would tie everybody up, put bandannas in their mouths. A lot of them. You. No, just dead right. Yeah. Yeah. And then, you know, take some photos for proof, maybe have some drinks from the club that. Had some liquor there. Sure. Exactly. And then their job's done. That's what they get paid to do that. That is absolutely killer. How did you use demo decks. You know, their concept the unless otherwise directed. Right. That was every book I think there.

Was a way to do. Yeah. It's like I went into the, you know, whoever was reporting to at the time. I went into their office on Friday at five and left a note unless otherwise directed it. I'm about to go start a nuclear war in North Korea. Uh huh. Uh huh. Well, I got three days before anybody's going to see that. Where. They say, why is it that you had no authorization to be like, well, no, I, I left, you know. Yeah. Unless otherwise directed you.

Was that one with your parents? Kids. Just try that. See if it works. Uh, good old demo deck is a good game. The world needs more dick. Marching goes. Yeah. I wonder how many more years it's going to be until there's another one in the US. Another hero or another terrorist. Another. Another actual male. The other. Another. Another guy that seems like he's larger than life or just. Or another guy that acts like a guy. Yeah. Like the other guy that acts like a guy. A guy that has disaster.

Um. Yeah, they have a new podcast in the works that's going to talk a lot about that kind of stuff. Ooh, testosterone. Yeah. It's for the new podcast is called. Some Gender Studies. Yeah. Awesome. Well, I'll look for that. And you're doing that with a grant from DePaul, then they're. Oh, I wish them enough money back in the day. I should get some money back. Uh huh, uh huh.

I mean, I think back and it was already very questionable at the time, back when I was there in the late eighties and early nineties, I was a communications major. Yeah. But was right here in your desk there. Good. The head of the communications department at the time was a lesbian named Jackie Taylor. He talked about how her and her partner were going to buy children in like Portugal. I think it was. Right. Or Peru maybe was I forget. What the p countries. Yeah, yeah.

Those big countries, they sound alike. But it was already going down that liberal hellhole. Although it was quite interesting. I did take a, a women's study course and I really don't think they wanted me to be in the course, but my wife was in it and it was a credit and I figured this could be fun. Well, it was this before you were married? Yes. Do you met your wife at a women's studies class? No. No, I met my wife at. A bookstore in high school? No. A bookstore in high school?

Yes. Working at a bookstore. Oh, okay. She was a client. She was also a seasonal help at the bookstore that I was working at. Oh, hey, by the way, you are breaking up a little bit on my side here. Though. They say the stream dropped to the troll rooms reporting that you have been solid. So the recordings good will see out the stream comes back there. It said it dropped and then it showed something else. Are we back? Yeah. You were just gambling.

You sound fine now, but you were gambling for a little bit. It's catching back up. I don't know. It's weird. This is your cable modem. You need to buy a new cable modem. I know a place you can go and buy on eBay. They have the best cable modems around here. They have perfect guarantees, too, is if it doesn't fit, is the return. It just right? You just say it doesn't. My ISP does not allow this. So it's all. About. Yeah, yeah, yeah. So you didn't break up. So that's good.

So this recording will sound pristine, you know, unless it actually goes out again. Yeah, well, I don't know, maybe it's your microphone. Can I better at it. No, I think that's exactly right. Exactly. Now, people are going to be like, am I having an aneurysm? You understand what he was saying? I smell burnt bread. What does that. Say? You're probably having a stroke. Go. Go to the hospital quickly. Get old strokes. Yeah, nobody wants. Them. No, no, no. I got to get it.

Got to get, you know, as much sighs stay away from the stroke thing. It gets your blood pressure in check. You want. To. Follow all that stuff? I got to get some good blood pressure going today. I'm heading out, do some shooting. Oh, what are you shooting today? I mean, like. He's not like I've. Actually tried to go shoot somebody. Nah, I'm trying to print out some photographs here, so, you know. Yeah, get in your guns. I'm going to go shoot.

Well, you said you had one that you've been wanting to shoot for a while. Is that one on the list? I'm not sure which gun that would have referred to, but. But I got, like, forum that I haven't shot yet, that I bought that I need to go shoot. Well, that would be good. Yeah, that would be good. Yeah. I mean, before this whole, like, credit cards tracking your purchase, this thing kicked in. I figured it was a good time to get gun purchases made. Well, before.

Yeah, before it all goes directly to hell. I think the streamers still crash. Let me reboot this. We're doing the show, right? It's, you know, does go on your your permanent record much like everything in high school. If you buy a gun now. Yeah it's like, yeah. Because you can't be a law abiding citizen. By buying a gun, you've given up your right to be a law abiding citizen. Well, of course, because, you know, there are no freedoms.

Well, you're you're buying an implement of potential death, and therefore, you are a potential criminal. But really potential is a you know, not even the word these days. So let's do a reboot. But I need to go do a little plinking and some of these things because I haven't you know. You want to be proficient at your at your craft, huh? Yeah. Craft crafty is good. Nothing wrong with being proficient at your. So getting to do that later on today. In fact that is you take some video.

I mean, it's kind of boring, mostly just nothing happening with an occasional shot here and they're nice. I mean, I'm not going to the gun range. Oh, where are you going? There's it sells. I was gonna say, can you. Can you say where you're going. Tend to buddy. So nice. Yeah, he's got a berm. Well, that means you can do whatever you want. Pretty much more or less. You see, that's why I said I'm printing out a few photographs.

They had a you have the photograph to me, you need an eight by ten of me. That could that can be fine. I think we're back on the stream. We've actually crashed the program that I connected the stream with two. Oh, you're. It happened. Yeah. I still need you to teach Ben how to do this whole stream thing. Yeah, this dude. Named Ben named Betsy. You guys can go live on the stream if you want. I mean, that's the beauty of this. That's on him. I told him I'm not doing Jack shit with that.

I'm just going to be a guess. Because the no agenda stream is getting crowded. Is it? Now the other shows every day, I believe now that are live. Oh, that's good. So it's not that. The wild West anymore. I could just go on any time and. Well, I mean the said to me that means that the programing programing director is now gone. He is doing a lot of that work. I tell you. But he's off this weekend, so we could just mess with everything. He's off campus. It really yesterday's his birthday.

Ryan Beamer was his birthday today. Oh, happy happy random Rose Day. And it's all right. The title of is because it's also his wedding anniversary today. He got married on his birthday. That seems like not a good. Oh, maybe that's the one way he'll remember when that happened. That's what. I said. Like, was this one where, you know, like, oh, gee, what would when was the anniversary? What? No, I don't know. So that's one where it. Sounds just like him.

You do a hell of an impression around. I try. I rebooted the stream. Trolls, can you hear us? Are we back on or is this still? It may just be. This would be a really bad time for the stream to totally crash because Ryan is again out of town. So yeah. That would be a bad weekend for the no agenda stream. Well, I hear there's a couple other people. No, I don't picture. Well, Mark, one day we would have that would. Be one of them. We would have to get the word over to the Netherlands, the lowlands.

Into the lowlands. And they're going to be hard to get a hold of with no power shortly. So they're going down. What's going out of the Netherlands? Oh, well, did you not hear? So what did I mean? Russia has had to institute a not a draft, but a recall of people in the reserves. Have you heard this? I've I've heard allegedly that they're pulling people out of their beds and they're doing all sorts of crazy stuff.

Well, I don't know about that, but but they have a record back 1% of the Armed Services Reserve. Interesting. And that 1% that they picked happens to be employees within the the gas and oil supply industry. Oh, well, that goes a long well. Because those folks are the most qualified, you see. And yeah, that we're back on the stream and thanks for hanging with us on that one now. Yeah, well, I didn't even realize we weren't on this. I know we got trashed.

We came back and then I realized that because the program that I use to connect to the stream also crashed it when I rebooted that the microphones had turned off in the interface. So yeah, where we had to turn it off and on again. Turn off and on to them. Well that usually does the trick. Yeah. If you want to. So anyway properly so Grams donate all that stuff. All that stuff. So with the, uh, with the reserves coming out of that sector of course does mean that they're there.

The facilities may not be operating because their employees have all gone to war. Is that bad? They won't have power? No, I don't think it's a bad thing. I mean, it does mean they're going to make a little less money because they won't be shipping oil or gas out of the country. But but, you know, that's what you got to do. You got you got all these NATO troops massing on the border trying to start something up with Russia.

So I think it's a reasonable thing to bring in 1% of your reserves into action. Now, has anything else really been changing over in the theater, as they say, of the Russia and Ukraine thing? Uh, I don't know. Well, I know you're following it closer than most. I mean, I'm not. I guess I mostly just listen to Tim Paul and see what he says about it. So if you want to know anything, just listen to Tim Poole. Well, that's always been true. The temple of those three reads the newspapers,

so he knows what he's talking about. I mean, you. Realize you could also read the newspaper. Directly, but Look, I realize that and I could have done that back in the day, but instead, I chose to listen to Rush Limbaugh or read the newspaper. Rush Limbaugh. With talent on loan from God. In front of the gold. Me I'd be make from. Not what a beautiful microphone it was too. Yeah. To read your you're breaking up again so we can hear that beautiful voice. Well, I see it. Yeah, I sound fine here.

It must be another Comcast issue. Now, if we were using clean feed, there would be a little thing you could open up that says what the jitter is, what the packet loss is, what the time between us is. But you keep wanting to use this little Zen gangster bullshit. That's better. Yeah, it's not better. It's got nothing. It's got no absolutely better. It's giving us any information whatsoever that says Danger.

Danger. Will Robinson Well, knowing that your voice is losing packets and hearing that your voice is losing packets amounts to the same thing. But you're not losing any of my idea. So it's because I have good connectivity. I don't know that. Does it make a difference? I'm in Austin, Texas. You see, this is this is really the the central hub of all the different backbones that are connected to the United States are coming from here. I mean, it's disconnected.

Again, what doesn't make sense is I have a constant ping going. To oh, my God, leave it off. Who gives a shit these. Ignore it. The net. Yes. And it's there you know it's. To the stream. Yeah. It's Well, well how about we do a podcast instead of a stream show? But we're doing both. Yeah, well, now let's just focus on the one that works. Which is neither one. Oh, you're not. You're not recording anymore. I'm recording you like, oh, wait, I was supposed to record this thing.

Oh, okay. Okay. Yeah. It's humor, man. Come on. I mean, you don't have to. I honestly, I would not much would change. I would still talk to you once a week about same topics. You would still be talking. I'd still be listening. It's just a it's an oddity because I mean, really, otherwise, I would have been like, well, our connection solid. Yeah. Because I'm not having any issue with you.

But no, it only seems to start getting fucked up when you're, when you're having issues with the knowledge and the chat thing. Well that's just when they say it's not I've never lost the no agenda chat. Hmm. It's just that the, the server which again let's just hope the servers are good come Sunday. Otherwise that's the main thing. Well, we'll see because I'm fine with that. But on. Sunday. Adam will be on today for the other podcasting two point out.

So if there are issues, we'll find out if it's streetwise or if this is just us having issues. So does Adam listen to the show, do you think? Sometimes I think every now and then you make a comment that like leads me to believe maybe. But it's hard to say. Okay. I mean, this is a great content, isn't it? It is. It's the best content out there. It's literally a show about nothing. Nothing. Yeah. No, we are the Seinfeld of podcasts. Well, give me a show about something.

What do you got? Well, what do you. I mean, I don't know. What do you want to talk about? Anything. I just mean not eBay. I'm not even. Do you think. But eBay. A very covered eBay. Yeah, we've covered eBay. Let's see here. Yeah, I'm doing a nice speed test. I mean, I'm getting 870 megabits per second down. Man, that's not bad. What are you getting up there? I'm waiting for that thing to start. Uh huh. Like one that may be the issue. If there's a problem with the.

You've got some hate, some asymmetric density. Yeah, that's one of the things that Comcast is really pushing is the mentality to go, you know, to equalize the speeds up and down. Yeah, a lot of them doing that, they're. Trying to push that. I think by the end of this year and then into next year, they've been testing some stuff that is absolutely crazy speeds. Mm hmm. But no upload looks fine.

I mean, I may be breaking up because it's doing the upload test, but I'm getting the 40 megabits per second out, right? Yeah. 40 up and 800 down. Yeah. Well, I mean, it's really a little over a gig down. But the, the hardware I have isn't really going to be pulling the full and the antivirus and all that. You're never pulling the full gig down here. We lose you now. What does that have to do with anything? What do you mean? What's it? Modem and the router and the hardware.

How do antivirus get to do with your speed? Because it looks at everything coming in. Well, don't do that. Well, you could, but it's like, what's it slowing it down a little bit? Doesn't matter. Why would you look at everything coming in through a virus? Avoid getting viruses out the old machine? No, no. How do you avoid getting viruses not going through websites with viruses? Well, that's. No fun to Jan. Not teaching anything. That's no fun. No Why would I want to death? Oh, that's right.

I forget. You don't actually pay for movies, do? Uh, I don't really watch movies, but rarely I have a lot of music. I hear you talking about TV shows, though. Have a lot of television shows. Yeah, my only TV show we would ever go down that I have my own TV. It's great. You don't have to worry about that. When Comcast was down for like 5 hours. Laughs Yeah, no, that's. And then good thing that Chicago's not on the list of one.

The cities to be nuke first. Probably is but I'm you know three feet underground so I'll be safe, right? Yes. Three feet underground is better than zero feet. The ground, it's just through. Don't worry about the news. Do not worry. Yeah. Do you do you do you have a door and the basement. No I. Just the stairs I. Should. Yeah. I mean, you. Mean want to put a door in there? I need to be.

I remember watching years ago and I was just mesmerized by a guy who just started digging, like, under his basement. And that just kept digging and digging. Digging. And he had, like, a layer underneath, like 20 feet under the under the house. And it's like little weird, but now you're like, Hey, that's not a bad idea. I just saw a story the other day on the house in Texas that has a cave under it. Now, a natural cave that was there.

A natural cave was discovered like a cave that covers maybe a couple city blocks. But the entrance to there is underneath this guy's house. And that's the only entrance. Yeah, that's pretty cool. Isn't that cool? It's got stalagmites like that. It's kinds of stuff. So I just got to a real bat cave. We got it out. Your cheese down there. It's a great place to call. Yeah. Wine, cheese. All the good stuff. Mushrooms It's absolutely perfect.

I mean, who wouldn't want to bat cave underneath their house? I always wanted. I was always just also mesmerized. Again, I'm just. I need to have the stories with the hidden rooms at a house or hidden passageways. I never had a house that had that, but I always thought that would just be so cool. It is cool. Yes. There's so I was at the event that I was at last week. I think I told you right. You were at an event last week. Yeah, I told you that last time we talked on Monday. Oh, that's true.

What was it for today. We can do that. For. Yes. Yeah. So this was a it was a castle. And one of the cool things is that there there's like these the bookcase that if you move the bookcase, there's secret room behind there. That was it. Just like you have to move one book or like one of those magic. No, it the whole place that shit is unreal. I know it. You have to move the bookcase, so you have to basically it looks like a whole bunch of bookcases for the whole wall of bookcases.

And you've got your door. One of them is actually open. It's a real bookcase with real books. Yes. No fake books anywhere, but it's on wheels. So you can actually, you know, pivot it open. And then there's a door with a a key code. Every person that's even cooler that you open up that it's not just like you get behind the bookcase near in the room. It's like there's a door. Yeah. With a key code. And then the, the code is my birthday. Oh. Was it your castle? You know the code was your birthday.

Well it is, the code just happens to be my birthday and then royalty gene. Is that was this in Russia did you. I am sir Gene. After all, did you fly back to Moscow for this. And then that lets you into that the secret room, which has a boy. I don't even know how many include. The year. Somebody asked me. I was just curious. I mean, that's. Uh huh. Uh huh. It does not include the year. No. Okay. So four digit code. Four digit code, yes. So easy enough to try every combination.

But I remember there's, um, I was looking at these for a while to use in the basement because we have a basement that is like two thirds finished and the other third is storage with the washer and dryer that. Yeah. And the thing connecting the two sides is a normal closet.

So it's like, you know, two closet doors closing and they sell bookcases like that that go in and look like so yeah, it's like, well, it's no big deal because anybody, if you're down there in the air conditioning kicks out, you'll be able to hear it. It's, there's nothing behind the wall. Mhm. But still. I always thought that would be a really cool way to. Have an air conditioner behind the wall in the house, the. Furnace or the fir, the blowers. Or. Yeah. The actual air conditioning.

Of course you can also get thicker walls you wouldn't hear. That's true is of course, I mean, I'm assuming the bookcase would hide most of the absorb most of the noise. Mm hmm. But that's the kind of stuff that's, like, really awesome. Oh, it is. It is cool. No, I've. I've enjoyed stuff like that. You should ask get them sometime. Next time you talk them, do talk about some of the stories of his castle. Well, that's true.

He actually lived in a castle, and I'm assuming there were some, um, some quirks to that building. Oh, yeah. Who wouldn't want their own castle? I mean, they're kind of a pain in the ass. I mean, you wouldn't want to clean it or anything. They definitely don't like that. You don't really even want to maintain that. It's kind of something like, you want to go spend a month there and then get the hell out. That's may even be too long to frame, but sure. Yeah. Just a vacation wise.

Just a couple of weeks then. Like the castle location. Right now, if you have a castle, you can get out of the castle. Be and be safe. Yeah, yeah, yeah. I think you're better off being a lord of the manor. Probably. Probably the the castle is a fairly significant in the castle by definition is kind of a military house. Well you want to have a moat, you want to have guns on top. You want to you want to be able to defend your land. Yeah. But that was thought that would be cool.

Have a nice hidden passage. Hidden room. Yeah. Yeah it's, it is kind of neat when you have hidden passages and now you're not watching the current Game of Thrones knockoff thing right. Now you're in a little secret. I have never even watched Game of Thrones. Oh, okay. Well, you. Play to it now. Are you are you plus or against the Game of Thrones? I mean, I was all. On the first the first four seasons were awesome. And then starting of season five, it just started going downhill.

So I in the last watch season was absolute shit. So the first I think five seasons were based on the books. And then they were like maybe. Was the first four seasons and then they ran out of book material and so they had to just write shit from scratch and it was horrible. They're like, people are still wanting to pay us for more, but we yeah, we need to make more. Yeah, exactly, exactly. Interesting. But I've never watched. Yes, I can add that to the list. I don't even know.

I don't even think I have that on my back. Well the new one which you can do, you can watch the new one that's on HBO. It's called The Blood and Something Blood and Dragons. I don't know. A good old blood and something here on the mighty. Yeah. Agenda Stream. So I'm sure somebody knows what it is, but. Oh, I'm sure people are watching it. It's lovely. It's a prequel, which means you don't have to watch the Game of Thrones, Game of Thrones to be able to watch the prequel.

Because it should actually be what you want to watch before that that potentially. Yeah, it's it is basically I think it takes place 100 years before maybe 150 years before. But yeah, but it's just good fancy stuff, you know, there's dragons, people right on and a lot of politics and everybody looks around like they're walking around rent their well I'll. Bet wasn't it. What run fair. Yeah to have that looked. Well that from the setting is.

Yeah I mean I get but there are people that like that they just walk around like that up and down the street like Jan saying he was like, that was like, I'm a Game of Thrones dude. I mean, I did get married rent first. I know. I've heard that story. Yeah. And so yeah, I enjoy that. I think that there's something very fun about rent is part of it, of course, has to do with the fact that everybody's inebriated. Well, yes.

And they're embracing another time, allegedly to be a true aficionado, though, if you're at a rent there and somebody pulls out a cell phone, you have to punch them right in their mouth. Right. I mean, that's. Well, okay. Back in the day, back back in the nineties, let's say up through the early 2000, it probably would be like cell phones and even things like digital watches were officially to be made fun of.

Yeah. And those people made they did not belong in and people would be effectively shamed into putting them away. What strange object is this on your wrist. They. Exactly. And the last thing you need is some, some, you know, drunk dude dressed in middle age garb to be talking loudly at you, embarrassing the hell out of you. Well, yeah, that's like what, which, which. We've just.

Stolen that sees the width. Yeah. So that was the thing by the late 2000 like 2008, nine, ten when I went to a number of. People with their. Cellphones, everybody's walking around with frickin cell phones. No one gives a shit. They're taking credit cards for selling soup in the bowl and bread bowl. I mean, it's just like it totally it, it, it really is gotten to be more of a commercial enterprise, which it always kind of was, but more so than, you know, like you have the old

cell phone charging stations. Right. Because that makes perfect sense that a red fare, you're like, we're we're going to make money with the concept. It's gotten very anachronistic. Yeah. And I think the interesting thing is the people that originally started these, I'm assuming, because they wanted the main draw was not the clothing or the language, it was that time period overall. And if it was, it. Was in that time. Yeah, I mean, it was a whole pact.

Like I'd been going to these since the seventies, honestly. So when you were, what, 40, the seventies. It was, it was just extension of the seventies peace and love movement, frankly. But it's much harder to get laid when you're wearing chain mail. It's really easy to get laid when you're entering mail. It's really fucking easy, man. That the whole thing, when the guests leave and the the alcohol consumption continues, it basically just one big orgy.

Anywhere you walked around in that rent fair, all you hear is the orgy noises. I am so glad I've never been to a rent there. Oh, my God. You've. You've never been to an orgy? Oh, my God. That's so sad. No, that's so sad for you. I'm a Catholic high school boy. Yeah, so it's right in. So where do you think they're having the orgies? Catholics are the most perverted people. Well, you know, they're repressed. Yes. So that's why that's exactly why.

It's like the Amish when they let their kids go off on. Rome. Yeah, yeah, I know it started with the epidural, but. Yeah, I understand why, like, half of those kids. Come back. Don't come back. Well, what in both? I understand one. I understand they half that never come back. And I also understand the half they come back. Oh, my. God. You won't believe what the outside world is like. I get both. There are no children either.

Speaking of cell phones and, uh, the Amish, I didn't realize the Amish had fucking cell phones, but more and more so, I've noticed the Amish have cell phones. There are different sex. I don't know. I believe that's their term. I think you're correct. Yes. And I noticed that the there's a guy in YouTube. I know you've watched his videos. Peter Sant'angelo is. Yes. Yeah. He's a California dude who travels and invades different cultures.

He went to the Amish community down in Florida, which is the same Amish community that was a part of area where for years when we went down there, these were were the best restaurants were this little row. And this was the community that is built up around there. So for me, it was really interesting seeing. The Florida German. Yes. Yes. And he even went in and, you know, had a piece of pie in the restaurant.

But I'm like, wait, Mrs. Yoder's man in Sarasota, if you want the best damn pie in the world, I've never felt better. But he went in and there are there is the Amish and there's the. What's the other? They're not Amish, but they're close to Amish. Now, I'm not thinking of the name, but there's different groups and some are allowed the technology. The most interesting thing to me was there's, of course, the Amish that are completely against even having power in the house.

Yeah, I think it's the old order. And the newer ones will allow cell phones. But the one that did they I think the Mennonites. Mennonites allow more technology. Yes. And they had an app that basically stripped away most of the smartphones abilities, you know, so they could still text. Yeah. The the Hassidic Jews do the same thing. And the most interesting thing to me was that most of the people that had cell phones that were married, the whole deal was their spouse runs their cell phone. Mm hmm.

Which is. Like. So there could be no secrets. They can tell you what you can do or what you can't in. Yeah. It seems like a really weird idea until you think about it. You go, I can see why they get along a lot better than. A lot of. People. It just seemed odd. But yeah. What? It seemed odd to me that there were Amish that were using cell phones. Yeah, yeah. Because I think the. The Mennonites and then I think the beachy Amish. Yeah. Are more of the relaxed variety. Yes.

And that was a guy's name. What do you mean, beachy Amish? Like, do you like to go to the beach? No, it was a guy's name who started this particular offshoot. Yeah, but either way, I mean, seeing somebody dressed in an Amish garb, talking on the cell phone just looks weird to me. Oh, yeah? Is it like, no, this is like, go to the Red Scare and somebody having a cell phone. Yeah, it's. It's probably even more surprising than that, but. But it was I don't know. It's unavoidable. I've.

I went, I took what's his face to run fair, you know, what's his name. Brian Brushwood. Oh Really. Yeah. First time he's ever went. They they took him out. They're unfair and he won't return your calls now. Wow. Well, no, we had lunch a couple days ago. Oh, nice. Yeah. With this new project coming out. Nothing. They want to totally derail your. Oh, yeah, yeah, it's coming out soon. He's working on it. Awesome. He kind of told me about it, but I can't find anybody about.

Well, of course, because it would ruin everything. Spoilers, game. Spoilers. Exactly. So if you listen real fast, I'll whisper it real. But no, I'm not going to do that now. Bryan with so. Yeah. And then I told them, hey dude, what's the deal like? You've been avoiding me. I was like, Oh yeah, I know, been super busy and haven't been making any money on YouTube, so I'm trying to figure out new ways to make some money. So apparently YouTube has cut their rates again.

Okay, that I believe, because he's got a lot of content at YouTube. But I have noticed that it's less. Yeah, yeah. He's got like, uh, millions of subscribers. Oh, yeah. And he does different almost. Like, that's y'all close. Very close. You know, he's got the Modern Rogue, he's got scams, all these. Yeah. Like Cell. Nation. There's different. Podcasts. The for the the biggest scam things, whatever. Yeah, yeah. Whatever it's called.

Yeah. Now. And, um, so yeah, I'll have him on one of the shows, probably 13. And then, you know, he once again said, yeah, yeah, yeah, I should it on one of my shows. And then, but he said that like three times over the last three years and I've never been on any show. So he's like, We will put an apple on your head and shoot it off with a crossbow. That'll be fine. I'm okay with that. In the red. Lines. I'm doing the shooting right now. That's that's the way to do it.

But with the other stuff, there's always a loophole because that restaurant in Sarasota that we always went to for years, they didn't take credit cards because they're Amish. So they didn't believe in taking credit cards. Sure. Good plan. But. But right next to the cash register ATM. Yeah. We're more than happy to let you take your money. Yeah, we have those here, too. They're not even Amish. We have a barbecue place. Like, that's a good place. Like the old Salt Lake. I get it.

They only want cash. Yeah, which is a really large place. I mean, it seats. Hundreds of people, but they. They have an ATM machine instead of taking credit cards. They also don't sell alcohol. But it's BYOB oh, which is not that uncommon in Texas, but they have a liquor store about 25 feet away. As they owned that. And it's over liquor. Yeah, yeah. They own that. They own that. But it's a liquor store rather than the restaurant having a liquor license.

Right. So I explain that to me I'm not sure how one is cheaper or better than the other, but clearly somebody has decided that, screw it, we're not getting the liquor license. We will open up a liquor store. Another loophole. Uh huh. I love it. I love the ingenuity. Yeah, ingenuity. Just people that are talking on their cell phones while, driving in buggies. Uh huh, uh huh. Well, there was that was where we saw a YouTube video that somebody was under solar power.

Sorry to interrupt you, but I wonder if solar powered is allowed in Amish, because then you're not plugged into the grid. You're not, you know. Well, batteries are still technology. Are they, though? I think because I know there was it maybe it was. Or are they just gifts from God? It could be. You know, Dale Earnhardt Jr, I think it was talking about the talking to an Amish.

It was like, oh, you know, maybe it was what are the other YouTube guys where it's like, no, they have, you know, NASCAR stickers on their buggies and they sneak in because the buggies are for some reason, they're allowed to have the 12 volt car battery in the buggies because you have to have the lights. Yeah, you do. And the kids were sneaking the batteries in to play like portable keys and stuff. You know, it's let's see, this is really an interesting.

Yeah it's a way you can use the bad it's okay to use the battery on the buggy because to comply with the law, I guess you have to. So it's okay to use the technology then it's it's just intriguing to me. What rules are fun. I wonder if they can do then put a solar charger on the roof of the buggy. That would be awesome. That would be awesome. Then you never have to. I mean I could see good arguments for that. You'd never have to plug in and charge it because you know,

you have no place to plug it in. Right? We don't have electricity. So how do we how do we charge that battery? Well, this and the get this, that becomes a a business for some enterprising soul in the area. That's like, I'm not Amish. I can plug in the wall that are to along. It's kind of like it's kind of like the the timers for the elevators that are in New York. Right. Because they can't press on the Sabbath. Right. Go up and down by themselves.

And it is and I've talked to a few rabbis about this. So that's been like the finer points of what you're allowed and not allowed to do on the Sabbath, because I was trying to come up with ways around that. You are always looking for a loophole.

Of course, that's what I do. And so the the brilliant idea that somebody came up with was like, well, if the elevators are going to be moving from Florida for anyway me, would it be okay on the Sabbath to just walk into an elevator and then walk out and different for. That would seem. Fair because, you know, the first thought I had, of course, and the thing that used to be the case was you had elevator attendants or goy, right?

So they're not Jewish, so they're not bound by the same restrictions. But then the idea is like, well, but if you're paying them, then they're kind of an extension of what you would be doing.

So that's the love and but this idea of an elevator that automatically just so here's, here's where I'm going with this whole thing because I could talk about this for a long time is it seems like the more technology and automation and A.I. you can apply to the restrictions on the Sabbath, the less restrictions there are. Because you're not physically interacting, cause. You're not doing it. And nobody, no human is doing it on your behalf. So you started elevators.

Well, what about Tesla self-driving cars? So if you're not driving the car and the car is just driving itself, then all of a sudden the prohibition technology and the Sabbath just kind of becomes a lot less of a thing. And I think that can go into, you know, virtually any restrictions you can come up with.

There's got to be a way to automate it enough to be able to not worry about it, which the whole point of the Sabbath was to give you the freedom from doing the day to day normal things that you had to do, like taking elevators and driving cars so that you can focus on the spiritual matters on God and worship your family. So you're not supposed to be looking for the loophole. The goal is to remove distraction, but the practical application is a list of things you can't do.

And if you have that list, then somebody with a personality like mine is like, Okay, well, how do we work around that shit so that you can end up still doing all those things now? And I, you know, I'm not like practicing during that, but I do have friends that are a lot more orthodox conservative and practicing. And so I love coming up with, you know, ideas or questions or ways to get around stuff.

And then one time when I was living in Dallas years ago, I had done a video project for a rabbi, and the rabbi is like, hey, you know, you should you should come to my house for dinner. I'm like, Oh, yeah, that'll be cool. And little did I realize that that's actually a trap. Really trying to. Because you do or what? Because. No, the way it works is like the before the dinner day is like, oh yeah, yeah.

Let's meet at the temple for service and then we'll duck, we'll walk down to my house for dinner and I'm like, All right, well, that was annoying things. Like, I don't like to walk anywhere. But I don't really like to walk anywhere. So I'm like, okay, but I mean, I know why he's walking is because the sun is going to set after the service and so you can't drive. So you're just like Uber.

No, I couldn't drive either, because I'm trying to be, you know, like but I anyway, I go to dinner and it's a house and, uh, boy, does this rabbi, like, drink. Holy shit. You know, he's, like, drinking down vodka. I'm like. Oh, man. Art stuff right off the bat, I think is going to be managed service or something, but not. And in the conversation, we're talking about like like Sabbath restrictions, blah, blah, blah.

And I started asking bunch questions like, well, what about this little what about that? And he's like, you know, I don't I like I have some idea, but if you really want to get a good answer, you should come to our study group because don't be. That sounds like a trap. Right, exactly. But so but you know me, I like conversation. I like to explore things through arguments and.

So this sounds kind of things like, yeah, we're going to have a bunch of rabbis there and some of them are going to be, I'm sure, better equipped to answer your questions. I'm like, okay, I'll take you up on that. So I come out to the study group on Wednesday evening and, you know, I'm going it's as it turned out, what the study group is, is the Dallas Rabbinical Association Study Group, basically, rabbis from different synagogues all getting together. And you. And me.

Right? Exactly. Rabbi genius. Yeah, as it turned out to be. Yeah. Because, you know, I didn't want to stand out there or look like a I'm a schmuck. And so Stolen Valor became a rabbi instantaneously. Makes sense. Kinda. What I did do is I did wear a suit right is I'm like, okay, well, they're all going to be wearing suits. I don't want to stand out and not wear a suit.

So I had to take off track suit and plan suit and as it turned out, and I also had a nice black suit, white shirt, black cap, you get there and you know. It was the uniform of the day. It kind of was just like, Oh, how are you doing tonight, Rabbi? It's good to see you here. And and here's the other I discovered is in Dallas, at least now would not be the true in New York. In Dallas, I look more like a rabbi than than 95% of the rabbis that were there. My beard was longer and fuller.

My my eyebrows were the appropriate eyebrow type. But could you pound vodka like a pro? I like the rabbi. I could pound the bottle like the rabbi and and so it was a and I could also read Russian, which is which was like a rare thing for these all these modern rabbis, even though a lot of the you know, the Jewish immigrants back in the day came from Russia sales, but Russian. So it was it was quite interesting.

So it was more like I when I started talking to people, I'm like, oh, you know, I thought you were like some visiting rabbi from out in the country, you know, and and so. The country that no longer exists. One of the countries that no longer exists. Yeah, exactly. So it was it was a fun experience, but but I did have fun debating. I do like that. I mean, the question is, were you in a black Cadillac when you got out? You said, we're on a mission from God.

Well, I was dressed very much like the Blues Brothers, but, you know, I guess the Blues Brothers just dressed like rabbis. So, you know, there's that I know I was not in the black Cadillac, but a few of the rabbis were in black that likes that is kind of funny. Was it a Ford? It was a Cadillac. Yeah, because it was the ex police car. I was just. Making a difference. Yeah. Yeah, it's going to say. The blues mobile. So I ended up going to that study group for about eight months.

Wow. See, Doug, what was going on here? Well, tried to explain where you were born. The well, there's a lot of errors in in the Bible, right? Correct. In the Torah. So I was going through and trying to explain these errors and correct the rabbis, because I figured that would be the appropriate thing to do. How often are you going to get an audience of 30 plus rabbis. Three talk to you about your religion and why it's totally wrong?

Well, it's not completely wrong, but let me just point out the errors that that are in here and make sure that you understand it. Sometimes people have a hard time understanding religious writing, and I felt like it was my duty as an atheist to be able to help you explain right how to help the rabbis understand Judaism. Mm hmm. Just trying to do a human service. I'm really just mostly all about human service. It was very nice of you. I know. I Thought so.

I mean, did you leave on your own accord or after eight months, were they finally like. Well, there's a little bit of a pogrom happening and they chased me out of town with torches, but I feel like it was a mutual decision. Yeah. Lobola, you can no longer come. No, no good. No. No. Good. I'll see you on Wednesday. How it works. Is this how it works? Yeah. So I had to leave town and move to Austin, but. Well, it's all good. It's only a matter of time before you're run out of town. There too.

I did apply to the synagogue there. They didn't want me. Apparently. The next move, we don't know which way it will be. Probably south of the border. All right, Will Be. Coming north over. There. It's funny you mention that, because I'll actually be there in about a week and a half. Oh, going back to Mexico. Going back to Mexico, yes. Why? Indeed. This show is a value for value show for me. It's paying for my dental work for Jean that's paying to get them over the border.

Oh, that's that's a good point. And it's going to take probably another 26 years of episodes to pay for one airline ticket. But yes. Yes, Coach in. May actually might just be the cost of if we can get you into a large suitcase and get you on the plane. Uh huh uh huh. We do have two people to thank for talking to ask you. We have at least one person to thank for today. Okay. And our buddy Josh Mandel coming in with 12.34 says Unreal. And this is a this is a different Josh, you know.

Yes, not Joshua historian. This is Josh Mandel, who was also. Exactly. You got him confused the last time. I just getting confused is I figured there's only one, Josh, that you saw Alison just. Listening to show. Is this for unrelenting tell Jean his universal basic income has arrived. Yeah yeah. So there's the nice and how much do these on. 12.34. 123. Four. Oh wow. That's that is basic income. No, sir. Truck driver.

This is the one I wanted to ask you about because he came in with a $25 spray and pray donation, which he likes to do for my shows. And he says Apply as you see fit, keep up the good work. So here 25, do you want the five that would normally go to unrelenting or would you like to just pass on that one? What what do you mean? Well, they sent in $25 for all of my shows and says, Oh, for. All your shows. Oh, he's splitting it five ways. Gary I wasn't sure if you wanted.

To see listen to this show or not, because that's the question I think. He does because he's out there. I won't take the five bucks out. And no, I think I think I mean, it's not a hard question. And somebody says here, just they like your stuff. Which of my stuff you like, right? That's the follow up question. I did. Yeah. I really like yours. Yes I do. Because otherwise you could just say, well, clearly what he really likes. Is the rock and roll pre-show. And that's all I know.

Well, I mean, that's another one. That was good. Yeah. I was going to say random thoughts. It's like, yeah, thanks for the random thoughts donation there. We appreciate the big donations across the shows. Ultimately, we want the same thing that I want done on all these shows now, which is. Advertising. Tell somebody else about it. Yes, get more listeners. That's the biggest thing you can do is just tell people that you enjoy listening to the show about thing. It's okay. If you don't.

And they should. As well tell them you enjoy it. Well, that's why I just said. Yeah, don't smile. I mean, I don't care what you guys do, but if you tell them that you enjoy it, that's the important part. And then the second thing, and this is I know a lot fewer people will do it requires more effort.

Leave a frickin review on either Google or Apple because the whenever you go on the podcast in those two companies in their podcasting sections, you can actually leave a review and talk about how this show is literally the Seinfeld of podcasting. And if you I promise, if enough people say that, then y'all won't have to donate any money ever because there'll be new people donating money to think this is hilarious. You say that enough.

We're going to get sued by Jerry Seinfeld, which well, that might be it. Just the kind of notoriety that we need to get big. That is true. Imagine how many people will want to check out the show. That's the Seinfeld. The five testing. Yeah. We need we need the lame. We need or I mean, you said you were more like Costanza. I mean, I was thinking more like new men, but. Yeah, I'll go along with you. I'm more like Jerry I am, Jerry. God damn it.

Well, I mean, yeah, he was the kind that would impersonate a rabbi and go for it. But you're right. No. Well, but there's is more. Costanza Now that I think about it. George pretended to be a different religion when he first tried to get a check. Yes. Yeah. Uh huh. What was that? He was. Something. It was some weird lot. Yes. A dog? Yes. My grandfather, who happens to be Latvian Orthodox, please. There's no such thing there. Literally no such. Thing.

If it was on that show, it's got to be real now. Which means somebody has started the Latvian Orthodox Church. Oh, God. Anyway, um, so, yeah, we're, you know, like many of the nations are always good. They make Darren smile because he lives in the basement and. He doesn't get out much. Through I mean, dentist. Every couple of weeks. Every couple of weeks. Oh, my God. What are you eating? Well, it's. Each thing was going. It's like, okay, come on in. And they do the work.

Why don't you go for a couple of weeks? That's nuts. Because I don't. Well, the root canal was the first appointment. The second appointment was fitting the crown and then putting a temporary crown on. And then two weeks from that is the real crown will be there. So they can put that. Now how much was your crown? The second appointment after the insurance was like 460. The first one was like 160.

So so far we're a little over six into this, which if there was no insurance, would be like well over three grand. So I had a crown done about a year ago. Was it a human being. Covered? Was it a human crown? I don't know. It's from my tooth. And it was 599 with no insurance. That doesn't seem right. Mm hmm. If there was no root canal. No road canal. No. I've had a root canal done once.

And in the process of doing the root canal, the dentist discovered there was a crack in the tooth and therefore it would not hold up for long. And so we just stopped being cut up. But that would make sense. I think that is the majority of the cost of the whole. The whole problem. Is the root canal procedure. I mean it's really basically just drilling in your tooth and then putting in a little bit of plastic in there to seal it up.

Yeah. Pulling up the well you have to get every last bit of the of the root out and then you have to make sure those canals are big enough for whatever gunk, like you said, plastic, whatever they're pouring in there. Yeah. It's because, you don't want to leave empty space in there. It is plastic because it has to shrink and expand with heat because if it doesn't expand their shrink, then your tooth would, like, blow up. Oh, that would be cool. Not really.

I mean, you wouldn't feel anything because you don't have a root in there. That's life. But it would not be fun when you're take a drink of cold soda and your tooth goes to explode. And your mouth. Shatters into a bunch of little pieces of tooth. I would like to avoid that. Yeah. Yeah. So I don't know, I think once you have it. But either way you do realize, once you have a root canal, you got about ten years where the tooth falls out. Probably. Because they don't last without a nerve.

So either yank it out ASAP or you pay somebody few thousand bucks and then you get out ten years later. Yank it, crank it, don't wake me up and think it. And honestly, you may be I mean, this is more expensive even, but it may be better off just to forget the root canal, seeing the tooth and then get an implant. Implants are way better than real teeth anyway. Hey, that he could chew through steel. Yeah, that's exactly right. Mm hmm. Yep. Tune in next time to find out more.

An unrelated could also get a diamond tooth. Now, you sound like a bad villain. But. Old timey juice. Hey, speaking of Bond villains, I hope y'all have been enjoying my cat videos that I've been posting. There've been cat videos where. I know gender social content. That no agenda. No social that keeps this thing that I believe is still open. Maybe it's full up already. No, it is. I think it's. Well, it's still they're still taking this. Open your thinking. Some questions, though.

You have to be a no agenda fan. You have to be an agenda fan and you have to be a listener of this show. Or you have to have somebody that can tell you the answers to the questions. And you have to subscribe to to Darren and my profiles on there. Of course. It's a requirement if you join. As then donate, donate boost, you've got you've. Got about a quarter that are on those and socials that are following you. Yeah You are breaking up a little there.

But I think we finally I know we've surpassed Dame Jennifer, so I think we probably are second. Or. Second only to. And Adam on there. By we, you mean you. Yes. Yeah. Not you people don't like. I'm not I'm not that far along, but I think I'm pretty damn close. I don't think are many people between you and me in terms of number of followers. I'll make a post, please. Everybody follow Jean. So, yeah, that'll be a good post. Say hi. Name bed with Jean. No, I don't care about that, but definitely.

Yeah, well, we'll have the new show up soon. It's still almost ready. By some prepper goods and come back next Friday and listen to us right here on the stream that hopefully won't be failing like it has been today. With that. We're out here. We're.