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There were like a couple of different interviews that he did yesterday. And He has been really pu not pushing, but explaining to the American people that this is what's happening. This is what you can expect. This is where we are. And the other thing, too.
is a lot of these individuals that Banded together. to make sure that You know, the President was successful in his campaign. are now some of the very people that seek to undermine him to day, because they're on the side of Iran. And they try to say that it's because they oppose wars, et cetera, but that's. That was kind of a lie.
That's not necessarily true. These people had no problem really with Venezuela, although it's not a war. They're doing the same thing that the legacy press is doing. with language. They're doing the exact same thing.
You need to know that digital media. has in large part turned into The legacy press. but with even less ability for accountability. That's incredibly important. because we're going to be dealing with this.
the misinformation, etc. for quite some time, and We're going to dive into some of this stuff. I have a super... Ridiculously packed show for you today. We're going to get into some pop culture, but we have the latest with Iran and then the talking points.
We're going to get into drones. A really scary thing happened. Just within this past week, with drone incursions. I agree with some of the analysis in that I think this should be one of the most important stories. It definitely seems suspect.
you didn't really hear a lot about it. In fact, From what I have been able to discover, most of the coverage of it, if there was any. came from The local press in some of these areas where near Air Force bases where they had these drone incursions. I know some of you are like, what? You didn't even hear about any of this.
So. That's a thing that we're going to dive into today. And we're also going to get into China. We got that. We got a really horrific story from Spain.
People not understanding what the hell Lord of the Rings is. The woke Reich. And more.
So, a lot of stuff to get into. Welcome to the program. Dana Lash with you. We are at the. top of this first hour of the radio program and We're going to get you set up and.
Get you set up for the weekend so that you can be aware of everything that's happening this weekend. or over the weekend. By the way, you know the Ayatollah, he's dead, right? His Twitter account is still posting. From beyond the grave.
Fascinating that.
Well, they're going to keep using that platform. They keep talking about the decline of the United States and the other really super weird thing about all of this. In addition to talking about the decline of the United States, is that they are Pushing the Epstein files. They're pushing that which is weird, right? I mean, at least that's what I'm seeing.
From the He's talking about, he's been hashtagging everything Epstein files and doing. It's an op, dude. Yeah. There's just no other way to it. But the latest, everybody keeps talking about Carg Island.
Carg Island's the island there. where it's it said that it's it's kind of a It's an important Aspect of the oil and gas situation over there, and it's easier if Israel and Saudi Arabia, etc., wanted to. push a land invasion. Carg Island. is the effort to open up the straight of hormoose.
Carg Island is really it. That's the... That's what you would focus on. Carg Island. Now it's in the middle of the Persian Gulf.
It's like. Right in between Kuwaiti City, Kuwait City, and Iran.
So it's like north. northern northern part of the Persian Gulf. And that's You know, it has it has it's it's considered to be A key in this push. And this is what a lot of people have been discussing, the boots on the ground stuff. Although POTUS has said he's not committed to it, but he also said this repeatedly.
But he's not taking anything off the table, which I think is smart. And I think it's stupid for people to expect him to take stuff off the table. Stop it. Why are you doing this? Why would you demand him to show his cards?
Didn't we criticize Barack Obama for that? I distinctly remember criticizing Barack Obama for constantly telling everybody what our soldiers were doing. everything that we were doing in the Middle East.
So It's It's important. It's incredibly important. POTUS also said, too, he was remarking. To these polls showing that nobody likes any of these moves. They don't even like this discussion.
Listen to Cud 6. But uh I think I think I'm more popular than I ever have been. Look, When he heard one hundred percent, he said, I've never seen a poll like this. This is the craziest poll I've ever seen. It was one hundred percent of the people.
And the reason is they like that I'm protecting our country from lunatics with a nuclear weapon. There you go. and the ability to put those warheads On All those regional missiles that they had that can go 4,000 kilometers and definitely hit Europe. I talked about this on Fox Business last night. Incredibly important.
I loved this response, by the way. for Marco Rubio, because this was a response to some of the graping, the complaining and moaning. From the EU and NATO. Listen to cut seven. This is what Rubio said yesterday, and it's a pretty damn big mic drop.
Check it. The United States is constantly being asked to help in a war and we have more than any other country in the world on a war that's happening in another continent in Ukraine. But when the US had a need, He didn't get positive responses.
So right now he's just making the observation that, you know, I think it was a couple of the leaders in Europe who said that this was not Europe's war.
Well, Ukraine is not America's war, and yet we've contributed more to that fight than any other country in the world.
So it'll be something to examine the president will have to take into account down the road. There you go. He just said it all right there. He just said it all right there. When we needed them, they weren't there.
Whenever they need us, we're always there. Every single time we are always there. And he's right, and I'm so glad that he said what he said. It needed to be said. It's incredibly important that this is pushed back on because this is the closest that we've ever been, and there are so many that are pushing back against it, and it's because they don't want it to be successful.
You need to realize that some of it is organic, people following influencers, but it is a foreign op. That is indisputable. There are so many receipts out there. These people aren't transparent anymore. They're just not, or they're not, they're too transparent.
They don't care. They think that they're never going to get caught or they're never going to get in trouble for any of this stuff.
So they don't care about hiding it. They would rather, like I said yesterday, the example that I gave is, I think, the best one. And it's this. They believe that The correct response. Is to, it's like when your house is on fire, 10%'s on fire.
We're going to sit here and wait till 50 to 80 percent is on fire. Then we'll know that it's safe to act. We really need to wait until the consequences are high and then we'll act. Rubio and Trump are saying no. Your window is now.
The consequence of inaction is going to be greater than any consequence of any action you can imagine. And they're not wrong. Again, two missiles, 4,000 kilometer capability. We just saw that over the weekend. People are forgetting it apparently already.
But the Carg Island is incredibly significant. About 90 to 95 percent. of Iran's crude oil experts. That is the hub For the for most of it, the m vast majority of it. And It is an economic Throttling that maybe doesn't affect the United States in terms of supply.
an L and G and crude. But it does affect the overall world economy because so many other nations with whom we do business, they go through that. That's their passage, that they get a significant chunk. of their energy through there.
So We have targeted a lot of the military installations that they have on this rocky little outcrop that's there in the Persian Gulf. And some, yeah, and we've heard: well, there's Marines getting ready to reinforce the strategy. If they talk boots on the ground, from my understanding, because nobody... Bye. The idea that this is a war for Israel is one of the most specious, absolutely retarded things I've ever heard.
Really, truly. It I mean What did Israel have to do with us in '79? I know, right?
Well, I mean, I could keep going. The whole issue is Carg you don't need to go in any into anything with the mainland if you're looking at Carg Island. But we'll see, because POTUS said, I'm not committed to this, but I'm not taking anything off the table. And people are wanting him to telegraph every move like Barack Obama stupidly did. And then we were wondering why is it that our Why do we have our Enemies know our moves.
Goodness.
So Im j incredibly important, significant.
So that's the impact. And this is a huge, I mean, one of the reasons, again, too, you also see the volatility in oil supplies is through that.
So Carg Island is just like the easy layup. This is nobody's talking about going in mainland. They're looking at just opening the strait. Very big difference. Very big difference.
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And now, all of the news you would probably miss. It's time for Dana's Quick Five.
So in Pennsylvania, authorities are saying that a man faces arson charges because he set fire to a house. Sunday morning with three people inside while literally singing the 80s rock song. Burning Down the House by the Talking Heads. Great band, by the way. Great musical taste.
Maybe just don't set a house on fire and sing it while you're doing that. You know, just a helpful hint. Let's see. Also, ooh, another refinery explosion in Port Arthur. This was in Port Arthur, Texas.
The Valero Refinery. They had multiple people that heard a loud boom the other day, rattled their houses, that was near dealing with, I know those things can and do happen. But After the drone thing, all this other stuff, I'm just you know a little bit. You know, suspicious. All right, I don't like this at all.
Spiders the size of a human hand. Are spreading throughout the I can't even risk how I risk my camp. Oh, oh my gosh. That's the only thing that terrifies me more than anything. I just have an irrational fear of it.
Snakes are fine. I can deal with a snake all day long. You know, they're nature's lassoes.
So large spiders, they're giant and they're huge and they're called the Joro spider. And I try and stop with the photo. Stop loading. And it can grow as large as a human stop loading, a human hand. I don't want to see it.
And it's been spotted in eight states, Tennessee, North Carolina, South Carolina, California, Virginia, Maryland, and Pennsylvania. Oh god. Uh you know why flamethrowers were invented, Kane? Yeah, uh that. Yeah.
Just that. That's the reason why. A woman in Ventura County was killed by a rattlesnake bike during a hike. This is kind of rare that this happens. A Ventura County woman, she was hiking at the Wildwood Regional Park.
She got bit by a rattlesnake and didn't make it. That's crazy. That's the second rattlesnake-related death in California this month. They say the heat has made the record-breaking heat has made the snakes more active than usual. And you gotta be careful because that's their house.
There was a man in Orange County who got bit by a rattlesnake, killed him at Quail Hill Trail in Irvine, California. They airlifted this lady. She's 46. They airlifted her to a hospital, but she didn't make it. That's crazy.
The moment you hear shh. just stop moving because that means they're coiled and ready to rock.
So you just got to see it, don't move, and then... Jump back away. Oh man. Yeah, I don't like that. That's the only rattlesnake I don't like because I don't like it when they make noise.
Just, I don't want to hear it. It's like they're sassing you. I don't like that. Two Chihuahuas. saved a shihzu from a coyote attack.
and Chandler. The coyote bit the 13-year-old shih tzu several times. The other dog scared it away. That coyote was trying to eat that shihzu. The dog's owner said she's never seen a coyote until one jumped her fence into her backyard.
They can do that. Bit her shihzu. She said she's been there for like 28 years. She heard the scream of her dog, and her two little chihuahuas went crazy. She goes, I don't know if it's bravery or stupidity, but they just kept going back at the coyote.
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Welcome back to the program, Dana Ash with you. We are at the top of the second hour this Friday. And uh It's getting y'all. We're just getting y'all set up for the weekend. And I got to tell you about this story right away.
This is a crazy story, it's the drone story. And it's amazing to me that actually it's kind of not a bigger deal because it seems pretty Crazy. It's confirmed by a lot of local reporting, and there are a couple of national agencies that are now finally saying something about it. The headline is this, Sophisticated drones attack Louisiana's Barksdale bomber base. It's the first time a U.S.
air base was temporarily put out of operation during a time of conflict, something that didn't even happen in World War II. The story: former Deputy Under Secretary of Defense Stephen Bryan says there's little doubt that the operators were well trained and smuggled the equipment into the United States. The drone waves delayed critical operations in support of Epic Fury. He said the impact of the flights was significant. They delayed some of the operations.
The B-52s that were launched from Barksdale were carrying AGM-158 JASM ER weapons, GBU-57 massive ordnance penetrator bunker buster bombs. The GASSM is a standoff air-to-ground missile that carries 1,000 pounds, has a giant warhead. And remember, when Ukraine and Russia were smuggling drones back and forth, that was. It was national news. This comes from actually a couple of different places.
There were several waves of this. Of these drones going through, and they had to halt operations. Their personnel had to shelter in place. Each wave of these drones forced. The Air Force To halt operations, because not only are our B-52s based there, but the base is also part of America's nuclear triad.
So it shelters a lot of the long-range nuclear cruise missiles, the AGM-86B, and apparently they're going to have new long-range standoff cruise missiles there as well. They have shelters and storage sites for all of this stuff. And the air base, The only other significant air base that they have is Minot Air Force Base in North Dakota. Both are involved in supporting Operation Epic Fury. I mean, they can fly to the UK and then on to Iran, and that's what they had to do when UK was blocking everything.
And so they said that the drone waves lasted for around four hours each day, an extraordinarily long loiter time for a drone.
Now, they don't know if they were fixed wing or quadcopter types. They do not know how they were powered, if it was liquid fuel or electrical. Each wave consisted of 12 to 15 drones. The drones flew with their lights on, purposefully, intentionally making invisible. Barksdale doesn't have air defenses and it doesn't have fighter jets that can take down drones.
All you gotta do is get that warrant pistol from Helldivers, get that out there, pop, pop, pop, pop, pop. I'm just saying that's, you know, when I'm when I play Helldivers, I make sure, especially if I'm doing that level, if I'm doing that map, I'm in that world, I make sure I have that pistol and I'm like, take care of all the drones, done.
So They don't know if they were autonomous, semi-autonomous, but they said that they were operated in ways that suggested that they were equipped with sensors that directed the behavior of each drone. over the base and in response to attempts at jamming them.
So apparently they said that the drones that were now The sophistication is being debated heavily. on social media. But the way that it's reported, they're saying that it seems like they were more sophisticated than what was seen in Ukraine, where they are used way beyond Iranian capabilities, like very heavily. They said they could be from a potential adversary. China is best equipped to produce a drone of the type that flew over Barksdale.
And it and There's a couple of ways to look at the story. Do I believe that the drone design, as it says here, surpasses anything in our arsenal? No. Do I believe that our government wants our adversaries to think that? Yes, I definitely would.
I mean, that's like one of the first rules of warfare of Sun Tzu 101. I absolutely would want them to underestimate me. You never want your enemy to be prepared enough to actually deal with you. Always let them think less of you. It's not an ego thing.
If the goal is to beat them, then what does it matter what they think of you? You're going to beat them anyway.
So They said that One, I mean Is this Was this related to the balloons? Did they even were they in the same area? It's interesting that they were near all these, that they were by all these air bases. Hmm.
Now If they're postponing The launch of a B-52, what does that do to their ally? Because they're pretty much allied with Iran. It gives Iran Time to move any kind of critical resources out of the way. Does it not? It's a stalling tactic.
I mean I'm just assuming. This is all speculation, but these that did happen. Uh There's a lot of discussion about AI and drone warfare. I know our military is starting to really, well, not starting, they are significantly investing in looking at drone warfare because that is going to be the future of warfare. This idea of having all these boots on the ground, it's going to be rare and it's not going to be fought that way anymore.
It is very different. It's very different from what it was 20 years ago.
Now The headlines say the words like attack. I think that that's just casual lingo. There wasn't an actual attack. But It is interesting that. That they couldn't be stopped, and they had to shelter in place and basically delay operations.
That's not something you do. for like a hobbyist that Aired and flew off into airspace they weren't supposed to fly into. I mean, right, Kane, that's kind of what doesn't sound like it's a hobbyist. ABC also did have, let me pull this up, they had a piece on this. ABC did.
This is from my notes, which I have like a million links here because I was trying to make sure and look and see. Who all else was covering this? Because I never like to run with stories to you guys unless I can confirm it in two or three other places. That's why some days I won't discuss stuff if it just looks like sensational speculation. It's irrelevant.
What does it cost to wait to make sure it's accurate? Everybody wants to be first, and look, we're heading towards an idiocracy and sensationalism as a result.
Now, ABC wrote about this. This was their piece. They said the drone sighting temporarily raised alarms at one of the United States Air Force's largest most strategic airfields, Barksdale, Louisiana. They had a shelter in place order. This was on March 9th.
It's only just now coming out. This is on March 9th. It was lifted later that day, but they said the shelter in place, but they said the unauthorized drone flights continued for nearly a week. Hmm.
Yeah. They said that they had all of these unauthorized multiple waves. And we told you there were like maybe 12 to 15 drones operating over sensitive areas of the installation, including. The flight line? with aircraft displaying non-commercial signal characteristics, long range control links and resistance to jamming.
That's important. Because that's one of the ways, you know, that you would be dealing. With trying to counter this. And they said that they would last for hours each day. And it was very deliberate maneuvering.
They said this was, it seems more than just the average drone enthusiast who pushed it too far.
Now that's incredibly interesting. And there's more of this too. This isn't like one of the first incursions, and it's not even really one of the second incursions either. There have been other reports of this. They said, in fact, Magnolia Reporter had a story not just about Barksdale, but also more than a dozen.
They said the operations involved more than a dozen coordinated vehicles. There's a number of troubling issues around U.S. bases lately. Mm-hmm. It's not the first time.
There's becoming a pattern. Is what one suggested. That's The tell. It's becoming a pattern. Cash Patel.
Director of the FBI, also. had a post about this. And in cash is peace. He said. This was a different This is near CENTCOM in Florida.
So you have these air bases with drones.
Now, an IED, a brother and sister, sure. We were indicted in an alleged IED plot at a Florida base tied to the Iran War. One of the suspects is in China. fled and was able to get to China. Yeah, a brother and sister.
That's a common plot. That's a common Yeah, up. They were indicted once in custody for accessory and evidence tampering, but the primary suspect. charged with explosive offenses is in China. It was at MacDill Air Force Base and IED placed their home to CENTCOM and Special Operations Command.
Chinese Huh. Maybe can we not bring in 600,000 Chinese communist students and allow them to study at our university, as the president had suggested once? Can we please not? I don't want any Chinese students coming into the United States. No students from any geopolitical foe.
Because you have to be in good behavior with the CCP and have a good uh social uh credit score over there in order to even come over here.
So no. Absolutely not. But what about All of the farmland and the other land that's been purchased around a lot of these bases, you know, that's been another issue. Because some of these Some of these, the land that they have been purchasing has been near bases. We've talked about this before.
There's a lot of a good sizable land a lot, a lot in the Midwest.
So A Chinese intelligence official, this is from Fox News. Let me pull this article up here real quick. This is dated Uh I've got a couple that were dated last year. and several others that are a little bit more recent. But they're sounding an alarm over these CCP-linked land ownership deals.
This is back from January. One of the land purchases, guess where it was near? King, guess where this one Land acquisition was located near. Probably an Air Force base. Yeah, Bark Steel.
Yeah. Interesting. I mean, we literally control aspects of the nuclear Triad. Several Chinese experts Gave their concerns to Fox News Digital, including Josh Hodges, U.S. Commissioner for the U.S.-China Economic Security Review Commission.
This is past a wake-up call. This is an alarm. This is not a coincidence. In fact, he said, quote, it reflects a deliberate CCP strategy to pre-position Near America's most sensitive military and critical infrastructure assets to exploit for intelligence today and sabotage in the event of a future conflict.
So they may not even be getting drones in position for actual warfare as you see in Ukraine and Russia. They could just be doing what you saw with Barksdale, delaying. Closing airspace. Making everyone shelter in place because they don't know what to expect. It's an unknown.
No ability to shoot them down. But if you're delaying That means you're buying time. If you're delaying a crucial part of an operation, you're buying your enemy time. There's different parts of warfare. There's different strategies and tactics.
It's not all immediately, you know, going like literally battlefield tactics. This is definitely, it's very suspicious. And this has been happening. And in the meantime, you have a faction of the right. extolling the virtues of China.
telling you that we need to be more like China. push in this communist idea of multipolarity. Folks, these things are not happening in vacuums. This is all related. I mean, we are in an ideological war right now.
This is the build-up to something a lot more serious. Buildup or the unveiling? That's the question.
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I recently spoke with IBM's new Director of Research, Jake M. Petta. We discussed his vision for the future of quantum computing. At IABM Research, what we always do is answer: what is the future of computing? Whether it's coming up with new algorithms, coming up with better AI, coming up with quantum, or coming up with just how do different accelerators go together.
It's our DNA to answer the question of what is the future. Isn't it a perfect problem for IBM because you kind of need to have a legacy of building stuff? Yes. building actual Physical machines. Yeah, it's why I came to IBM.
I wanted the experience The culture of building hard things. that others have not done before. Where do you imagine we are in the timeline of this technology? There will come a point. When it will mature, right?
My cell phone is a mature technology at this point. How far are we from that point with content? By 2029, we'll build the first fault-tolerant quantum computer. That is one that can run a very, very large large problem. To learn how IBM is building the future of computing, visit ibm.com slash quantum.
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It's his life mission to make bad decisions. Yeah. It's time for Florida Man. Man, I have like a smattering of whiskey, tango, foxtrot up in here. I don't even know how to.
Okay, let me drink it. This story, some of these I cannot read.
Well, no, I'm not some of the other ones that I have here. I can just they're just It's not. Let's start with, uh let's see. I got have you okay, Florida Candy Lady? Have you heard of Florida Candy Lady?
You don't want any candy from Florida Candy Lady? No. No, her and her husband just got sentenced to literal decades behind bars because they were selling. Uh drug-infused candy to kids. Yeah, Renee Stevens, known as Candy Lady.
Ha ha ha. She was sentenced to 60 years in prison. on fentanyl trafficking charges. Her husband, who is in state prison, got an additional 30 years.
So and they're to be conserv they're he to be served consecutively. He was already serving a 20 year sentence for a drug conviction.
So she was selling drugs to kids disguised as like candy chips and cereal. And uh apparently the Florida Department uh law enforcement got a uh Tip about her. Drug trafficking. And they witnessed her? Holding an infant in one arm and literally handling fentanyl with the other hand.
Like on video. Like they were witnessing her doing this.
So, yeah, they said that the amount of fentanyl that they seized on her property was enough to kill 80,000 people. That's insane.
So I'm thankful that the baby, at least they didn't say that the baby was exposed to it, thank heavens, because, you know, I don't know, but still. Ah, that's super that's so dangerous. Uh let's see. A uh Florida man's wild attempt to save his car from hail went viral. He'd say it all over his car.
Yeah, he he He like lied prostrate. On his car, he had held a protective tent over the sunroof during a severe hail storm. but he got pinned on top of the car and pelted to bits by ice. There he is. Palm Bay Resident Manny Rosato.
I feel so bad for him, watch, because you know that hurts. I bet it looks like he just played paintball. I bet he's got bruises all over his back. Uh, I mean, did it work?
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And physical gold and silver have always been a part of that conversation. You know, I appreciate, I think, maybe the most that Colin and his team, they don't pressure people, right? They don't use hype, they didn't use that with me. They just simply walk me through my options, they answer questions, and they treat you with respect. And that matters.
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Get informed and then decide what's right for you and your family. Hello, hello, I'm Malcolm Glabwell, host of Smart Talks with IBM. I recently spoke with IBM's new Director of Research, Jake Mpada. We discussed his vision for the future of quantum computing. At IBM Research, what we always do is answer what is the future of computing.
Whether it's coming up with new algorithms, coming up with better AI, coming up with quantum, or coming up with just how do different accelerators go together. It's our DNA to answer the question of what is the future. Isn't it a perfect problem for IBM because you kind of need to have a legacy of building stuff? Yes. Building actual Physical machines.
Yeah, it's why I came to IBM. I wanted the experience The culture of building hard things. that others have not done before. Where do you imagine we are in the timeline of this technology? There will come a point.
When it will mature, right? Yeah. My cell phone is a mature technology at this point. How far are we from that point with content? By 2029, we'll build the first fault-tolerant quantum computer.
That is one that can run a very, very large, large problem. To learn how IBM is building the future of computing, Visit ibm.com slash quantum. All right, quick quiz for the hiring managers out there. What's worse, being understaffed or being poorly staffed?
Well, that's a trick question, because both are recipes for chaos. Either way, just say to yourself, this is a job for indeed sponsored jobs. You'll get matched with candidates that meet the skills, certifications, and everything else you're looking for. Or, go a different way, and get no traction. Seriously, sponsored jobs posted directly on Indeed are 95% more likely to report a higher than non-sponsored jobs.
It really is a no-brainer. Spend less time searching and more time actually interviewing candidates who check all your boxes. Less stress, less time, more results. When you need the right person to cut through the chaos, this is a job for Indeed sponsored jobs. And listeners of this show will get a $75 sponsored job credit to help your job get the premium status it deserves at indeed.com slash podcast.
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Like sands through the hourglass, so are the days of the United States. Sushi. The MLB anthem opening day. Can you see? By the John's early life.
What's so proud? Me. We have Yeah, happy. Twilights less gleaming, whose broad stripes and bright stars. Thrill the Yeah.
Rula. It's fine. Or the rain. Limparksweed. We're So gay.
Balancely streaming. And the rockets ring, the bombs bursting in air gave proof through the night that our flag was still failing barely yet wave o'er the land of the free world of the world of the America! Oh my gosh! Oh man, we were talking like, okay. 'Cause Whitney was like the ultimate.
I think. Oh my gosh, that is retired US Navy sailor, General Wilson. And that was at the Giants' home opener. I think I mean, it was emotional. I think he needs to be the official anthem singer forever now.
No one, you're all done. All of y'all sit down. Ain't nobody. Nope. Not happening.
That was strong, wasn't it? Oh my gosh. And the fact that he's a sailor. And he's up there singing it. God love him.
God bless America. That's baseball. Oh, man. I love that they did that. That's great.
So that was probably... I feel like we're going to have a good season. You know, God's teams, the Cardinals, even though that wasn't at a Cardinals' homework, don't send me hate mail. Don't you do that after that amazing anthem. Don't you do that?
God's watching you. Uh but I did that was amazing. That was so great. What a great way to start the season with that kind of an anthem. Love it.
I've told you a million times, but I'll say it again. I always carry. I always, you know, you guys get it, right? I mean, giggity glock o'clock. I will literally, you know.
I have no problem defending myself. But here's the thing, you're sometimes denied that right. Uh, unconstitutionally, of course, especially by entities that refuse to provide you with the proper adequate security, but they expect you to be a sitting duck.
So, you have you know, gun-free zones, you've got municipal private property. There's a lot of college kids that are old enough to carry full auto overseas, but they're not old enough to carry semi-auto nine-millimeter here at home to protect themselves.
So, what do you do when you're denied your constitutional right of self-protection? You diversify, right? You have different calibers, you even have blades, you got rifles, pistols, the whole thing. But you need to be able to have a backup for that backup, and that's where Burna Gun comes in. Burner shoots chemical irritant projectiles that can deter threats from up to 50 feet away.
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I'm Malcolm Glabwell, host of Smart Talks with IBM. I recently spoke with IBM's new director of research, Jake Mpata. We discussed his vision for the future of quantum computing. At IBM Research, what we always do is answer: what is the future of computing? Whether it's coming up with new algorithms, coming up with better AI, coming up with quantum, or coming up with just how do different accelerators go together.
It's our DNA to answer the question of what is the future. Isn't it a perfect problem for IBM because you kind of need to have a legacy of building stuff? Yes. building actual Physical machines. Yeah, it's why I came to IBM.
I wanted the experience The culture of building hard things. that others have not done before. Where do you imagine we are in the timeline of this technology? There will come a point. When it will mature, right?
Yep. My cell phone is a mature technology at this point. How far are we from that point with content? By 2029, we'll build the first fault-tolerant quantum computer. That is one that can run a very, very large, large problem.
To learn how IBM is building the future of computing, Visit ibm.com slash quantum. All right, quick quiz for the hiring managers out there. What's worse, being understaffed or being poorly staffed?
Well, that's a trick question because both are recipes for chaos. Either way, just say to yourself, this is a job for indeed sponsored jobs. You'll get matched with candidates that meet the skills, certifications, and everything else you're looking for. Or, go a different way. and get no traction.
Seriously, sponsored jobs posted directly on Indeed are 95% more likely to report a higher than non-sponsored jobs. It really is a no-brainer. Spend less time searching and more time actually interviewing candidates who check all your boxes. Less stress, less time, more results. When you need the right person to cut through the chaos, this is a job for Indeed sponsored jobs.
And listeners of this show will get a $75 sponsored job credit to help your job get the premium status it deserves at indeed.com slash podcast. Just go to indeed.com slash podcast right now. Indeed.com/slash podcast. Terms and conditions apply. Need to hire?
This is a job for Indeed Sponsored Jobs. And now, all of the news you would probably miss. It's time for Dana's Quick Five.
Moby doesn't like that song.
Well, I don't like Moby. Like I said, I like what the Kink singer said. He's like, Yeah, who's the redacted as Moby? That's what he asked his brother. All right, first up.
Coinbase Fannie Maid to enable crypto-backed mortgages. Kane, why do I care? You can do whatever you want with your goals. This is an indication on how things are backed. And obviously, we haven't had gold backing our dollars lately.
So now crypto is going to be backing mortgages. It's going to be interesting. Isn't it even weirder if, I mean, I don't like fiat, but I want to go back to gold and silver, but Bitcoin seems like a step even further from that. Yeah, it is. Yeah.
Yeah. See, I like it even less. I knew I did. See, I knew there was a reason why. Air Canada, CEO, apologizes for his inability to speak French.
After the plane crash, just so you know, I was reliably informed. When I was like 21 years old, by a Parisian French person, that the French that I speak is Canadian French and not Parisian French. and that that French didn't matter.
So I'll just say what that Parisian French person said to me. Oh, well, that French doesn't matter. Nobody cares. It's Canadian French, so it's not the same thing. I mean, You know, you can't expect it to be speak everything.
Don't we have like universal translators with the new Apple earbuds and all that and more?
So the guy, the Zimbabwean comedian, who criticized Hollywood's depiction. of the Lion King. Remember the Lion King song where he was like, Oh, do we can we play that? Do we have it to play? Do we have time?
I'm No, unfortunately, but yeah, people understand.
So there's like a lawsuit happening because he made a joke about it, and the guy who wrote the song is pupset, and so he's suing him for $27 million. Can I be upset and sue that guy for $28 million? I'm sure it's a violation of like something. Seattle has an i5 flasher who was arrested again for flashing his franken beans. Stop it.
Just stop it. You know what? Just somebody get a pellet gun and hold that I'll quit real fast. That's all I'm saying. A man found sitting cross-legged on an overturned van was arrested for a DUI in Kitsap County.
He says pretty impressive. That's It's like me driving any vehicle in any video game. I just roll it over and just sit on top of it. That's all I can do. It's tax season, and by now, we're all a bit tired of numbers.
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