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The Third Party Revolution: Could Elon Musk Disrupt American Politics? for 7/8/25
Ever wondered if your car choice might be secretly sabotaging your career? This week, Lawrence Elrod and Meryl Klemo tackle this unexpected workplace dynamic alongside major headlines dominating our news cycles.
We break down the Sean "Diddy" Combs verdict with all its complexities – found not guilty of racketeering but guilty on two lesser prostitution-related charges. Despite potentially facing 20 years, legal experts predict a 3-7 year sentence. We explore the deeper implications beyond the courtroom: how many entertainment careers were destroyed by Diddy's power plays, and whether his influence will truly diminish after this legal battle.
The devastating Texas flash floods that claimed 90 lives, including 27 children and counselors from Camp Mystic, serve as a sobering reminder of nature's unpredictable fury. The Guadalupe River surged 26 feet in under an hour, giving victims almost no time to evacuate. Questions linger about whether emergency notification systems failed these communities.
Elon Musk's announcement about starting a third political party opens a fascinating conversation about America's political future. Could a moderate, common-sense approach break the deadlock of our increasingly polarized system? We envision what an ideal third party might look like – one that incorporates fiscal responsibility while still addressing basic human needs without religious or ideological extremes.
From Philadelphia being crowned America's most walkable city to a viral video of an elephant charging a safari jeep, we round out the episode with cultural touchpoints that capture our collective attention. Whether discussing the latest Jurassic World box office success or celebrity security concerns, we bring our signature blend of thoughtful analysis and relatable commentary to everything happening in our world.
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Hello everyone, welcome to this week's episode of Thirsty Topics. I'm Lauren Selrod.
Speaker 2:And I'm Meryl Clemo.
Speaker 1:Hey, meryl, welcome back.
Speaker 2:Hey, hey, hey, welcome, Thank you, I'm so happy to be back.
Speaker 1:How was your holiday weekend?
Speaker 2:It was really nice. Strangely, I don't know if it's this way for you, but where I live, in Burbank, they did not do fireworks, they did a drone show instead, yeah, which like I feel like could be cool, but it was. It was kind of cheesy where it was just they'd flash words like Burbank and USA and we're all like, yeah, we know where we are right now. We're here to see fireworks, we're not here to see like a gif of you know. It looked like clothing labels or something. So it was a unique experience. I think they're going to get better each year, but it was definitely my first 4th of July drone show.
Speaker 1:Yeah, me and the wife, we saw some fireworks that they were shooting off in a different town. So we kind of went to a parking lot with a bunch of other people and watched the fireworks and stuff. I haven't bought fireworks in years because when I grew up it was legal for us in Illinois to have the firecrackers M-80s skyrockets, you know to me that was fun. I mean, aside from the occasional someone stupid blowing off a finger or something you know.
Speaker 2:it was actually pretty fun. Exactly what's an eye got to go. You have two eyes, who knows? You always see like a guy with an eye patch that like had a firework from his house.
Speaker 2:Yeah, I mean they have like the sparklers and the smoke and it's like yeah it ain't really the same, you know I know the only thing I don't like is, um the rogue like explosion, boom noises. You know, like the day of and then the day after I feel like that's like so scary and it always catches me off guard. So that's the only thing I don't love about the holiday is just like the random scary noises that's true.
Speaker 1:I mean you don't have a neighbor. I mean I haven't experienced, but I've heard people have neighbors that take it to the extreme, meaning that they celebrate like I don't know three or four days in a row.
Speaker 2:Oh my gosh, how many fireworks do you have to have? Or like? I can't imagine being that into it. I think it's just an excuse for pyrotechnics.
Speaker 1:That's true. It's a very expensive habit to, you know, be putting off that many fireworks, though, you know. Yeah, yeah, yeah, I could think of better things to do with my money, but Me too.
Speaker 1:Talk about better days here. I am going to start off with the big one that everyone's been talking about over the weekend, and that is the verdict of Sean Diddy Combs. As everyone knows, he was found not guilty of three of the charges, which were the main charges, one of them being racketeering, and he was found guilty of the two lesser charges, which was transportation transporting people to do prostitution. I think I'm probably missing up the words, but no, I think you're right, yeah they were the lesser of the two.
Speaker 1:So technically he could still get up to 20 years because up to 10 years per count, but a lot of experts feel that that's really unlikely. It's probably going to fall between three to five years, I don't know. What do you think, meryl? What do you think on?
Speaker 2:it. Well, we kind of predicted this because, remember, a few weeks ago we were waiting on the verdict and I'm like I really think he's going to be found innocent or for at least the big charges. I mean, it kind of is the way I felt before, which was that obviously it's tricky because a lot of these things we don't know exactly like how much he was like forcing things or forcing people, and I think I feel like his team did a really good job in the courtroom of convincing people where he was innocent and also conceding to the areas he was guilty. Um, so I I felt like this was no surprise to me, this kind of seemed obvious. But same thing, as I said before too, this if I was like a person that testified against him, I would just be worried because of how much power he has and I I don't think this will really make him a better person and like he'll reflect on it, but I just something tells me he'll go right back to like who he has been.
Speaker 1:Yeah, I mean there's a lot of interesting things that happen and you touch on a great point because I know after the verdict was read, you know he kind of kneeled down and thank God and he turned to his family saying, hey, I'm coming home, god. And he turned to his family saying, hey, I'm coming home. Some people think that maybe that kind of like hurt him when it comes to being able to go home yeah.
Speaker 1:But I don't know, I mean there's a lot of different ways to look at it. I think that overall, trying to do a RICO case which is really kind of set aside for the mafia yeah Case was a stretch. Yes, we'll think that you know they were overcharging for this and obviously they found they found the guilty on a two easier charges to prove. I mean, you can go from state to state to have sex Very, very simple, exactly, that's cut and dry.
Speaker 2:Yeah, you know what. Where I do think it would um hurt him is is sometimes I feel like when your peers disown you, that makes a difference, especially for like ego people you know where I'm sure that gets to him. Like people that probably were his friends or business partners are probably now not talking to him. You know, I'm sure he has, I know he has some support still, but like being shunned by your community, I feel like is sometimes one of the only things that works for kind of like more of those narcissistic type personalities, um, to finally like feel something, you know, because then they feel rejected and that's embarrassed and that's almost, I'm sure, no matter how like you know ego he is, I'm, he feels that in some regard where I'm sure a lot of people have turned their backs on him.
Speaker 1:Yeah, I mean because, when you think about it, the only celebrity that came to see him was Kanye West.
Speaker 2:Yeah, and you know that hurts, because here's someone that like yeah.
Speaker 1:He still went to go see him, you know.
Speaker 2:Yeah, exactly, and it's like like all these people were there at his parties, there, his freak-offs, you know all this stuff. But then when everything gets real, like no, no, no one's there. Besides you know one good friend, not not only a good friend, but a good friend to him, so I feel like someone like him. That would be where he's able to like, feel, feel real emotions is like kind of being shunned by his people.
Speaker 1:Yeah, I know that a lot of professional lawyers or anything was saying that they were a little surprised that he wasn't let out on bail pending his sentencing. One has to wonder if the I'm coming home in court and the theatrics kind of hurt him. Now it was that he got in trouble, because this is allegedly we don't know, but supposedly he paid other inmates and we talked about this before about using their cell phones to call and intimidate people.
Speaker 2:Yes, which I believe that too, and I feel like it's going to go on for a while Like this. This seems like the kind of thing that he's not going to forget and he'll still intimidate people for like a long time after.
Speaker 1:I agree. I mean, we probably could have a whole different conversation of why does inmates have cell phones to begin with, but that's another.
Speaker 2:Yeah, yeah.
Speaker 1:So maybe it wasn't inmates, maybe it was actually you know the corrections officers, the CEOs. Maybe it wasn't inmates, maybe it was actually you know the corrections officers, the CEOs. But you know again whether it's CEOs or other inmates or anything. If there's some truth to that, yeah, I could see that, because something tells me that he's not going to get a life sentence because the same judge that denied him bail is the same judge that's going to come up with his sentencing too.
Speaker 2:Exactly, exactly, and I hope it's a long one. I still feel like there are still a lot of potential money grabs for him on the table. Like I don't know if he's already written a book or not, but I could totally see him publishing some like from my side you know type book. Or even like I don't know if you're able to do speeches from prison or anything, but I could see him just like still wanting to be in the public and share his side of the story.
Speaker 1:That's true, and you know I'm not saying it will or will not happen. You know there is even talk of you know what if Trump decides to pardon him after he's sentenced.
Speaker 2:Yeah which we've seen crazier things happen.
Speaker 1:Yeah, and as crazy as that sounds, m Merle, that is a possibility.
Speaker 2:Yeah, because you know, this exactly seems like the type of thing that he would endorse Trump and then Trump would like him and get him, and then somehow Elon will get involved.
Speaker 1:That is true.
Speaker 2:Then Diddy and Bill Cosby will go on tour.
Speaker 1:Yeah, I just think it's sad in the fact that Diddy and Bill Cosby will go on tour. Yeah, I just think it's sad in the fact that you know, diddy was very, very close to becoming a billionaire and there's so many positive things he could have done. I know Especially where he came from, and you know, to kind of go down in flames like this. And I agree with you I don't think this is going to be the end of Diddy, but I don't think that people are going to look at him the same though.
Speaker 2:No, I agree, I know you're right. It is so interesting because I mean, I know we talk about this all the time, about how like money just exemplifies who you already are. You know, if you're already kind of a good person, then it gives you the ability to do that. If you're a bad person, it just makes you kind of more power hungry. But it's like you think of this as a person that could fly to Italy and just have like the best beach vacations in the world or like gift people things. It's so weird that he would, people would choose this life, you know that is true.
Speaker 1:I mean, will he learn from it? I guess is the biggest question of all, and I think only time will tell. But if I was a betting man, I'm thinking he's going to do at least about five years, and I could be way off. But that's what I'm thinking. What do you think, meryl?
Speaker 2:Yeah, I was thinking like five to seven years. I feel like, exactly, I feel like we should. I'm sure there are websites that we can bet on, but I feel like he's going to do seven years in three months, but I feel like it's going to get like shortened on. You know, quote, unquote, good behavior. And I still feel like we'll hear from him in one way or another, whether it's a book or whether he's doing podcast interviews from jail or whatever. So I think we'll still hear a lot.
Speaker 2:No point, because you know I didn't even realize it, but you know he's been in jail for about 10 months now and they're probably going to take that as part of his his time served too.
Speaker 2:So, oh yeah, ok. So now six years and two months, I'm changing my bet, but there's still. There's like I mean I think the tune would change if someone hurt, like my parents or you, or you know people that I care about in real life. But there's still like a human part of me that feels so sad that this is still like a man that's sitting in prison and just from like a human aspect, you know, like like I'm sure he's bad, but like I don't. I mean, I know he's terrible, but like I just always think about that. It's so sad thinking about a human in prison. That's just so against what I view to be our nature, but he had plenty of time to not be a bad human and hurt other people, and I'm sure the families of the victims would say otherwise. Like you know, we don't want this person around and it's a very nuanced thing.
Speaker 1:But just like I don't know someone spending 10 years in like a prison is just so sad to me yeah, and you know the other thing too, and I don't think this is talked about enough, but when people in this position get caught doing what they do, we tend to forget all the lives that they've destroyed as far as careers that we will never know of yeah.
Speaker 1:Because maybe they didn't play ball with him, maybe they, you know, they got shunned by him. They got blackballed by him in the industry. So there's a lot of people, talented people, that we'll probably never hear from because of who he is and what he's done.
Speaker 2:Exactly.
Speaker 1:That, I think, is just a sad.
Speaker 2:You're right, you're right, you're totally right. And if this is his karma for what he's done probably times 10 to other people then so be it. I think of anyone I don't know. I just think of humans in prison, and that always is just so sad, Because I feel like that's so against what our little souls and spirit want to do. But, there's ways to not be in prison for 10 years.
Speaker 1:That is so, so true.
Speaker 2:Well, that's interesting and I think I'm glad that we finally have some answers. I feel like this was. It seems like it was going on for really long. I mean, you said he's been in jail for 10 months, but I feel like we've been this has been in the news heavily for like a really long time.
Speaker 1:Oh, absolutely, absolutely.
Speaker 2:Cool, Okay, well, moving on, I'm getting my saddest one out of the way so that we're not bummed out the whole time. But as you've heard I'm sure, there's been really bad flooding in Central Texas this weekend, which happened very quickly. You know, if you watch any of the footage, it's basically like it looks like a rainstorm and then all of a sudden a very, very scary flash flood, and you know, a lot of times I think we can think, oh, if this happened to me, I wouldn't get swept away in it, or like, why are all these? You know, people lose their cars and homes and it wouldn't happen to me. When I see some of these TikToks, it's like people are filming the footage just because it looks like a little stream and then all of a sudden it like you get that whole back rush and like windows break and glass goes and cars come at you and so it's just really really scary.
Speaker 2:Um, as of now, the latest that I see was that the death toll was at 90, and then there was 10 campers missing and 27 children and counselors died from camp mystic, a beloved all-girls summer camp in Care County where the worst of the flooding broke out. That is just horrific like thinking of. If you're a parent, you know, and I mean you're thinking of your kids at camp and all of a sudden, like they're just swept away, that's really like unbelievable. This article says there were 700 children at the camp when relentless rain caused the nearby guadalupe river to surge over 26 feet in less than an hour. So you know, even just trying to get out, they really couldn't. Um, rescuers are now searching for missing people by air, land and water and I mean, if there were 700 kids, I feel like a lot more are just going to be missing as time goes on.
Speaker 1:Yeah, the one thing that I'm really surprised about and I don't know if they address it or not, but I am really shocked that no one had any advance warning. I know Because it's being so bad, you know.
Speaker 2:Exactly, and we'll see, we'll see. I don't, of course, we don't have to get political on this, but some things have seen that, like that the budget was cut a little bit of services that would normally notify people. I don't know if that's the truth or not. I probably should have looked that up. But yeah, and so they were saying that they're also like they're sending FEMA assistance to the flash floods, but right now it's hard to even know like where the victims are. You know, it's still such a mess and everyone's still underwater that they're not even so like ready to rescue the people. Yet They've rescued over 850 people since the devastating flooding.
Speaker 2:And yeah, I mean they, they said flash flooding, but here all the time, like flash flooding can just mean like yeah, yeah, yeah, you know, just don't go outside. Pretty much it doesn't really mean like we're about to all get swept away. So I just thought that's so scary and like I don't know, I feel like campers getting taken away just seems like something out of like a terrible movie or that just really seems like a complete disaster.
Speaker 1:Yeah, the one thing I wonder about is are they going to be honest about what happened? Because if it is tied to people being laid off and which delay notification, you don't have to be a politician to understand what kind of hot potato that is.
Speaker 2:Exactly, but you know, they'll never be able to be spun into like Joe Biden did this somehow. Yeah, yeah, yeah. But I think this is the type of thing that hopefully everyone I mean this is happening in a pretty much Republican type area, so we'll see that hopefully there won't be a like. This will be one of those situations where people could put aside their politics and just help people. Um, they said yeah, like, and also they were, I think, a counselor, a camp counselor that was trying to help others. What ended up getting swept away and died. And so it's just like so crazy. And if you're, if you're like a parent and I saw footage too, of someone that was driving the other way it must have been a parent trying to get a child, but they were like driving up a bridge and you could it really was like a movie where you can't tell whether or not their car is about to go in water, and I think they just made it just by like the skin of their teeth. But yeah, it's really scary.
Speaker 1:It is very scary and I didn't know that the death count went up because the last time I heard it was 80.
Speaker 2:Yeah, it's 90 now, and what we have to think about too a lot of times in these floods, I think, what ends up getting people is it's like not the water itself, but it's like pieces of a car or nails that are in there. It's like the little random things that it's like, ok, you could be going along the current and randomly bump your head or the electricity from a telephone pole or something. It's just.
Speaker 1:Oh yeah, I mean, just like I remember when they were talking about the hurricanes that hit southern Florida. You know some of the things that and, granted it's unique to that area, some of the things that people had to worry about was raw sewage.
Speaker 2:Yeah, yeah.
Speaker 1:Alligators. Oh, oh my gosh. Yeah. So again, that's probably you know specific to that area.
Speaker 2:But yeah, you're right, there's so many other things that you have to be worried about, besides the water itself yeah, and if you're like a director of a camp and you get a notification that in an hour there's about to be flash flooding, it's like there's not much that you can do rather than just try to communicate it with everyone and get them to higher ground, and that's just like. I mean, I'm sure now they'll put into place, like moving forward I'm sure, a lot of safety measures, just like how katrina is now we have the flood evacuation center areas and you know. But very sad.
Speaker 1:Yes, we'll definitely be praying for everyone there.
Speaker 2:Yep absolutely.
Speaker 1:Well, this should be an interesting one. Elon Musk and Donald Trump ride it again. This time, Elon Musk has now stated that he wants to start a third political party.
Speaker 2:Oh my gosh.
Speaker 1:Now this one is a two-part conversation. So the first part of this conversation and I want people to have an open mind, because I know people are really passionate about who they go for. So whether you're Republican or Democrat, whether you like Elon, you can't stand him. Have an open mind. I just want to have these two conversations. First conversation is do you think that it's the right time for a major third political party in this country?
Speaker 2:Yes, but I don't think it will ever work, unfortunately. Yeah, I mean, I would love that and I feel like I, a lot of times in the past, have voted libertarian and I feel like I've got. You know, I'm definitely sometimes can be a libertarian, but I don't know. I feel like we've maybe it would take a different approach. Let me say it that way never say never. But I feel like the Green Party, the Libertarian Party, you know, we have all these options where, if you kind of don't feel like you're one or the other and I definitely don't feel like I'm hardcore one or the other, like there are third options. But I just think it's maybe a matter of funding, but that's where Elon could come in and maybe this might be the first situation where we have the money and the backing power and the ability to like, amplify your message the way that, because you know he owns x and a lot of other, what social media sites.
Speaker 1:So maybe this might be, like the, the magical ingredient to make a third party work I agree because you know for a long time, and speaking as a person of color, a lot, of, a lot of people in my community feel that the Republican Party does not want anything to do with Black people and the Democratic Party pretty much only reaches out to us when it's time to vote.
Speaker 2:Yeah, yeah.
Speaker 1:So it's kind of like one of those situations where you kind of damn if you do, damn if you don't and I'm guilty of this, this too. A lot of times you end up voting for the lesser of two evils you really don't like either I know yeah. So you kind of like figuring okay, we know how important it is to vote, but instead of going for the best person, you just basically vote for the lesser of two evils that you can pretty much stand, which is not a great way to vote.
Speaker 2:Exactly, and we've seen that almost like to be even a presidential candidate for the Democrat or Republican Party, you kind of have to be like swarmy, you know, to make it this high. You do have to like be kind of non-scrupulous, or like there hasn't been really anyone and maybe Obama, but like there hasn't, I mean, but he has his things too, for sure Like there hasn't been anyone that I have felt like was like a quality human. But I also don't feel like I'm not going to find it in Elon's party. So I have to, you know, and also honestly, just from like a brand perspective whoops, I don't really like what Elon does with his brand, like you know, taking Twitter from X and like how the Cybertruck looks, and so I feel like his party. I'm open to like learning more about it, but I just feel like to me he does not have like a golden touch. I don't really like the things that he puts out.
Speaker 1:I agree with you on that. I mean, would I want the Elon party? No, I don't think I would. I do think that we should be having this conversation because, you know, one of the problems with Republicans and Democrats is and I've said this before you literally could put a cartoon character on a ballot and as long as they got the right political affiliation, people will vote for it.
Speaker 2:Right, yeah, yeah.
Speaker 1:They'll complain like oh, it's so crazy that they got this political, this cartoon up there, this is nuts and still vote for it, right, yeah? Yeah, you know they'll complain like oh, it's so crazy that they got this political, this cartoon up there, this is nuts. And still vote for them because it's their party of choice, which is a crazy way to vote. And even when you feel that your primary candidate may not be the right person, you fall in line because, hey, you want to be loyal to your party as opposed to being loyal to your country.
Speaker 2:Yes, yes, absolutely. And I feel like the tides have turned where a lot of us are getting like shuffled around. We're like over COVID. I really like I found myself getting very annoyed with like the Democratic and kind of liberal party and stuff and so and then. But I also I wouldn't go Republican, so it's definitely I'm like wait, this annoys me and this annoys me, but I'm not like going to switch over, I'm just going to kind of be feel disenfranchised. So I think you're right, a new party, that's like truly more for the people. I think is what most of us want, and I think most of us just want like our own little families and friends to be healthy and a park and a nice place to live. I think most people just want to be able to afford their lives and not have these wars and big extravagant things and just feel safe.
Speaker 1:I agree with you. I've always said this I don't think I'll ever see it in my lifetime, but I would love to see the political party system go away yeah, yeah the biggest problem is is that you can have a great idea, something that people believe in, but because they don't want to piss off the head of their party or they want to fall in line, they'll vote against it, just because you're in the wrong party, even if it's a great idea.
Speaker 1:I mean, we've been seeing when, when um obama was in office, obama actually had I forgot what the legislation was. It was actually legislation that was brought up by Republicans that they were eager to push, but because Obama wanted to push it, they instantly didn't like it anymore oh my gosh. It's like that attitude.
Speaker 2:It's like seriously. It's like toddlers. It's like, seriously, it's like toddlers. It really is like little toddlers and I think more and more it's going to.
Speaker 2:Hopefully it should be more like us, against the like billionaires that are trying to ruin everything, or you know like I think, especially with this other, with some of the stuff that's been happening lately to me, and especially like when the, when other countries and the war is happening, it's like there's so much infighting in the united states that I think we can really benefit from just more coming together and like being like okay, we are a nation and we're trying to, you know, like exist nicely, so let's all do it together I agree, I agree.
Speaker 1:Now let's talk about the second part of this.
Speaker 2:Oh yeah.
Speaker 1:If we were to have a major third party, what do you think it should look like?
Speaker 2:Almost close to me, to me personally, and anyone can feel how they want to, but what I think it would look like if, maybe like if Bernie Sanders was president. You know something like that, and I'm sure there's issues with it. It would look like if, maybe like if bernie sanders was president. You know something like that, where, and and I'm sure there's issues with it, you know we don't want to be like a socialist economy and everything, but I think, um, it should definitely look like the opposite of what a lot of us are dealing with now, which is the homeless issue is like out of control. There's drugs, a lot of us aren't getting like clean air and you know all the stuff that they pretend to trumpet that they're gonna change, but they never do over and over. Like the basic needs.
Speaker 2:It should almost be like the basic needs party, where we go from like the very, very insular thing and we're like how is everyone's drinking water? How is your vegetables? You know, like the very, very basic instead of like the top down. That's what my dream would be, because I just think the healthier we all are, like mind, body and spirit, the better our whole planet will be.
Speaker 1:I agree. I think for me, my ideal third party would be a party that's more on the moderate side. What I mean by that is OK. Republicans talk about balanced budgets and their implementation don't match what they're talking about.
Speaker 2:Yeah, yes.
Speaker 1:I agree we should be able to balance the budget, but in a responsible way. In other words, we shouldn't just go in like Doge did and just take a hatchet to everything and start cutting and not pay attention to what it is. But at the same token you know, I know on the opposite end of the spectrum you know it's always been talked about with free health care. I think that's a great thing to talk about. I don't think we're anywhere near that point yet.
Speaker 2:Right.
Speaker 1:So I think somewhere in that middle is that sweet spot, because there are people that you know maybe like some principles of Republican Party, some principles of the Democratic Party, and you know it's kind of like a toss-up of okay, which one do you vote for?
Speaker 2:yeah, yep, and I think, um to like, yeah, common sense.
Speaker 2:And then there I forgot what I was going to say.
Speaker 2:It was something else exactly.
Speaker 2:But I do think you're right where more of a party where it's just more like common sense and moderate, rather than having every single thing be about like, oh, that's what I was gonna say, is to me, my ideal political party has nothing to do with like religion or men, especially, you know, like having anything to do with body, our bodies, all bodies, and then if you know people's sexual orientation, like I think that that's what I do like about the Democratic Party is like it tends to be more kind of like live and let live type, not so much I mean not a lot of times, because people can be really judgy and everything too, or it could go too far, but for the most part, I think it shouldn't interfere with people's like right to get married or express their love or have babies or not have babies or have a family, and that's like I will never be like on board a lot with something that has to do with like hardcore Christian values and everything, cause like I like I love that people have those.
Speaker 2:That's wonderful for them, but like, that's definitely not what I personally subscribe to.
Speaker 1:So oh yeah, and the other thing too is, you know there have been independent candidates who have tried to run for president, but they had to pick a party. They couldn't run as a true independent because, right, based on the way everything is set up right right now, especially with the electoral college, with that thing as a joke, but anyway, that's a separate conversation exactly.
Speaker 2:But don't you almost think that I think in another world I I feel like trump could have ran democrat? We wouldn't like because he he almost just I, I think wanted to like it was more of a popularity contest and then his like billionaire friends were just kind of like you can come in this way, so you know, because I think before a lot of his beliefs, like being in New York and being like this and that like I feel like he did, he used to fall in line way more with the other party.
Speaker 1:And so, um yeah, and I think one of the biggest problems too with the political system, where right now, where I think the third party will kind of fill in, is uh, if you know that what your party is trying to legislate is wrong, it's ridiculous and it's going to harm americans, you shouldn't fall in line because you want to protect your political future.
Speaker 2:Yeah.
Speaker 1:Because you know, let's face it there's a lot of these politicians that have been in office a very, very long time, An extremely yes, yes.
Speaker 1:So you legislate differently when you know that you can be in there for 20, 30 years versus, let's say, if you do become president. President is a two term. Whether you like it or not, it's two terms. So you go in the first year, you do what you need to do, try and get reelected. Then, second year is when you really go ahead and open up because you know you can't be reelected. So you actually legislate in a different way, and I think that I would love to see a third party come in and say OK, you know what? There are some things that I like from this party here we want to adapt that. There are some things we like from this party here we want to adapt that too. And here are some unique stuff that, hey, we want everybody to take a second look at. To me, that would be the ideal way, not all or nothing.
Speaker 2:Yeah, no, I wonder too. In the third party it'd be interesting to see how much power governors have too, because I feel, like you know, I think a lot about California here, obviously, and it's just like so expensive.
Speaker 2:La is just like insanely overrun with like just homeless issues, drug issues, People are like bent over on the streets. I know that's how a lot of the bigger cities are, but I feel like that would almost be more of like a state government issue. And so I wonder in our, in our dream party, would governors they would work in tandem, like very nicely in theory, with, like the head of the party and people. They wouldn't be at odds with each other and like at war kind of the way that our situation is now Cause I feel like I don't know how I feel, if the state should have more power or less power, or they should just be there to support us. It's very interesting to me, especially because I'm in a state where we do give a lot but there's also so much wrong.
Speaker 1:Yeah, I mean I do understand and I do agree up to a certain point, about states being able to make their own laws and rules yeah but I think the government still needs to do an oversee to make sure that it's not infringing on people's rights, exactly infringing on people's choices of what they do with their body and other things yep you still have to have that common sense error there.
Speaker 2:You know that you have the common sense party. It seems like that's what just and and you and I are the same way. We're like I almost like being in a group of people and like I the first top five things I don't like want to know people's politics right, rather just judge them on if they're a good person or not, and like just getting back to everyone, the healing our own little nervous systems and not being so on edge or mean to each other and that's's both parties Like. Honestly, I have people on both sides that I've seen be like really hurtful and judgmental towards the other people.
Speaker 1:So yeah, I agree with you and I would like to see it to where you can have a conversation without a fight breaking out. What do you mean? You're a Democrat? What do you mean you're a Republican? And it's like dude, let go relax.
Speaker 2:Yeah, Sometimes. I think last Thanksgiving on I was. Of course it was just a joke, but like I was talking in standup, I was talking about how I was available for hire, where I could go to people's Thanksgivings and I could say, like you could sit me next to an uncle with, like a MAGA hat on, or you could sit me next to like a blue haired girl from Portland and like anything that you want me to say, I'll be available to hire. Because I often find that where it's like I can almost understand where people are coming from, but extremism is on both sides, which it's gotten to, is very annoying to me and we're really getting nowhere, so yeah.
Speaker 1:And you know the crazy thing, Meryl, is it's okay to disagree. It really is.
Speaker 2:Yeah, absolutely Absolutely. But I think it's never going to go wrong if more people could afford housing, even if it's just basic housing, you know, and more people can afford food and not have to expense their food on like payment plans and um yeah and the whole like make america healthy again. In theory I would love that, but that's gotten extreme and that's just it's kind of insane. So I feel like because a lot of people I know that are more health-minded ended up randomly voting for the other side. So, yeah, it's a good discussion.
Speaker 1:Definitely. I would like to challenge people watching and listening. You know, obviously we're on all different kinds of social media platforms. Let us know what you think and, again, put aside your your anything. But what do you think a major third party should look like? We would definitely be interested to hear. If there's enough responses, we'll definitely talk about it next week.
Speaker 2:Exactly, I love it. Well, this will be interesting. In our perfect party. All of the cities would be nicely walkable, I feel like, but there was only one voted one most walkable recently on USA Today and I thought it was very surprising, but still good. So Philadelphia, good old Philly in Pennsylvania, was voted number one the most walkable city in 2025. Philly, obviously, is beloved for its cultural and historical attractions. You can stroll through Center City, philly, the downtown district I really love. One of my best friends lives right by Rittenhouse Square, which is gorgeous in Philly To me, like I mean, I'm from Pennsylvania, so I love Philadelphia. But the only thing is like, what this list forgets to say, which is pretty much true of all the cities, is like don't you know women shouldn't be doing this like at three in the morning by themselves, because even though it's really walkable, it can get kind of scary really fast in some parts of neighborhoods, not just Philly, but you know, all over the place New York, la, all this stuff. So I don't know, have you ever been to Philadelphia?
Speaker 1:You know what? I've been through Philadelphia. I haven't actually stopped there, I think. Have I Actually? I take that back. I was taking a trip to go see my son and we actually stopped in Philadelphia at a hotel and it was actually near a waterway. It was actually pretty nice. Yeah, I didn't spend a lot of time in there, but for the little bit of time I was there it was very nice.
Speaker 2:Exactly, I love. I feel like I'm all for Philly pride. I feel like it almost doesn't get talked about a lot, but I feel like it has so many great restaurants and like culture and just history I love. I feel like Philly people are amazing. Also on the list, of course, we're New York, like you know, one of the most walkable cities in the whole wide world. I love, love, love going to New York and then I look at my steps and they're like 40,000 steps a day. Then I come back to LA where you have to drive everywhere.
Speaker 2:I'm like I hate this, because one of the things I love so much about New York or cities like Boston- is that you can like tell a friend, okay, I'll meet you at this restaurant at 7pm and then I love the thought of people each walking like 30 minutes from a different direction and then having such a nice dinner and then being able to like safely walk home after. I just think that's such a cool life. Um, I can't really do that here, but I think that's like such a great thing. So, yeah, also on the list, really quick, um. Washington DC, savannah, georgia, which I'm interested in. Chicago, very easy to navigate on foot and beautiful too. San Francisco eh, I'd contest that because lots of hills and also lots of people bent over on drugs. Boston, yes, columbus, ohio, burlington, vermont, providence, rhode Island and then, number one, philly.
Speaker 1:That's a pretty good list?
Speaker 2:Yeah, definitely. So I guess it's all just about what you're looking for. I think Chicago is awesome too, because you get so many different things, like you can be by water, you can be by, like the actual city, you know, I think they've made it really walkable.
Speaker 1:That's true, that is definitely true, and you know, yes, chicago does have some issues right now. Yeah, it really is a beautiful town. It really is. I was born and raised there and you know my heart's still there, it's.
Speaker 1:It's a great time, definitely so yeah talk about great, let's talk about something not so great. Uh, last week, uh, there was a brawl. Uh, it was a Frontier flight flying from Philadelphia. So allegedly because again we don't know, but allegedly there was a gentleman sitting and then behind him was a 21-year-old that was just kind of shouting stupid stuff at him oh my gosh.
Speaker 1:So of course, they exchanged some words and the gentleman from behind the seat jumped up and, I guess, grabbed the other gentleman by the neck. Now, if being stupid was a picture, it would be stupid because the 41-year-old, is kind of like a skinny light guy where the other guy he was a big kind of stocky guy.
Speaker 2:So, we can kind of guess how this went exactly, and you're on a plane like can't people just wait? Was this at the airport or the on the on this one. This was on a plane and it's like why, why are? Why? Is everyone so stupid that they don't know that they'd get banned forever? You know you're on that. You're put on the do not fly list, which is like, if you're just a little teen and now you, now you can't fly for your whole life like that's crazy and what's so crazy about a mural?
Speaker 1:I mean, the guy that did this allegedly um, he got the break speed off of him. I mean a black guy? I mean he was black. Well, I mean, yeah, he picked the wrong guy to do that too.
Speaker 2:That was just stupid, you know yeah, I feel this way with every flight fight that I hear and see about, but it's like I'm so nervous already on flights. I can't imagine being so non-anxious about flying that you would start a physical fight like to me. If someone like makes a sudden movement, I'm like you know, like like I'm sitting in my chair trying not to pass out or like have a panic attack the whole time. I can't imagine like being so comfortable to pick a fight with a stranger.
Speaker 1:And what's so crazy, meryl, when you watch it it's kind of hysterical that you know, usually when fights break out, a whole bunch of people jump in and try and break it up. A whole lot of people trying to break this up. There was a couple people kind of, you know, trying to break them up a little lightly, whatever. Know, trying to break them up a little lightly, whatever it's almost like, yeah, you kind of deserve it.
Speaker 2:They didn't say that.
Speaker 1:And they were in midair.
Speaker 2:Yes, I believe they were midair, see, and that's like I feel like I would go in the middle and try to break up because I'd be scared that somehow, like a door would fly open or it would like. You just have to be so crazy to me if you're up in the air on the in a metal tube getting into a fight, cause that's just so scary and like I just flew yesterday and like the whole time I was thinking, you know, you're extra hyped up just because of all the, the um, what's been happening in the world lately. And you know like, you know like we're on 4th of July weekend and I was just so worried about like any sort of attacks on us whatsoever that it's like you would think this is almost like a play, that then something else weird is going to happen.
Speaker 2:So oh yeah, and these poor flight attendants too.
Speaker 1:They have to deal with this ridiculousness oh, exactly, and and actually, when it was all said and done, the authorities uh, arrested the 21 year old, so and there was one person that jumped up and was you know kind of talk about what happened and was saying, basically the gentleman that was sitting in front of this guy didn't do anything. I mean, he's literally minding his own business, you know.
Speaker 2:Yeah, I think they should take the bar cart and serving the coffees and just go right into the, into the open up the door and be like I'm sorry, but like you're flying out the window now, and and and also if. And. Be like I'm sorry, but you're flying out the window now and also if you're missing your flight, like if you have to land the plane at some emergency place or if you have to turn around. Imagine how like 100 people are going to be so mad that now they can't get to their destination because of these clowns.
Speaker 1:Yeah, I mean you know again. If this is true, I don't blame the guy that beat him down.
Speaker 2:Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. The other person.
Speaker 1:Everyone has a right to protect themselves.
Speaker 2:Exactly.
Speaker 1:And you know the thing is, I tip my hat off to the guy for, you know, not instigating anything that was sitting in front of him. Totally but you know, I don't know. It's almost like with some of these people. It's like if you don't react, it's like they get angrier. I know.
Speaker 2:Yeah, there was a video that I saw on TikTok as well of like a makeup artist woman. They ended up finding out who her identity was, but she seemed like drunk or on drugs and she was same thing. She reached behind. She was wiling out on the plane and then she reached behind like just a random nice woman sitting there and was like grabbing the woman's hair and calling her fat and all this kind of stuff. And I'm like, if you hair and calling her fat and all this kind of stuff, if you're doing that, unless you're having a psychotic break, then you need to go to a mental ward, but otherwise, truly just push this person out of the plane and let them parachute to their death. I really don't care. I don't care. If you're that far gone, you can't vote in our new party either.
Speaker 1:You shouldn't be doing this in the first place, but then to pick a big guy to be doing this yeah, yeah, you got what's coming to you exactly.
Speaker 2:I feel bad for everyone, except that. I mean, I don't feel bad for them, except I do feel bad for the person a few months ago that had explosive diarrhea on the flight, remember, and they had to like turn around because it was like a biohazard yeah, oh my god, yes but even just flying like, I look at everyone and I'm like, okay, this person is not gonna cause something, this little baby is fine, like so that's just.
Speaker 2:I just feel like the plane of all places is not the place to start something dangerous, you know I agree, I agree, but something tells me, this guy won't do this again yeah, yep.
Speaker 2:Well, someone else that won't be flying together is katie perry and orlando bloom. Um, there are speculations that the couple has decided to quit and split. Um, there's been reports on how katie's dealing with the situation of now being a single mother to her and Orlando, child Daisy. This seems sad to me, you know. I think I I honestly do feel like a little bit bad for Katie because I feel like her cache is kind of on the way down. You know, like we all laughed at her with the flight, the space thing.
Speaker 2:It seemed like she really liked her relationship with Orlando and, if I had to guess, it kind of seems like there's videos of her trying to kiss him on the red carpet and he's just kind of backing up and not into it. I think she gave him the ick. Of course, we don't know, these are just people. We have no clue what their lives are or anything like that. But I feel for her she's still a human and she can be a little cringy or whatever, but people should still have love and be able to have a family. So I don't know, what do you think?
Speaker 1:Well, I agree with you on those sentiments. I mean, obviously, when a relationship doesn't work out, you can always each person can always kind of money more and quarterback saying, well, maybe I should have did this, Maybe they should have did that. But I think at the end of the day, you know if they need to go their separate ways, it's good, and you know, what I hope doesn't happen is all of a sudden they break up and then they start bashing each other on social media.
Speaker 2:Yeah, oh, you know what? Oh, even worse, they weren't bashing you, that's right, but he was just recently seen hanging out with sydney sweeney so yeah, yeah, that's right.
Speaker 2:So, and that's like the worst nightmare, like if my boyfriend and I broke up and next week he was with sydney sweeney, I would be causing a fight on a plane and you'd see me, I would pick a fight with everyone I know. So, um, that's real. To me, that's very disrespectful. You know, keep your business private, especially if you're like just getting out of a long term marriage is kind of weird. So, yeah, not a good look.
Speaker 1:I agree, I agree. And actually that leads into the next subject here. Talk about a good look Now, meryl. What do you think? Do you think it is a good idea to let your boss see what type of car you drive? And here's where this goes. There are some professions and some people that know how to invest or maybe have businesses, and maybe they drive a very, very nice vehicle and you know they buy nice things because you know they're able to afford it.
Speaker 2:Yep.
Speaker 1:And some bosses may not be so nice. They probably be maybe a little on the jealous side, and you know there's been cases or situations where it's caused problems at work. Do you think if you have a nice car, that you should not let your boss see it? Or do you feel like, well, I don't give a shit, it's my business, my car, whatever?
Speaker 2:Exactly, I'm like they could deal with it. You know, to a few years ago I would maybe feel just kind of like this is me and I have a nice car and you know people can deal with it. Now, more mature me with like a little bit more strategy and game behind my you know, a few more years, I do think I I feel like appearing, even if it's like a strategy, just like somewhere in the middle, when you're kind of a, you know, working your way up is a good thing, because I do feel like it would be awesome if someone has like a Benz or you know high, whatever Mercedes. But I just think, sadly, just the world we live in is people do take notice and then think, oh, they don't need a raise because they're rich or they don't need it.
Speaker 2:But on the flip side, I also do think also presenting yourself in a kind of like embarrassing, falling apart, beater car is not the best either, because then unfortunately, just the way that our society is.
Speaker 2:I wish it wasn't this way, but but then people just kind of see you just as like broke or you know you can't really handle anything. I wish I'm personally wish it wasn't this way, but that's just how I think things are, especially in like the more status driven world. So to me, if you're trying to make your way up, I think the perfect thing is kind of in the middle, like a respectable, nice, looking like Honda fit or you know something like that where and I wish we were able to just do whatever. But I think if you're going to play the strategy of kind of like what people view you as having, like a nice, comfortable, like normal car, is almost a good way to play it. But but if you don't care and you're just like let them deal with it, then I support that too yeah, I mean, I agree, I mean I know being in sales.
Speaker 1:Um, unfortunately, there are customers that do pay attention to what the sales people drive, which I think absolutely ridiculous, you know well, the customers.
Speaker 2:That's a different thing too, because I think if you're a lawyer or a salesperson or something, then yes, I do think having a nice car does matter to clients in the outside world. Yeah, I really do. I'm not going to lie. If a real estate agent pulled up to a showing in like a 1989, like Chevy, you know, that had like an exhaust pipe, I would just think it's a little odd. And then, but on the flip side, if it was like a beyond Bentley, then it seems like they're showing off too much. So I just feel like a nice, like I don't know, a nice looking car.
Speaker 2:But that's that's if you're like working with someone. If you're someone's boss, I think it's different. And to me, I mean, I don't know if I was someone's boss and I saw them driving up in like a tricked out Range Rover, I don't think it would stop me from like giving them a raise or having them move up in the world, because I would just figure OK, maybe their parents gave it to them, maybe they invested. Also, maybe they have a side hustle where they're like a content creator and they make quadruple what I make, and that's just what the situation is.
Speaker 1:Yeah, I agree, and you know, the thing is, people got to understand that managers and bosses, or whatever, they're human as well too. There are some great ones out there, but there's also some terrible ones out there as well too.
Speaker 2:Exactly.
Speaker 1:And some of them are so threatened, is beyond ridiculous. I've personally seen this in my career. How you know? Just just unsure of themselves. It's like the slightest little thing. They're so fun, you know, they're so nervous.
Speaker 2:Yeah, yep.
Speaker 1:And it's like you think to yourself like dude, I work for you. What are you worried about?
Speaker 2:Right, right, and I think even more in this day and age with, like most of us, just kind of somewhere in the middle. I think it's nicer, if you care about impressions, to have like a, just a normal type car that you treat nicely, rather than like a you don't need a G wagon or anything, but like like, for example, when I first started this is too much information, but my boyfriend's in the other room sleeping so he can't hear this but when we first started started dating, he had like a Toyota Corolla that was completely falling apart and like I couldn't put down the window. There was literally Sprite that he had spilled and the Sprite was like stuck to the walls and until I and I and I bless him for not caring like that's amazing. But I told him the people aren't going to take you seriously. You know, like it, this seems like a car that like a teen would have or something.
Speaker 2:So he he ended up getting a Prius which is like not a fancy, but a very nice, just, respectable car and honestly, like in my mind it just is. I feel like I sound so shallow, but it does just like pulling up in a normal ish car is a little bit better to me than like a car that you can hear from five blocks away, that like won't you know the windows don't work and you have to like I would have to get in on like the back side, to crawl through his side and I'm like this is just like we're in our 30s. We should not be living life this way.
Speaker 1:You know that sounds like my very first car, my very first vehicle I bought. I was 16 years old and it was a 78 Chevy Nova Aww. And when I first bought it I loved that car. It was my first car. Yeah, but in reality it was a death trap.
Speaker 2:Yeah.
Speaker 1:I had to get a new hood because there's a big, giant dent in the hood, so obviously the hood did not match the rest of the car. And then on top of that on the passenger side on the floor, there was a floorboard there because, you know, you can see all the way down to the pavement. It was a giant hole there, but I loved it because it was my first car.
Speaker 2:I only paid $100, to tell you, and I get the emotional. How many miles did it have on it?
Speaker 1:It actually didn't have a lot of miles on it. But the problem was when I took it out for my first time driving. I have to buy it and I'm all happy, whatever. Then I hit the brakes. Oh no, the car, car did, car wouldn't stop. Oh no, really. Yeah, I think I had to change my pants, you know, after that it it did stop. At the last second I had to put all new brakes around it but uh, I didn't have it that long because again, it was a death trap.
Speaker 2:But hey, it was my first vehicle, but yeah, and I understand the emotional attachment like having a vehicle that you had forever, and especially some people that I know like once you get even past like the 200,000 mile mark, it's fun to see how much a Toyota can go, you know, like just run it into the ground or a Chevy, or I think that's like so awesome and so I get that part of it. I think, as once you hit like 37 or 38, maybe some people don't care, but for me me like I I just wanted a vehicle that I could like valet my car and not feel like so embarrassed or shameful. But that but people would argue that's something within me. That's not like a car issue.
Speaker 1:That's more like a, you know, a status issue, like if you're so secure in yourself, a car doesn't matter but, yeah if you try to ballet it in the valley like, look, I'll give you ten dollars, you park it yourself yeah, oh, I, I for real.
Speaker 2:I cried because, you know, I think like moving to los angeles it is so much about status and like I'm not about to like pretend in front. I know some people like rent, pretend cars and stuff. But I think I cried to my friend one time because I was feeling so sensitive and I cried because I was like I valeted my Nissan Versa and it was just you know, and so she was like, well, I have a Honda Fit, I'm okay with that, and so I ended up and now I have a different car, but like, but yeah, I felt like shame about it, you know, and I think that was also. I wasn't, it was just like I wasn't taking care of my car. So just valeting like a gross old Nissan Versa was embarrassing to me, like, if other people don't feel that, that's even better for you, but to me I just felt like, oh man, I feel so like schlubby, you know, mm-hmm, we're getting into some therapy here.
Speaker 2:This is like thirsty therapy, yeah, okay, well, something I'm going to drive my car to is to go see the movie Jurassic World. I think it's the rebirth Jurassic World Rebirth, which is the new Jurassic, the new installment in the blockbuster franchise and it went to the top of the box office this weekend. And it went to the top of the box office this weekend and it opened I thought this was crazy with an estimated $91.5 million across 4,300 North American theaters and it's already off to a crazy start with $318.3 million worldwide of grossing it. So basically, it's a new chapter for the $6 billion franchise worldwide of grossing it. So basically it's a new chapter for the six billion dollar franchise. Um, and I just feel like for them, this is also another opportunity for licensing, you know, bringing back all of the jurassic lunch boxes and all that stuff.
Speaker 1:Yeah, actually I just binge watched jurassic park over the weekend. I saw three, the three episodes and, uh, or the three movies, and you know it's actually a pretty good movie and I kind of wonder how could they spend it differently in in the, the, I think this is so I kind of wonder how they can spend it.
Speaker 1:So I don't know, I may check it out just to see, but um, it is kind of interesting how things are coming back, and very successful at it as well too exactly and like this and the f1 movies are ones that are better, for sure in the theater especially.
Speaker 2:You know, if you can get into one of those theaters, that it is more immersive. What was the? Um, the second jurassic one, or no, sorry, the third one do you remember? Like? Was what was like the short premise of that?
Speaker 1:Basically it was the premises of the doctor and I forgot his name where you know he's giving a lecture and he's like I'm never going back to that island again. And then he's tripped into going back there by this rich couple and everything kind of goes haywire because you know they end up crash landing and then now they're trying to get off the island that they shouldn't have been on in the first place.
Speaker 2:Okay, good, thank you for the briefing. So now if I go into the new one, I'll know. At least you just saved me two hours, so perfect. But this is one I am going to go see. I have plans to go see it in the middle of July, once everything dies down, but yeah, I think it's super cool.
Speaker 1:Oh yeah, I definitely do too. Like I said, I think I'm going to check it out as well, because you know it's a nice wholesome movie to watch. You know, I think it's a little bit different than what you've seen now, because it seems like lately they're all basically are superhero, drama and what's the third one.
Speaker 1:It's like basically three types of movies that you see all the time in the movie theater oh yeah for me, it just it seems like there's really not a whole oh, and horror flicks, of course oh yeah, which I love seeing horror.
Speaker 2:Yeah, yeah, totally so. Sometimes in the middle of the afternoon I'll see like a camp slasher movie and I'm like what am I doing in the middle of the sunny, going to see this?
Speaker 1:It's kind of weird I hear you Talk about horror here. This is an interesting topic. Here, of course, we always talk about our little animal things. That goes on.
Speaker 2:Yeah.
Speaker 1:And I want to say this is in Africa there was an elephant that was videotaped literally chasing a jeep.
Speaker 2:Oh, my God.
Speaker 1:Now, for anyone who hasn't been to any of these tours or whatever, a lot of the vehicles don't have tops on them. I have no idea why they do that. I think it's kind of crazy, but that's you know whatever. And you can see one guy driving, one guy in the back and there's an elephant charging full force after them.
Speaker 2:Wow.
Speaker 1:I would love to know what they did to piss that elephant off.
Speaker 2:I know, I wonder if it was like threatening their young or something. Or, you know, maybe not even overtly threatening their young, but maybe they felt like they had a baby somewhere that they were protecting, or just like. I feel like elephants get annoyed just the way we do, where you're just in a crabby mood and you're like get out of here Because I feel like humans can be so pesty and if you're an elephant, you're just trying to chill and people are taking pictures of you or just generally being annoying. I've seen videos of elephants losing their temper.
Speaker 1:I've seen videos of elephants losing their temper. Oh yeah, but I've never seen literally elephants, just no stop.
Speaker 2:Yeah, that's scary.
Speaker 1:It's thinking to me, meryl, like what did you guys do? I know which scares me, I know.
Speaker 2:Like when you see, like you know those hippos, the videos of the hippos, like chasing the boat, the crew, you know about to like chomp down on everyone. Chasing the boat, the cruise, and you know about to like chomp down on everyone. Um, I would have a hard time because I would just think, okay, let me just like love the elephant's trunk and it will love me like I would let it like scoot me up in his trunk and be like okay, it's okay, I love elephants so much so does that episode there um make you want to or not want to take the safari trip?
Speaker 2:I would love to take a safari trip, but like a very, very protected one where there's no chance of elephants tipping over the thing or lions having a mean moment. One of my highlights of my whole life was I did get to. I went to an elephant sanctuary and I got to like in real life you know you go, you get to like be like right there with the elephant, because these were all trained circus ones so they're very friendly and stuff. It touched me with its trunk. I was like whoa, I was taken aback at just how scary they are in real life. Beautiful but scary. This made me have me thinking differently.
Speaker 1:Like I said, even though we may not ever find out, I would love to know what they did to piss that elephant off.
Speaker 2:Exactly Me too. Me too, as long as they weren't trying to hurt it. Hurt it, not hurt it, but hurt it, because I just feel like elephants are so sweet and smart and like the things that we as humans have done to them is just annoying.
Speaker 1:I agree with you on that one.
Speaker 2:I agree, but that one I agree. But yeah, I think they're doing a better job like of um, like south african safari tours and everything, just planning them with a little bit more like eco-ness in mind. I think more and more companies now are doing it where, like you're not bothering the animals as much as we used to be.
Speaker 2:It's true, very, very true but yeah, so maybe we'll wait one more week before we go on the safari. I'd be driving my Honda, my Nissan Versa it wouldn't even be working, okay. Well, my last one is just a quick but weird one. Right by Kristen Bell and Angelina Jolie's house here in Los Angeles, the cops took down a trespasser outside their gated neighborhood they had on Sunday. The cops arrested them. Law enforcement told TMZ. The officer was arrested, an alleged trespasser in the East in the LA East neighborhood. They said the individual slipped through the gate and onto the street behind it where Kristen Bell and Zach Shepard share residence. However, the sources said that the two stars weren't home at the time, which is very nice and yeah, I just think that's so freaky and just something if you're a celebrity, like having to just worry about weirdos, like trying to break in and who knows if they're delusional. It's just a very scary side effect of fame.
Speaker 1:Yeah, I agree the one thing I'm really surprised about and this is actually an excellent example but it just seems like a lot of celebrities, athletes and all that have had their homes broken into.
Speaker 2:Yeah.
Speaker 1:So one it kind of makes you wonder is this organized crime? Second thing is, and again I know you can't protect everything 1000%, but I would think that big celebrities, especially rich celebrities, would have the most sophisticated security systems.
Speaker 2:I know.
Speaker 1:And maybe I'm missing something, but you know yeah.
Speaker 2:You know, Exactly I bet around the perimeter of their house they do like I bet maybe inside their house they have it. But to get into the actual like gated community I think I know which one they're talking about it's in, it's in an area called los feliz, and then it's like, uh, it's tough to get into but you can still break into like the gated community, but I think, but it's a lot of people even go trick-or-treating there and stuff like that. But it's to get into people's houses it's obviously like way tougher. But actually just to get into like the estate, I feel like you could probably pretend that you're a AT&T person or you know there's, there's Mentos, commercial ways to get in there. So, um, yeah, it's very freaky and I feel like a lot of these people have to deal with people showing up thinking that they know the person. You know. I know Billie Eilish has said before that she's had stalkers that are like we're in love, you know me, and that must be the weirdest feeling like very invasive, you know.
Speaker 1:And the scary thing is, when you think about it is like, wow, you have all this sophisticated security, but this person is still able to get that close.
Speaker 2:Exactly and all it takes is like one weirdo and it's just so freaky. And what I've heard too is that the police aren't always. You know this guy was arrested, but chances are he's going to get free and get out Like that doesn't mean they're deterred from it forever.
Speaker 1:That is so true. That is so true. But I'm just glad nobody was hurt. That's a good thing Me. But I'm just glad nobody was hurt, that's a good thing, me too.
Speaker 2:So cool, cool.
Speaker 1:Yay, look, meryl this was a great week here.
Speaker 2:It really was. Look at us. We started a new political party, we solved airplane crimes. We ran from elephants there you go.
Speaker 1:This is what I call a full hour here. What do you think?
Speaker 2:Oh my gosh, it's full.
Speaker 1:It's hefty Well, Meryl, tell us, what do you have coming up?
Speaker 2:Coming up. July 27th I'm at a club, a wonderful club here in Burbank called Flappers that I love very much. It's part of it. It's so funny. I don't know why this is so funny, but it's called like Celebrity Sundays. But it's called like celebrity sundays but it's like celebrities with an s and and it's you know those things that I was like crying, laughing and my boyfriend was like it's not, it's funny, but it's not that funny and I'm like celebrity with an ass. You know, you ever have those things that it's like. Every time I look at it I like break down and shake with laughter, but it's like, it's not that funny I've had those moments yeah, yeah, where I I tell people and I'm like it's celebrity with an S and everyone's like okay, we don't really get it.
Speaker 2:So anyway, that's to say that is July 27th in Burbank.
Speaker 1:Nice, nice. Well, if anyone's in the Burbank area, please go out and support Meryl. We would definitely appreciate that.
Speaker 2:I welcome people from all political parties to come hang out with me.
Speaker 1:There you go. Well, everyone, thank you for watching and listening. We had a great time. Please continue to support us and also make sure you come over to araratvnetworkcom, where, within a week, we're going to have a lot of new programming that's going to be on the station, so we're very excited about that. Um, again, tell everyone about us, and we really appreciate your support yes I am lawrence elrod and I'm meryl clemo. Bye.
