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that's good. That's some good stuff right there. I hope it was as good for you. All right, we still got a little bit of a problem here with my comment chat. I can make this work. You know my secret with technology is something doesn't work, you close it and reopen it and you reboot, then you reload the app. None of that ever works by the way, but it's what I do. You should do it too. All right,…

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s to take my job." And Dilbert says, "How bad is his dementia?" And the boss says, "It's like a mild cold." That's called foreshadowing. Foreshadowing.

And if you... oh my, oh my. All right, so let's make that go away. Hey, look at me using all this technology successfully. Incredible.

Well, there's a new study that says that one of the things you can do for Parkinson's — you know, 'cause Biden is suspected of having Parkinson's — and they found that if you do these three things at the same time, you can reduce your Parkinson's risk by 55%. You got to drink coffee, smoke tobacco, and take aspirin. Well, you know what? I'm not going to recommend all of those things. I'm not sure you should start smoking to reduce your risk of Parkinson's. And it does bring into question who funded that study. Who do you think funded the study that said smoking tobacco could get rid of your Parkinson's risk? Could it be tobacco people? I don't know.

So I of course immediately searched the internet to find out if marijuana had been tested as a possible treatment for or preventive for Parkinson's. And the answer is the studies are ambiguous, but there is some evidence marijuana is helpful for reducing at least the symptoms of Parkinson's. Or if I could summarize this in one big summary: science doesn't know what works, maybe about anything. I don't know. But no, I would not start smoking cigaret

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tes and take an aspirin to reduce your Parkinson's. Well, there's a big bust in Oregon. So Oregon had a big crime wave, and apparently 4,000 Lego sets were stolen, and they were valued at over $200,000 in Lego sets. Now it took the police a three-month investigation. Do you know why it took them three months to solve the Lego situation? It's becau

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