ones and do modern warfare because they're getting ready to attack South Korea. I don't know about that. And then some people are speculating, including me, is Russia having a hard time recruiting because why would they even want North Korean soldiers? Is it because they're better at fighting? I don't know. And why would North Korean soldiers, I guess the ones we heard from didn't even know they were going to Ukraine. So it's not so much that they decided to go to Ukraine. They sort of didn't know they were going and they just ended up there. My best guess is that Russia would rather use the North Korean soldiers since they're basically just fodder. It's basically just a meat grinder at this point. So the fewer Russians that get killed, the better for Russia. And the more North Koreans that get killed, Russia doesn't care. And if North Korea doesn't care, my guess is that Russia is paying North Korea. So then North Korea is just doing it for profit, more like mercenaries. So I don't think it's because they have a military agreement. I don't think it's just to make sure that the people who go there are trained in modern warfare because I don't think they're sending their best troops or anything like that. And most of them are just going to be ground up. It's not like they're going to come back with skills. They're going to come back completely damaged. So we're left to speculate what that's all about. But I think it's just for money.

And I guess Putin's guy Lavrov has added some demands for a peace deal that make it look very much like they're not interested in a peace deal. So instead of starting where we think we are, which is Russia wants to keep the stuff it's occupied, but that's all. Now Lavrov is saying that even if it's not occupied, if it's what Russia wanted to keep, they get to keep it. Now that would very much be somebody who doesn't want peace. So maybe there's some difference between what Putin wants and what Lavrov is saying, but it really looks like Russia's just playing Trump at this point. So I don't think there's much of any chance of a peace deal as of today. I mean, I could change my mind tomorrow. What do you think? Do you think Ukraine and Russia have any chance of a peace deal? Because it seems that Zelensky can't make a deal because if he did, he would be murdered by his own people. And Putin doesn't need a deal cuz he's winning. And apparently he can just grind away as long as he wants and get as much as he wants and he can make a deal anytime later. So I'm going to say that no peace deal.

All right. Apparently the US has struck more than, according to the Washington Times, has struck more than 800 Houthi targets in Yemen in the past six weeks. 800 targets. But has it worked? Well, according to this reporting from the Washington Times, they've reduced Houthi missile launches by 69%. And attacks from Houthi one-way drones down by 55%. But the weirdest part of the story is that it suggests that Iran's support of the Houthis is not part of our negotiation with Iran for a nuclear deal. Do you believe that? Do you believe that we're negotiating with Iran for a nuclear deal, but we're not throwing in their support for the Houthis? Wouldn't that be the most obvious thing you throw into the deal? It's like, okay, you got to stop supporting the Houthis ruining things in the Red Sea. So that doesn't make sense to me. That should all be part of the same conversation. But if we reduce the launches by 69%. Can we ever get to the point where the Red Sea is safe enough? Because wouldn't you have to reduce their attacks by I don't know 99% before the insurance companies would say yeah that looks safe enough we'll ensure your ship if you take it that direction and if you did even if you reduced it by 99% how long would it take them to reconstitute the resources if we stop bombing them I mean it looks like it's either a permanent war or I don't understand why they're doing it because I just don't know how you can get to the end.

Well, the House has passed some legislation called the Take It Down Act. I guess Ted Cruz was the one who introduced it and it makes it illegal to have revenge porn on the internet. So if you have revenge porn, the sites are going to have to take it down. CBS News was reporting on this. Now here's the best part of this story. It turns out it's bipartisan. So even though Ted Cruz is the one who introduced it, and I'm thinking, wait a minute, it's bipartisan and Ted Cruz introduced it. Huh. Did the Democrats finally learn not to oppose everything the Republicans are doing? Because probably the Democrats had a conversation like, "All right, Republicans want to get rid of this revenge porn. We're going to have to say we're really in favor of revenge porn now." So I feel like Ted C