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f the US people surveyed were in support of Trump's administration destroying the narco drug boats. So it turns out it's a 70-30 issue in favor of destroying the drug boats. Now, given that it's a 70-30 issue, of course Trump is doing it. You don't have to wonder if it's 70-30. If it's 70-30, yeah, he's totally doing that because why wouldn't you? Sometimes he does it while he's eating cheese. So…
← Previous segment →e the math doesn't work. Which means that his plan for lowering costs, and by the way, how much control does he have over a lot of this stuff? The mayor doesn't have a lot of control over much of that stuff. So is their economic plan imaginary? Yes, it is. Now, is Trump's plan imaginary? Well, so far whatever he wants to do with beef is unstated, but I doubt it would be imaginary. I mean, I'm sure he's looking into real things. So imaginary versus not.
Anyway, Mike is pointing out how the latest New York City poll shows how loony voters are. Crime is listed as the residents of New York City's greatest issue. It's their biggest issue. And while crime is the biggest issue, the person that they want to elect is the one who would be softest on crime. Now, can you explain that? How can it be that crime is the biggest issue, but by a big factor, they're still willing to elect the guy who's the softest on crime, their biggest issue?
Well, there is a reason. It's called follow the money. Because if they believe that they can get free stuff from Mamdani and they don't have another mechanism for getting stuff. I mean, if you were poor, you'd think, well, I'm poor and it's not going to change. Might as well get some free stuff. And then I would say, but what about crime? And then you would say, what about eating? What about eating? So eating is a little bigger than crime. So while it looks crazy that the people who say their biggest issue is crime are going to vote for exactly the opposite of a solution, if you imagine that their real problem is always affording to eat, maybe they don't say it or maybe they don't list it because maybe they just think crime is the right answer to the question. But people will follow their money. They won't even follow danger because the danger seems a little theoretical like if you stay away from this part of town it won't be much of a problem but what are you going to do about eating? So it's probably about affordability. Or they're experiencing suicidal empathy or there's a bubble where they just don't see the world the same as you.
All right. There's allegedly, New York Post says, I don't believe any of this, but nearly a million New Yorkers are ready to flee New York City if Mamdani is mayor. Really? Do you believe that 765,000 people must have been a poll? Which is, you know, you could argue that's a million. 765. That's a lot of rounding. It's a little too much rounding to go from 765,000 to a million. It's almost a million. It's close to three-quarters of a million. Let's say that would be 9% of New Yorkers. And apparently these are people who say they would definitely leave. This is a sort of poll where people are answering in the way they think they can influence reality. It's not exactly necessarily their opinion or what they're going to do. It might be the message they want to send and they want you to know if you elect this overt taxing, under-criminal-fighting guy that they'd rather live somewhere else. But would they actually move when they look at all the pain in the ass of moving and where they work and where their family is and all that? A million, 9%. That seems a little high, but maybe it's just to influence the election.
Well, today is a big day for me. Right after this show, I'm gonna go over to a medical facility at Kaiser and get the Pluvicto, which is a promising cancer drug. About one-third of the people get a really good response, as in their tumors just sort of melt away, which is remarkable. It's not a cure, but it can really make a difference in your life. About one-third get some kind of improvement, but it's not melting the tumors away. So I'd still be happy with some amount of improvement. But one-third of the people might end up worse off. So two out of three chance I'll be happier, one out of three chance I'll be less happy. We'll see. I like the odds.
On top of that, I've connected with Dr. Patrick Soon-Shiong, if I'm pronouncing it right. I'm always so worried I'm pronouncing his last name wrong. And you might have seen him on Dr. Drew's show. You may have seen him on Tucker's show. He's been on a few podcasts. And I didn't know too much about him until recently when I was connected with him through the Trump administration. And he has a product called Bioshield. He has 850 patents. Let me say that again. He has 850 patents and his resume is so impressive that I was going to tell you a little bit about where he's worked and what he's accomplished. It's so impressive that you can't even start. It's like the most impressive resume you've ever heard in your life. And I got to talk to some people who know some people who know him and by reputation, etc. So he has the highest credibility, best reputation you'll have ever seen in your life. But he's impossible to summarize. So he owns the LA Times, but he's not a newspaper guy. He's a doctor but he's specializing in creating drugs and he's come up with a process which so far seems to be very promising, very promising. As in every single day people send me stories of somebody who thinks they can cure cancer with I don't know pumpkin seeds or some damn thing. But this is the first time that I've looked into it and thought, whoa, this is actually credible.
So in my opinion, not as a doctor,
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right? Remember, this is not medical advice. So there's no medical advice that's going to follow. But in my opinion, as a patient, I am now about to embark on the two most promising ways to treat my specific situation. Some people complained and they said, "Wait a minute, why is this rich guy getting this special Trump administration treatment and would regular people get this treatment?" And the…
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