Listen to two middle aged Xers. One a former Truck Driver, and the other an over educated guy with four degrees. Hosted by: - Jesse Fries - Jamon Fries Support our show. https://mindlessmeanderings.com (00:00:20) Opening banter: "six seven" meme and introductions (00:03:18) Government shutdown: impact, automation, parks, and politics (00:12:45) Taxes, tariffs, and the growth of government (00:12:46) Ted Cruz, anti-doxxing bill, and data broker debate (00:20:08) TSA/Air Marshals allegedly tracking lawmakers (00:22:36) Washington state’s service sales tax overhaul (00:29:11) Immigration case update and airport mishaps (00:32:09) ADL database removed and extremism labels (00:33:54) Traffic sting: CDL, Real ID oddities, and English rules (00:38:05) Retail rants: Walmart receipts and self-checkout woes (00:45:02) Cultural gaps in schools and youth sports coaching dust-up (00:50:19) Community responses to violence and Christian forgiveness (00:52:02) International: Gaza flotilla, arrests, and terror plots in Europe (00:56:45) Air travel oddities: eating passports and asylum angles (00:57:57) JK Rowling vs. Emma Watson: words and backlash (01:00:59) UK NHS and first-cousin marriage controversy (01:08:24) Value-for-value break and contact info (01:08:26) Walmart reformulates house brands: dyes and sweeteners (01:10:30) Study chat: yogurt, infant sleep, and memory (01:15:00) New parachute tech resists wind drift (01:17:55) Cosmology rethink: do dark matter and energy exist? (01:24:26) Science isn’t “settled”: laws, theories, and questioning (01:26:04) AI actors, unions, and the future of animation (01:31:55) Space booze and sign-off
