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- Mark Hayes (00:01.593) All right, ladies and gentlemen, welcome back. Another exciting episode. Hey! Imagine being a resident of New York City and not having to worry for the next two years that your rent won't get jacked up sky high for you over the next two years. That's right. We've got new legislation in place that says you cannot and will not raise the rent because the rent is already too damn high. We got rent control. Legislation, which we're talking about to lead off the show today. Two men in black and white and honest conversation. B Rock joins me now from the beautiful confines of the Hudson River Valley, just north of New York City. Brock, wow, there's gotta be a lot of relief in New York City, the five boroughs, about the rent control legislation. Where Mayor Mondani says, you know what, you shouldn't have to worry. Whether or not you're going to be able to afford your home next year or the year after. What a radical thought. Brock Ganeles (01:09.1) Wow, for all those it doesn't matter who's in government, it's all the same. Mark Hayes (01:13.825) Mm. Not so much. Brock Ganeles (01:16.898) Why do I even need to vote? Mark Hayes (01:21.081) Ha ha ha. Brock Ganeles (01:21.25) Mamdani, the Mamdani administration shows it can actually make a major, major impact on people's, you know, economic lives and then the mental health that comes with it. Knowing that maybe, just maybe, you can afford to live in the city that you're in. And it's amazing. You wonder why there was a democratic socialist sweep on Tuesday in the primaries? Because Mark Hayes (01:39.991) Right. Brock Ganeles (01:47.798) You have an administration in New York City that is doing right by the people. Not the 1%. One percenters lose on this one, right? Because they're the owners. They own those buildings. They're the ones jacking up the rents. So this is a big win. If you want economic populism, this is a big win. On that front, it shows who governs can matter, and it shows that steps can be taken. Mark Hayes (01:58.391) Yeah. Okay. Mark Hayes (02:07.808) Yeah. Brock Ganeles (02:14.291) on the topic of affordability. That same topic that Trump says, you know, doesn't matter, doesn't exist. It's a democratic hoax. And it just shows good government can address can address these types of these types of issues. And the the the rental board in New York City, which gets to make the final determination. Mandani just can't go in and just wheel the magic wand and make this happen. They voted seven to one. It was a landslide to put in this rent stabilization. Mark Hayes (02:36.844) Right. Brock Ganeles (02:44.245) So once again, it's one city, it's one place, it's one mayor, but it's a blueprint, and I think other mayors are gonna look at it in other cities, and I think this is going to catch fire and work its way throughout the country. Mark Hayes (02:58.43) Absolutely. I would agree with you there one hundred and ten percent. But here was the issue though, Brock. we had all those people that were leaving New York City. They were running out of there because Mayor Mondani was taking office. Are they are they still getting up out of there? I mean I mean, I'm just I was just asking for a friend who said he was gonna leave, but he's not leaving. Brock Ganeles (03:19.361) Some somehow those building owners and managers. with their houses in the Hamptons and another one on the Jersey Shore, are gonna survive somehow. They're gonna eke by without raising the rents in the next two years. So we don't have to shed a tear for them. They're just they're gonna be fine. They just enjoyed sitting courtside for the Knicks games over the last month and they had enough joy to last them the next 20 years. They don't have to jam the rest of their brethren in the city. Mark Hayes (03:27.295) those guys. Brock Ganeles (03:54.188) Into poverty. And that's basically like the dynamic we're talking about. What? Ten people lost and a million people won. Not a million, a million homes won, which is probably like four to five million people won. Mark Hayes (03:55.968) Isn't that special? Mark Hayes (04:04.138) Right. Yeah. Right. Right. You know, and and and Brock, think about it. You know, I w I was reading not too long ago that folks in Los Angeles are living two and three generations to a crib with maybe two, three bedrooms. Right? People are sleeping everywhere they can. Right? Blow up mattress. A blow-up mattress should be for a guest that has come from out of town to spend some extra time with you. A blow-up mattress should not be a place where you have to lay your head 364 nights out of the year. It's not, it's it's not right. That's not living. That's surviving, brah. And and we're supposed to be the shining star on the hill. That says we don't do that here. You know, we we don't we don't just get by. We we don't just survive, we thrive. That ain't the case, bro. That ain't the case. And this type of action proves it. This type of opportunity proves it. For people to be able to say, wow, we don't have to worry about next year and the year after. Right? And watch how much the happiness meter goes up. Right? Because the only people it's going down for are the 1%ers who are not making as much profit. as they had planned to for the next two years. They're still making profit. It just ain't enough. that's right. Greed was good in the word of words of Gordon Gecko. Brock Ganeles (05:44.546) Yeah, and it's still tough to afford life in America, right? This just takes one of those big, big expenses. Not it doesn't even take the expense out of the equation. It takes the risk of this expense going higher out of the equation. So now people can maybe focus on their grocery costs, their school costs, the cl all the other inflationary aspects in their lives, but it takes a big one. In in a big city, rent, Mark Hayes (05:46.648) my god. Brock Ganeles (06:11.109) Is your number one cost. It usually eats up somewhere between 30 and 50 percent of your take home income generally goes towards rent. That's just the way what it takes what it costs to live in a big city. But what this shows is that there is something that can be done about it. Legislation matters. There are policies that address these affordability issues. And I think the gauntlet gets thrown down in front of mayors and let city city legislatures. Mark Hayes (06:19.522) Right. Brock Ganeles (06:40.943) In other places in the country to say, why can't they do it? If New York City can do it, why doesn't Chicago have it? Why doesn't Boston have it? Why doesn't Los Angeles have it? What's going on in those places that they can't get that done? And I think they're not gonna have an I don't think no is gonna be an acceptable answer. Mark Hayes (06:46.828) Right. Mark Hayes (06:53.879) Hey. Brock Ganeles (07:04.747) I don't think we can't do that. Will suffice. So I think this, you know, we're gonna see a domino effect of of this type of legislation on the affordability front. And of course, MAG is left out in the cold on this one because they want no fucking part of it, because they're catering to the 1%. And this is a core democratic socialist issue at work. Mark Hayes (07:20.226) Right. Mark Hayes (07:27.222) Right. Right. And and and it should be at work. Right? If this is socialism, I'm all for it. I'm a socialist. If this is so if affordable housing is socialism, I'm all on board. I'm on board because it impacts me. I'm not a one percenter. I I'm I'm not one of those people who don't have to look at the checkbook before I write checks. You know, I'm not one of those folks. Brock Ganeles (07:52.93) What it is is it's it's capitalism with boundaries, with guardrails. It's not out of control, unfettered capitalism. It's capitalism some rules around it. The building owners are still gonna make the most money. They own shit. Those checks are rolling into them every month. Mark Hayes (08:00.416) Right. Mark Hayes (08:06.722) Right. Mark Hayes (08:12.736) Right. Period. Yeah. Brock Ganeles (08:17.089) They're still gonna make money. Just not quite as much as they would have if they could have jacked the rents up over the next two years. It's not the worst dynamic. It's still capitalism with a socialism, you know, with a side order of socialism. Just a side order. Side salad of socialism. But look at how many lives it impacts in terms of just, you know, the. Mark Hayes (08:25.944) Right. Mark Hayes (08:33.074) So sure. Right. Right. Brock Ganeles (08:45.015) Comfortability of living and taking one concern. One piece of the dark cloud that's hanging over people and eliminating that. And now let's work on the next one, right? They went after Mondani on the the city run grocery. So that they could maybe have a grocery store that like helped bring the prices down. Let's see on that one. And the free buses that maybe makes transportation, getting around the city a little bit cheaper. And all of a sudden you start stacking these things up and you have an affordability improvement. Mark Hayes (09:14.196) And they add up. Right. And and you have a better quality of life, a better quality of life index, a better, a happier, more engaged and more engaging society. A society that's not angry when it steps out of its front door in the morning and doesn't look for someone to punch in the face, and instead looks for someone they can embrace. How about that as a mantra? I'm I I don't want to punch someone in the face today. I'd like to find someone to embrace. How about how about we move by that? Brock Ganeles (09:53.772) And it's not the worst thing for the it's not the worst thing for the economy. Because on the money that's being would be saved, the theoretical money saved on the lack of rent increase, it's not going into a savings account. It's just gonna get spent somewhere else in the city. It's just gonna circulate around to either a restaurant, a bodega, you know, a live music theater, a karaoke, a karaoke place. Mark Hayes (09:58.071) No. Mark Hayes (10:19.424) A grocery store. Brock Ganeles (10:23.179) The marijuana shop on the corner, God knows there's enough of those in New York. It's that money's gonna circulate. Mark Hayes (10:23.202) Travel Mark Hayes (10:27.948) Right. And and and I I I I believe they call it, and you tell me if the technical term is correct, a reallocation of resources. you know it's it's it's it's Brock, remember when people started cutting the cord for cable? What were we paying? 200-225 bucks for cable? Can you believe the cable industry pulled that over on us? And now what are we paying? You know, some people are watching for free. On the internet, or you know, free ninety-nine, nineteen ninety. It's it's like free when it's 49 bucks for your YouTube TV. Right? It's like free, you know, when you're watching Tubi, I mean, or Pluto, or one of these, these, these you know, over-the-air channels that you pick up through your streaming capability. You know, look, people are looking for ways to cut cost so they can get back to enjoying life. Brock, when was the last time you heard somebody sitting around talking about a vacation they were gonna take? Mark Hayes (11:41.334) You know, you d you didn't hear a lot whole lot of Americans talking about buying tickets to the to the soccer games, to the World Cup. Brock Ganeles (11:46.316) No, the prices all you heard was the prices were too high. You know, yeah, thank God all these all these foreigners came in and soaked up all boy have they soaked up all these tickets. Yeah, but I I get it, Mark. We talk about this topic a lot. You were just saying yesterday who's gonna buy the cars? Who's gonna buy the shit that has kept this American economy humming for like, I think you said like a century. And Mark Hayes (11:49.545) y Mark Hayes (11:55.683) my god. Mark Hayes (12:08.908) Right. Right. Brock Ganeles (12:10.795) You know, we're gonna need to give people more discretionary income so they can go out and spend on other things. And but it's doable. Policy matters. Smart. Decision making matters, good leadership matters. We're seeing it in some great run cities and states, and then we're seeing it in a federal government that's an absolute incompetent show, right? Where everything is mishandled, every message is a lie, and every outcome is subpar. Mark Hayes (12:37.987) Right. Mark Hayes (12:41.825) Holy shit, yeah. Yeah. Right. It's crazy. yeah, so now what they've gotta do, this shit show of ad an administration is create another distract distraction like they did today. You know, and talk about, you know, Iran firing off another drone over in the Strait of War moves. I mean, it's just it's just insane. It's annoying. we don't care anymore. We don't hey, you know, we finally figured out that your boy finished his wall. it's a fence around the Great Reflecting Pool. Abraham Lincoln has been sitting there for what a hundred and hundred and twenty-five years. He he he's never seen this image of himself. He he thought he was white. He's green now. Brock Ganeles (13:38.872) So at the exact time where Trump and his Project twenty twenty five MAGA buddies want all these Americans to come to DC to celebrate the two hundred and fiftieth anniversary of America and go to that Bullshit state fair that they're running. At the exact same time, they're putting up a fence around the reflecting pool. So all these theoretical people that are coming to DC can't get near the reflecting pool because of the algae or the the fake saboteurs that kind of went in there and supposedly threw chemicals in there and fucked it up. The f that that fake story. Mark Hayes (14:14.264) Yeah. Mark Hayes (14:19.061) Yeah, you're onto something there. It appears that that's what's going on. You you you're onto something. and in the meantime, we have also noticed through this weird thing that exists in just about every municipality around the country, is the fact that through public records we can determine who in fact has purchased new homes. there's a guy named well it rhymes with Fuckerberg, who has purchased Miami's most expensive mansion for 170 mil million dollars. didn't he just lay off 8,000 people from Meta? Didn't he just l lay off like a third of the world? Well maybe it helps him purchase this new this new mansion. Now maybe the end's a week. Brock Ganeles (15:11.789) Remember how hard for him how hard it was for him to make to to make those cuts? those cuts it was so so painful. It really hurt him. Mark Hayes (15:15.971) To make that statement. Yeah, he had to come out and chuck up. Kind of got him right in the throat. but yeah, the guy who rhymes with Fuckerberg, you know, went ahead and and and axed his fucking workforce so he could purchase a a a Miami mansion. Like you need that. Like you had to have that like the place he was living in or well, he's not moving, people. This this'll just be a can we call this a summer home? Cause you well, it's maybe it's gonna be a winter place because you don't wanna be down there in the summer in Miami. It's it's hot as Hades, right? So, you know, instead of being up there stealing from the Winkle bosses, in Boston or, you know, over in Silicon, he'll be in in Miami in the winter time. And then he can go back to his, you know, Puget Sound, you know, luxury villa right down the street from Mr. Gates. you know, where he can you continue to count his billions and billions of dollars. It's beautiful. It's a beautiful thing for the one percent. Brock Ganeles (16:37.473) The fact that MAGA hangs on to that you know, that kind of the the belief that it's so important that, you know, we have these lower taxes for the wealthy and that the MAGA rank rank and file are on board for that, just in the trade-off for their racism, is is like is an amazing economic payment that they're giving to their elites. It's like, okay, you guys get Mark Hayes (16:56.729) Right. Mark Hayes (17:01.56) Right. Brock Ganeles (17:06.027) Billions up to trillions of extra dollars all so that we can still just go around using the N-word, right? Like it's this it's this barter system they have going on to the right. I just really firmly believe that America's has shown signs of being tired of it, and we're seeing like a little bit of a a creeping movement towards. Mark Hayes (17:09.675) Mm-hmm. Mark Hayes (17:18.744) Nice. Mark Hayes (17:24.503) Right. Brock Ganeles (17:33.834) a greater economic equality and hopefully some racial gender equality gets pulled along with it. You just y that that feeling seems to be bubbling up. This this passage of the rate of stable legislation in New York, I think is just another step in that direction. And just and just shows once again how out of step democratic leadership is. Mark Hayes (17:53.281) Mm-hmm. Brock Ganeles (17:58.654) as well. It's just like once you get into a cushy seat, it's I guess you just all kind of start thinking alike. And the fact that you know two the the New Yorkers of Schroomers and Jeffries are so out of step with their hometown right now, it's almost unbelievable. You would you would think that we would Mark Hayes (18:00.027) Resuming Mark Hayes (18:12.227) Right. Brock Ganeles (18:19.179) be seeing resignation letters at this point. Like, how can I I can't lead this party because it's moved away from me so much. And the fact that there that realization and the lag time between what's going on and the recognition just seems to be way too long. Maybe that's what the summer's gonna be all about. Mark Hayes (18:22.648) Right. Mark Hayes (18:40.887) Yeah. Yeah. Speaking of a hot summer, it's gonna get real hot for Tal Rico. because Brock, I'm I wanna throw this number out at ya. remember the ninety-two percent of the electorate? A particular portion of the electorate electorate in which ninety-two percent understood the assignment? Well A large number of that 92% resides in the great state of Texas, where they teach Texas history as opposed to American history. And now we're supposed to believe that Janet J that Jasmine Crockett, after she was abandoned by a party for which she had served served faithfully for three terms in the in the in the hallowed halls of Congress. But the party said, no, we we we don't think you can win. So we're gonna go with with the guy who's more winnable, who's more whiter, who's who's more of a whiter man than you are. So we think we can win with him, and we want you to help us. What the actual fuck? Can you please help me understand it? Make it make sense. Jesus fix it. I mean, Brock, you can't make this shit up. We talked about how the party is not where the people are yesterday. Brock Ganeles (20:12.897) Why why is there such an expectation that Crockett should be in full throated support of Talarico? Mark Hayes (20:21.631) I I Brock. I I mean, let's take some calls from the audience. I mean, I have no godly idea. Brock Ganeles (20:30.079) It's not the behavior that was shown to the Democratic Socialists just w that just won primaries in New York. There wasn't the dem you know, the Democratic Party lining up in in lockstep behind them in formation to say, Okay, you guys won these primaries, we're on board, you're gonna get all the resources you need from everyone to make sure that you win all those seats. No, it was like wow, you you know, you should carve off and start your own party. But in Texas Mark Hayes (20:48.235) Right. Mark Hayes (20:54.743) Yeah, get out of here. Go do your own thing. Brock Ganeles (20:57.517) Crockett is supposed to be diving on gr grenades for Tal Rico. I just don't see it at a personal level and certainly the way he ran the campaign and really play played to the white audience. Is there anything Talo Rico can even say at this point? Mark Hayes (21:02.729) P Brock Ganeles (21:16.513) To rope in the black vote in Texas. Mark Hayes (21:20.462) we're not gonna turn you into slaves? Will that work? Brock Ganeles (21:26.125) I mean, does he have to go on stage with Crockett? Does he have to f issue some sort of formal apology? Does he have to make some promises to her? That's what I'm asking. What could he say? That's what I'm asking. What can he say? Or is it game over? Like that at this point, even if Crockett came out, Mark Hayes (21:33.569) And say why? What is the guys for? Yeah. Yeah. It's game over. Brock Ganeles (21:46.954) at this point is the ninety two percent so lost that even if Tal Rik Tal Rico convinced Crockett to come out in full throated support, that even that wouldn't get the ninety-two percent, that they're too far gone at this point. Mark Hayes (22:00.804) Too far gone, son. Too far gone and not coming back. Because you know what? We're gonna be vote, we're gonna rock with those who rock with us. That's that's that's the new mantra. If you don't rock with us, we're not gonna rock with you. And that's what 92% says, Brock. That's what that number means. Hey, if you're with us, we're with you. If you're not, well, best of luck to you. Brock Ganeles (22:37.463) So this is going to test Tal Rico's premise that he can win with white people and by turning enough and turning enough Latinos back to the Democratic Party that basically he doesn't need the black vote. He can win it with the white vote and a Latino vote in Texas. So that's the bet that he made. Because he doesn't seem to be doing anything to Mark Hayes (22:42.347) late. Yeah. Brock Ganeles (23:00.843) to change that dynamic in any way, shape, or form. He doesn't seem to be courting the black vote in any way. Mark Hayes (23:04.353) He wasn't connected to the black community. He wasn't tech connected to the black community before this whole jasmine thing, before the battle against Jasmine happened. He's in Collin County. That is not an African-American stronghold by any stretch of the imagination. I lived in Collin County for a while, very white suburb of Dallas. Brock Ganeles (23:26.579) Is the bla are black people in Texas, maybe you don't know this answer yet, are black people in Texas going to not vote or are they g gonna go and just not vote in Senate? Are they gonna vote in the governor's race where you have that woman running against Abbott, I forgot her name, Latino woman, and you know, obviously there's a lot of congressional seats that are gonna be very, very hotly contested. Mark Hayes (23:38.935) Yeah. Mark Hayes (23:42.487) Yep. Yep. Mark Hayes (23:50.114) we're not gonna we're l let me tell you something. The black community is not going to allow Trump and his minions to cause us to not participate in the process. So what Brock Ganeles (24:04.235) You think they're gonna leave the Senate they're gonna leave the Senate vote blank. They're not gonna vote for Paxson. They're gonna leave it blank. Wow. Mark Hayes (24:07.381) I think they'll leave it blank. I think they'll they're not gonna vote for Paxson. Paxson's a criminal. He I mean, he's a card carrying criminal. We're not voting for card carrying criminals. we've already got one. And and look what he's done to the country. We don't we don't need another, you know, convicted felon, you know, in in a state as big as Texas, who's already actively working to remove us from the voter rolls. Brock Ganeles (24:13.419) Yeah. Mark Hayes (24:37.655) Remember, there are four million African Americans of voting age in the great state of Texas. Four million, bro. We are and and then when you add in the Latino and the others, we're blue. Texas is blue, brother. It is a it is purple at worst, but the numbers say it is blue. But somehow only the white votes are being counted. Hmm. Me thinks methinks me smell a problem. Brock Ganeles (25:14.476) Mm-hmm. Mark Hayes (25:15.671) I thought I saw a putty tat. I mean, come on. We keep getting hit with the banana and the tailpipe, and we can't keep going for it anymore. Right? We are over this minority rule. This minority rule, look, look how well it's worked for us. Look how well it's worked for us. The rest of the world is sitting here saying, my God, this was all bullshit we heard about America. Right? The very people who drove the narrative. about how fucked up America is, are the same people who are letting immigrants and foreigners, not not immigrants, but foreigners, foreign visitors, talk about what an amazing place America is. And they don't even realize they're shooting their own narrative in the foot. The narrative they created, the one they've been running back in their playbook since the beginning of time. Since birth of a nation in the early 1900s. And now they say, wow, this America's not so bad. Look at these people. These Americans are alright. I kind of like these folks. She then do you see all this food they get to eat? Man, this Walmart store is amazing. We gotta see if we can get us a couple of Walmarts over in over in Glassboro. Wouldn't mind having one across from Harrods in Knightsbridge. Brock Ganeles (26:42.251) Yeah, they wouldn't mind a Bucky. They wouldn't mind a Bucky's either. Mark Hayes (26:42.477) Be a nice alternative. You're that's you're right. But you know, Brock, I hey, look, I mean, look at look at the hypocrisy look at the hypocrisy of Amy Coney Barrett. Doesn't she have three Haitian children? And she just voted against, you know, the Haitians being allowed to remain under protected status. So thousands of Haitians are afraid. I wonder if the Haitians in her home are afraid that they won't be allowed to stay. Is it not an issue in the Coney Barrett household? This is how ridiculous we've become. This is how ridiculous the Supreme Court is. This is why the Supreme Court, these six Yahoos, will be remembered as a huge part. of what destroyed the democracy in the United States in the history books. They will be front and center. If they're not chapter well, if they're not chapter two, I don't know who is. I don't know who is. Brock Ganeles (27:54.542) How do think she reconciles that in her head? That that the ones that are in her family are now, quote, the good ones, so they should be able to stay because they're gonna be brought up, quote, the right way. Therefore, her Haitian children are okay, but other Haitians are Mark Hayes (27:58.21) I don't think she does. Brock Ganeles (28:20.863) a stain on America and don't deserve to be here and need to be expunged? Like how how do you think she holds that in her head? What do you think the the mental gymnastics is? Mark Hayes (28:31.513) Brock, can I refer you? Can I refer you to the Eddie Murphy skit? Hey, Eddie Murphy's not an N-word. He's an actor. You know, the ones that they are in close proximity to are okay. Right? Racist white people love some black folk. Hey, look how racist, you know, the brush that Boston was painted with. But man, I'll tell you what, they love those Celtics. They love that Jason Tatum. They love that Jalen Brown. Brock Ganeles (29:03.341) Remember that New York Times that New York Times colonist? I think his name was like David French or something from Tennessee. It was just like a month a month ago. He said he was surprised there was racism in his like Tennessee suburban community. Cause what? Had he adopted someone, Indian daughter? He had some daughter of color, and he was shocked by it, and he couldn't believe it. It's been such an epiphany for him. I mean, is Amy Barrett Cohen? What's she gonna say to her? Mark Hayes (29:09.377) I had no idea racism is good. Brock Ganeles (29:29.889) Children, when they come home after being called the N-word at their Indiana fucking school, which you can guarantee is got a whole bunch of racism in it, and they're probably the only black kids in the class, right? In her nice Tony, suburban, wherever the fuck she lives, Indiana town. And they come home and say that they're Mark Hayes (29:39.511) it's gonna hang. Mark Hayes (29:49.581) it's happening. Brock Ganeles (29:52.141) been called the N word, like that column that said when his daughter was gonna get you know, they fake you know, the guys in pickup trucks sped right at her like they were gonna run her over. What's she saying to them? Is she gonna have a will light bulb go off or no? Okay. Mark Hayes (30:00.996) Fake like they're gonna do it. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Mark Hayes (30:09.739) No! What she's gotta say is you're one of the good ones. You're one of the good ones. Don't worry about what those kids are saying. Those kids don't know. Or when those kids come up to her children and say, I thought your mom voted for you guys to get kicked out of here. Hmm? Mom, mom, how mom, did you vote for us to to not be protected? Or 10 years from now? Hey mom, I was, you know, reading this book. And they mentioned your name that said that you, you know, voted against the protected status for all the Ha I aren't aren't I from Haiti? Aren't me and my brothers and sisters weren't we didn't we come to your family from Haiti? Brock Ganeles (30:54.744) You're the good ones. They're the others. It was the other it was the others. Mark Hayes (30:56.619) Yeah. Yeah. You weren't the runs riding around on motorcycles with AR fifteen shooting at, you know, government officials. So, you know, we decided to rescue you. Brock Ganeles (31:09.87) We got a lot of ground to cover, but the multicultural movement is is is creeping. It's taking baby steps throughout the country. It's gonna be a long, hot summer in America with a lot of knife fights and arguments going on, while while amidst the joy and celebration of the World Cup, which which continues to roll along, the Joy Fest that is the World Cup. Mark Hayes (31:18.474) It is. Mark Hayes (31:22.36) Yeah. Mark Hayes (31:26.594) Yeah. Mark Hayes (31:32.621) Continues to roll on. Mark Hayes (31:38.304) Yep. And we love it. We love every minute of it. And you know, who we got the Haitians taking over Atlanta City streets right now. Right after they scored the first World Cup goal in 50 plus years. They're here. USA with a tough loss last night to Turkey. But they got the six points. They advanced to the knockout round. Let's see. When was the last time we won a knockout round game? That's gonna be a problem. Brock Ganeles (32:09.294) That's gonna be a big one. Mark Hayes (32:09.367) What say you? What's your prediction? What's your prediction? All right. Let's let's get it done. Let's get it done. Get her done. All right, buddy. Let's wrap it up. We'll do it again tomorrow. You around? Brock Ganeles (32:12.504) I think we win the next round. I think we're gonna play Bosnia. Brock Ganeles (32:25.066) I'm absolutely around. I look forward to it. I'll shoot through about f six more World Cup games tonight and Mark Hayes (32:27.284) All right. It's making happy. Mark Hayes (32:33.368) Yes, sir. I was up till two in the morning watching it. Brock Ganeles (32:36.406) Smile my smiling my way through it, watching these people take over our stadiums and our cities with the reminding us of what it means to truly love one's country. Mark Hayes (32:42.733) Got a lot. Mark Hayes (32:49.177) Mm-hmm. Yeah, because remember, and folks, for you folks out there, I want you to remember, it is you know, a patriotic duty you know, to smear shit on the walls of the Capitol. and as long as you keep that perspective, you know, I I think you're on the straight and narrow there. You know, don't now don't pick up a piece of peeling paint out of the reflecting pool because you'll be considered a vandal. But if you smear shit on the walls with your bare hands, You are a patriot, my friend, and you are on your way to the top. Don't ever forget that. Brock Ganeles (33:39.0) You're a pa you're you're a patriot that may warrant reparations. You actually you actually might deserve a paycheck. Mark Hayes (33:46.455) That's the best. That's the best part. But no reparations for those brown people. But we will Brock Ganeles (33:55.0) Always a pleasure, Mark. We'll keep up the fight. I will talk to you tomorrow. Mark Hayes (33:57.859) Televise the revolution. Yes, sir. See you then, buddy. Peace.