Please Verify You’re 18, And Also Your Soul

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Bruce (00:01):
Do you really believe it is isolated to Australia?

Capella (00:07):
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Bruce (00:29):
Hello, and welcome to the ugly cracking duck podcast.
I'm Bruce.

Sunny (00:35):
And I am Sunny.

Bruce (00:38):
And we want to welcome you aboard this new episode,
which is 131.

Sunny (00:44):
And yes, we have made it to 131, and I am part of it, and
I'm happy to be here.

Bruce (00:52):
Well, I'm glad to hear that, Sunny.
I'm Bruce again, if you didn'tcatch that, and I'm happy to be
here too.
I'm glad that we are stillputting together episodes for
the Ugly Quacking Duck Podcast.
And I'm happy that you're herehearing this at this time.
Now, if it's the first time youtuned in to us.

Sunny (01:13):
Well, if it's the first time, we hope you come back and
you tell a friend or two.

Bruce (01:20):
There you go.
And if it's not the first time,well, you know what?
Yay, you're as crazy as therest of us.
Go ahead, slam em, Bruce.
Well, it wasn't a slam, it wasjust the fact that, you know,
crazy people stick together, andwe are the same, so we're glad
you're here, and we're gladyou're part of this show today.

Sunny (01:44):
Okay.
That makes almost a little bitof sense.
Not a lot, but a little bit.

Bruce (01:51):
Not a lot, huh?

Sunny (01:52):
No, not a lot.

Bruce (01:54):
Well, okay.
Anyhow, um, we are glad.
We are glad and thankful to beable to record another episode.
Um, this semi-retirementprogram may be working out
because I'm starting to get afew odd jobs done around the

(02:15):
house.
I'm starting to get into theswing of it, and I'm actually
able to do a little bit ofrecording and homework now.
It's not very smooth yet, butit's working out.

Sunny (02:27):
What do you mean it's not very smooth?
You're not sleeping all day,you're working, and you're doing
things at home too.
That's pretty smooth, isn't it?

Bruce (02:39):
Yeah.
I guess what we could say iswe're adapting into that part of
it, and hopefully the podcastwill uh reap some benefits and
make a little bit betterepisodes along the way.
The show will be better, andwe'll enjoy it more, and our

(03:02):
followers will enjoy it more,and the flock, yeah, they'll
enjoy it more.

Sunny (03:07):
Yeah, we need more flock.

Bruce (03:12):
Oh boy, I can't believe you did that.

Sunny (03:16):
Well, I did.
And speaking of that, if youwant to be part of the flock,
then all you have to do is makecontact.

Bruce (03:28):
That's all you have to do, and let us know you're out
there.
And if you don't know how bynow, we'll let you know a little
bit later into the show.

Sunny (03:38):
That's right, we'll let you know.
But thank you for being hereonce again.
Hey Bruce, I see you're usingReaper again.

Bruce (03:48):
I am, yep.
I've only used it once before,as everybody that listened to
our last episode should know.
I had it and my Audacityplaying at the same time.
I didn't have to go back anduse Audacity at all.
I was able to do the um postediting with Reaper.

(04:12):
So I'm trying it again, andthis time I'm not using Audacity
at all.
So my safety net is gone.
We're gonna see what happens.
Uh I should be able to savethis file, and if anything
happens, I should be able to goto Audacity if I need to.
However, I think it's gonnawork, and before you believe in

(04:35):
your soul, that I got it allfigured out, that's not true.
I just use very little of theprogram for my editing.
I have very simple needs rightnow on editing, and as I grow,
hopefully I'll be able to learnmore and be able to edit a

(04:58):
little bit more, a little bitbetter.

Sunny (05:01):
All right.
Yeah, I think you'll be able touse it pretty good.
It looks cool.

Bruce (05:08):
Well, it does look about like Audacity, actually.
But it works, so uh we'll seewhat goes going on.
So for everybody out there,we're using Reaper another
trial, and uh we'll see whathappens.
Let's talk about a few storiesthat I run across uh that I

(05:31):
think may be important.

Sunny (05:34):
Well, Bruce, before we do that, I want to ask you about
your first comment.
You always have a reason forthat.
What did you say somethingabout it starting off in
Australia?

Bruce (05:49):
Uh sort of.
I think I asked, do you reallybelieve it is isolated in
Australia?
And that brings me to the firststory I want to talk about.
So yeah, way to lead me intoit, Sunny.

Sunny (06:06):
Well, thank you.
I didn't even know that.

Bruce (06:09):
Well, good for you.
As of yesterday in Australia,the nationwide ban took place on
social media, which bannedchildren under sixteen years of
effect or sixteen years of agewithout not being able to get on

(06:34):
social media.
Yep.
And that sounds pretty wild,but that's what they did.
I got a news article from uhfrom NBC News, and I'm gonna
play a little bit of it, so bearwith me as I try to get
everything adjusted while weplay.

Speaker 1 (07:43):
Tools that may also raise other privacy concerns.
But supporters of the measuresay the law will help protect
young people from the negativedevelopmental and mental effects
of social media.

Bruce (07:54):
And as I said, that actually took place in Australia
just recently.
Uh, it was last year when theircongressional group, I don't I
don't know what they call theirgovernment there, actually voted
on it and it's pretty prettywell unanimous.
I don't think it was totally,but there was a lot of people

(08:15):
for it, obviously, because itgot voted in.
But um if you think that isgood for youth, maybe it is,
because you know, social mediais very horrible to kids.
It put a lot it puts a lot ofpressure on them, it makes them

(08:36):
think about things that's uh notalways true, and it makes very
depressing lifestyle, but italso gives them a chance to
communicate with otheryoungsters their age from all
over the country, maybe theworld.
So there's a lot of g give ortake, but I got a little bit

(09:00):
more from this thing to play foryou.

Speaker 1 (09:07):
But some teens are pushing back.

Speaker 2 (09:09):
I think they should be removing the harmful content
instead of just keeping it thereand removing us.

Speaker 1 (09:14):
Two 15-year-olds are now challenging the law in the
country's highest court.

Speaker (09:18):
As a young Australian, we as a whole have our
constitutional right taken awayfrom us, and we will also be
invisible with this ban.

Speaker 1 (09:28):
Some critics also say the ban may push kids to join
unregulated apps that take themto darker corners of the
internet.
Elon Musk, who owns X,previously slamming the law,
saying it seems like a backdoorway to control access to the
Internet by all Australians.

Bruce (09:42):
According to the But again, the comment I made at the
beginning of the show was doyou really believe it is
isolated to Australia?
And I have to say, no, I don'tthink it is.
Uh and it'll give you a goodexample how it's already spread
or it's already been an effectfor other areas of the world,

(10:07):
and Australia is just gettingthe news right now.
But this week, I actually uhlast week I actually talked
about on the last episodeStranger Things being um in the
radio or internet radio now.

(10:28):
They have a radio stationcalled WSQX or sorry, WSQK, the
squawk, and I um found a way tolisten to it on tune in, but now
they're telling me it's notavailable here in this area.
So I went to global um and Iwas doing this on the phone.

(10:52):
I went to global on my PlayStore on the Android phone,
found it, downloaded it, andwhen I went to sign up, guess
what?
I had to be 18.
I had to prove it.
I had to either upload a copyof my driver's license or a

(11:13):
state ID.
I had to allow AI to go throughmy emails and my social media
accounts to find things thatproved I was the age I was
saying I was.
And there was a third thing, Idon't remember what it was, but

(11:35):
none of them gave me freedom.
They all wanted to control andlearn about me.
So they're using that ageverification as a manipulation,
once again, to find out who youare, what you're doing, and then

(11:55):
use that against you later.

Sunny (11:58):
Oh boy, you didn't tell me that, Bruce.
Man, did you go ahead and doit?

Bruce (12:04):
No, I didn't go ahead and do it.
Uh they don't need to know whatmy emails and stuff is,
although it's come out now thatuh Meta is gonna go ahead and do
that and opt you inautomatically.
So if you don't go on a desktopby the 16th of this month and

(12:24):
opt out, they're gonna knoweverything about you, which they
already do, but they're gonnasell that information to the
highest bidders, what's gonnahappen.
So they're automatically gonnaget to go through your email,
your social media accounts, andthey're gonna learn more about
you.
They're gonna put you in somekind of list, and probably

(12:45):
psychologically evaluate whattype of person you are, who you
like, who you don't like, whereyour political aspirations are,
and look out later on down theroad.
May not be tomorrow, may not bethe 16th of the month, but it
will be soon.
Mark my words, guys, it'scoming.

(13:08):
Anyhow, um I didn't do it, andit wasn't global that I was
trying to download that didthat.
Nope, it wasn't, because I wentto Global on my um desktop and
went straight to their web page.
I just had to put in what theday was I was born, which proved

(13:29):
how old I was, and I got on,signed up, no problem.
So it was something to do withthe PlayStation from Android.
So I don't know who's runningthat, probably Meta.
And they want my age.
They want to prove I'm thatage.
So it's starting to get reallyhairy.

(13:50):
Uh, I don't know what's gonnahappen, but it's not looking
good for the home team.

Sunny (13:57):
Oh, yeah, I know something's wrong when you start
singing to us.

Bruce (14:04):
Anyhow, is it strictly in Australia?
No.
It's here in America too.
Believe me or not, doesn'tmatter.
It's here.
And it's gonna get worse, andthey're not telling us about it,
they're not banning anybodyyet, but they're just narrowing
down what you can use and whatyou have to do to use that.

(14:28):
So yeah.
We're not free anymore, folks,and uh that'll probably be on my
um psychological profile whenthey get to it, if they haven't
already.

Sunny (14:43):
You just keep making it easier and easier for them.

Bruce (14:48):
Well, I'm not trying to do any of that.
I'm just trying to live and beleft alone, but that's not gonna
happen.
And you know it's not gonna belong.
I already talked about this,but that they're gonna come
against podcasting, becausepodcasting is one of the few
things that's open right now.
All you have to do is record,find a hosting site, and you can

(15:13):
be online.
Now, if you have certain thingslike music or political
aspirations that you know theydon't agree with, your hosting
site may kick you off.
You need to go get another one.
But you can still do yourpodcast.
There are a lot of uh mediasites like um Spotify, sometimes

(15:37):
Apple that won't carry certainthings, but you can still do it.
But I really believe China hasalready shown us that they're
gonna limit what people say onsocial media.
They're gonna have to provethat they're qualified to talk
about it even.
Not just to be, you know,leading somebody, but to talk

(15:59):
about it.
Now you think about that.
It won't be long tilleverything you say will be
recorded by satellites orphones, and if you say something
that they don't agree with,boom.
And that's what they're gonnastart with first social media,
internet, podcasting.

(16:20):
They've already YouTube'salready doing it.
It's not gonna be long, guys.
And I'm preaching to the choir,hopefully.

Sunny (16:28):
Well, you're doing something.
I don't know if you'repreaching, talking, or just on
your soapbox.

Bruce (16:36):
Yeah.
Nobody knows what that meansanymore, but yeah.
Anyhow, that's a bit of newsthat's kind of depressing.
Uh they're really rolling itout fast.
And while we're on depressingnews, I got another news
article.
I'm gonna keep these short, um,hopefully.

(16:59):
Uh, but this one is from N C NB C and the title is Homeland
Security Department buyingBoeing 737s for ice
deportations.

Sunny (17:16):
Oh boy, they're getting to fly around.

Bruce (17:20):
Well, I don't know how you feel about ice.
They may be doing a bang up jobaccording to your thoughts.
They may be breaking the lawaccording to other people's
thoughts.
I don't want to get into thatright now, but uh, I do know
that now they have bid or signeda $140 million contract to

(17:41):
purchase six Boeing 737 planesthat the agency will use for
deportations.
Yep, you've heard that right.
140 million.
That's what reports revealedyesterday.
So, what we're talking aboutnow is a group of people, and

(18:02):
I'm gonna throw my opinion inhere because that's what I do on
this show.
But uh a group of people calledICE, who does not go by any
form of the law.
There is no um training on alot of them.
They're just out there uhbehaving like masked criminals

(18:27):
more than policemen, grabbingpeople, taking them away.
A lot of times nobody knowswhere they went, why they went,
and some of them are Americancitizens, maybe a lot of them.
Um many of them are returned.
Well, I'm not sure all of themare.
Uh some believe that they aretaking away the criminal

(18:50):
elements that are not supposedto be in this country and
getting rid of them.
That's great.
But again, they're notfollowing what America stands
for, and that is um the law.
You know, we have to obey thatlaw even with a criminal.
And so far they're not showedany form or fashion of obeying

(19:14):
any kind of law.
They're just grabbing them,getting them out of here.
So now they're gonna have jets,737 jets, that they can load
these tr deportation people inand disappear with them, and

(19:35):
they won't have to answer to anypilots or anything that doesn't
belong to them.
Kind of a secret society thing,if you ask me.
Kind of reminds me of the SS umin history, and I won't go any
farther with that, but I don'tmind the fact that if they want

(19:56):
to get rid of criminals uh thatare not supposed to be in.
in this country doing so.
But they should have to realizethat they are doing that and
they should have to show theirface and say, hey, we're going
after these criminals.
And uh I'm gonna shut up now.

(20:19):
But anyhow, that's what's goingon now in our government.
The ice has gone airborne.
And with a little bit morenews, let's talk about Netflix.
Yeah, Netflix, the one thatwent together with Global and
they put together uh this radiostation that I've been listening

(20:43):
to, which I enjoy.
But they I think it was lastweek they announced that they
had made a buy or an agreementto buy Warner Brothers.
That's right.
$82.7 billion worth ofpurchase.
And what that is is they'rebuying DC Studios and HBO Max

(21:07):
and some stock deals.
So the transaction is expectedto close next year.
But wait, the story's not overare you ready for the new part?
We have uh Paramount involvedin it and let's let's hear what
they've got to say.
You want to?
Well we won't hear I'll read itI found this on 1440's website

(21:32):
or not website email and it's aParamount's power play is what
they titled it and Paramount SkyDance that's the company's name
yesterday presented WarnerBrothers Discovery shareholders
with a hundred eight point fourbillion offer for the entire

(21:56):
company including its productionstudios HBO Max streaming
platform and cable network suchas CNN that sounds like a fight
over the other or by the othercompany or the for the other

(22:17):
company what the heck yeah yougot that right that is a fight
it is a Warner Brothers um is inwanting to be purchased and we
got two companies fighting overthem and basically this is a
hostile takeover and it bypassesWarner Brothers board which is

(22:42):
decided last week to sellWarner's studio and streaming
arms to Netflix for 82.7 billionso Paramount offered 108 quite
a bit more so we're gonna seewhat happens but uh this is
going to be interestingParamount whose bid offers

(23:04):
shareholders 2.25 more per shareaccuses Warner Brothers of
fairly unfairly favoring Netflixin a week's long bidding
process.
So yeah they they've got somelawyers that raise that concern
we'll see what happens but wantto hear the weird part

(23:28):
everything you talk about'sweird but if you got more weird
let us have it Bruce All rightsonny I will let you have it
apparently Paramount's bid hasfinancial backing from an
investment firm guess who it'srun by President Donald Trump's

(23:50):
son in law Jared Kushner SaudiArabia Quartar and Abu Donaby's
or I don't know if I pronouncedeither one of those names right
sovereign wealth firms and LarryEllison the co-founder of
Oracle and father of ParamountCEO so there you go big money

(24:16):
there now there's big money inNetflix too don't get me wrong I
just thought that that groupwas interesting so there you go
some weird facts about thattakeover if it happens yeah
we're gonna have to wait see howthat rings out in the corner
yeah it's gonna be aninteresting uh run we'll see

(24:38):
what happens but there you goguys you heard it here on
Bruce's weirdo news ha ha ha haoh you got that right yeah and
for our last story of the daywe're going to talk a little bit
about a 14 year old that wins aprice for origami that can hold

(25:04):
10,000 times its own weight manthat's a pretty heavy story oh
I see what you done oh I did agood one didn't I well I don't
know about that but it was kindof catchy but yeah this 14 year
old named Woo actually startedum or started actually for like

(25:32):
six months no six years he'sbeen folding origami as a hobby
and then recently he's beendesigning his own origami so
he's come up with this projectand he started putting weights
on it to see how much it wouldhold and it won him a $25,000

(25:57):
prize yeah $25,000 prize and itwas won from the Thermal Fisher
Scientific Junior InnovatorsChallenge back in October Wow
that's a name I didn't wasn'tsure I'd get it all out.

Sunny (26:17):
Well you did and he did and it's a great story and it's
good to see a little bit of hopeand positive in this day and
age.

Bruce (26:29):
Yep he hopes that this pri this prize hello he hopes
that this will be something thatwill help for emergencies.
He's hoping that this fold thathe's designed will help him or
help people to build structuresthat are deployable that can

(26:53):
improve m emergency situations.
So this was found in thescientific sciencealert com.
If you want to read about it goback and look it up
sciencealert com 14 year oldwins prize and uh check it out

(27:14):
it's a pretty good story.
I hear you it looks pretty cooluh you ought to send that
pictured um on your chapterthing I will I will put that
picture of young Wu on thechapter thing so if you got a
podcast 2.0 player that doeschapters you'll be able to see

(27:36):
it.
Yay Alright that's good Sunnywhat'd you think about that big
boom we had yesterday Oh manthat was wild the cats even sat
up and looked yeah it was wildwe heard this big boom guys and

(28:00):
we all looked around I lookedout the windows went to the
living room looked out thewindow didn't see anything and I
just kind of forgot about itlater on and I should have gone
out the back door and lookedbecause there was a great big
limb down in the backyard fromone of our trees from the wind
storm that we had the other daywhat when was that yesterday day

(28:23):
before I don't remember now butyeah we it they were predicting
to get up to f 40 mile an hourwinds now I don't know how
strong they actually got but itbrought that tree limb down.
Yeah it was wild man I heardthat and I freaked out I thought
the big bomb had gone off yeahit was wild but anyway nobody

(28:48):
was hurt no damage was done thelimb thank god fell exactly
where it needed to not to do anydamage so the Lord Father had
took care of us all right folksum we're calling we're probably

(29:09):
gonna shut her down uh weappreciate you being here this
episode and hope you come backhey real quick Bruce before we
leave what is the weather likeright now in Phoenix Arizona oh
yeah I didn't mention that uhlast few times I was did the

(29:31):
episode but it's 79 degreesthere and it's sunny winds are
light and variable so it's a lotnicer than it is here.
Today it's been kind of coolnot real bad but it's kind of
cool and the winds kind of laiddown yesterday was it was rough

(29:52):
baby it was rough yeah I thinkthe weather's or the temperature
is 36 degrees right now andit's been that way yesterday it
got up to 45 and then droppeddown pretty quick yesterday
afternoon.
So that's what the weather'sbeen like here and it's supposed
to get cold this weekend umsupposed to come from the north

(30:16):
and just go all the way down toTexas so really cold weather
heading our way again and it'snot even winter yet oh you got
that right I think 21st isn'tthat when the winter starts it's
already winter if you go by theweather but anyhow hope you

(30:37):
guys had a good uh day I hopeyou have a good week next week
we're gonna try to cover some ofthe earthquakes that's been
happening kind of give a summaryreport and that'll be the last
one no I don't know we'll haveto wait and see uh however I've
got some other plans I'm gonnatry to announce next week on

(31:00):
let's leave it to Capella togive the value for value talk
and then we'll say good eveningSunny how's that sound I will go
with you and I will lookforward to the next episode.

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Bruce (31:55):
Thank you folks for being here with us and I hope you
enjoyed the episode and I hopeyou come back next time yes we
really do hope you come backtell a friend we'd like it if
you will share us with somebodyall right see you guys later
this is the ugly quack and duckand I'm Bruce and I'm Sunny 73

(32:20):
everybody may the father's lovego with you.
Bye for now bye

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