Penny...Penny...Penny

Earnest ‘EJ’ Christian discusses the new NBA All-Star format, another Stephen A. Smith feud, a Chris ‘Mad Dog’ Russo crash out, Epstein files update, Adin Ross vs. Kendrick Lamar, the end of pennies, and why he’s excited for Jameis Winston starting for the Giants this weekend .

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Speaker 1 (01:07):
Perfect podcast recording this on Thursday, November thirteenth, twenty twenty five,
just around one o'clock PM for the Friday show How
you Guys Doing. We have a lot to talk about
today on the show, as we get to the end
our great week here on the podcast, as I bring

(01:28):
up my screen here, I'm sorry, what's going on? Here.
Something's delaying a little. I don't understand that. I don't
know a lot to get to today on the show,
another Stevien a Smith feud, another one dude, let do
is fun everybody now apparently, and he's cutting back a
lot of folks.

Speaker 2 (01:43):
Uh.

Speaker 1 (01:44):
We have another Chris Matt dog Russo crash Out, a
Epstein Files update. Some interesting stuff that's come out as
of late mt as some thoughts about that. Aidan Ross,
a very famous streamer, has a lot of comments about
comes to Lamar and his music the end of one
cent pennies. Yes, that is the thing, and of course

(02:04):
I want to give my thoughts. Also on Jameis Winston,
who is starting for the New York Giants this weekend,
as Jackson Dart is still on concussion protocol. But we
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as well. The first one touching here first, if you
got to see a new NBA All Star game format,
they are then once again tweaked it for this year.
They are doing a shift now to a US versus

(02:48):
the World theme in a three team round robin tournament.
Three teams of course went for All Stars will divide.
The three teams gonna be two US teams comprised of
American worn players, one World team comprised of Internet players.
The total pool will include a minimum of sixteen US
players and eight World players. The three teams will compete
in a tournament featuring a total of four twelve minute games.

(03:11):
Each of the first three games will be tweve minutes
long played in a round robin style. You know, Team eight,
Team B versus Winner plays Team T Losion Teams Team TC.
The top two teams based on the record reporting differential
as the time breaker, were advanced to the finals game
to a finals game rather. While twenty four players will
still be selected from the trade this whole method, there

(03:32):
is one major change. Voting players will be selected regardless
of position, meaning the starting five will simply be the
top five vote getters in each conference. This format changes
the effort to increase competition and showcase the league's immen's
international talent pool. Now look, I would rather the regular
East West thing and players take the shit seriously, but

(03:56):
here's the reality the situation. They're not gonna do that, okay,
these players and to use this Alstra games this a
way for branding and have a good time and shoot
half court shots. The years of us enjoying the NBA
All Star Game as what it was and yesteryear is gone.
We have to accept that. I will say I have
a lot of Christmas Adams Silver threty years. But I'll
give this guy this much. He is trying new things.

(04:20):
He has tried every which way to tweet this alfer
a game. Here's the deal. I watched the NBA All
Star Game in a number of years. I think the
last time I watched amy ash game and finish was
probably twenty twelve, twenty thirteen. Okay, And because in a
lot of it's to cous fact that why I love
the NBA. They are you know they are, They don't

(04:41):
These players won't take it seriously. You know what I mean?
And I mean this is this is this is a
weird generation. You know where I come from a generation
with players that took these things seriously because they cared
about the paying customer. These players not so much. The
same thing with the bullshit with the low the little
managing things. Same thing. The low managing thing has been
an issue here, and once again you see that issue
play out this last line and watching the Heat game

(05:03):
and they're playing the Caves again on the back to back,
but they the second game against Byami in three nights
and they're resting, benching all their starters or some of
the stars because they are resting. What in the fuck
are you resting for? What are you resting for the
season just started? Okay? And then you wonder why ratings

(05:24):
are low, and you wonder why people pick and prod
at the NBA because these players don't take this seriously. Okay,
and the fans know it. The fans know it and
responding and such. Okay. Why would I take my wife
and my kids suspend minimum five hundred dollars to go
to the game, Okay, And I know I'm gonna little
game to see you know. Let's say I go to

(05:46):
a Cavs game and I'm a heath man, yes, but
I want to also want to see, you know, dad,
the Dominan Mitchell play and I want to see, you
know what, we play and they don't play because not
because it hurt, but because they're resting. What in the
hell are you resting for this point in the year. Okay,
you're a tending games to the year. There's nothing to rest.

(06:07):
Get your ask and play on the court. And again,
I hate this crap because I am someone for years
that is defending the NBA, you know, through the years
with with you know, player empowerments and all this stuff,
and they're always on the right side of put the
most part on political issues. But my god, play basketball.
You get paid a lot of money to play basketball. Okay,

(06:29):
that's your job to play basketball. Okay, you get paid
millions upon million dollars that we have to invest to
also too. Now look, I'll say this much, we invested
in too. We have a choice to pull back and
people are just start to respond now. So I guarantee
you the next CBA at this point, there'll be some
major changes that CBA because fans are getting pissed off
of this scrap all start game. I'll give you this much.

(06:51):
They're trying new things here, they're trying things here. Will
this get players to want to be competitive, maybe because
you know, the international is the world thing, because I
don't think these US players want to be embarrassed by
players from the international side. Here's the reality we should
know right now. There's an argument that the five best

(07:12):
players in the NBA right now currently are all internationally
international born. We're talking about Luca no order, Luca Jokic, Sga. Yes,
Sga is from Canada, not American Canada. Wemby is in
the top ten top five down for me, okay, and
then the other guy I would consider who I'm missing,
Giannis for Greece. So there's an argument right now that

(07:35):
the top four, top five guys in the NBA right
now are all internationally born. So after the fact that
a lot of the American players now who are considered
top ten players dayson, Tatum's out, Halliburton's out for the year.
So there's a real case that the international players may
actually win this year. Just saying it's a very good

(07:57):
case for that. They said they felt the roster obviously,
but it's real strong case for that. So yeah, so
I I I actually love this idea because it's something new.
Try it out first. Now, if I'm the NBA. What
I what I will get rid of right now is
please get rid of the NC tournament. Not because it's bad,

(08:18):
it just it doesn't do anything like I understand why
they're doing it, but to me, just do anything like
does this the year? No, does not. But at the
same time it is this there, Just play your fucking
a two games and call it a day. Okay, just
call a day. That's simple, all right, all right? Steve A.
Smith once again in another few now, this time I
use these feeling with two women now, Michelle Beatle of

(08:41):
course formerly ESPN and Carrie Champion also uh uh from
an ESPN hist Let's start the Beatle first. Okay, this
few would would uh Beetle Ignite reunited. When Michelle Beadle
publicly criticized Steven spiss commercial partnership with a mobile gaming
app will Just Call Stalt Cash, suggest that he was
demonstrating a lack of principles and praying for his downfall. Now,

(09:04):
Beal's this day for Smith is long standing, dating back
to twenty fourteen, where she strongly objected this to his
controversial on Your commentary regarding domestic violence. Following the Ray
Rice instant way back when. More recently, Beatles Serious Xden
time slot was taken over by Smith's news show Wow,
adding to the professional tension. Now she has responded she's

(09:25):
shortly beatetle, claiming he barely knew her, had no personal
professional relationship with her, and called her unimportant and a
waste of his space. He also questioned her current career standing.
There's some obviously some bad blood here. I'll be honest you,
I think there's a lot of jealousy here on Beatles part.
I'm not taking the side here. I'm not saying who's

(09:46):
wrong here. But Steve Day has never called her out ever,
okay ever in the ten years, and they'll call her out.
It's been a one sided feud until now. Until now,
Michelle Biel has been the one being critical of Stephen
Ae Smith for ten years. Steven Smith finally clapped back
at her. You know, I don't having any signs of
this situation. I know how to feel about the situation.

(10:08):
This is another feud that he's involved in. Its people
are this feeling some comedy byu? Steve Ae Smith, now
Carrion Champion waiting on the feud. Now, She's also a
former first co host on the first Take with Steve
NYE Smith, she entered a feud with an Instagram video
backing beatles claims and supporting her perspective. Now Champion questioned
why Steven Smith Stey Smith did not have the same

(10:29):
smoke for Beatle as she had felt he had shown
toward her and other women, representing the twenty fourteen ray
rights issue where Smith was suspended for his comments while
with Champion had also dressed on air at the time.
Now Steve Nay Smith espressed for shock and felt personally
betrayed by Champion, claiming that she had he had shown
her nothing but love and that she was hired by

(10:50):
at the first Take in large part because of me,
as he said. He accused her of being ashamed of
herself for comments, turning turning a personal critique of him
into a public still clash. Okay, now the Champion thing. Also,
there are something be said about Steve A. Smith, you know,
for example, and this is almaus about racial things now
where my bad, My bad? Where Stevie Nay has been

(11:16):
very critical of very well known black females like Javmin
Crockett from Ones Now, Carrie Champion, Jamel Hill, but when
Michelle Beadle is here criticizing you, you have no smoke whatsoever.
She has a great point there. Okay, I don't know
it's on purpose or not. My thing is, if you're

(11:38):
carry champion and you had to this really bother you,
I would prefer you done this behind the scenes. You know,
if you have Stevie Smith's ear, I guess. I don't
know if you have his number or whatever. This has
been been better handled behind the scenes in my opinion. Okay,
you feel some kind of way, I get it, all right,
but you know this is something I wish scenes. But
you know, let's good of content. I get it. Here's

(12:00):
the deal with here with STEVENE. Smith, he's been getting
even more in the last year. Since since the election
last year, he's getting even more and more criticism from
people because there's some of his political commentary. He's getting
more into politics these days. He has no political political
show call Straight Shooter. I mean's on Used Nation now
with Chris Cuomo and and uh and and Bill O'Reilly.

(12:20):
So there's a lot of that coming out now. People
are just really sick of Steenie Smith because he's a
centrist and this is that but he seems to lean
more to the right now. He's catering more to the right,
which I see that some degree. Look, it is his
his political use, his political views, and he's had a
right to vote we want to vote war, which for
a record, he did Kamala Harris for the record. I
don't think he's know this, but he did with Kamo Harris.
But he's been critical of the of the left more.

(12:41):
It's funny Stevine Nay gets the same critique that people
give me in my little space, which I which I
understand the perspective of that. But it's okay to have
wider views on issues. Okay, maybe Steven Day isn't as
critical about right and whatnot because the right will quote

(13:03):
unquote cancel him. I don't know I could relate to
that some degree, okay, But yes, he has catered more
to the right in some ways, even though I believe
he's not a right wing guy. Okay, but he has
study's independent. He believes that he's a strong physical conservative
but a social liberal. I'm kind of in that same
cancling degree. Although I'll tell you right now, I've definitely

(13:23):
in my personal life have moved moved more and more
left would call that quote unquote left. I hate you
know what, bro I hate labels. I think labels suck. Okay, labels,
this is stupid. Okay, I hate labels. But that's where
a lot of the christis who STEVEE. Smith comes from,
is the fact that he has been more critical. He's
not he's not consistent. But his thing. There's a lot

(13:46):
jealousy too. Also because Steve Smith, Steveney Smith in that space,
makes more money than anybody else. He gets all the
eyeballs people understand. People are like, how the STAVESMI get
all this this money. He's deserves money, isn't that. Here's
the thing. He's always in the news for stuff not
even related to his job. Okay, he gets all the attention.
You watch all the ESPN videos on on first take,

(14:09):
some of his videos on his own website a page. Rather,
he still gets a lot of attention. That's why. Okay,
the market still says that STEVENE Smith is still big
time in this in this medium. So until his numbers
of the plumbt he will continue in paid. So his deal.
If you can't standing stan Stenie Smith, stop watching him,

(14:31):
stop watching videos that have him in it. Okay. Is
this that simple? Okay? But you guys get see the
feed and the beasts. Still that beats keeps getting fed,
he gets getting paid. Bomb line. All right, we have
a speaking of a sports media, we have a Chris
Russo crash out. So last week Chris Russo was on
his radio show and he was talking about the government shutdown,
which just ended history. For the record, he had a

(14:53):
lot of words to say about the government shutdown, and
he's just pissed both sides of the aisle to check
this out.

Speaker 5 (15:00):
All the should be ashamed.

Speaker 2 (15:02):
Every single elected official on both sides of the aisle
should look themselves in the mirror. How they let down
the American public and made us a laughing stock around
the world around. This is not about winners and losers,
who is right and who is wrong. This is about
doing something good for the American people and say, you
know what, all right, they're wrong, but I gotta step

(15:23):
up here and make sure that the air traffic controllers
on there with aircraft in towers, not saying, well, you
know your turned, LaGuardia, you're turned Kennedy, New York.

Speaker 5 (15:35):
It's been forty minutes.

Speaker 2 (15:37):
Send a plane out that's been sitting there for fifteen hours.

Speaker 5 (15:40):
That's not the way this works. If you're the president
of United States.

Speaker 2 (15:43):
Or you're a Republican who controls everything, you do what's
right for.

Speaker 5 (15:46):
The American person. And they didn't do that simple.

Speaker 2 (15:50):
And the Democrats you're dead wrong too, that both of you.
You don't go to hell, every single one of you,
every elected official should be embarrassed what they caused.

Speaker 5 (16:00):
Embarrassed. And I had this on good authority from people
who are in these airports the last three or four days.

Speaker 2 (16:06):
Clean my kid in the last three or four days.
I mean, it's ridiculous what they put us through.

Speaker 1 (16:14):
It really is ridiculous what put us through. It really,
it really is. But this is politics, one on one
today in America. You know, we are so polarized politically,
probably ever I a still argue that the sixties so
so worse. But we are pretty bad now, man, we
are pretty pretty bad. Here's the rest of his rant.

Speaker 2 (16:32):
Did they shut the day? I man, who knows how
dangerous it was to fly with nobody in the freaking talents?
I mean, my god almighty, And I got the president
sitting there with freaking Vilma breaking down the two thousand
and Saints. I mean, it can't make this stuff up.

Speaker 1 (16:48):
He's he's referring to Donald Trump on the telecast. He
remember he was in watching DC on Sunday at the
Commander's almost at Redskins, Oh my god, Commander's Lions game,
because the would was he was swearing in new recruits
for the military. Of course he got booted the hell
being there doing the the the confirmation on all that.

(17:10):
But he also went on Fox, uh you know Fox
in the game obviously, and he went on the telecast
after in the booth with with Kenny Albert and I
think Jonathan Wilma. He mentioned on the on the on
the game and ba wait when on pack Donald Trump's
a watch football. You know, I know He's not a
real fan football. He really bullshit his way down an interview.

(17:31):
He really like he didn't know what he's talking about.
He's a son of bullshes wait the interview. But yeah,
it was very uncomfortable a lot of people. But you know,
he president State, see what he wants.

Speaker 2 (17:41):
And Jets bumping Filma when America when they got a
seventy five year old who has been sitting in Miami
International for three days can't.

Speaker 5 (17:50):
He's got you got hearing age.

Speaker 2 (17:51):
You can't hear the announcements of what is jet jet
blue flight takes off the Bozeman. I mean, you really
gotta be and I got these.

Speaker 5 (17:59):
Farm my god, it's sickening. Yeah, you can't even I
can't stand it. I guys should move the hell I
should be well.

Speaker 1 (18:05):
Who the one who?

Speaker 5 (18:07):
Susan Lucci? Who moved?

Speaker 1 (18:08):
No, Susan Lucci. Susan Lucis is a very famous white
called to Michael Jordan of Soap Stars who didn't want
to m me into like what thirty years into her career.
For the record, Susan Lucci, Come.

Speaker 5 (18:21):
On, mad Dog, then Gloria moved. I should do the
same thing. I do the show from Madrid. You can
hear me every day live. I'll do it live. It's
six nine o'clock at night.

Speaker 2 (18:31):
Jesus God, eleven in front of the hour returning.

Speaker 1 (18:36):
Mad Dog is great. I love Mad Dog man. I mean, oh,
here's the thing, my mad Dog there. You know he's
playing both sides honestly, but you know what, he's kind
of right though too. At the same time, we could
sit in point blame. Who was to blame? Put the shutdown.
Both sides have I blame here. I have opinions, but
who's more for it? But I don't even get into
that as the matter shutout is over finally fight it's
a normal hopefully now by then. But now leaves me

(18:59):
to uh the next thing here regarding the the the shutdown,
because now we're getting some some updates now on the
Epstein the Jeffrey Epstein files here, So now the most
recently update regarding the files. There's some takeaways so far
up real quick. So, there was a release of new

(19:22):
emails and documents from Jeffrey Epstein's Epstein's The State by
the US House Oversight Committee, which took place two days ago.
Herod key takeaways from this release so far. Democrats on
the House Oversight Committee released a set of newly obtained
emails from the Epstein estate. There's also Alegast Donald Trump.
The emails include correspondence in which Epstein allegedly suggests that

(19:46):
Donald Trump President Donald Trump was aware of his conduct
regarding the victims, claiming Trump quote knew about the girls
unquote and had spent hours with one of the victims
of Epstein's home. Now the White House responded by saying
that the noted claims calling this release a selective leak
by Democrats to create a fake narrative. The state has

(20:07):
turned over more than twenty three thousand documents to the
committee for review, and the full oversight Committee has released
a larger batch of over twenty thousand pages from the estate.
The release intensified pressure from the for the full and
complete disclosure of all Epstein files, with a discharged petition
in the House Representatives securing its final signature, which is
expected to force a vote on the matter soon. Separately,

(20:30):
documents and new Sports related Epstein's ties to Prince Andrew
led to King Charles forming stripping Andrew of his remaining
royal titles in the past few weeks. This ongoing release
of the records key case in a national publical spotlight
and continues to push for full transparency. Now here's a
folk his thing. Folks, we don't know if Donald Trump

(20:51):
anything wrong. We still know him. Being on the files
does not mean shit. Okay, you'd be on the files,
it doesn't matter. The question is that did Donald Trump
engage in any bad behavior around Jeffrey Epstein got We
don't know, and we can't use these little political games
as oh gotcha, because we kind of did that with

(21:15):
the Russia, with Russia Gate, and look what happened there. Okay,
So look, I don't like Donald Trump. I'm not defend
Donald Trump here, Okay, but let the facts come out first.
Don't jump out these things. Let the things play out
and for the more they'd be real about this. Also,
I don't trust get the full the full files anyway.
Here's why because even if they decide to release the files,

(21:37):
you know, damn well, they're gonna redact the fuck out
of those files. Come on, now, if you trust the
files are gonna be on the up and up, you're
out of your damn mind. Okay. Do I have some
thoughts on Trump maybe being involved with Epstein. There's a
possibility in that. But until I but I deal in fact.
I deal in in in facts. I deal in reality.

(21:59):
I don't deal. Does hearsay I think he maabed it? No,
it's I think it's either you know, he engaged bad
behavior or he did not. If he can't prove that,
then you gotta stop. Okay, And look, this's a backfire,
you know, because if Democrats didn't in deleague. This. If
that is the case and it can't even prove it,

(22:22):
we got a problem again. Remember Russia Gate. Remember that?
All right? So and furthermore, why did we care anymore
this at this point? But Epstein files like, yes, it
should come out and it should be full transparency. I
totally agree with you on that. Here's the thing, though,

(22:42):
if you think we're gonna get at this, we're gonna
get full transparency. As I said a little while ago,
you have no thing coming, you know. So by what
I will say about Donald Trump though, is that if
he once got out of this thing because of his thing.
So last night they sign he signs the bill to
reopen a government. Someone in the media asked him about
uh uh, you know, the files, and he immediately immediately

(23:04):
dismisses the entire media. The problem with that is now
now you look a little suspect by doing that, so
and people you lost support also from people that voted
for you last year in a large largely because of
this situation. You're not being transparent after you said you
would be transparent. So you have to figure that out.

(23:26):
Donald Trump, you know so, But we'll see if it's
more to come out. But until we get a spoken
gun Democrats. People on the laugh, calm down, all right,
all right. Aiden Ross, famous streamer, had some very strong
comments about Trent Lamar.

Speaker 6 (23:46):
Uh.

Speaker 1 (23:46):
He's he's obviously a very close friend of a local
sport or Drake, but it's been a central context for
all this public comments on Colonel Lamar. He's repeatedly take
a strong stance against Clensel Lamourer, especially during and after
the Drake versus k Lamore rap beef. Uh. Basically, he
says that Krendel Marris's music is ass Ross has repeatedly
stated that Crendl Marri's music is catalog a horrible and

(24:08):
basically fucking asked, claiming that he is not a good artist.
He'sally claimed that nobody listened to mister Morale or g
n X. He also claims that Ross claimed that in
recent beef that Drake is the only thing that brought
renew attention to Lamar, suggesting Drake Saidie's miraculous career. He
excasically argued that Drake is the spirit artist, citing Drake's
longevity and willingness to collaborate and feature other rappers. Ross

(24:32):
claims Lamar does nothing for rap and does nothing for
any other rappers. Ross is made controversial and ostentiated allegations
against Lamar was led to a fiery conversation on a
live stream with the music executives Whack a hundred, who
defended Lamar and challenged Ross to back up his claims.
Due to his loyalty to Drake, Ross has publicly banned
Kerend Lamarr's music from being played on his streams and

(24:53):
at his events, such as his recent Brand Risk boxing event.
Ross famously called Lebron James a piece of shit human
after James has seen dancing with Lamar's dress. This track
not like Us due to james long standing friendship with
Drake first off and and Ross. The reason I don't
even know who he is is because I he was.

(25:15):
He had Donald Trump on this on the stream or
podcast last year, so I can get three fucks about
the dandy in Ross personally. So he sounds like a
tool number two. You don't know hip hop number one
because Kelnam Mark's been around for a while. Kennla Moore
has been in our conscious now for at least twelve years.
More than that Ashley Okay, I've known more since two

(25:36):
thousand and nine and ten. So consider and say that
Drake saved him. Look, I've always defended the fact that
Drake is bigger, and Drake was has been the biggest
up to like, probably a year ago, was the biggest
hip hop star in the genre. I've always defended that
clap crap, that claim rather, but the reality to also
is that Kar's Lamore was still pretty big himself. So

(26:01):
just because you eating Ross don't like his music doesn't
mean it's not good. This means you have bad taste. Okay,
Does Drakes have a couple of good songs? Yeah, I'm
out of fans drag, but I understand the impact. Okay,
but consider than saying that his music is asked. That's
the that's the personal opinion. Okay, that's all. That's personal opinion.
You may have ship, you may have ship taste. In fact,

(26:24):
based on what I'm hearing about you, you do have
shit taste. Okay. And then, yeah, Drake's your boy, So
I get it, you're gonna defend the guy. I get it,
But did you make you make accusations that you can't
even like, you know, substantiate. On top of that, it
makes your soft ass, so you know, you're you're you're
just you're you're, you're you're pathetic. I'm sorry, And that's

(26:48):
that's about Drake and more about you. You know, so
just saying, uh In Ross, I don't know who you are.
And apparently now he was all the Trump trained until
like a month ago. Now he's like all the Trump train.
Now he's pathetic. Know So, by the way, we are
now at the end of pennies that the phrase and
pennies refers to the US government ceasing production of the

(27:09):
one cent coin, which is intivated by the fact that
it costs it to be more to manufacturer that's worth.
But production has now officially ended as of Wednesday this week.
The US mint and a production on a circulating penny
on Wednesday. The reason why is economic. It was costing
the US government almost four cents to produce a single
one cent coin, resulting in millions of dollars in losses annually.

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Existing pennies remain legal tender and can still be used
in transactions. They are not being recalled or instantly removed
from circulation. As new pennies no longer antra circulation, the
coins are gradually become less common. It is expected that
businesses will begin rounding cast transactions to the nearest five
cents the nearest nickel rather through electronic and car payments
will still be for the exact amount. This move follows

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other countries like Canada, Australia and New Zealand, which has
already paised out their newest the lowest denomination coins. This
is a crazy story, man, actually, and I wonder, like, well,
we see changes with physical money in the pricing. So

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for example, if something is like two ninety nine, for example,
will let's stay two ninety nine, Well, they just run
up three dollars. It's a good question, right, But you know,
is it something that I had no idea that the
production of pennies was actually that money that much, Which
surprises to me that they didn't do anything sooner. This

(28:36):
is this is actually saving money to the government. So
I'm surprised this didn't happen sooner, because let's be real here,
we've been going. Most people don't carry cash anymore. I
don't care a lot of cash like I used to,
which I probably should, but don't carries change anymore. For
the record, no one's carrying pennies anymore. For the record, surprise,

(28:59):
this moment wasn't on earlier. It really does shock me
that with that, I'm really curious in ten years how
currency is going to be in this country. I'm really
I'm really curious. I'm really curious see how currency will
be in this country. I mean, I mean I said
we're not We're not doing anything that's that's New candas
doing it, If Phil is doing it, New Zealand, we
face it out. So I'm really curious how that would

(29:20):
be in the years to come, how all look in
the years to come, and how prices on the goods will,
if it will change it all, you know, really curious
about that. All Right, before we get out of here,
I want to uh play up clubs here intribute to
our stortal craft in your giants this week. James Winston
will be starting this week against the Great Packers due

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to Jackson Dart's injury or well concussion protocol. Rather James
Winston love the kid? What this again? I spoken us
on the podcast ready to pass about his turnaround? What
a what a turnaround in perception we've seen here. So
James doesn't go announced He's the started this week at

(30:01):
Green Bay. Here's his pressure from this early in the
week after the outfit.

Speaker 6 (30:07):
I'm fans to know that I'm gonna do my best.
You know, obviously I'm gonna have fun, but I'm gonna execute, uh,
have a surgical execution. Uh and just and just play ball, man, Like.
This is something I've been doing since I've been four
years old. Now I just get to do it in
the greatest city in the world. I'm gonna be saying,
what my son, It's the greatest city in the world. Yeah,

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that's that's a Hamilton reference. If y'all don't know.

Speaker 1 (30:31):
Teen years for younion Reverence Hambleton, which I love Hamilton.
For the record, my wife and I a big fans
of Hamilton. We actually saw the we we obviously saw
the original, but we also saw the attend niversary at
the theaters which were left early. Long story of that one again,
Jamis is He's an American treasure. So I decided to

(30:51):
uh as a result, UH put together. Well. I got
this clip from the NFL dot Com. Here's the entire
compilation of with its title. Jamis Winston core checked us
out this. You can nicknack this that Paddy wack. Give
a dog a bone, man. I just rhyand.

Speaker 6 (31:09):
You know one thing, my trainer he told me, he said,
what did you say?

Speaker 1 (31:14):
He just told us to be prepared.

Speaker 6 (31:16):
The horse was prepared for battle, but victory comes from
the Lord.

Speaker 1 (31:20):
Our body is so symmetrical.

Speaker 6 (31:21):
You got you got your wrists. You know what I mean?
This wrist on the bottom of your ankles.

Speaker 1 (31:25):
You know you got your shoulders up top?

Speaker 6 (31:27):
What is your shoulders? Your hips?

Speaker 1 (31:28):
You know what I'm saying.

Speaker 6 (31:29):
You got your elbows or the elbows your knees. Right.

Speaker 1 (31:33):
I just got off Amazon and the parking order a
dove off Amazon is gonna get him to my house
about nine o'clock tonight.

Speaker 6 (31:41):
My passion was always football, being taken away from the game.
I didn't realize that my passion was playing football.

Speaker 1 (31:52):
Uh, that's that's a cop that's even one. Five weeks
and then a date with Indianapolis. That's a big one.

Speaker 5 (32:03):
The Colts after they got that two point conversion.

Speaker 1 (32:05):
Laid at New England to win by one. There they
really His thing to wals House help us about the
game against Chicago on Sunday was that when they run
Russell Wilson after Dart's concussion, Russell Wilson looked lost and
you know, you guys know I am a massive Russell

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Wilson fan. But he looked so lost out there, like
he didn't want to make a mistake at all. And
I remember saying after the first row, like just bringing Jamis.
You know what, he might throw a pick, he might not,
but guess what, he has no fear of throwing the
ball down the field. He has no fear. And I'd
rather have a guy that's willing to play and this

(32:47):
do the thing, and if he makes mistakes, will be it.
I live with that with Russell Wilson. In that game
on Sunday, the Giants were playing not to lose, Jameis
Winston at he's gonna give me a chance to hold
that lead and stressed the field, okay, And I mean honestly,
I mean that that could be another reason why Brian

(33:08):
Dave got fired. Honestly, Badest is a bad station, you know,
from not firing Shamee Bowen weeks ago to you know
one is being our pos with Dart and you know
now this situation, I don't know Jamis. I really hope
Jamis is here for long haul. I hope they sign
him again as a backup as official backup. He's a

(33:28):
great locker room kid. I love seeing the turnaround here
of his of his life here he's been I remember
this guy was so maligned. I don't look. I'm a
flor State fan, so I you know, my last time,
last thing went the Nation title. He was our quarterback.
So I do have some so loyalty to James some
degree because of of my college football uh preference. But

(33:51):
to see the turnaround, you know, he's a longer being
talking about like you know, talk about crab legs anymore
and about him stealing and him being some malcontent. He
will if you will. He's a very good kid. He's
grown up. He's like, he's a nice family. He's It's
funny thing. But one thing about James wins you know,
is that you never hear anything bad about him from

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any from any teammates, old or new, old or current.
You never had any bad thing. You don't want say
anything about James Winson. He's a he's a great kid,
a great teammate, great leader. Every time, even Drew Brees,
even Drew Brees said that, Okay, so I'm happy having
for the kid. I hope it as well. Look does
this go anywhere the guys went on Sunday when sriving

(34:34):
because James Winson can could easily do for four touchdowns
but also have four interceptions. That's that that that is
what we call the Jameis Winston experience. But I'm willing
to write you know too and eight right now with
Dart out and I'm willing to uh to experience that
right now, you know under Mike Kafka as interim head
coach of the team. So looking for a watch that

(34:55):
game on Sunday, though I think Rebas still win the game.
So anyway, that's it for me on this Friday pop
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will talk to you guys soon. God bless y'all. Enjoy
the rest of your weekend and until then,