Glenn Beck and Stu discuss how important it is to bring your medication with you on your next trip, whether or not you should have it with you, and why you should always bring it. Plus, Mark Zuckerberg announces that other restrictions on speech on social media will be lifted across all platforms on Tuesday morning.
00:00:38.480No, I wanted to use it on vacation, and I didn't have it with me on vacation because I'm an idiot.
00:00:44.060My son actually had to—he was sick, and it was late at night, and we were in an area where there wasn't, like, a lot of 24-hour pharmacies or anything.
00:00:52.440And we had to wind up driving over an hour to get him the medicine that he needed.
00:00:57.340If I just had my Jace case with me, that would have made things a little bit easier.
00:01:01.760I will say that we always talk about Jace as a preparation thing, which is, you know, probably the main thing that you want to think about when you think about preparing yourself for medication, if there's a shortage or if there's a supply chain disruption.
00:01:12.340But also, travel is a great way to think about it, especially if you're going overseas to, you know, one of these, you know, centralized healthcare systems you don't want anything to do with.
00:35:26.760He was the guy that CNN said was charging people and really almost just gouging them for a way out of Afghanistan
00:35:39.220Remember when that happened and CNN was on this big kick that people are gouging in fact one American is gouging people and just leaving you behind if you can't pay exorbitant fees to get out of the country
00:35:54.320Well that wasn't true about this guy and he sued and he sued in Florida now yesterday they had to pick the jury and I love this jury juror number one said no I can't be impartial
00:36:09.900I don't like the media especially CNN so he later doubled down for his dislike on the media saying CNN is just fake it's fake news they create fake news
00:36:24.320So they dismissed him juror number four said I intentionally avoid CNN CNN is just as bad as every other media outlet but like I avoid CNN like the plague juror number 23
00:36:41.120Said that he was unable to be impartial because he believes media outlets think they can say whatever they want and pretend to be the victim when they're called on it
00:36:50.060He added almost everything I see on CNN I see it a different way juror number 27 said they had seen Jake Tapper's show but it's not appointment TV for me
00:37:03.040Jurors were also asked does anyone think the United States handled the withdrawal from Afghanistan well
00:37:37.100So they're learning they're learning their lesson you know especially it's like if you're in Florida or Texas you're doomed
00:37:45.180You're doomed it's it's not that it's not that the judge is going to be you know like they are in DC and just bend all the rules and everything else
00:37:54.960But the jury selection is going to be a little harder for you than it would be oh perhaps in New York City or all of California
00:38:03.800Now we didn't get a chance to talk about this yesterday and blood shot out of my eyes when I saw the the medals of freedom that were given by Joe Biden recently over the weekend and I
00:47:53.320Okay, so now he has stopped the drilling for oil.
00:47:57.180Now, the good news is there's no oil being drilled anywhere in this, so it just puts a cap on the future, which I love when old people, you know, decide to dictate the future from the grave.
00:48:13.140There's no development there already, right?
00:48:15.380Like, it's plainly not good news, but, you know, you're right.
00:48:20.280Like, he's just trying to put these things into place so they cannot even be reversed.
00:48:25.840So, this is the entire East Coast, the Eastern Gulf of Mexico along Florida's coast, and the Pacific Coast, California, Oregon, and Washington State.
00:48:36.880It also closes off the remaining 44 million acres of the northern Bering Sea Climate Resilience Area in northwest Alaska.
00:48:52.720And as Stu said, and as Donald Trump said yesterday, he is doing everything he can to make this transition as difficult as possible.
00:49:02.820He did this one because it's going to take an act of Congress to be able to reverse it.
00:49:09.120Because of the way this particular law was written, it gives the president the ability to block land, think of this, through executive order, but not unblock that land.
00:50:22.660You got really hurt in that because everything, including food, went up because petroleum is in almost everything, which is another story that we'll talk about with RFK at some point.
00:50:35.480But you cannot run a modern society without petroleum.
00:50:43.340And I said at the time, if you want to go to clean energy, that's fine.
00:50:49.180But you have to have something in between.
00:50:53.700And I said, you know, if you were coming out and saying that we were going to open up nuclear power plants, if you were going to go that way, which has proven the cleanest energy and the safest energy of all time.
00:51:08.040If you were doing that, well, then, you know, we could have a conversation, but you wouldn't.
00:51:13.480In fact, in 2022, California, they were so desperate for power that they kept the Diablo Canyon power plant, extended it for five more years.
00:51:29.240But they were shutting down everything they could.
00:52:23.080The Three Mile Island power plant near Middletown, Pennsylvania, that was the scene of the worst commercial nuclear accident in U.S. history.
00:52:34.880Now, remember, that's the only reason why you know Three Mile Island.
00:52:40.100It was the home of the worst commercial nuclear accident in U.S. history.
00:52:57.680In fact, the worst thing that happened in the Three Mile Island tragedy was that a few people were subject to the same radiation you would receive getting a chest X-ray.
00:53:18.480Would you agree with me, Stu, that it was because of that accident and the movie that came out, China Syndrome, that really led to America going, well, you know what?
00:53:34.320Maybe we should hold off on this nuclear energy thing because it is so dangerous, even though count again, Stu.
00:54:13.180Constellation Energy, which bills itself as America's largest producer of clean, carbon-free energy, announced Friday that it has signed the largest ever power purchase agreement with Microsoft.
00:54:25.440Powering industries critical to our nation's global economic and technological competitiveness, including data centers, require an abundance of energy that is carbon-free and reliable every hour of every day.
00:54:38.640And nuclear power plants are the only energy sources that can consistently deliver on that promise.
00:54:51.820Well, Bill Gates is reopening Three Mile Island.
00:54:59.320And as NPR said, I mean, thank goodness, with Constellation Energy, which is the largest producer of clean, carbon-free energy.
00:55:07.120By the way, Constellation Energy also is a major contributor to NPR.
00:55:13.500I just, you know, these people not only create clean energy, they also help get the truth out, you know, because they're dedicated to the truth at NPR.
00:55:25.260Except the problem is NPR is against nuclear energy.
00:55:29.480Every time you talk about a nuclear power plant, can't be built.
00:55:34.720Now, let me ask you, if powering industries critical to our nation's global economic and technological competitiveness, if that industry was, oh, I don't know, Tesla, do you think Musk?
00:55:55.400Everybody at NPR would be like, oh, Elon Musk is opening up Three Mile Island, and it wouldn't be a big deal?
00:56:04.380The deal, still quoting NPR, the deal will create approximately 3,400 jobs and bring more than $3 billion in state and federal taxes, according to the company.
00:56:15.280It also said the agreement will add $16 billion to Pennsylvania's GDP.
00:56:23.800Money is a good thing over the radiation that you're going to receive.
00:56:30.080The agreement will span 20 years, and the plant is expected to reopen in 2028.
00:56:36.080Pennsylvania's nuclear energy industry plays a critical role in providing safe, reliable, carbon-free electricity that helps reduce emissions and grows Pennsylvania's economy, says Governor Josh Shapiro.
00:56:47.780Unlike power plants using fossil fuels, NPR writes, like coal or natural gas, nuclear power plants do not directly release carbon dioxide or any other greenhouse gas emissions that drives global warming.
00:57:03.720The particular nuclear reaction meltdown at Three Mile Island, NPR reminds you, happened on March 28, 1979, when one of the plant's two reactors' cooling mechanisms malfunctioned.
00:57:18.760The reactor will be reopened to power Microsoft's data centers and was not involved in the accident.
00:57:25.920Before it was prematurely shuttered due to poor economics, this plant was among the safest and most reliable nuclear power plants on the grid.
00:57:35.440We look forward to bringing it back with a new name and a renewed mission to serve as an economic engine for Pennsylvania.
00:57:44.000However, some state activists are worried that taxpayers are going to foot the bill for the plant's reopening.
00:57:48.900We were told, let the marketplace decide.
00:57:52.220Well, the market decided, and they decided it's not nuclear, said Eric Epstein of the watchdog group Three Mile Island Alert.
00:58:00.460Former Microsoft CEO Bill Gates invested $1 billion in a nuclear power plant that broke ground in Kemmerer, Wyoming, last June.
00:59:34.920But they hope that we're all going to go to electric vehicles.
00:59:38.020And as we found out, when California was having their latest crisis, I don't know if it was snow, or floods, or landslides, or earthquakes, or wildfires, or any of the other things that happened in California.
00:59:53.000But the last time they had a real problem, they had a drain on power.
00:59:57.220And they said, by the way, if you have a new electric car, please do not charge it for a week.
01:00:05.860Because we have a drain on the power supply.
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01:02:11.180Okay, so you have been struggling with power.
01:02:24.860We all know that power is going to be a problem for the United States.
01:02:30.560We know that if we don't increase oil production, if we don't increase fracking, natural gas, or the easy way and the cleanest way to do it is to build nuclear power plants, we're not going to survive as a nation.
01:02:47.120They have taken everything that will benefit you and either canceled it, made it more difficult, or just taken it off the table.
01:03:31.640It's almost as if we're not allowed to talk about that either.
01:03:36.160We're not allowed to talk about the unbelievable gall that this guy who's well-connected and has access to AI and wants to control the world through AI,
01:03:53.700he and his rich buddies and all the people he's paid for in Congress, he's able to buy or start up a nuclear power plant and build another one, but we're not allowed to even talk about one for us.
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01:11:33.420I intend to resign as party leader, as prime minister, after the party selects its next leader through a robust, nationwide, competitive process.
01:12:08.140Because currently the Conservative Party is beating them by 24 points.
01:12:14.280So there's no way they're going to, there's absolutely no way they're going to win at this point.
01:12:20.180So not only does he say it's going to have to happen, you know, after March 1st, okay, so let's see, we have January, February, March 1st.
01:12:30.160Okay, so two months to get your crap together.
01:12:33.040But not only did he say, I'm going to resign sometime after March, he has done something that I think we would call this martial law maybe,
01:12:47.920or, I mean, he suspended the parliament.
01:14:16.480So the reason why he did that is not only just to stay in power and keep his policies exactly where they are, but also he did that so they can't have a no confidence vote.
01:14:31.620Like today, if he would have said, I'm going to resign, the conservatives could have stood up and said, hey, let's have a vote of no confidence.
01:14:39.600And they might have gotten that through.
01:14:41.420So that means he just would be removed and that would mean that his party would lose to the apple eating guy.
01:14:49.740Now, I have to tell you, Pierre something or other, some French name, I know him as the apple eating guy.
01:15:00.100And that might sound like it's, you know, not necessarily the right thing to do to call the next prime minister, the apple eating guy.
01:16:40.800I'm sure there's some out there, but anyways, the point of this question is, I mean, why should Canadians trust you with their vote, given, you know, not just the sort of ideological inclination in terms of taking the page out of Donald Trump's book, but also...
01:17:48.000Yesterday, you said that you endorse Israel proactively defending itself by hitting Iran's nuclear sites,
01:17:53.680which is something that President Joe Biden does not endorse.
01:17:56.900Do you not feel like this could lead to a likelihood of an all-out conventional war between Iran and Israel?
01:18:02.200And do you not agree with Joe Biden and his assessment?
01:18:06.120I think the idea of allowing a genocidal, theocratic, unstable dictatorship that is desperate to avoid being overthrown by its own people to develop nuclear weapons
01:18:24.600It is about the most dangerous and irresponsible thing that the world could ever allow.
01:18:31.100And if Israel were to stop that genocidal, theocratic, unstable government from acquiring nuclear weapons, it would be a gift by the Jewish state to humanity.
01:22:25.360I'm sure we're going to have all sorts of fireworks.
01:22:27.380The budget for the show is huge, so I can't even imagine what they're going to spend on today's episode, but definitely worth checking out.
01:27:48.520I think before you even joined the show, um, this might be the longest running commentary, uh, that I, that I have in my career is what's coming with technology and age, uh, a, a, a, a, a, a G I and a S I.
01:28:06.400A I is artificial intelligence, general intelligence.
01:36:08.180I mean, I don't know that I know exactly.
01:36:11.220When you talk about AGI and artificial general intelligence, I would think it would be like an assistant.
01:36:16.840You could have them essentially do any task, like you could assign an employee, right?
01:36:23.080You don't need to program them to do a specific thing.
01:36:27.100You could say, hey, we need you to answer the phones here.
01:36:30.020We need you to – it might not be directly like that, but it's that type of thing that can take a generalized job, a role like that, and do it on its own.
01:36:39.540Would you – if you were hiring people for a company and you had somebody that doesn't make mistakes and was much smarter than everybody else in the room, would you have them answer the phones?
01:37:00.600So an AI agent – now, not the first.
01:37:03.320The first will be just like that because remember, they say they're slowly going to roll this out so you get used to it.
01:37:08.980The first one will be like a secretary, somebody who can take care of – I'll pay the bills, I'll take care of all of this stuff, and we will love it.
01:37:17.480The first ones to join the workforce and materially change the output of companies will be something – and I'm just imagining this, so please excuse me if you're in this field for my being a baby gate here.
01:37:33.620But as I imagine it, it would be someone that you would have a virtual conference with that looks like a human, sounds like a human, you can have a conversation with, and you can say, look, can you help us on this?
01:37:46.120We're trying to figure this out, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah.
01:37:48.160And they can game-change for you, your approach in your company.
01:37:53.660That's what he thinks is coming this year.
01:37:56.580Now, he says, we're beginning to turn our aim beyond that to superintelligence in the true sense of the word.
01:38:06.920We love our current products, but we are here for the glorious future.
01:38:11.540With superintelligence, we can do anything else.
01:38:16.040Superintelligent tools could massively accelerate scientific discovery and innovation well beyond what we're capable of doing on our own, and in turn, massively increase abundance and prosperity.
01:38:30.560Here's the thing, and I want to get into this tomorrow.
01:38:36.500Massively increasing abundance and prosperity.
01:38:55.500Things will be cheaper, but if the jobs are taken by AI or AGI or ASI, how do you make money?
01:39:04.420A 30% disruption is coming in, we will, by 2030, if things play out the way we believe they're going to play out now, which is a deeply unsettling of jobs and careers and everything else, at least at the beginning.
01:39:24.560You're looking at a 30% unemployment rate, minimum, by 2030.
01:39:29.760Now, he goes on to say, this sounds like science fiction right now and somewhat crazy to even talk about.
01:39:38.660We've been here before, and we're okay with being there again.
01:39:41.660We're pretty confident that in the next few years, everyone will see what we see, and the need to act with great care while still maximizing broad benefit and empowerment is so important.
01:39:52.880Given the possibilities of our work, OpenAI cannot be a normal company.
01:39:58.380How lucky and humbling it is to be able to play a role in this work.
01:40:04.440More on this tomorrow, but I want to show you some of the developments that have recently come out that kind of seem attractive.
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01:40:43.080And nowhere in my childhood, except when I broke a bone or so, do I remember pain.
01:40:50.760Now, as I'm getting older, Stu just said he was just starting to feel some back pain, which is unusual for him.
01:40:57.180He's never, you've never had back pain before, have you, Stu?
01:40:59.600No, I screwed something up the other day, and I'm still feeling it.
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01:45:33.860The economy is about to be run by people who actually are adults and want it to succeed.
01:45:39.120And for the first time in a long time, there is genuine hope.
01:45:42.320But the last administration, this is so important to talk about.
01:45:46.540Steve Bannon and I had a conversation while we were with Charlie Kirk recently.
01:45:52.900And what's coming for the economy, we are so far behind the eight ball because of the debt and deficits.
01:46:02.160It's going to take a ton of digging to get us out of this hole.
01:46:05.480And what is coming is not going to be pleasant or easy, but we'll make it if we stay together.
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01:47:17.540I want to ask you about two pieces of new technology that is now available.
01:47:24.860Sorry, one of them is still in the testing phase, but if it, you know, I mean, in China, it's going to be available, you know, probably tomorrow.
01:47:33.320Um, it's a Chinese research group that has been trying to create a, uh, brain computer interface.
01:47:43.300And they have announced that they now have done it.
01:47:49.000They've done it with a patient who has cerebral palsy, has a lesion on part of her brain that affects all of her motor skills.
01:48:54.220You know, I don't, it's a very slight, it's a very, very, very slight delay.
01:48:57.940Um, yeah, um, it, you can do remote surgery, uh, at 10 millisecond delay.
01:49:08.300You, a surgeon wouldn't be able to do, uh, have a computer do the surgery for him.
01:49:14.880Uh, if he had to make the decisions because a 10 second millise, a 10 millisecond delay, you could cause too many problems.
01:49:23.060Um, so, they mapped her brain within minutes of the surgery.
01:49:30.820Uh, they then gave her, after she woke up, they gave her an initial, uh, test and initial, uh, ground, ground rules on how to operate.
01:49:41.720And following that one, that first training, she was able to play table tennis and I don't know what this is, snake computer games within 48 hours.
01:49:53.180Uh, in two weeks, she could operate the common smartphone apps.
01:49:58.300Uh, but they say the really big deal here is that it also could translate her thoughts into words so she could speak.
01:50:18.380First of all, I think if it shows that it works and there's, I mean, I can see that people will say, no, I don't want to be second in line for it.
01:50:28.120But if it shows that it works and has a record of success, people won't say no to it.
01:50:33.180They will say yes to it and they will be excited to say yes to it.
01:50:35.900And they will wonder, how do I pay for it?
01:50:38.560Like that is, uh, it's going to be excitement over something.
01:50:42.340I mean, you have a daughter who's, who's dealt with, uh, real issues, um, and with seizures and, and, you know, you can go into whatever level of detail.
01:50:50.800She has epilepsy and, and cerebral palsy and, and her brain just doesn't function like everybody else's brain.
01:51:23.280She was going in, uh, for brain surgery and because of her cerebral palsy, her, you know, speech and memories and everything else is scattered all over her brain.
01:51:35.480Um, so it's not in certain centers where they normally accept, expect.
01:51:39.980So they said, we're going to be doing brain surgery on all of your brain and the places we would normally stay away from, uh, or feel comfortable in, we're not sure what's stored there.
01:51:55.020So you could wake up and you might not be able to recall anybody's name.
01:52:22.660Uh, anyway, uh, so, I mean, she did that and it worked for two years, uh, but her seizures are back with a vengeance now.
01:52:31.280Um, and so we're exploring other options, et cetera, et cetera.
01:52:35.720But she said, no, I said, you know, this AI thing, neural link from Elon Musk, I said, honey, that could, that could change everything that could, you know, fix all of the problems that you have with cerebral palsy.
01:52:51.440Maybe even make your body work the way it's supposed to work, uh, you know, speed up your thinking and your, your word recall and everything else.
01:53:05.820And she said, cause I don't want to be augmented.
01:53:09.320Uh, she said, this is the way God made me and God will heal me in his time, whether it's on this side of the veil or the other side of the veil.
01:53:17.160I don't, I don't want to be augmented.
01:53:19.340I mean, you said she's the bravest girl, you know, and that's, there's a great example of it.