Morning Run: James Comey Indicted, Mystery Pentagon Meeting, Dallas ICE Motive, Amazon Refund Coming and How To Live To 117

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Speaker 1: Morning Run with Amy and TJ and iHeartRadio Podcast. Good morning, everyone, and welcome to Morning Run. It's Friday, September twenty sixth I made me robots and I'm TJ.

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Speaker 2: Holmes. We know the secret to living to an old age. She was one hundred and seventeen years old, died last year, but she asked that she be studied in roads. I am floored. And a common thing that is in the grocery store, they say, possibly help this woman live to one hundred and seventeen years old.

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Speaker 1: You know, we've heard that this particular food is good for you, but now I'm going to invest I actually believe after reading this story, I am going to add something to my diet if I can daily stick.

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Speaker 2: Around for this one, folks, It is fascinating. Also, where do they get all these words? Five thousand new words the dictionary?

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Speaker 1: Just listen to ava, anna and sabine and then you'll know where some of those words came from.

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Speaker 2: And so you know they're coming from TikTok and other places online. But yes, Milliam Webster added five give me one example, give me one the ted well, the.

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Speaker 1: One that just came to my mind, cold brew. Okay, it's the sign of the times, that's all.

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Speaker 2: Okay, we didn't just pull them out of thin air and just make up words. It's stuff that's become irrelevant these days.

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Speaker 1: Correct.

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Speaker 2: We will explain all of those. And man, so is a check coming to us from Amazon? Is this how this is gonna work?

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Speaker 1: Does it only if you've used your Prime membership three times or less in the past twelve months, in which I would be completely excluded.

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Speaker 2: From Okay, very specific a multi billion dollar settlement from Amazon because of how they have been screwing us all over. I've been arguing about this for years. A lot of companies do this, Yes, I would say, well, explain what that's about and how much money might be coming to you. A reminder here always on that phone, on that app, the Apple podcast, the app top right corner of our show page. See a little button that says follow. If you just hit that, you can get our updates coming to you all the time. Don't have to go searching for them. Also on the run this morning, we are waiting for word from a judge folks as we speak, is considering whether to throw out Ditty's convictions. Also this morning, TikTok that deal finally done. So they say, Also, are you in the market robes for kitchen cabinets or an eighteen wheeler. If so, those are gonna cost you more because they're the target of tariffs. Now update on that Dallas ice shooting. We know more about the killer's motives in his own words. Also something that's twenty six years old and used but was just sold for a million dollars plus. And an unprecedented Pentagon meeting, and nobody seems to know why the former top police officer essentially in the country is now facing a criminal indictment. This is another what the hell is happening in this country moment?

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Speaker 1: It's jaw dropping. So yes, we begin our run on this Friday in Washington, d C. Where Trump got what he wanted and now one of his loudest, most high profile critics is facing a federal criminal indictment. The Department of Justice yesterdaynnounced that indictment against former FBI director James Comy.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, facing two counts, one count of making false statements, another count of obstruction of justice. This is a case that's tied to his testimony from five years ago to the Senate Judiciary Committee. The argument here is that they were about to hit the statute of limitations. It was five years on possibly trying him for this crime. I think next week the statute of limitations was up, so they're getting it in. President Trump has directed some of his harshest repeated I are at Comy and just last week called out his own Attorney General, Pam Bondi for not moving quickly enough to prosecute Trump's perceived enemies.

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Speaker 1: Comy responded to the indictment in a video. He posted it online, and here is what he said. My family and I have known for years that there is a cost to standing up to Donald Trump. We couldn't imagine ourselves living any other way. We will not live on our knees, and you shouldn't either. He went on to say his heart is broken for the Department of Justice, and he closed by saying this that he has great confidence in the Justice Department, so let's have a trial.

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Speaker 2: Well. Ag Bondi, for her part, said this about the indictment. No one is above the law. Today's indictment reflects the Department of Justice commitment to holding those who abuse positions of power accountable for misleading the American people. Also, this from the President. You could expect this on truth social He was very pleased with this. He said, quote justice in America. One of the worst human beings this country has ever been exposed to is James Comby, the former corrupt head of the FBI. Well, this is, I guess, stunning. He's talked about it. You can have your opinion about James Comby, but this reeks of and I don't even know how to we I don't even know how it's anything other you can argue as anything other than the President of the United States using the Justice Department to go after people he doesn't like. That is a shift, that's a turn in this country like nothing before.

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Speaker 1: Many would say that he is using the DOJ for revenge period. And you look at he said, my family. He was also referring to his daughter, Marinecomy, who's now suing because she was terminated. She believes because she simply is the daughter of James Komy.

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Speaker 2: And I didn't realize this, but his son in law worked at this Virginia office that's now about to try to prosecute Komy. So he resigned his son in law to resign from the office, saying I can't uphold my oath being in this office. So it's happening to his entire family being impacted because what it appears at least doesn't like this guy.

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Speaker 1: The shell formation probably didn't help the situation very much, all right. Next up on the Run, What a day in court for Ditty, The now convicted hip hop mogul, was back in court yesterday for the first time since July. Shawn COM's legal team was making the argument his two convictions for transportation to engage in prostitution should be thrown out and if not, then Deddy Ditty should get a new trial.

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Speaker 2: This was fascinating to hear these arguments yesterday, and a centered around what exactly is prostitution? The question here can you really be guilty of prostitution if you only watched and recorded a sexual encounter and didn't actually participate in it, Or can you be participating in prostitution if you didn't benefit financially from the sexual encounter. There was a lot of talk in court yesterday about pornography, producing hims and porn and pimps. In court yes his defense team trying to convince the judge that did he's First Amendment rights are being infringed upon because recording the freakoffs amounted to and I quote expressive content can't penalize a man for that.

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Speaker 1: Well, Combs was acquitted of the more serious charges that could have landed him in jail for life, his two prostitution convictions carrying a maximum sentence of ten years each. Now, the judge told lawyers yesterday he would rule very shortly on the motion to put aside those convictions. So we are waiting. Did He's sentencing was already scheduled for next week on October third, and his t is asking for fourteen months. The prosecution is acted is expected to ask for five plus years. So we wait and we will let you know as soon as we hear that really is.

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Speaker 2: We're on standby now. This we don't know, but a judge could come out at any moment and say, you know what, those convictions were wrong, They're gone and vacates those suckers.

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Speaker 1: Most people don't think that will happen.

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Speaker 2: And when we say most, we mean people who know what they're talking about.

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Speaker 1: And like ninety nine, I haven't actually haven't seen one person who thinks he has a shot in hell there It is all.

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Speaker 2: Right, continuing on the run. Now we head to Dallas. Authorities there say the gunman who attacked that ICE facility there this week left handwritten notes behind that clearly point to his mode of One detainee you'll remember, was killed. Two others sent to the hospital in critical condition. When the gunman, Jos Joshua Yawn, fired indiscriminately at the ICE Dallas Field.

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Speaker 1: Office, please say he fired from the rooftop of a nearby building and his intent was to kill ICE agents. They say left notes calling, I say, people who show up to collect a dirty paycheck, as well as saying he wanted to maximize damage to the ICE facility and that he hoped his actions would give ICE agents real terror.

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Speaker 2: Continuing on the run on this Friday morning, though we are not done with the new tariffs just yet, we also ran new ones. The President announced new specific, yet sweeping tariffs that will cause you to pay more if you're in the market for furniture, kitchen cabinets, or maybe an eighteen wheeler.

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Speaker 1: The administration says they're putting a fifty percent tariff on all kitchen cabinets, bathroom vanities, and associated products, as well as a thirty percent tariff on upholstered furniture. According to President Trump, the reason for the tariffs is the large scale flooding of these products in the United States by other outside countries. And he called it at a very unfair practice.

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Speaker 2: Yes, and there's also a new thirty five percent tariff on heavy trucks. Now, why is this being targeted. It's the same reason. He's trying to make things more competitive for US truck manufacturers. And here we are. These a supposed to go in to effect next week, right next week, continuing here on the run now, and we've all gotten that call at some point or that email from the boss saying we have a required, a mandatory all hands meeting and you don't know why, and it freaks you out.

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Speaker 1: It's the scariest thing ever. I need you to call me now or yes, one of those things with no explanation.

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Speaker 2: Okay, So this is what's happening now at the Pentagon because there is a the words they're being used, this is a rare type of meeting, but they are using that word robes. This is unprecedented. What's about to happen?

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Speaker 1: All right, Defense secretary or War secretary, whichever you prefer. Pete Hegseith has ordered top military leaders to the Pentagon for that meeting. Which leaders, all of them, all of them generals and admirals from all over the world have been ordered back, and no one knows why. The Pentagon will only say that heg Seth will be addressing his senior military leaders early next week. But that's it.

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Speaker 2: Yes, this invitation went to everybody with one star or higher. Now that's a lot of folks all over the ward, all over the world, and by some estimates, that's about eight hundred plus folks that need to be making their way back to the Marine base in Quantico where the meeting is going to take place next week. It is rare to have so many, this many top military leaders in one place. The question how do you secure? And you damn sure better. This reminded me of a state of the Union where you have one designated survivor. Somebody needs to hang back. You imagine our top military brass under it in one place, possibly under attack. That's a security issue that folks are focusing on here.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, for sure, all right, next upon the run everyone, it's official. President Trump signed an executive order on Thursday paving the way for TikTok to become a majority owned US company. There's still some legal and financial maneuvering that has to happen to finalize the deal, but the terms of the agreement appear to be set.

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Speaker 2: Yeah. The President and said this is going to be an American operated company all the way. Now, says, I have great respect for President Chi and I very much appreciate that he approved the deal because to get it done properly, we really needed the support of China and approval of China. Under the new deal, TikTok's Chinese parent company, byte Dance will now own less than twenty percent of the social media app, while certain investors will own the other eighty.

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Speaker 1: Now we don't know all the specifics, but Trump said at the signing ceremony that Oracle and his co founder Larry Ellison will play a big role, and added that Michael Dell and Rupert Murdoch will also be involved, saying the rest of the investors are quote all very well known people, very famous people. Actually. Financially, according to Vice President jad Vance, the new US company will be valued at fourteen billion dollars.

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Speaker 2: All right, folks, will stay with us here on this Friday, morning. Ron, We're going to let you know when we come back, how much of that two point five billion dollars in fines that Amazon is paying, that big settlement, how much of that two point five billion is going to be coming back to you. Here's a hint you might be disappointed. Also, a skateboard worth one million dollars. Well, actually it might be the most important skateboard ever and the most important story for you this morning. A woman lived to be one hundred and seventeen. Doctors think they know why, and it's something you can get in the grocery store today. Continuing on this Friday morning run. Now, next up, Amazon, They're going to be paying two point five billion dollars as part of a settlement to avoid a jury trial that began this week in Seattle. It's one of the largest settlements in US history. And that issue here. The government said Amazon used a deceptive sign up process for customers who wanted free shipping through a Prime membership, but then made it difficult to cancel. This is just business practice, it seems now they all do this.

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Speaker 1: I have the hardest time. I was on the phone for thirty minutes to try and get Spectrum canceled. It was insane, and then I had to get grilled by the person.

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Speaker 2: So I get you who you signing up with? Right? Why are you unhappy?

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Speaker 1: Well?

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Speaker 2: What happened? Is there anything we could do?

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Speaker 1: What if we did this? Do you know what you're missing out on?

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Speaker 2: Yeah?

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Speaker 1: Stop? One point five billion. We'll go to Amazon Prime customers who signed up and then only use the service three times or less in a twelve month period. The company has agreed to automatically refund those customers drum roll please, fifty one dollars each, and they have to send a form to others who use the service more than those three times to give them a chance to apply for a refund as well.

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Speaker 2: Okay, So they're going to make it just as difficult to get the refund as they did for you to cancel. Yep. Okay. So in addition, Amazon has agreed to pay a one billion dollar fine to the US government. Amazon is probably going to be okay. They had sixty billion in profit in twenty twenty four. News of this deal did a little to its stock price, Amazon shares dropping less than one percent after the settlement was announced on Thursday. But I have never signed every single time you get on Amazon, would you like free shipping? Try it free? Sign up now for free, get this ship for and I always get these things and make it impossible. Then you forget, you have to always have to cancel, and then you screw it.

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Speaker 1: Yep, all right, Well maybe this is a warning to all those other companies who also participate in that practice. Next up on the run, a skateboard just sold for more than a million dollars at auction, and it's one of the most important skateboards in the history of the sport. That's because it was used by the godfather, Tony Hawk in competition in nineteen ninety nine.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, that would make it special enough, but it was more to it than Tony Hawk. What sets this one apart is that it was the one he used to nail the first ever nine hundred. Now that is a trick considered at one point impossible. Now we don't know who the buyer is, but the board ended up being sold for one point one five to two million, which is double what was expected. Hawk is a ten time X Game's gold Meala says the proceeds will go to his fine foundation, and he also said, I hope this is what do you flex? He said, I hope that whoever bought this is someone who is into the sport and not just some rich person that wants to flex and put it on the wall in his basement. Yeah, that was kind of cool for him to say that.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, I appreciate that.

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Speaker 2: I hope it's in good hands. But the nine hundred folks that don't know what that is, I didn't. I don't either, but it makes perfect sense. You know what a three to sixty is? Okay, there's one spin. Two spins of seven to twenty two and a half is nine hundred. You lift in the air and spend around two and a half times. They say it was just damn near. It was like a four minute mile. It was one of those things like, yeah, nobody's ever going to do this, and he did it and only about ten or so guys have done it since.

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Speaker 1: So impressive with a respective impressive price tag. All right, Next up on the run. She lived to be one hundred and seventeen. Doctors studied her to try to find out why how she was able to live so long. Here's their answer. Yogurt. Yogurt people. Maria Branya Morera of Spain died last year at a one hundred and seventeen and at one hundred and sixty eight days as well, So just wow. She was the oldest person in the world at the time of her death.

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Speaker 2: But before she died, she had asked doctors if they could study her, so in the years leading up to her death they did just that and this week they released their results. So how was this woman able to live so long? First, and this makes sense rope, They say, it's a mixed bag. Sometimes you get lucky with jeans, and then the other part is what you do with your life. They said, this can be fifty to fifty. But in some cases, if your jeans aren't as good, maybe you need to do a little more in the way you live. Or if you got great jeans, maybe you can cheat a little bit. On the other side. It makes sense, but this is what they say, all right.

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Speaker 1: So in Marera's case, doctors says she actually did have those good genes that protected her against disorder. She never had cancer, she didn't have heart disease, she didn't have dementia. But she combined those good genes with very good habits. She had a diet rich in fish olive, oil, and yes, yogurt. In fact, she ate three servings of yogurt a day. But here's the caveat is a lot of that yogurt is filled with a bunch of crap. You don't need. She ate plain yogurt, no sugar.

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Speaker 2: You talk about this all the time. I'm not into this.

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Speaker 1: Gut health, fermented gut health, yes.

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Speaker 2: But they say that the yogurt, Obviously people know this replenishes the gut with good bacteria and helps fight inflammation. Chronic inflammation is one of the major factors in aging and disease. So there's no way to be sure that just by studying one person. But the researchers say, and I quote, we believe that it is likely that a beneficial effect of yogurt ingestion via modulation of the gut ecosystem could have contributed to her well being and advanced age.

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Speaker 1: That's awesome, they say, yogurt again, not with the sugar, not with all those toppings and flavors, but just plain fermented yogurt. Soauer, kraut, kim chi, anything that's pickled. Those things are all really good to help with your gut. And that makes a whole big difference in the overall health of your body. So I need to double down that I'm not as consistent as I should be.

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Speaker 2: This made me pay it to. You know, I hate yogurt and creamy stuff, but this made me sit up. And this was the coolest part. They said, what we're finding is that just because you extreme old age and poor health are not intrinsically. Just because you're old does not mean you have to be in bad health. This is going to happen. This is gonna happen. This is gonna happen.

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Speaker 1: I love it too, and you know, we see those superagers out there, and that's that's my goal to be that. And although, by the way, she didn't smoke, she didn't drink, there was a lot of advices she did not participate in that. I don't smoke, but I definitely do drink, and so that is something. But we've been cutting back and that is significant in terms of health. I know that's obvious.

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Speaker 2: Nobody's going to approve.

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Speaker 1: Yes, no one's studying me all right for the final leg of our run. How many of you listening actually own a dictionary, a physical dictionary. Now we don't do it that many of you that's what I thought. Well, Miriam Webster's wants to change that. A brand new addition of its Collegiate Dictionary will be released in November, complete with more than five thousand new words.

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Speaker 2: Okay, what kind of word? Now this one? I didn't know. Doom scroll? What is a doom Oh?

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Speaker 1: Yeah, doom scroll we talk about all the time. Yeah, doom scroll. When you sit there and you just scroll at night and you're looking at Instagram or TikTok or whatever. News, well, yes, it's either bad news or it's other people's good news that makes you feel bad. It's just your doom scrolling.

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Speaker 2: What is WFH?

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Speaker 1: Was that I had to look that up? Was work from home?

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Speaker 2: WFH is a word.

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Speaker 1: Yes, they're putting it in the dictionary. In the dictionary.

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Speaker 2: Okay, side eye, that makes sense. I don't know why it wasn't in there. How often do they do this?

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Speaker 1: This is the first time they've done it in twenty two years?

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Speaker 2: Okay, Okay, wonder we got five thousand? All right? Colebrew farm to table makes sense? Riz Oh God to.

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Speaker 1: Hear you hear that all the time from Sabina Kid's dad.

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Speaker 2: Bod's been out there hard pass, adulting, cancel culture, Beast mode added in there as well. Okay, I know most of it. This makes sense. Yes, this is such a part of every day vernacular at this point that it should be a part of And some of these I would have needed to look up. So it's good they're in the dictionary. They're going to publish this new dictionary with high hope that these new words will add some hype an interest for readers after years of declining sales for hard copy dictionary.

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Speaker 1: I mean, the truth is, we have spell check on our computers. We can google. We can google anything we want, so it's just an immediate having to go get a book, find the right page. I mean that you get it. It's just it's analog. But I love how the company announced the news. They went on social media and here's what they wrote. We have some words for you, Miriam Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, the new twelfth edition made of paper.

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Speaker 2: Well done well. I like when companies show a little personality like that, and it didn't seem like it put that much effort. That was a flawless and effortless little.

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Speaker 1: We should buy it or make it a nice copy table book. I think that'd actually be Really, we should have a dictionary. I think we should do all right. We will leave you on this Friday with our quote of the day. This one comes from a self help author, Mandy Hale. She says, you don't always need a plan. Sometimes you just need to breathe trust, let go and see.

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Speaker 2: What happens with that. You can kiss my ass. She put this in here for me, Folks, I don't see these ahead of time. We have the most stressful day ahead. There's so much happening. There's so many plans and people I gotta meet and places I gotta be. And you let that put you in a bad mood, put me in to bed. I just got focused. I just wasn't bouncing around being my cheery self this morning. For that, I apologize I often do, but this was okay, this was unnecessary. You have to put this in here.

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Speaker 1: No, but it's good. Sometimes we get too structured, we get two set in our ways. We think things have to happen a certain way, this has to be I think it's awesome to just remind ourselves you don't always need a plan. And we do this when we vacation. Sometimes you just need to breathe trust, let go and see.

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Speaker 2: What happens with that. Folks. We gotta get going because my schedule is not going to put itself together. I got work to do, so y'all have a good Friday. I gotta get to work. There's some structure need it around here, all right.

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Speaker 1: And with that, that's TJ. Holmes for you on this Friday. Happy Friday, everybody.

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Speaker 2: I'm Amy Robock.

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Speaker 1: We will see you real soon.