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I've been reminded that we have not enjoyed the simultaneous sip. Where are you with your simultaneous sip? Why not join me in the simultaneous sip? Oh, that's good.

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Candace Owens is creating the red wave, someone says. Well she's definitely moving the needle. We'll see. We'll see how big the wave is or isn't. But there is no doubting the fact that Candace is now a major political force in the country and that's pretty impressive. How old is Candace? I don't remember how old she is but does anybody have a, well why don't I Google it. And the answer is she's 29 years old. So look at that. Look at the size of her influence at 29. Is there anybody else who has that much influence at 29? Can you think of anybody? Can you think of anybody who's ever had that much influence at age 29? I'm trying to think if I can think of anybody. You know those Parkland students got a lot of press but I think in the end they didn't really move the needle, did they? They just sort of faded away.

Yeah, Candace is 29 but I don't know if I've, oh yeah, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. All right, good one. So on the other side Alexandria was having a pretty big impact. Kanye is 41 I think. Would I appear at the Commonwealth with Candace? Well I haven't been invited though. Yeah those questions are just a little too hypothetical but would I appear with her? Of course. Of course I would.

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All right, so I might do another afternoon Periscope today on a special topic. I want to talk about the Blight Authority and I want to talk about some ideas. I want to get your thinking caps on and see if we can think our way into the Golden Age. I'll give you a tease for it and it goes like this. So I'll do a special Periscope on this. My take on the cost of living, which is a big part of povert…

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