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wing hour, started by the simultaneous sip. And all you need is a copper mug or a glass or a tankard, a chalice, just any kind of jug or flask, a vessel of any kind. Fill it with your favorite liquid. I like coffee. And join me now for the unparalleled pleasure, the dopamine hit of the day, the thing that makes everything better. It's called the simultaneous sip, and it's happening ri

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I would like to begin this wonderful hour by reading you this little story, which I just received from my secret source deeply embedded in rural America. And it goes like this. Somebody named Miller, 36, of Tannersville — this is the area that I grew up in, upstate New York — was driving a UPS truck on August 21st when it struck two parked cars in the city, according to Hudson police. But then apparently the truck continued on. Two police vehicles and a bicycle patrol officer responded to a 911 report and located the truck at the corner of North blah blah following the accident.

Now here's the good part. Hudson police officer Randy Stratman jumped onto the moving UPS truck, turned off the ignition to stop the vehicle, and administered two doses of Narcan to Miller, the driver, meaning that the driver of the UPS truck probably was suffering an overdose, probably fentanyl, and was asleep in the truck while the truck was careening through traffic. A police officer jumped on a moving UPS truck just like Indiana Jones, turns it off, controls the truck, and administers a life-saving Narcan to the driver.

Now here's what I'd like to suggest. I don't know if a social worker could have pulled that off, you know what I mean? This is the sort of stuff that's literally happening every single day all over America, where there are police officers running toward trouble, jumping on moving vehicles, and saving lives every day. You don't hear much about this, but I give you that as your little ray of good news.

Want some more? Okay, more good news. Okay, here it comes. Saudi Arabia has apparently given the green light for Israel to UAE flights, the civil kind, not a military one of course. Now it happened just a few times because there were a few specific flights that they exempted. One of them had Jared Kushner on it. But then apparently they talked about it and moved that into a more permanent situation.

But here's the fun part. This is from Netanyahu. So he was talking about it and called it historic, a big breakthrough. You're probably thinking to yourself, is that really a big breakthrough to be able to fly over a country? That's it? You just have permission to fly a commercial flight over somebody's country? Yeah, turns out that's a pretty big deal because in this case it shortens the route to the point where it makes tourism

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much less expensive. So it actually has a specific and immediate economic stimulus component. But that's not the fun part. So Netanyahu said, and I quote, "These are the fruits of peace." He said, predicting that more good news would be coming. Now when you say more good news will be coming and you're prime minister, you don't say that unless you know more good news is coming, meaning that things…

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