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 and the truth, and the truth. And a little bit of humor. And a little bit of humor. Grab your coffee. It's time for the morning drip on WRTO.FM, Radio Free Georgia.

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 Hey, good morning and welcome to the morning drip. Today is Thursday, June the 11th, 2026. I am Donovan. Glad you could be here on this fine, fine Thursday morning.

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 Oh, I'm just waiting for the weekend. Of course, my weekend, I don't know about yours, but my weekend is going to be full of yard work.

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 I'm just going to be good. I'm just going to be good. I'm not going to be good. I'm just going to be good. I'm going to be good. I'm going to be good for the night, but I'm not going to be good for the night, but I'm just going to be good for you and I'm just going to be good for you.

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 And I normally mulch my yard, but over the last couple of cuttings, I've had the normal shoot on it. We'll see. I mean, I love cutting the yards. I love mowing the lawn because I get out there. I've got to put my earbuds in and I just listen to music or podcast or something.

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 But the temperatures, man, temperatures. I think the high today is supposed to be like 92 with a real feel of 99. Partly cloudy. Expect mist and reduce visibility at times early.

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 Then tonight we start seeing showers, extended forecast. Looks like rain Saturday, Sunday, Monday, Tuesday. And, you know, once you get about about four days out, it's just not just not reliable.

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 Just not reliable. All right. Enough about the weather. Of course, today's Thursday. So we're going to sort of take a laid back approach.

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 Because, well, it's Thursday. All right. Phone lines are open. 229-520-5957. Again, that's 229-520-5957.

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 You can also text that number 24-7. Again, 229-520-5957. Or drop us an email, morningdrip at wrto.fm.

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 So we're going to start off this morning talking about, once again, data centers, Google, and Georgia.

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 So Georgia has announced a $1 million, $1 million investment in wetland restoration right here in South Georgia as part of a broader $17 million national water conservation initiative.

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 The funding will go to Ducks Unlimited to restore 35 acres of wetlands within the Flint River Wildlife Management Area.

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 The project is located near one of Google's Georgia data centers and is intended to improve water resources and watershed health.

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 This announcement comes at a time when, of course, data centers are facing growing scrutiny over their water and energy consumption.

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 And while Google says its nearby data center uses recycled wastewater and notes that U.S. data centers consume less than 1% of the water used to irrigate residential lawns, critics argue, and I find that claim dubious,

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 but critics argue that the rapid growth of data centers could strain local water supplies and increase utility costs.

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 Google says it aims to replenish more water than it uses by 2030, has pledged greater transparency regarding its water usage, and the issue has become increasingly political in Georgia

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 Because we've got expansion of data centers has sparked debates over tax incentives, electricity demand, of course, water consumption, utility rates.

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 And some of the candidates running for statewide office have called for tighter regulations or even moratoriums on new data centers,

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 Google's wetland investment appears aimed at demonstrating environmental stewardship as concerns about the industry's impact continue to grow.

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 Now, back in the early days of Google, before it became basically a business up under the umbrella of Alphabet,

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 that's the same company, same company that owns YouTube and what have you.

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 Back in the early days, when their motto was do no evil, I would have trust them.

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 Today, this is just CYA.

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 Now, the things that we need to keep in mind is even pre-AI, we needed data centers.

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 And I've talked about this on this show before.

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 Pre-AI, we needed data centers.

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 Because when you log into your Gmail account or you use Docs or Sheets or whatever,

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 anything that you use that is Google-centric, even YouTube,

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 all require servers sitting in a cold-ass building with high-speed connections.

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 And the more data centers that are available, the more that workload can be distributed.

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 And the closer a data center is to you, there's a higher chance that that is the one that you'll be using to get your email or the YouTube video coming to you.

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 Same thing with Netflix and all the streaming services and what have you.

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 Because if you don't understand how the internet works, if I am here on the East Coast and I am connecting to something on the West Coast,

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 and even though it's pretty much all done over fiber, which is fast as hell, there is going to be higher latency than if I connect to something, say, like right here in Georgia or down in Florida, Alabama, you know, the regional area.

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 And that's because the way the networks are designed, you may go through what's called a hop, but multiple, you will go through multiple hops because there's all these interconnects and the way the traffic is routed.

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 Every time there's a hop, it adds a little bit of latency.

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 My son lives in Seattle.

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 We have a what's called a virtual private network, a VPN between my network here at home and his network in Seattle.

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 And if I remember correctly, I think the average latency between us is about 65 to 70 millisecond.

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 Whereas if I ping, which, again, that's a technical term, but if I ping, say, Google's DNS, which one of their DNS servers is 8.8.8.8, it's six milliseconds.

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 That's because they're pretty sure, and I mean, well, I can trace route it and see how many hops it takes for me to get to their DNS server at 8.8.8.8, also known as quad 8.

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 So it's 10 hops.

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 And then the one that introduced, there was a 10 millisecond bump around the fifth hop.

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 Whereas if I try to ping my son, say, something on his network, let me see.

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 Can I remember what his, yeah, his firewall IP is?

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 I mean, memory that I used to could buy, I think it's a 16 gig stick for about 18 bucks is now over 100.

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 Even storage prices have gone up because of AI, because all of the, all of the tech companies that manufacture memory, because basically an SSD or an NVMe, these are the solid state, not the mechanical hard drives of old, which we still need those.

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 A four terabyte external drive that used to cost around three, I think 400 bucks is now over 900 to give you an idea.

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 Now, I know I've kind of veered off the path here, but what I'm telling you is these, unfortunately, these are necessary evil to a point we may need them, but we need to approach this in a very pragmatic way that it doesn't increase our utility rates.

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 It doesn't put a strain on our water resources because these companies can find better alternative ways to cool those data centers because that's what the water is used for.

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 You have to keep those data centers cool because those servers kick out a crap ton of heat.

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 I'm fine with them doing it, but I think them and anybody else, Microsoft, Amazon, all of the big tech giants that are investing billions, almost into the trillions of dollars for these data centers, need to always keep in mind of the impact that it's going to have in the area that they put these damn things in.

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 But they were looking at putting one, and I think it's Google related, over in Irwin County.

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 And of course, your local elected officials look at it as a win-win because they're being sold a lie most of the time about how many jobs these things create.

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 Based on the information that I had available at the time, the size of data center that was proposed to go in in Irwin County at best might have 25 people on staff after it's built, after it's up and running.

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 Now, there will be a crap ton, several hundred, if not more, people working to get it built and up and running.

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 So don't be fooled when a company comes in and says, look, you know, we're going to start adding to your tax base.

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 It just really, really doesn't work that way.

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 What do we got on tap here?

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 So, we got a new study from the University of Georgia.

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 Suggests, and this is something that, you know, I think we all kind of, it's just one of those things that's like, well, it's there.

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 We're talking about GPS.

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 You know, the thing that lets our phones tell us to turn down the wrong road when we're trying to get directions to a place we've never been.

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 If you know the answer to it, you want to shoot me a text, 229-520-5957.

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 But, a new study from the University of Georgia suggests that solar storms disrupting GPS signals could pose a serious threat to Georgia's peanut industry,

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 potentially costing farmers millions of dollars.

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 modern peanut farming increasingly relies on what's known as real-time, oh boy, I should have looked this up, kinematic.

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 It's K-I-N-E-M-A-T-I-C.

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 And we're actually looking at a cool little project coming up, hopefully, sometime later this year or first of next year.

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 But, RTK GPS technology, this technology guides equipment with inch-level precision during planting and harvest.

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 And because peanuts grow underground, I mean, shocker, right?

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 Farmers must return months later, dig along those exact same rows where the crops were planted.

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 could help protect an estimated $10 million to $20 million in Georgia peanut production.

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 There are days I can't stand technology.

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 But can you imagine plucking a farmer from the 60s and 70s and putting him in 2026 and go, this is how we farm now.

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 We're off our rocker, that this is all voodoo and black magic.

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 I remember early days of CityNet.

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 I forget what year.

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 CityNet started.

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 I hired in in September of 99 and somewhere around the early aughts, there was a there was a gentleman who was working with ABAC, which is a local college here in Tifton.

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 We were trying to.

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 How can we make it work?

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 And again, you got to remember the tech, the Wi-Fi that you enjoy today stands on the shoulders of that original Wi-Fi that really started coming into its own in the early aughts to the mid aughts.

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 I think it was 54 megabit, maybe.

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 And now we're, you know, your standard Wi-Fi in your house does several hundred to a gig.

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 Now we've got AC and I can't even keep up with the acronyms anymore.

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 Wi-Fi 4, Wi-Fi 5, Wi-Fi 6, Wi-Fi 7, Wi-Fi 8.

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 You know, it's like, it's like cell phone technology.

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 Pretty sure in the back room somewhere, they're looking at 7 and 8G.

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 So technology doesn't slow down.

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 It just keeps marching, man.

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 It just keeps marching.

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 But I do find this funny that now farmers who use this technology not only have to be aware of the weather,

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 you know, is it raining?

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 Down here in South Georgia is going to be super hot.

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 That's freaking hilarious, man.

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 That is hilarious.

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 If you are a farmer, number one, why are you listening to this?

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 Because you probably should be out farming.

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 Because it's a little after 8 o'clock on Thursday morning, the 11th of June.

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 But, I mean, you can email me any time of the day or night.

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 You can text any time of the day or night.

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 The text number and call-in number is 229-520-5957.

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 And, again, the text, you can text me 24-7.

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 The phone lines are only open generally from 7.30 to 8.30, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday mornings.

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 I'm curious.

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 Are you using this kind of technology now?

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 And are you concerned about these solar storms?

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 Your alarm clock is a liar.

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 It says it's time to wake up, but you're still sleepwalking through life.

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 Stop the snooze.

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 It's The Morning Drip on wrto.fm.

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 We're serving up unfiltered truth, questionable advice, and enough caffeine-fueled energy to power the entire Piedmont Plateau.

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 Because sleeping in is for people with nothing to say.

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 Weekdays, only on Radio Free Georgia.

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 Hey, welcome back.

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 I am Donovan, and this is The Morning Drip for Thursday, June the 11th, 2026.

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 Glad you could join me.

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 All right.

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 Let's talk about a couple of things in our last segment, and then I'll get you on your way so that you can get going with your day and start heading toward the weekend.

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 This one is probably going to have some folks divided, I imagine.

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 I know how I fall, which side of this I fall on, but a federal lawsuit is seeking to block a proposed UFC event at the White House that has been discussed as part of celebrations surrounding America's 250th anniversary, and of course, it's also President Donald Trump's 80th birthday.

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 Side note, if you're 80, you should not be president.

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 All right, moving on.

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 The lawsuit filed by the Public Integrity Project argues that staging a professional mixed martial arts event on White House grounds would violate federal laws governing the use of public property and could improperly benefit Trump financially or politically.

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 That's the thing that people need to keep in mind.

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 That is the people's house.

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 That does not, that building, that entire, that does not belong to the president.

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 I don't care who, it didn't belong to Barack Obama, it did not belong to Bill Clinton, it did not belong to Ronald Reagan, it did not belong to Joe Biden, and it certainly does not belong to Donald Trump.

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 Though he thinks, unfortunately it does, where he can just go willy-nilly and start tearing down shit and building some gaudy-ass looking buildings on the property.

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 Okay, I'll get off my high horse here.

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 According to the suit, organizers have allegedly failed to complete required environmental reviews, shocking, and obtained proper authorization for the use of federal parkland and White House grounds, shocking.

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 The plaintiffs also contend that using government property for a commercial sporting event raises ethical and legal concerns, particularly if private entities or individuals stand to profit from the event.

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 Don't fool yourselves.

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 The Trump family will benefit from this financially.

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 Supporters of the proposed argument that a UFC event would be a unique way to celebrate the nation's 250th anniversary and showcase a popular American sport.

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 However, unless the legal challenge is resolved, the proposed, quote, fight night could face significant hurdles before any fighters step into an octagon on White House property.

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 And for now, the case adds another round to what is already shaping up to be a highly unusual political and legal fight before any actual punches are thrown.

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 That spider cage looking thing is, it's an embarrassment.

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 It's an embarrassment to America.

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 I mean, contrary to popular rhetoric that a certain president loves to spew about how we're more respected now, we're the hottest country in the world.

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 No, we are not.

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 Other countries, our allies look at us and feel sadness and sympathy for our loss in standing, if you will.

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 Our allies know they can't count on us anymore.

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 And that's a shame.

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 That is, that is, that is a shame.

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 And it's embarrassing that what this country is going through, that dumbass looking UFC fight cage on the White House ground is an embarrassment.

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 To have a UFC fight to celebrate America's 250th birthday is moronic.

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 That's not, that's not the way you celebrate this.

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 And that was not the original plan either.

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 When Trump came in, he basically created this, this other entity.

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 There was already a thing out there called, I think it was Freedom 250, or I may be getting them confused.

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 One is America's, America 250.

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 The other one's Freedom 250.

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 One of them is Trump's organization.

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 The other one is, was actually put together by Congress that was supposed to be spearheading this.

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 And as Trump normally does, he usurped all of it, made it about himself instead of about America and the great people of America.

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 He made it all about himself.

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 So yeah, we're the laughingstock of the world right now.

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 And I mean, if you believe differently, that's your opinion, that you're right.

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 I hate to tell you that you're wrong because whatever information you're basing that on is incorrect.

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 You need to stop listening to Fox News.

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 You don't even have to listen to me, but stop listening to Fox News.

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 Go outside the country.

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 Listen to other news organizations that are not affiliated with the United States of America.

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 And get, and you can see their perspective.

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 You can see the viewpoint of how we are viewed as America is viewed now around the world.

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 It's not favorably at all.

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 Unless you happen to be some right-wing dictator.

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 I mean, Putin probably looks at us favorably because, I mean, he's got a puppet in the White House right now.

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 That's my opinion.

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 And as I've told you before, this is an opinion show.

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 I provide you with news and information that I try my best to verify as fact.

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 And then I give you my opinion.

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 So, there you go.

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 One last little fun tidbit.

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 And this would be great if I had not already passed three years of alcohol retirement.

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 I have not had a drink of alcohol in over three years.

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 But to mark America's 250th anniversary, the New York Public Library has partnered with, I think you pronounce this, Talia.

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 It's T-A-L-E-A beer company to create Liberty Lager, which is a limited edition beer inspired by a 1757 recipe handwritten by none other than George Washington in a military notebook preserved in the library's archives.

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 The beer is based on Washington's, quote, small beer recipe, which is a common colonial era beverage and is being sold at Talia or Talia's tap rooms and select New York retailers.

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 The beer launch is part of the library's broader 250 years, life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness initiative commemorating the nation's founding.

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 Other activities include a limited edition library card featuring a handwritten copy of the Declaration of Independence, a Reading America 250 years, 250 books reading list, thousands of free book giveaways and free digital access to selected titles through July.

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 The library will also display its rare handwritten copy of the Declaration of Independence created by none other than Thomas Jefferson from July 1st through the 7th with free public reservations.

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 Library officials say the goal is to help people engage with American history in new ways, including apparently by raising a glass brewed from a recipe scribbled down by George Washington nearly 270 years ago.

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 So if I still drink, so if I still drink, that would be cool, that would be cool, but I don't, so I'm going to have to live vicariously through somebody else that actually gets to sample that brewski.

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 All right, well, that is the end of this show for Thursday, June 11th, 2026.

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 I hope you were here listening live, but if not, keep in mind that this live broadcast gets turned into a podcast.

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 After the fact, and where can you find the podcast, you may be asking?

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 Well, all you got to do is go to morningdrip.show, and you can find all the previous episodes, and here's the way that works, is I put them up for free for seven days, and after seven days, if you haven't already listened to it, all you need to pay is a measly $7 per month.

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 Become a member, you know, become a member.

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 I was having a little technical difficulty there, sorry.

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 I hit the wrong button, you know what happens.

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 Anyway, I'm not even going to cut this out, because I like authenticity.

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 So, yeah, if you want to listen to the previous episodes of The Morning Drip, all you have to do is go to morningdrip.show, and like I say, for seven days, like this episode right here, when it gets published later today, it'll be freely available for seven days.

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 But after seven days, if you haven't listened to it, then all you need to pay is $7 a month, become a member, and listen to The Morning Drip.

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 All right.

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 Thank you for joining me.

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 Again, if you want to contact the show 24-7, you can text us at 229-520-5957, or you can email, and that email address is morningdrip at wrto.fm.

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 Everybody have a fantastic Thursday, a fantastic Friday.

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 I hope you have a great weekend.

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 Looks like it might be a wet one, so if you need to get out and do some yard work, you may have to do it Friday, but we need the rain.

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 Until next week, take care, everybody, and good morning.

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 We'll see you next week.