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Today is Thursday, June, no, I'm sorry,

today's Friday, June the 14th.

I'm so used to see so on announcing the Thursday

the Thursday of things.

We did and we're recording from our respective homes.

We had some scheduling snafoos and personal things pop up so we had to make some last

minute adjustments to our

recording schedule so today is Friday June the 14th and Cecil we've got to start

off with a lead story our lead story, unfortunately, sadly, honestly devastatingly from the New York Times.

Let me read this to you guys before we comment on it.

New York Times, Charity founder embezzled millions and spent on lavish meals, U.S. says.

Prosecutors say the Keith Taylor, head of modest needs, crowd-source donations for the poor, but spend hundreds of thousands of dollars at high-end

restaurants.

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