Hello and welcome. It is Eric Erickson here. The second hour of the Eric Erickson show. If you want to call in and be a part of the program, 877-97-9-373-7-4-25. You can always get me on social media. Instagram is my favorite. It's where I do all my cooking pictures and the like. You can go to E.W. Erikson.

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Now, I want to go off on a tangent because I want to be honest with you.

Every day lately, it's kind of like back during the COVID days.

I sit down and I think I've talked about this issue so much.

And in the situation, for example, of Ukraine, the story changes on a daily basis.

And I want to spend a moment on that.

But then I want to move into just some off the beaten path stuff,

if you will.

Just bear with me.

First of all, I need to say this.

This is my honest and genuine assessment, and I don't like saying this.

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