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I'm completely out of breath because the stupid coffee machine froze on me.

You got to go upstairs, you got to walk down the hall, you got to hit the coffee button,

and then it churns the coffee and filters the coffee, and it froze.

And I had to reboot the machine, and I literally just sat down.

So, before I get to anything else, I'm going to go to Max, and he can ask me his question and comment,

and I can catch my breath, so I'm not breathing heavy on you guys. Some of you would find that,

well, deeply exciting. Most of you probably not. Max, welcome to the show. How are you?

Eric, hey, thanks for taking my call. I really appreciate it. Sure.

Oh, yeah. So I caught part of your conversation earlier. You were talking about, you know, Iran and stuff.

And basically, you were saying the only way out is through, which I agree with you, or the only way through, yeah,

but our definitions are different because honestly, I don't think we can bomb our way out of it.

I think they've been preparing for decades for something like this.

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