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year or first month. That's the DSR Network.com slash buy and code graduate. Thank you very much for your support. Hello and welcome to the DSR Daily I'm David Rothkoff joined as ever by Chris

Kotroy. How are you doing this morning Chris?

Doing well, thank you. Well that's spectacular and Riley Fessler are you in good spirits

Riley? I'm in high spirits today. High spirits. Well, let's hear it by you're

starting off on some story to bring us down and then five stories from now we'll

all be a complete funk about how screwed up the world is.

And then we'll let everybody go.

Have a nice day everybody.

The world sucks.

Go ahead, Riley.

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