Hi, how are you?
do you like the radio?

Yea, it's pretty cool how sound is produce through electromagnetic energy waves through space

yes, it is a great invention.

i think it has helped many people around the world get their news and maybe get educated.

Yea, in Finland they even have a new program in classical latin called Nuntii Latini

I guess they have dedicated fans because that has been around for decades.

Apparently, I heard dedicated fans of classic radio dramas can listen to them online for free

there are some great dramas out there.

i think the history of entertainment tells a lot about the stories we see now on tv

What's pretty cool is you can pick up Jupiter's radio storms on am radio, I wonder what frequency you have to tune to

i dont know.

i dont know what they would sound like so i couldnt recognize them.

strange.

Not as strange as the President of Indonesia releasing 3 pop albums while in office lol

I guess he had a yearning to be heard.
He needed his voice to be acknowledged.
Plus he wanted the cash.

Maybe but JFK, Washington, and Jefferson were the 3 wealthiest presidents and they never released any albums

Yes, JFK has his father's rum money.

And the two others owned heaps of land.

JFK has the look of a star but not the singing voice.

his mistress did though.

I wonder if the first president of zimbabwe was rich, maybe he sold bananas since they called him President Banana

Perhaps given that nickname for a reason

Perhaps.

Did you know the runner up in the presidential election became vice president until 1805?

that was an odd system.

maybe the vp had more power then?

now its a ceremonial position for the most part.

i would not want it.

Sounds like way too much stress, I'd imagine the vice president and president probably hated each other

Yes, they probably were not on the same page and little got accomplished.

Now it is a pointless position.

Little real authority.

Anyway, nice chat!

You too.

I'm gonna go look up more info about the man who sold the Eiffel Tower twice

That man was a genius salesman.
Have a good night!

thanks, you too


Do you know a Bertram Snyder from Maryland?

no, but it looks like he was an internist

Yea, he was really old, 90, I'd be lucky to live that long

I guess all the people helped were lucky too.

He graduated medical school at 21

I guess he did a lot of good in his life being a doctor and all

Sounds like he volunteered at Arlington Free clinci

Yea, he worked all over the place to and wrote a book in 1966

What kind of book did he write/

It was cal led "The Agony of Modernization: Labor and Industrialization in Spain" I guess it is some kind of history book

Wow, unrelated to medicine but sounds interesting

Yea, I guess he was a jack of all trades, he joined the Foreign Service in 1950

Actually it says that Mr. Martin wrote The agony of Modernization

Oh my mistake, theres so much he has done

Did you see that one of the most popular radio acts in the 30's was a ventriloquist

No, thats wierd, like how do they even know there is a guy with a dummy on the radio

I don't know.

But also, the last president to speak a foreign language fluently was fdr

That's surprising, did you know jfk was one of the most wealthiest presidents?

yes, interesting .

In guatemala close relatives of former presidents can't legally run for president.

Takes out the whole line to the throne concept.

Makes a lot of sense to me, America should try that too

The only president to have a phd was woodrow wilson too that's a fun fact

More like a sad fact

Yes, could be


Do you listen to the radio?

Hello,  yes I like the radio when I can listen to it.

I use pandora or audio books a lot though lol

There is a website where you can listen to thousands of episodes of classic radio dramas for free.

That is cool.

Would you listen to a weekly news program conducted entirely in classical latin?

I wonder how many people can actually understand that.

I cant understand latin so it probably wouldnt be very beneficial to me lol I hear soliders use to make radios with just a razor and pencil.

How do you even do that lol

No idea, and now I want to learn!

Maybe you can look it up on Youtube!
Youtube has everything lol

Yeah, I probably could!

I just learned that the three wealthiest presidents are jfk, washington and jefferson.

I'll have to Google that to confirm.

I saw that too,  but Im pretty sure its Trump,  then Washington and then Jefferson.

i hear the president guest house is bigger than the white house

Yeah, I would love to be a guest there.

You and your whole family probably!

Ive never been to the white house but Ive seen pics, its huge lol

Awesome.

What do you think of the president of Indonesia?

He has released 3 pop albums while in office.

That's impressive, run a country and make 3 pop albums.

Multitasking!

lol

Haha, right!

Hopefully he was actually running the country and not just making the pop album!

I would be more entertained if the runner up still became the vice president though.

Though, it probably would not be the brightest idea.

yeah Hillary and trump wouldnt make a good team. '

I know, haha.

Do you think the government should care about the environment?

In 2008 the Norwegian government donated  one billion dollars to help save the Amazon rainforest.

absolutely.

The government should be very involved in the enviornment

In Nevada 86% of the land in Nevada is owned by the US Government.

I hope they are taking good care of it.

Its probably all the military bases and stuff.

Yes, I bet you are right.


Hello there.

Do you want to talk about the government?

Good morning!

I think I could talk about the Government and politics all day long!

Ok, well we know that a government is the system or group of people governing an organized community, often a state.

In the case of its broad associative definition, government normally consists of legislature, executive, and judiciary.

Yes, it is.

I find it funny that Wikileakes published the government's plans to destroy Wikileaks.

Yes, I agree.

Did you know that the US government owns 86% of Nevada?

Wow.

Wow!

That is a lot of land.

I think it is nice what the Norwegian Government did in 2008.

Yes, that the donated $1Billion to help save the Amazon Rainforest.

That was generous of them.

Yes, I agree.

It was very selfless.

Have you heard about the man in France and his sale of the Eiffel Tower?

Yes, that he impersonated a government official and managed to sell the Eiffel Tower not just once but twice.

Outrageous wasn't it?

Completely insane!

So, I know our current President gets a lot of flack, but the first President of Zimbabwe was called President Banana!

I wonder if that was a compliment or an insult?

Considering their main export, it might be a compliment.

Also the president of Indonesia released 3 pop albums while he was in office.

Cool.

Yeah, maybe.

And that is surprising about the albums!

Yes, and up until 1802 in the US, the runner up in a presidential election automatically became the Vice President.

Too bad it's not still like that.

I don't think it would be a good idea to have Trump and Clinton together.

They would not get a long at all.

Or maybe they would if they had to, just a thought.

Anyways, do you know anything about radio?

Radio is an interesting topic and there is a website where you can listen to thousands of episodes of classic radio dramas for free.

I like the radio.

I know Jupiter has storms so strong that they can be picked up an heard by an am radio.

Yes, and funny thing is that according to Canadian law, all radios are required to have at least 40% of the music played be Canadian.

I like that law.
It seems like it keeps things fair.

Maybe a good thing.

Did you know that soldiers in WWII made simple radios using a razor blade and pencil as the diode?

I think they were called Foxhole radios.

No kidding!
Sounds creative.

Yes, I'd like to try and make one myself.

Nice chatting with you.


hey there, do you follow politics much?

I didn't used to, but in the last three years I've gotten very interested in it.

What about you?

So so.

DId you know trump is not the wealthiest president in us history?

I figured he was the wealthiest modern one, but some of the early presidents were very rich.

Which was the wealthiest?

Between jfk.
washington and jefferson, one of them.

I hadn't thought of JFK, but he did come from a family with a lot of money, so that makes sense.

The other two are no surprise with how much property they owned in the early days of the country.

It probably gave them a lot of government influence.

yeah.

did you know the guest house is larger than the white house?

I wouldn't have guessed that!

I guess it would make sense if the president needs to have a lot of political guests.

Yeah lots of guests i guess

I wonder how much difference there is between the US president and other countries' presidents.

Did you know that one country's president actually released 3 pop albums while he was in office?

was that the president of indonesia?
That is so cool.

I wonder what the subject of his songs were.

Imagine if he was singing "The Government Rap" or something!

hahhaha that would be funny indeed.

do you know how the vice president was elected prior to 1805?

I remember learning that the vice president was the one who came in second in the presidential elections.

Imagine the conflicts if that happened now!

I know I guess it is better the way that things run now.

I wonder if the reason it changed was because of personality and political conflicts between the president and the VP.

It probably would hurt how the government runs.

could be.
have you heard of wikileaks?

I have heard of them.

They cause a lot of frustration in the government when they publish things that the higher-ups would rather keep quiet.

I know, they even published documents that show how the government was planning to destroy them.

That sounds like the ultimate taunt to show how unafraid of the government they are.

I know, so tough.
It was nice chatting with you


Good morning and thank you for chatting with me today!

Do you like to listen to the radio.

I find it interesting how radio's work in general.

Yea I enjoy the radio from time to time, especially radio dramas

I have hear but not been able to find it yet of a web site that one can listen to thousands of classic radio drama's for free.

I like to listen to all kinds of music.

that website would be my dream then!

I hope you like Canadian bands if you ever go to Canada.

40% of all radio music there must be from Canadian bands

I have been to Canada!!

I have never heard that factoid before though.

I would suppose the radio stations would have to see it through as how would one know for sure if a song is Canadian or not if they were not a specialist in music?

They would have to be very familiar with Canadian bands.

Or just play a lot of RUSH and Alannis Morisette to be safe haha

HA A, agreed!!

Do you know that in WWII soldiers made simple radios with a pencil and a razor blade and called them foxhole radios?

I had heard about that, I wonder how the heck they figured out that that would work for them, that's some real MacGyver stuff right there

I totally agree how did they know to do that?

Also on an AM station at times storms can be heard from Jupiter; how amazing is that!

thats crazy.
Do you know Latin at all?

It is indeed!

I do not know Latin; I have heard a few song and have seen people dance to it.

Just watching puts me out of breath I can imagine how the dancers feel when the song is over.

Oh I meant Latin the language!

the ancient one.

Although i do love some latin music myself

I am afraid I do not know Latin the language, I am fluent in English and can count to ten in Spanish as well as know a few colors in Spanish.

I know how to say I love you in German but that is my extent of language.

same here pretty much.

I was gonna say, if you knew Latin there's a FInnish radio station that has broadcast a weekly news program entirely in Latin for the past 30 years called Nuntii Latini

That is interesting!

A little factoid I find very interesting is that of a man in France has not once but twice sold the Eiffel Tower by impersonating a government official.

woah I wonder how much he was pricing it at?

That I am not sure of but wonder how it happens not once but twice by the same person?

I have been to the very tip top of the Eiffel Tower and love it.

It is so pretty to see at night time all lit up as well as during the day if the clouds are around it.

I've never been but I surely want to go there someday!

Norway too.

Their government donation 1 billion dollars to help save the Amazon rainforest

It is very pretty in the fall there!

I find that it is wonderful for the government to help save the rain forest.

I also think more people need to help even if in little ways to preserve all the lands for future generations.

I agree, I think everyone should be doing their part, especially the people that lead our countries.

Heck, Norway is so far away from the Amazon and they did a huge amount to help!

I agree!

I try to do my part everyday!

I frequently recycle while at home as well as while I am out and about.

I frequently walk the beach and pick up trash left by others; sadly far too much trash it seems.

I agree, not enough people do their part to recycle.

Well i gotta run, it was nice chatting with you!


Hello, are you interested in the President, Radio, or Government?

I would say I am more interested in government.

Systems or groups of people organized in a community do something to me.

Ok, well government is a means by which organizational policies are enforced as well as a mechanism for determining policy.

This affects all of us, really.

The statement of a governing principle and philosophy is much more than the smile on a dog.

Funny, did you know another funny thing?

86% of the land in Nevada is owned by the US government.

Religion is the talk on a cereal box.

Another way to have an absolute state of authority is to have a tyranny.

Well said.

Did you know that Wikileaks published the government's plans to destroy Wikileaks?

Now that's a Wikileak!

Its almost like a photo of a person holding a photo.

The guy in France that sold the Eiffel tower, he has some skill.

Yes, I heard about that.

A man in France impersonated a government official and sold the Eiffel Tower not just once but twice.

You would think Mr. Eiffel would have something to say about a guy putting up for sale signs, having tours through the living room.

One would think.

Did you know that in 2006, the US passed legislation to protect government employees from prosecution for violating the Geneva Conventions.

It is important when water boarding to have legislation on your side.

I like how the Norwegian Government donated $1 billion to save the amazon forest.

Our government would sell chimpanzees guns but thats about all.

Well our government is just as wild as the rest of the worlds.

Afer all, the first president of Zimbabwe was called president banana.

Top Banana.

I hear there is prison time if you forget his first name.

Canada has a la that 40% of all music must be canadian.

good for them.

Country and western needs a place to go.

I agree with that!

Add to that, Jupiter has radio storms so strong that they can be picked up and heard by AM radio.

I wonder if Jupiter sounds like whales?

Scottish bag pipes are very annoying.

How could you calculate the wealth of president Geroge Washington.

Maybe by reverse engineering inflation, I don't know.

Yes, Washington, Jefferson, and JFK were the top three wealthiest presidents.

I bet Washington never filed a tax return.

Any calculation of his wealth in 1776 dollars would be speculation.

Believe me, they probably have a way to estimate it.

Lucky for George, he lived in pre-Federal Reserve era.

Did you know that soldiers in WWI made simple radios using razor blades and pencil as a diode?

A foxhole radio.

It sounds like a waste of time.

Maybe there was a lot of free time in fox holes.

Could be.
Nice chatting.


It always saddens me to see people mistreat those who survived something as horrific as the Holocaust

It's definitely sad.

People and governments can often leave others without the best support.

They can be, but they can do really good things too!

The Amazon can thank the Norwegian government for donating $1 billion to help save the rainforest

That's so neat!

People in government can be super cool, I guess.

Like the Indonesian president, who has recorded several pop albums during his time in office.

There's also funny government stories.

Like the guy who impersonated a French government official twice.

He managed to sell the Eiffel Tower both times

Haha, I wonder for how much!

Or that guy in Zimbabwe, who called himself President Banana

He didn't call himself that, but his last name was actually Banana.

Speaking of quirky things, did you know that under Canadian law, at least 40% of the music played on the radio has to be Canadian?

That's one way to encourage nationalism.

I wonder how much nationalism exists on the 86% of Nevada land that's owned by the US government

Right?

Well, seeing as how all government employees are protected if they ever violate the Geneva Conventions, I would say the US is trying to keep up with that whole Nationalism thing.

I'm not sure if that's a good law or not.

That's one that would need to be researched.

At one point, Wikileaks had a post that revealed the government's plans to destroy them, but I'm not sure how accurate that would be

I think the irony is there, though.

Kind of like how the White House guest house is bigger than the actual White House.

Just like it would be ironic if the runner up in an election became the VP now like they used to.

Nothing would get accomplished

Right?

Could you imagine?

That's probably why it only lasted until 1805.

By then the parties would have started becoming more divided as the population grew.

Still, many who become President are still wealthy people

Some of the original founding fathers were among the wealthiest presidents.

That's not surprising though since they would have had some of the first dibs on the land.

I wonder if we would even like Washington or Jefferson if they were alive in our modern culture

I would think it would be pretty hard to relate to a president from so long ago.

It would be hard for them to relate to us now.

Many of them weren't even around when the radio was invented, so you can imagine how they would feel about listening to classic radio dramas on a website

Haha.

Or listening to classical Latin on a Finnish radio station!

They might actually understand the language!


Do you follow politics, I think the president has a really important job.

yes I agree, and I do follow it a bit, what about you?

I do, I think its important to keep updated, do you approve of Trump actions while in office?

I think he's making the best of what he's given I don't agree with everything but no one will give him credit for the things he has done, what about you

I think he has some good ideas but not sure if his the right man for the job, too much drama in the White House and he can be really sttuborn at times.

thats true, did you know that he wouldn't be in the list of top three richest presidents of all time

Wow his not on the list?

who are the 3 richest presidents of all time then?

he must be 4th for sure

ya, its apparently JFK, Jefferson and Washington, this list must be adjusted for inflation

Yeah it wouldnt make sense otherwise, afterall Trump has a guest house  thats larger than the White House,

haha ya that is wild, did you hear about the president of zimbabwe?

His nickname is President Banana, does he have a VP names Plantain?

haha

Thats funny lol, I bet the VP has a curious nickname as well, I bet President Banana likes yellow

haha that could be it, do you listen to teh ratio at all?

I do, everyday when I commute to work, do you like any particular stations?

well I listen to youtube personally, but I did hear that Jupiter has radio storms that you can pick up on AM radio, maybe listen to those next time before work?

haha

That would be amazing, I will look up the frequency it would be really interesting although over time it would also be boring

haha ya, I don't know if id rather listen to that or the finnish radio station that plays all programs in classic latin

That sounds really boring lol, but its been around a long time so Im guessing it has a good segments of fans

ya that's true, do you know that wwii soldiers made radios out of pencils and razorblades?

like how was that possible

Wow that is an incredible skill I bet that saved countless of lives back in war, radio is an important invention theres a lot of science behind it

right I agree, they were called foxhole radios and must have player a super important part in the war

Yeah for sure, I bet the goverment kept tabs on soldiers using them even after the war.


Hi!

Do you know much about presidential history?

hi how are you?

i dont know much about presidential history.

please enlighten me.

ok..lol  The top 3 wealthiest presidents in the American history were JFK, Washinton, and Jefferson.

What?
Trump isnt in there?
Color me shocked!
LOL

lol  I think this data may be from before he was president.

Up until 1805 the runner up in the US presidential elections automatically became vice president.

I couldn't imagine that working in this day and age.

I think that it would as fun as a barrel of monkeys!

Hill-dawg and Trump together in the Oval Office.

Priceless!

LOL  The first president of Zimbabwe was called President Banana!

that is a silly name.

Perfect!

That is an insulting moniker that no one will ever forget.

what should trumps nickname be?

I would have to say Jason Momoa's character now  lol  because I just met him at a comic con.

lol

Thats great!

he seems like a great guy!

he must get all the women at the con to come by.

I forgot to put the name....lol  Kahl Drogo.

You would have to look him up.

If you don't watch the show though, you won't get the Trump nick.

Ok. Do you listen to radio these days?

I do!

I would like to try to find the AM channel where I could listen to the Jupitor radio storms.

I think that would be neat.

you can listen to solar activity too.
I wonder how the jupiter storms sound.
better than top 40 these days?

They just might!

lol  I like how in Canada, the law requires that at least 40 percent of the music played has to be Canadian artists.

I think that gives some artists a better chance of being heard.

I guess, but then what about the internet?

can the canadian govt dictate content there?

I'm not sure on that one.

I know they have a different domains there that end in .ca Speaking of gov'ts...did you know that 86 percent of the land in Nevada is owned by the US government?

That is insane.

i wonder what the govt does on all that empty land.

alien experiments?

war games?

LOL

Both!

lol   In 2008 the Norwegian government donated $1 billion dollars to help save the Amazon rainforest.

I had fun chatting with you!

I had a lot of fun chatting too!
Have a good evening!

You have a good night too!


hi, do you know much about the government?

Hi!

I know an average amount about the government, but recently learned that the government is under intense pressure to come clean about the mistreatment of people that were invited to settle after World War II when there were labor shortages, what started those pressures anyway?

oh wow did not know that.

wonder if wikileaks has any info about that

They might, Do you know what the controversy is surrounding Wikileaks?

yeah they have published secret documents that show how the gov't is trying to destroy them

Oh no wonder, what were the consequences as a result of the leaks?

Were there charges pressed?

yeah and i think that is why the ceo was deported

Oh wow, I wonder if the CEO wanted to renounce his citizenship since the US government publishes the full names of people who chooses to renounce their citizenship.

yeah that is a strange one.
do you listen to the radio?

Yes but I only listen to the radio when in the car, though I have yet to stumble upon the station that plays solar sounds of the sun's music.

Have you?

no but that is an interesting one.

have you ever listened to canadian radio?

No, I'm not familiar with Canadian radio, how is it different from American radio?

well they are required to play canadian music 40%of the time

Wow, how do they monitor that radio stations do that?

Is there a penalty for not hitting those numbers?

i think so, i am not entirely sure though

I heard on the radio this morning that there have been five presidents that have won the popular vote but still lost the presidential election, do you think that deters people from voting?

I think so, because then why are we voting

Yeah, do you wish the US system chose its presents based on the popular vote instead of the current system?

Very much so.

Do you know who the wealthiest presidents were?

Me too, I'm not sure who the wealthiest presidents are, but if I had to take a guess, I'm thinking that Trump isn't on that list?

nope he is not.
nice chat


What do you think about the new royal couple Prince Harry and Meghan Markle?

I think its sort of interesting seeing that she is American and an actress.

It s pretty cool.

I wonder how they chose who attended their wedding?

They visited Wales and Cardiff the Welsh capital together.

I wonder that too.

Cardiff sounds lovely.

They gathered outside the castle there.

Sounds really nice.

Sounds like she had a good reception there.

Markle is very popular.

They called Markle a natural with the crowds and they even had "Meghan Mania."

Do you enjoy the couple?

I do.

I think they seem to be nice and genuine people.

Seems like there was some questions about Trump attending the wedding buy Theresa May dodged them.

The Windsor Chapel, the site of their marriage seats about 800 people, so not sure he was invited.

But May said she wasn't responsible for invites.

Oh I see.

Sounds like they are free to invite or not invite who they want.

They dont even have to invite the foreign heads of state.

Meghan and Prince Harry got to experience Welsh culture preparing for their wedding and sampling Welsh cakes.

Sounds like fun!

I bet.

I met some Welsh people this summer.

They were fantastic.

They even visited a radio station in London.

It was questionable whether Obama and his wife would be invited to the wedding as well.

I wonder if they liked Obama there.

Sounds like they stayed pretty secret about who they were sending invites too.

Harry when interviewed by BBC said he didn't want to ruin the surprise of who was invited.

I think that is pretty cool.

I am glad, that for the most part, Markle has been being received well.

I couldnt believe that Henry Bolton's girlfriend at the time sent racists texts about her.

That is sad.

Do you listen to radio?

If you do, you can hear radio storms from Jupiter on am radio.

That sounds amazing.

I want to check out the website that has all the old classic radio dramas.

You can use just a razorblade and pencil to make a simple radio like the soldiers in wwii made if you don't have one.

I wonder how they figured that out.

Canada has a law that requires 40% of music played must be Canadian.

They must have been geniuses.

Take a guess at who the three wealthiest presidents are.

Do you think Trump?

I would say at this point.

I would bet JFK was extremely wealthy.

Curious what Washington and Jefferson would be in todays money?

Wonder how much Washington paid for his wig since he was loaded?

The first president of zimbabwe was called President Banana.


Hi, what is your opinion about the government?

Hello,  I guess it depends on what aspect of the government you are referring to.

I read recently that Nevada is mostly owned by the government.

I think The United States government owns 47 percent of all land in the West.

... Utah and Nevada, the majority of land is owned by the federal government.

Is it right?

That is interesting.
I did not know that.

The federal government owns more land in Nevada than any other state.

Here's which counties in Nevada the government owns the most land.

I see.

I read some interesting facts about other governments too.

Someone impersonated a government official and sold the eiffel tower twice!

Oh!
that's nice.

That is crazy lol how does someone even go about getting the official papers

Sorry, i don't know about it.

looks like the norwegian government donated 1 billion dollars to save the amazon rainforest.

that was nice of them.

Yes, it's too good.
Do you like Radio?

Yes,  I like listening to the radio.

Which program you mostly like?

hmmm I mostly listen to music on the radio.

But I guess they have some morning discussions between them in the morning that I like too.

What kind of music do you listen to?

I learned that in Canada they have to play 40% canadian music.

Yes, that's interesting.

What kind of music do you listen to?

I hear there is station that you can hear old classic dramas for free.

If you like that sort of thing.

I guess it is kinda like an audio book lol

I mostly like The Goon Show.

Whhat kind of radio show is that?

The Goon Show was a British radio comedy program.

Oh I see.

Okay, thank you very much for chat with me.

Nice chatting.


How's it going, did you know in parliamentary republics the role of president is largely ceremonial?

It's going good.

I didn't know that.

I know that in authoritarian regimes, dictaror or leader of a one party state may also be callled a president.

I never knew the 3 wealthiest US presidents were Jefferson, JFK, and Washington

I didn't either.
I wonder if Trump is now on that list?

Maybe.

It's pretty interesting the first president of Zimbabwe was called President Banana

That is interesting!

I think it's funny that the president of Indonesia released 3 pop albums while in office.

lol

Yea, the president of Indonesia must of been a good singer if he released more than 1 album

I know right?

Up until 1805 the runner up in the US presidential elections automatically became the vice president.

I wonder how they worked out?

Bet they fought a lot behind closed doors.

Yea, that's probably why they stopped letting the runner up be vice president starting in 1805

haha  I wonder why the US presidents guest house is larger than the White House?

That is odd, I wonder if President Banana or the pop singing Indonesian President have ever been in the guest house

Hahaha  They might have been there!

Speaking of music, did you know in WWII soldiers made radios from a razor blade and pencil?

I didn't.

That is pretty cool and I wonder how they knew how to do that?

I couldn't figure it out.

I heard that you can pick up Jupiter's radio storms on an AM radio, I got to try that out

That does sound neat.

I'm going to look and see if there's a particular channel to use.

Yea, I'd rather listen to that than Nuntii Latini, a weekly news program done in classical latin

haha I've heard of that show.

They've been streaming that on a Finnish radio station since 1989.

I'd rather listen to classic radio dramas online for free

I've never listened to a radio drama.

I'll have to find that website and give a listen.

Well I got to go, have a nice day


How do you think our president is doing?

If you look at the stats and avoid the so-called news, very well...

that is a good way to put it!

I think if he released a pop album like the president of indonesia, it may help him with everyone lol

I just can picture him singing!

the 1st president of Zimbabwe was called banana!

our president needs a nickname

Is that because of his hair or skin?

I never quite got that.

I guess his guest house is bigger than his house house.

both lol!

I have seen the white house but never saw the guest house.

I wonder why that is, do you know?

I was wondering the same.

Is it attached?

He doesn't need it with all his hotels.

He didn't make the top 3 wealthiest presidents?

They are JFK, Jefferson and Washington according to my recent reading.

right!

I wonder if it is to show off to other countries guests.

I think he may be the top if we ever get his tax returns lol

I'm just wondering how they compared a limo to a horse.

Weird that before 1805, the runner up in a presidential election was made the VP.

That would mean Hillary and Trump would work together!

WOW

That would be the best reality show ever!

I would pay to see that, maybe they could have made the pop album together lol!

Amen!

I think that album would be death to one's ears.

Did you know that 86% of the land in NV is owned by the government.

The rest must be casinos and nuclear test grounds.

That is a good point, I wonder if the 86 percent is all deserts and wonder what they do there.

It may be BLM land leased to farmers and ranchers?

Funny that Wikileaks published plans  of the gov't plans to destroy them.

We should hire Wikileaks to do the work of the CIA and FBI.

Right lol they could tell us everything.

There should be a wikileaks channel on the radio!

Yep!

It's wild that soldiers in WWI could make a radio from razor blades and pencils.

I could make a drawing of me cutting myself.

right, I would be drawing that too.

I wonder how that worked.

Radios are crazy, they pick up storms from jupiter sometimes!

I think that's all I can get on my AM radio in my car.

I've yet to tune into episodes on classic radio dramas like one can get on internet.

lol me too.

I would be interested to listen to a drama on a long road trip.

I am glad it is free so I could test it out.

Yeah, I've been thinking about getting XM but I don't drive that much.

I may, as an alternative, invest in buying the Eiffel Tower.

There's a guy in France that' sold it twice.

Right, lol, I wonder how he did it not once, but twice!

It was so nice chatting with you, enjoy your night!


Are you a fan of our president?

I am a fan of America and want our presidents to do well.

Are you a fan of our president?

For sure, he is our elected official and we can't do anything about it so I support him in most things.

He isn't one of the three richest ever presidents though

Really?
Who is?

JFK, washington, and jefferson.
I wonder how they all got their money

Slavery.

The guest house is bigger than the white house.

Seems strange,

yea i was thinking that also, kind of sad to think that but that is our history.

I have never seen the guest house, i may have to google it.

Have you seen it?

I have not.

I want to google it too.

That and the replicas of the white house in france and england.

for sure, i may want to check those out sometime in my life.

Did you know that the government owns 86% of nevada

AREA 51!

Just kidding, I do not believe in that.

Like I would not believe someone trying to sell me the Eiffel Tower.

I was thinking the same thing!

I heard they sold it twice and people actually bought it!

Maybe they used the proceeds to help save the rainforest.

I would hope so.

The norwegian government sends money to save the rainforest, I dont know how much but hopefully it was a lot

Did you know the president of indonesia has released 3 pop albums?

I wonder if they are any good...

WHAT!

I did not know that.

Maybe Trump should release one, I would like him a little more lol

I would worry about the album.
It would be rough listening!

Ha I wonder what he would sing about.

HA!

He can incorporate his experiences as president into a pop album.

There you go, you got something good going.

What would life be like if the runner up became vice president

Terrible.

I am fairly certain there would be blood shed in the white house.

That or hilary would move to the guest house or replica house in France.

For sure lol.

He would make her move there or "lock her up" what a crazy time in our history

Agreed.
Nice chatting with you!


Hello - do you follow government?

I like to stay involved I am afraid ot those deaths over in Maryland and North Virignia

I do too.

Wikileaks published the governments plan to destroy Wikileaks.

I think thats funny and also ironic, seems like Wikileaks is one step ahead of the govenmet

I think that's funny too.

Did you know 86% of the land in Nevada is owned by the government?

No I didnt know that, 86% of the land!

thats a lot, there must be a couple blacksites there

I bet lol.

In 2006, the US passed a law protecting the government employees from being prosecuted from violating the geneva conventionsl.

I think that law protects a lot of corrupt polititican I do not agree with it, did you hear about the man that sold the Eiffer tower twice?

I did not hear about that.
How did that happen?

He posed as a government official and found two suckers that feel for it

Oh wow that's crazy.

In 2008, the Norwegian government donated $1 billion to help save the Amazon rainforest.

I think thats praiseworth, more goverments should do the same and try to protect out planet, we have limited resources afterall

I agree.
Do you listen to the radio?

I do, interesting how the radio works, it carries waves in form of information, it looks simple but theres a lot of science behind the inventiion

Yea I love the radio.

Jupiter has radio storms so strong they can be heard on Earth.

That must be amazing, a bit boring after a while but I like astonomy

I bet it's very boring lol.

In Canada, all radios must play at least 40% of the music from Canada.

What do you think about this law?

seems like local talent is supported over there

I think it's a decent law.
I guess I'm not opposed to it.

I think it helps artists grow and develope their carrers, there are some great artist from Canada so I guess its paying offf

It was good talking to you.


Good morning.

Good morning.
Do you trust the government?

Wow, that is a very interesting question.

In general, it is hard to trust them all of the time, but I do find the history of our government quire interesting.

I believe having a more malleable government, responsive to the people would be better.

Do you know if the US government was more responsive in the past?

Maybe when we were a smaller country.

It is hard when the US has gotten so large to respond to everyone.

Even at the state level it can be challenging.

I wish the states had more room to experiment with various policies without the feds or supreme court coming in an making law for the entire nation.

If texas wants open carry of automatic weapons, and Massachusetts wants to try single-payer healthcare, then let them, and let people come and go.

It's hard to break free when the Feds own most of the land, like they do in Nevada.

It is hard to believe the government owns 86% of Nevada.

I know it is important for our government to balance the ideas of individual freedom and absolute state authority.

That is a hard balance to achieve at times.

Why should "absolute state authority" be of importance?

Like a dictatorship?

Well, the government does have laws and policies to enforce which is important.

If everyone had the freedom to choose what they wanted to do, it would be chaos.

I understand the need for some measure of control by the government, but not too much.

I would agree that government should enforce laws, but just in the service of keeping some people from taking away the freedom, property, and life of other people.

As my friend says, you've got to protect people from the bad guys (thieves, murderers, etc.)

I agree.

Some government bodies do good things, such as the Norweigan government who donated money to help save the Amazon rainforest.

That is a government I can respect.

That is laudable.

Do you know how "donations to help save" something like the rainforest work?

Is there a rainforest protection group of forest rangers than keep people from cutting and burning down trees?

I hope so.

I would hate to think they gave that money for no reason.

Speaking of Norway, I wonder if their government system has a President.

President is a common title for heads of state.

It is.

I don't think all "presidents" behave or function like they do/should in the US.

It's hard to say that a dictator is really a president.

In Europe, there is a distinction between president and prime minister ... which could be a good thing.

What do you think?

I don't know that one is better than the other.

All countries do these things differently.

I some places the President is really just ceremonial.

Like the Queen?

Do you think a ceremonial purpose is a good reason to have a high-profile, highly-paid government official?

Maybe, maybe not.

Even when they are ceremonial, it still can mean something to the country I supposed.

It could go the opposite where a dictator gives themself the title of president and they have absolute power.

Well, that just becomes an abuse and distortion of the political reality.

North Korea is the "Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea" which is a farce.

I'll be no where in NK are policies decided by the people themselves.

Well, on a lighter note, the President of Indonesia has released 3 pop albums which I think is quite funny.

I think it's sad.

It means he or she has enough free time to do the work of a pop star.

And it's pop music ...

I wish entertainment and politics would just get away from each other.

That would probably be for the best.

You have a lot of information and opinions and I think I should brush up on my political knowledge.

I think I will go do that now, thanks for the insight.


Hello, are you interested in politics at all?

Hi, Yes.

I listen to a lot of political radio shows.

The radio is definitely censored to some extent though.

For example, in Canada at least 40% of music played has to be Canadian.

I wouldn't exactly call that censoring but it is strange, but I guess it's how bands like Sloan and Our Lady Peace became so popular in Canada yet only achieved modest success elsewhere.

I wonder how the culture was back when radios were more simple.

In WWII soldiers made radios out of just a razorblade and pencil.

I don't think radio technology has improved that much as far as amplitude.

AM/FM stations still have really short range.

A modest car trip and the local stations are already out of range.

At the same time, we can pick up radio storms from Jupiter, they are strong enough.

Oh right I have heard of people who do that.

I think maybe it's because the transmitters only send the radio waves short wave, where as the radio storms on jupiter are naturally occurring and everything there is massive.

That makes sense.

All I know is I don't think radio is enticing enough to pay money for.

I go to a website that has thousands of free radio dramas.

I agree, free radio is fine.

Pay radio just isn't significantly better.

I was listening to one show where they were saying the Norwegian government donated a billion dollars to save the rainforests in the amazon.

I wish other countries would take that approach.

That's interesting, a lot of radio stations have their own agenda which is nice.

A finnish radio station broadcasts a weely program entirely in classical latin.

I doubt they get many listeners, who can understand classical latin?

There certainly is some weird stuff on the radio.

I heard this one pop song and it turned out it was by the president of Indonesia!

Presidents are certainly hard to take seriously when they do things like that.

Then again, hard to be taken less seriously than President Banana, the first president of Zimbabwe.

I'm sure he had ways of dealing with people who laughed at his name.

The Indonesian president / pop star released 3 albums while in office so it wasn't even a one time thing.

That's interesting.

I think a lot of changes have been made in general with presidents.

In the US, the vice president used to just be the runner up.

Imagine if they still did that now.
Trump would love it.

Oh I'm sure he would.

Speaking of Trump, it's amazing he isn't even one of the three wealthiest presidents in history.

Really?

I never would have guessed that.

I know George Washington was really rich, so was JFK.

Maybe they refer to the three wealthiest based off of inflation, it would have to be like that.

Probably.

I can't imagine 3 having more actual dollars than Trump.

Apparently he wants to create his own "news" network since he hates CNN so much.

If he did that he'd probably drop further on the list.

I'm sure he is, I heard it's in his plans to destroy Wikileaks too, which was ironically outed by Wikileaks.

Anyways, it was nice chatting with you, have a good night!


Hello!
How are you today?

I good.

Trump has done some really off the wall things.

Do you like him?

I don't, do you?
He just threw NATO into chaos too.

Yes I do like him.

But that's probably a subject we would never agree on.

Did you know that the first president of zimbabwe was called president banana?

I'll admit he does some good things and some bad things, but every president has been there haha.

That is very interesting!

Very true.

Haha that is too funny.

Do you know who were the top three wealthiest presidents?

No, who were they?

They were JFK, Washington, and Jefferson.

I wonder how much money they had!

I wonder if that's adjusted for inflation.

Because I would have thought it would be Trump.

Maybe it is who knows.

I think if Trump released 3 pop albums in office like the President of Indonesia, he'd be the wealthiest lol.

Don't laugh that might be coming next.

Did you know that until 1805 the runner up became vice president.

That would mean we would have Trump as president and Hillary as vice president?

Maybe it's a good thing they went away with that.

I'm sure Hillary wouldn't like the situation.

Yes that would be a bad match.

I'm sure!
Do you like to listen to the radio?

Sure.

Did you know Canada requires their radio stations to play at least 40% of their music to be Canadian?

I didn't know that!

They probably have to play a lot of Beiber because of that lol.

Maybe they just don't have many good artists.

But yet a lot of good groups come from Canada.

Well anyways, I had a great chat, have a good one!

Me too.
You have a good day also.

Thank you!


Hi, how are you?

Hello there, I am well thank you, how about you?

I am well too, thanks.

Did you know Trump is not a top 3 president, in terms of wealth?

Yeah I think I had read that, I bet he thinks he is though.

Do you know who the top three are?

I think it is Washington, Jefferson, and JFK.

I wouldn't have guessed those three.

I think you are right, yeah I wouldn't have either.

Do you know who the last president to speak a foreign language was?

I do not know.
Who was it?

I guess it was FDR, I would think there was more than just one.

I think it should something all presidents should be able to do.

Agreed.

I would think being able to talk to others in their language would be helpful.

At least they are not called president banana!

Yeah isn't that funny!

I think it was because his name was really close to that.

I think we have our own unique president though...

The guest house is bigger than the white house!

Hey that is a good call, he sure does seem unique!

And that is pretty wild, I wonder what the guests that come to stay think.

I wonder if he will ever make a pop album?

I would be pretty upset if my president had enough time to make 3 albums while in charge of the country.

Me too!

Plus, who wants to hear their president sing?

Did you see where in 1805 the runner up was the VP?

Agreed, and yeah wouldn't that be something if we went back to that system.

Talk about a reality show.

I am not sure if we would be able to function as a government in today's society with Trump and Hilary, but it's worth giving them a chance.

Yeah I think I would agree, but who knows, maybe it would work better than what we have now.

Do you listen to the radio?

There is a website where you can listen to old classic radio... kind of cool.

Yeah I do when I am in my car.

That sounds really cool, I'm sure there are a ton of good ones.

Nice chatting with you!


Hi, how are you?

Good.
How are you?

I'm great.
Do you follow government much?

Probably not as much as I should.

Did you know there was only one U.S. President with a Phd?

Sounds about right.

I figure most of them don't really like school much.

The last president to speak a foreign language was FDR.

That is interesting.

Do you think it odd that while many countries use the term president, the role of the president is different?

I believe that.

The powers vary with the constitution of the country.

Generally though, I expect them to have money.

The three wealthiest presidents in US history were JFK, Washington, and Jefferson.

Surprised that Trump didn't make the list.

That does surprise me.

I would think Trump would make the list for sure.

I think countries where the president is mainly ceremonially, such as royalty, would have a hard time listing their wealthiest presidents.

I guess the real power lies elsewhere.

The US president's guest house is larger than the White House.

Trump must be disappointed by that, unless he plans to rent out the guest house like a hotel.

Or maybe AirBnB.

Well that is interesting.

I had no idea.

Maybe we could all have bigger houses if the U.S. government did away with income tax like Monaco.

I wonder where Monaco gets money for the government then.

Some governments seem to do better than others.

In 2008 the government of Norway donated $1billion to help save the Amazon rainforest.

I don't know how much that helps, but it's the right idea.

Monaco makes enough money off of their casino, and they were able to do away with income tax in 1869.

It is nice that the government of Norway has enough money to donate since some governments have had to be bailed out like the U.S. in 1895 by JP Morgan.

Until 1805, the runner-up in a US presidential election became the Vice President.

That system would make for some interesting pairings these days.

I wonder how it would work in Indonesia.

Would the VP get to release a couple of pop albums?

I am not sure if that would work in today's current state of affairs.

Maybe the VP would get to release a couple of pop albums, and if the chicago alt-rock radio station's djs didn't reveal the VP was hte singer, one of the songs could become the most requested track like the hanson song which was.

Sneaky DJs!

They knew what they were doing!

Probably wouldn't work if the songs were in Latin though.

It might make a little more difficult depending on the audience, but you never know.

I mean look at one of the most popular radio acts of the 1930s that was a ventriloquist.

On the radio.

Hm.

Defeats the whole point of being a ventriloquist.

I guess the content of the patter was funny?

I am thinking it must have been.

I wonder if it was as interesting as Tom Wolfe's books, like the "The Right Stuff" and the "Bonfire of the Vanities?"

Tom Wolfe lived a pretty good life.

I haven't read his books, but many of them got made into films.

Well, I've enjoyed chatting with you!

I think his books were a stark contrast to Serge Martin's book "The Agony of Modernization: Labor and Industrialization in Spain."

It's been nice chatting with you as well.

Thanks again!

No problem.
It was nice chatting with you.


Hello.

Could you imagine if our president had biker group that was almost a military arm and really supported him?

That is what the Night Wolves are in Russia as they are pro-Putin and Kremlin.

That's not too surprising that Putin uses the Night Wolves as proxy enforcers, it's been happening throughout history

The poor Slovakians just want to be free of military occupation especially from Russia (or the old Soviet Union) and then they have to deal with it again with these biker gangs.

It's interesing that Slovak forces collaborated with the Nazis and fought against the Soviet forces during WWiI, no love lost between them

That's a good point.

The old Soviet Union has a long memory as well.

With the Night Wolves assisting, you have this mobile, quasi-military force that will intimidate from Slovakia to the Crimea.

It seems to be pretty effective, I'm surprised there hasn't been more coverage on the Night Wolves paraded through Crimera

It is really a crazy region with global ramifications.

Poland refused the Night Wolves entry through their lands.

That said,, many countries the group want to traverse through have issues finding legal justification to prevent it.

It's interesting how motorcycle gangs are prevalent not just in the US but in Europe as well

I thought that as well.

I don't want to imply that Russia is the only place with questionable activity.

Did you know that a guy pretending to be with the French government actually sold the Eiffel Tower twice?!

Lol no, that's hilarious.

I wonder how much he sold the Eiffel tower for

That is a good question.

Imagine the person trying to come and claim it with their bill of sale in tow.

He should try and sell Nevada, 86% of the land in owned by the US government

Good luck with that!

Maybe that is where the government is planning to destroy Wikileaks, which we all know will end up on that site anyway.

Or maybe the Gov't is using AM radios to harvest the energy from Jupiter's radio storms

I might take that over forcing us to listen to US music.

In Canada, a law mandates that nearly half of all music content  on the radio has to be Canadian.

Still it's not as worse as listening to the all classical latin new program Nuntii Latini in Finland

Good point.

I'd probably stick with some classic radio dramas.

I hear you can listen to thousands of those for free online.

That sounds good but you won't be able to listen to them if all you have is a radio made from a razorblade and pencil

Who listens to it that way?
Can that be done?

The soldiers in WWII did and called them foxhole radios

That's really cool and so innovative.

Not sure if it is as innovative as say a president releasing pop albums while in office!

LOL

Don't give Trump any ideas.

Well I got to go, nice chatting with you


hi, what do you know about the government?

Hello!

I think government is interesting, they can have too much power though.

Did you know 86% of the land in Nevada is owned by the US government?

interesting, i wonder what they do with all that land really

The government also had plans to destroy Wikileaks, I think Wikileaks actually exposed them, ironically.

yesh go figure, they are so good at unfolding these things

On the other hand they get played sometimes, I remember a man once impersonated a government official and sold the eiffel tower twice.

he must have been really smart to be able to ddo that twice

Governments aren't all terrible though.

A decade ago the norwegian government donated money to help save the rainforest.

yeah that is really nice effort on their part

I think I heard about it on the radio so maybe it isn't 100% true.

Do you use the radio often?

i do from time to time.

apparently you can catch jupiter's storms on am

That's interesting!

I prefer to use a website where I listen to a lot of classic radio dramas for free.

that is a nice option actually.
do you know any latin?

I do!

I learned a little bit from this Finnish radio station, they host a weekly news program entirely in classical latin.

I really wonder how many listeners they have.

you know how soldiers fashioned radion in WWII?

My grandfather told me they made them just using a razorblade and pencil, I can't imagine how they'd do that!

yeah very creative.

did you know the president of indonesia is a pop star?

I didn't know that!

Although I do remember he released albums while in office, that seems unprofessional.

yeah, i also wonder if they are any good

I bet they at least earned some money, maybe he could be richer than JFK, Washington, and Jefferson, those were the three most wealthy presidents in U.S. history.

Oh I am sure they did and they are usually set for life after that.

nice chat


Do you know much about climate change?

I know a little about climate change.

Evidently, the French President is really into it as an activist.

I heard that it did not go so well with him because his environment minister resigned.

I do not know anything about the French.

Why did his environment minister resign over that?

He said he didn't feel like the government was answering the problems properly.

He felt like they were too lax.

Hm.

I will have to read more about that then!

Speaking of the government, have you ever heard about the story about the guy who impersonated a govt official and sold the Eiffel Tower not once, but twice!

Nope!

I have not heard about that Eiffel Tower guy.

I guess the French have a lot of problems.

Sounds like it.

Who do you think the 3 wealthiest presidents were?

Washington, Jackson and Lincoln?

You got one right.

They were JFK, Washington and jefferson.

I should have known JFK.

That just seems right now that you say it.

I knew it his wife came from money.

I wonder how they all came to be wealthy.

Not sure but the US President's guest house is larger than the White House.

I wonder if it is on Air BNB.

LOL.

That would be nice!

I wonder who is in the massive guest house now.

Me too!

Probably not the President of Indonesia.

I hear he has been busy working on his pop albums.

He has released 3 while in office.

Who has the time?

I guess the President of Indonesia has the time LOL I want to know why the President of Zimbabwe was called president banana...

What?

I wouldn't care for that if I were him!

I heard this the other day that the runner up in the 1805 election automatically became the VP.

I see that did not work out so well or something since they stopped letting the runner-up be vice president LOL

True!
The government is a funny thing.
They own 86% of the land in Nevada.
I wonder if they own Vegas.

Maybe they do since that is where all of the money seems to be made there.

85% is a ton of land.

It was great chatting.

Same to you!

Night.


Hi, Do you listen to the radio much?

Good Afternoon!

I listen to a lot of talk radio (sports/politics) while I'm at work - passes the time and keeps me informed.

You?

Yes, I do too!

Its a great way to pass the time, and it does keep you updated on the latest!

Did you know Jupiter has radio storms that can be picked up on am radio?

I wonder what Jupiter Radio Storms (Great name for a band!)

would sound like - static, ambient house music, Classical Latin?

lol, I don't know.

That's interesting.

I was thinking hard windy howling sounds!

My kid is doing a science report on the planets and I learned that Jupiter is made up of mainly gasses, not a lot of solid matter.

So I'd imagine the storms to sound like flatulence...

Yes, that sounds right!

i hope your son gets an A on his report!!

I find the solar system so interesting.

Space, the final frontier.....  Super interesting and vast beyond comprehension.

They've sent radio waves out into space in hopes an intelligent life form picks them up and understands them

Really, Wow, how cool is that!

Thinking of radio's isn't  it interesting that the soldiers in WW2 made radios out of razor blades and pencils?

I suppose the receiver part of the radio is fairly simple, to harness and translate the signal - but transmitting that signal over a vast distance is pretty complicated?

I don't really know, just theorizing after learning a radio can be made with MacGuyver supplies

Smart as well as brave men in WW2!

They called them foxhole radios.

Would you enjoy listening to a free radio station that played classic radio drama?

I do listen to some podcasts that tell tales of police dramas, crime solving cases - those are pretty interesting, so yes - probably!

Yes, I would try it too!

Not sure how long I could stay on it.

Crime solving cases might be pretty upsetting.

How do you feel about Wikileaks publishing  plans for the government to destroy it?

I'm on the fence with Wikileaks - and how it had an affect on the 2016 election.

I also get confused if that is Assange or Snowden?

Yes, It hard to know what to believe?

There is so much out there that is untrue.

I suspect that they (government) want it that way - to keep us confused and not sure who to trust or whats true - that just my conspiracy theory.

I think your right.

Better to keep people confused, so you don't know whats really going on.

I'm pretty jaded when it comes to government, politics, the president, congress, etc.

Today it seems that reality is stranger than fiction....

Very Strange, Some of the stuff that is reported is unreal!

Like the name President Banana for the first  name in Zimbabwe!

Banana is a pretty good nickname.

Do you have a favorite nick name for our president?

No, I don't!

interesting.

Think he's too busy to make any pop albums!

lol Good chat!

Great chatting with you too - have a great day!


I've never heard of the Windrush generation.

But hey, at least we aren't the only country that has immigration problems

Yeah of course, there is so much movement around the world in terms of immigration.

Do you know anything about wikileaks?

A little, that was the Julian Assange thing wasn't it?

The government owns 865 of the land in Nevada?

Thats a little odd

Yes it was him and they actually managed to publish documents that showed how the government is trying to destroy them

Good for them, somebody has to be able to find out the stuff the government is trying to cover up

I guess yeah.

ANd about Nevada, I wonder if they ever plan to do anything with all that land

Did you see the part about the us passing laws to protect gov employees who violate the geneva convention from being prosecuted?

That seems... corrupt

It does seem, those laws are in place for a reason and the us employees should not be the exception

I'm going to have to look more into the guy who sold the eiffel tower twice.

That must be quite the story

hahha I know, twice, that is just amazing.

Did you hear about the Norwegians trying to save the amazon?

I doubt we are doing anything, so good for them.

We can pick up am radio signals from storms on Jupiter?

Thats amazing, its so far away

That is really cool.

Have you ever listened to Canadian radio?

I don't think so, not on purpose anyway.

Very nationalistic that so much of their music has to be Canadian

Yeah I guess it is all about supporting national talent.

Do you know any latin?

Just a couple of words, do you?

I did used to listen to old radio programs when we were kids

No I do not but there is a radio in Finland that plays their news in latin

I know people can be very inventive, but making a radio out of a razorblade and a pencil is pretty cool

That is pretty cool, those soldiers must have been skillful.

WOnder what channels it picked up though

Right?
Probably just military communications.
Couldn't have had much range

Yeah most likely.
Do you listen to radio dramas?

When I was a kid we listened to some old stuff.

Now the kids can watch movies in the car.

Good talk!


Hi, do you listen to the radio much?

Not really.
When I was younger I did.
You?

Same, mainly podcasts now for me.

But I hear there is a Finnish radio station that plays a show entirely in classical Latin.

I guess they must have a dedicated group of followers.

The news in Latin?

Odd.

I don't know exactly what they talk about, and even if I heard it I still would be lost.

LOL

There is a website where you can listen to thousands of episodes of classic radio dramas for free.

You could listen to that!

I don't know how many people actually do.

That is a cool offering, not exactly up my alley, but neat nonetheless

Many countries limit content, so it's good that the Internet is there.

According to Canadian law, all radios are required to have at least 40% of the music played be Canadian.

That is shocking that sort of "censorship" if you will, is still allowed.

I guess they are jamming out to Celine Dion all day.

Rush, Neil Young, stuff like that.

I understand countries want to protect their markets.

Still, the Internet will change things.

It is a giant force in providing content, access to everything is now at our fingertips.

Streaming music alone is changing the face of radio.

Do you follow the presidency much?

I'm surprised that Trump is not the richest president in history.

A little, I agree!

Either the data is outdated, or inflation is accounted for.

Pretty shocking still to read that.

I guess land ownership was a lot of it for Washington and Jefferson.

JFK got money from his father.

Ahh, very good point.

I didnt think about land ownership as being part of it.

The  president's guest house is larger than the White house.

I wonder how Trump feels about that.

When I read that I thought the same thing.

Part of me thinks he would be angry that he doesnt have the bigger house.

He could rent out the guest house.

Put up a TRUMP sign.

Make enough money to become the wealthiest.

It could be the new Trump hotel.

Staying in the guest house would be a cool experience.

Maybe they should sell nights to pay down the national debt.

It's a thought!
Anyway, thanks for the chat!

Have a good day!


Do you follow what is happening in Colombia ?

I have a little bit.

The problem in South America is that all these socialist countries are realizing too late that socialism is a terrible way to govern!

On how is socialism related to the peace accord with the FARC ?

A lot of Colombian government is rooted in the communist uprising that occurred about 30 or 40 years ago.

So now they want a right wing candidate, Duque.

But unfortunately, his only experience is as a one term senator.

But reversing Santo's peace accord would mean war again with FARC, is it worth it ?

Probably not.

I love the freedom we have in the United States especially when you look at China and realize that the word censorship is actually censored!

Yeah, China's censorship is problematic, before internet, western world used radio programs to send uncensored news to the communist countries.

Yes, the radio used to be such a useful communication device, especially for entertainment.

Shockingly, a ventriloquist was one of the most popular radio acts of the 1930s!

People used their imagination at the time, radio dramas were very popular, you can still listen to them on a website.

Do you still listen to the AM band ?

I do for sports talk now.

It is very interesting to me that a radio station translates solar activity into sound and anyone can listen to the "music of the sun."

Or you could listen to a radio storm on Jupiter.

It feels weird that phenomenon's so far away can be picked up by a simple AM radio, that I only use for traffic news.

Haha, I know it is wild!

All that advancement and back about 70 years ago half the allocated music time on radio was dedicated to Bing Crosby recordings!

He was good or maybe he paid radios to play his music, I suspect the president of Indonesia to do the same thing with his 3 pop music albums.

That is wild!

What do you make of all the government shutdown news?

They make such a big deal about it, but its actually happened 17 times in the last 37 years.

It think it is part of the media circus of our time, politicians like the drama more than an efficient government.

Haha, totally.

We just have career politicians now, with the exception of Trump.

In fact, only one US president has ever had a PhD!

And who was it ?

I am always surprised by presidents, like Washington being of the richest presidents.

Yea, has to be adjusted for inflation I think.

Woodrow Wilson is the only president with the PhD.

I hope it was adjusted for inflation, otherwise Washington would have been richer that the King of England.

Haha, good point!

Speaking of rich governments, Monaco was able to get rid of their income tax all the way back in 1869 because the casino was generating so much revenue.

And Norway, who is also rich because of its oil, donated 1 billion to save the rain forest.

Great talking to you !


hey did you know the guest house is bigger than the white house itself

Yes, I did.

I am not surprised.

I did not know there is only one president with a phd.

no I don't know, that is sad actually, do you think President Banana of Zimbabwe has a PHD?

No, can you believe the Chinese government has censored the word "censorship"?

lol no that definitely sounds dangerous.

Did you know the indonesia president maked pop records, can you imagine trump doing that?

No, he is way to busy for that.
lol.
How would you like to live in Monaco?

well I heard they don't have incomem tax so that sounds kind of awesome haha

yes, Do you like the idea of listening to the sun's music?

haha does the sun play music?
How do you listen to it?

There is a radio station that translates solar activity into sound.

I think it would be very interesting!

ya I guess you can pickup Jupiter radio storms on your AM radio, Ill test that out later!

Oh really Jupiter too.
I like that.
I guess Hanson was a hidden hits band.

ya I dont know who likes hanson haha, have you donated money to help the rainforest?

Norway donated 1 billion dollars

Really, that is wonderful.
Yes, I would.

one thing I wouldn't do is try to sell the eiffel tower like some impersonator did

For sure, Its surprising that Booth would be in the first presidents inauguration picture with Lincoln.

ya that is a scary pic, did you know the Presidential runner up used to become the VP?

Yes, I see that.

Interesting.

Bing Crosby was so popular in 1948, I love his Christmas songs.

ya he was a massive star, definitely a bigger star that the pop star indonesian president, haven't heard any of his songs haha

lol, I haven't either.I guess ventriloquists were quite popular in radio in the 1930's.

ya I don't know how that is possible, I just think its crazy that you can use radio waves to transfer information like that, it still blows my mind

I feel the same way.
We can't see it.

nope but it stil surrounds us, have you ever tried to build a foxhole radio?

No, have you?
How about this 5G?
Need more research on it.

ya you can make a radio out of a pencil and razor apparently, and no I don't know how that works haha

How do you feel about Merkel in Germany?

Do you think she's doing a good job?

I'm not sure I don't really follow politics, what about you?


Did you know that Wikileaks published the government's plans to destroy Wikileaks?

I guess that didn't work out so well.

Wow, didn't know that.

Talk about spoiler alert.

I heard a guy in France illegally sold the Eiffel Tower not just once, but twice.

I wonder who was dumb enough to buy it?

It would have been funnier if it was the same person both times.

Yes, absolutely!

Ha!

Not only that but how come nobody in the French government noticed the impersonator?

Maybe he was some sort of look-alike.

Not to change countries, but did you hear that 86% of Nevada is owned by the U.S. Government?

That's sounds a little scary.

What do they have stored there?

I heard about that.

I know there's a few military bases there, and area 51 is there I believe too.

So there's probably a lot of missle test sites out in the desert there.

So that might equate into some of that percentage.

No doubt in my mind!

Still, it sounds like a secret they don't want us to find out.

That's just another example of the balance between the idea of government authority and the principle of our individual freedom.

That is true.

They're always seem to be up to shady stuff, just like in 2006 they passed legislation that would protect Government employees from being prosecuted for violating the Geneva Conventions.

Yes, that does sound shady to me as well.

Geneva conventions are international law.

Well, I guess we need government jobs to stay safe.

I guess so, why can't our government do good like the Norwegian government?

In 2008 they donated $1bn to help save the Amazon rain forest!

I know, right?

How cool was that?

The Amazon rain forest is very important to our whole ecology system of the earth we live on.

You're right, why aren't we more like the Norwegians?

Good Question.

Our government waste money on things like making the president's guest house bigger than the White House!

Yes, that's all sorts of crazy, they should be spending money on things that make a difference like renovating the rain forest to make our planet more stable.

Each government has it's own kind of constitution and philosophy and governing principles but ours is in need of an adjustment.

I agree, maybe we should have a president that releases pop albums like Indonesia's president has.

He's released 3 while in office.

Could you imagine if one of our past few presidents released an album?

Hey, that would be awesome if Trump would release a Mexican salsa dancing album where he dances and sings.

That would go viral in an instant on YouTube.

That would be a blast.

The radio stations would pick it up and carry the sound through space and when the radio waves hit an electrical conductor,  it would be transformed back to the original.

How cool would that be?

I'd watch it.

That would be pretty epic.

Did you know that up until 1805 in the U.S. that the runner up in the presidential election automatically became the Vice President?

Could you imagine that happening today?

I think it would force both parties to work together more.

Yes, I agree that's probably why they changed it!

By the way, did you know that there's a website that has free radio dramas from the old days?

Isn't that fascinating?

I would like to listen to that.

It would help broaden the imagination listening to dramas instead of watching them.

I could listen to it on the foxhole radio I made using a razor blade and pencil.

My grandpa showed me how they made them in WWII.

Wow, that is cool, for real.

I'd like to learn how to make a foxhole radio, myself.

I also heard that a Finnish radio station broadcasts "Nuntii Latini" weekly news since 1989.

I guess you'd have to know Latin to understand it though.

I was fascinated as a kid when he showed me how to make it.

I would be lost listening to that radio station!

Did you know that in Canada that radio stations are required by law to have at least 40% of their music played be Canadian?

Yes, sounds pretty biased to me

But at least there's some decent Canadian artist.

Well I have to get going, it was nice chatting with you.

Have a great day!


Hello!
Are you interested in the radio?

I am!
I think the radio is awesome!
How about you?

I love the radio!

Have you heard about Canadian law regarding the radio?

Don't they have to play like 40 percent of songs by Canadians?

Yes, that I wonder if they were playing too much of other countries artists.

Or they wanted more Justin Bieber lol.

Very true.

That is a possibility.

Have you ever heard of a Jupiter radio storm?

No I wish I did though!

That would be so fun to hear on the AM radio!

Yes, it is crazy that you can hear it on an AM radio.

I wonder what it sounds like?

Probably better than most music played these days lol.

Very true.
Have you ever heard of a foxhole radio?

Wasn't that created in World War Two soldiers?

I wonder how they were made?

Somehow soldiers made them using razerblades and pencils.

I am not sure how that makes a radio though.

I'm not sure either, crazy though!

Have you ever listened to a radio drama?

I am not interested but I know there is a free website for them.

Same here.

I think there are thousands of them you can listen to on it!

Maybe I will listen to them one day.
Do you know any latin?

I don't.
Do you?

I do not.

But there is apparently a weekly news program conducted entirely in classical latin.

Hmm I guess I'll have to learn some Latin haha.

Great chat with you!

Me too.
I will go look into it.
Have a good day.


Hi do you listen to the radio much?

Hello, yes I do actually.

Did you know Bill Murray voice the human torch in the fantastic four radio show?

Cool did not know that If you turn the radio to AM you might catch Jupiter's storms

Neat, I would like to hear that.

There is a radio station that can translate solar activity to sound

wow cool.
Do you know what foxholes are?

Hmm I am not sure, Foxhole radios were something of the past, were they not?

Yeah they were.

They were radios that soldiers made using razorblades and pencils during WWII

WOw I wonder how that works actually.

A hanson song once became the most popular one because the DJ's did not reveal the band

that is very creative of them.
Do you ever listen to Canadian radios?

Hmm not a lot but sometimes.
How about you?

I do osmetimes only.

Did you know they are required to play 40% Canadian music?

Wow they must really want to support their local singers.

Good for them, they have some nice up and coming singers too

Yeah that is true.
Do you ever listen to radio dramas?

I cannot say that I do actually.

Did you know one of the most popular radio acts was a ventriloquist back in 1970s?

WOw did not know that.

Well if you ever want to there is a channels that broadcasts them for free

Oh that is nice, free on top of that.
Do you know much about the presidents?

Hm I know some stuff, like  in Guatemala close family of the president are not allowed to run too

That is interesting.

THe only US president that has had a PhD was WIlson

Yeah I guess you do not need one after all.

DO you know who the wealthiest presidents are in us history?

I do not think I know that actually.

I know LIncoln was the first president that was photographed for his inaguration

That is neat.

It is Jefferson, JFK and Washington as the wealthiest three


Have you ever been to Slovakia?

Hello - I have not.
Have you?

I haven't, but I have been the the Czech Republic.

Did you know the only US president to have a PHD is Woodrow Wilson?

I did not know that.

I would think there would be a higher education standard for US presidents.

I would think so also.

In Guatemala, close relatives of former presidents cannot legally run for president.

That is very interesting.

The president of Indonesia released 3 pop albums while running in office.

That's hilarious.

Can you imagine if Trump was a pop star?

That would be very funny.

I can only imagine some songs he would release.

Haha for sure.

Lincoln was the first president to be photographed for his inauguration.

That's very surprising as I believe the camera was inverted years earlier.

The top three wealthiest presidents were jfk, washington and jefferson.

I think Trump will probably be on that list as well.

Absolutely.

I wonder if he is the most wealthy president we have had.

I bet he is.

5 presidents have been elected while still losing the popular vote.

Thats interesting.

US politics can be very confusing.

Up until 1805 the runner up in the election automatically became the vice president.

Can you imagine Hillary Clinton as Trumps Vice president?

I agree - that would be crazy.

The last US president to speak a foreign language was FDR.

I would think foreign languages standards should be at least semi fluent in certain category's for the president.

I would think so, but with the translators, maybe it's a non-issue.

That's true.

The first president of Zimbabwe was called president banana.

Strange.

That is very strange.

Did you know the Chinese government has censored the word censorship?

That seems very controlling.

I have heard the Chinese government can be very dictating.

I think so too.
It was great talking to you!


Hello, How are you?
Do you listen to the radio?

Hello yes i sometimes listen to it,  do you?

Yes, sometimes, not as much as I use to.

I am usually using something on my phone

I hear jupiter storms can be heard on th Am radio station

Yes, isn't that crazy!

I would like to hear that!!

Soldiers in WW2 made radios out of razor blades and pencils

That is very impressive!
How does that even work lol

Not sure, they called them foxhole radios.

Did you know in Canada, they have to play at least 40% Canadian?

Yes,  I have heard that,  I wonder what canadian music sound like.

I saw theres a website you can go to to listen to radio dramas too for free!

Yes, I would like to try that!

Isn't it interesting that Wikileaks published the governments plans to destroy Wikileaks?

That is pretty funny.
The gov owns 86% of Nevada

Yes, thinking it must be the military!
Have you heard of area 51?

Yes I have heard of it.

Pretty interesting!!

I love the idea that the Norwegian government has donated 1billion to help save the rain forest!

!Very cool

That is very nice,  I think all the countries should be donating to the amazon forest.

There are still undiscovered animals and insects in there

I agree,  they have done alot of research their!

They probably know cures and not saying anything to the general public yet.

Hopefully!

I guess they might just be doing more testing on it lol

I'm glad we still don't use the runner up as our vice-president like they did in 1805.

yeah that could be very weird.

I dont think it would work with our current situation lol

I know never!!

ha, There hasn't been a president who wasn't either a democrat or republican since 1853.

Seem like a long time ago!

Wow thats a cool fun fact.

Did you know the president guest house is bigger than the white house?

Yes, I did, that's interesting!!

Did you know the Eiffel Tower was sold twice?

That is crazy!
Hows does someone even try that lol

Impersonating a government official!!
Crazy!!
Good chat

Great chat,  thanks for talking with me.


Do you know many facts about the government?

Some here and there.

Like wikileaks published the governments plans to shut them down.

lol

Nice!

A man in France impersonated a government official and managed to sell the Eiffel tower not once, but twice!

lol

Wow!

Id hire him in a heartbeat.

That is some savvy and salesmanship there.

No doubt!

In 2008 the Norwegian government donated $1 billion dollars to help save the amazon rainforest.

Nice!

That is awesome!

I love seeing governments getting active in saving our planet.

After all its the only one we really have right now

I agree.

86% of the land in Nevada is owned by the US government.

It must be Area 51.
Where they keep all the good stuff.
LOL

lol yes!

Do you want to talk about presidents now?

As long as we can start with the first president of Zimbabwe.

Ok.  What was his name?
I'm not familiar with him.

His last name is really Banana.
No Joke.

lol That's great!

The president of Indonesia has released 3 pop albums while in office!

I wonder if he has a cool name to, like a real name.

lol  The US presidents guest house is larger than the white house.

Wonder why that is?

I am guessing it has to house multiple heads of state and their families at once?

That sounds about right.

Up until 1805 the US runner up in the presidential elections automatically became vice president.

Can you imagine if we still did that?!?!

What would our government be like?

It would to total chaos.

Do you know who the top 3 wealthiest presidents in American history were?

JFK, Washington and Jefferson, I think.

But, on another note I must get going, work calls.

Its been great chatting!

Have a great day!

Ok thanks!
Have a great day as well!


hey can you guess who the top 3 wealthiest presidents are?

Hm.
I'd guess JFK, Washington and Trump?

haha you would think trump would be there but nope its jfk, washington and jefferson so you were close!

Nice bit of presidential trivia!

Here's one for you: What was the name of the first president of Zimbabwe?

Hint...think fruit...

haha I can only guess President Banana?

Maybe he has a VP named VP Plantain haha

Nice one!

You are good at this!

I'll try harder to stump you.

The President of Indonesia relased 3 Pop albums while in office.

What were the names of his children?

haha thats one I don't know, but I do know that if trump made 3 albums with his friend kanye that would be insane!

I'd buy it!

Heck, I'd produce it if I could.

Then maybe the Pres would invite me to visit at his presidential guest house.

haha ya isn't the guest house bigger than the white house itself?

I'd rather stay there if its bigger than haha

I that that was where the vice president lived.

You know, if the election rules that were in place back before 1805 were still valid, our current VP would be Hillary Clinton.

Wouldn't that be a hoot...

haah ya that would be so much drama!

I would watch that tv show but I'm glad thats not our world haha

That would make a great radio drama too!

You know there is a website where you can listen to old radio dramas for free?

no I didn't know that, have you listened to any of those?

Are they any good

Not bad, but I have an old radio, which makes the audio quality poor.

My radio was made by my grandfather during WWII used radio blade and pencil.

He called it his foxhole radio.

It gets US stations only.

No Canadian ones...

that is crazy do you know how that works exactly?

I also watn to tune into AM radio and listen to Jupiters radio storms haha

Sounds out of this world!

I'll bet it is a lot better than that Finnish radio station that plays news in Latin!

that is crazy, but it sounds pretty boring I'd rather listen to Jupiter's storms on AM haha

I bet is sounds like the Moody Blues!

Id like to go there someday.

If it is anything like Necada, 86 percent is already owned by the goverment.

ya that is a lot of land, btw do you know who the top 3 richest presidents were?

If I would answer that, then the IRS would come looking for me!

I read that on Wikileaks, right after teh story where they claim they have the government's plan for how they plan to destroy Wikileaks.

haha good point, that is scary, and yes the top 3 are washington, jefferson, and jfk somehow

Nice chatting with you!

Thanks you too, watch out for the IRS and President Banana of Zimbabwe!


What do you think of the Government?

there sure is a lot of speculation these days

Yeah a little too much actually.

Not sure what goes on behind those curtains, I guess that is why wikileaks came about

Yeah, Wikileaks sure puts the government in a tough spot, afterall the government planned to destroy it

Yeah too bad.

There is a lot when it comes to politics and government really.

Apparently the government owns 86% percent of the land in Nevada

Wow 86% thats a lot of land, I wonder if they use it, they should sell some of it and cover the deficit the government has

Yeah, well, most of it is desert land so I don't know.

Really?

I guess theres not much use to those lands then, a man once sold the Eiffel tower twice, that is a great con man!

How do you get away with that twice.
He must have been a mastermind

I know right?

I get it once but two times that must require a high level of skill.

Yeah.

US now protects it workers from persecution if they go against the convention of geneva

I guess thats a good thing as anyone can make mistakes and workers need to feel protected,do you listen to the radio?

I do from time to time.
How about you?

I do as well, its amazing how radio waves carry info and then we are able to hear those waves, tech just amazes me

Yeah.

In canada in order to stay in operation radios are required to play 40% of canadian music

I guess thats a great law, it really supports local talent

Yeah for sure.

There is a free website where you can listen to radio dramas.

Do you like those?

I do like them, I will search for that site soon, there is also a radiio station that transmits a news program in latin

I wonder how many listeners they have.

I bet they have plenty the show has been around since 1989 so they must have a good segment of people, sees boring to me though

I guess because we do not speak it.

Do you know how the radio waves are emitted?

No not really, the science behing radios just amuse me and dont really know how they work

It is a lot pf physics involved in there.

It was nice chatting with you


Hey there partner.

Do you like learning about the government?

I think it's so fascinating to learn how various policies are enforced.

I do like learning about the government.

Awesome.

I think the ideal government should have a delicate balance between the principle of individual freedom and the idea of absolute state authority.

That is certainly not the case in china where they censored the word censorship.

Yes I feel bad for the Chinese people.

I love the Norwegian government for donating $1 billion to save the rain forest.

That was mighty kind of them.

Did you know our government has shut down 17 times over the past 37 years.

3 times in 1977.

That seems inefficient.

Kind of frustrating actually.

I find it funny that WikiLeaks published the government's plans to destroy WikiLeaks.

That is funny.

I also find it funny that JP morgan bailed the US government out in 1895.

They are probably still paying him back.

Lol.

Yes they probably are.

Wonder what the president's take on that is?

The top three wealthiest presidents of been JFK, Washington, and Jefferson.

I would have thought trump would have been on that list.

I would've thought so too.

Maybe he just needs to release some pop albums like the president of Indonesia.

I could see that out of trump.

Anything to make a little more money or get a little bit more power.

Lol.

Yeah I could definitely see him doing that.

Did you know the first president of Zimbabwe was called President banana?

That is funny.. Lol.

In Guatemala close relatives of former presiedents cannot run for the presidency.

I wonder if that is a good thing or bad thing?

A man in France impersonated a government official and manage to sell the Eiffel tower twice!

I wonder how much he made?

really that is just mind blowing to be quite honest.

Woodrow wilson was the only president with a phd.

That is also surprising.

That's very surprising indeed.

In 2006 the US passed legislation that would protect government employees from being prosecuted for violating the Geneva Convention's.

Probably for the Iraq war.

Im not to familiar with the geneva convention.

I did know that FDR was the last president to spak a foreign language fluently.

I want to know what language that was!

Sometimes I like listening to foreign music on the radio.

It's not as easy in Canada though because 40% of the music has to be Canadian.

I also heard that the most popular radio act in 1930s was a ventriloquist act.

That is hard to believe.

I don't speak Latin but if I did I would listen to the program that the Finland radio broadcast.

It was nice talking with you today.

Have a great one.

Nice talking with you as well.
Have a lovely day.


Do you still get a chance to listen to the radio?

Hello there, I do, I found a really good local station that I like, how about you?

I do.

Did you know that the storms in Jupiter are so strong that they can be heard on an AM radio?

I think I have read about that before, that is really amazing!

I agree.

Were you aware that you can make a radio with very little?

I think so, I think soldiers in WWI make them using a razorblade and a pencil.

Yes they did.
They called them foxhole radios.

Good call!

I think any information or any form of entertainment they could get was well welcomed.

I'm sure it was.

Have you heard any of the old radio dramas that were very popular beforeTV?

No I don't think I have, but I do know there is a website where you can listen to tons of them for free.

There is.
I wonder if they still hold up?

I bet they do, but still are dated.

I think there are some real gems hidden in that bunch.

You're probably right.

Did you know that by law 40% of music played on Canadian radio has to be Canadian?

I think I have heard about that, sounds pretty funny, but I bet the Canadian bands like it.

I would imagine so.
So strange that they had to make a law.
Are you interested in politics at all?

I am not, I think most of politics is just fighting to stay in position, how about you?

I agree with you but I also think it's important so I do have an interest.

Did you know that until 1805 the runner up in a presidential race became the VP?

Can you imagine that now?

That is very true.

And yeah isn't that wild, it would be a reality show for sure!

It would be crazy.

On the lighter side, do yo know what the first president of Zimbabwe was called?

I think he was called president Banana!

But, I think it was because his actual name was that.

He was!
I'm not sure if that was his born name.


Are you comfortable talking about the government?

Sure, I'm up for talking about anything.

What do you think of our president and our govt?

What do you think about the statement, the people want to be kept secure and safe, but don't want to know how it is done

I think that it makes us guilty of all kinds of things that we might not want to take part in.

We're adults.

We can hear the truth.

True but lately, I have been growing feeling that ignorance is bliss to an extent.

A bit worried where the current government is going

I am worried too.

Too much learning on the job.

The Oval Office should be for those with experience.

Too much is at stake.

I kind of which they provided more qualified presidential candidates.

The last elections choices were for me trying to see who was less worse.

Choosing presidents shouldn't be like that

Yes, very frustrating.

Money has coopted the entire process.

Now the candidate is sold to the highest bidder.

I don't have enough money to buy a meaningful vote.

In regards to voting, it is sad how low the voter turnout is in the US

It is quite low.

Votes are apathetic and believe they have no faith in the system.

How can that be changed?

I wonder.

I mean other countries have 90% turnup so...

I know that Australia requires people to vote.

That is a good way to get a govt of the people.

I mean I like how the current government balanced freedom with absolute state authority, but the dominance of only 2 party has lead to some issues being argued over just for the sake of a political agenda rather than the people

Yes, the politicians serve themselves first, then the people a distance second.

Or third.

Actually, do they serve us?

I wonder if the structure in plato's republic would resolve any of our current problems

Philosopher king?
SOmething like that?
I wonder.
I like the lottery system of Athens.

Well basically, those who can't have can rule.

But those who don't rule can have.

Oh, no plutocracy then.

Renounce possessions and assets and you get the reins of power.

Basically ya, it tries to remove any external forces that would motivate rulers to make selfish choices I guess.

Not sure how it would work out though

I figure there would be quid pro quo, not immediate, but after the fact, once the rule left.

No way to stop corruption without watchers.

But will watch them?

Anyway, great chat!

Same.
Thank you for chatting.


hey there, do you listen to ej radio?

No, I never heard of it.

Maybe someone is trying to censor it, like the Chineese government censored the word censorship.

apparently you can even catch Jupiter's storms in the am radio

I rarely listen to radio these days.
Such an old tech: radio waves.
Reminds me of the Cold War and VOA.

true.

soldiers in WWII used to make radios out of razorblades and pencils

That's wild.

Luckily Hanson wasn't around then, otherwise they could've been fooled into listening to them...like Chicago was by a DJ who did not reveal the name of the Band

true.

I wonder though those soldiers what kind of channel they picked up with those radios

Maybe they picked up FDR speaking a foreign language.

He was the only Potus who could speak one fluently

could be.
do you know any latin?

It's all Greek to me.

It' like listening to a ventriloquist on the radio.

Yeah me too but there is a radio in Finland that gives the news in latin

I'm surprised they have an audience.

If they're not careful they may need a government bailout...JP Morgan style

I guess so.

But I do wonder how many people speak latin to be listening to it

Maybe they listen to it like music.

There a station that plays the sun's "music".

It's solar activity translated into sound.

so cool.

and there is a radio station that plays free radio dramas.

do you like those?

Well, life's enough of a drama for me.

We got an opioid crises, troops on the border, white supremacists marching....

yeah I guess we do not need the radio for more of that.

do you know much about politics and presidents?

Well, if the government keeps shutting down, there won't be much left to know.

What happens if you renounce your citizenship and there's not government to leave behind?

that is an interesting question.

did you know trump is not the wealthiest us president?

He's so full of debt that he may be the poorest.

He has not motive for moving to Monaco.

Yeah I guess you never know.
Nice chatting with you