Will SNAP be fully funded? What's going on with Italian pasta?Hosted by: - Jesse Fries - Jamon FriesSupport our show. https://mindlessmeanderings.com(00:00:20) IOC vs ISC mix-up(00:01:52) 50-year mortgages(00:05:26) Starter homes(00:07:44) How to lower housing prices(00:09:57) Falling prices(00:12:16) SNAP court tangle(00:16:29) Shutdown mechanics(00:19:35) Filibuster frustration(00:27:12) Tariff dividend(00:27:52) Rethinking healthcare(00:33:02) Passports gender marker change(00:34:49) Dearborn plot foiled via foreign-call surveillance(00:36:43) Arizona teachers’ Halloween shirt controversy and overreaction(00:42:41) J6 pipe bomb identity speculation and skepticism(00:45:10) Flight cancellations amid shutdown and real-life paycheck impacts(00:48:16) Italian pasta tariffs: dumping claims and an Italian-on-Italian proxy fight(00:48:16) Foreclosures, tax sales, and changing laws on surplus proceeds(00:51:48) BBC editing scandal, royal charter woes, and Doctor Who funding drama(00:58:06) Russia-Ukraine energy strikes and shifting Syria alliances; Germany on refugees(01:00:28) France’s Sarkozy in-and-out of jail and value-for-value break(01:03:20) Business block: OpenAI asks for credits, bailouts debate, and odd ideas to fight floods(01:09:54) EV reality check: Ford Lightning, infrastructure chicken-and-egg(01:12:25) Tesla news: trillion-dollar pay plan and robotaxi "cyber cab"(01:14:11) Card networks settlement: swipe fees, points cards, and Apple Pay policies(01:19:03) Legal roundup: pardons with no effect and gay marriage case rejected(01:22:35) Studies corner: daily orange juice and gray hair vs cancer(01:26:15) Closing credits and next episode teaser