media seem to have their head in the sand. the american population is disgusted with the crime rates and the violent crime in our primarily democrat-controlled statements. elizabeth: congressman burchett, good to see you. i'm elizabeth macdonald. you've been watching "the evening edit" on fox business. thank you so much for watching. we hope you have a good evening and join us again tomorrow night. ♪ kennedy: welcome to it. missed you. nasa is about to do something that has never been done, crash a spacecraft into an asteroid. it is a test to see how we can protect our planet from a planet killer, and they're doing just that in 15 minutes, and we're going to watch it live with michio kaku when it happens, so stick around for that. the midterm elections in six weeks from tomorrow, so why isn't president biden stumping with democrat candidates? because he's an anchor for the party, but that's not just my opinion.

that's according to biden's former spokesperson. the president has been vir virtually invisible on the campaign trail. typically, that would be odd because he's the top democrat. you'd think candidates would be clamoring for his affection. the opposite is happening. yesterday on "meet the press," his former press secretary, jen psaki, explained why. psaki it to me, jen. >> if the protection is about who's the most extreme, as we saw kevin mccarthy touch on there with marjorie taylor green sitting over his left side, then they're going to win. if it is a referendum on the president, they will lose, and they know that. kennedy: for once, i agree with her. the economy is teetering, crime is horrific, immigration is a disaster, but republicans don't have hinge in the bag just yet -- thing in the bag there's still plenty of time for the gop to i screw things up. way to go, elephants.

the abortion debate has changed the dynamic of many races according to cbs, the fight to control the house is tightening. the network predicts republicans will now win 223 seats, that's down from 226 predicted last month, and 230 in july. and control of the senate is completely up in the air. it is 50-50 right now, as you know. that could tip either way depending on a few key states. pennsylvania, georgia, arizona, ohio. so with 43 days until we head to the ballot box, where do we stand tonight? wills no one better to ask than fox news' chief political anchor, he's going to be very busy for the next six weeks, the host of "special report," bret baer is back. >> hey, kennedy. kennedy: all right. so jen psaki says the president is a massive liability if, in fact, his presidency is the referendum. is she right, and is that what this election is about? >> she, she may be right because you look at approval ratings,

and the latest numbers show the president at a roughly 39%, hovering around that 40% number. traditionally in a midterm if a president is under 50 -- not even under 40, but under 50 -- there is a big changeover to another party. and that's just tradition. now, the issue, as you talked about, abortion and, you know, the fight for democracy, that's going to be their bread and butter in a lot of these races. but it does not overwhelm inflation, how people feel about the economy, immigration, crime is ticking up in big cities especially. and that, i think, is going to determine the final weeks of this campaign. kennedy: yeah, and you're absolutely right about crime. even if you don't live in a big city, you see some of the viral videos of smash and grabs and people being attacked and sucker punched and flash mobs, and it scares people. hay want a feeling of safety and

security. but, you know, it's up to the voters. and republicans, obviously, have the edge on inflation. they do not give the president or his party high marks on that or the economy. and and those things are separate bl. they are doing well there. they are doing better with crime. democrats, obviously, have the edge in terms of abortion and climate change. climate change seems to be one of those issues that is like a luxury issue. people aren't necessarily going to be driven to vote just on that issue, but is that enough for democrats to pin their hopes on? >> no, no. i mean, listen, yes, in the big picture especially democratic constituencies would like to focus on what the future according to the green revolution looks like. but the future is not now. and getting from our economy to a totally fossil fuel-free economy is a number of years in the making. st not like you can flick a switch and it just happens.

and so when people are dealing with the day-to-day of putting food on the table and inflation and worries about crime, that overwhelms a lot of people that we talk to. and you look at the polls, listen, the latest abc/washington post poll -- and we don't want to dwell too much on polls, but this is stunning -- democrats polled only want president biden to run again, 35%. 56% said, no, somebody else besides him. that's democrats. and that affects people's thought process about an administration and how they're dealing with stuff. kennedy: yeah. i mean, if they don't trust the guy in charge, that means they don't trust his agenda. and then that sort of filters down through the party. but, you know, it's like control of washington is obviously, it's not just one branch, bret. i don't know if you know this, but there are three branches -- >> it's true, there are three branches. kennedy: there are. and one participant of the tree that a may be completely split, obviously, congress.

talked a little bit some of those house pick-ups republicans might make, but you've got these key senate races that are still pretty close. they could go east way. so if republicans want the senate, what do they have to do in places like pennsylvania and arizona? >> they've got to fire up their base, but they also have to have candidates that can hit messages. and the concern for weeks has been whether these candidates are up to the job. however, as you get closer and closer to election day, these polls are closing in these places, and momentum may carry them across the finish line depending on how they sprint to that finish line. one point about the house and that is the last election republicans did better than they were projected to do. they were projected to lose a few seats or even just come out tied. they won seats. so there are fewer seats that are kind of up in the air that would be easy, low hanging fruit for republicans to pick up. so that's why there may be this shift to going from 30 seats to

down to 15 or 10. just by redistricting the house, they should be able to pick up the 5 to take control of the house. kennedy: all right. well, nancy, have fun in italy or wherever she goes with paul in tow and his breathalyzer. bret baier, always love talking to you. thank you so much. >> see you, kennedy. kennedy: we'll see you all over the tv. coming up, as we head toward midterms, choice voting has become a favorite with many libertarians. krist novoselic is here to discuss. plus, we have some massive space drama. a nasa spacecraft set to intentionally crash into an asteroid. that is happening in mere moments. and legendary theoretical physicist dr. michio kaku is here here to break it down and explain everything. he is next. ♪ ♪ bug spray and my sunscreen.

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animation of what's hopefully going to happen many just a few minutes, about three and a half minutes. the goal is to test if a crash like this could one day be used to divert a similar and more deadly asteroid before it hits us. could this work? joining me now, theoretical physicist and hour of a fantastic book, "the god equation," it is phenomenal, dr. welcome back, doctor. >> glad to be on the show. kennedy: so this is exciting because, obviously, this is something that nasa has been struggling with for decades and decades, perhaps even longer, is what do you do with a giant celestial body that could crash into earth and end all of our lives. so, obviously, in movies we've seen an h bomb launched up there and blow something to smithereens, you say that's not a good idea. is this a good idea, what they're doing, and how does it work? >> well, first of all, you have to realize that the dinosaurs did not have a space program.

and that's why there are no more dinosaurs here today. we, too, have no defense against a killer asteroid. none whatsoever until today. now we have the potential to impact an object into a killer asteroid, nudge it, nudge it out of the way without blowing it up. kennedy: and we've got two minutes to impact, doctor. you can see it right there. we've got two minutes to impact. you can see the dart spacecraft get incredibly close to moonlet circling a larger asteroid. so this is a little bit of a test. this is a runup to real deal. it is kind of a drill, isn't it? >> that's right. the package, the kinetic package is about the size of a refrigerator. the impact -- the asteroid's about 500 feet across, about two football fields. and we're coming in at 14,000 miles per hour.

that's how fast we're coming in. and this is the world's first attempt to deflect a killer asteroid out of the way. now, this asteroid is not going to hit the earth, but in the future we will expect asteroids to come very close to the earth, if not hit the earth, and that's why we need a planetary defense mechanism. this is historic. the first time in history we're testing a planetary defense mechanism. of. kennedy: and we are within a minute. it's less than a minute, just over 30 seconds before the dart spacecraft, that $330 million test device, is going to crash into the asteroid, leaving a crater. there will be bits of rock and debris that fly off from it, and it will be how long before we know whether or not this is successful, dr. kaku? >> well, pleadly, of course, there's going to be -- immediately, of course, there's going to be lots of debris, and we have to recalibrate our cameras. but astrongers on the --

astronomers on the earth are tracking it, so we should get some evidence about whether or not it was successful. but the actual telemetry may take a while before we get an accurate assessment. we want to deflect it less than one degree. that's the goal. kennedy: it's getting close. it's getting close. you can see it, it's like a sperm and an egg at this point. very exciting. let's see if we can make a baby here, dr. kaku. have you been this excited in quite some time? >> no. we're watching history being made. we've never done this before. [laughter] and just realize that that's why we have no dinosaurs, but we do have a space program. and this is a first attempt. and i think it's about time. we've moan about this threat for decades do, but finally we've summonedded $330 million which is peanuts, peanuts compared to what this mission could accomplish, which is to save the human race. kennedy: and hay look intrigued and excited.

arms are up. we have impact. this is what they have been working toward. congress gave nasa a mandate in 2005 that they have of to figure out a program to deal with some of these smaller asteroids which could pose the biggest threats to the earth, humanity and all of the flora and fauna therein. high-fives to all of them. are how are you feeling right now, dr. kaku? >> sr. good, but i'm also rathem also rather wary, because in 2029 we have a huge asteroid that is going to go skimming past the earth. it'll be visible by binoculars, it'll fly underneath our satellites, and it's about 1,000 feet across. so just remember that the threat is still out there. kennedy: yes. >> an it's coyed 1,000 feet across is going to come whizzing by in 2029. kennedy: all right. we've got seven years to party. you get the white claws, i've got the studio, we'll do whatever we can in the moment.

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♪ kennedy: oh, i have already had enough of gavin newsom, but governor hair spray isn't heaven running california into the ground -- happy, so he's got his sights set on tanking florida and texas as well. the governor flew to texas to browbeat republicans whom he will desperately need once he launches his actual presidential build. because when rational democrats catch wind with of how he's burned the golden state to the ground, they'll want to draft jimmy carter at this point. newsom is pretending to be angry

at florida governor ron den sanities. he's mad, he's flying migrants to martha's vineyard because he's jealous. shouldn't he want every planeload to go straight to california? he should be thrilled overrun governors are offloading people, their social services are too strained to feed, shelter and properly process. it's funny. because newsom thinks he's swinging his vegan sausage, but what he's doing is guaranteeing this is a much bigger issue. the democrats have done nothing but run from. newsom knows this is the great anvil around kamal's gourd, but he's not smart enough to let it sink her in silence. it'll obviously become clear soon enough that newsom has no solutions not for homelessness, not for wildfires and especially not for immigration. what he does know is democrats have a very weak bench, and even as a failing narcissist he might

be the best hope they have if they're going for storylines and a reality show presidential standoff. no one wants a biden-trump rematch. least of all biden and trump. they're both wounded and cranky and older than dirt, and voters -- especially independents -- are dying to close the book on this geriatric torture duo. desantis is republicans' obvious heir apparent to trump and a politician with executive experience is always more attractive to voters. please don't tell that to my boyfriend, mike pence who, like mike pompeo, thinks he's the bee's balls. but he has no shot in hades at the republican nom. newsom is younger and dumber than biden which makes him a perfect fit for democrats. he's somehow a very might be -- more viable candidate than teenage pete buttigieg. newsom wants to debate desantis now, solidifying the optics. but desantis knows he doesn't

have to punch down. he can say, hey, captain coif, i've got a state to run, and and unlike you, i don't want to do it badly. there are many more episodes to binge watch of this next ridiculous chapter in our political streaming service. and you know my koester will be glued to the couch for every absurd minute of it, and i will give it right to you in your face. and that's the memo. it's looking more and more like democrats don't want a bide biden rerun. bret baier said it at the top of the show, new abc news/washington poll says 356 -- 56% of dem-leaning respondents would prefer someone other than president biden for the 2024 nomination. they want a living human. only 35% want biden to be the nominee, and he were just being polite. does this make it easier for governor newsom to slide on? because he's all slippery. the party panel is here to discuss. conservative strategist and z

labs' vice president chris baeren ron. yes, she's back. democrat pollster and cohost of "the five," my twin sister, jessica jessica tarlov and reason features editor and the world's foremost expert on florida, presidential politics, peter suderman back in action. great to see day dis, all of you. chris, i will start with you. is gavin newsom the best the democrats have? [laughter] >> i mean, if i was a democrat, i would be feeling very bad if this is the best we have. i mean, look, honestly, for a party that, like, champions diversity and everything, they're addicted to mediocre white guys. whether it's newsom or beto in texas or that tub of lard in illinois, it's bizarre -- [laughter] kennedy: i think pritzker is pleasantly plump. >> yeah, very pleasantly plump. look, i mean, california has everything in the world going for it. i mean, you couldn't ask for a

more, you know, a state that had more available to it to make it great. like, this is a state that, frankly, all you should have to do is put it on cruise control and walk away, and everything will be fine. you actually actively have to do a bad job to screw a state like california up. and congratulations, that's exactly what gavin newsom has done. he's got a crime crisis, an energy crisis, he's got, you know, and he can't get out of the way of his own. apple biggss and egos and -- ambitions and egos and focus on trying to fix the state he has screwed up so badly. kennedy: well, and he's complaining, jessica, that ron desantis, maybe he broke the law or broke precedent. but i look at democrats, and i think, fix the law. if this is what has happened, obviously, our immigration system isn't working. is gavin newsom really the poster child for fixing what's wrong with up this this country starting with immigration? >> well, i want to start the, first, with the mediocre white man jab. barack obama and hillary clinton

would like to have a word with chris, but they can do that after the show is. now back to immigration. i'm not a particularly big gavin newsom fan -- kennedy: oh, thank god. i'm so happy to hear that. >> have i done my bidding now? kennedy: no, it's great news! it's wonderful. >> at this particular moment especially heading into a midterm, we don't really need a lot of distraction from who's actually in charge of the party. and i still haven't gotten over the fact that he went to the white house when he knew biden would be away so he could throw his jacket over his shoulder and look really hot. that's kind of my thing about began newsom. i obviously have no positive feelings for desantis, but the idea that the 2024 squareoff should start now, of course desantis is going to say we shouldn't have a debate.. -- kennedy: no, that only benefits

new. and and he knows that -- newsom. newsom is banking on that because he is so desperate to expand his national standing. so, peter, i look at all of this, i look at the craziness, you know? there are mediocre honkies abounding in politics. [laughter] what is a libertarian to do here, peter? >> despair. despair is. so, look, i actually think there are some real legal questions about desantis' stunt here. in particular when it comes to budgetary authority, the way the law was written. those funds were only supposed to be spent they were moving people from florida, the point of origin was in texas. in addition, they were only supposed to be spent for people who were here illegally. these were people who were claiming asylum, it's not clear if they actually meet that test. there's also some fiscal concerns. this money was -- the way that they paid for these flights was with interest on covid relief

funds. like, bills that shouldn't have been passed in the first place. and that's not really a great, you know, recommendation for somebody who is running for the party of fiscal responsibility. at the same time the, it's really hard to take gavin newsom seriously on anything ever. but in particular when he's saying, oh, somebody else might be doing something illegal? this is a guy who ran some of the most restrictive covid restrictions -- kennedy: oh, hallelujah. >> in particular, shut down churches. the courts shut him down, said it was totally unconstitutional. gavin newsom has had, like, no ground to be standing on accusing other governors of engaging in potentially illegal acts. kelly: -- kennedy: he is a slippery salamander, that one. he's like a fungus that there's no treatment for. all right. listen to this, this story's going to blow your mind. it is one of the greatest bank heists in history, and it may have been pulled off by the fbi. a new report reveals that last year the agency raided a vault full of safety deposit boxes in

beverly hills -- we talked aboun first candidated $86 million in cash -- confiscated -- millions more in other assets at least from 800 boxes inside. the fbi justified the seizure by arguing some of the safety deposit boxes might have been used by criminals in connection with unspecified crimes. now, a class action lawsuit accuses the agency of violating the fourth amendment and the rightful owners of the confiscated cash fight to get it all back. computerman, i'm going to start with you because this is a very clear fourth amendment violation. those if fbi agents withheld information from the judge, and they drilled into and pried open those safety deposit boxes in order to look for evidence of crimes they didn't already have. >> the fourth amendment protects americans from unreasonable search and seize your.. -- seizure. unreasonable is the key word here. that means you have to have a

reason, and the fbi did not have a reason to go after people's private property here. i love the bank robbery scene in heat. it's a great movie. i don't want to see it happen in real life. but the fbi here, it's not bank robbers. it's not robert deniro and his crew, it's the fbi who are going after private citizens. and what's crazy is when you see their reasons for this, their reasons are, well, some of the people had out of state license plates. some of the people who were using this facility were driving rental cars. rental cars, out of state license plates, are you kidding me? the fbi cannot imagine reasons that people might have to want to use nonbank, nontraditional facilities. they imagine criminality absolutely everywhere, and it turns out that the if fbi are the ones who are engaging in what would be criminal activity if a private citizen was doing it. kennedy: all right. jessie and chris, we only have a little bit of time, but i want each of you to respond to this because it wasn't just money, and it wasn't just laundered money that narco-terrorists were

conveniently using in beverly hills, you know? we're talking about passwords, prenuptial agreements, human remains, jessica. >> yeah, that's really bad. i would be super safety deposits point as well as family heirlooms and things like that. we don't have a ton of cash, i wish that we had more of it. but i will say that this is the kind of stuff that i do want to hear from libertarians where it makes you think, oh, maybe they're on to something differently than the classic two parties here in america. and shout out to reason who is covering this well before everyone else, and the l.a. times finally piggybacked on friday. kennedy: yeah, l.a. times, late to the game. bunch of jerkings. how does this make you feel about the fbi, chris? >> terrible. and, frankly, i think it's gotten to the point where many conservatives understand that the if fbi is fundamentally broken. and i'm not actually sure it's capable of repair. reading some of the things that

they put in the search warrant request, things like, well, why would anybody use this when you could use a bank or a safe deposit box? that's not, that's not a reasonable -- kennedy: maybe it was cheaper. maybe there was a cheaper -- >> or maybe they just don't feel like it. this is america. i can do it for any reason i want except for an illegal one. the fbi is just so fundamentally broken. and like i said, i'm not sure it is capable of being fixed. kennedy: yeah. i hope they win this class action lawsuit, i really, really do. this is horrible precedent to set for other law enforcement organizations or even for the fbi. like, oh, something might be going on here. let's just assume that everybody affiliated with this business is there under nefarious circumstances. that is not the case. i hope they win. we'll bring you all of it. chris, jessica and peter, thank you all. >> great to be back. >> computerman. kennedy: yeah, cocktails. i like it.

mean while, vladimir putin's new nuclear threat raising the stakes in ukraine and around the world. u.s. officials say the use of nukes cannot be allowed. watch. >> let me say it plainly. if russia crosses this line, there will be catastrophic consequences for russia. >> it's very important that moscow hear from us and know from us that the consequences would be horrific. kennedy: putin's announcement of a draft mobilization also causing protests across the country. tens of thousands have fled. is there any chance putin gets toppled before he has a chance to press the big red buttonsome or do do even more damage in ukraine and beyond? joining me now to discuss,s journalist, author and quincy institute senior fellow an e -- anatoli is back. one thing we're hearing is potential referendums in ukraine, the disputed territory

that russia seized as its own. these may not be free and fair elections, but if there is, in fact, this semi-formal annexation, what does that do to the peace process? >> kills it for the foreseeable future because one can't imagine and, in fact, ukraine back in march proposed certain compromises for a peace settlement with russia. but ukraine and the west could never accept the annexation of the territories that russia has occupied since february. so, i mean, at that point maybe we'll get a ceasefire at some stage, you know, if one side or the other or both, you know, just become completely exhausted. but there can never be a peace settlement at that rate. it's possible, it's just possible that putin, you know, will note these results of this referenda which are fake, obvious -- kennedy: yes. >> but move immediately to the next. he'll use this as a bargaining

counter. we'll know on friday when he talks to to the russian parliament. kennedy: obviously, there is a huge gap between a ceasefire and a nuclear option. if putin and russia did, in fact, use any nuclear weapons, what would that do to the international community? and how do you think china would look upon that? >> well, china would absolutely hate it. you know, china did not want this war. they didn't agree to it. they, you know, indicated their unhappiness pretty plainly. china certainly will not approve russian an annexations. china has never recognized the annexation of crimea eight years ago. and, of course, the chinese would the idea of nuclear weapons because they would, apart from the obvious, they'd cause economic chaos in the world if russia did that. so, you know, i mean, quite a bit apart from the horrendous damage they would do to russia's reputation. the blowback onto russian

territory, you know, there are huge, huge inhibitions against russia doing this, thank god. kennedy: all right. so we've also in the past few weeks talked about, i guess with, other disputed renales around -- regions around russia that would love to have their independence now. putin is gross ising for power and is georgia looking to make a move toward independence? or what other countries do you see as being interesting spots that are heating up while there is russian vulnerability? >> well, the first one, which has happened already, is that azerbaijan has attacked armenia -- kennedy: yes. >> -- as part of this. and clearly, i mean, that's because russia has a peace-keeping force and actually has a defensive alliance with armenia. but with the russian army so pinned down in ukraine, there's areas, obviously, russia can't intervene.

so that's the first. but georgia may well think it has a chance to recover its lost territories. and then, you know, there's also been a flare-up of ethnic tension in central asia. so there are several conflicts around the former joseph union which could -- soviet union background erupt again as russian power weakens. but, of course ors ors this is not always going to be a good thing for the united states. certainly, the armenian minority in america does not think an azerbaijani victory is a good thing. kennedy: no, absolutely not. the armenian community has been hosed and left out to dry by the u.s. government which still will not acknowledge the armenian genocide, and shame on them. dr. lieven, thank you so much for your time, always appreciate it. >> pleasure. kennedy: coming up, rank-choice voting, rcv. it's a new thing for many people, and some say it's why

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that bassist and rank choice expert chris mauve chellic. how how did this work in alaska? i don't think the results were controversial. sarah palin said it thwarted the will of people, but isn't it better to have a bunch of people to choose from and decide who you like best? >> we're americans and we like to have choice. and in alaska they had a open primary where all the candidates run are, and then the top four vote getters go to the general election, and there's a rank choice voting. and you rank your candidate your first choice, your second choice, your third choice. and there was no majority winner, and beg with itch came in third place last, so he was eliminate, and his second choices broke for the democrat. and cha -- that's who won the election. it was a fair, transparent process. kennedy: let's talk about the tone of election because,

obviously, our elections go on for way, way too long. it's 2022, we're talking about presidential candidates two years out. that's just how it is. and sometimes these races get very, very nasty. and i think people are sick and disheartened by the entire process. how does rank choice voting make it so the races are less acrimonious, that they're just a little less dirty? >> well, the national group, fair vote, has done a study on rank choice voting elections because there's many places in the united states that use them, and they find out that campaigning is more civil. and why's that? well, look at alaska where there's going to be a redo of the election in november, and it's going to be, bell -- begich is asking his supporters, of course, to be the first choice, but if they want to be a second choice, he says put in palin. and the republican party is

saying, hey, rank the red, rank your republicans. and so that's the strategy. kennedy: is that a better strategy? >> it's about pulling people in. yeah, it's a better strategy because you're pulling people in. negative campaigning, hit pieces push people out. it's a zero sum game. is so rank choice voting is a whole few ball game. kennedy: it's really interesting, but why isn't it more uniformly applied? it's kind of confusing in that sometimes you have it during primary season and other times you have it just for federal candidates both, you know, like in new york city, why do we have it here all the time? >> well, they had it because that was the way the state or the city decided to have it elections. they voted on having it just in nominating primaries. and, you know, i hope it, the whole city council -- the new york city council in the '30s and '40s was elected by rank choice voting, from portional rank choice voting which is what we need for the united states house of representatives.

you can have it for single winners, and you can have it for proportional representation. and we have a federalist system, and we have all these municipalities, so there's just different versions of it. it's what people decide in their locality what they want. and alaska wanted rank choice voting. they wanted to move away from exclusive, partisan primaries where all the candidates run in the first round, and then the top four vote getters advance, get four choices on the general election ballot, and then you rank the candidate in your order of preference. kennedy: okay -- >> candidates, candidates. kennedy: -- can one last question for you, and this is very important, we only have 10 seconds. are you and kim -- the best rhythm system that ever existed? >> dave grohl and i were -- kennedy: that's what i meant. matt cameron, are you and matt cameron the best there ever was? >> yeah, now we are the best with -- we're absolutely fabulous. third secret is my new album,

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under the sea? it's not squid ward. this is edward price also known on the streets of tulsa, oklahoma, as smack man. of he's just like pac-man, but instead of eating dust k he snorts lies. he was allegedly caught on video wearing sponge bob-themed shorts and socks while burglarizing five different apartments. in fact, he's so good at breaking in and stealing things, he's just been offered a job with the fbi. but smackman's crime spee game to an end when he posted pictures of the items he'd stolen to facebook with his spongebob clothing in the background. real smart move there. a total patrick things to do. police tracked him down and charged him with multiple felonies for stealing electronics and guns from various apartments, but i suspect he's really after that secret crabby patty formula with his computer wife with karen. topic number two. the hilton hotel chain has been contracted to design astronaut

suites aboard a private space station. yes! so the good news is our astronauts will finally be living in luxury. the bad news is they're now going to have to pay $12 a bag for cashews from their mini bar. the hotel chain has a partnered with voyager space holdings to design facilities aboard the star lab that will replace the iss -- suck it, russia -- and we can finally make good use of the iss by crashing it into an asteroid! voyager hopes the hilton theme will bring unique perspective to the design because they don't come from a space background which explains why they suggested giving every room a walkout balcony. back in 2020, the hotel chain partnered with the iss to help astronaut ises bake the first ever chocolate chip cookies in

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