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Well, thank you, Gray. Being a new member here, I'll do first, I guess, full disclosure. If anything is said that keeps me from being accepted by this group, well, you know, stuff happens. I am a 65-year-old retired gay libertarian. So, as libertarian, that means really everybody hates me. Because like Josh said earlier, yeah, the separation is real. And if you're in the middle, you're in trouble. So, yeah, but that's my story. I've always been libertarian, a little bit more liberal on the social issues, lean a little bit more conservative on the fiscal stuff. Been that way my whole life. But yes, we finally devolved into a culture where I am really pretty much accepted by no one. Oh, and I'm also gay. So, anyway, there you have it. To answer your question, I say, I believe no. And the only reason is I do think we have about a five-day attention span in life. And we look at what's happening today and, oh my gosh, this must stop, we must protest. On any of this kind of stuff that's come down the pike over the years, I have much more of a, eh, let's see what happens. You know, no one really, you don't know for sure what the outcome of some of this stuff is going to be. And I'm not talking a year or two, five years down the road, I'm talking 20. So, I mean, you know, have I heard there's been some good results from the tariffs? Yeah. I've also heard there's been some terrible results. So, at some point, you've got to have to balance out the facts over the long haul and see if it works. You know, that's the deal. So, for me, and I always have to answer anything I say with I believe, because our political beliefs are probably influenced most by the media we consume. Some of it's right, some of it isn't. So, I always have to start every sentence I say with this kind of stuff with I believe, because I could be wrong. But to answer your question today, I believe we are not in a state of emergency. That's my story, and I'm sticking to it. KF8DRJ, back to you, KC2PKT.