In this episode of Rush to Reason, host John Rush dives into practical aspects of maintaining cool and comfortable indoor environments as temperatures rise. With valuable tips from Hunter at Cub Creek Heating and Air Conditioning, listeners learn how to efficiently handle their air conditioning units to prevent common issues and enhance efficiency. The episode also provides straightforward advice on maximizing the function of smart thermostats and the strategic use of home fans, ensuring you keep your household comfortably cool without breaking the bank.
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All right. Happy Monday, everybody. Rush to Reason, Denver’s Afternoon Rush, KLZ 560. Speaking of Cub Creek Heating and Air Conditioning, Hunter joining us now. Hunter, welcome. Hey, John. How are you? I’m good. Are you keeping up with the hot weather? Trying to. It has been. It doesn’t look super hot outside right now when you look at the clouds and such, but 92 degrees, people are running their air conditioning. So give us some tips on, you know, I know if folks are having problems, best thing to do is call you guys, but give us some tips on some things they can do preventatively to maybe not have problems. For example, do we leave the temperature at one particular setting? Do we vary that up and down? How should we be doing some of those things?
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Well, let’s start with the biggest thing. We are starting to hit about that three-month stretch of running our AC. If you turned it on here in May, June, July, we’re looking at about three months. So I would always start with that filter. It’s probably about time to change that filter, especially if you changed it a little earlier in the season, around April. We are starting to see a lot of calls stemming from dirty filters, just people not forgetting about it, not replacing them. um you know with it being the middle of the summer and that’s one thing to remember too is that that ac runs um the fan on the ac is going to run at full speed um as fast as it can go so it does tend to kick up more dust and pollen and different things like that in that that’s been sitting in that ductwork so those filters do tend to get a little dirtier a little quicker um so i would definitely make sure that you check check the filter make sure that that’s um good if by chance you are seeing anything um you know if the filter is dirty if you notice you have lack of airflow in your coming out of your registers and there’s a puddle of water underneath that furnace or ac more than likely that filter was dirty and you’re starting to ice up um the best thing you can do for that and even if you have us come check out why it’s icing up um what we need to happen before we can even diagnose anything as far as that goes is Turn that fan on on that thermostat. Turn the AC off the fan only on on your thermostat and run that thermostat. You got to get that coil defrosted if you do that for about 24 hours. Change the filter and start over. More times than not, that AC is going to kick right back on. and start blowing cold air again. That’s been a very common problem we’ve been dealing with here recently. As far as efficiency goes, obviously, just like Grandpa said, don’t cool the neighborhood.
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Good idea.
SPEAKER 10 :
Yeah.
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No, great point. I mean, keep things closed up. In fact, even some of you, most of this is, you know, again, common sense, Hunter, and most people I would think are probably already doing this. But just in case, you know, here in Colorado, you know, watch where your sun comes in on the different windows. West, late at night, that’s the hotter of the sun, of course. It’s even hotter than it is early morning. The heat is built up, so you have west-facing windows. Try your best to… Whether you’ve got shades or blinds or whatever, close those things up. Let’s try to keep some of that heat out. I mean, anything you can do along those lines helps, right?
SPEAKER 10 :
Exactly. I mean, that’s what you’re battling, ultimately, is you’re trying to keep the heat out. And the more heat you can keep out of that house, the less your AC has to work to kind of maintain that temperature. So, yeah, that being said, during the middle of the day, keeping blinds and shades closed, you know, not letting that sunlight warm up the spaces and stuff like that can be a huge help. You know, and then me personally what we try to do is we try to close those shades and blinds during the day especially when we’re not home and then get the ceiling fans running and stuff and anytime you can kind of if you have a smart thermostat a good idea is always to put that smart thermostat in circulate or run your fan just your fan only in between cycles on the furnace that can kind of it doesn’t necessarily cool the house but it gives you a more average temperature where you know your basement is always going to be you know five degrees cooler right sometimes 10 degrees cooler than the rest of your house so use that to your advantage if you run that fan in circulation mode you’re you’re actually mixing all of that air um where you may have 75 degree air upstairs your basement is 70 so you might average out and get some 72 degree air great point rolling throughout the house So that’s a huge thing and it really doesn’t affect the energy efficiency. You’re not going to see that you run in your furnace fan like that on the bill. And like I said, most smart thermostats, Nest and Ecobee and the Honeywells, they all offer some sort of setting like that that’s a circulation and most of them are like 15 to 30 minutes on an hour. that they’ll run outside of your system running. So those are some big deals. The other thing too is just don’t try to change, make big drastic temperature changes with your unit. Set it and forget it. Set that temperature to where you kind of like it, where you’re the most comfortable. Unless you’re going on vacation or something, Set that temperature, you know, if you like it at 72 degrees, just set it at 72 and leave it. You’re going to be way more efficient maintaining a temperature in that house than you are going to be trying to change that temperature.
SPEAKER 11 :
Makes total sense. If folks do have questions or problems and they do need you to come out and look at things, what are we looking at as far as the ETA goes right now?
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Yeah, we’re looking right now, we’re about four or five days out. It’s starting to loosen up a little bit, starting to slow down a little bit. We’re starting to get ahead of the curve a little bit, but it is still hot and stuff still is breaking.
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Okay. Awesome. As always, Hunter, Cub Creek Heating and Air Conditioning. Just go to klzradio.com, folks, to find them. That’s the easiest way to do it. Some of you that might be a little bit more, I know I should say this more often, some of you that I had somebody this morning where just don’t have Internet access. It’s not super easy. You can always call direct 303-656-5467. You can also text me directly. I can give you their number. You guys all know the text line. You can text me directly. I can give you Hunter’s info as well that way if needed. But, Hunter, as always, man, I appreciate it very much. I know you’re super busy. I’ll let you get back at it, and we’ll talk again here soon.
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Yeah, everybody stay cool out there.
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We’ll do it. Thanks, Hunter. Appreciate it very much. We’ll take a quick break. Actually, I’ll get Bob in really quick before the break. Go ahead, Bob.
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Hey, John, this is what I do, and I’ve been doing it for all the time that I’ve lived here, 52 years. In the summertime, I don’t put a filter in the furnace. In the winter, I’ll put a furnace filter in. No filter in the summertime, much better airflow. At nighttime, I turn the air conditioning off and I turn the fan on and let it run all night like that. Then in the morning, I turn the air conditioning back on. And I don’t try and run it at 72. I try it about 76. Yeah. And I’ve never had an ice-up problem doing that.
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All right, real quick question of the day from Friday. Name the lake in Australia that has pink water. That would be Lake Hillier. Lake Hillier. It is nearly as salty as the Dead Sea. So that’s the answer to Friday’s question of the day. Today, which U.S. president dedicated the Vietnam Memorial? Which U.S. president dedicated the Vietnam Memorial? Answer that on our social media Facebook page. And up next, Marty, welcome, sir.
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Well, so good to be with you, John. And as advertised, as expected, the Epstein files or the attention around it, it’s there. It’s not going away. So it’s not that this can be brushed under the rug, John. Now that it’s sort of made more headline news, of course, with Bongino and the feuds going on and Trump saying, please stop talking about this and all these things. I’m wondering if you’re maybe starting to have a change. Was this more important to the average American than we maybe gave it credit for?
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No.
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It’s not.
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No. The only reason it’s alive is because of some hardcore folk on the right and the left, to be honest with you, Marty. The left is the ones now that I believe are continuing to bring this story up because they feel like they can keep dragging this thing on out. And there’s folks on the hardcore right that believe this is a big deal as well. And so they’re going to keep this thing in the news also. But to me personally, again, we have got bigger and better things to focus on than this.
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That’s where I would say we need to break down, though, the benefit of resolving this to our satisfaction, because when you get into the people that this is connected to and then the decisions that we’re making, the choices that are going on. And sort of the implementation of a lot of pretty, I mean, we’ve got leaders right now that if we were to strip them naked and see their background, there’s no way we would allow them to serve us. And if we’re in this sort of rebuild and make America great, it just seems odd that you would want to rebuild and sustain America with this filth. still a part of the system. And so I think that’s the bigger things.
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I guess, Marty, the way I would look at that is, and I’m not justifying anything any of these guys have ever done, and by the way, I have no idea who these people are, who is or isn’t on this list, who is a part of these things, who wasn’t. There’s a lot of speculation around individuals that May have been involved there. You know, again, there’s been lots of things that have been, quote unquote, leaked out over the past. Oh, I don’t know, five, six years since this stuff really broke open. Marty, reality is getting and I agree with Trump on this, getting down to the actual facts of who was actually there, what actually took place, the amount of manpower necessary. to even delve into all of that right now given everything else we have going on and i guess i would add one more thing to this marty is yeah i guess i’m kind of looking at this the way christ did he without the first sin cast the first stone i mean you’re talking about people that have done all sorts of decrepit things which by the way i and you have as well in the Lord’s eyes. So the reality is, I mean, we are a judger of people and of sin and so on. The Lord himself is not. And again, I’m not justifying anything these guys have done. Anybody that would be involved in this have done. On the same token, I can’t justify the sin of my own life. So the reality, Marty, is there’s bigger and better things to break down, in my opinion, than this.
SPEAKER 05 :
And I would just say that is missing the mark, because protecting the children of this country… I’m not arguing that, Marty.
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And keep in mind, in a lot of cases, it’s not even… Really quick, Marty, a lot of the folk that were involved in this, to my knowledge, a lot of the kids, by the way, that were involved in this, to my knowledge, probably are not from this country. Not that that makes it any different or any better, but the reality is we now get into all sorts of law… And I’ve had arguments with folks on my text line and other people that have emailed, and I’ve gone back and forth on this. The reality is there’s a lot of unknowns here. There’s a lot of speculation. There’s a lot of people that think they know the answers and what should happen. The reality, Marty, is we don’t even know what crimes or where and when they took place and on whose soil they took place on.
SPEAKER 05 :
Oh, I think there’s so much meat on these bones, John. It’s not going to narrow it down to three.
SPEAKER 11 :
I would disagree. And Marty, by the way, I agree with you that there’s a lot of I’m not going to say meat on the bones. There’s a lot of people out there that are involved in a lot of things that they shouldn’t be. And by the way, always have been long before Epstein rolled around. This kind of stuff has been happening literally since the beginning of time, not only in this nation, but many others before and will be after this nation until the Lord comes. So the reality, Marty, is, yeah, I’m not giving anybody a pass, but the real brass tacks here is, how do you find and prove all of this and get down to what really happened? And by the way, because there’s a lot of folks, as I think even Trump has mentioned, there’s been a lot of… How should I say? Make sure I use the right words. There’s been a lot of meddling in these things from day one. How do you know truth from fiction at this point?
SPEAKER 05 :
Well, I think this is the way you start it. It’s pretty simple. If you were photographed in the circle of Jeffrey Epstein and a participant on the flight log… Okay, really, let me break these down one at a time, though, Marty.
SPEAKER 11 :
Let’s start with the photographs. Who is to say in today’s age, with AI and all of what we have regarding Photoshop and so on, how do you know that’s a real photograph?
SPEAKER 05 :
We’re actually trying to hope and beg that the FBI and all these institutions had some integrity that these photos are a dozen years old and they are genuine. I guess that’s a whole different world, John. Can you believe anything with your own eyes anymore? It’s hard to. I think we have to proceed. I agree. I agree. And it only gets more deceptive. But I think in this case, because we go back to the era, late 90s, early 2000s, didn’t have it. We know those exist somewhere. We know that they have been under wraps. Now, even under national security type.
SPEAKER 11 :
So and OK, and so let me let me throw this in. So now we’re going to go back and try to prosecute people that did things 25 years ago. I mean, I realize that that can be done. They did it with Bill Cosby and others. They’ve they made examples out of individuals like them. And I’m not saying they shouldn’t have, by the way. But what I’m saying is these things are now if we go back to 2000, that’s 25 years ago.
SPEAKER 05 :
beautiful this is actually where my heart’s at on this issue i’m not i’m not going to be upset if they go through these investigations and they say ah son of a gun statute of limitations we couldn’t get them i’m not even asking the federal government to then deploy all of its resources for the prosecution so okay so again i’m going to break these down one at a time good questions by the way or good comments i want to break these down you know one at a time so then how many resources do we dedicate Well, the FBI right now, of all the things that they’re involved with, I can’t think of one thing more critical to the United States than the protection of children and the warding out of this trafficking. Wherever it’s coming from, wherever it’s going on, that isn’t ridiculous to talk about us in the first world category, but yet we have the most children go missing every year. Those things don’t align.
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Which, by the way, I do believe that Noam and Holman both are working on that simultaneously with the FBI as we speak right now. So I would say on that one, Marty, I believe that we already are working on at least stopping what has been going on in the past along those lines. Not directly related to Epstein, of course, but in general, yes, stopping the decrepitness of that end of things from happening. And again, Marty, will we ever stop that from happening completely? No. And I’m sorry to say the answer is no, because where it’s like saying we want fair and honest elections. Good luck. Men are sinful. They’re always going to cheat, deceive, lie and do whatever they can to get by with whatever they can again until Christ comes. This is no different. Now, can we stop the majority of and like elections, make it as clean as we possibly can? Yes, that should be the absolute goal.
SPEAKER 05 :
Yeah, and you reestablish the standard that this is the most heinous crime and we don’t care. We’re going to make sure that to the extent of our laws allow, we’re going to inflict that upon you. And that becomes the messaging, you know. I can’t. Yeah, and I can’t.
SPEAKER 11 :
And by the way, I think Tom Holman has done a good job so far of announcing exactly what you just said. He has come out and said that over and over again, even to those on the left who would basically say, you know, Tom, you’re barking up the wrong tree. Yeah, no, Tom has come right back at them, Marty, with the message that you’re wanting to be sent. He has said that loud and clear.
SPEAKER 05 :
Yes, and I think that is getting established in America that we’re not playing these games anymore. Here’s the problem, though, is that the culture of that behavior, and I’m just telling you, and I know you don’t have to go all the way, but… There’s people that have just been so influential in America that are going to show up in the pictures on the flight log and at the property. And we’re not saying you did molest the child, but we want to know what went on there, because there’s a national interest in making sure that this isn’t allowed, no matter the price, no matter your net worth, no matter your position in society. I’m sorry if you misunderstood us. You’re not allowed to touch children like that in our presence. So we need to know. And you know how scary the FBI can be when they come after the Catholic school mom who is praying outside of abortion. I want to see that same level of aggression turn to our elites that we know have been manipulated, used the law to to benefit themselves. And in fact, this case now, if it’s up to Trump and John, John, COVID situation. Donald Trump got the COVID shot dead wrong. He got the feel of the room on Epstein dead wrong. And so we’re moving into now, well, hold on a second. He didn’t apologize. And you know, on this show, this show has been fantastic about highlighting the risks, the dangers, all of these things. And he has never repented for that, John. And now he’s got another opportunity to come through for America. And he’s choosing to say, let’s make a good business decision in this case. And so that’s where I just think, That’s going to gnaw at people. That is not honorable work. That is not blind following worthy in my case, John.
SPEAKER 11 :
Well, and as you heard me say many, many times, do I agree with Donald Trump on every single thing that he does? And there are times where I’m critical of things that he has or has not done. Absolutely, Marty. I am one of those that is a supporter of. I am by no means a blind follower. In fact, I have been criticized by others out there, by the way, for not being that. Because you know me. I’m not. I’m an independent thinker. I do whatever I think is best. And do I always… Do I always follow everything that he does? No, there’s many things he does that I disagree with. There’s things he says at times I disagree with. In this particular case, though, Marty, and I’m not giving him a pass by any means, and I guess where I’m coming from with all of this is I haven’t seen everything that they have seen. Now, maybe if I had, I would have a difference of opinion. I guess where I’m coming from on this is if we want to take a little bit of resources and let the FBI work on some of these things and try to do some of the things that you’re mentioning, I’m not opposed to that, but I am opposed to having an all-out war on that level and forgetting about some of the other things that we need to get done as well. Yeah, I’m not in that camp. I’m not one to say we should drop everything. and go after these individuals that may or may not be on said list. By the way, I’ve said this openly, and I’ll keep saying it. I don’t think there’s a list anyways, personally. I think there might be evidence of who went to and from the island, but I don’t think there’s a list.
SPEAKER 05 :
And, John, last thought. Here’s why we just say go a little farther with this. You talk about the problems in America, and let’s just take for this argument’s purposes that we do have well-connected, high-level people, government, business, in the bureaucrat state that are guilty of these crimes. Let’s just say there’s a handful in there. That culture, a person that would do that with a child, there’s no way they have America’s best interest in mind, John. There’s just no way they could. Those conflict. And so you stomp out so many issues by getting to the head of this nasty, filthy, gigantic snake. And it starts right there because now all of a sudden other things start to dissipate. Marty, I wouldn’t argue that.
SPEAKER 11 :
By the way, I think there’s other topics we could throw in that would mimic exactly what you’re talking about with probably same said individuals. But I guess I’m also a realist and I understand and realize that while that would be great and I can’t disagree with anything you’re saying, it’s not going to happen.
SPEAKER 05 :
I agree, and we remain in the fantasy and the hopeful side, and that’s why we have a great Lord and Savior, because he’s laughing at us, having this conversation. But something about us, though, John, and I think you like to see justice done. Absolutely. And for me, I want to see it done. I mean, Marty, nothing.
SPEAKER 11 :
Nothing would thrill me more than to see some people that have been involved in these things. And by the way, and I want to make sure I’m very clear on this for everybody listening. It’s not just Epstein where folks like this would be involved. People that do these sorts of things, Marty, as you know, it’s not just one occurrence. If they get involved in this sort of thing. And Epstein’s probably just the tip of the iceberg. These are the kind of individuals that will do this stuff over and over and over again. And by the way, probably still are. And by the way, maybe this is and I don’t know what Donald Trump’s ultimate goal here is. I don’t know what he knows. I don’t have I’m not privy. To that, I do know this. I do have enough faith and trust in him to where he typically has a plan and has the ability to get done what needs done at the end of the day. It may not be exactly the way that you or I would go about doing it. But typically speaking, if he knows there’s a way to actually get these people, you know, if you know, expose these people, I guess is what I should say. Pardon the pun here, Marty, but if there’s a way to actually do that, I do believe Donald Trump will do that. That I do have confidence in because, again, it’s not just this particular episode. These people will do this over and over again, as you know. In other words, if they did it once with Epstein, it’s not done. They’re still doing it, as you know.
SPEAKER 05 :
Oh, no, that’s a lifestyle, and it’s filthy. Absolutely. I think you’re right. Trump will make a great business deal, and it will have some compromise. What we don’t get is what we’re looking for. We don’t get as much as we want, but he gave us something to kind of chew on.
SPEAKER 11 :
Well, and I want to say one other thing, too, about Donald Trump, and this is something that I will stand on this. I think I’ve seen enough and I’ve known enough people around Donald Trump personally, and I’ve seen the way that he treats kids, not only his own family, but others. Marty, I would be hard pressed to believe that he personally had anything to do with anything along these lines whatsoever. There are pictures with him and Epstein and so on. And by the way, billionaires all run in the same circles. And of course, there’s going to be pictures floating around along those lines. But do I believe that Donald Trump himself is involved in anything along these lines? I do not, Marty. He does not. He doesn’t give off any sort of of appearance the way that again, the way he treats, you know, kids and others and not again, not only in his own family, but outside of it. It’s let me just say this. It is it is black and white difference from Joe Biden.
SPEAKER 05 :
I would agree with you 100%. There’s never been an indication in my heart that he did this, and that’s why it’s not there. But he knows so many. He knows the destruction that this could cause, and he knows good business. And he also knows that we can get past this probably with not – epic damage from the public.
SPEAKER 11 :
Well, and here’s one other question I’ve been thinking about through the past week or so in regards to Trump, just Trump specifically. Not all the rest of the nonsense going on between Bondi and Bongino and all of that. And by the way, Bongino just needs to pull his pants up and get to work, and these things happen. You don’t always get what you want, Dan. And while I Well, I like Bongino a lot. This is one of the things I think he and I would would different. You still have to get done at the end of the day what you want done. And by the way, quitting and being mad never solves anything at the end of the day. But the question I guess I’ve been thinking about and pondering over the weekend, even on this, Marty, is, you know, if in fact what you just said is true and Donald Trump does know some of these individuals that are involved, can he will he use that against them? On a one on one basis, I mean.
SPEAKER 05 :
Possibly, you know, and if they’re in a position to keep Democrats off his back and potentially leverage that into his favor, you know, I think it’s more, oh, my goodness, how deep does this run? And it’s going to affect so many sectors in the economy, in the government, the global relationship.
SPEAKER 11 :
And that’s where, you know, you really have to start asking, Marty, if in fact all that’s the case and what you’re saying is true, which, by the way, I wouldn’t disagree with you on any of that. Then you have to start asking, OK. Is it in even our country’s best interest to do what Trump is doing and do this a piece at a time rather than just laying it all out at once?
SPEAKER 05 :
Yeah, I think most people are going to say, you know what, let’s do it the easy way, the soft way. Let’s not just. But that’s not the spirit of drain the swamp. That’s not the spirit of make America. You know, so it’s going to be conflictual because this is such a tough moment. Or is it more?
SPEAKER 11 :
You know, think about it this way, though. Sometimes when you go attack cancer, for example. Yes, we do radiation. Yes, we do chemo. But there’s also times where you get the scalpel out and you take out wherever that tumor actually is and you do it very strategically, very wisely. And is that what Trump’s doing here? And I don’t know, Marty.
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I don’t know if he’s going to be able to control the fans at bay. Can he push them aside? That’s the question. That’s the question. That’s what I’m saying. We have to stay on this topic if it’s sensitive to your heart. Because what they’re telling you from Washington, D.C., this is not a priority to them. This is not important to them. Only we, the people, make this an issue for them. And that’s what I’m encouraging people to do. This is bigger than we’ve given it credit for. It is happening live right now. John, you do a great show. God bless you. You’re live radio right now in what I would consider the greatest government conspiracy cover-up of all time. And with that, I’ll say God bless you, John. Appreciate it, Marty.
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And we are back. Several of you texting in, by the way, some bad weather to the southeast of us here. We broadcast from Aurora, right on the Denver-Aurora line. And some of you have been sending in some video footage and pictures out towards the Franktown area. Driving around, be very careful. Be watching for bad weather. There’s been some tornado spouts, things along those lines, and even I think some authorities have responded to some things and so on. So be very careful if you’re out and about. I look to the west and can’t see those things out to the southeast of us, but today’s been kind of a weird weather day as far as that goes, so be very careful. Speaking of being careful, I’ll do this before we go to our break. I try to bring you guys different – scams and things like that that are out there to try to keep everybody safe. Some of this stuff is near and dear to me because people can be very adversely affected by things along these lines. And what I mean by that is different scams out there where they can end up with your credit card info or in some cases people turn over money in different scams and so on. But there’s a quishing scam. I’ve never heard of the term quishing. But quishing, I guess, is different than phishing in the fact that it uses QR codes. So it’s different than phishing because they’re actually using something physical that you’re scanning that you then go in and put in information in and so on. And this is in the Cherry Creek area for parking. So these are actual QR codes that are being used. And. They’re not put there by the city or anything like that. In fact, right now, that particular city, Cherry Creek, they don’t use any QR type code systems at all for parking. They’re looking into that maybe for something down the road. But as of right now, they are not doing anything along those lines. That is not legit. And somebody was in that area. This ended up on the Nextdoor app, and it was talked about there, and it was picked up by some of the local news agencies. But the reality is it takes you to an illegitimate website. Now, the website looks legitimate until you really look careful and then soon realize that, yeah, that’s not the case. In this particular case, the lady that alerted others to this was about to be charged $50 for parking. And by the way, what these folks will do is they’ll try to do a low charge on your credit card, see if it will run. And then they’ll do it again for a larger amount. So luckily, the credit card company said, wait a minute, you’ve got a charge coming through for 50 bucks or so. Is this really legit? So luckily, that fraud alert came up and this particular person said, no, that doesn’t make any sense. So then went back in and did a little bit of investigation and found out that, yeah, these QR code. stickers that are on the parking signs. So they’ve actually gone out, stuck QR codes onto the parking signs. Now, I guess the city is probably doing their best to retrieve those, you know, get those off of there. But keep in mind, somebody could run around in the middle of the night, pin those back up, and the next day they’re up in the defense of the city. they may not be able to catch that as quickly as people would go to the QR code, which takes you to a website, plug that information in, you plug your credit card in, and voila, a thief now has your credit card. So how do you avoid this? Typically speaking, when you go to park in any of the cities and areas where you’re required to pay to park, even when it takes you to a QR code, what I would tell you to do is make sure that that matches the whatever website or company the city is using to handle their payments. And it’ll tell you on the sign. It’ll typically tell you, you know, blah, blah, blah.com. It’ll be right on the sign. And if you go to a QR code and it’s different from that, that would be your first indicator that that’s not a legitimate QR code. Other rule of thumb, just don’t use the QR codes. If it’s got a way, you know, if the city’s printed up the signs and it says, you know, pay by going to blah, blah, blah dot com, you know, pay whatever dot com. I would just type that in. I would not go to the QR code. And that way you know everything’s matching up, and A, you’re not going to get a ticket for parking illegally, and B, you’re not giving your credit card information over to a bunch of scammers. So this is happening in Cherry Creek, but I will tell you that this could legitimately happen in a lot of other places. In fact, it got me thinking that even some of the places that already use a QR code for their parking, because some folks do, Cherry Creek’s looking at doing this, It doesn’t take much for them to put a new sticker on with a new QR code taking you somewhere else. In fact, to me, that’s the downside to having a QR code on your sign as a city. Those could easily be changed out. Not changed out, but lay a new sticker on top of. It would be really – I didn’t even think about this until I read the story because there are places around where you can already see a QR code on the sign. That could ease – all somebody has to do is, again, middle of the night, nobody’s looking. They’ve got a packet full of stickers they’ve already printed up to take you to the scamming site. All they have to do is run around and neatly place those right on top of the QR code. Most people aren’t going to notice it. Because people are in a hurry. That’s the other thing that they’ve got on their advantage. People have parked. They’re in a hurry. They want to pay. They don’t want a parking ticket. They’ve heard all of those stories, so they want to make sure they’re legit. So they just get their phone out. It scans the QR code. They go right to the website, fill in their stuff, and off they go, not even looking at the website itself that they’re entering info into. So what I would say to do, and I will start doing this myself because I’ve done some of the QR things in the past, I would just start typing in the website. They’ll typically have it there as to where you can do it. It makes it real simple and easy. So I would start going to the website. And that would avoid all of the QR code and even anybody changing anything from that QR code, even on an existing QR code sign. Because, again, this got me thinking those could be changed. Somebody could put a new sticker up pretty easily. Nobody would be the wiser. So once again, be careful. Always be alert to the scams and things that are out there. And the other thing that I would say, this happened to me this past week, always, always, always, I would say, and I look at mine at least daily, if not every other day, look at your credit card charges that are coming up. Whatever credit cards you use, look at those at least on a daily, if not every other day basis. And is there any charges coming through that don’t look real? I had one the other day that was coming from Microsoft.com. You know, whatever, whatever. Microsoft – I think it was Microsoft Q. That was what it said right on my credit card. And I’m like, wait a minute. I’m not a Microsoft guy. I’m an Apple guy. I don’t do anything Microsoft-related at all. And I’m like, that just doesn’t look right. And it was for the same amount twice, you know, almost a day or two apart. I’m like, yeah, that’s not – legit so i kept watching it and sure enough a third one came through i should have called with the first one but i didn’t so i watched a couple of them come through and then the third one came through like okay i gotta make a phone call so i did and of course this was through my credit card company they stop all charges issue me a new card blah blah blah and yes it’s a pain in the neck It’s a big hassle because in some cases you may do automatic payments and things with that credit card that you now have to go back in and change. But it is what it is. And the reality is watch your statements as well, because sometimes, again, what they’ll do is they’ll try to run in some small charges and then they’ll pop a large one in. So that’s what a lot of these scammers will do. Or I think what also will happen is if they can put that small charge through. and you never notice it, and they can do $30, $40 a month, and it’ll run through for six months, eight months, whatever. Think about how long they’ll go, because eventually what happens is you can’t dispute it if it goes on too long. But think about if you can do that hundreds of thousands of times over, how much money those scammers are making. Even though it’s not a large amount, it’s a small enough amount, nobody disputes it, and it just keeps rolling. And that’s how some of these guys make a lot of money as well. So point being, be alert, be watching. And even on some of the signage itself, if it looks like there’s something that’s been placed on the sign, sticker, anything like that, that doesn’t look like it was printed on the sign originally. And by the way, most of these signs aren’t that tall. You could probably feel, is this a sticker or is this actually embossed into the sign itself? If it doesn’t look right, make a phone call, do something different, use the exact website that’s on the sign, whatever you need to be. In fact, in some cases, just go park someplace else if that’s really the case. So let’s do this. Cub Creek Heating and Air Conditioning coming up next. We had Hunter on just a few minutes ago. He’s running about four days behind right now when it comes to getting your air conditioning fixed. So if you’ve got a problem, just be patient. He’ll get out and see you as quickly as he can. Go to klzradio.com to find him.
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All right, and some of you are sending pictures in of what happened out in that Franktown area. So it looks like there has been some sort of a land spout, they’re calling it, so like a mini tornado. And, yes, it has done some damage in that particular area. So, yeah, if you’re out in that southeastern area here in town, be very careful along those lines. And, by the way, thank you for the pictures that are coming in. I also got a – text message that came in along the lines of what Marty and I were talking about, which. This is a great text message, by the way, and I really feel like this sort of sums things up, at least for me personally. My belief, scope of origin warrant was so narrow that lists, books, tapes probably don’t exist. As an independent conservative, I feel more good can be done to improve this nation by more wins in 26 and 28. So MAGA people, keep this up and the middle will sit out the next election. I agree with that. I think that is a solid statement. In other words, I’m with this person. I think – and thank you for the text message, by the way, because I feel very much the same way. And I responded. It’s not that I want to give anybody a pass, just like I told Marty. I also want to – utilize resources in the best way possible, knowing that they are not unlimited. Even though a lot of people think government resources are unlimited, they are not. There’s a lot of things that are going on, and there’s a lot of things that the Justice Department and the FBI and others have on their plate right now. And it’s not that I want to try to give any high-level individuals a pass. A thing that I’ve always been concerned about when it comes to things like the whole Epstein saga is, A, how much of it is provable, B, even if it’s provable, where did it happen? And depending upon where it happened, what can you actually do to bring people to justice? And unless you can actually, you know, bring them to some sort of justice, what other ways, this I think is probably what Trump is looking at, what other ways are there to quote unquote skin a cat? In other words, what else can be done to harm these individuals, whether it be socially, whether it be financially, politically? What else do you do to be able to get to the end goal? Because I am one that believes that it’s going to be very, very, very difficult, if not impossible, to have the results that I think some in the MAGA camp want. That’s my take. I just don’t see it happening. I’m sorry. I just don’t. It doesn’t mean I’m giving anybody a pass. You guys all know my feelings on that. There is no pass, but you also have to look at what capabilities are there in actually bringing said individuals to quote-unquote justice. Does that even exist? In other words, is there enough evidence to even do that? And I’m one where I’m very skeptical that there is. Very skeptical. And I’m more of in Trump’s camp when it comes to even if there is, how many fingers have been in it? In other words, you know, you look at all of these things that happen when you go to court, the chain of command, who had the actual evidence, how many other hands has it been in? Can you prove beyond a shadow of a doubt that this actually is, in fact, the evidence? On and on and on we go. And then I’ll go one step further, and I talked about this with Marty. How many dollars, how much money do you spend going after that? And as I said with Marty, it’s not that this stuff isn’t still going on, so I’m one where it’s like the border. Let’s try to stop as much of it as we can from happening right now as we speak. And then the icing on the cake would be, can we bring any others to justice that have already been doing these things, you know, that have done these things in the past? That would be the icing on the cake. But let’s stop it, you know, best we can, which is what Tom Holman, Kristi Noem, and others are trying to do right now. Sealing the border, by the way, had a lot to do with what we’re talking about. But on top of that, you’ve got to go to all of the sex traffickers that are already out there. And we already know that the cartels and others are really big in sex trafficking because it’s a product that doesn’t have to be refilled like drugs do. In other words, that product, until it ages out, sorry to call it that, but that’s how it works. Until the product ages out, it’s still product. In other words, it’s a it’s a continual inventory, if you would, versus drugs that have to be sold, refilled, sold, refilled. When you’re dealing in the sex trafficking end of things, that’s not how it works. That product will continue to, you know, be refilled if you would. Now, do I agree with any of that? No, it’s just I can’t believe I’m talking about this. I shouldn’t be. It shouldn’t even be a subject that’s talked about, period. But it is. And I think if we ignore it and we just hope it’ll go away, well, that’s not going to happen. And for those of you, by the way, that would criticize me, which some of you did last week because you thought I was minimizing some of what’s going on inside of the Epstein end of things, I have been talking about sex trafficking on this program for a decade, long before the Epstein thing even came out. I have done interviews with people that have either been inside of the sex trade and gotten out of it. I’ve talked to girls that have been in it that have gotten out of it. I have talked to different individuals that will recommend to parents what they should be watching out for and trying to keep as many young kids out of this as possible. Folks, I have been working on that side of the aisle longer than probably any other talk show host in this town has. Period. Long before anything Epstein related came along. So anybody that would be out there criticizing me for downplaying and or minimizing something in regards to Epstein hasn’t listened to this program very long. For example, I have told parents over the years that when you’re not home and your kids might be, your teenagers might be, 315, 330 in the afternoon until about 530 or 6, that is the highest time of sex trafficking, by the way, when it comes to what I would consider to be middle to upper class kids. And you may not even know your kids involved in this. Because that’s when the predators are out the most because they know that’s when mom and dad aren’t around. So believe me, folks, I have done more to try to prevent things along those lines than probably anybody else on air in this town has with the amount of times I’ve interviewed and have things that I’ve gone through on this program throughout the years. So I find it very offensive. And there was a couple of you last week that texted me things along the lines that I basically don’t care about. That’s really offensive because nobody cares more than I, and nobody has done more on air than I have in that particular area. I’ve covered topics in that particular arena that a lot of other stations wouldn’t even allow their host to carry, most likely. And I’m not exaggerating when I say that. I have done things in that area that there’s a lot of other stations in this town where their management would probably say, ah, that’s too touchy for us to get into. Let’s not go there. I have. So anybody that would accuse me of just sort of sidestepping this whole topic doesn’t know me very well and hasn’t listened to me very long. I’m simply stating on a national level, when it comes to national resources with all of what’s involved with Epstein and only Epstein, I am one to say what this texter said. There is bigger fish to fry and other ways to cure what’s going on with some of these individuals than the Epstein case itself. That’s my whole point with this. Do I want to see it go away? I don’t know that I ever want to see anything go away, but do I want to see it handled properly where we get the best bang for the buck when it’s all said and done? Yes, that’s what I want. And, again, like this texter said, I think there’s bigger fish to fry and bigger things that we can do going down the road, 26 and 28, that are far more important than what might, key word, what might come out of this Epstein situation. That’s my whole take on it. I know we’ll talk more with Andy probably tomorrow on this, but that’s my side of all of that. Paul Lundberger coming up next, my insurance agent who would love to help you with all of your insurance needs as well. And Paul’s a broker now. 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