The unforgettable dynamics among former presidents and vice presidents as they gather for Jimmy Carter’s funeral unfold, offering a unique glimpse into political affiliations and personal animosities. Dive into the unseen narratives as political leaders struggle to keep up appearances amidst personal rivalries and tension-filled seating arrangements. Moreover, we’ll explore California’s bold steps in addressing equity within their fire department, sparking laughter and skepticism with the stereotype-heavy appointments. Don’t miss our discussion on the strange rise of equity roles in otherwise straightforward professions.
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Florida Man Dylan Brewer from Clearwater Beach was sentenced to probation and community service for vandalizing a graffitied crosswalk. Delray Beach so it’s a graffiti crosswalk they vandalized the crosswalk and made a pride flag on it and then he vandalized the vandalism and he got in trouble they said that he performed a burnout on the crosswalk and that’s that’s why he was charged someone charged him for driving and burning out on a crosswalk specifically because they painted the crosswalk with pride colors and They revoked his license for a year. He’s got 12 months probation and 150 hours of community service. That’s the dumbest stuff I’ve ever heard of. That is so stupid. That is so stupid. Someone should give him Uber for a year. So goofy. You’re vandalizing a city street. You can’t get in trouble for vandalizing somebody else’s vandalism. That’s so dumb. A Florida man… Ordered about $500 in food without paying at two separate restaurants. And that’s a lot of food. Polk County, Florida. He ordered $500 in food and drinks at two separate restaurants in less than 14 days. He was charged with defrauding an innkeeper. They didn’t spell innkeeper wrong over at the AOL website where the story comes from. They pulled it from Fox 35 Orlando, though. Two different restaurants. I don’t even know how you can eat all the stuff that he ordered. One Sunset Martini. And after eating, he just like would walk out of the back doors and didn’t attempt to pay. So they booked him in a Polk County jail. He bonded out a couple of days later. Florida residents are warned it’s that time of the year. Watch out for falling iguanas. The temperature when it drops below the mid 40s, iguanas go into a dormant state, a cold stunned state. And a lot of times they fall out of the trees where they perch. There was a story a couple of years ago of someone getting killed because they got hit in the head by an iguana that dropped out of a tree. So they said that. If the cold wave evolves, the maximum temperature departures, you could see a lot more iguanas falling out of the trees because of this cold, this cold snap that’s pushing through. And so they said, just look out for them. They’re stunned. They can be up to five feet long. They can weigh up to 25 pounds. And they, yeah, if you don’t, if you’re not paying attention to them falling out of the tree, you can get hit. It’s literally a story that we have every year. It’s crazy. So everybody be careful out there with everything. And let’s see, last but not least, if we have time, never buy fireworks out of a van with a guy that is missing two fingers because that’s what happened. This guy was illegally apparently selling fireworks out of the back of a van near a meat market. The folks over at Kel-Tec. Kel-Tec, longtime friend of the show. I’m a huge fan of what Kel-Tec does. I’m a huge fan of their firearms. Everything’s built right here in the US of A in Florida. They have got a great story, great all-American story. And as we head into the later part of January, this is about the same time every year that Kel-Tec unveils the new things that they’ve been working on. This year is not going to be any kind of exception for that. George Kellgren, who’s the president, founder, designer, mad scientist. He’s actually one of the few major firearms designers still alive today leading the way in innovation. You know, they invented the micro compact pistol category. They came out last year with the lightest, thinnest double stack nine millimeter on the market. That’s the P-15. Everything they do is quality made right here in America. They got the fold-in half carbine, the sub 2Ks, that whole family, that whole line. They have the KSG shotguns, the RDB bullpup series, and they stand behind everything that they make. Now, they’re going to be dropping some new product later this month. I’ll be at SHOT Show. broadcasting live for that industry event. So there’s going to be some new product and we’ll talk all about it when it happens. You can visit Keltechweapons.com, sign up for their newsletter, check out their social media, and you can also get on the inside track so you can be made aware when they drop new stuff. Innovation Performance Keltech, K-E-L-T-E-C, Keltechweapons.com.
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I started the year as the would-be Democratic presidential nominee, and we all know what happened after that. Again, you didn’t see a particularly warm greeting between the first couple and the second couple, but again, we are at a funeral, so one has to take that into account.
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Oh, they’re not all so super sad that they can’t even greet each other cordially. That’s Jake Tapper who’s narrating because Joe Biden and Kamala Harris, they did not like seeing each other at Jimmy Carter’s funeral. And it’s like you could not even act for five seconds. You couldn’t act for the cameras for five seconds when you walked in and took your seat. You couldn’t do that for five seconds. Just – it was weird watching all of that. Welcome to the program. Dana Lash with you. We are at the – the bottom of this third hour or sorry, second hour. And if you’re tuning in, there’s no video today because Texas is covered in ice. We had a thick layer of ice laying down and then a big old thick layer of snow and it’s not safe for the crew to drive in because the roads are horrific. So everybody stay safe out there. And of course, we’re praying for everybody and whose homes are being burned down. It’s horrible. The funeral for Jimmy Carter, you had all of the presidents, all the surviving presidents that go in. They sit in the order of when they took office. And you had the Pence’s who were sitting next to Gore and then Trump and Melania come in and they shook hands with Gore and Pence who rose to greet them. Karen Pence, Stacy, she stayed seated. She did not look at Melania, nor did she look at Trump. And then they took their seats. And then you had Obama come in and he didn’t shake Trump or Melania’s hand, but he briefly kind of acknowledged them. And then he shook Mike Pence and Karen Pence’s hand and then Al Gore. And then he sat down. And then the Bushes come in. And George Bush comes in and wraps Obama on the stomach, just doesn’t even look at the Trumps. And then he goes and greets the Pences and Al Gore. And then the Clintons come in. And everybody greets each other, except for Trump and Melania. It’s so weird. So the only people… It was Mike Pence and Al Gore and Obama that were actually the nicest. And were actually… greeting and greeted Trump and Melania. And it was weird to watch because it seemed like Obama and Bush were the kind of joyful ones, you know? They were the ones that looked kind of joyful and happy and relaxed and normal. Everyone else looked like they had a… And Trump did, too. But, you know, in terms of how people were treating him and Melania, everybody else kind of looked stiff. It was weird. Yeah. But the Bushes did not acknowledge the Trumps at all. I think Bush is still angry because Jeb exclamation point was supposed to be. Remember, he was supposed to be the next in line. It didn’t happen that way. He was the next in line. He had an open path. And it didn’t work out. Didn’t work out that way because Republicans, you know, you can’t you can’t give us more of the same if you’re not, you know, change anything. I mean, Republicans were part of the immigration problem, part of big spending, part of all of it. So it’s a very, very, very interesting thing to see with all of that. So this – and watching it, I’m just – you can tell that they didn’t like each other. Kamala and – what’s his name? We don’t have to remember his name much longer. The second lady. Doug. What’s her husband’s name? Kamala Harris’ husband’s name? Doug Emhoff. Oh, that’s right. Doug Emhoff. The second lady or dude or whatever the hell they come in and she’s just stony faced. And then the Bidens, nobody’s greeting anybody. They did not look to be like they were happy sitting next to each other. They didn’t acknowledge each other. How do you walk into if you know, I don’t care if it’s a funeral. How do you walk into a funeral and you’re walking into an aisle like a pew and you’re sitting next to people? The people who are your vice president. And you don’t even acknowledge them. They didn’t acknowledge them the entirety of the service. It is so wild. They hate each other. And Hillary Clinton just recently learned how to style her hair again. So she’s got this big bouffant 80s hair going on. Steve, you saw her hair, right?
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I mean, it’s wild. It’s gotten bigger. She keeps her secrets in it. I don’t know. It’s gotten bigger. It’s a lot of those. But… But they she just had like this weird, not a smile. I don’t know how to describe it. It was this weird expression just plastered on our face. And Bill Clinton, he’s he’s kind of like Obama and Bush. They’re just sort of laid back and they can kind of hang together. I think they purposefully also I know that they sit them in order that they’ve served. But I really think that all the organizers were glad that they weren’t sitting in the bushes next to the Trumps and that Obama was the buffer. I think Obama had to take one for the bushes because the bushes can’t stand the Trumps. It’s just so fascinating to watch all of the little pettiness play out because you don’t really get these sorts of – you don’t get these public displays like this very often. And so when you get them, it’s completely acceptable to Zapruder-level analyze them. And I just I keep watching it. Did anything stick out to you?
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My favorite part was there was a moment that C-SPAN caught where Trump kept whispering jokes to Obama and Obama kept laughing at him. And then you see the camera pan out and Kamala turns over her left shoulder, sees them laughing, and then turns right back around with like a pout and looks at Doug. It was the best.
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Wow. Yeah, he was cracking up. I want to know what he said. Wasn’t there, I think there were like lip readers or something. Oh, I can’t wait for that. Oh my gosh, that’s going to be great. But I don’t know. I just, I did the whole thing. It was very interesting. But it was, yeah, when Bush came in, it was like he skipped in. And he, they all acted like they were running late. When the Bushes came in, they like barreled over. And Obama stood up. The Trumps didn’t. And he – Bush wrapped Obama like in the abdomen because he and Obama apparently get along very well. And it’s just very fascinating. I’m watching some of this now. I’m super fascinated by all of this.
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Do the Bushes and the Trumps have beef? I don’t know. Bush and the Trumps? Yeah.
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Oh, yeah. They think that – so Jeb was going to be the guy and then Trump made fun of him and then just ripped it right out of his hands. Remember that? Yeah. They are they they did not like him for that. They did not like him for that at all. I mean, it went so far that W would even defend Obama from Trump’s criticisms. He he kept saying that he wasn’t going to get super political and politicize anything. And I don’t know, maybe there’s other stuff that they know that we don’t. But I don’t know. It was just very interesting. And then when the Clintons came, Bush stood up for the Clintons as Hillary and Bill approached. And Trump and Melania just stay seated. And I thought it was interesting. Obama stayed seated when Hillary walked up, too, because Obama and Hillary don’t like each other. They never have liked each other historically. I feel like we’re sitting at the lunchroom table and we’re gossiping about people. And it’s so worth it because you never get these displays like this ever. You never get to see stuff like this ever. And then all and it is really hard. I think when you get old like that too, one of the things my grandmother told me is that as she got older, she had less energy to pretend to like people that she didn’t want to like. And I always thought that was hysterical when I was younger. But now, you know, I get it. Like as you get older, you just don’t have time for the nonsense. And I think that all plays out. I don’t know if Biden knew where he was. I don’t know. But – Obama and Trump were cutting up and it was funny. It’s our friends over at All Family Pharmacy. This is such a great service. You need to memorize the website. They make it so easy. All Family Pharmacy helped my family out a lot over Thanksgiving because, you know, right on Thanksgiving when offices are closed and you end up getting sick, it’s just it’s a mess and you got to get medicine. All Family Pharmacy made it super easy. And you can visit allfamilypharma.com slash Dana. Use code Dana and you’ll get 10% off of your entire order. So this is affordable access, easy and cost effective for medicine. You don’t have to break the bank to access these medicines. There’s no red tape. There’s no hassle. Everything’s made in the USA. You’re not getting Chinese antibiotics. It’s not how that’s working. They got a proven track record. And you work with their doctors. Their doctors get you the medication that you need, fast delivery right to your door. You can even overnight stuff if needed. And you can rely on all family pharmacy to keep your health needs on track. If you need antibiotics, if you need things like hydroxychloroquine or ivermectin, which is actually a good antiviral, you can get those at All Family Pharmacy. Visit allfamilypharma.com slash Dana. Get 10% off using code Dana. 10% off your purchase using code Dana10. It’s Dana10 for 10% off of your entire order only at allfamilypharma.com slash Dana.
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Justin Trudeau announces he will resign as Prime Minister of Canada. Republicans get off to a very smart start in the new Congress. And the left loses its mind as Trump talks about acquiring Greenland, the Panama Canal, and even Canada. I’m Greg Karumbas. Join Jim Garrity of National Review and me each weekday for the 3 Martini Lunch podcast. We’ll give you the good, bad, and crazy news of the day, and hopefully a lot of laughs too. Follow the 3 Martini Lunch on Apple, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts. And now, all of the news you would probably miss. It’s time for Dana’s Quick Five.
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So a cookware group has filed a lawsuit against Minnesota’s PFAS ban, the toxic chemical stuff. So a cookware group has filed a lawsuit against the ban. It’s the Cookware Sustainability Alliance. They filed it against the commissioner of the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency. The law went into effect January 1st. They’re trying to say it’s unconstitutional and unenforceable, the forever chemicals that are in the cookware, and the law is banning the sale and distribution of such cookware. And it covers everything from rugs, cookware, all kinds of stuff. So they said that it imposes a burden on interstate commerce. and discriminates against out-of-state commerce, and as a result, it violates the Commerce Clause in the Constitution. So that’s the angle that they’re going for to try to stop that ban. Girl Scouts are retiring two cookie flavors, the S’mores. I don’t even know that these existed. I haven’t bought Girl Scout cookies since their Planned Parenthood stuff because I just thought it was inappropriate for young girls selling cookies for them to have an association with Planned Parenthood. But they said that they… are discontinuing those. I didn’t even know there was the s’mores and the toast-yay cookie. If it’s not Thin Mint, it’s trash. Thin Mint or the, no, just Thin Mint. If it’s not that, it’s trash. So they are discontinuing those. Let’s see. This, ooh, 200 aggressive monkeys. There’s a war that has been launched on them. The macaques monkey that’s in Thailand, they have a huge problem with us. They’re actually violent and bitey. And they steal people’s stuff. It’s crazy. So they’ve tried a sterilization campaign, but apparently that didn’t get them the results that they wanted. And so now they’re in the second phase of the war. They’re planning to neuter 100 of these monkeys. And then they did 122 of them in one district last year. Now they’re going to try to establish feeding zones to prevent them from straying into residential spaces where they’ve been attacking people. And, you know, I just I mean, why don’t they train them, train them to do stuff? Male strippers are facing extinctions. They said that there were no male strippers booked for in Britain. There was not a single male stripper apparently that was booked for a bachelor party or any. I just women are not like dudes. And they said that bookings for those experiences increased elsewhere, but not for dudes. I wanted to switch gears here. We got to talk about why are are all the lesbians in California named Kristen? I think they have to be. Lorraine found this interesting thread specifically on these fire chiefs. And, I mean, I don’t care if they’re all lesbians named Kristen. I just think it’s hysterical that they are all lesbians named Kristen. The first fire chief that they have, a gay woman, Kristen Crowley, and then they have their assistant chief, for the fire department, Kristen Kepner. She went to the Harvard Kennedy school for managing diverse organizations. I don’t even know what that means. She apparently was accused of beating her girlfriend. I don’t know. And then there’s the first, I don’t know what, what is an equity bureau chief? What the hell does that have to do with fire? The co-founder of Equity on Fire, it’s the Los Angeles Fire Department’s Equity Bureau chief. The first lesbian Equity Bureau chief. She makes $399,000 a year. I think for $399,000 a year, a lot of people would pretend to be gay and interested in equity. I am amazed at this. They’re all named Christine or they’re all named Kristen, all of them. And then you get to the Los Angeles Fire Department training commander. Now I will say this chick does look like a legit dude. Jamie Brown. She stands out because her name isn’t Kristen. So the entire Los Angeles Fire Department is a bunch of old white lesbians with the exception of the one lesbian whose name is still Kristen. Right? Right? I don’t even I golly, I cannot even this is I can’t even make this up. So just to recap, in California, the entirety of the fire department is run by old white lesbians named Kristen, with the exception of one black lesbian named Kristen. Did they like was that a goal? Did they set out to have them all be like, what is in the world? And what the hell do you have to have an equity department for? You’re the fire department. You fight fires. That’s all you do is fires. What do you do? Fires. That’s it. You don’t do anything else. I just, you cannot make this stuff up. This is, and no wonder they’re burning. No wonder. This is crazy. I mean, I feel like this… Oh, man. Now, I don’t think anybody’s arguing that the alphabet stuff has anything to do with the fire. What we are arguing is the priorities, clearly, of Los Angeles. Because while they were allowing the accumulated record rainfall to just drain into the ocean… They weren’t capturing the water. They weren’t making sure their hydrants were working. They weren’t trying to talk with land management, especially on federal land. Bureau of Land Management comes into play with a lot of that. They did make sure that they checked all the lesbian kristens and checked all those boxes to work in the fire department. You’ve got to admit, it’s weird. And clearly the priority wasn’t on actual fire. They created all of these other they they can’t afford to hire more firefighters, but they can afford to pay half a million dollars to someone who’s an equity bureau chief, whatever the hell that is. Can anyone explain that one to me? What the hell does an equity bureau chief do? It’s so prevalent, the equity that you have to have like a whole bureau for it. What school do you go to for that job?
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I’m all for women becoming firefighters, but be good at it.
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Yeah, be good at it. Learn how to fight a damn fire and learn when to deploy stuff. So apparently they’re also getting criticism because they waited so long to deploy. I’m just… Think about that for a minute. When you’ve got… I think they said it’s 1,000 feet a second. Just think about that in your head real quick, how fast that is. When seconds count, you can’t wait to deploy your fire department. You can’t wait. When seconds count, you cannot wait. So they’re getting a lot of criticism, and it’s interesting because the criticism is coming from inside the department. that they took too long to deploy. That’s a whole other, man, you know there’s going to be lawsuits.
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