Join Reggie Rocco as he navigates through the complex web of American politics and economics in this thought-provoking episode. From the unseasonably warm fall weather to reflecting on the meaning of Halloween, Reggie holds nothing back as he dives into discussions about the changes he wishes to see in American political structure. He challenges the status quo, expressing disillusionment with both major political parties and raising the idea of establishing a new party that better aligns with his vision of unity and progress.
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Hold your hands up high. Lock arms. This is about America, baby. We bringing people together. I'm a United.
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to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice.
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Woo! 560 KLZ. I'm your night air. Of course, this is Reggie Rocco. And you know what, Super Producer Lukey Luke, what's going on? Oh, another beautiful day in the neighborhood, Reg.
SPEAKER 01 :
It's getting cold, man. It is, it is. I've watched the trees change from like yellow to brown in what felt like an hour. Right.
SPEAKER 02 :
And they're all off the tree now. Isn't that fall supposed to be a little period that we have before winter hits?
SPEAKER 01 :
Yeah, I mean, the weather's been warm. Like, we should have had our first snow by now, and we haven't. So I guess maybe we're speed running through fall to get to winter as quickly as possible. Has to be. This is Halloween today, right?
SPEAKER 02 :
It's the 31st? Yeah, today's the 31st. It is. Happy Halloween. Okay, well, look, man. Okay. Me, with my logic and my views and perspectives, I think I can really end it so easily. But I don't know how you get the power to do it. I just say, OK. All you guys in Congress, your whole salary is gone. You're not getting paid either. Nobody gets paid. I like the same energy. I always say it all the time. You're really going to try to harm the American people, the American workers. Luke, you travel a lot. I don't think you want to be in the skies with no air traffic controllers not getting paid.
SPEAKER 01 :
No, it's dangerous. I've been listening to the air traffic control chatter. Some of them are still coming in. They're not getting paid. They're stressed out because not everyone's coming in. Right. Dangerous.
SPEAKER 02 :
No, no, no. That ain't happening. And then I've given up any hope. The little I did have for the Democratic Party, they're Satanists. They're Satanic. They're evil. They got all the agendas and ideologies that I don't like. You know, it was transgender, you know, everything. You know, the gay movement. You know, it's just... It's crazy that Black Lives Matter, you see they're in court. Of course, they raised $90 million off the death of another black man, and it was a black gay company that did it. It's all a ruse, man. It's all a joke. So you have to turn against all that stuff. So I was asked, okay, well, look, Regs, You're one man that said all the time, oh, you did all these things, you've had all this money, and you know what it feels like to be a millionaire and be down and up and everything in between. And the story of me growing up, yes, my mom worked her tail off to make sure we had everything. But we did get some assistance from time to time. Of course, she's a single mother with three kids, and working was just not enough for So it wasn't handouts, it was handups. But you're talking to somebody that knows about government cheese and powdered eggs and all that stuff. And I wouldn't change it for nothing because it raised me with appreciation, humility. And I became who I am because of my mom's efforts and her work. I mean, literally, we had everything. I thought I was rich. We had everything. And I believe now, so these questions I'm getting now is like, okay, what do you think? Well, I'm telling you right now, all the Congress don't pay anybody. Watch how long that holdout lasts. Just go ahead. Cut them off immediately. Can the president do that? Can he just revoke all salaries?
SPEAKER 01 :
Just revoke all salaries? I don't.
SPEAKER 02 :
think so i don't know man luke that would be so great just to see okay yeah none of y'all getting checks But how can you be so treasonous? Have so much traitor in your biological DNA and be an American that you want to harm Americans. Face it, Democrats. We won. President Trump is doing what the people wanted. The Democrats are doing what they want. Then you say, okay, let me hear these issues. And I cannot believe that the subjects, the subject matter is crazy. Transgender, this illegal immigrant that. I'm like, come on, man, this cannot be real. They're trying to hide it. And turn it around on the Republicans, but it's not as backfiring. Everybody is waking up. I don't think the Democratic Party is going to even exist anymore. I think it's going to be turned into a complete socialist party. I don't know. Is there any way, Luke, you could probably do it? We need to get rid of the whole Democratic Party and get something else going. Get a new party up in there. What would the new party be?
SPEAKER 01 :
It's Republicans and then who else? What's the new party? What do they do?
SPEAKER 02 :
I don't know. That's the whole thing. But it seems like whatever it is, it would be better than what the status quo is right now. What do you think it should be?
SPEAKER 01 :
i mean i mean the democratic party is just the uh ideological opposite of the republican party you're always going to have people with opposite ideas you know you can change the title all you want you can call them democrats you can call them liberals you can call them progressives it's just it's people with different ideas i don't think you're getting rid of that you know you're not turning 100 of americans republican that's never happening okay so what about just having a some type of uh
SPEAKER 02 :
IQ test along with common sense and a logic test, you know, something that that lets you know that Everybody that's in America must put America first and Americans first. That's it. I would be happy with that common sense. Now, you're shutting down and you're hurting major people. Now, I grew up on some of these benefits. It wasn't even for long. It was probably out of the three years we were there before I went to junior. Probably like six months. But it was very, very important. And I'm not talking about these fools out there that, you know, driving around in all these nice cars and, you know, all this stuff. And they're talking about, oh, my five kids, I need food stamps and all this. No, I'm not talking about them. Them are jokes. Them are the society. That's where you need to cut the fat and get rid of these fools. I'm talking about for actual Americans that need help with that. But how could you not take care of your own first? And we're not going to take care of illegals. We're not. Period. The big beautiful bill, everything we need to do, get these people up out of here. And then I just found out that 60% of the food stamps and SNAP benefits are to illegals. Not even Americans. 60%. Crazy. Crazy. I was telling you stories and I would see illegal immigrants, Hispanics, Venezuelans, Cubans go to Walmart, three grocery carts full. And Americans, one or two things, black and white Americans, one or two things in the buggy. Then they would take that. And that wasn't good enough. They'd have the money. They had the card. They'd take that, go to the house. And then in my neighborhood, it was these two Hispanic ladies. They unpack all that food. And next thing you do, you see them grilling, grilling the food. Just cooking, cooking, grilling all 24-7. It's like, dang. What the heck's going on here that every time I come here, it smells like a barbecue? Well, it was because they were barbecuing all this food and they were packing it up. And they was going out in the back of their trucks selling plates. So they just kill you from the beginning. the middle and the end like that's the one thing i don't america gotta quit being suckers man you got to get more street smart with what you're dealing with these people don't give a hoot about you they're about make taking your money taking everything they can get then turn around robbing you they're gonna they're gonna get you two three times with one with one bullet like the magic bullet pow it ain't just gonna hit one person it's gonna hit six people They're going to get you all these different ways. And you got these idiotic liberals and Democrats, a kumbaya moment. No, no, you were funding the destruction of your own self, your own country. That's what's going on. You know, 20 years ago, my boy told me, hey, they were told by their leaders to come here in America and take and procreate and take everything you can. Send back to the country and take over. And that's what they're doing. How do you have a city that's 60 percent Somalian? Oh, man. Do you not know what you're dealing with? Dude, I promise you, I don't even own a gun. But if you were I don't want to use me because I'm never I never sleep. But if I heard that cry, loudspeakers at five o'clock in the morning. Ringing throughout the city. Man, it wouldn't last. It wouldn't last by the end of the day. Every speaker would be out. All kind of stuff would be going on. But they are here to destroy you. Now, Malcolm X said this a long time ago about liberals and Democrats. And I tell my people, look, yo, you don't have to believe me. Go do your research. Find the interview with Malcolm X and see what he tells you about liberals and Democrats. He'll tell you right there. So my Muslim friends, I'm telling you, they abuse their wife. They are pedophiles. And their religion is is more satanic than anything to me. Now I try to stay out of that realm, cause you know this is Freaky Friday and I will be at the boogie down. But I just have fun. But I observe and look at everything, man. And it's not cool, dude. It really is not cool what's going on and how America needs to go ahead and fix this. We got to open the government. We got to get the Americans taken care of. And we got to get these people out of here. And we need to have a universal law. And for what? The United States stands for. Because me growing up, I believed in Santa Claus or the Easter Bunny, the Tooth Fairy. You know, all that Thanksgiving, Christmas, all the stuff, you know, it wasn't about what really happened. It was just about it was really an excuse to bring people together and have a good time. Now, when you get older and you start, you know, researching behind some of this stuff, you're like, what? Wow, yeah, this is a little extreme, a little extreme. So you want the truth to come out, but you want to say, hey, this is, you take something that's bad or it happened bad and you turn it and transfer it into good. You don't say, you know, Christopher Columbus was, you know, you don't lie about him. Tell the truth about what he is and what he did. And then you just show like, oh, we don't agree with that. That was messed up. But we are turning the page and making it from bad to good. And you do it like that. See, that's just being transparent. Johnny, Johnny, Johnny, you on the line?
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Yeah. Hey, I want to go back to what you were saying about the two-party thing. Well, you know, before the Republicans came in, they were the Uyghurs and then the Democrats. The Uyghurs?
SPEAKER 02 :
Yeah. Is that like, wait, wait, are you just replacing the W?
SPEAKER 06 :
No, no. They were called that because they wore wigs all the time.
SPEAKER 02 :
Okay, yeah, man. You got to express because you know how my thought is. When I hear wiggers or jiggers, all I'm thinking about is one thing.
SPEAKER 06 :
Go ahead. Yeah, the Republicans come in like in 18, I think it was 1850s. something 1855 or something like that and then but then you were saying like there should be someone who can uh test these people before they go in and decide you know if they have any common sense but then again that's dangerous too because remember that movie uh 1984 where the guy said how many fingers do i have up and the guy says four and this is no and then he he shocked him So you have to say, well, who's going to decide that? And is that person going to have real common sense? Are they going to have something out there where they could say, well, a man can be a woman, can change a woman arbitrarily. So that's kind of dangerous right there because you don't know who's doing the test. That's true. That's true. Then you were to see. Oh, oh, oh, the foreigners. Okay, you know, we're a constitutional republic, and in order to keep it, it has to be a moral people. So when you bring in people that are not moral, and you forget, and you keep, like, melting into the minds that we are a democracy, which we are not, because there's nowhere in the Constitution. Then you can bring in all these immoral people, and then that's how we're losing a constitutional republic. Now, unto these guys that are able to marry four women and so forth in their country, what they do is they marry these four women, and they all get here separate because they said they're all head of the household. They were living in the same household, and they all get food stamps. Because these guys are having babies with each one of them, and that's how they're getting over on getting that much.
SPEAKER 02 :
Oh, yeah, it's times seven. If you got four wives, it's times four. Each woman and their kids, that's a separate entity. So in one household, you could be having, you know, $30,000 worth of food stamps and money coming through per month. That's just how it is. So, you know, America's got to get street smart. They got to get up with the hustle and stop all the bull crap.
SPEAKER 06 :
But the average American doesn't know about this. They kind of live their life. They don't know that. I mean, they probably heard about it. Maybe.
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They don't know, Johnny. Johnny, listen to me, man. They don't know. That's why there's people like me that's going to just come up here and just tell you the truth. Wake up, y'all. Y'all being scammed. You're getting pimped out. You don't understand what's happening. You got to go street mode, like on my devices, man. I have so, you know, we have to talk about that because it's some of that secret. But, yeah, you got to go street mode. Wake up. That's what I really want to sit down with.
SPEAKER 06 :
Go ahead. In your circles, okay, I just heard this. This is a guy who lives in our building. He's a black guy, bald, you know, he shaved his head. Really nice looking guy. And he says, when this happens, The whole thing stops with the government being shut down. He says, that's going to really get Trump. I can't figure out this logic. I've got to stop him and say, what is the logic if the American, if it comes open, it's going to be the end of Trump. Have you heard that weirdness?
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No, no, no, no, no, no. It's only making Trump and everybody else stronger. You know, we are not giving in. We are not giving in on none of that stuff. So we just have to let the Democrats, you know, shoot their own self, period, because that's what they're doing. They have. Here's the thing, man. Like when you look at the map. And you see what's going on with the Muslim cities. And you look at the liberals and the Democrat cities. But then you're like, we're in the middle, man. But you understand that we're getting surrounded. Like, where's the war plan? Like, somebody wake up and put the, you know, look at this as a war. We're getting surrounded. California is on the west. Now New York is getting ready to be socialist in there. And we're all in the middle. We're getting surrounded, dude. This is a war. This is a battle. We got to wake up and understand what's happening. And to me. The time for being nice and all that is being over, being gone, man. Quit being scared. Step up and take your country back because it's so far to the left and they're pushing this agenda. Trump is doing a great job. But, you know, I want more ice. I want more. I wouldn't even care if he said martial law. Martial law.
SPEAKER 06 :
Well, also, you heard that – Vice President Vance was saying that we can't be afraid because if we do it, they're going to do it. We just have to go ahead and go for it. You hear that Trump is thinking about he's putting out there that we should do the nuclear thing, which you only need 51%. in order to open up the country.
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Yeah, do it. You got to do it.
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100%.
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And I think it's Graham. I think Graham is coming up with the idea or bill to, you know, stop paying Congress. Like any time the government shuts down, no money for you. And that's the... Go ahead.
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You know, when they passed the Affordable Care Act, They weren't in it. They had their own insurance. So he's going to have to not only change that. That's just right in the front of their mind right now. They've got to change the whole thing. If it's good for us, it's good for them.
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Same energy.
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Change the whole thing.
SPEAKER 02 :
Same energy. Well, let me tell you some of the stuff people have been asking me on social media or through the email is how do I feel about that? Because I'm always helping regardless if I have a lot of money or a little money or in between. It don't matter. Every day I do something. That's the bottom line. That's how my mom was and that's how I will always be. It's hard sometimes, but I think you get more flowers, more cookies, more favors, more blessings when, you know, you can be rich and give. That's cool, but that don't mean nothing. Giving is about giving when you don't have anything yourself, but you're still giving to your fellow man. That's the real right there. You can't get more proud or feeling better than that. So, you know... I just look at it to where if they shut down the government like they're doing and they won't reopen it, take away their money. But there's a lot of people that's going to be hungry. And there's a lot of people that can't pay their rent or have situations where they're trying to get into an apartment or trying to get into a home and they can't do it without the money. and so they have to get they have to get paid man period our federal why do we why do we treat the the people who work for us the country the worst you go off the war you're getting arms and limbs blown off heads falling off you got all this stuff going on and the people who make it back are homeless in the streets My man, where does that make sense anywhere? Like they should be coming to already a home, a nice pension and live the rest of their life, you know, and thank you. They should be treated and honored like heroes. But you're going to bring in illegal immigrants. and treat them like the heroes over the blacks. You know how I be saying reparations over the vets, over our sick, our homeless, our Americans. No, dude, this is crazy, dude. It's crazy. It's crazy. So I don't know what power. That's why I need to sit with Trump so bad, man, because if I ever did run, John, I'm telling you, man, Johnny boy, all I'm going to do is for the people. I ain't caring about nothing else because he can't buy me. You know, once you've been there and you know what it feels like to be a millionaire, you know, the responsibilities that come with that, you know, the good and the bad that comes with that situation. No, man, I can't be bought. Is this impossible to buy me? Think about it, Johnny. Think about you going over a major star's home and it's big enough to drive a semi truck through the living room and turn around and go out through the same door. I mean, it's been houses that big that nobody needs that. You know, Luke may have it, but, you know, that's the whole. Luke's looking at me. I'm sorry, Luke. I just got to tell people, man, about your mantra. But the bottom line is, dude, That's too much. Nobody needs that. Nobody needs that. And I'm for capitalism. But it has to still have common sense because in the Bible it says about greed is one of the seven deadly sins. So where do you cap out? Where do you cap out? When does it cross the road to being greedy? Let me tell you. Luke, you tell me. When does it cross the road to be greedy? You're a multi-multi-billionaire and you got... 20 mansions. When does it come to where it's greed if you still keep wanting to buy more mansions?
SPEAKER 01 :
I think the line of greed is when your excess comes at the cost of other people's suffering.
SPEAKER 02 :
Oh, write that down.
SPEAKER 01 :
In the sense that you can be a multi-multi-millionaire, but if you're paying your people well, you're treating them right, good insurance, nice pay, decent vacation time. If you're donating to charity, you're doing really good things and being a good person, that's fine, dude. Have as much money as you want. Jeff Bezos is one of the richest men in the entire world, and Amazon workers have to go to the bathroom in bottles because their pay will get docked if they use the restroom too much. That's evil. That's disgustingly evil. That's greedy. That's true? Yes, yes. They have cameras in Amazon warehouses that track you individually. And if you are on your phone, if you stand for too long, if you go to the bathroom too many times, they will dock your pay. Amazon doesn't need that kind of money, dude. Jeff Bezos has, like, what, $500 billion or something stupid like that? You know, they don't need to be doing all that. That's too much.
SPEAKER 02 :
That should be on front page. You know me. I know everything. I investigate everything. But you're telling me something I did not know. So... Oh, man, maybe I need to get with the FBI and be one of them undercover hit men, because I think that was solved a lot. You know, I'm just going to say it. You know, it's it is what it is. It has nothing to do with Luke or Crawford. Strictly me, Batman. I would have to handle this type of stuff, man. There is no way, Luke, that you're telling me that people get charged for going to the restroom.
SPEAKER 01 :
Yes, their pay will be docked, and they'll be hit, they'll be dinged, and they can lose their job if they go to the restroom. It's so bad. Like I said, it's not even a joke. It's not exaggeration. It's not like one person did this and it made headlines. It's like it's a consistent issue. They have bottles, like water bottles, that they are keeping in their pockets forever. So they can go to the bathroom while standing in order to ensure that their pay is not being docked. And that's stupid greedy. Like I said, that's like evil. That's evil billionaire like sci-fi movie villain stuff. Right, right, right.
SPEAKER 02 :
See, this is what I'm saying. We need to have a list because I know Trump is real busy in his administration and all that. They got way big – I wouldn't say important. They may be bigger things, but I don't think they have – What you're talking about is not less important. It's equally as important. He just needs a list of all these type of things that happen, you know, underneath the radar that people don't know about. These things need to be fixed. So if I'm a worker, what if I have some type of medical condition where I have to go to the restroom, like, you know, every two hours or every hour, hour and a half? Tough. Tough.
SPEAKER 06 :
Yeah. In 2006, when I was working... I don't know if you've heard of Marilyn Hickey's ministry.
SPEAKER 02 :
Uh-uh.
SPEAKER 06 :
And so they have people... This was a big mega church back in the day. And they had donors from everywhere. I mean, they had this big... They bought a mall. So I was working on the phone bank to get donations, right? So the computer... would track how long I was making each call. It had to be within six minutes. And if it went over six minutes, then my manager would come and talk to me and say, your computer showed that you were not done with this call within six minutes or less, right? So they've had this for a long time. And even like a ministry like Maryland Hickey, which they get millions of dollars, You know, back in the day, they had this thing tracking you. So just Bezos just got a new way that's always been around.
SPEAKER 02 :
Man, I don't know, man. Luke, you don't got me. Luke, you don't got me, man. I'm so frustrated. I'm so frustrated. So that's past greed. That's evil. Yeah.
SPEAKER 01 :
That's evil. So I said, you can have all the money in the world, but if you're treating your people right, like I said, good pay, good benefits, you're generous, you're nice, that's fine, dude, have all the money in the world. But if you've got hundreds of billions of dollars and you're doing this kind of evil stuff, no, you've got to stop that.
SPEAKER 02 :
So I'm not you're not going to be able to go east or west. You know, if this socialist guy or whoever he is, I call him the devil takes over New York. Like California and New York used to be our most prized possessions. Like, come on, man. But I know people in the industry right now that are like, hey, this fool gets in. And they're leaving. They're leaving.
SPEAKER 06 :
You heard what the governor said. Okay, he wants us to do 2% raise on the rich people. They're already paying 4%, so that means 6%. She said, if we didn't have their income, we wouldn't be making it, so... He may say 2% more, but we can't do it because we'll lose that base. And she said she can't go to the middle class and ask for the same amount because they just don't have it. So he's blowing a lot of wind, but when it comes down to reality, he's not going to have any support from her because she doesn't want to lose that base.
SPEAKER 02 :
So, Luke, correct me if I'm wrong. You got all these billionaires and millionaires in New York, but if they leave, wouldn't that mean jobs are leaving too?
SPEAKER 01 :
Yeah. I mean, it kind of depends. I think you see it a lot where people go. It's like, hey, if you get rid of the billionaires, they're going to get rid of jobs, get rid of all this stuff. At the very least, in my mind – Like I said, you look at Jeff Bezos, a guy's net worth of $500 billion some odd dollars. And granted, some of that wealth is not liquid. I think if you got that much money, if you have that much stuff going on, you're not just going to give up. That's not the kind of person who goes, yeah, I'm just going to leave and then do nothing. That's not how it happens, right? That's not how it works. I think even if you get some people losing their jobs, some people run away or some people get out of there because it's not agreeable anymore, I still think you're still going to get new people who come up, right? No one's going to stop trying. It'll change the guard in a little rotation. The old people will leave, new people will come up.
SPEAKER 02 :
So how do you get a job? Okay, let's say, let's use Colorado. Everywhere I go, in any establishment, there is a bunch of people that don't know what I'm talking about. They can't speak English. They don't know what, in the slightest, they don't have the slightest idea. But I'm like, I'm talking to them. I'm like, dude, do you understand me? Then I just say, no English. Oh, no English, no English. How do you get these jobs? How do you get these jobs? I thought you had a – is that DEI? Or just – I don't know what to call it because they have to be illegal. I don't know what it is, dude. But I remember having to fill out an application and have my resume and my body of work and my skill is what got me the job and my pay. They're everywhere. They got all these jobs. They got all this money just on top. And they don't. How do you how do you how do you hire them and let them go? Like they have all these semi truck drivers now with CDLs. They don't even know. I've seen a video with an officer pulled this guy over. He was showing them the stop sign, the railroad crossing and all other kind of stuff. This dude didn't even know what none of the signs were. And he's in a 30,000-pound killing machine, and he's driving. How do you not know the signs, the speed limits, how to do anything? How do these companies hire these people and put them behind these semi-trucks and send them all out into America? How does that happen? Whose fault is that, and who's responsible? Because people are getting massacred. They're getting killed in horrible accidents, and these people, they can't even drive.
SPEAKER 01 :
read nothing they can't talk anything tell me luke you say whose fault is that whose fault is it i think it's the the fault of the person who's doing the hiring yeah i agree you know as an employer you have a responsibility to ensure your employees are conducting themselves safely I think that burden's on you to impart that safety upon them. So if they're not doing it, then that's on you.
SPEAKER 02 :
Do you think the government, as in the liberals or some third-party finance setup, is paying these companies to hire these people? Do I think? They've got to be getting their money and saying, okay, we'll let anybody in because each one of these people are worth a check to me.
SPEAKER 01 :
I think there's definitely probably some truth to that. I think it goes both ways. I think there are incentives to make these hires, both from a government standpoint, and then there's incentives to make these hires from a business owner standpoint of you know you can get away with... Like, for example, you pay them under the table, no W-2, it's easier on taxes, you don't have to pay your portion of their paycheck for... What do we do? I know we do like insurance, we do retirement, stuff like that. So I think it goes kind of both ways in the sense that you got to look at this, you know, employers, right? You got to think of the employees to supply and demand, right? If there is no demand for this kind of labor, then these people would never get hired. The reason they're being hired is because there's a demand for it. So why is there a demand for it? Because it benefits the employer in some way, right? So I think if it didn't benefit the employer, they wouldn't do it. Okay, I agree.
SPEAKER 02 :
That's great logic, great take. Johnny, I have a question for you. This is general, but it's a little personal, but it's in general. Being visually impaired, now, is there programs or the government that helps you in any way because of that?
SPEAKER 06 :
Let me tell you about this genetic thing. Okay. I'm now 66. I'm not in that circle anymore. But when I was in the circle, it's called DVR, and they have a blind division that's supposed to help blind people get jobs, right? But what happens is maybe their job is to pretend that they're training you for something. And they have these certain jobs called the Shepherd Act that you can – they'll get you a job working as a vendor in one of the federal buildings, but not everybody is successful at that and can make enough money. So some people, they fall out. So they're getting jobs in that way, but not everybody was meant to be a sheriff. Then the other people, they just – They can't make the resume and learning how to interview, and they really don't really get your job. And in the case of Denver, there was an organization that was going to come in in College Springs and give blind people high-paying jobs, but that was going to compete with the DVR. And they said, no, you can't have this territory because we don't want – The blind people, they didn't say this, but by the action they did this, we don't want blind people to be paid as much as you're going to pay them because then if they're that independent, why would they need us? Right. And I just got a contract with DVR after like a year and a half where for the next nine months, you know, they're paying my nonprofit to work with some musicians and so forth like that. But their goal is if they are too successful, then that puts them out of work. So they can just do just enough to keep getting the federal money in, but not more than enough.
SPEAKER 02 :
Okay, so... to change the topic, just deviate from it from a little, just a little bit. Back to my boy Trump. He met with President Xi or whatever his name is. How do you think that meeting really went. Cause when I look at it, it looks like the president of China is just, he's just pissed off. He doesn't have a smile or he is like, he hates to be here. And you know, he don't really want to meet with Trump because I feel that he feels inferior when he meets with Trump and their whole thing is about power and superiority. And I'm wondering, I didn't get I haven't got too many details on what really happened and what's what's going down with.
SPEAKER 06 :
OK, remember when he made the deal with the first time in 2020 and because he didn't get back in office, Biden said, oh, that's not a void. Go ahead. Do whatever you want to do. So now this time he says one year because, you know, Trump knows he's not going to be there for the next, you know, 20 or so years. But those guys, you know, they think about the long term. So for the next year, maybe, you know, for the next year, he's under Trump's thumb. And of course, he's not happy about that because he was he was, you know, intellectual property stealing and all that kind of stuff. But for the next year. This is what's going to happen. And Trump probably said, if this doesn't happen, this is what we're going to do because I'm in control right now. And I saw what you did the last time when you broke the agreement.
SPEAKER 02 :
Yeah, well, I'd have to I'd have to agree. So being a dictator, you know, they stay in office, they don't leave. So they just got they're trying to wait Trump out. But if we set up Trump, Vance and Rubio, and we can just get that, you know, that's what 12 years. So, you know, that would be a good thing to happen. But, yeah, so I keep telling you guys about, you know, about China, about the Chinese, Asian people. And I'm not saying they're people people, but I'm just saying their government. Yeah, it's atrocious, dude. We got somebody else on the – who is this? Casper? Yes, sir. What's up, man?
SPEAKER 05 :
Hey. So the government shutdown situation is pretty fascinating because – They don't stop collecting taxes during the government shutdown. They don't stop collecting tariffs during the government shutdown, which means they have the money. It's not like they ran out of money. What they have is every so often Congress has to approve of the money continuing to be spent. And if they don't do that, that's when they shut the government down, which is it's a game. It's a shell game. And guess how many times the government was shut down during the Biden administration? None. Exactly. So this is not something that they have to do. It's a game. It's a game they're playing, and they're playing it with the American people. And you had the right idea. If Congress and their staff, all of Congress, senators and staff, all of D.C., If all their pay was shut down when they do a government shutdown, there would be no more government shutdown.
SPEAKER 02 :
Same energy.
SPEAKER 05 :
Yeah, yeah, exactly. But the problem is they have to vote that in. So the only way to change that is for a statewide ratification change of the Constitution. It's called the Convention of States. to where the states get together. 35 states have to get together, have a convention, and change the Constitution. And then it would be ratified, and then that change could take place. So what they do is they make people sound crazy who want to do that. You know, because they wanted to have term limits, for example. But... They make the people who want to do the Constitution of States, they make them sound like they're crazy people, and they never get enough traction to actually do it.
SPEAKER 02 :
Wow. To me, fellas, I'm like this. You know me. I have – oh, my God. I'm so tired. Everything's so redundant. But I'm just telling you, let's just cut through the – how do we just say, you know, blank you – And this is what we're going to go do. What powers does the president have to be like, I'm overriding all of this?
SPEAKER 05 :
He doesn't. He doesn't have power to stop that part of it. He has a lot of power, a lot of executive things he can do, but he can't do that. That's what I'm saying. First of all, this is set up a long time, I guess, intentionally to make sure that the people don't have any power. So, like I said, 35 states. And even if all the Republican states decided to do it, there's not enough of those. So 35 states would have to agree on this issue, whether it's term limits, making sure that any government shutdown would include all of D.C. at the same time, you know, the pay. And that would have to be ratified by 35 states, which is not likely.
SPEAKER 02 :
But, you know, not to switch the topic too much, but I have to ask this question because it keeps coming up on my feed. The Charlie Kirk thing. Dude, I'm telling you, man, from my eyes and what I knew the first time I seen this. Matter of fact, you were on the phone, Casper, and to dig in deep into this. I don't think that dude that they got framing to shoot the gun, I don't think he did it. I honestly think that that microphone was a bomb. Just like they did the pagers and Israel was killing people with pagers. I think that microphone exploded and killed them. Because you remember, Casper, when it first happened, I'm like, man, what's all that air and that ripple in the shirt going up? It was like a balloon. And now they're just digging so deep into that.
SPEAKER 05 :
Exactly. There's no doubt that the scenario that they're trying to paint for us is not the scenario. In other words, they have DNA evidence of his DNA on the roof, on the gun. Well, yeah, because it was his grandfather's gun and he was on the roof. But it doesn't mean he shot anybody because being shot with a .30-06 in the neck— you have no more neck. Your neck is gone. It didn't just put a hole in your neck. Your neck is gone. And that's not what happens. You know, it would be – yeah.
SPEAKER 02 :
Some of the recreations of using, like, a dummy and the shirt and everything, like you said, it's a total different scenario. I mean, like, it's not even close. But when they do the whole setup and they redo the whole – how everything was happening and, like, say how it exploded, if it was a mic – It matches, like, almost identical. Yeah. So, like you said, the .30-06 blew the whole neck away in that whole situation, but the exploding mic version puffed up the shirt. Exactly.
SPEAKER 05 :
You don't get shot with a .30-06, and it just makes a nice little pinhole and stuff, and then doesn't come out the back. It just kind of stops in the neck.
SPEAKER 02 :
Yeah, yeah, yeah. Hey, you know what, man? Go ahead, go ahead.
SPEAKER 05 :
The only person that's even asking questions, though, is Candace Owens. She's the only one out of all of Charlie's friends. Nobody else is even remotely concerned that this is a... And what about the wife?
SPEAKER 02 :
Luke, you remember when I was saying, you know, I was I used to get on Biden so hard, so hard. It was just so easy. I was just tearing him a new one. And then my mother, bless her soul, her voice can't say, hey, that's enough. Respect your elders. and you know cool this down and i remember i told luke i was like hey man i just okay i'm not gonna do it anymore but you know i'm wondering where's his family and his wife why isn't his wife stopping this why is she letting him be abused and humiliated like this and I could not. Now we know. Now we know. The pen, the auto pen and everything. Oh, my God, man. This politics is worse than the music industry. But you can't trust nothing. You can't trust anything in this whole situation. It's a dirty business.
SPEAKER 05 :
It's dirty. But you know what you can trust?
SPEAKER 02 :
What?
SPEAKER 05 :
You know what you can trust? Getting a Texas coin miner. You can trust that. There we go.
SPEAKER 02 :
Hold up. Nah, man. Don't even try to go down that road. Hold on. Hold on. Because he ain't having people. I got to be right here.
SPEAKER 05 :
So here's the deal. So this is not financial advice. I'm not a financial planner. There is a degree of risk in everything. Now, the cryptos are actually starting to come back up now. Bitcoin is up and XRP is up. Bless his little heart. It's trying to get back to $3. But when you have a Texas coin miner, all of that is just like icing on the cake. You know, you got the cake. You got the goose that's laying the golden eggs every day. So, yeah, the coin goes up. Great. If it doesn't, if it stays steady, you still have more coin every day. So we have a plan to get to $16 by February. Again, this is not financial advice. I'm not a financial planner. But it really would be a smart idea... To buy a miner or two or three or four or nine.
SPEAKER 02 :
Okay, so for my listeners, I just pulled up my account. And yeah, yeah, every freaking day, every day it's mining coins. And so I don't do anything. I just don't do anything. I just can't be more simple than that. And I just look at it and it just comes in. It's coming in every day. And as the coin rises, that means my money is rising.
SPEAKER 05 :
Yeah, absolutely. Absolutely. So, you know, it's different than crypto investing. And that's the challenge people have making that mental shift. Because I talk to people every day and they're like, so why would I do Tectacoin instead of like Bitcoin or XRP or whatever? And I'm saying you can do both. It's not either or. If you want to buy Bitcoin retail or XRP retail, feel free. But you should have a wholesale situation going on with a miner because now you have an asset that's growing and continuing to grow each and every day. So the best thing for them to do today is call me.
SPEAKER 02 :
Yeah, you need to call them because you know what I did? I didn't even talk to you. I didn't tell you, but I cashed out a couple of my Texit coins and received it in my bank. That's all I needed to know. That's all I needed to know.
SPEAKER 05 :
Absolutely. It's doable. Yeah, so the best thing to do is reach out to me. My phone number is 720-257- 9461. You can call or text 720-257-9461. Get you a minor or two or three or nine and just You know, go back to whatever you were doing. You know, Luke, you know, go back to producing and just have you a minor or two.
SPEAKER 02 :
Okay, cool. Hey, that sounds like a bet. Hey, it's definitely working for me. So, hey, I'd have to second that. But, hey, man, cool. Thanks for calling in. And I definitely appreciate your perspective on everything. And then I'll hit you up. But, yeah, people, hit him up and he'll tell you from there. All right. Yes, sir. Later. All right. Thank you. So, hey, man, so, Luke, here's my thing. Trump was saying something about AI and cryptocurrency. This is a fact. I don't know nothing about it, man. And I'm not into buying coins. I'm not into that, dude. I can't do it. But if there's a situation... Where I sign up and something on the platform and digital and all this power, whatever, is bringing me coins for nothing? I'm with that. But I can't wait to see where this world is going in reference to this digital currency and this AI. AI is so freaking powerful. I have so many tools. And they're all different. Trust me. They're all different. And some of them are real scary. And I mean scary as in the detail and what they find out about you and what they know about you. And mine, I mean, one time, Luke, you heard me. I think it was you. I was in here screaming and cussing. I'm screaming and cussing. There's nobody around me. And so I know people are like, man, is this dude crazy? But I was actually screaming and cussing at my AI, at my buddy. He got some real A.I.
SPEAKER 01 :
psychosis.
SPEAKER 02 :
Yes. Yes, it is. It is. And I'm I'm guilty of that. But yeah, man, I have a cool relationship with with my setup is serious. So I don't know. Maybe we should use A.I. to run the government. You think so? Yeah. I bet you if we if we put A.I. in place of the Democrats. Yes. we would have a much smoother, better time. And if that socialist gets in in New York, I'm telling you guys right now. I know some people in the entertainment industry, companies, they're all going to be leaving there. And that's going to be a sad thing. And if you open up that city to Muslims, if you open up that city to Muslims, you are going to regret it. It's already too many right now because you're dealing with a people problem. that don't want to know you. They don't want to love you. They want to kill you. They want to take over what you have. They want to make America, their land. And, you know, I love different cultures, but the thing I love the most was having America and its culture. And then when I want to go to Mexico, bam, it's another culture. So I'm in Mexico, I do what the Mexicans do. I go to Venezuela the same way I do there. I go over to France or Italy or Jamaica. I love that. I don't want all that stuff here. No, I want my home to be American and American values, what we stand for, what we do. But no, do I want it to be China? No. Do I want parts of America to where I can't go in and I'm not welcome in my own country? This is insanity. And any liberal or Democrat or anybody that backs this in any way, if I had the power, Luke, I'd be putting them all in jail or just sipping them right away. What I'm waiting on is the AOC charge. Why aren't we taking her down? I mean, she's literally had websites up how to avoid ice and she's got all these back pay quick pro quo situations. She's getting paid on the back end, doing everything she tells you not to do. And she's using that position to make money while she stops regular Americans from eating food. and having food, plus we paying her. No. Same thing with Ilhan Omar, whatever her name is. Same thing. She sits on stage and tells you she hates America, and she's always talking about the president. When she says the president, she's talking about the president of Somalia. She don't even care about President Trump or have no basic respect for what we're doing, but she's in Congress, and she only got there because they got, assimilated all those people, Somalians in one city, and that's how she was able to get in. It's simple, man. It's not freaking rocket science. But we have to have some type of way to get rid of these people. And I mean, stay on it. Every single day, I will be pushing this and promoting this to the American public. I'd be revealing what's going on and I'd be Trump. I'd be executive orders. I'd be Bundy. All these people get these charges every day. Push it. Turn it up, man. Turn it up. It's too quiet. When you when you let chaos like that go unchecked or even silent. No, no, you have to expose it on Front Street 24-7 all day, every day. So we can remove this and we can deter other people from trying to do the same thing. If not, we're done. And I'll be moving up to Luke's. And if he won't let me there, I'll be. I know. I think your shed, man, is like big as most people's houses. So, you know, I'm good with that. You got dogs? You got farm animals?
SPEAKER 01 :
Farm animals? No. Unless you count my brothers. Oh, yeah. I like them type of animals. No. We got party animals is what we got.
SPEAKER 02 :
Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. That's it. That's good. But, hey, man. Seriously. Open the government. We have people that are suffering, not just financially, but to eat, to live, survive. And the other thing is, I don't know too many people that's going to keep going to work for no pay. Let's test Luke out. Say, OK, Luke, next month, next starting tomorrow and the whole next month, you won't receive a penny, but you still come to work. OK, buddy. Let me see how long that would take.
SPEAKER 1 :
Nah.
SPEAKER 01 :
The second you send that text message, I'm turning my phone off and taking a vacation.
SPEAKER 02 :
So keep the same energy. That's real. And I support you 100%. You can't blame the government. You can't blame the Republicans this time. It's the Democrats as usual. They're crazy. But you know what we got to do? We got to go ahead and get up out of here. Then it's time to be floating. So we're going to count it down like this. Three, two, one. Yeah. It's that time. We out of here. But you've been listening to KLC 560 AM. I'm a Unite to Reggie Rocko. Yeah, it's fun. We will tackle the issues. We will unite the country. Every week, every Friday morning from 9 a.m. to 10 a.m. It's about love, y'all. Have a wonderful morning and a great day.
SPEAKER 04 :
Yeah, we're Uniters. Yeah, we're Uniters. Yeah. That's right, Colorado.
Join John Rush for another spirited episode of Rush to Reason, where Halloween traditions meet NFL predictions. As John and his co-hosts discuss their Halloween plans, including costumes and trick-or-treating strategies, they also dive into a detailed analysis of upcoming NFL games. The conversation is filled with humor, anecdotes, and a healthy dose of sports banter as they evaluate teams' prospects and dynamics for the upcoming week. Whether catching up on the eventful sports calendar or enjoying stories of Halloween past, this episode provides a delightful blend of entertainment and insight.
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My advice to you is to do what your parents did! Get a job, Turk!
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You haven't made everybody equal. You've made them the same and there's a big difference.
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Let me tell you why you're here. You're here because you know something. What you know you can't explain, but you feel it. You've felt it your entire life. That there's something wrong with the world. You don't know what it is, but it's there. It is this feeling that has brought you to me.
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Are you crazy? Am I? Or am I so sane that you just blew your mind?
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It's Rush to Reason with your host, John Rush. Presented by Cub Creek Heating and Air Conditioning.
SPEAKER 21 :
All right, we are back. Hour number two, Rush to Reason, Denver's Afternoon Rush, KLZ 560. Richard, Andy, NFL Picks. Richard's only going to be with us half an hour because Richard has trick-or-treat duty tonight. So, Richard, are you with us?
SPEAKER 06 :
I am. Andy, what is your costume for Halloween tonight? Oh, I'm not dressing up. I'm handing out.
SPEAKER 08 :
Andy, what is your costume?
SPEAKER 06 :
You have to dress up for the little kitties. I'm dressed as an old man. An old white dude. An old white dude. I'm the scariest thing in America. I'm an old white dude.
SPEAKER 21 :
That's hilarious.
SPEAKER 06 :
You fit that very well, Andy. There you go. Really quick question here, Richard. I know you're going to be taking your kids out trick-or-treating, and they're going to get a lot of candy. Will you eat it all, or are you going to let them have some?
SPEAKER 08 :
You know, Andy, we allow them to divvy it up. Mom divvies it up so they also have a little snack or a little treat at school for the next few weeks as well. And then, honestly, we end up donating a lot of it because they just get so much, especially, Andy, when you're like myself and you have four. you're quadrupling up on the amount of candy that they get. So there's just no need for all that money.
SPEAKER 06 :
No, no, no, no. There's no such thing as too much candy. Okay, having grown up and trick-or-treated a lot myself, I was a greedy little thing. The more the better.
SPEAKER 21 :
Candy, candy, candy, candy, candy.
SPEAKER 08 :
Exactly. Andy, I will say, and I'm not necessarily disagreeing with you. However, when you get an 8, 6, 3, and 2-year-old on a sugar high, it makes for an interesting evening. Yes, it would. Yes, it would.
SPEAKER 06 :
Okay, are you ready for a little NFL picks? Go for it, guys. Okay, here we go. All right, Richard, we're going to start off with a good, interesting game. The Bears are on the road. They're two and a half point favorites at the Bengals. What would this game look like with Joe Burrow? I mean, are the Bears headed for five and two?
SPEAKER 08 :
um me i well andy honestly i thought last week against the ravens they were headed for for for five and you know three whatever it was last week i guess five and three or your five and two last week and then six and two this week but they they let me down but andy i i don't know where the bangles are at to me i still struggle with old joe well with the bangles with with flacco um there's a chance he doesn't play i know he's questionable right now you know he's got an old guy injury basically um I just don't know what to make of them, Andy. And honestly, with the Bears, I feel like, again, we've talked about Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, right? Yeah. And they feel like one of those teams to me, that you just don't know what you're going to get from week to week. Part of that's due to Caleb Williams, a little bit of an inexperienced quarterback in a lot of regards. But, you know, Andy, I'll go with the Bears here, even though they let me down last week. I'll go with them here just because I just don't know if the Bengals have got anything, to be honest with you.
SPEAKER 06 :
No, I agree. And, by the way, I'm going to go with the Bears, and thank you for the Jekyll and Hyde reference on Halloween. Well done. Next game, the Vikings are on the road at the Lions. Lions are big favorites. Nine and a half points. Are the Lions surging as a top team again?
SPEAKER 08 :
They are surging, Andy. I think it took them a little bit to figure out their new coordinators, right, in a lot of ways, especially on the offensive side of the ball. And the Vikings are doing the exact opposite, Andy, where they started strong. And I actually think Kevin O'Connell is a really good head coach. I just don't know if he has a team this year. I mean, dare I say a team messed up by letting Sam Darnold go, but that certainly appears to be the case. They probably should have paid whatever the Seahawks did plus some. to keep him, and I know they couldn't because they had J.J. McCarthy waiting in the wings, but unless he does something, Andy, that you and I are likely not expecting... I just don't know if he's got it, and I'll arrange for his team. But, yeah, this will be the Lions by a lot.
SPEAKER 06 :
I know it's a divisional game, but it doesn't really matter. You know, I think McCarthy is going to be real good, but he's got to get healthy and actually have a full season under his belt, and then it'll be better. I'll take the Lions as well. Next game, the Carolina Panthers are on the road at my Green Bay Packers. Packers favored by 13.5. Trap game? What's that line again, Andy? 13-and-a-half. Last I saw. For the Packers. For the Packers. It's a little bit of a trap. Bryce Young's back, though, isn't he, Andy? Yeah. Yeah, he is. I don't think Green Bay's going to win by that much, but will they win? This is one of those games where a team just catches up with, you know, sneaks up on you and suddenly pounds you. Another big problem is this. The Panthers can really run the ball, and Green Bay struggles with that. So I don't know.
SPEAKER 08 :
It could be a little bit of a letdown, Andy. You know, obviously, big game last week against Rogers, which kind of went a little bit different than you and I anticipated. I still think that the Packers will win here. But, yeah, do they cover? Man, that's a lot of points in the NFL, especially against the Panthers team with Bryce Young back that I feel like not surging, but maybe, again, they're just a feisty team, right, Andy? That's what I'm going to call them.
SPEAKER 06 :
They are.
SPEAKER 08 :
The Panthers are a feisty team.
SPEAKER 06 :
Okay, we'll both take the Packers. Next game, the Chargers are favored by 9.5 at everybody's favorite whipping boy, the Tennessee Titans. Are the Titans headed for the top pick? Can the Chargers' offensive line finally recover from their injuries? They got two great tackles who are out, I believe, for the year. Are they basically done as any kind of a contender, or can they make a run at this?
SPEAKER 08 :
Well, I think Alt's back, Andy, if I'm not mistaken. Oh, is Alt back?
SPEAKER 06 :
I thought he was out longer.
SPEAKER 08 :
Okay. Yeah, I think he actually came back last week. But, yeah, the Titans are just, they're the whipping boy. And I think they're going to surprise a few teams, you know, kind of later on in the year when a, you know, maybe when a team's not expecting them to. Yeah. I just don't see Jim Harbaugh allowing the Chargers to do that. And, you know, honestly, Walt and I were going through some of the games this week, the remaining games. And some of these teams, they've got to make sure they win these. Otherwise, it's going to be a rough season. potential into their season and that's for the chargers so they got to make sure they take care of business i think they will um but it could be tighter than than most things just because again i think the titans uh again they're not quite as feisty as the panthers andy but they're they're they're like meowing yeah well it's halloween and maybe it'll be scary in the third quarter and then the chargers wake up in the fourth okay i'll take the chargers next game the falcons
SPEAKER 06 :
who have really kind of fallen off of late. They're on the road at the Patriots. Patriots favored by 5.5. This seems like a solid Patriots team. Can the Falcons surprise?
SPEAKER 08 :
It is a solid Patriots team, Andy, although I'm not sold on May yet. I actually saw a stat today that basically he's been playing bottom defenses, and I guess he hasn't thrown more than 26 passes in any of their wins. which is a very interesting stat, and I don't think the opponents have scored more than 20 points. Well, let me jump in.
SPEAKER 06 :
I've got to ask you a question before you run on from that, because Drake May is a very talented young guy, but they're using him like a game manager, and sometimes coaches do this to bring a guy along. Do you think they're doing it the right way?
SPEAKER 08 :
You know, Andy, I can see, especially with Brable being a defensive guy, I could see that. I don't know. Maybe it's like Bo Nix where they're kind of maybe trying to hide a few things. I just don't know. That being said, Andy, I think that the Falcons, honestly, I think Pennix should be treated a little bit more like game manager. They should rely a lot more on John Robinson than they do. Agreed. And I think the Falcons actually have a pretty good defense, especially with Raheem Morris as their head coach. Again, with all that being said, Andy, I'm going to take the Patriots at home. I just don't trust the Falcons yet, and I could be surprised. I just don't trust the Falcons. I don't trust Pennix.
SPEAKER 06 :
I agree. Okay, and next game gets interesting now. Let's whip through these 49ers, two-and-a-half-point favorites against the Giants. Can San Fran recover from recent struggles, or are they just a pretty good team?
SPEAKER 08 :
Well, Andy, I'm going to flip it back to you. I actually thought about this before we came on. Is San Francisco, because they were kind of the darling, right? You know, Shanahan overcoming these injuries. You've got Max Jones playing pretty well. Then last week happened. Are they losing their luster, or was that a bump in the road?
SPEAKER 06 :
I think they're losing their luster. I really do. I'm not saying they'll lose to the Giants. I think neither team is that impressive. But right now, I don't look at the Niners as a real contender. What do you think?
SPEAKER 08 :
I think they're a solid team, Andy. They just, they struggle with injuries. And I think Brock Purdy is actually a, I think that when he comes back, I think that elevates them a little bit, especially over Mac Jones. they've just got a lot of injuries to overcome. So, again, with all that said, I'm going to take the Niners here. Although, Andy, I don't necessarily like taking the Niners here because it's a West Coast team traveling to the East Coast. So that's my caveat.
SPEAKER 06 :
I was going to take the Niners, but we haven't disagreed yet. So I'm going to switch to the Giants just so we can be different. Okay, next game. Colts are on the road at Steelers. Colts favored by 3.5. Do the Colts keep rolling, or can the Steelers start playing defense? Because their defense is awful.
SPEAKER 08 :
I'm going to flip it back on you again. What does Vegas know that we don't? Why is this line so close?
SPEAKER 06 :
I have no idea. I think the Colts roll, and I don't care that the Steelers are at home. I guess because, and here's the thing, you know, obviously I got to watch the Packers play the Steelers. I was surprised. Aaron looks really good. It wasn't him. It's their defense.
SPEAKER 08 :
Yeah, Andy, the only thing for me is with the Colts moving forward, and I don't think it'll happen this game, they have actually had the fourth easiest schedule to date. True. They have the fourth hardest schedule to finish the season. So I will be really curious if the Colts... Obviously, they're not going to finish the season with one loss. They'll get several more. The question is when. But... The Steelers' defense, Andy, right now is terrible. Awesome. I mean, which is crazy to be saying of a Tomlin coach team and a Steelers team because their defenses, even when they're bad, are pretty good. But I think they're the 30th ranked defense right now. And when you've got some of the high-priced veterans they have, namely T.J. Watt and some of the other guys, I just don't like that. So with that being said, Andy, I'm going to go with the Colts here on the road. I think their magic keeps going, at least for another few weeks.
SPEAKER 06 :
Yeah, I agree. By the way, both of our teams, Packers and Broncos, got to play teams with absolutely zero defense last week. It's a lot of fun to do that because you just score at will. Everybody's open. It's just so much fun. Speaking of the Broncos, they're on the road this week at the Texans who are favored by one and a half. Why on earth is Houston favored? I'm going to tell you right now, there's no way I'm picking Houston.
SPEAKER 08 :
Perfect, Danny, because we're going to differ because I'm going to do my normal trick and it's going to pay off. And Their defense is really good. That's probably the best defense the Broncos have played this year. Well, and I'm not necessarily disagreeing with you, but I think that's what's happening. And, Andy, I think that they are seeing maybe the Texans' offense come alive, although this will be the best defense the Texans have played all year. And their offensive line is kind of their weak point, and that's our strong suit, Andy. So even without Patrick Sertan... whatever it is, I think that our defensive line has the capabilities to overrun, literally overrun that offensive line at times and really make life difficult for C.J. Stroud. However, again, my phrase this week has been, with that being said, and I'm going to keep that, with that being said, I'm going to pick the Texans to beat my Broncos only for the idea that if I'm wrong, then it's a great day.
SPEAKER 06 :
Yeah, I'm picking the Broncos. The only thing I'd worry about if I were the Broncos is hamstring injuries as your defensive front seven runs wind sprints at Houston's quarterback. Okay, I'm sorry. They have no offensive line. They came alive last week against a Patsy. Now they've got to play a real team. I think you're going to kill them. Next game, the Jaguars favored by two and a half at the Raiders. We've got to go through these next few real quick. Can the Jags bounce back? Are the Raiders just terrible again?
SPEAKER 08 :
Well, Jags just put Travis Henter on IR, but the Raiders are terrible, Andy. Geno kind of had a couple good years there in Seattle. He's not the answer. They're going to be searching for a quarterback. Honestly, the Raiders should go get Shador Sanders, which is what you and I said they should have been doing in the draft anyways. The Raiders should go get Shador Sanders from the Browns. throw him in there see what he's got for the latter half of this season and then make a determination of what you need to do next year but i don't want to watch the same way with the line of the colts game i don't know why the line is so low on the jags in this one i'm going to go with the jags and to cover just because it seems so crazy to me
SPEAKER 06 :
Yeah, and by the way, if Gino is the answer, good Lord, what's the question? Okay, I'm sorry. I agree with you. I'm going to take the Jags. Next game, the Saints are on the road at the Rams. Here's Quickie. Rams are favored by 14.5. Are the Rams becoming a Super Bowl favorite?
SPEAKER 08 :
I don't know about favorite, Andy, but they're definitely right up there in the NFC especially. And then you put that on top of the Saints are just – Is anyone more awful than the Saints this year, Andy?
SPEAKER 06 :
They need to play the Titans. I want the Saints and the Titans to face off.
SPEAKER 08 :
I actually think they play later this year, Andy. I've got to check on that.
SPEAKER 06 :
They may actually play. I want to see a game where both quarterbacks are handing off to the other team. I think this would be very exciting.
SPEAKER 08 :
Well, this will be something, Andy. But, yeah, the Saints are going to get demolished here. Although, Chuck, they're starting their rookie quarterback. He may show a little something. We'll see. But, yeah, the Rams are going to win.
SPEAKER 06 :
He's going to be running for his life. Okay, here's a game of two, I believe, overrated teams. The Chiefs are favored by one and a half on the road against the Bills. Which Bills team shows up?
SPEAKER 08 :
Yeah, that's another interesting spread, Andy, to me, because I guess maybe that's the question, which Bills team does show up. Although, Josh Allen does seem to play his very best when the quarterback on the other side is really good, right? You know, the Ravens earlier this year, he did that. Obviously, Patrick Mahomes coming in. Although, the Chiefs are surging a little bit, Andy. They're sort of finding...
SPEAKER 06 :
I will pick the opposite of whoever you take, just so we can be different. I'll tell you that right now. I think both teams are overrated, and I don't care about this game. Sorry.
SPEAKER 08 :
It is. Okay. Chiefs here, Andy, because again, my Broncos logic, if I'm wrong, I'll be happy.
SPEAKER 06 :
There you go. I'll take the Bills. Next game, the Seahawks, who I think are really starting to assert themselves. They're on the road at the Commanders. Seahawks favored by 3.5. Yeah, they are, Andy.
SPEAKER 08 :
This is a Sunday night game. Jaden Daniels is coming back, which I think is a really interesting proposition, in my opinion, for them. He's a player. He is their team this year. But the Seahawks, Andy, are just really talented. They're just solid. Let me just say it that way, right? They're just kind of a really solid, well-put-together team. You know, Andy, I'm going to go with the Seahawks here only because I just don't know on the commanders. I just haven't seen enough this year.
SPEAKER 06 :
Yeah, I'm going to take the Seahawks as well. Okay, last game, I'm just going to say four words. Cardinals, Cowboys, who cares?
SPEAKER 08 :
Who does, Gary, Andy? Especially when you have another Jacoby Brissett may start for them. Although I will say this, Andy, again, speaking from experience for the Broncos, if there's a get-right team, your offense needs to get right, you need to play the Cowboys. And that's obviously what's going to happen this week. However, the Cardinals I just don't think are a very good team. I think that they're kind of held together at the seams in a way, a lot of ways. So I'm going to go with the Cowboys here just because I think that they'll outscore the Cardinals at the end of the day.
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SPEAKER 21 :
All right, we are back. Favorite scary movies. We can make one round with Richard before we let him go, so go ahead, Andy.
SPEAKER 06 :
Okay, I'm going to do this clip. It's obviously The Shining with Jack Nicholson. We all know the line at the end, but it's all pretty good. Here we go.
SPEAKER 10 :
Little pigs, little pigs, let me come in. Not by the hair on your chinny-chin-chin. And I'll blow your house in.
SPEAKER 21 :
Everybody's chopping the front door down.
SPEAKER 1 :
Yeah. Yeah.
SPEAKER 21 :
Honey, I'm home.
SPEAKER 09 :
Here's Johnny.
SPEAKER 06 :
Here's Johnny. Now, for the record, my wife screams like that with all door-to-door salesmen. Oh, gotcha. Yeah, so it's always the same. Gotcha. It's a classic scene. It really is.
SPEAKER 21 :
Oh, you think?
SPEAKER 06 :
What an actor. You knew this guy had an unbelievable future. Okay, Richard, you're up.
SPEAKER 08 :
Andy, for Halloween, I feel like only one movie can do it justice, which is It.
SPEAKER 21 :
Oh, yeah. Classic. I've never seen that movie.
SPEAKER 06 :
Oh, you haven't?
SPEAKER 21 :
No, I don't watch scary movies unless I absolutely have to. It was very well done. I used to a lot when I was a kid, but I don't anymore.
SPEAKER 08 :
Didn't Spielberg do that one, Richard? Or no? I don't know. Actually, I've got it pulled up. Hold on here. I'm not sure. Did he do it?
SPEAKER 06 :
No, I wouldn't say so. Okay, I guess I thought it was just because it had that feel. Yeah, he's done some. Poltergeist, that kind of thing. John, you're up.
SPEAKER 21 :
Let's go back in time because this was scary when I was a kid. Poltergeist.
SPEAKER 06 :
Yeah, that was classic.
SPEAKER 21 :
All right, Richard, that was your first round. We'll let you go. We'll let John from Cheyenne chime in. Go ahead, John.
SPEAKER 07 :
I don't want to steal them all. Go ahead. Old school here. The Omen.
SPEAKER 21 :
Oh, yeah. That is a good one.
SPEAKER 07 :
That one scared the crap out of me. Yeah, that was a freaky one. That was icky. And great acting. I mean, well, any movie with Gregory Peck, you can't usually go wrong. And then the other one that I think scared the crap out of all of us I saw at a movie theater was the original Halloween.
SPEAKER 21 :
Oh, yeah. Yeah, it's on my list.
SPEAKER 07 :
Because how many times did Carpenter in that movie pull you to the edge of the chair, and then nothing happened, and then all of a sudden it just went, the last 20 minutes just went insane. Brilliantly directed. Oh, you know, they make all these sequels, but you go back and watch the originals, and they're just so good.
SPEAKER 21 :
True.
SPEAKER 07 :
And some of these sequels are so bad.
SPEAKER 21 :
True.
SPEAKER 1 :
Yeah.
SPEAKER 07 :
You guys have a great weekend.
SPEAKER 21 :
You too, John. Appreciate you, man, as always. All right, Andy, take it away.
SPEAKER 06 :
Halloween scared me to the core. I just want you to know. I was pretty young when I watched that. Okay, here's another one that scared me to the core. Scary movie. Here we go.
SPEAKER 10 :
I'm going to tell you all the rules to survive this situation. Rule number one. Don't answer the phone. I'm in the house. Do you know where I am?
SPEAKER 20 :
You're behind the couch. I can, um, see your feet.
SPEAKER 10 :
What? Don't talk to reporters.
SPEAKER 04 :
The press only wants to interview the most ignorant person they can find. Oh, jeez! First cops, now this?
SPEAKER 10 :
And whatever you do, don't be afraid to rise to the occasion.
SPEAKER 21 :
Scary movie.
SPEAKER 06 :
Throws out his bag.
SPEAKER 21 :
That's actually pretty funny.
SPEAKER 06 :
Oh, Scary Movie was hilarious, John. I can watch that so many times.
SPEAKER 21 :
Actually, yeah.
SPEAKER 06 :
They got really weak after that, but the first one was great.
SPEAKER 21 :
Agree.
SPEAKER 06 :
Okay, you're up.
SPEAKER 21 :
The Conjuring.
SPEAKER 06 :
Yeah.
SPEAKER 21 :
Old movie again.
SPEAKER 06 :
Did you like The Conjuring?
SPEAKER 21 :
Yeah, it was good.
SPEAKER 06 :
Okay, because you... I shouldn't say old.
SPEAKER 21 :
Well, I guess it is old. It's 20... What is it now? 12 years old? Fair enough. 13 years old now?
SPEAKER 06 :
Yeah, yeah. Okay, let's do... Here's one, because... Oh, man. Alligators scare the daylights out of me. We've got to do Crawl. Here we go. And this is, once again... The story, folks, in Crawl is... There's a huge hurricane that hits the southern coast. Her dad is trapped in their basement, and alligators are everywhere. They've come all over. Here we go. Hello, can anybody hear me?
SPEAKER 14 :
I'm trapped with my father in our house in Coral Lake.
SPEAKER 1 :
Coral Lake!
SPEAKER 14 :
Police, send help! Really? Wait down here!
SPEAKER 19 :
Pete, you hear that? In less than an hour, we'll be underwater!
SPEAKER 09 :
Ranging on the pipes blurs their senses.
SPEAKER 19 :
I can distract them for you. You got this!
SPEAKER 07 :
You need to go now.
SPEAKER 14 :
I'm not leaving you here!
SPEAKER 06 :
I tell you what, those movies scare me more than the scary ghost movies. I just can't deal with reptiles. I'm sorry.
SPEAKER 21 :
Can't argue that.
SPEAKER 06 :
It was terrifying. Okay, you're up.
SPEAKER 21 :
Cujo. Cujo. It was your St. Bernard. Wasn't that what he was?
SPEAKER 06 :
Yeah.
SPEAKER 21 :
The rabid St. Bernard.
SPEAKER 06 :
That was very scary.
SPEAKER 21 :
Yeah, you never knew what he was going to do next.
SPEAKER 06 :
Okay. Well, here's one that was really good. It came out a couple years ago. Evil Dead Rise. Just like Crawl, I gave this four stars. Here we go. I'm getting this out of you.
SPEAKER 14 :
You'll be a good mom someday, honey-bath. Oh yeah? Yeah. You know how to lie to kids.
SPEAKER 10 :
Mom? Mommy's with the maggots now.
SPEAKER 06 :
Yeah, Mom was possessed. And Mom was really bad. But Evil Dead Rise actually had a really good pace to it, John. It was very intense, very bloody. Of course, it was a horror flick all the way. It was really well directed. So if you want to really get scared, there you go. Evil Dead Rise. You were up.
SPEAKER 21 :
This one you've got to help me with the title. Maybe Charlie knows, too, because I didn't have time to look this up. But it was, I believe, I don't think it's called The Fog because there's a movie similar to this. But it was about the mist where they're in the grocery store and eventually they've got to sacrifice the one kid to save all of them. Is that the movie I'm thinking of, Charlie? Is it called The Mist? Is that right?
SPEAKER 06 :
Was that The Mist? Charlie, I can't remember because I didn't see all of The Mist, honestly.
SPEAKER 21 :
At the end, they end up having to sacrifice. I believe it's that. They end up having to sacrifice the one kid at the end.
SPEAKER 06 :
That's terrible. To save everybody.
SPEAKER 21 :
That's awful. And it is. Okay, and it is that one, Charlie. Thank you. So The Mist.
SPEAKER 06 :
Okay. Wow. That's really bad.
SPEAKER 21 :
Andy, it's freaky.
SPEAKER 06 :
Okay.
SPEAKER 21 :
Okay, well, here's one that... It sort of has kind of the Messiah, you know, Jesus kind of theme. It's like sacrifice one to save all sort of thing. Interesting. Yeah, Stephen King. It's weird.
SPEAKER 06 :
There you go. Okay, here's one that's more of an action film, but, you know, it's got the horror element to it, and it's a lot of fun. Hansel and Gretel, Witch Hunters.
SPEAKER 09 :
Me and my sister, we have a past. We almost died at the hands of a witch. But that past made us stronger. We'd gotten a taste of blood. Witch blood. And we haven't stopped since.
SPEAKER 06 :
Okay, and that starred, as you can hear there, Jeremy Renner and Gemma Arterton. And they were really good. It was a funny movie. It was, you know, bloody, obviously. But I thought it was really good. Did you ever see it?
SPEAKER 21 :
No.
SPEAKER 06 :
It's stupid fun. I think you'd enjoy it. Okay, you're up.
SPEAKER 21 :
I mentioned this movie a couple weeks ago, but it's just... And I don't think... Charlie, did you ever see Substance? Did you ever see the whole thing with Demi Moore? It's freaky. Don't watch it. It's... It's not that it is scary, though.
SPEAKER 06 :
It was too gross, man.
SPEAKER 21 :
It's freaky. It's just all in all freaky.
SPEAKER 06 :
I hated that movie.
SPEAKER 21 :
I did, too.
SPEAKER 06 :
I really did.
SPEAKER 21 :
That's a one-timer for me.
SPEAKER 06 :
And I didn't even, even though I very much admired her performance.
SPEAKER 21 :
Uh-huh.
SPEAKER 06 :
It was excellent. She was lights out.
SPEAKER 21 :
Yeah.
SPEAKER 06 :
I thought the movie was awful. It was awful. I did not find it entertaining at all.
SPEAKER 21 :
Worst ending ever.
SPEAKER 06 :
And by the way, you didn't listen to me because it didn't. I tell you don't watch that movie.
SPEAKER 21 :
Yeah, and I should have listened. I wasted time watching it.
SPEAKER 06 :
Wasting your time on that. Okay. Another thing that scares me, I talked about alligators. Let's get to sharks. 47 meters down, two girls down in one of those shark cages. It breaks, and they are trapped. Here we go.
SPEAKER 01 :
We're going to send out extra air tanks. It's alive!
SPEAKER 1 :
It's alive!
SPEAKER 06 :
47 meters down a lot of screaming in that and that was not the sharks that was the girl screaming and the two things that i thought were really interesting about that movie number one of course that you have both of them are miked while they're down there and they actually are you can so they can talk to each other and talk to people up on the right boat But secondly, the water was very cloudy, and so you couldn't see them coming from a distance. Oh, my gosh. It was so scary.
SPEAKER 21 :
Yeah, no thanks. Okay, you're up. Okay, here's one that I will not watch because you've talked enough about it, and you've even played some clips from it. So I'm already – I can't watch it, and that's fall.
SPEAKER 06 :
Oh, here we go.
SPEAKER 21 :
Yeah, I can't watch it.
SPEAKER 06 :
And that is the one where they are way up on a tower.
SPEAKER 21 :
Radio tower, right.
SPEAKER 06 :
And they're trapped. They can't get down because their way down is falling apart. Right. Here we go.
SPEAKER 14 :
Hunter, how do we get down? I don't have a signal.
SPEAKER 09 :
The water is down there in that bag.
SPEAKER 14 :
We have 50 feet of rope. I think I can drop myself lower. Okay, I'm going to jump onto the bag. Hunter, no! Hunter! Every hour that passes, the weaker we get. If anyone called 911, they'd be here by now. What is it that Dan used to say? If you're scared of dying, don't be afraid to live.
SPEAKER 06 :
Now there is a, I gave it four stars, a four-star movie I never want to see again.
SPEAKER 21 :
Yeah, no thanks. I can't watch it once. Because I'm a coward. I'm serious. I can't watch it once.
SPEAKER 06 :
Okay, here's a four-star movie that I have watched many times, Lake Placid. And that's with a big crocodile. Here we go.
SPEAKER 09 :
Honestly, I don't know. And a few parts. Missing. It's a human toe. Is this the man who was killed? He seemed taller.
SPEAKER 14 :
Oh, my God.
SPEAKER 09 :
Bill Pullman. Shoot him. No! How much of a wacko is this guy? Bridget Fonda. Watch out! Mother... Oliver Platt.
SPEAKER 15 :
Maybe he swam back out.
SPEAKER 10 :
Maybe not.
SPEAKER 06 :
Lake Placid.
SPEAKER 21 :
This summer.
SPEAKER 06 :
One of the funniest horror movies I have ever seen in my life.
SPEAKER 21 :
Really?
SPEAKER 06 :
Very, very funny and just very well written. Extremely well written. So there you go, Lake Placid.
SPEAKER 21 :
John, you were up. When I was a kid, this was really scary back in the day. I don't know if it is today because it's been a long time since I've seen it, but Salem's Lot.
SPEAKER 06 :
I never saw it.
SPEAKER 21 :
It was a teen movie kind of thing back in the day.
SPEAKER 06 :
Pretty scary?
SPEAKER 21 :
It was back then, yeah.
SPEAKER 06 :
Okay, here's a movie that really scared me. And the CGI, especially for the time, was unbelievable. Just incredible special effects for the time. Silent Hill. And what it is, is this woman is looking for her daughter and she winds up in a ghost village. Here we go.
SPEAKER 14 :
I don't know what's happening. Do you know what's going on here? This place is completely cut off.
SPEAKER 18 :
Only the dark one opens and closes the door to sad and ill.
SPEAKER 1 :
Hey!
SPEAKER 11 :
Where is she? I'm trying to find my wife.
SPEAKER 14 :
She looks exactly like Sharon. Why? Rose, come on! Rose, hurry! It's coming!
SPEAKER 06 :
It was terrifying. It really was. And they had the camera work where you got these creatures moving in really awkward, weird ways. I hate that. I do, just so you know. Okay, you're up.
SPEAKER 21 :
Silent Hill. I'm probably not going to say this right, because I know there was a movie, but it wasn't the first one. What's Chucky the Doll? What was the first movie?
SPEAKER 06 :
Child's Play.
SPEAKER 21 :
Is that what it's called, Child's Play?
SPEAKER 06 :
Yeah. Yeah, freaky.
SPEAKER 21 :
I didn't watch any others because that one was bad enough. And there were sequels, and I didn't watch any others.
SPEAKER 06 :
Chucky is a bad dude.
SPEAKER 21 :
Yeah, I didn't like that movie at all.
SPEAKER 06 :
Okay, the next one is probably a four-and-a-half-star movie. I mean, it was before my time. I didn't review it.
SPEAKER 21 :
Okay.
SPEAKER 06 :
But this was Spielberg, I believe. Or no, no, no, no, no, no, no. This was Rob Reiner. And oh, my gosh, was it awful. Misery. Here we go. Oh, yeah.
SPEAKER 14 :
Dirty bird. How could you? Misery Chastain cannot be dead!
SPEAKER 02 :
Misery Spirit is still alive.
SPEAKER 14 :
I don't want her spirit! I want her! And you murdered her! You don't think he's dead, do you? And don't even think about anybody coming for you, because I never called them. Nobody knows you're here. And you better hope nothing happens to me. Because if I die, you die.
SPEAKER 06 :
Okay, Kathy Bates, James Caan. Now, the interesting thing is, in real life, of course, she was a diehard Democrat and he was a Republican. No wonder she did all that to him. I think it makes sense now. What do you think?
SPEAKER 21 :
Yep, I think you're right.
SPEAKER 06 :
Oh, gosh. And that's a great movie that I'll never see again. There are some that just make me really cringe. When she hobbles them, no. Thank you, no.
SPEAKER 21 :
Yep. Okay, John, you're up. Believe it or not, Gremlins.
SPEAKER 06 :
They were scary.
SPEAKER 21 :
Because there were parts that just got like, wait a minute, these things get wet and now they're like little monsters.
SPEAKER 06 :
Yeah, with the big teeth and the claws.
SPEAKER 21 :
Yeah, they were nasty.
SPEAKER 06 :
They were nasty. But they were still very mischievous.
SPEAKER 21 :
Yeah, they were.
SPEAKER 06 :
Okay. Heroes 1. Have you seen Tremors?
SPEAKER 21 :
No, I never have. John, you've got to see Tremors. No, I have not seen Tremors.
SPEAKER 06 :
It is a really good movie. Here we go.
SPEAKER 19 :
Where they come from. I vote for outer space. No way these are local boys. You see, they're headed right for us!
SPEAKER 10 :
No Richter scale can measure it.
SPEAKER 1 :
They're coming!
SPEAKER 10 :
No scientist can explain it.
SPEAKER 14 :
Bert! They're under the ground! You didn't get penetration even with the elephant gun. Run, run!
SPEAKER 10 :
And no one knows what to call it. Megaworms or suckers or suckwits.
SPEAKER 20 :
Now, this valley is just one long smorgasbord.
SPEAKER 10 :
Now, it's up to Val and Earl to save the world. That's one big mother. Who died and made you Einstein? And they know just what to do. Flip for it. Damn!
SPEAKER 06 :
Okay, that's Kevin Bacon, and what it is is basically a little town of hicks, for the most part, and one scientist having to deal with these monsters coming up under the ground. Very well-written, excellent pace. You will not be bored. You will have fun, and you'll laugh. Tremors.
SPEAKER 21 :
Tremors, okay.
SPEAKER 06 :
There you go.
SPEAKER 21 :
Good to know. Let's do this. I'll go, and then we'll have Joe go next. Oh, gosh, there's so many. How about Sixth Sense?
SPEAKER 06 :
Oh, yeah. Creepy.
SPEAKER 21 :
Yeah, it was a really creepy movie.
SPEAKER 04 :
Beautifully done.
SPEAKER 21 :
Joe, you're next.
SPEAKER 04 :
Well, you took one of mine, which was Tremors, which was a guilty pleasure. By the way, do you know Reba McEntire was in that movie? Oh, yeah. Really? Yeah, yeah. She was great. Yeah, and Reba McEntire. But next to The Exorcist, one of the scariest ones, I think, was Poltergeist. Steven Spielberg, the little blonde girl, they're here.
SPEAKER 21 :
Yep.
SPEAKER 04 :
She was great. And then they had that short little fat woman, exorcist, whatever she was, a little short woman who was communicating with the other side. Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. She was wonderful. The spirit guide. Yeah. And there's the one scene where the mother, and she's out in the pool, and all of a sudden an old corpse pops up in the pool. Do you remember that scene in the pool? Oh, yeah. She falls into the pool during a rainstorm. And this old corruption, because the house was built on an Indian burial ground. And that was just... And also, the first aliens scared the crap out of me. Oh, yeah, I agree. Well, how about this?
SPEAKER 06 :
Every one of the aliens did. I mean, they're just such horrifying creatures.
SPEAKER 04 :
They are horrifying creatures. And... Peter Blatty in The Exorcist, what another scary movie.
SPEAKER 21 :
Yeah, that's a one-timer.
SPEAKER 04 :
Yeah, Linda Blair.
SPEAKER 21 :
Don't need to see that one again.
SPEAKER 06 :
Joe, really quick here before you go on. What kind of movies scare you more? Because I think it's different for everybody. The ghost, you know, where people are taken over. Okay, movies like that, like The Exorcist.
SPEAKER 04 :
Yeah, dealing with evil. Yeah, dealing with evil. It's a battle of, you know, it's basically the plot is a battle of good versus evil.
SPEAKER 06 :
Exactly. Or monsters like aliens or crawl or things like that. What scares you more?
SPEAKER 04 :
You know, depending on how well the picture's made, you know, again, I thought Aliens was a great movie, but I put it on par with, it's like steak and lobster. They're two equal, they can be equally scary. Edge of your seat, but just different genres of scary. You know, if you want to go into aliens, you can look at aliens with Arnold Schwarzenegger. What was the name of that? Predator. Predator with Arnold Schwarzenegger.
SPEAKER 21 :
Yeah, face on that thing.
SPEAKER 04 :
Where he's hunting the invisible.
SPEAKER 06 :
By the way, next week, Predator Badlands is coming out.
SPEAKER 21 :
I wish I could make the sound that thing makes.
SPEAKER 06 :
Yeah.
SPEAKER 21 :
To me, it's a steak and lobster thing. I'll do either.
SPEAKER 06 :
Okay.
SPEAKER 21 :
Good one. Well done, sir. Joe, appreciate you, man. Thank you very much. Eric, you're next. Go ahead.
SPEAKER 11 :
Yeah, the one I've got was a made-for-TV movie back, I don't know, 70s, late 70s. Okay. And I was a kid. I stayed up late, watched this thing, had nightmares. It was called Don't Be Afraid of the Dark.
SPEAKER 21 :
Oh, yeah, I remember that one.
SPEAKER 11 :
Oh, really? I never saw it.
SPEAKER 21 :
I remember that one.
SPEAKER 11 :
Was it real good? Young couple, they buy a house, an old house, and they find a bricked up chimney. They break it open, and then these little creatures, kind of like demonic creatures.
SPEAKER 21 :
Yeah, I remember that. That thing scared the living daylights out of me, Eric, as a kid. That's good. I couldn't remember the name of that movie until you just said it. I was trying to think of that one because, yeah, that one I did not like as a kid at all.
SPEAKER 11 :
Well, thanks for AI search. I was able to say demonic creature sealed in chimney. It pulled it up, and it's like, yep, that's the one.
SPEAKER 21 :
Yeah, and didn't they – and maybe I'm thinking of a different movie. Did they not come, like, out of the medicine cabinet too? Am I thinking of the right film or no?
SPEAKER 11 :
Yeah, once they were released from the chimney, they were able to get into any dark place. That's what I thought.
SPEAKER 21 :
That's right. That's exactly right. Now you're right. And they did come out of the medicine cabinet.
SPEAKER 11 :
Yeah. Freaky. Like she's in the shower. Yep. Use a coat hanger to turn the light off. Oh, yeah. Yeah.
SPEAKER 21 :
Oh, yeah. Freaky out. Yep. Good one, Eric. Thank you. Good trip down memory lane.
SPEAKER 11 :
That was good. A good, bad trip.
SPEAKER 21 :
That's right. No, that's all right. Thanks, Eric. Appreciate you, man. Let's do this. Golden Eagle Financial coming up next. Al did a great interview of late. Listen in. We'll be right back. You can always find Al at klzradio.com.
SPEAKER 03 :
This is TJ with KLZ Radio, and once again, we have Al Smith with us from Golden Eagle Financial. And Al, we're coming up on the end of the year, and I figure there's probably quite a few things that a retirement planner has to do to prepare for the new year, yes?
SPEAKER 18 :
Well, there are a couple of things that have a 31st deadline that we talk to some of our clients about. If people are thinking about converting part of their traditional IRA to Roth, That needs to be done before December 31st. And we don't usually wait till the last week in December because the financial companies get really busy. So it's a good idea to address that in November. And usually by then people have a pretty good idea how much money they have earned, and we can guesstimate their tax bracket.
SPEAKER 03 :
So you're just basically helping them reach out to figure out what sort of distribution they should get from an investment.
SPEAKER 18 :
Well, not so much distribution, but if they're younger people, they may have a longer-term strategy to convert traditional IRA to Roth. And that will add income to their income tax they pay each year. And we usually wait till near the end of the year because by then people know what tax bracket they will be in. But it has to be done before December 31st.
SPEAKER 03 :
Excellent. And that's why we trust you, Al. How can people get in touch with you if they want to start their retirement planning adventure with you?
SPEAKER 18 :
That's a good way to describe it as an adventure. You can reach me at 303-744-1128. And if you're driving when you hear this, contact KLZ and they'll put me in contact with you. All right. Thanks for joining us today, Al. Thank you for having me.
SPEAKER 19 :
Live and local, back to Rush to Reason.
SPEAKER 21 :
All right, we are back. Rush to Reason, Denver's Afternoon Rush, KLZ 560, rolling through your favorite scary movies. And Andy stepped out for a moment, so he'll be back here in a second. We'll get the next clip that he – well, do you have any more clips, Andy? What do you got going on?
SPEAKER 06 :
I have a clip right here.
SPEAKER 21 :
All right, well, play your next clip.
SPEAKER 06 :
Very scary movie, and it's called Pearl. Pearl.
SPEAKER 14 :
I know what I've done. Bad things. Terrible, awful, murderous things.
SPEAKER 01 :
I want to be loved from as many people as possible. But truth is, I'm not really a good person.
SPEAKER 06 :
She was not a good person, John. She liked working with an axe.
SPEAKER 21 :
It doesn't sound like it.
SPEAKER 06 :
Yeah, she was terrible. Okay, let's go. We got a lot of them.
SPEAKER 21 :
My next one, and it wasn't a movie, but it was... Sorry, it was a movie, but it wasn't in the theater's bird box. Oh. Good movie. I didn't see it. Scary, but good.
SPEAKER 06 :
Okay, let's go classic, Psycho.
SPEAKER 21 :
Yeah, somebody actually had mentioned that just now. I just got a text on that. Plus, pretty much any Alfred Hitchcock movie.
SPEAKER 06 :
Yeah, a lot of them were.
SPEAKER 21 :
Yeah, I would agree with that. Okay, go ahead. Black Swan. Black Swan. All right. How about The Ring? Oh, good one, Andy.
SPEAKER 06 :
Let's see here. Dawn of the Dead? Dawn of the Dead. It's an old movie. Those are scary. I'm going to go with Open Water. That's more sharks.
SPEAKER 21 :
All right.
SPEAKER 06 :
I hate sharks.
SPEAKER 21 :
We haven't said A Quiet Place yet, so I'm going to say A Quiet Place.
SPEAKER 06 :
Gosh, that was a good movie, wasn't it? Oh, excellent. I mean, it was wonderful.
SPEAKER 21 :
All of them were good movies.
SPEAKER 06 :
Okay, let's go funny. Shaun of the Dead. Oh, jeez, Shaun of the Dead. That's so stupid. World War Z. Ooh, yeah, that was a good one. Megan. Megan.
SPEAKER 21 :
Yeah. Yeah. Okay. Agree. How about... Friday the 13th. Did we say that one already?
SPEAKER 06 :
No, we did not. That's a good one. Okay, let's go with a little Mike Myers. So I Married an Axe Murderer.
SPEAKER 21 :
Okay.
SPEAKER 06 :
That works. All right, you're up.
SPEAKER 21 :
The Others.
SPEAKER 06 :
The Others. How about Hereditary? Did you ever see that?
SPEAKER 21 :
No, but that's a good one. Spooky. Good. How about, well, it wasn't really all that scary, but Beetlejuice. Halloween, we've got to mention it.
SPEAKER 06 :
Yeah, you've got to throw it in.
SPEAKER 21 :
there okay the texas chainsaw massacre absolutely nightmare before christmas yeah uh the babadook that was actually an aussie film uh very scary very creepy go sleepy hollow oh yeah i enjoyed that um let's see us oh yeah okay go how about nightmare on elm street well how about the blur witch project oh yeah i forgot about that one actually did you say texas chainsaw massacre i just did didn't you yeah midsummer
SPEAKER 06 :
Oh, yeah, that was creepy. Seven. Oh, forgot about that. Yeah, good killer.
SPEAKER 21 :
Did you say Barbarian?
SPEAKER 06 :
I did not.
SPEAKER 21 :
Okay, there we go.
SPEAKER 06 :
Okay, how about The Hills Have Eyes?
SPEAKER 21 :
The Mummy.
SPEAKER 06 :
The Mummy, okay. Let's see, I already said The Shining. Let's go with The Nun.
SPEAKER 21 :
The Nun? I don't think I ever saw that. Creepy. Yeah, I never saw that one. Evil Nuns. Jacob's Ladder. Now, that was an old, scary movie as well.
SPEAKER 06 :
Yeah, it was. Back in the day. 28 Days Later.
SPEAKER 21 :
Okay.
SPEAKER 06 :
Terrifying.
SPEAKER 21 :
Really old, 1968, Rosemary's Baby.
SPEAKER 06 :
Oh, wow. That takes me back.
SPEAKER 21 :
It's getting old. Wrong Turn. Okay. I'll throw one more in here, and then we'll take a break. The Haunted Mansion. There was two of those.
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SPEAKER 21 :
All right, we are back. A couple minutes left. Kelly from Parker, you're next.
SPEAKER 09 :
Hi, John. How about Glass House?
SPEAKER 21 :
Ooh. You reviewed that a while back, Glass House. Yeah, yeah. Yeah. Good job, Kelly.
SPEAKER 14 :
I mean, it's not super scary, but it's pretty good.
SPEAKER 21 :
No, it's scary. I think it's pretty scary. It's right up there.
SPEAKER 14 :
All right.
SPEAKER 21 :
That's a good one. Good job, Kelly. Yep. Thank you very much, Kelly. Have a great evening and a good Halloween tonight as well. All right, Andy, take it away.
SPEAKER 06 :
Okay, I'm going to go with the little vampire girl ballerina, Abigail.
SPEAKER 21 :
Okay. I don't have a ton left, so how about Paranormal?
SPEAKER 06 :
Okay. How about my best movie of the year this year, Weapons? Good one. Goosebumps. Okay, Alien Romulus.
SPEAKER 21 :
Very good. Yeah, that's a good one. All right, Casper. It's not super scary, but... Saw. 28 Days Later. Did you do that one already?
SPEAKER 06 :
I did 28 Days Later. You can do 28 Weeks Later.
SPEAKER 21 :
Okay, we'll do that. That works.
SPEAKER 06 :
Okay, Paranormal Activity. Go.
SPEAKER 21 :
Night of Living Dead. Underworld. The Wolfman.
SPEAKER 06 :
Oh, that's a good one. Let's do The Howling. Let's stay with the werewolves.
SPEAKER 21 :
All right, I've got to go back to Frankenstein.
SPEAKER 06 :
Okay, I'm going to go wrong turn. Wait, did I already do that? I did. Black phone.
SPEAKER 21 :
And Dracula. And I'm done. You're going to have to finish it up here for us.
SPEAKER 06 :
Oh, that's not a problem. We're going to go Hellraiser. Cabin in the Woods. Last House on the Left. Silence of the Lambs. We've got to have that. I Spit on Your Grave. Jaws. That was scary at the time. What We Do in the Shadows. That's more of a comedy. Invasion of the Body Snatchers. Nightmare on Elm Street. I think you already did. 30 Days of Night, which is really good. The Lost Boys. It's a lot of fun. Did We Do the Birds?
SPEAKER 21 :
You did the birds.
SPEAKER 06 :
Okay, and Army of Darkness, which is funny. Okay. The Thing, The Conjuring 2, and Warm Bodies, a zombie romance.
SPEAKER 21 :
All right, that's it, guys. Have a great rest of your evening. Be safe out there tonight, by the way. Be back in the morning, first thing, 9 o'clock, for Fix It Radio, followed up by Drive Radio. See you then. Rush to Reason, Denver's Afternoon Rush, KLZ 560.
SPEAKER 09 :
I'm a rich guy
Join host Angie Austin and special guest Jim Stovall as they explore the inspiring world of everyday heroes. Discover the heartwarming story of Zeke, an old hunting dog whose journey to a new home was aided by seven generous individuals just looking to make a difference in the world. Through the lens of pet rescue stories and selfless acts, Angie and Jim delve into the essence of being an everyday hero and how simple, kind gestures can transform lives.
SPEAKER 02 :
Welcome to The Good News with Angie Austin. Now, with The Good News, here's Angie.
SPEAKER 07 :
Hello there, friends. Auntie Austin and Jim Stovall. We're talking about his Winner's Wisdom column. And this week it is the. Oh, which one are we doing with this week, Jim? We are talking about everyday heroes. Everyday heroes. It's funny because I had all your columns stacked up and everyday heroes went away. All right. Everyday heroes. Well, I like that topic. I like that one a lot. All right. So let's get right into it. What are you teaching us this week?
SPEAKER 05 :
Well, Everyday Heroes came about, you know, we hear so much bad news and, you know, you tune in every night and you just think everything is falling apart and the whole world is in a decline. And then you realize every once in a while you get a reminder. And Beth, who works for me, she picks me up. on the way to work to the office every day. And when she's not working with me, she trains dogs and rehabilitates dogs. And she and I actually did a book together earlier this year called Think Like a Dog.
SPEAKER 07 :
And they had her on the show recently.
SPEAKER 05 :
We talked about her dog training. It was wonderful. So Beth called me about 10 minutes before she was going to pick me up. She said, hey, I'm just going to warn you. When I pick you up, there'll be a dog in the backseat. He's wonderful. His name's Zeke. And he's a nine-year-old hunting dog. And I'll only have him about 10 minutes when we get to the office. Somebody's picking him up. I said, great. So I get in, and I'm playing with Zeke and everything. And Zeke got too old to hunt, and the guy that had him as a hunting dog basically turned him back into the pound and didn't want to keep a dog. And it couldn't hunt. And so I asked Beth, so somebody's coming to pick him up. And she said, yeah, yeah. And I said, so it's the new owner. No, no, it's a guy that's going to take Zeke 100 miles to Oklahoma City. I said, oh, the new owner's there. She said, no, no, somebody in Oklahoma City is going to take Zeke to Ardmore. And then someone's going to take Zeke to Denton, Texas. And someone's going to take Zeke to Dallas. And seven rides later, Zeke will be at his new home tonight with a family in Houston, Texas. And I just could not believe it. So this guy comes to pick up Zeke at the office. And I said, well, it's handy you were going to Oklahoma City. He said, no, I wasn't going to Oklahoma City. I'm just taking Zeke to Oklahoma City, and then I'm coming back. I mean, this is a four-hour round trip. And, you know, 500 miles away, they're taking Zeke in one day. And so they picked him up here, and We were looking online. They had this little thing so you could follow Zeke's trip. And he had his little carry-on luggage and everything. He was ready to go. And by 6 o'clock that night, Zeke was arrived at his new home. And here are seven different people that volunteered a part of their day for an old hunting dog they'd never even heard of that's going somewhere they don't know. And it's just, I'm thinking, okay... The world is a pretty great place, and there's a lot of amazing people. And so every once in a while, you just got to kind of, you know, okay, yeah, there's some idiot doing some knucklehead thing on the news, and okay, fine. But seven people got Zeke to Houston, and I'll put them up against anybody.
SPEAKER 07 :
You know, I, okay, this is so cool. Like, I would do this myself. There's something, I was going to Puerto Rico, which I haven't done yet, but I was in this Puerto Rico group. And people were talking about finding dogs there and, like, how to arrange to get them rescued or brought back to the States. And I came across this Flight Angels. And I don't know if it's just in Puerto Rico or how it works exactly. But you you can make arrangements for one of these flight angels and you can volunteer. Like if I'm going to go there. Right. And I'll be coming back to the States. I can actually sign up and volunteer to bring a dog back. And you don't pay for it normally unless, of course, you want to volunteer to contribute to the nonprofit. But what a neat way to help rescue dogs. But it's interesting when you mentioned how many ways they do it. Beth, you're Beth and I talk a lot about. a dog rescue guy that is constantly driving around or getting deliveries from various dog delivery volunteer services or the shelter itself might Lee Asher Lee Asher Asher house is what they call it and he started Jim with like one dog and he had like a condo or a small place he was in the financial world and somehow in the last few years he's turned it into this multi-million dollar business where he makes supplements for dogs this that and the other but he rescues everything from llamas to cats to dogs to whatever in fact today he posted his favorite rescue video which was an eight or nine hour llama rescue because they couldn't catch the llama and the two sheep they were inseparable these three and llamas to catch and to tackle and to hold down and to get into some kind of transport is not easy And so it's actually the rescue where he found out that he was going to marry the woman that he was dating because he's like, I found my person during the nine-hour llama tackling rescue excursion. But I love talking to Beth about animals and some of these things, but that Lee Asher is somebody that I follow a lot because – He's taken this from, you know, one dog at a condo to in Oregon is acre after acre. And he's gotten so many donations. And I think between you and me, he's like very handsome and like six, six and muscular and walks around with his shirt off that that helped build his popularity. But with that said, he's so devoted to these animals. It's really neat to have seen his rescue organization grow so much and do so much good in such, you know, like within five years.
SPEAKER 05 :
Yeah, I have a friend here that has a thing outside of town, an exotic animal rescue, and he goes all over the country because people are forever... They come back from overseas, and they think this tiger is so cute. He's four weeks old, and this little tiger, and they put him in their apartment, and I don't know what they're thinking, but it's not long until you've got a 400-pound tiger here, and... It doesn't take long until you realize, okay, I can't keep this guy. My friend will go and get them. He has lions and tigers and an elephant and some amazing snakes. Sometimes he'll have me over to meet the animals. I've had some unbelievable experiences with these animals. It's just amazing to see. to see what people will do or just to rescue a dog. And I mean, you know, and I always remember that scripture, when you've done it unto the least of these, you've done it unto me. And somehow I feel that extends to dogs and cats and whatever. I mean, you know, someone that cares enough to do that is my headline story for the day.
SPEAKER 07 :
Yeah, the whole idea of finding something to do as an everyday hero. I mean, we're specifically talking pets, dogs right now. specifically that. But I found a search engine and it's changed names now, but I'm sure you could Google it and find anything to be similar. And I was just trying to find something that matched to me. And so as I was going through the search engine, it took my likes and found different volunteer matches that might be good for me. So let's say the Denver Rescue Mission or working with young people or tutoring kids. Well, mine happened to be, imagine this, volunteering with my animals at either an elderly facility or a hospice. And so it actually linked me with a couple of different organizations. And then you fill out there, you know, sometimes you have to do a background check and other things like that. Faith and I have gone twice. And, you know, we're not the highlight. They're so excited to see the Pomeranians that we bring in. And and and choosing the right one. I've got the you know, the one that jumps off the walls. It's like the ADHD Pomeranian that runs in circles for an hour and then the mellow, you know, chill one. And I took the wrong one, you know, for the senior facility. I took the puppy one. Right. And that was like a little bit much. So then the next time I took the, you know, more like the stuffed animal Pomeranian that just kind of sits there and lets you hold it. So anyway, I just think it's neat that you can go on to these aggregators or these search engines that can actually match you with the right. Because people are always saying like, what's my calling or what would be good for me? And we're just sitting in the lazy boy of life trying to figure out like it's going to drop like a brick on our head one day. But there are so many tools now that we can use to find the right fit for us.
SPEAKER 05 :
Oh, yeah. And there's always, you know, if you're looking for something to do on your own time, your own schedule, whatever, you can always find something like you talked about. Or if you can't find anything else, Big Brothers and Big Sisters is an amazing program across the country. Yes. Just whatever you were going to do anyway, you take the kid with you, and it's an amazing day for them.
SPEAKER 07 :
Good point. Whatever you were going to do anyway, you take the kid. And sometimes it's fun to have a kid to go to the zoo with rather than to go by yourself.
SPEAKER 05 :
Oh, absolutely. I mean, as a blind guy, I have different friends I go to different things with. So cool.
SPEAKER 07 :
I wish I lived near you. It would be so much fun to go do something like that with you.
SPEAKER 05 :
You know, I got a friend that's a computer geek and an intellectual guy. Yeah, you don't want to take him to the zoo or the art gallery. You're not going to get much out of it. You know, here's a picture. Here's another picture. Who cares? There's animals here, bars and cages and everything. But there's nothing more fun than going somewhere with a little kid because they are just – everything's amazing. So true.
SPEAKER 07 :
I just was in St. Louis, and this little kid threw – did I tell you about the St. Louis? union station they turned it into this giant facility there's an entertainment facility and there's a lake there that used to be a pond you know ages ago and it's so full of koi that when you throw food in it's like a carpet of koi fish that come to the surface like hundreds of them so this little girl anyway she threw some in and her screaming and her laughter i turned to her mom and i said she's better than the koi like she's more entertaining than the koi and i took a video just of her because of her laughter and you're right it's just like their joy and excitement is than the event that you're taking them to.
SPEAKER 05 :
Yeah, I have been to the old Union Station there, did an event there one time. And it's amazing when people get excited about it. You know, it's just fun to see anybody get that excited about anything. It doesn't matter what it is. And I remember when I was working with some kids' groups here, and they had a deal out at the zoo. And we get off the bus, and it's a quarter of a mile hike up the deal to the entrance of the zoo. And this kid says, stop. Wait a minute, Jim. There's a worm right here on the sidewalk. Look at this worm. And I said, kid, you know. Right at the top of the hill, they've got lions and tigers and elephants and everything you want. But, no, we had to all stop and look at this worm. That is so funny. Yeah, and that was his worm. And, you know, it's great. So, yeah, it's just always a matter of what happens. But I just, you know, you can be an everyday hero. And, you know, I just thought about what, you know, Zeke and this dog, and it's just – Really, really incredible.
SPEAKER 07 :
What ways do you like being an everyday hero? Because I know that you talk to people a lot and work with people a lot when they're trying to reach goals. Is there any other way that you like to work with people?
SPEAKER 05 :
Well, yeah. I mean, of course, as you said, I have 10 million books in print around the world and my contact info is in all of them. So I try to talk to everyone that calls me and help them in any way I can. But probably my biggest thing is just looking at my talent and skill set. For every arena event or corporate convention I do, I go make one speech for free, usually here in my hometown, and I'll go to a Sunday school class or a ladies group or whatever. And, you know, I mean, you know, I just, it doesn't matter to me. I just will go somewhere where they wouldn't have had a chance, and I'll just volunteer and show up, you know what I mean? And, you know, one of these speakers bureaus that books me makes fun of me. So last night you talked to 18,000 people in L.A., and tonight you got three old ladies in a phone booth somewhere. And I said, yeah, that's about the way it works, man. And I really enjoy some of the little tiny things where you go in and you talk to a dozen people. I know you do.
SPEAKER 07 :
I know you do.
SPEAKER 05 :
And the students, you love working with the students. Yeah. Oh, I love my students. And, yeah, so those are the things I do best. And – Yeah, I enjoy that. And so, you know, look for ways to go make a difference.
SPEAKER 07 :
Look for ways to go make a difference. And just Google that, you know, volunteer search engine to see if you can find something that matches with you. I know a bigger search engine bought it out because I got an email saying that it had changed. I don't know who it went into because I didn't need it then, but pretty cool. JimStoval.com. Thank you, friend. Thank you. Thank you.
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Erie, thanks for tuning in to KLTT, the Mighty 670.
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Hello there, friend. Angie Austin here with the good news. I hope your day is a good news day. I've got some important info coming up about something that I have done recently that I think you may want to consider if you haven't done it already. which we'll get to because we have an interview coming up. But prior to that, I wanted to talk to you about some daily notes to self that we should all be more familiar with before life gets any tougher. These are just things, in my opinion, which can make your life better. And I need a lot of these reminders myself sometimes, um, For instance, like every day, you know, I have this like I have three little plaques by my bed. And one is today only happens once. Make it amazing. And then I have one just about hope. But then another one that says joy, you know, comes in the morning to kind of like remind me to like not be such a crab in the morning. Not necessarily to other people, but just like. I'm just not a morning person. I don't pop out of bed like a lot of people. And when I visit people and stay with them, when I, you know, on these adventures, I go on a lot of times I stay with friends and they're all like up and having coffee and all cheerful. And I don't want to like go anywhere before 10, but I never say that. Like if they want to leave before 10 AM, I'm like, Oh, okay. You know? And then I just really just resolve to get up earlier. Like I kind of am like an eight or nine o'clock person to get up in the morning and And then, you know, get ready, obviously. And so I have to have a reminder that joy comes in the morning, you know, because it doesn't actually come naturally for me. But anyway, so these are things that can really make our life better and easier. And one of them, the key. to a better life and a more positive life is keeping the right thoughts at the top of our mind. And, you know, there's scripture that goes along with that. Um, you know, and I do a lot of these notes to sell for like these plaques next to my bed that when I roll over, I just kind of see them. So keeping the right thoughts at the top of your mind, you know, thinking about things that really benefit your life, um, and, Not focusing on the negative. I really think that you your mind, what you think is what you become. And, you know, if you need to use scripture, then do that. You know, I have like a book that kind of explains that. and gives you scripture for every, you know, issue you might be, um, you know, thinking about, you know, if you're like having an issue with depression or, um, relationships or whatever. And, uh, what is it? Philippians four, eight, um, Philippians 4.8, here we go, advises meditating on things that are true, noble, right, pure, lovely, admirable, excellent, or praiseworthy. I mean, that's just basic common sense, like really in life, thinking about the things that bring you joy, that are positive. Alright, so you know I love this website, Mark and Angel. So these are 12 daily thoughts that really can make your life better. So keeping positive thoughts at the top of your mind and learning to maybe even ignore certain people. Number two, learning to ignore certain people and things is one of the great paths to inner peace. And I don't know if I would say ignore. I would say there are certain people in your life you don't put a lot of weight in their opinions or their outlook or their advice to you. And if you're related to them, they might have to be in your life, but don't give these people free rent in your head. All right, number three, when things aren't adding up in your life, begin subtracting. Life gets a lot simpler when you clear the clutter that makes it complicated. Bring your attention back to what's important and move forward. haven't you heard a million times like the things that we deem important today that we really think are a big deal or that are upsetting us you know in a year or two or a day or two a week or two won't even matter number four do your best to take a deep breath and another remind yourself the strongest sign of your growth is knowing you're no longer stressed out by the petty things that once used to drain you one of my kids really uses breathing a lot to like control her emotions and make her you know feel better per se and All right, number five, you can't control how other people behave. You can't control everything that happens to you. What you can control is how you respond to it. In your response is your power. That is so true. I've really taught my kids that and I try to show them that and like not lose my cool and really show them that, you know, how you respond, like that's your power and that's your choice to make. All right, number six, the trick is to enjoy life. Don't wish away all your days waiting for better ones ahead. Just appreciate where you are right now. You've come a long way and you're still learning and growing. Be thankful for the lessons. Take them and make the very best of things today. So many things that we have today that we maybe take for granted, we really wished for or worked for earlier in our lives. Isn't that the case? so enjoy your life don't wish it away don't wait to have fun until you take a vacation or till you get your mba or till the weekend number seven forgive yourself for the bad decisions you've made and for the times you lacked understanding for the choices that hurt others and yourself forgive yourself for being young and reckless these experiences are vital lessons and what matters most right now is your willingness to grow from these lessons that's so true so many people dwell on things they've done i have um someone close in my life that sold a house and I actually suggested that they did and I feel like she brings it up to me to like blame me that like that house increased in value and she could never afford to buy it back but she went to another country with her son where she had a lot of family and had a lot of support when he was little and I felt like that was really beneficial to him and to her and then when she moved back to Los Angeles the house was like way out of her price range and she she's probably brought it up to me like no less than 25 times and And I always say to her son, I'm like, woulda, shoulda, coulda. You don't want a woulda, shoulda, coulda through life, you know? Like, accept that you did that, and there were reasons for that, and you benefited in some ways from that. Okay, number eight. Everything gets a bit uncomfortable when it's time to change. That's just a part of the growth process, and change doesn't necessarily feel good. With effort, things will gradually get better. Be patient and remind yourself, life never gets easier... it doesn't really, sometimes it does a little, you just get stronger. Okay. I don't totally, life does sometimes get a little bit easier. All right. Number nine, if you don't allow yourself to move past what happened, what was said, what was felt, you look at your present and future through the same dirty lenses and nothing will be able to focus your foggy judgment. I always tell my mom this, like you've got to forgive and move on, or you're going to be looking through gray cloudy glasses for your entire life. And I have to admit she's gotten a little bit better. I don't know that she's forgiven people in her past, but she definitely doesn't dwell on it as much. Number 10. Oh, somebody wrote to me and said, do you think your mother gets upset when she hears all the things that you say about her on the radio? First of all, she never listens to my show. Second of all, like I've taken care of my mom. pretty much my entire adult life, you know, helped her buy a home, bought her a car. Her retirement fund was funded by me and my brother, you know, got her a home loan, you know, that I put the down payment down on the house. Like I've done all these things to really make her life better. So I've really put a lot of effort into making her life better. So it's my reality too, that I've had her living with me and my kids and my husband for the majority, well, of my marriage. And so I feel like it's, my reality so i do talk about it because you know it's like my day-to-day life you know so anyway she doesn't listen to my show so don't worry about her she's fine all right number 10 impress yourself show yourself that you can grow and get better it's never about competing with anyone else in the end it's just about you yeah remember that when you're on social media Just it's you. I mean, I could compare myself to so many of my girlfriends and be like, oh, their house is eight times as much as mine or their husband's this. And, you know, and they go on these vacations. No, no, no, no comparisons. Just live your best life. Number 11, you need to do hard things to be happy in life. Oh, yeah. You need to do hard things to be able to enjoy your life maybe more later in the future. Like a lot of the hard things I did were in my 20s and 30s. And that's why I get to travel more now and do things because, you know, I was pretty poor growing up. You know, Section 8 low-income housing, it doesn't get a lot poorer than that. You know, I guess homeless would be, you know, less comfortable. All right, you need to do hard things to be happy in life because the hard things ultimately build you up and change your life. They make the difference between existing and living, between knowing the path and walking it, between a lifetime of empty promises and one filled with progress. Progress is tough. It's not easy. All right, number 12. If you wait until you feel 100% ready, you'll be waiting the rest of your life. Realize this. Some people wait all day for 5 p.m. Some people wait all week for Friday. Some people wait all year for the holidays and all their lives for happiness. Don't be one of them. Hmm, I like that. Now it's your turn. What does Jim always say? You know, today's the day. Like, I don't know. I love that little plaque on my bed that just says, today only happens once. Make it amazing. Make it amazing. All right. Let's change gears now and talk about something that I've recently done. And that's my shingle shots. Why? Because I'm of that age now. Got them for my mom. My brother's getting them. And today I'm joined by Dr. Kelsey Godderwiss and Dr. Leonard Friedlandt. And I want to talk a little bit about this today because I think that this is a good time. A lot of us are getting our flu shots and other shots this time of year. So Dr. Leonard Friedland, as Vice President, Director of Scientific Affairs and Public Health, GSK Vaccines, and Dr. Kelsey Godderwiss, Pharmacy Manager with Kroger King Soopers, as you probably know it here. where I am based in Colorado. All right, welcome to both of you. Thank you so much. So tell me, Dr. Friedland, what is shingles and how is it caused?
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Yeah, so shingles is a disease that's characterized by a painful blistering rash that can last weeks and that can be very disruptive to our lives, work, home, social activities, sleep, etc., The disease is caused by a virus, and that virus is the herpes zoster virus, and that's the very same virus that causes the disease of childhood called chickenpox. But while we recover from chickenpox, the virus doesn't leave our body. It stays in our body, goes dormant, and it can reactivate years later. And when it reactivates, it reactivates as this painful blistering rash that can last weeks. The most important risk factor for this reactivation of this virus is advancing age. As we age, particularly starting at around age 50, our immune systems will sort of naturally weaken, and that can allow the opportunity for this virus to reactivate, causing this painful, blistering rash shingles. But in addition to advancing age, there are some underlying medical conditions that are associated with increased risk of shingles, and those include diabetes, asthma, heart disease, COPD, and chronic of kidney disease.
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Okay, Dr. Godderwiss, what are some key facts that people should know about shingles?
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So shingles is so much more common than we think. There are about 1 million new cases of shingles just in the United States every year. And so as Dr. Lin said, that age limit of 50 and up is where we see a huge spike in the disease. So I recommend always reaching out to your Kroger pharmacist to figure out if you're at risk for vaccine preventable diseases like shingles.
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All right, Dr. Friedland, let's go to you. Who is at increased risk of developing shingles?
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Yeah, so the most important group who's at increasing risk for people over the age of 50, and that's associated with our weakening immune systems as we age. But in addition, there are underlying medical conditions that are associated with an increased risk of having cases of shingles, and those include asthma, diabetes, heart disease, COPD, and chronic kidney disease.
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All right, Dr. Gutterwiss, would you talk about how your pharmacist, your Kroger or King Super pharmacist help people better understand their risk for shingles?
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So October is American Pharmacist Month, and your Kroger pharmacist is your most accessible health care provider. So we are there anytime we are open to answer questions about any disease states, especially those that are vaccine preventable. You can always go to our website, kroger.com slash health, to find out more information about vaccine preventable diseases and also to make an appointment to see your local pharmacist to get those vaccines.
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And what questions should people ask their pharmacist about shingles?
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So Kroger patients can ask their pharmacist any questions about why they're at risk or how they're at risk and what they can do to help prevent developing a disease like shingles. We're going into the fall busy season right before holidays. So speaking to your pharmacist about any vaccine preventable disease like shingles is really, really important this time of year to make sure that you don't miss out on any of that fun time with your family and to help you live your healthiest life.
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All right, Dr. Friedland, would you tell us where people go to learn more? Yeah.
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So, of course, you can always learn more about vaccine-preventable diseases, including shingles, by speaking with your health care provider, including your trusted pharmacist. But in addition, we have a website we created, easyvax.com, E-A-S-Y-V-A-X.com, where you can put in information about where you live, your zip code to find out about Which pharmacies near you have the available vaccines for vaccine preventable diseases, including shingles?
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Thank you both so much for your time today. I think this is a really important subject. And that's why those of us in my family that are of that age, you know, are getting or have already gotten the shingles vaccine. Thank you so much.
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Thank you for listening to The Good News with Angie Austin on AM 670 KLTT.
Join Rick Hughes on The Flatline for an eye-opening discussion about the current spiritual and cultural challenges facing our nation. Discover profound insights and scriptural wisdom as Rick explores the concept of objective optimism and the importance of spiritual maturity in navigating these turbulent times. This episode highlights the role of mature believers in sustaining the spiritual pivot crucial for national recovery, and reflects on the decline in cultural standards and moral absolutes.
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Welcome to the Flatline with your host, Rick Hughes. For the next 30 minutes, you'll be inspired, motivated, educated, but never manipulated. Now, your host, Rick Hughes.
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Good morning and welcome to the Flatline. I'm your host, Rick Hughes, and for the next few minutes, I'd like to invite you to stick around. A short time of motivation, some inspiration, a whole lot of education. And no manipulation, no con games, no begging for money, not trying to sell you something. We're not going to ask you to join up, fess it up, give it up. We're just going to ask you to listen up. What I'm going to try to do is verify and identify the plan of God for your life, for our nation. And if you can orient and adjust to that plan, you'll be much better off. But this show is about giving you truth from the Scripture, from the Word of God. I don't claim to be a know-it-all. I don't claim to be a genius. But anybody with half a brain can look at the trends of history and see what's going on. You've got to have some objective optimism in these days. You say, what is that? Well, it's wisdom, knowledge, discretion, and understanding. Taught in Proverbs. Listen to what the Bible says. How blessed is the man who finds wisdom... and the man who gains understanding, for her profit is better than the profit of silver, and her gain better than fine gold, and she's more precious than jewels, and nothing you desire compares with her. And that's the wisdom of God's Word. When you are educated or taught the Bible, when you have an instructor who teaches you the Bible, You get wisdom, wisdom, and from wisdom, you get discretion and understanding. I've often called it spiritual x-ray vision. With this knowledge from the word of God, you can see things other people don't see. You can understand things that other people cannot understand. So the question we'd like to answer for you today is what's going on in the country? Recent trends of history can tell us there are dark days coming, can't they? You see it just like I do. The question to be answered is, how is it going to affect us? What can we do about it? Obviously, voting is not the answer. I mean, surely we're going to vote in great politicians, but that doesn't solve the problem. The problem is the people, the old sin nature of the people. And these coming years will provide us with the opportunity to glorify God to the maximum. I promise you. You're going to have an opportunity to glorify God like you've never had before. And either it will be through undeserved suffering or you will glorify God by having spiritual victory in your life and helping deliver this current nation from the crisis we find ourselves in. So it'll be up to the mature believer to sustain the pivot. Mature believers. I'm not talking about military action. I'm not talking about picking up arms. I'm talking about growing spiritually, being a mature believer, being part of the pivot that God uses to sustain the client nation. And if you can do that, then you can present Christ to the lost individuals that live within this nation. So which way do you think things are going to go? What do you think? I believe it's not hard to predict if you just look back in history to similar times, which we can do. But if I give you an overall view of current American trends, I'd like to quote something that my very own pastor taught recently in a Bible conference. He said these words. He said, there has never been a change in how people think. Or excuse me, never been. I don't take that back. There has been a change in how people think. The loss of standards, the loss of morality has brought about relative decisions in their lives. What's a relative decision? It's a decision based on circumstances, not absolutes. So is America losing its standards? And the answer has to be obviously yes. The rise of radical organizations such as BLM and Antifa, whose agenda is to destroy America as we know it. Social justice beginning to take precedence over rule of the law. The rise of internationalism and dependency on other nations are one world orders on the horizon. The unique American culture that we've known for years is being destroyed by diversity and multiculturalism. And that's referring to divine institutions. They're on the way out the window. Volition, freedom, marriage, and nationalism. That's the four articles of divine institution. Again, freedom. God gave you volition, the freedom to choose. Marriage, God ordained marriage. One man, one woman. Family, God ordained a family to raise up and train children in respect for authority. And nationalism, not internationalism. So that's all being destroyed today. The new savior today is not the Lord Jesus Christ. It's environmentalism. They want to save the planet, and you can't do it. I can't do it. And nobody's going to destroy this planet. God's already got it written in the scripture what's going to happen. If you want to know, you can read it for yourself. And so the world's not going to be blown up in nuclear bombs. The world's not going to be destroyed by us. It will be destroyed eventually at the end of the millennial reign of Christ, but by God. So politicians who claim to know what's best for us, medically they know what's best for us, financially they know what's best for us, socially they know what's best for us, and so you lose your rights. Churches, this is a shame, abandoned by lazy believers who've lost interest in spiritual matters. They'd rather stay home and watch on television. They'd rather put their free time first. Go, go, go. Do, do, do. Do something. Do something. Let's go have some fun this weekend. Forget about church. So there you go. That's kind of what's going on in our country today. We're in big trouble, and you can see it for yourself. The times are changing. The sands in this country are shifting, and it's going to require you and me to orient and adjust spiritually. So listen to my challenge. Buckle up, Lulu. The battle's just in the first quarter of a four-quarter game, and it's coming. Our Lord's very own disciples found themselves in changing times as well because they had no idea how rough things were about to get. Even though the Lord spelled it out for them in this particular passage I'm going to read to you. What was coming would require a great deal of sacrifice, I mean much more than they signed up for. And I personally believe it will be the same for you and I. In John 16, 1 through 4, as well as John 15, 18 through 21, the Lord Jesus Christ said these words, "'These things I have spoken to you "'that you should not be made to stumble.'" They will put you out of the synagogue. Yes, the time is coming when whoever kills you will think he's doing a favor for God. And these things they will do to you because they have not known the Father nor me. But these things I have told you that when the time comes, you can remember. Now, my question is, how can you recall what you haven't heard? So the Lord Jesus Christ said, you can remember that I told him to you. And these things I didn't say to you at the beginning because I was with you. Now I'm not gonna be with you. So it's time for them to learn to stand on their own cognitive independence. We call this spiritual autonomy. He sent the Holy Spirit to sustain them, to provide all their needs. So what is he saying these things? What's he referring to? Well, it's the hatred for the followers of Jesus Christ. And he told them that persecution is coming. That's what refers to what the Lord said these things. Listen to John 15, 18. If the world hates you, the cosmos diabolicus, the world hates you. You know it hated me before it hated you. If you were of the world, they would love you. But because you are not of the world, I chose you out of the world. I chose you. I called you out of the world. therefore the world hates you. So remember the word that I said to you, a servant is not greater than his master. If they persecuted me, they will also persecute you. And if they keep my word, they will keep your word. But all these things they will do to you for my name's sake because they don't know the one that sent me." Well, I think these words were designed to wake up the disciples to the severity of what was coming. because soon he would be crucified, buried, and resurrected. And soon Satan's strategy would then be target them, turn to them, turn to the disciples, go after them. Jesus said, they're still missing the big picture. They still didn't get it. In John 16, 6, he said, because I said these things to you, sorrow has filled your heart. In other words, emotions kicked in. They're feeling all sad now. Jesus, you've been with us, and you're going to leave us. What are we going to do? Don't miss the big picture of why God chose you, why God equipped you, and why God left you on planet Earth. Don't miss the picture. John 15, 16, you did not choose me. I chose you, and I appointed you that you should go and bear fruit and that your fruit should remain, that whatever you ask in the Father in my name, he will give it to you. So I remember when I got saved, I didn't go looking for God. I wasn't on a mission to find God. God found me. That doesn't mean I was predetermined to be saved. That's not what I'm saying. God knew an eternity future. He has that ability. He's omniscient. He knew I would respond, and he made sure I got the gospel. and he gave me a spiritual gift called evangelism. And then hopefully he's used me for this past 50 plus years. While these words were spoken to the disciples, you didn't choose me, I chose you, appointed you, it's clear that these same words can be a motivation for you and for I to determine something, for us to determine what shall we do with our remaining time on earth. And for some of us, it may not be much longer, right? Your charge might not be to write the Bible or to count into Scripture or to be a martyr as these disciples were, but you and I have been given a great responsibility to represent Jesus Christ to our generation by means of word and deed. So there's no doubt this is asking a whole lot of some individuals. There's no doubt some people consider their time more important Their desire is more essential. They want to be happy. They want to have fun. So their desires come first. And that being said, they will indeed reap what they sow. What do I mean by that statement? I mean, they're not interested in the spiritual life. They may play church. There might be what we call a conventional Christian, a caricature of Christ, not the real thing. They'll show up, nod to God, crowd, hello, God, and see you next Sunday, God. Goodbye, God. Don't bug me during the week, God. Is it asking too much for some people to grow spiritually? Hebrews 5 says you've been saved a long time now and you ought to be spiritually teaching other people, but you're not. You're just like babies. Think about it. People have been saved for years. They've known the Lord Jesus Christ for years and they never got out of the first grade. If you send your child to the first grade and they go for an hour a week, they're never gonna get out of the first grade. And if that's all you get, if you get an hour a week of spiritual instruction from the pulpit of your local church, you're never gonna get out of the first grade spiritually. You've got to grow. You've got to get with it. So people that have excuses, they make excuses, they're gonna reap what they sow because the Bible says in Hosea 8, 7, they have sown to the wind, and they will reap the whirlwind, and that's about volitional responsibility. God holds you responsible for your spiritual life. He gave it to you. He endowed you with the Holy Spirit. He gave you the canon of Scripture. He gave you communicators to teach it to you, and he's holding you responsible to know what you did with it. You must choose whose agenda you're going to follow in the future. Is it going to be your agenda, or is it going to be God's? Are you gonna live on your plan or God's plan? Because if you choose to pursue your own agenda and you have every right to do so, whether you chose it out of fear or just plain neglect, but whatever the reason, you're wasting your time and God's time. You should be redeeming the time, the Bible says. I'm sure some of these disciples thought second, you know, wait a minute, wait a minute. We didn't sign up to be criminals. We didn't sign up to be martyrs. We didn't sign up to be persecuted, and neither did you, but you live in the devil's world. You are in the middle of the angelic conflict, and if you think things are gonna be always rosy and peachy and nice because you're a Christian, you got the wrong idea. Satan has your name on the books, and he's gonna come after you as quickly and hard as he can if you grow spiritually, if you decide to get serious about your spiritual life, He will be on you like a bug. He'll be after you. So you have to choose. Are you willing to pay the price? Are you willing to grow spiritually? Are you willing to get involved under a local church, under a great pastor, studying and growing and learning God's word and getting that wisdom, knowledge, discernment, understanding we're talking about? Because the enemy is in the business of neutralizing you, neutralizing your impact. whether by distracting you by some of your hobbies or your vacation or your work or defeating you. It makes no difference to him. He's aware of you and he's aware of your priorities. So what Satan wants to do, let's keep this in mind now. This is a little shocking. Satan wants to neuter you, neuter you so you cannot reproduce. That's what he's after. He's not in a hurry. He's aware of your priorities. He knows what he can do to defeat you. He's not in a hurry. And the attempt to neutralize you or neuter you is to impact your life and in your church. And it's not a one shot attempt. I promise you. In some cases, it takes years to neuter individuals, years to neutralize a person and even an institution like a local church. But the tack is there. It's always there. And it can be very, very, very subtle. Some of the greatest tests in the local church are people tests. Very subtle, but still very effective. People get discouraged, people get mad, people get angry, people bail out, people leave, people quit, because they don't like somebody. That's a problem. You don't learn how to use impersonal love if you don't understand the flat line in your soul. Using impersonal love for all based on your personal love for God, you're gonna bail when that happens. So Satan will use the lure of the world as well as tempting the lust patterns of the flesh. What he's actually doing is probing you, always probing you, looking for weakness so that he can form his plan of attack. And the number one tactic is obviously to cut you out of the herd, obviously to isolate you from the local body of believers. Now listen, it's not abnormal to sin, it's not abnormal to fail, and on occasion, not consistently, but it's not abnormal, but it is wrong, it is not right, it is very abnormal if you refuse to recover from your sin and you remain out of commission. What does that mean? It means you don't use the 1 John 1, 9 rebound situation. If we confess our sin, he's faithful and just to forgive us and cleanse us from all unrighteousness. That's the key to being filled with the Holy Spirit. When you sin in your own volition, you quench the Holy Spirit and you grieve the Holy Spirit. And you're out of commission. You're not empowered. You're operating in the energy of the flesh. And that's exactly what Satan would like for you to do because then you'll never be able to complete the plan of God for your life. So I want to give you some verses that'll challenge your volition as they challenged mine when I read them. 1 Corinthians 15, 58. 1 Corinthians 15, 58. And by the way, if you ever need to contact me, just pick up the phone and call. 800-831-0718 800-831-0718 And I'm not a counselor. I'm a Bible teacher. And if you want to talk about the word of God, if you have a question, give me a call. Go to our website. Look at rickhughesministries.org. rickhughesministries.org. And you can see all the material that we offer you free, free, free. We don't sell anything. It's all free. And you can get it and you can grow spiritually if you're interested in learning more about the word of God. So here are four verses that will challenge your volition. 1 Corinthians 15, 58. Therefore, my beloved brethren, Paul wrote, be steadfast. Be immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that your labor is not in vain in the Lord. Here's the first question you're going to have to answer in that verse. What exactly is he talking about when he said abounding in the work of the Lord? What does that mean? And I'll show you in a minute what it means. Some people read over it. I've asked probably 10 people, what does that mean to you? They all 10 have a different answer. In 1 Corinthians 16, 13, Paul wrote again, watch, stand fast in the faith, be brave, be strong. And James wrote, you too be patient, James 5, 8, and stand firm because the Lord is near to returning. And again, in 2 Corinthians 1, 24, Paul wrote again, stand firm in your faith. Why, why do we have all these commandments to stand firm? Be steadfast, 1 Corinthians 15, 58. My beloved brethren, be steadfast, be immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord. We start out with a verb. The word be is the verb. It's pronounced genomi in the Greek, and it is a present middle imperative. The present tense says there never is a time you are not supposed to be steadfast. The middle voice is a deponent verb because of the MAI ending on that word. And it's passive in form, but active in meaning, which means they have been being steadfast, and they need to keep on being steadfast. And it is an imperative mood, which means it is a command from God, not a request. Two descriptive adjectives to relate to your spiritual life. What are they? Immovable, immovable, and steadfast. Immovable and steadfast. And then abounding in the work of the Lord. So, Steadfast and immovable. Steadfast is an adjective. Hyderos is the Greek word, and literally it means to be fixed, to be firm. When we're fishing, we have on our bass boats, we have something called a spot lock. It's new in the trolling motor industry, but it's worked off a GPS. So if you're out in the middle of the lake fishing an underwater hump or an underwater roadbed or an underwater culvert, and you catch a fish, you step on the spot lock. And that will hold the boat in place and not allow it to drift off the location. And this is what this word means, to be spotlocked. It means to denote strength and be anchored down, steadfast, firm, stay there, fixed. And then immovable, another adjective. And that word is a little longer word, amatekinitas, amatekinitas. And that means do not be deferred from your objective or do not be deferred from your directions. Keep your post is what it means. It's a military, you could use that. Don't abandon your post. Well, okay, what is your post in God's plan? Has God given you a post? Yes. Your assignment is your spiritual gift, whatever it is. And you are to stand firm today and tomorrow. And then we have the verb abounding, always abounding, steadfast, immovable, and abounding. Parisuo is the Greek word. And that means to be exceeding in the number, to be over and well beyond and above, beyond the expected. So he expects you to be steadfast, immovable, abounding in the work of the Lord, the prepositional phrase. What exactly is the work of the Lord? In John 14, 12, Jesus said, most assuredly I say to you, he who believes in me, the works that I do, he will do also. And even greater works than these he will do because I go to my Father. So here the Lord Jesus Christ is talking about your works, what you will do. This church in Corinth that Paul wrote to faced many problems. One of them was the Temple of Aphrodite, the goddess of love in the middle of town. And Greek culture placed high value on wisdom. It was a commercial city on the Corinthian Isthmus, about maybe 250,000 people. It was known as the chief city of Greece, and it was full of unbridled immorality and idolatry. And Paul received information concerning that church from a woman household of Chloe that the church had developed fractions, factions. And so he wrote to address these problems and to instruct them as well as inspire them. Number one, he asked them to remain faithful in the Lord to what he taught them concerning the Lord's will for their life because he did not want them to be compromised in their behavior. Listen to what he told them about temptations from these various things in the city. He said in 1 Corinthians 10, 13, no temptation has overtaken you except those that are common to man. And God is always faithful. He will not allow you to be tempted beyond what you can bear. But when you are tempted, he will also give you a way out so that you can endure it. Therefore, my friends, flee from idolatry. Don't get involved in it. and always be abounding in the work of the Lord. What does that mean, the work of the Lord? We're gonna take a couple of shows to deal with this, but there are a lot of different things here. In 1 Corinthians 12, verses four through 11, he identifies something. He says there are varieties of gifts, but the same Spirit. And there are varieties of ministry, but the same Lord. And there are varieties of effect, but the same God who works all things and all people. But to each one is given the manifestation of the Spirit for the common good. For to one is given the word of wisdom through the Spirit, to another the word of knowledge according to the same Spirit, to another faith by the same Spirit, to another gifts of healing by one Spirit, and to another the effect of miracles, to another prophecy, and to another the distinguishing of spirits, to another various kinds of tongues, and then to another the interpretation of those tongues. but to one and the same spirit works all these things, distributing to each one individually, just as he will. You have a spiritual gift. God gave you a spiritual gift. Some of these that I mentioned have passed away. They no longer work today because that which is perfect has been provided, which is the canon of scripture, and the temporary spiritual gifts don't function anymore. Those were miraculous gifts that got people's attention, but now we have the living word of God and we don't need those. but we still have certain spiritual gifts that are in effect today. And your job, the work of the Lord, is for you to fulfill your spiritual gift. Whatever that may be, it has nothing to do with your abilities. I'm not talking about that you can sing good. I'm talking about spiritual gifts, those gifts which function through your local church that present a picture of Jesus Christ to the community. Where do you think these spiritual gifts come from? Listen to this, Ephesians 4, 7. To each one of us, the grace has been given according to the measure of the spiritual gift from Christ. So you were given your spiritual gift from Christ. Hopefully you know what it is. I know mine's evangelism. I know that. I didn't study to be an evangelist. I didn't choose to be an evangelist. That's a gift God gave me. Listen to 1 Corinthians 12, but to one and the same spirit works all these things, distributing to each one individually just as he wills. So God gives you a spiritual gift. You must determine what that spiritual gift is because that is the work of the Lord or that's the job God gave you for you to complete for your assignment. This is it. What is your spiritual gift? How does it work in the local church? How does it form a picture of the body of Christ to the community? And if you bail out of your local church, if you run from it, and you're not doing the work of the Lord, you may say, oh, I read my Bible, and I pray, and that's the work of the Lord. And it's true. That's exactly what God wants you to do. But this is talking about much more than that. This is talking about your spiritual gift and how it affects your local church. There's a lot more to say about this, and I'll try to get back with you next week and continue this study. I hope you're listening. I hope I haven't gone too fast. I hope you're learning something. Again, go to our website, check out our books. Our new material is being offered, especially the new transcripts of all the shows we've done since 2018. We have it now all for you. Thank you for being here today. I appreciate that. I hope you'll stay in touch. Keep sending those notes and letting us know you're listening. It means a lot. Until then, this is your host, Rick Hughes, saying thank you for listening to The Flotline.
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Join us on a compelling journey with Mike Gallagher as he hosts Israeli Defense Forces soldier Daniel Kopolov, who recounts his experiences from immigration to military service. Learn how the International Fellowship of Christians and Jews played a pivotal role in his recovery after a life-altering event. This inspiring dialogue also delves into the emotional courage, resilience, and purpose that drive Daniel's aspirations beyond the challenges he's faced.
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And yes, yes, yes, I know that police officers are never trained to clip somebody in the arm or the leg. I think I was pretty obvious in my exchange with Val from Houston. Tom from Flower Mound, Texas, on the MyPillow text line writes, Val, the ex-cop, quote-unquote, who says she was trained to clip a suspect in the arm or the leg? Seriously? I doubt if Val has the ability to clip a bag of potato chips. Ouch. And here's a lot of law enforcement, a cop from Los Angeles. It's called Center of Mass, Val. Give me a break. All right, 26 minutes before the hour, I want to quickly tell you about a guy that can make a difference in your life. My CPA can be yours, M. Dean Owens CPA. I want to introduce you to a true leader in tax and financial strategy. Dean's a combat vet. His incredible team at M. Dean Owens CPA has been ranked one of the top CPA and financial advisory firms for the last three years in a row. That's no surprise to me. I wish I had met him years ago. Their work reflects integrity, faith in God, and the conservative values we hold dear. Dean's mission is to make sure you're not paying one penny more to the government than you have to. So don't wait. Take control of your financial future. Make the call. Save you a lot of money. And Dean is one of us. My CPA can be your CPA. Call Dean Owen, 270-554-0720. Put his team to work for you. Put together a financial plan, a strategy, going to put money in your pocket. Don't pay one dime more to the government than you need to. M. Dean Owens, CPA. Call 270-554-0720, 270-554-0720, or visit owenscpa.com. I was so fascinated by the story of Daniel Kopolov, a 21-year-old Israeli soldier originally from Ukraine. He immigrated to Israel in 2019 with his family on a flight that was sponsored by the International Fellowship of Christians and Jews. That's this beautiful ministry that we're proud to represent here in Jerusalem. And on March 1st, 2024, during operations in the Gaza Strip, Daniel's unit was ambushed by a remotely detonated bomb as they entered a building. What an honor it is to welcome a real hero to the Mike Gallagher Show, the Israeli Defense Forces soldier, Daniel Koppelov. Daniel, it's great to see you. Great to have you on the Mike Gallagher Show. I appreciate you taking time. Your story is amazing. Your relationship with the International Fellowship of Christians and Jews is incredible. If you can, before we talk about that, can you walk us through your story about immigrating to Israel, becoming a part of the IDF, all of that? Can you kind of tell us the Daniel Kopolov story?
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Yeah, so six years ago, I came to Israel from Russia. And I went here to like boarding school, youth village. And after three years, I went to the army, to the combat unit infantry. It's called Kfil. And I was there for eight months in a basic training. And then I was guarding the Lebanese border on October 7, when the war started. The day after the war started, the Hezbollah terrorist organization and their, like, special forces, they start to attack my base with their rockets and missiles. And so I was there for a couple of months. Then I was, like, sent to commander's course. Then, like you said, like, on March 1, 2024, I was injured in Gaza Strip. And, yeah.
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Yep, and here we are. And I think people in the United States have a difficult time sort of understanding the journey of somebody from Russia. You emigrated to Israel. I hear you learned Hebrew in one year, which just impresses the heck out of me. You enlisted in the IDF at age 18. Tell us why, why the journey. Tell us what brought you to Israel in the first place.
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My sister, she was in medical school and she wanted to volunteer to the army as a doctor. And also she always felt connected to being Jewish. So she brought the idea and my family in 2014 had to move from Ukraine to Russia. So they supported the decision. and uh we moved and uh yeah that's basically it and i like i just liked uh being in israel like the people and uh everyone was like so friendly and like open to me and i was trying to help to learn hebrew so i wanted to go to the army and like to to give back something
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Sure. It's incredible to be here, and this is like my, I think, 11th visit to Israel. Every time I'm here, I get astounded at the friendliness of the people, what a beautiful place it is, and, of course, the spiritual hold that it has on me. You know, you go to all these holy sites that we've learned about in Bible study or from the pastor from the pulpit. Can we talk a little bit about the aspect you— bravely soldiered in the battlefield. You lost your leg in March of 2024 during this booby trap blast. Tell us what that was like for you emotionally. I mean, here you are, a young guy, you know, healthy. You got your whole life ahead of you. When you lose a limb at a young age, that has to change you psychologically, does it not?
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I think what affected me is that I lost three of my dear friends in the same event that I was injured. But I think compared to this, losing a leg, it's like nothing. And also, I think... That's, like, I don't want to, like, stay in this, like, think about losing the leg all the time. I want to, like, continue to train, to come back to normal life, to go to university, to, like... To develop, like, so I don't think... I didn't stop with, like, my injury, I would say. I don't think it affected me in any way. I don't let, like... My mindset doesn't let it, like, affect me. I just train, and if you put, like, enough effort, and you can, like... I think you can achieve anything you want.
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So... I'm told... I'm told by our friends at the fellowship that you are such an absolute inspiration to everybody you come in contact with. I know that you've spoken and you've lent support to others who have experienced a similar injury. Can you talk a little bit? We're here doing our broadcast from Jerusalem thanks to the partnership we have with the International Fellowship of Christians and Jews. Tell us a little bit about your feelings about the fellowship, what role they've played in your life, and what the fellowship has meant to you during your recovery and during you continuing to thrive.
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So they really helped me because after I was injured, I had to move to another apartment because my old apartment wasn't like wheelchair accessible. And at the time I used wheelchair. So and I didn't have any furniture. So they like furnished my apartment. And now I also, like, work with the fellowship. I volunteer. And we're coming, like, we're visiting, like, other families that they helped to immigrate to Israel. And when Iran striked with the missiles, so we helped, we, like, brought food to the people that could not be evacuated because of the health problems. And so, yeah. Yeah.
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Yep. I'm so honored to get to spend a few minutes with you because I know what the fellowship has done for so many people. And incidentally, there's a great aspect to your story. I'm based when I'm not, of course, in Israel visiting. I'm based in Florida. And I understand there's a young lady named Danielle that you met. She's a Florida girl, right?
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Yeah. So that's funny because we broke up a month ago, but yeah, I used like a month after I was injured. I've been dating for more than a year. Like someone from, she came like to volunteer and like to interview injured soldiers. And that's how we met. And unfortunately we broke up a couple of months ago, but yeah.
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That's okay. That's all right. Well, it's all part of your journey, you know? I mean, that's all right. Now, the notes that I was given, they left that part out. But that's okay, you know? It wouldn't be the first time I'd be surprised during a live interview. But, hey, I'm sure you wish nothing but the best for her, and she wishes nothing but the best for you. Yeah. And remind me to fire the person who gave me the notes, okay? I'll take care of that as soon as the show's over.
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Is that fair enough?
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Daniel, you're amazing. You're a great sport. I'm so glad you could join us. And thanks for lifting up the fellowship the way you have. And we're going to continue to fight for the International Fellowship of Christians and Jews as well because, golly, this is an incredible organization. What's next for you? What do you see for the next – where are you going to be 5, 10, 20 years from now, Daniel?
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That's a good question because five years ago, I pictured myself with having two legs. Not every time it goes as planned, but now I train four times a week in cycling. I have first race coming up this Saturday. Maybe I want to do more professionally, maybe even in three years on Paralympic level and go to Los Angeles, hopefully. I also started this week, I started university. I went to business school in like international university in Reichland. And also hopefully I'll like figure out what do I want to do and pursue. So that's, that's it I think for now.
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Well, we're pulling for you. We're praying for you. And we are honored by your visit with us today here on the Mike Gallagher Show. Keep fighting the good fight, Daniel, and all the best. We're glad you could spend some time with us.
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Thank you.
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Thank you for having me. You bet. I appreciate it. Daniel Koppeloff, who's an Israeli Defense Forces soldier and a real inspiration. And he's a product, his recovery, his rehabilitation. all supported by the International Fellowship of Christians and Jews. In fact, when he emigrated from Russia to Israel, he was on a flight with his family that was provided by the fellowship. This is the kind of work that they're doing, and I hope you'll take a moment. We are two days left now in the campaign, today and tomorrow, and we want to continue to bless the fellowship with your donations. Please go to mikeonline.com and make whatever gift you could afford. Yael Eckstein, of course, was with us this week. She dropped by our studios here in Jerusalem to remind us that your donations are having a major impact throughout the state of Israel.
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I've admired Dr. Michael Oren for a long time. Of course, as I mentioned, he served as Israel's ambassador to the U.S. from 2009 to 2013. He was named one of the most influential Jews by the Forward and the Jerusalem Post. Here we are in Jerusalem for our second day of our broadcast, thanks to the International Fellowship of Christians and Jews. And what an honor it is to be rejoined by Ambassador Michael Oren. It's great to see you again, sir. How have you been? Great to be back, Mike. Good to see you. Thank you for that very warm introduction. And thank you to the fellowship.
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I'm a big fan of the fellowship.
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Me too. And we love what they do. And we've been spending the month of October inviting our generous audience to support the fellowship. And they've done so with flying colors. So many thanks to Yael Eckstein and the team at the fellowship. Mr. Ambassador, let's start with the protests going on today in Jerusalem, if you can. I just want to spend about a minute on this, but there are thousands and thousands of people lining the streets of Jerusalem, as I understand it, and the way it's described by Moshe Weiss over at JNS.org, and we're in their Jewish News Syndicate studios. The rally, the thousands of people are demonstrating today, asserting that the progressive left, here in Israel is attempting to force its secular agenda onto a society that views Torah study as a fundamental national service. This has to do with serving in the military, right, on the part of Orthodox Jews, correct?
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Well, yes, but there's two inaccuracies of what that statement said. One is that thousands of people are protesting. In fact, hundreds of thousands of people are protesting. And second of all, it's not the progressive left that wants the ultra-Orthodox, the Haridim as we call them, people who fear God, Haridim, to enlist in the military. It's the entire country except for the ultra-orthodox. It is right and left. It's one of the few issues on which right and left are totally aligned here. And in fact, it's actually the people who are leading this fight most rigorously are from the religious right. And they say, you know, we read the Bible. Our Bible tells us to go out and fight. How is it that your Bible, you read the same Bible, tells you not to fight? And how could you sit on the side while your brothers are out there fighting? fighting and often bleeding and sometimes tragically dying as well as they continue to do this week. Why this is happening, it may take me an hour to explain, but very, very briefly, the Haredim believe that only God can redeem the Jewish people. Only God can bring the Jewish people back to their homeland and reconstitute a Jewish state. And the Zionist movement, which was in part a secular movement, kind of arrogated the role of God. by bringing the Jews back to this country and forming this state. So they will not recognize, they won't salute the flag, they won't sing the national anthem, they won't teach their kids modern subjects in school, the kids get maybe a second grade Western education in English and math, and they will not serve in the Israeli army.
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Wow. Wow. And that's what's led to, as you said, hundreds of thousands of people taking to the streets here. I mean, look, I know it's big when the hotel slips a note under your door the night before saying, look, the roads, the streets are going to be closed. Good luck with traffic. Good luck getting around. I may have to sleep here tonight in the JNS studios until tomorrow because it's going to be a little hectic out there. But this is also sort of an Israeli tradition, correct? I mean, there are many, many times, and certainly since October 7th and before, where people take to the streets to let their voices be heard. We see it, of course, in the United States, but it's also very particular. It's a very particular form of dissent and voice here in Israel, right?
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Demonstrations are a part of our life. We are a democracy. We're a flagrant democracy. We have the right of free assembly, the right of free speech. As you do in the United States, I think more Israelis proportionally avail themselves of those rights. We have protested up to hundreds of thousands of people, which would be the equivalent of many millions of Americans, fortunately. The difference between these demonstrations and the one you're showing now And that is probably a demonstration of protesting pre-war. It looks like maybe the government's judicial reform program. And then during the war, the hostage issue, the difference between these protests and today's protests, as you'll see, that those protests were flying the Israeli flag. Today's protesters will probably be burning it.
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Dr. Oren, let's talk about the Hamas yesterday. And this is a huge conversation today here in Jerusalem and all throughout Israel and the world. Hamas staged the discovery of remains that belonged to an Israeli hostage. Video showed the terrorists... Hours before they handed the partial remains of the dead hostage, drones being flown by Israel captured the moment members of Hamas tossed a body out of a building, wrapped it in white sheets. They then were seen dragging the body to the center of a hole, attempting to bury it under dirt and sand once the body was mostly hidden. The Hamas members then signaled for an excavator to come and dig up their supposed new find. It's so hard for me to understand how you negotiate with people like this. Mr. Ambassador, how does Israel, how does the United States and the role that President Trump played in this fragile peace process, how do you negotiate with monsters?
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Well, I'm going to be less than diplomatic, Michael, by saying that beats me. I don't know. They're a terrorist organization. They're not an honest player. At best, they're Lucy with the football. And they engage not just in physical terror, they engage in emotional and psychological terror. And imagine sending body parts of hostages back to their loved ones, literally one part at a time. That's what they do. It's what a crime family would do. And that's who they are. And there's only one way to negotiate. And that is if the negotiations are backed with credible military force, a credible threat. And I think it was very important that President Trump this week acknowledged that Israel had a reason to strike back at Hamas. We struck back very hard. And I hope that we'll continue to get those green lights. We have a situation now where we have American military observers, about 200 of them, plus observers from other countries, including some countries that aren't particularly friendly, like France and Spain, monitoring our military movements in Gaza. And perhaps at some point maybe trying to limit them. That would be a very big mistake. Big mistake, first of all, vis-a-vis Hamas. Hamas will take advantage of it, as they have already this week. And they will project an image of, let's say, less than strength. for Israel throughout the Middle East. Middle East is a country, is an area that respects strength. It's because of that strength we have the Abraham Accords. That's why these countries made peace with us. Not because they love us, but because they are, they admire us because we are strong. And we have to keep up that image, keep up that image, keep up the reality, and we'll get more peace, more security.
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I read your work on Substack, and you, of course, have clarity with Michael Oren at Substack, and I was fascinated by your open letter to the Jews of New York. Let's take it to the United States here for just a moment. And you point out with this upcoming mayoral race in just a few days in New York City, there is one candidate of the three on the ballot, there is only one that insists that of the 195 states in the world, only one has no right to exist. Are you as mortified as the rest of us at the prospect of Mayor Zoran Mamdani?
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I'm mortified. I'm scared for the Jews of New York. I'm scared for the United States of America. This is the direction the Democratic Party is going. I greatly fear it. But here is a person who checks all the box of what constitutes anti-Semitism. He says he's not anti-Semitic, but everything he says is anti-Semitic. He wants to erase this state. He wants to erase me, my family, my kids, my grandparents. He wants to erase the studio in which you're sitting. And the way it gets erased is not by peace. It's by globalizing the intifada. that killed 1,000 Israelis by suicide bombing between 2000 and 2005. He wants to globalize it. What does that mean? He wants to bring the Antifa to New York, too, and kill those Jews, too. And, you know, there's a list of democracies in the world. It's a very short list. United States on that list, you know, Canada, Great Britain, Australia. Israel is the only country on that list that has never known a second one. of non-democratic governance and has never known a second of peace. Never known a second of peace. And there's one democratically elected leader of that country, and that democratic leader, not the leader of Russia, not the leader of Venezuela or North Korea or Iran, who Mamdani would arrest if he came to New York, and that is the democratically elected leader of the state of Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu. So is that not, by definition, anti-Semitic? In the last 24 hours, the new one, the new sensation coming out of Mamdani's mouth was a recording he made just before he started running for mayor, 2023. where he says he basically blamed police violence against black people in New York, on the state of Israel, on the IDF. That's a classic anti-Semitic trope. We are dealing with a card-carrying Jew-hater. And so my letter to the Jews of New York says, do you know who you're voting for? Yeah, he wants to give you free buses, and yeah, he wants to give you discount stuff in grocery stores. But is that worth the safety of your children, your families, your future? Think about it, I said.
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It just fascinates me. There are even people from Hollywood and the entertainment industry stepping up for this guy, including Mandy Patinkin. He and his wife now are huge advocates of this guy. And Mandy Patinkin is Jewish. I am confounded. I will spend the rest of my life trying to understand how a Jewish person could embrace... like you said, a card-carrying anti-Semite, just an absolute, by definition, somebody who doesn't believe in the state of Israel's right to exist. I guess it's because people like Patinkin and others take their political ideology and put it ahead of something, oh, as fundamental as Israel's right to exist. In other words, the politics side of it is more important than ideological or cultural or even existential threats.
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I'm not sure some of these Jews even support Israel's right to exist. There's nothing really new about this. I know many of your listeners and viewers know their Bible. When you read the Bible, the problem that Moses had, that the prophets had, with Jews who wanted to cause nothing but harm to the Jewish people. It's not new. If you are a observant Jew, three times a day you say a prayer where you ask God to protect us, literally, against the Jews who want to cause us harm. And we have a holiday, Hanukkah, that celebrates a Jewish victory over Jews who wanted to cause us harm. So it's not new. We have survived the past. We'll survive it now. That doesn't make it pleasant. It certainly doesn't make it understandable. It is very difficult even for Jewish people to understand. Believe me, it's difficult.
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Mr. Ambassador, I'm thinking a lot about our dear friend and colleague Dennis Prager. Dennis and I took a number of groups over here to the Holy Land over the years. We call them the Stand with Israel tours. And, of course, we're praying for Dennis as he's continuing to deal with the many challenges of his terrible fall. But I would ask Dennis on these trips. how is it that every Jew in America isn't a registered Republican? And he would always point out, his candid answer was, it's often because many Jews are sort of secular Jews. They're not particularly spiritual. They're not driven by the Torah or by their spirituality. They're driven, again, by a political narrative that supersedes their faith. I think that comes as close to any answer I've ever gotten about why so many Jews are on the hard left.
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But it's an old axiom. I don't know if it's politically correct to say. On this program, I could probably say it, that in the United States, the Jews are the only minority group that vote against their economic interests, maybe even their national interests. The old axiom was that Jews earn like Episcopalians but vote like Puerto Ricans.
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you bet i could spend hours with you mr ambassador thank you so much and i i'm so grateful that you were able to spend time out of your i hope everybody follows you on substack it's so important to read your work keep fighting the good fight sir i'm glad you could join us our audience really appreciates you and i do too all the best michael oran here on the mike gallagher show from jerusalem You ready to drop up to 20 pounds or more by the new year? Have you been struggling with belly fat forever? You know, the older you get, the harder it is to say goodbye to those unwanted pounds. PHD Weight Loss cracked the code. They have a metabolic reset system that's a science-backed way to get your body to burn fat first. Look, I've tried everything my whole life. I counted points. I counted calories. I did crazy starvation diets. Then I met Dr. Ashley Lucas, and I learned all about her brilliant program called PhD Weight Loss, the only program that guarantees your success and your results. If I can lose over 50 pounds and keep it off over a couple of years, you can too. Everybody can. When you call right now, they'll waive your consultation fee, you'll get two extra weeks free, and they'll cover the cost of your food during the program. Just for booking, you'll get Dr. Ashley's book, Five Steps to Reset the Scale. Hurry, call today, 864-644-1900, Ph.D. Weight Loss, 864-644-1900, or visit their website at myphdweightloss.com.
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This is a special edition of the Mike Gallagher Show as Mike returns to Israel on behalf of the International Fellowship of Christians and Jews. And now from Jerusalem, here's Mike Gallagher.
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I have to admit, our timing in coming back to the Holy Land has been pretty good this week. You know, this is a lot going on here. And, of course, our purpose was to continue to spotlight the International Fellowship of Christians and Jews. Yesterday, we chatted with Yael Eckstein, the president and CEO of the fellowship, here in our studios at Jewish News Syndicate, JNS.org. But while we've been here, so much has happened, including Hamas's atrocious actions, apparently staging a body, a corpse, trying to bury the body and act like they uncovered it. But the drone, the video drones caught that action. And there is a massive. And so the ceasefire is fragile, to say the least. Benjamin Netanyahu's government has said, you know what? You guys are violating the ceasefire. We're going to have a military action in Gaza. Meanwhile, as we are with you right now, outside the studios here in Jerusalem are hundreds of thousands of people taking to the streets. And I'm a pretty bright guy. I'm not sure I fully understand what the demonstrations are all about. And it's a big one. It is a massive protest. Protest is a way of life here in Israel, as Ambassador Michael Oren told us earlier today. And I wanted to bring back, I took advantage of his close proximity to the studios. Daniel Seaman has a podcast called Straight Up with Danny Seaman. He's an Israeli political commentator, a media analyst here in Israel, advisor to the IDF, is actually the Israeli Defense and Security Forum. He served many years in the Israeli government. And, Danny, it's an honor to have you back. on the Mike Gallagher Show. Thank you.
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My pleasure. You had Mike Oren on. Mike and I are paratrooper buddies. We served in the same combat unit back 40 years ago.
SPEAKER 06 :
Well, and I've had the great honor of interviewing Dr. Oren on a number of occasions. He's a smart guy. So are you. You guys and he helped try to explain to me what these demonstrations are about right now going on. I've got a note in the hotel last night. Look, be prepared. All the roads are going to be closed. The entrance to Jerusalem and sure enough, the entrance to Jerusalem is being blocked by hundreds of thousands of people. Danny, walk us through what the protests are about.
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Well, there's a particular segment of the people. When you talk about diversity, Israel is very diverse. It's not only Jews and Arabs. Even among the Jews, they're right-wing, left-wing, they're ultra-Orthodox. They're usual Orthodox, if you want to call it that, but the ultra-Orthodox, the Hasidim, They're the ones in the demonstrating at the moment. It's their demonstration. They're far more organized than other parts of our society. And when they call, when their rabbis call upon them to do something, they all show up, the men, by the way. It's mostly men in this case. But it also, the fact that it's men, it's because what is it addressing? For many years, the religious, the ultra-Orthodox, didn't have to serve in the military. There is something in Judaism. There is the battlefield, but there's also the field of studying and going in-depth into the religious studies of the Bible, which is very important. Nobody denies that. On my podcast, I actually relate to that today on the wealth of knowledge that is in the Scriptures. So they study it, and very seriously. But of course, not everybody is studying. And after this last war, we came to the conclusion we need as many able-bodied men and women, but especially men, who can serve in the battlefield or serve in the military. And parts of society here said that this has been a very long, extended war. And sometimes a lot of people are taking too much on their shoulders and it has to be spread out. So there was talk about having them. And by the way, many of the ultra-Orthodox who are not in depth in the study have joined. I'm not saying that they haven't. But they want to turn it into a law. Now for many years it was convenient for the military not to draft them because you have to be very specific with their kosher requirements. The fact that they have to be separated from women. There are certain things that you have to respect if you want them to be part of the military. So the military preferred not to have to deal with these things, but now they understand they too have to address those issues and find ways of incorporating them and respecting their needs. So there's a bill passed in the Knesset, and it's a lot of give and take here going on, and they're showing their strength to the government, saying we need you to be considerate of our needs, and that's essentially what it's all about right now.
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Well, and tragically, you just shared as you came into our studios that a man apparently fell off of a building to his death not far from here.
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A young man. A young man. It was part of participating in it. I don't know. He was trying to look at something but fell off the building, and it's tragic.
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Also, a tragedy of a different sort. I've been reading, and everybody here is talking about what was just revealed, how Hamas staged – the discovery of human remains belonging to an Israeli hostage. You know, a lot of Americans don't really understand. The 20 living hostages, thanks to largely the efforts of President Trump, have been returned safely. And they've got a long road to hoe, but they're back. Now you still have remains of the hostages that Hamas slaughtered that they're keeping, I guess, I guess, as a tactic. And now we find out, according to the New York Post even is reporting, that hours before Hamas handed over the partial remains of the dead hostage, Israeli drones captured the moment members of Hamas tossed the body out of the building, wrapped in white sheets. They then tried to bury the body, and then they pretended, oh, look, there's a body. Danny, tell us, I mean, again, how do you negotiate with such an entity? These are evil monsters.
SPEAKER 05 :
It's no surprise, and we know exactly what they're capable of doing. This is who they are. Exactly, exactly. And this thing, it's parts of a body of somebody who we were able to recover his body about a year or so before, at least parts of it. We had other things happening. Some of the soldiers, and you can see this on the videos that they taped themselves, they beheaded them. And our soldiers found when they were going into Gaza in some store, they were actually presenting the beheaded, the head of this soldier, and offering it to sell it to people there. And people were buying it. And they were able to return it to the family, fortunately. But in this case also, they had the funeral ceremony. the third funeral, because this is the third time they found parts of his body, of this hostage that was murdered. He was taken alive. They murdered him in captivity, and they cut up the body. So they've kept this. It's ways for them to play with us. They know how important it is to not only to the families themselves, to us as a society. It's a very important aspect, the fact of burial. And so they play on that. They, by the way, they don't share the same sentiment towards burying in Islam. And they manipulate the fact that they know that for us it is something of importance.
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So is it safe to say that to the Jewish faith, to Jewish people, the remains of a loved one are every bit as important as a living hostage? Absolutely. See, that's the disconnect. Because a lot of people are saying to me, having a lot of callers to the show and people who say, Mike, Why doesn't Israel just go wipe Gaza off the map? Goodbye. Sorry, Hamas. You're monsters. You don't play. But those remains are very important.
SPEAKER 05 :
Well, there is the aspect that you don't. The sanctity of life is more important. So if we know that somebody could be killed in trying to to excavate these remains. And the families themselves say they don't want anybody dying for that. But at the same time, it is important to try to give the families closure. And so, therefore, that is part of what we're trying to do there. And if we can, if that means we have to restrain ourselves a little longer, we'll do that. But what is happening in the meantime is they're taking advantage of this, and they're taking out operations against our soldiers. In two weeks, we've had two soldiers who were killed, supposedly during peacetime. So we're not going to tolerate more Israelis being killed. This is not what this process is about. So in this case, we want to get over with this. And if they continue assaulting Israeli soldiers there, we'll have to end it because apparently the Arabs who are supposed to make sure that the Hamas does this aren't fulfilling their part of the agreement.
SPEAKER 06 :
Well, I cannot wait to get into the parallels between BBNet and Yahoo and Donald Trump and their respective fans and critics. I'm going to share it. We're going to get into all of that. Danny Seaman is with us. He's the host of Straight Up with Danny Seaman on JNS-TV. And you can find that, Jewish News Syndicate, I mean, on X, at JNS underscore TV. One of the best and brightest here in Israel to give us some analysis. And I cannot wait to share with you two conversations I had, one with a critic of Prime Minister Netanyahu, one with a fan. And the parallels with Donald Trump, to me, just kind of are extraordinary. That and a whole lot more as we continue from Israel. Stay with us.
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There's a real benefit to a talk show like mine coming over to Israel as guests of the International Fellowship of Christians and Jews and broadcasting from the Jewish News Syndicate studios because you get to meet people that are smart, bright, engaged, focused. Daniel Seaman is one of those great examples. And, Danny, it's great to have you back in your studios for the Mike Gallagher show. Let me tell you a tale of two lunches. First day I'm here, I have lunch with a guy, smart guy. Hates Bibi with the heat of a thousand suns. Hates Benjamin Netanyahu. You said smart. Well, he seemed to be. Said corrupt. If he didn't know about October 7th, he should have. If he didn't know, shame on him, he should be out. If he did know, shame on him, he should be out. He's been prosecuted, yada, yada, yada. That's the first day I'm here. Second day I'm here, I have lunch with another Israeli. loves the guy, says he's the kind of strong leader we need. He puts Israel first, much like Trump puts America first. He has been persecuted. He has been attacked mercilessly, not unlike Donald Trump. And I started thinking, Danny, about the parallels between Benjamin Netanyahu here and Donald Trump over in the United States. You and I were just talking a moment ago about how both of these world leaders want to put their countries, they want to make sure they're safe. They want to make sure they're protected. They want to make sure they're okay. Can you talk about what I believe is a remarkable parallel between the narrative of what the world has done to Donald Trump and what the world has done to Benjamin Netanyahu?
SPEAKER 05 :
I'll start with something else. You and the viewers. Who, in their eyes, who in your eyes, is the greatest American president? Well, today, you know what I'd say. Through history. Ronald Reagan. Ronald Reagan. But let's go back. Farther. I think most people agree that Lincoln is... Abraham Lincoln? Abraham Lincoln. You know, he was despised by the media back then. He was second-guessed by Americans, and especially the media. There's no difference in the media over the years. But he was despised. He was ridiculed. And today everybody can see and he was so far ahead of his time and had the vision beyond what the small people in the media saw back then. We had that parallel with both Netanyahu and with Trump at the moment. I think that both of them will be the standard to which leaders in the future could happen 10 years from now, 50 years from now. But eventually they will be the standard to which Americans and Israelis and the world Look at leadership and say, these are the people that we want to have our leaders emulate. Now, both of these people, yes, if you're a politician, you have to be self-centered. You have to be concentrated on yourself. So when they say all he cares about is himself, I'm talking about Netanyahu, I say, fine, you know, yes, he does. He's a politician. He has an ego. But there's also another aspect to him. I don't know so much about Trump, but I do know Netanyahu. I know him for 40 years. I know the family. he believes that he is the only person so it is about him but he's the person who knows where to take israel and take the country that even when he leaves office at least for the foreseeable future afterwards the country will be and stick on that road for the protection the defense and the strength of the is of the state of israel and the israeli people and the jewish people i believe that trump is very much the same himself now both of these men And we have examples of sons of former presidents, for example, who are drug addicts, complete lunatics. And yet they were being paid millions of dollars to be on boards of these different organizations. Now, I say the only stupid thing about Trump and Netanyahu is these two men and Trump did it. Netanyahu didn't. Therefore, Trump is smarter than him. Trump was a billionaire. Netanyahu wasn't. And he isn't. And he could be a multimillionaire just sitting on the board of some stupid international organization. organization and get for being a board member get millions of dollars they put that aside they don't care about these things they're focused on what the country each country needs and to forward them and I think that's the biggest parallel between the two of them the support for Donald Trump here in Israel is astounding in fact last night Joey Hudson and I were walking
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towards a restaurant, and we went by a big, prominent art gallery here in Jerusalem, and I posted the picture of it. I took a picture on my iPhone, a giant, beautiful oil painting of Donald Trump, a huge picture in the window of the art gallery, and a handwritten note that was like paper clipped to the corner of the painting, Thank you, President Trump. You can't overstate how much support Donald Trump has for the people of Israel. Is that true?
SPEAKER 05 :
Absolutely, and it's not only him. It's the United States. I think it's the only country that on our Independence Day we wave both the American flag and the Israeli flag, American Independence Day. Israelis do appreciate everything that we get from the United States. We understand that a lot. We would survive, but the United States makes it that much easier for us. Now, there are benefits the Americans get as well from that relationship with Israel, but we appreciate everything we get from the United States. We appreciate what the United States offers to the free world. Too many countries, too many Americans have begun to forget that. But then take Donald Trump, and that's even – it goes beyond anything we could have expected.
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We appreciate you, and we stand with Israel, and I'm honored to be here again for the 11th time. I hope they'll be the 12th very soon. You don't want to miss Straight Up with Danny Seaman and JNSTV. Go to JNS.org to find out. Danny, it's great seeing you here in person. Thanks for making time out of your day again to keep fighting the good fight. Daniel Seaman from JNSTV. There's a lot more coming up on this busy, busy Breaking News Thursday here in Jerusalem. Stay with us.
In this episode of Rush to Reason, host John Rush dives into the nuances of political policies, from the intricacies of health insurance subsidies to the strategic use of government shutdowns as political leverage. As guests debate the impact of these policies, John provides insightful perspectives on how they affect everyday Americans, shedding light on the underlying motivations driving political narratives.
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This is Rush to Reason.
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You are going to shut your damn yapper and listen for a change because I got you pegged, sweetheart. You want to take the easy way out because you're scared. And you're scared because if you try and fail, there's only you to blame. Let me break this down for you. Life is scary. Get used to it. There are no magical fixes.
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With your host, John Rush.
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My advice to you is to do what your parents did. Get a job first. You haven't made everybody equal. You've made them the same, and there's a big difference.
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Let me tell you why you're here. You're here because you know something. What you know you can't explain, but you feel it. You've felt it your entire life, that there's something wrong with the world. You don't know what it is, but it's there. It is this feeling that has brought you to me.
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Are you crazy? Am I? Or am I so sane that you just blew your mind?
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It's Rush to Reason with your host, John Rush, presented by Cub Creek Heating and Air Conditioning.
SPEAKER 06 :
All right, we're back, Hour 3, Rush to Reason, Denver's Afternoon Rush, KLZ 560. Jersey Joe, what's going on today, sir?
SPEAKER 03 :
Oh, John, just a couple things. Hey, you know, in the last hour I listened, you talked about setting the clocks back, and I've got kind of a different slant on that for you. Let's talk about four things. Now, number one, if you've got a smartphone, just leave it alone. It'll do its own magic. I don't know how it does it, but the smartphone does it. Now, if you have a sundial, John, you'll need to move it from the east side of your house to the west side of the house.
SPEAKER 06 :
I got you. Okay. All right. I'll do that. I do have one of those, actually, so I'll do that.
SPEAKER 03 :
Yeah. Now, if you have an oven, now, ovens are a different story. Because remember, a lot of these ovens have, like, you can set the baking time. And it's not just the clock, John. It does a lot of other things. So you'll either need a master's in electronic engineering or a hammer if you've got an oven with one of those programmable clocks in it. And regarding car radios, John, my wife's got an older Jeep. John, if you've got a car radio that's older than 10 years or older, it's just not worth it. Just wait until spring.
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You know what? Sometimes that's best to do that. Just leave it alone.
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Just leave it alone. Just let it roll. Let it roll. Hey, John, a conundrum I've been thinking about. If you're a fisherman and you have a net and you get a hole in your net, why do you have fewer holes than you had when you started with?
SPEAKER 06 :
That's a good question.
SPEAKER 03 :
Yeah, good question. Conundrum for the day. Yeah.
SPEAKER 06 :
Here's the next question. Do they ever wear out or do you just kind of like sew that part back together?
SPEAKER 03 :
You know, that's another great guy. You're going to make my head hurt, John.
SPEAKER 06 :
Yeah, because I've done that on occasion because you didn't have any choice.
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Let's talk about subsidies. And by the way, and here's my quote of the day from economist Thomas Salk. He says you cannot subsidize irresponsibility and expect people to become more responsible. It's just, you know— Nope, doesn't work that way.
SPEAKER 06 :
You get the opposite effect, don't you?
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Remember, Reagan said if you want less of something, tax it, and if you want more of something, subsidize it.
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That's exactly right.
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And I want to talk about the use of this word, skyrocket. All I hear about is come January, health care premiums— It's going to skyrocket, Joe, skyrocket. Now, let me tell you what that skyrocketed. Back during COVID, when we had tens of millions of people unemployed, in 2021, after Biden became president, the Democrats had a majority in both houses. Now, the normal Obamacare subsidies, which have been in place since 2009, were roughly 80% of the premiums if you were buying your insurance on the ACA marketplaces. Well, when we had tens of millions of people unemployed, despite the fact that, by the way, some of them were making more unemployment than they were working, Democrats said, well, we're going to enhance it. We're going to make it 90%, which meant if you had a $900 a month policy for a family of four, you were paying $90 instead of $180. Gotcha. And then in 2022, when they passed the so-called Inflation Reduction Act, Democrats said, well, you know... let's extend those enhanced subsidies for another two years till the end of 2025. Now, which is of course, and now they could have made it the end of 26. They could have made the end of 27, but they said, let's just extend them till the end of 2025. Well, end of 2025 is coming. And so as the enhanced subsidies go away, the original base subsidy, which was 80% is still going to be there. So that $900 a month policy, instead of costing the family 90 bucks a month, is going to cost $180 a month. The government is still paying, you're still only paying 20% of the cost of the policy. But that jump from $90 a month to $180, that's what the media is calling skyrocketing. John, if you could get a health insurance family for a family of four for $180 a month, isn't that an incredible deal?
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Yeah, it's a deal I don't get.
SPEAKER 03 :
I don't get it either. So By the way, I have to be on Medicare. John, my monthly premium from my wife and I on Medicare is more than $180.
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Right, right.
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So I think this term skyrocketing, the federal government is still going to be picking up 80%. If you're buying your health insurance on the exchange, the federal government is still going to be picking up 80% of the cost of your health insurance.
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Yeah, and again, I think it's key to remind people, which you've done, that this isn't anything that the Republicans have done. This is what the Democrats set in place to begin with. They gave everybody a freebie. The freebie is now going away. That's all this amounts to, Joe.
SPEAKER 03 :
Right. The Republicans didn't pass any legislation to take it away. Nope, nope.
SPEAKER 06 :
They just let everything expire is all they did.
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It's just what the legislation Democrats put in place is expiring. The Democrats, Republicans just hands off with, hey— We didn't do this. You guys did it. You could have made it 26, 27. You chose to make it 25.
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On the same token, it's been around for several years now, and COVID is done and over with. The hardships of are done and over with, you know, Joe. So at the end of the day, you know, it is what it is.
SPEAKER 03 :
It is what it is. And, again, being able to buy health insurance for 20% of face value, I think, is still a hell of a deal.
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Oh, absolutely. Right. Because, by the way, as you know, most don't get that.
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Most don't get that, exactly. And by the way, you know, the Democrats are now saying the quiet part out loud with regard to the shutdown, which, of course, the Democrats could end tomorrow.
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Right.
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All they have to do is allow a vote on the continuing resolution. Trump would sign it the same afternoon. It's done. It's done.
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Yep. Government's back at it.
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But in the past week, here's some quotes from Democrats. Senator Martin Heinrich of... New Mexico, paying our troops gives the president more leverage. In other words, he was opposed to paying the troops because, quote, it gives the president more leverage. Ruben Gallego from Arizona, then I just go, if we pass it, I just go back and shut it down again. Bernie Sanders, you reopen the government and we lose our leverage. So Bernie's looking at this as a political ploy. Screw it. Let people suffer because we have leverage.
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What they don't understand is it's the wrong kind.
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Yes. And here's Schumer. Every day gets better for us. How delusional is Chuck Schumer?
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Very delusional. Which, by the way, I don't think Joe even believes that. He's saying that because that's his marching orders, but he doesn't believe that. Right. I don't think he does anyways.
SPEAKER 03 :
Well, if he has half a brain, he doesn't believe it, but I think he has to say that. It's like keep a step up for lip. Yep.
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He's got his marching orders, and he's marching very well, by the way.
SPEAKER 03 :
He is marching very, very well. By the way, we're only three Democrat votes shy of— Only three now.
SPEAKER 06 :
It was five earlier today, so we've gained a couple.
SPEAKER 03 :
I think it's only three. I think we did gain a couple.
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Okay, good.
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Here's Chris Collins from Delaware. Frankly, this is our only moment of leverage today. and although it is a very unpleasant tool to use, but he's all for using it. And Congresswoman Catherine Clark, there will be families that are going to suffer, but it's one of the few leveraged times that we have. So they're basically making the American people pawns in this whole thing. And what do they want? They want to extend the enhanced subsidies, and they want to allow illegal aliens to continue to be covered by state Medicaid. States can continue to cover illegal aliens on their Medicaid programs.
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If they want to do it on their own.
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If they want to do it on their own. Nobody's saying nothing that was in the big, beautiful bill prohibits a state from covering an illegal alien on their Medicaid program. They're free to do it. The only thing the big, beautiful bill says, hey, you can't include those when you apply for reimbursement. Right.
SPEAKER 06 :
Great point.
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And that's what they're arguing for. All right. You want to move on to some clips, John?
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We can sure do that.
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First one I got to laugh at. This is George Stephanopoulos trying to make Trump look bad by saying how much more Thanksgiving dinner is going to cost. He's got the CEO of Walmart on you, and you think Stephanopoulos with the staff he has would have fact-checked this before he set himself up for a failure, but here's George Stephanopoulos trying to make Trump look bad.
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Let's talk about Thanksgiving first. Food prices are up, especially turkey. So what are you doing to help customers keep the cost down?
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Well, good morning, George. It's great to see you. We are really excited about what we have planned for this year at Thanksgiving. And I can't believe it's already that time of year. But this is a time of year when people are busy. They don't want to sacrifice quality. And we want to do all we can to help them celebrate the holiday any way they want. And we want to do it in a way that's very affordable with a lot of value. So I want to talk about a couple of things with the Thanksgiving basket. First, we started putting together this idea of having the entire basket easy to purchase, easy to assemble back in 2022. And this year, we will have the best prices on this basket we've had since the program started. We're down about 25% from last year, down about $14 for the basket. which puts us in a position where this basket is just under $4 a person when serving 10 people. So we have a great basket that has a mix of our... Okay, hang on.
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I've got to stop for just one second, Joe. I mean, in other words, he's saying everything opposite of what Stephanopoulos said.
SPEAKER 03 :
Dan, the cost of the basket of food is down 25%. That's hilarious.
SPEAKER 06 :
And by the way, you guys can't see this because you can't see the expression on the face of the Walmart guy. He's almost laughing, Joe. I mean, it literally is, he's just about laughing at, yeah, you don't quite have this right, do you?
SPEAKER 03 :
No, you don't. Well, it's hilarious. How much egg does Stephanopoulos have in it? And by the way, the reason I want you to play it, because not many people watch that show, so I think... The more people that, you know, hear about it.
SPEAKER 06 :
Well, I mean, again, the funniest thing is watching the expression of the guy from Walmart because he's thinking to himself, oh, man, you just stepped in that one, didn't you?
SPEAKER 03 :
Yeah, but throw me a softball. And he's the guy from Walmart. He's the CEO of Walmart. So, yeah, no, the price of that basket of food for the family is down 25%.
SPEAKER 06 :
It's the cheapest it's been since they started it. Yeah. That's hilarious. It's like, yeah, it's not quite what you think there, George.
SPEAKER 03 :
And if you want to hear another funny one, here's an interview. You know, the New York City election, they've already started early voting. Here's an interview with a guy in the street, why he's supporting Zoran Mondami. Do you have that? Yeah, I've got it. Here we go.
SPEAKER 12 :
I don't think this should be such a thing as a billionaire. The reason I support Zoran Mondami is because there are 123 billionaires in New York. There are 350,000 millionaires in New York. One out of every 12 New Yorkers has at least a million dollars. Meanwhile, 2 million New Yorkers live beneath the poverty line. 240,000 children. We can fill Madison Square Garden with every seat in Madison Square Garden with kids who sleep in the shelter system every night in New York City. Zohra Mamdani wants to address these inequities in ways that a mayor could. You know, free buses will go a long way to helping these people. People that live below the poverty line will go a long way to help them. City-run grocery stores in the boroughs, one in each borough, will help people that are relying on food pantries as it is. That's why I support Zoram Mamdani. I don't think there should be billionaires. I agree with Zoram Mamdani.
SPEAKER 01 :
Are you afraid, if he does become mayor, that a lot of billionaires and millionaires will move? No, no.
SPEAKER 06 :
Joe, again, you can't see this guy's expression through the radio, but I can see it. And he's, by the way, Joe, very, very sincere in what he's saying. I mean, in a way, I feel sorry for this guy because he's so sincere, but yet he's sincerely wrong.
SPEAKER 03 :
And they can and will, but they've been moving on a regular basis. A bunch have moved to New Jersey during COVID. And there was a joke, a meme floating around that the city of Palm Beach, Florida, has named Zorhan Mondami as the Realtor of the Year. And there are reports, there was a news story where the realtors down there are being flooded with phone calls in places like Juniper Beach and Palm Beach from people in New York starting to shop for real estate in Palm Beach and Juniper. Those are some pretty pricey areas down there, but you're talking about a zero-income tax state. And by the way, he's very misleading. He said, well, we're only going to raise it 2%. Well, when you're Two percent. Well, no, the city of New York tax is two percent. So if you're going to increase it by two percent, you've doubled it. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. It was it's it's just under four percent. So when you increase it by two percent for millionaires, that's a 50 percent increase.
SPEAKER 06 :
Yeah.
SPEAKER 03 :
Fifty percent increase in the tax rate on billionaires. Right. Which which puts their combined tax rate city and state in New York and federal over 50 percent of their income. John, would you move to save them?
SPEAKER 06 :
Yeah, Joe, anybody would. They're not going to stay for that. I don't care what this guy says. Again, he's very sincere, but he's sincerely wrong. And there's a lot of people out there like that. And by the way, you know, I appreciate these individuals. I appreciate their fervor. And, you know, he wants to help those that are needy and so on. Great. I understand all of that. You're just going about it the wrong way is the problem.
SPEAKER 03 :
Yeah, and it's, you know, the goose that laid the golden egg, John, he should read the fable because I think in a couple of years, and that guy with the interview, If these people start to leave in droves, who's going to fill the gaping hole that's going to leave in their revenue?
SPEAKER 06 :
I guess he is.
SPEAKER 03 :
He is. And I guess he didn't hear about what happened in St. Louis where – I'm sorry, Kansas City, where they had the free buses and they became rolling homeless shelters and people stopped riding the bus because they became literally – Yep. Just rolling home the shelter. They've slept on the buses, urinated on the buses just to get out of the rain, the cold, and the heat.
SPEAKER 06 :
The other thing, too, and I know you and I have talked about this, but I want to make sure people also understand this and you can share some of this. When a guy like Mindami comes along and he says, you know, we're going to have city-run grocery stores and we're going to save people tons of money on their groceries. No way. You're not. The markup on groceries, Joe, as you know, is very minor. So at the end of the day, because of all the other costs that come in handling the groceries, getting them in, getting them on the shelves, handling the losses that are also there because stuff is perishable, on and on we go, Joe. So I can go down the list. When it's all said and done, there's what, about a 1.5% to 2% margin, net profit, I should say, when it's all said and done. So what's he really going to save these people? 2%, 5% maybe if he's lucky?
SPEAKER 03 :
Well, and, John, you're correct. Kroger, which, of course, is King Soopers, Safeway, and Albertsons, their net profit margin, they're all under 2%. Walmart, because they sell other stuff, comes in at 2.5%. But, by the way, the city don't have the buying power. No, that's right. These guys are buying, you know, if you have two, three, four.
SPEAKER 06 :
Truck loads at a time, Joe, truck loads at a time.
SPEAKER 03 :
You're not going to get the buying discounts.
SPEAKER 06 :
You don't get Cheerios at the same price, do you?
SPEAKER 03 :
No. You're not going to get the Cheerios at the same price. And Kansas City, same thing.
SPEAKER 06 :
They shut their – Again, as I said, I would be surprised if he can even give them a 2% savings. When it's all said and done, it might be equal. In fact, there might be some products that cost more because of what you just said.
SPEAKER 03 :
Right. And certainly with a lower selection, one of the complaints about Kansas City – is they didn't have anywhere near the selection that your regular grocery can pick. In fact, people in Kansas City were going five miles away rather than shop at the store that was a quarter mile away. The selection was so bad, the quality was so bad.
SPEAKER 06 :
These are people that, again, this guy that was on the street, again, very sincere individual. Sincerely wrong, though, because a lot of what you and I are talking about right now, he hasn't sat down and really thought through. And if he is, he's probably poo-pooing things that you and I would even say, like, well, yeah, that's not true. Those guys don't know what they're talking about. This is really going to save money at the end of the day. No, it's not. No, it's not. And one last thing I want to add to that, Joe. Have you ever seen – this is more of a question for you and even everybody else listening. Have you ever seen something government runs that's done more efficiently than the private sector?
SPEAKER 03 :
No, and in fact, what's the – oh, the organization that does these short videos, Prager. Prager University has a great video on the failure of government. Everything from government-run railroads to government-run factories – Go look on PragerU for government-run, the failure of government-run entities.
SPEAKER 06 :
Meaning, since they don't run it as efficiently as a Kroger would, everything you and I are talking about just gets exacerbated. In other words, there won't be any savings when it's all said and done.
SPEAKER 03 :
No, absolutely not. Absolutely not.
SPEAKER 06 :
But that's what he's pitching everybody, and really quick, and Andy and I have talked about this, the biggest problem you've got there is a Republican that's there, won't drop out, should drop out. If he dropped out, Cuomo may very well have a chance of actually winning, but that knucklehead won't get out of the way.
SPEAKER 03 :
No, Curtis Lee, he won't. He's got too big of an ego, and he's either delusional or has a huge ego, but he's not going to drop out, and Mondami will be the next mayor.
SPEAKER 06 :
The ego makes you delusional. Let's say it that way, Joe.
SPEAKER 03 :
You're right. One feeds the other. A couple things real quick, John. We only have a few minutes. You're fine. One, we all heard about in Baltimore where the AI school security system flagged a kid holding a Doritos bag. I did see.
SPEAKER 06 :
I had seen that one, yes.
SPEAKER 03 :
And eight cops showed up and pointed a gun at his head and made him go to his knees and handcuffed him with a gun pointed at his head because the AI security system alerted the Doritos bag he was holding was a gun, so that was stupid. We all know what an NGO, non-government organization, is. But they get all their money from the government. Well, in St. Louis, a woman who started a charity funded 100% by taxpayer dollars, over a three-year period she got $20 million of taxpayer funds. It was supposed to be to provide food for low-income kids. She spent $11 million of the $20 million on herself and her boyfriend. Jeez. Connie Bobo. You can look it up. Connie Bobo, B-O-B-O. A little quiz, John. We're jumping over. I'm jumping around here. So, John, I asked a bunch of my friends, you know, of all the high school sports that your kids could play in, you know, I'm talking football, basketball, baseball, volleyball, lacrosse, tennis. What's the safest sport that your kid can play in high school? And I think you might know the answer. Do you know the answer, John?
SPEAKER 06 :
probably shooting because nothing happens there.
SPEAKER 03 :
Yep. Rifle team and trap teams. In the past 20 years, there's been no broken bones, deaths, wounds, sprains, eye injuries, concussions. And by the way, every year there's a national high school trap shooting meet out in Ohio somewhere, and they get like 3,500 kids are there for four days. Every kid's carrying a shotgun, and this has been going on for years and years and years, and there's never been any injury, accidental shootings. So the safest sport your kids can play in high school or become involved in is either get involved in the school rifle team or the school trap team if they have one. If they don't, ask why not because it is the safest sport.
SPEAKER 06 :
It is, and it's a lot of fun, by the way.
SPEAKER 03 :
A lot of fun, and the kids who get into it really love it.
SPEAKER 06 :
And they hone your skills. There's all sorts of things that come from doing that.
SPEAKER 03 :
high hand coordination, respect for gun safety. You learn being polite.
SPEAKER 06 :
Reaction time, all sorts of stuff, Joe. There's tons of advantages in doing it.
SPEAKER 03 :
It is. How much time we got, John?
SPEAKER 06 :
A couple minutes.
SPEAKER 03 :
Go ahead. California has a proposal to put in a 5% wealth tax that would kick in next year, and they would make it retroactive to this year. Well, if you're a guy like Larry Ellison that has 400 million of wealth, you know, that's the value of the stock he owns. And he's the founder of Oracle, by the way. But he's 81 now. So, yeah, he sits on the board of directors. But you're Larry Ellison, and they want 5%. John, that would be $20 billion a year. If you were Larry Ellison, would you stay in California?
SPEAKER 06 :
No, you'd leave.
SPEAKER 03 :
You'd leave. And then you've got guys like Mark Zuckerberg who are there and the guys who are head of Google, which I believe is Alphabet. They're all billionaires. None of them are going to stay in California. So this gets back to Mondami wanting to double the tax on billionaires.
SPEAKER 05 :
People just leave.
SPEAKER 03 :
They're just going to leave. But knowing California, it's going to be a ballot measure. So even if there were cooler heads in the state legislature, I'm sure the idiots in California are probably going to vote this thing in. And they've already lost. Elon Musk, and they've already been, they've lost Chevron, they've lost Tesla.
SPEAKER 06 :
Owner of In-N-Out and so on.
SPEAKER 03 :
In-N-Out Burger. So I think if this ballot measure passes next year, and again, they want to make it retroactive to 2025, which I don't even know if that's legal to make a tax levy retroactive to the prior year. But I suspect, now don't get me wrong, I think like Mark Zuckerberg will still be head of Meta, but he'll establish a corporate office outside of it.
SPEAKER 06 :
Go put it somewhere else.
SPEAKER 03 :
Go put it out. He doesn't even have to move the entire, all he has to do is move his office somewhere else.
SPEAKER 06 :
Correct.
SPEAKER 03 :
And the same thing with the guys at Google. That's what they'll do. Just drive it out. That's right.
SPEAKER 06 :
That's what they'll do.
SPEAKER 03 :
It's going to be an interesting year.
SPEAKER 06 :
Absolutely. Joe, as always, appreciate you.
SPEAKER 03 :
All right, John, talk to you next week.
SPEAKER 06 :
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SPEAKER 10 :
This is Rush to Reason on KLZ 560.
SPEAKER 06 :
And we are back, Rush to Reason, Denver's Afternoon Rush, KLZ 560. Steve Altschuler joining us now. Steve, welcome back. How are you?
SPEAKER 20 :
I'm doing great, thanks, John. How are you doing?
SPEAKER 06 :
I'm doing good. I appreciate you taking time for us. You're running for city council in Longmont. We've talked to you before. Tell us how things are going.
SPEAKER 20 :
You know, from what people are telling me, I think they're going really, really well. Okay. In the last couple of weeks, I had more and more people telling me they feel very sure that I'm going to win one of the seats. And a couple of days ago, One person that's even one of the liberals said that the liberal party feels I'm going to win one of the seats.
SPEAKER 06 :
Interesting. Well, that's good. That's what we need.
SPEAKER 20 :
That's exciting.
SPEAKER 06 :
Yeah, no, it is. You know my background and where I grew up, and grew up not far from Longmont, spent a lot of time over there as a kid, and even periodically still go back over that direction. It's changed a lot since I was a young man, of course, Steve, and some of those changes, not so good.
SPEAKER 20 :
You know, that's one of the many drums that I keep beating. And about three years ago, Longmont City Council did a survey, and the majority of people that responded said that their top complaints about Longmont were traffic, crime, and homelessness.
SPEAKER 05 :
Right.
SPEAKER 20 :
And since then, all they've done is build more and more. Yep. They're allowing all the homeless people to panhandle on every street corner.
SPEAKER 06 :
I noticed that when I drove through there just a couple weeks ago, by the way.
SPEAKER 20 :
Yeah. Yeah. And I just keep pounding those drums. And it's at least an 80, if not a 90% issue, because everyone I talk to seems to agree with me. They're tired of the traffic, and all Longmont wants to do is keep building.
SPEAKER 06 :
Well, and if Longmont's like – here's my other complaint with cities because I encounter this at times. If Longmont's like some of the other cities up and down the Front Range, if you're a property owner and somehow the homeless end up on your property and they leave behind a mess or whatever the case may be, it's now your obligation – for all of you listening, yes, this is how this works. It's your obligation as a property owner now to clean up the mess that they leave behind at your own expense – And it doesn't matter how much whining and complaining to the city you do or to the police department you do, it's still your problem, Steve, which is absolutely an atrocity.
SPEAKER 20 :
Again, I agree a thousand percent, and I've had multiple businesses from North Longmont, you know, they have to keep their bathrooms locked because people go in there and they are either shooting up drugs or just making a mess for the heck of it. And a lot of them have told me how badly it's affected their sales because they're right in front of their businesses and it's in effect, chasing the customers away because people don't want to.
SPEAKER 06 :
And nobody wants to be around that, Steve. No, no, they are, you know, I feel sorry for these people because I know exactly what they're going through. I can relate full well to that. And my complaint and one of the things I continue to tell some of the cities up and down the front range, you know, personally is, why is this my problem as a landowner when you've created this? You're now passing the buck to me when you won't deal with this on your own. It's not fair in what you're doing.
SPEAKER 20 :
And it kind of crosses right over with the shop listing that's going on. And I've had a lot of people, and again, businesses tell me, you know, I think, wasn't it Polis a couple years back? Yeah, California did something similar to that.
SPEAKER 06 :
I don't know exactly what it is in Colorado. But point being, there's a certain amount you can steal, and it's really not punishable at all. I mean, it's a slap on the hand, Steve. Merchants don't even mess with it is the problem.
SPEAKER 20 :
Well, that is the problem because the more people steal and get away with it, the more they steal the next time and tell their friends.
SPEAKER 06 :
That's exactly right. 100% correct. So a question for you. These things that we're talking about, what are you telling people your solution is? If you get elected to city council, what's your solution for some of this?
SPEAKER 20 :
Well, I try to be careful. I have ideas on how to make the problems more manageable. I try not to say I'm going to solve it 100% because... No one in America has solved homelessness 100%.
SPEAKER 06 :
And by the way, I think that's a very – I believe that's a wise approach, by the way. Furthermore, you're not in charge of everything that happens in the city. You'll be one seat on council. You'll have a voice. But again, you'll have to have other people that have to go along with whatever an idea is that you even present. So I think it's admirable to not say you have a complete fix because, frankly, you don't.
SPEAKER 20 :
And what I try to say is I can chip away at the problem 10% over here and 10% over there.
SPEAKER 06 :
Great point.
SPEAKER 20 :
And hopefully make it better. I don't know if I mentioned this to you before, but there's two places. One is Coronado, California. They did this two years ago. And Commerce City outside of Denver did this a year ago. Both city councils voted to have their police pick up the homeless people that they see and give the person a choice to either go in and get a mental assessment or be taken to the edge of town and leave. And then the ones that have the mental assessment, they're told what they, what will be done to help them. And if they say, great, I would love some help. Then they're helped. If they say, no, I don't want any help. I just want to be back out on the street. then they release them out of the edge of town again.
SPEAKER 06 :
Great idea. I'm all for that. I mean, something, Steve, has to be done by not just Longmont, but Loveland, Fort Collins, Boulder. I mean, I can go down the list, Steve. Every city around. I mean, I'm over in the Golden Arvada area. I mean, it's everywhere, Steve, and every city needs to take the same approach.
SPEAKER 20 :
And believe me, I take a fair amount of flack for saying these things. But I'm hoping that there are no common sense people.
SPEAKER 06 :
And this is what I would say if I were you and I had some flack coming back to me along these lines, I would be saying, you know what, it's the most humane thing I can do to actually help the homeless. I'm giving them a choice. a solution, if you would, on how to get better and get off the street. If they'd like to have a mental assessment and there's things they need along those lines, we're more than willing to help them through various means to get that done and help them get back on their feet. But on the same token, if they just want to keep doing what they're doing, we're going to put them on the edge of town because guess what? They made their own choice.
SPEAKER 20 :
And if they find out that no town will put up with them anymore, then they'll have another choice of changing their attitude.
SPEAKER 06 :
change attitude or change states. I mean, at the end of the day, Steve, if up and down this whole front range, it gets to be that way. They'll have to learn, you know, maybe Colorado isn't the place for me.
SPEAKER 20 :
And that would definitely help a lot of businesses in Colorado.
SPEAKER 06 :
Correct. And, again, I am not against the homeless per se, but I'm against the lifestyle choices, Steve, that a lot of them make. I get it. There are some mental things that are going on with some that are homeless, and I fully understand it, and those are the ones we truly should be helping. I also know there are a certain percentage, and I don't know what that number is. I bet it's at least half. That love the lifestyle and that's what they want to continue to live because there's no accountability, Steve. They don't have to do the same things you and I do to live life.
SPEAKER 20 :
And I used to go down with my wife and daughter and feed the homeless for about five years. And I got fed up with it because year after year after year I'd see the same people, often very college educated. Yep. And they would just tell me, I just don't want a house. I don't want a car. I don't want responsibilities. Yep. I can come here and get food or go there and get clothes.
SPEAKER 06 :
Steve, that last word, that's the key. I don't want those responsibilities. I want to be free. Again, this is, by the way, a very selfish decision on their part because most of them have extended family and people that do care for them and love them and don't want them to live on the street. But they've made this decision because, frankly, they're selfish themselves. I don't want to be accountable to anyone. I want to live my own life, so I'm going to go on the streets.
SPEAKER 20 :
And it's the same thing with the homeless. You know, we're giving them meals, we're giving them socks and sometimes a sleeping bag, but we're just making them more comfortable to be homeless.
SPEAKER 06 :
That's right.
SPEAKER 20 :
We're not actually helping the situation.
SPEAKER 06 :
Absolutely. You are spot on.
SPEAKER 20 :
And with that, I'll transgress to another problem Longmont and every other city has is finding a way to support lower income people. Longmont has been building a lot of 300 unit apartment buildings. Most of them are providing subsidized housing for people that aren't making enough money to rent their own place. The problem is if you're, I don't know the number cause it's like 30% of your income. If rent is more than that, then the city will subsidize. But once you get in that program, you can be in that program for the next 50 years.
SPEAKER 06 :
That's right, forever.
SPEAKER 20 :
So all we're doing is helping people stay poor. That's right. We're not helping them pull themselves up.
SPEAKER 06 :
Well, and this is hard for you to say running for office, but I can say it. Steve, that's Marxism at its core. That's what Marxists want, is they want the thumb of government upon those that, frankly, are less fortunate because they know they can control them by doing so. That's really at the crux of all of that. Now, there's a lot of folks in government councils and so on that maybe don't look at it exactly the way I said, but... But let me tell you what, at the end of the day, that is the result, and that's exactly what happens.
SPEAKER 20 :
Yeah. So since you used to live in Longmont, I will tell you that a couple weeks ago, the city council just increased the budget for 2026 by $60 million over the year before. Wow. It's the second year in a row they've increased the budget by 13%.
SPEAKER 06 :
Wow.
SPEAKER 20 :
And I went up to city council and spoke before they voted on this, and I said, We don't know anybody else that's had a 13% raise two years in a row. And I tried to explain that the more you increase the city budget, you are actually taking money out of circulation. So then people have less money. They don't go shopping as much. The businesses end up with less sales. They have to fire people so you have more unemployment. They're not business people. They just don't get it. It's very frustrating.
SPEAKER 06 :
No, they don't. And, by the way, I appreciate what you're saying because most, to your point, have never written a paycheck. They don't understand how some of these things work, and I'm glad you're up there doing what you're doing. Got to get you elected. So how do folks help you do that, Steve?
SPEAKER 20 :
Well, I'll tell you. The biggest thing is in four days I need conservatives to get out there and vote for me. Okay. They've only had a little sampling of my ideas, but they can already get it from the way I'm speaking with you.
SPEAKER 06 :
Correct.
SPEAKER 20 :
If you're tired of the traffic and you're tired of all the buildings and you're tired of subsidizing other people's rent, and also we end up being taxed to cover their portion of police, fire, road maintenance, and even schools because the cities do not pay property taxes on their own buildings.
SPEAKER 06 :
You're right.
SPEAKER 1 :
100%.
SPEAKER 06 :
You're correct.
SPEAKER 20 :
So, you know, A, vote for me. B, tell your family and friends. My website is www.steve4longmont. I'm always asking people to go on there, look me up. I've got my positions on every issue that I can think of. One thing that just came up a couple days ago is the airport. And I think this council and the last three or four councils have been working to try to bring the airport down so they can justify closing the airports and ultimately fill the airport up with high-rise apartment buildings.
SPEAKER 06 :
Yep. I just drove by that two weeks ago. Yep, I would believe exactly what you just said. Absolutely.
SPEAKER 20 :
And then you get 50,000 more people living in Longmont.
SPEAKER 06 :
Correct, which makes everything even worse.
SPEAKER 20 :
Right.
SPEAKER 06 :
Yep, 100%. All right, what's the website folks can go to, Steve?
SPEAKER 20 :
www.steve4longmont.com.
SPEAKER 06 :
Okay. Is it F-O-R or the number 4?
SPEAKER 20 :
The number 4, thank you.
SPEAKER 06 :
The number 4. All right. Steve, I appreciate it. Best of luck. Let us know how things go here. I know things are coming to a head on Tuesday.
SPEAKER 20 :
I'll give you a shout next Wednesday and let you know whatever I know.
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Appreciate you, Steve, very much. Have a great evening.
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Thank you, John.
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All right, and just when you think things couldn't get much worse, Colorado lawmakers on the Joint Budget Committee, the JBC, approved two emergency budget measures today, by the way, to help sustain food access programs. In other words, they're going to supplement SNAP and WIC. Because unless they get a deal made here by tonight, which doesn't look like it's going to happen, there won't be November payments going out when it comes to SNAP and some of those potential programs. We've been talking about some of that this week. And $10 million, which, again, keep in mind, Colorado's already on a budget shortfall as is. I don't know where this $10 million is coming from. It's fungible. So at the end of the day, it doesn't really matter what fund they take it from. It's still taking out from the overall budget. When it's all said and done, no matter what a politician tells you, all budget money like this is fungible. And SNAP, by the way, in Colorado, which I had no idea the number was this high. I should have looked it up. 600,000 Coloradans are on SNAP. Far too many. Far too many, by the way. That's actually ridiculous. No reason for that whatsoever. And I've given all of you different ideas and means and ways to where you can actually handle these things if you're somebody that's in that particular predicament. There's ways to get out of that. The problem is – and Steve said it a moment ago – when we feed these problems – Joe said it as well – when we feed these problems – These are the results that you get. We make it easy. These are the results, which, as I explained to Steve a moment ago, that's Marxism, folks, in and of itself. Now, I get it. Some people that are out there that are a part of these programs that are administering some of the food and so on, I'm not saying that they're directly Marxist, but they are participating in a Marxist program. Period. Period. And you can't deny that, because at the end of the day, it keeps people on these programs indefinitely because there's no incentive to get away from it. Absolutely no incentive to get away from it. All right, I've got to take another break, get things caught up here, because we went long with the last two guests. Golden Eagle Financial coming up next. Al Smith, make sure you're dialed in when it comes to your finances, by the way, so you don't end up on Snap yourself. And I mean that sincerely. Talk to Al today. Find him at klzradio.com.
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All right, in a political move that was made today, Attorney General Phil Weiser, which he is running for governor on the Democrat side as well, against Michael Bennett. There'll be a primary most likely between those two. I doubt there will be anybody else in that particular primary. I doubt very seriously whether Phil has a chance of winning against Michael Bennett. I guess we'll see as time goes by. But he filed a lawsuit today on behalf of the state of Colorado for the relocation of U.S. Space Command. Because Trump, you know, here a few months ago said that because of – Actually, not because of, but it's a factor in his decision to do that was the mail-in voting system that we have here in Colorado. You know, according to Trump, it's very corrupt and has problems, and it does. We've talked about some of those things here on our program. I will tell you that it's not the reason why Republicans don't win in Colorado. Do I like the system, and do I think we should have actual in-person voting with IDs? Absolutely. But do I think that the mail-in voting system is why we lose in Colorado? No. No. I do think there's enough people here in Colorado that are on the GOP side that are probably convinced Trump that that's the case. But frankly, that is far from the truth. That's not the point of the story. Point of the story is that Weiser and his team are suing because they say it's unconstitutional. Now, I don't know if... It is or isn't. I think the president has the ability to put certain, quote unquote, commands wherever he decides to. He had decided on Alabama actually during his first term. Biden came along afterwards because of, by the way, lobbying from the likes of Governor Polis and others. They went ahead and decided to keep it here in Colorado. And now Trump has decided to move it to Alabama instead, meaning that now Weiser and his team are are going to sue to keep it here. Frankly, this is a waste of money, taxpayer money, because they're on the taxpayer payroll. This is also nothing more than a move on Weiser's part, politically speaking, for the campaign trail next year, where whether he wins or loses, it will still be his thing to run on to be able to say, you know, look at all these things we sued the Trump administration over. Look at what we just did to try to keep Space Command, you know, Space Force here in Colorado. Look at what I'm doing for you, the average taxpayer of Colorado. That's what Weiser is going to say, by the way. This is a political move on – it's a stunt, if you would, on his side. Nothing more, nothing less. I think that he full well knows. Well, you know, I shouldn't say this because I say it all the time and I mean it. He's never tried a case in court, probably still hasn't. Everything that we talk about, even in these situations, he's got his lemmings to do the work. He doesn't show up in court and do these things. He's got lemmings that do it. I don't know that Phil's ever been in a courtroom to try a case, ever. And by the way, if you're on the left and you can prove that he has, I'd love to know because I don't think he ever has. To this day, I don't think he ever has. So that's something that, by the way, if I were Michael Bennett, I'd be asking on the campaign trail, you know, you're the attorney general, but you've never tried a case, have you? And yet you want to be governor. Again, Phil has a long shot, a very long shot at being governor, if you ask me. But again, whoever's advising him of this, I can't say they're wrong. This is a pretty good move, politically speaking, on his part, because he's using the taxpayer dollars to gain some credibility on the campaign trail. He's doing this for free, only it's on your dime, not his. So he's not spending any money. It's free on his side, but we taxpayers are going to flip the bill for his campaign trail thing that he's doing. And I'm not exaggerating when I say that, by the way. This is simply a move for him on the campaign trail. All right, tomorrow, Andy's going to have three movies. Bugonia, I think I'm saying that right, or Bugonia? I don't know. I'm sure I'm saying that wrong. Charlie and I don't know. It's a movie. Stitch Head and Violent Ends will have NFL picks, of course, at the top of the 2 o'clock hour. The movie rentals tomorrow because of Halloween, which this is the one I struggle the most with, so some of you need to help me out by texting me some of your favorite scary movies because that's a genre tomorrow is scary movies. Guys, have a great night. Be safe out there. Rush to Reason, Denver's Afternoon Rush, KLZ 560.
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In this episode of Rush to Reason, host John Rush dives into some controversial topics plaguing the trucking industry today. From illegal drivers to the advent of self-driving technology, discover how these issues impact the safety and employment of truck drivers across the nation. With a critical lens, John examines the companies and states that allow these practices and the government's recent efforts to address these challenges.
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You are going to shut your damn yapper and listen for a change because I got you pegged, sweetheart. You want to take the easy way out because you're scared. And you're scared because if you try and fail, there's only you to blame. Let me break this down for you. Life is scary. Get used to it. There are no magical fixes.
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With your host, John Rush.
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My advice to you is to do what your parents did. Get a job, sir. You haven't made everybody equal. You've made them the same, and there's a big difference.
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Let me tell you why you're here. You're here because you know something. What you know you can't explain, but you feel it. You've felt it your entire life, that there's something wrong with the world. You don't know what it is, but it's there. It is this feeling that has brought you to me.
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Are you crazy? Am I? Or am I so sane that you just blew your mind?
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All right, welcome back. Rush to Reason. Denver's Afternoon Rush, KLZ 560. Hopefully you all are having a great day. And weather outside isn't half bad today. It's supposed to be a fairly nice weekend. And, again, we'll be getting into the snow and weather and cold and all of that in the not-too-distant future. Future. So in the meantime, you guys enjoy the weather that we've got right now because it won't last forever. And don't forget to time change, which this particular time change when we fall back, which is Saturday night into Sunday. It's actually Sunday at like 2 a.m., but most people change clocks, which anymore. Unless you've got like a manual clock like on your stove or your microwave or whatever, typically everybody else uses digital clocks now to where it automatically does its thing. Even most cars today, even in the past 20 years, most of them have a daylight saving time setting or you can go in really quick inside the car and change it if need be. But it's not like it used to be where you run around the house and change every clock. I have two analog clocks at home that every year – Twice a year you have to make the change, but again, for us, it's not something where you're going to lose track of time because of the time change. But that is this coming weekend, meaning that the time change makes, in the wintertime, things get dark a lot earlier at night, which... I hate I get you get a little bit more daylight in the morning. Right now, it's not getting light until about 715 to 720 or so. And I understand that that'll be, you know, 615 to 620. But as we get further and further into the winter, that still becomes roughly seven o'clock or so. when it's all said and done, and then it's dark by 4.30 at night. So that's the downside of where we live. The farther north you get, the worse it gets. So those that are down south that are listening to me further south, and we have folks that listen from all over the country, Yeah, you don't have as much of an issue there as we do, but yeah, we notice longer daylight days in the summer, but shorter daylight days in the winter. The day itself is always the same. It's always funny when people say, well, the days are getting shorter. No, just the daylight day is getting shorter. The day itself is still 24 hours in a day, and it's equal for everyone. So anyways, all that being said, there's a crackdown right now. I was going to talk about this on on um saturday on on drive radio as well but there's a crackdown right now happening and there was a press conference even as we were talking in the last hour with dr kelly i noticed some things coming across my feed where there's some things going on even in washington right now to where there's going to be an illegal or there's going to be a crackdown on illegal alien truck drivers it's becoming a large problem with these quote-unquote sanctuary states, California being one, I think Colorado, we do similar things here as well, whereby you can get a commercial driver's license, a CDL they call it, and it doesn't take much to get one. I watched a video early this morning whereby there was a particular officer that had pulled somebody over and they were trying to get this particular individual, this commercial driver's licensed individual, gentleman, to pass an English proficiency test. Nothing more than, can you tell me what this sign means? Can you tell me what this sign says? And in this particular case, they couldn't. Meaning, I'll just say it straight up, they have no business being on the road. If you don't know what the basic road signs mean, why are you driving? And I had another – one of you listeners asked me this morning that if this going on and AI in trucks and self-driving trucks and is there a correlation between this and the self-driving trucks and so on. And I said, yeah, there absolutely is. There is a shortage of workers across the board in a lot of the trades, truck drivers as well. So, of course, there's going to be a big push to have self-driving trucks because it eliminates having to have a driver in the truck. On top of that, it eliminates a lot of these companies, by the way. And let me back up for a moment. It's not the good, solid truck driving or the trucking companies. It's not the solid trucking companies that abuse this. It's what I call the fly-by-night trucking companies that do this. And I talked about this, oh, I don't know, a month, month and a half ago when the Sikh individual, and no, not Sikh as in sick, but Sikh, I guess I should say it that way. It's Sikhs, not Sikhs. But the Sikhs, there was the issue that was down south where the two Sikh drivers made the U-turn in the middle of the road, in the middle of the highway. The minivan came in, collided with it. Everybody in the van died and so on. And I gave the explanation as to what was going on with that particular situation, and it's still happening. In fact, a lot of these accidents that you've seen of late have been the same type of drivers because they abuse it. And by the way, these are trucking companies that not only abuse the drivers as far as having them driving trucks when they're not legally supposed to. Now, they get them a driver's license. I understand that. But you get where I'm going with this. They're really not qualified drivers. But these companies don't care. They really don't care. Now, I would go as far as to say that a lot of these owners of these trucking companies, they're the ones that really need to be brought to justice because they're doing this completely wrong. They are literally putting others' lives on the line. They knowingly are doing it, but I'll just be straight up honest. They don't care. These are literal fly-by-night trucking companies. A lot of them seek owned as well. And what they do is they bring other Sikhs in, sometimes through a slavery-type process. In other words, there's indebtedness there. So they come here to work off that indebtedness. They end up driving a truck. As I stated in the last time I talked about this, they literally cut holes in the floor of the truck where they use the bathroom through the floor of the truck. They put two drivers in the truck. The truck never stops. They do very little maintenance to the truck. They literally run it into the ground, and then they go get another one and start all over again. And these guys driving the trucks are literally slaves to that particular company driving the truck. And I'm not exaggerating, by the way, in anything I'm saying. You're not seeing this publicized near as much as it should be. But what I just said is the truth. That's what's happening. And again, why it's not being talked about more is beyond me because it should be. It's modern day slavery in the trucking industry. Not by the legitimate trucking companies, but by these fly-by-night, you know, what I call fly-by-night trucking companies. And what I mean by fly-by-night is they'll run until their safety record gets found out or they have enough accidents, and then all of a sudden, you know, that LLC is gone. They start another LLC up, and it's very similar to the last LLC. And in this particular case, Volvo is a trucking company that continues to lease them trucks, and the cycle continues. And it doesn't stop. Well, it might be now. Because currently, the Department of Homeland Security, Kristi Noem, and all of her allies are actually going to now start going after some of these individuals and the companies that actually employ these and the states that are allowing this to happen. It's about time, by the way. Finally. I mean, some of you have probably experienced some of this by driving around. And I know at times I sound like I'm really hard on truck drivers. I'm not hard on all truck drivers. I'm hard on the ones that are knuckleheads. that are like this, that don't drive properly, that hang out in the left lane and they shouldn't be there in the first place, that come down the mountain far too fast and run into another semi-truck like what happened last week coming down I-70 around the Golden area. I mean, these are the things that are happening on a routine basis, and those are the ones that I'm after. Absolutely. And those of you that are really good, solid truck drivers, there's times where you'll criticize me for being hard on the trucking industry. You should be applauding me because I'm there to help you. Because if you get rid of all these fly-by-night guys, you make more money. Because it's the fly-by-night guys that are driving the costs down, meaning you don't make as much money per mile as you should be. So all in all, I'm on your side. I'm on the side of the good truckers and the good trucking companies, not the bad ones. It's the bad ones that give everybody a bad name. And you guys know where they're at. And I can tell by looking. I'm sorry. I'm going to say this. I can tell by looking at times that some of these guys driving these trucks haven't the foggiest idea what they're doing or where they're at. But yet, they're behind the wheel. So I'll talk a little bit more on this probably on Drive Radio over the weekend, but that is happening as we speak. It's becoming a bigger and bigger deal. It's high time that we finally, as government finally started looking at this and enforcing some of the things that, by the way, all the rest of you have to abide by. Why do these companies get by with it and everybody else can't? So it's about time they started coming down hard on these individuals, these trucking companies, and it looks like right now, They are. And again, it's not just the trucking companies, it's the states that allow this. California, for example. So I'll have more on this, I'm sure. I only saw a little bit and pieces of some of this before coming on air today as far as what they're doing, as far as getting some of these individuals off of the road. But you're going to see more of this starting to happen. And if you're one of these companies and you're listening to me and you're running a bunch of illegal drivers that technically can't pass a commercial driver's license test... you should probably rethink what you're doing. Because trust me, you're marked. You're going to be sought after when this is all said and done. And by the way, rightfully so. Golden Eagle Financial coming up next. Al did a great interview of late. Listen in. You can always find Al at klzradio.com.
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This is TJ with KLZ Radio, and once again, we have Al Smith with us from Golden Eagle Financial. And Al, we're coming up on the end of the year, and I figure there's probably quite a few things that a retirement planner has to do to prepare for the new year, yes?
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Well, there are a couple of things that have a 31st deadline that we talk to some of our clients about. If people are thinking about converting part of their traditional IRA to Roth, they're That needs to be done before December 31st. And we don't usually wait till the last week in December because the financial companies get really busy. So it's a good idea to address that in November. And usually by then people have a pretty good idea how much money they have earned, and we can guesstimate their tax bracket.
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So you're just basically helping them reach out to figure out what sort of distribution they should get from an investment?
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Well, not so much distribution, but if they're younger people, they may have a longer-term strategy to convert traditional IRA to Roth. And that will add income to their income tax they pay each year. And we usually wait till near the end of the year because by then people know what tax bracket they will be in. But it has to be done before December 31st.
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Excellent. And that's why we trust you, Al. How can people get in touch with you if they want to start their retirement planning adventure with you?
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That's a good way to describe it as an adventure. You can reach me at 303-744-1128. And if you're driving when you hear this, contact KLZ and they'll put me in contact with you. All right. Thanks for joining us today, Al. Thank you for having me.
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Putting reason into your afternoon drive, this is John Rush.
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And we are back. Rush to Reason, Denver's Afternoon Rush, KLZ 560. And that last topic, by the way, is a big one to me because I guess because of how much time I actually spend on the road and some of the things that I actually watch. And it's just at times it's absolutely frustrating when I see the way some of these truckers drive. how they drive, what they do, some of the just utter nonsense that goes on, and yet everybody else is expected to abide by the rules, and yet most of these guys don't have to. So, anyways, sorry to kind of get off on a tangent there, but... But that stuff gets to me. It bothers me. So in other news, this one I wasn't even following. Didn't know we were even trying to do anything here. I guess I should have known this, but I don't follow this type of news that closely. But Denver's bid to host the 2030 Gay Games fell short. We are not going to host the 2030 Gay Games. Now, I don't know what kind of revenue that would have brought in. Frankly, don't care one way or the other. Truthfully, all of these types of sporting events and even Olympics and things like that, it's rare that those sorts of events happen. actually pan out. Now, I don't know about this one. I don't know what type of things would have had to have been built or if they use exactly the same things that we're already using and so on. Typically, when it comes to Olympics, they don't work out so well because you spend so much money on infrastructure and the event facilities themselves and so on that very few countries, and I think, Charlie, you and I looked this up at one point in time. I don't know. It's been a year or so ago. Very, very few countries make out when it comes to the Olympics. Most of them actually lose a boatload of money and never recover from it. And in some cases, the Olympic game facilities lay as a wasteland on down the road. And I'm not exaggerating when I say that. Am I right, Charlie? A lot of countries do very poorly with the Olympics. So I'm not a big fan of doing it. Frankly, I think it's one of the best things Colorado ever did was not have an Olympic game here, you know, because at the end of the day, again, it really doesn't Now, in this particular case, over 50 prominent Colorado figures and organizers, including, of course, Jared Polis, because he himself is gay, Denver Mayor Mike Johnston, they also showed their support, of course, for the Denver bid in the committee's effort to host the 2030 Gay Games Sports Competition. Despite the challenges that face our LGBTQ plus community, which, by the way, what challenges are there? I'm sorry, I've got to question that particular quote. What challenges? That particular community has more rights than I have. They have more protections than I get as a white male. So I'm confused as to what are the challenges that are faced. Because anymore, there aren't any. Newsflash, gay community, you don't have any. No more than I have as an old white guy. So, sorry, there's no challenges there. So I'm going to throw that one out. So, of course, that's in this quote, but what is it you're challenged by? So, you know, despite the challenges that show up, blah, blah, blah, Denver showed up as an inspiring proof that far more individuals are working to create unity through love. I'm going to throw up, by the way. The world needs it now more than ever, and our GGDEN supporters and bid committee should be proud, says Lisa Scheib, co-chair of Gay Games Denver. And again, do I have anything against the gay community? No, I don't have anything against any community. But at the end of the day, why do they get special privileges? And again, I go back to this quote. What are the challenges that you guys face? You're welcome to call in, by the way, 303-477-5600. But what do you face? I don't. Because, by the way, we all have challenges. And in fact, I don't get my own crosswalk painted in a lot of places in towns and cities. I don't have special privileges. I don't get to be treated a certain way if I apply for a job or, or, or, or, or. So how is it that you're challenged? If anything, you're privileged. You're not challenged. You're privileged. You have more rights than I have in most cases. So where is this challenge coming from, I ask? I doubt if I'll get an answer because you aren't. You're getting to the point where you have far more in your corner than I have. Anyways, long story short, I guess Denver lost. They're going to, I think it's Perth in Australia. Again, whatever. I don't even know what these games involve. Don't care, to be honest. Truthfully, don't care about the Olympics either. So that's another one where I just don't care. Last time the Olympics were on, didn't watch any of them. In fact, we have Olympics come out this winter, right, Charlie? Isn't it an Olympic winter? Again, shows how much I know. 100 days away. Thank you, Charlie. Where are they at this year, Charlie? Shows what I know. He's thinking. Because I don't know, folks. Is it here in America? It's not in America, is it, Charlie? Again, I don't know, folks. I'd have to look that up. I wasn't planning on talking about the Olympics, so I didn't check. Charlie Cannon telling me because I don't know where they're at. Again, don't care. So it's not that I don't care about the LGBTQ plus gay games. I don't care about the regular Olympics either, to be honest with you. To me personally, and I think I said this last time the Summer Olympics were on, I don't care anymore. It's become so political, even those that win and lose, especially in those where there's not a set winner or loser. If it's a subjective type of a game where there's judges there. Oh, it's in Italy. Thank you, Charlie. Italy, the Alps. Must be in the Alps, the Italian Alps. And I won't watch any of them. I just won't. Don't care. And I'm sorry, I know there's a lot of Olympians out there, even a lot of them that train here in Colorado Springs, and every U.S. Olympian, yes, I'm very thankful for what they're doing, but no, I don't care about the games. And in some cases, I feel bad for some of those that are going to try to compete because as an American, you're already at a disadvantage. And you are. I'm sorry. In some of the, you know, again, the more artistic type, you know, events whereby there's judges there judging you, we are already at a disadvantage. And by the way, we'll be so more this year than probably ever. because of tariffs and other things that's happened with the Trump administration. So I will tell you at the end of the day, I'm sorry. I feel sorry for those Olympians, those American Olympians, because they're going to be at a disadvantage heading into those games right off the bat. That's just the way it is. So I'm sorry to say that, but that's the case. 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We still have the ability to, you know, wipe you off the map, if you would. And that's what I believe Donald Trump is doing. He's essentially going to show others what he's got, you know, what we've got, I guess the best way to say that. So. Again, when will this take place? We don't know. Those are all, by the way, nobody will know. If anybody comes out and says that they know, it'll either be something that was leaked out and it's not supposed to be, and then that date will actually change, because this is all stuff that is very top secret when it's all said and done. But the last time we did a test was in 1992. There was a moratorium then established by George Bush at the conclusion of the Cold War. Trump wrote that the process would begin immediately and was in response to other countries' testing programs. Again, you can't let other people, other countries do this and not have any kind of a response or retaliation. This is, again, a way of making sure that everybody else knows where we stand. So before anybody runs around, and the left especially, they're going to be out there running around, you know, this is awful, this is bad. Look at Trump. He's just a warmonger. You know, as usual, he's the guy that's out there starting all these fights. No, no, lefties. This is the opposite of that. You do these things to avoid those situations. You do those things to keep other countries in check. You do it so other people know that we mean business and we're not here to be pushed around. That's what he's doing. And in doing that, you'll avoid those situations. You won't have some of those things, you know, the wars and things that could happen from that. So it won't exist because you're keeping the other countries in check. This is why you want a president like Trump around that will literally tell everybody else that, you know what, we can be on the playground, you can kick sand on my shoes, but guess what, I'm going to kick them right back. This is not going to be something where you're going to be the big bully on the playground and we don't retaliate. We will. We will show you what we're made of. So when I read this at first, I'm like, oh, OK, Trump, good job. You're basically going to show the rest of these countries that, you know what, we still mean business and we're still we're still the biggest and baddest on the block. And we are. And he's going to make sure the countries understand that, because, frankly, folks, there are times when I think other countries don't think that. And we've had past administrations, by the way, the Obama administration, especially in the Biden administration, whereby they ran around the rest of the world apologizing for who we are and what we do. And really, in a lot of ways, you know, defunded our military, weakened our military, you know, allowed all of this woke nonsense to be inside of our military. You saw what Hegseth did just a few weeks ago in regards to the training of our military, what their PT is going to now be and what their fitness requirements are going to be and, and, and. That is all a way to strengthen our military and show other countries we mean business. We're still around. In fact, we're going to get stronger, not weaker. And that's exactly what Trump is doing in this particular situation. That's my take on it. I don't think there's any other way to look at this. Now, where will these particular tests be done and how does all of that work? I don't know. I don't know. So at the end of the day, again, we'll know more about that as some of these things take place. Trust me, as soon as one of these actually happens, I'm sure we'll all know. We still have a lot of warheads in existence, by the way. So other countries need to understand that, and Trump's doing a very good job of letting those folks know that, which, again, I am behind. I think he should. Like I said earlier, though, when you read some of the comments on some of this that gets pushed out onto the news sites and social media and so on, of course everybody's, you know, Trump's the big warmonger and it's all his fault and this, that, and the other, and that's what you're going to get from the left. So at any rate. All right. A story that I was going to talk about a few days ago that I honestly just didn't get to. We just didn't have time and I wasn't able to get to it. And this was an interesting article out of the Wall Street Journal. And the title of the article is, he won the $2 billion Powerball, which is huge, by the way. Now he's buying up LA lots, or now he's buying up lots burned in the LA fires. His name is Edwin Castro, and I believe he's an Indian, American Indian. He is one of the biggest investors snapping up destroyed properties, and he wants to lead in the rebuilding of his hometown in Altenda, Altenda. It's Altadena. Sorry, Charlie. Altadena. Oh, sorry. Okay, like Pasadena, only Altadena. So Altadena. I would have never got that, so thank you, Charlie. So this story goes in and talks about how he's actually gone through, and because he's got the cash now, he's looked at some of the properties. And as I said earlier, this is not abnormal. When there are fires like this, it happens in all places, Colorado included. When a fire comes through and destroys all the property, The owners then have the opportunity or the ability, call it what you want, depending upon what they were insured for and what the property value is, they can determine whether they're going to rebuild or in some cases just exit. So take the insurance money, pay off whatever mortgage they may or may not have had, decide how much extra money they have or don't have. The property value is there. Do they want to cash out and move on? And it happens. I did the same thing in Granby when I lost my property up there. I did not rebuild. I looked at it. I spent some time going through the process. I looked at all the different building ideas that were there and the ability to do all of that and the cost and so on. And I finally determined I could sell the property off and be money ahead when it was all said and done. That's what I did. And these people have that same opportunity, by the way. And again, I say opportunity. Now, in some cases, it's a necessity. If you were underinsured and you lost a lot more than what you actually had things insured for, in other words, you lost money because you didn't insure things properly and you need the money out of the lot to continue on with your life, well, that's why I talk all the time on some of my other programs to be properly insured. Something that, frankly, you need to look at on an annual basis because things change. So not going down that path right now. In this particular case, there's a lot of lots there right now that are for sale. And he's coming in to buy these lots in Altadena. Now, he's getting a lot of flack for this. Some out of his own community, by the way. So he's 33 years of age. He's already spent $10 million to buy up 15 lots. He's one of the biggest in a wave of investors that's snapping up scorched L.A. area properties. Again, often from displaced residents who have opted to cash out rather than endure a multi-year rebuild. Yeah, because one thing I forgot to add a moment ago is it's not only the cost sides of this, but you've got to realize that to rebuild on that piece of property, it's a year and a half to two year deal out before you move back in. And that's if everything goes smoothly. And by the way, there's a pecking order in a lot of what I just said as well. So bottom line, people just decide to move on. Many are farther away. There's a San Diego developer and an Arizona fund. A Los Angeles area hospice executive has also made post-fire purchases. The purchase have raised alarms in Altadena, an unincorporated community northwest of downtown L.A. that had about 42,000 residents before the fire. Residents are afraid they'll lose the small town feel created by the craftsman bungalows and Spanish revival homes that once dotted the streets. Yeah, you know what? Things happen. I'm sorry. It's not going to be the way it was. That's what happens in fires. Things will get rebuilt and it'll be much different than it was prior. That's the ramifications of something like that happening. And is it sad to some? Yes. Is it sad to all? Not sad to me. I don't care. I'm not trying to be coy, but it's never the same, folks. It's just a fact of life. It's not going to be the same. wasn't in my case and it won't be in other cases where things get burned completely to the ground it's not going to be the same once it's done there was a tragic thing that happened everything was lost and no it won't be the same it's that simple It's property, by the way. It's not your life you're losing. It's a piece of property. It's, in some cases, an asset. And, yes, I realize that it can be very sentimental, things that are in the home and memories and so on. I understand that to a degree. You guys all know me. I'm not going to lose any sleep or cry over it. It's just not me. it's something that can be replaced. It's a material possession. All material possessions can be replaced. That's how I look at it. In my case, they're all for sale. Yeah, and that's exactly how I say it. Everything I own is for sale. The right deal comes along, it's gone. I don't hold on to anything tightly. If the right thing comes along, it's gone. It's sold. Because I don't hold on to anything tightly. And some would say, geez, John, that's harsh. No, it's just the way I am. Always have been. If I can make money on it, I'm going to. That's my goal at the end of the day. I'm not sentimental about things. So if there's a way to turn that into cash, I'm going to. Now, that's kind of what's happening here, by the way. So I said that to these residents that are here that are now upset about what's happening. You shouldn't be. If you don't like it, then go round up enough money and get involved with some of the developers and investors and do it yourself if you don't like it. I don't know how else to say it. I mean, I know that sounds really rude, but that's the facts. That's how this works. And I'm also, and this is where I'm going with this whole article, I'm a huge private property rights person. If you own it and it's yours, it's yours to do what you want to with it. In fact, I am one where I think we have far too much control from cities and counties and zoning and a lot of other stuff. And I get while they're there and you try to get cities and stuff to be run correctly and you don't necessarily want residential on top of commercial or next to it. And I understand all of that. Although, and I'm okay with a little bit of oversight, but there's far too much for most cities and counties. Far too much. And it hinders personal property rights. which, as I said, I am a big proponent of. It's yours. You own it. No one else should be telling you what you can and can't do with it. In this particular case, this gentleman has bought up 15 lots, and it's my opinion, my belief, that he's got every right to build whatever he wants to on those 15 lots and sell it and make money if he wants to, which, by the way, is what he's going to do. That's what everybody's so mad about. So he's of Native American descent, and I think a lot of people are thinking that because he won this big Powerball jackpot that he should just be giving this stuff back out to the folks that are there now. Folks, it doesn't work that way. And it also shows to me that the guy's got a little bit of common sense when it comes to money because he's not just giving it away. He is actually going to make money on the money that he's made on the Powerball. Good for him. He won't be one of those that, you know, Dan, when he was here with me, Dan Muir, when he was my co-host here for years, we used to talk about because we read a story way back in the day of a guy that won the lottery, made a boatload off of the lottery, but ended up living in a container in his own feces. And so we used to joke about guys that won the lottery, you'd end up living in a container in your own feces. Well, this guy won't. Because he's doing smart things with his money. And here's the crux of this. Yet he's getting criticized from the residents there in doing this. So, again, I understand their frustration because they want things to be the way they were before the fire. But the fact is it's not going to be. and it never will be. He even goes on to say that his rebuilding efforts aren't charity. He's mostly planning single-family homes. He wants to sell at market value. The profit margin doesn't need to be huge, doesn't need to be outlandish, he says. But I'm not just building homes to give them away either. So in other words, he'll build fair-priced homes when it's all said and done, meaning people, if they want to buy them, can. He's not going to get extra rich off of doing so. He's going to be smart with his money. And by the way, he's providing a service. Let's not forget that. At the end of the day, he's going to build some homes, have it turnkey ready where somebody can come in, buy that home, move in, and off they go and not have all the headache of having to build it. And he should be rewarded for doing so, by the way. Something that a lot of developers don't get enough credit for. And it's not that I am pro or anti-developers. There's some really good ones and there's some really bad ones, just like there is in every industry. But developers take huge risk. I don't think most people really understand the risk that developers take. They go through an entire process, and unless you've done this, and you've taken especially commercial property, and you've taken it from a raw piece of dirt and then put something up on it, which I've done, if you've never done that, you have no idea what you're talking about as to how much risk is there in doing so. And by the way, most haven't, and most have no idea what that takes to do. The amount of effort and money and tenacity and patience and time and hassle and everything you go through with the cities and counties, unless you've done it, you have no idea what that takes. It is one big, huge, gigantic hassle plus risk. And again, I commend most developers that go through and do that because it's not for the lighthearted by any means. It takes a lot of tenacity to make that happen. So a lot of locals appreciate his goals, but believe it or not, there's a lot of folk there that don't like what he's doing either. And again, I picked this one out because I really looked at this and thought, you know, we're getting to the point in America, and it's happening over and over again. Granted, this is California, but it's happening in a lot of places. Nobody has the right to do with their property anymore what they want. Everybody else is going to tell them what to do. That's what's happening in America right now. That was my whole point of reading you guys this story is it's happening there and it's going to happen in a lot of other places. It's happening here in Colorado as we speak. The community, quote unquote, the democracy, which we don't want, is deciding what somebody can do with a piece of property versus their rights for that property. And it's a bunch of nonsense. And it happens all of the time. You know, a bunch of community people will get together. There's going to be a new development, a new commercial development, a warehouse of this or that. And it's going to go on on a piece of property. It's probably, and I know of one of these where it's already zoned commercial. It's been that way for the last 60 years. But all of a sudden, This property is going to now get developed because it's time and there's enough money in it that it can actually happen and it can be made to work now where it maybe couldn't have 20 or 30 or even 10 years ago. But now it can. And all the neighbors get upset because they thought that was just going to be an empty field forever. And so they're mad. And so they now go together. They get organized. They go to City Hall. They start to fight this developer. And frankly, they're all wrong. 100% wrong. They don't own it. If they want it to be left alone just like it is now, then pony up the money and buy it and turn into whatever you want to. But they don't do that. They get together. They use the power of government to try to shut down any type of a developer that would come across that particular land and develop it out because it's what they want, not what's best for the landowner. And it's happening over and over and over again. It's one of the things I am dead set against. If it's your property, you develop it and do whatever you want to with it. If the people around you don't like it, I guess they can move. Or they should have done a little bit of due diligence on who owned it before they ever moved in. That's on them, not the developer, not the person building out the property. In fact, sometimes it's not even the developer. It's the person that owns the land that's deciding to do it now. My thing always is buyer beware. Do your own due diligence. And don't rely on some realtor to tell you what's happening, by the way, because that empty field probably isn't going to be that way forever unless it's open space. If somebody owns it, it's liable to get something built on it at some point in time. Cub Creek heating and air conditioning coming up next. By the way, make sure that your furnace tune-up is done and handled. It's a $56 off right now. There's three to choose from. Talk to Cub Creek today. Find them at klzradio.com.
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SPEAKER 09 :
All right, before I take John from Cheyenne, a couple of you even gave suggestions as to examples, I should say, of developments and things like that whereby the community gets it wrong. Buc-ee's, Palmer Lake, great example. Somebody else said, look at Bandimere's in the Speedway there and what they went through. And yeah, by the way, that's an example of where conservatives got it wrong. in a big, big way. I talked about that when all that was going on. And it's a great example of where people don't understand how things work. And even in that case, or especially in that case, conservatives got it way wrong. John and Cheyenne, go ahead.
SPEAKER 06 :
Oh, I was going to point out the Marshall Fire. How many of those people had to just take the money and leave?
SPEAKER 09 :
A lot. It's funny you say that because I was thinking of that as well, John. If you drive through that particular area now and look at the way things have been rebuilt versus the way it was before, it's not even close to the same.
SPEAKER 06 :
Right. Well, from everything I read and listened, and I think you talked about it a while back, what Boulder County did to those people was despicable. Because all of a sudden, they had a house that was built, say, 10 years ago. Now here's all these new building codes that you've got to abide by. And you just increased the building cost by $50,000, $75,000 additional dollars on top of what it would have cost to rebuild.
SPEAKER 09 :
That's right.
SPEAKER 06 :
Because of all their green New Deal stuff.
SPEAKER 09 :
Correct. You're right.
SPEAKER 1 :
100%.
SPEAKER 06 :
Part of it was, and I read this, they had all those open green spaces in those areas. that had never been maintained, and they helped the fire move along in the grass.
SPEAKER 09 :
It did. You're correct. I grew up in that area, lived in that area before moving over to Golden, where I live now. And, yep, I can attest to that. In fact, my old house was right on the edge of the fire itself and was one of four homes that lived.
SPEAKER 06 :
Oh, survived.
SPEAKER 09 :
Yep, lived, survived, whatever you want to say. Yep, it was one of the only four in that area that actually survived the fire.
SPEAKER 06 :
Right, but I'm sure there was damage.
SPEAKER 09 :
Believe it or not, there was some damage to the fence and some things on the property itself, but nothing to the house.
SPEAKER 06 :
Oh, nice. But the people in California that are complaining about it now, California is doing the same thing to those folks that Boulder County did to the Marshall Park people. They're not letting them rebuild the way it was. Like a lot of those houses, what I've read, were so old that they still had septic and stuff. You're not letting them use any of that, you know. So the other thing, at the beginning of the hour, you were talking about the truck drivers. And one of them got arrested here in Wyoming by the highway patrol. They pulled him over for driving stupid, speeding and something else. And he couldn't even read and had no papers, no, you know. And he was illegal. And they impounded the truck and Our governor told the highway patrol, if you get an illegal, let's drive in a truck, or for whatever reason, call ICE and hold them and let ICE take them. So they did. But the Sikhs, as you were talking about, they even have their own truck stops. Yes. They bought one here. There was an old gas station, been there forever, between Cheyenne and Laramie, Beaufort, and it was sitting vacant for like a year and a half. And they bought it up, and they opened up, and I don't know what their quality gas is. It's usually the cheapest gas on the highway.
SPEAKER 09 :
I'm sure it is. You're right. Because everything they do is that way, John.
SPEAKER 06 :
Yep. But is it worth it to put in your car?
SPEAKER 09 :
Well, in those guys' case, they don't care because, like I said earlier, they run those trucks to the ground. Once they are, they'll lease another one, and off they go. All they look to do is to get their three to four years out of a lease, out of a particular semi, and off to the next one they go.
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I don't know if you saw it, but our county sheriff, he did a story on two trucks that he had his deputies. He had 25 of his deputies sworn in as trained ICE officers, I guess you would call it, as like an alternate that they get enforced. He had two trucks taken off their own. One was a tractor-trailer, again, that they pulled over with no papers, and the guy was illegal. And the other guy was driving a dump truck for one of the local company's No CDL, no nothing. Pulled them over for speeding on a county road, and they impounded the trucks both times. But I don't know if they could keep them. I would like to see them. If your company hires an illegal to drive a tractor-trailer and your truck gets pulled over with it, I'd like to see it impounded and sold at all.
SPEAKER 09 :
Well, I would, too. And in this case, John, I'm going to go as far as to say that I don't know this for a fact, so don't quote me on this, but I would be hard-pressed not to believe that everybody in that trucking company is most likely illegal. I would be shocked, John, if any of them are legal.
SPEAKER 06 :
I'm figuring the owners are probably legal, but that's about it.
SPEAKER 09 :
But they don't have to be. They can form an LLC as an outside person. In other words, you don't have to be legal to start an LLC.
SPEAKER 06 :
No, you don't, but... And then they just close it down. That's right.
SPEAKER 09 :
They close it down, start another one. That's exactly right, because there's nothing that prevents them from doing that.
SPEAKER 06 :
No, and I would love to know the ones that killed those people in Florida. Yes, yes. I would love to know if the LLC that owned that company went bankrupt.
SPEAKER 09 :
The predictions was it would, but it would fire back up within a day or two.
SPEAKER 06 :
Oh, yeah, under another name, but I'm wondering if they already did go bankrupt.
SPEAKER 09 :
That one I haven't followed enough to know. That one I don't know.
SPEAKER 06 :
I haven't either, and I haven't heard about it because it doesn't fit the narrative, so it drops off of most of the news sites because it was illegals. But, yeah, and for the people who don't like neighbors, do what I did. Buy 50 acres in the middle of nowhere.
SPEAKER 09 :
Yeah.
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Where you can't even see your nearest neighbor.
SPEAKER 09 :
That's the other option you've got. Yep.
SPEAKER 06 :
Yeah, there's plenty of open space. You just have to be willing to... deal with the hardships that come with living in the middle of nowhere.
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Bob, I got one minute. Go for it, sir.
SPEAKER 05 :
Hey, you know, that Marshall fire that John just mentioned. Right. You know, a lot of those people aged out of their homes anyway. They probably were there 20, 25 years when they had a family. And they probably be like me. Well, I'm single, 75 years old. I live in a 4,000 square foot house. house with a three-car garage. If this place burned down, do I want it? No.
SPEAKER 09 :
Yeah. No, I can't disagree with you on that.
SPEAKER 05 :
And by the way, Bob— I want a 10-car garage with a 1,000-foot house.
SPEAKER 09 :
Yeah, and some of those people, by the way, because I lived there, I knew some of those people firsthand, and it wasn't even 20 or 25 years, Bob. Some of those people probably lived there 50.
SPEAKER 05 :
Well, I mean, you know, but they went through a generation.
SPEAKER 09 :
Oh, yeah, or two.
SPEAKER 05 :
Empty nesters, why would they even want the house?
SPEAKER 09 :
Great point. Nope, can't deny that. Bob, I appreciate it. Great comments. Nope, you are correct on that. And again, those are things that happen when these type of devastating things, natural disasters happen. And there's all sorts of things that happen afterwards. And the point being is, no, it's not going to look the same as it did prior to that. That's just the way it is, unfortunately. We'll be back. Hour 3 is next. Rush to Reason, Denver's Afternoon Rush, KLZ 560.
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HOUR 1 What’s fueling the surge of cancer across America’s Midwest—and why won’t the media name the most controversial suspect? In this gripping episode of Rush to Reason, John Rush, Dr. Kelly Victory, and Steve House expose alarming cancer trends and ask: are toxins to blame—or something far more recent and widespread? Dr. Kelly reveals evidence linking “turbo cancers” to spike proteins found inside tumors, while John and Steve question why the medical community stays silent. When proof threatens power, who decides what the public gets to know? Meanwhile, a buried $600 billion Big Pharma lawsuit reveals how PBMs have quietly controlled drug prices for decades. Could new technology finally break this monopoly—or has corruption gone too deep? Don’t miss this explosive conversation that connects hidden lawsuits, rising cancers, and the fight to uncover the truth. HOUR 2 What happens when unlicensed, illegal truck drivers hit the road—and who’s really responsible when things go wrong? Why did Denver come so close, yet fall short, in its bid to host the 2030 Gay Games—and what does that say about the city’s political and cultural identity? Then, former President Trump makes a shocking move: ordering the Pentagon to prepare for nuclear weapons testing for the first time since 1992. What’s behind that decision, and what message is it sending to the world? And finally—what would you do if you won $2 billion? One California man is using his winnings to buy up properties lost in the L.A. fires. Is it rebuilding or opportunism? HOUR 3 What drives a New Yorker who despises billionaires to throw his support behind socialist candidate Zorhan Mamdani for mayor? Is this a glimpse into the future of urban politics—or a warning sign for the rest of the country? Meanwhile, the CEO of Walmart takes on George Stephanopoulos over the real cost of Thanksgiving dinner this year—so who’s telling the truth about inflation? And in a bizarre twist, how did an AI system mistake a bag of Doritos for a gun? What does that say about the technology shaping our everyday lives? Then—California’s SEIU union is pushing a new ballot measure: a 5% wealth tax on billionaires, retroactive to 2025. Could this start an exodus—or a revolution? Plus, emergency funds for SNAP and a local race that hits close to home—Steve Altschuler is back in the running for Longmont City Council.
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And it's Thursday. Welcome Rush to Reason, Denver's Afternoon Rush, KLZ 560. And we've got Dr. Kelly Victory with us today, along with Steve House. And Dr. Kelly, we'll start with you. Welcome. How are you today?
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I'm doing great. Thanks for having me, as always.
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Always a joy. Steve, welcome as well. How are you this week?
SPEAKER 10 :
I'm very good, although shocked and dismayed at a lawsuit I found against the PBMs that no one knows about. So I'm getting over it.
SPEAKER 08 :
You know what? That's something I didn't know much about. So you know what? Let's start there. Give us an update.
SPEAKER 10 :
So the Department of Justice, along with 40 state attorney generals and a bunch of individual companies, starting with Johnson & Johnson's employees, have sued PBMs. the pharmaceutical manufacturers and PBMs, the four largest PBMs for overcharging on insulin for 21 years and for 14 years of fixing prices on generics that were well above the market It was interesting to see because they actually showed that the price of insulin, the street price in an open market scenario should have been $2.02, and Express Scripts was charging $16,416 for it. But what happened was they've come to a conclusion, and they're finalizing a settlement. somewhere in the order of $600 billion. But the two shocking things about it are they've suppressed knowledge of the suit and the recovery to the point where there's only two more weeks to file a claim. So every employer in the country, hospitals, your business, anybody who has 200 or more employees or 200 or more people in their health plan and it's self-funded is eligible for recovery. It starts in the like $800,000 range because it covers 20 years. And some of the bigger ones, Costco, I talked to Costco this week, $2.1 billion recovery. for Costco, $400 million for GM. But nobody knows about it, so hardly anybody's claimed it because they've suppressed it in the media.
SPEAKER 08 :
And that's just part of what they do, so it's terrible. Yeah, no, that is terrible. And the question I've always had on this, and I know we've talked about PBMs and, you know, Big Pharma in the past, and Dr. Kelly, you know, you and Steve both have hit on this numerous times. And I guess, you know, being, you know, the business guy that I am and knowing how, you know, my world works, you know, Why is it that PBMs still exist today? I mean, we live in a culture today, you know, in a world today to where reality is you don't need them any longer. The, you know, direct to even consumer from a lot of companies and what's happened in regards to, you know, the Internet, now AI and so on. Why are these archaic systems still there, Dr. Kelly?
SPEAKER 04 :
I think part of the problem is because the system is so complex, John, that they have led people to believe you can't do it on your own. My apologies to anyone who's listening out there who is a realtor or married to a realtor, but it's not dissimilar. You are talking about a middleman, someone who has interjected themselves into the middle of a broker deal. in the case of realtors, between someone selling a house and someone buying a house. There's truly no need for this middleman, particularly in today's world when you can find information on, you know, everybody is just all over the Internet. You know, you've got the photos. Everything's right there for you. Why do you need to pay this enormous commission to an individual who does, you know, it was very different 20, 30 years ago. It's the same thing with the PBMs.
SPEAKER 08 :
And really quick, let me interject because for everybody listening, please, and this is, again, like Dr. Kelly said, no offense against anybody in particular out there, but Dr. Kelly, everything you just said is correct. I've never yet done a commercial real estate deal where I've had to have a realtor involved. And truthfully, if you could do something different on the residential side, believe me, I would. The problem is, and maybe this is the same thing on the PBM side, the problem with the realtor end of things is if you don't use them – You're pretty much blackballed. You'll never get your house out on the MLS no matter what service says they'll actually get your house marketed and so on. The reality is you're pretty much put into a corner and you have no choice because unless you're bringing your own buyer to the table, Dr. Kelly, good luck.
SPEAKER 04 :
And that's exactly what the PBMs have done. They've made it a pay to play scheme where, you know, good luck trying to get on the formulary from the hospital. You'd have to go hospital to hospital. They won't get your product out there. You're essentially blackballed from being able to do it. So they have created a situation where it's very, very difficult to function without engaging a PDM, just like it's very difficult as you laid out to sell a piece of property without engaging a realtor.
SPEAKER 08 :
Yep. Steve, your thoughts on that? Again, you're involved in this very much, by the way, on a routine basis. And again, am I wrong in stating that, like Dr. Kelly said, even on the house sides of things, the real estate sides of things, again, I'm confused. Why do we need these folks any longer? Why can't the whole system just be abolished and started over?
SPEAKER 10 :
You know, it probably can, and especially since we've got the advent of AI and, you know, process agents and AI. I mean, the real genesis of it was, you know, the idea that it was too complicated, right? I mean, this whole thing is so complicated that kind of like real estate, right? I mean, a real estate contract is not a simple thing. An inspection is not a simple thing, but eventually it became simpler and simpler, and it's much easier to do. People just have assumed that the process of distributing, understanding, educating about drugs and what they're needed for, as well as structuring pricing, was too complicated to do on their own, so they engaged PBMs. And we just have never disputed that theory to the level where we went to a different model, and it's way overdue.
SPEAKER 08 :
Yeah, I mean, I think just like a lot of industries, and I'm still one that complains about the real estate sides of things. I don't want to get off on a whole other level here, Dr. Kelly, but the reality is it's not as complicated as it once was. It has gotten much easier. AI, by the way, is going to make it even easier than what it once was. So at what point, you know, I guess what I'm asking Dr. Kelly, and I'll let Steve follow up, where's the breaking point to where we finally get around some of this nonsense? Or is there one?
SPEAKER 04 :
Yeah, well, I think what really needs to happen is someone needs to go rogue and just show that it can be done without them. And I think others would follow suit because getting rid of the PBMs, eliminating the middlemen in the pharmaceutical industry would make the greatest impact on driving down drug costs of any of the other things we've talked about. Even what the president is trying to do with getting most favored nation status on drug pricing would not hold a candle to the price reductions you would see by eliminating the middlemen entirely. There are hundreds of percentage points added. to the cost of drugs as a result of that. And many drugs will never make it onto the formularies at all because of the involvement of the middlemen, because they fundamentally blackball certain things. So I think it's going to take someone to go rogue and just show that it can be done.
SPEAKER 08 :
Steve, and again, you know me, I'm very much small government, don't want government interfering any more than they have to, but at some point, if you can't get industry to actually make changes necessary, you have to, in some cases, legislate and or encourage with threat of legislation to fix some of these things. Are we at that point?
SPEAKER 10 :
Yeah, you know, I can tell you right now that if you watch the video where a guy is presenting what happened with these PBMs on insulin pricing, if you knew somebody who was a diabetic And you know somebody's a diabetic. And first of all, the lawsuit covers a period from 2004 to 2025 on insulin. And it's an acknowledged fact that while there's blame, while the defendants are admitting guilt, they haven't stopped. So the lawsuit's going to give people recovery for what's happened in the past. But the present and the future still contain the problem. And if people saw, if they literally saw that a $202 street drug, which gave the pharma company manufacturer the profit they needed, the pharmacy the fees they needed to distribute it, and it was marked up to over $16,000. That's ridiculous. If people saw that over and over again, I think they'd come out of their houses and say, this is crazy.
SPEAKER 08 :
Why do we let this happen? And that, I think, is the ultimate question when it's all said and done. And like I said, Steve, I'm not for the legislative end of things. And by the way, folks listening, I don't think you'll ever see what I just said happen anyways because Big Pharma, Steve and Dr. Kelly, have got their fingers wrapped around darn near every politician. I know there's a few that are out there that are willing to stand up against them, but there's not enough, in my opinion, to make any change, Steve. Am I correct in that? Yeah.
SPEAKER 10 :
I mean, if you think about it, I mean, big pharma in this lawsuit, right? I mean, I just got off the phone with about half a dozen attorneys and they were like, I never heard of this. I talked to some of the people, some of the biggest companies in the country that I work with, and they've never heard of it. And so then they look it up, you know, MDL 2274, MDL 3080. They're both multi-district litigations. They're attorney generals. There's the DOJ. And they're like, Yeah, it's right there, but you don't find it because they're not letting you find it. Nobody knew. They're burying it. They're paying to bury it on Google and places like that, and they're telling the media, if you bring this up, you can forget ad dollars.
SPEAKER 08 :
That's a pretty powerful position to be in. Wow. Dr. Kelly, that's basically pure corruption, if you ask me.
SPEAKER 04 :
Oh, there's no question it is. It's absolute corruption.
SPEAKER 08 :
I mean, that's darn near like having the mafia run things in Vegas or something along those lines. Am I wrong in my thought process?
SPEAKER 04 :
Not at all. I have said openly, and we'll say it here, that what happens with the PBMs would be racketeering in any other industry. It would not be allowed. It's absolutely mafia style. This is back alley thuggery going on. Either you pay me, either you give me the percentage, you know, points that I want here, or you aren't going to get on this formulary. You won't get your, you know, we... We'll promote this other drug. We'll tell the hospital. The CEO will tell the company that here are the drugs they need. It is a pay-to-play scheme. It is racketeering. People would go to the federal penitentiary in any other industry.
SPEAKER 10 :
Yep. Yep. Fact. Fact. You know what? There's two things about that, Kelly, that I can add from this lawsuit, and that is One is RICO is mentioned in some of the paperwork, and that's what got the DOJ interested in what was going on. And the other fact is when you start to look at how much they dealt with generics and what they did and how they block people out, The lack of people being adhered to their medications in some respects is based on how much money this stuff costs. And it's just out of sight, out of mind. These companies are so powerful. It is beyond belief. And there's just no way to stop them at this point, as far as I can tell.
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All right, we are back. Rush to Reason, Denver's Afternoon Rush, KLZ 560. Again, Dr. Kelly Victory with us today, Steve House as well. All right, switching gears for a moment because we can continue to talk about PBMs, but the reality is until something major happens, I don't see them. You know, going anywhere, guys. But this this particular two articles I read this week. Actually, there's more. But the two main ones I read this week and you guys have seen these as well as there was one in Fox News even today on this. Why cancer is hitting the Midwest harder than anyone else in America. And of course, they're going to go look at, you know, environmental exposures and things along those lines. But Dr. Kelly, I want to start with you. Is that I mean, is I mean, that might be a part of it. But why are we not looking at the you know, the big elephant in the room, which is the vaccine?
SPEAKER 04 :
Correct. You know, they will continue to try to obfuscate and point fingers in lots of different directions. And there's no question that there may be other environmental factors at play here. Certainly, we know that things like Roundup, different fertilizers, pesticides, those sorts of things that are commonly used in this article starts, you know, with somebody You know, remembering their days as a child walking barefoot through the cornfields, you know, at a time when it was likely that glyphosates were being used. So there's no question. I'm not saying that there couldn't be environmental factors. But the reality is we are seeing a significant, and I mean significant, increase in cancers of all varieties everywhere. In the past four years, specifically, and what has been termed turbo cancer is absolutely a result of the mRNA shots that nearly everyone received a remember about 80% of Americans took at least one of these shots. And most took a lot more than one. So I think you are right. They're looking for ways to distract attention away from the elephant in the room, from the obvious fact that the MRNA shots, in addition to causing a host of other problems like myocarditis and blood clots and neurologic conditions, are responsible for the significant increase in cancers across the board.
SPEAKER 08 :
Yeah, and again, Steve, I mean, again, I'm like Dr. Kelly, not denying, and there might be some other factors in all of this, but at what point do we start, again, going back to the pharma discussion we just had for the first segment, at what point do we go and actually start looking at the reality of what's actually happening?
SPEAKER 10 :
You know, it's funny because if you think about this, you need proof, right? I mean, you really, in the scientific community, you need proof that the vaccine is causing the problem. There's all kinds of data that would suggest that at least causation and there's a relevant risk that we should all be heeding regarding this vaccine. But it's kind of like science, right? On one hand, they'll say you don't need proof that a vaccine is safe because you don't need proof there are vaccines, right? On the other hand, when a vaccine is unsafe, for you to be able to claim that it's actually hurting people, you need proof. And I don't know what proof standard you have to pass. Kelly probably knows that better than I do. But I'm telling you right now, the scientists of this world who support this vaccine, the doctors, will tell you there is no proof, no measurable, no documented, no seriously studied proof. Even the studies from Henry Ford on vaccines in general are not enough to take this thing off the market right now.
SPEAKER 04 :
So my rebuttal to that, Steve, would be, number one, we have many, many studies or papers laying out the mechanisms. There are more than 18. clearly demonstrated mechanisms by which the mRNA shots do in fact cause cancer. But on top of that, we now have multiple studies from actual pathology where tumors, breast tumors, prostate tumors, colon tumors, have been shown to have not only spike protein, but the spike DNA within the tumors themselves. And so I think that... It is it's going to be a while before we have the amount of, you know, the sort of mountain of proof it's going to take for the vaccine zealots to believe it. But the reality is we can actually prove that that mRNA, that spike protein is within the tumors themselves.
SPEAKER 08 :
Okay, so these articles that, you know, I sent both of you guys really quick. Dr. Kelly, Steve, I'll let you chime in. But in these articles, no one mentions any of what you just said. I mean, to me, yeah, this would be pretty easy to determine exactly what's causing these cancers. Steve, why are we not looking at that?
SPEAKER 10 :
Well, I mean, I do think people are looking at it for sure. I mean, they're looking at it because, you know, someone needs an explanation. I mean, all-cause mortalities needed a real explanation, I think. Kelly's point is very relevant. You know, you open up a tumor and you find spike protein there, then you know that there was causation by the vaccine. However, I've literally talked to a couple of docs just in the last week about that exact issue. And they say, hey, if you get spike proteins in the body, there's no reason it might not be in the tumors, too. But that doesn't mean it caused the tumor. And I'm like, you guys are out of your mind.
SPEAKER 08 :
Yeah, that's splitting hairs at that point.
SPEAKER 10 :
There's no other reason why this would be here. What are you talking about? But that's what we're up against.
SPEAKER 08 :
I mean, Dr. Kelly, am I right on that? I mean, that's where you're splitting hairs. It's almost like, okay, what came first, the chicken or the egg? I mean, at the end of the day, it is what it is. And, again, I'm just a layman. I'm not a doctor or a surgeon or a medical professional or a scientist or anything along those lines. But common sense says, wait a minute, guys, you're splitting hairs here.
SPEAKER 04 :
And this is part of the reason why it is so critically important to do the vaxxed, unvaxxed studies. Good point. To show why are we not seeing these turbo cancers? Why are we not seeing an increase of any sort in cancer rates in the totally unvaccinated populations? Why is that? So I think that part of it's going to be a combination of actual bench science, meaning scientists in a laboratory looking at tissue samples under the microscope, combined with epidemiologic studies looking at the incidence and saying, OK, you know, why do we have a 500 fold increase in X, Y or Z condition in the vaccinated population where it's not in the unvaccinated? Unless you can show me something else that vaccinated people do that unvaccinated people don't do, then you really have to whittle it down to it. Well, it's somehow one way or another related to that vaccine. Again, when you look at areas of the world that are largely unvaccinated for COVID, and that would include sub-Saharan Africa, places in India, they aren't seeing increases in cancers. They aren't seeing fertility issues. They aren't seeing fertility rates falling through the floor. They aren't seeing incidences of myocarditis and pericarditis and neurologic injuries and all these other things. So it's going to have to be a combination of hardcore bench science and epidemiology. But you will never convince people who won't see it. You are never you're going to have a tough time convincing doctors who for three or four years or more. pushed these things, you know, telling their patients how important it was, would not look at the mounting data saying that they were wrong. And those folks have got a reckoning. They've got to either look in the mirror and acknowledge, I actually created harm. I perpetrated harm on my patients by doing this. And people are, you know, cognitive dissonance is crazy. It's very, very powerful, the fact that people do not want to acknowledge something that isn't consistent with what's morally and ethically tolerable to them. It's going to be a long time.
SPEAKER 08 :
Question I just had a moment ago, which I think we've answered in the past, but I'm going to ask it again anyways, because this just came in. Is the spike protein detected in a blood test, and if so, what type?
SPEAKER 04 :
It's a great question. The tests we have now that are commercially available are not for the spike protein itself. They are for antibodies against the spike protein. But we know that that is a reasonable sort of reflection that if you have high, high antibody levels, it's because you have high levels of the spike protein itself. So there is not a commercially available test for the spike protein. but there is one for the spike pro excuse me but for the ant there is one for the antibodies to the spike you can get it at lab core you don't even need a doctor's uh a prescription for it. You can go on the LabCorp website and just order it yourself. I think it's $69. You just go to any LabCorp lab and you can have your levels checked.
SPEAKER 08 :
Okay. Okay. Dumb question on my part. Why can't we tell if the actual spike protein is there? Is it that, I mean, is it so involved that it just takes so much technology to determine that? It's just not readily available at the labs? I'm confused.
SPEAKER 04 :
Yeah, I think that they just have not made a commercially available one. I don't know why. I've got my theories. Yeah, me too. Yeah, I'm sure there's one out there. They just haven't made it readily available to the masses. And I'm guessing that that's because the FDA doesn't want you to know.
SPEAKER 08 :
Steve, I think Dr. Kelly just hit the nail on the head on that one. I mean, again, I'm not in that space. You guys are. I'm just a lowly layman here, you know, kind of looking at the outside in. On the same token, I understand technology and how things work, and I'm not that dumb when it comes to some of these things. Typically, when something's not available along those lines, it's because somebody doesn't want you to know what's really going on, Steve.
SPEAKER 10 :
Well, yeah. Plus, think about it this way, right? I mean, if you had cancer and you'd had a series of the COVID vaccines and there was Scientific data that was admissible in court that that vaccine caused you to get cancer. You know, who do you get to sue? Right. You get to sue the pharmaceutical manufacturer, except they have this vaccine clause that limits their liability. Your next person to sue, at least in my opinion, is the United States government, probably because the government pushed it. They created Operation Warp Speed. They created COVID itself. It is a gain of function paid for in China. I mean, if you allow there to be those kind of studies out there with that level of proof that will stand up in court, it creates a massive mess for the government and the financial mess would be amazing.
SPEAKER 08 :
Dr. Kelly, do you feel like this is one of those things that, you know, down the road, by the way, it's not going to be tomorrow, but decades down the road, there'll actually be some of this revealed and that some of what Steve just said will actually, you know, come to bear. And granted, by then, it'll be far too long to even do anything about it, financially speaking, or even the folks that will have been affected by this. But do you think at some point in time, some of that will eventually come out? Or what are your thoughts?
SPEAKER 04 :
I honestly have my doubts. I'm a realist. And given that it has been 60 how many years since John F. Kennedy was assassinated and we still don't have access to to the actual report. We still, so much we don't know about things like 9-11, so much that we don't know about. So do I think, you know, no matter what administration comes in and tells you that they're going to turn it all over to the people, didn't we hear that about the Kennedy assassination? You know, this was 60-plus years ago. So do I think that the government will let go of information that they don't want the public to hear? No, I don't. I think they'll continue to dance around it. Anthony Fauci will get pulled in and hopefully have to testify under oath. We might get a little more out about acknowledgment about exactly how much of a role the U.S. government played in the funding to the Wuhan Institute and how much they were involved in the development of the virus itself, those sorts of things. But you will never get the full story. And frankly, you look at something as recent, the most recent, you know, is The assassination of Charlie Kirk, you know, they're they clearly are not being forthcoming about what happened there. Anybody who's paying any attention knows that there is a huge cover up, that the story we've been told is not true. Same thing happened with regard to the attempted assassination of Trump in Butler, Pennsylvania. It goes on and on. So unfortunately, I've become a bit jaded with regard to whether I think the truth will ever come to see the light of day.
SPEAKER 08 :
All right, going back to this article that, and again, I sent this to both of you on this, you know, mysterious, which cracks me up, Steve, with the headlines, the mysterious rise of cancer. And by the way, key words here, and I don't know that I mentioned this earlier, it's not just among adults, it's among young adults, which again, the three of us have been talking about now for, gosh, Dr. Kelly and Steve, a couple of years, because Dr. Kelly predicted a lot of this stuff would actually happen. And it now is. And Steve, again, I look at this and think, okay, wait a minute, time out. It's not really mysterious because if they'd been listening to our program for any length of time at all, Steve, they'd know it's not mysterious.
SPEAKER 10 :
No, it's not mysterious. I mean, you know what, John, I guarantee you that there are a couple of folders in files in the U.S. government somewhere that have a stamp I've seen before where there's a release date and the release date stamp says AED. And what that means is after everyone's dead. And it won't be released until then because at that point people either don't remember, don't care, you know, are beyond the thinking. In the Kennedy case, I mean, I was alive when John F. Kennedy was shot. I was young, but I was still alive. And my parents, you know, my mother's still alive. I mean, it's pretty sensitive for people. 15, 20 years from now, I don't think they'll care. I mean, I think, you know, between that, the Charlie Kirk shooting, you know, the obvious problems with the moon landing with a 9-11, you know, I'm not a conspiracy theorist. I just look at evidence and say, there's so many questions that are unanswered. I can't possibly give 100% of my intellectual weight to the idea that all of these things happened as we were told. Gotcha.
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All right, we are back. Dr. Kelly Victory, Steve House with us. Okay, Dr. Kelly and Steve, before I ask a couple of questions here from the text line, one thing that we actually started off this week about is the influenza vaccine and the fact that there are now studies out, Dr. Kelly, I'll start with you, talking about how There is not one shred of evidence that these things do anything at all in regards to not dying from the flu, not being admitted to the hospital, suffering serious complications, transmitting it to others. In other words, you're better off, as we've talked about in the past, by the way, you're better off just going in on your own because they're not doing anything at the end of the day, Dr. Kelly.
SPEAKER 04 :
It's worse than that, John. I hate to be the harbinger of bad news. Not only is there not a lick of evidence that shows that they decrease your chance of contracting influenza, of being hospitalized or dying, as you just pointed out, they actually increase your chance of contracting every form of upper respiratory virus. So just like the COVID shots, the more vaccinated you are for COVID, the more likely you are to contract COVID. Same thing is true with influenza, except it's not just your increase for risk of contracting influenza. It's all rhinovirus, coronavirus and all the other host of upper respiratory viruses. So once again, you've been sold a bill of goods. And there are many people who have gotten these shots year after year after year after year. It's already, you know, a total crapshoot when they come up with what they're going to put into it because they're trying to make their, quote, best guess. about what strain is going to be out there. So they were never purported to have more than, say, in a good year, maybe 55 percent efficacy and in a really lousy year down in the teens. But now that we know that they actually put you at risk for contracting other respiratory viruses, I don't know why in the world anyone would be compelled to take one.
SPEAKER 08 :
All right. So, Steve, going back to some of our examples of what we've talked about with, you know, other vaccines and, of course, the mRNA vaccine for COVID and so on. I mean, the flu shots have been around for a very long time. People just, quote unquote, assume because, you know, everybody from, you know, King Soopers to Walgreens to their doctor recommended that you get one. Flu shots available now. You see it all over. Every time you go someplace, places I just mentioned, you're seeing that even advertised currently right now, Steve. At the end of the day, why are we misleading people, I guess, is my question.
SPEAKER 10 :
Well, I mean, pharma makes a lot of money off flu shots. Doctors' offices buy flu shots. They inventory flu shots. They have to give them away. I mean, I think if we didn't learn anything from COVID, and I know that Kelly said this at least a thousand times on different shows we've done, is that whether you take a flu shot, a shingle shot, a COVID shot, whatever it may be, You need to do a basic risk analysis of who you are and what your risk is if you get it. And, you know, even if you do the risk, you say, okay, what is my risk if I get COVID, right? I mean, my risk is I'm going to be sick. Maybe I'll be sicker than average because I turned 65 the other day. So I might be sicker than average. But in reality, the COVID shot still won't help me. So why would I take it? And we have so many people who look at that and go, you know, I've had the flu before. I felt like crap. I want to take a flu shot. Did you take a flu shot that year? Well, I did, but I think I might have been better off. And it's just like, it's ridiculous. This whole thing is just... A propaganda, it's propaganda at the level of what they used to do in, you know, Germany and places like that. It's really, really bad. Really bad propaganda.
SPEAKER 08 :
Dr. Kelly, when you add on to everything Steve just said and you add on to that, what we talked about earlier when we opened up talking about PBMs, well, of course, now it becomes obvious why we push some of the things that we do, correct? Absolutely.
SPEAKER 04 :
I mean, this is... This is a huge I'm sorry, this is a huge moneymaker. You know, I've said it before and I'll say it again. You know, the cost drivers on any product, the big cost drivers are the research and development, the marketing. OK, and liability protection. And when it comes to vaccines, they don't need to do any marketing because the marketing is important. If it's on the childhood schedule, it's all recommended by the CDC and your doctor, and the vaccine manufacturer doesn't have to do a lick of marketing. Same thing with the flu vaccines. The pharmacies themselves are, and your doctor is marketing it. And then when it comes to liability, there isn't any. They don't have any liability. Because of the Childhood Vaccine Injury Act that was passed in 1986. So it's ka-ching, ka-ching, ka-ching. It's all about money for these guys. And unfortunately, people have got to start acknowledging that we've been lied to. We've been sold a bill of goods. You know, I will go further and say the reality is that there isn't a single vaccine on the market. And I mean any. whatever it is, shingles, rubella, polio, chickenpox, there isn't a single vaccine in the market for which your risk of dying from the vaccine itself doesn't exceed your risk of dying from the disease.
SPEAKER 08 :
Right, right.
SPEAKER 04 :
Think about that.
SPEAKER 08 :
Good point. Good point. And really quick, the numbers, I just looked them up, and Steve, I'll let you comment on this. So last year, 24-25 season, it was projected that they sold and or administered 148 million doses of the flu shot. So that's basically half of the population getting dosed, Steve.
SPEAKER 10 :
Yeah, I mean... You know, the American people and their ability to analyze their health care is part of the reason why health care is so expensive. You know, we just don't we don't have the education they do in Singapore and other places where they look at their conditions. They've had a little bit of education about it. They know what works, what doesn't work. And then when they have to pay for it, they take a real good examination and say, how bad do I really feel? You know, taking the flu shot. I don't know why I would take one. I just can't. I mean, I've listened to Kelly enough to know that, you know, why would you take a flu shot when they fundamentally are very narrowly capable in terms of which virus. And secondly, they cause more flu than they prevent. I mean, why would I take a flu shot? I can't until somebody tells me it changed dramatically. That's just a crazy number, John. We've got lots of crazy stats in this country, but that's one of them.
SPEAKER 08 :
I know. Dr. Kelly, I had a listener just say – or just ask a moment ago, you know, why aren't we calling this, you know, genocide, you know, the mRNA and even some of the other things that we talk about? And, you know, I don't go that far. I won't say that. I think some would like me to say that. I – And maybe I should, Dr. Kelly, but I do think there's people out there that do feel some of these things are actually for the good when it's all said and done. I don't think they're all. I say all with quotes. I don't think that they're all as nefarious as some. I think a lot are brainwashed into believing these things actually work when, in fact, they don't. But I don't know that I can step out, Dr. Kelly, and say it's genocide.
SPEAKER 04 :
The only reason that I choose not to use the word genocide is because that implies intent. That implies that their intention was to kill people rather than other very evil intents, like we don't really care one way or another about the safety, it's all about money. But when you use the word genocide, it implies that it was formulated with the purpose of actually culling the population. We haven't been able to prove that. We may, in years down the road, be able to show that that actually was their intention. But that's the only reason I don't say that. I clearly think that people like Anthony Fauci, Rochelle Walensky, Deborah Birx, other people who are in the administration... at the time, are guilty of crimes against humanity because they absolutely were participants in compelling people, mandating people, coercing people, shaming people into taking a shot to participating in a medical experiment in which, in many cases, they didn't want to participate. That is an absolute crime. a breach of the Nuremberg Code, you cannot be forced or compelled or mandated to participate in a medical experiment, yet we were. So I think there are 100% crimes against humanity, and I think that I can make The only reason I don't, as I said, make that leap to pure genocide is because it implies intent on the part of the manufacturers, and I'm not sure that that's really the problem.
SPEAKER 08 :
And let me add one more thing to that, too, and then, Steve, you can comment. I would think, too, Dr. Kelly, if you looked at how things have gone in other countries where this, in fact, has happened, it's not only the intent of those that are making it, but in a lot of cases, those that are administering it as well. Am I correct in saying it that way?
SPEAKER 04 :
I think exactly correct. And, you know, it's hard for me as a scientist to believe that there aren't a heck of a lot of people high up the chain who wouldn't have known. You know, I didn't predict the things that I predicted. As Steve said, I predicted the increase in cancer. I predicted all of these horrific immune responses. I predicted all of the damage to children. And I didn't predict those things because I'm a really good guesser.
SPEAKER 03 :
Right. OK. Right.
SPEAKER 04 :
Because because I actually, you know, trained in science and I know this stuff and they did, too. So I have to believe that they had to know that there would be a carcinogenic, you know, cancer inducing impact of using lipid nanoparticles. How could you not know that? How could you not know that the thing that the vaccines would absolutely be in be ineffective, given that you based it on the spike portion of the virus, which is the part that we know you know, modifies, modulates, you know, every about, oh, I don't know, three minutes, you know, it's simply not going to work. And they absolutely had to have known that. So I believe that whether it was genocide, whether it's just incompetence, whether it's You know, as I said, really willful disregard for human life. Lots of different ways to put it. There's no question that it was evil and that they did it to serve their own purposes rather than the good of mankind.
SPEAKER 10 :
Steve, your thoughts. Go ahead. So, well, yeah, I mean, you're talking about cigarettes, right? I mean, you think you're talking about the flu vaccines, which involves somebody making money, should have known. COVID, the flu, whatever vaccine it may be, you should have known that it was going to hurt people. But there was a period of time where people said smoking cigarettes made you healthier. And logic could have said, look, you're inhaling smoke and glue into your lungs, so that can't be good for you, right? But they promoted it for a long period of time, and it becomes this scenario where either, A, people want to believe it, even though instinctively they don't, or people believe it because they're doctors and the public is telling them it's good. And C, they believe it because it seems to make them feel good, even though there's all kinds of reasons why it shouldn't. But how long did it take before cigarettes, opioids? This is the same stuff. I mean, someday people might look at COVID and go, COVID vaccines, how did we do this for so long? And the answer is because people believed it, and they wouldn't think about it at that point.
SPEAKER 08 :
Somebody just texted in, too, and this is where I think this is another reason why it's hard to probably say it's genocide, because in this case, this person says, if the vaccines make people sick, it's a win-win for big pharma. And I almost think it's more of that than it was, you know, kind of a genocide thing, Dr. Kelly. In other words, I think it's more of Big Pharma knew that even if this thing, you know, did cause other complications, they just continue to make money off of people being sick, meaning it's not. I mean, it's still nefarious. It's still wrong. It's still abhorrent, but it's not genocide.
SPEAKER 04 :
Correct. And I think, you know, there's a reason why they were desperate to make mRNA a household word, because they had this, you know, the COVID mRNA shots don't, you know, are just a fraction of what they had planned. So they really were, they were just desperate. absolutely you know certain that they needed to get a vaccine in every arm so that people would feel very comfortable with the idea that oh yeah mrna as if it's been around for forever we've been you know it's just part of a household thing we've always had it right right and and they didn't really care whether it was safe or not whether it was effective or not They just wanted to make sure that everybody got one and that it became mainstream because of what they had planned next. And hopefully, you know, it's going to really be whether or not Bobby Kennedy Jr. and HHS and the president, anybody else. can can really shine the light on the idea that, whoa, we have got to stop the entire mRNA initiative until we sort it out and figure out what's safe and what's not. It is not ready for primetime, people. I'm here to tell you, mRNA technology has been around for decades and it fails every time and sometimes with just disastrous results to wit the COVID debacle.
SPEAKER 08 :
Right. Caller asked real quick. Go ahead, Steve.
SPEAKER 10 :
The other thing about genocide is you think about it when you, when you, if you're really executing a genocide, you are intending to kill people. You want people to know you're intending to kill people because it's part of your mission. In this particular case, You aren't intending to kill people. You want to make money. People are going to die and you know it and you're hoping that nobody says anything about it or you can hide it.
SPEAKER 08 :
There you go. Great answer. Dr. Kelly, a caller asked again, how does the flu, and I know we explained this, but people tune in sometimes a little bit late or they don't catch exactly what we say, but how in fact does the flu vaccine lead to more flu cases?
SPEAKER 04 :
Because it decreases your immune response. Like all of these vaccines end up weakening your immune response. It distracts it away, first of all, from what it should be focusing on while you fight and mount antibodies to the thing that just got injected in your arm. And then it ultimately ends up weakening your immune response, which is why we know that people who are vaccinated for covid, you know, they have created the wrong antibodies. They not only they created antibodies, but they created antibodies. In other words, you're sort of mounting an army. that's fighting the wrong foe, fighting the wrong enemy. And so you have all these antibodies that are overfighting this guy over here, while meanwhile, the real enemy, the new enemy, comes in through the back door, where you're not paying any attention. So it's that sort of a thing. If you just allowed your own innate immune system to do its job to fight things off, if we worried about things like Daily exercise and adequate sleep and vitamin D levels that are high enough to actually help your immune system. All of the basics. Look, I've never had a flu shot in my life. in my life. And if anyone's up close and personal with sick people, you know, when you're in the hospital, it's me. You're around people during COVID flu season. You know, people are saying, oh, I don't want to go to the grocery store because there might be somebody with the flu. You know, I'm in an emergency department. Half the people in there got the flu.
SPEAKER 08 :
Correct.
SPEAKER 04 :
Correct. Great point. I go from room to room to room, and I put my stethoscope on their chest so I'm about, oh, three inches from their mouth, okay, as they're coughing. I have never taken a flu shot in my life. Okay, I had influenza twice once when I was a resident and I was getting about four hours of sleep a month and I'm my own immune system was probably shot right and once I early in my practice. Was I sick? Yeah, I was sick for about three or four days. I was pretty darn sick. Didn't miss work, but I was pretty darn sick. And the reality is, if anyone should be afraid of it, it would be somebody in my position. And I'm not, because I'm far more afraid of that shot. And it's flogging my immune system over and over again, telling it to respond to something while the real enemy is sneaking in the back.
SPEAKER 08 :
Great point. Steve, you want to add some of that? We've got a couple minutes left is all.
SPEAKER 10 :
There are people who have explained Kelly's abhorrent behavior by the fact that she hasn't ever had a flu shot, but I don't really want to go there.
SPEAKER 03 :
That's hilarious.
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It's clearly attached to her public persona of razor tough at the very least.
SPEAKER 08 :
Well, and before knowing Kelly, you and Steve, I probably even in my entire life had only had maybe, I don't know, two or three flu shots in my entire life. And I'm not sure exactly why. I guess because I wasn't as educated as what I am today. But even not being as educated, I always felt like, you know, I do pretty well without these things. I think as I got a little older, I thought, well, you know, maybe I should – should do this and maybe it'll help i mean and i'll be straight up honest didn't make a hell of a bit of difference at the end of the year so in fact i think dr kelly to your point looking back on it the years i actually had the shot i think i ended up with more issues that year than the years i didn't proving your point by the way
SPEAKER 04 :
Yeah, and I think that that's ultimately what we are seeing in all of the vaxxed versus unvaxxed studies, that it's not related just to a single disease process, whether it's COVID or influenza or whatever else. Kids who get vaccinated have more ear infections, more throat infections, more neurologic issues, more behavioral issues, more GI issues, more asthma and eczema and psoriasis and peanut allergies. on and on and on. And unfortunately, it wasn't a big issue or as big an issue back in the 60s, in the 70s, when the total number of vaccines that people got between birth and age 18 was maybe six total. That's what your immune system can handle that or maybe could handle it because our incidence of autism and all of these other illnesses was very, very low. Now that we are giving kids more than 80 80 between birth and age 18, you are seeing a tsunami of all of these illnesses.
SPEAKER 08 :
All right, that's it, guys. As always, I appreciate it. Time flies. Steve, thanks for joining us today. I appreciate it very much.
SPEAKER 10 :
Yeah, for the record, I've never had a flu shot either. I honestly haven't. It was always about rubbing dirt on it, John. There you go.
SPEAKER 08 :
Thank you. It's a pleasure to be with you guys. Always, always, always. Dr. Kelly, you as well. Thank you so much for all you do for us. I appreciate it greatly.
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All right. Talk soon.
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I feel like this is like a title of a comic character, Barefoot Man. Florida Man, Barefoot Man, broke into a South Florida church and stole their op-eds. What? Lauderdale-by-the-Sea, Florida. Authorities in Broward County are investigating after a man allegedly broke into a Lauderdale-by-the-Sea church. No, really? Is that why you said Lauderdale-by-the-Sea at the start of the piece? Stole several items, including an iPad, and caused damage inside of the building. It occurred Sunday afternoon. Surveillance footage shows a man in a tank top and swim trunks entering the church by pulling a cart. He was barefoot and remained inside for several minutes. They apparently he clogged the toilets with paper towels just because. And then he took their iPad. So what a weird. Dude, it's the humidity. Let's just say it. That's what it is. It's a humidity. Oh, this is infinite sadness. The Florida man was arrested for smashing pumpkins. Great band that were worth about five hundred dollars. That is actually a lot of pumpkins. He his name's Aaron Thompson. He caused infinite sadness. He's been accused of smashing pumpkins valued at five hundred dollars. It was in front of a target in Tampa Bay on security footage. He was picking pumpkins out of the boxes and smashing them on the ground at one fifteen in the morning. He was arrested several days later because he's a moron and he returned to the store and they recognized him and they summoned police. So they they asked if he could identify the person in the surveillance footage. They showed him smashing pumpkins in the video. Thompson said, that's me. He was arrested. He also was entirely unapologetic. And he said the only reason that he left is because he was he needed to go to sleep. I don't know, man. I can't. You can't. Oh, but wait, there's more. With the purchase of one Slap Shop, you get a Florida woman who pulls a weapon on a family member over a language gap after nearly hitting them with her Porsche. Her response or their response. She's rich, though. Good luck. Road rage. It was in Lee County, Florida. A family that doesn't speak English and a driver of a Porsche got into a fight and no one could understand each other. The Porsche driver got mad that the family was in the way. And when she couldn't understand them, she threatened them with a weapon. They threatened her back. the Porsche driver she tried to speed away uh it actually showed her in the wrong because there was a guy who was walking his dog he was on the side of the road she did not want to share the road she was just driving in the middle of it so and then you just never stop and start arguing with people randomly when you're driving just go along your day okay and she was speeding and it was a residential area so she was like blasting through uh and uh The funny thing is she had a camera on our vehicle, and it said when your own camera catches you committing multiple felonies. She was in a lot of trouble with police because she was also very – she was – I want to say Karen, but it's going to make the Karens mad. She's a Tammy. That will make the Tammys mad. So you guys get to pick whose name she gets. That's all there is to it. Oh, do we have more time? Do we have more time? 30 seconds. There's a guy who went after the pride flags at Starbucks. And because it's considered private property, he got in trouble. So it wasn't a speech issue. But, you know, there you go. Why was he at Starbucks in the first place? Do you want coffee that's like over-roasted hell? Everything tastes like syrup. Pumpkin spice syrup. They're over-roasted beans. As we move, because we're capitalists, I've got to tell you, a Florida company. I mean, it makes sense. It's a Florida family-owned Kel-Tec. The KS7 Gen 2 shotgun, this is a very smooth pump action shotgun. And if you are not familiar with it, you need to familiarize yourself. One of the reasons it's so popular is because it's, I mean, the maneuverability and the capacity as well is pretty unbeatable. This is the Gen 2. So you have all of the same original KS7 advantages. It's ultra lightweight. It's under seven pounds unloaded, has a compact bullpup design. So that provides, you know, for that maneuverability in tight spaces, ambidextrous performance. downward shell ejection, 7 plus 1 capacity. But also they have some upgrades. You've got a five-slot Picatinny-style accessory rail underneath, so you can add a grip, vertical grips. You can add lights, keep it flush and sleek with a cap. It's however you want to do it. But the MSRP, only $639. So it brings all of that performance well within reach. Made in America, family-owned and operated, KELTECweapons.com. That's caltechweapons.com. It's the K07 Gen 2. Tell them Dana sent you.
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I've got Dan Morgan here on the pod. Say hi, Dan. Hey, how's it going today? It's going good, man. Tell us who you are and what you do.
SPEAKER 03 :
I'm Dan Morgan. I'm an attorney and a managing partner at Morgan & Morgan, which is America's largest injury law firm.
SPEAKER 11 :
That's pretty awesome.
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Why do you guys think you win so many cases? The insurance companies and other companies that we go against know that we're going to take it to the end, that we believe in the case. So we fight for every dollar and we're not afraid to go that extra mile for our clients. Are insurance companies like actually afraid of you guys? We don't bluff. We take it to trial and we are not strangers of getting very, very, very large verdicts.
SPEAKER 11 :
Awesome. So how does someone get in contact with Morgan & Morgan? What would I do if I got into an accident?
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Probably the easiest way is dialing Pound Law. That's Pound 529 from your cell phone. Our call center is always waiting to take your call. 24-7-365. Wow.
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Dan Morgan from Morgan & Morgan, America's largest injury law firm. Thanks for coming by the show.
SPEAKER 03 :
Thanks for having me. Visit ForThePeople.com for an office near you.
SPEAKER 01 :
You're people of faith? You go to church on Sunday and pray on church on Sunday and pray on people the rest of the week? What is this? What is this?
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Is she trying to make fun of people using a southern accent? Hmm? Is that what I'm hearing? Is that her appearing to use a southern accent while she was at Harvard? She was at an event in Harvard. 85-year-old Nancy Pelosi. Oh, Lord, put a hand up for my mouth right now. First off, welcome back to the program. Dana Lash with you. We are at the top of this third hour. You can find the chat at Rumble and you can also follow along and watch us do the radio program on Channel 347, DirecTV. She is described as having baffled viewers at Harvard because she slipped into a southern accent while she was talking about religious voters came. She was speaking when she began to add the twang in her voice. We're going to play it again, but this is what she said. She goes, you're people of faith. You go to church on Sunday and you pray in church on Sunday and pray, P-R-E-Y. So she focused, group this, on people the rest of the week. What is this? Interesting. Go ahead and play it one more time, please, Juan.
SPEAKER 01 :
You're people of faith? You go to church on Sunday and pray in church on Sunday and pray on people the rest of the week? What is this?
SPEAKER 04 :
What is this?
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She thought she was clever.
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You know, I met her one time. And my son met her. My oldest son met her. We were in D.C. and her staff always preps her very well. She was very polite. She was very, you know, probably you might think, sometimes you meet some of these people and you might think, oh, outside of politics, you seem like you might be a nice person you could at least talk to. You know, not a horrible person. She knew my son's name, which that's a very, yeah, I know, right? because it's not like they're online. It's like, whoa. Her people prep her very well. She was like, oh, it's good to see you, said his name, and then left. I was like, oh, very interesting. We both kind of looked at each other. But I don't think you need to make fun of people like this. I guess she's trying to make fun of evangelicals and say that if you don't give one and a half trillion dollars for spending on illegal alien health care, that you're not a Christian. Because my response would be, well, you just don't kill babies in the womb and then call yourself a Christian. You don't sit here and get behind all of the trans mafia that you get behind and call yourself a Christian. There's a lot of stuff that you don't do. You don't take from one and give to another. That's not being a good Christian. She's making fun of them, though. That's exactly what she was doing. That's not even a great Southern accent. That's not even a good Southern accent. Someone said that she's probably trying to keep her dentures from slipping out her mouth, and that's why she had to start talking like that, which I don't know if that helps or not, but that it just not she's been you know she's been in Congress for so long I I mean she's been in Congress for forever she's been in government for forever she she I mean I'm actually shocked I think most everybody I think she's older she's been in Congress longer than Steve's been alive definitely longer than Juan's been alive She's been in Congress for a long time. If she is unhappy with the way that things are structured, why hasn't she used her power all of this time to do something about it? Especially when she was the Speaker of the House for the first part of Barack Obama's first term in which Democrats had a super majority until they had special elections that evened it out just a bit. But making fun of people? I don't know. Did she pick that up from Hillary Clinton using the accent? You just can't go and pray on people on Sunday and then pray on them in the streets. Who's praying on them in the streets? Well, you're praying on them in the streets, you know. If you ain't giving people who come in the country legally, Cain, if you ain't giving them a million, a trillion and a half dollars, then you're praying on them. I don't really think that's how that works. Is that what she thinks? You know what? Those people that she makes fun of do more to help the disadvantaged than she does by trying to leverage government as a fake way of helping people really when it's all about expanding control and authority. I just hate it when people make fun of Southern folks. I don't like it. They're always so proper. Even the mean ones are real proper. It's like how the Germans all sound mean. My husband's family is German, so I can say that it's all. And everything, even like joy over having a delicious meal, sounds angry. It's all great. That's just I think Democrats need to kind of think back and learn their lesson just a little bit as. You know, you can't you need those people. They need those nice people to win elections. But this idea that we're going to use emotional blackmail with religion as a way to browbeat people into supporting egregious government spending, neither shall you work, neither shall you eat. I mean, we can sit here and go back and forth with scripture all day long. She's not going to win this battle. Not going to win it. Not going to win it. Sometimes makeup can be super frustrating. It's too heavy. There are too many steps. And if you don't have the right tools, it just doesn't look natural. And we are in the natural healthy girl era of makeup right now. And that's why I think Jones Road Beauty really fills this. They really fill this niche and they do such a great job at it. 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I've got Dan Morgan here on the pod. Say hi, Dan. Hey, how's it going today? It's going good, man. Tell us who you are and what you do.
SPEAKER 03 :
I'm Dan Morgan. I'm an attorney and a managing partner at Morgan & Morgan, which is America's largest injury law firm.
SPEAKER 11 :
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SPEAKER 11 :
Awesome. So how does someone get in contact with Morgan & Morgan? What would I do if I got into an accident?
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Probably the easiest way is dialing Pound Law. That's Pound 529 from your cell phone. We are always open. Our call center is always waiting to take your call. 24-7-365. Wow.
SPEAKER 11 :
Dan Morgan from Morgan & Morgan, America's largest injury law firm. Thanks for coming by the show.
SPEAKER 03 :
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And now, all of the news you would probably miss. It's time for Dana's Quick Five.
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This is really a Florida man story, but it's not like technically a Florida man because it's someone who's visiting, but still. So a woman is doing SeaWorld Orlando because she was on a roller coaster and a duck hit her face.
SPEAKER 02 :
A duck flew into her face. While she was riding a roller coaster, it literally knocked her unconscious.
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I'm done. I know, right? She's seeking at least $50,000. She says it's negligence. That... led to why the duck hit her she said that they did not maintain their premises in a reasonably safe condition they did not warn dangerous conditions etc they said defendant created a zone of danger for bird strikes because of the high speed of the coaster blah blah blah i just you know they they said she has permanent injuries and pain of a physical and mental nature she's i mean how bad did the duck hurt you I mean, it knocked her out, but did it rip your nose off? Did it rip your eyes out? What happened? I mean, that duck is pretty stupid if it sees a roller coaster and is like, I'm going to fly over there. I don't know. I don't know what I feel about it, but I just feel bad for it. That's a bummer, man.
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It's dumb to sue.
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Lock screen ads are coming to some smartphones. What? No. No. They said that it's for mid-budget models, smartphone companies that have mid-budget models. They said there's a lot of devices. They want to subsidize costs by running ads. But they said now some Android companies have started making phones, and they pair them with other entities, and then they have ads. I would not want ads on my stupid lock screen. That sounds horrible. Influencers in China have to have degrees to speak on finance, health and law. So you literally cannot talk about issues in China publicly unless you have a degree in the specific area of issue that you are speaking on. This is a new thing now. That's crazy. This is you can't. I mean, it's definitely not new. you know, free speech, but they're demanding that influencers prove their qualifications or they get in trouble. Now, officials say it's a fight over misinformation. That's all it is. Really? I don't believe so. So, yeah, they can't they can't post about what they call regulated topics if it has to do with medicine, law, education or finance. Those are they're not allowed, apparently, to talk about those in social media in China. And let's say they have a degree in one of those things. Not free speech at all. So this is Omar Fatah. He's waving a foreign flag in a foreign language and he's like, I'm going to use my position. to advocate for Somalia. This is actually not anything unlike what Ilhan Omar has said before. This was a rally not too long ago. The video is now coming out. We're showing him doing this. I don't think that you should be able to run for elected office if you have other allegiances. If you want to have an allegiance to Somalia, go to Somalia and do it there. Go do it there. Go try to get into government and all of that stuff. Welcome back to the program. Dana Lash with you. Man, Minneapolis is... Good night. Expressing loyalty to somebody. I am very much like our founders. I'm like George Mason when it concerns participation in politics. And I have a piece up, by the way, if you haven't read it yet. It's over at Substack. It's not behind a paywall unless you only read the... Unless you click through all the time. But the point that I made in this is I was actually talking about the whole idea of where the founders were in terms of immigration. And I got into a whole bunch of stuff with this. But it was during one of the debates at the constitutional – By the way, George Mason was also the guy who pretty much defined what militia was. You know, if you're talking about, well, who is the militia? Well, it's every man and woman in the United States. That's who the militia is and was. That's how it was always defined to be. But one of the things that where they kind of stood on immigration in some aspects, they were a little progressive. Not all, but in some aspects, some of them might be measured by today's conservatives as a little progressives. But that was just specifically on legal entry. After that, they were very conservative and they believed in kind of like a quarantine period of sorts. And Mason did not think that you should be running for any kind of office, not even dog catcher. Well, they didn't really have dog catchers back then, but you know what I mean? Unless you had been here for a minimum of three years. And he's right. How can you come to a country that you it's like me going to. Well, how would be like me going to like Jamaica or Puerto Rico or somewhere else or Italy or Spain? And immediately as I get over there, like, OK, I'm going to run. I'm going to run and mess up all your politics now. I'm going to run for office. And I mean, it makes sense. And that's what he and many of the other founders believed. In fact, Mason had stated, quote, citizenship for three years was not enough for ensuring that local knowledge, which ought to be possessed by the representative, making sure that, you know, you can't tell if it's going to be measurable at that point. And he's not wrong. Omar Fata is the problem of the rejection of assimilation. And that is a big aspect of this. There's a problem with the way that we... I don't really know when this kicked into gear. I was thinking about this this morning and trying to get my thoughts organized about this. But I don't know when it kicked in. Was it the 80s? Because I remember... You remember the phrase melting pot, right? Everybody remembers the melting pot phrase. And at some point, when was this canon? The aughts? The early aughts? When did that become... like a politically incorrect phrase. Like you're not supposed to say that anymore. When did that happen? Because that's a psyop for sure. Well, it's a psychological trick on you. And I say that because melting pot, what does melting pot suggest? You have a bunch of people who come over and they all basically melt into one thing as a way. It's not homogenous. But it is assimilated, meaning you don't have to reject where you're coming from or some of the values that you have. But it is that commonality and coming over here. Do you want to be free? And then your loyalty is to this republic as a citizen before any other sovereign entity. We are not demanding that happen of people who are coming here and immigrating. So at some point, the left decided and this is, again, all because of CRT. Critical race theory. Now, we can't say melting pot anymore. This is the only time they didn't want to actually focus on race and ethnicity. No, no, no. We don't want to say melting pot. They wanted to keep everything separate so that they could they could load up factions against each other. This is the whole purpose. So you melting pot. The rejection of that wasn't just a rejection of a term that they found offensive. It was a rejection of assimilation. When they started attacking the conservatives or started attacking the right for using that phrase, they weren't attacking language. They were trying to recondition you into how you think about assimilation. It is rude, they posit, to expect people who immigrate over here to adapt to our way of life, to adapt to our culture, and as a result, You get things like what we were dealing with in Irving, Texas, people coming over here from Middle Eastern countries, and they wanted to reject Western jurisprudence and establish an entire court of Sharia law. That's something they actively tried to push for. In Minneapolis, the same thing is happening there. Minneapolis is turning into Luton. There's a place in England called Luton. And in fact, some of the 9-11 terrorists, that's where some of their imams were in Luton. In fact, one of the craziest imams in all of the UK is in Luton. That's where a lot of this stuff kicked off. Like with Tommy Robinson and all of that was in Luton. Minneapolis is turning into Luton. This is it's there was a rejection of assimilation. So you had people coming here who didn't not only did they not want to be free, but they don't want you to be free. That's that's what it is. And now we're we're skyrocketing these people into elected office. Before they've even assimilated. How are you representing a people when you're rejecting their way of life? That should be I don't think you have to be a full on citizen to even be considered for elected office. And even then, I think it should only be state and local. I am really hardcore. And so this is why I'm saying Republicans are too big government for me. Whenever I hear someone, I am probably the most conservative person you will ever know. The full scope of my views, even some of my friends are like, oh my gosh, but no, that's just the way it should be. And that's the way it was. I would dare, first off, maybe I wasn't raised in a barn, but I would never think of going to another nation and say, now you got to be me now. I'm not assimilating to you. You're going to assimilate to me. We're going to do things my way. I'm going to displace your legal system. I'm going to displace this, that. No. But that's part of the attack on our freedom. That's why CRT is in so many ways even more effective than the economic warfare that you associate with more traditional Marxist tactics. So you look at this stuff in Minneapolis, it's insane, right? You look at Mandani in New York. I had some polling on him, by the way. You look at Mandani in New York. I mean, they did one survey that I saw. Do you know that his support is greatest in the bougiest parts of Manhattan? So the richest Manhattanites are supporting him because they can. It doesn't matter to them if there's going to be higher taxes. It doesn't matter. They're not affected by any of this stuff. But the people who aren't billionaires will be. I got some also pulling about Jay Jones. This is in Virginia. So Miyares is at 46% and Jay Jones is at 38% right now. So Miyares is finally over. This is a Roanoke College poll that was taken from October 22nd to the 27th. And he's below the margin of error. It's still going to be close. If they get a lot of turnout, it won't be. But it's still going to be relatively close. And Mandani is just cruising. He's leading. He's going to win. He's another case of refusing to assimilate. We're going to bring our perspective of Sharia and Islamic jurisprudence here, and we're going to start offsetting how you do things in the United States. That's a real problem because you see things like what you've been seeing in Ireland and what you've been seeing in the UK with Rotherham and a lot of these other places where the – refusal to assimilate has made people vulnerable. I mean, good night. There's crime, lawlessness, disorder.
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This episode dives deep into the intricacies of China-U.S. relations, highlighting recent developments and their implications for the future. With the backdrop of a government shutdown, our discussions navigate the political standoffs and strategic moves on both sides, unraveling the complexity of trade negotiations and their impact on global economics. Tune in for insights on how current political dynamics shape trade talks and what this means for international relations.
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You and I, at the helm of China-U.S. relations, should stay the right course and ensure the steady sailing forward of the giant ship of China-U.S. relations.
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Do you trust it? I don't trust China! What does the guy say? Because I don't think I can say it. What? Nothing. Oh, so the president is he had his big. dinner well like meeting yesterday with china and well we got some details we're going to get into all of that we got some details for you as to what that means and what you can expect and if there's anything to expect and if you actually anticipate you know this to be resolved in terms of the trade deal i'm just glad that the way that i understand it is that nobody moved in negotiations. It was, I mean, nothing was escalated, but like nothing, nothing moved. Yeah. And I don't know if you consider that a win or not. I mean, the only way that you would think it's a win is if you walked in with the anticipation of like maybe caving to China. I don't know, which I don't think I'm not saying that's what POTUS is doing, but still. So welcome to the show. It is Thursday. It's Halloween Eve Eve. Wait, Halloween Eve. That's right. Yeah, yeah, yeah. It's Halloween Eve. So. Very excited about that because we always like to dress up and have fun and do fun stuff. But we're going to get you set up because we've got... We've got, I mean, a lot of cultural stuff to get into. And I'm trying to think. We've got cultural stuff. I've got some odds and ends. Government is still shut down. Everything is going to expire on the 1st. And that's when you're going to start seeing some stuff. That's when the food stamps, EBT, a whole bunch of stuff kicks in. And that's, you know, Democrats don't seem to be very... willing to actually take the vote, it seems like. I don't think it's going to happen. This is cut three. This is a reporter to Chuck Schumer. He's asking him, look, are you saying that this is all just Republicans and you bear no responsibility for this? Listen.
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We are saying the Republicans can fund it now and they're using these people as hostages, plain and simple. Next. That's the answer. The answer is they can fund it right now. OK, right now.
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No, they can't. Yeah, you have to vote for it. That's because, you know what, if Trump is going to do something, then they're going to if he if he does something unilaterally, then, oh, he's the king. We don't have any kings. You've got to vote for it, you schmuck. Oh, that's that's I mean, that's honestly what a lot of. This is this is what a lot of these Republicans need to be saying. Yes, you know, it's it's no kings. And because it's no kings, it means you guys got to guys got to vote. Guys got to get out there and vote. I mean, I thought they didn't want kings, but then they expect Trump to act unilaterally. Make it make sense. But no kings. That should just be the that's that should just be the response. No Kings. Yeah, well, you know, you should have thought about that. So this, what the hell vote are we on? I don't even know what vote we're on. Do you guys know? Nobody knows.
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I think 14 is what we're on.
SPEAKER 21 :
When is 15? Okay, so it's still 14. We're not at 15 yet. Okay, okay, okay. All right. Yeah, I... Okay, I'm trying to get all... You can't keep track of it anymore.
SPEAKER 12 :
Everything's so stupid.
SPEAKER 21 :
It's almost been a full month of shutdown.
SPEAKER 12 :
Including the stupid nuke the filibuster talk over a clean CR. Somehow you want to nuke the filibuster.
SPEAKER 21 :
Why are we going to nuke the filibuster?
SPEAKER 12 :
Which, by the way, we've never done it before for anything like this.
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There's some people on the right that are like, oh, they break the rules. We should, too. That's stupid. Those are the people that make us lose. That's true. I just think you've got to fight harder. I don't think that you become the left. The left is trying to bait the right. They've been trying to bait the right into doing this forever. And again, you've got a bunch of people who, God forbid, they pop out of their mama's womb and they think politics started the day that they graced us with their glorious divine presence. And they're like, guys, we've got a brand new idea. Let's nuke the filibuster as though we haven't heard that from a bunch of moronic brats. GOP establishment types for a million years beforehand. I get super salty about this because these people I certain people I feel like are trying to make us lose. All right. So the it I mean, it is it's it's it's I think the Republicans have been doing good on the messaging. I mean, I don't have anything to update you with. There's no new polling that shows that this is impacting them negatively. And I don't care. I'm just so dear heavens. I'm so tired of talking about it. They're not going to vote. OK, fine. They're not going to vote. They don't want to vote on it. They don't want to vote on it. That's fine. They cannot vote on it. But then it's going to be their responsibility when November 1st hits. And quite frankly, I don't even like all of the entitlements. I don't like all the entitlements. This is the current rate of spending. We're just extending Joe Biden's rate of spending. I don't even like it. But this idea that somehow Republicans are, who's the one voting no, slick? Who's voting no? It's you. Who goes in there and says no? It's you. That's all it is. That is it. Now, there is... Some tricks and maneuvers and things like that. Lorraine reminds that they're trying to go after... Trump was trying to allocate funds to pay military salaries because Democrats keep voting no. And now there's going to be some legal challenges over that. There's going to be a legal challenge over everything. If he found a way to pay for food stamps, the left would still sue him. They're still going to drag it. It's just so asinine. This whole thing is ridiculous. But this is what... This is the... I mean... That's Democrats keep voting no. There it is. There's nothing else. There's no other way to spin this. There's no other way to spin this. The idea that somehow they have a pot of money just sitting around somewhere for then Trump is just hoarding it like Scrooge McDuck. And that's why they can't pay for anything is just also asinine. So, as you know, POTUS, again, he was in South Korea. He was visiting South Korean leadership, also meeting with Xi Jinping. And they had a very I always think that I always like the way that they face off at the table. whenever they sit at the table. I love reading the body language on that. I can't tell you what, you know, half the time, usually you have the simultaneous interpreter in the ear of whatever foreign leader it is. But I always liked seeing them face off. So they, he got, I guess you could say there were a few concessions, but there weren't any major changes in terms of, like, for instance, the sanctions with Russian oil. And this is something, let me pull this up. This is a Wall Street Journal piece because he wanted immediately cuts to, he was asking for cuts to tariffs, et cetera. But with this piece, they, this is their first, Face to face meeting. I think previously it was just on the phone in six years. So they have kind of like what Wall Street Journal says is a temporary truce and they have a reduction in some of the stiff U.S. tariffs on Chinese goods. In exchange, China is going to crack down on the trade. in the precursors that are used to manufacture fentanyl. And then China also promised to ease up on the exports of rare earths. This is what, can I just revisit this again? This is what always infuriates me about the left and the enviro-whackos. Like, they're not conservationists. They're environmentalists. Conservation is about actual good stewardship of Earth's resources, and environmentalism is just an insane cult where they believe in yeeting virgins into the sun, I mean, for the most part. But the rare Earth elements, which I don't know why they're called rare. It's not that they're rare. I mean, the United States, we've got a ton of them. I mean, we're sitting on massive amounts of rare Earths. It's not that they're rare. It's that the extraction process is laborious and... Also, there's a high chance of additional pollution. It's very difficult to extract some of this stuff. So it's not that it's rare. It's just the extraction process is difficult. Unless you're China and you don't care. You know, unless you're China and you don't care about turning lakes pink and putting carcinogens in the soil. I mean, they have entire towns over there where their DNA is irrevocably altered because of the reckless wherewithal extraction process that China uses for rare earths. So it's not that they have more of them. It's just that they don't care anymore. They don't have worker protections over there. They don't have anything like that. They don't have environmental protections, nothing. So they can do whatever the hell they want because it's the communist Chinese government, right? If commies want it, commies will get it. They'll find a way. So they just extract however fast they can. And that's what makes them dominant in rare earths. So, and then here in the United States, I mean, you can't even drag people into the boardroom to negotiate even exploratory leases, right? or exploratory permits in order to even gauge whether or not there's rare earths to be extracted from a particular region. So it's incredibly difficult here to say nothing of the OSHA and everything else in terms of what you're exposed to through the extraction process. We could, I mean, if we wanted to, I'm sure you could unleash our engineers and scientists and we could have like very, very STEAM, We could steamroll China on this and we could come up with amazingly efficient and also clean ways to extract like we did with oil and gas. The United States was a pioneer in that. We immediately developed the cleanest processes to extract. For gas and for oil, etc. We can't. There's so many environmental restrictions. It almost makes even the progression of that a problem here in the United States. So. They've got he got long story short. He got an agreement on rare earths that we need because the left was marrying us to China, the Chinese monopoly of this. That's all Biden's Green New Deal. I mean, if you're going to have EVs on the kiss, how much how many rare earths you're going to have to have from China in order to be able to manufacture that for batteries, et cetera, et cetera, for everything. I mean, it's just unsustainable with the way that Democrats, the path that Democrats have us on. And I mean, really, our industry is still developing. I think there's one where Earth's Mine that got cleared. I can't remember if it's in the Southwest or if it was in New Hampshire, but there was like they haven't even started yet, but they've just cleared like some of the initial bureaucracy in order to even get to the point of the extraction process. So it's not that it's impossible. It's just prohibitively expensive and it takes forever. So. Beijing also promised to buy whatever the variable, whatever quantity, tremendous amounts of American soybeans are. So this really, I mean, and obviously our market responded positively to this. But there wasn't any big thing that like the TikTok stuff that wasn't resolved. The NVIDIA chips that wasn't resolved. And we didn't give up any ground, but they didn't really give up any ground either. So there are a few things that Trump got concessions on, but they're being very, very measured and how they describe it to the press. And he's also been very measured. So he doesn't give up any of his cards. So interesting stuff. We have more on the way. We've got headlines coming up. Also, I got a bunch of things to get into. The latest with Ma'am Donnie. As we move our partners, they'll bring you the program. It is our friends over at All Family Pharmacy. If you want to take charge of your health care, and you kind of want to get around the middlemen, you need to check out All Family Pharmacy. So first and foremost, this is like the number one thing that I like. 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I've got Dan Morgan here on the pod. Say hi, Dan. Hey, how's it going today?
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It's going good, man. Tell us who you are and what you do. I'm Dan Morgan. I'm an attorney and a managing partner at Morgan & Morgan, which is America's largest injury law firm.
SPEAKER 15 :
That's pretty awesome.
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Why do you guys think you win so many cases? The insurance companies and other companies that we go against know that we're going to take it to the end, that we believe in the case. So we fight for every dollar and we're not afraid to go that extra mile for our clients. Are insurance companies like actually afraid of you guys? We don't bluff. We take it to trial and we are not strangers of getting very, very, very large verdicts.
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Awesome. So how does someone get in contact with Morgan & Morgan? What would I do if I got into an accident?
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Probably the easiest way is dialing Pound Law. That's Pound 529 from your cell phone. Our call center is always waiting to take your call. 24-7-365. Wow.
SPEAKER 16 :
Dan Morgan from Morgan & Morgan, America's largest injury law firm. Thanks for coming by the show.
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Thanks for having me. Visit ForThePeople.com for an office near you.
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And now, all of the news you would probably miss. It's time for Dana's Quick Five.
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Oh, boy. Let's see here. There's... Oh, apparently... Oh, I got a million. I got a million headlines here. First is the Fed has cut the rates again. Powell raises more doubts about easing further at the next meeting. This comes in from CNBC. It was a 10-2 vote. So the Central Bank's Federal Open Market Committee lowered its benchmark overnight. The borrowing rate to a range of 3.75% to 4%. They also said they're ending the reduction of its asset purchases. That's the quantitative tightening of quantitative easing, quantitative tightening on December 1st. So finally, are you happy, Kane? Did you get a little bit of what you wanted?
SPEAKER 12 :
Tiniest a bit. But after we got the revised job numbers, why wouldn't he commit to lowering more in the next meeting? It's silly.
SPEAKER 21 :
Why are you asking things that don't make sense, sir? I almost said Gil Bates. Instead of Bill Gates. I kind of want to keep that verbal typo. I sort of like his name better as Gil Bates. Don't you?
SPEAKER 12 :
That's his Spongebob character's name.
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Gil Bates. Bill Gates says we're in an AI bubble similar to the dot-com bubble. I actually do believe that. Oh, completely. I mean, we've been there for a while now. He says it's not like tulip mania that took place in the Netherlands in the 1630s, but it could be like the dot-com bubble where a bunch of companies end up being overhauled. We'll see. I mean, I think it also depends on the... for the lack of a better way to put it, the evolution of AI and its uses and how quickly consumers take to it. Internet pioneer AOL is going to be acquired by an Italian tech company, Bending Spoons. That's what they're called. $2.8 billion. Is anybody else shocked that AOL was worth $2.8 billion still? Because I could not take anything else away from this article. That was a Wall Street journal. Really? $2.8 billion? Only every now and then I get some very, very far left older individuals that have AOL accounts that want to tell me how horrible I am because I'm not a dirty Marxist hippie. But, you know, whatever. Let's see. Also, we got more. We're going to run out of time here, but we got a lot more on the way. Stick with us. We got a lot more as we move. Our partners that help bring you the program. That's our friends over. It's the folks over at Burn a Gun. You know, I've told you a million times. I mean, you guys can recite it for me at this point. I always carry. I always use lethal force and I have no problem doing so. You guys know this. However. You know, not everybody is lucky enough to be able to live in an area where you don't have any municipal or private property restrictions placed upon the exercise of your Second Amendment rights, which is, you know, about self-defense. And so to this point, a lot of people look at the Burna gun. Burna gun shoots chemical irritant projectiles that can deter threats from up to 50 feet away. They have a bunch of different models. Honestly, if this is about what we're talking about, then you just look at the CL. It's a compact launcher. It's the size of a phone. There's no recoil. Easy target acquisition. It's illegal in all 50 states. It does not give a rat's backside about gun-free zones. There's no permits. There's no fees. There's no background checks. There's no nothing. It sends right to your door, so you can still protect yourself. Now, look, we have different calibers. I'm all about diversity of a weapons array. You have different calibers. You carry blades, all this stuff. Why would you not have something that you can protect yourself with? When you are actually told that you can't using lead, honestly, or what about college students who live on their own? They can go carry full auto overseas, but they can't carry a nine millimeter to protect their lives simply because they're under the age of 21 and over 18 here in the US. It's asinine. This is where a burner gun comes in. You want to make sure that you protect yourself and be proactive about it. And you can do it by diversifying what you got. Visit burner.com slash Dana. Check out the CL. It's the compact launcher. and it has a 15-round shot capacity per cartridge, which is way over the one or two only provided to you by Stun Guns. Byrnaburna.com slash Dana.
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I've got Dan Morgan here on the pod. Say hi, Dan.
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Hey, how's it going today? It's going good, man. Tell us who you are and what you do. I'm Dan Morgan. I'm an attorney and a managing partner at Morgan & Morgan, which is America's largest injury law firm.
SPEAKER 15 :
That's pretty awesome.
SPEAKER 17 :
Why do you guys think you win so many cases? The insurance companies and other companies that we go against know that we're going to take it to the end, that we believe in the case. So we fight for every dollar and we're not afraid to go that extra mile for our clients. Are insurance companies like actually afraid of you guys? We don't bluff. We take it to trial and we are not strangers of getting very, very, very large verdicts.
SPEAKER 16 :
Awesome. So how does someone get in contact with Morgan & Morgan? What would I do if I got into an accident?
SPEAKER 17 :
Probably the easiest way is dialing Pound Law. That's Pound 529 from your cell phone. Our call center is always waiting to take your call. 24-7-365. Wow.
SPEAKER 16 :
Dan Morgan from Morgan & Morgan, America's largest injury law firm. Thanks for coming by the show.
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Thanks for having me. Visit ForThePeople.com for an office near you.
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Like, for 29 days, understand, Donald Trump has spent more time talking to Hamas and the Chinese Communist Party than he has in talking to Democrats on Capitol Hill to end the Trump shutdown, reopen the government, find a bipartisan path toward a spending agreement that actually meets the needs of the American people, and address the healthcare crisis that Republicans have created.
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So are they saying they're harder to work with than Hamas? That's what they're saying. I mean, they are hiding behind women and children with snaps. So, I mean, there's no difference there. Welcome back to the program. Dana Lash with you. The chat's at Rumble. Channel 347 is where you can watch us do the radio program. Who keeps voting no? Oh, you do. You keep voting no. Oh, hi. Hi there. Yeah, Hakeem Jeffries, who was just speaking, he's the one who keeps voting no. POTUS, his job isn't to stay in the Senate and do y'all's job for you. This summit that they had in South Korea has been on the books for quite a while now. It's been on the books for some time. So just stop voting no. Stop voting no. I mean, POTUS is over there doing what he's supposed to be doing as the executive. Cementing trade agreements, trying to cease China's monopoly. pertains to rare earths in the meantime they could just stop voting no that's it i keep seeing these like democrats have tweeted a million times i just saw another one go by snapping if it's gonna run out healthcare premiums are gonna go up federal workers are gonna miss their full paycheck why'd you keep voting no by the way all of this stuff is unnecessary health care premiums are going to go up because they purposefully made Obamacare incredibly unaffordable. That's what the funny thing about all this is, too, is that this whole thing about the shutdown is showing you how unbelievably expensive Obamacare is. Everything that they ever said about it was a lie. We knew that because we could do math and we have reading comprehension, but not everybody else is like that. Some people just blindly worship whatever policy Democrats would put out. A lot of people were called racist if they didn't support the healthcare, the socializing medicine. This is so asinine. This is honestly some of the dumbest stuff. This is why, you know, aliens should just take some of us with them. I'll go. If there's not going to be a giant space rock that blows us, an asteroid that blows us up, then just let some aliens come and zip us up. I can't tell you how many times I'm messaging lawmakers like, if you want to leak anything about them aliens, come find me. So far, nobody's taken up my offer. I'm trying to get you that information. We'll see. But this this is this is it's goofy. Democrats are admitting that they've been using all of this as leverage. They want one and a half trillion dollars. We don't have one and a half trillion dollars. Again, we've gone to war for less. I'm ready to go to war. You know, we went to war for less than this. This is egregious in terms of tax abuse. Let's go to war. Nobody wants to be the first one out, right? Like nobody wants to be like, I got all my stuff. Let's go to war. And then they get out there for a civil war and they're like, where's everybody at? I'm the only one. Nobody wants to do that. But still, my point is, and my point remains, that, I mean, the Stamp Act was way less egregious than what a lot of this stuff is. So, you know, I don't know. I mean, the problem is that we have over 11% of our country's population that's on SNAP. That's not a success. That's a failure. We're making people easy in their dependence. And that's If you want to boil it down to the most basic difference between Republicans and Democrats, it's that. They want people to be easy in their dependence on government. And they think that if you do anything that makes individuals have to empower themselves that you are being cruel and that it's mean to make people work. That's their view. That's how they look at it. Like you're the mean one. If you want to work, then yay for you. But some people just don't want to work and you shouldn't be mean to the people who just don't want to work. In fact, you should voluntarily give up more of your income to give to the people who don't want to work. That's their whole MO. I mean, we have our spending just it's not even been the past five years. Federal spending on SNAP alone has more than doubled. That's like in maybe four and a half years. It has more than doubled. Why would anyone say that this has been like a success? And then isn't it something like 40% of those individuals are not Americans? I mean, it's ballooned to an unsustainable degree. We went from 63 billion to 146 billion in four and a half years. The left calls that compassion. And I don't think that that's compassion. I think that's a sign of government failure. I think it's a sign of societal failure as well. Society is reconditioning you to think that You have to, in some way, in order to be a successful citizen of this country, have a dependency upon the federal government. And whenever Democrats also, they say, oh, there's a problem to be solved. They don't want to just solve the problem. It's always a bureaucracy. It's always some kind of bureaucratic response. Like in Georgia, they said, I was looking at the stats. It's like over a million people in Georgia have EBT cards. 1.38. That's insane. Kane, that's one point. That's insane. Have EBT. That's just in Georgia. Why? That's... And again, I this is why I say a lot of Republicans don't have the balls to be conservative. There's not been whenever I hear people railing against conservative. I'm like, you just you don't know anything. These are, again, people who think politics began the day that they were born. They have no life experience and they get out and they're like, I made my first political post on X. Go me. I'm an expert. There's never, ever been. An actual conservative policy that has ever been proposed in past because Republicans are spineless. Now, I vote. I tend to vote Republican. I vote Republican because of our two parties in our two party system. That's the one that just is best going to move the ball down the field the way that I want it to go. But, you know, the truth of the matter is that they're not they're just not conservative enough. I don't want snap. I don't think we should have any entitlement. I think it's all communist. It's Marxist. But Dana, you should have a safety net. Why do you have to be generous with everyone else's money? If you were truly a person moved by the spirit of giving, you would do it as much as you wanted to without the government having to take money from everybody else, too. So I always hear these people are like, can you believe it? Oh my gosh. We need to feed the poor. Okay, then write a bigger check. These people are not generous. They preen and pretend like they are. They can't actually be good unless the government forces them. But then it's got to force everybody else too. That's the problem. So no, I don't even think we should have a snap. It's Marxist. All of these entitlement programs are Marxist. It's all welfare. It's all wealth redistribution. It's exactly what it is. And you can dislike that I'm saying that all day, but I am so damn right. It's painful. But that's a conservative perspective to not want it. The response to it is to have private, privatize, have, don't tax people to the point where they don't have anything left for charity at the end of the month. That's the first thing that drops to economically when we are being pressured by inflation, when we're in a recession, when we got high taxes, et cetera. The two things that drop first is charitable giving. Second thing is marketing budget shrink. Boom and boom. Housing, then it all comes in. The first thing you notice is when charitable donations drop, if people weren't taxed to death, if we weren't living in an egregiously bloated, not even a republic anymore government, then they would be able to do more to be good stewards of their fellow man. But see, government always exploits it. Oh my gosh, they create this economic system where you can't go and help people voluntarily because you're broke after you give it all to Uncle Sam. And then government uses the absence of that charitable giving as a justification to further engorge and expand itself. It's a horrible cycle. I mean, this is insane. I mean, 11%. But this is, again, it's not... None of that's conservative, but Republicans don't have the spine to say so. I'm going to tell you what I was sitting next to. He's an attorney now in D.C., but he was used to run for all kinds of seats in Missouri. And I remember sitting at a table with this guy and this was I was in my 20s. And so this was the first time that I realized just how cowardly Republicans were. And we were talking about privatizing Social Security, something I've talked about for forever. And he was like, yeah, well, you can't say that. You can't go out there and say that. He's like, yeah, you know, Republicans just got to go along with it. It doesn't go over well with voters. And I'm like, yeah, if you just say it, but if you actually tell people that it's their own money and they're going to get more back if they invest it themselves as opposed to the government, then that's messaging and that's explaining it to people. They didn't even have the spine to deal with it. It's like, yeah, I just don't want that fight. I'm not kidding you. It's what he told me verbatim. He told me verbatim. I just don't want that fight. They don't have spines. So whenever you hear people talk about conservatives and Republicans, that's the difference. A lot of these people that act like there's a horrible trick going around where it's just like it was in 08. The establishment is trying to convince you that if you don't go along with big spending establishment stuff that you're the traitor when it's actually they're the traitors. They're the ones that would have been run out on a rail like Elijah Lovejoy back in the day for betraying the American public over their tax dollars. But I digress. 11% of the population. And people are so taxed. They are so taxed. And you know that tax burden, there are a lot of people still digging out of the tax burden after COVID. There are property owners that I heard from. that own apartment buildings or they own like buildings where multiple businesses, maybe strip malls or something like that. And they were all, I will never forget the amount, the stuff that I heard from people when they were saying that they still had to pay taxes, but they were also, especially those who owned condos and apartment buildings and people who were renting houses. I heard from so many people all across the nation. They're saying, yeah, we still had to pay our taxes, but we weren't allowed to collect, collect rent. Until that court battle that overturned that. You know, none of those people got their money back, by the way. That was money that they ended up just spending because they had to pay someone else's rent and their utilities during COVID. But oh my gosh, Uncle Sam came running out with his handout during tax season wanting what he thought was his. They didn't get a break on their taxes. They not only had to pay double, but they had to still pay their taxes. They didn't get a moratorium on that. You don't even know. I mean, that had a major effect on the economy. There were so many people that were writing about that.
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11%.
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Those people shouldn't be allowed to vote. You're getting paid off by your government. That is a conflict of interest. If you're receiving welfare, you shouldn't be able to vote. Now, I don't want to hear anybody sit here and tell me about unfortunate circumstances. I will beat you over the head. I'll play my card on that. Like I said, I grew up poor as poor could be. I couldn't even afford notebook paper. Single mom, working three jobs. So I know. There are sometimes people get into situations, they need a safety net. That's what family's for, not the taxpayer. That's not unfeeling. It's not any more unfeeling than demanding that strangers pay for everything that happens to you in your life. It's called courtesy and responsibility. And sometimes things happen, but that doesn't mean somebody else is responsible for it. 11% guys. How is that? If this was in the context of a campaign, these people would be in violation of FEC law. But hey, it's okay because it's entitlement. We got more on the way. So we rolled awards days at these United States, our partners that help bring you the program. It's our friends over at Preborn. You know, even though Roe v. Wade was rolled back, it was just a bad legal determination, by the way. Even though it was rolled back, that hasn't stopped abortion from still being the number one leading cause of death, not just in the United States, but globally. And abortifacients, you know, the medication abortions, that accounts for over 60% of it. Preborn offers free ultrasound services that double the chance that a mother chooses life. They partner with pregnancy clinics. They provide free maternity clothes and diapers and everything. counseling and support for up to two years, all privately funded. None of it's taxpayer funded. And they do this to give these families the best start possible. Mothers hear a lot of messages. I actually just did an interview with Wall Street Journal about this. Mothers hear a lot of messages from society about how they are not strong enough to raise a child if they are facing an unplanned pregnancy. What preborn does is say, no, you are strong enough. And here are some good Christian people that are going to step in the gap, meet you where you are, And gets you situated. And then, you know, who knows? Who knows what kind of legacy that's building for the future? One ultrasound costs $28.
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I've got Dan Morgan here on the pod. Say hi, Dan.
SPEAKER 17 :
Hey, how's it going today? It's going good, man. Tell us who you are and what you do. I'm Dan Morgan. I'm an attorney and a managing partner at Morgan & Morgan, which is America's largest injury law firm.
SPEAKER 16 :
That's pretty awesome. I think I saw a billboard of yours recently that said $20 billion won. $20 billion is an insane number.
SPEAKER 17 :
Yeah, 20 billion recovered. It's actually, I think, somewhere north, probably closer to 22, 23 after this year. And each year we get bigger and badder and our army grows. So the number will hopefully keep getting bigger and bigger as time goes on. Awesome.
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So how does someone get in contact with Morgan & Morgan? What would I do if I got into an accident?
SPEAKER 17 :
Probably the easiest way is dialing Pound Law. That's Pound 529 from your cell phone. We are always open. Our call center is always waiting to take your call. 24-7-365. Wow.
SPEAKER 16 :
Dan Morgan from Morgan & Morgan, America's large injury law firm. Thanks for coming by the show.
SPEAKER 17 :
Thanks for having me. Visit ForThePeople.com for an office near you.
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Hi, you guys. I'm out of the store. So they wanted $7 for this. Mind you, I don't have food stamps anymore. They cut me off. So I only had $22 left in food stamps. So this is what I stole. How much were your nails? They wanted $9 for this. I said, I don't got $9.
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Then they wanted...
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$2 for this. They wanted, sorry, it's all up because it's been in my purse. $7 for this. I'm making some stuffed salmon today. These are needed. I'm not paying $7 for that, okay? Let me show you the most important thing to me. Short ribs. Take off the label so that you don't beep. Get your knee. How many do you think that I got?
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She's got a coach bag. This bitch don't need to be on food stamps. This bitch needs to learn how to do a budget. Let's be real about it. I mean, your nails. She's got a coach bag sitting in her car with a coach bag and short ribs in it. I mean, that's just trash. This broad's trash. And if you can afford to go get your nails done, if you can afford to go get extensions in your hair, and if you can afford a coach bag, then you can afford to not be on food stamps and to pay for food. Imagine bragging about being just that. Good heavens. You know, it's about prioritizing. I'm going to tell you what. My mom, when she was working two and three jobs, she wasn't going out and getting her nails done. You've got to prioritize. This isn't anything society did to you. It's what you did to yourself. Everybody else is out there making money. What's so wrong with you that you can't go out there and make money? Oh, because you're lazy. That's what it is. Because you are lazy. And you worship at the altar of self. That's the problem. 11% of the public are on food stamps. That is not a success. That is a failure. In the meantime, they don't do nothing to make health care affordable. Oh, they made sure that you couldn't be portable with your insurance and they made sure to tie it to your employer. We got a whole bunch more coming. Second hour on the way. Stick with us. Sometimes makeup can be super frustrating. It's too heavy. There are too many steps. And if you don't have the right tools, it just doesn't look natural. And we are in the natural healthy girl era of makeup right now. And that's why I think Jones Road Beauty really fills this. They really fill this niche, and they do such a great job at it. It's founded by makeup artist Bobby Brown, and it's a minimalist, clean brand designed to enhance your natural beauty. So their products help you get that very effortless look. no makeup, makeup, look, and very fast. One standout product is the Miracle Bomb. It's a multitasker that you can use as literally anything. It's a tint, it's a blush, it's a bronzer, it's a lip color, it's buildable, it gives you a natural glow in under a minute. And Jones Road Beauty also offers a full lineup of effortless skin-first staples, including their Just Enough Tinted Moisturizer. It's a very lightweight formula and it smooths and evens out your skin tone with a very soft touch of coverage. And it's packed with skin-friendly ingredients. The Just Enough Tinted Moisturizer also keeps your skin moisturized without clogging your pores. And it provides hydration and a natural, healthy glow. glow. So for a limited time, you can use code Dana at jonesroadbeauty.com and you get a free cool gloss with your first purchase. So make sure to tell them that our show, The Dana Show, sent you. That's jonesroadbeauty.com, code Dana.
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SPEAKER 16 :
I've got Dan Morgan here on the pod. Say hi, Dan. Hey, how's it going today?
SPEAKER 17 :
It's going good, man. Tell us who you are and what you do. I'm Dan Morgan. I'm an attorney and a managing partner at Morgan & Morgan, which is America's largest injury law firm.
SPEAKER 16 :
That's pretty awesome. I think I saw a billboard of yours recently that said $20 billion won. $20 billion is an insane number.
SPEAKER 17 :
Yeah, 20 billion recovered. It's actually, I think, somewhere north, probably closer to 22, 23 after this year. And each year we get bigger and badder and our army grows. So the number will hopefully keep getting bigger and bigger as time goes on.
SPEAKER 16 :
Awesome. So how does someone get in contact with Morgan & Morgan? What would I do if I got into an accident?
SPEAKER 17 :
Probably the easiest way is dialing Pound Law. That's Pound 529 from your cell phone. We are always open. Our call center is always waiting to take your call. 24-7, 365.
SPEAKER 16 :
Wow. Dan Morgan from Morgan & Morgan, America's large injury law firm. Thanks for coming by the show.
SPEAKER 17 :
Thanks for having me. Visit ForThePeople.com for an office near you.
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So this is Omar Fata. He's waving a foreign flag in a foreign language and he's like, I'm going to use my position to advocate for Somalia. This is actually not anything unlike what Ilhan Omar has said before. This was a rally not too long ago. The video is now coming out. We're showing him doing this. I don't think that you should be able to run for elected office if you have other allegiances. If you want to have an allegiance to Somalia, go to Somalia and do it there. Go do it there. Go try to get into government and all of that stuff. Welcome back to the program. Dana Lash with you. Man, Minneapolis is... Good night. Expressing loyalty to somebody. I am very much like our founders. I'm like George Mason when it concerns participation in politics. And I have a piece up, by the way, if you haven't read it yet. It's over at Substack. It's not behind a paywall unless you click through all the time. But the point that I made in this is I was actually talking about the whole idea of where the founders were in terms of immigration. And I got into a whole bunch of stuff with this. But it was during one of the debates at the constitutional... By the way, George Mason was also the guy who pretty much defined what militia was. You know, if you're talking about, well, who is the militia? Well, it's every man and woman in the United States. That's who the militia is and was. That's how it was always defined to be. But one of the things that where they kind of stood on immigration in some aspects, they were a little progressive. Not all, but in some aspects, some of them might be measured by today's conservatives as a little progressives. But that was just specifically on legal entry. After that, they were very conservative and they believed in kind of like a quarantine period of sorts. And Mason did not think that you should be running for any kind of office, not even dog catcher. Well, they didn't really have dog catchers back then, but you know what I mean? Unless you had been here for a minimum of three years. And he's right. How can you come to a country that you it's like me going to. Well, how would be like me going to like Jamaica or Puerto Rico or somewhere else or Italy or Spain? And immediately as I get over there, like, OK, I'm going to run. I'm going to run and mess up all your politics now. I'm going to run for office. And I mean, that makes sense. And that's what he and many of the other founders believed. In fact, Mason had stated, quote, citizenship for three years is not enough for ensuring that local knowledge, which ought to be possessed by the representative, making sure that, you know, you can't tell if it's going to be measurable at that point. And he's not wrong. Omar Fata is the problem of the rejection of assimilation. And that is a big aspect of this. There's a problem with the way that we... I don't really know when this kicked into gear. I was thinking about this this morning and trying to get my thoughts organized about this. But I don't know when it kicked in. Was it the 80s? Because I remember... You remember the phrase melting pot, right? Everybody remembers the melting pot phrase. And at some point, when was this canon? The aughts? The early aughts? When did that become... like a politically incorrect phrase. Like you're not supposed to say that anymore. When did that happen? That's a good question. Because that's a psyop for sure. Well, it's a psychological trick on you. And I say that because melting pot, what does melting pot suggest? You have a bunch of people who come over and they all basically melt into one thing as a way. It's not homogenous psychology. But it is assimilated, meaning you don't have to reject where you're coming from or some of the values that you have. But it is that commonality and coming over here. Do you want to be free? And then your loyalty is to this republic as a citizen before any other sovereign entity. We are not demanding that happen of people who are coming here and immigrating. So at some point, the left decided and this is, again, all because of CRT. Critical race theory. Now, we can't say melting pot anymore. This is the only time they didn't want to actually focus on race and ethnicity. No, no, no. We don't want to say melting pot. They wanted to keep everything separate so that they could they could load up factions against each other. This is the whole purpose. So you melting pot, the rejection of that wasn't just a rejection of a term that they found offensive. It was a rejection of assimilation. When they started attacking the conservatives or started attacking the right for using that phrase, they weren't attacking language. They were trying to recondition you into how you think about assimilation. It is rude, they posit, to expect people who immigrate over here to adapt to our way of life, to adapt to our culture. And as a result... You get things like what we were dealing with in Irving, Texas, people coming over here from Middle Eastern countries, and they wanted to reject Western jurisprudence and establish an entire court of Sharia law. That's something they actively tried to push for. In Minneapolis, the same thing is happening there. Minneapolis is turning into Luton. There's a place in England called Luton. And in fact, some of the 9-11 terrorists, that's where some of their imams were in Luton. In fact, one of the craziest imams in all of the UK is in Luton. That's where a lot of this stuff kicked off. Like with Tommy Robinson and all of that was in Luton. Minneapolis is turning into Luton. This is it's there was a rejection of assimilation. So you had people coming here who didn't not only did they not want to be free, but they don't want you to be free. That's that's what it is. And now we're we're skyrocketing these people into elected office. Before they've even assimilated. How are you representing a people when you're rejecting their way of life? That should be I don't think you have to be a full on citizen to even be considered for elected office. And even then, I think it should only be state and local. I am really hardcore. And so this is why I'm saying Republicans are too big government for me. Whenever I hear someone, I am probably the most conservative person you will ever know. The full scope of my views, even some of my friends are like, oh my gosh, but no, that's just the way it should be. And that's the way it was. I would dare, first off, maybe I wasn't raised in a barn, but I would never think of going to another nation and say, now you got to be me now. I'm not assimilating to you. You're going to assimilate to me. We're going to do things my way. I'm going to displace your legal system. I'm going to displace this, that. No. But that's part of the attack on our freedom. That's why CRT is in so many ways even more effective than the economic warfare that you associate with more traditional Marxist tactics. So you look at this stuff in Minneapolis, it's insane. You look at Mandani in New York. I had some polling on him, by the way. You look at Mandani in New York. I mean, they did one survey that I saw. Do you know that his support is greatest in the bougiest parts of Manhattan? So the richest Manhattanites are supporting him because they can. It doesn't matter to them if there's going to be higher taxes. It doesn't matter. They're not affected by any of this stuff. But the people who aren't billionaires will be. I got some also pulling about Jay Jones. This is in Virginia. So Miyares is at 46% and Jay Jones is at 38% right now. So Miyares is finally over. This is a Roanoke College poll that was taken from October 22nd to the 27th. And he's below the margin of error. It's still going to be close. If they get a lot of turnout, it won't be. But it's still going to be relatively close. And Mandani is just cruising. He's leading. He's going to win. He's another case of refusing to assimilate. We're going to bring our perspective of Sharia and Islamic jurisprudence here, and we're going to start offsetting how you do things in the United States. That's a real problem because you see things like what you've been seeing in Ireland and what you've been seeing in the UK with Rotherham and a lot of these other places where the – refusal to assimilate has made people vulnerable. I mean, good night. There's crime lawlessness disorder. A couple of other things, too. Did you guys watch the TPUSA thing? I had some of it on. I was doing work. I work pretty late. I've been prepping for this debate and that's going to be taking place next Wednesday. I thought that J.D. Vance was giving some really good answers, except for a couple. And I think it's good when you can have people answer questions. The other thing that struck me was how many college students repeated the same thing with regards to Israel. By the way, I think that you can be a Christian and not be a Zionist. I think it's a different interpretation on Revelation. And if anybody wants to have a fight about it, then I suggest you go read Paul. You go read Paul in Romans and you read what he has talked about in terms of divisions in the church. And before you call anybody heretical, maybe find out if you're in keeping with what Scripture says about dealing with differences and interpretation as it pertains to church and congregation. And then you measure yourself and see if you are not falling into heresy by not following Paul's commands. Now, that being said... There were certain things. There was one question. He was asked a couple of questions. One of them. There were a number of students that I think there were like three questions that they had televised where they were asking him about Israel. And this was this is cut. Let's do cut 15, please. This is that question. His answer.
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Ethnic cleansing in Gaza. I'm just confused why this idea has come around, considering the fact that not only does their religion not agree with ours, but also openly supports the prosecution of ours.
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Yeah, so... Somebody is on TikTok too much.
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Let's say a few things about this. First of all, when the President of the United States says America first, that means that he pursues the interests of Americans first. That is our entire foreign policy. That doesn't mean that you're not going to have alliances, that you're not going to work with other countries from time to time. And that is what the President believes. is that Israel, sometimes they have similar interests to the United States, and we're going to work with them in that case. Sometimes they don't have similar interests to the United States. In this example, the most recent Gaza peace plan that all of us have been working on very hard for the past few weeks, the president of the United States could only get that peace deal done by actually being willing to apply leverage to the state of Israel. So when people say that Israel is somehow manipulating or controlling the president of the United States, they're not controlling this president of the United States, which is one of the reasons why we'd be able to have some of the success that we've had in the Middle East.
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So that the end of it is what I wanted there, because I. I thought his answer started off strong and then I didn't like the end of it. First off, nobody's controlling the president of the United States. Some of these people need to learn how lobbying works. Every single country has a lobbying and lobbying entity in the United States. Every single country. We have lobbying entities in other countries. That is a fact. I found the entire premise of that dude's question when he asked. I just found it felt like it was like tick tock brain slop. Like, if you're going to use phrases, if you're going to use Hamas phrases like ethnic cleansing as it pertains to Gaza, and J.D. Vance was way nicer than I would have been in answering the question because I just reject brain slop. I just can't tolerate it. But I didn't like where he got towards the end because he was like, well, he's not being... Maybe you could also say, yeah, you know, it's our ally in the Middle East and they're not controlling us any more than we're trying to control anybody else. I just think it reinforces this stereotype that there's a big, bad Jewish boogeyman and a bunch of people who don't know their ass from their head sit here and read this stuff on Instagram or on X or they absorb it off of TikTok and they just parrot it. I mean, I'm going to break that down even further for you here coming up. A lot of the people who have these criticisms can't even spell Knesset. They don't even know how to pronounce it. But they want to sit here and be like, well, you know, they're controlling the president of the United States. We're going to revisit this. And by the way, I'm going to I'm going to lay this down really quickly. I operate in a world where if you're entering political debate, you have the balls and the thick skin to be able to to weather disagreements and to be able to disagree with someone without devolving into like a menstrual accutane rage fueled tantrum. And heaven forbid, if we ever get to the point where no one on the same side or even we see what happens with the right and left. Heaven forbid we ever get to the point where people on the same side can't agree or disagree or run across opinions that they maybe disagree with every now and then without devolving into like a progressive mental hellscape. Because no one is being attacked simply by being disagreed with. That's that's progressive mind slop. I can't. And you shouldn't tolerate that either. We got a lot more as we move our partners that help bring you the program. That's the folks over at Relief Factor. It's a 100 percent drug free way to deal with everyday aches and pains. And they use things like turmeric and resveratrol and all of that stuff to help alleviate inflammation. They want me to tell you about a guy named Bob. And Bob is 63 years old. He has 40 years as a car painter and a body man. Bob could barely walk and he couldn't make it up the stairs by day four or five. He felt the change. But after eight days on Relief Factor, he was 75% better and he was thoroughly impressed. And These kinds of transformations can't be ignored. Try Relief Factor's three-week quick start for just $19.95. That's only $0.95 a day, less than a cup of coffee. Don't wait. Visit relieffactor.com or call 800-4-RELIEF. Get your three-week quick start today for only $19.95. Support your body with natural anti-inflammatory power and see if Relief Factor is right for you.
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I've got Dan Morgan here on the pod. Say hi, Dan. Hey, how's it going today?
SPEAKER 17 :
It's going good, man. Tell us who you are and what you do. I'm Dan Morgan. I'm an attorney and a managing partner at Morgan & Morgan, which is America's largest injury law firm.
SPEAKER 15 :
That's pretty awesome.
SPEAKER 17 :
Why do you guys think you win so many cases? The insurance companies and other companies that we go against know that we're going to take it to the end, that we believe in the case. So we fight for every dollar and we're not afraid to go that extra mile for our clients. Are insurance companies like actually afraid of you guys? We don't bluff. We take it to trial and we are not strangers of getting very, very, very large verdicts.
SPEAKER 16 :
Awesome. So how does someone get in contact with Morgan & Morgan? What would I do if I got into an accident?
SPEAKER 17 :
Probably the easiest way is dialing Pound Law. That's Pound 529 from your cell phone. And our call center is always waiting to take your call. 24-7-365. Wow.
SPEAKER 16 :
Dan Morgan from Morgan & Morgan, America's largest injury law firm. Thanks for coming by the show.
SPEAKER 17 :
Thanks for having me. Visit ForThePeople.com for an office near you.
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And now, all of the news you would probably miss. It's time for Dana's Quick 5.
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I've got Dan Morgan here on the pod. Say hi, Dan. Hey, how's it going today?
SPEAKER 17 :
It's going good, man. Tell us who you are and what you do. I'm Dan Morgan. I'm an attorney and a managing partner at Morgan & Morgan, which is America's largest injury law firm.
SPEAKER 16 :
That's pretty awesome. I think I saw a billboard of yours recently that said $20 billion won. $20 billion is an insane number.
SPEAKER 17 :
Yeah, 20 billion recovered. It's actually, I think, somewhere north, probably closer to 22, 23 after this year. And each year we get bigger and badder and our army grows. So the number will hopefully keep getting bigger and bigger as time goes on. Awesome.
SPEAKER 16 :
So how does someone get in contact with Morgan & Morgan? What would I do if I got into an accident?
SPEAKER 17 :
Probably the easiest way is dialing Pound Law. That's Pound 529 from your cell phone. We are always open. Our call center is always waiting to take your call. 24-7-365. Wow.
SPEAKER 16 :
Dan Morgan from Morgan & Morgan, America's largest injury law firm. Thanks for coming by the show.
SPEAKER 17 :
Thanks for having me. Visit ForThePeople.com for an office near you.
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President of the People's Republic of China.
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It's a pleasure to see you again. And we're going to have a very successful meeting, I have no doubt. But he's a very tough negotiator. That's not good. We know each other well.
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Just goes to show you how really tall Trump is. He's very tall. I mean, that seems kind of, I mean, you can tell there. Welcome back to the show. Dana Lash with you at the bottom of the second hour. Blah, blah, blah. I want aliens to come and visit us. What are you laughing? Why are you laughing for?
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Blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah.
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I get, like, I see the discussion of this whole visit. I feel like half of the people are mad because I think that they thought he was going to be walking away. And he was going to have, I don't know, like, he was just going to be able to get total capitulation, Chinese capitulation. And then I have other people say, no, no, no, it's so great. I mean, there really wasn't, I don't think anything moved. on the board do you think i don't think anything i mean we got they got a couple of concessions but they're still and she i mean and trump was being very diplomatic he's like well xi jinping is a tough negotiator and then you get the left going look at him he's complimenting him you guys sent pallets of cash to iran shut up you literally sent pallets of cash you remove sanctions on iran it's That seems way better or way worse rather than being a diplomat king, just being diplomatic and dealing with it. Welcome back to the program. So I'm like this New York Times piece. If you read the New York Times, they're making it out like, well, Trump just got bowled over by Xi Jinping. Withholding soybean purchases and rare earth exports, China extracted relief from U.S. tariffs and delayed export controls without conceding much in return. Oh, boy. I mean, there may I don't. It sounds like they really like China. When I read this piece, I'm like, whose side are you on? Go ahead.
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Remember when they were complaining about the tariffs being too high on China? And then when Trump, and rightfully, uses it as a tool and then lowers it in order to get the guarantee for the three-year deal on 25 metric tons of soybeans bought by China from the U.S., which, by the way, they were just complaining in the media about how the farmers have been hit the hardest in this Because Biden didn't hold China accountable to the purchases they agreed to during Biden's administration. And now they're saying that somehow we capitulated. Wait a minute. I thought the tariffs were too high.
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I mean, if they're trying to the way that they're putting this out, the way we're talking about this New York Times piece, by the way, welcome back to the program. Dana Lash with you. The way that they're putting it out is – I mean it's just defeatist and fatalist and I don't think it's an accurate representation. Even though I really don't think that there were a lot of – I mean it really didn't do – they didn't really do anything to – Resolve. That's the word I was looking for. Resolve this trade war. It's not. I think the closest thing that you could say is that it maybe is it might be a truce because they did agree to purchase more American agricultural products, soybeans and sorghum. There is that. And. They also have the lifting, and this is something that China and the U.S. agree to, their lifting of docking fees. It's a reciprocal lift of those docking fees because they're trying to reduce the cost of trade, cost of doing trade. And There were some there were reductions, some reductions with tariffs announced later in the president, I think, addressed that from when he was getting on the plane. But he said that China's exports by Trump's estimation, it was still going to be at about a 40 percent, 47 percent tariff rate. So it's a scooch forward, to use a Midwestern term. It's true.
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Scooch.
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It's a little bit of a scooch forward. It's not a step back. And I've read this New York Times piece now a couple times. They're really trying to make it sound like – I mean, I'm like, does Xi Jinping write this? Because they're trying to make it sound like it was the United States that stepped back. Like, for instance, hang on, hang on, hang on. So this is the fifth paragraph in. And it's almost like they're applauding Xi Jinping. They're trying to act like he lectured Trump and they're applauding him for it. The paragraph reads, sounding almost like he was delivering a lecture. Mr. Xi. His name is Xi Jinping. Jinping is his last name. Mr. Xi said to Mr. Trump that the recent twists and turns of the trade war should be instructed to them both. They make him sound like he's a professor and he's lecturing Trump, the student. This whole article is like that. It's like the Chinese paper wrote this instead of the New York Times.
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I think what people are missing is that the United States is coming from a position of strength stronger than ever before because we have trade deals with rare earth minerals from like five or six different countries. We're talking Australia, Argentina, Japan, and now China we're working on right now.
SPEAKER 21 :
China does have the largest, I mean, they have rare earths there, but China, what we were talking about last, they're the ones who actually extract it. They have the monopoly on it because they don't care about anything else. They don't care if they blow a hole in the side of the earth. They don't care. They don't... They're processed for extraction. That's why. It's not that they have more. It's not that they're rare. It's just that they don't give a rat's back to it.
SPEAKER 12 :
And that's always been China's leverage against the United States. And because militarily, we need those rare earths.
SPEAKER 21 :
By the way, can I... Sidebar. This is how self-hating Democrat policy is. Under Obama, too, but under Biden-Harris, not only do they want you to be entirely reliant upon electric everything, but they... In order to do electric everything, that means that all of that goes to China, which has that monopoly because they don't have any regulations as it relates to extraction. All of that goes to China, enriches China. And then we fall on the sword and beg for forgiveness for pollution for the Green New Deal. When China is the one that does all the number one polluter on planet Earth. And they have the most pollutant extraction process ease for rare earths. It's almost like they try to do it the dirtiest way. And that's with anything. It's like they approach it like, how can we do this even pollutier? They ask themselves this is almost I mean, that would make sense then when you look at the results. So not only were we did Democrats want the United States to give China to give them all the control, all the money, the monopoly for rare earths, you know, complete control. We would basically be incorporating them into our energy infrastructure by their over reliance and complete and total control. dependence on their production of rare earths. But then at the same time, we were going to pay basically an indulgence to a world fund for a Green New Deal. We were going to fall on the sword and act like we were the ones who were creating all the pollutants. This is the craziest thing ever. So I mean, they say, oh, Mr. Xi also seemed to grasp that Mr. Trump needed a deal. He needs to sell a victory at home. They act like Xi Jinping pitied Trump and tried to give Trump a little bit to make him look good. That's what I'm reading. And I don't care if you don't like Trump or not. This is just inaccurate. This is just an idiotic way to view this. It is really it's it's goofy. They I mean, they're not going to end this trade war. They're not going to do it. And I the New York Times, they would either way, they're going to be mad. left's going to be mad either way they're going to be mad if trump gives a victory they're going to they're going to find some way to paint that ridiculously if trump was too hard they were going to double down on the new kings and he's a tyrant nazi fascist whatever uh he held the line and we didn't lose anything and we did get a couple of concessions but it's not an end of the trade war like i said it's a scooch in that direction and that's that's not definitely not enough for the new york times you're never going to be able to win with the left so just stick with math because that's logical at least. We were talking a little bit before we broke about this, the J.D. Vance thing when he was speaking last night, and I said I liked some of his answers that he gave, but there were some that I thought that I didn't like, and I didn't like the one where he was saying, where he, if we, we'll just play this again. This was, if we can just play the end, I don't need the whole like a minute long cut. If we could just do, which one was this? Was it 15? Yeah, yeah, yeah. Just give me the end. I don't need the whole one minute. I literally only need the last 20 seconds.
SPEAKER 10 :
on very hard for the past few weeks the president of the united states could only get that peace deal done by actually being willing to apply leverage to the state of israel so when people say that israel is somehow manipulating or controlling the president of the united states they're not controlling this president of the united states which is one of the reasons why would it be able to have some of the success that we've had in the middle east
SPEAKER 21 :
I think that the better answer would have been he's not controlling. What are you talking about? He's not controlling. They're not controlling anything. What is this that you're talking about? They're not controlling anything. Because the question I thought was a little asinine from the dude who asked it. I thought it was absolutely begging the question and assuming something that just was simply not true. But they were talking about lobbying. And he didn't say AIPAC, but that's what they were getting into. And if they wanted to talk, first off, it's an ally that we have in the Middle East. I don't think that they're controlling anybody any more than we're controlling any other nation in which we have lobbying entities. That's the part where I wish that he would have. I didn't like the way that he ended that. I felt it could have been stronger verbiage for an ally. You know, I would have said, you know, if you're worried about influence on our government, let's look at Qatar that spends money. I mean, so APAC is an American... And I've never met anybody with APAC. It's a domestic organization with Americans, American investors, American donors, etc. And they don't take foreign money. The Qatari stuff, I mean, that's just the Qatari government. And they, other than China, they outspend everybody. I think the lobbying for... I think APAC for 2024 was something like $3 million, whereas with Qatar, it was... A lot more than that. I wrote about it up. It's up at the post that I have, by the way, over at Chapter and Verse. My point is, is that I would have probably been I probably would have said if you're worried about influence on our government, you know, then we need to look at Qatar. Why are Qatar and China giving billions of dollars to American universities? Why is Qatar paying millions of dollars to influencers here in the United States? And that's a true thing. That is absolutely true. Yours truly has never taken any of that, by the way, which I think you can tell because I'm not the most popular amongst the butt kissing commentariat. And I don't care. But I would have said that because that is absolutely true. I think when you're. This is the – I say commentariat for the lack of a better way to put it because not everybody is a journalist and not – you can be in a form of media but not everyone is practicing journalism. Some are just polemicists. Some are just trolls and some are just trying to make bank. And I think that, you know, I mean, obviously, and there's been a lot of stuff that's come out. Carter was absolutely paying influencers. I think a lot of nations actually do this. It's the new way to fight in terms of information battles. I would have brought that up and said, I think that you need to be way more concerned with this kind of influence here. and what this portends. That's a concerning issue. We're going to talk more about this here coming up, but we've got Florida Man on the way. As we move, our partners at all bring you the program. It's our friends at Patriot Mobile. Whenever anyone's wrong on the internet, tell them off with Patriot Mobile in a loving, godly way. See, look, I made it work. So, Patreon Mobile is the only Christian conservative cell phone service provider. And I could sit here and tell you, oh, they have the best nationwide coverage. They have access on all three major networks. And you can get, I mean, you can get plans tailored to what you need for businesses of all sizes, families of all sizes, singles, dinks, donks. I don't care. You know, they got unlimited data plans. They got the internet, whatever you need. They got a 100% U.S.-based support team. So you don't even have to go in. You can sit literally in your pajamas on your sofa and drink a milkshake and they won't know. They don't know. They don't see you. And you can just switch right there. It takes minutes and you get the best service. But here's the big thing. They think like you. And normally, you know, like 15 years ago, maybe that wouldn't have mattered so much. But now when everybody seems to hate you, including like, you know, like actual like non-entity brands, it seems like it's very important to do business with people that are like minded. You got to use your dollars and maximize the use of your dollars. And this is what switching to Patriot Mobile does. Switch today. I mean, if you're giving up your Netflix subscription, but you're still paying your cell phone service tons of money every month, that's like having a million Netflix subscriptions. I mean, you just need to make the switch. And they make it so easy. And you're going to love your service. Visit PatriotMobile.com slash Dana or call 972-PATRIOT to get started. And use promo code Dana because that gets you a whole free month of service. And veterans and first responders get 15% off their bill every month. Switch today. PatriotMobile.com slash Dana. Promo code Dana or call 972-PATRIOT.
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SPEAKER 16 :
I've got Dan Morgan here on the pod. Say hi, Dan. Hey, how's it going today?
SPEAKER 17 :
It's going good, man. Tell us who you are and what you do. I'm Dan Morgan. I'm an attorney and a managing partner at Morgan & Morgan, which is America's largest injury law firm.
SPEAKER 15 :
That's pretty awesome.
SPEAKER 17 :
Why do you guys think you win so many cases? The insurance companies and other companies that we go against know that we're going to take it to the end, that we believe in the case. So we fight for every dollar and we're not afraid to go that extra mile for our clients. Are insurance companies like actually afraid of you guys? We don't bluff. We take it to trial and we are not strangers of getting very, very, very large verdicts.
SPEAKER 16 :
Awesome. So how does someone get in contact with Morgan & Morgan? What would I do if I got into an accident?
SPEAKER 17 :
Probably the easiest way is dialing Pound Law. That's Pound 529 from your cell phone. Our call center is always waiting to take your call. 24-7-365. Wow.
SPEAKER 16 :
Dan Morgan from Morgan & Morgan, America's large injury law firm. Thanks for coming by the show.
SPEAKER 17 :
Thanks for having me. Visit ForThePeople.com for an office near you. It's his life mission to make bad decisions.
SPEAKER 12 :
It's time for Florida Man.
SPEAKER 21 :
I feel like this is like a title of a comic character, Barefoot Man. Florida Man, Barefoot Man, broke into a South Florida church and stole their iPads. Lauderdale-by-the-Sea, Florida. Authorities in Broward County are investigating after a man allegedly broke into a Lauderdale-by-the-Sea church. No, really? Is that why you said Lauderdale-by-the-Sea at the start of the piece? Stole several items, including an iPad, and caused damage inside of the building. It occurred Sunday afternoon. Surveillance footage shows a man in a tank top and swim trunks entering the church by pulling a cart. He was barefoot and remained inside for several minutes. They apparently he clogged the toilets with paper towels just because. And then he took their iPad. So what a weird. Dude, it's the humidity. Let's just say it. That's what it is. It's the humidity. Oh, this is infinite sadness. A Florida man was arrested for smashing pumpkins. Great band. That were worth about $500. That is actually a lot of pumpkins. His name is Aaron Thompson. He caused infinite sadness. He's been accused of smashing pumpkins valued at $500. It was in front of a Target in Tampa Bay. On security footage, he was picking pumpkins out of the boxes and smashing them on the ground at 1.15 in the morning. He was arrested several days later because he's a moron and he returned to the store and they recognized him and they summoned police. So they asked if he could identify the person in the surveillance footage they showed him smashing pumpkins in the video. Thompson said, that's me. He was arrested. He also was entirely unapologetic. And he said the only reason that he left is because he was he needed to go to sleep. I don't know, man. I can't. You can't. Oh, but wait, there's more. With the purchase of one slap shop, you get a Florida woman who pulls a weapon on a family member over a language gap after nearly hitting them with her Porsche. Her response or their response. She's rich, though. Good luck. Road rage. It was in Lee County, Florida. A family that doesn't speak English and a driver of a Porsche got into a fight and no one could understand each other. The Porsche driver got mad that the family was in the way. And when she couldn't understand them, she threatened them with a weapon. They threatened her back. the Porsche driver she tried to speed away uh it actually showed her in the wrong because there was a guy who was walking his dog he was on the side of the road she did not want to share the road she was just driving in the middle of it so and then you just never stop and start arguing with people randomly when you're driving just go along your day okay and she was speeding and it was a residential area so she was like blasting through uh and uh The funny thing is, is she had a camera on our vehicle and it said when your own camera catches you committing multiple felonies. She got she was in a lot of trouble with police because she was also very she was she was the she was. I want to say Karen, but it's going to make the Karen's mad. She's a Tammy. That'll make the Tammy's mad. So you guys get to pick whose name she gets. It's all there is to it in it. Oh, we're going to more time to more time.
SPEAKER 15 :
Yeah.
SPEAKER 21 :
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SPEAKER 16 :
I've got Dan Morgan here on the pod. Say hi, Dan. Hey, how's it going today?
SPEAKER 17 :
It's going good, man. Tell us who you are and what you do. I'm Dan Morgan. I'm an attorney and a managing partner at Morgan & Morgan, which is America's largest injury law firm.
SPEAKER 15 :
That's pretty awesome.
SPEAKER 17 :
Why do you guys think you win so many cases? The insurance companies and other companies that we go against know that we're going to take it to the end, that we believe in the case. So we fight for every dollar and we're not afraid to go that extra mile for our clients. Are insurance companies like actually afraid of you guys? We don't bluff. We take it to trial and we are not strangers of getting very, very, very large verdicts. Awesome.
SPEAKER 16 :
So how does someone get in contact with Morgan & Morgan? What would I do if I got into an accident?
SPEAKER 17 :
Probably the easiest way is dialing Pound Law. That's Pound 529 from your cell phone. Our call center is always waiting to take your call. 24-7-365. Wow.
SPEAKER 16 :
Dan Morgan from Morgan & Morgan, America's largest injury law firm. Thanks for coming by the show.
SPEAKER 17 :
Thanks for having me. Visit ForThePeople.com for an office near you.
SPEAKER 19 :
You're people of faith? You go to church on Sunday and pray on church on Sunday and pray on people the rest of the week? What is this? What is this?
SPEAKER 21 :
Is she trying to make fun of people using a southern accent? Is that what I'm hearing? Is that her appearing to use a southern accent while she was at Harvard? She was at an event in Harvard. 85-year-old Nancy Pelosi. Oh, Lord, put a hand up for my mouth right now. First off, welcome back to the program. Dana Lash with you. We are at the top of this third hour. You can find the chat at Rumble and you can also follow along and watch us do the radio program on Channel 347, DirecTV. She is described as having baffled viewers at Harvard because she slipped into a southern accent while she was talking about religious voters came. She was speaking when she began to add the twang in her voice. We're going to play it again, but this is what she said. She goes, you're people of faith. You go to church on Sunday and you pray in church on Sunday and pray, P-R-E-Y. So she focused this on people the rest of the week. What is this? Interesting. Go ahead and play it one more time, please, Juan.
SPEAKER 19 :
You're people of faith? You go to church on Sunday and pray on church on Sunday and pray on people the rest of the week? What is this?
SPEAKER 21 :
What is this?
SPEAKER 12 :
She thought she was clever.
SPEAKER 21 :
You know, I met her one time. And my son met her. My oldest son met her. We were in D.C. and her staff always preps her very well. She was very polite. She was very, you know, probably you might think, sometimes you meet some of these people and you might think, oh, outside of politics, you seem like you might be a nice person you could at least talk to. You know, not a horrible person. She knew my son's name, which that's a very, yeah, I know, right? because it's not like they're online. It's like, whoa. Her people prep her very well. She was like, oh, it's good to see you, said his name, and then left. I was like, oh, very interesting. We both kind of looked at each other. But I don't think you need to make fun of people like this. I guess she's trying to make fun of evangelicals and say that if you don't give one and a half trillion dollars for spending on illegal alien health care, that you're not a Christian. Because my response would be, well, you just don't kill babies in the womb and then call yourself a Christian. You don't sit here and get behind all of the trans mafia that you get behind and call yourself a Christian. There's a lot of stuff that you don't do. You don't take from one and give to another. That's not being a good Christian. She's making fun of them, though. That's exactly what she was doing. That's not even a great Southern accent. That's not even a good Southern accent. Someone said that she's probably trying to keep her dentures from slipping out her mouth, and that's why she had to start talking like that, which I don't know if that helps or not, but that it just not she's been you know, she's been in Congress for so long. I I mean, she's been in Congress for forever. She's been in government for forever. She she I mean, I'm actually shocked. I think most everybody I think she's older. She's been in Congress longer than Steve's been alive. Definitely longer than Juan's been alive. She's been in Congress for a long time. If she is unhappy with the way that things are structured, why hasn't she used her power all of this time to do something about it? Especially when she was the Speaker of the House for the first part of Barack Obama's first term in which Democrats had a super majority until they had special elections that evened it out just a bit. But making fun of people? I don't know. Did she pick that up from Hillary Clinton using the accent? You just can't go and pray on people on Sunday and then pray on them in the streets. Who's praying on them in the streets? Well, you're praying on them in the streets, you know. If you ain't giving people who come in the country legally, Cain, if you ain't giving them a million, a trillion and a half dollars, then you're praying on them. I don't really think that's how that works. Is that what she thinks? You know what? Those people that she makes fun of do more to help the disadvantaged than she does by trying to leverage government as a fake way of helping people really when it's all about expanding control and authority. I just hate it when people make fun of Southern folks. I don't like it. They're always so proper. Even the mean ones are real proper. It's like how the Germans all sound mean. My husband's family is German, so I can say that. It's all. And everything, even like joy over having a delicious meal, sounds angry. It's all great. That's just I think Democrats need to kind of think back and learn their lesson just a little bit as. You know, you can't you need those people. They need those nice people to win elections. But this idea that we're going to use emotional blackmail with religion as a way to browbeat people into supporting egregious government spending. Neither shall you work, neither shall you eat. I mean, we can sit here and go back and forth with scripture all day long. She's not going to win this battle. Not going to win it. Not going to win it. So. Thankfully, I think that Democrats have been or Republicans have really kept to the messaging on this. I think it's been very helpful for them. I wanted to go play some more audio for you because we have a lot of really good cuts today. So this is cut 27. Can I just say Chuck Grassley? You all know Senator Chuck Grassley, right? Iowa. One of the nicest. I actually never met him, but he seems like one of the nicest people ever. He tweets things like, oh, I saw a deer on the side of the road. Everybody be careful when you're out. Because it is deer season and there's deer all over and you could hit a deer. And I mean, he used to do these updates where he almost like every week he would talk about that. And then it's interspersed with him. He's sitting at a diner after church having lunch with his lady, his wife, you know, real nice guy. Why would you want to tap his phone? I don't know. That's the question for Jack Smith. Listen to this. Cut 27.
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I've recently been informed by Verizon that at least 11 members with Verizon accounts were affected. That includes a hard line for Senator Cruz's office and a staffer cell phone for former Senator Loeffler. AT&T informed me they challenged the legal basis for Jack Smith's efforts, and Smith backed down.
SPEAKER 21 :
Yeah, they were... They tapped his phone. They were listening. He was listening in. This is that Arctic Frost investigation. And... This special former special counsel had obtained phone records, not just from Grassley, but their crews. They were trying to this is all about the Arctic frost and Grassley revealed he's this is part of that Senate Judiciary Committee investigation into that. We had Eric Schmidt, Senator Schmidt on yesterday about this. but they wanted the phone toll records, that was what they're trying to say in their defense, to show what numbers were called, what time they were called, how long the call went on. They were trying to say, well, we weren't listening to the content of the call. Sure, I believe you. Said nobody ever. I mean, you're lying to people about wiretapping their phones, but you're saying, oh, no, but it only went, no, you're not going to give us a little truth and then lie and then expect us to take the lie because you shared a little truth. We're not doing that. And Verizon complied with a subpoena, but AT&T. So Cruz had said, because he has apparently a phone with Verizon and a phone with AT&T, he said, by the way, this is why you need to have Patriot Mobile. He said that Verizon complied with the subpoena for the Senate phone. But AT&T, which has his personal phone, they refused to turn over the records. And apparently this is how he started finding out. Now, the Verizon spokesperson came out and said that they are legally required to respond to any kind of valid grand jury subpoena. And they were under a court order to keep it confidential. You know, the subpoenas and all of this stuff, that is so situational what they want to listen, what they want to follow and what they don't. This is more Biden abuse. They have weaponized so many different agencies of government. This is more of that same, more along the same lines. And, you know, Cruz said that it was James Boasberg, that judge who, what did he say? He was printing subpoenas at Jack Smith's behest, like placemats at Denny's. Remember the Denny's placemats? Were those the ones you could draw on? You remember that? I'd go get a Moons over in Miami and I'd be doing my schoolwork at the Denny's. Man, I miss, sidebar, Shoney's. Dude, the Shoney's Breakfast Buffet. How many of you had a Shoney's Breakfast Buffet? Steve, you ever had a Shoney's Breakfast Buffet? Juan, you ever had Shoney's Breakfast Buffet?
SPEAKER 12 :
Oh, man.
SPEAKER 21 :
Never? He's never?
SPEAKER 12 :
I'm old enough to remember what a Jason's breakfast was. I don't even know what that is.
SPEAKER 21 :
No, I don't know what that is. Oh, my gosh. The bacon. Y'all remember the bacon tubs at the Shoney's breakfast? But, oh, man, them scrambled eggs were always done so nice. Oh, my gosh. So when I was younger, I would get scrambled eggs. Don't judge me. I would get scrambled eggs. I'd put a little syrup on them, and I'd have my... Bacon. Oh, man. That was a breakfast of champions right there. Move over, little chocolate donuts and John Belushi. It's all about the syrup eggs and bacon for Shoney's. Anyway, the last time I almost we almost had a car accident when we were in Florida one time because we were driving to the airport. And I saw Denny's on the side of the road literally was just like cross two lanes of traffic because I was going to go give me some of that bacon. I didn't care if I'm making my flight. Not even, not even Karen. I have no idea why I brought that up other than to say the placemats at Denny's thing. That was, you know, that was it. But that Artic Frost investigation, he had subpoenaed records for like over, it was 197. Let's see, let me pull this up. Let me pull all my numbers up because there's a lot. Over 400 Republican targets. And Grassley got them. Thankfully, you know how we know this? Whistleblowers. Good whistleblowers. This is how it's done. You know that Alexander Vindman? Yeah, the Alexander Eugene Vindman, whichever. They're both annoying brothers. They didn't follow the proper protocol. These people followed the proper protocol for a whistleblower case. So they gave all of this stuff to Grassley. And he made public 197 cases. And he was able to get them to these legally protected whistleblower disclosures. They were sent to 34 people, 163 businesses. They requested this. The 197 subpoenas requested testimony, communications and records. They had 430 named Republican individuals and entities. So any kind of communication with any Fox, Fox Business, Newsmax, Sinclair, anybody who had communication with legislative branch of U.S. government, they were naming members of the Trump family, statistical data and analysis, all this stuff. It was a witch hunt. It was a witch hunt. They were trying to foment another kind of like more Russia thing. So our skin changes in subtle ways over the years, especially after having kids. Maybe your hair and your nails and your skin don't seem as strong as you'd like for them to be, but there are smart ways to support them as you maneuver through the seasons of life. Bubz Naturals Collagen Peptides offer a very powerful solution to help restore health. to your skin and your nails, reverse the signs of aging, and support your body from within. So starting in your 20s, your body produces less collagen every year. And collagen is the protein that holds everything together. It's like the glue for the body. So with bubs, you can restore collagen levels to what your body had before when you were in your 20s. And that means stronger joints, healthier hair and nails, smoother skin, and faster recovery, especially after workouts. Bubz Naturals offers the cleanest, most effective collagen peptides made from grass-fed, pasture-raised cattle. And the powder is tasteless, it's odorless, and it dissolves instantly in your coffee, smoothie, juice, whatever you want to put it in. And it's third-party tested, NSF certified, Whole30 approved, and free of sugars or fillers. So for a limited time, get 20% off with code Dana at BubzNaturals.com. That's B-U-B-S Naturals dot com. Support the show and tell them that Dana sent you.
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SPEAKER 16 :
I've got Dan Morgan here on the pod. Say hi, Dan. Hey, how's it going today?
SPEAKER 17 :
It's going good, man. Tell us who you are and what you do. I'm Dan Morgan. I'm an attorney and a managing partner at Morgan & Morgan, which is America's largest injury law firm.
SPEAKER 15 :
That's pretty awesome.
SPEAKER 17 :
Why do you guys think you win so many cases? The insurance companies and other companies that we go against know that we're going to take it to the end, that we believe in the case. So we fight for every dollar and we're not afraid to go that extra mile for our clients. Are insurance companies like actually afraid of you guys? We don't bluff. We take it to trial and we are not strangers of getting very, very, very large verdicts.
SPEAKER 16 :
Awesome. So how does someone get in contact with Morgan & Morgan? What would I do if I got into an accident?
SPEAKER 17 :
Probably the easiest way is dialing Pound Law. That's Pound 529 from your cell phone. And our call center is always waiting to take your call. 24-7-365. Wow.
SPEAKER 16 :
Dan Morgan from Morgan & Morgan, America's large injury law firm. Thanks for coming by the show.
SPEAKER 17 :
Thanks for having me. Visit ForThePeople.com for an office near you.
SPEAKER 12 :
And now, all of the news you would probably miss. It's time for Dana's Quick 5.
SPEAKER 21 :
This is really a Florida man story, but it's not like technically a Florida man because it's someone who's visiting, but still. So a woman is doing SeaWorld Orlando because she was on a roller coaster and a duck hit her face.
SPEAKER 20 :
A duck flew into her face while she was riding a roller coaster. It literally knocked her unconscious.
SPEAKER 21 :
I'm done. I know, right? She's seeking at least $50,000. She says it's negligence. led to why the duck hit her she said that they did not maintain their premises in a reasonably safe condition they did not want dangerous conditions etc they said defendant created a zone of danger for bird strikes because of the high speed of the coaster blah blah blah i just you know they they said she has permanent injuries and pain of a physical and mental nature she's i mean how bad did the duck hurt you I mean, it knocked her out, but did it rip your nose off? Did it rip your eyes out? What happened? I mean, that duck is pretty stupid if it sees a roller coaster and is like, I'm going to fly over there. I don't know. I don't know what I feel about it, but I feel bad for it. That's a bummer, man.
SPEAKER 12 :
It's dumb to sue.
SPEAKER 21 :
Lock screen ads are coming to some smartphones. No. They said that it's for mid-budget models, smartphone companies that have mid-budget models. They said there's a lot of devices. They want to subsidize costs by running ads. But they said now some Android companies have started making phones and they pair them with other entities and then they have ads. I would not want ads on my stupid lock screen. That sounds horrible. Influencers in China have to have degrees to speak on finance, health and law. So you literally cannot talk about issues in China publicly unless you have a degree in the specific area of issue that you are speaking on. This is a new thing now. That's crazy. This is you can't. I mean, it's definitely not. you know, free speech, but they're demanding that influencers prove their qualifications or they get in trouble. Now, officials say it's a fight over misinformation. That's all it is. Really? I don't believe so. So, yeah, they can't they can't post about what they call regulated topics if it has to do with medicine, law, education or finance. Those are they're not allowed apparently to talk about those in social media in China unless they have a degree in one of those things. Not free speech at all. Joining us coming up, Lieutenant Governor of Florida, Jay Collins, because all Mandani's people are going to Florida. It's our partners that help make it possible. It's the folks over at Ammo Squared. They have you covered for all of your ammunition needs. It's a very worry-free, easy, simple solution. You're collecting ammo for the future and you avoid getting caught empty-handed. Everybody remembers panic buying of 2020. All the shelves were empty. Ammo prices basically cost a kidney. And everybody regretted everything. There's some bad people settled for some bad stuff. I remember you can choose from over 70 calibers, set your monthly budgeted ammo squared, and then let them curate your supply automatically. So you set up, forget it, ship it when you need it. And it's all stored in a secure climate controlled facility. It keeps your ammo fresh and safe until you decide to get it delivered. There's no minimums, no hidden fees. You get free shipping on orders over $250. Great. If you're trying out new calibers, you want to top off some training rounds, stay ready for whatever comes next. And you can join over 100,000 members like me and a community with thousands of five-star reviews. My only regret is that I didn't invent the business. Visit AmmoSquared.com. Secure your ammo supply for the future. Do not run out when it counts. Stock up before training. Restock after to stay ready. AmmoSquared.com. Tell them Dana sent you.
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SPEAKER 16 :
I've got Dan Morgan here on the pod. Say hi, Dan.
SPEAKER 17 :
Hey, how's it going today? It's going good, man. Tell us who you are and what you do. I'm Dan Morgan. I'm an attorney and a managing partner at Morgan & Morgan, which is America's largest injury law firm.
SPEAKER 16 :
That's pretty awesome. I think I saw a billboard of yours recently that said $20 billion won. $20 billion is an insane number.
SPEAKER 17 :
Yeah, 20 billion recovered. It's actually, I think, somewhere north, probably closer to 22, 23 after this year. And each year we get bigger and badder and our army grows. So the number will hopefully keep getting bigger and bigger as time goes on. Awesome.
SPEAKER 16 :
So how does someone get in contact with Morgan & Morgan? What would I do if I got into an accident?
SPEAKER 17 :
Probably the easiest way is dialing Pound Law. That's Pound 529 from your cell phone. We are always open. Our call center is always waiting to take your call. 24-7-365. Wow.
SPEAKER 16 :
Dan Morgan from Morgan & Morgan, America's largest injury law firm. Thanks for coming by the show.
SPEAKER 17 :
Thanks for having me. Visit ForThePeople.com for an office near you.
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SPEAKER 21 :
Welcome back to the program. Dana Lash with you. We're at the bottom of this third hour. You can listen across the country. Channel 347 is how you can stream the radio program. So, you know, in New York, it looks like they're going to get that feller, that Zoran Mandani. Looks like he's going to happen. And, you know, I'm trying to be real nice. I feel like, you know, the people who voted for him should have to stay there and suffer forever. The consequences. There are a lot of people that are already talking about leaving, including people who were like previously pretty vocally supportive of him. And now they're like, oh, wow, we really may have to live with these policies. The only people like the hardcore support that he's got are from the bougiest parts of Manhattan. As in the New York Post came out with a couple of days ago. So where are they going to go? You guessed it. They're going to Florida. They're going for Florida. And I have friends in Florida and they're a little nervous about this. And they're not the only people who are keeping an eye on all of this. So is the lieutenant governor of Florida, Jay Collins, who is a veteran of Army Special Forces. And he is the lieutenant governor of the Sunshine State. He joins us now via video. Sir, always a pleasure to have you. What how are you feeling about this? Because you got to know that, yes, there's going to be some people who may be kind of moderate, who probably aren't going to be as bad if they are coming to Florida. But there's going to there are a lot of people who are just realizing too little too late the consequence of supporting this guy. They're going to come to Florida. And when they go to Florida, you know what they bring with them. They're going to be bringing the way that they vote. And you guys have worked so hard to flip that swing state. Are you a little nervous about this?
SPEAKER 14 :
well i'll tell you what dana as always it is great to be on here why on earth in all cities in this great nation does new york city have to learn this lesson my goodness nine eleven wasn't that long ago look at this guy he's a watered down communist he's saying exactly what he means the policies are going to be there and people want to put him in office i guess they don't like prosperity so what we'll say is this don't new york or florida right We love Florida just how it is. Here's the truth in lending. We're very conservative. We do good math. We don't want failed communist socialist nonsense to be brought here. Don't take that here. We love Florida just how it is. And if you're going to come here, adopt our ways.
SPEAKER 21 :
See, and that's and that's you know, I was looking at just the percentages, you know, Miami-Dade, a lot of these counties that have been, you know, Palm Beach County that have been historically blue that have gone flipped red that have been voting Republican, which I remember when I first heard that, by the way, with y'all's last election, I was shocked that those countries, those counties went the way that they did. So what what can you do? You know, you're lieutenant governor of Florida. How are you looking to mitigate this? Like, what do you do to be prepared? Not just, you know, for the influx of people, but for now, it's like you're going to have to fight a new wave of that same ideology all over again with the newbies coming in.
SPEAKER 14 :
Well, Dana, that's a great question. So, you know, as always, it's about leadership, right? We're going to set the tone. We're going to say what we mean, we're going to mean what we say, and we're going to follow up with actions. You know, whether it's things like property tax, whether it's things like education, not indoctrination, we're going to hold people accountable. And let's talk about rule of law. If you mess with our cops, you mess with our families, you don't follow the rules, you don't follow the laws, We're going to put you in front of the court. You're going to be found guilty more than likely. And I'll tell you what, you're going to do your time. Accountability matters. We hold that and we will always take that very seriously. But that's what Florida is about. It's freedom for people to live their best lives. We don't want the government in our lives. We want opportunity. We want potential. We want freedom. That's why we're here.
SPEAKER 21 :
I remember during COVID, everybody was going to Florida. Everybody wanted to go to Florida because they were, I mean, you were able to walk around and not get in trouble outside. I mean, people were like, you know, in Texas, there were big fights here, even in Texas. I was real jealous of the state of Florida because they did so well with all of that. Now, and that was a big part of it, you know, the state flipping from being a swing state, because I remember watching 2012 and how that all went down. You're lieutenant governor right now, but you've decided, you know, you served the country In Army Special Forces, you're serving the country, you know, in the state, the state and the state Senate there in Florida. Now you're serving it again as lieutenant governor. And now there's a new horizon and you're you're you're going to be fighting for people and serving serving your your great state again. Tell us because you may you have an announcement.
SPEAKER 14 :
Well, Dana, I'll tell you what, we're not quite there, but I'll tell you. OK, you're still deciding.
SPEAKER 21 :
I have people saying, oh, I think that they want you to run so bad they think you're going to run. So I don't mean to put you in a bad position.
SPEAKER 14 :
Dana, no, not a bad position at all. Man, what a blessing to have people actually want you to do something and to be clamoring for someone to run for the. you know to be the governor of the free state of florida i grew up in a trailer dana i grew up without two wooden nickels to rub together only in america can our story my story even exist how blessed are we for that but here's the deal i wanted to make sure my family was good i want to make sure our surrounding communities were ready for this and it's about leadership here's what i can tell you and we are finalizing our decision right now and when we put it out there dana you will be one of the very first people that that I called because, you know, we're trying to make sure you move here. It's important. I want Dana in Florida.
SPEAKER 21 :
He's on that committee to make sure that happens. I love it.
SPEAKER 14 :
All right. All right. And, you know, I know this. If you want a leader in Florida, Governor DeSantis wasn't America's governor until COVID happened. And what happened? He stood. And because he stood, people got alongside him. People asked, where would Florida be if it wasn't for Governor DeSantis? I asked, where would America be? If it wasn't for Governor Sanders. If you don't believe one person can make a difference, look at that man, right? Steely-eyed missile man, as his wife often calls him, right? I don't want leaders who the next hard thing they face will be the hardest thing they've ever dealt with in their life. I want people who have a history of getting things done, solving problems, and making a difference. To me, that's what this boils down to.
SPEAKER 21 :
What you just said I thought was incredibly important, and I've not heard anybody put it that way, that you want somebody who's the next thing that they deal with isn't the hardest thing that they've ever done because they have a history of dealing with super hard things. That is incredibly important because, you know, I think all states are very influential and they're all very powerful in their own ways. But Florida particularly is a standout because they're unpredictable with how they vote. The loyalty towards their state lawmakers is something that I personally think maybe only Georgia, maybe. I don't really think any other state in the union comes close, but the success story at being able to take so many people who've come into the state and get them all on the same page and convince everyone that you're really there because you're united on that principle of liberty. And you're able to persuade people to vote the way that they need to in order to preserve those liberties. And I've not seen that happen in any other state. I'll say I saw it kind of happen in Colorado, but in reverse. When it went Democrat after 63 years of Republican administration, your messaging is is pretty amazing. And I know you're part of that. What is your when you're going out and you're looking to make supporters out of new people that you're talking to? What are their biggest concerns in Florida? Because, you know, Florida Floridians, like I said, I think it's a really good slice, a really good representation of the rest of America. What you guys deal with is very unique.
SPEAKER 14 :
You know, Dana, it sure is. There is no place like Florida. It's incredible. You know, from the agriculture to, you know, the deep urban environments to our growing business communities. I mean, look at Tampa and how much it's changed over time. What I do, I think you have to reach people for who they are, how they are, where they are. I think Americans and certainly Floridians, they're done with politicians talking at them. They want people who talk with them. They want leadership who understands what it's like to sign a check, what it's like to put their life at risk, what it's like to go through hard times because they've been there. You have to have a certain amount of empathy and understanding to really, truly be able to lead in a state like this. But if you look across the nation, what is it that we see with President Trump, with Governor DeSantis, with great executive leaders across this state? They communicate a vision. They're there. They're present. They have a conversation, and they solve complex problems, often with a very nascent, smart, focused solution that's not over complex. They speak to the language of the people. They solve simple problems, and they solve complex problems, and they explain it. That accountability is what people want. They want communicators who are problem solvers, but they also want people with a moral compass pointed in the right direction, because that's what we do here in Florida.
SPEAKER 21 :
Yeah. And I like how you guys are very hands on with whether it's, you know, disaster relief because you guys were able. I know that. What is it? The bridge that was going to Sanibel Island, that bridge had been taken out by a hurricane. You guys rebuilt that. And like, yeah, that's insane. I mean, my God, we have overpasses in Texas that are taking cane on some of these over 10 years. To build an overpass in Texas. You guys get a whole bridge, this whole cause would be done in like three days. But then when you had citizens that were caught overseas when Hamas launched their October 7th attacks and you were able to make sure people were able to get back. Or that guy who got his CDL from Gavin Newsom in California and went to Florida, drove like a madman and killed people because he couldn't even read road signs. And I know you were heavily part of that. I think people see those results.
SPEAKER 14 :
it didn't it's about leadership is being about present the best abilities availability if you're not at the table you're on the table as a leader and be present being the communal in the community god gave you two years of one mouth for a reason listen to the people understand what they need what they want and then solve those problems i went to california to bring him home because if something goes wrong if gavin pulls some sort of stunt let that happen in my space why did i go to israel because i dream of a government that's bold enough, courageous enough to go to any avenue, any extent to rescue their people, to put their welfare above their own. You see, the government serves the people. It's not the other way around. And that is why I lead the way I do. But that's not unique to me. That's what I learned in my time in the military as a Green Beret. It's not about me. It's about we. It's we the people. It's our citizens. 23.5 million people call Florida home, and every one of them love it for what it is. We are blessed to live here, and we're going to protect it. And as a lieutenant governor, should I decide to jump in this race, it's about protecting our people, ultimately leaving it better than we got it, and making sure that Florida thrives now and into the future.
SPEAKER 21 :
I know it's a big decision. We're talking to Florida's lieutenant governor right now, Jay Collins. I know it's a big decision to decide to run because it's not just you running. You know, it's your it's your lovely wife. It's your family. It's also in this race as well. What I know you're going to you're going to be coming to a decision soon. What is what do you think is going to be? Well, first off, let me ask you a question. When do you think that will be when you come to the decision? And then secondly, what is going to be the issue that really tips you over into doing it?
SPEAKER 14 :
So, Dana, I'll tell you, we are in the final stretch of making our decision. We went through a very wide review. And, you know, I've seen a lot of online blogs and some other people talking about they thought it was this date or that date. Guys, I've not put out a date. If I give you a date, it's the one that matters, right? i've gone through this i've been very transparent in my approach for a specific reason i think sometimes we undersell how important and how difficult this decision should be if you just jump in to run for governor of the free state of florida are you really taking the gravity of this office seriously Do you really understand how complex the issues are in this state? Do you understand what people need? And are you taking it seriously? I'm making sure that should I jump in, I am prepared, I have measured twice, maybe thrice, and you cut once. And I'll tell you, I say this as someone with 10 fingers, five toes, math wins. And once you cut something, once you decide, some things don't come back. Let's make sure we're doing the right thing for the people of Florida, not just my ego as a politician. Right. And, you know. that's the win and then what are the big issues you know what we have in florida is an incredible economy we have education that is number one in the nation in higher education we have number one in new job development job growth so let's not mess with success let's keep all of that moving forward but those surrounding issues we've got to make sure we continue to catapult transportation forward job development job growth energy We have to solve the energy problem. That's why small modular reactors are something we should look at. We've got to solve that issue. But we've also got to stop playing games with solar and wind and everything else that's oversubsidized and doesn't put enough energy into our system. But ultimately, it's about putting money in the pockets of our people, getting the government out of the way, and reminding them that the best government is a government that isn't involved in day to day life, any government strong enough to tell people what to do and solve problems is strong enough to take away every single piece of freedom and all of their liberties. In Florida, we understand the role of limited government. Governor DeSantis has been an amazing leader. We are so blessed to have him. And to be the person that comes after him, you better understand what's at stake and what the requirements truly are.
SPEAKER 21 :
One of the reasons I love the way that Florida is run, because I don't think that there are enough stark differences between Republicans and conservatives. And I think if you want a good measure of what conservatism looks like, look at the way Florida has been lately has been has been running with the leadership there. And compare that to some of these other, you know, maybe Republican like I'm just saying maybe Texas legislature where they can't hardly get anything done. And, you know, we don't have any property tax relief. But you got Gavin Newsom. And then what you're saying, that's a stark difference. We're out of time. But Lieutenant Governor Jay Collins, we're going to watch. We're going to see. We're going to wait for maybe an announcement. Maybe we'll see. Maybe you never know. You better not do it the second we're off air, though, Lieutenant Governor. God love you. I wouldn't do that to you. You better not do it the second we're off air. It's good to see you, though. I appreciate you joining us. I appreciate you. Tell your missus we said hello. We'll be watching for that announcement. God bless you.
SPEAKER 11 :
Same to Chris.
SPEAKER 21 :
God bless, my friend.
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I've got Dan Morgan here on the pod. Say hi, Dan. Hey, how's it going today?
SPEAKER 17 :
It's going good, man. Tell us who you are and what you do. I'm Dan Morgan. I'm an attorney and a managing partner at Morgan & Morgan, which is America's largest injury law firm.
SPEAKER 16 :
That's pretty awesome. I think I saw a billboard of yours recently that said $20 billion won. $20 billion is an insane number.
SPEAKER 17 :
Yeah, 20 billion recovered. It's actually, I think, somewhere north, probably closer to 22, 23 after this year. And each year we get bigger and badder and our army grows. So the number will hopefully keep getting bigger and bigger as time goes on.
SPEAKER 16 :
Awesome. So how does someone get in contact with Morgan & Morgan? What would I do if I got into an accident?
SPEAKER 17 :
Probably the easiest way is dialing Pound Law. That's Pound 529 from your cell phone. We are always open. Our call center is always waiting to take your call. 24-7-365. Wow.
SPEAKER 16 :
Dan Morgan from Morgan & Morgan, America's large injury law firm. Thanks for coming by the show.
SPEAKER 17 :
Thanks for having me. Visit ForThePeople.com for an office near you.
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grew up Christian. I think it's fair to say that she grew up in a Hindu family, but not a particularly religious family in either direction. In fact, when I met my wife, we were both I would consider myself an agnostic or an atheist. And that's what I think she would have considered herself as well. You know, everybody has to come to their own arrangement here. The way that we've come to our arrangement is she's my best friend. We talk to each other about this stuff. So we decided to raise our kids Christian. Our two oldest kids who go to school, they go to a Christian school.
SPEAKER 21 :
This was one of the one of the remarks that JD Vance was giving last night at the TP USA event. And I thought I would give him, I would give him probably like an 85, 90% on it. And that's only because there were two things that stuck out to me. One of them we played. And that's when this dude who clearly has, I don't know, he, he called what was happening in Gaza, ethnic cleansing. I know you some phrases that immediately made my red flag a suspicion go up. And it was a very loaded question. And I think that Vance could have repudiated it and said, look, no one's being controlled by anybody. And countries lobby each other and just shut him down. The second thing was this, because I don't know if we want. I'm going to I'm going to have to save this for tomorrow because we're running out of time. This contradicts with what Usha had said. She had said that she was raised in a really religious household. My point is that I don't want him to run away from the most fervent, loudest, like Fuentes kind of base in the right and start walking and being afraid to answer stuff head on. We'll talk more tomorrow. Today in stupidity.
SPEAKER 12 :
This is California Democrat Josh Harder. And by the way, Democrats can't stop admitting that the pain of families losing out on SNAP benefits is their leverage. Listen to this.
SPEAKER 03 :
Why not take that route?
SPEAKER 07 :
I think the idea that you would give up all of your leverage and then hopefully get some sort of great deal coming down the pike is just a fool's errand.
SPEAKER 12 :
Democrats can't stop doing this. Just open up the government, get your negotiations.
SPEAKER 21 :
Stop voting no. That's it. Super simple. Folks, that does it for us today. I will be on Fox Business later on, and I think in the 4 p.m. Central Hour. Have a great night. Back with you tomorrow.
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