WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.160 --> 00:00:03.080 We embrace the end of an error. The defeat does 2 00:00:03.160 --> 00:00:04.440 not mean we are defeated. 3 00:00:04.480 --> 00:00:10.400 The conversation's happening here at fifty five KRC, the talk station. 4 00:00:33.039 --> 00:00:41.520 All right, now, it's Christmas Eve, but when Joe Strucker 5 00:00:41.600 --> 00:00:43.280 is in the house, the van Halen is going to 6 00:00:43.399 --> 00:00:46.039 roll out. That's all this is to it. That's the stick. 7 00:00:48.520 --> 00:00:50.320 So maybe we'll just let us play a little bit. 8 00:00:50.719 --> 00:00:54.479 Wake you up at five oh four on this Christmas 9 00:00:54.560 --> 00:01:02.359 Eve morning, Tuesday morning. Who's got to get up today, 10 00:01:05.439 --> 00:01:07.079 I don't know, but we're up and out him here 11 00:01:07.079 --> 00:01:10.120 at fifty five KRC. I'm Dan Carroll in for Brian Thomas. 12 00:01:10.200 --> 00:01:13.480 Joe Strecker is running the big board in the command 13 00:01:13.599 --> 00:01:16.480 center over there, and a lot of stuff I want 14 00:01:16.480 --> 00:01:18.040 to get to. My buddy Jim Serger is going to 15 00:01:18.040 --> 00:01:22.239 be here today, that'll be about seven thirty, and we'll 16 00:01:22.239 --> 00:01:24.760 talk some Christmas stuff with him, talk about his latest 17 00:01:24.760 --> 00:01:29.840 book and what kind of year he's had, a couple 18 00:01:29.920 --> 00:01:32.799 other conversation items I want to get to him with. 19 00:01:32.920 --> 00:01:36.359 And then my buddy Andrew Pappas will be here and 20 00:01:36.519 --> 00:01:40.319 that'll be in the eight o'clock hour, and Jody, we 21 00:01:40.400 --> 00:01:42.879 have Papas you know Papas likes that walk up music. 22 00:01:43.400 --> 00:01:45.840 It's got us. There's a song by Romeo Void that 23 00:01:45.879 --> 00:01:49.280 he likes then. I can't think the name of it, 24 00:01:49.319 --> 00:01:54.680 but it's very off the beaten path. I would say, 25 00:01:54.920 --> 00:01:57.400 does he when he comes on this show, does he 26 00:01:57.480 --> 00:02:08.039 demand walk up music? Adele learious? That's perfect love, I 27 00:02:08.080 --> 00:02:11.400 love it. That is that for that guy? That is 28 00:02:11.439 --> 00:02:16.199 absolutely perfect. Here's some good news. Some guy in New 29 00:02:16.280 --> 00:02:19.639 Jersey has stepped forward to claim the Mega Millions jackpot 30 00:02:19.680 --> 00:02:24.080 from nine months ago. That jackpot was worth one point 31 00:02:24.199 --> 00:02:27.439 one two billion dollars, fifth highest in the in the 32 00:02:27.479 --> 00:02:31.039 history of the game, and this player was in New Jersey. 33 00:02:32.120 --> 00:02:36.680 Choosing to remain anonymous, will take home five hundred and 34 00:02:36.719 --> 00:02:42.280 thirty seven and a half million. This says before state 35 00:02:42.280 --> 00:02:46.120 and federal taxes. I think they mean after state and 36 00:02:46.199 --> 00:02:52.560 federal taxes. But nine months jackpot was the first one 37 00:02:52.800 --> 00:02:55.319 in twenty twenty four. Claim nine months after it was 38 00:02:55.360 --> 00:02:59.960 one March twenty sixth, and there were thirty one consecutive 39 00:03:00.039 --> 00:03:04.120 Mega Million drawings without a winner before that ticket was sold, 40 00:03:05.280 --> 00:03:08.280 and it was purchased in Neptune Township, New Jersey. I 41 00:03:08.280 --> 00:03:10.319 have never I've been to New Jersey. I've not been 42 00:03:10.360 --> 00:03:12.479 to Neptune Township. I don't think. 43 00:03:13.800 --> 00:03:13.879 So. 44 00:03:14.800 --> 00:03:19.960 Yeah, one point was that number again, doesn't matter. One 45 00:03:19.960 --> 00:03:23.360 point one to two billion. That's nice, So Merry Christmas 46 00:03:23.360 --> 00:03:27.039 to that guy. If the winner had not claimed the jackpot, 47 00:03:27.319 --> 00:03:30.039 each participating state in the Mega Million's game would have 48 00:03:30.039 --> 00:03:34.280 gotten back all the money it contributed. The states used 49 00:03:34.280 --> 00:03:39.960 their unclaimed lottery prizes for different purposes, but unclaimed prizes 50 00:03:40.000 --> 00:03:45.319 typically remain in a state's lottery fund the New Jersey. 51 00:03:45.479 --> 00:03:48.280 In New Jersey, where the jackpot was one, lottery sales 52 00:03:48.280 --> 00:03:52.479 are a contributing factor to retirement funds of public servants. 53 00:03:53.599 --> 00:03:57.000 The people who could benefit from an unclaimed ticket are teachers, 54 00:03:57.000 --> 00:04:02.240 police officers, firefighters, and other public employees. The lottery said 55 00:04:03.000 --> 00:04:06.000 the Mega Million's jackpot reached an estimated nine hundred and 56 00:04:06.000 --> 00:04:10.680 forty four million ahead of the Christmas Eve, So there's 57 00:04:10.719 --> 00:04:15.719 a drawing tonight for the Mega Millions nine hundred and 58 00:04:15.759 --> 00:04:19.920 forty four million. That would be a nice Christmas gift, 59 00:04:21.199 --> 00:04:27.160 So that drawing will happen tonight. If a ticket wins 60 00:04:27.199 --> 00:04:28.959 the jackpot in the next drawing, it will be the 61 00:04:29.000 --> 00:04:31.759 second ticket one on Christmas Eve. According to mega millions. 62 00:04:32.800 --> 00:04:36.439 First Christmas Eve jackpot was worth sixty eight million and 63 00:04:36.639 --> 00:04:38.839 was one in New York. Joe, you'd be all right 64 00:04:38.839 --> 00:04:42.399 with sixty eight million, wouldn't you? Ab all right? He could, 65 00:04:43.240 --> 00:04:46.040 he could, He could scrape by with that. So that's 66 00:04:46.079 --> 00:04:49.319 pretty good. So there's some there's some good news to 67 00:04:49.319 --> 00:04:52.920 start your day. What else? What else? What else? Ram 68 00:04:53.000 --> 00:04:56.120 Paul is out with his Joe. What's the chance we 69 00:04:56.120 --> 00:04:59.800 can get ram Paul on the show today? He's zero? 70 00:05:00.519 --> 00:05:05.199 I thought you had his personal cell number, Yeah, Joe, 71 00:05:05.720 --> 00:05:07.639 ram Paul. I want to pick it up at five am. 72 00:05:08.120 --> 00:05:10.680 But no, ram Paul. Every year he comes out with 73 00:05:10.720 --> 00:05:16.800 his festivus list wasteful government spending Joe, how much money? 74 00:05:16.920 --> 00:05:19.079 If you had to guess how much money has the 75 00:05:19.079 --> 00:05:22.560 federal government wasted this year or this past year? According 76 00:05:22.600 --> 00:05:27.199 to rand Paul, Well, it's not day. He says ten trillion. 77 00:05:27.279 --> 00:05:29.560 It's not tenrally, and it is, but it is over 78 00:05:29.639 --> 00:05:36.160 a trillion dollars, a trillion dollars for things like let's see, 79 00:05:36.360 --> 00:05:42.040 this is just a partial list ghost towns on the 80 00:05:42.079 --> 00:05:46.519 government dime. The federal government spent ten billion dollars ten 81 00:05:46.600 --> 00:05:51.759 billion with a B ten billion dollars on maintaining, leasing, 82 00:05:52.639 --> 00:05:59.839 and furnishing almost entirely empty buildings, office buildings, and that 83 00:06:00.240 --> 00:06:02.439 right there is one of the main targets of the dogs. 84 00:06:02.600 --> 00:06:07.160 That's why I am so looking forward to when the 85 00:06:07.240 --> 00:06:11.279 DOGE gets started, right the Department of Government Efficiency d OGE. 86 00:06:12.600 --> 00:06:18.480 That's for Vake ramaswami Elon Musk And they are promising 87 00:06:18.560 --> 00:06:21.519 to have a website where everything they do is going 88 00:06:21.560 --> 00:06:24.680 to be transparent. It's all going to be out there. 89 00:06:24.800 --> 00:06:27.720 I think they're even going to have a podcast and 90 00:06:27.759 --> 00:06:31.399 they're going to talk about what the where they are 91 00:06:31.439 --> 00:06:39.040 looking to spend less money. It is a great concept, 92 00:06:39.160 --> 00:06:40.959 and this is one of the places where they're going 93 00:06:41.000 --> 00:06:44.480 to start, and they are going to tell federal employees 94 00:06:45.040 --> 00:06:49.759 to get back to work. You've got to come back 95 00:06:49.800 --> 00:06:55.160 to the office. I think the studies are out there 96 00:06:55.920 --> 00:06:58.839 that there are some people who can be productive while 97 00:06:58.879 --> 00:07:02.920 they are working at home, but by and large, productivity 98 00:07:03.480 --> 00:07:07.000 falls off when you have a majority of your employees 99 00:07:07.079 --> 00:07:11.000 working at home. I am not throwing shade on anyone 100 00:07:11.079 --> 00:07:13.120 who works from home. I know a lot of people 101 00:07:13.120 --> 00:07:18.600 who do. If it was me, I don't think I 102 00:07:18.600 --> 00:07:21.319 don't I and I say this because I know that 103 00:07:22.000 --> 00:07:24.560 I don't think I am cut out to work from home. 104 00:07:26.839 --> 00:07:30.959 If maybe once in a while, but by and large, 105 00:07:31.000 --> 00:07:35.160 I think I'm the kind of person my type of personality. 106 00:07:35.439 --> 00:07:37.079 I need to come into the office. I need to 107 00:07:37.120 --> 00:07:39.480 come into the studio. I could broadcast from home if 108 00:07:39.519 --> 00:07:42.680 I wanted to. I choose not to. I choose to 109 00:07:42.680 --> 00:07:47.040 come to the station. It's just the way I'm wired. 110 00:07:50.319 --> 00:07:55.519 But I think this whole idea that you have ninety 111 00:07:55.680 --> 00:08:01.079 four or ninety six percent of federal employees who all 112 00:08:01.120 --> 00:08:05.480 went home to work during the Wuhan. That's over now, folks, 113 00:08:06.639 --> 00:08:09.519 that is over, and it's time to come back to 114 00:08:09.560 --> 00:08:13.680 the office. And Joe Biden, the despicable Joe Biden. I'm 115 00:08:13.680 --> 00:08:17.720 going to get into some of the horror stories that 116 00:08:17.759 --> 00:08:23.439 have come out about Joe Biden and the death sentences 117 00:08:23.519 --> 00:08:28.519 that he commuted yesterday. It is these people that he 118 00:08:30.199 --> 00:08:36.559 is cutting slack to and giving last minute commutations to. 119 00:08:38.320 --> 00:08:42.000 They literally are some of the worst of the absolute 120 00:08:42.039 --> 00:08:49.519 worst of horrific individuals. But getting back to the DOGE, 121 00:08:49.559 --> 00:08:52.480 this is one of the places where v Vaik and 122 00:08:53.039 --> 00:08:56.759 Elon Musk have said they are going to start. You 123 00:08:56.799 --> 00:09:00.600 can walk around Washington, DC, and there's one one empty 124 00:09:00.639 --> 00:09:05.000 office building after another, and in the area surrounding DC, 125 00:09:06.720 --> 00:09:09.480 and the leases continue, and the maintenance continues, and the 126 00:09:09.519 --> 00:09:12.080 heating and cooling continues, and everything else that goes on 127 00:09:13.320 --> 00:09:16.120 with running and managing a building continues and no one 128 00:09:16.159 --> 00:09:20.399 is using it. So it's time for federal employees to 129 00:09:20.399 --> 00:09:26.360 come back to work. Ten billion dollars ten billion dollars 130 00:09:26.799 --> 00:09:31.720 And okay, and I always hear this argument and people 131 00:09:31.720 --> 00:09:36.200 throw it back at me, Well, ten billion dollars when 132 00:09:36.200 --> 00:09:38.840 you look at all the money the federal governments spends, 133 00:09:38.840 --> 00:09:40.600 that's a drop in the bucket, that's a drop in 134 00:09:40.600 --> 00:09:45.240 the ocean. Well that may be true, but at some 135 00:09:45.440 --> 00:09:50.440 point the mindset has to change to just look at 136 00:09:50.480 --> 00:09:55.279 ten billion dollars and slough that off and act as 137 00:09:55.320 --> 00:09:58.000 if well, that's just the cost of doing business. That's 138 00:09:58.960 --> 00:10:02.000 you know, not that big of that, that's not even 139 00:10:02.039 --> 00:10:08.399 a rounding air none. The mindset on wasting ten billion dollars. 140 00:10:08.759 --> 00:10:11.279 That has to change. And I think that is what 141 00:10:11.519 --> 00:10:15.639 is going to be the biggest accomplishment, and I hope 142 00:10:15.639 --> 00:10:19.399 that is one of the most important accomplishments that happens 143 00:10:19.440 --> 00:10:24.840 with the Department of government efficiency is to change that mindset. 144 00:10:26.240 --> 00:10:30.840 And I was talking to Sharon Coolidge yesterday and she 145 00:10:31.159 --> 00:10:34.799 was reflecting on her ten years of covering City Hall 146 00:10:35.480 --> 00:10:38.200 and one of the stories that that she wrote about 147 00:10:38.519 --> 00:10:41.679 that she that jump out as her as a major 148 00:10:41.720 --> 00:10:45.840 story that she covered was the Cincinnati Metropolitan Sewer District 149 00:10:47.159 --> 00:10:50.320 and that had a price tag of six hundred When 150 00:10:50.440 --> 00:10:52.399 was it six? And hold on, let me let me 151 00:10:52.440 --> 00:10:56.000 flip this over here. I've still got the I still 152 00:10:56.039 --> 00:10:59.720 got the copy here from yesterday, but I think it 153 00:10:59.720 --> 00:11:02.279 was six hundred and eighty nine million. And of course 154 00:11:02.320 --> 00:11:03.879 I can't find it when I want to find it. 155 00:11:04.080 --> 00:11:06.159 But it's a it's a number. It's a number like that, 156 00:11:07.240 --> 00:11:11.080 and that is a number that. Yeah, six hundred and 157 00:11:11.080 --> 00:11:14.000 eighty million, that's a number that that is a huge 158 00:11:14.080 --> 00:11:17.879 number here in Cincinnati. And so, and I was talking 159 00:11:17.879 --> 00:11:19.159 to her, I said, you know, when you have that 160 00:11:19.240 --> 00:11:21.039 kind of money that's changing hands, there's a lot of 161 00:11:21.039 --> 00:11:23.000 people that want to get their fingers in that pie. 162 00:11:23.759 --> 00:11:27.159 And that's where that's where the trouble starts. And that 163 00:11:27.320 --> 00:11:30.559 was a story I suggested that there's still a lot 164 00:11:30.639 --> 00:11:34.200 more to that story than ever met the eye. And 165 00:11:34.200 --> 00:11:36.639 and I believe she was in agreement with me. We 166 00:11:36.720 --> 00:11:38.000 got to get to a break here, but I'm going 167 00:11:38.039 --> 00:11:40.879 to continue on with the Festivist report from Senator Ram Paul. 168 00:11:41.519 --> 00:11:45.200 And if you want to jump on board five, one, three, seven, four, nine, 169 00:11:45.279 --> 00:11:47.240 fifty five hundred, do you know the numbers to call? 170 00:11:47.519 --> 00:11:50.279 It's Dan Carroll and for Brian Thomas on this Christmas Eve. 171 00:11:50.559 --> 00:11:52.200 And Joe told me he might roll out a little 172 00:11:52.200 --> 00:11:54.759 bit of Christmas music today, so we'll see what happens 173 00:11:55.279 --> 00:11:58.080 on fifty five KRC the talk station. Here's a nine 174 00:11:58.279 --> 00:12:01.679 first warning, whether forecast not, is cold this morning. It's 175 00:12:01.679 --> 00:12:04.559 going to be cloudy today in a mild day ahead 176 00:12:04.600 --> 00:12:08.519 with a higher forty five. Maybe some sprinkles here and there. 177 00:12:08.600 --> 00:12:11.919 Tonight, mostly cloudy from possible rain in the overnight hours, 178 00:12:12.759 --> 00:12:13.639 the overnight. 179 00:12:13.240 --> 00:12:19.720 Low thirty six. Christmas Day, cloudy, rainy. It'll be a 180 00:12:20.120 --> 00:12:23.240 rather warm Christmas with a high of forty eight, and 181 00:12:23.279 --> 00:12:27.159 then showers continue on into Thursday. And Thursday we're looking 182 00:12:27.200 --> 00:12:29.559 at a high of fifty six. It's forty four at 183 00:12:29.600 --> 00:12:51.360 fifty five KRC DE Talk station. Decender's half were gone 184 00:12:51.559 --> 00:12:52.679 and the snow. 185 00:12:53.360 --> 00:12:57.639 Is falling down fifty five krs the talk station, Dan 186 00:12:57.720 --> 00:13:00.519 Carroll and for Brian Thomas. 187 00:13:01.519 --> 00:13:02.879 Christmas time has coming. 188 00:13:05.039 --> 00:13:09.919 But the Blue This is the kind of Christmas music 189 00:13:09.960 --> 00:13:10.960 I could listen to all day. 190 00:13:11.000 --> 00:13:16.200 How about you, Joe Strucker, come on now, since out 191 00:13:16.240 --> 00:13:22.240 here with me Christmas thing Lackett used to be. That's 192 00:13:22.240 --> 00:13:27.240 good stuff right there. I gave Joe my favorite Christmas 193 00:13:27.240 --> 00:13:28.919 song list and he's going to roll those out during 194 00:13:28.960 --> 00:13:30.600 the day today, so I'm looking forward to that. There's 195 00:13:30.600 --> 00:13:34.919 also a list of what are considered the top seven 196 00:13:36.480 --> 00:13:41.960 best Christmas songs, and I must say there's one in 197 00:13:42.000 --> 00:13:45.600 there that I like pretty well, a couple actually, but 198 00:13:45.639 --> 00:13:47.759 the rest of them not on my top seven list. 199 00:13:47.919 --> 00:13:52.240 But the list I am talking about right now is 200 00:13:53.240 --> 00:13:57.480 rand Paul and the festivist list, and I love how 201 00:13:57.480 --> 00:14:01.080 he co opted that from Seinfeld because what is festivus 202 00:14:01.720 --> 00:14:06.720 if you're a Seinfeld fan. Festivus is the airing of grievances, 203 00:14:06.879 --> 00:14:09.840 and so ran Paul has been airing his grievances for 204 00:14:10.000 --> 00:14:12.279 I don't know. This has got to be what ten 205 00:14:12.360 --> 00:14:14.120 or fifteen years in a row he's done this now. 206 00:14:14.960 --> 00:14:17.240 But it's great for people like me because it gives 207 00:14:17.279 --> 00:14:19.759 us something to talk about. Let's see, so we talked 208 00:14:19.759 --> 00:14:23.320 about the ten billion that the government is spending to lease, 209 00:14:23.399 --> 00:14:27.120 furnish and maintain empty office buildings. Here's another one. A 210 00:14:27.159 --> 00:14:31.159 Florida man stole eight million dollars in COVID nineteen relief 211 00:14:31.200 --> 00:14:34.600 fund Someone could write a book on all the money 212 00:14:34.600 --> 00:14:38.759 that was wasted during the Wuhan. And we talked to 213 00:14:38.960 --> 00:14:41.759 Brad Webster about that a couple of weeks ago, and 214 00:14:41.799 --> 00:14:45.039 his report gets into all of that too, just the 215 00:14:45.080 --> 00:14:49.240 way they shovel money out the door with literally no 216 00:14:49.399 --> 00:14:53.919 oversight at all. And then I remember when those stories 217 00:14:53.919 --> 00:14:58.200 were first popping up, I would talk about him, and 218 00:14:58.240 --> 00:15:02.799 then the kicker those stories was there was in a 219 00:15:02.840 --> 00:15:04.559 lot of them, there was no effort made to get 220 00:15:04.600 --> 00:15:07.120 that money back. This one's a little bit different, though. 221 00:15:08.480 --> 00:15:13.840 Patrick Parker Walsh of Florida, businessman turned pandemic plunderer, made 222 00:15:13.840 --> 00:15:18.080 headlines for what he did. Stole nearly eight million dollars 223 00:15:18.120 --> 00:15:23.039 in federal COVID nineteen relief funds to buy Sweetheart Island 224 00:15:23.080 --> 00:15:27.159 a private paradise of his own. The bold act of 225 00:15:27.240 --> 00:15:30.159 fraud which led to his sentencing to sixty six months 226 00:15:30.159 --> 00:15:35.799 in federal prison. Joe has Joe Biden pardoned this guy 227 00:15:36.720 --> 00:15:41.240 for stealing nonviolent crime. Got to give these people a 228 00:15:41.279 --> 00:15:45.639 second chance sixty six months in federal prison. So at 229 00:15:45.679 --> 00:15:50.960 least this guy did sometime. Court documents illustrate the brazen 230 00:15:51.039 --> 00:15:57.000 acts of deceit sixteen fraudulent applications for Paycheck Protection Program. 231 00:15:57.320 --> 00:16:00.360 And then there was a story the other day about 232 00:16:00.360 --> 00:16:03.399 a bunch of Hollywood celebrities that cashed in on the 233 00:16:03.440 --> 00:16:08.639 old PPP program millions of dollars, and I think Oprah 234 00:16:08.679 --> 00:16:10.440 might have been one of them. Want to go back 235 00:16:10.519 --> 00:16:15.679 and look that up. But the PPP program, featuring fictitious 236 00:16:15.720 --> 00:16:20.879 employees and companies, fabricated out of thin air the documents 237 00:16:20.879 --> 00:16:24.480 outline of staggering eleven million, nine hundred and fifty thousand 238 00:16:24.519 --> 00:16:29.360 dollars and requested PPP loan funds, of which he managed 239 00:16:29.360 --> 00:16:35.559 to obtain almost five million. Unsatisfied with one illicit endeavor, 240 00:16:37.000 --> 00:16:44.200 he he delved into economic injury disaster loans and raked 241 00:16:44.240 --> 00:16:49.159 in almost another three million dollars with little oversight or 242 00:16:49.159 --> 00:16:55.159 accountability to the COVID nineteen relief program represented an opportunity 243 00:16:55.200 --> 00:17:01.200 to plunder that only Blackbeard could have imagined. Walsh's case 244 00:17:01.279 --> 00:17:04.079 is just one of a trove of government oversight failures 245 00:17:04.119 --> 00:17:08.000 where the swindlers of pandemic relief programs ran ramp at. 246 00:17:08.039 --> 00:17:13.759 Many of them were from Russia or other places overseas. 247 00:17:14.960 --> 00:17:18.720 According to an analysis by the Associated Press, individuals engage 248 00:17:18.720 --> 00:17:24.240 in fraudulent activities potentially stole over two hundred eighty billion 249 00:17:25.640 --> 00:17:29.440 two hundred eighty billion dollars from COVID nineteen relief funding, 250 00:17:30.359 --> 00:17:33.680 with an additional one hundred and twenty three billion being 251 00:17:33.720 --> 00:17:38.640 squaderned or misused. The losses account for approximately ten percent 252 00:17:38.680 --> 00:17:43.359 of the four point two trillion dollars the government allocated 253 00:17:44.319 --> 00:17:50.799 thus far for COVID nineteen relief four point two trillion dollars. 254 00:17:51.400 --> 00:17:54.400 And so when you look at that number and you say, well, 255 00:17:54.440 --> 00:17:57.359 we only lost two hundred eighty billion of it, it's 256 00:17:57.359 --> 00:18:02.440 a fraud. That kind of stuff has got to stop. 257 00:18:03.200 --> 00:18:06.920 And this four point two trillion did not need to 258 00:18:06.960 --> 00:18:11.839 be spent. Maybe some of it, I think you can 259 00:18:11.880 --> 00:18:16.799 make a legitimate case, but four point two trillion dollars 260 00:18:18.559 --> 00:18:20.279 and just let it go out the door like that. 261 00:18:22.480 --> 00:18:27.640 The one thing that the report by Ran Paul doesn't 262 00:18:27.680 --> 00:18:34.640 indicate is if this guy made restitution at all. Still 263 00:18:34.720 --> 00:18:37.000 eight million dollars did he pay any of it back, 264 00:18:37.480 --> 00:18:39.519 but at least they've got a little tiny island in 265 00:18:39.559 --> 00:18:45.880 Florida for collateral on that. Not sure it's worth eight 266 00:18:46.160 --> 00:18:50.079 million dollars. Maybe it is, Maybe I'm wrong, but there's 267 00:18:50.119 --> 00:18:53.880 a picture of it. Doesn't look like you can It 268 00:18:53.960 --> 00:18:56.319 doesn't look like there's a lot of room to put 269 00:18:56.319 --> 00:18:58.720 anything on it. Five point twenty five Dan Carroll for 270 00:18:58.759 --> 00:19:03.400 Brian Thomas. I'm fifty five KRC detalk sticks. Happy holidays 271 00:19:03.400 --> 00:19:08.720 from Woodhall, known for over seventy one years. D nine 272 00:19:08.759 --> 00:19:11.440 first one forecast not as cold today, We'll have a 273 00:19:11.559 --> 00:19:15.440 high of forty five, mostly cloudy tonight, some rain as 274 00:19:15.480 --> 00:19:18.680 possible as well the overnight low thirty six. Here's the 275 00:19:18.759 --> 00:19:24.440 Christmas Day forecast, scattered rain and Christmas Day high of 276 00:19:24.640 --> 00:19:29.519 forty eight. Then some showers continue on into Thursday, when 277 00:19:29.559 --> 00:19:31.480 it will be mostly cloudy and we'll see a high 278 00:19:31.480 --> 00:19:35.920 of fifty six. So some mild weather happening out there. 279 00:19:37.480 --> 00:19:39.880 It is hold on one, well, it's forty eight at 280 00:19:39.920 --> 00:19:56.559 fifty five KRC detalk stations. Merry Christmas Eve. At Christmas Eve, 281 00:19:56.680 --> 00:20:00.440 Dan Carolyn for Brian Thomas. Continuing to go down the 282 00:20:00.440 --> 00:20:04.880 list of the Festivist report, from Ram Paul put this 283 00:20:05.000 --> 00:20:08.640 out yesterday. Let's see, how about twelve million dollars for 284 00:20:08.680 --> 00:20:12.640 a pick a ball complex? Any pickaball players in the crowd. 285 00:20:13.920 --> 00:20:16.920 I guess you can make a very nice pickleball complex 286 00:20:16.960 --> 00:20:20.759 for twelve million dollars. This was in Las Vegas, and 287 00:20:20.839 --> 00:20:23.440 I can't, Joe, it's hard to imagine that Las Vegas 288 00:20:23.480 --> 00:20:25.480 couldn't cough up twelve million dollars for a pick a 289 00:20:25.519 --> 00:20:33.200 ball complex, isn't it? Twelve million dollars? Las Vegas is like, look, 290 00:20:33.279 --> 00:20:36.839 we don't have it. We just can't find that in 291 00:20:36.920 --> 00:20:41.920 the budget anywhere. And so the federal government coughed up 292 00:20:41.960 --> 00:20:45.720 twelve million dollars for a pickle ball Congratulations, that's great. 293 00:20:46.440 --> 00:20:50.519 The Department of Energy, this is a great number right here, 294 00:20:52.119 --> 00:20:56.559 spent fifteen and a half billion. So you thought ten billion, 295 00:20:56.640 --> 00:21:01.000 four empty federal government buildings was a lot. No, fifteen 296 00:21:01.119 --> 00:21:04.400 and a half billion dollars to do? What to push 297 00:21:04.440 --> 00:21:11.599 Americans towards electric vehicles that they don't want? Electric vehicle 298 00:21:11.640 --> 00:21:16.079 owners report to have nearly eighty percent more problems. I 299 00:21:16.079 --> 00:21:20.279 don't if you want to own an electric car, police 300 00:21:20.319 --> 00:21:26.279 by all means own an electric car. They should if 301 00:21:28.000 --> 00:21:30.400 companies want to make electric cars and people want to 302 00:21:30.400 --> 00:21:36.680 buy them. That's the American way. But the government should 303 00:21:36.720 --> 00:21:39.720 not be forcing these things down our throat, and the 304 00:21:39.799 --> 00:21:48.000 subsidies of American taxpayer dollars for people who make, sell, 305 00:21:48.440 --> 00:21:54.119 or buy electric vehicles should not exist to my way 306 00:21:54.119 --> 00:21:58.599 of thinking. That's just plain and simple right there. Let 307 00:21:58.640 --> 00:22:01.720 this market develop on its own at its own pace. 308 00:22:04.160 --> 00:22:09.599 And I'm sure I just read we're in California. Gavin 309 00:22:09.680 --> 00:22:12.880 Newsome wants to go full speed ahead with the idea 310 00:22:12.960 --> 00:22:16.160 of having all vehicles or what it's like, ninety or 311 00:22:16.240 --> 00:22:20.039 ninety five percent of vehicles that are sold by the 312 00:22:20.119 --> 00:22:24.359 year twenty I believe it's twenty twenty thirty five that 313 00:22:24.359 --> 00:22:30.079 they won't be any gasoline powered cars being sold in 314 00:22:30.119 --> 00:22:33.599 the state of California. And there's still people who think 315 00:22:33.640 --> 00:22:37.599 this is a great idea. But electric vehicle owners report 316 00:22:37.599 --> 00:22:40.119 they have nearly eighty percent more problems than owners of 317 00:22:40.160 --> 00:22:45.599 gas powered vehicles, facing issues like unreliable performance, difficulty finding 318 00:22:45.599 --> 00:22:49.799 a charging station, ev battery is struggling in the cold, 319 00:22:50.240 --> 00:22:54.200 and we see those videos every year. It's freezing cold outside, 320 00:22:54.240 --> 00:22:57.359 it's twenty below people trying to go out there and 321 00:22:57.400 --> 00:22:59.680 start their cars. They go little sign that lights up, 322 00:23:00.160 --> 00:23:06.119 it's too cold. It's too cold to charge your battery. 323 00:23:06.160 --> 00:23:12.200 It's too cold to start the car. So what would 324 00:23:12.240 --> 00:23:14.079 be nice in the case like that, that you have 325 00:23:14.160 --> 00:23:17.960 a good old ice engine. They call them ice engines. 326 00:23:18.000 --> 00:23:22.559 Now internal combustion engines. Got one of those standing by 327 00:23:22.640 --> 00:23:27.000 to get you where you need to go. Let's see 328 00:23:27.039 --> 00:23:29.359 long charging times. These are one of the issues that 329 00:23:29.559 --> 00:23:33.920 electric vehicle owners have, higher maintenance costs, limited driving range. 330 00:23:35.519 --> 00:23:37.920 Despite the growing list of headaches for EV owners, the 331 00:23:37.960 --> 00:23:42.160 Biden administration is eager to waste your hard earned dollars 332 00:23:42.799 --> 00:23:50.000 on unpopular trend, the unpopular transition. Americans have spoken, and 333 00:23:50.039 --> 00:23:56.119 they overwhelmingly prefer reliable gas powered vehicles. Vehicle manufacturers are 334 00:23:56.119 --> 00:24:00.640 feeling the sting of producing vehicles that consumers don't want, 335 00:24:01.839 --> 00:24:07.920 losing money on every EV car they build. Ford had 336 00:24:07.920 --> 00:24:11.000 a loss of one point three billion dollars in its 337 00:24:11.039 --> 00:24:16.759 EV division in the first quarter alone. Lucid Motors reported 338 00:24:16.799 --> 00:24:20.920 losses of two hundred and twenty seven thousand dollars per 339 00:24:21.119 --> 00:24:28.839 car sold. Let's see. Rivian reported losses of one point 340 00:24:28.880 --> 00:24:35.359 four or five billion dollars in the same period. These 341 00:24:35.359 --> 00:24:41.200 are huge numbers, and I don't think they have numbers 342 00:24:41.200 --> 00:24:46.319 for Tesla in here. But the Biden administration is determined 343 00:24:46.319 --> 00:24:49.200 to throw twelve billion dollars at automakers to push EV 344 00:24:49.319 --> 00:24:54.160 production forward. It's as if they think throwing taxpayer dollars 345 00:24:54.160 --> 00:24:57.039 at the problem will magically make us forget that Americans 346 00:24:57.119 --> 00:25:03.480 still prefer gas powered car. Of the twelve billion, ten 347 00:25:03.519 --> 00:25:06.039 billion dollars will come from the Energy Department, and an 348 00:25:06.079 --> 00:25:10.079 additional two billion will come from the Inflation Reduction Act, 349 00:25:13.359 --> 00:25:18.680 So there's that wonderful piece of legislation again. The Energy 350 00:25:18.720 --> 00:25:21.759 Department will also make three and a half billion dollars 351 00:25:21.799 --> 00:25:26.240 available to expand domestic manufacturing of batteries for evs and 352 00:25:26.279 --> 00:25:29.960 the US grid, despite the fact that most battery materials 353 00:25:30.000 --> 00:25:37.200 are imported from abroad. Can you say China? So Trump 354 00:25:37.279 --> 00:25:40.359 is looking at all this and there's going to be 355 00:25:40.440 --> 00:25:46.000 some serious changes, at least we hope there's going to 356 00:25:46.039 --> 00:25:48.480 be some serious changes in the way this country deals 357 00:25:49.119 --> 00:25:57.079 with electric vehicles, because these electric vehicles are not the 358 00:25:57.119 --> 00:26:02.720 answer to saving the planet or changing the climate or 359 00:26:02.759 --> 00:26:08.079 making the weather better for anyone. And this kind of 360 00:26:08.119 --> 00:26:12.319 this kind of waste, fifteen and a half billion dollars 361 00:26:12.960 --> 00:26:18.359 on just from the Department of Energy to try and 362 00:26:18.440 --> 00:26:22.440 shove electric vehicles down our throats. Unbelievable, And the list 363 00:26:22.480 --> 00:26:25.000 goes on, and so do I. Dan Carroll for Brian 364 00:26:25.039 --> 00:26:30.000 Thomas on fifty five krc the talks Days V nine 365 00:26:30.039 --> 00:26:33.119 first warning weather forecast not as cold today, It'll be cloudy, 366 00:26:33.160 --> 00:26:36.319 will have a high of forty five. Clouds continue tonight 367 00:26:37.359 --> 00:26:39.799 and maybe a little bit of rain during the during 368 00:26:39.839 --> 00:26:41.920 the night time or overnight hours. The other night low 369 00:26:42.000 --> 00:26:46.720 thirty six. Heading into Christmas Day, some scattered rain showers. 370 00:26:46.759 --> 00:26:49.519 It'll be a warm Christmas with a high forty eight. 371 00:26:50.920 --> 00:26:56.400 Showers continue Christmas night into Thursday, and it'll be mostly 372 00:26:56.400 --> 00:26:58.759 cloudy on Thursday and a high of fifty six. 373 00:26:58.880 --> 00:27:03.160 It is forty four five KRCV talk station from the 374 00:27:03.240 --> 00:27:05.480 UCL Traffic Center with u see health. The future of 375 00:27:05.519 --> 00:27:08.559 care is happening now through clinical trials and innovative treatments 376 00:27:08.559 --> 00:27:11.519 and give patients a chance for better outcomes. Visit u 377 00:27:11.599 --> 00:27:14.960 sehealth dot com. Highway traffic that's not bad at all 378 00:27:15.039 --> 00:27:18.519 to deal with this morning, sathbound seventy five doing fine 379 00:27:18.559 --> 00:27:22.000 for your Christmas Eve commute sathbound seventy one under twenty 380 00:27:22.039 --> 00:27:25.039 minutes from a bub Fields urtle through downtown, Hit skip 381 00:27:25.279 --> 00:27:27.839 on ready it for us, chucking ram on fifty five 382 00:27:27.920 --> 00:27:29.759 KR seed the talk stations. 383 00:27:38.200 --> 00:27:48.000 Wis chrismas Tefardy baby is no holograph, he is Christmas 384 00:27:48.119 --> 00:27:49.559 temparty babies. 385 00:27:50.920 --> 00:27:54.359 Nor yokome for it. 386 00:27:54.960 --> 00:28:01.839 Merry Christmas sitting a good empy. No one doesn't like 387 00:28:01.920 --> 00:28:06.640 Dwhite yok That don't guy. I know we'll stay with 388 00:28:06.759 --> 00:28:08.759 ring and dig kind of toe and. 389 00:28:10.319 --> 00:28:15.440 You almost see me coming in a crap Cadillac Christmas time. 390 00:28:15.559 --> 00:28:20.319 Anythy, that's great stuff, Thank you, Joe, Merry Christmas, rolling 391 00:28:20.359 --> 00:28:22.720 out my favorite Christmas songs, Dick and dating. You're up 392 00:28:22.759 --> 00:28:24.640 early this morning. Merry Christmas to you. 393 00:28:25.200 --> 00:28:27.240 Verry Christmas, Dan and everybody. 394 00:28:27.359 --> 00:28:28.359 Boy, that was good. 395 00:28:28.519 --> 00:28:30.359 I love Da White yokas right yoakam. 396 00:28:30.359 --> 00:28:32.240 I've been I've been to his show a few times. 397 00:28:32.319 --> 00:28:34.960 It is uh, it is always great and never disappoints. 398 00:28:35.160 --> 00:28:36.279 I love that kind of stuff. 399 00:28:37.000 --> 00:28:39.359 Oh yeah, you know he's learned from Buck Owens. 400 00:28:39.440 --> 00:28:41.680 Somebody said, yeah, he was very close. He was very 401 00:28:41.759 --> 00:28:44.319 close to Buck Owens. He played He played at buck 402 00:28:44.359 --> 00:28:45.039 Owen's funeral. 403 00:28:45.839 --> 00:28:49.160 Oh yeah, he was great. Hey, you know the Bengals 404 00:28:49.240 --> 00:28:51.839 are making a little bit of a comeback, aren't they. 405 00:28:52.039 --> 00:28:54.559 Well it's uh, you know, it's a they've got to 406 00:28:54.599 --> 00:28:57.079 win if they if they win, they have a chance. Well, 407 00:28:57.279 --> 00:28:59.240 well they've got to have a few other things happen 408 00:28:59.279 --> 00:29:03.240 as well. But this, Dame, this game against Denver is 409 00:29:03.279 --> 00:29:07.440 big And what is that, sad? I believe they play 410 00:29:07.480 --> 00:29:10.839 on Saturday. Yeah, so it's you know, they do this 411 00:29:11.000 --> 00:29:12.720 late in the season. They get some of those games 412 00:29:12.759 --> 00:29:16.119 going on Saturday, and then we'll have games on Sunday 413 00:29:16.160 --> 00:29:18.640 with the Bengals play on Saturday. And they played Denver 414 00:29:18.799 --> 00:29:21.519 and Hope is still alive, Dick, So I know you're 415 00:29:21.519 --> 00:29:25.400 holding on to Hope. But Dick, it's Christmas Eve, and 416 00:29:25.480 --> 00:29:28.200 I appreciate you listening and appreciate the phone call, and 417 00:29:28.319 --> 00:29:31.400 you have a merry Christmas there and there you go, 418 00:29:31.799 --> 00:29:34.960 Dick from Dayton. Always great to hear from it. Let's see, 419 00:29:35.079 --> 00:29:36.559 let's see, let's see where are we at on the 420 00:29:36.640 --> 00:29:42.160 Festivus Report. How about the Disinformation Index? The Department of 421 00:29:42.240 --> 00:29:46.480 State wasted three hundred and thirty thousand dollars to fund 422 00:29:46.519 --> 00:29:51.599 the censorship of non liberal and conservative media. How about 423 00:29:51.640 --> 00:29:56.359 that spending our tax dollars to keep our voices down. 424 00:29:57.319 --> 00:30:02.680 That is just fantastic. The influencer effect hit foreign policy. 425 00:30:02.839 --> 00:30:08.480 The Department of State squandered four million dollars eight hundred 426 00:30:08.480 --> 00:30:13.400 and forty thousand on influencers. The Department of State State 427 00:30:13.519 --> 00:30:17.640 spending four million dollars on influencers. Why on earth will 428 00:30:17.640 --> 00:30:21.519 they be doing that? Influencers in other countries? And I 429 00:30:21.599 --> 00:30:24.720 gotta find the details on that one. And got I've 430 00:30:24.759 --> 00:30:27.880 got two different lists here. One is the one was 431 00:30:27.880 --> 00:30:29.839 put out by Bright Barton and the other is the 432 00:30:29.920 --> 00:30:40.079 actual report itself. I just don't understand. Let's see the 433 00:30:40.160 --> 00:30:42.720 Department of State, by a man, State Department wasted a 434 00:30:42.759 --> 00:30:45.880 lot of money this year, spent three million dollars on 435 00:30:46.119 --> 00:30:52.680 girl centered climate action. Girl centered climate action in Brazil. 436 00:30:53.000 --> 00:30:59.440 That is fantastic. Let's see Department of State spent two 437 00:30:59.480 --> 00:31:04.640 point one one million dollars for border security not in 438 00:31:04.720 --> 00:31:09.880 the United States but in Paraguay. Two point one million 439 00:31:09.920 --> 00:31:14.160 dollars for Paraguay and border security. That is just fantastic. 440 00:31:14.799 --> 00:31:16.559 This is the one that's getting a lot of headlines. 441 00:31:18.039 --> 00:31:20.920 Health and Human Services spent nearly a half million dollars 442 00:31:21.039 --> 00:31:28.200 on a study of lonely and starved rats. The Department 443 00:31:28.240 --> 00:31:31.000 of Health and Human Services spent four hundred and nineteen 444 00:31:31.960 --> 00:31:37.920 thousand dollars to determine if lonely rats seek cocaine more 445 00:31:38.000 --> 00:31:42.759 than happy rats And isn't that the kind of information 446 00:31:42.920 --> 00:31:46.079 that we need? And let me see, I saw that 447 00:31:46.160 --> 00:31:49.039 one just a second ago. Let's see, I'm scrolling, I'm scrolling, 448 00:31:49.079 --> 00:31:51.960 I'm scrolling. I know I've got that one to hear. 449 00:31:52.000 --> 00:31:55.599 It is right here. Despite spending over a trillion dollars 450 00:31:55.640 --> 00:31:57.960 to try and solve the drug crisis, cocaine, one of 451 00:31:58.000 --> 00:32:01.160 the most harmful and addictive drugs, continue to gain popularity 452 00:32:01.160 --> 00:32:05.319 in communities nationwide. Significant funding has been allocated to the 453 00:32:05.359 --> 00:32:08.839 study of cocaine addiction, but there seems to be no 454 00:32:08.960 --> 00:32:13.319 solution in sight. This raises questions, how are these scientific 455 00:32:13.400 --> 00:32:16.920 studies and grants really using your tax dollars. One of 456 00:32:16.960 --> 00:32:20.799 the studies examining cocaine took place in New York University 457 00:32:22.160 --> 00:32:25.079 and why you got four hundred and nineteen thousand dollars 458 00:32:26.000 --> 00:32:29.759 to investigate whether rats placed in positive environments would be 459 00:32:29.799 --> 00:32:34.119 more likely to abstain from cocaine than rats and negative 460 00:32:34.200 --> 00:32:39.000 and isolating environments. Here's my question, what is a positive 461 00:32:39.119 --> 00:32:44.079 environment for a rat? The last time I was in 462 00:32:44.160 --> 00:32:46.200 New York City, I saw lots of rats down there 463 00:32:46.240 --> 00:32:51.160 in the subway system. Is that a positive environment? Don't 464 00:32:51.279 --> 00:32:56.039 rats choose to live where there's water leaking, where there's 465 00:32:56.480 --> 00:33:00.960 where there's garbage, where there's filth. They seem to like 466 00:33:01.039 --> 00:33:04.519 those sorts of environments. Is that a positive environment for 467 00:33:04.640 --> 00:33:11.519 a rat? Researchers placed rats in small compartments injected them 468 00:33:11.559 --> 00:33:15.559 with cocaine to create a positive association with that location. 469 00:33:16.519 --> 00:33:19.039 The rats were then divided into different test groups. One 470 00:33:19.079 --> 00:33:22.640 group was allowed to socialize and had substantial access to 471 00:33:22.720 --> 00:33:26.039 food and toys. The other group was kept in isolation 472 00:33:26.200 --> 00:33:30.759 with no toys no access to food. After four weeks, 473 00:33:30.839 --> 00:33:34.839 researchers compared the true group's reactions to no One's surprised. 474 00:33:34.880 --> 00:33:38.279 The rats subjected to starvation and the more isolated environment 475 00:33:38.400 --> 00:33:44.559 sought their cocaine associated compartments more than those enriched in 476 00:33:44.720 --> 00:33:50.079 social environments. That is, that's fantastic. So you're going to 477 00:33:50.240 --> 00:33:53.279 put a rat in a box, cut them off from 478 00:33:53.319 --> 00:33:57.960 all the other rats, and only offer him cocaine, and 479 00:33:58.079 --> 00:34:02.200 you're surprised that he keeps going back for the cocaine brilliant, 480 00:34:03.880 --> 00:34:07.480 but it was only four hundred nineteen grand and Doge 481 00:34:07.559 --> 00:34:10.360 can't get here soon enough. Dan Carrol for Brian Thomas 482 00:34:10.440 --> 00:34:14.920 on fifty five KRCV talkstations. iHeartRadio is your number one 483 00:34:14.960 --> 00:34:15.920 app for the holidays. 484 00:34:17.119 --> 00:34:20.159 The nine first morning forecast not as cold today, cloudy, 485 00:34:20.199 --> 00:34:22.360 a high of thirty seven, I'm sorry, a high a 486 00:34:22.440 --> 00:34:26.079 forty five, and then tonight it'll be mostly cloudy. 487 00:34:26.119 --> 00:34:28.440 We could have some rain possible every night. We had 488 00:34:28.480 --> 00:34:31.719 a little bit of rain overnight last night into today. 489 00:34:32.800 --> 00:34:35.159 The other night, low of thirty six. Christmas Day scattered 490 00:34:35.239 --> 00:34:38.119 rain and a high of forty eight, then some rain 491 00:34:38.199 --> 00:34:43.159 continues from Wednesday night, Christmas night into Thursday. Thursday's high 492 00:34:43.199 --> 00:34:43.960 fifty six. 493 00:34:43.920 --> 00:34:48.519 Forty four and fifty five KRCZ talk station from the 494 00:34:48.599 --> 00:34:51.039 UCL Traffic Center with u see health the future and 495 00:34:51.119 --> 00:34:54.360 care is happening now through clinical trials and innovative treatments 496 00:34:54.400 --> 00:34:57.559 and get patients a chance for better outcomes. Visit u 497 00:34:57.679 --> 00:35:00.519 sehealth dot com. Highways not bad had at all to 498 00:35:00.599 --> 00:35:03.440 deal with this morning. West Pound two seventy five wide 499 00:35:03.480 --> 00:35:07.199 open past Loveland, making your way towards Montgomery, even with 500 00:35:07.360 --> 00:35:10.760 wet Rhodes Your Problem free on southbound seventy one. In 501 00:35:10.880 --> 00:35:14.920 southbound seventy five past the Reagan Highway, chuck Ingramont fifty 502 00:35:14.960 --> 00:35:16.519 five Kerosee the talk station. 503 00:35:41.000 --> 00:35:43.239 This is one of those songs that one of those 504 00:35:43.280 --> 00:35:45.559 tunes that makes me wish I knew how to play piano. 505 00:35:45.679 --> 00:35:46.760 Joe and I how to play piano. 506 00:35:47.519 --> 00:35:48.440 No me either. 507 00:35:50.119 --> 00:35:52.079 My Anne, Barbara, God bless her. When I was a kid, 508 00:35:52.199 --> 00:35:57.320 tried to tried to give me piano lessons, but I 509 00:35:57.400 --> 00:36:01.719 wanted to be outside. I wanted to, you know, go play. 510 00:36:01.880 --> 00:36:05.239 They can play in the pickup baseball game and jump 511 00:36:05.320 --> 00:36:09.920 my bike over homemade ramps, do all the fun stuff 512 00:36:09.960 --> 00:36:11.480 that the kids outside were. I didn't want to sit 513 00:36:11.519 --> 00:36:15.400 there and take piano lessons. No, no, no, Now, maybe 514 00:36:15.440 --> 00:36:17.119 I wish I would have paid a little more potential, 515 00:36:18.679 --> 00:36:20.280 but you know I had fun when I was a kid. 516 00:36:20.920 --> 00:36:23.440 Ye pay for you wind up paying for it later on. 517 00:36:24.079 --> 00:36:27.360 Let's see, let's see word some more tax dollars getting wasted. 518 00:36:27.400 --> 00:36:32.559 How about magic? The federal government spent seven million dollars 519 00:36:32.760 --> 00:36:40.119 on various magical projects thanks to the visionary minds at 520 00:36:40.159 --> 00:36:44.280 the National Endowment for the Humanities in cooperation with the 521 00:36:44.400 --> 00:36:49.360 University of North Carolina, we can reveal the mystifying podcast 522 00:36:49.679 --> 00:36:52.320 Magic in the United States. Listen to this, Joe, this 523 00:36:52.360 --> 00:36:56.280 will be of interest to you. For the astonishing price 524 00:36:56.360 --> 00:36:59.800 of three hundred and eighty eight thousand dollars, you can 525 00:37:00.039 --> 00:37:04.840 enjoy the sixth episode season, A deep dive into Magic. 526 00:37:07.159 --> 00:37:12.920 Joe producing a podcast? Six episodes of a podcast? Is 527 00:37:13.000 --> 00:37:15.480 there any need, to your way of thinking, to spend 528 00:37:15.880 --> 00:37:23.639 three hundred eighty eight thousand dollars just tracker, just tracker 529 00:37:23.719 --> 00:37:29.519 does it? Does a little work podcasting, and no three 530 00:37:29.599 --> 00:37:33.840 hundred eighty eight thousand dollars to produce six podcasts. I 531 00:37:33.920 --> 00:37:34.400 don't think so. 532 00:37:37.239 --> 00:37:37.920 But no. 533 00:37:39.440 --> 00:37:41.280 Half he'd be happy to do it for. I'd be 534 00:37:41.320 --> 00:37:43.599 happy to do it for you know, a third event, 535 00:37:44.119 --> 00:37:45.039 I'd be great. 536 00:37:46.800 --> 00:37:46.840 That. 537 00:37:47.000 --> 00:37:51.559 That's beyond ridiculous. But somehow our federal government sees fit 538 00:37:52.880 --> 00:37:55.679 to spend three hundred eighty eight grand, almost four hundred 539 00:37:55.719 --> 00:38:03.599 thousand dollars for six episodes of a podcast. Let's see 540 00:38:03.719 --> 00:38:07.079 what else do we have here? Each episode promises to 541 00:38:07.159 --> 00:38:10.800 take us on a historical roller coaster through the spells, 542 00:38:11.599 --> 00:38:16.800 the superstitions, and the magico religious movements in American history. 543 00:38:17.119 --> 00:38:21.199 That is just beautiful. The Institute of Museum and Library 544 00:38:21.320 --> 00:38:24.519 Services awarded two hundred and fifty thousand dollars to the 545 00:38:24.599 --> 00:38:28.639 American Museum of the Moving Image to update its exhibition 546 00:38:28.760 --> 00:38:35.599 on the Magic Lantern Show and Nickelodeon's That's that is fantastic. 547 00:38:36.960 --> 00:38:40.239 The National Science Foundation awarded ninety four grand to the 548 00:38:40.320 --> 00:38:46.039 study of the Magic School Bus. The Magic School Bus. 549 00:38:46.280 --> 00:38:50.519 Wasn't that a cartoon back back in the day on PBS. Yeah, 550 00:38:51.760 --> 00:38:55.880 and someone needed ninety four grand to study that that offering. 551 00:38:57.199 --> 00:39:01.280 How about six million, two hundred ninety three thousand from 552 00:39:01.360 --> 00:39:04.599 the Department of Defense on a Magic City Discovery Center 553 00:39:05.760 --> 00:39:10.119 whatever the hell that is. But the DoD saw fit 554 00:39:10.239 --> 00:39:16.840 to spend over six million dollars on it. Absolutely unbelievable, 555 00:39:17.280 --> 00:39:19.400 And people say, you know what, there's really not that 556 00:39:19.519 --> 00:39:22.159 much room to cut. I beg to differ, And the 557 00:39:22.280 --> 00:39:26.360 festivest list lays it all out there. It is five 558 00:39:26.480 --> 00:39:29.679 fifty five and thank you so much for listening on 559 00:39:29.840 --> 00:39:33.199 this New Year's not New Year's but Christmas Eve, New 560 00:39:33.320 --> 00:39:35.800 Year's Eve. That'll be a different story. On fifty five 561 00:39:35.880 --> 00:39:37.400 KRCV talk stations. 562 00:39:37.519 --> 00:39:40.599 From a full rundown and the biggest ten lines's minutes away. 563 00:39:40.840 --> 00:39:42.519 At the top of the hour, I'm giving you a 564 00:39:42.599 --> 00:39:45.920 fact now the Americans should know fifty five krs the 565 00:39:46.199 --> 00:39:50.679 talk station run a business and not think anytime take 566 00:39:50.760 --> 00:39:51.679 your info to go. 567 00:39:53.199 --> 00:40:11.480 Are powered by fifty five krs the talk station. Fifty 568 00:40:11.599 --> 00:40:15.679 five KRC detalk station kicking off the six o'clock hour 569 00:40:15.760 --> 00:40:22.960 on this Christmas Eve with a little Van Hannon Joe 570 00:40:23.000 --> 00:40:25.360 Strecker never disappoints when it comes to rolling out the 571 00:40:25.400 --> 00:40:28.519 mummery music. I appreciate it. I'm Dan Carroll and for 572 00:40:28.639 --> 00:40:36.199 Brian Thomas. Today. If you missed the first hour, we 573 00:40:36.239 --> 00:40:41.199 spent the whole hour talking about the Festivus list put 574 00:40:41.239 --> 00:40:45.079 out by Senator Ran Paul detailing how our government has 575 00:40:45.159 --> 00:40:47.920 wasted over a trillion dollars a trill with a T 576 00:40:50.119 --> 00:40:53.360 with a trillion dollars, a trillion dollars in wasted government 577 00:40:53.440 --> 00:40:57.199 money and just the most things that you couldn't even 578 00:40:57.239 --> 00:41:01.960 imagine that we're spending on money on ridicululess, ridiculous, ridiculous. 579 00:41:02.480 --> 00:41:04.079 We'll get back to that in a little bit, but 580 00:41:04.360 --> 00:41:06.239 there's other stuff I need to talk about this morning, 581 00:41:07.679 --> 00:41:11.920 and one was there is it was about this time 582 00:41:12.000 --> 00:41:16.320 yesterday morning that the White House came out and told 583 00:41:16.400 --> 00:41:21.039 us that Joe Biden was commuting death sentences of federal 584 00:41:21.679 --> 00:41:26.599 prisoners on death row. Thirty seven federal death row convicts 585 00:41:27.920 --> 00:41:31.400 are going to be saved because of Joe Biden's humanity 586 00:41:31.480 --> 00:41:37.079 towards man and in this instance, And this doesn't happen 587 00:41:37.159 --> 00:41:39.360 all that often. But I have to give some credit 588 00:41:39.400 --> 00:41:44.400 to CNN. The CNN Morning Show picked up this conversation 589 00:41:44.599 --> 00:41:47.519 about the death penalty, and they had their panel on it, 590 00:41:48.519 --> 00:41:52.400 and I cannot I don't know anyone on this panel 591 00:41:52.480 --> 00:41:55.800 because the CNN Morning Show is not it is not 592 00:41:55.960 --> 00:41:59.880 something that I regularly look at. I'm usually busy in 593 00:42:00.039 --> 00:42:03.639 the morning and I'm not watching CNN. If I'm watching 594 00:42:03.760 --> 00:42:08.599 morning television, I'm watching Fox and Friends. But you know what, Joe, 595 00:42:08.679 --> 00:42:11.199 that would be a great Christmas wish. If I had 596 00:42:11.320 --> 00:42:14.639 one Christmas wish for this station, it would be that 597 00:42:14.840 --> 00:42:18.840 the monitors in this room that I'm in would show 598 00:42:20.199 --> 00:42:23.039 you know, TV, is that asking too much? 599 00:42:25.840 --> 00:42:26.000 You know? 600 00:42:26.079 --> 00:42:28.360 Maybe we could on one of the monitors I'd be 601 00:42:28.400 --> 00:42:32.599 able to turn on just look at a There's a 602 00:42:32.719 --> 00:42:34.840 room on the other side of this wall right behind 603 00:42:34.920 --> 00:42:39.599 me that has the same exact setup one, two, three, 604 00:42:41.280 --> 00:42:44.199 four or five monitors in the room, big ones too, 605 00:42:46.039 --> 00:42:49.719 and at least three of those. You can watch TV 606 00:42:50.920 --> 00:42:54.079 in here. No, not the case. I am cut off. 607 00:42:54.280 --> 00:42:57.480 I am totally cut off from the outside world except 608 00:42:57.519 --> 00:43:01.639 for the Internet connection. I can get an Internet connection 609 00:43:01.760 --> 00:43:04.519 on the computer in front of me and even on 610 00:43:04.639 --> 00:43:08.119 my laptop over here, then we can have TV in 611 00:43:08.199 --> 00:43:11.400 this room. I'm just saying that would be my Christmas 612 00:43:11.440 --> 00:43:14.920 wish for this year for the fifty five KRC studio. 613 00:43:15.039 --> 00:43:20.320 Be fantastic. But it was about this time yesterday when 614 00:43:20.360 --> 00:43:22.239 we found out that Joe Biden was letting all these 615 00:43:22.320 --> 00:43:26.480 killers go. And of course, look, I mean this guy, 616 00:43:27.079 --> 00:43:31.760 Joe Biden, he is he is unwavering on this. I mean, 617 00:43:31.880 --> 00:43:35.920 he's got deep feelings about well, you know, what's right, 618 00:43:36.039 --> 00:43:39.199 and you know, you just can't the federal government just 619 00:43:39.320 --> 00:43:45.719 can't go around killing people. No, Joe Biden knows what's 620 00:43:45.840 --> 00:43:51.760 best because of his you know, deep abiding faith in 621 00:43:53.079 --> 00:43:58.360 what's right and what's wrong. But the thing is he 622 00:43:58.440 --> 00:44:02.719 didn't always feel that way. And again credit to CNN 623 00:44:02.840 --> 00:44:06.440 for pointing that out, and they rolled out some video 624 00:44:06.599 --> 00:44:13.920 of Joe Biden the devout Catholic that he is talking 625 00:44:14.000 --> 00:44:19.000 about the death penalty. His stance was, and this goes 626 00:44:19.079 --> 00:44:23.599 back about thirty years and his stance was slightly different 627 00:44:24.079 --> 00:44:26.920 then than it is today. See if you can see 628 00:44:26.960 --> 00:44:30.519 if you can pick out the subtle difference between Joe 629 00:44:30.559 --> 00:44:33.440 Biden about thirty years ago on the floor of the 630 00:44:33.519 --> 00:44:36.119 Senate and Joe Biden today. Joe, would you please roll 631 00:44:36.159 --> 00:44:36.760 cut number one. 632 00:44:37.480 --> 00:44:40.639 I'm a death penalty supporter. I'm the guy that wrote 633 00:44:40.840 --> 00:44:42.840 this bill. Presumptuous thing to say. 634 00:44:42.840 --> 00:44:46.719 But I wrote this bill my old little hands. 635 00:44:49.840 --> 00:44:55.320 Can I added into the bill more than fifty death penalties? 636 00:44:55.920 --> 00:44:59.519 I support the death penalty. This president supports a death penalty. 637 00:45:01.760 --> 00:45:05.119 That was then Senator Joe Biden boasting about the nineteen 638 00:45:05.199 --> 00:45:07.519 ninety four Crime Bill, his nineteen ninety four crime Bill, 639 00:45:07.559 --> 00:45:09.960 which added a list of federal crimes punishable by the 640 00:45:10.039 --> 00:45:13.239 death penalty. But now this morning, President Joe Biden now 641 00:45:13.280 --> 00:45:16.440 announcing that he is commuting thirty seven federal death row 642 00:45:16.519 --> 00:45:19.880 inmate sentences to life in prison without parole. 643 00:45:20.519 --> 00:45:24.480 So there you go with his own little hands. And 644 00:45:24.599 --> 00:45:29.639 how many times have we heard and been lectured to 645 00:45:29.880 --> 00:45:34.880 by those on the left when we point out Joe's 646 00:45:35.159 --> 00:45:41.519 failing speech patterns, and we're told, hey, you can't do that, 647 00:45:41.719 --> 00:45:44.639 Joe Biden. Now you look, he's got a stutter. Everyone 648 00:45:44.840 --> 00:45:48.280 knows he's a stutter. When I listened to that clip 649 00:45:48.360 --> 00:45:51.159 and other clips of him from back in the day, 650 00:45:52.000 --> 00:45:55.400 do you detect any speech difficulties? Do you detect any stutter? 651 00:45:56.880 --> 00:46:00.480 I certainly didn't in that one. But are our friend 652 00:46:00.920 --> 00:46:05.320 over at front Page mag Daniel Greenfield, did a little 653 00:46:05.480 --> 00:46:11.280 research on some of the individuals that Joe Biden has 654 00:46:11.400 --> 00:46:14.679 seen fit to allow to live the rest of their 655 00:46:14.800 --> 00:46:17.519 life on the taxpayer dime. And maybe one day, I 656 00:46:17.599 --> 00:46:21.599 know it says life without parole, but we all know 657 00:46:23.079 --> 00:46:26.360 that there are exceptions to that rule too. Maybe one 658 00:46:26.440 --> 00:46:28.920 day these people will walk for you again. We can 659 00:46:29.039 --> 00:46:33.119 only hope. The recommendation of Attorney General Merrick Garland, Biden 660 00:46:33.159 --> 00:46:35.119 has stepped in to save death row inmates from the 661 00:46:35.199 --> 00:46:40.079 death penalty, commuting their sentences. He commuted the sentences of 662 00:46:40.320 --> 00:46:44.679 monsters like Jorge Avila Torres, who raped and murdered nine 663 00:46:44.760 --> 00:46:48.360 year old Crystal Tobias and eight year old Laura Hobbs 664 00:46:48.360 --> 00:46:53.039 while they were riding their bikes on Mother's Day. He 665 00:46:53.199 --> 00:46:57.639 also commuted the sentence of Cobanni Savage, the drug kingpin 666 00:46:58.960 --> 00:47:02.440 responsible for one of the worst crimes in Philadelphia. After 667 00:47:02.559 --> 00:47:06.440 running what prosecutors described as perhaps the most violent drug 668 00:47:06.599 --> 00:47:12.719 gain gang ever seen in the city, Savage murdered twelve people, 669 00:47:12.800 --> 00:47:17.880 including firebombing a family of six. The family Savage firebombed 670 00:47:17.920 --> 00:47:21.719 in two thousand and four belonged to Eugene Coleman, his 671 00:47:21.960 --> 00:47:28.039 former confident turned FBI informant. In retaliation, Savage killed Coleman's mother, 672 00:47:28.159 --> 00:47:32.119 plus his cousin, his infant son, and three other children. 673 00:47:33.159 --> 00:47:39.280 Coleman was in prison at the time, and the ages 674 00:47:39.320 --> 00:47:45.239 of those he killed were Kadja ten, Marcella twelve, a 675 00:47:45.360 --> 00:47:50.679 family friend, Sean Rodriguez fifteen. Killing kids with Savage especialty. 676 00:47:51.719 --> 00:47:54.800 The thirty four year old man, a drug kingpin serving 677 00:47:54.840 --> 00:47:57.639 thirty years in federal prison for drug trafficking in Philadelphia, 678 00:47:58.280 --> 00:48:01.840 was caught on tape vowing to kill young children of 679 00:48:01.960 --> 00:48:06.039 witnesses who testified against him at his trial in two 680 00:48:06.079 --> 00:48:08.880 thousand and five. The kids got to pay for making 681 00:48:08.960 --> 00:48:12.000 my kids cry, he said, according to a copy of 682 00:48:12.039 --> 00:48:15.000 the indictment, I want to smack one of their four 683 00:48:15.079 --> 00:48:18.119 year old sons in the head with a bat straight up. 684 00:48:19.119 --> 00:48:23.000 I have dreams about killing their kids, killing their kids, 685 00:48:23.119 --> 00:48:29.039 cutting their heads off. Authorities alleged Savage ordered a blaze 686 00:48:29.079 --> 00:48:31.159 in October of two thousand and four to the North 687 00:48:31.159 --> 00:48:36.079 Philadelphia home of cocaine traffic returned informant Eugene Coleman killed 688 00:48:36.119 --> 00:48:39.480 Recoleman's mother, Toddler's son, is aunt, niece, and three children. 689 00:48:40.360 --> 00:48:43.840 Prosecutors say two of Savage's fellow gang members set the fire. 690 00:48:45.880 --> 00:48:48.599 He joked afterward that barbecue sauce should be poured on 691 00:48:48.639 --> 00:48:53.039 the victims, according to the indictment. Savage also threatened to 692 00:48:53.119 --> 00:48:56.559 kill other witnesses. According to the indictment against him, them 693 00:48:56.679 --> 00:49:01.000 rats gotta pay. That's all I think about kids, They moms. 694 00:49:01.360 --> 00:49:05.320 He allegedly told one co conspirator, I had dreams about 695 00:49:05.400 --> 00:49:08.079 hitting pe daughter in the head man opening her head 696 00:49:08.159 --> 00:49:12.800 wide open with forty dumb dumbs. That's all I dream about. 697 00:49:13.960 --> 00:49:16.280 Savage threatening to kill a different witness and his young 698 00:49:16.400 --> 00:49:20.360 daughter in two thousand and four, he said, I'm gonna 699 00:49:20.400 --> 00:49:23.239 kill everyone you love, Savage told the witness. According to 700 00:49:23.320 --> 00:49:28.400 the indictment, he said he said he's got a daughter, 701 00:49:28.719 --> 00:49:31.679 my own way, or let me say, yep, he's got 702 00:49:31.760 --> 00:49:34.320 a daughter down my way. I'm gonna blow her little 703 00:49:34.400 --> 00:49:40.000 head off. She like five. So that's uh, that's the guy, 704 00:49:40.480 --> 00:49:46.960 one of the guys that Joe Biden saw fit to 705 00:49:48.239 --> 00:49:51.760 commute the sentence of no, we can't and we can't 706 00:49:51.800 --> 00:49:55.719 have the death penalty for a guy like that, because 707 00:49:55.760 --> 00:49:58.119 you know Joe Biden, he just he just knows better, 708 00:49:59.320 --> 00:50:04.119 just knows better. And it looks the others that he 709 00:50:05.079 --> 00:50:09.559 that he cuts slack to yesterday, they're no better than 710 00:50:09.639 --> 00:50:12.280 this dude either. Six fifteen, got to get to a break. 711 00:50:12.920 --> 00:50:15.880 Damn Carroll for Brian Thomas, fifty five KRC, the talk station. 712 00:50:16.679 --> 00:50:20.280 Then first warning forecast not as cold today, It's going 713 00:50:20.360 --> 00:50:24.280 to be cloudy, mile to high forty five. Mostly cloudy tonight, 714 00:50:25.400 --> 00:50:28.000 the overnight low thirty six. Heading into Christmas Day, some 715 00:50:28.119 --> 00:50:30.440 scattered rain. It'll be on the warm side of high 716 00:50:30.480 --> 00:50:33.119 of forty eight. Then showers continue tonight. 717 00:50:33.239 --> 00:50:37.119 I'm sorry Tomorrow night into Thursday, and Thursday will be 718 00:50:37.199 --> 00:50:38.320 mostly cloudy. 719 00:50:38.000 --> 00:50:39.119 With a high fifty six. 720 00:50:40.320 --> 00:50:43.360 It is forty four at fifty five KRC, the E 721 00:50:43.559 --> 00:50:47.360 talk station from the UCF Traffic Center with uce Health 722 00:50:47.400 --> 00:50:49.800 The Future of care is happening now through clinical trials 723 00:50:49.840 --> 00:50:53.000 and innovative treatments that give patients a chance for better outcomes. 724 00:50:53.159 --> 00:50:55.920 Visit ucehealth dot com, clean slate. 725 00:50:55.960 --> 00:50:58.880 Down the highways other than some wet roads, traffic's doing 726 00:50:59.159 --> 00:51:03.400 just fine. Northbound seventy five, northbound four seventy one, No 727 00:51:03.639 --> 00:51:06.960 trouble at all getting across the bridges. Chuck Ingram on 728 00:51:07.199 --> 00:51:54.400 fifty five KRZ the talk station, Christmas Eve, fifty five 729 00:51:54.519 --> 00:52:12.039 krc DE Talk Station. I love this stuff, lowfuls. I 730 00:52:12.079 --> 00:52:14.280 don't know much about that guy, but I love this song, 731 00:52:14.800 --> 00:52:15.800 and I love this kind. 732 00:52:15.639 --> 00:52:22.559 Of Christmas music. That's great stuff. Thank you, Joe. As 733 00:52:22.800 --> 00:52:25.360 we roll on this morning, back to what Joe Biden 734 00:52:25.400 --> 00:52:29.280 said when he decided to commute these death penalties death 735 00:52:29.320 --> 00:52:35.920 penalties yesterday. Here's the statement. I've dedicated my career to 736 00:52:36.079 --> 00:52:41.440 reducing violent crime and insuring a fair and effective justice system. Today, 737 00:52:41.480 --> 00:52:44.119 I'm commuting the sentences of thirty four of the forty 738 00:52:44.360 --> 00:52:48.880 individuals on federal death row to life sentences without the 739 00:52:49.000 --> 00:52:54.159 possibility of parole. These commutations are consistent with the moratorium 740 00:52:54.280 --> 00:52:59.119 my administration is imposed on federal executions in cases other 741 00:52:59.239 --> 00:53:05.039 than terrorism and hate motivated mass murder. Boy, I'll tell 742 00:53:05.039 --> 00:53:09.719 you what the the nuance there. You don't get that 743 00:53:10.039 --> 00:53:16.440 just anywhere, because you know, Joe knows hate, and we 744 00:53:16.719 --> 00:53:20.239 certainly can't have that in this country. We can't have 745 00:53:20.480 --> 00:53:24.599 terrorism either, And Joe Biden is really on top of that. 746 00:53:24.880 --> 00:53:30.960 Make no mistake. He says, I condemn these murders. Grieve 747 00:53:31.280 --> 00:53:36.519 for the victims of their despicable acts. Oh he grieves, 748 00:53:37.719 --> 00:53:41.840 Yes he does. And not only does he grieve, he 749 00:53:44.079 --> 00:53:46.440 is reaching out to the families of those murder victims, 750 00:53:47.840 --> 00:53:50.119 and he is grieving with them. You can be assured 751 00:53:50.159 --> 00:53:54.079 of that. He aches for the families who have suffered 752 00:53:54.199 --> 00:54:00.679 unimaginable and irreparable loss. But guided by there's a big 753 00:54:00.760 --> 00:54:04.119 butt there. That's a big that's a big old button. Oh, 754 00:54:04.360 --> 00:54:09.360 these families have suffered these horrible things. Joe Biden's got 755 00:54:09.400 --> 00:54:12.039 a big old button there. Guided by my conscience and 756 00:54:12.119 --> 00:54:17.000 my experience as a public defender, Chairman of the Senate 757 00:54:17.119 --> 00:54:24.320 Judiciary Committee, vice President and now President, I'm more convinced 758 00:54:24.360 --> 00:54:26.400 than ever that we must stop the use of the 759 00:54:26.480 --> 00:54:33.119 death penalty at the federal level. Now let the state 760 00:54:33.239 --> 00:54:36.880 level death penalty that that one's okay, federal level now 761 00:54:37.039 --> 00:54:42.039 can't have it in good conscience. I cannot stand back 762 00:54:42.880 --> 00:54:46.440 and let a new administration resume executions that I halted. 763 00:54:48.559 --> 00:54:55.119 And so therefore Joe Biden is cutting slack to murderers rapists, 764 00:54:56.599 --> 00:54:59.760 and one of those he cuts like too is Ricardo 765 00:55:00.000 --> 00:55:05.440 an Says Junior and Daniel Troya Florida judge sentenced those 766 00:55:05.480 --> 00:55:07.440 two men too death in two thousand and nine after 767 00:55:07.519 --> 00:55:11.719 finding them guilty of murdering a family of four on 768 00:55:11.840 --> 00:55:16.719 the highway. According to NBC News, Jose Escobedo, the father 769 00:55:16.960 --> 00:55:22.639 of Louis Julian four, Lewis Damian three, and the husband 770 00:55:22.760 --> 00:55:27.679 of Yessica Escobado, was involved in a drug ring with 771 00:55:27.760 --> 00:55:35.519 these two Troya and Sans. Yessica Escobedo was shot eleven 772 00:55:35.639 --> 00:55:39.920 times while cradling her two boys and trying to protect them. 773 00:55:41.079 --> 00:55:44.559 The two toddlers were shot a total of ten times, 774 00:55:45.519 --> 00:55:50.239 and Jose was shot five times alongside his family and 775 00:55:50.360 --> 00:55:52.960 found dead on the side of the highway. The outlet reported, 776 00:55:55.400 --> 00:55:58.039 I must confess I have no confidence that mister Troya 777 00:55:58.079 --> 00:56:01.039 would not do this again if the opportunity he presented itself. 778 00:56:01.119 --> 00:56:03.159 The judge who sentenced. The men said at the time, 779 00:56:04.480 --> 00:56:08.000 adding the Troya is enormously dangerous with no regard for 780 00:56:08.119 --> 00:56:14.679 taking a human life. Thomas Morocco Hager sentenced to death 781 00:56:14.719 --> 00:56:17.800 in two thousand and seven. He was found guilty of 782 00:56:17.800 --> 00:56:22.039 stabbing nineteen year old Barbara White. According to The Washington Times, 783 00:56:22.119 --> 00:56:26.039 White was found bound, gagged and stabbed eighty two times 784 00:56:26.079 --> 00:56:32.840 in the bathtub of her apartment eighty two times. Her 785 00:56:32.920 --> 00:56:36.000 one year old daughter is the one who made the 786 00:56:36.039 --> 00:56:39.119 discovery of the body. The one year old was not 787 00:56:39.239 --> 00:56:42.480 physically harmed during the murder, but upon finding her mom, 788 00:56:44.039 --> 00:56:49.559 left bloodstained footprints around the apartment, according to The Washington Times. 789 00:56:49.719 --> 00:56:55.199 Imagine that, Let's see Biden committed the sentence of Thomas Sanders, 790 00:56:55.239 --> 00:56:58.480 sentenced to death after he kidnapped and killed a twelve 791 00:56:58.559 --> 00:57:03.519 year old and murdered her. In twenty ten, Sanders began 792 00:57:03.639 --> 00:57:07.599 dating Sullen Roberts, and the pair took Robert's twelve year 793 00:57:07.599 --> 00:57:10.480 old daughter on a road trip that eventually led to 794 00:57:10.559 --> 00:57:14.639 their murders. While on the road, Sanders took the mother 795 00:57:14.719 --> 00:57:17.559 and daughter to an Arizona desert, where he shot Sullen 796 00:57:17.639 --> 00:57:20.719 Roberts in the head and forced Lexis Roberts back in 797 00:57:20.800 --> 00:57:25.079 the car. Sanders then shot Lexus Robert four times, cut 798 00:57:25.159 --> 00:57:29.199 her throat, and left her body in the woods. And 799 00:57:29.440 --> 00:57:31.920 these are the type of people that Joe Biden says, 800 00:57:33.039 --> 00:57:36.559 we cannot let these people suffer the death penalty. Terrible crimes, terrible, 801 00:57:36.679 --> 00:57:42.000 just terrible. But got to let them live on the 802 00:57:42.039 --> 00:57:46.320 taxpayerdim for the rest of their natural life. Doesn't feel 803 00:57:46.320 --> 00:57:48.400 the same way about babies in the womb, though. It's amazing. 804 00:57:48.920 --> 00:57:51.920 It's amazing how I mean, the mind of this guy, 805 00:57:53.599 --> 00:57:58.000 the way it works, it's something to be cold. I mean, really, 806 00:57:58.079 --> 00:58:00.920 we are fortunate to have him. They're in the office. 807 00:58:01.119 --> 00:58:04.360 We said to see him go on January twentieth, six, 808 00:58:04.440 --> 00:58:10.000 twenty six on fifty five KRCV talk stations The Truth 809 00:58:11.039 --> 00:58:16.199 and Nothing. But this is the Sean Hannity Morning Minute. 810 00:58:16.559 --> 00:58:19.760 And I said this last night, legacy media, and I 811 00:58:20.119 --> 00:58:21.400 said journalism is dead. 812 00:58:21.440 --> 00:58:22.639 In two thousand and seven and. 813 00:58:22.760 --> 00:58:28.800 Eight, all these conglomerates, all these big newspapers, New York Times, 814 00:58:28.960 --> 00:58:34.519 Washington Post, you name him, all of them, ABC, NBCCBS, 815 00:58:35.079 --> 00:58:38.920 all of them, you know, all these fake news you 816 00:58:39.000 --> 00:58:45.159 know channels together combined, they threw everything they had had 817 00:58:45.199 --> 00:58:49.119 this man to destroy him. And Donald Trump has defied 818 00:58:49.280 --> 00:58:52.559 every one of those critics and he's he's still stun 819 00:58:52.679 --> 00:58:57.400 only standing, he's standing triumphantly. 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Go to singlecare dot com or download 841 01:00:06.719 --> 01:00:07.280 the free app. 842 01:00:07.360 --> 01:00:13.719 Today cyber attacks and cybercrime are the I first wanting forecast. 843 01:00:13.840 --> 01:00:17.599 Not as cold today, cloudy mile to high of forty five, cloudy, 844 01:00:17.639 --> 01:00:22.199 Tonight's impossible rain, the overnight low thirty six, Christmas Days 845 01:00:22.519 --> 01:00:26.519 scattered rain and the high of forty eight, So white 846 01:00:26.559 --> 01:00:31.480 Christmas not happening this year for us. The rain continues 847 01:00:31.599 --> 01:00:35.039 overnight into Thursday, when it will be mostly cloudy, and 848 01:00:35.199 --> 01:00:36.800 Thursday's high fifty six. 849 01:00:37.000 --> 01:00:40.000 It is forty four at fifty five KRC. The talk 850 01:00:40.079 --> 01:00:43.480 station from the UCL Traffic Center with you see health. 851 01:00:43.559 --> 01:00:46.199 The future of care is happening now through clinical trials 852 01:00:46.239 --> 01:00:49.880 and innovative treatments that give patients and chance for better outcomes. 853 01:00:50.280 --> 01:00:54.000 Visit U seehelp dot com. Highways not bad to deal 854 01:00:54.079 --> 01:00:58.840 with early on this Christmas Eve. No accidents, no broken downs, 855 01:00:59.079 --> 01:01:02.760 nothing close to a delay. Westbound two seventy five wide 856 01:01:02.760 --> 01:01:06.239 open pants Loveland East Bounce Do we just find between 857 01:01:06.280 --> 01:01:09.920 Hamilton Avenue Winton and seven forty seven chuck Ingram, I'm 858 01:01:09.960 --> 01:01:10.679 fifty five KR. 859 01:01:10.840 --> 01:01:41.800 See the talk station as little Garth Brooks go telling 860 01:01:41.880 --> 01:01:46.280 on the Mountain. I don't know, it's just me done 861 01:01:46.320 --> 01:01:48.719 something that's coming through right. But anyway, it's a good song. 862 01:01:50.199 --> 01:01:54.199 It's on my list and one of my favorites. Merry 863 01:01:54.280 --> 01:01:57.519 Christmas Day, on this Christmas Day. Sorry, I might, you know, 864 01:01:57.639 --> 01:02:01.239 get into this, this whole thing with Biden, the death penalty, 865 01:02:02.000 --> 01:02:07.039 but he's the one that did it, and and I mean, 866 01:02:07.519 --> 01:02:10.039 this guy's mind is so far gone. Of course, we 867 01:02:10.159 --> 01:02:12.320 have the story. I talked a lot about this yesterday, 868 01:02:13.280 --> 01:02:16.039 the story that came out with the the Wall Street 869 01:02:16.079 --> 01:02:20.599 Journal talking about how almost from day one of his administration, 870 01:02:20.840 --> 01:02:24.480 actually one of the reports I read talked about it 871 01:02:24.599 --> 01:02:29.760 was actually before the administration started, how they were covering 872 01:02:29.840 --> 01:02:34.039 up for this guy, making excuses, keeping keeping people at 873 01:02:34.119 --> 01:02:37.840 arms length, putting up a wall between him and his 874 01:02:37.920 --> 01:02:48.360 cabinet members. And Beth Bregel at The Federalist read about 875 01:02:48.360 --> 01:02:52.599 this yesterday and was moved to write a really what 876 01:02:52.719 --> 01:02:57.320 I think is a moving column. And Beth writes that 877 01:02:57.440 --> 01:02:59.559 Joe Biden and his handlers wanting you to believe that 878 01:02:59.639 --> 01:03:03.599 he use life just a few days before Christmas actually 879 01:03:03.639 --> 01:03:06.119 has Two days before Christmas, the White House announced through 880 01:03:06.199 --> 01:03:09.840 an online written statement that all but three people on 881 01:03:09.960 --> 01:03:12.239 federal death Row will have their sentences commuted from a 882 01:03:12.280 --> 01:03:17.400 death sentence to life without possibility of parole. Biden is 883 01:03:17.519 --> 01:03:21.880 on a high profile virtue signaling role. Last week, Biden 884 01:03:21.960 --> 01:03:27.760 had a phone call with Pope Francis to discuss efforts 885 01:03:27.800 --> 01:03:30.719 to advance peace around the world during the holiday season. 886 01:03:31.639 --> 01:03:34.639 The White House handlers wrote in a statement conspicuously leaving 887 01:03:34.719 --> 01:03:39.760 out the christ based name of the holiday Christmas, President 888 01:03:39.840 --> 01:03:43.639 thanked the Pope for has continued advocacy to alleviate global suffering, 889 01:03:43.760 --> 01:03:47.760 including his work to advance human rights and protect religious freedoms. 890 01:03:48.320 --> 01:03:53.679 Biden also graciously accepted his holiness Pope francis invitation to 891 01:03:53.880 --> 01:03:57.840 visit the Vatican next month. But we know Biden doesn't 892 01:03:57.840 --> 01:04:00.519 care about human rights and has worked to a spanned 893 01:04:00.599 --> 01:04:04.239 abortion access. Just last month, in the White House, he 894 01:04:04.320 --> 01:04:07.639 awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom to the Nation's the 895 01:04:07.800 --> 01:04:14.119 nation's highest civilian honor, to Cecil Richards, former President of 896 01:04:14.199 --> 01:04:20.360 Parenthood Federation of America. During her period of leadership two 897 01:04:20.400 --> 01:04:23.519 thousand and six twenty eighteen, more than thirteen point three 898 01:04:23.760 --> 01:04:29.360 million unborn babies were killed in the United States as 899 01:04:29.400 --> 01:04:33.199 the federal has previously reported Richard's earned five hundred thousand 900 01:04:33.320 --> 01:04:38.000 dollars a year and facilitated more deaths than there were 901 01:04:38.360 --> 01:04:44.199 in the Holocaust. Killing voiceless, innocent babies doesn't stir Biden's conscience, 902 01:04:45.119 --> 01:04:49.559 but killing killers does make no mistake. I condemned these murders, 903 01:04:49.639 --> 01:04:51.880 grieved for the victims of their despicable acts, and eight 904 01:04:52.000 --> 01:04:55.480 for their families who have suffered unimaginable and irreparable loss, 905 01:04:55.519 --> 01:05:01.079 reads Biden's online statement. According to the statement, the decision 906 01:05:01.159 --> 01:05:04.440 to commute these death sentences was guided by his conscience. 907 01:05:06.559 --> 01:05:09.119 More convinced than ever we must stop the use of 908 01:05:09.320 --> 01:05:13.079 the death penalty at the federal level. The statement came 909 01:05:13.159 --> 01:05:16.519 from the White House, currently decorative with sparkling Christmas trees, 910 01:05:16.599 --> 01:05:20.559 traditionally used to celebrate the birth of Christ. But in 911 01:05:20.639 --> 01:05:25.000 today's American culture, the unborn Jesus we anticipate in advent, 912 01:05:25.119 --> 01:05:28.679 would be at risk of death by abortion, and his 913 01:05:28.840 --> 01:05:32.559 story would never be told. Biden's administration is committed to 914 01:05:32.639 --> 01:05:37.239 saving killers and killing saviors because in so many ways, 915 01:05:37.280 --> 01:05:39.480 all children are saviors to the people who love them. 916 01:05:39.599 --> 01:05:43.880 Babies change everything they come, whether parents are ready or not. 917 01:05:44.000 --> 01:05:47.199 In all sorts of complicated ways before marriage, before graduation, 918 01:05:47.360 --> 01:05:50.280 in a car on the way to the hospital in 919 01:05:50.400 --> 01:05:55.280 a lowly starlet manger far from home. Pregnancy and birth 920 01:05:55.320 --> 01:05:57.400 are the start of the story that will include hardships 921 01:05:57.480 --> 01:06:02.960 and the most incredible reward. Having children changes everything, changes you. 922 01:06:03.159 --> 01:06:06.960 Even the most flawed parents can't have hope their children 923 01:06:07.000 --> 01:06:11.000 will do better. Biden's Christmas reward for death row murderers 924 01:06:11.079 --> 01:06:15.119 does nothing for the victims or the inmates. It will 925 01:06:15.159 --> 01:06:18.559 hopefully be the last time this vapid president squanders an 926 01:06:18.599 --> 01:06:22.320 opportunity to move the nation in a more loving direction. 927 01:06:23.559 --> 01:06:26.119 Rather than protecting the agents of death, Biden could have 928 01:06:26.199 --> 01:06:29.800 led an effort to change our culture into one that 929 01:06:29.920 --> 01:06:33.840 recognizes the humanity of the unborn. He could have developed 930 01:06:33.880 --> 01:06:38.480 policies that encourage women in complicated pregnancies to allow their 931 01:06:38.519 --> 01:06:43.000 babies to live. Instead, Biden and his handlers leave a 932 01:06:43.199 --> 01:06:49.599 dark legacy that celebrates evil. Six point thirty five Dan 933 01:06:49.679 --> 01:06:52.440 Carroll for Brian Thomas fifty five KRCV talk station. 934 01:06:53.239 --> 01:06:56.119 Yes clogs low water pressure called plump tight plumbing for 935 01:06:56.199 --> 01:06:56.960 plumbing done right. 936 01:06:57.159 --> 01:07:02.480 Schedule online at plumptight dot com. The nine first morning 937 01:07:02.519 --> 01:07:04.800 weather Forecast not as cold Today. It's going to be 938 01:07:04.880 --> 01:07:07.639 mild with the high of forty five under cloudy skies, 939 01:07:08.039 --> 01:07:10.519 and we'll have cloudy skies into the ninth tonight with 940 01:07:10.679 --> 01:07:14.239 some rain possible. The every night low thirty six, scattered 941 01:07:14.280 --> 01:07:17.719 rain showers for Christmas Day at the high of forty eight. 942 01:07:18.559 --> 01:07:22.519 Showers continue on into Thursday. It'll be mostly cloudy on Thursday. 943 01:07:22.599 --> 01:07:26.840 A high on Thursday of fifty six. It's forty four 944 01:07:26.880 --> 01:07:30.400 at fifty five KRC. The talk station from the u 945 01:07:30.480 --> 01:07:33.039 SEE Health Tramphic Center with u SEE Health. The future 946 01:07:33.079 --> 01:07:35.719 of care is happening now through clinical trials and innovative 947 01:07:35.719 --> 01:07:38.960 treatments that give patients a chance for better outcomes. Visit 948 01:07:39.119 --> 01:07:40.199 ucehealth dot com. 949 01:07:40.559 --> 01:07:43.440 It is a very quiet morning on the highways with 950 01:07:43.639 --> 01:07:46.199 no accidents to deal with, even with some wet roads 951 01:07:46.239 --> 01:07:50.159 on this Christmas Eve morning. Southbound seventy five doing fine 952 01:07:50.280 --> 01:07:53.679 past the Reagan Highways. So is southbound seventy one. Chuck 953 01:07:53.840 --> 01:07:56.480 Ingram on fifty five KRC. The talk station. 954 01:08:00.440 --> 01:08:01.960 Bill fill thee you being in. 955 01:08:04.360 --> 01:08:05.280 The lad. 956 01:08:08.400 --> 01:08:32.880 Oh leaves gold I have no friend once again? Why 957 01:08:33.239 --> 01:08:40.640 Lilly side Christmas Eve I fifty five k r C. 958 01:08:41.039 --> 01:08:43.960 The talk station Dad Carol and from Brian Thomas, and 959 01:08:44.279 --> 01:08:48.399 there was no way I could do two days of 960 01:08:48.479 --> 01:08:51.840 this show and not hear from this guy west side, Jim, 961 01:08:51.920 --> 01:08:53.600 how are you this morning? Merry Christmas? 962 01:08:54.600 --> 01:08:57.039 Merry Christmas, Dan, Carol. No, there wasn't going to be 963 01:08:57.079 --> 01:08:59.960 two days that I didn't call in and wish you are. 964 01:09:00.439 --> 01:09:02.439 I knew it couldn't happen. I knew it couldn't happen. 965 01:09:03.359 --> 01:09:06.479 And to Joe also, because without Joe, as they say, 966 01:09:06.600 --> 01:09:08.000 the show don't go, it does not. 967 01:09:08.159 --> 01:09:11.239 We Yeah, we are nowhere to be found without Joe 968 01:09:11.279 --> 01:09:12.680 Strucker being there. That is a fact. 969 01:09:13.720 --> 01:09:13.880 You know. 970 01:09:14.000 --> 01:09:16.359 I was listening to you since about five oh five. 971 01:09:16.560 --> 01:09:20.520 And I do have to say, I hope when mister Biden, 972 01:09:20.840 --> 01:09:22.800 I will never call him a president even though he 973 01:09:23.079 --> 01:09:28.760 was elected, maybe meets his maker that all those people 974 01:09:28.840 --> 01:09:31.119 that you talked about this morning, that were slaughtered by 975 01:09:31.239 --> 01:09:35.239 these evil savages get to choose. They're in a panel 976 01:09:35.359 --> 01:09:37.479 up in heaven and they get to choose where he goes. 977 01:09:37.960 --> 01:09:40.199 I guarantee you he's not going to be let into 978 01:09:40.239 --> 01:09:41.039 the pearly gates. 979 01:09:41.960 --> 01:09:45.199 You know, we played the sound bite the CNN ram 980 01:09:46.079 --> 01:09:51.199 yesterday morning, thirty years ago and Joe Biden was so strident. 981 01:09:51.720 --> 01:09:53.760 And then you should see the video. I mean he is, 982 01:09:54.720 --> 01:09:57.840 he is running around, he's moving, he's moving all around, 983 01:09:57.920 --> 01:10:00.720 and there's a longer clip where he actually does that 984 01:10:00.840 --> 01:10:05.119 whispering thing, and and and and he's talking about, you know, 985 01:10:05.199 --> 01:10:07.680 how how strong he is and how staunch he is, 986 01:10:07.800 --> 01:10:11.439 and these these criminals almost like he did. Remember when 987 01:10:11.479 --> 01:10:14.840 he was talking about the cocaine dealers and how if 988 01:10:14.880 --> 01:10:17.600 you have you could have something to say, he holds 989 01:10:17.680 --> 01:10:19.760 up a quarter and he talks about if you have 990 01:10:19.880 --> 01:10:22.039 something the size of this quarter. And this is when 991 01:10:22.119 --> 01:10:25.640 crack cocaine was first coming on to the scene, and 992 01:10:25.720 --> 01:10:28.520 he was talking about how bad crack cocaine was and 993 01:10:28.640 --> 01:10:31.439 how terrible it was, and people who were using the 994 01:10:31.520 --> 01:10:34.199 crack cocaine and people who were dealing the crack cocaine 995 01:10:34.239 --> 01:10:38.119 and making it possible. And and that was probably right 996 01:10:38.199 --> 01:10:42.039 around the same time that his son was indulging in 997 01:10:42.159 --> 01:10:44.920 all of these things. So the guy's a total kypocrite. 998 01:10:45.079 --> 01:10:48.279 I may maybe he'll stand before Saint Peter and say, look, 999 01:10:48.359 --> 01:10:50.399 I was on the right side, because he's been on 1000 01:10:51.239 --> 01:10:54.640 all sides of just about every issue that you can 1001 01:10:54.720 --> 01:10:58.119 possibly think of. And the question, the question now is 1002 01:10:58.720 --> 01:11:02.479 who's making these decisions for him. We've asked this question 1003 01:11:02.680 --> 01:11:05.399 for how long now? Who is running the country and 1004 01:11:05.560 --> 01:11:08.680 we know for certain that it's not Joe Biden. Well, 1005 01:11:08.760 --> 01:11:09.720 that's what I was gonna say. 1006 01:11:09.840 --> 01:11:10.000 Dan. 1007 01:11:10.880 --> 01:11:12.760 I almost have to give him a tiny bit of 1008 01:11:12.800 --> 01:11:14.760 a break because he doesn't know what the hell he's 1009 01:11:14.840 --> 01:11:17.720 doing and signing off on everybody. He's just given a 1010 01:11:17.800 --> 01:11:20.760 paper shoved up in front of him, and these people 1011 01:11:20.760 --> 01:11:23.159 are saying, here, Joe sign is it's probably oh he's 1012 01:11:23.159 --> 01:11:25.760 a dog catcher. No, no, no, he have too many 1013 01:11:25.840 --> 01:11:29.600 parking tickets, and oh, okay, he doesn't know what he's signing. 1014 01:11:30.079 --> 01:11:32.399 And who's running who's running the country? 1015 01:11:32.560 --> 01:11:33.399 We know who it is. 1016 01:11:33.520 --> 01:11:34.479 It's the Obamas. 1017 01:11:35.520 --> 01:11:35.680 You know. 1018 01:11:35.840 --> 01:11:39.479 It's Christmas Eve. And I didn't think I'd be sitting 1019 01:11:39.560 --> 01:11:44.880 here detailing the horrific killing of individuals by these people 1020 01:11:44.920 --> 01:11:48.640 that Joe Biden sees fit to allow to live on 1021 01:11:48.800 --> 01:11:52.159 taxpayer dimes for the for the rest of their natural lives. 1022 01:11:52.239 --> 01:11:55.760 And and and this statement is ridiculous because how do 1023 01:11:55.840 --> 01:11:59.920 you discern between you know, he talks about these sentences 1024 01:12:00.119 --> 01:12:02.439 have to be commuted, But when it comes to when 1025 01:12:02.479 --> 01:12:05.760 it comes to hate crimes. When it comes to, you know, 1026 01:12:05.920 --> 01:12:08.279 some of these other killers, that we have to have 1027 01:12:08.479 --> 01:12:12.720 nuance there and say that these killers are worthy of 1028 01:12:12.800 --> 01:12:16.079 the death penalty. But these other ones who you know, 1029 01:12:16.479 --> 01:12:19.560 the cut the heads off of children, who kill parents 1030 01:12:19.640 --> 01:12:22.000 in front of their children, who rape and murder and 1031 01:12:22.079 --> 01:12:25.279 slit the throats of young kids, those people don't deserve 1032 01:12:25.359 --> 01:12:27.960 the death penalty. How do you how do you even 1033 01:12:28.039 --> 01:12:29.439 approach that sort of nuance. 1034 01:12:30.560 --> 01:12:33.640 I laugh every time when I hear that life without 1035 01:12:33.720 --> 01:12:36.680 parole because we all know within fifteen years these people 1036 01:12:36.680 --> 01:12:38.560 are going to be out, like you said before, walking 1037 01:12:38.600 --> 01:12:42.760 the streets. So you know, it's just a terrible, terrible 1038 01:12:42.840 --> 01:12:45.600 thing at the way they designed this law, and you 1039 01:12:45.640 --> 01:12:49.000 know Biden just added to it by letting these people commute. 1040 01:12:49.359 --> 01:12:52.600 You know, these people can't be rehabilitated. What good arty 1041 01:12:52.640 --> 01:12:56.159 in society, and for the crimes that they did. He 1042 01:12:56.239 --> 01:12:58.840 should be ashamed if he actually knew what he did. 1043 01:12:59.359 --> 01:13:02.840 Well. This is just another example of the people who 1044 01:13:03.119 --> 01:13:05.600 still have their wits about him in the Biden administration, 1045 01:13:06.039 --> 01:13:09.520 who are throwing up every possible turd that they can 1046 01:13:09.640 --> 01:13:13.279 throw at the at the incoming Trump administration. They they 1047 01:13:13.399 --> 01:13:16.600 want it. They want the Trump administration to spend the 1048 01:13:16.720 --> 01:13:19.760 first three or four or five months doing nothing but 1049 01:13:19.920 --> 01:13:22.520 clearing the crap out of the way that these people 1050 01:13:22.640 --> 01:13:26.800 have thrown up to try and obstruct the Trump administration 1051 01:13:27.319 --> 01:13:30.479 from pursuing their agenda. And they know all that we're 1052 01:13:30.479 --> 01:13:33.600 going to hear all this talk about oh how classy 1053 01:13:33.720 --> 01:13:38.239 the Bidens are and the peaceful transfer of power, and boy, 1054 01:13:38.319 --> 01:13:41.000 there's going to be you know, and you know, west Side, Jim, 1055 01:13:41.119 --> 01:13:43.720 you know it's coming when it comes time for Biden 1056 01:13:43.760 --> 01:13:46.000 to leave the White House, there's going to be all 1057 01:13:46.119 --> 01:13:50.279 this nostalgia and oh my god, this long political career 1058 01:13:50.439 --> 01:13:53.479 coming to an end. Brilliant, this brilliant that you know, 1059 01:13:53.640 --> 01:13:55.720 this country's going to miss Joe Biden. What a bunch 1060 01:13:55.760 --> 01:14:00.880 of crap. This guy. It deserves to go down quite 1061 01:14:01.039 --> 01:14:03.880 possibly the worst president this country's ever had. 1062 01:14:04.960 --> 01:14:08.439 I always did say that Carter was, but guarantee you 1063 01:14:08.880 --> 01:14:11.000 you just said he took the place of Jimmy Carter, 1064 01:14:11.279 --> 01:14:14.000 and Jimmy Carter was on economics, he didn't do this 1065 01:14:14.159 --> 01:14:14.920 kind of garbage. 1066 01:14:15.319 --> 01:14:18.279 I mean, not to this extent. No, not this bad 1067 01:14:18.720 --> 01:14:20.359 west Side Jim. We got to get to a break. 1068 01:14:20.399 --> 01:14:21.479 But as always been. 1069 01:14:21.920 --> 01:14:25.600 Merry Christmas to you, Thanks for your listenership and uh 1070 01:14:25.680 --> 01:14:26.640 and thanks for calling in. 1071 01:14:26.760 --> 01:14:29.359 Always great to have you on the show. Take care 1072 01:14:29.439 --> 01:14:31.600 all right, there you go west side Jim and if 1073 01:14:31.640 --> 01:14:33.159 you want to be like him, pick up the phone 1074 01:14:33.199 --> 01:14:36.319 five one three seven nine fifty five hundred. Dan Carroll 1075 01:14:36.359 --> 01:14:39.880 for Brian Thomas on fifty five KRCV talk station. 1076 01:14:43.039 --> 01:14:43.399 D nine. 1077 01:14:43.439 --> 01:14:46.119 First warning weather forecast. Not as cold today, It's going 1078 01:14:46.199 --> 01:14:48.560 to be mild, a high a forty five hunder, cloudy 1079 01:14:48.600 --> 01:14:50.680 sky is cloudy skuy is tonight, a little bit of 1080 01:14:50.760 --> 01:14:53.920 rain possible the other night, low thirty six. Christmas Day, 1081 01:14:55.279 --> 01:14:57.600 it's going to be on the warm side, a high 1082 01:14:57.760 --> 01:15:01.279 of forty eight with some scattered rain showers. Showers continue 1083 01:15:02.079 --> 01:15:06.760 Christmas night into Thursday. Thursday's high fifty six, mostly cloudy 1084 01:15:06.800 --> 01:15:11.119 skies and looks like we're in that cloudy pattern for 1085 01:15:11.199 --> 01:15:13.920 the next few days, but mild, so it's not going 1086 01:15:14.000 --> 01:15:17.520 to be freezing cold, and I guess that is worth celebrated. 1087 01:15:17.720 --> 01:15:20.880 It is forty two at Fidney five krc the talk 1088 01:15:20.920 --> 01:15:25.000 station from the UC Health Tramphy Center with uc Health, 1089 01:15:25.039 --> 01:15:27.439 the future of care is happening now through clinical trials 1090 01:15:27.479 --> 01:15:31.159 and innovative treatments that give patients some chance for better outcomes. 1091 01:15:31.560 --> 01:15:33.880 Visit uc health dot com. Highways. 1092 01:15:34.000 --> 01:15:37.000 That's not bad at all, even with some wet roads, 1093 01:15:37.199 --> 01:15:40.920 no accidents to deal with. Sethbound seventy one traffic volumes 1094 01:15:41.039 --> 01:15:44.000 very like pants Fighter in the Ragon Highway before getting 1095 01:15:44.039 --> 01:15:47.920 into Kenwood, Chucking ramonth fifty five KRC the talk station 1096 01:16:07.239 --> 01:16:09.640 fifty five k R CD talk Station. I've loved this 1097 01:16:09.760 --> 01:16:12.800 one since I was a kid. A Charlie Brown Christmas 1098 01:16:12.840 --> 01:16:15.399 Special Vin's Garaldi. 1099 01:16:19.800 --> 01:16:22.159 Joe. Would they make a Christmas special today with music 1100 01:16:22.319 --> 01:16:29.319 like this in? It wouldn't happen. But that's how great 1101 01:16:29.359 --> 01:16:33.399 the music was. What with nineteen sixty five, it's fantastic, 1102 01:16:34.760 --> 01:16:37.760 still as good today as it was back then. I 1103 01:16:37.840 --> 01:16:42.039 could just put the the and I have the CD 1104 01:16:42.199 --> 01:16:44.520 at home. I'm still one of those guys that has 1105 01:16:44.640 --> 01:16:47.159 everyone Joe. Everyone makes fun of me when I talk 1106 01:16:47.199 --> 01:16:51.359 about I have CDs or DVDs to watch movies, but 1107 01:16:51.439 --> 01:16:55.800 why don't you just watch it online? I don't. I 1108 01:16:55.960 --> 01:16:58.600 like to pop the disc in. I play it. It 1109 01:16:58.720 --> 01:17:03.159 sounds great. I even have Vinyl record. Vinyl Records making 1110 01:17:03.199 --> 01:17:07.359 a comeback. Will you walk into the store and you 1111 01:17:07.399 --> 01:17:12.640 can see whole sections now where they sell where they 1112 01:17:12.680 --> 01:17:18.239 sell vinyl records. Another study on coffee got to be 1113 01:17:18.319 --> 01:17:21.720 having some coffee this morning. International study published in Cancer 1114 01:17:21.800 --> 01:17:25.720 has found that drinking more than four cups of coffee 1115 01:17:25.760 --> 01:17:28.880 a day forget too, it's up to four now. If 1116 01:17:28.920 --> 01:17:30.720 you do that, you may reduce the risk of some 1117 01:17:30.880 --> 01:17:36.079 head and nick cancer by seventeen percent. The research analyzed 1118 01:17:36.119 --> 01:17:40.640 data from number two twenty five thousand individuals across fourteen studies, 1119 01:17:41.680 --> 01:17:47.720 provides the strongest evidence yet of coffee's potential for cancer 1120 01:17:47.800 --> 01:17:51.520 fighting properties. While there has been prior research on coffee 1121 01:17:51.560 --> 01:17:55.600 and tea consumption and reduce risk of cancer, the study 1122 01:17:55.680 --> 01:18:00.159 highlights their varying effects on different subsites of head and 1123 01:18:00.359 --> 01:18:06.319 neck cancer, including the observation that even a decaffeinated coffee 1124 01:18:06.439 --> 01:18:11.000 had some positive impact. So there you go, another study 1125 01:18:11.960 --> 01:18:15.800 showing the positive impacts of coffee. Are there any studies 1126 01:18:15.840 --> 01:18:18.119 out there? I think years ago there were some studies 1127 01:18:19.600 --> 01:18:24.319 out there that we're talking about coffee and the negative impacts, 1128 01:18:24.359 --> 01:18:26.359 and then of course studies like this come along and 1129 01:18:26.479 --> 01:18:31.079 show the positive impacts. I think this is the first 1130 01:18:31.119 --> 01:18:33.399 one I've seen this talking about four cups a day, though, 1131 01:18:35.399 --> 01:18:37.399 and when you're in this business, four cups a day 1132 01:18:37.520 --> 01:18:42.960 just doesn't sound like that much I've got. I've got 1133 01:18:43.000 --> 01:18:46.159 my thermist full of coffee. There's at least almost I 1134 01:18:46.279 --> 01:18:50.159 love this thermist. It's an old one, but it holds 1135 01:18:50.159 --> 01:18:53.199 almost an entire coffee pot. Jo. Do you make coffee 1136 01:18:53.199 --> 01:18:57.319 at home? Do you use the the A lot of 1137 01:18:57.359 --> 01:19:00.600 people use the what is that the curerig now where 1138 01:19:00.640 --> 01:19:03.880 you make up the one cup at a time, And uh, 1139 01:19:04.640 --> 01:19:07.960 I to my way of thinking, when you when you 1140 01:19:08.119 --> 01:19:11.239 use the krig and you put the pod in there 1141 01:19:12.159 --> 01:19:14.119 and then you press the button, you get one cup 1142 01:19:14.199 --> 01:19:18.000 of coffee, and you still have to fill up the 1143 01:19:18.079 --> 01:19:22.039 reservoir in the back. And then when after your you 1144 01:19:22.119 --> 01:19:24.199 know what what two or three or four cups, the 1145 01:19:24.279 --> 01:19:26.239 reservoir gets and you got to fill it up again. 1146 01:19:28.359 --> 01:19:30.199 I say, it just seems like too much work to me. 1147 01:19:31.439 --> 01:19:34.520 Uh yeah, we know, we we ustill. We still have 1148 01:19:34.640 --> 01:19:36.600 the old fashioned for it for as long as I'm 1149 01:19:36.640 --> 01:19:40.479 able to. And then the coffee makers don't last as 1150 01:19:40.520 --> 01:19:43.399 long as they used to. But we've got a coffee 1151 01:19:43.439 --> 01:19:45.359 maker at home. My wife and I have had four 1152 01:19:45.520 --> 01:19:49.600 I know, gosh, five or six years now, that's a 1153 01:19:49.680 --> 01:19:55.720 long time. Your mom still has a percolator. I saw 1154 01:19:55.800 --> 01:19:58.720 one of those at a party the other day. The 1155 01:19:59.119 --> 01:20:02.119 coffee is bubbling up in the middle. My parents used 1156 01:20:02.159 --> 01:20:04.159 to have one of those. But I know I still 1157 01:20:04.159 --> 01:20:06.560 got the coffee maker we've had in five or six 1158 01:20:06.680 --> 01:20:08.399 years now. I know it's not going to last forever, 1159 01:20:09.319 --> 01:20:10.800 but as long as I'm able, I'm going to have 1160 01:20:10.880 --> 01:20:13.159 that old fashioned coffee maker, just making one pot at 1161 01:20:13.199 --> 01:20:18.000 a time, that's what works best for me. Heavy coffee 1162 01:20:18.079 --> 01:20:20.680 drinkers had a thirty percent lower risk of oral cavity 1163 01:20:20.760 --> 01:20:23.800 cancer and a twenty two percent lower risk of throat 1164 01:20:23.840 --> 01:20:26.720 cancer compared to non coffee drinkers. So there you go, 1165 01:20:27.000 --> 01:20:31.800 drink your coffee and help fight cancer at the same time. 1166 01:20:32.119 --> 01:20:35.520 There's your helpful tip of the day from your friendly 1167 01:20:35.640 --> 01:20:39.039 substitute co host Dan carrollin for Brian Thomas on fifty 1168 01:20:39.079 --> 01:20:41.279 five KRC The Talk Station. 1169 01:20:41.680 --> 01:20:44.359 There's no shortage of stuff to talk about in twenty 1170 01:20:44.439 --> 01:20:50.359 twenty five. The conversation is happening here on fifty five KRC, 1171 01:20:50.920 --> 01:20:51.840 the Talk Station. 1172 01:20:52.279 --> 01:21:05.720 This report is sponsored by Pure Talk fifty five k 1173 01:21:05.920 --> 01:21:09.319 r C the Talk Station. Christmas Eve, Dan Carolyn for 1174 01:21:09.399 --> 01:21:19.520 Brian Thomas. Good morning. So Joe Strucker always promises me 1175 01:21:19.680 --> 01:21:22.319 the Van Hallen is coming out whenever I get to 1176 01:21:22.359 --> 01:21:25.600 sit in for Brian Thomas, and I appreciate it. Do 1177 01:21:25.680 --> 01:21:27.680 you do the same thing with Kevin Gordon when he's here? 1178 01:21:28.479 --> 01:21:28.640 Oh? 1179 01:21:28.960 --> 01:21:37.079 Only me? How about that I'm special? That's Joe's Christmas 1180 01:21:37.159 --> 01:21:40.279 gift to me telling me I'm special. That's fantastic. But 1181 01:21:40.399 --> 01:21:42.680 I love I love being here on fifty five KRC. 1182 01:21:43.439 --> 01:21:45.640 I love the Brian Thomas audience. I look, I'm a 1183 01:21:45.720 --> 01:21:48.520 listener to myself when when I have the I don't 1184 01:21:48.560 --> 01:21:50.640 always have the opportunity to listen in the morning, but 1185 01:21:50.680 --> 01:21:53.520 when I do, I sound like, what's that? What's that 1186 01:21:53.600 --> 01:21:56.239 beer commercial? Stay thirsty my friends? 1187 01:21:57.560 --> 01:21:57.680 Right? 1188 01:21:57.760 --> 01:21:58.159 The what? 1189 01:21:58.359 --> 01:22:03.159 What? What did that guy die? That guy that made 1190 01:22:03.159 --> 01:22:05.840 the the Mexican I don't know if he's a Mexican 1191 01:22:05.920 --> 01:22:09.079 dude or what, but he uh, you know, he's the 1192 01:22:09.560 --> 01:22:11.279 older gentleman, distinguished looking. 1193 01:22:13.119 --> 01:22:13.239 Uh. 1194 01:22:13.640 --> 01:22:18.840 I know he's an actor, but uh, what's he say? 1195 01:22:19.600 --> 01:22:21.840 I don't always drink beer, but when I do, I 1196 01:22:21.960 --> 01:22:31.640 drink those sechis. Stay thirsty, my friends, oh Man, Matt Gates. 1197 01:22:31.720 --> 01:22:37.479 The report came out about Matt Gates yesterday, and uh, 1198 01:22:37.600 --> 01:22:41.039 it's it's pretty ugly. But I mean, really, when you 1199 01:22:41.199 --> 01:22:45.439 look at this, when you look at and I was 1200 01:22:45.520 --> 01:22:49.000 talking to my buddy James Bogan about this and he 1201 01:22:49.399 --> 01:22:52.520 and he made a good point. This is a This 1202 01:22:52.640 --> 01:22:55.199 is not a court of law. There really are no 1203 01:22:55.359 --> 01:23:02.279 standards when it comes to proof for evidence or cross 1204 01:23:02.399 --> 01:23:08.560 examining witnesses. So the House Ethics Committee can gather all 1205 01:23:08.680 --> 01:23:12.399 this evidence they want and then what their report said 1206 01:23:13.680 --> 01:23:16.479 didn't say he was guilty of it. They said they 1207 01:23:16.560 --> 01:23:22.199 found a lot of evidence that supports these allegations against 1208 01:23:22.279 --> 01:23:27.600 Matt Gates. So they gathered evidence that Matt Gates of 1209 01:23:27.600 --> 01:23:31.880 Florida paid multiple women for sex, including a seventeen year 1210 01:23:31.920 --> 01:23:36.880 old high school junior, used illegal drugs like cocaine and ecstasy, 1211 01:23:38.119 --> 01:23:42.680 and obstructed efforts by Congress to investigate his conduct. In 1212 01:23:42.800 --> 01:23:45.920 other words, it sounds like he does everything that your 1213 01:23:45.920 --> 01:23:50.479 average Democrat does. According to a draft of its findings 1214 01:23:53.119 --> 01:23:56.439 that just The News obtained, whether they got it before 1215 01:23:56.479 --> 01:24:01.239 the official release, but it all came out yesterday, here's 1216 01:24:01.279 --> 01:24:04.000 what they said. The committee determined there is a there 1217 01:24:04.119 --> 01:24:08.239 is substantial evidence that Representative Gates violated House rules and 1218 01:24:08.319 --> 01:24:15.520 other standards of conduct, prohibiting prostitution, statutory rape, illicit drug use, 1219 01:24:15.800 --> 01:24:21.760 impermissible gifts, special favors or privileges, and obstruction of Congress. 1220 01:24:24.439 --> 01:24:27.399 The draft report also said it did not find evidence 1221 01:24:27.479 --> 01:24:32.319 the Gates had engaged in sex trafficking, as some had 1222 01:24:32.359 --> 01:24:34.640 alleged that would. I guess that would be really bad 1223 01:24:36.439 --> 01:24:41.000 if he engaged in sex trafficking. That to me sounds 1224 01:24:41.640 --> 01:24:45.239 sounds like crossing a line there. And wasn't that what 1225 01:24:46.239 --> 01:24:48.680 the media was running wild with for a while there, 1226 01:24:48.760 --> 01:24:52.800 talking about, oh, well, Gates was, you know, pimping girls 1227 01:24:52.840 --> 01:24:55.439 out and running these sex rings and all this other stuff. 1228 01:24:57.239 --> 01:24:59.079 But they said they did not find evidence in that, 1229 01:25:00.720 --> 01:25:02.960 and Gates himself put out a statement a few days 1230 01:25:03.000 --> 01:25:07.800 ago talking about how, you know, he has not always 1231 01:25:07.840 --> 01:25:11.680 been the most upstanding person that in his younger days. 1232 01:25:11.720 --> 01:25:14.000 And I don't know how old Gates is. I guess 1233 01:25:14.039 --> 01:25:16.000 I could look that up, Joe, Can you look that 1234 01:25:16.079 --> 01:25:17.520 up and tell me how old Gates is right now? 1235 01:25:17.520 --> 01:25:21.199 I think he's maybe what mid forties, late forties something 1236 01:25:21.279 --> 01:25:24.960 like that, maybe early to mid forties, I don't know, 1237 01:25:25.640 --> 01:25:29.479 but this was he's forty two, early forties, so he 1238 01:25:29.680 --> 01:25:32.960 was in his younger days. Yeah, he admitted that he 1239 01:25:33.159 --> 01:25:37.840 was out running around living the single life, partying, hooking 1240 01:25:37.920 --> 01:25:42.960 up I guess, you know, with different apps and stuff 1241 01:25:43.039 --> 01:25:47.279 like that. He said. He admitted that he paid money 1242 01:25:47.319 --> 01:25:52.399 to some women that he liked. I don't know what 1243 01:25:52.920 --> 01:25:54.920 there's a there. I know I looked at the report 1244 01:25:55.039 --> 01:25:58.600 yesterday and there's a chart in there of some of 1245 01:25:58.640 --> 01:26:00.960 the money that he paid out to some of these women. 1246 01:26:03.000 --> 01:26:06.479 But again, there was no cross examination of these women 1247 01:26:06.560 --> 01:26:11.199 who gave their testimony to the committee. Let's see. Let's see. 1248 01:26:11.199 --> 01:26:14.039 The report lays out the sort of details of Gates's 1249 01:26:14.039 --> 01:26:18.279 alegedra ledged drug fueled partying with young women, based on 1250 01:26:18.359 --> 01:26:21.520 interviews with those women and eyewitnesses, but save some of 1251 01:26:21.560 --> 01:26:25.960 its harsish criticism for the former Florida Republican's refusal to 1252 01:26:26.079 --> 01:26:31.119 cooperate completely with the years long ethics inquiry. Why would you? 1253 01:26:31.279 --> 01:26:36.119 Why would you cooperate with such a thing? It's it's standard. 1254 01:26:36.159 --> 01:26:42.319 I mean again, I go back to brad Winstrop and 1255 01:26:42.720 --> 01:26:46.640 to my way of thinking. It's a little bit different 1256 01:26:46.840 --> 01:26:53.880 when you're looking at a government agency that has a 1257 01:26:54.039 --> 01:27:02.159 responsibility to preserve documents. It has responsibility to document what 1258 01:27:02.439 --> 01:27:09.800 it does because it's all it's all taxpayer funded research, 1259 01:27:09.920 --> 01:27:15.880 it's all taxpayer funded activity, it's taxpayer funded work product, 1260 01:27:17.720 --> 01:27:22.039 and those things must be preserved. Those at that evidence 1261 01:27:22.039 --> 01:27:27.079 should not be destroyed. And when you when I talked 1262 01:27:27.119 --> 01:27:32.119 to brad Winstrip, he talked about how documents were not 1263 01:27:32.319 --> 01:27:38.680 forthcoming from various government agencies, how they kept things, did 1264 01:27:38.720 --> 01:27:44.079 everything they could to keep things hidden. So when we're 1265 01:27:44.119 --> 01:27:47.119 talking about Matt Gates and what appears to have been 1266 01:27:47.239 --> 01:27:53.279 mostly private behavior, I didn't read all of the report yesterday, 1267 01:27:53.359 --> 01:27:58.439 but I really didn't see how all this private behavior 1268 01:27:58.479 --> 01:28:00.399 that he was gauging. And even though it was it 1269 01:28:00.479 --> 01:28:04.279 may have been poor behavior. I don't know that he 1270 01:28:04.399 --> 01:28:06.600 was doing on this, any of this on the on 1271 01:28:06.800 --> 01:28:13.239 his public on the public dime. So and maybe maybe 1272 01:28:13.399 --> 01:28:17.039 he was, I don't know if if if he was, 1273 01:28:17.159 --> 01:28:21.119 I didn't get to that part in the report. The 1274 01:28:21.239 --> 01:28:23.479 draft report A legends that he refused to comply with 1275 01:28:23.520 --> 01:28:29.960 a subpoena demanding an interview be sent only only partial 1276 01:28:31.199 --> 01:28:37.000 demanding an interview and sent only partial written answers, he 1277 01:28:37.119 --> 01:28:40.319 intentionally withheld information about his trip with women to the 1278 01:28:40.399 --> 01:28:43.800 Bahamas and the fact that he took a prohibited, free 1279 01:28:43.960 --> 01:28:49.199 private plane ride back. Oh my god, Matt Gates flew 1280 01:28:49.239 --> 01:28:52.560 on a private plane, Joe. Can you imagine such a 1281 01:28:52.640 --> 01:28:57.039 thing that a lawmaker in Congress would fly to the 1282 01:28:57.079 --> 01:29:01.199 Bahamas on a private plane. Oh my god. 1283 01:29:02.199 --> 01:29:02.479 It is. 1284 01:29:04.279 --> 01:29:09.239 The height of hypocrisy that some of these people in Congress, 1285 01:29:09.760 --> 01:29:12.800 now that this report is out, and I did not, 1286 01:29:13.000 --> 01:29:18.399 I honest, yesterday was a weird news. I watched a 1287 01:29:18.520 --> 01:29:22.920 lot less news yesterday than I normally watch because I'm 1288 01:29:23.000 --> 01:29:26.239 doing it in the afternoon show on seven hundred as well, 1289 01:29:26.319 --> 01:29:30.319 so I was busy with that. But I can only 1290 01:29:30.399 --> 01:29:34.159 imagine that you've got all kinds of Democrat representatives out 1291 01:29:34.199 --> 01:29:36.199 there who can't wait to get in front of a camera, 1292 01:29:36.359 --> 01:29:38.760 can't wait to get in front of a microphone and 1293 01:29:39.039 --> 01:29:42.920 condemn Matt Gates and talk about how bad it was 1294 01:29:43.079 --> 01:29:46.720 that Trump picked this guy to be the Attorney General 1295 01:29:46.760 --> 01:29:51.319 of the United States. And it is beyond it is 1296 01:29:51.760 --> 01:29:56.920 just beyond the height of hypocrisy for some of these, 1297 01:29:57.239 --> 01:30:02.720 especially Democrat representatives and members of Congress, to criticize and 1298 01:30:02.880 --> 01:30:07.960 condemn Matt Gates when the likelihood is very possible that 1299 01:30:08.119 --> 01:30:12.279 they have done if not the exact same thing, far worse, 1300 01:30:14.119 --> 01:30:21.359 far worse. And Matt Gates says he even said one 1301 01:30:21.439 --> 01:30:27.479 time that he would go back to Congress expose every 1302 01:30:27.600 --> 01:30:33.640 single one of members of Congress who have taken advantage 1303 01:30:33.680 --> 01:30:36.760 of the slush fund that's up there to pay people 1304 01:30:36.880 --> 01:30:41.279 off for these sexual harassment claims. And you know what 1305 01:30:41.359 --> 01:30:45.439 I'm talking about, how many millions of taxpayer dollars have 1306 01:30:45.560 --> 01:30:48.720 been spent to to settle these claims, to make them 1307 01:30:48.800 --> 01:30:53.479 go away. And you know, they've got carte blanche to 1308 01:30:54.640 --> 01:31:00.880 carry on as they see fit. So I'm certainly hoping 1309 01:31:00.920 --> 01:31:03.079 that a lot of these people tread carefully. And I 1310 01:31:03.159 --> 01:31:05.079 don't know how much of what kind of legs this 1311 01:31:05.239 --> 01:31:10.119 report is going to have. Yes, it's uh, I mean, 1312 01:31:10.199 --> 01:31:15.880 it's it's sallacious, all the stuff that's in there, talking 1313 01:31:15.880 --> 01:31:18.800 about hooking up with multiple women and you know, paying 1314 01:31:18.880 --> 01:31:22.600 for the partying and paying for drug sex and rock 1315 01:31:22.640 --> 01:31:24.399 and rolls and so like, it's like a weekend at 1316 01:31:24.439 --> 01:31:30.359 the Clinton's. So the Matt Gates report is out there, 1317 01:31:30.399 --> 01:31:33.000 it's there for everyone to read. He's defending himself saying, 1318 01:31:33.479 --> 01:31:35.439 you know, he didn't do some of the worst stuff. 1319 01:31:35.439 --> 01:31:39.479 He's owning some of it. Then yeah, I had some 1320 01:31:39.600 --> 01:31:43.560 poor behavior, but uh, not all of it. And it 1321 01:31:43.680 --> 01:31:45.439 goes on and on and on. I mean they, I mean, 1322 01:31:45.640 --> 01:31:47.479 they've got a lot of evidence that he did this stuff. 1323 01:31:48.119 --> 01:31:51.960 But in the long run, it doesn't really matter. The 1324 01:31:52.079 --> 01:31:54.640 drugs and all that stuff, that that stuff should not happen. 1325 01:31:55.479 --> 01:31:57.720 But for these people, of these members of Congress to 1326 01:31:59.319 --> 01:32:04.199 try and point the finger of blaming him for partying 1327 01:32:04.239 --> 01:32:07.000 with young women, doing some drugs, flying on a private 1328 01:32:07.119 --> 01:32:12.600 jet somewhere, No, that doesn't hold water with me, and 1329 01:32:12.680 --> 01:32:15.279 I suspect most of you either. Five point three, seven, 1330 01:32:15.319 --> 01:32:17.880 four nine, fifty five hundred if you want to get 1331 01:32:17.920 --> 01:32:19.880 on board, those aren't the numbers to call on this 1332 01:32:20.039 --> 01:32:23.439 Christmas Eve. Dan Carol for Brian Thomas, fifty five KRCV 1333 01:32:23.600 --> 01:32:28.159 talk station, the New d nine First Warning weather forecast 1334 01:32:28.279 --> 01:32:30.880 not as cold today, It's going to be mild, the cloudy, 1335 01:32:30.920 --> 01:32:35.159 a high of forty five, some showers possible tonight on 1336 01:32:35.319 --> 01:32:38.159 this Christmas Eve night heading into Christmas Day, the overnight 1337 01:32:38.239 --> 01:32:42.920 low only thirty six. Santa has no snow for his slay. 1338 01:32:44.199 --> 01:32:46.560 How will he deliver the giddies? How will he deliver 1339 01:32:46.680 --> 01:32:49.119 the presence? I used to worry about that when I 1340 01:32:49.239 --> 01:32:52.800 was a kid. Christmas Day scattered rain shower is going 1341 01:32:52.880 --> 01:32:55.600 to be warm a high of forty eight, and the 1342 01:32:55.680 --> 01:32:58.880 showers continue overnight intwo Thursday, when it will be mostly 1343 01:32:58.920 --> 01:33:02.479 cloudy in a high a fifty six forty four At 1344 01:33:02.560 --> 01:33:04.600 fifty five KRCV talk. 1345 01:33:04.479 --> 01:33:08.000 Station from the UCUT Traffic Center with U see health 1346 01:33:08.079 --> 01:33:11.079 The future of care is happening now through twenty court 1347 01:33:11.079 --> 01:33:13.680 trials and innovative treatments that give patients a chance for 1348 01:33:13.840 --> 01:33:14.600 better outcomes. 1349 01:33:14.680 --> 01:33:16.279 Visit ucehealth dot com. 1350 01:33:16.720 --> 01:33:19.680 Highways continue to look good on this Christmas Eve morning, 1351 01:33:19.840 --> 01:33:22.279 expected to be a little bit lighter. It certainly is 1352 01:33:22.800 --> 01:33:25.439 southbound seventy one not a problem at all. Another twenty 1353 01:33:25.479 --> 01:33:29.279 minutes from a bud Field turtle through downtown northbound seventy 1354 01:33:29.359 --> 01:33:32.359 five and northbound four seventy one problem free. Same for 1355 01:33:32.479 --> 01:33:35.399 two seventy five at the airport chuck Ingram on fifty 1356 01:33:35.439 --> 01:33:37.000 five KR see the talk station. 1357 01:33:43.880 --> 01:33:51.039 Good King winsors l sloped down vast of steam where 1358 01:33:51.159 --> 01:33:58.319 the snow lay around about deepen Chrispendyn bride Lease showing 1359 01:33:58.520 --> 01:34:04.520 them moon that night the frost was crew when a 1360 01:34:04.720 --> 01:34:09.199 poor man came in sat gathering went a few. 1361 01:34:12.720 --> 01:34:16.199 No one can do it like melturmet pe and stand 1362 01:34:16.359 --> 01:34:16.680 by me. 1363 01:34:19.159 --> 01:34:22.039 Tell him now, you talk about a guy that Peasant 1364 01:34:22.840 --> 01:34:26.720 not only could do it with the vocals, but Joe, 1365 01:34:26.840 --> 01:34:29.000 do you know this guy was just awesome on the 1366 01:34:29.079 --> 01:34:29.560 drums too. 1367 01:34:31.279 --> 01:34:34.439 There's there's videos out there you can find a Melturmee 1368 01:34:34.520 --> 01:34:37.479 and you know he's doing one of his live shows, 1369 01:34:39.119 --> 01:34:40.960 does a couple of songs where he jumps up on 1370 01:34:41.039 --> 01:34:45.680 the skins and just just hairs it up. But Melturmey 1371 01:34:45.840 --> 01:34:49.239 one of the all time greats. This story about Kay 1372 01:34:49.279 --> 01:34:53.640 Granger House of Representatives, a member of Congress from Texas, 1373 01:34:54.880 --> 01:34:58.039 eighty one years old. Elected to the House in nineteen 1374 01:34:58.159 --> 01:35:01.199 sixty six. He was the the mayor of Fort Worth 1375 01:35:02.800 --> 01:35:08.279 before becoming Before getting elected to Congress, it turns out 1376 01:35:08.359 --> 01:35:12.760 that she has been missing from Washington for six months. 1377 01:35:14.319 --> 01:35:19.800 Six months, hasn't cast a vote in DC. Her absence 1378 01:35:19.840 --> 01:35:23.680 had generated great concern in her district, which is the 1379 01:35:23.880 --> 01:35:33.279 Dallas Fort Worth metropolitan area, and apparently her staff and 1380 01:35:33.439 --> 01:35:37.960 her son had been running cover for her as she 1381 01:35:38.159 --> 01:35:44.039 was absent from Congress for six months, and finally a 1382 01:35:44.159 --> 01:35:48.279 reporter at the Dalex Express got a tip and found 1383 01:35:48.319 --> 01:35:52.239 her living at a memory care facility eighty one years old. 1384 01:35:53.600 --> 01:35:56.159 Apparently they put her in there after she'd been found 1385 01:35:56.279 --> 01:36:02.239 wandering through the neighborhood lost and confused. But how do 1386 01:36:02.359 --> 01:36:04.479 you go, Joe, how do how can you be absent 1387 01:36:04.640 --> 01:36:09.159 six months? And and no one, no one notices, no 1388 01:36:09.239 --> 01:36:15.920 one says anything. Only in Congress. But uh yeah, that's 1389 01:36:15.920 --> 01:36:20.680 a that's a very strange story. That's uh kay Granger. 1390 01:36:23.640 --> 01:36:28.079 It I mean, I mean, she seems like she's a Republican, 1391 01:36:28.199 --> 01:36:29.880 seems like a good woman. I don't know that much 1392 01:36:29.880 --> 01:36:34.960 about her, but the notion that and especially with when 1393 01:36:35.000 --> 01:36:39.000 you look at the slim majorities that the Republicans had 1394 01:36:39.079 --> 01:36:45.159 in the House, trying to uh hold off the nuttiness 1395 01:36:45.239 --> 01:36:50.439 and the nonsense of the Democrats. Her son told The 1396 01:36:50.600 --> 01:36:57.119 New York Post that, uh he said that the whole 1397 01:36:57.159 --> 01:37:00.640 thing was a load of bs. That she moved into 1398 01:37:00.680 --> 01:37:04.159 a condo and an independent living community because she was 1399 01:37:04.239 --> 01:37:09.880 getting bored and lonely at her Fort Worth apartment. The 1400 01:37:10.000 --> 01:37:13.760 sources close to Granger, including her son, her current spokesperson 1401 01:37:13.840 --> 01:37:16.239 another source familiar, have denied to the Post that she's 1402 01:37:16.279 --> 01:37:18.800 living in a memory care unit. But that's where they 1403 01:37:18.880 --> 01:37:26.000 found her. So this is a woman that obviously needs help, 1404 01:37:28.119 --> 01:37:31.119 and it shouldn't have I just don't think that six 1405 01:37:31.239 --> 01:37:35.560 months should have elapsed where she is. She's not at 1406 01:37:35.600 --> 01:37:40.359 the office, not going to committee meetings, not showing up 1407 01:37:40.439 --> 01:37:45.479 for votes before someone does something and finds out what 1408 01:37:45.600 --> 01:37:49.640 the heck is going on. Just a little human decency. 1409 01:37:52.159 --> 01:37:55.159 So we'll see how that story plays out. But got 1410 01:37:55.279 --> 01:37:57.640 to wish her all the best. Tough time for her 1411 01:37:57.720 --> 01:38:01.960 and her family, But six months and no one says anything. 1412 01:38:02.680 --> 01:38:04.079 We got to get to a break. And then after 1413 01:38:04.119 --> 01:38:05.960 the break, my buddy Jim Serger is going to be 1414 01:38:06.079 --> 01:38:09.680 here talk about his latest book and talk about the season, 1415 01:38:09.720 --> 01:38:12.600 and we'll we'll just have a nice conversation. So I'm 1416 01:38:12.640 --> 01:38:15.039 looking forward to that. As we roll on till nine 1417 01:38:15.039 --> 01:38:18.399 o'clock this morning, Dan Carroll for Brian Thomas, fifty five 1418 01:38:18.520 --> 01:38:24.439 KRCD Talk Station D nine first morning weather forecast. It 1419 01:38:24.560 --> 01:38:28.880 is going to be mild today, cloudy, a high of 1420 01:38:29.000 --> 01:38:32.159 forty five, maybe a few rain showers moving in tonight 1421 01:38:32.199 --> 01:38:36.159 the other night low thirty six. Christmas Day will be cloudy, 1422 01:38:36.479 --> 01:38:40.000 maybe some scattered rain, a high of forty eight. Rain 1423 01:38:40.039 --> 01:38:44.239 showers continue from Christmas Day into Thursday, where it's going 1424 01:38:44.319 --> 01:38:46.680 to be overcast and cloudy a high of fifty six. 1425 01:38:46.800 --> 01:38:50.439 It is forty two at fifty five KRCD talk station 1426 01:38:50.960 --> 01:38:53.680 from the UCUT Traffic Center with uc Health. The future 1427 01:38:53.680 --> 01:38:56.279 of care is happening now through clinical trials and innovative 1428 01:38:56.279 --> 01:38:59.119 treatments that give patients and chance for better outcomes. 1429 01:38:59.279 --> 01:39:02.479 Visit you see health dot com. Hi waste not bad 1430 01:39:02.560 --> 01:39:02.960 at all to. 1431 01:39:03.039 --> 01:39:06.399 Deal with for your Christmas Eve morning commute North Found 1432 01:39:06.439 --> 01:39:09.800 four seventy one, under five minutes to seventy five into 1433 01:39:10.039 --> 01:39:13.319 downtown East Found seventy four. Not a problem either. Coming 1434 01:39:13.399 --> 01:39:16.439 down the hill from North Bend, that's under five minutes. 1435 01:39:16.800 --> 01:39:19.720 Chucking Bram, I'm fifty five krs. The talk station. 1436 01:39:37.680 --> 01:39:40.760 Hark how the bell, sweet silver bells all seem to say, 1437 01:39:40.880 --> 01:39:44.159 throw cares away, Christmas is here, bringing a jeer to 1438 01:39:44.520 --> 01:39:45.800 young and old Mike. 1439 01:39:45.680 --> 01:39:46.279 And the ball. 1440 01:39:47.319 --> 01:39:49.640 That's Dina Carter Carrol of the Bells, one of my 1441 01:39:49.760 --> 01:39:50.760 all time favorites. 1442 01:39:52.199 --> 01:39:56.119 Just a great arrangement of this song, Dean dunding Don, 1443 01:39:56.279 --> 01:39:58.359 that is our song with joyful ring. 1444 01:39:58.560 --> 01:40:02.720 Oh Caroline, once do your words of good year FuMB everywhere. 1445 01:40:05.199 --> 01:40:07.159 I don't know what it is about country artists when 1446 01:40:07.239 --> 01:40:12.920 they a lot of country artists when they do Christmas albums, 1447 01:40:14.000 --> 01:40:16.680 and it just seems that when these country artists do it, 1448 01:40:17.520 --> 01:40:20.319 I mean they always go the extra mile. I mean 1449 01:40:20.399 --> 01:40:25.239 the arrangements and the musicianship and everything else is just great. 1450 01:40:25.279 --> 01:40:27.920 So I love that stuff, and that's on my list 1451 01:40:28.000 --> 01:40:32.239 of all time favorite Christmas songs. And one of my 1452 01:40:32.399 --> 01:40:35.119 favorite guys to talk to, not just Christmas time, but 1453 01:40:35.119 --> 01:40:39.359 any time of the year is Jim Serger. A local guy. 1454 01:40:39.479 --> 01:40:42.600 I mean, he's done so much in life and now 1455 01:40:42.680 --> 01:40:46.039 he's living the dream, writing books and all the rest 1456 01:40:46.079 --> 01:40:48.680 of it. Had him on when his book Jump came out, 1457 01:40:49.560 --> 01:40:51.359 I believe that was in the summertime, and now his 1458 01:40:51.479 --> 01:40:53.960 latest book is nine to eleven, A Time to Always Remember, 1459 01:40:54.119 --> 01:40:57.359 Bond of Firefighters. And Jim Serger, it's great to talk 1460 01:40:57.439 --> 01:41:00.520 to you. Merry Christmas and welcome to fifty five KRC. 1461 01:41:00.680 --> 01:41:01.640 How are you doing this morning? 1462 01:41:02.479 --> 01:41:05.239 Good morning, Dan, Married Christmas to you as well. Thanks 1463 01:41:05.239 --> 01:41:07.680 for having me on today. I'm the Christmas Eve. 1464 01:41:08.000 --> 01:41:12.079 Yeah. Great time of the year, it certainly is. And 1465 01:41:13.000 --> 01:41:17.000 I've been reading. Every once in a while I'll catch 1466 01:41:17.039 --> 01:41:20.159 a review of someone who has had a chance to 1467 01:41:20.279 --> 01:41:22.920 read your book. Nine to eleven a time to always 1468 01:41:23.000 --> 01:41:28.560 remember bond of firefighters. And I'm seeing different firefighting organizations, 1469 01:41:29.239 --> 01:41:33.399 different firefighting fraternities, people who are involved in the business 1470 01:41:33.520 --> 01:41:37.920 talk about how meaningful this book has really become to them. 1471 01:41:37.960 --> 01:41:43.159 So congratulations on this book. Yeah, this book is good. 1472 01:41:43.439 --> 01:41:45.479 You've got a lot of great books, but this one. 1473 01:41:46.399 --> 01:41:48.920 It seems to me anyway that this one's got to 1474 01:41:49.000 --> 01:41:50.479 be taking a special place for you. 1475 01:41:51.760 --> 01:41:55.880 Yes, sir, you know of the Royaltiece goes the tunnel 1476 01:41:55.920 --> 01:41:59.760 to Towers, which is an amazing foundation. So I'm not 1477 01:42:00.239 --> 01:42:03.800 for the money. This is for following veterans, first responders, 1478 01:42:04.000 --> 01:42:07.199 injured veterans, so all of this goes to help them out, 1479 01:42:07.680 --> 01:42:10.840 and just firefighters all across the United States sharing their 1480 01:42:10.920 --> 01:42:14.279 personal nine to eleven story, how they dropped everything from 1481 01:42:14.359 --> 01:42:17.920 California to hear in Cincinnati to Florida and headed up 1482 01:42:17.920 --> 01:42:21.319 to Manhattan to render their services because a fallen brother 1483 01:42:21.479 --> 01:42:24.479 or a sister. They're there. They took off. Some of 1484 01:42:24.520 --> 01:42:28.000 them didn't even ask for permission to go. They detected 1485 01:42:28.199 --> 01:42:30.920 or called their chief and said I'm headed up. So 1486 01:42:31.640 --> 01:42:34.439 it was a very heartfelt book. A lot of personal 1487 01:42:34.640 --> 01:42:38.800 stories I made it in there, just heartwarming, gut wrenching. 1488 01:42:39.279 --> 01:42:42.640 It's a horrific day. But the silver lining is America 1489 01:42:43.039 --> 01:42:46.279 was united and united. And that's that's what the book about, 1490 01:42:46.399 --> 01:42:50.159 is the American spirit, how powerful it is when a 1491 01:42:50.239 --> 01:42:52.840 crisis happens. We're there to help each other out. 1492 01:42:54.079 --> 01:42:56.560 Tell me about your connection with Tunnel to Towers. Tell 1493 01:42:56.600 --> 01:42:59.359 me how that came about, how you got hooked up 1494 01:42:59.359 --> 01:42:59.640 with them. 1495 01:43:00.680 --> 01:43:02.800 Well, you see them on Fox News all the time, 1496 01:43:02.920 --> 01:43:05.199 and now they're hitting all the other mainstream media's as 1497 01:43:05.239 --> 01:43:07.840 well currently. And about three or four years ago, I 1498 01:43:07.960 --> 01:43:12.439 kept seeing the time nine to eleven and through almost 1499 01:43:12.520 --> 01:43:16.520 twenty four years ago. Now Tunnel to Towers correlates with 1500 01:43:16.840 --> 01:43:19.640 nine to eleven. Frank Filler and all of them up 1501 01:43:19.680 --> 01:43:22.520 there are doing a terrific job. So I said to 1502 01:43:22.640 --> 01:43:24.840 my wife, I said, nine to eleven is a message 1503 01:43:24.840 --> 01:43:27.880 that I'm receiving, So let's give it back to those 1504 01:43:27.960 --> 01:43:30.119 that are giving one hundred percent effort up there at 1505 01:43:30.119 --> 01:43:32.640 the World Trade there. And then it led into now 1506 01:43:32.680 --> 01:43:37.000 they're building veterans villages down in Phoenix, down in Florida, 1507 01:43:37.319 --> 01:43:40.880 So it's not just for fallen firefighters anymore. So I 1508 01:43:40.960 --> 01:43:43.159 love it. And I was in the Navy, and I 1509 01:43:43.239 --> 01:43:45.439 have a lot of military friends, and I have friends 1510 01:43:45.439 --> 01:43:49.239 that are firefighters, so I've seen the benefit of tunnel 1511 01:43:49.279 --> 01:43:52.439 to towers firsthand. So why not give back. 1512 01:43:52.840 --> 01:43:56.960 No, it's a beautiful thing. And I think people can 1513 01:43:57.039 --> 01:44:00.560 look at your example, Jim Serger, and learn from that 1514 01:44:01.119 --> 01:44:05.279 and and really that when you talk about things that 1515 01:44:05.399 --> 01:44:08.600 are fulfilling in life, these are the kind of things 1516 01:44:08.680 --> 01:44:11.840 that people do that you really get a lot of 1517 01:44:11.880 --> 01:44:14.960 mileage out of. And I think when people look at 1518 01:44:15.520 --> 01:44:18.239 what you're doing with this particular book and in this effort, 1519 01:44:18.600 --> 01:44:21.079 I think they can be inspired too to do things 1520 01:44:21.119 --> 01:44:23.119 in their own life that they find out. 1521 01:44:23.119 --> 01:44:28.199 I meaning absolutely, just the smallest good intention goes a 1522 01:44:28.319 --> 01:44:31.920 long way. It really does. It's just amazing how it 1523 01:44:32.039 --> 01:44:34.760 makes one myself feel and then when others are a 1524 01:44:34.840 --> 01:44:37.239 part of this book, it makes them feel good too. 1525 01:44:37.800 --> 01:44:40.760 It's just very warming. It's just the American spirit. I mean, 1526 01:44:40.800 --> 01:44:42.760 I sound like a broken record, but that's really it. 1527 01:44:43.000 --> 01:44:45.800 I mean, we're all feathered together in this how do 1528 01:44:45.920 --> 01:44:47.640 we help each other out? And here we are in 1529 01:44:47.680 --> 01:44:50.479 the middle of the Christmas season and people are always 1530 01:44:50.479 --> 01:44:53.000 looking for a way to give back. You know, to 1531 01:44:53.079 --> 01:44:55.800 towers as a foundation for eleven hours a month all 1532 01:44:55.880 --> 01:44:59.680 year round, correlates eleven to nine to eleven. So just 1533 01:44:59.760 --> 01:45:03.960 some very very minute goes a long way us. 1534 01:45:03.880 --> 01:45:08.039 So much it all comes together. We were texting a 1535 01:45:08.079 --> 01:45:10.600 little bit yesterday and you brought up the subject of 1536 01:45:10.680 --> 01:45:14.039 Christmas cards, and I have a question for you along 1537 01:45:14.119 --> 01:45:16.359 those lines, but we got to get to a quick 1538 01:45:16.399 --> 01:45:17.960 break right here, so I'm going to ask you that 1539 01:45:18.119 --> 01:45:20.680 question on the other side of this as we will 1540 01:45:20.760 --> 01:45:24.560 continue on with Jim Serger, author of nine to eleven, 1541 01:45:24.600 --> 01:45:26.880 A Time to Always Remember, and really a whole bunch 1542 01:45:27.239 --> 01:45:29.319 of other great books, and we'll touch on some of 1543 01:45:29.359 --> 01:45:32.159 those as we continue on. Dan Carroll with Brian Thomas 1544 01:45:32.279 --> 01:45:36.239 or for Brian Thomas with Jim Serger on fifty five KRC, 1545 01:45:36.359 --> 01:45:41.640 the talk station Run a Business. Been my first wanting forecast. 1546 01:45:42.239 --> 01:45:44.640 Not as cold today. It's going to be mild, under 1547 01:45:44.680 --> 01:45:47.319 cloudy skies, a high today of forty five. It'll be 1548 01:45:47.359 --> 01:45:51.279 cloudy with some possible rang showers tonight heading into Christmas Day, 1549 01:45:51.880 --> 01:45:54.560 scattered rain likely. On Christmas Day it'll be warm with 1550 01:45:54.640 --> 01:45:57.439 a high of forty eight, and then Thursday mostly cloudy, 1551 01:45:57.479 --> 01:46:01.960 a high of fifty six fifty six. 1552 01:46:02.079 --> 01:46:05.159 For Thursday of the day after Christmas, it is forty 1553 01:46:05.399 --> 01:46:08.880 two at fifty five krs. The talks day from the 1554 01:46:09.000 --> 01:46:11.359 UCL Traffic Center with U see health The future of 1555 01:46:11.399 --> 01:46:14.279 care is happening now through clinical trials and innovative treatments 1556 01:46:14.359 --> 01:46:16.760 and give patients a chance for better outcomes. 1557 01:46:16.920 --> 01:46:18.680 Visit ucehealth dot com. 1558 01:46:19.119 --> 01:46:21.600 Highways not bad at all to deal with for your 1559 01:46:21.720 --> 01:46:25.239 Christmas Eve morning commute north found four seventy one's under 1560 01:46:25.279 --> 01:46:29.720 five minutes. Two seventy five into downtown eastbound seventy four 1561 01:46:29.880 --> 01:46:32.319 not a problem either. Coming down the hill from North Bend, 1562 01:46:32.720 --> 01:46:35.960 that's under five minutes. Chuck ing from on fifty five krs. 1563 01:46:36.159 --> 01:46:37.319 The talk station. 1564 01:46:49.680 --> 01:46:56.079 Slave BILSI I listening in the lane snow is listening 1565 01:46:57.239 --> 01:46:58.319 beautiful sights. 1566 01:46:58.720 --> 01:46:59.920 We're happy to now. 1567 01:47:03.720 --> 01:47:06.840 On this Tuesday morning, Christmas Eve, Happy Christmas Eve. 1568 01:47:08.920 --> 01:47:12.279 We're continuing our conversation with Jim an author. Jim. Does 1569 01:47:12.319 --> 01:47:14.800 the Christmas music get you in the mood? Does it? 1570 01:47:15.880 --> 01:47:22.640 Bum Boy Bother Joe Joe, Look that one up, look 1571 01:47:22.720 --> 01:47:25.439 that one up at the at the behest to Jim 1572 01:47:25.520 --> 01:47:27.760 Serger will roll a little bit of that out of it. 1573 01:47:28.000 --> 01:47:30.199 If we if we get a chance. We were talking 1574 01:47:30.279 --> 01:47:33.000 yesterday about Christmas cards and I was thinking to myself, 1575 01:47:33.399 --> 01:47:36.800 you know what, someone has to write Christmas cards. And 1576 01:47:37.079 --> 01:47:39.920 Jim Serger is an author, he's a writer. Could you 1577 01:47:39.960 --> 01:47:41.319 write a Christmas card if you had to? 1578 01:47:42.600 --> 01:47:42.720 Oh? 1579 01:47:42.840 --> 01:47:44.800 Yes, sir, have you done it? 1580 01:47:46.239 --> 01:47:46.279 No? 1581 01:47:46.640 --> 01:47:49.079 But I love sending out Christmas cards? Yeah? 1582 01:47:49.920 --> 01:47:52.399 Do you write? Indeed, do you send? And do you 1583 01:47:52.479 --> 01:47:54.199 send the ones out with the picture of the family 1584 01:47:54.279 --> 01:47:54.600 and all that? 1585 01:47:54.760 --> 01:47:59.439 And absolutely I think the Christmas tree, Yeah. 1586 01:47:59.279 --> 01:48:01.439 I think I actually have your Christmas cards. 1587 01:48:03.560 --> 01:48:06.920 That you know what about yourself? Do you send out 1588 01:48:07.000 --> 01:48:08.239 Christmas cards? You know what? 1589 01:48:08.720 --> 01:48:11.279 I let my wife take care of that. And for 1590 01:48:11.439 --> 01:48:15.319 some reason, and I don't know why, we're more traditional 1591 01:48:15.840 --> 01:48:18.600 and we like the Christmas cards and I read them 1592 01:48:19.279 --> 01:48:20.960 and I like, you know, I like the ones with 1593 01:48:21.039 --> 01:48:24.239 the illustrations and the nice sayings on it and stuff 1594 01:48:24.359 --> 01:48:27.680 like that. Are the Christmas card companies just letting the 1595 01:48:27.720 --> 01:48:28.359 AI do that? 1596 01:48:28.479 --> 01:48:28.600 Now? 1597 01:48:28.720 --> 01:48:29.039 You think? 1598 01:48:30.439 --> 01:48:32.760 No, I think there's somebody still behind that. Now they 1599 01:48:32.880 --> 01:48:35.920 might be auto. They might correct it. You just type 1600 01:48:35.960 --> 01:48:37.960 in a couple of words and type in Christmas card 1601 01:48:38.039 --> 01:48:39.800 and AI can you know generate it? 1602 01:48:39.960 --> 01:48:41.800 Like two tenths of a second Frank. 1603 01:48:41.920 --> 01:48:44.119 But I still think there's a lot of love and 1604 01:48:44.279 --> 01:48:49.760 passion still behind Christmas cards. People love Christmas, and we're 1605 01:48:49.760 --> 01:48:52.000 getting farther and farther away from that. My parents are 1606 01:48:52.039 --> 01:48:55.520 both passed away. They were baby boomers, but both of 1607 01:48:55.600 --> 01:48:59.920 my parents loved receiving Christmas cards and sending them out. 1608 01:49:00.600 --> 01:49:02.560 And I remember as a little kid running out to 1609 01:49:02.640 --> 01:49:06.039 the mailbox and there's a Christmas card from Grandma and Grandpa, 1610 01:49:06.600 --> 01:49:08.880 Uncle Frank. You know, goes on and on and on, 1611 01:49:09.520 --> 01:49:14.079 and I love that about Christmas. So I thoroughly enjoy 1612 01:49:14.680 --> 01:49:17.520 sending out Christmas cards. I think it's just absolutely a 1613 01:49:17.560 --> 01:49:22.000 tradition we cannot lose. It's like a fruitcake. I get 1614 01:49:22.039 --> 01:49:23.119 a fruitcake every year. 1615 01:49:23.199 --> 01:49:24.399 I love fruitcake. 1616 01:49:25.199 --> 01:49:26.600 You know, it's the same thing. 1617 01:49:28.359 --> 01:49:31.920 It's it's amazing how much how much tradition means in 1618 01:49:32.000 --> 01:49:34.920 our life. I was I was having a conversation with 1619 01:49:35.039 --> 01:49:37.840 a guy earlier this year. We were at an event 1620 01:49:37.960 --> 01:49:41.680 and and he was in the insurance business, and and 1621 01:49:41.800 --> 01:49:44.960 he was and somehow we got onto talking about artificial 1622 01:49:45.039 --> 01:49:49.279 intelligence AI. And he was talking about how, you know, 1623 01:49:49.520 --> 01:49:53.199 how how I and I'm still and maybe it's just 1624 01:49:53.319 --> 01:49:57.800 me and maybe I'm unnecessarily thinking about this, but I'm 1625 01:49:57.840 --> 01:50:01.279 still wary of AI. I feel like I don't want 1626 01:50:01.319 --> 01:50:04.079 to cross that. I don't want to cross that threshold. 1627 01:50:04.119 --> 01:50:07.279 I have not relied on artificial intelligence for anything that 1628 01:50:07.399 --> 01:50:10.479 I do, although I suppose I could for show prep 1629 01:50:10.560 --> 01:50:13.159 and other things like that getting ready for the radio. 1630 01:50:13.600 --> 01:50:15.960 But to my way of thinking, it's like it's like 1631 01:50:16.119 --> 01:50:19.000 coloring your hair. Right, if you've crossed that line one 1632 01:50:19.079 --> 01:50:20.439 time where you've got to get rid of some of 1633 01:50:20.479 --> 01:50:23.520 the gray, you know, whatever it is, you sort of 1634 01:50:23.600 --> 01:50:26.319 never come back for that. What is it for you? 1635 01:50:27.680 --> 01:50:30.479 Do you would? When you're writing books and researching and 1636 01:50:30.520 --> 01:50:33.159 doing things like that, Maybe you use it. Maybe I 1637 01:50:33.199 --> 01:50:36.720 don't know, Maybe you use artificial intelligence, But what's it 1638 01:50:36.840 --> 01:50:38.520 like for you dealing with those sorts of issues. 1639 01:50:39.520 --> 01:50:43.199 I have never used artificial intelligence. I would rather somebody 1640 01:50:43.359 --> 01:50:46.479 catch a mistake knowing that I misspelled a word or 1641 01:50:48.520 --> 01:50:53.079 had a sentence fragment, versus having an AI generated form. 1642 01:50:53.199 --> 01:50:53.399 Yeah. 1643 01:50:53.720 --> 01:50:56.279 I had a very good friend of mine, author of 1644 01:50:56.640 --> 01:50:59.199 about one hundred and fifty books, named Jim Denny He 1645 01:50:59.359 --> 01:51:02.920 out of californ He wrote a book using AI. He 1646 01:51:03.039 --> 01:51:05.479 put ten words in there, said it needed to be 1647 01:51:05.600 --> 01:51:09.119 two hundred pages long and needed to be sixty thousand words, 1648 01:51:09.399 --> 01:51:12.119 and it generated it in thirty three seconds. 1649 01:51:12.239 --> 01:51:16.800 My god, entire book out excuse me, an entire book, 1650 01:51:16.840 --> 01:51:17.920 two hundred pages. 1651 01:51:18.199 --> 01:51:21.239 An entire book. And then he put that out there 1652 01:51:21.399 --> 01:51:24.680 for sale, and he circled everything that the AI made 1653 01:51:24.760 --> 01:51:29.399 mistakes on. So it's based on information uploaded that the 1654 01:51:29.479 --> 01:51:32.279 AI created the book on. And there were so many mistakes, 1655 01:51:32.319 --> 01:51:34.720 and he published the book to prove to everybody that 1656 01:51:34.960 --> 01:51:38.479 just because it's AI is not one hundred percent guaranteed 1657 01:51:39.079 --> 01:51:45.800 correct because they misspelled words, fractions, everything else were all 1658 01:51:46.000 --> 01:51:49.720 over the place. And footnotes were wrong because they actually 1659 01:51:50.239 --> 01:51:53.800 footnoted an article that was they found obsolete. So had 1660 01:51:54.439 --> 01:51:58.680 Jim done the research himself, it would all been perfectly fine. 1661 01:51:59.399 --> 01:52:02.800 So if that starts to happen, people are really really 1662 01:52:02.920 --> 01:52:05.159 going to find out, Wow, this is not legit. 1663 01:52:05.039 --> 01:52:05.600 This is AI. 1664 01:52:06.560 --> 01:52:09.960 This is AI, absolutely, and he proves the point, and 1665 01:52:10.279 --> 01:52:12.960 you know, yeah, I hope people are listening to this 1666 01:52:13.079 --> 01:52:15.640 because we we we shouldn't just run blindly, you know, 1667 01:52:15.760 --> 01:52:19.840 rush blindly head on into into these things. And hey, 1668 01:52:20.119 --> 01:52:23.840 I'm not I'm not criticizing anyone who does, but I'm 1669 01:52:23.880 --> 01:52:27.000 just thinking for my own purposes and uh, you know, 1670 01:52:27.119 --> 01:52:31.920 for purposes of being authentic, being your real self. You know, 1671 01:52:32.039 --> 01:52:34.279 don't turn that over to a computer. Don't turn that 1672 01:52:34.359 --> 01:52:37.279 over to someone else's way of thinking. Who creates? Because 1673 01:52:37.640 --> 01:52:40.880 I mean, to my way of thinking, that's really what 1674 01:52:41.039 --> 01:52:45.479 it is. The the whatever that artificial intelligence is, is 1675 01:52:45.640 --> 01:52:49.680 going to be a reflection somehow of the person that 1676 01:52:49.800 --> 01:52:50.239 created it. 1677 01:52:51.880 --> 01:52:55.319 Really, it can't be helped, can no, sir, Because I 1678 01:52:55.399 --> 01:52:57.920 think that everybody knows how everybody speaks, to begin with, 1679 01:52:58.439 --> 01:53:01.279 everybody understands how somebody says as an email, to begin with, 1680 01:53:01.680 --> 01:53:04.319 all of a sudden that transitions over to this is 1681 01:53:04.399 --> 01:53:07.600 one hundred percent words that a wordsmith doesn't even understand. 1682 01:53:08.119 --> 01:53:10.439 I think that their people will catch on very quickly 1683 01:53:10.600 --> 01:53:14.640 that this is not one genuine from the source, because 1684 01:53:15.239 --> 01:53:17.239 if the guy or the girl never spoke that way 1685 01:53:17.319 --> 01:53:20.239 to begin with, all of a sudden, they're sending out 1686 01:53:20.319 --> 01:53:24.920 these very very long, in depth, massive words. They're like, 1687 01:53:25.039 --> 01:53:26.119 where'd you come. 1688 01:53:26.039 --> 01:53:26.359 Up with that? 1689 01:53:29.560 --> 01:53:32.640 Jim? Can you hang around for one more segment? Yes, sir, 1690 01:53:32.720 --> 01:53:34.800 all right, stay right there. We'll get we'll get a 1691 01:53:34.880 --> 01:53:37.720 quick update on traffic and weather, and then We'll continue 1692 01:53:37.760 --> 01:53:40.640 on with Jim Serger on fifty five KRCV talk stations. 1693 01:53:42.119 --> 01:53:44.680 The n first warning forecast. It's going to be mild 1694 01:53:44.720 --> 01:53:47.039 today under cloudy sky is a high of forty five, 1695 01:53:47.159 --> 01:53:50.399 some showers tonight heading into Christmas Day where we could 1696 01:53:50.399 --> 01:53:52.800 see some scattered rain showers on Christmas Day in a 1697 01:53:52.920 --> 01:53:55.520 high of forty eight. It is forty two at fifty 1698 01:53:55.560 --> 01:53:59.680 five KRCV talk station from the ucl TRIUMPHAG Center with 1699 01:53:59.840 --> 01:54:02.279 you sea Health. The future of care is happening now 1700 01:54:02.399 --> 01:54:05.920 through clinical trials and innovative treatments that give patients a 1701 01:54:06.039 --> 01:54:09.159 chance for better outcomes. Visit ucahealth dot com. 1702 01:54:09.680 --> 01:54:12.439 Highway traffic continues to look pretty good with the one 1703 01:54:12.560 --> 01:54:16.199 wreck that is sapbound seventy five Spram to Eastpound for 1704 01:54:16.560 --> 01:54:19.560 Washington Waite. They're on the shoulder, but I'm hearing plenty 1705 01:54:19.600 --> 01:54:22.159 of dispatches for an accident with a car and it stopped. 1706 01:54:22.560 --> 01:54:26.439 That's on McHenry above Westwood, Northern Chuck Ingram on fifty 1707 01:54:26.479 --> 01:54:28.520 five KR and see a talk station. 1708 01:54:30.800 --> 01:54:36.520 Seve on this Christmas Eve. Dan Carrolyn for Brian Thomas. 1709 01:54:36.520 --> 01:54:40.680 A little breaking news right now. American Airlines is putting 1710 01:54:40.760 --> 01:54:42.760 a hold on all its flights right now because of 1711 01:54:44.000 --> 01:54:46.840 what they're saying is a technical issue, and that hold 1712 01:54:46.920 --> 01:54:49.199 is only supposed to last till eight thirty this morning, 1713 01:54:50.159 --> 01:54:55.079 So if you're expecting someone on a on a American 1714 01:54:55.119 --> 01:54:56.920 Airlines flight, they might be a little bit late. Is 1715 01:54:56.960 --> 01:55:08.560 this the Bob Seeger song? Okay, here we go, Bob. 1716 01:55:16.960 --> 01:55:19.399 As suggested by our buddy Jim Serger, we play a 1717 01:55:19.439 --> 01:55:24.279 little Bob Seger, a little drummer boy. And you know, 1718 01:55:24.359 --> 01:55:26.560 you know what I like about that is I can 1719 01:55:26.680 --> 01:55:29.239 listen to that voice and I know right away it's 1720 01:55:29.319 --> 01:55:33.560 Bob Seger. And you talk about authentic and the songs 1721 01:55:33.600 --> 01:55:37.399 that Bob Seger wrote and the way he performed in concert, 1722 01:55:38.159 --> 01:55:39.920 there was nothing fake about that guy at. 1723 01:55:39.840 --> 01:55:44.119 All, No, sir. I think Bob Seger song really nails it. 1724 01:55:44.479 --> 01:55:47.359 I love the little drummer boy theme. And when I 1725 01:55:47.520 --> 01:55:51.000 hear that song, instantly I just think about tradition with 1726 01:55:51.119 --> 01:55:54.000 my parents. I think about the tradition that my wife 1727 01:55:54.039 --> 01:55:56.800 and I have had for years, from going out on 1728 01:55:57.039 --> 01:55:59.720 Thanksgiving after the day after to go get our Christmas 1729 01:55:59.800 --> 01:56:03.680 tree and nan paps about forty minutes outside of Cincinnati. 1730 01:56:04.239 --> 01:56:06.840 We spend all day decorating the house, turning it into 1731 01:56:06.920 --> 01:56:09.920 a winter wonderland. So when I think of Bob Seeger 1732 01:56:09.960 --> 01:56:12.039 and a little drummer boy, I just think of all 1733 01:56:12.199 --> 01:56:15.800 the positive memories and the traditions that my family has had, 1734 01:56:16.039 --> 01:56:19.279 from going downtown to see Poke and Patter, to the 1735 01:56:19.439 --> 01:56:24.000 ge electric train set downtown and getting your little cookies, 1736 01:56:24.479 --> 01:56:27.079 to my mom and dad catching the nip they always 1737 01:56:27.159 --> 01:56:31.319 needed a nip to drink downtown when we were walking. Yeah, 1738 01:56:32.199 --> 01:56:36.119 all you know, all the Christmas little elves, of robotic 1739 01:56:36.279 --> 01:56:40.199 little elves downtown, just all those things. So when I 1740 01:56:40.279 --> 01:56:43.800 hear Bob Seeger or just about any Christmas song, really dan, 1741 01:56:43.960 --> 01:56:45.520 to be honest with you, I think of all the 1742 01:56:45.600 --> 01:56:48.640 fun I had as growing up as a kid, and 1743 01:56:49.039 --> 01:56:52.000 my wife and ies, you know, and my family. Last night, 1744 01:56:52.079 --> 01:56:54.199 they all came over here and we were playing games 1745 01:56:54.239 --> 01:56:57.199 all night. It was just a lot of fun. We 1746 01:56:57.279 --> 01:56:59.880 had Christmas music in the background. And I'm a tough guy, 1747 01:57:00.720 --> 01:57:03.600 but my heart was opened last night. It was so 1748 01:57:03.800 --> 01:57:06.680 much fun watching everybody laugh and the exchange a little 1749 01:57:06.720 --> 01:57:07.279 bit of gifts. 1750 01:57:07.520 --> 01:57:07.880 That's good. 1751 01:57:07.920 --> 01:57:10.000 It was really really a blast, and I think that 1752 01:57:10.079 --> 01:57:11.680 those traditions are here to stay. 1753 01:57:12.000 --> 01:57:13.600 Yeah, you know, I was going to ask you what 1754 01:57:13.720 --> 01:57:15.880 Christmas looks like in the Serger household, but I think 1755 01:57:15.920 --> 01:57:18.279 he just told us, and I appreciate that, and I 1756 01:57:18.359 --> 01:57:19.199 think that is awesome. 1757 01:57:19.439 --> 01:57:19.600 You know. 1758 01:57:19.720 --> 01:57:21.279 One of the reasons I love talking to you and 1759 01:57:21.359 --> 01:57:23.520 having you on is because you're you're such a great 1760 01:57:23.560 --> 01:57:26.960 observer of life and what and what is happening in society, 1761 01:57:27.359 --> 01:57:30.079 and I'm looking at things and and I don't know 1762 01:57:30.159 --> 01:57:33.159 if it's just me, but I am really starting to 1763 01:57:33.920 --> 01:57:36.239 and I think this is a good thing. I think 1764 01:57:36.319 --> 01:57:39.479 I'm starting to sense a shift when it comes to 1765 01:57:39.560 --> 01:57:41.640 young people. I know you and I have talked before, 1766 01:57:42.079 --> 01:57:46.239 and I complained about how young people constantly had their 1767 01:57:46.319 --> 01:57:49.359 nose and their cell phone, as if you know, the 1768 01:57:49.479 --> 01:57:53.039 answer to life's problems were contained in there somehow, and 1769 01:57:53.520 --> 01:57:57.399 and you know, everything was being compartmentalized, that there were 1770 01:57:57.479 --> 01:58:01.000 no longer any more face to face conversation, and everything 1771 01:58:01.760 --> 01:58:06.239 human interaction was becoming so superficial. I really think, and 1772 01:58:06.399 --> 01:58:08.520 maybe it's just me, and maybe I'm wrong about this, 1773 01:58:09.000 --> 01:58:11.399 but I think I'm really starting to sense a shift, 1774 01:58:11.520 --> 01:58:14.199 especially as when it comes to young people, of how 1775 01:58:14.279 --> 01:58:18.640 they deal now with interpersonal relations. And it may sound silly, 1776 01:58:18.720 --> 01:58:21.119 but one of the areas where I'm seeing it is 1777 01:58:21.520 --> 01:58:23.680 over the years in this job and the jobs that 1778 01:58:23.720 --> 01:58:27.239 I've had, I've dealt a lot with professional athletes. And 1779 01:58:27.359 --> 01:58:31.439 there was a time when I absolutely despise professional athletes 1780 01:58:31.520 --> 01:58:34.520 because I knew, in my heart of hearts, they didn't 1781 01:58:34.560 --> 01:58:37.199 care about the game, they didn't care about other people. 1782 01:58:37.359 --> 01:58:40.359 All they cared about was that contract and making as 1783 01:58:40.479 --> 01:58:43.640 much money as they possibly could. Now, the drive to 1784 01:58:43.800 --> 01:58:46.000 make money and make as much money as you possibly 1785 01:58:46.039 --> 01:58:49.159 can is still there. But I think we have an 1786 01:58:49.319 --> 01:58:53.119 entire generation of athletes now and young people who find 1787 01:58:53.159 --> 01:58:56.880 themselves in these positions, and there's a humbleness to a 1788 01:58:56.920 --> 01:59:00.520 lot of these individuals now knowing that they are truly 1789 01:59:00.600 --> 01:59:05.359 are fortunate and just because they have exceeded their wildest 1790 01:59:05.399 --> 01:59:08.239 dreams at a young age. They do not look down 1791 01:59:08.319 --> 01:59:12.640 on other people and hold themselves above others simply because 1792 01:59:13.640 --> 01:59:16.239 you know they're making You know they're making millions and 1793 01:59:16.279 --> 01:59:18.760 millions and millions of dollars. And I think that is 1794 01:59:18.800 --> 01:59:23.159 starting to rub off. That sense of appreciation and being 1795 01:59:23.279 --> 01:59:27.800 thankful for what you have and getting back to dealing 1796 01:59:27.880 --> 01:59:30.439 with people on that individual sort of level is making 1797 01:59:30.479 --> 01:59:33.199 a comeback in this country. Am I off base here? 1798 01:59:33.560 --> 01:59:34.960 Are you sensing any of that? 1799 01:59:35.640 --> 01:59:38.600 Yeah? Sure, I think that you're coming out of one extreme, 1800 01:59:39.119 --> 01:59:42.800 meaning COVID lockdown. You couldn't interact with people mess the 1801 01:59:42.880 --> 01:59:45.479 traditions like you and I were just talking about. They 1802 01:59:45.560 --> 01:59:47.279 missed being in front of the camera a lot, they 1803 01:59:47.359 --> 01:59:52.560 missed making commercials, whatever. But the interaction between like you said, 1804 01:59:52.640 --> 01:59:56.119 face to face was gone for three years basically during 1805 01:59:56.159 --> 01:59:59.239 the COVID And now it's been open. The floodgates are open. 1806 01:59:59.760 --> 02:00:02.960 And what we took for granted leading into COVID, now 1807 02:00:03.039 --> 02:00:05.199 we appreciate that a lot more. And I'll give you 1808 02:00:05.239 --> 02:00:10.079 a funny story. Dave Collins played for the Cincinnati Reds 1809 02:00:10.199 --> 02:00:13.680 back in the late seventies, and he actually would come 1810 02:00:13.760 --> 02:00:17.279 to my baseball practices here in Anderson Township. And I 1811 02:00:17.399 --> 02:00:21.159 got a group team photo and there's Dave Collins in 1812 02:00:21.319 --> 02:00:23.039 the photo. He used to come to a lot of 1813 02:00:23.079 --> 02:00:28.479 our practice. Buddy Bell and Ronnie Oaster were the freshman 1814 02:00:28.640 --> 02:00:33.439 basketball coaches at mid Neck for a few years. So 1815 02:00:34.319 --> 02:00:37.880 that old tradition of still being involved in the community. 1816 02:00:38.960 --> 02:00:41.680 Your heyday is over with or in the middle of 1817 02:00:41.760 --> 02:00:45.119 your heyday. If becoming like you said, back to fruition. 1818 02:00:45.760 --> 02:00:48.119 They want to be a part of the community. They're 1819 02:00:48.239 --> 02:00:52.319 engaging with the community. Chase was out in Anderson Township 1820 02:00:52.359 --> 02:00:56.479 the last couple of years working at King's Chickens. Sometimes 1821 02:00:56.520 --> 02:00:59.079 he would just show up and work the drive through 1822 02:01:00.079 --> 02:01:02.079 and it would catch the kids off God. 1823 02:01:02.840 --> 02:01:04.600 And the kids loved it. 1824 02:01:05.159 --> 02:01:09.359 They loved it. And I think that that engaging aspect 1825 02:01:09.439 --> 02:01:11.479 of yes, you are an athlete, Yes you are for 1826 02:01:11.560 --> 02:01:14.640 the Bengals or the Rads or SC Cincinnati and the 1827 02:01:14.760 --> 02:01:20.520 Cyclones that they love the community involvement and everybody loves 1828 02:01:20.560 --> 02:01:24.039 to feel part of something, giving something back without anything 1829 02:01:24.119 --> 02:01:28.399 in return. They love it and they feel good, and 1830 02:01:28.479 --> 02:01:31.760 they're a spokesman. They're an ambassador for our community. People 1831 02:01:31.880 --> 02:01:34.000 look up to them, they want to be them. So 1832 02:01:34.079 --> 02:01:36.319 if you're five years old, ten years old and you're 1833 02:01:36.359 --> 02:01:40.159 seeing Joe Burrow drive the Batmobile down the beach Mont Avenue. 1834 02:01:39.880 --> 02:01:43.640 Or something like that, it's gonna happen. It's gonna happen 1835 02:01:43.720 --> 02:01:46.279 one of these days. That is fantastic. Well, Jim, we 1836 02:01:46.439 --> 02:01:48.880 got to run. But I love having you on man. 1837 02:01:48.960 --> 02:01:50.960 I love your perspective on things, and thank you so 1838 02:01:51.119 --> 02:01:53.760 much for the time. This morning, and we will talk again, 1839 02:01:54.119 --> 02:01:57.640 my friend Christmas to you for having me on. All right, 1840 02:01:57.840 --> 02:01:59.800 there you go, Jim Serger, look him up, look up 1841 02:01:59.800 --> 02:02:01.520 his books on. All you got to do is google 1842 02:02:01.600 --> 02:02:03.600 Jim Serger and you will get there. We're late for 1843 02:02:03.680 --> 02:02:05.960 a break, but who the heck cares? It's Christmas Eve, 1844 02:02:06.199 --> 02:02:10.239 Dan Carroll for Brian Thomas, fifty five krs the talk Stations. 1845 02:02:10.399 --> 02:02:16.399 Your voice refreshing your country or reasonable American. 1846 02:02:16.560 --> 02:02:20.960 Fifty five krc D Talk station This report. 1847 02:02:28.239 --> 02:02:36.000 Fifty five krc the Talk Station, Christmas Eve, Dan Carroll. 1848 02:02:36.039 --> 02:02:43.399 Then for Brian Thomas, and you're listening to the music 1849 02:02:43.520 --> 02:02:51.880 of a band called Romeo Void. And the only reason 1850 02:02:51.920 --> 02:02:54.680 I'm playing this is because my buddy Andrew Pappus is here. 1851 02:02:54.760 --> 02:03:00.199 He loves his song. Andrew Pappus, how you doing today. 1852 02:03:01.119 --> 02:03:03.239 Dan Carroll? Good morning, Merry Christmas. 1853 02:03:03.319 --> 02:03:06.359 How about how about Joe Strecker. How about Joe Strecker 1854 02:03:06.399 --> 02:03:08.920 digging deep there and pulling out your walk. 1855 02:03:08.800 --> 02:03:12.000 Up music, one of the best in the business, Joe 1856 02:03:12.039 --> 02:03:15.920 Stricker playing my holiday and everyday favorite. 1857 02:03:16.760 --> 02:03:17.479 Grow me O boy. 1858 02:03:20.079 --> 02:03:21.960 Someday you're going to tell me the story about how 1859 02:03:22.000 --> 02:03:24.159 you got onto that song. I don't want to hear 1860 02:03:24.199 --> 02:03:24.560 it right now. 1861 02:03:25.520 --> 02:03:27.439 I won't get into it now, but it's is nothing 1862 02:03:27.560 --> 02:03:31.920 more than a casual, fond remembrance of the glorious and 1863 02:03:32.079 --> 02:03:38.319 height of music eighties and nineties, you know, music genre 1864 02:03:38.520 --> 02:03:40.039 that infects my mind. 1865 02:03:41.199 --> 02:03:44.079 You know the full disclosure here, Andrew and I have 1866 02:03:44.159 --> 02:03:46.239 been doing a podcast called One Morning I'm out of 1867 02:03:46.239 --> 02:03:51.920 here and I'm reading today from the Festivus list put 1868 02:03:51.960 --> 02:03:55.920 out by Rand Paul, and I see where the National 1869 02:03:56.079 --> 02:03:59.920 Endowment for the Humanities paid three hundred and eighty eight 1870 02:04:01.159 --> 02:04:03.760 and sixty three dollars so we can all enjoy six 1871 02:04:03.920 --> 02:04:08.720 episodes of a podcast devoted to magic. You know you're 1872 02:04:08.760 --> 02:04:11.039 not doing anything today? Can you fill out the paperwork 1873 02:04:11.119 --> 02:04:13.720 so we can get three hundred and eighty eight grand 1874 02:04:13.800 --> 02:04:16.319 for our podcast? And can you accomplish that? 1875 02:04:17.800 --> 02:04:20.079 I would love to, but I think a lot of people, 1876 02:04:20.199 --> 02:04:22.640 including myself, are going to be busy this morning and 1877 02:04:23.039 --> 02:04:27.399 actually the rest of this very short work week because 1878 02:04:27.439 --> 02:04:30.520 I don't know if you heard, but the the court 1879 02:04:30.840 --> 02:04:35.039 in an appeals court reversed or. 1880 02:04:35.119 --> 02:04:37.640 Put a stay on the appeal of Texas to. 1881 02:04:37.760 --> 02:04:44.560 This new IRS rule regarding corporations, and that even includes 1882 02:04:44.880 --> 02:04:49.039 LLC's so everyone's now going to be scrambling. They put 1883 02:04:49.079 --> 02:04:51.239 a stay on this. I know we didn't intend to 1884 02:04:51.319 --> 02:04:54.479 talk about it, but just jogged my memory. So the 1885 02:04:54.600 --> 02:04:57.119 IRS has come out with some new rule that you 1886 02:04:57.239 --> 02:05:03.840 have to provide D tailed ownership records and IDs photos, 1887 02:05:04.039 --> 02:05:06.760 copies of the i DS or pictures or scans of 1888 02:05:06.840 --> 02:05:12.880 everyone's I D that is a partner or at least 1889 02:05:12.960 --> 02:05:17.840 a member part of a corporation, your board, significant whatever. 1890 02:05:18.600 --> 02:05:23.119 And the the state, the Great State of Texas sued. 1891 02:05:23.800 --> 02:05:25.920 I don't know if Ohio joined them in this suit 1892 02:05:26.039 --> 02:05:28.199 and said, no, you're overstepping. I guess we had to 1893 02:05:28.840 --> 02:05:31.760 something for those eighty thousand new I R S agents 1894 02:05:31.840 --> 02:05:36.399 that were hired under another imbecile named Joe Biden. 1895 02:05:36.520 --> 02:05:40.680 But well, they got to have something to do. They 1896 02:05:40.720 --> 02:05:44.640 gotta they got to go have the andrew those those rich, 1897 02:05:45.479 --> 02:05:49.720 those rich business corporate people need to pay their fair 1898 02:05:49.920 --> 02:05:55.840 share in taxes. I guess so, so podcasts about magic 1899 02:05:55.960 --> 02:05:58.520 can get three hundred That money doesn't come out of 1900 02:05:58.600 --> 02:06:02.439 thin air. You've got collected. So a podcast about magic, 1901 02:06:02.600 --> 02:06:06.600 six episodes can can go for three hundred eighty eight grand. 1902 02:06:07.560 --> 02:06:08.359 Can you imagine? 1903 02:06:08.560 --> 02:06:11.520 Can you imagine what we could do the good that 1904 02:06:11.880 --> 02:06:15.279 one more and I'm out of here with our great 1905 02:06:15.399 --> 02:06:18.880 co host Jason Kiefer, could do with that money, how 1906 02:06:19.039 --> 02:06:22.279 far and wide we could spread both our message and 1907 02:06:22.439 --> 02:06:23.119 our musings. 1908 02:06:23.520 --> 02:06:24.319 It would be epic. 1909 02:06:24.720 --> 02:06:26.920 We could have we could have a proper studio in 1910 02:06:26.960 --> 02:06:29.880 which to do our podcast. That would be fantastical. 1911 02:06:30.159 --> 02:06:32.319 We might have might be about a wider deck so 1912 02:06:32.479 --> 02:06:34.560 that no one is stuck looking at half of my 1913 02:06:34.680 --> 02:06:38.239 head because your bulbous head takes up a large portion 1914 02:06:38.439 --> 02:06:39.840 of the of the screen. 1915 02:06:42.239 --> 02:06:44.600 Well, I didn't bring you on here to talk about us, 1916 02:06:44.720 --> 02:06:47.920 but you know I love every year Rand Paul puts 1917 02:06:47.960 --> 02:06:51.680 out the Festivus list, and this year we are topping 1918 02:06:51.760 --> 02:06:55.479 a trillion dollars eight with a t a trillion dollars 1919 02:06:55.560 --> 02:06:58.279 with a te So we can have so we can 1920 02:06:58.399 --> 02:07:02.199 have giant sculptures of pigeons and things like that. So 1921 02:07:02.359 --> 02:07:05.399 people in Las Vegas, you know Las Vegas, Andrew, they 1922 02:07:05.439 --> 02:07:07.119 had to build a pick a ball court for twelve 1923 02:07:07.159 --> 02:07:11.880 million dollars. And God knows that with all the casinos 1924 02:07:11.920 --> 02:07:14.199 in Las Vegas and everything that goes on out there, 1925 02:07:14.600 --> 02:07:17.439 there's no way they can put their hands on twelve 1926 02:07:17.479 --> 02:07:20.600 million dollars in Las Vegas to build a pickle ball court. 1927 02:07:21.000 --> 02:07:22.960 So thank god they were able to rely on the 1928 02:07:23.000 --> 02:07:24.000 federal government for that. 1929 02:07:25.359 --> 02:07:27.399 You know, Rand Paul does this, and I think it's 1930 02:07:27.439 --> 02:07:31.720 going to be even more exposed by my new favorite 1931 02:07:32.359 --> 02:07:34.520 quasi governmental entity known. 1932 02:07:34.399 --> 02:07:35.520 As does dose. 1933 02:07:35.920 --> 02:07:37.720 And I have used I'm all about. 1934 02:07:37.520 --> 02:07:40.960 The doge, all about the doge, and I'll tell you, 1935 02:07:41.000 --> 02:07:43.239 you know, let's not forget. 1936 02:07:43.399 --> 02:07:46.279 Also, it was announced that I believe that the Biden 1937 02:07:46.319 --> 02:07:50.880 administration that is quickly coming to an end but not 1938 02:07:51.039 --> 02:07:55.239 soon enough, spent millions and millions of dollars on electric 1939 02:07:57.119 --> 02:08:00.520 postal vehicles, but only we're able to deliver a fraction 1940 02:08:00.720 --> 02:08:02.720 of those at a cost of something like twenty two 1941 02:08:02.760 --> 02:08:03.920 million dollars a vehicle. 1942 02:08:04.079 --> 02:08:06.960 Yeah, uh, and money well spent. 1943 02:08:08.079 --> 02:08:12.680 And I've seen reports of electric school bus companies filing 1944 02:08:12.760 --> 02:08:18.760 for bankruptcy now that the gravy train of federal dollars 1945 02:08:18.880 --> 02:08:19.840 is coming to an end. 1946 02:08:20.439 --> 02:08:23.279 And I thought, but I thought Kamala. I thought Kamala 1947 02:08:23.359 --> 02:08:26.520 loved the loved yellow school buses. That didn't help. 1948 02:08:26.600 --> 02:08:28.880 Did she loved, well, she loved everything, but she was 1949 02:08:28.960 --> 02:08:34.399 probably she's probably two bottles into her speech, and at 1950 02:08:34.439 --> 02:08:37.039 that point, you really do love everything and everyone. 1951 02:08:39.560 --> 02:08:44.399 But you know, I think, to my way of thinking, 1952 02:08:44.560 --> 02:08:50.439 when it comes to the doge, the mindset needs to change. Look, 1953 02:08:51.279 --> 02:08:55.439 a trillion dollars, even even with the way this federal 1954 02:08:55.520 --> 02:08:59.439 government spends money, is still a lot of money. If if, 1955 02:08:59.720 --> 02:09:02.840 if we can get to the mindset where it's not 1956 02:09:03.000 --> 02:09:09.159 a good idea to waste ten billion dollars here, eight 1957 02:09:09.239 --> 02:09:12.479 million dollars there, so some dude can buy an island 1958 02:09:12.560 --> 02:09:15.640 in Florida twelve million dollars on a pick a ball. 1959 02:09:16.199 --> 02:09:20.359 If we can get to the mindset where this kind 1960 02:09:20.399 --> 02:09:23.359 of spending needs to stop, I think that's the first 1961 02:09:23.439 --> 02:09:26.680 step into getting the fiscal house in order. 1962 02:09:26.760 --> 02:09:30.319 What say you, well, Dan Carroll, you're exactly right, and 1963 02:09:30.439 --> 02:09:33.039 that that is not just at the federal level. I'd 1964 02:09:33.159 --> 02:09:37.600 like to remind everybody that this starts local. And what 1965 02:09:37.760 --> 02:09:39.800 I mean by that is you need to be involved 1966 02:09:39.960 --> 02:09:42.760 in your school boards and see what they're spending money on. 1967 02:09:43.479 --> 02:09:45.960 You need to be involved in your local whether it 1968 02:09:46.079 --> 02:09:48.760 be township or city, to see what they're. 1969 02:09:48.640 --> 02:09:49.359 Spending money on. 1970 02:09:49.640 --> 02:09:53.079 And more importantly, even that leads up to the state 1971 02:09:53.199 --> 02:09:55.319 level to see what they're spending money on and hold 1972 02:09:55.359 --> 02:09:58.880 them accountable. Let us not, you know, focus solely. I 1973 02:09:58.920 --> 02:10:01.039 think we can walk in sho gum at the same time, 1974 02:10:01.079 --> 02:10:03.800 at least on the Republican side, I know we can. 1975 02:10:04.399 --> 02:10:07.720 Let us not focus solely on the federal government. You 1976 02:10:07.800 --> 02:10:11.399 know what, what is the biblical passage remove the beam 1977 02:10:11.479 --> 02:10:14.680 from thy own eye, because you know we have we 1978 02:10:14.800 --> 02:10:19.640 have a much more uh bigger impact at the local level. 1979 02:10:20.159 --> 02:10:22.800 So you need to look at that, and the bigger 1980 02:10:22.880 --> 02:10:25.199 stuff will then eventually take care of itself. I'm not 1981 02:10:25.279 --> 02:10:27.960 saying ignore the bigger things. I'm looking forward to dos 1982 02:10:28.079 --> 02:10:31.640 and and and and and hearing of all the waste 1983 02:10:31.720 --> 02:10:34.239 and fraud at the federal government level. But you know 1984 02:10:34.319 --> 02:10:37.920 when you see your local local township, end or park 1985 02:10:38.000 --> 02:10:42.680 district and or uh school district spending money frivolously, that. 1986 02:10:42.840 --> 02:10:44.399 You know it's your tax dollars. 1987 02:10:44.920 --> 02:10:48.640 And I loathe when I hear of a levee and 1988 02:10:49.079 --> 02:10:51.880 uh not that all levees are bad. I'll be the 1989 02:10:51.920 --> 02:10:53.600 first one in a bid. I'm a big I'm a 1990 02:10:53.640 --> 02:10:57.279 big supporter of public safety. I think that's the primary 1991 02:10:57.560 --> 02:11:02.039 uh service of any local government is public safety, providing 1992 02:11:02.119 --> 02:11:05.800 for public safety. But when you hear, well, it's only 1993 02:11:06.560 --> 02:11:09.680 x amount of dollars per hundred thousand additional if you 1994 02:11:09.840 --> 02:11:13.159 pass this like, yes, but that's money out of my pocket. 1995 02:11:13.199 --> 02:11:16.199 And then I think of the seniors or fixed income 1996 02:11:16.319 --> 02:11:19.159 folks that you and I are quickly approaching that stage 1997 02:11:19.199 --> 02:11:19.800 in our lives. 1998 02:11:20.399 --> 02:11:21.239 You quicker than I. 1999 02:11:22.119 --> 02:11:24.199 I think that I appreciate it. 2000 02:11:24.640 --> 02:11:27.439 You got it, brother, But you know I think that 2001 02:11:28.039 --> 02:11:30.319 you know, hey, who are you to put your hands 2002 02:11:30.359 --> 02:11:33.399 in these people's pockets when the only way they have 2003 02:11:33.520 --> 02:11:37.439 to offset that additional expense is to cut an expense 2004 02:11:37.520 --> 02:11:40.119 somewhere else. They can't, you know, they can't easily go 2005 02:11:40.239 --> 02:11:43.239 out and find additional income to offset that. So how 2006 02:11:43.359 --> 02:11:46.800 dare you say to me or anyone else, well, it's 2007 02:11:46.840 --> 02:11:50.680 only an additional fifty dollars per hundred thousand. Well, I 2008 02:11:50.800 --> 02:11:53.159 hate to say it, but in my neighborhood, I mean, thankfully, 2009 02:11:53.279 --> 02:11:55.319 you know, it's hard to find a hundred thousand dollars house, 2010 02:11:55.359 --> 02:11:57.319 so we're talking multiples of one hundred thousand. 2011 02:11:57.920 --> 02:12:01.800 Uh So, you know, this is something that we need 2012 02:12:01.880 --> 02:12:04.600 to focus on. I think though, it is that I think. 2013 02:12:04.560 --> 02:12:09.079 As you mentioned, I feel like, although I am recovering 2014 02:12:09.119 --> 02:12:12.199 from holiday traffic yesterday, so my brain is a little foggy. 2015 02:12:13.800 --> 02:12:16.399 I feel like there is a new time and we're 2016 02:12:16.439 --> 02:12:20.039 approaching a new age in America where perhaps this thinking 2017 02:12:20.159 --> 02:12:23.399 is more prevalent at every level of government and in society. 2018 02:12:24.000 --> 02:12:25.119 Do we need it not? 2019 02:12:25.319 --> 02:12:27.680 Do we want it? Yeah? Well, let me let me 2020 02:12:27.720 --> 02:12:29.359 ask you this though, and we got to get to 2021 02:12:29.399 --> 02:12:31.399 a break, So just ponder this for a second. But 2022 02:12:31.479 --> 02:12:33.880 when is the last time. When was the last time 2023 02:12:34.039 --> 02:12:37.399 you were aware of a local entity that said to 2024 02:12:38.239 --> 02:12:40.720 either a state government or a federal government, you know what, 2025 02:12:41.359 --> 02:12:44.840 don't send us that money. We don't need that money. Well, 2026 02:12:44.920 --> 02:12:47.000 you know, we we can take care of our own 2027 02:12:47.039 --> 02:12:51.399 business here and and you the federal government, just you know, 2028 02:12:51.560 --> 02:12:54.439 move on somewhere else. But please don't send us that 2029 02:12:54.880 --> 02:12:57.439 that six or seven figure check. So when's the last 2030 02:12:57.479 --> 02:12:59.600 time that happened? Think about that for a second and 2031 02:12:59.680 --> 02:13:02.119 we'll can tinue on with Andrew pappis here on fifty 2032 02:13:02.159 --> 02:13:03.840 five krc DE talk station. 2033 02:13:08.359 --> 02:13:08.720 V nine. 2034 02:13:08.760 --> 02:13:12.159 First warning weather forecast cloudy today, not as cold. We'll 2035 02:13:12.159 --> 02:13:15.319 have a high of forty five, some showers possible tonight, 2036 02:13:15.399 --> 02:13:18.439 deal right low thirty six Christmas Day. Forget about a 2037 02:13:18.439 --> 02:13:21.239 white Christmas. It is going to be scattered range showers 2038 02:13:21.279 --> 02:13:25.279 and a high of forty eight. Thursday overcast and fifty 2039 02:13:25.319 --> 02:13:25.720 six for. 2040 02:13:25.840 --> 02:13:30.359 The high it is forty two at fifty five KRC 2041 02:13:30.880 --> 02:13:33.720 DE talk station from the UC Health Traffic Center with 2042 02:13:33.880 --> 02:13:36.399 uce health. The future of care is happening now through 2043 02:13:36.520 --> 02:13:39.640 clinical trials and innovative treatments that give face and and 2044 02:13:39.760 --> 02:13:44.319 chance for better outcomes. Visit UCHealth dot com. Highway traffic 2045 02:13:44.399 --> 02:13:47.119 continues to look pretty good. There is an accident on 2046 02:13:47.279 --> 02:13:51.279 the shoulder South Bend seventy five m to eastbound Ford 2047 02:13:51.439 --> 02:13:52.119 Washington Way. 2048 02:13:52.239 --> 02:13:54.159 Everything else is doing just fine. 2049 02:13:54.439 --> 02:13:59.800 There's an accident on McHenry above Westwood Northern Boulevard, Chucking Gramont. 2050 02:13:59.880 --> 02:14:02.000 And if i've k see the talk station. 2051 02:14:16.800 --> 02:14:19.520 Fifty five k R the talk station rolling out my 2052 02:14:19.600 --> 02:14:23.640 favorite Christmas songs today. This is Elvis when Elvis was 2053 02:14:23.680 --> 02:14:28.760 at his best and his rendition of Merry Christmas Baby. 2054 02:14:31.199 --> 02:14:34.800 This song is like seven minutes long, so I can 2055 02:14:34.880 --> 02:14:37.520 just let this play and not continue on with Andrew Pappis, 2056 02:14:39.079 --> 02:14:42.640 which would not be a bad thing. Let's see, I 2057 02:14:42.680 --> 02:14:45.039 got I got Elvis on one hand, Papas on the other. 2058 02:14:45.119 --> 02:14:47.000 What am I gonna do? What am I going to. 2059 02:14:49.720 --> 02:14:50.000 Marry? 2060 02:14:50.159 --> 02:14:57.119 Merry Christmas Baby, come on now shooting dreaming. All right, 2061 02:14:57.199 --> 02:15:00.960 there we go. That's Elvis Presley, Merry Christmas Baby, fantastic. 2062 02:15:01.039 --> 02:15:04.239 Andrew Pappus, we were talking before the break, and I 2063 02:15:04.319 --> 02:15:06.560 actually have an answer to this question. But you know, 2064 02:15:06.640 --> 02:15:09.399 you were talking about local responsibility when it comes to 2065 02:15:09.479 --> 02:15:13.199 spending and things like that, and local governments are always happy, 2066 02:15:13.279 --> 02:15:16.640 it seems to accept money from state or federal governments 2067 02:15:16.680 --> 02:15:19.920 and grants and other things like that. And so it 2068 02:15:20.319 --> 02:15:23.399 you know, showing a little leadership in that area, saying 2069 02:15:23.479 --> 02:15:26.000 that you know, we are going to take care of 2070 02:15:26.319 --> 02:15:28.960 whatever the issue is ourselves, seems like it might be 2071 02:15:29.000 --> 02:15:29.479 a good thing. 2072 02:15:30.920 --> 02:15:31.239 It is. 2073 02:15:32.199 --> 02:15:35.079 Having swam in that pool for eight years, I will 2074 02:15:35.119 --> 02:15:40.279 say that the oftentimes, if we were notified of a 2075 02:15:41.520 --> 02:15:45.760 grant or something that was possible, my first reaction was, well, 2076 02:15:46.159 --> 02:15:48.560 what is this grant for? And if it was something 2077 02:15:48.760 --> 02:15:52.319 like that I thought was you know, frivolous or not needed, 2078 02:15:52.560 --> 02:15:54.319 I'd be like, you know what, I don't. 2079 02:15:54.159 --> 02:15:56.119 Think that that's something we should be pursuing. 2080 02:15:56.760 --> 02:16:01.479 However, the retort if it was something that let's say, 2081 02:16:01.560 --> 02:16:06.640 improving sidewalks or whatever, the retort from all levels is, well, 2082 02:16:06.720 --> 02:16:08.399 you know, Sadly. 2083 02:16:08.199 --> 02:16:12.199 If we don't take this month, somebody else will, another 2084 02:16:12.800 --> 02:16:15.920 entity will, because the federal government, I think, I think 2085 02:16:15.960 --> 02:16:19.840 what you should do then is have where it's offered 2086 02:16:20.079 --> 02:16:22.439 and it's there needs to be a mindset change, and 2087 02:16:22.479 --> 02:16:23.159 I think there will. 2088 02:16:23.239 --> 02:16:24.680 I think we're heading that way. Well. 2089 02:16:24.720 --> 02:16:27.239 The thing is when when they can, when those local 2090 02:16:27.399 --> 02:16:31.479 when those local government bodies accept that government money. There's 2091 02:16:31.520 --> 02:16:37.479 always there's always uh, strings that that are attached to it, no. 2092 02:16:37.639 --> 02:16:41.000 Question, and I would always ask, you know, if there 2093 02:16:41.079 --> 02:16:44.719 are strings uh And I'm only speaking from our lovely 2094 02:16:44.799 --> 02:16:49.479 hamlet Anderson Township, but there are always strings attached with 2095 02:16:49.639 --> 02:16:50.399 federal dollars. 2096 02:16:50.440 --> 02:16:51.959 And you and I both know that a lot of 2097 02:16:52.040 --> 02:16:55.479 times we would be dealing with. 2098 02:16:55.600 --> 02:16:58.479 State dollars and to an extent, there's strings attached with 2099 02:16:58.600 --> 02:17:02.520 that as well, But depending on the grant and what 2100 02:17:02.639 --> 02:17:06.239 it was designed for, those strings could be highly limited 2101 02:17:07.840 --> 02:17:11.600 or I just think that that mindset is definitely changing, 2102 02:17:11.719 --> 02:17:14.079 and we you know, sadly, as you and I both know, 2103 02:17:14.159 --> 02:17:17.520 I believe there was a great show I watched Sunday 2104 02:17:17.600 --> 02:17:21.520 night with Mark Levin that discussed the budget, the percentages 2105 02:17:21.600 --> 02:17:26.399 that are discretionary and what we're actually fighting over regarding 2106 02:17:26.479 --> 02:17:29.159 all these budget shutdowns that was coming up here that 2107 02:17:29.239 --> 02:17:31.479 we were threatened with just sadly a week ago. 2108 02:17:33.760 --> 02:17:37.079 You know what we are locked into so much. 2109 02:17:37.639 --> 02:17:41.000 We're arguing over a very small fraction of it because 2110 02:17:41.399 --> 02:17:45.000 we're spending too much money and we need a fundamental 2111 02:17:45.120 --> 02:17:48.600 mindset change. We cannot and have not been able to 2112 02:17:49.440 --> 02:17:53.920 afford what we've been spending. And you know, I'm not trying. 2113 02:17:54.000 --> 02:17:56.239 You know, I want everyone to enjoy this holiday season, 2114 02:17:56.920 --> 02:17:59.520 especially those poor folks that are stuck at the airport. 2115 02:17:59.639 --> 02:17:59.760 Now. 2116 02:18:00.559 --> 02:18:03.239 I wouldn't want to be an American airline gate agent 2117 02:18:03.399 --> 02:18:07.239 if he offered me every federal dollar out there right now. 2118 02:18:07.280 --> 02:18:11.360 They're probably being abused. But you know, listening, folks, enjoy 2119 02:18:11.479 --> 02:18:14.639 the tomorrow today, enjoy tomorrow. But we need to have 2120 02:18:14.760 --> 02:18:17.879 a fundamental shift of thinking. And Ran Paul brings it 2121 02:18:17.959 --> 02:18:20.159 to what brings it to light with what we've been 2122 02:18:20.200 --> 02:18:22.879 spending money on. I believe that study office said something 2123 02:18:22.920 --> 02:18:27.520 about was it not lonely rats with cocaine dependencies or 2124 02:18:27.680 --> 02:18:28.120 something like that. 2125 02:18:28.239 --> 02:18:31.079 Yeah, yeah, money, yeah, money for rat research. And they 2126 02:18:32.079 --> 02:18:35.719 imagine this, They took a bunch of rats and they 2127 02:18:35.840 --> 02:18:38.000 let some of the rats socialize with each other, and 2128 02:18:38.079 --> 02:18:40.959 they let had other rats that were, you know, kept 2129 02:18:41.319 --> 02:18:44.680 kept to themselves in isolation essentially, and then the other 2130 02:18:44.799 --> 02:18:47.159 rats had food and access to water and all the 2131 02:18:47.200 --> 02:18:50.079 rest of it, and the the other rats only had 2132 02:18:50.799 --> 02:18:55.200 cocaine to rely on. So lo and behold, they they 2133 02:18:55.319 --> 02:18:58.120 found out that the rats that won't only had the cocaine. 2134 02:18:59.239 --> 02:19:01.559 The only thing they had was the cocaine. So they 2135 02:19:01.760 --> 02:19:03.760 preferred the cocaine. Imagine that. 2136 02:19:03.799 --> 02:19:05.319 Imagine that, and we spend that. 2137 02:19:05.680 --> 02:19:08.479 Yeah, and we spent the use of tax pay about 2138 02:19:08.600 --> 02:19:11.600 four hundred nineteen thousand dollars. And again you'll look at that, 2139 02:19:11.680 --> 02:19:14.719 Oh it's only four hundred nineteen thousand dollars. But again 2140 02:19:14.799 --> 02:19:16.360 we need to look at that and say, you know what, 2141 02:19:16.479 --> 02:19:18.319 we don't need to spend that kind of money on 2142 02:19:18.479 --> 02:19:19.600 that kind of question. 2143 02:19:20.120 --> 02:19:20.680 No question. 2144 02:19:20.879 --> 02:19:24.680 And I hope we start January twentieth. You were discussing 2145 02:19:24.760 --> 02:19:27.639 the pardons earlier. I had a long post about the 2146 02:19:28.120 --> 02:19:33.200 about the newly found conscience of our unconscious president and 2147 02:19:34.360 --> 02:19:37.760 where was his conscience during any number of the things 2148 02:19:37.799 --> 02:19:40.280 I listed in my posts? Where was his conscience on 2149 02:19:40.360 --> 02:19:44.600 the Afghanistan withdrawal? Where was his conscience on showering with 2150 02:19:44.719 --> 02:19:45.159 his daughter. 2151 02:19:45.479 --> 02:19:46.000 Where was his. 2152 02:19:46.159 --> 02:19:49.559 Conscience on blaming an innocent man to the death of 2153 02:19:49.639 --> 02:19:51.680 his wife for years and years and years? Where was 2154 02:19:51.719 --> 02:19:55.239 his conscience for lying about any number of things, including 2155 02:19:55.319 --> 02:19:58.120 his test scores while he was You know, I graduated 2156 02:19:58.159 --> 02:20:01.040 at the top of my class andlah blah blah, and I. 2157 02:20:01.120 --> 02:20:02.959 Imagine I'm smarter than you. Where was this? 2158 02:20:03.079 --> 02:20:05.200 Tutches sin? But I agree with you, Dan, you know 2159 02:20:05.600 --> 02:20:08.319 we need a fundamental mind shift. I think it's I 2160 02:20:08.399 --> 02:20:11.959 think it's coming, and most encouragingly, as you mentioned, I 2161 02:20:12.040 --> 02:20:14.440 think it's occurring among the next generation. 2162 02:20:14.920 --> 02:20:17.040 Well, Andrew, I'll tell you what can you can? You can? 2163 02:20:17.079 --> 02:20:18.600 You stay right there? We got to get a quick 2164 02:20:18.639 --> 02:20:20.200 break in you. You want to hang around for one 2165 02:20:20.239 --> 02:20:23.840 more segment? Absolutely all right, Andrew Pappas, stay right there 2166 02:20:23.879 --> 02:20:25.639 and we'll continue with Andrew on the other side of 2167 02:20:25.680 --> 02:20:29.600 this on fifty five KRC, the talk station. This is 2168 02:20:29.680 --> 02:20:35.079 this simply money minute with Amy Wagon The nine first 2169 02:20:35.120 --> 02:20:38.479 Warning weather forecast mild today, a high of forty five hundred, 2170 02:20:38.479 --> 02:20:41.760 cloudy skies, some rain possible tonight the other night, low 2171 02:20:41.879 --> 02:20:45.680 thirty six, scattered rain for Christmas Day and a higher 2172 02:20:45.760 --> 02:20:52.920 forty eight then some showers continue from Christmas night into Thursday. Thursday, 2173 02:20:52.959 --> 02:20:55.159 we'll have overcast skys in a high of fifty six. 2174 02:20:55.280 --> 02:20:57.959 It is forty two at fifty five KRC. The talk 2175 02:20:58.000 --> 02:21:01.040 station from the use of I Think Center with u 2176 02:21:01.120 --> 02:21:01.639 see health. 2177 02:21:01.760 --> 02:21:05.479 The future of care is happening now through clinical trials 2178 02:21:05.639 --> 02:21:09.200 and innovative treatments that give patients chance for better outcomes. 2179 02:21:09.639 --> 02:21:12.959 Visit ucehealth dot com. Southbound seventy five. 2180 02:21:13.079 --> 02:21:15.000 Crews continue to work for the wreck on the right 2181 02:21:15.120 --> 02:21:18.159 shoulder and the ramp to eastbound Fort Washington Way. 2182 02:21:18.399 --> 02:21:22.319 That's a wreck on McHenry above Western Northern. 2183 02:21:22.040 --> 02:21:26.719 Boulevard, and the latest is on University at Jefferson Chuck 2184 02:21:26.840 --> 02:21:27.959 Ingram on fifty five KRE. 2185 02:21:28.120 --> 02:21:44.440 See the talk station little Christmas music on this Christmas 2186 02:21:44.520 --> 02:21:47.600 Eve twenty twenty four. Thank you so much for being here. 2187 02:21:48.479 --> 02:21:52.360 As we continue on with Andrew Pappus. And you know, 2188 02:21:52.440 --> 02:21:54.680 it's not just the guy in the White House, but 2189 02:21:55.719 --> 02:21:57.840 so many of these Democrats who are in charge. And 2190 02:21:57.920 --> 02:22:01.280 I think of Kaffe Hochel, the governor, the governor of 2191 02:22:01.360 --> 02:22:04.760 New York who on the same day, the same day 2192 02:22:05.000 --> 02:22:09.200 as a woman was set on fire on the subway 2193 02:22:10.000 --> 02:22:14.319 and the the alleged killer uh sat there and fanned 2194 02:22:14.399 --> 02:22:17.239 the flames and then sat back on a bench and 2195 02:22:17.360 --> 02:22:21.040 watched it, watched his work as this woman burned to death. 2196 02:22:21.879 --> 02:22:25.200 The governor of New York puts out a post on 2197 02:22:25.399 --> 02:22:28.360 social media talking about how great and safe the subway 2198 02:22:28.440 --> 02:22:33.799 system is under her leadership. I mean, just the brain 2199 02:22:34.000 --> 02:22:38.440 deadness of some of these individuals that get into office 2200 02:22:38.799 --> 02:22:43.280 is is staggering in their in their stupidity and and 2201 02:22:43.399 --> 02:22:45.799 the things that they do. So it's you know, there's 2202 02:22:45.879 --> 02:22:48.639 there's plenty of places where these things need to be 2203 02:22:48.719 --> 02:22:50.719 cleaned out, no question. 2204 02:22:50.920 --> 02:22:53.079 And you know, and you mentioned that. 2205 02:22:54.159 --> 02:22:57.879 The thing that really disgusted me most about that was 2206 02:22:58.000 --> 02:23:01.680 the your your your live old media headlines said woman 2207 02:23:02.680 --> 02:23:04.040 one of the New York papers. 2208 02:23:04.159 --> 02:23:08.319 Woman caught fire like she like she's spontaneously combusted. 2209 02:23:08.479 --> 02:23:10.799 That was that was the headline. You know, happens. Well, 2210 02:23:10.840 --> 02:23:13.120 that's like that's like a car drives through a Christmas 2211 02:23:13.200 --> 02:23:17.000 festival in Germany just just by itself. Man just drove 2212 02:23:17.079 --> 02:23:17.840 through there happened. 2213 02:23:17.920 --> 02:23:20.760 Yeah, And I know many journalists that that that that 2214 02:23:21.159 --> 02:23:24.360 never criticize the media because they think they're you know. 2215 02:23:24.399 --> 02:23:25.159 Holier than now. 2216 02:23:25.200 --> 02:23:27.319 They went to school and got a some sort of 2217 02:23:27.440 --> 02:23:29.920 journalism degree, and that gives them license to you know, 2218 02:23:30.000 --> 02:23:32.360 they know better than you and I, you know, I 2219 02:23:32.479 --> 02:23:35.959 think that people, as we've seen the the your your 2220 02:23:36.120 --> 02:23:37.319 mainstream media. 2221 02:23:37.159 --> 02:23:40.040 That your in their influence is waning at best. 2222 02:23:40.680 --> 02:23:44.120 And and and we are seeing a ship that the 2223 02:23:44.840 --> 02:23:48.479 curtain has been pulled back, and we're seeing the wizard behind, 2224 02:23:48.600 --> 02:23:52.639 you know, the emperor has no clothes and the person 2225 02:23:52.760 --> 02:23:55.200 behind the curtain actually pulling the strings. And I think 2226 02:23:55.280 --> 02:23:58.760 it's a great thing. But you know, it is Christmas time, 2227 02:23:59.280 --> 02:24:02.799 so we're going to have plenty of time to bemoan 2228 02:24:02.920 --> 02:24:05.319 and discuss all these things. But I if I could 2229 02:24:05.399 --> 02:24:09.319 just pivot for a moment, a lot of people, because 2230 02:24:09.360 --> 02:24:13.280 I'm so adept, I will pivot, And of course we 2231 02:24:13.399 --> 02:24:14.559 might circle back to this. 2232 02:24:14.639 --> 02:24:16.600 Another term I won't miss anytime soon. 2233 02:24:17.040 --> 02:24:21.239 But you know, a lot of folks are going to 2234 02:24:21.280 --> 02:24:23.840 be looking, and your prior guests mentioned it, a lot 2235 02:24:23.920 --> 02:24:25.319 of folks this the time of year, are looking for 2236 02:24:25.479 --> 02:24:29.360 charitable organizations to support. And I'd just like to just 2237 02:24:29.479 --> 02:24:31.959 give a shout out. He did mention tunnel the Towers. 2238 02:24:32.040 --> 02:24:36.040 I can't think of you know a better national charity. 2239 02:24:37.680 --> 02:24:39.079 Do you know I do a lot of work with 2240 02:24:39.200 --> 02:24:42.040 Honor Flight tri State. They are another one that helps 2241 02:24:42.159 --> 02:24:45.559 a lot of local veterans. And I'd like to also 2242 02:24:45.680 --> 02:24:48.399 mention locally here and Anderson at least the Yellow Ribbon 2243 02:24:48.440 --> 02:24:52.479 Support Center run by Keith Mappin, who helps send packages 2244 02:24:52.520 --> 02:24:56.879 overseas to soldiers. And and you know, it is the 2245 02:24:56.959 --> 02:25:01.639 holidays we need to especially this time year with As 2246 02:25:01.719 --> 02:25:04.639 I said, I'm not really in the holiday spirit as 2247 02:25:04.719 --> 02:25:07.360 fully as I should be because I had to make 2248 02:25:07.440 --> 02:25:10.159 a thirty minute connection in Atlanta yesterday and I think 2249 02:25:10.200 --> 02:25:13.479 they're still mopping up the carnage from that event. But 2250 02:25:15.159 --> 02:25:18.840 I will say, let's focus on at least this next 2251 02:25:18.879 --> 02:25:22.040 week charitable giving if you can, if you have the means. 2252 02:25:22.120 --> 02:25:26.200 I realize that the economy has been, especially under Joe Biden, horrendous, 2253 02:25:26.639 --> 02:25:29.399 but things are looking up. We have a new administration 2254 02:25:29.639 --> 02:25:35.680 coming into office. Optimism is growing, and I think we're 2255 02:25:35.719 --> 02:25:38.200 going to turn this chip around. And part of that 2256 02:25:38.440 --> 02:25:43.440 can be reflected in your end of year taxeductible holiday giving. 2257 02:25:43.680 --> 02:25:46.920 And I wish everybody out there a very merry Christmas, 2258 02:25:47.000 --> 02:25:50.040 a blessed holiday season, and a happy new year, including you. 2259 02:25:50.159 --> 02:25:53.680 Dan Carroll You're doing a fantastic job filling in for 2260 02:25:53.840 --> 02:25:55.920 Brian Thomas and all the other work that you do. 2261 02:25:56.120 --> 02:25:59.360 I really appreciate you. Joe Strecker in the background, and 2262 02:25:59.479 --> 02:26:03.920 everybody out there, well Andrew, wait wait, I might have 2263 02:26:04.079 --> 02:26:06.639 it christ except the Flaviians I'm not really fond of. 2264 02:26:08.280 --> 02:26:11.280 Well, you can't win them all, but but you try. 2265 02:26:11.319 --> 02:26:13.799 But Andrew, I know I have with that going out 2266 02:26:13.840 --> 02:26:15.639 on a high note. That is the that is the 2267 02:26:15.719 --> 02:26:18.879 thing to do, especially today. And yeah, all the other 2268 02:26:18.920 --> 02:26:20.760 stuff that we have to talk about, we can save 2269 02:26:20.840 --> 02:26:23.479 that for another time. But I know that I agree 2270 02:26:23.520 --> 02:26:26.520 with you. There is there is reason for optimism, There 2271 02:26:26.639 --> 02:26:30.360 is reason for hope despite all the all the just 2272 02:26:30.680 --> 02:26:33.520 horrendous and horrible news that has come out in the 2273 02:26:33.600 --> 02:26:36.840 last forty eight hours. We can let that sit aside 2274 02:26:37.040 --> 02:26:40.319 and we pray for those families that are affected by that. 2275 02:26:40.799 --> 02:26:43.879 But there's always again, hope and light at the end 2276 02:26:43.879 --> 02:26:46.040 of the tunnel. And Andrew, thank you for the time. 2277 02:26:46.239 --> 02:26:49.000 Have a great Christmas Day, and I'm sure we'll see 2278 02:26:49.040 --> 02:26:52.000 you sometime here around New Year's or sometime around that. 2279 02:26:53.079 --> 02:26:54.280 Yes, sir, you too as well. 2280 02:26:54.440 --> 02:26:56.280 All right, there you go. The one and only Andrew 2281 02:26:56.360 --> 02:26:59.760 Pappus and as always great to talk to him and 2282 02:27:00.040 --> 02:27:02.360 want to thank him for his time today. Joe, Let's 2283 02:27:02.360 --> 02:27:04.280 go ahead and open the phone lines for the last 2284 02:27:05.360 --> 02:27:07.680 fifteen or twenty minutes that we have with you this morning, 2285 02:27:07.760 --> 02:27:10.879 and if anybody wants to check in five one, three, seven, four, nine, 2286 02:27:10.959 --> 02:27:14.000 fifty five hundred. As we head down the home stretch, 2287 02:27:14.319 --> 02:27:17.360 Dan Carroll in for Brian Thomas on fifty five krc 2288 02:27:18.079 --> 02:27:25.159 V talk station Affordable imagey dead the nine first morning 2289 02:27:25.200 --> 02:27:28.479 weather forecast not as cold today, cloudy skyes mile to 2290 02:27:28.600 --> 02:27:32.879 high forty five, some rain possible tonight heading into Christmas morning. 2291 02:27:32.920 --> 02:27:35.559 The overnight low thirty six looks like Christmas Day is 2292 02:27:35.600 --> 02:27:38.799 going to have scattered rain showers and a high of 2293 02:27:39.040 --> 02:27:43.879 forty eight. Thursday, mostly cloudy, a high fifty six forty 2294 02:27:43.959 --> 02:27:46.600 two at fifty five krc V talk. 2295 02:27:46.440 --> 02:27:49.879 Station from the UCL Tramphing Center with uce health, the 2296 02:27:50.000 --> 02:27:53.239 future of care is happening now through clinical trials and 2297 02:27:53.559 --> 02:27:58.120 innovative treatments. Then give patients a chance for better outcomes. 2298 02:27:58.239 --> 02:28:01.239 Visit uce health dot com. Cruz continue to work with 2299 02:28:01.319 --> 02:28:05.440 an accident on University at Jefferson, as well as cleaning 2300 02:28:05.559 --> 02:28:10.120 up on McHenry just above Westwood Northern Boulevard, Chuck Ingram 2301 02:28:10.200 --> 02:28:12.319 on fifty five K see the talk station. 2302 02:28:46.600 --> 02:28:47.639 This is the time. 2303 02:28:48.879 --> 02:28:49.120 Come. 2304 02:28:49.280 --> 02:29:00.399 But what's here? I'm happy is a happy to take 2305 02:29:00.479 --> 02:29:04.360 the next hit month, pay you my bills, time and 2306 02:29:04.440 --> 02:29:05.120 things about it. 2307 02:29:05.239 --> 02:29:06.479 It gives me tills. 2308 02:29:07.440 --> 02:29:08.399 I don't care. 2309 02:29:09.280 --> 02:29:16.799 Christmas come but grunts again getting ready? This is great stuff. 2310 02:29:16.840 --> 02:29:17.280 I love this. 2311 02:29:17.440 --> 02:29:19.239 Joe Strecker, What am I listening to? 2312 02:29:20.239 --> 02:29:20.479 Going? 2313 02:29:20.680 --> 02:29:26.879 Pardon? Oh this is Charles Brown. Okay, this is great 2314 02:29:27.040 --> 02:29:31.520 going a thing about you knew his day. I don't 2315 02:29:31.600 --> 02:29:34.879 care what I have to pay the good time for 2316 02:29:36.000 --> 02:29:39.799 Christmas combent once you say this is this is the 2317 02:29:39.879 --> 02:29:44.239 kind of Christmas music I love. And I'm looking at 2318 02:29:44.319 --> 02:29:49.719 this list of the what's considered the consensus of the 2319 02:29:49.799 --> 02:29:55.399 best Christmas songs of all time, and uh well, just 2320 02:29:55.520 --> 02:29:58.680 let me backtrack here for a second. Andrew was talking 2321 02:29:58.719 --> 02:30:02.959 about the American airlines. Say they had a problem. So 2322 02:30:03.319 --> 02:30:05.559 it's it's six point fifty this morning. They stopped all 2323 02:30:05.600 --> 02:30:09.120 their flights, said they had some sort of technical issue, 2324 02:30:09.600 --> 02:30:12.079 and those flights were supposed to resume at eight thirty 2325 02:30:12.159 --> 02:30:14.719 this morning. So I'm gonna have to look that up 2326 02:30:14.799 --> 02:30:17.600 and Joe looked at up and see if we know 2327 02:30:17.680 --> 02:30:22.360 if those flights have resumed or not. But anyway, the 2328 02:30:22.799 --> 02:30:27.319 top seven Christmas songs according to this and you can 2329 02:30:27.360 --> 02:30:29.920 tell me if if you agree with ease night. But 2330 02:30:30.040 --> 02:30:32.120 I'll go back down. Let me scroll down the list 2331 02:30:32.200 --> 02:30:38.399 here and get to number seven. Number seven is the 2332 02:30:38.719 --> 02:30:42.000 Happy Christmas War Is Over song by John Lennon and 2333 02:30:42.120 --> 02:30:47.200 Yoko Ono. And if the airlines have not the American 2334 02:30:47.239 --> 02:30:51.680 Airlines has not resumed flights yet. Oh okay, Joe doesn't 2335 02:30:51.760 --> 02:30:54.079 like this one. And this is I you know what 2336 02:30:54.200 --> 02:30:56.399 I should have sent you, Joe. This is my fault. 2337 02:30:57.120 --> 02:31:00.520 I should have sent you this so you can roll 2338 02:31:00.520 --> 02:31:02.280 a little bit of these songs so we can actually 2339 02:31:02.360 --> 02:31:06.520 hear them. But this is John and Yoko and the 2340 02:31:06.600 --> 02:31:10.719 Plastic O No Band, and I don't you know what. 2341 02:31:10.920 --> 02:31:15.920 I kind of like this song. It's probably not one 2342 02:31:15.959 --> 02:31:18.879 of my favorites. I don't know if it's top seven, 2343 02:31:19.959 --> 02:31:22.879 but if I hear it, I won't turn it off. 2344 02:31:23.319 --> 02:31:28.719 I'll listen to it. So that is number seven. Number six, 2345 02:31:29.120 --> 02:31:33.040 very traditional the Christmas song Merry Christmas to You by 2346 02:31:33.280 --> 02:31:39.360 Nat King Cole, recorded in nineteen forty six. Yeah, this 2347 02:31:39.600 --> 02:31:43.399 is you know Nat King Cole. They talk about the smooth, 2348 02:31:43.600 --> 02:31:47.920 the velvety voice, and I listened to that and I 2349 02:31:47.959 --> 02:31:51.319 think I was talking about this yesterday with Jason Williams, 2350 02:31:51.840 --> 02:31:55.120 and this is one of his favorite songs. And I 2351 02:31:55.319 --> 02:32:00.520 just remark at the quality of that particular recording in 2352 02:32:01.239 --> 02:32:05.399 nineteen forty six, and it sounds as good and crisp 2353 02:32:05.479 --> 02:32:08.600 and clear as it did on the day that they 2354 02:32:08.680 --> 02:32:11.399 made it. So I don't know. Maybe that's a little 2355 02:32:11.399 --> 02:32:13.559 bit of a Christmas miracle there, but no, that is 2356 02:32:13.639 --> 02:32:18.040 a that is a great song. Then we have Darlene 2357 02:32:18.120 --> 02:32:24.879 Love nineteen sixty three Christmas Baby, Please Come Home, which 2358 02:32:25.120 --> 02:32:28.280 is another it is that is a song that I 2359 02:32:28.479 --> 02:32:32.600 like very much. I like her rendition of it, and 2360 02:32:33.079 --> 02:32:34.920 that is another song that I can do. That song 2361 02:32:35.000 --> 02:32:38.959 that has wound up in the soundtrack of a lot 2362 02:32:39.000 --> 02:32:42.159 of different movies, and I kind of like that one. 2363 02:32:42.879 --> 02:32:47.719 Let's see what's the next one. Fairy Tale of New 2364 02:32:47.840 --> 02:32:53.479 York by the Pogues and Christy McCall and I gotta 2365 02:32:53.520 --> 02:32:56.600 tell you, off the top of my head, I cannot 2366 02:32:56.639 --> 02:32:59.000 think of what that song sounds like. I don't have 2367 02:32:59.120 --> 02:33:00.959 the ability to listen to it here in the studio. 2368 02:33:01.920 --> 02:33:06.399 But that's number four of the all time You would 2369 02:33:06.440 --> 02:33:09.920 think that a song that ranks number four on the 2370 02:33:09.959 --> 02:33:13.000 all time best list would be something that you've heard 2371 02:33:13.040 --> 02:33:13.479 of before. 2372 02:33:14.680 --> 02:33:15.079 I don't know. 2373 02:33:15.840 --> 02:33:22.079 White Christmas by Ben Crosby. That is another classic, another 2374 02:33:22.200 --> 02:33:26.959 standard around Christmas time. That's number three on the list. 2375 02:33:27.840 --> 02:33:32.000 Number two is and Joe, I don't know if you're 2376 02:33:32.040 --> 02:33:34.440 going to agree with this one. This is Last Christmas 2377 02:33:34.520 --> 02:33:41.719 by Wham, beloved holiday classic that has captured the hearts 2378 02:33:41.760 --> 02:33:45.280 of listeners since its release. Written and performed by Wham, 2379 02:33:45.360 --> 02:33:48.639 the song has remained a staple on Christmas playlist worldwide 2380 02:33:49.680 --> 02:33:52.079 the eighties. Gem had an interesting journey to the top 2381 02:33:52.159 --> 02:33:55.559 island inspired countless cover versions over the years. It didn't 2382 02:33:55.559 --> 02:33:59.600 reach number one until twenty seventeen, following George Michael's passing. 2383 02:34:01.120 --> 02:34:04.799 So there you go, and let's see. We got to 2384 02:34:04.840 --> 02:34:07.920 get a break in here, and I'm gonna Joe, I'm 2385 02:34:07.920 --> 02:34:09.959 gonna send this to you and you should be able 2386 02:34:10.000 --> 02:34:12.559 to dial up number one while we're in the break here. 2387 02:34:12.639 --> 02:34:15.000 How about that. We'll try that and we will hear 2388 02:34:15.159 --> 02:34:19.920 what is considered the number one best Christmas song, according 2389 02:34:19.959 --> 02:34:23.000 at least to this list, and we'll have that after 2390 02:34:23.079 --> 02:34:26.600 this on fifty five krs DE talk station in this 2391 02:34:31.120 --> 02:34:34.239 D nine first one forecast a cloudy not as cold today, 2392 02:34:34.239 --> 02:34:38.399 a high a forty five, forty five on the on 2393 02:34:38.520 --> 02:34:42.639 the day before Christmas, cloudy tonight, some showers possible, the 2394 02:34:42.680 --> 02:34:45.079 overnight low of thirty six, and then scattered rain as 2395 02:34:45.120 --> 02:34:48.360 possible tomorrow. On Christmas Day, we'll have a high near 2396 02:34:48.479 --> 02:34:52.120 fifty and then some showers continue and a high on 2397 02:34:52.239 --> 02:34:53.840 Thursday of fifty six. 2398 02:34:54.600 --> 02:34:56.639 So it's going to be a mild Christmas. It is 2399 02:34:56.760 --> 02:35:00.239 forty two at fifty five KRC the talk station from 2400 02:35:00.280 --> 02:35:02.959 the UCL Traffic Center with u SEE health. The future 2401 02:35:03.000 --> 02:35:05.799 of care is happening now through clinical trials and innovative 2402 02:35:05.840 --> 02:35:08.920 treatments and give patients a chance for better outcomes. 2403 02:35:09.319 --> 02:35:12.440 Visit u sehealth dot com. Highwayte not bad at. 2404 02:35:12.360 --> 02:35:14.920 All to deal with this morning for your Christmas Eve 2405 02:35:15.440 --> 02:35:19.879 morning commute northbound seventy fives under ten minutes between Florence 2406 02:35:19.959 --> 02:35:23.959 and downtown. Cruiser cleaning up an accident on University at 2407 02:35:24.040 --> 02:35:28.479 Jefferson chuck Ingram On fifty five krs the talk station. 2408 02:35:38.399 --> 02:35:44.559 OH one A lot Christmas, Just walk. 2409 02:35:48.159 --> 02:35:56.200 It's eight fifty Christmas Eve, Christmas and uh under protest, 2410 02:35:56.399 --> 02:35:58.079 Joe st Record is rolling this one out? 2411 02:35:59.840 --> 02:36:05.760 Is Mariah Carey? All I Want for Christmas is you? 2412 02:36:06.239 --> 02:36:21.680 Recorded in nineteen ninety four. Ah, there you go. 2413 02:36:21.879 --> 02:36:27.120 Mariah carey timeless Holiday classics synonymous with the Fest Season, 2414 02:36:29.079 --> 02:36:32.799 released in nineteen ninety four, not only capture the heart 2415 02:36:32.840 --> 02:36:36.280 of millions, but also solidified its place as the most 2416 02:36:36.479 --> 02:36:39.360 beloved Christmas song of all time? 2417 02:36:41.799 --> 02:36:42.399 Is that true? 2418 02:36:45.639 --> 02:36:45.799 Yeah? 2419 02:36:45.840 --> 02:36:48.879 Look, I think Mariah Carey is a very talented singer. 2420 02:36:49.959 --> 02:36:54.719 I think the way she resurrected her career. I remember 2421 02:36:54.799 --> 02:36:58.159 doing an interview about her one time. This is back 2422 02:36:58.200 --> 02:37:01.760 in My Fox nineteen days, and we had a guest 2423 02:37:01.840 --> 02:37:05.079 on that was some sort of this expert in the 2424 02:37:05.159 --> 02:37:10.760 music industry, and I said, you know what in Mariah Carey. 2425 02:37:10.840 --> 02:37:13.479 This was when she was making her comeback. And I 2426 02:37:13.559 --> 02:37:15.799 said her career literally had one foot in the grave, 2427 02:37:15.879 --> 02:37:18.479 and he agreed with me. I don't know if it 2428 02:37:18.600 --> 02:37:22.239 was this song that brought her back, but Mariah Carey 2429 02:37:22.680 --> 02:37:25.760 very talented singer, and I think she's living a good 2430 02:37:25.840 --> 02:37:28.680 life now, so I'm happy for her this time. But 2431 02:37:28.799 --> 02:37:31.719 that song is number one on the all time I'm 2432 02:37:31.760 --> 02:37:35.000 not buying it. I'm not saying it's a bad song. 2433 02:37:35.559 --> 02:37:38.440 And then Joe also agreed with me that this song 2434 02:37:38.520 --> 02:37:42.719 that's at number four, fairy Tale of New York by 2435 02:37:42.760 --> 02:37:46.639 the Pogues and Christy McCall, recorded in nineteen eighty eight, 2436 02:37:46.840 --> 02:37:50.840 never heard of it. And I'm sorry to say, here's 2437 02:37:50.879 --> 02:37:54.479 some good news. Actually I've got I have two pieces 2438 02:37:54.479 --> 02:37:57.239 of good news. As we get ready to close it out. 2439 02:37:57.280 --> 02:38:01.319 We talked earlier about American Airlines. They had to stop 2440 02:38:01.440 --> 02:38:04.600 more than one hundred flights this morning because of a 2441 02:38:04.719 --> 02:38:11.040 quote technical issue, so American Airlines briefly grounded their flights. 2442 02:38:11.360 --> 02:38:14.079 The actual of the groundstop was issued by the FAA 2443 02:38:15.120 --> 02:38:20.840 just before six thirty this morning the Central time. So 2444 02:38:21.040 --> 02:38:27.600 that issue has apparently been fixed, and American Airlines is 2445 02:38:27.719 --> 02:38:31.360 up and flying again. So if you are expecting someone 2446 02:38:31.520 --> 02:38:34.680 or you are traveling on American Airlines, don't change your plans. 2447 02:38:35.680 --> 02:38:38.600 There will likely be a delay that will ripple throughout 2448 02:38:38.600 --> 02:38:44.479 the rest of the of the day, But American Airlines 2449 02:38:44.520 --> 02:38:46.639 is flying again, So there's a little bit of a 2450 02:38:46.719 --> 02:38:50.360 Christmas miracle right there, and we'll hope that that continues 2451 02:38:50.440 --> 02:38:52.639 on for the rest of the day, all right, how 2452 02:38:52.639 --> 02:38:59.520 about this for good news. According to WLWT, the Ohio 2453 02:38:59.600 --> 02:39:05.600 Lottery says a classic lotto jackpot ticket has been sold 2454 02:39:05.680 --> 02:39:11.200 in Cincinnati. Listen to this, Joe, worth one point nine 2455 02:39:11.799 --> 02:39:22.600 million dollars. One point nine million sold in Cincinnati. Joe, 2456 02:39:22.680 --> 02:39:26.000 have you been on the west side lately? The ticket 2457 02:39:26.120 --> 02:39:29.840 was purchased at the Ameristop food mart on Muddy Creek 2458 02:39:30.000 --> 02:39:34.719 Road in Cincinnati. That's Western Hills, not just about a 2459 02:39:34.799 --> 02:39:39.000 couple of blocks away off of Glenway Avenue. And if 2460 02:39:39.440 --> 02:39:43.239 you have been there to the marathon station on Muddy 2461 02:39:43.319 --> 02:39:46.280 Creek in Western Hills and you bought a lottery ticket there, 2462 02:39:47.079 --> 02:39:51.360 check out those tickets. Someone in Cincinnati has a ticket 2463 02:39:51.479 --> 02:39:56.280 right now today worth one point nine million dollars. The 2464 02:39:56.360 --> 02:39:58.479 classic of this was Classic Lotto. That's a game I 2465 02:39:58.559 --> 02:39:59.840 never play, so I know I don't have to worry 2466 02:39:59.840 --> 02:40:02.639 ab about it. But the numbers are one, two, nine, 2467 02:40:02.840 --> 02:40:06.639 thirty three, thirty eight and thirty nine. So someone hit 2468 02:40:06.719 --> 02:40:11.559 that Christmas Eve one point nine million. Congratulations to you. 2469 02:40:12.360 --> 02:40:15.079 And if it's you, the next time I'm on the radio, 2470 02:40:15.680 --> 02:40:17.079 pick up the phone and give me a call. I'd 2471 02:40:17.120 --> 02:40:19.200 love to hear that story. But that is going to 2472 02:40:19.239 --> 02:40:20.879 be it for me. I got to get out of here. 2473 02:40:21.319 --> 02:40:23.399 Thanks Joe for letting me sit in for Brian Thomas. 2474 02:40:23.840 --> 02:40:27.639 Thanks to Brian Thomas, all the listeners of fifty five KRC, 2475 02:40:27.760 --> 02:40:31.200 I certainly hope you have a great and blessed Christmas 2476 02:40:32.120 --> 02:40:34.360 and a happy New Year and all the rest of it. 2477 02:40:34.920 --> 02:40:36.719 I don't know when I'll get a chance to sit 2478 02:40:36.760 --> 02:40:39.440 in this seat again, but someone will be here later 2479 02:40:39.559 --> 02:40:42.879 this week filling in for Brian Thomas. So once again 2480 02:40:43.360 --> 02:40:46.079 I have nothing but thanks for everyone here at fifty 2481 02:40:46.120 --> 02:40:49.600 five KRC and all the listeners of the Brian Thomas Show. 2482 02:40:50.159 --> 02:40:53.239 It's such a great audience and my pleasure to be 2483 02:40:53.440 --> 02:40:55.840 here and sit in this seat, so I can't thank 2484 02:40:55.879 --> 02:40:58.920 you enough again. Merry Christmas everyone, and we'll see you 2485 02:40:59.000 --> 02:41:02.319 next time here on fifty five KRC, the Talk station. 2486 02:41:03.040 --> 02:41:06.159 Your voice, Thank you for taking McColl your country. 2487 02:41:06.399 --> 02:41:08.280 It's refreshing to hear it every day. 2488 02:41:08.639 --> 02:41:12.079 Fifty five KRS the Talk Station, This repor