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<v Speaker 1>You're listening to Bill Handle on demand from KFI AM

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<v Speaker 1>six forty KFI AM six forty Handle Here Morning Crew

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<v Speaker 1>on Thursday morning, October thirty one. Halloween Tonight, coming up

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<v Speaker 1>at eight thirty. I'm gonna give you the history of

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<v Speaker 1>trick or treating and it's kind of fun where it

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<v Speaker 1>came from and what's going on, and maybe some personal

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<v Speaker 1>stories around here, and that's gonna be just fun. Joe

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<v Speaker 1>Larsguard at eight o'clock. Now, I want to talk about

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<v Speaker 1>what's going on next Tuesday, the general election. And as

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<v Speaker 1>was well anticipated, the Republicans, especially Donald Trump, is already

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<v Speaker 1>claiming fraud, already claiming that if he loses, the election

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<v Speaker 1>is rigged. He cannot lose without a rigged election. He

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<v Speaker 1>says that the only free election in this country is

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<v Speaker 1>if he wins, and he's got a whole lot of people.

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<v Speaker 1>This is where the detractors of Donald Trump are saying

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<v Speaker 1>that he is a risk to the democracy of this country.

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<v Speaker 1>Here's what Basically the reason is the one that resonates

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<v Speaker 1>to me in a big way. I mean the personal stuff.

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<v Speaker 1>I don't like him because as an individual and I

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<v Speaker 1>find him I don't think he is fit personality wise,

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<v Speaker 1>moral compass wise to be the president. But the argument

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<v Speaker 1>that he is a risk to democracy makes sense because

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<v Speaker 1>of what Trump and his followers have done. So many

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<v Speaker 1>people in this country do not believe there are fair

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<v Speaker 1>elections anymore, that our democracy is gone, and elections are

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<v Speaker 1>the most secure we have ever had because of the

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<v Speaker 1>backlash of these attacks. The elections are the safest, the

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<v Speaker 1>most secure we've had in the history of the United States.

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<v Speaker 1>Yet they are rigged. And I'll tell you where it's

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<v Speaker 1>really coming down ground zero in Pennsylvania. Pennsylvania is a

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<v Speaker 1>make or break and whoever wins Pennsylvania probably wins the presidency.

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<v Speaker 1>So let's look at some of the posts and some

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<v Speaker 1>of the conspiracy theories that are now flying around. Nuns

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<v Speaker 1>in Erie, Pennsylvania are being accused of perpetrating voter fraud. Nuns,

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<v Speaker 1>there is a suburban Philadelphia election line snaffoo. There was

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<v Speaker 1>a line snaffoo, and that's being amplified across the world.

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<v Speaker 1>Under half an hour and on Tuesday a rally, Trump

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<v Speaker 1>declared quote, they have already started cheating. In Lancaster, Pennsylvania

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<v Speaker 1>and across Pennsylvania, local and state officials are warning that

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<v Speaker 1>Trump and his supporters calling into question the integrity of

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<v Speaker 1>the election already is a huge risk. And this is

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<v Speaker 1>before a single ballot has been counted. As I said

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<v Speaker 1>earlier before the election, one hundred and thirty lawsuits have

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<v Speaker 1>already been filed. I mean, it is devastating, by the way,

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<v Speaker 1>as far as the rigging of the previous election, when

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<v Speaker 1>Joe Biden won and still the majority of Republicans, seventy

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<v Speaker 1>four percent of Republicans still believe it was rigged. My

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<v Speaker 1>question has always been to them, how did those lawsuits

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<v Speaker 1>get past sixty four judges? How did that work? The

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<v Speaker 1>Democrats are that smart? How did they convince every single government,

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<v Speaker 1>every single state government, fifty of them to certify the elections.

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<v Speaker 1>Are the Democrats that smart? And if they are, we'll

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<v Speaker 1>stop right now. We've got Kamala Harris as president. I'll

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<v Speaker 1>tell you right now. If the Democrats are that smart,

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<v Speaker 1>of course they're not. Republican Secretary of Pennsylvania, the top

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<v Speaker 1>election official, Al Schmith, Republican Republican really conservative, said in

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<v Speaker 1>the previous twenty four hours, there have been several widely

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<v Speaker 1>disseminated videos that were out completely out of context or

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<v Speaker 1>were outright lies. Here's the quote. Sharing social posts filled

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<v Speaker 1>with half truths or even outright lies is harmful to

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<v Speaker 1>our representative democracy. That's the issue where the risk to

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<v Speaker 1>our democracy is. And he added, voters should get information

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<v Speaker 1>from trusted sources. Well, let's trusted sources. The Internet info wars.

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<v Speaker 1>That's where trusted sources are. The major news outlets are

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<v Speaker 1>not trusted, the major networks not trusted, the major newspapers

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<v Speaker 1>not trusted, the major services reuters not trusted. That's the problem.

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<v Speaker 1>You have to go from trust to sources. And there's

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<v Speaker 1>no such thing as trust the sources anymore. Mainstream it

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<v Speaker 1>doesn't exist. And that's Trump. That is Trump. And I

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<v Speaker 1>don't care what side of it is you're on. You

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<v Speaker 1>tell me that Trump did not start this. He absolutely did.

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<v Speaker 1>And Schmidt as other authorities are worrying that the attacks

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<v Speaker 1>will erode faith in our system of representative governments. And

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<v Speaker 1>of course it's setting the stage for some really fierce

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<v Speaker 1>like legal challenges after the election, much less one hundred

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<v Speaker 1>and thirty that have already been filed, which by the way,

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<v Speaker 1>some are legitimate. That's the problem. There are some legitimate

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<v Speaker 1>lawsuits that have been filed attacking the voting process in

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<v Speaker 1>very technical issues. But now that's expanded to fraud is

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<v Speaker 1>happening all over Pennsylvania, widespread fraud. It's being rigged by

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<v Speaker 1>the Democrats. Why wouldn't it be why do the Democrats

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<v Speaker 1>only rig this? By the way, why woudn't the Republicans

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<v Speaker 1>rig the election? Two to go making sure that Trump wins.

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<v Speaker 1>Republicans are honest and Democrats are They're, you know, all dishonest,

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<v Speaker 1>including the Republican election officials, which at least there are

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<v Speaker 1>at least half of them are Republican. Democrats have convinced

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<v Speaker 1>them to rig the election. I would think that some

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<v Speaker 1>Republicans would argue that asking the Democratic officials to rig

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<v Speaker 1>the election for Kamala Harris, but that does not happening.

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<v Speaker 1>That doesn't exist now Pennsylvanian and the argument that the

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<v Speaker 1>election has been rigged already by the Democrats. Trump has

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<v Speaker 1>already said that it is a rigged election, and one

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<v Speaker 1>hundred and thirty lawsuits have already been filed, and now

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<v Speaker 1>keep in mind that's before Tuesday. After Tuesday, you're going

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<v Speaker 1>to see hundreds more filed, but only in battleground states

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<v Speaker 1>and only in counties where Trump loses, and in those

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<v Speaker 1>counties it is rigged. That's not to say it's not

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<v Speaker 1>rigged all over the country, but it doesn't. You wouldn't

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<v Speaker 1>file a lawsuit in a county where it didn't matter

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<v Speaker 1>or Trump had won. And it's really tough Pennsylvania. By

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<v Speaker 1>the way, he had one of the most the biggest

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<v Speaker 1>number of lawsuits in twenty twenty, but that occurred afterwards.

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<v Speaker 1>And by the way, as I've said, every single one

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<v Speaker 1>of those was deemed frivolous by the courts. Lawnie lost

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<v Speaker 1>his law license because of his lies. John Eastman, who

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<v Speaker 1>was responsible for that ridiculous attempt or argument that Mike

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<v Speaker 1>Pence could stop the election by failing to count the votes.

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<v Speaker 1>He lost his law license, and they're looking at criminal

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<v Speaker 1>I don't know if he's been indicted yet or not.

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<v Speaker 1>I have no idea. And so here's what's going on.

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<v Speaker 1>This is a quote on truth Social that happened Wednesday morning, yesterday.

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<v Speaker 1>Pennsylvania is cheating, getting caught at large scale levels rarely

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<v Speaker 1>seen before, and demands an immediate law enforcement intervention. By

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<v Speaker 1>the way, foreign operatives are also playing a role in this.

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<v Speaker 1>In the Pennsylvania issue, for example, there is a recent footage,

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<v Speaker 1>viral footage showing a person destroying mail in ballots, obviously

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<v Speaker 1>destroying Trump ballots. That's a given, and that was a

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<v Speaker 1>hoax created by Russia. Russia wants to see disruption in

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<v Speaker 1>the United States. And so you have a lot of

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<v Speaker 1>claims in Pennsylvania circulating on x There's an election integrity

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<v Speaker 1>community launched by a pack that was created by Elon Musk,

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<v Speaker 1>and it's for people to share suspected fraud. There's one

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<v Speaker 1>that's gone crazy Alex Jones, right conspiracy theorists. And there

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<v Speaker 1>is a report of a bus of non English speaking

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<v Speaker 1>citizens fast tracked to the front of voting lines. In

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<v Speaker 1>the meantime, there is no voting at this point other

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<v Speaker 1>than mail in. I don't think polls are open in

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<v Speaker 1>Pennsylvania yet. Conservative activists Scott Presler shared a video an

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<v Speaker 1>official speaking at a public meeting about a batch of

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<v Speaker 1>last minute voter applications and here is and those should

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<v Speaker 1>be investigated. Well, guess what the district attorney did investigate

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<v Speaker 1>and say none of those were fraudulent. The point is,

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<v Speaker 1>these allegations are being investigated and the election officials are

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<v Speaker 1>doing their job. So here's what's happening. You have Trump

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<v Speaker 1>supporters arguing, here's fraud. It should be investigated. This is

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<v Speaker 1>the Elon musk, It should be investigated, leaving out that

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<v Speaker 1>it was investigated and deemed legitimate. Okay, I don't even

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<v Speaker 1>know what to do with that. Now, there was a question,

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<v Speaker 1>legitimate question, a complaint about county workers in Bucks County

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<v Speaker 1>closing down the line too early, and it raced across

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<v Speaker 1>social media, and of course, and it was investigated, and

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<v Speaker 1>Buck's officials said it was a miscommunication because people lined

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<v Speaker 1>up to apply for on demand mail ballots briefly told

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<v Speaker 1>they could not be accommodated because the lines were too long,

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<v Speaker 1>and they got all of the votes in. They got

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<v Speaker 1>their ballots, and of course the argument is they couldn't

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<v Speaker 1>get them, and leave out the fact it was investigated

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<v Speaker 1>and they did get them. Now, there's also an investigation

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<v Speaker 1>of twenty five hundred possible fraudulent voter resident registration applications

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<v Speaker 1>that was submitted to the election board. The workers notified

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<v Speaker 1>there were irregularities as in boxes were not checked off.

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<v Speaker 1>I am an American citizen and they're checking if those

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<v Speaker 1>boxes are not checked off, which are not allowed to

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<v Speaker 1>count those votes, and so now there's a question of

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<v Speaker 1>was that simply a minor problem where the vote should

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<v Speaker 1>be counted? There's a lawsuit going on and are should

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<v Speaker 1>they be counted? Should they not be counted? And that

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<v Speaker 1>is I think a legitimate lawsuit. But those votes have

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<v Speaker 1>those ballots have been segregated while the investigation is going on.

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<v Speaker 1>What is going on when there is a legitimate argument.

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<v Speaker 1>The cops are investigating, the election officials are investigating. And

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<v Speaker 1>at this point, is there any widespread fraud? Absolutely not,

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<v Speaker 1>absolutely not. And the one where there's any question, the

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<v Speaker 1>investigation starts with the election officials and law enforcement. But

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<v Speaker 1>that's widespread fraud. And by the way, what you have

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<v Speaker 1>twenty five hundred votes right the ballots that said I

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<v Speaker 1>am a US citizen cross it off And there is

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<v Speaker 1>some kind of question as to even when they do

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<v Speaker 1>cross off. Isn't non American citizens that are claiming that

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<v Speaker 1>they are are citizens being investigated? Why is it only

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<v Speaker 1>the Democrats do that? No Republicans wouldever lie on a ballot. Ever,

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<v Speaker 1>no Republicans should be counted because there are none that

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<v Speaker 1>do that. Only Democrats are cheating. It's that crazy, and

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<v Speaker 1>the fear is that our election process and doesn't matter

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<v Speaker 1>how safe it is, it doesn't matter if Trump loses.

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<v Speaker 1>It is rigged. And you're going to see Republicans all

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<v Speaker 1>over the country who have lost. They're going to go

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<v Speaker 1>forward with that Mantra, governor of Arizona last time out,

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<v Speaker 1>who lost to a Democrat. Right, the Democrat, the Republican

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<v Speaker 1>candidate rigged election. I should have won. Well, you didn't

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<v Speaker 1>have the votes. It doesn't matter. It was rigged why

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<v Speaker 1>I lost the election. Oh god, it is so scary.

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<v Speaker 1>I hate that. Hate that, hate that. All right, Uh

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<v Speaker 1>now I want to move to what's going on with

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<v Speaker 1>the Supreme Court. And the reason I'm doing that is

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<v Speaker 1>because no, you know what, Yeah, here's what. Yeah, the

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<v Speaker 1>Supreme Court. What's going on with the Court? I'm sorry,

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<v Speaker 1>I was a little confused about what topic we're going

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<v Speaker 1>to do. And let me tell you the numbers. First

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<v Speaker 1>of all, we start with the number of Supreme Court justices.

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<v Speaker 1>We have nine, by the way, that's not in the constitution.

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<v Speaker 1>We get a many as we want. Nine actually was

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<v Speaker 1>created in the eighteen sixties. Before that, we bounced around

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<v Speaker 1>with numbers and the Supreme Court. Here's what's wrong with it.

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<v Speaker 1>It's a lifetime appointment, and it's not supposed to be political.

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<v Speaker 1>Because it's a lifetime appointment. These Supreme Court justices should

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<v Speaker 1>not be influenced by politics. Going backwards and forwards, I

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<v Speaker 1>think those days are still here gone. You tell me

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<v Speaker 1>that the three last justices that were appointed by Trump,

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<v Speaker 1>which by the way, is totally legitimate, are not politics,

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<v Speaker 1>were not involved, and the overturning of Roe was not involved.

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<v Speaker 1>Of course it was. Now people and liberals are up

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<v Speaker 1>in arms. Oh my god, it's political. It's horrible. It's terrible.

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<v Speaker 1>Read the constitution. President nominates, Senate confirms, and if you

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<v Speaker 1>have a president of one party and the Senate of

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<v Speaker 1>the same party, you have a confirmation. Bitch and moan

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<v Speaker 1>had William O. Douglas. Douglas put on the court, I

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<v Speaker 1>mean you talk about First Amendment. I've told this story

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<v Speaker 1>many times. There was a case or cases of pornography

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<v Speaker 1>and Douglas and they showed those films to the court

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<v Speaker 1>to look at what was pornography and what wasn't. They

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<v Speaker 1>actually had screenings in front of the Court of Porno.

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<v Speaker 1>Douglas wouldn't even go. I don't care. It's all protected

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<v Speaker 1>by the First Amendment. Third, Good Marshall, the first black

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<v Speaker 1>Supreme Court justice, who was a lead attorney in Brown

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<v Speaker 1>versus Board of Education, he would always go because he

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<v Speaker 1>to the place where they screened those And by the way,

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<v Speaker 1>that was that was that came out of the Brethren,

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<v Speaker 1>every word of it because they're the ones that broke

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<v Speaker 1>the Watergate case. And so the court is political, and

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<v Speaker 1>the problem is that usually the justices are nominated and

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<v Speaker 1>a nomination, when a president nominates and it's confirmed, that

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<v Speaker 1>goes on for thirty or thirty five years. The legacy

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<v Speaker 1>of Donald Trump is not going to be his presidency.

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<v Speaker 1>The legacy is going to be that he put three

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<v Speaker 1>justices on the Supreme Court who are insanely conservative. But

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<v Speaker 1>that is his right, that is the Constitution. I don't

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<v Speaker 1>like those three justices. I'm in favor of Roe v. Wade,

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<v Speaker 1>but you know, how much pitching can I do about that?

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<v Speaker 1>Is there a way to undo all of that? Yeah?

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<v Speaker 1>The argument which makes sense to me. Justices have twelve

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<v Speaker 1>year terms. That's it. And then then that space is

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<v Speaker 1>re nominated. And if you're going to have a Democrat,

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<v Speaker 1>a liberal justice. If you're going to have a Republican,

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<v Speaker 1>it's going to be a conservative justice. I mean, is

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<v Speaker 1>that an answer? Yeah, it is. So the only thing

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<v Speaker 1>in the Constitution is we have a Supreme Court nominated

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<v Speaker 1>by the President, confirmed by the Senate, and interpret the

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<v Speaker 1>law of the land. By the way, that was up

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<v Speaker 1>in the air too. Did you know that until eighteen

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<v Speaker 1>oh three that established the power Supreme Court case called

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<v Speaker 1>Marbury versus Madison. That's just a fact that is completely

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<v Speaker 1>useless that I just wanted to throw in there. Asked

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<v Speaker 1>me what I had last night for dinner. I don't

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<v Speaker 1>have the foggiest notion. Asked me what our last segment was.

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<v Speaker 1>I don't know. But you can look up Marbury versus

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<v Speaker 1>Madison and you'll see the powers of the Supreme Court delineated. Okay,

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<v Speaker 1>here's what companies are doing, and that is they're firing

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<v Speaker 1>people for little, tiny infractions. Now, you wouldn't think if

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<v Speaker 1>you steal a package of paper clips, for example, can

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<v Speaker 1>a company fire you for that? Absolutely, that's cause you

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<v Speaker 1>take a credit card. I mean that one's a little ridiculous.

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<v Speaker 1>But there's some real stuff happening made up for a meta.

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<v Speaker 1>Employees were fired for spending twenty five dollars meal allowances

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<v Speaker 1>allowances for their own stuff buying at Kroger. Now you

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<v Speaker 1>take an employee and do you fire him for that

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<v Speaker 1>as opposed to just writing him or her up? You

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<v Speaker 1>bet when you want to get rid of that employee.

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<v Speaker 1>Why are they doing that, I'll tell you why. They

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<v Speaker 1>can lay off that employee unless there's a contract, or

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<v Speaker 1>unless there's some policy, you can be laid off. But

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<v Speaker 1>that means that there's some financial issues going on with

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<v Speaker 1>the company. And all of a sudden, you have the market,

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<v Speaker 1>you have customers looking at there's something wrong here, or

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<v Speaker 1>business goes down, or because of the pandemic, there was

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<v Speaker 1>that incredible rush afterwards to hire everybody, and all of

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<v Speaker 1>a sudden, we got too many people here. So do

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<v Speaker 1>you fire them? No? Yes? Do you lay them off? No? No?

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<v Speaker 1>You fire them for cause, because that is legitimate, that

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<v Speaker 1>has nothing to do with how good your business is

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<v Speaker 1>doing or not. And that way you get unwanted in employees.

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<v Speaker 1>And by the way, when they file for they file

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<v Speaker 1>for unemployment, firing for cause they don't collect unemployment. What

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<v Speaker 1>is cause, well, stealing paper clips, maybe that's cause because

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<v Speaker 1>you've stolen from the company or meta for example, taking

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<v Speaker 1>your twenty five dollars meal allowance and spending it for

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<v Speaker 1>stuff other than meals. There is a company that is

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<v Speaker 1>a real interesting company called payhowk and Payhawk. What it

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<v Speaker 1>does is pay attention to companies who hire them and

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<v Speaker 1>for example, credit cards for lunch. If they go over

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<v Speaker 1>a certain limit, immediately they're declined and the company is

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<v Speaker 1>told and in real time they can say no in

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<v Speaker 1>the company. They don't have to walk, They don't even

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<v Speaker 1>have to worry till at the end of the month

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<v Speaker 1>when the report is made. It happens right now. So

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<v Speaker 1>and this is happening more and more and more for small, tiny,

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<v Speaker 1>little infractions, because it makes sense. It's not the infraction

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<v Speaker 1>per se, it's all the financial reasons reasons around it.

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<v Speaker 1>So here at iHeart, I don't know of anybody who's

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<v Speaker 1>been fired for stealing. There may be, and it depends,

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<v Speaker 1>obviously on the level of stealing. I will tell you

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<v Speaker 1>that when I took pencils and pens and paper clips,

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<v Speaker 1>no one boy bothered me. When I set up my

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<v Speaker 1>with microphones, equipment, speakers, computers, no one bothered me. Uh

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<v Speaker 1>but that's iHeart good place to work. They're not going

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<v Speaker 1>to screw with you. Neil you ever come on, I've

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<v Speaker 1>seen you walk out with monitors and no one cares. Yeah, right, yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>I mean I'm looking at my microphone right now. You

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<v Speaker 1>know how they engrave. You know the name of the company.

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<v Speaker 1>You know there it is iHeartMedia right there on the microphone.

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<v Speaker 1>I didn't get fired. The point I'm making, obviously, is

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<v Speaker 1>it makes a whole lot of sense for a company

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<v Speaker 1>that wants to get rid of someone, a company that

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<v Speaker 1>wants to contract employees, and the best way to do it,

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<v Speaker 1>as far as the company is concerned, is to not

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<v Speaker 1>lay them off, fire them for cause on stealing and

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<v Speaker 1>stealing can be any number of things. Meals at the office.

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<v Speaker 1>If you're working late and all of a sudden you're

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<v Speaker 1>spending too much, or you're taking the meal later on

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<v Speaker 1>after you go home. And also there's a real effect

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<v Speaker 1>on the company's remaining employees, and they're looking at a

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<v Speaker 1>coworker being fired for spending thirty five dollars instead of

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<v Speaker 1>twenty five dollars. And one of one person who was

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<v Speaker 1>fired described it this way. It's like you're driving down

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<v Speaker 1>us sudden, are nailing you for But you didn't bother

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<v Speaker 1>me yesterday. You've seen me go across here the entire year. Well,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, in the case of the cops, we have

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<v Speaker 1>to make our quota and you happen to be there

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<v Speaker 1>by the way. The police will say there's never a quota.

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<v Speaker 1>You know that, don't you. They say that doesn't exist.

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<v Speaker 1>And do I believe the police, you know, I'm so

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<v Speaker 1>pro cop, not a chance. I think there are quota

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<v Speaker 1>systems up and down, the system up and down. The

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<v Speaker 1>police hierarchy. All right, guys, we're done with that, all right.

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<v Speaker 1>I just wanted to throw that at you, because paper

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<v Speaker 1>clips don't steal them around here. By the way, Neil,

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<v Speaker 1>you were in management here for a while. Okay, what

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<v Speaker 1>was the policy was there if you take paper clips

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<v Speaker 1>or pencils or whatever sort of You know, I understand

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<v Speaker 1>if you steal there's obviously you can be fi eric

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<v Speaker 1>for cause. But how much did they enforce it while

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<v Speaker 1>you were in management? How much did you enforce it?

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<v Speaker 2>I don't recall a whole lot of thievery. I think

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<v Speaker 2>probably around the pandemic, some toilet paper went missing.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, okay, by the way, but good point.

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<v Speaker 2>I don't remember, you know, any any cases were large

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<v Speaker 2>enough to to react to.

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<v Speaker 1>There's my four hundred dollars. Here's my four hundred dollars microphone,

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