1 00:00:04,879 --> 00:00:05,599 Speaker 1: What's going on? 2 00:00:05,759 --> 00:00:08,119 Speaker 2: Thank you so much for listening to this podcast. It 3 00:00:08,240 --> 00:00:10,080 is heard live every day from noon to three on 4 00:00:10,240 --> 00:00:13,839 WBT Radio in Charlotte. And if you want exclusive content 5 00:00:14,000 --> 00:00:17,160 like invitations to events, the weekly live stream, my daily 6 00:00:17,199 --> 00:00:19,480 show prep with all the links, become a patron, go 7 00:00:19,559 --> 00:00:22,640 to Thepete calendarshow dot com. Make sure you hit the 8 00:00:22,640 --> 00:00:25,160 subscribe button. Get every episode for free right to your 9 00:00:25,160 --> 00:00:27,679 smartphone or tablet. And again, thank you so much for 10 00:00:27,760 --> 00:00:28,320 your support. 11 00:00:29,519 --> 00:00:32,840 Speaker 1: Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukah, happy holidays. Hope you had a 12 00:00:32,880 --> 00:00:36,640 great weekend. I'm not Pete Calender. I'm Tony Marino in 13 00:00:36,799 --> 00:00:39,840 for Pete the next couple of days while Pete hopefully 14 00:00:40,079 --> 00:00:43,880 enjoys his well deserved vacation. It's always kind of tricky 15 00:00:43,920 --> 00:00:46,079 when you fill in for somebody you know, you don't 16 00:00:46,079 --> 00:00:48,679 want to disrupt the apple cart too much, kind of 17 00:00:48,960 --> 00:00:51,880 stick to the format. Pete, of course, talks a lot 18 00:00:51,880 --> 00:00:55,079 of politics. We'll be talking politics. I am thrilled to 19 00:00:55,159 --> 00:00:59,159 be here. This is truly, truly a very special radio 20 00:00:59,159 --> 00:01:02,479 station staff with some of the most talented and dedicated 21 00:01:02,520 --> 00:01:05,799 people in the industry. I also love the Queen City. 22 00:01:06,680 --> 00:01:09,599 I love Charlotte even with all that's been going on 23 00:01:09,680 --> 00:01:13,879 there in Charlotte. I do love it. I'm not just 24 00:01:13,920 --> 00:01:16,239 saying that because I'm filling in today. But as many 25 00:01:16,719 --> 00:01:19,120 of you know, you may know or may not know, 26 00:01:19,319 --> 00:01:22,200 I had the privilege of being the morning news anchor 27 00:01:22,239 --> 00:01:25,519 here with Bo and Beth and Zochi and Pam a 28 00:01:25,560 --> 00:01:29,120 few years back. I was actually here when it was 29 00:01:29,200 --> 00:01:32,480 just Bo and then Beth came on board. Not only 30 00:01:32,560 --> 00:01:35,519 is it a great live and local morning show, but 31 00:01:35,799 --> 00:01:38,640 this is probably one of the only radio stations, or 32 00:01:38,920 --> 00:01:42,319 very very few radio stations left in the country that 33 00:01:42,480 --> 00:01:47,000 is actually live and local all day. So you may 34 00:01:47,040 --> 00:01:50,239 not realize how fortunate you are as a radio listener 35 00:01:50,480 --> 00:01:55,120 to have this radio station. Nationally syndicated shows fill up 36 00:01:55,159 --> 00:01:58,439 the airwaves everywhere. If you travel around the country, you 37 00:01:58,480 --> 00:02:01,439 listen to news talk stations other markets, you hear a 38 00:02:01,439 --> 00:02:04,480 lot of the same stuff. You don't hear that here 39 00:02:04,519 --> 00:02:07,480 at WBT. All Right, three days now, if you can 40 00:02:07,480 --> 00:02:10,400 believe it or not, we are three days away from Christmas. 41 00:02:10,400 --> 00:02:13,599 How insane is that. I know we say the same 42 00:02:13,639 --> 00:02:16,240 thing every single year, right, but this year, I don't 43 00:02:16,280 --> 00:02:19,159 know if it's just me. This year was like the 44 00:02:19,280 --> 00:02:24,280 fastest run up to Christmas ever, Right, I mean every years, 45 00:02:24,360 --> 00:02:28,080 the same thing. You're in Costco or Sam's or Walmart wherever, 46 00:02:28,759 --> 00:02:33,919 late September, maybe maybe sober they got the Christmas stuff 47 00:02:33,919 --> 00:02:37,400 out already. This is ridiculous, right, You put pictures on 48 00:02:37,439 --> 00:02:42,960 social media x, Instagram, whatever, and then all of a sudden, 49 00:02:43,000 --> 00:02:47,800 it's like Thanksgiving and you're like, oh, Thanksgiving already, Christmas 50 00:02:47,840 --> 00:02:49,879 will be here in a month, plenty of time. And 51 00:02:49,919 --> 00:02:53,319 then somehow it's the same thing every single year. Somehow 52 00:02:53,599 --> 00:02:55,560 it's all of a sudden, a couple of days away 53 00:02:55,599 --> 00:02:58,879 from Christmas and you're freaking out. But this year, like 54 00:02:58,919 --> 00:03:03,159 I said, it just seemed to fly by faster than anything. 55 00:03:04,000 --> 00:03:08,840 I spoke with WBT program director Mike Schaeffer a few 56 00:03:08,879 --> 00:03:12,039 weeks ago about filling in, and I'm like, oh, I've 57 00:03:12,039 --> 00:03:14,400 got plenty of time to get this all figured out, right, 58 00:03:14,520 --> 00:03:17,719 get some guests, what not, and then boom, next thing 59 00:03:17,759 --> 00:03:22,080 you know, it's here. A huge win by the Panthers, 60 00:03:22,360 --> 00:03:25,120 as Zokie reported, as I just mentioned yesterday, moving in 61 00:03:25,199 --> 00:03:28,560 the first place in the division after beating Baker Mayfield 62 00:03:29,520 --> 00:03:32,599 and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. I live in Orlando, Florida. 63 00:03:33,719 --> 00:03:36,159 I am broadcasting remotely, so you will have to be 64 00:03:36,240 --> 00:03:40,520 patient with me and producer Nick. There's a lot that 65 00:03:40,599 --> 00:03:42,719 goes into this, and we hope it all works out. 66 00:03:44,280 --> 00:03:45,840 But I live right in the middle of all three 67 00:03:45,879 --> 00:03:49,639 Florida NFL teams, all right, So I'm in Orlando. Got 68 00:03:49,639 --> 00:03:52,199 the Dolphins to the south, the Bucks to the west, 69 00:03:52,240 --> 00:03:56,400 the Jaguars to the north. Sadly, I am a lifelong 70 00:03:56,680 --> 00:04:00,319 Miami Dolphins fan. I also lived in South Florida for 71 00:04:00,360 --> 00:04:03,280 a while. Pam Warner and I, in fact even worked 72 00:04:03,400 --> 00:04:07,319 at the same place in Miami before we work together 73 00:04:08,080 --> 00:04:13,360 at WBT. But as a lifelong Miami Dolphin fan, I 74 00:04:13,520 --> 00:04:17,160 don't have room to criticize or say anything about any 75 00:04:17,279 --> 00:04:22,759 team or any player. However, the Panthers started out almost 76 00:04:22,800 --> 00:04:25,879 as bad as the Dolphins, and now they could very 77 00:04:25,879 --> 00:04:29,279 well win the division. All right. President Trump is home 78 00:04:29,439 --> 00:04:33,720 in Palm Beach after visiting Rocky Mount, North Carolina back 79 00:04:33,759 --> 00:04:36,639 on Friday. We are going to talk about that, the 80 00:04:36,680 --> 00:04:40,000 Epstein files Venezuela. We'll get into all of it over 81 00:04:40,000 --> 00:04:42,079 the course of the next few hours. We have plenty 82 00:04:42,160 --> 00:04:45,600 of time, plenty of ground to cover. I'm curious, though, 83 00:04:46,480 --> 00:04:49,639 are there more Bryce Young fans in Charlotte now that 84 00:04:49,680 --> 00:04:52,639 he's playing better, or are there all of a sudden 85 00:04:52,680 --> 00:04:56,519 more Drake mayfans, or you know, New England Patriot fans 86 00:04:56,560 --> 00:04:59,920 wearing Drake May jerseys because they're Drake mayfans since he's 87 00:05:00,079 --> 00:05:03,800 from here and taking the NFL by storm. My gosh. 88 00:05:03,920 --> 00:05:05,439 I mean, we knew he was going to be good, 89 00:05:05,519 --> 00:05:08,040 right but did anyone imagine him having the kind of 90 00:05:08,120 --> 00:05:10,839 success that he's having right now? And there was no 91 00:05:11,040 --> 00:05:15,000 Powerball winner. If you've been paying attention to that, I 92 00:05:15,040 --> 00:05:19,000 don't know if you're following this or not. Even if 93 00:05:19,040 --> 00:05:23,040 I won, I'd probably still be here just to talk 94 00:05:23,079 --> 00:05:25,639 about the fact that I won and all the great 95 00:05:25,680 --> 00:05:28,480 things I would do with the money. Tonight's jackpot now 96 00:05:28,519 --> 00:05:33,839 more than one point six billion, one point six billion dollars. 97 00:05:34,959 --> 00:05:38,120 I know Pete sometimes takes phone calls, of course, and 98 00:05:38,160 --> 00:05:41,079 sometimes he doesn't. But your participation in the show the 99 00:05:41,120 --> 00:05:44,040 next couple of days is going to be crucial. I 100 00:05:44,079 --> 00:05:45,720 want to take a lot of phone calls over the 101 00:05:45,720 --> 00:05:48,439 next couple of days. Always love to talk to the people. 102 00:05:48,519 --> 00:05:51,839 Hear from the people, get your opinion on what's happening 103 00:05:51,839 --> 00:05:55,839 in the news, of course, nationally locally seven oh four 104 00:05:55,959 --> 00:06:00,720 five seven oh one oh seven nine, seven four five 105 00:06:00,839 --> 00:06:03,839 seven oh one oh seven nine. If you don't already 106 00:06:03,920 --> 00:06:06,920 have that in your phone, put it in your phone now. 107 00:06:06,959 --> 00:06:09,319 Seven oh four, five seven oh one oh seven nine. 108 00:06:10,079 --> 00:06:15,959 What would you possibly do with hundreds of millions of dollars? 109 00:06:17,560 --> 00:06:21,160 Even after the taxes, the lump sum payment, you take 110 00:06:21,199 --> 00:06:24,480 the lump sum payment and like forty percent taxes, you're 111 00:06:24,519 --> 00:06:29,720 still going to have hundreds of millions of dollars. One 112 00:06:29,759 --> 00:06:32,560 of the many things I would do is make a 113 00:06:32,600 --> 00:06:39,480 massive donation of contribution to Samaritan's Purse. What an unbelievable organization. 114 00:06:40,720 --> 00:06:42,279 And then I would be on the phone with Rick 115 00:06:42,319 --> 00:06:45,199 Hendrick probably getting me a new Corvette Z six, or 116 00:06:45,240 --> 00:06:48,680 maybe buying a whole dealership, give my friends and family jobs. 117 00:06:49,800 --> 00:06:52,560 I mean, that's what you would do, right, Excuse me, 118 00:06:52,720 --> 00:06:56,240 hopefully that's what you would do, right. You would help 119 00:06:57,120 --> 00:07:00,199 friends and family. You want to do the right thing. 120 00:07:01,199 --> 00:07:02,839 I hate to admit it, but I really didn't know 121 00:07:02,879 --> 00:07:07,439 that much about Samaritan's Purse until I worked here at WBT, 122 00:07:07,600 --> 00:07:11,160 and it started with the Ukraine War, which we'll get 123 00:07:11,199 --> 00:07:15,319 into a little bit but I was actually anchoring the 124 00:07:15,360 --> 00:07:19,560 morning news the day that Russia invaded Ukraine, and we 125 00:07:19,680 --> 00:07:23,399 broke the news about the Russian invasion of Ukraine, and 126 00:07:23,480 --> 00:07:26,720 we followed the war very very closely every day from 127 00:07:26,720 --> 00:07:31,399 that point. Brett Jensen, who I'll be filling in for 128 00:07:31,600 --> 00:07:35,120 next week, Brett Jensen. And you probably know this if 129 00:07:35,120 --> 00:07:37,439 you're a regular listener or a longtime listener. But he 130 00:07:37,480 --> 00:07:40,279 had a good friend that lived in Ukraine, young lady 131 00:07:40,279 --> 00:07:43,199 that was calling in every day giving us updates. If 132 00:07:43,199 --> 00:07:46,439 you listen to my podcast, you know, I think Putin 133 00:07:47,160 --> 00:07:53,560 is not really interested in making a deal. Brandon talked 134 00:07:53,560 --> 00:07:58,360 about more strikes in Ukraine over the weekend as the 135 00:07:58,399 --> 00:08:03,360 war continues. But everything that Trump says, everything that Marco 136 00:08:03,480 --> 00:08:07,120 Rubio says, I really don't think Putin. I mean, he's 137 00:08:07,199 --> 00:08:10,079 essentially jerking our chain. I think I've said this before 138 00:08:10,279 --> 00:08:15,600 many times. He's essentially jerking the whole world's chain, because 139 00:08:15,680 --> 00:08:18,399 I really don't think he has any interest in making 140 00:08:18,439 --> 00:08:21,040 a deal. He only wants to make a deal if 141 00:08:21,040 --> 00:08:25,920 he's going to get to keep some of Ukraine's land, 142 00:08:26,439 --> 00:08:30,079 which is not going to happen. I don't think so. 143 00:08:30,879 --> 00:08:33,519 Although they keep saying. They said it again over the weekend. 144 00:08:34,480 --> 00:08:37,000 We're getting really close. We're getting really close to having 145 00:08:37,000 --> 00:08:40,799 a deal. I honestly don't think we're that close to 146 00:08:40,879 --> 00:08:44,120 having a deal because I don't think that Putin is 147 00:08:44,240 --> 00:08:48,639 interested in a deal. But getting back to Samaritan's Purse, 148 00:08:48,679 --> 00:08:52,639 it started with the Russia Ukraine War. Then it was 149 00:08:52,679 --> 00:08:57,480 the hurricanes. Then it was Hurricane Helene in western North Carolina, 150 00:08:58,320 --> 00:09:04,840 then Gaza, etc. Etc. 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If you go to WBT dot com, you'll 179 00:10:43,639 --> 00:10:48,360 see a story there about the tar Hill State's biggest 180 00:10:49,039 --> 00:10:50,960 I guess you would call it the you know industry 181 00:10:51,440 --> 00:10:59,080 or revenue generator, is actually pharmaceuticals. But President Trump talking 182 00:10:59,120 --> 00:11:01,919 about the announcement coming out on Friday. Of course, the 183 00:11:01,960 --> 00:11:05,559 whole thing was really a rally for former RNC chair 184 00:11:05,600 --> 00:11:08,559 and Senate candidate Michael Watley, who we are going to 185 00:11:08,559 --> 00:11:11,919 talk to a little bit later in the show. And 186 00:11:11,960 --> 00:11:14,679 as I mentioned Trump, Yeah, he talked pretty much about 187 00:11:14,679 --> 00:11:18,360 everything like he always does, right, pretty much everything that 188 00:11:18,399 --> 00:11:21,080 he talked about on Wednesday night he talked about again 189 00:11:21,200 --> 00:11:25,399 on Friday night here in North Carolina. And then the 190 00:11:25,559 --> 00:11:28,799 lamestream media is like, oh, he just says the same 191 00:11:28,799 --> 00:11:31,080 stuff all the time. You know what did Trump talk about? 192 00:11:31,159 --> 00:11:33,240 Talked about the same thing he talks about all the time. 193 00:11:33,320 --> 00:11:36,399 He's telling the same lies. Well, he talks about the 194 00:11:36,440 --> 00:11:40,840 same thing all the time because not everybody, you know, 195 00:11:40,960 --> 00:11:44,200 pays us close attention to it as the media does, right. 196 00:11:44,519 --> 00:11:47,679 I mean, you may watch Fox News, you may watch 197 00:11:47,799 --> 00:11:50,720 news Max, you may watch ABC. That's all you're going 198 00:11:50,759 --> 00:11:55,840 to see and depending upon which network you're watching, you're 199 00:11:55,879 --> 00:11:59,639 only going to see a part of it. So if 200 00:11:59,679 --> 00:12:02,679 you do, you if you are close to the news cycle, 201 00:12:02,720 --> 00:12:04,720 I mean, if you're a newshound and you're close to 202 00:12:04,759 --> 00:12:07,240 the news cycle, you know you're going to hear a 203 00:12:07,240 --> 00:12:09,320 lot of the same stuff over and over, like you 204 00:12:09,399 --> 00:12:12,840 may do on certain radio shows because not everybody is 205 00:12:12,919 --> 00:12:16,639 listening all the time, and he's not getting enough credit 206 00:12:16,799 --> 00:12:19,759 for the stuff that he's doing, so he needs to 207 00:12:19,879 --> 00:12:23,120 keep talking about it. Like the address on Wednesday night, 208 00:12:23,159 --> 00:12:25,720 Why is he so angry? You know, if he was 209 00:12:25,840 --> 00:12:28,200 nice and mellow, then they would say, oh, Trump was 210 00:12:28,240 --> 00:12:30,799 really tired. You know, he gave that address to the 211 00:12:30,879 --> 00:12:34,960 nation and his voice he was slow and tired. And 212 00:12:35,000 --> 00:12:37,679 then he comes out on fire because he's excited about 213 00:12:37,679 --> 00:12:41,159 everything that's happening, and it's like, why is he so angry? 214 00:12:41,240 --> 00:12:44,200 Why is he yelling at us? And I did see 215 00:12:44,200 --> 00:12:47,559 a video clip of a guy protesting at that event 216 00:12:48,639 --> 00:12:50,440 in Rocky Mount. It was from one of the one 217 00:12:50,480 --> 00:12:55,320 of the local TV news stations, I think out of Raleigh, 218 00:12:55,360 --> 00:12:58,120 but it's probably all over social media, you know. Of course, 219 00:12:58,159 --> 00:13:00,240 there were some protesters, and there was a guy at 220 00:13:00,279 --> 00:13:06,000 the event that was protesting in support of the Venezuelan 221 00:13:06,159 --> 00:13:11,960 drug smugglers being killed. And I'm not kidding. He literally said, 222 00:13:13,440 --> 00:13:17,480 I'm here in support of the Venezuelans that President Trump 223 00:13:17,559 --> 00:13:20,679 is killing. He's violating there on the boats, you know, 224 00:13:20,799 --> 00:13:23,879 on the Venezuelans that President Trump is killing on the boats. 225 00:13:23,879 --> 00:13:27,159 He's violating their human rights. I mean, these are the 226 00:13:27,159 --> 00:13:29,440 same people that are protesting ICE or just making it 227 00:13:29,480 --> 00:13:32,639 difficult for ICE agents to do their jobs while illegal 228 00:13:32,759 --> 00:13:37,240 aliens continue committing crimes. Did you see last week the 229 00:13:37,240 --> 00:13:42,200 illegal Haitian immigrants in Massachusetts arrested for stealing seven million dollars, 230 00:13:42,240 --> 00:13:44,399 which you know, that's like nothing, That's like twenty bucks 231 00:13:44,399 --> 00:13:50,559 to me and you. Benny Trump on Friday night and 232 00:13:50,639 --> 00:13:52,879 on Wednesday night, of course, talked about all the fraud 233 00:13:52,919 --> 00:13:56,080 in Minnesota and Representative il han Omar and all that, 234 00:13:57,039 --> 00:14:03,039 But these Haitian illegals in Massachusetts set up fake retail locations. 235 00:14:03,039 --> 00:14:06,120 This was pretty sophisticated. They set up fake retail locations 236 00:14:06,159 --> 00:14:10,919 to run the EBT cards, the snap cards and steal 237 00:14:10,919 --> 00:14:13,360 all the money million, seven million. I mean, that's just 238 00:14:13,519 --> 00:14:18,000 one small example of things that are going on all 239 00:14:18,039 --> 00:14:23,279 over the country. And yes, there are legal Americans that 240 00:14:23,320 --> 00:14:26,919 are also taking advantage of government systems that we know 241 00:14:27,080 --> 00:14:33,200 as well. So, knowing that I was filling in today 242 00:14:34,080 --> 00:14:37,080 here in Charlotte on WBT, all I could think about 243 00:14:37,120 --> 00:14:40,480 the last few days is at what point in the 244 00:14:40,559 --> 00:14:48,320 show do I mention Arena Zarutska, the story that thrust 245 00:14:48,639 --> 00:14:52,279 Charlotte into the national spotlight. I mean, I didn't want 246 00:14:52,320 --> 00:14:54,639 to just come on and say, Hey, welcome to the 247 00:14:54,639 --> 00:14:57,960 Pete Calnder Show. I'm Tony Marino, Happy Monday, Merry Christmas, 248 00:14:57,960 --> 00:15:01,639 and what about Arenas the Root's gut, right, I didn't 249 00:15:01,639 --> 00:15:05,080 want to just open up with that. But I also 250 00:15:05,120 --> 00:15:08,600 don't want to go too long without talking about one 251 00:15:08,639 --> 00:15:13,279 of the worst stories of the entire year, the story 252 00:15:13,320 --> 00:15:16,679 that thrust Charlotte into the national spotlight and everything that 253 00:15:16,720 --> 00:15:22,000 has happened since then. When I watched that video, and 254 00:15:22,080 --> 00:15:24,879 I will say, because I pay a lot of attention 255 00:15:25,039 --> 00:15:31,639 to what goes on in Charlotte prior to that, Prior 256 00:15:31,679 --> 00:15:39,360 to that incident, and probably some of the Ukraine rallies 257 00:15:40,960 --> 00:15:43,519 that had been happening in downtown Charlotte, you know, or 258 00:15:43,600 --> 00:15:47,679 uptown Charlotte prior to some of the big Ukrainian rallies, 259 00:15:48,120 --> 00:15:51,080 Ukraine support rallies, and then that. I mean, Charlotte is 260 00:15:51,120 --> 00:15:54,320 not typically a city that's on the national radar, right, 261 00:15:55,080 --> 00:15:57,960 If you watch national news, you don't hear about Charlotte 262 00:15:58,000 --> 00:16:01,240 that often unless you know there's something major happens. But 263 00:16:01,279 --> 00:16:04,399 I pay attention to Charlotte news because I used to 264 00:16:04,440 --> 00:16:09,840 live here, uh, and my connection to WBT and friends 265 00:16:10,960 --> 00:16:13,279 you know, in and around the city. So but when 266 00:16:13,279 --> 00:16:16,639 I watched the video, like everybody, right, I was so 267 00:16:17,360 --> 00:16:23,399 angry on so many levels. But I don't and I'm 268 00:16:23,440 --> 00:16:25,919 not going to say I was the first person, you know, 269 00:16:26,000 --> 00:16:30,320 to talk about it nationally. But I started talking about 270 00:16:30,320 --> 00:16:32,799 it on the Newsmax Daily. It was probably I mean, 271 00:16:32,840 --> 00:16:35,000 it was a few days after it happened. I heard 272 00:16:35,000 --> 00:16:38,559 about it because I pay attention to Charlotte, like I said, 273 00:16:38,600 --> 00:16:41,279 a couple of days after it happened, and I mentioned 274 00:16:41,320 --> 00:16:43,679 it on the news Max Daily, and I mentioned it 275 00:16:43,759 --> 00:16:46,639 every day after that, And it took at least a 276 00:16:46,720 --> 00:16:51,120 week for the national news to start talking about it. 277 00:16:51,200 --> 00:16:54,360 And by the time President Trump talked about it in 278 00:16:54,519 --> 00:17:00,759 one of the Oval Office news conferences, it was probably 279 00:17:00,840 --> 00:17:07,680 like two weeks before it had gone by. But I 280 00:17:07,720 --> 00:17:11,880 was angry on multiple levels, and especially when I heard 281 00:17:12,680 --> 00:17:17,920 the response from Mayor Vililes, the initial response when she 282 00:17:17,960 --> 00:17:23,480 didn't even mention Arena by name. She talked about how 283 00:17:23,519 --> 00:17:27,000 the city needs more resources for the homeless. When you've 284 00:17:27,119 --> 00:17:31,880 been the mayor for eight years and this guy had 285 00:17:31,880 --> 00:17:36,519 been arrested fourteen times before right, Mayor Vi Liials talked 286 00:17:36,519 --> 00:17:40,720 about all the things that the city was lacking as 287 00:17:40,799 --> 00:17:44,920 far as resources and services for the homeless and for 288 00:17:45,319 --> 00:17:50,119 mentally ill. Well, you're the mayor and your fellow Democrat 289 00:17:50,200 --> 00:17:54,680 Roy Cooper was the governor. Why didn't they fix anything. 290 00:17:55,240 --> 00:17:58,480 Why hasn't she done anything about crime in eight years 291 00:17:58,680 --> 00:18:03,359 except to watch it get worse. Yeah, the city has 292 00:18:03,440 --> 00:18:09,440 made huge strides economically. It's grown massively, which some people 293 00:18:09,440 --> 00:18:12,960 are happy about, some people are not. She's focused on growth. Well, 294 00:18:13,039 --> 00:18:19,079 with all this growth comes more crime. I can tell you, 295 00:18:19,200 --> 00:18:23,079 even when I lived in Charlotte and especially now, they 296 00:18:23,160 --> 00:18:26,279 need way more cops on the streets. I know. This 297 00:18:26,359 --> 00:18:29,160 is something that Brett Jensen talks about quite a bit. 298 00:18:29,359 --> 00:18:31,960 He's obviously much more in tune to it than I am. 299 00:18:32,359 --> 00:18:35,799 But this is the only city, this is the only 300 00:18:36,279 --> 00:18:39,079 city that you can stand on the street in the 301 00:18:39,079 --> 00:18:43,319 middle of downtown or uptown literally for like hours and 302 00:18:43,400 --> 00:18:47,279 not see a cop. I mean, you cannot compare it 303 00:18:47,359 --> 00:18:50,319 to New York City, which I was in last week, 304 00:18:50,359 --> 00:18:54,160 where there's probably more cops in two or three streets 305 00:18:54,160 --> 00:18:56,160 than there are in the whole city of Charlotte. But 306 00:18:56,200 --> 00:19:00,880 where I live in Orlando, for example, Orange County Flow Orlando. 307 00:19:01,160 --> 00:19:06,079 Cops are everywhere when you go downtown. Downtown Orlando is 308 00:19:06,119 --> 00:19:10,319 not nearly as bad as I shouldn't say that it's 309 00:19:10,359 --> 00:19:14,079 almost as bad. Downtown Orlando is a city that is 310 00:19:14,599 --> 00:19:16,920 starting to face a lot of problems on its own, 311 00:19:17,440 --> 00:19:21,079 but there are literally cops everywhere. You need more cops 312 00:19:21,160 --> 00:19:26,200 on the streets in Charlotte. And her platform doesn't say 313 00:19:26,200 --> 00:19:31,440 anything about fighting crime, right, affordable housing, city growth, nothing 314 00:19:31,920 --> 00:19:38,319 on fighting crime. Thankfully, Carlos Brown wasn't granted bond. He's 315 00:19:38,319 --> 00:19:41,160 in federal custody, and even though he faced his first 316 00:19:41,160 --> 00:19:44,920 degree murder charges, his trial has been delayed, as you know, 317 00:19:45,599 --> 00:19:49,960 for mental health evaluations. So what does that tell you? Yes, 318 00:19:50,559 --> 00:19:55,680 mental health is a very very serious issue, no doubt, 319 00:19:56,279 --> 00:19:58,079 and a lot of the crime does have to do 320 00:19:58,160 --> 00:20:01,839 with mental health. But when he clearly was walking up 321 00:20:01,920 --> 00:20:04,160 and down the train saying I killed that white girl. 322 00:20:04,160 --> 00:20:07,400 I killed that white girl multiple times, he knows exactly 323 00:20:07,480 --> 00:20:10,759 what he did. And the fact that no one did 324 00:20:11,079 --> 00:20:16,160 anything or even said anything, that was another thing that 325 00:20:16,319 --> 00:20:23,440 made me extremely angry. Angry. I mean, it's hard to 326 00:20:23,519 --> 00:20:26,160 tell if the people knew what was going on and 327 00:20:26,319 --> 00:20:28,400 just didn't know what to do. Did they know what 328 00:20:28,480 --> 00:20:30,160 was going on and they just didn't know what to do, 329 00:20:30,440 --> 00:20:33,200 or they know they weren't paying attention, they didn't care. 330 00:20:33,400 --> 00:20:39,279 I don't know, but it's extremely it was extremely frustrating. Now, 331 00:20:39,279 --> 00:20:42,359 what about this Kenyan Dobie guy who was stabbed while 332 00:20:42,400 --> 00:20:45,599 protecting people from an attacker on the light rail a 333 00:20:45,640 --> 00:20:49,200 couple of weeks ago. That's a hero. I don't know. 334 00:20:49,319 --> 00:20:52,680 Did Mayor Lyles come out and say anything about him? 335 00:20:52,880 --> 00:20:56,039 Is he being treated like a hero? 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As I said, working remotely, 365 00:22:32,680 --> 00:22:36,240 we're figuring out the you know, the kinks I actually 366 00:22:36,240 --> 00:22:38,680 thought you sent in a text message and then I 367 00:22:38,720 --> 00:22:40,319 realized that you were on the phone. 368 00:22:40,400 --> 00:22:43,599 Speaker 3: Yes you Mark, Now you would never get a text 369 00:22:43,599 --> 00:22:44,279 message for me. 370 00:22:47,079 --> 00:22:48,640 Speaker 1: Well, thank you for holding what's up? 371 00:22:48,960 --> 00:22:52,599 Speaker 3: But sure, when you said something about Ukraine a little 372 00:22:52,599 --> 00:22:58,880 bit ago, you know politics, I'm I'm a former Democrat. 373 00:22:58,880 --> 00:23:02,480 I actually loud it for Joe Biden back in the 374 00:23:02,480 --> 00:23:08,119 Democratic Caucus back in the eighties. Okay, and now I mean, 375 00:23:08,279 --> 00:23:12,480 i'm somebody has you shorted the party and the communist 376 00:23:12,480 --> 00:23:16,839 Socialists or whatever? And I don't agree with just about 377 00:23:16,839 --> 00:23:19,880 anything they do. But when it comes to Ukraine, do 378 00:23:19,920 --> 00:23:25,079 y'all not remember that? The reason I think that Joe 379 00:23:25,079 --> 00:23:27,599 Biden went all in and with billions and millions never 380 00:23:27,880 --> 00:23:31,039 let up. To me, it was just plain as the 381 00:23:31,079 --> 00:23:34,119 nudge on your face. His son, Haunter was sitting on 382 00:23:34,160 --> 00:23:37,799 some board of directors or some you know. 383 00:23:38,200 --> 00:23:42,039 Speaker 1: You said when you said, do you remember when you said, 384 00:23:42,119 --> 00:23:45,119 do you remember? I knew exactly where you were going 385 00:23:45,160 --> 00:23:47,319 to go when he said, if I don't have if 386 00:23:47,359 --> 00:23:49,119 I don't have the money in six hours, are going 387 00:23:49,119 --> 00:23:51,240 to fire the prosecutor. And I didn't get the money, 388 00:23:51,279 --> 00:23:52,759 so we fired the prosecutor. 389 00:23:52,960 --> 00:23:56,759 Speaker 3: I mean, in its on tape, and it's like it's 390 00:23:56,920 --> 00:24:03,200 like treason. But yeah, do you remember that Hunter sold 391 00:24:03,240 --> 00:24:07,079 his paintings for five hundred grand apiece. It's laundering, it's money. 392 00:24:07,480 --> 00:24:10,839 Speaker 1: Yeah, I don't. I don't. I don't know how much 393 00:24:10,839 --> 00:24:13,720 he sold them for. But yes, I know that that 394 00:24:13,759 --> 00:24:16,480 he became an artist to help to help raise money. 395 00:24:17,400 --> 00:24:19,720 Speaker 3: But here's the deal. So I think they had the 396 00:24:19,759 --> 00:24:22,519 goods on him, him and his son and all their 397 00:24:23,000 --> 00:24:27,720 their nefarious activities, and that that's why we're in it 398 00:24:27,799 --> 00:24:32,839 so deep, and nobody seems to be checking up on 399 00:24:33,240 --> 00:24:34,960 I just don't understand anyhow. 400 00:24:35,160 --> 00:24:38,640 Speaker 1: Well that is yeah, well, Mark, I appreciate the phone call. 401 00:24:39,039 --> 00:24:41,599 Uh it was obvious back then that they had the 402 00:24:41,640 --> 00:24:45,440 goods on him. Uh, it was obvious on many occasions 403 00:24:45,480 --> 00:24:48,440 after that that they had the goods on them. But uh, 404 00:24:48,720 --> 00:24:51,519 the same way that it became obvious in the last 405 00:24:51,599 --> 00:24:54,279 year that he really didn't know where the heck he was. 406 00:24:54,400 --> 00:24:57,039 The same people that wanted him to run for reelection 407 00:24:58,039 --> 00:25:02,359 and swore you know that he was is capable of 408 00:25:03,599 --> 00:25:06,039 not only being the president but continuing to be the 409 00:25:06,079 --> 00:25:08,839 president for four more years are the same people that 410 00:25:08,880 --> 00:25:11,440 didn't want to pay any attention to what happened in 411 00:25:11,599 --> 00:25:18,680 Ukraine and what happened everywhere else. So you know, that's 412 00:25:18,839 --> 00:25:22,720 that's where we're at, right, And it's not I mean, 413 00:25:22,720 --> 00:25:25,480 it's not just it's not just that, right, It's it's 414 00:25:25,519 --> 00:25:33,039 not only the Biden investigation. There's still an ongoing investigation 415 00:25:33,240 --> 00:25:35,759 into the so what you know, what what what the 416 00:25:36,240 --> 00:25:43,240 what James Comer calls the the Biden crime family investigation. 417 00:25:43,799 --> 00:25:49,119 Whatever happened with Joe Biden's brother, whatever happened with Hunter Biden? 418 00:25:49,359 --> 00:25:53,720 Nothing then he got pardoned? What about auto pen? President 419 00:25:53,759 --> 00:25:57,240 Trump said he thinks it's the biggest scandal, one of 420 00:25:57,279 --> 00:26:00,480 the biggest scandals in the history of the United States, 421 00:26:00,680 --> 00:26:04,279 the Joe Biden auto penn scandal. Nothing's happening with that. 422 00:26:06,480 --> 00:26:09,400 Nothing's happening with James Komy. They're going to try and 423 00:26:10,119 --> 00:26:13,279 you know, gin up some new charges against James Comy 424 00:26:13,359 --> 00:26:17,680 that probably won't stick. Letitia James, the New York Attorney General, 425 00:26:17,759 --> 00:26:24,319 apparently getting off the hook as well. All right, I'm 426 00:26:24,319 --> 00:26:26,200 trying to look at the I'm looking at the I'm 427 00:26:26,200 --> 00:26:28,359 trying to look at the phone log here. I think 428 00:26:28,400 --> 00:26:29,519 Alex is up next. 429 00:26:29,920 --> 00:26:32,240 Speaker 4: Alex you there, Yes, yes, I'm here. 430 00:26:32,240 --> 00:26:35,200 Speaker 1: How you doing great? How are you? Thanks for holding on? 431 00:26:35,599 --> 00:26:38,880 Speaker 4: Okay, I just wanted to say that you remember, following 432 00:26:38,880 --> 00:26:42,920 the brutal murder of Irena Saruska by that sadistic animal 433 00:26:43,079 --> 00:26:46,200 that mayor vile lies wrote this. 434 00:26:48,079 --> 00:26:48,359 Speaker 1: Letter. 435 00:26:48,359 --> 00:26:51,759 Speaker 4: It is so disgusting, vile lies, it showed, It shows 436 00:26:52,039 --> 00:26:55,400 she showed much, so much compassion for the criminal, the 437 00:26:55,480 --> 00:26:59,799 sadistic thug that murdered Arena, than she did even missioning Arena. 438 00:26:59,839 --> 00:27:02,440 She just barely even mentions her, and she just spent 439 00:27:02,640 --> 00:27:07,519 the paragraph after paragraph expressing compassion and sympathy for that thug. 440 00:27:08,079 --> 00:27:10,000 And I was just wondering, do you think she would 441 00:27:10,039 --> 00:27:14,240 have written such a letter if site young black thing 442 00:27:14,359 --> 00:27:17,599 out Rwanda and refugee had been brutally murdered by some 443 00:27:18,319 --> 00:27:22,400 statistic quite thug with a criminal record a mile long? 444 00:27:22,759 --> 00:27:24,359 Do you think she would have written such a thing? 445 00:27:25,200 --> 00:27:27,519 Speaker 1: Well, everything that you said about her response is what 446 00:27:27,599 --> 00:27:30,359 I was saying earlier. And you know, the crime itself 447 00:27:30,440 --> 00:27:34,119 obviously made me very angry. Then her response made me 448 00:27:34,279 --> 00:27:36,759 very angry. The lack of response from people on the 449 00:27:36,880 --> 00:27:41,039 trade train made me angry. But to answer your question, yes, 450 00:27:41,799 --> 00:27:44,200 just like a lot of crimes and a lot of 451 00:27:44,359 --> 00:27:48,920 very blue cities. I think her response, what she wrote 452 00:27:48,920 --> 00:27:53,279 and what she said, would have been different under those circumstances. 453 00:27:54,079 --> 00:27:56,920 I think we're up against a break and Alex, thank 454 00:27:56,960 --> 00:27:59,279 you again for the phone call. I do appreciate it. 455 00:27:59,240 --> 00:28:01,440 Speaker 2: All right, listening to this show, you know I try 456 00:28:01,480 --> 00:28:03,240 to keep up with all sorts of current events, and 457 00:28:03,279 --> 00:28:05,359 I know you do too. 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The blind spot feature 469 00:28:41,160 --> 00:28:43,799 shows you which stories get ignored by the left and 470 00:28:43,920 --> 00:28:47,920 the right. See for yourself check dot ground, dot news, 471 00:28:48,279 --> 00:28:51,400 slash pete. Subscribe through that link and you'll get fifteen 472 00:28:51,400 --> 00:28:54,519 percent off any subscription. I use the vantage plan to 473 00:28:54,519 --> 00:28:57,960 get unlimited access to every feature your subscription. Then not 474 00:28:58,000 --> 00:29:00,720 only helps my podcast, but it also so ports ground 475 00:29:00,720 --> 00:29:03,640 news as they make the media landscape more transparent. 476 00:29:04,119 --> 00:29:07,559 Speaker 1: So just to wrap up on this whole Irena Zerutzka thing, 477 00:29:10,079 --> 00:29:14,319 you know, and mayor live ales vy Liles what did that? 478 00:29:14,720 --> 00:29:18,559 What did he call her? Vi lying whatever? Okay, at 479 00:29:18,640 --> 00:29:22,559 least at least they have taken a big step forward 480 00:29:22,880 --> 00:29:28,440 with the Irena law right, eliminating the ridiculous cashless bail, 481 00:29:28,559 --> 00:29:33,839 the dumbest thing ever, and expanding mental health evaluations. And 482 00:29:33,920 --> 00:29:38,519 I mentioned at the beginning of the whole conversation so so, 483 00:29:38,519 --> 00:29:43,720 so you had the Irena Zarutska stabbing, then there was 484 00:29:43,799 --> 00:29:48,559 another incident after that, I think it was a shooting. 485 00:29:49,559 --> 00:29:54,119 And then there was the incident with the hero right 486 00:29:57,279 --> 00:30:03,599 what was his name, Kenyon, Kenyan Adobe or Kenyan Dobe, 487 00:30:03,680 --> 00:30:08,039 the guy who got stabbed protecting people from attacker from 488 00:30:08,039 --> 00:30:11,319 an attacker on the light rail. In the brief period 489 00:30:11,319 --> 00:30:14,440 of time I lived in Charlotte, I never rode the 490 00:30:14,559 --> 00:30:20,039 light rail. I rode that other I rode the other 491 00:30:20,160 --> 00:30:24,920 rail that goes, you know, up and down downtown through uptown. 492 00:30:25,000 --> 00:30:28,960 All that I never actually rode on the light rail. 493 00:30:29,039 --> 00:30:31,200 I don't know what's going on on the light rail. 494 00:30:31,240 --> 00:30:33,920 There wasn't that much violence on the light rail. I 495 00:30:33,960 --> 00:30:36,599 don't seem to remember that much violence on the light 496 00:30:36,680 --> 00:30:39,400 rail when I lived there, So I'm not sure what's 497 00:30:39,400 --> 00:30:45,279 going on there. But did Kenyon get as much publicity 498 00:30:45,680 --> 00:30:51,640 or you know, sympathy from city leaders as to Carlos Brown? Did? 499 00:30:51,759 --> 00:30:54,400 That's the question that I'm trying to get at. I mean, 500 00:30:54,920 --> 00:30:58,440 is the hero being treated like a hero? Yes, I'm 501 00:30:58,480 --> 00:31:03,920 sure some of the TVSS, WBT and probably WBT TV. 502 00:31:04,400 --> 00:31:07,240 I mean, I know people covered it, but is he 503 00:31:07,279 --> 00:31:12,640 getting the is he getting a hero's coverage? Did Viylyles 504 00:31:12,680 --> 00:31:14,519 talk about him? Is he going to get the key 505 00:31:14,599 --> 00:31:17,640 to the city or anything like that? And this is 506 00:31:17,680 --> 00:31:23,359 something you know, to think about as far as criminals 507 00:31:23,400 --> 00:31:27,599 being arrested multiple times and being let out of jail 508 00:31:27,920 --> 00:31:31,559 and the whole cash list bail thing. Not just in 509 00:31:31,640 --> 00:31:35,880 this case. De Carlos Brown was arrested fourteen times, but 510 00:31:36,319 --> 00:31:38,680 we've seen this over and over in other cities. Right 511 00:31:40,559 --> 00:31:45,079 If a bartender can be held responsible for serving drinks 512 00:31:45,119 --> 00:31:49,119 to someone who drives drunk, and I have to say 513 00:31:49,119 --> 00:31:52,880 that I got this from a friend of mine that 514 00:31:53,039 --> 00:31:55,960 is a bartender at a high end restaurant, and this 515 00:31:56,039 --> 00:31:58,599 is something as a bartender he has to deal with. Right. 516 00:31:59,240 --> 00:32:02,559 If a bar can be held responsible for serving drinks 517 00:32:02,559 --> 00:32:06,440 to someone who drives drunk and kills someone, why shouldn't 518 00:32:06,480 --> 00:32:11,799 a judge who lets someone off multiple times be responsible 519 00:32:12,079 --> 00:32:15,240 be held responsible in some way, shape or form after 520 00:32:15,319 --> 00:32:19,359 that person goes out and kills an innocent person. I'm 521 00:32:19,359 --> 00:32:22,200 going to leave you with that thought. A couple of 522 00:32:22,240 --> 00:32:24,440 minutes to go here, there was a Turning Point USA 523 00:32:24,519 --> 00:32:27,960 event in Arizona, Phoenix, Arizona, home of Turning Point US 524 00:32:28,000 --> 00:32:35,279 over the weekend. Vice President Vance was there. He delivered remarks, Oh, Vance, oh, 525 00:32:35,319 --> 00:32:40,839 by the way, Erica Kirk, she already endorsed Vice President 526 00:32:40,960 --> 00:32:45,440 Vance for twenty twenty eight. I don't even really want 527 00:32:45,440 --> 00:32:47,960 to start talking about the midterms already, which we are, 528 00:32:48,119 --> 00:32:50,799 but now people are starting to talk about twenty twenty eight. 529 00:32:51,240 --> 00:32:56,160 But you know Vance and Erica ooh, shut up already, 530 00:32:56,599 --> 00:33:00,519 all these no list basement writers trying to get clicks 531 00:33:00,559 --> 00:33:03,680 with all their hate for Erica Kirk. I mean, it's 532 00:33:03,720 --> 00:33:09,400 it's ridiculous, right the JD. Vance divorce or rumors and 533 00:33:09,880 --> 00:33:12,359 all the stuff that's going on with Erica Kirk now 534 00:33:12,400 --> 00:33:15,440 about her ex boyfriend and whoever she dated before she 535 00:33:15,599 --> 00:33:20,240 married Charlie Kirk. Shut up. The woman is a mother 536 00:33:21,400 --> 00:33:26,559 of two children. She just watched her husband get executed, 537 00:33:28,119 --> 00:33:31,000 and then she's kind of forced more into the limelight 538 00:33:31,079 --> 00:33:33,599 than she already was. Right, She's at the White House, 539 00:33:33,759 --> 00:33:39,400 she's giving interviews on big national shows, she's doing speeches. 540 00:33:40,079 --> 00:33:43,480 I mean, give her a break. Really, that's something that's 541 00:33:43,559 --> 00:33:47,599 really bothering me. And it's it just comes down, you know, 542 00:33:48,160 --> 00:33:53,119 to the Internet and social media and the gazillion different 543 00:33:53,359 --> 00:33:58,799 so called news platforms that are out there today. Florida 544 00:33:58,920 --> 00:34:04,599 Representative Anna Paulina Luna also spurt spoke at the Turning 545 00:34:04,680 --> 00:34:09,320 Point amerfest Nick, if you would play that cut from 546 00:34:09,400 --> 00:34:14,599 Anna Paulina Luna, she's the representative that is pushing the 547 00:34:14,760 --> 00:34:18,360 discharge petition to force a vote on congressional trading. 548 00:34:18,760 --> 00:34:20,559 Speaker 5: By the time that she announced that she was no 549 00:34:20,679 --> 00:34:25,840 longer seeking office, had outperformed Warren Buffett. We've nicknamed her 550 00:34:25,880 --> 00:34:29,639 the real Wolf of Wall Street, and she's currently outperformed 551 00:34:29,679 --> 00:34:33,800 the SMP and made over seventeen thousand percent returns on 552 00:34:33,880 --> 00:34:38,519 her stock investment that statistically does not happen unless you 553 00:34:38,559 --> 00:34:42,440 are engaged in instead of trading. Both Democrat and Republican 554 00:34:42,480 --> 00:34:45,159 members of Congress that have promised to protect the American 555 00:34:45,199 --> 00:34:48,679 people and our country are making on average six hundred 556 00:34:48,679 --> 00:34:51,519 percent on their returns. They sit on committees of jurisdiction 557 00:34:51,840 --> 00:34:54,800 to oversee the policy that impacts this country. Do you 558 00:34:54,800 --> 00:34:56,679 think they're ever going like, first of all, let's just 559 00:34:56,679 --> 00:34:59,039 talk about foreign policy, right, we see this debate? Are 560 00:34:59,079 --> 00:35:02,639 you pro? Are you pro Ukraine? How about you be 561 00:35:02,760 --> 00:35:05,280 pro American? Maybe not advocate for four and worse? 562 00:35:05,320 --> 00:35:10,559 Speaker 1: How about that? Yeah? How about that? How about not, 563 00:35:10,880 --> 00:35:12,239 dear average. 564 00:35:11,800 --> 00:35:14,519 Speaker 5: That's a sitting member in the House sendate to vote 565 00:35:14,519 --> 00:35:17,320 for peace when they are personally invested and backed and 566 00:35:17,400 --> 00:35:20,920 owned by the military industrial complex. Do you ever think 567 00:35:20,960 --> 00:35:23,639 that's going to happen? The answer is no. 568 00:35:25,559 --> 00:35:27,840 Speaker 2: All right, that'll do it for this episode. Thank you 569 00:35:27,920 --> 00:35:29,920 so much for listening. 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