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So last hour we were talking 10 00:00:30,600 --> 00:00:34,159 a little bit about the perception of safety in uptown 11 00:00:34,240 --> 00:00:36,359 and crime and that sort of stuff as it related 12 00:00:36,399 --> 00:00:41,399 to the tying in of the transportation plan, mass transit 13 00:00:41,439 --> 00:00:43,039 and all of that into center city and one of 14 00:00:43,039 --> 00:00:45,880 the things like I'm going to move off of the 15 00:00:45,880 --> 00:00:49,359 transit stuff. But one thing to keep in mind that 16 00:00:49,840 --> 00:00:56,039 the City of Charlotte created Vision Plans Charlotte twenty ten 17 00:00:56,280 --> 00:01:01,359 Charlotte twenty twenty right where they put all these bright 18 00:01:01,399 --> 00:01:03,640 and shiny things all over the uptown area. And the 19 00:01:03,640 --> 00:01:07,640 whole point was to create, as Pat McCrory said in 20 00:01:07,640 --> 00:01:12,000 one famous and often used SoundBite on WBT years ago, 21 00:01:12,319 --> 00:01:19,200 synergy like you've never seen before. The idea was you 22 00:01:19,239 --> 00:01:26,040 pack all of these attractions around the convention center, and 23 00:01:26,120 --> 00:01:30,560 that's how you would lure things like the DNC. Like 24 00:01:30,599 --> 00:01:33,599 that was a huge thing. Like they really wanted to 25 00:01:33,599 --> 00:01:36,760 get the Democrat National Committee here or convention rather, and 26 00:01:36,799 --> 00:01:41,319 they did when Obama won in twenty twelve, right because 27 00:01:41,359 --> 00:01:44,040 in two thousand and eight Obama was in Colorado where 28 00:01:44,040 --> 00:01:48,560 he did like the whole Greek Parthenon re construction whatever. 29 00:01:49,719 --> 00:01:52,840 And then they did hold the DNC here in twenty twelve, 30 00:01:53,760 --> 00:01:55,120 and then of course we were supposed to have the 31 00:01:55,239 --> 00:02:00,280 RNC in twenty twenty, but then Governor Cooper can't that 32 00:02:00,319 --> 00:02:02,840 because he hates Trump. No, I'm kidding. It was over 33 00:02:02,920 --> 00:02:08,039 COVID technically over COVID, and there were a lot of 34 00:02:08,039 --> 00:02:09,800 people that were very mad about it because you know, 35 00:02:10,719 --> 00:02:17,919 Orange Man Hitler. So that was the idea. But part 36 00:02:17,960 --> 00:02:23,800 of that is also that you have what's called central 37 00:02:23,800 --> 00:02:26,560 Business district or whatever. Essentially it operates like a like 38 00:02:26,599 --> 00:02:30,960 a tax syncrome in finance district or a tiff. You 39 00:02:31,000 --> 00:02:35,360 have extra money that is collected via property taxes inside 40 00:02:35,400 --> 00:02:38,439 the central business district, and then that money is used 41 00:02:38,439 --> 00:02:42,919 to fund things inside the core center city area. And 42 00:02:43,000 --> 00:02:46,639 part of that was always for, you know, an increase 43 00:02:46,840 --> 00:02:51,400 presence of law enforcement. And then Democrats lost their minds 44 00:02:52,400 --> 00:02:57,120 and began this, you know, defund the police rhetoric and 45 00:02:57,319 --> 00:03:02,719 started placating the radical hearts of their base. And when 46 00:03:02,719 --> 00:03:05,639 you do that this I always say, I always say this, 47 00:03:06,039 --> 00:03:09,680 there is a fine line between chaos and order in 48 00:03:09,719 --> 00:03:14,319 a society, and when people have a perception of chaos, 49 00:03:16,280 --> 00:03:19,840 they will avoid those chaotic environments unless they want to 50 00:03:19,879 --> 00:03:21,919 participate in the chaos, in which case then you get 51 00:03:21,960 --> 00:03:26,960 more of it. So that line I think got crossed 52 00:03:27,280 --> 00:03:30,439 about five or six years ago. It probably started with 53 00:03:30,520 --> 00:03:33,800 the shooting of Keith Lamont Scott when everybody was like 54 00:03:34,080 --> 00:03:37,319 he was reading a book, like actually no, he was 55 00:03:37,319 --> 00:03:40,280 smoking weed with a gun at a bus stop and 56 00:03:40,639 --> 00:03:42,439 cobs told him to get out of the car. And 57 00:03:42,479 --> 00:03:43,879 then he gets out of the car with the gun, 58 00:03:43,919 --> 00:03:45,599 points to the cops and they shoot and kill him. 59 00:03:45,599 --> 00:03:48,439 They're like, hey, he's racist cops killing black men. It 60 00:03:48,479 --> 00:03:50,919 was actually a black officer that shot him, but that 61 00:03:51,000 --> 00:03:56,960 didn't matter. They protested, Yeah, they tore stuff up. That 62 00:03:57,159 --> 00:04:04,199 was before Saint George Floyd. So you know that perception matters, 63 00:04:04,360 --> 00:04:09,560 and when people now perceive Uptown to be chaotic and dangerous, 64 00:04:09,680 --> 00:04:14,439 they stay away. That was supposed to be part of 65 00:04:14,479 --> 00:04:18,360 your end of the bargain gov CO. The social compact 66 00:04:18,480 --> 00:04:22,160 is you maintain order, and if you're not going to 67 00:04:22,199 --> 00:04:26,800 maintain order, then the compact is scrapped. Okay, then there's 68 00:04:26,839 --> 00:04:31,600 no more mutual agreement you have. Your primary job is 69 00:04:31,639 --> 00:04:36,959 to provide security. That's the primary job. To try to 70 00:04:37,000 --> 00:04:41,360 prevent stuff from happening, yes, but also then to meet 71 00:04:41,439 --> 00:04:45,240 out the justice when people violate the social norms that 72 00:04:45,319 --> 00:04:49,120 are codified in law, and if they violate these norms, 73 00:04:49,800 --> 00:04:53,399 they're supposed to suffer punishment. And when people don't suffer punishment, 74 00:04:53,600 --> 00:04:57,480 they continue to violate the norms or the laws. And 75 00:04:57,519 --> 00:05:00,879 then people who do not wish to be victim stay 76 00:05:00,920 --> 00:05:04,279 away from those areas where they are more likely to 77 00:05:04,319 --> 00:05:10,000 be victimized, at least in their perception if not in reality. 78 00:05:10,680 --> 00:05:14,199 I mentioned the crime stats. I don't have the Charlotte 79 00:05:14,199 --> 00:05:16,839 crime stats. It's not important for the purpose of this 80 00:05:16,879 --> 00:05:24,240 story right now. But we have to rely on local 81 00:05:24,319 --> 00:05:29,079 law enforcement to provide us with accurate data on the 82 00:05:29,120 --> 00:05:34,720 actual state of crime and law enforcement we have to 83 00:05:35,480 --> 00:05:38,240 be able to measure this stuff to know whether our 84 00:05:38,399 --> 00:05:44,439 perceptions are true. I cannot fight against a perception of 85 00:05:44,519 --> 00:05:48,319 insecurity in uptown if you don't give me good data. Right, 86 00:05:48,439 --> 00:05:50,800 I'm not accusing this c MPDIA of not giving good data. 87 00:05:51,360 --> 00:05:53,600 It's just this is just in general, we have to 88 00:05:53,600 --> 00:05:55,959 have the data. We have to have the data for 89 00:05:56,040 --> 00:06:00,759 all the judges. Every judge, we need to know how 90 00:06:00,759 --> 00:06:06,160 many people come before them in their courtroom and what 91 00:06:06,199 --> 00:06:09,360 are the nature of the charges, how many people are 92 00:06:09,360 --> 00:06:13,680 they letting go? What is the average sentences for certain crimes? Like, 93 00:06:14,000 --> 00:06:17,800 all of this stuff can be collected and can be produced, 94 00:06:18,160 --> 00:06:20,199 and that would be the way to have an informed 95 00:06:20,240 --> 00:06:23,079 citizenry so we know, oh my gosh, we have a 96 00:06:23,160 --> 00:06:30,600 judge that keeps releasing people. For example, a twenty eight 97 00:06:30,680 --> 00:06:33,079 year old man who was caught on video attacking two 98 00:06:33,120 --> 00:06:36,120 pro life activists outside of a planned parenthood clinic in 99 00:06:36,199 --> 00:06:41,639 Baltimore was sentenced to a year of home detention and 100 00:06:41,720 --> 00:06:47,160 three years probation. He blinded an eighty four year old man, 101 00:06:49,480 --> 00:06:54,360 He knocked out a seventy three year old man because 102 00:06:54,360 --> 00:06:58,160 they were outside of a planned Parenthood clinic silently praying. 103 00:06:59,319 --> 00:07:06,480 He attacked them and Baltimore Circuit Judge Yvette Bryant rebuffed 104 00:07:06,560 --> 00:07:11,319 prosecutor's calls for a ten year sentence against Patrick Bryce, 105 00:07:11,560 --> 00:07:15,079 who is twenty eight years old. He was found guilty 106 00:07:15,319 --> 00:07:18,720 of two counts of second degree assault and reckless endangerment, 107 00:07:20,959 --> 00:07:23,000 and she gave him a slap on the wrist, not 108 00:07:23,279 --> 00:07:27,160 even a slap on the rest. One year of home detention, 109 00:07:27,519 --> 00:07:30,040 three years of probation. He also has to do some 110 00:07:30,120 --> 00:07:38,879 anger management classes. So there's that. Regarding the stats up 111 00:07:38,920 --> 00:07:43,040 in DC, a police commander there is under investigation for 112 00:07:43,120 --> 00:07:48,120 allegedly making changes to crime statistics in his district. This 113 00:07:48,279 --> 00:07:52,639 is what in the TV show The Wire they referred 114 00:07:52,680 --> 00:07:57,160 to as juice in the stats. They would puff up 115 00:07:57,160 --> 00:08:01,360 stats for arrests as an indication that they're getting tough 116 00:08:01,399 --> 00:08:04,399 on crime, even though they're making arrests for you know, 117 00:08:05,240 --> 00:08:10,399 ridiculous little things, or arresting people for no reason, but 118 00:08:10,399 --> 00:08:14,959 they just need the arrest numbers. The Metropolitan Police Department 119 00:08:15,000 --> 00:08:18,920 confirmed that Michael Pulliam was placed on paid administrative leave 120 00:08:19,079 --> 00:08:22,879 back in May. That happened just a week after Pulliam 121 00:08:22,920 --> 00:08:27,319 had filed an equal employment opportunity complaint against an assistant 122 00:08:27,519 --> 00:08:32,759 police chief is superior and the Police Union is accusing 123 00:08:32,799 --> 00:08:40,279 the department of deliberately falsifying crime data. Deliberately falsifying it. 124 00:08:40,600 --> 00:08:44,879 The union claims police supervisors in the department manipulate crime 125 00:08:44,960 --> 00:08:47,679 data to make it appear that violent crime has fallen 126 00:08:47,720 --> 00:08:53,960 considerably compared to last year. So how are we supposed 127 00:08:54,000 --> 00:09:00,000 to have confidence in whatever strategies you're employing, whatever effort 128 00:09:00,200 --> 00:09:02,480 you think are working. You want us to believe are working. 129 00:09:02,519 --> 00:09:04,399 But people look around and say this, that doesn't seem 130 00:09:04,399 --> 00:09:10,320 like it's working. 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So 155 00:10:34,039 --> 00:10:36,600 the local NBC affiliate up there talking about how the 156 00:10:36,720 --> 00:10:42,639 DC Police commander a commander has been suspended and accused 157 00:10:42,679 --> 00:10:48,879 of changing the crime stats, and the union says that 158 00:10:49,000 --> 00:10:53,600 supervisors in the department manipulate crime data to make it 159 00:10:53,639 --> 00:10:59,519 appear violent crime has fallen considerably compared to last year. Uh. 160 00:11:00,759 --> 00:11:06,720 Michael Pulliam, Commander Pullium, the former commander of the third District, 161 00:11:07,639 --> 00:11:09,919 was placed on leave with pay and told that he 162 00:11:10,000 --> 00:11:14,240 was under investigation for questionable changes to crime data. This 163 00:11:14,279 --> 00:11:18,559 according to five law enforcement sources familiar with the investigation. 164 00:11:20,320 --> 00:11:23,279 That came about a week though after he filed a 165 00:11:23,320 --> 00:11:28,919 complaint against his boss, Executive Assistant Chief of Police Andre Wright. 166 00:11:31,399 --> 00:11:34,279 So there's some other stuff going on here, okay, Because 167 00:11:35,080 --> 00:11:40,120 Pullium has a wife who also works for the police department, 168 00:11:41,559 --> 00:11:46,600 and she got transferred by the police chief, Pamela Smith. 169 00:11:48,159 --> 00:11:52,799 She got transferred from Youth Division over to the seventh District, 170 00:11:52,840 --> 00:12:02,679 working the midnight shift, and apparently Pullium, the husband, Commander Pulliam, 171 00:12:03,440 --> 00:12:07,200 was told by Executive Assistant Chief of Police Andre Wright, 172 00:12:07,960 --> 00:12:10,679 to go move his wife's stuff to her new location 173 00:12:11,440 --> 00:12:13,120 claar out her office and bring it over to the 174 00:12:13,159 --> 00:12:18,120 other place. Apparently that that is at the heart of 175 00:12:18,840 --> 00:12:22,320 the initial fight that he filed a complaint over and 176 00:12:22,399 --> 00:12:29,320 then he's announced to be under investigation. So is this retaliation, Like, oh, 177 00:12:29,440 --> 00:12:31,559 we know that you change those stats, but the union 178 00:12:31,600 --> 00:12:35,399 is saying, yeah, this is coming from the top. You're 179 00:12:35,399 --> 00:12:39,960 telling everybody to do this. Here's what the union said, 180 00:12:40,399 --> 00:12:44,600 the Fraternal Order of Police chairman Greg Pemberton. When our 181 00:12:44,639 --> 00:12:48,919 members respond to the scene of a felony offense where 182 00:12:48,919 --> 00:12:53,159 there is a victim reporting that a felony occurred, inevitably 183 00:12:53,639 --> 00:12:57,120 there will be a lieutenant or a captain that shows 184 00:12:57,240 --> 00:13:01,039 up on the scene and directs those members to take 185 00:13:01,080 --> 00:13:05,559 a report for a lesser offense. So instead of taking 186 00:13:05,559 --> 00:13:09,480 a report for a shooting or a stabbing or a carjacking, 187 00:13:10,480 --> 00:13:13,000 they will tell the officer to take a report for 188 00:13:13,159 --> 00:13:18,480 a theft or injured person to the hospital, or even 189 00:13:18,519 --> 00:13:22,080 a felony assault, which is not the same type of classification. 190 00:13:24,639 --> 00:13:30,320 So they're manipulating, they're falsifying the stats. The police department's 191 00:13:30,320 --> 00:13:34,159 command staff is focusing on two categories to drive the 192 00:13:34,240 --> 00:13:39,279 numbers down. Those two categories are armed with a dangerous 193 00:13:39,320 --> 00:13:45,799 weapon and injured person to the hospital. Felony assault is 194 00:13:45,799 --> 00:13:48,399 not a category of crime that's listed on the department's 195 00:13:48,480 --> 00:13:53,639 daily crime stats. What does that mean? Well, if I 196 00:13:53,679 --> 00:13:58,320 show up someplace and some guys shot, well, I can 197 00:13:59,639 --> 00:14:03,320 classify that as a felony assault and as and when 198 00:14:03,360 --> 00:14:07,080 I do that, it doesn't show up in their daily stats. 199 00:14:07,080 --> 00:14:10,039 It's also not something that's a requirement of the FBI's 200 00:14:10,559 --> 00:14:17,600 uniform Crime Reporting program. The it was a uniform they 201 00:14:17,639 --> 00:14:20,320 called the UCS I think is something like that or 202 00:14:20,320 --> 00:14:24,360 the UCR Uniform Crime Report. And this used to be 203 00:14:25,399 --> 00:14:29,720 sort of the the gold standard. Everybody you know would 204 00:14:29,720 --> 00:14:32,360 put their stats, report their stats to the FBI, and 205 00:14:32,360 --> 00:14:34,399 then you would do and they still do, but now 206 00:14:34,440 --> 00:14:37,399 you have some major cities that they don't report anymore. 207 00:14:37,440 --> 00:14:41,000 They've they quit sending data to the FBI, and which 208 00:14:41,000 --> 00:14:42,360 I don't think they should be allowed to do. I 209 00:14:42,360 --> 00:14:44,360 think every I think everybody should be reporting their crime 210 00:14:44,399 --> 00:14:48,919 stats and they should be that they should be classifying 211 00:14:48,919 --> 00:14:53,960 them the same way. But I remember doing these stories 212 00:14:55,200 --> 00:14:57,200 and Charlotte would come out as a, you know, a 213 00:14:57,840 --> 00:15:01,600 deadly city and in the amount of homicides and rapes 214 00:15:01,639 --> 00:15:05,360 and violent attacks and stuff per one hundred thousand people. 215 00:15:05,840 --> 00:15:08,360 And when we would show up on the list, because 216 00:15:08,360 --> 00:15:10,960 then there was like some I forget what who it was, 217 00:15:11,080 --> 00:15:14,559 it was like a it was it congressional quarterly or something. 218 00:15:14,720 --> 00:15:18,200 They would take the UCR stats and they would rank 219 00:15:18,759 --> 00:15:24,159 most dangerous and safest cities. And of course when Charlotte 220 00:15:24,200 --> 00:15:28,759 made the list of most dangerous cities, the Charlotte city 221 00:15:28,799 --> 00:15:33,759 leaders were very upset because we are building a synergistic 222 00:15:34,240 --> 00:15:38,240 uptown entertainment zone that is a world class city people, right, 223 00:15:38,600 --> 00:15:40,559 So they were very upset. I remember they brought out 224 00:15:40,600 --> 00:15:43,639 the former police chief, Darryl Stevens, he was chief at 225 00:15:43,639 --> 00:15:46,720 the time. They had city leaders and stuff, and they're like, 226 00:15:46,960 --> 00:15:52,360 you shouldn't be using this as a comparison, but why 227 00:15:52,399 --> 00:15:56,759 not shouldn't we though, well, every city is different with 228 00:15:56,840 --> 00:16:00,200 different challenges and blah blah blah blah blah. Yeah it doesn't. 229 00:16:00,600 --> 00:16:03,679 If I'm one of one hundred thousand people and I'm 230 00:16:03,679 --> 00:16:05,840 in Charlotte, am I more or less likely to be 231 00:16:05,919 --> 00:16:09,879 murdered in another city of one hundred thousand people that 232 00:16:10,000 --> 00:16:12,960 is a lower crime rate? Right, Like, that's yes, you 233 00:16:13,000 --> 00:16:16,559 can make those comparisons. They didn't like the comparison once 234 00:16:16,600 --> 00:16:19,399 it was made, landing them in the most dangerous city category, 235 00:16:19,919 --> 00:16:21,879 and that's why they were like, we have lots of 236 00:16:21,879 --> 00:16:24,879 different influences and things going on in our community that 237 00:16:24,919 --> 00:16:26,759 others aren't having to deal with whatever, And they never 238 00:16:26,759 --> 00:16:33,519 would tell you what that is. So By listing these 239 00:16:33,559 --> 00:16:37,279 things as felony assault, it avoids both the Metropolitan Police 240 00:16:37,279 --> 00:16:39,720 Department and the FBI from reporting it as a part 241 00:16:40,200 --> 00:16:44,639 one or a felony offense. The union has been gathering 242 00:16:44,639 --> 00:16:46,919 evidence for some time now by looking at reports and 243 00:16:47,000 --> 00:16:50,600 taking talking with officers all over the city. Pemberton said 244 00:16:50,600 --> 00:16:53,759 from the FOP, what we've heard through our members and 245 00:16:53,799 --> 00:16:57,159 through members of management that we're willing to talk with 246 00:16:57,200 --> 00:17:00,360 the union is that this is a directive from the 247 00:17:00,399 --> 00:17:03,720 command staff. They want to make sure that these classific 248 00:17:04,119 --> 00:17:08,640 the classifications of these reports are adjusted over time to 249 00:17:08,680 --> 00:17:12,480 make sure that the overall crime stats stay down, and 250 00:17:12,559 --> 00:17:18,039 that this is deliberately done. DC crime data shows violent 251 00:17:18,119 --> 00:17:25,720 crime was down twenty eight percent. Your falsification efforts are working. 252 00:17:27,559 --> 00:17:33,559 Pemberton called those numbers preposterous. Now, the police chief, Pamela Smith, 253 00:17:34,599 --> 00:17:38,839 put out a statement. Here's what she said. The Metropolitan 254 00:17:38,880 --> 00:17:41,559 Police Department is committed to upholding the trust and the 255 00:17:41,599 --> 00:17:45,559 confidence of the public. Any irregularity in crime data brought 256 00:17:45,599 --> 00:17:51,240 to my attention will be addressed immediately. Okay, well, are 257 00:17:51,240 --> 00:17:53,920 you aware of data that's been brought to you? Has 258 00:17:53,960 --> 00:17:55,759 any of this's been brought to your attention yet or 259 00:17:55,759 --> 00:17:57,480 are you saying that if in the future you get 260 00:17:57,519 --> 00:18:00,559 some attention or you get some data that that then 261 00:18:00,599 --> 00:18:06,279 you will then you will address it. She doesn't really say, 262 00:18:06,319 --> 00:18:08,960 It's not quite clear. She said she does not condone 263 00:18:08,960 --> 00:18:13,079 any official reclassifying criminal offenses outside the guidelines set in 264 00:18:13,160 --> 00:18:16,240 our policy. Any allegation of this behavior will be dealt 265 00:18:16,279 --> 00:18:19,759 with through our internal processes, which will ensure those members 266 00:18:19,799 --> 00:18:24,279 are held accountable. Don't know if that'll be a personnel 267 00:18:24,359 --> 00:18:27,240 record so they won't have to release the information. That 268 00:18:27,279 --> 00:18:29,279 would be my bet though. And by the way, all 269 00:18:29,319 --> 00:18:31,279 of this comes on the heels of the attack on 270 00:18:31,359 --> 00:18:34,720 Big Balls. That was the doge guy, remember one of 271 00:18:34,759 --> 00:18:39,319 those coders, and he went by the online moniker of 272 00:18:39,799 --> 00:18:42,720 Big Balls. It's like, you know, the kinds you see 273 00:18:42,720 --> 00:18:46,799 at the beach. Those I'm I'm assuming Yeah. He apparently 274 00:18:47,240 --> 00:18:52,599 was severely beaten after his girlfriend was There was an 275 00:18:52,599 --> 00:18:56,759 attempted carjacking of her by a bunch of teenagers fourteen, 276 00:18:56,880 --> 00:19:03,119 fifteen and sixteen years old in DC, and Elon saw 277 00:19:03,160 --> 00:19:06,279 it because he was a doge guy. Elon saw it, 278 00:19:06,359 --> 00:19:09,119 tweeted it out, Trump saw it, commented on it, and 279 00:19:09,119 --> 00:19:12,160 then Trump started saying maybe we need to federalize DC 280 00:19:13,880 --> 00:19:17,000 take it over because if they are unable to control 281 00:19:17,079 --> 00:19:19,799 crime there, turn it over to federal government, which is like, 282 00:19:19,960 --> 00:19:21,720 I'm not so sure that's actually going to do the job. 283 00:19:22,519 --> 00:19:22,680 Speaker 2: You know. 284 00:19:22,759 --> 00:19:25,279 Speaker 1: Stories are powerful. They help us make sense of things, 285 00:19:25,279 --> 00:19:28,759 to understand experiences. Stories connect us to the people of 286 00:19:28,759 --> 00:19:32,079 our past while transcending generations. They help us process the 287 00:19:32,160 --> 00:19:35,559 meaning of life, and our stories are told through images 288 00:19:35,640 --> 00:19:39,440 and videos. 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It's always been the struggle 306 00:20:37,240 --> 00:20:40,279 for Charlotte not to become another Atlanta while trying to 307 00:20:40,319 --> 00:20:43,799 keep the uptown area viable. We solved our problem in 308 00:20:43,839 --> 00:20:47,200 twenty fourteen when we moved out of Charlotte and into 309 00:20:47,200 --> 00:20:51,160 South Carolina. Now if we want, we enjoy the best 310 00:20:51,200 --> 00:20:53,920 of the area without paying all of the higher extra 311 00:20:54,000 --> 00:20:57,759 taxes for it. Now looking back, yes, Charlotte has become 312 00:20:57,839 --> 00:21:04,039 another but smaller Atlanta. Yeah. I mean that's and that's 313 00:21:04,039 --> 00:21:06,480 always been the challenge for you know, these cities is 314 00:21:06,519 --> 00:21:10,319 that people come in from outside. They don't pay to 315 00:21:10,440 --> 00:21:12,960 build the stuff, to maintain the stuff, or anything like that. 316 00:21:14,359 --> 00:21:16,880 The locals are paying the freight for all of that. 317 00:21:18,000 --> 00:21:21,720 And that's why you get places like in Asheville, there 318 00:21:21,759 --> 00:21:23,960 was one Democrat on the city council that was always 319 00:21:24,000 --> 00:21:27,759 trying to it was always trying to get a commuter 320 00:21:27,880 --> 00:21:32,279 tax for people that commute into Ashville, so we could 321 00:21:32,279 --> 00:21:34,079 tax them when they come in here. It's like, but 322 00:21:34,160 --> 00:21:36,720 they're working here for a business. You're collecting taxes on 323 00:21:36,759 --> 00:21:42,279 the business every which way till Sunday. So like, But anyway, 324 00:21:44,200 --> 00:21:48,359 let me shift gears real quick. You know, Jasmine Crockett 325 00:21:48,440 --> 00:21:51,440 is jazzy, as I've heard her referred to. She is 326 00:21:51,480 --> 00:21:54,880 a congresswoman from Texas. She has positioned herself as an 327 00:21:55,000 --> 00:21:59,480 unfiltered critic of President Trump. She called Texas Governor Greg 328 00:21:59,480 --> 00:22:02,839 Abbott wheels, and she then said it's not because he's 329 00:22:02,839 --> 00:22:05,799 in a wheelchair, but she has used it to refer 330 00:22:05,880 --> 00:22:09,640 to him many times, so it's obviously because he's in 331 00:22:09,640 --> 00:22:14,000 a wheelchair. Anyway, it's earned her regular TV appearances and 332 00:22:14,079 --> 00:22:17,359 an enthusiastic online following. Among the worst people, I would say, 333 00:22:17,519 --> 00:22:21,000 but congressional aids to her tell The New York Post 334 00:22:21,599 --> 00:22:24,039 that the Dallas Democrat is just as rude and mean 335 00:22:24,079 --> 00:22:27,559 to her own staff. The liberal loudmouth has rocketed to 336 00:22:27,599 --> 00:22:32,039 fame since taking office in January twenty twenty three. Three 337 00:22:32,079 --> 00:22:34,799 sources who have worked with or four Crockets say she 338 00:22:34,960 --> 00:22:38,839 is rarely present when TV cameras are not rolling and 339 00:22:38,880 --> 00:22:42,480 that she terrorizes staff When she does come into work. 340 00:22:44,319 --> 00:22:47,799 She's not often found at her government provided suite in 341 00:22:47,880 --> 00:22:51,200 the Longworth House office building, with one insider saying she 342 00:22:51,200 --> 00:22:54,839 prefers to work from her nearby luxury apartment building. Sometimes 343 00:22:54,880 --> 00:22:59,920 for weeks on end. She's laying around in her apartment, 344 00:23:00,039 --> 00:23:03,079 won't come into the office, and is really just indifferent 345 00:23:03,200 --> 00:23:06,319 to staff and will scream at them. The former aide 346 00:23:06,359 --> 00:23:09,759 said she's never in the office and is very disengaged. 347 00:23:10,079 --> 00:23:13,039 She does her bs that goes viral and then freaks 348 00:23:13,039 --> 00:23:17,079 out over the most random things. She seems completely stable right. 349 00:23:18,039 --> 00:23:20,759 A second source close to Crockett's team added quote, it 350 00:23:20,799 --> 00:23:23,400 is widely known that she's not nice to staff and 351 00:23:23,519 --> 00:23:26,440 is just not a really dedicated member focused on constituents. 352 00:23:27,319 --> 00:23:31,640 She's focused almost exclusively on being an influencer, not a 353 00:23:31,680 --> 00:23:35,240 member of Congress. A third source who has worked with 354 00:23:35,359 --> 00:23:40,799 Crockett described her as quote all diva know wow, which 355 00:23:40,799 --> 00:23:44,440 I acknowledge. I don't know what that means, but they've 356 00:23:44,440 --> 00:23:49,200 said the same about me. She prefers to have a 357 00:23:49,279 --> 00:23:52,319 staff member drive her the short distance to her office. 358 00:23:53,599 --> 00:23:55,440 When she does come into the office, she has them 359 00:23:55,440 --> 00:23:57,000 come pick her up, but they can't pick her up 360 00:23:57,039 --> 00:23:59,400 in their own car, which is the norm. And it's 361 00:23:59,400 --> 00:24:02,160 a way, you say money, because every congressional office gets 362 00:24:02,160 --> 00:24:04,480 a bunch of money to operate, you know, Rand Paul 363 00:24:04,559 --> 00:24:07,079 every year makes a point of returning the money back 364 00:24:07,119 --> 00:24:10,480 to the US taxpayers, right back to the government, saying 365 00:24:10,519 --> 00:24:11,920 I didn't use all the money. I think they get 366 00:24:11,920 --> 00:24:16,000 like two million a year to run their offices. So no, no, 367 00:24:16,079 --> 00:24:19,279 She takes full advantage of this. She has the staff 368 00:24:19,599 --> 00:24:23,839 rent a car, usually an escalade because of course has 369 00:24:23,880 --> 00:24:28,039 to be an escalade or an upscale similar make and 370 00:24:28,079 --> 00:24:30,000 then they go and pick her up, and then she 371 00:24:30,039 --> 00:24:33,920 waits for them to open the door for her. She 372 00:24:34,119 --> 00:24:40,559 made one of her aides cry at one point. And 373 00:24:41,039 --> 00:24:44,799 when they put out an ad, they posted a job 374 00:24:44,839 --> 00:24:47,599 listing for her team. It was shared among a large 375 00:24:47,640 --> 00:24:51,359 group of black Democratic women, and not a single one 376 00:24:51,599 --> 00:24:55,200 wanted the gig because they knew, they knew what it's 377 00:24:55,319 --> 00:24:58,200 like to work for her, and they were like, no, 378 00:24:58,319 --> 00:25:04,640 thank you. One said quote. Truly, the only person that 379 00:25:04,720 --> 00:25:08,160 she thinks about and cares about is herself. She is 380 00:25:08,240 --> 00:25:11,519 more focused on get me on the view, get me 381 00:25:11,599 --> 00:25:13,759 on this late night talk show, which well, then at 382 00:25:13,839 --> 00:25:17,119 least she's consistent, you know, wanting to get on sinking ships. 383 00:25:17,359 --> 00:25:20,079 That's at least there is that. All right. If you're 384 00:25:20,119 --> 00:25:21,920 listening to this show, you know I try to keep 385 00:25:21,960 --> 00:25:23,680 up with all sorts of current events, and I know 386 00:25:23,759 --> 00:25:26,160 you do too, And you've probably heard me say get 387 00:25:26,200 --> 00:25:30,160 your news from multiple sources. Why well, because it's how 388 00:25:30,160 --> 00:25:32,759 you detect media bias, which is why I've been so 389 00:25:32,839 --> 00:25:36,480 impressed with ground News. It's an app, and it's a 390 00:25:36,519 --> 00:25:39,359 website and it combines news from around the world in 391 00:25:39,400 --> 00:25:42,720 one place so you can compare coverage and verify information. 392 00:25:43,000 --> 00:25:46,200 You can check it out at check dot ground, dot 393 00:25:46,319 --> 00:25:49,440 news slash pete. I put the link in the podcast 394 00:25:49,480 --> 00:25:52,480 description too. I started using ground News a few months 395 00:25:52,519 --> 00:25:55,119 ago and more recently chose to work with them as 396 00:25:55,119 --> 00:25:58,319 an affiliate because it lets me see clearly how stories 397 00:25:58,400 --> 00:26:01,599 get covered and by whom. The blind spot feature shows 398 00:26:01,640 --> 00:26:04,559 you which stories get ignored by the left and the right. 399 00:26:04,680 --> 00:26:09,359 See for yourself. Check dot ground, dot news slash pete. 400 00:26:09,440 --> 00:26:12,119 Subscribe through that link and you'll get fifteen percent off 401 00:26:12,119 --> 00:26:15,400 any subscription. I use the Vantage plan to get unlimited 402 00:26:15,440 --> 00:26:18,720 access to every feature your subscription then not only helps 403 00:26:18,759 --> 00:26:21,559 my podcast, but it also supports ground news as they 404 00:26:21,559 --> 00:26:25,880 make the media landscape more transparent. So, Brett, you're doing well. 405 00:26:26,240 --> 00:26:28,359 Speaker 2: I'm really I'm very well. 406 00:26:28,440 --> 00:26:29,559 Speaker 1: You're never not well. 407 00:26:29,599 --> 00:26:31,799 Speaker 2: That's really true, it is I'm an optimist. 408 00:26:33,359 --> 00:26:35,799 Speaker 1: Well, I mean, I can't see in your brain at 409 00:26:35,839 --> 00:26:37,920 all times. I'll take your word for that. I will 410 00:26:37,960 --> 00:26:40,359 just say Brett is like ninety nine percent of the 411 00:26:40,400 --> 00:26:43,160 time always telling people things are fantastic. 412 00:26:43,599 --> 00:26:46,960 Speaker 2: It is everything is fantasic. Look, we are so lucky. 413 00:26:47,160 --> 00:26:47,920 Are you kidding me? 414 00:26:48,480 --> 00:26:49,240 Speaker 1: I'm not kidding it. 415 00:26:49,279 --> 00:26:50,119 Speaker 2: We're super lucky. 416 00:26:50,200 --> 00:26:51,079 Speaker 1: I do agree with that. 417 00:26:51,079 --> 00:26:51,759 Speaker 2: It's incredible. 418 00:26:51,880 --> 00:26:53,920 Speaker 1: And one of the things also, I feel like if 419 00:26:54,559 --> 00:26:59,480 if you have gratitude, like if you're grateful, yes, like 420 00:26:59,519 --> 00:27:03,680 you reckon yes, when you are blessed, when you've got 421 00:27:03,839 --> 00:27:05,960 something good and you just take a moment to say, 422 00:27:06,160 --> 00:27:08,880 this is a good thing. I'm I'm grateful for this 423 00:27:09,000 --> 00:27:12,480 thing or these people or this experience. I feel like 424 00:27:12,480 --> 00:27:16,599 people are happier when they recognize things to be grateful for. 425 00:27:16,799 --> 00:27:19,440 Oh yeah, I think that that may be the secret 426 00:27:19,440 --> 00:27:19,759 to life. 427 00:27:19,799 --> 00:27:21,720 Speaker 2: Are you a dweller, Like do you dwell? 428 00:27:21,920 --> 00:27:24,240 Speaker 1: I have a dwelling, But do you dwell. 429 00:27:23,920 --> 00:27:26,200 Speaker 2: When like, something doesn't go right, I mean, you do 430 00:27:26,440 --> 00:27:27,400 dwell on it. 431 00:27:27,440 --> 00:27:30,960 Speaker 1: For I'm not a ruminator. 432 00:27:31,559 --> 00:27:32,119 Speaker 2: I like that. 433 00:27:32,480 --> 00:27:35,640 Speaker 1: I don't ruminate. That's very bad in psychological terms. People 434 00:27:35,640 --> 00:27:39,519 who ruminate, they dwell, like you're saying, they dwell on stuff. 435 00:27:40,200 --> 00:27:43,039 I don't do that unless it's something that's unresolved. If 436 00:27:43,039 --> 00:27:47,720 I've done something and I've hurt somebody, I did something bad, yeah, right, 437 00:27:47,759 --> 00:27:49,759 then it's like I will. But then it's like, but 438 00:27:49,799 --> 00:27:51,960 that forces me to try to fix it. 439 00:27:53,079 --> 00:27:58,440 Speaker 2: You're a people pleaser, not really, you don't like people more. 440 00:27:58,720 --> 00:27:59,960 Speaker 1: That's that's more real. 441 00:28:00,559 --> 00:28:00,960 Speaker 2: I like it. 442 00:28:01,039 --> 00:28:03,799 Speaker 1: Yeah, yeah, no, I yeah, And I'm grateful for the 443 00:28:03,799 --> 00:28:06,799 way I am. So let me. Have you heard this 444 00:28:06,880 --> 00:28:10,480 story out of Carrie, North Carolina. 445 00:28:11,160 --> 00:28:13,720 Speaker 2: I'm a big fan of Carrie North Carolina, but I 446 00:28:13,720 --> 00:28:14,839 don't I don't know the city. 447 00:28:14,880 --> 00:28:17,319 Speaker 1: You know, So you know Carrie North Carolina, you knows what. 448 00:28:17,400 --> 00:28:18,119 Speaker 2: She's very nice? 449 00:28:18,200 --> 00:28:20,319 Speaker 1: Yes, you know what? Carrie stands for. 450 00:28:22,400 --> 00:28:25,000 Speaker 2: Justice in the American one, No Carrie. 451 00:28:25,119 --> 00:28:28,000 Speaker 1: According to the locals, Carrie suburb of Raleigh's up in 452 00:28:28,000 --> 00:28:30,599 Wake County, Oh Boy, and it's called a it's called 453 00:28:30,759 --> 00:28:33,000 Carrie stands for it's an acronym, and it stands for 454 00:28:33,599 --> 00:28:36,039 Containment Area for relocated Yankees. 455 00:28:36,960 --> 00:28:39,799 Speaker 2: So now I totally believe that, right. I try to 456 00:28:39,880 --> 00:28:43,599 stay out of Raleigh at every possible same. 457 00:28:43,720 --> 00:28:46,519 Speaker 1: Yeah, same, I just don't like going up there. Yeah. Same. 458 00:28:47,079 --> 00:28:51,279 So there's a Wendy's in Carrie. Yeah, and have you 459 00:28:51,319 --> 00:28:55,200 heard of this show on Netflix called Wednesday from the 460 00:28:55,200 --> 00:28:57,799 Adams Family. You know one of the characters. I know 461 00:28:57,839 --> 00:29:01,640 that character, the character, right, Well, apparently there's Netflix spin 462 00:29:01,680 --> 00:29:04,559 off or something that they're doing. They're promoting the show Wednesday. 463 00:29:04,680 --> 00:29:05,079 Speaker 2: That sounds over. 464 00:29:05,200 --> 00:29:09,079 Speaker 1: That sounds all right, And so the Adams Family spooky, 465 00:29:09,240 --> 00:29:12,039 kind of kooky, right, all of that. So they've got 466 00:29:12,079 --> 00:29:15,799 displays that are going up in the Wendy's and very 467 00:29:15,839 --> 00:29:16,680 much like Halloween. 468 00:29:17,519 --> 00:29:18,640 Speaker 2: Halloween. Oh okay, right right? 469 00:29:18,680 --> 00:29:19,799 Speaker 1: What makes it? Kind of makes sense? Right? 470 00:29:20,000 --> 00:29:21,920 Speaker 2: Witch rushing the season? But yes, I'm great. 471 00:29:22,039 --> 00:29:28,359 Speaker 1: I have cobwebs and that's right, and a noose? Whoa 472 00:29:29,480 --> 00:29:30,640 you see where this is going? 473 00:29:30,759 --> 00:29:33,359 Speaker 2: No? I don't really. I just went you when you 474 00:29:33,440 --> 00:29:35,880 drop noos, I go whoa hold on? 475 00:29:35,960 --> 00:29:36,160 Speaker 1: Right? 476 00:29:36,279 --> 00:29:37,799 Speaker 2: No? No, no good? 477 00:29:37,960 --> 00:29:43,440 Speaker 1: It is raising concerns. Yes, the choice to display a 478 00:29:43,519 --> 00:29:47,680 noose did not sit well for some customers and civil 479 00:29:47,799 --> 00:29:53,559 rights organizations who say it's a form of disturbing symbolism 480 00:29:54,119 --> 00:29:57,119 rooted in a racist past. 481 00:29:57,519 --> 00:30:05,599 Speaker 2: Well, wow, I listen, people are going to you know, 482 00:30:06,079 --> 00:30:08,359 take it as they take it. You know. That's that's 483 00:30:08,400 --> 00:30:10,400 the that's why I wouldn't. 484 00:30:10,079 --> 00:30:12,240 Speaker 1: Watch that show, The Wednesday Show. 485 00:30:13,119 --> 00:30:15,000 Speaker 2: It's like a sci fi thing, right, It's like a 486 00:30:15,440 --> 00:30:15,720 it's like. 487 00:30:15,720 --> 00:30:17,720 Speaker 1: The Monster yea, the Adams Family. 488 00:30:17,880 --> 00:30:20,880 Speaker 2: It's you know, I got, I got, I got. I'm 489 00:30:20,880 --> 00:30:22,559 not gonna I'm not gonna wreck your I'm not gonna 490 00:30:22,559 --> 00:30:24,799 harsher buzs. But go ahead, no do it. I don't know. 491 00:30:25,000 --> 00:30:27,400 Speaker 1: I'm not even this is pregaming. We're working on getting 492 00:30:27,400 --> 00:30:27,759 the butts. 493 00:30:29,079 --> 00:30:35,160 Speaker 2: I watched accidentally show last night that was really magnificent, 494 00:30:35,279 --> 00:30:38,920 which was it's called The Penguin Lessons on Netflix. 495 00:30:39,160 --> 00:30:41,359 Speaker 1: Okay, is it about penguins. 496 00:30:41,680 --> 00:30:46,200 Speaker 2: There's a penguin involved, and it's about like Buenos Airis 497 00:30:46,359 --> 00:30:51,680 in the seventies and the disappearances and the penguins. No 498 00:30:51,880 --> 00:30:54,559 that the penguin is just a it's a metaphor. Yeah, 499 00:30:54,559 --> 00:30:55,119 it's a metaphor. 500 00:30:55,119 --> 00:30:58,119 Speaker 1: It's like a mascot. Yes, is that the official mascot. 501 00:30:58,400 --> 00:31:00,480 Speaker 2: It's the Penguin Lessons. It's really good. 502 00:31:00,720 --> 00:31:03,640 Speaker 1: Interesting, it's it's really a show, like it's a show, 503 00:31:03,680 --> 00:31:04,960 not a documentary or something. 504 00:31:04,960 --> 00:31:06,720 Speaker 2: No, No, it's a it's a drama. It's a drama. 505 00:31:07,039 --> 00:31:10,200 It's a drama with some laughter with it a little bit. 506 00:31:10,240 --> 00:31:11,720 But it's really cool. 507 00:31:11,799 --> 00:31:13,440 Speaker 1: What's it on Netflix? 508 00:31:14,000 --> 00:31:18,279 Speaker 2: And it's called The Penguin Lessons? And Sherry was watching 509 00:31:18,279 --> 00:31:20,319 it and then I, you know, when you're like, then 510 00:31:20,359 --> 00:31:22,039 you sort of look out and you go, well, this 511 00:31:22,119 --> 00:31:24,839 is kind of interesting, right, I wouldn't watch that normally? 512 00:31:25,119 --> 00:31:28,440 Speaker 1: Right? Do you sit down to watch a show like 513 00:31:28,559 --> 00:31:30,480 or so let me say, do you sit down not 514 00:31:30,799 --> 00:31:32,319 to watch a show? Like, if you have a show 515 00:31:32,319 --> 00:31:33,759 that you're watching, you'll sit down and watch it, but like, 516 00:31:33,920 --> 00:31:37,039 do you sit down and actively look for programs like 517 00:31:37,119 --> 00:31:38,880 scroll through to find a program? 518 00:31:38,960 --> 00:31:43,279 Speaker 2: I don't. I rely I rely on, say my beautiful wife, 519 00:31:43,480 --> 00:31:47,799 because I don't have the temperature or tenor to sit 520 00:31:47,880 --> 00:31:49,119 there and look at a show. 521 00:31:49,200 --> 00:31:49,400 Speaker 1: Now. 522 00:31:49,720 --> 00:31:53,400 Speaker 2: I will watch, like I might watch like nine episodes 523 00:31:53,480 --> 00:31:56,079 of a show and there's like thirteen of them, right, 524 00:31:56,160 --> 00:31:59,000 and I at some point I just fall off. Yeah, yeah, 525 00:31:59,000 --> 00:32:00,559 and I never even know how it ends. 526 00:32:00,640 --> 00:32:04,079 Speaker 1: That was Yellowstone I was a big fan of Yellowstone, 527 00:32:04,119 --> 00:32:07,759 so are we? And then it got weirder and weirder 528 00:32:07,759 --> 00:32:10,519 and more and more unbelievable. And then the last season 529 00:32:10,839 --> 00:32:12,640 they split into like two seasons. 530 00:32:12,640 --> 00:32:14,559 Speaker 2: I never saw it. Yeah, so I never saw the 531 00:32:14,640 --> 00:32:15,640 end of them. 532 00:32:15,680 --> 00:32:17,640 Speaker 1: Me neither, because they did the it's like, here's our 533 00:32:17,640 --> 00:32:19,839 final season or whatever, and they gave us like six 534 00:32:19,920 --> 00:32:23,519 episodes and then they're like mid season finale, Like when 535 00:32:23,519 --> 00:32:26,880 did they start doing a mid season finale? And then 536 00:32:26,920 --> 00:32:28,559 they don't like that, right, and then you make us 537 00:32:28,559 --> 00:32:29,960 wait for like two years. 538 00:32:30,079 --> 00:32:31,160 Speaker 2: That was two years, that's right. 539 00:32:31,279 --> 00:32:34,160 Speaker 1: Yeah. I'm like, well, I'm out. I don't remember all 540 00:32:34,200 --> 00:32:37,400 of this stuff, right, I'm not going back and rewatching it, right, 541 00:32:37,599 --> 00:32:38,279 not gonna happen. 542 00:32:38,559 --> 00:32:41,000 Speaker 2: I'm with you on that. And I feel comfortable just 543 00:32:41,079 --> 00:32:41,880 bailing on a show. 544 00:32:42,000 --> 00:32:42,359 Speaker 1: Oh yeah. 545 00:32:42,400 --> 00:32:44,400 Speaker 2: Once. I'm like, I'm like, okay, whatever, this has been 546 00:32:44,480 --> 00:32:44,880 kind of good. 547 00:32:45,000 --> 00:32:46,559 Speaker 1: You know, it's another one for me. You ever watched 548 00:32:46,599 --> 00:32:49,240 The Blacklist? James Spader? 549 00:32:50,319 --> 00:32:52,000 Speaker 2: I think I saw like two episodes of that. 550 00:32:52,119 --> 00:32:56,640 Speaker 1: Premise fantastic, yeah, right. Premise was guy who's like this 551 00:32:56,759 --> 00:33:00,279 international arms dealer, kind of criminal guy, and he goes 552 00:33:00,319 --> 00:33:02,279 and he's like I'm gonna turn myself in to work 553 00:33:02,319 --> 00:33:06,279 with the this FBI profiler whatever, and he has he 554 00:33:06,359 --> 00:33:10,240 knows all the bad guys all around the world. But 555 00:33:10,319 --> 00:33:12,480 here's the deal, Like, you know, you don't come after 556 00:33:12,519 --> 00:33:14,400 me on this stuff, and I'll work with you and 557 00:33:14,440 --> 00:33:17,400 get you these these big guys. And of course he's 558 00:33:17,400 --> 00:33:21,319 got his own motivation is to eliminate competition, take out 559 00:33:21,319 --> 00:33:24,759 people that want to take him out whatever. Spoiler alert, 560 00:33:24,880 --> 00:33:28,319 it ends up the profiler that he demanded to work 561 00:33:28,359 --> 00:33:29,599 with turns out to be his daughter. 562 00:33:29,799 --> 00:33:30,279 Speaker 2: Whoa. 563 00:33:30,599 --> 00:33:32,400 Speaker 1: And when it's just like and you can see it 564 00:33:32,440 --> 00:33:35,039 coming a mile away for like three or four seasons, 565 00:33:35,279 --> 00:33:37,359 and then he finally puts it together and I'm like, 566 00:33:37,400 --> 00:33:41,119 this is a criminal mastermind. He can't even figure this out. Yeah, 567 00:33:41,160 --> 00:33:44,079 she's a profiler and she couldn't figure it out. I 568 00:33:44,200 --> 00:33:45,839 figured it out three years ago. 569 00:33:46,480 --> 00:33:49,400 Speaker 2: There's only really been one show that I watched like 570 00:33:49,440 --> 00:33:53,079 the whole thing through. I was Longmyer. I liked Long Mind. 571 00:33:53,160 --> 00:33:55,480 Speaker 1: Christie likes that that was a great show. All right, 572 00:33:55,519 --> 00:33:57,880 that'll do it for this episode. Thank you so much 573 00:33:57,880 --> 00:34:00,000 for listening. I could not do the show without yours 574 00:34:00,000 --> 00:34:02,759 support and the support of the businesses that advertise on 575 00:34:02,799 --> 00:34:05,559 the podcast, so if you'd like, please support them too 576 00:34:05,640 --> 00:34:07,279 and tell them you heard it here. You can also 577 00:34:07,319 --> 00:34:09,920 become a patron at my Patreon page or go to 578 00:34:10,079 --> 00:34:13,760 thepetecleanershow dot com. Again, thank you so much for listening, 579 00:34:13,880 --> 00:34:19,760 and don't break anything while I'm gone.