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We are along 11 00:00:35,359 --> 00:00:37,759 with the one Blood Big Red Bus, taking your blood 12 00:00:37,799 --> 00:00:43,240 donation at Watson Insurance. I meant to get the address 13 00:00:43,280 --> 00:00:48,200 from Vince. I heard five something as the street number, 14 00:00:48,200 --> 00:00:48,679 but the. 15 00:00:48,759 --> 00:00:51,159 Speaker 2: Corner of Kataba and two seventy. 16 00:00:50,799 --> 00:00:53,759 Speaker 1: Three, Kataba and two seventy three. Now that voice sounds 17 00:00:53,759 --> 00:00:57,679 familiar to you, it's because that's John Hancock, formerly of 18 00:00:57,920 --> 00:01:04,560 WBT Radio midday evenings, mornings and now Fridays with the 19 00:01:04,560 --> 00:01:06,159 Morning Show. John, how are you my. 20 00:01:06,280 --> 00:01:07,760 Speaker 2: One hour a week job? 21 00:01:09,040 --> 00:01:12,400 Speaker 1: Hang on, he needs more volume. Okay, all right, there 22 00:01:12,439 --> 00:01:15,719 you go, you one hour a week job on the 23 00:01:15,760 --> 00:01:17,400 morning show. But I do enjoy it. It's great. 24 00:01:17,560 --> 00:01:18,480 Speaker 2: I do enjoy it. 25 00:01:18,480 --> 00:01:21,680 Speaker 3: It's uh, I think Bo and Beth for allowing me 26 00:01:21,760 --> 00:01:25,480 the opportunity to go do that. Uh and uh, it's 27 00:01:25,640 --> 00:01:27,760 it's it's kind of getting my weekly fixed. I get 28 00:01:27,760 --> 00:01:29,760 to put the headphones on and hear my voice going 29 00:01:29,799 --> 00:01:32,879 back at me, and uh, I'm not dying to get 30 00:01:32,920 --> 00:01:37,280 back into the arena necessarily. But I dream a lot 31 00:01:37,319 --> 00:01:38,400 about doing radio. 32 00:01:38,680 --> 00:01:41,239 Speaker 1: But the funniest thing I literally dream, like when you 33 00:01:41,280 --> 00:01:42,959 fall asleep and you have dreams. 34 00:01:42,680 --> 00:01:46,599 Speaker 3: About Yes, but I'm queuing up records and grabbing cart machines. 35 00:01:46,799 --> 00:01:49,159 You know, I'm doing stuff that you haven't done in years. 36 00:01:49,159 --> 00:01:52,159 All right, So that's you know the old radio. 37 00:01:52,319 --> 00:01:54,680 Speaker 1: Do you ever have the nightmare that you're going on 38 00:01:54,840 --> 00:01:57,760 air but you have no show prep done, or you 39 00:01:58,200 --> 00:01:59,560 have no records to spend. 40 00:01:59,680 --> 00:02:00,799 Speaker 2: Do you have still have those? 41 00:02:01,159 --> 00:02:03,480 Speaker 3: No, that was not a nightmare. That was a real 42 00:02:03,480 --> 00:02:04,480 life experience. 43 00:02:06,319 --> 00:02:09,080 Speaker 1: Yeah. I get those every now and again. Well it 44 00:02:09,120 --> 00:02:10,000 gets me out of bed. 45 00:02:10,120 --> 00:02:12,960 Speaker 3: But the secret, finally, I think I finally figured it out, 46 00:02:12,960 --> 00:02:15,159 and that was to go into that studio where you 47 00:02:15,199 --> 00:02:17,560 could sit there and do three hours without taking a 48 00:02:17,560 --> 00:02:20,639 phone call. And you know, back in those days used 49 00:02:20,639 --> 00:02:23,120 to almost judge your show on how many phone calls 50 00:02:23,120 --> 00:02:25,800 you take, and then you started to find out that 51 00:02:26,120 --> 00:02:28,360 not all the phone calls were great for your show. 52 00:02:29,479 --> 00:02:30,560 Speaker 2: And then they. 53 00:02:30,479 --> 00:02:33,639 Speaker 3: Started coming up with phone screamers, and hopefully that alleviated 54 00:02:33,719 --> 00:02:37,960 some of it. But we started taking fewer and fewer 55 00:02:38,000 --> 00:02:41,759 phone calls. And if you notice, that's the trend that 56 00:02:41,840 --> 00:02:44,280 an awful lot of shows don't take calls at all anymore. 57 00:02:44,439 --> 00:02:47,879 Speaker 1: Some might say I don't take a lot of phone calls, 58 00:02:48,080 --> 00:02:52,000 and they would be correct. I forget because I remember 59 00:02:52,400 --> 00:02:55,159 Keith Larsen telling me his advice when I became a 60 00:02:55,199 --> 00:02:58,960 host was book a lot of guests. And I did 61 00:02:58,960 --> 00:03:01,879 that for a while, and I still do my book 62 00:03:01,919 --> 00:03:05,599 guests and stuff, obviously, but there was an I don't 63 00:03:05,599 --> 00:03:10,039 remember if it was you or Bill White that told 64 00:03:10,039 --> 00:03:15,000 me that you don't need phone calls. It's just one 65 00:03:15,120 --> 00:03:18,080 element of the show. And that may have been you 66 00:03:18,120 --> 00:03:18,840 that told me that. 67 00:03:19,800 --> 00:03:22,719 Speaker 3: I don't want to insult the audience, no, but you 68 00:03:22,879 --> 00:03:26,919 generally taking calls drives down the show. 69 00:03:27,879 --> 00:03:30,280 Speaker 1: And John said that I did not say that. 70 00:03:30,319 --> 00:03:31,240 Speaker 2: Well, for the record. 71 00:03:31,240 --> 00:03:33,199 Speaker 3: The other thing that I think is hard for even 72 00:03:33,520 --> 00:03:36,560 some of the biggest egos in the business to understand is. 73 00:03:36,680 --> 00:03:39,199 Speaker 2: People tune in for you. 74 00:03:40,800 --> 00:03:44,479 Speaker 3: And it took me a long time to understand that because, oh, 75 00:03:44,520 --> 00:03:46,719 come on, right, but it's true. 76 00:03:46,840 --> 00:03:48,680 Speaker 1: Well, so do you think that has something to do 77 00:03:48,719 --> 00:03:51,719 with Have you ever heard of imposter syndrome? You ever 78 00:03:51,759 --> 00:03:52,400 heard of this term? 79 00:03:52,520 --> 00:03:54,759 Speaker 2: I don't think so, not in the terms that you're Yeah. 80 00:03:54,879 --> 00:03:59,759 Speaker 1: Imposter syndrome is when people self doubt because they don't 81 00:03:59,800 --> 00:04:02,439 belie that they are actually qualified to do the thing 82 00:04:02,479 --> 00:04:05,759 that they are doing, when in fact they are. But 83 00:04:05,919 --> 00:04:09,120 it's one of the things that keeps people, you know, 84 00:04:09,199 --> 00:04:12,280 nose to the grindstone, trying to make sure they're prepared, 85 00:04:12,400 --> 00:04:13,879 like doing all of that stuff. And a lot of 86 00:04:13,879 --> 00:04:19,920 times it's in a field of practice that doesn't require credentials, right. 87 00:04:20,240 --> 00:04:23,000 It's not like, oh, you're now a doctor, right because 88 00:04:23,040 --> 00:04:26,319 you pass the medical exams and all of that. Are 89 00:04:26,319 --> 00:04:28,160 now you're a lawyer because you pass the bar. It's 90 00:04:28,199 --> 00:04:30,879 like there so people who are in these lines of 91 00:04:30,920 --> 00:04:33,879 work where it's hard to measure whether or not you 92 00:04:33,920 --> 00:04:35,439 are good at what you're doing because there are no 93 00:04:35,480 --> 00:04:40,160 metrics for it, they view themselves as imposters. Oh maybe 94 00:04:40,319 --> 00:04:42,720 I had the yeah, I think I do and honestly, 95 00:04:42,720 --> 00:04:44,560 I think it makes you a better host. I do, 96 00:04:44,639 --> 00:04:46,319 like I've thought along about this stuff, and it's like, 97 00:04:46,319 --> 00:04:47,560 I think it makes you a bit of a better 98 00:04:47,600 --> 00:04:51,519 host because you always want to make sure that you 99 00:04:51,600 --> 00:04:52,720 deserve to be where you are. 100 00:04:53,480 --> 00:04:56,480 Speaker 3: Well, I remember somebody said Hancott goes through more material 101 00:04:56,519 --> 00:04:58,399 in twenty minutes than most of us do in the 102 00:04:58,480 --> 00:05:01,639 last in three hours. Yes, and I've heard other radio 103 00:05:01,720 --> 00:05:03,800 people do that, and some of them driving me crazy. 104 00:05:03,879 --> 00:05:05,800 Speaker 2: So I'm not so sure that it took a compliment, 105 00:05:05,839 --> 00:05:08,560 but it was. It finally occurred to me. 106 00:05:09,639 --> 00:05:12,319 Speaker 3: I had a program director one time, and this is 107 00:05:12,319 --> 00:05:15,000 back when I was doing rock radio, and I so 108 00:05:15,199 --> 00:05:17,519 obviously came out of a song to go into the 109 00:05:17,560 --> 00:05:19,879 next song and had no idea where I was going. 110 00:05:20,639 --> 00:05:23,399 Speaker 2: And as soon as I got into the second. 111 00:05:23,079 --> 00:05:25,279 Speaker 3: Song, he came in opened up the door and he says, 112 00:05:25,480 --> 00:05:29,319 are you trying to sound like a moron? Don't You 113 00:05:29,360 --> 00:05:32,160 don't ever open up that mic unless you know where 114 00:05:32,160 --> 00:05:35,920 you're going and hopefully how it's going to end. I 115 00:05:35,959 --> 00:05:39,439 don't ever want to hear this indecisiveness that you just did, 116 00:05:39,680 --> 00:05:42,079 because it makes you sound like an idiot. 117 00:05:42,240 --> 00:05:43,639 Speaker 2: And I've never forgotten that. 118 00:05:44,399 --> 00:05:47,000 Speaker 3: So I walked into the studio literally with three or 119 00:05:47,000 --> 00:05:49,879 four hours worth of material, and I could I could 120 00:05:49,920 --> 00:05:52,040 do a three hour show and never take a phone call, 121 00:05:52,319 --> 00:05:54,600 and in fact many times. 122 00:05:54,279 --> 00:05:57,560 Speaker 1: Did right, No, most I don't think. I think I 123 00:05:57,600 --> 00:06:01,759 took one call yesterday, for example, because well, when I started, 124 00:06:01,800 --> 00:06:07,480 I started on nine to midnight on BT and at 125 00:06:07,480 --> 00:06:09,959 that time of day you don't get a lot of 126 00:06:10,000 --> 00:06:12,560 phone calls. There just aren't there, and the spot load 127 00:06:12,680 --> 00:06:17,600 was so light that I had to have, Yes, I 128 00:06:17,639 --> 00:06:20,360 had to be able to fill like forty forty four 129 00:06:20,399 --> 00:06:24,319 minutes in an hour because otherwise, like there's nothing else 130 00:06:24,319 --> 00:06:29,879 to play. So it, yeah, that trained me. And then 131 00:06:30,319 --> 00:06:32,319 going to do the podcast, same thing. It's like there 132 00:06:32,360 --> 00:06:35,160 are no phone calls because it's a podcast, so you 133 00:06:35,240 --> 00:06:36,560 better be able to fill all the time. 134 00:06:36,680 --> 00:06:38,680 Speaker 3: Of course, on the other hand, the phone calls that 135 00:06:38,839 --> 00:06:42,000 shouldn't be discounted entirely, because how many times have you 136 00:06:42,079 --> 00:06:44,040 gone in with the idea of what the show is 137 00:06:44,079 --> 00:06:46,240 going to be that day and you take a. 138 00:06:46,199 --> 00:06:49,160 Speaker 2: Phone call and it somehow or another morphs. 139 00:06:48,879 --> 00:06:52,920 Speaker 3: You into a completely different direction than what you had 140 00:06:52,959 --> 00:06:53,800 planned on going. 141 00:06:54,120 --> 00:06:56,839 Speaker 2: And sometimes those turned out to be your best shows. 142 00:06:57,079 --> 00:07:01,360 Speaker 1: I did three hours one time on the superiority of 143 00:07:01,519 --> 00:07:05,279 mayonnaise as condoment as a condoment, because I believe it. 144 00:07:05,319 --> 00:07:08,199 I believe that because and that started with like a 145 00:07:08,199 --> 00:07:10,879 phone call somebody called in made some I think I 146 00:07:10,959 --> 00:07:13,839 made a joke about Mayo. They called in to challenge me, 147 00:07:14,040 --> 00:07:17,759 and it turned into three hours of me defending my 148 00:07:17,920 --> 00:07:22,319 position that Mayo is the superior condomy and Dukes or well, 149 00:07:22,319 --> 00:07:24,879 that's a side that's a side issue, Like I don't 150 00:07:24,879 --> 00:07:27,240 want to get into picking the favorites, like because I 151 00:07:27,279 --> 00:07:30,600 am equal opportunity for Mayo. All. I like all of 152 00:07:30,639 --> 00:07:35,319 the Mayo except because it's not Mayo miracle wib that's 153 00:07:35,600 --> 00:07:39,319 I grew up on miracles. Well you're from Colorado Western, Yeah, 154 00:07:39,360 --> 00:07:42,000 that's I don't I've never understood it's even they don't 155 00:07:42,040 --> 00:07:44,120 admit to being Mayo, so I don't put them in 156 00:07:44,160 --> 00:07:47,560 the category they call themselves what sandwich dressing or something 157 00:07:47,600 --> 00:07:48,000 like that. 158 00:07:48,120 --> 00:07:49,959 Speaker 3: I need to go taste it again just to see 159 00:07:49,959 --> 00:07:52,120 what it is I haven't had in forty years. 160 00:07:52,959 --> 00:07:56,560 Speaker 1: Well that's good, that's good. Yeah, So, uh, you are correct. 161 00:07:56,600 --> 00:08:03,800 The the the expertise also of the audience is super helpful. 162 00:08:04,040 --> 00:08:06,439 You get onto a topic and you're like, yesterday we 163 00:08:06,439 --> 00:08:11,480 were talking about our illustrious sheriff in Mecklinberg County. I 164 00:08:11,519 --> 00:08:14,759 call him Gary not my fault McFadden, because nothing is 165 00:08:14,759 --> 00:08:17,399 ever his fault when people die in the jail, right 166 00:08:17,439 --> 00:08:19,879 when he gets bad pressed, people quit like it's never 167 00:08:19,959 --> 00:08:22,639 his fault. And so he put out a video statement 168 00:08:22,920 --> 00:08:25,120 and I got a call yesterday from a former Mecklinberg 169 00:08:25,120 --> 00:08:29,920 County Sheriff's office employee and so, and he got on 170 00:08:29,959 --> 00:08:32,080 the air and we talked a little bit about, you know, 171 00:08:32,159 --> 00:08:34,440 his opinion of this sheriff. And he had worked for 172 00:08:34,480 --> 00:08:36,480 all these other sheriffs before. You remember all of those 173 00:08:36,519 --> 00:08:42,399 guys from Sheriff Kid through Irwin Carmichael and Pendograph and 174 00:08:42,480 --> 00:08:45,159 so and Chip Bailey, right, so all these other sheriffs. 175 00:08:45,200 --> 00:08:48,919 And so that's the benefit also is like no one 176 00:08:48,960 --> 00:08:51,360 person can be smarter than the entire room full of 177 00:08:51,360 --> 00:08:54,559 people because they have information and knowledge that no one 178 00:08:54,600 --> 00:08:55,600 person can amass. 179 00:08:55,799 --> 00:08:57,799 Speaker 3: Now, we used to have McFadden on when he had 180 00:08:57,799 --> 00:09:02,919 that short I Am Policy show, and if you'll recall 181 00:09:02,960 --> 00:09:05,879 when we did the big send off John from the 182 00:09:05,919 --> 00:09:09,000 air routine, he showed up, Oh, good for you. So 183 00:09:09,519 --> 00:09:11,600 I still consider him to be a friend. I would 184 00:09:11,600 --> 00:09:16,759 love to sit down and talk to him because he's us. 185 00:09:16,879 --> 00:09:20,360 He's gotten this fair amount of bad press, indeed, and 186 00:09:20,480 --> 00:09:21,559 he's always been good to me. 187 00:09:21,720 --> 00:09:23,799 Speaker 1: Well that's good. And look, I know he's talked to 188 00:09:23,840 --> 00:09:26,759 brag Jensen over the years as well, and that's all. 189 00:09:26,919 --> 00:09:28,679 That's all fine and good. My opinion of him is 190 00:09:28,679 --> 00:09:31,200 not very high, just because of the way he's managing 191 00:09:31,240 --> 00:09:31,919 the office. 192 00:09:32,000 --> 00:09:35,639 Speaker 3: Well, different relationships. I don't really judging him as a sheriff. 193 00:09:35,679 --> 00:09:38,720 I'm judging him more as a as. 194 00:09:38,600 --> 00:09:42,279 Speaker 2: A friend or a guy who had an association with And. 195 00:09:42,200 --> 00:09:46,320 Speaker 1: You also fled Mecklenburg County, so we're here in Belmont now. 196 00:09:46,440 --> 00:09:47,679 Speaker 2: So that's the other thing. 197 00:09:48,519 --> 00:09:51,559 Speaker 3: And every time I see the traffic jams that they 198 00:09:51,759 --> 00:09:54,200 put up on TV every week, I say to my wife, 199 00:09:54,399 --> 00:09:55,159 you sure you want to. 200 00:09:55,159 --> 00:09:57,960 Speaker 2: Go back to that, right, and and that shuts her 201 00:09:58,039 --> 00:09:59,320 up for about or another week. 202 00:09:59,559 --> 00:10:02,360 Speaker 1: Well all right, just a week, okay, yeah, because it's 203 00:10:02,360 --> 00:10:05,600 pretty brutal. 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That's a reduction in force, or, 241 00:12:04,039 --> 00:12:07,320 as the CEO of iHeartRadio called it at the time, 242 00:12:07,360 --> 00:12:09,519 an employee dislocation. 243 00:12:10,960 --> 00:12:14,919 Speaker 3: With a thousand names for it and for for anybody 244 00:12:14,960 --> 00:12:17,080 that needs to know out there if you ever read 245 00:12:17,559 --> 00:12:20,559 that they wish you the best in all your future endeavors. 246 00:12:20,600 --> 00:12:23,600 That means you've been fired, yes, and escort it out 247 00:12:23,639 --> 00:12:24,879 of the building with a box. 248 00:12:25,639 --> 00:12:28,960 Speaker 1: I had to come back. They told me don't come 249 00:12:30,240 --> 00:12:32,519 up in Asheville, and then I had to go back 250 00:12:32,559 --> 00:12:36,720 on like a weekend with with my boss as my escort. 251 00:12:37,120 --> 00:12:39,519 Like really, because they don't have security up there. It's 252 00:12:39,559 --> 00:12:41,720 just like really, like what do you think I'm going 253 00:12:41,759 --> 00:12:43,879 to do in here? But somebody told me a long 254 00:12:43,919 --> 00:12:45,759 time ago, and maybe it was you that said this, 255 00:12:45,919 --> 00:12:49,559 is that they do that because that's they think that 256 00:12:49,559 --> 00:12:53,320 that's what they would do in my situation, and so 257 00:12:53,559 --> 00:12:56,440 that's why they wanted somebody to escort me. 258 00:12:57,320 --> 00:12:59,480 Speaker 3: Yeah, so they used to tell you that one of 259 00:12:59,480 --> 00:13:02,600 the reasons that they escort you out and have somebody 260 00:13:02,679 --> 00:13:05,320 stand over you as you pack up your desk, and 261 00:13:05,919 --> 00:13:10,480 they want to make sure that they protect their station secrets. 262 00:13:11,000 --> 00:13:14,120 And as somebody who did this for about fifty years, 263 00:13:14,159 --> 00:13:16,039 let me tell you, they don't have a lot of secrets. 264 00:13:16,080 --> 00:13:19,039 Speaker 1: No, not a lot of secrets. So all right, so 265 00:13:19,120 --> 00:13:21,240 let's talk about this event here. You've got a little 266 00:13:21,240 --> 00:13:25,759 flyer because you know, John would not you would not 267 00:13:25,799 --> 00:13:27,679 beat John Hancock if you weren't pitching something. 268 00:13:27,840 --> 00:13:31,159 Speaker 3: Well, the blood drugs being handled by the Chamber of 269 00:13:31,159 --> 00:13:35,120 Commerce today and they called it the Mont Cross Area 270 00:13:35,320 --> 00:13:37,519 Chamber of Commerce, and they're doing kind of something like 271 00:13:37,559 --> 00:13:40,919 the Mallard Creek Barbecue. They're doing a fifteen dollars a 272 00:13:40,960 --> 00:13:45,960 plaid barbecue meet the candidates. It'll be on October tenth, 273 00:13:46,000 --> 00:13:48,960 and it'll be at the Point Church, which is at 274 00:13:48,960 --> 00:13:51,840 sixty seven hundred Wilkinson Boulevard. But it gives you a 275 00:13:51,919 --> 00:13:56,960 chance to talk to and grill and connect and meet 276 00:13:57,000 --> 00:13:59,519 these guys and get them kind of one on one. 277 00:14:00,120 --> 00:14:03,159 Candidates will be there from eleven to three, kind of 278 00:14:03,200 --> 00:14:06,360 like the blood drive. But anyway, I thought that's a 279 00:14:06,360 --> 00:14:10,120 long time to wait, but it's October the tenth, and 280 00:14:10,159 --> 00:14:13,120 it's essentially from eleven to six, but the candidates will 281 00:14:13,120 --> 00:14:15,759 be there from eleven to three the Point Church on 282 00:14:15,799 --> 00:14:16,919 Wilkinson Boulevards. 283 00:14:17,279 --> 00:14:20,120 Speaker 1: So these are local candidates running for your local offices 284 00:14:21,000 --> 00:14:23,120 in the Belmont area. So I'm assuming you're going to 285 00:14:23,200 --> 00:14:27,120 have local Belmont races, maybe some guests. 286 00:14:26,960 --> 00:14:30,440 Speaker 2: In County and Cramerton. 287 00:14:31,000 --> 00:14:33,799 Speaker 1: Yeah, and so this is I'm looking at the date 288 00:14:33,840 --> 00:14:41,120 October tenth, right, so I'm trying to remember ten ten. 289 00:14:41,559 --> 00:14:44,639 I'm thinking that's so that would be the general election. 290 00:14:44,720 --> 00:14:46,200 I don't know. I don't remember when. I guess we 291 00:14:46,240 --> 00:14:49,879 already did our primaries for the municipal races, so I guess, yeah, 292 00:14:49,919 --> 00:14:51,919 that'll be general elect I know you did in Mecklenburg. 293 00:14:52,000 --> 00:14:53,639 Speaker 2: I don't remember whether they've done that here. 294 00:14:53,919 --> 00:14:56,879 Speaker 1: Yeah, I don't know if they've got their own ability 295 00:14:56,919 --> 00:15:00,240 to set those calendars for themselves. But so, yeah, so 296 00:15:00,320 --> 00:15:06,399 fifteen bucks barbecue plates meet the candidates. I always wonder like, 297 00:15:06,399 --> 00:15:09,720 like what draws? So it's like the barbecue, does that 298 00:15:09,840 --> 00:15:13,519 draw the politicians? Because the barbecue draws the people, and 299 00:15:13,559 --> 00:15:16,200 then the people draw the politicians, and then the media 300 00:15:16,320 --> 00:15:21,039 follows the politicians. It's like a daisy chain of moths 301 00:15:21,120 --> 00:15:23,480 to flames, you know, like the Mallard Creek. 302 00:15:23,679 --> 00:15:27,200 Speaker 3: I am ceed the Mallard Creek one year, one thousand 303 00:15:27,279 --> 00:15:32,279 years ago, and I remember Mel Watt. Yeah, it was 304 00:15:32,399 --> 00:15:34,000 just as nice on the air to me as he 305 00:15:34,039 --> 00:15:34,360 could be. 306 00:15:34,519 --> 00:15:40,399 Speaker 2: And that was the last time that ever happened. And 307 00:15:40,759 --> 00:15:45,080 Anthony Fox and yeah, but it was an interesting place to. 308 00:15:45,039 --> 00:15:47,840 Speaker 3: Be and to interview the candidates, and get to know them, 309 00:15:47,919 --> 00:15:50,240 and especially at that particular time in my career, because 310 00:15:50,279 --> 00:15:51,879 I didn't know who any of these guys were at 311 00:15:51,919 --> 00:15:54,399 the right. So it was really an introduction to me 312 00:15:55,200 --> 00:15:58,279 as to who would be the players in Mecklenburg. 313 00:15:57,799 --> 00:16:00,000 Speaker 2: County for the next ten, fifteen, twenty years. 314 00:16:00,440 --> 00:16:02,279 Speaker 1: So they would always do they would have the h 315 00:16:03,200 --> 00:16:07,519 the Mallard Creek Barbecue. They started separating the lines to 316 00:16:07,559 --> 00:16:11,159 the barbecue stand if you did not want to talk 317 00:16:11,200 --> 00:16:14,559 to the politicians, because they because in the original days, 318 00:16:14,600 --> 00:16:16,879 the politicians would be all they would stand along the 319 00:16:17,000 --> 00:16:19,639 line and they would just work the lines. But then 320 00:16:19,799 --> 00:16:21,159 some people were like, I don't want to talk to 321 00:16:21,159 --> 00:16:22,240 any of these politicians, so. 322 00:16:22,200 --> 00:16:23,320 Speaker 2: They here for the barbecue. 323 00:16:23,399 --> 00:16:26,440 Speaker 1: So they separated the lines out the Brunswick stoo which 324 00:16:26,519 --> 00:16:28,720 they're famous exactly, and so you could go get your 325 00:16:28,759 --> 00:16:30,399 food and not have to talk to any of these 326 00:16:30,399 --> 00:16:32,279 people running for office. But if you did want to 327 00:16:32,279 --> 00:16:34,440 hear their pitches, then you'd go to this other line, 328 00:16:34,480 --> 00:16:38,240 and that's where the politicians would line up. So somebody's thinking, yeah, no, 329 00:16:38,279 --> 00:16:40,679 it's a it's a it's a pretty good office. 330 00:16:40,679 --> 00:16:43,080 Speaker 2: There's somebody that's never been in radio before. 331 00:16:44,799 --> 00:16:46,399 Speaker 1: All right, So, uh, all right, So what else are 332 00:16:46,399 --> 00:16:48,360 you up to these days? Are you doing any traveling? 333 00:16:48,440 --> 00:16:51,360 Are you doing woodworking or something? 334 00:16:51,480 --> 00:16:54,120 Speaker 3: I just got back from California and Colorado. Spent a 335 00:16:54,159 --> 00:16:56,159 few days out in California. A friend of mine out 336 00:16:56,440 --> 00:17:00,799 in the Sacramento my best friend of all time, and 337 00:17:01,279 --> 00:17:03,080 he's got cancer, and I already go. 338 00:17:03,000 --> 00:17:03,720 Speaker 2: Out and see him. 339 00:17:04,440 --> 00:17:08,519 Speaker 3: And then I flew back and stopped in Colorado for 340 00:17:08,559 --> 00:17:10,839 a couple of days, and spent some time in Boulder, 341 00:17:10,880 --> 00:17:12,640 and went up to my hometown of Vesta's Park. 342 00:17:14,039 --> 00:17:16,799 Speaker 2: So Susan and I managed to, you know, get a 343 00:17:16,839 --> 00:17:18,640 little short trips, so on and so forth. 344 00:17:19,000 --> 00:17:24,359 Speaker 3: Seems like every time we booked something major, something major 345 00:17:24,440 --> 00:17:28,200 happens with my health. Oh no, so but you're doing 346 00:17:28,240 --> 00:17:31,200 well now as far as I know today, what day 347 00:17:31,319 --> 00:17:31,519 is it? 348 00:17:31,640 --> 00:17:31,799 Speaker 1: Yes? 349 00:17:31,839 --> 00:17:32,839 Speaker 2: Today I'm doing fun. 350 00:17:33,200 --> 00:17:35,200 Speaker 1: Never ask a guy named calendar what day it is? 351 00:17:36,680 --> 00:17:40,559 Speaker 2: That's well, and never ask a retired guy what day. 352 00:17:40,759 --> 00:17:43,799 Speaker 1: I have learned that with my HOA fellow volunteers, I 353 00:17:43,839 --> 00:17:46,640 have learned that as well. They never know what day 354 00:17:46,680 --> 00:17:49,359 it is. It's like these meetings are always on the 355 00:17:49,400 --> 00:17:51,960 same day every month, and I have to remind one 356 00:17:52,039 --> 00:17:55,279 or two of them every single month. Hey, this is 357 00:17:55,359 --> 00:17:55,720 the day. 358 00:17:55,880 --> 00:17:57,599 Speaker 2: Yeah, thank god it's Friday. 359 00:17:57,400 --> 00:18:01,559 Speaker 1: Right, every day? Yeah, every day Friday for you. All right, Well, 360 00:18:01,599 --> 00:18:03,039 John is down here. Are you gonna how long you're 361 00:18:03,039 --> 00:18:03,720 gonna be around here? 362 00:18:03,799 --> 00:18:04,680 Speaker 2: I'll be hanging around. 363 00:18:04,720 --> 00:18:07,480 Speaker 3: And if I'm not here when you get here, I'll 364 00:18:07,480 --> 00:18:10,000 be here before you leave. You've got me run down 365 00:18:10,039 --> 00:18:12,599 and run an error or two, but for the most part, 366 00:18:12,599 --> 00:18:15,920 I'll be around. So come by and say hi, and 367 00:18:15,920 --> 00:18:18,640 and and really we need some people to come down 368 00:18:18,640 --> 00:18:21,160 here and donate blood. I want this to be the 369 00:18:21,519 --> 00:18:26,119 biggest success. I want Belmont to be the biggest success that. 370 00:18:26,119 --> 00:18:30,319 Speaker 1: They've because right now rock Hill leads the location in 371 00:18:30,440 --> 00:18:32,960 rock Hill is that they lead in the amount of 372 00:18:32,960 --> 00:18:36,640 blood collected from last week. Yeah, week, So Belmont needs 373 00:18:36,680 --> 00:18:37,720 to represent here. 374 00:18:37,759 --> 00:18:39,279 Speaker 2: We can we can beat rock Hill. 375 00:18:39,839 --> 00:18:45,319 Speaker 1: I don't just we'll see, we'll see times running out. 376 00:18:45,319 --> 00:18:47,599 So if you want to help kids fighting childhood cancer, 377 00:18:47,839 --> 00:18:50,519 Pediatric Cancer Awareness Month is this month. That's why we're 378 00:18:50,519 --> 00:18:52,880 doing the Little Hero's Blood drive. And so if you 379 00:18:52,920 --> 00:18:55,759 want to come down help make John not a liar 380 00:18:56,200 --> 00:19:01,640 and out to donate rock Hill, I'll. 381 00:19:01,519 --> 00:19:03,839 Speaker 2: Go down to downtown kidnap a couple of people. 382 00:19:04,119 --> 00:19:06,640 Speaker 1: All right, he did not just communicate a threat over 383 00:19:06,759 --> 00:19:09,319 FCC airwaves. I just want that for the record. So 384 00:19:09,480 --> 00:19:12,359 when I was a kid, my grandpa died with Alzheimer's, 385 00:19:12,359 --> 00:19:14,599 and before he died, my mom and my dad took 386 00:19:14,599 --> 00:19:16,880 care of him as he got worse. Forty years ago, 387 00:19:16,960 --> 00:19:20,039 there were no treatments and not much support for caregivers 388 00:19:20,039 --> 00:19:22,640 and family. But things are different today because of the 389 00:19:22,640 --> 00:19:25,839 work of so many people, including the Alzheimer's Association of 390 00:19:25,880 --> 00:19:29,480 Western Carolina. It's a great organization with awesome people with 391 00:19:29,640 --> 00:19:32,400 huge hearts. I've been a supporter for twenty five years. 392 00:19:32,440 --> 00:19:35,759 This cause means a lot to me. I participate in 393 00:19:35,799 --> 00:19:38,640 the annual walk to end Alzheimer's and I'm leading a 394 00:19:38,720 --> 00:19:41,839 Charlotte team again this year, and it's called once again 395 00:19:41,960 --> 00:19:44,319 Pete's Pack. You can sign up and you can join 396 00:19:44,359 --> 00:19:47,200 the team and walk with us. It's on October eighteenth 397 00:19:47,200 --> 00:19:51,240 that truest field. Sign up at alz dot org slash 398 00:19:51,319 --> 00:19:53,680 walk and then you could search for my team name 399 00:19:53,799 --> 00:19:57,240 Pete's Pack. There's also a link at the petepod dot com. 400 00:19:57,279 --> 00:19:59,920 There's also a link in the description of this podcast. Also, 401 00:20:00,359 --> 00:20:03,839 I'll be am seeing the Gastonia Walk on October eleventh. Then, 402 00:20:03,880 --> 00:20:05,960 so you can make a team and join that one too, 403 00:20:06,319 --> 00:20:08,240 or make a donation and help me hit my goal 404 00:20:08,319 --> 00:20:11,160 of five thousand dollars. If you do, I really appreciate it. 405 00:20:11,200 --> 00:20:13,880 There are a bunch of other walks all over the Carolinas. 406 00:20:14,000 --> 00:20:16,680 You can go to alz dot org slash walk for 407 00:20:16,759 --> 00:20:19,519 all the dates and locations. We're closer than ever to 408 00:20:19,599 --> 00:20:21,920 stopping Alzheimer's. Can you help us get there? Will you 409 00:20:22,000 --> 00:20:24,880 walk with me? For a different future, for families, for 410 00:20:24,920 --> 00:20:29,400 more time for treatments. This is why we walk. So 411 00:20:30,720 --> 00:20:34,000 do you know anything about arctic frost? It's not a 412 00:20:34,039 --> 00:20:39,440 flavor of gum? No arctic frost. If you get your 413 00:20:39,480 --> 00:20:43,720 news from like CNN, MSNBC or what was it called now, 414 00:20:44,279 --> 00:20:54,720 miss Now or something, ABC, CBS News, NBC, The Washington Post, 415 00:20:54,960 --> 00:20:58,720 New York Times, LA Times, like all the legacy media outlets, 416 00:20:58,799 --> 00:21:02,559 right state media, if you will, you will not see 417 00:21:02,559 --> 00:21:06,319 this story. You will not know anything about arctic frost. 418 00:21:06,680 --> 00:21:10,839 Because this story broke about now almost two days ago. 419 00:21:11,440 --> 00:21:15,319 And before I left to come out to the remote here, 420 00:21:16,799 --> 00:21:22,200 I went and checked website ground News, which tracks media 421 00:21:22,240 --> 00:21:26,720 coverage of all these different stories and gives you a 422 00:21:26,759 --> 00:21:29,759 breakdown of, you know, which outlets are covering it, and 423 00:21:29,759 --> 00:21:33,480 they they rate them or rank them based on, you know, 424 00:21:33,559 --> 00:21:38,119 sort of partisanship, factuality, that kind of thing. And what's 425 00:21:38,160 --> 00:21:42,960 interesting is that this story has received absolutely zero coverage 426 00:21:43,480 --> 00:21:46,279 from those legacy media outlets, from any Actually, there's only 427 00:21:46,319 --> 00:21:53,559 been two stories outside of conservative media about Arctic Frost. 428 00:21:54,279 --> 00:21:57,240 The only two outlets that have covered this outside of 429 00:21:57,279 --> 00:22:02,559 conservative media The Independent, which the US version which I 430 00:22:02,599 --> 00:22:06,119 think the UK Independent is the actual paper, and so 431 00:22:06,200 --> 00:22:09,759 the Independent US version, and then a left wing blog 432 00:22:09,839 --> 00:22:13,400 site called empty Wheel. That's it. So what is this 433 00:22:13,480 --> 00:22:18,519 story about. Well, the Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley, 434 00:22:19,400 --> 00:22:22,240 when he had Cash Battel in front of him and 435 00:22:22,279 --> 00:22:24,480 the committee the other day, which you know, all those 436 00:22:24,519 --> 00:22:28,000 legacy outlets covered cash Betel's appearance, but they did not 437 00:22:28,160 --> 00:22:32,759 cover any of this. He revealed that the FBI's election 438 00:22:32,960 --> 00:22:38,599 related investigation into Donald Trump at the time president that 439 00:22:38,720 --> 00:22:41,480 was launched in twenty twenty two. Sorry, so he was 440 00:22:41,519 --> 00:22:44,799 out of office at this point. Twenty twenty two launched 441 00:22:46,160 --> 00:22:51,440 the bureau called this Arctic Frost, and it swept in 442 00:22:51,759 --> 00:22:55,920 dozens of Republican entities, including the late Charlie Kirks Turning 443 00:22:55,920 --> 00:23:00,319 Point USA. Speaking during a hearing focused on oversight of 444 00:23:00,359 --> 00:23:05,160 the FBI, Grassley said the investigation Arctic Frost was partisan 445 00:23:05,200 --> 00:23:08,759 in nature and that its expansive scope was evidence of 446 00:23:08,799 --> 00:23:13,319 that fact. Grassley said, quote, Arctic Frost wasn't just a 447 00:23:13,359 --> 00:23:17,160 case to politically investigate Trump. It was a vehicle by 448 00:23:17,160 --> 00:23:21,839 which partisan FBI agents and Department of Justice prosecutors could 449 00:23:21,920 --> 00:23:27,200 achieve their partisan ends and improperly investigate the entire Republican 450 00:23:27,359 --> 00:23:34,079 political apparatus. Since January, Grassley and Senator Ron Johnson, Republican 451 00:23:34,119 --> 00:23:38,319 from Wisconsin, have been publishing records related to Arctic Frost, 452 00:23:38,640 --> 00:23:43,119 the investigation launched during FBI Director Chris Ray's tenure that 453 00:23:43,279 --> 00:23:48,920 served as the basis for former Special Council Jack Smith 454 00:23:49,039 --> 00:23:52,720 to bring those criminal charges against Trump related to the 455 00:23:52,759 --> 00:23:58,680 twenty twenty election. Numerous Republican affiliated organizations and people were 456 00:23:58,720 --> 00:24:05,119 targeted with subpoenas during Arctic Frost, but the basis for 457 00:24:05,240 --> 00:24:11,000 targeting all of these groups is not clear. That's according 458 00:24:11,000 --> 00:24:15,279 to Fox News's report on it. The Washington Examiner. The 459 00:24:15,319 --> 00:24:20,279 Biden administration's FBI placed at least ninety two Republican aligned 460 00:24:20,359 --> 00:24:25,880 individuals and organizations, ninety two under federal scrutiny, they sent 461 00:24:25,920 --> 00:24:31,279 out a batch of subpoenas demanding financial institutions that had 462 00:24:31,720 --> 00:24:36,680 bank accounts for these various groups and people. They sent 463 00:24:36,759 --> 00:24:40,880 out subpoenas to all these banks, these financial institutions. This 464 00:24:40,960 --> 00:24:44,519 is according to whistleblower testimony that was provided to Congress 465 00:24:45,200 --> 00:24:51,079 by the FBI. During an interview on Fox News's America Reports, 466 00:24:51,519 --> 00:24:55,599 Chuck Rassley pinned the origins of the probe on former 467 00:24:55,799 --> 00:25:03,079 FBI agent Timothy Tibault or Tibau to bout Thibeau whatever 468 00:25:03,400 --> 00:25:09,640 he said, Thibeau violated every FBI protocol when launching Arctic Frost. 469 00:25:09,720 --> 00:25:13,359 As a pretext for Jack Smith to build his case 470 00:25:13,400 --> 00:25:18,039 against Trump, it was initially framed as just a narrow 471 00:25:18,200 --> 00:25:23,000 inquiry into Trump's post twenty twenty election conduct, right where 472 00:25:23,000 --> 00:25:25,400 he was going around saying it was stolen, it was rigged, 473 00:25:25,400 --> 00:25:27,559 and all of that, and then the Democrats were like, 474 00:25:27,640 --> 00:25:30,680 threat to democracy. Oh my god, you can't be saying 475 00:25:30,680 --> 00:25:34,759 these things. Just take the l you lost, right, But 476 00:25:34,799 --> 00:25:41,279 the whistleblower disclosures show that the investigation quickly expanded under 477 00:25:41,400 --> 00:25:48,119 Thibeau's direction to encompass dozens of conservative aligned people and organizations. 478 00:25:49,039 --> 00:25:51,680 Chuck Grassley, along with other Republicans, argue that by the 479 00:25:51,720 --> 00:25:56,519 time Jack Smith formally inherited the case, the groundwork had 480 00:25:56,599 --> 00:26:00,839 already been laid for a wide ranging operation that effectively 481 00:26:00,880 --> 00:26:05,759 criminalized political opposition. Later on in this story which I 482 00:26:05,799 --> 00:26:12,960 think this is Washington Examiner, DC Examiner, the FBI's Arctic 483 00:26:13,039 --> 00:26:16,759 Frost inquiry originally opened in twenty two under Christopher Ray, 484 00:26:16,920 --> 00:26:19,839 then the director of the FBI, later used as the 485 00:26:19,839 --> 00:26:23,640 foundation for Jack Smith's indictment on Trump, and sent dozens 486 00:26:23,680 --> 00:26:27,839 of financial subpoenas to all of the banks JP, Morgan, Chase, Wells, Fargo, 487 00:26:27,960 --> 00:26:32,000 Bank of America. They targeted Turning Point USA, the Republican 488 00:26:32,079 --> 00:26:37,640 National Committee, the Republican Attorney's General Association, the American Or 489 00:26:37,680 --> 00:26:42,839 the Republican Governor's Association, Conservative Partnership Institute, America First Policy Institute, 490 00:26:42,920 --> 00:26:46,119 just basically everybody. They went after Sidney Powell, Rudy Giuliani, 491 00:26:46,319 --> 00:26:51,799 Stephen Miller, dozens of consultants, political action committees. The revelations 492 00:26:51,799 --> 00:26:56,759 surrounding Arctic Frost could form get this the political predicate 493 00:26:57,279 --> 00:27:01,640 for the Trump administration to initiate its own investigations into 494 00:27:01,720 --> 00:27:07,680 progressive networks, including left wing donor organizations like George and 495 00:27:07,920 --> 00:27:12,839 Alex Soros's Open Society foundations. Trump has called for the 496 00:27:12,920 --> 00:27:16,960 Justice Department to explore racketeering charges under Rico laws against 497 00:27:17,000 --> 00:27:22,680 Soros and related protest networks, citing their alleged role in 498 00:27:22,759 --> 00:27:27,920 promoting civil unrest and politically motivated violence. Open Society Foundation 499 00:27:28,519 --> 00:27:36,200 has openly contested, saying these allegations are totally baseless, and 500 00:27:37,240 --> 00:27:39,599 for people who may not remember, I'm old enough to 501 00:27:39,640 --> 00:27:42,519 remember this. If it sounds a lot like a previous 502 00:27:42,519 --> 00:27:48,759 scandal under a prior administration, it should because it sounds 503 00:27:48,799 --> 00:27:51,160 a lot like what was done to the tea party 504 00:27:51,200 --> 00:27:55,440 groups under then IRS director Lois Learner. All Right, so 505 00:27:55,480 --> 00:27:58,240 you've heard me talk about creative video for almost a year, 506 00:27:58,319 --> 00:28:00,920 But did you know they also offer a game changing 507 00:28:00,960 --> 00:28:04,680 app for businesses that reward their teams with incentive trips. Well, 508 00:28:04,720 --> 00:28:07,400 they do. It's called Incentive Trip Kit. If you want 509 00:28:07,440 --> 00:28:10,359 a business or work at one that offers these incentive trips, 510 00:28:10,640 --> 00:28:13,559 this is a must have. It maximizes the impact and 511 00:28:13,680 --> 00:28:16,759 value of these motivational trips. It's a super easy to 512 00:28:16,880 --> 00:28:20,240 use app built just for your group, with private messaging, 513 00:28:20,440 --> 00:28:24,160 shared photos, important trip documents, even a find the group 514 00:28:24,240 --> 00:28:27,079 locator just in case somebody gets separated. And when I 515 00:28:27,079 --> 00:28:29,680 say it's private, I mean it. No personal emails, no 516 00:28:29,799 --> 00:28:33,599 phone numbers, no ads, no account sign ups. Everyone uses 517 00:28:33,640 --> 00:28:36,799 one shared login, so it's super easy, no hassles. During 518 00:28:36,799 --> 00:28:39,319 the trip, everybody can post their best photos and short 519 00:28:39,359 --> 00:28:41,519 video clips, and folks back at the office can even 520 00:28:41,559 --> 00:28:44,279 follow along. And then after the trip, incentive trip kit 521 00:28:44,440 --> 00:28:47,799 turns those memories into a professional storytelling video you can 522 00:28:47,880 --> 00:28:50,759 use to motivate, inspire and get people fired up for 523 00:28:50,799 --> 00:28:54,880 next year's trip. More fun, more memories, more ROI check 524 00:28:54,920 --> 00:28:58,160 it out now at incentive tripkit dot com or call 525 00:28:58,279 --> 00:29:00,799 Eric at eight eight eight five three three seventy six 526 00:29:00,920 --> 00:29:04,880 thirty seven Extension two O seven for the details. I 527 00:29:04,920 --> 00:29:07,759 do need to test something here because we are out 528 00:29:07,799 --> 00:29:12,440 on remote in belmonted Watson Insurance along with the one 529 00:29:12,480 --> 00:29:15,079 Blood Big Red Buss. I need to test something. I 530 00:29:15,119 --> 00:29:19,839 got this probably about a year ago, maybe from Russ 531 00:29:19,880 --> 00:29:23,400 who came to one of our news and bruise events, 532 00:29:24,119 --> 00:29:28,799 and so let me make sure this works here that's 533 00:29:28,880 --> 00:29:34,200 kind of faint. Let me say here, all right, it'll 534 00:29:34,240 --> 00:29:36,400 do in a pinch, because I don't have the rim 535 00:29:36,440 --> 00:29:40,920 shot SoundBite here. But he gave me this handheld, this 536 00:29:41,000 --> 00:29:43,920 handheld little rimshot maker, and so I will attempt and 537 00:29:43,960 --> 00:29:46,039 I will attempt to use it today because I remember 538 00:29:46,079 --> 00:29:50,400 to bring it on the location. Alrighty, So, Chuck Grassley. 539 00:29:50,960 --> 00:29:56,640 Senator Chuck Grassley drew a parallel between the Arctic Frost 540 00:29:56,880 --> 00:30:01,799 investigation that was launched under the the Biden administration's FBI 541 00:30:02,880 --> 00:30:07,960 with the Obama era IRS scandal involving Lois Learner, who 542 00:30:08,519 --> 00:30:12,680 targeted conservative nonprofit groups for extra scrutiny and did so 543 00:30:12,759 --> 00:30:16,279 after President Obama at a State of the Union speech, 544 00:30:17,319 --> 00:30:21,920 ripped the Supreme Court decision while the justices were sitting there. 545 00:30:21,960 --> 00:30:24,759 And that's the famous you know, Sam Alito, Justice Alito 546 00:30:24,799 --> 00:30:27,400 sitting there shaking his head saying not true, where he 547 00:30:27,480 --> 00:30:35,880 mischaracterized the ruling on Citizens United, and that then gave 548 00:30:35,920 --> 00:30:40,720 the permission structure for the IRS to start targeting the 549 00:30:40,759 --> 00:30:43,839 Tea Party groups that were ascendant at that time. This 550 00:30:43,839 --> 00:30:49,559 would have been around twenty ten. And along those lines, 551 00:30:50,640 --> 00:30:56,359 President Trump also announced last night that he is designating 552 00:30:56,880 --> 00:31:02,720 Antifa as a quote major terrorist organization. Now, in case 553 00:31:02,759 --> 00:31:07,799 you are curious, there is in fact no such designation 554 00:31:08,279 --> 00:31:13,079 as a major terrorist organization. There are foreign Terrorist organizations 555 00:31:13,319 --> 00:31:18,440 or fto's, those are designated by the US Secretary of 556 00:31:18,440 --> 00:31:22,440 State under the Immigration and Nationality Act, and there are 557 00:31:22,960 --> 00:31:31,599 specially designated Global terrorists or sdgts or citigates as I 558 00:31:31,640 --> 00:31:37,960 call them. But there is no major terrorist organization status, 559 00:31:38,359 --> 00:31:40,319 so I'm not really sure what he's going to do. 560 00:31:41,960 --> 00:31:44,920 He also said that this will result in other investigations, 561 00:31:45,000 --> 00:31:47,640 but again we shall see what that means. It is 562 00:31:47,720 --> 00:31:50,720 unknown what kind of terrorist organization Trump would want to 563 00:31:50,759 --> 00:31:54,240 designate it as. This is according to Kerry Pickett and 564 00:31:54,319 --> 00:31:58,200 Jeff Mordock at The Washington Times, the Antifah movement is 565 00:31:58,240 --> 00:32:02,880 global but is not a single, unified organization. It is 566 00:32:03,160 --> 00:32:07,400 a decentralized collection of autonomous groups and individuals across the world. 567 00:32:07,839 --> 00:32:12,000 While domestic terrorism is defined in federal statute, the term 568 00:32:12,119 --> 00:32:16,200 domestic terrorist is not used to officially label any group, 569 00:32:16,319 --> 00:32:21,480 they say. Mister Trump said that the groups could face 570 00:32:21,599 --> 00:32:25,680 racketeering charges under the Rico Act, which allows prosecutors to 571 00:32:25,759 --> 00:32:29,559 target organized crime activities that arise from the existence of 572 00:32:29,640 --> 00:32:33,119 criminal criminal enterprise like a gang or corporation, or like 573 00:32:33,160 --> 00:32:37,119 the mafia. Right, but he said he has been speaking 574 00:32:37,400 --> 00:32:40,200 to the Attorney General about bringing RICO against some people 575 00:32:40,640 --> 00:32:44,240 that have been putting up millions and millions of dollars 576 00:32:44,240 --> 00:32:49,039 for agitation purposes. And he specifically called out George Soros 577 00:32:49,039 --> 00:32:56,039 and his son Alex Soros for participating in this, accusing 578 00:32:56,079 --> 00:33:01,240 them of supporting violent protests. The soros Is deny those claims. Now, 579 00:33:01,319 --> 00:33:06,319 I will also point out that the Corvallis, Oregon Antifa 580 00:33:06,319 --> 00:33:11,000 cell has published an after action report on the fallout 581 00:33:11,000 --> 00:33:14,000 from Charlie Kirk's assassination. This is according to reporting by 582 00:33:14,079 --> 00:33:18,799 Andy no Where in the report and you can read it, 583 00:33:18,960 --> 00:33:22,039 they admit that they fear the loss of their ability 584 00:33:22,079 --> 00:33:26,279 to mark conservatives for death with no pushback, especially as 585 00:33:26,319 --> 00:33:31,920 some a political institutions and groups and businesses now feel 586 00:33:32,000 --> 00:33:37,799 safer expressing sympathy to Charlie Kirk's family and supporters. So 587 00:33:38,640 --> 00:33:41,480 they're saying, hey, we have attempted to counter several of 588 00:33:41,519 --> 00:33:44,599 these rallies in Portland and Seattle, but rallies that we 589 00:33:44,640 --> 00:33:48,839 have held targeting this Christian church have backfired. And so 590 00:33:49,519 --> 00:33:51,400 we should probably not be getting in the face of 591 00:33:51,559 --> 00:33:54,720 you know, suburban moms and kids. It's not a good look. 592 00:33:55,200 --> 00:33:56,920 And then they say, we got to find more creative 593 00:33:56,920 --> 00:33:59,680 ways to counter this political moment. And so they have 594 00:33:59,720 --> 00:34:02,039 identa to fight a wedge issue that they may be 595 00:34:02,119 --> 00:34:06,359 able to use, which is Israel. That's right, one possible 596 00:34:06,480 --> 00:34:10,480 useful wedge issue in this context is Israel. Conspiracy theorists 597 00:34:10,480 --> 00:34:13,960 have jumped in to blame Kirk's assassination on the masade, 598 00:34:14,440 --> 00:34:18,320 and so we should take that as the opportunity to 599 00:34:18,440 --> 00:34:23,559 drive a wedge among conservatives. So be aware when you 600 00:34:23,639 --> 00:34:27,480 see this stuff online and people are just asking questions, right, 601 00:34:28,360 --> 00:34:31,400 this is what Antifa is going to be driving as well, 602 00:34:32,119 --> 00:34:37,679 because the reaction to them after Kirk's assassination. They recognize 603 00:34:38,039 --> 00:34:40,159 that this is not good for them in this moment. 604 00:34:40,440 --> 00:34:45,000 So let's just lend our voices to amplify this woke 605 00:34:45,119 --> 00:34:50,920 right schism around Israel and the Jews. All right, that'll 606 00:34:50,920 --> 00:34:53,599 do it for this episode. Thank you so much for listening. 607 00:34:53,719 --> 00:34:55,840 I could not do the show without your support and 608 00:34:55,880 --> 00:34:58,599 the support of the businesses that advertise on the podcast, 609 00:34:58,960 --> 00:35:01,039 so if you'd like, please support them too. And tell 610 00:35:01,039 --> 00:35:02,760 them you heard it here. 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