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Crooked River Cast Show 39
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- Trump Somali comments. MN is #1 guess who is #2? CLIPS
- National Park Service drops MLK and adds Trumps B-Day!
- FDA raises “hurdles” for vaccine makers. CLIPS
- Ohio “health officials” urge getting the flu shot knowing it’s garbage. CLIPs
- Winter vomiting disease is on the rise! How do they know?
- Bird Flu!
Critter Corner:
- Bernie want’s to ban duel citizenship. What about Triple…
- LaRose announces agreement with Feds.
- HB 172 Parental consent for mental health.
- Dewine vetoes SB 50 to relax work hours for minors. CLIP
- SB 34 Historical Documents.
- Driving with snow on your car.
- Save Ohio’s breweries drink more beer!
Good Stuff:
- Voyager is very far away.
- Canfield, Ohio junior golfer smashes record in second championship.
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Transcript
Introduction and Holiday Banter
00:00:12
Speaker
Hello and welcome back to the Crooked Rivercast. I am Robert and joining me every week is Tom and we are two guys from Northeast Ohio just trying to figure out why so many people are vomiting this year. This is show 39 recorded on December 13th, 2025.
00:00:25
Speaker
Another week has gone by again, we've got some stuff to discuss. So let's go.
00:00:37
Speaker
Tis the season. Tis the season. In the morning, Robert. In Tis the season for Christmas parties and sick kids.
00:00:50
Speaker
And rock and roll. And rock and roll, not on cue. There we go. So, ah yes, Christmas parties and sick kids. That's where I was going with Went to a couple of Christmas parties yesterday. little rough, little rough this morning, but um I'm going to pull through.
00:01:07
Speaker
I'm going to pull it through. But it's work, you know. You got like manage your alcohol intake for three or four hours.
00:01:18
Speaker
It takes talent, you know, at my age. Yeah. and still And still do business. Yeah, I imagine so.
00:01:30
Speaker
little bit last night. Customers and drinks, you know. Where was the party at? Well, I had customer party and then one of the co-workers of mine put on a little shindig at the bar for some of the um of the people in the office.
00:01:46
Speaker
Nice. So our company refuses to, well, they don't do it. Actually, we are having one this year, but that's a whole nother story. But we do that anyway, just as a little thank you to... some the people that help us out during the year.
00:01:58
Speaker
And, ah then the net, the, uh, customer party was one of the few remaining that I know of full out customer employee or, you know, employer, employee Christmas party.
Corporate Christmas Parties: A Thing of the Past?
00:02:11
Speaker
Like everybody gets the day off. They get paid to come in and parties. a lot of companies are doing, I've seen some companies do this where they're doing Christmas parties at the same time. They do like a, uh, a safety training.
00:02:25
Speaker
Or a health screening kind of thing? They to work something in instead of just partying. Yeah. So you get the day out. You get paid for the day, but you got to come in and do this. And what that does, it helps the company.
00:02:36
Speaker
I've heard some owners say it reduces their... Like they can get better insurance rates. They can get better, right. You know, liability insurance rate, stuff like that. If they take these safety courses. So that's how they get everybody to come in at one time.
00:02:51
Speaker
And that's kind of the case for this, this construction company. But, uh, I mean, they, it, I mean, they spend God awful amount of money. They hire bartenders. They've got, I bet,
00:03:03
Speaker
Oh, it had to be 50 to 75 feet of food on double sided on two sides of a table. It was just, it just kept going. Nice. Bring it up. Cause you don't see him very often. Cause copies don't do Christmas parties like that anymore for a lot of reasons.
00:03:19
Speaker
Yeah. That kind of stopped after 2008, right? 2009. Yeah. It started dwindling off. I think before then, I think, uh, I think, I know our company was still doing I think up until about, yeah, about that time. i forget if the, you know, we got a new owner around what was about 2007? Yeah, seven and or eight. It was a seven or eight, yeah. Yeah, and I think it stopped with him.
00:03:47
Speaker
and I mean, at the time, ah you know, I didn't blame him because i everything kind of went to crap. but The first first casualty was the alcohol at Christmas parties. That was the first casualty.
00:04:02
Speaker
And that wass that was to save money but also to save jobs. to we need people get into I heard some stories and I've been involved with some things over the years. woo Probably a good idea for most people.
00:04:15
Speaker
Not to drink while they're on their co-workers. oh that happens That happens at our place. Yeah, you get a little loose. Oh, yeah. Loose with the tongue and start telling people how you actually feel.
00:04:28
Speaker
That's not the reason I leave, but that's one of the one of the benefits of not staying too long. Yeah. that's That's part of the talent, the art of of drinking at work. Just knowing what to say what not to say.
00:04:42
Speaker
oh I just sit back and we watch people go, and it's quite funny. You probably shouldn't be saying that right now, but... and And then, of course, which goes with the parties also, but this year's a little little extra because I have a sick kid, but ah and she's got a cold fever, a little bit of this, little bit of that.
Christmas Cookies and Nostalgia
00:05:02
Speaker
But really, what's what has brought to my attention is is the flaw in my plan, which... She is sick, and currently my snowblower is sick, too. and Nobody's shoveling my driveway but me now.
00:05:15
Speaker
That's a flaw. why Flaw. Well, you know, I had this all worked out, so don't cut the grass or shovel the driveway, and then I didn't think about the snowblower getting sick. Come on.
00:05:27
Speaker
Suck it up.
00:05:30
Speaker
I did it myself. Lined the whole time. You want a cookie or something? Actually, yes. but Speaking that. Silly question. I know. At one Christmas party early in the week, they ah they went around and juiced everybody and everybody was asked what their favorite cookie was.
00:05:48
Speaker
What's your favorite Christmas cookie, Tom? Christmas cookie? ah It's just chocolate chip, man. Okay. Is that a Christmas cookie? What's a Christmas cookie? Yeah, I was going to say any cookie is a Christmas cookie. I guess. My my initial thought when they started going to our room was Yes.
00:06:07
Speaker
But somebody already took that. So I went with my backup, which is, i didn't know what they were called. So I called them the peanut butter cookie with the Hershey kiss in it.
00:06:18
Speaker
And we called them peanut butter blossoms. you know what? You've seen those. I have? Yeah. It's a little peanut, it's a little cookie with a Hershey kiss stuck on top. and there was Oh yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Okay. Those are awesome. Cause you can have a cookie, a peanut butter chocolate cookie or,
00:06:32
Speaker
or You could take them apart and have a peanut butter cookie and then a Hershey kiss. Yeah. Usually I treat. Usually I just have the Hershey kiss. you just picked Oh, you're the one. You go we show up at the table and all the Hershey kisses are gone. Let's remember that. I always wondered who that was, but yeah. And then there are some people that, you know, some reason said snickerdoodles was the best Christmas cookie, which think we've discussed with some of our listeners that that really even a cookie.
00:07:04
Speaker
I let it slide. let it's like Anyway. Should sent that person home. Yeah. I thought about, wasn't my, my, my place to do. So I just, I shamed them in my, my own mind.
00:07:18
Speaker
Anyway, anything got going on this week for you? don't know. I want to, I'm sick, sick, sick cookies. That's,
00:07:27
Speaker
no ah No, uneventful. I got a bit of a cold, I guess. I see. Feeling a little ah under the weather. Well, then who's under
Trump, Somali Immigrants, and Media Reactions
00:07:38
Speaker
the weather? What does that mean? Under the weather.
00:07:40
Speaker
good Good question. You know, send us a link or send us an email if you know what under the weather comes from. A lot of things. like to know where a lot of things like that come from. Under the weather. Oh, don't go down that rattle.
00:07:54
Speaker
Anyway. I think we'll start it. think you're ready to start. Let's get, let's get into this stuff here. Let's start. Let's start with, well,
00:08:05
Speaker
we'll go with the national story, which does have a very, very big tie to Ohio. Trump, hu Trump speaks again. Trump, Trump talks to the press and well, he talks about Somalians in a certain way.
00:08:21
Speaker
And this AP news article that we have here in the lineup. Well, really it sucks. um As expected, though, mean, it is the AP. ah And they, so here's the headline. Trump ventures deeper into anti-immigration language by calling people from Somalia garbage.
00:08:40
Speaker
Racist. that I mean, it has to be. It's only it's the only explanation, right? But did he really call people from Somalia garbage? I think he calls some people from Somalia garbage.
00:08:56
Speaker
But according to this article, all you see is the quotes garbage. Somali. Oh, heck, Seth said off camera. P. Seth said sitting in the president's immediate left.
00:09:07
Speaker
Told Trump on camera, well said. um and so I'm going through what's his actual quote. Because they just keep, have very small snippets as usual.
00:09:18
Speaker
But yeah, I can't believe they' they still try to do this. Yeah. So I figured... I figured let's let's see what he actually said. Let's listen to his comments because they're not even very long. All right, let me make sure I got the right one here. There we go.
00:09:35
Speaker
Somalians ripped off that state for billions of dollars, billions, every year, billions of dollars, and they contribute nothing. The welfare is like 88%. They contribute nothing. Remember that number.
00:09:54
Speaker
I don't want them in our country, I'll be honest with you. Somebody would say, oh, that's not politically correct. I don't care. I don't want them in our country. Their country is no good for a reason. Their country stinks.
00:10:05
Speaker
And we don't want them in our country. I could say that about other countries, too. I could say it about other countries, too. We don't want them to help. We got to we have to rebuild our country. You know, our country is at a tipping point.
00:10:18
Speaker
We could go bad. We're a tipping point. I don't know people mind me saying that, but I'm saying that we could go one way or the other. And we're going to go the wrong way if we keep taking in garbage into our country.
00:10:32
Speaker
i Omar is garbage. She's garbage. Her friends are garbage. These are people that work. These are people that say, let's go. Come on, let's make this place great. These are people that do nothing but complain.
00:10:45
Speaker
They complain. And from where they came from, they got nothing. You know, they came from paradise and they said, this isn't paradise. But when they come from hell and they complain and do nothing but bitch, you don't want them in our country.
00:11:04
Speaker
Let them go back to where they came from and fix it. That's what I voted for. Yes. That's what I voted for. Somebody to to to say, you may not like the way he says it.
00:11:15
Speaker
But, you know, for years I hear people saying, I just want a president that tells it like it is. And then we get a president who tells it like it is and everybody freaks out and clutches their pearls.
00:11:27
Speaker
Oh, no, he called the friends of Ilian, Ilian, whatever, and Omar garbage. That's what he called her garbage and her friend's garbage and the country's garbage.
00:11:40
Speaker
Now, it doesn't mean every Somalian is garbage, but His point is valid. ah they were coming if If they were coming here from paradise and complaining, I could see, but they're coming from a crap hole country.
00:11:54
Speaker
What do they have to complain about? We've got plenty of dogs and cats and squirrels and geese that they can eat. We've got all that kind of stuff. They're eating the dogs. They're eating the cats. Are the simoleons doing that?
00:12:08
Speaker
Maybe. they They were in Springfield. That was the Haitians. I mean, what?
00:12:15
Speaker
You know, good point, but I don't know if there's, you know.
00:12:20
Speaker
but yeah So there you go again. i think the Somalians are a little bit busier inbreeding. yeah they're They're not as bad as the packys Pakistanians or whatever you call them.
00:12:31
Speaker
But ah i think it's I think it's a certain kind of Islam. i forget I forget which one, but ah they they do they they do inbreed.
00:12:45
Speaker
So how does this tie to us in this great state of Ohio? Well, tell me. Well, funny enough is Minnesota is number one in most Somalians immigrants. 80 to 100,000. it's more than that.
00:13:00
Speaker
no it's more than that ah That's what I looked up. Yeah. I think it's more of that because according to the reports I'm seeing, Columbus is number two. And I i saw 60,000. 60,000? Yeah. thiss what um i'll You know what? I'm going to look it up right now. Yeah, look it up because I thought the report, i and I didn't clip that part of it. I took it out. I thought the report I said said 600,000. No, no, no.
00:13:28
Speaker
Not that many. I thought that was quite a bit considering the Columbus um population is like just under a million. I look up how many Somalians in Minnesota and it tells me how many Italians.
00:13:42
Speaker
Oh, what? ai is going to help, Tom. a Wow. Italian, Somalians. I mean, they're close. Close.
00:13:53
Speaker
600K sounded like way too much. was like, wow. And then the surrounding area. Minnesota hosts the largest Somalian population in U.S. with recent estimates placing the number at over 80,000. right. So Columbus is 60,000. Yes. Columbus is 60,000.
00:14:12
Speaker
That's a lot because... That's a lot for 900,000 people. Well, I don't know how many... col Yeah, if Columbus has 900,000, that's a lot. they have They have two reps in the Ohio legislature that are Somalian. ah District 3... I don't know if this is Franklin County or... ah i don't i think I think it's Franklin... District 3 and District 10, I believe.
00:14:36
Speaker
And they have... ah two They got voted in, i think one of them in 2022, the other in 2024. The second one in 2024 ran unopposed.
00:14:51
Speaker
And the first one, I don't i didn't i didn't dig too far into that. But the population there is large enough to get one of their own in. And a bunch of white guilt, I'm sure, too.
00:15:08
Speaker
So we have a a little, there' I guess there's one woman who posted something on X, which of course is always trustworthy. But she did bring up that 80% number again.
00:15:20
Speaker
yeah
00:15:23
Speaker
but What she has to say. This is, I can't remember what was it. It was posted by, oh the ah for a I meme, therefore I am. But the, the, um,
00:15:36
Speaker
Watermark, you can see the word on the video, says at Nakia Neon, whoever that is. So, again, it's on the internet, so it's got to be true. But here's what this woman says is going on where she lives in the neighborhoods around Columbus or in Columbus.
00:15:53
Speaker
Columbus Mayor Andrew Ginther saying... Oh, see, I messed up. Here go. This one right here.
Columbus' Response to Trump's Comments
00:16:03
Speaker
Come see Columbus, Ohio fraud investigators. If you go to the government assisted housing areas, you will find that most of the housing is Somalians.
00:16:15
Speaker
I would say about 80% of the government assisted housing in Columbus is Somalians and the parking lot is occupied with a whole bunch of brand new cars.
00:16:27
Speaker
And the women walking around have designer purses with EBT cards and they have Apple iPhones stuck up in their hijabs. Yeah. And then go to the businesses that are owned by the men.
00:16:41
Speaker
Because see, what happens is when you have a restaurant or when you have a little corner store and you have a couple of wives and you only have to claim one, then that means the other wives get EBT cards and you can use those EBT cards.
00:16:57
Speaker
to buy food for your store or your restaurant. Yeah. Y'all don't want to talk about fraud. So then apparently she then posts later on the video, it's a dual video kind of thing that now they're at her, now they're at her door or at her window, throwing things at her window. Is that what it was? Did you did you watch the video?
00:17:19
Speaker
i I caught part of it. Yeah. They were taught. They were, ah I don't, she said they were throwing something at her windows. Yeah. And, you know, she's not gonna go to the window because that's what they want. But what she worked, she lives at a boarding house run by muslims and Get the hell out of there. Yeah. So she's like, nobody knows.
00:17:41
Speaker
In order for you to know what room I'm in, you'd have to know, somebody would have to tell you from inside the house. And then she brings, well, yeah, by the way, it's run by, I'm like, well, there's somebody from the, from the, from the neighborhood in there ratting you out. So you probably should leave.
00:17:55
Speaker
If like we talked, if it's even true, but, It does sound a lot very familiar, doesn't it? EBT cards, new cars, iPhones, all that kind of stuff. We we went through lot of this during the shutdown going, well, where are they getting all this money? Where are they gaming the system?
00:18:13
Speaker
um what what What does the city of Columbus want go to do about it? Are they going to do anything about it? What do you think, Tom? What are the chances of this? ah that They're going to help the Somalians out.
00:18:24
Speaker
Oh, yeah, they're, of course, they're, well, I guess, so here's another report here from CBS, oh, no, it's WBNS, it's News 10 out of Columbus, of, you know, what, and I think we hear from those those up city councilmen in Columbus, or you said legislatures, but i think these are these are actually city councilmen that you hear.
00:18:46
Speaker
Although, the way they run the report, they make it sound like this guy's the mayor, but he's not, you'll see what i'm talking Columbus Mayor Andrew Ginther saying the city of Columbus will not use their resources to do the federal government's job. He added they will not investigate residents solely based off immigration status and that all residents should feel safe when calling police for help. Words are powerful, you know, especially when it's coming out from a sitting president. Words carry magnitude and have influence. These words, and you know, the labeling the whole community garbage is unacceptable. It's unethical and it's scary. and we will continue to show our Somali-American neighbors, not just with our words, but with our actions, that we all belong here.
00:19:31
Speaker
All of us. That we matter and that we will not allow anyone to tear our neighbors down. All of you belong here? So is there a limit on how many Somalians we can bring into Columbus? Or are all of you welcome here?
00:19:46
Speaker
So yeah, Columbus isn't going anything. No. They're a sanctuary city. Why would they want to? I didn't realize Somali men have multiple wives. Somali men of... Under Islamic law, they can have up to four wives.
00:20:00
Speaker
Right. I don't know if that's a Somali thing or more of a Muslim it's islamic religion. It's Islam. Islamic. Yeah, I figured that's what that was. as you know i mean it's I mean, it's great for the profit margin, you know where you can buy the free food and then sell it for 100% margin. it's that's I mean, that's a smart business move if I ever heard one.
00:20:22
Speaker
Yeah, so, of course, speaking of more racism. a lot of cousins. so Well, yeah, a lot of brothers you got to marry. lot of brothers you got to marry. Well, that's only Omar there. Well, she's doing it.
00:20:38
Speaker
Well, that's true. Other people are doing it. That's for damn sure. I didn't realize the Somalian, both in Minnesota and Columbus, kind of started coming into U.S. in the early 90s. Yes.
00:20:52
Speaker
Yeah. yeah I mean, it's not unusual. About the same time the Ukes were coming and the Ukrainians, right? Oh, yeah. and That would have been under Clinton. Probably. Yeah. That sounds about right.
00:21:06
Speaker
I mean, yeah. As far as like Ukrainians go, i I know firsthand they have like their own little economy going. Many of them do. Not all of them, obviously. that's and without It's not unusual.
00:21:18
Speaker
It's not unusual for one of them to be working full time under the table and then collecting ah benefits. Definitely not unusual.
00:21:30
Speaker
But did that happen when the Italians came in? No. mean, they all moved to one area. It makes sense. Little Italy. You got those in all all different kinds of cities. You got Little Italy. You got a Little China and you got, mean, go to suburbs of Cleveland. You got all kinds of places like that where Chicago is similar like that too. it's So that's not unusual that people do this.
00:21:50
Speaker
I think it's unusual that they come in and all congregate in one community and suck the resources dry and don't really put into them is what's part of Trump's point.
00:22:01
Speaker
If you come in this country and then you don't, you know, you don't provide anything, you don't do help with the, kind you know, all you do is sucking off the, uh, the teat of the government.
00:22:13
Speaker
Well, you know, back in the day, like when my parents came up, when we you know, when my dad came over, he had to have a sponsor. Yep. And that sponsor had to sign papers that they would take care of him.
00:22:26
Speaker
They wouldn't, ah they would have to feed him and house him. And, you know, you didn't get anything from the government at that time. It was just, okay, I'll sponsor this person to come to America.
00:22:41
Speaker
I promise that I'll take care of him.
Immigration Policies Then and Now
00:22:44
Speaker
Yeah, if they can't get a job, then... Yeah, and the thing is, most most people had a job right away. I mean, like, my dad says he he got off the boat on a Sunday, had his first job on Tuesday, so...
00:22:59
Speaker
It never stopped working from since then. that that was it you had That was just the mindset. Got to get a job. Got to provide. Got to get a job. And i don't think it's that way anymore. And that's part of the part a lot of this problem. It's does not just Somalians. It's anybody who's coming over here, especially as they're crossing the border illegally. and Well, it's funny because the the people that are coming legally, i don't think they get that benefit.
00:23:25
Speaker
I think they still need to be sponsored. And then there's like a waiting period. I mean, basically you got to wait five to seven years before you can legally come here. Yes. Or you can overstay your visa or stink across the border. And then eventually once there becomes 20 million of you, they'll just wave you in.
00:23:43
Speaker
Yep. Wave you in. And that drives you crazy. I get, we do need immigrants. We need more immigrants, but we need to vet these. immigrants We need to get the people that are going to,
00:23:56
Speaker
um, add to our society, not take away. And that's really Trump's point is these people are just coming here and just
National Park Service Admission Controversy
00:24:03
Speaker
sucking our resources. When, if everybody comes to America, America, there is no more America. So then where are you going to go?
00:24:08
Speaker
Yeah. But I, moving on to more of Trump's racist ways.
00:24:19
Speaker
This one is just tough. ah the the National Park Service has dropped free admission on MLK Day on Juneteenth.
00:24:35
Speaker
Racist.
00:24:38
Speaker
But...
00:24:41
Speaker
They've added Trump's birthday. and Is it his birthday or did they just add or do they just add flag day to it? like It doesn't say. it says, oh yeah they added Trump's birthday. By the way, it's flag day too.
00:24:54
Speaker
Exactly. I have a feeling it's not because of his birthday. It's because it's flag day. It just happened to be the same. That was that was the first question I had. is it Because I kept going, well, is it because it's flying?
00:25:09
Speaker
And then they don't really say in the article. Of course not. Of course not, right? i mean, not shocking. ah But the next question I had is, why you got to get rid of mlk Day on Juneteenth?
00:25:21
Speaker
Like, is it really worth it? Like, what... Well, think it's like, because that's just, you know what is that? What is Juneteenth? I mean, I know what it is. I know what it is. I know what MLK Day is, yeah but it's, it's, ah so you're giving them or not them. So you're offering a free day basically because of black people.
00:25:46
Speaker
So MLK is, like yeah can you can make a better point than Juneteenth. Juneteenth is just a day of history. So, you know, do they have free admission on 4th of July, that kind of stuff? They might, I don't know.
00:25:58
Speaker
Martin Luther King is a national icon, I guess you can call it. So maybe that makes sense. Just like we've had, yet there's certain certain presidents and stuff that have, or other people I think that have, they get free, yeah they'll do an admission free day.
00:26:13
Speaker
I don't think either should be, maybe. I think there should be very few free days, I guess, maybe is my point. I just don't, I don't see the, is it was it really worth the trouble? of getting I don't know. I think it was great.
00:26:26
Speaker
I get it. forget there's Here are the free days. Yeah, it is those days, isn't it? Okay, it's ah February 16th, President's Day, 25th, Day.
00:26:38
Speaker
ah well That's for 2026. So but I'll just say President's Day, Memorial Day, Flag Day, and they they have slash President Trump's birthday, but it is Flag Day. end July 3rd through the 5th, Independence Day weekend.
00:26:54
Speaker
ah Then August 25th, which is 110th birthday of the National Park Service. Constitution Day. And, oh they even have Theodore Roosevelt's birthday. So it's not, okay, whatever. It's not Trump's, it Trump's not the only one.
00:27:11
Speaker
And then Veterans Day.
00:27:16
Speaker
So yeah, the thet the only day that I don't see is Labor Day.
00:27:23
Speaker
Yeah, okay. So the yeah, I would go, yeah, Martin Luther King and Juneteenth especially seem out of place in that list. Yeah.
00:27:33
Speaker
but Okay. Okay. So basically why is because we don't care. We don't care what's about to fall. I would think most presidents, politicians would not go, would not cut this just because it's, that it's not worth the trouble for what you're gaining, which is really nothing.
00:27:53
Speaker
But this administration, considering Everything else he's done, they've done. They just don't care. it's We're going to do it. It's not it's not because we we don't care about Martin Luther King or Juneteenth. It's just because it doesn't fit. it's not It's not worthy of a free day. And they don't care about the blowback.
00:28:10
Speaker
But it's it's it's rank racism, Tom. It's rank. and The raw and rank racism here stinks to high heaven, says the Harvard Kennedy School professor.
00:28:22
Speaker
Cornell William Brooks, a former president of the NAACP wrote on social media. and But Tom, and indeed these days are a time where people volunteer to clean up the park.
00:28:40
Speaker
I'm sure. And now it's going to be more expensive.
00:28:45
Speaker
I'm thinking if you talk to the park, maybe they can get you a pass if you're going to go clean the place up. Yeah, think so. I get you some free passes. I bet they i bet you can find somebody to get you from free passes if you're actually going to clean the place up. no That's all they had. of was No, you can't take this away because some people go there to clean up and it would cost more money for the but for the non-profits.
00:29:08
Speaker
Oh, that's all you got? Okay. Eliminated. Bye.
00:29:13
Speaker
More racism, Tom.
00:29:17
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00:30:03
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Moving on to the next... Oh, we got to check these off. Check, check. Okay. Moving on to the FDA. FDA is out of control, Tom. Completely out of control.
00:30:15
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They... They want to make vaccines safer, Tom.
00:30:22
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I don't know where they get off. what Damn that RFK. I know. He wants... i know he wants
00:30:32
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He wants to give people choice and make it safer. I don't know what the hell is wrong with this guy and why Trump even picked him. Let's do a little, let's do little, maybe a little background to here.
Vaccine Approval Processes Under Scrutiny
00:30:44
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So the,
00:30:47
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The FDA panel for vaccines is is we're going to be requiring more, they're calling it more hurdles. Food and Drug me Administration intends to get tougher on vaccine approvals as top officials raise concerns about the risk of COVID vaccines for children.
00:31:05
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This is in light of the FDA, CDC coming out and saying, was the FDA, yeah wasn't it? Yeah, that at least, yeah, at least 10 children that they say had died from the COVID shot during the Biden administration. ah but Let's just hear up some background here.
00:31:26
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Go from there. The FDA claiming without evidence that COVID shots are linked to at least 10 children's deaths and vowing new vaccine rules because of it. In an internal memo obtained by NBC News, the director of the FDA's vaccine division, Dr. Vinay Prasad, alleges no fewer than 10 deaths reported to the agency between 2021 and 2024 were related to the COVID vaccine. The memo did not include the children's ages or medical history, did not identify the vaccine manufacturer, and And these findings have not been published in a peer reviewed journal. An HHS spokesperson did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Experts maintain COVID vaccines are safe. But now Dr. Prasad says the agency will change how it evaluates vaccines, including revising the annual flu vaccine framework. The memo says pneumonia vaccine makers will have to show their products reduce pneumonia rather than create antibodies alone. The American Academy of Pediatrics telling us tonight they are concerned that the newly proposed requirements could limit children's access to safe, proven vaccines.
00:32:34
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right. So think about that last statement right there.
00:32:38
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They're afraid that it could limit the access for children to have safe vaccines. They want to make the approval process. They want to redo it. They want to look at it because they're saying they see, without evidence, 10 deaths from the COVID vaccine. like Again, it was a memo. It wasn't a book.
00:33:02
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So you weren't going to put all this stuff in it anyway. And it was an internal memo. It wasn't even for your eyes anyway.
00:33:09
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They want to make it, they want to actually make them safer. And can you believe they actually want to Have vaccine makers prove they work.
00:33:22
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Get out of here. They'll nerve these people.
00:33:29
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i don't i don't know. You know where to go with you these, these, this Trump administration. How dare you? Completely out of control. Completely out of control.
00:33:41
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I don't know. People are freaking out. You know, if at any other time, if there was one report of one kid who died from one vaccine or whatever, it would have shut the whole thing down.
00:33:56
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They're saying without evidence. Well, this is from the, I think they pulled a bunch of kids that were reported on the VAERS system, which is a voluntary
00:34:07
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side effects from drugs and vaccines and stuff. Vaccines, not just drugs So there's obviously some some kind of evidence there. So they posted without evidence. I hate claims without evidence.
00:34:19
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i don't know. what do you got to say about this, Tom? Oh, I love this. You know that. We've talked about this. Yeah, it has to make and makes sense. Well, of course. And why why were kids like at six, what was it, six months old?
00:34:35
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shell you know, babies being offered the COVID vaccine. Why? It hardly affected children. Remember, if if you notice in that clip, they say experts say the COVID vaccine is safe.
00:34:52
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Experts. Do you remember when they used to say it's safe and effective? Yes. They've gotten rid of the effective part. Yeah, well, yeah they're not trying to sell it anymore.
00:35:03
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Right. well As much. Well, it wasn't an automatic at the time. So if everyone remembers, i think. if Everybody I know that got the shot, got the jab, if you want to call it that.
00:35:16
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Everybody that I know that got that has had COVID more than I have. I got it once, as far as I know, that i where I was pretty sick.
00:35:29
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And that, you know, my natural immune system took over. Yep. had it once too. Maybe, maybe I had it again. I don't know, but. Yeah. If I had it again, it was just a, ah a cold. It's the cold. It's part of another strain of the cold.
00:35:44
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That's why I was, ah get, I still get people go, Oh, I'm not feeling well, but don't worry. It's not COVID. I hear that too. And my response is usually,
00:35:56
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um so if it was COVID, you you would stay home. It was funny because ah it was when I was playing with this band, the guy goes, ah we were supposed to rehearse and he was a little under the weather. There we go again, under the weather. Under the weather, we got look that up.
00:36:12
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And he's like, don't worry, I don't have COVID. The whole band texted back, ah we don't care. Oh, good. Yeah. yeah Because this guy's a little, ah let's say, a little weak.
00:36:30
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ah Well, I always, because I push back, and I've done, people I could tell people get annoyed because I've done it multiple times the same person. But my i guess, I wonder if, it's since it's not COVID, you're okay to leave the house, even though you think you're sick.
00:36:44
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But if it was COVID, you would stay away. Thanks for spreading your germs. What does it matter? You're, so you're, you still think you're sick if it's COVID or not, maybe you should stay home.
00:36:55
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Right.
00:36:58
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Um, I immediately tried to know where it came from, but it didn't pop up quickly. So we'll move on under the weather where I'll look it up. You do your thing. ah Okay. Okay.
00:37:13
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So I pulled up some more stuff because it popped in through the through my feed because the FDA and the cdc aren't done. Mr. Kennedy is still going forward with it even though they're coming after him hard with this stuff.
00:37:29
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What I found was this and this nice little article from today.com. CDC panel rolls back hep V vaccine recommendations. I've been screaming about this for a while since i since I figured out my kids were getting it long time ago, the vaccine.
00:37:45
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wow it ah To me, it's the silliest thing in the world. Yeah. ah And here's a here's here's everybody, they're screaming, at that i'm oh my gosh, taking away my vaccine.
00:37:57
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Kids are going to be under at risk and, oh my gosh, liver and this and all kinds of stuff. Oh, here, let's listen a little bit from, ah this is from today.com.
00:38:09
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And they are,
00:38:14
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oh here it is. CDC, hep.
00:38:18
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Children in America are less safe. They are vulnerable when we have a duty to most protect them. Is there any evidence that the Hep B vaccine poses a danger to infants?
00:38:29
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None whatsoever. FDA Commissioner Dr. Marty McCary says it's an issue of parental choice. There is no scientific evidence that there's a benefit of doing it on the first day of life versus at age 10 or 12. Except The percentage of those cases has dropped 99%. Isn't that scientific evidence that it works? It would drop that much if we continue to immunize the subgroup where it benefits who benefits from it.
00:38:56
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The committee still recommends infants born to moms who test positive for hep B or whose status is unknown oh get the newborn dose. oh For moms who test negative for hepatitis B but still want their infants to get the newborn dose, they should be able to get it. The committee recommends that they first talk to their health care providers to weigh the benefits and risks of vaccination.
00:39:20
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As for the cost, the vaccines will still be covered by public and private insurance. Oh, so what the hell are you even talking about?
00:39:31
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What's the story here, people? The story here is they're trying to save their dollars from advertising. The story here is they're pissed because they can't force you to shoot your kid up with some crap.
00:39:42
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Yes. And the news is going right along with it because 60 to 70% of their revenue is from big pharma advertising. Absolutely.
00:39:53
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Absolutely. They have to. Otherwise... They won't be in business anymore because they've lost the USAID funding. So this is all they got left, Tom. It's all they got left.
00:40:07
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Something else, right? Yeah. Under the weather, by the way. What's that? Under the weather. Yeah. Meaning a sick sailor. So it it started on nautical. Like if if if the weather got bad and the waves got big and the sailor got sick, he he would be sent and to the deck below and they called it under the weather.
00:40:29
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That's how it started. Oh, okay. Weird. Sorry. i That's okay. money I could have used the breather there. you know Yeah, I know. That's kind of what I wanted. um That just blew my mind. That's all the reason I i was like, are you kidding me? is And that's similar what they're talking about here with the with the um COVID.
00:40:44
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You're still gonna be able to able get it. Or new vaccines. They're still going be able to get them. it's just They're going to test them. They're going to little. And they're actually going to have to work. Not just have this... test that says the antibodies increase. No, they're going to have to prove that the vaccine actually does something.
00:41:02
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Wow. Bastards. You son of a can't believe you want, you want a vaccine that actually works. um It reminds me of the day when the COVID vaccine started coming out.
00:41:14
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You know, they were just like, well, you could drive up to your local CVS and just pull into the parking lot and they'll give you the shot right there. so Instead of telling people to go talk to their doctor about it. Yeah. And then the the last thing is, oh, by the way, ah if you if you still want it and you're not test positive for hep B, we can still get it. We just recommend you talk to your doctor. Oh, my gosh.
00:41:39
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way. What we should be doing for everything. Let me just, let's just we should have started with that. Talk to your doctor about everything. Don't let the news tell you, oh, just yeah roll through the CVS parking lot. Put your arm out the window. Have them stab you with this experimental drug.
00:41:53
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but yeah it's one of It's one of the things i actually could really throw some shade at Trump about is that vaccine. Yeah. There's a, oh yeah. just for term like There's a couple. yeah And not that what he did it. I mean, he pushed the the makers to get something done. i get that part, but he touted it so much for so long and eventually now he doesn't even talk about it.
00:42:12
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He did, but at least he, he wasn't the one that wanted to mandate it. Oh yeah. He was no man. He was just saying, look how fast we got something on the market. didn't want mandates at all. Yeah. So that's a good point. Very good point. Yeah. it it was wild dude you got It was a thing where everybody was, I don't know about everybody by that time, but a lot of people were still concerned.
00:42:33
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You know, how bad it yeah oh yeah it's going to And, you know, the it was, man, it was such a, that whole thing was such a crock of shit because they were telling people, you know, telling people are dying from this, from the, from the COVID.
00:42:50
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disease, but they weren't telling people how many comorbidities they had. what What was it? Like 96% of the people that died from side, I'll put air quotes from that from COVID more died with COVID.
00:43:05
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Yeah. Most likely they died with COVID cause they had four or more comorbidities. And it's kind of just like, man, got scammed right into that. i have, uh, I have, I've contended or my, my theory,
00:43:21
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Everybody goes, well, look how many people died.
00:43:25
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If we counted flu deaths, like we counted COVID deaths, the numbers would be similar. And use the same testing. Don't forget they were testing, sticking things up people's nose, dead people's noses to see if there's a virus there after a car accident.
00:43:43
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okay after Yeah. After a head injury. And then they go, oh, COVID. And one of the, and I've got this from actually a pretty good source. At the time, because hospitals were getting extra money from the government. Big dough.
00:43:58
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to Because of COVID deaths. If you had a COVID death, you got an extra bump from the government. $30,000 per COVID death. Yeah, up could be up to depending on all this other stuff. Yeah, okay. They were coding things that way to make money because all the hospitals are dying, you know lot especially the community hospitals and that and those kind of things. that they They need all the revenue they can get, and that's...
00:44:19
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yeah and ah um It was a racket. Oh, yeah. Complete scam, as they call. Shenanigans. But remember, remember when, but again, they used to call it safe and effective. Now it's just safe because we they know it's not effective and everybody knows it's not effective.
00:44:36
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And what I've noticed, ah I'll just go this way. You remember, so at around 2022, maybe 23 or something like that, they came out with a study.
00:44:49
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That, well, you know what? Let me hold that for, because let me let me just announce our the story that we're talking about. So we'll move on from the COVID vaccine and hurdles from the FDA to Northeast Ohioans are being urged to get the flu vaccine despite, you know, an imperfect match.
00:45:09
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It doesn't quite, he didn't quite get it right this year, but still got to take it. Got to get it. Got to get it because it will still, it will still. lessen the severity of it.
00:45:26
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I think I even had an idea stream clip, which I don't even think I pulled. ah Oh, well. Flu vaccine is still the answer. It may not be a hundred percent match, but it will reduce the likelihood of severe infection and going to the hospital.
00:45:41
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ah Oh, will it? Okay. So remember when they came out, like i said, in 2022, 2023, they had a study state stating that the more
00:45:52
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People who got the COVID vax were more likely to get COVID, especially if you had boosters. The more boosters you had, the more likely you were you were to get actually COVID, what the studies were saying. I don't think you were a allowed to say that back in 2022, were you?
00:46:06
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maybe Maybe it was 23. ah I know it was I think it was before 2024. thought it was really maybe 23 or something like that. Yeah. Okay. Well, they may still not have been a allowed to say it, but they had the study. I do remember looking at it and I had to time, ah men go, Oh, this is interesting. And I I've noticed anecdotally that the people that,
00:46:26
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Again, this is just anecdotally, but the people that I know have got the shot, got the jab, the COVID jab, seem to be sick. And the people that didn't, it it might be my biases, but ah kid from the from friends' kids to the the adults themselves, it seems like they're always sick.
00:46:45
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And don't know, I guess me, but it feels like Maybe that's something do with it. So the Cleveland or the North Houston, Ohio, the the Ohio is saying, you know, got to get it. Even though it's not a perfect match, got to get your, your flu vaccine because it's still better than nothing.
00:47:01
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Is it really? Because if you do, i don't know if we talked about this on the show or
Norovirus and Winter Health Concerns
00:47:05
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not. I think this might've been pre-show, but the same organization that came out with the COVID study about the more you get,
00:47:14
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the more shots you get from COVID shots, the vaccines, the more likely you are to get COVID. They did a study at the Cleveland Clinic in twenty four twenty five So the twenty four twenty five flu season they did a ah study.
00:47:27
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and what they found So Cleveland created a study of for their employees. It was over 50,000 people in the study, which is unusually large for for a study.
00:47:38
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Usually you're talking about a couple thousand people. So this a pretty large sample. And what they found was you were more likely to get COVID.
00:47:49
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And here's here's here's a clip from, this guy is Dr. John John Campbell. And I watched this guy early on during COVID and i actually ended up shutting him off because he kept pushing the backs as it started coming out.
00:48:07
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And as, and apparently I come back a year later, you know, in 21 22, 22 probably to find out he's kind of flipped the script a little bit and looked into it and he's totally against it. So he brings up this study and he brings up at an actually interesting point on why this study even came out.
00:48:25
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But let's listen to what he, what they found. Stephen Clinic study.
00:48:31
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Effectiveness of the influenza vaccine during the 24 to 25 respiratory viral season. The study was to evaluate the effectiveness of influenza vaccine during the flus the last flu season that we're just coming out of, hopefully, now.
00:48:49
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Now, the method that they used here, employers of the Cleveland Clinic and employment in Ohio on October the 1st, 2024, are included. Cumulative incidence of influenza is what they look for.
00:49:00
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Whether they were vaccinated was one group or whether they were unvaccinated against influenza, this is flu vaccine, remember, so they can compare one group against the other. This is good vaccination.
00:49:12
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ah research methodology. And they found out that those that were vaccinated got more influenza. So okay the people that had, this is true, people that had the influenza vaccine got more influenza.
00:49:30
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It was a negative immunity of getting on for 27%. It's a
00:49:37
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it's a bit like a Monty Python sketch, this, isn't it? the vaccine that gives you more of the thing it's supposed to protecting you against. Yeah, that would be a great Monty mighty Python ski it sketch. get ski Yeah, there you go. So 27% more likely to get the flu if you had the flu vaccine to those who didn't.
00:50:04
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And they said it ranged from 7% to 51% more likely. So they averaged it in the middle kind of 27%.
00:50:13
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So is it really ah really better than nothing to get the mismatched fluvax, even though when you get the matched fluvax from last year, it gave you a much higher rate of infection?
00:50:29
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I don't think so. don't think so. So he he has it he has a good point at the end of his video. We'll put the video. We'll be in the show notes or on the blog. on why and I'm thinking it's weird that they're even and I thought at the time I should say this is eight months ago I think when this came out like wow they actually published it like people are actually talking about this like you would think well let's just let's put this under the rug here because it doesn't really fit our narrative well he brings up a point that maybe maybe he knows why maybe he maybe this is why
00:51:02
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Now, my concern here is, I've just put a note there. My concern is here. People will say, you know what? These um dead viral vaccines aren't working very well.
00:51:13
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What we're going to to do is change from mushed up dead virus vaccine, attenuated dead viral antigenic challenge vaccines, to m mRNA vaccines. Ah, yeah.
00:51:25
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see the logic there? Given that these current dead viral vaccines aren't working, hey, hey, we need we need a new, we need we need to go to the mRNA influenza vaccine. A prospect which personally I find
00:51:40
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horrific.
00:51:44
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Good catch there, I think. I don't know. Hey, you can't use these old vaccines. all we all we oh We should just use mRNA vaccines. See how badly they're working? Yep.
00:51:56
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I mean, it's a great plan. If that's plan, if that's the plan. That's great. I don't know. um Anything else on this other than I don't, you know, talk to your doctor.
00:52:09
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Yeah. Talk to your doctor. As you should do with everything. Everything. Don't listen to the idea stream. Listen to your doctor. I was, you know, I don't really have her well, now I do. But back then I didn't have like a regular general doctor I was going to.
00:52:26
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And the I talked to two different doctors, two different years, but it was kind of, it was after the the vaccine came out and both of them were kind of, I said, well, are you going to get the, one of the one time was before the COVID vaccine came out. And I was like, are you going to get it?
00:52:42
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And he he was, he was hesitant. So that kind of, yeah. Oh yeah. Yeah. And the second time was after it came out.
00:52:54
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who was a different doctor. And they asked if I wanted and I said, no. They never even tried selling me on it. So, yeah, talk to your doctor. Yeah, doctor. About everything like that.
00:53:06
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For the most part, you know, I think there's there is something to be said about, you know, the... the VAX schedule and the recommendations that we started this whole ah FDA raising the hurdles.
00:53:18
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I've heard of some people being booted from their practice, from from their doctor because they don't want to take or being threatened of that. Actually, I think, yeah, because and many people don't know doctors, they get a kickback if you've got X amount of percentage of your patients. Oh, I, I forget. 80 plus percent has to be, you get a you get, they get,
00:53:42
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Good money. Yeah. There was, there's a website you can go to and I forget what it's called, but we talked about it on another show, on one of our first shows, I think, but there's a website. Like if, if you're wondering about the fact, if your doctor gets a kickback from the big pharma, there's a, there's website that, uh, aggregates all that.
00:54:04
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and And lets you know. Yeah. So at least you can find out if your doctor is, if there's even a chance that your doctor is being honest with you about it or just, just financially makes financial sense for the doctor. Yeah. I work with a guy who told me about it and was, he went on there just to, cause he, he got such pushback cause he didn't want his kids getting all the vaccines and they're older already that, you know, they're 16, 15, something like that.
00:54:28
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And when, when he saw how angry they got, he he He started doing some research on that, and ah that's where he he found out about the website, and his doctor was on there.
00:54:43
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Good to know. Yeah, yeah. Got to look that site up again. So even though they know it's crap, they still want you to take it. Yep. and And if you pull in the information from Cleveland Clinic study, it seems like it might not be worth it, I guess, depending on your situation. But, you know, your doctor will tell you.
00:55:04
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At least we'll give you more information. You can make an educated decision. Don't listen to the media because they've got other agendas. Money. um Money, money, money, money.
00:55:19
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On to the next one is, um you know, i didn't know there was so something called winter vomiting disease. Never heard of it, Rob. Now I do.
00:55:31
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I think we have, though. Because its technical term is the norovirus. Oh, I've heard of that. Yeah. Yeah. You're right. But I did not know. I i think for marketing wise, winter vomiting disease is a, it sticks a little bit better than norovirus.
00:55:47
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Let me guess. Is there a vaccine for this? There is not. Oh, there is no treatment. Oh, there has to be. There is no treatment. No. Why are they? What about the marketing?
00:56:00
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They just try to scare people. Well, Yes. I mean, scare people does does get clicks because if you look at the, you know, the thumbnail, it's got this virus looking thing. That's very scary. It's all purple and dark blue and stuff. It's very scary. Okay. and And the doctor's name in this is called Mr. Dumford. What? it is Dr. Dumford.
00:56:23
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ah So a couple of questions here. they're They're saying winter vomiting disease is on the rise of the neural virus. And it's a stomach virus. Basically, if you got it coming out both ends, you probably got neurovirus, which vomiting disease.
00:56:39
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ah Also, so how do they know it's on the rise? Is one question that I want to know about. So I got a clip and they also, in this clip also, also gives you a clue.
00:56:52
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on what not to do if you get infect if you get infectious diarrhea, term they use which is just an awesome term. it should It really should be winter infectious diarrhea disease.
00:57:03
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That would really hit hard. But let's hear from the clip. Let's hear ah how they figured this out and how they know it's on their eyes and what not to do if you get infectious diarrhea.
00:57:14
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Fox 8, winter vomiting. Cleveland Clinic Infectious Disease physician Donald Dumford says the virus is hitting earlier than expected, transmitted from person to person, or contamination of food or surfaces.
00:57:27
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It does look like this year wastewater is getting contaminated a lot earlier than it was last year. The biggest spikes are in the Northeast and Midwest. Regions now seeing some the highest wastewater readings in years.
00:57:42
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Symptoms typically last for about two to three days, um although you're considered um contagious for about two to three days after you stop having symptoms. um So that's important to know so that you're sure that after you've had a case of some type of you know infectious diarrhea, you're not you know preparing food for others for two to three days afterwards to protect everybody around you.
00:58:05
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Thank you. appreciate that. and is That's a good tip. If you've had an infectious diarrhea, give it a few days before you cook dinner. say Give it a few days before you could her. Oh my God.
00:58:16
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So they're testing your poo. That's how they know they're testing your poo. They're poo testers.
00:58:24
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Oh, I don't trust it. I don't trust, I don't trust the testing of a, of, of the swill that comes through our sewer systems and having it being accurate to tell me what, you know, that anything's on the rise. Like how, how is that a legit way to do public health?
00:58:43
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Well, I don't know. if They're not doing public health here. They just got you to click on the story. Got me to click on it. Yes, they did. But really, because it said winter vomiting disease. I know.
00:58:56
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And then then and they're looking at our poo. That's going to be a Christmas party. yeah do they Do they have a warrant to test my poo?
00:59:05
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I think it's just in the sewage system. and right That's the constitutional. There's got be an amendment somewhere. Right to privacy and right to poo privacy. Just taste testing poo. Taste testing. Wait, what?
00:59:17
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Oh, it's a whole nother level. I wouldn't even get that.
00:59:26
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So freak out.
00:59:30
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Somic flu is on there around. Oh my God. No way. Really? Here's the season. Christmas parties and sickness.
00:59:42
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And speaking of sickness and flu, um think we have...
00:59:53
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Breaking news! Breaking news, Tom. There's bird flu. 70 dead vultures in Claremont County.
01:00:04
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a Preliminary tests say bird flu.
01:00:09
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What's a preliminary test? Yeah, they got to send it out it'll take about a week or so to get back. and probably They're probably back already. This article from the 5th. Yeah, i saw the I saw the initial reports of dead 70 vultures about five days before this.
01:00:26
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so My question is, did they fall from the sky or do they die when they're on the ground? Because, ouch, vultures are big. No kidding. we hurt somebody They say there's no effect of the bird flu on humans, but if the bird falls out the sky.
01:00:42
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i think they're trying to change that narrative. you know They're worried about bird flu moving to humans. Yes. and the And I'm wondering if this is a false flag, Robert.
01:00:55
Speaker
You think? i don't know. It was an odd report. Yes. And it's it's odd to see 70 large vultures dead in one area like that. Well, that's why I would say the i report, reporting on 70 dead vultures would, that would make a new story.
01:01:13
Speaker
But they do, they do. Did they all get the sniffles and just fall out of the sky? That's well, that's because that's what I want to know because they said it's not, it doesn't, you know, bird flu is not contagious to humans. I mean, you can get it from the bird, but it doesn't go from bird humans to humans.
01:01:29
Speaker
But I think the really threat, the threat here is really, you know, what what are those 20 pound vultures or how much does a vulture weigh? 10 pounds? Six, eight, four. probably Yeah, I would. Like a small cat falling from the sky, Tom. That hurt. Four or five pounds, probably.
01:01:44
Speaker
they They probably look a lot bigger than they actually are as far as weight goes. Yeah, because of the feathers. But it's raining cats, dogs, and vultures, Tom. Cats, dogs, and vultures. 72 dead vultures.
01:01:56
Speaker
Yeah. Oh, this was at the Pierce Township Elementary School in Claremont County. The poor kids.
01:02:07
Speaker
they They get PTSD training? but I know, and it but it is weird. when i When I saw that, I started blaming the ah female law you know sheriff there, or police chief.
01:02:21
Speaker
Because they ruin everything.
01:02:25
Speaker
Okay, i I'd be interested to see how they were able to kill 70 vultures all at one time. I mean, hell of a feat. If she could do that. She probably ordered a drone and it just ran into them.
01:02:36
Speaker
She might be qualified if she could take out 70 vultures at once. She was just trying to fly a drone. Trying to and fly a drone she bounced off. Just bouncing off vultures.
01:02:47
Speaker
Knocking them out the sky. Again, a public health risk. Like a small cat falling from the sky. Now I want to know. How much?
01:03:07
Speaker
Could be three to four pounds. Yeah. Depending on the vulture. Yes. That's significant. they look They look a lot bigger than they are. Yeah. Like most do. like yeah Birds. Chicken. Birds. They got lots of feathers. Like a fluffy dog.
01:03:21
Speaker
It's bigger than really is. Hose it down. You really see how it looks. So ah i I'm glad to know that the, you know, when I was a kid, mom always told me never touch dead bird because they carry diseases and they still do.
01:03:39
Speaker
Yeah. That's what they say. Use PPE. Use PPE. Use PPE. There's a podcast, another local hyper, hyper local podcast called Let's Talk Claremont.
01:03:52
Speaker
We must get a hold of Patrick and ask ask him if he knows any more about this. Oh, yes. Good point. Oh, that's right. That was Claremont, too. Mm-hmm. Yeah. Did he have anything to do with the dead vultures?
01:04:06
Speaker
I don't know. Did he see the dead vultures? Does he know if the kids were traumatized? I'd like to know all these.
01:04:13
Speaker
I want to know if it's a false flag. Because Tom... No, stop. Think of the children. Nobody's getting the flu vaccine anymore or the COVID vaccine. Now you got to go get a bird flu vaccine.
01:04:28
Speaker
If you've been exposed to sick or dead birds, you should monitor your health for 10 days after your last exposure to the birds or their environment.
01:04:37
Speaker
I don't know. I guess, yeah, it might be might be a false flag, Tom. They might be just prepping us for the ah new flu vaccine that's coming out. That's why they're so upset about the new hurdles because they're afraid it's going to stop their bird flu vaccine.
01:04:50
Speaker
yeah They've been talking about it for
01:04:53
Speaker
while they've been kind of bringing it up here and there, but it's spreading to humans and spreading to cows. Wasn't it bird flu going to cow? Yeah. They've been talking about it for a while. Just, I'm, I'm kind of kidding, kind of kidding about the false flag thing, but, but, uh, I wouldn't, you know, that wouldn't shock me.
01:05:14
Speaker
No, not at all. So next I think we're going to have, Oh, yep. We have a little bit, uh, Let's peek in down to Washington and see what's going on.
01:05:27
Speaker
Oh, there they are. then it successful there Critters are still there.
01:05:35
Speaker
Crittering away. That's a massive door you have there. I know that thing's, I gotta have really boil that thing too. It's,
01:05:43
Speaker
It's just, it's like a portal. I just open it up, peek right down there and it just goes scattering. when The light sheds, shines in there. It's quite a thing. Just like roaches. It is quite a thing. So this one's an interesting
Citizenship and Voting Rights Debates
01:05:55
Speaker
one. I'm not sure how i feel about this next one. Bernie, good old Bernie Marino.
01:05:58
Speaker
He would like to ban dual citizenship.
01:06:03
Speaker
Actually probably could have gone with towards the top because, and I don't know. I, I, I don't, I don't understand why the push, why would he push? But then I'd look at, we talked about the stories from earlier about Somalians and we have talked about the Haitians and the, and you know, legalist coming across the border and all other stuff.
01:06:21
Speaker
In the news story, they have somebody who has triple, triple citizenship we talk about in article. So why do you think, what what's, is this, do you think this is important or just a bunch of nonsense for Marino.
01:06:39
Speaker
Eh, nonsense. He says all or nothing. I get what are he's saying. I agree with him, but i mean, like, just because somebody gets, let's say, U.S. citizenship and they lose their, they drop their, let's say, ah German citizenship, it doesn't mean they're not faithful to Germany.
01:06:58
Speaker
or Who cares? You know what I mean? Like, yeah, it doesn't prove anything. Right. And that's, uh, they have somebody here from the young Republicans or something where he's saying, man we can't trust you.
01:07:10
Speaker
Just can't, we can't trust you if you don't, if you don't denounce your, and you know, Marino denounced he's Cuban, I guess. Yeah. He denounced his Cuban residency or citizenship, which, okay, that's great. A little easier because you're probably never going back there anyway. So yeah that was, you know, if you're from England, i don't know.
01:07:32
Speaker
you need to? i don't, I think it's silly. but guy and The guy they pulled in the article, yeah, he was born in Ireland, which makes gives him Ireland and English citizenship, I think. Yeah, something like that. So he's got, and now he's a u s citizen.
01:07:46
Speaker
But they do it they do ask him, well, what if ah what if you had to denounce your other citizenship? What would you do? And he's like, I don't know. I thought, well, maybe that's part of the issue.
01:08:00
Speaker
I think it's said a whole lot of nothing. I think it's, I don't know. Well, he's just trying to get, he's well. hu Is he running for re-election? yeah Yeah, yeah. Well, none no, not this cycle. Not this term, okay.
01:08:15
Speaker
No. He's a sonnet, right? Yeah. He got a, that's six years? Yes. Oh, yeah. Not this cycle. Yeah, not this cycle. That doesn't, you're just pushing down the and immigration angle. I don't know. Yeah. Ah, know.
01:08:33
Speaker
i I think for me, it might be at when they say in the article, it could be a net negative. You could push away some people that would be valuable for us, for our economy, that would want to denounce their English or French or whatever.
01:08:45
Speaker
i mean, I mean, the French, pretty easy too. But I don't know. i think it's all to do, but nothing but LaRose or Bernie Marino is pushing it anyway, I guess.
01:08:57
Speaker
Getting some people's feathers all ruffled as usual. When I first saw this, I thought they were trying to do that for people that want to run for Congress.
01:09:09
Speaker
Oh. Because i cause I do think you can run for Congress and have dual citizenship. I think there's a number of them that do. that's might be a That might be valid concern. That might be a little bit more valid, yeah. But it's still, what does it really, you denounce your country of origin citizenship. Does it really mean you're not faithful to them?
01:09:29
Speaker
No. It doesn't mean anything. No, not really. Not really. It's a way for them to maybe show people that they're they're serious. But, you know, what if if they're running for Congress, let's say, and they're American citizen, they got dual citizenship, and they make a deal with the country they're actually from.
01:09:48
Speaker
hey I'm going to denounce my citizenship from this country. Can I come back if I ever, you know, want to? And they'd be like, well, yeah, you can come back. I mean, are they going to say no?
01:10:00
Speaker
Especially if you start voting for things that screw America up. Yeah, I think that that might be the only case, but it's a lot to do about nothing, like said. So, I don't know. We'll keep an eye on it, see what see what happens, if anything comes of it.
01:10:15
Speaker
Again, it may just be for some headlines, but. Yeah. Next one, we got, oh, here it is.
01:10:24
Speaker
LaRose, Frank LaRose, um I guess finally has secured 20 year agreement for federal access to voter citizenship data.
01:10:36
Speaker
Why is this a story for me? um We had to sue the federal government to get information to make sure our elections are safe and secure.
01:10:49
Speaker
huh, why did the Biden administration not want to share this data? Or at previous, I mean, how long have they been asking for this data? In the article, don't think it does. don't think it does.
01:11:00
Speaker
No. it All it really says is they had to like they had to sue the Biden administration to to get get access to it, and they wouldn't let them. and wouldn't So the I guess the federal government has more information about who's a citizen, who's not, social security numbers and all that stuff, i would imagine.
01:11:20
Speaker
Right. And they weren't sharing it with the states. Well, that's a crock of crap. Yeah. um Almost like, this weird thing, almost like, Biden administration didn't want a secure election.
01:11:32
Speaker
and interesting Do they, do they ever do do do the Democrats ever want to secure election? I mean, they literally don't want to have to ask for IDs.
01:11:44
Speaker
Yeah. they me In California, if you are New York, is it, if you ask for an ID, you get arrested. thought was California, but it might be both. Yeah. I mean, well, California, it's one of those for sure. I forget.
01:11:57
Speaker
So, yeah. I don't see any other reason other than you want to make sure there's people on the voter rolls that you can manipulate or that there's dead people on there. all that All that stuff we hear about all the time about what they find on voter rolls and how many dead people and all this other stuff.
01:12:14
Speaker
And here, I think... We did have a story not too long ago about LaRose trying to, he's sending out because ah there's people, the legislature in Ohio didn't want to mess with a little bit of fraud that he did find.
01:12:27
Speaker
So he was trying to send it off to the feds to see what they would do with it since they had an administration that was sympathetic towards it. And maybe he didn't need to do that if he could have, I don't know. no he was just looking for somebody who would prosecute him because nobody in Ohio said that.
01:12:41
Speaker
I don't know. It really makes you and makes no other sense. there There really is no other reason that I can think of other than they just, they don't want to, they don't, they don't want it to be secure. Otherwise they let you have the information.
01:12:54
Speaker
And I'm just trying to figure out if they've, was this something new that got taken away from them by the Biden administration yeah.
01:13:06
Speaker
That article really doesn't tell you. Yeah, it doesn't. I know I read it and didn't say anything. I'm going back through it again. So it's nice to get that. It's going to be a little more more secure here in Ohio, hopefully. The agreement builds on recent changes in Ohio Law Senate Bill 293 enacted earlier this year. Requires the Secretary of State to perform a monthly voter list maintenance using data from the Ohio Bureau of Motor Vehicles and the SAVE database.
01:13:33
Speaker
The law followed a 2022 constitutional amendment approved by voters requiring that only U.S. citizens be eligible to vote in Ohio elections. It's, it's, yeah, it doesn't really tell you when this all started, but.
01:13:49
Speaker
Sounds like it was just under the Biden issue. Is this a new system for them to share or it didn't it seem like they, uh, they've had it before then. So don't It seems like they wanted access because we passed a couple of, we passed a bill here that they wanted more access to, so they can, uh, institute using, you know, using what they, uh,
01:14:11
Speaker
what they voted on. ah Yeah, you're right. That's what triggered it. Yep. Yeah. see that I see what you're saying. Yeah. So in 2022, there's a question constitutional amendment.
01:14:21
Speaker
Uh, you know, SB 293 is what I'm seeing. And then, yeah, so that's what triggered it. makes sense. Then they had, then they asked for it and the Biden administration said, no, no, secure elections is not what we want. So not going to give you any information because it's only the information about your citizens in your own state. So why would we give that to you?
01:14:37
Speaker
ah Makes perfect sense.
01:14:41
Speaker
right I'd love to know more about the Somalian residents in Minnesota. you You know how they get they they're kind of taking over the state pretty easily considering there's there's only $80,000. $80,000 $100,000.
01:14:56
Speaker
eighty thousand a hundred thousand eighty and eighty to hundred thousand And then in Ohio, there's two ohio legislat um you know people voted into legislature I'd love to know more on how many can actually vote legally and how many are illegally voting.
01:15:18
Speaker
Good tie in there. Yeah, actually. Huh. I'm just, uh, cause usually first generation people that like, let's say the people that came here in the nineties, they usually don't become citizens. They, they maybe have a green card.
01:15:34
Speaker
Their kids would be citizens. Oh, automatically by here, yeah. want hear you But ah considering how how much voting power they have in their local areas, it makes me wonder ah on how many actually can legitimately vote and how many are kind of well fraud.
01:15:55
Speaker
Mm-hmm.
01:15:58
Speaker
Good question, actually. That's a good tie-in. i like that. Well, seeing as it's Columbus...
01:16:06
Speaker
Thanks for your city. i don't I think you might be onto something. I know they've made it more difficult here in Ohio, but I wonder, like because I know in the past people can go register to vote without a showing ID or anything, or showing ID, but it didn't say anything about being a U.S. citizen on your ID.
01:16:26
Speaker
Those people are kind of grandfathered into being ah registered to vote. Yeah. ah Up until now, maybe, maybe with this, this new thing where they have to do it every month, maybe, maybe not. but Well, that's a voter roll. You're still registered.
01:16:40
Speaker
That's the, okay. If they're going to, if they're going to audit that role, you know, the voter roll, then they might be able to catch that. and It's just, depending on what they're checking. and It makes me a raisin eyebrow, I guess.
01:16:53
Speaker
It makes you racist basically. Cause those are all brown people, Tom, and you're trying to restrict access to the voting for people who aren't citizens. I don't understand what your problem is. I'm a terrible person.
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Speaker
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Speaker
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Teens, Therapy, and Parental Consent
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01:17:46
Speaker
Okay. Next, ah finishing up or rounding the corner, or a critter corner here, we have a bill that I've been holding on to this story because i keep going to delete it. i'm like, naw no, no, no.
01:18:00
Speaker
Hell no, actually. SB 172, parental ca consent for mental health. So as it is now in Ohio, your teenage son or daughter actually I know if it's even restricted to teenagers, could go to up to six appointments with a psychiatrist before they have to let you know that they're going to see a psychiatrist or therapist or whatever.
01:18:28
Speaker
Six. How, up to what age? I don't know if even all. Oh, 14 and older. 14 and older. Yeah, there you go. Temporary health, 14 and older. yeah So originally this, the reason they're putting, they want to put change to this law is because i think within four, within six appointments of your 15 year old, I bet you can convince them that they're not a girl.
01:18:56
Speaker
Well, there's all kinds of things you can convince them of. Yes. no but they're If they're like depressed or... Yeah, that's not cool. Well, yeah. I mean, if you if you don't think you're the gender that you are, i would say you're probably also depressed as well.
01:19:12
Speaker
ah Or, you know, something you've got some issues. Just confused. got some issues. and Maybe you're you've got very low self-esteem and all that other kind of stuff. And I think to me, it all ties it together. There's also a lot of things on it.
01:19:24
Speaker
I don't... see You're not going to take my kid to the psychiatrist or therapist without my consent. The fact that that's the way it is now is absurd.
01:19:35
Speaker
It's completely absurd. Who the hell do you think you are? A teacher can just, what if the child's getting sexually abused? And there's the, there's the catch. Yeah. There's the catch. That's the, that's what the, some of these, some of the people who are against the change are saying I have a feeling we can find a middle ground though, because i still don't understand how you think you could take my child and take them to a therapist or any doctor of any, anything like that without me knowing in some way.
01:20:06
Speaker
Okay. If my kid says, get the, I get this, there's, there's some issues here, but don't you have counselors at schools? I guess like if, if a child's, you know, if, if they, if their home life is just terrible they're,
01:20:22
Speaker
They're being abused sexually or physically and in any way, you know, violently. aren't Aren't there other school counselors that you can go talk to? I think that would be the avenue that they would say something to the counselor and then the counselor would to get them touch with a therapist or a psychologist. Well, why why go to a therapist? Why can't you just go to the counselor and, hey, you know, things aren't good at home. They're abusing me. Yeah.
01:20:49
Speaker
Then you call the police. And that's where I come to. yeah If the kid's saying my my parents or or my dad or my mom's abusing me, then I get it. In that case, I can understand them trying to dig a little deeper before they, whatever, before you call the cops or, but other than that,
01:21:10
Speaker
I guess there is a concern that the kid doesn't know or won't tell or you know, after a couple appointments with a therapist, you find out it's the parents that are doing it. There's also a big difference between boys and girls, like, you know, how they handle it.
01:21:26
Speaker
So I can't get into the head of a 14-year-old girl cause I don't, I have no clue. I'm trying to, but and there's no way I can. Right. You know what I'm, you know what I'm saying? Like, I can't really, i don't know what's right and wrong here as far as this goes.
01:21:44
Speaker
Yeah. I think there's, I don't know. i I just think there needs to be a little bit tighter oversight maybe. So, you know, if for didn there there's a um quote here from, let's see, Gil,
01:21:59
Speaker
Gemmer, Gemmer, Gemmer, some, I don't know who he is because they don't say it, but he says, you know, if a 14 year old is being raped by a parent that would have to ask the parent who is doing the aping, forgot to get flagged on some things if you use that word too much, um for it they have to ask the the parent who's abusing the kid for consent to see a clinic clinician.
01:22:28
Speaker
Do they? So i couldn't you put in there like, hey, when it comes to physical abuse or or sexual assault that you yeah you could just go right to somebody else?
01:22:41
Speaker
Yeah. you fixed there I get there's gray areas and all this stuff. i I guess my point is i don't think unless you're under a certain extreme circumstances, my my kids don't go to to see anybody and talk to them without me knowing.
01:22:56
Speaker
don't know. i I keep coming back to that. I get i get the downfalls to it. I just don't know. i don't know. There's got to be a better way. There's got be something a little bit more granular than just for any reason.
01:23:10
Speaker
Yeah. Yeah. That's a tough one. Yeah, we'll see what they do. I mean, it's a tough one, but 30. I'd love to hear from more than one parent, me being you.
01:23:21
Speaker
Right. I'd love to hear what other people think about it. yeah I would
Teens and Work Hour Regulations
01:23:26
Speaker
think most people, most good parents probably think what what you're feeling here or feel at least at least feel. but but Something wrong about my kid going to see a therapist without me knowing.
01:23:37
Speaker
so Yeah, yeah unless ah unless you're abusive and you're not. So i get why you you think this, but you know, I'd love to hear from other parents. Yeah.
01:23:52
Speaker
CricketRiverCast at gmail.com. And continuing to, on the minor part, for some reason, DeWine decided to veto the bill that Republicans had put in place to extend working hours all year for 14 and 15 year olds to 9 p.m.
01:24:14
Speaker
Let's hear little bit from IdeaStream.
01:24:21
Speaker
Governor Mike DeWine has vetoed a bill that would allow 14 and 15-year-olds to work till 9 p.m. year-round. Republicans said it would help with staffing shortages, but Democrats opposed to the longer hours said it wouldn't do much to fill the most in-demand jobs. DeWine was asked last month if he had concerns about the bill.
01:24:39
Speaker
Well, look, I mean, you want kids to be able to work. I mean, part of growing up is being able to work. But there are also some downsides to having kids working up to 9 o'clock at night. ha ha ha.
01:24:50
Speaker
In his veto message, DeWine said the issue is whether to allow those teens to work past 7 p.m. during the school week. He wrote, quote, I believe the current law has served us well and has effectively balanced the importance of 14- and 15-year-old children learning to work with the importance of them having time to study, end quote. It's the ninth bill DeWine has vetoed in full, but it passed with veto-proof majorities in both the House and Senate. However, federal law would have to be changed to allow kids to work the extended hours. Karen Kassler at the Ohio Public Radio Statehouse News Bureau. All right. I mean, on this, on the same point, I mean, it's it's a similar issue.
01:25:28
Speaker
What if I want my kid to work till 9 p.m.? Who the hell are you, DeWine? Who the hell are you, Ohio State Legislature, to tell me? i get it. theres there's There are some parents that may work their kids.
01:25:42
Speaker
That's another issue. But if I want my kid to work till 9 o'clock on a Tuesday, why can't I? I don't, I don't remember what it was like when I was 16 and I don't know. i don't, I got my first job at 15. So I remember working through a school year. I don't think there was, i don't, I think I was able to work until nine, but it was only so many days a week.
01:26:05
Speaker
I think hour, you are limited by hours, I think. ah No, I don't think so because, uh, Oh, maybe. I yeah i can't say. i can't remember. I can't remember for sure. Yeah. I think it was weekday hours, but because I because i do remember putting in long Saturdays and and Sundays.
01:26:24
Speaker
So I don't think it was limited in the same way. Yeah, maybe not. And I don't think it was... ah detrimental. I mean, some kids can handle it, some can't. So yes. And that's would be for the parents to decide, I get it. There's some parents that suck and don't won't watch that, you know,
01:26:44
Speaker
Republicans are putting it in as, oh, well, it could help the you know job market because they need, yeah, don't know about that. How about just let parents decide what they do? Well, no, I think they're kind of right because they're these fast food places have hard time finding people. Yeah. And ah if there are kids that are like, well, I get off at school, I get off of school at three o'clock or two thirty or three thirty or whatever.
01:27:07
Speaker
Why am I going to bother if I can only work till, you know, seven by the time I get to work? It's like, Yeah, the time I get there, I almost turn around and leave. Yeah, get work for two hours for to make, you know, 20 bucks, and not even 20 bucks.
01:27:22
Speaker
I don't know. I think and if you go, you know, your kids over 16 can work till nine on school nights. Oh, okay. This is only for 14 and 15-year-olds. Okay. Another like, okay, if the 16 year olds can do it, you know, what if you're a month away from being 16?
01:27:39
Speaker
You can't work till, no, you got to wait that month because you're, it's going to make a difference. Well, 16 year olds, 16 year olds are, I get, I get it now. Okay. So they're just looking at 14, 15 year olds. I'm sorry. I missed that. Yeah. That's the limitation. Yeah. I don't think there's a big deal for them to work till nine.
01:27:55
Speaker
the only The only nice thing with 16-year-olds is they mostly have driver's license, so and the parent doesn't have to go pick them up. Yeah. Yeah. I mean, I think, I guess my overall point it should not be Columbus's concern. No, not at all. Definitely not Elmer Fudge.
01:28:17
Speaker
Definitely. Yeah. I'm going to miss putting him in. Oh, we're going have different characters. Yes, we will. Yes, we will. There's always going to be characters. Maybe
Ohio's Historical Document Display Mandate
01:28:26
Speaker
something good. um And next one to wrap up the Crater Corner, I believe it is our last Crater Corner one.
01:28:32
Speaker
Yeah. The SB 34, SB 34 is a, I guess, historical documents bill. Consider it. And, you know, the s b three four s b three four is a guess historical documents bill considerate and you know
01:28:51
Speaker
I'm kind of not sure why. Let's just look at the end of the book. So this IdeaStream article says the Ten Commandments could be hung Ohio classrooms under Republican Bill.
01:29:05
Speaker
So SB 34, under SB 34, school boards of districts getting state funded funds would choose four documents from a list assembled by lawmakers.
01:29:17
Speaker
The Ten Commandments are one of the several documents on the list, which has been the focus of most of the scrutiny for SB 34.
01:29:26
Speaker
Cause they're horrible. Yeah. But I also look at it. Yes. It's horrible thing. I just, um, I thought it'd be just, it'd be enough just to allow schools if they want to, to put these documents up, but they're, they're forcing the pick four.
01:29:43
Speaker
And one of them could be, I don't think it's that big of a deal. I just think it's, to me, it's more of a, why force the schools to do any of it? Like give them the opportunity, allow them to put up these things on the, on the walls if they want to. And then,
01:29:55
Speaker
Everybody could do what they want.
01:29:59
Speaker
That would be a better solution. and Why do we have to force to the schools to pick four?
01:30:06
Speaker
It should be the community, right? Yeah. why i Again, I don't... Yes, it should be the community, which... Yes, so the community would decide by talking to their teachers or their school board if they want to put any of them up.
01:30:20
Speaker
What if they don't want to put any of them up? What if they want to put all of them up? They can't. they could They could put all of them up. I guess they could you it would choose four documents. and It doesn't say only four. It says doesn't say.
01:30:33
Speaker
I'm assuming they could put all of them if they want. That is an assumption. i To me, I think it's Republicans going a little too far. Just pass a bill allowing the schools to do it, and that should be enough.
01:30:45
Speaker
And if they don't want to do it, then they don't have to do it. Yeah. yeah I don't know. I always like to bounce it off you just make sure I'm not missing something. don' I don't see why. You have make them put it up.
01:30:57
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That's to me the problem. It does. You don't have to put the 10 commandments up, but it is one of the documents on the list. Does it give the other it doesn't. I'm looking at it now. I didn't get a chance to, mean, there's a clip. Did you, uh, is there anything? Did you clip anything? I did not clip that.
01:31:12
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No, it doesn't. It usually a clip just goes right over the, yeah, they were up, but yeah, I think I meant to, but I think lost track because the idea streams are great. Cause they're usually only a minute long. get right to the point.
01:31:24
Speaker
Um, Yeah. Come on. Like that's not, again, I'm not a writer. I didn't go to college to be communications or a journalist degree, but I'm thinking that's kind of an important part of the, to the article. important Like what are the, what's what's the list people?
01:31:43
Speaker
You know, Republicans know how to lose. Yes, exactly. They really do. They, they, they, they start, they start trying to push some of this stuff. And it's like, you know, what this is, this is going to get you out of,
01:31:58
Speaker
I'm just going to push you out of your seat if you do, because you're going get enough of the blue hairs to come out. So be careful what you wish for, because when the do nothing Republicans do something, they usually do it like this.
01:32:08
Speaker
Yeah, yeah. Just like the abortion bill that turned into ah an amendment for unfettered abortion. yeah It was just like it was just like when't went um on a national level.
01:32:21
Speaker
ah what Graham? Is his name Graham, the the the guy from South Carolina? Oh, ah yeah. Lindsey? Lindsey Graham, yeah. yeah yeah it was It was like when the they overturned roe versus Wade, and it just infuriated so many blue hairs.
01:32:38
Speaker
And then the the next thing that lindsaey Lindsey Graham does is propose a bill that bans abortion. It's like you just have this massive win and now you're goingnna now are you going to go for this let the the states havet they the states now have the power and now you're going to go for this.
01:32:57
Speaker
So, ye so more Republicans lose seats. It's so bad. It's almost like it was intended to be that bad. Yes. Well, I don't even think it was intended. i think I think some of them are just that low IQ.
01:33:10
Speaker
You know, I go back and forth on this. I days I agree with you and days I go, yes, I could see how you look at them being that stupid, but it does take some talent and and it does take something, some kind of brains to stay in power for 30 or 40 years. Doesn't it No, no, no. it It takes some knee pads and, and your charisma.
01:33:30
Speaker
Yes. So I get, yes. But there's a lot of people that would take your seat to do the, to do more or the exact same. i What I'm saying is I think just to keep the the vultures. Well, that's where the knee pads come and you keep getting the money. So you keep getting reelected.
01:33:43
Speaker
Well, yeah. But what about the people who want your seat that want that? like They don't have the money. I know. Yes. Oh yeah. i Okay. Okay. So yeah, you just keep keep them them giving you all the money and they won't give anybody else. As long as you do what you're where you're ah as long as you do what the money wants you to do, you're going to get reelected.
01:34:01
Speaker
is If you have charisma. It doesn't mean you're smart. Charisma doesn't mean you're smart. I watched a documentary called House of Cards. And I disagree.
01:34:13
Speaker
I'm just kidding. It is. it I mean, and when you look at a lot of those. I get what you're saying.
01:34:21
Speaker
I still go back and forth. Anyway, through all that, here's the documents. I don't think they all are. I just think there are some. but Yes, but that's where I go when you look at like the higher-ups, the Grams, the Pelosi's, and the Schuers. Those guys, I don't think they're stupid.
01:34:35
Speaker
No, they're not. somebody behind them telling them what to do. they They're not. you you You can't earn that kind of money without making that kind of money. Without someone tell you what, what to do.
01:34:49
Speaker
Maybe that's the key. Yeah. Well, I don't know when I, when I sit and listen to a Congress, you know, in their, in their meetings there, I, sometimes I just go, how did this person get into power?
01:35:05
Speaker
Oh, yeah. When shaant Chantel Brown sucks. Oh, there's that. And the the latest one was when that one one was white woman was saying how awful she feels about being white.
01:35:16
Speaker
i don't know if you heard that. Yeah, I think I did. I i saw. Yeah. like that That person is not bright, but yet they're there. Yeah. Well, yeah, they're trying to stay. ah So here's the list.
01:35:29
Speaker
The required documents, the Mayflower Compact, Declaration of Independence, the Northwest Ordinance. I'm not sure what that is. ah
01:35:42
Speaker
The Motos of the United States of Ohio, the United States and Ohio, and God we trust with God, all all things are possible. Again, not sure what that is. Ten Commandments, Magna Carta, Bill of Rights, the U.S. Constitution, and the Articles of Confederation.
01:36:01
Speaker
What there's other ones you want to put up there? You can't put those up. Like what? I don't know. I'd say I had an example. I'm just wondering, are you limited to only these? What if you come up with something else? as again i think those are all good. I mean, yeah you don't have to put up the command Ten Commandments.
01:36:17
Speaker
I mean, it depends on the region you're in, right? Yeah, if you're in Alabama, yeah, you're going to put this up. Southern Ohio. I'm thinking nationally, too. Yeah. Your Bible book areas, you can go to they put it up because that's what the people are going to want you to put it up.
01:36:33
Speaker
But the other ones are great. Close. It's just to me a little bit too heavy handed. But hey, I guess it's a start. But again, like you said, it it just makes you look bad in my opinion. I think so. It's it's a it's a it's a weapon.
01:36:51
Speaker
You're weaponizing the ah left against you. Yeah, you give them a reason to, look at these people, they're Nazi. It's
Snow Removal Laws and Public Safety
01:36:59
Speaker
those wedge issues, you know? They're 1934 Germans. I can't say the other words, so it's called 1934 Germans.
01:37:05
Speaker
Nazi? You're not allowed to say that? Well, I mean, no, we can, but some some places frown upon us. Yeah, I wanted to talk to you about that. Okay. Well, I mean, I'm really just, you know, he's talking about it.
01:37:21
Speaker
but Now that everything gets transcribed and...
01:37:26
Speaker
every word we say. yeah They're not looking at it. Somebody is. they ai AI is looking at it, yes. Scary.
01:37:38
Speaker
All right, enough of that one. Speaking of idiots,
01:37:46
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Tom, do you, when it snows, Do you brush all the snow off your car or just turn the windshield wipers on and the period of fogger? Depends how late I am.
01:37:57
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ah
01:38:00
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No, ah no, I try to brush as much as I can. Sometimes I can't, I don't get to the back window, but if my mirrors are clear, I'm fine.
01:38:11
Speaker
There's a, ah there actually is a law in Ohio, which brought it up. This article came up with all the snow. There's a law in Ohio. where you can get a fine. I would, I would like to look into how many people have actually got this ticket.
01:38:24
Speaker
I'd like to find the cop that's willing to stand in that kind of weather. Exactly. I was going to go into that because there's no cop that's going to pull you over in the middle of a blizzard cause they don't want to get out of the car either.
01:38:34
Speaker
Yeah. And, and from what I've seen, lot of those cop cars have snow all over them anyway. Well, I've seen that before. ah You know, I'm, I'm, a I'm kind of a stickler to this. I'm, I don't understand why.
01:38:49
Speaker
brush it off. I get it. Sometimes you can't reach it, but you know, there's, they make all kinds of different snow removal tools for your car. I can even get all the roof, all the snow off the roof of my truck and it's way too tall for me.
01:39:00
Speaker
You know, get the little push thing and all that stuff. But the ones that are, you could just see, it's just windshield wiper prints and they've got six inches. Oh yeah. They're about to get on 480.
01:39:12
Speaker
That's terrible, but Like if it's heavy snow, I'm going to get it off. But if it's light snow, I'm going to be, I'm like, good by the time I get to the highway, I think it's going to blow off. Yeah. There's a dusting on there where you got six, eight inches of snow, you know. No, that's different. That's, I wouldn't drive with that. That's crazy.
01:39:28
Speaker
So couple, couple of public service announcements, i guess it's $150 fine. It's a minor misdemeanor, which carries $150 fine. But if you do damage to someone's car, you can be liable civilly for a lawsuit.
01:39:44
Speaker
Because that the snow is really in the big thing. it's It's when it turns to ice and it comes flying and smacks your windshield. i had this little piece of ice here today from someone's car. It was barely, but a man, I was like, hey for that little thin piece of ice hitting my windshield, it was loud, man. I was like, holy cow.
01:40:01
Speaker
It was in the rental car too. I get that off of semis a lot. Yeah, um and on those, there's not a whole lot they could do about the top of the trailer. I saw this cool ah tool that ah I don't know what city it was. Oh, Chardon. It was in Chardon, the Chardon school.
01:40:16
Speaker
It was like this yellow frame that had a big brush across the top and the and the school buses drove through it and it brushed all the snow off. genius Yeah, it's kind of kind of cool. I mean, I guess you if if you're a truck driver, you really can't do that because it's not like you got ah the same parking lot to go to every day. but Yeah, I've seen huge drifts on the back of, us on the on the trailer of a semi. as yeah as You know, like you could tell it was sitting there a while with next and it was just like four foot of snow, a four or five foot snow drift on the top of this thing. no
01:40:49
Speaker
Well, it'll be clear up once you go over under a bridge, clear it right off. I wonder if the trucker sits there and goes, yeah, nobody's going following me for a while. Yeah. I was driving
Ohio's Brewery Industry Shakeup
01:40:59
Speaker
home from Toledo over the week and i'm like, wow, it's snowing all right. Cause it wasn't really snowing out there, but I heard from the office there was a lake effect when I'm and, uh,
01:41:09
Speaker
I'm like, wow, it's snowing this far west already? Jeez, I must have really been blowing south. And as I got closer, like, oh, no, that was just a truck on the freeway and it looked like it was snowing ahead. Like there was so much snow on the road. But man, ah yeah, so clean the snow off your car. Come on, don't be a douchebag.
01:41:24
Speaker
Clean snow off your car.
01:41:28
Speaker
Common courtesy helps everybody out. um Well, wrap up it we're going to wrap up the regular news story list with this podcast.
01:41:37
Speaker
This call for help is what this is, Tom. It's a call for help.
01:41:43
Speaker
More breweries have closed in Ohio in 2025 that have opened. Can you say oversaturated? Save the breweries. Drink more beer.
01:41:54
Speaker
Come on, fellas. It's your duty as an Ohioan. Save the breweries. Or as entrepreneurs, have a better idea. There are too many of them. There's like way too many of them.
01:42:09
Speaker
440 craft breweries in Ohio. I mean, i you know, i'd like I love a good craft beer. Oh, 46 opened last year and 53 were in the works. that Well... You know, make me an IPA that tastes different from the other IPA I drank without making a weird tasting.
01:42:30
Speaker
Yeah, I don't know if you really can, can you? Exactly. Don't go so far because they're putting in all kinds of stuff in it now. That's the whole point. It's like... not as bad as i it's Not as bad as you think, though, because it's really only 10 breweries have closed.
01:42:43
Speaker
Yeah. A net 10 that we've lost. and consider And considering there's less people, young people drinking, that's pretty good. There'll be more. There'll be more, I'm sure.
01:42:55
Speaker
Because they just have to level off. I mean, ah the the weak ones will fall off and we'll end up with some strong breweries and maybe we won't have 440 of them. Maybe we'll have 300. Yeah, i mean. How can you get by without...
01:43:07
Speaker
I remember the good old days where all we had was Great Lakes. Yeah. And you were like, oh yeah, I'm going to treat myself to good beer this time. This this week. And you know you weren't going to go get your typical domestic thing. You're going to go get yourself a six pack of ah you Christmas ale or something. as i was going to say, speaking of Christmas ale, have you tried any of this year yet from Great Lakes?
01:43:32
Speaker
No. I was surprised to see it's actually a reasonable alcohol content. well what's it at? think it's just over seven. That's not bad. Cause I think normal Great Lakes is between six and seven.
01:43:45
Speaker
Yeah. I think it's six something, right? Six something depends. Six, two, six, eight, six, five, depends which, which one you get. But, uh, I thought they were usually closer to nine. The to Christmas sales.
01:43:55
Speaker
e And it was like, I remember coming years ago, like they need to cut this. I can't drink. I can drink. I can't drink more than two. Oh, they, The bartenders to call the Christmas Ale Zombies because the regulars at the bar would have their normal three beers or at three beers in of their normal eight or nine, they'd be comatose at the bar. Right.
01:44:15
Speaker
You know, yeah the thing about the Christmas Ale for me, i like I like having it at a yeah pub, but at home I never really cared for it. I had some last week.
01:44:27
Speaker
Yeah. 12 pack. Yeah. I'm not, I'm not like one, if I have one at home, like one is enough of of that flavor. And I just, ah I don't need more than that. Yeah. This year's wasn't too crazy. That's what I kind of noticed about. It wasn't super.
01:44:41
Speaker
and Okay. Wild. Like it sometimes is super sweet. Some years it's been super, it's actually pretty decent. and I used to actually gravitate towards a thirsty dog. Cause it was just much, was just a better, was more beer than, That's what I was about to say. And I think that was the original um Great Lakes.
01:44:55
Speaker
Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. It's the original Great Lakes brewer. Recipe, right? Yeah. went Yeah. went to Thirsty Dog. Now, I went to the place I get my beer from. i have one of those cool hole-in-the-wall convenience stores.
01:45:07
Speaker
Yeah. That's a good one. a Crap ton of beer. No Thirsty Dog. So, I was going to look up if they're still in business. Maybe they're one of the ones that shut down. I don't. think so i don't think they were they're pretty solid yeah i thought so too but i didn't see any thirsty dog whatsoever because i was going to get a six pack of each to see what you know yeah because i gotta do testing for the show but i couldn't find one no they're they're still around okay good they just didn't have any or they don't have that they could sell out pretty quick with that because i do remember it gaining steam yeah as far as compared to the uh the great lakes
01:45:39
Speaker
So lesson here is um if you need a reason, because you really shouldn't, but here's a good reason to drink more beer.
01:45:48
Speaker
And
Voyager 1's Space Exploration Milestone
01:45:49
Speaker
support your local brewery, but only the good ones, because we have the crappy ones die. All right, that's enough beer talk for that. Next we're going to have...
01:46:02
Speaker
geez, what a horrible segue that was. We bring good things to life.
01:46:11
Speaker
Good things on the good things list today. i don't know. I thought this was kind of cool. The spaceship Voyager or whatever you want to call it.
01:46:22
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Spacecraft. Voyager 1 set to reach one late day from Earth. One light day is how long a light will travel in a vacuum in a day, like a light year, but a light day, which is 16 billion miles.
01:46:45
Speaker
That's something else. I don't believe it though. Currently 15.8 billion miles from earth. You don't believe you think it's a scam? Yep.
01:46:56
Speaker
No, I, but I don't, I don't know. I don't believe about, I don't believe the moon is actually a moon. is but I think you believe this. think it's just a shell.
01:47:06
Speaker
It's a hollow moon. It was a spacecraft. Oh. Okay. Hmm. Is it like a Death Star? Is it going kill other planets one day? No, no. They left the so-called moon and came to the Earth.
01:47:25
Speaker
Oh. they? Yeah. Well, us, actually. and Well, yeah, whoever built the pyramids then. That was the landing site. That's a movie, I think. That's a show. Alien.
01:47:37
Speaker
Alien versus Predator. That's where they land. They land on that the pyramid. It's actually like a like ah port for them to land their ship on. Right.
01:47:49
Speaker
i don't I mean, I've never been to the moon. I'm even sure if we've actually been the Nobody has. i mean...
01:47:58
Speaker
All I know is according this article, the Voyager 1 has discovered Jupiter's thin ring and several of Saturn's moons and Voyager 2 remains the only probe to visit Uranus.
01:48:11
Speaker
yeah Uranus. And Neptune.
01:48:18
Speaker
thats So Voyager was launched in 1977. Yeah. man That's pretty cool. Yeah. It still has a couple of sensors on it to study things. And it takes one, it'll be, it's almost one full day for when they send a, there, because they're that far away, when they send What, what is it sending us at this point?
01:48:40
Speaker
It says, i was looking for that because it does say it has. Because if it had a camera, it must have run out of film i now. think they had digital's. like one of the first sensor kind of things. But I could really could be something else. It could be another probe. I was just kidding.
01:48:58
Speaker
No, I mean, that's good point. But I think, because I remember, are they still getting pictures from them? But as I thought it said somewhere I still has.
01:49:08
Speaker
Oh, you articles always throw me for a loop. But they still has three sensors.
01:49:16
Speaker
well Three working instruments to study the far reaches of the sun's protective bubble. This region known as the heliosphere is a vast envelope of magnetic fields and particles extending well beyond Pluto's orbit.
01:49:31
Speaker
Voyager 1 and Voyager 2 are the only spacecraft operating in this distant region of space. So you say,
Young Golf Talent Preston Tolanar's Rise
01:49:40
Speaker
ah do you know? It could be like cloaked something like the Klingons.
01:49:46
Speaker
Very feasible. Very plausible. But anyway, it's cool. We got some space junk that's really far away. Called Voyager and Voyager 1 and Voyager 2 because at one point they will be space junk.
01:49:59
Speaker
they They're on their way to being very, very space junk very far away. It's neat. They're going to run out of battery or run out of something.
01:50:11
Speaker
Run into something. Don't know enough about it.
01:50:15
Speaker
All right, that's that's enough about spacecraft. Watch for the aliens. They're laughing at us, I'm sure. and They're watching us. Oh, and laughing. Eating popcorn.
01:50:27
Speaker
These fools, look what they you think they are. um Last on the list is a cool little story here. Got a Canfield, Ohio, junior golfer, Preston Tolanar.
01:50:40
Speaker
Tolanar. Tolanar. Yeah. He's won the Hurricane Junior Golf Tournament Championship Boys 10 to 11 Division in Florida. This the second year he's won it.
01:50:53
Speaker
I know you're you used to golf at least. i don't know if that was last time you went golfing. It's been a while since I... The kid shot a 70 and a 67. Yeah, that's awesome. That's so good. Oh, my God. It's 135 through two rounds for seven under par on a national course in Champions Gate Resort.
01:51:09
Speaker
He smashes the current record or the previous record, which was one under par. Oh, wow. Cool. Yeah. So, uh, his, ah he's playing from the ladies. He ain't done nothing.
01:51:21
Speaker
ah Yeah. All I know is his parents are thinking exit strategy. and Yeah. No, no kidding. Uh, just, uh, watch out for crazy wives and golf clubs.
01:51:33
Speaker
I think that's awesome. Yeah. That's pretty cool. Uh, good for him. And yeah, so they, it's, uh, he'll be,
01:51:43
Speaker
2026 hurricane cup team will play against the Southern States team in January 26th at the world golf hall of fame in St. Augusta, Florida or St. Augustine, Florida. St. Augustine, Florida. Yeah.
01:51:56
Speaker
Yeah. This, this might be a name we hear a lot. Yeah. Hopefully he doesn't blow up from the pressure.
01:52:05
Speaker
know, don't, don't take advice from Michael Jordan and you'll be fine. That was, that was. From from Michael Jordan? I think that was, always, I saw something like, because that's what, what's his name? Tiger.
01:52:20
Speaker
Heard Tiger and and started started talking to Mike, Michael Jordan, ah about how to do things. And then all of a sudden, I obviously, I'm sure this is just a he they did they did They were friends and it was brought up because he's type of, ah similar type of athlete as far as fame. Michael Jordan, Tiger Woods.
01:52:40
Speaker
Oh, Tiger was supposed to be the first bill ah billionai a trillion billionaire billionaire athlete. but Oh, yeah yeah, billionaire. Yeah, he he kind of ah he blew that up.
01:52:51
Speaker
He did a couple of things that were bad. as Michael Jordan had a similar reputation, didn't he? and Well, Tiger, the thing, yes, but he kept it quiet.
01:53:04
Speaker
yeah well he You know, I'm not going to say anything about his private life, Tigers. I mean, he did what he did, but he could have come back for it from it if he didn't. Get into the Navy SEALs and go through the training and mess up his back.
01:53:18
Speaker
Yeah, mess up his back. It wasn't all that great to begin with. Yeah, yeah. I think a lot of lot of his downfall, besides the the horrible publicity he had for for for a while, he could he could have got past that, I think, if his if physically he was strong.
01:53:34
Speaker
Yeah. All you got to win a couple tournaments and people forget about all that. People forget about that pretty quick, but considering he it was all kind of coming together at the same time, it was like, ah man, mean, let me he he should have destroyed Phil ah phil Nicholson's team.
01:53:53
Speaker
Phil Jack Nicholson's record of 17 is it 17 majors majors yeah I think it was 16 I forget but he should have destroyed it and and ah unfortunately we didn't get to see that because I thought he was going to you could have definitely pulled it off because the evidence would show that it could be done because just look at the NFL look what what did what do you mean by that well the NFL had many scandals and people would just Oh, yeah, yeah. You know, well, he's he's he's a he's a great player. Like, what's his name from Baltimore? Well, who was the guy who played for us here um and basketball? the the um
01:54:32
Speaker
Oh, it must have been in the late 90s. We had probably had like 30 or 40 kids. Oh, yes. ah I forget his name. Oh, my gosh. He was a center, right?
01:54:44
Speaker
Yes. Not ah from the from the great, from like the ah ah eighty s teams. No, no, no. I think it was Will free? No, it wasn't. No, no, no, no.
01:54:54
Speaker
remember him I forget. But yeah, that that whole womanizing thing. that that Golfers are known to be womanizers. They travel just like baseball players, basketball players.
01:55:06
Speaker
Football players probably a little less so just because ah they don't travel as through the whole season like baseball players and golfers. I mean, really, you're starting in January and playing until... ah playing until November, I think, or something like that. and you're just traveling. Your family's
Conclusion and Listener Engagement
01:55:25
Speaker
not coming along, you know? and Yeah, football players are home, whatever home might be, but they're in town during the week and they leave like on Thursday. So they're back with football players or baseball players and those kind of yeah basketball players, are they're out on the road constantly.
01:55:40
Speaker
Yeah, I mean. Yeah, it makes sense. Yeah. Golf, just because it's kind of like more of a clean sport and probably probably because there's less it's mostly white. So they were able to hide it a little bit more, I think.
01:55:55
Speaker
Yeah, maybe. Good point. I like it. But let's let's not let's let's make sure this kid doesn't get there. some Somehow they can make sure he doesn't get there. But unfortunately, when you start getting famous at 11...
01:56:11
Speaker
Well, yeah, that's what I meant. Like, I hope yeah the pressure and the, it's weird. ah Hopefully his parents know how, like, I think Tiger's parents did a good job, you know?
01:56:23
Speaker
Yeah, they did actually. He was pretty level-headed and. His dad, his dad knew, i I think they were a little bit maybe too. ah Yeah, those are the stories. A little tough on him.
01:56:35
Speaker
Tough on him, his dad, but he, he did become the world's greatest. Yeah. golfer. Yeah. You know, I mean, my God, the run he had for like what, about 15 years. Jesus.
01:56:48
Speaker
Yeah. I remember seeing him at, at a Firestone at one time. That was pretty amazing. Following him along. Yeah. Got him, got to see him a couple of times there. was, it's a good, it was incredible. Yes, it was. And then on that note, I would say that pretty much wraps up our show. I think, I thank everybody for listening.
01:57:07
Speaker
If you've gotten this far, or really appreciate it. If, if you, uh, you wouldn't mind sharing the show with your friends and helping us grow it a little bit, send us some feedback. If you've got any, tell us maybe what we're missing. If you can help out with some stories in your area, really appreciate it. I should see that a little sooner.
01:57:24
Speaker
But um that is show 38 to 30. Yeah. Oh, show 39. 39 is and talk to next week. Peace. thirty nine is done and we'll talk to you next week