Ep. 5529: Trump and Davos.

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I know that's something that, like, Jose is just taking big-time ownership of over the last few years, sharing his faith. And he's a warrior out there, man. He is, he is, he's like the Johnny Apple seed of Jesus. He's just sowing seeds, man. Everywhere he's going, he is sowing seeds. Proud of him. But what about you? What about me? Do we take the opportunity? And you know, there's an old expression around preachers that preach the gospel and every now and then use words that you can share your faith by doing, by living it, by acting like it. Are you sharing your faith? Got the holy ghost goosebumps. It's 10 past the hour in the morning show with Preston Scott. Him as your uncle Preston. The relative you actually enjoy having around. And not just at the holidays. This is the morning show with Preston Scott.

Let's take a look. January 23rd. I'm a frustrated musician. I have no skills whatsoever, but I'm okay with that. I am. I just make a noise because I'm joyful. And God says that's okay. So, yeah, make a joyful noise. It's 1849, Elizabeth Blackwell becomes the first woman in America to receive a medical degree. 1855 first permanent bridge over the Mississippi River opens in what is now Minneapolis, Minnesota. And I remember sitting, having lunches with my family. My dad in particular, but occasionally it would be as much of the family as could be gathered together because we were spread out by age a good bit. But the pool and yacht club overlooking the Mississippi River, the pool and yacht club. That's where I actually had a couple of lunches with then Vice President Hubert Humphrey as a child. What a delightful man. Never would be welcomed in the Democrat Party today. Not in a thousand years. But a good man. 1957, the Whammo Toy Company begins manufacturing aerodynamic plastic discs. Now called a frisbee. Who hasn't played with a frisbee? That's like everybody should have a frisbee at some point in their life. Everyone. And by the way, Whammo. What a great toy company name. Where do you work? Whammo. Now, where do you work? Whammo? Okay, but what's the name of the company? Whammo? It's just so much. It says action. And if you look at the toys that WAMO makes, that's kind of or made. I don't know if they're still in business. Nineteen 64, 24th Amendment. Barring the poll tax in federal elections is ratified. And we have people that claim that asking someone to identify themselves as a legal citizen of this country before voting is a poll tax. Well, because they have to pay for the, no, there's ID that's available. And if you have to spend eight bucks, okay, don't get that carton of heaters and take that money and buy yourself some groceries. and get an ID, you know? Uh, 1973, President Nixon announces an accord has been reached to end the Vietnam War. Can you imagine that? All it took to end the Vietnam War was a Honda. Huh? How about that? I mean, who knew? It is, uh, National Security Technician Day. National Handwriting Day. It was funny, I got a note from someone back a couple weeks ago. He said, where do you get this stuff? How is it that people just declare days for themselves? Well, it's usually associations trying to bring attention to something. Some of them are, I mean, and I pointed out, I self-edit. I don't share all of them because some of them are like, yeah, I'm not talking about that.

But I will talk about this one. It is National Pie Day. Okay. If I were to ask you, what's your favorite pie? What would you say? I would have to say a turtle. Turtle pie. Okay. Nice thick chocolate custard in there with the caramel and the nuts. Oh, man. What kind of nuts does it have? Pecons or walnuts? I believe it's pecans. Okay. If I remember correctly. Yeah, that's, that one's tough to beat. A big fan of coconut cream, French silk, peanut butter pie. My dad used to get a peanut butter pie at Rio Verdi Country Club every Saturday. You eat a slice of pie. No, no, no, no. Dad got a pie. He would buy a pie. He would have them make him a pie and he would bring it home and eat it all week long. All the time when he was in Arizona staying at his house up there. And I acquired a very strong affinity for peanut butter pie, pecan pie, pumpkin pie. And if it's got a good crust, I have learned over the years to really appreciate the crust to pie filling ratio. And yes, an Oreo crust is acceptable because it's incredible. 17 past the hour. You're hungry? You're hungry? You're welcome. At WFLA. At WFLAFFFM.com. On your phone with the IHeart Radio app and on hundreds of devices like Alexa, Google Home, Xbox, and Sonos. And IHeart's Radio Station.

Lee Williams, the gunwriter. It's got a new story out this morning, in fact, about Yuvaldi. And police officer acquitted of all charges, not doing his job. He didn't do his job. It, never mind. I'll stop. We want to continue to tip the cap to good teachers out there being nominated by folks. for a $5,000 gift card. A few got given away in the fall and some more are being given away in the spring to teachers nominated. And IHeart is partnering with donors choose. And you can learn more all about that and how you can maybe just help out. IHeartRadio.com slash teachers. And that will take you to a site that explains what we're doing and why. But a quick shout out here to Tanya Metz at Salas Mahone Elementary School in Georgia, nominated by a friend, a coworker. And she serves a very special role within the county where she teaches. Our classroom is confined, so our students are with us the whole day. She deserves this giveaway for all the love, dedication she gives our students because ultimately they just want to be loved and accepted. So there you go. And a shout out as well. We got two, we're two kind of listening area hubs, the capital city and the Gulf Coast, Panama City area. And so Robin Garrett at Liberty Early Learning Center. Another teacher is nominating. You know, when a teacher nominates another teacher, that's like high praise. It really is when a peer. She's, um, she is apparently making a difference in Liberty County. And, um, And so, yeah, so we're just way to go. And iHeardRadio.com forward slash teachers. Night to Shine, Tallahassees reached out. It is coming up on Friday the 13th of February, 6 to 9 p.m. at Emmanuel Baptist Church. If you don't know about Night to Shine, it is an event sponsored by the Tim Tebow Foundation. And it is a prom night for special needs kids. It's a night for them to just be doted on and dress up and be the bell of the ball to be the center and to just have a great time. They need buddies. And the registration deadline is February 6th. Now, you've got to be 18 years of age or older to register. And you go to Night to Shine tallahassee.com to sign up. Now, what's a buddy? A buddy is a volunteer who is paired with one guest for the entire evening of Night to Shine. That's three hours. And a buddy provides companionship, assistance, and support to make sure that that guest has an amazing night.

So if you are willing to be a buddy, we need men and women, guys and gals. This would be great for college students. This would be a great, great experience to consider others first. So again, if you can be a buddy, night to shine tallahassee.com and sign up. The deadline is February the 6th. Come back with the big stories in the press box. Morning show with Preston Scott. I'm your Huckleberry. On News Radio 100.7, WFLA. Five past the hour here on Friday on the morning show with Preston Scott, Jose running the broadcast. He'll start taking your calls in about an hour and a half. What's the beef Friday comes up? We got Lee Williams, the gun writer next hour. Got some stories to talk about with Lee. We've got Florida man, but a special. I've never done it before. This is why I love doing this show. Because I have explained it to people that it is a verbal version of sports. Not sports talk, although I will at times indulge. Because you have a finite set of minutes, just like a sporting event. You're going to play a football game, basketball game, hockey game, baseball game, and a set of innings. And it's just going to be, this is it. But what happens inside that time period is different all the time. And if you will, Florida man next hour is like a coach that put in a trick play. And he's been waiting for the perfect time to run it. And I'm going to run the trick play. And it's going to run the trick play. It's absolutely, it's like I've done it in practice. And I was like, yes, this is going to be so good. And I know that when I run it in the game, which is next hour, it's going to be good. It's going to work. So don't miss that. That's coming up next hour. Big stories in the press box. And this is a weird big story. Heritage Foundation is vomiting all over itself. And I hate it. I'm losing relationships on this radio program over it. I had sent a note saying, hey, what's going on here with Kevin Roberts, the head, and Tucker Carlson? Because Tucker Carlson's lost his mind. He has. Tucker Carlson's lost his way. He's still a bright guy, but he has lost his way. He and Candace Owens have just, they've just lost their way. And so I got the note and I was like, okay, okay. But now Kevin Roberts has stepped in it all over again. Kevin is seemingly okay with anti-Semites. And I'm not.

I'm not of the opinion that Israel does nothing wrong. I'm of the opinion that Israel, by biblical order and decree, is to be cared for, looked after, prayed for, held to account, but that... Israel matters. It does. And I'm very uncomfortable. There's more than I probably have time to talk about today, the notes that I have in front of me. A bunch of the Heritage Foundation staff members have left. The entire legal, economic, and data teams left. They quit. They quit Heritage Foundation last month. And they went to work for Mike Pence's think tank, advancing American freedom. And I'm not a huge fan of it. There's some things that they stand for that are very good. There's some things Mike Pence stands for that I don't agree with. And that's okay. I'm okay with that. What I'm not okay with is what's happened at Heritage. And so I'm going to try to salvage some of the guests outside of the purview of heritage the best I can, but I can't promise anything. I just feel a real obligation to protect the integrity of what we do the best I can. I'm a human being. I make mistakes, but it is my show. I do have final say over who the guests are. Jose is a producer in that he produces the broadcast daily. I produce the show. He produced the broadcast. I produce the show. I book every guest. No one books a guest but me. So if we have a stinker of a guest, it's on me. If we have great guests, that's God's favor. Had nothing to do with me. It's what I think is the most responsible thing to do. And I do not like what Kevin Roberts has done in Heritage, who he's cozying up to and why. I just, I'm not comfortable with it. And so I've asked them to remove me from their mailing list. No offense to the person that handles their booking. She's been delightful. But I'm out. Till Kevin's out and they change course, I'm out. That's the big story in the press box, 41 minutes after the hour. Let's just start with the presumption that he's right. Believe me, it works around here. This is the morning show with Preston Scott.

Davos. So consider this. Nearly 400 millionaires and billionaires across 24 countries send a letter of demand to the leaders of Davos, world leaders, international leaders, saying tax us. I'm not kidding. Tax the super wealthy, the super rich, tax us more. Now there might be an immediate reaction that some of you have to go, well, yeah. Open letter calling on leaders to fight raging wealth inequality with taxes. The letter stated, millionaires like us refuse to be silent. It's time to be counted. Tax us. Make sure the next 50 years meet the promise of progress for everyone. Extreme wealth has led to extreme control for those who gamble with our safe future for their obscene gains. Now is the time to end that control and win back our future. Among those who signed are the Disney airs, Abby and Tim Disney and Mark Ruffalo, the actor in the Marvel series.

Billy Eilish, the musician, listen to this. She said in response, if you're a billionaire, why are you billionaire? No hate, but yeah, just give your money away, shorties. Thank you, Billy. Brilliant. See, this gets to the heart of the problem with the liberals. Instead of just pulling out their checkbook and giving away their money where they think it'll make a difference, they want everybody to be taxed. Why? I don't care how many billions you have. Giving 40% of your money to a government is immoral. Penalizing success is immoral. What's interesting is that billionaires have started their own initiatives. Warren Buffett, Melinda Bill Gates, Bill Gates, the Giving Pledge, which has attracted more than 250 billionaires, listen now, who pledged to donate at least half of their wealth during their lifetime or in their wills. But the efforts have fallen short. They're not giving. They pledged too, but they're not giving. Warren Buffett wrote, early on I contemplated various grand philanthropic plans. Though I was stubborn, these did not prove feasible. What are you talking about, Warren? Give the money away. How hard is it? Write a check. What do you mean? Didn't prove feasible, bro. During my many years, I've watched ill-conceived wealth transfers by political hacks, dynastic choices, and, yes, inept or quirky philanthropists. Words, words, words, words, words, words, words. These people never, ever strike a check. Well, seldom. Just if you feel so convicted that you don't pay enough taxes, let me extend this to any of you. Well, Cubby, go write a check. I've got the address. Where to send it? Just send it to the government. They don't want to give to charity. They don't really, they don't have the courage. Think about this. Instead of giving their money away, they can't do that. They can't bring themselves to do it. They need a government to take it. How pathetic is that? More on Davos next.

Decades of doing morning drive radio differently. Doing it his way. Like old blue eyes. Except he has a little more hair. The morning show with Preston Scott. It's pretty funny to watch how various media outlets kind of tipped their hand. Like the Wall Street Journal is trying to make Trump look like a doofus. Saying, what happened with Greenland? He did a 180. He got what he wanted. He went full on in your face. We're taking Greenland. And I'll bet behind the scenes it was like, hey, not ever going to do anything like that, but we got to get them on the, we got to get everybody on board with understanding the importance of Greenland. We got to get NATO on board. We got to get all these nations on board. And we got to get them being part of the process. So let's just make them all mad. Because you know what he did. And I was critical of his method. And I'm still not a fan of how he did it. I'm a big fan of Dayton's. But, hey, it looks like he got a deal done. Now, maybe not. We'll find out. But what he did, think about this. The European nations, the other members of NATO, most of them all just crapped on him. But they were united. So all he had to do once they were all on the same page is now get them to understand the bigger issue and then bring that entire group over.

meet with this country, in this country, in this country, in this country, in this country. They were all together. The NATO chief, Mark Rutte, said, taking Greenland never came up in their discussion, but he used an interesting word that I don't think many in the media picked up on. That issue did not come up anymore. In my conversations, Trump is very much focused on what we need to do to make sure that the huge Arctic region where change is taking place at the moment where the Chinese and the Russians are more active, how we can protect it. That did not come up anymore. Meaning it had come up before, but now we've got everybody on the same page. That's Trump getting what he wants. That if you've ever paid attention to the art of the deal, that is classic Trump. I shared it yesterday. I want 95% of the company. You have 30%. How about 51? Deal.

He pushes to the extreme, falls back to a position that was what his goal was all along. He wanted mineral rights. He wanted more bases. He wanted more nations involved in protecting the region. Boom, boom, boom. Details to be to be nailed down in the future. There's more there that we'll get to next week because it's very interesting. Some other things that came out of Davos that's not. So much national oriented, but lifestyle oriented. Some people just talking on different topics that I think are interesting. But when we come back, Lee Williams, the gun writer, will join us. We'll maybe briefly talk about his latest piece, but we've got some other stories to talk about as well. Next on the morning show with Preston Scott. You know what? It sucks to be bored. But when I get on my phone and play real casino games on SpinQuest.com, the time flies by. That two-hour wait at the DMV seems like 10 minutes. Play your favorite slots. Live blackjack, live craps with a live dealer. New players, $30 coin packs are on sale for $10.00. Play SpinQuest.com and you'll never be bored again. SpinQuest is a free-to-play social casino. Avoid where prohibited. Visit spendquest.com for more details.

Good morning, friends. If you're just joining us, where you been? We've been at it for an hour now. It's the second hour of the morning show with Preston Scott. Show 5529. He's Jose. I am Preston. It's great to be with you. You know, the holidays take a toll on some of our regular guests. And this is one of them. It's been a minute, as the kids like to say, since we've talked to the Gun Rider. You can find his work at thegunrider.substack.com, Lee Williams. Lee, how are you, sir? Good, man. Great to be back. Boy, it just feels right. You sent me, and of course I get your stories all the time, but I asked you because there's so many. And it's really sad that you have to write about the protection of the Second Amendment like you do. But I'm so grateful you're out there, Lee. I don't think many of our listeners know the full story or even much of the story of Lawrence Di Stefano. Tell us about him. He's 65 years old. He's a Florida resident. He lived near Orlando. He has a website, which is still up, IndieGuns.com, where he would sell Glock kits to people without a background check. He had some very, very covert ways that you could pay for them. He did that to avoid government harassment. I like his business motto, which is guns are normal and normal people build guns. Now, these are totally legal in Florida. I've made two of them from a different source. You have to drill, you have to put them together, you have to put all the parts in. It's not easy, but it gets easier every time you make one. Anyway, he was held in the Orange County, Florida jail for nearly 90 days, subject to a warrant from Letitia James out of New York. And just the other day, he was taken from New York to Rikers Island, where he is now. He has been charged with 71 felonies, 71. And if convicted, of all of these, looking at more than 500 years in prison, Letitia James is an absolute nutter. His big thing is, her big thing is against him is he sold these gun kits. to people in New York, including more than a few in the government and federal government. And New York has passed a law saying these kids are illegal. They are guns. They need to be serialized. It's a mess. How is it that she has reached into Florida? That, sir, is the big question. I mean, that's the huge question. She sent a letter. A letter, okay, that said he's facing kind of conspiracy, two counts of criminal fire, or sale, 39 counts of criminal sale, firearm in third degree, and that went to Ron DeSantis. Ron DeSantis responded with a letter to all Florida sheriffs and peace officers, commanding them to arrest DeSefano, who had already been in custody.

So Ron DeSantis played a huge role in this. Now he has in the past ignored or not complied with these requests from out of state for something that's not a felony, not even a crime here in Florida, but for some reason he and or his people helped her out. Has Attorney General James Uthmeier weighed in on this? I have not heard from the Attorney General. But we've got a Floridian right now, never committed a crime, 65 years old, is looking at 521 years in a New York state prison. And by the way, they're going state charges. They're not going federal because they know Donald Trump could issue a pardon if it was federal. Interesting. He is set up for a very big fall in New York. He's got a public defender now. I don't think she's ever touched a gun. It's not going to go well, my friend. It's not going to go well. Of course, she let loose a massive press release, like three pages, citing everybody in the world. Now, she had already taken him to court for selling guns to Floridians and got a $7.8 million default judgment against him. But which he ignored, didn't go to New York. But, you know, I talked to a lot of folks who have purchased parts kits from him. He's not this kind of, you know, black market site. If you look at Indyguns, you'll see some incredibly nice Glock-type parts kits. You would pay a lot more for some of these kits than you would just a regular Glock that works, and you don't have to put together. He had some really, really loyal customers and some incredible bargains and parts kits. Stand by, Lee Williams. You can find his work in all of the stories dealing with Lawrence de Stefano. On his blog page, it is thegunwriter.substack.com. Sign up. Get the newsletters. More to come on the morning show.

Weather, traffic, and the big stories in the press box. The fastest three hours in media. And don't be surprised if you have a chuckle here and there. Just like that. Thanks for listening. It's the morning show with Preston Scott. Lee Williams, the gunwriter. Lee, if Michael just, if, if If Lawrence Michael Di Stefano had not sold any of these kits in New York, he could not be prosecuted by the state of New York, correct? Correct. Absolutely. Is there a reason why he just did not, and I get the principled argument, and you and I are on the same page, second amendment, blah, blah, blah, but there are realities to the broken political system that we have, and one of them is that there are law states. You know, Illinois, New York, California, Washington, Oregon are among them. Why didn't he just not sell them to people in New York? Well, he has been in business for quite a while, and he sold to every state long before they started passing these laws. Right. I think part of it has to do with his personal philosophy, and he is a quote on his website from Joseph Story, who is a justice in the Supreme Court that says, one of the ordinary modes by which tyrants accomplish their purposes without resistance is by disarming the people, making it an offense to keep arms. And I got to tell you, having talked to Lawrence, well, just the other day, and numerous times before it, he firmly believes that. And he set his site up so people in these states that you mentioned could call and have gun parts kits sent to them. Now... Unfortunately, if he would have never got to New York, you'd be fine. But he's there, thanks to our governor, or at least our governor's office. Yet, I mean, he's looking at spending the rest of his life in prison. He's 65 years old. He's got to 517 years possible. It is, I got to tell you, it makes me angry. So angry, I don't want to use, I don't want to use radio words, because he should have been taken care of by the state of Florida. Is there any worry? Because I know that he has gone out of his way to try to assuage any fears of his 50,000 customers in New York. Are any of his clients worried? I would say most of them are worried that he will release a list of names. The civil lawsuit that came before the criminal lawsuit, they sued like 10 indie parts distributors, and nine of them gave them the information on who they sold to and got out of the suit, no problem, no blood, no foul. Lawrence did not.

And I can honestly say he's not going to release anything. I've talked to him at length, and he said he is more than willing to go to prison for what will be the rest of his life. Hey guys, Lady Luck here. Are you going on any road trips this summer? I know I'm going to be going on a bunch of road trips. And being that I'm going to be passenger princess, I love playing on SpinQuest.com. SpinQuest has all of my favorite slot games, live blackjack, live craps. Head on over to SpinQuest right now and get yourself a $30 coin pack for just 10 bucks. SpinQuest is a free-to-play social casino. Avoid where prohibited. Visit spinquest.com for more details. than he is to release names of his customers. He actually treasures his customers, and it's not going to release their names, and I believe him. Lee, I remember, and I'm sure you do too, the scene from Raiders of the Lost Ark where the Nazi interrogator walks into the tent and says, what shall we talk about? I cannot help but think that the decision to place him in Rikers Island. is their way of engaging in a form of torture to try to compel him to talk? 100%. Rikers Island, I mean, you should hear them when we're having conversations on the phone. It is a wild place full of real criminals, not 65-year-old men who have never committed one crime. Right. So he has some serious... serious safety concerns. My heart goes out to him, brother. I totally wish him well. But in all honesty, does he deserve to be there? No, he certainly doesn't. Absolutely not. All right, Lee Williams with us. We've got more to talk about 16 past the hour. Thegunwriter.substack.com. That's how you go, find the stories that we're talking about, and so many more. And subscribe to the newsletter. You'll get the stories in your email box as I got a story this morning. We're going to talk about that story next.

On your phone with the IHeart radio app and on hundreds of devices like Alexa, Google Home, Xbox, and Sonos. Every! And IHeart's radio station. 21 minutes past the hour here on the morning show with Preston Scott. Lee Williams with us. Thegunwriter.substack.com is his blog page. Sign up, subscribe, support the work that he's doing. Lee, once a month now, but we have done for years personal defense segments on this program monthly where we have experts come in to try to help people, whether it's school issues with related to active shooter and what to instruct your kids. to personal defense on a very personal level or at work. You just did a story about what happened at Yvaldi and Adrian Gonzalez. I thought it was a great piece. First of all, well done. But explain to our listeners, remind them of Yvaldi, the case, the circumstances, and what just happened for this officer? Well, it's 22 mass murder in Texas, this maniac I won't name, shot and killed 19 students. Two teachers were killed, and he wounded a bunch more. Adrian Gonzalez was the SRO. He was a school resource officer. This was his school. This was his beat. Yet he's captured on one of the hundreds of school videos not going into the school once the killing started. He screwed around and waited for minutes outside. And then he goes in. It was pretty blatant. A lot of people will forget the video. A lot of people can never forget the video. I can never forget it. He ran around on the sidewalk trying to take cover. Then he pulled people out of there. Ultimately, Uvaldi screwed up. They called him SWAT. They gave the murderer 77 minutes to shoot and kill all these children. Well, the people in Texas charged him with 29 counts of child abandonment or endangerment. These charges were for the 21 people who were murdered and each of the others who survived their wounds. He pleaded not guilty they had. They just had a two-week trial about 200 miles from Uvalde. Prosecutors, I mean, they put on a good case. But... Last week, he was found not guilty of all charges stemming from the 22 mass murder. There's one more trial. His police chief, Peter Arundondo. He faces 10 counts of abandoning or endangering a child. He's the one who called in SWAT and gave that mass murderer all that time to kill these people. This for law enforcement is pretty simple. They're told if they're ever at a school, a mall, a public building of any kind, and somebody starts shooting people, they have one responsibility and that's run toward the danger and shoot the murderer until he's dead. It's very simple tactically, yet they haven't figured that out evidently in Texas. Was it a jury trial or did a judge make that decision? No, it was a jury trial, and he got off.

I'm told after the fact that the case that the charges would have been difficult to prove. But, you know, I can't blame the prosecutors for trying to put this piece of crap on trial. I mean, they did a good job. They just didn't have the right charges. But now, you know, the man retired right after the shooting. He's a sympathetic figure. Yeah. You wrote one line in this piece towards the beginning of it that I thought was very, very important. You wrote, if you can't handle this responsibility, don't ever raise your hand and take an oath and pin on a badge. That's pretty much it, brother. I mean, you have to realize that if somebody's shooting children and you're armed and a peace officer, this is a time when you have to actually prove your worth. And he didn't. He did not go in. Nowadays, you would have a cop streaming in from everywhere. Hopefully, they've got armed teachers and armed school personnel now. I think that's going to be. I mean, look at what we do here in Florida. We've never had one of these in Florida for the last several years because of the steps to say Ron DeSantis has taken. But they have there. It just makes me sick. You know, that this guy, he's paid, he's there. He could have stopped maybe at least one of the children from being shot or murdered, and he just stood around outside and ran from cover to cover. You know, for all the advancements we've made here in Florida, we're still not doing enough on college campuses. We're not allowing students to arm themselves, faculty to arm themselves. And those are open cities that they have all the signs posted, but as you well know, they don't, bad guys don't care about signs. Yeah. I suppose the only, I guess the reality is, is that this officer, Adrian Gonzalez, is going to have to live with what he did, and he'll have to live with that reality in his own memory bank for the rest of his life. I don't think this guy is going to be bothered by that. Really? Yeah. I mean, when I was a police officer, I honestly don't. I don't think he has any sense of honor or commitment like that. I mean, when I was a cop in a suburb of Kansas City, we had a certain type of officer who would get assigned to a school. They weren't the best officers. They certainly weren't the most motivated, but they'd be assigned to a school. Nowadays, it's different. I mean, they should get the best ones. Dads, dads. Yeah, yeah, absolutely. This guy should never have been an, sir. I doubt he should have ever been a cop. Fair enough. Lee, thanks so much for the time. As always, we'll talk again next month. Thank you, sir.

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Last hour I explained that we've had to kind of end our relationship with Heritage Foundation, and it's sad. Conservatism is being infected. You know, I've got some friends that have been praising James Fishback, who is running for governor. He's 31 years old. But Fishback has engaged in rhetoric that would lead you to think he's an anti-Semite. Now, whether he is or not is between he and God. But his own record, things that he has posted and stated attacking Israel, Florida's ties to, quote, Jews and the Jewish state. He said on his first day in office, quoting at day one as governor, executive order number two would be to fully divest all foreign bonds of any country. There's only one country that we invest in abroad, and that's Israel. So that's decision number two on first day, huh? Okay. Well, Kevin Roberts was praising James Fishback on X. There's a video posted. There's a video of John Roberts calling Fishback, recalling a meeting with Fishback telling his children, you have to mimic James Fishback's rhetoric, calling it pristine and precise. Now, this is the second time. Kevin Roberts has praised the ideals of a young person who is not someone that I would personally care to be associated with. For whatever qualities James Fishback might have or Nick Fuentes, they're cut of the same cloth, and I want no part of it. Nick Fuentes is a Holocaust denier. He's the guy that Tucker Carlson cozyed up to. Kevin Roberts extolled that as well. So the reality is Heritage Foundation is hemorrhage staff. A bunch of people quit because of all of this. They don't want anything to do with Kevin Roberts and his cozying up to anyone who's an anti-Semite. No matter what kind of distancing has tried to take place. So this is a second time. This is a newsmax. This story, Heritage is John Roberts praised anti-Israel influencer. Describing fishback as a friend who other conservatives should emulate. Whatever. So I, you know, will I touch base with some of these, you know, Hans von Spakovsky, quit Heritage Foundation. And he is now affiliated with Mike Pence's group, advancing American freedom. There are some things inside of Mike Pence's group. I don't agree with, but none of them are anti-Semitism. They're philosophical. And I can deal with that.

Pence told the Wall Street Journal that Staffers Left Heritage and other conservative voices because those plays have been willing to tolerate anti-Semitism and supported some tariffs. Now, that's where I philosophically disagree. I think tariffs have proven to be helpful. Is it a magic bullet? No. Has it been proven to be helpful? I believe it has. But that's a policy issue that we can disagree with. I'm okay with that. So we'll see how many of these friendships we've developed over the years we can resurrect. But I just wanted to disclose to you. If you notice we're not bringing guests on from Heritage, that's why. I'm just till Kevin's no longer involved, there's just no reason to stay affiliated with that. There are all kinds of great think tanks and specialists out there. And we'll try to, like I said, keep connections with the really the best of the best. regardless, the best I can. So, anyway, 40 minutes past the hour. We come back, a special play, a special edition of Florida, man. Don't miss it. Welcome to MAD Radio Network. It's the morning show with Preston Scott.

something insane i probably did it i'm fought for the bloggers go ahead and google my name now there is no end to the sins i have come And for this Florida man segment, I thank the lead research assistant of the morning show with Preston Scott, who came up with this gold from Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd. You ain't going to believe this. I didn't believe it, but it's the truth, as can only be told in Mulberry, Florida. Fred Gill is 54, and he lives there. He's backing out of his driveway of his house and backs into our victim's vehicle. Well, the victims get out. It's a man and woman. And Fred goes back into his house. Won't talk to him. Won't exchange information. So they notify the sheriff's office. Our nice deputies arrive. There's two deputies. And they're working on the crash investigation. And they call Fred outside. And you know what? Fred comes outside. And all sudden, he drops his drawers and dumps a load. You know what I mean? Right there in front of God, deputies and victims. That's right. He popped a squat in his front yard and fertilized. Our deputies stared in amazement. They said to their self, self, have you ever seen any poop like that before? Then the rascal pulls up his pants, puts his coffee away, goes to the front of his truck and exposes himself and begins to urinate. That's right. He did that. It was a pissosaurus. And then the deputies put him in jail for indecent exposure, disorderly conduct, and gave him some traffic tickets, too. I told you you can't make this stuff up in Mulberry, Florida. And that's Sheriff Grady Judd. And listen, he and his staff added the sound effects. That came from the sheriff. They produced that. They got the photo of the man. He pulled up his pants without wiping. That's diabolical. It's his laundry. I mean, think about it. That's that's he's gonna have to deal with that course now he probably got an orange jumpsuit in just a little bit I just I had to share that special edition of Florida man

Oh, the lead research assistant of this radio program. I mean, my goodness gracious. Knows me well has been with me for 20 of the 23 plus years of doing this show, serving as the lead research assistant. And, man, the email said Friday fair. Oh, yeah, it was. That was good. 46 minutes passed. On News Radio 100.7, WFLA. Though I am loathe to mention them. Sonny Hosten. Is it Hosten or Hosten? Do you know? Is it Sunny Hosten? I don't know. She's the resident lawyer on the view. I mean, literally. She got her degree from the Notre Dame Law School. Amy Curtis said you'd think she'd understand how defamation works, but you'd be wrong. She wants Trump sued for defamation. Let's go ahead and get to what she said. She said, yeah, I feel what's so distasteful and disgusting, quite frankly, was the fact that he was holding out pictures, generally of black people and brown people, calling them predators and calling them rapists, calling them murderers, you know, to the world. President of the United States, there's no data that says those people are rapists and criminals. In fact, if you look at whatever data we have, 70% that ISIS detained don't have criminal convictions, don't have any criminal record. Well, maybe they don't all have a criminal... but all of the illegals, not necessarily all detained, but then you sort through it, but all of the illegals have a criminal record. They broke into the country. I mean, that's like saying, well, you know, they broke into the home, but they're not convicted. Well, not yet. But they broke into the home. But they broke into the home. But here's where it gets really interesting.

Ilhan Omar said they haven't been able to tell us what the purpose of this surge is. They haven't been able to produce any evidence that they're finding people who are undocumented who have committed crimes. Oh, yeah, they have. They absolutely have. People who are undocumented have committed a crime. I watched Don Lemon get into a debate with somebody on the street, ironically a Hispanic woman on the street who is a legal immigrant. say, no, they committed crimes. And he's in this fight with her. No, it's a misdemeanor. Well, but a misdemeanor is a crime. And he's parsing back and forth with them about, and it's just, let me get back to what Amy Curtis writes. Democrats and their media allies want it both ways. They say there's no proof that Trump administration is rounding up criminals. And when they're given proof, they claim the proof is racist and defamatory. There is no defamation case here. Friends, these are criminal, illegal aliens. And Donald Trump was elected to get them out of the country, and that's what he's doing. Where the unrest exists is always, without exception, in blue-run cities and states. Period. And stop.

Why are they so intent on protecting illegal immigrants? I will tell you why. Because it's part of the plan to subvert this country and take away the constitutional republic and replace it with democratic socialism, which leads to communism every time. It starts with, oh, everybody deserves X, Y, and Z. And then it's, well, everybody deserves X or Y or Z, just not all of them, because we know what's best for you. Remember what Rush said at CPAC in 2009. Soon they're going to tell you the cars you have to drive. Soon they're going to tell you what you can and cannot say. This was in 2009. The progression is documented. And it is a progression that is not good. It's what's to be Friday. What's on your mind, kids? It can be serious. It can be just so it's serious to you, a complaint of something. Even if it's good news, frame it as a complaint. Boy, I wish more people were like this incredible person that gave me great customer service. Just turn it in. You know what I'm saying. It's 850-205 WFLA. Jose is standing. I mean, literally, standing by. He's waiting on you. 850-205 WFLA. I want to come back to my studio with full lines. Full. All four taken. Don't let me down. It's what's to be Friday. Coming up next in hour number three. Show 5529 of the morning show with Preston Scott featuring Jose Can You See. Forget whatever plans you have this weekend because you're staying at home and playing on SpinQuest. And there's never been a better time to sign up than right now. New users get $30 coin packs for just $10. All the table games you love with hundreds of slot games and real cash prizes. That's at SpinQuest.com. SpinQuest.com. SpinQuest is a free-to-play social casino. Avoid where prohibited. Visit SpenQuest.com for more details.

I sit here stunned. What's going on, bro? We haven't. Not only did I not come back to four full lines, I came back to a big bagel. You'll show me. I got none. None you, none you called in. It's What's the Be Friday. If you don't want to wait, now's the time. 850-205 WFLA, 850-205-9352, back in the flow of What's the Be Friday for 2026. And you can, if you're new to the program, normally we have people waiting. We don't today. Maybe are our phone lines working? Well, we know we got a call out to Lee. Maybe the phone lines are broken. I don't know. Maybe they're taking a day off or something. I don't know. But no, if you're new to the show, this is how it works. You can complain about anything. It can be something big and huge in the news. It can be something small and what might seem to be unimportant to others, but important to you. type of thing. If it matters to you, it matters to us. And we firmly believe that those who call will be voicing a beef for others. And so by calling in, you will actually inadvertently help others. And we have two simple rules. No profanity. And don't make it personal. You know, avoid monologing and don't throw anybody under the bus. If you've had a bad experience at a business, you know, by all means, tell us what happened, but leave the name of the business out of it. Leave that to professionals. And you'll feel better. Kristen, thanks for calling into the program this morning. You are first. What's the beef? Hi. My beef is people who spit on sidewalks. Oh, it's so nasty. disgusting i see people sit all the time sidewalks parking lots whatever why can't they sit in the bushes or um you know where people don't have to look at it that's my yes thank you very much christin you know what's so funny about that it's not funny i gag a little bit when i just hear her say it because watching people hawk up out there is just gross You don't do that. Not in public. 850-205 WFLA. Jody, you're up. What's the beef? Hey, Preston. Yeah, I do like the Luggies, but they're firmly in the off-the-pat, beaten path. But my beef is with the Capitol Circle bridge over the stream taking... over a year to build a bridge over a stream right there at the airport at orange avenue i'm like why is it taking so long to build a bridge over a stream what's your best what's your best guess as to why it's taking so long i mean turtles probably see i was going to guess permitting no

would have been permitted before they started. Yeah, but it's just they'll find something and they'll go, oh, no, no, no, that's not quite right. Now, I could be wrong, but it just, but I'm with you. A lot of people don't know the backstory to that one. Thank you, Jody. Thank you, Jody. I appreciate you calling in. Let's go to Helen. Helen, you're up. What's the beef? Good morning. After years of careful observation, I've come to the conclusion that automakers sell all of their defected cars in Tallahassee. Because as you drive around, you'll notice they're selling cars that don't have turn signals. Isn't that amazing? It drives me crazy. It's especially annoying when you have that moment where you can get into the flow of traffic and then someone who ends up turning didn't let you know they were going to. Absolutely right. You've obviously observed the same defect in this town. I have. I have. I've seen the same thing. Helen, well done. I appreciate the cordial way of delivering your beef. See, this is what I'm talking about. See, you guys are rallying now. You've rallied to the show. Dave, you're up, then Ken. We got another line on hold, another line ringing. It's what's to be Friday. Bring it. Whatever you got. You know the rules. 850-205. WFLA. Sense of Sensibility. Communicator of Common Sense Amplified. It's the morning show with Preston Scott.

It's a Friday tradition. We've been doing this show nearly 24 years. We'll celebrate our 24th anniversary on March 18th. And for 23 of those years and some change, we have engaged in What's the Beef? Your chance to call in and complain about anything you like. Dave, what's on your mind? What's the Beef? You know, being the lead off batter in the second end reminds me in the 70s, I set a record in the North Miami Little League that I'm sure still stand. Come on. Nobody struck out as many times as I did, and I'm sure that still stands. Here's my beef. In our big box home improvement stores, one of them does an announcement in Spanish asking people to apply for jobs. And they have a sign down at the pro desk in Spanish asking people to apply for jobs. And here's my problem. If you have a common sense filter in your brain and you turn it on, that doesn't make it through the filter. It can't. That's it. Did you hear me talk about this on Wednesday? We should be getting rid of anything that says press one for English. Yes, I hear you and I scream at my, and I yell at my radio along with you every time I hear it. Thank you, sir. Appreciate it, Dave. Appreciate you sharing the story. Yeah, we should be doing away with any Press 1 for English. It should be assumed. Everyone calling is speaking English. Do not cater to this problem. Don't cater to it. Let's go to Ken. Ken, you're up. What's the beef? Hey, Preston. How are you doing today? Awesome. How about you? I'm good. Hey, this is a long time deep of me. Yeah. Handicapped placage. Not that they exist, but the number of times people who have them will drive up, park in a handicapped spot, and let their able-bodied family members go to the shore while they sit there. Don't do it. I don't know how many times I've driven up and I've been wanting to find a spot in the park and there are people sitting in the driver's seat in the spot while their family or friends are going in the store. And then I have to go find somewhere farther away. That's no different than taking up the handicapped stall in a restroom when other stalls are available. Yeah. Yeah. Well, unfortunately, probably that's on an issue, but the parking, it can be. I understand. Thank you very much, Ken. I appreciate that. Good word there. Yeah. Even if you rightfully have a handicapped tag, if you're not going in and you've got family members. Just you're giving a ride to if you're not going in park in a normal spot. Save that for someone who is driving and handicapped or that you're giving a ride to and you are getting out to assist them in their shopping. It's a great point. It's good Rob. Rob, you're up. What's the beef?

Forget whatever plans you have this weekend because you're staying at home and playing on SpinQuest. And there's never been a better time to sign up than right now. New users get $30 coin packs for just $10. All the table games you love with hundreds of slot games and real cash prizes. That's at SpinQuest.com. SpinQuest.com. SpinQuest is a free-to-play social casino. Avoid where prohibited. Visit SpenQuest.com for more details. Good morning, Preston. How are you? Great. How are you? Fantastic, sir. My beef is simple. I can't stand people anymore telling me that it's 6.30 a.m. in the morning or 5.30 p.m. in the afternoon. The a.m. and p.m. tells me whether it's the morning or the afternoon. The redundancy is killing me. I'm over it. I hope I don't violate that. All of a sudden, well, I don't think I do that. As you were talking, I was immediately doing an inventory of how I give the time. And I think, because we're in multiple time zones, I think I just do like right now, it's almost 16 past the hour. I don't say AM, PM in the morning after. I hear you. I hear you. It's that redundancy that's built into people out of habit. Yes, indeed. See what I did there? Redundancy out of habit? Sorry. I just couldn't. I just, yeah. Sorry. Okay. You're quick on the draw. No, actually, I'm not, but I have my moments. Thank you very much for calling in, Rob. Appreciate the beef because you've helped others. All right, Lane, David, Lynette, you are up next. It's what's the be Friday. We've got room for one more caller. Call in now 850-205 WFLA. L.A. On your phone with the IHeart Radio app and on hundreds of devices like Alexa, Google Home, Xbox, and Sonos. Dude, yes. And IHearts Radio Station.

One set of calls remaining, but we have an open line. Whoa. Lynette dropped. What's up, Lynette? Why'd you leave? Maybe she had to go to work. It's all right. We'll go to Lane. Lane, you're up. What's the beef? Hey, good morning, Preston. I've got a beef and a personal lesson that I've learned from it. So the beef is with dishonest drivers. My wife was hit by a guy in a big heavy utility truck, sideswiped, and did some damage to our vehicle. My wife's fine. But then, you know, they pulled over, and then he lied to the officer that came to the scene and told him that my wife was the one that crashed into him, and there was nothing we could do to prove it. And so the personal lesson that came from this is... Well, one, dash cams are probably a good idea, but two, if you, like, I'm just like a plea to all your listeners, if you see an accident happen like in front of you on the road. pull over and be a witness to help officers and people that are involved, like have the truth of what happened. Sure. I wish a witness would have stopped over for me. I wish, and now I want to be a witness for somebody else if I see an accident on the roads. Good words, man. Sorry that happened. It's frustrating. No problem. Thanks for it. Yeah. Yeah. Thanks very much. I appreciate you calling. Let's go to David. David, good morning. Thanks for calling in. What's the beef? Good morning. Appreciate your brother. Thank you. Affordableity of my beef. You know, we got, I'm a retired truck driver just a little history. Just past my physical. I'm 74 years old. Don't drive and don't take drugs.

A lot of health care out there that could be improved upon if it goes and they walk through the hospitals. We can throw a lot of things out like diabetes, type 2, and doing strong. Doing strong is a good way to go. And it's just a waste out there. It's a pyramid scheme. And I would go further. But, you know. You eat healthy. The only problem I had to have been a little bit overweight, and I would quit eating, but I hate quitters. You know how it goes there. Other than that, you know, you can do a lot of improvements in the health care. Basically, what you eat would be a good starter and they get off the drugs, so they just tend to the sentence not the problem. Yeah, man, I hear it in your voice. Hang in there, brother, and thank you very much for calling. We got time for two more calls. Let's go to another David. David, welcome. Hey, Preston. I'm sort of one to spend off on the whole press one for English, Spanish, whatever the choice is. Okay. When you call customer service, first of all, an supposedly intelligent recording cannot provide me customer service. Right. And when you finally do get to somebody, their accent is so atrocious, you can't understand what they're saying. Yep. How do these people get communications jobs? They farm themselves out from foreign countries at a very cheap price. Exactly, which is a wonderful thing. I don't begrudge I'm having a job, but this is customer service, folks. Can our companies not figure this out? It would seem apparently too many cannot figure this out. What are we becoming, Preston? Well, yeah, you know what we're becoming. We're slowly becoming a third world country, one generation at a time. It's by design. Final caller here. Bobby Jay. Bobby Jay, you're up. What's the beef? Hey, Preston. Voice out of your past here. First time caller for a beef, though. Okay. I'm officially a cranky old man, so I have a lot of beef. But lately I've noticed that, and I noticed a few years ago in sports, the let's go thing. Everybody was let's go. And now you're at work and somebody does a good thing on a project and they're like, let's go. Let's go. It's everywhere. That's all I got. And that is offensive? Yeah, it's just like it's one of those overused things. Yeah, okay. Now I see what you're talking about. Yeah, everything's let's go. You know, you did something that you should normally do, and it's like, let's go. That's it. Hey, Bobby Jay, you delivered a great beef. Let's go. Come on, people. Let's go. There you go. Thank you very much. Let's follow the example next week.

Let's go! No, I know what he's talking about. Things get overused in culture. That's what happens. The only good that comes of that, at least what should come of that, is that it just speeds up the end of it. Because we move on to something else. Maybe. But then there are people like me, and I'm a good five years behind. You know, by the time it gets to me, it's old and busted. You know what I'm saying? Word. 27 past the hour. Hey guys, Lady Luck here. Are you going on any road trips this summer? I know I'm going to be going on a bunch of road trips. And being that I'm going to be passenger princess, I love playing on SpinQuest.com. SpinQuest has all of my favorite slot games, live blackjack, live craps. Head on over to SpinQuest right now and get yourself a $30 coin pack for just 10 bucks. SpinQuest is a free-to-play social casino. Avoid where prohibited. Visit spendquest.com for more details. Subjects will just make you furious. Don't worry. We're here to make it all better. It's the morning show with Preston Scott. Well, OK-dokey there. We're in the final half hour of the radio program, don't you know? That there is Jose, can you see? By the dawn's early light. And I'm here in Studio 1B. He's there in Studio 1A, and it's time for the best and worst of the week. And, Jose, you're up. Well, all right, eh. Not to be confused with a hoser. Jose, hoser, no. Well, I'm just going to start with the worst of the week on my way to work this morning. I was pulled over for the second or third time in my entire life. Oh, snap. I was footsing around with a cord, and I guess the sheriff thought I was a little hammered, been drinking a little grandpa's cough syrup there. Yeah, that's right. So he pulls me over and he, you know, he's really super nice. He was like, hey, you know, sorry I pulled you over, but I noticed you kind of swerving, not keeping your lane. So making sure you're not a hammered drunk. And after talking a little bit, he's like, you know, I could tell, you know, obviously you're not impaired in any way. I was going to say, you're not drunk. You're crazy. Yeah. And he was like, yeah, you know, so your license or your tag has expired over a year. And he was like, did you know that? My jaw dropped and I was like, oh my God, no, I didn't know that. So thank the Lord. Should have walked to the back?

Yes, thank the Lord. He was a nice, super nice officer. He's like, well, I'm just going to let you off with the warning, get it taken care of. Yeah, but your plate wasn't expired. No, it's not. No, no, no. I got here. I checked it. And, yeah, it expires this month at the end of the month. Right, but it has a 26, not a 25. So he was a little mistaken. But super nice officer. Cool. You know, thank the Lord for him. Deputy. Deputy. Yeah, that's right. That's right. So that's your worst of the week. And it's a combo worse and best. Yeah, it's a combo worse and best. I got you. No time. I got you. Interestingly enough, I have a similar type thing. Similar. Tuesday, first day of the week, I'm driving to work. 435, 4.40 in the morning. Driving down North Meridian Road. Wham! Out of my blind spot, jumping through some brush. And a ditch comes a big old female deer. And I got smoked. It hit me. My son, are you still a deer magnet, dad? Third time in my life, I've had a deer broadside me. I have never hit one. They have hit me three times.

It gets, it gets, I mean, so I thought surely the thing had to be dead, right? Nope. Apparently not. Its fur was trapped in the, in my wheel, between the tire and the wheels. So it hit so hard that it pushed the tire in. It grabbed some fur and kept it as a souvenir. Trashed the front fender on the driver's side of my car. cracked a bunch of stuff underneath it, so we got to go through all of that, right? So what happens? I immediately call the sheriff's office thinking, okay, you guys might want to come back here, you or TPD, see if there's a dead animal back on the road of ways, because I don't want anyone, you know, I don't want a dead deer in the middle of the road, and I'm sure not dragging it. And so... I tape up my fender. Don't use duct tape. Guerrilla tape. It's the only stuff that'll hold. Duck tape will just eventually, no. And so I get to, I get to work and I get a call from the deputy. Awesome dude. And he says, um, you know that it's a misdemeanor to leave the scene of the crash. I went, what? Really? He said, yeah. He said, I'm going to send you the form and give you the case number, but you're not supposed to leave. I said, I didn't hit anything. The deer hit me. So I'm thinking you ought to be ticketing the deer. Actually, he went way out of his way. He tried to find the deer to see if he could, you know, if there was a badly injured deer back in the brush to, you know, euthanize the thing as needed. Call and have it euthanize, whatever they do. I don't know what they do. And so I'm like Jose. But did you know that if you hit a deer or a deer hits you, you're supposed to stay? I didn't know that. So I filed my report with the Department of Motor Vehicles, whatever that is, DMV, and sent that report off that day. But it's like, come on now, dear, come on.

What possesses a deer to run out of the brush flat into a moving vehicle that's eight to ten times its size? I mean, what? What the heck, bro? That's my best and worst of the week. Remember the days when times were good and life was sinful? He still lives there. The morning show with Preston Scott on News Radio 100.7, WFLA. A first, you'd think it was an animal story, but I think this is good news. Normally, according to animal biologists, observers, experts, only primates have been shown to use implements and manipulate them for purposes, specific purposes. Not anymore, my friends. In Switzerland, a brown cow named Veronica. was witnessed by its owner, an organic farmer, who kept the cow as more of a pet, not for any other purpose. So it's living a very long and very nice, healthy life. He noticed over a decade ago she would occasionally pick up sticks and use them to scratch yourself. And the story came to the attention of Professor Alice Hoursberg. And she conducted a study that's now in the current biology journal describing the first cow ever to have been proven to use and implement for specific purposes. She gave the cow 70 different tests in a controlled environment and found that the cow used a broomstick to scratch different parts of its body, depending on the part of the body, it used a different part of the stick.

And so they found that if she wanted to use the bristled end of the brush, she would use it to scratch firm areas like her back. When she was targeting softer areas, more sensitive parts and regions of the body, she switched to the smooth end of the stick, turned it around in her mouth, and then used it, used it in the smooth end of the stick. I can't just leave that story, though, that way. That, I mean, first of all, this just blows up the whole evolution thing. You know, that we came from AAPC. Look, they use, they use implements. We got a cow now. Right? But even that's not enough. We at the morning show with Preston Scott. thought this would be an appropriate time for a haiku, honoring Veronica the cow. Broom held in her mouth, scratching where she cannot reach. Clever cow at work.

46 minutes after the hour, it's the morning show with Preston Scott. All right, let's arm you with a dad joke. Get you all right, let's arm you with a dad joke. Get you all ready for it. Sunday church because you should always have a dad joke to share. It's a great icebreaker. Ryan, final addition to the joke list he sent a year and a half ago that I still haven't gotten through. I haven't even gotten back to my book, my compendium of dad jokes. I built a model of Mount Everest and my son asked if it was to scale. I said no, it was to look at. You're welcome. You're welcome. Now, ladies and gentlemen, it's time for some satire. Ladies and gentlemen, these are headlines courtesy of the Babylon Bee. You're my, our trusted source for satire. Trump disguises himself as Muslim migrants so Europe will let him invade Greenland. Antifa protests violence by viciously beating bystanders. Trump challenges Danish Prime Minister to ping pong match. Winner gets Greenland. Fellow Pop-Tarts gather to bow down before preeminent brown sugar pop tarts. Pentecostal Church doesn't notice riot occurring. Denmark protects Greenland by securing it in a giant cookie tin.

Pam Bondi promises to prosecute Minnesota rioters as soon as she finishes releasing all those Epstein files. College team credits football championship to discipline, teamwork, and $370 million. Minnesota arrest churchgoers for interrupting protest. Dems-worn ice crackdowns will make it more difficult for illegal immigrants to vote. And blind taste test finds 9 out of 10 men prefer the taste of water from a garden hose. Brought to you by Baranow Heating and Air. It's the Morning Show 180 on WFLA. Okay, look back at the program, 180 seconds or less. We started the show with C.C. Wein's and a great new tune. Check that out on, you just look her up on YouTube and find the latest songs. And we did a song from the David series that's being produced. But Monday on the show, Sal News Hill will join us. And we'll talk about the second week of the legislative session. Dr. Joe Camps will join us. on Monday as well, as always. Seven things the happiest couples do to remain happy as a husband and wife. Always important. We're going to give you some thoughts on how to make your marriage better. And just know this. God means for you to have a great marriage, not a good one. And so it's vitally important that you... consider ways to not settle for just having a good marriage. And, yeah, I'm sorry, I'm getting distracted here by my doctor's office calling me. For whatever reason, they seem to have not learned that I work until 9 a.m. I've just, you know, I've only told them like 20 times. But that sounds like what's to be Friday now, doesn't it? Today on the program, we talked about Heritage Foundation kind of breaking up. Don't know what's going on with Heritage Foundation. But, yeah, it's kind of disappointing. It's falling apart at the seams because Kevin Roberts has chosen to cozy up to people that are anti-Semites. And that's a problem. It is a big-time problem. And so what's happening now is, sadly, the conservative movement is starting to splinter. And that's not good as we're trying to bring things together. But you know what this boils down to? It's not about organizations, it's about people. It's about people that have specific convictions about certain things and making sure that they don't waver in those convictions. And so we talked about that and spent a little more time on it in the first and second hours of the program at the bottom of the hour. Friends, the weather's going to turn cold. By the time we join each other on Monday morning, it's going to be cold. So get what you need to get done outside today and tomorrow. And until then, have a great weekend.

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