Hour 2: Activists want heinous criminals to vote, Guest Jacob Lervold, Eastern WA fires

Thanks for downloading the Jason Ranch Show podcast. I really do appreciate it. Be sure to check out our brand new website, Seattlered.com. News, opinion, analysis without any of the left-wing spin covering the entirety of the Pacific Northwest. Check it out throughout the day, read stories, share stories, and watch exclusive videos. That's Seattle Red.com. Now, back to the Jason Ranch Show. Good afternoon and welcome to the Jason Rancho. We are here live on Seattle Red 770 a.m. online at Seattle Red.com. We got a ton to get to this hour, including the city of Cleellum, just became the latest Washington City to pass a ban on data centers, except one might be built there anyway. It's actually pretty outstanding. We'll get into that later on in the hour. But first, there's one left-wing group furious about our primary. That's what's trending brought to you by legacy. You can't make this up. Northwest Fund. Oh, you were just too trigger happy. He just, he just, he just, he wanted so desperately to push that button. Nick is being trained on the board today. We double check to make sure he wasn't from Central before we did that last segment. He's from Wazoo, which explains why he pushed that bunch a little bit too fast. It's brought to you by Legacy Group Capital's Northwest Fund. I've got a story up right now over at Seattle Red.com about this national criminal justice advocacy group. They're very upset. that about 15,000 people were not given a ballot to vote in the primary yesterday. About 15,000. Now, you might be saying to yourself, well, maybe they're right to be upset. Why would we not want to give some 15,000 people a ballot? It's because they're currently serving felony sentences. They're in prison. And that includes people convicted of murder and child rape. That's what we're talking about. If they're upset that they don't get to vote, well, part of me says, hey, you know, I'm glad someone's passionate about doing their civic duty. Perhaps they should not have murdered or raped. Perhaps they should not have committed an egregious crime. I know, call me crazy with the hot takes. Now, the group we're talking about is called the Sentencing Project. They're based out of D.C. And they lobby to shrink prison populations nationwide. They want to remove people from prison. And they put out this long press release yesterday about how this is disenfranchisement. And they call it felony disenfranchisement. That weakens our democracy. They point to racial disparities and who loses the right to vote. They say that black residents are more than five times as likely as non-black residents to be excluded because of a conviction. Now, of course, they don't say anything about the individuals who were unjustly murdered. You see, they're only focused on the bad guys. They're not focused on the victims.

And of course, they want to imply that somehow punishing the guilty is racist. Whenever they do the whole, you know, there are more black people in jail as it relates to their population than white people. There's a disproportionate rate of black people or Latino people or, you know, insert whatever group they're talking about. They never actually say that the people who are disproportionately in jail didn't. They commit the crime. They never say that these are unjustly punished. They never say that. They want to imply that somehow there's some racism involved here when none actually exists. Now, we already in Washington State restore voting rights the second someone walks out of prison. That's been the loss since 2021. They pass HB 1078. And they ended the requirement that former inmates finished community service and supervision and pay restitution to the victims before they get that right to vote back. They passed that law already. And so the sentencing project, they're fine with that, but they're like, it doesn't go far enough. We haven't gone far enough to give rights back to people who have committed murder and rape. And so they're urging the passage of a bill sponsored by state representative Tara Simmons of Bremerton, the same Tara Simmons who's a felon who served time in jail. They want her bill 1196 to be passed, which again would give the right to vote to people who are in prisons. That is not a popular position even amongst the Democrats in Washington state, although this bill is not dead. It is not dead. Now, the senior director of advocacy at this sentencing project, her name is Nicole Katie Porter. She said Washington has made important progress in expanding access to the ballot, but thousands of residents remain excluded from a fundamental right because of a felony conviction. Oh, those poor rapists, the poor murderers. Oh, my gosh, those poor drug dealers. You really got a feel for them. Keep in mind, by the way, that it's already exceptionally difficult to get anyone to spend time in prison. Just keep that in mind. There's a higher likelihood that someone will get a sentence if they get one at all, that they will be out of jail well before an election even takes place. So we're talking about the most egregious of the egregious. And again, there's nothing in this statement about the victims of the criminals. She says, democracy is strongest when everyone has a voice in the decisions that shape their communities. I can think of some people who don't have a voice, the ones who were murdered by the people you're now fighting to give a voice to. It is unbelievable that they can't even offer a throwaway line to the victims here. We have moved further than most of the country when it stopped conditioning restored voting rights on paying restitution. We're as far left, almost as humanly possible on this issue. And yet they're still not happy. And the problem is these are the kinds of people who have a whole lot of power, a whole lot of influence in Olympia. So I hope you'll go to Seattlered.com.

click on my blog, read it, but share it, spread it. So other people are realizing the kind of lobbying that's happening right now, mostly behind the scenes that most people have no idea about. And if we don't combat that lobbying, if we don't speak louder than them, well, guess what? Something like this is going to pass. Something like this is going to pass. Imagine a serial killer having the right to vote, Gary Ridgeway. having the right to vote because that was what originally sunk this bill. People were like, wait, wait, because Gary Ridgway was alive at the time. Did we really want him voting on sentencing reform? Probably not. Because remember, the only carve out in that bill initially was that if you're on death row, you wouldn't get a vote. We don't have death row in Washington. We don't do that anymore. So everyone would have access to the vote. It's unbelievable. Let's find out what else is trending. What's trending? Let's get political. Todd Blanche spoke earlier today after Susan Collins, who's making it very difficult for conservatives to actually support her. She came out and said she was not going to support Todd Blanche and his attorney general vote that's going to happen on Saturday. It's not just her. This is not really a shock, but John Fetterman came out today and said he wasn't going to support. Todd Blanche's nomination. We didn't expect that he would. Obviously, though, if he did, it would make it a little bit easier for the Republicans to get this through. For his part, Todd Blanche says, yeah, I'm not worried about Susan Collins. No, I'm not worried about what's going to happen over the next couple of days. I'm hopeful that the work, like what we're talking about today, the body work the department has done over the past year and a half, of which I'm a very small part of, is something that. that the Senate recognizes. And look, I mean, I'm not going to, I'm not going to do anything except continue to communicate with anybody who has questions about anything involving the department that I can answer or me personally that I can answer. So we'll see. I'm highly skeptical that Susie Wiles, who runs the show for Trump, would. have pushed this through for a final vote if they didn't think they had it locked up. That would be a huge mistake because if that were the case, if that was the case, that was likely that they were going to lose this vote. Why wouldn't the president just pull the nomination and hope that he'd be able to get it done with the new Senate? Why would he push it through for, he didn't have to, he could have pulled the vote. He could have not given in to the demands of Thom Tillis and John Cornyn and restart the clock because he'd been previously, you know, approved for office. So he could have kept this interim role for I can't remember the exact amount of time, I think, for another 100 days or something like that. Why would they risk losing it? Because let's say they lose on Saturday. There's not enough time to get a new nominee through before the new Senate takes. shape, right? Or it'd be very, very rushed. So I just find it hard to believe. Although we've got two senators who have not yet weighed in. Bill Cassidy, the guy who's angry that Trump didn't back him and he's no longer going to be in the Senate. Lisa Murkowski, who's the most wishy-washy of all of the senators. The only thing I can think of is that they didn't anticipate the Susan Collins.

And not once do they step back and say, well, maybe he won't do what we think he's going to do because we can look at Pam Bondi who didn't do what we said she was going to do. It's just unbelievable. I'm sure this will come up because the vote is on Saturday. I'll be broadcasting from New York on Monday and Tuesday because I'll be there for. CNN. I'll be yelling at liberals and getting yelled at by liberals on Abby Phillips show. So that'll be fun. Let's find out what else is trending. What's trending on the campaign trail? Jacob Blairvold is a senior deputy prosecutor and he's running for Callas County Superior Court Judge. He's someone who's handled some of the county's most serious criminal cases, those that include murder, child sexual assault, domestic violence, and so much more. He joins us now to explain why he believes he's the right choice for the bench and why it's so important you guys actually vote in this upcoming general. Welcome to the show. Thank you for having me. I appreciate you having me on the show. It was such a huge win for you in the primary. They didn't even put you on the ballot. You were running against one other person, so there's no reason to go through the primary system. But I wonder, not going through the primary season in the traditional sense of actually getting your name on a ballot, how does that impact name recognition and the race itself? Well, it makes things a little bit more complicated because when you're out doing events and you're out campaigning, then they don't see you in the primary. It kind of causes some concern for some people. They're like, why isn't he in the primary? And it also doesn't allow for a check in to see how things are going, whether your message is getting out there. So it creates a little bit of difficulty, but it also on the other side of it. You have until November to figure out how things are going and it just provides more time and more opportunity to, you know, get the information out there for people to do their research about the candidates and get the message out to vote. And. Unfortunately, the reality is folks don't pay a whole lot of attention to judicial races. I don't know very many people who follow any of these races as closely as they deserve to be followed. The one thing going in your favor, I do think because of the Supreme Court vacancies or the five that we're voting on, maybe people are paying a little bit more attention to it. When you're out there talking to folks, what are they telling you? that usually they don't know anything about the judges that usually they breed through the it's a nonpartisan position they read through the pamphlets they try to figure out kind of what the how this judge would their values like who they are as the person their experiences and they're left just reading that little part of it and making a decision and not really feeling like they know who's who

And I feel that the Washington State Supreme Court race places an emphasis on people to actually do the research. And it's actually getting the message out about appointments. A lot of people don't recognize what's going on with appointments in Washington state and that over 70% of the judges right now from the last study I heard originally obtained it through an appointment. They just see that there's the incumbent, the judge who gets to wear all their campaign material and wear their black robes. And they kind of default to that without doing any research. So it's important for people to actually get out there, research the candidates, and pay attention to judicial races also. Courts in Washington have increasingly emphasized treatment, diversion, these alternatives to going to jail. I don't know how the system is operating right now in Calhitz County as far as the judges leaning on that the way they do in King County and Pierce County in particular. Where do you believe those programs work? And where has the system become too, I guess, reluctant to impose any meaningful consequences for criminal behavior? So we see it all the time in the news that people are frustrated with repeat offenders getting alternatives like over and over again. And as a judge, you're kind of a gatekeeper. And I feel that my prosecutorial experience of being able to parse through cases, the evidence would allow me to wield that discretion to determine who deserves. a break and who doesn't because there's situations where a person's their first offense you know that's completely different than the person who's committed 15 plus felonies and been through multiple treatment alternatives already and A lot of people are frustrated with it. You know, there's been a lot of people that have gone through those programs and turned their lives around. But then there's a lot of people that just are in those programs over and over and over and are out there in the community committing crimes again. At the same time, I've heard many, many cases of judges when it comes to bail, releasing someone on their personal recognizance, they point to Washington State court rules, and they always leave off that one portion of the rule that says you're supposed to take into account whether or not that person might be dangerous to the community. They always lean and say, oh, you know, the rules tell us we have to err on the side of release without bail. They don't tell us the whole truth. So when looking at bail. How should a judge balance an individual defendant's rights against the broader obligation to protect the community? So a judge is supposed to consider the least restrictive alternative. And there's kind of three factors that are typically considered from a judge, which is whether they're likely to commit a crime of violence, whether they're likely to appear for court or interfere with the administration of justice.

And working with detectives at each of the agencies, I have support from different law enforcement officers at each of the local agencies. I've worked with victims. I've been in court, you know, making bail recommendations. And I feel that my experience as a prosecutor would allow me to weigh those. those factors in an appropriate manner because it's something that one of the factors is, you know, whether they're likely to commit a crime of violence, interfere with the administration of justice, and a judge needs to look at those factors and give them, give them weight and consider those things in determining whether to release somebody on their personal recognizance or hold them without bail. And something that a lot of people don't know is that. For certain offenses, if they're looking at the possibility of up to life underneath the Washington State Constitution, you can actually move to hold somebody without bail if certain factors are met. And I've done that several times throughout my career. Good. What's the clearest difference between you and your opponent, just like looking at judicial philosophies and experience? What's the difference? There's a stark contrast in kind of our experience as what we did as attorneys. I've been in, you know, handling felony matters in Cowlitz County, but an attorney of record on over 450 felony cases. I've tried over 50 cases in Cowlitz County. Her experience more revolves around administrative law dealing with workers' comp or a little bit of public defense work. a couple years of some municipal prosecution. So the difference is that somebody who kind of worked on the civil side more in the administrative courts versus somebody who has been in the courtroom and somebody who has been on dockets and just done a lot of felony trials and worked with victims and law enforcement on those serious crimes. There you go. Again, we've been talking with Jacob Lerwald. He is running for Calitz County Superior Court Judge in position number four. Make sure when you get your ballot in the general election, you're voting for him. Jacob, thank you so much for coming on. I really appreciate it. Yeah, no, thank you. I really appreciate the time. You're listening to the Jason Rancho. Did you know that every qualifying new and used vehicle at Sunset Auto Family comes with oil changes for life? You get five a year. That's going to save you thousands of dollars over the lifetime of your vehicle. So visit our friends at the Sunset Auto Family in Auburn and Sumner online at sunset autofamily.com. We come back. We're going to dive into the big local right here on Seattle Red 770 a.m. online at Seattle Red.com.

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which we're incredibly grateful for. We're just flying down the hill, trying to get ahead of everybody. And they're blocking fire trucks coming up, and they're almost getting into car accidents. But then we saw this Subaru that was behind us, basically, just get out in that lane and just hold their position so that people couldn't do that anymore. Amazing. Again, I don't think they intended to block the fire trucks, but that's what they ended up doing. But to not just get to his home to find his home saved by the local firefighters, but then to find the dog saved by a neighbor, he's feeling really blessed in a pretty crummy situation. I'd love to just let them know that our family still has at least a home structure that we were going to be able to rebuild because of them. Just know that the helpers are out there. Yeah. With that said, he is demanding restitution for the... I'm kidding. That would be an interesting story. Yeah, we're grateful that you saved our home, but you did destroy our brush. That'd be a new level of litigious saying. Well, there was... And I don't remember how this was when I was younger. I just remember there was like a spat of stories in which people's lives were saved. But during like providing like the Heimlich maneuver or something, they broke a rib. And then the person would be like, I'm grateful that you saved me from choking. But you did break one of my ribs. You're going to have to pay the hospital fell on that. It's like, you know what? I should have just let you die. I remember thinking like a 14 year old thinking, you know what, screw you. I'm not saving anyone. And that's when I became selfish. I remember the exact day. I was 14 years old and I saw one of those stories. I became selfish. It was also an episode of Herman's Head on Fox that had that same thing where they was giving like the, I think they were doing heart. chest compressions and they broke some of the ribs and he ends up getting sued over it. Meanwhile, this is not just a story about fires in Spokane. There are other fires that are burning in Washington State right now. There's a little giant fire in Chelan County that's moving closer and closer to communities. And there are people who are living in the evacuation zones that are saying, I've got to now figure out what I'm going to take, what I'm going to save, what I'm going to leave. This fire was caused by lightning. It's grown over 8,000 acres in about 24 hours. It's now at the almost 60,000 acre mark. It's probably more than that at this point. It's not being contained yet. I think it's still at 0% containment. And we've got evacuation orders in place for parts of Chelan and Okanagan counties. No residents were evacuated as of yesterday. I think we're still in that place unless something has happened within the last couple hours or so. Susan is in the evacuation zone. She spoke with King Five. She made a quick decision. Like, look, my dog's kind of a pain of the ass, but I'm going to save. Really, really scary. Hannah's coming with me.

Who's Hannah? My baby. My baby French. All the other stuff is just stuff. They're saying this fire is going to be through November. So where else is it going? You know, I don't know. Now, look, my little Hannah, a little gassy, like most French bulldogs. But I said even though that poses a unique fire risk right now because she can get a little too gassy right near some of the flames and poof, everything's going to be gone. I decided to save my dog. My poor dog, have we ever talked about this? I have a dog named D'Artagnan. No, it's news to me. Yeah, no, I have a dog who's terrified basically of everything until he's not. And he probably would not get in the car for us to evacuate because he hates driving. And that's the one positive of having like a little dog, like this French bulldog. You can just pick it up. My dog's Malinwa. You know how hard it is getting him in the car? When he doesn't want to go in, you know how difficult that is? What's his name? His name is D'Artagnan. Oh, yeah, we never talked about this. You know what that name is from? The Three Musketeers? Exactly. He was one of the Musketeers, which is, you know, they call it the Three Musketeers. Stupid people think there's only three musketeers. That's not, it was about three musketeer characters. D'Artagnan wanted to become a musketeer, but that was the prince or the king's. Guard is basically the King's Secret Service, but cooler because they have swords. One might argue they would have been more effective with guns. I'm just throwing that out there. Yeah, I think they had firearms by the time I was written, right? They did have firearms. I don't know the, I mean, there weren't automatic weapons, but, you know, it would have taken a little bit. How about you put, this is weird, and I'm surprised no one has thought of this, put the sword at the edge of the firearm, and you could use it that way. Like a bayonet. That was the word I was thinking. How did you know? We just, I was just thinking of it. Oh, it's already a thing? We will stay here, even if we get a level three evacuation. Yeah, we have a to-go plan. You take any meds and you take your dog. If it gets bad, we can leave in the boat. We have generators, and we can keep our beer cold. And that's what's important. It's important to really make sure you have your priorities straight. Dog, boat, maybe the wife, and cold beer. That's how we stay. It's Chelan County. God bless these people. Meanwhile, can we talk about a funny thing that's happening in Cleellum? They are the latest city to vote to block new data centers. Their city council voted unanimously on Friday saying we're not going to do any kind of data center, not here. No way, no how. Or at least for the next six months. But then while having this conversation about the band, they were all like, But there's a $200 million project that even though it prompted our ban, probably is still going to be able to move forward if they so choose. The Blue Fern Development presented plans for a 100,000 square foot facility inside a residential and commercial development that's already under construction near I-90.

And the council member said, look, we got to study all of this. We got to figure this out. But the site is under a preexisting development agreement, which means this proposal gets to be reviewed under the old rules. And so this new ban wouldn't stop this data center from being developed and built. should they move forward with it? And council member Stephen Harper on Friday, he said something like, I don't want to give you the impression. We're going to be able to stop this thing. It's almost certainly going to happen. They, by the way, have been fairly communicative, as best as I can tell. They're saying it's a 20 megawatt facility. We're going to have 20 to 40 full-time jobs attached to this. It's going to be a $200 million investment in Cleellum. which that's a lot for Cleo. That's a lot for any city, but obviously for Cleolum, that's a lot. And they say, look, you're going to get a ton of property tax revenue from this. But oftentimes we hear with people who want to get in the way of data centers. On the left, they do their version of, what about the bared owl, the spotted owl with the one eye that's in that one? It's like, okay, enough. You just don't want it in your neighborhood. Stop blaming the owl. Stop using them to advance your program. Just stop. But now they're doing, in this case, instead of claiming they're fighting for the owls, it's really bad for water use. It uses so much water. And the electric bill is going to go through the roof, except as is usually the case. And it's certainly the case here. The water stuff is, yeah, they have 80,000 gallons of water that's required for this, except it recirculates. So it's one-time 80,000 gallons. And obviously, water evaporates at some point. So you've got to refill it from time to time. But they're like, yeah, it's a one-time big water dump, and that's about it. And we're going to pay for that. And by the way, we're going to pay for the electricity and we're going to expand the power grid. So if you're complaining about that. Don't look at us. We're doing everything we're supposed to. What could be the argument then against these data centers if they're handling the water, or at least we can acknowledge the water issue is kind of contrived, and they're paying for the upgrades to the electric grid, other than you saying you just don't want to live near it, which you wouldn't even know you're really living next to it. What do you think these buildings are going to look like? It's just a nondescript office building. It's going to look like a warehouse. You don't want to live near a warehouse? You live in Cleellum. What are you complaining about? I mean, no offense. God bless the folks in Cleellum, but I've never felt comfortable in Cleellum. Every time I've gone to Cleellum, it feels like I'm going into, it feels like a horror story where I'm not going to be able to escape. Like everyone just starts to look at me. Like they've never seen a Jew in the city. And usually it's John Curley who's looking at me because he used to live in Cleolem. It's just, it's a weird, am I the only one who gets weird vibes from Cleo? It kind of feels like you're going to get in one of those like old Western stair downs like a shootout. Yeah, or you're going to go into a diner and then when you leave, you've transported to like 1947 or something to some random. It's just like, what happened? And there's no cars anymore. It just feels like that.

All the buildings have those saloon doors that swing open. And then everything all of a sudden's in black and white, you're like, what is happening? Why does it feel like I'm tripping? John Wayne appears for some reason. Yeah, it's just super. I don't know why I feel that way about it. It feels also very cultish. Is there a cult in Cleellum? Maybe it's just like a contact high from all the meth. I'm kidding. People are going to get upset with me because I'm making fun of Cleellum. By the way, if any of you are upset and you live in Tukwila, don't worry. We're going to come back after you in a bit. I just forgot to go after you like I normally do in Tuckwilla. Just be happy. I'm not focused on Tuckwilla. I'd rather be in Clellum than Tuck Willa. Mostly because I don't think my car's going to get broken into if I'm in Cleola. Yeah, exactly. It's the only reason. You can't leave your car parked in a lot in Tuck Willa for more than 10 minutes before it's guaranteed to be broken into. 1,800, 465, 877 for your text messages. 1,800, 465, 877. And I'm kidding. Relax. I love Cleellum. Unless there's no one listening right now in Cleellum. Otherwise, everything I just said, I totally believe. When we come back, you pick the news. Story number one. More people are upset with Cracker Barrel this time because they're getting rid of food that is unhealthy and going to make you fatter. Or story number two, a Bigfoot hunter says there's a conspiracy after Cornell University denied conducting DNA tests on remains. I'm sure that's what it is. And they just don't want to waste their time on what's obviously a chicken bone. Which stories should we discuss? You vote. We talk when we come back. 1-800-465-877. Thanks for downloading the Jason Ranch Show podcast. I really do appreciate it. Be sure to check out our brand new website, Seattlered.com. News, opinion, analysis without any of the left-wing spin covering the entirety of the Pacific Northwest. Check it out throughout the day, read stories, share stories, and watch exclusive videos. That's Seattlered.com. Now, back to the Jason Ranch Show.

You picked the topic on the Jason Rans show. Indeed, you do. And it was a blowout. And I don't realize, I don't think people realize the can of worms they just opened up. Because we had two stories. One was chosen by Jackson. The other one was chosen by his trainee, Nick. And Nick's story was chosen. It's not a good look, Jackson. The master versus the apprentice. Yeah, and he's only been the apprentice for like an hour and a half, and he's already beating the guy who's supposed to know what he's doing. Very precocious. If I were you, maybe he should be training you on how to pick stories. Now he's going to get a big head and think he knows what he's doing. Don't worry. Well, we'll... We'll start making fun of you soon, Nick. So this will come to us from Outkick. They're not the only ones who covered New York Post had it as well. A man who calls himself Snake the Bigfoot Hunter. Oh, dear God. His name is Charles Stewart. He said he found Bigfoot remains in October of 2024. He nicknamed the body Dak. Okay. He put it on display. And he claimed that he had a DNA test that showed it was 58.5% Neanderthal and 41.5% human. And apparently, at least according to this story, he had claimed that the DNA was analyzed by Cornell University's veterinary DNA lab. Except Cornell's all like, yeah, that didn't happen. I don't know what you're smoking. Snake the Bigfoot Hunter. We didn't do any of that. A spokesperson told the New York Post that the university never did any testing and that they never produced a report. In fact, they confirmed the documents that had been circulated as university paperwork didn't actually come from the school. Is it possible, like when we get studies done on this show, we contract out with Harvard spelled H-A-V-U-R-D? Is it possible that it was Cornell with like a K or just one L? They say, Stuart is responding by accusing Cornell of lying and covering things up. It's a conspiracy, I tell you. And look, am I going to trust Cornell University and all of the left wingers there? Or am I going to trust the dude who totally seems normal Snake, the Bigfoot Hunter? Are the Jews somehow involved? I mean, probably. Although, God bless Snake the Bigfoot hunter, I'm sure he's not a fan. I'm not going to ask him. He told the post that they're flat out lying and that he will not be silenced. And in this outkick article, he kind of frames this as a panic over control of the body, of the remains of Bigfoot, rather than a dispute over facts. And he said he released the unredacted report because he's a believer in transparency. He's not Dr. Anthony Fauci. He wants the world to know everything. He would never play the fifth. Of course not. And weirdly, he does mention a pangolin in this. I guess he found the remains at a wet market. He says he's producing a documentary featuring a Cornell lab tech whistleblower.

who claims he was the one who ran the test for Cornell. I will say every once in a while when they present these kinds of conspiracy theories, as much as I always reject them, there is this small, tiny part of me, just in the back of my head who says, what if he's telling the truth? Well, what if? I mean, he's not obviously, he's a kook, but what if? Now, there are other people in the Bigfoot community, according to this article, which, God bless, I want nothing to do with that community. That sounds insufferable, and frankly, they smell, right? Right? They smell the Bigfoot community, not wearing deodorant. But they say he's a scammer and a hoaxer. Now, Dax, the remains, it's scheduled to be on display at the great New York State Fair at the end of this month. And the outkick writer, and this is kind of hinting that the display might be why he's presenting the case this way in claiming it's a conspiracy because he wants to generate people to show up. Do you know, and this is a trick question, Jackson, so pay attention. I don't know if you're going to get this. Do you know who will be in New York for CNN at the end of August? You? You did get, okay, never, I am sorry. I questioned whether or not you would get that. Who might go to the great state fair to see Dak? You? I'm just, I don't know. It doesn't really seem like your bag, but it's not. First of all. I would never go to a fair. It's not entirely on brand. And I say this is someone who defends the Puyallup Fair. I'm not going to call it the Washington State Fair. Screw that. It's the Puyallup Fair. And it's always going to be the Puyallop Fair. I'm never going to change my mind. It's not S.E.A. It's CTA. Yeah. I'm not doing S.C.A. Fly. No. S. SEA is commie trash. Yeah. I'm not doing that. It's CETAC Airport. It's CETAC. shame on you oh we're going to do with the call letters of we do that for i don't do that for other airport or some i guess i do huh you're going to get an angry email every time i talk about ctac whether i write about it or i talk about it i get an email from their spokesperson who tries to convince me that i'm wrong and god bless him he's he's a nice guy We have a story about the bathrooms there are awful. And he sent me like a 14-page email explaining why CTAC is amazing. And he offered to take me on a tour. To which I kind of want to snarkily respond by saying, you don't think I've been around C-D. I'm, I fly to New York or D.C. every other week. I'm at the airport all the time. I'm very familiar with the airport. I know exactly what I'm seeing. You don't have to convince me. You know, it feels almost like a North Korea. you know, tour that he wants me to go on. Come over here and look at this. Don't look over there. Just come into this section. I already know what C-Tac airports like. It's, you know, it is mostly clean. I'll say that. That's the one good thing I'll say about C-Tac. It's mostly clean. Just nothing ever works.

escalators don't work. The moving people, the people mover thingy doesn't work. Sometimes the plane's down. Elevators. Knock on wood so far, I haven't had to experience that. You're listening to the Jason Rancho. 1-800-465-8774 for your texts.