1 00:00:00,480 --> 00:00:07,000 Speaker 1: You're listening to KFI AM six forty on demand lou 2 00:00:07,120 --> 00:00:10,400 Speaker 1: Penrose with until seven. Thanks for tuning in. Good to 3 00:00:10,440 --> 00:00:11,640 Speaker 1: have you along with us. 4 00:00:11,680 --> 00:00:15,840 Speaker 2: What a day wrapping up the Olympic Games in Milan, 5 00:00:15,920 --> 00:00:23,040 Speaker 2: the Winter Olympics and a huge victory by the United 6 00:00:23,079 --> 00:00:27,080 Speaker 2: States hockey men's hockey team. Here's how it sounded. Kenny 7 00:00:27,120 --> 00:00:32,839 Speaker 2: Albert for NBC with the call Classic comes Jacks the 8 00:00:33,000 --> 00:00:34,800 Speaker 2: golden goal for the United. 9 00:00:34,680 --> 00:00:42,240 Speaker 3: States the first time six to nineteen day barnca to 10 00:00:42,360 --> 00:00:45,160 Speaker 3: the United States, takes the goal, takes. 11 00:00:44,880 --> 00:00:47,800 Speaker 2: The goal one short little hit right into the gold 12 00:00:48,360 --> 00:00:51,200 Speaker 2: in overtime, so sudden depth overtime, first team to score 13 00:00:51,400 --> 00:00:54,200 Speaker 2: takes the gold medal. It was pretty dramatic. It was 14 00:00:54,400 --> 00:00:57,240 Speaker 2: hot stuff, and it wraps up the Winter Olympics. So 15 00:00:57,280 --> 00:01:03,120 Speaker 2: it's all over and here is the score. Norway won 16 00:01:03,600 --> 00:01:07,959 Speaker 2: the most medals forty one medals in total, eighteen gold, 17 00:01:09,080 --> 00:01:12,000 Speaker 2: followed by the United States. The United States in second 18 00:01:12,040 --> 00:01:16,840 Speaker 2: place in the medals race with thirty three medals total 19 00:01:17,720 --> 00:01:23,039 Speaker 2: twelve of those goal, followed by Netherlands twenty medals total, 20 00:01:23,160 --> 00:01:26,920 Speaker 2: ten of them gold. That's a pretty good yeah. Of 21 00:01:26,959 --> 00:01:30,880 Speaker 2: all the medals that they won in the Netherlands one 22 00:01:30,920 --> 00:01:33,759 Speaker 2: in every two was a gold medal, then followed by 23 00:01:33,760 --> 00:01:39,520 Speaker 2: Italy with the hometown advantage, I guess. Then Germany, France, Sweden, Switzerland, 24 00:01:40,160 --> 00:01:45,759 Speaker 2: Austria and Japan rounds out the top ten in the 25 00:01:46,160 --> 00:01:48,760 Speaker 2: metal take. And Governor Gavin Newsom here in California, he 26 00:01:48,840 --> 00:01:55,440 Speaker 2: celebrated Team USA because of the let's see here of 27 00:01:55,480 --> 00:02:01,840 Speaker 2: the twelve gold medals one nationwide, three of them came 28 00:02:01,960 --> 00:02:07,800 Speaker 2: from California athletes. Five medals total from California, three gold, 29 00:02:07,800 --> 00:02:17,080 Speaker 2: two silver, Tahoe Mammoth, Oakland, Redondo Beach. Uh and uh yeah, unbelievable, 30 00:02:17,480 --> 00:02:19,799 Speaker 2: so really good. So that was a good time, right, 31 00:02:19,840 --> 00:02:26,680 Speaker 2: good Olympics, some storylines, some drama, a lot of curling, 32 00:02:27,160 --> 00:02:29,840 Speaker 2: and now it's wrapped up. But you know, I was 33 00:02:29,880 --> 00:02:33,520 Speaker 2: looking at this list, and there are other things that 34 00:02:33,600 --> 00:02:36,480 Speaker 2: go on in the Winter Olympics that are not televised. 35 00:02:36,720 --> 00:02:39,120 Speaker 2: You see a lot of the figure skating, you see 36 00:02:39,160 --> 00:02:42,399 Speaker 2: the hockey. Of course, we are watching curling now more 37 00:02:42,440 --> 00:02:46,240 Speaker 2: than ever. There are like other things that go on 38 00:02:46,280 --> 00:02:48,640 Speaker 2: but they never televised them. And I look at the 39 00:02:48,880 --> 00:02:51,720 Speaker 2: nations that are in the lead, like way in the lead, 40 00:02:52,440 --> 00:02:58,119 Speaker 2: and it's basically not the Olympics, it's a regional competition 41 00:02:58,480 --> 00:03:05,440 Speaker 2: among Western Europe like Norway, Netherlands, Italy, Germany, France, Sweden 42 00:03:05,760 --> 00:03:10,040 Speaker 2: and Switzerland and Austria like they are in that's that's 43 00:03:10,040 --> 00:03:13,400 Speaker 2: that's eight out of the top ten. Japan's in the 44 00:03:14,320 --> 00:03:17,040 Speaker 2: in the top ten two. But Japan's not a summer 45 00:03:17,120 --> 00:03:21,320 Speaker 2: weather haven in the United States, so the United States 46 00:03:21,440 --> 00:03:23,920 Speaker 2: is is is a player certainly in the top three 47 00:03:24,080 --> 00:03:27,120 Speaker 2: of the total metal count So this, like the Winter Olympics, 48 00:03:27,200 --> 00:03:34,240 Speaker 2: really isn't a worldwide affair. It's just Scandinavia and a 49 00:03:34,240 --> 00:03:37,680 Speaker 2: few other countries. So I don't know if that's gonna 50 00:03:37,720 --> 00:03:40,119 Speaker 2: change anytime soon. I mean, you know, used to hear 51 00:03:40,200 --> 00:03:46,040 Speaker 2: about like these bob sledding teams from Jamaica, but they're 52 00:03:46,040 --> 00:03:51,960 Speaker 2: not They're not anywhere anywhere close in the uh in 53 00:03:51,960 --> 00:03:54,120 Speaker 2: the top running anyway. So it is wrapped up now 54 00:03:54,160 --> 00:03:56,720 Speaker 2: and we head into the Summer Olympic Games. That is 55 00:03:56,720 --> 00:04:00,480 Speaker 2: gonna be a little bit I think more reflect of 56 00:04:00,560 --> 00:04:05,040 Speaker 2: the entire planet of athletes because they have swimming pools everywhere, 57 00:04:05,080 --> 00:04:06,920 Speaker 2: and that makes sense, right, I mean, if you have 58 00:04:07,000 --> 00:04:08,920 Speaker 2: mountains and a lot of snow, you can spend a 59 00:04:08,920 --> 00:04:15,160 Speaker 2: lot of time practicing skiing or playing hockey or figure skating. 60 00:04:16,560 --> 00:04:18,600 Speaker 2: So we'll see if it's a little bit more competitive. 61 00:04:18,920 --> 00:04:21,400 Speaker 2: But it did remind me of something, and I wanted 62 00:04:21,400 --> 00:04:24,640 Speaker 2: to bring this up with you because I don't know 63 00:04:25,200 --> 00:04:28,080 Speaker 2: why this is, and it might just be a European 64 00:04:28,120 --> 00:04:33,080 Speaker 2: thing or a Scandinavian thing. So my wife has a 65 00:04:33,160 --> 00:04:38,039 Speaker 2: high school friend. She was born in Denmark, and she 66 00:04:38,160 --> 00:04:40,000 Speaker 2: comes over to visit every once in a while. It's 67 00:04:40,040 --> 00:04:44,000 Speaker 2: like the high school friends get together and visit and 68 00:04:44,040 --> 00:04:47,440 Speaker 2: they hang out. She was over the house last weekend. 69 00:04:47,680 --> 00:04:49,880 Speaker 2: She spends her time half the time in Arizona and 70 00:04:49,920 --> 00:04:53,240 Speaker 2: half the time in southern California. So when she comes 71 00:04:53,240 --> 00:04:56,640 Speaker 2: to visit, she usually spends the night. When I know 72 00:04:56,680 --> 00:04:58,719 Speaker 2: she's coming to visit, that usually means my wife and 73 00:04:58,760 --> 00:04:59,960 Speaker 2: her are going to do a lot of day dream 74 00:05:00,480 --> 00:05:03,920 Speaker 2: and mimosa and so that's always a lot of fun. 75 00:05:03,920 --> 00:05:07,120 Speaker 2: But I know what to expect every single time she 76 00:05:07,200 --> 00:05:10,200 Speaker 2: spends the night. I go in, and she leaves. The 77 00:05:10,240 --> 00:05:12,560 Speaker 2: next day and I go and she stays in our 78 00:05:12,560 --> 00:05:16,720 Speaker 2: guest room. And it's a thing. I don't know what 79 00:05:16,760 --> 00:05:19,560 Speaker 2: it is here in the United States when we have 80 00:05:19,640 --> 00:05:22,479 Speaker 2: a guest stay over and if you have a bed 81 00:05:22,720 --> 00:05:25,120 Speaker 2: for your guest, or even lucky enough to have a 82 00:05:25,120 --> 00:05:27,919 Speaker 2: guest room as I do, we have these things called 83 00:05:28,680 --> 00:05:33,680 Speaker 2: fitted sheets that fit over the mattress with elastic. Then 84 00:05:33,760 --> 00:05:37,640 Speaker 2: there's a sheet called a top sheet that goes over it. 85 00:05:38,080 --> 00:05:40,680 Speaker 2: And then depending on how cold you are or what 86 00:05:40,720 --> 00:05:44,240 Speaker 2: your style is, you'll either have a blanket or a comforter. 87 00:05:45,040 --> 00:05:48,599 Speaker 2: We have a duvet, which I don't like, but the 88 00:05:48,640 --> 00:05:52,440 Speaker 2: douvey matches the pillowcases. So that's what goes in the 89 00:05:52,480 --> 00:05:55,640 Speaker 2: guest bedroom. And it's just a great big fluffy thing. 90 00:05:56,680 --> 00:06:00,080 Speaker 2: It's like, it's what it is. It's a an an 91 00:06:00,160 --> 00:06:03,880 Speaker 2: empty sheet that you unzip it and you fill it 92 00:06:03,920 --> 00:06:06,560 Speaker 2: with a great big white, fluffy thing that doesn't get laundered. 93 00:06:06,920 --> 00:06:09,039 Speaker 2: But then a duvet cover gets laundered and it looks 94 00:06:09,040 --> 00:06:11,160 Speaker 2: really inviting and nice. And that's what you want to 95 00:06:11,200 --> 00:06:12,000 Speaker 2: do for the guest room. 96 00:06:12,040 --> 00:06:12,200 Speaker 4: Right. 97 00:06:13,360 --> 00:06:19,240 Speaker 2: There's something about Europeans. It has to be Europeans. They 98 00:06:19,320 --> 00:06:23,000 Speaker 2: do not get under the top sheet. And for the 99 00:06:23,040 --> 00:06:25,919 Speaker 2: life of me, I cannot figure it out. Everybody knows, 100 00:06:26,120 --> 00:06:27,480 Speaker 2: like when it's time to go to bed, you say 101 00:06:27,480 --> 00:06:29,760 Speaker 2: good night, you go in the bedroom, shut the door, 102 00:06:29,760 --> 00:06:32,120 Speaker 2: get into whatever you're gonna be sleeping, and then you 103 00:06:32,640 --> 00:06:36,000 Speaker 2: pull the top sheet back and your body goes in 104 00:06:36,080 --> 00:06:41,080 Speaker 2: between the fitted sheet and the top sheet and you 105 00:06:41,120 --> 00:06:44,920 Speaker 2: go to sleep. And that's so the next day when 106 00:06:44,920 --> 00:06:47,520 Speaker 2: I have to do the laundry, I strip the bed 107 00:06:48,040 --> 00:06:49,799 Speaker 2: to get it ready for my next door and I guess, 108 00:06:50,360 --> 00:06:52,880 Speaker 2: and I only have to wash the fitted sheet and 109 00:06:52,920 --> 00:06:56,800 Speaker 2: the top sheet and the two pillowcases, because undoing the 110 00:06:56,960 --> 00:07:00,680 Speaker 2: entire duvet is a pain in the ass and it's 111 00:07:00,800 --> 00:07:03,840 Speaker 2: very hard on my laundry machine because it's heavy and 112 00:07:03,880 --> 00:07:08,280 Speaker 2: it's really not design to be laundered constantly. And for 113 00:07:08,320 --> 00:07:13,000 Speaker 2: whatever reason, Europeans do not understand this, and they sleep 114 00:07:13,080 --> 00:07:16,240 Speaker 2: on top of the top sheet and let their body 115 00:07:16,320 --> 00:07:20,040 Speaker 2: touch the duvet cover, and I gotta, I gotta do 116 00:07:20,360 --> 00:07:24,360 Speaker 2: the whole laundry takes a week because the duvet cover 117 00:07:24,480 --> 00:07:26,360 Speaker 2: really doesn't dry in the dryer, so you gotta kind 118 00:07:26,360 --> 00:07:28,440 Speaker 2: of dry it then hanging out. So I don't know, 119 00:07:28,640 --> 00:07:30,400 Speaker 2: it might be a European thing. I don't know. I 120 00:07:30,400 --> 00:07:34,400 Speaker 2: thought about it when I saw Norway, Netherlands, Denmark, Germany, 121 00:07:34,600 --> 00:07:37,520 Speaker 2: Sweden all getting gold medals, all in the top ten 122 00:07:37,560 --> 00:07:39,000 Speaker 2: of the race. I'm like, Oh yeah, that's right, the 123 00:07:39,000 --> 00:07:42,320 Speaker 2: whole Northern European I don't get under the top sheet 124 00:07:42,360 --> 00:07:43,640 Speaker 2: thing for everyone. 125 00:07:44,840 --> 00:07:48,280 Speaker 1: You're listening to KFI AM six forty on demand. 126 00:07:50,000 --> 00:07:52,120 Speaker 2: Good to have you along with us on a Sunday Boo. 127 00:07:52,200 --> 00:07:54,280 Speaker 2: I just wanted to say I was having a mediocre 128 00:07:54,400 --> 00:07:57,640 Speaker 2: day until I found out we got three hours of 129 00:07:57,640 --> 00:08:00,960 Speaker 2: b Loop Penrose today. Baby. Yeah, I love your show. 130 00:08:01,200 --> 00:08:03,240 Speaker 2: Check you later, check you later. I'll tell you what, 131 00:08:03,800 --> 00:08:10,040 Speaker 2: dear Lou. Europeans typically skip the top sheet in favor 132 00:08:10,120 --> 00:08:14,440 Speaker 2: of a duvet with the removable washable cover because it 133 00:08:14,560 --> 00:08:21,000 Speaker 2: simplifies bed making, it reduces laundry and avoids restrictions caused 134 00:08:21,000 --> 00:08:23,600 Speaker 2: by the top restrictions. What kind of restrictions are being 135 00:08:23,600 --> 00:08:28,679 Speaker 2: caused by the top sheet that the duvet doesn't cause? 136 00:08:28,760 --> 00:08:31,520 Speaker 2: And it does not simplify laundry. What are you talking about? 137 00:08:31,600 --> 00:08:37,840 Speaker 2: It complicates laundry. It makes it a real pain, Mario. 138 00:08:38,000 --> 00:08:40,880 Speaker 2: Don't you sleep in between the top sheet and the 139 00:08:40,880 --> 00:08:44,120 Speaker 2: fitted sheet like a normal person? I actually do. Yes, 140 00:08:45,000 --> 00:08:49,839 Speaker 2: everybody does. And I don't think it's a European thing 141 00:08:49,920 --> 00:08:52,400 Speaker 2: because my dad was born in Italy and he didn't 142 00:08:52,440 --> 00:08:55,800 Speaker 2: sleep like a weirdo like who doesn't pull down the 143 00:08:55,840 --> 00:08:58,720 Speaker 2: top sheet and just lets their body touch the blanket. 144 00:08:58,960 --> 00:09:02,320 Speaker 2: Blankets are hard to under. Some of the blankets I 145 00:09:02,360 --> 00:09:05,320 Speaker 2: have to actually take to the dry cleaner because they'll 146 00:09:06,360 --> 00:09:09,800 Speaker 2: I've thrown my washing machine out of balance, you know, 147 00:09:09,880 --> 00:09:13,200 Speaker 2: because of the spin cycle and everything. So I think 148 00:09:13,200 --> 00:09:16,520 Speaker 2: it's something wrong with some of these Europeans. I don't 149 00:09:16,520 --> 00:09:19,559 Speaker 2: think it's just a different way of going about it. 150 00:09:19,360 --> 00:09:23,920 Speaker 2: It isn't minialist, as this writer says. This is a 151 00:09:23,960 --> 00:09:27,800 Speaker 2: minimalist functional approach prioritizes comfort, allowing the duvet to drape 152 00:09:27,880 --> 00:09:32,360 Speaker 2: directly over the sleeper. No, no, that's not the way 153 00:09:32,400 --> 00:09:37,400 Speaker 2: you do it, and it just becomes a real pain 154 00:09:37,640 --> 00:09:40,280 Speaker 2: for those of us that have to tidy up afterwards. 155 00:09:40,679 --> 00:09:42,480 Speaker 2: I don't think they're doing it on purpose. I don't 156 00:09:42,520 --> 00:09:45,280 Speaker 2: think they're trying to be rude, but it is nevertheless 157 00:09:45,360 --> 00:09:52,360 Speaker 2: rude to make more work. And we live in southern California. 158 00:09:52,720 --> 00:09:55,240 Speaker 2: You don't I mean, you really don't need a blanket. 159 00:09:55,920 --> 00:09:58,400 Speaker 2: You put a blanket out just to make the bed 160 00:09:58,480 --> 00:10:01,480 Speaker 2: look inviting, But the reality is you could just have 161 00:10:01,600 --> 00:10:03,880 Speaker 2: the top sheet and that's all you need. I mean, 162 00:10:03,920 --> 00:10:06,800 Speaker 2: how cold could it be, unless, of course, you're stuck 163 00:10:06,800 --> 00:10:09,360 Speaker 2: in big beer or in mammoth, that's what. It's been 164 00:10:09,600 --> 00:10:17,080 Speaker 2: really cold, but I appreciate the call. Yeah, I would 165 00:10:17,120 --> 00:10:20,280 Speaker 2: be remiss if I'm not being distracted by these monitors 166 00:10:20,320 --> 00:10:22,640 Speaker 2: on and what's going on in Port of Arta. This 167 00:10:22,800 --> 00:10:25,320 Speaker 2: is crazy, you heard Eileen Gonzalez. You'll have an update 168 00:10:25,360 --> 00:10:27,920 Speaker 2: coming up in just a few minutes. But travelers at 169 00:10:28,000 --> 00:10:32,360 Speaker 2: Lax are looking at long lines because flights are being 170 00:10:32,360 --> 00:10:37,559 Speaker 2: canceled in Port of Arta. Are the scenes of burning cars. 171 00:10:37,640 --> 00:10:43,559 Speaker 2: They took over the Guadalajara airport and people are inside 172 00:10:43,720 --> 00:10:46,360 Speaker 2: not sure exactly what to do. I guess flights were 173 00:10:46,400 --> 00:10:50,160 Speaker 2: canceled out back to Lax from Port of Varda. Port 174 00:10:50,200 --> 00:10:53,240 Speaker 2: of Arta one of Mexico's top tourist destinations, and this 175 00:10:53,360 --> 00:10:55,400 Speaker 2: is the time of year. I mean, we're entering into 176 00:10:56,080 --> 00:11:00,960 Speaker 2: spring break, but a lot of people had President's Day 177 00:11:01,200 --> 00:11:05,160 Speaker 2: or week off. Six point three million visitors a year 178 00:11:05,200 --> 00:11:07,800 Speaker 2: to Port of Arta and now it's a war zone, 179 00:11:09,240 --> 00:11:15,040 Speaker 2: roadblocks everywhere. Air Canada has suspended operation to Port of 180 00:11:15,160 --> 00:11:17,200 Speaker 2: Arta and a lot of Canadians go down there this 181 00:11:17,280 --> 00:11:20,679 Speaker 2: time of year because it's cold in Canada, so they 182 00:11:20,720 --> 00:11:23,560 Speaker 2: either go to Port of Arta Cancoon or Palm Springs. 183 00:11:23,920 --> 00:11:27,679 Speaker 2: They got to get out of that cold. And now 184 00:11:27,720 --> 00:11:30,680 Speaker 2: Air Canada has suspended, so one's no one from Canada 185 00:11:30,760 --> 00:11:32,600 Speaker 2: is coming to pick up the Canadians, so they're stuck 186 00:11:32,640 --> 00:11:35,280 Speaker 2: down there as well, and we'll see what happens. This 187 00:11:35,360 --> 00:11:40,480 Speaker 2: is apparently retaliation. It's very hard to follow the narratives 188 00:11:40,520 --> 00:11:44,160 Speaker 2: of the cartels. First off, I don't know how you 189 00:11:44,200 --> 00:11:48,480 Speaker 2: can differentiate which cartel is in charge, but I'll tell 190 00:11:48,520 --> 00:11:52,160 Speaker 2: you what. Some of these cartel members look better equipped 191 00:11:52,559 --> 00:11:56,720 Speaker 2: than the good guys. If these videos that we are seeing, 192 00:11:56,760 --> 00:11:59,120 Speaker 2: and they're pretty anecdotal, but if there are any indication 193 00:11:59,679 --> 00:12:03,360 Speaker 2: of how much equipment that these cartel people have, they 194 00:12:03,400 --> 00:12:06,319 Speaker 2: are they get all kinds of tanks and big guns. 195 00:12:06,640 --> 00:12:09,319 Speaker 2: Like they don't look like drug dealers, they look like 196 00:12:09,360 --> 00:12:15,120 Speaker 2: an army. And the leader of the cartel was reportedly 197 00:12:16,600 --> 00:12:19,920 Speaker 2: either taken into custody or killed by the good guys 198 00:12:20,160 --> 00:12:25,280 Speaker 2: the Mexican government, and now the cartel in charge there, 199 00:12:25,480 --> 00:12:31,120 Speaker 2: I guess, are retaliating by creating chaos in the form 200 00:12:31,160 --> 00:12:34,960 Speaker 2: of disrupting tourism. A couple of gas stations went up. 201 00:12:35,000 --> 00:12:38,360 Speaker 2: I saw a Costco was not on fire, but some 202 00:12:38,400 --> 00:12:40,960 Speaker 2: of the cars in the parking lot of the Costco 203 00:12:41,880 --> 00:12:46,400 Speaker 2: were set on fire. And here is here's a woman. 204 00:12:46,920 --> 00:12:51,040 Speaker 2: She is actually Mexican in Portavarto. She filmed herself and 205 00:12:51,080 --> 00:12:51,560 Speaker 2: posted it. 206 00:12:51,679 --> 00:12:54,000 Speaker 5: He has been on fire since early this morning, with 207 00:12:54,120 --> 00:12:59,720 Speaker 5: fires starting at the main avenues, infiltrating major residential areas 208 00:13:00,559 --> 00:13:02,760 Speaker 5: La comer marcro Plaza. 209 00:13:03,280 --> 00:13:04,960 Speaker 2: There's nobody. It's like a dead zone. 210 00:13:05,080 --> 00:13:05,880 Speaker 5: I can't believe. 211 00:13:05,880 --> 00:13:09,320 Speaker 4: There's no authorities anywhere, like, not even fire trucks trying 212 00:13:09,320 --> 00:13:12,160 Speaker 4: to stop some of these fires. The buildings are literally 213 00:13:12,280 --> 00:13:13,640 Speaker 4: being left just to burn. 214 00:13:13,920 --> 00:13:15,960 Speaker 2: Yeah, you could see from a lot of these people 215 00:13:15,960 --> 00:13:18,319 Speaker 2: are up on the roof of whatever building they're in 216 00:13:18,480 --> 00:13:23,280 Speaker 2: at the resort. So people are on vacation, but they're 217 00:13:23,320 --> 00:13:26,760 Speaker 2: not outside. There's no workers outside, there's no happy hour. 218 00:13:26,840 --> 00:13:28,920 Speaker 2: Everybody's inside. And some of them went to the roof 219 00:13:29,120 --> 00:13:31,920 Speaker 2: to go look around the city. And what a beautiful city. 220 00:13:32,080 --> 00:13:35,280 Speaker 2: I'd forgotten just how beautiful Putivarta is from the rooftop, 221 00:13:35,480 --> 00:13:39,679 Speaker 2: except there are plumes of smoke all over where cars 222 00:13:39,720 --> 00:13:45,200 Speaker 2: are on fire, they're shootouts and it's just chaos everywhere. 223 00:13:45,240 --> 00:13:49,359 Speaker 2: And as she mentioned, no firefighters and really no authorities 224 00:13:49,400 --> 00:13:49,880 Speaker 2: on the seat. 225 00:13:49,920 --> 00:13:53,360 Speaker 4: It reminds us of who actually runs our country, and 226 00:13:53,400 --> 00:13:57,200 Speaker 4: that's not the government. There's reports coming from downtown port 227 00:13:57,200 --> 00:14:01,120 Speaker 4: O Wayarta that there's men running around machine guns into businesses. 228 00:14:01,920 --> 00:14:02,880 Speaker 4: It's complete havoc. 229 00:14:03,720 --> 00:14:08,240 Speaker 6: There were what's up messages filtered through community groups that 230 00:14:08,840 --> 00:14:11,880 Speaker 6: people had broken into the prison and killed some guards 231 00:14:12,320 --> 00:14:17,280 Speaker 6: and that mid afternoon they were supposed to start attacking civilians. 232 00:14:16,720 --> 00:14:20,520 Speaker 2: Which, yeahs a lot of a lot of hearsay. The 233 00:14:20,600 --> 00:14:23,680 Speaker 2: prison story, though has been reported more than once. That 234 00:14:23,680 --> 00:14:26,600 Speaker 2: would make sense. The bad guys that are in prison, 235 00:14:26,640 --> 00:14:29,160 Speaker 2: if they're taking over, the bad guys are taking over, 236 00:14:29,160 --> 00:14:31,000 Speaker 2: they're gonna go to the prisons and let their friends out. 237 00:14:32,080 --> 00:14:35,920 Speaker 2: So this is a real problem. And as I mentioned, 238 00:14:36,000 --> 00:14:40,640 Speaker 2: not a small tourist industry in Portavarta six point one 239 00:14:40,720 --> 00:14:44,440 Speaker 2: million visitors a year. So we will we'll keep our 240 00:14:44,520 --> 00:14:47,960 Speaker 2: eye on it. And there are people posting all kinds 241 00:14:48,000 --> 00:14:52,240 Speaker 2: of video on social media sites x and WhatsApp and 242 00:14:52,280 --> 00:14:55,480 Speaker 2: a number of others. A lot of people basically just 243 00:14:55,520 --> 00:14:59,280 Speaker 2: reporting in saying that hey, I'm safe, but it is 244 00:14:59,400 --> 00:15:03,640 Speaker 2: what they're saying. There's chaos down here. So we'll see 245 00:15:03,640 --> 00:15:05,720 Speaker 2: how long it takes for Mexican authorities to get things 246 00:15:05,760 --> 00:15:11,400 Speaker 2: under control. I don't fully understand the strategy to disrupt tourism. 247 00:15:12,520 --> 00:15:15,520 Speaker 2: I mean I get it that for a short period 248 00:15:15,520 --> 00:15:17,720 Speaker 2: of time that could be and that could have an 249 00:15:17,720 --> 00:15:21,320 Speaker 2: impact to the bottom line of the government. But I 250 00:15:21,400 --> 00:15:24,880 Speaker 2: have reservations. In May, I'm not going to Port of Arta, 251 00:15:24,960 --> 00:15:26,960 Speaker 2: but I'm still going. I think this will all be 252 00:15:27,640 --> 00:15:33,400 Speaker 2: solved by May, and if not, I'm going again in August. Luckily, though, 253 00:15:33,400 --> 00:15:36,800 Speaker 2: we're not going to Puntameda until July, so I don't 254 00:15:36,840 --> 00:15:37,960 Speaker 2: know how I'm going to get in and out of 255 00:15:37,960 --> 00:15:40,520 Speaker 2: that airport if things are the way they are. But 256 00:15:41,760 --> 00:15:44,560 Speaker 2: we hold up hope, right, all right, lou Penrose, we 257 00:15:44,560 --> 00:15:46,920 Speaker 2: had a lot to get to. Today's very very busy day. 258 00:15:47,000 --> 00:15:51,640 Speaker 2: Speaking of traveling, TSA effectively said they weren't doing pre 259 00:15:51,800 --> 00:15:54,560 Speaker 2: check and then later this morning said they were going 260 00:15:54,640 --> 00:15:56,880 Speaker 2: to do it. It's all part of the government shutdown 261 00:15:56,960 --> 00:15:59,160 Speaker 2: and the impact to the budget for the Department of 262 00:15:59,200 --> 00:16:01,680 Speaker 2: Homeland Security. I'll give you the update as we know 263 00:16:01,760 --> 00:16:04,800 Speaker 2: it now if you're flying anywhere, but what are you 264 00:16:04,840 --> 00:16:05,400 Speaker 2: gonna want to know? 265 00:16:06,080 --> 00:16:09,520 Speaker 1: You're listening to KFI AM six forty on demand. 266 00:16:11,520 --> 00:16:14,120 Speaker 2: Good to have you along with us on Sunday. So 267 00:16:14,680 --> 00:16:18,800 Speaker 2: TSA pre Check and Global Entry is that working or 268 00:16:18,840 --> 00:16:23,200 Speaker 2: is it not working? The report earlier this morning said 269 00:16:23,280 --> 00:16:28,520 Speaker 2: that TSA was suspending pre Check and Global Entry amid 270 00:16:28,600 --> 00:16:32,080 Speaker 2: the ongoing partial government shutdown, and then later in the 271 00:16:32,160 --> 00:16:36,920 Speaker 2: day TSA said no, we were just kidding. 272 00:16:37,040 --> 00:16:39,880 Speaker 7: Well, after just a few hours of being closed, TSA 273 00:16:40,000 --> 00:16:43,040 Speaker 7: pre Check and Global Entry lanes are back open. 274 00:16:43,120 --> 00:16:44,600 Speaker 2: This comes as thousands. 275 00:16:44,200 --> 00:16:47,000 Speaker 7: Of flights have already been canceled due to severe weather. 276 00:16:47,360 --> 00:16:51,920 Speaker 2: So this is a real problem. I don't like TSA. 277 00:16:52,400 --> 00:16:54,720 Speaker 2: Let me just go out there and say, I remember 278 00:16:54,920 --> 00:17:00,680 Speaker 2: when TSA was created and it was impossible to critique 279 00:17:01,040 --> 00:17:03,720 Speaker 2: the Bush administration post nine to eleven. You had to 280 00:17:03,720 --> 00:17:07,320 Speaker 2: go along with everything, and we didn't know what we 281 00:17:07,400 --> 00:17:12,560 Speaker 2: know now. So I understand the abundance of caution and 282 00:17:12,680 --> 00:17:15,639 Speaker 2: all of this right. People never heard of at al Qaida. 283 00:17:16,600 --> 00:17:19,120 Speaker 2: Nobody could spell it. We didn't know what their problem was. 284 00:17:19,440 --> 00:17:23,040 Speaker 2: Who knew they were even sore at us? And so 285 00:17:23,440 --> 00:17:26,760 Speaker 2: I had to do. I just assumed that people knew 286 00:17:26,800 --> 00:17:29,680 Speaker 2: we were in real trouble and we had to create 287 00:17:29,720 --> 00:17:34,560 Speaker 2: an entire agency and take off our shoes. Well that 288 00:17:34,720 --> 00:17:37,719 Speaker 2: was in two thousand and one. Like September eleventh, two 289 00:17:37,720 --> 00:17:39,880 Speaker 2: thousand and one, was a long time ago, and there 290 00:17:39,920 --> 00:17:42,239 Speaker 2: is no more al Qaeda and the few people that 291 00:17:42,280 --> 00:17:46,080 Speaker 2: were in al Qaida then are gone now or they've retired, 292 00:17:46,880 --> 00:17:52,840 Speaker 2: like it's over. And we did maybe we temporarily needed 293 00:17:52,840 --> 00:17:57,560 Speaker 2: the Transportation a Security administration, We certainly don't now. And 294 00:17:57,680 --> 00:17:59,800 Speaker 2: on top of it, even if we needed a government 295 00:17:59,800 --> 00:18:05,359 Speaker 2: aid agency, why do I have to pay more to 296 00:18:05,480 --> 00:18:10,320 Speaker 2: get a higher level of clearance? Like shouldn't everybody get 297 00:18:10,359 --> 00:18:13,800 Speaker 2: TSA pre check? Like can't? Why don't they just do 298 00:18:13,880 --> 00:18:18,280 Speaker 2: that for everybody? Like you need a photo ID now 299 00:18:18,320 --> 00:18:21,040 Speaker 2: you need a real ID, or you need a passport, 300 00:18:21,160 --> 00:18:24,480 Speaker 2: you need travel documents. Can't the agencies in charge of 301 00:18:24,560 --> 00:18:28,480 Speaker 2: issuing the documents that are acceptable to TSA just make 302 00:18:28,520 --> 00:18:31,520 Speaker 2: sure that everybody is who they are, And we wouldn't 303 00:18:31,560 --> 00:18:33,560 Speaker 2: have to say, all right, well, you know, for an 304 00:18:33,600 --> 00:18:36,760 Speaker 2: extra one hundred bucks a year or whatever, Like I 305 00:18:36,840 --> 00:18:39,119 Speaker 2: don't like that. I don't think that's right and fair 306 00:18:40,680 --> 00:18:45,120 Speaker 2: that there should be some VIP level that apparently can 307 00:18:45,160 --> 00:18:50,720 Speaker 2: be taken away when there is a funding shortage, And 308 00:18:51,600 --> 00:18:56,800 Speaker 2: it's high time we begin the discussion of sunsetting the 309 00:18:56,960 --> 00:19:02,560 Speaker 2: entire agency. You know, we used to travel before we 310 00:19:02,680 --> 00:19:05,679 Speaker 2: had all this. I have no problem with basic security checks. 311 00:19:05,880 --> 00:19:08,639 Speaker 2: You know, the technology is there. We don't need an 312 00:19:08,680 --> 00:19:12,320 Speaker 2: agency to guide you through the metal detector or whatever 313 00:19:12,960 --> 00:19:17,640 Speaker 2: megatron you're walking through these days. Why or why we're 314 00:19:17,680 --> 00:19:20,679 Speaker 2: taking off our shoes is beyond me. The shoe bomber 315 00:19:20,760 --> 00:19:23,080 Speaker 2: is gone. No one's trying to blow up the plane 316 00:19:23,080 --> 00:19:27,760 Speaker 2: with the shoes anymore. We could do a much easier 317 00:19:27,880 --> 00:19:31,680 Speaker 2: We could offer a much easier experience to the traveling 318 00:19:31,720 --> 00:19:34,760 Speaker 2: public if we just did a better job at the 319 00:19:34,760 --> 00:19:39,320 Speaker 2: Department of State. Right think about it. If the nine 320 00:19:39,359 --> 00:19:42,000 Speaker 2: to eleven hijackers were never able to be in the 321 00:19:42,040 --> 00:19:46,760 Speaker 2: country at all, then we would never have to have 322 00:19:46,800 --> 00:19:53,080 Speaker 2: a TSA now. So I would rather have, like we 323 00:19:53,240 --> 00:19:57,439 Speaker 2: Americans have, make sure that our documents are perfect and 324 00:19:57,480 --> 00:20:01,560 Speaker 2: every and and they are just really really really solid, 325 00:20:02,040 --> 00:20:07,119 Speaker 2: you know, like the way the Swiss do it, and 326 00:20:07,160 --> 00:20:09,560 Speaker 2: then we just have a much better experience at the 327 00:20:09,600 --> 00:20:12,800 Speaker 2: airport where we're not all looking at each other wondering 328 00:20:12,920 --> 00:20:15,040 Speaker 2: is that guy a terrorists? Is that guy a terrorists? Like, 329 00:20:15,119 --> 00:20:18,320 Speaker 2: let's just keep the terrorists out of the airport by 330 00:20:18,359 --> 00:20:21,520 Speaker 2: making sure there aren't falsified documents and people here on 331 00:20:21,640 --> 00:20:25,840 Speaker 2: expired visas, and you know, people in the country from 332 00:20:25,880 --> 00:20:29,679 Speaker 2: countries of concern like all these other It just seems 333 00:20:29,680 --> 00:20:31,679 Speaker 2: to be a much easier way to go about doing this. 334 00:20:31,720 --> 00:20:33,440 Speaker 2: I get it, I get it. It was after nine 335 00:20:33,440 --> 00:20:37,320 Speaker 2: to eleven. Everybody was scared. Okay, but are we okay now? 336 00:20:37,400 --> 00:20:40,640 Speaker 2: I'm fine now with doing away with TSA. Plus it's 337 00:20:40,680 --> 00:20:44,520 Speaker 2: one hundred and fifteen dollars on an international flight each way, 338 00:20:46,000 --> 00:20:51,360 Speaker 2: like we are paying a lot in our ticket prices 339 00:20:52,240 --> 00:20:57,600 Speaker 2: for TSA. Nothing against these federal workers. I mean, they 340 00:20:57,680 --> 00:20:59,800 Speaker 2: signed up for a job. They're doing the job, and 341 00:21:00,160 --> 00:21:02,040 Speaker 2: I'm not saying they're doing a bad job. I'm just 342 00:21:02,040 --> 00:21:04,640 Speaker 2: saying it's not necessary. We don't have to have it anymore. 343 00:21:04,800 --> 00:21:09,840 Speaker 2: Technology is providing much more security than the TSA worker. 344 00:21:11,200 --> 00:21:15,560 Speaker 2: And I don't know if you know this, but weapons 345 00:21:15,600 --> 00:21:21,760 Speaker 2: get through all day every day, so there are a 346 00:21:21,800 --> 00:21:23,360 Speaker 2: few cracks in the system. 347 00:21:23,480 --> 00:21:26,280 Speaker 7: And adding to the mess, this morning, Homeland Security had 348 00:21:26,280 --> 00:21:30,520 Speaker 7: temporarily suspended both TSA pre checking global entry at all 349 00:21:30,560 --> 00:21:34,240 Speaker 7: at airports across the country. The reason, they said, due 350 00:21:34,240 --> 00:21:35,840 Speaker 7: to the partial government shutdown. 351 00:21:35,960 --> 00:21:38,879 Speaker 2: Well this is a good opportunity, then, all right, let's 352 00:21:38,920 --> 00:21:41,919 Speaker 2: make sure that the people that are currently working get paid. 353 00:21:42,119 --> 00:21:45,240 Speaker 2: I have no problem with that, and the people that 354 00:21:45,359 --> 00:21:49,400 Speaker 2: are on contracts continue to get the you know, their 355 00:21:49,520 --> 00:21:53,760 Speaker 2: contract met. But going forward, we've had TSA for what 356 00:21:53,880 --> 00:21:57,960 Speaker 2: twenty five years, so it won't take us twenty five 357 00:21:58,040 --> 00:22:02,679 Speaker 2: months to begin to phase it out, and let's just 358 00:22:02,720 --> 00:22:08,600 Speaker 2: slowly wind it down. It's just unnecessary, it's expensive, it 359 00:22:09,000 --> 00:22:14,480 Speaker 2: doesn't add any sense of security, like any any like 360 00:22:14,600 --> 00:22:18,159 Speaker 2: personal sense of security, Like I don't feel like a 361 00:22:18,280 --> 00:22:22,200 Speaker 2: terrorist is not going to get through, like half the time, 362 00:22:22,320 --> 00:22:25,400 Speaker 2: it's just somebody that forgot to drink their water or 363 00:22:25,520 --> 00:22:30,040 Speaker 2: some mom that is nursing and as like right, I mean, 364 00:22:30,080 --> 00:22:34,360 Speaker 2: all you ever see is hassled Americans and older people 365 00:22:34,960 --> 00:22:37,679 Speaker 2: who are having a hard time getting through on a wheelchair. 366 00:22:38,640 --> 00:22:41,800 Speaker 2: That's all I ever see. And again I'm not picking 367 00:22:41,840 --> 00:22:47,879 Speaker 2: on the TSA people, but this was I think a 368 00:22:48,040 --> 00:22:52,320 Speaker 2: hasty decision to see what we could do to make 369 00:22:52,359 --> 00:22:56,280 Speaker 2: sure Osama bin Laden didn't do this again. And I 370 00:22:56,320 --> 00:22:59,560 Speaker 2: think history has proven that they had a really lucky 371 00:22:59,640 --> 00:23:05,120 Speaker 2: day on September eleventh. Nothing has been close to being 372 00:23:05,119 --> 00:23:09,399 Speaker 2: achieved since then, and I don't think we have to 373 00:23:09,480 --> 00:23:11,960 Speaker 2: worry like we did think I think we can pretty 374 00:23:12,000 --> 00:23:15,119 Speaker 2: much begin the process of living like a first world 375 00:23:15,160 --> 00:23:20,680 Speaker 2: country again. So there you go. Let's use the opportunity 376 00:23:20,760 --> 00:23:23,280 Speaker 2: of the whole oh, pre checks on, pre checks off, 377 00:23:23,320 --> 00:23:25,919 Speaker 2: global entries on global entries off. Let's begin the process 378 00:23:25,960 --> 00:23:28,879 Speaker 2: of wanting this all down and getting back to a 379 00:23:29,000 --> 00:23:31,560 Speaker 2: normal society where we can just get on an airplane 380 00:23:31,960 --> 00:23:35,160 Speaker 2: and land in the city that the ticket says. 381 00:23:36,240 --> 00:23:39,600 Speaker 1: You're listening to KFI AM six forty on demand. 382 00:23:44,000 --> 00:23:45,600 Speaker 2: Good to have you along with us on a Sunday. 383 00:23:45,720 --> 00:23:48,000 Speaker 2: You know what your problem is, lou You have too 384 00:23:48,040 --> 00:23:50,320 Speaker 2: much common sense. I know it. I know that is 385 00:23:50,359 --> 00:23:53,600 Speaker 2: the problem. But it's not my fault. It was the 386 00:23:53,600 --> 00:23:56,680 Speaker 2: way I was raised. Hey, major recall Trader Joe's three 387 00:23:56,760 --> 00:24:02,560 Speaker 2: point four million pounds of frozen chicken from rice sold 388 00:24:02,560 --> 00:24:06,000 Speaker 2: at Trader Joe's here in the United States and Canada. 389 00:24:06,080 --> 00:24:08,679 Speaker 2: I didn't know the Canadians did. The whole Comita China 390 00:24:10,640 --> 00:24:14,280 Speaker 2: all being recalled because this is a problem glass in 391 00:24:14,440 --> 00:24:15,200 Speaker 2: the fried rice. 392 00:24:15,680 --> 00:24:19,760 Speaker 8: Major recall is affecting frozen meals sold at Trader Joe's. 393 00:24:19,800 --> 00:24:23,359 Speaker 8: Nearly three point four million pounds of chicken fried rice 394 00:24:23,560 --> 00:24:26,960 Speaker 8: are being pulled after customers reported finding pieces of glass 395 00:24:27,000 --> 00:24:30,440 Speaker 8: inside the food. The recall announced by the USDA Food 396 00:24:30,480 --> 00:24:34,160 Speaker 8: Safety and Inspection Service involves Trader Joe's chicken fried rice, 397 00:24:34,200 --> 00:24:36,960 Speaker 8: and the affected Trader Joe's products carry best buy dates 398 00:24:37,119 --> 00:24:40,359 Speaker 8: from September through November of twenty twenty six. 399 00:24:40,520 --> 00:24:42,600 Speaker 2: Yeah, that's all right, So this is a recent stuff. 400 00:24:43,960 --> 00:24:46,000 Speaker 2: I did not know this, but it's one of Trader 401 00:24:46,080 --> 00:24:51,000 Speaker 2: Joe's more popular items, is their chicken fried rice. Have 402 00:24:51,080 --> 00:24:53,800 Speaker 2: you had that, Mario? I've not had chicken fried rice 403 00:24:54,520 --> 00:24:58,640 Speaker 2: from Trader Joe's, nor have I. Like I honestly did 404 00:24:58,640 --> 00:25:00,760 Speaker 2: not know that they sold I wouldn't. I was not 405 00:25:00,800 --> 00:25:03,440 Speaker 2: surprised that, oh, they have chicken fried rice in it, 406 00:25:03,480 --> 00:25:05,400 Speaker 2: but like I didn't. It wasn't like something that I'd 407 00:25:05,400 --> 00:25:07,679 Speaker 2: ever seen before. I mean, it sounds delicious, but I've 408 00:25:07,720 --> 00:25:10,840 Speaker 2: never had it. You know, it doesn't sound delicious because 409 00:25:10,840 --> 00:25:14,720 Speaker 2: it's Trader Joe's. Like chicken fried rice sounds delicious, But 410 00:25:15,320 --> 00:25:17,960 Speaker 2: if they sell it at Trader Joe's, then I think 411 00:25:18,000 --> 00:25:20,600 Speaker 2: that they're gonna do something fu food to it that's 412 00:25:20,600 --> 00:25:22,359 Speaker 2: gonna ruin it, you know what I mean. Like Trader 413 00:25:22,440 --> 00:25:25,359 Speaker 2: Joe's has a habit of taking like a standard item 414 00:25:25,440 --> 00:25:26,680 Speaker 2: and they have a lot of good stuff. I like 415 00:25:26,760 --> 00:25:29,120 Speaker 2: a lot of their stuff, but like something like chicken 416 00:25:29,160 --> 00:25:31,679 Speaker 2: fried rice where you think you know how it's gonna taste, 417 00:25:32,320 --> 00:25:35,800 Speaker 2: and then you have it from Trader Joe's and they 418 00:25:35,840 --> 00:25:39,359 Speaker 2: put in like some kind of bell pepper or something, 419 00:25:39,840 --> 00:25:43,520 Speaker 2: or some vegetable that just doesn't belong and it throws 420 00:25:43,520 --> 00:25:48,960 Speaker 2: off the entire experience. What's interesting about this story is 421 00:25:49,560 --> 00:25:55,320 Speaker 2: in almost every Trader Joe's, Like everywhere there is a 422 00:25:55,359 --> 00:25:58,840 Speaker 2: Trader Joe's, there is a Chinese restaurant in the exact 423 00:25:58,880 --> 00:26:04,879 Speaker 2: same strip mall. Like right, you're walking by a Chinese restaurant, 424 00:26:04,920 --> 00:26:08,000 Speaker 2: a Chinese takeout place in Los Angeles on your way 425 00:26:08,000 --> 00:26:10,080 Speaker 2: to Trader Joe's. Pretty much everywhere that there is a 426 00:26:10,119 --> 00:26:12,760 Speaker 2: Trader Joe's, because Trader Joe's is the anchor store for 427 00:26:12,840 --> 00:26:16,560 Speaker 2: like strip malls or not some strip malls, but like 428 00:26:16,600 --> 00:26:20,359 Speaker 2: those corner little places inside the parking lot, and what 429 00:26:20,440 --> 00:26:23,040 Speaker 2: do you have what's adjacent to a Trader Joe's. Everywhere 430 00:26:23,040 --> 00:26:26,320 Speaker 2: that there is a Trader Joe's, there is a Super Cuts, 431 00:26:27,359 --> 00:26:31,040 Speaker 2: there is a dry cleaner. There's a place that sells 432 00:26:31,119 --> 00:26:34,439 Speaker 2: tile and flooring that no one ever seems to go 433 00:26:34,520 --> 00:26:40,120 Speaker 2: in or out and there is a Chinese restaurant? Am 434 00:26:40,119 --> 00:26:43,320 Speaker 2: I wrong? Did I? Did I not just describe for you? 435 00:26:43,320 --> 00:26:46,639 Speaker 2: If you close your eyes Mario and said, let me 436 00:26:46,680 --> 00:26:48,800 Speaker 2: see where my Trader Joe's is. What are the stores 437 00:26:48,800 --> 00:26:53,000 Speaker 2: next to him? Did I just nail it? Yeah, Bump Park, 438 00:26:53,240 --> 00:26:56,480 Speaker 2: You're right, right right, I mean, there's certainly a Chinese 439 00:26:56,520 --> 00:27:00,399 Speaker 2: restaurant within walking distance of a Trader Joe's where that 440 00:27:00,440 --> 00:27:04,760 Speaker 2: there is three point four million pounds of frozen chicken 441 00:27:04,800 --> 00:27:05,360 Speaker 2: fried rice. 442 00:27:05,680 --> 00:27:07,960 Speaker 8: No injuries have been reported, which is why I'm still 443 00:27:07,960 --> 00:27:10,960 Speaker 8: here with you today. But customers are urged to throw 444 00:27:11,000 --> 00:27:14,080 Speaker 8: the items away or return them to the store. 445 00:27:14,280 --> 00:27:17,560 Speaker 2: Yeah. Well, uh, if you throw them away, you're not 446 00:27:17,560 --> 00:27:21,040 Speaker 2: going to get any money back. So that's a boo. Hey. 447 00:27:21,080 --> 00:27:25,119 Speaker 2: Speaking of Trader Joe's, did you see that like Trader 448 00:27:25,200 --> 00:27:29,719 Speaker 2: Joe's was nominated the best store in America? Of all chains? 449 00:27:29,720 --> 00:27:33,560 Speaker 2: Stores like Kroger is a national chain and they own 450 00:27:34,560 --> 00:27:37,800 Speaker 2: what they have Ralphs, and then Vonn's and Albertson's. 451 00:27:38,560 --> 00:27:38,679 Speaker 6: Uh. 452 00:27:40,040 --> 00:27:42,800 Speaker 2: Then you have other chains down in the Southeast like Publics, 453 00:27:42,880 --> 00:27:44,800 Speaker 2: and then there's a chain, big chain out of Sexes. 454 00:27:45,119 --> 00:27:47,840 Speaker 2: Of all these major chains. Trader Joe's took the prize. 455 00:27:47,840 --> 00:27:50,359 Speaker 2: You know what your problem is? Let me see if 456 00:27:50,359 --> 00:27:52,480 Speaker 2: I can uh here. 457 00:27:52,520 --> 00:27:55,080 Speaker 7: It is the new king of the produce isle and 458 00:27:55,119 --> 00:27:57,720 Speaker 7: the frozen food section and the snack aisle is drum 459 00:27:57,840 --> 00:27:59,560 Speaker 7: roll please to Rader Joe's. 460 00:27:59,640 --> 00:28:03,399 Speaker 2: Yeah. And they say it's because Trader Joe's is so friendly, 461 00:28:04,480 --> 00:28:06,600 Speaker 2: and they are friendly. I mean, there's no way out 462 00:28:06,680 --> 00:28:10,600 Speaker 2: of those conversations. You You, if you're in a rush, 463 00:28:10,640 --> 00:28:13,720 Speaker 2: you're in trouble. Two places that if you're in a rush, 464 00:28:14,320 --> 00:28:17,200 Speaker 2: you are not going to make where you need to go, 465 00:28:17,560 --> 00:28:19,280 Speaker 2: and that is if you need to run into Trader 466 00:28:19,359 --> 00:28:21,719 Speaker 2: Joe's and pick something up, they're gonna talk to you. 467 00:28:22,200 --> 00:28:25,840 Speaker 2: They they are trained to engage you in conversation. Like 468 00:28:25,920 --> 00:28:28,639 Speaker 2: some people can read the room and you can you know, 469 00:28:28,680 --> 00:28:31,159 Speaker 2: they can tell, okay, this this customer is in a hurry. 470 00:28:31,440 --> 00:28:33,919 Speaker 2: Let me just you know, check her and get our 471 00:28:34,280 --> 00:28:38,400 Speaker 2: everything all checked, you know, all calculated swiper card, get 472 00:28:38,400 --> 00:28:40,000 Speaker 2: her the bag and get her out of there. No, 473 00:28:40,280 --> 00:28:44,000 Speaker 2: at Trader Joe's, they will slow down your day. They'll 474 00:28:44,000 --> 00:28:48,040 Speaker 2: put the parking brake on your experience because they believe 475 00:28:48,120 --> 00:28:51,760 Speaker 2: that having that one on one conversation with the checker 476 00:28:52,400 --> 00:28:58,080 Speaker 2: is part of your Trader Joe's experience, and it's I've 477 00:28:58,120 --> 00:29:00,920 Speaker 2: tried to forward it now because I'm in a hurry, 478 00:29:00,960 --> 00:29:04,240 Speaker 2: but I wanted to save the person the conversation, like 479 00:29:04,520 --> 00:29:07,200 Speaker 2: I'm good, I'm happy, I got what I wanted here 480 00:29:07,200 --> 00:29:09,760 Speaker 2: at Trader Joe's. I'm not. I don't need to be 481 00:29:09,920 --> 00:29:13,000 Speaker 2: loved up. But you know so I always try and 482 00:29:13,080 --> 00:29:17,240 Speaker 2: like like somehow signal to them that I'm good, Like, 483 00:29:17,360 --> 00:29:19,440 Speaker 2: we don't have to have this conversation. I know you 484 00:29:19,720 --> 00:29:21,280 Speaker 2: have an eight hour shift. I got to get back 485 00:29:21,320 --> 00:29:24,040 Speaker 2: to my house. My wife's waiting for these things, so 486 00:29:24,040 --> 00:29:24,800 Speaker 2: we could just go through. 487 00:29:24,840 --> 00:29:24,880 Speaker 3: No. 488 00:29:25,040 --> 00:29:26,720 Speaker 2: They they want to know how your day is going. 489 00:29:26,720 --> 00:29:28,120 Speaker 2: They want to know what you're doing, they want to 490 00:29:28,120 --> 00:29:31,760 Speaker 2: know what you're cooking. It's a whole thing. It's a 491 00:29:31,880 --> 00:29:35,760 Speaker 2: Trader Joe's. The other place that has subscribed to this 492 00:29:36,320 --> 00:29:40,760 Speaker 2: is Wells Fargo. At Wells Fargo, I don't know. They 493 00:29:41,120 --> 00:29:46,400 Speaker 2: must have been some kind of client experience consultant that 494 00:29:46,640 --> 00:29:48,720 Speaker 2: got to the CEO of Wells Fargo. And I'm a 495 00:29:48,720 --> 00:29:51,200 Speaker 2: Wells Fargo customer, so I'm not trash talking them. They 496 00:29:51,800 --> 00:29:54,800 Speaker 2: have my money and they had my mortgage for a while. 497 00:29:56,000 --> 00:29:58,440 Speaker 2: But you go in there and they just want to 498 00:29:58,480 --> 00:30:01,160 Speaker 2: talk and chat and chat and talk. And I feel 499 00:30:01,200 --> 00:30:03,680 Speaker 2: so bad because there's people behind me online and it 500 00:30:03,800 --> 00:30:07,160 Speaker 2: might be like their lunch shower, or some small business 501 00:30:07,160 --> 00:30:09,440 Speaker 2: guy is going to make a deposit, or some little 502 00:30:09,440 --> 00:30:12,400 Speaker 2: old lady wants to cash or check, and I'm like, 503 00:30:12,520 --> 00:30:15,000 Speaker 2: I'm trying to rush because there's people behind me, and 504 00:30:15,040 --> 00:30:18,600 Speaker 2: I'm conscious of their time, and the teller just wants 505 00:30:18,640 --> 00:30:20,320 Speaker 2: to talk and talk and talk and talk and talk. 506 00:30:20,360 --> 00:30:23,800 Speaker 2: And it's so clear that somebody said, all right, the 507 00:30:23,840 --> 00:30:26,320 Speaker 2: way we're going to differentiate ourselves from all these other 508 00:30:26,400 --> 00:30:30,240 Speaker 2: banks is to have the friendliest experience. And even though 509 00:30:30,760 --> 00:30:34,280 Speaker 2: people will be unhappy online, and I think they aren't 510 00:30:34,480 --> 00:30:36,840 Speaker 2: unhappy online at Trader Joe's too, But I think the 511 00:30:36,880 --> 00:30:41,680 Speaker 2: strategy is by the time you get face time with 512 00:30:41,800 --> 00:30:44,560 Speaker 2: the cashier, that's going to be so pleasant that you'll 513 00:30:44,560 --> 00:30:48,000 Speaker 2: forget that five minutes ago you were cussing under your 514 00:30:48,000 --> 00:30:50,600 Speaker 2: breath saying what is going on? At least people stop 515 00:30:50,680 --> 00:30:53,479 Speaker 2: talking and move this line. I got to get out 516 00:30:53,480 --> 00:30:57,280 Speaker 2: of here. I think that's the strategy. But that's what 517 00:30:57,320 --> 00:31:02,120 Speaker 2: they said Trader Joe's is it's cost conscious, which I 518 00:31:02,120 --> 00:31:03,920 Speaker 2: don't know if that's the case, and very friendly. 519 00:31:04,000 --> 00:31:08,520 Speaker 4: Weatly food prices have had Americans thinking twice about that 520 00:31:08,600 --> 00:31:11,120 Speaker 4: pint of name brand ice cream and double checking their 521 00:31:11,160 --> 00:31:13,760 Speaker 4: bank accounts when they head to the grocery store. 522 00:31:13,880 --> 00:31:16,120 Speaker 2: That's right, So now they're going into Trader Joe's to 523 00:31:16,160 --> 00:31:21,320 Speaker 2: get discounts and a friendly smile, except not with the 524 00:31:21,360 --> 00:31:24,160 Speaker 2: chicken fried rice. All right, when we come back. I 525 00:31:26,240 --> 00:31:29,720 Speaker 2: want to do this just for a segment, because the 526 00:31:29,760 --> 00:31:32,640 Speaker 2: governor's talking about it. It was the top story yesterday. 527 00:31:33,080 --> 00:31:36,400 Speaker 2: I think that most Americans don't spend a lot of 528 00:31:36,440 --> 00:31:42,480 Speaker 2: time thinking about import tariffs as much as as much 529 00:31:42,520 --> 00:31:46,600 Speaker 2: as attention it's getting. But I think most people are 530 00:31:46,640 --> 00:31:50,800 Speaker 2: talking about this all wrong. We are in trouble in 531 00:31:50,800 --> 00:31:54,120 Speaker 2: this country with some of the things that are sold here. 532 00:31:55,480 --> 00:32:00,920 Speaker 2: I was out shopping the other week for a stovetop. 533 00:32:01,640 --> 00:32:04,160 Speaker 2: My wife is making a small change in my kitchen 534 00:32:04,680 --> 00:32:08,160 Speaker 2: and that has given us the opportunity to get a 535 00:32:08,160 --> 00:32:11,000 Speaker 2: new stovetop. The stovetop we have is good, it's just 536 00:32:11,040 --> 00:32:13,800 Speaker 2: too small, and I don't know. I have three sons. 537 00:32:13,800 --> 00:32:15,960 Speaker 2: We're just doing a lot of cooking. I need more burners. 538 00:32:16,000 --> 00:32:17,960 Speaker 2: There's just not enough burners. I don't know. It was 539 00:32:18,000 --> 00:32:21,440 Speaker 2: designed wrong. And I'm like, all right, well, if we're 540 00:32:21,440 --> 00:32:23,720 Speaker 2: going to do this cabinet thing that you want to do, 541 00:32:24,160 --> 00:32:26,000 Speaker 2: then I want them to cut a bigger hole and 542 00:32:26,040 --> 00:32:28,360 Speaker 2: I want to get a bigger sloftop. All right. It's 543 00:32:28,400 --> 00:32:30,240 Speaker 2: kind of a treat. We lived in the house for 544 00:32:30,920 --> 00:32:34,680 Speaker 2: thirteen years and it's the original stovetop that was there 545 00:32:34,720 --> 00:32:36,479 Speaker 2: when the house was built in two thousand, so it's 546 00:32:36,520 --> 00:32:40,400 Speaker 2: a twenty six year old kitchen aid stovetop. Time to, 547 00:32:40,800 --> 00:32:44,000 Speaker 2: you know, spend a little coin, make lou Penrose happy. 548 00:32:44,400 --> 00:32:46,560 Speaker 2: I don't have many joys in life, so this will 549 00:32:46,600 --> 00:32:48,480 Speaker 2: be one of them. And I'm Italian, so I want 550 00:32:48,520 --> 00:32:52,040 Speaker 2: a nice one. So we went to the store and 551 00:32:52,080 --> 00:32:54,880 Speaker 2: this is like a really fancy showroom where they have 552 00:32:55,040 --> 00:32:58,880 Speaker 2: all the appliances like in right, they like little makeshift kitchens, 553 00:32:58,920 --> 00:33:01,200 Speaker 2: little make believe kitchens all over the store and you 554 00:33:01,240 --> 00:33:03,000 Speaker 2: walk around and be like, oh, that's how it's gonna look, 555 00:33:03,040 --> 00:33:08,600 Speaker 2: you know, and man or man has the quality of 556 00:33:08,680 --> 00:33:14,160 Speaker 2: appliances just dropped like a stone. Everything like this is 557 00:33:14,200 --> 00:33:19,120 Speaker 2: like my first real big boy purchase, and you know 558 00:33:19,160 --> 00:33:21,920 Speaker 2: where I'm gonna, actually are I want a nice thing? Right? 559 00:33:22,040 --> 00:33:25,520 Speaker 2: I work hard, I make money, I'm not broke. Let's 560 00:33:25,520 --> 00:33:30,760 Speaker 2: buy a nice One's buy a quality one. And you 561 00:33:30,800 --> 00:33:33,840 Speaker 2: go to where you think high end stuff is and 562 00:33:34,040 --> 00:33:38,880 Speaker 2: kitchen aids not. You know, it's not bargain basement level. 563 00:33:39,480 --> 00:33:44,520 Speaker 2: It is all so tinny and thin, and the knobs 564 00:33:44,560 --> 00:33:49,440 Speaker 2: are all wiggily and plasticly. I am so underwhelmed. And 565 00:33:49,480 --> 00:33:55,360 Speaker 2: it's because all of this crap is made overseas. It's 566 00:33:55,360 --> 00:33:59,560 Speaker 2: either made in China, made in Vietnam. Is I mean 567 00:33:59,600 --> 00:34:03,880 Speaker 2: it's it's not American made. And everything that I had 568 00:34:03,920 --> 00:34:05,920 Speaker 2: in my house when I was growing up was made 569 00:34:05,920 --> 00:34:09,360 Speaker 2: in America, and it was like high quality. You wrapped 570 00:34:09,360 --> 00:34:13,080 Speaker 2: your knuckle against the side of it and you felt steel. Right, 571 00:34:13,120 --> 00:34:17,200 Speaker 2: you turn that knob and it felt like engineering. Now 572 00:34:17,400 --> 00:34:19,719 Speaker 2: you go and turn the gas knob on on a 573 00:34:19,840 --> 00:34:23,120 Speaker 2: very expensive snow top that's not made in America, and 574 00:34:23,160 --> 00:34:25,239 Speaker 2: you feel like you're playing with a toy. You feel 575 00:34:25,239 --> 00:34:27,120 Speaker 2: like you could snap the knob off with your hand, 576 00:34:28,040 --> 00:34:33,640 Speaker 2: which you probably could. So this is why I was 577 00:34:33,680 --> 00:34:38,680 Speaker 2: in favor of tariffs, to attract manufacturing back to the 578 00:34:38,760 --> 00:34:42,480 Speaker 2: United States, not to get into a big you know, 579 00:34:43,120 --> 00:34:46,120 Speaker 2: spitting match between Governor Gaven Newsom and Donald Trump, but 580 00:34:46,280 --> 00:34:49,879 Speaker 2: just to encourage American made stuff again, so we'll talk 581 00:34:49,920 --> 00:34:51,839 Speaker 2: about it. I'll give you some examples. That's all coming 582 00:34:51,920 --> 00:34:55,560 Speaker 2: up next Lou Penrose on KFI AM six forty Live 583 00:34:55,600 --> 00:35:00,400 Speaker 2: everywhere on the iHeartRadio app KFI AM six Demand