1 00:00:00,560 --> 00:00:02,600 Speaker 1: Can if I am six forty you're listening to the 2 00:00:02,680 --> 00:00:05,440 Speaker 1: John and Ken Show on demand on the iHeartRadio app. 3 00:00:06,559 --> 00:00:09,360 Speaker 1: We've got a lot going on on the show today, obviously, 4 00:00:10,440 --> 00:00:18,120 Speaker 1: and starting off with the war between Israel and the 5 00:00:18,200 --> 00:00:21,360 Speaker 1: Hamas Terras. I don't know if you saw the photo 6 00:00:22,480 --> 00:00:27,920 Speaker 1: it's running a number of news sites the huge number 7 00:00:28,160 --> 00:00:32,479 Speaker 1: of tanks piled up at the Israeli guys a border 8 00:00:33,040 --> 00:00:36,519 Speaker 1: just ready to go. I mean, an absolute wall of 9 00:00:36,640 --> 00:00:41,000 Speaker 1: tanks as far as the I can see from this shot, 10 00:00:40,440 --> 00:00:44,559 Speaker 1: this shot, this photo that they're running in the papers 11 00:00:44,840 --> 00:00:48,879 Speaker 1: and the news sites, there's hundreds of thousands of Israeli 12 00:00:48,920 --> 00:00:53,640 Speaker 1: troops that are ready to go. In a second story 13 00:00:53,720 --> 00:00:57,920 Speaker 1: yesterday that ABC broke is one of the ministers in 14 00:00:57,960 --> 00:01:00,800 Speaker 1: the Israeli cabinet, said that the military has got the 15 00:01:00,800 --> 00:01:04,000 Speaker 1: green light to go. So whenever the military commanders feel 16 00:01:04,040 --> 00:01:07,920 Speaker 1: like this is the moment that they're because they just 17 00:01:07,959 --> 00:01:11,360 Speaker 1: have to get themselves in order, there's no question they're 18 00:01:11,360 --> 00:01:12,959 Speaker 1: going to do it. This is going to be this 19 00:01:13,000 --> 00:01:18,160 Speaker 1: is going to be overwhelming. And I've heard people say, well, 20 00:01:18,240 --> 00:01:19,840 Speaker 1: you know, they haven't done it for two weeks. Maybe 21 00:01:19,840 --> 00:01:23,720 Speaker 1: they're changing their minds. No, absolutely, not. They have twice 22 00:01:23,720 --> 00:01:26,280 Speaker 1: as many troops have massed. I heard three hundred and 23 00:01:26,280 --> 00:01:31,880 Speaker 1: eighty thousand, twice as many that Russia had before the 24 00:01:31,920 --> 00:01:34,000 Speaker 1: invasion of Ukraine. 25 00:01:34,240 --> 00:01:39,440 Speaker 2: This is an incredible force. Walls and walls of tanks. Obviously, 26 00:01:39,720 --> 00:01:43,479 Speaker 2: they've been bombing the hell out of Gaza for two 27 00:01:43,480 --> 00:01:45,479 Speaker 2: weeks now, and you know what they want to take 28 00:01:45,520 --> 00:01:48,800 Speaker 2: down is they want to take down high rises because 29 00:01:49,600 --> 00:01:52,640 Speaker 2: snipers hide in the high rise buildings, so they've been 30 00:01:52,680 --> 00:01:57,120 Speaker 2: destroying those office towers or apartment towers in Gaza. The 31 00:01:57,120 --> 00:01:59,520 Speaker 2: Wall Street Journal did a pretty elaborate story on that 32 00:01:59,560 --> 00:02:01,800 Speaker 2: tunnel system, which was kind of fascinating to read. I 33 00:02:01,800 --> 00:02:04,840 Speaker 2: don't know if you had a chance to see it. Yeah. 34 00:02:05,000 --> 00:02:10,799 Speaker 2: It titled the chaotic urban landscape that Israel faces in 35 00:02:10,880 --> 00:02:14,679 Speaker 2: Gaza and just exactly what has been put together for 36 00:02:14,880 --> 00:02:18,800 Speaker 2: so long. If they do invade, the play snipers, tunnels, 37 00:02:19,320 --> 00:02:24,079 Speaker 2: rubble will make for an unpredictable and claustrophobic battlefield. They 38 00:02:24,280 --> 00:02:28,160 Speaker 2: cited an Israeli shoulder from twenty fourteen, twenty year old 39 00:02:28,800 --> 00:02:31,440 Speaker 2: that's the last time they fought Hamas on the Gaza 40 00:02:31,440 --> 00:02:34,679 Speaker 2: strip streets and he says it was like chasing ghosts. 41 00:02:35,360 --> 00:02:38,200 Speaker 2: He and his company hunkered down in a home where 42 00:02:38,240 --> 00:02:41,120 Speaker 2: they dodged sniper shots, watch for militants jumping out of 43 00:02:41,160 --> 00:02:44,000 Speaker 2: hidden tunnels, running under foot, tried to save the life 44 00:02:44,040 --> 00:02:46,600 Speaker 2: of a comrade after a deadly Hamas missile attack. It 45 00:02:46,639 --> 00:02:49,320 Speaker 2: was spooky and weird, and it looked like and felt 46 00:02:49,320 --> 00:02:53,760 Speaker 2: like one big trap. But if there's one country that 47 00:02:53,840 --> 00:02:56,959 Speaker 2: can prepare for something like this, I believe it's Israel. 48 00:02:57,000 --> 00:02:59,320 Speaker 2: Maybe nine years ago they weren't quite but that probably 49 00:02:59,320 --> 00:03:01,480 Speaker 2: they've learned and and planned a lot since then. If 50 00:03:01,480 --> 00:03:03,799 Speaker 2: they ever have to do this again, I'm sure they're 51 00:03:03,800 --> 00:03:06,400 Speaker 2: better prepared to uh to invade this place. 52 00:03:06,480 --> 00:03:09,400 Speaker 1: They've had four mini battles over the last fifteen years 53 00:03:09,480 --> 00:03:13,960 Speaker 1: or so because Hamas would would do stupid things. So 54 00:03:14,400 --> 00:03:18,280 Speaker 1: what I heard I heard. Remember General David Petraeus, he 55 00:03:18,400 --> 00:03:22,280 Speaker 1: was in charge of the Iraq War for a time, 56 00:03:22,720 --> 00:03:25,560 Speaker 1: and I heard him describing what they're going to be facing. 57 00:03:26,200 --> 00:03:28,400 Speaker 1: And they're going to be facing well, First of this 58 00:03:28,480 --> 00:03:31,120 Speaker 1: is one of the most densely populated. 59 00:03:30,960 --> 00:03:34,160 Speaker 2: Areas in the world. It's a it's a very narrow 60 00:03:34,160 --> 00:03:36,480 Speaker 2: strip of land and they have over two million people 61 00:03:36,480 --> 00:03:39,200 Speaker 2: who normally live there. And when you have to do 62 00:03:39,640 --> 00:03:44,440 Speaker 2: like door to door combat, and you have these high rises. 63 00:03:45,120 --> 00:03:45,560 Speaker 2: He said. 64 00:03:45,600 --> 00:03:50,240 Speaker 1: Hamas doesn't wear uniforms, so every civilian could be a 65 00:03:50,280 --> 00:03:56,480 Speaker 1: Hamas soldier. They don't identify themselves. You know, the streets 66 00:03:56,480 --> 00:03:57,279 Speaker 1: are narrow. 67 00:03:57,040 --> 00:03:59,840 Speaker 2: There'll be the guy with the gun though that that 68 00:04:00,000 --> 00:04:02,760 Speaker 2: it's usually a good sign I got a weapon, that 69 00:04:02,840 --> 00:04:04,840 Speaker 2: that's a pretty good chance it's a Hamas fighter. In fact, 70 00:04:04,880 --> 00:04:08,000 Speaker 2: I heard one Israeli soldier describing he was involved in 71 00:04:08,000 --> 00:04:09,880 Speaker 2: a battle just in the last couple of weeks after 72 00:04:09,920 --> 00:04:12,920 Speaker 2: Hamas came over to the Israeli side and he said, 73 00:04:13,600 --> 00:04:15,840 Speaker 2: you run up, you see a guy and he was 74 00:04:15,960 --> 00:04:19,680 Speaker 2: dressed and an Israeli soldier's uniform. But it turned out 75 00:04:19,720 --> 00:04:24,599 Speaker 2: he was a Hamas soldier in disguise. So there's there's 76 00:04:24,800 --> 00:04:26,680 Speaker 2: but you got the home field advantage. There's a lot 77 00:04:26,720 --> 00:04:28,800 Speaker 2: of things you can come up with because they're going 78 00:04:28,839 --> 00:04:32,240 Speaker 2: to be much more familiar with these gaza places than 79 00:04:32,279 --> 00:04:35,599 Speaker 2: any Israeli soldier is. They'll know where to hide and 80 00:04:35,640 --> 00:04:39,000 Speaker 2: they'll know where exactly to strike. Says here that they 81 00:04:39,000 --> 00:04:41,839 Speaker 2: can use drones and as I mentioned, there's snipers on 82 00:04:41,880 --> 00:04:45,200 Speaker 2: top of the buildings and yeah, you're right, the fact 83 00:04:45,200 --> 00:04:47,719 Speaker 2: that there'll probably still be civilians there will make it 84 00:04:47,760 --> 00:04:50,400 Speaker 2: difficult to find the enemy. They'll use and of course 85 00:04:50,440 --> 00:04:53,360 Speaker 2: the tunnel system. They'll use their own people as human shields. 86 00:04:53,520 --> 00:05:00,240 Speaker 2: They'll use the hostages as human shields. Every homes could 87 00:05:00,240 --> 00:05:03,760 Speaker 2: be booby trapped. They'll be hiding, you know, in these 88 00:05:03,839 --> 00:05:10,040 Speaker 2: narrow alleyways. It General Petraeus said, this is probably the 89 00:05:10,040 --> 00:05:14,400 Speaker 2: most difficult environment possible for an army to invade, Like 90 00:05:14,480 --> 00:05:17,719 Speaker 2: he could not think of a more daunting task than 91 00:05:17,839 --> 00:05:24,400 Speaker 2: trying to invade Gaza. Oh, with this many people, this 92 00:05:24,520 --> 00:05:29,200 Speaker 2: many buildings, and not dealing with a traditional military that 93 00:05:29,240 --> 00:05:31,480 Speaker 2: you're up against. I got to believe this is one 94 00:05:31,520 --> 00:05:34,800 Speaker 2: of the reasons it didn't happen immediately, because my thought was, well, 95 00:05:34,800 --> 00:05:37,000 Speaker 2: they grabbed hostages, you got to get in there before 96 00:05:37,000 --> 00:05:39,200 Speaker 2: they kill all the hostages. You got to do this 97 00:05:39,320 --> 00:05:42,040 Speaker 2: quick and quick strike. But they didn't, And I think 98 00:05:42,040 --> 00:05:44,039 Speaker 2: it's because they've got to come up with a sophisticated 99 00:05:44,040 --> 00:05:46,680 Speaker 2: plan if they're going to actually invade and root out 100 00:05:46,920 --> 00:05:50,160 Speaker 2: Hamas from every bit of this Gaza strip, it's gonna be. 101 00:05:50,160 --> 00:05:53,719 Speaker 1: Very difficult to rescue the hostages or were probably spread 102 00:05:53,720 --> 00:05:55,320 Speaker 1: out in two hundred different places. 103 00:05:55,480 --> 00:05:59,040 Speaker 2: Yeah, the tunnel system sometimes calls the Gaza Metro because 104 00:05:59,080 --> 00:06:02,120 Speaker 2: it's like going down into a subway twenty five miles long, 105 00:06:02,120 --> 00:06:05,520 Speaker 2: eight miles wide. It could extend for perhaps five hundred miles. 106 00:06:05,520 --> 00:06:07,640 Speaker 2: They think some tunnels more than two hundred fet underground, 107 00:06:08,040 --> 00:06:10,560 Speaker 2: so even if you bomb them, that's too far down. 108 00:06:11,000 --> 00:06:12,960 Speaker 2: And as we mentioned the other day, light storage room 109 00:06:13,000 --> 00:06:16,760 Speaker 2: supplies weapons. They have had a long time to build 110 00:06:16,800 --> 00:06:19,200 Speaker 2: the sophisticated network of tunnels, and they can live down 111 00:06:19,200 --> 00:06:22,719 Speaker 2: there for weeks and weeks. It's like your bunker at home. Yeah, 112 00:06:22,720 --> 00:06:26,039 Speaker 2: they've got they've got food supplies, they've got all the 113 00:06:26,040 --> 00:06:30,320 Speaker 2: weaponry that they need. The other big story, of course, 114 00:06:30,360 --> 00:06:36,560 Speaker 2: today was two hostages. Americans were, well, they've been released, 115 00:06:37,320 --> 00:06:41,039 Speaker 2: a mother and daughter from Evanston, Illinois. As it turned out, 116 00:06:41,320 --> 00:06:45,040 Speaker 2: Judith and Natalie Ranan were visiting Israel to celebrate a 117 00:06:45,080 --> 00:06:47,480 Speaker 2: relative's birthday. But that's tough timing. Well, you know what 118 00:06:47,680 --> 00:06:49,440 Speaker 2: with the Jewish holiday they were taking hostage. 119 00:06:49,480 --> 00:06:55,960 Speaker 1: Well, just yesterday there's this former NBC reporter named Martin Fletcher, 120 00:06:56,440 --> 00:06:59,800 Speaker 1: and he went on MSNBC to say that these two 121 00:06:59,839 --> 00:07:04,240 Speaker 1: women are his wife's relatives and they'd gotten to Israel 122 00:07:04,240 --> 00:07:07,400 Speaker 1: for that celebration, so he was breaking down in tears 123 00:07:07,480 --> 00:07:11,080 Speaker 1: on camera related the rease, I don't know, I just 124 00:07:11,120 --> 00:07:13,440 Speaker 1: added two hundred people because when I when I saw 125 00:07:13,440 --> 00:07:16,240 Speaker 1: the story this morning, it's like, oh, those are the 126 00:07:16,240 --> 00:07:19,880 Speaker 1: people the reporter was talking about. I remember the names right, 127 00:07:19,920 --> 00:07:22,000 Speaker 1: and so I don't know if that had any effect 128 00:07:22,080 --> 00:07:26,520 Speaker 1: or not. But they it was a mother daughter and 129 00:07:26,520 --> 00:07:29,760 Speaker 1: they're free. Yeah, there was one story I got confusing 130 00:07:29,760 --> 00:07:31,360 Speaker 1: because they said like it was a rescue, but I 131 00:07:31,360 --> 00:07:32,440 Speaker 1: think they were released. 132 00:07:32,800 --> 00:07:40,720 Speaker 2: No, the the Qatari government had was helping with mediation 133 00:07:40,880 --> 00:07:45,160 Speaker 2: for this. No, and why why these two were picked 134 00:07:45,160 --> 00:07:48,880 Speaker 2: out of the two hundred plus nobody nobody's explaining. Yeah, 135 00:07:48,920 --> 00:07:51,800 Speaker 2: nobody's explained it yet. I need it probably helped that 136 00:07:51,800 --> 00:07:54,560 Speaker 2: they were Americans, because they're not saying, well, you know 137 00:07:54,640 --> 00:07:57,920 Speaker 2: where our beef is with Israel. Obviously America's big ally, 138 00:07:57,920 --> 00:08:00,800 Speaker 2: but you could make the argument that they because it's 139 00:08:00,800 --> 00:08:05,200 Speaker 2: not directly related to their goals. So possibly, all right, 140 00:08:05,240 --> 00:08:07,640 Speaker 2: when we return, you have a chance to win some money. 141 00:08:07,640 --> 00:08:09,720 Speaker 2: We still got those keywords to throw at you, and 142 00:08:09,760 --> 00:08:12,760 Speaker 2: then you follow the directions and you could win. When 143 00:08:12,760 --> 00:08:14,760 Speaker 2: we come back, we're going to talk about the mini president, 144 00:08:14,880 --> 00:08:18,280 Speaker 2: the mini President. We have a mini president, we do it. 145 00:08:18,320 --> 00:08:20,120 Speaker 2: I think it's a great new nickname for him, the 146 00:08:20,160 --> 00:08:24,520 Speaker 2: mini President. Find out who the mini me is. Doesn't 147 00:08:24,520 --> 00:08:27,880 Speaker 2: that fit though? Perfect? What a clown? 148 00:08:28,680 --> 00:08:32,040 Speaker 3: You're listening to John and Ken on demand from KFI 149 00:08:32,280 --> 00:08:33,199 Speaker 3: AM six forty. 150 00:08:34,800 --> 00:08:38,800 Speaker 2: So we wondered when dippity doo Gavin Newsom stopped off 151 00:08:38,800 --> 00:08:41,080 Speaker 2: in Israel on his way to China. This is just 152 00:08:41,120 --> 00:08:44,040 Speaker 2: announced like yesterday, who would be there to greet him? 153 00:08:44,440 --> 00:08:46,280 Speaker 2: I was like spinning the wheel. Is it going to 154 00:08:46,280 --> 00:08:50,040 Speaker 2: be the prime minister, top level of government? Well, he 155 00:08:50,120 --> 00:08:52,480 Speaker 2: got the president. But in Israel the president is kind 156 00:08:52,480 --> 00:08:55,200 Speaker 2: of a figurehead. The fact that says here the position 157 00:08:55,280 --> 00:08:58,679 Speaker 2: is largely a ceremonial role. The power of course in 158 00:08:58,720 --> 00:09:01,760 Speaker 2: the countries stedd in the cabinet led by the prime minister, 159 00:09:01,800 --> 00:09:04,280 Speaker 2: and of course their parliament is called the Kanesse. So 160 00:09:04,559 --> 00:09:07,680 Speaker 2: his name is Isaac Herzag. It took office in twenty 161 00:09:07,720 --> 00:09:10,280 Speaker 2: twenty one, so they sensed the figurehead to greet Newsom. 162 00:09:10,440 --> 00:09:13,120 Speaker 2: They did, And it says here in fact the president, 163 00:09:13,559 --> 00:09:16,520 Speaker 2: the president actually deals with envoys from foreign countries and 164 00:09:16,520 --> 00:09:19,160 Speaker 2: accepts the credentials of foreign diplomats while serving in Israel. 165 00:09:19,559 --> 00:09:21,880 Speaker 2: So that's kind of his job, like if the ambassador 166 00:09:21,960 --> 00:09:25,040 Speaker 2: and stuff like that. So he's like a concierge. He's 167 00:09:25,080 --> 00:09:27,800 Speaker 2: a greeter. Yeah, it's kind of it's almost like the 168 00:09:27,840 --> 00:09:32,400 Speaker 2: royal family and he's the official greeter for Israel. Well, 169 00:09:32,440 --> 00:09:35,400 Speaker 2: they gave it, and you can tell people came out, 170 00:09:36,080 --> 00:09:37,679 Speaker 2: you know how out of the way. People don't know 171 00:09:37,720 --> 00:09:41,120 Speaker 2: that name. Everybody knows Netanyahu, the Prime minister. That's the Yeah, 172 00:09:41,120 --> 00:09:42,400 Speaker 2: because he has no power. 173 00:09:43,240 --> 00:09:45,640 Speaker 1: Do you know how out of the way Newsom flew 174 00:09:45,760 --> 00:09:48,440 Speaker 1: because he was supposed to go directly from the US 175 00:09:48,600 --> 00:09:50,280 Speaker 1: to China. 176 00:09:49,920 --> 00:09:52,600 Speaker 2: At the Hong Kong and then China right right right, 177 00:09:52,640 --> 00:09:54,720 Speaker 2: but you would fly west exactly. 178 00:09:55,120 --> 00:09:58,120 Speaker 1: So he's he flew in the wrong direction just to 179 00:09:58,160 --> 00:10:00,640 Speaker 1: insert himself in this war our story. 180 00:10:00,920 --> 00:10:02,600 Speaker 2: And as one of our listeners said, who paid for 181 00:10:02,640 --> 00:10:07,320 Speaker 2: this trip? Oh? Did you see who? Who's paying for it? 182 00:10:07,360 --> 00:10:09,960 Speaker 2: Is it part of his It's it's one of those 183 00:10:10,000 --> 00:10:11,600 Speaker 2: nonprofits we always talk about those. 184 00:10:11,760 --> 00:10:17,400 Speaker 1: Yes, it's the Protocol Foundation. They Protocol Foundation, the California 185 00:10:17,520 --> 00:10:18,960 Speaker 1: State Protocol Foundation. 186 00:10:19,800 --> 00:10:22,320 Speaker 2: What that's quite a name. What are they about? 187 00:10:22,400 --> 00:10:26,760 Speaker 1: They use philanthropic donations to cover costs for some activities 188 00:10:26,880 --> 00:10:28,760 Speaker 1: by the governor, including foreign travel. 189 00:10:30,000 --> 00:10:31,920 Speaker 2: Uh yeah, who are the donors? Right? 190 00:10:31,920 --> 00:10:36,040 Speaker 1: Well, Newsome transferred a million dollars to the foundation from 191 00:10:36,120 --> 00:10:38,880 Speaker 1: leftover money he'd raised for his inauguration. 192 00:10:40,800 --> 00:10:43,520 Speaker 2: That's what I thought. He can't paign funds or inaugural right, 193 00:10:43,600 --> 00:10:48,000 Speaker 2: So it's a travel slush fund he has from his donors. Yeah, 194 00:10:48,160 --> 00:10:50,000 Speaker 2: we've covered this for years. He can go back to 195 00:10:50,040 --> 00:10:51,920 Speaker 2: Fabby and Nunias and all the rest of the hacks 196 00:10:52,360 --> 00:10:56,240 Speaker 2: would tap these quote, you know, nonprofits where big businesses 197 00:10:56,280 --> 00:10:58,760 Speaker 2: donates to get It's just another way of donating to 198 00:10:59,160 --> 00:10:59,679 Speaker 2: a candidate. 199 00:11:00,080 --> 00:11:02,280 Speaker 1: The funniest thing is in this story, which was from 200 00:11:02,320 --> 00:11:05,360 Speaker 1: the San Francisco Chronicle, it says it was it was 201 00:11:05,480 --> 00:11:07,400 Speaker 1: unclear who invited Newsom. 202 00:11:09,200 --> 00:11:11,920 Speaker 2: Well, because nobody did. Nobody did. He saw that the 203 00:11:11,960 --> 00:11:13,840 Speaker 2: governor of New York was there the day before. He said, 204 00:11:13,840 --> 00:11:17,000 Speaker 2: I gotta do this too. She could be competition, you 205 00:11:17,120 --> 00:11:21,439 Speaker 2: know for president. It's got the hcal he invites himself. 206 00:11:21,720 --> 00:11:24,559 Speaker 2: Now you think Benjamin not net and Yahoo. He's got 207 00:11:24,559 --> 00:11:27,400 Speaker 2: four hundred thousand troops at the border with Gaza. You 208 00:11:27,440 --> 00:11:30,679 Speaker 2: think he has time to greet Gavin Newsom that's why 209 00:11:30,679 --> 00:11:32,680 Speaker 2: they sent the poor president out. Do you think he 210 00:11:32,800 --> 00:11:35,840 Speaker 2: called Sacramento said, can Gavin come over and help me out? 211 00:11:36,559 --> 00:11:37,400 Speaker 2: I need Gavin. 212 00:11:38,280 --> 00:11:41,120 Speaker 1: I have this horrible war I'm getting involved in. Can 213 00:11:41,200 --> 00:11:44,360 Speaker 1: Gavin come? What this is? 214 00:11:44,760 --> 00:11:50,080 Speaker 2: This is the most egregious ego bag move I've ever seen. Again, 215 00:11:50,280 --> 00:11:53,600 Speaker 2: just looking for attention, right, Oh, nobody needs you there? 216 00:11:54,000 --> 00:11:55,880 Speaker 2: Of course it does, say in the CBS news story 217 00:11:56,000 --> 00:12:00,439 Speaker 2: California is supplying some supplies to Israel to show support body. 218 00:12:01,360 --> 00:12:03,719 Speaker 2: One Newsome supporter told the Chronicle, the governor will be 219 00:12:03,720 --> 00:12:06,240 Speaker 2: seen as a mini president well in China. 220 00:12:06,400 --> 00:12:08,920 Speaker 1: Oh oh yeah, you know what shaid this? This was 221 00:12:08,960 --> 00:12:12,240 Speaker 1: that longtime hack Gary South. 222 00:12:12,840 --> 00:12:16,040 Speaker 2: Oh god, it's been around since Dippity, since said great 223 00:12:16,120 --> 00:12:18,080 Speaker 2: Davis or before that political consultant. 224 00:12:18,120 --> 00:12:20,280 Speaker 1: He worked with Newsom on his first run for governor. 225 00:12:20,600 --> 00:12:23,240 Speaker 1: And yes, he's the one who said, you're kind of 226 00:12:23,320 --> 00:12:29,439 Speaker 1: viewed as a mini president in a sense. What your 227 00:12:29,520 --> 00:12:32,560 Speaker 1: mini all right, but it's not president, your mini brained 228 00:12:33,200 --> 00:12:34,360 Speaker 1: a mini president? 229 00:12:34,920 --> 00:12:39,560 Speaker 2: Oh my god. Oh you got to understand that. Because 230 00:12:39,600 --> 00:12:41,719 Speaker 2: he's positioning himself, he wanted to make sure he got 231 00:12:41,760 --> 00:12:45,120 Speaker 2: press coverage. And I think when they announced the trip 232 00:12:45,160 --> 00:12:48,560 Speaker 2: to China. We found a couple of blips political covered it. 233 00:12:49,440 --> 00:12:51,400 Speaker 2: So somebody must have said, you can make a bigger 234 00:12:51,440 --> 00:12:54,880 Speaker 2: splash if you stop in Israel. Oh brilliant, that's great, 235 00:12:54,960 --> 00:12:56,880 Speaker 2: That's what we're gonna do. But we'll stop in Israel 236 00:12:56,880 --> 00:12:59,079 Speaker 2: will probably get even more coverage. And CBS News and 237 00:12:59,120 --> 00:13:02,440 Speaker 2: a few other of the larger media websites did talk 238 00:13:02,440 --> 00:13:04,920 Speaker 2: about News's visit. But what I don't understand is it's 239 00:13:04,960 --> 00:13:07,400 Speaker 2: not like he's doing humanitarian work, right. It's not like 240 00:13:07,440 --> 00:13:10,560 Speaker 2: he joined the Red Cross to provide aid for the 241 00:13:10,840 --> 00:13:13,720 Speaker 2: people who suffered from the from the attack, right, or 242 00:13:13,880 --> 00:13:15,880 Speaker 2: or two of the hospitals to look at all the 243 00:13:15,920 --> 00:13:19,880 Speaker 2: disfigured children Hamas left behind. Right. He's not visiting the troops. 244 00:13:20,400 --> 00:13:22,400 Speaker 2: So what is he doing. He's going to meet. 245 00:13:22,360 --> 00:13:25,400 Speaker 1: Israel's figurehead, Israel's version of Gavin Newsom. 246 00:13:25,679 --> 00:13:29,440 Speaker 2: It's a photo op, wowly, but a chance to look 247 00:13:29,520 --> 00:13:32,120 Speaker 2: powerful with the rest of them in touch with what's 248 00:13:32,120 --> 00:13:34,400 Speaker 2: going on in the world. Everybody thinks he looks powerful. 249 00:13:34,440 --> 00:13:38,560 Speaker 2: Send him the Gaza, mister Newsom, would you like to 250 00:13:38,640 --> 00:13:41,280 Speaker 2: visit Gaza for another an hour to stuff in one 251 00:13:41,320 --> 00:13:43,600 Speaker 2: of those miss the streets because the Palestinian people are 252 00:13:44,000 --> 00:13:46,240 Speaker 2: terrible straits there, so maybe you want to reach out. 253 00:13:46,280 --> 00:13:48,680 Speaker 2: And he ought to be talking into that. He ought 254 00:13:48,679 --> 00:13:53,920 Speaker 2: to be launched in China. He will discuss clean power 255 00:13:53,960 --> 00:13:58,720 Speaker 2: and biodiversity. They'll visit an offshore wind facility. We're going 256 00:13:58,760 --> 00:14:01,800 Speaker 2: to talk about that later. Biden's plan for offshore wind 257 00:14:02,000 --> 00:14:04,599 Speaker 2: uh dead, it's a non starter. Oh, he's going to 258 00:14:04,640 --> 00:14:08,959 Speaker 2: travel by high speed rail to see how it works. 259 00:14:09,960 --> 00:14:11,839 Speaker 2: There are a couple of crashes in China, remember that 260 00:14:11,920 --> 00:14:14,280 Speaker 2: years ago, And yeah, there are, but at least they 261 00:14:14,320 --> 00:14:19,240 Speaker 2: built it. True. And he'll tour Tesla's big electric vehicle 262 00:14:19,280 --> 00:14:21,520 Speaker 2: plant in Shanghai. That's part of the recent Tesla coat 263 00:14:21,560 --> 00:14:23,240 Speaker 2: lower prices. 264 00:14:24,280 --> 00:14:25,920 Speaker 1: Yeah, is he is he going to talk to the 265 00:14:26,000 --> 00:14:28,960 Speaker 1: Chinese about all the all the worker abuses, the human 266 00:14:29,040 --> 00:14:33,880 Speaker 1: right abuses that go on there. No, only heally lectures 267 00:14:34,720 --> 00:14:38,240 Speaker 1: people in America about all our failings. But now he's 268 00:14:38,280 --> 00:14:39,960 Speaker 1: gonna he's gonna give them a tongue bath when he 269 00:14:40,000 --> 00:14:42,440 Speaker 1: gets there. He's going to come back and then give 270 00:14:42,480 --> 00:14:45,760 Speaker 1: him a tongue bath. Wow, this chronicle reporter, actually this 271 00:14:45,840 --> 00:14:48,240 Speaker 1: is as far as they would go. California is struggling with. 272 00:14:48,200 --> 00:14:52,120 Speaker 2: A seemingly unfinishable high speed rail project. That was about 273 00:14:52,120 --> 00:14:55,520 Speaker 2: the best they could do to criticize it seemingly unfinished. 274 00:14:55,080 --> 00:14:59,480 Speaker 1: Them fifteen years, oh boy, fifteen back next month is 275 00:14:59,520 --> 00:15:03,320 Speaker 1: going to be exactly fifteen since the idiot voters past 276 00:15:03,440 --> 00:15:03,880 Speaker 1: this thing. 277 00:15:04,800 --> 00:15:08,120 Speaker 3: You're listening to John and Ken on demand from KFI 278 00:15:08,360 --> 00:15:09,280 Speaker 3: AM six forty. 279 00:15:10,560 --> 00:15:13,080 Speaker 2: Hey, I guess what happened to me? I had an epiphany, 280 00:15:13,720 --> 00:15:18,400 Speaker 2: you know, and yesterday brought it all together. Was that painful? Uh? Yeah, 281 00:15:18,440 --> 00:15:20,960 Speaker 2: a little bit. I was sitting there on the bowl. 282 00:15:21,040 --> 00:15:24,640 Speaker 2: I had this epiphany because we've been talking for too 283 00:15:24,680 --> 00:15:26,480 Speaker 2: long now about how they want to empty out the 284 00:15:26,480 --> 00:15:28,640 Speaker 2: prisons and the jails in California. I just started with 285 00:15:28,680 --> 00:15:31,120 Speaker 2: Jerry Brown was governor. I remember the pandemic they stepped 286 00:15:31,120 --> 00:15:32,800 Speaker 2: on the gas. Yes, and of course we know what's 287 00:15:32,800 --> 00:15:34,880 Speaker 2: going on in La County. The Board of Supervisors doesn't 288 00:15:34,880 --> 00:15:38,160 Speaker 2: want jails, said diversion. We got a DA doesn't want 289 00:15:38,200 --> 00:15:40,400 Speaker 2: that either, right, all of this, you know at all? 290 00:15:40,440 --> 00:15:42,200 Speaker 2: And then of course La County is no bail. That 291 00:15:42,280 --> 00:15:45,080 Speaker 2: was another little nail in the coffin. But then yesterday 292 00:15:45,560 --> 00:15:48,800 Speaker 2: the story about no free will. Maybe believe I would 293 00:15:48,840 --> 00:15:50,280 Speaker 2: to just go nuts. I'm going to go on a 294 00:15:50,320 --> 00:15:53,160 Speaker 2: crimes free It's it because I got all these things 295 00:15:53,200 --> 00:15:55,560 Speaker 2: on my side in California, and now the no free 296 00:15:55,600 --> 00:15:58,160 Speaker 2: will argument, right, Stanford professor, He's going to be my 297 00:15:58,160 --> 00:16:01,840 Speaker 2: first witness. No free will means we don't have free will, 298 00:16:01,880 --> 00:16:03,280 Speaker 2: which means, you know, if I go out and do 299 00:16:03,320 --> 00:16:06,440 Speaker 2: something horrible, well, I'm sorry, my brain chemicals pushed me 300 00:16:06,480 --> 00:16:08,240 Speaker 2: that way. I have no free will. I couldn't stop it. 301 00:16:08,280 --> 00:16:11,040 Speaker 2: I was programmed for this night two I am. Do 302 00:16:11,120 --> 00:16:14,600 Speaker 2: you know if if he if what he says is true. Right, 303 00:16:14,680 --> 00:16:17,800 Speaker 2: it's a good argument for execution, though, isn't it. Because 304 00:16:18,120 --> 00:16:20,480 Speaker 2: that's how somebody is. We just have to eliminate them. 305 00:16:21,640 --> 00:16:24,280 Speaker 2: We can't change them, right, exactly, we can't expect them 306 00:16:24,320 --> 00:16:26,400 Speaker 2: to do better. I think it owns their will to 307 00:16:26,520 --> 00:16:29,160 Speaker 2: not rob or kill people. It bolsters the case for 308 00:16:29,200 --> 00:16:31,840 Speaker 2: imprisonment and execution. Right. But if it's the only other 309 00:16:31,920 --> 00:16:33,840 Speaker 2: thing that came up yesterday is a lobotomy, then you 310 00:16:33,920 --> 00:16:37,200 Speaker 2: might be able to get their brain. If it was true. 311 00:16:37,360 --> 00:16:40,280 Speaker 1: If this actually became a doctrine that no one can 312 00:16:40,320 --> 00:16:43,200 Speaker 1: be blamed because they don't have free will, no woman 313 00:16:43,240 --> 00:16:44,640 Speaker 1: will be safe ever. 314 00:16:45,200 --> 00:16:47,600 Speaker 2: Oh, men and the sex drive. I think the only 315 00:16:47,640 --> 00:16:51,840 Speaker 2: thing that protects women is is our man's free. 316 00:16:51,520 --> 00:16:56,120 Speaker 1: Will to control himself, to make a decision not to 317 00:16:56,600 --> 00:16:58,760 Speaker 1: act out the impulses that he feels all day. 318 00:16:59,040 --> 00:17:02,960 Speaker 2: And porn's not good enough. Well, it's easier for a 319 00:17:02,960 --> 00:17:03,520 Speaker 2: lot of guys. 320 00:17:06,480 --> 00:17:10,800 Speaker 1: Yeah, But I mean if if otherwise, if a guy 321 00:17:10,960 --> 00:17:14,560 Speaker 1: followed his impulses right and said, it's not my fault, 322 00:17:14,800 --> 00:17:16,600 Speaker 1: not my fault. I was designed this way. This is 323 00:17:16,600 --> 00:17:18,920 Speaker 1: what I'm supposed to do. I wish I had some will, 324 00:17:18,920 --> 00:17:21,199 Speaker 1: but are going to have to lock themselves up for 325 00:17:21,200 --> 00:17:22,119 Speaker 1: the rest of their lives. 326 00:17:23,840 --> 00:17:26,639 Speaker 2: Of course, this professor would be in California, right, It's Stanford, 327 00:17:27,000 --> 00:17:29,080 Speaker 2: you know. I, Like we said, the legislatures is going 328 00:17:29,119 --> 00:17:30,760 Speaker 2: to eat this up at some point. He's in a 329 00:17:30,800 --> 00:17:33,479 Speaker 2: no free will argument. He's an educated fool, is what 330 00:17:33,520 --> 00:17:37,720 Speaker 2: he is. He's just foolish. You spend enough time in 331 00:17:37,920 --> 00:17:42,080 Speaker 2: inside an office, not dealing with the real world, you 332 00:17:42,119 --> 00:17:44,720 Speaker 2: come up with these warped theories, and then you climb 333 00:17:44,800 --> 00:17:49,080 Speaker 2: down from your mountaintop to proclaim your newly found truth. 334 00:17:50,000 --> 00:17:52,399 Speaker 2: All right about theft. After two o'clock, we'll talk about 335 00:17:52,400 --> 00:17:56,120 Speaker 2: this La County retail Task Retail Theft Task Force held 336 00:17:56,119 --> 00:17:58,240 Speaker 2: a big news conference yesday to announce a whopping eighty 337 00:17:58,359 --> 00:18:01,680 Speaker 2: nine arrests after many months. We'll give you the details 338 00:18:01,720 --> 00:18:04,640 Speaker 2: of it. And there was a question pose to Sheriff Puppet, 339 00:18:04,800 --> 00:18:07,359 Speaker 2: that's Sheriff Luna, and what do you hear his answer? 340 00:18:07,359 --> 00:18:08,680 Speaker 2: It's a good one because it was a good question. 341 00:18:08,720 --> 00:18:10,639 Speaker 2: I think it came from a reporter. We'll get to 342 00:18:10,680 --> 00:18:13,720 Speaker 2: all of that after two o'clock. You had mentioned this 343 00:18:13,840 --> 00:18:16,919 Speaker 2: yesterday and this is eye opening, and it's about inflation 344 00:18:17,800 --> 00:18:21,200 Speaker 2: and the idea that you know, we get these inflation reports, 345 00:18:21,840 --> 00:18:24,600 Speaker 2: what do they mean? On Thursday, the Bureau of Labor 346 00:18:24,640 --> 00:18:28,399 Speaker 2: Statistics announced that the consumer Price index rose three point 347 00:18:28,440 --> 00:18:32,040 Speaker 2: seven percent over the last year, about twice the Federal 348 00:18:32,080 --> 00:18:35,840 Speaker 2: Reserves target rate. Although inflation is moderated from the beginning 349 00:18:35,920 --> 00:18:39,400 Speaker 2: of the year, prices of goods and services have increased 350 00:18:39,400 --> 00:18:43,840 Speaker 2: around twenty percent since Biden became president. Food prices are 351 00:18:43,920 --> 00:18:47,919 Speaker 2: up about the same amount. So what they did in 352 00:18:48,000 --> 00:18:50,960 Speaker 2: this story is they had somebody that had saved their 353 00:18:51,000 --> 00:18:54,719 Speaker 2: receipts from back in twenty twenty and then compared the 354 00:18:54,760 --> 00:18:58,199 Speaker 2: price of the items to what she paid recently for 355 00:18:58,280 --> 00:18:59,720 Speaker 2: the same exact items. 356 00:19:00,160 --> 00:19:04,639 Speaker 1: Was an ordinary woman from Bolivar, Missouri. Her name is 357 00:19:04,840 --> 00:19:09,120 Speaker 1: Ashia day Serier series. 358 00:19:09,400 --> 00:19:12,359 Speaker 2: She posted her Walmart grocery bills to social media to 359 00:19:12,359 --> 00:19:15,000 Speaker 2: give people, and she posted quite a few of them 360 00:19:15,000 --> 00:19:16,920 Speaker 2: because the idea is, well, she didn't just cherry pick 361 00:19:16,960 --> 00:19:19,240 Speaker 2: two items and say wow, look at that. There's a 362 00:19:19,280 --> 00:19:20,960 Speaker 2: list of about fifteen items. 363 00:19:21,320 --> 00:19:24,600 Speaker 1: So you're gonna hear the price from late twenty twenty 364 00:19:25,080 --> 00:19:29,000 Speaker 1: that a Shia paid and then the price from today. 365 00:19:29,600 --> 00:19:33,000 Speaker 1: For example, a pound of turkey breast. In late twenty twenty, 366 00:19:33,080 --> 00:19:36,640 Speaker 1: it was three dollars and fourteen cents. Now it's six 367 00:19:36,800 --> 00:19:37,480 Speaker 1: seventy two. 368 00:19:38,119 --> 00:19:40,600 Speaker 2: And again she goes to the same store, Walmart, the 369 00:19:40,600 --> 00:19:42,960 Speaker 2: Walmart grocery. It was like she went to some upscale 370 00:19:42,960 --> 00:19:44,520 Speaker 2: grocery store. Just to make that clear. 371 00:19:44,760 --> 00:19:47,679 Speaker 1: Four pound bag of sugar a dollar fifty eight and 372 00:19:47,720 --> 00:19:52,600 Speaker 1: twenty twenty three twelve now sixty four ounce bottle of 373 00:19:52,640 --> 00:19:55,800 Speaker 1: apple juice from a dollar eighteen to a dollar ninety eight, 374 00:19:56,480 --> 00:19:59,920 Speaker 1: standard bottle of honey six dollars and eighty eight cents. 375 00:20:00,200 --> 00:20:03,600 Speaker 1: Then she just paid recently ten dollars in ninety seven cents. 376 00:20:03,720 --> 00:20:06,199 Speaker 1: This stuff doesn't sound like three percent increases, does it. 377 00:20:07,200 --> 00:20:10,600 Speaker 1: I guess it isn't a cumulative that's cumulative. It's a 378 00:20:10,640 --> 00:20:13,800 Speaker 1: cumulative increase. In fact, the turkey breast was one hundred 379 00:20:13,800 --> 00:20:17,560 Speaker 1: and fourteen percent increase. The sugar was ninety seven percent, 380 00:20:17,920 --> 00:20:20,760 Speaker 1: the apple juice sixty eight percent, the honey was fifty 381 00:20:20,840 --> 00:20:21,480 Speaker 1: nine percent. 382 00:20:22,520 --> 00:20:23,280 Speaker 2: Oh my god. 383 00:20:23,480 --> 00:20:25,679 Speaker 1: Pound of ground beef went from three forty six to 384 00:20:25,760 --> 00:20:29,360 Speaker 1: five forty seven. That's a crime fifty eight percent increase. 385 00:20:30,359 --> 00:20:33,320 Speaker 2: Jar of apple sauce dollar ninety eight now three twelve 386 00:20:33,480 --> 00:20:37,360 Speaker 2: fifty eight percent increase. A four pack of Totino's frozen 387 00:20:37,520 --> 00:20:39,879 Speaker 2: mini Pepperoni beaches. Oh that's healthy. 388 00:20:40,359 --> 00:20:43,000 Speaker 1: I went from forty eighty eight to seven sixty four, 389 00:20:43,200 --> 00:20:46,840 Speaker 1: up fifty seven, up by no, fifty seven percent. 390 00:20:46,920 --> 00:20:49,720 Speaker 2: We've had plenty of Totinos in our freezer. A box 391 00:20:49,760 --> 00:20:53,000 Speaker 2: of Tie Kitchen stir fry noodles two seventy three now 392 00:20:53,080 --> 00:20:56,960 Speaker 2: for eighteen fifty three percent increase. A can of chunk chicken. 393 00:20:57,400 --> 00:21:00,520 Speaker 2: The hell is that? A can of chicken? Well, it's 394 00:21:00,520 --> 00:21:02,000 Speaker 2: like a tune. You ever see tune in the can? 395 00:21:02,040 --> 00:21:04,000 Speaker 2: I think they could they sell little cans of chicken 396 00:21:04,040 --> 00:21:07,920 Speaker 2: two like that? A can of chicken. Yeah, that's disgusting. 397 00:21:08,560 --> 00:21:10,919 Speaker 1: Uh, three ninety eight to five ninety eight, that's fifty 398 00:21:10,920 --> 00:21:11,680 Speaker 1: percent increase. 399 00:21:11,920 --> 00:21:14,439 Speaker 2: Hellman's bayonnais a jar went from three seventy seven to 400 00:21:14,480 --> 00:21:16,359 Speaker 2: five forty eight. That's up forty five percent. 401 00:21:16,680 --> 00:21:19,080 Speaker 1: Pack of bacon went from eleven ninety eight to sixteen 402 00:21:19,160 --> 00:21:22,280 Speaker 1: forty eight. Oh yeah, bacon's crazy, thirty eight percent increase. 403 00:21:22,320 --> 00:21:24,480 Speaker 2: Oh, and you see what's coming in California with that 404 00:21:24,560 --> 00:21:27,920 Speaker 2: pork restriction right that composition. Oh, I know the pork 405 00:21:27,960 --> 00:21:30,840 Speaker 2: producers are like, they're gonna pay for this. A loaf 406 00:21:30,920 --> 00:21:33,880 Speaker 2: of Sarah Lee bread two sixty eight back in late 407 00:21:33,920 --> 00:21:36,920 Speaker 2: twenty twenty now three dollars and forty six cents twenty 408 00:21:37,000 --> 00:21:37,959 Speaker 2: nine percent increase. 409 00:21:38,160 --> 00:21:40,400 Speaker 1: And finally a pound of better went from two ninety 410 00:21:40,400 --> 00:21:43,080 Speaker 1: eight to three sixty eight. That's up twenty three percent. 411 00:21:43,320 --> 00:21:47,040 Speaker 1: So you could see all of this double digits, big 412 00:21:47,080 --> 00:21:48,040 Speaker 1: double digits. 413 00:21:47,760 --> 00:21:50,080 Speaker 2: Anywhere from twenty three to one hundred and fourteen percent. 414 00:21:50,480 --> 00:21:55,040 Speaker 2: And this is all normal stuff butter bread, bacon, mayonnaise, 415 00:21:55,400 --> 00:22:00,679 Speaker 2: chicken noodles, pizza, apple sauce, ground beef, honey, appleja, and 416 00:22:00,760 --> 00:22:04,440 Speaker 2: turkey breast stuff. Everybody buys all the staples. It's the staples. 417 00:22:04,440 --> 00:22:07,560 Speaker 2: It's what everybody eats. Ordinarily, they noted that unless you know, 418 00:22:07,600 --> 00:22:10,199 Speaker 2: because we said, Sara Lee, they bought the Walmart generic 419 00:22:10,240 --> 00:22:13,920 Speaker 2: brand considered quote great value. So Patino's is a brand, 420 00:22:13,920 --> 00:22:16,159 Speaker 2: but the other ones were just a Walmart brand. That's right. 421 00:22:16,200 --> 00:22:18,840 Speaker 2: Walmart is the cheapest you're gonna find. Now, what does 422 00:22:18,880 --> 00:22:19,400 Speaker 2: it tell you? 423 00:22:19,520 --> 00:22:22,200 Speaker 1: It tells you that everybody in the government is lying 424 00:22:22,240 --> 00:22:24,760 Speaker 1: to you, everybody in the news media, all the all 425 00:22:24,760 --> 00:22:28,280 Speaker 1: these business guys, all these financial expers. Flation right, well, 426 00:22:28,320 --> 00:22:30,080 Speaker 1: you know now the cor inflation right, Actually, I want 427 00:22:30,119 --> 00:22:31,520 Speaker 1: to zero points six percent. 428 00:22:31,600 --> 00:22:33,960 Speaker 2: They're moderating. They're all a bitch of liars. They have 429 00:22:34,000 --> 00:22:38,359 Speaker 2: all these complicated formulas that exclude a lot of things 430 00:22:38,400 --> 00:22:41,639 Speaker 2: that most of us buy every day and include things 431 00:22:41,720 --> 00:22:46,160 Speaker 2: that we rarely buy. And the writer says, Walmart does 432 00:22:46,160 --> 00:22:48,200 Speaker 2: the best to hold down prices. I recently paid more 433 00:22:48,240 --> 00:22:50,639 Speaker 2: than twice Walmart's price for a pound of turkey and 434 00:22:50,720 --> 00:22:52,840 Speaker 2: my gross Oh yeah, Walmart. 435 00:22:53,480 --> 00:22:58,280 Speaker 1: Walmart drives down the prices through its negotiations so that 436 00:22:58,560 --> 00:23:02,359 Speaker 1: a supplier is making pennies on a package, right, because 437 00:23:02,400 --> 00:23:06,520 Speaker 1: Walmart buys huge bulk and they in turn only have 438 00:23:06,560 --> 00:23:08,959 Speaker 1: pennies of profit. But they make it up with volume, 439 00:23:09,640 --> 00:23:12,000 Speaker 1: and that's how their business model works. So this is 440 00:23:12,000 --> 00:23:14,120 Speaker 1: the lowest you're gonna get in America's at Walmart. 441 00:23:14,960 --> 00:23:17,199 Speaker 2: That's an eye opener, and this should get people to 442 00:23:17,240 --> 00:23:20,280 Speaker 2: do this. You're starting now. It seems late, but you 443 00:23:20,280 --> 00:23:22,240 Speaker 2: could start collecting receipts and look a year or two 444 00:23:22,280 --> 00:23:24,400 Speaker 2: later and see what the real damage is. And it's 445 00:23:24,440 --> 00:23:26,399 Speaker 2: really bad. Maybe you have an old receipt somewhere you 446 00:23:26,440 --> 00:23:27,639 Speaker 2: can go out and look for the same item. 447 00:23:27,720 --> 00:23:30,520 Speaker 1: And if I read one more column from another one 448 00:23:30,560 --> 00:23:34,320 Speaker 1: of these progressive writers who go, I really don't understand 449 00:23:34,359 --> 00:23:36,000 Speaker 1: why people are unhappy with Biden. 450 00:23:36,080 --> 00:23:38,800 Speaker 2: I mean, inflation is moderated. From me all it was 451 00:23:38,800 --> 00:23:41,719 Speaker 2: at nine percent, three percent. It's going in the right direction. 452 00:23:41,920 --> 00:23:45,680 Speaker 2: Why are people so unhappy with them? Because those numbers 453 00:23:45,880 --> 00:23:51,680 Speaker 2: are bogus. There, you go talk to a share here, 454 00:23:51,880 --> 00:23:55,199 Speaker 2: you go shopping with a she at the Walmart and Balivar, Missouri. 455 00:23:55,880 --> 00:24:00,440 Speaker 3: You're listening to John and Ken on demand from KFI amsig. 456 00:24:01,760 --> 00:24:04,359 Speaker 2: Coming up after two o'clock. Five weeks. They've been at it. 457 00:24:04,480 --> 00:24:09,000 Speaker 2: The Los Angeles Sheriff's departments organized Retail Task Force. They 458 00:24:09,000 --> 00:24:11,840 Speaker 2: had a news conference yesterday to announce the grand total 459 00:24:11,880 --> 00:24:15,119 Speaker 2: of arrests and recovered items. Now, this is all the 460 00:24:15,119 --> 00:24:17,240 Speaker 2: stuff you've been here about, the snashing grabs, people running 461 00:24:17,240 --> 00:24:19,080 Speaker 2: in and stealing stuff from every store you can think of. 462 00:24:19,520 --> 00:24:22,720 Speaker 2: We'll talk about the results, and most significantly, we'll talk 463 00:24:22,760 --> 00:24:27,920 Speaker 2: about a question posed to sheriff puppet Sheriff Luna Belly County. 464 00:24:28,840 --> 00:24:30,320 Speaker 2: We'll find out what the question is, because it looks 465 00:24:30,320 --> 00:24:32,880 Speaker 2: like he scratched his head and said, I don't know, 466 00:24:33,600 --> 00:24:36,200 Speaker 2: kind of an important question. Yeah, so, yeah, you would. 467 00:24:36,280 --> 00:24:38,359 Speaker 2: It would be my first question if I was in 468 00:24:38,400 --> 00:24:40,399 Speaker 2: the audience, might have to be up there. But about so, 469 00:24:40,440 --> 00:24:42,639 Speaker 2: we'll get into that coming up after the news at 470 00:24:42,640 --> 00:24:46,080 Speaker 2: two o'clock. Oh, and there's a apparently a poll on 471 00:24:46,119 --> 00:24:48,680 Speaker 2: the La County DA's race we need to get into too. Yes, 472 00:24:48,880 --> 00:24:51,400 Speaker 2: fascinating ball. There's a lot of candidates. So I think 473 00:24:51,400 --> 00:24:53,520 Speaker 2: there's good and bad in this poll about Gasconne. But 474 00:24:53,560 --> 00:24:56,359 Speaker 2: we'll get into all of that. I mean good for 475 00:24:56,440 --> 00:25:00,280 Speaker 2: him and bad for him. Here is a good news though, 476 00:25:00,320 --> 00:25:03,960 Speaker 2: on the crime front. For the eighteenth year in a row. 477 00:25:04,080 --> 00:25:10,240 Speaker 2: That eh, the safest city in America is Irvine, who 478 00:25:10,640 --> 00:25:15,200 Speaker 2: eighteen years eighteen years woo, right, now again this is 479 00:25:15,240 --> 00:25:19,159 Speaker 2: based on size. Considered America's safest city, you have to 480 00:25:19,200 --> 00:25:21,600 Speaker 2: have a population of two hundred and fifty thousand or more. 481 00:25:21,680 --> 00:25:24,040 Speaker 2: So you know, obviously there's many towns that are very safe, 482 00:25:24,040 --> 00:25:26,800 Speaker 2: but these are the bigger places, two hundred fifty thousand 483 00:25:26,840 --> 00:25:29,800 Speaker 2: people or more, And it is true. FBI data from 484 00:25:29,840 --> 00:25:31,760 Speaker 2: twenty twenty two looked at the number of violent crimes 485 00:25:31,800 --> 00:25:35,439 Speaker 2: including murder, rape, robbery, aggravated assault, and once again the 486 00:25:35,480 --> 00:25:38,639 Speaker 2: crown goes to Irvine. And I thought about this today 487 00:25:38,640 --> 00:25:40,040 Speaker 2: and it brings me back to all that we've been 488 00:25:40,080 --> 00:25:42,800 Speaker 2: talking about, and I said, remember the good old days. 489 00:25:43,200 --> 00:25:44,919 Speaker 2: You have to three strikes past, and there was a 490 00:25:44,960 --> 00:25:47,919 Speaker 2: period there where it looked like crime was kind of 491 00:25:48,000 --> 00:25:50,240 Speaker 2: fading a bit, at least really nasty. It was really 492 00:25:50,240 --> 00:25:53,000 Speaker 2: low in the nineties. So then I remember Irvine. I 493 00:25:53,080 --> 00:25:57,520 Speaker 2: remember John cole Belt and the word page because the 494 00:25:57,600 --> 00:26:00,600 Speaker 2: complaints that were actually covering on the air. I'm not kidding. 495 00:26:00,600 --> 00:26:02,760 Speaker 2: You can find this in the archives. People complaining about 496 00:26:02,760 --> 00:26:05,359 Speaker 2: homeowners Association and the color of their homes. That was 497 00:26:05,359 --> 00:26:07,359 Speaker 2: a big problem back then. Well so you think about 498 00:26:07,359 --> 00:26:08,320 Speaker 2: the change now. 499 00:26:08,119 --> 00:26:11,520 Speaker 1: But you know, it also explained the attitude that Irvine 500 00:26:11,600 --> 00:26:14,760 Speaker 1: is all always had, and it's taken to an extreme 501 00:26:14,800 --> 00:26:17,800 Speaker 1: with their beige homes because I remember we we had callers, 502 00:26:18,440 --> 00:26:19,120 Speaker 1: oh yeah. 503 00:26:20,280 --> 00:26:23,679 Speaker 2: And they think that their house pink or something. I forget. 504 00:26:23,800 --> 00:26:27,040 Speaker 2: I remember people called in and I said, why is 505 00:26:27,200 --> 00:26:31,280 Speaker 2: the homeowners Association so obsessive? Not only all the homes 506 00:26:31,280 --> 00:26:34,600 Speaker 2: are beige, right, but you can't leave your garage door up. 507 00:26:34,640 --> 00:26:37,320 Speaker 2: You can't put flower pots on your windows cells right, 508 00:26:37,320 --> 00:26:39,320 Speaker 2: you can't have quality of life, John, you can't have 509 00:26:39,359 --> 00:26:43,320 Speaker 2: a bike on the driveway, broken window. Well, one guy 510 00:26:43,359 --> 00:26:46,560 Speaker 2: called in and he was absolutely furious. Don't you understand 511 00:26:46,800 --> 00:26:49,199 Speaker 2: you allow these things and next thing you know, the 512 00:26:49,280 --> 00:26:52,879 Speaker 2: criminals are here. That's kind of a leap, but that 513 00:26:53,000 --> 00:26:55,200 Speaker 2: was the attitude. I mean, that's been the attitude. 514 00:26:55,280 --> 00:26:57,480 Speaker 1: Is that you don't leave a bike on the driveway, 515 00:26:57,600 --> 00:26:59,520 Speaker 1: you don't put a flower pot in the window, sell 516 00:26:59,640 --> 00:27:03,240 Speaker 1: because next thing you know you got rampaging hornes of 517 00:27:03,320 --> 00:27:05,800 Speaker 1: looters smashing and grabbing. 518 00:27:05,960 --> 00:27:07,840 Speaker 2: You don't park your junk car on the front law. 519 00:27:07,840 --> 00:27:12,800 Speaker 2: And now I think there's a reasonable middle ground. But hey, 520 00:27:12,520 --> 00:27:15,880 Speaker 2: they have the safest city for eighteen years and I'm 521 00:27:15,880 --> 00:27:18,720 Speaker 2: living in a hell hall. So what do I know, yeah, 522 00:27:18,800 --> 00:27:20,639 Speaker 2: how can you argue with that? I mean, I go 523 00:27:20,680 --> 00:27:23,159 Speaker 2: to Irvine every now and then, although I just basically 524 00:27:23,160 --> 00:27:24,720 Speaker 2: go to Spectrum, I don't really spend a lot of 525 00:27:24,760 --> 00:27:28,280 Speaker 2: time in the neighborhoods. The Irvine Mayor said, well, of 526 00:27:28,320 --> 00:27:30,320 Speaker 2: course they want to take credit for this. What we 527 00:27:30,400 --> 00:27:31,840 Speaker 2: really what is in at the core of this is 528 00:27:31,840 --> 00:27:36,000 Speaker 2: what we're doing in community outreach moventor. When we say 529 00:27:36,480 --> 00:27:38,639 Speaker 2: our Irvine Police Department says that they are working in 530 00:27:38,640 --> 00:27:41,240 Speaker 2: partnership with the community, we mean that we've got programs, 531 00:27:41,359 --> 00:27:44,760 Speaker 2: the city's Community Police Academy, the community Emergency Response teams 532 00:27:44,760 --> 00:27:47,159 Speaker 2: help bridge the gap between residents and law enforcements. And 533 00:27:47,240 --> 00:27:50,480 Speaker 2: you also have Todd Spitzer, who actually does his job 534 00:27:50,600 --> 00:27:54,760 Speaker 2: and prosecutes criminals. Criminals I go to prison and jail 535 00:27:54,960 --> 00:27:57,760 Speaker 2: in Orange County. What do you think the vagrant total 536 00:27:57,800 --> 00:28:02,800 Speaker 2: is in Irvine? Five? That's pretty good for a city 537 00:28:02,800 --> 00:28:03,520 Speaker 2: of two fifty. 538 00:28:03,880 --> 00:28:06,520 Speaker 1: Actually, you remember the story from a few years back 539 00:28:07,800 --> 00:28:13,960 Speaker 1: when some kind of vagrant development sprung up, you know, 540 00:28:14,040 --> 00:28:18,040 Speaker 1: one of those one of those ten cities. Yeah, eleven 541 00:28:18,440 --> 00:28:22,920 Speaker 1: bus loads of residents showed up at the Orange County 542 00:28:22,960 --> 00:28:27,720 Speaker 1: Supervisors meeting screaming bloody murder to get rid of this encampment. 543 00:28:28,520 --> 00:28:31,680 Speaker 2: Oh in Irvine. Yeah, it was an Irvine and. 544 00:28:31,640 --> 00:28:33,879 Speaker 1: I think I think maybe maybe they were going to 545 00:28:34,080 --> 00:28:38,120 Speaker 1: put up some kind of you know, homeless center there. 546 00:28:39,040 --> 00:28:41,520 Speaker 1: And it was not too far from a school, and 547 00:28:41,560 --> 00:28:43,520 Speaker 1: it was eleven bus loads and a lot of them 548 00:28:43,520 --> 00:28:44,440 Speaker 1: are Asian parents. 549 00:28:44,560 --> 00:28:46,560 Speaker 2: I remember a lot of Asian women, that's right, do 550 00:28:46,600 --> 00:28:48,560 Speaker 2: you remember. I didn't remember what the protest was. I 551 00:28:48,600 --> 00:28:51,080 Speaker 2: remember there was a real showing of Asian. 552 00:28:50,760 --> 00:28:55,320 Speaker 1: People because Asian impact Asian immigrants, they come from an 553 00:28:55,400 --> 00:28:59,160 Speaker 1: orderly society back home, and they didn't come to America 554 00:28:59,560 --> 00:29:04,880 Speaker 1: to deal with people taking dumps and vomiting and leaving 555 00:29:04,920 --> 00:29:08,760 Speaker 1: their needles all over the sidewalks in front of their house. 556 00:29:08,880 --> 00:29:11,960 Speaker 2: That's not why they came here. That's not the American dream. 557 00:29:12,480 --> 00:29:14,920 Speaker 1: And I thought, you know what, I thought, that is 558 00:29:14,960 --> 00:29:19,080 Speaker 1: the attitude that Americans used to have when I was 559 00:29:19,120 --> 00:29:22,840 Speaker 1: growing up. Nobody put up with this, nobody and then 560 00:29:22,920 --> 00:29:27,640 Speaker 1: everybody here got stupid and flashed and lazy, and suddenly 561 00:29:27,680 --> 00:29:30,560 Speaker 1: you needed new immigrants to remind you. It's like, oh, yeah, 562 00:29:30,600 --> 00:29:32,720 Speaker 1: that's right. We're supposed to have an orderly society and 563 00:29:32,720 --> 00:29:35,480 Speaker 1: there's nothing wrong with that. There's nothing to be ashamed of, 564 00:29:35,720 --> 00:29:37,960 Speaker 1: nothing to have to defend. This is the way you 565 00:29:38,040 --> 00:29:40,360 Speaker 1: want it, this is the way life ought to be. 566 00:29:41,960 --> 00:29:44,160 Speaker 1: Well the mayor there's at the end of this story 567 00:29:44,160 --> 00:29:47,080 Speaker 1: in Channel seven. Residents are encouraged to do their part. 568 00:29:47,200 --> 00:29:49,520 Speaker 1: If you say something, if you see something, say something. 569 00:29:49,520 --> 00:29:51,920 Speaker 1: Oh didn't we learn with that story in the Elseigunda 570 00:29:52,000 --> 00:29:54,400 Speaker 1: Times about the ring doorbell cameras that could result in 571 00:29:54,440 --> 00:29:58,040 Speaker 1: profiling love. Somebody you don't think belongs in the neighborhood, 572 00:29:58,080 --> 00:30:00,800 Speaker 1: you start reporting them on the what's the next door app? 573 00:30:00,880 --> 00:30:01,040 Speaker 2: Well? 574 00:30:01,120 --> 00:30:05,080 Speaker 1: That is the progressive attitude is to undermine civilized life 575 00:30:05,880 --> 00:30:09,320 Speaker 1: safety order. That's that's what the progressives are trying to do. 576 00:30:09,360 --> 00:30:13,160 Speaker 1: They're trying to destroy what we built over two hundred 577 00:30:13,200 --> 00:30:17,680 Speaker 1: and fifty years was an orderly society, that was that 578 00:30:17,760 --> 00:30:21,560 Speaker 1: was enjoyable to live in, and they they're destroying it. 579 00:30:21,640 --> 00:30:25,120 Speaker 2: And they come up with all these stupid ideas, like 580 00:30:25,200 --> 00:30:28,680 Speaker 2: every woke idea is a stupid idea, but they shout 581 00:30:28,720 --> 00:30:32,080 Speaker 2: about it really loud, and they shame people into submitting. 582 00:30:32,920 --> 00:30:36,400 Speaker 2: And that's what's why everybody's got you know what started 583 00:30:36,440 --> 00:30:40,240 Speaker 2: this week? Everybody starts screaming back at these woke progressive 584 00:30:40,280 --> 00:30:43,720 Speaker 2: protesters who were cheering on the hamas terrorists. Yeah, I 585 00:30:43,720 --> 00:30:46,400 Speaker 2: know that is the side of something, I know. Yeah, 586 00:30:46,440 --> 00:30:48,840 Speaker 2: that's that. That's hopefully America wakes up and finds out 587 00:30:48,880 --> 00:30:51,840 Speaker 2: that's what they're really about. Kid yourself. Of course they are. 588 00:30:52,040 --> 00:30:54,880 Speaker 1: Of course they're for terrorists, because that's the ultimate in 589 00:30:54,920 --> 00:30:56,880 Speaker 1: destabilizing and destroying a society. 590 00:30:57,200 --> 00:30:58,960 Speaker 2: Hey, you've been listening to the John and Ken Show. 591 00:30:58,960 --> 00:31:01,440 Speaker 2: You can always hear us a lot on KFI AM 592 00:31:01,520 --> 00:31:05,120 Speaker 2: six forty one pm to four pm every Monday through Friday, 593 00:31:05,160 --> 00:31:08,720 Speaker 2: and of course anytime on demand on the iHeartRadio app.