1 00:00:00,800 --> 00:00:01,000 Speaker 1: Can't. 2 00:00:01,160 --> 00:00:02,239 Speaker 2: I am six forty. 3 00:00:02,279 --> 00:00:04,680 Speaker 1: You're listening to the John co Belt podcast on the 4 00:00:04,720 --> 00:00:05,680 Speaker 1: iHeartRadio app. 5 00:00:09,240 --> 00:00:10,840 Speaker 2: Mark Thompson here sitting in. 6 00:00:11,360 --> 00:00:13,560 Speaker 3: As I also mentioned, I used to we have it 7 00:00:13,560 --> 00:00:17,400 Speaker 3: in a while vacation with John Cobbat, my big vacation buddy, 8 00:00:18,480 --> 00:00:20,520 Speaker 3: went to Morocco together, a lot of fun. 9 00:00:20,920 --> 00:00:21,560 Speaker 2: Anywhere else. 10 00:00:22,640 --> 00:00:25,040 Speaker 3: Trying to think we've done a lot of stuff with 11 00:00:25,120 --> 00:00:27,640 Speaker 3: the co Belts, I don't think we've taken any other 12 00:00:27,720 --> 00:00:30,360 Speaker 3: extended trips. They keep wanting to get us up to 13 00:00:30,400 --> 00:00:33,320 Speaker 3: that place they've got up in the mountains. You know, 14 00:00:33,360 --> 00:00:36,120 Speaker 3: they've got this compound up there in the mountains, and 15 00:00:36,159 --> 00:00:38,120 Speaker 3: I'm worried that there's some kind of I don't know, 16 00:00:39,000 --> 00:00:41,760 Speaker 3: is this some sort of scientology thing? What's going on? 17 00:00:41,840 --> 00:00:44,040 Speaker 3: They keep playing, you know, come on up. It's great. 18 00:00:44,360 --> 00:00:46,640 Speaker 4: John does have that end of Earth bunker at his home, 19 00:00:46,920 --> 00:00:50,320 Speaker 4: so the cabin might not be a bad backup for him. 20 00:00:50,400 --> 00:00:53,199 Speaker 3: Yeah, good point. But his end of Earth bunker is 21 00:00:53,200 --> 00:00:55,920 Speaker 3: probably better than the home I live in. So they 22 00:00:56,240 --> 00:01:00,320 Speaker 3: they live well. But but no, it's we're overdue. Actually 23 00:01:00,320 --> 00:01:02,800 Speaker 3: had talked about a couple of other trips, so it 24 00:01:02,880 --> 00:01:06,320 Speaker 3: may be that this year we do another extended journey. 25 00:01:06,360 --> 00:01:08,440 Speaker 3: That was a couple of weeks we were in Morocco together, 26 00:01:09,000 --> 00:01:11,280 Speaker 3: but in fact we went to last thing on that 27 00:01:11,840 --> 00:01:15,040 Speaker 3: We went to the very place that was the epicenter 28 00:01:15,080 --> 00:01:20,000 Speaker 3: for that recent earthquake. There the Atlas Mountains. All of 29 00:01:20,040 --> 00:01:22,280 Speaker 3: us were there in that place. It's a very sort 30 00:01:22,280 --> 00:01:27,800 Speaker 3: of rural. Well, they're mountain people, you know, they're mountain 31 00:01:27,800 --> 00:01:29,960 Speaker 3: people who have seen tourists or there are a couple 32 00:01:29,959 --> 00:01:32,200 Speaker 3: of you know, a couple of places that seem pretty 33 00:01:32,240 --> 00:01:35,360 Speaker 3: mobbed up with the tourist industry. But it was essentially, 34 00:01:36,120 --> 00:01:39,440 Speaker 3: you know, a pretty desolate area, you know. Anyway, So 35 00:01:39,600 --> 00:01:43,160 Speaker 3: John back next week. There are things that will change 36 00:01:43,240 --> 00:01:48,040 Speaker 3: in the new year. Two new laws in California affect 37 00:01:48,120 --> 00:01:53,840 Speaker 3: you who have perhaps had to submit hair or urine 38 00:01:54,640 --> 00:01:58,440 Speaker 3: for marijuana test drug tests. Starting in the new year, 39 00:01:58,520 --> 00:02:03,080 Speaker 3: employers in California will be barred from asking workers about 40 00:02:03,080 --> 00:02:07,080 Speaker 3: their use of cannabis outside of work. They will not 41 00:02:07,160 --> 00:02:10,960 Speaker 3: be able to discriminate against potential workers because of it. 42 00:02:11,440 --> 00:02:14,519 Speaker 3: Two bills signed by Gavin Newsom in the past couple 43 00:02:14,520 --> 00:02:18,680 Speaker 3: of years will strengthen the state's legal cannabis industry and 44 00:02:18,840 --> 00:02:24,720 Speaker 3: update outdated laws. Employers will be prohibited from using the 45 00:02:24,760 --> 00:02:29,440 Speaker 3: results of hair or urine tests for marijuana in their 46 00:02:29,440 --> 00:02:34,800 Speaker 3: decisions to hire, fire, or even penalize workers. The press 47 00:02:34,800 --> 00:02:38,640 Speaker 3: release from the governor's office says that rigid bureaucracy and 48 00:02:38,760 --> 00:02:42,519 Speaker 3: federal prohibition continue to post challenges to the industry and consumers, 49 00:02:43,960 --> 00:02:49,440 Speaker 3: but these new laws will prevent employers from asking job 50 00:02:49,520 --> 00:02:54,079 Speaker 3: applicants about their prior use of cannabis. So there is that. 51 00:02:54,120 --> 00:02:56,840 Speaker 3: By the way, there are exceptions. Before you get too 52 00:02:56,840 --> 00:03:02,280 Speaker 3: excited all my podtheads up there or just you know, look, 53 00:03:02,360 --> 00:03:03,240 Speaker 3: recreational use. 54 00:03:03,280 --> 00:03:05,480 Speaker 2: I don't mean to nothing wrong with it. 55 00:03:07,000 --> 00:03:13,040 Speaker 3: The exceptions will be in the area of construction, I believe. 56 00:03:13,040 --> 00:03:16,040 Speaker 3: And then what's the other there's another area that's accepted. 57 00:03:17,919 --> 00:03:20,720 Speaker 3: It's construction, Richie. What is the other one? The constructions 58 00:03:20,760 --> 00:03:26,600 Speaker 3: want to remember the what well did I wake Richie? 59 00:03:26,639 --> 00:03:36,840 Speaker 3: I'm sorry, Ritchie is Richie? I wish you could just 60 00:03:36,880 --> 00:03:41,280 Speaker 3: have that as a drop the what the California and 61 00:03:41,360 --> 00:03:43,320 Speaker 3: new laws on cannabis, there are two you know. They 62 00:03:43,360 --> 00:03:46,160 Speaker 3: can't they can't ask you if you're a potential employee 63 00:03:46,200 --> 00:03:48,280 Speaker 3: or an existing employee. They can't ask you for a 64 00:03:48,280 --> 00:03:50,680 Speaker 3: hair or you're intest now and make a decision based 65 00:03:50,720 --> 00:03:53,680 Speaker 3: on the result. So there is an exception. I believe 66 00:03:54,040 --> 00:03:56,440 Speaker 3: one is construction and what's the other ones at healthcare. 67 00:03:56,200 --> 00:03:57,279 Speaker 2: Or something like that. 68 00:03:57,280 --> 00:03:59,200 Speaker 3: That's what I was asking. There's an exception. There are 69 00:03:59,200 --> 00:04:02,520 Speaker 3: two areas of one is construction and one is I 70 00:04:02,520 --> 00:04:03,680 Speaker 3: think it's healthcare industry. 71 00:04:03,720 --> 00:04:06,480 Speaker 2: I guess healthcare. You don't have to guess. It's in 72 00:04:06,560 --> 00:04:07,520 Speaker 2: the piece somewhere. 73 00:04:07,680 --> 00:04:10,000 Speaker 3: I read it a while ago, though. If I don't 74 00:04:10,040 --> 00:04:16,560 Speaker 3: recall anyway, thank you. Uh, here's a good one. I 75 00:04:16,600 --> 00:04:22,360 Speaker 3: could be sitting on a cash of money, a fortune. 76 00:04:23,000 --> 00:04:26,840 Speaker 3: Starting in twenty twenty four, Californians can redeem empty wine 77 00:04:26,960 --> 00:04:32,520 Speaker 3: and liquor containers for cash. It starts next week. Hang 78 00:04:32,760 --> 00:04:37,080 Speaker 3: on to your empty wine and liquor containers. The beverage 79 00:04:37,120 --> 00:04:42,159 Speaker 3: container recycling program that is going to be underway beginning 80 00:04:42,520 --> 00:04:48,440 Speaker 3: Monday includes beverage containers that are boxes, bladders, or pouches 81 00:04:48,440 --> 00:04:56,200 Speaker 3: containing wine, distilled spirits, wine coolers or distilled spirit coolers, 82 00:04:56,240 --> 00:05:00,400 Speaker 3: and wine and liquor. Large juice containers also redeem deemable. 83 00:05:00,480 --> 00:05:03,920 Speaker 3: Everything I just mentioned redeemable starting January first, how much. 84 00:05:03,800 --> 00:05:04,720 Speaker 2: Can you get. 85 00:05:06,279 --> 00:05:10,680 Speaker 3: Five cents for containers smaller than twenty four ounces. That's 86 00:05:10,760 --> 00:05:17,800 Speaker 3: glass aluminum, plastic bimetal containers. You know, wine and liquor 87 00:05:17,800 --> 00:05:22,400 Speaker 3: bottles now included, right ten cents For containers that are 88 00:05:22,400 --> 00:05:26,919 Speaker 3: twenty four ounces are larger, that's glass aluminum, plastic bimetal containers. Again, 89 00:05:27,279 --> 00:05:33,400 Speaker 3: wine and liquor bottles, twenty five cents. Boxed wine will 90 00:05:33,440 --> 00:05:39,039 Speaker 3: get you twenty five cents. Those bagging box containers are included. 91 00:05:40,160 --> 00:05:43,720 Speaker 3: You'll get twenty five cent for plastic or multi layer pouches, 92 00:05:43,760 --> 00:05:48,279 Speaker 3: but for alcoholic beverages only. Paperback cartons for alcoholic beverages 93 00:05:48,279 --> 00:05:51,320 Speaker 3: will also be included, and plastic pouches are also eligible. 94 00:05:51,320 --> 00:05:55,599 Speaker 3: So there's a huge landscape. This is a gold mine 95 00:05:55,720 --> 00:06:01,240 Speaker 3: for so many. Check this out, make sure you research it. 96 00:06:01,279 --> 00:06:05,120 Speaker 3: If you live in California, you could truly be developing 97 00:06:05,160 --> 00:06:10,440 Speaker 3: a new revenue stream with wine and liquor containers being 98 00:06:10,720 --> 00:06:16,680 Speaker 3: redeemed for cash. There is a number of these laws 99 00:06:17,800 --> 00:06:22,039 Speaker 3: that go into effect in twenty twenty four, and not 100 00:06:22,120 --> 00:06:27,040 Speaker 3: all of them are without controversy. There's a huge minimum 101 00:06:27,080 --> 00:06:32,080 Speaker 3: wage push. It's really in twenty two different states that 102 00:06:32,200 --> 00:06:39,159 Speaker 3: this minimum wage push will be realized. And in I'll 103 00:06:39,200 --> 00:06:43,880 Speaker 3: just say response to that there is their actions being 104 00:06:43,880 --> 00:06:47,920 Speaker 3: taken on the part of various corporations to avoid having 105 00:06:48,000 --> 00:06:52,159 Speaker 3: to deal with so many workers getting so much more money. 106 00:06:52,960 --> 00:06:56,960 Speaker 3: Nine point nine million workers will get the bump and 107 00:06:57,000 --> 00:07:00,000 Speaker 3: the wages led up to an additional six point nine 108 00:07:00,120 --> 00:07:03,479 Speaker 3: five billion, essentially seven billion dollars in extra pay in 109 00:07:03,560 --> 00:07:07,680 Speaker 3: twenty two states. Add to those states, thirty eight cities 110 00:07:07,680 --> 00:07:11,920 Speaker 3: and counties increasing their minimum wages, and according to the 111 00:07:11,920 --> 00:07:16,120 Speaker 3: Department of Labor, twenty states will just maintain the federal 112 00:07:16,160 --> 00:07:20,040 Speaker 3: minimum wage that's seven and a quarter an hour. But 113 00:07:20,560 --> 00:07:26,480 Speaker 3: believe it or not, as I'm saying, some corporations and 114 00:07:26,800 --> 00:07:32,000 Speaker 3: major major brands are saying, you know what, I get 115 00:07:32,040 --> 00:07:35,240 Speaker 3: an idea, we're just going to dump a bunch of 116 00:07:35,280 --> 00:07:39,960 Speaker 3: workers instead of paying them the new minimum wage the 117 00:07:40,040 --> 00:07:42,120 Speaker 3: mandated to pay increase. 118 00:07:43,000 --> 00:07:43,520 Speaker 2: I'll take it. 119 00:07:43,640 --> 00:07:48,560 Speaker 3: Yes, here in California, I'll give you one and it 120 00:07:48,600 --> 00:07:54,320 Speaker 3: will astound you. They're dumping a lot of workers. I 121 00:07:54,400 --> 00:07:57,800 Speaker 3: will share that with you and other states in their 122 00:07:57,840 --> 00:08:01,440 Speaker 3: minimum wage and where that's going as we continue. 123 00:08:01,480 --> 00:08:02,600 Speaker 2: And that's not all. 124 00:08:04,680 --> 00:08:08,560 Speaker 3: News of power Ball as well, So you can take 125 00:08:08,640 --> 00:08:12,720 Speaker 3: your new increased wage and turn it into real money. 126 00:08:13,840 --> 00:08:15,920 Speaker 3: It's the John co Belt Show. Mark Thompson sitting in 127 00:08:15,960 --> 00:08:18,880 Speaker 3: for John on KFI AM six forty. We're live everywhere 128 00:08:19,320 --> 00:08:20,679 Speaker 3: on the iHeartRadio app. 129 00:08:21,640 --> 00:08:25,960 Speaker 5: You're listening to John Cobelt on demand from KFI AM 130 00:08:26,000 --> 00:08:26,559 Speaker 5: six forty. 131 00:08:28,280 --> 00:08:32,559 Speaker 3: I know they're Bowl games, they're mall visits. The entire 132 00:08:32,600 --> 00:08:36,320 Speaker 3: holiday season continues, but you'll cap it off after the 133 00:08:36,559 --> 00:08:41,640 Speaker 3: Rose Bowl and Rose Parade. John Cobalt returns Tuesday, So 134 00:08:41,880 --> 00:08:45,160 Speaker 3: that's the schedule on this show. By the way, we're 135 00:08:45,200 --> 00:08:46,880 Speaker 3: just in the middle of talking about the new laws, 136 00:08:46,880 --> 00:08:50,720 Speaker 3: and I mentioned you can, you know, start redeeming empty 137 00:08:50,720 --> 00:08:53,400 Speaker 3: wine and liquor containers for cash. They can no longer 138 00:08:53,920 --> 00:08:58,360 Speaker 3: test employers can't for cannabis use using a hair and 139 00:08:58,559 --> 00:09:00,520 Speaker 3: urine test that has been used for years and people 140 00:09:00,559 --> 00:09:02,160 Speaker 3: have been fired over that stuff. Now you won't be 141 00:09:02,160 --> 00:09:04,760 Speaker 3: able to do that in California anymore. And the exceptions, 142 00:09:05,120 --> 00:09:09,640 Speaker 3: just to follow up are construction business and also federal employees. 143 00:09:09,640 --> 00:09:11,960 Speaker 3: Then they'll still if you're an applicant for a federal 144 00:09:12,040 --> 00:09:14,840 Speaker 3: job with background checks, they can still do the hair 145 00:09:15,080 --> 00:09:20,000 Speaker 3: and urine test. But talking about the increase in minimum wage, 146 00:09:20,480 --> 00:09:25,480 Speaker 3: this is something that's happening across the board and one 147 00:09:25,600 --> 00:09:28,280 Speaker 3: place that is going to lay off more than eleven 148 00:09:28,480 --> 00:09:34,600 Speaker 3: hundred workers ahead of this wage hike is Pizza Hut. Yeah, 149 00:09:34,840 --> 00:09:38,680 Speaker 3: ahead of statewide minimum wage increases for fast workers fast 150 00:09:38,720 --> 00:09:43,600 Speaker 3: food workers. Hundreds of California Pizza Hut franchises. Again I'm 151 00:09:43,640 --> 00:09:46,719 Speaker 3: reading from the La Times, just has this story on 152 00:09:46,920 --> 00:09:51,720 Speaker 3: just this subject which we were talking about. They announced 153 00:09:51,760 --> 00:09:55,640 Speaker 3: cuts in their delivery services does Pizza Hut and their franchises, 154 00:09:55,679 --> 00:09:57,720 Speaker 3: and they're laying off more than eleven hundred drivers. 155 00:09:59,440 --> 00:10:05,640 Speaker 2: They run right along Orange to Stanislaus counties. 156 00:10:07,400 --> 00:10:11,719 Speaker 3: The The layoffs expected to go into effect as soon 157 00:10:11,760 --> 00:10:15,640 Speaker 3: as February, just weeks before this twenty dollars minimum wage 158 00:10:15,640 --> 00:10:17,800 Speaker 3: for fast food workers is set to go into effects. 159 00:10:17,840 --> 00:10:22,360 Speaker 3: So this is again Assembly Bill twelve twenty eight. That's 160 00:10:22,360 --> 00:10:25,120 Speaker 3: the one that applies to California workers employed by any 161 00:10:25,200 --> 00:10:27,960 Speaker 3: fast food chain. So if you have it's got to 162 00:10:28,000 --> 00:10:30,760 Speaker 3: have sixty locations in the United States the way it works, 163 00:10:30,800 --> 00:10:33,320 Speaker 3: So if you have any fast food chain and there's 164 00:10:33,360 --> 00:10:38,280 Speaker 3: sixty locations nationwide, you get a bump. The California minimum 165 00:10:38,360 --> 00:10:43,480 Speaker 3: wage is fifteen fifty right now, and about half a 166 00:10:43,520 --> 00:10:47,559 Speaker 3: million workers in California will be affected by this bump. 167 00:10:47,600 --> 00:10:52,960 Speaker 3: I'm talking about restaurant owners oppose the legislation. They say 168 00:10:52,960 --> 00:10:56,920 Speaker 3: that this is a huge burden for them to bear right, 169 00:10:57,559 --> 00:10:59,800 Speaker 3: it's a lot more expensive and they're going to have 170 00:10:59,840 --> 00:11:06,559 Speaker 3: to barrett by raising prices for their customers. The nation's employers, again, 171 00:11:06,679 --> 00:11:08,959 Speaker 3: reading from the piece, added a solid one hundred and 172 00:11:09,000 --> 00:11:13,520 Speaker 3: ninety nine thousand jobs last month. The jobless rate fell, 173 00:11:14,480 --> 00:11:18,400 Speaker 3: fresh signs that the economy could achieve an elusive soft landing. 174 00:11:18,480 --> 00:11:22,199 Speaker 3: They say it wasn't immediately clear. They go on as 175 00:11:22,240 --> 00:11:25,400 Speaker 3: to whether the new wager requirements are a factor in 176 00:11:25,480 --> 00:11:30,920 Speaker 3: the move, but again, Pizza Hut made the move anyway. 177 00:11:32,000 --> 00:11:35,520 Speaker 3: Officials with the two Pizza Hut operators pack pizza affiliates 178 00:11:35,520 --> 00:11:40,640 Speaker 3: in southern California Pizza Company didn't respond to questions about 179 00:11:41,760 --> 00:11:47,160 Speaker 3: what's going on with these layoffs, but restaurants included La Riverside, 180 00:11:47,200 --> 00:11:55,000 Speaker 3: San Bernardino, Ta Lari, Current County, Sacramento. So it's statewide. Now, 181 00:11:55,320 --> 00:12:00,480 Speaker 3: it's reality the twenty dollars minimum wage for fest food workers, 182 00:12:00,480 --> 00:12:03,760 Speaker 3: and alongside is the reality that people will lose their 183 00:12:03,840 --> 00:12:07,760 Speaker 3: job over it. What do you think the minimum wage 184 00:12:07,800 --> 00:12:14,800 Speaker 3: is in Alaska? Anybody twelve dollars. Yeah, I had a 185 00:12:14,800 --> 00:12:17,280 Speaker 3: really good guest, twelve dollars. I would have gone twelve 186 00:12:17,360 --> 00:12:20,360 Speaker 3: or thirteen dollars. It's ten eighty five. 187 00:12:21,200 --> 00:12:21,520 Speaker 2: Wow. 188 00:12:21,679 --> 00:12:28,240 Speaker 3: Yeah, Arizona that's where it's fourteen bucks, thirteen eighty five 189 00:12:28,520 --> 00:12:38,560 Speaker 3: an hour. Yeah, just looking Ohio ten dollars is the 190 00:12:38,600 --> 00:12:44,080 Speaker 3: minimum wage. Rhode Island thirteen dollars. You look to some 191 00:12:44,120 --> 00:12:45,760 Speaker 3: states you think it's gonna what would you think it 192 00:12:45,800 --> 00:12:52,800 Speaker 3: would be in South Dakota? In South Dakota, Rick, what 193 00:12:52,840 --> 00:12:58,920 Speaker 3: do you think South Dakota? Probably eight fifty? I was 194 00:12:58,960 --> 00:13:02,760 Speaker 3: going to say like seven. Yeah around there, Eric's warmer. 195 00:13:02,960 --> 00:13:08,160 Speaker 3: Ten eighty is the answer. I'm looking for the single digits, 196 00:13:08,200 --> 00:13:10,320 Speaker 3: Like that's seven dollars. Like the minimum wage again, the 197 00:13:10,320 --> 00:13:13,280 Speaker 3: federal minimum wage hasn't been raised in years. It's close 198 00:13:13,320 --> 00:13:16,600 Speaker 3: to eight bucks the under eight bucks. Can't find one 199 00:13:16,679 --> 00:13:22,000 Speaker 3: that's that low anywhere. Florida eleven, Washington fifteen seventy four, 200 00:13:22,160 --> 00:13:25,800 Speaker 3: thirteen eighteen in Vermont mentions South Dakota, which is almost 201 00:13:25,840 --> 00:13:29,160 Speaker 3: eleven dollars an hour. Rhode Island is thirteen dollars an hour. 202 00:13:29,280 --> 00:13:34,640 Speaker 3: New York and California two expensive places to live, they 203 00:13:34,679 --> 00:13:37,160 Speaker 3: have the highest minimum wage I see here fifteen dollars 204 00:13:37,240 --> 00:13:40,880 Speaker 3: an hour in New York. In New York City, that 205 00:13:40,920 --> 00:13:43,439 Speaker 3: would be Long Island, and Westchester the remainder of the state, 206 00:13:43,679 --> 00:13:49,000 Speaker 3: it's eighty cents an hour less fourteen twenty. But Nebraska 207 00:13:49,040 --> 00:13:50,720 Speaker 3: is another place where it's just a little over ten 208 00:13:50,760 --> 00:13:55,920 Speaker 3: dollars an hour. So it's Alaska, Nebraska, et cetera. Have 209 00:13:56,040 --> 00:13:59,480 Speaker 3: lower minimum wages. Anyway, the minimum wage in California again 210 00:13:59,520 --> 00:14:02,440 Speaker 3: for those food workers, will be going up mentioning a 211 00:14:02,520 --> 00:14:06,160 Speaker 3: new law, and this is a bit controversial. There's a 212 00:14:06,240 --> 00:14:13,920 Speaker 3: new law that will essentially protect those who are released 213 00:14:13,920 --> 00:14:17,240 Speaker 3: from prison and have criminal records. It will protect them 214 00:14:17,320 --> 00:14:22,560 Speaker 3: in the process they have of getting housing and renting 215 00:14:22,560 --> 00:14:27,800 Speaker 3: a place. So here's the situation. You've just been released 216 00:14:27,800 --> 00:14:31,560 Speaker 3: from prison, and we'll take they'll take you out of it. 217 00:14:31,680 --> 00:14:34,040 Speaker 3: Let's just say someone has been released from prison and 218 00:14:34,080 --> 00:14:39,120 Speaker 3: they're looking for a place to live. And many places 219 00:14:39,440 --> 00:14:46,240 Speaker 3: have existing laws that actually prevent people from getting housing 220 00:14:46,320 --> 00:14:49,240 Speaker 3: in certain communities if they have a criminal record. It's 221 00:14:49,280 --> 00:14:54,560 Speaker 3: called crime free housing, and many areas and local governments 222 00:14:54,960 --> 00:14:59,800 Speaker 3: have this ban in place. They enforce crime free ho 223 00:15:00,000 --> 00:15:03,640 Speaker 3: housing policies. So even if you want to rent to 224 00:15:03,720 --> 00:15:05,520 Speaker 3: somebody with a criminal history. 225 00:15:05,560 --> 00:15:06,240 Speaker 2: You can't do it. 226 00:15:07,320 --> 00:15:14,160 Speaker 3: And their examples provided you know, those with drug related 227 00:15:14,560 --> 00:15:18,120 Speaker 3: theft convictions and they have kids and they're looking for 228 00:15:18,160 --> 00:15:22,120 Speaker 3: a place to live and they can't get one. Nearly 229 00:15:22,160 --> 00:15:26,479 Speaker 3: two thousand communities in the US and elsewhere encourage landlords 230 00:15:26,520 --> 00:15:30,360 Speaker 3: to evict or exclude tenants who have had some interaction 231 00:15:30,440 --> 00:15:33,600 Speaker 3: with law enforcement, and it creates a crisis. Now you 232 00:15:33,640 --> 00:15:36,400 Speaker 3: may say, yeah, I don't want somebody with a criminal 233 00:15:36,480 --> 00:15:41,600 Speaker 3: record and that sort of darkness around them to be 234 00:15:41,720 --> 00:15:46,720 Speaker 3: in my apartment complex. But you also might say that's 235 00:15:46,760 --> 00:15:50,440 Speaker 3: not fair. People deserve a second chance. They've served their time, 236 00:15:51,160 --> 00:15:53,840 Speaker 3: and they deserve a shot at living in a community 237 00:15:54,680 --> 00:15:57,120 Speaker 3: that will allow them to live there safely. 238 00:15:58,480 --> 00:16:02,360 Speaker 2: Well. New law. 239 00:16:03,160 --> 00:16:09,400 Speaker 3: So, the new law will essentially offer more opportunities to 240 00:16:09,480 --> 00:16:14,240 Speaker 3: those who have those felonies and other records that reflect 241 00:16:14,440 --> 00:16:18,280 Speaker 3: a criminal history. It will allow them access to housing. 242 00:16:19,920 --> 00:16:22,680 Speaker 3: So again, this is Assembly Bill fourteen eighteen. It takes 243 00:16:22,680 --> 00:16:25,920 Speaker 3: effect next week on Monday. It will ban local governments 244 00:16:25,920 --> 00:16:32,880 Speaker 3: across California from enforcing those crime free housing policies, ones 245 00:16:32,880 --> 00:16:35,680 Speaker 3: that stop landlords from renting to those with prior convictions. 246 00:16:35,680 --> 00:16:39,560 Speaker 3: But also calling for the eviction of tenants based on 247 00:16:39,720 --> 00:16:43,920 Speaker 3: arrests or contact with law enforcement. So that will change 248 00:16:44,160 --> 00:16:50,200 Speaker 3: January first. So when we come back news about Orcas 249 00:16:50,320 --> 00:16:54,040 Speaker 3: and Powerball, we cover it all, don't we. Here on 250 00:16:54,080 --> 00:16:57,640 Speaker 3: the John Cobelt Show. John returns next week. Mark Thompson 251 00:16:57,680 --> 00:17:00,640 Speaker 3: sitting in with the whole crew on k I six 252 00:17:00,720 --> 00:17:02,680 Speaker 3: forty Live Everywhere on the iHeartRadio app. 253 00:17:03,880 --> 00:17:08,200 Speaker 5: You're listening to John cobelts on demand from KFI AM 254 00:17:08,240 --> 00:17:08,800 Speaker 5: six forty. 255 00:17:10,680 --> 00:17:12,840 Speaker 2: Mark Thompson here for John Cobelt. 256 00:17:14,000 --> 00:17:17,520 Speaker 3: John is a super cool guy taking a little vacation. 257 00:17:17,600 --> 00:17:19,359 Speaker 2: I think he's still in town. I don't know. 258 00:17:19,400 --> 00:17:21,560 Speaker 3: I haven't usually I'm in touch with As you know, 259 00:17:21,600 --> 00:17:24,680 Speaker 3: I've been out of the country my exotic holiday vacation 260 00:17:24,840 --> 00:17:28,080 Speaker 3: to Central and South America, where I'm spreading good cheer 261 00:17:28,160 --> 00:17:32,560 Speaker 3: as a positive ambassador from the US to all the 262 00:17:32,600 --> 00:17:34,920 Speaker 3: little boys and girls in Central and South America. 263 00:17:35,800 --> 00:17:37,120 Speaker 2: And by the. 264 00:17:37,040 --> 00:17:40,119 Speaker 3: Way, when you come back into this country from anywhere, 265 00:17:40,640 --> 00:17:44,320 Speaker 3: there is a crush of people, as you international travelers 266 00:17:44,359 --> 00:17:47,800 Speaker 3: far more sophisticated than myself probably already know. But you 267 00:17:47,840 --> 00:17:52,840 Speaker 3: get into Lax and it's a pretty big crush of people. 268 00:17:52,880 --> 00:17:55,959 Speaker 3: But I have to tell you about one technology that 269 00:17:56,119 --> 00:18:00,840 Speaker 3: blew me away about years ago. 270 00:18:01,560 --> 00:18:04,159 Speaker 2: I got something called global Entry. 271 00:18:04,880 --> 00:18:09,600 Speaker 3: Now global Entry they do a background check on you 272 00:18:09,680 --> 00:18:11,360 Speaker 3: and they do an interview with you. 273 00:18:11,720 --> 00:18:13,640 Speaker 2: Right, Debra, you probably have this. I do. 274 00:18:13,720 --> 00:18:15,159 Speaker 6: It's a life saver, right. 275 00:18:15,160 --> 00:18:19,240 Speaker 3: This year's resolution, Yes you must, and Richie you should 276 00:18:19,240 --> 00:18:22,320 Speaker 3: get it all. So I recommend it to all Americans. 277 00:18:22,840 --> 00:18:26,000 Speaker 3: You should do this again. It's a little trouble. You 278 00:18:26,040 --> 00:18:29,040 Speaker 3: got to go through one of these dot gov websites. 279 00:18:29,080 --> 00:18:30,600 Speaker 3: But it's not that bad. If I did it, you 280 00:18:30,640 --> 00:18:32,800 Speaker 3: can do it, and then you go for the interview. 281 00:18:32,800 --> 00:18:34,200 Speaker 2: ET said. They do the background check. 282 00:18:34,280 --> 00:18:37,160 Speaker 3: So when you come back into the country and it'll 283 00:18:37,160 --> 00:18:39,520 Speaker 3: give you tsapre and all that stuff too. But if 284 00:18:39,560 --> 00:18:45,000 Speaker 3: you're traveling internationally, it is a sick scene of lines. 285 00:18:45,040 --> 00:18:47,960 Speaker 3: I mean you, it makes the worst day of Disneyland 286 00:18:48,080 --> 00:18:51,439 Speaker 3: look like a day at the beach. So this is 287 00:18:51,440 --> 00:18:54,359 Speaker 3: what global entry allows you to do. Go past that 288 00:18:54,560 --> 00:18:58,520 Speaker 3: line to a sign that says global Entry with an arrow. 289 00:18:58,720 --> 00:19:01,240 Speaker 2: It's so cool. In like the ball. 290 00:19:01,560 --> 00:19:07,879 Speaker 3: You are up to a kiosk it and it says 291 00:19:08,440 --> 00:19:10,040 Speaker 3: put travel documents here. 292 00:19:10,080 --> 00:19:14,000 Speaker 2: But this is my point. I didn't even. 293 00:19:13,960 --> 00:19:17,920 Speaker 3: Touch a travel document, because it just says, and line 294 00:19:18,000 --> 00:19:22,879 Speaker 3: up your your eyes to this green dot or whatever. 295 00:19:22,960 --> 00:19:25,600 Speaker 3: So as I'm reaching into my pocket to the travel document, 296 00:19:26,480 --> 00:19:28,960 Speaker 3: my eyes line up too, and I've got a hat on, 297 00:19:29,960 --> 00:19:33,080 Speaker 3: and I believe I glasses on, and my picture in 298 00:19:33,119 --> 00:19:35,359 Speaker 3: my global entry doesn't even have glasses or a hat, 299 00:19:36,440 --> 00:19:41,280 Speaker 3: and it the green light pings or something, and it 300 00:19:41,440 --> 00:19:43,040 Speaker 3: just says I have no travel. 301 00:19:42,720 --> 00:19:43,520 Speaker 2: Document out at all. 302 00:19:43,560 --> 00:19:50,479 Speaker 3: It just says go ahead, mark continue, And I was done. 303 00:19:51,119 --> 00:19:53,760 Speaker 3: They saw nothing. They asked me no questions. They asked 304 00:19:53,800 --> 00:19:56,640 Speaker 3: me nothing about you know, did you how long. 305 00:19:56,440 --> 00:19:58,000 Speaker 2: Were you there? Why were you there? 306 00:19:58,320 --> 00:20:06,399 Speaker 3: None of those questions. It just the technology was insanely sophisticated. 307 00:20:06,640 --> 00:20:11,719 Speaker 3: It's probably scary on some level. But wow, and you 308 00:20:11,760 --> 00:20:13,639 Speaker 3: who travel all the time. I always see your you 309 00:20:13,680 --> 00:20:16,720 Speaker 3: know your Instagram, Debra, you're in Italy or all these 310 00:20:16,760 --> 00:20:21,439 Speaker 3: various exotic ports of call, you must have like a 311 00:20:21,480 --> 00:20:22,560 Speaker 3: lot of experience with this. 312 00:20:22,680 --> 00:20:25,720 Speaker 6: Well I remember one time I had that same experience 313 00:20:25,720 --> 00:20:27,800 Speaker 6: with you, and I'm just standing there because I thought, Okay, 314 00:20:27,800 --> 00:20:32,119 Speaker 6: it can't be this, and then the guy he's like, hey, Deborah, right, hight. 315 00:20:32,160 --> 00:20:35,600 Speaker 2: Exactly, You're good to go. Yeah, these two guys there. 316 00:20:36,080 --> 00:20:38,080 Speaker 3: You know how like when you do self check out 317 00:20:38,119 --> 00:20:40,280 Speaker 3: at a grocery store, there's somebody there kind of keeping 318 00:20:40,280 --> 00:20:40,760 Speaker 3: an eye on. 319 00:20:41,040 --> 00:20:41,200 Speaker 2: Yeah. 320 00:20:41,600 --> 00:20:44,280 Speaker 3: So there's one of those at Global Entry, but in 321 00:20:44,320 --> 00:20:45,480 Speaker 3: this case there are two of them, and then there 322 00:20:45,480 --> 00:20:48,240 Speaker 3: are two big, you know, cop looking people, and they 323 00:20:48,560 --> 00:20:51,240 Speaker 3: they call you by name, they go Mark, go ahead. 324 00:20:51,480 --> 00:20:53,480 Speaker 2: It's like wow, You're like, well, you know what else? 325 00:20:53,560 --> 00:20:53,880 Speaker 4: Is cool? 326 00:20:53,960 --> 00:20:54,280 Speaker 1: Clear? 327 00:20:54,960 --> 00:20:57,119 Speaker 2: Yes? Clear is clear is good? 328 00:20:57,240 --> 00:20:59,760 Speaker 3: Although I pay for it, which and which is stupid 329 00:20:59,760 --> 00:21:01,679 Speaker 3: because I don't travel enough to make it worth it. 330 00:21:01,720 --> 00:21:04,560 Speaker 3: But I lately, particularly in Washington, d C. You know, 331 00:21:04,840 --> 00:21:07,360 Speaker 3: my father's been a little ill, so I've gone back 332 00:21:07,400 --> 00:21:10,840 Speaker 3: a lot. In Washington, d C. The clear line takes 333 00:21:10,920 --> 00:21:12,160 Speaker 3: like fifteen minutes. 334 00:21:12,320 --> 00:21:12,760 Speaker 2: Oh wow. 335 00:21:12,920 --> 00:21:16,040 Speaker 3: Yeah, And the TSA pre line takes about fifteen minutes. 336 00:21:16,080 --> 00:21:19,160 Speaker 3: So I'm kind of not not a fan all the time. 337 00:21:19,200 --> 00:21:22,480 Speaker 3: It clear, and it's something you pay for Global Entry. 338 00:21:22,640 --> 00:21:25,120 Speaker 3: You get it for free. I think it's sixty dollars 339 00:21:25,200 --> 00:21:27,520 Speaker 3: maybe to register or something. There may be a registration fee. 340 00:21:27,560 --> 00:21:29,200 Speaker 3: I think it's one hundred dollars for five years. 341 00:21:29,200 --> 00:21:31,720 Speaker 2: Oh is it? Can you re up every five years? 342 00:21:31,800 --> 00:21:35,320 Speaker 2: Oh cool? Okay, Well that's good info. Thank you. I know, clear, 343 00:21:35,400 --> 00:21:36,080 Speaker 2: you've got to pay. 344 00:21:36,480 --> 00:21:39,160 Speaker 6: What is that I forgot one hundred I want to say, 345 00:21:39,160 --> 00:21:40,960 Speaker 6: one hundred and thirty five bucks or one hundred and 346 00:21:40,960 --> 00:21:41,440 Speaker 6: fifty bucks? 347 00:21:41,520 --> 00:21:44,359 Speaker 3: Yeah clear, marks, Yeah clear, is like reminding you that 348 00:21:44,400 --> 00:21:47,440 Speaker 3: it costs you. I don't know, I really recommend the 349 00:21:47,440 --> 00:21:52,520 Speaker 3: global entry, particularly again if you're you're traveling outside the country. 350 00:21:52,640 --> 00:21:54,280 Speaker 3: You're not traveling outside the country, then you know, I 351 00:21:54,320 --> 00:21:57,680 Speaker 3: don't really see it as something there is a little 352 00:21:57,680 --> 00:21:59,800 Speaker 3: bit of a hassle to do it, but man it 353 00:22:00,400 --> 00:22:02,800 Speaker 3: the technology is what I really wanted to relate to 354 00:22:02,840 --> 00:22:08,719 Speaker 3: you because it's clearly AI and facial recognition software and 355 00:22:08,800 --> 00:22:11,760 Speaker 3: all of that retinal scan, all of it rolled into one. 356 00:22:12,160 --> 00:22:16,840 Speaker 3: And you know in those shows like NCIS or whatever 357 00:22:16,920 --> 00:22:22,600 Speaker 3: where they have somebody on surveillance video and you look 358 00:22:22,640 --> 00:22:24,920 Speaker 3: and it's and everybody's looking at Oh, that's the guy, 359 00:22:25,040 --> 00:22:27,159 Speaker 3: but we can't quite tell from this surveillance, and they go, 360 00:22:27,600 --> 00:22:28,919 Speaker 3: can you can you sector it? 361 00:22:28,960 --> 00:22:29,800 Speaker 2: Can you zoom it in? 362 00:22:30,440 --> 00:22:35,200 Speaker 3: And then they zoom in on that image and then 363 00:22:35,680 --> 00:22:41,159 Speaker 3: the gray image that's blurry becomes clear. You know, they 364 00:22:41,240 --> 00:22:43,119 Speaker 3: kind of can you do? Can you you, bob? Is 365 00:22:43,160 --> 00:22:44,960 Speaker 3: there anything you can do to make the image clear 366 00:22:45,480 --> 00:22:47,800 Speaker 3: and goes well, I can you know, apply sometimes and 367 00:22:47,880 --> 00:22:48,920 Speaker 3: they make it clearer. 368 00:22:49,200 --> 00:22:49,800 Speaker 2: Well, that. 369 00:22:51,640 --> 00:22:56,000 Speaker 3: Doesn't exist, it just doesn't. But now it is close 370 00:22:56,040 --> 00:23:00,400 Speaker 3: to existing. They can take a blurry image and through 371 00:23:00,440 --> 00:23:06,360 Speaker 3: AI they can make it clearer. It will revolutionize law enforcement, 372 00:23:06,560 --> 00:23:09,639 Speaker 3: it'll revolutionize I think a lot of other things. And 373 00:23:09,680 --> 00:23:13,639 Speaker 3: there's a piece of that technology in that stuff I 374 00:23:13,720 --> 00:23:15,720 Speaker 3: was just talking about. When it comes to global entry. 375 00:23:16,600 --> 00:23:19,919 Speaker 3: They can tell now a lot more about your face 376 00:23:20,440 --> 00:23:24,120 Speaker 3: and who you are. And when I say they, I'm 377 00:23:24,119 --> 00:23:27,160 Speaker 3: just saying the technology can than ever before. And then 378 00:23:27,240 --> 00:23:30,280 Speaker 3: the other day is just a question of who's using 379 00:23:30,600 --> 00:23:39,040 Speaker 3: that technology. Orcas are coming along the southern California coast. 380 00:23:39,040 --> 00:23:44,080 Speaker 3: It's a rare site. Wales native to Mexico and Central America, 381 00:23:44,119 --> 00:23:46,600 Speaker 3: have been spotted dozens of times, from Long Beach to 382 00:23:46,640 --> 00:23:50,960 Speaker 3: Palace Verites to Laguna Beach. The last three weeks have 383 00:23:51,080 --> 00:23:55,200 Speaker 3: been rocking for orcas. If anybody has been through these 384 00:23:55,240 --> 00:23:58,119 Speaker 3: areas or had family in through the holiday, I mean 385 00:23:58,200 --> 00:24:01,399 Speaker 3: there's been a lot to see. They're common to California, 386 00:24:01,520 --> 00:24:07,440 Speaker 3: orcers are, but they're they're not in these numbers for 387 00:24:07,600 --> 00:24:11,320 Speaker 3: a long time, say many who are in the business 388 00:24:11,320 --> 00:24:15,680 Speaker 3: of watching orcas. They think that the whales are eastern 389 00:24:15,720 --> 00:24:20,199 Speaker 3: tropical Pacific orcas that frequent the warmer waters south of 390 00:24:20,359 --> 00:24:26,119 Speaker 3: LA and they're here because of an increased abundance of dolphins, 391 00:24:26,160 --> 00:24:32,399 Speaker 3: which they sorry to break this to you, they eat them. 392 00:24:32,400 --> 00:24:39,440 Speaker 3: But this, this is quite extraordinary and orcas, they say, 393 00:24:39,880 --> 00:24:46,680 Speaker 3: are drawing immense attention, and it's sort of helping businesses 394 00:24:46,680 --> 00:24:51,719 Speaker 3: that are in the orca spotting business. And they say 395 00:24:51,760 --> 00:24:57,240 Speaker 3: this eclipses the orcas sightings that have been noted. Eclipse 396 00:24:57,520 --> 00:25:02,719 Speaker 3: the sightings and the highest sightings in most recent years, 397 00:25:03,080 --> 00:25:09,480 Speaker 3: the highest sighting number of orches sidings is seventy three. 398 00:25:09,960 --> 00:25:15,560 Speaker 3: It was in twenty eighteen. They say, now, and this 399 00:25:15,680 --> 00:25:21,840 Speaker 3: is in the Harbor Breeze. What is that. Harbor Breeze 400 00:25:21,920 --> 00:25:24,840 Speaker 3: is one of these companies that does this stuff. They 401 00:25:24,840 --> 00:25:29,119 Speaker 3: have a running tally for orchest siding sixty one. They say, 402 00:25:29,200 --> 00:25:33,560 Speaker 3: so again, orcas are rarer to see. You can find 403 00:25:33,640 --> 00:25:38,960 Speaker 3: humpback whales, but orcas are rarer. And as I say, 404 00:25:39,280 --> 00:25:42,680 Speaker 3: seventy three and twenty eighteen. Bottom line is this, there 405 00:25:42,720 --> 00:25:45,719 Speaker 3: are more and more they're feeding up this way, and 406 00:25:45,760 --> 00:25:50,320 Speaker 3: that's primarily because there's just more food up here, so 407 00:25:50,359 --> 00:25:57,359 Speaker 3: when we come back. The powerball jackpot hits a big number, 408 00:25:58,040 --> 00:26:03,200 Speaker 3: ninth largest ever, and the drawing is tonight. 409 00:26:04,440 --> 00:26:10,160 Speaker 2: Good luck, Mark, Thank you, Devin. 410 00:26:10,200 --> 00:26:12,000 Speaker 3: I got a lot riding on it, so I'm really 411 00:26:12,040 --> 00:26:14,120 Speaker 3: downing on a little bit of a rally. 412 00:26:14,320 --> 00:26:15,520 Speaker 2: It's the John Cobot Show. 413 00:26:15,560 --> 00:26:18,359 Speaker 3: Mark Thompson sitting in on KFI AM six forty live 414 00:26:18,600 --> 00:26:20,399 Speaker 3: everywhere on the iHeartRadio app. 415 00:26:21,240 --> 00:26:25,600 Speaker 5: You're listening to John Cobelt on demand from KFI AM 416 00:26:25,600 --> 00:26:26,200 Speaker 5: six forty. 417 00:26:29,080 --> 00:26:33,200 Speaker 3: Mark Thompson here for John Coe build here tomorrow as 418 00:26:33,240 --> 00:26:34,680 Speaker 3: well at the end of the week, and then John 419 00:26:34,760 --> 00:26:40,400 Speaker 3: comes back next week. Powerball hitting seven hundred million, ninth 420 00:26:40,560 --> 00:26:49,240 Speaker 3: largest ever. The drawing is today. If you take your 421 00:26:50,480 --> 00:26:54,359 Speaker 3: money through an annuity paid annually over twenty nine years, 422 00:26:54,400 --> 00:26:58,119 Speaker 3: you'll get seven hundred million. Most winners are for what 423 00:27:00,000 --> 00:27:03,160 Speaker 3: you owe me the money, give it to me upfront. 424 00:27:04,040 --> 00:27:05,960 Speaker 3: If you take the upfront pad, it's three hundred and 425 00:27:05,960 --> 00:27:10,080 Speaker 3: fifty two point three million. This is the fourth powerball 426 00:27:10,200 --> 00:27:13,560 Speaker 3: jackpot to exceed half a billion dollars this calendar year. 427 00:27:15,320 --> 00:27:19,280 Speaker 3: Last time the jackpot was one was October eleventh. It 428 00:27:19,400 --> 00:27:23,680 Speaker 3: was a California ticket one point seven six y five billion, 429 00:27:24,240 --> 00:27:28,240 Speaker 3: and that winner still hasn't come forward. There have been 430 00:27:28,280 --> 00:27:32,560 Speaker 3: thirty three consecutive drawings without a jackpot winner, and the 431 00:27:32,600 --> 00:27:39,040 Speaker 3: winless streak is because of the odds. You know, when 432 00:27:39,080 --> 00:27:40,880 Speaker 3: they say you have a one in a million chance 433 00:27:40,920 --> 00:27:45,040 Speaker 3: of winning, one in a million would be a huge 434 00:27:45,080 --> 00:27:50,119 Speaker 3: improvement on what you have with the lottery. You have 435 00:27:50,160 --> 00:27:53,120 Speaker 3: a one in two hundred and ninety two point two 436 00:27:53,320 --> 00:27:59,040 Speaker 3: million chance of winning the Again, the powerball jackpot a 437 00:27:59,160 --> 00:28:02,800 Speaker 3: one in two hundred and ninety two point two million 438 00:28:03,720 --> 00:28:08,480 Speaker 3: chants now just speaking a big money And then we'll 439 00:28:08,480 --> 00:28:12,280 Speaker 3: talk to Chris who's coming in for the Conways show. 440 00:28:12,600 --> 00:28:19,640 Speaker 3: I saw that Steve Balmer. Steve Balmer, he is the 441 00:28:19,680 --> 00:28:25,040 Speaker 3: sixth richest person in the world and he is about 442 00:28:25,080 --> 00:28:31,080 Speaker 3: to collect a billion dollars a year. Doing you penciling 443 00:28:31,119 --> 00:28:35,560 Speaker 3: it all out for essentially doing nothing? Yeah, I mean, 444 00:28:36,240 --> 00:28:39,040 Speaker 3: and here's what I mean as I say six forest 445 00:28:39,040 --> 00:28:41,520 Speaker 3: person in the world. You know, his money comes from 446 00:28:41,880 --> 00:28:43,760 Speaker 3: a lot of things, as supposed related to tech. But 447 00:28:44,120 --> 00:28:47,480 Speaker 3: he's the former CEO of Microsoft. So when he was 448 00:28:47,560 --> 00:28:52,080 Speaker 3: CEO of Microsoft, he owned three hundred and thirty three 449 00:28:52,520 --> 00:28:58,720 Speaker 3: million shares of Microsoft and the last time he filed 450 00:28:58,880 --> 00:29:02,360 Speaker 3: one of these ownership just clos statements. He had the 451 00:29:02,360 --> 00:29:05,440 Speaker 3: equivalent of a four percent stake in the company, which 452 00:29:05,520 --> 00:29:11,960 Speaker 3: means that just in the quarterly dividend payouts that spin 453 00:29:12,080 --> 00:29:15,480 Speaker 3: out seventy five cents a share or three dollars a 454 00:29:15,520 --> 00:29:20,040 Speaker 3: share annually. Okay, because it's a quarterly spin he should 455 00:29:20,080 --> 00:29:24,120 Speaker 3: get just shy of a billion dollars this year just 456 00:29:24,160 --> 00:29:29,080 Speaker 3: for owning the Microsoft stock. It's good work if you 457 00:29:29,160 --> 00:29:33,320 Speaker 3: can get it. He reported six hundred and fifty six 458 00:29:33,400 --> 00:29:38,400 Speaker 3: million in income to the IRS in twenty eighteen, and 459 00:29:40,000 --> 00:29:40,800 Speaker 3: he's doing well. 460 00:29:41,040 --> 00:29:42,400 Speaker 2: If you had. 461 00:29:42,160 --> 00:29:45,880 Speaker 3: Steve Balmer on your worry list, you can you can 462 00:29:45,920 --> 00:29:50,960 Speaker 3: scratch him off. He continues to do very, very well. 463 00:29:51,920 --> 00:29:55,000 Speaker 3: He's part owner of the Clippers, isn't he? Or he's 464 00:29:55,040 --> 00:29:56,680 Speaker 3: completely the owner of the Clippers, isn't he? 465 00:29:57,160 --> 00:29:58,000 Speaker 2: Yeah? I think so. 466 00:30:00,160 --> 00:30:04,720 Speaker 3: I passed Dave Assay in the hallway Davidssay Dodgers talk. 467 00:30:04,840 --> 00:30:07,000 Speaker 3: You know, I mentioned this in relation to the Clippers 468 00:30:07,000 --> 00:30:10,120 Speaker 3: and sports. I was just talking about the fact that 469 00:30:10,160 --> 00:30:13,600 Speaker 3: these new deals for these athletes who are coming to 470 00:30:13,600 --> 00:30:16,680 Speaker 3: the Dodgers particularly are so massive, and they defer a 471 00:30:16,720 --> 00:30:20,840 Speaker 3: lot of that income and the Dodgers are really well 472 00:30:20,840 --> 00:30:23,320 Speaker 3: positioned for the future, and that was a deal that 473 00:30:23,560 --> 00:30:29,200 Speaker 3: was matched by the Yankees. This is for two massively 474 00:30:29,280 --> 00:30:33,680 Speaker 3: talented players who are coming to the Dodgers now, right, 475 00:30:34,720 --> 00:30:37,080 Speaker 3: and I mean for hundreds of millions of dollars. This 476 00:30:37,120 --> 00:30:40,480 Speaker 3: deal to defer all that income matched by the Yankees, 477 00:30:40,480 --> 00:30:41,920 Speaker 3: match by the Giants. 478 00:30:42,720 --> 00:30:43,920 Speaker 2: Dodgers take it. 479 00:30:44,080 --> 00:30:48,560 Speaker 3: Really something anyway, in the world of big money, athletics 480 00:30:48,600 --> 00:30:52,760 Speaker 3: and athletes still seem to be a pretty strong place, 481 00:30:52,880 --> 00:30:57,320 Speaker 3: Balmber among them. Bomber's in the ownership business, which is 482 00:30:57,320 --> 00:30:59,360 Speaker 3: a great business to be in, but you really need 483 00:30:59,800 --> 00:31:03,480 Speaker 3: a lot of scratch to be handling the ownership world. 484 00:31:04,840 --> 00:31:08,800 Speaker 3: So for Tim Conway junior, Chris Merrill sits in What's 485 00:31:08,880 --> 00:31:09,200 Speaker 3: up with you? 486 00:31:09,360 --> 00:31:09,920 Speaker 2: Chris Well? 487 00:31:10,000 --> 00:31:12,480 Speaker 4: I was just wondering if Steve ballmer is buying powerball tickets, 488 00:31:12,840 --> 00:31:15,680 Speaker 4: So I think he's out of that power ball buying business. 489 00:31:16,040 --> 00:31:18,000 Speaker 4: If I had that much money, I would buy all 490 00:31:18,040 --> 00:31:19,240 Speaker 4: the power ball tickets. 491 00:31:19,280 --> 00:31:22,040 Speaker 3: Did you ever see I think it's only in the 492 00:31:22,080 --> 00:31:25,080 Speaker 3: last few months there's a documentary about the Oh they 493 00:31:25,120 --> 00:31:27,479 Speaker 3: made the movie about those who kind of gamed the 494 00:31:27,480 --> 00:31:31,040 Speaker 3: lottery system, right, Yeah, it was with Brian Cranston was 495 00:31:31,080 --> 00:31:32,240 Speaker 3: one of the it was the lead. 496 00:31:32,280 --> 00:31:33,320 Speaker 2: I think, Yeah, it. 497 00:31:33,440 --> 00:31:35,680 Speaker 4: Fascinating and it's based on a true story if I 498 00:31:35,720 --> 00:31:38,320 Speaker 4: recall correctly, that was when they decided and I've done 499 00:31:38,360 --> 00:31:40,120 Speaker 4: the math before too. Would you see odds were one 500 00:31:40,120 --> 00:31:42,800 Speaker 4: in two hundred ninety some odd million, right, but your 501 00:31:42,840 --> 00:31:45,200 Speaker 4: one time payout is three hundred and some odd millions. 502 00:31:45,240 --> 00:31:47,760 Speaker 4: So if you if you buy all the tickets and 503 00:31:47,800 --> 00:31:53,200 Speaker 4: you win, right, there's two problems with it. One is 504 00:31:53,240 --> 00:31:56,360 Speaker 4: the logistics, and that's what Cranston's the movie with Creston 505 00:31:56,400 --> 00:31:58,280 Speaker 4: they were all working on and they weren't able to 506 00:31:58,280 --> 00:32:00,959 Speaker 4: buy all the tickets, but fortunately the ones that they 507 00:32:00,960 --> 00:32:02,480 Speaker 4: bought one, right, is that. 508 00:32:02,440 --> 00:32:04,720 Speaker 3: The one I'm thinking of, yeah, because well you're you're 509 00:32:04,840 --> 00:32:06,840 Speaker 3: kind of remembering it, right, but you're let me just. 510 00:32:06,840 --> 00:32:08,360 Speaker 2: Tweak it one little okay, y, yeah? 511 00:32:08,400 --> 00:32:12,080 Speaker 3: Which is that what they what they realized was that 512 00:32:12,120 --> 00:32:15,240 Speaker 3: they didn't have to win the big jackpot. They could 513 00:32:15,360 --> 00:32:18,400 Speaker 3: just win the lesser jackpots. And so that's the way 514 00:32:18,400 --> 00:32:21,200 Speaker 3: they manipulated their buys. They you know, they could make 515 00:32:21,240 --> 00:32:22,840 Speaker 3: a bunch of money not winning the big one. 516 00:32:22,960 --> 00:32:23,400 Speaker 2: Yeah. 517 00:32:23,440 --> 00:32:25,400 Speaker 4: So there was there was a group that did this 518 00:32:25,440 --> 00:32:26,840 Speaker 4: one time and they were I think it was the 519 00:32:26,880 --> 00:32:28,920 Speaker 4: New York State Lottery then, whatever it was, they were. 520 00:32:28,840 --> 00:32:29,280 Speaker 2: Trying to buy it. 521 00:32:29,280 --> 00:32:31,719 Speaker 4: But they didn't get them all, but they got, you know, 522 00:32:31,720 --> 00:32:33,440 Speaker 4: two thirds of them, and they ended up winning it. 523 00:32:33,720 --> 00:32:36,320 Speaker 4: But the real hang up because I proposed this one 524 00:32:36,320 --> 00:32:37,600 Speaker 4: time when I was growing up. I grew up in 525 00:32:37,600 --> 00:32:39,800 Speaker 4: a small town and everybody knew everybody. One of my friends, 526 00:32:39,840 --> 00:32:41,600 Speaker 4: her dad was the president of the bank. And I 527 00:32:41,640 --> 00:32:44,200 Speaker 4: said to him, I said, mister van Buren, which sounds 528 00:32:44,240 --> 00:32:46,680 Speaker 4: like such a banker name, doesn't it. I said, mister 529 00:32:46,760 --> 00:32:51,040 Speaker 4: van Buren, I said, can you just loan me ninety 530 00:32:51,080 --> 00:32:54,280 Speaker 4: million dollars and I'm going to go buy the tickets 531 00:32:54,400 --> 00:32:56,560 Speaker 4: by you know, it's a one in ninety million chance 532 00:32:56,600 --> 00:32:57,280 Speaker 4: or what I to ask? 533 00:32:57,480 --> 00:32:59,280 Speaker 2: You got to ask and he says, and he just 534 00:32:59,360 --> 00:32:59,880 Speaker 2: kind of laughed and. 535 00:33:00,040 --> 00:33:02,920 Speaker 4: Says no, And I said, this is a lock. 536 00:33:03,080 --> 00:33:03,960 Speaker 2: This is a sure thing. 537 00:33:04,760 --> 00:33:06,480 Speaker 4: And you know, he pointed out the logistics thing and 538 00:33:06,680 --> 00:33:08,320 Speaker 4: I said, okay, but if I can get that taken 539 00:33:08,320 --> 00:33:11,600 Speaker 4: care of, right, And he said, all right, what if 540 00:33:11,920 --> 00:33:15,600 Speaker 4: another ticket hits it and you split it, that's where 541 00:33:15,640 --> 00:33:17,280 Speaker 4: you run into the wow. 542 00:33:17,360 --> 00:33:19,560 Speaker 2: Right. Yeah. Yeah, So let's say you. 543 00:33:19,600 --> 00:33:22,760 Speaker 4: Hit the seven hundred million dollar jackpot, but four other 544 00:33:22,840 --> 00:33:24,680 Speaker 4: tickets hit it too. Now you're in the hole a 545 00:33:24,720 --> 00:33:27,280 Speaker 4: couple hundred million, and that's that's gonna hurt. 546 00:33:28,000 --> 00:33:28,240 Speaker 2: Wow. 547 00:33:29,160 --> 00:33:32,959 Speaker 3: I love when plans skip too. We're gonna win, but right, 548 00:33:33,240 --> 00:33:35,720 Speaker 3: you're gonna win. Really, I think there's a bigger problem 549 00:33:35,800 --> 00:33:37,880 Speaker 3: than that. I think you're not gonna win. How's that 550 00:33:38,080 --> 00:33:41,080 Speaker 3: a major issue? But I love that you're a big 551 00:33:41,120 --> 00:33:43,480 Speaker 3: picture guy. You're just the guy for the Conways shows. 552 00:33:45,040 --> 00:33:48,840 Speaker 3: So uh, Merril is next for Tim Conway Junior. I 553 00:33:48,880 --> 00:33:51,520 Speaker 3: will retire to my world on the Mark Thompson Show 554 00:33:51,560 --> 00:33:55,600 Speaker 3: on YouTube. Please subscribe even if you never listen. Apparently 555 00:33:55,840 --> 00:33:59,360 Speaker 3: just a number of subscribers is important. So we'll we'll 556 00:33:59,360 --> 00:34:01,920 Speaker 3: hang out on you and I'll see you again tomorrow night. Chris, 557 00:34:02,000 --> 00:34:04,840 Speaker 3: love you know, and have a Holiday's pal, all rights pal. 558 00:34:05,000 --> 00:34:08,160 Speaker 3: Thanks everybody, and John coblt Land been a good show. 559 00:34:08,200 --> 00:34:11,560 Speaker 3: Look forward tomorrow. 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