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Speaker 1: From Mediator's World News headquarters in Bozeman, Montana. This is

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Speaker 1: Kel's we Can review with Ryan kel Kell in now

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Speaker 1: Here's Kel. Body shaming, the act of shaming someone for

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Speaker 1: their body type is a common tool of the bully

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Speaker 1: and sadly not limited to humans. Recently, US Fish and

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Speaker 1: Like any picture post on Facebook, the picture generated a

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Speaker 1: lot of nasty comments. The arguably very healthy bear was

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Speaker 1: called names like chunky monkey and tubby. Some people did,

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Speaker 1: of course, come to the bear's defense, suggesting that the

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Speaker 1: black bear was in a pre hibernation state or was pregnant. However,

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Speaker 1: the bear pictured was in the spring, as in post

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Speaker 1: hibernation and to a mail, which of course rules out pregnancy.

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Speaker 1: Good news. The bear is a bear. It is not

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Speaker 1: aware of this, and the only thing on his mind,

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Speaker 1: thanks to his beautiful physical condition, is finding a mate.

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Speaker 1: You find me sexy. This week we're talking policy, law enforcement,

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Speaker 1: and the Great American Outdoors Act. So hold onto your butts.

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Speaker 1: But first I'm gonna tell you about my week. Just

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Speaker 1: like I mentioned last week, I met a group of

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Speaker 1: friends on the Mighty Missouri just outside of Craig, Montana.

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Speaker 1: We cooked all the prep turkey bits. I was talking

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Speaker 1: Firewood you know by now was cut by a steel

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Speaker 1: that day. How's a good day. Then I used the

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Speaker 1: two point seven pound drop forward steel head. That steel

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Speaker 1: heck of a camp asset. After that we even got

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Speaker 1: time to top it off. Out of all those turkey wings,

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Speaker 1: several pellets appeared, but no broken teeth. We did well.

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Speaker 1: Here's a fun fact for you. If you stay at

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Speaker 1: Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks fishing access site campgrounds, your

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Speaker 1: camp ground fees are discounted if you have a valid

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Speaker 1: Last week I had part of a statement from Georgia

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Speaker 1: Department and Natural Resources telling people to fill holes on

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Speaker 1: private property that could potentially be the boroughs of an

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Speaker 1: invasive and destructive species, the Argentine black and white tegu

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Speaker 1: Do not do this unless you are absolutely sure that

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Speaker 1: the whole or borrow in question is only occupied by

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Speaker 1: an invasive lizard, not the gopher toward us. In fact,

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Speaker 1: monitoring the suspected whole for a monitor type lizard. Next

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Speaker 1: not know the answer, so please write in A father

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Speaker 1: And yes, calling in Denver, join b H A and

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Speaker 1: If you need proof as to the sort of people

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Speaker 1: crime desk briefly in Oklahoma, Non Colorado to Piedmont, Oklahoma,

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Speaker 1: teens Eastern Karam and writer Jones, when fishing in a

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Speaker 1: man cast netting bass off of their spawning beds. According

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Speaker 1: to the Oklahoma one of the teens, the Eastern Karam,

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Speaker 1: Conservation had been contacted, the angry little man threw the

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Speaker 1: is the subadult, unlawful fisherman is in full golf attire,

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Speaker 1: you know if the low top insignificantly spiked shoe fits anyway.

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Speaker 1: For those of you in the golf community, be careful

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Speaker 1: who you share that next tea time with. And to

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Speaker 1: behavior can leave a lasting scar. This good Samaritan didn't

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Speaker 1: his incident. He didn't want something similar to happen to

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Speaker 1: lifetime Oklahoma fishing licenses and gift cards for more fishing gear.

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Speaker 1: Eastern and writer, Well done, You acted like adult by

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Speaker 1: even then the person couldn't do the right thing or

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Speaker 1: You acted like a steward of the resource should act.

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Speaker 1: You acted like an adult. You can fish with me

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Speaker 1: any time, but be careful out there when approaching strangers,

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Speaker 1: especially those who are already breaking the law. Also Eastern,

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Speaker 1: great looking, first light hat, buddy writer, take some fashion tips, bro.

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Speaker 1: I'm not you, bro, bro, and sincerely to our good Samaritan,

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Speaker 1: Mr Josh grogis well done. Way to act and act selflessly.

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Speaker 1: It is so easy to criticize and do nothing. Rewarding

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Speaker 1: Moving on back on episode nineteen. Way back in September

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Speaker 1: acting Secretarial Order three three seven six, in which Secretary

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Speaker 1: If it is a bike with a motor on it

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Speaker 1: how that benefits the recreational community at all. We already

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Speaker 1: have a process in place to change trail use designation,

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Speaker 1: areas to motorize vehicles excuse me, non motorized bicycles with

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Speaker 1: have them. I sure don't think so. Right now? Can

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Speaker 1: kind of snobs self propel themselves. If you were egalitarian

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Speaker 1: an elitist? If in order to get around you must

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Speaker 1: are you an elitist? Let them eat cake. There are

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Speaker 1: If you go to People for Bikes Org, you will

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Speaker 1: But if you have ever heard the words Land and

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Speaker 1: And don't forget to say thank you to Senators Gardner, Mansion, Danes, Warner, Portman,

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