1 00:00:00,640 --> 00:00:02,000 Speaker 1: Can't. I am six forty. 2 00:00:02,120 --> 00:00:05,520 Speaker 2: You're listening to the John Cobelt podcast on the iHeartRadio app. 3 00:00:06,360 --> 00:00:08,959 Speaker 2: We are on every day from one until four o'clock 4 00:00:09,000 --> 00:00:12,200 Speaker 2: and then after four o'clock John Cobelt' show on demand 5 00:00:12,280 --> 00:00:13,960 Speaker 2: on the iHeart app and that's where you get to 6 00:00:14,000 --> 00:00:18,400 Speaker 2: listen to whatever you missed. And yes, we are guaranteed human, 7 00:00:18,880 --> 00:00:21,440 Speaker 2: although it looks like when you get one of those 8 00:00:21,480 --> 00:00:24,279 Speaker 2: earthquake warnings, it's not a human who sends you the warning. 9 00:00:26,600 --> 00:00:28,960 Speaker 1: That was my teas coming up, that was your t's. 10 00:00:29,040 --> 00:00:32,600 Speaker 2: Well, this is my teas for your tea's here because 11 00:00:32,760 --> 00:00:35,280 Speaker 2: I knew this is like a new fear to embed 12 00:00:36,200 --> 00:00:39,240 Speaker 2: inside your brain, is that when you get these fake 13 00:00:39,320 --> 00:00:45,160 Speaker 2: warnings from these stupid algorithm systems that they have. Now 14 00:00:45,680 --> 00:00:49,440 Speaker 2: you remember how all the warnings during the fires, those 15 00:00:49,440 --> 00:00:50,320 Speaker 2: things went haywire. 16 00:00:50,479 --> 00:00:52,479 Speaker 1: Yeah, I got one of those people who didn't have. 17 00:00:52,479 --> 00:00:57,120 Speaker 2: Fires got warnings to evacuate. Those who did have fires 18 00:00:57,120 --> 00:01:00,520 Speaker 2: in the neighborhood didn't get the warnings. Well, now what 19 00:01:00,640 --> 00:01:03,600 Speaker 2: is this? This was a five to nine fake earthquake. 20 00:01:03,720 --> 00:01:05,200 Speaker 1: Yeah, that's a biggie. 21 00:01:05,720 --> 00:01:09,360 Speaker 2: Up in northern California, right, yep, five point nine people 22 00:01:09,400 --> 00:01:11,200 Speaker 2: are getting a buzz on their phones, and did these 23 00:01:11,240 --> 00:01:14,200 Speaker 2: people notice that well maybe the phone was was vibrating 24 00:01:14,240 --> 00:01:15,800 Speaker 2: that that the the earth was not. 25 00:01:16,200 --> 00:01:20,240 Speaker 1: I don't know. I didn't interview them. That's a good question. 26 00:01:20,280 --> 00:01:22,160 Speaker 2: I wondering, because I mean, if you got one that 27 00:01:22,200 --> 00:01:25,360 Speaker 2: said five to nine, you're out in the street. Oh yeah, 28 00:01:27,400 --> 00:01:29,400 Speaker 2: we're hiding under your bed or whatever it is you do. 29 00:01:29,560 --> 00:01:31,920 Speaker 2: You do some kind of dance, some kind of panic dance. 30 00:01:31,959 --> 00:01:34,160 Speaker 2: I know, you run out, you run out in your 31 00:01:34,240 --> 00:01:35,319 Speaker 2: robe or something. 32 00:01:35,959 --> 00:01:39,800 Speaker 1: In the shower ridiculous. Yeah, when you take a shower 33 00:01:39,840 --> 00:01:40,600 Speaker 1: that triggers on earth. 34 00:01:40,640 --> 00:01:46,199 Speaker 3: Oh, I take very quick showers because of that. I'd 35 00:01:46,400 --> 00:01:48,800 Speaker 3: owl right there just in case I had. 36 00:01:48,920 --> 00:01:53,200 Speaker 2: I heard that story immediately thought of you, that's that's 37 00:01:53,240 --> 00:01:56,240 Speaker 2: all you need, is fake earthquake alerts. 38 00:01:56,360 --> 00:02:01,240 Speaker 1: Yeah, I know. So anyway, more on that, Deborel have 39 00:02:01,320 --> 00:02:02,120 Speaker 1: more on that now. 40 00:02:02,560 --> 00:02:06,440 Speaker 2: One of our favorite punching bags is back in the news. 41 00:02:06,520 --> 00:02:07,880 Speaker 1: I don't know how many of you. 42 00:02:09,639 --> 00:02:14,200 Speaker 2: Still look at the Los Angeles Times, but I've always 43 00:02:14,240 --> 00:02:17,720 Speaker 2: try to be fair. I'm not fair very much. I've 44 00:02:17,760 --> 00:02:21,240 Speaker 2: said they have covered the fire fantastically over the last year. 45 00:02:22,280 --> 00:02:26,400 Speaker 2: Not much else. It's the usual left wing, progressive, slop 46 00:02:26,800 --> 00:02:27,560 Speaker 2: and nonsense. 47 00:02:27,919 --> 00:02:32,120 Speaker 1: However, they now have a second. 48 00:02:33,080 --> 00:02:35,959 Speaker 2: A second category that they are doing a great job 49 00:02:36,040 --> 00:02:39,280 Speaker 2: as on and that is a writer named Page Saint 50 00:02:39,360 --> 00:02:45,160 Speaker 2: John rerecording covering Ricardo Lara cal Fart. Lara is back 51 00:02:45,560 --> 00:02:49,400 Speaker 2: the insurance commissioner. A couple of months ago, I think 52 00:02:49,400 --> 00:02:53,800 Speaker 2: it was we carried a very long report by Channel 53 00:02:53,880 --> 00:02:57,280 Speaker 2: seven KGO and San Francisco. It was like a ten 54 00:02:57,320 --> 00:02:59,880 Speaker 2: minute report and it was the second time they'd done 55 00:03:00,080 --> 00:03:07,000 Speaker 2: something on him that Ricardo Lara basically gets bribed by 56 00:03:07,120 --> 00:03:12,320 Speaker 2: the insurance industry and gets to go traveling all over 57 00:03:12,360 --> 00:03:16,519 Speaker 2: the world I'll tell you how often. And he also 58 00:03:16,639 --> 00:03:20,399 Speaker 2: spends a lot of tax money in addition to the bribery. 59 00:03:21,600 --> 00:03:24,880 Speaker 2: And it resulted by the end of last year, right 60 00:03:24,919 --> 00:03:28,240 Speaker 2: before the fire, he gave this sweetheart deal to the 61 00:03:28,240 --> 00:03:32,519 Speaker 2: insurance companies that they could cancel coverage by the tens 62 00:03:32,560 --> 00:03:38,240 Speaker 2: of thousands and bolt large sections of California. One of 63 00:03:38,280 --> 00:03:43,360 Speaker 2: those sections was Specific Palisades, and so you had thousands 64 00:03:43,400 --> 00:03:46,880 Speaker 2: of people who no longer had insurance. They suddenly were 65 00:03:46,920 --> 00:03:51,520 Speaker 2: thrown into the Fair Plan, which is the state run 66 00:03:51,760 --> 00:03:55,880 Speaker 2: insurer of last resort, and you only get a fraction 67 00:03:56,760 --> 00:03:59,200 Speaker 2: of the money from the Fair Plan. 68 00:03:59,400 --> 00:04:02,280 Speaker 1: That's what I am. Now, have you looked at what 69 00:04:02,280 --> 00:04:03,400 Speaker 1: the cap is? Oh? 70 00:04:03,720 --> 00:04:06,920 Speaker 2: I mean it's the cap is much less than a 71 00:04:07,000 --> 00:04:08,440 Speaker 2: regular insurance. 72 00:04:07,880 --> 00:04:08,880 Speaker 1: Because that's all we can get. 73 00:04:09,360 --> 00:04:11,440 Speaker 2: That's it. And so there's a lot of people in 74 00:04:11,480 --> 00:04:15,800 Speaker 2: the Palisades who are really out of luck. I don't 75 00:04:15,840 --> 00:04:17,320 Speaker 2: know what they're going to do, but they're never going 76 00:04:17,360 --> 00:04:19,640 Speaker 2: to get the money because the Fair Plan screws you over. 77 00:04:20,279 --> 00:04:25,039 Speaker 2: The Fair Plan's also going bankrupt. And Newsom had ordered 78 00:04:25,120 --> 00:04:28,640 Speaker 2: Lara to make some kind of deal with the insurance 79 00:04:28,640 --> 00:04:32,200 Speaker 2: companies because they said this whole thing is too expensive 80 00:04:33,480 --> 00:04:36,320 Speaker 2: in ensuring homes in California because of all the disasters. 81 00:04:36,720 --> 00:04:39,120 Speaker 2: But he thought he had a deal where he was 82 00:04:39,120 --> 00:04:41,560 Speaker 2: going to let them raise the rates a certain amount 83 00:04:41,760 --> 00:04:44,599 Speaker 2: and in return, they were going to guarantee like eighty 84 00:04:44,600 --> 00:04:49,479 Speaker 2: five percent of the coverage in a geographical area. But 85 00:04:50,240 --> 00:04:54,920 Speaker 2: because he's really a stupid man, and I mean that sincerely. 86 00:04:54,960 --> 00:04:59,680 Speaker 2: This is not a casual insult. He really lacks intelligence, 87 00:05:00,360 --> 00:05:03,000 Speaker 2: and he gave away the store. And if you believe 88 00:05:03,160 --> 00:05:07,280 Speaker 2: him him, he didn't realize that and later claimed he 89 00:05:07,400 --> 00:05:13,039 Speaker 2: was bullied by the insurance companies grown man claiming he 90 00:05:13,120 --> 00:05:17,800 Speaker 2: was bullied by insurance companies. If you read this story, 91 00:05:17,839 --> 00:05:20,320 Speaker 2: you can see what really happened is he got bribed 92 00:05:21,480 --> 00:05:24,560 Speaker 2: up to the nose from the insurance companies, and I 93 00:05:24,560 --> 00:05:28,240 Speaker 2: think that's why he gave him the break. You know 94 00:05:28,279 --> 00:05:31,840 Speaker 2: how many international trips he has taken since becoming insurance 95 00:05:31,839 --> 00:05:39,800 Speaker 2: commissioner in twenty nineteen thirty two thirty two international trips. 96 00:05:40,839 --> 00:05:44,880 Speaker 2: These trips cover at least one hundred and sixty three days, 97 00:05:45,160 --> 00:05:51,359 Speaker 2: probably more two thirds of the time. The records on 98 00:05:51,480 --> 00:05:58,919 Speaker 2: who paid for the travel are either non existent or incomplete. 99 00:05:59,160 --> 00:06:03,279 Speaker 2: Now one hundred in sixty three That is almost six 100 00:06:03,320 --> 00:06:05,760 Speaker 2: months of travel, five and a half months of travel 101 00:06:07,320 --> 00:06:16,120 Speaker 2: over a six year period. And he's under two investigations. 102 00:06:16,480 --> 00:06:21,840 Speaker 2: But he's under investigations for campaign finance violations, ethics violations. 103 00:06:23,279 --> 00:06:28,760 Speaker 2: These should be criminal investigations. He's taking money from insurance companies, 104 00:06:29,080 --> 00:06:33,479 Speaker 2: going on lavish trips, not reporting the source of a 105 00:06:33,480 --> 00:06:38,000 Speaker 2: lot of the money, and then screwing over the residents 106 00:06:38,000 --> 00:06:45,440 Speaker 2: in California by allowing the insurance companies to bolt. Remember 107 00:06:45,480 --> 00:06:48,680 Speaker 2: the idea was, you can raise the rates, but you 108 00:06:48,800 --> 00:06:54,080 Speaker 2: got to stay here. They didn't raise the rates. They 109 00:06:54,120 --> 00:06:59,320 Speaker 2: got out and thousands were left without insurance. A month 110 00:06:59,360 --> 00:07:06,400 Speaker 2: before the fire, Newsom told him to do something, and 111 00:07:06,440 --> 00:07:09,560 Speaker 2: he didn't know what to do because when he took 112 00:07:09,720 --> 00:07:13,880 Speaker 2: over as he ran for he was a legislator and 113 00:07:13,920 --> 00:07:20,600 Speaker 2: he ran for insurance commissioner. You all elected him, and 114 00:07:20,720 --> 00:07:24,440 Speaker 2: he admitted that he didn't know much about the insurance industry. 115 00:07:25,880 --> 00:07:26,680 Speaker 1: Can you believe this? 116 00:07:29,400 --> 00:07:32,760 Speaker 2: He said it wasn't his strong suit. It wasn't his 117 00:07:32,880 --> 00:07:38,920 Speaker 2: strong suit. But yet, even after publicly admitting he didn't 118 00:07:38,920 --> 00:07:43,400 Speaker 2: know much about the insurance industry, he gets elected and 119 00:07:43,440 --> 00:07:48,360 Speaker 2: he proceeds to completely f up the entire insurance market 120 00:07:48,400 --> 00:07:49,480 Speaker 2: in the state of California. 121 00:07:50,400 --> 00:07:53,960 Speaker 1: Because he's a stupid man. Of course, he gets re elected. 122 00:07:57,160 --> 00:07:57,800 Speaker 1: And now we're. 123 00:07:57,680 --> 00:08:03,120 Speaker 2: Finding out that he took enormous amounts of money from 124 00:08:03,120 --> 00:08:06,480 Speaker 2: the insurance industry to go traveling, like, no, I don't 125 00:08:06,520 --> 00:08:09,640 Speaker 2: know anybody who's taken thirty two international trips. 126 00:08:09,960 --> 00:08:10,920 Speaker 1: I wish I could do that. 127 00:08:11,680 --> 00:08:14,240 Speaker 2: I you want to get into politics, I know what 128 00:08:14,280 --> 00:08:15,920 Speaker 2: you're doing in here. I don't know you should be 129 00:08:15,920 --> 00:08:19,760 Speaker 2: insurance commissioner because you don't have to be good at 130 00:08:19,800 --> 00:08:20,240 Speaker 2: your job. 131 00:08:22,520 --> 00:08:27,120 Speaker 1: And I'll give you an example of the kind of bribery. 132 00:08:28,240 --> 00:08:34,920 Speaker 2: Uh, he has he has pet. He has pet nonprofit 133 00:08:35,040 --> 00:08:38,720 Speaker 2: organizations that he wants donations to. One of them is 134 00:08:38,760 --> 00:08:42,920 Speaker 2: called Equality California. I think we know what that would 135 00:08:42,920 --> 00:08:50,240 Speaker 2: be about, right, and Sarah's incorporated. Well, Uber, under the 136 00:08:50,360 --> 00:08:57,400 Speaker 2: law had to carry million dollar insurance policies on its drivers. 137 00:08:57,760 --> 00:09:03,000 Speaker 2: All right, the driver caused an accident, passengers got hurt, 138 00:09:03,920 --> 00:09:08,760 Speaker 2: there's all kinds of damage. The driver would be insured 139 00:09:08,800 --> 00:09:14,120 Speaker 2: up to a million dollars. Well, the insurance company said, wow, 140 00:09:14,160 --> 00:09:15,720 Speaker 2: that's a lot that's going to cost us a lot 141 00:09:15,720 --> 00:09:18,520 Speaker 2: of money. We don't want to pay it. So Ricardo 142 00:09:18,600 --> 00:09:21,080 Speaker 2: Lara says, oh, well, why don't you donate money to 143 00:09:21,480 --> 00:09:28,160 Speaker 2: this organization, Equality California, and then we'll talk. So Uber 144 00:09:28,240 --> 00:09:34,200 Speaker 2: donates twenty five thousand dollars to Equality California. Lara then 145 00:09:34,240 --> 00:09:37,640 Speaker 2: flies from Burbank here to San Francisco to meet with 146 00:09:37,720 --> 00:09:42,640 Speaker 2: Uber executives and guess what, the insurance mandate was cut 147 00:09:42,800 --> 00:09:48,320 Speaker 2: from a million dollars to sixty thousand dollars. So good 148 00:09:48,440 --> 00:09:54,120 Speaker 2: luck if you're hurt in an Uber accident and you 149 00:09:54,160 --> 00:09:58,120 Speaker 2: don't have insurance to cover you, because now they only 150 00:09:58,120 --> 00:10:00,240 Speaker 2: have a sixty thousand dollar policy instead, I have a 151 00:10:00,280 --> 00:10:05,719 Speaker 2: million dollar policy because they donated money to one of 152 00:10:07,320 --> 00:10:12,320 Speaker 2: Tuanna Ricardo Larra's woke charities. I don't know if he 153 00:10:12,360 --> 00:10:17,320 Speaker 2: gets a kickback from that or not. Doesn't say that's 154 00:10:17,400 --> 00:10:19,480 Speaker 2: just a tiny example of what went on here. I 155 00:10:19,480 --> 00:10:21,760 Speaker 2: haven't even gotten to all the trips and all the 156 00:10:21,800 --> 00:10:23,760 Speaker 2: things he's enjoyed. We'll do that in the next segment. 157 00:10:25,160 --> 00:10:30,200 Speaker 2: But he is so corrupt, he's such a crook, and 158 00:10:30,280 --> 00:10:31,560 Speaker 2: you know what he's been hiding behind. 159 00:10:31,880 --> 00:10:32,800 Speaker 1: Well, you know, I'm. 160 00:10:32,600 --> 00:10:36,960 Speaker 2: The first gay insurance commission in California. So what he 161 00:10:37,000 --> 00:10:39,199 Speaker 2: does is he plays the same games that the Somalis 162 00:10:39,240 --> 00:10:42,000 Speaker 2: do in Minnesota. You can't criticize them for stealing a 163 00:10:42,000 --> 00:10:46,400 Speaker 2: billion dollars, Well, you're racist. And what he wants to 164 00:10:46,440 --> 00:10:51,000 Speaker 2: do is trump at his being the first gay commissioner 165 00:10:51,080 --> 00:10:54,440 Speaker 2: to say, in case you criticize them, oh, well you 166 00:10:54,520 --> 00:11:00,520 Speaker 2: just must be homophobic. No, he's a crook. And Channel 167 00:11:00,559 --> 00:11:03,560 Speaker 2: seven covered some of this ground. LA Times cover even 168 00:11:03,640 --> 00:11:05,480 Speaker 2: more of this ground, and I'm going to tell you 169 00:11:05,480 --> 00:11:08,560 Speaker 2: about the specifics. But he's earning a salary that you're 170 00:11:08,600 --> 00:11:11,360 Speaker 2: paying for. And he's the one who destroyed the insurance 171 00:11:12,000 --> 00:11:14,640 Speaker 2: industry in the state, and you people in Palisades and 172 00:11:14,679 --> 00:11:18,080 Speaker 2: Altadena and Malibu, you know this firsthand. 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We got plenty of room. 178 00:11:34,440 --> 00:11:38,080 Speaker 2: Plenty of room, and people gotten too good of a 179 00:11:38,120 --> 00:11:38,960 Speaker 2: mood on Tuesday. 180 00:11:39,200 --> 00:11:42,000 Speaker 3: I was gonna say no comments about John Free. 181 00:11:42,120 --> 00:11:43,480 Speaker 1: No, there are quite a few. 182 00:11:43,800 --> 00:11:48,520 Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah, I think there's plenty of other things that 183 00:11:48,600 --> 00:11:52,079 Speaker 2: you could opine on eight seven seven moist Steady six 184 00:11:52,160 --> 00:11:55,320 Speaker 2: eight seven seven moist eaighty six used the talkback feature 185 00:11:55,360 --> 00:11:56,600 Speaker 2: on the iHeartRadio app. 186 00:11:56,679 --> 00:11:56,880 Speaker 1: Yes. 187 00:11:57,640 --> 00:12:01,120 Speaker 2: Ricardo Lara cal Fart Lara in the news, the insurance 188 00:12:01,120 --> 00:12:04,720 Speaker 2: commissioner who completely destroyed the insurance industry in the state. 189 00:12:05,160 --> 00:12:08,400 Speaker 2: There are many people without insurance, many people with very 190 00:12:08,440 --> 00:12:12,720 Speaker 2: expensive insurance, a lot thrown onto the California Fair Plan, 191 00:12:13,520 --> 00:12:15,880 Speaker 2: which is the last resort if you're trying to get 192 00:12:15,920 --> 00:12:21,400 Speaker 2: housing insurance. He engineered a disastrous deal with the insurance 193 00:12:21,400 --> 00:12:28,679 Speaker 2: industry that allowed them to leave thousands of Californians without insurance. 194 00:12:29,440 --> 00:12:32,320 Speaker 2: Right before the fire. Some of them didn't even know 195 00:12:33,520 --> 00:12:35,120 Speaker 2: a lot of them ended up on the fair plan, 196 00:12:35,160 --> 00:12:38,200 Speaker 2: which only covers a frank a fraction of a normal policy. 197 00:12:38,760 --> 00:12:43,800 Speaker 2: And it's all Ricardo Lara and is incredible, overwhelming in confidence. 198 00:12:44,280 --> 00:12:48,960 Speaker 2: He has been in over his head from day one. 199 00:12:49,440 --> 00:12:53,360 Speaker 2: He even admitted it at the start, and he has 200 00:12:53,480 --> 00:12:56,439 Speaker 2: never gotten his head above water. It's just too hard 201 00:12:56,520 --> 00:13:01,040 Speaker 2: for him, it's too complicated. Tell you though, what he 202 00:13:01,320 --> 00:13:06,480 Speaker 2: excels at. He excels at shaking down insurance companies for 203 00:13:06,640 --> 00:13:12,960 Speaker 2: donations for travel. He excels at finding obscure conferences to 204 00:13:13,000 --> 00:13:16,920 Speaker 2: go to. He spends lots of taxpayer money. He spends 205 00:13:17,080 --> 00:13:20,960 Speaker 2: lots of insurance industry money as they host him and 206 00:13:21,120 --> 00:13:23,839 Speaker 2: have him invite him to parties and dinners and all 207 00:13:23,920 --> 00:13:30,560 Speaker 2: kinds of festivities. Here's some of the travels that were 208 00:13:30,600 --> 00:13:34,600 Speaker 2: covered by the Department of Insurance. Now, the Department of 209 00:13:34,640 --> 00:13:38,560 Speaker 2: Insurance is funded by fees collected from the insurance industry. 210 00:13:39,280 --> 00:13:43,280 Speaker 2: So what isn't covered by tax money is covered by 211 00:13:44,160 --> 00:13:47,640 Speaker 2: what you pay for insurance premiums. The money works its 212 00:13:47,640 --> 00:13:50,720 Speaker 2: way to the Department of Insurance, some of it, and 213 00:13:50,760 --> 00:13:54,520 Speaker 2: then to Ricardo Alara. So among the things we've discussed 214 00:13:54,559 --> 00:13:56,840 Speaker 2: this one before the twenty nineteen trip to New York 215 00:13:56,920 --> 00:14:01,520 Speaker 2: for World Pride festivities. Going to that, he celebrates his 216 00:14:01,600 --> 00:14:05,079 Speaker 2: sexual orientation a lot. He uses it as a shield, 217 00:14:06,080 --> 00:14:09,280 Speaker 2: and he uses it to deflect criticism. He went to 218 00:14:09,360 --> 00:14:12,880 Speaker 2: a Mets baseball game. I don't want him going to 219 00:14:12,920 --> 00:14:16,440 Speaker 2: a Mets baseball He went to a spa visit, a 220 00:14:16,600 --> 00:14:20,800 Speaker 2: happy hour, a VIP party. He also went to Bogota, 221 00:14:20,880 --> 00:14:26,480 Speaker 2: Colombia dinner with donors donors to a gay political candidate 222 00:14:27,320 --> 00:14:29,960 Speaker 2: or a political candidate training foundation. 223 00:14:30,080 --> 00:14:30,680 Speaker 1: What is this? 224 00:14:31,120 --> 00:14:36,320 Speaker 2: He's traveling to Bogota, Colombia to have dinner with people 225 00:14:36,360 --> 00:14:40,240 Speaker 2: involved with a gay political candidate training foundation. I don't 226 00:14:40,240 --> 00:14:45,640 Speaker 2: even know what that is. And his insurance department says, well, 227 00:14:45,680 --> 00:14:47,120 Speaker 2: these are human rights events. 228 00:14:48,200 --> 00:14:49,000 Speaker 1: Nobody cares. 229 00:14:50,800 --> 00:14:52,600 Speaker 2: I think it's a human right to have a house, 230 00:14:54,520 --> 00:14:57,400 Speaker 2: but between the state and the city, everybody's homes in 231 00:14:57,440 --> 00:15:02,040 Speaker 2: the Palisades burned down. And this guy is preening around 232 00:15:02,240 --> 00:15:07,920 Speaker 2: and prattling about human rights at a Colombian gay rights conference, 233 00:15:07,960 --> 00:15:13,880 Speaker 2: and what the hell? Lara got security detail from the 234 00:15:13,920 --> 00:15:17,240 Speaker 2: California Highway Patrol on some of the trips which we 235 00:15:17,320 --> 00:15:24,320 Speaker 2: paid for. Dignitary protection. Seventy three hundred and thirty dollars 236 00:15:24,480 --> 00:15:27,120 Speaker 2: was spent on a Florida company to give Lara a 237 00:15:27,160 --> 00:15:32,240 Speaker 2: private car and driver in Bogata. Twenty thousand dollars went 238 00:15:32,280 --> 00:15:35,520 Speaker 2: to two agents to cover Lara part of the time 239 00:15:35,560 --> 00:15:43,200 Speaker 2: he was in South Africa. Two foundations provided fifteen thousand 240 00:15:43,240 --> 00:15:46,720 Speaker 2: dollars for Lara to visit England and Scotland, some of 241 00:15:46,760 --> 00:15:53,280 Speaker 2: these political donations, some of them from insurance organizations. Lara 242 00:15:53,360 --> 00:15:56,960 Speaker 2: spent one hundred and seven thousand dollars on campaign credit 243 00:15:57,000 --> 00:16:04,960 Speaker 2: cards to fly and dine and stay in Washington, Seattle, Dubai, Dublin, 244 00:16:05,480 --> 00:16:14,040 Speaker 2: New York, Costa Rica, Tokyo, Singapore, Switzerland, Scotland. Wait, there's more, Australia, 245 00:16:14,360 --> 00:16:22,280 Speaker 2: New Zealand and Bermuda. That's just his travel campaign credit cards. 246 00:16:23,680 --> 00:16:28,120 Speaker 2: Campaign expenses call included a thirteen hundred dollars staff meal 247 00:16:28,240 --> 00:16:32,960 Speaker 2: for three people at a hotel in Dubai, a five 248 00:16:33,080 --> 00:16:38,680 Speaker 2: thousand dollars insurance department Christmas party in Long Beach, numerous 249 00:16:38,720 --> 00:16:43,160 Speaker 2: dinners for the commissioner and guests. 250 00:16:44,160 --> 00:16:45,560 Speaker 1: A campaign meeting at. 251 00:16:45,440 --> 00:16:49,960 Speaker 2: The del Rey Steakhouse in Pico Rivera took place on 252 00:16:50,040 --> 00:16:52,960 Speaker 2: the same day that he posted about a birthday dinner 253 00:16:53,440 --> 00:16:56,800 Speaker 2: with a friend. There's a photo in the post he 254 00:16:56,840 --> 00:17:05,440 Speaker 2: and his companion sharing a booth under the tag hashtag gabies, Gabies. 255 00:17:10,280 --> 00:17:12,560 Speaker 2: The Times got records showing that there were a lot 256 00:17:12,560 --> 00:17:20,680 Speaker 2: of unreported invitations luxury hotels, wine tastings, lawn parties, cruises, 257 00:17:20,840 --> 00:17:27,280 Speaker 2: cocktail receptions, dinners paid for by insurance companies. Agency staff 258 00:17:27,320 --> 00:17:31,480 Speaker 2: did not explain how this fit the definition of public business. 259 00:17:32,200 --> 00:17:35,919 Speaker 2: A twenty twenty three pride and Prosecco lawn reception in 260 00:17:36,040 --> 00:17:42,720 Speaker 2: Bermuda held by Renaissance Reinsurance, drinks, dinner and more drinks 261 00:17:42,920 --> 00:17:47,040 Speaker 2: hosted by Conduit Reinsurance, and a cocktail cruise. The night after, 262 00:17:48,080 --> 00:17:51,639 Speaker 2: he went to Argentina for an insurance gathering three dinner evening, 263 00:17:52,160 --> 00:18:01,000 Speaker 2: three dinners, a three dinner evening with a traditional Asado barbecue. 264 00:18:01,160 --> 00:18:02,880 Speaker 2: And I know you've always wanted to go on a 265 00:18:03,160 --> 00:18:04,600 Speaker 2: like a South African respur. 266 00:18:04,800 --> 00:18:06,720 Speaker 1: That's high on my list. Well, he went. In December 267 00:18:06,800 --> 00:18:07,680 Speaker 1: twenty twenty four. 268 00:18:08,520 --> 00:18:12,640 Speaker 2: People in Palisades were just days away from a fire 269 00:18:12,680 --> 00:18:16,520 Speaker 2: that would destroy their lives. He was prancing and printing 270 00:18:16,560 --> 00:18:22,960 Speaker 2: around in South Africa, and industry groups held receptions on rooftops, 271 00:18:23,000 --> 00:18:27,720 Speaker 2: in museums, wine tastings, dinner meetings at fine restaurants and 272 00:18:27,760 --> 00:18:31,520 Speaker 2: at two wineries. The summit was capped off at the 273 00:18:31,560 --> 00:18:37,679 Speaker 2: exclusive Minheart's Kitchen Cathedral Cellar in South Africa's Cape Winelands. 274 00:18:38,359 --> 00:18:41,720 Speaker 2: The National Association of Insurance Commissioners book Lara in the 275 00:18:41,760 --> 00:18:48,159 Speaker 2: conference second priceiest luxury hotel. His security detail, paid for 276 00:18:48,320 --> 00:18:52,960 Speaker 2: by state taxpayers, stayed fifteen minutes away. The Cape Town 277 00:18:53,200 --> 00:18:58,640 Speaker 2: meetings lasted five days. Lara was arriving from another conference 278 00:18:58,680 --> 00:19:06,600 Speaker 2: in Ireland. He stayed eleven days. His highway California Highway 279 00:19:06,600 --> 00:19:10,159 Speaker 2: Patrol team arrived six days before Lara and arranged a 280 00:19:10,200 --> 00:19:11,840 Speaker 2: private car service with driver. 281 00:19:15,480 --> 00:19:17,920 Speaker 3: I'm going to ask a very obvious question, Well, it's 282 00:19:17,920 --> 00:19:20,600 Speaker 3: not so obvious. How does he keep his job? 283 00:19:21,200 --> 00:19:23,760 Speaker 1: Nobody forces him out. I don't understand that. 284 00:19:24,119 --> 00:19:26,600 Speaker 2: No one's paying attention, no one forces him out. Media 285 00:19:26,640 --> 00:19:29,920 Speaker 2: doesn't covers this. Sporadically. Talk more when we come back. 286 00:19:30,960 --> 00:19:35,280 Speaker 4: You're listening to John Cobelts on demand from KFI AM 287 00:19:35,320 --> 00:19:35,840 Speaker 4: six forty. 288 00:19:36,640 --> 00:19:39,199 Speaker 2: We are on from one until four every day and 289 00:19:39,280 --> 00:19:42,000 Speaker 2: after four o'clock John cobelt Show on demand on the 290 00:19:42,040 --> 00:19:46,000 Speaker 2: iHeart app you can see us on YouTube now if 291 00:19:46,040 --> 00:19:49,879 Speaker 2: segments we put up I guess every day YouTube dot 292 00:19:49,880 --> 00:19:53,240 Speaker 2: com slash at John Cobelt's show. If you want to 293 00:19:53,280 --> 00:19:58,880 Speaker 2: subscribe YouTube dot com slash at John Cobelt's show if 294 00:19:58,880 --> 00:20:02,280 Speaker 2: you want to subscribe, and you'll get notifications on all 295 00:20:02,280 --> 00:20:03,480 Speaker 2: our YouTube. 296 00:20:03,160 --> 00:20:04,320 Speaker 1: Videos that we post. 297 00:20:05,680 --> 00:20:08,520 Speaker 2: So we spent the first half hour, and the La 298 00:20:08,600 --> 00:20:12,800 Speaker 2: Times did something good. Paige Saint John did an extensive 299 00:20:12,840 --> 00:20:17,520 Speaker 2: story on Ricardo Lara, adding to what cag Up in 300 00:20:17,560 --> 00:20:20,560 Speaker 2: San Francisco did a couple of months ago. His just 301 00:20:20,960 --> 00:20:24,840 Speaker 2: massive corruption. He spends a lot of tax money, and 302 00:20:24,880 --> 00:20:27,320 Speaker 2: he spends a lot of money that he gets from 303 00:20:27,520 --> 00:20:32,280 Speaker 2: insurance companies and insurance organizations, and he flies around the world. 304 00:20:32,320 --> 00:20:36,840 Speaker 2: He's been on thirty two trips, and he has gone 305 00:20:37,280 --> 00:20:41,760 Speaker 2: to He's been gone one hundred and sixty three days 306 00:20:42,280 --> 00:20:46,720 Speaker 2: out of the state, and he's gone to twenty three countries. 307 00:20:47,880 --> 00:20:49,520 Speaker 1: On our time and on our dollar. 308 00:20:50,760 --> 00:20:55,199 Speaker 2: He does not disclose much of who pays for the 309 00:20:55,240 --> 00:20:59,399 Speaker 2: five store hotels, the premium airline seats, and the fine dining. 310 00:21:01,800 --> 00:21:06,159 Speaker 2: I mentioned before that one of the outstanding bribes was 311 00:21:06,800 --> 00:21:11,760 Speaker 2: twenty five thousand dollars. Then he got from Uber. He 312 00:21:11,840 --> 00:21:17,600 Speaker 2: asked Uber to spend twenty five thousand dollars on two organizations. 313 00:21:17,600 --> 00:21:20,760 Speaker 2: One is Equality California, which is probably some woke thing, 314 00:21:21,080 --> 00:21:25,840 Speaker 2: and then Series which Crees, which is some climate change nonsense. 315 00:21:27,720 --> 00:21:32,879 Speaker 2: Because he got the twenty five thousand, Uber wanted to 316 00:21:32,960 --> 00:21:36,560 Speaker 2: get out from the requirement that they have a million 317 00:21:36,640 --> 00:21:44,800 Speaker 2: dollar insurance policy on their drivers, a million dollars, and 318 00:21:45,440 --> 00:21:51,919 Speaker 2: Laris said, okay. They got this law passed and the 319 00:21:51,960 --> 00:21:56,639 Speaker 2: insurance mandate was reduced from a million to sixty thousand dollars. Yeah, 320 00:21:56,760 --> 00:21:59,119 Speaker 2: if you're in an Uber accident, good luck. If you're 321 00:21:59,200 --> 00:22:05,760 Speaker 2: medical bills or under sixty thousand dollars you get run 322 00:22:05,800 --> 00:22:10,439 Speaker 2: over by an Uber. David Hinkel of the American Association 323 00:22:10,560 --> 00:22:15,320 Speaker 2: for Justice said that the bill was a huge win 324 00:22:15,560 --> 00:22:22,440 Speaker 2: for Uber to avoid accountability. An Uber senior executive named 325 00:22:22,520 --> 00:22:27,679 Speaker 2: Ramona Prieto met with Lara. They asked her, what's with 326 00:22:27,800 --> 00:22:36,880 Speaker 2: the donations. She wouldn't talk, no response. Lawyers for Lara's 327 00:22:36,920 --> 00:22:42,639 Speaker 2: department denied a public records request for any communications related 328 00:22:42,640 --> 00:22:48,720 Speaker 2: to the Uber meeting. My guess here is that Uber 329 00:22:49,000 --> 00:22:54,879 Speaker 2: paid the money to these organizations that Lara requested, and 330 00:22:54,920 --> 00:23:01,240 Speaker 2: who knows where the money ends up and then Uber, well, 331 00:23:01,680 --> 00:23:04,680 Speaker 2: Lara gives the OKA to the legislature. Yeah, give Uber 332 00:23:04,720 --> 00:23:08,240 Speaker 2: the break. Don't make them spend out a million dollar 333 00:23:08,320 --> 00:23:12,719 Speaker 2: insurance policy for their drivers. Let's make it sixty thousand, right, 334 00:23:12,760 --> 00:23:16,280 Speaker 2: because the legislators go, well, what does the insurance commissioner think? Well, 335 00:23:16,320 --> 00:23:21,199 Speaker 2: the insurance commissioner thinks sixty thousand ought to cover, not 336 00:23:21,280 --> 00:23:25,560 Speaker 2: a million. And then when you go to Uber and 337 00:23:25,600 --> 00:23:28,560 Speaker 2: say what you talk about with Ricardo Lara, Oh, they 338 00:23:28,560 --> 00:23:32,919 Speaker 2: shut down, They don't answer. Then you go to the 339 00:23:33,280 --> 00:23:35,680 Speaker 2: Lara's department says, well, can we have a public records request? 340 00:23:35,760 --> 00:23:37,639 Speaker 2: Can we see all the emails and letters and this 341 00:23:37,720 --> 00:23:43,600 Speaker 2: and that? They said, oh, no documents existed. Well what 342 00:23:43,680 --> 00:23:47,480 Speaker 2: about the gifts you were giving to these Lara's nonprofits? 343 00:23:48,600 --> 00:23:50,040 Speaker 2: No documents exist, nothing. 344 00:23:50,240 --> 00:23:50,600 Speaker 1: Sorry. 345 00:23:53,359 --> 00:23:56,880 Speaker 2: An email from Lara's office shows that staff were instructed 346 00:23:57,000 --> 00:24:02,240 Speaker 2: not to answer questions about the Uber contribute. His press 347 00:24:02,280 --> 00:24:07,000 Speaker 2: office said such contributions have no bearing on the department's 348 00:24:07,000 --> 00:24:12,480 Speaker 2: impartiality or the commissioner's duties. Ah ah ah ah, good 349 00:24:12,520 --> 00:24:18,480 Speaker 2: one your liars. The guy was bought off. Of course, 350 00:24:18,520 --> 00:24:21,159 Speaker 2: he was bought off. Instead of a million dollar policy, 351 00:24:21,200 --> 00:24:29,640 Speaker 2: a sixty thousand dollars policy on uber drivers. Seriously, now, 352 00:24:29,760 --> 00:24:33,240 Speaker 2: you asked a question last segment, Yes I did. 353 00:24:33,600 --> 00:24:35,760 Speaker 1: Why is he still here? Yeah? 354 00:24:35,800 --> 00:24:42,119 Speaker 2: There are no longer any any rules. Guys involved in 355 00:24:42,200 --> 00:24:45,480 Speaker 2: scandals this bad used to be embarrassed and they would quit. 356 00:24:47,600 --> 00:24:49,760 Speaker 2: There used to be a lot of public pressure and 357 00:24:49,840 --> 00:24:52,199 Speaker 2: the media would bring the public pressure, and not just 358 00:24:52,320 --> 00:24:56,199 Speaker 2: with one isolated story every once in a while, because 359 00:24:56,480 --> 00:24:58,040 Speaker 2: the public doesn't respond to an. 360 00:24:57,960 --> 00:24:59,119 Speaker 1: Isolated story anymore. 361 00:24:59,119 --> 00:25:02,840 Speaker 2: They don't respond to it anything because seventy five percent 362 00:25:02,920 --> 00:25:06,080 Speaker 2: of the public doesn't believe anything they read in the media, 363 00:25:07,160 --> 00:25:11,720 Speaker 2: nor do they pay attention. The La Times circulation reach 364 00:25:11,960 --> 00:25:15,119 Speaker 2: online is a tiny fraction of what it used to 365 00:25:15,200 --> 00:25:17,480 Speaker 2: be when it was a print newspaper thirty years ago. 366 00:25:20,000 --> 00:25:25,480 Speaker 2: It's basically a left wing crank blog much of the time. 367 00:25:27,720 --> 00:25:29,560 Speaker 2: But like I said, every once in a while they 368 00:25:29,640 --> 00:25:31,480 Speaker 2: have a good series and a good story where they 369 00:25:31,520 --> 00:25:34,840 Speaker 2: do old fashioned journalism, and this is one of those 370 00:25:34,880 --> 00:25:40,199 Speaker 2: times with Paige Saint John. But there's nobody to amplify this. 371 00:25:40,200 --> 00:25:43,639 Speaker 2: This would normally years ago, be a lead story on 372 00:25:43,680 --> 00:25:46,160 Speaker 2: the television news, and it would be a lead story 373 00:25:46,880 --> 00:25:50,560 Speaker 2: first thing in the morning, at noontime at five at 374 00:25:50,600 --> 00:25:53,080 Speaker 2: six at eleven, and then on the next day and 375 00:25:53,119 --> 00:25:54,879 Speaker 2: the next day and the next day, and you'd have 376 00:25:54,920 --> 00:25:58,400 Speaker 2: reporters chasing Ricardo Lara and there'd be big, bold headlines 377 00:25:58,400 --> 00:26:02,399 Speaker 2: in a newspaper. And now if you happen to stubble 378 00:26:02,440 --> 00:26:07,080 Speaker 2: across the La Times website, which few people do these days, 379 00:26:08,040 --> 00:26:12,800 Speaker 2: I can see it anywhere else. Now, one of the 380 00:26:12,800 --> 00:26:15,919 Speaker 2: purposes of this show is that we seek out this stuff, 381 00:26:15,960 --> 00:26:18,600 Speaker 2: and we amplify it, and we stay on the story. 382 00:26:19,240 --> 00:26:21,640 Speaker 2: You know, we played most of the KGO story from 383 00:26:21,640 --> 00:26:25,960 Speaker 2: San Francisco a couple of months ago. He is there's 384 00:26:26,000 --> 00:26:29,200 Speaker 2: no Newsom's corrupt. This is what he does all day. 385 00:26:30,280 --> 00:26:37,479 Speaker 2: Rob Bonta, right, he spent lots of money on trying 386 00:26:37,480 --> 00:26:41,879 Speaker 2: to lawyer up for an investigation in Oakland because the 387 00:26:42,280 --> 00:26:47,120 Speaker 2: mayor of Oakland had been bribed and Bonta had some 388 00:26:47,160 --> 00:26:50,160 Speaker 2: connection to that case. And so we just did stories 389 00:26:50,160 --> 00:26:53,400 Speaker 2: about him spending lots of his campaign money, I think 390 00:26:53,440 --> 00:26:57,119 Speaker 2: like a half a million dollars. He's the attorney general. 391 00:26:57,240 --> 00:27:03,400 Speaker 2: He should be investigating this, but he doesn't solidarity party loyalty, 392 00:27:03,880 --> 00:27:07,080 Speaker 2: or he doesn't want somebody saying, hey, hypocrite and start 393 00:27:07,160 --> 00:27:15,639 Speaker 2: digging into his affairs. Newsom is so corrupt it's not 394 00:27:15,720 --> 00:27:19,480 Speaker 2: even funny. So where do you go. 395 00:27:21,280 --> 00:27:22,920 Speaker 1: The television? 396 00:27:22,960 --> 00:27:27,320 Speaker 2: I know, like some TV news departments they have maybe 397 00:27:27,520 --> 00:27:30,840 Speaker 2: like one or two reporters at night. Now the La 398 00:27:30,960 --> 00:27:36,680 Speaker 2: Times has been completely disemboweled and eviscerated. Once in a while, 399 00:27:36,680 --> 00:27:38,600 Speaker 2: you get a story, and the story lasts for a 400 00:27:38,640 --> 00:27:41,240 Speaker 2: few hours and then disappears. It gets pushed to the 401 00:27:41,280 --> 00:27:47,600 Speaker 2: bottom of the of the scroll and eventually then is 402 00:27:47,680 --> 00:27:49,040 Speaker 2: recycled into the archive. 403 00:27:50,000 --> 00:27:50,400 Speaker 1: That's it. 404 00:27:51,600 --> 00:27:56,719 Speaker 2: Voters just vote for anybody who's democratic. Could be a 405 00:27:56,760 --> 00:28:00,720 Speaker 2: dead raccoon. A dead raccoon couldn't do as much damage 406 00:28:00,720 --> 00:28:02,360 Speaker 2: as where Cardo Lara has done. 407 00:28:02,680 --> 00:28:03,639 Speaker 1: But he doesn't. 408 00:28:03,640 --> 00:28:05,960 Speaker 2: There's no pressure on him, there's no embarrassment. These guys 409 00:28:05,960 --> 00:28:08,640 Speaker 2: are psychopaths. They don't have a conscience. Do you think 410 00:28:08,680 --> 00:28:11,359 Speaker 2: Ricardo Lara cares about all the suffering that all the 411 00:28:11,400 --> 00:28:16,159 Speaker 2: people in the Palisades have gone through, partly because of 412 00:28:17,119 --> 00:28:20,240 Speaker 2: they didn't have insurance or not enough insurance, because he 413 00:28:20,359 --> 00:28:24,360 Speaker 2: was such a corrupt buffoon. No, he doesn't care anymore 414 00:28:24,400 --> 00:28:27,399 Speaker 2: than Newsom cares that his Parks department stopped the La 415 00:28:27,480 --> 00:28:30,880 Speaker 2: Fire Department from fully putting out the original fire. They 416 00:28:30,920 --> 00:28:34,159 Speaker 2: don't care. Go die in a fire. That should be 417 00:28:34,200 --> 00:28:36,760 Speaker 2: the state motto in Sacramento. Now, I don't know what 418 00:28:36,760 --> 00:28:38,760 Speaker 2: the state motto is if you go to the state 419 00:28:38,840 --> 00:28:42,320 Speaker 2: capitol in Sacramento. Probably something in Latin, I don't know, 420 00:28:42,920 --> 00:28:45,120 Speaker 2: but they should. The new motto should be go die 421 00:28:45,160 --> 00:28:47,920 Speaker 2: in a fire. That should be campaign the campaign slogan 422 00:28:48,200 --> 00:28:50,920 Speaker 2: when Newsom runs for president, go die in a fire. 423 00:28:52,200 --> 00:28:52,760 Speaker 1: They don't care. 424 00:28:53,720 --> 00:28:56,360 Speaker 2: Now there's another story, and we'll do this one tomorrow 425 00:28:56,440 --> 00:28:59,959 Speaker 2: because I can't overload you on too much of this. 426 00:29:00,720 --> 00:29:03,400 Speaker 2: But the headline in The Times, also done by Page 427 00:29:03,400 --> 00:29:08,440 Speaker 2: Saint John, California's insurance crisis existed long before the LA wildfires. 428 00:29:08,440 --> 00:29:11,640 Speaker 2: Why wasn't it fixed? I think you understand why it 429 00:29:11,680 --> 00:29:14,840 Speaker 2: wasn't fixed. It was made worse because the insurance companies 430 00:29:14,880 --> 00:29:17,640 Speaker 2: bought off for Cardi Lara, and they bought off the legislature, 431 00:29:17,680 --> 00:29:19,040 Speaker 2: and they bought off Gavin Newsom. 432 00:29:19,320 --> 00:29:22,160 Speaker 1: And you can go die in a fire. More coming up. 433 00:29:23,000 --> 00:29:27,880 Speaker 4: You're listening to John Cobelts on demand from KFI Am sixty. 434 00:29:28,720 --> 00:29:31,400 Speaker 2: You can follow us on social media at John Cobelt Radio. 435 00:29:31,840 --> 00:29:36,720 Speaker 2: Follow us on social media at John Cobelt Radio. Well 436 00:29:37,480 --> 00:29:42,640 Speaker 2: sad animal news. That's all I bring you. Maybe you 437 00:29:42,760 --> 00:29:46,760 Speaker 2: heard the mood. San Francisco's albino alligator died. 438 00:29:47,880 --> 00:29:48,800 Speaker 1: I did not hear that. 439 00:29:49,000 --> 00:29:49,160 Speaker 2: Uh. 440 00:29:49,680 --> 00:29:52,480 Speaker 1: Name is Claude thirty years old. 441 00:29:52,760 --> 00:29:56,520 Speaker 2: Thirty years old, Yeah, and he's he lived in captivity 442 00:29:56,600 --> 00:29:59,920 Speaker 2: his whole life. He was born on an alligator farm 443 00:30:00,080 --> 00:30:04,600 Speaker 2: in Louisiana and he had a genetic mutation. It's like 444 00:30:04,640 --> 00:30:10,160 Speaker 2: an albino person. So he was completely white, completely white, transparent, 445 00:30:10,280 --> 00:30:15,640 Speaker 2: really looking, and was a big tourist. Draw right because 446 00:30:15,640 --> 00:30:19,960 Speaker 2: how many times he was born September fifteenth and Claude 447 00:30:20,040 --> 00:30:23,720 Speaker 2: was transferred to San Francisco seventeen years ago at the 448 00:30:23,760 --> 00:30:27,560 Speaker 2: Academy of Sciences Aquarium in Golden Gate Park. I probably 449 00:30:27,600 --> 00:30:32,160 Speaker 2: saw him, we went there, but I don't remember. And 450 00:30:32,200 --> 00:30:33,719 Speaker 2: he died of liver cancer. Oh. 451 00:30:33,760 --> 00:30:35,680 Speaker 1: I was going to ask you why he died. Yeah, 452 00:30:35,760 --> 00:30:40,320 Speaker 1: apparently he was an alcoholic. Oh and no, that's a joke. 453 00:30:40,400 --> 00:30:45,440 Speaker 3: I know, John, I'm not that gullible. He was an 454 00:30:45,440 --> 00:30:47,280 Speaker 3: alcoholic really. 455 00:30:47,720 --> 00:30:48,080 Speaker 1: Yeah. 456 00:30:48,480 --> 00:30:53,200 Speaker 2: He was found with three whiskey bottles empty lying at 457 00:30:53,200 --> 00:30:56,160 Speaker 2: his side. He had it the part of the problem 458 00:30:56,160 --> 00:30:59,680 Speaker 2: when I guess not because of the mutation. He had 459 00:30:59,720 --> 00:31:03,920 Speaker 2: poor eyesight, he could not camouflage himself, so he was 460 00:31:04,000 --> 00:31:10,480 Speaker 2: vulnerable to predators in the wild. So, you know, they 461 00:31:10,520 --> 00:31:15,920 Speaker 2: had to move him to San Francisco, and he came 462 00:31:16,000 --> 00:31:19,840 Speaker 2: with Bonnie, a female alligator who was also an albino, 463 00:31:20,720 --> 00:31:22,680 Speaker 2: and they hoped they would get along and maybe they 464 00:31:22,680 --> 00:31:23,560 Speaker 2: hoped they would mate. 465 00:31:24,200 --> 00:31:26,720 Speaker 1: They hated each other. Well, it was Bonnie. It's always 466 00:31:26,720 --> 00:31:27,080 Speaker 1: the girl. 467 00:31:27,920 --> 00:31:33,560 Speaker 2: This him. Guys like all girls. Girls like few guys. 468 00:31:35,200 --> 00:31:39,200 Speaker 2: Bonnie did not like Claude because Claude couldn't see well 469 00:31:39,240 --> 00:31:40,960 Speaker 2: and he kept bumping into her. 470 00:31:41,680 --> 00:31:44,080 Speaker 1: Yeah, and she got so mad she. 471 00:31:44,240 --> 00:31:48,280 Speaker 2: Bit one of his toes, which got infected and they 472 00:31:48,320 --> 00:31:49,440 Speaker 2: had to amputate it. 473 00:31:49,720 --> 00:31:56,600 Speaker 1: Oh. No, yeah, so that's what you get. He's lucky. 474 00:31:56,600 --> 00:32:02,800 Speaker 2: It was the toe be Uh. They sent Bonnie back 475 00:32:02,840 --> 00:32:06,520 Speaker 2: to Florida. She got deported, Oh she did. Yeah, and uh. 476 00:32:06,720 --> 00:32:08,360 Speaker 1: His he was alone. He was alone. 477 00:32:08,400 --> 00:32:10,440 Speaker 2: He was alone, Yes, and he was fine with that, 478 00:32:11,160 --> 00:32:15,360 Speaker 2: you know, I mean, you know, it starts with one toe, 479 00:32:17,240 --> 00:32:27,320 Speaker 2: what's next? And so he lived peacefully with some snapping turtles, Uh, Donatello, 480 00:32:27,480 --> 00:32:30,520 Speaker 2: Raphael and Morla, three female snapping tittles turtles. 481 00:32:30,720 --> 00:32:34,360 Speaker 3: They liked him well. 482 00:32:34,400 --> 00:32:36,840 Speaker 1: I don't know. 483 00:32:37,000 --> 00:32:43,720 Speaker 2: I don't know what that would look like. And uh heuh. Now, 484 00:32:43,800 --> 00:32:47,600 Speaker 2: one time Claude swallowed a child's ballet slipper that fell 485 00:32:47,640 --> 00:32:51,040 Speaker 2: into his enclosure, and you know, he ate he ate 486 00:32:51,120 --> 00:32:53,400 Speaker 2: the thing and they had to put him under anesthesia 487 00:32:53,480 --> 00:32:54,000 Speaker 2: to remove it. 488 00:32:56,160 --> 00:32:58,640 Speaker 1: And he rarely moved. He would, he would, he was, 489 00:32:58,880 --> 00:33:02,560 Speaker 1: he was rock still thirty years. That's a long long 490 00:33:02,600 --> 00:33:04,520 Speaker 1: time here, is it not? I mean, I don't know. 491 00:33:04,920 --> 00:33:07,560 Speaker 2: They thought he might be able to live fifty years 492 00:33:07,560 --> 00:33:10,680 Speaker 2: in natural habitats, but you know, since he was an albino, 493 00:33:10,800 --> 00:33:11,720 Speaker 2: he did have problems. 494 00:33:11,760 --> 00:33:13,880 Speaker 1: I mean, something went screwing his liver. 495 00:33:15,040 --> 00:33:20,160 Speaker 2: His entire liver was overtaken with cancerous tumors. He had 496 00:33:20,160 --> 00:33:23,680 Speaker 2: a suspected infection and they were giving antibiotics and he 497 00:33:23,760 --> 00:33:25,520 Speaker 2: was doing well for a while. But if your liver 498 00:33:25,640 --> 00:33:28,160 Speaker 2: is shot, then eventually that's what's gonna that's going to 499 00:33:28,240 --> 00:33:28,680 Speaker 2: take you out. 500 00:33:28,760 --> 00:33:32,760 Speaker 1: So there's no more Claude the albino alligator. That's a 501 00:33:32,880 --> 00:33:36,200 Speaker 1: very sad story. I know. I'm sorry. I just thought, 502 00:33:36,200 --> 00:33:39,160 Speaker 1: you know, he should be commemorated at least for a moment. Yeah, yeah, 503 00:33:39,480 --> 00:33:41,160 Speaker 1: and Bonnie's still alive. 504 00:33:42,080 --> 00:33:45,360 Speaker 2: I don't know, I don't know, but you know, women 505 00:33:45,400 --> 00:33:47,160 Speaker 2: live forever, don't men die young. 506 00:33:50,960 --> 00:33:51,600 Speaker 1: Alex Done. 507 00:33:51,640 --> 00:33:55,520 Speaker 2: Coming up next, Alex is going to have as well. 508 00:33:55,600 --> 00:33:58,240 Speaker 2: It's it's the face covering story on the ICE agents 509 00:33:59,200 --> 00:34:03,520 Speaker 2: because now now the state has a portal so residents 510 00:34:03,520 --> 00:34:09,760 Speaker 2: could report misconduct by federal agents. You know, the agents 511 00:34:09,800 --> 00:34:12,840 Speaker 2: are enforcing federal law, and all the ninnies in this 512 00:34:13,000 --> 00:34:16,360 Speaker 2: state want to create trouble for the agents. The trouble 513 00:34:17,400 --> 00:34:22,880 Speaker 2: comes from having immigration law that's not enforced. My god, 514 00:34:23,000 --> 00:34:25,120 Speaker 2: you know how much money we're spending just on illegal 515 00:34:25,160 --> 00:34:28,360 Speaker 2: alien healthcare in this state this year. It's going to 516 00:34:28,400 --> 00:34:35,200 Speaker 2: be thirteen billion dollars. Thirteen billion dollars. And I heard 517 00:34:36,040 --> 00:34:42,400 Speaker 2: Holly Berry complaining that newsome vetotal law that would spend 518 00:34:42,840 --> 00:34:47,000 Speaker 2: healthcare money on women's benopause issues, and she's all angry. 519 00:34:47,000 --> 00:34:48,680 Speaker 2: In fact, we're going to play that clip coming up 520 00:34:48,719 --> 00:34:52,680 Speaker 2: after Alex Stone, and it's like, well, yeah, you don't 521 00:34:52,680 --> 00:34:55,600 Speaker 2: get money for women's menopause issues when you give away 522 00:34:55,640 --> 00:34:59,759 Speaker 2: thirteen billion for illegal aliens. So the ICE agents are 523 00:34:59,760 --> 00:35:01,799 Speaker 2: trying to to do their job. I would say that's 524 00:35:01,920 --> 00:35:03,720 Speaker 2: a lot of money, a lot of your tax money, 525 00:35:04,000 --> 00:35:07,240 Speaker 2: and all they get is crap from morons like Rob Bonta, 526 00:35:07,600 --> 00:35:08,640 Speaker 2: the Attorney General. 527 00:35:10,320 --> 00:35:12,120 Speaker 1: We'll talk about all this with Alex Stone. 528 00:35:12,200 --> 00:35:14,520 Speaker 2: Coming up Deborah Marks live in the KFI twenty four 529 00:35:14,520 --> 00:35:17,440 Speaker 2: hour Newsroom. Hey, you've been listening to The John Cobalt 530 00:35:17,480 --> 00:35:19,839 Speaker 2: Show podcast. You can always hear the show live on 531 00:35:19,960 --> 00:35:22,879 Speaker 2: KFI Am six forty from one to four pm every 532 00:35:22,920 --> 00:35:25,840 Speaker 2: Monday through Friday, and of course, anytime on demand on 533 00:35:25,920 --> 00:35:27,120 Speaker 2: the iHeartRadio app