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the words that I can say on the radio. But I'm looking at this going what the hell is this, which is a delicate way of, you know, saying and expressing what I was actually saying out loud. No, I don't do that, and I know that is an expression of my age, I suppose, but I think it's more an expression of my personal philosophy about them. You don't know what you're scanning, and I presume that's exactly what Dave is going to point out, because I've seen them.

You know, you can walk down the street and see a QR code stuck on a light pole, and out of wild curiosity, you're like, I wonder what that might be? Well, guess what you might have just stepped in it. So anyhow, phishing scams on the rise relating to QR codes, which does not shock me in any way, shape or form, even though I do not have the I suppose, intellectual capacity or knowledge base to even understand most of what goes on in connection with QR codes, I've been able

to make it through life fine without using them. I continue, you go through life without using them, and hopefully I'll be able to die before I ever have to even concern myself with being.

Seven five Congressman Warren Davidson, we'll talk to the debt ceiling. We'll talk doge and crypto as well as the Federal Reserve. Congressman Warren Davidson one of the few good ones we've got joining the program at seven oh five follow by m Pifer and Mike holleran Santacon which is going to be benefiting the cure starts now, which of course is one of my favorite charities. And then fast forward to

eight oh five Bill O'Reilly. Bill O'Reilly, we're going to get his thoughts on the election the next four years moving forward, and of course we will talk about his most recent book, which I've already talked with him about, confronting the president's apparently number one bestseller. And of course Bill O'Reilly writes a great book. Say what you want about Bill O'Reilly. The subject matter of his books are really fascinating. The Killing series are just amazing, and I

think there's theseus almost like a dozen of those. But confronting the president's number one best seller, we will raise that as a topic of conversation as well with Bill O'Reilly eight oh five for Bill seven nine fifty five hundred, eight hundred and eighty two to three, talking with Pound five fifty on AT and T funds. If you'd like to call in and chime in, maybe you want to

talk about the Department of Justice. Finally admitting that there were a whole bunch of FBI informants President during the January drunken fraternity party, with many call a protest, or rather maybe an effort to overthrow the government. I don't know, nonsensical at all. Was literally as that event was unfolding. As I pointed out many times over the years, I was screaming at the television set, optics, optics, optics, don't do this, Why are you doing this? This looks terrible. Please,

Dear God, get out of there. No nobody was listening to me because of course they couldn't hear me through my video screen. So from the get go it looks stupid. But I never, ever, ever, once thought it was going to result in the overthrow the government. I didn't think

it was an organized effort to overthrow the government. And I thought all these nonsensical prosecutions of these January sixth protesters unless it was criminal because they beat someone over the head or something, And why didn't that guy get prosecutor? Who shot Ashley Babbitt? Can someone answer that question for me. You can't use deadly force unless you are presented with deadly force or the reasonable eminent apprehension of grievous bodily

harm or death. If you legitimately feel that your wife is in jeopardy as evidence by someone coming after you that you believe in your heart of hearts to represent a grievous threat to you, and that will be reviewed by law enforcement. I mean, you just can't say, oh, I felt like my wife was in jeopardy when you know there's a guy like twenty nine yards away standing there with a handful of garden shears or something not

running after you. No, you can't shoot that guy. What did Ashley Babbitt do that represented eminent apprehension of grievous bodily harm or deadly force? Literally nothing, So there was no prosecution in that regard. You can let that fester out there in the world. About the Justice Department inspector General right on the heels of FBI Director Ray stepping down? Is the timing kind of a thing here? Does anybody see they suspicious timing?

in the report, and I found that rather comical. Now, did they talk to the confidential human sources and say, don't do anything that breaks the law, law and do not commit any illegal acts. No, it doesn't say that. It just says none of them were authorized or directed to break the law or encourage others to commit illegal acts.

working with them on some level. Otherwise you just some random dude walking around on the streets. So you've established a relationship by identifying them as a confidential human source. Now, why isn't there a statement in this report that says they were specifically told to not break the law and not encourage others to commit illegal acts. In other words,

under threat of indictment or maybe prosecution. Look, chs, you're working with us, all right, Some of you will be paid, and that is also part of the report.

actually assigned by the bureau to be there. At least they admitted that one of the three confidential human sources tasked by the FBI to attend the rally entered the Capitol building, while the other two entered the restricted area around the Capitol. And if a confidential human source corn of Fox News reporting anyway, is directed to be at a certain event, they are paid for their time. Quote

from the report. One FBI field office tasked, I guess that means they were paid in this particular case, tasked ACHS to travel d SEA to report on the activities of a predicated domestic terrorism suspect who was separately planning to travel at EC.

for you. A second FBI field office tasked a CHS to travel at EC to potentially report meaning maybe there will be a report maybe not, on two domestic terrorism suspects from another FBI field office who were planning to travel a DC for events on January six Now I kind of read that. I'm like, did what do you think? Did they come out of the FBI field office or was it just within the jurisdiction of this other field office. I think it's probably the latter, but the wording.

for the events on January sixth. So we got three folks that were assigned duties related to potential domestic terrorists. All that sounds above, But what of the other twenty six or twenty three rather that were floating around.

So they didn't tell you to break the law. They didn't tell you and entered the building, and yet they were there, and yet they did.

So it used to be system of a doubt. I know you like that, Yeah, I know five eight ten three talk pound five fifty on your AT and T. Anyway further than this report regarding the confidential human sources that we're working with the FBI, whether or not they

were specifically directed to commit illegal activities or not. Uh, they were not specifically directed, although there was nothing to indicate that they were not specifically told do not engage in illegal activities, do not encourage anyone to engage in criminal conduct. No, that wasn't there. Reacting to Horowitz's report,

and that's the report we're reading from. Conveniently timed after FBI Director Ray said he was stepping down, FBI said the bureau, in their words, did not have primary responsibility for intelligence collection or even security on January sixth. See, you have to look at the words primary. That doesn't

mean they didn't have any responsibility for intelligence collection. They just didn't have primary responsibility, but nonetheless recognized the potential for violence and took significant and appropriate steps to prepare for this supporting role, support yes of intelligence collection. See I'm trying I emphasize this and I dwell on these words because I think it's a clear indication that they knew something was going to hit the fan that day, maybe,

just maybe. And I'm entertaining my conspiracy theorists or alternatively pattern observers that this was perhaps encouraged in egg Down. And where was Nancy Pelosi in the Capitol police? Where was the security? I mean, if they were worried and prepared for potential violence, and the FBI had a significant in appropriate steps to prepare for the supporting role, how come there wasn't more security there? Just let that fester around in your head a little bit.

did maybe I don't know. I'm trying to engage in an overly critical analysis of this, because honestly, the last owl I don't know, decade or perhaps fifty nine years of my lifetime has led me to believe that maybe, just maybe those that we elect and those have been put in positions of power, even those behind the scenes, aren't really straightforward with us, not exactly candid with us, perhaps are engaging in, I don't know, maybe some sort

of nefarious activities that might run against our personal best interest. House Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan good Man quote, this report confirms what we suspected. The FBI had encouraged and tasked confidential human sources to be at the Capitol that day. There were twenty six total present. Four entered the Capitol and were not charged, which is not the same treatment

that other Americans received. Wonderful poorn, Jim Jordan, how come they weren't charged If you're arresting seventy two year old ladies for wandering around the building because they I don't know, enter the Capitol and violid security protocol or whatever. Confidential human sources are not FBI employees, and according to the FBI's report release yesterday, the only one was paid to be there. That person may be arguably and tol to some measure of immunity because they were directed and paid

by the FBI to actually do what they did. But these other ones, the twenty six who did engage in identical behavior that the common citizenry was tracked down, hunted down, and incarcerated for, were not. And they were the easiest ones to find because of course they are chs is working with the FBI. Five twenty eight, fifty five KRC Detalks station just saying or to talk about coming up. I hope you can stick around fifty five KRC dot com.

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no Wednesday night. Sadly, they say a third dog died in the area of Fox nineteen reporting on this spoke with a woman at first report of them.

Woman said that the pet boarding facility does have security cameras and that those will be reviewed. But if you have any information about the incident you recognize the dogs, go online. Fox nineteen had the report on it. Please call I guess it's the shelter. It doesn't really even identify the number anyway. Five one three three twenty fifty two forty a captain of the SINCI Police Department fired

on Wednesday. According to the reporting, Danita Pettis fifty four years old, work for the CINCINNT Police Department for more than twenty five years. Was the agency's highest ranking African American female. Internal investigation earlier in the year determined she violated multiple policies. According to since I Police Department in

this statement two again Fox nineteen. Reporting violations include entering false information into the payroll system resulting in improper overtime earnings, in subordination, interference with an ongoing internal investigation, and dishonesty, all according to Sincint Police Department. According to Police Chief three Syrhigians statement, a decision of this magnitude is never

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to announcement by judge in court yesterday. Before Raider was sentenced, he offered an apology to the family of the eighteen year old Lauren Collins, who died back in July of twenty twenty three, saying, I don't have the words to express how truly sorry I am for to have done this to you, calling it a freak. I said it was a freak. I guess anyway. I know you don't care honestly.

following her death. They say the nonprofit names provide scholarships for other opportunities to high school students who demonstrate an essence of creativity and joy. Anyway, sad for the family. Five thirty six here fifty five care see the talk station?

a nine millimeter handgun. I'm sorry, I find this comical and funny, even though it is criminal and I'm not encouraging anyone to do it anyway, use a nine millimeter handgun to shoot a Walmart Deriver delivery drone that was hovering over his home in Florida. He struck a plea deal that could, they say, result in eventual dismissal of

the felony and misdemeanor counts. Dennis Win going to enter a pre trial intervention program offered by the prosecutors that, upon successful completion, will result in the dropping of the criminal charges. This pre trial intervention program, similar to probation, can last a year and offered to defendants with no significant criminal history charged with criminal information by discharging a firearm in public, which is a misdemeanor, and criminal mischief,

a third degree felony. Since damage to the drone payload system exceeded one thousand dollars, during the November twenty seventh court conference, when also ordered to immediately pay five thousand dollars in restitution to a company called Drone Up Delivery, a partner with Walmart that owned the drone that was hit by one single bullet fired from his six hour

nine millimeters pistol Nice Choice. When former New Jersey Fire captain was arrested in late June at his home in Claremont, Orlando, Florida suburb after Drone Up employees told Cobbs that their drone was fired upon while it flew over the residential area. A two man drone up team was in the neighborhood conducting what they called a mock delivery to attract a

business and interest in the new Walmart delivery program. Drone was flying at a height of two hundred and thirty feet before it dropped down to seventy five feet to demonstrate the deployment of a cable to which a Walmart package would be attached. Went to investigators that he was working on his pool equipment when he heard the drone whirling around his home. After trying to show off the drone, he said, he pulled out his firearm from a gun safe and fired.

thought they were surveilling him. He didn further explain why he thought his home on a quiet cul a sack purchased what they said here for a half a million dollars back in oh seven was the target of prior aerial monitoring. I don't know why you even have to have that anyway. When the drone up workers heard gunfire and saw Winn holding a handgun towards the sky, they ran back to their van, while the drone returned to

the Walmart super center about four miles away. While when police say acknowledged the reckless nature of his actions, he made an odd comment while officers gently handcuffed him in front, quote I can't breathe. I can't breathe. I can't breathe, when laughed, to no reaction from the sheriff's deputies. I'll allow you to use your own memory skills and recall what he is referring to with the I can't breathe comment five forty six right now forty five krsit de talk station.

sexual contact in connection with a dozen incidents. Prosecutor say was seen wearing only a ski mask while harassing people at the Rutgers Library in Piscataway as well as the Royal Oaks apartment complex in Monmouth Junction. I guess that's his way of waging GHD Pennsylvania man. We go to Athens, Pennsylvania, where man was arrested after he was found in a hotel, of course, naked and and spitting on an officer's leg. That is what's in the criminal complaint from the Athens

Township Police Department. The criminal complaint says Thomas Stage twenty seven charged with indecent exposure, disorderly conduct, public drunkenness, and harassment. They stay December eighth, round seven thirty pm. An employee at the micro Microtel Inn and Swedes called police regarding an adult male later identified as Status of Course, running around the hotel naked. Officers located him in the hotel,

still naked. They noted he appeared to be under the influence of alcohol or perhaps a controlled substance, also difficulty standing, having to use walls and doors to support himself. Complaints said he then spit on an officer's leg, leading to his detainment, transport of the Athen Township Police Department, and then taken to the Robert Packer Hospital because of his condition. Oh that's hilarious. You know I printed my own stacks too this morning. I have actually a two page lengthier article.

It's the same one. See what you do is you search for naked and arrested on your search engine, and that's how you end up with a Friday stack.

they treated me like an animal. Not even an animal should be treated like that, she said. She said her life's different now. She says, I barely go outside and stay in my house all the time, scared to come outside. Not just scared, but I feel like my self respect was taken away from me, my dignity, everything Courdiing to nuna Is, her ex boyfriend initially called the police to the home on Prince Street after the two had a fight.

According to Nunas, I asked him to remove himself from the property and he couldn't because he had an ankle. Monitor life choices when it comes to selecting your partners anyway, so he decided he was going to call the police so he wouldn't be in no trouble with his probation officer. I'll excuse her grammatical inaccuracy. She does admit alcohol is involved. Coordeed's statement when they were dragging me out, they were trying to drag me out naked. He said, no, I

didn't call for this. I called so you guys could come remove me, not her. She didn't do anything because the directionist who stormed Capitol Hell Patriots Sean McMahon going to love with the sound bites Nuna has also amssed this. He did in fact resist officers quote because I didn't feel comfortable with him touching me. That's why I refused to risk. My daughter was there hysterocracy, saw everything, said she has to put clothes on, but they refused to

let me do anything. According to complaint five with the Police Department, local news that are contacted police, but officer said they can't release specific details about the case at least at this time. Five fifty six fifty five kr CD talk station, Feel free to call if you cared to have a conversation between the after the news and the bottom of the hour when we get tech Friday's Dave Hatter on who we can stick around for that.

stuff it is. But we'll talk QR code, phishing scams. Excuse me, continuing the phishing attacks Rose actually increased on Black Friday. And finally, Deep nude artificial image generator lures users. Fast forward one hour. Congressman Warren Davidson. We'll talk with him about the debt ceiling. We'll talk with him about Doge,

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I'm that convinced. Bill O'Reilly returns at eighth five. Yes, he will be talking about the election as well as the next four years moving forward, and we will also discuss his most recent book, which I've already had him on the program to talk about. It's a great book, confronting the president's number one best seller, a great Christmas gift. But then again, I can recommend every single one of Bill O'Reilly's books, The Killing series books are really truly outstanding.

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on eight T and T phones. Going back to this Justice Department Inspector General Michael Horowitz, the report that was released just the other day about the confidential human sources that were in and outside of the Capitol Building. These were confidential human sources that the FBI had connection with and we're working with literally and as I pointed out last hour, you aren't a CCHS and it can't be designated as one unless you have a connection with the FBI.

That's how you become a chs whether or not you're paid, you are working or cooperating with or otherwise you know, engage with the FBI, right, Okay, So how come it is that? And you know, I'll go directly to Jim Jordan, who had this to say. This report confirms what we suspected. The FBI had encouraged and tasked confidential human sources to be at the Capitol that day. There were twenty six total.

President four of them entered the Capitol and were not charged, which is not the same treatment as the other Americans received. This has been our concern all along, agencies being weaponized against the American people. That is not how our system

is supposed to work. Thomas Massey, Congressman, astutely observed. It's no coincidence the FBI Director Ray announced his resignation just prior to the release of the IG report exposing activities of FBI compon financial human sources at the Capitol on January sixth. For four years I press for answers on this.

Now the malfeasans is finally exposed to close. Quote Congressman Thomas Massey, Now what is Ultimately, you know, I made a lot of comments in the last hour about the specific report, drawing questions and concerns about what the report says, what it alludes to, and what it specifically does not say. But I found rather interesting that three of these confidential sources, which the FBI did direct or otherwise say you can

enter the building or whatever. One FBI field office tasked and I think that word emphasized means that they were paid to do this, but at least they were specifically directed this non FBI employee confidential human source to go to DC to report the activities of a predicated domestic terrorism suspect who is separately planning to travity see for

the January sixth electoral certification. A second FBI field office tasked a confidential human source to travel a DC to potentially report on two domestic terrorism subjects from another FBI field office who were planning to travel to DC for

the events. A third who told they're handling agent that they intended to travel to DC on their own initiative for those January sixth events, was similarly tasked by that field office to potentially report on too domestic terrorism subjects from another FBI Field Office who were planning to go to January sixth. Now, what do we have right there? In the report? The FBI is aware of what they

believed to be domestic terrorism suspects. Now I don't know how much evidence they had on this, but they labeled them potential domestic terrorists, domestic terrorists who were known to be going to Washington, d C. January sixth ergo. They said, well, okay, confidential human source, non FBI employee, would you please go and follow these domestic terrorists potential domestic terrorists around and report on them for us. And the reason I'm pointing

this out is because, wait a second. Now, the FBI says it wasn't responsible for security at large, But if they think domestic terrorists are going to be known to them and on their radar, wouldn't the FBI be working with maybe the Capitol Hill Police or maybe talking to the President and the Secret Service and other folks who might have provided better general security than what was provided, which was deminimous at best. For the events. We have

what we believe to be known domestic terrorists. They may show up with bombs. We have no idea what they're going to do. We've actually got com financial human sources that are going to be following them around. We've tasked them to do that. Maybe, don't you think maybe we might want to beef up security a little bit considering the gravity of the events and the historic nature of the events that are going on, you think maybe, no, no, no, no,

we weren't responsible specifically. The report from Horowitz and the the Inspector General's Office says the FBI did not have primary responsibility for intelligence collection or even security on January sixth, but nonetheless recognized the potential for violence and took significant appropriate steps to prepare for this supporting role.

prevented people from storming the Capitol building. No, I think they wanted that to happen again, going back to the optics point that I've made time and time and time again, it looked terrible for Donald Trump and any Trump supporter that that mass and that crowd stormed the Capitol Building in spite of the fact that the vast majority of

them literally did nothing. We spent the next several years spending countless millions and millions of dollars using every conceivable method to find out who every single human being was that was there, in order to track them down and

in many cases imprison them, including old ladies. Oh if they only put that much effort and energy into tracking down people who literally burned down public property, hurt police officers, tipped over and ruined police vehicles during the Black Lives Matter protest or Occupy Wall Street or fill in the blank on your favorite left wing organization who is out rioting in the streets and actually literally committing crimes so they know that there are potential domestic terrorists heading there.

And yet well, we didn't have primary responsibility. And it also points out that well can concludes no FBI confidential human sourcess were authorized to enter the Capitol Building or restricted areas Otherwise break the law on January sixth, Nor was any HS directed by the FBI to encourage others to commit illegal acts on January sixth, and yet we know they did. So I'm disturbed by this, and I don't think it does the FBI a whole lot of

good given what this report says. And so yeah, I think our skepticism, our jaded cynicism, our jaundice I brow raised at the activities of the FBI in connection with this event are justified in every way, shape and form in this report concludes that hence the Congressman or the comments from Jim Jordan five p One three seven four nine fifty five hundred, eight hundred and eighty two to three dog Tom five fifty on AT and T funds. Feel free to call in chime in if you disagree

with me. I'd love to hear from you. What's your conclusion. And I don't want to indict the entire FBI. I know many of them to be decent people. In fact, I went to law school with the guy who worked for the FBI for like twenty years. Good man, solid man, the kind of person you want in the FBI. But it doesn't mean that the organization itself in the swamp of DC isn't completely politicized, at least law rather not

completely largely politicized. And this reveals to me, or suggests to me, a level of incompetence for not perhaps encouraging a greater law enforcement presence give them what they thought was going to happen. Is it incompetence? A pause for a moment as you contemplate that and shift over to the Secret Service and the day Donald Trump got his earshot? Was that incompetence? Was it gross negligence or was it intentional negligence to create an environment where it was actually

possible for Donald Trump to get shot? You see, when we find this out about these organizations who are so you know, oh my god, there are you know, you can't touch them. They're great, they're important, important, and they're all decent people. Well, these raised questions as to whether or not that is in appropriate conclusion.

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for meaningful placements the swamp agg was last year. Basically the idea of getting a lot of these agencies out of DC, where it is almost one hundred percent Democrat, And I wonder where the DEI folks are in all of this diversity, equity and inclusion. Nobody wants any Conservatives, Republicans, or maybe even little il libertarians like myself involved in government in any way, shape and form. And that's literally what you've got in Washington, DC. You can't find a

conservative minded individual there. So of course the employees are drawn from this collective of all left wingers. Of course, everybody in any administrative capacity non elected. We get a choice when it comes to our elected officials, but insofar as who gets hired, you're drawn from a pool of all blue Democrats, and the US have to pivot over to a story that could have been in the stack

of stupid. But I really feel sorry for folks who are conservative, Like, ask yourself this question, Where does Thomas Massey eat if he wants to go to a restaurant when he's serving the public in Washington, d C. Do you think it's safe for him to go to a restaurant? Fox News reporting food workers in Washington, DC pledged to refuse service and cause this is scary. Other inconveniences for members of the incoming Trump administration when they go out and dine over the next four years.

get your entree. There's a lot of opportunities for us as workers to feel like we're taking our power back while not necessarily ruining someone's life, give them a subtle inconvenience feels like a little bit of a win for us. Now, pause for a moment and contemplate that, especially folks out in the listening audience who have actually worked in the

food service business. And I'm sure there are people out there with shall we say, metaphorically or literally, unclean hands when it comes to the service or perhaps the food that you provided to someone who irritated you or rubbed you the wrong way. What goes on in the kitchen when the employees are all painfully aware because you, as an elected official law and literally all over the television social media, your photograph is literally known as where with

his modern internet age. Hey look, Thomas Massey walked into the restaurant. Hey look, one of Trump's cabinet members is out there wanting to dine on this really expensive steak. Yeah it's table four. Let's provide him with special treatment. And yes, you can let your imagination run with that one, folks six twenty six. But that's the collective in DC,

No wonder. Folks like me think it's really a pretty good idea for Jony Urse to Urne to introduce a bill to move a lot of these agencies out of that well area that lacks diversity.

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actually put in one. With a QR code, it can be much more expansive in terms of what's in it. Now they are very handy. I can't think of any modern phae that doesn't have the capability to scan one. They've become very popular. They're everywhere. You know, you're pullingto a parking lot, it says, scan the code to pay for parking. And of course, Brian, as we've seen so many times over the last ten years we've been doing this, the bad guys come hm. People are using these things.

They're everywhere. People don't understand though, that from the naked eye, you cannot look at a QR code and know what it does right and start using them as a way to steal your money, steal your data, and all the other fun things they like to do to us. So, yeah, it's a it's a real problem. And like you, I am not going to scan a random QR code for any reason. I just won't do it. In fact, I'll tell you I was downtown yesterday for a meeting looking

for a place to park. The first lot I pulled in, Handy, you got to scan the code, Yes, I'll be moving on to another lot, and I did.

should I scan this QR code? Now? If I go into a restaurant I'm familiar with, you know, for a while during the pandemic, you had to scan the menus in all the Yeah, you know, I I might scan their menu. I might not. It just depends on how

much I trust the restaurant. Again, if I have a high level of trust and what I'm getting, But what the bad guys are doing now, And I've actually had this happen here in interest where I get an email that appears to have come from our quote HR department about some kind of employee benefits or payroll or something. There's some problem, right, There's always a problem because they need that urgency, the social engineering aspect it is. And

I'm supposed to scan a QR code. Now, why would your HR people internally in your company sends you a QR code that you have to get your phone out and scan. You're already in the frigging.

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See they were on the rise on Black Friday. How and why specifically, David.

your phone out to scan. It doesn't mean why would you transfer from the computer you're already working on, where you could just click a link to go to the system right, get out your phone and have to scan a code. If you get a QR code in an email, do not scan. I would not scan any QR to

leave the emails. Yes, And one of the reasons why they have shifted to this method is because even extremely advanced anti virus anti spam systems that try to keep those bad emails from being delivered can't read that QR code and know what it does. So this is another way for the bad guys to do phishing, but yet deliver something to you. It's more likely to get through and pray on the fact that many people do not

realize QR codes can be malicious. So if you get a QR covie email, do not scan it and then fishing.

now they'll call you. So understand, phishing has a much broader eye term or scope and just email at this point. But you know, come to the holidays, they know people are shopping, they know people are looking for deals. They know people don't understand things like hey, that QR code and the email could be malicious. And here's the other thing, Brian. Folks have to remember, it is very easy to send

a spoofed phishing email. It costs next to nothing, so at scale, I can send out billions of these things just hoping. That's the whole idea of fishing. Right, I'm going to cast my hook out there and see what I catch. It's so easy to do this. It costs next to nothing. They're getting much more creative, especially thanks degenerative AI tools, where the old red flags and the grammar's bad and the punctuation doesn't make sense and et cetera, that's all gone away. So of course the fishing is

getting better. More people are online, there's more targets, and then naturally, when you get to you know, a holiday shopping time, when they know people are going to be looking for deals, it just makes sense they're going to ramp this up. Right. They're going to go to Walmart's website or Target or Amazon filling the blank. They're going to copy stuff off of it. They're going to send

you emails that look exactly like the legitimate thing. The links might point to a website that looks exactly like the legitimate things. So you know, a understand that people who research this see these giant increases, you know, Black Monday or Cyber Monday, Black Friday, these days see these huge volumes because they know people are looking for that deal. People are in a hurry, people have limited amounts of time.

People don't understand all of the threats here, so ultimately, you know, be extra alert and if a deal seems too good, to be true. It probably is. And if you get something and you're interested in buying it, then you know, go to the legitimate site. Yes, it's like it came from target. Open a web browser, typein target dot com. There you go browser typean Amazon dot com and go from there.

the bad guys are using deep fake capability. We've talked about this so many times over the years. Right, you've got synthetic media, generative AI tools things like chat, GPT that can generate content, text, video, whatever. At this point, and we've talked about deep fakes, the idea that you're going to use these tools to generate synthetic media that is fake somehow, audio video of speech written by someone

that that didn't happen. And if you recall Brian back when this whole deep fake thing first took off, a lot of it was geared around like celebrity porn, right, they would take these tools and generate deep fake celebrity porn. And you know what they're doing now is using these tools to social engineer you. Social engineering is behind almost all of this stuff, right, Fishing is the delivery mechanism. Then they're trying to social engineer you into doing something.

There's it's a terrible thing happening with your account. Scan this QR code. Right, So what these guys are doing is they're using these generative AI tools to theoretically create videos where you can upload a picture of someone and it will take their clothes off quote unquote. Now there's a whole separate topic around this sextortion. I mean, this is a terrible thing, right, It's already caused kids to

kill themselves. But the angle here is you go to this free site quote unquote, you upload a photo of someone that you want to have their clothes taken off by this AI tool, and it's all a thinly veiled guys to get you to send them something. They don't

really care what it is. They tell you, oh, in a second, you'll be able to download this photo, and once you're actually downloading is something known as a WRAP remote Access tool or trogen sometimes it's called and basically it is a tool that would allow the hackers to take control of your device and pretty much do whatever

they want it. You know, it's right up there with keystroke Blogger in terms of the nefariousness of it, because once I get my RAT installed on your device, my remote access tool, I literally can take control of your machine. If you don't know how, if you'd a you may not even know I'm in there, be if you don't know how to get me out of there, other than just turning it off, there's really nothing you can stop

me from doing, I mean literally anything. So it's it's a very innovative but really evil way to trick people into downloading malicious software that would allow the hackers to take control of your device. And now again it might be your work device. Hopefully you'd have protections in place to prevent this, but once it's on there again, they could pretty much do anything like get into your bank

account and steal all your money. So it's I just can't state enough West, people are super creative and you should be very careful about anything you're doing on the internet.

if I'm skilled and im persistent. Could I potentially send you some sort of message that claims I'm from your bank and you need to give me that code and you go to your phone, or can I send you a potential push notifications as part of an MFA approach and you eventually either get tired of them and click on it anyway, or you don't really understand what's happening.

So you're making a valid point. And it's one of the reasons why multi factor authentication is a powerful tool in your toolbox to defend against this kind of stuff. But if I can establish a persistent foothold in your computer, bad things are going to happen to you eventually, especially if I can determine because let's say you log into your bank account from that computer, and I'm in there watching or logging that somehow, and I see that you

have a lot of money. I'll eventually figure out a way to convince you to do something it gets me to that money.

bottom of the hour, were talking about Santa Khan. I'll have Mfi and Mike Kyler and in studio talk about that very important event because it benefits care starts now opportunity to have some fun games and raise money for careing cancer. Excellent, Bill O'Reilly. Fast forward one hour from now, Bill O'Reilly returns to the program. We're going to talk not only about his book. That's kind of a secondary conversation confronting the president's number one bestseller. Awesome Christmas gift

it is. You can get a copy of that book, and I recommend you do. But his Killing series are just amazing. I think I've read every single one of them and they are just a fascinating read. So just make sure that you allocate some time when you open one of those books, because you're going to be sitting down and not capable of putting it down because there

are such an interesting and just brilliant, insightful read. So Bill O'Reilly beffore or that we'll be talking about his thoughts on the election and the next four years as we move forward. So seven of seven right now, five one, three, seven, four, nine fifty eight hundred eight two three talk pound five fifty on at and t phones lesus. Of course, Congressman

Davidson calls in which I hope he does. Let us see here going back some of the question I was going to ask him, well, where does Congressman Warren Davidson eve when he goes out the in Washington, d C? Turning back to this article about DC food workers are vowing to well interfere with the meals served to the Trump administration. And it's a scary thought, and I do believe it is quite supportive of the idea of getting a lot of people out of Washington, d C. Do

you have to be in Washington, d C? In order to run the federal government? Of course, as we just you know, come off the heels of tech Friday with Dave, how do we all know how interconnected we are? We've got zoom conference calls.

bill out there which only relates to one department. But you know, this is a concept that could literally grow. The Swamp Act strategic would draw of agencies from meaningful placement. And Ernest said, you know, the best idea come from States, not Washington. The SBA has lost sight of its goal, and there is no better way for it to rediscover it than to get closer to Main Street and better understand people.

are long, long, long over. There's an amazing talent pool that can be drawn from out in the rest of the United States of America that would love to be able to part of the federal government and love to be able to do good work on behalf of the American people and also provide a different perspective than you're going to get from Washington, d C. Can you imagine growing up in Washington, d C. Victim of the public school system, of the brainwashingt that goes on in they're

victim of some sort of college education, because literally, I think with the exception of like two or three universities out there, Hillsdale College among them, you're gonna be surrounded by a bunch of wolf professors viewing the same leftist marx societyology at you. So you wake up and you grow up in this environment and then you apply for a job. But it's far more concentrated in DC, and so far as the political perspectors are concerned.

and that's where they do their work. So I like the idea, but it really is illustrated more fully when you look at this article about the food service employees who are a part of that leftist mentality that are literally saying they are going to tamper with or otherwise disrupt Republicans. And I just use Republicans, but the Trump

administration is what they're referring to. Basically, now that the new sheriffs in town, of course, surrounding himself with other more conservative, non leftist Marxist ideologues, that's not what these people believe in. I don't even think they have an understanding of why they believe in their left wing ideology when it's not good for anyone, literally anyone, but that you would molest someone's food or otherwise, you know, delay

their service or their drinks or whatever. How do you think it feels to be when you are the minority.

to eradicate something from the mindset of the people. In your mind, what would you choose? And I would immediately go with maybe covetousness or greed because it fuels so much resentment and anger. Covetousness and greed is behind mark this whole idea that you're not allowed to have more than someone else, and that someone who has more than

you is is therefore evil in some way. Do you know what they did to maybe earn or accomplish whatever task or whatever thing that you were covetous or greedy about. What did they do to accomplish that? Yes, there are some people where it landed in their lap. And see there you go. That's part of the fuel for the fire for the leftist mentality. Oh my god, inheritance, we can't have that. We need to have confiscatory taxes when

it comes to, you know, inheritance. Why I'm not living my life and putting away my retirement to give to my children. If it turns out that way, that God's mighty hand takes me off off the map before I end up spending my retirement money, then that's the way it's going to be. And bully for them. Why should anyone else reach their hand into my estate eight pocket and take it? Why that is that fair? And moving beyond that, and how are you planning on allocating the

money you stole from me after I died? Is your allocation of it going back to my conversation yesterday with Senator Ran Paul, which will be, you know, shooting out his Festivust list every year, the ways in which the government wastes your money. And this is an inheritance, folks, this is your literally, your earnings, your labor. The government taking money from your labor. You are working today, said some chucklehead. And boy, I'm being delicate when I use

that word in Washington, DC. You can allocate that money that you earn to fund research on shrimp running on treadmills?

to talk about. It was one of the topics we were going to go over, because you and I should not be funding that. If Elon Musk makes money and builds multi billion dollar empires and wants to allocate some of his money to shrimp running on treadmills for whatever reason, maybe it makes a tesla work better down the road, he can provide you with some sort of thoughtful analysis of why the research is valuable, then let him. But

who's really benefiting from that research? Going back to doctor fauciin what's been revealed about the COVID nineteen and the report that came out about that, Why are we funding this dangerous research? Why are your tax payer dollars being used to modify that DNA so that it more easily infects human beings?

Research Don seven seventeen, fifty five KERCD talk station, Feel free to call. We got some time to kill for the bottom of the hour when we need some charity work. Santa Con. They are at fifty five KRCD talk station. Ron Times wishing everyone a very happy Friday. I hope you have some great plans going on this weekend.

into my mind. There You're welcome, Sean. See I can take the heat for saying something like that out loud, because I'm so close to a retirement.

Keith and Brookedster. It's just wonderful, wonderful people they are, and they suffered it, just an extraordinary tragedy that no parents should ever have to suffer, which is the loss of their daughter as a consequence of pediatric brain cancer. And of course we're going back quite a few years, but they have done amazing things what I always like to call turning lemons into lemonade. Yes, you could sit at home and waiale and lament, or you can try

to maybe do something about it. And boy didn't they choose that latter path And they have done wonderful work. So I'm looking forward to talking with the folks about Santa kon Emma and Mike are in studio to talk about that. That'll be the next segment. But I've been remissing my obligations to mention James Free Jewelers. I got my Christmas gift already and I went out and got it myself, my version of the Red Rider bb gum with the compass in the stock. But I haven't got

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opportunity that everyone can participate in Santa Con. It's Cincinnati Santacon twenty twenty four. Tomorrow, it's all over. We're gonna get details from both of them today. But God bless everyone involved because it's all gonna be well. It's gonna benefit the care starts now, Santacon care Starts Now. Welcome to the studio, both of you. It's pleasure to have you in here. How do you link people getting and I'm joking and I just roll with me because it's Friday,

and you know, I'm in a mood. But I think it's Santa Con. I think of people getting dressed up as Santa Claus and then going out and getting liquored up and having a great time. Yep, so I pretty much had that boiled down so much.

can talk a little bit about that more later. But how do you turn drunken Santa's into a money making event for this wonderful charity?

It's going to go to help cure cancer. Well, right back at seven thirty five fifty five KRCD Talk Stations seven thirty nine to fifty five KRCD Talk station, we will find a cure four cancer because there are people out in the world, like the cure starts now started by Keith and Brooke Destrich in honor of their daughter, and they've been at this now how many years. Yeah, MN Micro Institute. We're specifically talking about Santacon, but it

is an official fundraiser for the Cure Starts Now. And as I mentioned in the last segment, even if you can't participate tomorrow we'll get all the details about when it starts, where you need to be in that kind of thing a moment here, But even if you can't participate, that ten dollars ticket, one hundred percent goes to the

Cure Starts Now. So, unlike certain charitable organizations out there which take off a sizeable chunk for overhead and massive salaries, if you give a buck to the Cure Starts Now, or in this case, ten dollars for a ticket to the Santa Con event, that ten dollars is going to go help cure cancer. So back to Emma and Mike and we'll get the details on this thing. Mike, you were mentioning, and I promised them as she was going to talk, or at least I told them, as she's

going to have to talk. But maybe Emma can answer the question. You're the one to provide me the information. But you've been at this since since what year was it when it started?

been funded. Cancer studies that have had proven positive outcomes and increased longevity for these young people who struggle because, let's face it, pediatric brain cancer what five months six months was and that the the was a death sentence.

They got doctors from around the world sharing research. What an amazing concept that, because you know, it's like little fiefdom.

Nobody wants to share their research, but if you share it, you might come across some overlapping areas like wait a minute, we found that this really kind of works over here, and some other group of doctors and in Australia are saying, oh wow, well we were doing something different we found and you put them two together collaboratively and next thing you know, you've got a huge jump towards the curve. Now you mentioned the different venues. So the ten dollars

ticket qualifies you to Donna Santa suit. I guess you really don't have to own a Santa suit. If you just have a hat, can you wear just that?

You mentioned the venues too, because there are a multitude of places that are participating.

watch the Crosstown shootout. If you want there, you go, you know, pack the banks, I mean the Banks will literally be packed. I mean it'll be as crowded as a football game weekend.

part of the crowd. Our goal someday might be able to get to about one hundred hundred and twenty five venues across even a greater area.

in support of this worthy organization. Again, I know that with your work and mine and everybody else that gets involved, we're going to cure cancer.

Are you talking to Thomas Massey again this morning? The answer is, of course no. I get to talk with the bell once a month, and that happened on Wednesday. Ask about the space aliens in Washington and London. I haven't been following, but I am confident that if, in the fact there are aliens, they won't come down here because there is no intelligent life. You're right, Rebecca, there

is an intelligent life. Going back to the fact that you and I worked at least some share of our labor went to fund the damn shrimp on a treadmill study, and we funded bat research to wreak the plague out of humanity. Why do we allow this to happen? Why do our elected officials allow this to happen. I can't imagine. I didn't read it. I've never read a Department of Defense budget.

government what's being funded with that? Just the defense budget? And lately I've been a tear on the F thirty five and you're an F thirty five man, knock yourself out, man. But we live in the day of drones, Drones that our own government apparently can't even figure out where they come from, what they're doing, or why they're here. Go to New Jersey and check them out for yourself. But we'll spend thirty billion dollars for a blanket airplane that can be shot out of the sky fairly easily with

hypersonic weapons these days, I don't know. Someone has to exercise a measure of common sense and reason, and clearly, clearly our elected officials do not, which is again why I'm hoping and praying that this DOGE Department actually accomplishes its goal to get rid of at least some segment of the fraud, waste and abuse in government. Please, Dear God, lay your hands on Viva, Gramma Swimmy and Elon Musk and the task they have in front of them. Seven

fifty six fifty five KR. See the talk station the incomparable Bill Riley fingers crossed. Anyway, we didn't get to hear from Warren Davidson was supposed to be on at seven oh five, but Bill O'Reilly is lined up for right after the top of the hour news to talk about his thoughts on the election, the next four years moving forward, maybe his ideas on whether DOGE can have

any success whatsoever. And we'll also talk about his latest awesome book, which is called Confronting the President's number one best seller and a great Christmas gift. Stick around. I'll be right back, Hey, O five fifty five care see the talk station. I hope you're having a very happy Friday. Appreciate Sean McMahon filling in for the vacationing Jost Tracker. And I'm sure hoping Joe Strecker is having a nice time off.

No Spin assessments from Washington to Biden. So phone lines are open in the absence of Bill O'Reilly unless he calls in five one, three, seven, four, nine, fifty five hundred, eight hundred and eighty two to three taco with pound five fifty on AT and T phones. If you've got something you want to mention, feel free to give me

a call. Well, it gives me an opportunity at least to provide you with a little insight about the murder of the United Healthcare CEO and the motivations behind the murder er who's an idiot and a bit of a Marxist from what we all gather by now and blaming somehow that it's the United Healthcare Insurance Company or medical insurance generally that are the problem. No, they are creations

of so called government solutions. And without the so called government solutions that were supposed to make all of our lives better, our lives actually would be better in their absence and the Mesas Institute published this wonderful off ed piece by most someone in the know Connor o'keef. Last week he had Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson shot to death in New York City sidewalk and what was clearly a

thoroughly planned out attack. Over the next few weeks as authorities hunted for the killer, online progressors did not try to hide their delight at the millionaire healthcare insurance executive like Thompson was killed. Social media flooded with posts and videos with different ranges of subtlety suggesting that Thompson, at the very least did not deserve to be mourn because of all the healthcare his company has denied the poor and working people. Progresses frame the shooting is an act

of self defense on behalf of the working class. Before the alleged killer was caught Monday, they promised not to snitch if they saw this shoot themselves and fantasized about a working class jury nullifying all charges, leading to other CEOs getting gunned down with impunity if they oversaw. Price increases the narrative and these online progressive clearly subscribed to

and perpetuate. Is one where in the United States healthcare is totally unfettered, unregulated industryware because of a total lack of government involvement. Wealthy ceo charge whatever prices they want and then refuse to provide customers what they already paid

for without facing any bad consequences. The characterization of healthcare and health insurance companies charging absurdly high prices while treating their customers terribly without the risk of losing them is spot on, but the idea that what caused this was a lack of government involvement in the healthcare system is completely delusional, and this delusion conveniently removes all the responsibility

progressives bear from the nightmare that is the US healthcare system. Today, healthcare is one of the most heavily government regulated industries in the economy, right up there with the finance and energy sectors. Government agencies are involved in all parts of the process, from the research and production of drugs, the training and licensing of medical professionals, and the building of hospitals, to the availability of health insurance, the makeup of insurance plans,

and the complicated payment processes. And this is nothing new. The US government has been intervening heavily in the healthcare industry for over a century, and no group has done more to bring this about than the progressives leftists. It really began, after all, during the Progressive Arrow, when the American Medical Association maneuvered its way as setting the official

accreditation standards for the nationals nation's unregulated medical schools. The AMA road standards that excluded the medical approaches of their competitors, which forced half the nation's medical schools to close. The new shortage of training doctors drove up the price of medical service to the delight of the AMA and other government recognized doctors groups, setting the familiar health care affordability

crisis in motion. Around the same time, Progressives successfully pushed for the strictest restrictions on the production of drugs, and shortly afterward to grant drug producers monopoly privileges. After World War Two, as healthcare grew more expensive, the government used the tax code to warp how Americans paid for healthcare. Under President Truman, the IRS made employer provided health insurance tax deductible while continuing to tax other means of payment.

It didn't take long for employer plans to become the dominant arrangement and for health insurance to morph away from actual insurance into a general third party payment system. These government interventions, restricting the supply of medical care and privileging insurance over the other payment methods, created a real affordable problem for many Americans, but the crisis didn't really start until the nineteen sixties, when Congress passed two of the

progressive's favorite government programs, Medicare and Medicaid. Initially, industry groups like the AME opposed Medicare and Medicaid because they believe the government subsidies would deteriorate the quality of care. They were right about that, but what they clearly didn't anticipate was how rich the program would make them. Anyone who's taken even a single introductory economics class can tell you that the prices will rise if supply decreases or demand increases.

The government was already keeping the supply of medical services artificially low, leading to artificially high prices. Medicare and Medicaid left those shortages in place and poured a ton of tax dollars into the healthcare sector, which significantly increased the demand. The result was an easily predictable explosion in the cost of health care, and fewer people could afford healthcare at these rising prices, meaning more and more people required government assistance,

which meant more demand, causing prices to grow faster and faster. Meanwhile, private health quote unquote insurance providers were also benefiting from the Mountain crisis, and a free market insurance serves as a means to trade risk. Insurance works well for accidents and calamities that are hard to predict individually but relatively easy to predict in bulk, like car accidents, house fires,

and unexpected family deaths. Health insurance providers were already being subsidized by all the taxes on competing means of payment, which allowed their plans to grow beyond the typical bounds of insurance and began to cover easily predictable occurrences like annual physicals. And as the price of all these services continued to shoot up, the cost of these routine procedures were becoming high enough to resemble the cost of emergencies,

making consumers even more reliant on insurance. With progressives cheering on, the political class used government intervention to create a healthcare system that behaves as if its sole purpose is to move as much money as possible into the pockets of health care providers, drug companies, hospitals, health related federal agencies, and of course, insurance providers. But the party could not last forever. As the price of healthcare rose, the price

of health insurance rose too. Eventually, when insurance premiums grew too high, fewer employers or individual buyers were willing to buy insurance, and the flow of the money into the healthcare system started to falter. The data suggests that the tipping point was reached in the early two thousands for the first time since the cycle began back in the nineteen sixties. The number of people with health insurance began

to fall each year. Health care providers, who had seemingly assumed that the flow of money would never stop increasing, began to panic.

big corporations all across the healthcare industry. Before it was passed, economists were practically screaming that the Affordable Care Act would make care less affordable by raising premiums and healthcare prices, while making shortages worse. Progressive dismissed such concerns as Reagan era free market fundamentalist propaganda, but that's exactly what happened.

Now the affordability crisis is worse than ever. His prices reached his levels, and because Obamacare brought American healthcare much closer to a single payer system, the demand for healthcare far exceeds the supply of healthcare, leading to deadly shortages. There are literally not enough resources or available medical professionals

to treat everyone who can pay for care. Also, the tax code and also the tax code and warped insurance market protect these providers from competition, making it almost impossible for people to switch to a different provider after their claims are unfairly denied. If it were simply greed, denying customers who are already paid would be a feature in all industries, but it's not. It requires the kind of

policy protections progressives helped implement. And on top of all that, despite paying all this money, Americans are quickly becoming one of the sickest populations on earth. This is one of the most pressing problems facing the country, a problem that requires immediate, radical change to solve. But it also requires an accurate and precise diagnosis, something that this week progressives

demonstrated that they are incapable of making. American progressive movement is responsible for providing the political class the intellectual cover they needed to break the health care market and transform the entire system into a means to transfer wealth to people like Brian Thompson. Now they want to sit back and pretend like they've never gotten their way, that the government has never done anything with the health care market, and that these healthcare executives just popped up and started

doing this all on their own. Also, they can celebrate him being gunned down the street. It's disgusting. Brian Thompson acted exactly like every economically literate person over the last fifty years has said health insurance CEOs would act it. Progressives got their way. If we're ever going to see an end of this century long nightmare, we need to start listening to the people who have gotten it right, not those who pretend they are blameless as they fantasize

online about others starting a violent revolution. Amen Well written from meisis Connor o'keeth eight seventeen fifty five. K see the talk station, Feel free to give me a call, love to talk with you. Don't know what I'm gonna be talking about between now and the end of the hour, but we got some time to do so. But first to word for my friends through the bottom of the

hour normal local news segment. Fingers crossed on that one because I was very anxious to get his opinion about what the next four years moving forward might look like, as well as whether he thinks Doge might get some work done. I've been on a rant lately on that one, just maybe overly optimistic, and hopefully Bill O'Reilly shares my optimism on that. But you know, I'll take better late than ever any single day of the week. So is he there? We got him, Bill O'Reilly, Bill are you there?

I'm hearing dead Bill O'Reilly, are you there? I'm gonna try one more time. My apologies to the listeners for this, and I am not in any way, shape or before blaming Sean McMahon for this. We just I don't know what the mix up has been with guests this morning. As I mentioned earlier, were supposed to have Warren Davidson on earlier in the program, but a struggles here on the morning show Dead air not good with radio, is it?

And where were they they were in the mix, and I appreciate the House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan's statements and astute observations. This report confirms what we suspected. The FBI had encouraged and tasked confidential human sources to be at the Capitol that day. There were twenty six total present. Four entered the Capitol and were not charged, which is not the same treatment that the other Americans received. And that's accurate. Now, they are not FBI agents, They're just

simple random citizens that worked with the FBI. Er go, if they entered the Capitol building, whether the FBI knew about it or not, they should be charged. They committed the exact same quote, and I'm using the term loosely crime as the seventy two year old lady did when she walked in at the behest of law enforcement and wandered around because hey, look, I got an opportunity to walk in the Capitol Building. I'm going to take up on it. And the security component also is even more telling.

It reminded me a lot of the Secret Service, and they're epic failures when it came to securing the grounds where President now soon to be Brady's President elect, Donald Trump got shot. Stick around, take quick break, you're right back. We'll either talk to O'Reilly or we'll do local news stories. Either way, we go got stuff to happen. And of

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Zimmer dot com. Eight thirty two fifty five ker CD talk station five one three seven four nine fifty five hundred, eight hundred eight two three talk for Head of the Phones. I will let everyone know, no, it is not Warren Davidson's fault. It was not Bill O'Reilly's fault. Some I will leave the words that I want to say to myself. The SEC would not approve. So someone went into Joe Strecker's studio, and of course Seawn's covering the board today.

He didn't realize what happened, so in a reprogram the board, and so the phone calls were going elsewhere. I have no idea why anybody would do that. I'm sure it was not for nefarious purposes. But these studios are sort of you walk in and just sort of occupy them. It's like an empty office building where you have empty space and you occupy it while you're there, just pick an office that's free. Well, the studios are kind of

like that. So someone obviously chose to occupy Joe Strecker's studio to do whatever that person was supposed to do, reprogram the phones and didn't put them back to where they were before. So apologies to Bill O'Reilly who was trying to get through, and presumably also the Congressman Warren Davidson. I don't want to fault them or Joe Strecker who lined the guests up. So with that out of my system, let's go to the phones. Andrew Pappus, it is always

a distinct pleasure to have you call my program. Welcome to the Morning show.

too much. But we have the Hillcrest Foundation has taken over maintenance of that, Anderson Township has now been tasked by the state with maintaining it. They we've been doing a fantastic job. The volunteers have been doing a fantastic job. And if people want to just come out tomorrow and or stop by, you know, just to lay a wreath, have a moment of silence. It's not you know, it's not a far drive for most of especially the East

side of Cincinnati. It won't take very long. And we're going to have a nice little program and then we'll be distributing the reefs for volunteers to place on veterans' graves. And it's a nice event. It's a good way to just feel good, you know, and do a little good and pay back and think, you know, just show some respect for those that allow you the freedoms to celebrate this holiday season.

filled in. But I got to tell you when we first when it was first taken over, it was in sad, sad shape, and now it is in definitely presentable shape, and we're trying to do the best we can. It's a volunteer organization. You get no assistance from the state. A lot of corporations do help. Ge Aerospace helps a lot, Duke Energy to just name a few.

the situation. You know, many hands make for light work, so we appreciate any hands we can get.

we have some Spanish American war veterans out there. The history out there is amazing, so you know, please feel free twelve to noon, I mean noon to two tomorrow on Sutton Avenue Hillcrest Cemetery. Feel free to stop by.

the service to the community you're doing out there. God bless and you. Hey thirty nine fifty five KSC Talk Station Jay, if you don't mind hanging on, you're going to be first out of the gates. Got a comment about HB seventy nine, which we talked about just the other day. I will be right back after these brief words.

Just look up whoever your your your senator, is your representative, and on issues like this, not everything. I know we're all busy and working, but take the time and send them an email and then and then call back to Brian Thomas and let you know, brother, we follow it up on their people out here listening and take an action, and we appreciate what you do.

on your mind about it. And I understand where you're coming from that probably most people don't simply because they don't think it's going to do an iota's worth a good. As it turns out, you heard it right from Thomas Massey. If you heard what he said, Jay just repeated it. It actually has an impact because nobody reaches out to them. I think because we're all into the same perception that it's not going to do a WIT's worth a good. Jay, thank you so much. I appreciate your efforts and maybe

trying to get this HB seventy nine shot down. Americans for Prosperities Donov and O'Neil joined the program to raise to my attention and to my listener's attention, what this is all about. And AFP's Ohio chapter is against it for a variety of valid reasons. Yes, energy savings is good. It is encouraging for everyone to have an opportunity if they choose to to make better use of well the available and energy saving resources that we've all got insulation, led,

light bulbs, whatever. But it's your choice. Why should we have to pay into a program in order to save money. I just that that whole concept just flies in the face of logic and reason. Plus the other component of it was so baffling to me. The billing includes language about a dollar fifty slash seven dollars fifty cent cost cap which consumers are forced to pay under this for

lost distribution revenue. And you're like, what, Yeah, the money goes to the energy corporations because we, through this program apparently are going to use less energy ergo, their profits are going to down. That will be lost distribution revenue. So you're saving money, but they having to pay into a program that's going to go to the utilities because of their lost revenue. I mean, can anyone explain that

to me? Seven years of college down the drain eight forty eight fifty five KFC the talk station, I'll be right back, don't go away, eight fifty two it's five k R see the talk stations.

I did successfully speak with Dave Hatty this morning, although apologies for the look like echo chamber that he seemed to have been in. I did alert him to that it sounded like perhaps you might have been on a speaker phone. But valuable information, as always from Tech Friday's Dave Hatter. QR codes dangerous, dangerous, dangerous things. I know

everybody uses them except me apparently and Dave Hatter. But you know, Dave Hatter is a tech expert, and he doesn't use QR codes unless he is absolutely one positive that they work, and I know they're everywhere, and his point, I'm glad he made it because this is exactly what I've done in the past. You go to a parking lot and they require a QR code. You got to scan that in order to pay, or you've run into maybe a parking meter that has a QR code on it.

How do you know that that QR code is the one that the you know, parking garage or parking lot owner actually put there, and not one that has been substituted by some nefarious actor who can then very easily hack into and get everything off of your phone because you scanned it. You don't and you can't, so he drives away. I mean, and I have too. It's like, think, God, I did what Dave Hatter did it. He's the tech genius. He's the one that drove away too, So that happened

to me one time. I'm not gonna scan it. I'm sorry, man, I just have absolutely no faith in those things because of Dave Hatter. He's He's made this point in prior episodes of Tech Friday, so just double him down on that. Fishing attacks are on the rise on Black Friday as well, and deep nude artificial image generator apparently luring users as well for nefarious purposes. Anyhow, also heard about Santacon. What an awesome opportunity to have a great time drink with

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