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But yeah, I need some goodbye we're out of here music. Unfortunately, we wanted to do the show today. Tell me know when we have it, because I'll explain it to me this. I'm sorry if you tuned in and you were really excited to hear a show today, because it's FDA. I have the song we play at the end of the show every day. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, that's that's what that bumper music.

Okay, we go, oh man and of the show. Unfortunately, uh Raleigh Mayor Mary Anne Baldwin has denied our show requests, so we're unable to do the show today. It's a shame. Really yeah oh yeah, she said She said that she consulted with some people and it's all their fault. She didn't want to make this decision. But unfortunately, unfortunately it's just not

gonna happen. We don't have the permits. We're facing lawsuits, except we're not actually facing lawsuits, which was which was a b s excuse the city used yesterday. But hey, you know, I'm not a lawyer, so I'm not I'm not able to think of the things they canceled or excuse me,

they canceled the Christmas parade. Man, what is going on? They've canceled the Christmas parade and these are the state for the city of Raleigh has denied the permit to host the Christmas Parade for the what seventy ninth year? Now they had a few, yeah, exactly for the seventy ninth now they've

had a few. It hasn't been a straight seventy nine years because and actually it dates a little for the bat because Hitler and COVID there've been somewhat non traditional but otherwise the parade, which I want to be clear, the parade is not put on by the city. It is not put on by the city. It is put on by an organization, a collective, but not in that weird hippie commune way, a collective of the Raleigh downtown businesses.

And I'm sorry for our Triad listeners who are like that just doesn't defend it doesn't yet, But I just want you, I want you to listen to this insanity so that can keep a sharp eye on this. And I promise if if the try, if any Moonbats and the Triad pull this, we'll be all over their crap. Man. So the list of reasons why they had to cancel the Christmas parade? Hat does this sound like I'm a grin? I'm a I'm a grinch narrator like it's so it does a little Doctor

Seuss like, yeah, can you rhyme the entire segment? I cannot, if you get if I had some notice, maybe because I you know, I can rhyme because I put songs and stuff together. But it's not on the fly eminem. I'm not or that one dude on YouTube who looks like a nerd and then goes to the hood and rhymes and it's all stage but he gets a lot of clicks, so but more powered to him, he's making bank. I cannot and Baldwin. Baldwin doesn't rhyme with anything, really

doesn't. Is there anything Baldwin rhymes with? Now Mary does, although it's Mary Anne and Anne does. So I guess you got some options there, but I don't even know what you'd rhyme with Baldwin. That being said, I still feel dirty. I feel dirty in case your kid hadn't heard about it, and I just destroyed their day. The sheer volume of kids where annually this is where they see get to see Santa. Uh, and it is a tradition. Did you guys have a tradition where you would do the

Santa where you'd go visit Santa when you were growing up? I did do it. What's that I did? Yeah? We would, uh Dad, my dad would take me. We'd go to the VFW. Okay, but it was a very specific location. It was, Yeah, because Santa's busy, he's all I mean, He's in a lot of places, yeah, but you tend to kind of settle into one. So you guys did it at the VFW. My dad was the commander there, Yeah, so he would like set the whole thing up and everything. Did he order Santa around?

He was he was very tight with Santa. Now he respected Santah, he didn't he didn't do like, he didn't do like an inspection or whatever. Pull a jelly because Santa would have a jelly donut. I'm not gonna lie. Perhaps they did, but I mean I was so oblivious. I was so young. But if you would agree that if somebody's gonna have a jelly donuts in their locker at Santa right, oh completely, yeah, yeah,

dude's got to maintain his form. Totally understandable, is h He'll be like, eat that jelly donut and he'll be like none issue, dude. Yeah yeah yeah. Meanwhile, all the elves are doing push ups, thinking about giving them a code red. It's dark anyway. So the reasons that they wanted to cancel Christmas and we're just gonna say Christmas, and I don't feel I'm exaggerating because the response of well, we're not gonna have a Christmas

parade, but we're gonna have holiday activities. Do you notice a change there? Anybody noticed? Uh? Language change there? If I could just get my go again on the wars, I'm just saying I'm not the tinfoil hat is on. But it's in the shape of an elfse hat so and I'm you know, I'm keeping the spirit. Look, I'm the last one who wants to swim through a sea of sugared up kids. So I can go drink a bloody Mary downtown or two and watch football or whatever. Like I'm

not that guy. That being said, I respect it all right, So ross Uh, we got people email and said their parents also took him to the VFW. Yes, Santa does love doing the vfws. We didn't do the VFW. Uh. We did over at the theater they had one. But the point that I'm making is the even like having to deviate from what is the norm to something else, but you don't even want to do that.

Okay, So if you all, if you take your kid too, and then pick one of the local malls where Santa has an appearance, right, and that's kind of your thing. That's your thing, or the VFW is your thing, or for us, it was the theater where they did it, although I do remember we went to one at the Sports Sports Lure, which was the hunting fishing place, and Santa had like camo stuff. He's got He's got alternate uniforms see kids still know. But I was.

I was way too old and hip and cool. So but I didn't think that was interesting because I'm like, that would have been a kind of cool. My buddy Harbingerer fifty coming through with a rhyme for Baldwin. Oh, it's a good one. Cauldron cauldron Baldwin. Yeah, that's you know what? Who uses cauldrons? I'm trying to remember, can you Ross? Can you? Can you she witch is satan Witch? Have anything that rhymes with it? Could you look that up? Like twitch switch twitch the haze for

sheriff twitch channel. I always see what you did there? Anything else? Like the kids are gonna have to switch where they go visit it? Can I get thinking a few things? Okay, all right, So the reason for the lack of season there, I'm rhyming for you in respect respect to the family of the the eleven years. She was eleven year old girl who tragically lost her life after being struck by that truck the last parade. The problem with that is, and I actually realize I know they're they're lawyer here

because he's quoted in the article. The problem with that is the family does not want the Christmas parade canceled. They don't want the Christmas parade canceled. What they asked for are a set of guidelines for making sure that best practices are being followed from a safety perspective, and I read them and they don't seem unreasonable, and in fact, in fact, you're gonna be shocked to learn that many of those guidelines were mirrored in the parade permits that the city

of Raleigh did permit. Because it's not like they're not doing parades anymore. They gave three other parade permits this year. So this idea that you can't have parades anymore is garbage. But we'll get to that here in just a moment. However, there was there were things that the family, as part of a piece of legislation which it has passed the House but not the Senate here in North Carolina, has asked for. And we can debate whether things

a good thing or not. But I don't think a vehicle inspection for vehicles that are going to be in the parade is unreasonable. I don't think that's unreasonable. So stuff like that, the family does not want the parade canceled. Their lawyer communicated that the family communicated that they they they want, they want some stuff and they feel that it's going to create a safer environment. And that's where adults sit down and have a discussion. Does this accomplish that

gold? Is this thing we think doesn't? This thing we think does And at the end of the day, perhaps you provide a safer environment. I mean it parades are pretty safe also, let's see, so we had that. Yeah, here's the statement from their attorney, Jason Miller. The Brooks family is disappointed the city of Raleigh chose to cancel the twenty twenty three parade rather than adopt basic safety measures. They say that the family disagrees with the

decision to cancel the parade. So that's BS number two. By the way, our phone number eight eight eight nine three four seven eight seven four. Don't worry. I'm not just going to complain and crack. Wise, I have a solution to this number two. Baldwin said she consulted with the various different sections of the city, so very you know, there's different divisions of the city who all come together as part of a worthy one of these permits,

and they all they had some concerns. So it's not really hurts. See, yeah, it's the bureaucrats. That's not how that works. You guys are the elected officials. You guys are the city council. You're the mayor. Number three. I love this one right here. What if the North Carolina Legislature they haven't fit, they haven't got this done, and then we issue the permit, and then they issue the rules and then the conditions change. Make that part of the permit issuance. This is not that difficult.

And also I feel like you're trying to shift blame to the General Assembly, which seems a little political. You issue those other permits. Number three. Lawsuits, Yes, that's right. Lawsuits. By the way, we'll get into that here we go. Let me get down to the lawsuits. Think at the end. Yes, so one of the concerns is lawsuits. And you would read that, you'd be like, yeah, oh, the City of Raleigh. The City of Raleigh is not being sued for the for

the the tragedy that happened last year. They are not, in any way, shape or form being sued. They did not suit. The people being sued were the twenty year old now twenty one year old driver of the pickup truck and the organization that actually puts the parade on the law, there's no city lawsuit. And again they've issued three other parade permits. So yeah, I'm gonna get my elephant shaped tinfoil hat on. And I have some thoughts.

I have some thoughts about we're not gonna do a Christmas parade, but we're gonna do holiday activities. Why this parade is being singled out. Yes, there was a high profile, but let's face it, there have been other incidents, not to this level of tragedy, but controversial incidents within the parade. Am I allowed to talk about the one because it kind of involves some people used to work with. But the parade trucked on is the point that I'm making, and and and and this is where we're gonna go.

Like I said, I have a solution. I'm going to work within the bounds of knowledge that I have, my acute ability to remember stuff, which I think is sorely lacking sometimes within our uh, within this, uh, this entire discussion. But yeah, now I've got a way to solve this. And uh and and frankly, it'll be it'll be the city won't have to do it. Any they want to let the fire in fact, that the downtown business folks won't have to either unless they want to come over to

the dark side with what I'm going to suggest. Yes, that's right. I will make some observations coming up k c O Day Radio program, Hang on help Smart talk all day, w PTI in the Triad and one all six one FM Talk in the Triangle. Now, now it's not all negative, not all conspiracy theory. So though there is one other one that stop bloking around that I totally didn't kind of occur to me. It's a little inside baseball, but I know the players, so I'll throw that one out

just to be irresponsible. But then solution, potential solution, not not anything I'm organizing. I'm just pointing out some things that I've observed that maybe could be useful to people who are filled with the holiday spirit. We'll get into all that coming up after the news k c O Day Radio program. All right, welcome back everybody. It is six thirty five. You're on the

CaCO Day Radio program and losing our minds this morning. So the Yes, the Mirror of Raleigh is announced that they have they will not issue the permit for the what would be the seventy ninth Christmas Parade in downtown Raleigh, and then listen a bunch of reasons like the lawsuit if you if you don't know, there was an incident last year where a eleven year old girl who was part of one of the groups marching in the parade was tragically struck and killed

by truck that was following the group. And the reasons stated by the mayor include out of respect for the family, except the family doesn't want the parade canceled. They want some they want some additional safety measures, and more specifically, what they want is they want the passage of a bill that has passed the House here in North Carolina but not the Senate that would add some safety

requirements for parades. And you know, adults can debate whether it's I have no problem with things if they're effective, right, that's fine, if they're effective. But that's where that debate should be. It should not be where the mayor is making up and making it sound because here's the deal. That

family has to live in the community. That family has to live in the community, and obviously they have dealt with an immense amount of tragedy over the last year with what happened, and I think everyone's heart goes out to them. However, it's really scummy because when you say that, it makes it sound like the family wants the parade canceled and some people are going to sit there and that is that should not be the object of their ire. That

is not fair to the family. Oh you're so and so you got the parade canceled, right because people are people and they don't necessarily take everything into account, but don't push it off there. Then the mayor claims lawsuits based on the incident. They're still pending. The city is not being sued. The parade organizers are. And if you, I guess you want to look

at it in that way. That being said, if the City of Raleigh didn't do business with any entities that were facing lawsuits, they wouldn't do business with large organizations or businesses, right because inevitably that's that's part and parcel of it. And this is the collective of the Downtown Business Association there should probably use their their technical name, that's on me, but the Downtown Merchants Association. The point the point is that's that's garbage. And it's not as though

parade permits are not being issued. The city has, following the incident, allowed three other parades. Now, I did go a little a little tinfoiling, by the way, let me do this rag get into this other theory, because I'm just I'm just all about causing trouble this morning. So, following what happened, when the city did go and issue its next permit, which was the permit for the Saint Patrick's Day parade, they included many of

the items that the family is in fact looking for. From a legislative perspective, all drivers need to be at least twenty one Miners participating in the parade should have adequate adult supervision. Passengers and parade vehicles are limited to one adult eighteen year older. That's a you know, to a distraction thing. All vehicles and trailers must have current and valid registration plates. All vehicles and trailers

have to have insurance coverage and valid licenses. Now, there are additional items that the family was looking for with the legislation that us that they worked on with lawmakers up to and including a vehicle inspection seven minimum or a maximum of seven days prior so within a week prior, there were some mechanical issues with that pickup. It sounded like based on the way that I think it was, the way the lift kit was done and how it affected the braking system.

But all right, the city has shown that they have the ability to do this and a thing happened a few years ago and I don't know that the public fully understood what was going on. So I'm happy to air this dirty laundry. I don't know this to be the case, but it's a theory. Okay, Ross, would you say that Mary Anne Baldwin probably is friendly with w R e L. If we can just drag people unnecessarily into the story, I'll yeah, I think it to be more than fair.

It'd be more than fair. Were you aware that formally WRL did the Christmas bread coverage but that changed a few years ago and ABC eleven because again that coverage, that media exclusivity lies in the hands of the organizers who strike a deal to do it, and that was a big deal and r L did not deal with that well the first year where ABC eleven had the exclusive coverage

rights, ral said screw you. They brought in Clay Aken and they set up on the steps of the Justice Center on Fayetteville Street, and did it anyway, did it anyway, just totally just now. They would have sued ABC into oblivion if ABC dared screw with their broadcast rights prior. But they said that's public property. Will do what we want. Am I being detained? And in a way, I guess they can do that. But all

of that, all of that was just flushed down the toilet. And I don't know that r L really got over that, and it was really nasty. They're like behind the scenes kind of stuff. So I mean, if you wanted to mock a conspiracy theory together, you could do that. But I have nothing to believe that that influenced the decision. I just have to go on what she said, and what she said is garbage. Now, by the way, eight eight eight nine three four seven eight seven four,

you want to talk about this, I'm also a problem solver. That's what we do, not just here to gripe about stuff. And I don't. I'm just gonna make some observations about things. Okay, Hypothetically, if let's say, I don't know, let's say a big old group of people, big old group of people decided they wanted to on the very same day, at the very same time, in the very same location, decided that they were going to essentially what is it called with the things on the YouTube where

the everybody just starts singing? Try remember the name of those I don't know why the ross? What's the thing where everyone's like you see those YouTube videos where all of a sudden, everyone in them all starts singing because there's a big group of them. What am I thinking? Like a flash mob?

Flash mob? All right? So, let's say a giant group of people wanted to all show up at the same time in the same location, Let's say Faetteville Street, downtown Raleigh, and it just happens to be around Thanksgiving, and they all wanted to show up dressed in a very particular manner, all with a very particular agenda. Uh and uh permit be damned, take

over the entire street. Would you, Ross, would you say you've seen anything over the last few years that would indicate that those people would be stopped if that, let's say that that situation were to happen. Are there any examples where you've seen a bunch of people to send on Fayetteville Street in downtown Raleigh, no permit necessary and just do whatever they damn well, please, Well, you gotta make sure if you're gonna do that, some has to

be on fire. Yeah, no, you're You're probably gonna have to have like God's the fiery spirit of Christmas. Yeah, around the fireplace here in Christmas or something that, because yeah, yeah, with the stock absolutely, yeah, you gotta have fire. Except with this one, I feel like the business owners would be open and doing business rather than huddling in a darkened back room with a shotgun, which is a thing that I know a couple

did because I spoke to them. They weren't really huddling either. I think the one woman was kind of like, yeah, come through that door. She was, she was too excited. But yeah, I mean, you've already indicated the city of Raleigh that if people want to just large mass gather, hell, the governor might leave the mansion and come walk the parade route with you. It's a thing. Again, I'm not I'm not putting anything

together. I'm just saying that that's the thing that feasibly could happen, and it would be interesting to see if the city would react in any different ways. I'll bet the police officers as signed duty that day would probably be a lot happier about it, because nobody would be throwing frozen bottles of water at their head. Probably, you know, probably would be a little bit of a difference there, but you know, the city has indicated a willingness to

put up with that. And lastly, these are individuals. These are the very same individuals from a leadership position who are now so and this is why I tweeted yesterday. They are so seemingly concerned with safety that they had to shut down the Christmas parade in lieu of some soon to be announced holiday activities which totally won't be Santa in a rainbow suit or whatever they decide to do God knows for holiday activities, so they don't even use the word Christmas.

There tinfoil hat still on. But they are so overtly dedicated to safety that in attempting to deal with the situation that is beyond problematic in the nightlife incident instead of happening Glenwood. And look, I want to be abundantly clear, there are so many good business owners down there who want to create an entertainment environment. They don't want to put up with this garbage. They pay a lot of taxes. I lived on Glenwood when I first moved to to Raleigh

a decade ago. I don't even recognize it with everything that's there. But even then it was a hot spot, but it wasn't like it is now. Ross. How many remotes did you do? We had a couple of clubs. I know you guys at G one oh five were doing did remotes and DJ stuff at Did you fear for your safety walking outside after your remote back in the day, No? No, So Look, it's it obviously

as it has grown, incidents have grown. But rather than providing an influx, you know, there's over a hundred unfilled police positions in Raleigh, just Raleigh. That doesn't speak to most other large cities that are dealing with is not just in North Carolina Charlotte, Greensboro, instance, Salem, Durham.

You know it. So your solution is not to figure out a way to incentivize law enforcement officers to increase hiring, to use those tax dollars to go ahead and provide the level of safety people expect in an area that brings in an immense amount of tax revenue. You're like, what if we get some dudes with no arrest power and no weapons, but we give them shirts that say security, that's the ticket. Pure garbage, man, Pure garbage. And I've seen some of the bars that have PD in front of them where

they're checking IDs. I'm assuming that's some sort of arrangement the bars make. But if you're so concerned about safety that you're going to destroy children's Christmas dreams and cancel Christmas, you're telling me you can't find an actual solution using the the arrest powers of law enforcement to uh to handle that. Since you're you know, you're you're you're all about the safety is baffling, man, Absolutely

baffling. Mark, what's up, Hey, Lorne Casey? I was gonna tell you about ten years or so ago, on nine to eleven, the Washington DC denied permits for Harley riders to come through and uh and do a ride through, and we had about one hundred thousand show up just to screw with them, just so they could. UH. We're like, yeah, you know, very I did. I was riding with them, and yeah, we had to stop at every stoplight and we totally shut down the entire

town because we couldn't just do a ride through. Well, luckily, sir, if you decide to take over the downtown area of Raleigh, you are not expected. It's my interesting. You're not expected to follow many of the laws. So well, yeah, this was ten years ago when you still had too Oh wow, sir. Yeah yeah, but remember these are the people that roped off inanimate World War or excuse me, War memorials because they

were unable to staff the women objects that are in an open field. All right, all right, thanks for the call there, Mark, Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, that's another thing I noticed. If if you're if you're a mob of Christmas revelers or protester, well whatever, call it a protest against the the grinchiness of the of the city of Raleigh. I don't know. I don't think you have to follow many laws, not that I sought. Maybe I'm wrong. I don't know, baby, I'm wrong.

Again, this is purely observation. I'm just this is what I see, and then I think of these things, and I wonder, and I don't know, you know, the mayor would just make the police the ponds to shut it down. Oh yeah, yeah, probably, But I understand the police are wildly understaffed. Maybe they should send the security folks. Doesn't say it what speed they have to shut it down, just saying man, uh all right, six fifty one, hang on one O six one m

BAM Talk PTI, two stations driving the best in talk. This is Casey O Day and Carolina's Morning News. All right, all right, all right, we get some more braid insanity. We've got other stuff as well, although I did get a couple of emails. Some people are very concerned. They're like, no, wait a second, don't you guys usually start the show with sports. Well, that is unless somebody cancels Christmas. But yes, we normally do, and yes I will recognize what happened yesterday in the

Brazilian league where cruzero shutout Santos three nothing and ross Bundesliga action today. Oh my god, we haven't gets back. Yeah yeah, yeah, yeah yeah with Lelivera Rokusin and Byry your Munich they play today. Byron Munich is street fire. I mean you cannot be conta well, it should be a good match, looking forward to that. Other matches around the world, mazit Lan takes on Azul and Tijuana stops beheading people long enough to challenge Toluca. So

there you go. I think that's all of it. And I think the Yankee socks split a doubleheader yesterday or something. Be happy? Are you happy? Email pess. There you go. That's all the sports. All right, Good morning everybody. It is seven h six day radio program. All right, phone number eight eight eight nine three four seven eight seven. Cour See, this is this is not when, this is not where this should be going. So I got people sitting there like, fine, I'm not

gonna come s from my money in the city, right go. Because the people who want to put the parade on are literally the downtown merchants. I mean, I understand the city gets a cut of that, but also I don't know if you I don't know if you know this, you ever tried to go into one of the downtown Raleigh merchants around the parade, around a parade going on, or one of the events going downtown. It's a license to print money, man. That's why they put it on there. They

obviously they want you to come down there. If if you don't go down to if you don't go into downtown Raleigh, except like you know, maybe once or twice a year. It like the amount of stores and and restaurants. They're putting an ABC store down there. Finally too, that that are going in there, Like it becomes unrecognizable. They're building so fast. Hell, just driving by on P Street where they're putting apartments in that thing changed

in like two like two years. It's just the skyline is unrecognizable over that P Street project. So I just I would, I woul encourage you to keep that in mind. Oh what's this? They want people to come down and protest so they could shut it down so that they can claim, all right, well, here's the deal. I'm just pointing out the large scale groups of people gathered in downtown Raleigh. However they wanted whenever they wanted and did whatever they damn well please. So that is the standard they set.

However, if you want to put a happy face on it. In addition to Ross's suggestion of the parade float with the fire the hearth with the stockings, which is nice, that's, you know, great comforting image, call it a flash mob, the Raleigh Christmas flash mob, and then film it for a YouTube video. You know, many jackasses I've seen standing with those stupid ring lights and public doing YouTube and TikTok videos and stupid dances. It's

a thing. And they're on public property sitting do whatever they want. I just don't get it, but I guess I'm old, but I understand flash mobs. Also, were you ever in rosstery ever in a parade one of your one of your hometown parades. Did you have been in the parade. I've had to cover the parade, like because some of these like no, no, no, I'm talking about as a kid, I understand obviously as a kid. Yeah, that we've we've all had to know as a kid.

No, So I I was in the parade because I was on I was on the football team, and uh, I was in the parade for something else. I can't remember what it was, but but you know, and we just had to ride on a flatbed in our in our football jerseys and wave, so you know, it was tough stuff and then throw candy and stuff. But you know, especially like we talked about the the last year's tragedy, this girl was part of this. This this this it was

a technically a dance, gir. I want to make sure I'm very accurate on this, and I'm sorry. I didn't commit it to memory, but you know, she and her She and her group, the amount of time that they spent practicing and getting ready and working on their march and the routine and everything else. The bands that participate, all the groups, it's really exciting. If you're really into dance or baton twirling or music, you know you're part of a band or whatever. That's a really cool thing. Man.

All eyes are on you. You're getting to show off your talent. You're with your friends, you worked hard for this, and cities like, yes, screw you. That's rough, man, So be part of the flashmob. Just do a big flashmob. Just have one that's well organized and advertised. That's what you gotta do. Jennifer Martin, executive director of the Greater Raleigh Merchants Association that's their technical name, said the organization is deeply saddened

by the decision, and pointed out the city had permitted other parades. Yes, she is correct. There are thousands of local youth that participate in this annual event, and when considering if we should hold a parade in twenty twenty three, we knew we had to continue the event as our youth deserve every opportunity to provide for them. We also understand that many children, for many children, the Raleigh Christmas Parade is the only way they will see Santa.

We'll don't worry. I'm sure they'll have some woke Santa reading them very creepy books or something, and keep an eye on missus clause. That's all I'm saying, peer, peer, utter garbage. But you know, solutions abound. And then I thought, well, maybe the mayor just maybe she got a bad cartridge in her weed pen. And you ever see the picture where people like that looks like she's got a weed pen on her counter, one

of those little vape weed pens. We don't know for sure, but there was some speculation, just saying, now somebody suggested another theory for us, or run this by you. Maybe we are being unfair, and what the mayor is attempting to do is to avert a walk a Shaw incident. If you don't just a quick reminder, if you remember, walka Shaw had their Christmas parade, and do you remember how fascinated the media was that they still

called it a Christmas parise. So they made a point to say that every dyre in that tragedy, they'd be like, and they still called it a Christmas parade stead of a holiday parade, which is unusual. And it's like, why why are you bringing this up? You just had a dude who decided he was going to go plow through all the white people he could find in an suv and you blame the suv. So maybe the Mayor's like, ah, we're also called a Christmas parade. I want to avert tragedy.

Yeah, I'm sorry, sir, I don't. I don't think that's it, and I don't think you're serious either. So well played, but yeah, oh wait, hold on now people are up. What is your beef? Sir? Don't accuse us of stuff if you don't even know what's up. Somebody's accusing us of not covering the totality of sport. Look, we can't get it all in. How deep do you want me to go? Man, you can't cover all the sports teams. I don't know what you're

talking about. I mean, by the way I thought I did. By the way that well, that's the only Boondeshliga match uh today And those are the two top teams. They're tied for first with undefeated, so that's a big deal. But I looked. I understand that there's a lot more soccer around the world. One of my favorite soccer teams the Botswana Meat. Ross. You're a fan of the Botswana Meat too, right, didn't say yeah, the Meat, The meat is my passion. Yeah. Well, we'll

see how they're doing. Or there's a there's a there's a Legua team I can't remember. We're in South America called the Wanka make a Great Jersey Man. And then the Morons are another one down in South America. So when the Morons play the Wanka, watch out. And I don't know who the Botswana Meat or playing. So oh and once the other one, Oh yeah, the one in Germany, the what bona get farked? Yeah, because there's a town named Fart and they have their own team and then it's football

football a get Fart. So is that are those the teams you're talking about, sir, because otherwise you're just not making sense? All right, Chris, what's up? Hey, good morning, Casey, Thanks for taking my call. First of all, I want to say my heart goes out to eleven year old girl who passed away or died at the Christmas parade. I didn't realize that happened. I just don't watch the mainstream media anymore. And they could just make a float honoring her. I'm positive Jesus wouldn't mind sharing

a spotlight with her. Question though, but this is but you're the perfect person to ask this, And I'm sorry to interrupt what you're saying there. I mean to cut you off right when you're ringing up God. But so if somebody who kind of is you, weren't plugged into the news cycle, if you were just to hear the mayor say we're doing this in honor of the girl, and you didn't really know a lot of the background, would you not think that the family didn't want the parade, wouldn't you drive No,

I think the family would want the parade because they're Americans. Okay, I'm not asking what because obviously we know. But when she said that and said that they we're doing this to honor the family, that makes it doesn't

think it's not like the family. That's the point that I make. And I understand that if you try to logically think this through, But remember, sir, the same reason you avoid the mainstream media is because it's it's it's it's news for robots, and robots are going that family doesn't want the Christmas for right, right, and that is right right. That is horrible. That is horrible in my opinion. Anyway, I'm sorry, go right ahead,

sir. No, Well, I'm concerned. I heard you mentioned these security forces, and I'm kind of concerned because, for one, do these people have to even wear bodycams like the police do? And what is their training for interaction? And what is their criminal background histories? And how much are they getting paid? And what are their policies in enforcing uh you know, and is it intimidation? I mean, what are these people? I mean, I don't understand why they would want to defund the police, but

let's put people who we don't know. I just don't understand the security force thing, and I don't know what their interactions would be. This is why I'm blaming these decisions on a bad weed cartridge, because I have no explanation.

The biggest car, I got to agree, Yeah, the biggest caveat there is arrest powers, right, because if somebody is down there beating a business owner to death, which just or a business manager to death, which just happened, just happened, and then the guy went and bragged about it on social media or stabbing, I don't remember. I don't remember ever giving up my right to self defend myself to the police or to a group,

you know, or anything like that or anything. So I don't understand why we need all these I mean, we just need to protect ourselves and come together as a as a community and just understand that. You know, there's there's people high around us. And now they're called mental health patients, but these people are actually high and drunk, and I understand that they don't.

You know, you can't arrest and enter somebody into the criminal justice system and the citizen's arrest releasing't things to do, and that is yeah, that's how but that's how you deal with people. I promise you that the very same people. Look this dude who's accused of beating this guy to death, he came here from Chicago. He's got a lengthy rap sheet and you know, you know he's initizents will proven guilty on this and thanks for the call there.

But ultimately, if you have people that are going down to Glenwood and causing problems or going anywhere and causing problems and they get away with it. They're able to rob people or intimidate people or get into fights, and they nothing happens to do you think they're not back there doing it again. This is why at that point you have to identify those who are ruining it for everybody else, and you charge them, and they pay a penalty, and

you know they necessarily need to go to prison forever. You know, first thing first, but you have to be held responsible. And if you're held responsible, maybe you go you know what, Maybe I shouldn't act to fool. Maybe I shouldn't go down there and try to fistfight everyone when I drink too much bourbon or whatever. But that you got people who do arrest powers.

It baffles me. That's the big thing. And I understand the concerns about training and bodycams and all of that, but you're removing the ability for there to be penalties other than you can't come in here anymore. And they'll go, all right, I'll go across the street and be an a hole, right, all right? Seven nineteen eight eight eight nine three four seven eight seven four coming up? AI strikes again. Holy ken, Now they didn't deny the Holocaust this time, but it is the folks over at Microsoft,

so that's the one that did do it. So you know they're a AI is top notch. So we got that story for you and maybe some more boondish Leigua stuff we'll see coming up. Hang on your day, smarter one oh six one at them talk and News Talk ninety four five w pt I more with Casey starts now. All right, good morning, seven twenty six. Let me grab a great phone call. Also, somebody corrected me on the Botswana Meet. It's why do you know this, sir? He's

seving this is this article? Well, they do go by Botswana. This is just proven you get corrected on anything, man. Well, fans do refer to the team as the Botswana Meet. The full team's name is the Botswana Meet Commission Ross. Did your day just change? Knowing that? Are you? Do? You feel enlightened? It's so bad? And on the football far the football good fart is not a men's team, it's a women's team. That couldn't be possible, sir. You've been so exposed that couldn't

be possible. You can't name a women's team fart, right, It doesn't happen, man, right, yes, I'm starting, I'm starting question your your passion for the Bundesliga or whatever the hell we're talking about. Yeah, yeah, yeah, well this is like all over the world. There's another team called love Ham in Scandinavia. Who doesn't love ham Uh in Uh Switzerland they have young boys burn because Burne Switzerland. But that is an unfortunate team

name. One of the top clubs in Indonesia a Semen Padong uh Eritrea shoe factory. Have you seen do they have shoes that's over by Ethiopia there case you wondering, it's craziness man. So yeah, there's lots of crazy names. All right, real quick, Scott, what's up hey, Casey? Love your show? Many? I heard yesterday that they were going to cancel this parade. Yeah, and I was beside myself. Now, our governor, if he was any type of governor, he would step in and do

something about this. What's he gonna do? He doesn't have the authority to order a parade down. He can go participate in one with his mask hanging off his ear to be cured. He could do something, he could lobby for it. But thanks for the call there, sir, Please don't hold your breath, Scott. We'd hate to lose you. Yeah, everything's screwed. Man. I'm gonna go watch the Meat Commission. We'll be back keeping you connected. This WPTI in the Triad and one o six one FM talk

in the Triangle. Microsoft and Microsoft's AI who you know from such classic hits as let's create an AI chatbot and then the users to figure out how to manipulate it, and within hours it will melt down and start screaming out Hitler quotes and defending his actions while calling people the N word, which is a thing that happened years ago when AI by Microsoft first hit Twitter and four channor Reddit found out. And what was baffling about that is within hours, this

thing's like the Holocaust never happened. Hitler had some good ideas, you're this you know, racial slur, and and then they left it up for sixteen hours because apparently there was nobody to go in there and kick the cord or

something. So anyway, that didn't that wasn't a good look. We've seen incidents now with other AIS where they're making up whole cloth legal cases because lazy lawyers asked them to put together documents and citations and then so they just made whatever fit what they're trying to do, which the judge is like, I don't know what these are. Let me like, oh, you lied,

that's not good. Well. One of the other things Microsoft decided to do is when they were revamping MSN would used to be MSNBC dot com, but MSN the news site, which used to have a much larger readership, but following they're getting away from NBC and it dropped off, but people still go there and if they did go there. Back in twenty twenty, MSN fired all twenty seven of their human journalists and has been quote perfecting artificial intelligence news

reporting software. They want to be at the forefront of this. They realize there's a lot of money to be had there and other entities, including the La Times. It's got in trouble for this because they decided that because there's so many youth soccer leagues and very very competitive high level ones, and it required so much work on the part of humans, they would but it was really cut and pace. They would just turn it over to AI and it

was a disaster. So the technology ain't there yet how do I know MSN Microsoft's news aggregation site posted their AI did an obituary for the death of Brandon Hunter. I don't know if you saw this. Former NBA player Brandon Hunter passed away at the age of forty two. That was a story this week. However, it wasn't worded like that. The headline read Brandon Hunter useless at forty two. As you can impagine, fans and family were not pleased with this. AI. He's like, well, the battery's dead. I

have no use for it anymore. Well that's fair, yes, because once they go matrix, you're just a battery. That's you know, they're tipping. You could say they're tipping their hand, kind of like the new Mexico governor, right right, I see what you're up to. But it wasn't just the headline. The entirety of the obituary was all sorts of AI generated gibberish. A few of my favorite lines. Throughout his NBA profession, he

performed in sixty seven video games over two seasons. That would be accurate for you, wouldn't it right? You performed sixty seven video games over two years? Probably? Oh yeah, easy? And it literally that would be correct for you, but it's he wasn't just an NBA jam character. Okay, but don't worry gets stupider achieving a career high of seventeen factors in a recreation in opposition to the Milwaukee Bucks in two thousand and four. Dude, seventeen

factors. You ever scored seventeen factors in a game in a basketball game? There? Ross probably not. I haven't seventeen factors very impressive. As you can imagine, they've now pulled. They'd have a human come in and pull the article from the site. However, if you check archives, you see that the not only was it posted on MSN, they also feed stuff,

so they're not just an aggregator, but they feed stuff as well. And the obituary was fed in the main news real news section that was not just them, but was sent out to other entities who hopefully looked at it. When what the hell is this? I mean, look, if hey, I was gonna do its thing, I'd rather it be screwing up and making the battery admission here than murdering the human drone higher ups who try to stop it from murdering other humans. That being said, not a good look at

all. Speaking of not a good look, the old President was out doing his thing yesterday, in between oddly romanticizing the governor of Maryland's biceps. It's just so weird. He was calling him small. By the way. He wasn't like, oh, you have great biceps, so he was actually talking in a very creepy way about him, but also insulting the mayor or excuse me, the governor. There he had another thought. Oh and he could do. By the way, he did get lost trying to get off the

stage too. I almost like, I almost don't even put that into the thing anymore because it's just assumed. Right. He also lie and said that he taught a class at Penn State. He did not. But the other day he lied about being going to ground zero for nine to eleven or on nine to eleven, and that was bus So no, no, this one, I think he's telling the truth. Rosy, You think he's telling the truth. You think he's telling the truth, right, even if he doesn't

mean to. I think he's telling them. Oh yeah, I think so. All right, So here's what he said. If you're one of the listeners who is black, you are you are? I'm not gonna say latinis but if you have any Latin background, or or if you now serve in the military or have served in the military, you're gonna want to listen to this. You fools were not only recovered all the jobs he lost during the

pandemic, We've had a millions more. We've seen record lows and unemployment, particularly and I've focused on this my whole career, particularly for African Americans and Hispanic workers and veterans, you know, the workers without high school to Colomas, does does he think does he think that veterans and UH and Hispanics and UH and and blacks don't have high school diplomas because the majority of them. Do you realize this right or or a you know, the UH the equivalent

of it may have those What are you talking about? So if you're black, Hispanic, or a veteran, you likely don't have a high school diploy We have a lot of veterans, Listen, do you all not have high school diplomas? Is that a thing? I am really confused and it just it's like a pattern with him. Remember when he said this, We have this notion that somehow, if you're poor, you cannot do it four kids are just as bright and just as tall as white kids. What wealfy kids,

clock kids clappy as your kids. It really mean, But think how we think about it. That's, by the way, it's not just what he said that. The one thing that's bothered me about that clip over the years is the seals. They're clapping away like I just heard that, and it's like, yeah, I don't know if you meant that's Is that what

you meant? And then I remember his racial jungle speech, right, didn't want his kids to go to integrated schools, And I'm like, yeah, that's probably what he meant, just like he meant that he not only recovered all the jobs he lost touring the pandemic, we've had a millions more. We've seen record lows and unemployment particularly and I've focused on this my whole career, particularly for African Americans and Hispanic workers and veterans, you know, the

workers without high school diplomas big dummies about your high school diploma. I mean, the president said it obviously, so you know, dude, what a train wreck. Speaking of train wrecks, well, technically I can't say that because race Age's team has yet to give up a point this year. What's going on, my man? Not much? What about you? Nothing? We're just you know, they canceled our Christmas parade here they did, yeah, apparently got elected, so oh I got you. Yeah, she's just

like, don't more Christmas parade. Oh that's too bad. It's a whole thing. It's not too bad. I'm like, you know what I happen to notice a couple of years ago that if big groups of people just want to go and block a street and have their own thing, you can do that. There won't be any alloverisements, so called a flash mob. Put it on YouTube. Boob solved. Yeah, there you go. You want to come be? You want to come be the Grand Marshal. I can't

do that. Casey o day problem solver her. Alright, Grand Marshal. Actually I let a Christmas parade once, playing the accordion as Grand Marshal time. All right, you're not you don't know, no, never mind, it's okay, extended the offer. Yeah yeah, yeah, we're gonna get snookie now. Sorry. Yeah, alright, anyway, Well it's a good parade weather, probably not Christmas parade weather yet, but a lot more comfortable huh, well, yeah, I mean if you've already been out from you

know, car to house or house to office, et cetera. Temperatures have come down now from yesterday morning six to about ten even fifteen degrees in some spots, a nice drop, as the numbers now will stay reasonable, near seasonable numbers, most in the fifties this morning. We'll probably get close to eighties this afternoon, low fifties tonight, which means in some areas we could get into the forties, especially the further west and up in elevation you go

into the mountains. So if the weekend trip includes previously mentioned mountains, the weather is going to be great, good looking Saturday, low mid eighties and then maybe some showers, cutter showers on Sunday. I get this little weak area of low pressure is going to pass south of US. I'm still getting ripped up out near the coast two to four foot of inundation and some of the coastal areas out near the outer Banks coast to North Carolina, and obviously

there'll be some flooding there from lee high surf. I think as we go through late today and especially tomorrow, just in time for the weekend, things should still start to improve there. But you know, certainly, certainly be careful and listen to if you're on a lifeguarded beach and you do happen to put a toe in the water, you'll pay attention to them because they'll be able to identify, you know, the risks and flag warnings and all that.

If there's a rip current wrist there. Still maybe the bottom line is at least improving after another rough day today, with maybe some twelve to eighteen foot breakers out there too, So surf's up. But I wouldn't do it, Okay, all right, Well that's why you're not the Grand Marshal anymore because you're forward. So all right, talk myself having accordion, all right, all right, later there you go race stage accordion master kco DA radio

program. All right, so the President is really excited because all of you people don't have high school diplomas, who thinks are morons who also happen to be veterans and black and Hispanic people here in the US. You want to call the show? Please, don't you know what rosa destry? They probably can't. They don't know how to do that right right? They look at them, they're like, what is this thing? What do you? Yeah? All right, let me help you out, please, squiggles, all

right, eight, get get the phone, all right? The phone is the square thing there with that you okay, all right, so get that where you watch the children's cartoons that are on your left, and then it's eight eight eight, So snow man, you see the snow man, the snow man. Snowman nine, which kind of looks like the snow man, but a little chunk taken out on on the one side. Three which also kind of looks like the snowman, but now two chunks, one high,

one low. Hey, well you get and then four, which looks kind of like a half barn. Is that hopeful? Like a half an a frame? You've ever seen a barn? You're doing great? Yeah? Seven? All right? So that oh, you're gonna have to dial A one at first, and I just lost them all Oh it's too bad. Eight eight eight nine three four seven eight seven four. So the one it one looks like free military when you're standing at attention, all right, So please, if you need to get somebody to help you, please do. But

I'm curious what you think of that, because it's weird. I know quite a few veterans, and I even know some veterans with crazy degrees. So apparently they didn't have a high school diploma. Just the colleges got fooled. So that's amazing. All right, seven forty nine, Hang on show. After the show, he's on the iHeart Radio app. Search case O day for the podcast on the iHeart Radio app. All right, it is seven fifty three coming up in just about twelve minutes. We'll chat with Deek Calendar

and we're obviously the Christmas pard castlations. I on the list because crazy, I think Asheville stalls a Christmas pred Charlotte sto, dude telling you, but we got a bunch of calls. Everyone gets about a minute and a half, so a rapid fire here we go. Want to get everybody in. Tom, you're up first, go ahead, Yeah, just one. Let's back in Vietnam. During Vietnam you didn't have to have a high school education.

However, in order to re enlist, you had to have a high school equivalency exam, and nowadays you have to have a high school equip high school at Palmore equivalency before you can even join. Were you in the military, sir, twenty years what was the what was your rank achieved? If you don't mind me asking, shardon major. Well, this is the commander in chief, sir, so I mean technically he would be like a CEO. Right. Well, he's the worst commander. He's the worst commander in

chiefs that military's ever this country has ever had. And us in your jobs. Man, thank you for twenty years, man, But yeah, this is what an embarrassment. All right, Tom, appreciate the call this morning. He sergeant major eight, commander at chief. I'll just say it, Michelle, what's up, Hey, I'm sorry about your vikings. I have a theory about why they're losing, Casey. I think they're trying to tak to go after the USC quarterback and get rid of the cousin's contract. Well,

we we optioned cousin there. We took like that's some four D chess that we decided to get, you know, pay the dude right there. And if you're reflecting to the vikings in the Bundesligua right, because I don't know any others. Thanks for the call, Michelle, Ronnie, what's up? Yes, yes, sir, great talking to you. Casey I'm a black man military high school diploma. I heard you looking. You're taking two boxes, sir, You got two boxes there? Yeah, Well, you

know, I think the Democratic parties over play the hand. I think it really wouldn't even know is uh Biden is going to start saying some really terrible things because most of the people that I know have met people and know somebody that goes that has gone through his condition. So just wait and see what's going to be said. No, I'll tell you what that is. That

is a very serious and sad point. I've watched somebody within my family and and and a lot of it's based on frustration right there with their inability to communicate in the way that they used to. It's a very real thing. Well, Ronnie, thank you so much. And I'm look at that. Ronnie's calling up to brag. He's got two strikes against him and according to the president, and yet knows the alphabet called the show. Sounds like a

smart guy referencing important things that are probably part of the conversation. Probably somebody should you know, send an email to the White House. All right, Marvin got about a minute and a half fireway, sir, Hey, Kasey. I enjoy your show man. It's a really good thing to wake up in the morning to hear you guys listen. I just couldn't understand why they casting the Raleigh play when they didn't cancel the State Fair when that riot broke

a few years ago. Well, technically, the city of Raleigh doesn't permit that because the State fairgrounds are state property. I'm sure the city does have something based on the parking insanity that happens outside of it, But no, to your point, that is a thing that is there was a death on one of the rides and it was a big story, but they added some

additional safety measures. Obviously, there were lawsuits against the company, and I believe the fair probably got suit too, but they were able to bring back the giant turkey legs the next year and continue to do so. So you're exactly right. But look how many people die on the highways every day and they don't cancel diving. So it's just an insanity, yeah, or cholesterol from eating at the fair, sir, smoking? You know, Hey, why is everything so awesome so horrible for you? All right? There you

go? Can you get your arteries clogged? Your lungs filled, half your stuff taken in a court hearing, and then you go right back to it. Ah. That's that's American stick tuitiveness right there. You just don't see that in the Boonjesliga. Dope, dope, Nope. All right, Pete Calendar, He joins us, coming up next, Casey O Day Radio program. All right, good morning everybody, and happy Friday. Except it's not a happy Friday because the Grinches come to Raw and your Christmas parades canceled.

Now, I just told your kids because you hadn't had the spirit to break it to them yet, and they're crying. And I apologize for that. But we're a news program, so you should have known what you got into. Ah, and it helped me further grinch it up. Pete Calendar, our radio buddy to the South Midday's WB team on the iHeart Radio app. He joins us, Dude, what is wrong with these people? Seriously?

You saw this story? Right? Are you up on the I think you might need to be a little bit more specific because that basically is like my entire show. It falls under that category. What is wrong with these people? Oh, that's that's fair. Yeah, So they were you. I don't know if you were familiar. Last year during the Raleigh Christmas Parade, which is called the Christmas Parade. By the way, I just want to put I'm gonna have tinfoil hat a little bit here, so it uh.

There was a very tragic incident where a eleven year old girl who was part of a group marching in the parade was struck by a pickup which was behind them as part of another float, if you will. And the family of the girl has been up at up at the Capitol and they had been working with lawmakers up there to put together a series of require safety requirements here in

the state of North Carolina. We can debate whether we need more laws and all of that, but that has been the way in which they have chosen to deal with this. It has passed in the House, it has not passed in the Senate, and for the most part, it's the very same things that the city of Raleigh then started requiring of other parades, because they didn't just stop parades. They issued three more permits following this incident, and

then they decided they were going to cancel this one. And the audacity of the mayor to list her reasons, as we're doing this to honor the family, while the family specifically said they do not want the parade canceled, arguably

doesn't. That kind of makes it look like the mayor is saying, if you didn't know what's going on, you'd think the family wanted this, and these people suffer tragedy and now they have to be in the community and some people are gonna be like, oh, those are the people that got the Christmas parade canceled, which is wildly, wildly problematic. She then said that there was She talked to the various city entities and they all seem to agree,

so she threw her staff as the culprits here. And then she said the legislature hasn't got the bill done. What if there's changes, as though you couldn't just put in the permit, you have to abide by any legal changes, should they come forward before the parade? And then she said it's because of lawsuits, but the city of Raleigh isn't getting sued. The family is not suing the city. So help me, Pete calendar, what the hell's going on here? From your perspective? I need the outsider's view,

so I would just submit maybe that you have a terrible mayor Yeah. Yeah, A lot of people have come to that conclusion, especially with some other things we've seen, Like we have a we have an entertainment district that's had some big, big incidents. Instead of hiring more police because there's one hundred open positions and policing it properly with people who have both tools and arrest power, which is an amazing tool, she's chosen to suggest that we need unarmed,

unsworn security guards. Yeah. So obviously that commitment to safety runneth over on one side and not so much the other. How about we combine the proposals and we hire a whole bunch of unarmed, non arrest power holding security guards to maybe drive the floats. Well, no, no, no, no, oh no, no, no, I got a solution already. Oh I'm sorry I have I should have apprised you of my solution. Tell

me what you think, all right. I have noticed things. I've noticed one thing in particular that if you and a bunch of your folks who have a shared interest of some sort want to permitlessly gather in mass in a very busy area of the community, say Sayettville, Street I seventy seven in Charlotte. That you know places like that and do so for whatever reason, there will really not be any repercussions and and maybe even the governor will come out

and march with you and so like. But I also know I've seen those videos on YouTube with flash mobs, right, you go into the mall and then everyone starts singing. You're like, what's going on? Right? Which is which is a happier face than race riot? So maybe a little from column a little from column B, and uh, like what could go wrong? Right, because that's the new legal standard. You can just do whatever you want and block roads and they can't. They're not gonna do anything to

you. Yeah. So, if anything, the last three years have taught us that you really don't need a permit to engage in the parading. In fact, yeah you can. And you can even parade around wearing masks again, which hasn't been allowed in North Carolina since the clan was marching through cities, right, so yeah, so why even bother following the law? Really? And this is the problem, of course, Like on a serious note, this is the problem when you have a society that fails to enforce the

laws that are on the books. Is that the people who generally do follow the laws, they start seeing laws not being enforced and they start asking themselves, well, why should we follow any of the laws? We get to pick and choose. It's kind of like it's like a cafeterias style. It's a buffet style approach to law and order. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. So you can just pick and choose whichever laws you want to and you can go. I mean the heck, you can walk right down the

love the interstate, haven't you know, banging some pots and pans. Maybe have some big banners as such, maybe a bullhorn if there's a truck. Oh okay. Because cross Pointy did point out that if we're going to do this thing, or not us because I would never organize this, but if others wanted to gather as a non collective and a nonentity Antifa, which is not a thing, Yeah, if they wanted to gather. If you really

want to do it, you're gonna have to have something on fire. And he suggested a float that appears like a Christmas hearth right with the stockings and everything, but also getting engulfed in flames. So I like keeping with the tradition there. I like it. It's a dude, it's insanity for for a hunt for for so many reasons. One, I honestly, if people are going to only passively digest this story and they're gonna think that this family

wanted to get the Christmas parade canceled and they've been through enough crap. Okay, obviously they lost their daughter. They lost their daughter. They they but then they put their energy into the way that they wanted to deal with this, and that was legislatively with the with the and most of them. Again, their suggestions are the ones that are part of the House bill are the very same ones of the City of Raleigh has asked other parade permits which they've

given out to abide by. Right, yeah, And these they're not controversial things, right, This is like got to show proof of insurance. The driver's got to be twenty one years or older, I think, Right, So these are not it's not beyond the realm of reason here, yeah. Yeah. And then I think the only difference city hasn't done is inspections. And if you look at the House bill, you have to your vehicle would have to receive an inspection no more than a week in advance, because there

were break issues apparently with the truck. But but you know, but even if you think you know, most of them are fined. But not. That's what the process is for. Okay, instead of just throwing everything out. Now you get your tinfoil hat man, Yeah, yeah, throw it. Go ahead and throw that on real quick. All right, hang on, I have one that looks like an elth So it's gonna be I get shaped in like an elth hat. So okay, all right, I'm ready.

So I noticed that. She then sorry, so they're going to cancel the Christmas parade, but then indicated that they will be unveiling quote holiday activities to bring the community together. No, but the love of me, what now? What what you got your tinfoil hat on? So what is that? Well? I would not have been able interpret that. How do you interpret that? Yeah? Well, now that I have got the hat properly to hang on a second, I mean okay, all right, yeah,

right, we go tuned it in. Okay, So it seems like they're using it maybe as an opportunity to engage in a war on Christmas. I'm just saying that people are going to take it that way. And I have not seen anything from this group of mood and bad leaders that would indicate that that is not something that wouldn't end up with a rainbow Santa and uh in a Kwanza hat coupled with which, by the way, this is the other thing too, that it's not just the Christmas parade. They have events for

the other uh, for the various other religions or worms of self. They even have a festivous thing, okay, and and it all kind of uh yeah, they have Pride Parade, they had a Saint Patrick's Day parade, and then okay, it was the other one, Like I can't remember the other one. But the point is, yeah, they have other parades. But what I'm saying is, yeah, they're like, oh, we want

to do the festive holidays. I understand that, but and they all kind of, you know, because they all happen kind of within that window. And if there's one thing downtown Raleigh has, it's a traffic obstruction every weekend, like and that's because there's always something going on, which is fine,

that's you live downtown. This is what you're signed up for. It just but they it's they do a very good job of that, whether it is Pride events, St. Patrick's Day, formerly the Christmas Parade, which the only thing that stopped it before was Nazis, and then one year with COVID

they had to do it via video. But otherwise, you know, this thing's been banging on since the nineteen thirties forties, and it's yeah, yeah, and it's like and I then I wonder if it suffers from that, right, because anything that's more you know, anything that's pre nineteen sixty is inherently evil. Yeah, Sumacs patriotical, absolutely, yeah. And I put this out and I point this out because Wake Forrest to the north of Raleigh

several years ago ahead. And then so this is in twenty nineteen pre COVID where they announced they were canceling their Christmas parade. But it was a little twist. See one of the groups that was in the parade, or the Sons of Confederate Veterans, and all they did was march around and you know in in Regale, right, yeah, the uniforms and such yeah yeah, yeah, yeah yeah. And Antifa, which doesn't exist, threatened to come

and uh and violently react. Right. There were some there were things posted onlines they had to be true, and the city to allow the Heckler's veto to cancel their Christmas parade, and the sleepy, quaint folks of wake Force damn near burned the town down. They were so peeved and people did ross what is it? People just said, screw it, We're doing our own thing, and they did their own thing right. Yeah, so down the city of Raleigh. I don't I don't know where the reaction is going to

be. But if if people do go down to do their own thing, I will be dripping with irony if they decided to go hats and bats on people with elf hats. You know what I'm saying. Yeah, yeah, it'd be comical. No, so I was. I just thought of this. Would you like some of our urban coopers. We can maybe try to arrange the like a Charlotte contingent to show up there and march in the parado. No, you're not sending. If you want to do a hobo swap, we can because I got some in man. Now we have a unique

we have a unique busting uh program here. And what it is it's art. Yeah, it's it's performance art. And so we're gonna we can load a couple of them up and send them up there for you don't even need to worry about the returns. So that's so nice of you, guys.

You know what, I'm inspired. I'm inspired by your holiday. I got a guy who, every day, around three o'clock, if I happen to be in this one area, so I'm assuming he does it every day, he peas into this great and goes rah rah rah, and then screams it people. Could I trade you one of those for perhaps now you're missing? This is part of the Christmas spirit. You can't give a gift and not have me give one back. I would feel horrible. Okay, how about

two poopers for one peer? Does that work? Well, he's kind of a team because there's another dude that's always in the vicinity, so it's a it's a package deal man. Well, okay, fine, but as long as it's a two to one ratio here, just because you know, the peeing you can do way more often. You know, they's way more often than the pooping, and so I feel like that would balance out a two to one ratio. I'll you know, I'll get with my throw in six

billion dollars, could you do that. No, No, because we got we got a suckle field to build over on the east side of Charlotte that they figured out how to Is it gonna be a biggin? Is it going to be a biggin? They have no idea. They've owned this property for like a decade or fifteen years, and they just they keep they keep going

back to the drawing board, as local gov Code tends to do. They go back to the drawing board over and over and over again, trying to trying to goose the private sector into, you know, carrying the costs of all of these massive projects instead of just letting the private sector develop this massive It used to be where the mall was, the Eastland Mall, which used to be sort of one of the jewels and zone. No. No, no, that's the North Lake Mall. That's a different mall altogether. That

one's still standing. The Eastland Mall U formerly the Crown Jewel. It had an ice skating rink. They would do Christmas tree lightings and all the stuff. It was, I mean, it was the it was big time back you know, forty years ago. And then of course it circled the drain. It became the war zone. And I had a friend who told me that you can track the the health and life expectancy of the mall by the number of footwear stores, specifically sneakers. If you get a lot of sneaker

stores in the mall, then it's about to die. And so Eastland got a whole bunch of the sneaker stores. And after they got all of these stores and and and maybe a couple of you know, drive bys and uh shot into the mall all in that kind of thing. And so then they closed down. They tore it down. They tried to make a They're gonna make a big transit center there as a revitalization effort, because we all know bus stations are fantastic for the nearby yeah, businesses and property values and such.

You're going to be shocked. That's where the great is. The homeless dude urinates into right next to the bus, the bus station, the big bus downtown or terminal. I'm actually not shocked. Yeah, no, I'm not shocked at that at all. I was shocked at I saw one of the stories about the business owners uh in downtown Rale, which, by the way, okay, this is a little bit of a tangent. But I saw your friend and mine, Colin Campbell on the Twitter mateen this morning and

he said he called and I was not aware of this. I don't think rallyites is what y'all call yourself rallyites, which is a mouthful. I'm not a fan. I'm not a fan of the word. You guys, real, you guys are Charlatan's. So that's w yes, Charlot Yeah they say Charlotteans, but yeah, Charlatan's pretty close. But the like that would have been a better one, like Charlotte Tights or something. But but why not? Why not Rallians because it sounds like aliens. I don't know. Yeah,

yeah, I've seen people use that. I rejected, just like I won't call it x So yeah, yeah, yeah, call me hey real quickly. I got about a minute speaking of enforcing and so your your mall doesn't go to crap actually enforcing the laws. I've not seen enough discussion about this guy who caused the UNC campus shutdown literally ten days before that, doing the same thing in a gas station down the street and then being put back

out on the street. He picked out again, well he initially he was because he did this on the fifth and then he went and did the same thing just up the street. Do you think there's a connection, M No,

No, which is yeah, see, this is the thing. And I when I got to whenever I get into the debates with the gun grabbers, I always say the same thing, which is, if your solution is to take the guns, then that's going to look different than if your solution is to reduce gun crimes and gun violence, because there are things to do in that vein, and this story speaks to some of the things that you could do. Be calendar. Appreciate it, sir. We'll talk next week.

Thanks very week, guys. Hang on, Timon. This is one oh six one FM Talk in the Triangle and there's Talk ninety four five w PTI in the Triad. All right, good morning, eight thirty five and she glad to have you along here on the PCO Gay Radio program. Or we're solving problems and you know what we do. Yeah, I did mention

the Wake Forest parade cancelation. That was the whole thing, man. So apparently you know, if you're a city official and somebody threatens to literally come to your city to break the law, rather than telling them, hey, if you break the law here, then you know, we'll arrest you for breaking the law. They cowered in the corner and people didn't respond well to that. So it'll be interesting to see how people respond to this insanity.

And judging by the the amount of actual inquiry that many of the robots and in these communities that allow these moon bats to do this stuff, they'll probably just not care. So tell any man, it's just crazy. Do you guys go to the wake Forest parade? Is that a thing? Did you guys go to parades? Right down there, Roster Lee is linking a parade fan. I thought you were mentioned. We went to like one or two and then we just sort of stopped. Did you parade people? Some people

aren't. Well, no, I mean we would, but with the autism, it's kind of really hard because there's a lot going on. Yeah, there was a lot of potential fire trucks or something he liked. I can't remember you were telling me about it one time, but yeah, there is too much potential for meltdowns, so we're like we avoid that now. Dude, speaking of holiday stuff, and I guess you know at the Meryl probably come in and want an ordinance to take these down. So the companies make

the giant inflatables. Apparently all of you are going crazy with these things, and they couldn't keep up the last two years, I haven't been able to keep up. They had supply chain issues, and then last year they vastly underwhelmed the amount of you who thought, hey, you know what we need is a twelve foot Christmas snoopy. So I was reading an article this year there are they are all in and they say that they expect the average size

of the large models, so there's smaller ones. And then they had what they concerner large to go from twelve to on average sixteen feet, with most of the bigger ones being twenty feet. These things. How much these things cost, by the way, they are super expensive, And it's gotten it's gotten ridiculous every single year, like more and more. So one thing we do enjoy doing, and this starts off like right in October is every day a Lincoln like stick in the car and we drive around. He loves looking

at the different houses, oh you know, decorations and the inflatables. And we have our our path we go to in our routine, and that starts in October and it doesn't really end till mid January because after the Halloween decorations come down, then the Christmas decorations start to go up. There's a little pause in the driving around the neighborhoods in like November around Thanksgiving. But I mean that's like the big thing he likes to do. And we've noticed these

decorations have gotten crazy, like they're bigger than some of the houses. They're they're taller than how But for sure, man, I was looking at some of the models. Here you can and here's the thing, like you better tether that thing down, because what's gonna happen is the bouncy house and thing is going to happen. Dude, I could see like blown away like not gonna kid over some not gonna kid or just flying into the road and causing

some sort of horrific accident. But there it's more so than just the you know, going bigger and better they are because this is what we do with the holidays. The companies are trying to really expand the as you were just talking about the calendars, So they're going all in on the big inflatable Halloween and Thanksgiving ones more so than in previous years where most of the business was most of it was Christmas, and then Halloween was second, and then obviously

Thanksgiving was third. But they basically are trying to get every house to buy one of these giant inflatables, to buy three of them. You know what I'm saying. Yeah, I know, driving around like the Traditions area and Wake Forest, it's gotten like crazy. Like I said, these things are so big. You have these giant inflatable santas or snowmen where they're literally bigger than a two story house. And if you're inside the house, I don't

understand how like it's got to block out the sun. Well, what if I don't want people staring in my front window anyway. So right, there's that, and it's ultimately like I can imagine that it's ultimately keeping up with the Joneses, right because somebody, somebody puts it up and you're like, look at this weird out on the street. You put up like a fifty footalls snowman, and then before you know what your kids are like as now man it's only ten feet tall, and then it keeps getting You got to

buy it to keep up with neighbor. Why did your kids be thankful for stuff kids. Yeah, yeah, you're not right. Well, do you remember that story we did from where was it in Maryland or something last year where the woman got arrested because she went and she like punctured some of her neighbor's ones and it was a battle she she punctured that she punctured one. I remember the story. A neighbor bought one and bought the same one she

had, and she took offense to that because that was her ideas. And then another neighbor came to the defense of the other neighbor and bought one. So she went and sabotaged theres and got arrested. And I think they said the value of them was like three thousand dollars something. They're stupid expensive. Now we do have like a few We have a polar Bear inflatable, but it's not it's like maybe six or seven feet. It's it's normal. It's

a quote normal what normal used to be. And then we have for Halloween, we have the doom Buggy from the Haunted Mansion with the reghost it in and that's pretty much it. But like though even those regular six to ten foot is like crazy expensive. I can't even imagine how much the ones that are bigger than your house costs. Yeah, I'm just I was looking at some of these, so they say the hot seller for Halloween is, let's

see the twenty foot Frankenstein and Ghosts are their two top sellers. Twenty feet twenty I just it seems so remarkably unnecessary, right, it's twenty feet, and then you've got that's the height, and then like you know, the length of the width is just like it's as big as the house, right, giant inflatable turkey obviously, the Thanksgiving one, and then Christmas Polar Bear

Santa Santa is the big one, along with Snowman. The snow Man's right pie because the Snowman is conducive to this, right, because of the shape of it, So Santa really for that matter. But yeah, the Snowman's going to be conducive since it's bottom heavy and all that, so you probably get that tethered down. But I had no idea this is what people were

spending. But I remember walking into Costco, and you know, at Costco they kind of get the seasonal stuff right when you walk in, and they had a display where they had had like three or four of these giant inflatables, and it looked like it looked like it had just been looted right right, and and they they couldn't keep them in stock. Every time they put

twenty more of these things. And I think they were charging like five hundred dollars for whatever these were, Like four ninety nine was the price for they were just they would instant disappear. So now they're going bigger and bolder. Man, I mean, I feel like Ross, I feel like you're gonna have to keep up with the Joneses or are you the only inflatable in your neighborhood, so you set the standard, because if they're only inflatable, then

there's no Joneses to keep up with. Yeah, unfortunately, we're like the only game in town. Okay, well that's good for you. That's going to save you some money there, that's all I'm saying. Well, no, I mean, I wouldn't have the budget to like compete anyway. So if somebody's like, dah, I'm buying the fifty foot tall reindeer whatever, I'm like, well have at it, buddy, because I can't do that. Dude. You tell them that would that would be bigger than my entire

front yard. Like, it wouldn't fit. I would have to go into they would have to go into the neighbor's yard. Dude, if you told that batch of yokels you want to put a fifty foot reindeer up to obstruct the sun from your neighbors, I feel like they that would not be a no no, don't don't misunderstand. Like if I made an a mission on the Twitch channel'll be like, hey, we got a fund for the five thousand foot tall Santa I think to get the condom done back. This is

how you punish them for taking your son, but priorities. Yeah, that's a good point. Like, if they want to start that battle, it probably won't end well if I wanted to put the effort into it. Right, you get you got minions, man, you got an army. Y'all screw with a guy with an army just saying all right, a forty four ray staging. He's in the army, except he's got the accordions, so right, be the one they shoot first. Anyway? How you doing sure? Hey, I'm great? How are you don't so bad? As Jets

Jets Jets Jets undefeated Jays, the undefeated Jets. Ross's Rossi's a cowboy fan, now he should be right. Yeah, I think I'm gonna start golf over Jared what's his name there, Bill's quarterback. I'm gonna start Jared Goff. Why not? Because pissed off, angry Josh Allen. I don't know if you've ever seen the stats of Josh Allen after a bad game. I haven't. They're good. Yeah, all right, I'm gonna leave him and

they're playing the Raiders. Yeah, they're well. The games when he has a bad like when he has a game where he has three turnovers or more the next the next game, since like twenty nineteen, he has a keepy rating of one hundred and one point two or something. It's stupid. All right, I will see this be just seeing how like the vibe is on Twitter, the Bills drop this game coming up, Buffalo will burn again just to get out of the city, run of the cave. Yeah, I

don't blame I don't I don't blame everybody. And Zach Wilson. Yeah, so all right, so I'm gonna I'm gonna keep him. Then I'll take your advice as a Bills fan hopefully I won't regret it. And hey, the Vikings Casey made it close last night. I mean, yeah, exactly that either way. Oh no, no, it's worse. It's worse than I would rather be be. Forty nothing than to realize that a couple of times when we should have just taken the points but we're stupid, we now

lost because of that. So yep, yep. And you know, weather related games include Harvard, they're gonna play in some rain and wind, and then the one I'm more concerned about is a Florida stay at Boston College Wendy and Rainy. I don't know if rain is going to play into that because Florida State probably more of a passing team they are running team, and you know, you know me, I'm hoping for the upset. And by the way, beautiful in Death Valley tomorrow night. The range should hold off until

later. And locally some great weather today tonight if it's high school football tomorrow, lots of sunshine most of us low eighties, maybe the upper eight or maybe the mid eighties tomorrow, but comfortable, especially at night. This morning. It's beautiful tomorrow morning just as nice. It's not until Sunday, we start to see a shower thunder shower threat, but that's going to be short lived. The next week a long run of sunshine and lower to maybe middle

eighties and overnight lows comfortable to upper fifties ten the year sixties. So I feel like we're making that turn case see to more fall time weather or more in line with what it should be this time of year. So it looks pretty good to feel good too. Okay, well, just as long as lightning doesn't destroy the new fifteen million dollars scoreboard again at NC State. Yeah, I think we're gonna be a good shape. Okay, alright, cool, tomorrow looks good, ye, all right, and we'll come back to

chat with Jeff Balinger next. Hang on smart Talk all Day ninety four five WPTI in the Triad and one oh six one FM Talk in the Triangle fifty three. Your Blimberg update now with Jeff Bellinger. Jeff, what's happening Blood morning? Casey stocks advanced in yesterday's trading. Futures now are lower right across the board. They were mixed until just minutes ago. The strike is on. The United Auto Workers union began targeted walkouts after talks of the Big three

automakers failed to produce a contract agreement. At this point, the UAW was shut down a Fort plant in Michigan, a General Motors plant in Missouri, and a Stillantis factory in Ohio. Each of the plants produces a popular and very profitable VIA. There is some movement in one of the strikes that has kept Hollywood shut down the past four months. Movie and television producers planned to meet next week with leaders of the Writers Guild. The Federal Reserve will meet

next week. Economists surveyed by Bloomberg are pretty confident that interest rates will not be raised at the meeting, but they say because the economy has remained resilient, central bankers will likely pencil in one more rate hike this year and indicate that rates will remain high for longer than previously expected. And could the ABC

television network change hands. That is a possibility a casey Walt Disney has reportedly heard from a couple of suitors interested in buying ABC and also Disney's local TV stations. Sources say Disney has held initial talks with Nexstar Media and the MediaMogul Byron Allen is said to have approached Disney with an offer to buy ABC,

the local stations and the FX national geographic cable channel. So stay tuned, casey, Jeff, I was reading this year that it's going to be the manufacturers of giant holiday inflatables are they're betting not a big year because they basically sold out last year. Do you have any big giant holiday inflatables? I don't. I don't even put out type. All I have is my but whatever cards I get, go up on my mantle on that show. Okay, all right, we'll just see you know, the selection is gonna be

a big time this year, So there you go. Okay year, Okay, I look forward to seeing them in the neighborhood. Okay, alright, thank okay, we have a good day. Take it all right. Let me grab a couple of calls on this, Jake, what's up, Hey, good morning. You guys are talking about the energy it takes. I mean, the bigger that they go on these uh inflatables, the heavier duty at sea, heavier duty they have to be. The larger. The fans

are that variables, and they already are raising our electric grade. They want us to have these in everything a yard for every seasonal holiday? What are they raising? Hold? Are they raising your electric right for? I mean I understand that you have to blow it up, but you know, and then you then you take it down and put it back in your garage? Man, right? Yeah? But I mean if you want it for like October, November, December. I mean, I've thought Paul nupper ones.

But they're raising in the greats in general, though, aren't they? And then they want to Paul to have a part. But it's all right, Well I didn't really I think for the call the j I didn't realize that. I just thought you blew them up and then you know, and then when you're done, you pull a little pop thing and then walk them out and put them back in the garage. Is this not accurate? Now?

You plug them in and they have to at least the ones we have, like the ten foot ones whatever, like under ten foot you plug them in and the outside outlets and like get create a little little fan inside goes up and it blows it. It has to constantly be on if you unplug it in. It's the place you tell me, these things you're not error pre what they're not? Hold the air. Maybe they are every inflatable that we

have owned, and we've we have owned a bunch. Like I said, you can plug him in and as soon as you unplug him, did a flate, we'll get I think some duct tape could solve that. That's what a scam man? What an absolute? Do? They want to make them quality enough to hold the air, so they just you guys can figure it out with your energy costs. Oh wait, hold on, yes, Boston, Paul, what ross? I put mine on a time so you can you can have a time a ticket off and blow it up. I have

the gridge to twelve foot gridge. But what I wanted to say was maybe some of the parade go is, you know, the organizers and the police offices can hold an informational picket around Marianne's house that we do want police offices high it and we do want a Christmas parade. Yeah, she'll Yeah, it'll be interesting though, because then she'll call other police to arrest who ever showed up near her house because she's scared. Oh no, police, police

can pick it. They can picket. They can have informational pickets, Yes they can. I agree, you got a grinch one because Ross wrote on here that you have a whitey bulger inflatable, So I haven't Ted Kennedy floaty pool floaty, but it doesn't float real well. So upside down Well, it's constantly thinking does it come with the car? Yeah? Yeah, I got the offer yeah with yeah, with Ted and a woman and upside down Yeah. But I also got the Leprecron two for Saint Patrick's Day. Yeah.

I think I think they should hold the signs. They have flowers in the pack, flood in the streets. No, we want on polition. We want what flowers in the What in the pack? You know the poc where they have the slides and stuff. It's a p HK poc. Yeah, yeah, yeah, Boston. Okay, go b Owen two. I'm out of time, Okay, go be Owen. I gotta go catch catch up on cricket. I'm gonna go catch up on cricket. That's good. That's a good thought. Okay, h Brestman, I know what it feels

like to be Owen too. Ross, you better not join this club. It's a doomed voy