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3:11The George Washington Broadcast Center. Yakarm Strong and Joe Getty. I'm Strong and Getty. And now he is Armstrong and Getty. Yesterday was the United Airlines New York City Half Marathon. It's an annual event where they announce a gate change at LaGuardia five minutes before boarding. And how far away is our gate? 13.1 miles. I don't think we're going to make it. And some of those scenes from airports, even today, as looking at this morning, there had already been 2000 cancellations, like as the day started. And we're delays, delays, 2000 delays is the day started. But that's a heck of a start. And then obviously that ripples out all across the country. And then just the pictures from the airports with the security lines going out the door and down the street all across the country.

4:12Looks miserable to be traveling by air. I wonder if it's one of those deals I've been in this before where you can't rent a car, either if you wanted to drive. There are just no vehicles to be had. No, no, I actually saw an interview with a guy last night on the news who had that very situation. And because of our divided media and our bubbles and everything, I don't sense any great pressure building on Congress to settle the Department of Homeland Security funding. No. And fund the TSA, the Democrats are saying we offered a bill to fund only the TSA. But they want to like defund ICE or completely change out operates or whatever. And that's just not going to happen so they're using the TSA's leverage. But people aren't getting that word. They don't understand that people ought to be enraged over this. Well, it was presented as completely the fault of the Republicans as I watched morning Joe on MSNBC today. Well, there's a shock. Yeah. So I don't know what people think about that. We do have a breaking news thing here. Got rid of ice barbie.

5:12All right. Ice barbie is gone. And what was the hard-ass guy who's in Minneapolis, not home in the other guy? I can never think of something more than Nazi trench coat. That's that right. The long black trench coat reminiscent of Nazi coat. That's right. But he's retiring this month. So the house has been cleaned. Katie, the name I'm looking for is Greg Bavino. Nice job. Dr. Shen. Wow. So we do have kind of a breaking news. It's going to get tongues wagging on podcasts and whatever. Oh, no. Because there's been so little to wag your tongue about. A top US counterterrorism official has resigned citing the Iran war. Joe Kent announced his resignation as director of the national counterterrorism center. That seems like a fairly big position. He said that pressure from Israel had pushed President Trump into war against Iran. And he can't be part of it. I cannot in good conscience support the ongoing war in Iran.

6:13Mr. Kent said as the director of national counterterrorism center. Iran posed no imminent threat to our nation. And it is clear that we started this war due to pressure from Israel. And it's powerful American lobby. Man, that's tossing a grenade rhetorically into the conversation. Because that will be a big deal on your lefty news channels all day long. Oh, man. Well, that's some of your, you know, Fox. I'll have to touch on a little because I know the people I know that are most, the most upset about Israel directing us around were former mega people. Right. Yeah. That, uh, that's well, that is something. He said that's a fairly ridiculous. What he said, the idea that what do you say we're not under any imminent threat from Iran? Right. Just two days away from an imminent threat for 47 years. The deaths of all those soldiers, the chokehold over the golf. Just, you know, just since we ended up on the topic, I'll get to this poll that came out yesterday. So like I said, the people I know who believe Israel is jerking the world around

7:17and the source of all evil the most are more mega people or former mega people that I personally know. And obviously a lot of the left doesn't think much of Israel as we all know. So the views of voters about Israel, the latest poll that came out, it has gone the wrong direction for Israel by a lot. This is an NBC news poll. Every age group, the negative view of Israel, for instance, ages 18 to 34 year young crowd, it's gone from 37% of them had a negative view of Israel to 63% since 2023. This is in the last three years. This is in three years. Next group of people, 35 to 49, it's 10 points worse for Israel. Ages 50 to 64, it has doubled from 15 to 30 that have a negative view. And then for your older crowd, it went from 12 to 21. But the overall number, if you add them all together, is a lot of people with a negative view of Israel.

8:17That didn't used to be our situation in America. Yeah, the youngsters have been indoctrinated by lies in their schools and colleges. So that's enough of that. What about the increase in double digits or more for every other age group? Well, that's where I'm going. One of the most wise things I ever heard and I can't remember who said it is Americans love dead Jews. They love Jews if they're dead. If they're quietly enduring being hunted and killed. We love the poor Jews and sympathize with them and would love to help them. But when the Jews stand up for themselves and defend themselves, everybody says, Oh, you're being a boy. How dare you do that? Those people weren't a threat to you. It's ridiculous. It's kind of interesting because Israel has more respect from me now. More because they've finally decided, woken up and decided, no, getting along with radical Islam ain't working. We're going to kill them instead.

9:18So I know someone who has really worried about a draft coming and has already made plans to get their teenage sons out of the country. The draft comes because they don't want their kids dying for Israel. This is someone who voted three times in a row. I don't know how many people that represents, but based on my floating around Twitter, it's a chunk of people. Still don't know how many people it is though. I don't know if it's 3% of the population or 13 or 23. But, yes. I know you know Twitter isn't America. No, that's why I said I don't know if it's three or 23. I haven't run into a single human who brought up anything close to that in real life. The people that follow Tucker and Candace in big numbers. So how many people is that? I wish I knew enough to make them a freaking bum low to money. I'll tell you that. Yeah. That's true. But, uh, was like I say, oh yeah. So to your point about the whole love dead Jews just not currently living Jews.

10:20Um, because when a movie like a Schindler's list or something like that comes along. Oh man, the weeping and the Hollywood and all the awards and everything. And how awful it was for the Nazis and Auschwitz and this and that and everything like that prefer Olympic. Jewish currently alive under attack either on college campuses. Being beaten down so you can't go to class at UCLA or, you know, attacks in Israel or whatever they help. Man, no sympathy for that. That's interesting. No, no movies about when every country in the region, every Muslim country in the region attacked Israel back in the day. And Israel whoop their ass. It's one of the great stories and the history of mankind. No, no movies about that. We like him dead. You're right. There's never been a great six day war movie. Nope. Hmm. Uh, but if I just on a practical matter, whether it's right or wrong, if I'm Israel, I got to figure out how to turn that opinion around in the United States. Because that's going to, that's the, you know, uh, that younger crowd is going to end up in government.

11:20You're going to have a house of representatives full of people that aren't interested in sending three to five billion dollars to Israel every year in our best planes and all that sort of stuff. I don't know how they negotiate that. I don't have the figures in front of me, but the money that a pack spends lobbying is a tiny fraction of other industries and countries for that matter. That whole a pack runs the, that it's based on nothing. It's just a fantasy of the evil controlling Jew behind the scene. I just don't get it. Well, this guy, I'd never heard of before, Joe Kent, top counterterrorism. So some places say the top counterterrorism official. Other places say a top counterterrorism official. I'd like to know which it is. There's a big difference. But in what, what agency? Exactly. You know, let me bring that back up again. Uh, since this is important, he is the director of the organization. Since this is important, he is the director of the National Counterterrorism Center, which was put together after 9-11.

12:25It's a pretty big position. Yeah. And he appointed, I assume, by, you know, people in the Trump administration recommended him because they thought he was on board with the sort of things Trump wants to do, as specifically said. I cannot in good conscience support the ongoing war in Iran, Iran posed no eminent threat to our nation. And it's clear that we started this war due to pressure from Israel and its powerful American lobby. I mean, it's now exploding all over media every news site and cable channels on this story. Now, it's going to be a big story today and maybe for the rest of this war. Yeah. He might be a career guy as opposed to a political appointee. I don't know. I wouldn't assume that he was Trump approved and appointed. No. I have to look into that. I mean, because his statement is so unequivocally from one point of view as opposed to any nuance. I'm suspicious. Well, let me go on as a veteran who deployed to combat 11 times and as a gold star husband who lost my beloved wife Shannon in a war manufactured by Israel. I cannot support standing, sending the next generation off the fight and die in a war that serves no benefit to the American people nor justifies the cost of American lives.

13:29That's some pretty strong talk. So what, what war was he referring to that was started by Israel? That he's a veteran of the Iraq war. Which was started by Israel. I have to read this in full comment. We'll get to this when we come back. This is going to be a giant new story today, particularly for the war, hate and media. This guy also is a good looking guy with great hair. He will have his own show on MSNBC in prime time by next week. In 2024, APAC ranked roughly 74th among domestic lobbyists, spending around $3.5 million. Compare that to the US Chamber of Commerce at 96 million, national association of realtors at 86 million. No wars for realtors. They farm at 60 million or Amazon at 50 million. Out of the top 100 lobbying organizations in Washington, APAC accounts for roughly one tenth of one percent of total total lobbying spending.

14:29Even when election spending is included, it represents about half of one percent of political money nationwide. That is a good information to have at your fingertips because that is going to be a topic for today and maybe several coming days. We'll get more quotes from this guy. I think this is going to be a big deal. In 2024, ideal in fact, Jack, Japan spent roughly 50 million Saudi Arabia, 44 million, China, 30 million, South Korea, 27 million, Qatar nearly 19 million, and Israel total about 14 million. For him to say Iran was not an imminent threat is one thing to say that we were pushed by Israel that we're dancing to Israel's tune. That's a heck of a thing to say. I'd say. Wow. It's, well, yeah, it's unsupportable too in my opinion. We got a little more on that, various quotes that are floating around from this guy. He's going to be the bell of the ball for the war-hate and media. I'll tell you that.

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18:42Who is Joe Hentz? Might as well tell you since he's going to be in the news a lot today. He's the head of the counterterrorism center appointed by Donald Trump, 45-year-old politician who ran for Congress in Washington as an ultra-magic guy. He served with Tulsi Gabbard, which gives you a hint as to some things about his thinking. He had a top advisor to her for some time. He got appointed as the head of the counterterrorism center by Trump. When Trump became president, got confirmed by the Congress with 52 votes and he's been running that thing for a while. He's been Trump's top advisor about all counterterrorism things and he is just resigned, saying he cannot be part of this war anymore. We'll give you the actual quote. I cannot in good conscience support the ongoing war in Iran. Iran posed no imminent threat to our nation and it's clear that we started this war due to pressure from Israel and its powerful American lobby.

19:47That is the bomb. He also blames Israel for the loss of his wife in Syria at some point. He was killed by a suicide bomber, probably ran at some hand in the bombing equipment or training or making or whatever because they did all of that part of the world. This guy is absolutely the perfect person for the hating this war media, which is definitely MSNBC and a lot of CNN because he's got this. He served in the army for 20 years, 11 combat deployments, leading counterterrorism in a regular warfare operations, receiving numerous accommodations, including six bronze stars served with the 75th Ranger Regiment Army Special Forces, US Army Special Operations, served as a paramilitary officer in the CIA Special Activity Center. I mean, he has got the resume that they want for this sort of thing to portray this as us doing Israel's bidding, which they've been hinting at and or saying out loud depending on who you're talking to on a lot of these cable channels since the war started.

21:00Now they're really going to say it out loud. Yeah, evidently according to the New York Times, while being a key adviser to Tulsi, he's been a voice advocating inside the administration consistently for a more restrained foreign policy. He's of that meant. I cannot support sending the next generation off to fight and die in a war that serves no benefit to the American people nor justifies the cost of American lives. I would love to talk to him so what I in what sense is removing the or disempowering the regime in Iran not helping the American people given their history or he might be one of the guys who said we just who say we got to get out of the Middle East completely just ignore it. Let him kill each other. It has nothing to do with us. It doesn't matter that we have an ally there in Israel. The tails wagging the dog. I think he would probably say something like that. It wouldn't matter if Iran got a nuclear weapon. I know I'm mystified by his arguments. I think they're terrible.

22:03With all due respect to his service and the sacrifices he's made, but you know the best you know what's the what's a good metaphor the the most heroic cop on the streets doesn't necessarily know how to run a department or the entire city. Yeah, Mr. Ken had been a key advisor to Tulsi Gabbard the director of national intelligence who is a whack job in my opinion and has been a voice advocating inside the administration. Okay, what was that video Tulsi put out remember that video she put out the basically stating that we were the bad guys for using nuclear weapons in World War two right around the anniversary. And then she kind of disappeared from the scene there has chosen but played really much parole since she was put way at the end of the bench after that. Yeah. Apologized for America's use of atomic weapons. Yeah. And I'm predicting right now this guy because he looks like a TV guy. He's going to have a show in MSNBC have a great life make lots of money criticizing everything.

23:10I wish him well he sacrificed a lot for the country is wrong about this, but I wish him well and go a broadcast to 100,000 people. Have fun. Any thoughts on this story text us more on the way stay here. Are strong and getty. No one knows what the future holds, but you deserve a weather app that can help weather bug is easy to use and provides forecasts for your every need. From storm warnings to pollen levels right at your fingertips get the fastest local alerts and comprehensive 10 day forecasts wherever you are. It's hyper local real time customizable alerts make sure the weather never takes you by surprise so you can plan every day with confidence. Download the free weather bug app from the app store today and start getting accurate weather forecasts 24 seven. Military life isn't predictable, but earning your master's degree can be with American military universities 40 plus flexible online masters programs. You can stay mission ready while you get market ready learn anywhere anytime with an education built to keep pace steady reliable and always accessible.

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26:19Ready to be part of it? Join the movement. Find your tournament and learn more at iFlag.org. That's iFlag.org. And then so i just it's hard to figure out how big these crowds are well that you know. Moments after we are talking about that this guy Joe can't who i'd never heard of who's the director of the national counter is counterterrorism center he just resigned. He was a Trump appointee he just resigned saying that Israel forced into this and the war and i can't be part of it more or less what he said. Just a little bit background on this Joe can't first of all his position on Islam i i it was controversial i guess during his confirmation. Hearing but i i liked kent's views on islamic terrorism were controversial during his senate confirmation debate democratic senator cited his past statement that islam is based on a on conquest at its core.

27:31So he has a pretty hard i view of what islam is but he believes israel is jerking us around and forcing us into wars. Also he believed that the January 6th the people he got arrested around January 6th were political prisoners being held by their own government that the CIA and FBI was involved in the in the January 6th thing they created the whole deal he's one of those. So he's a Tulsi Gabbard tied to January 6th denier and you think they're going to get all warm and cuddly over on a SNBC for this guy and the big alphabet networks they'll probably ignore that. It's that whole what do we call it the the the NATO of grievances or whatever you know the overlapping which one ranks at the top i think that the fact that he is currently mostly known for. Being against the war and Trump and claiming israel forced us into it i think that that will be the they'll ignore that other stuff for a while right but that's just so cute so cute it's interesting i was trying to dig into a more of a pack spending and lobbying and that sort of thing because it's such a.

28:44Such a talking point among anti semites at either end of the horseshoe and it is amazing because there are all sorts of you know sources for information on lobbying and you've got you know a cutter for instance spends hundreds of millions of dollars hundreds of millions to billions of dollars to us universities and think tanks trying to warm up our young people for their thinking in their thinking. About the Muslim brotherhood for instance and cutter itself blah blah nobody talks about that practically nobody i do a little bit but but there are all sorts of pro and con a pack sites just absolutely fixated on the Jews and how they're spending money and how they control everybody nothing on this these other people who spend you know hundreds of millions of dollars it's just interesting. I'd say i think it's just flaming anti semitism honestly but anyway i don't know i can't fix humankind i don't like i don't like humans very much coming up.

29:53Weird what was i gonna call this weird crime a lot really really odd crimes that have been committed lately is anybody pinched michael for not wearing green today. Now i think i'm pinched at we have so few people now sure there are enough people around to pinch you and have to be a human or a crab michael anybody pinches you loosen their teeth. Not a fan of the tradition of pinching people who don't wear green on your day your Irish there's virtually nothing about same Patrick's day that i don't find idiotic. I would have to think for a while about it to see if there's anything you won't drink green beer and. Gives me migraines the food dye yeah i don't appreciate migraines too yeah fun i don't appreciate half wits present company not accepted who take take some obscure Irish holidays and excuse to drink like idiots.

30:55And then carry on man i've had some fun saint Patrick's days of my life. Oh great great honoring the great saint Patrick who fought the battle of bunker bunker hill and signed a declaration of independence and freed the snakes from involuntary servitude or something vented electricity or something i don't know. Yeah that was it i think that's it yeah it was it was kind of funny the uh the prime minister in effective Ireland was meeting with trump. And he's meeting with him again today presenting well why don't we just go ahead and play 26 Michael. He welcomes the leader of Ireland to the white house to mark saint Patrick's day in addition to a special lunch up on Capitol Hill for Ireland the president will be presented with a bowl of sham rocks. The white house going all in on this holiday will see if the president brings out his green time. And I could read in the prime minister the t-shocks eyes you people make a way bigger deal of this than we do it's not a thing in it's not a thing in Ireland it's definitely a different thing.

32:01But i don't know it's one of those facts i've learned half a dozen times in my life and forgotten again because it's not interesting enough to retain definition of holiday i'm going to ask the definition of holiday for it. It depends if you're in the US or Britain means a vacation in Britain the term holiday generally first to a day set aside by customer law on which normal activity such as business or worker suspended or reduced. Does that fit for what we're doing because i got just referred to it as a holiday i don't think saint Patrick's day is a holiday. So i get that definition is a little limited to anybody get work off for a. Saint Patrick's day and you okay well now and so you you tell us this every year and i find this interesting the Columbus day and Saint Patrick's day both were they were just. Tip in the cap to various groups to get their votes oh yeah it was purely an effort to get the Irish vote as was Columbus day yeah to get the Italian vote in New York City and then beyond yeah. And then long after that's necessary it lives for some reason well because it's a in the case of Saint Patrick's day it's a good party i have never had a Columbus day party good batter and different.

33:12And then we teach our kids that leprechauns come into the house at night and urinate in a toilet. And leave candy once again candy. All right. I think never mind a pack kid the kid lobby controls a lot of what happens happens in America candy lobby well yeah yeah that too that too i found this interesting somewhat tangential to the big war. War with around his frozen commerce in the Persian Gulf boosted oil prices by more than 50% worldwide translating almost immediately into a higher gasoline costs blah blah blah. And yet in the United States the impact is much more muted that it would have been a few decades ago that's because we markings use less energy per unit of economic output than we used to in fact a lot less in economists speak were less energy intensive intensive for a few reasons number one our economy now largely depends on services like healthcare retail entertainment we found out earlier today for the first time ever there is more.

34:20Retail space rented out for services like gyms and spas then stores that sell stuff in America. But they all require less energy than manufacturing industries there are only about 21 million jobs and goods producing sectors while private services employees 114 million 114 to 21. And we become so much more oil efficient energy efficient than we used to be in the 1970s for instance according to the Department of Transportation the average new light duty vehicle gets 28 miles per gallon. That's up from 13 miles per gallon in 1975 and you get your EVs are a factor as well. And so long story short the nobody in my memory of nobody even knew what your mileage was because nobody cared because gas was so cheap I mean I start first started buying gas and I'm not 100 years old like 80 cents a gallon or something or I left right right.

35:22Economist well far well Fargo estimate that a sustained 50% rise in oil prices similar to the current situation would have had about twice the effect in the 80s as it is having today don't doubt that a bit. Yeah just thought that was at least mildly interesting that come on coming up weird grind that stuff about the service economy so we don't it's not mostly people like. Shuffle and papers around as people often dismissively say just a lot of people shuffling papers around not like actually making something. Right yeah that good. Depends are we in a war with China it's not good right we're not going to defeat them with gym memberships okay well we're just our ability to shuffle papers around. Speaking paper cuts right yeah exactly yeah we just are all a bunch of service providers that sell services to each other in the classic economic illustration you spend a dollar in the bar the bartender goes and pays the barber or the barber pays the front desk of the hotel and the hotel blah blah blah.

36:25I thought this was interesting things being made it's just money being traded my 14 year old is super in devolution stuff and everything he wants to be like a paleontologist or something something. He is talking about the reason human beings are going to die out is because we became specialists the only animals that have survived evolutionary speaking throughout history were a generalist they could do lots and lots of different things animals that are specialists don't survive the same way. So and I suppose that's true to a certain extent that back in the day a lot of you know and probably mostly men just because away we structured families the day you know could build a house fix a vehicle grow a crop all kinds of different things kill a deer feel dress it and cook it up. She just kind of to be a general I can survive in the world as opposed to I have one particular niche talent for shuffling papers around.

37:28Yeah I don't know if the animal world applies to us or not but I thought that was interesting. It is an interesting point I mean if there were some sort of apocalypse and we were rendered you know had to go back to the land as it were like there's no choice. What am I going to do wander around asking if people would like a commentary on the news and exchange for a crust of bread or something that no it's not going to happen. You want a mildly interesting take on something that happened yesterday. I'm fascinating sir have you ever listened to the show talking about my bastard oh I see I'm sorry I attacked you I have any problems. Yeah so seriously the weird crimes thing is we're staying tuned for it's just absolutely bizarre I also want to get into everywhere around the world people around the world. I miss the Dennis Rodman clips those are so good people around the world like everywhere all sorts of different societies government systems belief structures they're all trying to get their kids off social media.

38:34Everywhere around the world. Yeah and for good reason. No upside. Okay it's hard. We got that. Tell me about it we got that a whole bunch of other stuff on the way stay here. No one knows what the future holds but you deserve a weather app that can help weather bug is easy to use and provides forecasts for your every need from storm warnings to pollen levels right at your fingertips. Get the fastest local alerts and comprehensive 10 day forecasts wherever you are it's hyper local real time customizable alerts make sure the weather never takes you by surprise so you can plan every day with confidence. Download the free weather bug app from the app store today and start getting accurate weather forecasts 24 seven. Military life isn't predictable but earning your master's degree can be with American military universities 40 plus flexible online master's programs you can stay mission ready while you get market ready. Learn anywhere anytime with an education built to keep pace steady reliable and always accessible.

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41:53Thrive Mars Madness kicks off this week and I read that 100 million brackets are expected to be filled out. Yeah, we actually have an office pool here in the stakes are pretty high this year the winner gets one gallon of gas. Gas is expensive so coming up we got this young lady who gets popular on social media for going around asking people questions. She's asking a bunch of Democrats. Which do you find more frightening somebody yelling Aloe Akbar or somebody yelling up with Trump basically and i'm sure you know what the results are going to be or we wouldn't be playing this it's stunning though it's unbelievable it's unfriaking believable way to get disturbing it is disturbing people are so stupid it's not just the political views people are so ignorant will get to that beginning of hour three. I'm a lighter note congratulations to EJ in sandy a go it's our funny listener email of the day Michael. Congratulations. I thought it was going to be the fan.

42:55Up up up up up. Yeah. No, no, not that one. Yes. That's a fan fair. Sure. Oh, it's ruined. Anyway, here's EJ. He says dammit. We now have about weird beard junior. Damn it. We have a gay disabled Iranian as an anti Trump foil. You know weird beard story will be made into a musical and win all the Oscars next year. A gay disabled victim of Trump. Oh, that's pretty good. Wow, that is pretty funny. Weird crime. Stupid. Stupid. Uh, Chinese nationals been apprehended at Nairobi's main airport after being found with more than 2,200. Anybody can guess more than 2,200 of something in his luggage. Some sort of reptile. An insect made.

43:55Oh, okay. They wait a minute. 2,200 live garden ants in his luggage. But on print the 27 year old. Yes. Oh, I. That's a very good question. I transported bedbugs once, but it wasn't on purpose. Oh, my God. We overnighted at the Oakland airport hotel right next to it. I think it's been closed because of all of the junkies and crime now, but because we had a super easy flight with the kids and we left the pizza box in the room. And when we woke up, it was the ant apocalypse. It was nightmare inducing horrifying. Anyway, this 27 year old Chinese national arrested at the Kenya airport, highlighting a growing trend of insect smuggling in Kenya. The illicit trade caters to enthusiasts who pay significant sums to cultivate ant colonies in specialized transparent enclosures known as formicariums, blah, blah, blah. So like that farms ant farm like we had his kids. Exactly. They get elaborate ones that are hot in Asia, I guess, investigators said a search to the

44:57gentleman's luggage recovered 2238 and so is in charge of counting them. Oh, can I investigate a murder or something? How do you count that many ants? 2003, 2003. Ah, crap. They keep the bombing boss and get kind of twice to make sure it's accurate in test tubes and the rest in three rolls of soft tissue papers that are any one more weird crime for you. This one, this is something else. Headline is close. That stupid ad get off of my screen head priest of a piscopal church in Pittsburgh accused of stealing baseball cards from Walmart. Headline number one, evidently, they still sell baseball cards in stores. I didn't know that. I saw in Zednew. The head priest and dean of Trinity Episcopal Cathedral in downtown Pittsburgh is facing charges after being accused of stealing more than $1,000 in baseball cards from Walmart. The very Reverend Aiden Smith arrested just after leaving the store outside Pittsburgh.

46:00With 27 packs of baseball cards concealed under his clothing and in a cardboard box. According to court records, police responded to a call from Walmart security who told him, hey, this guy comes in and steals baseball cards and he's here again. Do you think he's going to steal some more and they watched him? Sure enough, security video shows he went right back to the baseball card display. That's almost a solo bunch. That's got almost got to be one of those. You're stealing for the thrill of it as opposed to the, you couldn't afford it, right? I can't, I have no idea, but it's always baseball cards with this guy. Is he some sort of arrested development case that he's trapped in his 11 year old unconsciousness or something? Nobody once who told me a story and I'd known them for a long time and wrote that they went through a period when they were in their 20s where they stole stuff for the thrill of it. I've never had that. I wouldn't, I wouldn't get an enjoyable thrill out of it, but that's what motivated them. No. They didn't need it. You steal stuff they didn't need or could easily afford it.

47:01Just it was the thrill. I get it. It's the same reason you ride your motorcycle fast or people mountain bike or whatever you want to feel on the edge, maybe get a mountain bike instead of stealing. Right. And there's not really a victim on those other examples you have. Are getting ants smuggling? At least at the end of the day, somebody's got a lovely ant colony. Okay. So they ask some and it's a lot of like college girls too. They ask them which scary or radical Muslims or Trump supporters basically is what they ask them. And just their answer. Oh my God. To kick off hour three, if you don't get to get the podcast, Armstrong and Getty on demand. Armstrong and Getty. No one knows what the future holds, but you deserve a weather app that can help. Weather bug is easy to use and provides forecasts for your every need. From storm warnings to pollen levels, write at your fingertips. Get the fastest local alerts and comprehensive 10-day forecasts wherever you are. It's hyper-local, real-time customizable alerts. Make sure the weather never takes you by surprise so you can plan every day with confidence.

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