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Speaker 1 (00:05):
You're listening to Charleston's Morning News on ninety four to
three WUSC.
Speaker 2 (00:11):
Now back to Kelly and Blaze. Chicago crime problem. Nothing
to see here.
Speaker 1 (00:17):
With a pending threat of National Guard troops arriving in
Chicago to address crime, the city is coming off of
a violent holiday weekend. Police report at least forty three
people were shot, with seven of them dead since Friday. Meanwhile,
Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson has signed an executive order establishing
the Protecting Chicago Initiative. The order demands that President Trump
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stand down from his threat to deploy National Guard personnel
to Chicago and affirms that the Chicago Police Department will
remain a locally controlled law enforcement agency. It also urges
federal law enforcement to follow city laws on policing or
face legal action.
Speaker 2 (00:55):
Now you've got residents there actually speaking out, and it's
quite the opposite of what the mayor is saying. The
residents deserve more, They deserve to feel safe. The crime
should not take over the city. The crime should not
make residents feel like they can't live everyday life.
Speaker 1 (01:10):
Now.
Speaker 2 (01:10):
That came from our TV partner, CBS News, and I
thought it was interesting because they were like it's mixed reaction,
you know, when their stand up with their news reporter,
it's like that's not mixed at all. Ladies said, I
want to be able to feel safe and live, you know,
in without fear.
Speaker 1 (01:26):
Well again they're mayor. I mean, think about this, the
Protecting Chicago initiative. So at least forty three people were shot,
some of them seven of them dead over the holiday weekend.
And those numbers probably went up because those numbers are
from I believe from Sunday.
Speaker 2 (01:45):
But they did go up, yeah, exatly.
Speaker 1 (01:47):
Yeah. So you have all of this crime, murder, all
of this going on in Chicago, and the mayor establishes
the Protecting Chicago Initiative, which is fighting back against people
that want to fight the crime.
Speaker 2 (02:06):
Who want to provide solutions, and he is part of
the problem. And you know, shame on the people of
Chicago if you ever vote for this man again. It's ridiculous.
And the number, by the way, is fifty four people
Fox and the five o'clock hours. Fifty four people were
shot this weekend in Chicago. They had two mass shootings,
one of them including a drive by which I think
(02:27):
you mentioned, injured like seven people right.
Speaker 1 (02:31):
Well, and and countless seven of them. Dad, I don't
know if that number went up either, but I mean
in Chicago. So this is what happens. And then the
mayor wants to protect Chicago from the mean, nasty Trump
administration who wants to make it safer for its residents.
Speaker 2 (02:52):
Well, then you have the governor JB. Pritzker, fatty pants
of saying, you know, oh, well, I'm okay with the
FBI and you know other three letter agencies, but don't
send in the guard What what are you talking about?
So this guy's talking out of both sides of his mouth.
Speaker 1 (03:10):
They don't know what they're talking about. And they've had
just about forever to solve this problem and they haven't.
And you know why because the Democrats are running things.
That's why. Because JB. Pritzker is a biased Democrat and
would rather get up there and see the residents of
Chicago and his states suffer than he would make a
tough decision. Same thing with this mayor. You know Lori Lightfoot.
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They got rid of her, and then now this guy
Lori Lightfoot looks like a genius compared to this guy.
Speaker 2 (03:41):
I don't need to laugh because you mentioned Lori Lightfoot's looks.
Speaker 1 (03:47):
Oh boy, well aside looking you know, like beetlejuice. Yeah, beetlejuice,
Thank you.
Speaker 2 (03:55):
I don't it's childish to talk about her looks, but
I can't help it. So this strange.
Speaker 1 (04:00):
Johnson said he has received information that the federal government
could send agents or even National Guard troops as early
as Friday.
Speaker 2 (04:07):
Well, and isn't it a JB. Prisker the fatty pants there,
governor of Illinois who said that he lives rint free
and Trump's had wasn't that him?
Speaker 1 (04:15):
Yes?
Speaker 2 (04:16):
What a nincompoop? And he's continuing with that over the weekend.
He said, Oh, the president is obsessed with, you know,
Democrat cities across America. You don't think that the president
has more to do, like keep us out of World
War three? In Russia? Who's popping off over here? Do
an opposite of what they said they were going to
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do after their sit down in Alaska. He's got other
things going on literally globally. Do you think he needs
to be cleaning up your cesspool of a city named
Boston or anywhere else? There's others on the list that
Christy Noman others talked about over the weekend that could
be next.
Speaker 1 (04:56):
Well, I mean they live in some kind of ultimate universe,
infinite universe.
Speaker 2 (05:02):
I can't, I really can't wrap my head around that.
The idea that this guy's ego is so huge, which
is bigger his ego or his waistline, that he thinks
he lives rent free and Trump's head, and that Trump
is obsessed with Democrat cities across America, Well.
Speaker 1 (05:17):
That's how they want to frame it. Agavin Newsom has
been acting that way too.
Speaker 2 (05:21):
Oh God, there's another one.
Speaker 1 (05:22):
Thinking that he's trolling Trump.
Speaker 2 (05:24):
Grewsome Newsom who thinks he's Batman.
Speaker 1 (05:27):
With all of his merch and all of that.
Speaker 2 (05:31):
That I still can't with their merchandising of Uh, it
just makes me think of whoever sent who was trolling.
Was it somebody from the Trump administration or like a
spox or whatever sent Newsom of twenty twenty what was
it twenty twenty six? Hat Trump red Maga hat And
(05:52):
he was like, look it was last week. Look he
thinks he's a dictator. He's gonna be able to remain
in power. Yeah, it's like, good lord, dude, you're pathetic.
Speaker 1 (06:01):
Well, and everywhere has a crime problem and unless you
fight the crime, then it's going to continue. And it's
going to not only continue, but it's going to get worse.
Speaker 2 (06:09):
Well, it's going to affect everything. Crime effects quality of
life and effact. Look what it did to DC when
it literally like first weekend that you know, the streets
were clear of you know all this, you know, potential
crime in the area. Restaurants are like, wow, we've finally
seen bookings. People are walking around at night. I mean,
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it changes everything.
Speaker 1 (06:31):
Well, this isn't at the level of shootings or murder,
but even here, they were going through the cars over
the weekend and and I had two unlocked cars in
the driveway, uh oh, for two different reasons. But there
was a reason they were unlocked before anybody wants to
criticize me too, And there was nothing in there, but
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you know, both of them had you know, everything strewn about,
the glove box, the councils open, all that, so somebody
was in the cars. And you know, it's not the
first time. So anyway, you have these petty little crimes
going on all over the place, and we're not immune
here in the low country, and nobody's immune, so you
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have to fight back with you know, some sort of
police force, and by force I mean the actual police force.
Speaker 2 (07:23):
Not presence.
Speaker 1 (07:24):
Yeah, well, not given beatdowns on the street, although I
wouldn't be against that as long as.
Speaker 2 (07:30):
You're not the one or the other and the other
end of that fest baton whatever.
Speaker 1 (07:35):
Well, I'm just saying, you catch somebody breaking into a car,
I have no problem with, you know, kicking there behind.
Speaker 2 (07:41):
But well, didn't you hear though, blaze crime is down?
Of course I'm being facetious.
Speaker 1 (07:45):
Good Tuesday morning to you. Have you been experiencing the
infinite workday? Maybe you experienced it over the labor day weekend.
Experts are warning us workers of the infinite workday trend.
Infinite workday happens after the work day ends, when many
of us are still tied to emails, calls, and tasks.
It leaves people with the feeling that they're never off
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the clock. The University of Virginia researchers says it all
starts with the belief that we can multitask. He warns
that we don't have infinite capacity to think about multiple things,
and working around the clock can lead to job burnout
and fatigue. Employees are reminded to prioritize downtime and to
take yourself off of autopilot. In other words, take yourself
(08:30):
off the clock.
Speaker 2 (08:31):
Good luck with that. I find a younger generation does
a better job of protecting their off the clock time
as a Gen X or I have a hard time
with that.
Speaker 1 (08:42):
Well, and somebody has to pick up the slack.
Speaker 2 (08:45):
And I, you know, being electronically tethered is I don't
know how to to be honest, Like, when the time
pops up on how long I've spent on my do
you have that where it gives you notification of how
long you've been on your smartphone in a week or
a day. I don't know if it does daily averages
or what, but it's horrifying to me, and I'm like,
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how do I stop this? This is terrible for my
quality alive?
Speaker 1 (09:11):
Well, I mean, you know this research says that it's
you know that you have to take yourself off a
autopilot and you can't multitask and you can't do the Well,
somebody tell your.
Speaker 2 (09:20):
Employer that, exactly how do you set these boundaries? Though?
I mean I was I was actually impressed, but then
I was kind of like, I'm not sure how this
is going to turn out for you. The first time
I ever came across you know, a younger coworker that
was like, oh no, I don't you know. I don't
do this, I don't do that. I don't return da
(09:41):
da da da da. And I'm like, whoa. It was
like a foreign concept to me, Like, well, you have to.
Speaker 1 (09:48):
Set some boundaries and you know, and maybe you're successful
in that or maybe not, and then maybe you need
to find a place that will cooperate with you setting
your boundaries. They're demanding otherwise. Right.
Speaker 2 (10:02):
There are some things that I notice electronics are doing. Like,
for example, if you're driving your car, I notice that,
you know, people have bounce back messages that'll say, Hey,
I'm driving right now, but when I'm stopped, I'll get
back to you. Same thing with your emails. You can
set your at least on ours, what do we use Microsoft,
I'll look yeah, and it'll say when you're in office
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and when you're not. Now does that stop people from
sending you, hey I need this right away emails after
you're not in the office. No, not in my instance,
it doesn't.
Speaker 1 (10:36):
No, they don't. And you know, and there's I think
a lot of us were raised with a work ethic,
and it's just not in our nature to ignore something
that needs immediate attention. So they can say all they
want that we need to turn off autopilot, but easier
said than done.
Speaker 2 (10:53):
True. Should we be worried about the economy?
Speaker 1 (10:56):
Consumer sentiment fell in August? Done worries about the economy?
Your University of Michigan's final reading for the month slipped
about six percent from July. The decline was noted across
all age and income groups, as inflation expectations rose for
the year ahead. The survey's chief economists said buying conditions
for durable goods dropped to their lowest level in a
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year due to growing concerns about high prices.
Speaker 2 (11:20):
Now, who are we supposed to believe on this? I
actually got a release from the White House on Labor
Day saying that President Trump's taming inflation and sparking wage
growth and making life more affordable again. And they talked
about wages for blue collar Americans that were up. While
we'd all love to hear more than one point four percent,
it's still on the rising end of things over last year.
(11:43):
And this is his first seven months as president, in
his second term.
Speaker 1 (11:48):
Yeah, Well, this particular story is month over month.
Speaker 2 (11:52):
Well, I mean, they went down twenty six straight months
under Biden in real wages and they're talking about increasing
under every month since President Trump took office. The real
median weekly earnings, they even broke that down highest level
since President Trump's first term. So who are we to
believe here? This Michigan University of Michigan's out, you know,
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take on this or looking at the actual numbers that
are released from you know, the Trump administration in the
White House. They even say inflations on track at just
one point nine percent since President Trump took office, low
and stable.
Speaker 1 (12:30):
Well, I wouldn't blame the University of Michigan. It's the people.
It's their sentiment, it's how they feel about it.
Speaker 2 (12:36):
Well, then this administration isn't talking enough. I think about
the positives.
Speaker 1 (12:40):
Well, they can talk all they want, but if you're
hurting when you go to the store, I mean, come on,
look at it, can you Is it getting cheaper or
is it still getting more expensive?
Speaker 2 (12:50):
Depends on what you buy now, it.
Speaker 1 (12:53):
Doesn't depend on what When you on your trip to
the store, do you feel like you're spending more or
less or the same.
Speaker 2 (12:58):
Well it's been that way. I've you know, I've been
getting decreasing bags when I leave that costs more for
quite some time.
Speaker 1 (13:06):
Now, well, there you go.
Speaker 2 (13:07):
But you know the price of eggs is down.
Speaker 1 (13:11):
I mean, well, you can say the price of eggs
are down, and that wages are up, and you can
say all these other things. But if you're hurting when
you go to the store and when you're looking at oh,
I have to replace whatever it may be, and it's
the cost is astronomical and everything seems to be getting
more expensive, and your paycheck asn't risen. Have you gotten
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a raise?
Speaker 2 (13:33):
Are you asking me this?
Speaker 1 (13:34):
Yeah? I mean have you so? You know? So this
is not across the board where you know we're incomes
are up and you know wages are up and prices
are down.
Speaker 2 (13:49):
I mean no, well it's not level. If you're getting
say a one point four percent increase, which is what
they're saying here with blue collar workers, that's not going
to help when you're at the grocery store facing astronomically
high prices on things that haven't you know, come down
in ways pre COVID like we'd like to see. But
look at gas prices. They're the lowest they'vement in five years.
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Has that affected the amount of people who went somewhere
for Labor Day? I mean, I'll be honest, I traveled
for Labor Day and I couldn't believe that I wasn't
in more traffic, To be honest, I was shocked.
Speaker 1 (14:22):
Well, the thing is, you can use all these numbers,
you know, any which way you want. But that's how
these these numbers work, is like, you know what somebody
could have gotten whatever? What did you say at one point?
Speaker 2 (14:35):
Yeah, they think one point four percent?
Speaker 1 (14:37):
All right, So you know, you could be at somebody
got a three percent raise and somebody got a zero
percent raise, and that averages to one point five percent. Uh,
you know wage increase, well only for half the people
if there's two of them, right, And so all these
numbers you can say whatever you want, but people are
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feeling the heat still.
Speaker 2 (15:00):
I mean, but where are you pointing your iyre? I mean,
the Trump administration first go round was better than the
last four years, and this second two point oh Trump
administration is doing better than even they did in the
first term. So I mean had a more Well, it's.
Speaker 1 (15:16):
Not going to change anybody's mind when they go to
the store again.
Speaker 2 (15:20):
I said, point, you're ire in the right direction. It's
not this administration so much as the previous four years
and of course a COVID shutdown and all these other things.
Speaker 1 (15:29):
Nobody said it was this administration.
Speaker 2 (15:31):
So well, there are a lot of people who are
mad that the president isn't you know, that things aren't
coming down fast enough. May we hear this?
Speaker 1 (15:40):
Well, I mean this is all about consumer sentiment, and
consumers are afraid for a bunch of different reasons. You know,
buying conditions for durable goods dropped to their lowest level
in a year due to growing concerns about high prices.
Speaker 2 (15:55):
Well, I get it, when you're hurting and for a
pro tracted and prolonged amount of time you got to
do something, You got to cut back somewhere. But for
how long? I understand the frustration. I live it myself.
Speaker 1 (16:08):
Well, you can only cut back on so many things
before you know you don't have anything to cut back
on anymore. And then what happens? President Trump's demanding drug
companies justify the success of their COVID nineteen drugs. Trump
wrote on truth Social on Monday that many people think
they are a miracle that saved millions of lives, but
that others disagree. He goes on to say that with
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the CDC being ripped apart over this question, he wants
the answer now that President fired the CDC director last
week following reports she had clashed with HHS Secretary Robert F.
Kennedy Junior over vaccines, I'm.
Speaker 2 (16:46):
Glad to hear that he's actually asking for this, and
there should be no surprise that the CDC director was
going to clash with MAHA making America healthy again, and
the fact that he made no bounds about questions that
he had about the COVID vaccine with RFK Junior.
Speaker 1 (17:02):
Well, RFK Junior wants all of the research published and
made available to the public and says let the public
decide after they have all of the after they were
armed with all the information. Great, instead of relying on
so called experts.
Speaker 2 (17:18):
Makes me think it Dotor Fauci, Well, of course.
Speaker 1 (17:22):
I mean that comes to mind after the whole COVID ordeal.
Everything that doctor Fauci said and then came back and
recanted and said, well he said it because you know, uh,
because he was worried about the supply of Ppe and
he was worried about this or that, and I mean,
what a liar?
Speaker 2 (17:41):
I mean, awful?
Speaker 1 (17:42):
Why not tell the truth?
Speaker 2 (17:45):
Well, hopefully we get to the truth, and hopefully it
exposes and explains you know, some of the vaccine injuries
people are experiencing, the spike that you're seeing, and whether
it's blood cancers or clots or myocarditis and art problems.
I mean, there are a lot of people who are
vaccine injured out here that you know, feel like they
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haven't been heard enough. So maybe this will shine some
more light on it.
Speaker 1 (18:11):
Well, we need the truth on that too, and so
all of it needs to come out in the laundry
and then you know, and then people can decide for
themselves who's been lying, who's been telling the truth, and
whose advice you want to follow ultimately, And.
Speaker 2 (18:27):
I just I can't imagine where the pushback would be
on this. I often, you know, look at these stories
and I think, Okay, now, how is this going to
be spun and how could you want to push back
on getting the facts?
Speaker 1 (18:40):
Well, I mean it's going to be spun, and you
can push back on it, say using Texas in the measles.
The recent measles outbreak in Texas where it originated in
you know, communities that were more likely to be unvaccinated.
Speaker 2 (18:58):
Yeah, they're blaming it on like homeschool parents and stuff.
It's ridiculous, well is it. I mean, the facts, at
least statistics that I've read, doesn't prove prove to be
the case that that's you know, but it blew up
on the Internet and there was a bunch of social
drama on a lot of people attacking people on social
media and you know, oh gosh, had the whole homeschool
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and unvaxed crowd when it comes to children child vaccination.
It may it just stirred up all kinds of conversations.
Speaker 1 (19:29):
Yeah, I mean, I don't know if it can be
directly attributed to homeschoolers, but the point being is that
it originated where they were resisting vaccinations for it, and
then all of a sudden you have this widespread mus
LA outbreak. So that's how they're going to push back,
And that's the danger of people like doctor Fauci lying
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to us and eroting that trust to begin with, because
ultimately you get to the point where you don't trust
what they have to say and maybe you don't take
the vaccine or give the vaccine to your children when
you should have because you have even a healthy distrust
of what they had to say, because they've lied to
you in the past. So it's a conundrum. As they say,
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Speaker 2 (00:11):
Now back to Kelly and Blaze. Chicago crime problem. Nothing
to see here.
Speaker 1 (00:17):
With a pending threat of National Guard troops arriving in
Chicago to address crime, the city is coming off of
a violent holiday weekend. Police report at least forty three
people were shot, with seven of them dead since Friday. Meanwhile,
Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson has signed an executive order establishing
the Protecting Chicago Initiative. The order demands that President Trump
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stand down from his threat to deploy National Guard personnel
to Chicago and affirms that the Chicago Police Department will
remain a locally controlled law enforcement agency. It also urges
federal law enforcement to follow city laws on policing or
face legal action.
Speaker 2 (00:55):
Now you've got residents there actually speaking out, and it's
quite the opposite of what the mayor is saying. The
residents deserve more, They deserve to feel safe. The crime
should not take over the city. The crime should not
make residents feel like they can't live everyday life.
Speaker 1 (01:10):
Now.
Speaker 2 (01:10):
That came from our TV partner, CBS News, and I
thought it was interesting because they were like it's mixed reaction,
you know, when their stand up with their news reporter,
it's like that's not mixed at all. Ladies said, I
want to be able to feel safe and live, you know,
in without fear.
Speaker 1 (01:26):
Well again they're mayor. I mean, think about this, the
Protecting Chicago initiative. So at least forty three people were shot,
some of them seven of them dead over the holiday weekend.
And those numbers probably went up because those numbers are
from I believe from Sunday.
Speaker 2 (01:45):
But they did go up, yeah, exatly.
Speaker 1 (01:47):
Yeah. So you have all of this crime, murder, all
of this going on in Chicago, and the mayor establishes
the Protecting Chicago Initiative, which is fighting back against people
that want to fight the crime.
Speaker 2 (02:06):
Who want to provide solutions, and he is part of
the problem. And you know, shame on the people of
Chicago if you ever vote for this man again. It's ridiculous.
And the number, by the way, is fifty four people
Fox and the five o'clock hours. Fifty four people were
shot this weekend in Chicago. They had two mass shootings,
one of them including a drive by which I think
(02:27):
you mentioned, injured like seven people right.
Speaker 1 (02:31):
Well, and and countless seven of them. Dad, I don't
know if that number went up either, but I mean
in Chicago. So this is what happens. And then the
mayor wants to protect Chicago from the mean, nasty Trump
administration who wants to make it safer for its residents.
Speaker 2 (02:52):
Well, then you have the governor JB. Pritzker, fatty pants
of saying, you know, oh, well, I'm okay with the
FBI and you know other three letter agencies, but don't
send in the guard What what are you talking about?
So this guy's talking out of both sides of his mouth.
Speaker 1 (03:10):
They don't know what they're talking about. And they've had
just about forever to solve this problem and they haven't.
And you know why because the Democrats are running things.
That's why. Because JB. Pritzker is a biased Democrat and
would rather get up there and see the residents of
Chicago and his states suffer than he would make a
tough decision. Same thing with this mayor. You know Lori Lightfoot.
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They got rid of her, and then now this guy
Lori Lightfoot looks like a genius compared to this guy.
Speaker 2 (03:41):
I don't need to laugh because you mentioned Lori Lightfoot's looks.
Speaker 1 (03:47):
Oh boy, well aside looking you know, like beetlejuice. Yeah, beetlejuice,
Thank you.
Speaker 2 (03:55):
I don't it's childish to talk about her looks, but
I can't help it. So this strange.
Speaker 1 (04:00):
Johnson said he has received information that the federal government
could send agents or even National Guard troops as early
as Friday.
Speaker 2 (04:07):
Well, and isn't it a JB. Prisker the fatty pants there,
governor of Illinois who said that he lives rint free
and Trump's had wasn't that him?
Speaker 1 (04:15):
Yes?
Speaker 2 (04:16):
What a nincompoop? And he's continuing with that over the weekend.
He said, Oh, the president is obsessed with, you know,
Democrat cities across America. You don't think that the president
has more to do, like keep us out of World
War three? In Russia? Who's popping off over here? Do
an opposite of what they said they were going to
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do after their sit down in Alaska. He's got other
things going on literally globally. Do you think he needs
to be cleaning up your cesspool of a city named
Boston or anywhere else? There's others on the list that
Christy Noman others talked about over the weekend that could
be next.
Speaker 1 (04:56):
Well, I mean they live in some kind of ultimate universe,
infinite universe.
Speaker 2 (05:02):
I can't, I really can't wrap my head around that.
The idea that this guy's ego is so huge, which
is bigger his ego or his waistline, that he thinks
he lives rent free and Trump's head, and that Trump
is obsessed with Democrat cities across America, Well.
Speaker 1 (05:17):
That's how they want to frame it. Agavin Newsom has
been acting that way too.
Speaker 2 (05:21):
Oh God, there's another one.
Speaker 1 (05:22):
Thinking that he's trolling Trump.
Speaker 2 (05:24):
Grewsome Newsom who thinks he's Batman.
Speaker 1 (05:27):
With all of his merch and all of that.
Speaker 2 (05:31):
That I still can't with their merchandising of Uh, it
just makes me think of whoever sent who was trolling.
Was it somebody from the Trump administration or like a
spox or whatever sent Newsom of twenty twenty what was
it twenty twenty six? Hat Trump red Maga hat And
(05:52):
he was like, look it was last week. Look he
thinks he's a dictator. He's gonna be able to remain
in power. Yeah, it's like, good lord, dude, you're pathetic.
Speaker 1 (06:01):
Well, and everywhere has a crime problem and unless you
fight the crime, then it's going to continue. And it's
going to not only continue, but it's going to get worse.
Speaker 2 (06:09):
Well, it's going to affect everything. Crime effects quality of
life and effact. Look what it did to DC when
it literally like first weekend that you know, the streets
were clear of you know all this, you know, potential
crime in the area. Restaurants are like, wow, we've finally
seen bookings. People are walking around at night. I mean,
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it changes everything.
Speaker 1 (06:31):
Well, this isn't at the level of shootings or murder,
but even here, they were going through the cars over
the weekend and and I had two unlocked cars in
the driveway, uh oh, for two different reasons. But there
was a reason they were unlocked before anybody wants to
criticize me too, And there was nothing in there, but
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you know, both of them had you know, everything strewn about,
the glove box, the councils open, all that, so somebody
was in the cars. And you know, it's not the
first time. So anyway, you have these petty little crimes
going on all over the place, and we're not immune
here in the low country, and nobody's immune, so you
(07:14):
have to fight back with you know, some sort of
police force, and by force I mean the actual police force.
Speaker 2 (07:23):
Not presence.
Speaker 1 (07:24):
Yeah, well, not given beatdowns on the street, although I
wouldn't be against that as long as.
Speaker 2 (07:30):
You're not the one or the other and the other
end of that fest baton whatever.
Speaker 1 (07:35):
Well, I'm just saying, you catch somebody breaking into a car,
I have no problem with, you know, kicking there behind.
Speaker 2 (07:41):
But well, didn't you hear though, blaze crime is down?
Of course I'm being facetious.
Speaker 1 (07:45):
Good Tuesday morning to you. Have you been experiencing the
infinite workday? Maybe you experienced it over the labor day weekend.
Experts are warning us workers of the infinite workday trend.
Infinite workday happens after the work day ends, when many
of us are still tied to emails, calls, and tasks.
It leaves people with the feeling that they're never off
(08:07):
the clock. The University of Virginia researchers says it all
starts with the belief that we can multitask. He warns
that we don't have infinite capacity to think about multiple things,
and working around the clock can lead to job burnout
and fatigue. Employees are reminded to prioritize downtime and to
take yourself off of autopilot. In other words, take yourself
(08:30):
off the clock.
Speaker 2 (08:31):
Good luck with that. I find a younger generation does
a better job of protecting their off the clock time
as a Gen X or I have a hard time
with that.
Speaker 1 (08:42):
Well, and somebody has to pick up the slack.
Speaker 2 (08:45):
And I, you know, being electronically tethered is I don't
know how to to be honest, Like, when the time
pops up on how long I've spent on my do
you have that where it gives you notification of how
long you've been on your smartphone in a week or
a day. I don't know if it does daily averages
or what, but it's horrifying to me, and I'm like,
(09:06):
how do I stop this? This is terrible for my
quality alive?
Speaker 1 (09:11):
Well, I mean, you know this research says that it's
you know that you have to take yourself off a
autopilot and you can't multitask and you can't do the Well,
somebody tell your.
Speaker 2 (09:20):
Employer that, exactly how do you set these boundaries? Though?
I mean I was I was actually impressed, but then
I was kind of like, I'm not sure how this
is going to turn out for you. The first time
I ever came across you know, a younger coworker that
was like, oh no, I don't you know. I don't
do this, I don't do that. I don't return da
(09:41):
da da da da. And I'm like, whoa. It was
like a foreign concept to me, Like, well, you have to.
Speaker 1 (09:48):
Set some boundaries and you know, and maybe you're successful
in that or maybe not, and then maybe you need
to find a place that will cooperate with you setting
your boundaries. They're demanding otherwise. Right.
Speaker 2 (10:02):
There are some things that I notice electronics are doing. Like,
for example, if you're driving your car, I notice that,
you know, people have bounce back messages that'll say, Hey,
I'm driving right now, but when I'm stopped, I'll get
back to you. Same thing with your emails. You can
set your at least on ours, what do we use Microsoft,
I'll look yeah, and it'll say when you're in office
(10:25):
and when you're not. Now does that stop people from
sending you, hey I need this right away emails after
you're not in the office. No, not in my instance,
it doesn't.
Speaker 1 (10:36):
No, they don't. And you know, and there's I think
a lot of us were raised with a work ethic,
and it's just not in our nature to ignore something
that needs immediate attention. So they can say all they
want that we need to turn off autopilot, but easier
said than done.
Speaker 2 (10:53):
True. Should we be worried about the economy?
Speaker 1 (10:56):
Consumer sentiment fell in August? Done worries about the economy?
Your University of Michigan's final reading for the month slipped
about six percent from July. The decline was noted across
all age and income groups, as inflation expectations rose for
the year ahead. The survey's chief economists said buying conditions
for durable goods dropped to their lowest level in a
(11:16):
year due to growing concerns about high prices.
Speaker 2 (11:20):
Now, who are we supposed to believe on this? I
actually got a release from the White House on Labor
Day saying that President Trump's taming inflation and sparking wage
growth and making life more affordable again. And they talked
about wages for blue collar Americans that were up. While
we'd all love to hear more than one point four percent,
it's still on the rising end of things over last year.
(11:43):
And this is his first seven months as president, in
his second term.
Speaker 1 (11:48):
Yeah, Well, this particular story is month over month.
Speaker 2 (11:52):
Well, I mean, they went down twenty six straight months
under Biden in real wages and they're talking about increasing
under every month since President Trump took office. The real
median weekly earnings, they even broke that down highest level
since President Trump's first term. So who are we to
believe here? This Michigan University of Michigan's out, you know,
(12:17):
take on this or looking at the actual numbers that
are released from you know, the Trump administration in the
White House. They even say inflations on track at just
one point nine percent since President Trump took office, low
and stable.
Speaker 1 (12:30):
Well, I wouldn't blame the University of Michigan. It's the people.
It's their sentiment, it's how they feel about it.
Speaker 2 (12:36):
Well, then this administration isn't talking enough. I think about
the positives.
Speaker 1 (12:40):
Well, they can talk all they want, but if you're
hurting when you go to the store, I mean, come on,
look at it, can you Is it getting cheaper or
is it still getting more expensive?
Speaker 2 (12:50):
Depends on what you buy now, it.
Speaker 1 (12:53):
Doesn't depend on what When you on your trip to
the store, do you feel like you're spending more or
less or the same.
Speaker 2 (12:58):
Well it's been that way. I've you know, I've been
getting decreasing bags when I leave that costs more for
quite some time.
Speaker 1 (13:06):
Now, well, there you go.
Speaker 2 (13:07):
But you know the price of eggs is down.
Speaker 1 (13:11):
I mean, well, you can say the price of eggs
are down, and that wages are up, and you can
say all these other things. But if you're hurting when
you go to the store and when you're looking at oh,
I have to replace whatever it may be, and it's
the cost is astronomical and everything seems to be getting
more expensive, and your paycheck asn't risen. Have you gotten
(13:31):
a raise?
Speaker 2 (13:33):
Are you asking me this?
Speaker 1 (13:34):
Yeah? I mean have you so? You know? So this
is not across the board where you know we're incomes
are up and you know wages are up and prices
are down.
Speaker 2 (13:49):
I mean no, well it's not level. If you're getting
say a one point four percent increase, which is what
they're saying here with blue collar workers, that's not going
to help when you're at the grocery store facing astronomically
high prices on things that haven't you know, come down
in ways pre COVID like we'd like to see. But
look at gas prices. They're the lowest they'vement in five years.
(14:10):
Has that affected the amount of people who went somewhere
for Labor Day? I mean, I'll be honest, I traveled
for Labor Day and I couldn't believe that I wasn't
in more traffic, To be honest, I was shocked.
Speaker 1 (14:22):
Well, the thing is, you can use all these numbers,
you know, any which way you want. But that's how
these these numbers work, is like, you know what somebody
could have gotten whatever? What did you say at one point?
Speaker 2 (14:35):
Yeah, they think one point four percent?
Speaker 1 (14:37):
All right, So you know, you could be at somebody
got a three percent raise and somebody got a zero
percent raise, and that averages to one point five percent. Uh,
you know wage increase, well only for half the people
if there's two of them, right, And so all these
numbers you can say whatever you want, but people are
(14:58):
feeling the heat still.
Speaker 2 (15:00):
I mean, but where are you pointing your iyre? I mean,
the Trump administration first go round was better than the
last four years, and this second two point oh Trump
administration is doing better than even they did in the
first term. So I mean had a more Well, it's.
Speaker 1 (15:16):
Not going to change anybody's mind when they go to
the store again.
Speaker 2 (15:20):
I said, point, you're ire in the right direction. It's
not this administration so much as the previous four years
and of course a COVID shutdown and all these other things.
Speaker 1 (15:29):
Nobody said it was this administration.
Speaker 2 (15:31):
So well, there are a lot of people who are
mad that the president isn't you know, that things aren't
coming down fast enough. May we hear this?
Speaker 1 (15:40):
Well, I mean this is all about consumer sentiment, and
consumers are afraid for a bunch of different reasons. You know,
buying conditions for durable goods dropped to their lowest level
in a year due to growing concerns about high prices.
Speaker 2 (15:55):
Well, I get it, when you're hurting and for a
pro tracted and prolonged amount of time you got to
do something, You got to cut back somewhere. But for
how long? I understand the frustration. I live it myself.
Speaker 1 (16:08):
Well, you can only cut back on so many things
before you know you don't have anything to cut back
on anymore. And then what happens? President Trump's demanding drug
companies justify the success of their COVID nineteen drugs. Trump
wrote on truth Social on Monday that many people think
they are a miracle that saved millions of lives, but
that others disagree. He goes on to say that with
(16:30):
the CDC being ripped apart over this question, he wants
the answer now that President fired the CDC director last
week following reports she had clashed with HHS Secretary Robert F.
Kennedy Junior over vaccines, I'm.
Speaker 2 (16:46):
Glad to hear that he's actually asking for this, and
there should be no surprise that the CDC director was
going to clash with MAHA making America healthy again, and
the fact that he made no bounds about questions that
he had about the COVID vaccine with RFK Junior.
Speaker 1 (17:02):
Well, RFK Junior wants all of the research published and
made available to the public and says let the public
decide after they have all of the after they were
armed with all the information. Great, instead of relying on
so called experts.
Speaker 2 (17:18):
Makes me think it Dotor Fauci, Well, of course.
Speaker 1 (17:22):
I mean that comes to mind after the whole COVID ordeal.
Everything that doctor Fauci said and then came back and
recanted and said, well he said it because you know, uh,
because he was worried about the supply of Ppe and
he was worried about this or that, and I mean,
what a liar?
Speaker 2 (17:41):
I mean, awful?
Speaker 1 (17:42):
Why not tell the truth?
Speaker 2 (17:45):
Well, hopefully we get to the truth, and hopefully it
exposes and explains you know, some of the vaccine injuries
people are experiencing, the spike that you're seeing, and whether
it's blood cancers or clots or myocarditis and art problems.
I mean, there are a lot of people who are
vaccine injured out here that you know, feel like they
(18:06):
haven't been heard enough. So maybe this will shine some
more light on it.
Speaker 1 (18:11):
Well, we need the truth on that too, and so
all of it needs to come out in the laundry
and then you know, and then people can decide for
themselves who's been lying, who's been telling the truth, and
whose advice you want to follow ultimately, And.
Speaker 2 (18:27):
I just I can't imagine where the pushback would be
on this. I often, you know, look at these stories
and I think, Okay, now, how is this going to
be spun and how could you want to push back
on getting the facts?
Speaker 1 (18:40):
Well, I mean it's going to be spun, and you
can push back on it, say using Texas in the measles.
The recent measles outbreak in Texas where it originated in
you know, communities that were more likely to be unvaccinated.
Speaker 2 (18:58):
Yeah, they're blaming it on like homeschool parents and stuff.
It's ridiculous, well is it. I mean, the facts, at
least statistics that I've read, doesn't prove prove to be
the case that that's you know, but it blew up
on the Internet and there was a bunch of social
drama on a lot of people attacking people on social
media and you know, oh gosh, had the whole homeschool
(19:21):
and unvaxed crowd when it comes to children child vaccination.
It may it just stirred up all kinds of conversations.
Speaker 1 (19:29):
Yeah, I mean, I don't know if it can be
directly attributed to homeschoolers, but the point being is that
it originated where they were resisting vaccinations for it, and
then all of a sudden you have this widespread mus
LA outbreak. So that's how they're going to push back,
And that's the danger of people like doctor Fauci lying
(19:52):
to us and eroting that trust to begin with, because
ultimately you get to the point where you don't trust
what they have to say and maybe you don't take
the vaccine or give the vaccine to your children when
you should have because you have even a healthy distrust
of what they had to say, because they've lied to
you in the past. So it's a conundrum. As they say,
(20:16):
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