November 7, 2025 • 22 mins
(November 07, 2025)
Up to 1,800 flights a day could be disrupted by airport cuts; California to be hit hard. Trump skips global climate summit in Brazil. Health issues could prevent immigrants from getting visas. The Sierra Club Embraced Social Justice. Then It Tore Itself Apart.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
You're listen Saints K I am six forty the bill
handles show on demand on the iheartradiop.
Speaker 2 (00:10):
I am six forty bill handle.
Speaker 3 (00:12):
Here.
Speaker 1 (00:13):
It is a Friday morning, November the seventh. Quick reminder
that tomorrow Neil and I are broadcasting his show live
from the Wild Fork Store in Laguna Neguel, the purveyor
of some phenomenal meets, and they are going to be
supplying the meets for our thanks grilling which takes place
(00:36):
tomorrow afternoon, and inviting you there. They'll be samples galore,
I mean, Siria samples. Chefs will be there, Zelman's will
be there. We have some great giveaways that I was
talking to Leslie, who is the account executive running this thing,
and I'd love to see you there. Great fun and
we will take pictures and Neil has said he will
(01:00):
wear shorts and you will be able to see the
just very typical of his Okay, all.
Speaker 3 (01:07):
Right, all right, all right, moving on little after your
handsy you know, yes experiment, Yeah, yeah, my incident with
my previous guest.
Speaker 1 (01:19):
Not quite and you have to listen to the opening
of the show in order to get that one. All right,
Today starts the delays and cancellations of flights four percent
of the flights, moving up to ten percent of the delays.
And five California airports out of the forty five or
are in California Lax, San Francisco, San Diego, Ontario, Oakland
(01:48):
just among the airports that are targeted for cuts. And
we're looking at at this point even now, thousands of flights.
So what is going on, Well, this course has to
do with the shutdown. The government will shutdown, which is
now what day thirty eight, which is the longest shutdown
of our government in the history of the United States.
(02:10):
Because Congress has to vote itself the ability to keep
on doing business, and if it does not come to
a budget which has to be signed by the president
and both sides of the aisle have to agree, the
government just shuts down except for certain exemptions. Now, one
of the more fun exemptions are the air traffic controllers.
(02:32):
And you think you can't try flying in the United
States without an air traffic controller or any place.
Speaker 2 (02:38):
They have to continue working, but they don't.
Speaker 1 (02:41):
Get paid, and so they are taking side jobs and
so many of them are calling in sick. I mean,
there are thousands of air traffic controllers out there. I
think the number is fourteen thousand that work for the government,
and they have been working now without paid. Keep in mind,
the controller is considered, I think, the most stressful job
(03:03):
that exists in the United States or anywhere. I mean,
they have people's lives, and I mean the focus has
to be in so intense you missfocused for a moment,
and people's lives are at stake. So one of the
things they didn't have to worry about is putting food
on the table. It's reasonably well paid position. It's a
government position, a lot of benefits, and can you imagine
(03:27):
going to work and knowing you're not going to have
enough money to put food on the table, which is
why food banks have exploded.
Speaker 2 (03:35):
And we are in a world of hurt.
Speaker 1 (03:37):
And it's not that the other employees aren't affected, but
the janitors that clean up the federal buildings. Of course
they should get paid and they're not. But when a
janitor sweeps the floor, it's not three hundred people's lives
at stake at any given moment. And that's what's going on.
And we are now talking about the shutdown is to continue.
(03:59):
It was they were actually talking this week the Republicans
the Democrats. Democrats were talking this week about coming to
an agreement with the budget, and both sides are adamant
about their position. Won the Republicans, which is a perfectly
reasonable position. They're coming up with, Hey, let's just keep
the government going for God's sake. We'll talk about the
other issues. We just have to fund the government. And
(04:21):
the Democrats are saying, nope, we're not going to fund
the government until we deal with and you agree that
the expansion of Obamacare that was given to twenty somethingter
million Americans, which is sunsetting at the end of this year,
that that continues on basically forever. It's like you get
(04:41):
a job raise and it's only going to be for
six months. And at the end of six months they go, okay,
we're going to cut back what you don't think that way,
and certainly you take it to the level of food stamps.
Speaker 2 (04:55):
Gee, I'm able to buy my kids more.
Speaker 1 (04:58):
Than pasta at the end of the at the end
of the month, and all of a sudden, that's taken away,
And to the Democrats, that's a make or break. To
the Democrats, the bottom line is you don't let twenty
million people in this country not have enough food. A
country as wealthy as we are, allowing this many people
to go country to go hungry is a shanda. It
(05:19):
is a shame beyond a shame.
Speaker 2 (05:21):
So there it is. Those are the two.
Speaker 1 (05:24):
And the Republicans are getting most of the blame, not
the Democrats. And it's the Republicans that are arguing, let's
keep this government alive, let's keep it going. People have
to get paid, they have to eat, and the Democrats
are saying, nope, not until we figure out what we're
going to do with this insurance, a medical insurance, because
(05:44):
we are at a crossroads where people are going to
have their premiums doubled under Obamacare in certain cases.
Speaker 2 (05:52):
So there it is.
Speaker 1 (05:53):
It's a fundamental philosophical difference. The Trump administration feels in money,
money is better spent on enforcement of the borders, better
spent on our defense defenses internationally, our army, our Navy,
Air force, redoing the entire navy, and that is more
(06:15):
important to them than social programs. It's that simple. And
Democrats go the other way. And there is the rub,
there's the impasse. Is it going to be figured out?
And they're going to come to some kind of compromise.
I mean, I mean it's impossible to keep on going.
At what point does an air traffic controller simply stop
coming to work month two, month three and not get paid.
(06:41):
It becomes impossible, all right. There is a global summit,
the cop Global Climate Conference, which happens every year. This
one happens to be in Baileem, Brazil, which is in
the northern Prodate of Brazil, and Balim is very interesting.
I should tell you about it sometime, but I don't
have time. So say I tease this stuff, and yeah,
(07:02):
you're left wanting. And so guess who is going and
who is not going. Well, no surprise that President Trump
wants no part of a global climate summit. He does
not believe, number one, that there is such thing as
climate change, and he wants nothing to do if there
is dealing with it. He just doesn't believe in it.
(07:23):
He thinks fossil fuels are the wave of the future,
and electrification and alternative energies don't really mix as.
Speaker 2 (07:32):
Far as he's concerned.
Speaker 1 (07:33):
And so you got two otter nations gathering this week
in Bilim, and one of the big groups, one of
the big delegations is from California, a state delegation at
an international country move or a climate conference. And so
(07:57):
why is it going there? Well, there are two reasons,
one which is I think inherently good and the other
one is purely political. I believe that climate change is there.
I believe in electrification and alternative energy.
Speaker 2 (08:11):
I believe that.
Speaker 1 (08:13):
One of the reason my daughters and I always talk
about how difficult it's going to be for their kids,
and why one of my daughters says, I'm not going
to have kids because it's going to be just too
difficult for children to live in grow up.
Speaker 2 (08:24):
In the mode in the new world. New world being.
Speaker 1 (08:26):
That it's the climate change is going to affect everybody,
and so to deal with climate change, California is ahead
of the game.
Speaker 2 (08:36):
Boy.
Speaker 1 (08:36):
They were the first and mandating alternative energy. I think
over thirty percent of our energy here in California is
alternative already, the first and the most progressive state in
terms of evs, and.
Speaker 2 (08:48):
I mean just on and on.
Speaker 1 (08:51):
So California has a tremendous reputation for being the leader
not only internationally among countries, but among any governmental agencies
or governmental organizations. So Okay, that is the non political part,
which I think is I'm all for it. Now, who's
going there for the first time? Gavin Newsom. This is
(09:14):
his first year. He's going there and he has not
been there before. And this is the most important environmental
conference that exists on the planet. The Paris Climate Cords
came out of this organization ten years ago. And Newsom
is going for the first time. Why because he believes
(09:35):
the climate change.
Speaker 2 (09:36):
Of course he does. Because he believes in alternative energy.
Of course he does.
Speaker 1 (09:41):
Because he is ramping up his run against any trumpest
coming in in twenty twenty eight. Of course he is
one of the things about Donald Trump. He's not going
to run, but I truly believe he's going to be.
Speaker 2 (09:56):
A king maker. There is no issue in my mind.
Speaker 1 (10:00):
And Newsom is there to establish his credentials, his creds
not only as a leader of the environmental movement, but
what a springboard for a run for presidency. He is
doing everything he can to establish his run, even to
the point of is he putting issues of California aside?
(10:21):
Don't know that answer, but I know he's spending an
inordinate amount of time running for office. But he's turned out,
so he doesn't care. He's not going to run again,
and we're going to see what happens. Is there going
to be any big news coming out of the No,
the climate conference? No, you know, why was it ten
years ago under the Paris Climate Accords we were not
(10:44):
reduced but slow down global warming I think to one
point two percent or one point two degrees co celsius
or whatever. We're not making it. It's now, it's universally
agreed by virtually every climatologist, every scientist out there looks
at this. There's no chance we're even going to make it,
not even close, which means that climate change, global warming
(11:07):
is going to increase dramatically. And what you're going to
see at the cop Global Climate Climate Conference are political
statements Mia Culpas, a lot of chest banging, and some
ideas of which California will will absolutely join in the
(11:29):
fray the United States, though, as a matter of fact,
the president has killed virtually virtually every major alternative energy
program that exists, even those that are almost done where
ninety or ninety five percent of the money has already
been spent. Newsome had said the Trump administration has doubled
(11:52):
down on stupid, not only in terms of the alternative
energy programs that have been just under just actually eliminated, decimated,
but also China is moving ahead as a world later
in dealing with the climate, with global warming. All right,
coming up, Oh, we have to do some Trump stuff today.
(12:15):
You know, I try to stay away from it, but
I wake up in the morning. It's almost as if
Donald Trump wakes up and the first thing on his
mind is what can I do today to have handle
talk about this. Okay, maybe I'm being the little self
aggrandizing here, but it almost seems that way. It becomes
almost impossible simply because President Trump is President Trump. So
(12:39):
here's a new one that I kind of like. All Right,
coming into the United States, especially if you're asking for permanent,
permanent visa like a green card, you are screened, background
check is made, and a medical background check is made,
and you have to have certain vaccinations before you can
(13:02):
get in. You have to have distemper shots and raby
shots and parvo shots before they let you in the country.
And they test for communicable diseases diabetes, and it used
to be for syphilis. By the way, it used to
be conjuncti bitis back at the turn when they first
started testing people. Literally, there are videos you can see
(13:24):
of the doctors at Ellis Island that were checking people
immigrants coming in, and they had this little device where
it was almost like a little like a little hook
that they would hook on the eyelids and pull down
to see if the eyes were red. It was conjunctiveis
and that was the basis of throwing people out. It's
really interesting, just a little factoid I wanted to share
(13:46):
with you. So here's a new guidance issue by the
State Department and sent to embassies and consular officials around
the world, directs visa officers to make or to rule
that folks are ineligible for new reasons, including their age
(14:08):
or the likelihood they might rely on public benefits. I
think guys around knowing but really is a problem with that,
but argues that people like that could become a public
charge and a potential drain on US resources.
Speaker 2 (14:21):
All right, I mean that's fair.
Speaker 1 (14:23):
Now, Assessing health has been part of the application for years,
as I explained to you, but this one is kind
of neat because this one says a counselor officer can
deem you too fat to come into the country.
Speaker 2 (14:41):
I don't quite know what too fat is. Does it
say BMI, huh? Is this what you were tying to me? Yeah?
Speaker 1 (14:49):
You and will Thank goodness that you guys are already
American citizens, or you'd be in a lot.
Speaker 2 (14:54):
Of trouble.
Speaker 1 (14:56):
For having a non medical person say you are too
fat for the reasons that you are going to cost
the American public money.
Speaker 2 (15:05):
And then it gets beyond that.
Speaker 1 (15:08):
One of the one of the concerns, and this is
a counselor official. You're applying and you have a counselor
office and you're talking to him during an interview, and
the guy goes, yeah, you're pretty heavy.
Speaker 2 (15:18):
You know, you're quite the heifer.
Speaker 1 (15:19):
You know that.
Speaker 2 (15:20):
I don't think we're gonna let you in because you're
just too fat.
Speaker 3 (15:22):
You think we just go faty fatty two by four
can't get through the country door.
Speaker 1 (15:28):
Yeah, pretty much. It's they look at particularly, I like
the one of obesity because of my history that obesity
can cause asthma, sleep, app you know, high blood pressure.
Speaker 2 (15:45):
Yeah, it can any particular reason when that's going to happen.
Speaker 1 (15:48):
Well, no, we don't know, but we know it can
can it can cause that and one of the one
of the criteria is, well, let's say you're fat, or
let's say you have the puss ability of disease, do
you have the money to treat yourself? And that is
to have your money to get enough medical treatment so
(16:09):
you will not be on the public goals, so the
American people don't have to pay for your medical care. Okay,
I don't know how much money that is. By the way,
what does it cost someone who is obese over the
next thirty or forty years to be treated for cardiovascular
disease or treated for high blood pressure? Because I certainly
(16:31):
can guess as to what my costs are going to be, right,
I know exactly what my costs are going to be
over my lifetime for treatment of diseases. Neil, you certainly
know who the hell knows how much is going to cost?
How much money do you have to have put away
to make sure you have enough money to pay for
medical costs in the future, and we don't know what
they are.
Speaker 2 (16:50):
I mean, this is getting really insane. Do you have
enough money for long term care?
Speaker 1 (16:55):
Is asked, Yeah, well no, because when does long term
care start? We don't know, but we can say no
to you, just really interesting stuff. By the way, immigrants
already undergo a medical exam by a physician that's been
approved by US embassy. And if you have high blood pressure,
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where's the high blood pressure come into play? At what
point is it one forty over ninety? And then you're
not allowed in? And by the way, who makes that
decision a counselor office officer, the guide behind the desk.
You're saying, I want to get in the United States,
chronic diseases should be considered according to the guidance. I mean,
(17:40):
sometimes there is legitimacy to what the Trump administration is
doing in terms of immigrants, and sometimes there is crazy.
And this is crazy. Coming up next Wednesday, incidentally, I've
been telling you about the story of one of Lindsay's
best friends. Her son in law was deported. Her son
in law was picked up by ice, and I'm going
(18:03):
to bring her on to talk about her experience and
how the family is dealing with it, because I haven't
talked about what happens with family members.
Speaker 2 (18:11):
Uh. And there's a world there, and I want to
keep in mind Christy Noome is talking about we're only
deporting the worst of the worst, the worst of the worst,
if you.
Speaker 4 (18:22):
Had gone Mike heard some controversy with this the other day,
by the way, because you mentioned he was a photographer,
and you always tell people that jobs aren't being taken away,
and a photographer left left a message and says, you're
full of crap.
Speaker 2 (18:34):
Why because I didn't hire him. This guy is this
kid has been our kid.
Speaker 1 (18:37):
He's been in this country for uh since he's been
thirteen years old and brought over because yep, he is
not picking grapes.
Speaker 2 (18:46):
He is a photographer. You're right, And so then people.
Speaker 1 (18:49):
Could have and there are people that are going to say, yes,
he should have been picked up and deported because he
is the worst of the worst, or even if he's not.
Came over here when he was thirteen, his aunt was
murdered and thrown in front of their porch with their
tongue cut out by MS thirteen and they fled to
the United States. His brother was given asylum. He was
in ten years. He's been trying to be given asylum
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and they picked him up. And Jeannette will be here
and explain all of it. It is an astounding story.
And yes, I hired him to be a photographer my
daughter's wedding, yep, And I know, well yeah, actually yeah,
because I threatened to call Ice if he didn't give
me a great deal. What a deal I got for
the photography too, my god? And the pictures are great
(19:34):
all right?
Speaker 2 (19:35):
Now.
Speaker 1 (19:35):
Katie Porter, Democratic congresswoman running for governor, and she was
the lead and no longer the lead because a couple
of videos came out. There was a CBS reporter, Julie Watts,
asked her what she would say to the nearly six
point one million Californians who voted for Trump in twenty
(19:56):
twenty four, and Porter said that she didn't need their
support if she competed against the Republican in November of.
Speaker 2 (20:07):
Twenty twenty six.
Speaker 1 (20:08):
The runoff then wants a follow up question, and Porter
accuses her of being unnecessarily argumentative and then holds up
her hands towards reporter's face and later said I don't
want I don't want this on camera. And then there
was a twenty twenty one, five years ago video emerged
of her berating a staffer who corrected her about some
(20:30):
information that she was discussing about EVS, and Porter's screaming
get out of my effing shot because the woman was.
Speaker 2 (20:38):
Behind her and that went.
Speaker 1 (20:42):
Viral and that cost her among the Democrats just she
lost first place. I mean, this may have cost her
the candidacy because Democrats can't do this, They're not allowed.
Now there's one person that gets away with this, and
(21:05):
I kind of like it, and that's Donald Trump. Donald
Trump can post she's so ugly. I would never have
sex with her. She's too ugly when accused of sexual misconduct,
telling his opponents they are liars, their thieves, small hands, crooks,
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I mean, just straight out. I happen to like that.
I happen to think that that's real. That's the way
people act, This is how they feel. This political speak
is just it doesn't do anybody any good. Reality does.
Because when Trump does that, I think it's great. But
he's the only way and get away with it. He's
(21:46):
the only one that can get away with it. Remember
Hillary Clinton when asked about Trump's supporters, and she said
they're the deplorables.
Speaker 2 (21:57):
They are racist, they are xenophobic. Wow.
Speaker 1 (22:02):
When asked, how what do you feel about those Trump
supporters who are Democrats are going to vote for them?
Deplorables as opposed to saying something smart like, well, I'd
like to bring them over to our side. I think
their belief in Donald Trump is misguided, and it's my
job to inform them that they're basically backing the wrong horse,
(22:27):
as opposed to you're deplorable, you're disgusting. How many people
do you think that we're on sort of, let's say
on Republicans Democrats didn't know which way to go that
were and she was talking about way lower socioeconomic classes.
He was basically she was basically saying, this is white trash.
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Here.
Speaker 1 (00:13):
It is a Friday morning, November the seventh. Quick reminder
that tomorrow Neil and I are broadcasting his show live
from the Wild Fork Store in Laguna Neguel, the purveyor
of some phenomenal meets, and they are going to be
supplying the meets for our thanks grilling which takes place
(00:36):
tomorrow afternoon, and inviting you there. They'll be samples galore,
I mean, Siria samples. Chefs will be there, Zelman's will
be there. We have some great giveaways that I was
talking to Leslie, who is the account executive running this thing,
and I'd love to see you there. Great fun and
we will take pictures and Neil has said he will
(01:00):
wear shorts and you will be able to see the
just very typical of his Okay, all.
Speaker 3 (01:07):
Right, all right, all right, moving on little after your
handsy you know, yes experiment, Yeah, yeah, my incident with
my previous guest.
Speaker 1 (01:19):
Not quite and you have to listen to the opening
of the show in order to get that one. All right,
Today starts the delays and cancellations of flights four percent
of the flights, moving up to ten percent of the delays.
And five California airports out of the forty five or
are in California Lax, San Francisco, San Diego, Ontario, Oakland
(01:48):
just among the airports that are targeted for cuts. And
we're looking at at this point even now, thousands of flights.
So what is going on, Well, this course has to
do with the shutdown. The government will shutdown, which is
now what day thirty eight, which is the longest shutdown
of our government in the history of the United States.
(02:10):
Because Congress has to vote itself the ability to keep
on doing business, and if it does not come to
a budget which has to be signed by the president
and both sides of the aisle have to agree, the
government just shuts down except for certain exemptions. Now, one
of the more fun exemptions are the air traffic controllers.
(02:32):
And you think you can't try flying in the United
States without an air traffic controller or any place.
Speaker 2 (02:38):
They have to continue working, but they don't.
Speaker 1 (02:41):
Get paid, and so they are taking side jobs and
so many of them are calling in sick. I mean,
there are thousands of air traffic controllers out there. I
think the number is fourteen thousand that work for the government,
and they have been working now without paid. Keep in mind,
the controller is considered, I think, the most stressful job
(03:03):
that exists in the United States or anywhere. I mean,
they have people's lives, and I mean the focus has
to be in so intense you missfocused for a moment,
and people's lives are at stake. So one of the
things they didn't have to worry about is putting food
on the table. It's reasonably well paid position. It's a
government position, a lot of benefits, and can you imagine
(03:27):
going to work and knowing you're not going to have
enough money to put food on the table, which is
why food banks have exploded.
Speaker 2 (03:35):
And we are in a world of hurt.
Speaker 1 (03:37):
And it's not that the other employees aren't affected, but
the janitors that clean up the federal buildings. Of course
they should get paid and they're not. But when a
janitor sweeps the floor, it's not three hundred people's lives
at stake at any given moment. And that's what's going on.
And we are now talking about the shutdown is to continue.
(03:59):
It was they were actually talking this week the Republicans
the Democrats. Democrats were talking this week about coming to
an agreement with the budget, and both sides are adamant
about their position. Won the Republicans, which is a perfectly
reasonable position. They're coming up with, Hey, let's just keep
the government going for God's sake. We'll talk about the
other issues. We just have to fund the government. And
(04:21):
the Democrats are saying, nope, we're not going to fund
the government until we deal with and you agree that
the expansion of Obamacare that was given to twenty somethingter
million Americans, which is sunsetting at the end of this year,
that that continues on basically forever. It's like you get
(04:41):
a job raise and it's only going to be for
six months. And at the end of six months they go, okay,
we're going to cut back what you don't think that way,
and certainly you take it to the level of food stamps.
Speaker 2 (04:55):
Gee, I'm able to buy my kids more.
Speaker 1 (04:58):
Than pasta at the end of the at the end
of the month, and all of a sudden, that's taken away,
And to the Democrats, that's a make or break. To
the Democrats, the bottom line is you don't let twenty
million people in this country not have enough food. A
country as wealthy as we are, allowing this many people
to go country to go hungry is a shanda. It
(05:19):
is a shame beyond a shame.
Speaker 2 (05:21):
So there it is. Those are the two.
Speaker 1 (05:24):
And the Republicans are getting most of the blame, not
the Democrats. And it's the Republicans that are arguing, let's
keep this government alive, let's keep it going. People have
to get paid, they have to eat, and the Democrats
are saying, nope, not until we figure out what we're
going to do with this insurance, a medical insurance, because
(05:44):
we are at a crossroads where people are going to
have their premiums doubled under Obamacare in certain cases.
Speaker 2 (05:52):
So there it is.
Speaker 1 (05:53):
It's a fundamental philosophical difference. The Trump administration feels in money,
money is better spent on enforcement of the borders, better
spent on our defense defenses internationally, our army, our Navy,
Air force, redoing the entire navy, and that is more
(06:15):
important to them than social programs. It's that simple. And
Democrats go the other way. And there is the rub,
there's the impasse. Is it going to be figured out?
And they're going to come to some kind of compromise.
I mean, I mean it's impossible to keep on going.
At what point does an air traffic controller simply stop
coming to work month two, month three and not get paid.
(06:41):
It becomes impossible, all right. There is a global summit,
the cop Global Climate Conference, which happens every year. This
one happens to be in Baileem, Brazil, which is in
the northern Prodate of Brazil, and Balim is very interesting.
I should tell you about it sometime, but I don't
have time. So say I tease this stuff, and yeah,
(07:02):
you're left wanting. And so guess who is going and
who is not going. Well, no surprise that President Trump
wants no part of a global climate summit. He does
not believe, number one, that there is such thing as
climate change, and he wants nothing to do if there
is dealing with it. He just doesn't believe in it.
(07:23):
He thinks fossil fuels are the wave of the future,
and electrification and alternative energies don't really mix as.
Speaker 2 (07:32):
Far as he's concerned.
Speaker 1 (07:33):
And so you got two otter nations gathering this week
in Bilim, and one of the big groups, one of
the big delegations is from California, a state delegation at
an international country move or a climate conference. And so
(07:57):
why is it going there? Well, there are two reasons,
one which is I think inherently good and the other
one is purely political. I believe that climate change is there.
I believe in electrification and alternative energy.
Speaker 2 (08:11):
I believe that.
Speaker 1 (08:13):
One of the reason my daughters and I always talk
about how difficult it's going to be for their kids,
and why one of my daughters says, I'm not going
to have kids because it's going to be just too
difficult for children to live in grow up.
Speaker 2 (08:24):
In the mode in the new world. New world being.
Speaker 1 (08:26):
That it's the climate change is going to affect everybody,
and so to deal with climate change, California is ahead
of the game.
Speaker 2 (08:36):
Boy.
Speaker 1 (08:36):
They were the first and mandating alternative energy. I think
over thirty percent of our energy here in California is
alternative already, the first and the most progressive state in
terms of evs, and.
Speaker 2 (08:48):
I mean just on and on.
Speaker 1 (08:51):
So California has a tremendous reputation for being the leader
not only internationally among countries, but among any governmental agencies
or governmental organizations. So Okay, that is the non political part,
which I think is I'm all for it. Now, who's
going there for the first time? Gavin Newsom. This is
(09:14):
his first year. He's going there and he has not
been there before. And this is the most important environmental
conference that exists on the planet. The Paris Climate Cords
came out of this organization ten years ago. And Newsom
is going for the first time. Why because he believes
(09:35):
the climate change.
Speaker 2 (09:36):
Of course he does. Because he believes in alternative energy.
Of course he does.
Speaker 1 (09:41):
Because he is ramping up his run against any trumpest
coming in in twenty twenty eight. Of course he is
one of the things about Donald Trump. He's not going
to run, but I truly believe he's going to be.
Speaker 2 (09:56):
A king maker. There is no issue in my mind.
Speaker 1 (10:00):
And Newsom is there to establish his credentials, his creds
not only as a leader of the environmental movement, but
what a springboard for a run for presidency. He is
doing everything he can to establish his run, even to
the point of is he putting issues of California aside?
(10:21):
Don't know that answer, but I know he's spending an
inordinate amount of time running for office. But he's turned out,
so he doesn't care. He's not going to run again,
and we're going to see what happens. Is there going
to be any big news coming out of the No,
the climate conference? No, you know, why was it ten
years ago under the Paris Climate Accords we were not
(10:44):
reduced but slow down global warming I think to one
point two percent or one point two degrees co celsius
or whatever. We're not making it. It's now, it's universally
agreed by virtually every climatologist, every scientist out there looks
at this. There's no chance we're even going to make it,
not even close, which means that climate change, global warming
(11:07):
is going to increase dramatically. And what you're going to
see at the cop Global Climate Climate Conference are political
statements Mia Culpas, a lot of chest banging, and some
ideas of which California will will absolutely join in the
(11:29):
fray the United States, though, as a matter of fact,
the president has killed virtually virtually every major alternative energy
program that exists, even those that are almost done where
ninety or ninety five percent of the money has already
been spent. Newsome had said the Trump administration has doubled
(11:52):
down on stupid, not only in terms of the alternative
energy programs that have been just under just actually eliminated, decimated,
but also China is moving ahead as a world later
in dealing with the climate, with global warming. All right,
coming up, Oh, we have to do some Trump stuff today.
(12:15):
You know, I try to stay away from it, but
I wake up in the morning. It's almost as if
Donald Trump wakes up and the first thing on his
mind is what can I do today to have handle
talk about this. Okay, maybe I'm being the little self
aggrandizing here, but it almost seems that way. It becomes
almost impossible simply because President Trump is President Trump. So
(12:39):
here's a new one that I kind of like. All Right,
coming into the United States, especially if you're asking for permanent,
permanent visa like a green card, you are screened, background
check is made, and a medical background check is made,
and you have to have certain vaccinations before you can
(13:02):
get in. You have to have distemper shots and raby
shots and parvo shots before they let you in the country.
And they test for communicable diseases diabetes, and it used
to be for syphilis. By the way, it used to
be conjuncti bitis back at the turn when they first
started testing people. Literally, there are videos you can see
(13:24):
of the doctors at Ellis Island that were checking people
immigrants coming in, and they had this little device where
it was almost like a little like a little hook
that they would hook on the eyelids and pull down
to see if the eyes were red. It was conjunctiveis
and that was the basis of throwing people out. It's
really interesting, just a little factoid I wanted to share
(13:46):
with you. So here's a new guidance issue by the
State Department and sent to embassies and consular officials around
the world, directs visa officers to make or to rule
that folks are ineligible for new reasons, including their age
(14:08):
or the likelihood they might rely on public benefits. I
think guys around knowing but really is a problem with that,
but argues that people like that could become a public
charge and a potential drain on US resources.
Speaker 2 (14:21):
All right, I mean that's fair.
Speaker 1 (14:23):
Now, Assessing health has been part of the application for years,
as I explained to you, but this one is kind
of neat because this one says a counselor officer can
deem you too fat to come into the country.
Speaker 2 (14:41):
I don't quite know what too fat is. Does it
say BMI, huh? Is this what you were tying to me? Yeah?
Speaker 1 (14:49):
You and will Thank goodness that you guys are already
American citizens, or you'd be in a lot.
Speaker 2 (14:54):
Of trouble.
Speaker 1 (14:56):
For having a non medical person say you are too
fat for the reasons that you are going to cost
the American public money.
Speaker 2 (15:05):
And then it gets beyond that.
Speaker 1 (15:08):
One of the one of the concerns, and this is
a counselor official. You're applying and you have a counselor
office and you're talking to him during an interview, and
the guy goes, yeah, you're pretty heavy.
Speaker 2 (15:18):
You know, you're quite the heifer.
Speaker 1 (15:19):
You know that.
Speaker 2 (15:20):
I don't think we're gonna let you in because you're
just too fat.
Speaker 3 (15:22):
You think we just go faty fatty two by four
can't get through the country door.
Speaker 1 (15:28):
Yeah, pretty much. It's they look at particularly, I like
the one of obesity because of my history that obesity
can cause asthma, sleep, app you know, high blood pressure.
Speaker 2 (15:45):
Yeah, it can any particular reason when that's going to happen.
Speaker 1 (15:48):
Well, no, we don't know, but we know it can
can it can cause that and one of the one
of the criteria is, well, let's say you're fat, or
let's say you have the puss ability of disease, do
you have the money to treat yourself? And that is
to have your money to get enough medical treatment so
(16:09):
you will not be on the public goals, so the
American people don't have to pay for your medical care. Okay,
I don't know how much money that is. By the way,
what does it cost someone who is obese over the
next thirty or forty years to be treated for cardiovascular
disease or treated for high blood pressure? Because I certainly
(16:31):
can guess as to what my costs are going to be, right,
I know exactly what my costs are going to be
over my lifetime for treatment of diseases. Neil, you certainly
know who the hell knows how much is going to cost?
How much money do you have to have put away
to make sure you have enough money to pay for
medical costs in the future, and we don't know what
they are.
Speaker 2 (16:50):
I mean, this is getting really insane. Do you have
enough money for long term care?
Speaker 1 (16:55):
Is asked, Yeah, well no, because when does long term
care start? We don't know, but we can say no
to you, just really interesting stuff. By the way, immigrants
already undergo a medical exam by a physician that's been
approved by US embassy. And if you have high blood pressure,
(17:17):
where's the high blood pressure come into play? At what
point is it one forty over ninety? And then you're
not allowed in? And by the way, who makes that
decision a counselor office officer, the guide behind the desk.
You're saying, I want to get in the United States,
chronic diseases should be considered according to the guidance. I mean,
(17:40):
sometimes there is legitimacy to what the Trump administration is
doing in terms of immigrants, and sometimes there is crazy.
And this is crazy. Coming up next Wednesday, incidentally, I've
been telling you about the story of one of Lindsay's
best friends. Her son in law was deported. Her son
in law was picked up by ice, and I'm going
(18:03):
to bring her on to talk about her experience and
how the family is dealing with it, because I haven't
talked about what happens with family members.
Speaker 2 (18:11):
Uh. And there's a world there, and I want to
keep in mind Christy Noome is talking about we're only
deporting the worst of the worst, the worst of the worst,
if you.
Speaker 4 (18:22):
Had gone Mike heard some controversy with this the other day,
by the way, because you mentioned he was a photographer,
and you always tell people that jobs aren't being taken away,
and a photographer left left a message and says, you're
full of crap.
Speaker 2 (18:34):
Why because I didn't hire him. This guy is this
kid has been our kid.
Speaker 1 (18:37):
He's been in this country for uh since he's been
thirteen years old and brought over because yep, he is
not picking grapes.
Speaker 2 (18:46):
He is a photographer. You're right, And so then people.
Speaker 1 (18:49):
Could have and there are people that are going to say, yes,
he should have been picked up and deported because he
is the worst of the worst, or even if he's not.
Came over here when he was thirteen, his aunt was
murdered and thrown in front of their porch with their
tongue cut out by MS thirteen and they fled to
the United States. His brother was given asylum. He was
in ten years. He's been trying to be given asylum
(19:11):
and they picked him up. And Jeannette will be here
and explain all of it. It is an astounding story.
And yes, I hired him to be a photographer my
daughter's wedding, yep, And I know, well yeah, actually yeah,
because I threatened to call Ice if he didn't give
me a great deal. What a deal I got for
the photography too, my god? And the pictures are great
(19:34):
all right?
Speaker 2 (19:35):
Now.
Speaker 1 (19:35):
Katie Porter, Democratic congresswoman running for governor, and she was
the lead and no longer the lead because a couple
of videos came out. There was a CBS reporter, Julie Watts,
asked her what she would say to the nearly six
point one million Californians who voted for Trump in twenty
(19:56):
twenty four, and Porter said that she didn't need their
support if she competed against the Republican in November of.
Speaker 2 (20:07):
Twenty twenty six.
Speaker 1 (20:08):
The runoff then wants a follow up question, and Porter
accuses her of being unnecessarily argumentative and then holds up
her hands towards reporter's face and later said I don't
want I don't want this on camera. And then there
was a twenty twenty one, five years ago video emerged
of her berating a staffer who corrected her about some
(20:30):
information that she was discussing about EVS, and Porter's screaming
get out of my effing shot because the woman was.
Speaker 2 (20:38):
Behind her and that went.
Speaker 1 (20:42):
Viral and that cost her among the Democrats just she
lost first place. I mean, this may have cost her
the candidacy because Democrats can't do this, They're not allowed.
Now there's one person that gets away with this, and
(21:05):
I kind of like it, and that's Donald Trump. Donald
Trump can post she's so ugly. I would never have
sex with her. She's too ugly when accused of sexual misconduct,
telling his opponents they are liars, their thieves, small hands, crooks,
(21:25):
I mean, just straight out. I happen to like that.
I happen to think that that's real. That's the way
people act, This is how they feel. This political speak
is just it doesn't do anybody any good. Reality does.
Because when Trump does that, I think it's great. But
he's the only way and get away with it. He's
(21:46):
the only one that can get away with it. Remember
Hillary Clinton when asked about Trump's supporters, and she said
they're the deplorables.
Speaker 2 (21:57):
They are racist, they are xenophobic. Wow.
Speaker 1 (22:02):
When asked, how what do you feel about those Trump
supporters who are Democrats are going to vote for them?
Deplorables as opposed to saying something smart like, well, I'd
like to bring them over to our side. I think
their belief in Donald Trump is misguided, and it's my
job to inform them that they're basically backing the wrong horse,
(22:27):
as opposed to you're deplorable, you're disgusting. How many people
do you think that we're on sort of, let's say
on Republicans Democrats didn't know which way to go that
were and she was talking about way lower socioeconomic classes.
He was basically she was basically saying, this is white trash.
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