Insurance Drones, Cowboys' Failures, and Monastery Threats: Today's Overlooked Stories

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What's happening beneath the surface of today's headlines? From unexpected privacy invasions to dormant sports dynasties and disturbing religious threats, this episode peels back layers on stories that deserve more attention than they're getting.

We dive into the unsettling case of a Massachusetts homeowner who discovered her insurance company was conducting drone surveillance of her property without consent. The company used aerial footage to demand tree limb removal under threat of policy cancellation after a decade-long relationship. This raises profound questions about how technology is redrawing privacy boundaries in America. Would you be comfortable with your insurer flying drones over your home? Many listeners have expressed outrage at this practice, while others wonder about its legality.

The conversation shifts to Troy Aikman's candid assessment of Jerry Jones and the Dallas Cowboys' 30-year Super Bowl drought. The Hall of Fame quarterback questions whether generating headlines and drama has superseded on-field success for America's most valuable sports franchise. With just four playoff victories in three decades and the recent trading of star player Micah Parsons, Cowboys fans are left wondering if championship aspirations remain the priority.

Most disturbing is our examination of an armed threat against a California Catholic monastery. An Alabama man drove across the country with brass knuckles, knives, high-capacity magazines, and body armor after making threats against St. Michael's Abbey. This incident follows other attacks on religious institutions nationwide, highlighting a dangerous pattern targeting faith communities.

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
Oh hello, good morning.
I am in a mood right now.
Okay, I'm going to get over it,though I'm going to get over it
because it's nothing major andI need to have an attitude check
.
All right, let's get on withthe stories of the day that
you're not going to hearanywhere else.
So this furious homeowner saysher insurance company flew a
drone over her house and refusedto renewal for one minor reason

(00:24):
.
Can you guess what it is?
I bet you can.
Let's see.
When Lynn Shuler looked up atthe branches of a beloved tree
in her Massachusetts yard, shenever expected that a drone
might be looking down at her.
Well, you better get used to it.
Shuler, who had held a policywith the same insurer for more
than a decade, was shocked toreceive an email containing an

(00:47):
aerial photo of her home andwarning that she had six weeks
to cut back limbs hanging overher roof or lose the coverage.
So they gave her an option.
They didn't just cancel it,they said cut them back or lose
the policy.
Still, man, that's kind of likeSnoopy Snoop, isn't it Snooping
on somebody?
Kind of a private invasion ofprivacy, don't you think?

(01:09):
She says it was very invasivebecause they had taken a picture
of my house without me knowing,which was really kind of crazy.
Well, I don't know how I feelabout I mean, I don't think that
should happen, but you know howare you going to stop people
from doing that.
And it is the you know theinsurance company.
I don't know that should happen, but you know how are you going
to stop people from doing that.
And it is the insurance.
You know the insurance company.
I don't know.
What do you think?
I need some, I need your, Ineed your thoughts on that.

(01:33):
Let me know.
But that is not the question ofthe day.
How would you feel if yourhomeowner, owner assurance came
and took a picture of your housewith a drone, without knowledge
?
I mean, I don't even know ifthat's against the law.
So if it's not against the law,you know, I don't know.
I need your thoughts.
I don't think I would like it.

(01:54):
All right, troy Aikman soundsalarm on Jerry Jones, a sad
Cowboys reality.
You know I haven't thoughtabout the Cowboys in forever and
obviously here's the reason why.
First of all, I'm not a sportsperson.
Okay, all right, troy Aikmanisn't sure, I didn't even know
Jerry Jones was still alive orstill even owned the Cowboys.
But this sheds some light onwhy you haven't seen anything

(02:17):
from the Cowboys in a very longtime.
I did not even know theyweren't even in the Super Bowl
for 30 years.
That's a long time.
I remember back in the day theywere pretty good.
All right, troy Eggman isn't sosure.
Winning is the priority inDallas.
The Hall of Fame Cowboysquarterback and current Monday

(02:37):
Night Football analystquestioned how owner Jerry Jones
is running the team during anappearance on the Rich is
running the team during anappearance on the Rich Eason
show.
Rich Eason, rich Eason, I don'tknow.
On Tuesday I saw Jerry talkabout the fact that having the
Cowboys as a discussion point ismeaningful to him and if people
aren't talking about theCowboys then he'll do the things

(03:00):
to stir it up.
So he kind of walked into thatand has given the impression
that this supersedes winning.
Well, they're not talking aboutit because they're not winning
anything.
Jerry Aikman posited that thefranchise's lack of post-season
success may have pushed Jones tochase headlines rather than
focus on putting a winningproduction on the field.

(03:21):
What headlines is he chasing?
I don't know.
I haven't heard anything fromthem.
In some ways, I'm sure Jerryand the Jones family and
everyone is tired of the factthat they haven't had to.
They haven't been to achampionship game, let alone a
Super Bowl, in 30 years God,that's more than I've been alive

(03:42):
Well, almost Almost Half of mylife.
Okay, let's see.
So when you deflects, all right.
So when you deflect that, sowhen oh my gosh, I can't read,
so then when you deflect that,then essentially the valuation

(04:03):
of your franchise, of theattention and the exposure, or
the drama, or, as jerry said,the fact that the cowboys are a
soap opera 365 days a year, thenthat then becomes the
scoreboard instead of what Do Ithink that winning is not
important to Jerry Jones?
Not at all.
I think Jerry wants, with morethan anything else, and I think

(04:24):
he's very exhausted of the factthat this team, although they've
won a lot of regular seasongames, they've only won four
playoff games.
That's hard to stomach.
Well, yeah, you might, I don'tknow.
So Aikman's comments came lessthan a week after the Cowboys
shockingly traded superstar passrusher Micah Parsons to the

(04:46):
Packers in exchange for twofirst round picks and veteran
defensive tackle Kenny Clark.
I don't know who any of thesepeople are, so you can go finish
reading that.
What do you think?
What do you think If you're anNFL person following football?
What do you think about theCowboys and Jerry Jones?
I, like I said, didn't know theman was still alive, didn't

(05:06):
know he still owned it Okay, butI don't follow football.
So moving on.
Oh, y'all this is terrifyingright here.
Look, you've heard about, youknow, you know about the
enunciation shooter.
The trans shooter shot up thechurch while kids were in mass

(05:26):
at a school, killed two children, and we've always heard about
anti-Catholic, thisanti-Catholic, that.
Well, here's another one, andthis guy's from alabama, y'all,
but he drove across the acrossamerica to drive to california.
All right, let me read thestory.
Wow, man drove across countrywith weapons, made threats after

(05:50):
targeting catholic monastery.
Officials say we have catholicchurches here, not that I want
him to.
Why did he have to drive acrossthe country?
Why was this particular onetargeted?
It doesn't tell us in the story, though.
The Orange County Sheriff'sDepartment arrested an Alabama
man who deputies said showed uparmed with brass knuckles,
knives, high-capacity magazinesand a body armor after allegedly

(06:14):
making threats against CatholicMonastery in California.
The Orange County Sheriff'sDepartment said deputies
detained Joshua MichaelRichardson late last month
following reports of threateningemails he sent to St Michael's
Abbey.
Investigators said the emailsreported on August 28th
contained language interpretedas threatening.
Well, I guess.

(06:34):
So the situation escalated with.
Oh my gosh, slow down, carol.
The situation escalated with.
Investigators said Richardsondrove from Alabama to Southern
California and showed up inperson.
Okay, how many times do theyhave to re-say this?
Do they need a word count orsomething?
They just re-say the samethings in different paragraphs.

(06:55):
Give me the meat of the storyfor crying out loud.
A priest who encounteredRichardson notified the
sheriff's department two dayslater, triggering a swift
investigation.
I don't understand this.
This is not.
I don't understand this.
I do not understand this.
The guy sent emails that hedrove across country.
The guy sent emails that hedrove across country.

(07:16):
A priest encountered him.
Notify the sheriff's two dayslater.
What?
How come?
I don't.
What do you mean?
He encountered Richardson.
Give me more information onthat, please.
Sergeant Gerald McCann told theOrange County Register that it
is believed Richardson made thedrive from Alabama and arrived

(07:36):
in California the same day.
He went to the Abbey.
You've already said this threetimes.
I can't stand these people whowrite these things.
Deputies said they quicklylocated and detained Richardson.
How did they locate him.
See, tell me that.
Where was he staying?
What happened?
A search of the vehicleuncovered weapons and tactical
gear, including large capacitymagazines, body armor, knives

(07:56):
and brass knuckles.
You've already told me that Ican't stand these writers who do
this, who just say the samething over and over again, like
kind of what I'm doing right now.
Okay, he was taken into custodywithout an incident and booked
into the Orange County Jail.
Now, on September 1st, theOrange County District
Attorney's Office formallycharged Richardson with several

(08:19):
offenses, including possessionof brass knuckles, carrying a
concealed dagger, possession ofa large.
Okay, I can't.
In a statement provided to FoxNews, digital Gonzalez, a
spokesperson for the RomanCatholic Diocese of Orange, of
Orange, of Orange County, maybeconfirm the incident and thank

(08:39):
local law.
Okay, tell me more.
I need more about this.
The diocese has taken thisincident seriously in light of
rising threats against churchesnationwide, pointing to the
recent shooting at AnnunciationChurch.
Yep, the Sheriff's Departmenthas increased patrols near the

(09:00):
monastery.
Oh, they have a picture ofeverything from this guy's car.
Holy crap, it's a lot, golly.
Okay, it really didn't tell usanything, did it?
Not a damn thing.
Oh, I need more details andmore information, please.
People are late.
I don't know.
All right.

(09:20):
So the next up is Joy Reid.
Oh my gosh, she is still onthis thing that Trump didn't get
shot.
I feel a video coming off frommy YouTube channel on this one.
I can't stand this woman.
She's crazy.
She's mentally deranged.
Ex-msnbc host Joy Reid saidTuesday that the public knows

(09:41):
nothing about President DonaldTrump's injuries after what she
called the alleged assassinationattempt against him during a
Pennsylvania rally last year.
Okay, so the alleged the wordalleged is in quotations and
what do you mean?
You know nothing about it.
Where have you been hidingunder a rock, joy?
Have you not read?

(10:02):
Have you not listened to thenews or heard the news when it
all happened?
And let's see, there was a mankilled in the stands.
So what was that about?
And there was also the shooterwho was killed.
What was that?
Was that fake was so they justkilled a innocent person.
What and she is still under thedelusion I think that he was

(10:27):
hit by glass.
This lady I feel a video comingon to respond to her case, her
nut job brain case.
Oh my gosh.
Reid questioned Trump's injuriesjust days after the shooting,
suggesting that he was hit byglass instead of a bullet.
Morning Report delivers okay.

(10:48):
I have many questions likewhere are the medical reports?
What caused Trump's injuriesand what was the injury?
Shrapnel Glass, a bullet?
Where were the three attendeeswho were shot, seated or
standing relative to Trump?
Why was Trump allowed to standand pose for photos?

(11:09):
Oh, come on, fist pumping fornearly 10 seconds while asking
about his shoe, when there couldeasily have been additional
shooters.
Come on, how did the gunmanmanage to get on the roof of the
building where the local policewere literally inside?
Well, we're all asking that too, joy, but she doesn't think he

(11:30):
was.
She is still on a kick aboutthat.
I don't know if I may not evendo a video about her.
She's just insignificant.
She's just trying to get herface in front of the news again
by bringing this up again.
All right, I need to go.
I have gone over.
We need a question of the day.
Okay, the question is how muchweight do you think you could
deadlift right now?

(11:50):
How much weight do you thinkyou could deadlift right now?
Now, a long time ago, mypersonal record for deadlift,
when I was in active andCrossFit all the time it was,
believe it or not, 255.
There's no way I could do thatright now.
No way Did I say 255?
Yeah, it was 255.

(12:12):
I have to go back and look.
I believe it was 255 or 215.
I don't know.
It was over 200 pounds.
I know that it was over my bodyweight at the time.
Now, though, I think maybe Icould deadlift my body weight.
It would be maybe a shot.
I think I could do it, though Ithink I could.
My body weight I'll go aheadand tell you what it is right

(12:33):
now 170.
Oh my gosh, I know, I know, Iknow, but I have muscle.
I have a lot of muscle on me.
Okay, I know I could lose someweight and I'm working on it.
All right, I'm working on it.
But yeah, all right, I got togo.
Thanks for listening.
Bye.