10.30: Farfetched - Hour 2

Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
It is six oh five here Kentucky and this morning
news news Radio eight forty whas And in Mississippi, far
from here, of course, there are still some monkeys on
the loose. Yes, three monkeys still on the loose in Mississippi.
Which this is absolutely straight out of a movie. But
there are three of these research monkeys that escaped a

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truck in Mississippi that was hauling twenty one of the monkeys,
and that truck crashed on Interstate fifty nine near Heidelberg, Mississippi,
and it killed most of the monkeys the crash did,
but three managed to escape and they are still at large.
Search crews in protective gear, masks, gloves, lab suits have
been coming through that area trying to find them. And

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they were being transported from Two Lane University's research center
and we're apparently heading to a facility in Florida. And
these monkeys are believed to be dangerous. There was a
little bit of it, he said. She said, as far
as just how dangerous they were, I would always play
it on the safe side. But two Lane initially acted
as if maybe the reports of of what these monkeys

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were carrying HEPSI, herpies COVID. They didn't outright deny it,
but they they didn't I guess, show the same level
of concern that law enforcement showed in that area where
the crash took place. But I would say given the
the hazmat suits essentially that that tells you that they
they're they're at least playing it safe and maybe these

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these these animals are in fact, really really dangerous. But
uh yeah, it's it's unclear who owned the monkeys. It
sounds like that's and and why they were going where
they were going. But if I lived in that area,
I'd be I'd be making sure I had my head
on a swivel if I was outdoors, and make sure
I keep it, you know, keep my eyes out for

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for what would be a very wild situation to one
just encounter a monkey in general in your every I mean,
I could be wrong, but I don't think you'll see
a whole lot of those kind of animals just roaming
around in society really anywhere. But uh yeah, you can't
make it up. It'd absolutely see like something something right
out of a movie.

Speaker 3 (02:02):
All right.

Speaker 1 (02:02):
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so snap benefits are those are coming to a halt
on November the first, which it sounds like there are
some resources set up here in Kentucky that will, I
guess maybe buy a little bit the time. But this
is a frightening thing for folks that have become dependent
on this for forever. Really, I mean, I'm sure I

(03:08):
hadn't been their whole life, but uh, this to me
seems to be a potential spot where you really kind
of have that moment that I don't think we've had
just yet as far as just realizing, Okay, we knew
the government shut down, but it's been easy to kind
of just distract yourself from that until you realize that
that that people don't have the they don't have the

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ability to to feed their families. And that sounds like
such a dramatic thing, but it's a it's a reality
for a lot of folks. And even if in fact
it never gets to be that bad, dealing with the
stress and the anxiety in the panic that that would be,
it'd be tough as a parent. So more than a
million Kentuckians and Hoosiers in these two states here Kentucky

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and they're they're they're going to potentially feel the effect
of that. So here in the in the area, there
are a lot of options as far as just places
you can get help if you are losing those benefits
and you need and you need a meal. Our Partner's
over at WOKY on their website, you'll see it as
soon as you get to the home page. You'll see
a list of different places. But there's options when it

(04:14):
comes to breakfast in early lunch, the Lord's Kitchen, Wayside
Christian Mission, Jefferson Street, Baptist at Liberty Salvation Army Center
of Hope, Saint Augustine Church, that is a place where
you can get breakfast early lunch. And then there's a
handful of places for lunch specifically, also specifically for dinner.
There's grocery options with dere to Care, Food Brank, I'm sorry,

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dere to Care, Food Bank, Association of Community Ministries. So
good to know that these resources are there in a
time like this. And if you want more info, go
to WOKY And again there's a long list of resources
you have as far as just trying to trying to
find a way to get to get a meal for yourself,
your family if in.

Speaker 2 (04:54):
Fact it gets to be that bad for you. Hope
it doesn't.

Speaker 1 (04:58):
But again, this thing no end in sight when it
comes to the government shut down, and I'm hopeful that
it's not that devastating. I mean, anybody going without is
tough to see, but I do feel like so far
this is the first at least potential situation on the
radar to where the awareness of this government shut down

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and what it can do, it'll be heightened like it
hasn't been just yet in fact, but I want to
get to on the other side, a rumor that clearly
has got enough momentum in steam to where Yahoo they're
covering it and telling us what is true and what
is not. But there's rumors that Walmart may shut down
because they fear that when in fact, the government shut

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down gets to the point where we're near no longer
you know, people no longer have an assistance to get groceries.
There's fear of looting, so they would just close their
stores and have you either order online or order and
then go pick it up again. If that sounds far fetched,
I mean it is. But we'll tell you where the
rumors came from. And I guess maybe if there is

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any layer of troup to that, we'll do that on
the other side. Right here on whose Radio eight forty whas.

Speaker 2 (06:09):
It is six p't eighteen.

Speaker 1 (06:10):
Here it News Radio eight forty whas Coffee and Company
with you, and we are fueled by Thornton's panic these
days is oftentimes fueled by idiots on platforms like TikTok.
So there are many videos being shared, mostly on TikTok,
that claim Walmart is locking the doors on November first
because Snap benefits are going to be cut because of

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course the government shut down. And let's be clear, that's
not true. That is completely false. Walmart has said that
they're not closing stores, not locking doors, and they're not
switching to pick up. Only that had been what had
been shared by too many people that I guess believed it,
and maybe you don't want to you wouldn't believe it,

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but because of the fear that it may give you
as far as not being able to go to the
grocery store, maybe just because you know, you think to yourself, yeah,
that's probably not true.

Speaker 2 (07:02):
But man, that would be crazy and that would that
would be bad. But it's it's not true. Here's say
something real quick about TikTok. Sure.

Speaker 3 (07:10):
I think one of the number one reasons that I
do not like the platform is because when you're when
your algorithm starts feeding people, specifically people that in my family,
things like that that are fear mongering. It almost creates
this this image or idealism what everyone call in their
mind that that's actually true. And I've tried to get

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I've tried to get my wife specifically to get off
of TikTok for that very reason. And it's it's it's
I'm glad that you're bringing this up because it's it's
a real issue. People just being completely over the top
on on on TikTok for this type of stuff.

Speaker 2 (07:42):
No doubt about it.

Speaker 1 (07:43):
And what is even more scary is how amazing you
can use, how how amazing AI is and how it
can be utilized to where the visual will will make
you think that it has to be real, because I mean,
look at look at this. I mean it could be
just who's sharing news. I mean you could, like right now,
you can go and put together a video that is

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completely AI generated that looks one thousand percent real. That
is our president saying anything. I mean, he is a
guy that at times you realize him saying anything may
not surprise you, but overall, like you could have him
put a message via video that is one of you know,
life changing news. And I still think a good chunk

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would know, Hey, that just doesn't seem they would maybe
have the eye to see that okay, maybe something's not
real here, or maybe they would have the common sense.
But and I shouldn't be so insulting as if if
you believe any of this stuff, then you have no
common sense. But so many people have never been wired
to just assume that you really have to put anything
you see on the internet through an extensive I guess

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check to see how legitimate it is. So it's a
frightening thing that is only going to get worse, I fear.
But yes, this rumor via TikTok spread like crazy, but
it's it's it's not true. And the truth is Snap benefits,
you know, they could be disrupted, But also Walmart, like
I mean, they handle nearly a quarter of all Snap

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transactions in the United States, so shutting down would hurt
them just as much as it would hurt customers. So
twenty five states in Kentucky's now one of these twenty
five states, by the way, that isssuing the USDA to
release emergency funds that were meant for situations quite like this.
So again, certainly a real issue to worry about when
it comes to the government shut down and groceries and

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all that and all that, but as far as Walmart
closing because of fear of looting, and that's just not
it's not real. All right, We've got a real update
of traviing a weather coming your way. Also, we'll talk
with Scott Fitzgerald on the other side with another sports update.
You're about ten minutes away from another news update with
John Shannon, So stick around right here at news Radio
eight forty wahas Connect Louisville. That is what LMPD is

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rolling out, and it's basically a massive citywide camera network
and they're encouraging citizens here in Louisville to allow LMPD
not access to their cameras and their home.

Speaker 2 (10:11):
Around the clock. That would be a wild thing.

Speaker 1 (10:15):
But what they want is for I guess, the ability
to have access to get there, to get your footage
if in fact they believe there's a situation in your
area where you your cameras may have picked up something
that can help them find information about a about a case.
So it's lmpd's real time crime center that is going

(10:38):
to monitor video outside of bar shops and homes when
incidents do occur. This has already helped them. As you
heard there in John's news update, this has already helped
them solve some cases. And if in fact, there are
a lot of folks in the in the in the
area that that are cool with this and they let
them have access to it when they feel like that

(11:00):
the footage may be able to help them, there's no
doubt that can do anything but help. I don't know
how much it'll help. I'm not sure what kind of
numbers we should expect as far as just an increase
in getting cases solved.

Speaker 2 (11:12):
But my question is would you allow it? If you
you know, would.

Speaker 1 (11:17):
You trust because that's the first thing I thought of was, well,
obviously they're not They're not gonna They're not gonna go
big brother and just sit and watch your cameras. I mean,
be a wild thing. But I say that mocking the
idea of it. But I'm sure there are many people
that just assume, yeah, I'm not going to trust that, though,
just to know that they could, you know, how do
I know that I got to give them, I got
to give them the green light? How do I know

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they can't just get to it whenever they want? And
I understand that kind of fear because privacy, of course
is invaluable, and people also not just want privacy, but
they just they wouldn't trust that people are going to
go about you know, go a by the book and
only and only get access to the camera whenever you
give them, you know, you give them the okay for it.

(12:00):
So we have security cameras at our house, but uh,
I'll be honest with that, we don't. We rarely use
them or think of using them, just because we rarely
have any situation to where they're needed. In fact, the
only time I could think of that we've that we've
I guess been reminded that we even have it is
that we were traveling at one point and we got
we got a notification on the APP that somebody was

(12:23):
at the front door and we didn't expect anybody, and
sure enough it was it was it was a law
enforcement officer. And I still to this day don't know
why they came knocking on our door. But you know,
I would have no problem with it because I just
I wouldn't sit around thinking about it. But I'm sure
others would say, Yeah, I hope you guys do it.
I hope you guys are able to to find criminals
and keep them up, keep them off the streets. But

(12:44):
the cameras in my home are for me and not
for you. I'm sure there are many people like that,
and that is absolutely your right to look at it
that way. But and I'm sure we'll get we'll get
numbers at some point, but I'm very curious to see
how many people will be willing to to help potentially
reduce crime and or just maybe you're not reducing it,
but you can help hold people accountable who are in

(13:05):
fact committing these crimes and leaving evidence by whatever is
captured on these on these cameras, John, would you if
you lived in Louisville and you know, they came door
to door and saying, hey, we need your help, could
could you give us? Would you sign up and at
least just let us know, Hey, we can call you
and get access to your cameras if need be.

Speaker 3 (13:25):
You know, I think I would, because now, first of all,
I would just get rid of the current security cameras
that I'm already paying for in that system that's you know,
a part of it, and so that would probably save
me some money. And unless it costs a separate charge,
maybe that's part of it. I don't know. And plus
you were talking about whether or not people are watching you.
I already feel that way about the cameras that we
already have in our house, so I don't feel like

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it would be any different. The only I guess the
biggest difference is that it's law enforcement that has access
to it versus a company. But I mean, big brother,
whoever you want to refer to it as they're already
watching us with our phones, whether we know it or not.
So I kind of I think whether that makes you
uncomfortable or not, I think it's still something that you know,
we just have to kind of deal with or accept,

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if that makes any sense.

Speaker 1 (14:08):
Makes total sense. I don't think they're watching me. I
think they're they're in my brain.

Speaker 3 (14:13):
I mean, I doesn't mean that I like it, by
the way, I want to make that clear. I just
feel like that's reality that we're in.

Speaker 2 (14:18):
Yep.

Speaker 1 (14:18):
And I think of things and then we'll go to
the internet and app even TV sometimes and and there'll
be something that is targeted to me that popped up
in my brain and it's it's scary, but it's become
so consistent now that I'm not surprised, and I don't
know how they do it, but it's I mean, sometimes

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it's obvious if you're looking at something on your phone
or the on a on a browser on the internet,
and then you end up elsewhere. Like these things are
now built to know to target for that. But there
are things that I didn't look up, that I haven't
left any digital footprints, and yet sure enough they target
me in a perfect way. But this is a little

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different as far as just you know, the cameras in
your home. So I watch a lot of crime shows.
Love true crime. I'm not alone. It's the most popular
genre of content out there. But one of the shows
I watch is First forty eight, and I'm always encouraged
when I see these officers detectives go in door to
door knowing that many houses now have you can tell

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they've got security systems, they've got cameras, and they ask them, hey,
was your camera run and can we have access to it?
And it's very rare that anybody just say no, you can't.
And I don't know why you wouldn't want to help them,
but I'm sure there's some people that would not want
to participate in helping solve crimes for whatever reason they
could come up with. But yeah, this is what I'm
most There's no doubt in my mind this can only help.

(15:43):
But what I'm more curious to see is if, in fact,
there's a good amount of folks that say, yeah, why not.
All right, let's get to a quick time out traving.
Weather updates are on the way. We've got a lot
more to get into this morning, so stick around right
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o'clock hour. We are fueled by Thornton's keep him in
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Speaker 2 (16:09):
They've got what you.

Speaker 1 (16:10):
Need to stay fueled for the day ahead. So I'm
looking here at the Woky. Our partner's over there at Okhy.
Their their morning newscast right now, and they're they're covering
throughout the week different spooky haunted places. Are you a
haunted house guy, mister Alden.

Speaker 3 (16:24):
No, I went to one haunted house in high school.
It was the Field of Screams, very famous round here.
It's a legend. Say I was you would have thought
I was a twelve year old baby or an eight
year old baby. I was not. I mean, I got
through it and it was it was, It was fun ish.
But I never went back and probably will never go
back unless my kids want to take me, I guess
whenever they're older.

Speaker 1 (16:45):
I've only been to a couple and I, well, it's
just not really my thing. Like, but I'm also not
gonna act like they didn't scare me too. I had
a there was a guy holding the where's the one
that's in it? It's in like on the way to
Brandenburg on. Yeah, so that's where I went. And the mean, look,

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I don't have a whole lot to compare it to,
but I felt like I was at one of the premiere,
you know, premium spots to to take in the Halloween
spooky experience, the haunted whatever, and uh it was. We
waited in line and uh it was. It was fine.
Other than there was I still I'm having a panic
attack thinking about the man with some kind of mask

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on holding the chainsaw that I didn't know was there.
And then I saw him and he he scared me
in a way that I've probably never been scared in
my life for a brief moment and that, uh that
didn't anger me, but it made me realize, Yeah, I
don't need this.

Speaker 2 (17:41):
I mean I don't.

Speaker 1 (17:41):
I don't get enough out of this to go through that,
because that was that was frightening. But there are I've
learned over the years that there are people who absolutely
love that stuff, like it's just I mean, they can't
get enough of just everything that comes with the horror, Halloween,
spooky vibe. And you know if that's if that's the
case and that's you, then then you know this should
is your time to enjoy that. But for me, I

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could go without it and be just fine. And I
mean I remember, now that I think about it, there
was like a haunted we had, like a haunted classroom
we did, and when I was in elementary school, I
see leave that too, and that scared me enough to
where I've I knew at a young age, Yeah I'm good, Like, yeah,
I'm not gonna seek this out. But a lot of people,
you know, they go in wanting somebody to really spook

(18:26):
them and scare them. And uh, you know, I again,
I can go without it. I'm not I'm not somebody
that craves that as far as entertainment, same thing with
scary movies, Like I don't I don't want to watch
something and be at every moment thinking I'm going to
have a heart attack.

Speaker 3 (18:41):
I seem to love like the Saw movies, like the
body horror type movies. But I don't know if it's
just like come with age and like the queasiness of
my stomach not being or you know, the strength of
my stomach not being what he used to be.

Speaker 2 (18:53):
I hate it now.

Speaker 3 (18:54):
I can't watch any of that stuff anymore.

Speaker 2 (18:56):
Yep. And I'm with you. We are aligned there.

Speaker 1 (18:58):
But when you consider I mean, it's a niche thing.
But man, there's enough people that love it to where
it's never going away, that's for sure. And I can't
think of the last time I sat down and watched
anything rather it be a television show, series or a
movie that that it was just known that at any moment,
you gotta be you gotta be ready, because they're gonna,
they're gonna, they're gonna scare you, they're gonna spook you.

Speaker 2 (19:20):
Yeah, I can go without.

Speaker 1 (19:22):
It, but I'm sure you know there's many that disagree,
because there's countless different I mean, that's a that's a
genre if you will, that that is that is timeless.
But yeah, there's a lot of options around here when
it comes to going and experiencing something like that. And
I'm sure you know they wouldn't be doing it every
year and there wouldn't be multiple different events that pop
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