35 Burst results for "Mattis"
Mark Levin
Even the Greats Were Once Despised, Considered 'Controversial'
"Who are the great people But they just embraced and accepted Churchill Churchill was despised He was considered extremely controversial Now we all know what a tremendous leader Churchill was George S. Patton He didn't conduct himself like other general He wasn't a Millie A Mattis a Kelly one of our greatest generals ever More recently England England was dying in the 1970s The government owned almost all the industries the labor movement had been taken over by the marxists It looked like there was no end That what was going to take place They elected the iron lady Margaret Thatcher A few years later in our own country after Jimmy Carter and the Democrats the country was sinking We elected Ronald Reagan Ronald Reagan was not supported by his party the Republican establishment In Israel Benjamin Netanyahu is considered controversial He's not controversial Again one of the great leaders of all times And if the Israelis are smart they'll bring them back especially now since they're on the brink Many of you may not know this but Abraham Lincoln was considered very controversial
Game of Crimes
"mattis" Discussed on Game of Crimes
"Well, I take back what I said. He wasn't that big of a smart ass, just a little bit of poem, but I'll tell you what though. Again, great sense of humor. Very humble guy too. Even though we're kind of having fun, very humble guys serve. He serves his community and you can tell that came from being ten years as an ordained minister. And a Marine Corps. As a marine formerly on active duty, but of course in Diego Garcia, the armpit of the ocean out there, but you go, where are you told? You go, where you told him, Steve not a single person stole an installation or a palm tree off a Diego Garcia. Excellent job. Mark accomplished his mission. Excellent job, marine. And by the way, on our page, you'll see the links to his Instagram and his TikTok page. And again, you know, just fantastic. But again, we love people who serve their community. We love people who serve their country, but he did it in a way that where he promoted canine Mattis, not himself. This isn't about him. And, you know, being on the top dog thing, diving into the pool the way he did doing crazy stuff. Yeah. You know, he's got to be a ball of fun to work with. I mean, he's not a guy that's going to sit around this and say, let's see what happens. He's going to go find out what's happening and take action. There are three kinds of people. Those people who make things happen, those people who watch things happen, then those people wonder what in the hell just happened. Mark is in the first category. He makes things happen. He made things happen at the top dog. He's diving into the pool like that, skinning his nose. Some of the crazy stuff he did, but you know what he did it. He did it because he wanted to make an impact. He has a future as a game show host. That's what he wants to do. Nick, so Nickelodeon, if you're listening, here is your next game show host for kids and dogs. I see a show about kids and dogs about how fast they can train their dogs and Mark is the MC of this. And we'll call it what will we call it? It would probably be named after Mattis because mark's such a humble guy. He wouldn't name it after himself. You know, Mattis's marauders. Check out our website because we're going to have his books posted on there. He's got a couple kids books. Your kids, if you've got kids or grandkids, get these books and read them to them because I promise you they're going to love them. My grandkids are all well, I just shouldn't have said that. Thanks for what you gonna get for Christmas. Hopefully your daughter or your granddaughter is not listening to our podcast. She shouldn't be hearing this. Well, I know one of them I know her dad, my son in law listens to it. And she comes in and hears things every once in a while. It's funny because she's been on her iPad lately or iPad, when she comes over. And on YouTube, she's seen some videos of Javier and I and she's like, pops, those pops are not on YouTube.
Game of Crimes
"mattis" Discussed on Game of Crimes
"Ahead and got an illustrated and self published on Amazon and it did well. We wrote another one that was actually about our first track. That I've shared earlier. And that one did pretty good. And now I have a third one written and I'm working on my adult book as well. So hopefully we'll get that published here and not too long. So how many books do you have out right now though is it two or is it three? Two out the third one's written, but two or two are published. So the first one is called my dog Mattis, what's the second one called? My dog Madison the barefoot bandits. And the barefoot, yes, the barefoot bandits because you found the shoes in the mud. And what's the third one? What's third one going to be called? If you can disclose that. I can't tell you. You can't tell me or you won't tell me. Huge. Yeah. It goes through a day in the life of what we do. Okay. A day in the life of what we do. That's a long name for a book. Yeah, it's not the name of the book. We'll get it. Yeah, true for. We'll get it out of you. Well, let's talk about the impact that the books had. So once you wrote that book, what kind of feedback did you get now that you're writing these kids books like that? I mean, were you able to go to schools with them? I mean, tell us how you use them as instruments as tools. Yeah, and that was the neatest thing was the reception and the reviews that we got on Amazon. We're really good. And it did provide more opportunities to go to schools. One of the most humbling thing I don't see now is I'll see other cops with my book and reading it to a group of kids. Yeah, so seeing people in your industry, giving you that not of approval that the book is relatable and helps with kids and that means a lot to me. And like I said, I get a little teary just thinking about
Game of Crimes
"mattis" Discussed on Game of Crimes
"Two and a half minutes of work. So tell us about the water this time. How did you handle the water this time? Because they told you, don't dive again, bro, right? Yeah, in the finals, it was one that I knew, like he was, it was one that I was just trying to get as fast at the time, because now I'm up against the winners of every episode. Not every episode, but the fastest times from the season. And so I'm like, I'm trying to get over there as quick as I can. So, Mattis makes a great jump and I sprint to the other side and I'm just waiting by the buzzer as soon as he hits the deck. We hit the buzzer on that one. And I think we were finished with a top three time. There's two guys that were super fast. So they were younger and better shaped than me, like it was one of those that I was the one holding that as back. So it was fun. We made it to the next stage, which was the odor. And odor is just fantastic. It was kind of cool. There was one guy, his name is Mike, Mike McMahon. He's up in New Jersey, and he is a fantastic dog trainer. And everyone kind of knew from the beginning that he was the favorite. And so I was, I was so excited to be in the finals with Mike at the end of this. His dog was named Kai. And he had been a dog trainer for like 20 years. He was just, he was intense. He was a great competitor and it came down to us to on the final stage. And they eliminate everybody up to that final stage so that there would only be two of you. Yeah, actually in this one, there was three in the final stage because there's an extra dog me that made the finals. So instead of having just two dogs compete in the very last stage, they had three dogs. You screwed up all of their plans. You screwed everything up, dude. Yeah. I did. But it was cool. We ended up running a really good time and then Mike was the last one to go in the final stage. And he ended up beating me by, I think, 8 seconds. It was tight and those 8 seconds will haunt me. But at the same time, it's one of those like we go back to. If I get beat by someone that gives their absolute all. And I feel like I get my apps at all. I am nothing but impressed and proud of the work that he put out and he's an amazing handler with an amazing dog and it was so much fun to be there and do it with him. So you came in second then on top dogs. In the champions, yeah? Yeah. So you were first. First loser, yeah. Just like somebody I can't remember which community said, look, either you want to win the gold or the bronze, because like silver's like you said, like, first of those are bronzes like, hey, no, you did good. You know, it's like silver's that kind of in between. It's like, I don't want to be in purgatory, you know, either the goal, but still, but 8 seconds, overall, when you think, but here's the thing, they didn't even plan on you being in the finals. And so you still blew them away. Now, I got to tell you, how did you handle the fame after that point? Because now everybody knows you. Everybody sees you. What kind of crap did you get from your people back in the department? So the final one, there wasn't much because they showed us an air and I don't think it aired till like 6 months later, right? So we were going into 2020. Yeah.
Game of Crimes
"mattis" Discussed on Game of Crimes
"And trying to hear your story and Mattis had a real good story too of winning a Purple Heart, he got injured in the line of duty pursuant to guys. And so he had kind of gotten some recognition nationally from that. So he had a good backstory, which made him a good play as well on TV. And so it was like this injured dog is highly decorated and has all these fines and all these apprehensions. And his handler talk good. So through the course of the interviews, they said, well, you're the dog's amazing and the bald guy's good enough. Because you can't have one without the other, right? If you want the dog, you got to bring me. Right? Yeah, it's kind of how it works. So how long from that initial process till you got selected? How long did that take? It was probably like a two month process of the phone interviews and then they gave us another month where they told us we're going to start shooting. Out in California. And here are the dates, which was kind of a funny story too, because there was ten episodes and then a champions. Episode. And we were scheduled to shoot on the tenth episode. That's when our date was. And they're shooting the champions, the very next day. And so they're like, we need you available from this state, you know, it was like, we fly out on Wednesday, and you'll be home on Friday. And I'm like, well, you guys are shooting the champions on Friday though, right? And they're like, yes. And I'm like, well, shouldn't I go ahead and stay till Saturday then? They're like, you haven't even competed. And I'm like, yeah, but wouldn't it be cheaper for y'all than get the plane ticket for the next day? Because I plan on winning. Are you serious? Well, I'm not coming to lose.
Game of Crimes
"mattis" Discussed on Game of Crimes
"Get rid of the shoe. He spits the shoe, and he bites the guys arm and then, you know, it's perfect because then he's got control of that arm, I can get cuffs on him, or roll him over, he had like broken glass and all that stuff underneath him. I think a knife, and he was trying to get to, but yeah, once Mattis dropped the shoe and got in the fight, we were able to get control of this guy. Yeah, he had two holes in his foot, very nasty foot. I have pictures of that foot. He had a tattoo of a dollar sign on top of his foot, which Mattis kind of ruined his tasking. And that looks like a scent mark. Yeah. So anyway, it was just, it was another one that it taught me a lot. It was like consider things from the dog's perspective. I thought I was really fast, but the reason that I caught him was because my dog had his foot, right? Just all these wonderful things. It was good. This guy, he was getting ready to take you on the whole way. In the Parker building, you see him with a gun. He's getting ready to take you on. And then this is a gun and there he's going for a knife. What a freaking idiot. Yeah, yeah. It was cool, like it was one of those that you don't like, you don't think you think, where you're thinking about figuring out thinking about consequences that this guy has a gun. He wants to do harm. It's just like, this is what we're supposed to do. And Mattis loved it. His tail's wagon. He's got a cutest mouth, and he's happy. We got to do our jobs. Teamwork. We got him together. Yes. Right. Good experience. That's fantastic. But you know, the other thing too, is this time it just wasn't a shoe of like a little minor shoplifter. This was like a certified, you know? Flat out, you know, now when you said he had the weapon, did he ever, I mean, did you ever get to the point during that chase to where you could have considered lethal force or was did he not? Did he just have it, but not direct it towards you? Because at that point, too, then you've got some considerations. You got your dog, you got to worry about you. At any time, did it approach that situation where lethal force could have been used? Well, when I saw him looking over his shoulder with the gun in his hand, that would have been a moment that I could have, but it was one of those that I felt like I could deescalate it with the ramming of the vehicle, right? It was one that, okay, relatively still protected. And if I hit it hard enough, you know, I was hoping to track him in the car. It was really my end goal. And I almost did. It was slanted slightly, and that's why he was able to get out on the driver's side. But he wouldn't have been able to get on the passenger side, but at least it would have been a little bit contained.
Game of Crimes
"mattis" Discussed on Game of Crimes
"He turns into the parking deck, and he busts through the arm that's, you know, that comes down to keep you from not paying your $2 or whatever to park in the park and ride. He busts through that, and I'm coming in behind him. He starts going up and I'm like, dude, there's nowhere to go. Yeah, so he starts going up. And I'm behind him, and he gets to about the third floor. And there's less cars that are there. And so I see an opportunity to take him out. And I'm not pitch certified at this time. So my mentality is just ram him, right? This is a great place to terminate. This whole carjacking scene. So let's just ran the vehicle incapacitate it. There's no other cars on it, possibly hit. And so I accelerate, I just punch the Ford explorer. A brand new Ford explorer too, which is funny. Yeah. And I go, I go to hit him right in the driver's side back tire area, so it'll spin him out. Like I have it all played out in my mind what it's going to look like. But he moves. And I tag one of the concrete pylons is coming down. And I'm like, oh my gosh, like if this, if this ends like this, I will never live it down. I just want to ramp this guy and I run into a pylon. And so I'm like, please explore, please work. Please work, please work. And it did. I could still move. And it actually worked to my advantage because it confused the guy. He saw me behind him, and then I disappeared. He didn't realize that I was over the other shoulder from now, engaged with a concrete pylon. And so I'm like, okay, I have an opportunity. I could also see that only a cop says I was engaged with a concrete pile of everybody else says. I crashed into a concrete. It makes it sound so much better. I engage the concrete pylon and took the pylon out. Yes, for cover.
Game of Crimes
"mattis" Discussed on Game of Crimes
"I had one of the other handlers to make a bet with me. I bet I can get more followers than you. And so I'm a competitive guy, and I'm like, oh, it's on. So you brought in your 47 page laminated mile of Instagram. This is how I'm going to attack Instagram. This is our op orders. This is our courses of action. We are okay, buddy. Take the beach. It's on. Apparently, you triggered it out because you got $265,000. Yeah. Something went right. No, it was just one that I love showing him off and I always said, if you're genuine, if you give people access, right? And this is police as a whole us as a society. Because you guys have probably never met face to face when you talk to people. Pretty much come to an understanding. And you have mutual respect for one another. We become, you know, I think we're in a nation that's trying to divide us and really what we need to do is focus on a lot of the similarities we have. And dogs create that bridge initially, which is fantastic. And then if you're authentic and tell people what you think and why you think it, a lot of times they're like, ah, I get that. And so that was my goal with social media is just be real. Engaged with people. Show them, show them the real you. And that's what we've tried to do. And it seems to be working out. At the end of the videos, I've seen it from you. You're not, you're not bashful. You're willing to laugh at yourself. I mean, there's a lot of self deprecating human Internet. Which is hilarious. I love it. But how did the guy that you were in competition with? How many followers did he get? I think he quit. He didn't, he got overwhelmed. I could only get four people to follow me. I'm done. He's a nice, he's a great he's a great guy. And he's still got a dog to stay. And I love him. But yeah, social media wouldn't his thing. We need to follow your marketing pattern because we're not at 265,000. No, no. Hey, by the way, while we're sitting here right now, let everybody know what work where can they find Madison? What's the handles for you on TikTok and the Instagram? TikTok is canine Mattis MAT IS and then Instagram. It's a little convoluted, but if you put it in, you'll find it. And underscore K9 underscore Mattis is Instagram. But like I said, if you put canine Mattis, he's got the little sounds so pretentious. He's got the little blue check mark next in because he's a verified. Oh, oh. Your dog has a blue check, Mark. Oh my God. Yeah. Oh, wow. But at what point, when did you went from the time you got so let's do this bookend it this way? When did you get Mattis and then how long after that did you start realizing, hey, let's start doing this thing they call the social media. Oh, pretty quick. Yeah, I think I started when he was in training. Doing the social media. And I think that was back in, oh, was it Instagram for sure? Was right around 2000 or 2016? Ish, 2015? I think.
Game of Crimes
"mattis" Discussed on Game of Crimes
"You know, you're looking for happy social and confident. That's what I was looking for in Madison. I got. But you can teach them how you want them to act in any situation. You just have to do it. So being a part of the home was part of it. Like I didn't want him just not having interaction with people. I wanted him around people. And so I would take him everywhere with me. How was he around your kids though? Because that was one of the other things when we've talked to some of the other canine handlers. A couple of them got to the point that said, no, I got to keep it outside because I think it was Steve was Randy tooman, didn't he say he had to keep his dog outside because his daughter was coming across I think delivering room one time and kind of reached out and nipped her or something, and he saw like, yeah, he just he ended up having to keep the dog out back, but she never had any problems. But it was because I trained him that way. And I wanted him, I wanted him social in every situation. So he was taught. Could your kids could you kids play with him in roughhouse and that kind of stuff? Yeah. In the reason he has more apprehensions, bites than all the dogs combined in the city of Alpharetta. So every dog that we've ever had in service, if you add up all their bites, it doesn't equal what he's done. Because I could take him into any situation. I could walk him through the mall and kids could be playing with him and everything else. And then I can say a word and he can go apprehend a bad guy. So, and that was on purpose. I wanted, and that's what Jeff Franklin to his credit, what he showed me and emulated with his dog. And I saw that it was a possibility. So when you walk through crowds, it seems like all the canines that you see, whether it's at the airport or the police department, they have the signs on, says, do not pet work dog. It was okay for people to come up and pet Madison. Yeah, as long as he wasn't actively working. And that's like the ones at the airport are actively working. But with him, as long as he wasn't on a job, you could interact with him and, you know, that's one of the things we focused on later on in his career and what we do now is we do public appearances and what a great PR tool for the agency, man. That's fantastic. Thank you. So, but let's we want to talk about another thing you're involved in, which is a carjacking, a little more intense, but before that, at some point, like you said, you started saying the value, the PR, because everybody loves fire people, you know, firemen, right? You know, firefighters. The cops show up, oh, they're going to write you a ticket nobody ever says, hey, they're going to come put your camera. That's why there's no such show called live FD. It was boring. Yeah, but nobody ever says be good or the farm is going to come over and set fire to your house. Nobody ever says that. I think we should be good or the policeman is going to arrest you, right?
Game of Crimes
"mattis" Discussed on Game of Crimes
"We called him Vinny Vinny. Vinny. Vinny. Yeah. He just left her at a party. He was a good cop, and a good friend of mine. He stayed with me on a track, which was not many people can actually do. It's hard to, when you're tracking through the mud and the muck to keep up. But he did. And so we start tracking from the side of the interstate. And we're going down the side of the stand. I'm like, oh, this is, you know, it's not bad. It's a little bit of high grass, cars. Flying by. And then Mattis takes a left into a ditch that goes underneath all of 400. The interstate that so he goes under this. And it's probably 400 is let's see four lanes each direction. So 8 lanes wide. So it's pretty long ditch that we had to go through. And it was just below my head level. So probably like four feet. So you had to like, hunch and I kept hitting. It was dark. There was rats. It was wet. I remember like we're going through this tunnel that Madison pulled me through, I'm knocking my head and I'm bald, so I have cuts on the back of my head. I'm bleeding. I'm getting wet. My back hurts. We get to the edge of the tunnel. And I am like, I'm worn out already. And it's probably like just a tenth of a mile quarter mile into the track or so. And at the edge of the ditch that goes under 400, there's this huge drop off, probably about 20 feet. And it's all muddy and nasty and things are coming down and you can kind of climb up to the right. And I'm like, okay, we gotta figure out what we're gonna do here. Maybe he lost it, maybe this wasn't a good track. And then I looked to the right up on the right and there's a shoe stuck in the mud.
Game of Crimes
"mattis" Discussed on Game of Crimes
"While. So that wasn't too bad. How did you go about picking out Madison? What's the process now for getting a new dog? Well, I had been through a trainer school, so typically some schools will assign you a dog, but I was one where I've been through a trainer school and how to select dogs. And so I wanted to make sure that I had selected the dog for work for me because I knew exactly what I wanted. I thought. I had. Now, do you select the dog or does the dog select you? It's kind of a both, like with Mattis, who's very much, there was no other choice. And he was not, like I said, kind of was because the trainer school that I went to, this Jeff had this amazing, probably 65, 70 pound female mal, that was malinois, Belgium Malone. incredible. And I was like, that's exactly what I want, is I want to because I'm a small guy. I'm like, I want a 65 pound, 75 pound pocket rocket, Belgian malinois. And we'll just go nuts. And then Mattis is a hundred pound German Shepherd. And it was one of those that I started putting them through tests where you take a ball and you throw it, you see how hard they go after it. You take a ball and you throw it in a high grass and see how hard they'll hunt for it. You take a ball and you put it under like a something they can't get to it, like a crate or something like that. They can see it, they can smell it, but they can't get to it. How hard will they try to get to it? And Mattis is like slipping things over and gets the ball anyway. Like you do all these tests and I put on the bite suit and you let all these dogs bite you and then I get in with Madison and he absolutely crushes me to the point where I can't open my hand. I'm like, I want this dog. And the greatest thing about him was like you had all these other dogs that are just nuts on the end of the leash. They're going crazy, they're like, you know, just a chainsaw and Mattis comes in and he's just cool calm and collected, but will absolutely destroy anything that you ask him to. Right? He's just like. Damn, I want one. I want one. That sounds like general Mattis said one time. He says, be calm, be cool. Be kind, be Curtis, but have a plan to kill everybody in the room. Correct.
Game of Crimes
"mattis" Discussed on Game of Crimes
"Yeah, no, it was kind of a both is they wanted me to get comfortable with interacting with the dog, but at the same time, it's not a good way to develop a bond. Is to give the first thing you do is you give them a bath. It's a horrible idea. But, you know, I'm sure they could see some apprehension in me and realizing that I need to learn how to interact with this dog. And one of the biggest things that you need when you interact with a dog is confidence. And you don't have the confidence. And this is what it taught me is if you don't have the confidence then that dog's going to tear you apart. He didn't tear me apart. But I had to learn how to approach and work with Nico. Talk about though the difference because you've gotten a dog later, which was fresh you know, basically out of the crate. I mean, you got the brand new dog. What's the challenge of working? You called it a retread, but what's the challenge of now working with somebody else's dog? And now you've got them for the first time because, I mean, they obviously develop their habits and their routines. And now you're the interloper. You're the new guy coming in. What's some big challenges when you deal with a dog that had previously been assigned to someone else? Yeah, you don't know what that dog has learned. You don't know how it's been trained. The damage that's been done, not eating. And when I say damage, it's just one of those things that I do things a certain way, and I'm consistently doing it with my dog. And if someone new comes in and the dog doesn't understand that, and I'm trying to do it, there might be some sort of conflict. And so it's just one of those figuring out all the conflict and you basically have, you have a puzzle that you have to put together. And with a green dog, you kind of know where you're starting from. With a dog that's already had another handler, there's pieces that you're just not sure where they fit. And so you're trying to you're trying to work through the process. It's fascinating. And I absolutely love it. But it's an interesting question. Until the end of his career with Nico. We learned, for instance, that he was trained in like I trained him in German. And then I realized like about halfway through, he was actually trained in check. So now I had a polyglot dog, because he could, he can respond to commands in English, check German. I think there's one other language like some Spanish. It was just one of those things like, oh wow, if I had done it this way, it would have been so much easier. Did you get rid of that dog? Do you call it a canceled check? Thank you very much. Okay, thank you. Thank you. Thank you very much. We did not know that I was going to say that. That is impressive. I'll be here all day. I'll be here all week. Mark, don't feed that. Don't feed that, man. It gets worse, I'm telling you. Oh my God. Just now, okay, for our drinking game, okay, I digress. Now back to our regularly scheduled podcast. So I am. With Nico. I said mikko earlier, but it's Niko in iko. Correct. Between Nico and Mattis at some point you met this whirlwind. We call Christie schiller. When did you when did you make Christy? I had heard about Christie in the work that she did with canines for cops. It just kind of, as I grew in the canine world and made more connections and met people, I think it was when I was in
Game of Crimes
"mattis" Discussed on Game of Crimes
"Him out on his fan page. And we'll post this on the show as well. On social media, the guys got what is it, 5 million followers on TikTok? It's outrageous. Yeah, and Instagram he's got a couple 100,000. I mean, it's just, but it's all about canine Mattis. It's not about him. It's about his dog. And he doesn't mind, would you call it self deprecating humor, or he doesn't mind putting himself out there to have some fun with it. This is one of the most fun interviews we've done. It was hilarious. Mark has a good head on his shoulders. It's kind of odd, you hear about his career where all he went and everything, but it helps you understand in the long run what motivated him to become a lifelong police officer. He's doing a fantastic job. If I was the chief in Alpharetta, you know what? I'd be very proud that this guy is representing my agency the way he is. And I was proud of him until he became a smartass. And I left that edit in because we had a problem we had a little glitch. And then Murph asked the question again. And he acted like a smart ass, and I'm going, okay, pal. Teach you a lesson. We're leaving this edit in. So you will come up upon a section, not that far into the episode. And it's going to sound like we made a mistake and forgot to cut something out. I wasn't going to cut it out. And you'll hear mark's response and Mark, this is our, this is the penalty you pay for being a smart ass on the show. But we just told everybody, we don't take anything serious ourselves. So it turns out to be funny and hilarious and Mark, thank you so much for your sense of humor, brother. It was a pleasure and honor to have you on here. Oh yeah, and when you hear about his dog and canine Madison, what he's done with him and the impact of what I really like Murph is the positive impact he has had using this dog the way beyond just beyond being a patrol dog. But hey, if we're going to hear about the story and hear about all the fun stuff and hear about the edit, I intentionally left in, I have to ask you one question, Mark, are you ready to play the biggest baddest, most dangerous and canine friendly in this episode game of all the game of crimes? Hey everybody, you're going to love this one. I promise you, so get in, sit down, shut up, and hold on. Let's hear from Mark and let's hear all about Mattis. You're going to love it.
Mark Levin
Why Is There No Congressional Committee on Afghanistan?
"I wanted to Get into a number of big issues here with you. First of all. We still have American citizens. Behind enemy lines. In the country now controlled by terrorists and backed by China and Russia. Have you noticed our elites? Now I say elites, not because they're superior to us elites because They claim control and power and superiority over us. Have you noticed our elites? Don't give a damn Is there a reason why we have a commission or a committee on January six, but we don't have a committee about Americans right now behind enemy lines in Afghanistan. Is the reason why the Democrat Party leadership Says nothing. Or if they say anything, they don't seem all I worked up about it. Is it amazing to you that General Mattis and General Kelly who were very outspoken about Lafayette Park, which was nothing Have nothing to say about any of this. Isn't it amazing to you? It's amazing to me. The Sunday shows to the extent it was mention, hit and run. Hit and run. And, of course, as you know, in addition to American citizens behind enemy lines, There are Afghans behind enemy lines. Who helped us fight the enemy helps save American lives. And they've been left to these terrorist butchers,
KTAR 92.3FM
"mattis" Discussed on KTAR 92.3FM
"24 4 year old Mattis Kovler Next of the Columbus Blue Jackets, was sitting in a hot tub at a private Fourth of July celebration when a mortar style firework tilted downward and shot towards him, hitting him in the chest as rain from tropical storm also pelts, Florida rescue workers are still digging through the rubble of the condo tower that collapsed 13 days ago. 32 bodies have now been recovered. You're never more than 15 minutes away from today's top stories on Arizona's news station, K T a R news, Sharper points commentary presented by Schwartz Laser I sent her Oh, my goodness. It all gets underway tonight. I don't know if I can take it. It's just way too much. The Think about and get my heart into this. The sons will have home court advantage and host the first two games of the NBA Finals at Phoenix Suns Arena starting tonight. I can't wait to watch the sons, but I'm not sure how much my fandom is worth. Maybe a better way to put what I'm trying to say is this I don't think I'm a big enough fan to write a big enough check that some people are going to write to sit courtside for tonight's game at last check. Stub Hub had tickets for Game one that started $540 each which, if my wife didn't kill me for forking over for those nose bleed seats, she'd eventually probably forgive me. But if I laid out the money for the center court, courtside seats I saw advertised for $26,505. Probably wouldn't not only get forgiven. I'd get divorced, and a judge might even give her permission to make herself a widow because that's more than I spent on her engagement ring and our wedding combined. And I can't make the argument that 26 grand for one night is worth more than my wedding night or worth more than a brand new Honda CRV 2.5 Years of tuition. Today s u a down payment on a house or if we're gonna talk weddings How do you explain to your fiancee that my courtside seats mean we're going to have to go to the courthouse? Now, I don't think you should be sentimental enough to write a $26,000 check to see one son's game. But I think Charles Barkley should be sentimental enough to pick the sons to win the finals. Right if if if Yanez is 85 90%, I'm going to go with Milwaukee. But all my heart and soul is going to be pulling from my Phoenix suns. I will tell you that. Yeah. Come on, Charles. To put your mouth where your heart is and all that. Hey, And here's why you should be sentimental. About the sons, and it's not just because it's been 28 years since they've been in the finals. And it's not just because the Phoenix Suns were the original professional sports franchise for the state of Arizona. It's because of what ESPN ABC analyst Jeff Van Gundy told us this morning about the head coach of the Phoenix Suns, a quality guy by the name of Monty Williams. Who actually played for Van Gundy. When he was coaching. I hope the casual Sun fan will take a look at Monty Williams character because he is Sympathetic. He is graceful. He's a man of integrity and honesty. He is a great, great person. All those qualities make him a great leader and some of the things he and his family have overcome. Which has been well documented, you know, losing his wife in a tragic car accident. Like the grace that he's handled all of this with, you know, he's a man of deep faith, and it serves him well, and I can't tell you how impressed I am with who he is as a person and who he is as a leader. Alright, there's enough reason to cheer for the sun's right there. Not just the fact that there are hometown team but their equality group of individuals that happens to be our hometown team. Still not worth 26 grand for courtside seat. To our news time to 7 48 that goes beyond sentimental to just mental. Spend that kind of money. Alright. Entertainment news now brought to you by bod If I Arizona's premier, cool sculpting provider Bod. If I guarantees you'll see results. Book Your free consultation at frees me dot com today, remembering Director Richard Donald Easy, Miss. I've got you man behind Superman Lethal weapon movies in the Goonies Goonies executive producer Steven Spielberg says Donner was all kids, all heart all the time. And, of course, the greatest goony of all Goony Starshine asked and recalled the Donora, the biggest booming his voice you could imagine, and a wonderful laugh and lethal weapons star Danny Glover says, working with Donna and the franchise was one of the proudest moments of his life in his heart is broken. Richard Donner died Monday at the age of 91 Happy Lake.
KLBJ 590AM
"mattis" Discussed on KLBJ 590AM
"Columbus Blue Jackets goalie Mattis Cabin skits, 24. He died after being struck in the chest by a firework sitting in a hot tub at the coach's home over the weekend. Crazy man old man Haas hosting his daughter's Hawaiian theme wedding. It was a big get together big family gathering. A lot of the players were there and Something happened and it hit him in, and he and he died right there on some kind of a what a horrible story him in the chest, cause some kind of chest trauma and and gone it just just crazy. Crazy story. Yeah, he died. Let's see. This was happened in Detroit. The team's coach. Many legacy was, uh and it was just a horrible, horrible city 24 years. Young, now a spokesperson for the Oakland County Medical Examiner's office. Told the daily Mail that the the official cause of death was a fireworks, mortar blast chest trauma. Man Monday night. A minute of silence was held at the game before game for the Stanley Cup between the Tampa Bay Lightning in the Montreal Canadians. The National Hockey League family mourns the tragic passing of the Columbus Blue Jackets goaltender Mattis. We extend our deepest sympathies to his family and friends and teammates during this difficult time. And oh, man, we had a big fire over the weekend involving some illegal fireworks in Austin. A lot of injuries over this fourth of July holiday weekend, most of it do with gunfire. You know, we we we Shot off some fireworks, illegal fireworks ourself on because it was within the the the county lines and, uh, us and just about 100, other people in our neighborhood, and I don't know Not Many people respect that, that that that law but but because there's fireworks going off all around us, but I hadn't really been up close to fireworks in a few years. And some of the stuff we were at my niece's house and some of the stuff that was being fired off, honestly. Just sounds and feel you can feel it in your chest. When it goes up. Some of it just seems a little bit too powerful. What are you talking about? What do you mean? I mean it just the the the the the overall Uh, concussion feeling a little bit too much for your grand seemed like Well, now it just seems like that injuries like this would not be uncommon now. I mean, it's just they've gotten so powerful. So incredibly powerful. Let's say sound that they were hard to buy this weekend to man. They ran out quick because of that shortage of the fireworks supply. All of all, the fireworks come from China. They were sitting in the loading docks in California ended. Houston still in cargo containers, according to the guy was talking to their own supplies. We just have a tough time getting a material here getting product to the to the location, he said. But I noticed some of that We bought We shot up there at Lake McCann in the the images on the boxes in the containers. This is made in China, right? And this is this is one of the big, expensive ones. I think it cost just like $60. And there's like 40 rockets, and it is just it's just truly amazing. But are the images painted on the outside A. Is it had Abraham Lincoln writing a grizzly bear? Shooting an A R 15 into the air. That's that was beautiful man. That was beautiful. It was I was like, Yeah, that's Yeah. That's freedom of Lincoln Riding a grizzly bear shooting his ar 15. That was the declaration on the outside of the package. None of us feel more free than we do when we're riding on the back of a grizzly bear that that right none of us. You got that right? But you you're saying your What are you saying? Grandpa? You want some laws in the books to limit fireworks? What are you talking about? This morning? You say you want to Shut down six streets and now you want to limit fireworks? Well, you agreed with me on that a couple of weeks ago, but apparently you've abandoned that, But no, I have not abandoned that. I do not think we should shut down Sixth Street in the terms the way you're talking Well, what we need to do with sixth Street. Obviously, as we have to make it. The goal needs to be for businesses to be able to thrive. I don't know how businesses thrive down there at all More police. Yeah, absolutely wall to wall. But what do you want to do with fireworks? I'm not saying I'm not calling for a ban or Anything. I'm just this is the first time restrictions And if you know, I'm not calling for anything. I'm just saying, it's incredible How powerful I mean, we're listening. You know, around our neighborhood, it literally sounds like a war zone. It's incredible it is. I mean, it is an awesome sound. There's no doubt about it, but I was just kind of taking them back at when you get up close and personal with these Fireworks that you can buy yourself. It's like, Damn, Yeah, I mean, it's It's uh, it's strong. It's strong, but it is fun. I'll give you that. But you Have you seen? Some of the videos have been circulating over the weekend people pretty upset about fireworks being shot in neighborhoods. I mean, there's been tons of videos over the weekend of, uh, angry housewives coming out and screaming at the kids in the street or Clinton is screaming at the fathers in some cases. Yeah, mad at the fireworks. You've seen it, right? So you've seen some of these videos? No, but I don't doubt it very angry. Meanwhile, let me listen, if you've got pets, Sometimes your pets are a problem with the fireworks. So they have a problem with the fireworks, and some people get very emotional over that. It's just not what it used to be that you had firecrackers. You had bottle rockets, and you had Roman candles. And and so that's the little stuff. Yeah, but but it used to now it's stuff that it was that was that mortar fire or was that was out of firework? I'm not really sure what I just heard, but so I don't doubt Did you get scared? Not didn't get scared. Alright? You second just impressed. I was impressed, Uh, made an impression. Just told me you've got to be a little bit more careful these days. You might get an arm blown off. You know, I'm reading through the comments. Yeah, This is pretty interesting. I'm going to find this audio here because she was pretty upset. Yeah, that's that's a neighbor. That's a neighbor in the in the Ticktock world mad because everybody's on the street shooting fireworks, and that's how she handled it. She went out, screamed at him. She wanted to stop. It was very angry about that. Literally just screamed. Yeah, from the top of her lungs out with words just screams. Well, she was She was trying to scream louder than them, I guess, but it was, uh I want to. I want to play the audio, but she drops a few f bombs and as the explosives are going off behind, Oh, no, but she's really upset. You might have had a couple couple cocktails..
Physical Activity Researcher
Blaming Patients for not Doing Enough Is a Waste of Time with Dr. Matti Peura
"Capacious health physician and in the past. He has worked as a plastic surgeon. Dr motti pera helps people overcome their medical issues and achieve their best health. In the second part we will discuss the role of physical activity in our mental and physical wellbeing. And we'll also talk about behavioral chains and about the tools that may help making a change. Easier we are living in a time of sedentary behavior and obesity pandemic in the world. Many of us are thinking about making change towards better. We know what we're supposed to but still quite often. We fail in fulfilling the expectations of others and ourselves as efficient. Do you consider patients about these topics. I mean physical activity obesity so quite a lot of faces. The of this deal with the problems related to obesity obesity and current conquering disease just as diabetes hypertension So that's like an everyday topic for you to talk about it. It's quite it's it's very common. It's well to be honest to to continue from the previous topic the idea of them the value definition. I i have i have. I have applied this same method of thinking. we written helping a faces with obesity. Because like you said that we know what we're supposed to do it's everywhere so it would be kind of like actually a waste of time for me to work as a authority again for a patient to blame them for not doing the right thing. Not trying enough. That really really helps so we have to dig with obesity. We have to go behind to the actual calls. What causes
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NCAA Tournament West Preview
"It's ncaa tournament time we had championship. Week was absolutely spectacular. You had a championship game. That wasn't so spectacular in america conference by the big twelve was tremendous big. Ted was tremendous. Because you know what those two leagues are tremendous all season. Long games aren't games. they're events the acc was anti climactic but great for josh passenger and the greatest shield in the history of life. The big east to me was phenomenal. I mean patrick ewing. Not only does he no longer needed credential again but he got into madison square garden and walked away with four games in four days and his team played like an old vintage georgetown team. Pac twelve stolen a bid which was really cool. Wayne tinkle's got it was who was on the hot seat. It was so cool is good coach. A good person attack boil. Who's another great guy still going tournament. So i thought championship week was absolutely spectacular. Your take oh. I thought it was great. I look. I'm gonna tell you houston's legit at chance due to their games including the championship game in the ac. That is a legitimate. I was happy that drake dot in. I was happy that twenty five and four guy in. I thought that was terrific. I love the fact that the drew brothers are in the tournament. The demolishing of creighton shocked the living in. Hell on me. And says i'm telling you i like when you lose guys mclaughlin aquino record and next thing you know man. What are you doing better. The next year matt pain and getting himself in the top four seeds after losing two guys eastern and harms but overawe a look championship. Week was the sec. Tournament was off the charts with the championship. Game and college basketball delivers it delivers every damn nights. Let's go to the west ready. Let's do it all right now. Let's do this number one seat. I was thinking what games in the upper half of the west. Are you looking forward to see. I wanna see what. Oklahoma can do eight nine game now. Maybe it doesn't matter because you're gonna play gonzaga. But i think this i think if you're gonna play along krueger team whether you're konso martyn missouri. Who has struggled or whether you're gonzaga. You know you're going to play a very very good basketball team. And i had them earlier in the year they can shoot it. They defend it. They play hard. I don't think they're overly talented and the kid to get something done but lon kruger is so good at dictating pace. That if i'm sitting here with gonzaga i wanna lesser coach in my second round game assuming that they win. What do you got. Well you know i actually. I think missouri can win that game. A jeremiah tells me he's going to have to go out guard on out on a primitive 'cause they're playing brady at the five and they've run them all over the place on the other side though rate mattis gutter guard that dude on the block to is become a good player control martin's team when they're older and more mature and her physical they are talking tournament. Think about what he did tennessee. So you know this is going to be really good game because you've got a tough physical team in missouri. You've got a team that attacks match ups plays almost four guards in oklahoma. I'm actually leaning towards missouri in this match up. Well you're going to be wrong and that's okay you can be. It's okay. I can be wrong. It will be the first time won't be the last time and you know that's right. I don't have either. We'll on from barry. I but i touched on that but also got to say tony bennett said that most of his team is in quarantine south. Now i don't know about you but that preston kid that plays at ohio university. Ooh yeah he can go and all of a sudden. You're talking about a team that wait a second. I know i know. Virginia's good. I know virginia came on. I know they ended up with the one seat in the acc tournament. But seth you're playing against a hot as hell ohio university team. A team led by jeff bowls. Who frankly he's the perga- guide ohio you because he loves ohio you. He played there with the with the shock of the mac. But when you're playing a team in quarantine sat that tells me they're not practicing. That tells me this is gonna be a hats. This'll be a good game regardless.
KLBJ 590AM
"mattis" Discussed on KLBJ 590AM
"J A. M Austin, 5 90 A, M and K. 259 a. J. Austen 99.7 halftime. A spike back up and covert deaths. I'm Dave Anthony Fox News Nearly 4000 reported yesterday, not a record high but close. But there have been new, fewer new corner virus cases and patients in hospitals. Lately, we now have a national strategy to be co overnighted. It's comprehensive. It's based on science, not politics. It's based on truth, not denial, President Biden says that includes picking of the pace of vaccinations. We will increase overall weekly vaccination distributions of states, tribes and territories from 8.6 million doses to a minimum 10 Million doses president will take more executive action today focused on climate policy, possibly banning new oil and gas drilling and fracking on federal land, leading the industry concerned about job losses. Day after the president's actions and racial equity from criminal justice to housing his domestic policy adviser, Susan Rice. If we closed racial gaps in income and opportunity, we could add $5 Trillion to the U. S. Economy. One new Biden policy has hit a roadblock. The federal judge delivers a blow to the administration's 100 Day moratorium on deportations, siding with Texas, his attorney general who claims in the lawsuit, it could cause quote, imminent and irreparable harm to the state. The White House responded in a statement saying, this quote. We're confident that as the case proceeds, it will be clear at this measure was wholly appropriate. Fox's Griff Jenkins, the Senate's now the jury sworn in front impeachments, try try a little start the week after next. As much as we want to move the unity, I do think as well. We need to move for some level of accountability. Senator Mark Warner and the Democrats accused now former President Trump of inciting the deadly Capitol attack. They hate Donald J. Trump and and and they're engaging in on an act that I think is petty. I think it is retribution. I think it is a vindictive that's Republican Senator Ted Cruz. America's listening to Fox News. If we learned it, President Biden now has a secretary of state after the Senate confirmed Tony Blinken, other Biden Cabinet nominees will get hearings today is the new defense secretary also gets to work days after he got the job Four years ago, it was Marines at the helm of the Pentagon, Jim Mattis and General Joe Dunford. Now it's the Army's turn. President Biden's newly minted defense secretary, Lloyd Austin, a retired Army four. Star general, joins Army General Mark Milley, the chairman of Joint Chiefs in Army. Three stars, also director of the Joint staff, another senior position. And another is tapped to lead the very tip of the Spear showing Special Operations Command, which oversees the Delta Force. Seal Team six in the 75th Ranger Regiment at the Pentagon. Lucas Tomlinson, Fox News. Speaking of the Army, some soldiers are gonna look different. Former defense secretary market Esper ordered a review on military grooming and hairstyles last summer in part of a broad effort to expand diversity and reduce prejudice among the ranks. As a result, the army announcing women can now wear their hair in a ponytail or braid tucked under their shirt. The changes allow hearings, hair highlights, dies and allow greater flexibility is for twist, cornrows and other styles. As for male soldiers, beards are still a no go and they're also still not allowed to wear earrings. John Saucy, a Fox News There is yet another department store chain.
WBAP 820AM
"mattis" Discussed on WBAP 820AM
"Hello 47 degrees. It is overcast. 51 of DFW Airport President Joe Biden's picked to lead the Pentagon has been confirmed. Hired General Lloyd Austin has been confirmed as secretary of defense, the first African American to hold that position. The 93 to 2 vote makes Austin the second Cabinet nominee in the Biden administration to be confirmed. Austin retired from the Army in 2016 after serving his commander of Central Command leading forces in the Middle East. With the House and Senate approved the waiver to a federal law requiring at least seven years of separation from the military. Before leading the Pentagon. Congress also waive that requirement four years ago for former Secretary of Defense James Mattis. In Washington. Jared Halpern, Fox New Duncanville, I S D is launching an event this weekend to get virtual students more engaged, Superintendent Mark Smith says. It's called Operation connection, and they're going door to door to reach out to those students that have been disconnected and behind on assignments result of that, because maybe it could be that the virtual set up is just not what's best for them. And so once we have that conversation, we may be able to encourage a family to bring a student back face to face, he says. They've made a list of about 100 families and want to see how they can help and make the learning experience better for them. TEXAS BUSINESS Closing Numbers on Wall Street The Dow down 179 points NASDAQ Up 12 the S A P 500 down by 12. Again the low tonight 47. It is 51 degrees. This news also brought to you by American medical plans from the W B A B news desk. America Bushman Your next update at five o'clock 24 7 coverage. WB ape com Covert Jesus by the numbers, protect yourselves. Your families and your communities on used talking 20 w B A P W b a p com The crime in some cases was murdered. Yeah, this president is an accessory to that crime because he had been instigated that insurrection Stop. I can't stand to listen to this anymore. Um, the bill of rights. Um Disputed ballots no doubt played some role in Biden's wind. I am. But the The people you just heard about. I mean, that's the tip of the iceberg. You know, now granted. You know they were being played over. Obama wants to repeal the bill of rights. If you knew what the bill rights were, you would say You're out of your damn mind. The First Amendment Freedom of speech, Freedom of the press, freedom of religion, freedom to assemble. The right to petition the government. Second Amendment the right to bear and keep arms. The Third Amendment protection against housing soldiers and civilian homes. Man That's the whole story going back to the civil war. The Fourth Amendment. Protect your protection against unreasonable ch a search and seizure protection against the issuing of warrants without probable cause. The Fifth Amendment protection against trial without indictment, double jeopardy self incrimination. Property seizure. The Sixth Amendment the right to a speedy trial, the right to be informed of charges the right to be confronted by witnesses the right to call witness the right to legal counsel. The seventh right to trial by jury the eighth protection against excessive bail, excessive fines, cruel and unusual punishment. The ninth rights granted in the Constitution shall not infringe on other rights. And the 10th power is not granted to the federal government in the constitution belong to the state or the people. Acting. You not know what the bill of rights are. If you don't Look, um If you don't just just inform yourself but those people because they didn't end these were just random people. Just random be. Oh, yeah, That sounds good to me. Well, if they think it's OK, it's OK those of the kind of people that put Biden in the White House Along with disputed ballots. I know that you would say, Robert in Stephenville. Robert. How you doing, Mr Robert? Challenging. It's really in order to speak to you. Coming from a college student's perspective. I listen to you nearly every day. Thank you. I wanted to make the point you were talking about the bill arrives. I remember as a kid growing up. I watch this on Saturday. There was this show called the Liberty kids. I don't know if you've ever heard of it before, But it was an animated version of the colonization during the American Revolution, and it shows the group of kids who are Going through this time. That work shows the Boston Tea Party, you know, and it shows how they dumped the tea into the ocean. It shows the tyranny of the great Britain and howl, taxation without representation. And all these things that We stand against, you know families and people talk about war. Can we do this? We'll on Amazon and I mean most Mainstream media abs like Roque, you and all that. Show this liberty and it really shows our founding and how will you Came to overcome things like tyranny and taxation. Without representation is all these things that we stand against this? Conservatives and what our country to have a republic. It shows how it formed. I really think as just a college student, you know and growing growing up and being able to see all the ideologies that are out, sir. And the marks is and how they try to teach in college, even college kids and walk. It is a really good It's a really good, uh, show to watch. I think I'm gonna check that out The premise I somewhere in my mind, it sounds familiar, but Um, you know, with my kids, you know, you can't just set a kid down in front of the television on Saturday morning Like a baby sitter. You've got to be more involved with that, and As a college student. How long have you been in college? Robert? This will be my fourth year. Okay? And what do you hope to do? Well, I am a G. I s and geography major with a minor geology. So I do a lot of remote sensing and hydrocarbon exploration using a satellite imagery. And search for new oil prospects and things of that. That is very nice. Very nice. Yeah, I don't know how much cooperation you're going to get out of the new administration when it comes to fossil fuels, But Robert Very, very well. Thought out, called Roberts here to say if you can find it. Look up. Liberty, kids! Liberty kids on Duh! Oh, what It doesn't have to be just for the kids. If you feel like you could use some shoring up on the Constitution or what the founding fathers sacrificed everything to give to us. Everybody can watch stuff like this, Robert. Thank you for a well thought out calling man all the best to you. Yes, sir. Thank you. And thank you, Mr Roberts, for what you do, and continue prayers for you and your pursuit of freedom in the United States. Thank you, sir. I appreciate that very, very much. Let's go toe Parker in middle Opie in Parker, How are you? Doing well, sir. Thank you, Rick. That was a great segment on the bill of rights. You can't talk about that enough. It occurred to me that the people who attended the rally at the Capitol on January 6th. They weren't just there to support. President Trump. They were concerned about the loss of their civil liberties found in the bill of rights, So that's a very important topic. No, I think you're right. And you know, as I watched, it's now known that anti funds and random anarchist groups had infiltrated the groups there. And of course, they got their maga hats and T shirts so that they could indict other people. January 6 to me is not a benchmark. Now I realize I realize is I realized that the left and primarily, Pelosi and all the rest are going to use that for timing Memorial to indict Trump supporters, of course. You know, even today, Nancy Pelosi is saying President Trump is necessity to murder because the riot is speech. I'm sorry, Parker. I have listened to this speech full of full through fully through three times. And then a portion of it later that somebody pointed out and I checked it out. I don't hear anything there that is insightful, and certainly not to the level of what we saw in January. Sex. I certainly agree. I've heard other people on Newsmax make the same point. What I mentioned to you call screener is that the Appear that establishment politician showed at the thought of having armed soldiers patriots actually surrounding them. It reminded me of the comments from Obama's homeland security chief, Janet Napolitano, when she stated that The people we really needed to fear. We're not the radicalized Muslims responsible for 9 11 or the Pulse, nightclub shooting or the Boston massacre. The ones we really needed to watch out for. We're returning soldiers who had served our country in places like Iraq and Afghanistan actually.
KTOK
"mattis" Discussed on KTOK
"Carol Markowitz over at the New York Post with an excellent piece here. But where the experts who want lockdowns to go on forever. Let me give you a little bit of this one. This is this is going to be really important. This matters to all of us. Mattis, the health of the economy, matters to our individual freedoms, Rights and liberty. It matters, too. Whether or not the Constitution even counts anymore. And we I think I've gotten we've gotten it in our heads that were much closer. We are much closer to, uh, liberation from lockdowns. Then we really are. Especially when you see some of the arguments that are being made right now. Here they go. Quote now that the covert 19 vaccines air here it's time to celebrate the beginning of the end of this plague, right? Not so fast, Carol writes. The media and expert classes seem determined to make permanent the pandemics abnormal way of life. In December, a New York Times piece. Here's why vaccinated people still need to wear a mask kicked off the Perma gloom. Vaccinated people will still need to wear masks because those with high viral loads could be even worse spreaders. The paper quoted Dr Yvonne Maldonado of the American Academy of Pediatrics. Even worse spreaders that's horrible. It's also horribly misleading. I know because I read the rest of the article. The fear arises from studies on monkeys, which found that some vaccine and monkeys didn't get sick but still carry the novel coronavirus in their noses. Wait. Those monkeys were intentionally exposed to massive amounts of virus and still had less virus than unvaccinated animals, while Cornell virologist John Moore told the Times Uh, well, maybe don't intentionally expose yourself to massive amounts of the virus, then Continual drumbeat of opinion keeps repeating that vaccination will change little or nothing. The new line is that we must be we will be wearing masks indefinitely and we should really be wearing Maura serious masks and certainly more than one Masks are going to be with us for a really long time. Alicia Schecter Perkins Boss University physician told Chalk beat especially because we know kids are not going to be vaccinated right away, and masks are a really strong protective measure. No kids won't be vaccinated right away. That's in part because kids seldom contract covert 19 very rarely have severe cases and aren't major spreaders across much of Europe. Kids under 12 don't wear masks. Forcing two year old to wear them indefinitely is sheer American madness. And quote great piece in The New York Post from Carol Markowitz here. I've been telling you that there is a mass hysteria at work with the American approach to cove it and I'm right and I've been right all along. And with more data more time, I'm even Maura's certain of that brightness. This is this is insane. We're we're now because of the heightened anxiety and the media panic mechanisms around this. We are accepting a future in which the infinite testable possibility Of covert infection for anyone will still be grounds for covert restrictions on everyone. This is nuts. This is from people who aren't as smart as they think they are who want to control other people and who live with this constant anxiety? Oh, my gosh. I may not be guaranteed to live to 100. A lot of what I've seen here is that there are some of us who understand that we could die any day than any of us could die any day and we're doing our best when we're trying to live the most, you know, purposeful, decent and worthwhile lives we can with the time we've got, but there are no guarantees. There is certainly a mentality that I think is prevalent among a lot of leftists among a lot of lives. Lot of atheists in particular off that set. You believe that? Oh, the government will keep them safe and protect them, and they're terrified of the notion of any threat to their lives. And anything the government says that will protect them. They're willing to go along with this is fear. This is a kind of day to day. Cowardice, really? And unfortunately it has infected the public mind here to the degree that those who are just terrified all the time of the virus. Shouting and screaming and making so much noise about it that the rest of us have to operate under their rules. Even though I've said all along if somebody wants to live in a bubble. If they want to take extreme precautionary measures for themselves, they have that right? But they have the right now to force everybody else to do that, too. On on what? On what basis you know, there are other respiratory diseases that are out there like the flu is, you know that kill people every year. Killed immuno compromised individuals. This is starting to be something along the lines of some people. Can have A lethal reaction to peanuts. Hasn't as an allergy they can go into. I think it's an aff lactic shock right? They go into shock from peanuts. And so now, when you get on airplanes, they'll say, Well, you know, one can open peanuts because there's a severe peanut allergy on board. So what if they said we need to eradicate peanuts from all of society? You can't have them anywhere. Say what? How many people really die from peanut allergies in any given year And then you say how many? How many people peanut farmers and how many different you know businesses and you know, Mr Peanut and different brands and how many millions of dollars and thousands of jobs are all tied into this? I don't know. Maybe it Maybe a couple of people die every year from peanut allergies in the U. S. I'm not sure the numbers. I know it's not that big. It's about saving one life. Don't you see? So we have to ban them everywhere like we're banning nuclear waste. Because a few people have that now I understand. I'm taking this intentionally into the realm of the absurd, but it's because what you are seeing now, with the arguments about forever masking and forever locked down those air absurd arguments. And they're based on a similar line of thinking What I'm telling you with the eradication of peanuts from the whole world, because there are people that have peanut allergies once we are once you are vaccinated. Well, let's see what the Fizer vaccine one in 30,000 people. Got really sick from the Fizer trial like actually had a bad case of co vid. Um, you know about 4% ish had some form of Cove it much less Okay, much less. This is across 30,000 people. S Oh, So now if you're if you're going to.
MSNBC Morning Joe
Mattis blames Trump for violence at Capitol, says his actions 'poison our respect for fellow citizens'
"Defense secretary general james mattis issuing a statement that reads this. Today's violent assault on our capital. An effort to subjugate american democracy by mob rule was fomented by mr trump his use of the presidency to destroy trust in our election and to poison. Our respect for fellow citizens has been enabled by pseudo political leaders whose names will live in infamy as profiles in cowardice.
The Ben Shapiro Show
Ex-Pentagon chiefs warn against using US military in election disputes
"Living former defense secretaries have joined together to push back on any talk about involving the military and resolving election dispute. 10. Former defense chiefs, including Trump Appointees, Mark Esper and Jim Mattis, wrote an op ed in the Washington Post today. They said the time for questioning the election results has passed. Furthermore, they said, any effort to involve the military in election disputes would be a dangerous, unlawful and unconstitutional step. Former Vice President Dick Cheney, who served as defense secretary under George H. W. Bush also signed onto the statement.
Pod Save America
Biden picks retired Gen. Lloyd Austin to be his secretary of defense
"Talk about the latest round of cabinet picks from From biden big one. This week was general. Lloyd austin secretary. Defense austin is a retired four-star general. Who served commander of us. Central command oversaw the withdrawal of american troops from iraq. If confirmed he'd be the first black secretary of defense but there's a potential saggier in order to maintain civilian control over the military. The law states that secretaries of defense must be seven years removed from military service. Austin has only been retired for little over four years which means he need. A waiver passed by both houses of congress. Only two other waivers have been granted in american history most recently for general jim mattis in two thousand seventeen.
The World
Biden introduces his choice for defense secretary, Lloyd Austin
"Elect Joe Biden today introduced retired Army General Lloyd Austin as his secretary of defense designate. It would be the first black American to hold that office if he's confirmed, But some senators have questioned the wisdom of doing away with a ban on recently retired military officers in the secretary's job. Did wave it for President Trump's choice of James Mattis in 2017 Today, and Wilmington, Delaware. Mr Biden urged a waiver for Austin as well.
WTOP 24 Hour News
Biden introduces his choice for defense secretary, Lloyd Austin
"President elect Joe Biden once retired general Lloyd Austin to be his defense secretary, not A post he sought. I sought him. Austin would be the first African American to serve in the position. But could his nomination face some trouble in the Senate and joining us live from Capitol Hill? Double d. T. O p. S Mitchell Miller. Mitch General Austin is very well respected. So why are there questions about whether the Senate would confirm it? Well, Shawn and Hillary. It goes back to the history of the defense secretary being in a civilian position, and the so called seven year rule that if a military officer is tapped for that position, they need to have been retired from the military for at least that long. Austin retired four years ago after a distinguished military career of more than 40 years and included a major command in Iraq. Tenure is the head of the U. S. Central Command. But several lawmakers say it's important to maintain a civilian in that position. The ranking Democrat on the Senate Armed Services Committee, Rhode Island Jack Reed had given in on a waiver for General James Mattis under President. Trump said he wouldn't support one in the future. He is now wrestling with this. Others have said they'll oppose the waiver, including senators Elizabeth Warren Richard Blumenthal, who's on the Armed Services Committee and Jon Tester of Montana. But if the House and the Senate grant a waiver, which they both have to do, he'll likely still have plenty of votes to be confirmed. Hey, Mitch, who are the other potential candidates? Lawmakers might have preferred to Austin. Well, one of them would have been the first woman to serve as defense secretary Michelle Florida who's held various positions at the Pentagon and is very well respected. The House Armed Services Committee chair Adam Smith made it clear she was his first choice. Another candidate who had been talked about a lot was former Homeland Security Secretary Jay Johnson. But Biden is said to be very comfortable with Austin as his
The Daily Beans
Biden introduces his pick to lead Defense Department
"According to jake biden called former centcom commander retired general. Lloyd austin Over the weekend and offered him the position of secretary of defense so this does not come without a little bit of drama. I'll just let you know that 'cause We'll tell you why. According to a source awesome accepted if confirmed austin. We'd be the first black secretary of defense but some dem's are taking issue with the selection because he's not he's a he's not been retired for more than seven years and would require congressional waiver. And but this isn't new. This is what they had to do for mattis when trump non nominated him for secretary of defense but it seems that Many of the deaths have said they would never support a waiver because of the importance of having civilian leadership of the military so blumenthal opposed the waiver as well Slot consists he. We shouldn't be appointing anyone that requires a waiver Biden wrote a detailed defense though of his selection. Saying because austin works well under pressure. He's clearly qualified. But you know. If they're going to i i don't know if they're holding. You know everyone else to the same standard with this waiver. But it'll be interesting to see if this pushback at all. I'm biting clearly. Wants him in that
BBC World Service
Biden announces new cabinet nominees
"Marsha Fudge to lead the Department of Housing and Urban Development. Former Iowa governor Tom Vilsack is being tapped for agriculture Secretary as NPR's Giles Snyder reports by this expected to formally introduce retired General Lloyd Austin today. As his nominee for secretary of Defense. General Austin would be the nation's first black defense secretary. But there are concerns in Congress about maintaining civilian control of the military. Jim Mattis four years ago, Austin will need a congressional waver because he has not been out of the military for the required seven years measure designed to ensure civilian oversight at the Pentagon. Austin could also come under criticism for his post retirement service on corporate boards, including the weapons maker Raytheon Technologies. Resident he, like Biden is already making the case for why Austin should be confirmed by the Senate. Writing in the Atlantic, Biden said Awesome would work to put the civil military balance back on track. Kyle Snyder. NPR news More than 15 Million Covert 19 cases have been confirmed in the
NPR News Now
Biden taps Lloyd Austin as defense secretary
"President-elect tapped retired general. Lloyd austin to be the next defense secretary as vp biden. Worked with him on the iraq war pure scott detro- reports. Austin is technically ineligible for the cabinet job because he only recently left. Active duty but biden is asking congress to make an exception. Austin is a retired four-star general who once led us central command. None of that is controversial. What is the fact. That austin has only been retired from active duty for four years. A law underscoring civilian control of the military requires defense secretaries to have been out of the armed services for at least seven years in two thousand seventeen. congress passed a waiver allowing james mattis to serve. Despite not meeting that qualification back then. Many democrats expressed skepticism about the idea. Jack reed the top democrat on armed services. Committee said at the time he would never vote for a waiver win. But now that biden has picked. Austin reed has shifted. His tone saying austin is quote very qualified and should be given a chance to explain himself in
The Autosport Podcast
Ferrari now in favour of F1 engine freeze from 2022
"So on the need someone needs to make you some more space but elsewhere in the news. I suppose We should probably start with ferrari. I guess Today they have suggested that it would now back an engine freeze now. This is something that rebels been asking for because as we know home there is expected to undergo palau at the end of two thousand. Twenty one and red bulls ideal scenario that to kind of take on this the engines. But it needs an engine. Free said it doesn't have to fronts the cost of the development itself and ferrari been against this when asked previously and now it's made this year ten john. What's what's changed its mind. Maybe some ferrari engine donna figures. I twenty twenty one engine. Perhaps if you're is classic from london if you're the team in front than you'll be more than happy to freeze anything to stop your rivals have the ability to catch up. And if you'll behind you want everything you put in development totally free so you can make the the steps forward that you want Was very interesting. Ferrari of basically said that they would support a potential freeze from twenty twenty. Two still get some scope for improvement next year under certain conditions. Which are that the the all new engine that formula increasing. Whatever this new hybrid will be from. Twenty supposedly twenty-six comes forward to twenty twenty-five and efan commits heavily to sustainable fuels of this biofuel carbon recaptured fuel. Or whatever that that final full mattis but so it wants to see you. If one heading in these this direction the engines in on that front will accept a freeze on that front but then kristen hornets spike in tonight and was asked about furrer situation said he always very happy. This is really important at then said but it's important that There is freedom to develop engines in this freeze. If you're behind the to catch up so to me. That's not a freeze. So i think you know may be one of those scenarios that we have in having the coronavirus world especially with the uk government. We come out of lockdown into something. That's still lockdown. Down isn't cool to lockdown so is going to head to a scenario of an engine. Freeze isn't actually an engine.
Pat Thurston
President Trump pardons Michael Flynn
"Now part of his former aide, Michael Flynn, which is a reward to Flynn for being loyal. Amber Flynn pled guilty to lying to the FBI way knew that he was having these phone calls it was supposed to be having he got fired after only being in the administration for the 24 days. Something like that. So which is, uh, to Scaramucci is so Flynn is is gone. And then the Miller investigation kicks up and they're like, Oh, well, we got Flynn. I mean, he was lying to us. So then they used him for Basically the kind of leveraged him in order to to bring out more information. And then all of a sudden, the Justice Department said. You know what? Mueller? Let's limit the scope of your of your investigation. You can't follow the breadcrumbs to anything else that might happen, so it just turned into a real You know, just a real mess. You know, Flynn was supposed to be Sentence. The Justice Department said to the judge. We want to drop the charges dropped the charges. He just pled guilty. Yeah, but we don't want to charge him. And the judge said, No, That's not how this works. So how any of this works? And so that was that was being hung up in court, and Trump just came outside. Dad. He's off the hook. I worry about the trump phenomenon. Not because of Michael Flynn mean Michael Flynn will score some gig with some, You know, Trump pissed. He's got too much money in some industries somewhere, whatever. Security consultant. International affairs, blah, blah, blah. I'll get something Worry about the trump the trump phenomenon. We had a gentleman who called us earlier in the show, and he was He was sort of the same mind set is I am And that is It's not Trump It's It's the playbook that Trump is writing, or rather resurrected from past leaders, not American leaders. Here. You've got a charismatic Well known figure. And I mean, he figured if we blew up the world of politics in United States, but he tapped into what is a psyche that we've seen play out historically. That ends up hitting neighbors against neighbors and races against races and it divides the country into the haves and the have nots even further, and he knew this. And he used it to his advantage, and he got rid of anyone that was willing to challenge his power like John Kelly. Like Rex Tillerson, who somehow ended up looking like a good guy by the time that he was done James Mattis, Dan Coats Sally Yates, who I just mentioned selling, it's got fired because she wasn't willing to Theo defend them. The Muslim ban Right? Uh huh. Trump eventually filled his inner circle. With under an unqualified loyalists. He was He was trying different people along the way. John Bolton ons. I make the best hires Bolton. Get him out of your fire That guy because even these people Who Were power hungry enough to take jobs with Trump. Couldn't compromise their own morals so much that they followed him. He finally is able wrapped himself up in people like Manoogian. Who are Willing to do whatever it takes. To do whatever he wants. And then he wouldn't play golf. The president's schedule was
WBZ Afternoon News
Pope Francis Congratulates Biden, Who Will Be The 2nd Catholic President
"Spoke this morning with the pope. The president elect received congratulations from Pope Francis. According to a statement from Mr Biden's transition team. The president elect told the pope he wants to work together on issues affecting the poor. Immigrants and refugees along with addressing climate change. Mr Biden will be the first Catholic president since JFK Mattis. CBS is
BBC World Service
Trump says Defense Secretary Mark Esper has been 'terminated'
"He's fired Defense Secretary Mark Esper. He made the announcement in a tweet. Esper was Trump's second defence secretary, succeeding Jim Mattis, who resigned in 2018. President says Christopher Miller, who is the director of the National Counter Terrorism Center, will serve as acting secretary of defense. The Trump
Raising Good Humans
Dr. Shauna Shapiro on using mindfulness to help grow our emotional resources and our childrens self regulation.
"So I'm open. I'm ready. Can a couple of minutes a day? Do Anything. Absolutely, in fact, change happens in a moment right? We also have an A. Or insight, and it also happens over time and so there's this kind of interesting paradox or juxtaposition that you don't want to limit what change can happen 'cause I've seen huge change happened a moment and you also don't want to underestimate the power of subtle changes over time, and that's why my theme is. What you practice grows stronger than really the only thing you have control over is setting your intention setting your compass direction you WanNa head over and over as best you care not perfectly everyday practice mattis taking a deep breath today and again tomorrow practice counting to three before you snap at your child practice putting your hand on your heart and often yourself kindness once today. And love those because it's so. Manageable and rate. Now, if we can take those small moments, it's incredible if you just yeah find those moments of breath. How different your interaction can be with your family. Absolutely, and also the body would I've noticed recently 'cause as I said, we have four kids and a dog in their lives chaos going on. Is really softening body because what I noticed that sometimes in the kitchen and unlike braced for war A. Tie My shoulders here in like my buds pledged district to soften rate in just just leading the body settled and I feel my feet night truly wiggle my toes because that unlike there we go and so I think it's really about remembering and so had we remember is we practice in eventually it becomes a habit I remember growing up whenever my daddy get angry and we all know he really you could feel it he would close his eyes. And he would take a deep breath with his handling this. And I was normal I thought that's what you did. That's appearance do when they get angry and it would always calm him down not that he would be super happy afterwards yet that was his automatic habit when instead of the Elliott you that's what he would do and what I realized from that is it wasn't that my dad didn't get angry wasn't that he was perfect he got angry. But that was his goal to practice, and so if we can start to implement these practices in our life, it's like when I get angry, I put my hands behind Madonna. Hop on one foot I don't really care what it is interrupt your pattern and interrupt superhighways of habit so that we can start to carve out new pathways and what you just described with your father sounds like it was constructive. He wasn't not getting angry because sometimes you do need to get angry to meet whatever your emotional goal is is self-regulation is just it's intentional and so that breath made his anger tension on I imagine sometimes when he took the breath, he was like actually. I'm that that anger not where I wanna go I don't know better know his experience but having that moment to I would love for you to talk a little bit about making those emotions constructive instead of just pretending they're not they're exactly. So what this does is it allows us to have the full spectrum of motion. It's not saying push. Those are bad never have does it saying being human? You're going to have the full spectrum, but you need to know how to wisely. Relate to regulate your emotions and so when anger comes up, what mindfulness does is puts you back choice it doesn't say that you're not gonNA still be angry, but you're backing choice. So you can use the anger wisely instead of reactively and causing more harm and I think that's really the key to to mindful -regulation of motion is we welcome all of our emotions we see them clearly, and then we respond
A New Direction
Your Business Plan is a Military Mission Michael Penney - burst 15
"Right. The thing is though is you've got to get that mission by in it's hugely hugely critical in order to get your team to enveloppe towards it. You know and I would also say too because it is organizational is cultural. I'm GONNA steal a line from Mattis when I quote him. You can lead for the people below you. You can lead for the people above you, but you can't do both at the same time I'd like heavy. They are both going to hold you accountable. At the same time. No matter what you're either GonNa, get it from your people that are below. You're going to get it from higher and you as the leader you're you're the pipeline for both of those I experienced that while in a war zone with three hours of sleep in you know we gotta move 'em around. So that way the Afghans don't realize our actual posture is here right. So calm under stress Marcus earliest Kubilius serious other different STOIC folks who can help out in that regard. Talked about in the beginning do your check in I met like an eight maybe like a six four. You know I'm I'm trying man with spirituality, get it up. You know what I'm saying. But it I have all of these different influencers of yesteryear. You know I I. Don't watch TV. I'd rather read a book I read the learn in the morning and I read for fiction in the evening in order to kind of shut my brain back I bet sleep. See the thing is though is like a trying to get people into this mentality of being able to go into business in the work? Yes. Living with a purpose, right? Okay. I think a whole lot of people is look at that. Go I don't really know what that means. I look at it and I go. Well, if you cut grass living, you absolutely think about this and I know people who are this passionate I'm not joking about cutting grass they're landscapers and they look at something and it's like a barber looking at a shaggy. You know person walk in off the street feel like they're almost disgusted by it. It's something that they need to do. It's compulsive they have to do it. They have to make that are look amazing right and I've seen that there was people who truly care about what they're doing. They're Krasne they look at that and they go. That's a big problem. But I can make beautiful you know. So we can give all of these different anecdotes goes back to well yeah. How do you get mission high in from your people who are trying to sell? Insurance let's say for instance. And and so there it is. It's vilifying the need. It's getting the alignment of the people that around your team and that I have to say is the accountability that's going to happen both ways because look expectations that are talk through. Yeah they matter a little bit. Okay expectations that are put down on paper. That you can hold like we hold each other accountable contracts and other stuff like that. Those are expectations which need to be met. Right. So when you fill out a five paragraph business plan, what you're doing is you're putting your intentions expectations down on paper yours the real question. You need to know everything. The short answer is absolutely not a matter of fact it's kind of better that you just know enough to be dangerous and then you let your experts you've delegated tax for through reason you let them run with the ball and I think that kind of segues a little bit toward okay. You've written the plan it's action oriented.