4.15.2025 -- NLS -- Governor Little, Bezos Rockets, and SNAP Battles

On this episode with Neal and Julie, the duo dive into a whirlwind of political, cultural, and local topics. Neal discusses the importance of agility in leadership, especially during crises, and shares his support for a line-item veto to preserve the governor’s emergency fund. The conversation also touches on proposed SNAP restrictions that would eliminate soda and candy purchases, and Governor Little’s surprising full-throated support for parental choice in education—leaving some of his usual allies feeling sidelined.

They explore the disconnect between the Idaho Democratic Party and Idaho voters, reflect on media bias, and joke about CNN’s reluctance to share positive Trump poll numbers. Julie and Neal also analyze the optics and public reaction to Jeff Bezos sending a group of high-profile women—including Katy Perry and Gayle King—on a brief space trip, and question whether it did more harm than good in advancing women’s roles in space exploration.

From playful impersonations and critiques of social media habits to deep discussions on immigration self-deportation apps and concerns about judicial interference in deportation cases, this episode is packed. They also touch on property listings, lawn care timing, the Illuminate the Night event at Town & Country Gardens, and end with a lighthearted note on taxes, candy nostalgia, and reading “Cat in the Hat.”

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Transcript

And good morning. It's 807 on Newstalk 1079. Welcome to the Neil Larson Show. It's good to have you along. So the governor has, in a rare move, enacted his line item veto and article six, section 11 of the Idaho Constitution allows the governor to do that. He can go in and say, well, I'm going to sign the bill, except for this part, which I'm vetoing.

And Governor Little had never used his line item veto power until just this week, he struck a line out of House Bill 482, which included several miscellaneous appropriations. But the line the governor took out was regarding his own emergency fund. There is hereby appropriated, and the office of the State Comptroller shall transfer the remaining balance in the Governor's Emergency Fund to the General Fund as soon as practicable, for the period July 1st, 2024 through June 30th, 2025, according to House Bill 482 is fiscal note.

The transfer was meant to centralize the state's emergency funds in the Office of Emergency Management in the Military Division, and the governor issued a press release. And, he said, as leaders, we need the tools to be agile in responding to crises that affect our citizens eye line item veto this budget bill, because eliminating the governor's emergency fund only hinders our ability to respond quickly in a fast moving situation, I share the legislature's vigor for ensuring government is efficient, but citizens expect government to be responsive in times of crisis.

So, the governor has, done that. And, the signed the remainder of House Bill 482, along with almost every other bill left on the desk. And by the way, this is Brian Allman from gem State Chronicle. He said, according to the daily tracking sheet, every bill except House Bill 109 has been signed, including the measure legalizing over-the-counter ivermectin legal now.

And, hopefully soon we'll be able to go, buy our horse paste in the pharmacy section at your local. They don't have dime stores anymore, but, you know, h one and nine would prohibit the use of Snap benefits for soda and candy. That's the one he hasn't signed yet. During an ex space last week, Mike Moyer revealed the Governor Little had originally planned to sign House Bill 93.

That's the parental choice tax credit at a ceremony with President Trump in Washington. I wish I had known this yesterday because I would have asked Representative Harmon about that. However, the president's schedule changed. He was unable to attend. Could the governor be holding off on signing H 109 for a joint appearance with Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F Kennedy?

Just a thought. I you know, I don't know. I don't know, but I will say this. The governor has, I'll be honest, and I, I like Governor Little what I'm about to say. They may not find all that flattering. We've had a different governor this session, and we have. All right. I don't care who I offend, but we have had a different governor, and he has that.

Well, House Bill 93 is a good example because I thought, okay, he might sign it, he might veto it, he might do nothing. And I don't say that because those are his constitutionally allowed options. I say that because I really didn't know what what we were going to get. And I thought if he signs it, it will be with some reluctance that we'll get, signing statement along with it.

And it'll be a little bit of a Karen finger saying, you know what? I reluctantly sign this, but we recognize the need for parental choice, blah, blah, blah. No, he signed it. Full throated support, dovetailed it with his lunch program, and I don't think anybody expected that level of enthusiasm coming from the governor on parental choice in education and quite frankly, it makes me wonder if, those who put their eggs in the opposing parental choice basket felt like they got thrown under the bus.

I and I don't know if they did or not. I don't have any insight information, but I'm wondering if they felt like they were they they didn't expect that from the governor. They may recognize. Well, the governor might reluctantly need to sign this thing, but no, it was full throated support. Now, I think Ockham's razor here, the simplest explanation for the governor enthusiastically signing these conservative bills being carried by even the more libertarian wing of the legislature, is that he's running again.

And, look, I will say it. It's it's a little cynical, but the middle and the left. Who else are they going to vote for? Hey, we have not seen a very able Democrat gubernatorial candidate in over 30 years in Idaho. It's been a very, very long time since we went into September. And October wondering about the governor's race.

Okay. Now that's that's not so. Yes, it is a commentary on the Democrat Party in Idaho, but it's really the broader issue of how big a mismatch the Democrats are with the people of Idaho, which speaks, by the way, to so many issues. I have been not alone in my disappointment at large with the general performance of East Idaho's Republican lawmakers.

I like most of them on an individual level. I think they're nice people. However, I don't believe that they are representing their constituencies, and I will say that openly. I don't believe they are, and we operate in an environment where we think we have two choices. And and again, I don't mean anybody in particular. Okay. This is a generic observation that we have to choose between either rhinos, lawmakers that I don't know if they vote all the time or most of the time, but often enough that it makes you wonder they vote with the Democrats.

Or we get if libertarian nutjobs. Okay. And I think there's a middle way here where you get good solid conservatives that give us a good, steady drumbeat of conservative legislation, but they are beholden to nobody but their constituents. And the conservative philosophy that they share with their constituents. That's who they're loyal to, not some outside group, not some political PAC, not some union, not nothing.

They have a very good and direct and unpolluted relationship with their constituents. And I'll be honest with you, I don't think we have that with a number of our Republican lawmakers. Again, let me say I think many of them are good people, nice people, likable people. But I think they're compromised and things get in the way between that, that that intimate relationship that you have with your constituents.

So, having said that, the winds have changed in Idaho, and I am incredibly grateful for the lawmakers around the state elsewhere that picked up the slack. And we got legislation passed with very little help from most of East Idaho lawmakers that yet represented East Idaho's constituents. And I think the governor noticed the change in the legislature that it is not a winning strategy for him to take the sort of that moderate middle approach that he's very well known for.

There's also the concern that he may have a primary against Raul Labrador or another conservative, and he's got to shore up that, that support. I think he also took a political beating with last year's water fiasco. So it's complicated and it's a landscape that it's probably not all one thing, but, but you do have that there's a lot of Trump stuff that we could visit today.

And, the president of Sal, El Salvador, excuse me. El Salvador was in the white House yesterday. And, here's a clip. This is President Bukele, and they're talking about Trump's effectiveness on the border. Actually, what you're doing with with the border is remarkable. Has dropped, what, 95% of its revenue that, as of this morning, 99%, 99.1%, to be exact.

What are those numbers? Not in the media. Well, they get out with the fake news. You know, CNN, CNN over here doesn't want to put them out because they don't like they don't like putting out good numbers and like putting it because I think they hate our country. Actually. Yeah. Listen, it's a shame. You're right. Isn't that a great question?

Why doesn't the media why don't they put out numbers? Yeah, 89% I mean it's a pretty it's crazy right? We're doing the same okay. So President Bush Kayleigh said 95%. And Trump very gently corrected him and said, no, it's 99% 99.1. That was the latest numbers coming out. That's how much the border crossings have been reduced. And and the follow up, which is a very obvious, understandable follow up, is why isn't this being reported in the media?

That is more than newsworthy. And Trump says, welcome to America's fake news. And Kaitlan Collins is standing feet away from the president when he names CNN specifically as the fake news and then says, because they hate America, which was a which was a great moment, quite frankly, to the point where later on during CNN's coverage, Dana Bash is on and she feels compelled to correct the record.

Listen to this. You know, she CNN over here doesn't want to put them out because they don't like they don't like putting out good numbers and like putting out because I think they hit our country. Actually, before I get to you, I just want to say, for the record, since we heard President Trump say in the Oval Office that CNN, hates our country, CNN does not hate our country.

That should go without saying. I've been here for 32 years and I see a rhetorical device in him, trying to to say such a thing. Okay. When you are a media outlet and you have to convince your viewers that you don't hate America, that should tell you a few things, that there is a question about it. We'll talk about that more coming up.

It's 820. It's good to have you along on this Tuesday morning. And, we'll open up the phone lines a little bit later, and we'd love to hear from you via text. (208) 542-1079. That is the Stones Automotive Group text line. We'll be back. All right. It's 824 on Newstalk 1079. Of course he's lying. And abusing and manipulating the stock market.

You two. And I am still trying to figure out what in the world that was. She sounds as bad as I do. I'm trying to do accents in different languages and I you know what? Don't do it. If you don't sound good at it. I go, okay, but here's the difference, Julie, and I appreciate that you acknowledge that you're not great at it, but I usually know what you're trying to do.

There's at least understood the intention. Yeah, right. Like if someone's trying to sing a song, but they're completely off key. Typically, you can figure out what song they're trying to sing. This. I don't even know what that is. I don't know what she was doing either. This is, This was her in Nampa with Bernie. She play the whole clip?

Can't do it. All right, here it is. Trump is a criminal who was found guilty of 34 felony counts of fraud. Did she say guilty? Yeah. I don't know what she's trying to put some sort of guilty. 34 counts. 34 counts of fraud. Okay, I, I'm looking for reasons to explain this in a way that's different to her.

Okay. There may be a chance sometimes when, if the sound system is set up in a in a particular way, you talk and then half a second later you hear yourself back. And if if that's loud enough, it throws off your ability to be able to keep talking. I'm wondering if maybe she was getting that back at her and she was hearing it, and it was throwing off her ability to continue with her words.

It sounded like there usually is sort of a muddy slow down of, of your ability to talk, because it just slows everything down. That might be part of what's happening here. That's sweet of you to do that for her. I don't think that's it at all. Yeah, you're right, I look, I'm looking I'm trying to find Grace. I'm trying to find some grace for because it's.

I don't know what she's doing. If that's not the answer, I wondered if, Because it's a known thing out there that Idahoans have an accent. We don't think we do, but we do. Yeah, we have some things that we do with the language that are a little weird. Yeah. I'm wondering if somebody tried to tell her there was an Idaho, an accent, and she thinks she's doing it, but she's not doing it.

Oh, maybe that talk like Idahoans. Yeah, I yeah, that. I guess that is a possibility I don't she's way off because I can tell you with my podcast, I can tell you that there's plenty of people who have commented on the way that I say words that that aren't from here. Yeah. And so I there clearly is an Idaho accent.

I don't know if she's trying to do it, but she's way off if she is, because it's not the words that I get comments about. That's it. That's a that's an interesting observation here. It's her. I her attempt at an Idaho accent. Yeah. I don't know liable for sexual abuse. Of course he's lying and abusing and manipulating the stock market.

You.

When he talks about rapists and criminals, he should look in the mirror.

Okay, she said that like she's in seventh grade. Like she should look in the mirror. Yeah, all that feigned in. I'm so indignant that. Yeah, I wonder how many times she's given this. I don't know. Yeah, yeah. 208542127 I'd love to hear from somebody who went, but I doubt there's really many people in our audience who actually went over to see Bernie and AOC.

Yeah, I was scrolling, Facebook. I saw somebody had posted something. I didn't know the person I maybe I should have, but, they had posted and Bernie came up and gave them a handshake. They were against, like a metal stanchion. And, Bernie walked up and gave them a handshake. So Bernie was working the crowd. So you are your friends of this person.

You know, Facebook now, you never know if you're friends or not. They populate things trying to get people worked out. Well, I was just going to ask you if you unfriended them like you should have after now. Not really. Okay. Just calm down people. It's Neil being theatrical. What? Do they not have jobs back in DC? How can they be in Idaho on a Monday night?

I don't I don't know I it's a good question because Congress is in session right. I believe they are. Yeah I don't know I don't know the answer to that. Did they just fly out for this. And then they flew back last like I don't know. How's their carbon footprint. Oh there's doesn't matter Julie. They're nuts. They're not the little people like you and me right.

You can't count that. They're better than when there's importance on the line. I can make as big a footprint as I need to. Well, do you remember back when John Kerry was pressed about that and like he literally said, I'm so important, and the work that I'm doing is so important. It doesn't matter how big my, my carbon footprint is.

He said that. John Kerry, he said that like AOC. 22I had to find that clip if I still have it, because I, I remember that I'm like, what? How dare you? It's always rules for us and not for you. That's the rules. Yeah. Okay. Let's see, I think I have it here. Should we play it? Yeah.

Good old John Kerry. He said, Hold on, hold on, hold on, hold. If you offset your carbon, it's the only choice for somebody like me who is traveling the world to win this battle. I negotiated the Paris Accords, for the United States. I've been involved in this fight for years. I shared it with President XI to bring President XI to the table so we could get Paris.

And, I believe the time it takes me to get somewhere. I can't sail across the ocean. I have to fly to meet with people and get things done. But what I'm doing almost full time is working to win the battle of climate change. And in the end, if I offset and contribute my life to do this, I'm not going to be put on the defensive, okay?

I'm that important, you guys. Yes, I am. And then there's this. I have to play this. I just don't agree with your facts, which began with the presentation of one of the most outrageously persistent lies that I hear, which is this private jet. We don't own a private jet. I don't own a private jet. I personally have never owned a private jet.

And obviously it's pretty stupid to talk about coming in a private jet from the State Department up here. I just honestly, if that's where you want to go, go there. Didn't he just say he flies in private jets? All that? I have to fly in private jets because what I do is so important to the world, to the globe.

I'm the savior of the world. Except when you challenge me on the private jet, I'm going to settle it and say, I don't have a private jet. I don't do it. Yeah, we didn't ask. If you have a private jet. We ask if you flew in a private jet. That's a non-answer. Hoping were stupid. Yeah. Which he's right.

About half the population.

And not really. Speaking of private jets. Yeah. This is total total tangent. Are you ready. Yeah. Go for it. The Masters was over the weekend okay I saw a graphic yesterday. Yeah. That immediately following the Masters 250 plus it was like 257 or something like that. Private jets left Augusta. There weren't that many private jets with people who flew in to watch the Masters.

250 plus. Yeah, 257 I think is was the total number. Wow. Yeah. Okay. If you, if you were a billionaire, would you have a private jet? Oh, hundred percent. Really? Hundred percent. Okay. Yeah, yeah. Look, I don't blame them. Yeah. Oh, yeah. It's. I've been on a private jet 2 or 3 times and it's. Yeah. Yeah.

I mean if you're going to fly a lot. Yeah. All right. Let's go to the phones 28542179. Hi caller how are you today. Yeah just a couple a little quick comments. Isn't it great not having to listen to John Kerry anymore. It's so great story Clinton and Joe Biden and and all those types. It's it's absolutely wonderful.

Yeah. That's all I had. Well thank you for the call. You know I actually had that thought playing John Kerry. I'm like, I'm glad I had to dig into the archive kind of deep to find a John Kerry clip. Yeah. That he's become so not relevant. Yeah. In fact, if Trump didn't do anything, if Trump had no accomplishments whatsoever, it's still a productive presidency because we don't have to listen to John Kerry anymore.

Yeah. Yeah, that that's true. That's I yeah. You know, I, I'm sure we're already seeing a little bit of division inside the Trump orbit like Elon Musk. I think he rubs people the wrong way. I think there are people who it's not that they have a philosophical disagreement with Elon Musk. It's just that his bedside manner might could use a little work.

But that's okay. We didn't hire him for his bedside manner. We, we hired him for his outcome. So we're seeing a little bit of that. But, but these are people that are serious people that seem to be delivering on a whole host of problems. I would agree. And they're not going to be around very long if they don't.

All right. Next call. Welcome to the show. Thank you. All right. Quick question on immigration. We hear a lot about the number of people that are picking up and involuntarily deporting back to wherever. Do you have any figures on the number of illegals who are voluntarily leaving the country so they can come back legally? I have not seen any of the I haven't looked specifically for that, so we might be able to find it, but I haven't heard anything reported so far.

It's that's probably a pretty hard number to track anything. Yeah, I think that's probably why it's not readily out there and being pushed. As much as it's very easy for the Trump administration to say, hey, border crossings are down to this and, and, you played that clip during your monologue about, how far down border crossings are.

But for people who just self-deport, that's probably a little more difficult, especially if they don't use the app to do it. Well, I think it would be interesting to find out, to see if the fear factor is in the live of some of these people saying, you know something, if I leave voluntarily and legally, hopefully I can come back.

It might take me 10 or 15 years to do it. But, you know, if you should happen to see something, I think it would be interesting. And thank you for your program. All right. Thank you. Yeah. Really quick cursory search here. I'm not finding anything popping up yet, so. Yeah, it and it's early, so yeah, it is early and I will say this if not very many people are using the app, if it's not a really celebratory number, the administration is not going to publicize that.

Yeah. Even if there is some people using the app to leave to Self-Deport, if it's not this really amazing number, I don't think they're going to put it out there because it will be used against them. Yes. Okay. So here's an NBC headline. Just take that into account. Trump admin pushing immigrants to Self-Deport as its deportation numbers lag.

Figures obtained by NBC news show deportations by Ice in March below where they were a year ago and far below what the administration wants. Trump administration official. Yeah, because judges are standing in the way of all this stuff. That's exactly what I was asking. Headline. Well, it's a crap take. Yes it is. Yeah. If if they could deport without every judge filing, every Democrat judge filing something, they would probably be doing this.

But they're gonna they're having to do more than dot their I's and cross their T's. Well, and you know what buried in paragraph three is also this a major factor in the deportation numbers being lower than they were during the Biden administration? Is the drastic drop in border crossings since Trump took office. There's fewer people to immediately deport because they're not making the crossing in the first place.

Yeah. They're not. That's not in. Yeah. They're not deporting people that are at the border, you know, deporting people that have already established like connections here in America because they were given debit cards and cell phones and they had that capability, and then they went to commit crimes. That's the other thing. I'm not really that concerned about the speed at which they're doing it, and the volume at which they're doing it.

I'm concerned about them getting rid of the criminals first. Yeah, me to make the country safer. Yes. That's that is the highest priority right now. Says last month, which is the latest month for which data is publicly available, Customs and Border Protection had just over 11,000 encounters with undocumented migrants at the southern border, compared with nearly 190,000 in March 2024.

It is easier and faster for the government to deport people detained near the border than to find them after they disperse across the United States from. No kidding, Sherlock? Yeah. I mean, look at our we had a criminal here in East Idaho, and we had to do a sympathy tour about how sad that was that that criminal had to leave.

Yes, that's what we're battling. And it's even Republicans because the sympathy tour was done by a Republican. Yes. Yeah. Right. So, Amy, of course the number is going to be down when you're grabbing people from the interior of the United States. And we're specifically looking for criminals. It's a more it's a more refined, targeted search for those who need to be sent away.

Right here. It says there's an acknowledgment they can't get the numbers up if they have to find, arrest, detain and fly all of these people home. So they have to push for self deportation, said one of the sources familiar with the discussion. Asked for comment, DHS spokesperson Trisha MacLaughlin said in a statement deportations have already exceeded 117,000 in just the first 70 days.

It's just the beginning. We're unleashing DHS law enforcement that has had its hands tied behind its back for four years under former President Joe Biden and former homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas. These deportations don't even include the number of illegal aliens who have self deported illegal aliens. Are hearing Secretary Noem's message loud and clear leave now or face the consequences.

That includes a fine of $998 per day for every day that the illegal aliens overstayed their final deportation order. Arrests, detainment and deportation. So it's like a realtor. Number 998. Can we just say a thousand and an easy way, right? Yeah. Why not put a couple like, my house is for sale for $499,990, right. All right. It's 840 on Newstalk 179 will be back.

It's 846 now on Newstalk 1079. Both Julie and I have step one laid down. The mates on our lawns from town and country gardens, and I'm thinking I may text Rex and say, can I throw down step two? Like pretty soon I know we're supposed to wait until June, July? Or is it May June? I think it's May June, it's May June, and,

But I'm just eager. I want to I mean, my my lawn looks great. Like it's very green. It's come up really strong. I just want to get it done. It's time to mow. Get it? Yeah. Do this thing. Hey, I'm sure he's going to say it's fine because it is a friendly program that way. Like, if you're sitting here listening to Neil and you're like, well, don't even have step one down.

I've missed my window. No you haven't. No you haven't. No you haven't. This is a super friendly lawn program. Make sure you get on down there to town and country. You can get it on this weekend. Even next weekend you can get it on. Yeah. What with the mates. Oh, get it on. Yeah, yeah. I think we have Marvin Gaye here.

Yeah. There Kelly is. Yeah. So the, the Tinder version of the four step lawn program is your first step. And, that's the humans. You need to get that down probably within the next few weeks. But like I said, it's a pretty forgiving program. So let's get on it and make it happen for yourself, even. And and this is not an excuse for delay, but we have told our listeners in previous years, you can put your roommates on any time.

It's going to be beneficial to your your lawn. It's not it's not a fertilizer. So I don't know that you could put too many humans to I don't think that's even a thing. But, you put the just the right amount down is just perfect. And you can put those down any time, so you are not too late, right?

So get on down town and country. They've got all your, like, your seeds for your planting that's coming up. And make sure you get them now there's also trees that need planted now. And they have experts there that can help, you know, exactly how do I put this tree and how deep do I do it? Yeah.

Which way do I stake it? Like that kind of stuff. And there are some trees. He taught us this last year that you, like, their roots are bare when you buy them. And that actually is good for this area. The trees seem to take a little bit better. So another great thing that you can go and have the experts teach you about at Town and Country Gardens.

Yeah, I also really quick I know we put a lot into this right here, but mark your calendars for Saturday, April 26th from 6 to 10 p.m. it's called Illuminate the Night at Town and Country Gardens. They are doing a reveal, of the firefly Petunia, which is a petunia that glows in the dark. Kind of cool. It's all there at my garden.

Wkyc.com. I've told people about this. Their jaw drops. You're like, what? And I'm like, yeah. Like some geneticist botanist guy. He, he found a way to take the bioluminescence from algae and whatever and combine that with the genetics of the, of the petunia. And they have a glow in the dark, glow in the dark petunia. So go to my garden, wkyc.com if you want to find out more, but it's going to be a big deal.

Food, music, glow in the dark petunias. It's all going to be there. Yeah. April 26th. Yeah, the evening of April 26th. So go on to my garden, Wkyc.com learn all about that. And then you can visit town and country there. South of Idaho Falls, off the Yellowstone Highway across from the malting plant. All right, Julie, what did you think I'm going to ask you?

I mentioned this yesterday, and I was very diplomatic when I said it, but I could sense that there was probably going to be a bit of a backlash. Jeff Bezos sent up, I think it was at five women or six by Katy Perry, Gayle King, some others, they went up and they were dealt within a few minutes.

Like this didn't take very long at all. Like 11 minutes. They were in space. Yeah. So they launch them up above the the line that defines what spaces. And then they came back down and and people are like, okay, this was a stunt. These women, even though they went above that line, they can't really be called astronauts because if you're truly an astronaut, you know how to fly a space shuttle and you know how to be in a, in a, in a moon capsule or whatever, this took no more skill than being a passenger or on a bus.

Yeah. Okay. And so they're not astronauts. It was a Super Duty theme park ride. It's what it was. Yeah, yeah. Cool for them. Awesome. But don't try to present like you're something that you're not. Well. And this was not a technological milestone. This was a maybe a demographic milestone, but I don't know if it's one that actually helps women because it ended up being a subject of mockery on social media.

I which is the unfortunate part, but they kind of fertilized it to be that way. They did. Which is Katy Perry gets off, talks about how she felt so much love. She kissed the ground and they they were doing this segment about her feminine energy. Yeah, some celebratory walk. And it was just really over the top, really over the top.

Did they have to pay for it or did Bezos just like, you know what, these are some rich people. I'll send them up. You know, I don't know the answer to that. I guess I just automatically assumed that Bezos paid for all of it, but I guess they could have thrown some in. I'm Gayle King is rich. Katy Perry is rich.

These are. Yeah. Wealthy women. Yeah. Like I yeah, I guess we could have. So. Yeah. Okay. Anyway, yeah, I but I, I didn't want to. Like I said yesterday, without you here, I was very diplomatic.

Earlier I said for you not to mark the mission because they spent hours finding the correct lip gloss to wear. Okay, see, this is. I can't even participate in that joke. I can't even react to that joke at all. Yeah, you can, all right, but their makeup was five stars. Yeah, right. It's 852. Will be back. We'll wrap up this hour just ahead.

It's 857 on Newstalk 179. Neil Larson along with Julie Mason. So Julie, this was crazy. The would be Trump assassin that showed up at the golf course in Florida. Apparently he may have ties to Ukraine. And so this is from let's see. This is an interview between Michael Flynn, General Flynn and a podcaster. Listen to part of.

Well, we have less than a minute. Let me just play a little bit of it, though clearly, this guy had connections. Ryan Roth had connections to Ukraine. He'd been to Ukraine. He's been recruiting fighters. He knows the generals there. He knows the war fighters there. He had been he had a no look visa policy to bring in terrorists to Ukraine to fight for Ukraine.

He's a Ukraine fanatic. And now he's going to Ukraine to get American made munitions to kill Trump and someone new in Ukraine. I think this obviously is why President Trump treated Zelensky the way they did in the Oval Office. But what should happen to Ukraine if it's found that they were, at the very least complicit? Okay, Julie, you're hot.

Take 10s my hot take is way. Why would we even be shocked that Ukraine was complicit in this? You and I have both said the leadership of Ukraine is operating like bad guys. Yeah, I would agree. All right. We'll have more on this in the next hour. It's 859 on Newstalk 179, 907 on Newstalk 179. So if Katy Perry is now an astronaut, then I've been an airline pilot many times, as has Julie.

And also I would say I'm, a mariner because I've been on a couple of cruises. Sure. Like I you know what what what do you call people who go on boats and cross oceans? A seaman, I don't know, Columbus. Yeah, I don't I don't explorer, I think it's Mariner. I have watched Dora, so I think then I could be called an explorer.

I think you could. Yes. Dora are you will call you Dora from. From now on. Welcome back to our 22085421079. That is the stones Automotive Group call and text line. And we'd love to hear from you at this hour if you'd like to comment on AOC. And we actually had a listener, Julie, that is we'll just say they're an antagonist of the show.

And they troll us on untaxed. And I would say we're successful about 80% of the time, not taking them up on their trolling. Yes. And maybe a little bit more than that. Maybe a little more, maybe 90%. Yeah. We don't respond to this one too much. Yeah, I will. So this person said Bernie and AOC were amazing last night in Nampa.

I love listening to those two. This is also the same listener that two weeks earlier, on the eve of the special elections in Florida, wrote, today is the day that the Democrats take the House back and Hakeem Jeffries becomes our savior. Trump's reign of terror is ending soon. Okay. So that's the level we're dealing.

Right. Should I send him back a message to say, hey, that didn't happen. Oh by the way. Oh no I have more there. Oh wait. There's more. This person also wrote Kamala 2024 back on November 5th.

We are good. They're not Nate Silver. Oh wait, there's more. If we go back to November 1st. This trolling texter also wrote it looks like Kamala will win by 6040, and Democrats will take the House and keep the Senate. Now, it was a trifecta of losing. Yes. That's a three for like that. They packed a lot of failure into that one text October 23rd Harris is going to win in a landslide exclamation mark.

I know a lot of Republicans who are secretly voting for her. This year. Trump has destroyed the Republican Party. Another exclamation mark. The day before that. I'm I'm not taking stock advice from this dude. Okay. You're right. But but there's more. This is like a treasure trove. The day before that, October 22nd. You guys are so clueless.

Today, Harris will win the popular vote with over 10 million votes. It will come down to Nevada, Wisconsin, and possibly Pennsylvania electoral votes this time. Didn't Trump win all three of those? Yeah, Trump won all the swing states. Yeah. And, Kamala Harris did not win the popular vote by 10 million votes. No. She was she lost. Yeah.

Was it just by a certain amount? She just flat out lost. Yes. Okay. So in in that context, they also said walls is going to destroy Vance tonight in the vice presidential debate.

September 25th. Okay. This is just too fun and too easy. On September 25th, I think Trump has now lost Ohio due to his cat and dog comments. Remember, they're reading the cats. They're eating the dogs. It looks like Kamala has a clear path to victory. Now, do you know that eating the cats and eating the dogs actually won Trump?

Young kid vote? He became so popular on TikTok. Yeah, that it actually helped him. Yeah, that doesn't surprise me, but this is a person who's unwilling to look to put emotion aside and look at how people, consume their media. Yeah, that that they can actually think outside of a talking head telling them what to do. This person clearly cannot.

He's got some somebody he listens to and then he just repeats. Yeah. Well let me I to put all that. And I didn't plan on talking about eating the cats and eating the dogs today. But to put all of that in context, when all of that went down, I mean, here's a party that can't figure out what gender is and pronouns it like.

It isn't that far fetched to think that they were eating the cats and the dogs. There are some third world countries where that does happen. Oh it happens here. Yo. Yes. Oh yes I know. Yeah. Yes yes. So that's why it's not far fetched. Yeah. No it's it's not. But you were, you were saying about how Trump won some younger votes because that went so viral.

Yeah. If I were his consultant for a, for a smidgen of a minute, I may have considered, having him eat a tide pod, and maybe. But I wouldn't. It would just crossed my mind filled with blueberry blueberry jelly instead. Something like that. Yeah. A special made one. Yes. Right. All right, let's go to the phones. (208) 542-1079 Caller how are you today?

I am fantastic. Good morning. Good morning. Julie. How's the grandbaby? Oh. So good. They both boys were just so cute. It was. It isn't great, is it? Grandparent time. So much more fun than just being a parent. Absolutely. I took him outside. We played football, made touchdown dances together, and then his parents had to figure out how to get him to eat dinner.

It was great. I've got a suggestion for you. When they come visit your house, you should have what I have on my counter. I have a cookie jar and I have a candy jar. And on both those jars is written. Grandpa says, yes. There we go. Perfect. I just need. I told you I'd try and keep Neil in check while you were gone.

Well, he was fantastic. He. He stuck to the script. He stayed on task. He was great while you were gone. So that's why he's gone. Maybe goes a little overboard today just to try and make up for not being able to get anything out there. It was all pent up, pent up energy that he's got to get out.

And Neil, I know you were born in Aberdeen or raised in Aberdeen. I know they taught you. If you don't have anything nice to say, don't say anything. We can't keep beating up an unarmed person. The person obviously has no mental acuity that they predicted all of those things wrong. So you got to be nice. Do we?

Yes. I don't know how to do that with me. I it all out to the sarcasm here. I will throw down a boundary. That's a good rule for you. Even got one? What? Once in a while, right. That's. Yeah, that's true. I got everything wrong, so. No. And I'm glad they did. You guys have a fan tastic day.

Enjoy the beautiful sunny weather. We're have and have a happy Easter, guys. Yeah. Thank you. You as well. Thank you. (208) 542-1079. Yeah. Here's my deal about being nice to the person that he called unarmed. You came to the fight? Yeah. That's right. The, there was no coercion. We didn't come to your your arena. You came to our arena.

If if I make a claim publicly, then I expect to be okay with that claim. Getting scrutinized down the road. Yeah. So I would assume they're they're the same way. And when you send us a text, we have a deep archive of every text that people send to us. This is my same, fight that I have with those who run for office and become elected, which is?

You came to the arena. Don't whine about what happens once you're in the arena. Yeah. It's the there's no there was no hidden idea of what political service was going to be like. It's going to have some really great parts to it. It's going to have some some negatives. Yeah. Don't come and whine about what you didn't. I don't like that.

I'm sorry. Yeah. You ran right. That's what he made you do this. It just came with the job. Yeah. Like if you take a job as a dishwasher. I don't like dish soap. I don't like that my hands get pruned. Yeah, right. Okay. Well, why why did you take it? That right. Yeah. And, Yeah. Yeah, yeah, I mean, there we could add so much to that.

Here's a here's a great question, Julie. If Bezos had set up a bunch of rich men and they came back and said they were astronauts, what do you think the chatter would be about? What? Is there a double standard here? Because they set up William Shatner a while back and and and I remember, watching I don't remember exactly how I responded to that.

I didn't think that, part of it was William Shatner was Captain Kirk. Like, he, you know, he was Captain Kirk of Star Trek. So it kind of made sense in that regard. But I never viewed Captain Kirk or I never viewed William Shatner as an astronaut because he went up in space. There was also an element, I think he was 91 or 2 when when he went up.

So he that old. Oh yeah, I yeah, I know he looks great for his age but yeah, he's, he's in his 90s now. And so I think the age was an issue as well that you know there's some risk as you're applying some G-forces and maybe there's some pressure changes. I'm not really sure. But but it's it does take a bit of a toll on your body to go up that high and then go into zero gravity.

There's a stress response to that. So I think the age was an issue there. So we're kind of comparing apples to oranges. I would I think I would probably view this pretty much the same way that I, I wouldn't consider a bunch of rich dudes that rode up for 11 minutes into a craft above the line. The Kramer line is up, they call it, and then came back down.

I would not call them astronauts either. I wouldn't, I wouldn't for the men either. I, I don't know, maybe. I'm not sure what the reaction would have been. You started that by asking what would it have been? I think it probably would have been a divided reaction. I think there would have been feminists who lost their mind, you know.

How dare you send men again and don't don't call them astronauts. But I also think there might be a portion there that they won't get ridiculed as much as they'll be given just a little bit more respect than a bunch of women going up. Now, with that being said, yeah, these women didn't really lay the groundwork to deserve respect.

They kind of made a mockery of it all on their own. And so again, this is this actually goes in with the, the the phone call, the texter entered the arena. You're going to get, you have to face the bullets that come in the arena. Yeah. The politician entered the arena. You ran for office. You have to face it.

That's like that's what happens. You go up in a spacecraft, you behave kind of like these women did. You create it? You fertilized some ground. For people to make fun of you. Doesn't mean it's the nice thing to do, but to pretend like you don't think that's going to happen. You're just not living in reality, right? Yeah, that's that's true.

It is going to be a different reaction. I also don't think there would be that big a deal made of it, because men going to space is not breaking. Seems very common. Yeah, it's such a common thing. The overwhelming gender in astronaut. You know, the the roster of astronauts we've sent up has been men. So I think we're comparing apples to oranges.

Yeah. And I don't I don't know that it's a, that it's a good comparison. I, I think that if I saw that headline that Jeff Bezos sent five rich men into space, I think I'd go on to the next story. I don't think I'd even care to know the details of it, because this kind of thing is now happening all the time.

I feel like it for me, the the technological hurdles for the space shuttle to go up, to be in orbit and to sustain six or 7 or 8 astronauts for weeks and weeks on end, even days on end, is a much bigger accomplishment. Gender aside, or the technological hurdles to get people to the moon is far, far higher and much more complex and more expensive than launching a rocket with a capsule in it 67 miles up and then letting it parachute down.

Okay, there, there's just far fewer considerations to be able to do that. So I feel like they're they're cherry picking a title here that they don't really deserve, that others have earned before having to go through immense training and all of the engineering that was required to, to be able to make the space shuttles happen in the International Space Station and the Apollo missions and all of that.

So I feel like they're trying to get a cheap ticket to an elite club. I absolutely agree with you on that. And this happens in other thing in other areas. Right. Somebody who, does something really amazing in life and then all of a sudden they're in awarded and a doctorate degree. Yes, from the university. And you're like, they didn't do anything to get a doctorate degree.

Yeah. They're really good at bowling. Yeah, I don't deserve a doctorate degree. Right. So I think that that's that you're absolutely correct with that. I also think this could have been framed a little bit differently. I think that this could have been a really, like, cool and chic and, and, inviting concept if they were launching, pardon the pun, launching a new program or twice a year, they're going to put this rocket up and you can bid on a ticket and blah, blah, blah.

Yeah, I think that could have been really cool with these women. Add a little Willy Wonka to it. Yeah, yeah yeah yeah. That would and I don't think that they would have been mocked like they were. Yeah. But it was almost as if they were cosplaying. So okay, here's we may be operating on a completely false premise here because I haven't done a comprehensive search of news stories about this.

I've just seen the social media reaction. Are they really calling them astronauts? Like, is that as though they are like, I love your analogy here. This is receiving the honorary doctorate. Yeah. Becoming an astronaut. You didn't actually earn it. You're just you're you're you're they're great singer. You're Katy Perry and you can sing on stage. Yes. And you're an American Idol host.

Awesome for you. And that's amazing. Yeah. You're not an astronaut. Yeah, but but is the media are they are they claiming now that Katy Perry and Gayle King and the others are now astronauts? I, I don't know, I don't think so. I think it's been more, title that was bestowed on them through social media. Yeah. But that is the new media.

It is the new media. Yeah. And you have to be aware that that's going to happen. Does Katy. Well, here's the most important. This is the question that can't be questioned. Does Katy Perry and Gayle King now identify as astronauts on Tuesdays? Yes. Because if they do you cannot question it. It's fluid on Tuesdays. Yes they do, but it's different on Thursday.

Yes. That's true. Yeah it's true. It's astronomically fluid right now. Whenever whatever that means I don't know. All right. 923 (208) 542-1079. If you'd like to join us on the program this morning, we're going to take our first break here. We'll come back, though, after this. Yeah. William Shatner is 94 years. That is crazy. Yeah. Just turn. Oh, shoot.

I can't do that link anymore because I did a new one. Bye. No no no no no no no no no no no. But because I understand copy and paste I can make this work. Control C control V beautiful okay. Yeah. All right. We're going to have Steve on from Idaho Falls. Let's do our extra tomorrow okay. That good.

Yeah okay. Yep. My grandson's touchdown dance that I reference. They call it spicy feet which is running really fast. And but then he goes in circles when it's the touchdown dance. Oh okay. Spicy spicy city runs around in circles. That's great. And then spikes the ball. I also read Cat in the hat to him I don't know, five times maybe.

And, my youngest is 25 years old, so I haven't read Cat in the hat for probably 22 years or so. I still have that stinkin book memorized. Really? There were parts I didn't even need to read. Oh, wow. The brain's powerful. Yeah, really is. Also, you know what's fascinating about this? About our brains and recording memories.

If you are in certain mental states, when things happen, you're more likely to remember. Yeah. Like it. And you were bonding with your kid. You know, you're having that really important one on one time, which is super important to you. You're more likely to encode a memory that will be more recall able and more vivid down the road.

So yeah, that's why you can recall it like it was yesterday. One trick and this is the context I learned it in. It said if you're studying for a big test, if you will like chew gum or eat, some mints or some chocolate, and then when you go to take the test, eat the same thing. Mints, chocolate gum that will light up that part of your brain.

Like it will actually help recall those memories that you've encoded while you were eating it before. Yeah, yeah. Yesterday I was I listen. Oh, okay. All right. To 928 on Newstalk 107 and Neil Larson along with Julie Mason. And we're going to go right to the phones. Steve is in Idaho Falls. Hi, Steve. How are you? I'm doing well.

How are you guys? Good, good hanging in there. Oh, good. I just need some clarification on the, on the folks that went up on that rocket. How how are they spelling astronaut? Is that with two S's or what?

It's optional. It's good. You can do it either way. Now, both you and Julie have engaged in jokes that I'm. I can't react to. Well, I mean, if if it's worth two, I'd have to agree. If it's with one, I think, it's unearned. Okay. Gotcha. Yeah, yeah, I yeah, thank you for the call. That was. He waited a long time to make that.

He did. But it was a good joke. They did great. It was good. I just here's. Why don't I just call them space tourist? That would be the best term for them is just don't try to make the case. They're astronauts. They're just space tourists. They go. All they do is sit. It's like going to lagoon, riding on the rocket at lagoon or Wicked or Cannibal.

That's all they had to do was show up and strap in and wait. Even if you don't like the word tourist, because you feel like that diminishes the fact that there will only be a handful of people that do this in the next decade. Okay. What if you did, like, space investigator or any? There's lots of other words you could use.

Sure, sure. But you know what I think is going to happen, and it may not. It it'll probably take a decade or so, but I bet the price of this, as they scale will come down. And right now it's, it's I think it's a couple hundred thousand dollars if you want to go up and cross that line and come back down.

But over time, as they get better at this, it might cost 5 or $10,000 to be able to do it. That's going to bring it into a price range that a lot more people can show up, maybe go through a little bit of training. I'm not sure what training you need because you're just sitting there. You may have to pass some kind of a physical test of some kind, and then you'll be able to do it.

What title are we going to give those people where when they start to, do this in mass? I don't, probably tourists. Tourists would be probably the right word then, because it becomes more common. Yeah, sure. That that's in my mind. That's what it is. Look, if it if you were in the Greek Isles. And you rent a massive yacht.

Yeah. And you spend ten days going along the coast and you have a full staff, seven people on the yacht taking care of everything. You're still a tourist. You're a tourist. Yeah. And so and, and that's the only it's not even earning a title. That's just what you are so sure. Yeah. So yeah I think they're just the first ones.

Yeah. I'm done talking about Katie. I did see, you know what? I saw a weird conspiracy theory. Tell me if you've heard this before involving Katy Perry, that she's actually JonBenet Ramsey. Oh, I haven't seen that. A lot of people think she's a lizard. Like she's a lizard person. Oh, that's that's a totally different. Yeah, that's that's where you were going to go.

I have not heard the JonBenet Ramsey. No. It's like I said, it's a it's a very obscure conspiracy theory. But but I yeah, I, I don't know, you hadn't heard it. Oh, I hadn't heard it. I'll have to look it up. Yeah. Let's look that up. Okay. And then we'll, come back after this. Okay. All right.

Weird show today, but, That's okay. We'll be right back. It's 932 on Newstalk 107907. Okay. You finding anything? Oh, somebody sent us a link or a screenshot. It says Blue Origin declared them astronaut. Oh, okay. So that's who's giving them the title.

I don't think so. Well look, people who work at subway also are called sandwich artists, and I'm not sure they can make a good sandwich at home. So you're right. Yeah. I see Katy Perry was born 1984. JonBenet Ramsey was born in 1990. So there's about a six year span there. I mean, you could probably fake it.

I she's not John. She's but the, the ones I saw it showed like skin marks that are identical in the same spots. And so what do you think of the JonBenet Ramsey case. Have you ever covered that on your true crime. I've never covered it fully because I do current crime. Yeah. Unless there was a massive update, that's when I would cover it.

Oh my gosh. We have to talk about the story that I wrote last night, okay. Because it has that political angle to it. Okay. We'll do it in the post show. Okay. But, so I've never really covered her. I do believe there's something shady to the whole thing. I do not think that just some random guy walked into that house, possibly broke through the basement window, did what he did, and walked out, and it was just over.

Yeah, it is very, very, very, very, very rarely is it just a random person who commits a crime. There's usually some sort of connection. So and randomness does happen. Look at serial killers. Randomness happens. Yeah. But a lot of very, unique situation like JonBenet Ramsey. It's usually someone connected to the person that does it.

Yeah. And I just don't see how this would be the outlier. Why she would be so lucky. Yeah. To have or unlucky in this case. Yeah. It would be like winning the lottery to have a random person be able to know that house well enough and go inside. Right? Yeah. Yeah, yeah. So I'm not really sure who it is.

Yeah. But I think there's a chance that maybe they were involved in some questionable activities with friends, and a friend would know how to come into the house. Yeah, yeah. Could be seething as somebody, like a business associate or. Sure. Just anyone connected? Yeah. Anyone connected to the family that would have enough knowledge to want to commit the crime.

Specific to this little girl. I watched that, documentary a while back on Netflix, I think, and it completely changed my because I always thought, okay, Pat and, what's the dad's name? John. John. That they're the ransom note in the hand. Like, all of that just seemed really weird. But when you watch the documentary, you're like, okay.

And I don't even remember the details of it, but it explained a lot of that and how the media was so eager to have a narrative around this immediately jumped and pointed fingers at the family and framed it. They left really key critical details out of it. And what I remember from that, that documentary was more discussed with the media and how the media operates.

And more then, more than anything, we've got a case going on just like this down in Texas, the young man who went into the track meet stabbed the other young man and killed him. You would not believe the amount of dishonest information that's being reported. It is incredible. Yeah. 937 on Newstalk 179. So I did a quick Google search.

Turns out the rabbit holes not that deep. JonBenet Ramsey is not Katy Perry. It was just it was like a little divot in the grass. It wasn't a rabbit hole. Pretty much. It all. It all it was. I mean, they were born years apart. The both their childhoods are very well documented. So. Yeah. It's not. Yeah. I have a question for you.

Yes. Are you going to go buy ivermectin now that it's available over the counter? Sure. Yeah, I probably would. I mean, just to to have it, I don't I don't have any current need for it, but I think it's probably good to, to, to have some because it I mean it's got a lot of different uses, right.

Yeah. I, I know people who have tried to make it part of their weekly regimen. Yeah. Like they will take like ivermectin every say Saturday or whatever. Like there's just an ongoing like a yeah okay. Gotcha. I like I do that with aspirin like a take a low dose aspirin every day. So some people just we'll do a like a once a week.

You I, I think so, but I need to really figure it out first because I there's no reason to bring it into your lifestyle unless you understand what it's going to help with at night. So I probably need to do more research, but I could see myself doing it. Yes. Okay, so here's a question that I have to ask myself because I'm always I'm always trying to calibrate for my own, my own perception.

And there's a lot of interesting things about human nature where, because Anthony Fauci hated ivermectin, I think I might like ivermectin even more. It's just that human part of, you know, am I overestimating what ivermectin can do? Because of my disgust for Anthony Fauci? Like I, I want to make sure that ivermectin just is what it is.

And if it is beneficial, then yeah, I'll use it. It has very few side effects, if any. Yeah. Most people don't have any side effects very well tolerated. And there's it seems to be an abundance of evidence that it can be beneficial. But I don't want to overhype it. I don't want to overextend myself on it. Do do we start a website, a black market website, and you and I buy ivermectin and sell it to people in Utah because they can't get it?

Maybe we should. We know we could. Here's the thing. Here's what we'll do. We'll set up a little roadside stand. All right. I'll be in southbound I-15. Yeah, and you'll be in northbound I-15. And that way they don't have to go all the way to Malad on. Yes. Right. Exactly. They can come up. We will sell ivermectin at the border, because now you can do OTC.

That's that's where we go. That's what we'll it will be a little side business, like, we just a couple weekends ago, we did a trip down into Navajo country and drove through down to the Grand Canyon. The the Navajos, they set up those roadside tables, and we stopped. They sell jewelry, but, yeah, bought a little jewelry and, you know, for a dollars and and stuff.

It could be like, we'd be like that, but we'd be the vendors of ivermectin. There we go. Ivermectin r us. Yes. And we would do it until state troopers stopped and told us we had to leave because that wasn't going to be legal. We'd make a few hundred, though, before I think we might be worth it. Yeah, I think I think we could do that.

Why not? Why not make a few bucks on ivermectin? And, you know, while we're at it, we'll have some, we'll have some contraband hydroxychloroquine to, you know, that's not available over the counter. And then we'll do, the Idaho Spud candy bars. Just because we're at the border, it'll just be there. We might as well. It's. You know, that's true.

That's true. Now, while we're at it, because we'll be at the border. Is there anything they sell in Utah that Idahoans would want? That we could step back and forth across the border? Yeah. We could, What? What is that? Well, they have medical marijuana in in Utah, right? That's true. You can get the good stuff at Tremonton.

No, no, I just that just sounded similar with far too much content. No one, like, shiftless. Like. No, that that sounds a little mysterious, but I sounded stupid once. I finally sat right there at the Arby's right? Yeah, absolutely. Yeah, right. That's. What. Can we get ourselves in trouble? Yeah.

Yeah. It's true. All right. 942 and Newstalk 179. If you'd like to join us on the Stones Automotive Group, call and text line, we'd love to hear from you today. So, the governor, is he going to sign that snap bill taking the soda and the candy? Somebody sent us a message saying it already happened this morning.

Oh, did he already sign it? I don't know if that is true. There's a hold on. Let's see here. Which which bill was that? 109109 so let's see what 109 is, which. Holy cow. They passed a lot of bills. Yeah. They did. I'm not see anything news wise yet, but yeah, it does take a minute for it to get up.

So now there's you're not seeing it on there. I'm well I'm not, but this might not be the right day for the daily trip. Oh hold on, let me just change the date and see if we got some. Yeah, I can't find it. If if the person who told us that would send us a link, we would appreciate it.

Okay, so the b great idea. Yeah. So that Brian Hellman was speculating perhaps the governor was going to do a joint event with RFK Jr in signing that because that's been that's been a thing he's wanted to do. Pet project of his. Yeah. Because the N in snap is nutrition. Yeah. So all the candy falls under that.

Yes. So yeah. Yeah it makes sense. It's an acronym because they're all capitalized. What's the rest of it. Supplemental nutrition something program. Yeah. Snap. Yeah I don't know. Oh snap I don't know what it is.

I don't think they say snap anymore. Don't they know I do I don't care. Holy fetch. I still what you might call it. Yeah. That's weak sauce. They say they've stopped saying so snap. They don't say weak sourcing. They don't do that either. Okay. I don't even know how that that, that originated. Yeah. You know, here's the thing about that snap thing, I would have voted for it.

And if I were the governor, I would have signed it. But I don't know with what level of enthusiasm like, I, I've just it's it's not a bill that seems all that sexy to me and I don't I don't know why. I'm not sure why. This is one where a, I feel like, well, like, what does it accomplish?

Maybe don't do a victory lap, sign it, but don't do a victory lap. I don't, I don't know and I know that, I feel like maybe it's more a symbolic victory than it is a real victory. It possibly. Somebody sent us a screenshot of Brad Little's ex account, and 25 minutes ago he said the moral movement is about promoting nutrition and exercise so our kids can thrive.

Today I signed HB 109 to ban candy and soda from the government's Food Assistance program. Idaho's children deserve more than the sugary and synthetic filled products. Thank you, Secretary Kennedy and then that goes on. Okay. Yeah. So according to his account, he has signed it. What do you say, Julie, to the people who feel like this is a little bit cruel?

Oh, I don't think it's cruel. I, I don't think that's cruel at all. It's, it's taxpayer dollars. And it should be pay that money should be used to help those that are in the most dire of situations. Yeah. Okay. Candy doesn't solve dire situations. Yeah. So I, I have no problem with it. I would also say the Snap program is there as an assistance.

It's in the name that's the A assistance or extra. Yeah. So it doesn't mean your kid won't be able to get candy or whatever. Just organize your life that you use your Snap benefits and an appropriate level, and then you'll probably have a few extra bucks left a couple of days a month. They can get candy. If that's important to you, then yeah.

And you know, it's weird to me that we eat candy every day now. Yeah, like that's an expectation. Do you remember that candy used to be, like, the special thing that you would get? Yeah. That's true. Yeah. That's true. And like cookies. Same thing. And somehow you don't live a full life if you don't have candy every day, right?

That's weird. Yeah, it is weird. It is weird. Yeah. I, I don't know. Well, there's also like a lifehack. If if this bothers you, just go to the bank every day, reach this sucker, grab all the dum dums and stuff them in your pocket and walk out. There's my supplemental nutrition right there. I'm trying to think, where else do they give out free candy?

Dentists office will give out like little mints or whatever. I don't know where you could eat at Olive garden every night and get a free chocolate at the end. You have enough money needed. Olive garden. Just go by your. That's. That's funny.

All right. (208) 542-1079 is the, number. Yeah. And by the way, Julie, you put the title up that it's tax day. It is tax day. It is it. I'm not done. Are you done now I did I filed an extension last night. So nope I'm like you know what I I'm not going to make it. So I'm just going to do the extension and worry about it a little bit later.

Yeah, yeah. You know, you look for reasons to reduce stress in your life. Filing an extension is a great stress reducer. It's the snooze button up the IRS. That's that's true. It's the IRS is a snooze button. That's a great way to characterize it. It's the only time I hit snooze down the road. Yeah, yeah, yeah. There you go.

It would be interesting to know from our audience if their taxes are done. Yeah. Send it in via text. Let us know. Just text right now. Yes or no. Are your taxes done? And, we are now about, 14 hours and 11 minutes away from the deadline. So, tell us if you are done with your taxes.

I hope people are just mark it off the list and be done, because now that's still hanging over our heads. We do have an extension, but it's still hanging over our heads. Yeah. Speaking of con, well, did I've seen conspiracy theories. I don't quite fully understand it because it's a little complex that Trump is implementing these tariffs to change something about the money supply and the interest rates, so that we can refinance our debt and actually dramatically reduce our debt moving forward, that it's actually, a, 4D chess move by Donald Trump to address our debt, not just, you know, make make our trade imbalance a little more fair.

So I was watching Fox and Friends this morning as I was getting ready for work. And there is a special Trump interview that's happening this afternoon. And they were playing little excerpts from it. Yeah. Just promoting it. And that question actually comes up in the interview and she asks him, she asks him the question in Spanish and he says, no one has asked me that question, which is will are my taxes go down if the tariffs work?

And he answers that along the lines of absolutely, that's going to be the biggest benefit that people aren't understanding is that your taxes will go down, because we're going to have so much more money in the federal government based upon tariffs, based upon Doge. All of those things will help your taxes go down. So it'll get less expensive to do government.

And we'll have more jobs here. Well yes. Well that's good, that's good. All right. What are we getting back? Well, tons of texts. So many. Yeah. People put it in the mail this morning. Do people still mail their taxes? I file mine electronically for. I have not mailed taxes in 20 plus years. Someone said taxes.

We have to pay taxes. I'm still trying to get 2023 done. That's what someone said. Yeah. Oh, wow. I can't believe how many people. There's so many. Yeah. Oh my goodness. Let's read this on. My dad is an an accountant in Rexburg. My taxes have been done for a couple of months. Well lucky you I wish I had a dad who was an accountant.

Why did that text have a neener neener neener feel to it?

My dad's an accountant right there. Yeah. And yeah, you know that that's probably a really nice person, you know, giving them a bad time. You know, I'm just teasing. All right. It's 952 on Newstalk 179. We'll be back. Final segment coming up. This person's been filing an extension for 20 plus years. We're fine. We're for real good. We're fine.

You're good. Everything's good. Yeah. I go sip a margarita. I did my taxes well over a year ago. Okay. That's funny. Somebody said taxes. We have to pay taxes. Oh, crap. Yeah. Thanks for the laughs. Writer a pretty good. They took it in. They took it in stride. Yeah. Oh, somebody called a slackers. Yes. You're correct. Thank you.

You get a raise. You got it right. Oh. This person filed for extensions, not just one. There must be four different businesses that, you know, we don't have time for the, the flagpole, but, I got to move a spot. I got a little problem. No, I don't, let's do town and country on and come back our second one.

Okay. And this. Can we quit because we. Oh, this person's a CPA, and they filed their own taxes. If you're a CPA and you file your own taxes, how much do you cheat? Be honest with me. It's just us in the tax line. No it isn't. It's Facebook Live.

Okay.

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That's true. It's like, you know, running Ragnar or something, you know, like you're like, do I do CrossFit 26.2? I do CrossFit, and I've done my taxes. Okay. You know, put that on a bumper sticker. I look, I'm not done with my taxes and I don't do CrossFit, so I'm bragging about that. Just kidding. Anyway, I was going to say, and I can still walk because you.

Well, you look at those people who do CrossFit, they don't always. You're like, why are you limping so bad? Oh, I did CrossFit this morning. It's okay. It's doing amazing things for me. Did you sleep okay last night? No, I heard everywhere, you know, because I did CrossFit, I do CrossFit, I can't sleep at all. Why are you wearing a shoulder harness?

I did CrossFit, why? Why are you walking? Well, I blew a disc. How'd you do that? Doing CrossFit. Why do you have KT tape all over you? Because I do CrossFit.

We're going to get so much hate for this. That's okay. We love everybody, right? We're just playing. It's all. It's all. It's okay. So, last minute here, Julie, do we have Senator Crapo? Me we should Yes. I wonder if he does CrossFit. He might. He might in Congress. Got to, you know, so much frustration. You got to work off some of that extra energy.

So. Yeah. Okay. So we might have Senator Kerry might have Senator, I'll double check today, but yes, it was on the schedule. Okay. And we found out the governor did sign the snap. Yeah. So no more. When does that take effect? Does that immediately? Oh, I have no idea. Okay. All right. Well, we'll, we'll find out, but we'll see.

Now is a productive session, I'm assuming, because if you make a change to a big federal program like that, you kind of need to get permission. And I'm guessing they'll get it, because this RFK junior's all in favor of it. So, All right, everyone, thank you for joining us today. By the way, we love CrossFit. We think it's great.

Look, part of the humor is, is that I don't do it. And I look at you people and say, I can't do it. So we're impressed. But yeah, that's just part of it. We'll see you all tomorrow right here on Newstalk 1079.