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Forget the corporate bullshit. This is the Rated R Safety Show with your host, Dr., uh, it doesn't matter who the host is. Oh, we kind of know this because we, I think we address it every day. It doesn't matter who the host is. What has always mattered is who the listeners are. Anyways, today is Wednesday, which makes them whip them out Wednesday. Uh, it is Wednesday, September 9th, 2026, and we are broadcasting from the Safety FM studios in Orlando, Florida, and coming across the multiverse known as Safety FM, and then hanging out with our friends and colleagues over there.
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Yep, that's what we do. We hang out with our friends over there, do some things, hang out, and then do some other things, then hang out and all that kind of fun stuff. It is the reality of the world that we live in, um, of exactly what we have going on. So how have you been? How's the last 24 hours or so been? A lot of stuff going on inside of the multiverse, that is for sure, as we are hanging out and doing all kinds of fun stuff. So let's kind of go through it. Let's talk about what the hell we do here. We talk about safety in the news, news and safety. That is, uh, kind of our, our whole thing to our show in regards to what we talk about. We talk about safety of the news, news and safety. We want you to interact with it if you want to do so. Of course, all you have to do is go to callinradio.com. That's callinradio.com. Once you get there, audio, video, and text messaging are the options that it gives you on things that there is to do. And then we kind of move forward from there.
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That is the whole kit and caboodle. And then we do everything that we get to do on our side and then move forward.
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So that's kind of what we do around here. So with that being said, I do have some professional broadcasters that come in. They'll tell you, uh, what the hell's going on inside of the world of the news. And then we kind of bring you some main segments and then we'll pick on some news stories here, there, and everywhere. Some people always ask that famous question, which I always think is interesting, is Why do you talk about the news so much? Well, we talk about it because we want to make sure that we're talking about stuff that is, uh, well, going on. Because if you start doing a meeting related to safety and you just talk about safety starting off, well, it's going to be a problem because, uh, well, people just don't want to only talk about that. They want to talk about some other stuff. as well. So keep that in mind as we're going through the whole process, because that will be a lot easier opposed to just going, eh, we're just talking. So with that being said, why don't we go ahead and bring in my friends from Feature Story News, let them tell you what exactly is going on, and then we'll move from there. So if you're good with it, I'm good with it. Here's the news.
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Here is the news on the Rated R Safety Show.
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From Feature Story News in New Delhi, I'm Ishaan Garg. 6 IPOs hit Indian stock markets on Wednesday in what marks the single busiest day of initial public offerings in 30 years.
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There are 12 mainboard IPOs opening for subscription this week, and half of those today alone looking to raise almost half a billion dollars. Those 6 companies in one day. And what's the reason for this rush? Well, analysts are saying that there's a couple of factors here. We had that initial impact earlier in the year of the Iran-US war on market sentiment, on, on market volatility. And that did prompt investors and companies to take a step back, to hold off and in some cases delay their IPOs as they waited and watched a bit. Now they're obviously deciding, although there's still volatility and challenges, that it's a better time to step back into the market and go ahead.
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U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has said Washington will not allow Britain's lead in banning trade with Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank, warning the move could undermine efforts to secure peace in Gaza. Britain, France, Canada, and 9 other nations announced coordinated restrictions on Tuesday on goods produced in settlements deemed illegal under international law, prompting Israel to retaliate by closing the British consulate in Jerusalem that serves Palestinians. Rubio's response was notably more restrained than that of the U.S. Ambassador to Israel, Mike Huckabee, who suggested Washington could take action against Britain. Jagruti Dave reports from Washington.
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Marco Rubio was asked about this, uh, by reporters during a trip to Colombia, and his response was actually quite muted in comparison to the U.S. Ambassador to Israel, Mike Huckabee, who suggested that there would be a reaction from the U.S. to this move by the UK.
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Marco Rubio told reporters that the U.S.
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knew of the move in advance and that he avoided answering whether the US would retaliate against the UK.
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2 paintings by the French Impressionist Pierre-Auguste Renoir are still missing after thieves raided a museum dedicated to his work on the French Riviera early on Tuesday. The robbers cut through fencing at the Musée Renoir in Cannes-sur-Mer, near Nice, and made off with 4 works, though they dropped 2 in the garden as they fled. The heist comes less than a year after jewels worth around $100 million were stolen from the Louvre in Paris. Ross Cullen reports from Paris.
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Almost one year later, now we've had another theft in a gallery in the south of France of 4 Renoir paintings— one of France's most famous Impressionists from the 19th century. On Tuesday, thieves managed to cut a hole in the fence in the garden of the museum, make their way into the building. Then they were spotted on CCTV, and that alerted the police. They set off an alarm as well, but they managed to take 4 paintings, dropping 2 of them on their way out through the garden. With FSN Spotlight, I'm Simon Marks. Today, are the oil markets any longer influenced by the daily pronouncements of President Donald Trump regarding the future of the conflict in Iran? When the war began at the end of February, any indication that it may soon be over would lead to an immediate and sometimes precipitate fall in the oil price, only to see it bounce back when traders realized they had been sold a bill of goods. Emma Ashford, senior fellow at the Stimson Center, says after 6 months of war, things have changed.
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There is an incentives problem here for traders. If they do not guess correctly what the White House is going to do, particularly if they guess that the price is going to go up and it doesn't, they may end up paying a pretty concrete cost for that. But there's very much a catch-22 here. The more that markets remain complacent about this conflict, if they keep assuming that everything is going to go well, that there won't be any price spikes, it's actually not sending any signals to policymakers that they need to wrap the war up. And so, ironically, the markets believing what the White House is saying may actually make a crisis more likely in the long run.
Simon Marks [00:09:21]:
She says markets have even been seen to enable some policymaking over the last 6 months. But with the Strait of Hormuz still closed, there's no indication that the price of oil will reduce significantly unless and until the waterway is reopened. With FSN Spotlight, I'm Simon Marks.
Ishaan Garg [00:09:39]:
And the main news again. 6 IPOs hit Indian stock markets on Wednesday in what marks the single busiest day of initial public offerings in 30 years. U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has said Washington will not allow Britain's lead in banning trade with Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank. 2 paintings by the French Impressionist Pierre-Auguste Renoir are still missing after thieves raided a museum dedicated to his work on the French Riviera early on Tuesday. There's more from us on Twitter at Feature Story. And that is the latest Feature Story news. Ishaan Garg reporting.
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Okay, there you go, my friends. Uh, in regards to the things that are going on inside of the world, uh, yeah, let's start talking right away about some of the things that are happening because I think that that seems to be one of those things that we need to do in regards to what's going on. So let's get into some stories right away here. Iceland has officially pushed back after President Trump shared a Truth Social map showing the island nation as part of the United States. The image also placed Canada, Greenland, and Mexico, Central America, and parts of the Caribbean under the American flag and labeled the entire area United States of America. Iceland summoned U.S. Ambassador Billy Long to protest the post, with the foreign minister calling it completely inappropriate. The controversy comes amid ongoing tension Over President Trump's past interest in acquiring Greenland. So there you go. What do you think here? I mean, what did they say? I think that it was, uh, something along the lines of 40 posts over the weekend or over on Sunday alone, or one day. Who the fuck knows? Uh, it was over 40 posts about just random shit, and that fell into the category, and it looked like most of it was AI-generated. So does this really change anything for you?
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Duh.
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So that would be kind of one of the things that we probably need to think about before we get too, uh, hunky-dory and hung up in regards of everything that's going on. So keep that in mind as we are moving. So with that being said, let's get into some other topics real quick. So, uh, take a listen to this. Lindsay Cladency's attorney says that he hopes to negotiate a deal with prosecutors after her triple murder trial ended in a mistrial last week. Defense lawyer Kevin Reddington said that he is willing to sit down with the Plymouth County District Attorney Timothy Cruz and work towards an agreement where both sides can accept. Reddington said that the evidence presented during the trial gives prosecutors the reason to reconsider their previous refusal to offer Clancy a plea deal. The Duxbury mother now faces uncertain legal future as prosecutors decide whether to pursue another trial or explore a possible agreement. So there you go. What do you think about this whole thing? I'm just asking because it's weird. And let's just be realistic. It's weird because there was a mistrial. It was a— it looked at as they had a locked jury in regards of what was going on. One person was holding out. Nothing has really been said. There's been some assumptions.
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Assumptions.
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Of, uh, what, what was the holdout? What were the 11 voting versus the one? And I'm not here to speculate, I'm here to talk about it. So what do you think? Was the right thing done? The wrong thing done? I mean, we do know that at the end of the day, there's still 3 children that are dead, and other things that we know is that she killed them, and that becomes the other portion. So what's the hangup? That's going to be the, the court of public opinion of how it's handled. But there's a lot of things there because we know what happened. So let's give that some consideration as we move forward.
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Okay, so a massive 21-foot Nearly 17,000-pound steel beam recovered from the World Trade Center South Tower arrived to the White House as a part of the Tunnel to Towers Foundation Steel Across America tour honoring the upcoming 25th anniversary of September 11th. The beam traveled more than 10,500 miles across the country to— as a tribute to those killed in the attacks and first responders who sacrificed their lives. President Trump spoke yesterday before first responders, service members, and Gold Star families, honoring the Americans who ran towards the danger that day. He also awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom to Wells Crother, a man in the red bandana who helped rescue as many as 18 people from the South Tower before losing his life when it collapsed. Wells' mother and sister accepted the medal on his behalf. The White House ceremony was part of several events leading Up to the 25th anniversary of September 11th attacks, ensuring that nearly 3,000 victims and the heroes who responded will never be forgotten. So good to hear that that was actually something that was done in that regards. It's kind of one of, uh, those things that when it happened, it was kind of— I, I remember exactly where I was, and that's the one of those interesting things. That you can talk to most people and they remember exactly where they were, if they were alive and still had, I mean, had a little comprehension at the time, of course, of what was going down at the time. I remember I was at the YMCA in North Tampa and I legit thought it wasn't real at first. Like, I was like, hold on, what is this showing? Blah, blah, blah. And it was kind of one of those, uh, Kind of one of those things that you kind of looked at and you weren't sure what exactly was happening. But that's on that particular day. It was just amazing everything that was going on and the news coverage and the way that people bonded together shortly thereafter. It's just weird. I mean, it was a very weird time, but well, I guess we'll talk about that here more in a couple of days. So there you go. Okay, let's continue talking about some other things. President Trump has asked the Supreme the U.S. Supreme Court is what I should say, to allow his administration to use updated citizenship verification database called SAVE to help, uh, states check voter rolls ahead of the November midterm elections. The revamped system connects immigration records with Social Security and other federal data and allows states to conduct broader searches. The federal judge blocked the system in June, finding that the overhaul raised privacy concerns and relied on the potential inaccurate citizenship data. The federal appeals court upheld the decision last week, and the Trump administration argues— yes, argues— that, well, the system should be reevaluated and the necessary that may help the state's verified voter eligibility and protect election integrity, while voting rights groups warn that the inaccurate matchups or matches could result in eligible citizens being wrongly flagged and removed from the voter rolls. The administration is now asking the Supreme Court to step in and allow the updated SAVE system to be used while the legal battle continues. So there you go. A lot of stuff there. So what do you think? I mean, I'm just asking the question because you know that it's going to get stranger before it gets normal. Because it's either going to get really strange and then that will become the norm, or something along those lines will change right away. It's just the way that it goes. So there you go. Okay, so let's start talking about some, uh, some weird stuff because, you know, How would we do a show without doing that? So take a listen to this, and I hope you're sitting because it's weird. A Virginia mother is planning to appeal a misdemeanor conviction letting her, uh, 5-year-old son walk alone. Well, should I— let me rephrase that properly. Her 5-year-old son walk alone to a nearby pond to collect goose feathers. Carrie Ann Packison says that she had recently made, uh, the half-mile walk with her son Samuel and felt that he knew the route well enough to go by himself. But a security guard spotted the boy, confronted Packison at home, and reportedly called the police. 2 weeks later, she was charged with contributing to the delinquency of a minor. Packison received a suspended jail sentence and was reportedly added to Virginia's Child Abuse and Neglect Registry for 7 years. She insisted she did nothing wrong and says that she plans to appeal. Packerson says that the strangest part may be that when the security guard offered Samuel a ride home, the 5-year-old refused and he didn't know the man and walked home on his own instead. Packerson was also pregnant and studying for the bar exam at the time. So there you go. What do you think? I mean, it's interesting. Here's the funny part. Is back in the day, and this is definitely gonna make me sound old, people would have been like, ah, okay. I mean, but half a mile is kind of a long— it's— that's a long walk for a 5-year-old. That's number one. And then by themselves, kind of weird. But I don't know, the court of public opinion will definitely be out, um, on that one, that is for sure. Okay, take a listen to this one. A retired police detective with more than 2 decades of experience of it is sharing some unusual safety tips for college students living away from home for the first time. Michael Archerburn, known online as the Killer Bee Tactical, says that the goal isn't to turn down or turn your dorm room into Fort Knox. It's to make enough noise to create enough obstacles to convince an intruder to move on. His suggestions include, um, Placing dowel rods, um, in the track of the sliding glass door, using door braces and alarms, and installing motion-active lights. His, uh, most controversial tip: buy a large pair— a pair of beat-up work boots at a thrift store and leave them outside of the door to make it look like a big burly roommate is home. Because apparently nothing says wrong apartment, pal quite like an imaginary construction worker.
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Dave.
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Arthur Byrne also recommended personal alarms, door wedges, driveway alerts, uh, Faraday bags, and other security devices. He stresses that the students should stay aware of their surroundings, avoid distractions, and trust their instincts when something or someone doesn't feel right. Yeah, feel right. So there you go. What do you think? I'm just asking the question because listen, it gets strange and you don't want to get caught in something weird. I get that, all that stuff I get, but it makes it very, um, interesting in regards of, of that. So there you go, there you go. A lot of stuff going on inside of the world of the multiverse, no doubt about that. Anyways, take a listen to this. An amateur MMA fighter says that, uh, he's been offered more than half a million dollars to fight an adult male chimpanzee, but scientists are warning that, uh, this, uh, less Rocky and more call the emergency room. Minnesota fighter Cole Johnson went viral after claiming that he could beat a chimp in a fight. He says that the attention led to an offer of $500,000 to— or, and more— to actually make it happen, and now claims a group is arranging to match the unsedated chimp that would still have teeth and claws. Johnson says the fight would take place in a large cage with people standing by carrying tranquilizers in case things go horribly wrong, which according to experts is pretty much the entire business plan. Scientists say that the skilled fighter would be seriously in danger. Chimps have extremely powerful upper bodies, strong jaws, and sharp canine teeth. Experts say the attacks can involve biting, Tearing and, uh, twisting and could leave the human, uh, uh, let's see, and really, uh, severely injured or possibly dead. There's also questions whether any, um, of this is actually real. A website advertising supposed fight has appeared along with cryptocurrency tie-in, leading some to suspect that the whole thing could be just an elaborate publicity stunt. So let me ask you a question. Because we have to ask the question, of course, what, um, sanctioning body would actually sanction a fight like this? I don't think that it's realistic. Um, just think about that for a moment on how sanctioning bodies are, and then all of a sudden they're gonna be like, okay, duh, that makes sense to do. Um, I just don't really think that that is going to happen. anytime in, uh, the near future if you really think about it.
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More sarcasm than a Mortal Kombat beatdown.
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Rated R, safety show. Okay, take a listen to this. The mint and Samoas are getting some new company. The Girl Scouts have unveiled 2 new additions to their cookie lineup for 2027, including one that makes— made specifically for dogs. Girl Scouts Sparkables are oatmeal cookies packed with chocolate chips and sprinkles and were developed with Partake to be free of 9 major food allergens, giving more families a chance to enjoy the cookie scenes. Meanwhile, man's best friend's getting one, um, action with the Patch Piles, soft-baked blueberry muffin flavored treats created especially for dogs in partnership with Bark. Each dog cookie will also feature one of the 4 Girl Scouts inspired patch designs. Both new treats will be available online for direct shipping starting January 12th, 2027. The next, uh, cookie season, your dog can finally experience the thrill of Girl Scout cookies without having to sit outside of the grocery store and look adorable for donations. So there you go. I mean, I didn't realize that they started talking about these, uh, cookies— what is it, almost 4 months in advance? 3 months in advance? That's a long time to be, uh, getting people anxious about cookies. What do you think? It's a weird one. I mean, don't get me wrong, good for them, but man, I didn't realize there was— the cookie market was, uh, killing it that way where you, uh, start going, oh yeah, this is, uh, where we need to start moving. That is for sure.
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Okay. So let's see real quick. So I hope you're sitting as we are. I'm going to talk about a few things here. Take a listen to this one. Scientists are floating the idea that the moon could be covered with microscope debris or microscopic— hold on, microscopic debris left behind by ancient alien civilization. A team of SETI-connected researchers suggests that an advanced civilization and their technology breakdown, tiny particles could drift through space and eventually settle on a lunar soil. The researchers have been given alien fragments' names, uh, alien fragments' names, and say that a mission could test the theory by, uh, sifting through the lunar dirt. The catch: finding alien debris would be a massive needle-in-a-haystack mission. The scientists would, uh, likely find plenty of human-made space junk first. Still, researchers say that finding even one genuine microscopic piece of alien technology would completely change our understanding of life in the universe. So apparently the moon may not just be made of cheese, it could be hidden alien leftovers too. So there you go. Interesting. Definitely an interesting one. So let's talk about this. If you are older, this might come in as a shock to you, but definitely maybe something to think about. Compact discs are officially making a comeback in the US. CD sales jumped up 16% during the first half of 2026. Reaching 16.3 million units and easily outpacing vinyl's modest growth. K-pop is helping fuel the resurgence. BTS is selling nearly 600,000 copies of Arangat— what is it? Arangatara? Through multiple CD editions. But younger listeners are also embracing CDs as a cheap, portable way to enjoy older music, with Gen Z increasingly digging into music from the 1990s and earlier. Fans say that CDs offer better complete albums without vinyl limitations, and a break from phones, streaming algorithms, and data tracking. Plus, there's something to be said for actually owning the music, artwork, and lyrics. Uh, the only problem? A lot of younger listeners now have to raid their parents' closets to find old Discmen and what once outdated technology is suddenly vintage and cool. So what do you think? It gets interesting, I would say, that is for sure. Okay, so let's continue talking. I think that we have passed that time, but let's go ahead and get into it anyways because it definitely seems like it would be main story time.
Simon Marks [00:33:14]:
Here is our main story on the Rated R Safety Show.
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So I guess kind of going into that theme for a moment, that what's what What was old is now new and vice versa. It's kind of amazing to me. I remember when I was a kid, my parents telling me all the time some random bullshit in regards of when trends would come in. So bell-bottom pants, all of a sudden it was like, hey, yeah, when I was a kid, this was popular. And these hair— the bob hairstyles at the time, oh, that was popular when I was a kid too. And so on. And it was just kind of some of those things that I was like, wow, how strange is that? That some of this stuff is repeating. Now here's where it gets interesting. I remember when I was younger, many, many, many moons ago, they had these jeans that were available that were called JNCO jeans, and these probably had to be some of the widest pants that I had ever seen at the time, and I thought they were pretty interesting. And definitely stood out. You definitely stood out if you had those pants. And I look back now, or I look now, and it's interesting because now I'm going in my mind going, oh, when I was a kid, those were cool. And now they're kind of back, or stylistically they're back in regards to those styles of jeans. Now, don't get me wrong, I like them. I think they look pretty cool. I thought they looked cool then. Um, probably too— I'm too old probably to wear stuff like that, but hey, that's just a me thing. Now you're probably saying, why are you bringing this up during the main story? I get it, but I want to talk about some stuff because not always is everything that's older means that it's necessarily cool. But I do want to talk about something that came up a few years ago. I want to talk about something That, uh, was brought up in— I'm pretty sure you being in the industry of the stuff that we do, it would be something that you would probably be familiar with, I would think, because it was kind of a big deal when it was being brought up. But I remember there was a period of time right before COVID occurred that there was a discussion That your highest-ranked executive inside of your workplace was the person who was ultimately responsible for safety in the company. Ultimately responsible for safety in the company. Now, I want you to think about that for a moment. I want you to give that some thought because if you remember this timeline, there was a lot of conversations at the time that people were freaking out saying, oh, this is going to occur and people are going to get fired, thrown into jail. I mean, the jail thing was, was the big thing and something needed to be done immediately. And I remember companies At the time were hiring people to help out with this issue, and they were paying what I will say boo-coo money, meaning they were paying a lot of moolah to have some of these people come in and help and figure out how their safety programs needed to be rolled out, how their safety programs needed to be updated, because there was a level of fear— because there's no other way to put it— That potentially a CEO of a company, because that's normally the highest ranking officer, would be arrested because of safety inside of the organization. Do you remember any of this? It's— I mean, COVID kind of threw some things off, but this was a big speaking point. And some organizations had letters inside of the front of when you would first walk in On how X person was responsible for safety of the whole location normally was signed by the CEO and the highest ranking safety person at the same time. Here we are, 2026, and I can't think of uno, not a single instance where a CEO And I'm not talking about Mercedes Monet, just in case. A CEO being fired— hired, or excuse me, fired, put in jail, incarcerated. Well, I can't— well, maybe fired, yes, but I can't think of one that's been incarcerated for a safety issue. Something came to mind immediately when I said the fired thing, but have you heard of one? The CEO was arrested because of a safety issue that occurred Inside of the organization. I can't think of a single one. And I am not saying that that should have occurred, and I'm not saying that it shouldn't have occurred. I'm just saying I don't remember any of it ever happening. I remember conversations about it. I remember having discussions about it. I remember people talking about that it was going to happen, but nothing ever happened. And that's where life gets strange. Because we have these weird things that we speculate that are going to happen and sometimes never do. And then we have these other offerings that we assume that things are going to happen and nothing occurs. So here's my question to you. Was this something that was legitimately going to happen, or was this a bait and switch? I'm only asking because I want to have a better understanding of the things that should be going on within the organizations. Because if there was so much prep work being done at the time to get people ready for this, why is this something that never happened? I would love to know if you know on why this never occurred. You can go to callinradio.com to let me know more. What do you think about this? Do you have a memory of all this going down? Right before COVID in regards of how this was going to happen? Or is this one of these things that we should just say, eh, it never happened, it was never discussed? Because things sometimes get extremely weird when we start thinking about the world of safety.
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Simon Marks [00:49:28]:
Courtesy of JaceCaseMedical.com. Today's quote was submitted by Andrew. Ralph Bunche said, the well-being and the hopes of the peoples of the world can never be served until peace, as well as freedom, honor, and self-respect, is secure.
Speaker C [00:49:43]:
Wow.
Simon Marks [00:49:44]:
What a lofty goal— world peace! Hey, I'm all for that, but the realist in me says that that may just never happen. What makes me think that? I've taken a peek at the news a few times over the last 50 years or so. We kind of have a bit of a problem with one another. We all feel like this world would be pretty cool if it wasn't for all those other people out there dragging it down. Of course I'm kidding, but if you watch the news at all, you'll agree a little. We seem to kind of be stuck in fight mode. Even when things are going well, things are still not going very well. I'd like I'd love to see that change, but I'm not expecting it anytime soon. But I will do my part. This has been the Motivation Minute. I'm John Small. Thanks for listening. Your favorite motivational quotes can be submitted for upcoming programs at motivationminute.org. Here is the news on the Radar Safety Show. Rescuers in New Delhi are searching collapsed building rubble after a student hostel gave way, killing at least 6 People and injuring several others.
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The 5-story building collapsed Sunday in a neighborhood filled with student housing, trapping residents beneath debris as crews worked through the basement. Officials say renovation and water may have weakened the structure, prompting safety checks. Lawrence Keller reporting.
Simon Marks [00:50:56]:
Iran is threatening tougher retaliation after U.S. strikes on Iranian oil tankers, raising fresh fears of a wider confrontation across the Persian Gulf. Iranian officials warned of a stronger response after American forces attacked 3 tankers linked to Tehran. Iran, while tensions around the Strait of Hormuz intensified. Oil prices are rising, raising concern about disruptions to energy shipments. Chris Anderson reporting. The European Union is putting more money and military support behind Greenland as tensions continue over President Trump's demands involving the Arctic island. European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen announced a $232 million investment package, while 11 NATO countries began Arctic exercises. The effort aims to strengthen Greenland's economy and security while reinforcing Danish sovereignty and European ties. Benjamin Wright reporting. An armed man was arrested after allegedly charging through a crowd toward Ohio Democratic governor candidate Amy Acton during a campaign event. Authorities say the man pushed through people at a county fair Sunday, knocking several individuals down before Acton's security detail stopped him. Acton was unharmed. While the suspect faces assault and disorderly conduct charges. Kyle Norris reporting. The United Nations nuclear watchdog says a reactor built under Syria's former government was configured in ways that could have produced material for nuclear weapons.
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International Atomic Energy Agency Chief Rafael Grossi said the reactor could have supported fissile material production, raising questions about Syria's nuclear activity. The disclosure is expected to bring scrutiny of the facility and its intended purpose.
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Gary Beck reporting. Federal investigators are examining a deadly cargo plane crash in Miami after an aircraft overshot a runway, killing 5 people and injuring 5 others.
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The Boeing 767, operated for Amazon, crashed Sunday after arriving from Puerto Rico and struck vehicles before catching fire. Investigators will examine weather, landing conditions, and maintenance history as airport operations recover from major delays. Jessica Oakley reporting.
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Hurricane Lowell is approaching Hawaii as a major storm, bringing warnings for damaging winds, flooding, mudslides, and dangerous surf across several islands. The storm was packing winds above 100 miles an hour as it moved toward Hawaii, with strongest impacts near Kauai. Forecasters warn heavy rain could trigger flooding and landslides, while coastal waters remain dangerous. Kevin Sanders reporting. The Trump administration is asking the Supreme Court to intervene again in its effort to change how mail ballots are handled before the midterm elections. The administration filed its latest appeal after a federal judge extended restrictions on new Postal Service rules for November voting. Election officials warn the changes could disrupt preparations, while the Supreme Court faces pressure to act before ballots are widely mailed. Liam White reporting. And that's the latest news headlines with Alan Edwards.
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Okay, so there you go. 54 minutes past the top of the hour as you and I are hanging out on this lovely Wednesday. Yep, it's love. It's definitely a lovely one because that's how it feels. Yep, it's a feelings kind of comment. So if that's how you feel about her— oh, sorry, that's something else. Okay, so let's talk about some things that happened back on this date. Back in 1908, Orville Wright makes his first 1-hour airplane flight from from Fort Myers, Virginia. Uh, let's see, in 1926, the National Broadcast Company created by Radio Corporation of America— that's NBC, just in case if you did not know. Uh, also in 1948, uh, People's Democratic Republic of Korea is proclaimed. What else? In 1956, Elvis Presley appears on national TV for the first time on Ed Sullivan. In 1966, John Lennon meets Yoko Ono. At Avanti Garda Art Exposition. So there you go, or exposition, better saying. And in 1987, Larry Bird, the Celtics begin NBA free throw streak of 59. So there you go. Let's talk about some celebrity birthdays that are going on today. Joe Theismann turned 77, Angela Cartwright 74, Hugh Grant 66, Constance Marie turned 61, Adam Sandler turned 60 today, and Michael Bublé turns, uh, 51 today, just in case if you're wondering what was going on. Okay, what else did we want to talk about real quick? Uh, let's see, let's talk about some things that you ought to know because that always seems to be important. Tonight's Powerball jackpot is for $207 million. Here's last night winning Mega Million numbers. Jackpot was $193 million. It's 17 30, 43, 58, 66, and the Mega Ball was 20. Okay, for those of those people that are waiting for this, here it is. NFL regular season football kicks off tonight as the Patriots take on the Seahawks at 8:20 PM Eastern Time. Catch the game on NBC. Oh, funny how we were just talking about them. Okay, what else do we got over here? A 6-week-old baby girl in Pennsylvania has died from the measles, according to the Lancaster County coroner, amid the worst measles outbreak in the U.S. in more than 35 years. The infant also had a rare genetic condition called Amish lithomicrospasy, which made her especially vulnerable to infections. The death comes after another infant in Lancaster County died shortly after birth when the baby's mother, who had measles, went into premature labor. Pennsylvania health officials have described the 2 recent deaths as as measles-related, although there has been a disagreement among the state, local, and federal officials about the death should be officially classified. Meanwhile, the CDC reported 3,134 confirmed measles cases nationwide as of September 4th, the highest annual total in more than 3 decades. So think about that. Also, the U.S., uh, struck 5 Iranian crude oil carriers on Tuesday after Iran allegedly launched attempted missile attacks on the U.S. Navy warship for the second time in 2 days. US Central Command said that the warship specifically evaded both attacks and continued patrolling regional waters, and no American personnel were injured. So there you go. Okay, so that's gonna sum up our time together at the top of the hour. I will be going over to RadioBig.fm if you would like to come out and hang out with me for the next couple hours or so. If you don't want to go over there, that's perfectly fine. You can hang out here with the likes of Sheldon Primus as he talks about the world of safety consulting. If I can leave you with some words of wisdom for today, perseverance is hard work you do after you get tired of doing the hard work you already did. And if you need some words of advice for today, when closing up summer house, run a cycle of warm water and 1 cup of vinegar through the washing machine and dishwasher before draining the pipes. So there you go. That's going to sum up our time together. I know who you are. No, seriously, I know who you are.
Speaker B [00:58:35]:
Duh.
Speaker C [00:58:35]:
You know who I am. Love ya, mean it, and goodbye.
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Figure it out.