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The following program is rated MALSV. It contains strong language, sexual situations, and violence. It is intended only for mature audiences. Finally, show with the balls to call it like it is. Rated R Safety Show on Safety FM.
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Countdown to audio torture.
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The Rated R Safety Show starts in 3, 2, 1.
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Ah, let the eardrum pain begin.
Speaker B [00:01:57]:
Forget the corporate bullshit. This is the Rated R Safety Show. With your host, Dr., uh, it doesn't matter who the host is.
Speaker A [00:02:10]:
Oh yes, yes, yes. And another yes, because it is so true. It does not matter who the host is. What has always mattered is who the listeners are. Anyways, today is Tuesday, September 1st, 2026, and we are broadcasting from the Safety FM studios in Orlando, Florida, and hanging out with our friends and colleagues. Over there.
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Rio.
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USA, Canada, UK. Yep, yep, yep. That's kind of what we're doing. A little bit of this, a little bit of that, a little bit of everything is kind of the way that, uh, it comes about and we get to do our thing. Uh, so there you go. So how have you been? How's the last 24 or so been for you? Hopefully it's been a grandioso time. You got to hang out, do some things that you really enjoyed as this work week has started off full force in regards of everything that needs to be done. Okay, so with that being said, why don't we get into the cluster of the uster and get moving into everything? If you're new here, let me explain what exactly we do around here, because it's a very simple process. Uh, we talk about safety in the news, news and safety. That's just kind of what we do around here. It's not that difficult to, uh, follow along. We'll tell you all the major news stories. We'll bring in some professional broadcasters, uh, that are talking about some of the stuff that is going on inside of the multiverse, kind of an easy way to do this. And then from there, we kind of run down the gamut of things and I give you a level of a main story and then we start running. That's it. That's the whole kit and caboodle of how the show works. It's really simple to follow along. And then if you want to interact with the show, it's simple to do so. callinradio.com.
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Duh.
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Once you get there, audio, video, and text messaging.
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Duh.
Speaker A [00:04:09]:
So there you go. Audio, video, and text messaging with everything that's going on and then we get moving forward and do all of our things. Yep, that's it. That is the whole kit and caboodle, and then we get moving. Yeah, I— by the time that we kind of go through the whole thing, I'll be like, oh, that was it? It was that quick and it's over? So that's the whole thing. So with that being said, let's go ahead and bring in my friends from Feature Story News. As we go ahead and do that, they will give you all of the major headlines of what's going on across the world. So let's do that right now. And, uh, I guess let me just hit some buttons here and go from there.
Speaker C [00:04:45]:
Here is the news on the Rated R Safety Show.
Neha Punia [00:04:49]:
From Feature Story News in New Delhi, I'm Neha Punia. In Nepal, the death toll from the catastrophic flash floods from last week has now crossed 950, with 4,000 still missing. In many towns and villages, authorities are now holding mass burials for the bodies of unidentified victims as the scale of the tragedy overwhelms morgues and mortuaries in the country. Search operations continue in the mountainous nation, with teams focused now on hydropower tunnels where hundreds of workers are still trapped. Ishan Garg has more.
Ishaan Garg [00:05:23]:
More than 4,000 people might be unaccounted for. That includes hundreds of workers at Nepal's hydroelectric power plants. Rescuing them, officials say, is one of their top priorities. Now, in the past few days, expert teams from South Korea, China, and India have been helping local teams pull people out from these hydroelectric tunnels. At some sites, rescuers have also tried blasting through the debris, many of them working through the night but often without much success. Aid is also flowing in from across the world, but getting those relief materials to people in need has been hard. Roads and telephone lines have been disrupted.
Neha Punia [00:06:04]:
US President Donald Trump has warned that the door remains open to further military strikes on Iran. He's claiming Tehran's been weakened by his new economic sanctions, even as Tehran has rejected those, with its economy minister saying the new measures will fail. Mitch McCann has more.
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He said of Iran, they're a failed nation, they've got 350% inflation. He went on to say their surveillance equipment is almost entirely gone. That doesn't mean we won't smack them. We'll see what happens. So Donald Trump saying we still might smack them, meaning the door is open to military hostilities in possibly the near future. We're only about 64, 65 days away here in the US from the midterm elections. Inflation is high. It's about 3.7%. It was 3% when Donald Trump came into office. That's having an effect on the price of gasoline, the price of supermarket items. These are issues that Americans will be voting on. So it isn't the president's interest, I think many analysts would say, to end this war. But at the same time, he's still saying we might smack them.
Neha Punia [00:07:04]:
A Las Vegas jury has found Duane Davis guilty of first-degree murder for orchestrating the 1996 killing of rap legend Tupac Shakur, nearly 30 years after the drive-by shooting near the Las Vegas Strip. Ara Spitzer has more.
Speaker I [00:07:20]:
Prosecutors said Davis, also known as Keefe D, helped organized the attack after Shakur and members of his entourage got into a fight with Davis's nephew at a Las Vegas casino. They told jurors that Davis was a senior figure in the Southside Compton Crips gang. Davis was not accused of actually firing the shots, but prosecutors argued he could still be held responsible for the murder because he helped plan the attack and provided the weapon.
Neha Punia [00:07:44]:
From bureaus worldwide, this is FSN.
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With FSN Spotlight, I'm Simon Marks. Today, looking in more detail at the weekend's tragedy in the Mediterranean. A passenger ferry capsized A ferry capsized off northern Cyprus, leaving at least 8 people dead and 18 missing. The captain and 7 members of his crew were arrested. The accident has put renewed focus on the hazardous conditions in which ferries often operate in the region. Borzu Daragay is international affairs correspondent for The Independent newspaper.
Speaker K [00:08:14]:
I think it comes in the context of severe weather conditions. It's interesting that this ferry was supposed to leave a day earlier. According to the accounts in the Turkish Cypriot media, and it was delayed because of weather. And the prime minister of the Turkish Republic of North Cyprus was quoted in the media as saying that the winds were up to 160 kilometers, and there were reports of hail that had been impeding ferry traffic in this part of the seas for the last couple days. It's not clear whether the Ship owners, ship operators decided to leave despite the weather, whether the weather had died down, but there is this context of bad weather and high winds.
Speaker J [00:08:58]:
And indeed, on social media, you can find all sorts of dramatic videos showing previous ferries making their way through awful weather in the Med. Some EU diplomats in Cyprus say they fear the ferry involved in the weekend's disaster may have been in poor physical condition.
Neha Punia [00:09:15]:
With FSN Spotlight, The main news again. In Nepal, the death toll from the catastrophic flash floods has now crossed 950, with 4,000 still missing. Authorities are now holding mass burials for the bodies of unidentified victims. US President Donald Trump has warned the door remains open to further military strikes on Iran, with analysts saying the approaching US midterms is putting pressure on the White House to resolve the conflict. And that is the latest feature story news. Neha Punia reporting.
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That's O-N-E. So just in case, and you'll be able to start live streaming just like you're hearing people starting to do right now, up to 40 social media platforms. Here is another bit for our competitors to copy. Rated R safety show. Hey Dan, how you doing? Anyways, here we are, 15 minutes past the top of the hour as we are hanging out doing all the fun stuff that we get to do. here on the Radar Safety Show. So let's go ahead and get into some of the major news stories of the things that are going on inside of the multiverse, uh, because that just seems to, uh, do the thing. Anyways, President Trump has ordered the Department of Homeland Security to launch a voter fraud investigation targeting 9 states ahead of the 2026 midterm election. Starting today, September 1st, Homeland Security Investigation, an investigative arm of ICE, will conduct field interviews, pursue, um, pursue, investigate leads, and support potential prosecution through mid-October. The administration says that the effort is, is aimed to investigate allegations of voter fraud, including claims involving non-citizens. The crackdown comes as the Republicans and Democrats gear up for the fierce midterm battle, and the administration's making election integrity a major issue. Critics have questioned the evidence behind the broader claims of widespread, uh, non-citizens voting, saying such cases are rare. Now here's the question, because I would love to know. What are the 9 states? What are the 9 states exactly, uh, that this is taking place in? Because that's gonna be, uh, one of those things that we would love to know, that is for sure. What do you think here? So just some stuff, uh, to give some consideration to. Anyways, uh, police in Jamaica are searching for a man accused of fatally stabbing his 24-year-old cousin Nishaw Checo Williams during an Argument over a cell phone charger. Really? A cell phone charger? Uh, the dispute happened on Saturday at a home in Buscapelle, Jamaica. Police say that the argument turned physical and a knife was produced, and Williams was stabbed in the abdomen. He was taken to the hospital where he died, and the suspect reportedly fled and remains at large. All that over a phone charger. Now listen, I don't know what the freak you're doing on your phone. What the fuck? What the, what the, what the, what the what? What the fuck you're doing on your phone. But, uh, yeah, it's one of those things that you might want to take a serious consideration to. You stab somebody over a phone charger. It's kind of weird. Kind of a weird one. I mean, like, seriously, how strange does that get? Seriously. Okay, let's continue talking about some other things because— And by the way, before we get into this, we are going to butcher some names here, 'cause that's definitely what's gonna happen. President Trump just announced that his administration has reached agreement with 9 additional pharmaceutical companies to offer lower-priced prescription drugs to the state Medicaid programs. The companies include Alcon, Astella Pharma, B1 Medicines, BridgeBio, CSL, I think it's Kiwanis Cures, Sun Pharma, Teva Pharmaceuticals, and UCB, bringing the total number of participating drugmakers to 26. The White House says that those companies represent about 90% of the domestic pharmaceutical market and that the deals are based on Trump's Most Favored Nations approach, which ties U.S. drug policies to prices pharmaceutical companies charge in other wealthy countries, where the medications can cost considerably less. In exchange for the lower prices, participating companies are getting incentives that can include tariff breaks and other benefits, also agreeing to invest at least $19.6 billion— yes, with a B— in U.S. pharmaceutical manufacturing. Trump said the remaining drug companies are also coming aboard, telling reporters they have no choice. Oh, so now they have no choice? Okay, well, I guess that gets different. What do you think here? So do you think that you're going to see something along these lines relatively quick? And I know that they're saying that it's Medicare, or Medicare, so it's one of those things that we should probably give some consideration to. So yeah, hopefully it'll help out some people in regards to what the hell's going on with some of the prices, because man, things have gotten out of, out of, uh, some, uh, crazy tidbits in regards to what the cost of certain things are nowadays.
Speaker M [00:19:28]:
Duh.
Speaker A [00:19:28]:
So some stuff to think about, that is for sure. Anyways, yesterday the Supreme Court ruled that the construction of President Trump's massive White House ballroom project can continue even as the legal battle over the project moves forward. The 5-4 decision said that the National Trust of Historic Preservation likely doesn't have the legal standing to challenge the construction and that the national security concerns weigh in favor of allowing the work to continue. Importantly, the court did not rule that the ballroom project itself is illegal. Chief Justice John Roberts and 3 others, uh, Justice Uh, dissented with, uh, with Roberts arguing that the project likely required congressional approval. He said that the decision allows what he views as a potential violation of Congress over— well, their power at least over the federal spending and, uh, property to continue. So there you go. A lot of stuff going on with that one. I don't know how quick you're gonna see a resolution to this. I mean, at this particular point, Let's just kind of think about this and give some serious consideration. Let's say hypothetically that the administration is wrong for trying to build this thing. Well, you can't have a giant hole inside of the White House, um, in regards to what the hell is going on. So now something's gonna have to be done regardless. And can you tell them, can you restore it to what it was? I don't know. So we'll see. I think that this is— I think here's what's going to end up taking place, and I could be absolutely wrong. It's not the first time that I'll be in the wrong. And it will not be the last time that I'll be wrong, but I'm going to make some assumptions here that they're going to do this. And by the time a decision's made, probably the majority of the thing will already probably be built. Just, just a thought. What do you think here? Love to hear what your thoughts are. Callinradio.com.
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We at Safety FM are not responsible for what this idiot behind the microphone is saying. He is trying to be entertaining. Listen to our safety show.
Speaker A [00:21:26]:
Okay, so a knife-wielding woman fatally stabbed a woman and injured a 68-year-old man in New York City's Times Square yesterday evening before police shot and killed her. Uh, police identified the suspect as a 49-year-old Pamela Cincernos of Queens who had no arrest history but had 2 documented encounters involving mental health concerns in 2018 and 2019. Authorities say that the attack unfolded in about 5 minutes. The victim, a 68-year-old man, and his wife, after exiting the subway near West 41st Street and 7th Avenue. Pamela allegedly pulled 2 knives from a red Target bag and stabbed him in the abdomen. Then she headed up 7th Avenue and stabbed a 32-year-old woman, also in the abdomen. Both victims were taken to Bellevue Hospital. The woman died while the man was listed in stable condition. Officers confronted Pamela and spent about 4 minutes ordering her to drop the knives. Police say that she refused, threatening threatened the officer and advanced towards him. Officer tried using a taser, but they were ineffective. 2 officers then opened fire, hitting Pamela. She was taken to the hospital and pronounced dead. 2 knives were recovered at the scene. So there you go. I mean, that's kind of a crazy term. Now, I will tell you, number one, I don't know what was going on there. Lady pulled out the knife. I don't know if there was important to make a reference that it was a Target bag, We said this now, but I look at it from the standpoint that this is interesting times in regards of it. And it looked like nothing else could be done. I wonder if pepper spray was used, but then again, I am not there at the moment of these things occurring. So you have to interact in real time on what's going on. That's where it gets weird for some people because you never know what exactly is going on. So you have to do it like, hey, you don't know what the person's thinking. Retrospectively, we can come up with 10,000 fucking ideas on what needed to be done, but that does not necessarily mean that they were the right ideas. ideas. Doesn't necessarily mean that they were the wrong ideas.
Speaker D [00:23:31]:
No.
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They had to do what they thought was best at that particular moment. So I get it. It makes a lot of sense to me. Okay, so let's continue talking about some other stuff. President Trump is threatening to escalate the U.S. attacks on Iran after, uh, fighting between the countries intensified yesterday. For the first time in about a month, the U.S. military struck Iranian forces at Larij Island. Saying that they were prepping to launch rockets and sea mines into the Straits of Hormuz. Iran responded by attacking U.S. base in Jordan. Trump said that the United States would respond, warning, we are going to hit them hard. Jordan said that its military intercepted at least 8 Iranian missiles, while Iran also launched drones towards a U.S. airbase. And the United States, um, Arab Emirates. So there you go. Or United— I said United States, listen to me. The renewed fighting is already affecting the oil market. Brent crude climbed about 3% to $91 a barrel on Monday as concerns grow over the Strait of Hormuz, a critical route for the global oil shipments. Only about 15 ships a day have traveled through the strait over the past week compared to the millions of barrels of oils moving through the area daily before the Um, the war even started. So there you go. I am not sure if you're going to be seeing anything, uh, cool, uh, by the time that everything else happens. So there you go. Some things to think about as we are hanging out and doing our thing. No doubt about that. Okay, so let's get into some other stuff because, uh, things get weird. Now I will tell you that I have had the lovely privilege of living in Texas in the past, and I probably think that I was there Probably altogether like 15 years, but don't hold me, uh, don't hold me 100% to my math because sometimes I'm terrible when it comes to that. But let's talk about this because I thought it was kind of an interesting one. This is actually coming out of DFW, Dallas-Fort Worth area. A woman named Katie Kelly shared a bizarre first date story on TikTok after going out with a guy in Dallas. During the date, the two somehow got onto the subject of height and weight. The guy told her that he was 6'4 and 240 pounds. When she gave him her weight, he immediately announced that he could bicep curl the entire body weight. Kelly told him that she didn't think that he could do it. Apparently this was the wrong answer. She says the guy got genuinely mad and told her not to, to say that again, but Kelly stood by her assessment. She was apparently willing to risk the relationship over the question that sounded like it belonged to a high school weight room. Then came the next morning. You ready? I hope you are. The guy sent over 2 videos. No good morning text, no explanation. No, had a great time last night. Just 2 videos of him in the gym bicep curling dumbbells that added up to exactly the body weight. He had apparently gone to the gym specifically to settle the argument. Kelly said that the message was so loud and clear that you doubted me and I found your weight in dumbbells and curled it. And now the internet is divided. Some people thought that it was a giant red flag, a man turning his first date into a strength competition. Others thought that it was actually romantic and said that she should Schedule a second date immediately. Nothing says romance like, good morning, here's a video of, uh, your body weight. I'm just saying. So most guys send a, hey, had a great time last night text, but this guy sent a fitness demonstration. Is he in the wrong? Is he in the wrong? I'm just asking because I would like to have a better, um, a better understanding, that is for sure, um, in regards of, uh, What is going on? So there you go. Okay, 2 women went on vacation. They say they got very expensive lessons in accepting drinks from strangers. The women were sitting at the bar when 2 guys at a nearby table started chatting with them and offered to buy them drinks, telling them drinks are on us. The women had already been drinking cocktails and decided to take advantage of the— advantage of a TikTok trend where women order the most expensive drinks on the menu and the guy offers to pay. So they ordered Grey Goose And Belvedere, the priciest options available. Apparently the guy suddenly, uh, had somewhere else to be after seeing what the women ordered. The 2 men said they needed to get their car because they had forgotten something. They walked over to the bar, talked to the waiter, and walked out. They never came back. About 30 minutes later, the waiter dropped off the bill. It also— it included only the women's expensive drinks, but it also had drinks that the 2 men had been drinking. Oh my God. When the women questioned the waiter, they were told that the guys had, uh, specifically said that the women would be paying the entire bill. The TikTokers say that they had no choice but to pay and ended up, uh, with a bill for about $1,000. She posted the story, uh, this because the whole thing was bizarre and funny, but the video took off, getting more than 655,000 views. So explain that to me, because I think I need to have a better understanding. You're at a bar, somebody offers to buy you a drink, you order one of the most expensive drinks. I get that if that's what you decide to do. Those parts I understand. What I need the explanation of, if somebody tries to pass you their bill, how does all of a sudden it become your thing if it never was your thing in the first place? So drinks are on us apparently meant emotionally, and those guys didn't just leave the bar, they left the responsibility at the bar. She ordered Grey Goose and Belvedere, but the guys ordered Uber and, um, an Alibi. And that's not a bar tab. That's financial ambush with cocktails with umbrellas is what it sounds like. So there you go. What a weird time. So there you go. So take a listen to this real quick. Andy Park, 62, from England, was treated every day like Christmas since 1993. His daily routine includes presents, Christmas crackers, a roast dinner, mince pies, pies and sherry. Yeah, not cherry, but sherry. Uh, even when the temperatures hit 36 Celsius, he keeps going, sometimes sitting in a kiddie pool while opening presents and cooking Christmas dinner on the barbecue. He estimates that he spent about $1 million on Christmas over the 33 years, consuming roughly 14,000 turkeys, 2.25 million mince pies, 1.25 million Brussels sprouts, and 14,000 bottles of champagne. He even writes himself Christmas cards and He delivers them through his own mailbox to save postage. His family has accepted it, and his grandkids love visiting him because there's always presents under the tree. So there you go. So, and some people sit back and go, why in the hell are you talking about this on a safety show? Because we talk about stuff for you to bring up in regards of before you get into the main thing of what you need to talk about during your meetings, because you need to have something topical. Believe me, I've definitely learned this throughout the years. Let me give you one more before we get into our main story. Serial Guinness World Record breaker David Rush has added another bizarre title to his collection by balancing— are you ready for this?— 250 rolls of toilet paper on his head. Rush originally set the record of 101 rolls back in 2021, later reclaimed it with 195 in 2025, and now has pushed it to 254. It took cardboard dividers, several people to lift the massive rack, and then apparently nerves of steel. His attempt ended with the entire toilet paper crashing. On his second try, Rush kept the stack balanced on his forehead for 1 minute and 12 seconds, easily beating the 30-second requirement. He now holds more than 200 Guinness World Records. 254 rolls of toilet paper on his forehead. Uh, man, finally a man prepared to go for a bathroom emergency is definitely what it sounds like. So what do you think here? I mean, I think it's definitely interesting. It's a, it's a different approach to things, that's for sure. So what do you think? I mean, what, what are we paying in regards to the amount of toilet paper here? Because that's going to be the whole other cluster, uh, when you start thinking about this. So there you go, there you go. So what else? What else do we got? Okay, I think that it's— we're right there on the, on the moment of what we should be doing in regards of getting into our main story. So why don't we go ahead and do that right now? Because that seems like something importante that we should be doing. So let's do that.
Speaker C [00:32:14]:
Here is our main story on the Rated R Safety Show.
Speaker A [00:32:19]:
So I want I want you to think about something. I want you to sit back for a moment. I want you to sit back, enjoy, relax. Let's have a brief conversation in regards of, uh, some of the stuff that is going on inside of the world of the multiverse. And I think that I want to start off by this, by saying there is an older song that I love, and I really do love this song. And it's called Copy Of, and it's performed by Nine Inch Nails. Came out many, many moons ago, but definitely a song worth listening to. And it's called I'm a copy of a copy of a copy of a copy. It's not called that, but they do say that in the song. And he references in this song— Trent Reznor, that is— that everything that I have said and done has been done before. It's important. It's an important line in this song. For us to have a basic understanding of some of the things that are going on. And why do I reference this song this morning? Because I think it's amazing when you're inside of a workplace and you start seeing things, and you start seeing things take a change, and you start seeing things take a dive, and you start seeing things do things that you never thought could happen. And then you realize that there has been some stuff that you've been attempting to do And maybe at some point people didn't agree with it and said, uh-uh, not a good idea to do this. And then all of a sudden it got put onto the back burner— back burner, however you want to deem that, of course. And then all of a sudden something weird happens, and I'm talking about weird weird, not kind of weird, just really weird, where now the information That you had been sharing of things that should be done, all of a sudden, boom, it's being done. No street credit, nothing referenced to you, but it's almost in the exact same framework, type, layout that you wanted to do. And you worked on it for a long period of time. And you did a lot of stuff to make sure that it passed what we would say, quote unquote, the finish line. But before you got to the finish line, you were informed that no go, no way, Jose. That's not the way to do this. Now, here's the funny part. As we kind of take this roll and stroll down the road here, then you come back and you hear exactly the information that you were sharing. And almost identical to how you had laid it out, but somebody else is presenting it. Somebody else is showing it. Somebody else has now updated it into their format, but with your terminology and the things that you've done.
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Now, I will—
Speaker A [00:35:20]:
I'm mentioning this because recently I was taking a listen to something where somebody had almost copied identical Some of the stuff that we've done here. Not a problem. Those things occur. And here's where I kind of sit back and chuckle. You don't have to mimic anything that we do here on Safety FM. And I'm not just talking about the radio station. I'm not just talking about a show. I'm talking about our network across. Things are mimicked all the time in regards to what's going on. And what I find that's funny is that people will get so extremely pissed off When something's copied, and why I chuckle about it, and I make reference to the copy of the copy of the copy, it's because of the following reason: I don't really think anything original has been done in a long period of time, and I'm not picking here. Yeah, we have a filter or terminology or the way that we might think or approach something. But I will definitely tell you, it's not anything probably original. It's not something different. Like, I'll give you this as an example. A lot of people are talking about AI. A lot of people are making reference on what AI is doing. A lot of people are referencing on how this is happening in regards to some of the AI stuff. Now, let's not go to the extreme here. But a lot of the warnings about the AI stuff, if you go back to like the first Terminator, there was kind of the reference of be careful that this is what this could lead to. So I would say the original thought, if there was an original thought, was back at that timeframe, not definitely the shit that's going on now. And that's kind of where I sit back now and take a look at some of these things. And believe me, I'm not comparing our show to AI, but I just want to give you a similar example here. If you take a look around, And you notice the stuff that we are, um, doing here, we are taking open source material, which we've said this for years, and implementing it, talking about it, and moving forward. Other people will take these open source stuff and do the exact same thing.
Speaker B [00:37:32]:
Not a problem.
Speaker A [00:37:34]:
But man, when you kind of mimic it identical, you kind of start making some questions. And then the song comes to mind again. Copy of a copy. Or copy of. And that's the thing that we need to think about. Forget all the other stuff. Forget what we're trying to do. At the end of the day, here's what we need to address. We are trying— and I'm talking about the industry as a whole— to make sure that fatality rates are low and that serious injury rates are low. I will tell you, I heard someone say this many, many moons ago. I would prefer a bee sting or an apple— apple sprain, uh, an ankle sprain over a death any day of the week. And it's mesmerizing in regards of throughout the years how things have changed from serious incidents and fatalities that used to be talked about to nowadays us having the discussion Of bee stings and ankle sprains. I will take that conversation every day of the week over a death. Seriously. Think about that for a moment. Now, I'll tell you, you think you'd probably automatically think that you have shitty management if you're getting stung by bees all the time at your workplace and nothing's been resolved. I get that point. But that's what we need to think about. Maybe it's not so much of who came up with the idea or who is mimicking who or who's copying that or who did this. Be aware that a lot of the shit that we talk about, somebody else made this in their lab many, many, many moons ago. And we're just trying to take the information and moving it forward. The dividend work, if one may put it that way. The dividend fuck. The dividend work in regards of how we're moving forward. So think about it that way. So the next time that you think that somebody has stolen Your stuff, someone has copied your stuff. Copy of a copy, baby. I don't know exactly what to tell you because I'm pretty sure that what you're saying has already been said before. And maybe, and just maybe, maybe, maybe it's just repackaged differently.
Speaker L [00:39:47]:
Oops.
Speaker A [00:39:48]:
What did he just say?
Speaker C [00:39:49]:
We at Safety FM don't always agree with the viewpoints of our hosts and guests.
Speaker A [00:39:53]:
Now back to real safety talk. You're listening to the home of real safety talk.
Speaker C [00:40:01]:
You're listening to Safety FM. We'll be right back.
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Yeah, dude, look, I just made so much money money that I could just sit around on my ass all day and play video games.
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Dogecoin rules!
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Okay, here we go.
Speaker A [00:45:46]:
45 minutes past the top of the hour as you and I are hanging out on this lovely day. Song right here is called Love Transcends by Reus. Songs readily available on Spotify, Apple Music, YouTube Music, and Pandora. Yep, on Pandora. It's kind of definitely the way— oh look, it's not even even clearing out today. I love it. I love it. I love it. So there you go. A lot of stuff going on inside of the world of the multiverse. Go ahead and give it some streamer action. We would like to thank Riot for allowing us to play this here on the Rated R Safety Show. No doubt about that one. So there you go. Let's get into some other things. 'Cause that's what we do around here.
Speaker D [00:46:41]:
Yeah.
Speaker A [00:46:42]:
Yep. So there you go. There you go. A lot of stuff, a lot of things to do, no doubt about that. So here we go. Let's start talking right away about some other stuff that is going on inside of the world though. So let's talk about the most important thing that I will ever tell you in my lifetime, and that's about my friends at To Write Love on Her Arms. No matter what you're facing, you deserve to be connected to help, and we want you to know that people have been where you are now and things can get better. Healing is possible. To find out more information, all you have to do is go to twloha.com. That's twloha.com. And click on the section that says Find Help. Once you get there, you're gonna see information related to addiction, depression, anxiety, eating disorders, self-injury, suicide, trauma, grief support, just to name a few. That's twloha.com. To Write Love on Her Arms. No doubt about that as we are talking. So there you go. Okay, so let's continue talking about some other stuff before we get you into some John Small stuff. So let's do this. There is, um, always some things to talk about, and, uh, maybe we should enjoy that it's September. And let's do this. In the middle of September, we still play out in the rain. September morning when you You reach September.
Speaker B [00:48:12]:
September.
Speaker A [00:48:17]:
September. Wake me up when September ends. Okay, so there you go. It's all about September because we are starting off that thing. So let's make sure that, uh, you call us when September It's definitely what it sounds like. So there you go. Let's talk about some other stuff real quick because it's always some things to do around here. So there you go. There you go. Somebody actually sent me this and I just don't ever know if it's a cool thing to talk about. Why would we want to talk about the people who died on this day? I also— I am going to say this because I guess somebody sent this over because this one's important. I mean, not that any of them that were not important, but somebody had referenced that today is the day uh, that Jimmy Buffett died back in 2023, which I guess I did not realize that, um, in regards of it. Now keep in mind, I do live in Florida, so I do, I do want to reference there is a highway here known as US-1, but it's also called Jimmy Buffett Highway, and that's not a joke. So there you go. Yeah, so he passed away back on this day in 2023. So now we have shared this info with you, and now we know.
Speaker B [00:49:31]:
Why don't we go ahead and do this?
Speaker A [00:49:32]:
Let's bring some John Smalls into our And let him tell us about what's going on with the Motivation Minute.
Speaker I [00:49:37]:
Courtesy of JCaseMedical.com. Today's quote was submitted by Joyce. Herman Melville from Moby Dick said, I know not all that may be coming, but be it what it will, I will go laughing. What a quote! This is my kind of attitude. My wife and I have been married almost 27 years. We've gone through many ups and downs. One of the things that I What I feel has helped us through the tougher times is our sense of humor. We were in a tough spot one time and things seemed to be getting worse. My wife, with a straight face, said, well, I said for richer and poorer, when does the richer part start? We both laughed and the mood shifted to a much brighter place.
Speaker N [00:50:15]:
We did get through the poorer part.
Speaker I [00:50:16]:
Now we're still not rich by the world's standards, but I'd say I'm very rich in many ways. I get to do what I love to do and I get to do it with someone I love. 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.
Speaker C [00:50:37]:
Here is the news on the Rated R Safety Show.
Speaker N [00:50:47]:
Fighting between the United States and Iran has erupted again, raising fears that a wider Middle East conflict could threaten energy supplies American forces struck Iranian rocket launchers near the Strait of Hormuz, prompting Iran to fire missiles toward U.S.
Speaker O [00:51:02]:
bases in Jordan. The renewed attacks have sent oil prices higher and markets lower worldwide. Chris Anderson reporting.
Speaker N [00:51:08]:
Rescuers in Nepal are racing to reach hundreds of workers trapped in hydropower tunnels after devastating floods killed more than 900 people.
Speaker O [00:51:17]:
Teams from Nepal, China, and India are clearing mud and debris from tunnels Buried after catastrophic flooding along the Himalayan border. Families are still waiting for news as officials warn that rivers could rise again. Benjamin Wright reporting.
Speaker N [00:51:31]:
A dangerous tropical system could strengthen before reaching the Texas coast, bringing heavy rain and strong winds to communities near the Louisiana border.
Speaker O [00:51:40]:
Forecasters say the system has a 70% chance of becoming a named storm and could arrive Tuesday morning. Officials are preparing for flooding, With some areas potentially receiving more than 6 inches of rain. Kyle Norris reporting.
Speaker N [00:51:53]:
A flash flood at the Grand Canyon has left at least 2 people dead and about 15 others missing, as rescuers prepare for more weather.
Speaker O [00:52:02]:
Park officials say intense monsoon storms sent torrents through parts of the canyon over the weekend, forcing evacuations and rescue efforts. Search teams are working through difficult terrain while more storms remain possible.
Speaker N [00:52:13]:
France and Sweden have signed a defense agreement that will provide 4 modern frigates to strengthen security in the Baltic region and protect sea lanes.
Speaker A [00:52:24]:
The deal expands military cooperation between the 2 NATO members as European nations respond to growing security concerns. The ships are intended to improve Sweden's naval defenses, surveillance capabilities, and readiness in Northern Europe. Lawrence Keller reporting.
Speaker N [00:52:37]:
The House is back in Washington and faces a push to approve temporary government funding before lawmakers leave again for the Labor Day break.
Speaker E [00:52:45]:
Republican leaders want a short-term bill keeping agencies funded through early December, while the Senate has backed a different measure. Without an agreement, current funding expires September 30th, raising the risk of another shutdown. Jessica Oakley reporting.
Speaker N [00:52:58]:
China, Russia, and India are meeting with other nations in Kyrgyzstan as leaders of the regional group seek closer cooperation and greater influence across Asia.
Speaker A [00:53:08]:
The Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit brings together major powers often at odds with Washington, including Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin. The gathering is focused on regional security, trade, and cooperation. Gary Beck reporting.
Speaker N [00:53:26]:
Former Congressman George Santos has been permanently banned from a prediction market following an investigation into trades that raised concerns about illegal activities.
Speaker O [00:53:37]:
The company says the lifetime ban is its first and follows Santos's earlier regulatory case involving prediction markets. He previously paid a substantial fine and served a temporary ban before the new action. Liam White reporting.
Speaker L [00:53:50]:
And that's the latest news headlines with Alan Edwards.
Speaker B [00:53:53]:
Pop quiz, hotshot. During a heat wave, what's more important, air conditioning or air guitar? Um, is it air conditioning? Air guitar. The answer is always air guitar.
Speaker A [00:54:10]:
Oh yes, the answer is always air guitar. No doubt about that. That is for sure. So let's talk about some things that happened back on this date. Back in, let's see, 1890, the first baseball tripleheader, Boston versus Pittsburgh, takes place. And let's see, in 1905, Alberta and Saskatchewan become the 8th and 9th Canadian provinces. Let's see what else. In 1906, Alberta adopts Mountain Standard Time. In 1922, New York City law requires all pool rooms to change name to billiards. In 1973, George Foreman KOs José Ramón— or Roman, I better say— in, uh, the first, first round to retain the heavyweight title. In 1975, Gunsmoke goes off the air. And in 2019, co-founder and CEO of Twitter, Jack Dorsey, has his Twitter account hacked. So there you go. That's some things that happened back on the dates that I referenced. Let's talk about some birthdays that are going on today. Lily Tomlin turns 87, Barry Gibb 80, Dr. Phil turns 76, Gloria Estefan turns 69, Scott Speedman turns 51, Joe Troman turns 42, and Zendaya— yeah, she turns 30 today. So there you go. Got some birthdays that are going on. Let's talk about some things that you ought to know real quick. Tonight's Mega Million jackpot is for $60 million. Here are the, uh, last night's winning Powerball numbers for $131 million: 11, 17, 25, 37, 49. Powerball was 10 and Power Play was 2. So there you go. Also, Google Maps users in the US are now seeing the new name for the Great Lakes, Lake America, instead of Lake Ontario. Google says that it made the change because the US Geographic Names Information System officially renamed Lake Ontario to Lake America in the United States. Google says that Maps labeled follows official government geographic names. So using the Google Maps in the, in the US, you will see the new name. The renaming comes as President Trump ordered the change amid the trade dispute with Canada. The lake itself, of course, remains exactly where it's been for thousands of years, apparently unaware of tariff negotiations. So there you go. Also, Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy announced that 270 commercial driver license schools were shut down for violations including inadequate training and graduating drivers who couldn't meet the federal English language requirements. 110 schools were immediately removed from the federal training provider registry and ordered to stop operating. Duffy said that the crackdown is intended to keep poorly trained and unqualified drivers off the big rigs of American roads. So there you go. Also, COVID-19 cases are rising in all almost every U.S. state. As, uh, as the U.S. state— as the summer winds down, and the latest data from the CDC, the good news is that COVID actively is still classified very low nationwide as August 28th, but the trend is heading upwards and the infection steadily increasing across the country. Health experts say that seeing a now familiar summer surge is a pattern that has emerged in the recent years. Unlike the flu and other respiratory viruses, it's mostly peaking during the winter. COVID has developed a habit of making 2 appearances a year, one during the winter and one towards the end of the summer. So there you go. Anyways, that's going to sum up our time together. At the top of the hour, I'll be going over to radiobig.fm if you want to come and hang out with me for the next couple hours or so as we are talking about the world of music and entertainment. If you don't want to go over there, you can hang out here with the likes of Sheldon Primus as he is talking about the world of safety consulting. If you need some words of wisdom for today, try this: procrastination is like a credit card. It's a lot of fun until you get the bill. And if you need some advice for today, try this: when something takes less than 2 minutes to— takes less than 2 minutes, do it immediately. Reply to a text, put the dish away, throw out the trash. Tiny tasks become giant piles when you keep, uh, postponing them. So keep that in mind. Anyways, I know who you are.
Speaker C [00:58:14]:
Duh.
Speaker A [00:58:15]:
You know who I am. Love ya, mean it, and goodbye.
Speaker E [00:58:18]:
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Directly.
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Directly.