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I wanted to just look into for a minute or two this change from Department of Defense to Department of War that our president wants.
With everything, what's ahead?
What's the subtext underneath that?
And I did just a little, uh, little research and apparently there's not a single country or ministry in any country, uh, on the planet except for us that has a department of war now.
Everybody else is the department of defense or ministry of defense.
And instead we're blazing the trail to, to be have the department of war.
And what's interesting about that is how can you argue defense if you want to invade Greenland and take it over,
know?
Right?
I mean, it allows you then to sort of get into what war had been in our past, which is about land acquisition.
I want it.
I'm going to go take it.
So there's no defense in there at all.
So I think that this is signaling in some pretty important ways.
When we go, they made the point, think about the language.
People talk about the Ministry of Defense.
Does anybody ever talk about a Ministry of Attack?
We don't do that, or we haven't done that.
So I would say that Greenland ought to get a little concerned as maybe Canada.
I don't know
what's happening in Venezuela with those ships that are circling around there.
But when you make a change like this, it's not neutral.
There's something going on behind it.
And I would say that something is we want it, we're taking it.
So we're going to war.
We don't defend our country anymore.
We're going to war.
Wow.
Okay, well, you
All right, let's get to the big first story here.
Oh, my gosh.
Oh, this is this is just getting out of control.
Now, Trump demanded the immediate release of data on the matter of the CDC and the problems of relieving a few employees there.
Okay, now this is bad.
This has been a debacle right from the beginning, of course, putting RFK Jr.
in charge of health and human services is just the worst mistake we could have ever made in history.
And I hope you and I aren't affected by this because, you know, we need all the vaccinations we can get.
I know.
This is just outrageous and absolutely ridiculous.
But anyway, he is trying to solve this problem.
There is a lot of people
disagreeing with what RFK Junior is doing out there.
You know, they had hearings now and they want some kind of resolution and they want the CDC board back in place in order to make recommendations so people can get the coverage that they need in health care.
Yeah, there are a
So, you know, so Trump is now demanding an immediate release of data on the matter while the
CDC is being ripped apart over this question.
He said that he said being ripped apart over this question He also said many people think they are a miracle that saved millions of lives Others disagree well We know the others that disagree are wrong, but I mean I just you know that let's treat it as an equal
Trump said, with CDC being ripped apart over this question, I want the answer and I want it now.
So that's the way we're doing.
the CDC now.
Trump said he's been shown extraordinary information from Pfizer that the detailed effects and positive effects of vaccines have been wonderful, but no one has seen this proof that Pfizer showed him.
He says, why not?
They go off on the next hunt and they let everybody rip themselves apart.
What is wrong with
Okay, including Bobby Kennedy, Jr.
in the CDC, trying to figure out the success
or failure of the drug companies COVID work.
We know what happened.
How many years are we into this already?
We're in five years into this.
We already know that the vaccine worked.
It saved lives, but now we still are questioning this and we must have an answer.
God.
Anyway, it's a big mess and that's what Trump is calling for right now.
Okay, let's get to this little cut from our Chris Hayes.
You did a little segment on this and I thought I played for you.
It's cut nine from this month.
Okay, cut nine.
Let's listen.
When I call Kennedy a dangerous crank, I'm not saying that as an insult or as hyperbole, but honestly is the most economical way of describing the man's views.
He's not a doctor.
He has no public health background.
He has no medical credentials whatsoever.
He's environmental lawyer and, crucially, the scion of a very, very famous wealthy and influential political dynasty.
And yet here he is offering up wacky diagnoses of people he passes on the sidewalk or the airport.
I know what a healthy child is supposed to look like.
I'm looking at kids as I walk through the airports today, as I walk down the street.
And I see these kids that are just overburdened with mitochondrial challenges, with inflammation.
You can tell from their faces, from their body movements, and from their lack of social connection.
And I know that that's not how our children are supposed to look.
What on earth are you on about?
You can see the kids have mitochondrial problems, their lack of social connection, you can see that.
Their faces aren't healthy to you, RFK Junior.
Should you bring your kid to RFK Junior with their face and say, what do you think, Bobby?
Healthy or not?
I know it's kind of a cliche at this point, but imagine the guy sitting next to you at the bar or at a PTA meeting or at your kids basketball game started opining about the mitochondrial inflammation in the kids in front of you.
You would move away because the guy seems nuts.
Well, that guy is in charge of our entire public health infrastructure influencing policy that impacts your health, your family's health, whether your kids are going to be able to get vaccines.
Mmm.
There you go.
Okay.
Yeah, that's the kind of guy we have in charge, right?
Boy.
Okay.
Now, you know, I pulled this clip.
This was from the hearing for a CDC director, Susan Menares, and here are the questions that our political party was asking this individual, you know, when she was trying applying for the job.
Yeah, she
job.
Do you agree with the American Medical Association that there is no scientific proven link between vaccines and autism?
I have not seen a causal link between vaccines and autism.
Any thoughts about the safety of mRNA vaccine in general?
The FDA has in the production of the COVID-19 vaccine had approved the mRNA vaccines as safe and had demonstrated efficacy associated with them.
So you would not be prejudiced from the get go against such a platform, such a vaccine built upon a platform, whether it's for COVID flu.
for Lyme disease or anything else?
That is why I have no a prior prejudice against mRNA platform or any other approach that is being taken to develop vaccines.
The problem here is that actually much more is at jeopardy than just vaccines.
Of course, vaccines are absolutely in the crosshairs.
But let's look at what has happened.
We've fired a lot of CDC staff over the last five months.
Essentially now you have a hollow shell of an organization.
Obviously, vaccines are one part of what they do.
They do suicide prevention.
They do chronic disease management.
They do disease outbreaks, food outbreaks.
When there is a Salmonella outbreak, CDC goes.
All of that is now at substantial risk.
Nobody is minding the store, managing those things.
Americans count on that.
State public health officials need a functioning CDC.
And right now we do not have a functioning CDC.
And I'll be honest, I tend not to be a kind of a, you know, doomsayer.
I don't see in the short run a path forward to rebuilding a CDC.
We are, Secretary Kennedy has boxed us into a, into a corner and the American people are going to suffer as a result of this.
because of this idiot.
God.
They're
to Larry
Well, Joe, what she was talking about is extremely interesting as always.
Was it only me that heard the laughter coming from China, too?
With Putin and walking hand in hand with the leader of India?
Yeah,
yeah.
Hmm.
I wonder what's going on there.
Anything you think?
yeah.
As a matter of fact, I think they're probably laughing at, you know.
You
of
Yeah, absolutely cool.
right?
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Begins at three o'clock and if you were one of our winners of the tasting tour
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actually.
A little chilly, a little cooler than we would want, but it will be dry.
It will be sunny and it will be comfortable on Saturday highs of about 64 degrees.
falling.
Yeah.
Today.
Today is the last summery vibe we have until next week.
It will return.
It's not going to go away forever.
But we will hit 77 degrees today, super sunny out there, chance of showers and thunder overnight.
More likely in the morning tomorrow and kind of on and off throughout your day tomorrow.
So that's going to be a little damp, little soggy, highs of about 70 tomorrow.
But then we start to crash cold where tomorrow night, the northern part of the state is probably going to drop to below freezing spots.
north.
Wow.
Yeah.
We could see our first few flurries flying by the U.P.
and across the northern edge of Wisconsin Thursday morning.
But after that,
are definitely going to be flirting with record cold high temperatures.
Thursday.
hmm.
Eyes of 63 degrees on Thursday, Friday about 62.
could only make it to the upper 50s.
Well, if that happens, we're breaking records.
It'll be an afternoon game.
They're probably going to close the roof because not at night rain is going to roll through again.
OK.
All right.
Yeah, it's going to be a breezy, cool one.
So highs in the 60s are really going to feel like the 50s because the winds are going to be whipping at like 20, 30 miles per hour.
Wow.
fall feel for sure.
You mean?
Overnight, yeah.
After midnight while we're sleeping.
But tomorrow kind of on and off throughout the day.
the
strongman rise well democracy fades Here's why this meeting is really a middle finger to Trump under Trump while America became a global joke losing allies power and influence the worst happened Trump slapped crushing tariffs on India one of the most important allies that we have insulted its leader Modi when he
when Trump pressured him to nominate Trump for a noble.
Peace Prize.
I know.
Violating.
That's violating India's policy against foreign mediation.
So he can't do that.
Modi's move toward Beijing is seen as a strategic blow to the U.S.
and Trump's reckless policies.
It's so bad, by the way.
Modi reportedly refuses to speak to Trump anymore.
OK.
Yeah.
Now India will drift closer to Russia and China.
creating a juggernaut alliance and a massive threat to America's global standing, all because Trump chose trade wars over solidifying their friendships.
This summit signals a geopolitical realignment that could reshape trade, security and global balance of power for decades.
And America seat empty.
Johnston
Good.
I'm I'm enjoying this not sweltering weather except the top still off the Jeep.
So it was a little chilly driving in this
perfectly calm about this.
gorgeous.
It's hanging in my pulley system.
Cool.
mean, we're all made up of the same things, right?
all have, you know, skin.
We all have
yourselves.
So there's a couple of signs to look for.
Obviously itching, that's a given.
Dogs don't really sneeze.
That's not usually an allergy sign on dogs.
But itching, licking their feet a lot.
We see that one, especially with the white dogs, if they're getting that redness.
Ear infections can be a sign of an allergy.
You have, let's see, rubbing and rolling, any red spots, especially.
the spots that don't have as much hair.
So in between your paw pads, the belly, like little kind of sanitary area, anything around the face can be a lot more sensitive because of course they're got their nose down in the ground.
So those are the areas to really look for.
You just see them, they feel like they're rubbing and itching at those a lot or you got any redness on the skin.
So what do you do?
So there are a couple of things you can do at home.
There are like pet safe wipes that they make.
So like if their paws are being, they're licking their paws and they're maybe
allergic to
the grass or something in the grass, wiping their feet when they come from inside, that can help it the same with the snout, the belly, things like that.
So anything you can do to wipe that residue off so they're not sitting at home with it, washing their bedding frequently is always important, making sure
that
that's not resting in the house.
So similar things that you do for yourself, air purifying.
Just any of those type of things that you would do to help reduce the pollen count for you is gonna help with your dog as well.
anything for that.
So yeah, I don't usually, usually I recommend medicine as kind of the last option.
Now there's dogs that need the medicine.
There's some over the counter stuff that obviously you can talk to the vet about.
There's some more extreme stuff for dogs with extreme allergies.
But there's also like medicated shampoos and things that can really help as long as you're making sure like, you know, going to a professional, getting it done right, making sure that's getting on the skin, it's getting soaked down into the skin and then getting.
thoroughly rinsed and then usually a good conditioner afterwards is important with those because they can be a little drying when you're using that heavily medicated stuff.
the pets are mostly happy right now because it's finally cooling down.
will notice another what we call the fall shed.
So
people think they're like, oh, it's cooling off.
Why is my dog shedding again?
And what it is is they're getting rid of any kind of fresher coat that they grew over the summer because we're always growing hair even when it's hot out.
And they're getting rid of that coat so they can grow a thicker coat for the winter coming up.
So you'll see that a lot when the temperatures shift into a little cooler.
So they might need one good like one last de-shed before the winter comes and then they'll be all set with that bigger thicker coat and just get maintenance
Yeah, the undercoat.
Absolutely.
Yes.
And you're like double coat, like your Golden's, your Bernie's Mountain Dogs, your Collie's, your Border Collie's,
are maybe doing a Huskies.
Don't even get me started on
the shedding on the Huskies.
Well, they're bred to be in Siberia.
That people buy them and put them in 90 degree heat and
like, why do I have this hair in my house?
Well, you just kind of par for the course with a husky.
You're going to no longer own black clothes.
It's
They only have so many hair follicles.
shed out a hair follicle, they can't grow a fresh new.
undercoat in there.
So you got to kind of, you got to get the dead hair out in order to get the new fresh coat.
Yeah.
So like with my collies, I try to make sure I'm bathing them at least every six weeks and it reduces their shedding a lot, a lot, a
So, you know, if I keep that on that maintenance, it just keeps that coat kind of coming out and it makes it so it's manageable and then I don't have to brush my dogs because I don't have time for that.
chihuahuas, your pit bulls, your labs, things like that.
Obviously, labs are heavier shedders than those other two options.
But you still want to get them in at least every other month.
Get them in because it's not just the bathing, which you got to remember about professional groomers is they're kind of your first line of defense.
You
see them more often than a vet.
With our dryers and our techniques, you can see more of the skin than a vet has.
I have found things on dogs when they
were at their monthly or monthly, monthly vet checkup at their yearly checkup like the day or two before.
And I
found something they had to go back in and sometimes it's nothing and I have actually found cancer before.
So it's things that vets can see or not that vets can't see and then groomer can.
So getting them in just for regular and keeping them with the same person so that like it's they have good notes and oh, that's a new lump.
That's not a new lump is really important to help with your dog's health overall.
Yeah, it's hard to notice the lumps only because, you know, they get the clumpiness, some clumps because of oil, I guess.
So, yeah, it's kind of difficult.
And, you know, we're trying to get enough courage to give our border collie at least even take some of the burrs off, you know, at this point.
I don't know, are we bad dog owners at this point?
Do we let the dog get away with too much?
pretty much.
Yeah.
mean, and that's just in the dog's nature because it's like, it'd be asked like asking a toddler, do you want to go get your hair trimmed?
them, that might be a scary experience and their hair might have feelings.
Like they don't understand this stuff yet.
you got to really put your mindset in your dog as a toddler.
Like they don't have a rational understanding of what you're trying to do.
So sometimes you have to just show them don't really, you need to do this.
It's not going to hurt you.
And they go,
okay.
And then they're fine because they trust you.
So you just kind of got to give them something
We
it.
And that's the biggest thing.
If ever you're afraid of doing anything with your dog or
about it is so important not to.
Because what you're telling the dogs can sense that.
They can sense that you're afraid.
They are a predator animal after all, right?
So they can sense that you're afraid.
So if they sense that, then they're like, you're gonna do something that's bad.
And so they're connecting nail trimming, brushing, whatever it is with something scary and bad, where when they come in and see us, like, I am 100% confident I can do your dog's nails because I've done thousands upon thousands upon thousands of dog nails in 20 years of grooming dogs.
So, so to me, I can pop a dog on the table and get his nails done in five minutes or less because I know exactly what I'm looking for, exactly what I'm doing, where it will take you five minutes to maybe do like one nail tentatively and this dog is
and you're going, what is wrong?
happening?
Why
dad freaking out?
So it just becomes a big negative experience and you're just better off with professional groomers.
Yeah.
And the thing is, one thing to remember is,
It's like, so for the ladies out there, or I guess you have with your beards, you ever cut yourself shaving,
similar issue to that.
Quicking the nail like a little bit is not like the end of the world
dog.
And half the times when it does happen, because it happens, dogs kick into us and you know, you get a nail short, but they don't even notice.
They really
They do not.
I have quicked a nail before and been like, oh, your nail's bleeding.
They're like, whatever.
Like the dogs don't barely even feel it.
What they associate with, because most of the dogs that pull or are bad for their feet, they do it long before I ever even trim a nail because they're connecting it to one time daddy was scared and they freaked out when this happened.
So like if you do quick and bleed, don't freak out.
Because if you freak out, then they're going to
out.
now that's that.
Competitive that they'll remember.
That's how they're supposed there.
They're a reactive behavior is what you're creating.
So, yeah, yep.
know.
Staying calm is important.
actually opening...
a fourth day over there starting next week.
Some big things as far as how we do, some people are aware and some people aren't that we do actually have kind of a training academy there.
So we teach people to groom.
And I actually have one of my groomers stepping into a full-time training role because we have so many people coming in and we want to dedicate more time to the best training as possible.
So
we're going to have a lot more focused training.
And I actually have two of my groomers just passed.
two of their master exams.
So they are on their way to becoming master certified groomers.
them for that.
And cause yeah, they just started with us less than a year ago.
And so they're already reaching master master level.
So yeah, so we're really focusing on in on our training program and that's been going really good.
So excited about that.
So we have our main big hub location.
So that's the Serenity West on O'Dana Road, 6039 O'Dana.
We have our East location that's on East Park Boulevard.
So it's right off American Parkway.
And then we have our West location, not our West, our Middleton location is what we call it.
So it's like our far West Middleton and that's a 310 Junction Road.
So that's our new one.
that's opening up and taking new clients at all of them.
Yep, absolutely, yep,
Facebook?
SerenityPetSpaMadison.com.
alright.
Yes, and you can find all three locations, book online right through there.
it.
with smart dogs.
They're smarter than you sometimes.
Those Border Collies in the poodles, the standard poodles
the Phillies.
Could be a pivotal
there.
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That's what drew my attention into this.
So I had to look into it to see what the truth was.
$8 trillion seems like an awful lot.
We could pay down the debt very quickly with these.
I know with like six months, right?
Maybe not even that maybe four or five months of tariffs so far They've managed to make eight trillion dollars Wow, why did we think of this before?
Anyway, because it it's not really eight trillion dollars How much is it really Forbes writes since April start of the tariffs?
The levies have generated around $96 billion in revenue.
Well, that's pretty close to $8 trillion.
$96 billion, not $8 trillion.
The U.S.
has collected $142 billion in
tariffs
So $142 billion for an entire year.
only $96 billion in the few months that this has been in effect, not $8 trillion.
Just to clarify for CJs out there and my mega friend in Milwaukee, it's not $8 trillion.
Of course, you know, this is coming from, you know.
fake news so yeah what can you do i don't know uh the levies by the way will likely raise prices for the average household by nearly one thousand three hundred dollars in this year and uh seventeen hundred dollars next year extra that you and i were gonna be paying for uh the price of uh everything great but i i actually anticipate paying more because i buy too much stuff the
speakers that
No, they're the same size.
About the same size, about the same.
I'm just, I'm really angry, you know, I'm sitting there, I want the center speakers for the voice and I was thinking that I needed a new center speaker, but I went and bought all the other speakers with it and just to make it easy and simple because it is Dolby Atmos ready.
Okay.
Okay, so that's the whole thing right
I really haven't noticed a difference.
But you know, my kids will get some really good speakers now.
So there you go.
I thought this was very just uplifting as heck.
This is the border wall.
We know that they are painting the border wall.
Black.
Paint it black.
Yeah.
You know, they're not using the spray paint.
They're not.
Preparing the surface for the new paint job.
They haven't put an undercoating on to make sure the paint stays on.
They're not doing it.
So they're just playing.
They're just putting black paint on that wall and they're going to be doing
that.
See what
Oh
This thing is like
So you must have had like some help getting up there and somebody holding the paintbrush.
But it is gorgeous.
What a way to make the wall look fantastic.
The only comment I had, and I made this to Anne, I thought, you know, this is just a gorgeous mural, just beautiful.
And I'm thinking, why did they do that?
Why didn't they just make America look like some kind of volcanic waste?
Why'd they make it look like, you know, a place they want people to go to?
No, no, you want
of Mars or something.
Hellscape, yeah.
Hellscape, there
Thank you for joining us.
Coming up next is Stephanie Miller and tomorrow on the show we have Matt Rothschild and Mike McCabe will be with us.
We'll be talking about Scott Walker.
Yes, Matt.
Oh, yeah.
We're gonna go deep with that.
All right.
You have a great day.
So long.
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