Today's Issues continues on AFR with your host, Tim Wildman
Today's Issues continues on AFR with your host, Tim Wildmon, president of the American Family Association.
Tim Wildmon: Hey, welcome back, everybody, to Today's Issues on the American Family Radio Network. Thanks for listening to AFR on, this, to, see today's Wednesday, August 12th. Tim. Ed Wesley. And now Steve Paisley Jordan joins the show. Good morning, Steve.
Steve Jordahl: Good morning, everybody.
Tim Wildmon: Good morning for us. Good morning. Good afternoon. I guess Eastern time zone.
Steve Jordahl: Yeah. can I give a shout out to my friend Jimmy McVatter, who gave me a, lead on this shirt that I'm wearing?
Wesley Wildmon: I gave you a lead?
Steve Jordahl: Yeah. Ah, he sent me. He saw. He saw an advertisement for this shirt, said, hey, this would be a really good. And so I looked at it and said, I want this shirt. So I went and got it. But, Jimmy, Thank you, Jimmy. Shout out to Jimmy.
Tim Wildmon: It looks like the highway system in the U.S. it kind of does with all the lines, or either that or the, the galaxies. What do you think?
Wesley Wildmon: More galaxies. More galaxies.
Tim Wildmon: a lot of galaxies. Am I right?
Ed Vitagliano: I. I'm not sure that it's meant to look like anything.
Tim Wildmon: What is it meant to look like?
Ed Vitagliano: It's just a design.
Wesley Wildmon: Yep.
Ed Vitagliano: Lots of color.
Wesley Wildmon: Yeah.
Ed Vitagliano: That's a good shirt.
Steve Jordahl: Thank you.
Wesley Wildmon: The change of pace from the Paisley.
Steve Jordahl: It's not funny.
Ed Vitagliano: You got. You got a lead on it.
Steve Jordahl: Yeah, I know.
Wesley Wildmon: That was awesome.
Tim Wildmon: Okay, ladies and gentlemen, that's our fashion report. Now back to the news. Ed, Steve. Go.
There are cyber attacks against water and wastewater systems in the United States
Steve Jordahl: All right. this is actually kind of a serious story. we're finding out that there are cyber attacks against water and wastewater systems in the United States. And they are, suspected that Iran is carrying them out. These are online attacks against water treatment and wastewater, facilities in the United States infrastructure. And, it's happened more than 30 times. 30 different water systems have been targeted. the Cyber Agency. The U.S. cyber agency says the threat actors are modifying PLC passwords. They were locking out operators. They were disconnecting the operators by changing the IP addresses at this case. They say that the attacks appear to be intended to stoke fear rather than carry out permanent damage or extortion. Although in one case, the water pressure was forced to drop, made the agency, extend a. In South Dakota, Extend a. I'm sorry, in Georgia, extend a water boil advisory. So this is the war. This is the war in Iran coming home to us. You might not hear about it, but they are attacking our infrastructure, via malicious software.
Ed Vitagliano: So is this a product of, maybe obsolete facilities and. Obsolete, you know, Internet protections and cyber security, walls, for firewalls, etc.
Tim Wildmon: Or.
Steve Jordahl: Yeah, in fact, you know, we, we just found out recently that AI has, has, some, abilities to hack that. We are just finding out. So, a lot of different, infrastructures, not only like water systems and power grids and that kind of stuff, but, banks, all kinds of computer systems are going to have to start beefing up their security. if I was going to go into some business right now, if I was in college and wanted a good career, I think it would be an Internet security, cyber security.
Ed Vitagliano: Although even that is not a guarantee that, that you're going to protect a system because you're dealing with people who, 247 are thinking of ways to beat your system.
Steve Jordahl: Right. And in fact, the AI is doing it without any, prompts from humans. We found out.
Tim Wildmon: So how many cities, water systems in the United States have been cyber attacked in the last month?
Steve Jordahl: They say such attacks in the last month, targeted systems for more than 30 water systems in various states.
Tim Wildmon: they're suspecting it's Iran, but they don't know for sure.
Steve Jordahl: That's correct.
Tim Wildmon: And also, usually when they do something like this day, these cyber criminals, they want, money to, to reinstate
Steve Jordahl: the, like a blackmail or a ransomware.
Tim Wildmon: Ransom type deal.
Ed Vitagliano: Yeah, ransomware.
Steve Jordahl: Iran wouldn't do that. If they, they need money, they can just call it Barack Obama.
Tim Wildmon: I'm supposing they can say, who wants
Steve Jordahl: to go through the straight, Straight up Hormuz, right?
Tim Wildmon: Yeah.
Ed Vitagliano: If this is Iran, they're not after money. They're just trying to damage us, in retaliation.
Tim Wildmon: Yeah, yeah.
University of Michigan to eliminate traditional letter grades for incoming freshmen beginning in 2020
Next story.
Steve Jordahl: All right, let's do this. The University of Michigan. It says it's going to eliminate traditional letter grades for incoming freshmen beginning in the fall semester of 2020. The move is intended to help address what it's describing as growing mental health crises among college students are coming out of high school, probably not knowing enough about how to read and do math that their grades are suffering.
Tim Wildmon: Where was this policy when I was in college?
Steve Jordahl: I know, right?
Tim Wildmon: Ah, missed, that by 40 years or whatever. It is what you do and you give it. You get a free pass literally your whole freshman year or one semester.
Steve Jordahl: Just, the, I think it's just the first semester. But listen to this. The problem is that this is the university's College of Literature, Sciences and Arts. So I'm not so concerned if a guy that's studying Greek poetry has a mental health Concern. But there are also, other schools who are doing this, including MIT and Caltech. So our engineers, our bridge builders, are having mental health crises, and they don't know how to quite read when they get to, It's worrying me a bit.
Ed Vitagliano: This is just for the first semester of their freshman year.
Steve Jordahl: The M move is, eliminate freshman grades in their first semester. That's what it's. That's what the newsmax is saying.
Tim Wildmon: The idea is to, give the. The kids, young people, an introduction to college life without having it go on their academic record for one semester.
Steve Jordahl: Yeah.
Tim Wildmon: I don't think that's a big deal. Why is that a big deal?
Wesley Wildmon: Out the window.
Tim Wildmon: If you don't like that, don't go there. Go to another school.
Ed Vitagliano: Well, you're the one who is saying you wish it had been in place when you were a freshman.
Tim Wildmon: Well, yes. That way I wouldn't have got a, 1.6.
Ed Vitagliano: You got in trouble with your dad.
Tim Wildmon: I did. You want to relive that one?
Ed Vitagliano: No, I don't. I had my own. I had my own near brushes with death when my dad.
Tim Wildmon: Okay. So, my first year in senior college, I went to junior college for a year my first semester. Which this would have applied to, maybe. No, Since I was a sophomore, I wouldn't have applied to. I had, to choose between pool, and. And the card games, poker and school and going to class.
Ed Vitagliano: Yeah.
Tim Wildmon: And it's a challenge.
Ed Vitagliano: Well, it's a challenging choice.
Tim Wildmon: You put them. But you have to balance it out.
Ed Vitagliano: Yeah.
Tim Wildmon: Right. So when you're. When you're. 19 and you're.
Ed Vitagliano: That's not an easy choice. it's not really. It's not an easy choice. You're free to. No one's looking over your shoulder.
Tim Wildmon: No cell phones keep up with you.
Ed Vitagliano: Right.
Steve Jordahl: So I do have a question.
Tim Wildmon: Yeah. So. But I recovered from that.
Ed Vitagliano: Yes.
Tim Wildmon: And I think I became a responsible adult.
Ed Vitagliano: You did.
Tim Wildmon: Yeah. So that was just a momentary lapse in judgment.
Ed Vitagliano: Yeah.
Tim Wildmon: Go ahead.
So my question is to Wesley, and it is after your first semester in college
Steve Jordahl: So my question is to Wesley, and it is after your first semester in college, I don't know how your grades were probably straight A's, but if they
Tim Wildmon: weren't, it's not the same.
Steve Jordahl: Did you come home and did you, lean on your dad's experience and say, well, you know, Dad, I didn't
Tim Wildmon: tell him no until, like, 20 years ago. So I. You don't tell your kids all your faults until they become adults themselves, and you say, well, I. And they have kids of their own. Then you can tell them.
Steve Jordahl: Hey.
Tim Wildmon: Hey. I m. I messed around.
Steve Jordahl: So did you worry about your grades with your dad?
Wesley Wildmon: No, I. I genuinely m. I was a. A student and I would. English was my worst. I. I had to see in there. But. But it wasn't. It wasn't for lack of trying.
Ed Vitagliano: It's your native language.
Steve Jordahl: That's a good one.
Wesley Wildmon: That's a good.
Steve Jordahl: Well, yes, I heard that one, but
Tim Wildmon: I've never heard that one before. The way I was also winning at
Steve Jordahl: poker, so made it even harder.
Tim Wildmon: Another challenge because I had an income stream. Oh, I'm just kidding.
Ed Vitagliano: You were an influencer.
Steve Jordahl: Just kidding.
Tim Wildmon: Okay, let's move on here.
Babylon Bee is suing New Mexico over fake news law
Steve Jordahl: All right.
Tim Wildmon: We all have our demons.
Steve Jordahl: The Babylon BE and, alliance, Defending freedom, are going to court. They're taking the state of NewSong Mexico to court because of a law that was passed in 2024 that amends the new, Mexico's Campaign Reporting act that says that you have to put a disclosure in front of fake news, which means the Babylon Bee, which travels in fake news, is being told. It has to, put a disclaimer in front of all its stories. What they're saying is it alters the content of the satire.
Tim Wildmon: Sure it does.
Steve Jordahl: And the parody the bee wants to express by alerting the viewer to the satirical or. Or paradox. satirical nature of the communication, thereby depriving the expression of its rhetorical force. Put simply, they spoil every joke before it's told.
Tim Wildmon: And. Wait a minute. This,
Steve Jordahl: And they're going to court.
Tim Wildmon: The only reason is they're doing. Who's imposing this on them?
Steve Jordahl: This would be NewSong Mexico.
Ed Vitagliano: Mexico.
Tim Wildmon: A law passed by the legislature of NewSong Mexico.
Steve Jordahl: Yes.
Ed Vitagliano: That's blatantly illegal.
Wesley Wildmon: Yeah.
Tim Wildmon: They're not gonna be able to get away with that. That'. Lose.
Wesley Wildmon: Well, which is why an ADF's defending them.
Tim Wildmon: Yeah. It's also stupid.
Wesley Wildmon: Yes, it is.
Tim Wildmon: I mean, well, that's.
Ed Vitagliano: It's. It's a leftist state, so I thought hired stupid is right in their lefty. Yeah. NewSong Mexico's lefty now.
Tim Wildmon: Yeah.
Ed Vitagliano: That would be like Saturday Night Live starting. Every skit was.
Steve Jordahl: Yeah.
Ed Vitagliano: This is a joke, right?
Tim Wildmon: You're going to do that next?
Ed Vitagliano: Yeah.
Tim Wildmon: They're only going after the Babylon B because the Babylon Bee comes, has, you know, is bipartisan.
Ed Vitagliano: Yes.
Tim Wildmon: And they don't. They don't like the.
Ed Vitagliano: And they're successful.
Tim Wildmon: They don't like the mockery of the left wingers. So they're very sensitive to that. I guess the state of NewSong Mexico Is. Anyway, next story.
Arkansas high school football player finds deadly snake in his helmet
Steve Jordahl: All right, for those of you, and I'll talk to Wesley about this as well. this is a dad who put out there that he is having. This is the affordability issue. He's having a problem. He wanted to throw a birthday party for his daughter's first birthday, set a budget and found that he couldn't hold to his budget. now I think the typical American. Yeah, I know, right? He wanted to keep it under $500. Could you imagine spending $500 on a party for your. He wanted to invite friends and family, 30 people, and he wasn't able to keep it under $500. He ended up spending $1,100 on this birthday party. $100 deposit on a park pavilion, $100 for balloons, $450 for food, $200 for beverages, a birthday cake for $200. Now I'm thinking maybe if this is the affordability crisis that we're hearing about, we just got to talk some sense into people and do their budget better.
Wesley Wildmon: How old was it? A 21st birthday?
Steve Jordahl: No, it was a first birthday.
Ed Vitagliano: First birthday.
Steve Jordahl: You know, she's, five or she's one.
Ed Vitagliano: I mean, this include like bouncy houses and stuff like that too, for a one year old.
Steve Jordahl: No, I know.
Ed Vitagliano: That's.
Wesley Wildmon: That's a good point.
Tim Wildmon: The sad thing about it is, the baby's not even going to remember this.
Steve Jordahl: That's right.
Ed Vitagliano: That's true.
Steve Jordahl: Which was one of the very first posts it got responses. You don't have to have a birthday party for a one year old. They won't know. You just give them a cupcake at home with grandparents.
Tim Wildmon: Yeah, that's what I say.
Wesley Wildmon: That's what I say.
Tim Wildmon: Yep.
Ed Vitagliano: I also say that.
Tim Wildmon: Yeah, we all say it.
Steve Jordahl: We all say it.
Tim Wildmon: you're listening to today's issues on American Family Radio. Tim, Ed Wesley and Steve. Steve, what's next?
Steve Jordahl: This is freaking me out.
Tim Wildmon: What's freaking you out, Steve?
Steve Jordahl: High, school football player in Arkansas.
Tim Wildmon: Oh, yeah, I saw this.
Steve Jordahl: Spent an hour on the practice field yesterday. Yesterday?
Tim Wildmon: I think yesterday. The day before.
Steve Jordahl: It was at, What's the name of the high school here? I just saw it. Camille High School. It just went. It just went away.
Ed Vitagliano: you know, they have things. Maumelle High School, there are things called highlighters.
Steve Jordahl: Yeah, I know.
Ed Vitagliano: We'll just get you a couple highlighters.
Steve Jordahl: So anyway, Maumelle High School, this guy spent an hour and they. He. Something was bothering him in his helmet. He took it off and they found a cotton mouth snake, very venomous snake that was hiding out in the.
Ed Vitagliano: Was under the pads of his helmet.
Tim Wildmon: This really happened. Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Ed Vitagliano: And, and in fact.
Tim Wildmon: And it's funny that just happens to you.
Ed Vitagliano: Yes, I listen, it doesn't, it doesn't sound funny at all.
Tim Wildmon: You know what I'm saying? It sounds humorous, but yeah.
Ed Vitagliano: And it was difficult because it was tucked in under the pads, which kept the guy probably from being bit.
Tim Wildmon: He wasn't bit, thank God.
Ed Vitagliano: That it was, that's why it was so difficult for them to get it of the helmet was curled up underneath the.
Tim Wildmon: You can go online and see a picture of this. Just type in, snake and helmet. But Arkansas high school football player finds deadly snake in his helmet while he was pract, while he practiced for an hour. And a cottonmouth is very venomous.
Ed Vitagliano: Right.
Tim Wildmon: Okay. I don't know if it could kill you, but it can.
Ed Vitagliano: If it bites you in the head or the face, you probably toast.
Wesley Wildmon: You got a time period too. I mean, so it can kill you.
Ed Vitagliano: But it depends where you get bit though.
Tim Wildmon: How does a two foot long snake, that's what I want to know. Get wrapped up in a.
Ed Vitagliano: Probably the helmets. Probably the helmet set on the ground or something like that and they're doing something else and the snake just, I
Steve Jordahl: don't know, warm place to.
Ed Vitagliano: Yeah.
Steve Jordahl: Hide out.
Tim Wildmon: But, you know, you would think, you know, of all the risk associated with football for football practice, you know, you wouldn't, you wouldn't put this one in the top 10.
Ed Vitagliano: I've never heard of this.
Tim Wildmon: Okay, guys, Everybody check their helmet. We are not going to take the field because everybody check your helmet to make sure cotton mouse aren't in there.
Wesley Wildmon: New protocol. New protocol.
Ed Vitagliano: And you know what's so, what's so weird about this? If you are checking your helmet, you're gonna, what, are you gonna pick the pads up inside the helmet and if there's a snake there, you're getting bit.
I don't like spiders or snakes. I used to would say, well, who does
This is just, this is just strange.
Tim Wildmon: Spiders being more of a.
Steve Jordahl: Right.
Tim Wildmon: You know what I'm saying? Spiders hiding.
Wesley Wildmon: That's the first I've ever heard.
Ed Vitagliano: Well, I, I don't like spiders or snakes. Well, and baby, that's not all it takes me. I knew you'd catch that.
Wesley Wildmon: I used to would say, well, who does? Nobody does. But I actually have a, I have a cousin that actually is, went to school as a biologist and he actually, he has spiders and snakes for pets.
Steve Jordahl: Oh, yeah.
Ed Vitagliano: Well, there are people.
Wesley Wildmon: There are people.
Ed Vitagliano: Tarantulas and then snakes.
Man posed as airline pilot and got free flights around the world
Tim Wildmon: All right, next story. Steve.
Steve Jordahl: do you guys remember the movie Catch me if you can?
Tim Wildmon: I do.
Steve Jordahl: it's a movie about, a guy named Frank Abnegator.
Ed Vitagliano: Supposed to be based on a true story.
Tim Wildmon: Leonardo DiCaprio.
Steve Jordahl: It was starred in that movie. And one of the things that he did is he. He posed as an airline pilot and was able to fly around the country for free for years. Have you seen this one, Wesley?
Wesley Wildmon: I've. No. If I have, I don't remember.
Steve Jordahl: Good movie. It is a. It is an interesting movie. Well, we have a. Well, another real life, Frank Abnegale. His name is Dallas Perkornick. And, he is 34 years old, and he has been used, lying to get on flights. He, He got 200 free flights around the world by saying he was part. He was an airline pilot.
Ed Vitagliano: Because airlines typically will give free flights to.
Steve Jordahl: Yeah.
Ed Vitagliano: is it pilots from their own airline or from others?
Steve Jordahl: I think any. Any of the above.
Ed Vitagliano: Okay.
Tim Wildmon: If you have a pilot's license.
Steve Jordahl: Yeah.
Tim Wildmon: Evidently, it's a courtesy. Yeah. And this guy worked for him for a number of years where he would get free flights around, not only in the country. I think they're international, too.
Wesley Wildmon: Yep.
Tim Wildmon: Steve. I don't know how that works, but, you're right. like a professional courtesy or, you know, Delta lets American fight, or, I don't know, different airlines let their pilots.
Steve Jordahl: And you never know if the pilot's gonna have a heart attack in the middle of the flight. You might need the guy. So, you know, have a seat.
Tim Wildmon: But he got how many fights free?
Steve Jordahl: At least 200.
Tim Wildmon: They caught up with him, didn't it?
Steve Jordahl: Yep.
Wesley Wildmon: Yep.
Steve Jordahl: He would present a fake ID which he, in fact, knew was fraudulent. Time. Of course he did. and he would obtain tickets, no cost. He would, request the jump seat in the cockpit despite not being a pilot and not, possessing any certificate. Didn't know how to fly the plane. he was. He had been a. He had been a flight attendant for a commercial airline based in Toronto, Canada. So he knew a little bit about the airline's procedures, and that's how he got there. But he. Yes, he has been. the U.S. attorney's office for Hawaii has put him under indictment, and he pleaded guilty last Thursday and admitted to the scheme.
Ed Vitagliano: How does do pilots not talk? If I.
Tim Wildmon: That's what I wondered. 200 flights, and you're telling me not. Not any. The real pilots on the jets engaged in a conversation with this guy and Got suspicious. Yeah.
Ed Vitagliano: You know, because they're out. You'd ask him, you know, asking questions about what you fly, but maybe they don't.
Tim Wildmon: Maybe they say, hi, how you doing? Maybe don't get into deep discussions on.
Ed Vitagliano: Yeah, maybe it happens enough that the.
Wesley Wildmon: Anyway, I want to see. That's what I was gonna. Okay, That's.
Tim Wildmon: I'm gonna give it a try.
Wesley Wildmon: We need a division at AFA that does undercover work.
Steve Jordahl: Right.
Wesley Wildmon: Hey.
Ed Vitagliano: Okay, then I want. I want the job of going undercover at restaurants.
Wesley Wildmon: Okay. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Hey, what was he wearing? I want us. Do we have a picture of what he wore?
Tim Wildmon: No. By the way, you don't have to
Ed Vitagliano: wear, like, a uniform.
Tim Wildmon: You don't have to wear a uniform to get the, Again, I don't understand the logistics of how this works, do you?
Wesley Wildmon: This is impressive. 200.
Tim Wildmon: 200 flights he got free. What was his name? This is a real story.
Dallas Pokornick is accused of posing as a fake pilot around the world
Steve Jordahl: His name is, Dallas Pokornick. POK O R N I K. Anyway,
Tim Wildmon: fake pilot, but he worked out for 200 flights he got free around the world.
Ed Vitagliano: And it's kind of nerves of steel. You. You got to be some kind of. Have some kind of pathology, to be able to lie that well.
Tim Wildmon: Well, you got to probably get a book and a movie deal out of it.
Steve Jordahl: Well, right after, though, he is liable. He could face up to 20 years. Yeah, but in prison in Hawaii and a fine of a quarter million dollars.
Ed Vitagliano: You think. What do you think when you think prisons in Hawaii have big windows and pet birds?
Tim Wildmon: Wait.
Ed Vitagliano: My waterfall's not working.
Florida Chamber of Commerce names Zoran Mamdani as its economic developer
Tim Wildmon: Next. Next story. We're running out of time.
Steve Jordahl: The Florida Chamber of Commerce has named Zoran Mamdani as its economic developer of the year.
Ed Vitagliano: This is. This is brilliant work.
Tim Wildmon: Why is that?
Steve Jordahl: Because NewSong York's progressive tax policies are helping people push people to. To, into Florida from NewSong York. They're all bringing their money down.
Ed Vitagliano: And businesses.
Steve Jordahl: And businesses. Yeah. So. And they put.
Wesley Wildmon: They.
Steve Jordahl: They took out a whole ad in Times Square where they said, amir Zoran Mamdani, Florida economic developer, controlling gold,
Tim Wildmon: the biggest media, center in NewSong York. and Times Square. And they got. They. They have a big, science. And Mamdani. Mayor Mamdani is the greatest contributor to Florida's economy. That's hilarious.
Wesley Wildmon: That is great. Yeah.
Ed Vitagliano: And trolling.
Steve Jordahl: That's a good way.
Wesley Wildmon: It is.
Ed Vitagliano: It's trolling. Because it looks like you're actually congratulating Mom Donnie for some accomplishment.
Steve Jordahl: I know.
Ed Vitagliano: And in reality, it's a side slap in the head. It's A cottonmouth bite in the head for the ad.
Wesley Wildmon: Yeah.
Steve Jordahl: Oh, I'm sure that Florida Chamber of Commerce. Yeah, Florida Chamber of Commerce sounds like
Tim Wildmon: it's got Ron DeSantis name all over the governor there. He's still, he's still governor.
Steve Jordahl: He is, by the way. according to the Babylon Bee. And I will note that this is satire because I don't want to get in trouble in NewSong Mexico. the, Florida is saying that they have low crime rates all time. Low crime rates because, well, they've chased all the Democrats out of the state.
Wesley Wildmon: Boom.
Ed Vitagliano: Well, they have been pretty tough on illegal immigrants there.
Tim Wildmon: Where?
Ed Vitagliano: In Florida? Right.
Tim Wildmon: Yeah. Oh, yeah.
Wall Street traders paying $100,000 to get President Trump's tweets early
anyway, so any stories left, Steve, or, you know,
Ed Vitagliano: solitaire?
Tim Wildmon: Play some smooth jazz.
Steve Jordahl: I will tell you that there are traders at Wallnua street that are paying $100,000 a month to, truth Social so they can get President Trump's, tweets or social truths early. Apparently they think it gives them a market edge. But can you imagine? I asked Fred if we could because I'm in the news business. I need this early.
Wesley Wildmon: Not going to pass.
Steve Jordahl: I asked Fred if we could, be. If that was in our budget here for $100,000.
Ed Vitagliano: I can answer your question.
Steve Jordahl: What do you think he said?
Ed Vitagliano: It's not.
Tim Wildmon: Yeah.
Wesley Wildmon: No.
Steve Jordahl: Well, I, I don't.
Ed Vitagliano: I still don't see how this is legal. This sounds clue like clear insider trading. And especially if you've got traders signing up, they are expecting to get a boost.
Wesley Wildmon: But let me ask you this Legal. We talked about this the other day a little bit, but we didn't get into the nuance of it. Is this about what he's doing in his golf course, or is this like political news?
Ed Vitagliano: It's whatever he. Whatever.
Steve Jordahl: He tweets out.
Ed Vitagliano: Tweets out.
Tim Wildmon: And he does tweet out.
Ed Vitagliano: So it'll be a mix, but they'd
Wesley Wildmon: have first something when I'm m asking, like if it's like, like a
Tim Wildmon: reality show, let's say do it. For example, Trump, puts a true social post on about we're. We're. We're fixing to bomb so and so. Or, we're fixing. We're tomorrow we're doing this. That's a tip off to the stock traders to do something or not do something. That's the accusation. We can. We're out of time. That's the accusation against us.
Ed Vitagliano: Yeah, you use that as your last story instead of the snake in the helmet.
Tim Wildmon: We'll be back tomorrow. Everybody takes care.
Today's Issues continues on AFR with your host, Tim Wildman
Today's Issues continues on AFR with your host, Tim Wildmon, president of the American Family Association.
Tim Wildmon: Hey, welcome back, everybody, to Today's Issues on the American Family Radio Network. Thanks for listening to AFR on, this, to, see today's Wednesday, August 12th. Tim. Ed Wesley. And now Steve Paisley Jordan joins the show. Good morning, Steve.
Steve Jordahl: Good morning, everybody.
Tim Wildmon: Good morning for us. Good morning. Good afternoon. I guess Eastern time zone.
Steve Jordahl: Yeah. can I give a shout out to my friend Jimmy McVatter, who gave me a, lead on this shirt that I'm wearing?
Wesley Wildmon: I gave you a lead?
Steve Jordahl: Yeah. Ah, he sent me. He saw. He saw an advertisement for this shirt, said, hey, this would be a really good. And so I looked at it and said, I want this shirt. So I went and got it. But, Jimmy, Thank you, Jimmy. Shout out to Jimmy.
Tim Wildmon: It looks like the highway system in the U.S. it kind of does with all the lines, or either that or the, the galaxies. What do you think?
Wesley Wildmon: More galaxies. More galaxies.
Tim Wildmon: a lot of galaxies. Am I right?
Ed Vitagliano: I. I'm not sure that it's meant to look like anything.
Tim Wildmon: What is it meant to look like?
Ed Vitagliano: It's just a design.
Wesley Wildmon: Yep.
Ed Vitagliano: Lots of color.
Wesley Wildmon: Yeah.
Ed Vitagliano: That's a good shirt.
Steve Jordahl: Thank you.
Wesley Wildmon: The change of pace from the Paisley.
Steve Jordahl: It's not funny.
Ed Vitagliano: You got. You got a lead on it.
Steve Jordahl: Yeah, I know.
Wesley Wildmon: That was awesome.
Tim Wildmon: Okay, ladies and gentlemen, that's our fashion report. Now back to the news. Ed, Steve. Go.
There are cyber attacks against water and wastewater systems in the United States
Steve Jordahl: All right. this is actually kind of a serious story. we're finding out that there are cyber attacks against water and wastewater systems in the United States. And they are, suspected that Iran is carrying them out. These are online attacks against water treatment and wastewater, facilities in the United States infrastructure. And, it's happened more than 30 times. 30 different water systems have been targeted. the Cyber Agency. The U.S. cyber agency says the threat actors are modifying PLC passwords. They were locking out operators. They were disconnecting the operators by changing the IP addresses at this case. They say that the attacks appear to be intended to stoke fear rather than carry out permanent damage or extortion. Although in one case, the water pressure was forced to drop, made the agency, extend a. In South Dakota, Extend a. I'm sorry, in Georgia, extend a water boil advisory. So this is the war. This is the war in Iran coming home to us. You might not hear about it, but they are attacking our infrastructure, via malicious software.
Ed Vitagliano: So is this a product of, maybe obsolete facilities and. Obsolete, you know, Internet protections and cyber security, walls, for firewalls, etc.
Tim Wildmon: Or.
Steve Jordahl: Yeah, in fact, you know, we, we just found out recently that AI has, has, some, abilities to hack that. We are just finding out. So, a lot of different, infrastructures, not only like water systems and power grids and that kind of stuff, but, banks, all kinds of computer systems are going to have to start beefing up their security. if I was going to go into some business right now, if I was in college and wanted a good career, I think it would be an Internet security, cyber security.
Ed Vitagliano: Although even that is not a guarantee that, that you're going to protect a system because you're dealing with people who, 247 are thinking of ways to beat your system.
Steve Jordahl: Right. And in fact, the AI is doing it without any, prompts from humans. We found out.
Tim Wildmon: So how many cities, water systems in the United States have been cyber attacked in the last month?
Steve Jordahl: They say such attacks in the last month, targeted systems for more than 30 water systems in various states.
Tim Wildmon: they're suspecting it's Iran, but they don't know for sure.
Steve Jordahl: That's correct.
Tim Wildmon: And also, usually when they do something like this day, these cyber criminals, they want, money to, to reinstate
Steve Jordahl: the, like a blackmail or a ransomware.
Tim Wildmon: Ransom type deal.
Ed Vitagliano: Yeah, ransomware.
Steve Jordahl: Iran wouldn't do that. If they, they need money, they can just call it Barack Obama.
Tim Wildmon: I'm supposing they can say, who wants
Steve Jordahl: to go through the straight, Straight up Hormuz, right?
Tim Wildmon: Yeah.
Ed Vitagliano: If this is Iran, they're not after money. They're just trying to damage us, in retaliation.
Tim Wildmon: Yeah, yeah.
University of Michigan to eliminate traditional letter grades for incoming freshmen beginning in 2020
Next story.
Steve Jordahl: All right, let's do this. The University of Michigan. It says it's going to eliminate traditional letter grades for incoming freshmen beginning in the fall semester of 2020. The move is intended to help address what it's describing as growing mental health crises among college students are coming out of high school, probably not knowing enough about how to read and do math that their grades are suffering.
Tim Wildmon: Where was this policy when I was in college?
Steve Jordahl: I know, right?
Tim Wildmon: Ah, missed, that by 40 years or whatever. It is what you do and you give it. You get a free pass literally your whole freshman year or one semester.
Steve Jordahl: Just, the, I think it's just the first semester. But listen to this. The problem is that this is the university's College of Literature, Sciences and Arts. So I'm not so concerned if a guy that's studying Greek poetry has a mental health Concern. But there are also, other schools who are doing this, including MIT and Caltech. So our engineers, our bridge builders, are having mental health crises, and they don't know how to quite read when they get to, It's worrying me a bit.
Ed Vitagliano: This is just for the first semester of their freshman year.
Steve Jordahl: The M move is, eliminate freshman grades in their first semester. That's what it's. That's what the newsmax is saying.
Tim Wildmon: The idea is to, give the. The kids, young people, an introduction to college life without having it go on their academic record for one semester.
Steve Jordahl: Yeah.
Tim Wildmon: I don't think that's a big deal. Why is that a big deal?
Wesley Wildmon: Out the window.
Tim Wildmon: If you don't like that, don't go there. Go to another school.
Ed Vitagliano: Well, you're the one who is saying you wish it had been in place when you were a freshman.
Tim Wildmon: Well, yes. That way I wouldn't have got a, 1.6.
Ed Vitagliano: You got in trouble with your dad.
Tim Wildmon: I did. You want to relive that one?
Ed Vitagliano: No, I don't. I had my own. I had my own near brushes with death when my dad.
Tim Wildmon: Okay. So, my first year in senior college, I went to junior college for a year my first semester. Which this would have applied to, maybe. No, Since I was a sophomore, I wouldn't have applied to. I had, to choose between pool, and. And the card games, poker and school and going to class.
Ed Vitagliano: Yeah.
Tim Wildmon: And it's a challenge.
Ed Vitagliano: Well, it's a challenging choice.
Tim Wildmon: You put them. But you have to balance it out.
Ed Vitagliano: Yeah.
Tim Wildmon: Right. So when you're. When you're. 19 and you're.
Ed Vitagliano: That's not an easy choice. it's not really. It's not an easy choice. You're free to. No one's looking over your shoulder.
Tim Wildmon: No cell phones keep up with you.
Ed Vitagliano: Right.
Steve Jordahl: So I do have a question.
Tim Wildmon: Yeah. So. But I recovered from that.
Ed Vitagliano: Yes.
Tim Wildmon: And I think I became a responsible adult.
Ed Vitagliano: You did.
Tim Wildmon: Yeah. So that was just a momentary lapse in judgment.
Ed Vitagliano: Yeah.
Tim Wildmon: Go ahead.
So my question is to Wesley, and it is after your first semester in college
Steve Jordahl: So my question is to Wesley, and it is after your first semester in college, I don't know how your grades were probably straight A's, but if they
Tim Wildmon: weren't, it's not the same.
Steve Jordahl: Did you come home and did you, lean on your dad's experience and say, well, you know, Dad, I didn't
Tim Wildmon: tell him no until, like, 20 years ago. So I. You don't tell your kids all your faults until they become adults themselves, and you say, well, I. And they have kids of their own. Then you can tell them.
Steve Jordahl: Hey.
Tim Wildmon: Hey. I m. I messed around.
Steve Jordahl: So did you worry about your grades with your dad?
Wesley Wildmon: No, I. I genuinely m. I was a. A student and I would. English was my worst. I. I had to see in there. But. But it wasn't. It wasn't for lack of trying.
Ed Vitagliano: It's your native language.
Steve Jordahl: That's a good one.
Wesley Wildmon: That's a good.
Steve Jordahl: Well, yes, I heard that one, but
Tim Wildmon: I've never heard that one before. The way I was also winning at
Steve Jordahl: poker, so made it even harder.
Tim Wildmon: Another challenge because I had an income stream. Oh, I'm just kidding.
Ed Vitagliano: You were an influencer.
Steve Jordahl: Just kidding.
Tim Wildmon: Okay, let's move on here.
Babylon Bee is suing New Mexico over fake news law
Steve Jordahl: All right.
Tim Wildmon: We all have our demons.
Steve Jordahl: The Babylon BE and, alliance, Defending freedom, are going to court. They're taking the state of NewSong Mexico to court because of a law that was passed in 2024 that amends the new, Mexico's Campaign Reporting act that says that you have to put a disclosure in front of fake news, which means the Babylon Bee, which travels in fake news, is being told. It has to, put a disclaimer in front of all its stories. What they're saying is it alters the content of the satire.
Tim Wildmon: Sure it does.
Steve Jordahl: And the parody the bee wants to express by alerting the viewer to the satirical or. Or paradox. satirical nature of the communication, thereby depriving the expression of its rhetorical force. Put simply, they spoil every joke before it's told.
Tim Wildmon: And. Wait a minute. This,
Steve Jordahl: And they're going to court.
Tim Wildmon: The only reason is they're doing. Who's imposing this on them?
Steve Jordahl: This would be NewSong Mexico.
Ed Vitagliano: Mexico.
Tim Wildmon: A law passed by the legislature of NewSong Mexico.
Steve Jordahl: Yes.
Ed Vitagliano: That's blatantly illegal.
Wesley Wildmon: Yeah.
Tim Wildmon: They're not gonna be able to get away with that. That'. Lose.
Wesley Wildmon: Well, which is why an ADF's defending them.
Tim Wildmon: Yeah. It's also stupid.
Wesley Wildmon: Yes, it is.
Tim Wildmon: I mean, well, that's.
Ed Vitagliano: It's. It's a leftist state, so I thought hired stupid is right in their lefty. Yeah. NewSong Mexico's lefty now.
Tim Wildmon: Yeah.
Ed Vitagliano: That would be like Saturday Night Live starting. Every skit was.
Steve Jordahl: Yeah.
Ed Vitagliano: This is a joke, right?
Tim Wildmon: You're going to do that next?
Ed Vitagliano: Yeah.
Tim Wildmon: They're only going after the Babylon B because the Babylon Bee comes, has, you know, is bipartisan.
Ed Vitagliano: Yes.
Tim Wildmon: And they don't. They don't like the.
Ed Vitagliano: And they're successful.
Tim Wildmon: They don't like the mockery of the left wingers. So they're very sensitive to that. I guess the state of NewSong Mexico Is. Anyway, next story.
Arkansas high school football player finds deadly snake in his helmet
Steve Jordahl: All right, for those of you, and I'll talk to Wesley about this as well. this is a dad who put out there that he is having. This is the affordability issue. He's having a problem. He wanted to throw a birthday party for his daughter's first birthday, set a budget and found that he couldn't hold to his budget. now I think the typical American. Yeah, I know, right? He wanted to keep it under $500. Could you imagine spending $500 on a party for your. He wanted to invite friends and family, 30 people, and he wasn't able to keep it under $500. He ended up spending $1,100 on this birthday party. $100 deposit on a park pavilion, $100 for balloons, $450 for food, $200 for beverages, a birthday cake for $200. Now I'm thinking maybe if this is the affordability crisis that we're hearing about, we just got to talk some sense into people and do their budget better.
Wesley Wildmon: How old was it? A 21st birthday?
Steve Jordahl: No, it was a first birthday.
Ed Vitagliano: First birthday.
Steve Jordahl: You know, she's, five or she's one.
Ed Vitagliano: I mean, this include like bouncy houses and stuff like that too, for a one year old.
Steve Jordahl: No, I know.
Ed Vitagliano: That's.
Wesley Wildmon: That's a good point.
Tim Wildmon: The sad thing about it is, the baby's not even going to remember this.
Steve Jordahl: That's right.
Ed Vitagliano: That's true.
Steve Jordahl: Which was one of the very first posts it got responses. You don't have to have a birthday party for a one year old. They won't know. You just give them a cupcake at home with grandparents.
Tim Wildmon: Yeah, that's what I say.
Wesley Wildmon: That's what I say.
Tim Wildmon: Yep.
Ed Vitagliano: I also say that.
Tim Wildmon: Yeah, we all say it.
Steve Jordahl: We all say it.
Tim Wildmon: you're listening to today's issues on American Family Radio. Tim, Ed Wesley and Steve. Steve, what's next?
Steve Jordahl: This is freaking me out.
Tim Wildmon: What's freaking you out, Steve?
Steve Jordahl: High, school football player in Arkansas.
Tim Wildmon: Oh, yeah, I saw this.
Steve Jordahl: Spent an hour on the practice field yesterday. Yesterday?
Tim Wildmon: I think yesterday. The day before.
Steve Jordahl: It was at, What's the name of the high school here? I just saw it. Camille High School. It just went. It just went away.
Ed Vitagliano: you know, they have things. Maumelle High School, there are things called highlighters.
Steve Jordahl: Yeah, I know.
Ed Vitagliano: We'll just get you a couple highlighters.
Steve Jordahl: So anyway, Maumelle High School, this guy spent an hour and they. He. Something was bothering him in his helmet. He took it off and they found a cotton mouth snake, very venomous snake that was hiding out in the.
Ed Vitagliano: Was under the pads of his helmet.
Tim Wildmon: This really happened. Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Ed Vitagliano: And, and in fact.
Tim Wildmon: And it's funny that just happens to you.
Ed Vitagliano: Yes, I listen, it doesn't, it doesn't sound funny at all.
Tim Wildmon: You know what I'm saying? It sounds humorous, but yeah.
Ed Vitagliano: And it was difficult because it was tucked in under the pads, which kept the guy probably from being bit.
Tim Wildmon: He wasn't bit, thank God.
Ed Vitagliano: That it was, that's why it was so difficult for them to get it of the helmet was curled up underneath the.
Tim Wildmon: You can go online and see a picture of this. Just type in, snake and helmet. But Arkansas high school football player finds deadly snake in his helmet while he was pract, while he practiced for an hour. And a cottonmouth is very venomous.
Ed Vitagliano: Right.
Tim Wildmon: Okay. I don't know if it could kill you, but it can.
Ed Vitagliano: If it bites you in the head or the face, you probably toast.
Wesley Wildmon: You got a time period too. I mean, so it can kill you.
Ed Vitagliano: But it depends where you get bit though.
Tim Wildmon: How does a two foot long snake, that's what I want to know. Get wrapped up in a.
Ed Vitagliano: Probably the helmets. Probably the helmet set on the ground or something like that and they're doing something else and the snake just, I
Steve Jordahl: don't know, warm place to.
Ed Vitagliano: Yeah.
Steve Jordahl: Hide out.
Tim Wildmon: But, you know, you would think, you know, of all the risk associated with football for football practice, you know, you wouldn't, you wouldn't put this one in the top 10.
Ed Vitagliano: I've never heard of this.
Tim Wildmon: Okay, guys, Everybody check their helmet. We are not going to take the field because everybody check your helmet to make sure cotton mouse aren't in there.
Wesley Wildmon: New protocol. New protocol.
Ed Vitagliano: And you know what's so, what's so weird about this? If you are checking your helmet, you're gonna, what, are you gonna pick the pads up inside the helmet and if there's a snake there, you're getting bit.
I don't like spiders or snakes. I used to would say, well, who does
This is just, this is just strange.
Tim Wildmon: Spiders being more of a.
Steve Jordahl: Right.
Tim Wildmon: You know what I'm saying? Spiders hiding.
Wesley Wildmon: That's the first I've ever heard.
Ed Vitagliano: Well, I, I don't like spiders or snakes. Well, and baby, that's not all it takes me. I knew you'd catch that.
Wesley Wildmon: I used to would say, well, who does? Nobody does. But I actually have a, I have a cousin that actually is, went to school as a biologist and he actually, he has spiders and snakes for pets.
Steve Jordahl: Oh, yeah.
Ed Vitagliano: Well, there are people.
Wesley Wildmon: There are people.
Ed Vitagliano: Tarantulas and then snakes.
Man posed as airline pilot and got free flights around the world
Tim Wildmon: All right, next story. Steve.
Steve Jordahl: do you guys remember the movie Catch me if you can?
Tim Wildmon: I do.
Steve Jordahl: it's a movie about, a guy named Frank Abnegator.
Ed Vitagliano: Supposed to be based on a true story.
Tim Wildmon: Leonardo DiCaprio.
Steve Jordahl: It was starred in that movie. And one of the things that he did is he. He posed as an airline pilot and was able to fly around the country for free for years. Have you seen this one, Wesley?
Wesley Wildmon: I've. No. If I have, I don't remember.
Steve Jordahl: Good movie. It is a. It is an interesting movie. Well, we have a. Well, another real life, Frank Abnegale. His name is Dallas Perkornick. And, he is 34 years old, and he has been used, lying to get on flights. He, He got 200 free flights around the world by saying he was part. He was an airline pilot.
Ed Vitagliano: Because airlines typically will give free flights to.
Steve Jordahl: Yeah.
Ed Vitagliano: is it pilots from their own airline or from others?
Steve Jordahl: I think any. Any of the above.
Ed Vitagliano: Okay.
Tim Wildmon: If you have a pilot's license.
Steve Jordahl: Yeah.
Tim Wildmon: Evidently, it's a courtesy. Yeah. And this guy worked for him for a number of years where he would get free flights around, not only in the country. I think they're international, too.
Wesley Wildmon: Yep.
Tim Wildmon: Steve. I don't know how that works, but, you're right. like a professional courtesy or, you know, Delta lets American fight, or, I don't know, different airlines let their pilots.
Steve Jordahl: And you never know if the pilot's gonna have a heart attack in the middle of the flight. You might need the guy. So, you know, have a seat.
Tim Wildmon: But he got how many fights free?
Steve Jordahl: At least 200.
Tim Wildmon: They caught up with him, didn't it?
Steve Jordahl: Yep.
Wesley Wildmon: Yep.
Steve Jordahl: He would present a fake ID which he, in fact, knew was fraudulent. Time. Of course he did. and he would obtain tickets, no cost. He would, request the jump seat in the cockpit despite not being a pilot and not, possessing any certificate. Didn't know how to fly the plane. he was. He had been a. He had been a flight attendant for a commercial airline based in Toronto, Canada. So he knew a little bit about the airline's procedures, and that's how he got there. But he. Yes, he has been. the U.S. attorney's office for Hawaii has put him under indictment, and he pleaded guilty last Thursday and admitted to the scheme.
Ed Vitagliano: How does do pilots not talk? If I.
Tim Wildmon: That's what I wondered. 200 flights, and you're telling me not. Not any. The real pilots on the jets engaged in a conversation with this guy and Got suspicious. Yeah.
Ed Vitagliano: You know, because they're out. You'd ask him, you know, asking questions about what you fly, but maybe they don't.
Tim Wildmon: Maybe they say, hi, how you doing? Maybe don't get into deep discussions on.
Ed Vitagliano: Yeah, maybe it happens enough that the.
Wesley Wildmon: Anyway, I want to see. That's what I was gonna. Okay, That's.
Tim Wildmon: I'm gonna give it a try.
Wesley Wildmon: We need a division at AFA that does undercover work.
Steve Jordahl: Right.
Wesley Wildmon: Hey.
Ed Vitagliano: Okay, then I want. I want the job of going undercover at restaurants.
Wesley Wildmon: Okay. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Hey, what was he wearing? I want us. Do we have a picture of what he wore?
Tim Wildmon: No. By the way, you don't have to
Ed Vitagliano: wear, like, a uniform.
Tim Wildmon: You don't have to wear a uniform to get the, Again, I don't understand the logistics of how this works, do you?
Wesley Wildmon: This is impressive. 200.
Tim Wildmon: 200 flights he got free. What was his name? This is a real story.
Dallas Pokornick is accused of posing as a fake pilot around the world
Steve Jordahl: His name is, Dallas Pokornick. POK O R N I K. Anyway,
Tim Wildmon: fake pilot, but he worked out for 200 flights he got free around the world.
Ed Vitagliano: And it's kind of nerves of steel. You. You got to be some kind of. Have some kind of pathology, to be able to lie that well.
Tim Wildmon: Well, you got to probably get a book and a movie deal out of it.
Steve Jordahl: Well, right after, though, he is liable. He could face up to 20 years. Yeah, but in prison in Hawaii and a fine of a quarter million dollars.
Ed Vitagliano: You think. What do you think when you think prisons in Hawaii have big windows and pet birds?
Tim Wildmon: Wait.
Ed Vitagliano: My waterfall's not working.
Florida Chamber of Commerce names Zoran Mamdani as its economic developer
Tim Wildmon: Next. Next story. We're running out of time.
Steve Jordahl: The Florida Chamber of Commerce has named Zoran Mamdani as its economic developer of the year.
Ed Vitagliano: This is. This is brilliant work.
Tim Wildmon: Why is that?
Steve Jordahl: Because NewSong York's progressive tax policies are helping people push people to. To, into Florida from NewSong York. They're all bringing their money down.
Ed Vitagliano: And businesses.
Steve Jordahl: And businesses. Yeah. So. And they put.
Wesley Wildmon: They.
Steve Jordahl: They took out a whole ad in Times Square where they said, amir Zoran Mamdani, Florida economic developer, controlling gold,
Tim Wildmon: the biggest media, center in NewSong York. and Times Square. And they got. They. They have a big, science. And Mamdani. Mayor Mamdani is the greatest contributor to Florida's economy. That's hilarious.
Wesley Wildmon: That is great. Yeah.
Ed Vitagliano: And trolling.
Steve Jordahl: That's a good way.
Wesley Wildmon: It is.
Ed Vitagliano: It's trolling. Because it looks like you're actually congratulating Mom Donnie for some accomplishment.
Steve Jordahl: I know.
Ed Vitagliano: And in reality, it's a side slap in the head. It's A cottonmouth bite in the head for the ad.
Wesley Wildmon: Yeah.
Steve Jordahl: Oh, I'm sure that Florida Chamber of Commerce. Yeah, Florida Chamber of Commerce sounds like
Tim Wildmon: it's got Ron DeSantis name all over the governor there. He's still, he's still governor.
Steve Jordahl: He is, by the way. according to the Babylon Bee. And I will note that this is satire because I don't want to get in trouble in NewSong Mexico. the, Florida is saying that they have low crime rates all time. Low crime rates because, well, they've chased all the Democrats out of the state.
Wesley Wildmon: Boom.
Ed Vitagliano: Well, they have been pretty tough on illegal immigrants there.
Tim Wildmon: Where?
Ed Vitagliano: In Florida? Right.
Tim Wildmon: Yeah. Oh, yeah.
Wall Street traders paying $100,000 to get President Trump's tweets early
anyway, so any stories left, Steve, or, you know,
Ed Vitagliano: solitaire?
Tim Wildmon: Play some smooth jazz.
Steve Jordahl: I will tell you that there are traders at Wallnua street that are paying $100,000 a month to, truth Social so they can get President Trump's, tweets or social truths early. Apparently they think it gives them a market edge. But can you imagine? I asked Fred if we could because I'm in the news business. I need this early.
Wesley Wildmon: Not going to pass.
Steve Jordahl: I asked Fred if we could, be. If that was in our budget here for $100,000.
Ed Vitagliano: I can answer your question.
Steve Jordahl: What do you think he said?
Ed Vitagliano: It's not.
Tim Wildmon: Yeah.
Wesley Wildmon: No.
Steve Jordahl: Well, I, I don't.
Ed Vitagliano: I still don't see how this is legal. This sounds clue like clear insider trading. And especially if you've got traders signing up, they are expecting to get a boost.
Wesley Wildmon: But let me ask you this Legal. We talked about this the other day a little bit, but we didn't get into the nuance of it. Is this about what he's doing in his golf course, or is this like political news?
Ed Vitagliano: It's whatever he. Whatever.
Steve Jordahl: He tweets out.
Ed Vitagliano: Tweets out.
Tim Wildmon: And he does tweet out.
Ed Vitagliano: So it'll be a mix, but they'd
Wesley Wildmon: have first something when I'm m asking, like if it's like, like a
Tim Wildmon: reality show, let's say do it. For example, Trump, puts a true social post on about we're. We're. We're fixing to bomb so and so. Or, we're fixing. We're tomorrow we're doing this. That's a tip off to the stock traders to do something or not do something. That's the accusation. We can. We're out of time. That's the accusation against us.
Ed Vitagliano: Yeah, you use that as your last story instead of the snake in the helmet.
Tim Wildmon: We'll be back tomorrow. Everybody takes care.
Tim Wildmon is joined by Ed, Wesley, and Steven to discuss critical topics affecting our society today. They dive into alarming cyber attacks targeting U.S. water systems, suspected to be linked to Iran, and the implications of universities moving away from traditional grading systems to combat mental health issues among students. The conversation also touches on a father’s struggle with budgeting for his daughter's first birthday party, a bizarre incident involving a snake found in a football helmet, and a recent case of a man who fraudulently gained free flights by posing as a pilot.
(00:00) Today's Issues continues on AFR with your host, Tim Wildman
(01:55) There are cyber attacks against water and wastewater systems in the United States
(05:19) University of Michigan to eliminate traditional letter grades for incoming freshmen beginning in 2020
(08:31) So my question is to Wesley, and it is after your first semester in college
(09:30) Babylon Bee is suing New Mexico over fake news law
(11:20) Arkansas high school football player finds deadly snake in his helmet
(15:49) I don't like spiders or snakes. I used to would say, well, who does
(16:23) Man posed as airline pilot and got free flights around the world
(19:45) Dallas Pokornick is accused of posing as a fake pilot around the world
(20:32) Florida Chamber of Commerce names Zoran Mamdani as its economic developer
(22:21) Wall Street traders paying $100,000 to get President Trump's tweets early
Tim Wildmon is joined by Ed, Wesley, and Steven to discuss critical topics affecting our society today. They dive into alarming cyber attacks targeting U.S. water systems, suspected to be linked to Iran, and the implications of universities moving away from traditional grading systems to combat mental health issues among students. The conversation also touches on a father’s struggle with budgeting for his daughter's first birthday party, a bizarre incident involving a snake found in a football helmet, and a recent case of a man who fraudulently gained free flights by posing as a pilot.
(00:00) Today's Issues continues on AFR with your host, Tim Wildman
(01:55) There are cyber attacks against water and wastewater systems in the United States
(05:19) University of Michigan to eliminate traditional letter grades for incoming freshmen beginning in 2020
(08:31) So my question is to Wesley, and it is after your first semester in college
(09:30) Babylon Bee is suing New Mexico over fake news law
(11:20) Arkansas high school football player finds deadly snake in his helmet
(15:49) I don't like spiders or snakes. I used to would say, well, who does
(16:23) Man posed as airline pilot and got free flights around the world
(19:45) Dallas Pokornick is accused of posing as a fake pilot around the world
(20:32) Florida Chamber of Commerce names Zoran Mamdani as its economic developer
(22:21) Wall Street traders paying $100,000 to get President Trump's tweets early
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