FM DX SESSIONS FROM AUGUST 25 AND 26

The contents of this video and this other video were recorded mostly in the small hours of the 25th and 26th of August 1983. 

There are so many interesting things in both of these, from Bill Cosby for the new Texas Instruments computer, to televangelists, to lots of songs I'd never heard before. 

THIS YOUTUBER IS INADVERTENTLY PROVING CONSERVATIVES RIGHT ABOUT WORK AND WELFARE

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This YouTuber is inadvertently proving conservatives right about work and welfare

POSTED ON AUGUST 9, 2024 BY

 

I want, reluctantly, to introduce you to Dontay London. He’s a young man, a single father, and an aspiring YouTuber, and without intending to, he’s accidentally proven a basic tenet of conservatism.

 

That is the claim that expanding welfare encourages laziness and sloth.

 

This is an important debate because those on the left get very angry at us on the right and accuse us of being heartless and evil to the poor. They believe that just giving people money helps them out and the majority of people suffering poverty do so without any personal responsibility.

 

Enter Dontay London.

 

I’ve been watching his videos for a while, and each one gets me angrier and angrier. He is actually a pretty charming guy at times and seems really nice, but at the heart of his videos is the idea that he deserves to be on welfare because he’s a nice guy and he wants more for his life.

 

Unlike all of us losers who settle for a regular job and actually pay our bills.

 

In March of 2024 London struck gold with a video that went viral and was written up at Newsweek. The title of the video was, “I Regret Moving Into Low Income Apartments!” and the headline at Newsweek was, “I Regret Living in Low-Income Housing. The System Feels Rigged.”

 

Here’s the video, it got more than 150k views:

 

You can watch the video or read the Newsweek version, but it basically outlines why Dontay “regrets” moving into low income apartments. It’s because if he tries to get a job and earn some money, the benefits are lowered, and he loses money.

 

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Since moving in, I’ve faced numerous issues with rent adjustments. For every job I take on, no matter how minor, I’m obligated to report the income. There have been instances where I failed to report earnings from gig jobs like delivering for Instacart, which led to me being overcharged on rent. My income was audited—that’s when I noticed that I did Instacart for a couple of months without reporting it. I wasn’t aware I had to report such sporadic income, but since I made over $200 during those months, they ended up charging me a full month’s rent for each unreported month.

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He is complaining because he doesn’t want a hand up, he wants a handout.

 

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I enjoy working multiple jobs, but this requirement to report every bit of income has caused me too many problems while living in low-income housing. It’s almost as if the system penalizes you for trying to make ends meet.

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So, kinda like conservatives have been saying for DECADES: If you incentivize people to NOT work, guess what they’re gonna do? They’re not gonna work.

 

What is the answer here, just give him money for the rest of his life, even if he doesn’t need it?

 

Dontay doesn’t even think about the person who is working two or three jobs to feed their kids and pay their taxes. Not at all. He ONLY thinks about how much better his life is if he continues to live off of the taxpayer’s money and works less.

 

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My rent is currently $553. That’s because I’m only working about 20 hours a week driving buses. If I decided to quit my bus driving job right now, my rent would drop to zero.

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Right, WHY on Earth would he want to keep working when he could just quit and not pay any rent?

 

Even more interesting, rent is just the beginning of the assistance he’s gotten – here’s more from Newsweek:

 

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For example, I drive a 2003 car, which was a gift from Michigan Works about seven months ago. I was on cash assistance and food stamps at the time, navigating through their path program designed to support individuals facing tough times.

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So he got a car from the taxpayer, and food stamps, and cash assistance. But he’s upset because the people who give him money also want to monitor him to make sure he really needs it:

 

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It’s as if the very mechanism that’s supposed to support you in low-income housing becomes a barrier the moment you attempt to stand on your own feet. I don’t appreciate feeling monitored or judged based on my financial progress or lack thereof.

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Just incredible. We can’t judge people, we just need to give them money without asking what they’re doing with it, or if it’s helping, or if they’re using it responsibly. What a great system!!!

 

Further on the video he admits that he borrowed money from Rent-A-Center in order to buy a large television and then stopped making the $153 payments and they cancelled his account. So that’s probably ruined his credit. He says the television is too big for him anyway. He wants to buy a 60 inch for his living room and a 50 inch television for his bedroom. Being poor is nice!!

 

In other videos, he says that he simply cannot work a regular job like the rest of us. He tries to work two jobs in order to provide for his son, and he gives up after two weeks. His excuse and his rationale for quitting is that he “wants more” for his life than just a nine to five job. So that bus driver job didn’t last for too long – he said he only had it in order to get the cash assistance.

 

He says in that video that he has been in low income housing for four years, and this was in 2023. And all that time you and me paid for this guy to sit around and record YouTube videos. He’s been doing this for five years. And he promises to continue!

 

It’s truly an incredible way to look at the world.

 

And even more infuriating, is that tons of people support his worldview in the comments! They encourage him to keep taking money from the government despite the fact that he’s a very young, very healthy man who is in the prime of his earning years!

 

Not all of his commenters accept the welfare worldview. ONE a-hole masked Mexican wrote a comment explaining to him that he should simply get a job and do YouTube videos on the side. This is after Dontay literally asked his viewers what they wanted to see on his channel since he was running out of ideas and his views had dropped.

 

But you can’t read that Mexican’s comment, because Dontay deleted it after about 30 minutes.

 

Luckily for you, I stalk that Mexican and I got a screenshot of his comment:

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Unfortunately it cut off, but I just went on to quote his mom from one of his videos that told him to stop whining about comments on YouTube.

 

Is that so bad? Apparently it is. In other videos, Dontay criticizes commenters who aren’t positive enough and who don’t support his staying on welfare.

 

Now I want to make this clear – I do not oppose all welfare. I do think that one of the proper functions of government is to help people out when they find themselves without hope through no fault of their own. But that is not Dontay. And the more money we put out there, the more Dontays we’re gonna get.

 

Anyway, I got a TON more to say about what Dontay has put out there, but he’s very sensitive and doesn’t like criticism.

 

And I don’t mean to put his all on Dontay. But I do think he is a case study in what conservatives like me have been warning about for decades. A society simply cannot survive when the taxpayers cannot keep up with those who depend on the government.

 

Update: One of my favorite Twitter friends @ConservativeLA responded with a very apropos quote from the man, Thomas Sowell.

 

“What the welfare system and other kinds of governmental programs are doing is paying people to fail. Insofar as they fail, they receive the money; insofar as they succeed, even to a moderate extent, the money is taken away.”

 

Yup.

 

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BLIND DOG AND HER GUIDE DOG SURVIVED BAD SITUATION AND NEED A HOME

Fort Worth Star-Telegram

 

Blind dog and her seeing eye dog survived ‘bad situation’ together. Now they need a home

BY OLIVIA LLOYD

SEPTEMBER 02, 2024 3:06 PM

 

A blind dog and her seeing eye dog were rescued from a “bad situation” in Virginia, a shelter said.

 

Now, rescuers are hoping to find one loving home for both dogs.

 

“We know we are hoping for a miracle here but we believe in miracles,” Richmond Animal Care and Control said in a Sept. 1 Facebook post.

 

The dogs were found in a crate filled with their own waste inside a vehicle, according to the shelter.

 

One is a 4-year-old called “Who Goes There” and another is her seeing eye dog, a 1-year-old named “Hi, It’s Me,” rescuers said. Both are pitbull mixes.

 

The blind dog had one eye when she was found but had severe glaucoma and had to undergo surgery to remove the remaining eye, according to animal control.

 

Rescuers said she was “very used to being blind so navigates well.”

 

“These girls love each other,” the shelter said, describing the two dogs as a bonded pair.

 

The shelter received an outpouring of support for the post, which was shared more than 1,000 times from Sept. 1 to Sept. 2.

 

“It will just about break your heart with love to see them together,” rescuers said.

 

They said the ideal placement would be a quiet household with minimal steps and no other dogs.

 

“We are looking for a special home who can accommodate both dogs and someone game to manage a blind pup,” animal control said.

 

There were two other dogs in the crate, both of which are doing well, the shelter said.

AH: Don't know if these pooches have found a forever family yet, but regardless, this is an interesting and heartwarming story.

ILLINOIS BANNING MINI SHAMPOO BOTTLES IN HOTEL ROOMS

The Hill

 

Illinois banning mini shampoo bottles in hotel rooms

by Michael Johnson - 09/05/24 9:40 AM ET

 

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WGN) — When staying in a hotel, you may find yourself collecting a complimentary “souvenir” for your next vacation: the mini soap bottles.

 

Whether it’s the soap, shampoo, conditioner, or maybe even lotion, it can be hard to resist tucking those into your suitcase.

 

If you’re staying in an Illinois hotel in the coming year, though, you may not find any of those mini bottles waiting for you.

 

A new law, signed by Gov. JB Pritzker (D) last month, will ban hotels in the state from providing small, single-use plastic bottles containing personal-care products to lodgers or guests using a hotel’s public bathroom.

 

The law, called the Small Plastic Bottle Act, says personal-care products include shampoo, hair conditioner and bath soap intended to be used in the shower and defines a small, single-use bottle as one under 6 ounces that’s not intended for re-use.

 

The law goes into effect beginning July 1, 2025, for hotels with 50 rooms or more and beginning Jan. 1, 2026, for hotels with less than 50 rooms.

 

A hotel in violation of the law would receive a written warning for a first offense and a fine of up to $1,500 for a second and subsequent offenses.

 

However, the law says a hotel may still provide personal-care products in small, single-use plastic bottles at no charge to a person, but only upon request at a place other than a room or public bathroom.

 

According to Illinois Policy, state hotels will be expected to transition to refillable containers when the law goes into effect.

 

Illinois Policy also notes that Washington, New York, and California have enacted similar laws, and that the Illinois General Assembly previously had a bill intended to ban Styrofoam containers, but only a partial ban passed that applies to just state facilities and agencies.

ARCHIVE.ORG LOSES COURT APPEAL OVER EBOOK LENDING

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POPULAR ARTIFICIAL SWEETENER LINKED TO BLOOD CLOTS AND HEART DISEASE, STUDY SAYS

Popular artificial sweeter linked to blood clots and heart disease, study says Portrait of Ken Alltucker Ken Alltucker USA TODAY Published 5:08 a.m. ET Aug. 8, 2024Updated 7:14 a.m. ET Aug. 9, 2024 Warning issued for sweetener Erythritol after new study shows dangers Erythritol is used as a no-calorie sweetener that may be problematic. Fox - 2 Detroit The popular sugar substitute erythritol found in keto products, sweets and low- or no-calorie diet drinks might increase the risk of heart attack and stroke, according to new research. A study led by the Cleveland Clinic published Thursday in the medical journal Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis and Vascular Biology found the sweetener made blood platelets more active, increasing the risk of blood clots, while food sweetened with sugar did not have the same effect. The study was tiny – it looked at just 20 patients – and researchers who were not involved in it say people should be careful when interpreting its results. Erythritol is a zero-calorie sugar substitute used to sweeten hundreds of products, including protein bars, yogurt, cookies and ice cream. It is a thickening agent resembling sugar and the primary sweetener in the low-carb, high-fat keto diet. In 2001, the Food and Drug Administration determined that erythritol was "generally recognized as safe." However, researchers said participants in the National Institutes of Health-funded study who consumed water sweetened with erythritol showed signs that their blood platelets had been activated, while people who drank glucose-sweetened water didn't experience a similar effect. "After drinking an erythritol-sweetened drink, you're at heightened risk for clotting, and your platelet function changes – and this was seen in every subject who was tested," said Dr. Stanley Hazen, a cardiologist and chair of cardiovascular and metabolic sciences in Cleveland Clinic’s Lerner Research Institute. The findings follow a larger 2023 study also led by Hazen, which linked the popular sugar substitute to cardiovascular problems. Last year's study tested blood samples from more than 1,100 people who underwent heart risk assessment over three years and followed up with another group of more than 2,100 non-emergency patients. The study linked erythritol to an increased risk of heart attack, stroke and death. The study also found the sweetener led to blood clots in mice who had eaten it. Sweetener vs. sugar After his 2023 study, Hazen said people began asking his research team which types of sweeteners they should eat or drink in lieu of erythritol. His team wanted to compare the clotting risk of consumers who drank a liquid sweetened with erythritol or sugar. The study recruited 20 nonsmokers with normal kidney health and no history of heart disease, high blood pressure or diabetes. After a night of fasting, participants had their blood tested before and 30 minutes after they drank water sweetened with 30 grams of glucose or erythritol. That dosage is about how much is in an erythritol-sweetened soda or a muffin and equal to daily intake based on a 2014 national survey and Food and Drug Administration filings, researchers said. The study participants who drank the sweetened water had average erythritol levels increase more than 1,000 times compared to their pre-consumption levels. The study also reported participants showed a significant increase in blood clot formation after consuming erythritol. No such change was observed in the group members who drank glucose. The new study does not specify how long consumers might face a heightened risk for clotting after eating food or drinking beverages with the sugar substitute. Rather than erythritol, Hazen advised consumers to opt for moderate amounts of natural sweeteners containing sugar, glucose, honey or fruit. Natural sweeteners don't put consumers at heightened risk for clotting, "whereas we think that will happen in the days following erythritol ingestion" he said. Research 'should not alarm consumers' Researchers not involved in the study said consumers should not be alarmed by the findings of this study. Alice H. Lichtenstein is a professor and director of the cardiovascular nutrition laboratory at Tufts University in Boston. She said the study should be interpreted within the context of other reports on the topic because no single study dictates policy. "We do not know enough about the overall effect of non-nutritive sweeteners vs. sugar to accurately assess their relative effects on health outcomes," Lichtenstein said. Lichtenstein said there's a need to better evaluate how much sweetener people can safely consume. She said risks and benefits should be analyzed by comparing "non-nutritive" sweeteners to sugar for factors such as body weight, dental health and heart risk. She advised people to drink water and seltzer and limit consumption of foods or beverages packed with sugar or sweeteners. "As much as possible, choose whole foods in their natural state and use common sense," Lichtenstein said. Joanne Slavin, a professor in the department of food science and nutrition at the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities, said consumers should consider the risks and benefits in choosing alternative sweeteners. "This study adds another piece to the puzzle, but should not alarm consumers that they are risking their health," Slavin said. "It is easy to avoid alternative sweeteners, but they are useful tools for diabetics and others who need to avoid digestible carbohydrates." Food industry defends erythritol Food industry groups criticized the Cleveland Clinic study, citing the limited number of participants and the amount of erythritol participants consumed. The 10 research participants were given an erythritol dosage two to three times the amount that is typically found in an 8- or 16-ounce beverage sold in the United States, said Carla Saunders, president of the Calorie Control Council, a group that represents the low- and reduced-calorie food and beverage industry. Saunders noted that researchers measured erythritol levels just once after participants consumed the sweetened beverages and the study did not control for lifestyle factors that might have affected results. Because erythritol levels were measured before and 30 minutes after consumption, "there is no way to demonstrate any lasting effect of excessive consumption on any health outcome," Saunders said

MAN ACCUSED OF SMASHING 4 MONTH OLD BABY'S HEAD INTO ELEVATOR WALL TO GET HER TO STOP CRYING

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Man Accused of Smashing 4-Month-Old Baby's Head into Elevator Wall to Get Her to Stop Crying: Reports

By Brenton Blanchet  Published on August 31, 2024 08:13PM EDT

 

A Utah man has been arrested after allegedly smashing a baby's head inside of an elevator while her mother was at work, according to multiple reports.

 

Outlets including Fox affiliate KSTU, ABC affiliate KTVX and NBC affiliate KSL-TV reported that 28-year-old Zachary Walton was taken into custody on Sunday, Aug. 25, after an investigation at the Midvale Road Home, a local shelter, in Utah.

 

The Unified Police Department was called to the location before 8 p.m. local time, when authorities discovered a 4-month-old infant not breathing. They then began life-saving measures, including CPR, and had the child transported to a local hospital, per KTVX.

 

As of Thursday, Aug. 29, KSL reported, citing a booking affidavit, that the child is in critical condition and there is "an extremely high chance that the 4-month-old victim will die." The outlet added that her condition "has not improved and her brain activity is very flattened."

 

According to KSL, the child lives with her mother at the shelter, and Walton reportedly watched her as the mom worked a DoorDash shift on Aug. 25. Citing the affidavit, the outlet reported that Walton became "very frustrated" — with his frustration at "probably an 8 on a 10 scale" — when the infant "would not stop crying" at the time.

 

Walton then allegedly took the child to the roof, where he intended to vape and "destress," but, citing the arrest warrant, KSTU said the man "smashed" the infants head "into the metal corner of the elevator where the elevator curves to the sliding doors." According to KSL, which also cited the police documents, he allegedly repeated the action again with "significant force."

 

The child's heart stopped, and she was allegedly no longer breathing by the time Walton reached the roof with her, KSL reported citing the police affidavit. Police claimed that the man could be seen on surveillance video "carrying the 4-month-old limp victim around the roof for approximately 17 minutes while trying to blow into her face." Walton eventually called the girl's mother and a roommate told him to call 911, according to KSTU.

 

The Unified Police Department, according to KSL, noted that the child suffered two skull fractures and a "significant" brain bleed.

 

The department did not immediately respond to PEOPLE's request for more information on Saturday, Aug. 31.

 

Walton was booked into the Salt Lake County Jail and faces two counts of second-degree felony intentional aggravated child abuse and one count of second-degree felony attempted murder, per KTVX.

 

The Salt Lake County Jail's inmate database lists his booking date as Aug. 25, as well as the charges of "murder" and "aggravated child abuse — intentionally or knowingly," as of Aug. 31.

 

It is not immediately clear if Walton has legal representation to comment on his behalf.