The Dana Show with Dana Loesch - Absurd Truth: Panera's Minimum Wage Dodge

Episode Date: February 29, 2024

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on a John Deere. It was Okalusa County. Dusty Mobley, 40 years old, was taken into custody Saturday morning by Oklahoma County Sheriff's Office and faces multiple charges of grand theft, grand theft of a vehicle, felony criminal mischief, two counts of resisting an officer, possession of a concealed weapon by a felon, carrying a concealed handcuff key, what? Possession of drug fair, finalia, felony failure to appear. He's got a lot of charges. But can I just, for one second, carrying a concealed hand. handcuffed key? What? That's a charge?

I just would have, I just would expect that of criminals. Like, oh, you didn't have a concealed handcuff key? You're going to get charged. You're a bad criminal. You have to open carry the key? Yeah, like open carry. Like, this is my handcuff key on my neck for when I get arrested. I mean, I don't know.

I don't know. Anyway, they showed up to his house to arrest him for fleeing from deputies back on January 3rd. They came to his home in January to question him about a $40,000 stolen boat. he literally had cut a hole into a metal building with heavy machinery and stole this boat, right? So he was on said boat when deputies arrived and he tried to dive into a crocodile infested or a gator-infested swamp to escape it, but he actually successfully fled. That actually worked the one time. He tried to outrun them again this week, but on a John Deere lawnmower, but he was unsuccessful.

They arrested him. They found a revolver at a handcuff key. He had a pipe with meth residue in it. He's being held without bond in Okalusica County Jail. Gators probably didn't win him because he's all messed up. They were like, no, thank you. No, thank you. Let's see, this.

I got a couple of others. I got a 50-year-old dude who, or no, dude facing a 50-year prison sentence because he was smuggling turtles. Yeah? Yeah, he's apparently been doing this since 2015. And he's the owner of Omni Reptiles and Unreptiles. registered business in Lee County, and they trade wildlife, including protected species of wildlife. And he falsified all these forms.

He tried to lie about the turtles saying they were captive bread instead of wild caught. And it was a violation of the Lacey Act. You can't traffic in wildlife that's illegally taken. So he could face 50 years in prison for smuggling turtles in. Turtles. Like if somebody asked you, what would you risk 50 years in prison for? You know, you might maybe say something like, I don't know, like, you know, killing somebody who attacked him over my family or something like, I mean, I'm just saying. Not, oh, turtles.

Mm-hmm. Is that that dude, that kid in that viral video goes, I love turtles? Is that him grown up? Just curious. Also, let's see here. A Florida man was caught with 10 pounds of pot and guns. Pot and guns during a Kansas traffic stop. So it's a Florida man in Kansas.

And he had 10 pounds of pot, materials for growing said pot. chemicals used to process the oil from said pot and also two guns. He is serious about the marriage of Juana. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Yeah, is it? But the THC, though, if they like mess with that, can't that make you eat somebody's face off a la bath salt? Oh, God, I don't know.

Is that a thing? I hope not. I don't know. Like the whole pot thing confuses me because they act like it's wine and that you can, it all smells like feet. I can't. What's the different? It smells like a skunk's ass. Let's be honest. Like, you can't tell the difference. I, look, the first time I ever was around it heavily, I had boomers sitting in front of me at a Willie Nelson concert.

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Yeah. So they call it St. Louis Bread Company. If you go to St. Louis, Missouri, or just Missouri, and you say Panera, people will look at you like you're nuts. You're from out of town. Yeah, like, what is that? What's Panera? St. Louis Bread Company. I mean, they don't know no Panera.

What's that? And it still feels weird to call it that here, although it's settling in. So anyway, you know, they've got all kinds of stuff. You know, they got, you know, the bagels. Their cinnamon crunch bagels are pretty legit. And that's about it. I hate everything. Oh, the turkey bacon bravo.

That's pretty good. I don't mind. I can't get mad at them for this headline that I'm about to share with you. Because for real, if you felt that you were in an overtaxed environment, like punitively overtaxed, wouldn't you be trying to figure out how to have the government steal less of your income, right? You know what I'm saying? Like, I'm all for that.

So I don't necessarily think that what they did is bad, but the politician who allowed it, it's a double standard. So here's the headline. In California, because you know they got a new $20 minimum wage law. We're going to talk about that in a second because it's a joke. Why stop at 20? Give them $11 trillion an hour or you don't care about their lives. Why stop at 20?

Panera Bread is now exempt from California's $20 minimum wage law because the owner donated to Newsom. So he signed into law. Fast food workers make $20 an hour. It's the Fast Food Accountability Standards Recovery Act. and they have a carve out. So chains that bake bread and sell it as a standalone item are exempt.

So that includes Panera. Okay. Because they have other stuff besides just like bread. That's like one of the things that they have. Newsom sought the exemption because the Greg Flynn, the billionaire CEO of the Flynn Restaurant Group,

which owns like several dozen Panera bread, locations in the state donated to him. And Flynn went to the same high school as Newsom. He's had business dealings with the governor. He's the largest franchisee in the U.S. He has all kinds of brands. So he was, you know, he was really pushing this. And the head of the National Restaurant Association, Michelle Korsmo, said everyone's scratching their head about the bread exemption.

She says, but that all comes through relationships. So see, they're just specialer than you. all you got to do is bake bread and have it as a standalone item on your menu, I guess, and then you'll be exempt. Everybody's going to be baking some bread now. Golly, the sourdough trend's never going to go away. So that's the whole thing. They get a special carve-out because they are specialer than you are.

And that's just the way it goes, guys. I guess you're just not as special as Panera. You don't get those carve-outs. You don't get that special treatment. you don't get any of that. They're just specialer than you are. Panera. I mean, pay to play.

That's exactly what this is. This is what happens when you have a one-party state, though. Yeah, everybody needs to start selling bread every single day. Now, they need to start doing that so they can have that carve out. That's what I would do. I'd be like, guys, we're going to also introduce bread. Would you like to go to a restaurant? You can have an loaf of bread.

Just have one. just buy it as a standalone item. But the $20 an hour thing, you know, the market supports that. And I love the argument that these people make, well, if you really care about their lives, we're not going to call for the governor to reduce taxes or to stop spending.

We just need people to pay more for basic everyday items. And then they bitch and mom because, oh my gosh, I can't believe a big man costs a trillion dollars. How did this happen? Maybe because you like task the people like making it, they get $20 an hour.

And why stop there? I mean, if it's about care. I mean, because they always say you just don't care about these people's lives and they try to make it out like you're a heartless cretan. If you don't agree to $20 an hour, okay, I'll call your bluff. I guess I just care more than you. How about a million dollars an hour? Oh, I'm sorry, you think that's too much? You think that's exorbitant?

I don't think care for another's life is exorbitant. Seriously, when does it stop? Where do you draw the line? I mean, that's what the market determines. The market determines the value for these things. And I really don't trust the dude, or like these lawmakers in California, come on, y'all know that these people were born with silver spoons in their mouths. They don't know.

You think they go to McDonald's? They don't. You think these fools go to Panera? No, they don't. They go to French laundry when you're all shut up in your houses. that's where they go. Have you seen how expensive it is to eat there? Like I like a good meal, but there's some things that out of spite, holy cow, holy cow. Who makes, are angels making the food? Like what, do you have like actual like cherubim, seraphim making the food, chopping up the veggies for the salads?

Like what's happening back there in the kitchen? I don't know. So I, I, I, I, I, I just think the reason that they, these politicians support this type of stuff, especially in a one-party state, is because it shows you how far removed they are from everyday things. They don't know how much everyday items cost because these fools don't, they don't do everyday item stuff. Can you imagine? Gavin Newsom was in a target and he was already having a meltdown. Man was there for five minutes and he's having a straight-up meltdown. And you probably know he didn't even know where to go on the target. He didn't even know. So yeah, they get $20 minimum wage and Panera bread gets the carve out because they sell bread.

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Start your free course today. And now, all of the news you would probably miss. It's time for Dana's Quick Five. Millennials are on course to become the richest generation in history. They said generational transfer of wealth largely built up in property will amount to $90 trillion in the U.S. alone. But then wait until the IRS hears about that. It's not going to be for long. They're going to hit you with death tax and all that.

So that's going to kill all of that stuff. Hey, keep voting Democrat. That's what you'll get. Yay. Wait, what? Also, I don't really want to talk about this. Kane says it's news, though. This is in Germany, of course.

A dog that police said was about the size of a Jack Russell Terrier caused a horrific injury because he bit off a dude's... You could do it. copulatory organ and ate it. That's not making this up. The incessant barking forced neighbors to call the police. It was around 2 a.m. And upon arriving at the property, first responders heard someone groaning in pain. They found a 66-year-old man in his dog. They rushed him to the me into the hospital, I realized this dog was, or realize he was in danger.

They literally did not. First off, I want to know how the dog could, how it was out for the dog to get. And I feel like if it was shenanigans, like gross shenanigans, you deserved it

and I don't feel bad and the dog should be left alone. It's traumatized. It's disgusting. Like, what is wrong with people? Like, just nuke them off the earth. Just, That's what lightning should be used for. If I was a deity, that's what I would do. I'd just snuff people right off with a little lightning stroke, like that guy right there.

Let's see. Oh, this is hysterical. So we had a headline's last headline segment about how there are more female psychopaths than men psychopaths. Well, here's case in point. Taylor Swift fans are furious over a woman shazimming one of her songs at a concert. They're livid. They're livid. It was a middle-aged concert goer using Shazam to try to figure out what song it was.

And people are infuriated online because they have no lives. And they're trying to figure out who it is and all the, oh my gosh, get lives, touch grass. Like go see some sun. Good night. It's crazy. And last but not least, the, an NYU doctor kicked the bucket because she ate at Walt Disney World and weight stuff and sister the food was allergen for, and it wasn't. But then at the same time, don't order things that are called fritters. If you're worried about allergens, like dairy and nut and all that, right? Stick with us.

Okay, so on break, you know, we're like, we talk about different things and, you know, we just kind of get set up. It's a slow news day. We talk trash and realized things. Yeah, we like, realize stuff. So Steve was all, and we got his permission. We're like, hey, can we talk about this on here? because Cain is Let me just I am, I don't really look at myself as the voice of reason I am just suspicious of everything Kane however

His blood type is tinfoil A high percentage of tinfoil And there is a conspiracy behind everything Oh yeah well the reason they told you that is because Like if someone says go out and get more sunlight If a doctor tells somebody that Kane's like Well that's just big sun talking right there I would recommend you get more son.

Anyway. I would be surprised if a doctor said that. I know, but you know what I mean. So anyway, Steve's like, oh, yeah, you know, I had like my checkup and how my, you know, they do blood work and all this stuff. And Steve's like a young dude. He's like in his 20s, right? He's like in his like early mid-20s.

And we've talked about, I've told you guys before, like we've talked about cholesterol and all this stuff. And I ended up, I don't anymore, shockingly. But I ended up, I can't do a keto diet. I used to do paleo and I eat really healthy, except for this bagel that I have here right now. I eat fairly healthy, very healthy. And when I did keto, I apparently lack like a specific type of enzyme in my liver to process a high-fat diet like that. So it made my numbers look like I was Wilford Brimley, long story short.

Freaked out my doctor. I had to do like a heart calcium test, all this kind of stuff. Like I had all this stuff. And anyway, learned a lot about it. LDL and HDL is the bad cholesterol. HDL is the good cholesterol. And Steve was like, yeah, you know, I got my cholesterol numbers. So I think when you turn, when you're like 35 and up, you immediately like, what are your

cholesterol numbers? It's like, it's like a competition. And so, Kay's like, what are your numbers? What are your numbers? And Steve's like, oh, I forgot I'm talking to pros here. And so he had said, what did you say? It was like 270 or cholesterol number was 270? You're talking about the LDL one?

No, he's. Yeah, yeah, no, like over, like, yeah, would you say, what was your... Oh, 180. The cholesterol was 270, yeah. By the way, nobody's violating the hippo violation. I already told him it was cool, which I'd call hippo because it's funnier, but yeah. Yeah, well, I mean, and it also helps you remember. HIPO permission.

Yeah, you got the hippo permission. The hippo sets, though. That's a ban. Hippo permission. Write that down. Let's see. That's the office hippo, you know. It's in HR, right?

And people don't know that the HR, the agent's hippo, hippo relations. so and our relations with it are good so anyway we're immediately in case like i bet they're i bet they push statins see the reason that people do the ldl stuff and they want you on statins i don't have an accent and overly zealous it's like it sounds like you've really manufactured this whole thing do you are so look no no you don't get to be all excited on break and then come back on air and be like well no that is that is so inaccurate I'm super calm cane. I'm almost a hippie.

What a travesty. What a travesty you're committing right now. So they didn't prescribe you statins though, right Steve? No, they're like they're for like pre-diabetic patients. I don't have any of that. They didn't offer him statins. Why are you? Now who's being dramatic?

Did they give you any literature that pointed to statins to fix this cholesterol thing? No. Did they give you any literature on statins? Yes, it said a statin's medication is recommended for LDL-1. 90 and higher. There it is. And I have a 1. But I have a 1.

In the 70s, in the 1970s, the number was 300 or higher. They've been steadily lowering that number since the 70s in order to sell more statins. Which, by the way, your brain is a majority cholesterol. So when you take statins, what happens to your brain? It gets rousy. Yeah. And you end up with Alzheimer's. There's a direct link with Alzheimer's and overuse of statins.

So, yeah, quit. I don't. I think it's insane before, for anybody to, I think it's irresponsible. This is what my cardiologist has said. It is absolutely irresponsible for a doctor to prescribe statins without doing a calcium score. It is, I think they should be literally have their licenses pulled. I'm only 10 points from that. They should be barred from practicing medicine because it's so irrespective.

Because when you go on statins, that's for life, dude. Yeah. And so what do they say 180 and you're at 190 or what was it? Yeah. And you're young. Like, you can do all kinds of stuff. They said Stads at 190. I'm 180.

And I'm only 29. So I don't even know why that. Exactly. Why do I think you're like 24? I'm always doing. Because Juan's 24. That's Juan's 24. Juan's, yeah.

But Juan's like, he's got like, um, like old man aura. You know what I mean? Like he's 24 years old, but like he seems like he's 60. Right. Like he's seen some stuff. Yeah. Like he's, you know, he's lived a life over there. Yeah, he knows what's up.

But, um, but yeah, Steve is like, he's like yeah well they you know mentioned you know statins over you know when and you didn't do you didn't do like they didn't do the calcium test or anything right no i just had like five seconds of blood work and then i just got it's been like two days ago and this is what i'm reading now it could be cane that they just were like well in case you read about this somewhere here's you know statins for this and this is what it's used for which i don't i think that's that should always be a last ditch yeah i'm not against them actually giving them the literature and all that What I'm against is the fact that they've lowered that number to 180.

Yeah. Or to 190 or whatever it is now. It used to be 300. This is, it's not healthy. Right. It's not healthy to reduce your cholesterol so low that your brain suffers from it. That's ridiculous. I love the cardiologist that I went to.

I actually don't need to seem anymore. But when I went through all of that stuff with like diet net, they freaked out because they're like, why are your numbers coming back looking like your Wilford Brimley? And then I had to do this. They literally stripped out my diet for like three months. I could only eat like just. I barely had energy to weight lift. And I ended up like,

I ended up losing a significant amount of weight unintentionally. And they were, because I mean when you're not eating carbs, you're not eating all this other stuff. They're trying to figure out, is this a diet controlled thing? Like what's happening? Did the calcium test,

all that stuff. And then it came back. It was still relatively elevated, but it was a lot better than what it was. because my cholesterol had hit 280 and it was nuts. And they kept saying the only one of my doctors was like, this has to mean blockage or something somewhere. Or like you're, I couldn't get, I wasn't supposed to get my heart rate up.

I wasn't supposed to be stressed for a month. I'm like, do you know what I'd do for a living? Like, I'm the wound up to 11, 24-7. Are you serious? So, but no, it's like tons better now. But it was, I can't do like super high-fat diets like that. I don't, they actually did a liver, like an enzyme. I don't forget what they call it.

It's like a liver enzyme test. I did every test on God's green earth. And they really like really. And I was working with two different doctors because I'm nuts and I don't care. I will double check the others work. And it was legit. Like I, it's like a specific enzyme that I don't. I lack enough of in my liver to do a high fat diet like that.

And I was doing it correctly. I just can't. So I'm like, I'm the person that has to have the carbs for my health. I wish I was that person. Yeah, I have to have the carbs for my health. But anyway, I do think, to your point, Kane, that there is an effort to get everybody on something. Yes. Like I think whether it's like mental health, I think a lot of people are put on like antidepressants that don't need to be on them.

Yes. Whether it's like the weight stuff, whether it's the statins, the, I mean, there's like a million things that are out there. And a lot of it is diet because they were to, Kane lost it. This is what I was saying. He got so, like, riled up on break. Because he asked Steve, he's like, what do they tell you? And Steve's like, well, you know, I got to cut down red meat and beer. He's like, what?

What? And then he had my Saturdays. Like, come on. I know. Saturdays are for the boys, man. Red meat and beer day. Ridicrous. Yeah.

You know, and beer, you know, really helped civilize society. You know that right? I mean, without beer, we'd all, you'd all, you know, be dead. Anyway. So. It's personal for me, though, because my number was at two. the last blood work that I had. And they were like, you know, over 190,

may want to consider statins. And I laid it into my doctor. I'm like, are you kidding? Because he was an older guy. And I'm like, you seriously, believe this? When you started, what was the number when you started? He's like, I get it, I get it. What was it?

I get it. So no, it's just letting you know what the numbers are. It's all it is. You know, and he backed off really quickly. Yeah. It is personal for me. Because my, I, grandma with dementia. And, you know, the problem's there.

And at that time, you never knew what the issue was. And now you start learning what these doctors are doing actually has some negative consequence. Yeah, no, it does. It does for sure. And it's, I mean, I think anything is bad in, like if you're not an overabundance. So, I mean, if you have too much of anything, even something that's good for you, there's going to be some kind of bad consequences. Just use your common sense, you know. I eat a little bit more fish than I used to.

But I love red. I will never not eat red meat. If you were like, Dana, there's an asteroid coming and it's going to hit the planet. and kill everyone unless you stop eating red meat. I'd be like cutting a bite of steak and be like, well, so long, it's been real. Sorry. I'm not going to go out with some red meat. But I, because red meat's important.

I mean, we're carnivores. I mean, for crying out loud. But yeah, it's, I do think that there's this major push. I think it was made easier too after the pandemic because they were pushing, oh, get the injections, get the shots. Get them. get them. And if you didn't, then, you know, you were, it's like they tried to mainstream being on stuff.

It's weird. It's those commercials you see. It's like all these couples or, you know, all of the fun, like playful music and everything. And then they're talking about this drug and ask your doctor about this drug. A 60-second commercial. And 52 seconds of it is the side effects. It's like a happy fondball commercial with SNL. Don't taunt, happy fond ball.

They are putting a lot of money to pushing all kinds of things. that when they go to Mexico, they go to the pharmacies down there and get all the drugs that aren't regulated here and they bring them all back. And my husband's like, you know, it could be the cartel. And I'm like, well, which cartel? The FDA or the Mexican cartel? Like, you know, which one? We've got a Florida man on the way. You don't want to miss.

So that's medicine and science on the Dana Show. I mean, plan a trip to Mexico. Look at you, right? I mean, for real. Like, I mean, at least the cartel's being honest about being the car. they're like, yes, we will kill you. And the FDA is like, no, we're going to pretend that we love your life. I mean, you know, at least one's honest.

I'm just saying, but they're both cartels. Let's be real. All right, no, no, no, no, as we get moving, I'm bound to get hate mail. I will print it out and I'll run it over with the little segue that I got on Amazon from Mother's Day five years ago for like $200. So try me. Thanks for tuning in to today's edition of Dana Lash's absurd truth podcast. If you haven't already, make sure to hit that subscribe button on Apple Podcast, Spotify,

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