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Back to episode — Episode 2613 CWSA 09/30/24

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ok *Win Bigly* second edition. Look for the one with the blue cover. That's the only one I get money for. The other ones I think are pirated or used books or something but there's the original the black cover one. Don't buy that one. That one doesn't help me at all. It's not the updated one. All right ladies and gentlemen I think I've said what I need to say for today. Monday is going to be lit.…

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t was unusual. Like we don't get that kind of gun violence usually. It's somebody who knows somebody pretty well but not a random shooter. So my experience is that crime is way up. And then when I see pictures of the sidewalks in the major cities I say well looks like crime's way up. And I see the fentanyl deaths are higher than ever and I say looks to me like crime's up.

So if you can't tell what the data is telling you you might want to ignore the news and just look at your own situation. Be

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cause remember the news is pushing narrative on both sides. It's not like one side's honest and the other's a narrative. Both sides are pushing a narrative. If it feels like it's more dangerous where you are it probably is. You're probably right about that. So I'd go with that. It does seem that the crime is worse in some ways. There might be some categories where it's not. All right. It was an…

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