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News, Murder Charges, and a 10-Ounce Miracle: Your Friday Breakdown
Grab your coffee and settle in for a fascinating journey through today's most compelling headlines. We're diving into the shocking case of three Kansas City Chiefs fans found frozen in a backyard, where two men now face second-degree murder charges despite the victims voluntarily consuming drugs. This raises profound questions about responsibility and accountability when tragedy strikes during recreational drug use.
Next, we explore President Trump's executive order addressing homelessness by redirecting federal funding toward long-term institutional care. The policy shift aims to help those struggling with addiction and mental health issues, but questions remain about implementation given the scarcity of appropriate facilities. Can this approach truly make a difference, or are we missing key infrastructure needed to make it work?
The survival story from Florida will leave you speechless—a woman who endured a brutal attack from her husband during a fishing trip when his line snapped and he snapped with it. Despite being beaten and thrown overboard multiple times, her incredible will to live prevailed as she clung to the boat and made it to shore alive.
We end on an inspirational note with Nash Keen, an Iowa baby who defied all medical expectations. Born at just 21 weeks weighing merely 10 ounces, Nash has become the Guinness World Record holder for most premature baby ever to survive. His journey from a fragile beginning to celebrating his first birthday reminds us of life's resilience and the remarkable advances in medical care.
What three words would you use to describe yourself? I share mine—curious, reserved, and punctual—and invite you to reflect on your own self-perception. Join me again soon, and don't forget to catch Rude Awakening this Sunday!
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Well, hello, good morning, welcome to Friday. All right, here we go. We have some stories to bring you. I say we, like there's more than people in the car with me, it's just me. I have some stories. I say, well, okay, when I say we, it's me and the New York Post. I need to write for the New York Post. I would love to write for the New York Post. How do I get that gig? I try to look into it, but you know, I don't have a college degree in journalism or English or anything like that, so I can forget about that. But I have my own blog and I also write for the Victor Girls. So there, all right, let's get to the damn stories. All right, it's Friday. We have an update Suspects and deaths of the Kansas City Chiefs fans who were found frozen in the backyard will stand trial.
Speaker 1:Oh my gosh, I did not know. They were bringing charges against a couple of people. I think they're bringing charges against the drug dealer who sold the drugs and the guy who lived in the house who hosted the party. Oh my gosh, y'all this is a warning do not do drugs, okay, I mean, you think that would be common sense not to do drugs, but you know, some people just don't get it. Common sense not to do drugs, but you know, some people just don't get it. Two Kansas City Chiefs fans remained emotionless when, and silent as, they met face to face in court as a judge ordered them to face trial for allegedly killing their three friends who were found frozen to death in their friends snowy backyard. I have mixed emotions about this. Now, listen, these three friends went to a party and, from what I understand, they all three partook in the drug taking. So it's not like somebody held them down and forced drugs down their throat or how up their veins or up their noses or however. They do drugs these days. From what I mean, they voluntarily, from what I you know, I would think they went to this party and they willfully, they they themselves said, yes, I'll take drugs tonight. And this is what happens.
Speaker 1:So jordan willis and ivory carson sat at the same table and, okay, we don't care about all those details, um, but that's their names, willis and Carson. They faced second-degree murder charges in the deaths of their friends who were discovered in the backyard of Willis's rented home. On January 9th 2024, last year, willis, who bonded out after his arrest, was dressed really. He was dressed in a light colored button. I don't care what he's freaking wearing. Um, the two remained silent throughout the proceedings. All right, judge abe quint shaffer wow, abe quint shaffer ordered the case to move to a jury trial after finding prosecutors had enough evidence against the two men. But what a look. I'm sorry that these people died, but they should not have taken drugs.
Speaker 1:Willis and Carson were charged with drug distribution and manslaughter charges back in March. March, okay, yeah, prosecutors elevated the charges to murder in June. Goodness gracious, the three men died of fentanyl and cocaine combined toxicity. Medical examiners found Willis is accused of distribution of cocaine and Carson was slapped with supplying fentanyl to Willis. Investigators found drugs in Willis' home during a search of the property, including a bag of cocaine that mostly had Willis' DNA on it and another bag of fentanyl which had Carson's DNA on it. He said Police found messages on Harrington's phone that indicated Carson allegedly supplied Harrington with the cocaine.
Speaker 1:Doc stated McGinney Johnson Jr and Harrington and Willis were all at the home in the Kansas City suburbs where they were allegedly drinking, smoking marijuana and using cocaine, said a witness who left the house before midnight on January 7th. So they have a witness. We have a witness that say they were all partaking in it. So these three men, they ingested the alcohol and the drugs themselves. They didn't have to. They could have said no. They could have sat there and watched the game and said no, they could have left. Nope, the three friends had eventually made their way outside where they overdosed and died in the below freezing.
Speaker 1:We know the rest of the story. So how do you feel about that? Should these two men be facing murder charges for this in the below freezing? We know the rest of the story. So how do you feel about that? Should these two men be facing murder charges for this? I don't know, I don't think so. There, I said it all.
Speaker 1:Right, trump signs, executive orders. Uh, for, okay, hold on, I gotta back up because I'm I'm getting comments on these things and I love your comments. Two, two-tier giblets system. Okay, well, let's see what his real handle is. Oh, it's hogasm, of course, two-tier. Is it giblets? Or yeah, giblet, giblets. Two-tier giblet system. Okay, I don't even know. I don't even know. Yes, I know who he is. Okay, he says some might say that's cold too soon. Get it. You know, because of the freeze they were okay. Yeah, all right.
Speaker 1:Moving on to the next one, trump signs executive order forcing homeless off america's streets. When I first read this I thought, well, this is good. I guess this. I guess it's putting it back on the states to take care of the problem. President Trump signed an executive order Thursday calling on states and cities to end endemic vagrancy and rehouse homeless people, including drug addicts and those suffering from mental problems, in treatment centers.
Speaker 1:Well, here's the problem, dear Trump we don't have facilities like that anymore, at least that I know of. We don't have facilities because, you know, thanks to people like Geraldo for exposing, uh, some abuse that was happening, they've just shut them all down. Um, we don't have that anymore. You can't institutionalize people anymore, apparently. Um, so let's see the order redirects federal funding. Redirects federal funding to prioritize shifting homeless individuals into long-term institutional settings for humane treatment through the appropriate use of civil commitment. So where are we going to put them? I guess we're going to build facilities for these people. I'm all for that. Let's do it. We're building all kinds of apartment complexes. We're building stadiums. We're building all kinds of apartment complexes or we're building stadiums. We're building all kinds of. We can build facilities, but the thing is how you gonna pay for it, I don't know. So you can go finish reading that story if you. I think it's a good idea.
Speaker 1:We do need to help the homeless and the drug addicted people out on the streets, but they need to want the, the help too. They have to. They have to take the, the step, necessary steps and people. Man, it's just it's rough, it's rough, it's rough. Trust me, I've been around recovery people, um, okay. So the next step that I got two more stories. I'll try to be quick about it.
Speaker 1:Florida boater tried to kill his wife by throwing her overboard after his line snapped on fishing trip. But she clung to the boat and survived. This lady, my gosh. They're in their 60s I think both of them are and they went fishing. They've only been married for like three years, so I don't know when you get remarried like that later in life. Man, you got to be careful about who you're marrying because you don't know anybody anymore. But she is a survivor and he's a whack job. Goodness, it's a long, drawn out story. I want you to go read it. The fishing line snapped and so did he.
Speaker 1:A florida boater tried to kill his wife and dump her body at sea after being set off by a snap line during a fishing trip. But the bloody victim clung back to the boat, clung to the back of the boat and was dragged to shore alive, according to cops. So this guy goes out there with fishing with his wife. His fishing line snaps. He goes crazy. I don't know why he took it out on her, but he starts beating the living crap out of her and then she actually jumps overboard the first time to escape from him. Then she climbs, she somehow, she gets back on board and then he starts beating the crap out of her and then he tosses her overboard but she clings to the ladder and I think she gets back on another time and he continues to whoop her ass.
Speaker 1:I mean, it's bad. You need to go read this story. It's horrible. Um, I don't know what the problem is, but she made it to shore, good heavens. I don't know how she did it. I don't know how she did it. That's crazy. You need go finish that. It's why it's a wild story and she's a survivor, that's for damn sure. Hopefully she will not go back to this guy, my gosh. All right, I'm going to leave you with an inspirational story.
Speaker 1:Iowa boy born at just 21 weeks, becomes Guinness world records most premature baby ever and two tier. Giblet system said he ain't no bigger than a squirreled mm-hmm. Carl Childers, I know what that's from. He's got to be from. Oh, I can't think of the name. Billy Bob Thornton plays him sling sling blade. Yeah, that's from sling blade, is it not okay?
Speaker 1:Speaking of movies, thank you, mr Giblets the Gentonaut, mr Giblets the Gentonite, mr Giblets, mr Shons, we are going to watch Lord of the Rings series, but first I looked up online how to watch them in order, and they say, to watch the Hobbit movies first. First of all, I didn't know there were Hobbit movies. There's three of them Now. I've seen the Lord of the Rings trilogy before, but it's been forever ago so I don't really remember much about them. So we're going to start with the Hobbit movies first. Tell me, if you've seen the Hobbit movies, should we do that or should we just skip that and just go right to the Lord of the Rings? But from what I've read online, you're supposed to watch the three Hobbit movies first and then the Lord of the Rings.
Speaker 1:All right, moving on to the Iowa premature baby, he was born at only 10 ounces y'all 10 ounces and this? Let this be a lesson to people who want to kill their babies. Iowa bill boy mark already read that an iowa infant who was born at just 21 weeks of gestation celebrated his first birthday earlier this month with a new title the most premature baby of all time. Nash keen weighed only 10 ounces 10 ounces when he was born on july 5th 2024, 133 days before his due date. Wow, and they have pictures of him. They have pictures of him y'all. You need to go see this little baby, my goodness.
Speaker 1:The tot, affectionately called nash potato, spent six months in the neonatal intensive care unit at the university of iowa health care stead family children's hospital. That's a long ass title. Growing into a happy and strong baby boy. Nash is so full of personality. His mom, okay. So the doctors? Um told her that he would probably have all kinds of medical problems. Um, but they, let's see. Now I'm trying to find it. Uh, nash was born 147, beating out the preview. Okay, I'm trying to find where the doctors had warned the parents.
Speaker 1:The obstetrician who delivered Nash, dr Melinda Schaefer, told the Associated Press she informed Molly and her husband Randall before birth that their baby could be burdened with serious medical complications. So was she trying to sway these parents into not having the baby? It is really important to me to have honest and open conversations with parents so they feel fully informed to make the best decision for them. It sounds like it, but he is thriving. He's fine. He does have to use some oxygen. I imagine he'll eventually grow out of that.
Speaker 1:I don't know, I'm not a doctor, I only play one on tv, not really. Okay, we need to move on. Oh my gosh, I've gone over again. I'm at 12 minutes. All right, we need to do the question of the day. Okay, here are.
Speaker 1:Here's the question name or what three words would you use to describe yourself? Now, it's going to be different from what you think. I was going to ask what three words would other people use to describe yourself? Those would be different, I would think, at least for me. I don't know about for you, but for me they would be, because I think I don't know, I look at myself in a totally different way than maybe other people do, and I don't know if that's because I present myself in a different, not on purpose.
Speaker 1:Remember, a long time ago I told you that when I'm growing up, people kept telling me smile, smile, smile, smile and I always thought, well, I am smiling. Until one day I caught my reflection in the mirror just walking by and I was like, oh my gosh, I do need to smile more on the outside, All right. So anyway, and people used to think in high school I used to they, they thought I was stuck up because I wouldn't talk to anybody. I was terrified. That's why I would always walk with my head down whatever.
Speaker 1:Okay, so I think three words to describe myself. I would use curious, reserved and, uh, punctual. I know punctual is pretty boring, but lately I am boring. As an older person, I am boring and I'm okay with that. I'm okay with being vanilla, simple and boring. I'm good, I'm good, I love it. No drama, all right. So what are the three words that you would use to describe yourself? Thanks for listening. Y'all have a good weekend. Hopefully, the gents and I will be on Sunday on Rude Awakening, if we don't forget. Okay, other than that, I'll be.
