Dynamite Dogs and Wilderness Dads: News You Missed

Have you ever noticed how the simplest family moments can fill your heart with unexpected joy? That warm feeling when your grown children enthusiastically say "we'll be there" without hesitation creates a sense of connection that's irreplaceable. This weekend brought exactly those precious moments - time with Grand Cam on Saturday followed by a full family gathering on Sunday that sparked reflection on what truly matters.

Beyond personal reflections, several compelling news stories deserve attention despite minimal mainstream coverage. A tragic incident involving the fatal stabbing of a Ukrainian refugee woman raises serious questions about media priorities and reporting patterns. Meanwhile, a surprising political clash erupted between Senator Rand Paul and Vice President JD Vance regarding military action against a Venezuelan boat allegedly involved in drug trafficking - highlighting fundamental differences in perspective about appropriate use of force and constitutional principles even within the same political party.

Two extraordinary international stories round out our discussion. First, the shocking conclusion to a four-year saga in New Zealand where a father kept his three young children hidden in remote wilderness after kidnapping them from their mother. The situation ended dramatically with the father's death during a police confrontation and the children's rescue. Finally, we explore the remarkable heroism of a dog in Peru who saved its owner's family by extinguishing a stick of dynamite thrown into their yard - sacrificing its ability to bark normally but preventing a potentially devastating explosion. What would your pet do in a crisis? Share your thoughts and tell me something unique about your dog - what special tricks or quirks make them part of your family?

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Chapters

• 0:29 Family Weekend Reflections
• 1:01 Unreported Crime Story
• 2:14 Welcome to My Son's Crew
• 2:51 Rand Paul vs JD Vance Controversy
• 4:59 Father's Four-Year Wilderness Hideout
• 7:34 Hero Dog Saves Family from Dynamite
• 10:43 Question About Listeners' Dogs

Transcript

Speaker 1: 0:15

Hello, happy Monday. I hope y'all had a great weekend. I know I did. I had a great weekend. It was wonderful. Saturday we had Grand Cam and then Sunday we had the family over. It just filled my heart with joy that the kids wanted to come over. When we invited them, they said yep, we'll be there. Not like no, I got something else to do. Oh, nope, they said we'll be there. It just oh, and they came. They came. I was so excited. Well, it just warmed my heart that they were there. It was great, all right.

Speaker 1: 0:46

So we have some stories here. First, I need to talk about this, this story, this horrible story I forget where it was, but was it in Charleston? I think somewhere in the Carolinas, maybe I don, I don't know, I could be wrong when this homeless black guy stabbed to death this white woman I say white, but she's also a refugee from Ukraine. She escaped Ukraine. She was working a job, a pizza job or something like that. She got on this train I didn't know they had trains wherever this was they were talking about. I thought it was a bus for some reason but pulled out a knife and stabbed her in the neck just because what in the world and you know what? None of the major news organizations are reporting it. I only saw it on x, so I don't even know the whole story behind it, other than that's what I just said and you're hopefully you're going to hear it on the blaze.

Speaker 1: 1:48

If you don't have a subscription to the blaze, get one. What? Listen to pat gray live there. Pat gray is live. His show is live from six to eight in the morning. All right, I need to move. First of all, hello and welcome to my son's crew. I don't want to say who he works for because I don't want to out anybody and you know, keep it all anonymous. But they're a hardworking crew, they are hard workers, they work with their hands and their hands they work a lot so, and my son revealed yesterday that sometimes they listen to my podcast. So hello guys, welcome. Hope you have a great morning.

Speaker 1: 2:28

Okay, all right, we need to move on to the three stories that I have here for you on my X-File. The first one is Rand Paul rips Vance's despicable and thoughtless defense of deadly strike on Venezuela boat. What is wrong with Rand Paul? I like Rand Paul, but come on now. Rogue GOP Senator Rand Paul has delivered a stunning rebuke to Vice President JD Vance's defense of the Trump administration's deadly strike against Venezuela boat, allegedly involved with drugs. Now you remember the story last week? I mean, just shot the boat out of the water, which was good, and then Vance apparently on X, wrote Killing cartel members who poison our fellow citizens is the highest and best use of our military.

Speaker 1: 3:22

But paul ram paul, a libertarian leaning senator from kentucky who has repeatedly tangled with president trump on various issues, accused the vp of glorifying an execution that took place without a trial. What is wrong with you, rand Paul? Stop. Jd says I don't give a shh what Vance says. Killing people, he accuses it. Wait, if a crime is the highest and best used, paul 62 clapped back. Did he ever read To Kill a Mockingbird, paul said. Did he ever wonder what might happen if the accused were immediately executed without trial of representation? What a despicable and thoughtless sentiment. What is wrong with ram paul? What does he want us to do? Go arrest him, put him on trial and then just have a liberal judge say no, they need to be released. F you, ram paul. I cannot believe he even is trying to defend that crap First.

Speaker 1: 4:20

There isn't this work, didn't Trump? Oh my Sorry, I got distracted. There's a bunch of runners out here with headlamps on running. Wow, one, two, three, four, five. There's out there jogging Five of them. They must be here. They must be here from out of town. Okay, sorry, back to the story. What was I saying? Oh, didn't Trump label them as a terrorist organization? So, yeah, bye, I have no hard feelings over that whatsoever.

Speaker 1: 4:55

Next up, we're going to save the hero dog for last. Okay, the next story fugitive father on the run with three kids in wilderness for four years was shot dead during a shootout with New Zealand cops. This is not here in America, obviously, but apparently this guy, this father, took his kids, have been living in the wilderness for four years kidnapped his own kids and left A father who has been on the run with his three young children through New Zealand's remote wilderness for the past four years Where'd he get the age of these people, these kids, four years was shot dead on Monday in a shootout with cops during an attempted burglary at a supply store, with the children being found by authorities. Tom Phillips disappeared into the Waikato Wilderness with his children Ember, who is now nine, nine, so four years ago she was five or he was five, maverick, 10, who was oh, did I say five four years ago? That would make her five. Yeah, so the other one would be, who is now 10, would be five and jada, 12 would be. Set would have been seven.

Speaker 1: 6:08

Just before christ Christmas in 2021, after a fight with their mother, who had sole custody, nobody even knew if the three children were alive until they were spotted by a group of pig hunters in October 2024. At the time, they were seen wearing masks and carrying hefty packs while Phillips guided them through the woods early Monday. Oh, there's a picture of him too. Wow, wow. I wonder who snapped that picture? All right, early Monday, police responded to a property in wherever part of the sprawling Wakata region where Phillips and the children were previously spotted. After receiving reports of a burglary, information came to the police that described two people. Okay, whatever, here we go. So he was shot. The kids were rescued, wow, all right, you can go finish reading that story if you'd like. At least the kids were alive. But can you imagine? Can you imagine, what those kids are having to go through now? Their dad has been shot. They've been living in the wilderness for four years with him and, wow, it's crazy.

Speaker 1: 7:17

All right, hero dog, here we go. This is in. This happened in peru. This pup deserves a round of a pause. Oh gosh, you guys, stop with the jokes.

Speaker 1: 7:29

A dog in per, peru, is being hailed as a canine champion after she extinguished a stick of dynamite that was chucked into her owner's yard, saving the entire family but leaving her unable to bark, poor baby Apparently. There's a sicko that was out there and he threw the stick of dynamite and the resident is a journalist. So this guy threw the stick of dynamite into this journalist's yard. Who knows why? I don't know. I haven't read the whole story. I don't even know. If it tells us, it may not tell us. I think this is. This story is particularly just for the dog, all right, so Carlos Alberto, oh my God, one, two, three, four names this guy has, let's see if I can do it without butchering it.

Speaker 1: 8:13

Carlos Alberto Macias Sarati, a journalist, was more Hold on, oh my gosh, all right, sorry, I had a frog in my throat. I had to clear out, all right, back to the story. Clear out, all right, back to the story. Was more surprised by his dog's heroism than the threat itself, waving the whole, waving off the would-be fatal blast as part of his line of work. His dog m-a-c-h-i-s what? What is that? M-a-c-h-i-s mchus? What? Why not just name him rover? I mean, come on, macchus matches mac, I don't know.

Speaker 1: 8:53

His dog, macchus, was likely just as shocked when he watched an explosive fly into their yard. The dog did not know it was a stick dynamite. Okay, dog probably thought it was a stick and a toy. He went to go play with it and chase it. Outdoor surveillance footage captured a black clad suspect as he lobbed a sparking object into the front yard before sprinting away, not sticking around long enough to see if they had accomplished their mission. The slight pup, a stout cocker spaniel mix weighing just 25 pounds, scampered down the stairs and directly into the explosive, honing in on the fizzing fuse. Mackus originally poked at the fuse and shuffled the dynamite around before she bit into it. The fuse miraculously went out in her mouth, successfully averting near disaster. As authorities discovered, the explosive was the kind of dynamite used in landmines.

Speaker 1: 9:50

Goodness gracious, in the days since they realized that her vocal cords were fried, downgrading her ferocious bark captured into their surveillance to a mere rasp. You can hear her bark now, zara told the outlet. Still, makis continues to make her presence known and has since become a bit of a celebrity, I guess. So, uh, so they just skip over the whole story of somebody throwing a stick of dynamite into this yard. How about, let's? Let's follow that story. What do you got on that? But I'm glad the dog is okay.

Speaker 1: 10:27

All right, we need to move on to the question of the day. All right, speaking of dogs, I know some of my listeners have dogs. Remind me of their names, their breeds, and tell me something unique about your dogs. What kind of tricks can they do? Just tell me something unique about your dog. That's the question of the day. We don't have a dog anymore. We had Jack-Jack. Oh, he was so precious. We just have a cat now, if anybody wants one. No, she's pretty old. How long do cats live? I think I've googled this before. She's pretty old. She's gosh. She's at least 16, 17 years old, maybe something like that. Maybe not that old, maybe 15. I don't know. She's pretty old for a cat, I think. But she doesn't act like it. Okay, uh, I gotta go. Thanks for listening. Love y'all. Bye.