Wednesday, Sep 2: Shawn Oliver's Relationship with the GOP

WBSM presents the Tim Weisberg show streaming live on WBSM.com and the WBSM app call 508-996-0500. Send us app chat messages and open line voicemails using the WBSM app, Tim Weisberg show. And welcome back in our number two of the program here on Wednesday morning, Wet Nose Wednesday brought to you by First Citizens Federal Credit Union. We'll be talking with Melissa Vieira in the next hour about her article today about how you can train your dog to basically give you a yes or no response when it comes to grooming. So you can read that now at WBSM.com on our app on our Facebook page. We'll also have our adoptable pet of the week coming up for you as well. We'll talk about that with Melissa in a bit. So we've been talking about the election results, the primary election results. You can feel free to chime in on those and share your experience of going to the polls if you'd like. 508-996-0500 app chat and open line voicemails on the WBSM app. We'll also have today's Gen X files coming your way in this hour. Just a bit of a warning here. And I'm going to be honest with you with this new development. I don't know how much longer I'm going to want to keep doing the Gen X files. I like it. It's fun. I think a lot of you like it. I hear I hear about it from a lot of you out there. These platforms have just made it even more difficult. So as you know, we had to stop using music as bumpers because our podcasting system can't clip them out. And that means they were going into the podcast and they were flagging all the podcast platforms were flagging us for copyright violations. And they were going to take down not only our podcasts, but also all the podcasts for all of Town Square Media. So we can't be the reason why the whole company get shut down. So we were reluctantly, we reluctantly got rid of the music bumpers. I thought I was safe in the Gen X files because I'm only playing a little quick snippet of it. And it would be what I would consider to be under fair use because it's editorial. We're talking about the songs that we're playing. We're talking about those artists or those songs. And it's just a little snippet the same way ABC News can play it in theirs. And I'm pretty sure they have a podcast of those newscasts. But so I thought we would be all right. And we had been until yesterday. Yesterday started getting flagged for those little snippets. So now I can't even run music during the Gen X files. So we'll still talk about music, but we'll see how it feels. Just seems like a lot. Thankfully, they haven't dinged me yet for the X files music. Because if I have to do that segment dry or with a knockoff royalty free version of the X files, it's just not going to feel the same. So we'll see. Maybe it's maybe it's run its course as much as I like being able to put that together for you every day. You know, when we finally reached a year of doing it, But yeah. So anyway, that's you know, that's that's why you won't hear any music today in the Gen X files. Let's see if maybe I can figure out a way to do it where it won't ding us. But and one more thing I want to bring to your attention. Hold on, let me see. I see Sketty's calling back in. So let me see what's up with that. Good morning. You're next. You're on WBSM again. Thank you for letting me call. And, you know, I very rarely do that. What about Mark Levin? Because I hear him playing music and I think, oh, man, he's going to get, you know, the station in trouble because he does. Yeah, but we don't we don't we don't podcast his his show. So it's only it's not it's not playing the music. That's the problem. It's the recording of it and putting it up as a podcast. That's putting it up like copyright. So they want people to to not be able to get songs in any way, even in a little couple of seconds format, unless they're getting it from the approved streaming services. So, oh, man, you know, it's getting so technical for you. This is just going to be strictly talk. It's like, I mean, it's I get it. I understand it. But I think that these these the problem is they're using bots to check it out. If it was a human being reviewing the show, they'd say, oh, he just used a couple of seconds of it for music for talking about. That's fine. But because it's done by bots, they just look for the song. You know, the same way you can hit Shazam on your phone and Shazam hears the song and can tell you who the artist is and what the song title is. They have that same type of technology that just scans all these podcasts looking for music. And then when they find any semblance of it, they ding the podcast. So you know what? Right. That is that's all a lie. Oh, he was so like, well, there you go. Oh, that's out the window. Well, you'll figure it out, hopefully. Yeah, well, we'll see. Because that's a big part of the show. Like even the music from certain movies, you know, you just that's the whole thing. But and also, I just want to say congratulations to Tyler McCallister. So sorry for Henry's day. I hope I said his name right. I really wanted him to win. But congratulations to the winner. I feel bad. The police did back up Henry. But yes, Tyler McCallister is so happy I voted for him. And anyway, that's all I just wanted to, you know, ask the question mainly about Michael Vinn playing the music. But OK, Tim, thank you. Have a good day. And I'll say this, you know, I saw Henry Bousquet's post and some of his comments in the media like, folks, that's how you concede an election. He immediately said, you know, great job by Chester Tam. He ran a clean campaign. Now let's all throw our support behind him like that's that's the way to do it. And if we can just get back to that, you know, instead of I mean, in some cases, sure, the Pachinko Madeiros race separated by 14 votes. That's a fair one to say. Let's hold off before we concede. We might want to we might want to ask for a recount on that. But also, you know, I just think there's too much of a tendency in this. And I know that the anti Trump folks will say, well, that's because of Donald Trump. But I think it's actually something that's been going on for even longer than that for for people to to not want to concede and to not or even if they do concede to not be that magnanimous about it afterwards. So I did want to bring something up because I saw this this morning on social media as I'm getting ready and reading stories and checking out things online. I had Facebook open and this was, you know, Facebook feeds you things that you might not necessarily follow. Now, it's very much like like Twitter has become, where it shows you what it thinks you will like, even if you haven't actively signed up for following that page. And as such, it fed me the a post by one of the hosts of the radio show and web web show, The Young Turks. And if you're not familiar with this, it's actually one of the biggest news shows in the world. It's one of the biggest news shows anywhere. And it's it's a progressive show. So they have progressive hosts. They handle things from a from a progressive standpoint. I'm sure for many of you, you'd say I would never listen to such a thing. But keep in mind, a lot of people do. The Facebook page of The Young Turks has five point five million followers and the Facebook page for The Young Turks. So I saw it from one of the hosts posted it from his own page. But he was he was just sharing on his own page. It's also on their main page with the five point five million followers. A clip of the New Bedford City Council meeting in which it was disrupted over the flock cameras. So and it's funny because one of the comments was basically calling Ryan Pereira, city council president Ryan Pereira, a traitor because he was gaveling down the folks who were who were yelling and screaming. And I was like, see, that's the problem with not having context. Ryan Pereira said specifically he's against these cameras. He does not want them. He's on your side, commenter. But he's also on the side of decorum in the council chambers. So but this has now gone national and international. So while the post has been up for 12 hours, it hasn't drawn a lot of it's got 76 reactions, seven comments and five shares. So it's not like it's going viral, but I'm going to guess it's probably something they're going to talk about on their program. I don't listen to it. So so I don't know if anybody out there does. You can let me know if they talk about it. But this has now become a an example as communities are having these flock debates and canceling flock contracts, this has become an example that has now been fed out to five point five million people. And by the way, this is just on their Facebook page. I'm sure that they're putting it up on other social media platforms as well. So maybe that was part of the plan of the people that were there disrupting it. Maybe that's who sent it in. But still, it's it's interesting to see it reach that level because we've seen other municipalities have little clips of their meeting shared in the news when it comes to this topic. And as Chris was telling you yesterday in Dartmouth Week reported, the contract with Dartmouth is actually up at the end of this month and they're not going to renew it. So their contract with luck is up. They're not going to renew it. They do have they have two cameras and then they have a mobile camera that all work with flock. And so the mobile camera has already been turned off and taken down. That was when they would put on police cruisers. The other two cameras will be deactivated at the end of the contract and then they have to wait for flock to come in and take the cameras. But what I thought was interesting in that article from Kat Sheridan over there at Dartmouth Week, I think that's her name, was that Dartmouth police chief Brian Levesque said, oh, we can take down our cameras that we've contracted for, but that there are still private entities that have flock cameras. And this is the first I've heard of that. Maybe that's my own ignorance, but this is the first I've heard of private businesses being part of the flock network. And he specifically mentioned that Lowe's has a camera, a flock camera. So is this a whole other area of concern? Because if you if you have private contracts with these cameras and then your town decides to ban them. Right. So follow me along here. You as a business owner started a contract with flock security. You have flock cameras in your parking lot. Then the town passes a bylaw, an ordinance, depending on what their terminology is that says we do not allow the use of flock technology in our town. That means you have to get rid of your camera. You have to end your contract with flock. Flock wants to charge you. And again, I don't know if they have an out in their contracts, but flock let's just say flock wants you to be responsible for the remainder of that contract. You cannot run that camera anymore due to your town's bylaws. You cannot run that camera anymore. But you have a contract with flock. Who's going to pay that? Do you really think a business is going to say, well, I'll just keep paying it, I guess? No, they're going to sue the town. And they're going to look for the town to pay for it. And I don't know how many private businesses have contracts with flock, but that could be costly for towns to have to go in and and settle all these contracts with because they want to ban them. So that could be a hiccup in the townwide or citywide ban plan. That could be a major hiccup. And for those of you who are saying, well, OK, so what they'll do is they'll just grandfather in the businesses that have the contract and then tell them that when that contract is up, they can't renew it so that that way they're they're at least getting their money's worth. But wouldn't that defeat the entire purpose of of passing an ordinance or a bylaw anyway? If you say that these cameras are not OK, how can you say that these cameras are OK in some spots for a little bit of time? So that's going to be a very interesting wrinkle. Again, if that really is something that is widespread, you know, this might be Lowe's is the first business to enter into a contract with them as a as a, you know, pilot program or something. I don't know. But I just saw that little snippet in that story. And I said, oh, I didn't consider that. I didn't know that that was a possibility. Now, if you are looking for security, this is why I talk about all security co here in New Bedford, because with all security co, you don't have to worry about where the data is going. You don't have to worry about who's watching the cameras. They are. They're the ones that are monitoring your system. So when you go and speak with them, you can stop by their their offices on Kempton Street and see the technology that they have available. And you can see the way that they keep track of it and check the system health every single day. So, yes, they are going to have, you know, servers other way that store everything. 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Look for the purple dot to try before you buy. Only at Stevie's Wine and Spirits in Fairhaven. Hour is pumping and arrows in your hand. Now your heart is thumping fire as quick as you can. He's coming now. They're in your sights. It's nerf or nothing. The Gen X files. They may have bagged me on the music, but they haven't bagged me on the retro commercials yet. And I used to love Nerf bow and arrow. My friend came up with the idea of you take the arrow, you soak it in water and then you freeze it and then hit kids with that. Oh, man. All right. Let's take a look at some of the events that mattered most to 80s and 90s kids on this date. The Gen X files are brought to you by Rewind Restaurant and Arcade on Main Street in Wareham. We'll start with celebrity birthdays. Former Boston Celtic Nate Tiny Archibald and NFL Hall of Famer Terry Bradshaw both turned 78 years old today. Actor Mark Harmon is 75. Tennis great Jimmy Connors turned 74. Another NFL Hall of Famer, Eric Dickerson, is 66. Actor Keanu Reeves turned 62. Former World Heavyweight Boxing champ Lennox Lewis is 61. Actress Selma Hayek 60. Guiding Light and General Hospital star Cynthia Watros turns 58. Casey Haley of Jodeci and Casey and Jojo is 57. Comedian Cat Williams is 55. And actress Alison Miller celebrates her 41st birthday today. On this date in 1985, NBC began broadcasting in stereo. In 1986, Debbie Gibson, a 16 year old high school student from Long Island, signed to Atlantic Records, which was impressed by the many songs she had written and demoed in her home studio. In 1987, Sonny Bono announced his run for mayor of Palm Springs, California after running into zoning problems with his restaurant there. He won and later became a congressman. In 1988, the Human Rights Now World Tour kicked off at Wembley Stadium in London with Sting, Bruce Springsteen, Peter Gabriel and Tracy Chapman, among those leading the bill. Spanning 20 shows across five continents and benefiting Amnesty International was one of the most ambitious rock tours in history at that time. In 1989, Paula Abdul topped the charts with Cold Hearted. In 1993, Pearl Jam's Jeremy Video won four awards, including Video of the Year at the MTV Video Music Awards. Pearl Jam responded by not making any more videos until 1998. In 1995, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame opened in Cleveland with opening ceremony performances by Bob Dylan, Chuck Berry, James Brown, Aretha Franklin, Little Richard, Al Green, the Allman Brothers Band, Booker T and the MGs, Jerry Lee Lewis, Johnny Cash, the Pretenders, John Fogarty, Lou Reed, Iggy Pop, George Clinton, the Kinks, John Mellencamp, Bruce Springsteen, the Animals, Eric Burden and Boz Skaggs. There, I got them all in. In 1995, Michael Jackson went to number one on the US singles chart with a song written by R. Kelly, You Are Not Alone. It holds a Guinness World Record as the first song in the 37 year history of the Billboard Hot 100 to debut at number one. In 1999, Being John Malkovich premiered, directed by Spike Jones and starring John Cusack and Cameron Diaz. And of course, John Malkovich, Malkovich, Malkovich, Malkovich. In 2005, on NBC's concert for Hurricane Relief, Kanye West stated that, quote, George Bush doesn't care about black people. In 2008, Rage Against the Machine in Minneapolis to protest the Republican National Convention were blocked by police who refused to let them perform. Rage went into the crowd and did two songs using a megaphone and riots ensued. Let's see. In 2016, the Eagles, their greatest hits, 1971 to 1975, returned to the US album chart thanks to a 99 cent price in the Google Play Store. The album, released in 1976, was already the largest selling compilation album in history, with worldwide sales of over 42 million copies. That's the Gen X files for September 2nd, 2026. 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To learn more, call 1-800-SOS-RADON, 1-800-SOS-RADON or click on epa.gov slash radon from the station in the U.S. EPA. You're listening to The Tim Weisberg Show. Call 508-996-0500. And you can also use app chat and open line voicemails on the WBSM app. If you want to call in and chime in about the things we've been discussing this morning, we were talking about the election results. I'm sure by now you're probably aware, but if you're not, I'll just go through them quickly. Mike Minogue pretty handily defeated Brian Shortsleeve for the Republican GOP nomination for the Republican gubernatorial nomination. It was a 76 percent to 24 percent. Ed Markey similarly trounced Self Moulton for the Democrat nomination for U.S. Senate, 65 percent to 35 percent. In the congressional race, Bill Keating, 78 percent to 22 percent for Craig Swallow. And then on the local contested races in the eighth Bristol district on the Republican side, Jesse St. Gillet defeated Christopher Thrasher, 63 and a half percent to 36 and a half percent. In the ninth Bristol GOP primary, Chester Tam defeated Henry Bousquet. I don't have the final percentage here. The one of the AP results I'm looking at hadn't been updated, but Chester Tam won. And in the ninth Bristol Democrat primary, Edward Pacheco defeated Stephen Medeiros by just 14 votes. So now moving forward, you will have a ballot that features Mike Minogue challenging Maury Healey for governor and Sean Oliver challenging Kim Driscoll for lieutenant governor. Well, combined. So now they're now they're they're going to be forced to work together. And so now now is the day. If not last night, now is the day that I would expect Mike Minogue to call Sean Oliver. I could give him a pass for not calling him previously because he had aligned himself as the running mate to the opponent in the primary. So why why would you call him then? He's he's obviously with your opponent. Why would you call him and be like, hey, I'm looking forward to working together. But now you have to make that call. Now you need to have that conversation. One of them has to call the other one, but that conversation has to happen. And you've got to put whatever problems you have with each other aside if you want to defeat Maury Healey and Kim Driscoll. But what matters more, winning the governorship or winning within your own party? You know, being being the one to to to have control of your party versus actually being the governor. Some people would say you question if the mass GOP is even interested in going beyond the infighting and actually winning the office, because they certainly tried to sabotage, at least in my opinion, Sean Oliver's candidacy here by actively promoting a write in candidate over the guy that was on the ballot. Now, they could say that was because we needed to remind people that she was available as a writing candidate and Sean Oliver was already on the ballot, so we weren't concerned about him getting votes. OK, that might be one thing you could say, but your actions don't line up with that when you did not mention either him or Brian Shortsleeve in the email you sent out the media about here are the campaign victory party locations, and here's who to contact to get a comment from the candidate after after the results are in. You didn't include Brian Shortsleeve in that, so you were already dismissing him. And Sean Oliver should have been on that list as the only person on the ballot from your party for lieutenant governor. He should have been on that list. And OK, you could say, well, you know, he's not running. He's not contested, then we don't need to put it out there. Fine, you could even dismiss that. But then how do you justify putting out the social media image reminding everybody to get out to vote and you put the right in candidates image in that graphic, but not Sean Oliver's? And yes, he was outspoken about Mike Minogue, so I could see why the party folks might not want to give him support, but now they have to. And I do think part of this is the fact that he is newly Republican. He's not newly conservative. That's that's an important distinction. He didn't he didn't change his values to try to get an opportunity to run for statewide office as a Republican. His values are the same. He just formally became a Republican after being unenrolled previously. People get confused. They think he was a Democrat that became a Republican. That was Ward one counselor Leo Shackett. He had been in the Democratic Party and switched to the Republican Party. Sean Oliver was unenrolled and became a Republican. So perhaps there are people in the party that think he's an opportunist, that he's not really all in on their agenda. Maybe I could see them thinking that I don't think it's accurate, but I could see them thinking that maybe they also think he's a wolf in sheep's clothing. You know, maybe they also think that he's not in it to win it, that he's in it to throw a monkey wrench in the operation. Also wouldn't be accurate, but I could see how they might be suspicious of that. But here we are saying we need more candidates to join the Republican Party so that they have more like look at how many races didn't have a Republican candidate. If you took a Republican ballot in the primary, there was a lot of races where there was nobody running because they can't find people. And then you find somebody who's willing to run and willing to continue working his full-time job, taking care of his family, going to the meetings as a city counselor and doing all the work expected of him as a city counselor, go through all of that for an entire summer to campaign for you, making videos every day, spreading the message. He does all of this stuff. Even the Madeira wine t-shirts got you some publicity, right? So all of this that he's done and they can't just put them on the graphic on primary election day. And what are they gonna do on the general election day? They're just gonna put out a picture of Mike Minogue and say, don't forget to vote for Mike Minogue. And that other guy, I guess, will be part of it too. 508-996-0500. Let me get a break in here. We'll be back in a few. And welcome back. And we're gonna be going in the news in just a few moments. But today would be a great day to get yourself down to the butcher shop. It's a little bit chilly out there. So what is my temperature? I switched my watch face, which doesn't have the temperature on. I have to figure this out. I got a Knight Rider one. But today would be a great day to head on down to the butcher shop and get yourself something delicious. Whether it be something you're gonna throw on the grill or something that you're gonna heat up inside and warm up your insides, like a nice French meat pie. Tell me that wouldn't be some great comfort food. Or how about having yourself some, I'm gonna say it, you know I'm gonna say it, celebrity pork chops. Until you try them, until everybody on the South Coast has tried celebrity pork chops, I'm gonna keep making sure I mention them because they are that good. And this comes from a guy that ate pork chops reluctantly because they were cheap because I couldn't think of anything else. But now pork chops are a treat because I eat celebrity pork chops from the butcher shop. And they don't even need any seasoning or any marinade, just a little salt and pepper and you're good to go. So many great things at the butcher shop. You've got to get in there though to check it out for yourself and see all that they have to offer. So stop by 123 Dharma Street in New Bedford, walk around, talk to the Pinaretta family, find out why they've been in business for 40 years. I mean, they've been doing this for so long because they treat people like they're part of their family. It is an old school neighborhood market, the butcher shop, 123 Dharma Street in New Bedford. Stop by, tell them you heard about it on WBSM and tell them you wanna try those celebrity pork chops. I would not lead you astray when it comes to food, trust me. Out of all the things that I care about, you listening to my opinion on, food is number one. Everything else is a very distant number two.