The Morning Blaze with Doc Thompson

Robots, Lightbulbs and Trouble Buying a Phone - 12/29/17


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HR 1 - Yoshimi vs The Pink Robots...Worried about the robot revolution? So is San Francisco. The city has imposed heavy regulations that are likely to discourage companies from building delivery robots. Its board of supervisors voted earlier this month to require startups to follow strict guidelines so the machines won’t crowd people on the sidewalk. Companies can only use the square delivery machines for research, not actual deliveries, and they have to get permits to use their robots in certain approved areas....Other New Laws Make California Even More Insane...If you live in California and like traditional lightbulbs, you may want to stock up. California stores won’t be able to sell lightbulbs manufactured after Jan. 1 that don’t meet certain regulations enacted to ban incandescent lightbulbs. Consumers will have to pick between LED lights and compact fluorescents. Doc and Kal talk about this update and are a bit confused … how many times has the government banned incandescent lightbulbs again? You thought Second Hand Smoke was Bad?!?

HR 2 - Hollywood Headlines (w/ Lex Jurgen) Lex Jurgen of “The Last Men on Earth” podcast and CaseyAnthony.com has your Hollywood Headlines: Men are joining with women to wear all black to the Golden Globes this year; the rapper T.I. gave away $20,000 in cash outside a Target store; and Lorde has canceled a show in Israel after a backlash. FRIDAY LEFTOVERS A 19-year-old suspect gave his birth date as 1917. The cops were tipped off that he was lying because … he was obviously not a century old. “When falsifying your age, keep it in the same century,” Doc advises in this “Friday Leftovers” segment. In other hilarious crime stories, a man said he needed his syringes for insulin – which would have been fine if they didn’t have traces of meth – and a robbery victim made the mistake of calling the police to tell them his marijuana was stolen. Shoplift with a Cop Day? A woman in Framingham, Massachusetts was caught shoplifting at Target – during the store’s “Shop with a Cop” charity event with local kids. Somehow she thought shoplifting in front of 65 police officers was a good idea. Melissa Allen, 32, has been accused of filling a shopping cart with more than $1,100 worth of items and then trying to push it out of the store without paying. Doc and Kal have more odd crime stories as “Friday leftovers” for you in this segment. 

HR 3 - Doc has an encounter with a person while buying a phone...the results will shock you....the story continues as a store manager tries to smooth things over...New Years Traditions from Around the World, what's so lucky about Pork?....What Did we Learn??

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