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Glenn Beck: Amputee Vet rides again

July 16, 2008
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The Glenn Beck Program



Cool City Customs

GLENN: I have been telling you now for two years the story about Jake and Vanessa Keeslar. Jake was a -- is a veteran who lost both of his legs, and I brought you this story two years ago when he just started to walk. A year ago I said, is there somebody that can help this guy ride a bike again. Last night I brought you this story two years in the making but I didn't have a chance to talk to Bill Hattan, the guy who built him a custom-made bike, and Bill is on the phone with us now. Hi, Bill.

HATTAN: Hi, Glenn, it is a pleasure to talk to you again.

GLENN: You know, I have to tell you I've followed this story the whole time. Obviously we've been doing it now for two years and all of your efforts and I just think what you have done is absolutely amazing.

GLENN: Oh, thanks. Thanks, Glenn. You know, I really hope someday that I can meet you in person. I truly would like that and you're such an inspiration and I like how you tell is how it is.

GLENN: Thank you. I tell you we did everything we could to rearrange my schedule because I wanted to see Jake take the bike and ride it with you but the video was the next best thing. To be able to see that. And to see you guys take the ride. And you -- what's amazing to me is you're a guy who relates 100%. You lost your legs, and the only thing we had time to talk about on television was that it was in a construction accident. Could you just tell a little bit of that story, how you lost your legs?

HATTAN: Yeah, absolutely, Glenn. I was in work zone safety and that -- orange is still my favorite color, by the way. But I developed an intelligent transportation system to help traffic in work zones and we were setting up a test project for MDOT. I was a private contractor. But we were setting it up for MDOT for 94 and Joy Road in Detroit and we were there all day long. It was 6:00. I was supposed to go to a lug nuts baseball game with my family and I called my wife at that time and said, you know, I'm not going to make it; we're having a little bit of trouble with one of the trailers sending information to the master trailer and I said, but I should be out within 10 minutes. And we went down to one of the units that we had a little bit of concern on and my coworker Tania, we flipped a coin to see who was going to get out to calibrate the trailer, to check the trailer out and I lost the coin flip. And she said, Bill, you know, your voice mail's been ringing all day, why don't you try voice mail and then come back and meet up with me, and I said great. So I checked my voice mail and got out of my truck and next thing I heard was a big smack. And 45 days later after I woke up from a coma, I had learned that my coworker was killed instantly in the crash and it threw me for a tailspin, you know. As you know, I lost both of my legs, I went through 30 minutes of blood in the ER room, I had internal injuries, a broken pelvis in 15 places. I was on a fixator for eight weeks.

GLENN: I have to tell you, Bill, what you've done just with your life and just getting your life back and saying nothing's going to stop me is phenomenal and then, so you opened up Cool City Customs and you have how many people working for you?

HATTAN: I have seven guys.

GLENN: And you build some of the most beautiful bikes I have ever seen. And when Jake came to you, this was his design of a bike? This is what he had in mind?

HATTAN: Well, actually I took a lot of notes from Jake and knowing the concerns that he would have with being, you know, without two legs was definitely a challenge, but I met with Jake -- or I talked with Jake and got every desire that he wanted on a bike such as he wanted a knuckle head engine, he wanted an old school look, he wanted a soft tail design.

GLENN: I have to tell you just incredible work. We're going to include -- let's include the package, Dan, if you will, let's include the video in the newsletter and also a link to Bill's shop, CoolCityCustoms.com and that way you can see the other bikes that he and his crew make. Just a great job, Bill.

HATTAN: Oh, thanks, Glenn.

GLENN: Thanks for being a great guy, man.

HATTAN: You know what, like I said, I really would like to meet you someday and sit down and really have a good heart-to-heart talk.

GLENN: Next time you are in New York City or I make it out your way, we'll do that.

HATTAN: Oh, you promise?

GLENN: I promise.

HATTAN: All right, dude. I look forward to it.

GLENN: Thanks, man, appreciate it.

HATTAN: All right. Take care, Glenn. Bye-bye.

The idea that gender is 'fluid' is a DENIAL of science: Sex researcher debunks leftist lies with FACTS

The extreme-left idea that gender is "fluid" is a complete denial of science, according to sex researcher and neuroscientist Dr. Debra Soh.

Dr. Soh joined Glenn Beck on his latest podcast to talk about her new book, "THE END OF GENDER: Debunking the Myths about Sex & Identity in Our Society" and to offer a hard dose of objective truth about gender and sexual orientation based on scientific facts.

She also explained why she had to leave academia to be able to speak freely about sex and identity, and how — despite being a liberal — the far-left is actively trying to cancel her for saying there are biological differences between men and women.

Watch the video clip below or find the full episode of the "Glenn Beck Podcast with Dr. Debra Soh here.

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FINALLY: Feds target Ukrainian money-laundering oligarch linked to MISSING $1.8 billion in US aid

In February 2020, Glenn Beck and his research team uncovered an alleged multi-billion dollar money laundering scheme which lead to a missing $1.8 billion in U.S. aid sent to Ukraine during the Obama administration, all of which pointed to Igor Kolomoisky, the corrupt Ukrainian billionaire at the center of it all.

If you missed Glenn's February special, "Ukraine: The Final Piece," you can find it here.

This week, the FBI raided the offices of U.S. companies owned by Kolomoisky in Cleveland and Miami. Additionally, the Department of Justice accused the Ukrainian oligarch of stealing billions of dollars from PrivatBank and then laundering the money through a network of companies all over the world. Kolomoisky and partner, Hennadiy Boholyubov, owned PrivatBank until December 2016, when Ukraine nationalized the bank because billions of dollars had gone missing.

Kolomoisky has ties to the Ukrainian gas firm Burisma, former Burisma board member Hunter Biden, and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, whose phone call with President Donald Trump was central to the Democrats' now-failed impeachment attempt.

On the radio program Friday, Glenn spoke with chief researcher Jason Buttrill about these latest developments.

"Yeah, $1.8 billion of [taxpayer] money that just vanished has now been found, or at least part of it, in Miami and Cleveland," Glenn said.

"I can't believe it's taken this long," Jason responded. "You said in February that [Kolomoisky] was the key to finding out where the money went. And we're talking about $1.8 billion dollars — $1.8 billion! That could finance a small war."

"That money went to PrivatBank — that's Kolomoisky's bank," he continued. "It was later nationalized after they found out all this money was mysteriously going missing. But it went through a bank in Cypress then, poof, it was laundered all over the world. [...] We also showed, in one of the previous shows, that there were wire transfers going from Burisma, which Kolomoisky is the managing principal of, to Hunter Biden."

Glenn and Jason also talked about recent reports from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) alleging ties between American revolutionaries, such as Antifa, and Marxist terrorists in Syria, which BlazeTV exposed back in June. Find out more here.

Watch the video below for more details:



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Glenn Beck warns: Thanks to the Federal Reserve, your money is losing value FAST

The Federal Reserve is now doing two things it has promised never to do: purchasing our national debt, which has never been higher, and printing money, which leads to deflation. As a result, your money in the bank has already lost 10 percent of its value in recent weeks.

On the radio program, Glenn Beck explained how, thanks to the fed's poor decision making, our deficits have another dangerous effect: The United States' credit score has been downgraded, putting our country at risk of becoming an untrustworthy borrower. He also advises Americans to have at least a week's worth of cash at home, because a banking crisis could happen soon.

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BLM protesters list demands for local businesses, threaten 'repercussions for non-compliance'

Black Lives Matter protesters sent a shocking, threatening letter to businesses and non-profits in Louisville, Kentucky. The letter made a series of demands related to racial reparations, and threatened consequences if the demands weren't met, the Daily Wire reported.

On the radio program Tuesday, Glenn Beck detailed the letter's list of demands and threats, and pointed out that these tactics are strikingly similar to those we've seen during some of history's darkest chapters.

The letter, which was sent to businesses in the East Market District in downtown Louisville, listed demands such as ensuring that at least 23% of staff are black, providing race and inclusion training for all employees, displaying a written statement professing support for the BLM movement, buying at least 23% of inventory from black retailers, and submitting to external audit.

"Repercussions for non-compliance" to these demands will result in sit-ins and protests being staged outside the business, social media smear campaigns, boycotts, negative media attention, and "invasive reclamation," the letter threatened.

"So, I'm making quite a charge here, but I think it absolutely fits," Glenn said on the show. "Carl Kaufman, the representation that was used by Hitler and his machine, he convinced the youth that they were the answer, they would finally take control, and they would bring equality. [Kaufman said] the Jews controlled everything, and because of the Jews, the Germans really didn't have any freedom. Because of the Jews, they couldn't do anything. They were held down by the Jews. He said, 'We're going to have to boycott those stores. And if those stores don't comply, we will keep our storm troopers outside of the doors.' And they did. They intimidated anyone who walked into those stores. They berated anyone who walked into those stores. They beat anyone who walked into those stores."

"I told you once, that if America goes dark, we'll become the darkest nation ever in the history of the world," Glenn continued. "Guys, we're allowing our nation to go dark. And we're doing it because of fear. Everybody knows this is wrong, but who is going to stand up against it?"

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