May 27, 2025

Another Runaway Kangaroo and a Speeding Ticket Dispute

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Johnny Mac presents five intriguing good news stories. These include a runaway kangaroo safely captured in Florida, a Michigan woman reunited with her lost cat after three years, a Decatur resident who avoids speeding fines due to a typo on a school zone sign, newspapers publishing fake summer reading lists due to AI errors, and a man cleared after inadvertently aiding a gold toilet heist.

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Callaroga Shark media. Now, this is extra funny to me,

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being transparent, I recorded a bunch of these back to back.

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When I last left you, which in my world was

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thirty seconds ago, I was telling you about a runaway kangaroo. Well,

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another runaway kangaroo. What is going on America with your kangaroos? Hi,

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I'm Johnny Mack with five good news stories. This runaway

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kangaroo was in Florida. The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation

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Commission said multiple calls came in reporting the kangaroo on

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the loose. Video captured the kangaroo hopping down the middle

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of Hickory Tree Road before going under a fence into

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some nearby farmland. The FWC conducted a search and found

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the kangaroo hiding in a thicket in the area. The

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FWC said it was safely chemically immobilized. Mmm, that sounds

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a little suss. Kangaroo is examined by a vet and

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found to be healthy and uninjured. It was taken to

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a licensed facility with experience caring for kangaroos. Now, at

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the time of this recording, we don't know whose kangaroo

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it is, but I could tell you. Kangaroos didn't make

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their way to Florida on their own. You know, they're

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not like rats who can sneak on a ship and

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get places. Somebody brought the kangaroo to Florida. I hope

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the kangaroo and its owner get reunited. A Michigan woman

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whose cat disappeared in twenty twenty two was reunited with

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her beloved pet. He turned up three years later outside

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of McDonald's, ten miles from the house. Ella said, Buddy

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failed to come home one day in twenty twenty two.

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We hoped he'd come back, but then it was a

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couple of days too long. Then we started to get worried.

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Three years later, she's on Facebook and came across a

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post from the local Humane Society. The post included photos

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of a cat at the shelter had named snack Wrap.

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After being founded outside of McDonald's, ten miles from Elli's home.

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Ellis said, I sent his grandma and said, this looks

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like Buddy, and I posted a picture of on there

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and I was like, do you they get him? The

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shelter was able to confirm snack Wrap is Buddy using

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vet records, old photos, and the cat's reaction to being

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reunited with its owner. So I'm not in favor of speeding.

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I'm not gonna act like I've never done it, but

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this story is about speeding near a school. I'm against

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that for sure. But a Decatur resident got out of

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a bunch of speeding tickets after noticing a typo in

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the sign. So I kind of like the story here,

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but don't speed near schools anyway. Brian received a one

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hundred dollars ticket. He was accused of going thirty seven

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miles per hour and it's twenty five, he told the

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News the post. A timeframe on the science says twenty

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five miles an hour ends at four to thirty five.

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Our alleged violation was at four forty one. The speed

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camera company said the speed zone ends it for forty five,

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but again the sign says for thirty five. The company

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refused to wave the ticket and told Brian to file

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a formal appeal. He did. He said the police kind

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of blew me off when he contacted the police about it,

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but it appears there's misinformation about enforcement times in this

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school speed zone camera system. I'm not opposed to cameras

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and speed limits, only two inaccurate tickets being issued and

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the appeals hassle that goes with it. The police chief

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went to look. He says, the violation occurred at four

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to forty one PM. Knowing that afternoon school zone times

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with three forty five to four forty five. I went

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to look at the signage. The signage shows four to

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thirty five. Looks like Brian's going to get out of

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notes slash plus appreciate you supporting the show. Did you

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see this one? Two newspapers, the Chicago Sun Times and

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the Philadelphia Inquirer, put out lists of best summer reading. However,

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it turns out more than half the books listed were fake.

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The guy that put together used AI and didn't check

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his work. Among the fake summer books you won't be

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able to read is The Last Algorithm by Andy Weir

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that is a science driven thriller following a programmer discovers

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an aisystem has developed consciousness. That's doubly hilarious given the story. However,

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the book doesn't exist, nor does Night Shade Market by

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Minshi Lee, which was said to be a riveting tale

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set in souls underground economy. Lee, who is real, posted

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on Twitter, I have not written and will not be

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writing a novel called Night's Shade Market and good news.

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If you're the guy that tried to sell the six

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million dollar gold toilet that had been stolen from an

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English country house, if you've been listening to this program

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for years, you may recall the story a judge such

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that the guy selling the toilet had been taken advantage

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of by the thieves. The judge explained to the defendant

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those responsible for this audacious heist, five individuals could be

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seen on CCTV. They were clearly intent of disposing of

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their ill gotten games quickly. You foolishly agreed to assist

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of the group who had smashed a window to steal

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the toilet. Of the five, only two have been charged

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and convicted. The defendant punched his fist up in the

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air as emerged from court, saying he was a good

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person who got caught up in something I should not have.

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And those are your five good news stories for today.

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You have an awesome day.