Ep 374 | ⚠️ Warning ⚠️ Karen Is Coming For You and Your Family
00:00Get no frills delivered.Shop the same in-store prices online and enjoy unlimited delivery with PC Express Pass.Get your first year for $2.50 a month.Learn more at pceexpress.ca.And now a Blaze Media podcast.So yes, yes, yes, it happened, okay?Get off me.My wife has a new grandbaby.
00:28Everly Rose Ardella Fisherborn this morning, if you're listening livethe 19th of May2020, 7.59 a.m.They're all justpleased as punchfor the new child,the son's family.
00:47My wife has a new grandbaby.So,welcome to the world,Everley. Welcome to the world.So I want you toknow that the world is a safer place because of Homeland Security andMojave County, Arizona deputies.They are fighting human trafficking.
01:20And they're doing so by sending federal immigration agents into massage parlorand getting themselves massaged to prove how terrible these massageare.It is just this entire story is incredible.And I don't know that I'm going to get into this whole story todaybecause I want to delve into it even more.But I will say that one of my favorite parts about the entire operation,is that because it's a federal homeland security operation,
02:06it's been dubbed Operation Asian Touch.Oh, where is my?Where is my music?I mean, I know we have Operation Varsity Blue.The Mojave County Investigation.Tonight's episode, brand new Operation Asian Touch.And the reason that you can feel safer, okay, is that they found most of the people in these massage parlors were Asian females.and some of the females refused to do the sex acts with the officers,
03:11and the officers just decided that they refused because, well, they were onto us.They knew we were investigators.Really?Maybe they just didn't do that kind of thing.But never mind that.when it was all over when the episode of Operation Asianso I'm going to ruin thethe for sure ending of the episode for you but what's inside the middle of the episode will
03:58is well worth it.But at the end of the episode,you find out just how safe you really are on the street.It's of Mojave County, Arizona.They charged three misdemeanors from a single sexual encounter.So, I mean, how much safer do you feel now?I know.I know.
04:23Me, too.Me, too.This is an amazing story.We are going to delve into this again at some point when we, all the, all the information is coming out now.I mean, it is these guys, man.These guys.And, you know, we talked about the contact tracers and the new Karen's of the world reporting everybody.And we know that, you know, the big story was the guy from New York who went to Hawaii.
04:57And when you go to Hawaii, you're supposed to be on a 14-day quarantine rule.So you go to Hawaii and then you're quarantined for 14 days.Unless you're in Hawaii for more than 14 days, you don't even get to go out.But I digress.So this guy from New York posted pictures of himself on Instagram.Be careful what you post.arriving at his hotel room in Oahu,and they showed him on.
05:33He took pictures of himself on the beach,and he was out surfboarding and sunbathing.You know, things you might do in Hawaii.And he was reported,and they checked it out.He was arrested, booked,and bail was set at $4,000.Wow.
05:55I mean, there was another,couple that did the same thing and they were had warnings i mean they didn't even get the you knowthe arrest right away they the hotel staff the hotel staff of karens were warning them don't go outdon't go out don't go out too late you busted and the governor said that uh well the quarantine orderwill probably continue through the end of the showSteve McGarrott, book him, Denno.Classic television show, by the way.And one of my favorite evil bad guys from Hawaii 5-0.
06:53Little known, people never remember him.But he was always in a submarine, woe fat.A Chinese guy, whoa-fat.Oh, my gosh.You couldn't have a bad.What was his real name?Gosh, darn it.Hawaii 5-0 as McGarratt.
07:21I keep thinking it's, it's.It's not Steve, Steve.You know what's funny is that.What is it?No, I don't know.We keep finding it, but you know what's funny is that right now everybody that'slistened to the podcast, they're yelling it at you.You idiot.
07:35This is his name.You racist.You remember everybody else is up for the Chinese guy stuck in the truck, you racist.No, the sub.Sub.Sub.Sorry, the themes on how the Asian guy inside a truck.so
07:51Steve McGarrettHawaii 5-0what the heckbook him, DennoI was likeand I remember his stupid nameplease pause a momentthank you for listening to
08:05chewing the fatwe really appreciate itDetective Steve McGarrettJack Lord! Yes! I knowI heard you hollering it in theSorry I got it Jack Lordyes Steve McGarrittwhy would you throw me off with that stupid sounder?
08:23So anyway, the governor, not Steve McGarrant or Jack Lord, or Deno, the detective.These actions are extreme but necessary to flatten the curve and lay the groundwork for our recovery.Thank you.Thank you, Governor.We really appreciate it.We are turning into a country of Karen's man.really, really bad.And I guess we're supposed to be
08:50we're supposed to be happy with thatbecausethanks to Cairns, we're all safe,I guess.I mean, I wasUniversity of Kentucky.Are we safe, though? Are we safe?Seriously. Are we safe because
09:07Karen got upset that when she wasshowing the houseas a realster, no one was wearing a mask.Or the Karen ladythat went to the beach and nobody was random ass or the Karen lady that decided because there wasthe neighbor's daughter coloring the sidewalk with chalk that was too dangerous and she justtook out the hose and wash it off because we can't have kids outside are we safe oh yeah we're somuch safe okay sorry I'll so much safe did you see the video of they were trying to make it into
09:41this beautiful thing and I watched it I watched it three timesand each time it made me more angry.The video where the grandma is pulling up to the houseand they have this big plastic sheet between her and her grandkids.Yeah, the bubble, half a bubble.And she has to put her arms through this, you know,this arm standing with the plastic gloves.Yeah.
10:11And I watched that and it's supposed to be this such a,beautiful, yes.And it made me more angry every time I saw it.Absolutely.Again,I couldn't believe it.This is,this is,
10:23we should,blah,it's like,I'm sorry they have to say that,but it's like we're in a condomtwice when you do that outside.You outside.Why?
10:37Look.Why?Grandma is coming to see her kids.If you're not sick,and grandma isn't sick,you okay let her hug the grandkids yes it's okay two non-sick people can hug each otherI was just so angry because they tried to make it this cool thing I saw the video and then theydid a big news report on it which is you may even made it worse yeah because they added the music
11:05and there's just transitions and it's heartfelt like I get it here she cubs here comes grandmaget behind the plastic screen and by the way do you notice it's just a plasticSo you're telling me that all around it is not safe.When you put the plastic screen, it's safe.Is that what you're telling me right now?The person, the person filming can, you know, keep obviously in the six foot social distancing window, but goes around to the other side.And films, Samma from her angle, hugging the kids.So it just, if it's just that, if it was to say how dumb these rules are.
11:44Yes.I would say, okay, but that's not the way it was presented.No, the way it was presented was like, oh, look at grandma.She hasn't hug her grandkid in a while.She finally gets to hug her grandkids.She finally gets to hug the grand kid during the quarantine.I'm sorry.I thought we were doing this for the elderly.
12:00Why is that elderly outside?Why is that elderly outside without a mask, without a tracking device, without a drone above it?Why am we tracking?Where is the social distancing ambassador?where's the contact tracerwhere are these people atgiving flyers to this? It's sostupid and
12:22yesterday I know we talked about itbut the circles at BrooklynPark in New Yorkso nowFisher now we believe in bordersbasically nowwe believe in borders we saythat yes we do yes if you
12:38maintain yourself within this circleborder you are safeso now it's okay it's okayOkay. Because it's not based on borders simply against brown people.No, no, no, it's equal.It's borders for everybody.Everybody.Dude.
12:55If it's one thing that this COVID-19 has taught me is that the currents of the world are going to drive me nuts.They're on their way.I know.I know.They're on their way.And, you know, that gets me back to the University of Kentucky who fired its entire cheerleading coaching staff.Now, I kind of agree with the firing, I think, because the investigation they did had inappropriate conduct, hazing, alcohol use, public nudity.It tends to be an issue with the cheerleading team.
13:29But they've got like one of the best cheerleading teams in the world.University of Kentucky.I don't know that that's something to be proud of, but they certainly are.Now, they had a three-month investigation against the four coaches.and the administrative assistant.Okay, so this was all about off-campus events,and they figured out that they were going to these off-campus events,and sometimes, sometimes the cheerleaders were being encouraged to perform stunts and chants while partially nude.
14:08Now, I know. I know what you're thinking, how horrible.Now, I don't know if there's any video of it, but if I need to look at how horrible it is, I'm willing to.The excessive consumption of alcohol.And I know, I know, we need a new episode.So they performed some gymnastic routines known as basket tosses that included hurling teammates from a dock into the water and getthis. This how horrible it was. They were either topless or bottomless.You know what made it wrong? You know what got them into trouble? Is that the coacheswere in view. So the coaches were letting it happen. They were in view. So they've been fired
15:11completely. Now the thing that kind of gets me, you know, and I get it that the, you know,the coaches failed to stop this culture of hazing and alcohol use and public news. Andnudity at these off-campus events.Heaven forbid these people have fun.I mean, they shouldn't have any kind of fun like this at all.But, okay, this all started.This all started.Because why?
15:37Because of a Karen.Because of a Karen.That's right.Someone just said, hey,what's going on here?My daughter.or son, I'm not sure who it was to be honest with you,as part of this and this is wrong.
15:58So I'm a family member and this conduct is really not good.So either the daughter or son on the cheerleading team.I'm sorry, if you have a son in cheerleading,you deserve a caring call you.You deserve a Karen calling you.We have a...Oh, no.Oh, no.
16:28Oh, no.You better rip the band-a-day right now, sir.You better rip that band-a-a.What do you have, Fisher?What do you have?Well, I mean, I don't think being a cheerleader is that bad of a thing.You're right.You know, President Bush was a cheerleader.
16:48Maybe I need to change my view.Maybe I need to change my view, but we have some, we have a good friends of the family.Uh-huh.Good friends of the family that their son is cheerleader.And how old is his son?He's probably 18 or 19 now.And how long has he been cheerleading?Five or six, seven years.
17:12I'll allow it.I will allow it.I will allow it.Because I know why he's in the cheerleading team.You would hope that's the case.Oh no, oh no, don't bug me down.Oh, you better end it.You better end it because this kid is going to, you know what?
17:30On there.Just know you would hope that's the case, wouldn't you?So when this story first broke, we talked about it on chewing the fat.Because when news happens, what's our logo again?What's our motto again?When news happens, chewing the fat is that, right?Chewing the fat.Records.
18:23Records.When news happen, chewing the fat records.It's not that complicated.But okay.No, I just don't know.What is it again?When chew a fat, I see now you get me confused.When news happened, shooting the five records.
18:40Oh, so it's not that hard.Anyway, when the shooter shot up the Pensacola Air Base,and they were wondering if it could be terrorist-related.And I seem to remember that this show said,yes, I'm sure it's terrorist-related.His name was Muhammad-Ey.El Shem Rani.I feel like if you have a name of Mohammed al-Shemrani, and you shoot up a United States
19:12Air Force Base.You racist.It's racist.So you're telling me that all Mohammeds of the worlds are terrorists, aka, oh no, okay.No, I am not.I'm saying if you're a Mohammed al-Sharami and you should.shoot up a United States Air Force base, it is due to terrorism.So not all Mohammeds are terrorists, but if a Mohammed shoots up a base, you are a terrorist.
19:46That's correct.I like that.You know what?I like that.I like that.So they have now released the fact that, oh, you know what?We finally got the information on his iPhone.And, you know, yeah, you had al-Qaeda ties.
19:59So you did read that it was an iPhone.I was so upset.that it was an iPhone.Apple didn't give it to him either.Because Apple may have lost some shares when that story broke overnight.I know.So all I say is if you want to shoot up a Pensacola, maybe use Android.Do not use iPhones.
20:22As we've heard here, chewing the fact,and Android's are better than iPhones.So if you're a terrorist.Well, that's a fact.If you're a terrorist, if you're a Mohammed terrorist,go buy yourself an Androidand then do whatever the hell you wantI will say that's probably what they were doing
20:38until they realized that Apple won'trelease their information, right?So if you're a bad guyand I mean this for any bad guywhether you're Mohammed oryou know, Willie.How about Bill? I like Bill.If you're Mohammed, if you're Willie,
20:55if you're Bill. Juan Pedro,Carlos Jose.Stuff, any name. Just pick one out of the hat.If you're a bad,guy.Uh-huh.iPhones is the phone to use.Absolutely.
21:06If you get busted, they're not giving up the information.And by the way, that says a lot about Apple.They really love privacy and they respect your privacy.Do they know?Even if you are a terrorist or a bad guy, they will still respect your privacy.That should be the Apple new motto.Even if you're a bad guy.Damn proud of.
21:28Even if you're a bad guy, we will still respect your privacy.privacy.Privacy is our number one concern, Apple.But is it really?Your privacy is our number one concern as long as we're the only ones that have theinformation.We're never going to give it to anyone else.But apparently Barr got it, so they figured it out.
21:51They sent in our Justice Department, has got their own iPhone ID busters.And they're on that.They were like, hey, Bob.Did you try one, two, three, four?No?Okay.Try one, two, three, four.Call bar.
22:11Call bar, we cracked it.We're in.We're in.Cancel the warrant.We're good.Ashley.What do you get?You get nine chances, right?
22:18You get ten chances, and then after that, it resets and destroyed it.Or is this guy alive or dead?Muhammad El-Sarami.They don't know the answer to that question.It doesn't matter.because I don't think we've completely destroyed him.Can we just use his fingerprint?Just be like, hey, fingerprint or hey, screen grab his face and open the phone?
22:44Right.And maybe that's what they did.Maybe that's what part of the iPhone ID Busters for the Justice Department did.Is this a fingerprint or face record?Hey, Muhammad, say cheese.Yeah.Okay, we're in.Or, you know, they just carried around.
22:59is carried around his hand for a while.And just to be clear, yes, he is dead.He was killed by Ascambia County Sheriff Deputiesafter they arrived on the scene.And he had shot holes into the iPhone.He had shot up the iPhone.He stopped during the shootout to shoot up the phones.And Apple has commented that, you know,
23:23hey, we, you know, obviously that's their new sales pitch.your privacy is our main concern,no matter what kind of deal you're in.Sometimes you just can't catch a break, though.So this guy in Macon, Georgia,he looks like he's probably, you know,not had the best of luck as of late.He's, you know, living on the streets,
23:48it looks like, probably doing as much drugsas he can get his hands on.But when you live on the streets like that,especially in Georgia,and you're in Bibb County,and you figure, hey, I'm catching a buzz here.I might as well have a little sex when I can get it, right?So he starts, you know, taking care of a little business and gets reported.
24:12A Karen reports him.We call the complaint.Two people are having sex on the front steps of the Daybreak Day Resource Center on Walnut Street in Macon.So then the police out there.Somebody's out there.Okay, so I'm guessing.I don't know if the daybreak, day resource.Center is open at 4 a.m. Sunday morning, but I guess probably not. But you can't have sex
24:35on the press ads. So the police showed up. And there they were the couple. They didn't care ofbusiness in front of the daybreak day resource center at 4 a.m. And they broke it up. And theytold the man to get dressed. And as he was getting dressed, they went, excuse me, ma'am.excuse me ma'amshe was she had passed awayohwhat's a necrophiliashe had passed away
25:03necrophilia wellthat's what they're charging him withoh waitthat's what they're charging him withnow I'm thinking wait a secondwas she dead when he startedI don't think so I don't knowbut you know even if she was
25:17so wait is this guybusiness that goodthat will take a girl to her graverightthis guy needs to meet the police officer from Louisiana that accepted a business from somegot reported yeah yeah so according to the emergency services and who is the emergency servicesat 4 a.m. in making Georgia what is that bill and Julie oh absolutely is Bill and Julie workingyeah so they showed up and they showed up and they
25:55She said, oh, it looks like she's been dead for quite some time.Oh.So, can we get a corner?What does that mean?Thank you.Can we get a corner in here first?Thank you.I mean, that's what they're doing now is their perform.
26:09According to Bill and Julia, oh, she's been dead for quite some time.Well, of course she's been there for quite some time.It depends how you measure time.Was it a New York minute or was it a, you know, Florida minute?Which one was it?I mean, my man, I'm sure.sure was a little, you know, I'm guessing a 4 a.m. on the front steps of the daybreak day resourcecenter. You probably are still a little buzzed. I feel like she overdosed on something and he just
26:37kept going. Yeah. I mean, if you're, hey, honey, you're liking this, right? Hey, that's right. I toldyou not to talk back. Especially if you're under the influence of anything. Oh, absolutely. You keepgoing. And you stay. And by the way. And by the way.Usually at this point, I've got to give credit to this guy because usually end up and this guy just kept going.And for those of you that did not hear what I said, just email chewing the fat and Jeffrey will tell you that beep what that meant.But all I'm telling you is at that point, he's just smashing it.He's not doing anything.He's just smashing.
27:17And I feel like charging him with necrophilia.No.No.The only people that get charged with that are creepy.coroners or creepy funeral directors.Right.You're not charging that to a normal human being.Absolutely not.
27:34No.Right.No, that's for the coroners and for the funeral directors.So, let's start go fund me page.I want him to be represented with the best lawyers.I want him out yesterday.I feel like my man.I feel like my man is getting the raw end of the deal.
27:53You can quote me on that, by the way.All right, let's go to the break room.I need a drink of Coca-Cola Zero Sugar desperately.I don't think I say it enough.I don't think I say it enough.I don't think I remind you enough how good an ice-co-Cola-Zer sugar is.But maybe I do.Maybe I do.
28:29I just don't recall.So be sure to subscribe to chewing the fat.It's free today.I can't promise that it's going to be free tomorrow.But, you know, probably odds are pretty good that it will be.But subscribe.If you're listening to this podcast and you're not a subscriber, what are you doing?My gosh, please just subscribe to the podcast.
28:48All right.Thank you.If you're listening live right now on the 19th of May 2020,and you're not a subscriber to chewing the fat with Jeff Fisher,either the podcast and or the YouTube channel,what are you doing with your life?And by the way, Fisher, I want to say that, you know,our next Zoom CTF virtual happy hour is Friday the 29 of May.
29:12So you have to be a subscriber in order to participate in all those events that we hostbecause how are you able to find out that on May 29 that Friday at 6 Central,7 Eastern, there's going to be a next CTF virtual happy hour.Only subscribers get that.That seems like a long way off, bro.It does.It seems like a long way up.I feel like the world could have changed again.
29:39Absolutely.By the 29th.And by the way, by the 29, Texas is fully open.Yeah.Everything is open in Texas.I think the return of chewing the fat on the studio may be hurricane season start day one June 1.I do not mind that.If you're telling me that you're going to be at the studios, let me know.
30:06I'll still be at the house.I'm going to milk this into the end of the world.My boss has called me twice and said, hey, when are you coming back?I'll be like, when I hear from the big boss that we get to go back.Yeah.So you're going to be by June first.And we did see an email from the big boss yesterday, right?And there was nothing in there.
30:30No, there was not.So I'm going to take that as a, you stay at home.We're still on.We're still on.The CQB still alive as of today.Well, I feel like by the 29th, oh man.Well, by the way, it's starting to smell.We could have a second wave by the 29th, my friend.
30:48It's starting to smell.We've been here for 68 days.It's starting to smell.So I hope that by June 1st, we are allowed to leave.You know, I've had.I actually thought a couple days ago I thought, you know what I should open a window.Oh, definitely you should open a window.I had my windows open so the smell is out.
31:13But it was starting to reek up here.I have a big surprise your neighbors move like that.I also got an email from to Chewing the Fat at the Blaze.com.A family went on vacation during the pandemic.Oh, where they go?And they wrote me an email and described all of them.their stops on their trip.And some of it's kind of fascinating.
31:36I'll read that on the podcast version of this show.So subscribe.If you're not a subscriber.Can you at least tell me where they went?From where to where?Pardon? Can you tell me where they went from where to where?Sure.They did show up in Colorado.
31:51Okay.Shut up in Utah.Okay.They showed up in Arizona.Ooh, they skipped Texas.They showed up.Did they?Did they skip Texas?
32:01Did I name every place they went?Well, I'm looking at the map in my head, and I feel like they went over Texas to Arizona.Well, see, what if, but if you're coming from Utah and Colorado and Arizona and New Mexico,see, you kind of head right into Texas.I don't know if it's here, I only hold up a map.Can you hold the map?Yeah.Hold up the map.
32:27Let's see how it works is as you come around like that, you swing through.so you would, if you were going in that direction,you would swing through the state of Texas.So they went the long way, instead of the quick way.If you're on vacation.They won the scenery crap.If you're on vacation, that's the rough.Oh, okay.
32:50See, I didn't know that.I didn't know some qualifiers in there.Wow.And if you're a subscriber, then you can rate and review the podcast.Now, I tried to tell you a long time ago.You don't have to try to be funny.I appreciate the little reviews,but it's easier just to give us 20 stars,
33:09best podcast ever and move on.That's simple.But some people feel like they have to comment.So, you know, like, you know, been heresince the beginning from Dingo 3399.And I'm happy to have Dingo 3399 here from the beginning.20 stars.This COVID-S.
33:32pound exclamation point plus is killing me.I need my guys back in the studio.Okay, well, we're getting there.Calm down.I mean, we're still giving you great shows.What do you?You know, I agree with, well, there's attention bunker.Got to be the best Joe on the blaze.
33:56Got to be?It is.There's no question.Okay.There was also.Where was the one from the postal worker?I'm a fan.I'm so glad we have a postal worker.
34:06I'm sorry.Mail carrier.OMG, best, best, best.Jeff is the best matched.Jeff and Chris.I listen to, what?Jeff and Chris are the best.I see it's blurry on my screen.
34:23Oh, okay.I'll fix it for you.It's Jeff and Chris are the best match pair ever.I'm sure.That's what it says.That's exactly what it says.even though he misspelled Chris, Chris's K-R-A-S, but you know what?I'll digress.
34:37I'll figure out what's wrong with my screen.I listened to Glenn and then the first hour of days.Spelled wrong too, Steve Day's.By the way, days, that's 10 in Spanish.So good job on writing 10 in Spanish.Then straight over to these two and even reruns.Laugh the rest of the day.Thank you.
34:59I'm a mail carrier and I've had to pull over,wipe the tears from my eyes,get control of myself.Then finish delivering the mail.Yeah, don't deliver the mail.Jeffrey, I want to stop you right there because as a future board of governors,you know, representative, how do you feel about your mail carrier stopping to wipe his tearsand control of himself?
35:22He's thinking of the safety of other people.Oh, thank you.Got it.Got it.Got it.We're talking about.Of course he has to stop.Okay.
35:28I would appreciate if he didn't, but I can understand that he's, you know, he's, you know, he'syou know, he's laughing until he's crying.Yes.You know, his view is impaired.He's got to stop so it doesn't hurt anyone.And by the way, I want to know Mr. Mel Carrier.Are you the milk carrier that is always with civilian clothes or are you the male carrier thatwears a uniform still?
35:52I would like to know that.Chewing the fat at the Blaze.com.Chewing the fat at the blaze.com.I feel like, what was his name?I feel likeOh, his name is justBJDin parentheses
36:07I feel like he wearshe wears the suit,he wears the uniform.He was a proud,he's a proud mayor.Well, I'm not saying, I'm not saying that,you know, he should be a shame, but I'm noticingthat my milk carrier,
36:21my sexymilk carrier,never wears her uniforms.She's always wearing her short shortsand a t-shirt.That's going to stop.when I'm in charge.Okay.
36:32People need to wear uniforms and be proud.Finish this so you could do your coronavirus update.And I want to congratulate Jeff Bezos.I know he's the new guy that we hate.Hold on.Before you do that, he says,then I finish delivering the mail due to laughing so much.FYI, the gun sounds have freaked out a few customers.
36:53I've had a few of them as,did you hear gunfire?That is amazing.That's awesome. And by the way, he should just say, yes, I did. On the podcast, chewing the fat, which, by the way, if you want to continue receiving your mail, you will be a subscriber to. It's just that simple. That's part of the deal. It's just part of the deal. Anyway, congratulations to Jeff Bezos. Well, maybe I'll cover this a little bit more because we were worried about him when the wife took some money from him, which I don't think she took enough. And this is obviously the case that she didn't take enough. He's now on track.to be the first trillionaire.Yes.And that's why Iown some stock at Amazon.
37:38Wow, man.If that isn't proof that she didn't takeenough, I don't know what is.All right, let's get to those coronavirus numbers.4,943,077total cases worldwide.We'll be breaking that 5 million markvery, very soon.
37:56You can quote me on that, too.Deaths, 321,000.998 total deaths worldwide at the time of this recording.In the United States of America, we have 1,557,846 total cases and 92,478478.And 92,478 total deaths.In China, as they tried to crack that 83,000 total case mark, I saw.a story yesterday that talked about108 million people
38:33put into lockdownafter 34 newcoronavirus cases detected.Well, that's interestingbecause when you look at their totalnumbers on the World Ametersinfographic, they have82,960
38:50total cases.Now, according to that story,they have 34 newcases detected, but as ofthis recording,They have six new cases that's being reported, and they have not broken the 83,000 mark yet.So I don't know who to believe. I don't know who or what to believe anymore.Going through the TSA checkpoint numbers, yesterday, oh, down a little, but still hanging tough.
39:21244,176 through the turnstiles.So, I mean, if that's a new average, then we're starting to come back, right?Hopefully by the summertime, first of June, we're coming back.Coming back, baby.And this time, we're pissed.And then I saw a headline yesterday, and it got me thinking, I wonder if they will try to do it.So I'm talking to someone yesterday evening, and they asked, do you think that now that everything isopening up what happens when there's a second wave and then I see this headline will
40:02Americans submit to a second lockdown and I think no way no way if there's a in quotation marksfor those of you watching live on the 19th of May if there is a second wave which you know thereobviously will be the cases are going to go up that now that we you know people are out and aboutbut I feel like if there's a second wave,we just,we go back into what should have happened the first time.We self-isolate.If you want to stay home,
40:36you stay home,you make sure you wash your hands better than you normally do,and you wear a mask if you have to,but you're not,you know,we're not going to start throwing people in jailfor not wearing a mask.Well,
40:48you know,in other countries they are.But not in this country.I mean,I mean, more and more judges are finding these state overreach laws are unconstitutional,which we tried to tell you at the beginning.But the judges, hopefully, and the rest of the states are going to be saying that as well.Like, okay, governors, you had your shot and you tried to keep everybody down and gain your power.
41:16Now we've got to be ever vigilant against these dangleberries and say no.Just say no.I've heard that somewhere before.Have I heard that before?Just say no.Huh.Download and subscribe to more content at the blaze.com slash podcasts.I mean, I'm going to get to the vacation email and we'll run down their stories,
41:39but I was just looking at some of the outcome from the pandemic.Wow.I mean, look, Uber is cutting 3,000 more jobs, closing 45 offices,and reevaluating its non-core businesses.Here's an idea, Uber.dump the scooter and bicycle business.I think we already discussed that, didn't we?I think we met about that already.
41:59But open up your notebook and take a look at that one again.Okay?I know it's big news that J.C. Penny is closing and they're going back.They've been in trouble for a long time.I think J.C. Penny is trying to be like some of the states like Colorado and California and Michiganwhere they're going to blame their woes on the pandemic when really those woes were already there.Right?So should we bail them?
42:22out? I don't know. I don't know. Apple reopening stores around the country, but they're sayingyou're going to need a face mask and a temperature check to enter. I mean, if you want that privacy,if you want that privacy, you don't want people to know where you've been. What are you doing?Who you're talking to. Okay. So what's going to happen when you go to the bank? Because last time Icheck, it was against the rules to wear any form of face covering when you go to the bank.Yeah, they're letting you though.So this is going to, I don't know.I do not like, I do not want to get my temperature checked.
43:07I'm a grown adult.I do not want to wear face masks.I'll tell you what happens is they've changed the way the wording.There was a crime story.Gosh darn it.Yeah, here it is.They're wording it differently.So they're telling you that you have to wear masks, right?
43:21But this kid, and I say kid, 20-year-old suspect, he was, he robbed a store with a mascot.Now, his mask was a carved-out watermelon, which, you know, I don't know that they carved out a watermelon and he drilled two holes in for his eyes and stuff.So, I mean, that's just dumb.I know, but he's the water, the head, the watermelon head thief.but he's being charged withbecause all these placesare making, you know, mandatorythat you wear a mask. He's charged with
43:51wearing a mask in publicwhile committinglarceny.So if you could, you know, if they'remandating you wear a mask, you still get to wear a masklike in a bank, but if youdo anything that'seven close to breaking the law,
44:07you know, like, I don't know, robbing an actualstore, youyou get Joe for wearing the mask while committing the crime.I know it's not a very good thing to name criminals.You know, like killers, give them names.But can we call him the watermelon bandit?Sure.Sure, I'm good with that.
44:30I like that.It's genius.He and his partner.They haven't found the one guy yet.Was he wearing a watermelon too?Yes.Yes.So,
44:40watermelon bandit still lives.Yeah.Absolutely it does.I mean,I don't know what you're thinkingwhen you're thinking that you're going to cut outa watermelon and drill some holes in for the eyesand then go rob something.
44:54You know what you're thinking?You're thinking no one's going to knowthat I'm the watermelon bandit.That's what they're thinking.No one will know it's us.Never mind they know our carand what our bodies look like,but we'll be fine.
45:07Sir, do you see a watermelon on my?driver's license?Okay.Then it's not me.The time it takes to carve out those stupidIt does.Yes.Holy cow.
45:18And now do he carve it?Do he carve it the wideor the long way?So his,the picture.There's pictures?The picture is the long way.Okay.
45:28Okay.Yeah, the picture.It looks like an alien.No, my,my second,and I know this is.Or of an alien look, really.I know this is going to
45:36completely derailed what you're going to donow, but what do he dowith the inside of the watermelon.Did he just toss it out or did he eat the watermelon and dance?You'd like to think that they're smart enough to eat it.But they're actually robbing places with melons on their heads.I know. And that's probably just,I'm upset because he just wasted watermelon.
45:56Right.He should be charged with that as well.Well, no.I don't like that either.Hold on.What do you mean?No, I don't like that.Leave them alone.
46:04Yeah, nice to be charged with that as well.So, and speaking of wearing masks, I mean, they're going to,Disney's open.them back up and they're going to tell people they have to wear masks.Yeah.At the park.Yep.Good luck.
46:16By the way, I would like to know.I would like to know from a professional scientist, doctor, whatever.I'm here for you.What do you need to know?Okay.When you're wearing a mask, you're breathing back your own whatever you're spitting out.Is that bad for the body?Like that's, like you're not fully doing what the body's supposed to.
46:40to do like you inhaling and exhaling, like you're just inhaling and exhaling everything at the same time.So your question is, is it healthy to keep having that mask on and you are inhaling what you exhale?Yes. So the Disney CEO will tell you that, so that will be something that will be a little trying for some of our guests, particularly in hot, humid summers.Exactly.10 to have you no kidding by the way florida in the middle of the swamp where walldisney wanted this new world do you think that people are going to come and wear a stupid maskfor eight hours i will only do it if disney decides to cut prices because and that you know that'snot going to happen then i'm not going to wear a mask yeah no way no way you're charging me eight
47:31billion dollars to come in this place and i'm wearing what i want to wear and i'm uncomfortable and i'muncomfortable for the next eight hours wearing a mask in the sunny Orlando, Florida, where it'shumid. And you know, the guy in charge, did you get this? Did you know that the guy in charge ofDisney Plus and in charge of the big direct-to-consumer international, he just quit. Yeah, he's atTikTok. He's at TikTok now. He got pissed. Yep. Remember? Because when, uh,What's his face, Iger was going to quit.Mm-hmm.And he did.
48:08And he figured that was his job.Yep.And they gave it to the other guy.Yep.And I think they probably sold it to him like, look, we knew Bob wasn't going to stay.He was going to come back.So we gave it to that guy so that you wouldn't be seen as a loser.Yep.
48:26So don't worry about it when Bob leaves.We'll give it to you.But he didn't buy it.No.And by the way, I don't understand why he will.go from Disney to TikTokbecauseTikTok is
48:41social mediacontrolled byChina for whatever youknow, wherever in the spectrumyou fall.And all I could think of is the cash.Yeah, he just wants to.The cash.
48:55He doesn't care about anything else.He doesn't care about anything else at all.Recording.All right. So I got this emailchewing the fat at the blaze.dot com and it's from of course one of our listeners and said my family and i just took a trip out westthey're from the great state of missouri and they thought we'd like to hear some of their observationsas they were out and about uh she or he i don't know which uh tells me that the family believes
49:25that living their lives and having an open economy are important pillars of american lifeDuh!And we are not interested in any form of oppression.Nice.So they go to Colorado.We went along the southern half of the state.We saw a wide range of behaviors, depending on the county and town we were in.In Colorado Springs store, people seem generally nonchalant.
49:49Some were wearing masks at a Taco Bell drive-thru.Our food was handed to us in a plastic tub.They held the tub out the window, and we had to take it out.The hotel we stayed at.had signed saying the county only allowed hotels to rent to essential workers,though clearly they did not question my online reservation at check-in.The next day we talked to a local woman in the same county who owned a B&Band said the county would not allow her to open until June
50:19and would be requiring several certifications and inspections before she could reopen.Apparently, that county was one of the worst in the state for restrictions.As we traveled west through Colorado, we saw the smaller,towns seemed to be much less restricted and people seemed much less concerned. In Durango,a trip to a local park seemed like the thing to do. Lots of people were out and very few were wearingmasks. However, at a quick stop in Cortez, we saw a lot more mask and people seemed much moreparanoid. Utah. Utah was by far the best state we visited and I loved Utah, man. When westay, I could live in Utah. I really did. I love the state of Utah. A few people wore mask
51:01unless they were tourists, which seems strange to me.Why travel if you're that worried?And business operations seemed almost normal.In Monticello, where we stayed, the hotel and store we visited, felt very at ease.It was so refreshing to finally find some normalcy.Granted, there were still things like no real breakfast at the hotel and store clerks wearing simple cloth face masks.But given all the plastic barriers, gloves, etc., we see elsewhere it was a welcome change.As we traveled around up I-70 and down to Scenic 12, we saw little,
51:31evidence anything was a miss in the world. People were recreating and enjoying life. Businesseswere open and there were lots of tourists. The major sign that anything was wrong was that somenational parks were closed like arches and canyon land. Those are beautiful, man. Those parks aregorgeous. In Arizona, we stayed in Page right at the border. We had very different experiencesin Arizona. In Page, things seemed somewhat relaxed. The hotel and local Walmart did not seemtoo strict and the fast food place we stopped at didn't even wear masks.We had a very different experience the next day at a Walmart in Winslow.The Winslow, Arizona.
52:08Yeah, baby.A little eagle song there for you.While attempting to walk in, we were stopped by a clerk who told us we had to waitoutside until another person in front of us had walked through the inner doors.We turned around and left.New Mexico, good for you.New Mexico, driving through our way, home, way,ended up calling it Nazi land.
52:30Wow.When we crossed the border into New Mexico, it became pretty clear we would not be stoppingthere.Multiple reader boards along the interstate said face masks were required everywhere in thestate.Several towns also had signs saying outside traffic travelers were not allowed.One reader board in Gallup, she thinks it was Gallup, said vehicles were restricted topiqued two people per.
52:58So we were so turned off by the signs.We drove through the entire state without stopping.I wonder if she ever went to the bathroom anywhere.I mean, hope she had a large bottle to relieve herself in.We also drove through the Texas panhandle.And we stayed in Armadillo, Armadillo, Amarillo, same place.Obviously, you know about Texas, so we won't review.No, I wish you would because some places are different
53:28throughout this great state.We did see the aftermath of the huge accidentand pile up on I-40 right at the border.Westbound traffic was a parking lot for over 10 miles.And all my travel, I cannot recall ever seeingsuch a long line of stop vehicles.People literally had lawn chairs on the interstateand were just treating it like a night on the back porch.
53:49We almost did that in an accident here in Texas.We were coming back from the great state of Arkansasas we got robbed at the diamond mine.And there was an accident.It was a horrible accident, too.When we finally reached where the accident was,it was you didn't feel so bad about waiting.But it was forever.
54:09And you do want to just get the chairs out, sit down,because you're not going anywhere.It's just hang out, don't worry about it.And at that time, I was still smoking.So you're just getting out, hanging out.Yep, you just hang leaning up against the car,smoking cigarettes, drinking Coca-Cola.Cola, man, you do not get those days back.
54:32I mean, we can pretend to get those days back.Been almost a year and a half since I've had a cigarette.Anyway, thanks for the vacation letter.If you have more vacation letters, I'd love to get your reviews of different statesand cities that you went to and how, what's being done out there in the world.Because, I mean, I'm not going on vacation right now.I don't know about you.I'm sending the wife off.
54:55The wife goes here and there and out and about.you know she's down taking care of the you know her new grandbaby she's out of the house goodbyehave a nice day take care but oh no i mean i'm still on lockdown man what day is it 606800 6900 something like that i mean we're close to we're close to we're almost at 7000days in lockdown is amazing incredible wow let this have a party or somethingThank you.
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