Chewing the Fat with Jeff Fisher - Ep 392 | Fat Pile Friday - Autonomous Zones EDITION

Episode Date: June 12, 2020

A baseball anniversary that involves LSD. Elon believes in aliens and may be one Astronomers say the universe is teeming with life A grant may bring us robot bugs to send to other planets With protestors starting to have “Autonomous Zones” Protesters / Organizers give political leaders in Detroit a list of demands. 11 have priority. The others are, if you can I guess. Will they be met? What happens if they’re not? Friendly news from the African Nation of Ghana. They have offered African Americans to re-settle in their country. So nice of them. BREAKROOM*** subscribe and social mentions Under the heading of ‘they can do that’ Butttt, the reasoning is agonizing ( list of actions companies, shows and people have done since the protests have begun to appease the protesters )  Coronavirus & TSA numbers ( not really, no one seems to care ) Human trials to begin on Coronavirus vaccine Economy is starting to come back, stay at home lockdown be damned Planes Trains and Automobile numbers are seeing some increases Apparently The Dentist office is a good indicator of a come back Starbucks closing or “renovating” 400 stores Cracker Barrel starting to sell beer and wine Grub Hub goes to the Dutch New slogan for CTF PODCAST*** Mayor of Hollywood has guidelines for white people What is the Red Umbrella Fund? and New York has updated it’s health / sex guidelines Remember, Chewing The Fat You Miss a Second You Miss Something Because when CTF Records News Happens This Week Sponsor: Get your life back with Relief Factor and its 3-Week Quick Start for only $19.95. If you are in pain, what have you got to lose? Go to https://www.relieffactor.com Subscribe on YouTube Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

And now, a Blaze Media podcast. Hello, and welcome to Chewing the Fat with yours truly, Jeff Fisher. For those of you listening live on the 12th of June 2020, on this date in 1970, Pittsburgh Pirates, starting pitcher Doc Ellis tossed a no-hitter against the San Diego Padres at Jack Murphy's stadium in San Diego. What makes it even more special is he did so while tripping on acid. Yes, he was high on LSD. He said that he zeroed in on the catcher's glove, but I didn't hit the glove too much.

I remember hitting a couple of batters and the bases were loaded two or three times. The ball was small sometimes. The ball was large. sometimes. Sometimes I saw the catcher. Sometimes I didn't. Sometimes I tried to stare the hitter down and throw while I was looking at him. I chewed my gum until it turned to powder. They say I had about three or four fielding chances. I remember diving out of the way of a ball I thought was a line drive. I jumped, but the ball wasn't hit hard and never even reached me. He later said that he thought Richard Nixon was the home plate umpire, and at one point, he thought he thought,

was pitching to Jimmy Hendricks, who was holding a guitar instead of a bat. And yet, the Pirates won, two to nothing, and he pitched a no-hitter. Amazing what you can do on LSD. Wouldn't it be nice? You know, raise your hand. Raise your hand if you, like me, could just hop on a rocket ship and leave the planet right now. I believe I would. I believe I'd hop on that bad boy.

I'd even squeeze myself into that non-fat guy seat and say, let's go. Fire this bad boy up and let's get off of this planet. Now, many people believe that there are aliens living among us right now. And one of those is Elon Musk. He has said that he believes that they are living. among us right now. In fact, the quote was, they have already infiltrated us, and by now, and that they're already living amongst us pretending to be normal beings. Hmm. Some would even say that Elon himself is an alien. Now, he's claimed he's not. He's said, no, I am not an alien,

but he's also said, you know, he threw the disclaimer out there, that's exactly what an alien would say. That is exactly what an alien would say. And he claims that his reasoning behind wanting so desperately to live on Mars is that he would rather die on Mars than on Earth. Okay. You know what? I think I may be with you. And there may be other planets out there as well. I know astronomers continue to tell us that the universe is teeming with life. There's a new study that suggests plenty of planets with significant airborne dust could be places to look at. All right. The exoplanets outside the solar system may have a better shot at having moderate temperatures

if they contain a dusty atmosphere. All right. I mean, if the topography is perfect for it, let's get there. You know, they're only a few light years away. And we can travel at light year speed. Oh, wait. No, we can't. So we've got to...

We've got to actually figure out how to get there. Apparently, there are more than 4,000 exoplanets that have been identified. One study claims that the airborne dust that could help support life, but it makes it harder in finding that life. Oh, so we see the planet. it's got dust it could provide support for life but we can't see anything because of the dust

okay well let's get there let's figure out how about we stop and we figure out how to get there and then let's get there and we could just land and see if it actually you know could support life because we've already given a researcher at California State University a now I and I read this story and I love the story except I don't believe that it's real because of the engineering professor's name.

His name is Nut Ho. That cannot be a real name. Can I? Professor Nut Ho? N-H-U-T-H-O. Okay. According to this story, he was awarded 530, $1,000, a grant,

which means he doesn't have to pay it back, from the Pentagon, to collaborate on the human swarming teaming platform for research in human automation, trust, and reliance project. Okay, that's great.

They're exploring how to build a swarm of robots that can be put into different unknown environments and learn to navigate these environments to complete tasks. In order to accomplish this, Ho said,

the autonomous robots will be designed to mimic the behavior seen in insects that swarm, such as ants. Oh, okay. I mean, it sounds good on the surface. On the surface, you know, get it? So they were inspired, of course, by the behavior. of, you know, ants and bees who, you know, organize and create solutions for different tasks.

They work in groups of different sizes and have the ability to complete the task, even when the members fail. So now they've got to figure out how to do that in the robotic systems. Now, my first thought on that is, that sounds great, except I don't necessarily want an accident where we let those out here. And yet, that's what they're talking about. you know, we could probably use them here on Earth too. Uh-huh.

Sure. No problem. That's what I want. How about you create all these robotic insects that can just swarm and do stuff? And we just let them loose here on the year. You know, if there's a, if there's some sort of, some sort of tragedy here on the planet, we'll just unleash. the robots.

I've seen that movie before. I don't like the way it ends. So sure, we've got protesters and organizers in cities around the country that, even as we talked about yesterday in Seattle, that have their autonomous zone. And it is just a wonderful place, Chaz. And we have other cities, Minneapolis, that is, you know, starting to want their own area and to defund the police department. No more police.

But we also have the great city of Detroit, Michigan, the Motor City. And they have protesters, I'm sorry, organizers that have met with city leaders. And they discussed many things with the city leaders. And they also said that city officials wanted to develop a bunch of subcommittee. and tried to deflect some of the conversations that they were having with them, but they did give the city leaders a list of demands. I thought that was special. Now, the two of the group's representatives, not their leaders,

just people who are representing the marchers, Tristan Taylor and Nacchio Renee Wallace, said that it has prioritized the first 11, which are more pressing than the others, because they are things that the mayor has authority and direct influence over. Now, okay. Now, it's still unclear. We don't have an outcome or any resolution to any of these demands.

We don't know what will happen if the city says, hey, go pound sand. Or if the city says, go pound something else. Or just doesn't answer them. Just says, can we? just move on. We don't know what's going to happen. But their list of demands, at least the first

11 that is priority, begins with defund and demilitar, I can't even say the word, defund and demilitarize the police. And Project Greenlight, a public-private community partnership that uses real-time camera surveillance throughout the city and facial recognition

software to identify suspects. Well, that's going to end anyway, right? That's already check it off the list because IBM and Amazon have ended their involvement with police departments and communities who use their real-time facial recognition software. So done. Drop all charges and citations against protesters. Do not carry out eviction orders. Drop citations received by Detroiters during the stay-at-home order. and consensual sex between police officers and those under custody.

Okay. Well, because of the power structure there. You know, obviously if you're under arrest and then you agree to have sex with the police officer, it's only because of the power structure. You're unable to just say no. Number seven, prosecute and fire any police officer involved in police brutality. Pretty sure they do that already. Number eight, do not criminalize homelessness.

Make Detroit a sanctuary city, a municipal jurisdiction that limits cooperation with national government's effort to enforce immigration law. Number 10, create an independent office for disabled citizens. Wow, there's so many jokes there. I mean, the first one that comes to mind is, don't they already have that? I thought that Detroit was, had the Crips? there. All right. I know. Just stop it. It was just a joke.

Just a joke. Number 11. Restore and maintain running water for all Detroiters. Okay. You know, I guess the city has talked about cutting off the water. You know, I'd like to see maybe that happened in Seattle. What happens then?

If the autonomous zone doesn't have power, doesn't have water, doesn't have cell service. Boy, that will not be pretty if that happens. And then the list goes on, but obviously this is not priority. This is just something that, you know, a second thought. Release all non-violent offenders. Make it a requirement that all Detroit police officers live in the city. Stop using rubber bullets and military tactics. Decriminalize

all recreational drugs. Invest in mental health and treatment for substance abuse victims, more punitive charges against officers who hide badges. make it a duty to intervene for other officers, abolish property foreclosures, and police union funding of district attorney's office, more accessible structures for police accountability, and provide care for juveniles instead of jailing. Those are the list of demands from the protesters,

I'm sorry, organizers, marchers in Detroit, Michigan. Doesn't the few, future look bright. It sure does. Now, I would say that it's possible that some of these organizers, some of these protesters, some of these marchers could move. Now, I'm not saying that as a white person. I'm saying that as a person who's just reading a news story that the country of Ghana in Africa has offered to accept African Americans in their country to resettle in Ghana. During a memorial and wreath laying ceremony in honor of George Floyd last Friday, Ghana's Minister of Tourism, Arts, and Culture, Barbara Othangaysa invited African-Americans,

to resettle in Ghana if they feel unwanted in the United States. Thank you, I guess. Look, Ghana was only, you know, a big part of the slave trade in the beginning who sold their people to be slaves in other countries, including the United States of America.

So it's only fitting that They offer descendants of those people to resettle in Ghana. You know, I don't know. It seems like a nice place. You might be able to live on the coast. It's right there. It's right there on the ocean. Part of the country that has oceanfront property.

It's a beautiful country. In fact, the way they describe it, it's officially the Republic of Ghana. It's located along the Gulf of Guinea and Atlantic Ocean in the sub-region of West Africa. Ghana is bordered by the Ivory Coast in the West and Burkina Faso in the north, Togo in the east,

and the Gulf of Guinea and Atlantic Ocean in the south. Ghana means Warrior King in the Soinke language. I think that's Soinky. uh... uh... uh... i n k-e

language their first language listed is still English and it's the same uh as it is here in the United States when you hear the

anthem the national anthem you either stand and well you have to stand there's I don't think there's any kneeling but if you wanted to

I'm guessing they would probably allow it uh you have to stand with your hand over your heart if there's a flag and if you're in the military you would salute if there is no flag then you would just stand and you know a little excerpt from the national anthem of Ghana oh tell me that is not great it's beautiful I don't want to play the whole thing because it would just I mean you'd have to stand with your hand over your heart for the entire I don't know how long it is 80-many-man-

minutes. It's just a song. But I don't want to make you do that. We're headed into the, that's Fat Pile Friday on chewing the fat, and I just wanted to give you a little tease, the national anthem of the Republic of Ghana coming at you. All right, let's go to the break room.

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You can follow me on Twitter at Jeffie JFR. You can follow me on Facebook and Instagram, Jeff Fisher Radio. There you go. Your plate is full. Go. Be full. Under the heading of, well, they can do that, is a list of things that have happened since the protests,

organizers, rioters, New believers, Black Live Matters, people have tried to make their world known and tried to make everyone feel guilty about what they've done in the past. So they can do that. A&E cancels live PD. Cartoon Network, Cartoon Paw Patrol has been targeted. They can do that. Pops have been canceled.

I know. They can do that. HBO. Pulled gone with the wind. Just, you know, they can do that. I get it. They can do that. It's the reasoning that drives me insane.

Like the game, Magic, the Gathering, the card game. It has removed several cards with racist artwork and descriptions from its lineup. well, good for them. Wizards of the Coast announced that they're pulling cards from its magic library and banning them from the popular fantasy-themed role-playing game.

They felt compelled to specifically address a magic card called Invoke Presidist, which features artwork of black, pointy-hooded figures that closely resemble members of the Klu-Clux Klan. If that's what you're looking for,

that's me talking about. Not them. The card was first released in 1994 and granted players the ability to stop an opponent from casting a spell based on the color of certain creatures within the game. The card is racist, according to Wizards. And it should never have been published. Yeah, it's only been there since 1994. There's no place for racism in our game or anywhere else, said the company.

And it also apologized for creating the card in the first place. Now, they also committed to removing. several other racist or culturally offensive cards from its lineup, including cards called Crusade and Giyadh, which granted bonuses to white creatures and clans, which destroyed black creatures. It also said it would remove the cards called Imprison and Pradesh Gypsies, which appear to reference India along with stone throwing devils. Oh my gosh.

Oh my gosh. Now, they have been, the cards are gone on the website. Okay, we've removed the images from our database and they are unacceptable and they have no place in our games and they banned all the affected cards from its sanctioned tournaments. No word yet. If you have the cards in your magic, the gathering card game and you still continue to use them, what happens to you? I'm not sure. If someone reports you, I don't know if Magic the Gathering card game

sends the Magic, the Gathering police to your door. I just, I don't know. So just be careful if you're playing Magic the Gathering in your own home with your own cards that you purchased. Good luck. Good luck to yourself. Okay? Now, they can do that.

I get it. Private company? They can do that. we're under the heading. They can do that. It's just the reasoning behind that gets a little much. Like Leite Anabellum, not Laity,

Lady Anabellum. I don't want to, whew. I mean, they've already gotten rid of one name. I don't want them to get rid of the other one. When they set out almost 14 years ago, they named their band after the Southern Antebellum-style home where some of their first photos were taken. And it reminded us of music.

born in the South, Southern Rock, Blues, R&B, gospel, and of course, country that influenced us all. We're regretful and embarrassed to say that we did not take into account the associations that weigh down this word, referring to the period of history before the Civil War, which includes slavery. So almost 14 years ago,

they didn't take into effect what happened a hundred years ago. Huh. they are haters haters because causing pain was never in our hearts if we're right I know

now they're going to continue to educate themselves and they've had conversations and search the parts of their heart that need pruning they want to grow into better humans better neighbors and their next outward step is going to be a donation

to the Equal Justice Initiative through Lady Aid and the band's name is now going to be called Lady A which you know hey their fans have been calling them that forever it's been their nickname we're going to see Lady A

so you know it's already it's already been approved by Twitter since at Lady A and Lady A was a blue checkmarked Twitter account

that happened pretty fast didn't it twitter huh i wonder how that happens so fast weird isn't it anyway i know under the heading they could do that i know they can zoom shuts account of u.s based rights group after tianaman anniversary meeting i get it they can't do that isn't that nice of them free speech fears raised after u.s company says it closed human rights groups account to comply with Local laws in China. I know. Let them do it. I get it.

They can. Walmart. Going to stop putting multicultural products in locked cases. The practice, which Walmart says was only in place

in about a dozen of its 4,700 U.S. stores, has received criticism for the implication that the customers who buy these products, largely people of color, can't be trusted.

Walmart customer Judah Bell said the process is humiliating. She once asked a Walmart employee why they kept those products under lock and key and the Walmart employer told her that those products have higher theft rates but was not presented with any data to support that.

So wait, the Walmart employee, you asked, you said to the Walmart employee, hey, why do you keep these under lock and key? More people steal this stuff. And he didn't have the data to support that. so I can well understand how you were humiliated. Wow.

And Walmart confirmed to NBC News that the decision to place certain hair and beauty products and cases was based on theft data. But guess what? It wouldn't share that data. So you know they've got to be lying or not. And those items are actually stolen more. But they don't care now. they're not going to lock them up. They're not going to be behind lock and key.

Again, we're still under the heading of, I know, they can do that. I get it. But the reasoning, being forced to do it because of the movement is why it's so agonizing. Now we can get to the coronavirus numbers and the TSA numbers.

Or not. I mean, No one really seems to care about those numbers anymore. So, eh, let's not worry about it. But I will say that Johnson and Johnson will begin testing its coronavirus vaccine on people. And Moderna will conduct the final stage, the clinical trial of its version. So human trials for a vaccine are happening. And, man, do I hope they work.

We'll see. And with that, I mean, Ford plans to bring its plants back to pre-pandemic production rates by July 6th. Many of the carmakers resumed operations May 18th, but, you know, only at a partial capacity. So we'll see. AMC, who suffered, you know, $2.2 billion net loss. The first part of this year said it plans to reopen 97% of its theaters in June. July. Good luck. Disneyland in California is later to reopen mid-July, but we'll see. We'll see if it happens. I hope it does. Let's get things back running again and get this economy going. I know that Treasury Secretary Stephen

Manutian, minutian, yeah. He is quoted as saying we can't shut down the economy again. No kidding. And as far as the airlines are concerned, I mean, look, you've got plenty of things happening as far as planes, trains, and automobiles go. After processing fewer than 90,000 travelers, right? We were at like 87,000, I think, something like that, mid-April. Yesterday, I think the TSA, you know, we're four or five hundred thousand a day, something like that through the TSA numbers. so they're still hurting dramatically. United Airlines is now going to require that passengers pass a health checklist. They have to confirm that they haven't experienced coronavirus symptoms in two weeks

before applying and complete a checklist based on recommendations from the Cleveland Clinic. Well, isn't that special? Boeing deliveries hit a 60-year low with just 4.5.5. planes shipped. Wow. I mean, they said it handed over just four planes in May, down from six in April. Whew. Good luck. God bless. I sure hope that is happening. I mean, some railroad categories have had an increase in traffic over the last year, according to the Association of American Railroads Executive, John Gray. four-week-moving average of petroleum demand has rebounded from its April low. So people are approaching their pre-pandemic driving levels because people are headed back to work. They may not be traveling, but they're headed back to work, that's for sure.

And according to this, the dentist offices are excellent indicators of economic as well as, you know, mouth health. If you look at your typical dentist office, nothing went wrong with your business model, said the economics professor at the University of Michigan, Betsy Stevenson. It's just coronavirus that happened. So, duh. According to the American Dental Association, 45% of dentists had laid off their entire staffs by mid-April. And after the first week of June, 77% of those dentist's office have rehired their full staff back. And I do know that my dentist office is in that window,

that they emailed that they were closing. And I haven't heard from any of the people saying, it's time for your checkup. So they must have been laid off. And now I just received an email that, hey, we're back. And so it's great. And we've learned through the epidemic. the pandemic that we can come back to being the criminals that we are.

That's because we learned how to be criminals from the American Dental Association. You know how I feel about dentists, man. They are some of the biggest, many of them, not all. I don't want to lump everybody. I don't want to lump all dentists into the same criminal window. But I will say that there hasn't been a dentist that I have been involved with. that isn't in this window. They know how to rob you blind.

And that's just, oh, I cannot take dentist, man. I just, I can't. Can't take it. They're criminals. And I know it's Fat Pile Friday, and, you know, it should be uplifting and, you know, happy. But it's kind of sad news here as we come to a close of chewing the fat. For those of you listening live on the 12th of June.

June 2020, Starbucks has forecast that it's going to probably lose about $2.2 billion since this first wave of the pandemic. And since they, you know, have been effectively shut down. The company said it's now going to speed up the opening of pickup only stores, but it's also going to close or... renovate 400 traditional cafes

so a couple hundred hundred in the U.S. and a couple hundred in Canada are either going to close and go bye bye or they're going to just open up for a pickup only store you won't be able to go in and sit down

and hang out and chit-chat with your friends at Starbucks anymore and what a shame that will be right? I know. I know I know I know I know it's sad because it's so much fun just to hang out at the Starbucks and drink coffee with your friends. Now you won't be able to. Well, guess what?

It's the new norm. It actually is. Continue with the social distancing. Don't shake my hand. Remember? Don't do it. As long as we're on restaurants, when Cracker Barrel open. opens back up after the, you know, after the lockdown, they're going to start selling beer and wine.

Yay! And hard cider. And according to this article, they're going to have a new and improved chicken pot pie and Saturday fried pork chops. Huh? I mean, Cracker Barrel has been taking some heat during the Black Lives Matter movement as well. So we'll see, I don't know how you change Cracker Barrier? and make that happen, but I guess you try to.

And we found out that Grubhub. You know, I know Uber's been trying to, you know, make Grubhub theirs for a while, but lawmakers have said, hmm, you know who's going to reduce competition? Uh-huh. Is it? Well, Dutch delivery giant just eat takeaway.

Jet for short. JET, Just eat, take it They are going to purchase Grubhub For $7.3 billion. Wow. Now Grubhub is it worth $7.3 billion?

They have struggled in the U.S. With only 23% of the market share? I mean, Uber Eats and DoorDash has been killing them. and it's yet to turn a profit. According to this Grubhub lost $33 million in the first quarter. And they're going to be sold for $7.3 billion? Wow. I sure hope you've invested in Grubhub.

Because if you have, soon you will be making some money. No doubt about it. Stick around for the extended version. version of chewing the fat. For those of you that are listening free of charge and not a subscriber to chewing the fat, I've got new guidelines for white people from the mayor of Hollywood. We're going to talk about that. We're going to talk about New York updating their health, sex guidance form.

And remember that our usual slogan for chewing the fat, When CTF records, news happens. Well, I wanted to thank El Tostador, who posted a worthy slogan for chewing the fat. Now, you know, is it as catchy as when CTF records, news happens? We'll see. But I kind of like it. Chewing the fat. you miss a second

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you miss a second you miss something download and subscribe to more content at the blaze.com slash podcasts. Thank you for subscribing to chewing the fat. Appreciate it. Thanks for coming along for the ride. Just know that Mayor Lindsay P. Horvath, the mayor of Hollywood, California, and I believe technically the mayor of West Hollywood, she had some guidelines for white people. When they show up at black lead and people of color-led protests.

She wanted you to be reminded of these guidelines. This is a black issue. The call needs to be black lives matter. Not all lives matter. Sometimes the best way to ensure

that all lives matter is to give black people room to own a space. Protest from our position. For example, don't Join in on the chant, Whose streets? Our streets?

These streets are not our streets. Instead, carry signs and participate in chants that challenge white supremacy. Call in, collect white folks who are causing harm. Meet level of escalation with police and or try to de-escalate. Do not excalate. exceed it. Do not start chance yourself. Do not grab the mic. Be mindful that the action is being organized and led by black led organizations. Follow the leadership of the organizers as it relates to the march route and direct people who may have more questions, the press or police, to be

identified with a point of contact. Unless you've been directly asked, Your role is to not be a spokesperson or a liaison with the police or press. Got it? Just sit there and zip it. Okay? This is the mayor of West Hollywood, Lindsay P. Horveth, with her guidelines for white people. Be mindful that the action is being organized and led by black lead organizations.

Okay. Your role is not to be a spokesperson. So zip it. Become familiar with the target and goals of each action, especially reading any sources recommended by the organizers. Remember that. Okay? Yeah.

So those are her guidelines for white people. And at the bottom, she also leaves a message of what is Surrey, S-U-R-J. It's showing up for racial justice.org. And it's a national network of over 150 groups organizing in white communities for racial justice. It works to undermine support of racist policies, practices, and culture in the white community as part of the multiracial movement. as part of the multi-racial movement for liberation. That's from a mayor Lindsay P. Horvath of West Hollywood.

And I just want to point out that Mayor Lindsay P. Horvath is white. And a reminder that things are tough for everybody. Everyone is struggling, including sex workers. they are trying for help. I mean, the Sex Workers Outreach Project has several branches in cities all over America, and they are really out to help the sex workers who have been struggling during the COVID-19 lockdown. And they need your help. So if you can do any help with the sex workers,

Sex Workers Outreach Project, Swap, and they probably named after whatever city there, you know, swap LV, swap L-A, swap NYC. But you can also just go, if you're a sex worker and you're listening to Chewing the Fat, welcome. All are welcome. We are all inclusive here at Chewing the Fat. You can go to the Red Umbrella Fund and apply for a grant. Those grants will other for sex workers. Okay?

Let's just be clear about that. All right. Now, they fund based in any country in the world, and it's led by women, men, and or trans. Okay? If you want to apply, your group, organization, or network must fulfill each of the following three criteria. You be led by sex workers for the benefit of sex workers

be committed to connect to and strengthen the sex workers' rights movement, agree with all the principles, all of them, of the Red Umbrella Fund. Now, I'll tell you one thing. There are some things they do not fund at the Red Umbrella Fund. Organizations that are not led by sex workers. Organizations that have a project or program with or for sex workers while the organization as a whole has a broader focus. I'm going to try to sneak in the back door.

Wait. Organizations that seek to abolish or criminalize sex work. They're not funded in that, okay? Organizations exclusively providing social or medical services. Yeah, no. Just for sex workers. Organizations founded by or structurally dependent on political parties, government agencies or religious institutions.

I hate all three of those. And the Red Umbrella Fund is not going to fund you if you're affiliated with that. Okay. Business, credit programs, or income generating activities. We do not like those unless it's, you know, a sex worker. Academic research. No thank you. We don't care about your research.

Got it? Okay. An individual requests. Yeah. You better be an organization to get into the Red Umbrella Fund. Ooh, that hurts. Maybe you need to get back. back to the swap group, and then you're an organization, and you can apply at the Red

umbrella fund. New York has updated their COVID-19, safer sex, NYC Health pages, and they have updated some of the things that you can do to protect yourself, and it's really good that they've updated it. Now, according to these guidelines, sex is a normal part of life and should always be with the consent of all parties. A document offers strategies to reduce the risk of spreading COVID-19 during sex. Decisions about sex and sexuality need to be balanced with personal and public health. During this extended public health emergency, people will and should have sex. Consider using harm reduction strategies to reduce the risk. to yourself, your partners, and the community.

Now, you need to know how COVID-19 spreads, so you can get COVID-19 from a person who has it. The virus spreads through particles in saliva, mucus, or breath of people with COVID-19, even from people who do not have symptoms. According to this guy, that we still have a lot to learn about COVID-19 and sex. The virus has been found in scenes. and poop-poo.

We do not know if COVID-19 can be spread through vaginal or the other way, sex. We also know, and this isn't in the guidelines at all, but we know that COVID-19 stays in the male area after you are believed to be over COVID-19. We know, according to this guideline, that other coronaviruses do not easily spread through sex, and so this means sex is not likely a common way that COVID-19 spreads, but we just got on telling you that we don't know that, so I'm not sure why we have to do that. It says have sex only with people close to you.

Really? Okay. It does remind you to have sex only with consenting partners. You should limit close contact. including sex with anyone outside of your household. Wow. You should ask them questions like, you know, do you have symptoms or have you had symptoms in the last 14 days?

You know, look, if two is company, then three or more is definitely a crowd. Large gatherings of any type are not safe. But if you're, you know, going to do that, you should limit the size of your guest list. Keep it intimate. And pick larger, more open and well-ventilated spaces. wear face coverings. Don't touch your eyes, nose, or mouth with unwashed hands.

If you decide to have sex outside of your circle of contacts or a hookup, you need to closely monitor your symptoms. And you should probably consider getting a swab or saliva test. Now, kissing can easily pass the virus, so avoid kissing anyone who's not part of your small circle of close, contacts. The virus in poo-poo may enter your

mouth and could lead to infection if you were to do something close to that area. And you should wear face covering or mask. Maybe it's your thing or not your thing. But during

COVID-19 wearing face coverings she covered your nose and mouth by all means. Now, you could be creative with positions and physical barriers, like walls that allow the contact, sexual contact, while preventing close face-to-face contact. That's been happening in restrooms across America for a long, long time. Oh, yeah. You could, you know, you can pleasure yourself together. Nothing like fun there. make sure you have condoms and dental dams ready and make sure washing up before and after is more important than ever

if your partner's not feeling well maybe you skip it altogether and there are ways that you can get free condoms and other essential essential things uh through uh nyc.gov health so you can go to dot gov slash condoms and you'll help you out. Get you some safer sex products. And my gosh, I'm glad they updated this because I feel better. I feel better that New York City has updated their safer sex and COVID-19 health guidelines. Remember, chewing the fat.

You miss a second. You miss something. because when CTF records, news happens. I like that. You may have heard of the sex cult nexium and the famous actress who went to prison for her involvement, Alison Mack. But she's never told her side of the story until now. People assume that I'm like this pervert.

My name is Natalie Robamed, and in my new podcast, I talked to Allison to try to understand how she went from TV actor to cult member. How do you feel about having been involved in bringing sexual trauma to other people? I don't even know how to answer that question. Allison After Nexium from CBC's Uncover is available now on Spotify.