Chewing the Fat with Jeff Fisher - Ep 425 | Fat Pile Friday - Stories From Around The Globe EDITION

Episode Date: July 24, 2020

 Be on the lookout for a runaway Red Panda with a striped tail open music Kim Kardashian says she’s ‘powerless’ as she speaks out about Kanye west’s ‘painful’ bipolar battle More music stars change their ‘unacceptable’ names Hulu in talks to produce another Hillary Clinton series Fans speculate Andy Dick is off the wagon following disturbing video Orego lawmaker claims Portland protests aren’t out of control, not that bad Gov. Cuomo says Trump has agreed to hold off on federal intervention in NYC Ohio and Indiana issue statewide mandatory mask orders Mayor of Beach moves to ban alcohol after midnight Anti-De Blasio artist hangs banner over highway during rush hour showing NYC mayor hoisting Lady Liberty’s bloddy severed head 🔥 Fraternal Order of Police president says ‘childish Chicago mayor is 'running the Titanic into an iceberg intentionally' Alex Trebek may be nearing the end of his battle with pancreatic cancer Sexist body terms like Adams apple should no longer be used Trader Joes bends the knee Vice Presidential debates in Utah to proceed with audience UFO group in Mexico claims underwater alien base repels hurricanes. More on this another day.  Philadelphia police/swat officer charged for pepper spraying protester Brooklyn woman dead after attempting to settle dispute with group for illegally setting off fireworks Polk County Florida arrests a 26 year old that Sheriff Grady Judd calls Pure Evil in the flesh Watching new Netflix show Fear City about the Feds bringing down the Mafia. Start of RICO  BREAKROOM*** Subscribe / Podcast / Youtube Follow on social media Vote for Glenn / Radio Hall of Fame / 7-27 thru 8-9-2020 Watch They’ll Love Me When I’m Dead on Netflix. / Orson Wells AntiTrust hearing on Monday with four maybe five of the heads of tech / the new mafia Companies losing money during coronavirus times and some may never return YELP published a report on that very subject   PODCAST*** Donkey Therapy local news report from PA. Yes, Donkey Therapy. Cuddling business still trying to cuddle on during the pandemic Tiger King star Jeff Lowe is in trouble for animal neglect at the zoo Become an NFL Waterboy for $53,000 a year. 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. Be on the lookout. Be on the lookout. A red panda has vanished from the Columbus Zoo in Aquarium. Leaving two nursing cubs behind. She wanted out. She wanted out. Cora, whose size and markings resemble a raccoon,

but with way different colors, was last seen in her Asia quest, Tuesday and then gone. Now they're monitoring the Cubs, they're looking for Cora everywhere, but if you're in the, you know, Columbus area or by now anywhere in America, I mean, she could have just hopped on the back of a semi

and be in Kansas City by now. So be on the lookout for the Red Panda, Cora, from Ohio. And ask her, Cora. you want to go back home or you're going to continue heading out west but welcome to chew in the fat and fat pile Friday nice to have you along for the ride but we might as well just get right to it and start digging in through the headlines and see where it gets us today

uh headlines that you know i mean the fat pile is just that a fat pile at the end of the week. So, you know, I want to get to some of the headlines, at least, that we didn't get to. And we talked about some of these headlines in different ways, but we didn't talk about the specific story. Kim Kardashian says she's powerless as she speaks out about Kanye's painful bipolar battle. I mean, she called Kanye a brilliant but complicated. person and ask for compassion from fans in a lengthy post on Instagram. Don't forget the album drops today. For more music stars changing their names, the unacceptable names that they have.

Yeah, British dance music DJ Joey Negro or Joey Negro is to drop his unacceptable stage name and instead go by his real name, Dave Lee. Oh, man, that is. is, uh, that's catchy. Come and listen to my dance music. I'm Dave Lee. And Black Madonna has stopped using her moniker, noting that it had caused controversy, confusion, and pain.

Hulu in talks to produce another Hillary Clinton series. Are we, seriously? How'd the other one go? Are they, I mean, are they worth making? I guess so. I guess so. I haven't seen them. I cannot, for the life of me, bring myself to watch anything about that.

But it's the rights to the Curtis Sittenfelds, Rodham, a work of alternate, alternate, I can't even speak, because it's got me shook so much, the alternate history. so it's fiction that imagines Hillary Clinton's life without Bill Clinton. Well, it would be nothing really because Bill was the one who was the governor and the president. She was along for the ride. But hey, that's my alternate history, not hers. Yeah. And you know who Andy Dick is? Apparently, he's off the wagon.

There's video out there saying, you know, he was drunk at a house party. Apparently, he's an ordained minister, and the video is showing him marrying a couple where he's, you know, you can barely understand what he's saying. And then you can hear someone say, the reverend is currently urinating in the sink. So, you know, it's possible when you are at people's homes and you are urinating in the sink. you may be drunk That's just a thought from me I can't I can't put that as fact

But it's just a thought Going on in Oregon You know they're they're treating things right in Oregon And specifically Portland Just a wonderful Wonderful city That you want to go and Spend some vacation time there

One Oregon lawmaker said that Hey these protests aren't out of control They're not that bad Huh I would really hate to see what that lawmaker believes is bad. Speaking of great lawmakers, Governor Cuomo from the great state of New York, said he and President Trump have agreed to hold off on federal intervention in NYC,

have you, gov, have you? Good for the state of Ohio and Indiana, especially since Ohio is on the lookout for their red panda. They issued mandatory mask orders, so everybody has got to wear a mask. And I believe, if I'm not mistaken, Ohio says you have to be, if you're 8 to 10 years old,

you have to wear a mask. Above that age, you have to wear a mask. And I think it was Indiana that said two-year-old. But, so I'm just doing headlines. Just doing headlines. Mayor of Miami Beach is moving to ban alcohol after midnight. That'll help a lot. Yeah, that'll turn things around down in Miami.

I love the anti-Diblosio banner that hung over the highway, showing NYC, showing the mayor hoisting the Statue of Liberty's bloody severed head. That's just horrific. We can't have that. and the Fraternal Order of Police President in Chicago says that

the mayor of Chicago is just childish. She's running the city like the Titanic into an iceberg intentionally. Okay. I mean, that just sounds

racist to me. But, you know, just the headlines. Sexiest body, sexist body. terms, yeah, like Adam's apple, yeah, no longer

can be used, according to a doctor in Australia. And Trader Joe's, the grocery chain, is going to change, and I said this story, this headline talks about Trader Joe's grocery store to change racist ethnic product names. Yeah, they're

going to, they're already on their way, they have bent the knee, and they are getting rid of racist ethnic products on the shelves of Trader Joe. Thankfully, I wasn't able to shop there anymore because of it, so I'm glad we're getting to it. Jeopardy host, Alex Trebek, according to this headline, maybe nearing the end of his battle with pancreatic cancer. He did talk a little bit about if it got to a point where it seemed as though the chemo and the routine was not working. He would stop it all.

And look, that's what happens. I've seen it if you've done anyone who has lost their battle with cancer, you or they reach the point where it's just enough. It's sad. It's sad, but it is just enough. And they reach a point where they have given up not necessarily on life, but they've given up on trying to stop the illness with the medicine that they have been doing with the, with the, with the,

the process. You know, they obviously still want to live and go on with their life, but the process of trying to get rid of the illness is take, it takes a toll. You get, they just get overwhelmed and wiped out. As sad as it is,

it happens, no question. I mean, I wish of all the best, you know, thoughts, prayers, everything to Alex. He's been a strong fighter. And look, the guy is, you know, 79 years old. And, you know, the fight takes its toll. They've been recording shows at the house without audiences. I mean, he's still working.

And he talked about how, and this is an incredible for everyone to realize how, when they, you know, set up all the equipment and they bring him the stuff to record how he feels better while working really the guy's been working for you know 60 years now in a row and uh they expect him to stop working you know and no you're you work that's what you do um no retirement no retiring you just work that's part of it's part of life i know i could i could i could i could i could could retire, but nobody will let me and I can't afford it. So it's the way it goes. And we also have great news. I mean, this actually is good news. And I'll tell you why. Because they're saying now that the vice presidential debate will be held with a live audience at the University of Utah, despite the

surge in coronavirus cases happening in the state. Now, it's scheduled to take place in October, first part of October. Now, the reason that I say this is good news is that, okay, one, we'll finally see some sort of sense of normality going on in the world. But if the vice presidential debate happens, we don't even know who Mike Pence is going to be talking to. He could be up there talking to a, you know, a cutout fan from the baseball stadium. That means that they are looking to still have the presidential debates happening. And do, raise your hand, even if you're driving, raise your hand if you want to see President Trump against Joe Biden in a presidential debate.

That's what I thought. That's what I thought. Everybody, raise it. Yeah, everybody's got their hand up. Now, don't just think you can not put your hand up because you're driving a, and you think that this is the podcast and nobody can see you. You put your hand up.

You know you're excited. You know you want to see that. All right, one last headline, and then we'll get into some stories that we can delve into a little bit more information. There is, and we probably should do it with this story, but I'm just going to leave it as the headline. And then,

I'll get into it next week. But a UFO group in Mexico claims that an underwater alien base repels hurricanes yeah you heard me a UFO group in Mexico claims

their underwater alien base repels hurricanes yes we will get into that next week a couple of quick stories on robots have not talked a lot about

AI and robots lately and we've got to start getting back into it a little bit. You've got a, you know, this whole pandemic has thrown everybody a curveball. But they're still working and busy on getting AI up and running and ready to take your place as a hardworking human. The headline, of course, was White Castle training going to have their burger grilling robot Flippy take over in Chicago, starting in September. So in Chicago. And I got to think, well, that's Flippy.

We've heard from Flippy, right? Flippy didn't do very well the first time we heard about Flippy. So I went to look up how Flippy was doing at the Cali Burger. Remember a couple years ago in Pasadena, flippy showed up and they yanked it after a day well come to find out they yanked it right we did talk about that and we did talk about that it was wasn't able to keep up with the demand and it couldn't put the burgers properly into the trays for the co-workers now according to all involved they just got a little head of themselves they were overwhelmed with the response training was an issue

had taught staffers how to work with Flippy. It was too busy. They weren't able to keep up. And so they just, they just kind of, you know, the news was that they, you know,

shut it down after that day. Well, in May, Flippy turned back on at at Calley Burger and has been serving lunch, seven days a week for three hours a day. So it's working and they're practicing.

I don't know how well, Flippy probably hasn't been that busy during the coronavirus days, but, you know, still up there working, doing their thing, you know, replacing you and me. Japanese robot is going to clock in at a convenience store to test its retail automation plan. The robot, resembling a kangaroo, will begin stacking sandwiches, drinks, and ready meals on shelves at the convenience store. Yay! Yay! It plans to use a robot workers at 20 stores in the next couple of years. So, that's good news, right? You betcha that's good news. You betcha. And just this story from a couple of days ago. enabling humanoid robot movement with imitation learning and mimicking of animal behaviors.

Yay! Because we want our robots to learn. We don't want them just to be programmed for one thing. We want our robots to be just like humans. Only better. So, that's coming. coming. And we still have plenty of

news in crime for this fat pile Friday. We have the Philadelphia SWAT officer charged for pepper spraying protesters. Yes, makes you want to be a police officer, doesn't?

He was charged with several misdemeanor charges including three counts of simple assault, recklessly endangering another person and official oppression, as well as one count of possession of an instrument of crime. Aren't those issued to the police officers? I could be wrong, but I thought those were issued to the police department, that they were department issue, but, well, I mean,

he may have had another instrument of crime on him that wasn't department. issued. So that's good. That's nice of Philadelphia, uh, district attorney, Krasner, you keep up the good work, keep up the good fight. A woman in, uh, in the Bronx. I think it was Bronx. Brooklyn. I think it was Brooklyn. Brooklyn. Bronx. Same thing. Uh, she, uh, is found dead after she reportedly attempted to settle a dispute with a group of people without the help of the New York City police? Huh. According to this report, 33-year-old Shat-V-C-T-A-V-I-A-A-Walls,

approached a group of people who were reportedly illegally setting off fireworks on July 4th. Why not just call the police? Well, because she was just following the advice of Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams, who's been suggesting citizens settled disputes through community policing and without the aid of trained law enforcement officials. They did not like her approaching them, chased after her, shot after her. She lived through that one and then she... But she got the shell casing and the suspect's driver's license,

which was dropped while fleeing. Then she tried it another time and she shouldn't have done that. she was shot eight times after she confronted a second group of people who were who were illegally setting off fireworks what are you doing i'm so sorry that she lost her life and for her and her family and the the dirt bags that shot her deserved to go to prison but this is a good example of taking advice wrong. Community policing going after,

especially after the first time. The first time you got away and they weren't happy with you coming after them and you went back to do it again? Wow. That, uh, I'd take some guts. I'd take some guts. No question.

And we have a man from Polk County, Florida. One of my favorite, counties in America because of their sheriff, Grady Judd. He gave a press conference about an arrest that they made of Tony T.J. Wiggins, 26. And it was incredible the amount of charges that are on this guy's record. And even Grady Judd was a little mift at how many charges. charges this guy had on his record.

But let me stop for a minute and give you a little history on TJ. T.J. is someone who his criminal history should shock your conscience. It does mine. T.J. started to be arrested when he was 12 years old. He is currently only 26 years old. T.J. has 230 felony criminal charges in his arrest history. I didn't stutter. He had 230 charges in his arrest history.

15 convictions and two times to state prison at only 26. There's a picture of Tony Wiggins. Here's the real Tony Wiggins. No shirt, tattoos. He's a thug. He's a criminal. He's pure evil in the flesh. Incredible.

230 charges in his arrest history. And you heard Sheriff Grady Judd, 15 convictions, two times to state prison. Pure evil in the flesh, was the quote from Sheriff Grady Judd. The murders, who he has, it's alleged that he did, and he runs down the case, the sheriff runs down the case of how they have the information and how they believe he is the guilty party. And the other, his brother and his girlfriend are complicit with the murders.

It took place Friday night in Frostproof, Florida, southern part of Polk County, south of Orlando. It's just a, and it's a horrible story of what happened to these people. But it's even more horrible to realize that this guy, Tony T.J. Wiggins, 26, is, I mean, he's going to prison now. I know it's all allegedly, sorry. But pure evil in the flesh. So, you know, you can probably, probably get ready for, you know, maybe a documentary. on on Netflix about

TJ Wiggins you know the 230 cases in his file already at 26 yeah that's worth it you know I started watching Fear City on Netflix it's about

the mob in New York in the 70s and the feds attempting to bring them down and how they're you know how they are getting involved into how Rico laws got started and how they're bringing down the mob. Fascinating. These guys, look, they're thugs.

I know that. I know that. You know, we're all fascinated by the mob, and we've talked about it before. We're all fascinated by the mob because of TV shows, right? And we love to love the bad guy. But in real life, the bad guy is the bad guy. And they are not good people at all. and you don't want anything to do with them.

If you're, you know, want to be a good person. Now, they talk, you know, if you're struggling and you need some money, they talk about how they, you know, we're loan sharking and, you know, businesses and people that were struggling needed some money. And of course, of course, these guys are going to loan your money because it's a difficult thing to get out from under once they've got you. you know, taking money from them. That should be the...

But if the banks aren't giving you money and you've got a business and you're trying to stay open and you want to... You know, you think that you can get out from under by taking the money from the mobster and you'll get out from under and when you don't,

you're either getting your face slammed in for not being able to pay them or they just are taking over your business and sure you can stay and pretend that it's your business but it's really ours. So, you know, it's just... It's just...

Incredible. Oh, I got to tell you about another show that I watched on Netflix, too. But we'll do that in the break room. So good. So, so good. So remember to subscribe to Chew in the Fat. That's the podcast. That's the show you're listening to now. Make no mistake. I count on your subscriptions.

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You're subscribing to the podcast. You're subscribing to the YouTube channel. And you're following me on social media there. Now, I started to tell you about I'm watching. I watched Fear City. I haven't watched them. I haven't watched all the episodes yet, the documentary on, you know, the mob in New York and the feds and the 70s and headed into the 80s.

And the feds are trying to bring them down at the beginning of Rico. and we'll see how that goes. I know that they're following, you know, the four or five heads of the families, and they've got them. They can start getting them all together with the RICO Act, and they're following Castellano. Well, I already know that, you know, before they even get Castellano, John Gotti has him killed so that he can take over.

So anyway, it looks like it's going to be, you know, fun to watch. And they're all just thugs, like I said. They're just criminals and thugs. And I get that. I do. They're not, you know, I know the Teflon Don, you know, I know he's still a thug and a dirt bag and would, you know, cut your throat just as soon as look at you if it meant making him a dime or keeping himself out of jail. Anyway, but I watched another, another kind of documentary about Orson Wells called They'll Love Me when I'm dead on Netflix, really good. Really fascinating.

I'm a fan of Orson Wells anyway. But really fascinating. It makes you look at things differently. I mean, you're listening to this show because I look at things a little different anyway. I know that. But I watched, they'll love me when I'm dead. And it gives you a way to look at things a little bit different. So, you know, tomorrow.

when you're after you watch it and you wake up and you look out the door, you may see things just a little bit different. And isn't that what life is all about? Yes. Yes, it is. Also, just a reminder as well. You need to, starting on Monday,

the 27th of July, you need to vote for Glenn back into the Radio Hall of Fame. He needed to make that happen. It's embarrassing that he is not in the Radio Hall of Fame yet. Quite frankly, it's embarrassing that all of us aren't in the Radio Hall of Fame. And I'm speaking of Pat Glenn Stu and myself, but we'll let it slide and we'll just, you know, let Glenn go.

Shh. That thing between Pat and Stu and myself. That's just, that's nothing. I forget I even said it. So just go to, you know, Radio Hall of Fame.com. It starts on the 27th of July, 2020, and it goes through the 9th of August, 2020.

And you click on the nominees, and you'll, you know, the listeners and fans will be able to vote. They have, there's a voting process going on now, but those are just for the insiders, not for you and me. So, remember to do that. It's important that at least he gets a little bit of love

at the Radio Hall of Fame. It truly is embarrassing he's not already in. All right. Also Monday, big news. We've got the big antitrust hearing going on in Congress. Right?

I mean, they're all going to show up. You're going to have them there. Pretty amazing. You got Amazon, Apple, Facebook, and Google. And they're wondering now, hey, where's Jack? We don't have Twitter showing up. So you're going to have Amazon, Apple, Facebook, and Google,

and it wouldn't surprise me that, you know, Jack rolls in with his black sweatshirt and his nose ring. But it'll be interesting to hear what they have to say, trying to cover their butts. And trying also to say, walk the line between regulation and we want to be. saved. And so, uh, and does Congress want to save them? We'll see. Uh, we'll see. But it will be fascinating to hear what they have to say and hear their testimony. And we'll be able, what's one good thing is we'll be able to hear our politicians blather on and on for a while too. So that's always good. Right? Right. So remember that we are still, and I hate to bring it to you,

but we're still in, you know, coronavirus world, the pandemic. And companies are really struggling right now. I mean, we know that the airlines are struggling. We talked to Fran Hume yesterday and told us, you know, exactly that about the airlines. And today we see where United Airlines says they lost $1.6 billion in quarter two alone. I'm sure that holds true with all the airlines across the board. Coca-Cola reported a 28% decline in sales last quarter, but thinks the worst is over. You know, and I was thinking about that.

I was like, well, I mean, we still bought sodas and stuff. But you didn't buy them at the gas station. And you didn't buy them at lunch. And you didn't buy, you weren't going to the fast food restaurants where, you know, their products are sold in mass. So there's no question that they lost. Now, they claim that, you know, they're thinking that the worst is over.

I hope that's true. I hope that's true. I mean, we're seeing reports now where they're talking about, in New York City alone, a third of New York City businesses may never reopen. A third of New York City businesses may never reopen. So you're still a fan of the lockdown? Still want to keep things closed?

I mean, it's embarrassing that we've kept things closed and made businesses shudder. And people's lives have been ruined and turned upside down over this coronavirus COVID-19. It's embarrassing. You know, it's really frustrating to me because I do understand. And the process of the thinking, well, we just have to lock down and keep everybody safe and we've got to do it. But this is America. And, you know, we've talked about it. You and I have talked about it before where, you know, we were all four of that first 15 days.

And we may even felt like, well, you know, that first 30 days was okay. We were already in the lockdown. And you know what? we'll do it. But after that, I'm sorry. We, that should not, this should not have gone on. You knew how,

you know, how you needed to be safe and keep you and your family safe, and you decide. That's what made America great. That's what makes America great and different. And different. And yet, nope. We're going to lock it down.

And we're going to shut people's businesses down. and we're going to make sure that they close and we're going to throw away the key and that's it. We don't care. And now, if you're going to go out and try to open your business back up again, wear a mask. You don't get to the side. You wear a mask. You'll get fined or thrown in jail. It's embarrassing

that this is what's going on. And we talked about the study earlier. 70% of the people are okay with fines and jail time with wearing masks. well, 50% anyway. The others are, well, yeah, we should have to wear a mask. You know, and if you're going to find them or throw them in jail, I mean, I don't want to, but sure, we've got to wear a mask. Okay, thank you.

Appreciate it. It's very frustrating to me. Very, very frustrating. Yelp published a report describing how the past few months have gone for the company's listed on its site. Turns out, and this is going to be. be a surprise. After what you've just heard, this is going to be a surprise from Yelp. It turns out of the pandemic isn't great for business. Wow, are they stupid? I don't even get it. How could they do a report like that? Let's say the pandemic isn't great for business.

Wow, Yelp, you guys are stupid. And I don't mean guys as in males. I just meant you guys as an employees at Yelp. So, anyway, their report talks about when states like Texas and Florida reopen businesses in May, we started to resume our pre-pandemic activities. Really? You mean we wanted to try to get back to some sort of normalcy? Yeah, that's what happened.

So then they blaming the spikes on that, not the peaceful protesters and the rioters, but the people who wanted to go out and peacefully eat at a restaurant. We've been through that. Of all the business struggling right now, restaurants, of course, are faring the worst. This according to Yelp, gosh. I mean, again, blaming it on the pandemic. Now, 26,000 restaurants that have closed since March

1st. Okay, so you had 26,000 rest. This is the Yelp report. 26,000 restaurants that have closed since March 1st, more than 60% have done so for good. Wow. That is amazing. California, the largest state by population, also suffered the most permanent restaurant closures representing 14.4% of the total number. So California has 14.4.4% of the 60% from the 100%. You can quote me on that.

You know, look, I don't want to bog you down with numbers and facts, but California represents 14.4% of the total number from the 60% that have closed for good out of 100%. So, duh. It's just that easy. Okay. And between May 25th and July 10th, interest in black owned business on the site soared 7,000% amid the, and this is what their published report says here in front of me, amid the nationwide outcry

against systemic racism. But I don't think that's why, I mean, weren't they the big site that gave you kind of deal for going to black-owned businesses and shopping at black-owned businesses. And if you ordered from black-owned restaurants, they weren't going to charge you a special fee.

And they were going to be promoting when you went to the site. That was going to be the first thing that you saw and was in front of you. So, okay, I mean, good. You know, I'm happy that, you know, something was, you know, growing. And, okay, so it's sort 7,000 percent. From what? You know, I don't know. I don't know.

But here's another thing that you're going to look. This is Yelp and not me. Okay. We started this off with them saying that the pandemic isn't great for business. So, you know, ending it from the Yelp is saying that while total closures are falling, permanent closures are increasing weight. meaning the ratio of permanent to temporary business closures is also rising. Wow.

Wow, is that just incredible that they believe that the pandemic isn't great for business? Oh, it's just incredible. Did I tell you that 14.4% of the total number of restaurant closures, came from California from the 60% of the 100%. I did? Oh, okay, good. Download and subscribe to more content at the blaze.com slash podcasts. All righty, thank you for listening to Chewing the Fat and coming along for the ride.

I appreciate it. It's always so much fun. And, you know, we were talking about businesses struggling and during the pandemic and the coronavirus lockdown. and restaurants are not the only businesses that are struggling during the lockdown, which may come as a surprise to you, so I hope you're sitting down. Yeah, other businesses are struggling too. This business, you may find a surprise that it's struggling. I was amazed.

And I was also brought back to the love of local news. This is a report from News 6 in Pennsylvania. and it's from Chelsea Johnson, their reporter. And this is local news at its best. At its best. And I could tell you the story. I could tell you the story. And I would love to tell you the story.

But I feel like in my heart, I need six news. and Chelsea Johnson to tell you the story. A woman from Brockport is finding ways to help those in need at nursing homes, but not in your typical way. Chelsea Johnson joins us live with how this woman is using a donkey to save lives. Chelsea? Well, Tim, from Margaret McCarty. She says it took her over 60 years to find her calling.

That was until four years ago when she heard a voice that said, get a donkey. For some reason, except for saying that the Holy Spirit was just really on me about a donkey. And I went to my husband and I said, I'd like to have a donkey. Margaret McCarty is a retired hairdresser and found her calling for a therapy donkey four years ago. She says she started hunting around in 2016 for a donkey and that's when her husband found a six-month-old donkey for sale. Naturally right away I called. and it was already gone. The owners of that donkey said they would have another donkey for sale the following year.

When McCarty got the call that the donkey was born, there was something holding me back, and I wish I could say today what that was. On June of last year, she found her donkey, Junebug. We visited her for about three, almost four months every week, and the word was bill. It was, this is the donkey. Referring to the Bible, Ricardy says Jesus chose a donkey to carry some of the heaviest burdens. She says she wanted Gene Bug to be that blessing to others, so she started taking June to nursing homes last spring.

There was a gentleman who was at the nursing home for quite a while, a big man, and he was just within himself. There was no smiles, there was no conversation. But when Gene Bug came over to him, she went over and just kind of touched him in the chest. And of course he was startled. And he looked up and he made eye contact with her. And it was all over but the shouting. She brought him alive like I've never seen. McCarty says he could not take his hands off of Junebug.

She says it's moments like those that reaffirm her calling to use Junebug as a therapy donkey. Those little changes that we can make can have a long-lasting effect. to monkey. McCarty says the pandemic slowed things down for her business, but she hopes things pick back up soon. Reporting live in Clearfield County, I'm Chelsea Johnson, Six News. Like I said, I could have told you about the therapy donkey myself, but I felt it was, I felt it was a different way, a better way, to have Six News. tell you about heavenly he-haw therapy.

And the whole news report, they're showing her and her husband, and he's just sitting there like, holy cow, she came to me. It's by reading between the lines or between the pictures, as she said, she went to her husband and said,

you know what, I like to have a donkey. And hubby's like, whatever just go ahead and so now they have their therapy donkey at heavenly he-haw therapy Junebug the donkey is ready to enhance your life it's sad sad that during the pandemic Junebug has been held back but Junebug is still there and so is heavenly no what is it It's a heavenly he-haw therapy. So if you need something to pick you up in life, there's always Junebug the donkey.

And you could also have cuddlers. You know, we've talked about cuddlers for years now. And boy, the pandemic has just got to be putting a hurt on the cuddling business. But according to this story, while the pandemic is, putting a hurt on them. People are starting to hold professional cuddling non-sexual embraces on the internet. So, you know, that's good. You'd think, according to Randy Wade Kelly, obviously there's no substitution for human touch,

but it helps to bridge the gap. He had a recent virtual cuddling session and really helped him through. Now, the organization isn't offering in-person sessions for the foreseeable future, but founder Gene Franzblal has found there are ways to lead online sessions that offer a balm to loneliness.

Gene Franz Blow was resistant on the very deep level to offer something that I thought would be valueless like snake oil, but we must meet each other halfway to make the magic. And she's found that there's value to be had in virtual sessions. I had him lie on his side with one. This is with Kelly. This is the actor, Randy Wade Kelly, but this might happen to you as well. with the virtual cuddling session, you could lay on your side with one arm stretched under your head

and the other near your torso, simulating, holding yourself. And then the cuddle therapist would help to recreate some intimacy of touch through increased computer eye contact. So if you need a good, shuttle. They're still out there, even during the pandemic. And we were talking about Netflix, uh,

a little shows on Netflix. Don't forget, remember at the beginning how huge Tiger King was? That's when we thought it was only going to be like a 30 day lockdown and we were going to get back to normal. That's when we thought, you know what, Tiger King is crazy enough and we're in a crazy time. We're going to be locked down for 30 days. So we might as well be crazy and watch Tiger King. and be nope nope should have should have not binged it as much as we did in the beginning because we're still in that lockdown and he's in trouble remember uh remember the property goes to what's her face in florida and uh jeff low gets to keep the animals he's got to move the animals out

but now he's getting written up because he's uh not taking care of the animals good enough. I know. I know. I know. They're saying that the animals are weak and neglected. And Jeff says, these findings are misleading and unfair.

The USDA recently completed an investigation into the GW Exotic Animal Park in Oklahoma, faulted the zoo for not providing proper veterinary care for the lions, tigers, and bears. Oh my. Low calls BS. They're out to get me. And so according to the report,

16-week-old lion cub was lethargic and depressed and thin. The cub was immediately removed from the park and taken to a vet. Oh, okay. Lowe says, look, I rescued Nala. I was featured in the Tiger King series, and we spent a fortune trying to nurse her and the others back to health. And there were two geriatric wolves suffering. from arthritis and they weren't following instructions.

Now this is according to the report. Lowe says, uh, we've done everything we can for these old wolves, these old animals. We just, uh, we can only do so much.

They are in trouble, man. They are in trouble. Jeff, you know what you need to do, bro? You need to get a new documentary going for yourself. Get some money back in. Get some money flowing. and help with those animals

or just give them to what's her face down in Florida Carol, yeah Carol Carole Baskin, yes, give it you know, the lady that we're guessing killed her first husband. Well, give them to her, just say here,

you won the land in court, take the animals too, and Jeff, just say you're out. Have a nice day. You know what I and talk to Carol, say, maybe she'll give you some money for them. You get a little money back and, you know, Carol will give you a little bit of cash and you can just be rid of the whole thing.

And then if you needed to make some money, I'll leave you with a way that maybe you, Jeff Lowe, could make some money, or you, the listener, to chewing the fat, would be able to make some money when you're thinking to yourself, I don't have any way to make money. According to Uber Fax,

at UberFax, an NFL water boy, you know, the guy you see on the sideline running around making sure that all the players have their water bottle when they're thirsty or not to get looked at like, no, I don't want it, get out of here. They make an average of $53,000 a year. So for what, 16 to 20 weeks a year?

53 grand? That's not bad. That's not bad at all. Need some water? Thirsty? Need some water? Hey, need a drink? Need a drink?

Great play. Great play. Need a drink? No? Okay. Let me know when you do.