Chewing the Fat with Jeff Fisher - Ep 477 | Fat Pile Friday - Trump Has COVID-19 EDITION

Episode Date: October 2, 2020

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And now, a Blaze Media podcast. Now the question is, can I make it the third? through the whole show without talking about Donald Trump and Melania Trump testing positive for COVID-19. Oh, my. Oh, no. Oh, no. I just, I just ruined it. So I'm going to try. I'm going to try to make it through this whole show because, holy cow, does that throw a wrench into the machine? A another log onto the fire of 2020. Yes, you heard me correctly. President Donald Trump, his wife Melania and Hope Hicks who is one of his right-hand people have tested positive for COVID-19. The rest of the surrounding family has not tested positive.

This weekend is going to be fun. But hey! Welcome to chewing the fat and fat Pile Friday. Remember we talked about the American Dream Mall, I'm sorry, the American Dream Mega Mall, opening in East Rutherford, New Jersey, right there off Route 3. You know where it is. You know, it opened last year, and they were all excited. It's got the Nickelodeon Universe theme park and the rink and an NHL regulation-sized ice skating rink.

And it had the snowboard park, the three-story candy department store. And then, you know, of course, it had like, according to them, about a million, 800,000, just under a million visitors by January. But then, da, da, da, pandemic shut it down. So they're reopening. And yay, yay. Now, it's opening. We've got a water park and the theme park will be limited to 750 people. It's opening to the 25% capacity.

According to them, they're doing less than 25%. Okay. According to, I mean, they're allowing 750 people in there. The water park lists the maximum capacity at 5,600. Wow. So good luck trying to stay afloat at this place. Really. I mean, ticket sales were supposed to be good.

the last couple days and then they are, you know, supposed to be sold out this weekend. Close to selling out this weekend. So, okay. I hope it works out for them. It has 80 to 100 stores they're going to be opening. We'll see how it works out. I mean, it's a huge place.

It's got, you know, wings and you can, it's got levels one through three. of the mall that are going to be there. We'll see, you know, one is the, it's called the garden, the secret garden, one's called the library. Okay, we'll see if it works. One of the food courts has Coca-Cola eats

that's supposed to open by the end of the month. Munchy's food court is scheduled to open by the end of the year. You've got Dunkin' Donuts, Sineabon, and Hagenas that are going to have the grab-and-go, available while you're there. Again, not everything is opening. I mean, they've got Angry Birds, the not-so-many golf club.

Big snow isn't scheduled to open until, um, well, no, it should be open already. Dream riders, the mechanical animals, you rent and ride through the mall, the rink, DreamWorks Waterpark. All these stores are supposed to be opening

and be open already. Now, Abercroppy Kids, Acutus, Arian Al-Aldo, Amazon Force, American Eagle, as it goes on and on and on. I mean, it's a huge ball. We'll see if they open up. I mean, they mentioned Foot Locker here, but I thought Foot Locker was supposed to become a place where you could go and vote. So maybe you can do that there as well.

And they've got a huge list of all these stores, in alphabetical order, by the way. And it looks like it's going to be an exciting time at the American. American Dream Mall in New Jersey because nothing says fun like a huge mall in New Jersey. I can tell you that. Now they're letting this joint open up come to think of it. And they're still in a big deal with the weightlifters and the gym. They had to make it so it was a campaign office to open up. I was just, New Jersey is out of control.

It is fat pile Friday, so there's a lot of fat to get to. I know. Don't look at me like that. there's a lot of fat to get to every day, but this is Fat Pile Friday, so we're just, we push all the fat to the middle and we start digging through it. You do you realize it's been 16 years since Facebook was founded by the Zuckster? Incredible, right? Certainly about 16 years. I mean, it's been 10 years since the movie, the social network. Wow. And as long as we're, you know, a little Facebook, you know, they started it's, uh, they're going to more close.

closely integrate WhatsApp, Instagram Messenger. Oh, good. That's what they need to do is closely integrate WhatsApp and Instagram and Messenger. We want that. Right? Right. Oh, how much would you pay for United Kingdom bookmaker William Hill? What'd you think that'd be worth?

I know a couple of bucks, right? Well, Caesar's Entertainment is buying the UK bookmaker William Hill for $3.7 billion. Okay. Good luck. Good luck.

And Walmart revealed that a new store design is going to mirror its app. And I'm not real sure what to make of that. according to them the days of lazily strolling through the store aisles are over yeah i mean who didn't love to just go

stroll through walmart anyway they are unveiling the design they're saying it's going to come to 200 stores around the u.s. by the end of this year and 800 more by the end of next year according to them it may not look that different it uh they're going to rearrange a lot of items across the store consolidating categories such as electronics, toys, and baby products into their own dedicated

sections rather than having some items scattered. I mean, I thought that's what they did anyway. They're going to have loading signs, clearer signs to point you around to the spaces. I guess the signs match up to the categories and icons that you find on the app. Okay. Of course, you know, they want to create a seamless shopping. experience between the digital store and the physical one. Now, they're going off Target, right? So Target spent some, a few billion, according to the story, seven billion on redesigning its stores to be more browsable, creating moments of serendipity with sections

often set up to spotlight just a few products, which are often designed and sold by Target, which means there anything that Target owns and is selling and making the most money on, that's what's going to be highlighted. That's all that meant. And it worked because gosh darn it, foot traffic increased to the highest numbers in a decade. Oh, well, good luck. Good luck. And I haven't heard much news about the Walmart Plus now that I'm thinking about it off the top of my head.

So we'll see how that goes. I mean, I haven't received. I'm a Sam's Club member. I have a Walmart card, or at least my wife does. Maybe she's getting some emails. Because I haven't seen any, hey, Walmart Plus is here. Come and get it. You need it.

You should have it. So we'll see. And I'm still ticked if they're allowing, if they're going to allow Walmart Plus members to use Sam's Club gas tanks. Uh, no. I do not. Uh, no. Not unless you have a designated,

you better build another row for the Walmart Plusers. Okay. Otherwise, I want to be able, I want the same prices at Walmart that the, what is those, Murphy's Walmart has. And then we could, you know, swap cards so I could go there and fill up my tank and not have to go to San. Anyway, I think we'll probably, I probably talked about that before, but it's just something that really kind of irks me. Just a tad. Don't be letting Walmart pluses have the Sam's Club card.

We pay him extra for that. I expect extra service. Well, there's a new app, too, that everybody has all wound up. Which gets me into the big story yesterday afternoon. So there's a new app Discord. All right. It's a messaging platform that caters to video gamers. And it's hit, you know, they've got their downloads are going through the roof every

day and the discord according to them their base is grown by 50% since February and that's huge so it's for video gamers so you know the discord platform is is huge so it's been a and so but what got me to the gamers is that super smash brothers and Minecraft joined forces yesterday it was announced and Twitter actually I don't know that it crashed but it got overloaded I mean it slowed down and what appeared to be down with the announcement of Super Smash Bros. and Minecraft joining forces.

And they released this, I don't know, six or seven minute video and they showed, uh, showed a video between Super Smash Brothers and Minecraft. And then they had a talk from the, the head guy,

Mr. uh, Masiro Secura or Sakurai. I'm not really sure. Care of how to pronounce this stupid name. But he's the guy. I mean, he's Mr. Gamer. And, you know, the guy's made a fortune.

And he's from Japan. And I watched some of the video. He doesn't speak English. So he just speaks Japanese. And they just put up the English words on the video. And you live with it. That's the way it is. So it was an exciting video to watch.

Exciting video. But the gamers loved it. Man, the guys. gamers wanted that to happen. Super Smash Brothers and Minecraft joining forces. More fun than you'll know what to do with. As long as we're, you know, talking the internet. In a court hearing, Apple,

and Epic Games kicked off some more of the debate over their apps since, remember, Fortinart Maker, Epic Games, launched their attack against Apple and pulled their stuff while they started their own app, right? Which they knew by doing that, that Apple would pull them from the app store for breaking the rules. And then came the fury of lawsuits

because they didn't want to pay Apple's 30% cut, when people bought the app so the removal was the subject of yesterday's not yesterday today is fat pop Friday so this story says yesterday

sometime this week actually because this is I don't know when I put this story in the in the show links so sometime this past week it was in front of a judge and he's not expected to reinstate Fortnite in the app store

but we'll see you know I know I know that look Google also charges 30% cut in the app purchases got booted they booted Fortnite off as well and they face a loss you know they're doing a lawsuit from Epic Games so we'll see you know I look they say that they do a lot of the dirty work vetting the apps for privacy and security issues and its fees reflect the services it provides to developers and consumers okay we'll

see if that's actually true. It may be true in the beginning. So, I mean, that's where they're making their money, right? They vet the apps and they take their cut. But by the end, with these huge apps, that's a lot of money. And they know it. So this could be a long, long battle. And, you know, it's worth a lot of money. So they all are going to be involved in that battle that is for sure. California Daily. A lot of stuff going on in California, man, and not all for the better. Governor Gavin Newsom signed legislation this week that's going to require the boards of publicly traded companies based in the state to have at least one racially, ethnically, or otherwise diverse director by 2021. And we, I remember talking

about him probably going to do that. The new quota is the first of its kind in the U.S. and follows a similar California measure enacted a couple of years ago that mandated female directors on all boards of the state's public companies. Now, this law is expected to have, you know, impact around the country,

and we'll see if it actually does or not. You know, I don't know. He also signed a bill to help police trace guns. Oh, that's good. New pistol models sold in California are going to eventually have to include micro stamping technology that makes them easier to trace by law enforcement. So if they're used in crimes, it'll be easier to see what gun it is. Um, oh, okay. I'm real sure I, you know, sure you've got the Second Amendment.

Nobody's taking your right to have a gun away. Okay? We're just saying that we want to be able to track it even more. And then by, by, uh, and then for sure we're tracking you, right? I mean,

holy cow. And on top of which, I'm sure it's not going to cost any more money to have every gun micro stamped that's going into California. So they either. don't sell guns in California, or they microchip. I'm sorry, I don't want to say microchip. Silly.

It's micro-stamping technology. Silly, it's not a microchip, you dummy. It's micro-stamping technology. So there's that going on, which is good, good, good. You know, they also have a new law that's going to start next year that it's going to require the handguns. to be equipped with safety measures, including chamber load indicators

and magazine disconnect mechanisms. So we're not taking your gun rights away. We're just making it damn near impossible to have a gun in the state of California. So there's that, which is good. Which is good, right? Of course it is. Of course it is.

Now, they also, thanks to the great governor of California, Gavin Newsom, approved a task force to consider paying reparations for slavery. Good! It's about time.

The governor said that the bipartisan support for the bill, which passed the state Senate on a 33-3 vote last month, proving that proving that we can hopefully have this resonate all across the U.S. It's going to require a commission to study the lingering impact of slavery in the state and make recommendations to lawmakers by July 2023. The recommendation should include details on what form of compensation should be awarded

as well as its recipients. And California has got to come to terms with many of its issues, but it is yet to come to term with its role in slavery. So California has a deeply, deeply rooted issue with race and slavery. And we're going to address it. And we're going to address these issues of justice and fairness. Okay. That's great.

That is great. Of course, what happens if they were to say, well, we don't think any compensation. should be awarded. And, you know, the lingering impact of slavery really can't be proven. It's just a feeling. That kind of thing. If they come back with that kind of thing, what happens then, Gov?

I think we all know the answer to that. All right, let's go to the break room. Let's get something cold to drink. Go ahead. Get cold something cold to drink. There is nothing. Like a cold beverage after your throat is parched. There's no question about that.

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who says, hey, this is my first email to a podcast. I think your show is cool. One of the things I like about your podcast is you don't get into politics on the show. Well, Nolan, let me tell you, I try not to. Of course, I cover some of the political stories

that have to be done, but I really, I really try not to and go out of my way to get too in depth on this show because, you know, I'm on Pat on least a couple times a week. I fill in on some other shows on the Blaze Television Radio Network. So, you know, we cover it there, and it's just, I know it gets exhausting. And especially now, I mean, we are in the deep well of politics now, so I know it gets exhausting.

And then I replied. I tried to reply and answer to emails, and I said, hey, thanks for the kind words. Thanks for listening. I appreciate it. And then he, apparently, uh, got a little ticked at me because I didn't read it on the air. So he emailed me back, hey, when do you read viewer emails on the air? Isn't it any specific day of the week? I'm not sure I understand the note sent from your reply.

I'm thinking I might have sent my email to you at the wrong time to be aired. Well, no, you sent it to the right email. I thanked you for sending the email and the kind words. and I thanked you for listening. Now, if and when an email gets read on the air, it's hit or miss. Do I have a specific, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding? Do I, do I pound the gavel?

And say, email time. Do I do that? No, no, I don't. Oh, my gosh. My gavel, the gavel thing just came off. What the heck happened? The metal piece that wraps around the gavel just came up. I must have hit the gavel too hard, too important.

press Nolan. Wow, I got to take care of that. Oh boy. He'd be in trouble with the whole chewing the fat gavel thing there. But my point is, is that I don't have a specific bang the gavel time. If something, you know, grabs my eye, I do it. And maybe I should. Maybe I should have a specific email bang the gavel time. But right now, I don't. So, Nolan, I thought my email said everything that it meant to, but I apologize if you misunderstood. So, chewing the fat at the blaze. You can my gavel, you can go to my YouTube page Chewing the Fat with Jeff Fisher.

Oh my gosh. This is the same name as this show. And you can subscribe to my YouTube page, Chewing the Fat with Jeff Fisher. There's a quick YouTube video there of when I unwrapped the gavel and became Judge Jeffie with a gavel It's always Jeffie, hello. But I've got to fix. I've really got to fix my...

I should just put you out of hold again like I did yesterday and fix my gavel. But I won't do that. I won't do that right now. I'm just set it off the side and just try to... Just try to take a breath, okay? Don't forget it's Fat Bear Week.

Also, we're going to cover in-depth fat bear week coming from the Cat Mai National Park. park up in Alaska over there at the the Brooks, what is it, the Brooks River or the Brooks Lake. It's, okay, it's the Bears at Brooks River in

Catmine National Park. Now, some of the videos, if you go to the link, I put the link out on my social media accounts, you can watch the live cams and watch the bears, you know, eat the salmon. And it's pretty cool. And that's at Brooks Falls, I believe. But, which is, well, part of the

Brooks River, Jeff. Yes, that's correct. So it's a single elimination tournament. There's a bracket there. And, you know, it's a huge bracket. So what I'm going to do is I'm going to do a YouTube live this weekend. And I may start off with a YouTube live tonight, Friday night, for those of you listening live, the 2nd of October 2020, and then Saturday and Sunday.

So that, you know, we cover Fat Bear Week because we're coming up on it. And I'm looking forward to talking to, you know, one of the Rangers or two of the Rangers, see how it's going up there, see how the bears are fatting up, see how the contest is going. Because Fat Bear Week is, I realize it's a single elimination tournament, but it's huge. And right now there's nothing more important. I don't care about the election, you know, that thing between humans.

I care about that. And none of it. None of it. What I care about is Fat Bear Week, which is why we're going to. cover it. It's fat on fat coverage here on chewing the fat. All right, well, we're in the break room. I see where there's going to be an official balushi documentary on Showtime.

It looks really good. It looks really good. And to be clear, I don't think there's been a Belushi documentary. I mean, there may have been some A&E specials or something like that. And there was the Bob Woodward book, right? Wired. which was pretty good. And it covered,

it made John a really sad figure. And I know John's wife was, was pissed at Woodward about the book. There's no doubt about that. Because Woodward, I remember, okay, so Balushi,

I mean, you know, was on fire, right? Just a candle that just burned out. A candle in the wind? Oh my gosh, there should be a song.

And, uh, I was just on fire, right? and he was, you know, he died of a drug overdose and, you know, he was portrayed as a junkie, right? And that's really, you know, sure, he was a junkie. Sure, he was a drug abuser. And sure, according to Woodward, oh, he looked, the cops just said he looked like just another dead junkie.

Well, yeah. Well, not every junkie gets found dead at the Chateau Merrimont. Okay. Sorry, in the bungalow at the Chateau Merrimand. Not everybody gets found there. your everyday junkie doesn't but you know it's john balushi right and she was pissed because it just shows it doesn't the book doesn't show the humor the courage and the energy he wasn't just a junkie well duh no kidding but i'm looking forward to it it's out in november on showtime it should be

really really good and i'm a huge fan of balushi you know i mean i mean i'm a huge fan of balushi you know i mean I just thought, you know, I loved them. And so did everyone else. It says in the trailer, it's a two-minute trailer, and it's got a whole music thing. And I don't know if YouTube or our podcast company would let me play it, although I should just play it and be the hell with them.

But he says, you know, they talk about in the trailer that everybody loved John. And that was part of the problem, right? I mean, at one point he's got the number one TV show, the number one movie, he's on fire, he's at top of the world. And it says in the trailer, you know, as well, that must be great for John. And at the same time, you're thinking, oh, I don't know how he's going to survive it. And he didn't. And according to the stories, they were close to pulling an intervention at the time of his death.

And they just did it, you know, it was too late on their timing. I don't know. Do you see a 60, 70-year-old Belushi? I mean, you've got Akroyd. And you've got Chevy Chase. And he got his brother, Jim Belushi. I mean, Harold Ramis is dead now. And so was Penny Marshall.

Wow. And so was Gary Fisher. All these people that were surrounding him. But I mean, I just don't see, you know, a 70-year-old John Belushi. That just wasn't him. And maybe, you know, that was part of the problem, too, because he didn't see himself that way either. Anyway, in November, the Belushi documentary on Showtime

looks really good. And I neglected to say happy birthday to the killer, Jerry Lee Lewis, this week. And it's Fat Paw Friday, so just let me say, happy birthday to the killer. Speaking of being 85 years old and burning out, the killer never burned out. I'll tell you that right now, Jerry Lee,

happy birthday. Now that one time I saw him, it talks about this story, this whole birthday story, it talks about how he almost died in 81. I remember, I saw him. It had to have been in late 81 or early 82. I mean, he had just gotten out of the hospital. He was really thin. He was wearing a yellow tuxedo, played some crappy piano. and this small bar we saw him at.

I mean, he was awesome. He was the killer. Kid me? But he did not look good, man. He looked really rough. But he was great. He was great. I saw him one time at New Orleans.

That's a whole, I could tell you, that's a whole story of almost getting thrown in jail that weekend. And we saw him, it was a riverboat. And he played on the riverboat. He was playing the piano with this towel. He was just. jumping up and down on the piano. It was awesome.

So anyway, happy birthday to the killer. 85 years old this week. Speaking to New Orleans, I see where the horse racing track in New Orleans has agreed to pay $2.8 million

in a penalty for letting their horse manure and urine into the city's drainage system. That's only been going on for, you know, half a dozen years or so. Don't worry about it. So the Justice Department

described the fine to be paid by Churchill Downs Incorporated. That's, you know, the dingoberries up in Kentucky. They own this racetrack down here. They, apparently, they've been cited like 250 times in the last six years.

Okay. They violated the deal. So they're going to stop the flow of untreated processed wastewater into the local sewer system, which they say, you know, leaves the local waters used by fishing and ultimately to Lake Ponce Train. And they're going to try to, you know, keep the urban area clean. The whole area around there is, they're going to, is, you know, horse stables and barns and, you know, 1,800 or more horses at a time are there.

That's a lot of horse manure. You could quote me on that, bro. So not only are they paying the $2.8 million to the city, they're going to pay, I don't know, $6 million, $5.5.6 million to upgrade, I'm sorry, capital improvements over the next three years to address the conditions and obligations under the consent decree. So they're going to find some way to stop the poop and the urine going into the stormwater. Good luck. Good luck.

I don't know how, you know, I guess there's ways that you do it. But according to them, when the city gets 10 inches of rain within 12 hours, which New Orleans does from time to time, then that releases a lot of the horse manure and urine. What they're saying is that even after a little bit of rain, the manure and the urine would flow down into the water. And once it's flowing down to the water, what are you going to do?

get a you know get a pasta strainer out and start straining the water for horse manure and urine? No, you're not going to do that. So anyway, good luck. If you're around the horse track

in New Orleans, it's supposed to be fixed. And they're spending some money to get everything up and running and make sure everything is good to go under the Clean Water Act and help you out down there in New Orleans. Right?

Right. Bad news for Subway in Ireland. And I don't know that it's good news actually for us. It might be different in Ireland than it is here. But a Supreme Court has found there has found that the bread in Subway's heated sandwiches has too much sugar in it to meet the legal definition of being bread. So they don't get a deal. There's some kind of tax rebate, tax plan, tax savings that they got for selling, you know, sandwiches. And so it falls outside the statutory definition because of the sugar content.

Okay. There's not enough flour or dough. It provides weight of ingredients such as sugar, fat bread, to not exceed a, certain weight. And according to the judges, yeah, you exceed that. It could be said

to be food for the purpose of the act, but that's it. Okay. So you don't get the deal. Got it? We're not refunding your VAT payments. Because your

sandwiches are too full of sugar. Wow. If that's true in America, ooh. You can quote me on that too. Woo. Wow. So speaking to Ireland, they'll be happy with this. If you're listening in Ireland right now, it's just a joke. Okay. Apparently, if you have Neanderthal genes, not J-E-A-N-S, but G-E-N-N-S, but G-E-N-N. E-S genes from 60,000 years ago,

you are at a higher risk of severe coronavirus. I know. Who to thunk it? Well, apparently researchers. 50% of the people in South Asia and 16% of the people in Europe now carry this length of DNA, which scientists have now linked to the most severe form of COVID-19. Wow. So according to this research,

if you have this genetic inheritance, you are three times more likely to require mechanical ventilation once they contract the virus. Evolutionary anthropologist Hugo Zerberg, or Zberg, from the Max Planet Institute of Evolution, revolutionary anthropology in Germany and I mean, hello. If you've, if you've never been there, what are you doing with your life?

They've been scrambling to understand what makes some people more vulnerable to COVID-19 than others. And apparently this, the pre-existing underlying conditions and social inequalities explain a large part of vulnerability. Does it? The pre-existing underlying conditions, but the social inequalities? Okay. But if you've got the gene, if you've got the gene, baby, the Neanderthal gene from 60,000 years ago,

you are in deep doo-doo. So I guess, you know, there was a big stretch of time there when Neanderthals, you know, were strolling around the world taking care of a little business before they went extinct. And so now, like I said,

you got 50% of the people, people in South Asia, 16% of the people in Europe. Still with the Neanderthal DNA strain. Just because these Neanderthal 60,000 years ago were wandering around taking care of a little business. Oh, man, I don't even want to know. I just do not want to know. I just don't.

I don't want to know. Just let it happen. And then, of course, there's a new study that talks about no evidence that hydroxychloroquine can prevent COVID-19. Well, okay. But a new study is the latest to suggest that hydroxychloroquine isn't an effective weapon against COVID-19 when taken as a preventative drug. Well, I mean, it seems to work on a bunch of people.

But according to this study, a randomized double-blinded trial found no difference in the risk of catching COVID-19. among health care workers who either took the malaria drug or a placebo before they were potentially exposed to the virus. Okay, I just know that it helped, you know, people that I know. And we've heard many, many stories from people who say it helped. So if it helps, isn't one life? If it just helps one life, isn't it worthy to try?

I just don't understand. why it's such a big deal. If President Trump, I don't am getting political a little bit, but if President Trump had not mentioned hydroxychloroquine, it just would have been another drug out there and it would have worked fine.

And you would have heard that, well, it doesn't help everybody, but it helps as many people as we can find. We've, and now we've got to just continue to hammer and hammer. It doesn't work. There's no evidence that hydroxychloroquine can prevent COVID-19.

So what do you even take it for? Well, maybe it'll help. And maybe I have, you know, the Neanderthal gene from 60,000 years ago. And maybe, you know, when the Neanderthal was taking care of a little business in South there, Africa, it didn't know that we were going to create hydroxychloroquine within the next 60,000 years. So it knocks it out of my system. Maybe.

Maybe. Isn't it worth just one life? Download and subscribe to more content at the blaze.com slash podcasts. Hoping to, uh, it's Fat Pile Friday. So, I mean, there's just so much, so much to get to. I mean, yesterday, for those of you listening live, uh, it's the second of October 2020. So yesterday I talked about, uh, the lady that, uh, where the United States Postal Service lost her ticket. Right. And so we got news today that she got the money from the lottery.

Funny, the story talks about how FedEx delivered the package from the lottery commission. But there was no part of the story, the big part of the story was, is that the lottery said that they wouldn't pay unless they had the ticket. Remember? Because we were talking about, I was saying that the Postal Service better clean every place in Tallahassee they can find. It doesn't say. So apparently it was just bad press. They never did get the ticket.

They just figured, give the lady a thousand bucks. Which really they should have done anyway. As soon as she said that she had, that she had sent it certified mail, she had the documentation. So they really should have just given her the thousand bucks. So it doesn't say in the story if the lottery commission ever actually got the ticket. But she did get her money. for her. And she said that she now is going to use that $1,000, fix her broken washer, and get new car tires. Nothing says America like fixing your washer and getting new tires on the car,

whether you're in Hernando County, Florida, or Fordworth, Texas, baby. Wow, so I'm looking at this list of bankruptcy and protection chapter 11s. They talk about through June. 18 retailers have filed for Chapter 11. 18. But most are sellers of apparel, footwear, and home furnishers. They claim that at this point in the year, we've already surpassed last year's total retail bankruptcies.

And by the end of 2020, we could even outpace 2010, which there were 48. Ah, yeah, I think we're going to do that. No problem. Well, we could do that. It's 2020. But they're talking about how e-commerce has now changing. you know, that was already changing the retail game and now it, you know, it is the game.

So we'll see if it ever gets back to the foot traffic that they hope for. I know, you know, you talk about the, you know, the American Dream Mall. They're hoping for it, that's for sure. I was looking at this list since January of this year. And of all the, you know, the companies that have filed for bankruptcy and some of them have filed for full liquidation and peer one on the, you know, unsuccessfully sought sale for locations,

liquidated all stores, sold IP for $31 million. That was back in February, right? Same thing for Art Van Furniture. They sought a going concern sale, but they liquidated all stores and converted to Chapter 7.

But there's a company here, and there's a list goes on. I mean, Modell's true religion, golds, Jim, Chino's, John Vervado, Neiman Marcus, stage door, Jacey, Peney, Tuesday morning, 24-hour fitness. 24-hour fitness seeking reorganization

with store closings. Wow. They are looking at the possibility of closing 135 24-hour fitness buildings, and they have, you know, 445 that they're talking about some sort of reorganization. I saw that. I mean, you saw that coming when,

I mean, I drive by a 24-hour fitness, and that baby is closed and it used to be packed and it's got a pool and it's a beautiful building it's got an outside pool it's got an inside pool and training facilities

it's a great gym in fact I mentioned I sent an email to my son saying buy one of the 24-hour fitness buildings it still may be possible you could probably get a really good deal and they got it's full of stuff yeah that's why you buy

I mean hello I'm a business genius just seems like a good deal. And they talk about the GNC is restructuring. Wow, that's, wow, $760 million asset sale to stalking horse bid. Okay, I want to know who the stalking horse is. All right, because I was looking, it says the result, and it goes through, starts off, ends the

1st of August, 2nd of August, and it talks about the 12th of August, actually, with Steinmark. Wow, full chain liquidation. Steinmart. 281 stores. Incredible.

But, so it goes through here, and there's one, the paper store. Court-approves sale to stalking horse bidder. Okay, it doesn't say how much there in this one. As we go down,

as we go down it comes up to another store here Lucky brand Sold assets to stalking horse Spark Group LLC 161.6 million dollars As we scroll down a little bit more We find another group And we just saw that other one with Stocking Group

Right, but there's another one down here that talked about the stocking group as well. Deer Stocking Group, this is chewing the fat. And I'm up for sale. Yeah, now I got to liquidate. And, you know, look, you can liquidate for less than $191.6 million.

No problem. Okay. So, there you go. No problem. Yeah, GNC. That was the one. 760 million assets Sale to Stocking Horse bid

Wow I want to know who these people are They'll tell me All I have to do is ask They'll be right on the phone with me Oh yeah this is who they are But anyway I'm not making

It's horrible what's happening And I Will these We talked about it before Will a lot of these stores Come back absolutely And you talk about 24 hour fitness right

Okay so They're reorganizing and their closing stores, but guys like my son, maybe not my son, but guys like my son, you know, in the fitness business, in the, in the business, we'll buy these buildings. And, you know, then it'll be, instead of 24-hour fitness, it'll be, you know, 24-hour lifestyle, 24-hour life, your life, whatever, better you, you know, it'll be my son's name, better you performance. It's something.

There'll be other businesses. So capitalism and this country will go on. But got to go on with President Trump in office. Because if, no, I'm going to talk political. Never mind. I'm going to stop. Stop. Stop.

So we were talking about chapter 11 and businesses closing and filing for bankruptcy. I see where a suburban New York Catholic diocese, The Roman Catholic Diocese in New York, one of the New York City's suburbs, filed for bankruptcy. They're seeking to the diocese of a Rockville Center, which encompasses much of Long Island, and 1.4 million Catholics filing for Chapter 11. They will ask the bankruptcy court to put all cases on hold, you know, all those sexual abuse cases. And especially, I mean, in New York, right? they suspended the statue of limitations.

And so it was just, I mean, we are seeing that with the celebrities that are being sued because they suspended the statue of limitations. Is it a good thing? I guess. I mean, I want to believe that it's a good thing, but really. But really? But really. Good news for Uber, though.

They can operate in London now for at least in New York. another 18 months after winning its appeal. A judge restored the ride sharing company's license, giving it the green light for 18 months. So they didn't renew, London didn't renew their license, citing safety concerns like unauthorized drivers using the app to pick up riders. Now a judge is saying, the company's fit and proper.

Go ahead, get out of here. The judge must use Uber. I see where, you know, look, Uber. They've got their new way. You can't, their delivery drivers for Uber Eats and Uber can't even go out without putting a mask on now, which is kind of strange. Because they talk about how they make everyone, you know, take a selfie before they drive off. But it doesn't, so they know that they're wearing a mask. I would like to see, and I don't know this, if you're an Uber driver, let me know.

You can email me at Chewing the Fat of the Blaze.com. Or if you've taken Uber in the last, you know, month, you can let, you know, maybe the Uber driver asked you. I want to know if the Uber driver has to take a picture of themselves without the mask and then with the mask so they can verify that it's actually that person instead of just a face with a mask on it. But, hey, that's just me. Sure, you can't get into Uber without even wearing a mask now.

That's just part of the deal, right? No mask, no ride. If I'm an Uber driver, I make sure I have some masks with me, right? No problem. I don't want to have anybody not get a ride. Where I'm out? Here you go.

Put it on. I'll give you this one or this one. You choose. At least it gives you another extra step before you have to tell someone, sorry, I can't take you because you got to wear a mask. And if you're taking Uber, you know that.

Whether you're, you know, you hate mask or don't hate masks, you already know that. So, you know, I'm all about not having to wear a mask. I'm all about having a personal responsibility and you deciding. But if you take an Uber and that's their deal, they want you to wear a mask before you get in the car. No mask, no ride. Well, then they're giving you the opportunity to say, all right, I won't. take Uber. All right.

Amazingly, there's still plenty of stuff to get to on the fat pile. I mean, we've got Jamil Hill story. We've got an OJ story. I've got no one wanted to travel with me story. That story is incredible to me. So, we'll do it real quickly. All right, Fat Pau Frye. Jamel Hill.

She's all wound up. Is it Jamel or Jamil? I don't know. J-E-L-E-Hill. You remember her from ESPN. She's just a loving person. person. Oh, yeah.

You can look her up yourself if you don't know who she is, but I mean, nothing says love in this world like Jamil Hill. Anyway, she is all wound up because Kirk Herbstreet blocked her on Twitter. Wow. Now, I would say, like, I don't know how she's going to get by in life without being able to, you know, not have Kirk block you. But rather, if you're in Kirk's position, why do you block somebody right he's mr sports guy i mean if he's been following someone and he doesn't want to follow them anymore you know mute him why or just you know don't worry about it it's not gonna hurt it doesn't bother anyone that you're following this person or not maybe it does you know

maybe somebody said dude how come you're following still following her but if somebody were to say that dude, why are you still following that person? I got her muted and move on with your life. Right? Why you block her? I mean, so the world knows unless you're trying to make some kind of statement. Anyway, it just seems kind of weird. And I'll tell you another story that's kind of weird.

I'm not sure why it's coming out now, but I see where O.J. Simpson's ex-wife, Nicole Brown, secret diaries. They claim he tormented her before murder. Well, duh. I mean, that's nothing new. I just, I don't understand why this is, yeah, we knew that. We know what kind of, what kind of douche OJ was at the time.

We got it. But, I mean, he was found not guilty. Okay? so unless you're Nicole's folks get over it now mr. Brown you know I'm just just teasing sad to do okay and uh the story with no one wanted to travel with me so I'll break it down I know we're getting long here on Friday and I'm hoping to have a Saturday podcast with Billy Hollowell about his new book and his life and he's you know he's living in the American dream so I'm hoping to talk to Billy Hollowell tomorrow but you know keep an eye out for that if you're a

subscriber, which if you're listening to this part of the show, you are a subscriber, you'll see the alert. Anyway, this lady wants to go on vacation, but she doesn't have her friend backs out with honor, right? And it's during the COVID-19 thing, right? I was here, it's during the pandemic. So some countries aren't allowing people to go and different things together. So this guy wanted to go on vacation, so he posts on this Facebook group, hey, anybody interested in, you know, I didn't really want to travel.

alone. So, you know, if you're interested in coming or meeting up or you're going to be in Turkey at the same time I am, let me know. Oh, yeah. I mean, I'm going to be in Turkey. Sure. I'll meet up with you there. Who doesn't want to go to Turkey this time of year? But this girl says, yeah, I'm going to go. They meet up and they travel and now they're best buds. And they travel. I mean, I don't know. Do I allow? And again, how dare you? you, Jeff, talk about allowing people to do things. I know. I apologize. Do I think it's a good idea to let someone I love go on a trip around the world to some other country, say, Turkey, with someone they don't know, especially now? No, thank you. Uh, no, thank you. Uh,

Hey, where did I put those tickets? I don't know what happened to them. They were sitting right there. Oh, man, I don't know. Wish you can't go now? Shue, darn the luck. Man, what did you do with those tickets? Everybody, start looking for those tickets.

I mean, I don't know that I let that happen. So, I know. I'm a bad guy. Sue me. But I'm not, I'm not, I am not allowing someone that I love. to travel. I don't know if there's a country that I would allow them

to do that with or go to, but you sure as hell aren't going to Turkey. That ain't happening. My friend, that is not happening. I know. I know you can pick a fight with me later. Just email me at chewing the fat of the blaze.com. I know Turkey's beautiful.

It's got great history. And I love all the people there. And it means so much to the world. I got it. Okay, okay, okay, okay. You didn't, I went through the whole show. Man, doing that coronavirus hydroxychloroquine study story was tough, but I did it without mentioning the news of the day.

That's President Trump and Melania and Hope Hicks testing positive for coronavirus last night. Wow. you know, obviously everyone's thoughts and prayers are with the president and his family, including Joe Biden. Amazing. So we'll see, I don't know that I believe Joe Biden, and I don't know that I believe many of the other leaders,

but they say it, so you got to take them at their word, or we're supposed to, right? But it was very sad news, and I hung my head when I got the news, and as I'm sure you did, or you laughed and smiled and said, The figures. I mean, the guy is, you know, was everywhere.

And he said he wore his mask as needed, but many of the times he didn't. And look, so many people that wear masks and have tried to keep themselves safe still contract the virus. So we just have to hope that it's, you know, they remain asymptomatic. And he gets through the 14-day quarantine and he's fine. let's hope that that actually takes place. I mean, the guy is a monster, right? I mean, I know he's 74. He's in the window, and he's overweight.

But other than that, everything else, he's the guy is a monster. He's, you know, powering through day to day. So, I mean, he's a strong dude. You can quote me on that, too. He's a strong cat. Oh, wait, I said, dude. Never mind.

I mean, he's just, the guy is a monster. So he should be fine. He should be fine. he's got the best, the best doctors and the best medicine, including the hydroxychloroquine, to get him through. So let's just hope when we meet again on this very podcast that we can say he doesn't seem to be showing symptoms. And it's going to be a tough two weeks for Donald Trump. That is for sure, a tough two weeks.

That's Fat Pile Friday.