Chewing the Fat with Jeff Fisher - Ep 524 | Can’t We Just Ask the Aliens?

Episode Date: December 8, 2020

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Starting point is 00:00:00 Welcome. How are you? Good to see you. Thanks for coming along for the ride today. I want to start today with an apology to, well, all of the listeners, but one in particular, Dominic, who emailed me and was quick to tell me how disappointed he was in me. he was referring to the Robert Kraft story that I did last week about Robert being done with the sex sting where he went to the massage parlor and I'll just read you his email to me Jeffie Jeffie Jeffie Jeffie you disappointed me as I already stated you kept circling around your prey but you never swooped down for the kill In your craft massage parlor story, you repeatedly said that the police were not happy with the decision to dismiss the case. They didn't like the ending.
Starting point is 00:01:02 I kept waiting and waiting, but you never said it was an unhappy ending for the police. Shame on you, Dominic. I read that. I hung my head in shame. And I just want to say to you, Dominic, and to the audience, I'm sorry. Welcome to chewing the fat. I guess we start with congratulations to the former governor of Minnesota, Mark Dayton. He announced that he and former campaign staffer have gotten married.
Starting point is 00:01:51 I mean, congratulations. He said on his Facebook post, and of course, Mark, being 73 years of age, he would post on Facebook, said that he was delighted. And for what it's worth, he's a lucky man. His wife, formerly known as Ms. Anna Ork, now Anna Dayton, is smart, compassionate, tough. funny, and impossibly good at Scrabble. Now, he also pointed out that she worked on the Hillary Clinton presidential campaign during the 2008 primaries, and that she worked on his gubernatorial campaign in 2010. And then they lost touch until a couple of years ago, and the rest is happy history.
Starting point is 00:02:47 Now, he also goes on to say that, I know our age difference will see. surprise many of you. Well, why would it? He's 73. She's 32. Duh. It's only 41 years. There's no age limit on love, my friends.
Starting point is 00:03:08 Okay? Okay. So, it's just happy history now. And gosh darn it. We just love each other. And we just want to celebrate. celebrate the gift of new love and joy and take this opportunity to wish you the most joyful holiday season. Well, thank you.
Starting point is 00:03:33 Thank you. Former Governor Mark Dayton and Anna, congratulations on your new love. My gosh, I wish nothing but happiness for the both of you. And seriously, I mean, Gov, way to go. You're the man. And Anna, bless your heart. but I'm all for it. I mean, if you're all for a little
Starting point is 00:03:57 former governor of business and you're in love, bless your heart. I mean, I just, that's it. That's it. Congratulations. I'm all for it. I'm all for it.
Starting point is 00:04:15 Now, you may ask yourself, well, what does Drayton? What does Dayton do? I mean, is he, some sort of, I mean, it'd be a surprise if he was a rich guy, right? Oh my gosh. Yeah. He is.
Starting point is 00:04:33 Well, I mean, his family is. The family worth is just in the billions. That's all. Don't worry about it. He's the descendant of George Draper Dayton, who founded the Dayton Dry Goods Company that is known as Target today. and he's one of the that's just a surprise
Starting point is 00:04:55 I mean if he was working at a target wouldn't Anna be just as much in love with him of course she would of course she would so we've talked about the monoliths seems like you know every day for the past couple of weeks
Starting point is 00:05:14 well now we know that the artists known as the most famous artist that they're responsible for the monolith. They took credit for it on their Instagram account, and they also have some for sale, which we'll tell you about in just a minute. But they did take credit for it.
Starting point is 00:05:36 They posted Instagram picks of articles about them, and they said that this one in Joshua Tree National Park, adding another monolith outside of Joshua Tree, that makes four. So you have the one in Utah. you have the one in you have the two in joshua tree you have the one in uh romania but they don't mention the one in Vegas so am i to take that the one in Vegas is fake is just a spoof not a real one okay whatever and they posted a picture showing one of their artists uh making one of the monoliths with a mask and his face is hidden and the caption you know said you mean it
Starting point is 00:06:21 wasn't aliens. So you can buy one now at their website monolith as a service.com. And it's monolith dash as dash a service.com. So I went there and I thought, man, do I want one? And they're sold out. And they're only $45,000. I know. Right?
Starting point is 00:06:49 You think that can't be. 45 grand for that? Yep. Apparently, they gave the authentic direct dimensions and museum quality materials. Delivery and
Starting point is 00:07:03 installation included. So, blockchain certification of authenticity, signed and dated, the most famous artist, 2020. Now, it also says that delivery will take four to six weeks.
Starting point is 00:07:19 So you can get one for yourself. I'd still wondering about the Vegas Mongolith, whether that's just put up from a bar or not and not the most famous artist. But it is a surprise that it wasn't aliens, right? Because we found out today
Starting point is 00:07:35 from an ex-Israeli space head that well, aliens are real. Okay? I know. I know. Hiam Ishit told an Israeli newspaper that we are involved in interplanetary diplomacy.
Starting point is 00:07:59 That's what's got President Trump kind of, you know, stepping on toes because he was on the verge of revealing that aliens exist. But the aliens in the Galactic Federation, which they signed and we signed, they don't want to start mass hysteria. and they want to first make us sane and understanding. And until that day, aliens have secured this agreement to keep their moves under wraps, noting that extraterrestrials come in peace. Which is kind of good news, right? So they've signed a contract to do experiments here. They're researching and trying to understand the whole fabric of the universe.
Starting point is 00:08:51 and they want us as helpers. Kind of sweet that they want us to help, right? We are one of the hubs in the of the cooperation, the cooperation is, and that's on our base in Mars.
Starting point is 00:09:11 Oh, okay. Yeah, we have representatives there, astronauts in an underground base in the depths of Mars. And, And that's, you know, I don't know if that's good news or bad news, but it's a start. It's a start. Now, he acknowledged that it sounds like science fiction.
Starting point is 00:09:35 Well, it does. It does kind of sound like science fiction. But look, if I'd have said this five years ago, I would have been hospitalized. I would guess that you may be hospitalized today, but that's just me. So wherever he's gone with this within the academia, they've said the man has lost his mind. Today, they're already talking differently. And I've got nothing to lose. I've received my degrees.
Starting point is 00:10:02 I'm respected at universities. The trend is changing. And look, I'm 87 years old now. So back off me. Okay? Well, that was just me speaking for him. He didn't say that. Now, he was the head of Israel's space security program from 1981 to 2010.
Starting point is 00:10:28 And that's good. I like that. I didn't realize. Honestly, I didn't realize Israel had a space security program, but why would I? I'm not involved in the Galactic Federation. So maybe it is science fiction. Maybe the people that are part of, you know, make. space shows like Star Trek, Gene Roddenberry.
Starting point is 00:10:52 Maybe he was in the Galactic Federation. So he kind of told us about what the future was going to be, knowing what the future was going to be, but he made it into science fiction. So we just didn't think it was real. It was just a TV show and movies. But it really, he was trying to tell us, hey, wake up.
Starting point is 00:11:15 The Galactic Federation are here. And they're going to be doing experiments on us. And they're waiting for us to evolve. Oh. Okay. Wouldn't they want to just let us evolve, give us a little bit of help? I mean, maybe.
Starting point is 00:11:36 Maybe there's a directive. There's a directive from the Galactic Federation. You never know. You never know. And they can't. They can't help us. That's the directive from the Galactic Federation. But the good news is that we've signed the agreement
Starting point is 00:11:56 and we're following it to the letter as of right now. I mean, that's good news, right? Sure it is. Sure it is. Incredible news out of China, although we kind of heard about this during the Olympics, if you remember. But according to this, they are developing a weather machine,
Starting point is 00:12:25 modification system, and it should be up and running by 2025? I know. And they're talking about being able to make it rain on a billion acres. Okay. Okay, so they say they've got a weather modification system by 2025. with breakthroughs in fundamental research and key technologies. So they are looking to intensify their weather modification system
Starting point is 00:13:02 for disasters such as drought and hail and related zoning work in agricultural production areas, normalized working plans for regions in need of ecological protection and restoration, major emergency responses to deal with events such as forest and grassland fires and unusually high temperatures or droughts. Nice. Now, remember I talked about the Olympics? Remember, in 2008, they used cloud seeding to reduce rainfall during the opening ceremony. Okay. Now, the cloud seating attempts to change the amount and type.
Starting point is 00:13:46 of precipitation or precipitation that comes from the clouds or the participation too that comes from the clouds and it does this by dispersing substances into the air that serve as a condenser for the clouds i know i'm talking down to you now and i apologize these substances also known as ice nuclei alter the microphysical processes within the cloud the end result is that the raindrops or ice flakes fall from the sky Oh. So, I mean, they're going to be making it storm. Make it rain.
Starting point is 00:14:24 When they talk about making it rain, they're not talking about whipping dollar bills out of the strip club. They're talking about actually making it rain, baby. So if there's a fire, no problem. We can get the weather system fired up and we'll just, I mean, bad choice of words. We can get the weather system started up and we'll just, you know, drop some rain. rain on that fire, it'll be fine. I mean, okay.
Starting point is 00:14:51 Well, all right, if we want to start messing with Mother Nature, may make some of us want to live above the clouds. Oh, isn't that what we saw in the future? Maybe that's what the galactic federation could help us with. I don't know. I don't know. I'm just thinking out loud. But, man, if we're going to start messing with Mother Nature,
Starting point is 00:15:13 there we could be in, I don't know. We're either in good trouble or it could help us and it'll be a wonderful thing. Let's go with a wonderful thing, at least for now. All right, let's bring her back down here to real life, out of the clouds. Let's come down to the planet on the ground, shall we? Chick-fil-A is now going after the chicken mafia. Now, one would think that Chick-fil-A may be a part of the chicken mafia. No, they're at the tail end.
Starting point is 00:15:43 They're at the end of the supply, right? That's the last place where the chick-fellé. chicken is there. So you purchase it to eat. But prior to that, you've got the chicken mafia going on. Now, the fast food chain, they claim that chicken suppliers, there's your mafia, conspired to inflate prices on billions of dollars worth of poultry purchases. They filed this suit last Friday in Illinois, and they claimed,
Starting point is 00:16:15 Now, Chick-fil-A, in 2014, they committed to buying antibiotic-free chicken. And the suppliers all went, okay, no problem. They're going to buy the antibiotic-free chicken. So we're going to get together
Starting point is 00:16:34 and make sure that the bidding and pricing information we know about. So they all coordinated together to make sure that they kept the prices, you know, Pretty fixed. Pretty fixed. So that meant that Chick-fil-A was paying
Starting point is 00:16:50 a really inflated prices for the chickens. So the suit names 17 alleged, whoever wrote this story, alleged bad eggs as defendants, including Purdue Farms, Tyson Foods, Pilgrim's Pride, and Sanderson Farms, Inc. I see they're not naming all 17.
Starting point is 00:17:14 I've got to get a list of this of all 17 because we want to know everyone that's in the chicken mafia, man. Because the chicken mafia, this isn't the first time that they've been alleged. Sorry, we'll say alleged because some of these cases are still pending, that they've tried to inflate prices. So 10 industry executives were indicted in separate cases this year by the Department of Justice and several suppliers have been sued for, again, allegedly, conspiring to inflate the prices of broiler chickens.
Starting point is 00:17:55 So it is a complete chicken mafia ban. In October, Pilgrim's Pride pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to limit competition in chicken product sales and paid $110.5 million fine. It was like, we just plead guilty to the one count, and we'll pay the, We'll pay the $110 million and we're out of here. Okay?
Starting point is 00:18:18 Get out of here. Now, they said we believe these claims are unfounded and plan to contest the merits. Oh, okay. What about Tyson and Pilgrim's Pride and Sanderson Farms? What did they have to say? They did not immediately respond. They're looking to get out of it. So, you know, what's going to happen?
Starting point is 00:18:39 Is Chick-fil-A looking to make a bunch of money? I don't know. They're probably looking to make more money, right? So they're thinking to themselves. you know, if we if we don't get anything out of the past deals, at least we can get the prices down for the future, right? It makes some extra money in the future,
Starting point is 00:18:54 which is probably, you know, cover the legal expenses and, you know, make sure that they're making some money in the future. But we have got to get it. This will be, we're going to do some investigative reporting here chewing the fat. And if you want to, you know,
Starting point is 00:19:09 email me at chewing the fat at the blaze.com if you're aware of some of the insiders of the chicken mafia. You can email me at Chewing the Fat at Theblaze.com, strictly confidential, of course. I'll never, I would never out you as a source to the chicken mafia. Did you know there's a chicken mafia man?
Starting point is 00:19:32 You know it. Those prices at the wing shops, not wing stop, but wing shops, just all of them, are through the roof. And why is that? Probably because of coordination between the bidding and pricing information. Yeah, yeah, because the chicken mafia wants to make more and more money.
Starting point is 00:19:57 So who ends up paying for it? You and me, my friends. You and me. All right, let's go to the break room. I need something to drink it. I'll tell you what else would be good as some chicken wings. Right? I know, sounds great. Oh, you know, with some honey barbecue. For some reason, that sounds really good today. But, you know, I don't want to spend money to help the chicken mafia. Not today. Oh, yeah.
Starting point is 00:20:39 Come on. A fresh ice cold. Oh, my gosh. That is so good. Hey, did you hear the news? Big news. Break dancing is now an Olympic. sport. I know. I know. So the
Starting point is 00:21:12 official announcement has been made that breaking will be included at the 2024 summer games in Paris. Now, they already have climbing, skateboarding, surfing, which will debut in Tokyo next summer. The International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach has praised, of course he did. I mean, he's the committee president. The sport and events more,
Starting point is 00:21:41 we'll make the summer games more gender balanced, more youthful, and more urban. We have a clear priority that we need to introduce sports which are particularly popular among younger generations and also
Starting point is 00:21:58 take into account the urbanization of sport. You're right? I know. I know, but, but some people are a little worried that Olympic judges, for example, might come to value technical difficulty over other qualities that make breaking unique, such as passion and originality. And there's been quite a controversy inside the scene.
Starting point is 00:22:29 We need to make sure, you know, crazy legs, one of the pioneers of breaking and the president of rock steady crew. He believes that it's going to be important for prominent breakers to work with the IOC and the World Dance Sport Federation to ensure the Olympic version of breaking stays true to its roots. Exactly. I agree 100% crazy legs. The passion and the pain that goes. goes with living through struggle.
Starting point is 00:23:07 That is the essence of the dance. You want to make sure that the soul of that isn't diluted. Amen. Hey, if you are listening to this show right now and you are not a subscriber to this show, you need to up your game. And by that, I mean you need to subscribe to chewing the fat. So whatever platform you choose, there's a plethora of platforms out there like iTunes,
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Starting point is 00:25:46 So I see Bob Dylan sold out. Mr. Bob Dylan, the man himself, he's, what is he, like 150 now. I know, he's only 79. So his entire catalog, More than 600 songs and 60 years worth of work. He sold to Universal Music Group's music publishing arm.
Starting point is 00:26:11 Now, they haven't released the details of the deal. I mean, everyone is wondering what Bob sold out for. What was the price at 79? What was the price that Bob said, you know, go ahead and take all my songs and take my work? It's all yours. Just write me a check. And I'm going to sing them, and they're still my songs until I die.
Starting point is 00:26:35 And after that, they're all yours. I mean, he's won a Nobel Prize in literature. He's still touring on his never-ending tour. I actually, I saw Bob live. I don't know how many years ago now. It was quite a while ago. But it was fine. I like Bob.
Starting point is 00:26:54 I was my, you know, my oldest son's mom. loved him so i mean i was forced to like him right and uh we saw him oh jeez i wasn't we saw him on some tour and he was it was great and you know his people are still doing covers of his songs adele i mean she had a huge hit with um make you feel my love so okay you know i just i'm really curious to see what the price was that Bob Dylan. Bob Dylan would say, yeah, go ahead. Let's write me a check.
Starting point is 00:27:41 I mean, his songs have been recorded more than 6,000 times by hundreds of artists, and he's sold more than 125 million records globally. So there's got to be, that check's going to be a nice check. No question about that. You know, we talked last week about HBO and their new deal in 2021, where any movie that gets released to the theaters is going to be released on HBO Max. They made that deal with Warner Brothers, and legendary entertainment is going to challenge that.
Starting point is 00:28:20 They're a little wound up. Dune and Godzilla versus Kong to HBO Max on the same day that they're set for theatrical releases Legendary does not want that to happen. They're saying, uh, do?
Starting point is 00:28:39 We do not want that to happen. And that's what, I mean, HBO Max is saying with the Warner Brothers movies, Wonder Woman 84 coming up here this month in December of 2020 and 17 movies next year. As soon as the films go to the theater,
Starting point is 00:28:55 they'll be available to stream for the first 31 days for free. And I mean, I know it's not free. You still have to be a subscriber to HBO Max. But legendary entertainment is saying, uh, new? Uh, we don't like this deal at all. Uh, we had a deal to sell our stuff to Netflix.
Starting point is 00:29:17 Uh, they were all lined up to purchase Godzilla versus Kong for $250 million. Wow. Netflix was going to spend, and who knows if that's the true price. Okay, so it was only $200 million. Damn, I don't know what they do with the money. But that deal is off now with the Warner Brothers deal. And according to legendary, they found out about the Dune and Godzilla versus Kong moving to this hybrid theatrical HBO Max release about 30 minutes before the announcement went public.
Starting point is 00:29:52 And they are not happy about it. So we'll see. We'll see. You know, legendary entertainment as partners provided 75% of the budget for Dune and probably about the same for Godzilla versus King as well. Or Kong or whatever the hell the name of the movie is. But they now the executives are worried that, I don't know how we're going to move these films to streaming. with the viability of the franchise. Well, they'll already be streaming on HBO Max,
Starting point is 00:30:30 so get over it. So we'll see what happens. You might not get to see Dune and Godzilla versus Kong on HBO Max. If legendary entertainment has anything to say about it. Did you watch Blue Bloods, the television show on CBS, with Tom Selleck? I mean, Tom Selleck is Commissioner Frank Reagan.
Starting point is 00:31:08 Hello, he is the police commissioner of New York, right? I mean, that's, he's the guy, he's the man. So their 11th season just premiered this past Friday. And I watch Blue Bloods. I'm a fan. We watch Blue Bloods, my wife and I. It's one of the shows that we watch together. It's just one of those shows.
Starting point is 00:31:30 And Frank Reagan is the conservative guy, man. But what it is, it seems like he is, because he, really struggles with backing the police department. And he's always willing to walk over what's right for the police department. And this latest episode with Regina Thomas, who is played by Whoopi Goldberg, by the way, the city council speaker
Starting point is 00:31:56 who has been on the show before. And they argue over systemic racism and oppression in the police department. Of course. I mean, that's what all of the shows are doing now, right, especially for CBS. Oh, my gosh. CBS is a nightmare.
Starting point is 00:32:13 But so is NBC. So are they all. I mean, they all just ram it down our throats. Law and Order SVU. I mean, it's just, I got it. It's Black Lives Matter, and that's what we're going to do, right? So he's got this big fight on,
Starting point is 00:32:28 now he's not going to roll over, no way. Frank Reagan does not roll over for his officers. Sorry. Now, he usually tries to find a way, especially if an officer was a bad cop. He tries to make sure that he, you know, we know that it's a bad cop, but it's not the police department.
Starting point is 00:32:45 And so that, I mean, that's the show. That's the deal. And that's who he is. And we were, I'm surprised that he was back. I actually thought he, they're, they're building up for this to end. And the end of it is going to be, you know, Tom Selleck, Frank Reagan,
Starting point is 00:33:00 quitting and not being the police commissioner anymore. That's going to be the end of Blue Bloods, right? And his family. It's one of the few families, if the only family on television, that prays around their Sunday dinner table. We get that. You know, they're a big-time Catholic family on television, and they pray before their dinners on Sunday. I mean, it's amazing that the show is still good. That's what makes the show the show, quote, and so does, you know, it's Tom Selling.
Starting point is 00:33:28 No question. And, you know, then I got to thinking that, you know, the lady that was Linda Reagan, Amy Carlson, she was on the show for a long time, I don't know, eight or nine years, and she just, they made her die, die off. And she's going to be on, she's now a character on the FBI's Most Wanted TV show. I don't know if you watch that or not, but I really have tried to get into that show. Man, I want to like that show. And I just, I don't know.
Starting point is 00:34:03 I still watch it. She's going to be a bounty hunter on season two in season two of Most Wanted. Yes, I've watched every episode of the first season, and I think they've got a couple new episodes out that I've watched. And I just, I can't, it just isn't what I want it to be. And I'll hang out for Amy Carlson to see if her character, you know, saves the show. But, I mean, that's probably what they're hoping for, because it's just missing something.
Starting point is 00:34:35 You can quote me on that. It's just missing something. All right. What the heck is going on down at Fort Bragg? So I see the headline where it talks about foul play is suspected in the deaths of decorated Master Sergeant Veteran at Fort Bragg. And I'm thunking. I'm thinking what the heck is going on in Fort Bragg.
Starting point is 00:35:02 And so Master Sergeant and another veteran were found deceased in a training area. Now, no weapon was found at the scene, but shell casings were found on the ground, leading investigators to suspect that it was a double homicide resulting from a drug deal gone wrong. Now you think to yourself, come on,
Starting point is 00:35:29 if there was drugs being dealt at Fort Brad, wouldn't they know about it and we'd you know we'd hear more about it well uh both these men had been under investigation for using and selling drugs uh their remains were found together in a remote part of the training area with one body in a car wow now the army of course is saying you know hey you know these are you know it's always uh horrible to lose anyone and they were you know he was deployed multiple times in the defense of our nation our condolences go out to his family during this difficult time right i got it no problem but it does make you think that something is going on because this marked the fourth and fifth to occur on or near fort
Starting point is 00:36:33 Bragg this year. So there's drug wars going on on Fort Bragg. Wow. Okay. Maybe we need to put an end to that on our military bases. Maybe
Starting point is 00:36:51 the semi-tractor trailer that was found a few miles south of the U.S. Mexico border over the weekend had something to do with it. Who Mexican authorities discovered $62 million worth of drugs hidden inside this tractor trailer. I know. Now, they didn't make any arrests following the seizure.
Starting point is 00:37:17 So, I mean, they don't know who was responsible for it. They just know it was parked about five miles from the border. And somebody said, hey, that truck there, what's up? And so they searched it. Wow, I mean, it's incredible what was on board. One ton of marijuana, nine pounds of fentanyl, 144 pounds of crystal meth, 12 pounds of heroin.
Starting point is 00:37:52 And just out of that one trailer, don't worry about it. It was between sacks of plaster mix. So, don't worry. It'll be fine. We don't need to know who's responsible for that. You kidding? me? I mean, according to the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, and I'm sure there's no kickbacks to any people in those offices at all going on, but illegal drug manufacturers
Starting point is 00:38:21 in Mexico created more new types of narcotics over the past decade than any other country in the world. I know. The Mexican drug market contributed to Latin America, overtaking Europe as the world's top regional producer of new illegal drugs and flooding the U.S. border with synthetic drugs in recent years. That's so good. The hundreds of new drugs created over the past decade, 178 new drugs have been produced by Latin American and Caribbean nations, at the rate of which those discoveries are occurring is speeding up.
Starting point is 00:39:01 Oh, good. That's no problem. Latin America market produced 61 new drugs. Mexico was responsible for roughly half of that number, and 51 new drugs were reported being created in all of Europe. So, I mean, good for Mexico, good for Latin America and the Caribbean. Congratulations. You guys are number one.
Starting point is 00:39:31 and I'm sure that's what you were going for. And speaking of drugs, the COVID-19 vaccines are now hitting the market around the world and under the law here in the U.S., an employer can force an employee to get vaccinated. And if they don't, eh, you can get fired.
Starting point is 00:39:56 So, eh, don't worry about it. Now, you might be able to get around it with the anti-discrimination laws that maybe you ask your employer for an exemption from the company-wide coronavirus vaccine mandate, but good luck with that. So we all have that to look forward to, right? Right. Of course. And I'm sure that there are going to be plenty of places around the world that aren't going to mandate you take the vaccine. Right. Stream and subscribe to more Blaze Media content at theblaze.com slash podcasts.
Starting point is 00:40:41 You didn't think that COVID-19 was going to be the only thing you had to worry about in 2020, did you? Okay. That's what I thought. So at least one person has died and 200 others have been hospitalized due to an unidentified illness in the southern Indian state of Andrachah Pradesh. I know. So in India, they've got a new disease. They don't know what is. A 45-year-old man hospitalized with symptoms similar to epilepsy and nausea died Sunday
Starting point is 00:41:14 evening. And we still have a couple hundred other people hospitalized with the same unidentified illness. Now, of course, officials are trying to determine the cause of the illness. Of course they are. So far, water samples from impacted areas haven't shown any signs of contamination. They were different ages,
Starting point is 00:41:38 and they've tested negative for COVID-19 and other viral diseases. So what could it be? Could it have anything to do with the hundreds of new drugs being made in Mexico and Latin America and Europe? Couldn't have anything to do with that, right? I'm sure. I'm sure it doesn't have anything to do with that.
Starting point is 00:42:04 We have more mysterious illnesses, a mysterious neurological symptoms, are being experienced by U.S. diplomats in China and Cuba. Huh. But we kind of know what that is. Apparently, it's caused by directed microwave energy. So, Oh, huh.
Starting point is 00:42:29 Huh. So apparently this energy was delivered intentionally. And does not rule out the possibility that a weapon was used to deliver the energy. Okay. There's also no evidence to definitely say if any foreign power was behind the microwave energy. Really? It's in Russia and Cuba. and it's only affecting U.S. diplomats, but I'm sure that there weren't any foreign powers delivering the microwave energy.
Starting point is 00:43:07 Oh, okay, no problem. It was just a coincidence. So we have that going on, which is great. And we have the top nuclear scientist in Iran, who, was assassinated and one of his guards was killed as well and it was killed from a drone machine gun a space gun so apparently the scientist was traveling on a highway outside of Iran's capital and they talked about how the satellite computer AI machine gun, zoomed in on the face, and fired 13 rounds.
Starting point is 00:43:59 Okay. So apparently, and it said it, and his wife was not shot at all, his wife was sitting right next to him in the vehicle. And according to this, the satellite, I mean, it's a drone, it's a drone kill. The machine gun was mounted on a Nissan pickup truck, focused only on the face of the scientist. Now, the head of security took four bullets because he threw himself onto the scientists while the gun, you know, the bullets were firing. And it was, you know, they zoomed in from the satellite and they fired the machine gun.
Starting point is 00:44:38 So it was a drone machine gun fired and killed this guy in Iran. Now, Iran says that was all done because of Israel. And I'm pretty sure Israel hasn't said, yeah, it was us. but so we're getting drone drone kills that way now in the world too yay yay and I wanted to mention Chuck Yeager
Starting point is 00:45:05 he passed away at the age of 97 and he was the pilot who broke the sound barrier the speed of sound for the first time and he lived on an incredible incredible life. Just incredible.
Starting point is 00:45:26 Now, I know that breaking the sound barrier in 1947 doesn't sound like a big deal now, but it sure as heck was then. And he flew the experimental Bell XS1, later
Starting point is 00:45:41 the X1 rocket plane over the dry lake in California. And he nicknamed the plane glamorous Glenys after his wife. and he lived an incredible life. He said the plane would have gone faster, but had he carried more fuel.
Starting point is 00:46:00 But he said it was, you know, the ride was nice. It was just like riding in a fast car. And they kept it a secret for about a year when the world thought that British had broken the Southbury first, and we were like, no, no, we did. Now, he said that it wasn't a matter of not having airplanes that would fly at speeds,
Starting point is 00:46:21 like this, it was a matter of keeping them from falling apart. So, and he has flown, this guy flew all over the war. He flew 341 types of military planes in every country in the world, logged about 18,000 hours. He said that he, one of the things that he regretted was not having. the education to become an astronaut. So after World War II, he became a test pilot. And he, you know, he did all that. He returned to combat during the Vietnam War.
Starting point is 00:47:06 He commanded Air Force fighter squadrons and wings and aerospace research pilot school for military astronauts. He said that he never owned an airplane. And he said, if you're willing to bleed, Uncle Sam will give you all the planes you want. I mean, just amazing. He was born in a small town. He was a hunter.
Starting point is 00:47:29 He talked about the day that he broke the sound barrier. He had gone out hunting, whether it's true or not, that he, you know, shot a goose and then had the goose for dinner. But he talked about going out and hunting. And, you know, he's got all in West Virginia. He was born in a small town. And he's, you know, had the, got the silver star, the distinguished flying cross, the bronze star, the air medal, the purple heart.
Starting point is 00:47:59 Harry Truman, President Truman, awarded him the Collier Air Trophy in 1948 for his breaking the sound bear. He also received the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1985. And he's just been a pitchman. You know, he worked as a consultant to the Air Force and Northrop Corporation, and he became a television pitchman. You saw him doing automotive parts doors in heat. Thompson. You know, he was married to his first wife from 1945 until 1990, and then he married Victoria in 2003, who was, you know, a tad bit younger than my man, but it was okay. He didn't. It was all right. Everybody said, yeah, no problem, Chuck. You got it, babe. But I loved that he
Starting point is 00:48:46 was such a humble guy and yet he was this amazing guy. And he talked about it was just luck, right? He talked about how lucky he was. And he was, one speech he gave, he said, how lucky I was, for example, to have been born in 1923 and not in 1963 so that I came of age just as aviation itself was entering the modern era.
Starting point is 00:49:15 And that was given at a, speech at the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum. He said I was just a lucky kid who caught the right ride. Just an amazing life. Chuck Yeager passed away at 97 and he deserves to be remembered and rest in peace, Chuck Yeager. You're an amazing man and I particularly love his quote about never owning an airplane. The guy flew airplanes all over the world. If you're willing to bleed, Uncle Sam will give you all the plans you want.

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