Chewing the Fat with Jeff Fisher - Ep 599 | Out of an Abundance of Caution

Episode Date: April 13, 2021

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The Japanese government will release treated Fukushima nuclear power plant water into the sea. Now, the International Atomic Energy Agency says there will be no negative impact on humans or the environment. The government says, hey, the process meets international standards. It's been endorsed by the International Atomic Energy Agency, the IAEA, releasing into the ocean, is done elsewhere. It's not something new. There's no scandal here. The release is not even likely to begin for at least two years, and it'll take decades to release all that stuff.

So don't even worry about it. Okay? Stop your belly aching. In other news, have you seen the documentary, The Toxic Pigs of Fukushima? No? Oh, I don't know. It just, I don't know why it made me think of seeing,

the movie on the toxic pigs of Fukushima. Anyway, that is just a thought. Welcome. Welcome to chewing the fat. In other news, a truck carrying highly radioactive materials has been stolen by armed criminals in central Mexico. Ah, don't worry about it. The Mexican government is now warning

that anybody who comes in close contact with its deadly payload could be risking their lives. The individuals got away with an industrial inspection equipment truck during an armed heist on Sunday.

It's a highly unusual bounty for any hijacker, is it? It's still unclear why they targeted the truck in question. I don't know. It's really weird. Now, authorities have said the ingredients, you know, they could be used for a dirty bomb.

That's it, though. Oh, yeah. And I'm sure that the people who have hijacked the truck and the ingredients and the contents are really concerned that contact with the contents of the truck could be fatal. Yeah, you know, in case of making direct contact with the source over a course of hours or days, it would prove fatal. And, you know, just even being 30 meters away. I don't know how far meters are away.

But it could cause radiation poisoning, according to the commission. But we're still unclear why they took that truck. Yeah, it's an unusual target, isn't it? Yeah, it's a surprise that something like that would be stolen in Mexico. Yeah, I wonder why. I just wonder. Why? I mean, we are living in strange times, aren't we? We really are. You know, I was going to tell you about West Virginia's new remote worker program, where they're going to pay you to move to West Virginia. Actually, it doesn't sound like that bad a deal. West Virginia announced a new incentive program to encourage remote workers to move to its state. It specifically, specifically, pronounced the word correctly, specifically, specifically,

Targets outdoor enthusiasts who want to enjoy the many recreational areas that the state has to offer. And, you know, a public, private program is trying to curb the loss of population that has experienced in recent years. Yeah, you know, with them closing down mines and people not having jobs, that kind of thing. Yeah. Well, anyway, they want to pass a bill through the state that will cut income tax. Nice. but you know that didn't make it through the legislator so how do we get people to move here how do we get people to move here i know let's pay them so they're going to offer $12,000 no strings attached in moving to west virginia throughout the first year in town new residents can expect to get $10,000 and then receive $2,000 in the second year so and you can use the money for whatever you want it's also they're going to give you a

year of free outdoor activities, which if it's outdoor, what's not free about it? Oh, you mean like whitewater rafting, downhill skiing, off-roading trips, and more. So that package is worth more than $2,500 for the free gear rentals and recreation alone. So for a year and a half, we'll say two years, but you get $10,000 for the first year, $2,000 as you go into the second year, and then you get $2,500 worth of free outdoor activities. I mean, you're looking at $14,500 to move to West Virginia for a year and a half, two years tops. If you can still do your job and create the regular income you have and then get that on top of it, that's not a bad deal.

That's not a bad deal at all. And West Virginia is a beautiful state. So, I mean, if you've got, you know, remote work that you can, you know, you know, You know, let's hope the internet connection is really good up in the mountains, which, you know, I'm guessing it is, but you never know. You never know. I was going to tell you about that. But really, all I'm thinking about is that Dante Wright video,

the 20-year-old black man that we're protesting now in Minneapolis or the suburb of Minneapolis. And I watched the video about, I don't know, I mean, jokingly a thousand times, but I bet you I watched it at least 25 times last night. I'm trying to figure out exactly, you know, what happened. Now, in the end, it's obvious the police officer says taser, taser, taser, taser, and then fires and then realizes, oh, crap, I just shot him. And he drives away. And then he eventually dies.

But it's really, you know, the president, of course, is called for a full-blown investigation. and the Minnesota twins and the timber wolves and they all postponed their games out of respect for the tragic events. Really? Well, I mean, that meant so much to the people that they were in prayer services. I mean rioting and looting, that kind of thing. But it's such a weird video because the one police officer, apparently he's pulled over because he's got out-of-date tags. and then they have a silly law in Minnesota that you can't have things hanging from your rearview mirror.

I guess it's a distraction while you're driving. So, you know, you get pulled over for having air fresheners or whatever you have, you know, your little family pictures or diced or whatever, your little kitty shoes, boxing gloves, whatever you hang from your mirror. Masks. You can't have that in Minnesota, which is really dumb. But, okay.

I digress. So apparently that's just a way for the police to pull you over and check things out, which is, you know, probably a pretty fair argument. Just a way for the police to pull you over and just take a look. But, you know, so, you know, that leads you into driving well black. I got it. But I'm still trying to figure out. Okay, so he got pulled over, and apparently he had something hanging from his mirror,

and he had an out-of-date plate, and he also had another warrant out for his arrest. So they go up to the car, and the door opens, and he gets out, and the one police officer, you know, has him facing the car, and looks like he's going to attempt to put handcuffs on him,

can't get them on. It looks like he's got one side on, because when he, when Dante finally gets, you know, breaks away from the police officer and gets back into his car prior to getting shot. It looks like he still has handcuffed on one wrist. But the other police officer, that police officer that was handcuffed him had another set of handcuffs in his hand.

So I don't, you know, maybe it was bigger or a different one or the one didn't work. I don't understand what the deal was because it looks like he puts one handcuff on and then leans into him and says something. and the other police officer comes up and puts his hand on his arm and then Dante breaks away and gets in the car and that's when the other police officer comes up and says a taser, taser, taser, and he gets shot.

Now, I'm trying, I'm confused at why he, A, feels the need to run away at that time. It's almost as if, and this is just me watching the video that the police said something to him, you know, they're kind of daring him. I don't know. I don't know.

My point is, why run away? I mean, had he... It seems to me that many of these cases, and again, I don't have any numbers, so I know that, you know, I know that there's 500 white people that have been killed by cops since 2020

and nobody's really rioting over those numbers. Are they? No, I don't think so. Now, I know that... Look, I don't think anyone should get shot and killed. I got it. I understand. But if you're resisting arrest and then try to break away from the police, what is the outcome of that?

Well, we know, right? Something bad is going to happen. I mean, it's not good things aren't going to happen when you're resisting arrest. It just isn't. So I don't understand that mindset. But then we have the, you know, the law enforcement department in Brooklyn, I think it is, which is outside of Minneapolis. They believe that it was an accident, right? And they believe that the police officer fired, thought she was firing her taser when it was her weapon.

And he said that, you know, the police officers are instructed to keep their, weapon their gun on their dominant side and their taser on their less dominant side. So, man, I would guess that most of the time it's, you know, right-hand side for your gun, left-hand side for your taser, most of the time. So how you make that mistake, I guess maybe in the heat of the battle, you do make that mistake. I get it. But the, you know, the police department was saying, you know, it was, you know, a mistake

and believed that the officer discharged their firearm, thinking that it was their taser and then realized, oh, crap, it was my weapon. I just shot him. Now, a lot of the stories are saying, you know, he died on the spot, but really he drove away, right? And he traveled several blocks before, you know, crashing into another vehicle.

And then they tried to save him, which he didn't, and he died on the scene where his car crashed. I really just don't, I don't understand why he tried to run away, why you try to get away. And, but nobody cares because he was shot by a police officer. And then he, you know, ultimately died from that wound. And it was a, you know, a police officer who shot a young black man. And so it doesn't matter why. And just really, really strange.

And now, They've, you know, they've fired the, well, I'm sorry, they didn't fire. The police officer is on leave. And another police officer was fired. One of the bosses was fired. It's just an incredible time to be a police officer. And I don't envy police officers at this time in the United States of America. Bless your heart.

And I, you know, I appreciate it more than you'll ever know. We joke around a lot about, you know, about cops and being pissed at cops. But, I mean, I appreciate the job that they do. But I would not, it's not a job that I would recommend. And we need them now more than ever. So if it's a calling for you and you believe that you're supposed to be a police officer, do it. Bless your heart. But it really is, it's a tough time in America, I'll tell you that.

It's a tough time in America. You can quote me on that, by the way. I was a chewing the fat quote. It's a tough time in America. I mean, they fired the officer right for, I don't know that he got fired either, but, you know, we had the video of the officer Pepper Spring, the other army officer after holding him at gunpoint.

Yeah, he lost his job in Virginia. That took place back. in December and that footage is incredible. But you know, you hear on the video, you know, he says it told him to get out of the car and he said he didn't want to get out of the car. And the police officer said you can hear the Nazario say he's honestly afraid to get out of his car. And the one police officer says, yeah, you should be. Well, I mean, now you're talking about he's trying to, you know, follow direction. he's afraid to get out of the car.

Yeah, you should be. Why? You're, if he's following your instructions. So now, you know, are there bad police officers? Yes. No problem.

Is it, you know, I don't know. They talk about it was believed that he was alluding police. Was he? Was he eluding police? You know, he claimed that he was looking for a well-lit area. I understand that.

I understand that process. Getting pulled over at night. you know, while you're, you know, you should have your blinker on or your emergency lights on. So the police officer knows you're responding to his lights, but, you know, you're supposed to pull over into a safe area, right? At least that's what I believe. Now, they will tell you, you know, you're supposed to just pull over. It doesn't matter where. Okay.

All right. I just remember the police officer that pulled me over a little while ago that, you know, after he came up and we were, we were talking. because he was, I'm pretty sure I've told the story before, but he pulled me over for making a right on a red when there was a sign that said no right turn on red. And I've driven that road before and that sign was not there. So when the officer told came up and said, you know, that's what he pulled me over for. I was like, as he was walking away, I was like, wait a minute. When did that sign go up there? Because I don't remember ever seeing that there before. And he was, well, it's been up there for a couple of months. And I was like, well, I usually go another way. And I just decided to

come this way tonight and I'd never seen that sign there before and uh you know I didn't see it then I didn't see it that night probably should have been on the phone talking at the time but that's not the point and uh that's not the point of the story but when he you know then he took my information he came back and he just said I'm giving you a warning and uh you know and I asked them and the cars were driving by us so fast I pulled over it was on a it was on a two lane uh highway you know, roadway, clear roadway. And, you know, I pulled off to the side, but cars are supposed to slow down

if they're in the lane next to the police and the, you know, criminal on the side of the road, the alleged criminal until he gives you a ticket. And they're supposed to slow down. And I think it's like 15 miles an hour, but it's supposed to slow down really slow. Or pull over and get over to the other lane and go around. And they were driving,

a lot faster than 15 miles an hour by us. And I asked him, aren't they supposed to slow down? And he was like, yeah, most of the time people don't. And he goes, I've been hit three times. What? Now, I mean, I'm taking him at his word that he's been hit three times. Now, maybe he was dinged by a mirror. So he was, you know, I don't know how many times he was hit and flown, you know,

three miles in the air and landed on concrete because he was still, you know, obviously walking around. but that's incredible. So, I mean, they're out there risking their lives, just looking at a ticket, let alone coming up and having people have a warrant out for their arrest, then not do what they're told during the process. It's a, you know, it's a tough job.

And I'm glad I don't have to do it. And, you know, as much as we give the police a hard time, bless their hearts. Bless their hearts. Now I'm going to go back to beating him up on other stupid stuff, okay? Like this story. There's no proof that anyone in this story is a police officer, but you'd never know. A New Yorker wants to marry their own adult offspring and is suing to overturn laws barring the incestuous practice, calling it a matter of individual autonomy.

Oh. So the parent wants to remain anonymous. because their request is an action that a large segment of society views as morally, socially, and biological repugnant. No. Marrying your own kid, stop it. It's a large segment of society views it as morally, socially, and biologically repugnant. Get out of here. So, though, I will say, the enduring bond of marriage.

Two persons, whatever relationship they not otherwise have with one another, can find a greater level of expression, intimacy, and spirituality. It's important to remember that that's why we want to get married. Oh, okay. All right. So, the paper that is being reported on doesn't say whether they're police officers. It doesn't even say they're gender or age. So we don't know if it's the male wanting to marry a female child or a female wanting to marry a male child or a, you know, a male and male and female to female. Ooh, you don't even know about that.

It just says that it's a, you know, a biological parent and a child. So the proposed spouses are adults, according to the filing. and the proposed spouses are unable to procreate together. Okay. So in New York, incest is a third-degree felony under the law, punishable by up to four years behind bars, and incestuous marriages are considered void with the spouses facing a fine and up to six months in jail.

Wow. So we'll see what happens with this law in New York. I don't know if wedding bells will be ringing. Wow. But in today's world, I would not be surprised to see this happen, despite the fact that they're trying to tell me that a large segment of society views this as morally, socially, and biologically repugnant. I won't hear of it. I won't hear of it. You can't put a, bloodline on love. Marriage should be between two people who love each other, whether it's mom and dad or dad, no, it wouldn't be mom and dad. It would be mom and son, mom and daughter, dad and son, dad and daughter.

Oh, it's just, did I mention that we live in really extraordinary. times. Wow. All right, let's go to the break room. I need something cold to drink. It should be a lot stronger than what I'm drinking now. I'll tell you that, but I'll just take what I've got here. Man, maybe that's what the mom or the dad is thinking.

Just take what I got. Speaking of taking what they got, I see where Deshaun Watson now has 22 lawsuits, alleging sexual assault, and inappropriate conduct towards massage therapists. So his attorney, Rusty Hardin, spoke to reporters and said that, hey, Watson admits to having sexual encounters with some of the massage therapist, but it's always consensual.

Were there consensual, consensual, consensual encounters? Yes. And one reporter asked, um, so Watson reached out to some of the women booking a massage time and and then engaging in sexual acts, on some occasions, some sexual activities would have taken place.

I'm not going into what it is, or the nature, or the numbers, or with whom, but I think you can rightly assume that. Okay. I mean, he gets 150 massages a year,

roughly, and that's to keep his body in shape. I mean, we know that. Hello. And he used Instagram, to find a therapist because of the COVID-19 pandemic made a little bit more challenging

to find a regular masseuse. So, you can well understand why he's dumbfounded on the 22 lawsuits. I mean, he's truly dumbfounded. If you're an average citizen that's never been caught up in anything, this is insane. That's really his reaction.

When I told him of the first allegation and the third lawsuit that somehow he forced He used force or something. I didn't know him at the time when I told him he was in disbelief. So, I mean, innocent until proven guilty, right? Right. Were there consensual encounters? I keep saying consensual.

Were there conceptual encounters? Yes. Oh, you know, no problem, though. I mean, I'm just, I'm dumbfounded how, how this. could happen. Me too, Deshawn. Me too. I mean, he's already lost some big clients. So, I mean, the blocks, uh, the Jenga blocks are coming out. You better put a stop to it, Deshaun, if you're innocent, man. Put a stop to it right away. I mean, we're in sports, so let's just keep going. The NCAA said it's going to pull championships out of states that ban trans athletes.

Oh, okay, well, that's good. The NCAA announced that it will pull championships out of states that ban transgender athletes from competing. Oh, good. Oh, good. The NCAA Board of Governors said the organization firmly and unequivocally supports the opportunity for transgender students, athletes, to compete in college sports. Okay. If there's enough of them, let them compete against one another. I don't understand.

Wow, we are... Did I mention that we are in a... Inclusion and fairness can coexist for all student athletes, including transgender athletes at all levels of sport. Our clear expectation as the association's top governing body is that all student athletes will be treated with dignity and respect. We're committed to ensuring that NCAA way championships are open for all who earn the right to compete in them okay um all right so much for uh

i mean okay if you're gonna say you know what good good i'm happy that they're doing that good major league baseball umpire joe west i guess he's mr umpire. He's going to be the all-time leading umpire of the world and he wants to, you know, leave his mark and go into the Hall of Fame. He breaks the record for the most

games ever umpired by anyone in the history of Major League Baseball and good for him. Good for him. So he sued former player Paul LaDuca for defamation because he discredited the veteran umpire, his credibility. Oh, no.

Oh, no. So in a podcast, DeLuca claimed that reliever Billy Wagner, his former New York Mets teammate, bribed West into giving him a bigger strike zone by letting him use his 1957 vintage Chevrolet car. And he says, we're playing in a tight game, and he told the story, and he said, Wagner comes in from the bullpen.

Laduca said, I used to go to the mound every time. I was, what's going on. He's like, hey, Joe's behind the plate, set up a couple more inches inside. I was like, are you kidding? Joe hates me. He's like, no, no, no, no, no. Joe loves me. He hasn't given us a corner all day.

So don't worry about it. He literally throws 10 pitches and strikes out the three guys. Joe rings up all three guys. Eight out of the nine pitches were at least three to four inches inside. Not even close. Guys were throwing bats and everything. Joe walks off the field. I get back into the clubhouse and I'm like, what the just happened?

Wagner just winks at me. And I'm like, what's the secret? He's like, I love antique cars. Every time he comes into town, I lend him my 57 Chevy so he can drive it around. So then he opens up the strike zone for me. So Joe West, the Empire, was unhappy about this. And he said it was completely. completely fabricated.

Okay, so what? Oh, well, I mean, it looks like Wagner and Leduca played together in 2006, 2007, and Wagner never even pitched in the game. So, you know, he said that damage his integrity and character, threatened to severely his chances of being devoted into the Hall of Fame. So he gets $250,000 a year in speaking engagements and card shows. if he gets into the Hall of Fame, that's what he's planning on making, right? So they ruled in his favor.

Good for him. So he gets 500 grand. Well, I see. He gets 500,000, all right, altogether. He's entitled to an award of 250,000 for past mental anguish and emotional distress. He's also awarded another 250,000 to compensate for expenses. will need to incur in retaining public relations firms to formulate and operationalize a sufficient reputation remediation plan.

I wish, yesterday we talked about being the hot dog taster for Major League Baseball for that company. You go around you, you test the hot dogs, and you post on social media, and you rank the hot dogs and all the stadiums. Man, do I wish I could do that now and make sure that I'm going to every game that Joe West is umpiring because I would just holler all game eating my hot dogs ranking my hot dogs and hollering at Joe West hey I want to drive my 57 Chevy how about widening the strike zone oh maybe that's what he's talking about now maybe that's what he's talking about his credibility is now shot because of

this one story actually how many people heard the story until the lawsuit I'm guessing not very many. Not very many. But you know about it now. So congratulations to Umpire West for winning your lawsuit against a story from a podcast. Speaking of stories of podcast, if you're listening to this podcast right now and you're not a subscriber, what are you doing with your life? Subscribe to chewing the fat. I know. You can subscribe on the platform you're listening on, whatever that one is, or you can choose a platform of your choice, like iTunes, I heart radio, Stitcher, Spotify, whatever. There's a plethora of platforms out there to subscribe to this podcast on.

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Okay. That's what I'm saying. Did you know that the Property Brothers, TV show has 400 renovations wow that started more than a decade ago that's incredible so they have uh they've done their 400th home renovation for the show they talked that there were there were renovations you know obviously before the show so they were you know really happy and they're excited about it for hg tv they've had record brady king uh viewership on HGTV. Now they're producing multiple TV show franchises series through their own production

company. They have Scott Living Home Furnishing Line. They have a design website. They have a game app. They have two children's books and a quarterly magazine plus the property brother's show. So man, that's been a 10 year ride for them, man. And in the latest interview, they asked how you doing and the one brother, I don't know which twin it was, said that he was really tired. He's just tired. Yeah, I bet you, man. He's working hard the last 10 years to create that. They're both probably really tired, man.

That's a 10-year run, man. But congratulations anyway. So, you know, if you've been touched by the property brothers, you know, not that way, stop looking to me like that. Then, you know, you know, what a good thing. It really is. Okay. So I want to offer this platform, the Chewing the Fat platform,

and the Blaze Podcast and Television Network, to provide an interview and do the interview with Lori Loughlin and Mossimo, Gianelli. It is reported now, now that he's been released from prison after his serving his time for involvement in the college admission scandal. You know, the one, Operation Varsity Blues. I mean, I can't say Operation Varsity Blues without having the sounder, right? Tonight's episode, interview.

So it's being reported that Massimo wants to do an interview with wife, Lori Laughlin, by his side. Oh, he's now originally he said he didn't want to do a sit-down interview because Lori's been itching to get out there and tell her side of the story. So I want to offer this show, this platform, uh, for the interview. Massimo, Lori, I'm here for you. But on your side since the very beginning. This whole thing is just silly. So, I mean, you've had to pay hundreds of thousands of dollars. You've had to do jail time and you're still on parole.

Right now, you're out of prison and you still have. the ankle bracelet on. You can't even leave your home. You're on house arrest. It's ridiculous. So I want to hear your side of the story. I'd love to do an interview with both of you. I'm on your side. It would be an interview done with love. And I'm here for you. I am here for you. So email me chewing the fat at the blaze.com. And we can work this out. I'll reach out as well. Because this change of heart for Mossimo and Lori, and you know what? Bring the kids.

I'll interview the whole darn family. And we can have just a special night and turn it into a night of love. Instead, and it can all be about Operation Varsity Blues. Oh, yeah. And tonight's episode, Family. Oh, yeah. I want that to happen desperately.

call me. I'm here for you. Okay, I wanted to, a couple of stories I've had in the fat pile that, you know, I don't want to wait until Fat Pile Friday. The Brooks Shield story, just incredible what happened to her. So she snapped her femur in a freak accident at the gym. This is what I'm saying, gyms are bad. Not the JIM, although there may be some JIMs that are bad, but I'm talking about the GYMs. that are bad. You know, never mind my son, you know, has, does that and as a trainer and trains people

from all over the country. Forget about that. But so she is in the gym on the balance board, right? And she's filming some stuff. The whole story is she was filming something and she's, you know, doing this, doing this thing. And someone had said, I guess they were done filming and someone said that they loved how easy she made it look. And she was giving them a quick little lesson and on the balance board at this gym in January. So she said it all happened in slow motion where she fell off the balance board and it, you know, that's when she snapped her femur bone. And she said, I just started screaming. Sounds came out of me that I never heard before.

The pain was excruciating. Now, I saw the pictures of Brooke on, you know, on crutches and I thought, oh, she got hurt. Well, I looked at, you know, for some reason I looked into it a little bit when I saw another picture of Brooke. and I thought, wow. So she was taken by ambulance, immediately underwent surgery, got two metal rods put in near her hip, all right? Now, come to find out the one part of her right femur popped out after the surgery. So she had to go back in and get a second surgery,

where she got five more rods and a metal plate to anchor it in place. That does not sound like fun. I just want to go on record here on chewing the fat. That does not sound like fun. Then they, uh, she went home after two and a half weeks. I mean, that's a pretty short period of time. You know, she's going to rehab at the house or go to a special rehab place. I'm sure Brooke has them coming to the house.

So she then develops a staff infection and needed to go back for emergency surgery and three blood infusions. And they thought it might be Mercer, but it wasn't. And, uh, she said it was just a race against time and not to become. septic. I mean, just incredible. I mean, that's a big struggle for her. No kidding. A real big struggle. And then I see a story on Representative Dan Crenshaw from Texas. Now, you know, he's got the, where's the patch, right?

He's got the one bad eye. Well, apparently he's got, you know, he's lucky that he's not blind. But he said he will be effectively blind for about another month. So his, he lost his right eye that sustained damage. to his left eye in 2012 when that homemade bomb exploded in Afghanistan, right? That's where he, you know, originally got the injury. So he said a few days ago, and this story was, is dated the 10th of April. So today, if you're listening live, it's the 13th of April.

So, you know, last week he said he noticed some dark, blurry spots in my vision, seemed out of the ordinary. I went to get this checked out. and they discovered that his retina was detaching. Now, I'm not an eye doctor, and I'm not an ophthalmologist, but I'm going to go out on a limb here and say, when your retina,

when your retina is detaching, that's not a good thing. I know. So he said that this is a terrifying prognosis for someone with one eye and the nature of the injuries that I sustained in Afghanistan. Anyone who knows the history of my injuries

knows that I don't have a good eye, but half a good eye. The blast from 2012 caused a cataract excessive tissue damage, extensive damage to my retina. It was always a possibility that the effects of the damage to my retina would resurface, and it appears that it is exactly what has happened. The prognosis I received is obviously bad. So he went in for surgery, and he will be effectively blind for about a month. So during the surgery, they put a gas bubble in his eye,

which acts as a bandage for his retina. And that means he had to face down for the next week or so and unable to see anything. Wow. I mean, incredible, right? He said, I've gotten through worse before and I'll get through this. I've got Tara by my side. I'm guessing that's his wife.

And they're here in Houston with plenty of support. A few prayers that my vision will get back to normal and then I will make a full recovery. Wouldn't hurt, though. and would be much appreciated. Thank you in advance for your thoughts, prayers, and support. Yeah. You're welcome.

First of all, Dan, Representative Congressman Crenshaw, you're welcome. But just amazing that he's going through this. And I love that he's got, and I say I love, I'm glad I don't have to do this. My son has had a couple of eye surgeries. And I know how difficult that it is to go through. eye surgery like that, but, and not like this, but eye surgery. And, you know, to have a gas bubble put in your eye and then you've got to lay still laid facing down and you're still, you're blind, you can't see anything and you have to

lay flat facing down so the gas bubble stays intact to keep your eye like a bandage. Just incredible. Anyway, Representative Dan Crenshaw from Texas going through that. And Brooke Shields going through what she's going. through just incredible health updates and recovery programs. Good thing, Congressman Crenshaw is in Houston because Domino's is testing, delivering pizza in Houston this week with the driverless Neuros R2, the robot delivery. Maybe Dan can give him a call and have a pizza delivered anyway.

So it's the first driverless. vehicle to be approved by the U.S. Department of Transportation. It's already been used to transport groceries and medical supplies. I mean, I don't know. Is it armed? Like, if you come up and try to rob it, does it shoot you? Let's hope so. Because somebody's going to try to rob this thing, right? I mean, I don't want to go out. I'm going to go out and live here and say that crime is going to happen against the neuro-driverless car, even if it's just for a pizza. And I see that they're doing this at home deliveries for robots in Singapore. Remember we did the story last week.

Robots are already here, my friends. They're already here. I mean, we talked about these neuros already, and they are already partnered with CVS and Walmart, and now they're, you know, partnering with Domino's to deliver pizzas here in the States and Houston specifically. But they have their new second generation vehicle, which is what I'm sure they're using in Houston, which is a range of new features, including in Capacity Battery Life safety measures.

I'd like to know what those safety measures are. And so we'll see. Those are the delivery bots, right? So we have the drones from Amazon. Those drone deliveries have already been granted approval from the FAA. And in 2010, they have these pepper humanoid robots capable of understanding, you know, how humans feel and there's a white there you have the white plastic body and two black eyes and the slash mouth and like the mermaid's tail i mean you've seen them right and they've got the

touchscreen on the chest to aid in communication over 12,000 of those have already been sold to over 2,000 companies globally and they've adopted pepper as an assistant so i mean the robots are already here they're stocking shelves they're being used for inventory control we have the robot dogs that are kind of scary looking kind of scary looking okay they showed there's a there was a video from sky net with the sky net logo of chinese robotics firms that had its four-legged robots moving in unison and it was like the start of the robot takeover there's just all of these robot dogs moving in uniform it was it's kind of terrifying actually and And then we had the story of where we're going to have robots starting to patrol areas on military bases.

Right now in Tyndall Air Force Base in Florida, they're a program management office security forces. They can per, this is how sweet it is. I mean, it's for your safety, okay? They can patrol and monitor other critical areas of the installation. They have onboard computers, cameras, and other detectives. and other detection devices to scout for threats. Before a human could possibly be exposed or faced with potential dangers, the ground vehicles, you know, the robot dogs,

can operate at minus 40 degree to 131 degree conditions. They have 14 sensors, and they create a 360 degree awareness. So it's all for your safety, okay? So don't worry about it. It's uh, they're already here. We saw the documentary. I robot how that turned out, right? It was good at the end, but it was, uh, didn't go well before the end.

So we better start learning to work with them. Work with them, work around them. Don't try to work against them because it won't end well. Well, it'll, if you follow the documentary, it'll end well, but not before it goes very, very wrong. Speaking of going very, very wrong. Last week, we talked about the guy, Rod Lederman, who was fired from the 97 Rock Morning Show in Buffalo

because he did a morning bit about comparing how he likes women according to, you know, the tone of their skin. and he used, you know, a toaster to use for the bit. You know, the darker the skin, the lighter the skin. It was, you know, just a stupid morning show bit, all right? And they mentioned Serena Williams and Hallie Berry, and he talked about toaster settings, and it was a funny bit. Now, he bent the knee right afterward.

Not long after that. Remember, he's talked about apologizing. It was stupid. Still didn't matter, though. They fired him. Okay? well now everybody's gone all right they suspended the morning show team after they fired the rod leaderman the host okay well the rest of the team now is gone and then while we're at it let's go

ahead and get rid of the program director too he was also shown the door wow i mean incredible and the statement from cumulus upon further consideration Following the racist incident that occurred on the Morning Bull Show, we decided to terminate the whole morning show in addition to the program director. Okay. Thank you, Cumulus. We appreciate it. Wow. I mean, over a morning show bit describing how you like skin tone on your women and using a toaster. I'm not laughing at the bit. Oh, man. do not think for one moment that I am laughing at the bit because I am not.

That bit is completely wrong and racist. I don't know if he talked about liking, you know, did he like the bread coming right out of the package so that it was, you know, that's the white bread, or did he like it warmed up or I got to stop. I got to stop. I don't want to get it. Because it's a, that's a, it's a, it's a, it's a funny bit to think about, right?

But to say it out loud, oh my gosh, that's just wrong. And I won't hear of it. So we're just going to move on. Okay. Let's, I guess are we pausing the Johnson and Johnson COVID-19 vaccine? That's the one I was thinking about getting. So they're pausing it because of a rare blood clot concern. Well, I know just as we talked about before, you know, you don't want to be the person that's the person, right?

I get it. But they've given a lot of vaccines out, and I think they've had like six cases of the blood clots. So, I mean, that is really out of an abundance of caution. We're going to go ahead and pause the Johnson and Johnson COVID-19 vaccine. I do I have that means I'm pausing my I think I've got to get the vaccine because that was the one I wanted is the one shot and I don't know that I want to do the two shot deal and now they're telling me the one shot deal is bad and don't worry about the Pfizer and Moderna and okay all right fine but I mean they've given off a lot of shots and to have just a half a dozen of the blood clots although that's here in America and I know there was some cases in Europe that were from the Johnson & Johnson. So, you know, there may be an issue. I understand that.

But it does seem strange that we're pausing it. Maybe, just maybe, they know more than they're saying. What do you think? Is that possible? Nah, they wouldn't do that to us. Would they? It's a lot of them.