Chewing the Fat with Jeff Fisher - Ep 607 | Fat Pile Friday: Just Look Up!

Episode Date: April 23, 2021

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All right, let's do this. We have, I had a busy day today. We've got health, we've got travel, we've got space, we've got crime, and of course, we have death. Where should we start? I guess let's start with death. I mean, it's almost a retro. Born Anne Blanche Banks in 1928 in Georgia. left home in the seventh grade and moved to Hollywood

at the ripe age of 15 years of age. So that would have been what? 1944. Wow. Works as a waitress. Customer said, you know, you'd make a little bit of money as a strip tease performer.

And she thought, you know, that's probably a pretty good idea. So she got an audition with Folly, theater in 1951 and they said hey you got a you know you got the gig but you got to choose a stage name now you can either use sunny day or tempest storm and she said well it might as well be tempest storm and so the legend began the fiery redhead had known as the burlesque icon just passed away at the age of 93 she died in her Las Vegas apartment

Very sad. Been battling dementia in recent months. Oh, man. She was struggling with hip surgery. Wow. She just struggled this last year. It's very sad. And she is really probably the best known,

highest regarded burlesque performers of all time. Plus, one of the things that, or actually two of the things, she claimed to have take care of a little business with Elvis. She said, oh, Elvis the pelvis. Yeah, it was 1956. I was appearing at the Dunes Hotel in Las Vegas, which is now the Bellagio. We had a burlesque review.

He came to see the show. He came over and sat down. He had the most beautiful eyes. And we got into a relationship, and it was absolutely fantastic. He was a real Southern gentleman, very polite. And she also claimed to have spent a little time, a little bit, with John F. Kennedy. I know it comes as a surprise.

According to her, she met him in 1957. So, man, 56, 57, and she was busy. This is when he was a senator. It was a great relationship. He was a great man and his politics and everything. I hadn't seen him for years. And the last time I saw him, I said, you're going to be president. And he said, I hope you're right.

So you can still, if you want to, if you haven't, if you're one of the few people that don't know who Tempest Storm is, you can catch the documentary, the actual documentary, was, came out a few years ago in 2016. And it focuses on her career and the estrangement from her daughter. And she apparently had a daughter with Herb Jeffries, who was a singer with the Duke, Wellington Orchestra, so Tempest took care of a little business all around. Yes, that's how we get started on Fat Pile Friday. Rest in peace, Tempest Norm. And welcome to Chewing the Fat.

Congratulations are in order to Caitlin Jenner, who has now made it official, filed the paperwork, going to run for Governor of California. She tweeted, I'm in. California is worth fighting for. Visit caitlandjinner.com to follow or donate today. Hashtag recall Newsom. So congratulations on Caitlin. I can't imagine that in this lifetime, she's ever, you know, she ever thought she would be running for governor of the state of California.

and maybe at one point in her life, and I'm going to use a dead name here when she was Bruce Jenner. You know, maybe that could have come up that he was so, you know, famous and such a huge star that it was a possibility, but, you know, that can't happen because Bruce is dead. And we now have Caitlin.

So anyway, congratulations to Caitlin Jenner and all the best. All the best. She's registered as a Republican. And, you know, is there a chance that she beats Governor Newsom? I don't know. But, you know, we all know that Bruce loves, I mean, oh, Caitlin, gosh, darn it. Caitlin loves the limelight.

So, we'll go ahead. Well, no, that's going to happen. Congratulations, anyway. Congratulations. Also, McDonald's in the news big this past week. It's just releasing the new BTS meal. And you're thinking, wait, the Korean pop man? Yeah, that's right.

It's a celebrity meal for McDonald's. The BTS meal goes on sale the 26th of May in the United States. States, Canada, and Brazil, and soon after that, in nearly 50 countries spanning six continents and consist of the superstar band's signature order. Yeah, I know. So it goes on sale in South Korea, May 27th. The day after the United States, Canada, Brazil, that's not South Korea is going to be mad. But if you're listening live, you have a little over a month.

Today is the 23rd of April, 2021, so you've got to wait a little over a month until the 26th of May to go ahead and get your signature meal, the BTS meal. It's a 10-piece chicken McNugget, medium fries, and Coke, as well as the U.S. is going to debut two new dipping sauces with the signature. order, sweet chili, and Cajun flavors. Ah, come on. Now that's inspired by McDonald's South Korea recipes. So that's fantastic. Right now, partnering with BTS is, you know, a big deal for McDonald's. And I guess they had smash successes, or at least what they're calling, smash successes.

of its meals with Jay Baldwin and Travis Scott. Now, I realize that it's been quite some time since I've been to a McDonald's. There has been McDonald's brought into my home from other humans that live in my house, but I wasn't at the McDonald's, so I didn't realize, and maybe they brought home the Jay Belvin-Travice Scott signature deals, but I don't know that for sure. But, you know, at the end of May, you'll be able to get the 10-piece chicken McNuggets, medium fries, and a Coke, as well as, you know, maybe you get both dipping sauces, right?

Sweet chili and Cajun flavors. So, man, you got that to look forward to. Now, it is going to be harder to find it because you think to yourself, well, there's McDonald's everywhere, even in Walmart. E! Not so fast. They're starting to close down the McDonald's and the Walmarts. I know.

So, I know, I know, I know, I know. Okay, so apparently, according to this story, they are shuddering all but 150 of its Walmart-based restaurant locations between now and this summer. So according to Walmart's website, there's 4,743 Walmarts throughout the United States. So about 3% of Walmarts. So they are shutting them down. only going to have 150 of the Walmart-based McDonald's left across America. That one hurts.

I mean, at one point, they had 1,000 Walmart locations, right? And then in 2012, they had 875, and then in 2017, they had 638, and it fell to about 500 by the beginning of 2020. And then they were like, ooh, hey, it's the pandemic. Yeah, we're going to go ahead and close some more up to. So, I mean, okay, we'll see. He said that, you know, the increase in grocery deliveries and curbside pickups contributed to the decline in demand for those locations. And then there was the newfound preference for the drive-through.

So, okay. now they're going to try to figure out Walmart's going to try to figure out what do we do with the spaces I don't know what do you think I don't know maybe we put a Taco Bell in there

because they don't have anything to do with drive-through Domino's pizza they don't do anything but you know delivery come on now at least Charlie's Philly steaks are going into some stores

that might be actually worth it so we'll see what happens but if you're used to seeing those McDonald's in there there's only going to be 150 left, you know, after this summer. So they're shutting them down. So I know. Sad news. Sad.

I'm sorry. I'll give you some good news. Okay. A fugitive who escaped from a Nevada jail is back in custody. Now, sure, he's been a fugitive for 27 years, but he is back in the Nevada jail. Or I need to rephrase that. He's back in U.S. custody.

All right. He escaped from the Nevada jail 27 years ago. He just walked away. He was sentenced to a 40-year jail term after he drove his car the wrong way while drunk onto an interstate ramp and collided head on with another vehicle in 1992, killing the 18-year-old driver and seriously injuring two passengers. He was less than a year into his term. in February of 1994, when the Department of Corrections says he was working with other inmates

as part of the Division of Forestry Fire Crew, and he just walked away. Oh, okay. Yeah, apparently he's been living in Nayarit, Mexico, N-A-R-I-T, N-A-R-I-T-N-A-R-I-N-A-N-R-A-N-A-N-R-A-N-R-A-N-R-E-R-E-E-R-E-E-M-E-E-E-R-E-M-O, and he was arrested in January of 2020. Now it's taken this long to get the extradition done. And now he's back in custody of the Nevada Department of Corrections

to serve out the remainder of his sentence. I mean, being in Mexico isn't sentence enough? It's just a joke, of course not. He did a horrible thing. Driving drunk and killed a person and injured two other people. Yeah.

But just walking away. Now, this capture was a joint, effort involving the Nevada Department of Corrections, the Department of Homeland Security, the Mexican government, and the U.S. Marshal Service. So they got them. And that's good news. I just wanted you to have a little good news.

So, you know, our law enforcement are still on it. And people who are, you know, escaped from prison, fugitives out there. We're doing something about it. And we finally got this one. We got this one back. we got Samuel Avalos Gallado back and he's going to serve out the rest of his time in prison. Speaking of prisoners, our man, Alexei Nivalani.

Nevalani, I got it. You know, I figured he'd be dead by now, but no, he's, you know, our Russian opposition to Vladimir Putin. He was on the 24th day of his hunger strike and sick, and he said he's going to stop his hunger strike. Nice, right? I know. He posted on Instagram that he will continue to demand a visit from his doctor

to address numbness in his legs and arms, which was his main demand, but that he would halt the strike after having been examined by doctors who were not affiliated with the prison, something he called a huge prison. progress. He also acknowledged the mass pro-Nevlani protests across Russia on Wednesday and multiple letters and statements supporting him from public figures and government officials around the globe. He thanked them for the huge support of the good people across the country and around the

world. And he also, he got all worked up because people were saying that they were going to join him on his hunger strike. They were refusing to eat in solidarity. with my man Nevlani. And he did not want that to happen. He said that tears flowed from his eyes. God, I've not even acquainted with these people and they do this for me.

My heart is full of love and gratitude for you, but I don't want anyone physically suffering because of me. Wow. So that is kind of disheartening if you're Vladimir Putin, because I have a feeling. If Vlad went on a hunger strike, those same people would say, good! They wouldn't go on a hunger strike to show solidarity with him.

I mean, he might put you on a hunger strike to show solidarity with him, but you wouldn't do that on your own volition. No way. So he got the doctors saw him and, you know, when you have a hunger strike, and I don't have to tell you this, if you go on a hunger strike for multiple days, you can't just go right back to eating. You know that, right?

I mean, your body is just not ready for that. I mean, the first week of coming out is essentially the same as the hunger strike. You're not allowed to eat anything, just drink juices and very thin porridge and very little amounts. He won't even start eating solid food. I mean, you don't even start eating solid food

anytime soon. And, you know, lack of it. of access to normal food. Yeah, don't forget, you're in prison. So that complicates the situation. Yeah, just a tad. I mean, he's going to be lucky to be able to get food. He, I don't see this, I don't see this ending well.

I never have. It's very surprising that he got all of this coverage. I just feel like he's going to catch COVID and die, and that's going to be the end of it. and we're going to, you know, all these people that are in solidarity with my man, and they're going to stop eating for him. Alexi, Alexi, and it's going to be, they're going to be put down by Vlad, and it's going to be, you know, that'll be the end of it.

But you never know. And just so we're clear, I know it's Navalny. Okay, I got it. It's Alexei and Navalny. I have fun saying his name wrong, okay? So stop looking at me like that. As long as we're talking about Vlad, our man Putin in Russia, I see where there was a big climate change meeting with world leaders.

And of course, our great world leader, President Biden, was a part of this. In fact, I don't know if he even, I don't know if this was his deal, but it was a video called to discuss climate change with these world leaders. And we had, I mean, we had one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten, eleven, twelve, thirteen, fourteen, fourteen, fourteen, six, seven, eight, nine, ten, eleven, twelve, thirteen, fourteen, six, seven, different countries. and a Vlad is center square which says a lot about

who's running things just you know Vlad but I will say you know our man from China was just you know off left stage stage right

and President Biden was stage left and to the right of your screen but all these world leaders are meeting virtually, and he's the only one, President Biden is the only one wearing a mask.

That hurts. Now, there were a couple of squares empty, but I will say, you know, like they weren't there yet, or they were, you know, had left, or they stormed off, or they were pissed, or whatever, just had arrived yet. But one of the things that really ticked me off was that it appears that every one of these squares has the flag of their nation in the square,

except for Joe Biden. Now, the masks thing I can get over, barely. But I can't get over not having the flag there. That pisses me off. That really ticks me off a lot. He has more proof that he does not like this country. And I will say that it didn't get a lot of coverage, but I saw where, you know, we celebrated Earth Day yesterday.

And I don't know how you celebrated it. I hope you celebrated with your family and, you know, did something in honor of the great earth, the rock that we're standing on. But the White House had some demonstrations in front of it. Climate activists dumped wheelbarrows filled with cow crap outside the White House. Yes, because they were protesting President Biden's bull, climate plan and they were chanting

bulls as they were pushing their wheelbarrows, pink wheelbarrows, by the way, up to the White House. Now, you know, it doesn't look like that many people. You know, it wasn't a BLM March.

But the National Farmers Union said that they didn't know if the climate activists really used cow poop. Oh, you tried to lessen it now a little bit? what protesters used was not cow poop they later said in a subsequent tweet it was unclear what the substance actually was and suggested it could have been just compost oh why don't be doing that so they had a big pile of what now is not cow poop in the middle of the street with a big sign stuck in it you know looks like a four sale sign stop the bulls okay good stuff. So the group was dispersed leaving the cow poop in the middle of the street at 17th at New York Avenue on Earth Day. So there was, there's a tad bit of a pushback to the Biden

climate plan because I know that, you know, it's pledging to spend two trillion dollars over the next 10 years. So that's good, right? I mean, we're going to achieve emissions, free power, by 2035 and net zero emissions by 2050. So that's so good. The U.S. is also committed to reducing greenhouse gas emissions by more than 50% by 2030, effectively doubling the goal set by former President Barack Obama. So good luck. God bless.

And that means that we're all going to just be walking or riding our bicycles. because that's an impossible achievement to reach that. But, you know, hey, you got the coal union. We told you the other day, the world's largest coal union says, yeah, hey, we're on your side with this climate activist stuff, no problem and these, all of that. But we just need the jobs. If you're going to get rid of these coal, the coal jobs,

we need the jobs in the solar field, please. Can we do that, please? That'd be great. If you could just give us those jobs, that'd be great. So we'll see if these other countries are willing to play along or if they're just begging for more money from the U.S., which I assume is usually the case. Ah, yeah, that's a pretty good idea there, President Biden.

Why don't you give us some money for it? And then we'll keep everything safe. Anyway, it's Fat Pout Friday, and we're here on chewing the fat, And I know I don't get into politics very often. It was just, you know, this is just touching on a little bit of politics with our president. Because while it is politics, it isn't because he's on screen with the mask and our flag is not behind him. That pisses me off.

Worse than the climate change stuff. Maybe. But for sure, they're running neck and neck, man. because I am sick of him jamming how much he hates America down our throats. He's the president of the United States of America, and it shouldn't be that way. All right, let's go to the break room. Take a breath. Take a breath and a drink, okay?

All right, here we go. Me too, a little. So we're in the break room. We might as well get some food. Man, I wish I had some. So hungry right now. I was just informed that there's a restaurant in Honolulu, Hawaii, that opened up. It looks like a beautiful place.

And it's got chicken. In fact, the sign for the restaurant out front underneath the name says chicken and joy. It's a no-nonsense takeout joint, dishing up, terriaki chicken bowls, fries, and other fast food Asian grub. And it goes, it's in Honolulu, Hawaii. And it goes by the name of Itchy But. Yes, I T-C-H-Y, B-U-T-T, I would love to go to Itchy But. And in fact, if you can look on the internet, I believe I can get takeout.

And so can you. So online menu of Itchy But, major cities and provinces, This is Alberta, we can have it delivered. We can have food delivered from itchy, but that does not sound like a bad idea. And there's coupons available. It's open seven days a week. They close a little early on Sundays. I have no idea why.

Maybe nobody's there. But they close an hour early on Sunday. It's casual attire. There's no alcohol. Oh, no. No reservations, no Wi-Fi, no outdoor seats. Yes, it's good for kids. You can park in the street, credit cards accepted.

No delivery. Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait. This must be in Honolulu or something, because I thought it's 1-229-kiyamoku Street, Honolulu, Hawaii. But I thought we could get takeout and have it delivered. Does Itchy But offer delivery? Yes, itchy butt offers. Okay, fine, no problem.

Does it offer? Yeah, well, of course, it offers takeout, duh. Plus the pandemic in Hawaii. So it's time. Man, do I wish I had an itchy butt? You can write your own jokes. All right, while you're, you know, concerning yourself with itchy butt, just let me tell you to subscribe to chewing the fat.

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And then you might as well follow me on my social media channels. I have Jeffrey JFR on Twitter, Jeff Fisher Radio on Facebook, Instagram, and Parlor. This weekend, while it's Fat Pile Friday, and those of you that are listening live on the 23rd of April, we know that we have the Oscars coming up on Sunday. is going to be a busy night for Jeff Fisher and chewing the fat. We've got the Oscars. We have the Walking Dead.

Well, fear, the Walking Dead. We have, which I, you know, it's a must watch since, you know, I'm doing the podcast talking Walking Dead every, you know, every Monday with Jason Butchrell and Maximus Fisher and myself. And then we have, and the news show on AMC that follows Walking Dead,

gangs of London. Pretty good. I've been enjoying the heck out of that show. So, I mean, it's going to be fun. And do I care? The Oscars are going to be kind of a hit and miss kind of thing. I want to watch it. We talked about that, how they're going to make things, you know, give the actors more space and breathability. But, you know, you've got the actor.

You know, you want the actor in a leading role is going to be the Rizamod, Chadwick Bosman, Anthony Hopkins, Gary Oldman, Stephen. So, I mean, what are the chances that we give it to Chadwick Bosman just because? because, you know, he passed away. I'm not saying that his, you know, performance wasn't great in Ma Rainey's Black Bottom, but, you know, he passed away. So it's going to be the one. And I wouldn't be surprised to see someone win it and just give it to Chadwick. And Anthony Hopkins won't do that, but someone else would.

And the actress in a leading role, Ella Davis, Andrew Day, Vanessa, Kirby, Francis McDormon, Carrie Mulligan. I said at one point I think we're giving it to Francis McDormand. It could be a nomad land sweep. They all love that. Although, Viola Davis was in Ma Rainey's Black Bottom with Chadwick Bosman. It would give them another opportunity to say how great Chadwick was,

is, and could have been had he lived if they give it to him and her. and then the best picture of the father judas and the black messiah man and nomad land promising young woman sound of metal trial of the chicago seven so if we give the best picture to nomad land that gives francis mcdormand a happy smile for not winning the best actress and chadwick gets the you know, in, you know, post-mortem. Is that what they call it? No, it's posthumous, not post-mortem.

I mean, it is post-mortem, but that's not what they call it. So if you win something, you know, after your death, it's a posthumous, you know, victory. So there you go. I mean, if you're confused, I mean, posthumously, born after, you know, published after the death,

born after, occurring after death. That's what that, you know, is. And that's what will happen. And I think I'm going to say that that's my prediction for the Oscars. Yep, we'll go with that. You can guess who's going to get, you know, the Oscar for best grip. Okay, just do that one on your own.

So I see a post on. on my Twitter feed that shows this Yucca, which is a 39,000-year-old mammoth that they found and preserved. It was still, I mean, it still had some blood in its veins and it still had the brain. And it's on display. It's from Russia.

And it's on, it's been display in Japan. I may even been here in the States by now. It's been, you know, several years ago. But I was reminded that hasn't anyone ever seen fortitude? Don't mess with those woolly mammoths. Okay, don't do it. But it got me going to that particular Twitter feed Museum Archive. And there's some really, really cool stuff on this feed.

And it showed a map of the world from the Ottoman Empire, 1803. And it's pretty good. It's a pretty full map of the world. And you can see it's drawing what they're. calling the lands. Pretty good. Pretty good now. According to one commenter, not possible.

Can't be that accurate in 1803. Okay. You know, whatever. I just know what museum archive Twitter feed says. Okay? You got to believe museum archive Twitter feed, don't you? Can't be a... I mean, come on now.

Museum Archive, a collection of artifacts of cultural and historical revelance made available for public viewing, find your place in history, 184,000 followers at Museum Archive, they can't lie. Right? They're not allowed to lie. Right? Right, of course. So we talked the other day about Jake Paul's fight against the MMA fighter who he defeated, you know, in the first round. He knocked out, oh, what's his face? Ben Ascran knocked him out in the first round.

It was, you know, it was pretty impressive. But, and I thought about, and I think I may have said that he was going to, you know, looking in defense. fight looking to fight Floyd Mayweather. Well, that's his brother, Logan. I get him, I know, I'm sorry, but it's the Paul brothers. Logan and Jake. Logan is the one that is going to fight Floyd Mayweather, Jr. And that's been set, I believe, on June 5th.

There are five cities that are at the top of the list for the Mayweather Logan fight. So you're looking at either Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Miami, Dallas, or Atlanta. I'm probably guessing Miami, but I wouldn't be surprised to see it in Dallas either, although they both would do well to do it in Vegas, and Vegas is probably itching to have that fight and, you know, say that they're back from COVID,

so I wouldn't be surprised to see it in Vegas either. But, you know, that fight, I mean, I don't know how much money they're going to make. I don't know. the original fight that they were supposed to have was postponed. I know my son already bought the pay-per-view for that first fight and then it was postponed. Now they haven't given him his money back

and it's supposed to be when the fight happens we get to view it or you know he gets to view it. But this new fight may not be on the streaming service that Max bought it on. And so I wouldn't be surprised to see it on Showtime. want to make, you know, big money. They want that showtime money. So maybe it'll be on both

or maybe, you know, they say, hey, you know, you got it for the cheap price the first day that they went on sale. We're not going to air the fight now. And here's your money back, but buy a ticket to the other streaming service to buy the fight. And oh, by the way, it's more expensive than what you paid before. That wouldn't

really necessarily surprise me either. But good luck. I mean, they're completely different. I mean, Floyd is 50 and no, right? I mean, Mayweather is 50 and oh. I think that's his record now. I mean, he's not beating Floyd.

And remember, Floyd, I think his last fight was against Connor McGregor. Right? So at that fight, he won in a TKO, which gave him his 50th win. I think that was it. Right?

Mayweather Extend his repressional. Yeah, 50 and no. So, I mean, that puts him in the lead. If you want to count that as the win, against Rocky Marciano by, you know, Marciano had 49 victories. Okay, cool. Now, that fight alone, Mayweather was reportedly guaranteed 100 million. McGregor was guaranteed 30 million.

That was four years ago now in 2017. Wow. So, and it's said that they made more than that. They said that between the two fighters, they ended up. It was reported that Mayweather ended up getting 280 million and McGregor got $130 million. So I don't know what Floyd's going to get for fighting Paul, but it's going to be, you know, he's not going to step in the ring. He's not going to do it for less than $100 million. And it says here, you know, that they are now in talking.

with Showtime, that's what I thought. And so the FAMIO platform may be lucky to, you know, get it. And they may get it just because they already, you know, if you've already subscribed, you can watch it on FAMIO, but you don't get any promotion. And all the promotion goes to Showtime. That's possible. You know, we'll see. You know, who knows.

And maybe they just send it to the people who have already gotten it. You already paid for it. You can watch it on FAMIO, but that's it. We're not adding anymore. and the rest of it goes to Showtime. We'll see. We shall see. But according to the reported terms of agreement,

Mayweather can't weigh more than 160, and Paul is going to have to come in under 190. So it should be interesting. I want Mayweather to knock him out. I barely like Jake, Paul, although he's 3-0 and actually looks like he wants to fight. Logan is, you know, just a putt. And he barely, did he beat his last fight against KSI?

Did he actually win that? No, he lost it. That's right, it was a split decision. He couldn't even beat KSI. So get over yourself. But, you know, sure, I'll watch the fight. Oh, it's Fat Pile Friday here on Chewing the Fat, so we might as well look at some headlines for COVID.

Scientists have now said that, you know what, two cats of different breeds lived in different households, one of four-month-old female ragdow kitten, developed symptoms consistent with COVID-19 in March, and was euthanized due to breathing difficulties and rapidly declining health. And at the same time, the other case,

the six-year-old female Siamese showed only mild symptoms of the illness, such as nasal discharge and conjunctivitis. Yes, you heard me. Humans can infect cats with COVID-19. Oh, no. Oh, no, because they did this, they had the findings from the UK. I guess other instances of cats coming down with COVID-19 have been reported.

We did have some animals apparently have COVID in zoos around the country at one point, but there's been two confirmed cases of pet owners having passed the SARS Cove 2 to their cats. So this is according to Scottish researchers at the University of Glasgow. Let's publish their findings. You know, okay. So do we put down all the cats? You know, for their safety. I don't want to.

You know, no way do I want to. But, you know, it's not that bad of an idea, right? No? Okay. Never mind. Let it go. You know, I saw, did we talk about the doc who talked about the shots and the blood clotting for Johnson and Johnson? I feel like we did.

but I actually listened to the video that I was told about. And the doc makes sense. The doc makes sense. You know, you take the shot and it's supposed to be given to the people in their arm and the muscles, not in the blood, not in the blood vein. That's what causes the clotting possible. In the rare occasions, he claims that that's been documented in the past and that the reason that you have the smaller clusters around the country where, you know, you have an area that

has a few people get the clotting because of the Johnson and Johnson is because you'd have the person giving the shot wrong because that person hasn't been trained to give the shot not in the bloodstream. You're supposed to put it in the shot, pull it back out. If there's blood, you'd pull it all the way back out and restick, right? Because it's not supposed to be in the blood vein. Anyway, we'll see if that has any merit at all. But the Johnson & Johnson shot will probably be back up this week. weekend you'll be able to get it and that's you know that's just a you know helpful little hint

maybe you'd tell the person if you're going to get the Johnson and Johnson shot hey make sure you're not giving it to me in my blood okay how about that thank you and then they're supposed to have you know I talked about we talked this morning on Pat Gray on leashed about India having this huge COVID-19 breakout and And, you know, the coronavirus breakout. And so they're now having to, according to this headline, beg, borrow and steal for the oxygen that the hospitals need. Well, at the same time, we get a story that comes out that talks about at healthworld.com, which I'm sure is top notch. But they have a story here that talked about taking oxygen intermittently does not help COVID-19 patients.

Oh, wait, what? Yeah, most will have symptoms like the common cold, sore throat, et cetera, over five to seven days, and they're going to recover with a symptomatic treatment. And only 15% may go to the moderate phase of the disease. So if you just got the regular old COVID-19 coronavirus, you don't need that oxygen. Because most of the time when you go into the hospital, right, they make sure they give you some oxygen because they want your oxygen

saturation between 93 and 94%. So they give everybody oxygen just for, you know, that, hey, here's some oxygen. Let's get you up to levels and be good to go. Well, no, no. That means that oxygen is becoming short around the world. So keep an eye out on that. More and more things becoming hard to find. And that's going to be a shocker when you're not.

going to be able to find oxygen. Few other headlines under the COVID-19 coronavirus heading. Infect lungs via the gums and not the airways. The new study finds. Looking into the herpes, zoster. Coronavirus cases are surging in Chile. This headline, I don't know why it's making the new headlines because we already knew this, that disinfecting surfaces isn't always necessary.

no prescription needed for the rapid COVID-19 home tests. Now they're going to be sold at CBS, Walgreens, and Walmart beginning this week. I don't know that that's going to be okay. I mean, no, let me rephrase that. Of course it's going to be okay. You should be able to get your own COVID-19 test. But I'll be surprised at what it tells you, if it just tells you positive or negative, kind of like the, you know, the, am I pregnant test?

Are you positive or you're negative? Yeah, you're positive. Okay, great. But, you know, what your levels are, your numbers are, I doubt you're going to get any of that. And does anybody believe it? If it says you're positive and you go into the hospital and you say, hey, I just tested positive for COVID-19. They're going to check, you know, they're going to test you again. They're not going to say, oh, okay.

Your Walmart test said you're positive. All right, well, here's some treatment for you. So, I mean, yes, we should have it, but okay. and just under health and not necessarily coronavirus, according to this, sleep deprivation in middle age may increase risk of dementia. It's a new study. I know. This new study published Tuesday in the Scientific Journal Nature Communications,

who doesn't read everything from the Scientific Journal Nature Communications, getting six hours or less of sleep a night during middle age significantly increases the risk of dementia. That is not good. That is not good. The 25-year study, wow, 25 years, just under 8,000 participants found that those who average less than six hours of Shudai at age 50, 60, and 70 were associated with 30% higher dementia risk. independent of demographic, behavioral, and mental health factors. Now, they can't say sleep duration has a casual impact on dementia. It would be good to encourage good sleep hygiene.

Why can't they say that, even though we can't say sleep duration has a casual impact on dementia, but that's what they're saying. It's noteworthy for the long period over which participants were observed. Most sleep studies spent two decades or less. because the authors took, among other factors, depression into consideration. So if they say here, the study's lead author and French Institute of Health and Medical Research epidemiologist, Savarine and Sabo said that even though we can't say sleep duration has a casual impact on dementia, it would be good to encourage good sleep hygiene.

but they're telling you that 30% of the 8,000 participants, just under 8,000 participants, averaged less than six hours of Shudai, were associated with that higher dementia risk. Weird. Get to sleep. What are you doing with your life? Get to sleep, man. Sleep more than six hours a night.

That alone. is hilarious. I mean, who sleeps six hours? I mean, maybe you sleep six hours, you know, three or four here, three or four there. That's what I'm talking about with the intermittent sleeping. Remember the story we had where in the back of the day before electricity, people would go to bed and then they would get up in the middle of the night

and they would have time in the middle of the night to read, to, you know, talk to your spouses, go next door and have tea, have, you know, make babies, but you would have that time in the middle of the night to, you know, meditate and study, and then you would go back to sleep, and, you know, you'd get up sometime and the more you wouldn't try to sleep straight through

or you wouldn't stay up because it was dark, so you'd go to sleep and then you'd, you know, get up. That's the life I want. I want that life. But according to this, now I got to sleep more than six hours, and it doesn't say whether it's, maybe that's what he's talking about, it doesn't say whether the duration so uh i could sleep three hours and then get up and then sleep

for another four hours and that equals seven so i'm good right okay all right i think we got it figured out five four three two and list dog got seen endeavor and three two endeavor Endeavor launches once again, four astronauts from three countries on crew two. Now making their way to the one and only international space station. Yeah, baby. That is so cool. I wish I'd have been there. So it launched at 5.49 a.m. this morning, Eastern Time, crew two.

So it was the first time that they did it on a recycled rocket. I know. And the crewed dragon endeavor was reflown into space. Really cool. The four astronauts are headed up there. They are going to be there for a little while. They're spending six months on the ISS before their return in the October time frame. And, you know, they'll be taking care of maintenance, conducting science experiments, staying in shape.

I mean, you do that anyway, right? And they're going to, you know, take care of their body. And, of course, those are all part of the test of being on the ISS. But we've had people up there for a long, long time. So, you know, we'll see if that actually, you know, they're always tests. Anyway, it's really cool. And I'm glad that they got up and they made it safely. They've launched safely.

And, you know, it was kind of cool. It's kind of cool to see. Now, Elon Musk, speaking of SpaceX, it was reported this week. that he said that one time on a on an fc filing that he donated to the republican party and that he was a secret service special agent i love this guy i really do i know he's a you know he's a madman and he's a billionaire and nobody likes him i got it he's that kind of horrible person but i love the guy and if he's filing on FEC filings saying that he was a secret service agent

bless his heart so I'm not sure though why you know does he get in trouble for lying on that filing I mean his argument would be does anybody believe it maybe that's what Hunter Biden's thing is for his gun application too really

you're telling me you can't believe I lied on that thing I mean that's up to you to catch me right why would you do that okay and we have the smallest black hole. I should just leave it right there. I just let you hang at the end of that, really, to be honest with you.

But there's a black hole now dubbed the unicorn. It may be the galaxy's smallest one. Scientists have discovered this black hole. It's the closest to our solar system. And they nicknamed it the unicorn. It's roughly three times the mass of our sun, testing the lower limits of size for these extraordinarily dense objects that possess gravitational pools so strong, not even light can escape.

A luminous star called a red giant orbits with the black hole in a so-called binary star system named V723 Mon. So, I mean, it's 1,500 light years away. That's only 5.9 trillion miles. from Earth. So it's right there. I mean, it's amazing that you didn't catch it. And so all you're going to do is look at the sky and it's right there. It's only 5.9 trillion miles away from Earth.

And it's still the closest one to us. Incredible. And it's the smallest black hole. And it's in the binary star system, V723 Mon. so use that when you're talking to friends you know they discovered the world's smallest black hole no in space idiot it's 5.9 trillion miles away don't don't try to think i was trying to make a joke out of this because that would be that would be wrong it's the unicorn does the world's smallest black hole and it's 5.9 trillion miles away

So it's in the Bionary Star System, V723 Mon. So yeah, it's right there. Just look up. It is a global astronomy month. So you can celebrate that. In fact, I have an interview on my YouTube channel coming up with Andrew Fasagas about the night sky guy. And we'll be talking about that very thing. However, when I talked to Andrew, I didn't know about the black hole unicorn.

So, I mean, now you do. And just, you know, look up. And it's right there in the sky, only 5.9 trillion miles away. It's right there. Just look up. That's all you got to do is look up.