Chewing the Fat with Jeff Fisher - Ep 661 | Fat Pile Friday: Not the Money, The Memories…

Episode Date: July 9, 2021

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So I'm looking at a bucket list list Of the unforgettable travel list that people searched for over the past year And the top ten places that were You know

The bucket list of lists Visiting the Caliphah in Dubai What is it? The Burj Khalifa or whatever, B-U-R-J-Khalifa in Dubai, sailing around the Statue of Liberty, hiking to Mount Everest base camp, cruising the Nile in Egypt, going to the top of the Eiffel Tower, the Las Vegas Strip, crossing the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco, seeing NYC from the top

of the Empire State Building, the Louvre in Paris, the Coliseum in Rome. Wow, some of these I've actually already done. Amazing. I didn't. Incredible. I would like to see the Coliseum in person. I did not know man could build such things. Name that movie.

And I was surprised that number six was the Las Vegas strip. And then I see a tweet from Vital Vegas that says, Hey, in Vegas, it's not about how much money you made. It's about the memories you made. Is it? And remember, I mean, mean, what happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas, right? But then I see a story talking about a woman who won $8 million from a slot machine,

but oh, no, not so fast the casino refused to pay. And then there's a long list of times that people have won money, substantial amounts of money, that the casino refused to pay because there's a glitch in the machine. And that's not right. and there's no way that the machine would ever give out that much money if it was working properly. So we're not giving you the money, have a nice day. In fact, here's a steak, get out. I mean, okay, so what better way to say you liked Vegas than remembering it's not about how much money you made?

It's about the memories you made. Isn't that the story of your life, really? Yes, it's not just Vegas. It's the story of your life. It's not about how much money you made. It's about the memories you made. Oh, man. How, how warm, deep down inside do you feel now?

Welcome. Welcome to chewing the fat. Championship word for Zaila Avant-Garde to win the 93rd Scripps National Span. So that was round 17. And now Zai'i... If you spell this next word correctly, we will declare you the 2021 Scripts National Spelling Bee Champion.

Nice. Come on, yeah. You can do. The word is Maria. It's a genus of tropical, Asiatic, and Australian trees having pinnate leaves and flowers with imbricated petals. Duh. Maria. Maria.

Maria. Was this where I can take like the English name Murray, which can be the name of a comedian? I like to say English name in general. I don't see that here. Bill Murray made the spelling bee. Maria. It tells you she's on the right track though. Wait, what is the language origin?

It's formed in Latin from a Swedish name. Maria. M-U-R-R-A-A-A-Y-A. That is Korea. Congratulations. Congratulations to Azalia avant-garde for the Scripps National Spelling Bee winner. Good for you. Congratulations.

You win $50,000 in cash and prizes. I got to thinking, wait, what are the $50,000 cash in prizes? What do you get? So I went looking at the website, and I couldn't find anything, but I finally found a list of what they get. So all the spellers get prize package with B souvenirs. That's a refrigerator magnet. Participation certificate.

One year subscription to Miriam Webster unabridged online. One year subscription to Britannica Online premium. 2021 U.S. Mint Proof set. All of them get that that participated in this. The quarter finalists get a commemorative pin and a $100 gift card plus that first list. The semi-finalists get the conventalist. get the commemorative medal and a $500 gift card. And the finalists get a commemorative medal up to an including seventh place, $2,000.

And then sixth is $2,500, fifth is $5,000. Fourth is $10,000. Third place is $15,000. Second place is $25,000. And the champion, who was Zalia Ovengard, gets $50,000 from Scripps National Spelling Bee, gets a commemorative medal, gets the script. Cup trophy, gets $2,500 cash prize from Miriam Webster, gets a reference library. I'm not sure what the reference library is.

Is that like the internet? $400 of reference works from Encyclopedia Britannica. Three-year membership to Britannica Online Premium. School and sponsor will get engraved plaques. Oh, that is so incredible. They get the plaques to the schools. Yay. So that's what they win for doing this, which is, you know, good for her.

Now, she's also, get this, this really ticks me off about this girl. So she's the first African American to win the prize. She's 14 years old from New Orleans. So congratulations. She spelled, you heard her spell the word M-U-R-A-A-A-W-A, which, you know, good for her. There's no way I could have done that. The runner-up is from Frisco, Texas, right here in the D-F-W area. And they're coached by the same coach.

They're both coached by this, what is he's from Harvard? I think he's from Harvard, a 20-year-old Harvard. guy who coached them both. And he won back in 2015. Yeah, the 20-year-old Yale. Oh, man, he's mad at me now because I said he went to Harvard. He went to Yale. Sorry.

Or he's going to Yale. He's a Yale student. But he won, he was the Scripps runner-up in 2015. Cole Schaefer Ray. He was the coach for Zaylor. and the Malia from Frisco. So, I mean, he had the

champion and the runner up under his coaching belt, so he's got a new gig. But the thing that ticks me off the most about this kid, this 14-year-old girl from Louisiana, she has three Guinness world records.

I don't know if I'm mad, I'm jealous, I'm angry, the whole thing. The whole thing. All right. So she's got most, she's a basketball star. All right. She plays basketball and she's, you know,

she's a big star in junior high, high school basketball. So her Guinness World Records revolve around basketballs. And she has the most balls juggled in one minute with four basketballs. She has most dribbles in 30 seconds with four basketballs. with four basketballs. Most basketballs dribbled by one person simultaneously, six. So she's got three Guinness Records. And now she's the spelling bee champ from scripts.

And she won another spelling bee a while ago that she won $10,000 at. So congratulations to Zalia Aventgard, because you are a happening young lady, man. That is, she's got a great future in front of her. And I love that she is, she was really grateful for the whole thing. And she also said how important spelling was to her and how important spelling should be to all people in school and what it meant to her.

And they tried to, of course, I mean, we're already getting broken. broken down because of race. And she's, you know, she's the first African-American. She can't just be the, you know, the champion. Can't just be the 14-year-old girl from a Louisiana. You know, she's the first African-American to women. And the only previous black winner was Jody Ann Maxwell of Jamaica in 1998. Oh, oh, okay.

So Azealia also breaks a streak dating back to 2008, during which at least one champion or co-champion was of South Asian descent. Oh, okay. So we'll just go with that. Okay. She said that, she said, yeah, I didn't really care about spelling as a little kid,

but apparently her dad, when she was 10, four years ago, said, was watching the National Spelling Bee Competition, and when it was over, he quizzed her on the winning, words and he said she spelled nearly all of them correctly and I said wow my girl is a speller and off they went again so it's kind of a side hobby to her she's a basketball prodigy who hopes to play someday in the wNBA yeah I think you're going to make it no problem I believe that you're

going to make it all right I have faith in you zalia that you're going to make it anyway congratulations to Zalia and your Spelling B championships and I'd like to say congratulations to you for your Guinness World Records, but all right, congratulations. Do I still have to be happy for her, though? All right, I'll be happy for her. That's fine.

Welcome to Fat Pile Friday on Chewing the Fat. Thanks for coming along for the ride today. Remember, you can always follow me on Twitter at Jeffrey JFR, Facebook, and Instagram. Jeff Fisher Radio. Parlor is Jeff Fisher Radio is If it's even a thing anymore And getter

The new getter is At Jeffrey JFR as well So I haven't really posted Anything but a hello there but Hey I'm on there so good news And of course if you're listening to this right now And you're not a subscriber to the show And you're just kind of freeloading

You need to turn your life around a little bit And become a subscriber to this podcast Chewing the Fat You can use you. use the platform that you're listening on, or you can choose one that, you know, you like better, and you can become a subscriber there. And then, of course, you can rate and review it if your platform allows it. And of course, you want to review it 20 stars, best podcast ever. That's all you have to do. That's all I want to do. I know you're busy, so just subscribe. And then if your

platform allows you to rate and review it, go ahead, 20 stars, best podcast ever. So, you know, other people become aware of it. And it works. Now, I get, I've talked about this before, some of the, you know, emails that I get to every day from different companies and they're, you know, they send a list of their top stories and whether it's in business or politics or just everyday stuff other than business and politics, which is turning into everyday stuff. There's one that I get, you know, from, it's called the Morning Brew. And they always have this bit at least, I think, once a week or maybe more. and if they do one that I like, I share it with you. And this one is called, you know, they call it three headlines and a lie. Okay, I mean, there's four headlines, one of them is a lie.

I don't know what sounds better. Three headlines in a lie or four headlines, one of them is a lie. But you can decide which headline. They liked three headlines and a lie. That's what they use. So can you spot the fake headline out of the four headlines? All right, three of them are true. One of them is a lie.

And I just want to see how you're doing on the news stories, okay? Headline number one, mayor of Texas Town accidentally sells high school for $790,000. Headline number two, Telatubbies announced they have received COVID-19 vaccines and prompt hilarious reactions. Headline number three. World's first elderly sex robot with wrinkles and silver hair created by RealDal. Headline number four. Cop played Taylor Swift's song, hoping YouTube's copyright system

would block BLM protesters video, ploy backfires. Those four headlines, which one is a lie? I'll give you a second. Oh, wait, that's another game show. Yes, you were correct if you chose Mayor of Texas Town accidentally sells high school

for $790,000. Yeah, that really didn't happen. We had the Water Tower sold in Brooksville, Florida, but no mayor of Texas is accidentally selling their high school for $790,000. Telitubbies announced they received the COVID-19 vaccines. A cop played Taylor Swift song, hoping YouTube's copyright system would block BLM protesters video. There's not the only one that's done that.

That's a pretty slick move by the police officers, and of course people are pissed. But it's a pretty slick move because these people come up and start hollering at them and yelling at them. And so they play this Taylor Swift song and some of the other police officers were using other songs. But they wanted, you know, all these people are filming. So they figured that it would get blocked on YouTube

if they started playing the music because it would get, you know, copyright laws. And YouTube is like, yeah, no. And so it backfired. And the people are still pissed at them. It was just amazing. The police officers can't win. How about the police officers just let it all roll

and be good cops? I know it's tough. I know it's tough, but just put your camera on and we see what happens and we know the hate that you face every day. And we're with you, okay? So just let that happen. Although funny and a good idea, just let it happen. And I know the one police department, oh, there's no rule against it, but we firmly disagree with it. Do you?

Okay, fine. You know, there'll be a rule against it very soon. And the world's first elderly sex robot with wrinkles and silver hair created by Real Dow. You know, as an avid listener, if you are, to chewing the fat, I am a fan of Real Dowell. They were one of the, you know, they're on the cutting edge of dolls for your pleasure. And they've been on the cutting edge of that for a number of years now. And they have now created it was a special design of an old guy, of an older man, an elderly man, as a sex robot. they, you know, were joking around about it.

But I'm surprised that that wasn't a thing already, to be honest with you. I know it's a niche market, but I'm really surprised that it's not a thing already with older female sex robots. And they call them sex, they're calling them sex robots now because, wow, real doll is more of just a doll now. I mean, they're robotic and they are really advanced and they're more advanced. and they're more advanced than ever right now. And so it's actually kind of scary.

I mean, I know that it's good, and you can say, yeah, but Jeff, real dolls, take a look at them. I know. But they're turning into, you know, they're trying to make it so that it's more human-like and yet still a doll. But with the robotics, you're getting into a little scary territory. and they're trying to walk that line gracefully for sure. All right, let's go to the break room. It's Fat Pile Friday. I'm thirsty.

I need something cold to drink. Maybe my ice cold beverage will work. Oh, yes, there it is. Oh, man. All right. Remember we talked at length about the Sharon Stone book and all her stories and memories about Hollywood? Well, remember we talked about her remembrance.

of her scene in basic instinct when she, you know, crossed her legs without the panties on. And her, you know, remembrance of this, her memory of this was that, you know, she was told that we're going to do this. You can't see anything. Don't worry about it. And then afterward, she realized that you could see her vagina and got mad. And then went home and realized, ah, that was me. I still did it.

went with it. Yeah, it was only the scene that made you world famous. Wouldn't want to have that scene in a movie. Well, the man, Paul Verhoeven, who was the director of the movie, he said, and I am sure that he was not asked about it while the book was out because, you know, Sharon wants to sell books. But now he's at a film festival and they talk to him about it. And he said, her recollection of film in that scene really is impossible. That famous leg crossing scene was based on a woman I knew as a student

and we decided that we would do a similar sequence. So it was completely made up. He said that she knew exactly what we were doing. I told her it was based on a story of a woman that I knew when I was a student who did the crossing of her legs without panties regularly at parties. When my friend told her we could see her vagina, she said, of course, that's why I do it.

Then Sharon and I decided to do a similar sequence. So when contacted Sharon's representative, didn't respond to varieties asking about it. So anyway, it was just, you know, Sharon trying to sell books. And it worked. It worked fascinating. I mean, her other stories were really good, too. And if I ever run across a free copy, I'll read it.

But for right now, I'm not going to worry about it anymore. Brittany Spears has posted a message to her haters on her Instagram. She posted a picture, and she said, while you're talking behind my back, feel free to bend down and kiss my ass. Okay, Britt, no problem. And then there was another pick that she took of her back and her neck. And she talked about, okay, so I edited out my tattoo on my neck because I wanted to see what it would look like clean.

And yeah, I like it better. So while you guys are talking behind my back, go ahead and kiss my ass haters. I mean, Brittany is getting a little wound up. Really wound up. She posted a little picture of drawing, which I guess is her. And the caption of us, Our Father Who Art in Heaven, Hallow would be thy name, past you better effing believe it

or pss not pass duh our father who art in heaven hallow would be thy name you better eff and believe it okay Brit here's the deal if you want to lose the conservatorship stop posting stuff

all right maybe you post your vacation in Hawaii maybe not but I say just let it go once in a while post a picture of yourself. I don't know. Drinking tea, something, doing something in the backyard, something like that.

What do you think? Just take it easy. Because she has another hearing set up as a conservatorship hearing on the 14th next week. But I don't know what they're trying to make happen on this one because her manager withdrew,

the court appointed attorney withdrew, I know that the co-conservatorship said this Jody Montgomery, the singer's co-conservator, told the court that she's been getting death threats ever since Spears spoke out against the conservatorship last month. Okay, here's the deal. And I just saw some pictures on some of the news channels of all the people with their free Britney

posters, signs, and their dressers. messing up like Brittany on the street and, you know, they're in front of the courthouse. Okay, so Brittany has to apply to get rid of the conservatorship, okay? And she, I don't believe she's done that. Now, maybe that's happened since the last time and maybe that's what we're heading into at this next hearing next week. But for now, the conservatorship stands, and she hasn't fought that. She's just fought what the conservatorship has done to her.

She hasn't tried to get rid of it. And let's also remember in that original testament, she talked about being put on lithium but she was put on lithium saying that she was changing they changed her meds so she's already on a bunch of medicines okay so maybe she knows that she needs the help she just doesn't like the help that she's been getting and if the reports are true that her dad has been this nightmare human being that it appears that he is you know it's time that he has to go the judge however didn't see it that way So, but my point is, is that I saw these people on the streets.

And I'm okay. I think it's good and it shows your support. And it's funny with the hashtag free Britney on the internet and your social media accounts. Okay? All right. I'll give you that. But what does it do for you to be out in front of the courthouse, dressed like Britney Spears with your free Britney sign?

Zero. Do you think Britney's going to stop and say, oh hi hello she wasn't even there first of all it was just a special a remote feed online okay she wasn't even there but if she were to show up do you believe that brittany would get out of the car and say oh hey hi guys thank you for your support i really appreciate it no she would say hey buy a ticket to my next show and come and see me okay i come on now i i i can appreciate your support to Brittany, but take it a little bit easier. Just take it a little bit easier.

She's not going to... You're... You dressing up like Brittany with a free Britney sign out in front of the courthouse. Not going to make a difference. Okay? Here's an idea. There's plenty of jobs opening. Go out and find one.

It's just a thought from me and chewing the fat. Did you see also the massive explosion in Dubai, the ship container that blew up and there was a video of the explosion from a balcony quite a ways away, but you could see it explode. And I guess there was a fire in one of the containers and then it exploded and they got it under control and I believe that no one was hurt or at least they didn't report anyone that was hurt. And it was, you know, you could see it for miles around Dubai.

But all I could think of was the documentary with Danzel Washington. I know. I know. So all I could think of was that documentary with Danzel, the equalizer. If you remember, that's the first episode of the first movie of the documentary, where he explodes the one ship. And I thought, okay, Danzel is in. down. Oh yeah, and did you see the released a bunch of exclusive photos of Bill Cosby's first

moments of freedom since he was released from prison last week. He was sitting in his bedroom, on his bed, in his prison uniform. He was relaxing on his sofa while eating pizza. He said that he's, he had an interview and Cosby's close friend and spokesperson, Andrew White, Wyatt shed the inside story of his release and the hours that followed. Wyatt said Cosby's first words while getting into the car that would take him from prison to his home in Pennsylvania were, Andrew, is this a dream? Because he was sleeping. Remember how fast it happened? This is amazing.

Now, we talked also about him not being with his wife, right? They have like four homes. They've got a home in Pennsylvania and one of Massachusetts and one in California and one in New York. and she was in the home in Massachusetts and didn't come back to the Pennsylvania home when he was released. Well, according to this, Cosmi had not wanted to see his wife

or his daughters because he didn't want them to see him as a prisoner. So, okay, so then he went home and he had his pizza and relaxed and showered up and washed prison off and then went up to meet the wife in Massachusetts. And Wyatt described the reunion with Camille as like watching teenage love.

The way she touched him and said Billy, he said, my dear Camille, oh yeah, oh, it must have been heartwarming, just heartwarming. He could have had anything money could buy, but after nearly three years of incarceration, former inmate NN-7687 didn't want anything fancy. Instead, He just wanted to be in his own home on his own sofa, eating a slice of his favorite pizza. Okay. Okay. Thanks, Bill.

I'm sorry. Former inmate NN-S7687. No problem. Speaking of prisoners, though, Avonati, Michael Avanotti, I headed to jail. Have a nice day. Take care. Two and a half years.

sentenced to 30 months in prison for the Nike extortion scheme. He gets 30 years in prison and I think he still has, then he's going to go to on parole for two and a half years after that. So I don't know if he gets out early or not with this sentence. The 30 months, maybe he gets out early. I don't know. But even when he gets out early, then he has to, and it's a must probation according to the one story I read.

So, I mean, look, the guy is. a dirt bag. And he's been ripping his clients off for a long time. And let's not forget that he still has like two or three other cases that are going to go to trial. So he may end up in jail for longer attacked on to these other trials. I mean, he's got, he's got one case with Stormy Daniels, and he's got another case, I think, with the paraplegic that he was defrauded. He was defrauded. money out of? I mean, he's got wire fraud charges, failure to collect and withhold payroll taxes,

attempting to obstruct the IRS, failing to file tax returns, aggravated identity fraud, bank fraud, false testimony under oath during bankruptcy. I mean, wow, he's going down again for that. And what he did to that client of his,

I mean, it's always bad when you're defrauding clients. I get it. But the paraplegic guy, one of this settlement of, I think, $4 or $5 million, and Michael just never gave him the money. And he would just dole out a little bit out of time. Whenever the guy really was broke and needed money, he would go over his eyes. There's an envelope with some cash.

Get out of here. But the rest of the time, he was using it to pay off other people and, you know, live a life of luxury off of that money. That's kind of like, I don't know, it's called, what are they called? that other than, you know, defrauding clients, you know, like a Ponzi scheme where you just keep getting clients and money from clients and you spend that money on the other ones. So it never works out well. And it doesn't seem to have worked out well for Michael Avanotti.

Well, well, well, it looks like it's official. There will not be fans at the Tokyo Olympics. And I'm, I told you yesterday, my prediction is these Olympics are going to get canceled. but, you know, now it's looking more like they're not going to be canceled, but it's going to be hardcore nobody there, and everybody's going to be distance because, you know, they got there, they've got the torch lit now. There was no one running or there to, you know,

applaud when the torch was lit. They just showed some of the competitors on the platform with the torch. They had, they met with the head of the Olympics, and I would bet, although I never saw it reported, that NBC was a part of that as well. I mean, they've got millions, if not billions, invested in the Olympics. So even with no fans, it makes it a little bit better for them

because everybody's going to be watching on all their platforms. And they already said they had what, I think it was 7,000 hours of programming throughout the Olympics on all of their platforms. But now official, you know, began where the officials pushed back the event. an entire year. Then they put a cap on the number of spectators.

But now two weeks before the Olympics start, we declared the Japan declared a state of emergency because of the rise in COVID-19 cases. And Olympic organizers are now banning fans from the Tokyo area stadiums and arenas. Wow. That's going to cost somebody a lot of money. Athletes, journalists, and staff are not required.

required to be fully vaxed to enter the country. Still, the IOC estimated that about 80% of those sporting or reporting have gotten the vaccine. But only 15% of Japan's population have been vaccinated. That's pretty strange. Officials have blamed the slow rollout on a shortage of doctors and nurses and because it needs to import all of its vaccines. Wow. So, I mean, they're really concerned about letting fans attend

and making things worse in Japan, especially with the Delta variant, which is very contagious and on the rise. And at least two members of the Ugandan team have tested positive for the Delta variant upon arriving in Japan. Oh, wow. I'm telling you, it still may get canceled.

I think my prediction is still going to hold true. because if more Olympic athletes test positive, either prior to or at the time of arrival in Japan, they'll shut it down, and they'll just cancel it. Sorry, not going to happen. You're going to turn it on one of those NBC platforms, and it's going to be nothing there. We're sorry, NBC is unable to broadcast the

Olympics because they don't exist. Go to NBC.com and catch our new shows. That's all it's going to be, man. Holy cow. So we'll see. They've made changes now to the opening ceremony. And, you know, now everybody is talking about, oh, my gosh. Should we get back to normal?

Well, you know, yeah, I guess we should. I mean, we certainly, we are in America, that's for sure. Americans have had enough. No question. I mean, you look at the TSA turnstiles. Now, they're back to two million. I mean, we talked about it a week or so ago. I mean, we're already, you know, yesterday on the 8th of July, 2021, if you're listening

live today on the 9th of July, they had over 2 million travelers through the TSA turnstiles. Now back in 2019, way back in 2019, they had 2,600,000. So they're not back to pre-pandemic levels, but they're pretty close. However, you saw, and I don't know if you did, but I mean, over the Fourth of July weekend, you had a huge number of flights canceled all over the country. and DFW was had the most canceled flights in the world

in the world. In the world. I will say I was driving home from these very studios the other day down the interstate that's 114 that goes by DFW and it's the main interstate that flights usually fly into DFW but sometimes depending on wind

and weather they fly out but most of the time the flights are flying into DFW over 114, and you see where they have. DFW has about four or five strips that are used as needed, and usually three main ones are used. So if you look up into the sky just for a moment, because you want to get your eyes back on the road because you're driving on the interstate,

and it just isn't safe. But if you look up, you can see how they have them all rowed up ready to land. you can look back and you see, you know, maybe three or four, three or four planes all rowed up, ready to come in. And three deep, three rows, three deep. And the other night I'm coming home, and there's those three rows all rowed up, three deep, getting ready to land.

And then the other two off to the side were too deep, ready to land. I mean, they were cranking. I mean, flights were cranking. But apparently over the 4th of July weekend, eh-uh, sorry, and specifically, that Friday afternoon going into the 4th of July weekend, they had 135 flights canceled, 458 flights delayed.

Oh, wow, that's the most in the world. American Airlines had canceled 138 flights. Southwest canceled 194 on Friday. Now, Southwest doesn't fly. into DFW, though. They fly into Love Field, which is another, which is in Dallas proper. And it's not far from DFW, but it is a separate airline. And now I believe we have the train that connects both of them.

And I don't know if it's a direct feed. I got to find out if it's actually a direct feed from DFW to Love Field and Love Field and you really don't care. I know. You're looking at me now. Like, Jeff, I don't care. What about those kids on the American Airlines flight departing from Charlotte? And they were going to go to the Bahamas, but they wouldn't wear masks.

So they all got kicked off. And in fact, the flight got canceled until the next day. What about those? How about those punks? Well, the flight originally was delayed due to mechanical issues. Now, that caused passengers to be put on a new plane. And once they boarded the new plane, the passengers, this is the story. Passengers reported that a group of high schoolers

started cursing, yelling, and refusing to put on their masks. How about you sit in your plane seat, B2, and zip it? And let the kids be who they are. Come on now, were they really bothering you? Some people's vacations are ruined. They were only going for a couple of nights. Now they have to get rebooked. Oh, no.

So, of course, American Airlines has their face cover. policy and there you know the airline makes exceptions for customers with disabilities if proper documentation is provided in advance and the negative COVID test is given so you got to let them know like eight weeks in advance with proper documentation stamped it's just ridiculous but that's their disclaimer oh of course we let people fly all the time without masks do you do you so anyway these kids were unhappy and you know they've been canceled they're just high school kids they're punks and maybe somebody should have sat them down and said hey calm down but no no they had they got everybody off the plane and they canceled it then they got all the passengers were offered hotel

vouchers and the high schoolers had to spend the night at the airport and then then the next morning after having a conversation with the group, our team confirmed with the customers that they can travel if they agree to comply with the face covering policy, then you know what? They ultimately agreed and were allowed to continue. So why do they just fly out the night before? You would have saved the company money on your hotel vouchers

and you would have had the people less upset because the original delay was mechanical and was your fault. And the second delay was you, you know, arguing with these kids. Why didn't you set them down like you set them down the next day and got them to agree? Of course you got them to agree. Listen, can you wear a mask all the way to the Bahamas or we're just going to leave you here in the airport for a week? Okay. All right then. Let's go ahead and put that mask on and hop your little butt onto that airplane. Okay. And oh, by the way, as long as you're on the airplane, shut up.

Stream and subscribe to more Blaze Media content at the blaze.com slash podcasts. All right, we've got some headlines to get to as well, just to get you into the weekend and into your life on chewing the fat. Pfizer will, is getting ready to ask the FDA for authorization for a third COVID-19 vaccine dose, looking for that booster shot. And oh, by the way, what they need that booster shot for is the Delta variant, which is now the dominant strain of COVID-19 in the U.S. according to the CDC. How come I can't find that out? You know, I would like, are they letting people know that now? Because when they tested me, I didn't get any numbers. I'd either positive or negative.

But all that information has got to go to the CDC. and if it's going to the CDC as a citizen of my and that's my health information, I want it. I don't like it that they're getting this information and not giving it to you. So if I test positive

I'm just positive with COVID-19 but if that information gets sent to the CDC with like that's the delta strain. You know I just want to know if you know that it's a delta strain or are you just saying well you tested positive in this winter

know that's the delta strain i don't know i just i want to know i'm going to find out exactly i'm doing i'm going to find out exactly what the heck is going on okay i don't like it and i'm going to find out did you know that there's a new automaker that's called stalantis i think we reached i think we talked about it but they own some uh automobile brands jeep pugat they have just unveiled a $35.5 billion EV plan. Isn't that special? Isn't that special?

I wonder how many brands does Stalantis have? They have four new electric platforms, five gigafactories. That's the Stalantis EV plan. Just laid out its electrification strategy. And when I say fourth largest, I mean they're the fourth largest original equipment manufacturer.

But I looked at, you go to there, you see all the brands that Stalantis has under their title. Fiat, Maserati, Jeep, Ram, Chrysler, Alpha Romeo, Dodge, Citron, DS Automobiles,

Pugat, Voxhall. I mean, okay and they're doing okay okay i know they're the fourth largest so all right it's all under the same roof congratulations good job uh also we have uh wells fargo who says now and this is a little concerning they're going to stop offering personal lines of credit to focus on other products Wait, what? Yeah, they're going, the bank is shutting down all existing personal lines of credit in the coming weeks and no longer offers the product, according to customer letters.

The revolving credit lines would typically let users borrow $3,000 to $100,000, were pitched as a way to consolidate higher interest credit card debt, pay for home renovations, and avoid overdraft fees on linked checking accounts. Wells Fargo, warranted. customers that the account closures may have an impact on your credit score. Really? According to a

frequently, that's one of their frequently asked questions on their letters. So they're shutting down all personal lines of customer credit. I wonder what that really means. Does that mean that they're concerned that we're coming to a point when people won't be able

to pay back their loans? So they want to get as much money as they can? I don't know. I don't know. I don't I'm just asking. I'm just asking. I really, I don't know. But, you know, if you're a Wells Fargo customer, there you have it. That's something else to be excited about your bank. I'll tell you that. Marvel's Black Widow opens up in North America today. So we'll see how good it does this weekend. See if it beats F-9's 70 million launch in the pandemic era release time. But I think it's could do well, although we'll see, I will see how it does at the theaters, and then you're able to get it on Disney Plus as well for a separate fee. So you're going to have to get Disney Plus,

and then you're going to have to spend money for the Marvel. For the Marvel. I think it's like 30 bucks. Ooh, okay. Okay. Thank you. No problem. Appreciate it.

And did you see Sunday? Now Richard Branson is going to. up into space. He's going to beat Bezos. He was so pissed that Bezos was going up on the 20th and getting all this press for his space

company. Branson is going up on Sunday. He's just going up on the 11th. Yeah, I'm going to go. Because he wasn't originally supposed to go. He was originally supposed to put it off. I think for another couple of months was the date. I don't remember exactly when he was supposed to go up. But this

first trip was supposed to be without him. And he was like, uh, new, uh, we're gonna, I'm gonna go up. And look, it's nothing against Jeff. Jeff is probably fine with it. I'm fine with Jeff going up.

It's not a race. Why would you think that? Does it, I mean, I know sure. It looks like I was, I'm doing it on purpose to beat Jeff. Uh, but I'm not. It just looks. that way and it is that way but I'm not I love I love Jeff and everything that he's doing over

there at his cute little space thing but I got to go up first it'd be the first one in space you know I can't tell you how much I want Elon Musk to get in a rocket ship today or tomorrow you can see as tomorrow until tomorrow and just go up into space just go and come back and just go wow that was fun i just wanted to see what it was like all right we'll talk to you later and just walk away don't even comment about bezos or branson just go up and film it put it up on instagram shoot it up on twitter link everything to instagram and youtube and just you know hey spacex thanks for the ride i just felt like going into space this afternoon and then just walk away just to just to say

that. But now on the other hand, Branson and Bezos are, you know, their companies are doing it for space rides, right? It's the new space ride because you're able to go up into space. You hang out there for a little while. They take gravity away. You float around. You look at Earth. And then you strap back in and you come back to Earth. And Elon is sending rocket ships to, you know, know, the moon and the space center and Mars, because he wants to actually move to Mars. So it's a little bit different. And it's got to kill. Remember we talked about Bezos, who retired this week, at least stepped away from his, you know,

position on Amazon. And he was saying that, you know, he always wanted to go into space and create all this stuff. but he created his space company two years before SpaceX. So it's got to just eat him alive that Elon gets all the press. And now on top of that, he has Richard Branson slap him down a little bit. You thought you were going to be the first billionaire in space. Did you, Jeff? Nope.

Sorry, pal. I'm doing it. But sure. Sure, sure, sure. It's not a race and it just works out that way. It only looks like I'm just doing it on purpose, but not really. Not really. It's just me going up there first, Bezos.

So Richard Branson will be the first one. He's just going to be the first one. I hope everything comes out okay. really do because if what's now hear me out what if something goes wrong with branson's flight and something bad happens horrific happens does jeff still go up then or do they say maybe we take a we take a pause i don't know i'm just i'm just asking because if something really bad happens Oh, man, that's a that's a big loss. And it's a big loss, just a shock to the space community

and a shock to the world. Because we send people up in space all the time, and China's building their own stupid space station up there now. It's just agonizing. You know, when you look, I was looking at China's space stories. I was looking at the headlines. Where the heck is it? It was, because I was thinking about,

I saw this story, and I thought we had talked about it where we were going to run into this asteroid, try to knock it off course. And, you know, of course, you make the joke of, you know, the documentary and what we do with asteroids. But then I went and I just typed in China Space. Okay? China Space.

China's new Space Station, what to expect? China picks up the launch pace with three space missions in four days. China Space Station recycled 66, leaders of urine in three weeks to support crew. China's Chang Five moon landing site finally has a name. Three launches in four days. China's space program gains new pace, returns to pre-COVID level. What does China's new heavenly palace in space mean for the ISS?

In space, China's focus is still defense. In space, China's focus still on defense. I don't like that at all. That makes me, you know, I hope that we are way ahead of them on defense. Chinese astronauts carry out countries for a space walk outside space station. China is using mythology and sci-fi

to sell its space program to the world. Yeah, I'm not buying it. And China's super heavy rocket to construct space-based solar power station. There you go. I mean, they're building, they're just, they're just. You know what? I want to leave it right there.