Chewing the Fat with Jeff Fisher - Ep 683 | They’re Just Details

Episode Date: August 10, 2021

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Starting point is 00:00:32 And now, chewing the fat with Jeff Fisher. Yum. A yum. KFC is opening a fried chicken themed pop-up hotel with a press for chicken button in every room. Nice. I know. Now, the cost is going to be $154 a night. And guests can get up to $139 worth of free chicken.
Starting point is 00:01:00 during their stay. That's it, though. Only $139 worth. They want to prevent overconsumption. Do you? Well, it's in London. The House of Harland Hotel would open in London for 11 nights between August 18th and the 29th. So a black Cadillac, which KFC calls the Colonel Mobile, will pick up guests and take them to the pop-up
Starting point is 00:01:30 hotel where their own chick-in clerk will greet them. Ha! Guests will have access to a private cinema, hot-winger arcade machine, a chicken concierge service. I just have to push that press for a chicken button. You can book one night, one-night stays for a maximum of two people. And it's going to take bookings starting the 11th of August. So if you're listening live today, it is the 10th of August.
Starting point is 00:02:02 So if you're listening live, tomorrow is the day that you can start booking for your House of Harland stay. You can book for six of the 11 nights. Two nights are reserved for select KFC guests. And one is for a KFC competition winner. Not sure what's going to happen on those other nights. All the money raised is going to go toward the KFC Foundation. And when you look at the picture of the room, you're looking at just wallpaper to an arcade machine, towels, fried chicken will never, never, ever be far from your thoughts.
Starting point is 00:02:43 I would love to go to London for this. I'd love to go to London anyway. I've only been in London once, and really it was just a quick stay at Heathrow Airport. And Heathrow, I know London has like, I don't know, a thousand different airports. he throws technically not in London, right? I'm not sure about that. It's the London International Airport, and it serves London,
Starting point is 00:03:07 but it might not be technically London. It still counts. I'm still counting it as being in London at least once in my life. Welcome. Welcome to chewing the fat. Okay, I know the country is in trouble, right? I mean, we have the Department of Homeland Security
Starting point is 00:03:28 saying that they've observed an increasing, but modest level of activity online by people who are calling for violence in response to the baseless claims of the 2020 election fraud and related to conspiracy theory that former President Donald Trump will be reinstated. Some conspiracy theories associated with reinstating former President Trump have included calls for violence if desired outcomes are not realized. This, of course, coming from the DHS Office of Intelligence and Analysis. And they issued a bulletin on that. Oh, okay.
Starting point is 00:04:06 Now, according to this story, there is no evidence that shows there was widespread voter fraud in the 2020 election. Okay. And I know climate change is causing major problems around the world, and we had the new report from the IPCC, the intergovernmental panel on climate change, which falls under the United Nations, and it's going to get worse. It's definitely
Starting point is 00:04:34 unequivocally, human activity is causing climate change, and some of that change is irreversible. So it's impacting every corner of the world. We know that. We know that. I mean, we've got fires burning all over the world, really. I mean, the Dixie Fire in California is not, now the second largest recorded wildfire in California's history. And it was ignited on July 13th. Winds of sent the flames towards small towns. When this story was printed, it was 21% contained. Maybe that's gone up a little bit.
Starting point is 00:05:15 But it's destroyed over 463,000 acres. That may have also gone way up since this story was printed. And they're looking for, you know, high temps and dry conditions to cause even more havoc with the Dixie fire. And we've seen record fires and heat waves and wildfires across the globe, Greece, Turkey, and of course we got the, you know, IPCC report. And it's saying that human activity is causing climate change. And right now it's irreversible.
Starting point is 00:05:51 So we've got that going for us. But really, all I care about is a story that I found. that's looking at whether men and or women, Britons and or United States citizens, can beat animals in a fight. I know, it's a U-Gov study. It's awesome. So 45% of Britons think,
Starting point is 00:06:18 well, Britain today, okay? I mean, these people are not only in London. I mean, they're all over the United Kingdom. 45% of Britons think they could beat a goose in a fight. Do you think you could beat a goose in a fight? Now, only two animals, a rat and a house cat were over 50%. 66% and 67% believe that they could beat a house cat and a rat in a fight. Medium-sized dog, 38% of Britons?
Starting point is 00:06:54 Kid me? You can fight a medium-sized dog. Come on now. An eagle? Ooh, that'd be a tough one. 18% think they could beat an eagle in a fight. 13% believe they could beat a large dog. And then it goes down to 10 and below with a chimpanzee, a king cobra, kangaroo, a wolf, a crocodile, a grizzly bear, an elephant. 2% think they could beat an elephant in a fight. Good luck.
Starting point is 00:07:20 God bless. A lion and a gorilla. All those are 2%. Those are just guys going, yeah, I could beat them. Do, no problem. So men, of course, are more likely than women to think they can win animal fights. I know, don't look at me like that. I get it.
Starting point is 00:07:38 That's horrific. How dare you think that men are different from women? But this is a U-Gov study, a poll. Not me. I'm just reporting it. Okay. Okay. So again, this is Britain now, Britons.
Starting point is 00:07:51 All right. So 57% of women, feel they could beat a rat. 77% of men believe that they could beat a rat. Yeah, so overall, in the earlier poll, 67% believe they could beat a rat. But when you break it between men and women, 77% of men, 57% of women. 58% of women believe they could beat a house cat in a fight. 75%.
Starting point is 00:08:17 More men believe they could beat a rat than a cat? Come on now. Come on. 32% believe women believe they could beat a goose in a fight 58% of men believe that they could beat a goose
Starting point is 00:08:32 54% of men believe they could meet a medium-sized dog and only 23% could beat a medium-sized dog as far as women go more men believe they could beat the rest of these animals the eagle, the large dog, the chimpanzee, the king cobra, the kangaroo,
Starting point is 00:08:51 the kangaroo, the wolf, the crocodile, the grizzly bear, the elephant, the lion, and the gorilla. That's Britain now. Now, let's go to the Americans. Americans are more confident than the Britons as far as all these animals go. That's right. We're not messing around. Okay? Overall, Americans, 72% believe we could beat a rat.
Starting point is 00:09:14 Yeah, that's right. Over your 67%. That's because we're tougher. We're not taking your rats. 69% of Americans believe they could beat a house cat. Really? Only 69%. All right. 61% believe they could beat a goose.
Starting point is 00:09:29 Yeah, only if I knew that was, well, 45% of Britons think they could beat a goose. You could beat a goose? 61%. And that's it, over 50%. The rest are below 50%. The medium-sized dog, Americans, 49%, almost 50%. And then it drops significantly with the rest of the animals from eagle to the grizzly bear. 30% and down.
Starting point is 00:09:51 But still, all categories more than Britons. Yeah, that's right. It's because we're America, damn it. Now, most men, American and British men, are pretty even with the rats and the house cats. It starts to break apart a little bit with the goose and the medium-sized dogs, although it's pretty close. Not a huge difference, really.
Starting point is 00:10:14 You're looking at 50, 60% of men. the goose and American men are over 70. We're beating the goose. We're bringing the goose on. And it's pretty close to the medium-sized dog to 60 to 55%. But then when you start breaking down some of the other animals, man, you start to get apart a little bit. And most Americans are pretty even with American women as far as the tougher animals,
Starting point is 00:10:44 like crocodile, an elephant. You're not being an elephant. I'm sorry. These people are saying they're at about 10%, 9% American men and women. At least the Brits are smart. I will say that. At least the Brits are like, yeah, no, we're not beating that. You guys go ahead.
Starting point is 00:11:05 Go ahead, take them down. See if you can take that gorilla down. You know what? A grizzly bear is all you. You go ahead, take that. American men or women are like, I'll take that fight. I'm 10%. I'm the 10%.
Starting point is 00:11:18 I'll take that fight. Will you? Will you? And speaking of those fires earlier that are burning all over the world and specifically here in the U.S., if you're looking for work, they are looking for firefighters. They're saying that they cannot find enough firefighters.
Starting point is 00:11:37 Man, they cannot find enough people to work any job. Oh, well, almost any job. Something has to change. I don't know what. Maybe you pay them more. Oh, my God. Is that what Joe Biden said? pay them more pay them more so according to this there's shortages at all levels so one guy who quit a
Starting point is 00:11:56 couple years ago and this was interviewed and he said he's getting emails multiple emails saying hey uh want you come back want you come back and he's saying no now because the pay is typically 15 to 18 an hour wow benefits are rare and higher wages for overtime means putting your life at risk. Now, he said he misses the work and, you know, makes him feel guilty, not going back to it. I'm sure his wife is like, no, we're good. We're good right now. We work as an outdoor guide and we're fine.
Starting point is 00:12:33 You don't need to go be fighting fires. But there are fires. Right now, they're talking about 100 active fires nationwide. 2.2 million acres have burned so far. this year, which is a million more than the same time last year. And you're looking at they have about 10,000 wildline firefighters on staff, and about 3,000 of whom are just seasonal employees, and they need more. So if you're looking for a gig, man, you can go fight wildfires.
Starting point is 00:13:08 It does, I mean, for me, does not. I love you. If you're a wildfire firefighter, bless your heart. Go get them. I love you. But for me, you're going to have to pay me a lot more than 15 to 18 bucks an hour to go out there and fight for wildfires. A lot more. And I hate to sound like, you know, our greeter in chief, but pay that more.
Starting point is 00:13:38 And yes, I called him Greeter in Chief. A great tweet this morning from Iota of a padhead. Biden can call it a day. whenever he wants because he's not actually running the country anyway. He's the political equivalent of a retiree greeting people at Walmart. And that is his new name. He is hashtag greeter and chief. If you send me any kinds of tweet at all at Jeffrey JFR and you're talking about our
Starting point is 00:14:10 president, I want the hashtag greeter and chief. I'm going to do that myself as well. I love that. All right, let's go to the break room. I need something cold to drink. Oh, man. Oh, man. Does that sound good?
Starting point is 00:14:34 And it's an ice cold beverage from the old brew. Oh, so good. So big news in the Kelly Clark's a divorce case with her husband or ex-brandon Blackstock. You know, they've got the big Montana. Ranch. And the headlines are all Clarkson won't be paying a dime towards the Montana Ranch, saying that the judge sided with the singer, agreeing she's not on the hook for the massive property. Now, according to some of the documents that were released, the ranch cost about $81,000 a month to cover all expenses and running the ranch. You know, just $81,000 a month. Duh. However,
Starting point is 00:15:24 Let me say this. She's going to be on the hook for paying a bunch of money for her kids' school. I guess she has to pay 70% of the tuition for and other costs for the children's private school education, which I'm surprised she's not paying for it all, to be honest. But she also is going to pay black stock $150,000 a month for, spousal support. And she's going to have to pay $45,601 every month for child support. So he's still going to get, according to this, $195,000 a month from Kelly.
Starting point is 00:16:12 Plus, she's going to pay for 70% of the kids' private education. So he's still going to be making, you know, almost $200,000 a month. I think. Now, I'm not good at math. So maybe you can figure it out. If you can figure it out, you know, and email me chewing the fat at the blaze.com. Let me figure out that $195,000.
Starting point is 00:16:37 Is that more than the $81,000 a month that it costs to keep the ranch? I just, you know, I'm just wondering. It seems like it is. It seems like her not paying for the ranch is just a, you know, saying she's not going to pay an extra $81,000 a month. So, Kelly, if you, you know, that means you're saving money and you need a place to drop an extra $80,000 a month, I'm here for you. Call me.
Starting point is 00:17:07 And I know that divorce is not fun. It's never fun. And it most certainly isn't fun in this situation. She's working hard and she's got two or three jobs and she's making all kinds of money. And hubby is, you know, Mr. Ditts. and taking her to the cleaners and they've got the kids to worry about, I get it.
Starting point is 00:17:27 I get it, okay? I got it. But, you know, it just seems like to me that that's awful. That's a sweet deal on his part. It really is. And, you know, I hope it works out and makes everybody happy
Starting point is 00:17:41 because you want the kids to be happy, right? Once the kids are gone, then you can tell him to take a hike and burn the freaking ranch down. I'm not paying you another dime. Until then, you got to play nice. You see where Britney Spears said she was going to, I guess, wave goodbye to social media. Right.
Starting point is 00:17:58 I saw that trending yesterday was Judge Penny is corrupt because she denied Britney's request to suspend Jamie as her conservator. And they wanted to move up her trial date from September to ASAP to right now. And the judge said, no. Uh, we're not doing that. So, social media is done for her. She's pissed. The judge is corrupt.
Starting point is 00:18:30 And we're moving on. So the case still is taking place. In September, they just wanted it moved up. So we'll see. I mean, hashtag free Brittany. And if you think she's going to miss dancing around on her Instagram account, I think we are all mistaken because no way she says goodbye to that.
Starting point is 00:18:50 No way. and more celebrities in the news, news, news, celebrities in the news, news, news. I see where Christina Applegate, wow, really sad news about her. I guess it's sad. She said that she has multiple sclerosis. And okay, I hope that, you know, everything is okay. She's been diagnosed with it. They, all the stories talk about what are the warning signs.
Starting point is 00:19:21 and it attacks your immune system, attacks the nerve fibers and the substance that insulates the healthy nerve fibers and the brain and the spinal cord. And the attack causes inflammation, which destroys nerve cell processes, altering electrical messages to the brain.
Starting point is 00:19:39 It's unpredictable. It manifests differently in each patient, depending on the extent of the nerve damage. I mean, it's not fun. Yeah, you can't quote me on that. it is definitely not fun. And so I'm not real sure, you know, what's going to happen in the future. She's just saying that she's been diagnosed with it.
Starting point is 00:20:00 Some people have a mild case of it. Some people have symptoms that go away and then come back 10 or 20 years later. So I'm not real sure where she's at in this MS battle. But if anyone can bring more light to the... this horrific disease, she can. So, I mean, seriously, good luck and God bless to Christina Applegate. And I see Susan Sarandon, we've talked about her before. I like Susan Sarananan.
Starting point is 00:20:34 I know that she's, you know, she's kind of a nightmare personally. And her bio has her listed as an actress, an activist, and a producer. Oh, okay. She's not a Egot winner, but she's got an Academy Award. a BAFTA Award, a SAG Award. She's been nominated for an Emmy. She's got an Emmy, and she's got a Golden Globe. She's on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
Starting point is 00:21:00 She doesn't have a Tony, right. Wow, does she suck? Susan Sarandon, 74. A non-Egot winner. But they keep showing up these articles, because she was on some podcast called divorced not dead, which I'm sure is great. And she was quoted from this podcast this year in 2021,
Starting point is 00:21:29 where she said, she was asked if what she looks for in a man. And she replied, I don't care if it's a man or a woman. I mean, I'm open to all age, all color. And all those for me, those things are just details.
Starting point is 00:21:43 And I remember we talked about that before, but every time I turn around now, there's a new story about Susan. Sarandon looking for a partner. Age doesn't matter. None of that matters. Just details. She just wants someone to travel with and, you know, do stuff with Susan.
Starting point is 00:22:01 I mean, call me, okay? I'm sure we can get along. I'll find a way to get along. Just call me, okay? I mean, you could call the chewing the fat hotline, the fat line. 214-735-9356, leave me a message. I'll call you back.
Starting point is 00:22:21 Let me know how to get back a hold of you. You can message me on Twitter at Jeffrey JFR. You can message me on Instagram, Jeff Fisher Radio. You can even message me on Facebook if you want, Jeff Fisher Radio. Either way, just get a hold of me and let me know. We'll make it work.
Starting point is 00:22:37 We'll make it work, I promise. Okay. Oh, and you know, I see where Harrison Ford has been vacationing with wife Callista Flockhart in a rare togetherness photo on vacation. And he's on break from filming because he hurt his shoulder. Right. So he's off healing. And when you're healing, what better way to heal than travel the globe? Right. Right. Okay. Who's with me? What do you say, dear? We go to Croatia? Yeah, let's go. But it got me thinking. And I doubt this very much. And I have not talked to
Starting point is 00:23:12 Phelam Mackler about this, but we know that My Son Hunter, the movie, you can go for more information to My Son Huntermovie.com, we know that they are going to be filming in Croatia. Makes me wonder if Harrison Ford is just scoping out Croatia and he's going to be in My Son Hunter, the movie. Wouldn't it be great if Harrison Ford were to play, I don't know, Joe Biden? Right? I mean, there's no way.
Starting point is 00:23:41 There is no way that that could happen because Harrison is, he's a liker of Joe Biden. We'll just leave it at that. But wouldn't it be, I'd be awesome for Phelham. I need to talk to him and see if that's actually true because, you know, I doubt it. Again, I doubt it. It's just, I find it interesting that Callista and Harrison are vacationing while he's healing from his shoulder injury in Croatia, perhaps, you know, getting a feel for the land, getting a feel for the possibility of becoming Joe Biden in My Son Hunter, the movie with my sonhuntermovie.com. Just a thought. Doubtful, but just a thought.
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Starting point is 00:25:25 Mark Cuomo, the American lawyer, author and politician, serving as the 56th governor of New York since 2011 has resigned. Yes, he's
Starting point is 00:25:41 gone. Wow. He decided to walk out. I did not think that he would resign. I figured they'd have to drag him. out the pressure this guy must have been under to actually finally resigned wow i think that given the circumstances the best way i can help now is if i step aside and let government get back to governing and therefore that's what i'll do oh that's nice because i work for you do you and doing the right thing is doing the right thing for you.
Starting point is 00:26:20 Oh, my gosh. Because as we say, it's not about me. It's about we. Kathy Hokel, my lieutenant governor, is smart and competent. This transition must be seamless. We have a lot going on. I'm very worried about the Delta variant. Are you?
Starting point is 00:26:40 And so should you be. But she can come up to speed quickly, and my resignation will be effective. 14 days. In 14 days. He's not even walking out now. He's going to take a farewell tour. What a douche. Okay, well, anyway, he's gone at the end of the month, 14 more days. All right. Come on, Andrew. Get the hell out. Speaking of douchebags, though, I see where Prince Andrew had a lawsuit filed against him in Manhattan as well. Prince Andrew in federal court again, I don't know if you can, I don't know they're going to drag him out of England,
Starting point is 00:27:19 out of the United Kingdom, and bring him over to try him? I don't know. So this is all having to do with Jeffrey Epstein and Jelaine and Virginia Robert Giffrey. She has accusing him of forced
Starting point is 00:27:35 sex with the Prince at Maxwell's London home during the encounter. Epstein, Maxwell, and the Prince forced the plaintiff. A child. at the time to have sexual intercourse with the prince against her will. So we'll see, you know, A, I guess everybody believes her now that it was the truth, I guess,
Starting point is 00:28:00 but we'll see. And we'll see if they can do anything about it. I'm not sure that they can do anything to the prince, right? I mean, the queen has got him pretty much shut down and sent away to the backwoods of the United Kingdom. And so he's doing nothing. And all he has to do is stay there and keep his mouth shut and not do anything. So we'll see what happens with that. But, you know, just another, you know, another case of douchbaggingness on trial.
Starting point is 00:28:31 And if you feel like you just want to get away from the douchebaggery, NASA is going to give you an opportunity to do just that. They're giving you an opportunity to live on fake Mars for a year. I know. The agency has opened up applications for four people. to live in a 3D printed Martian habitat. It built inside its Houston headquarters. NASA will use this experiment to help prepare for actual missions to the red planet. You're going to go on simulated spacewalks, eat space food, grow crops.
Starting point is 00:29:05 Oh, man. And you saw how, remember Matt Damon growing crops. Yeah, grew crops with his own waste. And man, it makes you want to eat those potatoes today. And you get to coexist with three. strangers in a 1700 square foot room for a year. Now, how bad do you want to do it? Now, you must be an American citizen or a permanent U.S. resident. Sorry, it's just the rules that NASA has. Don't be mad at me. Age 30 to 55. You have to have a master's degree in science,
Starting point is 00:29:38 engineer, or math-related field, or be a fighter pilot. Okay, well, I mean, now you've cut the field down pretty low. And you must not derive pleasure from looking out of windows because there aren't any. Oh, okay, sure, no problem. I'm happy to do that for you. So all you have to do and be is an American citizen or permanent U.S. resident age 30 to 55 and have a master's degree in science engineer or math related field or be a fighter pilot. And then you're in. No problem. You're good to go. Actually, probably a better gig would be the bartender at spaceport for Elon Musk. So Elon's looking for a spaceport mixologist who could whip up space themed drinks next to the company's sprawling rocket factory in South Texas. I know. I think that's a better gig. And you don't have to be a, you know,
Starting point is 00:30:42 You don't have to be a fighter pilot or a science engineering or math-related field master's degree. You don't have to do any of that. All you've got to do is mix drinks. And move to Boko, Chica, Texas. So, I mean, that's where the SpaceX town and city and their starship rocket system is being built. So all you have to do is make themed drinks. That's all. That's just it.
Starting point is 00:31:11 The job description says they're searching for candidates who have superior mixology experience with a focus in resorts, bars, and full service restaurants. So, good luck. Also, I mean, SpaceX is the Bocachica site, has a restaurant and another bar in one of the company's rocket building towers that overlooks the whole space port. I guess that one's called High Bar. So it's looking pretty good. Musk is taken over down there.
Starting point is 00:31:40 in South Texas. Might not be a bad gig. Might not be a bad gig at all. I'm just trying to think of some kind of drinks that you'd have, you know, like the straight up, the butt burner. You see where I'm going, so I'll just go ahead and stop. Get no frills delivered. Shop the same in-store prices online
Starting point is 00:32:06 and enjoy unlimited delivery with PC Express Pass. Get your first year for $250 a month. Learn more at PCexpress.ca. Plenty of news in the tech world. I see where Samsung, their unpacked event, is coming up Thursday of this week in August, and they're going to unfold their new foldable phone models. I want one of those phone models bad.
Starting point is 00:32:50 I'm not quite sure they're ready for, everyday use yet, but they're coming, I mean, every year now, it's been a couple years. You know, the first round was kind of crappy, and then they keep getting better and better, so we'll see how the new foldable phone models are looking, but originally
Starting point is 00:33:07 what a great idea, and I want one bad, so it's possible. It's possible that a foldable phone could happen in my near future. I see where China is cracking down on tech companies. Really? Yeah, well, it's
Starting point is 00:33:23 You know, those tech companies are pretty much their companies. You know, it's kind of a government-owned kind of thing. So, Tencent, the owner of Riot Games and the maker of Honor of Kings, which is the world's top-grossing game in 2019 and 2020. I guess there was a big article in one of these state-owned newspapers. If it's not state-owned, it's an illegal newspaper in the country. But anyway, they had a big article about how games. gaming addiction in China was on the rise and labeled it opium for the mind.
Starting point is 00:33:59 Now, the article then was deleted, and they republished the article without the opium for the mind. So I guess they didn't run it by the powers that be before they actually released the first one. But investors kind of got a little shaky with Tencent shares. And so it dropped quite a bit last week. Now, Tencent responded by banning all in-game purchase. for minors and tightening the game limit on play for kids. Oh, that's special. So I know that the Chinese government has intensified its scrutiny of the country's
Starting point is 00:34:33 tech giants over data security and monopoly concerns. Monopoly concerns. Stop it. So I really find it weird that Tencent, the Chinese company, has 40% ownership of Fortnite, makers of Epic Games, 12% of Snap, 5% of Tesla, and 5% of Activation Blizzard. Really? Isn't that interesting?
Starting point is 00:35:03 Isn't that interesting? Speaking of Blizzard, too, I see where Blizzard President J. Allen Brake is leaving the company over workplace harassment at the video game company. That's just it, though. Just workplace harassment. Don't worry about it. he was named in a discrimination harassment lawsuit against the company, and he's leaving now to pursue other opportunities.
Starting point is 00:35:31 Oh, oh, okay. He's confident that the new people will run the place fine, and I appreciate they'll do so with passion and enthusiasm, and they can be trusted to lead with the highest levels of integrity and commitment to the components of our culture that make blizzard. special. That's interesting. What are those components there? Mr. Brock? I'm just wondering.
Starting point is 00:35:57 Just wondering. And I see where Apple has, you know, they've been stoking the fires a little bit with their new, their new features that's supposed to clamp down on child abuse. That's special. The company said this new technology called NeuroHash will scan US iPhones for images of child sexual abuse. that have also been uploaded to the iCloud. If a photo is matched to one in an existing database of child pornography images,
Starting point is 00:36:28 it will have a human team review its accuracy, then flag it for authorities. That's special. So they're just going to scan your phones for those images. And if an image pops up, well, then, you know, maybe we'll send it to the authorities. Maybe we won't. That's good. Now, many parents and governments across the world have been pressuring these tech companies to proactively root out the abusive content. But I got to tell you, you know, obviously no one wants this child pornography and child sexual abuses and slavery.
Starting point is 00:37:05 And, you know, we joke sometimes around about it a little bit. But in serious business, no one wants it. but it does seem to have some privacy aspects that may end up being a little bit questionable. And for all the people that say, I'm not doing anything wrong. There's no child porn on my phone. Well, what if someone happened to put some child pornography in your iCloud? And Apple scans it, finds it, and says, oh, hey, that is legitimate. We'll tell that to the authorities.
Starting point is 00:37:41 and the authorities come knocking to your front door saying, hey, we were informed that you have child pornography in your eye cloud. And you're like, I don't know what you're talking about. I've never done that. Is this your account? Yes. Well, here's a picture we found in your eye cloud. Deny it.
Starting point is 00:37:59 Tell us how that got there. And if you can't, I mean, in today's world, good luck. You're not doing anything wrong, but yeah, you are. So I don't know. I don't know how you get past the scan. technology and make it safe. I know Apple will tell you that it's safe. Oh, okay, well, that's fine then.
Starting point is 00:38:22 I believe you. Sure. I mean, no problem. We already have the tech giants. Facebook has been, they're on fire. People, they're already calling, heck, what was the article by Mark Burns? Or Ken Burns, Ken Burns.
Starting point is 00:38:40 I'm talking about Mark Zuckerberg. Ken Burns, he called Zuckerberg an enemy of the state who belongs in jail. Now, a number of people would say, Ken, you're right. And other people would say, no, no, Ken, that's completely wrong. What are you talking about? And I see where Twitter has been banning more people that were saying Laurel Hubbard, the transgender Olympic weightlifter, is biologist,
Starting point is 00:39:10 biologically a male. I can pronounce the word. And they are suspending people who are saying that, oh, you're just a man. No, well, no. So Twitter is just saying, well, we're just going to go ahead and suspend you then. Oh, okay.
Starting point is 00:39:29 No problem. Fine. Just stop people from saying the truth. We all still know the truth. You realize that, right? Twitter, you do realize that. Right? Right.
Starting point is 00:39:47 Anyway, and you're, we've talked before. We know that your privacy is pretty much gone. I know we do as much as we can with ExpressVPN, who is a sponsor of the show here, that hides your, your, your IP account. So you could be online anonymously, which is great. And I love it. but as far as other privacy, you know, good luck. I mean, we have the story where Amazon,
Starting point is 00:40:17 some of their clients are hunting down the customers that write bad reviews. Now, there's nothing that says they're coming to your door yet, but the way it works is if I sell something on Amazon and I get a bad review, you get a bad review, right? And you don't get moved up. so no one wants bad reviews. So if I gave you a bad review and you're able to get a hold of me,
Starting point is 00:40:44 you can email me and say, hey, we'll give you your money back and we'll give you a free product, take down your bad review, give us a good review, that'd be great. Now, apparently, they're not supposed to have the email addresses and information of the customers, but they do. Huh, because they're supposed to communicate with the buyers through Amazon's built-in messaging platform. But apparently there's ways around that
Starting point is 00:41:12 and they're using it. So again, whose privacy is being kept? How much privacy do you have? And I know that Amazon is asking for your palm print. They want to be able to credit your account if you give them your palm print, their new biometric palm print scanners at Amazon One stores
Starting point is 00:41:34 so you can just pay for goods in some stores. by waving your palm print in front of the scanners. Don't worry about it, though. It's fine. It's almost, you know, like a fingerprint or a retina scan. It's fine. Just give it away to Amazon for a $10 credit. No, thank you.
Starting point is 00:41:55 No, thank you. But again, I go back to security and safety. Do you have any out there? I guess we have to do the best we can. with what we have, right? You can quote me on that. We have to do the best we can with what we have. I mean, American Airlines is just suing a website publishing system
Starting point is 00:42:18 for stealing user credentials by pretending, you know, obviously, that they were a site affiliated with the airline. Okay, okay. American has declined to comment because I think that this company was doing some work for American. And so they allowed a user to create a fake American website without verifying whether the person was affiliated with the company. And then they realized that the creating account was not affiliated with American. If it had, made any effort to do so.
Starting point is 00:42:55 So it was some inside thing that was going on. We'll see. You know, these company, this Jumala provides free software for creating and launching websites, hosted by cloud access platform. So according to this cloud access and jimala, so it's all big one cluster. But what's in the middle of all that big one cluster? Your information.
Starting point is 00:43:19 So we have to do the best we can with what we have, right? I know. I sounded like your mother there for a moment. It's okay, baby. You just have to do the best you can with what you have. Speaking of your mom, I, there's so many jokes there and I'm letting them go for you today. But I get this sent to me from time to time.
Starting point is 00:43:42 And I feel like I've reminded you of this before, but I've, you know, I'm going to go ahead and do it again because I feel like these are good, helpful tips for you in your life. This is tips to look after your husband from a 1950s home economics book. And first it talks about have dinner ready. Plan ahead, even the night before, to have a delicious meal on time. This is a way of letting him know that you've been thinking about him, and I'm concerned about his needs.
Starting point is 00:44:14 Most men are hungry when they come home, and the prospects of a good meal are part of a warm welcome needed. Prepare yourself. Take 15 minutes to rest so you'll be refreshed when he arrives. Touch up your makeup and put a ribbon in your hair and be fresh-looking. He's just been with a lot of work-weary people. Be a little gay and a little more interesting. His boring day may need a lift.
Starting point is 00:44:41 This is just something to remind, you know, tips to look after your husband, to make things better in your home. Clear away the clutter. Make one last trip through the main part of the house just before your husband arrives, gathering up school books, toys, paper, etc. Then, you know what, run a dust cloth over the tables. Your husband will feel he is. reached a haven of rest in order.
Starting point is 00:45:05 And it will give you a lift, too, doggone it. You know what you can do? You can prepare the children, too. Take a few minutes to wash the children's hands and faces, comb their hair if necessary, change their clothes. They are little treasures, and he'd like to see them playing the part. You know what else you could do is minimize all the noise. At the time of his arrival, eliminate all noise of washer, dryer, dishwasher, or vacuum.
Starting point is 00:45:31 That should have already been done, really. Try to encourage the children to be quiet. Be happy to see him, greet him with a warm smile, and be glad to see him. Now, here's some don'ts. Don't greet him with problems or complaints. Don't complain if he's late for dinner. Count this as minor compared to what he might have gone through that day. Make him comfortable.
Starting point is 00:45:56 Have him lean back in a comfortable chair or suggest he lie down in the bedroom, him, have a cool or warm drink ready for him, arrange his pillow and offer to take off his shoes. You know what? Speak in a low, soft, soothing, and pleasant voice. Allow him to relax and unwind a little bit. You know what else you could do is you can listen to him. You know, you may have things to tell him, but as long as he's just arrived at home, it's not the time for you to tell him.
Starting point is 00:46:28 Let him talk first. You know what? And never complain. It's not right when he comes home. Instead, try to understand his world of strain and pressure, his need to come home and relax. And remember, your goal, your goal of looking after your husband is
Starting point is 00:46:48 try to make your home a place of peace and order where your husband can renew himself in body and spirit. I don't know why people keep sending me this. but I feel like they're good tips. They're good tips to remember for you women out there. Oh, you are never, ever getting those days back, ever. And I know a lot of you women are saying, you're damn right, we're not. Those days aren't coming back and you can move on with your life.
Starting point is 00:47:26 I know, I know. I just like, you know, reminding you of the way, things still could be.

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