Chewing the Fat with Jeff Fisher - Ep 703 | Utopia is Coming…

Episode Date: September 7, 2021

What is Grimace?... New Zealand is safer, for now… Lil Uzi Vert robbed… Japanese man pilfers women’s underwear… The Ramones stuff up for auction… “The Dirt’ on Netflix… Locast suspends... service… Facebook labels black men primates… Subscribe to the YouTube Channel… Email to Chewingthefat@theblaze.com Subscribe www.blazetv.com/jeffy Promo code jeffy… Paralympic games has ended… De La Hoya has Covid, won’t fight… Russian hockey team drops cheerleaders… College football is back / F Joe Biden… New City coming, maybe… Willard Scott dead at 87… Michael K Williams dead at 54 dead… Erik Cowie dead at 53… Operation London Bridge… Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Starting point is 00:00:43 I don't know what my answer would have been you know up until I tell you what Grimmis is. You know Grimis. He's one of the characters, one of the mascots from McDonald's, hangs out with, you know, Mayor McCheese and the
Starting point is 00:00:59 hamburger and Ronald McDonald, you know, all the McDonald's mascot characters. Well, a manager in Canada, Brian Bates, just one outstanding manager of the year, and he was doing his interviews and giving his management tips and how life was going, working through the pandemic. And then he was asked what exactly Grimmus is. I don't know why they asked him that, but they did. and he was like, well, he is clearly a taste bud. And that started everyone going, wait, what?
Starting point is 00:01:40 Grimmus is a taste bud? Well, yeah, he began as the evil grimace, a forarmed monster that steel shakes and snacks. And then way back in 1974, he was rebranded as a goofy, good-natured blob. But according to Bates, He's an enormous taste bud. And that goes way back to 2014 when the McDonald's Corporation was asked about what is Grimmis. More on Grimmis on a Twitter question.
Starting point is 00:02:13 And the McDonald's Corporation responded, great question. Hashtag Grimmis lore says he is the embodiment of a milkshake or a taste bud. What do you think? It's either the embodiment of a milkshake or a taste bud. Okay, you got me. You know what? From now on, Grimmus is a taste bud. And if someone asks you, you'll be able to answer as well.
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Starting point is 00:06:11 from the shelves of grocery stores, and you should feel so much safer now that that's happened. They made the, what they're saying is the, temporary decision to remove all knives and scissors from the shelves, while they consider whether we should continue to sell them. Oh, that's great. Because, see, at this supermarket, a crazy person, a Sri Lanka national, went on to attack about a half a dozen people in the store
Starting point is 00:06:43 with the sharp objects that were being sold at the store. Now, he's a violent extremist, and it was a terrorist attack on Innocent New Zealand. Yeah, no kidding. But you're going to feel safer now because the sharp objects are off the shelves. We don't, we're not getting rid of the extreme
Starting point is 00:07:04 terrorists, though. That would be silly. And sure he was under, you know, they had him under watch at the time. So he was being, he was being watched by New Zealand's special service. or whatever the hell they call themselves,
Starting point is 00:07:23 but he was able to go to the store and stab a bunch of people. So we're going to make New Zealanders safer by taking these sharp objects off the shelves at the grocery store. And they want you to know that what happened was despicable. And it was hateful and it was wrong.
Starting point is 00:07:43 And it was carried out by an individual, not a faith, not a culture, not an ethnicity, but an individual person who is gripped by ideology and is not supported here by anyone or any community. He alone carries the responsibility for these acts. Let that be where the judgment falls.
Starting point is 00:08:10 Sure. Don't worry about other violent extremists that are part of New Zealand's terror group. I'm calling them a terror group. They certainly wouldn't call them that. That is absolutely for sure. I mean, he was inspired by ISIS and he was already under the, see, it said here he was inspired by the Islamic State. He had been under constant active surveillance. and we're not going to immediately identify him because we don't want people to know who he was
Starting point is 00:08:55 or anything like that. It's just silly. Just know that we're going to make you feel safer not by removing terrorists from the country, but by removing, you know, sharp objects from grocery stores that you purchase that you can use, you know, to do legal things with. Maybe we just put them behind, you know, closed doors
Starting point is 00:09:17 and have certain people have the right to sell them to you with the special ID. You know what I mean? So maybe we'll be safer that way. Can I have those plastic forks and knives, please, for my cookout? Yeah, no, not without ID. Sorry.
Starting point is 00:09:36 So coming to a country near you very soon. A lot of crime and drug stories in the news today. Sad news. coming from Lil Uzi Virt I don't have to tell you who Lil Uzi Virt is due I mean his
Starting point is 00:09:55 Samir Baisal Woods American rapper, singer, songwriter characterized by his facial tattoos and facial piercings and his hairstyles you know Lil Uzi Virt
Starting point is 00:10:09 from Philadelphia and uh I know you know who a little Oosievert is. I'm a fan just like you. Well, he claimed to have been saving up. He's 24 years old now. He's been saving up since he was 16.
Starting point is 00:10:28 I'm sorry, did I say he was 24? No, he's 26 now. He's been saving up since he was 16 years old to buy this $24 million forehead diamond. and he had it put in his forehead. And man, it looked good. You could tell that it was really, really beautiful in his forehead as it was pierced in with his $24 million diamond. And so he was doing a show, and he jumped out into the crowd.
Starting point is 00:11:06 And while he was in the crowd, someone ripped it out of his forehead. And so he is upset that someone ripped it out of his head $24 million. But apparently, after saying that he had insurance on it, and it was this beautiful 10 or 11-carat diamond that was ripped out of his head, this pink diamond, he had insurance on it. It was implanted in his head, and someone ripped it out. but apparently he got it back. So he said he feels good.
Starting point is 00:11:46 He's got his diamond back. A lot of people speculating that, you know, maybe he didn't really have it ripped out of his head at the show. Maybe he just had it removed. So anyway, you can rest easy that Lil Uzi Vert has got his diamond that was presumably ripped out of his head at the 18th anniversary of Jay-Z's 40-40 club where a little Uzi was performing and jumped into the crowd. Ah, amazing, amazing times.
Starting point is 00:12:21 Really amazing times. You know, they just busted a guy in Japan for stealing 730 pieces of women's underwear from laundromats. Now, you kind of got to believe, okay, well, at least they were clean, maybe. Doesn't say whether he was getting them from the washing machines or the drugs. or the baskets of dirty clothes. So not real sure if they were actually clean. I'm just going on wishful thinking.
Starting point is 00:12:50 There's a great picture that the police put out of all the underwear laid out of this blue mat, all 730 pieces of it, bras and panties. So Tetsuo Yerata, 56, was arrested after police found the huge stash of female underwear in his apartment. in southern Japan. The extent of his underwear obsession was laid bare when police released that image showing all 730 pieces laid out. They were alerted to the case
Starting point is 00:13:25 when a 21-year-old college student spied him allegedly stealing six pairs of her underwear at this laundromat, and officers then discovered the stolen hall when they tracked him down and came into his apartment. He admitted to pilfering the underwear. Oh, yeah, those are mine.
Starting point is 00:13:45 I've just, you know, I've been taking them. So, yeah, I'm guilty. Now, the police went on to say that they hadn't confiscated such a large number of panties in years. Oh, so that's a problem? Well, yeah, a few years ago, they arrested a guy for having 1,100 pairs of underwear. So, I mean, this guy only had 730.
Starting point is 00:14:14 The first guy, the first guy who he was, I guess, you know, mentoring had 1100 pairs. Ah, man, I am in love with the world today. I really am. Let's go to the break room. I need something cold to drink, desperately. Oh, man. Good. Yes, good. So you still have time to pick up the Ramon's guitar, if you'd like. Johnny Ramon, they've got his big, he's got his guitar on sale really cool, actually,
Starting point is 00:14:59 and it'd be really cool to have. Now, they're saying there's, you have bidding until the 25th of this month, September. Today is the 7th of September if you're listening live. So you have until the 25th of September, 2020. to bid on it. Right now there's 20 bids and it's at $250,000. The white paint is scratched off and worn away. He used it for almost 20 years. He used it for every show until he retired in 1996. Really cool and it would be really kind of cool to have. He signed it on the back, my main guitar. And remember, he always played downstrokes. He never played upstrokes for the Ramones.
Starting point is 00:15:40 and they were, I mean, they were punk rock, man. The Ramones were on fire. I had a chance to see them once with the Plasmatics a hundred years ago with my grandfather. And the Plasmatics, Wendy O, got thrown in jail the night before the concert. I was supposed to see him in. And then so that concert was canceled, kind of a drag. Anyway, I would have liked to see her, you know, go crazy. I never did.
Starting point is 00:16:12 Very sad. But you still have an opportunity to get Johnny's guitar. I also knew a band that used to play with the Ramones from time to time. And the one girl said her favorite story of Joey Ramon
Starting point is 00:16:24 was that, you know, there were times he would come back to the hotel room and just fall down through the door and just on his way down, he would be going, I can't wait until I'm dead. And just pass out. If you want to know anything of what their
Starting point is 00:16:39 lifestyle was like, you should watch the dirt on Netflix. It is incredible. It's about Motley Crew. Amazing. I watched it this weekend. Really fun ride. It is a big guy show. If you don't want your children to see big guy stuff like sex, drugs, and rock and roll,
Starting point is 00:17:03 do not let them watch Motley Cruz's biopic. I know. it's a biopic. I got it. The biopic of Motley Crew, the dirt. But if you want to have fun and watch the ride of Motley Crew, definitely watch The Dirt on Netflix. It is well worth. It's fun. It was a fun ride. And those of you that had Locust for your free streaming service were kind of left out in the cold this past weekend, this Labor Day weekend, because they suspended service. They were a organization that provided free streaming services for broadcasting TV stations
Starting point is 00:17:43 through what they considered a loophole in copyright law because they were a non-profit organization. And they would let you get ABC, NBC, CBS, CBS, and Fox. And they all jointly sued Locus in 2019.
Starting point is 00:18:01 A federal judge this past week just sided with ABC, NBC, CBS, and Fox saying, oh yeah, No, your little idea of a nonprofit organization to bypass that doesn't work. We'll see if it comes back up, though. But apparently it was designed from the very beginning to operate in accordance with the strict letter of the law. And that's what they were doing, but knew.
Starting point is 00:18:30 They, according to the federal judge, they can't do that. Apparently, they had, I don't know, about 3 million people using their, system and they would if you did donate money to the nonprofit they would every 15 minutes the internet stream was interrupted by them asking for money i guess i i don't i never used locus so i'm not sure how they interrupted your show but whatever i mean you know that for free you don't even have to donate anything you got you're watching it for free just every 15 minutes you go you know, you could miss this 15-minute ask for money if you just gave us money. So according to the court, their request for donations were more than the actual and reasonable
Starting point is 00:19:24 costs of maintaining and operating the service. Wait, asking for five bucks a month was too much? No? Okay, well, I guess there's others you can use, something called News On, something called V-U-I-T, and Stir, S-T-I-R-R, which offer local news for free in certain areas. However, some of them don't have major network programming. And according to this story, it says,
Starting point is 00:19:59 additionally, cord cutters can subscribe to Paramount Plus for $5 a month. That is often available for free with promotions. Yeah, all of the streamers are free with promotions. You can get us for free for seven days. And that's only good for once a year. So you can't just keep doing that every three or four months. Okay. You know, so the streaming, the company's, the streaming thing is,
Starting point is 00:20:23 while we talk to you, it's going to be the new cable. You're going to have to be able to pick and choose different shows on the apps. And if they need my help, you know, setting it up. I'm happy to help. just call me. My gosh, we can get it worked out and we'll figure out something out. Okay. Okay, good. And Facebook has announced that it disabled its topic recommendation feature. Oh, well, why? It wasn't working or anything? Well, yeah, it was working. But it mislabeled, and I'm not laughing at this at all. I'm laughing at Facebook. Okay. It mislabeled black men for primates in a video on the social network.
Starting point is 00:21:12 And wait, what? Yeah, it mislabeled, it mistook black men for primates. And so Facebook called it clearly unacceptable error. And they are working to get that software taken care of immediately. We apologize to anyone who have seen these offensive recommendations. We disabled the entire topic recommendation feature as soon as we realized this was happening so we could investigate the cause and prevent this from happening. Again, it was the, it was just a, it was an algorithm.
Starting point is 00:21:51 And we've got to fix that algorithm. Now, the facial recognition software has been blasted that, oh, from time to time, that point out, you know, problems with accuracy and civil rights advocates. all have as a problem, especially with people who aren't white. Well, okay, well, we're trying the best we can. That's not good enough. Okay, that is not good enough. So when humans are among many species in the primate family,
Starting point is 00:22:24 the video had nothing to do with monkeys, chimpanzees, or gorillas. Oh, okay. Now, the screen capture of the recommendation was shared on Twitter by former Facebook content design manager, Darcy Gros. They keep seeing prompt as unacceptable aiming the message that's a former Facebook colleague. So anyway, they've ended
Starting point is 00:22:44 that. They've disabled their topic recommendation. So you don't have to worry it's not there anymore. And really, it's a, well, it's not a non-story, but it is a non-story because, according to Facebook, and who doesn't trust them, it's clearly,
Starting point is 00:23:01 clearly an unacceptable error. And they're working to fix that right now. I better not ever be mistaken for a polar bear or a whale or something like that because I will be horrified and somebody will owe me a whole bunch of money. Man, can that happen, please? Can that happen? It's the Nissan Black Friday event where you can wait, wait, wait. Isn't it like a month long now? Nissan Blackfri month? Does that work? It's the Nissan Blackfri month event. On remaining 2025 Rogan Centra, get 0% financing. Plus, get $1,000 Nissan bonus on kicks models. This Black Friday, you've got a whole month to catch all the exclusive offers waiting
Starting point is 00:23:44 for you. See your local Nissan dealer or nissan.ca for details. Conditions apply. So we also had the closing of the Paralympic games in Japan this past weekend, and congratulations to all the Paralympic athletes. The tournament featured a historic number of publicly outed LGBTQ athletes with at least 29, according to this story, competing this year. It also marked the Paralympic debut of Badminton and Taekwondo. So congratulations to all the athletes. I will say I perhaps want an investigation because according to this,
Starting point is 00:24:42 China won the competition with 96 basketball. Gold medals. And Great Britain came in second with 41, and United States came in third with 37. What the hell is going on? I want an investigation. I want to know if all the athletes from China were actually Paralympic athletes. I want an investigation. Okay?
Starting point is 00:25:11 That's all I want is an investigation. I was reminded of how unfair that the Olympics. could be. Remember Evander Hollifield? In his fight at the Olympics when he got ousted because of a technicality from a referee that was from
Starting point is 00:25:28 the same country as the guy he was fighting so it cost him the gold medal in the Olympics? Yeah. Yeah. So I want an investigation. What made me think of Evander Holyfield actually is that Oscar De La Jolla supposed to have the big fight coming up on September 11th. Remember
Starting point is 00:25:44 with his big mic drop video with Snoop Dog that was terrible, but I mean, it was so good. I mean, and so apparently Oscar is sick in the hospital with COVID-19. I guess he's going to, you know, he's feeling better, but he's in the hospital now with COVID. He was fully vaccinated.
Starting point is 00:26:06 He tweeted out and wanted you to hear directly from me that despite being fully vaccinated, I have contracted COVID, and I'm not going to be able to fight next weekend. preparing for this comeback has been everything to me over the last month, and I want to thank everyone for their tremendous support. So, what is going to happen with the boxing match that's already been, you know, set and sold? Is it going to be postponed? Are we waiting for Oscar? Well, we'll see because of Andrew Holyfield, 58 years old now, said, yeah, I'll fight for you.
Starting point is 00:26:42 I'll fight Victor Belfort for you, no problem. Wait, what? Yeah, of course, we have to see if California State Athletic Commission will sanction the match. They claim that if the California Commission doesn't sanction it, they'll just move the fight to Florida.
Starting point is 00:27:01 Oh, okay, well, what if I bought tickets to the show, tough? Just you'll be able to watch it online then, okay? Oh, okay. So there you have it. If you have tickets for the September 11th, the Delahoya Belfort fight, good luck. God bless. Maybe the show will happen.
Starting point is 00:27:22 Maybe it won't. And you're not going to see Delahua for sure. That's for sure. But you will, maybe you will possibly see Evander Holyfield fight Victor Bell. That would be worth to watch, I guess. You know, Evander's, you know, the champ, former. champ. It'd be fun. Maybe. Yeah, it'd be fine.
Starting point is 00:27:48 So we'll wait and get the final news on that. And I don't know if this is good news or sad news, but a Russian hockey team has dropped the cheerleaders. Now, you say yourself, wait, a hockey team has cheerleaders? Yes. The Russian ice hockey club, AK Bar, AK. AK bars, that's their name. Yeah, okay.
Starting point is 00:28:12 They did bar cheerleaders. Their name is AK bars. They did bar cheerleaders. The bars angels are out. Have a nice day. It's going to be a more family-friendly atmosphere at the games. Apparently, the wives got a little pissed. And they didn't like the way that the cheerleaders were interacting with the players.
Starting point is 00:28:39 And they didn't like the way the players were interacting with the cheerleaders. So the wives said this cannot happen. All right, we are, we're out and we have a nice day. We don't want you cheerleaders around. Now, they're pissed. And they want the petition signed to have the team let the cheerleaders back. And they want to, you know, have the wives say it's okay. But for now, the AK bars, bar angels,
Starting point is 00:29:11 are out. It's going to be more family friendly at the hockey games going on in Russia now. And we don't want any of you nasty little cheerleaders coming around bothering my husband. So, maybe they don't have the rules
Starting point is 00:29:30 in Russia like they have here. I mean, here in America, right, these cheerleaders are not supposed to have anything to do with the players. So, and of course, of course, those rules are followed all the time. And I will say it was good to have college football back this weekend.
Starting point is 00:29:54 Wow, it felt so nice to watch that late game on Friday night and then have the Saturday all day college football games. It's just nice knowing it's there. I didn't watch them. I didn't watch all the games, but it's nice knowing they're there. And there's, you know, several games you want to watch. or watch some of those games, so you get to catch those. But it's just nice knowing they're there.
Starting point is 00:30:18 And I loved the story that showed multiple college football games where a chant started in the stadium, F. Joe Biden. So a lot of Biden fans at college football this weekend. They showed up and they started their chance, F. Joe Biden. F. Joe Biden. Now, I could play the chance for you, but, you know, maybe I'll play him tomorrow. We'll go through the audio and we'll play the F. Joe Biden chance from around the country. But I'm a fan. I'm a fan of college football fans cheering and chanting.
Starting point is 00:31:04 What the hell they want, okay? And if it happens to be F. Joe Biden. Biden at Texas A&M or F. Joe Biden at Auburn or F. Joe Biden at the Virginia Tech game or F. Joe Biden at the Coastal Carolina football game. Well, then, so be it. F. Joe Biden. And I will say it was pretty impressive the amount of fans in the stadium. That was nice to see and feel. Many people told the COVID fearmongers to F you. They didn't specifically chant F you, but they could have, and maybe a few of those stadiums that chanted F Biden really were saying that. Could have been about a number of other things that are on the list
Starting point is 00:32:06 of that whole F. Joe Biden list. but most definitely the I mean it was super spreader events all weekend going on and it felt it just felt good didn't that felt like build back better right
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Starting point is 00:33:21 The cleanliness of Tokyo, the diversity of New York, and the social services of Stockholm. Okay. A billionaire Mark Lour has outlined his vision for a 5 million person, new city in America. Now, he's appointed a world-famous architect to design it, so you know it's got to be good. And he only needs $400 billion. to build it. Oh, oh, okay. Well, I'm in. I will say 400 million or billion. Sorry, 400 million, no way. But 400 billion even sounds low to build a city. But he unveiled the plan and it's the city's name is Tolosa. Wow. Wow. A, wow, a huge. A sustainable metropolis that he hopes to create
Starting point is 00:34:16 from scratch in the American desert. I don't know if you know this, but no matter how beautiful a place is, you need water. Anyway, 150,000 acres. It eco-friendly, of course, eco-friendly architecture, sustainable energy production, and purportedly drought-resistant water system. Well, okay, I guess he's got the problem solved. He's got the 15-minute city design,
Starting point is 00:34:46 which will allow residents to access their workplaces, schools, and amenities, within a quarter hour commute from their homes. So that's special. That means they're going to have, it'll be underground rails and above the ground flights. It'll be great. Now, the planners are still scouting locations.
Starting point is 00:35:05 So the possible target could include Nevada, Utah, Utah, Idaho, Arizona, Texas, and, you know, possibly the Appalachian region. I mean, well, they just say we're scouting, the country. No, we've got broken down in areas. Okay. Well, we don't have anything in the Northwest or the North.
Starting point is 00:35:31 So pretty much everywhere else. And you know what? If somebody wants to throw in 150,000 acres in Wyoming or Montana, I'm in there too. Okay? No problem. It was accompanied by, the announcement was accompanied by a series
Starting point is 00:35:47 of digital renderings. And, of course, with the architectural firm's help of his utopian dream of life. And it's got residents enjoying abundant open space with fossil fuel-powered vehicles banned in the city. Autonomous vehicles are pictured traveling down sunlit streets alongside scooters and pedestrians. Another image depicts a proposed skyscraper.
Starting point is 00:36:19 Oh, it's so beautiful. It's the beacon of. of the city, the building features elevated water storage, aeroponic farms, and an energy-producing photovolve-tech roof. Now, I know it sounded confusing, because it almost sounded like I didn't know what a photovoltaic was. It's a production of electric current at the junction of two substances exposed to light.
Starting point is 00:36:44 Duh. It's the two main composed cells are the main components that make up a solar panel. So, I mean, I thought maybe I needed to explain that to you so you knew that the roof will allow it to share and distribute all it produces. Will it? Of course it will, Jeff. Now, the first phase of the construction is going to accommodate 50,000 residents across 1,500 acres. And that comes at a cost of $25 billion.
Starting point is 00:37:17 The whole project, again, was expected to be around 400. billion dollars and they're talking about target population of five million within 40 years. Okay. All right. I thought, weren't they building something like this in California as well with underground the tunnels and the help? That was for homeless people. Never mind.
Starting point is 00:37:38 This is not going to be for homeless people. So funding is going to come from various sources. Yeah, I bet it will. Project organizers said we're going to have some private investors, philanthropists, federal and state grants. Oh, that's special. and economic development subsidies. That's more federal grants and money from the feds.
Starting point is 00:37:58 So you're going to get money from grants from the states. That's actually what they're looking for. They don't care where they build it. They just want a state to say, hey, come build it here and we'll give you all this free stuff. And then they're going to get a bunch more free stuff from the federal government. You know, whatever. Okay.
Starting point is 00:38:13 Whatever. Like, it's your tax dollars. Oh, wait, it's mine too. I should be worried. Planners hope to approach state officials. I bet they do. I bet they do very soon. They want to welcome the first residence by 2030.
Starting point is 00:38:28 Wow. That's good luck. Good luck. It's a new urban design. It promises transparent governance and what it calls a new model for society. Oh, good. It's a new model for society. You know what that is?
Starting point is 00:38:44 That is a beautiful utopian society. Oh, my gosh. It's going to be the most. open, the most fair, the most inclusive city in the world. Oh, man, I can't wait. Now, you know Laura founded Jet.com before sold it to Walmart, joining the retail giant is head of U.S. e-commerce. He left the company earlier this year saying he planned to work on a reality TV show,
Starting point is 00:39:15 advising startups, and that's right. and he mentioned in that in his post-leave memo to Walmart that he was building a city of the future. That's right. So Toulos's official website, Laura explains that he was inspired by American economists and social theorist Henry George. The investor cites capitalism's significant flaws,
Starting point is 00:39:43 attributing many of them to the land ownership model that America was built on. Yeah, that capitalism model that made you a billionaire. I hate that model. Don't you? These people, man, make me ill. The mission of Tolosa is to create a more equitable
Starting point is 00:40:02 and sustainable future. That's our North Star. Oh, yes. It's not the first new city being planned by the architectural firm, which wow, which famously installed a ski slope on top of a Copenhagen power plant
Starting point is 00:40:21 and has co-designed Google's new headquarters in London and California. And Japanese carmaker Toyota revealed that it had commissioned this group to create a master plan for a new 2,000-person city in the foothills of Mount Fuji. Although significantly smaller than Tulosa, the project dubbed Woven City, promises autonomous vehicle testing, smart technology, and robot assisted living. Yeah, there was no talk of robot assisted living in the new city from lore. You got to bump it up a little bit. If you're looking to, well, that's going to bump.
Starting point is 00:40:58 I mean, now you're talking about, you know, a trillion dollars instead of $400 billion. But things to look forward to, and maybe you too, maybe you'll look for some, you know, some additional investments from people and maybe you could buy a place. move in and live in the utopian society that will be Tolosa. I should have, when we were talking about McDonald's earlier on in the show, today's show, Weatherman Willard Scott died this past weekend at 87 years of age. Willard Scott, you know, known best for his Today Show weatherman years. but he also played Ronald McDonald.
Starting point is 00:41:59 In fact, he claimed that he helped create Ronald McDonald because he was Bozo the Clown for years. And then when he at one point, he became Ronald McDonald helped the company develop and played Ronald for a few years prior to starting his weatherman career in Washington back in 1970. And then I guess in 1980-ish is when he got the gig at ABC for Today's Show, Weatherman. And he did that until 2015. And Al Roker, you know, blames his career.
Starting point is 00:42:39 We should blame, we blame, we blame Willard Scott on Al Roker's career. I'll tell you that. Anyway, it was so sad to see Al Roker, heck of a career for him. He passed away this weekend. Another guy that passed away this weekend, actor Michael K. Williams. You remember him from The Wire and Empire Boardwalk played awesome characters. I love his characters.
Starting point is 00:43:05 I saw where everybody was saying that he was their favorite character on the wire and stuff. Would he have been your favorite character prior to him dying, though? I don't know. questionable. But it was sad. And he was found in his New York penthouse or apartment. He was unresponsive, felt cold. and they said,
Starting point is 00:43:26 you, somebody needs to call for a little help. But I guess there were some drugs found at the scene and it could have been there was no foul play indicated, no forced entry and the apartment was in order.
Starting point is 00:43:42 So we'll see what happens with that. We also lost another one in New York. The heck is going on in New York. Tiger King Star. You remember him Eric Cowie, the zookeeper, remember Eric? Of course you do. If you watch Tiger King at the beginning of the pandemic on Netflix, you absolutely remember Kaui. But he, if you saw his picture, you would go, oh yeah,
Starting point is 00:44:08 that guy. He died in New York City this weekend. They found him face down in a bedroom, and they don't even know why he was there. They just know he was not in Oklahoma. There were no drugs found at the scene, and they have not done a toxic. psychology report, or at least at the time of this report, they had not done a toxicology report. But they had just saying, hey, we found him dead. And we don't know why he was here. And remember he had the DUI in Oklahoma earlier this year, and then he didn't show up for the hearing. Oh, hey, that could be a problem.
Starting point is 00:44:46 He admitted to a drinking problem. He said he wasn't, said the crooked teeth was not because of math. he was just old he just died he was 53 if you believe 53 is old you haven't been 53 before that's all I'm saying
Starting point is 00:45:10 anyway there's the coming three is I'm sure there was plenty more people died but those three for sure passed away and we found out this weekend about a new Operation London Bridge. We should play the... I need the...
Starting point is 00:45:26 I need Queen Elizabeth music here. All right, all right, all right. The UK has a secret plan for Queen Elizabeth the second's death. Yes, I know. Operation London Bridge. No, don't... Don't play the music again.
Starting point is 00:45:50 So apparently there's a detailed briefing going to... around that making sure that we know exactly what's going to happen the first 10 days after the death of the 95-year-old monarch who is currently in pretty good health by the way so maybe this was leaked by charles just hoping that you know if we leak the death operation then maybe she'll kill over and i could be king so apparently the UK government is readying it they should be we should this should not be just a surprise. Like, oh, the queen is dead.
Starting point is 00:46:27 What do we do? They're readying for what they're calling a crisis. They're warning that London could become overwhelmed or full by too many people flooding the city to mourn the queen, causing mayhem with public transport, food accessibility, policing, and more. To respond to this possibility, Operation London Bridge, calls for a security operation to be put in place to manage the potential. over crowding. It's a good idea, really. The plan also shows that following the prime
Starting point is 00:47:01 minister's official announcement of the Queen's death, a service honoring her will be held at St. Paul's Cathedral, and the prime minister and some senior ministers are scheduled to attend, but the memorial should reportedly appear spontaneous. We're going to have everything right down to the wire, marked on a piece of paper, but could you guys make it sense? seem like it's spontaneous, like we don't really have any idea what we're doing, but we really do. Could you make that happen, please? So apparently, you know, Charles is going to go on tour of the UK and the days leading up to the funeral. So the funeral is 10 days after her death.
Starting point is 00:47:40 And in that time, Charles is going to go on a tour of the UK. It's going to see the lowly new servants to the king. People are going to be saying, you're not your mom. Zip it, hand it over to William. But that won't happen, and Charles will finally be king, and he'll be dancing in the streets across the United Kingdom as he is the new king of England. The Royal Household will issue an official notification
Starting point is 00:48:10 and alert the public that there are scripts in place on how officials should alert others on the news. And that will have to happen that way. So be prepared for all. Operation London Bridge. And I'm sure. Oh, good. And this is what we have, too.
Starting point is 00:48:29 The Prime Minister will be the first government official to make a statement. The Ministry of Defense will arrange for gun salutes and a minute of silence for the nation will be announced. The Prime Minister will then meet with the new King at 6 p.m. King Charles will then deliver a broadcast to the nation. Oh, man. You know he's practicing. this. Wow. No kidding. And we didn't
Starting point is 00:48:57 know it. I thought of this stupid joke over the weekend. I you know, if she we didn't realize it at the time, but we know now that Camilla has been taken Ivermectin
Starting point is 00:49:16 for a long, long time. Just a stupid little hoarse joke. So apparently there are other plans to put in place to ensure the Queen's return to London if she dies in other cities, and that would be Operation Unicorn, who if she passes in Scotland, she'll be transported by train or Operation Overstudy, where her body will travel by plane. Now, the 10th day, the state funeral for the Queen will be held at Westminster Abbey,
Starting point is 00:49:52 and in two-minute silence will take place across the nation, midday, processions will occur in London and Windsor, and there will be service held at St. George's Chapel in Windsor Castle, where the queen will be buried with the King Memorial Chapel. And King Charles will be the new king of the United Kingdom. And you can bet that Charlie is on his knees praying for Operation London Bridge to happen.

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