Chewing the Fat with Jeff Fisher - Ep 842 | It’s an Independent Order…

Episode Date: March 31, 2022

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Okay, sure. There's a geomagnetic storm watch for today. Today being Thursday, the 31st of March, 2022, because an X-class flare erupted. But that didn't stop Blue Origin, and that means I was wrong, and I want to apologize. I said that it would probably be delayed their launch, their fourth launch, was supposed to go up Tuesday.

That was delayed because of wind. But it wasn't delayed today. No geomagnetic storm is going to stop Blue Origins New Shepard program flight. Okay, so it did go up. And they did reach the... Carmar line. And it appeared to be smooth sailing. So congratulations.

I hope they had fun. I know Gary Lay, one of Blue Origins' first employees and the architect of the New Shepard program, went up. He replaced what was supposed to be Pete Davidson's seat after Pete withdrew, some sort of scheduling conflict. And they had philanthropists and space enthusiast Mark and Sharon Hagel, University of North Carolina professor and world traveler Jim Kitchen, George Neald, president of commercial space technologies, and a former manager with NASA and the FAA, and Angel investor Marty Allen, all went into space. Well, they went to the... Carmelin.

And they all said, to hell with the Solar Storm Watch. We don't care. It doesn't matter if a G2 category geomagnetic storm could affect us. It doesn't matter. It doesn't matter that it might, you know, increase biological risk. to us. It doesn't matter. We don't care. We're going up. So what? That we may be exposed to dangerous levels of solar radiation. So we're still going up. So I wanted to apologize that I didn't think it would happen and it did. They did go up. I would still kind of be on the lookout for the old

solar storm watch. I know the coronal mass ejection. is headed to Earth. And last month, the same rated storm, the G2, knocked out 40 SpaceX satellites. So, ah, nothing to worry about. I just wanted to say,

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flying by tomorrow. April Fool's. I know it's not an April Fool's joke, though. According to NASA, it's supposed to fly by Earth at a distance of 4.5 million miles, which is 19.31 lunar distance. All right. Well, whatever, but it's a near miss. It's still, according to the astronomers, is still a dangerous distance,

which is why they are continuously monitoring it. Now, they claim that asteroid 2007 FF1 and man, you, I love 2007 FF1, how they went out of their way to name that one. Its closest approach will be Friday, April 1st. So it's about the size, I don't know, 260 meters, 850 feet in size. No other asteroids, according to NASA, is currently, being monitored and is expected to pass nearby in the next two weeks. Oh, well, that's special, I guess, because they say that they are, you know, still continuously monitoring, but that makes me a little nervous.

It says that it's continuously monitored. But then they go on to say that there's no known imminent, doomsday asteroid on its way, but astronomers check the sky often just as a precaution. How about we check the sky, you know, more than just often? But, you know, that's just me.

I'd like them to check the sky. I don't know. 24-7. But that's just me. I know. We also were coming to an end of a celebration that I didn't really realize was a celebration.

but it this past month was sleep awareness month so man had I known that it was sleep awareness month I would have celebrated with being aware of sleep but anyway I hope you celebrated in the way that you celebrate and also today being the end of today, I can't get past. It is the 31st of March, 2022. It's the end of sleep awareness month. And it's also, and I know you're going to want to celebrate, International Transgender Day of Visibility.

It's the, yeah, that's correct. You heard me right. The International Transgender Day of Visibility. And it's amid a wave of anti-trans bills. Really? There's anti-trans bills out there. Well, according to this story, Arizona has joined a wave of states passing anti-trans legislation. In past years, that's included restrictions on where transgender people can use the bathroom.

Recently, it's evolved to also include limits on access to medical care, trans kids' participation in school sports, and classroom discussions. I feel like those are being misrepresented. But again, maybe it's... just me. Go ahead and celebrate anyway. Have fun on International Transgender Day of Visibility. No word if the 2,000-year-old human remains found at a Miami construction site were trans or not. But the site for a planned luxury condo tower in Miami became an archaeological dig last April. And it's still ongoing. How mad are you? If you are the if you are the, if you are the, company waiting to build your condo.

Nope, got to stop. We have found evidence of a prehistoric structure. We've found human remains. Holy cow. Now it's just an archaeological dig. And that's good. I'm just saying, how bummed are you if you're the company trying to build those condos, man? Wow.

So they, archaeologist sent a notice of discovery to the city, allowing them to continue their excavation. And since then, they have discovered. 2,000-year-old human remains. They have found a footprint of a prehistoric structure. One of the human remains was a cranium that was found almost six feet underground. Kind of cool, actually. It was intentionally buried, I guess they're saying perhaps ceremonial. He also claimed the findings are evidence of a civilization that existed over 2,000 years ago called Tequesta,

a Native American tribe that was one of the first to settle in South Florida. The Tequesta civilization used. to inhabit the mouth of the Miami River, which provided access by canoe, yeah, they didn't have cars, out west to the Everglades and east to Biscayne Bay and the barrier islands. The discovery of the human remains

could result in delays for developers that they seek to continue construction. Yeah, you think? That's going to be delayed for a long time. In fact, I would almost be willing to bet it's not going to happen. But we'll see. We should.

shall see. And then in the same story, they talk about how last week, which I didn't see this story, I apologize for not seeing the story. Last week, in an Ohio garage, a man discovered a box of human bones. Wait, what?

Yeah. And now they claim that these bones were used in rituals. Oh. Okay. So according to the Mount Healthy police chief, Vincent Damasi, that's one of the most bizarre cases

in my 40 plus year history we've ever stumbled across. The bones are believed to have belonged to a fraternity called Independent Order of Odd Fellows. It was founded in 1819, had reportedly a large following, okay, and the

odd fellows once met in this garage where the remains were found. I mean, that garage has been around for quite some time, if they've been partying there since 18, 19. Oh, it was when the group was founded, Jeff. Oh, okay. So apparently, the guy moved into the house, the current owner, and he didn't clean everything out. He just stored the material in the garage, including the box with the human remains. I guess as he's cleaning it out, he's like, hey, what is

this box? Oh, it's human remains. Oh, okay. So apparently, uh, Ohio prisons, would sell unclaimed dead bodies of prisoners to the public. So back of the 1800s, late 1800s, early 1900s, it wasn't unusual for unclaimed cadavers to be able to be purchased for various uses. And police know that the Odd Fellows ended up with many of these remains that they would use for rituals. So if you're a member of the Odd Fellows,

I wonder, you know, if there are, secret odd fellow meetings going on to this day. Probably. Probably. So if you're an odd fellow, email me chewing the fat at the blaze.com. All right, let's go to the break room. I need something cold to drink desperately.

Oh. Oh my gosh. So good. Okay. I may have to talk to the independent order of. Odd Fellows. They do exist. I just found their Odd Fellows website. They have a contact phone number. I'm going to

have to reach out. We may have to talk to them. The homepage of the website. Friendship, you gain a new family and members of your lodge and vast network of brothers and sisters worldwide. Okay. The historic command of the Odd Fellow is to visit the sick, relieve the distressed, bury the dead, and educate the orphan. I mean, that sounds good, right? Be a part of history and the mystery. As an odd fellow, you get to be a member of one of the world's oldest and largest fraternal orders.

Rituals, symbols, and degrees are designed to elevate and improve the character of mankind. By taking these lessons to heart to become a better person and in turn help to make the world around you a better place. Are you odd enough? We are talking to them. We will reach out and I may have an interview with. the independent order of odd fellows, but that's not going to happen today. But it will happen. I promise you that we are going to find out what the heck the odd fellows are all about.

So we got some pretty devastating news, actually, if you're a Bruce Willis fan and for Bruce himself. But he is a stepping away from acting as it's revealed that he's been diagnosed with aphasia. And he's not going to act anymore. And apparently that's a big deal. Bruce is 67 now. and I mean he's been living he's got his new family he's got the wife he's got the new kids he's got uh dimmy and the other kids the older kids and remember during the pandemic at the beginning of the pandemic he was staying with them and the new wife was in california they got

they had a problem with travel and so they were apart and now they were then they were all together and so it's been a you know there's all one big happy family Oh, yeah, Bruce and Demi and Anna, I think his new wife's name is, and they've got, I don't know, a couple of young babies and kids there with the new wife. But he's been having problems. And so he's just like, I can't act anymore. I can't do it. So according to the Mayo Clinic, aphasia robs you of the ability to communicate, can affect your ability to speak, write, and understand language. Aphasia robs you of the ability to communicate, can affect your ability to speak, write, and understand language.

both verbal and written. Wow. It typically occurs suddenly after a stroke or a head injury, but it can also come on gradually from a slow-growing brain tumor or a disease that causes progressive, permanent damage. Wow. That is not good. You can quote me on that. Aphasia, as described by the Mayo Clinic, is not good. And so the family posted some stuff. It's really challenging time. We're so appreciative of your continued love and compassion and support. And so, I mean, they all signed a big letter to Bruce Rumer and Scout,

DeLua and Mabel and Evelyn and Emma and Hemming and Demi and the whole damn Willis family are all behind him. And that's, I mean, that's great for him. I like Bruce Willis. Man, the guy's a big star, a monster star. And then I, you know, I was going through, I wanted to take a look at his IMD because he's been working in a lot of, well, they call him B movies, but he's in a lot of, you know, B movies where he's a detective

or he's just a side character, bad guy, not the headliner like, you know, diehard movies or death wish. And so he's, you know, he's been just the side guy. I was watching, what movie was it? Oh, midnight. I watched another movie on Amazon the other night. I think it was Amazon.

It was some app, Midnight in the Switchgrass. And he's just a detective. You know, and he's not the big star of the show. But it was fun. It was a fun ride. And the show was about a serial killer. You can't get enough of serial killers.

You know me. Anyway, so he's got some. others, he's got been working. He's got a bunch of stuff in the can ready to come out that's in post-production. And Bruce has made,

let's be honest, Bruce has made some serious money. He's had some monster movies. I mean, I am a fan of all the diehard movies. I love the one movie. I tell you to watch it all the time,

surrogates from 2009. It's a fun movie. Really, it's about robots and life during a robot. world and it's kind of puts meta into perspective and we're going to talk a little meta today too but it does put meta into perspective because everybody has their own robot out in the real world you don't go out into the real world as a human anymore and so it's a you know it's fun anyway

I'm a big fan of Bruce and very sad to have that happen I would not wish that disease on anyone. Anyone. And we're hearing stories now that he's really been struggling. Filmmakers and people that have been working with him have noticed that it's become a problem. He, you know, some directors have said after the last time they worked with him, they didn't want to work with them anymore. It was, he was obviously on decline with his ability to perform at his

best. He couldn't remember his lines, his monologue, One director, a producer, talked about how they cut five pages of dialogue out of a big scene because he couldn't remember it. They talked about having an earpiece put in so someone could be there to give him his lines when he was acting. He was forgetting about where he was at and what film he was doing. Really bad. Really bad. So, I mean, I'm sure that someone sat him down and said, Bruce, yo. Bro. We need to get this taken care of because you're putting yourself and other people in harm's way.

So, you know, prayers for Bruce Willis and his family. And I hope that, you know, maybe Bruce will be the one to find a cure for aphasia. Is there a cure for aphasia? According to, let's see, Hopkins Medicine, Johns Hopkins, living with aphasia, most people, sometimes aphasia you can recover completely without treatment. Treatment such as speech therapy can often help recover some speech and language functions over time, but many people continue to have problems communicating. And I would guess, and this is just, you know, to the fact, guess that if you had this issue because of a stroke or, you know, banging your head,

that you could overcome that. but this slow-moving, ongoing aphasia that Bruce seems to be affected by. It doesn't sound like there's going to be a cure for that. So that's my diagnosis. Today is such a big day. So many things to celebrate. The brand Elf Cosmetics, a fave of the TikTok crowd, is now launching a limited edition makeup collection.

It launches today, by the way, at Elf. Elfcosmetics.com. And then I guess you're going to be, it's going to be launched at stores, the collection in the first of April, uh, on, um, Ultra.com and Ultra Beauty stores. That's where it's going to be made available. You're going to be able to get the Elf Duncan collaboration.

That's right. Uh, makeup inspired by Dunkin's coffees and donuts. Even the packaging for the makeup looks like you're taking home a box of donuts. Yay! So you get a dozen scented eyeshadows with colors of shimmery pink, blue, yellow, chocolate brown, two glazed for days, lip glosses, a coffee-scented lip scrub, makeup brushes shaped like straws. There's even a makeup sponge that resembles a strawberry-frosted donut with confetti sprinkles and an elf. Duncan branded coffee cup. How awesome is that?

Prices for the products range from $6 to $16 and the collection launches today, elf cosmetics.com. I would expect to see some presentations throughout TikTok over the next few days. Look, they already Elf Cosmetics,

and they joined forces with Chipotle for a limited edition. last year, I think. I think it was last year, maybe it was earlier this year. And that collection sold out. I mean, it's a big marketing deal with Elf and other lines. I mean, they had the avocado makeup sponge that sold out. Like in two minutes, it was gone.

So, I mean, it's a big deal. And, you know, they are definitely hitting consumers 18 to 44. And they buy the products from the collaborations. and it should be a lot of fun to see that. I know that they have the vegan and cruelty-free products. Oh, that's so nice. And all products are priced under $30 with the affordable beauty line. So that's a good deal.

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magazine so we know that Facebook lost daily users for the first time in its history in the final quarter of 2021. During that earnings call, Zuck repeatedly blamed a Tick-Tac for snagging users. And he was saying that people have a lot of choices for how they want to spend their time. And apps like TikTok are growing very quickly.

Yeah, yes they are. Zuck. So he hired, I'm sorry, meta, not just Facebook, hired a top Republican consulting firm to help spread negative messages about rival TikTok in a campaign. Okay, all right, good. The consulting firm named a targeted victory, orchestrated anti-Tick-Tac opinion pieces in local newspapers, proactively pushed for negative TikTok coverage across the media, and worked behind the scenes to pressure lawmakers into increasing their oversight of the app, which, you know,

is really not that big, I mean, it probably needs to happen. but because we're out of going to you know what TikTok the deal we talked about how TikTok has you know their security issues with where the information goes and we talked about how Oracle is trying to have that deal to with TikTok to keep the data here in the U.S. and not send it back to the Chinese parent company by dance bit dance by dance B-Y-T-E dance so you know we're saying well Oh, sure. Oracle will keep all that information safe.

Don't you worry about it. Really? Because I just read a headline where Apple and meta provided customer data to hackers who masqueraded as law enforcement officials and submitted forged legal requests. Huh. Huh. So are we really safe? Is our security really out there?

I mean, I don't know. according to a meta spokesperson, Mr. Andy Stone, I think that's a mister. We believe all platforms, including TikTok, should face a level of scrutiny consistent with the growing success. Do you? Do you, Andy?

Okay. All right. We're fine. Meta's definitely desperate for someone else to play a role of the social media bad guy. Yeah, good luck with that because, I don't know. It's going to be its meta and Apple definitely, well, and Google.

And you know what? And Twitter. It just they're all, you know what? Maybe they're all bad guys. Maybe they are. I mean, you remember, we talked about TikTok and the security with from Jeff Brown from Bleeding Edge. I mean, he posted a story about TikTok.

Woof was not really good. Okay. So he reverse engineered TikTok and determined exactly what information was being sent back to bite dance or bit dance, B-Y-T-E dance, you know, back to China. Okay, so the app collects everything about a user's phone. It documents the phone's hardware specs and every app that's been downloaded. It pings the phone's GPS location roughly every 30 seconds. That means TikTok tracks exactly where all the users are at all times. TikTok also knows which Wi-Fi networks its users connect to.

It documents the address of the router as well as every other device connected to each network. And it has written its software code to allow it to potentially download software to Android phones and then run that software without the user's knowledge or consent. The software could be anything like malware or malware. surveillance software. I don't think that's legal, but, you know, maybe it's just the software that's in there. They don't use it. My gosh.

And then the information that goes back to China, which, you know, has everyone scared, right? And I know that, you know, we're worried about Google and Facebook, but those, you know, we're supposed to be more scared of information going back to China. then we are information going to Zuck and Cook. Okay. I know that India has banned TikTok along with 58 other China-based apps. Indian officials went so far as to say those apps were a direct threat to national security and defense. Okay.

You know, look, we've pretty much given up on TikTok being installed in any devices in our households. I mean, that's why Zuck is all wound up. That's why Apple is all wound up. It's because TikTok is just on fire, and we are directing definite business toward TikTok. So, you know, we tried to shut it down. We tried to do what India did. And people scoffed.

And now we're just like, who cares? Who cares? But then, you know, we're supposed to be scared, but I get that we find out that Apple and meta have provided customer data to hackers because the hackers said, hey, we're law enforcement. So could you give us all this information? And they did. So, I mean, they're all.

Our safety and our information is, I'm guessing, you can quote me on this, not safe. And it's already out there. So I'm pretty sure we just have to live with the knowledge that, yes, our information is out there. And we have to try to protect ourselves as much as we can. so that it's not used for criminal activity. And, you know, will it be used nefariously? It's very possible.

But there's a lot of information out there. So it'll be a while before they get to you. So stop worrying about it. Hey, I don't know. I guess you only get a couple of days of grace period. We talked about how CNN Plus was launching earlier this week. with, remember we talked, $100 million in development.

Five hundred staffers. Oh, and we ran down there, their lineup and what they were hoping to, you know, provide for us. It was, and you think to yourself, why would they do all this? I mean, come on now, CNN Plus,

everyone knew. $100 million and 500 staffers. You can't get people to, watch your regular cable news network, let alone your CNN Plus. But, you know, they tried. And then they, I see the story where they're launching their new NFTs to be sold. The first 29 seconds of five things with Kate Bouldon will be sold at $50 each. Whoa.

Whoa. 50 bucks for a CNN plus NFT. Well, then I see the article today. that, oh, say, they're looking at making cuts already. It's only about a couple of days. That means, you know how many people bought the CNN Plus app? Nobody. I mean, or pretty close.

I mean, maybe the CNN workers all downloaded the app. Okay, the 500 employees and maybe their family members. So you got what, maybe a thousand? But that's probably it. They say in the story, the service did not appear to take off as intended. You think? And so they're talking about merging with Discovery Plus,

which means Discovery Plus is just going to make it go away, which would in turn lead to layoffs. And I'm sure that they're just going to go away. Wow, just a couple of days. they're already telling people to brace for layoffs. I, you know, sadly, I would have braced for layoffs before the launch because I'm sorry.

They already said here, if those subscriptions don't pick up, they're going to probably merge in May with Discovery. I would guess that's probably going to happen sooner than that because they're going to push hard. They've already spent $500 million on the launch and they haven't got anything for it and now they're going to spend,

they're going to end up having to spend some more money just to promote it and they're going to get nobody. So, man, good luck, God bless to CNN Plus. It's a good thing. Nobody saw that coming. I will say, though, that maybe Zucker, you know, they ran him off.

Maybe he would have found a way to at least make it viable for a short period of time. But, man, it's a lot of. of money and a lot of people to invest in a streaming news service app that nobody wants or needs. Get no frills delivered. Shop the same in-store prices online and enjoy unlimited delivery with PC Express Pass. Get your first year for 250 a month. Learn more at PCexpress.ca.

Who died today? We've got a list of some people who died today. I mean, it's reported Jeff Carson, country singer, performer, dead at 58 years of age. One of his biggest hits was The Car. He won an ACM award for video of the year. I had 14 singles on the Billboard charts. Okay. Now, he claimed that he retired from music back in 2009 to become a police officer.

Oh, but he was still performing, and he still wanted to sing with Encore music group. He'd been in the studio. He'd been singing. And so he's been doing, you know, specialty performances and fundraisers for other police officers in Franklin, Tennessee. I think that's Franklin, Tennessee, that he was a police officer in. But he just died. He had pictures on his Instagram account after a fundraiser. He had wishing friends, Kenny Chesney, happy birthday.

and then if you thought it was some sort of drug overdose, you'd be wrong. It was a heart attack. And it comes on, man. I mean, who among us? Who among us hasn't had a heart attack? No question. 92-year-old,

Marvin J. Chomsky, four-time Emmy winner director, known for Roots and Star Trek, dead at 92 years of age. Tom Parker, singer for the British boy band, The Wanted, dies at 33 of brain cancer. Rest in peace, Tom Parker, rest in peace, Marvin Jomsky, rest in peace,

rest in peace Jeff Carson. And then we have this man, a man who jumped a 23-story building. I know. And he died because the parachute didn't open. What? I mean, that's what a way to go. He based jumped a 23-story apartment building in California.

Woof. And it didn't open. so he slams into the ground. That's not a fun way to go. Just want you to know. So I guess as a parachute, the man, he was also wearing a helmet. The man jumped from either a high balcony

or the roof of the apartment complex there in San Diego. Apparently, witnesses said they heard a loud pop stepped outside and he was on the ground bleeding and paramedics responded and couldn't revive him. Very sad. And I guess he was base jumping and his 16-year-old daughter witnessed it. I mean, that is just horrible.

Just horrible. So there goes my dad, base jumping. Oh, no, the parachute didn't open. Now, according to this, and I know that base jumping entails parachuting from fixed objects. Yeah, no kidding. The acronym base refers to buildings and ten-eye spans and earth. Thank you. It says in the story that base jumping is also illegal.

I did not know that. I mean, we see YouTube videos all the time. A guy's base jumping everywhere, either on buildings and ten eyespans or from Earth. And it's illegal? That means these base jumpers are breaking the law. I cannot watch these videos anymore. Now that I know it's illegal for them to be doing that.

And we might as well do houses of the hoity-to-oity, too. Let's wrap today up with house. houses of the hoity-to-to-dy. John Gruden, former head coach of the Las Vegas Raiders and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and the Oakland Raiders

and ESPN Sports Broadcasting sold his dump in Vegas for $7 million. He had 8,684 square feet of a home. It's just a little dump out there in the desert.

He had retractable Florida ceiling windows along with five bedrooms, seven bathrooms, a chef's kitchen, and a climate-controlled wine cellar. The property's backyard is decked out with an infinity edge pool, spa, fire pit, barbecue area,

and you get the views of the Nefada Mountains. And on top of that, he owned the empty lot next door. John didn't mind anybody living next to him. So the full price tag, $7,025,000 for the Grude Place in Vegas. Incredible. I don't know that John spent a lot of time there. It was probably for his family more than anything because John usually, that was his deal.

I mean, that's his deal when he's working. He's working. You can quote me on that. But, I mean, he was never at home. He was always at the stadium or traveling with the teams. So he's right now involved in the lawsuit. Remember, he got fired. from the Raiders, I'm sorry, let go from the Raiders.

After he sent emails, they saw that there were emails that contained racially insensitive, misogynistic and homophobic language in his emails to friends. I feel like that that was done on purpose, and so does John Gruden, because he's filed a lawsuit against the NFL and Roger Goodell, claiming that Roger leaked the emails to destroy his coaching career and reputation. I believe that to be true. Can John prove it in a way that will get him some money and some of his respect back? I don't know.

Good luck. But I hope it pays off for him because I always like John. I mean, it took Tampa Bay to the Super Bowl. And, you know, I don't know that he was, I mean, it seemed like Vegas was on the turnaround. But, you know, John's one of those guys that you either like him or you don't. You can quote me on that too. Either like them or you don't. Oh, and I see where Bruce Ariens,

head coach of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, talking about a little bit of mention of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, stepping down as head coach of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Really strange that he's stepping down. Brady's coming back. So he's not leaving. Arons is a coach that, you know, has been the coach for the Bucs.

He took him to the Super Bowl with Brady. So Brady decides to come back. And Aaron's, isn't leaving. He's stepping down and going to the front office while they're promoting defensive coordinator, Todd Bowles, as the new head coach of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. And so, okay, I guess Aaron's is going to be the senior football consultant advising GM, Jason lit. I don't even know if he needs to come into the office. He'll probably have an office down the hall.

Does he show up? I don't know. Is Bruce here today? No, I'll call him. He's at home. You can FaceTime him, but yeah, he doesn't come in. Put him in office, set up a phone, took a couple of Super Bowl pictures of him on the wall, and he just stays at home.

What are you doing? I'm a consultant for the general manager, Jason Lick. What do you need? Call me. I'll consult you. Ask me a question. I'm here for you. That's a good gig.

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