Chewing the Fat with Jeff Fisher - Ep 903 | It’s Gonna Happen…

Episode Date: June 28, 2022

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Starting point is 00:00:56 There's one picture where he has two knives. He's got one in his mouth and one in his hands. And the people are taking pictures of it. There's been reports of people being okay with the monkey up on the roof and his knife. And I say, no, no. How can we, he's ruined people's roofs. He's stabbed other people's buildings and balconies at the town center. And fortunately, he has not, you know, hurt a human.
Starting point is 00:01:32 Yet. But how are we letting this monkey survive? How? I realize that it's a horrible thing to put down a primate. But this cannot go on. We as humans have to take the earth back. It is a must. I'm sorry.
Starting point is 00:01:48 No. No, little monkey. You don't get to carry a knife around and terrorize humans. No. Welcome. Welcome to two and the fast. So the story of a train derailment and crash in Missouri is just horrible news. No question. It was, you know, it hit a dump truck and eight of the nine passenger cars derailed. There were
Starting point is 00:02:25 deaths and injuries. I'm not sure what the final total is or will be, but it's not good. And they say that the passenger train was traveling at about 90 miles an hour, and then it struck the dump truck, and it derailed, and people were, you know, injured. Now, they're expecting, you know, they expected, you know, dozens of injuries and multiple deaths, no question. And there's footage of the crash inside the train during the crash, and you see photos of the aftermath along the tracks.
Starting point is 00:03:02 It's horrible, horrible. However, what really struck out to me, struck out, what really stuck out to me, struck as it, what really stuck out to me as it struck the dump truck, was this information in the story that talked about the amount of crashes every year. And I, you know, I don't think if you were to ask me, hey, how many, how many Amtrak trains crash every year? And according to Amtrak, it's relatively uncommon. So over the last year, or the last decade, per year, they say they have 24 per year.
Starting point is 00:03:43 I mean, two a month? That seems like a lot. That does not seem relatively uncommon. Now, they claim that that's down from the previous 10-year period where there were 43 a year. Wow. That does not seem like that. a safe mode of travel now you know look if you compare it to car accidents I'm sure that it's way safer no question and I'm a fan of trains life in the train age love them
Starting point is 00:04:16 but it just seemed like that was an awful lot of crashes that I'm not hearing about so I'm gonna have to start giving myself alerts on train crashes they're averaging 20 for two a month to a month in the last 10 years that's Seems like not good. You could quote me on that. That seems like not good. So those of you that, well, you know, I haven't talked much about the Roe v. Wade decision
Starting point is 00:04:47 because it's chewing the fat. And, you know, it just, I feel like you get that from every place else. And I, you know, if you want to kill your baby, go ahead. If you want to get pregnant and not have the baby, you know. I guess go ahead. I wouldn't do it. I don't recommend it. I think it's wrong, period.
Starting point is 00:05:12 But, you know. But if you want to do it, I would say get to the store now because you're not able to have your abortions, but people are buying the plan B and the AFTIRA pills. They're like they're going out of style. So CVS and Rite Aid and Walmart and other major retailers are limiting the pills you can purchase. I know. even the you know even their surge of online orders get to it okay uh they if you want if you want your pills uh to be able to uh you know get rid of that pregnancy or possible pregnancy with
Starting point is 00:05:49 plan B or aftira uh i would get there now uh because they're now only allowing three they're limiting the purchase cbs in some places are limiting the purchases to three So if you're planning on having sex more than three times in the next few days, then I would get to the store and get your pills now. Okay? I would make that happen. Because, well, first of all, the product may be even running out. I don't know what kind of shortages we're going to have on Plan B and, what is it, Aftira.
Starting point is 00:06:31 But it's possible that we have shortages on those pills. at least for a short time frame until maybe we have, you know, fly baby-killing pills by this administration, which made me think, you know, I heard an interview from the HHS director. That's his stupid name, Xavier Bacera. And he was doing an interview with NBC News. And he was talking about considering providing taxpayer-funded trade. transportation for out-of-state abortions. And even NBC News, as they're talking to him, says,
Starting point is 00:07:10 can you do that legally? And I can tell you, but we're recording, so I don't want to have to tell you. But, you know, we're just considering all options. Oh, okay, so we're just going to, it doesn't matter what the law says. But that got me thinking. And you know they are. You know they absolutely are.
Starting point is 00:07:29 And, you know, these companies that are being so generous us in their time and money. Hey, if you get pregnant and, you know, don't want to have the kid, we'll pay for you to go a state that has abortions and let you have abortions and go ahead and go there and kill the baby. But get back to work, okay? Here's your four grand, but get back here to work. Okay, we want you to work. Don't you worry about your stupid kid.
Starting point is 00:07:53 And, you know, I'm sure that that's, you know, I'm sure that that's all because they care about you, the employee. It has nothing to do with having to pay all the insurance money for a birth and taking care of the kid afterward and all your time off for taking care of the kid. I'm sure it has nothing to do with that. But, you know, it got me thinking about them looking at all options. So if it's, you know, it's unconstitutional. They're sent it back to the states. You can still get abortions.
Starting point is 00:08:28 Obviously, what's most of the news is being misrepresented. Of course. On this particular case, in many cases, I mean, we just continue to get lied to from plenty of people in the government offices. It was amazing. But, and really no surprise. But it got me thinking, when, how long is it going to be until maybe we have abortions at, say, the post office? If I'm, you know, I always wanted to be, I told you, I wanted to be Postmaster General, but really you want to be on the Board of Government. But how long before is a good way for maybe them to make some money and went back a little bit of money that we allowed abortions at post offices.
Starting point is 00:09:12 So, you know, you drop off an envelope, you drop off a fetus, you go home. Have a nice day. That's their new ad campaign, by the way. But I was just thinking how long before that actually happens where we allow, and I say we allow where they attempt to allow the, abortions to take place at the post office because that's federal land, right? And so if it's federal land, they don't have to abide by state law. So wherever there's a post office, you know what, you can get an abortion. Stop in.
Starting point is 00:09:51 We've got the doctor at the post office that will go ahead and give you an abortion. No, he's only here on Wednesday and Friday. He's at the other post office on the other side of town Monday and Tuesday. And Thursday he takes off. He's got golf game on Thursday. So down the luck, you can't get an abortion on Thursday. Well, unless you go to the next town over, their post office has abortions available on Thursday. Make an appointment, though.
Starting point is 00:10:18 I don't know if you can get in today. I feel like that's coming. You know, maybe it's just me. But if I am the Postmaster General and or on the board of governors, I'm thinking, you know, we move in a, we set a couple of days. desks off to the side, put up a couple of curtains, and start providing abortions, we can make some of our money back that we're losing. I don't know. Maybe it's just me. All right, let's go to the break room. I need something cold to drink. I'm sure you do too. Go ahead and grab yourself something
Starting point is 00:10:46 cold. If you want something warm, go ahead. Get that too. So late yesterday all the news was that Johnny Depp could possibly come back as Pirates of the Caribbean. Jack Sparrow was a $300 million deal. Disney, the House of Mouse, sent a special care package to Depp after the verdict and said, hey, we need to patch up our relationship. we reached out and we want things to go back and we're, you know, we're sorry. We know it was a big deal. And Depp's rep says no.
Starting point is 00:11:37 That's not true. So no, that's not true. That's not going to happen. I feel like if the House of Mouse came to you with a $300 million deal, I feel like even Johnny Depp would say, well, we could sit down. and talk a little. I feel like I don't feel like we shut that down right away. So maybe Depp's rep, maybe looking for a new gig,
Starting point is 00:12:04 or maybe Depp's rep needs to shut rep's mouth. Because I just kind of feel like it. Maybe it's just me. I know. But I know Johnny got butt hurt when they immediately cut them off because of the trial. But I feel like if they came back, with open arms and said, John, let's sit down, let's work out a deal. We'll get a new Jack Sparrow for you and we'll make this,
Starting point is 00:12:34 we'll make you this bad feelings go away and we'll all work it out. And for you, we'll figure out a way to get you to do, you know, $250, $300 million and maybe some extra on the back end. I kind of feel like Johnny Depp is sitting down at that table. I think we can forgive quite a bit. for 300 million. Maybe it's just me. CNN, I lost another
Starting point is 00:13:01 presenter. I know. I know. Christy Paul. Who? Yeah, Christy Paul announced on air Sunday that she's quit the network and will be moving to her
Starting point is 00:13:12 home state of Ohio to take on a new role and spend more time with her family. She was the host of CNN's weekend show, New Day weekend, which she joined
Starting point is 00:13:25 In 2014, she's been with CNN and Headline News Network for nearly a couple of decades now. And do you know who she is? Christy Paul. You know where you love her. Sad. Sad news. And she's going to go ahead and she's quit. She's tired of being tired.
Starting point is 00:13:49 So good luck. God bless to Christy Paul. MSNBC has picked her Rachel Beck. Maddow successor. I know. You thought, you know, Rachel was, Rachel's serious. She's got a podcast to do.
Starting point is 00:14:02 And she's got other stuff to do for MSNBC. And she's tired to be and tired too. And so they have chosen Alex Wagner to succeed Rachel Maddow as host of its nightly program. So that's a major change. The 9 p.m. slot Tuesday through Friday. nights. I guess Rachel's still going to show up on Mondays. Oh, okay, well, thanks. That's great, Rachel. We appreciate it. But, uh, oof, Alex Wagner, congratulations. I know you're thrilled and honored and generally upside down with excitement to come back to MSNBC.
Starting point is 00:14:48 It begins August 16th. Let's do this. When you see a picture ever, you're going to say, who? But that's Alex Wagner, and she's going to take Rachel Maddow's place. And so congratulations to Alex. And I know that you're going to take the show to a better place. Are you? Today, if you're listening live, the 28th of June, 2022, only murders in the building season two starts up on Hulu. I've been looking forward to this.
Starting point is 00:15:23 I've got to tell you, though. I am so disappointed in the shows that don't drop the whole seasons. It really is annoying to me. I mean, I've been watching Old Man, and I've been watching Dark Winds, and now only murders, and these shows drop a show a week. And it's really frown.
Starting point is 00:15:50 Are we cavemen again? I mean, come on now. just drop let me binge the shows and be done with them please i can't take this waiting every week and so i don't know if i'm gonna i don't know if i'm gonna watch it every week or if i just wait till the show is completely all dropped and then binge it because it's so frustrating to watch an episode of a show and not have the next episode to go to I it's very frustrating to me I mean I get it
Starting point is 00:16:25 I understand it I appreciate it and I do I really do it's just I mean I was I've been spoiled we got spoiled with dropping episodes and here's an idea okay here's something that HBO does and I
Starting point is 00:16:41 HBO at least did it with hacks and I like it two a week okay I think I feel like Paramount did that as well. Paramount Plus did that with the Bosch series to a week. I'm almost okay with that. It's not dropping them all. It's making me come back
Starting point is 00:17:01 every week, but it gives me back-to-back episodes. So I don't just get stuck with one. I wish AMC would do that with Dark Winds and I wish, and I guess AMC does do that with AMC plus. I feel like they do that with AMC plus, but not if you don't have plus. And maybe AMC Plus drops them all. I don't know that.
Starting point is 00:17:23 I'm going to have to get AMC Plus, aren't I? You'd stop looking at me like that. I'm going to have to get AMC Plus. But so only murders anyway kicks back in today. For those of you listening live, the 28th on Hulu. The first season was really good. Really good. It's, you know, Steve Martin.
Starting point is 00:17:45 What's his face? Martin's short. And what's your face? Salina Gomez. They were really good. It was really a fun show. I really enjoyed it. So I'm looking forward to season two.
Starting point is 00:17:57 Then I see where HBO announced that season four of True Detective has been cast and they're ready to go. Kaylee Reese and Jody Foster are going to star in season four. It's been greenlit at HBO. A new season of the anthology drama. And so it's a,
Starting point is 00:18:18 good to go, it's called true detective night country. The season begins when the long winter night falls on Ennis Alaska, and the six men that operate the Talsa Arctic Research Station vanish without a trace. Detective's Liz
Starting point is 00:18:34 Danvers, Foster, and Evangeline Navarro Rice, will have to confront the darkness they carry in themselves and dig into the haunted truce that lie buried under the eternal ice. Okay, I'm in. I'm in.
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Starting point is 00:19:36 We get the deals You gift for good stuff Okay Who died today Who died today A list actually Mary Mara A parent drowning
Starting point is 00:19:51 If you don't know who she is If you saw her If you look at the picture That I'm looking at now You would go Oh yeah her She's dead at 61 years of age Very sad
Starting point is 00:20:02 died in apparent drowning. You've seen her work in Nash Bridges and ER and Law & Order and Nip Talk and all kinds of television shows. She apparently was swimming the St. Louis, the St. Lawrence River in Cape Vincent, New York. And I guess I don't know what happened, but she didn't swim well. I'm not making, that's not funny. And that's apparently they will do an autopsy. conducted to determine the official cause of death. But right now, I guess she spends her summer with her sister and Syracuse there by the river
Starting point is 00:20:39 and swims in the river. And so apparently that couldn't happen. We'll find out exactly what happened to marry Mara dead at the age of 61. Marlon Briscoe, first black starting quarterback in the American Football League, dies at the age of 76. He had circulation issues with his love. with his legs, he had pneumonia. He died in Norwalk, California, 76, rest in peace, Marlon.
Starting point is 00:21:08 This guy was amazing. All right, so he was a quarterback from Nebraska, from Omaha University. Then he went to the Denver Broncos, and then they drafted him as a quarterback, and then he wanted to be a quarterback, and he was the first black quarterback in the, well, the NFL was the AFL at the time. And then they just, for no. reason said, nah,
Starting point is 00:21:33 you're not quarterback anymore. So then he went to became a wide receiver. Then he played for the Dolphins. He won a couple of Super Bowls
Starting point is 00:21:39 played on their undefeated team. Guy was a tremendous athlete. But those were the days when, you know, those racist bastards didn't think African Americans
Starting point is 00:21:49 could be quarterback. I mean, I, sadly, I remember people saying that in my life. just horrible Depeche Mode You know
Starting point is 00:22:06 I didn't realize that he had died He died about a month ago I missed Andy Fletcher's death If I did mention it On the Who Died Today segment I apologize for not remembering I meant so much to be But Depeche Mode's Andy Fletcher
Starting point is 00:22:23 Who died about a month ago They of course didn't give any reason for his death he died of an aortic dissection. Oh, all right. We wanted to, there's been an outpouring of love and he suffered an aortic dissection
Starting point is 00:22:40 while at home. So even though it was far, far too sown, he passed naturally without prolonged suffering. Okay. I just, I know everybody's question, was he vaccinated? I don't know the answer to that question. I'm guessing,
Starting point is 00:22:58 guessing yes. but I mean, I don't know that. So rest in peace, Andy Fletcher from Depeche Mode. You know, did you... Okay, so we have musicians now denouncing their American citizenship. I wish they meant it. I don't think they do. I watched the footage of Billy Joe Armstrong from Green Day as he's in London,
Starting point is 00:23:26 and he's renouncing his United States. States citizenship and he's talking about how terrible the United States is. And, you know, they put on the screen F. Ted Cruz. And it's all about the, you know, Roe v. Wade. And, you know, he said that he was serious and he's going to renounce his citizenship a horrible country that the United States is. I don't think he means it. And I wish you would.
Starting point is 00:23:53 And I wish maybe we took on that his word and he would just renounce it. And go ahead. You're not an American citizen anymore. Take care. Bye, Billy. You know, you don't like the United States. We've made you a fortune. You're a big star worldwide.
Starting point is 00:24:08 You know, take care. Bye. I just, I just can't. And I know all the other musicians are, you know, Lizzo's donating money to Planned Parenthood. Rage Against the Machine is pledging money to reproductive rights organizations. That's great.
Starting point is 00:24:27 And I watch the, Olivia Rodriguez performance at Glastonbury where she dedicated the song FU F you very much and the crowd went crazy
Starting point is 00:24:45 and F the Supreme Court and that was pretty much the sentiment around the world and especially with Olivia at Glastonbury that was a huge crowd man she said
Starting point is 00:24:59 That was their first time at Glastonbury. But F you. F you. F you very much. So yesterday we mentioned the Rudy Giuliani alleged attacker at the shop right, where the worker slapped him on the back and called him a scumb bag. And he doubled down this morning as some interview talking about it. But he also was on Curtis Slewa's show over the weekend.
Starting point is 00:25:27 Slewa does a show on WABC. I think it's just Saturdays. I'm not sure that it's on the other days, but he does his show on the weekend. So he had Giuliani on. And Giuliani was talking about the attack with Curtis. First thing I have to do is I have to use the men's room. So I get out.
Starting point is 00:25:48 I walk to the men's room. I come out of the bedroom. A group of people are around me, hugging me, kissing me, telling me Andrews is great. And all of a sudden, I feel a shot on my back. Did you? Like somebody shot. me.
Starting point is 00:26:01 Come on. I went forward, but luckily I didn't fall down. Lucky I'm a 78-year-old who's in pretty good shape. Because if I wasn't, I'd have hit the ground and probably cracked my skull. Okay. I look around and the guy says words I can't repeat. You effing, whatever. Come back.
Starting point is 00:26:21 And then he goes on and on and on, yelling and screaming. He moves away, yelling and screaming. Things like, you're going to kill babies, your people. People are going to kill babies. You're going to kill women. You're going to kill women. He looked either drunk or high. He works for ShopRite.
Starting point is 00:26:43 And I thought to myself, I might have ordinarily ignored it. Really? Rudy. I said to myself, I got this guy arrested. And that's what he did. That's what he did. But he walked out of the courtroom. that happened on Saturday, Friday or Saturday.
Starting point is 00:27:04 And he walked in, and then he was held at Staten Island, in Staten Island, where it happened. And then he went before the judge and the judge, get out of here. The charges are downgraded, get out of here. He left. He was still in his shop right uniform. The charges were downgraded to third degree assault, third degree menacing. and second-degree harassment over the caught-on-camera attack.
Starting point is 00:27:33 I mean, that's the deal, right? We see what happened. It was not bad. Now, did you go around, slapping Rudy on the back, calling him a scumbag? No. I know they asked for supervised release,
Starting point is 00:27:46 and the judge is like, yeah, no. This is not criminal contact. It's very unlikely that the touch could have caused any injury. So to call them, this assault in the third or even menacing is a stretch. That's a good deal for, that's his attorney.
Starting point is 00:28:05 I'm in love with her, Susan Plattis. And so the prosecutor, the assault was aggressive in nature. Smacked Mr. Giuliani on the back, causing him pain and imbalance. Okay, he had to take a step forward to study himself. We all may have had to do that, no question. The former New York City mayor refused medical attention. at the scene. I was complaining of swelling and much more pain.
Starting point is 00:28:35 Rudy, come on now. I mean, I'm with you. The guy shouldn't have been, you know, whacking you on the back. But calling you a scumbag. But to make this into something as an assault, come on now. Come on.
Starting point is 00:28:49 Let it go, bro. But he's doubled down now. He's not going to let it go. He did another interview this morning where he doubled down on it, talking about being hurt and almost being knocked down. And if he wasn't in better shape, he could have fallen and cracked his skull. Okay. All right.
Starting point is 00:29:10 I mean, you heard him, and originally, and I forget which, I mean, he tried to say that the guy looked drunk and he felt he was high. It was working. I mean, sure, is it possible that you could be high and drunk at work? Absolutely. But it just, it was Sunday afternoon. the way that Giuliani was visiting Shepright. So I'm not sure when Slewis show is on WABC,
Starting point is 00:29:31 but that's just me digressing back to when Curtis Slew is on WabC. But he talked about just coming out of the bathroom and washing his hands and there was a small crowd of people. I mean, if I'm at Shepraite and I see Rudy and Giuliani going into the bathroom
Starting point is 00:29:46 and then coming out of the bathroom, I don't think I'm sitting around to shake his hand. Maybe it's just me. Unwrap Holiday Magic at Holt Renfrew with gifts that say I know you. from festive and cozy fashion to luxe beauty and fragrance sets. Our special selection has something for every style and price point.
Starting point is 00:30:18 Visit our Holtz holiday shop and store or online at Holtrenfrew.com. So I don't know if you know this, but Ukraine and Russia are still at war. I know. Amazing. And we're supposed to be, I know we're talking about Russell or Russia striking a mall, a crowded shopping mall in Ukraine. 16 killed, 59 wounded. I don't want that to happen to anyone ever.
Starting point is 00:30:48 But they're at war. Seems like you wouldn't be going to a mall. And I don't understand Vlad's deal with just destroying everything. I mean, what's you going to have when it's over? He's just destroying everything in the country? If he wins, I mean, what is there left to have? I know. And they're meeting
Starting point is 00:31:10 with the G7 the power brokers are all together and I was going through President Biden's Twitter account which is you know at POTUS
Starting point is 00:31:22 which is tremendous Twitter feed and three of them and we could have turned a blind eye to Putin's barbaric war against Ukraine and the price of gas
Starting point is 00:31:32 wouldn't have spiked the way it has but America rose to the moment we proudly stand with Ukraine. I don't proudly stand with Ukraine, by the way. You know, I don't want anything bad to happen
Starting point is 00:31:43 to Ukrainians. I don't want anything bad to happen to Russians, really. But I don't recall why that should have me pay more for gas. I'm not happy about that. So if we could just pull out of Ukraine and
Starting point is 00:31:59 our gas prices go down, I'm for that. The G7 will continue to put Putin's military industrial complex where it hurts. Oh. will you? Will you hit Putin's military industrial complex where it hurts the most? Prevent the central bank's foreign reserves from propping up his ailing economy and deprive Putin of the resources he needs to wage his illegitimate war. Then it goes on. Together, the G7 will deliver unwavering unified commitment to support Ukraine
Starting point is 00:32:30 and build on our unprecedented sanctions to hold President Putin accountable, sanctions that will only compound over time to further isolate Russia from the world economy. Is that what we're doing? Are they isolated from the world economy? All right, if you say so, the list goes on with the US and G7's actions to further support Ukraine. Check. Take measures to target the Russian military production and supply chains. Check. Use tariffs on Russian goods to help Ukraine. Check. Restrict Russian participation in the global market crackdowns on invasion attempts. Check. Impose costs on those responsible for human rights abuses, including war crimes, profiteering,
Starting point is 00:33:16 and illegitimate authorities. Check. Make a significant G7 commitment for budgetary support and other support for Ukraine. I don't want to check that one, but okay, check. And I see, you know, a couple of days ago, where NATO is increasing the number of rapid reaction forces on high readiness. That's not an interesting way to put more soldiers. Rapid reaction forces on high readiness
Starting point is 00:33:45 from 40,000 to 300,000. So we will have boots on the ground, if not specifically the United States, but NATO in this battle very soon. and I say, boo. I mean, I kind of want to go back to Olivia Rodriguez,
Starting point is 00:34:11 you know, singing with Lily Allen with FU. FU very much. She was, you know, saying that about something else, but I agree with her on a number of things. And we're putting Russia into a tough spot. I know. What do you want Putin to rule the world?
Starting point is 00:34:27 No, I'm not a Putin. No, I want this thing to be over. They're saying now that Russia is believed to have defaulted on its international debt for the first time since 1918. Well, the Kremlin is saying, no, we made those payments, but you're blocking it from going through. So they were supposed to, they had a deadline to pay $100 million toward two international bonds. And the sources say the default was a result of the ongoing sanctions from the invasion of Ukraine. So it's not due to lack of funds. The Kremlin says we made the payments in dollars and euros
Starting point is 00:35:06 well before the 30-day grace period ended. But the money was stuck in a Brussels-based clearinghouse. So what are we doing? They claim that Russia has about $600 billion in foreign currency and gold, but half of it is frozen overseas due to sanctions. Meanwhile, the ruble has reached its strongest level since 2015. partly due to oil and gas exports of rising energy prices. Most of the bonds don't have terms allowing for payments in rubles.
Starting point is 00:35:43 So, you know, are we doing it on purpose to say that they're not paying their bills? And so, you know, that makes them look even worse. That wouldn't surprise me. You know, it was an oversight on the sanctions. We didn't think about them making payments, you know. I remember we thought something all the way through. I just want it to be over. That's all.
Starting point is 00:36:08 I just want it to be over. Congratulations to the gold miners in Northwest Canada who discovered a mummified baby woolly mammoth frozen in the tundra, like 30,000 years old. It's the most complete mummified mammoth uncovered in North America and only the second found globally. The mammoth's name Nunchoga. I mean, when you see a mummified baby woolly mammoth, what do you think of?
Starting point is 00:36:38 A nun choga. It means big baby animal in the Native American language of the area. Nunjoga, big baby animal. So congratulations to the gold miners for finding this mummified baby woolly mammoth. But then all of a sudden we're back into talking about, you know, we've got that biotech company, which we've talked about here on chewing the fat, that can, you know, know, we've got, they've raised millions of dollars. They'll be able to resurrect woolly mammoths soon.
Starting point is 00:37:09 Um, no. Uh, I say no to that. And then, uh, we have the, uh, story about, uh, the biotech company, uh, that was looking at the fossils from up in Montana and she's looking through a microscope and she's inspecting the fossils. And I say she, uh, Alida Balilu. B-A-L-L-L-E-U-L-E-U-L.
Starting point is 00:37:42 Amorphophalus. Right. And she was looking through the, she was looking through her microscope, and she couldn't believe it. It wasn't supposed to be there. But embedded in calcified cartilage at the back of the skull
Starting point is 00:37:58 were what appeared to be fossilized cells. Some contained tiny structures that resembled nuclei in one was what looked like a clump of chromosomes, the threads that bear an organism's D&A. So we're going to get a Jurassic Park soon. We are going to start getting Jurassic Park very, very soon. Life will find a way,
Starting point is 00:38:30 although we start bringing back these animals, life may go away. We don't need these things wandering around. I don't know if you've seen the documentary, Jurassic World. But it's not a good thing. You know, they try to make it off like it's kind of a good thing, but I say no. And you know it's going to happen. You know, it is. So just get ready for it because it's going to happen.
Starting point is 00:38:58 I mean, they've already found they've found dinosaur fossils with soft tissue in the fossils they've found from blood vessels to fragments of proteins I mean it's going to happen we are going to create a dinosaur life that's going to happen
Starting point is 00:39:15 so we're going to we've got the we've got these dkelberries looking up DNA in the skulls and the bones of these dinosaurs and we've got the other dinkleberries that are starting up to try to resurrect woolly mammoths
Starting point is 00:39:31 through their biotech company. Man, tell me how much fun. See, now I'm, if you could get them in zoos, I'm a fan. You know, no one supports zoos more than myself and chewing the fat. So, and, you know, my
Starting point is 00:39:47 son just went on a zoo tour. Awesome. It's a family tradition. He started off going to the Oklahoma City Zoo. Then they went to the St. Louis Zoo. And then they went to the, they'd already been to the Kansas City Zoo. They already been to Fort Worth,
Starting point is 00:40:03 and Dallas. And then they went to the Nebraska, Omaha, Lincoln, it's Omaha Zoo. And they said that zoo was the best. The Omaha Zoo was awesome. Plenty of, you know, it was big. It was designed great. Had a
Starting point is 00:40:20 aquarium there as well. And it's just designed perfectly. The St. Louis Zoo I think it was the St. Louis. It might have been the Oklahoma City, you know, because it was so hot that they kept a lot of the animals inside.
Starting point is 00:40:35 But the gorilla, the gorilla features were awesome. And he was taking pictures of some of the, there was one point when the gorilla was saying, taking over and making it known that he was in charge, the silverback. And a young upstart was trying to take him over. And they were watching.
Starting point is 00:40:54 And this one lady next to my son goes, oh, look, they're just having fun. And he's like, they're not having fun. That guy right there is laying down the law. That's overback right there saying, Not yet, young punk. I am in charge.
Starting point is 00:41:11 So you better back on down. Don't be guerrilla squaring up on me. So anyway, if we could keep, you know, woolly mammoths and, you know, have, you know, actually have a Jurassic Park, then I think I'm okay with it. But I don't think. we could. I feel like an actual Jurassic Park would be end up just like it ended up in the documentaries
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