Chewing the Fat with Jeff Fisher - Ep 911 | “A Complete Shock” Was It!?

Episode Date: July 12, 2022

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Starting point is 00:00:00 When I got a great deal on a great gift at Winners, I started wondering, could I get fabulous gifts for everyone on my list? Like this designer fragrance for my daughter. At just $39.99, how could I resist? This luxurious will throw for my sister. This gold watch for my partner? A wooden puzzle for my niece? Leather gloves for my boss?
Starting point is 00:00:19 Ooh, European chocolate for the crossing guard? At these prices, could I find something for everyone at Winners? Stop wondering. Start gifting. Winners, find fabulous for less. Blaze Radio Network And now Chewing the Fat with Jeff Fisher Okay, sure there's COVID
Starting point is 00:00:38 Sure there's monkeypox Sure there's Marburg virus But we have something else to worry about now as well Apparently a widely used Herbicide linked to cancer is showing up in people with a government study finding that glyphosate,
Starting point is 00:01:05 glyphosate. Amorphopalus. No, that's not right. Glyphosate. Glyphosate. Yeah, that's what I said. It's in more than 80% of urine samples from the U.S. children and adults. Oh, okay.
Starting point is 00:01:26 So apparently the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Program with the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, which, I mean, who doesn't read every national health and nutrition examination survey, found that glyphosin. Glyphosin. Yeah. In 1,885 of 2,310 urine samples. Oh, okay. nearly a third of the samples came from kids, ranging in age from 6 to 18. The International Agency for Research on Cancer, part of the World Health Organization, classifies glyphosate as probably carcinogenic to humans.
Starting point is 00:02:16 Oh, so, I mean, it's only probably carcinogenic. So you'll be fine. Don't worry about it. Welcome. Welcome to Chewing the Fath. All right, so I know today is Prime Day, Amazon Prime, holding the annual summer sales extravaganza. Today and tomorrow, for those of you listening live, it is the 12th of July, 2022. And they are expecting less of a feeding frenzy for their products. And they also, you know, know that Target, Walmart, and Best Buy jump on the bandwagon of Prime Day to hold sales events as well on their websites.
Starting point is 00:03:07 So I know I'm going to, you know, maybe do a little searching around, see if there's any products that I need that are worth the price. But I see a story where a lady, well, a TikTok user titled, at Martha infused, posted a video about her thrift shopping. surprise. I mean, I love thrift stores, always have. I've talked about it before. I'm a huge fan of thrift stores. I don't like necessarily, they feel like their thrift stores now are, you know, have all great products and they're, you know, they're worth more than they are. But the real thrift stores of finding stuff and finding deals, I love. And, uh, Martha found a deal. She bought a, uh, coach bag for six-99, seven-year-old. I mean, I said six bucks.
Starting point is 00:03:57 It's $6.99. Okay? So, you know, it was fine. No problem. So it was seven bucks. But she posted a video of what she found in the bag. Now, this is what we joke about all the time of people finding stuff and telling us
Starting point is 00:04:12 about it and giving it back or, you know, why would you say something? But if this happened to me, I would most definitely have to post about it because it's a fascinating story. She bought the bag and then it was, you know, mess. a little dirty at the thrift store, but you know, for $6.99, you clean it up, you got a nice bag, right? And so she tells us
Starting point is 00:04:32 what happened to her once she got it home. Got this coach bag at the Goodwill. Wait till I tell you what was inside. $6.99 is what I paid. Look inside. It's like dirty, right? Right. So I thought I could clean
Starting point is 00:04:49 it up. Of course. So I start working on trying to take this flap out at the body of the purse. Bree down there is an envelope in there with money. Nice. I have three children. They will give my things to goodwill when I die. So I am putting their inheritance inside all my favorite things.
Starting point is 00:05:12 This coach bag was given to me years ago by my husband's girlfriend. Well, actually, I came home early from a visit to my parents' house in Connecticut. She must have left quickly because she forgot her bag and shoes. I carried this bag every day. I wonder if my husband ever knew this was his girlfriends. I carried it daily and I am giving it away because my kids don't want it. So go buy yourself a new bag. Love Martha.
Starting point is 00:05:53 That's outstanding. And there's 300 bucks in the bag. So she got, you know, 300 bucks. So for $6.99, she makes $300 and a great letter and a great story about, it's amazing that, you know, they didn't get a divorce. She wondered if the husband ever knew that she was carrying the girlfriend's purse around forever. I don't know if the shoes fit or not. I don't know the difference in sizes between Martha and the girlfriend. But awesome.
Starting point is 00:06:23 There are some stories that I truly, I'm not sure I understand. This story from Nevada talking about a family living with weapons. The headline is, Family Found Living with Weapons in Nevada's Children Museum. Oh, okay. Authorities say a couple kept a cachet of weapons and lived with their two children at a Northern Nevada Children's Museum. So, apparently, this couple,
Starting point is 00:06:52 was found secretly keeping a cachet of weapons and living with their two kids. What was the cachet of weapons? Okay, so they found an AK-47. They found three handguns. They found a pistol. Isn't that a handgun? Ammunition, knives. I hope if they have these rifles and handguns, they have ammunition.
Starting point is 00:07:18 They have knives and a taser. Okay. What's the problem? Well, they could have been reached by a child. Yeah, they were their own children. I'm sure they told the children no and taught them how to use it, but it doesn't say any of that in the story. So maybe not.
Starting point is 00:07:37 Maybe not. The stash also included drug paraphernalia. Really? How bad? Well, a bong and a used marijuana joint. How dare they? Those drugies, they've got a bong and a used marijuana joint. Hunter Biden, the son of the President of the United States,
Starting point is 00:08:00 is posting videos of him smoking crack and showing how much crack he has prior to smoking at all. But we're going to be pissed at this family for a bong and a used joint. Okay. A roach, a used marijuana joint, a roach. Okay. So anyway, nobody's asking the real question, all right? So they realized that the family was living in the museum after the two-year-old child was spotted walking nearby unsupervised. The Carson City Sheriff said it wasn't the first time police interacted with the man over his child being left alone.
Starting point is 00:08:37 But this time, the toddler's older sister gave deputies the museum as their address. Okay, so wait a second. They saw the child walking nearby unsupervised, but. The child was with the older sister because the older sister gave deputies the address. So the child really wasn't unsupervised. I digress. Authorities, along with the museum board member, then walked through the property and saw signs of people had been living there. Sleeping bags, mattresses, clothes, and food were among the items found in the areas off limits to visitors.
Starting point is 00:09:13 Okay, so they were living there at the museum. Homeless. I would say that they were homeless. I don't know why they were homeless, perhaps we should ask. The man was the janitor of the museum, and the wife was a museum manager that was living there. Oh, maybe the museum isn't paying enough money? I don't know.
Starting point is 00:09:35 How come two people that are working there with their family? There are two children, at least two of their two children, and they don't have enough for a home? Okay. Or an apartment? The couple has since been fired. Good. We don't want any homeless people homeless.
Starting point is 00:09:55 So, also, the museum is closed. I'm not quite sure why everybody is so pissed about the museum, because the museum is board of directors is now facing questions about how was this able to happen? What do you mean? They've got people running the museum, and I'd like to know how it happened that you're not paying them enough to have an apartment, and they decided that they could live at the place. I'm not sure that was a bad thing.
Starting point is 00:10:20 There was never any, as far as I know, bad reports about the upkeep or the what was going on at the museum when it was open. I'd like to know that. It's not in this story, though. The Museum Board of Directors issued an apology and said that they were shocked and saddened, were they? We are looking into the best path to reopen in a way that not only assures the safety of all our visitors, but that we as a community can be proud of as well. So the safety of all your visitors that were in peril because this family was living in an area that the public couldn't go to
Starting point is 00:11:05 and had some weapons to protect themselves? That's just amazing. The museum is going to reopen, of course, after hiring a new manager, of course. One parent who lives at this, works at a nearby hotel. Leo T-S-U-C-H-N-H-No, it's not, her last name is not. Amorpha-Falus. No, it's T-S-U-C-H-I-M-O-T-O,
Starting point is 00:11:36 who works at a nearby hotel, told the TV station, oh, I wished I had the soundbite of this. She will never take her children there again. The entire ordeal has been a complete, shock. Was it, Leah? Was it? I don't, again, like I said, I just, I don't understand. I mean, I'm sorry that this family was living at the museum. I'm not sure, you know, what brought on them living at the museum, but I kind of feel like nobody's life was in peril. They had some weapons, some personal weapons. It was a cachet of weapons.
Starting point is 00:12:20 And they had a bong and a roach. So that made them bad people. Again, I just, I don't understand. All right, let's go to the break room. I need something cold to drink desperately. I'm still stuck on the family at the museum. They cared enough for this museum to live there and do their jobs. Now, maybe they were doing their job crappy.
Starting point is 00:12:49 It doesn't say anything about that. I just find it amazing how it was such a terrible, terrible thing when it should have the museum this children's museum should have said hey what can we do to help uh just i i i don't get it i know i know it's just me hey long as we're in the break room let me ask you a question do you like a good snack throughout the day here let me answer for you because i'm pretty sure it's the same answer as mine yes bod you'd rather not pack on the pounds do you doing it again. Yes. I've got great news. Bilt Bar is here to save the day. Yes, they've got so many
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Starting point is 00:15:12 Built.com. promo code Jeffie for 15% off at built.com. Okay. The Emmy nominations just dropped. They were just announced. The Emmys are going to take place. in September, the 74th Emmy Awards on NBC, September 12th. Now, a host has yet to be announced for the 2022 Emmy Awards.
Starting point is 00:15:37 Don't know who they're going to get. Seems to be like we're running a little bit late to announce who the host is going to be. Last year we had Cedric the entertainer, and the year before that, we had Jimmy Kimmel. Not sure who it's going to be this year. I don't know why Cedric wouldn't do it again. I'm sure he's available. I don't know that though. He's a busy man, I'm told.
Starting point is 00:15:59 But anyway, the nominations, 74th Emmy Awards. Best Comedy. Abbott Elementary. Barry. Curb Your enthusiasm. Hacks, which was awesome. The Marvel is Miss Maisel.
Starting point is 00:16:14 Only Murders in the Building. Really good. Ted Lassau. What we do in the Shadows? You know, I watch some of what we do in Shadows. Eh, not that impressed. But whatever. I digress. It's got to be between hacks and only murders in the building.
Starting point is 00:16:31 I would vote for hacks this year. Only murders can get it next year because their whole second season isn't done yet. But, you know, we'll see. Best actor in a comedy, Donald Glover, Atlanta, Bill Hader and Barry, Nicholas Hoff and the Great Steve Martin, only murders, Martin Short, only murders, Jason Sudecas, Ted Lassa. Wow. I guess they
Starting point is 00:16:55 did they give what's her face in a comedy? Did she get nominated? I don't think so no because the best actress in a comedy you got Rachel Bronishand for Marvelous Mrs. Maisel Quinta Brunson for Abbott Elementary
Starting point is 00:17:09 Kaylee Coochoo, the flight attendant really good El Fanning the great Issa Ray insecure, Insecure, Gene Smart and Hacks but no what's her face Salita Gomez from only murders. She did not get it. Wow. Incredible. They gave
Starting point is 00:17:28 Gene Smart and Hacks for Best Actress in a Comedy, and they gave her sidekick, Hannah and Binder for Hacks for Supporting Actress in a Comedy. Alex Bornstein for Marvelous Maisel. Janelle James, Abbott Elementary, Kate McKinnon, SNL. Stop. Sarah Niles, Ted Lassow, Sherley-Roe, Abbott Elementary, Juno Temple, Ted Lassow, Hannah-Wontington, Ted Lassow. Ted Lassel through that. Supporting actor in Barry, Henry Winkler,
Starting point is 00:17:58 they may throw him a bone. Maybe. We'll see. Best drama. Better Call Saul. Awesome. The final, the last half of the final season
Starting point is 00:18:09 started this week, as a matter of fact. Euphoria. Ozark, which was great. Severance. Squid game was awesome. Stranger Things. Succession, which is awesome.
Starting point is 00:18:22 Yellow jackets. That's a tough. This is a tough category because Better Call Saul, Ozark, Succession, everybody loves Stranger Things. I'm torn on Stranger Things. Squid Game was great. I don't know that it gets best drama, but next to Better Call Saul and Succession and Ozark. Come on now.
Starting point is 00:18:44 No. Best actor in a drama, Jason Bateman and Ozark, who's his final as the last season. They might throw him a bone for that. Brian Coxon, Succession, always. great. Lee Jung Jay Squid Game. Bob Odenkirk better call Saul, Adam Scott and Severance, Jeremy Strong in Succession. That's a tough category as well, man. That's some good content there. Best actress in a drama. Killing Eve, Joe de Corner. Laura Linney and Ozark, yeah, Melanie Linsky, Yellow Jackets, Sandra O. Killing Eve. Reese Witherspoon the morning show.
Starting point is 00:19:18 Zendee Hoffer, Euphoria. I know Euphoria is really good, too. I know. I get it. actress Julia Garner and Ozark that'd be she should get that just because just because Patricia Arquette and severance oh god don't give it to her speech will be never ending Jung Ho Jan for Squid Game
Starting point is 00:19:38 Christine Riga yellow jackets Rea Seahorn better call Saul yeah she's awesome in that Sarah Snook in succession yes Sydney Sweeney and Euphoria yes some really great outstanding limited series dope sick the dropout inventing Anna which was awesome Pam and Tommy which was it was okay white
Starting point is 00:20:00 Lotus that was pretty good I'd go with inventing Anna and that is with what's her face Julia Garner so she gets one of those you know she'll be happy with that best actor in a limited series for TV Colin Firth for Staircase Andrew Garfield under the banner of heaven Oscar Isaac's scenes from a marriage Michael Keaton, dope sick Yeah Himish Patel, Station 11
Starting point is 00:20:31 Sebastian Stan, Pam and Tommy Wow, Best Actor in a limited TV I don't know who you give it to because A little disappointing in all of those I guess you got to give it to Michael Keat He's the main headliner for that for Doapsick And it was all right
Starting point is 00:20:47 It was our Julie Garner gets for Best Actress in a limited series of TV movie inventing Anna. So they might take away the supporting actress from her on Ozark and give that to what's her face? No, she's not in there from Ozark either.
Starting point is 00:21:03 So they give it to maybe the succession. They got to give something a squid game too. We'll see. But they give Julie Garner that as a best actress in a limited series TV movie. And then they'll take it
Starting point is 00:21:20 take it away for the other one. Anyway, what's the best television movie, best compilation series, Outstanding Variety Talk series. Let's see what we have, shall we? The Daily Show with Trevor Noah. Wow, isn't that good. Jimmy Kimmel Live.
Starting point is 00:21:38 Last week tonight with John Oliver, another great show. No, really. I mean it. Late night with Seth Myers. And the late show with Stephen Colbert. Wow. That's a lineup that, I mean, they all should equally share an award. I mean it.
Starting point is 00:21:58 They should all equally share an award. All righty. So who died today? Who died today? L.Q. Jones, dead at 94 years of age. A veteran film and television actor. Producer of a boy and his dad. Dog. Dead at 94 years of age.
Starting point is 00:22:38 Born Justice Ellis McQueen in 1927 in Beaumont, Texas. His first film role in 1955, Role-Wash-Walsh film Battle Cry. He's one of these actors that was, I mean, he was in a ton of stuff. I mean, just incredible film, well, 60 screen credits and television appearances, apparently died of natural causes at his home in Hollywood Hills.
Starting point is 00:23:11 He's one of those guys that when you see him, you'll know him. You go, oh yeah, him. That's right. And he produced and directed movies. He's a Hollywood guy. So, anyway, you'd know him if you saw him. LQ Jones.
Starting point is 00:23:33 dead at 94. Monty Norman died at the age of 94. Man, that is not a good age today. Monty Norman, the composer who wrote the iconic theme for the James Bond films, dead at 94 years of age. It was a brief sickness, according to his website. It's with great sadness that they shared that Monty passed away. very sad his theme the first used for the 1962 doctor no was continuously used throughout the franchise
Starting point is 00:24:11 so i'm sure that he uh you know expected those checks to continue on i bet they did uh the british lyrs started as a singer for big bands in the 50s he composed songs for tommy steel and bob hope he later went to england's west end and pen music for The 58 production, of course, you remember this, the 1958 production of Irma Laduz, which was fantastic. The 58 production of Irma Laduz was, I mean, beyond compare. Other projects, I mean, he did stage shows of songbook and poppy. He did other movies, the two faces of Dr. Jekyll, the day the Earth caught fire. Now, he also got in trouble in the early, late 90s, early 2000s.
Starting point is 00:25:01 Um, he alleged and that he owned the theme for, uh, uh, James Bond. And he sued the times of London for libel over a story that argued Norman's claim that he was the real composer. He won that case. Uh, that he was a, in 2001, think how much he would have gotten today. He won in 2001, 30,000 euros, a whole 30,000 euros. A whole 30,000 euros. So he had a daughter with his first wife and then he, you know, was with his second wife.
Starting point is 00:25:40 When I say they had a daughter with the first wife, that means the second wife moved in as well. Monty Norman, iconic composer, specifically for the James Bond films, dead at 94 years of age. Who else? Oriana Pepper of Bury St. Edmund. Suffolk. She was 21. Very sad. She died five days after she was bitten by a mosquito.
Starting point is 00:26:13 Oh, wait. What? Yeah. She was given antibiotics, and then she was driven back to the hospital because she just collapsed after that. Medical cause of her death was recorded as septic embolocles.
Starting point is 00:26:33 in the brain, which are obstructions of blood vessels with an infection by bacteria called staphocococcalos. Aruris? This sounds exactly what it is. And an insect bite. No, it's not. Amorphophalus. An insect bite to the forehead. Wow. A serious infection caused by a mosquito. Holy cow. Wear your bug repellent. Where your bug repellent. Okay. Anyway, Oriana Pepper. Dead at the age of 21 years of age. And when I say, who died today? She died almost a year ago.
Starting point is 00:27:17 In fact, today is the 12th of July, and she died the 12th of July 2021. So it was a year ago. So I'm not sure why we're revisiting this case, because I guess they didn't like the idea of what she died of. And so the, So the medical examiner said that it was an unfortunate tragedy for a young lady who clearly had a wonderful career ahead of her. So the family has set up a scholarship to encourage other women pilots to enter the profession, working with the British Women Pilots Association in honor of Miss Pepper's memory.
Starting point is 00:27:59 So that's sweet, right? Of course it is. Oriano Pepper. Dead at the age of 21. Rest in peace. Then we have an unidentified swimmer who died. Rest in peace to unidentified swimmer. And Iowa Beach is closed because of a rare life-threatening infection of the brain
Starting point is 00:28:27 was confirmed in a very, visitor who recently went swimming there. So look, the closure is a precautionary response to a confirmed infection of the Nagyllaria Fowlerly, better known as... Naglaria Fowlery. Yeah, that's what I said. It's a microscopic single-celled free-living amoeba that can cause a rare life-threatening infection of the brain called.
Starting point is 00:29:00 primary amoebic meningoencephalitis. Pam. It's called Pam. So, if you catch... Naglaria Fowlery. Could lead to Pam, which is primary amoebic meningoencephalitis. Exactly.
Starting point is 00:29:28 So it really isn't rest in peace yet because the unideast. identified confirmed visitor has only been diagnosed with having this disease. So only, you know, 154 known cases have been identified in the United States. Now, you know, in 2021, North Texas child died after contracting the rare brain-eating amoeba. So a 10-year-old Texas girl died in 2019 after a baby. battling the brain, eating amoeba. So I guess you can still survive.
Starting point is 00:30:07 But it takes quite a bit. So it's not rest in peace yet. I apologize, unidentified swimmer from Missouri. But good luck. God bless. You may have heard of the sex cult nexium and the famous actress who went to prison for her involvement, Alison Mack. But she's never told her side of the story until now.
Starting point is 00:30:42 People assume that I'm like this pervert. My name is Natalie Robamed, and in my minding. podcast, I talked to Allison to try to understand how she went from TV actor to cult member. How do you feel about having been involved in bringing sexual trauma at other people? I don't even know how to answer that question. Allison after Nexium from CBC's Uncover is available now on Spotify. Okay, let's talk about mom and dad fighting for a little bit. Not the real mom and dad, but let's say police departments.
Starting point is 00:31:11 I see, we've got a couple of great stories from police officers in the police. Police in the news. It's not really, well, it is crime. It is, you know what? It is crime. So a police officer in Apopka, Florida, was pulled over for reckless driving. And you know what?
Starting point is 00:31:35 Big surprise, he was drunk. So somebody reported reckless driving of this police vehicle. And another police department pulled him over. and he was slurring his words. They thought he was having some sort of medical issue. And then now he said he said he had allergies and he'd taken some Benadryl and he wasn't feeling well. And then he couldn't barely get out of the police car.
Starting point is 00:32:07 And then he said, oh, you know what? Yeah, I was drinking. Yeah, I was drinking. I had consumed about three tall boys of Medello at home. Never mind those empty cantators in my. car so they show him getting out of his car giving the police officers his weapon and good luck being a police officer at the old apaca police department anymore as you're arrested for d u i then we have two police officers in georgia arguing with each other a well a sheriff a county sheriff and a local
Starting point is 00:32:44 police officer of hiawasi so apparently what happens is and these two guys have gotten into it before, Hiawasi Police Department, when they go to pull people over, people don't pull over until they get outside of the city limit. And that's when the county sheriff steps in. So I guess there was a time not long ago, a couple weeks ago,
Starting point is 00:33:11 when Hiawasi was in pursuit, and the sheriff called off, the pursuit and the police department continue down with the pursuit and so that they've been fighting amongst themselves over that and they probably don't like each other much anyway uh the sheriff has said that uh they are not friends with the hiawasi officers in fact uh the sheriff tells his deputies do not frattenize with hiawasi officers their enemies I mean they're enemies of the sheriff's office, obviously. But they got into it, threatening to arrest each other at a traffic stop
Starting point is 00:33:55 because the Hiawasi Police Department had pulled over a guy and the sheriff came up and was taking over the stop and letting the guy go. And Hiawasi police officer was unhappy to say the least. Just inside the city, around here. Just right here. Oh, go pull the video at Valero. You get on my traffic stop again. I will arrest you.
Starting point is 00:34:23 I'll arrest you. I'll arrest you. I'm not your boys. I'm not your boy. Thank you. And he storms back into the hot. He is so pissed right now. Thank you.
Starting point is 00:34:47 He thinks he's got him. That's tremendous. He thinks he's got him because he's on video telling him to get back. but that's in the beginning you hear him so was it right here yeah it was right here okay that's my jurisdiction no problem then you have a good day now we get out of here oh man that's good stuff that's good stuff with mom and dad fight and of course now there's an investigation from the county attorney's office and there's gonna you know the video as a result of a broader issue that needs to have further investigation and you know they Iowa police department say look we strive for
Starting point is 00:35:25 excellence, of course, and they have jurisdiction if the infraction started inside their city limits. And the sheriff is like, well, you know, if it happens outside of your city limits, it's my jurisdiction. And I'll arrest you. I know it's not fun when mom and dad's fight. I got it. But I don't know. It's a little. little. That's a little funny. And then I see where two Flagstaff police officers went undercover to massage parlors took their pants off and allowed themselves to be fondled eight whole different times. And so now they're in trouble for that. They're, I mean, Homeland Security Investigations has launched a month-long investigation to try to stop suspected human trafficking and sex trafficking
Starting point is 00:36:20 and prostitution. Huh. So how's that working out? Because everybody was undercover and they're looking for sex traffickers and they're going to these massage parlors. I wonder if they've busted a bunch of people for sex trafficking while this has been going on. Well, no, darn it, not a single trafficking victim had been identified. Now, I know it's wrong and there shouldn't be all of this nasty sex stuff going on at these massage parlors. No, really. But, you know, you get them for prostitution, whatever,
Starting point is 00:37:00 but they're to bring in the feds for trafficking. I just, every time we do one of these stories, they never talk about the trafficking, except that, yeah, not a single trafficking victim had been identified. Oh, oh, okay. Now, the police officer claims, you know, I didn't know where to stop.
Starting point is 00:37:20 I paid cash, I rolled over, I took off my boxers. I didn't know where to stop. I just didn't know what to do. So I continued to, you know, let the whole engaging and sexual touching happen. Oh, okay. No problem. Well, it is kind of a problem.
Starting point is 00:37:41 And people are a little wound up about it. But we'll see what happens. I know that they said every day Homeland Security agents around the globe, work to uncover dismantle and disrupt human trafficking. Yeah, we know. Okay. And due to operational security and officer considerations, the agency does not discuss investigative techniques or comment on internal deliberations.
Starting point is 00:38:10 Right. Okay. No problem. One of the officers wrote in a report there would be a good likelihood that we would encounter someone who was at the parlor against their will. although they could never find one. Huh. So we'll see.
Starting point is 00:38:27 I know they believe that all these people at the massage parlors should be treated like domestic violence victims. Okay. Because a lot of times they find drugs and they're saying that these women can't be there. You know, they can't leave. So, okay. We just know that when conducting undercover investigations,
Starting point is 00:38:48 it's vital to ensure that any offers to participate and prostitution originate from the person who's under investigation and not from the undercover officer. Therefore, officers entered the establishments under the auspices to obtain legitimate legal massage and waited to see if the individuals in the establishment were offered to participate in sex acts for money. There was an additional concern of potential language barriers that could prevent the officers from just asking for the sex acts for money without fondling taking place. We don't know what to do. we were all jammed up
Starting point is 00:39:22 and you know I went in to try to arrest them and we were trying to talk at one time I you know I placed a hand on the back of the female's calf and appeared to let them know I was okay to solicit sexual flavors that's it though
Starting point is 00:39:39 that's it you know what am I going to do we stocked out eight parlors we walked into each one with our recording device paid cash rolled over and took off his boxers. What else you're going to do? I don't know.
Starting point is 00:39:59 I don't know what you're going to do. You know, maybe, I don't even, the agents, this particular investigation was called Operation Asian Touch. Canon, the lights episode,
Starting point is 00:40:15 Operation Asian Touch. I will say that it makes one, want to get a massage. Maybe it's just me. Stream and subscribe to more Blaze Media content at theblaze.com slash podcasts.

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