Chewing the Fat with Jeff Fisher - It Was Worse… | 4/3/25

Episode Date: April 3, 2025

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the raccoon, that were online sensations, I guess? Well, they certainly became online sensations after they were euthanized by the state of New York. Remember, they broke into the house and they searched the house and because they wanted to take the animals because they didn't have permits from the state the king did not authorize them to have a a squirrel and a

raccoon inside the home so they came in and during the search and seizure one of the people from the state was bitten so then they had to take the animals

and get tested for rabies and the only way to do that is to kill the animals. And by killing the animals, I'm, you know, decapitating them. Humanely, of course. Because that's, you know, they got frightened. And one of the two animals that were going to be seized bit one of the officers.

And so the only thing that you could do was test them for rabies. And you can't do that without, you know, humanely killing them. Well, the new acting commissioner, I guess her, title is Department of Environmental Conservation Acting Commissioner. Okay. Amanda Lefton, interesting name. She now says that they have carefully reviewed all the public feedback, and we understand the distress caused to communities throughout the state. We know that, well, we can do better moving forward.

Oh, okay. Is that the only thing that you get? Is that not an apology? No, that's not an apology. No, we're not apologizing for anything. We've carefully reviewed everything. Oh, okay. All right.

Is that okay? Yeah, listen, at the direction of the governor, in my initial few weeks as acting commissioner, which means I didn't have anything to do with it. I am the new acting commissioner. I have nothing to do with it. I have prioritized a review of our current wildlife protection and enforcement process to protect New Yorkers

and this agency from, similar incidents in the future. As she went on to say, our agency is committed to developing additional protocols to address illegally possessed wildlife. Yeah, we want to be sure that we throw that in there because they did not have a permit from the king to have this wildlife in their home. So we've taken additional protocols to address illegally possessed wildlife and ensuring that our staff and environmental conservation officers have the necessary resources to carry them

out. In addition, we will be welcoming a new deputy commissioner for public protection and emergency response. So she's the acting commissioner, and they're going to go ahead and bring in someone else to head the public protection and emergency response. Because the guy that did this is way out of touch. So anyway, that's nice of them for their kind of would-be kind of apology, but that really isn't an apology. but they realized that they went too far in the case of Peanet and Fred. Now, I did see, interestingly enough, that they are being sued by Judicial Watch, because they, Judicial Watch, if I can say the word properly,

is seeking written and video records of the seizure. The heartless killing of Peanut the Squirrel by New York State bureaucrats shocked America, says Tom Fitton, judicial watch president. And now these same bureaucrats don't want to turn over one document about Peanuts' death and their abusive raid on Peanuts Home. Judicial Watch aims to get to the bottom of this abusive governmental power. So that's coming. That is coming. So I guess that's the best apology that you're going to get from the Department of Environmental Conservation Acting Commissioner Amanda Lefton. They've carefully reviewed all the public feedback, and there was a lot of distress caused

to communities. And, man, we know we can do better moving forward. And doggone it, we're going to try. Welcome. By the way, peanut and squirrel, yeah, they're still dead. Sorry about it. Welcome. Welcome to chewing the fat.

Tick, talk, tick, tick, talk. Yeah, the clock is. running out on TikTok. Yes. The TikToking is running out on the TikToking. The fifth of this month is the last day, and probably midnight on the fifth is the last day of TikTok. It's going to be banned in the United States if it's not sold. So it could shut down again, as they did last time. It's counting down the days. If you're listening live, today is the third. of April, 2025, and the fifth is the day that it goes into effect, so that would be midnight, right? So who? Okay, I could shut her down. However, I guess now we've got a long list of people looking to buy it. Amazon threw their hat into the ring, and there's others who have thrown their hat into the ring. Applovin, Oracle, Blackstone, Andresen Horowitz, who's the founder of Only fans said to be among bidders trying to take over the app.

I thought Mr. Beast and Mr. Wonderful had their hat in the ring as well. Any deal apparently has to be approved from China. So we'll see what happens with that. Is it going to be banned? Are they going to shut it down? That's what the law says. Now, when Trump was asked about it, President Trump, he said, ah, we'll just extend it.

Should a sale take place before the weekend? And we're working with four different potential buyers. Some of the interested purchasers include Mr. Beast. Yeah, Perplexly AI. And a group led by former Los Angeles Dodgers owner, Frank McCourt, that calls itself Project Liberty. And that's before Amazon was in the picture. And then the others that I mentioned.

So will they get sold? I don't know. Will it get banned? I don't know. But our president seems to think that it'll be fine. and don't worry about it. And while I don't have a TikTok account, and I should, I know, but I don't.

I haven't heard any of the TikTokers in my world worrying about a ban like they were the last time. So I think it'll be fine. So you TikTokers, take it easy, no problem. Now, I probably should have a TikTok account. I don't. I have an X account at Jeffrey JFR. I have an Instagram account, Jeff Fisher Radio.

I have a Facebook account, Jeff Fisher Radio. I have a YouTube page Chewing the Fat with Jeff Fisher, but I do not have a TikTok. I know, I know. I have an email that you can email and communicate with the show anytime chewing the fat at the blaze.com. You can send your submissions for joke of the day,

whether you'd like to be a contestant on what's the lie. That's the game show that we do every Friday here on chewing the fat. Or you can send me your comments. You know, I prefer the nice ones, but you can send bad ones, well it's okay i read them all i may not respond to them all but i do see them all i have a blue sky account too i think it's jeffy jf r i've got a i think a getter account i have a true social account i don't i mean i prefer x to be honest with you but i don't mind

instagram and facebook from time to time is okay uh i don't necessarily go on there as much as i probably should because i have a personal page and i have the jeff fisher radio page as well I just saw where Meta, Facebook, just signed a big deal with UFC. It'll be worth a lot of money. They didn't give specific numbers, but they said that it was a multi-million dollar deal. And big surprise that they're making this deal. That's maybe why Dana got on the board of Meta. Huh, weird.

Okay. So it's a sponsorship deal with Meta. And so you'll probably be seeing Meta. logos all over UFC soon. That's coming. I know. I'm sorry, I want to make sure I say this right.

Meta will become the official fan technology partner of the UFC. Oh, okay. And they will have a branding. Yeah, I bet they will. Featured in UFC's Octagon Ring for pay-per-view and fight-night events.

Okay. Mark and his team at Meta are going to do things that will blow away UFC fans, according to Dana White, who is the president and CEO of the UFC. And so, well, there you have it. We'll be seeing that everywhere. Zuck wants to prove that he's a man,

and his company is a supporter of UFC, and that will make everyone believe that he's a man. You got it, Mark. You're a man. We believe you. And I'm sure that you, along with your other billionaire friends, you know, Elon Musk,

what's her face, Taylor Swift, Kim Kardashian, you all can be happy now because the Federal Aviation Administration has created a system for private aircraft owners to request that their registration information, including their names and address, be kept private.

And so that's going to impact the celebrity private jet trackers. They don't want anybody knowing where they're flying to. I know Elon and Taylor were really pissed about that. Taylor was too because it just showed. Not Elon, but Taylor, big environmentalist, and she's just

flying jets all over the world. And good for her, but, you know, don't tell me that the Earth is burning from climate change and fossil fuels while you're jet setting around the globe. Okay, stop it.

However, that will make it more difficult for guys like Jack Sweeney who operate the jet trackers to track them and identify where the celebrities are flying to. So I'm sure they're happy about that. I think they'll find a way to figure out exactly who's who. And then we'll still get the information. So I know I realize that I know that Facebook and I think Twitter, maybe even X, banned it, banned the information.

And then they started doing behind times where you could catch, you saw where they were flying after a couple of days or a week because Elon was saying there was a security risk. I get that, okay. You know, but it shouldn't be forever

and it should be a short amount of time because we just like to know, and we like to live through you, Taylor. We like to know where you're flying to, okay? I mean, it's ridiculous. Do I care? No. Am I fascinated by looking at the jet trackers? You betcha.

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the man who left his three kids at McDonald's, at A-M-M-D-D-D-O-G-G-G-E-R-E-E-N-E-E-E-N-1. And we questioned you know, the whole thing because he was arrested for deprivation of a child or something like that. Or charged with deprivation of a child.

I don't know that he was actually arrested. He was charged with that, which he's going to have to go before a judge. But we wondered why he was gone. And he was gone for like an hour and a half. Oh, the horror. I really, you know, because a concerned customer said, I think these kids are alone

without supervision. and so, you know, now somebody has to act on it because this lady, you know, has to open her big mouth instead of just eating their double cheeseburger and getting out of there. Because the kids were at a McDonald's at the playhouse, but they were, you know, unsupervised. Unsupervised from their parents.

There were other adults there that were, look, anyway, I digress. So he came back and he left there, you know, he was gone for about an hour and a half. They said he left. He left. the original report talked about him coming back and then leaving again and he was gone for about an hour and a half well the police report the preliminary police report has uh now and he said that he was gone to a job interview that's what he told police uh i went to a job interview well uh that's not true

and that's what kind i was worried about is that what was he actually doing okay so uh apparently he was supposed to go and deliver a backpack to these children's grandmother at this apartment complex and when he returned he still had the backpack with him and he said, I have to try to find her

to give her the backpack and then the wife or the girlfriend said hey you weren't supposed to leave the kids alone and he said he and the children around McDonald's earlier that day because he had filled out a job application at this West Bank Inn located adjacent to McDonald's

and was waiting for a callback for a possible interview. He slept and then he left to deliver the backpack. Okay. Now, during the time he left, he lost his ID. He had an another card

and he'd been retracing his step to find them because the hotel or the apartment complex that he was supposed to go to was close by. They reported, the police reported 0.4 miles away from this McDonald's. Well, then the police, they checked in with the West Bank Inn. And the manager said, yeah, he came here on March 22nd. This happened, this particular case happened on April 2nd. So the end says, yeah, he was here on, oh, let me check March 22nd.

And they did the interview then, and so we'll see. Now, they also got video surveillance footage showing him arriving and leaving. And so now he has been charged with misdemeanor charge of deprivation of a minor, which was appropriate to ensure the welfare of the children and facilitate a review of the matter by the court. This charge ensures that all parties have an opportunity to appear before a judge to determine if the children are receiving appropriate care. Well, yeah, they're receiving appropriate care. The 10-year-old can obviously take care of the other kids. In fact, the police use the 10-year-old to get a hold of the mother over social media. So, I mean, a 10-year-old knows what's going on in the world, okay? And so I'm

pretty sure they're going to be okay. The question is, what was the dad doing? Right? What was going on? and you know I talked about him originally you talked about he went for a job interview and he's gone for an hour to half big deal and I really wasn't thinking about him doing anything nefarious like a drug deal he's got to drop off a backpack

okay apparently the backpack did not have drugs in it or the police would have you know looked at it I guess maybe he was supposed to deliver it and he came back with it but if the wife was really mad I would say that perhaps he was out taking care of a little business,

a little quick business, and drop the kids off of McDonald's and do a quick, get a quickie and then head back to the kids, know what I'm saying? Because in the report it talks about this is possibly not the first time that this has happened.

Oh, okay. Well, we know that there was a GoFundMe set up. Antonio Brown, this story took off. I see, you know, people were talking about it all over the country, including this program. chewing the fat. And Antonio Brown had set up a

GoFundMe for the guy. He said that 24 year old Chris Lewis is accused of leaving his three children without supervision at this McDonald's in Augusta, Georgia. And he said that I wanted to do something for the family, for the man. And they set up a go fund

me account and donated a thousand of his own money. And I think they have they said they have about 60,000 raised for him. But Antonio Brown also said that I spoke to his girlfriend this morning. She said he was at a job interview and that they had been homeless since November. Okay. No funds will be sent to family until story is verified.

If I can't verify story, I will have a go fund me refund the money to everyone who is given. So they were homeless and he did there were no. So where were the kids staying? The whole thing is the whole thing is wishy-washy now. So we'll keep a track on what happens to it. If they have a place to stay, I don't know.

I don't know what to believe anymore. Let's just say, why did he leave his kids at McDonald's? Damn it. That's only a place for kids. With their parents, Jeff. Okay, I got it. I got it.

All right, let's go to the break room. I need something cold to drink desperately. Good news for those of you that were worried about the Hooters shutting down because they had filed for bankruptcy. They just, the founders have a, they're going to buy them back. So the restaurants are going to remain open. Oh, whoo. Okay.

So we can still go to Hooters. That's great. Now, can we get back to the original Hooters plan or do we still have to be family-friendly? We will see. If they want to stay alive, I would advise. them to go back to being the original Hooters and lean into it.

Lean into who you are. But they didn't ask. So, good luck. Good luck to Hooters in your bankruptcy and your staying open. Yeah, good luck. And congratulations are in order to the Simpsons,

family guy, and Bob's burgers. Fox has renewed all three series, for additional seasons. The network announced that American Dad would be returning to Fox and granted the series a four-season pickup as well. The pickups bring the each series through 2028 and 2029 broadcast season on Fox.

Bob's Burgers, that means season 16 through 19, Family Guy, seasons 24 through 27, wow. And the Simpsons for seasons, four, 37 through 40, extending the Simpsons reign as the longest running scripted primetime series. They're going to be going through 40 seasons.

That is incredible. Congratulations, for real. That is incredible. And they are all produced by 20th television animation, which is part of Disney Television Studios. So bringing in a little bit of money for Disney, through 20th television animation. So keep it going.

And I see where Netflix is picking up Taylor Sheridan's Lioness, and they're taking the season one to Netflix. Not season, not both seasons. There's a second season of Special Ops Lioness, but Paramount made the deal with Netflix to air season one. Now, what they're banking on. We talked about this, how the different streaming platforms are trying to share each other's

content so that they bring people back to their streaming service. So Paramount, obviously, hoping that putting season one on Netflix and still having season two will bring subscribers to Paramount Plus. Good luck. I mean, I don't know that that will work,

but I certainly hope it does for you. Paramount and NBC Universal are still fighting over whose streaming service is going to have the rights for the Yellowstone Spin Offs. Yeah, I mean, people are going to want to watch it on Paramount. Okay? Let's just get over that. NBC Universal. I know that's why you want it. I get it. But Paramount is where everybody wants to see it. So let's just make that happen. You know, speaking of TV and streaming, and this is something that, you know, I think we've talked about it before because it's something that drives me insane. And I just had it happen again last night. And it's so frustrating and I don't understand why they can't fix the algorithm to make this right. And if they can't, whoever does, give them a few million dollars and send them on their way. I wish I was that guy because I'm not.

I can give you, I can tell you what needs to be fixed. I can't tell you how to do it. So when I put down on a DVR, we have Hulu Plus. All right. So I have Hulu Live and I, and this happened with every platform. This happened when I had YouTube TV. This happened when I had a cable box back in Florida. I had a cable box here where we first moved to Texas.

It happens all the time. I don't know why they can't get it fixed. There's got to be a way to bypass what happens. So if I mark down DVR to record a show and the show is the Simpsons, we'll just use the Simpsons for an example. Going on there soon to be 40th year, I think they're in, what, 36 or 37 season, something like that. And it's not years, it's seasons, I got it.

But, so I record The Simpsons. And the Simpson comes on, we'll say, tonight at 7 p.m. Comes on Thursday night. If you're listening live, today is the 3rd of April, 2025, Thursday night. It comes on Thursday night at 7 p.m. All right. So it comes, whatever network it's on, it's scheduled to come on at 7 p.m. So I record it.

I want the DVR system that they use to record the show. Now, that network has another show on. It's usually a live sporting event, but whatever it is, it goes past 7 p.m. Okay? So then the DVR starts recording at 7 p.m. It doesn't record the show. It records the time slot. That's where the problem lies.

How about we do the algorithm to record the show? So that when I go to watch that show on my DVR, I get the ending of what was being aired before the start of the show, so I don't get the whole show that I wanted to record. I didn't want to record the time frame from 7 to 7.30 or 8 o'clock, however long the damn show is, I want to record the show. So whenever the show starts is when I want the DVR to start. I'm not sure why that's so difficult to make happen,

but someone needs to make it happen. And if you're the one listening to this show that has the expertise to make that happen, I hope you make millions of dollars and live on an island paradise because you deserve it. Because that needs to happen. And it should have happened a long time ago. Okay. I feel a little bit better now. I got to get that off my chest.

You know, I was looking at the story today. If Donald Trump did this, would the reaction be the same? So apparently this family is out. taking photos of themselves. They have a professional photography. My wife does it all the time. So this Patricia Moore was with her family and a photographer, Brianna N.L.

And they were taking pictures of her young children, a four-year-old. And there's a 20-month-old because it's not even two yet. He's still young when they're being aged by months. Anyway, they're at the title basin in Washington, D.C. And it's, you know, the cherry blossoms are out.

So it's beautiful. And the photographer said, look, I, I tell people all the time, people walking by all the time when I'm taking pictures. So I'll just Photoshop them out. It's okay. Well, I mean, is it? A lot of times my wife hates the Photoshop thing when she's taking a lot. That's why she does live events.

She prefers live events. But anyway, so she was taking pictures. And she said that she was taking pictures, she realized that Barack Obama had walked by. And apparently, I guess, she said that she was just taking pictures and wasn't really paying attention. What kind of photographer isn't paying attention to that? Anyway, she said that this perfect time, the kids were perfect. I was taking pictures?

And then she looked up and she said, was that President Obama over there? it sure was he's wearing the baseball cap and she said i was so shocked i ran to the photographer and i was like did you get it and she said uh i was i was focusing on getting the children and looking at the camera were you you didn't more focused on people wandering behind your shot okay but uh she did she got the shot of uh barak out uh walking the title basin looking at the cherry blossoms in the photo shot so he photo bombed this shot and now that's they're just so happy. Gosh darn, it's just so wonderful. The photo went viral. It was just a chance encounter. Everybody was smiling about it. And in fact, Barack even posted on his Instagram.

You know, it's fun to be able to play tourist once in a while. The cherry blossoms were beautiful this morning. And then he commented on the Instagram account of the picture with the kids and him. He said, oh, hey, I, Preston and Bell, I hope you enjoyed Peak Bloom, my bad for stepping into the shot. Well, it's okay, Barack. Don't worry about it. You're you. We don't care if you just walk into our pictures and don't care about anything that's going on around you. It's all about you.

You're fine. If Donald Trump had done that, what would be? reaction have been. He would have been the worst human being on the planet. Well, he is already the worst human being on the planet. But he would have been even worseer by walking in front of it.

I can't believe he photo bobbed this family taking pictures of their beautiful children. He just walks by, doesn't even care. It's all about him, him, him. But Barack does it, and it's a whole beautiful thing. He even said they talk about it. And I'd like to say this just on a side note. He was out walking along.

uh, Michelle was not with him. Uh, so was he out, uh, maybe looking around for a little DC business? Uh, while Michelle is someplace else because they are not together any longer. I'm telling you, they may not get a divorce, but the Obamas are not together anymore. And they, in this story, they even talk about, oh, how the Obama's, uh, now purchased this house in D.C. Uh, they, typically, they, they were running this place and now they've, they've purchased it. And, uh, they, the couple largely, flies under the radar with intermittent visits to restaurants, exhibitions, and theaters.

Do they? The couple largely fly under the radar? Oh, okay. Yeah. Okay. All right, sure. You got it. The couple.

Okay. Barack even said in some live with Kelly and Michael back in 2014, you miss the anonymity. I'd like to just walk around and, you know, just be, just a people watch. But, you know, I'm me. So I can't. But he's doing it alone. He's not doing it with Michelle. So I'm telling you, that relationship is done for.

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Yesterday we talked about the soldiers, the U.S. military soldiers who were lost in Lithuania and how they had been found, but they found all four of them, but only three of them have been identified. Well, we found out the identity of the fourth military man,

staff sergeant, Troy S. Nudson, Nutson Collins, staff Sergeant Troy S-K-N-U-T-S-O-N-U-T-S-O-L-L-I-N-S, a 28-year-old from Battle Creek, Michigan. And Battle Creek is, you know, the home of Kellogg's right there on the map. And so, rest in peace to Staff Sergeant Troy S, Nutsman Collins. And we told you the names of the other three soldiers that were lost in Lithuania. Sergeant Jose Dunez Jr. of Illinois,

Sergeant Edvin F. Franco of Glendale, California. And private first class Dante di Tatiano of Guam. All four were killed in Lithuania. And they were buried in this bog silt and slit, and it took quite an undertaking to get them out of there. The vehicle was under at least 15 feet of water in this clay-like mud and sealed. So I'm glad that they were recovered

and that they have been identified. And I don't know if they are back home yet or not, but rest in peace to all four of those soldiers. And I'm very sad that they had to die, but I'm very happy that it wasn't an act of war that killed them. It was, you know, obviously it was a terrible accident, but it wasn't an act of war, which is a bonus.

Now, I know that it was, you know, they're over there in that neck of the woods because there's a war going on, so it doesn't really make it much better, does it? No, no, it doesn't. Okay, so rest in peace to all of those four soldiers, and thank you. Holy cow, thank you. And the families, my heart

just rips out of my chest for you. I don't know how you do it. Who died today? Let's get back to the real. Who died today? Who died today? Singer Johnny Tillotson. Johnny Tillotson, dead at the age of 86. He was a well-known pop singer, was he,

with 10 hits over the years. Okay, what hits were those? Johnny died due to complications from Parkinson's and his home in L.A. That's very sad. He rose to fame in 1960, releasing poetry in motion. That was his best-known song.

Oh, okay, yeah, I guess I have heard that, which peaked at number two. on the charts. He followed that up with Without You. That hit number seven, among other his well-known songs,

talk back trembling lips. You can never stop me loving you. And it keeps right on hurting with which Dean Martin, Bobby Darren, Elvis Presley all covered. Johnny was a two-time

Grammy nominee receiving nominations at the 5th and 8th Grammy Awards way back in the 60s. So I guess he released his last album in 1977. So, I mean, he was done with it by 77. Rest in peace to Johnny Tillotson dead at the age of 86. Then we have a former Super Bowl champion dead at the age of 74. John Vela, offensive lineman for the Oakland Rager,

for the Oakland Raiders. He played from 72 to 79. That's when they were the Oakland Raiders. He finished his career in Minnesota. He passed away this week at the age of 74. It doesn't say what he passed away from. So, could have been anything, really. Could have been anything.

Rest in peace. John Vela dead at the age of 74. Okay, and then I see where Neil Young, you know, I used to like Neil. And I do like a couple of his songs. I was forced to like him over the years. I had a friend that was a huge fan of Neil Young and Crosby Stills and Nash, for that matter. And so it was always Andy Young.

And so, I mean, I was forced to like him. But he's been a nightmare for the past few years. He's 79 now, and he's touring in Europe. And he is obviously in Europe, and he wants to talk about Donald Trump being the, you know, worst president in the history of our great country. and he went on to say, That's right, folks. If you say anything bad about Trump or his administration,

you may be barred from re-entering USA. If you're Canadian, if you're a dual citizen like me, who knows? We'll find out together. Yeah, he's not going to let you back into the country, Neil. That's what he's doing. Okay, come on. I guess he's touring across Europe in June and July,

and he's coming back to the States in August. Will I be bummed? If President Trump says, no, Neil, you can't come back into the country. Will I be bummed? I don't think so.

But that's not going to happen. And you know it's not going to happen, Neil. So get over yourself, okay? Then he also went on to say, this really is something that kind of irked me. And he was busy

lamenting on Neil Young, archives website, which is great. I mean, seriously. And he said, when I go to play in Europe, if I talk about Donald Trump, I may be one of those returning to America who's barred or put in jail or sleep on a cement floor with an aluminum blanket.

Okay, all right. That's happening all the time now. Is it, Neil? Is it? Okay. Sure. You got it. No problem. That's definitely happening. And then he went on to say, really kind of, I was like, Neil, what are you doing?

Because remember, back in, I think, 2015, Donald Trump, after Neil was bad-mouthed him, said a few months ago, Neil Young came to my office looking for dollars on an audio deal, called me last week to go to his concert, wow. And then he posted a picture of Neil in his office. That is awesome. Neil just, and then now Neil just hates him. So he continued writing on his website. If the fact that I think Donald Trump is the worst president in history of our great country

could stop me from coming back, what does that say for freedom? Remember freedom of speech. Neil, you're 79 now, dude. Take it easy, okay? Because you're okay. You can still come into the country, okay? And one of the things that he ended his little rant with. on his website was

he said it seems that those who speak out freely with their own opinions are now vulnerable to non-existent Trump law that makes it possible for you to go to jail or be detained punished in some way

for not showing allegiance to what that he posted his pledge of allegiance one country indivisible with liberty and freedom for all remember that I do okay so

the Pledge of Allegiance and there's one country under God indivisible with liberty and justice for all right did they change it did they change the Pledge of Allegiance because it's one country

indivisible with liberty and freedom for all that's Neal's pledge okay Neil you've got dual citizenship you should know the pledge dude At Desjardin, we speak business. We speak startup funding and comprehensive game plans.

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Yesterday we talked about the Elton John and Brandy Carlyle duet, and they're doing all these songs together. Well, I don't think I mentioned that we're going to be honored, honored to have an evening with Elton John and Brandy Carlis on CBS this weekend. I think Sunday. CBS is going to air the Elton John Brandy. Andy Carlyle show, which will be great. Now, it's supposed to be aired on Paramount Plus, too,

but no date for that has been confirmed yet. So Elton's band featured Red Hot Chili Pepper Chad Smith on drums, super producer Andrew Watt, acting as musical director for the night, as is the way with these made-for-TV specials. There was also Ronnie Wood was there, actress Lily James was there, Sam Fender was there, Sasha Baron Cohen was there,

oh, great. And comedians, Matt Lucas and David Wallyms was there. So there'd be a good night for everyone involved. And if they could, if that's the song, one of the songs that we get to hear that we heard yesterday on the show between Elton and Brandy, it'll be great. No, no, no, no, no. I mean that.

I mean, I love Elton, but easy on the collaboration stuff, Elton. I thought you were retired, by the way. And when I saw, did you see where NASA astronauts, Butch Wilmore, and Sonny Williams have been doing these interviews. They did a question and answer thing at the Space Center, and then they did like a, you know, a press junket of 10-minute interviews scheduled throughout the day and all kinds of people interviewed them. Well, one of the things that happened was that Butch talked about

how the spacecraft on their way to the ISS with the one, the struggling Starliner from Boeing, the spacecraft suffered multiple thruster failures, leaving him unable to fully control the vehicle and questioning whether they could survive

a return to Earth. Yeah, they finally got to the ISS with, they almost didn't make it to the ISS, and that's why they were so afraid to bring it back to Earth with humans in it, and they didn't. They did bring it back to Earth, and it

survived, but he was, they were afraid that that wouldn't, uh, that wouldn't happen. Uh, because, uh, they were supposed to abort this, uh, flight to the ISS because they had so many issues. And they figured that no, they had a better shot at survival if they tried to get the starliner to the ISS instead of returning to Earth. Wow. Boeing. What are you doing?

Holy cow. And that's just another example of why they were, you know, what took so long. You know, after that is a whole other story of what took so long to get them back to Earth, you know, nine months later. But just getting there, they almost, it was worse than what everyone thought. Really incredible. Really incredible. All right, let's let's get out of here. Leave you with the joke of the day. This one comes from Patrick.

Patrick set this in to chewing the fat at the blaze.com. And the joke starts out with the doctor comes in and says, says, do you want to hear good news or bad news? Before we get to the joke, just let me say to all the doctors out there, and I'm sure there's plenty that listen to this show. Don't do that. Don't do that to people. Just tell us what we need, what the problem is, what you're thinking.

I don't want to hear. When the doctor comes in and says, you want good news or bad news, that's never good. It's never good. All right, it just isn't. So the doctor, this is Patrick's joke. So the doctor comes in. You know what that's like?

You know what that's like? That's like when you go to a psychic and the psychic goes, oh. Yeah, you don't want to start the psychic reading that way. You don't. Just tell me. You know, read my palms. You want to look into the crystal ball. You want to look at my aura, whatever.

Don't start off with, oh, yeah, no, that's not good. Nobody wants it. Nobody wants it. So Patrick's joke. Do you want to hear the good news or the bad news? The patient, of course. You want to hear the good news first, please. The doctor.

Well, we're not. naming a disease after you. See, again, that's not good news either. Stream and subscribe to more Blaze Media content at theblaze.com slash podcasts.