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And now, chewing the fat with Jeff Fisher.
A Georgia father of five, 42-year-old Nathan Millard from Covington, Georgia, went missing after he visited Happy's Irish pub across from his hotel on the night of February 22nd.
He was in town and went to a college basketball game before heading to the bar.
This was in Batana Rouge, Louisiana.
So they found him along the road about six miles away from the last place he was seen.
There were no signs of blunt force trauma or gunshot wounds.
According to the preliminary report, there were no external or internal trauma on the body.
They were waiting for the toxicology report.
Now, he was found behind a funeral home, wrapped in place.
inside a carpet.
Now, police,
the Baton Rouge police,
said that we don't have any indication
that there was any foul play involved.
I mean, it's almost like a joke.
He was wrapped in plastic inside a carpet.
Yeah, we don't have any indication at all
that there was any foul play involved.
We're just trying to find out how he ended up there.
Oh, he probably did.
did it himself. Or maybe if someone listening to this program, chewing the fat, if you were the one
that found the body and said, you know what? This guy is dead, but I'm going to wrap him up in
plastic and carpet and just leave him in the ditch. Somebody will find him, but I won't feel right
until I wrap him in plastic and carpet. Okay. All right. There's no indication of any foul play.
Right. Welcome. Welcome to chewing the fat.
Now, this is going to come as a surprise to a lot of people, and I know that everyone loves to say that, well, money can't buy you happiness.
But according to a new study, they found that happiness rises with income.
Oh, wait, what? Yeah, it even accelerates at levels beyond $100,000 per year, up to $4,000.
$500,000 a year.
So people are happier, the more money they make.
Wow.
Now, the study didn't have any data about millionaires or billionaires.
I'm guessing they're pretty happy as well.
So new information upends a site.
It says in this story an oft-sighted 2010 study.
I don't remember this study, but in this study, they claim that happiness plateaued
near a salary of $75,000.
I don't know that I believe that,
but that's what they claim.
Now, in this new study,
published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences,
and who doesn't love getting the proceedings
of the National Academy of Sciences studies,
two prominent researchers,
one, Daniel Canaman, a Nobel Prize winner,
who wrote the 2010 paper,
so, I mean, he apparently knows about that study
since he wrote it.
He surveyed 33,391 U.S. adults aged 18 to 65 with household incomes of at least $10,000.
Participants logged their happiness levels when prompted randomly throughout the day via an app.
Now, also in this study, it says that while more money does lead to more happiness for most people, it's not the only factor.
and its emotional effect is small compared to other considerations, like time off from work.
Approximately four-fold difference in income is about equal to the effect of a weekend.
Uh-huh.
Okay.
So I could make $500,000 a year and be really happy,
or I could make $100,000 a year but get the weekend off?
Yeah, I'm going for the 500 grand a year.
Okay, that's what I'm going with.
And I get it.
Money can't buy happiness, but it sure does help.
I know.
You still have bad stuff going on in your life,
no matter how much money you have,
but when you don't have to worry about how you're going to pay the bills,
how you're going to get your medicines,
how you're going to be able to do things,
how you're going to be able to feed yourself,
and your family when it's the other struggles like keeping the income coming in.
Stuff like that.
You know, it does make life a little bit better,
which is, you know, why the happiness rises with income.
For instance, how happy you think Tiger Woods is?
I'm guessing Tiger is pretty happy.
Now, has he had some, you know, ugly stuff happened?
Is he struggling from time to time?
Sure.
But overall, I'm guessed.
he's pretty happy.
Now his ex, this Erica Herman,
another ex, by the way,
has now claimed that he sexually abused her
and is suing him for $30 million.
Claims he tricked her into leaving his
Obeselt Home to go on vacation
and then locked her out.
Yeah, she wouldn't leave.
So they split up after six years
because she, well, first of all,
she signed an NDA.
And she claims,
that she was forced to sign it.
Now, she signed it prior to them, you know,
really being together because that's what you do if you're Tiger Woods.
There's been a lot of big stuff going on behind the scenes,
a lot of business talk, and you need to be able to shut your mouth.
Okay.
There's a non-disclosure agreement.
That's what it's for.
Now, she filed a separate case in October,
alleging that he kicked her out of his home after he engaged in prohibited practices.
Huh.
So after working for Woods, after working, Woods convinced her to go on a short vacation.
But when she got to the airport, they told her, oh, you're locked out of the home.
Have a nice day.
So she wouldn't leave.
And he finally said, hey, why don't you go on vacation?
And oh, by the way, you can't get back in.
So she's trying to void the NDA, which, of course, like I said, she claims she was forced to sign.
She goes into obviously no detail as what the alleged abuse entailed,
but it does involve allegations of sexual abuse.
Uh-huh.
And she's so emotionally damaged that it's only going to take $30 million to make her whole again.
Okay.
And I know there's more to it.
There's an oral agreement that she claims happened
where she was supposed to be able to live on the property longer
than she was, which is why she wouldn't leave.
They tricked her into going on vacation to get her off the property
so they could tell her she couldn't come back in.
And so we'll see.
I know that she sued his trust,
the Jupiter Island Irrevocable Homestead Trust,
which is the legal owner of Tiger's
mansion and that's where he's lived.
So we'll see what comes of it.
But again, Tiger struggling doesn't mean that money means you don't have any problems,
but I'm guessing that overall, Tiger is still pretty happy.
I mean, that's why all the super rich guys are looking into how they can live longer,
right?
How to lengthen life.
I mean, there's a big story about Sam Altman investing in this program that they claim are going to add 10 years to the average human lifespan.
Okay.
So that's the only thing I can think of where the super rich aren't happy about, that they will die someday.
So they want to extend everyone's life by extending their lives.
I mean, we have the Peter Diamandis and Tony Robbins.
the fortune, the life, fountain, fountain life, fountain life is what it's called.
And I know that he had the book with Tony Life Force.
And so they've got, you know, new ways to,
they're claiming that they can extend your life and, you know,
breakthroughs in longevity.
And that's what happens, right?
So I'm just saying that, yes, money, of course, doesn't buy happiness.
I know.
but it can buy ways for you to be happier and live longer.
So, now how bad do you want to be rich?
I know, the headaches are just too much.
Speaking of rich, have we come to a resolution yet to the couple of the $2.4 billion
jackpot lotto in California?
because the guy that won, okay, so the guy that won has already claimed it,
$2.04 billion jackpot, Edwin Castro came forward and he had the winning ticket.
And he ended up getting, right, because we talked about him getting only $997.6 million.
He didn't even get a billion.
And the total jackpot was $2.04 billion.
So I was kind of bummed that he didn't get at least a billion,
but, you know, 997.6 million.
Probably not bad seeing that in your bank account.
However, and the guy at the gas station, Joe's service center,
he got a big check for selling the winning ticket.
Well, there was a guy that came forward, this Jose Rivera,
who says, hey, that ticket was stolen.
That winning ticket belongs to me.
Now, the worker at Joe's service station says, or I'm sorry, Joe's service center, says that now he's just crazy.
And California lottery has strict vetting process to choose the winners.
He's just crazy.
Oh.
Okay.
So the lottery director announced that Castro was the winner, and he opted to take the lump sum, right?
He didn't take the payments, which is why he didn't get $2.04 billion.
he didn't even get a billion so then this other guy came forward and said no i lost the ticket that belongs
to me that money should go to me and i want at least some of it now they've documented who purchased
the ticket they have timestamps on video they have timestamps on when the ticket was sold so i don't know
how you get away with it saying that it was your ticket but good luck good luck to
Mr. Rivera
trying to scam
and I use the word scam
because it feels like a scam
saying that no, that ticket
was mine, I lost it
and the person you gave it to
is the wrong guy.
Oh, all right.
Well, good luck with that.
Good luck with that.
All right, let's go to the break room.
I need something cold to drink desperately.
So all you people
saying that Demi Moore
has moved in with
Bruce Willis and his wife
Emma Hemming to help
with the care for Bruce.
How about you zip it? Okay?
You don't know what you're talking about.
I know. I know.
So Emma,
Emma Heming, Willis, by the way,
shutdown reports that
Demi had moved in with the couple.
She said on her
Instagram story, let's nip this one
in the bud. Okay? This is so
dumb, please stop.
Demia has not moved in with us.
Sorry about it. Bruce has still got the heartbreaking dementia diagnosis, but she has not
moved in to help us out.
Okay.
I've got it.
Now, Bruce was diagnosed with frontal tumal dementia, FTT, and it can affect behavior,
personality, language, and movement.
And I certainly do not wish that on anyone at all.
So she posted the video on Instagram saying she heard the claims.
And she also heard the claims about her wanting to get her five minutes of fame.
And she said, that's great.
That means you're here.
Let's turn it into 10 minutes.
And she wanted to be an advocate for her husband and raise awareness about FTT.
And then she went on to talk about she was going to turn grief and anger and sadness into something good.
And so, you know, she was all for asking people to learn about FTT.
She also, in a separate post,
asked photographers to leave her husband alone when he goes out.
I saw the headline of one of the pictures,
Bruce seemed confused while he was out.
Well, yeah, maybe a little.
It's possible.
So she claimed in the spirit of raising awareness around dementia,
it's clear there's still a lot of education that needs to be put forth.
So this one's going out to the photographers and the video people
that are trying to get those exclusives of my husband out.
about keep your space i know this is your job but maybe just keep your space for the video people
please don't be yelling at my husband asking me how he's doing the woo-hooing and the yippie cayets
please don't do it okay uh so stop it okay leave the man alone let him walk around and wander around
on his own not knowing where he is doesn't need you making fun of him with your
woo-hoon and your yippy kai's okay dimmy doesn't live with us and let him walk around with his own
dementia okay so shut up i love bruce willis it's so sad i love his i love so much of his work and so
this is very sad so i'm with her shut up with your woo-hoon and your yippie kai's okay now that
having been said maybe uh let bruce just stay on the property and wander around the property where
there's fences and there is no photographers or camera people, video people around.
And I know, I know, he's got a right to be walking around Beverly Hills or wherever he's
walking around out and about.
And I'm sure there's good days and bad days.
I get it.
But maybe you just stay on property.
I'm sure that he's got a place that's probably pretty large.
I'm just guessing that he definitely has houses of the hoity tooty place that he lives.
And if he doesn't, maybe you get one.
And just let him wander around your own property.
So you don't have to worry about the woo-hoo-hoon and the yippy kaies.
Just a thought from me and chewing the fat.
So speaking to being heckled and hollered at,
I see where Justin Bieber was heckled by concert goers
when he gave a surprise performance at the Rolling Loud Festival.
First of all, I thought he just canceled all his shows
because he was sick and couldn't do the tour.
So now he's just showing up and giving surprise performances.
Okay. I guess he, you know, he took the stage as a surprise guest, and I guess he was quickly hit with all kinds of insults. The crowd was chanting F. Haley Bieber.
They say it's unclear whether he heard him. He heard him. Don't kid yourself. If you're, if there's being, if the chance are F. Haley Bieber, he heard him. He just is, you know, smart enough had been around long enough to realize you just let him slide off and don't recognize.
them otherwise you're just just going to get worse because haley has been hit with all kinds of criticism she's lost
millions on our instagram account for mocking selina gomez now she did that with kendall jennar and i'm not
really sure if kendall's lost followers or what's happening but people are pissed that this mean girls were
mocking selina gomez now i guess what happened was is that they put together a uh video that says uh something
like I'm not sure she deserves it,
but I'm saying God's timing is always right.
And a lot of users perceive that as mocking Selena.
Because if you saw,
there was a video out there of Selena Gomez on vacation.
And, I mean, it looked like Selena was, had really,
and so it was pretty tough.
So Selena said she was taking a break from social media.
She was too old for it.
and she's, you know, she's got plenty of followers,
and Selena's been great.
But if those pictures were true, holy cow.
But people don't want to hear that.
They love Selena.
And Haley and Kylie don't need to be spread the hate against Selena.
That's the whole deal.
So Justin got up on stage and people were still pissed.
F. Haley by fever on stage.
I mean, maybe you just do the whole.
the entire audience going
Broom! Hey
Justin!
And now that means that they're pissed at Haley
for making fun of Selena, but I guess that would be
mean to Selena.
So we don't want to do that.
We don't do not want to do that.
And the original video has been deleted, but
just like they always tell you,
there's nothing on the internet
ever really goes away.
Plus, I'd be heckling Justin
for showing up doing a special
show if I was somebody that had tickets to one of his shows that was canceled, what are you doing?
How about you do your own shows?
Bebes.
And as long as we mentioned Kylie, we might as well talk about sister Kendall.
It's official now.
The rumors are true.
Kendall is officially in a romance with Bad Bunny.
So, love is in the air.
I mean it.
Love is in the air.
I see where Archie and Lilibet are now officially Prince and Princess.
Yay!
Buckingham Palace has updated the website to reflect their royal titles.
Harry and Megan released a new statement saying,
that's their birthright, okay?
It's about time.
So apparently the king told Harry,
yeah, no problem.
I'll give them their titles.
Your kids got their titles, okay?
They can be, that's what they are.
No problem.
They don't have to.
be referred to as master and miss mount batten windsor okay they can be prince arshi of sussex and princess
lily bed of sussex no problem but they didn't update the buckingham palace website which i guess got
megan all upset because they haven't updated the the website and it's their birthright it's their birthright
whack it's their birthright whack oh my gosh you've got to be tiring church harry you got to get rid of her man
holy cow she's got to go she has got to go but anyway congratulations to the uh prince arch and prince lily uh
or princess lily sorry uh they have not been denied their birthright and uh the king who is not the king
had but will be the king uh has came through he said he would so back down harry calm down just
go to the coronation okay as a matter of fact
Go to the coronation without the kids or the wife.
Okay, just go on your own so that they can have some kind of intervention with you, bro.
That needs to happen soon.
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Good news for those of you in L.A.
or really anyone who is a basketball fan and may travel to L.A.
The Clippers, the L.A. Clippers are building a new stadium.
And the owner, Steve Balmer, is excited because originally when he talked about it,
he said there was going to be like 1,500 toilets and urinals in the stadium.
And he did not want a shortage of toilets.
He said, I am obsessive about these toilets.
I want people in their seats eating nachos and hot dogs.
Now, that was originally as a 1,500 toilets most in the league.
Well, now there's going to be 1,160 toilets and urinals in the new stadium.
We don't want people waiting in line.
We walk them back in their damn seats.
So if you're going to be, you know,
they're still playing at the Staples Center, the Clippers and the Lakers,
so they're getting their own arena.
And as soon as that's supposed to be ready in 2024 to 2025 season.
So the new Intuit Dome.
And they gave everybody a sneak peek at the place.
And I guess we've compromised from the 1,100 toilets to the 1,160 toilets.
But he doesn't want to wait in line.
He was all wound up about being a Chicago.
a bear fan and knowing how
annoying it is to be in a PAC
stadium and not have enough toilets.
You literally miss a chunk of
the game waiting to use the toilets.
And I will not have that happen
here. Thiel into it.
And we're going to have toilets, toilets, toilets.
And so he's still trimming what he wanted.
And he originally wanted like 1500.
And they were like, ooh, Steve, no,
no, we've got to do some remodeling
and cut a few corners here.
So we're only going to have 1,000,
160
toilets and urinals.
So I guess he's still happy about that.
We'll see.
We'll see the first time someone posts
an Instagram post of having to wait in line
at the old Intuit Stadium.
Oh, I thought there was going to be enough toilets, Steve.
I guess you put in the extra toilets in the sky boxes.
I bet the owner's box has two toilets
while I'm waiting in line.
How about that?
Steve.
So we'll see if, you know, 11006,000.
Toilets are enough at the old end to it to keep people from waiting in line.
I'm sure.
I'm sure that Steve won't have to wait in the owner's box.
You see where in Columbia, it's being reported that almost 30,
I guess it's 28 schoolgirls, have been hospitalized with anxiety attacks
after allegedly playing with Ouija boards at the school.
Don't be messing with the Ouija boards.
man, you don't want none of that.
So according to the
outlet in Columbia, alarm bells
went off after the girls reportedly
suffered signs of fainting,
anxiety, and other
symptoms at school.
They were subsequently admitted to the
municipal hospital accompanied by
parents and school faculty.
Info on the students
on their diagnosis is yet
to be released. Many parents blame
the in-school use of
Ouija boards.
The pointer spelled out messages in mysterious ways.
I was created back, according to this, it was created in 1886.
They've become obviously a picture in, you know, the occult lore
because you're able to communicate with the dead.
So the hospital said, hey, after we had three or four children arrive,
there's a problem, and we have to investigate what's going on.
the school.
There was,
the school is like,
we make sure the children
have good breakfast.
So this can't be
lack of food.
It's not our fault.
Whack!
It's not our fault.
Whack!
It's those damn kids.
Playing with those
Ouija boards.
And now they're saying,
hey, hey, hey,
quit stoking the hysteria.
Quit spreading
unfounded rumors.
You had 28 girls
admitted to the hospital
that were fainting
and had anxiety
after they got done
playing with the Ouija board.
Maybe there's an issue somewhere.
I don't know.
I don't know.
We'll see if we get any information post hospital on this school and the kids.
But just tell your kids, don't play with Ouija boards.
It's a good rule of thumb, I think.
Don't play with regi boards.
You know what?
Ouigi boards are not to be played with.
Only serious Ouija board users are needed.
Boy, I can't even say it.
Only serious Ouija board users are needed there.
I know I could get it out.
So $30 million worth of Funko Pop toys are going to be thrown into the trash.
$30 million worth of Funko Pop toys.
Now, I have, you know, Funko Pop toys around this house, big and small.
But according to this company, they're going to be thrown
into the garbage.
Funko said that its fourth quarter earnings report,
a combination of waning demand for the toys,
and a surplus of inventory is creating financial trouble for the company.
They had to rent excess warehouse space
just to hold the buildup of Funko figures,
which range from Baby Yoda to Eddie Van Halen.
Funko was holding onto about $246.4 million worth of dolls
at the end of 2022.
That's 48% more than what they had on hand just one year before.
The company intends to eliminate a bit of that,
nearly $250 million in the first half of 2023,
to reduce fulfillment caused my managing inventory levels,
the line with operating capacity of distribution center,
blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah.
So, in short, the product that they're storing
is now worth less than the cost of keeping it on hand.
So they're dumping $30 million worth of the old Funko pops into the trash heap.
I mean, couldn't they just,
I mean, I guess if you give them away, then you're losing the possible sales because people have it and they aren't going to purchase it from you.
I don't know.
It seems like we could do something to raise it and turn it into a fundraiser, make some money for the kids.
Isn't it always about the kids?
But it's probably, you know, it's better for you to throw it away.
And then if you want a Funko Pop, buy a new one.
It's probably worth more to them to get rid of it.
of the 30 million Funko Pops
than to give them away,
and then you're going to lose the 30
plus maybe another 20
because people aren't going to buy the new ones.
I don't know.
It just seems strange to me
that we're just decided in today's world,
hey, well, just going to throw them out, okay?
Get rid of them.
I mean, that's what they're talking about doing
at Adidas.
Adidas.
Their CEO said
they don't know what they're going to do
with all the unwanted Yeezy stock.
And that's their top priority, what they're going to do with it.
They don't know what to do, burning it or trashing the gear,
donating them would create a boom in the resale market, right,
which would take away from that.
So they don't know what they're going to do with the Adidas, Yeezy products.
So the company expects an operating loss of over $730 million this year.
Wow.
How's that break up with Yay coming?
makes you think maybe you should have kept yay around, doesn't it?
So I don't know what they're going to do with all the yay merchandise,
with all the yeezy merchandise.
But the co-lab is done.
He's too crazy.
We can't do business with him.
I know, let's just go out of business then.
Okay, all right.
We got Funko pops burning.
Maybe you can use the Adidas, Yeats.
easy stock to be the stoke the fires of the Funko Pops.
It's just amazing.
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So what do we got going on around the world?
Let's see, we've got, on this show, Chewing the Fat,
I do try to stay away from a lot of politics.
I know you get bombarded by it every day from multiple sources.
So I do try to stay away from it, just to keep our sanity a little bit.
but I see where
the minority,
Senate Minority Leader,
Mitch McConnell was hospitalized
after a fall at a hotel.
He's 81 now.
He tripped and fell at a dinner
at the Waldorf Astoria.
And so there was no report
on the nature of his injuries
from the fall.
But he's,
first of all,
he's the third member
of the Senate to be hospitalized
in the past month.
And he also fell,
I think last year,
or maybe a year before
where he had to have shoulder surgery
so Mitch maybe you ought to take it easy bro maybe you ought to retire and get the hell out of the Senate
I'm okay with that I mean I don't want to see you go gosh darn it would be a real shame for Mitch McConnell
to be out of the Senate but maybe you ought to maybe ought to think about it you know for the health
and for your family just you know go ahead get out the National Transportation Safety Board
has opened an investigation against Norfolk Southern Rail.
their safety culture following five major accidents since December of 2021.
Now, I will say there was another train cash, I think, yesterday in West Virginia.
I don't know if that was Norfolk, though.
And the Norfolk Southern CEO, Alan Shaw, is testifying before Congress, today, I believe.
So maybe we'll see, you know, if anything comes to that.
I know I see where Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz is testifying in a Senate hearing looking into the company's
tactics against unionization efforts.
You know what?
He ought to just say, bite me.
You work for me.
Take care.
And just walk out.
They don't need to be questioning him on.
His company's tactics against unionization.
No, he didn't bend over and kiss their ass.
Sorry, Bernie Sanders.
But look for that testimony in the news tomorrow.
And, of course, our president, I guess, is supposed to,
issue a budget today.
It kills me.
Oh, budget.
He's just going to let you know how much more money we're going to send to Ukraine.
We also found out that through the Department of Agriculture,
they are now going to change the requirements for product of USA labels on meat, eggs, or poultry.
So under the current definition, products from animals born and raised abroad can be labeled
made in the USA as long as they are processed in the U.S.
Ranchers have been lobbying to change that rule, arguing the labels are misleading.
63% of customers thought the labels meant the entire production process took place in the U.S.
Well, I mean, they can't help that.
So now eggs, meat, and poultry products can only get the sticker if the animal is born,
raised, slaughtered, and processed in the United States.
Yay!
Cattle organization said consumers have the right to know where their food comes from.
I do agree with that.
Others want to do away with the labels entirely since they're optional to begin with.
The rule will reportedly be final after a 60-day comment period.
I don't know why they need that, but I guess they do.
So look for that.
I know, you know, I know Biden has been big on his made in America, made in the USA program.
I wonder where he got that from.
I mean, aren't we supposed to, we were never,
we're never supposed to make America great again, right?
I mean, we're talking about killing power plants and,
and killing fossil fuels,
and, you know, we want people to have power shortages.
And so, but we're, we want to be able to let you know that our meat is made
to the USA or the pork was born in China.
That's really what they're trying to get at.
China provides a lot of pork to the U.S.
And so, I mean, some of our biggest meat production companies,
aren't owned by American companies.
So we'll see.
We'll see how that works out.
But as of right now,
made in the USA still means
that the foods,
the meat, eggs, and poultry
were processed here
in the United States.
They weren't necessarily
born, raised,
and slaughtered here in the United States.
Oh, and processed.
So you get born, you're raised,
you're kids,
and you're processed in the U.S.
That doesn't mean that all of that happened as of now,
even if they have the product of the USA sticker on the package.
And according to internal company documents that the Department of Justice cites
in its complaint against Spirit Airlines and JetBlue merging,
they believe that Spirit, when Spirit starts flying at a given route,
average fares fall by 17%.
Meanwhile, JetBlue
estimates that when Spirit
stops flying a route,
average fares shoot up by
30%.
So JetBlue is claimed that by increasing
its size with the purchase of Spirit,
it could better compete
with the Big Four Airlines, United,
Delta, American, and Southwest.
But according to the DOJ,
JetBlue isn't the disruptive force
it once was and has evolved
into an ally of the big four.
JetBlue said, oh, yeah, no, it's not like Pepsi buying out Coke.
That's what the JetBlue CEO, Robin Hayes, said,
oh, it's not like Pepsi buying out Coke.
It would make this company a distant fifth largest airline.
Dr. Pepper, you might say.
Oh, okay, Robin, no problem.
We got it.
We got it, okay?
We know you want the deal.
I know that we had, I think the last merger was Alaska Airlines and Virgin America.
So we'll see if this actually takes place.
The DOJ doesn't want it to happen.
I don't know, I don't know that it matters.
But if that's true, if Spirit starts flying a given route and the fares drop by 17%
because they started flying a particular route, how about we keep that going?
anything that's going to start dropping the prices,
let's keep that going.
Fair market, let's go.
Go ahead and battle it out.
Don't let the government try to bail you out.
So I am kind of for that.
Let's, you know, if the airlines need to,
the airlines have taken a lot of our money to stay afloat.
So maybe it's time for them to just kind of see if they can make it on their own.
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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. People assume that I'm like this pervert.
My name is Natalie Robamed. In a my new podcast, I talked to Allison to try to understand how
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How do you feel about having been involved
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I don't even know how to answer that question.
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