Chewing the Fat with Jeff Fisher - Psychedelics-Infused… | 8/28/23

Episode Date: August 28, 2023

Drug use on the rise… Burning Man begins… Climate protestors rammed… Hurricane season fires up… T-Mobile making some cuts… chewingthefat@theblaze.com Equalizer 3 this week… Britney dating ...the help… Microsoft Activision still not done… Magnus Carlsen World Cup Champion… Who Died Today: Bob Barker 99 / Arleen Sorkin 67 / Joe The Plumber Wurzelbacker 49 / Tom Courtney 90 / Giacomo Chiapparini 74… Mug shots everywhere… TikTok challenge leads to arrests… Elon Space X / ISS and being sued… Joke of the Day… Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Starting point is 00:00:00 With Amex Platinum, you have access to over 1,400 airport lounges worldwide. So your experience before takeoff is a taste of what's to come. That's the powerful backing of Amex. Conditions apply. Blaze Radio Network. And now, chewing the fat with Jeff Fisher. So experiencing the world without chemically altering your brain is apparently going out of style. The use of cannabis and psychedelic drugs among U.S. adults hit all-time highs last year,
Starting point is 00:00:33 according to the annual monitoring the future study from the University of Michigan. And I love the monitoring of the future studies from the University of Michigan, which is in Ann Arbor, by the way, which is right there on the map. The milestone, decades in the making, could be fueled by several factors. Loosened laws around these substances, you think, changing public. perception on hallucinogens, yeah, and more Americans self-medicating for mental health issues. Yeah. So here's some stats on cannabis. 44% of young adults, 19 to 30, and 28% of adults, 35 to 50, reported using marijuana in the prior 12 months. Wow, it's a record high for each age group. More than 11% of young adults said they used cannabis on at least 20 of the prior 30 days,
Starting point is 00:01:26 that's double the share from a decade ago. Wow. Psychedelics also up. About 8% of young adults said they used mind-altering drugs like MDMA and psilocybin in the prior 12 months. More than double the rate from 2012. Wow. And they talk about in the study where psychedelics are being used in Silicon Valley and microdosing has become a cornerstone of corporate culture. culture. Tech elites have swapped out booze with ketamine, LSD, magic mushrooms. Well, we're alleviating anxiety. Uh-huh. Okay. And we're trying to come up with this new revolutionary business idea. Oh, okay. All right. So the number of American workers testing
Starting point is 00:02:17 positive for marijuana hit a 25-year record last year. Wow. That's according to a survey from Quest Diagnostics. Now more than two-thirds of the states allow medical or recreational use of cannabis, and a flurry of medical studies into psychedelics has shown that, well, you know, could be beneficial. You know, it might be beneficial. So maybe we need a little bit more time to figure that out,
Starting point is 00:02:42 but no, no we don't, because we're going to start doing psychedelics right now. Wow. Incredible what's happening in the world today. But I must say, you know, not necessarily opposed to the use of marijuana. Maybe it'll help me feel better from this plague that I have. I don't know. I don't know. We'll give it a shot.
Starting point is 00:03:12 Welcome. Welcome to chewing the fat. Speaking of using psychedelics and other medicinal drugs, I see where Burning Man started this weekend. I always wanted to go. You know that. if you've listened to this show any length of time, you know. I always wanted to go to Burning Man. And we have another year for Burning Man that is not going to be attended by me.
Starting point is 00:03:42 So it started yesterday, for those of you listening live, today is the 28th of August, 2023. So it started on the 27th. And it's going until the 4th of September, Black Rock City out there in the Devada Desert. Nothing but fun. I see where some of the people who are, you know, Burning Man regulars for years are not going this year. Really strange. I saw where, what's his face, Audrey Marcus, which is, I mean, he's Mr. Burning Man and has been for a number of years.
Starting point is 00:04:13 He says he's not going. 2016, Burning Man has been one of the most epic, ecstatic experiences of my life. I met my wife there. We got married on the Playa. It is one of my favorite places on planet Earth. And I'm not going this year. I started to see some things at Burning Man. That's started to concern me a little bit. Oh, no. As I've seen it evolve since 2016, there's been some trends that have been, to me, frankly, a little bit disturbing.
Starting point is 00:04:42 I waited too long. It was the politics of the large players that are on the pliam, where this used to have this feeling of everybody just throws an experience, and it's all kind of coordinated based on people's desires. Right. There's not a lot of politicking and rules. Last year's Burning Man, there was issues with the politics between, The main brands of the art cars that were there and then the new brands that were coming up,
Starting point is 00:05:07 which very much mimic the win-lose dynamics of the corporate world. We're trying to get away from. See that we're trying to evolve. There's also some issues with the psychology of it. There's starting to be some of the, what I would call animosity, instead of radical inclusion, animosity between different types of people who burn. So some people who think they are the true burners, and then the people who are staying in RVs are not the true burners. There starts to be this internal conflict, which is kind of eroding this
Starting point is 00:05:37 sense of everybody being fully welcome to just experience this experience and be supported by the larger community. Oh, no. Okay. So that's enough from him. He goes on for another couple of minutes talking about what a wonderful thing it is and how he's bummed that he's not going to be there. So it looks like Burning Man is starting to fall apart. That having been said, of course we saw where there are climate activists blocking the roads into Burning Man this year in Nevada. Amazing. Climate activists are protesting Burning Man? What?
Starting point is 00:06:12 Are you kidding me? So what was great on the footage is that tribal rangers just rammed the climate group. It was pretty amazing. And I don't know why it doesn't happen in other places around the world, but they attempted to halt, you know, the music festival and stop traffic, all right? They demanded the festival ban the use of private jets and single-use plastics,
Starting point is 00:06:39 along with addressing other environmental issues. Uh-huh. So we're just going to block the road going into Burning Man. Yeah, no, we're not going to do that. An officer rammed the trailer that they had blocking the road, pushed it out of the way, picked up the trash, arrested the environmentalist, pulled guns, got him handcuffed, got him the hell out of there. Why doesn't that happen around the globe?
Starting point is 00:07:07 Stop it. You can't stop traffic. You make no friends doing that. Plus, but, I mean, Burning Man is, you know, starting to come apart at the seams. Anyway, big surprise, too, that Andre is not going because I see where he also has another big event. that he's creating called Arcadia,
Starting point is 00:07:31 which I'm sure has nothing to do with him not going to Burning Man, but, you know, I'm sure, absolutely has nothing to do with it. It's just a coincidence. And I see we're firing hurricane season back up again. Tropical storm Idalia. Looks like it's going to hit Florida.
Starting point is 00:07:52 Looks like it may strengthen to hurricane. force storm, but it is coming into the Gulf of Mexico as we speak and is looking to make landfall sometime midweek, as I said today is Monday the 28th of August, 2023. It looks like Tampa Bay is still in the cone of death. The wobble could be a direct hit for Tampa Bay, although I will say this. This will be another test on what that scientist told me a few years ago about Tampa Bay. And that is that when the storms come up into the Gulf and it gets too close to Tampa Bay, it's too low, so it veers to the north and east or north and west a little bit before it swerves back east again to make the turn into land.
Starting point is 00:08:47 So we'll see if that holds true with this storm as well. If you look at the way they have the cone, it looks like Tampa Bay is. on the southern end of the cone, and then it's up into the armpit of Florida, where it could make landfall on Wednesday. But we'll see if it goes farther north before turning east once it gets closer to Tampa Bay. And if that happens, that will prove him that scientist correct. And it'll prove that what I said in the past, that Tampa Bay may not get a direct hit. Now, that having been said if Tampa Bay gets a direct hit. Ooh, that means
Starting point is 00:09:30 the scientist was not correct, and neither was I. So be safe and be prepared. For sure, if you're in Florida, man, be safe and be prepared. And if you have time and can afford it and are able to do it, get out of there, man. Get out
Starting point is 00:09:46 of there. But it's tough because if you go south, I mean, the storm might turn south. If you go north, it might go farther north. You might not be able to outrun it. I know. So just be safe and be prepared. You know, I saw a story at the end of last week about T-Mobile planning on cutting 5,000 jobs, which is about 7% of its workforce.
Starting point is 00:10:09 Pretty incredible. And I'm a T-Mobile customer now since they bought out Sprint. I was with Sprint for, you know, a long time. They were always really good to me. And the deal that I have from Sprint that carried over to T-Mobile is a good deal, and I'm happy with them. I was just in a T-Mobile store, not too long ago. When I was picking up my new Samsung phone,
Starting point is 00:10:32 the, what is this phone? I think it's an S-23 Ultra is the one I have. Yeah, the Galaxy S-23 Ultra. So I traded phones, and we were in there, and we had to wait for them to swap the information from the old phone to the new phone, and I'm just hanging out. And my wife was with me,
Starting point is 00:10:49 and she ran next door to Target, one of those Starbucks. I know. I don't look at me like that. It's right there. She wanted to go. So what are you going to say? No. And so I'm just hanging out at Team Mobile. And it's a Friday afternoon, early evening. And there was a lot of employees at the store.
Starting point is 00:11:07 And the guy that waited on us was really nice. He was a good guy. And I was talking to him. And there maybe was a couple of customers in and out during the time I was there. Not very many. And I looked at him like, wow, this is the slowest I have seen this store. ever since I've been coming in here. And he was like, yeah, it gets busy sometimes once in a while,
Starting point is 00:11:30 but not too bad lately. And, I mean, they had a lot of employees running around. The store was, they were all nice. The store was clean. They were ready to help. It was great. But, I mean, they can't stay. I mean, with no customers, hello.
Starting point is 00:11:45 Well, then I see the story where Team Mobile was saying, hey, you know, we're going to cut 5,000 jobs. I mean, yeah. Now, they claim in this story that it's going to be, corporate and back office roles, as well as some technology positions. They say retail and customer service teams will not be a part of the cuts.
Starting point is 00:12:06 Uh-huh. So we'll see. We'll see if that's true for now. But I will say that it was definitely noticeable. And I don't know why that would be. Is it because more and more people are doing their business online? I'm guessing. I'm guessing that's it.
Starting point is 00:12:23 You know, I think T-Mobile's business is fine. I haven't seen their books. I'm sure they're, you know, they're fine, but I don't know that. I have not been dissatisfied
Starting point is 00:12:33 with their service. Every company has their complainers and every company has their, you know, well, we love them. I don't love them. I don't hate them.
Starting point is 00:12:41 They do a fine job. They provide a service and they're happy to take my money. So that's where we're at business-wise. But without any customers coming into the stores, man, I don't know how those stores stay open.
Starting point is 00:12:54 All right, let's go to the break room. I need something cold to drink. Desperately. I desperately need something cold to drink. I am so stuffed up. I've got some kind of plague happening, some kind of mung. But I'm here. I'm here. So, you know, you're welcome. You can always follow me on Twitter at Jeffie JFR or X. You can follow me on Facebook and Instagram, Jeff Fisher Radio.
Starting point is 00:13:25 You can follow me on YouTube, Chewing the Fat at the Blaze.com. You can always email the show Chewing the Fat at theblaze.com. You can order a cameo from me at Jeffrey JFR on Cameo. That's not free. But, you know, you just order a cameo. I do what you ask, you know, for the most part. You're, you're, you're, I had to re, I had to re-advise, re-advise, yeah. Someone was thinking that there were my pimp daddy.
Starting point is 00:13:57 on Cameo. No, that's not the way it works. Okay, Camio is my pimp. That makes me the hooker, and that makes you the John. Okay, that's the way that works. Sorry about it. So, I'm just letting you know.
Starting point is 00:14:14 I can't wait for Equalizer 3. Okay? It's coming out this weekend. I was looking, all right? So it's supposed to start September 1st. And it looks like they're going to start having theaters open with it on Thursday. I may have to go Thursday afternoon. I was thinking maybe I'd jump in a Friday afternoon
Starting point is 00:14:32 Equalizer 3 show, but I could go to the Thursday afternoon show and then we could talk about it on Friday because I am fired up about Equalizer 3. Denzel is probably one of my all-time favorite actors and he's doing Equalizer 3. And I have a feeling it's going to be the end. I don't want it to be the end. I don't want to walk out of Equalizer 3 crying.
Starting point is 00:14:54 I don't want to do that. But it could be. It could be the end. Then I see a story where we're already talking about an Equalizer prequel. Because this is the end of Equalizer 3 with Danzel. Now, is it the mean that he dies? I don't know, probably. Because they're, I mean, they're already talking about prequels, right?
Starting point is 00:15:13 So that means that it's over. Danzel's not going to do it anymore and or he's dead in the movie. However, they're talking about Michael B. Jordan or John David, Washington could be a young, you know, Robert McCall and Equalizer. you know, the prequel. I wonder who will get the job. I wonder who will get the job. Let's see.
Starting point is 00:15:32 The Equalizer movies are done by Danzel Washington and John David Washington is Danzel's son. Huh. I wonder who you would get. Michael B. Jordan or John David Washington. I don't know. I don't know. You choose.
Starting point is 00:15:48 You figured out who you want that. Although, it'd be fun. It would be fun to have it happen. So, anyway, I'm looking forward. to the Equalizer 3 this well Thursday or Friday depending on when I get in there so last week we talked about
Starting point is 00:16:04 Brittany getting a divorce from hubby Sam Ashgari and they've been fighting and we said stories about how they were fighting and how Brittany had her head cracked open and he was been quoted as saying that some of their some of their
Starting point is 00:16:20 fights have been intense that's the word of used in tents. And so that's been going on. So we have that divorce going on. Then inside that divorce, we have rumors that Brittany was dating the help. So apparently she had some housekeeper, some guy that they hired to, you know, clean the house. Uh-huh.
Starting point is 00:16:50 He was supposed to be the, you know, clean the toilets, mop the floors, pick up the trash, a dew boy for Brittany, which I'm a fan. of anyone I'm a fan of having a dooboy at any time and then apparently uh brittany was uh taking care of a little abidness uh with the do boy so i mean that could have brought on some fights and they're saying that the guy who was the do boy they didn't do any background check and he was uh you know had multiple misdemeanors and even had a felony on his on his record but so what uh It doesn't matter if he's in the house, you know, cleaning the toilets and Brittany wants to, you know, take care of a little business. And Sam's not around.
Starting point is 00:17:34 You're going to do it, right? Just incredible. Just incredible. So I thought the Microsoft Activision Blizzard deal was done, but apparently not. I guess there's still an issue in Europe. So they just put a new proposal to, I guess, allay the concerns of the UK's Competition and Markets Authority. And they're the only global regulator left blocking the $69 billion deal. Okay.
Starting point is 00:18:13 So now the tech giant says, hey, look, we'll sell cloud gaming rights to all current and future PC and console games to French gaming rival Ubisoft, including major franchises like Call of Duty, Overwatch, and World of Warcraft outside of the European Economic Area. So we'll see if that deal, what happens. I thought it was a done deal, but there I go thinking again. So congratulations are in order to Magnus Carlson of Norway. He defeated 18-year-old India boy to win the Chess World Cup of 2023. Remember Magnus was in the news because,
Starting point is 00:18:53 as he walked away from that Hans Neiman chess match where he was saying Hans had the sex toy. He was just the sex toy to cheat. That's hilarious. But the kid from India, Ramesh Babu... Ramesh Babu Pragnananda. Yeah, that's the kid from India. Ramesh Babu.
Starting point is 00:19:16 Yeah, I got it. Yeah, I got it. We already said that. He lost to Magnus. So anyway, congratulations to Magnus Carlson as being the chess World Cup champion of 2023. Boarding for flight 246 to Toronto is delayed 50 minutes. Ugh, what? Sounds like Ojo time.
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Starting point is 00:20:11 close, you call 186653310 or visit Comexonterio.ca. Who died today? Well, we have to start with the most iconic Bob Barker. The iconic host of The Price is Right and so many other shows has passed away at the age of 99. It was reported that he died peacefully at his home in the Hollywood Hills of California. California. His longtime spokesman Roger Neal said that Bob Barker has left us. So he's the guy, right? He's going to be buried with his wife, who died back in 1981. He moved to California
Starting point is 00:20:55 in 1950 to start his own radio program called The Bob Barker Show. And then Ralph Edwards said, hey, why don't you come and do Truth of Consequences on TV in 1956, and he did. And then he got the prices right in 1972. Amazing. And that was quite a run for the prices right. 1972 to 2007.
Starting point is 00:21:20 19 daytime Emmy Awards, 14 times outstanding game show host. Four outstanding game show awards. Wow. He was pretty amazing. Got a Lifetime Achievement Award in 1995 from the daytime Emmys. He's in the Television Hall of Fame,
Starting point is 00:21:37 the National Association of Broadcasters Hall of Fame. He has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. He was a longtime I was seen of Miss Universe and Miss America pageants. He used to host a New Year's Day Tournament of Roses Parade.
Starting point is 00:21:51 He was definitely a broadcasting trailblazer, Bob Barker. And he said, he thanked Adam Sandler for letting him act in his movies because he said, I came to Hollywood to be an actor. He was the only one that
Starting point is 00:22:05 gave me a chance. Kind of funny line and also promoting the movie as well. So Bob Barker, rest in peace, dead. And I know we all heard
Starting point is 00:22:14 the jokes. He went as far as you could go without going over a dollar. Yeah, we got it. Bob Barker dead at the age of 99. Don't forget to spay and neuter your
Starting point is 00:22:25 people or animals or something like that. What was it again, Bob? Yeah, that was it. Rest in peace, Bob Barker. At the age of of 99. Also, who
Starting point is 00:22:46 died today? Arlene Sorkin, the original voice of Harley Quinn from Batman, the animated series. She was also on days of our lives. She has passed away at the age of 67. She did
Starting point is 00:23:02 a bunch of stuff for the animation world and on television. I think she's, I don't know how many Emmys she won on Days of Our Lives but she won a couple of Emmys. and outstanding supporting actresses. And she voiced Harley Quinn in the 1992 episode
Starting point is 00:23:19 of the Batman, the animated series entitled Joker's Favor. And it was one episode character and they said, no, we need to use her some more. So she, you know, did Superman and New Batman and Gotham Girls and a whole bunch of stuff. And so Arlene Sorkin, dead at the age of 67.
Starting point is 00:23:40 Very sad. And I know what you're thinking. I know what you're thinking. No, her husband, Christopher Lloyd is not the actor. It's a producer. Different Christopher Lloyd. And I know what you're thinking. Oh, 67.
Starting point is 00:23:50 Why did she die? No, she didn't die of that. Okay? She'd been battling multiple sclerosis for a long time. So stop thinking that she died of something else, okay? Arlene Sorkin, rest in peace, dead at the age of 67. Then we have Joe Worselbacher. Joe Worselbacher.
Starting point is 00:24:11 dead at the age of 49 from pancreatic cancer. You would remember Joe Werselbacher as Joe the Plummer. Joe the Plummer was struggling with cancer, very bad pancreatic cancer. No one that I know of has ever survived that. Maybe there is someone. Maybe you could say, my uncle did, but as far as I know, no one survives that.
Starting point is 00:24:36 And very sad. And so he has passed away. I know many of you donated to his cause after hearing him on the Glenn Beck program just recently. So, and I know that he was very appreciative of that. So Joe the plumber, dead at the age of 49. Rest in peace. Then we have Tom Courtney.
Starting point is 00:24:58 Another who died today. Tom Courtney, the sprinter who seized Olympic gold with a leap, passes away at the age of 90, the Fordham University graduate. who clenched a thrilling victory in the 800-meter run in the 1956 Maliborne Olympics. Of course you remember that. Peacefully passed away at 90 years old in Naples, Florida.
Starting point is 00:25:22 The cause of his death was ameliodosis. Ameliodosis. Yeah, that's what I said. Amyloidosis. Yeah, he suffered from that, which is a rare disease that occurs when a protein called amyloid builds up in your organs. So very sad.
Starting point is 00:25:41 A rest in peace, Tom Courtney, dead at 90 years of age. And then we have the death of a 74-year-old dairy farmer in Italy. Giacomo Chipparani. He has passed away at the age of 74. I'm sure that's exactly how he wants his name pronounced from me. Giacomo Gimaparani. So he is the owner of this Chipporani cheese-making company. And he was killed in a freak accident.
Starting point is 00:26:10 when giant shelves holding the 90-pound wheels of granopadano cheese suddenly buckled. I am not a fan of that. And every time I see these stories, I think one of two things. One, I always think that was it an accident? Was it an accident that thousands of wheels of hard parmesan cheese collapsed on top of him? Okay, if you say so, apparently he was using a machine to rotate and clean the cheese wheels, which is, you know, part of the various stages of the process. And one of the metal shelves caved, creating a domino effect.
Starting point is 00:26:44 And then he was, you know, crushed. The storehouse stocked with 25,000 wheels of cheese. Wow. Wow. So, anyway, very sad. What makes me, so it's either A, wasn't an accident. B, it makes me think of a good friend of mine, Joe LaRose, who I tell the story so often when these stories pop up
Starting point is 00:27:10 because Joe was crushed by a pallet of nutty buddies and he was a really good friend of mine and he was working for a company and we all at that time we're working in some part of the grocery business and we all know pulling pallets and sometimes they get overloaded
Starting point is 00:27:29 and they start to lean one way or the other and you just push them back in the other direction until they level out and you're good We've all done it a hundred times, and only this time Joe could not hold the weight of this palette full of ice cream bars, and it fell on top of him and crushed him. Very sad. He was a really good friend of mine, and I miss him to this day. But I can't not think of him when I think of the 74-year-old dairy farmer who, you know,
Starting point is 00:27:56 was crushed by his wheels of hard parmesan cheese. Now, I know that my friend Joe was an accident, but I'll just. just have to believe from the Italian police that Giacomo Giacparani that his death was an accident. Although, any time we can start a movie with a guy getting crushed by wheels of Parmesan cheese, I feel like we know it's not an accident. But that's not what they say. So, okay, okay, it's an accident. Rest in peace.
Starting point is 00:28:31 Giacomo Giacparani dead at the age of. of 74. It's hockey season, and you can get anything you need delivered with Uber Eats. Well, almost, almost anything. So, no, you can't get a nice rank on Uber Eats. But iced tea, ice cream, or just plain old ice? Yes, we deliver those. Goaltenders, no, but chicken tenders, yes.
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Starting point is 00:29:21 So have you had enough of the Trump mugshot yet? I mean, it was everywhere. Everyone is capitalizing on it. They claim that his campaign raised $7.1 million in funds as they were quick to sell everything from shirts to bumper stickers to coosies with the tagline never surrender. Although, you know, I know, and everyone did in its open territory. for everyone to sell Trump's mugshot on whatever they want.
Starting point is 00:29:50 But the never surrender thing, I'm not quite sure I understand that because he did surrender. But hey, I digress, whatever. I see where Green Day has started selling their own mugshot shirt, but their proceeds are going to go to the victims of the Maui fires.
Starting point is 00:30:05 That's pretty cool of them to do that. And I know that, you know, all the apps were giving it the idea where you take your picture, and you can superimpose your face over the Trump mugshot so you can do side by sides next to Trump. I just did my own my own mugshot next to Donald Trump's mugshot. You know, I'm not going to use their little new app.
Starting point is 00:30:29 But, I mean, everyone's got one. Okay, no big deal. And so, you know, it was funny. Sure, I used it for myself as well on X. Okay, back off me. But I didn't do anything strange on any of, have any other apps. I don't have a TikTok channel yet, and I've been kind of questioning whether I want a TikTok channel or not, but I see where now they charge these teens in Kentucky with
Starting point is 00:31:00 terroristic threatening. Okay, what does that mean? Well, that means that they were participating in a TikTok challenge, and they said there were three separate incidences in this Oldham County High School where the TikTok challenge encourages students to record a video of themselves telling a teacher there was a bomb or a gun in their backpack as a joke. Aha! That's funny. That's funny. So two 15-year-olds were charged with terroristic threatening in a second degree, in a second
Starting point is 00:31:32 degree. One 15-year-old was charged with terroristic threatening in the third degree. We're not going to know their names because they're minors. They're trying to say, hey, what? parents don't let your kids participate in this TikTok challenge. You know, it is rather interesting that we're, instead of telling the parents,
Starting point is 00:31:53 hey, tell your kids, don't be dumb. Let's ban it. Let's just shut down TikTok altogether, okay? I mean, these TikTok challenges are getting out of control. Am I right? Who's with me? So, I mean, lawmakers and school districts and states and the federal government, we just want
Starting point is 00:32:11 to ban TikTok all just ban it. And I am not a fan of banning. You can quote me on that. I am not a fan of banning things. It just doesn't seem to work. But again, what do I know? I mean, I know our federal
Starting point is 00:32:27 government is still trying to work out some kind of deal with TikTok and who's going to run rut and who's going to do this. So we'll see what happens if anything happens because we all know where the information goes back to. Don't we? Yes.
Starting point is 00:32:43 I think we do. You know, you know where it goes. Yeah, of course you do. And I know I see where this government is still pissed at Elon for buying Twitter and kicking the government out. So they are now suing SpaceX for routinely discouraging asylees and refugees from applying and refused to hire or consider them because of their citizenship status between September of 2018 and May of 2020. So according to this story, An Asi Lee is a person who has been granted asylum. They are authorized to work in the U.S., may apply for Social Security card,
Starting point is 00:33:22 may request permission to travel overseas, and can apply to bring family members to the country. Elon says, no, I'm only, I was only allowed to hire citizens and green cardholders because of export control laws. The DOJ says that's not correct. Oh, that's interesting. Because I see where a tweet, from his mother talked about
Starting point is 00:33:45 her bringing her Canadian friend a lawful U.S. permanent residence with a green card to the SpaceX offices but she had not received security clearance because she was not a U.S. citizen. So she has photos of them
Starting point is 00:34:01 outside of the SpaceX offices. Huh. Interesting. And now they're saying hey Elon won't hire the refugees to work at the rocket sites. Not U.S. citizens, no green cards, rocket sites. Would you like to explain this?
Starting point is 00:34:18 And Elon actually replied to his mother's tweet saying exactly, it's insane. So, big surprise there that the government is going after Elon and SpaceX. Although he just sent a crew up to the ISS.
Starting point is 00:34:33 So, I mean, he's still participating in the space program. We'll see. All the stories talk about, this is not the first time that Mr. Musk's companies have been accused of discriminatory behavior. A group of former employees of the social media website,
Starting point is 00:34:48 formerly known as Twitter, now X, followed a lawsuit earlier this month, earlier this month, alleging that Mr. Musk engaged in gender age and racial discrimination. Okay. All right.
Starting point is 00:35:01 So they got pissed because he fired everybody or fired a bunch of people and now they're suing him. All right. Part of the problem is is that those people probably worked for the FBI.
Starting point is 00:35:11 I don't know that, though. I don't know that, though. I don't. know that. I just know that it's your tax dollars. Hard at work. Yeah. Hard at work. All right. I am still, I'm so mugged up with this plague
Starting point is 00:35:25 that I have. I'm going to leave you with the joke of the day and then I'm going to get out of here and see if I can get this thing taken care of. If you were the one that sent this to me, thank you. I don't remember where I got this from. It's not mine. So I just want
Starting point is 00:35:41 to give credit where credit is new. If it's you, listening, thank you. I appreciate it. If it's not you, go ahead and take credit for it anyway. Okay. Why isn't there a pregnant Barbie? I don't know. Why isn't there a pregnant Barbie? Duh.
Starting point is 00:35:58 Ken came in a different box. You know, you can use that one. Stream and subscribe to more Blaze Media content at theblaze.com slash podcasts.

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