Chewing the Fat with Jeff Fisher - Put It Down... | 9/27/23

Episode Date: September 27, 2023

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And now, chewing the fat with Jeff Fisher. You know, the problem is that Americans listening to this show, in general, Americans have too much freedom to speak freely. Yeah, that's the problem. I'll tell you that right now. A recent poll from real clear opinion research, love them, found that one third of registered Democratic respondents feel Americans have too much freedom to speak freely.

Yeah, that's the problem. Now, according to this, they interviewed, I'm sorry, surveyed 1,000 individuals. 377 identified as Democrats, 369 as Republicans, 255 as independent or other. According to real clear survey, the director, Spencer Kimball, the poll revealed that nine out of ten respondents support the First Amendment. Do they? So apparently, this is agreed upon across demographics. Uh-huh.

So now when you get inside, though, this survey, 42% of individuals under 30 years old stated that it's more important to them that the government is able to place restrictions on speech in the interest of national security. Huh. More than 28% of respondents replied that they do not support speech

deemed deeply offensive to most people. I would say that then you really don't. You're really not for free speech, are you? No, no, you're not. So we got that going for us. That's good right there. When people think you have too much freedom to speak freely, that's an issue. And you can quote me on that. Welcome. Welcome to Chewing the Fad.

Coming to a place near you soon. So in New York City, the NYPD is now going to have a security robot patrolling Times Square subway station. The robot, K-5 is is a pretty large robot with no arms, no legs, four surveillance cameras. So they're implementing this new security measure at Times Square subway stations, and it's deploying a security robot to patrol the premises.

Now, the authorities say that it's meant to keep you safe. And we're not talking about a robocop like machine or any human-like robots. No, K-5 was made. by a California-based company Nightscope, and it's just a massive version of R2D2. Everybody knows who R2D2 is. And so it's actually K5 weighs 420 pounds.

It's equipped with four cameras and can record video, but not audio. Why would you even have it if you can't record audio? I would venture, I would take the under on how long this is going to last. in the Times Square subway station. It's not going to last long at all. K-F obviously, K-5 doesn't have the capability to respond to actual emergencies in the station and can't physically or verbally apprehend suspects.

The only real-time help it can provide is to connect them to a live person to report an incident or ask questions. Also, all I have to do is push the red button on the robot. Nice! Push the red button, that's my emergency. button. Okay. I mean, is it like the Staples

button, the easy button, you just push it and it's good to go? All right, excellent. So according to New York City, it's leasing K-5 for around $9 an hour. Okay. I mean, it certainly doesn't take breaks, but without, I don't understand

why it doesn't have any microphones on it. It's just weird. New York got in trouble earlier when they had the the dog robots. Remember that they were supposed to use in hostage and other critical situations? And they were like,

oh, yeah, no, we're not going to do that. So we'll see how K-5 works out. But we'll see what happens. I'm guessing, and this is just me talking off the top of my head, people are going to just see K-5, and it's New York, so you're just going to walk by it. You just want to get on the subway.

and get to where you're going. And I'm sure that there will be other humans that will push K-5 right on into the old subway train tracks. And we're going to get footage of K-5 being crushed by a subway car. Is it going to happen? Boy, do I hope not, because the last thing I would want to see is K-5 getting crushed by a subway car. But if it happens, I'm not going to.

going to look away. I've read a fascinating story about the son of Cher, Elijah Blue Alman. So Cher was married to Greg Alman, and this is their son. He's 47 now. Well, Cher is what, 100, so that makes sense. And so now she has hired, it's been, you know, there's been accusations. that she hired people, people, four men, security people, to go kidnap her son from a hotel in New York while he was trying to reconcile with his wife, according to the wife, on their wedding anniversary. So she was worried about Elijah's health. And, you know, I know the daughter-in-law, Angela King, Marie Angela King,

told that's what she said in the courtroom appearance when they were talking about the divorce. Now, prior to this, prior to her sending people in to get her son, he was staying at the Chateau Merriman in Los Angeles. Now that's the Hotel to the Stars. And that's where if you're a junkie, you go and you hang out and you live,

you're fine, it leaves you alone, you're fine. You mean other stars have, yeah, other stars have died there, OD there. Don't worry about it. I stayed at the Chateau Maramont for a few days one trip to California. It's beautiful. It truly is beautiful. And they got the shacks out back where everybody were the Hoytitoid stay.

I did not stay in the shacks. All right. I was up on one of the low-life floors at the Chateau Merrimand. But I still was there. It's awesome. And so he's been staying there for the last six months. And they have pictures of him. He's all strung out on heroin.

he's all disheveled in the hotel lobby. They said that they were familiar with him because he would come out to the front of the hotel and smoke a cigarette and he would be all stoned and then he would just pass out so he would look like a homeless guy out

in front of the chateau, Maramont. Now it was reported that Cher had someone following him to make sure that he was okay because he would get up and wander off and, you know, be out looking for drugs and wandering around L.A. Poor little rich guy. The poor little rich guy.

So at one point, not long ago, he passed out completely in front of the hotel, like at the stairway, and the staff carried him back in. You know, they called Cher, and Cher showed up. And, of course, I mean, she's taken care of her son. That's what she's been doing all her life. it's really incredible when he passed out in front of the hotel they thought he was dead

so they picked him up and carried him inside nope he was just strung out and passed out now he is the younger of shares two children and he's married to this Marie Angela King who goes by the name

Queenie in the rock band King love them they don't have any kids gosh darn it man that'd be that'd be a good good offspring there.

But he admitted in an interview that he started taking drugs, just like everyone else, when he was 11, and has had a long battle with heroin addiction. Okay, I just wanted to be clear. Just like everyone else.

You know, when he was 11. And then I got to thinking, well, you know, I guess that's probably right. That's probably about the time I started smoking. And, uh, and drinking was right around there. You know what I mean?

That's when you start thinking that you are able to take care of yourself. You obviously can't. But I know that. But that's when you start thinking that. Because I'm sure, you know, that was about the time when I started smoking. Now, I didn't start doing, I know.

No, I did not do that. That's what I was just going to say. I wasn't 11. It in the bong. Okay. I guess it could. I could have been. If someone would have said, hey, Jeff, try this.

What am I going to do? Say no. No, you're going to hit it. Of course you're going to hit it. So now he is at a rehab center in Pasadena, I think, or some hoity-toe rehab center. Who knows? I mean, shares footing the bill for it all.

I'm sure he has his own money. I mean, somewhere along the line, he probably got an inheritance from dad. although all of this is, you know, share paying for another stint at rehab and keeping, paying for security to watch a kid. I don't know that he's paying the bill at Chateau Merrimand or if that shares money.

But that's, I mean, Chateau Merrimand, if you're them, you're going to say no? No, you're not. In fact, you're going to say that's his bungalow out back and that's Elijah's place. and the bill is being paid by share, so why don't you zip it? Okay.

Oh, as he passed out again up front? Carry it back to the bungalow. Call share. I tell her that's going to cost her another $20,000. Okay, that's fine. Let's do that. I mean, that's unbelievable. The story about him with the drugs, though,

he did an interview with entertainment tonight where he said, I started with drugs around the same time we all did. You know, around 11. I love that. I mean, it's just what you did. It's just what everybody did. I started with marijuana and ecstasy,

and later, you know, got the harder drugs. I was just looking to escape, all things in my past. Yeah, you had it so tough. Your mother was Cher, your father was Greg Allman, life's a bitch, I know.

I know. You don't know what to do with yourself. So, times are tough, and so I decided to take drugs. I was looking to escape. And when you turned to those, kind of drugs, you know, heroin and opiote, uh, you know, heroin kind of saved me. Did it?

Elijah? Well, that's what he said. Uh, if you didn't have, uh, see, if I didn't have that at that point, I don't know what I would have done. You may jump off a bridge. You can only just go through that time period and live through it and get help. There were times I almost died. Yeah.

I bet there was. So he's in rehab now. And they reached out to Cher for comment, but you know, what Cher's going to say. Oh, yeah. Yeah, that's my boy. I love him.

I mean, that's all she can say, really, right? So she's, the wife is pissed. Elijah's wife is pissed because Cher shut down everything. You're not going to get out of here. In fact, they were staying, I think, in Cher's guest house or at the house or some, one of one of the family estates and after share sent him uh to medical care this is before this time then she kicked uh she kicked the wife out and said get out and you don't take your stuff so she the wife of elijah claims that she still has stuff in storage uh artwork um said that

she's only received like $25,000, which is half the support I'm owed, by the way. And she has, she had to leave the country and go to her family because she didn't have any place else to go. Because she was born in, oh, it says here where she was born. She was not born in the United States of America. She was born in Mumbai.

That's in India, by the way. To a British father and a German mother who would childhood was spent in 30 different countries and one of six siblings who have played at various times in the band, King. So that's the wife. And she's pissed that shares got everything locked up and just, you know, had everything going on. So anyway, shares, if you could just, you know, have some nice thoughts for Elijah.

I hope he makes it through rehab. and I hope that Cher helps her 47. Well, I don't know how old. I guess he's 47 now. Her 50-year-old son, make it. And share, if you're looking for somebody else, here's the thing, share. If you're looking for somebody else to take care of,

I'm here. I'm here for you, okay? In fact, look, here's what I'll do. I'll just start out. You just pay for me to have a bungalow at the show. Chateau Maramont and then I'll start doing drugs again. Because I'm straight now. I mean, back when I was 11,

who, man, you could not stop me. But now. So by the time I get a couple of months under my belt at the Chateau Maramont, we are right back and I need something else, something stronger. Something that'll save me. You know, like, all right, let's go to the break room. I need something cold to drink desperately.

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Quick happy birthday shout out to Google. Turns 25 today. Yay, happy birthday. Go do your little Google doodle. No, they don't get that. No. They don't get that. Although, you know, happy birthday.

Whatever. Congratulations. 25 years. We'll see if they're going to shut you down anytime soon. They're coming after, oh, excuse me. They're coming after Google. coming after Amazon, they're coming after, I mean, they're just, they're ready to shut down everything. You know, that's thanks to the head of the FCC, and not the FCC, the FTC.

So the FTC chair, Lena Kahn, she gained her prominence way back in 2017 as a law student writing a paper about the inadequacy of the U.S. antitrust framework to work. rein in Amazon's monopulistic practices. And since her appointment by the great Joe Biden, Khan has led the agency in an attempt to take down big tech's concentration of power. Yeah, that would be Google. And now she's going after Amazon. And it's called Techlash.

So, yeah. Yeah, so happy birthday, Google. Happy birthday, Google, 25 years. I mean, now we're after Amazon. 17 states have delivered this lawsuit against Amazon, accusing the e-commerce company of being an illegal monopoly. It's the fourth lawsuit leveled by the FTC against Amazon this year, and easily the one with the most profound consequences for U.S. antitrust legislation.

And for your ability to be, yeah, I mean, is it going to affect Amazon says, hey, this is prices are going to go up. Oh, you wanted that package tomorrow? Yeah, man, wish we could get it there by tomorrow, but look at the time. Try to get that

to the next week, okay? So the FTC, like I said, they're looking to break up Google. I forgot I didn't mention Facebook, although they won't break up Facebook because Zuck is busy paying them off. Oh, did I say that out loud? It's unclear if, you know,

any of that is ever going to happen. But we are definitely after Amazon now. Amazon is right in the crosshairs now. So good for her. Keep it up. Keep it up. Lita. Hope everything works out for you.

So we know that the writers are officially back to work after the Writers Guild of America leaders voted to end the 148 day strike. I thought it was only 146 days. But okay. I guess they're adding the two days where it wasn't ratified. So I guess the deal is done. I guess they have to do a tenant. I think we still have to vote some more by some of the members.

The actors are still on strike. And the good news about that is that SAG Aftera is already striking against the Hollywood studios. They are set to begin contract talks with the video game companies. So they're going to be striking against them very soon too. Everybody wants a little bit more money. Just a little bit more money. So I hope everybody gets what they want. That was my hope from the very beginning of all of this.

I want everyone to just get what they want and be happy. You know, like I even want Shakira to be happy. I'm a fan, but she's being accused of tax crimes again. Again, the second time. So now prosecutors in Spain allege that she has defrauded the state of $7.1 million in 2018. They say this happened when she failed to declare millions in advance payments of her El Dorado World Tour, among other payments. Now, the prosecutors opened this second investigation in July of this year. They just released the details this week.

Now, they claim that she knows about them. The legal team wasn't said that they weren't aware of them. Uh-huh. So the new charges hint on the fact that in 2018, she was living in Barcelona. That's when she was with the footballer, soccer player. And then she was required to tax all her international revenue there. They argued that she had diverted money to companies domiciled in countries with low taxation.

I hate her for that. I, man, if you start moving your money to countries with low taxation, that can't happen. All right, that cannot happen. Spain definitely believes in that. So now, she's getting ready for that, the one trial in Barcelona, where she failed to pay, I think, 14 or 15 million in tax between 2012 and 2014. She has denied any wrongdoing in that case.

She said, I'm confident that I have enough proof to support my case, and that justice will prevail in my favor. So now she has that case And that case starts in November Now they're attacking this on as well I'm surprised they have worked out Some kind of deal like Here's 10 million and we're done

Have a nice day That's really surprising to me So they I don't know maybe Shakira's like no I'm not No I didn't do anything wrong And Spain is like well we think you did And normally when a country thinks you did

pretty tough to unthink him you can quote me on that speaking of getting taxed for money that you earn out of country I see where Michelle Obama you know or you love her some call her big Mike I would never do that okay but I'm

just saying I've seen it happen in the recent past anyway Michelle Obama is going to go to Munich to speak at the Bits and Pretzels founder festival which is she's there to talk about diversity and inclusion at this conference

now it's also going to get bring her a check for $741,000 for one hour of speaking yeah no kidding 700 grand to hear her agonizing agonizing thoughts on diversity and inclusion. It will be terrible. And we're going to have to, I hope they record it because, man, do I want to see that? Now, she's said over and over again that she's not running for president.

Here's the scary part. Is that if they were to decide that Joe's out, which I think they've already decided that, But if they decide that Biden is out and they talk her into running, she could win. And if you think the country, the United States of America is in bad shape now, her campaign platform will be, you ain't seen nothing yet. And she will be right, man. Holy cow, we can't have that.

let her make all the money in the world speaking at these conferences about diversity and inclusion because we do not need her even looking in the direction of the White House man holy cow that would that can't happen that just can't happen

but I mean I'm sure the speech on diversity and inclusion I mean at the bits and pretzels founder festival is going to be No, no, no, no, great, great. That's what I was thinking of. Boarding for Flight 246 to Toronto is delayed 50 minutes.

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Man, if you, I mean, I watched this guy forever. Well, for 23 years, Jeff, and he was in Baltimore. That's correct. That's those of the amount of years that I watched him. So, I mean, he was the man in Baltimore, Brooks Robinson. And very sad. But he was 86. so

I'm sure it wasn't that don't even start with me I don't even start with me I know what you're thinking you know they didn't say here what he died of but I'm sure it was I'm sure it wasn't that

all right I mean he was just because his nickname was the human vacuum cleaner that was about baseball that wasn't about other stuff so don't even Stop thinking that.

They didn't say that. Plus he's 86. We're done. Rest in peace. Brooks Robinson. All right. Dead at the age of 86. Here we go again.

The president's dog commander, president's younger dog commander, bit another U.S. Secret Service agent at the White House. This is the 11th time that this dog, a two-year-old German Shepherd, has a biting incident.

I told you the first time. And now we're not even talking about Major, who remember when Major started biting people, that was the other dog, right? That was their first dog. When Major, and I thought they sent Major back to Delaware to be trained, nope, he's living with friends. Uh, no, uh, no, that major should have been. And goodbye.

Have a nice day. But no, he's still living with friends. Now we have commander still roaming around 11 times biting people at the White House. That's got to happen. What are we even doing? I mean, if I'm a secret. service. Stop it. You're a secret service agent. You come around the corner and the dog is starting to

attack you. Somebody get this. And just end it right there. I mean, I mean, maybe you get to the end of the full sentence. Like the dog starts to come at you. Somebody get this dog back off of me. Maybe you get that far. Maybe, maybe. But I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, would not blame any of these secret service agents we're putting them down. No way. Come on. What are we even doing? This dog is wandering around the White House and we got people, I mean, we have Secret Service people taking care of the First Lady, Secret Service people taking care of the President of the United States, Secret Service people looking over the White House, they've got Secret Service people with their dogs. The Secret Service dogs. The Secret Service dogs.

and yet the president's dog is wandering around biting people no thank you and it's over okay have a nice good we love you commander but uh we were going to ship him off to friends too yeah no he shouldn't have been another other secret service agent sorry that was the 11th time we were going to put him down after the 10th

but we decided that that would be too cruel but now that it's the 11th time sorry about it So according to this, okay, so the November incident, the November incident, so this is the time before this time. So it's gone quite a while, so they must be keeping their distance

and keeping them locked up in the back room. Where's Commander? I don't know, we put it back in the back closet somewhere. He's back there growling. So in November, maybe that's why he's biting people. They're keeping them locked up in the back closet. Oh my gosh. So in November, the officer that was bitten was hospitalized.

He was bitten on his arms and thighs. Yeah. No, thank you. I mean, they're talking about how White House officials said that the Bidens were working through new training and leashing protocols for the family pet following the incidents. Were they? Are they? Do they? Uh-huh.

No matter what question you ask. No, that's not happening. It's not happening at all. So, I mean, it's... I mean, it's come to the point now where you've just got to send in the Secret Service. Commander. Commander. Who's a...

Commander? Where are you at? Commander? There he is. There he is. There he is. And down he goes. And I just clean it up, but don't even tell him.

I don't even tell him. Just say, yeah, you know, Mr. President, we haven't seen him. I don't know what happened. Is that a stain on the carpet over there? No, somebody spilled some. I, yeah, one of your old people spilled some wine there last night. We're trying to get it cleaned up. We don't know if those are the same people that brought in the Coke or not.

But we're cleaning up later. Okay, sorry about that. But we haven't seen Commander. We know that the first lady was on the phone with the friends who are watching Major a couple days ago. Maybe she's seen him. Jill, have you seen Commander? No, I have not. No.

Let's review the footage, will you? Let's take a look at the White House footage. Commander, Commander, that looks like my Secret Service guy. You can't tell. You can't tell from the camera. Commander, Commander, Commander. Oh, there he is. Commander.

Come here, boy. It looks like someone shot him. No, no, it didn't happen. That didn't happen. That's what has to happen. I'm sorry. I don't want to be the one to put him down. But I will if I have to.

I don't want to be the one, but I will. I mean, it's time. It's time. I mean, seriously, if this dog was anywhere else, anywhere else in America you'd read the story of this city had to put down the dog the family is going before a judge because they can't keep their dog in line this is the 11th time a neighbor has gotten bitten by this particular dog and still this dog is wandering on the white house no no honey no no so here's the deal secret service next time and joe's out of town now he's out of town now he's out in cal California, right? At least he was, is out raising some money with some hoity-toity fundraisers. And Jill's, who knows where? She's teaching.

Yeah, okay. She's no, I mean, just seriously, turn the cameras off and go commander hunting. And when you let them loose, go let them loose from the closet. Let them go. Are you ready? Open the closet door. Go. And then clean it up.

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was assassinated by John Wilkes Booth. Okay, no, stop. We're talking about the president, not the dog, not the president's dog. We were talking about a dog. That'd be okay. We're talking about an actual president now. That's not even funny.

Although that's kind of the soundtrack of what happened. Anyway, so the tickets were standing. With the date, Ford's Theater, April 14, 1865, this night only. They bear the left side imprint Ford's Theater Friday dress circle and are filled out in pencil with section D and seat numbers 41 and 42. The handwritten seating assignments in the circular April 14th date stamped match, those found on other authentic tickets, including a used ticket stub in the collection of the Harvard University's Houghton Library. Okay. So someone from if

they were these tickets were sold at the Boston based auction house someone purchased them for $262,500. Wow. I mean that's something. I'm not going to be surprised if this building that I'm broadcasting this show in

doesn't have these tickets show up in them. Would not surprise me that Mercury won or a guy by the name of Glenn Beck purchased those tickets. It wouldn't not surprise me. Yeah, it wouldn't surprise me. I mean, he just got the stupid

All in the Family set that they're putting together. I'm sure, I'm sure, I don't know how much it costs. I have no idea how much it costs. But I'm guessing that the All in the Family set costs more than the tickets of the night that Abraham Lincoln was assassinated. No, no, we're not doing that. We're talking about the president.

That's not funny. So, plus, according to this, he didn't fall. So that soundtrack is wrong. Okay, that's, this says here that Lincoln slumped forward in his seat. Okay, he didn't fall. So then Booth jumped onto the stage and fled out the back door. I did not realize this, though, that, and I remember, seeing this. So the president

was examined by a doctor in the audience and carried across the street to Peterson House where he died early the next morning. Interesting. I don't know that I knew that. That doesn't sound like something I'd heard before. Because I often did believe that the soundtrack actually was him

falling. And now that didn't happen. So, all right, just stop. It's not funny. So anyway, Booth evaded capture for 12 days. He was on the run for a long time, and then he was eventually tracked down at a Virginia farm and shot. So, yeah, that's Booth.

Yeah, we can do that. We can do that. He's the guy that actually shot the president. You're damn right. We can shoot him back. So the also sold at the auction was Lincoln's signed first edition of the Lincoln Douglas debates. That went for $594,000.

Ooh, okay. I wouldn't be surprised if that shows up around here, too. That would not surprise me at all. All right, fine. I'm not paying that. I don't care. Now, am I going to see it? If it shows up here in the building and Glenn says,

oh, look, here's some tickets from the night Lincoln was assassinated. I'm a look. You're darn right. Oh, look. here's a documented first edition of the Lincoln Douglas debates I'm gonna look am I spending money on that not a chance

so Target you know the company Target the stores they have nearly 2,000 stores in the United States wow that's that's a lot I didn't realize it was 2,000 stores so remember their motherland is Minneapolis

and remember during the summer of love when Minneapolis was a part of Summer of Love Target stores were being well yeah sure people were barbecuing stuff it was the Summer of Love

and so they were all good with it they were good everything is fine don't worry about it it's fine no no it's fine everything is fine we you know you know what we need we need less police that's what we need and we're fine right here

Minneapolis. Don't start don't start with me any of that other stuff. We're fine. Yes, there was a little bit of damage and goods taken from our stores and stuff, but we're fine. Don't worry about it. Well, so now they've decided that, you know what, we've got like nine stores

across the country that are really struggling with crime and safety threats at those locations. You know, we're just going to shut them down. We're just going to shut them down. Really? Yeah. there are some stores in New York and Seattle and San Francisco and Portland. Yeah, we're just going to close them down.

Oh, okay. Yeah, there's New York City's Harlem neighborhood, two locations in Seattle, three stores in San Francisco, Oakland area, three more in Portland, Oregon. We're just going to shut them down. Matter of fact, we're going to do it less than a month. We're just going to be done with those stores, okay? by October 21st, we're done. Have a nice day.

We cannot continue to operate these stores because of theft and organized retail crime after threatening the safety of our team and guests and contributing to unsustainable business performance. Duh, no kidding. So have fun. Good luck. God bless. I hope it's okay.

I hope it all works out for you. I don't want anything bad to happen to any of your employees. I don't want any of your property to be taken care of. I mean, really, something does need to be done with the gangs of people going into multiple locations in cities around the country and just taking what they want. Stopped and just doing it and we just let it happen. And we're supposed to be okay with it, those rich companies? I mean, we wouldn't even know.

I was watching a video the other day of a pair of guys, just a pair of guys, two guys in front of a Home Depot, I think it was a Home Depot, just stealing one of the giant lawnmowers out front, throwing it in the back of it, and they weren't throwing it. It was heavy, so they had to, it took some doing to pick it up and put it in the back of their pickup truck. Nobody does anything.

We wouldn't even know about it except one person in the parking lot starts recording on their phone like, hey, what are these guys doing? And off they go. I mean, something has to be done. There is one way to make it stop. And nobody will like it, and it'll probably make things worse for a while. But society can't survive if we continue to let this happen. I mean, you used to have to, you know,

things in your shirt, stuff things down your pant leg that you wanted to steal. I know that's hard to do with the 50 inch TV. But now they just let you walk out, back in my day. We had to hide it and pretend like we weren't

doing anything wrong. Now it's just all out in the open. So something has you kids, you whippersnappers out there, you don't know what it's like. You just walk in and take something

that you want. Not my day. I mean, that's where we're at. I was just amazing. Just incredible. I don't even want to talk about it because the thing that needs to happen, it needs to happen there,

needs to happen at the border. It's not going to. But there's one way to hinder what's happening, either at these stores or at the border. And it would work, but it's not going to happen.

I guarantee you that. All right, I'll leave you a joke for the day. All right, quick joke for the day, then we're out of here. And just remember, this is a joke, okay? It's just a joke. So I walked into the bedroom to find my wife dead in the bed the other day.

This is the joke writer, okay, not me. and I walked into the bedroom to find my wife dead in the bed the other day. Looking at her lifeless there, I decided I might as well have one last go. Right in the middle, she opened her eyes and shouted, boo. Honestly, some people are just sick in the head. All right. Just stop. Stream and subscribe to more Blaze Media content at the blaze.com slash podcasts.