Chewing the Fat with Jeff Fisher - Self Defeating… | 7/9/25

Episode Date: July 9, 2025

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I would never buy a vintage Korean leather bomber jacket. But this person did and paid $4. for it and in some hidden pocket they found $400. Pretty sweet. Pretty sweet. I have purchased innumerable items from thrift stores and have not found the magic hidden pocket with $400 in it or there wasn't a special something behind a painting that I bought. Nothing.

Nothing. But it happened to this guy. and others. So good for him, good for him for finding his $400 extra in his vintage jacket from a thrift store that cost him four bucks. Congratulations. And I hope that you, too, can find your $400 in your thrift store purchases, because that would be great for you. for you.

Welcome. Still wanted to happen to me. Welcome to chewing the fat. So apparently, Earth is going to spin faster over the next few months. And so fast that several days are going to be shorter. Wait, what? Yeah.

Differences in the gravitational pull between Earth and the moon will make, well, There's three days that they list unusually short. One of them, if you're listening live, today is July 9th, 2025. That's today. It's going to be short. And then July 22nd and then August 5th are going to be unusually short because of that.

Earth is expected to spin more quickly, making some of the days unusually short. That's their term. So apparently the position of the moon is expected. expected to affect Earth's rotation so that each day is between 1.3 and 1.51 milliseconds shorter than normal. What? I mean, what are you going to do with the time as you've extended nighttime? It will make nighttime longer and you would just, man, I don't know what you're going to get

so much more sleep. So, the day on Earth is. 86,400 seconds or 24 hours. But Earth's rotation is affected by a number of things, including the positions of the sun, the moon, changes to the Earth's magnetic field, and the balance of mass on the planet. You can write your fat jokes there.

So since the relatively early days of our planet, Earth's rotation has been slowing down, making our days longer. Researchers believe that about a billion to 2 billion years ago, and I think we've talked about this, that a day on Earth was only 19 hours long. This is likely because the moon was closer to our planet, making its gravitational pull stronger than it is now,

and that's what's causing or helping cause the Earth to spin faster on its axis. The moon is moving farther away from us. Oh, boy, look out. So according to, I remember talking about this, July 5th of last year, was the shortest ever recorded day. It was 1.66 milliseconds shy of 24 hours. And if you remember back on July 5th of 2024, you remember how much sleep you got that night?

You couldn't believe that it got, I can't believe it's getting dark so early. Well, that's why. So today, and of course, We can look forward to the 22nd of July and August 5th will be extra short days on the earth. So think ahead because you're going to have more night to deal with. And if you're living in Philadelphia, you're probably happy about that because more nighttime means that's less daylight. You have to see all the garbage on the side of the roads.

I did not realize that there was a garbage strike going on in Philadelphia. It's into its eighth day. And people are upset, especially union members. The garbage workers are mad because residents are going around picking up trash for money. You scabs, you bastards! I know. So Philadelphia officials have been unable to agree on a wage increase with the AFSCME District Council 33 Union. them. So the group orchestrated a garbage worker strike in an attempt to force lawmakers to cave to

their demands. Yeah, what you want is piling up garbage. That will get people on your side. But they don't really care about that. What they care about is the city caving to their demands and getting them more money in whatever else they want and get the garbage taken care of. So they really are, it's kind of agonizing and the pictures are getting a little bad as trash is piling up in the city. Yeah. So apparently there are people who are going around and saying, hey, tell you what, I'll take your trash to the dump for money. And people are going, yes, that would be great. Thank you.

I want my garbage picked up and taken to the dump. I don't want it in front of my home along the street any longer. And I don't care. It's a reasonable price. It'll make it go away. And the unions are very unhappy about that. So we could have a war soon. The union workers against the damn scabs picking up garbage for people.

I hate them. Get the deal done. City of Philadelphia. Get the deal done. Otherwise, you're going to have, they'll be fighting in the streets over who can pick up the garbage and who can't. And it's not going to be pretty. Now, the union, now they haven't started fighting yet. What they're doing is they're just scolding all the people that are scabbing.

Yeah. So they're saying, hey, what you're doing, you should be working to get this deal done for the city and us. You shouldn't be picking up garbage yourself or paying someone else to do it. And, oh, yeah, you know those dumpsters? that the city set up for you to take your garbage to so it wouldn't be sitting in front of your house. Don't do that either because we don't want people doing that. We want you to work out a deal with our garbage workers.

Now, I want the garbage people to get everything that they deserve. Not absolutely 100%. But to withhold picking up the garbage and just letting it rot on the streets to try to make your point isn't winning anyone's hearts and souls. Sorry, just not. You know, let's say you live in a city

where they're striking and garbage is starting to pile up. I don't know. Is it time to move? Maybe. You can get a hold of real estate agents I trust.com. They would probably help you get through the whole situation. Because the idea is you want to buy low and sell high. That's the whole process.

And if you're saying, hey, I need a new place to live. I'll hold off, if you can, on selling my house that's, you know, surrounded by garbage because the garbage men don't pick it up. It might be not a good time to buy or sell. That's where real estate agents I trust comes in, actually. So you don't want to deal with the fly-by-nighters.

They're not just going to cut it. They're not going to do the work that you need to have done. You want someone who knows what they're doing and can do exactly what they say. going to do and help you buy and sell a home for the right price. You know, selling a house is such a hassle and you really, it's important to have someone on your side. I know this real estate agents I trust.com, Glenn started a while ago because he got tired of dealing with mediocre agents and he found out that the idea of buying low and selling high doesn't actually

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The company insisted that its products are safe to enjoy and meet the high standards and applicable regulations set by food safety authorities around. the world. So Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s campaign to eliminate synthetic food dyes from the American food supply is still going, but just not at Mars and M&Ms.

So Mars has made incremental changes, such as eliminating titanium dioxide from the Skittles. It continues to rely on artificial colorings, citing challenges with costs, limited availability of natural alternatives and consumer preferences for

brightly colored treats. Yeah. And the National Confectioners Association, and I love them. Nobody supports the National Confectioners Association more than myself or chewing the fat. The association represents candy makers. They have said

people can freely buy cannabis, THC products, alcohol, and cigarettes. But vibrantly colored candy is an issue. Give me a break. That was their spokesman Christopher Gindelsberger, who I have just become a fan of.

I did not know of Christopher Gindelsberger until just now. And now I'm a fan of Christopher Gindelsberger, the spokesperson for the National Confectures Association. Gendelsperger went on, I can't even say his name properly, Gindelsberger went on to say that consumers know that confectionary products are treats and that they contain sugar, food colors, and other FDA-approved ingredients because candy is intrinsically transparent. People have a unique mindset when they enjoy chocolate and candy

that is not present when interacting with other foods. That is a 100% true, Christopher. Chocolate and candy are safe to enjoy as they have been for general. Amen. So take that Robert F. Kennedy Jr. We'll see. We'll see. I see and we'll see what happens now with the other chocolate companies. So that was Mars. Hershey is getting a new CEO. So this guy, Kirk Tanner, who I guess just jumps ship. That's his job now. He was Wendy's CEO. And he's, he's, He just became Wendy's CEO. I think we talked about that when he became Wendy's CEO. So they, Hershey's got rid of their CEO that they had for over seven years.

I'm sorry, that, was going to retire. Michelle Buck was going to retire. Okay. So Kirk Tanner, now leaving Wendy's, been there for about a year,

said, yeah, you know what, I'm going to go to Hershey. Take care. I mean, Wendy's is a pretty good staple, too. Hershey's as monstrous, though. I mean, Hershey's that probably a better job.

He obviously thinks that. So he's going to depart Wendy's on July 18th of 2025. And so I guess they've named this other guy, the CFO, as interim chief. And they're, you know, launching a comprehensive search. Listen, reach out to me to In The Fat at theblaze.com. I'm happy to sit down and talk to you. You know, maybe you could select me as a permanent CEO of Wendy's. Happy to talk to you about that.

So what's his face? Tanner, the CEO of Hershey's now, was the CEO of PepsiCo. PepsiCo is bigger than Hershey's, isn't it? I don't know. But then he went to Wendy's, and now he's going to Hershey. So in the years, span or a little bit more than a year.

He went from top exec at PepsiCo to CEO of Wendy's to top guy at Hershey's. Man, that's a, those are a couple of good jumps, couple of good jumps. And now you can settle in at Hershey's. I would like that job as well. I mean, I'll take the Wendy's gig, but I would not mind the job at Hershey's. That's a good gig. All right, let's go to the break room. I need some kind of candy bar or something desperately.

So apparently Hollywood studios are not happy with AMC and others like Regal and Cinemark because they're cramming those 30 minutes of ads before films. I know they're running the marathon pre-shows with the non-movie commercials. So AMC's own app now warns ticket buyers. The movie will start 25 to 30 minutes after the listed showtime,

basically giving customers a green light to skip the whole pre-show. And that's where the previews where the next movies are, the trailers. I love watching those trailers. So studies are showing that 36% of audiences now intentionally arrive late to dodge the ads. with only 20% in their seats when trailers start. That's a problem because they spent a lot of money on those trailers.

And they also, that's where people see them. That's where you realize you're in the theater. You go, oh, that looks great. I got to watch that. So you're ready to go to the theater and watch that movie. So the theaters, or I mean the movie, stop it. the movie studios are very upset with the movie theaters. And they don't like it.

And they're calling it incredibly self-defeating. Yeah, duh. As trailers are their best weapon for getting butts in the seats. Yeah, no kidding. But according to AMC and these other theaters, they've got bills to pay and this is how they're doing it. Well, if they're starting to get numbers back that show, 36% of the audience is arriving late

and only 20% are in their seats when trailers start. That means that whatever they're charging for the ads that they're running in the first 30 minutes, they're not getting their money's worth. So they're not going to be wanting to pay that full price or what they consider full price. So, okay. All right, you keep doing it.

I already told you I'd help you out with how you need to make you know make it better at the movie theater and you seem to just ignore me so you just go ahead and keep ignoring me oh boy and the superhero burnout

that we all are living through is now affecting Comic Con the biggest stars are no show this year. Major studios including Marvel, Warner Brothers Sony, Lucasfilm yeah there

ditching the San Diego Comic Con's Hall H presentation. So I guess they're still going to be there. They're just not going to have the Hall H presentations. So that's like 6,500 seat venue with no superheroes, no big movies, nothing. Wow.

Okay. So studios are citing timing issues with a Superman and the Fantastic Four release too close to Comic Con dates. And rising cost, yeah, rising costs of H. Hall presentations.

It costs them hundreds of thousands of dollars to have this H presentation, the Hall H presentation. Wow. Okay. Sure. So you need to tell me that the talent is not showing up at Comic Con for free? Huh. All right. So now apparently Comic Con used to be a must for studios, but now is becoming a nice to have

instead of a need to have. I like that. I mean, you could use that almost in any part of life. It's becoming nice to have instead of a need to have. I think you know what I'm saying. As an example, TikTok. Now, TikTok is nice to have, but it's not something that you need to have, right?

And apparently TikTok is, we haven't sold it, yet. They keep extending the date. But apparently they are reportedly developing a U.S. only version of its app in advance of the planned sale. Okay. We'll see how that works out

for them. Now, again, TikTok is not really a must-have. For a lot of people, it really is. But for sure, like my ex-account at Jeffrey JFR, must have. My Facebook and

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Oh, I see you. I do. So I have not watched The Last of Us yet on Max, and I do want to. Season two, I mean, I watch season one. And my son, Maximus, who co-hosts Talking Walking Dead with myself and Jason Butchrell, said all along,

I, you, let's wait until they're all up. And then we'll watch them because many people aren't going to like it. And it's just like the game, you know, the second season, the second game was met with heavy criticism. And you either really liked it or you didn't. And boy, there was a lot of, there was a lot of noise when Last of Us, the show first dropped on Max. And so I knew it was coming. And I just, you know, I expected that there would be a lot of noise. I kind of didn't pay a lot of attention.

I didn't read a lot of stories about it because I didn't want it to be sway me. So I've got to get to it and I've got to start watching it because I see where the co-writers behind the video game and also were part of the TV show, they just left. Have a nice day.

They said, now we're out of here. After season two deviated significantly from the source material and saw declining viewership. Yeah, I don't know that that actually is true what this story says. Deviated significantly from source

material. We'll see when I watch it with Max, I mean, my son has played both games and knows the source material. So I would like to I'd like to see what his thoughts are if they did deviate significantly from the source material.

But, I mean, They've already re-upped for season three, and season two wasn't not that good for them. So we shall see, but the Last of Us universe and the involvement of the video game creators and helped write the TV show, they're gone. Have a nice day. We're out of here. We're going to go work on some other stuff, but it's just not going to be your stuff. Okay?

Okay, good. You know what else? You know what else I watch this weekend? I forgot to talk about it on Monday. And the reason I forgot to talk about it because it was with Dush Nero. And it took me quite a bit to work my way through watching it.

But I saw that it's available. And I thought, oh, crap, no wonder, I got to watch it. And it was the Elto Nights. That movie came out this year. And wow, it did it bomb it. It bombed at the box office. The reviews were not good for it. It had, they spent like 45 or 50 million on the budget.

So it was kind of a cheap movie to be. make. De Niro plays two roles. It's about the Vito Genevieve's and the Frank Costello and the crime family in New York. And, you know, it's a mobster movie, of course. If, you know, Duce Nero's going to play two roles, it's going to be in a mobster movie. And he was fine, I guess. It was kind of, it was, I enjoyed it because it's a mobster movie and I like the mobster movies, but it was kind of

boring and kind of slow. And it didn't have anything new. Wait, there wasn't anything new in the mobster movie? It was all the same stuff that we've seen before? Yeah, it really was. It really wasn't anything new. I mean, the cool thing was is that De Niro was playing, you know, both characters, and it was kind of, that was kind of cute, I guess. But for $45 or $50 million, that means that they didn't spend a lot of money on the other stuff.

So it was just kind of, it was kind of, eh. And that's where everybody was. But I was looking at the money that it made. Holy cow. they spent an estimated 45 to 50 million. I don't know what they spent on promotion for the movie because I do remember seeing quite a bit of good promotion for the Alto Nights.

They were saying that at the box office, it grossed only $9 million worldwide. Oh my goodness. I mean, that is literally almost nobody went to the theater to see this movie. Okay. I mean, yeah, I'm going to watch it on. streaming, absolutely. I don't care how bad it is, but I'm not going to the theater to see it.

Wow. So, uh, okay. All right. Is De Niro still a box office draw? Not according to this. This episode is brought to you by Peloton. A new era of fitness is here. Introducing the new Peloton cross-training Tread Plus, powered by Peloton IQ, built for breakthroughs with personalized workout plans, real-time insights, and endless ways to make. move. Lift with confidence. While Peloton IQ counts reps, corrects form, and tracks your progress.

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the CEO of X, is quitting. I'm sorry, stepping down. from her position. Wow. Why is she leaving? She's been there for a couple of years now. And let's see what she's, let's see what she posted on X, shall we? I knew it would be the opportunity of a lifetime to carry out the extraordinary mission of this company. I'm immensely grateful to him for entrusting me with this responsibility of protecting free speech, turning the company around and transforming X into the everything app. I'm incredibly proud of the X team. The historic

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As always, I'll see you on X. Wow. Okay, what is happening with Elon Musk? I, that is, I don't understand, but we'll see what the, what comes of that as we, as the days grow shorter. So we shall see. but that's pretty amazing that she is now is the time. They've built the whole groundwork of this, and now that's when she's leaving.

That's not good. Okay, back, let's go to who died. Who died today? Someone who actually died, Danny Latamaker. And don't look at me like you don't know who Danny Latamacher is. Latemacher Maker, L-A-M-A-C-H-E-R. He's the renowned guitarist in D-L-E-M-A-M-E-R. Dutch and Belgium rock music.

Or he was. He was a renowned, well, I guess he still is. But he passed away at the age of 75 from heart failure. He managed wild romance. And man, Lautamacher was, it wasn't that, he got sick the last few days here, the first part of this month. And then the heart failure took him down at 75. He was born in Belgium.

I mean, he was a lead guitarist for Herman Brood and Wild Romance. I mean, you remember all this. And, you know how big a deal? Lottemacher was. So rest in peace to Dutch and Belgian rock music legend. Danny Lattemacher dead at the age of 75. Then we have Christopher Brighenetti. Christopher Brignetti, dead at the age of 54.

And I'm guessing very few of you know who Christopher Brignetti is, but he was a coach for the Taralinda High School bicycling team. I'm sorry, the cycling team, not the bicycling, the cycling team. And he was struck by a vehicle and killed while riding his bicycle. and so I don't wish ever to have cyclists hit by automobiles. However, let me say this, that the police do not suspect intoxication and did not arrest the driver. Okay.

So apparently this intersection where he was hit and killed has a history of collisions involving vehicles and bicyclists. according to the county bicycle coalition, the Marin County Bicycle Coalition, and I love them. Four incidents occurred between 2018 and 2023, each with similar circumstances. It's the latest in a long line of crashes at that site.

Some crashes are genuinely hard to predict or prevent. This is not one of those crashes. had changes been made to the intersection after any of these four most recent collisions, this most recent strategy would have been far less likely. That very well may be true. However, I would like to say that perhaps, just perhaps, and this is just me playing devil's advocate of not saying anything bad or anything, but just perhaps changes could be made.

you know, to the cyclists side of the road. Just saying, not just not just, you know, drivers of automobiles on the road. Who should have the road away? Anyway, just very sad. Very sad.

And rest in peace to Christopher Brignetti dead at the age of 54. Oh, and it looks like we spotted Travis Decker, too. Remember, we talked about him. He's the dad accused of killing his three young daughters. He's been on the run. They haven't found him yet.

We thought he was the guy that started the first responder murders with the fire. It was not him. He's been reported in the Bear Creek area of Idaho's Sawtooth National Forest. Okay. So a man described standing between 5-8 and 5.5. 10 wearing black mesh cap, black-gaged earrings, and a cream-colored t-shirt, black shorts, either converse or vans. According to the report, he was spotted on the 5th of July, so just four days ago with a family

camping southeast of Stanley, Idaho. They reported seeing a man matching Decker's description. They told authorities that the man had a long ponytail, overgrown beard, mustache, black garment watch carrying a black Jan Sport backpack and he avoided eye contact and did not respond when they tried to talk to him. Yeah, well maybe he just didn't want to deal with people, okay? That's being out in the woods. But that's probably him. And so he's got, he knows how to stay alive out there. He's got extensive survival skills and he knows he's on the run because he did a very, very bad thing. Allegedly. So if you happen to be,

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as it's revealed how she be rated responding officers. I didn't get that that much. I was looking at the mugshot and it doesn't, nobody's. mugshot is great, right? And I also notice that when she's taking her DUI test, because she refused the breathalyzer, good move. She has an oxygen hose in her nose. So when she's the picture of her walking a straight line,

she's got the oxygen tank set on the ground and her flip flouts off. So the former Olympian, is she was pulled over in West Virginia and as a 57-year-old athlete exclaimed

when the police officer said hey you should be pretty good she said I don't see this I have this right now okay because they wanted to see once hailed is America sweetheart

for taking home the gold yeah yeah yeah after becoming combative, repeatedly huffing, oh, come on now, as the officer ordered her to follow his finger and later walk a straight line in a parking lot of this auto zone in back in May. And the cop said, you should be pretty good at this. And she said, yeah, I mean, upside down.

so she was grinning and or has she failed to keep her head still while tracking the officer's finger she said you feel like I'm feeling you make me feel like I'm in trouble I see it I'm looking at I see it I see it okay I'm looking at your beautiful blue eyes okay easy calm down And then she wanted to remind the police officer that she was an Olympic gold medalist. Oh, boy. Now we're getting into, do you know who I am territory? So when she was arrested, the officer tried to cuff her.

I'm going, am I going to jail? Are you kidding me? Oh, my God, no. She told a loved one, I guess on the phone, oh, my God, Gia, they think I'm drunk. as okay, all right. And so the mama four was arrested, pulled over her porous founder in the driver's seat with a screw top bottle of wine. Maybe she was a little drunk. So all she had was her Texas ID.

And so that's good. Look, she was slapped with a $100 fine related to the drunken episode, which was standard for first time non-agravated offenses in West. Virginia. She later took full responsibility for what occurred after she entered a plea of no contest to charge of non-agravated DUI. What happened was completely unacceptable.

I make no excuses. To my family, friends, or my fans, I have let you down. And for that, I am deeply sorry. Yeah. No, no question. I would say, I love the, do you know, you know I'm an Olympic gold medalist, right? She told the officers

At the jail I mean really I know you know who I am I love that I love that You do know I mean go on You have to know who I am right

And one One story, a little uplifting story Here at the end And is it uplifting I'll let you be The decision maker on that The U.S. government And normally when you start out of a story

with the U.S. government, it's not uplifting at all. But you make the call. It's up to you. It's preparing to breed billions of flies and dump them out of airplanes over Mexico and southern Texas to fight a flesh

eating maggot. Now, I'm not a fan of the flesh eating maggots. I don't want that for anyone. But apparently, this is this bug, devastate the beef industry and wildlife and even kill household pets. So you don't want that.

So according to all the experts, this is good technology. And this one expert said, look, parasites and animals, particularly in livestock, not good. It's an all-time grade in terms of translating science to solve some kind of large problem. So the targeted pest is the flesh-eating larva of the new world screw worm fly. Oh, that sounds like something. Be careful of the screw worm. You don't want any of that. They mate with females in the wild.

And then the eggs laid by the female aren't fertilized and don't hatch. There are fewer larvae and over time the fly population dies out. So, no worries. No worries. We're just going to breed these billiards. millions of flies and dump them out over Mexico and southern Texas and they are going to, you know, go ahead and kill the flesh-eating maggot. What could possibly go wrong?

Let's get out of here. We'll leave you with the joke of the day from Sherperman, who sent it, emailed me chewing the fat at the blaze.com. And he sent, I don't know, five or six or seven, I don't know how many of these stupid jokes he sent. but a couple of them made me laugh. Why did the crocodile run the mile so fast? I don't know. Why did the crocodile run the mile so fast?

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