Chewing the Fat with Jeff Fisher - Solution Seekers?... | 3/28/23

Episode Date: March 28, 2023

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So you want to be a big shot. You want to travel the world. You want to be a leader. You want to be an elected official and meet other elected officials. And sign deals and have your photo taken. Well, sometimes you have to have dinner with them as well. And our president, Joe Biden, well, Joe and Jill were up in Canada last week. And they had to have dinner with Justin and what's his wife's name, Sophie, the Trudeau's.

And they were having dinner in Canada. And we have the menu from their Friday night dinner. Man, does it make me want to be a world leader? So the first course was cedar salt and seaweed-crusted, rare seared, East Coast, Yellowfin tuna. then white bean hummus cucumber pickled radish and bitter greens flaxseed cracker and lemon parsley emulsin oh man does that sound good let's get let's bring on the main course shall we albeda beef braced i'm sorry Alberta beef braised short rib butternut squash puree and Yukon gold potato

pavet, wildflower honey-roasted carrots and fine green beans, Peely Island Cabernet Sambignon juice. And then how about dessert? I mean, the main course, how full are you now, though? I mean, you're almost too stuffed, but it's time for dessert. Wild blueberry and Quebec maple moose cake. Screech, rum, caramel, and sweet grass meringue. fresh berries.

Man, you walk away from that meal, stuffed. Because when you fill up on the cedar salt and seaweed-crusted, rare seared East Coast yellowfin tuna, which actually doesn't sound too bad if I'm being honest. I don't know about the Alberta beef brazed short rib, maybe, but the rest of it, woof, man.

No, I'm good. good. Are you sure you don't want any white bean hummus, cucumber, pickled radish, and bitter greens? Now, no, no, no, I'm good. Thanks. Welcome. Welcome to chewing the fat. So, family in Spain has sued the hospital because the hospital screwed up the in vitro fertilization. They put the wrong sperm into this lady. And she gave her. birth to the baby then they said hey you know this child's appearance really doesn't look like us yeah well you know we screwed up we put in we put the wrong sperm you so you're the you're not the dad and you're the mother of the

child obviously but your husband is not the dad and yeah it was wrong sorry about it that's not funny at all now the family family has filed a complaint with the hospital saying that the mistake had caused very serious and irreparable moral damage. They say that the lawsuit is saying that the error has destroyed the father's dream of having a biological child with his wife, saying the ordeal will also have an incalculable added emotional and personal impact on the family in the future. The mother is also said to be experiencing anguish after carrying a stranger's child, instead in instead of her husband's.

So they're suing for a million dollars which is I guess 884,000 euros or whatever they, whatever money they use in Spain. This would be a lot more than a million dollars

for me. I think the hospital should pay them a million dollars for the screw up and then continue to pay them a million dollars for the next 20 years. You know, for the kid. But, I mean, they did get a kid out of the deal.

It's just the wrong one. So whatever kind of money, you know, tokens they use in Spain, I believe they're part of the European Union. So they're using euros. But whatever money they're using, they should be paying these people a whole lot of money. Sorry, we gave you the wrong sperm. I don't know how you do that in today's world. but it would really I would not want to be these people plus they've got it they've got this child I feel

terrible for the child because they obviously the mother you know obviously that's a stranger's is the father but she's still the mother of the child and so she's got to have some kind of love for this baby right that's just what a horrible situation a million dollars or euros is not enough If you listen to the show, you know I love geography. I'm not very good at it. I know places, where places are on the planet. I like geography. But I also like the National Geographic, the GOB.

And it's fun to watch. And these kids are so smart, and they know so much about the planet. It's unbelievable. Well, that competition is now going to be permanently discontinued by the National Geographic. The GOB competition is over. They want to replace it with a more equitable participation,

adding that its increased focus on racial injustice challenge us to find new ways to engage young people. What? I mean, it's just amazing. So the National Geographic is attempting to shift focus away from friendly competition among Americans, toward global activism. Oh, good.

The outlet claimed it wants to establish a new generation of solution seekers from around the world who can confront our century's most pressing challenges, including COVID-19 and racial injustice. National Geographic even alluded to environmental activism and perhaps so-called climate change when it claimed that such solution seekers could ultimately help protect our plans. Huh. Now, this started back in 1989, and Alex Rebecca was the host. I just watched an old clip of the final segment from 2007, by which a young girl won it, by the way.

I know that in the last 10 years, it has been a male-driven, non-white winners. Okay? I don't care. I don't care who went. I enjoy watching it. fun. I just watched the end of the last one. The last two were canceled. I watched the end of the 2019 National Geographic GOB with Mo Roca as the host. And he's okay. I mean, he's not Alex Trebek, but he's okay. He does fine. And I watched the last segment. And these two kids, the sixth grader from Massachusetts, Trea Malano, and an eighth-grade. And an eighth-grade, from Texas, Nahar Zhanga, who was awesome. Now, Nahar won it. It was really fun to watch. I almost want to play it for you because it was so much fun. The Alex Trebek one is awesome.

The B from 2007, and Alex even points out as we're coming down to the wire about it, the young girl being a girl. I don't know that you can pull that off today, but it makes you miss Alex Trebek. I mean, that was way back in 2007. I mean, what kind of life did we have in 2007? Certainly way different than the life we have now. I mean, that was at least one or two lifetimes ago for me. I mean, holy cow, 2007. What were you doing in 2007?

So anyway, congratulations to the National Geographic for being so inclusive and understanding that we need to cancel this event because this is going to give us a, an opportunity to reimagine geographic education entirely. Oh, okay. So the reimagined curriculum doesn't include competition.

Okay, no problem. It's really, really weird. I mean, they suggest that the move, now they're saying that they want equity, right? But, well, you could probably make the case that the cancellation was racially or ethnically motivated as young males of Asian descent seem to dominate the competition

for the last 10 years. Yeah. So you could make that case and one could almost believe it. It's amazing to me that they're going to cancel this event. It's unbelievable and it's so much fun to watch and the questions are

unbelievable. I watch it and you get the answer and you're like, well, of course that's the answer. Duh. There's no way. Like the question for the winner in 2019 that won the contest for him was one-third of Norway's northernmost county is located on what plateau? And Mo Roca is always like, I'll repeat the question. One-third of Norway's northernmost county is located on what plateau?

and you have, I think, 12 seconds. And Nihar, the kid from Texas, the eighth grader from Texas, knew that it was the Finnmark Plateau. And the other kid, what a loser, didn't know that it was the Finn Mark Plateau. I don't know that I could have ever told you that it was the Finn Mark Plateau, but it's really funny when you get the answers

and you realize, oh, man, that's what it's called. or yeah, I remember it was called that. So I, you know, I think that it's a fun event. And yes, people have to, you know, memorize encyclopedias and almanac, an atlases, and whatever other resources we have. But you go up there and you do this battle on your own, from your own brain is amazing.

And to have that canceled because of equity, agonizing. Agonizing National Geographic. Agonizing. All right. Let's go to the break room. I need something cold to drink desperately. So if you've used the internet ever, you know what a GIF is. It's a, you know, the graphics interchange format, GIF, pronounced GIF, JIF.

It's a lossless format for image files that supports both animated and static images. Thank you. And you use it to share your feelings or if you're acting surprised or, you know, it's a stupid thing that you use on social media, right? I mean, there's Tyra Banks exploding in anger. There's Kimberly Sweet Brown Wilkins, who I love, by the way. Ain't nobody got time for that. I have a new one for you on Friday, too. And I'm going to go through some of the comments.

Awesome. Anyway, news reporting. I love the soundbites from on the street reporting in the news. And Kimberly Sweet Brown is one of them. Ain't nobody got time for that. Deerge, anyway, and you have RuPaul declaring, Girl, well, if you're white and you've used any of those images, that is an insidious form of contemporary racism.

Yeah, I bet you didn't know that, did you? Yeah, I didn't think so. Digital Blackface is a practice where white people co-opt online expressions of black imagery, slang, catchphrases, or culture to convey comic relief or express emotions. Oh, okay. Digital Blackface involves white people play acting at being black, says Lauren Michelle Jackson, an author and cultural critic in an essay for Teen Vogue. So all this for an essay in Teen Vogue. Okay, Lauren, thanks to your time. We appreciate it.

Yes, you got published in Teen Vogue. Congratulations, good for you. But she says that the internet thrives on white people laughing at exaggerated displays of blackness. Reflecting a tendency among some to see black people as a walking hyperbole. If you're still not sure how to define digital blackface, Jackson offers a guide. She says it includes displays of emotion, stereotyped as excessive. So happy, so sassy, so ghetto, so loud, our dial is on 10 all the time. Rarely our black characters afforded subtle traits or feelings, which, by the way, I do not believe that to be true.

But many, I don't believe to any of this to be true, as a matter of fact. But I'm with you, Lauren. I'm following along with your little plan here. Many white people choose images of black people when it comes to expressing exaggerated emotions on social media. burden that black people didn't ask for it's a burden it's a burden okay um i just want to say that uh this is unbelievable and we are is it this is just another way to divide us and i'm not sure why uh lauren michelle jackson hates white people but i'm pretty sure that uh laura michelle jackson does even though she hasn't written an essay essay and teen vogue saying why i hate

white people this could be why I hate white people due to her black face digital black face because of a gif that you use it's absolutely agonizing another thing that's agonizing is you're going to hear more and more calls to ban guns because of the shooting in Nashville yesterday that left three children and three adults killed by one shooter who is also dead shot by police. The 28-year-old former student of the school, who was a transgender person. I guess that's relevant,

but she went to the school. He went to the school. It was a he transitioning to a female, 28 years old. Two assault-style rifles and a handgun. Had a written manifesto, drawn detailed maps of the school before the attack. the six victims have been identified. Three were nine years old.

Just so sad. Evelyn Dykehouse, D-I-E-C-K-H-A-U-S, H-A-U-S, H-A-U-S, H-A-U-S, H-E-L, H-A-U-S, all nine years old. So sad. And the adults in their 60s, Cynthia Peek, Mike Hill, and Catherine Coontz,

who I believe was the head of the school, Catherine, lost their lives as well. Very sad. and just horrific going on in the elementary school. I can imagine. I don't even want to pretend to imagine what these parents are going through,

even the ones that still have their children alive. Anyway, we will all hear how horrible guns are. We won't hear that we need more help in our mental health world. We won't hear that. What we will hear is that we need to get rid of guns. It's just agonizing to me that out of this sad, sad situation, that we don't actually look at what could possibly be causing the problem.

It's certainly, in my view, in my humble opinion, is not the guns. Okay, so what is going on at the TSA? What's happening? What's happening at the TSA? I'm not a fan of the TSA, but what is going? going on. So yesterday, we had a story about a TSA agent who made a traveler sob, because according to the traveler, this trans woman at JFK Airport, had the TSA agent hit her testicles. That's not funny. I'm not laughing. Okay. So she posted saying the TSA agent,

agent berated them for their identity and that they were still physically recovering from the encounter. She claimed that the TSA agent yelled at me for having a penis and that my balls hurt so bad. I just, I don't believe that. I'm sorry, I don't believe that. However, the story continues saying that Mara, the person we're talking about who was claiming to be injured, uh, and was being berated, said she doesn't want the agent to lose their job and hopes that they learn from the situation. Right. I don't want the TSA agent that hurt me fired. I want her educated and the entirety of the TSA abolished altogether. So I don't want the TSA agent to lose her job, but I do want the TSA altogether to be shut down and that would in turn cause the TSA agent to lose your job.

I'm not necessarily opposed to the TSA being abolished, but I'm not sure what we do in place of the TSA because there's no way that we would ever get rid of the TSA now. That's a government entity. No way. I don't know if you know this or not, but once government entities become established, they never go away ever.

Then I get a story from out in California, John Wayne Airport, according to NFL player Sebastian Joseph Day, he claims he was sexually assaulted by a TSA agent at John Wayne Airport in California. I just got sexually assaulted by a TSA at John Wayne Air after I asked the gentleman to please stop because I'm uncomfortable and I feel that this part of the check is unnecessary. after he felt what was needed, then they told me I was the problem

after three TSA agents swarmed me. Yeah, I mean, if you start complaining, that's a problem. You can't say anything, which is they have the power. It's agonizing. I'm all for people doing their job well, but it was extremely unnecessary

and dehumanizing. I travel a lot for personal and work reasons. I've never experienced anything like it. And when do I try to file a complaint they are making me jump through hoops to do so. Oh, isn't that interesting? Sure you can file a complaint over there. No, that's closed. Go over there. You send an email here. Oh, that got kicked back. No, you have to send it to this person. The Los Angeles Chargers player also explained that he was not posting about the incident in a bid for sympathy,

but in order to ensure that those involved will never be permitted to treat anyone else the same way. Oh, that's special. I appreciate that. So what's going on at the TSA? I didn't necessarily. I did believe that the trans person in New York at John F.K. was telling me the truth about having her testicles hit by a TSA agent and just think about the whole thing for just a moment. I just want to stop for just a moment and think about the absurdity of what we're living in today. Okay? Actually, what the Sebastian Joseph Day is actually a male saying that he got

sexually assaulted by a TSA agent. He doesn't say whether the TSA agent was male or female. I don't think he ever says that in any of his post. Just calls them TSA agents. So we've all been felt up by TSA agents, or at least I have anyway, no question. I've seen people bypassed extra security and other people got the super security from a TSA

that made no sense. I've seen at one time I wanted to speak up in fact and say what are we doing we just let these people through and you're checking this little kid with their family are you kidding me and I was told don't do that we have traveled to do and I don't want to start a fight at the airport so I kept my mouth shut I probably should have but that was the last that particular time was pre social media or I would have definitely posted it on social media so it You know, now we're getting people, you know, getting felt up all over the country. But back to the absurdity of what I was talking about when we have a male who feels that they are a female, but they're upset that the TSA agent has hit their man parts. I know. I know. I know.

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So a pipe burst near a manufacturing plant in Philadelphia, spilling about 8,100 gallons of finishing solution into the Delaware River, which is a main source of water for Philadelphia. Now, apparently residents were like finishing solution. We don't want to drink that. I really kind of don't. them so officials say hey we're looking good we're fine it's okay to drink from the city's tap water oh okay well sure thank you thumbs up to you thumbs up to you a few other headlines to get you through the day um that i see where california ski resorts are dealing with climate change and they don't know how to deal with it oh you know what they do they've gotten so much snow they're

going to go ahead and stay open through june so if you want to ski at the california ski resorts you're good you're good through june okay we're not going to close down there's way too much snow so come on and ski that's special and who knows the people at disney may have some free time uh to go skiing they're going to uh lay off another seven thousand jobs. So I'm not sure if those particular jobs at Disney are the ski resort types, but they may have time to go to those ski resorts in California. And depending on which Disney, you know, you work at, obviously, I got it. But the layoffs are coming this week, according to Bob Eiger. Oh, now isn't that special? So things, I guess, are not going as well as expected at Disney.

even though they're busy celebrating more LGBT days and Disney Orlando. So you continue to stop liking regular families at Disney, okay? You guys go ahead and do that. Another business that is struggling right now is Lyft, and they're blaming the CEO and the president for them taking a dive. So the Lyft founders will step down from their CEO and president roles, and they're going to step down from the day-to-day running of the company

as it struggles to keep up with rival Uber. I will say the last time that Uber was used in my world, the price had skyrocketed. It was amazing how expensive it was, and I decided, you know what, I'm not going to Uber anymore. So we'll see And it actually wasn't me It was my son

But he was telling me how much it cost for him to Uber someplace And I was like, holy cow Because it wasn't too long ago when he used the Uber And it cost him 10 bucks And the next time he Ubered from that same particular Establishment, it was 30 And I realized time and day

Difference I got it. I got all the variances But that is outrageous For it to be that much higher And if you think protests don't work, you would be wrong. They were protesting big time in Israel, and I made an offhand joke on Pat's show. I think we talked about it out of the air. But they were protesting over a judge, but it was a judicial overhaul that Israel's prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu. And Benjamin Netanyahu said, you know what?

He's going to postpone the controversial judicial overhaul to avoid a civil war. Yeah. I mean, it was amazing the footage of how many people were in the streets protesting on this judicial overhaul. It really was some incredible footage. So he's going to delay his plan to bring the country's judiciary more under the ruling party's power until it could be debated during the next parliamentary session in April. There were a decision to strike and mass protest. So the announced the leader of Israel's largest trade union,

said that it would call off the general strike by its 800,000 members. So people need to get back to work. Your protest worked, and there's not going to be a big overhaul, at least until we have a fight in the parliament in April. Okay, so calm down, get off the streets. I guess Harry is feeling comfortable. Remember, he had a problem going back to the United Kingdom for his safety, but he's there.

He showed up in a London court on Monday. Prince Harry was there, Elton John and his hubby were there. They've got the case going on at the High Court in London. It is the case on phone hacking and other invasions of privacy brought with several other high-profile people against the Associated Newspaper Limited, which publishes the Daily Mail and the Mail on Sunday, commissioned the breaking and entering into private property,

engaging it on lawful acts that included hiring private investigators to bug homes, cars, and record private phone conversations. They were the victim of numerous unlawful acts carried out by the defendant and those acting on the instructions of its newspapers. Pretty incredible. If it's all true. Elton and Hubby were there. They showed up apparently after lunch break, hung out for a little while, bolted.

Harry showed up for the beginning, and he stayed there all day, took a few notes, hung out in the back, then he left. I guess he's, I don't know if he's going to be there every day in case it's supposed to go on, I think. It's before the high court all week. So he's in town. And I don't know if Megan's there. There's no report of Megan and the kids being there. If Harry's on his own.

Bill I'm sorry Prince William The next king of England You need to Get over there And get the ball rolling For Harry

To get rid of Megan Okay You need to stop with all this other BS Just bypass everything And go in the back door And talk to your brother Okay Don't tell your dad

Don't tell what's your face You know your stepmom, Camilla. I'll tell your wife, Kate, just get over there and talk to Harry and start breaking down that barrier so that he can get rid of Megan and we could move on with the Royals. Okay? I know. You don't want to hear it, but I'm just telling you that's what needs to happen.

All right. And I see where Guantas Paltrow's case is still going on. I don't think she's going to win. The guy took the stand yesterday, the optometrist, and he, I don't know that he was Look, I'm just reading it I didn't see his testimony But he said he saw a whole lot of snow

I didn't see the sky but I was flying This was Terry Sanderson The 76 year old retired optometrist Calling the impact a serious smack And he's had problems Remembering things He's suing for more than $300,000 I just feel like

Gwana should have just paid this guy off And said sorry even if I mean, his story is exactly opposite of hers, right? Now, there is footage, apparently, from his side that is a cam. There's no, there's not footage of the accident, but there's footage of the group. And in that footage, the guy that actually testified for Sanderson said that on the day of the crash that Paltrow had crashed into Sanderson, said that on, you know, on the tape. So we'll see. I don't know.

I just feel like for 300,000, if I'm on the jury, I'm like, going to pay the guy. All right. Whatever happened, I know, I know. I got it. He's standing firm. And it's, gosh, darn it, I mean it. And I don't want to pay him. All right.

Fine. Do what you got to do. But it doesn't make you look good. No matter what the deal is. It doesn't make you look good, especially if you're going to stick to your... I'm sticking to my guns. Gosh darn it. He hit me.

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you call 1-866531-2-6000 or visit Comexonterio.ca. So the brother of Aaron Hernandez, the NFL player who ended up being found guilty and killing himself, his brother, Dennis, was just arrested for allegedly throwing a brick at ESPN headquarters. Huh. Now, the brick was in a plastic bag, with a note on it.

Interesting. It was a handwritten note addressed to all media outlets. Huh. Okay? So apparently he took an Uber to ESPN. They wouldn't let him in the gates and he threw a brick.

All right. So what the notes say? The note said to all media outlets. This is what the cops say the note said. It's about time you all realize, R-E-A-L-I's, E-Y-E-S. The effect. media has on all family members. Since you're a worldwide leader, maybe you could lead how media

and messages are delivered brick by brick. Clean it up. The note was reportedly signed. Yours truly, Dennis J. Hernandez. Because when you're going to make a note and throw it with a brick and a plastic bag, you want to be nice. A dear to all media outlets. Okay. So, The security officer said he was 90% positive. He threw down the brick. He was the older brother of Aaron Hernandez. He was a football player as well. He did not answer any of their questions.

He was arrested, cited with misdemeanor breach of peace and released with a court date. He was also told he is barred from setting foot on ESPN's campus again. He was threatening through Bix at both ESPN and the state Capitol building. Okay, so I'm not quite sure what that means. I mean, I think, you know, we know that Aaron was, you know, a bad guy. We know that he was a great football player, but he had some serious issues.

And so I'm not sure what that has to do with anything, although I will say that Aaron was to have, you know, big CTE issues. And perhaps, perhaps again, and this is just me, thinking out loud, perhaps again, it wasn't all CTE that was causing the Hernandez issue. Perhaps it was some sort of other mental instability that is part of the family tree. But again, what do I know? Be sure to follow me on Twitter at Jeffrey JFR. Facebook and Instagram is Jeff Fisher Radio. You can follow me on YouTube, Chewing the Fat, with Jeff Feeffe's.

Fisher, you can order a cameo from me. That's not free, but at Jeffey JFR is the cameo address. You can always email the show Chewing the Fat at theblaze.com. I read all your emails. I don't comment about all of them, but I do read them all. I like this one from Nate, who said I had another idea for the Chewing the Fat subscriber rule to help spread the fat. Okay, so I'm not big on making new rules and regulations, but we'll see. He's the one that said that he came up with, what are you watching idea, by the way?

Well, I mean, it was kind of similar to what you're listening to, but I appreciate it, Nate. I'm not downplaying what you did. Thank you. You know, if someone asks what you're watching, you say chewing the fat with Jeff Fisher, fine idea. If you want to do that, that's great. The original rule and a guiding principle of chewing the fat is if, someone ask you, hey, what are you listening to? As a subscriber to chewing the fat, you must say chewing the fat. Okay, so anyway, I think if you need to talk to someone who is wearing headphones,

you should say, sorry to bother you. I'm assuming you're listening to chewing the fat with Jeff Fisher, and then proceed with whatever you're going to ask or say. Actually, Nate, you actually have something here. I like it. I like it a lot. So if this may actually be added to the rule. All right. So if someone asking you, hey, what are you listening

to? As a subscriber to chewing the fat, you have to say chewing the fat with Jeff Fisher. I don't care if it's not

chewing the fat with Jeff Fisher. I mean, obviously it is going to be sometimes as your subscriber. But the point

is that you're getting the word out, right? You're going to listen to other stuff. We all do. I get it. But your reply

must be chewing the fat with Jeff Fisher. But I love the idea of giving someone What do you want to speak to if they have headphones on? Hey, you just look at them with, you know, point that finger like, hey, so they take the headphone out.

And as soon as the headphone comes out, I, sorry to bother you. I know you're probably listening to chewing the fat with Jeff Fisher, but, well, what's the actual line is, hey, sorry to bother you. I'm assuming you're listening to chewing the fat with Jeff Fisher, but I got to ask you a question. I love that. Thank you. And Nate goes on to say, 20 stars best podcast ever.

So if you are able to rate and review on whatever platform you are a subscriber to chewing the fat on, be sure to rate and review at 20 stars best podcast ever. It's part of the deal. It's what you have to do. Then I got another email that I think I might do this deal. I never know. I don't know why they continue to send me emails, but they do. And I'm going to have to respond to one of them someday.

And this one sounds like the one I might do. All right. The email starts out with, hello, all caps. I am ENGR, period. I'm guessing that's engineer. Mycola Andrea. A-N-D-R-I-Y. Andri.

Amkola Andrei. I don't know what I'm saying with that. I am head of information and technology in a company where I work in Ukraine, and we are three heads of a department who want to combine our resources to invest in housing or another investment zone that can generate more income for us. Our main budget investment is 25 million euros, and we want to invest in real estate in your country.

We are taking this drastic decision due to the conflict the president has initiated against us here in Ukraine. And I would like to receive additional information and advice on how to properly invest in residential real estate or any other good business ideas in your country and then they give me a contact email address to reply i got to tell you it sounds like a legitimate business deal doesn't it and i love how they space things out and he's like when i'm reading them to you but like he doesn't spell out engineer so that it's engr period and then when he gets to initiated us again here in Ukraine with a comma and then there's one two three four probably like three or four spaces before he gets to and which is a capital a and and there's which is following a comma which is

not capped usually if you're corresponding correctly and there's also uh where some of the words they have an extra space in them so that it just i guess it throws off the algorithms when people are looking for fake emails so that's the way they do it. Are you saying this stuff is fake? Well, well, no, let me say this.

It's not fake. I actually read an actual email that was sent to me. It's not fake. But their deal is not real. And when I reply, it's going to let them be able to be inside my system.

And you don't want none of that. You really don't. So I joke around about replying to these emails. I hope they continue to come. I love them, but they're not real. Wait, I said they were. Stream and subscribe to more Blaze Media content

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