Chewing the Fat with Jeff Fisher - Substandard... | 4/1/25

Episode Date: April 1, 2025

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This is in Salt Lake City. And he had a gold ring, his grandfather's cufflinks, and his university letterman jacket stolen. He called police. Police responded, searched the home. Found nothing. Four days later, his cat Ziggy did something strange that made him take notice. The cat was meowing at a laundry room door that was shut and is usually left open because that's where the litter box is. Later that day, he found some of his wine bottles out.

and he asked his housemate about it. Suspecting someone was in the storage room, they armed themselves with a ski, and that's, I mean, you can protect yourself with a ski, no problem. And opened the door. They found empty food cans, tins of beans, 10 empty wine bottles, and a filthy fleece on the floor. And while he believed that someone had been living there for several days,

he also believed that whoever was living there was using the litter box as a toilet. it. Just a little scary. And he said he found old student IDs and medical records had been removed from their boxes that he was keeping in this storage room. Now, he doesn't know if the person was bored or they were intent on trying to get his identity. And he asked for help from the public to find his items that were stolen.

And it just chattered their peace of mind and safety. Now, they found a place out back. between two fences where it looked like there was some sort of power boxes and phone line boxes were fenced off that looked like someone had been living there. But apparently because of the snowstorm, I guess this is why the person decided, hey, I can't live outside now. I have to break into the house. So the police searched the home and then I guess he came back in or the police didn't

search the storage room downstairs. It's interesting to me that the police searched and they didn't find anything. I hope that they searched the entire home and then possibly the guy came in later after the police were there. But I was thinking, boy, four days in your home without knowing it. Could someone be in your home for multiple days without you knowing it? That's a tough one. That's a tough one. And Zeb and his housemate will have to live with that for a long long.

time. Welcome. Welcome to chewing the fat. According to Forbes, there are new billionaires in the ranks of the world. I want to be clear, I am not one of them. Not even close. In fact, I'm a negative billionaire. But according to Forbes, there are 3,28 entrepreneurs, investors, and heirs that made Forbes 2025 world's billionaire list, including 288 newcomers. Wow. Okay. Congratulations to them. No problem.

And among them were Arnold Schwarzenegger, Bruce Springsteen and Jerry Seinfeld. They are all just, I mean, they're, they're poor, actually, compared to billionaires. They're only a little over $1 billion. Bruce is worth $1.2. Seinfeld is, I think, 1.1 and Schwarzenegger is 1.1. When you look at because, I say poor, because number one, of course, is Elon Musk. And according to Forbes, he is worth right now $342 billion. Zuckerberg, $216 billion.

Bezos, $215. Larry Ellison, 192. Bernard Anon, and Family, 178. Warren Buffett, $154 billion. Larry Page, 144 billion. Sergei Brin, 138 billion. Amoncio Ortega, 124 billion. And Steve Balmer, at 118 million, around out the top 10.

And then you have the Walton's, and Gates is dropped down to 13th, wow, the divorce really kicked him in the butt. And I see where Trump is on the list. He is only worth $5.1 billion. Now, again, just poor. I feel sorry for him. I'm shedding a tear for Donald Trump because, you know, he's only worth $5.1 billion. Only 15% of the new billionaires on this year's list are women,

and nearly two-thirds of them inherited their wealth. Oh, okay. With the richest exception, 71-year-old Barbara Bank, who co-founded Jackson Family Wines, known for its Kendall Jackson Wines from Sun I mean, you know that with her late husband, Jess Jackson. And then I see where one of the other notable new tech billionaires include Ben Lamb, whose startup colossal bioscientists. Actually, not scientists, sciences, colossal biosciences, which we've talked about on this show.

As he's trying to resurrect the woolly mammoth, he's now worth $3.7 billion. So congratulations to all the newcomers on this. the Forbes richest person's list and the billionaire list for 2025. Now, the richest one, Elon, who has 12 children, well, 13, if you believe Ashley St. Clair. She believes that her child belongs to Elon Musk. And she's a little pissed at Elon for cutting off some money. I would be too. You know, in fact, I want to go on record as saying the child I'm about to have, I believe, is Elon Musk's child.

Sure, we can take a DNA test, but I, you don't worry about that. Just know that the child is mine. Because she sold her Tesla, which Elon gave her $100,000 Tesla. I don't know what she got for it. Because she's pissed because Elon cut off some of the money for her. She's living in a penthouse that was, is being paid for by Elon. And he's giving her all kinds of money. He said that I've given her $2.5 million.

and I'm sending her $500,000 a year. And that's not even knowing if the child is his. She says it's his. They named it together according to her. And there's a paternity test pending, which he says he's willing to do. She said there's a court order to get one. He claims, I don't need a court order.

I'm happy to do the paternity test. Okay. So we'll see. I don't know why the big fight is against her that it's not his kid. He's usually, you know, yeah, that's my kid. And so it must be because she's just whacked out of her mind. And he was trying to distance himself from her.

But if it's his kid, he wants his kid to be taken care of. So we'll see. She's pissed. And I'm willing to struggle by in my Manhattan condominium and getting $500,000 a year. and 2.5 million altogether to pretend that my child is Elon's child. I'm willing to do that. I know it's a big stretch, but I am.

I'm willing to do that. Then I see, speaking of billionaires, I see where there's a house for sale, and only a very few of these top billionaires could actually afford this home because it's a former Rothschild's house. It was built in 1887. And it's been meticulously renovated by King Hassan the second of Morocco in 1984. So it's still, I mean, 1984, I guess you got some upgrades from the 1887 build, but you still, I mean, you still have got some upgrades that you have to do if 84 was the last upgrade.

It spans 96,875 square feet. It sits on 2,718 acres. The Chateau boasts 40 luxurious bedrooms. Its grounds feature a private hunting reserve, two tranquil ponds, a sprawling forest, an organic farm, a stud farm, and 36 additional structures. Yeah, I mean, those 36 additional structures, I'm sure most of those are barns and buildings where you're housing. you know, pruning tools that the do people have to do.

Because you're not just, I mean, holy cow. You know the upkeep on that on 2,718 acres? That's a lot. That's a lot. And I'm sure that some of the, you know, additional structures are second home, second and third homes, because you can't have people. I don't want them staying in the main house. I know, but you have 40 bedrooms.

I don't care. I can't be in the same house with them. They can stay over there. In the back 400, but normally it's the back 40, but you've got 2,718 acres. Yeah, the back 400. They can stay over there. Now, it's located 25 miles from Paris. So it's, I mean, you have access to Paris and seclusion.

It's beautiful. It's located in Grez Armein Villers. And of course, this is the Rothschilds, Chateau di Armand Villers. It's a neoclassical masterpiece. And I can get you into this estate for just $195 million. So good luck, enjoy. And boy, $195 million. Probably take, what, $180 million cash, maybe $175 million cash.

But the upkeep on that, holy cow. I mean, the monthly, yearly upkeep on the chateau is going to cost you some money. So there's only a few billionaires on that list. that can probably swing it. And Elon's one of them. With Amex Platinum, $400 in annual credits for travel and dining means you not only satisfy your travel bug, but your taste buds too. That's the powerful backing of Amex.

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Enter promo code Jeffie at checkout for a discount on your order. promo code jeffy j e f f y at jace jase e dot com all right this story kind of makes me angry uh because i see the headline georgia dad arrested after leaving his kids one six and ten alone at mcdonalds and why did he do that well he was attending a job interview and it kind of ticks me off i mean i know that he left his kids at the mcdonalds but it was really only for a couple of hours and when you read about the story, he went to the McDonald's, took his kids there, and then he left, and then he came back, and then he left again, and he went to a job interview. So he, this lady at this McDonald's, nosy lady, realizes that these kids are in the McDonald's, in the playplace, and there's no

adult with them. So, I mean, they're calling her a concerned customer. Okay, calm down. but she alerted the restaurant staff, and of course we call the local police. And of course, they find that the children are unattended. Now, witness claims that they saw him leave, bringing the kids about 4.30, then he came back, and then he returned later at 6.18 p.m. So he saw them in between the time he dropped them off, and then he left again, and then he came back, less than two hours later. And he tried to explain to the officers he didn't own a vehicle, so he walked to the

restaurant with his three children from his apartment he didn't want to make them walk back as he attended a job interview nearby so the police arrested him and charged him with deprivation of a minor uh okay uh sure if you say so now apparently uh the mother was called and came to pick up the kids really strange i mean how what is the guy supposed to do i know i know i I know he left his kids at the horrible place of McDonald's for a couple of hours as they played in the play thing. I don't know. It doesn't say whether he had bought purchased food, whether he was a customer there or not. It just says that that's where they were staying.

Just really, really kind of ticks me off because if you legitimately, if the story is true, he was taking care of his kids. And what if had he would have been better if he asked some lady at the, the McDonald's, the concerned customer, if she could hang out with his kids for a couple of hours while he went to a job interview nearby? Would that have been any better? Oh yeah, sure would have, because then an unknown person that he didn't know would have been taking care of his kids at the McDonald's. Okay. All right. I just, I don't know. I don't know what the guy was supposed to do. Oh, Jeff, he should have left them at the apartment all alone. So some unassuming neighbor, I'm sorry,

a concerned neighbor I would call you, I think these kids are in there all by themselves so I mean I don't know really I'm asking him I'm not sure what the guy was supposed to do I know what I would have done

and that would be bring my kids to the job interview sorry I'm watching my kids I'm here for the job interview and you know they're with me so we'll find out if there's more to the story

than just a job interview and what the job was but I know I would have just brought my kids. They're my kids. They're with me. I'm here for the job interview. Yeah, they're sitting over there quiet. Deal with it.

This is an old school radio story because if I was doing a live radio show today, this would actually be, I mean, I'd be doing this story because I'd take your calls. What would you do with your kids and take calls on this story because it fascinates me?

But since we're not taking live calls, although we're, you know, if you're listening live, I just can't take calls right now. You can email me, Chewing thefat at theblaze.com. Chewing the fat at the blaze.com. And you can tell me what you do. What would you do if these were your kids

and you had to go for a job interview? And that's Chewing the Fat at theblaze.com. You can also reach out on my socials at Jeff EJFR on X, Jeff Fisher Radio on Facebook and Instagram. You can reach out through my YouTube channel, Chewing the Fat with Jeff Fisher. and you can always order a cameo, which is not free, but it's worth every doggone penny at Jeffey JFR on the Cameo app.

But hey, we're taking your emails today. Chewing the fat. What would you do if you had a job interview and you had three kids to take care of? And would you leave them at home alone? Would you take them to the McDonald's for a couple of hours and let them play there? and there's more information needed on this story, obviously,

because I want to know, you know, did he purchase food? Was he a customer? What was the job interview? And he didn't leave them at the McDonald's. He let them stay there while he left for a little while. That's still leaving them, Jeff. I know, I know, but not really. All right, let's go to the break room.

I needed something cold to drink desperately. I love this story. So way back in 1984, not only were they remodeling the Chateau in Paris. It's also, this week, they released the movie, Romancing the Stone. And I love that stupid movie. Michael Douglas, Kathleen Turner, and it's just, I just love the stupid movie. And it's also, you know, that's where they meet the drug cartel guy, and he knows, Joan Wilder?

John Wilde? Awesome movie. I haven't seen it a long time. but apparently the studio executives had no faith in Michael Douglas Kathleen Turner Adventure movie by Robert Zemeckis. Now, you may remember Robert Zemeckis because he made Back to the Future. But he only made Back to the Future because after this movie, Romancing the Stone, made over $100 million, the studio were like,

yeah, go ahead and make what you want. Yeah, I guess you know what you're doing. and so he made back to the future. Yeah, I guess he did know what he was doing. Oh, no. Kevin Cronin, former Ario Speedwagon Frontman, ride in the storm out. I've seen them live, especially with Kevin Cronin at the helm.

It was a long, long time ago. Anyway, he's a little butt hurt. They're doing this big celebration for the band's legacy in Champaign, Illinois, and it's supposed to take place at the State Farm Center and Champaign on June 14th, and it will raise funds for ARIO Speedwagon Foundation for the rare G.U. Cancer Research at Moffat Cancer Center. That's in Tampa. They do great work. And they also, we were supposed to pay respects to the late REO Speedwagon members, Gary Richrath and Greg Philbin.

And so they've joined the band while they were still. living in Champaign and the musicians all lined up for the event and there's a big list of former Oreo Speedwagon band members, but not Kevin Croton. And he claims, I have people been asking, how come you're not coming? You've been, he claims that he was being falsely accused of turning down the invitation. I'm deeply disturbed and hurt by all of this. and so he believes that he was not asked him because the date that they have said,

June 14th, he's on tour and cannot be there. So he's being excluded from the event. Oh boy, that's not good. And he's also saying that, hey, two other veterans, Dave Amato and Brian Hitt, have not been shown in respect of being invited to the Champagne show. They aren't original band members,

but they joined the band after they relocated to L.A. Remember, I think it was last year They were doing their final tour, right? Because they were pissed and Cronin and the other guy, whatever his stupid name is, they were fighting over, you know, who runs the band. And it was irreconcilable differences that they broke up and they just played their last show.

We're not playing anymore. We're not doing it. We're not touring together. Well, Cronin is now going to be on tour with sticks. and former Eagles guitarist Don Felder, starting in May, on the Brotherhood of a Rock tour. And June 14th,

they are going to be in Oregon, so he can't be in Champaign, Illinois. He just wants everyone to know that it's not, I didn't turn this place, I didn't turn this down, okay? It's not because of me. It's because of those other bastards. So just remember,

if you're planning on going to the, celebration and champagne to celebrate REO Speedwagon for, I mean, it's a great cause of the, the G.U. Cancer Research at Moffat Cancer Center. I mean, they do great work. But if you were planning on going and seeing Kevin Cronin, eh, not going to happen. Kevin is riding the storm out.

Get it? Yeah, you got it. Speaking of aging rock stars, there's news now that there's going to me a new documentary about Billy Joel. It's supposed to be on HBO this summer. Is it HBO or is it Max? I don't know. I thought it was supposed to be Max,

but, you know, whatever, if the story says HBO. Apparently it's a two-part series titled, And So It Goes. And it's going to be produced and directed by this Susan Lacey, who's best known for long-running American Masters, and she's directed HBO documentaries before. And so it should be really good.

It's supposed to come out this summer. There's no exact date on that. But they talked about how, for those of you who think they know Joel's story, as well as those who are not familiar, this two-part film is both a revelation and a surprise. I was drawn to his story as someone who knew little at the outset. Someone who knew little about Billy Joel and was astounded at how autobiography his songs are

and how complex his story is. Yeah. He's Billy Freaking Joel. How do you not know Billy Joel's story? Anyway, it should be worth seeing it. It should be fun. And he hasn't been touring. Remember, we played the video of him falling down,

which apparently was a, you know, he's fallen down on stage before. But he canceled some shows because he had to get physical therapy after a recent surgery for an undisclosed medical condition. He wasn't saying what the medical condition. was. I know there's hippo laws, so I guess we can't know. But if he's doing physical therapy, that means that it had to be a hip or a shoulder or something, right? So he said, I regret postponing any of my shows, but my health must come first. I look forward to getting back on stage

and sharing the joy of live music with our amazing fans. Thank you for your understanding. I don't understand. How about if I don't understand, Bill? But he apparently, he's supposed to return to the stage at Acresher Stadium in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on July 5th. That'll probably be a great show. I've seen Billy before Live. He puts on a great show, even though he's kind of dushy. But I mean, hello is the piano man. What are you going to do?

I mean, the guy can sit down on stage and play hit after hit, after hit, after hit, and do a couple of hours, and he still could go on playing hit after hit after hit. So anytime you have an opportunity to see them, it's well worth it. Unless you're the person who is directing and producing the documentary mini-series, Susan Lacey, who didn't know anything. I'm sorry, she was drawn to a story because someone who knew little at the outset. Wow. Okay.

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And she, I mean, she, over the years, starred in, you know, Cagney and Lacey and Gunsmoke and the Incredible Hulk, Hawaii 5-0, Colombo, the Rw. Rockford files. And it says here others, if she was in all these shows, I wonder if she was in Canon. Okay, good. I'm glad I didn't play the sounder because she wasn't. That's right. William Conrad must not have liked her. I was looking at all these shows. Owen Marshall, Counselor Law, Gunsmoke, which I mentioned, the FBI. She looks like she was in one episode of those. Bonanza. Love American Style. She was in one episode of the Colombo. She was in two episodes of the Waltons. She was only in two of us.

I never liked her much. She was in Cojak for an episode. Marcus Welby for three episodes. Ironside. Okay. For three episodes. The Rockford Files, which I mentioned. One out of 12.

She was in one episode. Police story. Wow, police story. Beretta. In fact, I think she wrote a... She was one of the first women to write an episode. She was in a lot of these shows just one time. So, I mean, I know she was a great actress and everything, but was she?

Because she was in all these shows, but only one time. And I mean, good for her. She got a lot of work. But as I was reading about her, and she, and by the way, she's dead at the age of 78. She passed away in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. Sadly, I didn't want her to die. And she was suffering from Alzheimer's disease. Just terrible.

I don't wish that on anyone. But she's been acting for all these years. She was born in Pennsylvania. And she said that she was so happy to get the key. to her hometown in reading Pennsylvania. It's ready, Jeff. Yeah, I know. Okay.

And, but as we're talking about her life, it talks about how she, after she, I guess, retired in 1990, she didn't want to act anymore. She said she made an intense focus on politics, along with her husband, Peter Gelbem, and the daughter, Emily. She volunteered for Jackie Goldberg's 1993 City Council campaign in L.A. Yeah, it doesn't get my...

much bigger than that. And she was a staunch supporter of Caesar Chavez and the United Farm Workers and never crossed a picket line in her entire life. Oh, man, that makes me love her even more. So I still rest in peace. I'm sorry that you were suffering from Alzheimer's, but, no, whatever. Sion Barbara Allen dead at the age of 78. Then we have sad news from Miramar.

I mean, they are continuing to add up the death toll there from the earthquake. They're already over 2,000 people dead and, you know, thousands of people are injured, really sad from that. Then I see a story about how this Thai watchdog group had flagged concerns over Chinese-built skyscraper that collapsed in the earthquake. According to this, initial test of materials gathered at the site indicated the presence of substandard steel among the wreckage of the 30-story structure. Rescuers were continued to the search and rescue efforts, and, you know, they're still,

they're still digging people out of the rubble. But, wow, they were using substandard steel for these buildings that collapsed. Okay, if that's true, that does not bode well. So another thing that is apparently dying is the Microsoft blue screen of death. believe we've all seen it. You know, the hashtag BSOD. We've seen it at least once. The, you know, the blue bright color screen with the sad, smiley face and an error has occurred and make this, you know what the screen is. We've all seen it. Well, I guess that's going away now. Microsoft said, yeah, we're changing the design of the blue error screen and breaking with tradition.

In fact, it won't be called a blue screen anymore because at least the current preview of version, Windows 1124H2, the error screen is now completely black. Oh, okay. Apparently, in some of the test versions, I guess it'll be green. And it just says your device ran into a problem and needs to restart. Oh, okay, thank you. Is that better than the blue screen of death? Yes, it is, Jeff.

It is. Okay. All right, if you say so, hey, it's your company. You do what you want. but I feel like the blue screen of death is a sign of who you are. Now it's just a black screen of death. So you can still use the hashtag BSOD. It just stands for black instead of blue.

And it just tells you it doesn't have the sad smiley face. None of it. It just says, yeah, you ran into a problem. Restart. That's nice of them. You know, another thing that we should be concerned about is I keep seeing the headlines that bees continue to die. I just read a story where I talked about commercial beekeepers in the United States

are reporting unprecedented colony losses, averaging over 60% this past winter. Okay, is that true? It's the highest on record. Honeybees play a crucial role in pollinating approximately half of the nation's crops. Yes, we know that. Including apples and berries and melons, and we need those bees.

I agree, but is it true that we've lost 60% from this past winter? Okay. Factors contributing to these declines include, of course, climate change. Habitat loss, pesticide exposure, poor nutrition. Well, those bees need to go to the gym and start working out. And infestations of parasites like varroa mites. Yeah, I hate those. I hate the varroa mites.

U.S. Department of Agriculture alongside Cornell University is investigating these alarming losses to identify primary causes and develop mitigation strategies. We've been complaining about, or we've been reporting on losing bees for a decade, and we're still are, we're just now starting to investigate, we're investigating these alarming losses, we're just now investigating that. Come on now. I want to know, though, if you're a beekeeper, email me towing the fat at the blaze.com. I want to know, did you lose 60% of your colonies? Holy cow. It does not, uh, uh, it's not good if that's true.

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But they also talked about a larger international game schedule. which we knew was going to happen, right? I mean, that is going to happen. So this year, we have seven international games, and that number is set in stone already, but they're talking about more international games in 2026 with eight or more. And the Jacksonville Jaguars will play, I think, one or two games this year internationally, which could go up to three because they have a resolution.

that they can play the Wembley stadium game with the Jaguars every year. Doesn't count. Oh, that doesn't count. That's an international game, but it doesn't count. That's just a regular game. That happens no matter what. All right. So now they're talking about while they're remodeling their stadium

that they want to push more games to play at Wembley. So we'll see how many games that works out to be. And they're talking about playing not just in Europe, but beyond. Okay. All right. that's fine. We better find a way to get these travel plans in gear. They better start investing in airplanes that can travel a lot faster.

Now, they say, hey, this is the most last season. Was the most watched season outside the United States? Okay. So they're positioning themselves for a global brand. Yes. And that's exactly what they're doing. They also had a big meeting with Caitlin Clark. and

Serena Williams and they were all there with their night in red at the NFL owners meetings to discuss, it's an annual thing, of course it is, with women in sports.

Okay, yeah, I mean, Caitlin was there. She's their new star in Serena. It was obviously Serena Williams, but she is not in the same role as Caitlin Clark, that's for sure. Caitlin is on fire. Right now, this year

for the WNBA, the Indiana Fever, 90% of Caitlin Clark's games are going to be televised. Wow. Boy, the Caitlin haters are going to even hate stronger now. 41 of their 44 games will be featured on national television broadcast or streams for this next basketball season. Wow. I mean, the WNB, it's about time. They smartened up.

I'll tell you that. Because she is the WNBA. I know, I know. Nobody wants to hear that, especially all the white haters in the WNBA, but it's true, so they better get over it. You know, there's a headline that's kind of misleading about an ESPN host that I'm not really,

I don't even know who she is, Monica McNutt. Okay, she's an ESPN host, and she's on a podcast or a show, and they're talking about the WNBA. and the headlines are talking about little girls are drawn to become fans of Caitlin Clark because she's white. She's a white girl.

And so it's being portrayed as this big racist statement. But when you listen to what she says and how she says it, she's not being racist. She's just stating facts. Make it long term commercially viable. Two things. I think it has to show up in our storytelling

and it has to be encouraged by our families. Yeah. To me, right? And so covering the WMBA this past season, and Caitlin Clark's working year. For all of the conversation that surrounded her, some which was fair and some which wasn't, the one thing that I cannot deny

is the amount of little girls that were showing up to follow her. Little girls with their parents and the fervor and the energy there. Why have? Well, I was just about to say, same thing for Angel Reese and I had a chance to cover their games,

but I think Caitlin represented, and again, some of this to me probably is not fair to her because it was not anything that she said or was truly based on her personality, but she was a white girl from the middle of America. And so she represented a whole lot to a lot of people, whether that is truly what she prescribed to or not. We can all say she is a dynamic basketball player and a course, both on the court and the marketing sense.

But I do think, same thing with folks that may have fallen in love with Andrew Reese that may or may, she may or may not have agreed with everything they had to say either. We fall, we attach our fandom to these icons for all types of reasons. That's right, we do. And so she wasn't saying it as a bad thing. She was just stating facts that that's what happened. So be careful what you, you know, what you actually come to a conclusion from headlines. Because she's right.

And it wasn't being mean or racist at all. And she threw Angel in there as well. Angel did not draw like Caitlin did. But, you know, when you mention Caitlin and the WNBA, you got to mention her too. I think that's a WMBA law. I'm pretty sure it is. And this interview was on the BBC. I'm not sure who the host was that was interviewing Monica,

but it has the BBC logo on it. So they were discussing the WNBA there on the BBC. And why not? You've got time to fill on the BBC. So let's break it down and try to get some racist comments, which that's what the headlines lead you down that road. But it isn't at all. All right, let's get out of here.

I'll give you the joke of the day. Sent to me from James. He sent it in to Chewings. chewing the fat at the blaze.com. What gets longer, speaking of being misrepresented, okay, and believing in headlines that lead you down a road that aren't real. What gets longer when pulled inserts in a hole and works best when jerked? See, that's what I'm saying.

You need to get your mind out of where your mind is because I don't know, Jeff. What gets longer when pulled inserts in a hole? and works best when jerked. A seatbelt. Duh. Yeah, I know where you were at. And you're terrible for thinking that. Terrible.

Oh, and one last thing. Remember earlier in the show when I said that I was going to have Elon's baby? April fools. It's April 1st. I was just teasing. I'm not really going to have Elon's baby. I know, I know.

I wish I was. Stream and subscribe to more Blaze Media content at theblaze.com slash podcasts.