Chewing the Fat with Jeff Fisher - Times Are Changing... | 1/28/25

Episode Date: January 28, 2025

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Those of us that live in the United States of America will soon see on our Google Maps, the Gulf of America and Mount McKinley. That's right. It won't be Mount Denali and Gulf of Mexico any longer. Now, I will say that if you live in a, outside of the United States, Google has said that they're going to show both. So if you live outside of the United States, you'll see, hey, that's the Gulf of Mexico and the

Gulf of America for Americans. That's Mount McKinley, and that's Mount Denali for the rest of the world. Oh, okay. So they claim that when GNIS makes the change, then Google will update Google Maps in the U.S. to quickly show Mount McKinley and the Gulf. of America. The company said the update follows our long-standing practice regarding official names of places that vary between countries.

Google Map users will see their official local name based on their location. So for users outside of the U.S., Google Maps will likely still have the previous names listed alongside the new ones. So they have, you know, we'll pretend like they bent the knee, but really they're just doing what they claim they've always done. done. And I like Mount Denali anyway. Weird that we had to go back to McKinley, but okay.

I get he were changing things back because Obama, you know, did Mount Donali. But the one Alaskan native group, I mean, they were fighting to have it changed to Denali since 1975. So let him have it. I like Denali. It sounds bigger and grander

than Mount McKinley anyway. But whatever. That's fine. Golf of America, I love. Will the rest of the map makers, if there are any actual map makers left other than Google Maps, we have Apple, and we have people who make globes, my man Peter Balaby, he'll come along.

He'll come along. He'll make specific globes with those specific names on it. And the ones that we all own now will become collector's editions. Nice. I like it. Welcome. Welcome to Chewing the Fat. Tomorrow. a big day, Lunar New Year

2025. The Chinese communities worldwide are going to begin their annual festival called Lunar New Year or otherwise known as Chinese New Year. It starts tomorrow, January 29th

and the celebration lasts up to 16 days or until the full moon, which February's full moon, is called the snow moon. And that's supposed to arrive February 12th. So the celebration typically falls between January 21st and February 20th every year. Of course, it originates from an ancient Chinese lunar calendar. The Lunar New Year celebrates the veneration of deities, ancestors, and relatives who have passed away. And while this holiday is

secular, it remains deeply, deeply connected to Confucianism, Buddhism, Taoism, various ancient folk practices. Those who celebrate will clean their homes. Good. They would clean it to eliminate anything unlucky and it's known as Hike, Hek out. It's U-I-Q-I-Q-I. Hoichi. Yeah, that's what I said. Hoichi. Yeah, I got it. That's what I said. Hoichi. And, of course, children are given money, bright red envelopes. are used people celebrate by setting off fireworks and firecrackers families are going to gather for special feasts and it's just going to be a whole bunch of fun you know what i'm saying

the chinese lunar new year now it is now the well it will be uh the year of the snake which is the sixth animal in the chinese zodiac cycle and is traditionally associated with traits like wisdom and intuition charm people born in the year of the snake are believed to be perceptive, intelligent, and graceful. In Chinese culture, according to this, the snake is often linked to the element of fire, which signifies passion, energy, and transformation. The year itself is considered a time for reflection, deep thought, and personal growth. So people born under the sign of the snake, there are three signs that are considered their enemies. The tiger, the monkey, and the pig.

So if you were born a tiger or monkey or pig, you probably are not happy with the year of the snake. But the party is still ongoing, and it will begin tomorrow. And by tomorrow, I mean, as I said, it starts January 29th, and that is tomorrow. So if you're listening live,

today is the 28th of January 2025. Now, I will say they're starting the Lunar New Year off tomorrow, but today we just had some news break from the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists. Scientists, scientists, bulletins of the atomic scientists. Apparently, we have to change the time on the doomsday clock.

Oh, no. Oh, no. Thank you all for being here today. You're welcome. It is the determination of the Science and Security Board of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists. This is Daniel Holst. That the world has not made sufficient,

progress on existential risks threatening all of humanity. Oh, no. We thus move the clock forward. Holy cow. Setting the clock closer to midnight, we send a stark signal. Do you? Because the world is already perilously close to the precipice. Right.

Any move towards midnight should be taken as an indication of extreme danger. It is. An unmistakable warning. I, okay. Every second of delay in reverse course. Here we are. The atomic scientists standing next to the clock. Oh, no.

It is now. Hey, turn it. Turn it. There we go. 89 seconds to midnight. Oh. This is the closest the world has ever been to midnight. Oh, boy.

Oh, boy. So thank you to the atomic scientists who have moved us closer to midnight. 89 seconds to midnight on the doomsday clock. Holy. cow. Good luck. Good luck having a good time celebrating a lunar new year tomorrow because I don't think there's going to be a lot of celebrating going on. It's 89 seconds, according to the atomic scientists, 89 seconds on the doomsday clock to midnight. If ever, there was a time to get the Jace case. Now is the time. Jace.

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So I may have to stop in there. I know I can get them in other places, but I really, I like the French vanilla cappuccino at Starbucks. And I haven't been there in a long time. And I really have been jonesing about, I need it. However, there are some big changes coming to Starbucks. And no, I'm not talking about the Starbucks CEO, Brian Nicole, who we have talked about. apparently he has received $96 million in compensation during his first four months on the job.

That's a good gig. So according to filings, 94% of this amount came from stock awards, primarily performance-based, with some vesting over three years. He joined in September of 2024. And I mean, they brought him on with a $5 million signing bonus. And I believe he flies back and forth because he's not. He lives in California and obviously the offices are in Seattle. And so he has temporary housing and the use of the company jet.

Again, that's a sweet gig. So really nice. I mean, he only worked there for a short period. They brought him over. So because he had a big package from Chippole. That was I guess was worth, I don't know, 113 million. that places him among, I don't know, the top highest paid CEOs.

But if he's made $96 million in the last four months, that's a darn good gig. And you can quote me on that. So apparently they now are changing, they're kind of rebooting their stores. They're going to, the baristas are going to return to handwriting customers' names on the cups using Sharpies.

Oh, okay. they're returning to milk and sugar stations. Wow. And it represents something bigger, according to Starbucks, the world's largest coffee chain. It's an acknowledgement that Starbucks went too far in overloading its baristas with endless ways to prepare drinks. Yeah, the baristas were pissed.

That's why they were trying to, you know, join the union. They were saying that they had to do too much. so they're happy. They're happy now, I guess. I guess they're going to attract. Well, I'll tell you what. So they ordered 200,000 Sharpies, I guess for maybe this first week.

We'll see how much what the yearly order is on Sharpies. But between Starbucks and Trump being in office, signing everything with markers, I mean, that might not be a bad business to invest in. I'm not giving you investment advice because I am anything. but an investment advisor, but it just seems like a thing to invest in. And anyway, big changes there,

and I see where big changes are coming to Costco as well. You know, they had the big deal where they rejected their, you know, the anti-DEI measure. And Al Sharpton was there, giving away his $25 gift certificates. And we found out, I guess, that day. And I don't know if it was just that day or what the deal is, but he gave those $25 gift cards out to people who were there,

and they just walked in the store. So they didn't have to scan any ID card. They just apparently, because Al was there, they let them come in and shop with their $25 gift cards. So good for them. But if you're a regular anywhere in America, you have to show your picture ID and have it scanned just to walk in the store, which drives me insane.

but they rejected their anti-DEI measure. Well, I mean, they rejected the proposed anti-D-EI message. So, you know, they were trying to get away from it, and Costco said, yeah, no, we're going to still continue with that. Oh, okay, that's special. And they've got a big strike coming up. They've got 18,000 union workers that are looking for a new contract that is, you know, the end of the month, which is like, I don't know, days away.

So we may have an issue with product, getting to Costco. Then the news is, really, the big news is, is Costco is now going to sell Coca-Cola products. It was Pepsi for the longest time. And now we're going back to Coca-Cola. Have a nice day. Wow. Okay.

So, you know, the hot dog is still a buck 50 for the hot dog and the soda. We're not getting rid of that because the CEO doesn't want to have his life taken away from him. but as we approach this summer here, I mean, we're still in winter, but, you know, we're getting into springtime and summer, all the stores will be switched over to Coca-Cola instead of Pepsi.

I know. That makes me happy. I'm a Coca-Cola drinker. When I drink sodas, I drink Coca-Cola. I prefer Coca-Cola. I would rather, I'll drink water if you have a Pepsi. That's just me. I mean, I can't stop drinking soda.

for a while and then I'm now back to having like a Coke Zero during a football game or something but I mean I do enjoy ice cold Coke Zero. No question. So

every once in a while it's time for a nice ice cold Coke Zero and they don't even have a sponsorship with the program. It's just me. Alright let's go to the break room, get something to drink. Maybe even a Coke Zero because I need something to drink desperately. Be sure to follow me on my social media

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say Trump's administration is planning for video sharing app to, I don't know, he's got Microsoft in the deal. He declined that Oracle was in the deal. but numerous people are talking to him, very substantial people, according to Trump, about buying it, and I'll make a decision probably over the next 30 days. Apparently TikTok is his now,

and he gets to decide who it gets sold to. And he said that I think it would be a good thing. What happened to Mr. Wonderful's team? I thought Mr. Beast as well. I thought they were working out a deal. They've had a buy team together for quite some time, and they keep being ignored. I'm not sure I understand why,

but it will be sold very soon and it probably will not go away. I did see where Blue Sky kind of rolled out a TikTok-style vertical video feed and, you know, trying to compete a little bit with TikTok and we'll see if, you know,

Instagram and X and threads who can still be able to keep up with TikTok. Delphil. doubtful. Tick-Tac gave everybody a little bit of tease when they went away for that, I don't know, 24 hours or less than 24 hours, however long they went away. And people were, you know, freaking out. And then it came back and it was like, oh, okay, I've got my TikTok back. So they were all happy. So we'll see what happens. But it certainly isn't sold yet. Have we done a welfare check on

Selena Gomez? I mean, I love Selena Gomez. I love Selena Gomez. I I love her and only murders in the building. She's a billionaire now with her makeup line. She's in the movie that's Amelia Perez. She's, you know, all kinds of stuff. But she posted something on Instagram where she was just crying over the illegal aliens being rounded up and kicked out of the country. And, I mean, it was just an all-out cry fest. She was so sad.

And then she got hammered. for that and so she deleted that and posted apparently it's not okay to show empathy for people then she went ahead and deleted that as well so I don't know if her management team said Selena whatever you're doing

calm down I mean she's got 422 million people on Instagram and she goes on there and starts crying over the illegal aliens I mean it was it was bad I didn't say that I'm so sorry. Maybe you should look into it.

I wish I could do something. Wow. I mean, Selena, which you don't understand is maybe you ought to do some homework. And then you would understand what this really is about, as far as I'm concerned, is that she now has to replace her due people. Because as far as I know, unless the do people have self-deported, those are not the people that Tom Holman and the U.S. government are rounding up.

Worst to first is what's happening. They'll get to the due people, but they just don't care about the due people right now. They care about the people. I don't know. They were murdering people, robbing people, stuff like that. You know, criminals. So maybe you should understand that, Selena.

Then you can be concerned about your due people, but that's really what it's about, I think, is just this billionaire. Uh, she doesn't understand how she's going to have to clean her house. I'm going to have to clean my house all to myself. I can't do that. I need someone to clean my pool and trim my hedges. I wish I could do something, but I can't.

That's what it is. Uh, that's what it really is concerning Selena. Wow. I mean, just incredible. And I mentioned the fires earlier. Uh, it looks like, uh, well, My favorite fire, the fire in Arizona, looks like it's out. They finally put it out.

It was burning like for 40 some days. It's not on the Los Angeles Times fire map. Act as an active fire right now. So it looks like they put it out. Thank you. Wow. It only burned like, I don't know, 8 to 10,000 acres. It was the Horton fire, I think, if I remember right.

But it's not on the map any longer. So good. But Palisades has almost contained 95% contained. Eaton is 99% contained. The Hughes fire, 98% contained. I mean, that's great. The range really helped with that. Still, though, 23,448 acres were burned in Palisades. 14,021 acres were born in Eaton. 10,425 acres burned with the Hughes fire. And Border 2 fire is 6,625 acres burned. That's been burning for five days, 74% contained.

And then there's one Laguna, which is 15 acres of burned, and it's burned for four days. I mean, I guess we just don't care about that one. It's like, just let it burn. Don't worry about it. Okay, that's good. It's good.

They're finally getting them pretty close to being contained, which is really good news. And stay in L.A. is now a petition that's being signed by, I don't know, 6,000 workers. from Hollywood, including Lovar Burton and Allison Brie.

So, I mean, if you've got L.Var Burton, you're in. That's how serious it is. So it's a stay in L.A. petition urging new production incentives to rebuild Los Angeles entertainment industry after the wildfires. We were already deeply worried

about the livelihoods of Los Angeles area cast and crew, not to mention the countless small businesses suffering from production moving out of state and overseas. The fires have made a desperate situation worse. We are terrified that the city we love so much may lose its most vital resource, its people.

We need a flood of New York. I'm sorry, the flood of New York. Yeah, that's what they need is a flood of New York. They need a flood of new work to help our beloved city rebuild itself and ensure L.A.'s Future viability is a place where craftspeople, film workers, and businesses thrive. good luck with that. Holy cow. Good luck.

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stepping down from the high-profile role at the end of the year. After more than 10 extraordinary years in Washington, D.C., collaborating with some of the most phenomenal artists, cultural leaders, diplomats, philanthropists, volunteers, and administrators, I have come to believe that it is time to pass the torch. That's what Rutter said this week. The announcement from the Washington Performing Arts Institution came as President Trump began the second week of his second term. Okay, so Trump famously broke with tradition and didn't attend the annual Kennedy Senator-onitors throughout his presidency amid protests

from some of the high-profile performers being recognized at the gala. So instead of, it wasn't Trump protesting, it was the performers protesting, so he just didn't go. Fine, go do your thing, I'll just leave you be. And when asked if Trump's return to the White House would change anything for the Kennedy Center honors.

Ruddard said, no, each new president brings a new perspective. The Trump area era, we had a really good dialogue with the White House. As soon as he is in an office, we'll extend an invitation to welcome him to the Kennedy Center. Right. Uh-huh. So these are the performers that are running her off. She said Republicans don't love the arts more or less than Democrats. The arts can and should be a unifying aspect of our.

society. Yeah, I believe that too, Ms. Rutter, but I don't believe a lot of the performers that you're asking to perform at the Kennedy Art Center. I believe that. That is for sure. So that's the reason. So she's out, and I don't know who is going to be replacing her.

She claims it was a great honor to work with the best in the world. It's time now to hand this truly unique institution to a new leader who will take the power and the majesty of the arts to the next level. So if you need me to be the head of the Kennedy Arts Center, I'm here. I know their chairman of the board is David Rubenstein. Rubenstein. Rubinstein. You say Steen. I say Stein.

I probably should know how to pronounce his name if I'm going to work for him. But if you need me to run the joint, just email me chewing the fat at the blaze.com. I'm happy to help out. You see where Roseanne is, and I don't know that it's real. It may be a joke. I mean, she's been doing stand-up now, and she's been doing all these shows, and she says a lot of funny stuff,

but she said that Rosanna is 72 now. She said that she's making a show about a family who save America with guns, the Bible, petty crime, and alcoholism. She also has, award. It's going to contain very offensive ideas and a lot of swearing. So I don't know if it's real or not. Now, they continue to talk about it. And she talks about it's a cross between the Roseanne Bar Show and the Sopranos. Okay. It's centered around a small town and a small

town farmer in Alabama who's saving the United States from drug gangs in China. It isn't any average farmer. She said that, you know, obviously she's talking about the offensive language, and I live with my daughter. It's going to be her starring in it. Said that she lives with her daughter and her husband or six children on a farm.

They have goats running through their house and stuff. It's based on my life as a farmer in Hawaii. They have America. They save America with guns, the Bible, petty crime and alcoholism. It's kind of like the Cohn Brothers thing. Okay. So she said she's shopping it around now

And Bar doesn't expect a bidding war Revealing that if Hollywood doesn't buy it Then I'm just going to make it myself. Okay. So at least she'll have a show made And then she can, you know, sell it off If someone wants to buy it. I mean, that's the new deal in Hollywood anyway, kind of.

Make it and then they'll see, see, then hawk it and see who can buy it from you, right? I mean, they've already kind of ditched the writers. Well, kind of dick in the writers, actually. But the latest pitch to writers is, you know, hey, I tell you what you do, go ahead, instead of paying you to develop shows, you know, like we used to, we're going to do what they're calling if come deals. So if you can sell your show somewhere, then you'll get paid.

Until then, nothing. Oh, okay. So they're saying that they want writers to develop full seasons and make multiple revisions and notes and create detailed outlines without any guarantee of payment. That's the Hollywood now. I don't think so. I don't know how that's going to work out.

The Writers Guild is saying they've got rules against the free work. I bet they do. That doesn't necessarily mean writers are going to follow that because they want the work. So they'll figure that, hey, we're hungry for work. I'm going to do this because I need the money and I'm hoping that it comes back to me, right? So you're going to have a lot of writers, you know, jumping the line saying, yeah, I'll do it.

I know this unpaid development is happening, but I need to do it. And I'm going to write this stuff up and then I'm hoping that it sells and I could make some money at the end of this. Man, it's a tough way to live. That's a tough way to live. I'll tell you that.

Although maybe, you know, in the end, you make more money in the end than you would have if you've been paid to just write the show and then not have anything on the back end. So in the end it may work out. But I feel like those are, that's a low percentage of people that that kind of deal works out on. But it's just me. Just me. I know. I know. They didn't ask me to write anything for free yet. I mean, I'm darned there working for free. But that's another story. 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. Conditions apply.

Boy, oh boy, people are a little upset. Japan, Iceland, and Norway plan to resume commercial whale hunting this. year. The decision reverses a 40-year global ban on whale hunting, which has been, according to all, you know, all the environmentalists and animal lovers, crucial in protecting and increasing whale populations. So this year, thousands of fin whales are expected to be hunted. That doesn't mean they're going to get caught, but they will be hunted.

The fin whale is the second largest whale speed. and it's also listed as endangered. So if they get a couple, it will still be an endangered species. I don't know why. I don't know why Japan, Iceland, and Norway decided, you know what? We're sick of this 40-year band and we want to go hunting some whale. But they decided that, yeah, you could do that now.

I don't know what kind of license you need. I don't know who you need to know to get that license. You probably need a bigger boat than that. what you have. Probably needs to be bigger than an inflatable to go whale hunting. But have fun. Have at it. Go whale hunting.

And be sure to take a picture as you drag that fin whale back into shore. It'll go over great. You can count on that. People will be really happy and proud that you reeled in a fin whale and you're dragging it back home. Okay, speaking to whales, sometimes family members go after other family members who have a lot of money,

and those people are considered whales, right? I guess, yeah, I guess. Anyway, I was reading a story about Bo Jackson. Bo Jackson, I mean, the guy played in the NFL, he played Major League Baseball, he was awesome. He was awesome. So he was being, he sued his family members because they would not leave him alone. And I forgot that Bo actually won the Heisman trophy as well out of Auburn.

And his relatives tried to extort $20 million from him through harassment and intimidation. So a judge has now said this Cobb County Superior Court judge ruled in his favor that said, yeah, your niece and nephew cannot bother you, cannot contact you. they must stay at least 500 meters from you and you must remove all social media posts about them plus I'm going to award a monetary award to Bo

all right so the ruling was issued and a new lawyer for the Anderson's filed a new motion to set aside the judgment and dismissed a lawsuit and in a filing last week Bo Jackson and the Anderson's Just ended the whole thing

They asked the judge To throw out February's order Withdraw the Anderson's pending motions And enter a consent judgment Wow, okay So the parties have conducted two mediations And have reached a private agreement Resolving this dispute

Yeah because Bo finally said I just want this over with Just leave me alone Okay? I just want it done the judge, you know, found in Jackson's favor on several counts and dismisses the others, and the Andersus must not harass her and intimidate Jackson and his wife and children and stay 500 yards away, except in certain circumstances, which I don't know, according to the court appearance, it would be court appearances,

sporting events, family functions. The Andersons are also not to have any contact with Jackson and his wife and his children. Holy cow. I mean, what a nightmare to have. have to go through this with family members. He alleged that this harassment began a couple of years ago, including threatening social media posts, messages about public allegations that put him in a false light. He also alleged that the public disclosure of private information was intended to cause

him severe emotional distress, which helped with the help of an attorney. Anderson's demanded $20 million to stop. He said he feared for his own safety and that of his family. And the judge agreed. Bo Jackson, can you imagine going through. your day-to-day life, scared of two family members because they're trying to extort money from you. And you don't know what they're going to do to get it, which is why he was concerned about

his wife and children. I'm just incredible. But you also wanted to just go away. Just stop. I just want you to stop doing what you're doing and leave me alone so that I can live my life with my wife and my children, please. And thankfully, hopefully it happens. Hopefully they actually follow through with this.

And it happens and they can just be done with it because, wow, what a nightmare that would be. All right, let's get out of here. I need to get out of here. I need, for some reason. I'm not going to tell you why, but I need to get. I had enough. I've had enough. Not you, but I've had enough.

And since it is, we talked about the Lunar New Year, the Chinese New Year, starting tomorrow, the 29th of January, 2025. I'm going to leave you with the joke. to me from Todd to chewing the fat at the blaze.com. It's not me. I have not, I did not write this. It's not my joke, okay? But it's going to, you know, tie in with the Chinese New Year. So two Chinese men walk into a bar.

And the barman looks at them and says, hey, what's with the same face? See, because they both. Oh, look this. Yeah, you understand. It's like the horse with the long. Yeah, you got it. Stream and subscribe to more Blaze Media content at the blaze.com slash podcasts. Unwrap holiday magic at Holt Renfrew with gifts that say I know you.

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