Chewing the Fat with Jeff Fisher - To Be Determined… | 1/14/25

Episode Date: January 14, 2025

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I was reading a report, I'm sorry, research from Cantor World Panel. And I mean, I love Cantor World Panel. They claim that Brazil takes the top spot as the most shower-loving country in the world. residents in Brazil average 14 times a week. Now, those of you listening in the United States, we average seven showers a week. So that's, you know, one a day. But I was trying to think, you know, take a shower every, I don't take baths.

I'm not a fan of baths. Although as a kid, I remember taking baths, but I'm not a fan of baths. You're just soaking in your. own dirt and I know it's relaxing with the hot water uh-huh so is a shower and the dirt rushes off me and goes down the drain that's what I know about okay so the global average of five showers a week wow so you miss a couple days in there are there a couple days that you miss yeah I guess you know when we had the you know the huge cold front come through here in DFW

You know, you take a shower in the afternoon and then maybe you're good until, you know, not the following day, but the next day. So technically, you didn't take a shower on that day. So that week would be, you know, what, six if you only take one a day. I appreciate everyone taking showers. Thank you. Even if you take a bath, I guess that's okay too. according to the Canter Research, I'm sorry, the Cantor World Panel and their research, we have people still bathing in the world, and especially here in the United States,

13% of the people say that they bathe each week. UK is number one with 32% and Germany is number two with 20%. USA is in third place with the highest percentage of people showering each week. Brazil and Germany top the United States with the percentage of people showering each week. I don't know if that just means like one a week is what we're good at. If you're only taking one shower a week, that's an issue with me. That's an issue. Now, they also say that climate plays a role.

you know, if you live in warmer areas, you're taking more showers, but Germany, you know, is number two with the percentage of people showering each week. And I don't know if you know, this, Germany is not south of the equator.

So, you have Brazil there. That is, that's why they claim they take so many showers. Anyway, I was just thinking about how many showers. I take a week. And I guess, on average,

you'd say one a day, right? And there are some days when you take two, you know, when you're out, you know, when you go to the gym, as I do, you know, you take a shower to start the day and then you go to the gym and you work up a good lather and then you need to, you know, wash off that lather.

You know, you know how it is after you get done working out at the old gym. You got to take a shower. Now, many people, you know, get up in the morning and they're ready to go and they go to the gym or they work out at the house and then they take a shower, right? So that's still, you're still just one a day. You don't take that shower pre-gim workout. I get that. But I still don't understand taking a bath.

And I really don't understand. We've talked about this before when, you know, they make a big deal in home. when they're trying to sell a house, how beautiful this big bathtub is. No, thanks. Make a huge shower. Make me a big walk-in shower. Maybe good for two people.

And I'm good. We don't need that space for a bathtub is just for dirty laundry. And no one likes to have a bathtub full of, you know, towels that need to be washed, do they? Nah. Welcome. Welcome to chewing the fat.

Wait, what? You mean it's actually true? Oh man, I am really just amazed and flabbergasted. So I thought about this at one point that these companies, that there's all kinds of job openings, but people are saying that they can't get, find work. And I was thinking, well, they must be posting jobs that just aren't available. They just want to look good to say that they have all these job openings, but they never hire anyone. Well, now it's being reported. Yep, ghost jobs. A roles advertised with no intention of being filled. So, yes, that's absolutely what's happening. So according to this, as many as one in five postings online, according to new internal analysis from hiring platform greenhouse, and I love them, their data found that nearly 70% of companies posted at least one ghost job in 2020.

with the most common phantom opportunities affecting construction, finances, and health care industries. According to this, 15% of companies were regular offenders, with half of their advertised roles going unfilled. Okay. Platforms like Greenhouse and LinkedIn have started tagging listings as verified to help job seekers avoid wasting their time through, the verification can only go so far. So, there you go. I just want you to be aware that if you're applying for jobs and nothing comes of it, that's because nothing was ever going to come of it.

It's a fake job. Well, it's not necessarily be a fake job. It's just a job that the companies have no intention of filling, but they want to look good and say that, yeah, we're hiring. We are hiring. The economy is, you know, we're trying. trying to break through and we need more workers and we've got we've got listings you know for new jobs we're never going to hire anybody for those jobs but we've got listings for them so just

you know heads up for those of you looking for looking for work i saw that uh you have until the 14th of february uh if you wanted to become a planter's peanut vehicle driver And who doesn't? Who doesn't? If you can't get the job driving the Wiener Mobile, maybe you can get the gig driving the planters peanut vehicle. And the peanut nutter, right? I think it's called the P-Nutter.

So there are three available positions. And of course they feature, you know, competitive compensation and a benefits package. And you'll be the Peanutters ambassadors, representing planters, and you go to parades and community events and grand openings across the nation. It's awesome. They need energetic ambassadors for the brand.

Our peanuters travel the country, spreading smiles and joy to millions of people each year. Yes. So if you're ready to go nuts, then you have to have a college graduate with a bachelor's degree, preferably in communications marketing advertising public relations or related field desire to travel an appetite for adventure and proficiency and nut related puns is a must you need to send a resume and a short video describing why you would make the perfect peanuter and you need to submit that by February 14th of this year 2025 and I'm sure that's not a ghost job but there's only three available this year so you might want to get on that I've had several people send me this

We've talked about this job before the lighthouse keeper in California off of San Francisco. They're looking for a new keeper because the couple that's running the joint now, they are leaving. And they're leaving in March of this year. So they need somebody to run the place because Dre and Charity Elmore are getting out of there in March. in March. It doesn't say whether it's the beginning of March or the end of March, but they're leaving, and they have had enough.

So the East Brother Light Station built in 1875, so it's just north of a Richmond-San Rafael Bridge, and it's beautiful this time of year, and has been the home of many lighthouse keepers and their families, and it's prevented ship collisions. And, boy, it sounds like fun. Now, really, if you want to get this job, you need to have a Coast Guard merchant mariner credential,

NMC boat operators license. You'll have to operate the five room in serving both dinner and breakfast, as well as providing ferry service for guests and all other tasks from chef to made. High quality culinary experience and capability are critical qualifications. They need a robot at this place. Maybe just one human and then the robot can oversee the rest. So if you want that gig, you can apply for that as well. Just know you've got until either the beginning or the end of March because Dre and Charity Elmore are out.

I mean, if it's only for a couple of years, it begins in April of 2025 of this year. You know, it talks about the amount of salary and you get health care. health care, you're on an island. I guess well of you, you know, boat back to the mainland. I guess they average 140,000 a year. It says compensation is a function of the level of business, occupancy level, and the economy. In the last two years, it has averaged 140,000 dollars trending upward for the couple. Of course, like I said, you get a health, health plant and living quarters on the island.

So that's according to my man, Tom Butt, the director at the nonprofit that takes care of the Keepers of East Brother Light Station. So, well, the nonprofit is East Brother Light Station, Inc. Tom Butt is in charge of that. I really, you know, I know you don't have to, you know, I. I don't know, shine the light anymore, I guess. But I think you do. I think you still need to wash all the sea goo off the windows and stuff, right?

And kick the dead fish off the island. But I guess now they say you have to also do hospitality, gourmet meals, make beds, show tourists a good time. Uh-huh. And one lady talked about the Desiree, have a lot. who I believe we talked about Desiree before. She was stranded on the island without power for months during COVID when an underwater electric cable broke. She couldn't shower more than once a week.

She canned her on food because freezers weren't operational. And she said that she made the best of it. I grew a garden. I trained a raven. I had a baby duckling. I learned a language. All the things you say you're going to do. I don't think I've ever said I was going to train a raven or, you know, glad I had a baby duckling.

Anyway, and I did. I did it. All the things you say you're going to do, I did. And I didn't look at clocks or calendars. It was as glorious as it sounds. That's what Desiree said. So if you're into that kind of thing and you'd like to just be alone on an island. Now, you know, she had a, that was a, you know, a weird situation.

But it could happen again. you could be out there out of the island and who knows that electric cable could just break and there you are stuck again ready to grow a garden and can your own food and train a raven

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Product availability varies by region. See app for details. Yes, the fires in California are still burning. In fact, the National Weather Service has issued a particular dangerous situation, red flag warning for the Los Angeles area. Advising high winds could cause fires to intensify through the next couple of days. The Palisades fire has burned over 23,000 acres, and according to this, is now 14% contained. Wow. And there's new fires popping up now. There's another big new fire that just popped up in California. So the tragedy has not ended yet. They are still trying to end this and get these fires put out and stop what's happening. I mean, we have the Eton Fire, the Palisades Fire,

and I think there's a new one that just, I can't remember. what they called it. It doesn't matter. It doesn't matter. These new fires are popping up. And it's just horrific. And, you know, the world is trying to help now to get these fires out. It's a tragedy. These fires, the damage, what's happened. And are these people ever going to get anything out of this? I don't know. I mean, the president of the United States are the person who's acting as president of the United States right now, who is going to be out of office in just a few days. many people are very thankful about that. I am one.

That he said that he's going to make, he makes sure that these people who are affected get a one-time payment of $770. Now, it's good. I know, I know, it's good, but $770. Now, I realize that that's for, you know, one-time payment to try to help get them through

what's happening right now, but it sure doesn't seem like very much. And I don't know what the number is that would make me feel like, well, at least they're trying to help. But it isn't $770. I'll tell you that. And, you know, could I use an extra $770? Absolutely. But is it going to mean something to me? If my home is completely destroyed and I'm living at, I'm living in a tent or I'm at the motel 8, does it mean anything to be? I don't know. Maybe. Maybe it does. And if it helps one person, then I guess we're all for it, right?

Right. And I saw everyone making a big deal about prisoners helping fight fires in California. That's been going on forever. They've been doing that for a long time, and I'm all for it. Let it happen. And I mean, hello, have you not watched Fire Country? It's a television show on the CBS Network that deals with this exact thing. Convicts fighting fire.

in California. The show is called Fire Country. It's a big hit. And so that happens. Although I think I was thinking about this the other day, are they still going to run that show now that this is going on? So they haven't aired new episodes of it,

and I guess they're postponing. I don't know if they're postponing, or if it was originally supposed to start up their new season at the end of January. so I thought the show was supposed to start at the beginning of January. But nope, we're not going to start it now. That's for sure. We've postponed the start of that.

And that doesn't surprise me at all. And, but that's what the show is about. So we'll see. We shall see there's plenty of shows. Plus, are they filming now? Oh, yeah, there's actual fires with actual convicts fighting for. fires? Are they going to go ahead and film the show that has fake convicts fighting fires in the fire-prone areas of California? Are we going to continue to do that? That's a tough ask.

And since I watch quite a bit of football, I see that they all promote the American Red Cross. Well, if you'd like to help and have 100% of your money help the people in the affected areas, you can donate to Mercury One. Mercury 1 is 100% of your donation going to the affected tragedy, whereas American Red Cross is not 100% just saying those are facts or facts. Mercury 1.org. Mercury 1.org. And while it seems that everything that we watch has forgotten about the Carolinas, Mercury 1 has not.

They still have boots on the ground there as well. So, and I believe we still have boots on the ground in Hawaii. I should talk to JP, who is the head of Mercury 1, and find out just how many places they have boots on the ground now because they are doing journeyman's work at Mercury 1. I'm sure that they will tell you that they are doing God's work. Mercury 1.org. Okay, for those of you that are on social media, you can follow me.

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it's sad and so you need to be aware of what's happening in the world uh French woman apparently was scammed out of $800,000 by someone pretending to be Brad Pitt. This can't be real. The scammer claimed that...

I'm sorry, I mean, Brad Pitt DM'd her on Instagram and convinced her with AI-generated videos and edited images. She divorced her husband thinking that they would get together. The scammer, I'm sorry, Brad Pitt, convinced her his bank accounts were locked because of his divorce with Angelina Jolie and that he needed money for kidney surgery. Then according to this story, she realized it was fake when Brad Pitt was on the news with a new girlfriend. Okay, stop it.

Do we have someone that would actually fall for this? I guess. So here's the thing. If Brad Pitt DMs you on Instagrams you on Instagram. Instagram, probably not Brad. Just, I'm going to go out on a limb. Probably not Brad. So if you want to, you want to leave your husband and send the DMer 800,000, you do, you, boo.

But it isn't real. Brad isn't, Brad isn't DMing people on Instagram and then wants to hook up because he needs a, he needs a kidney. It's just, come. now. It's just not going to happen. It's just not. I'm sorry. I don't want to call the French woman crazy, but if this story is true, perhaps the problem is on her end. And so, just saying, just saying. All right, let's go to the break room. Just beware. Beware if you get DM'd by Brad Pitt, or any other celebrity, for that matter. If you get a DM, you know, first, me and I'm asking for a kidney

because I got my funds locked up because of something horrific going on in my life. It's not me. I know. I know. I know. It's not me. So, just be careful out there. Let's go to the break room. I need something cold to drink desperately.

Well, big news coming out of MSNBC and ABC and ABC, for that matter, but we'll begin with MSNBC. They are driving Rachel Maddow. She's slave labor over there at MSNBC. They are bringing her back for five nights a week. I know, I know, to cover Trump's early days. I don't know how she's going to be able to do it working five nights a week.

Now, according to this, the new schedule will last until April 30th, at which time she'll revert to her current Monday only schedule. They are going to work her to the bone until April 30th. Something to look forward to, Rachel Maddow, five nights a week. She's there at a big draw at MSNBC. I laugh because she's terrible, but she was the, she's their number one person over there at MSNBC. but I don't know how she's going to be able to, is she going to be able to come back and actually

and actually work five nights a week? Now that she's only working one day a week, I don't know. Good luck, Rachel. I hope you survive this grueling five nights a week until April 30th. I hope you can make it through then. And I see where the view, which already started, I missed it. Gosh, darn it.

I've had this in my show prep for a while, and then I realized I hadn't talked about it and there it is and it's already started it started this past weekend i'm so sad so the view is expanding and has expanded since it started on the 11th of january uh which is uh you know happened last weekend uh they are going to add a new streaming series dubbed and they probably had a focus group on this the weekend view yeah wow i mean that's that's genius there uh the weekend view, we'll focus on the biggest stories in entertainment and the buzziest news-topping social media fees. So the first show must have been great since I haven't heard a thing about it.

So they didn't hit the, they didn't hit all the great buzz stories. Otherwise, we'd seen, we would have seen posts about it. So the news shows episodes will be 30 minutes, and they're going to debut this past weekend before re-airing throughout the weekend. So they're going to just, this is going to be a time slot filling over there at ABC. The Friday panel of the view will host the weekend view. Oh, they're throwing another show on the panel. So you get Joy Behar as the moderator. Oh, that'll be awesome.

Joined by Sonny Hosten, Sarah Haynes, Alyssa Farah Griffin, and Anna Navarro. That's, I mean, you want to talk about wanting me to watch. So that's just tell me those people are on. Whoopi Goldberg, I guess Whopper. Wuppie doesn't rarely appear on Friday. Whoopi's only working four days a week now. Holy cow, these people on their contracts, man. I got to get a new manager.

Maybe I just get a manager and we can help with that. So according to this, they're meeting viewers wherever they get their content, which also includes having a presence on YouTube and in podcasting. The weekend view will feature more of the hot topics our audiences can't get enough of delivering original content for the weekend with a focus on What's trending? Oh, that's great. It's going to be sponsored by ROC Skin Care, the Rock Skin Care.

They've already got a big sponsor for it. So congratulations to the weekend of view. They're just making the host stick around after the Friday show and do another 30 minutes. They are probably so pissed because I don't know that that's in their contract, that they have to do that extra 30 minutes for the weekend, but this is how you're keeping your job, and you're going to do the extra 30 minutes, and we're calling on at the weekend view, and Whoopie's not doing it because she's not here on Fridays. If she shows up on Friday, you know what? She can hang out and do the weekend view as well, but until then, the rest of you are doing it, okay? And we'll see how long it

last, because they already have done the first episode, and we've heard nothing about it. So they got no pop at all from it, which doesn't surprise me, because here's the thing, they're terrible. We also have the Academy Awards, the Oscars, the nominations have, the nomination's announcement has been pushed to January 23rd as I guess the voting process is delayed as well due to the wildfires. So all of it has been delayed for the Oscars. But the Grammys are still happening. They say that the Grammys are still going to proceed because the telecast is going to serve as a fundraiser for wildfire relief efforts. Of course it is.

And that is, I mean, that's great. But as we talked about yesterday, we need to keep an eye on where this money goes. Because all of these, all of these award shows and all of these shows are going to be doing fundraisers for the wildfire relief efforts. And it's needed. And I'm all for it. But I'm telling you, there's going to be, you want to talk about some, uh, some fraud going on. There's going to be some people

deep pocketing some serious money that is supposed to help with wildfire relief. And all it's going to help with is personal pocket relief. And we need to keep a good eye on that. And today's the day. If you're listening live, it is the 14th of January

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to an aging U.S. population as the primary driver. Roughly a quarter of Americans are projected to be 65 or older by 2060, but also cited issues like poor diet and lack of exercise. Oh, boy. Women who live on average five years longer than men had a 48% chance of developing symptoms compared to 35% for men, while black Americans and people possessing a gene that help carry lipids and cholesterol in the bloodstream range between 45% and 60%. Alzheimer's accounts for about two-thirds of all dementia cases. I do not want that. I want to go on record.

I am not a fan. And I do not want that. And that's kind of frightening. Because now we're talking about diagnosed cases. We're going to have all kinds of people running around with Alzheimer's disease. I mean, the next thing you know,

you're going to tell me that it's in the White House. I won't hear of it. I will not hear of it. Oh, we have a, who died today? Who died today? Very sad. Body of the Ten Commandments actress Delis Curry found in her L.A. home ravished by the fire.

Very, very sad. I have a relative who burned in a fire, and I do not wish that on anyone not. I mean, it's just a sad, sad thought. I don't want to have to go that way. So the remains of the 94-year-old actress were discovered in her California home. She was burned in the Eaton fire that's still going on in California.

Her granddaughter dropped her off at home and went to check on her family. And so I guess, well, I'm sorry. Delis Kelly was her grandmother's caregiver. Yeah, okay, so it was a granddaughter. Yeah, that's what I thought. It was just her granddaughter was her caregiver. And she dropped her off and she was tired. She'd been busy at the, she'd been busy all day.

It says here that she had been at the hospital for the, the entire day and was tired. I don't know why she was at the hospital. If it was for her or if she was there visiting, it doesn't say. And then she said that she got an alert on her phone that the power was cut off at her grandma's house and, you know, went over there and by the time she got there, the property was gone. It was all burned down.

She reached the barricade and she couldn't get there. So then she thought, well, maybe my grandma made it out and went to the Civic Center that was where they were putting displaced residents, and she wasn't seen there. So then a guardsman took Kelly to her grandmother's home after that, and she saw what was left of the property firsthand, and her grandmother never got out in time, and she said the only thing that was left at the house

was her blue Cadillac, and she was 95, but you'd never know it. You'd never know that she was 95 years old. So rest in peace to Delis Curry dead at the age of 95. And she is definitely one of those actresses that you'd say, oh, yeah, you know, after you saw her, you'd go, oh, yeah, her. Because she was part of the old black Hollywood, you know, back in the 50s. And, I mean, she's been active in entertainment forever, and she's been in all kinds of movies.

And when you see her, you'll go, oh, yeah, that's her. And for sure, it's very sad. Anyway, rest in peace to Deleese Kelly. I do not wish anyone to have Alzheimer's, and I don't wish for anyone to be burned up in a fire. Rest in peace, dead at the age of 95. And while they didn't die, they may as well have. I see where Blue Origin, we talked about them having to postpone their launch

of the new Glenn Rocket, Jeff Bezos' new Glenn Rocket. They had to postpone it. Last week, it was supposed to go off. past Sunday. Yeah, no. Just before it was ready to launch, they went ahead and had to, they had to cancel it and due to vehicle issues. And so when are we going to, you know, when are we going to launch it again? Well, we'll determine that later. Yeah, we're, we were going to launch it and then we had to postpone it because of, I don't know, some kind of cloud cover. And then Sunday there were vehicle issues. And we don't know when

we're going to watch it now. So, I mean, rest in peace to a Blue Origin New Glenn Rocket. Sorry about it, Jeff. I know it's not completely dead, but it is on life support, it looks like. 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. So congratulations are in order.

To Pope Francis, he was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom with a distinction. That's wonderful coming from our President Joe Biden. Now, Joe was supposed to go over there and see the Pope before he left office, but he had to cancel that trip to oversee the federal response to the fires in California. Even he knew leaving the country. when this devastating fires were happening was a bad idea. Karen Vast, mayor of L.A. Anyway, so he canceled his trip to Rome,

but he called the Pope up and said, hey, Pope Francis, how in the world are you? Joe Biden here. I want to go ahead and make sure that you're aware that we're going to award you the Presidential Medal of Freedom with Distinction. That's the nation's highest civilian honor. And I believe it's the first time that President Biden has given out the Presidential Medal of Freedom with distinction.

So the, that's wonderful. That's wonderful. Now, the Medal of Freedom is presented to individuals who have made exemplary contributions to the prosperity, values, or security of the U.S., world peace, or other significant societal public or private endeavors. Okay, so there you go. Congratulations to the old Pope Francis. Now, you know, I've made no secret that I have run for Pope before. And I'm willing to do the job.

I think in other news, it could be, probably has nothing to do with the president wanting to give the Pope the presidential. Medal of Freedom. I did see where the Pope appointed this divisive cardinal to D.C. Because he was pissed at Trump. So that probably made Joe Biden very, very happy. They had this cardinal all ready to go for D.C. And then the Pope said, nope, we're going to give the cardinalship to Robert McElroy of San Diego, who has been an outspoken critic of Trump and his immigration stance, and who has also advocated for the radical inclusion of women and LGBT people in the church. That doesn't sound very Catholic to me. But again, what do I know?

Nothing. So apparently the Pope was pissed that Trump selected Brian Birch, the president of the advocacy organization Catholic vote and the supporter of President-elects immigration and pro-life policies to the Vatican. So he got pissed that Trump sent this guy as a diplomat to the Vatican. So now he's going to pay DC back with the Cardinal being a guy that hates Trump. Isn't that wonderful? That's nice. And what would make that so great is receiving the Presidential Medal of Freedom for doing something like that.

Now, I'm sure it's completely unrelated. You know, I never did get to the latest round of Presidential Medal of Freedom recipients. None of them got it with distinction, though. And I'm sure some of them are really pissed. Like they gave, these are the people that he just gave the Presidential Medal of Freedom to. Jose Andres, a Spanish-American chef. I mean, he does great work at the World Central Kitchen. I know.

He gave a Presidential Medal of Freedom to Bono from U-2. Ashton Baldwin Carter, Ash Carter. Ash Carter, I don't know if you know this, is dead. But they gave one to him anyway. He was the 25th Secretary of Defense under 11 Secretary. Secretaries of Defense in both Democratic and Republic administrations. Okay. Thank you, Ash Carter.

Hillary Rodham Clinton got a presidential Medal of Freedom. Michael J. Fox, Tim Gill, Jane Goodall, I guess her great work with primates. We've got to give her a presidential medal of freedom. Fannie Lou Hammer, who was the founder of the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party. and laid the groundwork for the 1965 Voting Rights Act. She is also dead. So it's a posthumous. I'm sorry.

I don't make the light of it. It's a posthumous award. Magic, Urban Magic Johnson, got one. Francis, Robert Francis Kennedy, who has, you know, is a, actually, I try to be nice. Posthumous award. And RFK Jr. was there to get it. It was a really weird. awkward exchange between him and Biden.

Ralph Lauren got one. A nice of Ralph Lauren to get one. Sure, they didn't have anything to do with any money given to the campaign. Lionel Messi, got one. That's great for his work with the Messi Foundation and the UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador. William Sanford Nye. Yes, Bill Nye, the science guy, got one. What a joke.

That guy. What a duff. George W. Romney, who was dead, a posthumous award, and Governor Romney, Mitt Romney, Senator, I'm sorry, he's a former governor, but really he's a senator now, so we have to be calling him a senator forever. He, you know, got the award on behalf of his dad. David Rubenstein, co-founder of the Carlisle Group Global Investment firm, David needs that. I'm sure it has nothing to do with any money donated to the, to the day. Democratic Party. George Soros.

George wasn't there, though. His son picked it up for him. Unless that's the George Soros that got it. So I was thinking that, so the Democratic philanthropist George Soros network of foundations focus on a variety of global initiatives. Yeah, like ruining the United States. But it says

George Soros. Now, isn't that his son as well? Now, that's Alex. Never mind, I'm thinking. But he's the one who was there that accepted the award. George did not show up for it. So I don't know how well he is. He's getting up there in age now. He's in his 80s, right?

George's. How old is George? Way past his 80s. The 80s, he was a spring chicken. He's 94. So I don't know how well his health is because his son picked up the presidential Medal of Freedom for him. George Stevens Jr.

Love him. Award-winning writer, director, author, and playwright, founded the American Film Institute. Danzel Washington got one. It was good to see Danzel get one, and he served as the national spokesman for the Boys and Girls Club of America for over 25 years. Didn't really care for the hug that Danzel gave Joe when he got the award. Didn't really care for that.

Handshake would have sufficed Danzel. That kind of rubbed me the wrong way. But it, you know, whatever. Congratulations. I'm a big fan of Danzel and his work. Anna Wintour, the fashion icon, got one. And so congratulations to all of those. those people getting the presidential medal of freedom,

but they didn't get it with distinction like the Pope did. So just saying, I don't want to start a fight or anything. I'm just saying theirs weren't with distinction. And Danzel didn't even get one with distinction. And yet he gave the president a great big hug, which really, I don't know, just kind of irked me. All right, let's get out of here. A joke of the day.

I'll leave you the joke of the day. emailed to me at chewing the fat, the blaze.com from William. And I don't know if William wrote this or if it's his if he just copied and past it, but we're going to give William credit for the joke.

Why do cows have bells? I don't know, Jeff. Why do cows have bells? Because their horns don't work. See, because the horns would, you know, you got it.

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