Chewing the Fat with Jeff Fisher - Trauma Leave?... | 5/6/25

Episode Date: May 6, 2025

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loves truckers, believes they are the lifeblood of America. I mean, I've said it before, no one supports truckers more than this show and myself. We now have driverless trucks. And we talked about this before that it was coming and we now, you know, they were testing them with humans behind the wheel yet they were still driving themselves. Well, now a company, Aurora Innovation, has launched its commercial self-driving trucking service in Texas. It's going to have deliveries between Dallas and Houston. Aurora said it's now the first company to operate a commercial self-driving service with heavy-duty trucks on public roadways in the United States. said it's already logged 1,200 human-free miles.

Its first customers are Uber freight and Hirschbach motor lines. So we shall see. More than one in 10 freight trucks you see on the U.S. roads, according to this, will be driven in 2035, 10 years from now, according to McKinsey analysis that also pegged the trucking company cost per mile savings at 42% if it automates an entire fleet. truckers unions have generally criticized automation. Uh, yeah, as a threat to their job security.

Uh, yeah. How about public safety? We care about that? No, we don't. We don't care about public safety at all. Uh, so don't even, uh, there's no regulations against it. We'll see what happens after a really bad accident. It'll be the human's fault, of course, and not the self-driving truck.

You can count on that. Welcome. Welcome to chewing the fat. So how's it going with the Minnesota woman that called the kid the N-word on video? How's that going? How's it going to work out? Because she's raised a bunch of money on her give, send, go campaign, because she said that she's going to have to move to keep her family safe.

She said that her personal information, including her address, so security number have been leaked, and that she and her children faced online threats. Now, some would say, maybe she should have thought of that before she called the kid the N-word. Others would say, calm down. It's just a word.

And I'm sure that this kid has heard that word before. Just a thought, I know. I know that, you know, the Rochester NACP president said she's fundraising on this, and that is just abhorrent and totally unacceptable. How'd you feel about the kid in Texas fundraising on his

alleged murder of another teenager? Did you find that equally adhorrent, Mr. NAASTP president? Probably not. Probably not. So apparently we're going to, you know, have proper procedures,

take a look, took a look at it, give a set go. Okay. There's plenty of people donating. She's raised, well over $300,000 now. It might even be $400,000 by now. But I just find it interesting that we are just going to police people out of saying all words.

Look, I got it. We're not supposed to say the end word. We're not supposed to say the F word. We're not supposed to say the C word. We're not supposed to say a lot of words. But in private, we do say them. So in public, now when we say them and it's called on video, it's abhorrent. Okay. All right. Sure. Sure. Personally, I hate it. I hate the word police more than you even know.

But I have to play the game. And so the game is being played. At some point, though, someone's going to turn the game board over and say, we're not playing it anymore. Are we there yet? You don't have to answer that. Speaking of game boards, I saw a post the other day from a guy that's getting ready to, start a game called Tinfoil, a game of conspiracies, myths, and legends. And I reached out to him, I'm hoping to talk to him here on Chewing the Fat. He said that as soon as he gets done with his startup funding, that he'll get with us and that we can talk to him about it. So apparently, in Tinfoil, you present outrageous theories and try and convince your opponents rather than the conspiracy myth or legend is true or not.

It's, according to them, obviously, it's a hilarious game that reveals. just how much a skeptic or conspiracy theorist your friends really are. Perfect for game nights. The game is easy to learn, endlessly playable, and guaranteed to spark debates. So it contains 255 unique game cards, 20 player cards, one rulebook, players 3 to 10, and they claim that playtime is 30 to 90 minutes. So it would be fun. It might be fun, anyway, to play tinfoil.

And I'm interested in talking to the guy that created it. and what a great idea. And I hope it works out for them. I can't wait to talk to them because I want to know what some of the you know, the cards that they show are we live in a simulation. No way that's crazy.

The earth is flat. I believe it. Cards. The card examples, I believe it. Atlantis was a real place. COVID-19 was created in a lab. A UFO crashed in Roswell.

Epstein didn't kill himself. No way that's crazy. you can catch a cold by being in cold weather. Aliens built the pyramids. 9-11 was an inside job. Bigfoot is real. That would be fun. And what a great idea.

So I'm hoping to talk to them very soon, or him, the creators of tinfoil. It says here that it was by Chase Fisher, no relation, that I'm aware of. As far as I know, Chase Fisher is not related to me. But they said in, now they commented, they replied back to me when I asked them if they wanted to be on the show, that they were waiting for the Kickstarter campaign to be complete.

And then after that, they will reach out and we can talk about the game. Okay, that's fine, whatever. I guess if you join their Kickstarter pre-launch page, then that makes it better for the game. the campaign and if you give them 30 bucks you'll get a copy of the game okay all right whatever you say you don't want to talk about your game before the kickstarter campaign that's that's okay no problem i'll talk about it and then we'll go from there i will say this uh where this show originates from in df w it is storming all to be damned i'm telling you it is raining and lightning and dark here in dfd

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I saw them putting up the smoke stack, getting ready to blow the white smoke. I know technically in the running to be Pope, but I don't believe that the white smoke will actually, you know, blow for me. You know, if they call and say, hey, Jeff, this is the Vatican and you won. And you're going to see the smoke start billowing white here

in a moment. Just know that it's you and be prepared. Okay. Now you know what? Fine. No problem. By my way. But that most likely is not going to happen. You see where one of the Pope Francis's Pope mobiles is going to turn into a mobile health clinic to help the children of Gaza? Okay. So following a request by Pope Francis, the vehicle used during his visit to Bethlehem in 2014 is being refitted with everything needed for frontline care in a war zone, a charity organization Caritas, which is overseeing the project. There will be rapid test,

suture kits, syringes, oxygen supplies, vaccines, and a small fridge for storing medicine. The Vatican said it was the Pope's final wish for the children of Gaza before he died last month. The vehicle is currently in Bethlehem and will enter Gaza if and when Israel opens up humanitarian corridor. Yeah. We'll see how long it lasts in the Gaza Strip. I know that you know, it's not just a vehicle.

It's a message to the world. It's not forgotten about the children of Gaza. Well, Hamas has. They don't care about that. But I'm sure, according to this story, during the 18 months of war, the Pope called parishioners in Gaza

nightly to check on their well-being. How many parishioners the Pope have in the Gaza. I'd like to know. I would like to ask, it doesn't say in the story. I was just interested to see how many actual Catholics, admittedly

Catholics, live in Gaza, because I feel like Hamas would not like that. Now, maybe I'm wrong. Maybe Hamas is just these beautiful people and they care about their children and everyone else. Uh-huh.

So, we'll see. We'll see, the numbers that they give are pretty incredible. And, of course, it's Israel's fault. And, of course, called the Gaza humanitarian situation shameful. And during his final speech on Easter Sunday, he urged all warring parties to agree to a ceasefire and spoke of the suffering of Palestinians and Israelis. Okay, I mean, that's good.

And he also wondered why this isn't being classed as a genocide, because it's not, but whatever. It's, you know, you can call it whatever you want there, Pope, but it's not. Anyway, that's good news for the children of Gaza, that the Pope Mobile that was in Bethlehem that he rode around in, and Bethlehem will be donated for a mobile health clinic

for the struggling children in Gaza, and they'll need the health there. It will be fascinating to me, how long that particular Polemobile lasts in Gaza. And with it being there, when it finally does,

when they open up humanitarian aid, we'll get to see exactly how many parishioners they have in Gaza. How many actual Catholic parishioners they have in Gaza is a number that I would like to see. Because I feel like,

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All right, let's go to the break room. I need something cold to drink desperately. All right. We took a look at some of the top movies. I meant to get to this yesterday and did not from the weekend. So Thunderbolts, number one, far and away, 76 million domestic, 162.1 million global. They call it Marvel's B squad,

but it's number one and the audience liked the movie and then they announced that it is the new Avengers so the Thunderbolts are now their official name is

the New Avengers I guess all their ads always had Thunderbolts with an apostrophe on it and people were always figure what does that mean what does that mean? Well it means

that they're the New Avengers so go there you have it the Thunderbolts are the New Avengers Sinners Sinners number two with 33 million and it's done 179.7 million domestic and 236-7 global. Wow.

I mean, that is a huge number for that show. A Minecraft movie is not over a billion yet. What is happening? It's only 873.4 million globally. Come on. What are we doing? It only got 13.7 domestic. Still number three, though.

But not over a billion. Things are slowing down a little bit for a Minecraft movie. The accountant number two, Ben, Ben Affleck's, you know, hit man movie, was number four, a 9.5 million domestic. So it's at 41.2 million domestic. Okay, I mean, week two, that's a big drop in week two. But, you know, still hanging in there, okay? I'm not sure what it cost to make the accountant to.

Ooh, 80 million, which was more than they spent on the first one. The first one was like 45 million. So they need to up the game a little bit on the accountant. They need to make more than that. than 80 million. Usually you try to make a budget and a half, so they need to get to 120 million. Good luck. Good luck. Number five, until dawn. Number six, the amateur. I really want to see this movie. It looks really good, but it has not done well. One point eight million, number six, domestically, 36.9 million domestic total. It's been week four. I really am looking forward to

see in that movie though. King of Kings number seven, warfare number eight, the surfer number nine. Coming in at number ten. It opened to 115 theaters and it only made

$217 per screen. The movie Rust. It is definitely a flop and darn the luck. You know them, you love him. Alec Baldwin, $25,000.

Oh my gosh. That may be the reason that there was being reported he kicked everybody out of his reality show, the Baldwin's. There was being reported that he told everybody to get the hell out of his house. I'm sure.

Dear old Alec is not happy. Now is that just a ploy to try to generate some kind of excitement around his reality show? Maybe. I mean, he's got to do something. Holy cow.

Rust is nowhere. Well, my gosh, thanks to, you know, the murder, our surrounding it and every other thing that surrounded this stupid movie. And then he's got his, you know, the reality show, which is just a nightmare. So maybe he's trying to generate some, generate a little bit of ink about the reality show and hopefully generate some viewers. But I don't think that's going to happen. Boy and Rust.

I mean, do I want to see the movie? I kind of do. I don't want to pay for it, though. I don't want to give Deereld Alec a dime. Now, I didn't see any numbers on the video on demand record. So they released it simultaneously at the theaters and the video on demand release strategy where you pay for view there.

And I don't know how much it costs to rent Russ. Let's see, shall we? Okay, you can get it on Apple TV Plus and Amazon Prime. And let's see, you can purchase or rent it. The movie is you can buy it for $14.99 or rent it for $6.99 on these platforms.

Wow. You can rent it for $6.99. I don't even know that I want to give old Alec Baldwin a dime. But it may be worth it because apparently any funds from the movie are being paid to the family of Helena Hutchins. That's the way you say they should have promoted. Help the family of Helena Hutchins,

who was shot and killed on the set. Yeah. So let's see. I usually see the service to get 80% of the revenue back while in the nasty box office is a 50-50 split for exhibitor, distributor, rental. And it's just, that doesn't,

it's giving a breakout of what they normally charge. So, so it says here that any funds from a Ross are being paid to the family of Elena Hutchins. Well, that makes me want to rent it because at least some of the money will be going to them

and not dear old Alec Baldwin. And then we have our president, Donald Trump, saying he wants to tariff movies that aren't made in the U.S. Okay. He said he wants to impose 100% tariff on movies.

Now, obviously, it's just a bargaining chip. Is it going to be 100% tariff on movies? I filmed outside of them. America. Good luck. He said the movie industry in America is dying due to a concerted effort by other nations, which he's labeling a national security threat. The move comes just one month after China announced plans

to a moderately reduced Hollywood imports in response to Trump's broader tariff agenda. Okay. Last year, about two-thirds of the money, the UK film industry earned, came from the U.S. studios and streaming platforms. Los Angeles just wrapped its war. worst year in three decades for on location filming in the city aside from 2020. Okay.

Film and TV production spending in the U.S. dropped 28%. Tax incentives and lower labor costs have attracted the industry to Canada and overseas to countries like Australia and parts of the UK. Yeah, we see it all the time. Avengers Doomsday filmed in London. Spider-brand, Spider-Man, brand new day. London. Avatar, New Zealand. Super. Super. Supergirl, London, Mission Impossible, various global locations. Yeah, I don't know how you do that. Ballerina, Czech Republic,

Star Wars, Starfighter, UK. Plenty of these shows being filmed in a stupid city in Canada, not Toronto, not Montreal, Vancouver, Vancouver. They shoot all kinds of stuff in Vancouver. So, you know, good luck. We'll see how that works out.

But that could, I could not bode well for the film industry, or maybe it'll turn it around, and everybody can start filming in California and Texas and other states around the country that give great tax incentives to the film industry, especially if they're going to have to spend 100% tariff on what it costs to bring it into the United States

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Who died today? Who died today? Well, we'll start with a human. Phyllis DiPicado. That's how you pronounce her last name. P-I-C-C-I-O-T-O. If that's not how you pronounced it, Phyllis, I apologize. But rest in peace to Phyllis, she is dead at the age of 84.

And you're asking, who is Phyllis DiPicadio? Well, she was the Santa Barbara Film Festival founder. Duh. She died at the age of 84. She founded the Santa Barbara International Film Festival. Duh. You don't know who. who she is. Okay.

She grew up in Chicago, moved to L.A., and then she founded the Santa Barbara Film Festival, and that's how of greatness. And so her family said that she passed away, but

did not give any other details. So we don't know what the cause of death was. We don't know if she'd been struggling for a while or if it was some sudden onset of illness. But rest in peace to the founder of Santa Barbara Film Festival, Phyllis DiPicado, dead at the age of 84.

Then we have Skype dead. I know, I know, I use Skype a lot, actually. And so now you have to use Teams or Zoom, right? Microsoft bought Skype, I guess, and then they're just shutting it down. So they've officially shut down Skype after over two decades of service launched in 2003,

acquired by Microsoft in 2011, for $8.5 billion. Skype was the Trailblazer, man, it was the frontrunner. And then, man, during the pandemic, Zoom took off. Now, I guess they've got competition from Zoom, WhatsApp,

and Microsoft, of course, runs Teams, which is the same kind of thing. It's similar to Zoom. It's similar to all of them, actually. Although I have not used WhatsApp, no reason except that i've just never had uh you know purpose to use it i would i don't have anything against it as of yet uh but they're telling uh Microsoft apparently is encouraging you you can still

transition to teams offering options to migrate contacts and chat histories until january of 2026 so until then then all the Skype stuff goes away now i signed up for a team's account yesterday because I had to do a I had to do some business with a video call okay and then it's the same kind of thing but it did not ask me if I had any Skype info that I wanted to bring over although I will say this perhaps it's because now that I'm thinking about it and talking about it out loud the Skype account that we have as I think it's under my wife's name so why would it me if I had anything to transfer because it's not under my name. So never mind.

Rest in peace to Skype dead after 20 plus years. Plus, we saw this weekend or heard about this weekend that Warren Buffett said he was going to retire at the end of this year and he was turning the reins over to Greg Abel, who is president. I think Abel is, I don't know what his title is now, but he was going to, he will be president and CEO once Warren Buffett steps away at 94 now. But nope, not so fast. You know, I know the Oracle had this big to do out there in Lincoln this weekend, or Omaha.

Nebraska. They have two cities. Sorry, I messed up. It's not Lincoln. It was Omaha. I know they have more than two cities. In fact, my stepfather was born in the far western end, broken. Nebraska. I know they have more than two.

But only cities with a lot of people. Yeah, that's Omaha and Lincoln. Anyway, apparently, Buffett, who is both chairman and CEO, did make it clear whether he was going to relinquish his both roles, I guess. So they voted him as chairman of the board again. So he said that's weird. And I don't think he said that it was weird,

but he was confuzzled. by them voting him to be the chairman of the board. But that means he's still involved after January of next year. So that's great for Warren Buffett, isn't it? Yes, yes, it is. Congratulations, Warren. Oh, you know who else is still alive, but kind of dead? Is Justin Tucker, the kicker for the Baltimore Ravens?

Or I'm sorry, the former kicker for the Baltimore Ravens. He has been released from the Baltimore Ravens, and they called it a tough decision based on the team's current roster. Uh-huh. I mean, he's been with the team since 2012. I mean, he's been one of the most accurate kickers in NFL history. But according to the Baltimore banner, there are a bunch of accusations of inappropriate behavior during massage therapy sessions.

We talked about these allegations by six women. and apparently there's more allegations from more women coming out. Who knows? I mean, he's denied it all. He has denied any wrongdoing. And he has not been charged with any crime, by the way. These are all just allegations from a newspaper or a website or wherever the hell they are, the Baltimore banner.

And so what a nightmare that his life has turned into. Wow. But when the Ravens drafted a kicker, you know, in the draft last month, he was like, oh boy, what does that mean for Justin Tucker? Well, here you go. This is exactly what it means. Now, according to John Harbaugh, the head coach of the Baltimore Ravens, any decision about Tucker's place on the team would be based on football.

Uh-huh. But so he's been released from the Baltimore Ravens. Does he get picked up by another NFL team? I would say that he's a good enough kicker to be picked up by another NFL team. But does that happen? I don't know. I mean, the NFL is investigating this. We've got accusations flying left and right from this Baltimore banner.

And even though he has denied any of it, denied all of it. And he has not been charged with a crime. I'm sure that the NFL is like, ooh, let's take it easy for right now. Wow, that sucks to be him. With AmX 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. Oh, you know, when we were just talking about the NFL, just a side note, yesterday it was announced that the NFL draft is going to be held in Washington, D.C., next year on the mall. And Roger Goodell was with President Trump and Mayor Bowser, who did not look like like she wanted to be there at all. And they were taking questions. I don't know that Goodell wanted to be there at all either while they were taking questions. But just a side note, you know, if you're an NFL fan, the NFL draft, which was pretty, you know,

turned into a really big deal, has announced that it's going to do the 2027 NFL draft. We held out the National Mall in Washington, D.C. So we've got that to look forward to. Another thing that's coming up, us today, right? That's today. Starts today. The Westminster Dog Show is happening, starting today through the ninth, I think. Yeah, for the next three days.

The New York City-based Westminster Kennel Club, you know, I love these stupid dog shows. And I know, contrary to popular belief, I like animals, okay? I don't care a lot about them sometimes. I think I believe humans first. But, you know, you want to train your... dog to do this, sure, I'm going to watch. Anyway, I did not know this. And maybe I did, and maybe we've talked about it

before, but the Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show is the second oldest continuously held sporting event in the U.S. after the Kentucky Derby. So it's identified as the U.S.'s oldest dog sport

organization, the Westminster Kennel Club, founded in 1877. Wow. And it's also the longest continually broadcast live dog. There's a lot of disclaimers in this. Hold on. So it's the Westminster Kennel Club dog show is also the longest continually broadcast live dog show in the country,

having been on television since 1948. Yeah, I don't know that. I mean, that's a good stat, but there are a lot of dog shows being televised. I mean, we have the Thanksgiving dog show, right? out of Philadelphia, which I love. But I'm all about the Westminster, too. I always want to be, I love the handlers and, you know, the running

of the handlers and what they're dressed like. It's just me. You know, the dog walkers. I just love watching them because some of them are such, what's the word I'm looking for? Well, not good. And others are better than others. I mean, it helps. It helps.

So there's 3,000 dogs from the U.S. and throughout the world competing in this week's annual dog show. Wow. Master's agility and obedience championships and the master's obedience championship, the event is a must-a-tend for dog lovers. Yeah, I'd like to go behind the scenes. I like watching all that stupid stuff. So, anyway, the Westminster Dog Show is taking place starting today,

and bless their hearts, we'll be able to watch their stupid show another year. Until the night, the next three days. Now, if you're thinking about going to the West. Mr. Dog Show, maybe you had to go through another airport rather than Newark, because I see where air traffic controllers claim they lost touch with all planes at Newark for 90 seconds. What's the word I'm looking for? Oh, yeah, not good. That is not good at all.

According to anonymous sources, saying that the air traffic controllers who guide planes into Newark Liberty International Airport, that's a big airport. A lot of traffic in and out of that bad boy. Lost radar and radio communication for about a minute and a half. Wow. Now this was April 28th. Oh, that was a long time ago. They've already got that fixed. Don't even worry about it.

So it resulted in staff reduction, which resulted in staff reduction and contributed to the week of delays. The airport subsequently, whether one of the sources said there's no backup for when those systems fail. and controllers can only wait for them to come back online. The union representing the ATCs, the national air traffic controllers, confirmed the incident happened and that members did not simply walk off the job, as the United CEO Scott Kirby characterized in a statement last week.

CNN reported that at least five FAA employees took 45 days of trauma leave following the incident. Wow. Is that true? Forty-five days of trauma leave, we've got to, we have got to butch up. a little. Now look, I know that we are struggling with air traffic controllers and that's been a problem and that's going to continue to be a problem because of the way we recruit. Hopefully that's changing. We've talked about that before too. But if you, if it's screwed up, obviously, that's a tough job. No question. I don't want to do it. But it's a tough job. But you're keeping an eye on all these planes and all these lives are in your hands. That's the way you see it. And so if you lose control

and you've got how many ever, I don't know how many planes are out there, hundreds circling and getting ready to land and more taking off. And, you know, with thousands of souls on board, you know, that's a big responsibility. However, if you have to take 45 days of trauma leave following something like that,

okay, okay, I just feel like that is, doesn't mean that you bode well for that particular position. I know, maybe it's just me. Maybe you just do it. If you're an air traffic controller and you want to reach out to me, you can email me chewing the fat at the blaze.com and you can let me know, Jeff, you're an idiot. It takes a lot of stress.

Lives we're taking, years, we're taking off our lives in those minute and a half and we need 45 days of trauma leave because, well, we just need it. I get it. The union allows it. Sure, go ahead. Take your 45 days off. But on the other hand,

we're allowing people to take 45 days of trauma leave following 90 seconds without communications at radar. Okay. I don't know what the number is. It just seems like 45 days is a little much. Again, though, I mean, according to this story, they serve 49. million travelers last year. Wow, second busiest in New York City area. Yeah, they've been drowning in

delays and cancellations for days. Yeah, because of that. You know, that, those 90 seconds really cost a lot. So there's plenty of people that say don't fly into Newark. It's not safe for travelers. Yeah, because all the, all the air traffic controllers are on 45-day trauma leave. I just let there's not enough people. Wow, let's just be careful. Be careful. Now look, you know, flying in the United States and really around the world is pretty safe.

But, you know, there's seems to be more and more issues coming around flying. And if we don't have any air traffic controllers, that's a pretty big issue. And whether they're on trauma leave or we don't have enough actual people doing the job, that is an issue. And you can't quote me on that.

All right, let's get out of here. I need a joke of the day for you. We'll give a shout out to Robert. Thanks for checking in, Robert. Robert emailed chewing the fat at the blaze.com. He submitted this joke and he made it. He made it, okay? He said he also helped that he said chewing the fat is the best show on the Blaze.

Well, I mean, I know, Robert, but thank you. I appreciate it. That doesn't mean you're going to get your joke on the air, though, okay? I love the fact that. I love the fact that you're, you know, buttering me up. But, you know, it doesn't change. If it's a bad joke, it's a bad joke. But I'm going to let this one go.

I don't know if he wrote this. I don't know if this is his joke or not. Or if it's just a regular, you know, dad joke. But I liked it and I laughed. What do you call a small business owner who opens a restaurant? I don't know. What do you call a small business owner that opens a restaurant? An entrepreneur.

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