Chewing the Fat with Jeff Fisher - What about the Mess?... | 8/1/24

Episode Date: August 1, 2024

Boars Head recall / seven million pounds… Speech is as bad as violence?... DEI lawsuit settles… Australia allergy capitol of the world?... [e-mail] NFL game tonight… Lollapalooza begins today… Jlo and Ben are done… Tish and Noah share a man… Who Died Today: Jennifer McLaughlin 55 / Sacro Pod not used… Kahlid and cronies get a deal… Elon and Madura gonna fight?... Olympics / bring on the meat / Medal count… Things to Ponder… Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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After a Missouri couple's lawsuit say the Virginia. based companies, deli meats made one of them deathly ill. The recall includes 71 boarshead and old country products made between May and July, I'm sorry, May 10th and July 29th of this year. That's according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture from beef, bologna, ham, liverwurst, nasty, and salami. It's a multi-state, Listeria outbreak, it has caused two deaths reported in Illinois and New Jersey. It also has left 33 people hospitalized across 13 states. Wow. It includes meat intended for slicing at retail delisies, as well as some packaged meat and poultry products sold at retail

locations. Distributed nationwide and exported to various nations, including the Cayman Islands, to the Dominican Republic, Mexico, and Panama, you know, if we care about them. And they have the products sell-by dates between July 29th and October 17th. So if you have some Bordershead products, take them back for your get your money back or don't eat them, whatever you do. There's this lady in Missouri filed a complaint on Friday saying that she endured life-threatening Listeria infection. She was 88 years old because she ate some liverwurst. Okay, first of all, stop eating the liverwurst. That is just nasty.

But she experienced the nausea, diarrhea, stomach cramping, most disturbingly, intense whole body aches, shaking, and muscle weakness. Yeah, that is, you can quote me on this, not good. She also continues to suffer neurological symptoms and fatigue and overall weakness. Boershead is going to have to They should pony up a little bit of cash. She's suing them for $25,000 in injuries and damages. I would think it's worth more than that.

But okay. There's 13 states that they claim have issues. New York, Maryland, Massachusetts, Missouri, New Jersey, Virginia, Georgia, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Illinois, Pennsylvania, North Carolina, and India. But I would venture to say that if you have a Boar's head product, and they have a long list of what is specifically being recalled, but I would just take that back right now and say, yo, Boershead, whatever you're doing, stop doing it.

Yeah, that's my free advice. Whatever you're doing, stop doing it. Welcome. Welcome to Chewing the Fat. Seven out of 10 college students say that speech can be just as damaging as physical violence. Um, no. But this is according to a new survey from the Knight Foundation, a journalism and free speech nonprofit. The survey, which polled more than 1,600 college students, also found that since 2016, college students, faith in the security of free speech rights has declined. 2024 marks a crisis of free speech on college campuses as international conflicts like the war in Gaza.

and domestic strife come to a head, bringing urgent political and personal issues to center stage. Campuses cracking down on protest, political leaders casting a questioning eye of the decisions of the university administrators and emerging technology, making disinformation easier and faster to produce. The position of higher education as a forum for open discussion

has never been more crucial or imperiled. The Knights Foundation survey asked students a wide range of questions on campus, free speech and First Amendment in general. Servoy also asked students to identify their race, household income, and political affiliation. 60% of the students agreed with the statement, The climate at my school or on my campus prevents some people from saying things they believe. Because others might find it offensive. So they made a choice.

You don't want to know. I remember, you know, back of the day, don't ask me that question. you don't want to know the answer. Let's just continue on our way. That can't happen, I guess, today. You have to give your beliefs immediately, and you're going to make someone feel offended. One in four agreed that it was more important for schools to protect students by prohibiting speech. They may find offensive or biased, rather than prioritizing, allowing students to hear a wide range of viewpoints, including possibly offensive ones. Students were sharply divided by political opinion on this question.

70% of Republicans, 53% of independence, 45% of Democrats, supporting allowing offensive speech. Yeah, you'll be okay. You'll be all right. I know that speech can be just as damaging as physical violence. No, no, it can't. But if 44% reported feeling uncomfortable,

in college because of something someone said in reference to your race, ethnicity, religion, ethnicity, I'll say the word right, I know I said it wrong, don't look at me like that, religion, gender, or sexual orientation. Whether or not it's directed at you, yeah, it's, it's bad. I mean, you feel terrible. Don't you? When someone says something that you find offensive, it's almost like getting punched in the face. Stop it. This is agonizing. You should be able to, come on now,

your college students, take what you can say. I realize that, you know, you feel like being able to burn down the campus and hold it at bay and not go to class is part of your First Amendment rights when really it's not. But okay, you go ahead.

You believe that. But any bad stuff, speech intended for you or someone else is not the same as getting punched in the face. Sorry, it just isn't. And I know I come from, you know, the old, old, old, old school of sticks and stones may break my bones, but words can never hurt me. That saying is long gone. And now, another thing that looks like it's going to be going away, although I don't know

if it will or not, is the DEI policies of different colleges, universities, workplaces. There's a California professor who just received a settlement for $2.4 million from his current employee, well, from his former employee now, current community college district. He was allegedly disciplined for voicing conservative views and questioning DEI policy. at Bakersfield College, where he taught history in the current community college district. And so, among other things, he criticized the numerous alleged faculty trainings related to implicit bias and microaggressions, racial quotas and preferences, affirmative action-type behavior, racially segregated classes, and mandates related to COVID-19.

So he also began exploring whether any Bakersfield-Field-Field. faculty were illicitly diverting grant money to social justice projects. No, that wouldn't happen. Uh-huh. But he became outspoken and became a part of this renegade institute for liberty, which is a group of Bakersfield faculty members who value free speech and the Western tradition. Oh, there are a bunch of racists.

A renegade institute for liberty. And that's when he became a target. And they accused him of engaging in racism. and hate speech, of course. So now he just reached a settlement with them. The district is going to have to pay him $2.4 million. But it's not just one time. It's over the course of 20 years.

It's like a lottery win for $2.4 million. He gets a one-time payment of $154,520, less taxes, of course, for lost wages. And then he gets $2.4 million over the course of the next 20 years. And he has, he resigned his position, his tenured position, effective April 2023. Neither party, according to the settlement, admitted wrongdoing. Uh-huh. And he also, that meant that he is out of another lawsuit that he's part of with this racist group, the Renegade Institute for Liberty Party.

so there's another suit still pending and he drops out of that lawsuit as well with them so you know maybe the DEI stuff is going away now I hope so but you know this diversity equity and inclusion is a good thing unless you get called out for being a diversity equity and inclusion higher then that's a bad thing. It's a good thing when you have it, but if you used it to get hired by, then you can't make fun of it, you can't talk about it, and it's a bad thing. Really, just, uh,

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Okay. I'm reading a story about Australia announcing the world's first nationwide program to treat peanut allergies in babies. The approach is based on encouraging results from these clinical trials, and it seeks to build tolerance through small dose exposure in early development. It's a free program, and it applies to parents of babies under age one, diagnosed with a peanut allergy. At one of ten participating hospitals, babies will be provided a daily individualized dose of peanut powder with the dosage increasing until the child reaches their maximum tolerance level. After two years, the child will be given a food allergy test to measure reactivity. The program builds on existing research suggesting positive results from oral immunotherapy to treat peanut allergies in the U.S.

Such dosing is available through specialized health care settings, of course. And I guess food allergies are all too common in Australia, and they have some ways that you can try to avoid it. they this is what I learned though Australia the allergy capital of the world I did not know that I did not know

that Australia was considered the allergy capital of the world has one of the highest rates of allergies in the world according to research from the Murdoch Children's Research Institute and man I love

the Murdoch Children's Research Institute, the highest published rates of food allergy in children. It's estimated based upon this research that approximately 1 in 10 infants experience a food allergy. We also know that there's been between two to threefold increase in the presentations to emergency departments in Australia because of anaphylaxis, which is severe allergic reactions, to foods and medications over the past two decades. Over the last 20 years, it's gone up dramatically, and that has made Australia the allergy capital of the world. Congratulations. I don't think they're happy about being, you know, the allergy capital of the world, but they are. And it's a strong title.

So you know what we're going to do. Whatever you're allergic to, we're going to feed you that. And if you don't, if you don't become immune to it, well, if we lose a couple so what? Yeah, we gave him too many peanuts and he died. Sorry, that's all part of the study. And boy, foo, man, we didn't realize

that your kid was so allergic to this peanut stuff, but, you know, that kid over there is doing fine. We're feeding him a bunch of peanut dust and he seems to be reacting fairly well. Sorry, but you know we are the allergy capital

of the world, so we're just trying help you. It's for the safety of you and your children. Is it though? So remember this new allergy study in Australia is free if you have a child under one. Okay? So you just go to the hospital and say, hey, I'd like to be part of your study to give my kids what they're allergic to. And I'm sure they'll let you right into the door. Don't forget to follow me on my social media sites at Jeffey JFR on X, which as the time of we're recording today, the first day of

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So that should be their advertising tagline. Camio. We're your pip. All right. Let's go to the break room. I need something called to drink desperately. All right. Today's the day. We have the NFL starting with the Hall of Fame game. And I, you know, it really doesn't start. I mean, the big time players probably won't be playing.

We already know the number one draft pick, Caleb Williams, isn't playing. I was hoping that he'd play a couple of plays anyway. But no. C.J. Stroud for the Houston Texans. I don't know if he's going to take the field or not for, you know, at least a set of downs. But, you know, the NFL is getting started tonight with the Hall of Fame game. Then we have Lollapalooza starting today. Yay!

More than 170 artists going to descend on Grant Park in Chicago. And we are fired up for Lollapalooza. Four days of live music spread across eight stages. You're going to have Megad the Stalions. Ah, the killers. Blink 182, Future X Metro Boomin. Man, I love Future X Metro Boomin.

And Amelia and a Martinez among other performances that are going to span a variety of genres, including alternative rock, hip-hop, and electronic dance music. Yay! So it's a huge music festival.

And you can watch it if you have a Hulu subscription, which I do. Oh my gosh, I do. Or you can go. You can just go and they'll let you right in. Well, they'll let you in if you have a ticket for $155 or $280, depending on what single-day ticket you purchase. You can get the VIP single-day tickets.

Those are still available for single days, starting at $600 a day for the VIP tickets. Or you can get these single-day platinum tickets that are $2,080. Sorry. the two-day tickets, yeah, they're sold out. And there's only, I don't know, a few four-day tickets remaining, which starts at $1,670

and the $4,500 platinum tier. I'm sure, and this is just a guess on my part, that if you went to Lollapalooza and said, it says here that you're out of your $4,500 platinum tier tickets, but I want one, and here's my money, I'm guessing they're going to say, look at that. We just found another platinum tier ticket. So come on down because we just found one right for you.

It is kind of cool how they have it set up. I mean, Grant Park is like this 312 acre public park. But they have one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight stages, Bud Light, Tito's handmade vodka stage, Bacardi stage, BMI stage, Kid a Paloosa stage, Perry stage, IHG Hotels and Resort Stage, and the T-Mobile stage. And they, you know, kind of offset. A few of them seem to, you know, overlap a little bit. But they set up the park.

I mean, that's a big undertaking. I was ever running that is, should be proud of themselves, and I'm sure that they are, and I'm sure that they make a lot of money. But it's a big setup and a big thing to be detailed out for four days and all these acts, coming and going and sound equipment and ways in and out for VIPs. But $4,500 though, $4,500, you have a VIP, I'm sorry, you have a VIP Platinum tier ticket. So that's it, though. And there's only, there's only a few of those left, four-day tickets.

All right. The two-day tickets are sold out. Sorry, we can't help you out. I can get you into a single-day platinum ticket for, you know, $2,080. So, move. over to the next window and we'll get you to that platinum ticket, okay? Now, I don't know if J-Lo's going to be there or not because I know she's busy. Apparently, it's official now.

We've had rumblings that it's over. Her and Ben have not been seen together in public. And now we're finding out that the divorce papers are all finalized. They just haven't been turned in yet, according to all reports. They may have, you know, getting turned in very soon. but she was pissed and it broke her heart when Ben bought his bachelor pad over there in Pacific Palisades. He bought the pad the day Jennifer celebrated her birthday and he bought his bachelor pad on the same day, according to reports.

And he hasn't been living in their 68 million dollar mansion that they purchased in Beverly Hills. that was put up for sale. So the Bachelor pad purchased was a stab to J-Lo's heart. That's what Friends said. So it's over. And J-Lo just sold her dump in New York City too for $23 million. So I don't know how she's going to get by. She's struggling right now.

Apparently the divorce papers have been finalized. They just haven't had the right time to put them out and let people know. And of course, according to the insider, they'll release a joint settlement a statement and say how much how much they love each other but it just wasn't meant to be the love that we had at one time we just couldn't reignite that flame like we thought we could and well it's over now and we're moving on with their lives okay all right we'll see but according to all our reports it is his benefir as no more.

And it's not going to be anymore. And the flame of love is out. But I will, the flame of love is still going on. Now, we all have been listening to the stories about how Billy Ray Cyrus was caught on tape and being a jerk and, you know, calling Miley a trash or whatever he did. It was just some kind of, some kind of weird thing. What did he call her? Oh, yeah, a skank. That's a good word.

A skink. Anyway, you all know what it means. But the other story from the Billy Ray Cyrus, Miley Cyrus family is between the mom of Miley Cyrus and the sister of Miley Cyrus. So the two daughters of Tish, Billy Ray's ex. And so Tish is now married to the. this Dominic Purcell from prison break. Okay. So they've had their,

and they're just, I guess they're all in love and they're happy. And they've had their struggles with between the breakup of Billy Ray and Tish. And I guess, you know, the kids took sides and Miley was on her mom's side. And Noah was on, Noah was on dad's side.

And so they've had, they've been struggling with that anyway. And maybe that's why Billy thinks, thinks to Miley is a skank. But the interesting thing about this story is that now mom, Tish, is married to this Dominic Purcell. Well, Noah, the daughter and sister of Miley, was dating Dominic before he hooked up with mom.

Now, there was no word. I don't think that there was ever any of the mom-daughter thing that you're thinking. of you sicko no i'm not talking about that i'm just saying that before he got together with tish he was with noah so now he's you know he's had the mom he's with the mom and married to the mom and he can look across at his stepdaughter knowing that he dated his stepdaughter good times good times in the mili noah billy ray tish family you know what i'm saying good times so if you marry your daughter ex-boyfriend. Who's the skank?

Oh, wait, that was dad calling his daughter a skank and mom. Didn't say he loves Smiley. And this is Noah's boyfriend that she took. I love it. I love it. With MX Platinum, $400 in annual credits for travel and dining

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Now, I guess she's been suffering from major health issues since 2017. And so she decided to go. go to Switzerland and get in one of their death pods. She traveled to Switzerland. She was going to use the sacropod, which is a device designed to allow individuals to commit suicide by pressing a button that activates assisted suicide. All you have to do is get in. The sacropod is named after the term sargophagus. That's right, right?

Sarcophagus. Sarcophagus. Yeah, that's what I said. I'm right. The sacropod is named after the term. Sarkophagus. Thank you. That's what I said.

It euthanizes a person within seconds after they press a button. So the pod fills with nitrogen, causing the individuals to go unconscious before ultimately dying. So they've gained the attention, I guess. And all you do is hop in and they take your picture and they say, hey, you, uh, you're you right so you're given a location and an access code for the pod then uh it's just like using a delivery box once inside the capsule they confirm their identity consent to euthanasia and press the button and it takes about 30 seconds wow okay all right well jennifer uh going to switzerland hoping to hop into a sarco pod and take 30 seconds and die. Apparently, it was postponed. And it wasn't partially postponed.

The report says that her scheduled death was permanently postponed, according to the Pods inventor, Philip Nitchke. So I don't know why it would be permanently postponed, but it was. Well, she wasn't going to have this. She was not going to have this. So she went missing and she emailed a lawyer and a close friend. And she said she was going to undergo a procedure that would end her life.

And then they found her dead. And the U.S. Embassy in Switzerland confirmed McLaughlin's death in a statement stating she had died on Friday after receiving services from a different Swiss-assisted dying organization. but they had not confirmed the exact time of her death. So she didn't hop in the sacropod, but there are other pods out there imitating the sacropod in Switzerland because the sacropod, I mean, according to, you know, the head guy, it's a peaceful, reliable, drug-free method of assisted dying.

It takes place through hypoxia, and hypocaptopoeia. Yeah, that's what I said. So the death takes place to hypoxia and hypocafna oxygen and carbon dioxide deprivation, respectively. There's no panic, no choking. In fact, he said, and this is the head guy, Mr. Nitzki, I want to give him his total due.

This is full name. Philip Nitskyy. said, you know, I may use the pod myself in my final days. Oh, that's special. Now, Swiss prosecutors have previously stated that anyone assisting a person in using the pod could face up to five years in prison. Weird, because I guess that just means that they're saying that Nitchke could face serious consequences for inducement and aiding and abetting suicide for selfish reasons. Hmm. Okay. I mean, maybe that's why he permanently.

postponed the death for Jennifer in the pod. Who knows? Does that mean, okay, so if I, well, I guess you would be called you were assisting me if you gave me access to the pod. Because once in the pod, then it's all you, right? You have 30 seconds to push the button and then you will die. If you don't push the button, get out. Right, it's up to you then. Nobody is helping you.

I don't know. Just really weird. that's really really weird but Jennifer found another way and very sad you know rest in peace Jennifer but I guess things were not going well in her life and she did

not want to live anymore and when she got the boot from the sacro pod she found another pod okay a couple things if you or someone you love is needing some emotional support or considering suicide dial

988 it's the suicide and crisis lifeline. It's 24-7. You can chat or text with a crisis counselor online or by phone. 9-88 is the suicide and crisis lifeline. My next question is, with the sarcopod or these suicide pods, whether it's the

sarco-pod or not, who cleans it up? All right? Who comes against the body out of the pod? Or does it, you know, you're in this enclosed pod, does it just, once you're dead, then it just burns you up and it's just ash and then it sucks into the bottom of the pod and then somebody comes and picks up the ash and that's Jennifer? Or do you have a specific company that comes and picks up the bodies? Am I a sacropod body picker-upper? That's my job. I just drive around town and check out the pods. Oh, there's one with the body and lift it out.

That's what I do all day is just drive around looking at the different sacropods. You've got set up around town. That's not a bad gig. That's not a bad gig. You have to be trained to be able to repair the sacropod

in place someone is standing on the sideline screaming, I got in and I didn't die. You're going to have to help them figure it out why and maybe do some repair work on the spot. or, you know, pull out, pulling bodies out of the sacropod. How was work today, honey? Fine.

I had five, five new bodies. Whoa, five new bodies. One was stuck in the sacropod. He was so fat. And he died and I had to pull him out of the sacropod. And I had to clean up the sacropod because he had goo everywhere. It was just terrible. It does not.

Uh-uh. Uh-uh. There's got to be, there's got to be some kind of, uh, some kind of plan. and getting rid of the bodies and the sacropods, one would think. One would think. This episode is brought to you by Peloton. A new era of fitness is here. Introducing the new Peloton Cross Training Tread Plus, powered by Peloton IQ.

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United States of America. The deal would reportedly involve life sentences for all three and avoid a death penalty trial. Now, the Pentagon would not comment on further details of the plea agreement. It should be public information, their Pentagon. Don't forget, you work for us. Maybe we'll find out at some point in the near future. But the New York Times have reported that the three will receive life sentences and the possibility of the death penalty is completely off the table now.

Now, it's really strange. I find that hard to believe they've been in Gitmo for a number of years. And if they take this plea deal, I don't know that that gets them out of Gitmo. But according to some of the insiders, they said that by doing this deal, then they don't have to go to trial and justify the torture of the Guantanamo detainees. So? not sure that there's an actual American that would be angry

that the people who terrorized this country were tortured for some information at Guantanamo Bay. Maybe that's just me. Oh, before we get to a couple of quick Olympic stories and numbers, a great Olympic story, by the way, today.

Take a look at the metal count. I see where Elon Musk is going to fight Nicholas Maduro of Venezuela. So I guess they don't like each other much. Maduro is not happy with Elon. You know, Elon has a saying that,

yo, you lost. And you try and Maduro said that Musk is trying to invade his country with rockets. Okay, is he? but he said to his supporters, do you want to fight?

Let's do it. I'm not afraid of you, Elon Musk. Let's fight wherever you want. So Elon responded by calling him, by saying the donkey knows more than Maduro in Spanish. And then he said the people of Venezuela have had enough of this clown. And he accepted the challenge to fight, but added he'll chicken out.

and so, you know, the people are unhappy that Maduro has declared victory. Even our own Anthony, it's not Anthony, it's Anthony Blinken, who, you know, I don't know that I, you know, what he says means anything to me anymore. But he is the Secretary of State. He said that the election outcome was not correct. He suggested that the election outcome was not correct. And we have serious concerns that the result announced does not reflect the will or, or the votes of the Venezuelan people. Huh.

Other leaders, Argentina president, reacted saying he's a sociopath and a dictator. And so we'll see what happens with that, but it would be, you want to fight? Yeah, come on. I'll pay to see it. That's a prime time of pay-per-view event, Maduro versus Elon Musk.

But that definitely isn't going to happen. You'll get Elon and Zuck fighting. before you get that. Okay, so the Olympics have tried to be this green, uh, vegan Olympics. Uh, they demanded that,

uh, 60% of the food, that all Olympic venues be vegan to reduce the carbon footprint of dairy, meat and cheese. Avocados were even off the menu because of transportation emissions. Well, I mean, the,

and Australians, uh, brought their own, uh, smashed avocados for breakfast. We know, that countries sent in their own air conditioners so that the Olympic athletes would be able to be cool because the Olympic Village was set up. It was supposed to set up to be cool.

And the airflow is fine because we don't need all those air conditioners. Well, countries were shipping in their own separate air conditioners. Now countries are sending in their own eggs and extra meat, specifically Australia, but other countries as well. to replace the fake meat meals and the non-dairy options. The athletes were very unhappy with the food that they were getting and the variety of cuisine available to accommodate the taste of all the different countries. So the vegan meals are not in line with what the athletes prefer to eat while competing. Huh, weird.

So we know that the Olympic Village provides approximately 40,000 meals a day, 3,300 seats available in the facility's main restaurant. And some countries, you know, they don't even eat outside of the village. But even Great Britain was like the food is not adequate. Even Great Britain, the food is not adequate. Blood pudding people. The food is not adequate. So there aren't enough eggs.

There's not enough chicken. Some of the meat is being served raw to the athletes. No, thank you. No, thank you. So their countries are flying in their own eggs and meat because they need proteins. So you go green, Paris. You go green. All right, let's take a look at the metal count as the time of this recording.

The United States still in first place with total medals at 31. We have the most bronze medals at 12. We have the most silver medals at 13th. But we are behind in gold. medals. We only have six gold medals. So China's in first place and then we have who's in second place France and Japan are tied for second place with eight. Australia has seven. Oh, that I do not like that Sam. I am great Britain and South Korea have six and we have six. So we're tied with Great Britain and South Korea. No. No thank you.

No, thank you. That needs to pick up the pace. Let's go. I know we've got other events coming up that hopefully should put us in front. We need to get some golds out there. But that has to happen soon. We need to not be behind these other countries in any metal count, let alone the gold. But as of right now, there are other countries beating us.

And you know what, if it happens. I mean, am I going to be terribly upset while I'm not going to like it? But I'll be, you know, good for the other countries. competing against us and creating some good events. Oh, we had the shooter from Turkey that took, I think he took a silver, that wasn't using any of the special glasses or guns or braces. He just showed up and shot. Awesome.

We loved that. We loved, oh, the archery, the bow and arrow girl that had the bee. I mentioned this on the Stu's show yesterday. I don't know if my segment aired or not, but I talked to Stu for a few minutes about the new Barbies and not having. a fat Barbie. And we also talked about the archery girl. I called her the bow and arrow girl. Uh, who was just about to

shoot and a bee landed on her hand, which she jerked. And, uh, you know, I don't know if they let her shoot again or if she let the arrow go and it went through some guys. I think if she would have let the arrow go, uh, and it went into the crowd and hit somebody I would have known about it. But maybe not. I haven't seen the video for it yet. So I'm not sure what happened to her. But I mean, those are, those are, those are, you

Practice all your life. You train all your life. And to be this archery expert and you head into the Olympics. And just as you're pulling back and you're ready to shoot a B lands on your hand and screws it up. I know. Man, it would not. That would, uh, you could quote me on this. That would suck.

That would suck. And then I saw a picture of, uh, the South Korean Olympians and the North Korean Olympians up on the podium for some. event and that they had won medals for and they were taking selfies with each other. I don't think I would do that. If I was North Korea, if I was an athlete from North Korea, I don't think I would be allowing the South Koreans to be taking selfies with me because Kim is not going to be happy about that. What happened to those athletes?

They have been disappeared. We strung them up on a poop balloon. They liked South Korea so much. We tied them up to a poop balloon. balloon and sent them back to South Korea because that could happen. And I would be saying, no, thank you. I do not want to take a selfie with you because that is not a good idea. But let's go.

Let's go, U.S. Keep up the good work. And I know you're doing well in the silver and the bronze and we have the total metal count out in the lead. But you are starting to disappoint me in the gold medal range. So let's pick up the base. Okay, I'm going to leave you with a couple things to ponder. As I was scrolling through one of my Instagram timelines, I saw some things to ponder from Goodwill Librarian.

And there's a few of them in here, and I'll share with you today. A hundred years ago, everyone had a horse, only the rich had a car. Today, everyone has cars. Only the rich have horses. See, that's a thing to ponder. If you replace the W with a T in what, where, and when, you would have the answer to each one. Think about it.

And if you rip a hole in a net, you have less holes than you started with. See, because you would rip the hole. You understand. Stream and subscribe to more Blaze Media content at the Blaze.com. slash podcasts.