Chewing the Fat with Jeff Fisher - Whose Fault Is It?… | 5/14/24

Episode Date: May 14, 2024

Beauty Pageants crumbling… Melinda Gates out at foundation… Archwell can’t raise funds, for now... Bridge demolition continues… [e-mail] Target and LGBTQIA+… Just add breastmilk billboard… Elon wins a battle in Australia… New Lord of the Rings in 2026... New Blade Runner 2099 series coming… Who Died Today: David Sanborn 78 / Rick Slayman 62 / Godzilla the overweight monkey 6... www.blazetv.com/jeffy Promo code: Jeffy… Caitlin era begins… Wildfires in Canada… San Fran giving booze to alcoholics… New edible gel breaks down alcohol… Joke of the Day from listener Marcus… Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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That's what she said. And then we also had Miss Teen USA step down saying that her personal values no longer fully align with the direction of the organization. We talked about that as well. And they've had plenty of controversy at both Miss USA slash Miss Teen USA and Miss Universe organizations. They can't seem to escape the controversy. Well, now the runner up, Miss Teen New York, who I congratulated here on Chewing the Fat for now being Miss Teen USA. No.

She said, I don't want your crown either. What is happening? She said I ultimately came to the decision to decline it. I didn't feel like it was the right decision considering all the circumstances. Wait, what? Then we found out that the social media manager for the Miss USA organization, this Claudia Michelle, also resigned from her post. And we find out that a lot of these women had been,

bullied by the CEO, Layla Rose. Now, Skinner 19 from New York, who was the runner-up, she posted some long post on Instagram, declining, becoming the queen or the head of the pageant, Miss Teen USA. But I was reading on what was happening behind the scenes. So the mental health issues that the girl was talking about, they claimed that she woke up every day on pins and needles

because of harassing emails. Don't do this, don't do that. Take that post down. Unlike that post, you can't speak to anybody. Remember your NDA? You can't go here unless we confirm. She was being micromanaged every day on everything she did, and she just couldn't take it anymore.

Now we find out that their television contract may be up. CW Network is evaluating its relationship with both pageants. Oh, interesting. So, I mean, we have the whole thing divided and going crazy. I will say at least Miss Hawaii, the 28-year-old Savannah Gankowitz, was the runner-up to Miss USA. She said, yeah, I'm taking the crown. Sorry about you stepping down, but I'm still taking it. And we'll see if they still exist.

in a year because it certainly sounds like things are falling apart quickly at the Miss USA slash Teen USA slash Miss Universe pageants. Welcome. Welcome to Chewing the Fat. A couple other foundations are starting to crumble as well. Melinda French Gates, you know her,

X of Bill Gates has now said she's going to be stepping down from her role at the helm of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. Oh, I mean, that's your deal, right? You co-founded it with Bill. Yeah, I'm done with it. I'm going to be walking away with an additional $12.5 billion from Bill's pocket to commit to my own charity work on behalf of women and families. I mean, they've been divorced for three years now, and they said that they were going to remain co-chairs of the foundation. Uh-huh. And that has a $75 billion endowment. Wow.

At least for the next two years, I guess. It's funded by Bill and, you know, Warren Buffett is a donor. And they're proud to say, well, over the years, we've dispersed over 77 billion to combat diseases, advance education, and improve sanitation and low-income. countries. So we're happy about that. So, I mean, since the divorce, the org has had many employees worried because Bill and Melinda are not getting along at all. So Melinda is, I'm sorry, French Gates. She has founded a separate charity called Pivotal Ventures. And that promotes gender equality in the U.S., oh, that's great.

And they provide grants and nonprofits and to other nonprofits. And that's wonderful. I will like to say, I believe in gender equality as well, Melinda. So if you'd like to donate, you know, a couple of billion to chewing the fat charity, I'm willing to take that. But we'll see how long the old Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation lasts. I don't know. I guess it's going to be called now just the Gates Foundation.

which it probably should have been called that after the divorce anyway, but it will be called that now. So we'll see how well that goes the next couple of years. Then we find out that Prince Harry and Megan, speaking of charities, having issues, they have Archwell Foundation. And apparently they forgot to pay their bills to the state of California. Yeah.

So their Archwell is now. listed as delinquent with the registry of charities. And so they can't fundraise any money anymore until they pay the registration fee. That's kind of agonizing to me to pay the state to be able to fundraise to give to charity. But, you know, that's the world we live in now. So they also may be subject to penalties. And the registration could be suspended or revoked. Yeah, they're not going to revoke it.

Okay. They're just going to pay us the money that you owe to be. a foundation in good standing. And you know what? We'll take an extra fine too. And then you can go ahead and continue to raise money. But it is interesting that they, did they just forget to pay the bill?

Was it something that we weren't aware of? Just really weird. Now they claim that, look, we sent the check. And we don't know what's going on. And so they say that they didn't get it. So you know what? We sent another check. and we'll see what happens with that.

Because that works every time. Wait, you didn't get my check? Oh, well, gosh darn it. I'll have to send another one. So we'll see if the, I mean, they're over in Africa, or at least they were, right? He was going to London for his Invictus games. Dad was too busy to see him.

And then they were off to Africa. They had to go to Nigeria. because I guess Megan, after her blood test, it showed that her 43% Nigerian blood makes her, that's her motherland now. So Nigeria treated them

to the, I guess, the royal tour that isn't technically a royal tour. But we'll see what happens with the old Archwell Foundation. Because they have Archwell audio and Archwell Productions. Those are for profit businesses.

I don't know. how well those are going these days either. But the nonprofit definitely cannot raise money, at least in California, until they, I don't know, send the right check. Okay, the 2024 Atlantic hurricane season is right around the corner. By the way, June 1st is the first day of hurricane season. And it is likely to be destructive and costly. And it has the potential to be one of the most active on a record.

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The Baltimore's Francis Scott Key Bridge wreckage was demolished in a controlled explosion after being delayed because there was a storm and lightning and other issues this past weekend. So it took place yesterday afternoon. And, you know, it sounded a little something like this. And down it went, man. Into, yeah, I know, into the river. Pretty incredible. And so they believe now that this will allow the cranes to remove what's left of these sections of the bridge

and ultimately remove the ship so that they'll allow the cranes to remove what's left of these sections of the bridge and ultimately remove the ship. so that they can open up the lanes of the port for ships to get in and out. So hopefully in a couple of days they'll be able to move the ship and get it back to the docks. And we found out yesterday that the crew of the Dolly were still on the ship. They are not allowed to leave. Sorry about it. You're not going anywhere.

You're staying on the ship. Oh, okay, no problem. We also, I mentioned yesterday that I thought that they still were looking for one of the workers that was killed and drowned when the bridge collapsed. And they have found all six construction workers who were on the bridge. They found the last one a few days ago. and he was he had moved to the united states from guatemala i don't know that he was legal but he was working uh you know filling potholes on the bridge all the victims were latino immigrants but the last one was uh named jose minor lopez 37 rest in peace sir but he had moved here from guatemala now during a vigil last

month honoring the victims whose families were still awaiting closure, mourners used a crane to hoist the Guatemalan flag in his memory. He was living in the United States. I don't know that I, I mean, I kind of, I kind of irks me a little. But hey, rest and peace to all the Latino immigrants who were working on the overnight shift filling potholes on the bridge. It could have been so much worse and the police were able to stop the traffic moments before the collapse but they didn't have enough time to alert the workers very sad but it could have been so much worse uh and it wasn't so i guess we have to we have to thank the lord above that it wasn't as bad as it could have been all right let's go to the break room i need something cold to drink desperately so target you know them

you love them. They've announced that they will only sell Pride Month collection in select stores after suffering a backlash and boycott last year during the 2023 Pride season. Well, we have Pride season just around the corner, as a matter of fact. Not only is June the beginning of Hurricane season, it was also the beginning of Pride Month. So we can't have a Target store without Pride Month collection merchandise, can we? well, yeah, look, the Pride Month collection merchandise will not be available through all stores.

Wait, what? Yeah, it'll be available on Target.com and in select stores based on historical sales performance. So if a store sold a lot of Pride Month merchandise, you'll still have Pride Month merchandise at those stores, but not at every store. Now, if you can still go to Target.com, Tiger says they're making other plans to celebrate Pride Month.

They're still going to celebrate. Hey, don't be boycotting us. Oh, wait, it's the other people that are against the Pride Month that are boycotting them. Yeah. So you can still please shop at us, but we're doing other ways. We're going to have a presence at local pride events in Minneapolis. Yeah, that's where they're headquartered. We know.

And beyond our own teams, we'll have a presence at local pride events around the country as we continue to support a number of LGBTQIA plus organizations. Additionally, we'll offer a collection of products for pride, including adult apparel, home products, food and beverage, which has been curated based on guest insights and consumer research. These items starting at $3 will be available at select stores and of course always at Target.com. You know, they suffered backlash in there.

They're still, they're still reeling a little bit. from that backlash. Ha! And they pulled it out of their stores, too. Now, for, now they claimed that for more than a decade, Target has offered an assortment of products aimed at celebrating Pride Month.

Yeah, I feel like maybe that's true, but it wasn't as prominent as it was last year. And so, I mean, they wanted to put it right there on the front of the stores last year. And that's what created a little bit more of the issue for the LGBTQI. plus hating people.

Because those people don't necessarily hate the Pride Months celebration or the LGBTQIA plus community. We just don't want it. And I say we. I don't, you know, whatever. I haven't shopped at Target in a long, long time. So whatever was in the front of the store at a Target, I, you know, what do you do? You do you, boo.

But they claim that, uh, the employees were threatened. Because it said, we've experienced threats impacting our team members' sense of safety and well-being at work. Yeah, okay. Given these volatile circumstances, we're making adjustments to our plans, including removing items that have been at the center of the most significant confrontational behavior. Oh, okay. That would be not necessarily having all the stuff right there in the lobby when you walk in. But you can still get any merchandise. you need at Target.com.

So Pride Month celebration still continues at Target. I mean, they want to be sure that you understand that Target is committed to supporting the LGBTQIA plus community during Pride Month and year round. Most importantly, they want to create a welcoming and supportive environment for their LGBTQ plus, I'm sorry, whoa, for their LGBTQIA plus team members, which reflects our culture of care for over 400,000 people who work at Target.

And we have long offered benefits and resources for the community, and we will have internal programs to celebrate Pride 2024. You see where they took down a billboard in Times Square, which is amazing that we actually care about what's on the billboard in Times Square. So the image was of this Molly Bad, She's a cookbook author. And the billboard was of her pregnant belly exposed and her breasts covered with, I don't know, a little rhinestone bikini top and two oatmeal cookies floated, you know, in front of her breasts. And it was a digital billboard, 45 feet tall.

And it was, they're celebrating Baz's lactation cookies. Yum. Just add milk. So it was a partnership with the breastfeeding startup, S-W-E-H-L. And it was supposed to be up for a week, Monday through Mother's Day, playing for the first minute of every hour. But three days later, it was pulled from the signs rotation. Yeah, a clear channel spokesman said that they had violated guidelines on acceptable content. wait what it did is this the same billboard that shows uh skims underwear and michael coors and

uh victoria secret is that that's the same it's the same billboard yeah so i guess we still a sexualized breast is okay but a nursing or lactating one is not now i'm not saying that we should all have breast milk cookies who she is No question with swell, but it is kind of interesting that that is where we draw the line. Isn't it? I bet you Target could have an LGBTQIA plus ad on that billboard in a heartbeat celebrating Pride Month. But don't you dare have a woman pregnant with cookies over her breast telling you that you should buy breast milk cookies? No, we cannot have that.

do it. And kind of good news for Elon, you know, the head guy of X, yeah, and Tesla and SpaceX, that guy, one of the richest men on the planet. Yeah, he scored a victory against the Australian government when the court refused to extend an injection forcing X to take down videos of a stabbing in church. Good, because it's actually happened. We need to actually see footage from actual news clips. It's just incredible. And Australia is turning into, well, I mean, they have been, but they are turning into more of a nightmare on social media. So this is a good victory.

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And that's what I'll do. On Cameo, I am kind of like the trained monkey. So it's what it's there for. And I see where TikTok said they're going to start labeling AI generated content in an attempt to what they say is going to combat misinformation. But so we're going to trust them to tell us what's AI generated. generated content. Okay, sure, no problem. I got you. I believe everything that you tell us. And a couple of new shows in the works I see where Warner Brothers announced that it's going to release

a new Lord of the Rings movie in 2026, produced by Peter Jackson and directed by Andy Circus, who played Gallum in the original trilogy. So we'll see if that works out to be well. And Michelle Yo is set to star in Blade Runner 2099. I don't know if that's going to, it's Blade Runner 2,09. I don't know how we're supposed to say it. We'll just say Blade Runner 2099. It's a prime video sequel series to Blade Runner 2049. And production, I guess, is underway already.

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David Sanborn. I love David Sanborn. He's the renowned jazz saxophonist, dead at the age of 78. This guy, I've seen him live a couple of times. He's played on all kinds of people's albums, just huge. And I'm very sad that David has passed away at the age of. of 78. I did not know that he was battling prostate cancer for the past few years. David and I weren't close the last couple of years. I love David. I loved his work. It was just

awesome and very sad that he had passed away. Plus, as I said, we weren't that close the last few years. And I mean, he's won six Grammys, right? And so I did not know that he was doing a podcast. Of course, doing a podcast called As We Speak. And he was also doing a syndicated radio program called The Jazz Show. And he was doing a YouTube series called Sandborn Sessions with his nephew and brother-in-law. I will, I'm going to have to go and find and listen to some of that because I did not know that that was actually something I could listen to until now. And now we lost him. So, I mean, he's been, he was been with all the big artists he's been on there.

albums and done work with them on stage and in the studio. So rest in peace, very sad. David Sandborn, dead at the age of 78. Then we have Richard Rick Slaman. Richard Rick Slaman, 62. Dead. Rest in peace, Rick Slaman. Now, Rick had been suffering with end stage kidney disease before being, uh,

the recipient of a modified pig kidney transplant. Now, he had this transplant and it looked like everything was fine, well, until it wasn't. And he had it for two months. And then he passed away. Now, the doctors say that there's no indication his death was a result of the transplant. Wait, what? I thought he was, I mean, he was at end stage kidney disease.

And you put the new pig kidney in him. But now something else killed him? Right. Okay. Oh, wait. He had suffered from type 2 diabetes and hypertension. He had a human kidney transplant, but it began to fail after five years, and then he got his pig kidney transplant, and his doctors confirmed he no longer needed dialysis after

the new organ was said to be functioning well. But then he passed away. So there's no indication that this death was a result of the transplant, and I won't hear of it. I won't hear of you thinking that there was something to do with the pig kidney transplant, okay? Massachusetts General Hospital said there's no indication and damn it there's no indication. So rest in peace, Richard Rick Sleiman, at the age of 62, dead. Don't, I won't hear of it.

Don't talk to me about how that pig kidney transplant was the cause of his death because we won't hear of it. All right? Just it's not true. Okay, whatever you say. Well, speaking to animals, though, we do have very sad news that Godzilla, the morbidly obese monkey has died at the age of six, which according to doctors, is just a short lifespan for these macaque monkeys. they usually live into their 30s, I guess. But I guess Godzilla had thyroid disease, diabetes, Cushing syndrome, or overproduction of the stress hormone, cortisol,

all of which contributed to his shortened lifespan. And having that been said, Godzilla is dead. Yeah. All his fans and people being nice to him, feeding him, He was too fat. And he just continued to eat. I know. Before his death, I mean, a couple years ago, they took him to a fat camp.

I did not know that there was a macaque monkey fat camp, but there was. And he was put on a rigorous diet. And Godzilla was not having any of that. He was like, no. I want my food. I want my chocolates. I want to be out there in the market where my owner has me. other people can feed me whatever they want and that's what they did so uh they felt like they had to

rescue him but it was too late and so now uh he just continued to eat and uh they took him to the hospital and uh he was bloated he's going to be cremated and returned to his previous caretaker uh who to whom he was seized three years ago the previous caretaker couldn't even have him for the last three years but it really didn't work i mean they talk about how they put him on a strict diet of dill lettuce, crickets, worms, sunflower seeds, and other nutritious foods? No, it didn't

work. And the family, hey, were able to come and visit him. And, I mean, remember, he shot to fame because he was of a video where shoppers then ended up coming to the place there in the market and fed him. And he always wore

tight fitting t-shirts. Well, that's because he was fat. But, so it was illegal for the come for the family to keep him but they had him forever and they didn't care but then they had him taken away and so it still didn't work they tried to save him now we'll say that uh he did he did need to go on my 600 pound life because there was a serious issue with Godzilla the macaque monkey who was seriously overweight now there's another fatty monkey in Thailand

called Uncle Fatty and I think he's even bigger than Godzilla so it's an issue it's an issue with monkeys and humans so good luck if you're feeling that way go on a strict diet. Dill lettuce

crickets, crickets, worms, sunflower seeds and of course other nutritious foods. It might not work but hey you'll be eating better so rest in peace Godzilla the macaquebuck dead at the age of six. This episode is brought to you by Peloton.

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and the Caitlin Clark era begins in the WNBA. So she's had a few preseason games that have drawn huge crowds, but the regular season starts tonight as Indiana, her team, visits Connecticut courtside. Tickets are selling for close to 5,000. $1,000. So you've got the NBA and the Indian Hale playoffs. NFL is releasing its schedule.

We know the first game is going to be Baltimore at Kansas City. It should be huge. And then the second game is in Brazil with Green Bay and Philadelphia. But no matter, the Caitlin Clark will suit up to play her first regular season pro game for the Indiana Fever tonight at the sold-out mode. Higin Sun Arena. Just incredible. She's been drawing historic crowds for the college at the University of Iowa, and now she's already drawing huge crowds at the WNBA.

It hasn't even started yet. And the WNBA Commissioner, Kathy Engelberg, said the league is looking to double the NBA's $60 million TV rights deal when it ends in 2025, which would allow for player salary increases. And since Caitlin's arrival, They have a full-time charter flights for teams this season, breaking that, you know, economy plus deal that they had. Ticket sales for WNBA games are up 93% on average from last year,

which, you know, if they were selling 40, now it's 80. And 36 of the Fever's 40 regular season games will air nationally compared to just one last year. So the Caitlin Clark era is in full force. ESPN is broadcasting the game nationwide and will use a WNBA finals-level production setup underscoring the high viewership expectations for Clark's debut. So you can catch that tonight. Awesome. I mean, look, she's changed the way people look at the WNBA.

And I know we're having our race issues and, oh, it's just another white person drawing attention. Yes, it is. And be thankful. And I saw the ad where they have some of the WNBA stars. and had their deal with the Kardashians skim's underwear. I saw it on Instagram as they, you know, went around with their skims underwear on. I'm all for it.

I'm all for it. No problem. I know some people, I can't believe they're stooping to this. Yeah, but the men can wear Calvin Klein's and have underwear deals, but the women can. No, yes, they can. Absolutely, they can. And good for Kim and the WNBA and skims.

But Caitlin was not involved in that. Caitlin was not involved in that. They're still all wound up about her salary being so low, but she is making a whole bunch of money on the other end. So don't worry about Caitlin. She'll be okay. And I know I kind of broke my own rule by mentioning Caitlin Clark and not mentioning Angel Reese,

because if you mention Angel Reese, you're fine. But if you mention Caitlin Clark, you have to mention Angel Reese. But this was specifically about Caitlin Clark and opening. night for the Indiana fever. So I let myself slide a little bit. But then I felt bad. So I had to point it out.

Oh boy. Thanks to a change in upper level winds in the atmosphere. Those of you that are living in the northern plains and the upper Midwest here in the United States of America, if you walk outside and you start... Yeah, that's caused by Canadian wildfires. I know. Incredible. So right now, we have 140 fires burning across central Canada. Nearly 40 are listed as out of control.

So when you start... Yeah, you can blame it on Canada. The air quality alerts is blamed on Canada. It's clearly an issue. So it's a wildfire season in Canada. So be careful out there. And when you walk outside, it might not be you, but if you're in northern Wisconsin or Minnesota or Northern Iowa,

Nebraska, the Dakotas, especially maybe in the gravel pit state, and you walk outside, it might not be you, but you may hear someone, you know, down the road. I just know that it's Canada's fault. And I know hopefully the weather will keep it contained, but you never know it could go farther south here in the United States from those over 140 wildfires already burning across Canada. So, and right now, 40 of them, 40 of the 140 are listed as out of control.

Oh, okay, no problem then. I'll just be here. interesting news concerning alcohol today i see where san francisco has launched a five million dollar program aimed at providing managed alcohol consumption to homeless alcoholics now that is that is very nice of san francisco the initiative which involves nurses serving limited amounts of alcohol such as a shot of vodka a glass of wine or a beer up to three or four times a today is designed to reduce harm and health care costs associated with alcoholism among the homeless population. Uh-huh, and I'm sure it will work. I'm sure it will work. But at the same time,

I see where scientists have created a new edible gel that breaks down alcohol into acetic acid in the gut, helps prevent intoxication. Blood alcohol levels were reduced by 50% in mouse studies, and the substance prevented harmful side effects from over-drinking like liver damage. So all I have to do is take an edible gel, and I'm good. I can drink as much as I want without the harm of the booze. Yeah, I love modern medicine. If I can down all that alcohol, and my gastrointestinal tract doesn't get harmed,

and I don't have the harmful and intoxicating effects of alcohol. Well, I mean, I kind of like the intoxicating effects of alcohol. I mean, that's kind of why you drink it, isn't it? But if I can take the gel after and then it reduces the blood alcohol levels, then I think I'm in. Then I think I'm in. All right, let's get out of here. I'm going to leave you with a joke of the day.

emailed to me at chewing the fat at the blaze.com from Marcus. He sent in his joke of the day here on chewing the fat. A man comes home from work to find a sticky note from his wife on the refrigerator. The note says or reads, I'll change the wording a little bit. It's Marcus's joke. So I got to do it word for words. Not my joke.

Okay. A man returns home from work to find a sticky note. from his wife on the refrigerator. The note says, this is not working. I am moving in with my mother. And the man thinks, what is she talking about?

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