Chewing the Fat with Jeff Fisher - You Never Know… | 11/10/25

Episode Date: November 10, 2025

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Blaze Radio Network And now, Chewing the Fat with Jeff Fisher. Good news for New York City. Yes, there is some good news. The Rockefeller Christmas tree has arrived in New York City. Yay! That kicks off the Christmas tourist season that we'll see an estimated 750,000 people visit daily. I would question those numbers this year.

year. More than 125 million people each year. Again, I think those numbers may be skewed, but we shall see. The tradition dates back to 1931. Construction workers that would become the Rockefeller Plaza pooled resources and they bought a 20-foot balsam fir tree. And then it stuck. They said, yeah, we need to do that every year. So since then, we get the big Norway spruce lit up with 50,000 LED lights and topped with a 900-pound Swavorsky Crystal Star. This year's tree is a 75-foot-tall, 11-ton Norway spruce from East Greenbush, New York, donated by a woman in honor of her late husband. Very nice.

The tree will be lit from December 3rd to mid-January, after which the wood will be donated to Habitat for Humanity. So good news for New York. The Rockefeller Christmas tree is there in Rockefeller Plaza and it will be lit on December 3rd. Is this the last time that we'll have the Christmas tree in New York? I don't know. I don't know the answer to that. Welcome.

Welcome to chewing the fat. Fat 5 Plus. Oh boy, here we go again. Federal health officials are investigating an outbreak of a rare infant disease in 10 states linked to a baby formula. Wow. Oh, holy cow. At least 13 cases of infant botulism were recorded by this last Saturday. if you're listening live, today is Monday the 10th of November 2025.

I recall of By Heart Inc.'s Whole Nutrition Infant Formula. The FDA said that, yes, this is an official recall. Infant botulism caused by a specific bacterium that produces toxin in the large intestine. Yeah! The cases are reported in Arizona, California, Illinois, Minnesota, New Jersey, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Texas, and Washington. The disease typically causes the babies to develop constipation, poor feeding, loss of head control, difficulty swallowing.

That's great. The symptoms can worsen to difficulty breathing and respiratory arrest, and it can even result in death, although there have been no deaths reported thus far in this outbreak. The agency is working to determine how the contamination happened. if any other products were affected. Oh, okay. The contaminated baby formula, which was available at major retailers nationwide and online, accounted for an estimated 1% of national formula sales.

So really, not that much. So if you happen to use by heart, whole nutrition infant formula, I would check that out. And see, apparently it's the recall of two batches from the, infant formula it's uh made from a facility in reading pennsylvania uh for the by heart company and so okay uh let's uh it's good luck to you for that uh i mean i do not wish infant botchalism on infants and uh it would seem that these companies uh need to maybe do a better job and i know the recall is out of an abundance of caution of course it

is but we have not found a direct link between the infant formula and infant botulism yet so we're working on that and yeah we haven't figured out why or what's causing it but uh hey be careful out there huh and when i say be careful out there i mean be careful out there you never know when you're going to be had right you never know when you're going to be had uh i was reading a story about an italian man who was arrested because he pretended to be completely blind for 53 years. You can't trust anything anymore. Apparently, he faked his blindness to get the disability payments, which he did.

I guess over the 53 years, he's collected over $1.1 million in disability payments. Police became suspicious and decided to follow him for a couple of months. And they found the man gardening, shopping, and even using dangerous power to So they arrested him. Now, I don't know what they did to the man. I mean, as of right now, they've just said, yeah, we did a tax audit, and you owe us a lot of money. You received income unduly received over the last five years, which I guess is the longest time that they can charge him for it. But he's been getting it for 53 years.

And they also want him to be indicted for fraud against the state. but for now he's still out there i don't know if he's pretending to be blind or not apparently he he had an accident at his work and they claimed that that made him legally blind and that was you know 53 years ago so uh then i don't know what you know what he did to make people start questioning him but he did something and they started following him so that's that's a shame worked good for 53 years dude he got lazy that's what happened he got lazy and he started thinking that it was good to go and nobody even cared wrong they did so just you know like i said you can't trust anything be careful out there like uh you know so let's say

the congressional budget office the cbo yeah they confirmed that they were hacked they're just calling it a security incident and they've taken action to contain the fallout but uh they really have no idea uh where it came from or how it happened i guess they believe it could be a foreign actor sure i just accessed emails along with chat logs that's it so it's fine and look it they it's probably a foreign actor could be behind the attack uh yeah it's just information from in the lawmakers and the staff and that's all so it'd be fine don't even worry about it they they've taken immediate action to contain it oh all right well that's good as long as it's contained now as long as uh you know once the horses are out of the barn

Yeah, yeah, once the horses are out of the barn, you can sure close the barn, but the horses are still out of the barn. It's just, oh, man, it's just, yeah, it's just sad. And I will say this, if you want to be a criminal, make sure your DNA is not in the DNA database anywhere. Or if it is, man, you better make sure that you are completely shaved and wearing a rubber suit. so the DNA does not get anywhere because it took less than a couple of weeks and the police have tracked down two, maybe three of the suspects

for the Louvre robbery. They have not found the jewels yet, but they have three people in custody. All three cases were because of DNA. That's what they say. The chief prosecutor said the DNA of the two men who broke into the museum and snatched the $100 million worth of jewelry

was found on a display case and one of the two high-powered motor scooters the thieves used to get away. The DNA of the accused accomplice was found on the bucket of the truck mounted mechanical ladder that they had. Remember the one that was supposed to burn

that they didn't? That they used to raise the thieves to the second story. So incredible as it was, they had their DNA in the database because they were already some kind of criminals. And it wasn't a perfect crime.

it seemed like a perfect crime as at the time. It was just a well-planned robbery that I will say is still pretty good because they do not have the jewels or the, you know, any of the, any of the jewels. Or any, as far as I know, I haven't heard of, they have an idea of where the jewels are. So they have processed 150 forensic samples related to the crime from the scene and from objects the thieves left behind. All three people were arrested, already had their DNA on file. So if you're going to rob something and you want it to be a big deal,

I would make sure that your DNA is not on file anywhere because it says that they're sharing DNA databases from around the world. It may take a little bit longer, but they are sharing DNA databases. Plus, you know, they did an audit of the museum security systems. And, I mean, even back, it was like 10 years. years ago. They said that, oh, yeah, you need to upgrade your system. And the video surveillance system back then in 2014, their password was Louvre. Nobody could figure that out. No one could figure that out. We need a password into the Lou's computer security system. What would the password be? I don't know. Try Louvre. We're in? Okay, we're in. Yeah, no one could figure

that out. So they needed an upgrade for a long, long time, and they didn't want to spend the money. And now they're searching for, you know, $100 million worth of jewelry. So all I'm saying is that if you're going to participate in a robbery for that you're going to, you know, it's worth doing, make sure your DNA is not in the database. And if it is, shave, wear the rubber suit. Make sure you don't touch anything with skin-to-skin contact, period, or leave anything behind. So the California winner of the record-breaking $2.04 billion powerball jackpot opted for the lump sum cash payout. Yeah, no kidding. So $2.4 billion, the lump sum cash payout was $998 million. So according to this, after a 37% federal tax deduction, the winner's estimated take-home amount comes to roughly $690.6,000. $128 million, and that's not counting the California state tax and other, you know, other costs associated with that. So he probably took home $600 million, something like that, which isn't bad, which is pretty sweet.

But after federal taxes, he took home $628 million. So there's a lot more taxes to be paid yet. But it's still $600 million. That's pretty sweet. and that's the that's the buy-in right that's the buy-in so he could have got the 30-year deal and taken all 2.4 billion but it takes a long time to get that and he'd rather have the 600 million right up front you know i know it's not two point it's not two billion but it is 600 million dollars so tonight we have the 10th which is the 10th of november as i told you before if you're listening live today is the 10th of

November. You have a measly $490 million jackpot for the Powerball. That's a 228.9 cash payout. And then there's the mega millions tomorrow, which is almost a billion at $900 million, with a $415.3 million cash payout. So I guess you have to hope that you win it in a state that doesn't have state income tax. So at least you have to just have to pay the feds and then you have to pay, you know, the other incendiary costs, but you don't have to worry about the state taxes, and that'll put a little bit more money into your pocket. But for sure, until they stop doing it,

take the cash payout. I don't care what the, I know the financial experts, take the 30 years, you have 30 years. I don't know, I just feel like that money's not going to be around. That's just me. And, you know, I could be just, you know, worried for nothing. but I would much rather have $600 million in my bank account and have it working for me and doing other goods

than waiting on a check from the lottery that never comes. You know what I'm saying? Yeah, I think you do. And if you think this was a mistake, you are mistaken. So Starbucks says, we're sorry, we, man, our barista cup, Yeah, we just, Woof, man, we're sorry. We know you people were

hoping, waiting for it, and it sold out so quickly, and it was hard to come by. Yeah, the bearista cup. So apparently their glass cup in the shape of a bear wearing a Starbucks beanie debuted as a seasonal drop

last week and also included, you know, new drinks and other holiday-themed merchandise. And they're getting ready for the big red cup day strike in some of their locations. But the polar cup sold out in many locales, leaving customers fuming on social media.

So the $30 cup was being listed on eBay for $500. Starbucks apologize, though. And oh, man, we are sorry. We shipped more barista cups, I'm sorry, barista cups to coffee houses than almost any other merchandise item this holiday season. My wife was talking to one Starbucks. manager and that particular manager said that they only got a couple and so they were like gone immediately and so i mean maybe starbucks isn't lying they did they only sent one of other things

and two of the barista cups to some locations but if you think this is a mistake you are sadly you are the one that's mistaken this is exactly what starbucks wanted they want to build up the want and have to have the cup so that they can send out some more and then you'll buy it, and it's coming. So don't worry about it. The Barista Cup, I'm sure, is back on the way to your local Starbucks location. And I will say I was just reading a story about Jeff Bezos that made me smile. Now, a lot of Jeff Bezos stories are kind of agonizing,

and I know he's, you know, what is he, I don't know, second or third place of the richest guy in the world, and he's still mad at Elon for being ahead of him in the space race. I get it. but apparently and I hear rumor has it on the street just in passing that he's been making some you know wanting some to do movies with Sidney Sweeney and he's been infatuated with Sidney Sweeney wants Amazon to do business with her and apparently the wife is not happy uh not happy about Jeff uh you know turning his eye on the Sydney Sweeney so we'll see how that works out but anyway he has a one of his estates in Los Angeles, in Beverly Hills.

Apparently there's the Beverly Hills, HOA, which, you know, is obviously agonizing. But they, he has, he has these bushes around his mansion in L.A. in Beverly Hills, which are like castle walls. There are these monstrous bushes. I don't know what kind they are. I'm going to have to get contact fast-growing trees and see what they are, but they are massive. They're just these giant bush walls. And the estate, I mean, he's paid, I don't know, it's like a couple hundred million dollars for this place.

And it's a privacy wall of greenery. Well, those bushes are beyond the height permitted by the local zoning laws. So they're like, Jeff, you've got to cut these down. Or we're going to have to, you know, we're going to have to find you. And he's like, yeah, I am not cutting them down. So according to this, he pays $1,000 every month in fines. I would guess that that fine is more than that. But if I'm Jeff Bezos, so, I just pay it.

In fact, I give them, here's a couple of years. Come back to me when this money runs out, okay? I don't want to hear from you and have you keep bugging me or my people. Okay, here you go. Here's 50 grand. Get out of my face. Come back to me when that fine money is gone, okay? I love it

And I wish I more people could do that To the damn A2As Although they're still collecting their money, right? They're getting what they want out of the deal But I just love the fact that I'm not cutting my bushes Okay, I'm not trimming them down I'm not doing what you want I want them up and around my estate

And if you want to just give me your silly little fine Okay, here you go No problem Here's your little silly fine But I'm not trimming these hedges I love it. So Denmark is the latest country to take aim at social media. They plan to ban social media for users under 15.

So the measure won't take effect immediately. and they don't have all the details yet, of course, but they know they want to ban it. And how they're going to enforce it remains unclear. They just know they want to ban it. Denmark reportedly plans to roll out an official age verification app as part of the enforcement system and would allow parents to grant access to children as young as 13

following an assessment process. Weird. The move puts Denmark in line with a growing list of countries introducing similar measures. I guess Australia became the first nation to implement a social media ban for minors. That's going to take effect next month. So good luck. The band would have platforms like TikTok, Snapchat, Reddit, on the hook for fines up to 50 a million Australian dollars.

I guess that's 33 million U.S. money if they fail to comply. Yeah, well, the apps may comply, but the users are going to find a way around. that and that's not the app's fault anyway good luck i hope uh you know there's a lot of people saying that uh social media is the problem and so by banning it that will solve it because that works every time when you ban something it makes it better right right it sure does but as long as you're not banned here you can follow me on x at jeffy jfr on x you can follow me on facebook and instagram jeff fisher radio you can follow me on my youtube YouTube page, Chewing the Fat with Jeff Fisher.

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you gotta contact me first is all I'm saying Hey remember the controversial I say controversial that's what the headline is I don't know that it was controversial in my mind but the AI actress yeah Tilly Norwood

remember her Well, the creator, Aline van de Veldin, gave her first interview since September's industry uproar when her announcement that talent agents were circling her AI creation. That was Tilly Norwood. And so everyone in the industry just hated it. Well, now she said she's developing 40 more AI characters, but insists they're not meant to replace actors. Instead, existing in a third genre alongside animation and live action. So Vandervelden clarified she's turned down roles where Tilly would substitute for humans. Despite the public backlash, she claims agencies are still calling and Academy Award winners are quietly reaching out to her team about projects.

That, I believe. And I would venture to say that many of these Academy Award winners are wanting to have their actors be, get an AI version of themselves out there. so that their AI version of themselves could be working and then they wouldn't have to, right? Be a good move. Just, wow. We are in a very, very strange place. So she thinks that the AI characters

are going to be a third genre alongside animation and live action. So the roles would not substitute for humans, but they would just be there as a third genre. Okay. all right sure thing whatever whatever you think elene van der velden we'll see how that works out those movies are struggling um i mean they look they're they're say that right now they're um this weekend pulled in 83 million domestically and that's up like 17% from the same time frame last

year but we'll see they also talk about it i think we're at three percent yeah holding steady at three percent ahead of last year's pace that's not really that good and you know we've got a couple months left now and there's a couple big movies that are coming out the running man looks good worthy now you see me three uh you know as coming out so are they those movies going to save the movie industry? I don't think so. I mean, Predator Badlands was number one. Regretting you, number two, Blackphone

2, Sarah's Oil, Nuremberg. Nuremberg looks good. But I saw an interview. I watched Russell Crow. That was the first week of Nuremberg and only did fifth place. Wow. 93% positive. The reviews were

eh, but I mean, I like Russell Crow and I like the idea of Nuremberg's, you know, in the court. So we'll see how that movie ends up in the, you know, in the long run. Bologna, die my love. Springsteen, Deliver Me Nowhere, Week 3, going nowhere fast. It had a, I'll see, it had a $55 million budget. It's made 34.6 million global.

What a shame that that movie isn't making any money. Know what I'm saying? Yeah, and I think you do. and Tron Ares, week five, they had 100, oh man, I thought it was doing better than that. Tron Ares, Week 5, $1.8 million domestic weekend. It's totaled 71.26 million domestic, 139.4 million global. At a $180 million budget, they've only made $140 million global. Holy cow.

So, hey, maybe we need some AI actors after all. Who died today? Who died today? Well, let's begin with former NFL Commissioner Paul Tagliabu. Paul Tagliabu died. It is home in Chevy Chase, Maryland. He was 84. The cause of death was heart failure, complicated by Parkinson's disease. Paul Tagliabu. I mean, he led the NFL on his current, you know, Roger has done such a great job. of implementing post Paul Tagliabu. But Tagliabu was the guy who set all of this in motion for the NFL. I mean, he was a forward thinker for the NFL for sure.

So rest and peace to Paul Tagliabu dead at the age of 84. Then we have James D. Watson. James D. Watson. Don't look at me like you don't know who James D. Watson is. He was the Nobel Prize winner in 1962 for co-discovering DNA's double helic structure. Wow. As the American scientist went on to direct

the human genome project, an international initiative that mapped the human genetic code. Yeah. He had groundbreaking discoveries and he was condemned for making racist remarks once. That bastard. He died in hospice care

after a brief illness. James D. Watson dead at the age of 97. Oh, I didn't know about the racist. remarks, though. I want to know what they were. Okay, so here are his racist remarks. He made these controversial remarks about race and genetics in 2007 and doubled down on it in 2018. He had courted controversy with the belief that there's a genetic link between race and intelligence. He had said he was inherently gloomy about the prospect of Africa as all our social

policies are based on the fact that their intelligence is the same as ours where all the testing says not really wow uh yeah no wonder he got himself into a lot of trouble a lot of trouble holy cow so he said that uh this has been debunked by modern science okay lots of genetic data and that of Craig Ventner were compared to the Korean scientist Song Jim Kim. Both Watson and Vento were found to have more genetic similarities to Kim than to each other. Wow. So he also court a controversy by suggesting a link between skin color and libido as well. And he suggested that melanin boosted the sex drive.

That's why you have Latin lovers. You've never ever heard of an English lover, only an English patient. That is funny, but I'm sorry, that's not funny. That is horrific. And I'm glad that he got in trouble. And so James D. Watson, racist, dead the age of 97. I guess, rest in peace. I guess.

All right, let's get out of here. Let's call it a day. I'll go to the joke of the day. From Jay, who emailed this into Chewing the Fat at the Blaze.com. It's kind of a joke. It's kind of a riddle It's kind of a thought for the day I'm not really sure

We'll just we'll go with it but I like it It made me laugh And so I share it with you What's made out of leather And it sounds like a sneeze I don't know What's made out of leather And sounds like a sneeze

A shoe Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha See, now you got it. I know you did.