You Never Know… | 11/10/25

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. 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 at the... become the rockefeller plaza pooled resources and they bought a 20-foot balsam fir tree and then it stuck and he said yeah we need to do that every year so since then we get the uh big

Norway spruce lit up with 50,000 LED lights and topped with a 900-pound Swavorski 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 Twoing the Fat, Fat Five 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. 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 Inks. 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, and 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... not that much so if you happen to use by heart whole nutrition infant formula i would check that out uh and see apparently it's the recall is 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, good luck to you for that. I do not wish infant botulism on infants. And it would seem that these companies 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 modulism 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 tools 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 uh you owe us a lot of money uh you received income uh 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 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 53 years ago. So 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 uh 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 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 they really have no idea.

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's probably a foreign actor.

Could be behind the attack. Yeah, it's just information from the lawmakers and the staff and that's all. So it'd be fine. Don't even worry about it. 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 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. Now, 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 they were 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 the perfect crime, although 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 uh or the you know any of the any of the jewels uh 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 gonna...

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 may take a little bit longer but they are sharing dna databases plus uh you know they did an audit of the museum security systems and i mean even back it was like 10 years ago they said that uh oh yeah you need to upgrade your system and uh the video surveillance system back then in 2014 their password was

Louv. Nobody could figure that out. No one could figure that out. We need a password into the Louv's computer security system. What would the password be? I don't know. Try Louv. 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 $100 million worth of jewelry. So...

All I'm saying is that if you're going to participate in a robbery that 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 $628 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 buy-in. right that's the buy-in so uh 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

I know it's not $2 billion, but it is $600 million. 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 just have to pay the feds, and then you have to pay 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... uh 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 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. Know what I'm saying? Yeah, I think you do. And if you think this was a mistake, you are mistaken. So Starbucks.

says uh we're sorry we man our barista cup uh yeah we we just man we're sorry we we know you people were uh hoping waiting for it and it sold out so quickly and it was hard to come by yeah the barista 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 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 bucks. Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha. Starbucks apologized, 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 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 mistaking. 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 uh it's coming so don't worry about it uh the barista cup i'm sure is back on the way to your local starbucks location

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 Sydney Sweeney, wants Amazon to do business with her. And apparently the wife is not happy. Not happy about Jeff, 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 uh you know is you know Obviously agonizing. But they... He has...

He has these bushes around his mansion in LA, in Beverly Hills, which are like castle walls. They're these monstrous bushes. I don't know what kind they are. I'm going to have to... 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 got to cut these down or we're going to have to...

Yeah, we're going to have to fine you. And he's like, yeah, I am not cutting him 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 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 edges. 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 just want they know they want to ban it uh 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 uh next month so good luck uh 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 um us 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 social media is the problem

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You know, you got to 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. uh yeah Tilly Norwood remember her uh well the creator Aline van der Velden 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 says 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 Vandervelde 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 uh 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 you think. aline vandervelden uh we'll see how that works out those movies are struggling um i mean they're look they they're saying 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 3%.

Yeah, holding steady at 3% 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 You know, it's coming out. So are those movies going to save the movie industry? I don't think so. I mean, Predator Badlands was number one.

Regretting You, number two, Black Phone 2, Sarah's Oil, Nuremberg. Nuremberg looks good, but I saw an interview. I watched Russell Crowe. That was the first week of Nuremberg and only did fifth place. Wow. 93% positive. The reviews were eh, but I like Russell Crowe, and I like the idea of Nuremberg in the court. We'll see how that movie ends up in the long run. Borgonia, Die My Love, Springsteen, Deliver Me Nowhere, Week 3, Going Nowhere Fast. 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 five, 1.8 million domestic weekend. It's total 71. 0.26 million domestic 139 139.4 million global at 180 million dollar budget they've only made 140 million global Holy cow. So, hey, maybe we need some AI actors after all.

All right, who died today? Who died today? Well, let's begin with former NFL commissioner Paul Tagliabue. Paul Tagliabue died in his home in Chevy Chase. maryland he was 84 and the cause of death was heart failure complicated by parkinson's disease now paul tagley i mean he led the nfl on its uh on his current

You know, Roger has done such a great job of implementing post-Paul Tagliabue, but Tagliabue 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 in peace to Paul Tagliabue, 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 helix 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, so 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, hey, this has been debunked by modern science. Okay. Lots of genetic data and that of Craig Ventner were compared to the Korean scientist Sung Jim Kim. Both Watson and Vento were found to have more genetic similarities to Kim than to each other. Wow. So he also courted controversy by suggesting a link between skin color and libido as well.

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, buddy. 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 us in to chewingthefatattheblaze.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 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 sounds like a sneeze? I don't know. What's made out of leather and sounds like a sneeze? A shoe. See, now you got it. I know you did.

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