There you go. Look at that lava lamp. Oh, yeah.
It's nice and undulating. Oh, it's very happy.
Yeah. Oh, good one. Undulate. Did you turn that
on at like two this afternoon? No. Chuck hit
the switch when he walked in. When I arrived
on time, I fired it up, and by the time the podcast
was rolling, it was rolling. Yeah. It's a party
in that. You had to add that little I arrived
on time. What are you saying? I'm saying, you
know. We were late. Yeah. Yeah. Chuck and I were
halfway through the first episode before you
guys arrived. We had time to cuddle. Wow. I don't
remember any of that. December 9, 2025. It's
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I'm Sean. I'm Paul. And I'm Jeff. You know, one
thing we missed, I think because our podcast,
where it fell, is December 7th. Pearl Harbor.
Yeah. And you know what? That was on a Sunday.
And none of the football games said a word about
it. How crazy. It was completely skipped this
year by everything. Yeah. I think the only reason
I realize it, I think it's Stephen said something
to me. That's unforgivable because that needs
to be an unforgettable moment, just like 9 -11.
Even more so than 9 -11. Yeah. Is it just the...
I didn't understand that at all. The farther
we get away from it? I think it is. Five years
ago. I mean, do we have Holocaust Day? Well,
that was not a day. You get what I'm saying,
but my point is, is there a date? A time that
has to elapse before you start to like, okay,
well, I don't want to do that anymore. I hope
not. I mean, we still have veterans that fought
in it, alive. Yeah, I think that if a veteran
is still alive. I think the last one just died,
didn't they? The very last one? I saw that. I
think it was just an Arizona shipment. Maybe
that's what it was. They got reunited with the
ship. Apparently, they put down the remains on
the ship. Oh, nice. Yeah. Yeah, if you're on
there, you have the ability... I'll turn that
off. You have the ability to be buried on the
Arizona. Oh, wow. That's very cool. Yeah, I'm
sure they... You've had the extreme privilege
of being there. Yeah, we were there on December
6th last year, the day before Pearl Harbor Day.
Yeah. And... Gallivanting, watching pregnant
storks. Oh. I'd probably get storks. Wasn't there
a bird you were with? There were some birds.
Somebody out there? The oldest bird to have another
baby? I don't know if it was a stork, but maybe
it was a pigeon. Oh, it was a seagull or something
like that. A seagull, yeah. Yeah, that's right.
Yeah, so we went and it was overcast. That's
what you remember from his stories? I remember
the super secret submarine that went by and nobody
was allowed to take pictures. Oh, yeah. The military.
I do remember a fat seagull. The military guy
yelled at the people that were... video yeah
they said yeah stand down yeah i mean he was
and they had guns trained on him there was like
little red dots going like this it was just all
over the place snipers from the trees charlie's
in the trees no but uh it was it was very very
cool there if you guys ever make it out there
it was very cool that needs to be a bucket list
and there's always normandy i need to go to normandy
yeah and there's people out there who were laughing
it up and all that shit. Disrespectfully or what
do you mean? Just having a good time, right?
You know, joking, you know, going like this,
look at this, look at this video. Yeah, but that's
a solemn place. It is. That's like walking through
a grave, like a cemetery. I don't have a desire
to do that. You don't? I don't. Walk through
a cemetery? Not to go to the Pearl Harbor exhibit
out there. I don't know. It doesn't spark an
interest to me. I've traveled and been to some
of those places, like St. of Old Cemetery in
France and seen the battle stuff there. And it
was cool. But at the same time, if I'm going
to go do something, it's not going to be that.
Well, that was part of what we were doing. I'm
very limited about the things that I could do.
Sean, did you go to Auschwitz? Probably. You
know, I went to the salt mines out there. That
was kind of cool in Germany. Salt mines are really
cool. You can get on these little carts. Carts
like Indy? Well, they're carts. Like Indiana
Jones. They really were. But they were longer.
They were like toboggans, so to speak. And you
sit on it kind of like a horseback style. You
put your feet on. There's a long bench. You all
straddle it. You sit close to each other. So
they got 10 people on this missile, and it's
being pulled through the salt mines. It was kind
of cool. Is that where they get Himalayan salt?
Possibly. But they made you dress up in these
outfits. You had to put special clothes on. You
couldn't wear civilian clothes down there. Would
you salt like it? While you straddled this when
you were in a kilt? No. Were you splayed? You
had full body. You were dressed. You had special
stuff on. Like protective gear. Yeah. They didn't
want you. Either you or your clothes getting
affected, or they didn't want you affecting the
salt mine. I don't know. Either one. Well, it's
kind of like some of the famous caverns that
you go through, the stalagmites. You're not allowed
to touch those. They don't want you touching
them. Right. Because the skin. The oils. Yeah,
oil and acid on your fingers. What do you mean?
You got a half a million people touching it.
That's bullshit. You know, and eventually it's
going to, you know. Those things took a million
years to make. It's going to take a million years
to break down, even if a million people touch
it. No, I don't think so. It'll make them nasty,
though. That's probably the reason. What about
the Boy Scout? Look at Paul. Do you want him
touching that? Yeah, but what about the Boy Scout
in Yosemite? knocked over the little thing that
was hanging there for a thousand years. A Boy
Scout did this? Yeah. What did he knock over?
It was some rock that was... The balancing rock?
Yeah, a rock formation. There's a balancing rock
in Texas and somebody knocked that shit over.
Yeah, exactly. Some fucking tourist leaned against
it and knocked it over. God, he's lucky he didn't
fucking crush him. Well, yeah. Did you see...
I think I sent you the story that Chernobyl is
kind of problematic again. Yeah, what is up with
that? Gosh, that can be terrifying if that's
true. It is true, first of all, because it's
decomposing as we speak. Well, the entire European
Union, I believe, pitched in to pay for this
containment shield dome thing that would last
who knows how long. Well, Russia decides to drone
strike it. Oh, my God. And now it's not. shielded
anymore. Doesn't that have the potential of killing
millions if it gets blown into Europe? I mean,
what? Yeah, it could be problematic. Why are
people not freaking out about this? Well, maybe
they are. It'll do more than that. It'll consume
a big portion of the globe. In parts, for sure.
Well, I know you, Sean, you never watched that
show, the Chernobyl. Oh, it freaks me out. You
have to watch it. It's really good. It's so good.
I won't watch it. Oh, you're missing out. But
they give some You understand how close it came.
Basically, Eastern Europe would have been uninhabitable
because it almost melted down to the water table,
which goes into Eastern Europe. And all the water
in Eastern Europe would have been contaminated
for how long? Thousands of years. It would have
been awful. So it was very close to melting down
that far. And somebody went down there. Did they
cap it or something? Yeah, they had to dig under
it. And concrete under it to contain it in case
it got loose. Because it would have gotten to
the groundwater and everything. Yeah, but remember
those guys were basically sent to their death.
Correct. All the miners that were doing that.
They knew they were going to die. Yeah. And the
video of the helicopter. Disintegrating. I think
that's a little bit of fiction, though. Is it?
Yeah. The radiation did not down that helicopter,
but the helicopter did go down because it got
caught in some wires of a crane or something.
Oh, it was a wire? Yeah, because it did happen.
The helicopter crashed. The crash did happen.
They showed the metal disintegrating and the
whole thing just kind of melted. That was not
like an energy weapon coming out of there. I
don't remember that. It might be tough for you
to watch it, Sean, but I wholeheartedly recommend
it. It's one of the best. I've heard Jeff describe
it in detail. And that's good enough to me because,
you know, it's a disaster. And I don't like that
kind of stuff. Yeah, I get it. I know enough
about it to where it's fine. And I know it's
challenging. When people give their life for
the greater of all, the greater good, I mean,
those guys that were down there digging and putting
the concrete down there, that's biblical. Oh,
yeah. No, they were. They knew it. Well, actually,
did they know it? Not at first. But then they
knew. Well, yeah, when they were like, hey, my
dick just fell off. Well, I'll tell you who didn't
know were the firemen. That was, I think, the
hardest thing to watch. The firemen who responded,
they essentially melted over the course of a
few days in the hospital. They were at the worst
radiated area. I mean, they're freaking holding
pieces of the core that exploded. And they're
like, wow, what the hell is this stuff? Dude,
awful. It's bad. I didn't see a whole lot of
elaboration on a timeline for the degradation
of that cover. Well, it just happened, I think.
I haven't seen anything beyond that, so I don't
know what happened. What's it say? February 14th?
Yeah, the report I'm getting from AI says it
was earlier this year, so the reporting might
be new, and they just... I don't know. Oh, so
the strike created a hole in the outer. Was that
a cladding? Cladding, yeah. Cladding leading
to a fire in the insulation. It's the exterior
veneer. Smoldered for nearly three weeks requiring
emergency workers. Wow. We're throwing out all
sorts of fancy terms here. Yeah, no kidding.
The roof got damaged. Go ahead. So loss of functionality.
Oh, current status as of December 2025. The IAEA
announced that the NSC lost its primary safety
functions, including the confinement capability.
Due to the February attack. Correct. Oh, so they
have been doing an investigation this whole time?
Yeah. So urgent repairs needed. Director General
Rafael Gossi stressed that the timely and comprehensive
restoration remains essential to prevent further
degradation. The challenges are permanent repairs
are difficult to do with radiation, and experts
are working on temporary fixes while planning
on long -term solutions, according to the New
York Times. And Al Jazeera. So the NSC is a new
safe confinement structure. It's a really technical
term. You know, I don't really know how they're
going to do it. I would suspect that they're
going to use some sort of a polymer epoxy, some
sort of, I mean, I don't know. What do you use,
lead? I don't know. Isn't lead good for blockage?
Look at that. There's a fucking hole in the,
I mean, they really did a drone strike. Are you
kidding me? Next to, how stupid can Russia be?
Well, pretty stupid apparently. I don't know.
I mean, do they not think it's going to affect
them as well? I mean, obviously they didn't mean
to do it, but I mean, come on. I think I remember
this happening back in February and then it was
quiet until recently when they finally made the
announcement that, yeah, it's stopped working.
It's not containing it anymore. Well, you know.
Oh, my God. That's pretty crazy. Talk about playing
with fire. How do you solution that? I mean,
there's got to be a solution to chemically alter
the nuclear radiation. You would think that you
should be able to neutralize it. Kind of like
someone getting ODing on fentanyl and you get
Narcan. I mean, there should be some sort of
yin -yang kind of mix to that. Apparently not.
Yeah, apparently not. That we know of. I mean,
God knows how much they spent building this containment.
It said 1 .3 billion euros. Right. Which is more
than dollars. And that was not just one country.
That's how much we spent on food stamps. The
whole world chipped in. Yeah, Jerry World. Yeah,
that's the Jerry World Dome. We're just going
to start calling it Chernobyl. Maybe you can
play football games in there. I don't know. And
you know the sad thing is they're getting nowhere
with this peace thing. They're getting nowhere.
And Trump's about to walk away because he's like,
I've done everything I can here. Well, I mean,
Zelensky, he's like, well, we can go ahead and
vote. Well, he's balked, I thought. I thought
I saw a headline where he's like, yeah, we're
not giving any. Territory. So that's, you know.
I thought. That's a non -starter for Russia.
Well, I thought he had an initial agreement with
them. I thought so, too. And then they went to
Putin and they made some adjustments. And I guess
maybe what he came back with is here's what it
is. And he. Said no to that, maybe. I don't know.
It doesn't look good, though. Well, Ukraine's
President Zelensky stated he's ready for the
elections after President Trump suggested it
was time for a vote, while a wider rift grows
between Trump and the European leaders over this
whole Ukraine bullshit. Crazy. And rightfully
so, because you know what? It's not our fight.
It's not our fight, but yet we have an investment
over there, so we have to protect our assets
because it's an investment. So what are we getting
in return? Minerals, mineral rights. And what
else are we doing with that? What about the investigations
of where the money went in the first place? Where
are the trillion dollars that we flew over there?
I hear you. I mean, I would suspect it would
be close to a trillion now. I don't think so.
Oh, hold on. Was it $600 billion or $100 billion?
It was $100 billion. Like $100 billion, maybe
$180 billion. Well, regardless. A lot of damn
money. And that's our money. Yeah, our taxpayers'
money that we went over there unchecked, and
none of that's been addressed. And I know Trump
can't do everything, but at the same time, we
have to get our ducks in a row and figure this
stuff out. And I don't know if it's these little
tiny agencies. uh in the executive branch of
the office that are purposely stunting these
investigations and maybe that's why trump's like
hey man i'm the head executor i need to have
control over these individual uh agencies and
i can't even fire these guys i'm the only elected
official here but yet i can't fire anybody on
the executive branch and that's what the supreme
court's looking into right now yeah i thought
they were close to a decision and they and they
were leaning towards I thought it was in his
favor. I don't know. It should be in his favor.
That's the whole thing. I mean, if this were
a Democrat, it doesn't matter who it is. It should
be the president's job to be able to terminate
people that aren't elected, especially if they're
fucking up. Well, I think it's a matter of they
should be neutral. And if your organization is
doing a good job, regardless of the president,
there's no need to fire you. Right. But if you're...
purposely standing in the way of getting the
agenda done, there's an opportunity to say, okay,
well, you're fired because you're not being independent.
Right. But you realize what's happening here,
right? So, I mean, we run the risk of every single
time we have a new president where there's a
switch in the party, they're going to clean house
from every agency and put in their... and put
in their own hat. And that's okay. I'm okay with
that. That makes our government even more ineffective.
You know what, though? I wish they would do is
they do the same thing with Congress and the
Senate. Stop re -electing these guys. You're
one -time term. I don't even think they should
do two. I mean, it kind of stinks to say that.
Oh, you mean term limits for the bureaucrats?
Yeah, term limits on them. If your job is over,
it's over. If you provide a function for an agency,
then when you get hired, it should have an expiration
date. Or if it's one of these jobs like, well,
you know what, you're doing a good job, and we're
going to hire you to do this job, and it's a
salary job, and it goes on forever. Well, that's
what it is now. I mean, keep in mind that the
United States government is the largest employer
in the United States. It has like 1 .3 million
employees. When you get hired, it shouldn't be
in perpetuity. Just like when we're in public
life, right? So if I'm not good at my job, like
I got laid off last year. You've been laid off
several times. If we don't do our job right or
if the company decides, hey, we need to cut funds
or whatever, you're gone. These people in the
government. They see this as a gravy trade. Oh,
I just got hired. I'm hired for life. I can sit
there and pick my asshole all day long. Can't
be fired. They can't fire me. Can't be reprimanded.
Yeah. I hear you. There needs to be, yeah, it's
tricky because I want Supreme Court to go in
Trump's favor. I do, because it's ridiculous
that he can't have the right people in place
to do the things that he believes the country
needs. Well, I think of it this way. I think
logistically a president cannot fire all of them.
I think he's going to have to pick and choose.
You mean like Reagan did all to the air traffic
controllers? Well, that was one organization,
right? So if you're talking about he could do
this to all these organizations, all right, everyone's
fired. I don't think that's logistically possible
to then go, okay, now I need to go rehire everybody.
Didn't he discontinue the Department of Education?
Yeah, I was going to say, he's done a lot of,
there were tons of layoffs. He has. And then
suddenly now they've hit a roadblock on this
one because I guess this organization or agency
is considered independent. I don't know. What's
different? What has happened? Or they just, they
have filed a lawsuit. Or did they put a pause
on his firings until the Supreme Court? That's
probably what happened. Maybe. They put a pause
that says, all right, you can't fire anybody.
We've got to stop the bloodbath. Now the Supreme
Court's going to make a final ruling on it, maybe.
Right, maybe. It's all nuts. I mean, who the
fuck do they think they are to overrule the president
on these things? Constantly. It's just like activist
judges are shutting him down left and right.
Yeah, and I don't think his intent is to fire
everybody. It's a, you're the leader of this
organization, and you're a political hack. You've
been in there for too long. and you're not doing
your job anymore, you're gone. Everyone else.
Or he's putting policies in place and they're
circumventing them. Correct. Then you're fired.
Sorry. You're the leader. You're gone. That's
right. Next man up. I'm 100 % for it. Right.
In addition to the Supreme Court working on this,
they're also trying to alter or kind of make
an amendment to our 14th Amendment. Regarding
birthright. Birthright. Birthright. Citizenship
undocumented. This is a big deal, guys, because
I don't think this has ever reached the point
where the Supreme Court has looked at this. No
lawsuit has made it to this level, and this is
a huge deal. This is one of the biggest motivators
for illegal people to get to this country. They
come. We have a pregnant woman who's desperate
to step across the border because, boom. Now
my child is a U .S. citizen. My child is a U
.S. citizen, and he or she can bring everybody
over. It's chain migration. They're called anchor
babies. Right, anchor babies. And it's ridiculous.
I don't think any other country in the world
allows this. Hold on, Chuck. They said that there
is, like the U .K. But they don't count because
they're stupid. They are stupid these days. Some
other countries do this too. Sean's getting at.
Yeah, but it's wrong. When the United States
soldiers are over anywhere, overseas, in Africa,
a child is born, they don't get dual citizenship.
Are they on a base? Is that American territory?
I don't think. I don't know. the specifics about
it but i do know other military brats that were
born over there yeah and they don't have dual
citizenship right because it was on a base right
yeah they're probably born like a like a diplomat
kind of thing or if you're on a base that's american
embassy i don't know i'm not sure if that matters
as much as i think in a lot of cases when you're
born in a foreign country you you have the option
like you can apply for dual citizenship if you
want i mean but it's not automatic Well, I'll
tell you, the guy who worked for me was a UK
citizen. He grew up there. He was born there,
grew there. He came over here in the late 90s,
met his wife, had kids, and his kids have dual
citizenship. Right. He went over there and he
wanted to make sure that his kids had UK citizenship
in case they ever decided to move there. Right.
Right. Which was a possibility at one time, maybe.
Sure. To take care of his parents and stuff like
that. So he wanted the opportunity for his kids,
or when they get older, if they wanted to move
over there. And did he end up becoming a U .S.
citizen as well? He did. He had a green card
for a long time, and he was going to take the
test. This was like 10 years ago. But you have
to take the test within a certain time frame
of your green card expiring. So he's like, fuck.
So he had to renew his green card. And that gave
him some more lead time. So then he just got
it about a year ago or two years ago. Well, good
for him. He followed the process. I know it's
kind of painful, but they want to make sure the
right people are becoming U .S. citizens for
a good reason. Yeah, and he's a good citizen.
He wasn't able to vote until he became a citizen.
So he may have been able to vote in this last
election for the first time. Who did he vote
for? Camel. No, he's a good Republican. Good.
Yeah, it's a mess. There's benefits. But this
is a big deal. Yeah. And I don't think if you're
over here on vacation or you come over here and
your cervix is about to burst and you're all
dilated and everything and you've lost your water.
I'm making it so graphic. And you're just like
waddling over the border and you pop a baby out.
No, that kid's not a citizen. Yeah, that's crazy.
But right now they are. Yeah, well, it's not
quite like that. Right. Yes. Sometimes it is.
They slither out onto the ground. Yeah. On the
other side of the border. Would you get that
for me? What side of the fence did the baby fall?
He had good throw. Wow. Thank you. Yeah. Congratulations.
You're a U .S. citizen. Oh, my God. She's all
laid up like this. A little background. Shoot
now like a catapult. Nice. A little background
on the 14th Amendment. So there was a reason
that the wording of it had to do with slavery.
Had to do with, yes, the newly freed slaves.
Correct. And it was the babies born to the newly
freed slaves. Correct. Because they were not
considered citizens. That's right. And so it
was a hat tip to them. I mean, it was a way to
fix that problem. It had nothing to do with brand
new illegals coming over and having babies. Correct.
And apparently a lot of the documents from back
then specifically state the slavery and specifically
states this is not intended for immigrants. Right.
In the paperwork, in the discussion, the debate.
It stands supported by the Supreme Court, 1898
United States versus Wong Kim Ark ruling. Well,
no, that actually says that people here who have
a baby, the baby is a citizen. So it made the
wrong clarification. Yes. And if they're going
to overturn it, it's really going to take a great
argument on the part of Trump administration
to make it happen. Some of the thought is the
Supreme Court gets kind of wishy -washy on some
of these standards that have been in place for
so long. Even if the Constitution contradicts
that, well, it's been precedent for 200 years.
We're not going to overturn that. What is new
that warrants it? Yeah, what it would take is
probably an act of Congress that clarifies it
or makes a new rule, and then they can rule on
that. And we're never going to get that if we
have a divided Senate or whatever we have now,
right? Never. Or where we have the filibuster,
right? Where they can just say no. No to whatever
good idea that you have. They just say no. So
I see the Supreme Court playing it safe and using
that. This has been precedent for too long. There's
certain... republicans in the supreme court or
conservatives in the supreme court that will
never go for a change like this really it would
just be a then they're also going to get their
houses firebombed or whatever you know they're
very worried about like The overturning the apple
cart. The public uproar. The uproar, yeah. I
mean, we were talking about Doge and getting
rid of employees. All of a sudden, Tesla dealerships
start getting firebombed. Elon Musk is like,
what the hell did I do, man? Right. And Elon
Musk was like, you and I need to create a fight,
Trump, because you have to hate me now. You have
to hate me now. You have to hate me so that they
can stop attacking me. I think that's exactly
right. That's exactly what happened. Yeah. I
can see right through it. Yep. None of that shit
was true. They all kissed and made up at the
Charlie Kirk funeral and all that kind of stuff.
They just had to kind of play along with it for
a little while. And now they're back in love.
Speaking of extremely rich people, I want to
talk about the Netflix, Paramount, Warner Brothers,
Ellison. Yeah, that's creating quite a stir.
I didn't realize why at first, but you guys were
educating me. Well, Netflix is trying to buy
Warner Brothers for like $80 billion or something
ridiculous like that. Right. Well, Ellison, not
specifically Larry Ellison, but Larry Ellison
gave his son like $120 billion to go buy this,
to go buy Warner Brothers because he bought Paramount.
And now Paramount. I think, outbid Netflix by
$20 billion. Is that what you said, Chuck? Yeah,
more like $30. $30 billion as a hostile bid to
win it over from Netflix. So a lot of the Dems
are concerned because Ellison is a concern of
a Trump brand. It's an all -cash offer. Right.
And what I think they're afraid of is they're
going to lose their control over a good chunk
of the media. The Warner Brothers library, it
is what it is, right? You can't go back and remake
that. Now, you could put disclaimers on there
like they're all doing now. Hey, this is racist
and whatever. We didn't know better back then.
They could remove all that stuff. But anything
new, they're afraid that, oh, well, we're going
to lose the narrative. We're not going to be
able to, you know. normalize things that we want
to normalize. I think that's part of it. That's
a big part of their social engineering. A huge
part of their social engineering. Yeah, that's
why they're pissed off about X. They don't have
control over that anymore. The narrative there.
I think they're afraid they're going to lose
some control there. Paramount's big. Warner Brothers
is big. I mean, can you imagine? I mean, they're
worried about that, but they were doing the opposite
to us, squashing us. They wouldn't even allow
Trump to speak on X. Correct. Deleting him, and
they wouldn't allow him to come up with his new,
what is the investment we made? The truth. Oh,
the Trump. Truth. Truth social. D -S -G or something
like that. D -T -G or J. Oh, D -J -T. D -J -T.
I would have gotten there. Yeah. Well, my point
is they shut it down. They were just like, hey,
look. They wouldn't platform it. Censorship galore.
That was bullshit. And the fact that we're coming
up with, we're doing the same thing to them,
but we're not even doing that. This is just a
purchase. But the fear is that they're going
to do the same thing, that we're going to do
that to them, but we're not. republicans i don't
think we i think we play well i don't i mean
yeah republicans are republicans and there are
bad people on both sides of the aisle but i don't
think we throw stones like that well i think
what they're going to do it'll be interesting
to see is you know if they make more like they're
going to get control over harry potter the dc
universe game of thrones a lot of hbo a lot of
big things uh so if they bring out anything new
it may be wholesome not wholesome but It's not
going to have. Won't be as woke. That's what
I mean. They're not going to be. That's exactly
right. It may be a really great program, but,
you know, Harry Potter show coming out. You know,
Snape is a black dude. Yeah. You're not going
to have these gay folks. And look, I don't have
anything against gay people. I don't give a shit.
But what I do care about is every guy. Bless
an episode. There's got to be some people that
mug down. It's like you're enjoying it. Episode
one. Episode two. This is a great thing. Episode
three. There's two dudes making out. You're like,
come on. Right. Why? We didn't need that. It's
over the top. The thing that's frustrating to
me is that it's so forced into the storyline.
It's not even necessary as part of the storyline.
You know what I mean? Those two guys touching
peepees did nothing for the storyline. Zero.
It's just like they could have been friends having
a drink instead of that, and it would have been
just as good. I know. Well, did you see the new
hockey program on HBO? No. Pull up that front
cover. I can't afford HBO. But I haven't watched
it. I will not watch this. But HBO Max hockey
show. Beartown? No. And this is the whole point.
It's social engineering. No. I think it's called
Heated Rivalry, I think. Oh, there it is. Heated
Rivalry. Oh, my God. Gay hockey romance? Yes.
Heated Rivalry? Look at the poster for it. If
they have it. You may have to get back out to
Google or something like that. But yeah, it's
about... It's a popular drama about two rival
professional hockey players who fell in love.
It's Brokeback Hockey? I was going to say, it's
Brokeback. It's Brokeback Hockey. I can't quit
you. Not on this power play anyway. So, you know...
It puts a new meaning to sneaking one past the
goalie. Oh, boy. Yeah. so you know it's just
not pulling the goalie you know in part of me
is kind of like well you know gay people need
um shows too but it's kind of like i don't again
but we don't have to watch it yeah you know what
it's going to be about i elect i'm not watching
that so Yeah, this horny gay ice hockey drama
has everyone talking, but is it good? HBO's new
show is part of a wave of gay -themed romance
from hard -stopping to red, white, and blue royal.
I just fucked that up. That desexes gay men just
enough to make them palatable like pets for young
women. Wow. I did not hear this. Yeah, that was
unnecessary. Thanks for bringing that to my attention.
Yeah, that's the one I saw where they heat the
next one down. Jeff. That one there. Oh, my God.
Jeff. Look at that. Why? You need to watch it
so you can give us a review. I am not going to
watch that. Well, because we were talking about
how this whole show is about that. But this podcast
is not. No. I'm not... We may elect... This will
be one of the... Paul, we're electing you to
watch this. That's a hard pass. I don't know,
man. I mean, think about some other... What is
the one... It was good hockey scenes. What is
that movie that everybody went to and they would
act it out? It's been around for... Rocky Horror?
Yeah, the Rocky Horror. I mean, it was the Rocky
Horror Show kind of a gay thing? Yes. Yes. Yeah,
but yet it's super popular and everyone's doing
it. I didn't really frown upon that. I didn't
go see it. I've seen it a bunch of times. I've
seen it enough. If you're prepared for it and
you're like, hey, I want to go see Rocky Horror
and it's campy and it's out and the sexual lines
are blurred. You're like, yeah, they're just,
you know. But you know what you're in for. Right.
You know what you're in for. You know what you're
in for. It's not a standard family drama. On
Netflix or Disney Channel. On every single streaming
show where they introduce a relationship like
that. Yeah. I don't know. I mean, if you think
about the percentages of homosexuality in the
United States. compared to the reality of what's
on TV, the numbers just don't jive. That is,
there's another issue I have. You know, it's
just like, come on, man. I mean, if you want
to play to the masses, play to the masses, and
if you want to feature, I mean, they have what?
Black, BTE, what is that? Black, or BET, Black
Entertainment. Have a G -E -T, Gay Entertainment.
I mean, I don't know. Isn't that called Bravo?
Oh, yeah. I don't know. And I'm being a little
sarcastic, but I mean. Actually, I don't think
it's a horrible idea. If you want that stuff,
have it, but I don't want to be like three episodes,
balls deep into a show that I'm really enjoying,
and then all of a sudden it turns brokeback moment.
I don't want that. It's frustrating. I hear you.
Because then I'm kind of like, well, I'm invested,
so I'm going to continue to watch it, and then
I will literally forward through the show those
little spots because I don't want to see it.
The Last of Us went that way on HBO. It did?
Bad. What did? It did? The Last of Us. Oh, is
that the name of the show? It's a zombie show
we talked about. It's based on a video game.
I heard it's absolutely a great show. It is a
good show. For the most part. For the most part,
it's a good show. It went rogue? For one episode.
Gay zombies? No, no, no. It actually, who was
the guy on Parks and Rec that you like? Who's
the guy on Parks and Rec that you like? Ron Burgundy.
Ron Burgundy. Ron Swanson. No, it's Ron Swanson.
Ron, you get to see Ron Swanson making. Oh. Making
sweet love to another man. Sweet love to another
man. Come on. You do. That's not. I mean. I mean,
so when you say sweet, I mean, it was consensual.
They are in the bed thrusting. Jeff. What? Why?
Because you guys need to see it. Because of zombies.
Yeah, because of zombies. Okay, well, you unsee
it. We don't have to see it. Their options are
limited. So instead of these zombies going brains,
they're like bulls. Bulls, yes, yes. But I know
Trump is against the Netflix Warner Brothers.
He should be against the Paramount Warner Brothers
as well. We'll see. But Larry Ellison is his
buddy. But don't the Obamas own a big chunk of
Netflix now? They've got a big contract with
them. I don't know if they've bought stock in
them. I don't know about ownership. They might
even be on the board, for all I know. But their
stock has gone crazy, by the way. Netflix? Yes.
Well, it's big. Has it? Yeah. Well, I mean, there's
a lot to offer on Netflix. I mean, for a month
or two, it was kind of slow, but they've got
a lot more episodes that have started populating
on there now. I mean, Troll 2, which is kind
of stupid, but I still watched it. Chuck is fact
-checking me. Fact -checking me. The Diplomat
was on there, and that was a good one. I don't
like all the sexual stuff on there. It's not
like they have a lot of sex on there, but what
they have is a lot of people cheating, and that,
to me, I don't like watching that. I don't like
seeing people cheating on each other. Give me
the five -year. Yeah, look at that. It was 130.
Now it's 96. Well, yeah. But look what it was
in 2000. What? I can't see that. Well, do all.
Where did it start? Go to all. Yeah, go to all.
Well, I mean, it started from zero when Blockbuster
refused to buy them for $50 million or something
like that. Back here it was pennies. Tell my
18 -year -old self to buy them. And then it's
split, right? It's pretty good. In 2008 it was
$0 .35, right? And now it's $90. Pretty good.
Right? It's pretty good. But, Paul, you saw Zootopia
2. You said you liked it. It was great. Now,
what is that about? Animals, talking animals.
Talking animals. Talking animals. It's a little
bunny who becomes a policeman, and there's a
Zootopia 1 and a Zootopia 2. And it's funny because
we've never done this before. I used to work
at a movie theater, so I know that there were
tons of families. Were you correcting them? We
were always busy. That's not the way you serve
popcorn. No. But we were always busy on Thanksgiving
Day. Sir, that's too much butter. And Christmas
Day. And so we did that on Thanksgiving Day.
And we went and saw Zootopia and it was hilarious.
I loved it. Instead of watching football. We
all laughed our asses off. Hold on. So Zootopia
1 was a little rabbit? It's the same character.
Oh, okay. I saw Zootopia 1. I don't know where.
2 is out. It's really good. It's one of their
better ones that's been out recently. Cool. And
the guy that's He's always so funny with the
deep voice. Patrick Warburton? Yeah, I guarantee
that's probably him. He's the mayor, and he's
freaking hilarious. He's in Emperor's New Groove.
He's Kronk. Kronk. We talked about that. It's
so funny that you can come up with these names.
It's insane. I don't know how he does it, honestly.
You know, I don't know how you do it. It cracks
me up. It's absolutely... Patch of Warburger.
And I can't tell, is he really? Is that a real
name? Because, you know... Jeff will throw you
a curveball every now and then. But do you see
how I respond? I'm like, okay, it's got to be
right. Anyway, so... Yeah, it's good. Yeah. Hey,
but I want to pivot for a second. Oh. World Cup.
Ooh. Yeah. I do get into World Cup, and I don't
think we have been a very good team. For many,
many times. Yeah, I think we got a good draw
this time, though, from what I understand. From
what I understand as well. And so, didn't, don't,
the United States is hosting some of the World
Cup qualifiers. Yes. Right. It's in the U .S.
It's in the North America. It's in North America.
It's in North America, right. And is Frisco?
Frisco? Frisco hosting one of them? Well, not
a game. They're hosting something. They're hosting
Brazil. They might be hosting like a friendly
or something like that, a warm -up game. And
then they might actually have a headquarters
of one of the teams here. I think it was Brazil
was the last I heard. It's going to be headquartered
here. Which is a big one. And I heard that that
was one of the big motivators for them putting
$30 million into renovating Main Street. Yeah.
Plus they're renovating the stadium. Have you
gone by the stadium recently? No. Main Street
will be open by the end of the year. So they've
added a ton of seats. Jeff, you're right. In
2027, oh, that's the Women's World Cup. Women's
World Cup Brazil becomes the first South American
host nation. Yeah, 2026 World Cup. Yeah, next
year. They're adding, you know how one side has
all the, I won't call them suites, but the press
box and all that shit? Right. Well, the other
side, they've completely demolished, and now
they're building up on that side. It's going
to overhang some, and there's going to be suites
and everything. No shit. Okay, so I wondered
that, because that stadium is... Not big. And
I was like, how are they going to host a significant
game there? You're talking about in Frisco? Yeah.
But apparently they're renovating it. Yeah, they're
renovating it. And I think last I heard, Brazil
was going to be their home. So there's 12 groups.
12 groups. Okay. And we're in Group D with Paraguay,
Australia, and... A plan. What is that? Kosovo.
It's a plan. Turkey and... Oh, it's like the
old... It's the old Yugoslavia. Yeah, I think
so. Apparently, we've beaten Paraguay and Australia
over the last two months. Nice! So we have a
chance to get out of our group play. Correct.
Which is not easy to do. So what do they do?
What are the general rules? The top two from
each group move forward? It's a round robin,
yeah. But I know they do points. Right? You play
each other and get points and stuff. But I mean,
the top two advance. in terms of points true
false i guess we're looking at it i don't know
yeah i don't know jack shit about it but but
yeah and it depends on the seating where the
top the the second place is going to go place
play the some better team from another group
right right okay all right well i'm looking forward
to it i don't know when it all starts but i'm
going to be watching well this is huge because
it is a big deal because frisco is going to be
crazy next summer uh with just fans of World
Cup. And the lawsuit. The court case. The kid
stabbing the other kid. That starts in June.
I'm just talking about the World Cup. That's
going to add another wrinkle into it. It's going
to be huge. They better have all that shit fixed
down there. That's the goal. Universal Studios
is supposed to also open up next summer in time
for World Cup. Yes. Good thing we live on the
east side. So that is going to be a fucking disaster
on the east side. So that's the kid version of
Universal Studios, and they're going to build,
for the rest of the property, they're doing an
adult version as well. Are they? Yeah. When are
they going to do that? That has to be the next
project they work on. Cool. After they finish
the kid one. Well, I'm going to go to the kid
one. I wonder who's funding all this here. Universal
Studios. That's what I heard. I mean, like Jerry
World, I mean, they made the city of Arlington
pay for Jerry World. I think they gave him some
tax breaks, but Universal Studios is paying for
this. And it's... As far as I know. Who owns
Universal Studios? Are they American? That's
a... It's Larry Ellison. It's a stock market,
I believe. It's publicly traded. It's Elon Musk.
I don't know. Anyway, I'm looking forward to
the soccer stuff. I'm excited about it because
I know how the world is. United States is not
so big on soccer, you know, sometimes. Soccer
is huge. It puts NFL to shame. Oh, yeah. They
said they were expecting a billion people worldwide
to watch the draw. Right. The draw. I know. Well,
and it was okay. So that was kind of cool because
Trump was there. And the president of Mexico.
Right. And Canada, right? Yeah, Canada. The current
president. And apparently, you know, it was silly
what they drew. It was rigged. And it was supposed
to be. Right. It was supposed to be rigged, right?
Trump was even like, surprise, surprise. Exactly.
He was hamming it up, you know. You know, the
people that hate him must just deceive when they
see him being cute guy, right? Okay, so they
expanded from 12 to 16 groups of... Four, right?
Oh, wow. Okay. And the top two teams advance
plus the eight best third place team. Okay. So
it's like that's... They're trying to maximize
this. That's most of the field. They're basically
trying to maximize rounds and money. So how many
groups were there, you said? 32, right? A round
of 32. 12 groups. 16 groups of three to 12 groups
of four. Yeah, so from 32 to 48. So we have 48,
and then 24 plus 8, 32 move on. Of the 48. Of
the 48. Okay, well, I mean, again. Your group
kind of doesn't matter. As long as you can get
a win out of it, you're probably going to be
in the top three. Trust me, they care. Oh, yeah.
Because this is a big, big deal. So, awesome.
All right, well, that's the World Cup. It's going
to be fun. So FIFO, what is FIFO? The Federal?
Federal? International Football Association.
Highly corrupt from what I understand. That thing
has had all sorts of scandals. We can pivot to
college football. What kind of scandals? Payoffs,
money, all kinds of shit. Those guys getting
payoffs for them to host this game. Why do you
think Cutter got the World Cup last time? Because
the FIFA people got money from... It would be
like the group that decides who hosts the Super
Bowl, and there's money being exchanged under
the table. Well, anywhere these guys go to build
up on the soccer game, I mean, they're going
to build these infrastructures. What's going
to happen after they leave? I mean, you've heard
about these Olympic programs that they set up,
and they make entire communities, and they abandon
them, and then they turn into ghost towns. That's
the Russian winter one. Yeah. Sochi. Is it? No,
it's not Sochi. Yes, it is. Is it really? The
one that's a ghost town now? Yes. Oh, I don't
remember that name. Could have been Sarajevo
as well. Remember, that got bombed during the
Serbian War. Damn. Sarajevo. Anyway. All right,
so let's talk about college football. This is
a big deal. So what's happening? Well, Notre
Dame didn't get picked. For what? And they shouldn't
have. And they shouldn't have. Well, I mean,
they had the record to be in there. Well, so
did Miami. I know. And Miami beat. Notre Dame.
Head -to -head. So the big drama was Notre Dame
didn't make it in. Texas didn't make it in, but
whatever. BYU. BYU didn't make it in, but they
knew that was going to happen. But there was
another one. There was another team that didn't
make it in. They were all butter. Was it Virginia?
Well, Virginia lost to Duke in the ACC championship
game, and Duke's not making it in either. Right.
Miami's the only ACC team, and they weren't even
in the championship. Right. Anyway, there was
some drama. Lots of people being upset and stuff.
But, I mean, the funny thing is, like, they were
showing during. I thought it was kind of cool
when they were announcing, you know, who got
in during the whole thing show. They showed all
the players, right, freaking out and being all
excited. I mean, but they're going to get destroyed,
right? I mean, but it just being there matters.
Oh, the JMU. Yeah, JMU is going to get. Tulane.
Tulane and Ole Miss have already played. And
Ole Miss. Like, destroyed them. Destroyed them,
right. So, I mean, it's going to be pretty brutal,
but, I mean, okay, so the Miami A &M game should
be a good game. Yeah, it should be a good game.
I think it's A &M by three. Yeah. So basically
just a pick -em type of a game. That's a good
game. Oklahoma, Alabama, that's going to be a
great game. Well, they played once already as
well. Yep. Yeah, and Alabama lost, right? Yeah,
they did. Yes. I want Alabama out. So, anyway,
that'll be interesting. So I'm looking forward
to it. This is the first time they've done this
12 -team deal, right? Yeah, because in my opinion,
I think Alabama shouldn't even be in there. They
lost three games this year. Well, one of them
was to Georgia in the championship game. They
went to the championship game and lost. Which
was an extra game that nobody else had to play,
right? So, I mean, that's the tough part. They've
got to fix this. Because when you're comparing
teams that had an extra game... Well, the championship
game is not supposed to play an impact. But it
did. Well, not for Alabama. They didn't move
at all. Yeah, but... They lost by three touchdowns.
I don't know. They should have dropped a spot.
I didn't say completely out. But what was Texas'
record? Did they lose three? Yeah, they lost
three. Yeah, but they were three big games. Three
big teams they lost to, right? Well, one of them
was Florida State. No, no, Florida. Right. They
lost to 4 -8 Florida. Okay, that hurt him. On
the road, and we smoked Florida, right? A &M
smoked Florida. Right. Right. And so they're
like, yeah, sorry, Texas. Well. They were a little
butthurt, not as bad butthurt as Notre Dame was
because Notre Dame thought they had it in the
bag. They're like, we won 10 straight games.
Yeah, well, what about the first two that you
lost? Right. We play a 12 -game schedule, you
know? All right, so this is not this weekend.
This is the weekend after. Yeah, next Saturday.
Actually, next Friday is the first game and then
three on Saturday because they wanted to schedule
the A &M game at 11 to avoid the NFL games that
are going to be Saturday afternoon. Do we want
to do brackets? That's kind of fun. Well, I was
going to invite everybody over to watch. Anybody
who's around. The Aggie game? Yeah, absolutely.
And it won't be a hostile environment like mine
was. I'll try to invite as few hostile fans as
possible. That was unplanned. Unlike you and
your hostile. It was unplanned. It was by design.
Chuck's coming over. Let's fuck with him. Maybe
for the Ohio State, if A &M wins, that'll be
interesting. Oh, boy. That's going to be at the
Cotton Bowl. And, dude, I am so shocked Indiana
beat Ohio State. I mean, it'll be at AT &T Stadium
called the Cotton Bowl game, not at the Cotton
Bowl. The Cotton Bowl Stadium. Oh, I know. Oh,
I got you. Because you usurped the name away
from the Cotton Bowl. What do we call that thing
anymore? Do we still call it the Cotton Bowl?
It's still the Cotton Bowl. Why can't you call
it the Cotton Bowl? It's at the Death Star. Yeah.
It should be called something else, in my opinion.
The Jerry World. It's not at Fair Park. It's
not at Fair Park. It's at the Jerry World. Cotton
Bowl's always been that. open -air stadium at
Fair Park. Yeah. Well, it's at Jerry World. They
play the game, the Cotton Bowl game. Oh, but
they're calling the Cotton Bowl Jerry World now?
Is that what you're saying? They play the Cotton
Bowl game at Jerry World, but there is still
a stadium called the Cotton Bowl. And they're
still calling it the Cotton Bowl. So the Cotton
Bowl, they had the Stocker World Cup in 94. Yes.
I actually went to that game. Yes. Yeah. Well,
they're going to have more next year, so. I don't
know, man. It's going to be exciting. There's
a lot of good teams in here. I got three teams.
Texas A &M, Texas Tech, and Ohio State. That
you're rooting for? Yeah, because I got, to be
honest, I can see Texas Tech winning it. Do good.
Well, yeah, they paid a shit ton of money this
year. All schools do. Well, they paid. Texas
finally figured that out, though. That's what
I mean. They were explicitly pointing out how
much money they had, particularly. Are you telling
me A &M has not spent that much money? Of course
they did. Of course they did. They're calling
Texas Tech out because they're not traditionally
a good team. Right. Now they are. Neither is
Indiana. Oh, well, you just spent a lot of money.
That's why you're here. All these schools have
spent a shit ton of money on them. I'm not taking
away from them. They were smart. They were smart
to do so. I'm not judging them for that. I mean,
they're legitimately good. But that's what everyone's
saying. Well, the only reason you're here is
because you spent a bunch of money. Also because
all their chief rivals left their conference.
You know, they don't have to deal with A &M.
They don't have to deal with Texas or Oklahoma
anymore, right? Which makes the conference a
little less competitive. It's a little less competitive.
They've got to go against Baylor and BYU and
Arizona State now, you know. They have Utah.
I'm not taking anything away from their season.
It was a great season. And they're obviously
very, very talented. But again. Well, compare
their record to A &M. Yeah, we'll see what happens.
What was A &M's schedule look like? It was a
soft schedule. I heard it. It was a soft schedule.
Oh, they went on the road and beat Notre Dame.
Okay. It was a close game, but they went on the
road and beat Notre Dame. What I'm saying is
all these teams have weak schedules for the most
part. A &M has just as weak for Texas Tech. A
&M did as well. To say the Texas Tech schedule
was weaker than A &M I think is flawed. Because
I think A &M had a weak one. I think Ohio State
had a weak schedule. Right. So did Indiana. Hey,
at this point, whatever's happened in the season
does not matter. No. This is it. This is where
it's all gets decided. So I'm super excited.
And I am rooting for Texas Tech, and I am rooting
for Oklahoma against Alabama. Oh, yeah, me too.
Ole Miss I'm rooting for. Of course, A &M. Ole
Miss lost their coach. Yeah, that'll be interesting.
I thought it might disqualify them. Yeah, I thought
it might disqualify them because, you know, your
coach walked away from a championship shot, right?
Yeah, but, I mean, that wasn't his call, right?
Last year they kicked out. Last year they kicked
out Florida State because they lost their quarterback.
It didn't affect their record one bit, but they
said, no, you're disqualified because your quarterback
is hurt. And they kicked him out because of that.
And I'm like. Yeah, you're not the same team.
You're not the same team anymore. And they actually
put that into the conversation. Yeah. And Florida
State's like, are you kidding me? We rolled through
everyone. Right. Every challenge that we had.
That's crazy. And now you're saying that we're
not that team anymore because one player is gone?
Right. So there's a case for taking them out,
right? Or at least lowering them, right? Maybe
we should have been six instead of, what are
we, seven? I don't see why you would punish the
players for what the coach decided, right? And
there's a whole coaching staff. It's not just
one coach. Yeah, but he usually takes the coaching
staff with him, the good ones. But he'll be there.
And Ole Miss gave him the Heisman when he said,
I'll coach the playoff team. So they're, no,
you're not. Because it would have been like Schlossnagel
last year at the College World Series. As he's
being courted by Texas, he's coaching Texas A
&M players. Right. Yeah, that's tricky. This
whole thing's gotten kind of jacked up. But,
I mean, they'll work this stuff out. I think
they will. They'll work this stuff out. I don't
know if they need to. It's a little messy, right?
But at least they're transitioning to a broader
set of players. teams in a playoff structure,
I think that's good. Controversy leads to conversation
is what it comes down to, right? Yes, yes. Hey,
I want to say one other thing about the Big 12.
So Ohio State and Kansas State both got invited
to bowls and they declined them. And that's that
they are... Iowa State, you said? Yes. You said
Ohio. You said Ohio State. Oh, Iowa State and
Kansas State. Yeah. They both qualified for bowls.
Yes. And they declined. And they contractually
cannot do that. Oh, really? And so Big 12 fined
them a half a million dollars each. Wow. Notre
Dame did that, but they're not part of a conference,
so nobody cares. That's right. So Big 12 said,
uh -uh, you can't do that. There's some five
and seven teams now that they're going to go
invite. To be in a bowl game because other people
are backing out. Because they're backing out.
And so they basically asked the players, and
the pair was like, oh, that's good. We don't
want to go to this bowl. Because now people are
not caring about bowls and all these other bowls.
The Tax Slayer Bowl. There's too many bowls.
There's too many. Right. Well, and there always
were too many, but it... They all didn't matter.
Well, no, it wasn't always like that because
I remember you had the Rose Bowl, Sugar Bowl,
Orange Bowl, Fiesta Bowl, and there were a couple
of small ones like the Cotton Bowl, the Fiesta,
or there's another one, Citrus Bowl maybe. Yeah.
But now there's 75 of them. Well, now it's going
to make all these other bowls completely irrelevant,
and they're not going to get the advertising
money or the sponsorships because - And I'm fine
with that. Yeah, it's going to be a problem.
And I'm okay with that because some of these
games, because I watch some of them. Yeah, but
this playoff series is going to destroy revenue
-generating money for way bigger than you guys
probably realize. Yeah. You don't want to go
see the Tropical Smoothie Bowl? No. Actually,
that one's in Frisco. Armed Forces Bowl. I'm
actually probably going to go to that because
Ohio University is playing UNLV, so I'll probably
go to that game. Oh, just Division II? No, it's
Ohio University on the Mac. I know, but this
is... It's not Division 2. They could have been
in here if their record was good enough. Oh,
I see, I see. What do we host every year? The
Frisco Bowl. But it's like the Division... No,
that's a different one. That's what I'm talking
about. We host the championship. We usually host
the Division 2 championship. Okay, that's what
I'm talking about. And we have a... Bowl game.
Yeah, we have an actual bowl game. Yeah, I didn't
know about the bowl game. I didn't know about
the bowl game. That's good. Nobody knows. It's
December 23rd. Is this the first year we have
done that? No. It's been a few years. Okay, well,
that's cool. It seems like the Division II is
always the same team. North Dakota. North Dakota
State, yeah. It's always. It seems like it's
always them. Because they're really good. Yeah,
apparently. All right, cool. All right, so real
quick, NFL. So crazy shit going on there because
teams that may not make. The playoffs, like the
Chiefs. I'm okay with that. I know. It's great.
No, I think there might be some new teams that
get into the playoffs that are a little more
exciting to watch. Like the Pats? Like the Jaguars?
No, not the Pats. Screw the Pats. Yeah. Anyway.
Yeah, the Jaguars. I'm just saying. Seattle.
It's kind of nice to see different teams. Oh,
I agree. 100%. Yeah, the change of the guard
needs to happen. Yeah. Because they already are
dealing with, they have a limited talent, so
it's kind of nice. Yeah. You know, you don't
know what's going to happen. I mean, the talent
pool right now, because there's set money, so
they have salary caps. Right. So, you know. Unfortunately,
I think Indianapolis may be done. Yeah. Well,
they lost their big quarterback, so what about,
what's his name? He's going to, Phillip Rivers
is going to lead them all the way to the end.
We'll see. We'll see about that. That's the strangest
signing. That was today. Hey, man, but look.
I love it. If he can fucking do it, then do it.
Oh, I love Phillip Rivers, man. He's a competitor.
Oh, the Bengals are still on the bubble. God,
what's their percentage? It's got to have gone
down. Well, they're four and what? Four and ten?
Four and eight. One percent chance. I'm just
saying there's a chance. There's still a chance.
Well, there is a chance. What's the Titans' chance?
The Cowboys, I think, are at eight percent, I
think. You got a Z. What does that mean? That
means you're out. What? You zuck. Why am I not
told about these things? That means zero. Zero.
Zero chance. But we're only 2 -11. Go up to the
Cowboys. You can always hope the Raiders win
one more game. Yeah, so that we can get the first
pick. Again. Again. Again. Back to back. What's
the percentage on the Cowboys? I think it's like
8 % or 9%. It's not good. 10%. Oh, it's up to
10 % now. Yeah, because the Eagles are kind of
falling on their face. They lost three in a row
now. So they're 9 -5, right? The Eagles are 9
-5? 8. 8 -5. 8 -5. And the problem is our tie.
We're 6 -6 -1. So we have less losses. Yeah.
Interesting. Less losses, but one tie. Well,
less losses is what makes it work. Yeah. And
heads up. I'm excited. I'm excited about both
the college playoffs and I'm excited about the
NFL playoffs, despite the fact that my team is
not going to be there for quite a while. And
the fantasy football. Oh, dude, I'm number one.
Are you? Yeah. I won. Did you win this week,
Jeff? I did. I won big. Oh. I had 129. I think
the Beavs had like 58. Yeah, you destroyed them.
Well, that's what Jerry gets for bringing a piece
of paper with a bunch of little notes on there.
You know, I brought my studies right here, a
little paper. He's like. That's not enough, man.
He's awesome. And by the way, he is moving. What
does that mean? He is moving to Houston. That's
going to be a long trip. Yeah, well, he's going
to have to do what Linda does, which is call
in. Or? Or? Or we have the draft in Houston.
Or? Or? We all go remote? We kick him out? No,
he's going to travel up here. He'll just stay
at somebody's house. That'd be fine, too, but
he probably won't do that. He'll probably just
dial in. But we'll see. Who knows? He may want
to. It'd be fun. Oh, yeah. Let's talk about our,
is this a unicorn, right? Is it a rare? Actually,
I don't know. Let me scan. But I will tell you,
this is Natterjack Irish Whiskey. So there are,
from what I know, there's two or three, there's
three versions of it that I saw at Sips and McKinney.
Natterjack. Natterjack Irish Whiskey. So there
you go. Up on the screen there, there's Irish
Whiskey, Cast Strength, and this one says The
Mistake. I'm not sure what that's all about.
746. Virgin American oak. It says this is common.
It's easy to get. Why are we even drinking this?
Let's not say it's bad. It's not hard to find.
Well, I mean, it has a very interesting taste.
So this is Natterjack. It's Irish whiskey out
there. Folks, look, I don't normally buy the
Irish whiskey, but I was over at Sips, and we
were talking to Stan. Shout out to Stan. He was
kind of like, this juice fucks. Stan always says
that. Oh, this fucks, man. You guys got to get
over here and shake this. And so Jeff and I,
I think we went over there. We're like, well,
I have a sample. I was like, can we get our sample?
He's like, I just gave you one. I was like, what?
I don't understand. I don't remember. So four
samples later, we're just like, anyways, this
was 126 proof for this particular bottle. 126
proof. It's got a set of levels. It doesn't taste
like it. It doesn't taste anything like it. And
it's got almost like a single malt taste to it.
It does. I'm enjoying it. It's good. I'll leave
it at there. For being an Irish whiskey, it's
going to score high. For being a high proof,
it's going to score high. But the thing is, you've
got to be careful. It's a different animal. Yes,
you cannot compare this to... In any way, shape,
or form to a bourbon. Yeah, well, we're not Irish
whiskey. We're really an Irish whiskey. Yeah,
we're not Irish whiskey. We don't have a lot
of them. We have Murphy's Irish whiskey out there.
We have Jameson's and stuff out there. This is
very unique to me. I mean, especially for the
proof. No, I like this a lot, but I don't know
a lot about Irish whiskeys. We have a couple,
so we don't have the snobbery around this that
we do bourbon. Except for the proof. It's very
smooth. Yeah. It doesn't have a vicious finish
at all. The finish is pretty quick for me anyway.
It's quick but smooth. Yeah. There's some sweetness
in there. So Natterjack Irish Whiskey, it's founded
by Aidan Mahigan. Jordan Villa and Lisa Mahigan,
I guess they're married, blends Irish tradition
with American bourbon techniques using high corn
mash bills and ex -bourbon or new American oak
aging for a modern, approachable taste. Named
after Ireland's unique walking natterjack toad
with future plans for a distillery in Old Wool
Mill, the brand focuses on adventure, following
the Toad's Walk Your Own Path echoes and was
later supported by the U .S. investors to grow
in the United States market. Why don't you pull
a video up of that thing walking? I like this.
Like I said, I don't know a lot about Irish squeezes,
but I know I like this. Yeah, Nashville, 80 %
corn, 80 % corn and 20 % malted barley. Triple
distilled, matured, oops, something just happened.
I didn't like that. And the distillery is called
Gordon North. No, Gortonor. Gortonor. Am I saying
that right? Is that where it's made, the city?
Gortonor. Gortonor. Gortonor. Oh, yeah, the Gortonor
distillery. It's matured in used ex -bourbon
barrels and finished in virgin American oak.
Virgin American oak. Why is that necessary to
say? meaning it's never been... Yeah, I know
what it means, but I mean... It hasn't been soiled.
It hasn't been penetrated. Still has its hymen.
No, no, I'm saying it penetrates the wood, right?
So it's matured in ex -bourbon barrels, and then
it's finished in virgin air. That's almost double
-oaked. But you look at this, and you're like,
well, for being double -oaked, you would think
it'd be darker, right? How old is this? Two years
old. Is that what it says? Yeah. Well, it's the
brand... Well, it's two years. It says 2023.
It says captured and bottled in 2023. Well, when
was it distilled? Oh, so you captured and bottled
in 2023. That's what I thought. So it was bottled,
but when was it barreled? Oh. When was it distilled
is when you want to find out. It doesn't say.
Obviously not very long because it's very light.
Maybe you don't age Irish whiskey for I don't
know. I don't know enough about Irish whiskey.
I know it's from France. I can't see anything
about it. It says they've acquired distribution
rights in 2022, so it's got to be older than
three years. I don't know. It's tasty. It is
tasty. I like it. Well, for an Irish whiskey,
I'll tell you what. This thing is, it's got a
United States spin on this thing for sure. I'm
enjoying it. They took an Irish whiskey and,
I mean, because traditionally we went to tearing.
Teeling. Teeling. And don't they make Irish whiskey
like these big metal vats? I don't remember.
There's a different process to make Irish whiskey
as opposed to the bourbons. And the fact that
they took an Irish whiskey and they added. The
Americanized version of a bourbon is why I kind
of like this. So you're saying other Irish whiskeys
aren't aged in bourbon barrels? I believe so.
I believe they're not. I don't know. I've got
to check on that. Probably need to call a friend.
What is it called? The Million Dollar Show? Phone
a friend? We call up a lifeline. Call up Stan
or something. But, you know, it's got that single
malt taste to it, which is indignative of...
of being distilled or maturing in these big,
large casks. I mean, isn't that the way they
do that? I don't know. Well, in order to get
the color, it has to be in a barrel. It's got
to be in a barrel. Yeah, well, that's it. It's
finished. So it matured in a used barrel. Oh,
in used. If it's in a steel cask, it's not doing
anything. No, it's not. It's just sitting there.
But it's got that single malt. That's what I'm
saying. It's got a single malt kind of flavor
to it. I don't know. I do enjoy it, though. Yeah,
I like it. It's tasty. I recommend it. How much
is it? It was like $85, $90. Yeah, if you can
find it. Plus, it's got a very nice metal toad
on the front. Yeah, it's embossed in a big old...
Is that a toad or a frog? It's a toad. I think
it's a toad. You may be able to pop that off
and make a brooch out of it. A brooch? A brooch.
To put on his... A little brooch. Did you ever
have the kid's book, Toad and the Frog or Frog
and the Toad? Do you know what I'm talking about?
I know what you're talking about. Very popular
kid's book. Did he wear a top hat? Yeah, make
a belt buckle out of it and call it Toad's Wild
Ride or something. Yes. That was a Disney ride.
Would you like to go on Toad's Wild Ride? That's
a Disney ride. That's one of my favorites as
a kid growing up. Really? Toad's Wild Ride? What
are you guys talking about? At Disney World?
Yeah, go to Disney World. Yeah, go to Disney
World. Well. I've never been to Disney World.
Can't afford it. And I grew up in a poor family.
I just didn't care. I mean, I say that. Wow,
look at you. I would have gone if I had cared.
Nah, dude. First of all, I didn't get to go.
I mean, I went to Six Flags and I enjoyed it,
but even at Six Flags, I was kind of like, this
is too fucking expensive. That's what it comes
down to. It's expensive as shit. And you can't
go, so you're like, I don't care. Right. But
you would have cared. But I would have cared.
Your parents could have afforded it. I know we're
all kind of down on Disney in general, but the
parks are extremely well done. Yeah. No, you
said that. Extremely well done. And it's an experience
that is extremely expensive, but I think it should
be done if you can do it. So we have been to
Disney World. I won't be doing it. Shelly and
I took the boys, all three of them, to Disney
World. And we're the only family that hated it.
We went between Christmas and New Year's. That's
the first mistake. That was a gateway. Horrible.
First mistake. And there was a freak winter storm.
In Orlando? Yeah, in Orlando. And so we had to
buy like $85 hoodies. Right. So, right. And we
didn't stay at the park. You got to stay on property.
We did everything that you're supposed to do
wrong. Right. You know what I mean? You stay
at the park. You don't care about the money.
You go when it's not crazy busy. You get your
fast passes and you make sure you plan it out.
We were there for the day, one day, and it was
a short day. Right. And we were freezing to death.
Right. And the kids were screaming and yelling
and everybody was pissed off and we were like,
fuck Disney World. Right. But that's not fair.
That's not really a good assessment of how...
You and Shelly should go back. Wonderful. Just
the two of you. Well, I mean, when you guys went
and you... Oh, we had a blast. I know. We had
no itinerary, nothing. Just the two of you. We
just winged it all day. Yeah, remember you and
I were like, you guys are going to Disney World
by yourselves? Well, you know what? I'm glad
you enjoyed it. I don't know if it's something
I would enjoy anymore. I think you would. Yeah,
I think you would. I think you would. I think
you'd enjoy the technical and engineering and
all of that shit. You would get into that. Yeah,
because they have a great white shark that goes.
Yeah, that's universal. Oh, damn. Never mind.
Yeah. But it's very immersive. Immersive. Immersive.
Maybe some of the Star Wars stuff. I don't know.
I've never gone. Honestly, I've never really
had a desire to go. We didn't do things like
that growing up. But you're a hands -on guy.
You could go to ERCOT and do all the little experiments.
Epcot. Epcot. Not ERCOT. I said ERCOT. Isn't
that an energy department? Oh, my God. I cannot
believe it. Well, okay. First off, I work for
a utility company, so ERCOT is top of mind. Oh,
okay. It's top of mind. Oh, my God. Where's Jackie?
That's so crazy. Where's Jackie? Utilities. Jackie
Mac? Where's Jackie? What? I'm not saying it's
a great thing. I work for a utility company.
Hold on. Why are you bringing up Jackie Mac?
Because Biden was looking for the dead woman
at a speech, and it was in honor of her. Oh,
there you go. And he's like, where's Jackie?
Where's Jackie? Jackie, come on up here. And
she was already dead. That's why they were gathered
there to celebrate Jackie's life. What does that
have to do with me saying ERCOT? You said because
it was top of mind. And that was Jen Psaki's
excuse. Oh, it was top of mind. Or not Jen Psaki,
the other one. Jean. Yeah. Jean -Claude Van Damme.
Jean Simmons. Jean -Claude Van Damme. Jean -Pierre.
Oh, my God. She was top of mind. That's why he
had that. Whatever. He was top of mind. Epcot.
Epcot. Epcot. Epcot. I don't know. Epcot is a
lot better than Disney. If we can get folks to
donate to our podcast and we can find the means
to fund some of the promotions required for this
thing to go into the future. Hell, I'll go to
Disney World. I'll go with you guys. We should
do a podcast there. We should do a GoFundMe to
send the four of us to Disney World. We would
need about 10 grand. Seriously? Yes. Hey, come
on. If you guys want us to do a video, let's
do it. Yeah, it's expensive as shit. We need
our listeners to step up and send us to exotic
locations. I don't think they're going to be
down for that. Maybe something else, though.
No, it's extremely expensive to go to Disney
World. All right, we'll start small. Yes. Real
quick, I don't know how much time we got. Like
a minute. Paul, tell us about your shingles vaccine.
Oh, my God. I know what you went through. Oh,
my God. So I had no idea. So back in 2022, I
had a physical. And they said, would you like
the shingles vaccine? And I'm like, you know
what? My brother just had shingles. And he said,
shingles, not the vaccine. He got shingles. And
he was in misery. And I was like, yeah, why not?
I'll do it. Got the first shot. Totally forgot
about it until like two weeks ago. Was this the
new shingles vaccine or the old one? I don't
know. Shingrix, probably. I have no idea. Anyway,
so I went to do my physical last week, and they
were like, you know what? You never got the second
shot of your shingles vaccine. Take your ass.
I go, well, that was back in 22, and they're
like, yeah, no, it doesn't matter. And by the
way, the first shot, I was like, nothing. It
was fine. I was like, okay, yeah, sure, I'll
do it. And then they didn't tell me anything.
And then that day, later that day. I start to
shiver. Yep. I started to shiver, and I got a
fever, and my heart was racing. And you know
what? We've been talking about my sleep score
on my phone, on my watch. My heart rate was so
high the entire night, my watch detected no sleep.
It said I did not sleep that night. And I did.
But my heart rate was so high, it didn't detect
it. And let's see. Muscle aches. I mean. It laid
me up for a day. Yeah. No, no. Mine was late
Thursday night, Friday, Saturday, Sunday, Monday.
No, it laid me up for one day. But I'll tell
you what. No, I wasn't laid up per se. No, I
felt like shit. I felt horrible. Like you had
a low grade fever. Muscle stuff. I feel like
crap. Yeah. Oh, horrible. And I had nausea. I
didn't have that. I had green diarrhea. So is
this something we have to get as a shingle vaccine?
You don't have to get it. You can just get shingles
instead. You can just get shingles instead. And
I bet you if you got shingles, you would wish
you had gotten the vaccine. That's what I hear.
That's what I hear. Is that if you had chicken
pox bad, then you probably don't need to get
the shingles vaccine. That's incorrect. If you
have chicken pox. It's the chicken pox virus
that gives you shingles. Yeah. Well, I had chicken
pox pretty bad. So they're saying that I probably
won't get shingles is based on what the doctor
said. Okay. It's a gamble. Yeah. I read that
there's like one in three people will get shingles.
That's a high percentage. And I didn't want to
chance it. I didn't understand what was happening
because they didn't tell me anything. And I got
on chat GPT that night. And it said, oh, yeah,
65 % of the people who get the second shot have
the following symptoms. And I'm like, fuck. And
then it said, and usually for 80 % of them, it's
three to five days. For the other percent, it
was five to seven days. And I was like, what?
I had no idea. Now, do I regret it? No, I don't.
Because, you know, hey, if I don't ever get shingles.
I did my time. Right. And I survived. I only
had one day of feeling bad. But the first one,
did your arm hurt? Oh, yeah. Oh, it is the most
painful fucking shot that I had ever had. You
know what's funny? I was at a happy hour. That
day, that night, because I got the shot in the
morning, I was at a happy hour next to this guy
who was probably like, hey, man. He kept hitting
my arm. Right. And I was like, I couldn't go,
oh, please, please stop. I got a shot. He literally
hit me like six times. Each time I was like.
Before we go, do you want to rate Natterjack?
Oh, yeah. What am I rating against? This is an
Irish whiskey. We haven't only had one other
one. We've got to start somewhere. So this Irish
whiskey at 126 proof. It's in the category all
by itself. Tastes like single malt. It's got
a wonderful taste to it. Nice spin to it. Old
American. I'm going to give this thing a 7 .8.
I'm going 6 .8. I'm at 7 .2. Good stuff. I scored
it high. Good stuff. I agree. Shout out to Natterjack.
I would buy that again. Again, I think we should
always ask, will we buy this again? Yes, I would
buy that again. Yes, that's a good one. I'm glad
we got it. Yeah, good. All right, we've got two
more weeks left. Join us next week. I mean, we've
got Ann Anderson that's going to be showing up
to the podcast. She is a local politician? Correct.
She's looking for a city council. That's exciting.
We've never had a politician, a person running
for office on our show. Well, we have proposed
Vincent Gonzalez to come out as the congressman.
And maybe he will. Now, I think he listened to
the podcast and kind of got scared. Honestly,
I think that's what it is. Honestly, man, when
people know what they're talking about collectively,
they don't want to touch that. They don't want
anyone to contest in them. Two weeks left before
Christmas, guys. Chuck, thank you for staying
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