Chewing the Fat with Jeff Fisher XX
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[21] Welcome.
[22] No, seriously, I mean that.
[23] Welcome.
[24] Welcome to Chewing the Fat.
[25] Well, we know that $1 .4 billion worth of Eurythium was stolen in the largest known theft of crypto in history.
[26] Probably the largest theft in history, period.
[27] And we, you know, they originally said that, yeah, you know, it was in one of the company's cold wallets.
[28] And then we, which in theory isn't connected to the internet.
[29] And then we transferred funds to a warm wallet, which is online.
[30] And sure, it's $1 .4 billion, but we're fine with it.
[31] We can handle the loss.
[32] We're worth about $16 billion.
[33] So no problem.
[34] We can cover it.
[35] you know, recoup the $1 .4 billion or not.
[36] Well, you wonder, how the heck did that happen?
[37] Well, the hack took place during a routine transfer of funds from Bybyte's multi -signature cold wallet to a hot wallet, a routine designed to maintain liquidity for user transactions.
[38] The attackers manipulated the transaction's user interface, making it seem legitimate to the wallet's signers.
[39] In reality, the signed transaction changed the wallet's smart contact, giving the hackers full control and allowing them to send funds to their wallet address.
[40] Okay.
[41] Blockchain investigators linked the attack to the Lazarus Group, which I guess is notorious for this.
[42] The group is known for its previous high -profile crypto heists, with the latest one being the most impactful.
[43] Yeah, $1 .4 billion, that's a good day.
[44] Now, of course, as we mentioned, the CEO was immediate and saying, hey, everything is fine.
[45] We are okay.
[46] It's all good.
[47] Current features are operating normally.
[48] Okay.
[49] The company's also ramped up its cooperation with cybersecurity experts to track and recover the stolen funds, launching a $140 million recovery bounty to hunt the perpetrators.
[50] So you could get $140 million by turning in the people who stole $1 .4 billion.
[51] I'm guessing that if you could figure out who took the $1 .4 billion, you could go to them and say, hey, why don't you give me like $200 million and I'll keep my mouth shut.
[52] I'm sure something like that would not happen, though.
[53] So, good luck out there.
[54] I mean, I know BuyBite is based in Dubai, and they claim they have $16 billion worth of assets.
[55] But I mean, $1 .4 billion is a good chunk of change.
[56] Now, they claim that the total amount of crypto stolen by hackers last year was around $2 .2 billion.
[57] But that's total.
[58] That's not just one time around.
[59] So we're getting into big time theft now.
[60] And I did not have anything to do with it.
[61] Believe me, if I had anything to do with the stolen $1 .4 billion in urethium, there would be signs other than you would hear that on the podcast today.
[62] There wasn't anything there, Jeff.
[63] Exactly.
[64] You know, speaking of big money and winning big money, you know, I talk about the lotto from time to time on this particular broadcast.
[65] And I usually talk about the Powerball and the Mega Millions drawing, right?
[66] I mean, the Powerball...
[67] If you want to play as worth $230 million, an estimated jackpot, that's tonight.
[68] $105 .2 million cash payout, which would be pretty sweet.
[69] And then tomorrow, the Mega Millions is $181 million with a cash payout of $82 .7 million.
[70] And that drawing is tomorrow.
[71] And then there's a separate lotto called the Texas Lotto.
[72] And that right now is only worth like $5 .5 million.
[73] However, the estimated cash value on that is $3 .3 million.
[74] So you get a little bit of better return on your investment.
[75] However, there's a story about Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick is investigating a lottery store in Austin that sold an $83 .5 million winning lottery ticket.
[76] And it was from the Texas lottery, I believe.
[77] And this is what the story said.
[78] Now, the ticket was sold at Winner's Corner, which is reportedly owned by a mobile app jackpocket.
[79] The lottery courier service that allows customers to buy tickets online while the couriers take the order and purchase the ticket in person.
[80] Patrick is questioning the ethics of the courier service working with retail stores, saying this is not the way the lottery was designed to operate.
[81] What do you mean?
[82] I use their app and I know that someone is going to buy a lottery ticket that I...
[83] paid for them to go by, and I'm sure that they get a cut.
[84] I'm not familiar with exactly how this courier service works, but if you were to say to me, hey, Jeff, go buy me a Powerball ticket, and here's $3, and I want one with the power play, and if we win, I'll give you a percentage.
[85] Okay.
[86] That's a deal.
[87] That sounds like what this is actually doing, and this is exactly what the lottery was designed to do.
[88] And everybody gets their cut, and the money that's supposed to go to education from the lottery still goes there.
[89] I don't know how that's not a win -win, but apparently to Dan Patrick, it is.
[90] So if you use a courier service in Texas, be ready for a fight with Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick because he's unhappy.
[91] with the with the mobile app jack pocket and the lottery courier service in it of itself.
[92] So let's say you hit the lotto or you, you know, have a friend that takes 1 .4 billion from a crypto exchange, you know, by accident.
[93] What's one of the first things that you're going to do?
[94] Well, you're going to want to move and you're going to want a new house.
[95] So what you need to do is get a hold of realestateagentsitrust .com.
[96] Anytime in life that you have to make a big change, It's hard, even if you have that extra $1 .4 billion laying around.
[97] And this is especially true when you're planning to buy or sell a home.
[98] No kidding.
[99] It's really complicated if you don't have $1 .4 billion.
[100] It takes a lot of time and a lot of jumping through hoops.
[101] And, of course, the stakes are just about as high as they ever get in terms of financial decisions that you make.
[102] So, obviously, you need a real estate agent to help you with all of this.
[103] Many of us don't have that $1 .4 billion, and so you definitely need a real estate agent to help you with all of this.
[104] But you don't want just some ordinary agent who does it on the side, doesn't know exactly what they're doing.
[105] You want the best.
[106] Real estate agents, I trust, pairs you with the top -selling real estate agents in your area.
[107] Someone who knows the best practices, someone who understands the crazy housing market, someone who's a team leader, and a closer.
[108] Someone you can trust.
[109] So if you're thinking about buying or selling a home, or both.
[110] Get in touch with them.
[111] You'll see exactly what I'm talking about.
[112] Real estate agents I trust.
[113] I mean, the name pretty much says it all.
[114] Go to realestateagentsitrust .com.
[115] That's realestateagentsitrust .com.
[116] Remember the old song?
[117] I can't get that song out of my head, especially since I started reading the story about Ashley St. Clair and Elon Musk.
[118] The influencer, Ashley St. Clair, is seeking to legally declare Elon Musk As the father of her child, she has petitioned the court in a paternity suit.
[119] St. Clair, 26, brought the legal action against Elon.
[120] after her bombshell public claims that she gave birth to Musk's 13th child, which we talked about here on this particular broadcast.
[121] In her paternity suit, or petition, she seeks to officially recognize the SpaceX and Tesla boss as the father of her baby.
[122] St. Clair claims that she and Musk conceived the child during a January 2024 trip to St. Bart's.
[123] She asked the court to issue an order requiring Musk to submit to a genetic test to determine if he's the father.
[124] The ex -owner has not publicly acknowledged his alleged 13th child.
[125] Yeah, he has not acknowledged this kid at all, acknowledged the relationship at all.
[126] Included in the court filings is a photo of Musk holding an infant and a flirtatious text the pair allegedly exchanged.
[127] Okay, so in a separate custody petition, St. Clair claims that Musk was not present for the child's birth and has only met the baby on three occasions, twice in Manhattan and where she lives and once in Texas.
[128] Musk has also never asked to see the baby, nor asked for photos of him.
[129] Okay.
[130] She is seeking sole custody of the child, which apparently she already has.
[131] It's her baby.
[132] That's her second son.
[133] And you look at the one petition that she filed with pictures.
[134] She shares a photo of herself and her newborn son in a hospital bed.
[135] And then she shows a rundown of texts.
[136] from back and forth between her and someone on her phone titled EM.
[137] He's perfect, St. Clair responds.
[138] I look forward to seeing you and him this weekend, EM responds, adding falling asleep.
[139] Hope the recovery goes well.
[140] This is EM.
[141] We're assuming that this is Elon Musk.
[142] In another exchange, EM laments that he gets credible death threats every day, to which St. Clair responds, that's why the father spot on this birth certificate is blank right now, E. She also responded, that's why the child bears her last name.
[143] And then in a separate text, EM writes, after St. Clair sent a picture of herself, I want to knock you up again.
[144] I could be any man in America.
[145] Then the final text shows that St. Clair sending a large block of text to EM asking to meet in person due to communication struggles.
[146] EM responds, OK, well, I do have a legion of kids to make.
[147] Moss lawyers did not immediately return a request for comment.
[148] Yeah, he does have a legion of kids and he has, you know, 13 now.
[149] So, well, 12.
[150] 12 that he acknowledges.
[151] And this would make 13 if he acknowledges this child.
[152] And if a judge makes him do a DNA test.
[153] But he's right on the...
[154] So we'll see what happens with these two dingleberries.
[155] But he's right on the incredible death threats.
[156] And I see where Elon's private security detail gets deputized by U .S. Marshals.
[157] So now he has his private security that he's footing the bill for.
[158] But they have been deputized.
[159] as U .S. Marshals, giving them certain rights and protections of federal law enforcement agents.
[160] Wow, that's kind of sweet.
[161] Musk, the tech billionaire and ally to President Donald Trump, does not currently have a U .S. Secret Service detail.
[162] Yeah, he does not.
[163] However, with his security detail now...
[164] being, you know, U .S. marshal deputies.
[165] That's pretty sweet.
[166] That's a good gig.
[167] And look, there's no question, I'm sure he has credible death threats.
[168] He gets them on the air every day from these left lunatics, let alone the nightmare people that aren't even, you know, on television.
[169] So I can't blame the man for having his security.
[170] And it's good for him that if it adds a safety measure around Elon for his security to be U .S. marshals.
[171] deputies absolutely let it happen Hey, it was like we're talking about Elon.
[172] He owns the company X, which you can follow me on.
[173] It's a social media company.
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[185] Last week, we had a returning champion that got a little cocky.
[186] Got a little cocky on What's the Lie last week, but he failed.
[187] It was my producer's father who was trying to make sure that he...
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[189] And Brad puts it up on, you know, I don't know, Rumble and a couple other places, plus his X account.
[190] But really, the only place you need to care about is watching it on my X account at JeffyJFR.
[191] All right, let's go to the break room.
[192] I need something cold to drink desperately.
[193] Okay, so next week is the Oscars.
[194] Whoa, yay!
[195] I can't wait.
[196] And last night was the SAG -AFTRA Awards.
[197] And it was live on Netflix.
[198] And I did tune in for a little bit before I couldn't take it anymore and went to bed.
[199] I was fortunate enough.
[200] Man, was I lucky.
[201] I tuned it on just when Jane Fonda was getting her award, her Life Achievement Award.
[202] Ugh.
[203] She was terrible.
[204] But the outstanding performance by a male actor in a leading role went to Timothee Charlemagne for A Complete Unknown.
[205] Outstanding performance by a female actor in a leading role went to Demi Moore, The Substance.
[206] Yeah.
[207] Outstanding performance by a male actor in a supporting role, Kieran Culkin, A Real Pain.
[208] Outstanding performance by a female actor in a supporting role, Zoe Saldana for Amelia Perez.
[209] We know how terrible that movie was.
[210] Outstanding performance by a cast, in a motion picture, Conclave.
[211] Yeah, I mean, it was a huge cast, no question.
[212] That was, you know, just the whole premise behind Conclave was...
[213] Okay.
[214] Outstanding performance by a male actor in a television movie or limited series.
[215] Winner, Colin Farrell, The Penguin.
[216] That show was great.
[217] It's on Max.
[218] The full series was almost kind of like...
[219] Soprano -ish.
[220] Really good.
[221] He plays the penguin.
[222] Fantastic.
[223] Outstanding performance by a female actor in a television movie or limited series.
[224] Winner Jessica Gunning for Baby Reindeer.
[225] And of course Jessica is...
[226] So congratulations to Jessica.
[227] Outstanding performance by a male actor in a drama series.
[228] Shogun.
[229] Hiroyuki Sanada.
[230] And Shogun won for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series as well, NSY.
[231] And so Shogun kind of tore that apart.
[232] Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Comedy Series, Martin Short, Only Murders in the Building.
[233] He well -deserved, no question, did a great job.
[234] That show is really, really good.
[235] I cannot believe that Jeremy Allen White from The Bear was under this particular nomination.
[236] I don't know.
[237] We've talked about this.
[238] is considered a comedy i honestly i don't i love the show how it's considered a comedy i do not know outstanding performance by a female actor in a comedy series gene smart for hacks absolutely she was a fantastic uh hacks was a great show i think it's got two or three seasons really good on max really good well worth the watch really funny Outstanding performance by an ensemble in a drama series.
[239] Shogun.
[240] No, number three for Shogun.
[241] Outstanding performance by an ensemble in a comedy series.
[242] Only Murders in the Building.
[243] Yeah, they should have gotten that the last couple years when they gave it to Bayer.
[244] And I think they may have given that to Hax one time as well.
[245] But well -deserved for that show.
[246] Really, really good.
[247] Outstanding action performance by a stunt ensemble.
[248] Yeah, The Fog.
[249] Nobody cares.
[250] Outstanding action performance by a stunt ensemble in a television series.
[251] Shogun.
[252] Yeah, yeah.
[253] Nobody cares.
[254] So congratulations to all the winners.
[255] of the SAG -AFTRA Awards, and we have the Oscars to look forward next week.
[256] Huh?
[257] How excited are you now?
[258] And I finally sat down and watched Killers of the Flower Moon this weekend.
[259] It took me a while to get to it because it has De Niro, Douche Nero in it, and it has Leonardo Douche Caprio in it.
[260] And I love their work, but it just takes me a while to get to it so that I can just put...
[261] away my disgust of what they believe in uh and their their anger and just watch their work so i did i finally i sat down um and i had to pause it two or three times it was never ending holy cow i didn't think it would ever end uh it was i don't know how long that movie is but it has to be at least three hours long it was it was never ending i enjoyed it I enjoyed it.
[262] It was kind of, there were some boring parts in there that I kind of lost, like, oh, you're losing me. But then it kind of came back.
[263] It's a fascinating story about the Osage Nation.
[264] And I'm pretty sure that they tried to keep it as truthful as possible because it was based on a book about the Osage tribe in Oklahoma that had access to this great, wealth from oil.
[265] And there were a number of Osage people that were murdered, hoping to gain access to their wealth.
[266] And these people were ultimately held accountable for it.
[267] And it was, you know, it was fine.
[268] It was enjoyable.
[269] I love the, there's some great actors in it.
[270] Of course, Lily Gladstone was in it.
[271] Lithgow was in it.
[272] I saw what's his face show up in it too.
[273] Wearing a fat suit again, Brendan Fraser.
[274] That's all the guy does is wear fat.
[275] suits I'm starting to pick me off a little bit And then there were some actors that are in a lot of these shows that I watch because they're Indian.
[276] And I'm watching a lot of shows from the 1800s and the early 1900s.
[277] And so a lot of these actors that are primetime Indian actors are in all these shows.
[278] And they're really good.
[279] I mean, Tantu Cardinal, she is awesome.
[280] She's been in so many shows.
[281] And good for her.
[282] She just does a great job.
[283] And so it was enjoyable.
[284] If you have a chance.
[285] watch it it's on apple i believe for free you can get it obviously through prime but uh you know if you want to watch it for for free if you want to watch it for free you can pay for the apple app and watch it there that's how that works speaking of apple okay you know what i started watching was Severance.
[286] I kept hearing how good Severance is.
[287] What a great show Severance is.
[288] Joe Rogan, the man, Mr. Podcaster, Mr. All World, Mr. Fighter, Mr. Comedian.
[289] Mr. Severance is a fantastic show.
[290] Completely original and totally unpredictable.
[291] Amazing writing, directing, and acting.
[292] Just a totally unique show.
[293] Just finished season one and on to season two on at Apple.
[294] TV.
[295] That's from Joe Rogan.
[296] I'm guessing that was a paid commercial because I watched I think an episode and a half.
[297] I was not impressed at all.
[298] I'm going to go back and give it another shot, but it did not do me any good.
[299] I know everybody loved it.
[300] It's a black comedy drama dystopian.
[301] Uh -huh.
[302] Okay.
[303] All right.
[304] Fine.
[305] It's got Adam Scott and Patricia Arquette.
[306] And they're so good in it.
[307] And it's got what's -his -face in it, too.
[308] Christopher Walken.
[309] We love him.
[310] And John Turturro.
[311] He's great.
[312] I know I like those people a lot.
[313] I like their work.
[314] But this show, oh, my goodness.
[315] That first episode and the second episode, I was like, what?
[316] Get over with.
[317] Give me something.
[318] What are we doing?
[319] It was just...
[320] boring so i'll give it some more shots but my first uh my first reaction to the first full episode and a little bit into the second episode for severance on apple tv uh boring now if apple wants to pay me for you know a commercial i will say that it's a fantastic show completely original and totally unpredictable amazing writing directing and acting just a totally unique show but until then woo no thank you Bye.
[321] Who died today?
[322] Who died today?
[323] Well, as if they all aren't sad.
[324] Roberta Flack.
[325] Roberta Flack, legendary singer, dead at the age of 88.
[326] Now, she announced a while ago, a couple years ago now, I guess, maybe longer, that she had ALS.
[327] Lou Gehrig's disease.
[328] I don't know how she knew Lou Gehrig.
[329] And could no longer sing.
[330] And so, it's very sad.
[331] And she is, I mean, she is soul and R &B's greatest voices.
[332] Hello, Roberta Flack killing me softly with his song.
[333] Hello.
[334] I was reading about her, though.
[335] What an amazing life.
[336] And she was born in Black Mountain, North Carolina in 1937.
[337] You think you can't make it in America?
[338] Come on now.
[339] Her parents were both musical, according to this story.
[340] The mom was in the church choir.
[341] She was introduced to gospel and classical at a young age.
[342] And then she just listened to music and she was accepted to Howard University to study music on a full scholarship.
[343] She considered her career as an opera singer until her dad died, and then she moved back teaching school in North Carolina.
[344] Wow.
[345] Then she started doing shows in D .C., and that's when Les McCann found her, the jazz pianist, and helped her sign to Atlantic Records.
[346] Amazing.
[347] I mean, she's done so much.
[348] Great.
[349] work and i was i was really like when did she hook up with i remember her one song with her and pebo bryson tonight i celebrate my love i mean that was in the 80s and then uh in the 90s she did the uh uh set the night to music right uh anyways i mean she's been been around for so long now i apparently and i don't remember this about Roberta Flack.
[350] One of the partnerships that she had was with a guy named Donny Hathaway and he was, you know, feel like mech in love and the closer I get to you.
[351] And apparently one night they were working on an album and he suffered what she called a breakdown during recording.
[352] And then later that night fell to his death from his hotel room in Manhattan.
[353] Yeah, that's a hell of a breakdown.
[354] That's a heck of a breakdown.
[355] Anyway, Roberta Flack, very sad, dead at the age of 88.
[356] Another big singer passed away, Chicago soul giant Jerry Butler.
[357] who was part of the group The Impressions.
[358] And then I guess he, not a guess, I know he was a politician in Chicago for a long time.
[359] But I mean, he was a Chicago guy.
[360] Jerry Butler has passed away at the age of 85.
[361] They didn't give a cause of death, although they had said a while ago that he was suffering from Parkinson's disease.
[362] So I'm sure that it had.
[363] nothing to do with that because if it had something to do with that they would have they would have said something right right uh and he i mean this guy sang with the the greats so a very sad jerry butler Dead at the age of 85.
[364] Then we have the Karate Kid and Deadwood star Peter Jason.
[365] I mean, when you see Peter Jason, you'll go, oh yeah, that guy.
[366] Because he was in so many movies.
[367] I loved him in Deadwood.
[368] He's in Karate Kid.
[369] He passed away at the age of 80.
[370] He's got 270 acting credits across film, TV, and video games.
[371] I mean, when you see him, you'll go, oh yeah, that guy.
[372] So rest in peace to Peter Jason.
[373] That guy.
[374] Dead at the age of 80.
[375] Then, the hits keep coming.
[376] We have Lynn Marie Stewart.
[377] Lynn Marie Stewart.
[378] You may remember her from It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia.
[379] You may remember her from Pee Wee's Playhouse, which, I mean, I was a huge fan of Pee Wee's Playhouse.
[380] She has died at the age of 78.
[381] Wow, I mean, it doesn't say what was the cause of death, so...
[382] You know, I don't know.
[383] I don't know.
[384] You've seen her before in MASH.
[385] Of course you have Night Court, Laverne and Shirley, American Graffiti.
[386] She was in the movie Running Man. Just very sad.
[387] Lynn Marie Stewart, dead at the age of 78.
[388] Then, just keep going, Ken Rosenthal, the founder of Panera Bread.
[389] Panera Bread.
[390] He founded Panera, well, he actually, it was the precursor to Panera Bread.
[391] He is dead at the age of 81.
[392] Yeah, I mean, he opened up a bakery in the St. Louis area with sourdough bread as its star and built it into a small chain that would then become Panera Bread.
[393] He died at his home in Arizona.
[394] He was 81 and he was suffering from Alzheimer's disease.
[395] Man, we have got to do something about that disease.
[396] The rest of the diseases we don't need to do anything about, but Alzheimer's we need to do something about.
[397] Had no interest in running a retail bakery in the mid -80s when he and his wife owned a woman's apparel store called Kellan's in Chesterfield, Missouri, a suburban St. Louis.
[398] I never went into the kitchen, much less understood how to bake anything.
[399] But he...
[400] got talked into going into the business and doing the sourdough bread thing.
[401] And that, you know, launched the man into becoming very wealthy as he was the founder of the forerunner of Panera Bread.
[402] Ken Rosenthal, dead at the age of 81.
[403] Then we have Eric Priest.
[404] Eric Priest, dead at the age of 50.
[405] Yes.
[406] His real name is Mike Bone.
[407] B -O -E -H -N -E.
[408] I'm just pronouncing it Bone.
[409] Bohin?
[410] Bohin?
[411] Has passed away at the age of 50.
[412] Involved in a motorcycle accident.
[413] Very, very sad.
[414] He was a staple in Chicago wrestling, and he was Mr. Chicago.
[415] Two people from Chicago today.
[416] Wow.
[417] Jerry Butler and Eric Priest.
[418] Very sad.
[419] Dead at the age of 50.
[420] And we've got to do something about motorcycle crash deaths.
[421] There's just not enough done about motorcycle crash deaths.
[422] So rest in peace to Eric Priest, dead at the age of 50.
[423] Then we have, well, this is someone who is not dead yet.
[424] Not dead yet.
[425] But they're pretty close.
[426] We got news that Joey Reed, her show on MSNBC, Have a nice day.
[427] Got the axe.
[428] You're out.
[429] Take care.
[430] Now, they claim that the show is still going to end this week.
[431] It said she's out sometime this week.
[432] Oh, so they're going to let her come back and do a farewell racist rant?
[433] Oh, that'll be great.
[434] That will be great.
[435] So they got rid of her, and they got rid of what's -her -face, too.
[436] Alex Wagner.
[437] Alex Wagner.
[438] Alex was a strong face for them, and she sat in the chair, the anchor chair, for the network.
[439] And I think she sat in when what's -her -face, you know.
[440] Rachel Maddow is off, which she is off a lot.
[441] I know she's on every day now because she wants to cover the first 100 days of Trump, but she's got that deal where she only has to work one day a week.
[442] So we'll see who takes her place.
[443] Anyway, the new boss at MSNBC, she is a big believer in Jen Psaki and a big believer in Simone Sanders.
[444] I'm sorry, Simone Sanders Townsend.
[445] And the new boss, Rebecca Cutler.
[446] with a K. She's president of MSNBC.
[447] She believes, those two, Jen Psaki and Simone Sanders Townsend, are two of her people.
[448] She's dragging them along.
[449] So they still have a gig.
[450] And they'll be, what fun that network will be when you have Jen Psaki on at night and Simone.
[451] Sanders Townsend.
[452] Wouldn't it be great?
[453] Yes.
[454] Yes, it'll be wonderful.
[455] And I know MSNBC, like, they're doing their own thing now.
[456] They're breaking away from NBC, so they've got to be their own kind of entity.
[457] Good luck.
[458] Good luck with that.
[459] All right, a couple interesting stories.
[460] One out of France and one out of Ireland.
[461] Let's begin with the one out of France.
[462] Thieves used a stolen card to buy a winning French lottery ticket worth 500 ,000 euros.
[463] And that's $523 ,000 in U .S. money.
[464] But they vanished before cashing it in, and now they're among France's most famous fugitives.
[465] So the man who...
[466] card was stolen identified in police documents as jean david e is offering to split the cash with the lucky winners he wants his wallet back too the thieves meanwhile faced the risk of arrest no way uh they're not going to be arrested because i'm not filing charges so no one had submitted the ticket to cash out yet but it's you know it's a true story so earlier in the month this jean david e uh said, hey, my backpack is stolen from my car, including bank cards and other documents.
[467] And he asked the bank to block the card and learned that it had already been used in a local shop.
[468] At the shop, a vendor told him two apparently homeless men had used one of his cards to buy the winning scratch -off lottery ticket.
[469] They were so totally happy that they forgot their cigarettes and their belongings and walked out like crazy people.
[470] So now, Jean -David has filed a complete complaint about the theft, but he's going to withdraw it now because he wants the money.
[471] And he said, without them, no one would have won.
[472] So he put it out there, hey...
[473] How about you turn yourself in and there's nothing going to happen to you and we'll split the money and you can change your life and everything will be fine.
[474] Because there's only, you know, there's always so much time left on this lotto ticket, lottery ticket scratch off.
[475] So, and if they turn it in without first making a deal with Jean David, then now they're going to jail and the money probably gets confiscated, right?
[476] I mean, because I don't know, even if they...
[477] Even if they bring it back to Jean David, perhaps the police could say, no, the winnings come from illegally obtained gains.
[478] But they don't really.
[479] Because technically, if he doesn't press charges, then nothing was ever stolen.
[480] And since nothing was ever stolen, then the ticket was purchased with his card by someone else.
[481] And good for us.
[482] We won.
[483] And so I'm giving them some of my earnings, some of my winnings, and I'm keeping the rest.
[484] And we all walk away happy.
[485] Right?
[486] Am I right?
[487] You betcha I am.
[488] Then in Ireland, this is kind of a strange story, a bird flying over at elementary school.
[489] Now, the elementary school was closed, which is kind of disappointing.
[490] I'd like to see the reaction of the kids.
[491] The bird flying over at elementary school in Ireland dropped a severed hand from its beak.
[492] How many times have those damn birds flying around in parking lots and around your house and none of them dropping severed hams into your yard?
[493] Or hams or hands or whatever he dropped.
[494] So the authorities say the body part may belong to a local boy recently hurt in a gas can explosion.
[495] You think?
[496] So the report of the discovery of the partial human remains was made to Irish police and they went over to the school and they shut down everything and they locked down the neighborhood and they're investigating where this hand could have come from.
[497] The bird dropped it.
[498] Where did he get the severed hand?
[499] Well, you're already investigating a gas canister explosion the day before where a hand of a 12 -year -old boy was ripped off.
[500] I don't know.
[501] Could it be the same thing?
[502] Maybe.
[503] Yeah, it probably is.
[504] So video footage obtained from the CCTV security cameras by the outlet showed a bird last week dropping the hand from its beak on the ground at the school.
[505] why have I not seen that footage?
[506] Why?
[507] I ask.
[508] Why have I not seen that footage?
[509] I ask.
[510] So apparently the bird flying around and decided to pick up the severed hand and then said, nah.
[511] I'll just send it, give it back to the school.
[512] It's got to be one of those kids down there.
[513] And so hopefully it's a time to be able to, you know, be put back on the boy.
[514] That'd be kind of cool if they could do that.
[515] That'd be really cool.
[516] But until then, they're still trying to figure out, is it come from him or not?
[517] I don't know.
[518] What do you think?
[519] Duh.
[520] Come on.
[521] Ireland.
[522] Irish police.
[523] You got this, right?
[524] You got to figure it out, okay?
[525] The kid blew his hand off the day before.
[526] The bird dropped the handoff at the school the next day?
[527] Yeah, pretty much solves the whole thing, doesn't it?
[528] Yeah, it does.
[529] All right, let's get out of here.
[530] Let's give you with the joke of the day.
[531] Hey, we're talking about birds.
[532] So I might as well give you a joke of the day sent to me from Kim.
[533] She sent her joke to Chewing the Fat at TheBlaze .com.
[534] I'm pretty sure Kim did not write this.
[535] I feel like we've heard this joke many times over the numerous years of the past.
[536] But it does fit into our bird story, dropping off a severed hand in the schoolyard.
[537] If a bluebird...
[538] has blue babies, and a black bird has black babies, what bird has no babies?
[539] Swallow.
[540] See, because what would happen if you...
[541] No, you understand.
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