An Intense Story & Bizarre Ice Cream: A Journey Through Controversy and Quirkiness

Recovering from a head cold never felt so good! Join me on this rollercoaster of an episode where we confront some of today's most controversial topics and indulge in lighter, quirky musings. We kick things off with an intense dive into the ongoing debate about transgender issues, sparked by a provocative article from LifeSite News. Voices like Kelly J Keene, JK Rowling, and Riley Gaines ring loud as we navigate through the explicit content that challenges societal norms. Buckle up as we then address a heartbreaking story involving off-duty Atlanta police officer, Aubrey Horton, and the tragic circumstances surrounding his death. This chapter is not for the faint-hearted, as it explores the depths of mental health crises and the consequences they can bear.

Switching gears, prepare to be amused as we explore the curious world of avant-garde ice cream flavors. Salt & Straw takes center stage with their absolutely bonkers creations like the Fernet Branca ice cream sandwich and pastrami on rye butterscotch ice cream. With a skeptical eye, I poke fun at the audacity of these pricey culinary experiments and challenge you to dream up your own wacky concoctions. Between laughter and disbelief, we question the true allure behind these gourmet treats, wrapping up the episode with a light-hearted, playful spirit that leaves you pondering what bizarre flavor you might whip up next.

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Chapters

• 0:00 Strange Stories and Light Topics
• 12:01 Unusual Ice Cream Flavor Creations

Transcript

Speaker 1: 0:19

Hello, good morning, welcome. It's Tuesday. I'm feeling a little bit better, still have a little bit of a head cold that I think I picked up from little cam cam from Saturday, but it's okay, it's all worth it. We have a couple of easy light stories. I'll get to later, but first, in a weird story, we have a strange story coming up that I want to talk about. But first I want to talk about this headline from LifeSite News. They have an article out and it is titled let me go find it over here Transgender Fever Will Eventually Break, and here's why. Again, this is from the LifeSite News.

Speaker 1: 0:56

I'm going to play a video for you, but be warned if you have any children nearby, pause this, escort them out of the room. Or if you're driving, wait until you get somewhere. If the kids are in the car and you're listening, there is language and what it is is that this is a couple of older men who have ladies clothing on, but you, you, obviously they are men and they are talking about being in the women's bathrooms and locker rooms and whatnot. Here we go always, can always gonna be misgendered. But it sure does pay off when I'm in the women's locker room taking my shower and open up the shower door and it's just tits and ass just hanging around. Nothing on your time. Well, like I said, I'm not scared to go into the women's locker room. I've been in them twice now. I said I'm not scared to go into the women's locker room. I've been in them twice now. You can't be drooling and just staring. Nobody does any staring. It's like it's always been. Yeah, so there you go. There are your men who are pretending to be women in order to get access to women's spaces. There you have it. If you want to go read that full article, I put it on my X space. You can go find it over there.

Speaker 1: 2:31

I'm not so sure that this trans fever, this trans thing, is going to break. I think it's going to be here for a little while longer. I hope it goes away. Please let it go away. Thankfully, women like Kelly J Keene and JK Rowling keep speaking out, and Riley Gaines, of course, too. We just need more of it to. We just need more women to speak out against it.

Speaker 1: 2:55

Okay, next up is this strange, strange story. I think this guy must have been on shrooms. Y'all need to stay away from the shrooms. The drugs All right. This is from the New York Post.

Speaker 1: 3:08

Disturbing video shows off shows off-duty cop Aubrey Horton in a panic outside neighbor's home before he's fatally shot. Kill me is what this is. Shocking footage released Monday shows off-duty Atlanta, atlanta police officer Aubrey Horton. This is a man, aubrey. When I first saw Aubrey I thought it was a woman, but it's not. It's a man in sheer panic, possibly experiencing a mental health episode. I would say so moments before he was fatally shot, allegedly trying to break into a neighbor's home. And I don't think it was a mental health episode. I think it was drug induced. Come on, this is this. Has shrooms written all over it, especially from all these other stories I've read about. Remember the pilot? Remember the co-pilot or the pilot that tried to crash the airplane? He was on shrooms, all right.

Speaker 1: 4:05

Horton is seen running shirtless through a street in Winston, georgia, shouting at around 5.08 am on October 4th. Video released by the Douglasouglas county sheriff's office shows the 39 year old cop who lived in the area can be heard screaming jesus, save us and help me, before he reaches the neighbor's front door in saint andrews country club neighborhood. Now, if I'm at home and I see this happening, this person running up to me saying Jesus, save us, help me. I don't know what I would think. I would think oh dear, does he need help? The off-duty officer is then seen on ring doorbell footage running full speed up to his neighbor's front door, still shouting for help, and appears to try to open it by the handle, but is unable to get inside. Horton then slams into the door, shoulder first. Okay, now I'm starting to worry. The homeowner appears to shout something at Horton from inside the house, to which he shouts no, kill me. Before again throwing himself into the door. Appearing exhausted, he sits on the front porch steps, puts his hands over his face and breathes deeply. I'm on the phone with 911 right now. I don't know why this homeowner is not calling 911. Who are you? The neighbor can be heard shouting from inside the home before calling his wife. He called his wife In a brief moment of silence. Horton then randomly shouts I love you, before letting out a chilling scream and lying down on the porch. The home's front porch lights turns on and the owner can be heard screaming his wife's name again. Horton then jumps to his feet and approaches the door.

Speaker 1: 5:46

Before the video ends, douglas County Sheriff Tim Pounds said in a statement Monday that Horton then forcibly rushed into the home when the door was cracked open and knocked the homeowner to the ground. Why would you crack the door? Maybe he was trying to help him. Maybe he thought he needed help. He was in distress. Maybe he needed help. He probably didn't see a weapon on him because he was shirtless and whatever. So I guess the neighbor was just trying to be helpful. Fearing for his life and in defense of his home, the homeowner discharged a single round from his firearm, fatally wounding Horton inside his home.

Speaker 1: 6:24

Pounds said the homeowner was in bed when he woke to the screaming outside. His wife had left for work moments before Horton arrived at the residence. The homeowner cracked the door open while armed. After multiple attempts of trying to communicate with the off-duty officer and being concerned for his wife's safety. During the incident, the homeowner's wife received the multiple notifications from her ring doorbell camera and, after noticing what was going on, called 911. Thankfully, the sheriff's office said it released redacted footage, video footage. Okay, you don't need to read anymore. That's basically what happened. This guy though, uh, this guy. The sheriff's office is working with the douglas county district attorney's office to provide a full report of the incident. A toxicology report is pending but could take several months to complete. Why? Why does it take several months to complete this? A toxicology report? We, we maybe mr shawns can tell me we believe horton may have been experiencing a mental health episode, or under the influence of narcotics, you think. Think at the time of the incident, pounds added.

Speaker 1: 7:36

Horton joined the Atlanta police in November of 2015 and was most recently assigned to the APD's fugitive unit. The department announced on Facebook that he was named Investigator of the Year at the APD Crime Toast Awards Breakfast on September 24th. He was just awarded something. What was he doing? What was he doing? Oh my gosh, it's crazy, I don't know. We need we need a follow-up to that story. I hope there will be a follow-up.

Speaker 1: 8:08

All right, we are going to move on to some lighter topics here. Let's see which one do I want to do first. Let's do the vanna white and wheel of fortune thing first. Apparently, ryan seacrest has his very first flub on wheel of fortune and it needed to be bailed out by vanna white. Ryan seacrest survived his first fumble as host of wheel of fortune with a little help from co-host Vanna White, and eagle-eyed fans took notice. The multi-hyphenate host of the long-running show kept a contestant in suspense by pausing too long after they solved a puzzle correctly.

Speaker 1: 8:50

Contestant Cody Hunger was playing a bonus round on October 4th episode of Wheel of Fortune. Having just won the week-long BetMGM Big Winners Tournament, he opted for a puzzle from the phrase category for his final challenge. After spinning the wheel, hunter picked four additional letters to help him solve the puzzle C, d, y and O, letters that also happened to spell his name when reordered. Aha, all right. So this guy and the. The puzzle was out of the way. Apparently he solved it, but then ryan seacrest just stood there frozen before he announced that he won what the hell? And then vanna had to step in and kind of start clapping to let us to say hey, you might want to let the contestant know he won. All right, so we're moving on. That was whatever. I'm trying to keep it light. I need to keep it light. We have too much darkness in the world. All right, the next article. This is going to lead to the question of the day. So this is from the New York Post. The day. So this is from the New York Post.

Speaker 1: 10:00

Super popular Salt and Straw has finally opened in New York City, but no one needed pastrami on rye ice cream. Okay, what is with these cutesy little stupid names? Salt and Straw? Give me a break. That tells me nothing of what this store is. Quit trying to be cutesy and hipstery with these stupid names like that salt and straw. What is it what? That tells me? You sell salt and straw. That's what it tells me. It has nothing to do with ice cream. And who is Danny Mayer? Who is that? Apparently, I don't know. Is he some kind of investor?

Speaker 1: 10:34

A Danny Meyer-backed Portland, oregon-based national chain of quirky ice cream shops launched its first Big Apple spot at 360 Amsterdam Avenue last month to breathless media excitement. But the outfit's weirder confections should have stayed in portland, a city with possibly the nation's most self-important culinary scene. Yeah, excuse me, some salt and straw classics such as double fold vanilla are fine even at 21 and 20 cents for two double scooped waffle. No, sir, you can keep your ice cream for $21 for a double scoop. No, sir, I will go to Publix and buy me some generic Publix ice cream and go home and get my own double scoops. No, thank you.

Speaker 1: 11:26

The vanilla is I can't even pronounce that word, I don't know. It's creamy, but the flavor is one-dimensional compared to the error area. Rum and nutmeg tint. Madagascar vanilla at gelato factory, a block away from broadway. Salt and straw is a long, airy upper west side storefront as icy as frozen food aisle decorated with a mural of this is too wordy, let me get, come on. So let me get to the flavor.

Speaker 1: 12:01

Salt and straw specializes in the ice cream world's obscure repertory. A pretentious style yes, I would say so. Pretentious is a good word here is used correctly. A pretentious style typified by the notorious Fernet Branca ice cream sandwich at the Old Pearl and Ash. There's another one, pearl and Ash. What the hell is that? It tasted worse than the actual Italian.

Speaker 1: 12:28

Okay, but there was no joy in pastrami on rye, where butterscotch ice cream is packed with pastrami sourced from the carnegie deli. Why would you ruin a good butterscotch ice cream with pastrami? Now, look, I love me some pastrami and I love me some butterscotch, but I don't think together in an ice cream cone would is a good idea. No, which leads me to the question of the day. I'm not going to read this any further. Apparently, this ice cream shop was not a big hit, and I would say so. I would guess not.

Speaker 1: 13:02

$22 for a pastrami and butterscotch ice cream? No, what? So I want to ask you this I guess a two part question what is your? I may have already asked you this already what is your favorite flavor of ice cream? However, let's do a little twist on it what kind of flavor of ice cream would you create that's kind of off the wall? Would you create an ice cream flavor that's off the wall? What would it be? That's your question of the day. All right, I have to go. My name is Carol and these are my remarks on Glamour, pop Culture and Front Page News. Thank you so much for