Month: July 2019

What Does The South Bend Police Department Think Of Mayor Pete Buttigieg?

Mayor and presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg has angered both the police in South Bend and the residents with his reaciton to a police involved shooting. In the Democratic debates, and on the campaign trail, Mayor Buttigieg has made comments angering police, intimating that they are racist and policing is based in systemic racism.

South Bend Fraternal Order of Police Preisdent Harvey Mills talked to Tony Katz about tensions in South Bend, how the police department has responded to Mayor Buttigieg’s statements (including when the Mayor sent the police department pizza) and how city residents are reacting.

The interviewed occured on July 23rd, and originally aired on Tony Katz Today.

(Screenshot from original article on WIBC.com)

Eat! Drink! Smoke! Podcast! It Was A Bad Week For Trump, But It Was Worse For Nancy Pelosi And The Squad

It may have been President Trump’s worst week as president. And it was worse for Speaker Pelosi. How did it all go down? Tony Katz has the entire back and forth between Trump, Pelosi, Rep. Ocasio-Cortez and “The Squad.” Who was told to go back home, who has a problem with America, who is defending bigots?

Maybe now you understand why we drink bourbon every week!

Eat! Drink! Smoke! is presented by Fanimation.com. The podcast is recorded live at Blend Bar Cigar in Indianapolis, IN. On this episode, Tony, Fingers Malloy and April D. Gregory review the High West American Prairie Bourbon and the Camacho Corojo “Distillery” edition cigar.

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Eat! Drink! Smoke! – The Democrats Fight Each Other For Power And Weird J Lo Lap Dances

Democrats are fighting among themselves, and all you need to do is sit back and watch the show.

Tony gives the background on the fight between Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, and how bad this can be for the party going into an election season.

The ice-cream licking copycats have now graduated to swigging Listerine, spitting it back into the bottle and putting it back on the shelf. Tony wants her to get all the jail time. Fingers wants to know if it was all an act to get clicks.

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Pelosi and Ocasio-Cortez Fight For The Car Keys


Originally posted on wibc.com

I made a mistake: Pelosi and Cortez are not battling for the soul of the Democratic party.

Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez are both Progressives; hard-edged and hard core. Their socialist dream is shared between themselves, as it is with millions of activists. 

More government. More control. More so-called equality. Less people being able to say out loud that the world envisioned by them is awful.

I realized my mistake when I said it on FOX News. In a conversation with Leland Vittert, referencing a column in the New York Times from Maureen Dowd, I said that Rep. Ocasio-Cortez and Speaker Pelosi were locked in a battle for the soul of the party. I should have said that it was a battle for control of the party.

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Tony Katz on FOX and Friends: Mayor Pete Buttigieg and the Pizza Peace Offering

Presidential candidate and Mayor Pete Buttigieg send pizza to police officers in his city of South Bend, IN. This was not well received by the police, which is extremely upset with Mayor Buttigieg for his constant claims that the police – and policing – are steeped in racism.

Tony Katz discussed the issue, and the emotional disconnect Buttigieg has from his constituents and voters, with Todd Piro on FOX and Friends .

Are These The 25 Best Beers In America?

USA Today made a list of what they say are the best beers in America. The problem with any list like this is that deciding the 25 best beers is way too pretentious. Just, as Tony Katz feels about it, not as pretentious as an IPA.


This is Eat! Drink! Smoke! Tony, along with Fingers Malloy, reviews Beer Barrel Bourbon from New Holland Spirits and the Arturo Fuente Double Chateau cigar. Eat! Drink! Smoke! is sponsored by Fanimation.com

Look, if you’re an IPA fan, there’s nothing wrong with that. Tony isn’t. Fingers isn’t. But that doesn’t take away from their huge popularity, and multiple appearances on the list.

And if you’re curious, Tony and Fingers prefer the stouts and the brown ales.

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Eat! Drink Smoke! – What Is White Twitter?

According to multiple sources, “white Twitter” is in uproar because a black woman has been cast as Ariel in the live-action version of “The Little Mermaid.” Unfortunately, the sources don’t have it right. But it shows exactly how media uses social media to move their narrative.


Ummm…what in the world is “white Twitter?”

Tony Katz hosts Eat! Drink! Smoke! sponsored by Fanimation.com. The podcast is recorded live at Blend Bar Cigar in Indianapolis, IN.

A woman licked a tub of BlueBell ice cream, then put it back on the shelf. Will the US Women’s soccer team go to the White House now that they’ve won the World Cup?

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Eat! Drink! Smoke! – Rapinoe V. Trump and Is Grilling A Man’s Job?

Who won and who lost the Democrat Debates, who looked the fool and how much did Sen. Kamala Harris save Mayor Pete Buttigieg while she went for the kill shot against former VP Joe Biden?

Tony Katz hosts Eat! Drink! Smoke! sponsored by Fanimation.com. The podcast is recorded live at Blend Bar Cigar in Indianapolis, IN.

They review the Arturo Fuente Don Carlos “The Man’s 80th,” which is made in honor of the 80th birthday of Carlos Fuente, Sr. The drink is the Journeyman Last Feather Rye, and the pre-mixed Journeyman Distillery’s Manhattan made with their Silver Cross whiskey.

Is grilling a man’s job? A Chick-Fil-A employee saved the life of a child in the drive-thru lane, thanks to a pocket knife. Also, America prefers cold pizza to, well, just about everything.

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