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A highlight from Growing Unease: Current Administrations Approach to Security and Travel with David Bellavia
"What do you think they're doing with cash, right? What deal do you make where someone says, I'll bring a box of money to you? Yeah. What do you, it's, this is a state sponsor of terrorism. Ladies and gentlemen, distinguished guests and my fellow citizens. America's comeback now. starts right Welcome back Financial Guys podcast. Mike Speraza in studio live today with a guest in the studio. I haven't had this in a long time. Staff Sergeant medal of honor recipient David Bellavia joining me for about a half hour today. David, thank you for joining us. Thank you for having me. I appreciate it. Absolutely. So I'm going to stick based on your background. I'm going to stick with a lot of military stuff today and I want to start, we'll go all the way back to the beginning of the Joe Biden presidency. The Afghanistan withdrawal, in my opinion, did not go very smoothly. I'm sure many people listening agree. What were your overall thoughts of that withdrawal and how it actually ended up happening? I know we lost, you know, sadly lost 13 soldiers in that, in that withdrawal. People say we went off the wrong air base. People say that we shouldn't have gone out in the middle of the summer. There was a lot of different things there. What were your overall thoughts on that? I think it's like the worst day in American history since Market Garden. Just absolutely. And the reason why it was so difficult was it was totally unnecessary. So let's rewind to the Obama trade, Bull Bergdahl and the three first round draft picks. They get Marshall, they get MacArthur and they get Patton that end up the resurgence of the Taliban. These men not just go back to the enemy, they go back to the battlefield. They're in power when the government falls. You have misinformation coming from the White House that the president of Afghanistan is leaving with billions of dollars on his plane, which wasn't true. And then you leave the equipment, the cash. There's no recovery. We're getting reports of sales of American equipment left in Afghanistan in Southeast Asia. We're moving material across the globe. Our children will fight and pay and have to atone for these miscalculations. Let's talk about that. You being in the military and you knowing that area too, why did they just find it the easiest way out to just say, you know, just leave that billion dollar billions of dollars of equipment there and not think, again, if it was me and I'm speaking that someone that's never been in the military, but if it's me and I'm the president, I'm thinking, OK, I don't want to leave all our weaponry there. I don't want to lose any of my men. Number two. And number three, I want to make sure that everybody knows when and how we're getting out of there. And it just felt like poof. One day they said we're getting out of here. Well, it's because the military didn't make any of those decisions. I mean, look, Millie, it can criticize him. You can criticize Secretary of Defense worthy of criticism. However, none of these individuals are making decisions. This is about NGOs on the ground. This is about the State Department. So you've got Bagram Air Base, the equivalent of JFK. You've got Karzai International Airport, the equivalent of Teterboro. Right. Why would you ever do an exfil out of Karzai International Airport? It makes absolutely no sense. It's tactically unsound. But and then you've got all the ISIS -K. We retaliate from the murder of 13 of our bravest and we drop a bomb on a guy delivering water. He's on our payroll and we kill children on that. Then we take out Borat on a tuk tuk driving around like that wasn't even really what was happening. It's just a den of lies. And Tony Blinken and Jake Sullivan, all the heroes that brought us, you know, the Bergdahl deal, the Iran nuke deal. This is these. They the State Department is running all foreign policy, including what the DOD used to run. Well, that's I was going to say. I mean, I know Biden's the president, but do you blame him at all or is it everybody underneath him that, you know, maybe was giving him bad information? And again, some of these decisions, David, is Biden even involved in some of these decisions? Like, I don't even know anymore. Is he around? Is he paying attention to anything going on? Well, I mean, just from the press conferences, it was apparent he didn't know what was going on. And the great irony is that they actually were predicting that Ukraine was going to be invaded and, you know, no one believed them. So it's like you can't influence your friends. The allies don't trust you. The enemy doesn't respect you. You know, I mean, you've got Ben Rhodes is really proud of this State Department. Susan Rice loves what they're doing. But, you know, again, Americans died. And, you know, and what is the perfect culmination of the adventure in Afghanistan? Looking at your watch at Dover Air Base when bodies are coming home. I mean, nothing could you couldn't ask for a just it's it's a debacle. Yeah. And it's sad that that's that's the leader of our country there. Let's move in. You brought up the Ukraine there. So the Russia Ukraine conflict will get to Zelensky in a minute. He is as we speak in New York City right now. But so Trump's in office. We don't see many of these conflicts or any conflicts actually started under his watch. And then we have the Biden administration come in. And a year later, we have Russia invading Ukraine. Why did this happen and why? Why the timing of February of 2022? So let's go back to when we were fighting ISIS. Trump engaged and destroyed estimated some say 300 members of Wagner forces. But those were Russian nationals. We engaged. We destroyed them. What was the response from Putin? Nothing at all. So what do people in that section of the world, Eastern Europe, the Middle East, what do they respect? They respect power. They respect authority. You're not going to get any respect if you don't engage the enemy when they present themselves. I don't understand the calculus of again, I'm trying hard to figure it out. I don't get it. I don't. You know, Romania and Hungary and Poland, you're letting them unilaterally decide whether or not they want to send reinforcements into Ukraine. That's an act of war. If NATO members engage the enemy, all of NATO is engaged against the enemy. Poland doesn't unilaterally make that decision. Hungary and Romania don't unilaterally make that decision. We can't even articulate what the mission is. And if you look, go to the Institute for the Study of War, there's a plug for them. Check out their overlay from when the battle started, when the war started with Russia. And tell me what success this offensive in Ukraine has produced. I mean, let me ask this question, because I get confused. The answer is nothing. I asked this on Twitter, X, whatever it's called, all the time. What is the end game and how do we get there? Because all I see the answer is, hey, just blank checks. Hey, just write a check. Hey, here's a billion. Hey, here's 20 billion. Hey, here's another 10 billion. I don't actually see a look. I mean, like anything, right? If I write a business plan of what I want to do in 2024, my goal is X. I write down my steps to get X. I don't just write down X and say it's going to happen. I don't really know. And then the answer always is, well, we have to fight. We have to back Ukraine. Okay. But when does that end? Because the Afghanistan war and the war in Iraq lasted 20 years plus, right? And was there a real end to it? I don't know. That's where it gets frustrating for me, Dave, where I'm like, how do we know what the end game is? Do you win or lose? When does that happen? I don't know. I don't know. At least you're thinking about it. And I have fear that our leaders aren't, and that's the problem. So here's what this comes out. You're going to get a negotiated settlement out of Ukraine, right? But you talked about the billions of dollars that we're spending and giving to Ukraine as a blank check. First of all, Zelensky visited Ukrainian soldiers in the United States. Did you know that there were wounded Ukrainian soldiers in the United States? I did not know that. Well, today he visited them. So what's happening there? So that's a cost that no one is putting on the ledger. So now let's look at the blank check that Ukraine is getting. And by the way, I'm pro Ukraine. I want to fight communists all day and night. So let's punch Putin hard in the face. However, you're giving them a blank check and you're giving them munitions. Now here's the problem. We have to replace those munitions. Those munitions were purchased for 20 year global war and terror. And let's be honest, inflation is involved. So what you purchased for $10 is now $17. So you're not just giving them the money. You're giving them the equipment and the munitions that you have to replace yourself at the value of what is valued today. We haven't scratched the surface for the amount of money. CBO absent at the wheel. No one is tracking this. 2024 can't get here fast enough. How does this work, though, when you talk about some of these NATO nations coming together and making decisions, but us not just giving weaponry, giving everything money, whatever we're giving there? Is that not an act of war, too, though, David, at some point? We're continuing to fund Ukraine continuing the war in Ukraine. I mean, that to me seems like we're backing a war. Well, I mean, by the letter of the law and NATO charter, it's not. But here's the problem. It's schizophrenic because we were told that what was an offensive weapon was going to mitigate, you know, that wasn't going to help peace at all. So we went from, I don't know if they should get tracked vehicles to I'm not sure an artillery piece is what they need to high Mars rockets being launched. And let's be honest. I mean, the Ukrainians are I mean, the payload that they're going through, what you would have to have cataclysmic casualty numbers to be able to to the spandex that they're doing on the ground that they need to replace Patriot. If you're going through thirty five Patriot to, you know, missiles, I would expect to at least the C 20 makes that are shot down. They're using them for air artillery. They're using there for indirect fire. I don't know what they're doing, but this is going to end with Don Boss going to Russia. This is going to end with that land chain that Putin wanted through Crimea. And again, our friends in NATO, what are they even doing for Ukraine? What? Look, if you they said that Trump wanted to kill NATO, Biden did it. Right. Biden did it. And now Germany. And so Putin was selling oil at thirty dollars a barrel. What's it at ninety six? Yeah. He's making more money than he did before. And he's financing a war and killing innocent people. You mentioned before, too, and I think this is a good point. Everybody on the left and I'll say the media, the establishment, whoever you want to say, says that if you don't agree with the war in Ukraine, you're like pro Putin. Right. And that's just the most outrageous thing in the world, because I agree with you. I feel for the people of Ukraine. I don't want this for them. I don't want this for innocent people. However, at some point, the world's every every one of the world's problems can't be America's problem when we have a border crisis. And then I think they said yesterday ten thousand people came across. They got, I think, eight thousand of the ten thousand. But you see the numbers day over day. It's a problem. We have crime that's rampant. We have overdoses that are at record numbers. We have we have suicides at record numbers. At some point, we have to maybe just think about ourselves and not everybody else, because if we fall, sadly, I think the world falls at that point. Amen. The thing that I would add is I love the way the Ukraine refugee has been crowbarred into the migrant crisis in the United States. New York leaders from the city to all over Kathy Hochul, the governor of the state of New York, mentioning that, you know, like the Ukrainians in Poland, the the Polish have no intention to keep Ukrainians forever. That's a temporary you know, they're leaving a conflict to return to their country after the conflict is over. Again, this is just we're we're putting a round peg into a square hole and just hammering it away. But but there's no the media. There's you're our destroying military. I go to parents all the time around this country and ask them to give us their sons and daughters to join the military. And the one thing they bring up is Afghanistan. It's not about anything. It's Afghanistan. How are you going to assure us that you're going to maintain your commitment to our son and daughter when you betrayed us in Afghanistan that has lasting effects? And there's not a I'm trying to find a segment of our of our of our nation that's functioning. I don't know what it is. I saw in Chicago, they're going to have municipally owned grocery stores. Maybe that will figure it out there. Yeah, yeah, it's good. Real quick, do you think and we'll finish up on this topic, but do you think that they will we will ever have boots in the ground on Ukraine? I mean, I hope not, because I just don't know what the I mean, look at I'm I'm we're getting ready for China. We're trying to revolutionize everything. I don't know what the what the plan is. I mean, again, if you want to put a base in Ukraine, and you want to make that a sustainment operation going forward, that I here's the point. I don't understand what the inactive ready reserve call up was for. Why are you bringing those troops in the non combat support? Why are they going to Ukraine? What are you building infrastructure there? Here's what I do know. We're talking a minimum of $11 trillion to build Ukraine back. That is cataclysmic amounts of money. There isn't water, electricity, internet, you know, you want to help Ukraine. You're going to Russia is not paying for that if you negotiate a settlement. So I don't know what the plan is. But I hope we never see boots on the ground. I could guess what the plan is. I won't I won't say for sure. But I could guess that we'll be paying a chunk of that. And I do have one last one. So I did interview Colonel Douglas McGregor a few months back. And he talked about he's a real optimist. But he is really very, very bullish on Ukraine. Yes, very, very optimistic. I'm dropping some all over the place. But he brought up some staggering numbers, though. And even if they're half true, it's a problem. The amount of casualties and wounded soldiers on the Ukrainian side that we're not hearing about the media. I don't know if you agree with some of those numbers or not. But he's saying, I mean, it's people are acting as if this is an even war right now. And it's not even close. First of all, McGregor's a stud. I mean, he's an absolute, you know, that we're glad he's on our side. He's a military mind. I don't know if those numbers are accurate. I could tell you they're juxtaposed to almost everything we're hearing from every institution that we have, including a lot of our intel from Germany and England. But again, I don't know what to believe. So when you don't have when you don't have transparency, when you're not holding regular press conferences, when your Pentagon spokesman is now working in the White House and now you're getting a triple spin. I mean, the U .S. Open double backspin. You've gotten so many spins on the narrative. I don't know what to believe. But if he is even close to what is a segment of truth, you know, then look, Ukraine needs an investigation. There's a lot of investigations. We've got to start on Afghanistan. We were promised that by Speaker McCarthy. We need a hot wash on Afghanistan. And then we need to go to what who is oversighting the money that's going to Ukraine. And what have we got for our return on investment? Yeah, I'm not asking for much. Really, all I'm asking for in this conflict is can we just talk about what the end game is? And to your point, can we get an accounting of where the money's going and what's being spent in a real accounting of it? The Iran deal that just happened last week. First off, the fact that that was negotiated and completed on 11th September to me is just the ultimate slap in the face. But you again, you know more about this than I do. We do a five for five trade. OK, I'm going to use sports analogies. We trade five for five. And then we also approved of six billion dollars that apparently wasn't ours, but it was in a fund that now they can release to Iran. How are we winning on that one? Well, first of all, I was hoping that at least it was a digital transfer. The fact that it went as euros in cash through Qatar. And OK, so what happens the 24 hours after that deal is made? We're now getting issues in the West Bank. We're now hearing about issues in Yemen. We've now got Hezbollah that's reinforced. I mean, look, what do you think they're doing with cash? Right. What deal do you make where someone says, I'll bring a box of money to you? What do you it's this is a state sponsor of terrorism. They haven't changed. By the way, their president is now in New York City addressing the United Nations. This guy's killed 6500 of his own people. He admits to it. He killed the students that revolted and wanted democracy when we did nothing. He killed 5000 of his citizens in 1988. He's killed over 300 Americans. There's no accountability whatsoever. I don't understand what it is about Jake Sullivan and Tony Blinken that believe that Iran is a partner. All you've done 10 years ago, they were refining 10 percent of their oil. And now they're a force. Now they're working with Maduro in Venezuela, and they're a huge part of their members of of the international community. They're in good standing there. I don't get it. Does anyone believe that the Iran nuke deal? Look, we got hit with cruise missiles under Trump in Iraq. How did they have those cruise missiles? Those cruise missiles were illegal under the Obama nuke deal. So how are you refurbishing missiles in two years? Do we believe that their centrifuges have stopped? That they won't have a program if they don't have one already? No, I mean, I guess my question, David, is how I mean, I know that you pay a lot of attention to this stuff, but how do people like in the media not ask these questions? Right. I mean, these are legitimate. I mean, we just traded to I put this on my notes here. This is on the heels of trading a WNBA basketball player for the Merchant of Death like six months ago. Right. I mean, and again, I'm glad Americans are coming back to America. I don't want to sound pessimistic on that. That's great news. But we also I mean, this this stuff just seems like I don't care what side of the aisle you're on. It warrants questions, but nobody seems to care. I'm in the world that if you take hostages, we take hostages. You want to exchange people? We'll exchange people. You know, we definitely have the partners in the area to do that. For whatever reason, this administration, they're they're they're contrarians. They're contrarians to you know, they claim Bush and Cheney are their best friends, yet they just go 180 degrees from that doctrine. I don't know what the Biden doctrine is. I don't know what Bidenonomics is either, but I could tell you that they believe that Iran is a partner. Now, here's another thing. Our envoy to Iran not only is no longer the envoy, he doesn't have a security clearance. Does anyone curious at The New York Times as to what happened to the lead negotiator in Iran that is escorted off a bus, taken into American custody, given a job at Yale or Princeton or wherever he's working now? I've never heard of a person going from top secret classified negotiations to no clearance whatsoever and in the custody of American intelligence community. No one cares. No one cares at all. It's fascinating. And again, for me, I mean, these are big decisions that we're making. And correct me if I'm wrong, but it used to be, you know, maybe we did a two for five deal and then we made the six billion. Now we're like, we're giving stuff away and we're on the losing end. Correct me if I'm wrong, but America was never, you know, America losing. It was always America winning, right? America getting the best of deals. At least McDonald's has a five for five. We didn't even get that. You know what this does though? Honest to God, if you're thinking about traveling overseas, things go sideways, cartel, South America, Mexico, wherever you're going, you have a price in your head now. No one in their right mind is going to bring you back whether it's Haiti or wherever you are, you're worth $1 .25 billion. And thugs and scumbags are going to take advantage of that. I mean, that's a great point too. Do you think about leaving the country? I don't know anymore. That's a little bit concerning. I don't care where you're going, right? That's concerning. This one I just had to bring up because it happened two days ago or yesterday. How do we lose a plane? And I heard that's like a third one in the last six weeks that something like this has happened. How are we losing $80 million planes? Well, they're not $80 million anymore because they've got a new engine and all this other stuff. Look, the F -35 program is a complete disaster. You want to talk about why our allies think we're crazy. We sold them a plane. This program has been around since the early 90s and we've got nothing on return for it. So basically two planes are flying in a buddy team. They're doing training and a guy punches out. We don't even know why he punched out, but that plane could have easily hit a building. It didn't, thank God. But the wingman didn't follow where his buddy went. So what is he doing? He just kind of went on and did his own thing. And now the Marine Corps put a Facebook post like a dog is missing. We're expecting the Ukrainian farmers to carry the F -35 out with their tractors. I don't know what the point of it's wild. Look, stop embarrassing us. Just stop humiliating us. That's all I'm asking. Just be the army and the Marine Corps that we know our men and women are capable of being. Get out of their way. This gender garbage, this social experiment nonsense, stop humiliating our military. That's all I ask. Why can we not get the... I mean, I know why we can't get the answer, but I'm asking this to you. But why can't we, at a press conference at the White House, why can't we say, I want to talk to the guy that was in the other plane, or you can tell us the transcript of what happened when that happened. Talk to the guy who jumped out of the plane. Why did you do that? And again, I'm not trying to put our military on the spot, but these are kind of big questions to ask, right? I mean, if I do something in my business, I have to go face the music on that. Why doesn't everybody have to face music for their decisions or why things are happening? I think it's kind of important. Well, you don't want to talk to generals because they're going to tell you the truth and they won't be generals anymore. True. And you don't want to talk to enlisted people. Because look, I mean, let's be honest. How many people are... Is this a merit -based military anymore? Do we have a meritocracy? Are we promoting people based on pronouns? Go figure. When we're putting politics above military strength, accidents happen. We don't know the facts, but the fact that nobody cares about getting to the bottom of it, the day of the Pentagon paper reporters are gone. Yep. Yep. Let's just talk about the 2024 race quick, and then we will wrap up for today. So your thoughts on the Republican primary so far, I'll stay away from the Democratic side till the very end, but your thoughts on, you know, there's obviously Trump who is now in a, has a huge lead. Ron DeSantis seems to be crumbling underneath himself. Vivek Ramaswamy has jumped up in the polls. Nikki Haley's there. Tim Scott's there. A few others that probably aren't going to get a lot of votes. Chris Christie's the anti -Trump candidate. Mike Pence is, I don't know what Mike Pence is. I'm not really sure. Your thoughts about the whole field so far? I mean, look, it's impressive. They've got a deep bench. There's a lot of diversity. I, you know, none of it matters. Trump is the guy. The more you indict him, the more you empower him. You know, I'd like him to work on his communications a little bit better. You know, but if Trump is Trump, Trump is a Frankenstein monster of Barack Obama. As long as you have that faction, you're going to get, you know, Trump is going to be empowered. I just don't want to see Governor Noem anywhere near the White House. And I, if he's going to pick a running mate, you know, it's hard to find an ally here, you know. But it would be nice to find a governor. I don't want to take anyone from the Senate. I don't want to take anyone from the House with the margins that tight. But I mean, the idea that Governor Noem is being floated right now. I mean, I'd rather take North Dakota. Yeah. A little sled there. You know, it's funny you mentioned that because I saw a lot of that this weekend. I mean, can we just, for lack of a better term, keep it in our pants for about a year and then do what you got to do? It really is. I mean, every time you turn, somebody's doing something idiotic, whether it's Boebert. And again, I say this, David, a lot of people know who you are. A lot more know who you are than they'll ever know who I am. But when you go out in public into a movie theater like that, and I'm going to Boebert, not Noem for a second, you're, you're extremely well known. I don't care if it's dark or if it's as light as it is in the studio right now. What are you thinking? I, you know, she's, she's, she's an embarrassment. She is. She's bad, too. Who would have thought that Marjorie Taylor Greene would have been the, the oasis of the Maryland? I mean, seriously, I, again, you're, you're in Congress every day. You're out in public, you're on the job. You know, at least she wasn't wearing a hoodie, you know, that's all in shorts. She was at least dressed for the occasion, but I, it was, it's wildly embarrassing. Vaping, singing, whatever you're doing. Getting groped. Yes. Who is your VP candidate then? Because I think, you know, you have names thrown around. There's, there's, the vague has been thrown around in there. You know, Byron Donald's has been thrown around in there. Carrie Lake has. I don't know. I love Carrie Lake. I just don't know that Trump needs to go with somebody so divisive there. I think he's got to go with somebody that's, that's firm in their beliefs, but also not maybe going to turn off half the country. Well, you know, it's, it's impossible. One of the, one of the problems with making Trump, you know, the, the enemy of the state that the left has done is that you've really made it difficult for him to even put a cabinet together. You know, I mean, what are you going to do with it? You've got a lot of loyalists out there. You know, the vague is, is I think maybe the most intelligent dynamic candidate we've ever seen run for president, but experience does matter. But you know, I love the way he thinks. I love the movement. I don't know if he would even take the job to be honest with it. I don't think he needs it. But you look at a Tim Scott, I think Tim Scott is, you know, there's a whole lot to his message and I think he's, he's got the experience in the Senate, but honestly, you could literally take the Clint Eastwood chair and, and throw it in there as vice president. I'm going with that because this, this from top to bottom, we have to have seismic change in 24. Do you think he would ever choose Kristi Noem at this point with all that now? Yeah, no one knew Mike Pence was a, was a 24 hour story and then he was the vice president candidate. So who knows? I mean, a lot can happen between now and then, but I just, I don't need, you know, let's just pick people on their merit. Let's pick people that are ready to be the president. Imagine this, imagine picking a vice president that can lead the country. If something happens to a 75 year old president, you know, like Kamala Harris. Yeah. Someone like that.
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"Management solutions combined with the personalized service you deserve. Your wealth, your mission, your investments. Let's talk. Visit Glenmede .com to learn more. All right so the rollout of the latest COVID vaccines they are underway beginning I believe last Friday you got Pfizer recommended for those six months and older so we wanted to really kind of get I know people who are going out and getting them but we wanted to get some clarification for everybody about the latest strain and the vaccines and kind of what be we should doing Tim. Very pleased to have with us Dr. William Moss professor of epidemiology at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health that is supported by Michael R Bloomberg founder of Bloomberg LP and Bloomberg Philanthropy. He's also executive director of International the Vaccine Access Center. Dr. Moss joins us on zoom from Baltimore. Good to have you with us. I was surprised last week to see the news from the vaccine makers saying that they expect 24 uptake for this vaccine, the COVID one at least, which is actually higher than it was in previous boosters. What do you make of that number? Yes, thanks Tim for having me. I mean it's disappointing but probably realistic. We know that of individuals us. When you received the primary series, only 17 % overall high valent booster, that proportion was much higher in the highest risk group, which is a good thing in those older than 65 years of age, but was still only about 43%. So I unfortunately I think people have gotten tired. There's a lot of misinformation about the COVID -19 vaccines and so I think that probably is expectation. a realistic I hope we do better than that. Do people who are not in high -risk groups actually need to get vaccinated against COVID -19? Yes, it's an important question to ask and I think there are three reasons why people would want to get these these updated COVID -19 vaccines. The first is to prevent illness in themselves and we know that within the months after vaccination when antibody levels are highest. People are really protected against getting infection or if they do get infected, they get a very mild disease. We know that that protection against severe disease particularly hospitalization and death lasts much longer months, even perhaps a year or longer. So the first reason is to get protected against disease. And even in individuals who are younger and healthy, it can be very disrupting to have an illness that puts you in bed for several days. You miss you work, miss school. The second reason is that there's increasing evidence that the vaccines can prevent long COVID. And so even individuals who have mild infection can go on to get long COVID, which is a complex disease with multiple different signs and symptoms. The third reason is to protect those around you from getting infection or getting severe disease, particularly those who are most vulnerable and also infants younger than six months of age who aren't eligible for vaccination. Dr. So Moss, is it a yes, yes, and yes, go get it, essentially? I think so. I can understand and that there is some controversy about this, you know, particularly, you know, let's say children six years to 17 years of age, healthy, and particularly if they've had the primary vaccine vaccination series or if they've had COVID before, they're to going have immunity. They're a very low risk of severe disease. But I think, you know, what this updated COVID vaccine does is that it targets the Omicron variants that have been circulating recently. We know there's cross -reactivity and cross -protection from laboratory work against the current circulating strains. So I would say it is a yes, yes, and yes, but I can understand why people are asking questions, particularly young people who are healthy. All right. Is there a certain group that you say, absolutely yes, you shouldn't even hesitate? Yes, for sure. You know, older adults, where you draw that line is somewhat arbitrary, but, you know, are people going with 65 years and older, they're going to be at highest risk of severe disease, hospitalization, and death. Even if they've had a prior vaccination, they're at higher risk, particularly those older than 75 years of age, and obviously those with underlying medical conditions that place them at high risk, particularly those who are immunosuppressed for various reasons. What about kids? Should kids get the vaccine? I mean, I got to tell you before the vaccine was available, my son was three, so he wasn't able to get it. He ended up getting it last September, the vaccine, but before he got the vaccine, he got COVID. When my whole family got COVID, he basically had a fever for a half hour, and then was totally fine after that. Yes, I mean, so obviously the CDC recommended these updated COVID vaccines for children six months of age and older, and it will provide additional protection. Again, as we were saying, they're young children who are otherwise healthy, who've received the primary series before. They're definitely at lower risk, so we want to prioritize those who are at higher risk, but I think everyone can potentially benefit. We have seen children hospitalized, I've seen children hospitalized, otherwise well. It's rarer, the risk, you know, the probability of that is much smaller, there's no doubt about that, but there is a risk nevertheless, and these updated COVID vaccines can provide protection. What's more important if could you only get one of these vaccines for a kid, the flu vaccine or the COVID vaccine? Yeah, that's an interesting question, and you know, it's hard to predict a little bit what the epidemiology is going to be in this coming season. You know, the risk of long COVID I think is an important one. Also, children have had before with COVID -19, a multi -inflammatory syndrome that can also be quite debilitating. So, in my mind, you know, some of the adverse events or at impact of the disease may be worse with COVID, but that's a hard trade -off. Well, having said that, so then what about flu, COVID, RSV vaccine for kids? What do you choose? Yeah, so the RSV vaccines that were just recently authorized and recommended are really for adults older than 60 years of age. So, they're the ones who are going to be eligible for the two new RSV vaccines. That decision, the way it's kind of written by the CDC is that it should be done in consultation with the physician where there's a discussion about the benefits and or pros and cons of that. So, children, for it will be a decision of COVID and an influenza vaccine. And I think it's quite easy when a person goes to get one vaccine to get both. All experts recommend that they could be given simultaneously the COVID and the influenza vaccines. So, I would recommend that everyone get both. I think my husband might have done the sticker. Can you do it and is it okay to do it all in one shot? No pun intended. Yeah. I think there's not a lot There's a lot of evidence of administering the new RSV vaccines with other vaccines and particularly influenza. I don't see any theoretical reason why you couldn't do it, but I know some experts are saying to space them out. And one way to kind of think about it is, you know, what are the infections that we're seeing now? What are the infections that are likely to come sooner? We are seeing RSV cases now, not as much influenza, so maybe get the RSV earlier. But we want people to get the COVID vaccine and the influenza vaccines probably by mid -October at latest. All right. Are you Marker McCallum? emailed I the doctor yesterday to ask about the kids. You know, it's like, when do we go in to get the flu vaccine? Is it too early to do that? And he wrote back, no, it's not too early. Anytime before October, especially with our youngest, who's just over six months, she's now eligible for flu, but she has to get a flu vaccine booster after four weeks. So you have to spread it apart by four weeks. Well, Dr. Moss, you really gave us some things to think about and some clarification, excuse me. So we so appreciate it. Dr. Bill Moss, he's professor of epidemiology at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, of course, supported by Michael R. Bloomberg, founder Bloomberg LP and Bloomberg Philanthropies. He's also, Dr. Moss that is, executive director of the International Vaccine Access Center. So man, he's like the guru. You know, what's good is when you take your kids to the pediatrician, sometimes you can get a flu shot there too. They'll give you the kids. Kids, they have them. I do it. Yeah, it's fine. It's like however you have to get it done. Exactly. You know who's also getting it done? Nancy Lyons. She's in our Bloomberg 991 newsroom in Washington D .C. with a check on World of National News. Hey, Nance. Thanks, Tim.
Crypto Cafe With Randi Zuckerberg
A highlight from What You Need to Know This Week (September 7th)
"Hello and welcome to Crypto Cafe with Randi Zuckerberg, yours truly, where we embrace newcomers and experts alike to all things at the intersection of art, innovation, technology disruption, all those fun, sexy topics. And our new recurring theme of this weekly podcast is what you need to know this week to be informed and up to date in the world of creative innovation. I am joined each week by two of my amazing teammates from HUG, and we break it all down for you and we do it in 10 minutes. At HUG, our mission is to democratize access to art through technology and education. Definitely encourage you to check out thehug .xyz for tons of free resources, inspiration, networking with other artists. So much going on there. All right. We are ready to provide you with what you need to know this week in AI, blockchain, everything changing the landscape. This week, I'm joined in the Crypto Cafe by two HUG contributors, Tina Lindell, marketing manager at HUG, and Michael Liddig, director of creator programming at HUG. First of all, hi, Tina. Welcome to your first time on the show. It's such an honor. I've listened to so many episodes. It feels strange to be on the other side of things. Thank you for having me. Well, I'm delighted. I know you have some great topics to bring to the table this week, so I can't wait to get to them in a sec. And Michael, always such a pleasure to have you back at the table. Thanks, Ozzy. I'm in the background going, Tina, Tina, Tina, Tina, me too. I'm so, so pumped to have you here, Tina. All right. So we got 10 minutes on the clock. So speaking of Tina, let's start with you. I know you brought a topic to the table around Adidas and how big brands are elevating emerging artists. So what intrigued you about that? So big, big news, Adidas has announced their very first digital artist and residency program, aptly named Residency. Stacey King, the Adidas Global Head of Communications and Activations for Adidas, assured that Residency will be explaining how, quote, co -creation and collaboration between artists and brand will work and how those two things will come together. The first two artists and residents they'll be working with are Monkey Moto and Abercundeel, also known as Dear Nostalgia. And this is so exciting to me for the uninitiated. It's worth noting that Adidas as a brand is no stranger to Web3. They've not just been active in blockchain and NFTs, but they have been thriving. Stacey King has established Adidas as a leading ambassador for how brands can expand their offering and potential through new technology. Since launching their three stripe studio for Web3 back in 2022, they've collaborated with Yuga Labs, who's also known as Bored Ape Yacht Club and Punks Comics, and they've even gone on to be leaders in digital fashion through releasing virtual clothing lines. So for almost 75 years, Adidas has proven that it's not just shoes, it's not just clothes, it's culture. And everything they do is ultimately a canvas for culture and culture driven by creatives, by artists. Love it. It's very exciting and it is a reminder that brands are so much more than just commerce. They are lifestyle and have to think about these things. Michael, I'd love to hear some of your thoughts. Yeah, so for me, it's always about a larger trend. And I think the larger trend, which excites me, is putting the creator at the center of creating community amongst these big brands. And so what excites me most about that is I think it democratizes access to these big brands and to artists from around the world who can get an opportunity through this technology, which is really around ownership. Right. So if I think of blockchain, I think about how it's about owning things and they can own their design, but it can also be utilized by a bigger brand and get a bigger platform. So for me, this is like amazing. Adidas is a huge player in the space and I want more, more, more, more. Yes, love it. I agree also, and I think it's a great choice of initial artists for this residency program. I'm excited to see what happens. So, Tina, thanks so much for bringing that topic to the table. I think it definitely sparks a lot of food for thought. On the role of brands and driving culture and art. And I'm excited that all of these worlds are colliding a lot more. All right, Michael, let's go to your topic.
The Financial Guys
Fresh update on "75 years" discussed on The Financial Guys
"What do you think they're doing with cash, right? What deal do you make where someone says, I'll bring a box of money to you? Yeah. What do you, it's, this is a state sponsor of terrorism. Ladies and gentlemen, distinguished guests and my fellow citizens. America's comeback starts right now. Welcome back Financial Guys podcast. Mike Speraza in studio live today with a guest in the studio. I haven't had this in a long time. Staff Sergeant medal of honor recipient David Bellavia joining me for about a half hour today. David, thank you for joining us. Thank you for having me. I appreciate it. Absolutely. So I'm going to stick based on your background. I'm going to stick with a lot of military stuff today and I want to start, we'll go all the way back to the beginning of the Joe Biden presidency. The Afghanistan withdrawal, in my opinion, did not go very smoothly. I'm sure many people listening agree. What were your overall thoughts of that withdrawal and how it actually ended up happening? I know we lost, you know, sadly lost 13 soldiers in that, in that withdrawal. People say we went off the wrong air base. People say that we shouldn't have gone out in the middle of the summer. There was a lot of different things there. What were your overall thoughts on that? I think it's like the worst day in American history since Market Garden. Just absolutely. And the reason why it was so difficult was it was totally unnecessary. So let's rewind to the Obama trade, Bull Bergdahl and the three first round draft picks. They get Marshall, they get MacArthur and they get Patton that end up the resurgence of the Taliban. These men not just go back to the enemy, they go back to the battlefield. They're in power when the government falls. You have misinformation coming from the White House that the president of Afghanistan is leaving with billions of dollars on his plane, which wasn't true. And then you leave the equipment, the cash. There's no recovery. We're getting reports of sales of American equipment left in Afghanistan in Southeast Asia. We're moving material across the globe. Our children will fight and pay and have to atone for these miscalculations. Let's talk about that. You being in the military and you knowing that area too, why did they just find it the easiest way out to just say, you know, just leave that billion dollar billions of dollars of equipment there and not think, again, if it was me and I'm speaking that someone that's never been in the military, but if it's me and I'm the president, I'm thinking, OK, I don't want to leave all our weaponry there. I don't want to lose any of my men. Number two. And number three, I want to make sure that everybody knows when and how we're getting out of there. And it just felt like poof. One day they said we're getting out of here. Well, it's because the military didn't make any of those decisions. I mean, look, Millie, it can criticize him. You can criticize Secretary of Defense worthy of criticism. However, none of these individuals are making decisions. This is about NGOs on the ground. This is about the State Department. So you've got Bagram Air Base, the equivalent of JFK. You've got Karzai International Airport, the equivalent of Teterboro. Right. Why would you ever do an exfil out of Karzai International Airport? It makes absolutely no sense. It's tactically unsound. But and then you've got all the ISIS-K. We retaliate from the murder of 13 of our bravest and we drop a bomb on a guy delivering water. He's on our payroll and we kill children on that. Then we take out Borat on a tuk tuk driving around like that wasn't even really what was happening. It's just a den of lies. And Tony Blinken and Jake Sullivan, all the heroes that brought us, you know, the Bergdahl deal, the Iran nuke deal. This is these. They the State Department is running all foreign policy, including what the DOD used to run. Well, that's I was going to say. I mean, I know Biden's the president, but do you blame him at all or is it everybody underneath him that, you know, maybe was giving him bad information? And again, some of these decisions, David, is Biden even involved in some of these decisions? Like, I don't even know anymore. Is he around? Is he paying attention to anything going on? Well, I mean, just from the press conferences, it was apparent he didn't know what was going on. And the great irony is that they actually were predicting that Ukraine was going to be invaded and, you know, no one believed them. So it's like you can't influence your friends. The allies don't trust you. The enemy doesn't respect you. You know, I mean, you've got Ben Rhodes is really proud of this State Department. Susan Rice loves what they're doing. But, you know, again, Americans died. And, you know, and what is the perfect culmination of the adventure in Afghanistan? Looking at your watch at Dover Air Base when bodies are coming home. I mean, nothing could you couldn't ask for a just it's it's a debacle. Yeah. And it's sad that that's that's the leader of our country there. Let's move in. You brought up the Ukraine there. So the Russia Ukraine conflict will get to Zelensky in a minute. He is as we speak in New York City right now. But so Trump's in office. We don't see many of these conflicts or any conflicts actually started under his watch. And then we have the Biden administration come in. And a year later, we have Russia invading Ukraine. Why did this happen and why? Why the timing of February of 2022? So let's go back to when we were fighting ISIS. Trump engaged and destroyed estimated some say 300 members of Wagner forces. But those were Russian nationals. We engaged. We destroyed them. What was the response from Putin? Nothing at all. So what do people in that section of the world, Eastern Europe, the Middle East, what do they respect? They respect power. They respect authority. You're not going to get any respect if you don't engage the enemy when they present themselves. I don't understand the calculus of again, I'm trying hard to figure it out. I don't get it. I don't. You know, Romania and Hungary and Poland, you're letting them unilaterally decide whether or not they want to send reinforcements into Ukraine. That's an act of war. If NATO members engage the enemy, all of NATO is engaged against the enemy. Poland doesn't unilaterally make that decision. Hungary and Romania don't unilaterally make that decision. We can't even articulate what the mission is. And if you look, go to the Institute for the Study of War, there's a plug for them. Check out their overlay from when the battle started, when the war started with Russia. And tell me what success this offensive in Ukraine has produced. I mean, let me ask this question, because I get confused. The answer is nothing. I asked this on Twitter, X, whatever it's called, all the time. What is the end game and how do we get there? Because all I see the answer is, hey, just blank checks. Hey, just write a check. Hey, here's a billion. Hey, here's 20 billion. Hey, here's another 10 billion. I don't actually see a look. I mean, like anything, right? If I write a business plan of what I want to do in 2024, my goal is X. I write down my steps to get X. I don't just write down X and say it's going to happen. I don't really know. And then the answer always is, well, we have to fight. We have to back Ukraine. Okay. But when does that end? Because the Afghanistan war and the war in Iraq lasted 20 years plus, right? And was there a real end to it? I don't know. That's where it gets frustrating for me, Dave, where I'm like, how do we know what the end game is? Do you win or lose? When does that happen? I don't know. I don't know. At least you're thinking about it. And I have fear that our leaders aren't, and that's the problem. So here's what this comes out. You're going to get a negotiated settlement out of Ukraine, right? But you talked about the billions of dollars that we're spending and giving to Ukraine as a blank check. First of all, Zelensky visited Ukrainian soldiers in the United States. Did you know that there were wounded Ukrainian soldiers in the United States? I did not know that. Well, today he visited them. So what's happening there? So that's a cost that no one is putting on the ledger. So now let's look at the blank check that Ukraine is getting. And by the way, I'm pro Ukraine. I want to fight communists all day and night. So let's punch Putin hard in the face. However, you're giving them a blank check and you're giving them munitions. Now here's the problem. We have to replace those munitions. Those munitions were purchased for 20 year global war and terror. And let's be honest, inflation is involved. So what you purchased for $10 is now $17. So you're not just giving them the money. You're giving them the equipment and the munitions that you have to replace yourself at the value of what is valued today. We haven't scratched the surface for the amount of money. CBO absent at the wheel. No one is tracking this. 2024 can't get here fast enough. How does this work, though, when you talk about some of these NATO nations coming together and making decisions, but us not just giving weaponry, giving everything money, whatever we're giving there? Is that not an act of war, too, though, David, at some point? We're continuing to fund Ukraine continuing the war in Ukraine. I mean, that to me seems like we're backing a war. Well, I mean, by the letter of the law and NATO charter, it's not. But here's the problem. It's schizophrenic because we were told that what was an offensive weapon was going to mitigate, you know, that wasn't going to help peace at all. So we went from, I don't know if they should get tracked vehicles to I'm not sure an artillery piece is what they need to high Mars rockets being launched. And let's be honest. I mean, the Ukrainians are I mean, the payload that they're going through, what you would have to have cataclysmic casualty numbers to be able to to the spandex that they're doing on the ground that they need to replace Patriot. If you're going through thirty five Patriot to, you know, missiles, I would expect to at least the C 20 makes that are shot down. They're using them for air artillery. They're using there for indirect fire. I don't know what they're doing, but this is going to end with Don Boss going to Russia. This is going to end with that land chain that Putin wanted through Crimea. And again, our friends in NATO, what are they even doing for Ukraine? What? Look, if you they said that Trump wanted to kill NATO, Biden did it. Right. Biden did it. And now Germany. And so Putin was selling oil at thirty dollars a barrel. What's it at ninety six? Yeah. He's making more money than he did before. And he's financing a war and killing innocent people. You mentioned before, too, and I think this is a good point. Everybody on the left and I'll say the media, the establishment, whoever you want to say, says that if you don't agree with the war in Ukraine, you're like pro Putin. Right. And that's just the most outrageous thing in the world, because I agree with you. I feel for the people of Ukraine. I don't want this for them. I don't want this for innocent people. However, at some point, the world's every every one of the world's problems can't be America's problem when we have a border crisis. And then I think they said yesterday ten thousand people came across. They got, I think, eight thousand of the ten thousand. But you see the numbers day over day. It's a problem. We have crime that's rampant. We have overdoses that are at record numbers. We have we have suicides at record numbers. At some point, we have to maybe just think about ourselves and not everybody else, because if we fall, sadly, I think the world falls at that point. Amen. The thing that I would add is I love the way the Ukraine refugee has been crowbarred into the migrant crisis in the United States. New York leaders from the city to all over Kathy Hochul, the governor of the state of New York, mentioning that, you know, like the Ukrainians in Poland, the the Polish have no intention to keep Ukrainians forever. That's a temporary you know, they're leaving a conflict to return to their country after the conflict is over. Again, this is just we're we're putting a round peg into a square hole and just hammering it away. But but there's no the media. There's you're destroying our military. I go to parents all the time around this country and ask them to give us their sons and daughters to join the military. And the one thing they bring up is Afghanistan. It's not about anything. It's Afghanistan. How are you going to assure us that you're going to maintain your commitment to our son and daughter when you betrayed us in Afghanistan that has lasting effects? And there's not a I'm trying to find a segment of our of our of our nation that's functioning. I don't know what it is. I saw in Chicago, they're going to have municipally owned grocery stores. Maybe that will figure it out there. Yeah, yeah, it's good. Real quick, do you think and we'll finish up on this topic, but do you think that they will we will ever have boots in the ground on Ukraine? I mean, I hope not, because I just don't know what the I mean, look at I'm I'm we're getting ready for China. We're trying to revolutionize everything. I don't know what the what the plan is. I mean, again, if you want to put a base in Ukraine, and you want to make that a sustainment operation going forward, that I here's the point. I don't understand what the inactive ready reserve call up was for. Why are you bringing those troops in the non combat support? Why are they going to Ukraine? What are you building infrastructure there? Here's what I do know. We're talking a minimum of $11 trillion to build Ukraine back. That is cataclysmic amounts of money. There isn't water, electricity, internet, you know, you want to help Ukraine. You're going to Russia is not paying for that if you negotiate a settlement. So I don't know what the plan is. But I hope we never see boots on the ground. I could guess what the plan is. I won't I won't say for sure. But I could guess that we'll be paying a chunk of that. And I do have one last one. So I did interview Colonel Douglas McGregor a few months back. And he talked about he's a real optimist. But he is really very, very bullish on Ukraine. Yes, very, very optimistic. I'm dropping some all over the place. But he brought up some staggering numbers, though. And even if they're half true, it's a problem. The amount of casualties and wounded soldiers on the Ukrainian side that we're not hearing about the media. I don't know if you agree with some of those numbers or not. But he's saying, I mean, it's people are acting as if this is an even war right now. And it's not even close. First of all, McGregor's a stud. I mean, he's an absolute, you know, that we're glad he's on our side. He's a military mind. I don't know if those numbers are accurate. I could tell you they're juxtaposed to almost everything we're hearing from every institution that we have, including a lot of our intel from Germany and England. But again, I don't know what to believe. So when you don't have when you don't have transparency, when you're not holding regular press conferences, when your Pentagon spokesman is now working in the White House and now you're getting a triple spin. I mean, the U.S. Open double backspin. You've gotten so many spins on the narrative. I don't know what to believe. But if he is even close to what is a segment of truth, you know, then look, Ukraine needs an investigation. There's a lot of investigations. We've got to start on Afghanistan. We were promised that by Speaker McCarthy. We need a hot wash on Afghanistan. And then we need to go to what who is oversighting the money that's going to Ukraine. And what have we got for our return on investment? Yeah, I'm not asking for much. Really, all I'm asking for in this conflict is can we just talk about what the end game is? And to your point, can we get an accounting of where the money's going and what's being spent in a real accounting of it? The Iran deal that just happened last week. First off, the fact that that was negotiated and completed on September 11th to me is just the ultimate slap in the face. But you again, you know more about this than I do. We do a five for five trade. OK, I'm going to use sports analogies. We trade five for five. And then we also approved of six billion dollars that apparently wasn't ours, but it was in a fund that now they can release to Iran. How are we winning on that one? Well, first of all, I was hoping that at least it was a digital transfer. The fact that it went as euros in cash through Qatar. And OK, so what happens the 24 hours after that deal is made? We're now getting issues in the West Bank. We're now hearing about issues in Yemen. We've now got Hezbollah that's reinforced. I mean, look, what do you think they're doing with cash? Right. What deal do you make where someone says, I'll bring a box of money to you? What do you it's this is a state sponsor of terrorism. They haven't changed. By the way, their president is now in New York City addressing the United Nations. This guy's killed 6500 of his own people. He admits to it. He killed the students that revolted and wanted democracy when we did nothing. He killed 5000 of his citizens in 1988. He's killed over 300 Americans. There's no accountability whatsoever. I don't understand what it is about Jake Sullivan and Tony Blinken that believe that Iran is a partner. All you've done 10 years ago, they were refining 10 percent of their oil. And now they're a force. Now they're working with Maduro in Venezuela, and they're a huge part of their members of of the international community. They're in good standing there. I don't get it. Does anyone believe that the Iran nuke deal? Look, we got hit with cruise missiles under Trump in Iraq. How did they have those cruise missiles? Those cruise missiles were illegal under the Obama nuke deal. So how are you refurbishing missiles in two years? Do we believe that their centrifuges have stopped? That they won't have a program if they don't have one already? No, I mean, I guess my question, David, is how I mean, I know that you pay a lot of attention to this stuff, but how do people like in the media not ask these questions? Right. I mean, these are legitimate. I mean, we just traded to I put this on my notes here. This is on the heels of trading a WNBA basketball player for the Merchant of Death like six months ago. Right. I mean, and again, I'm glad Americans are coming back to America. I don't want to sound pessimistic on that. That's great news. But we also I mean, this this stuff just seems like I don't care what side of the aisle you're on. It warrants questions, but nobody seems to care. I'm in the world that if you take hostages, we take hostages. You want to exchange people? We'll exchange people. You know, we definitely have the partners in the area to do that. For whatever reason, this administration, they're they're they're contrarians. They're contrarians to you know, they claim Bush and Cheney are their best friends, yet they just go 180 degrees from that doctrine. I don't know what the Biden doctrine is. I don't know what Bidenonomics is either, but I could tell you that they believe that Iran is a partner. Now, here's another thing. Our envoy to Iran not only is no longer the envoy, he doesn't have a security clearance. Does anyone curious at The New York Times as to what happened to the lead negotiator in Iran that is escorted off a bus, taken into American custody, given a job at Yale or Princeton or wherever he's working now? I've never heard of a person going from top secret classified negotiations to no clearance whatsoever and in the custody of American intelligence community. No one cares. No one cares at all. It's fascinating. And again, for me, I mean, these are big decisions that we're making. And correct me if I'm wrong, but it used to be, you know, maybe we did a two for five deal and then we made the six billion. Now we're like, we're giving stuff away and we're on the losing end. Correct me if I'm wrong, but America was never, you know, America losing. It was always America winning, right? America getting the best of deals. At least McDonald's has a five for five. We didn't even get that. You know what this does though? Honest to God, if you're thinking about traveling overseas, things go sideways, cartel, South America, Mexico, wherever you're going, you have a price in your head now. No one in their right mind is going to bring you back whether it's Haiti or wherever you are, you're worth $1.25 billion. And thugs and scumbags are going to take advantage of that. I mean, that's a great point too. Do you think about leaving the country? I don't know anymore. That's a little bit concerning. I don't care where you're going, right? That's concerning. This one I just had to bring up because it happened two days ago or yesterday. How do we lose a plane? And I heard that's like a third one in the last six weeks that something like this has happened. How are we losing $80 million planes? Well, they're not $80 million anymore because they've got a new engine and all this other stuff. Look, the F-35 program is a complete disaster. You want to talk about why our allies think we're crazy. We sold them a plane. This program has been around since the early 90s and we've got nothing on return for it. So basically two planes are flying in a buddy team. They're doing training and a guy punches out. We don't even know why he punched out, but that plane could have easily hit a building. It didn't, thank God. But the wingman didn't follow where his buddy went. So what is he doing? He just kind of went on and did his own thing. And now the Marine Corps put a Facebook post like a dog is missing. We're expecting the Ukrainian farmers to carry the F-35 out with their tractors. I don't know what the point of it's wild. Look, stop embarrassing us. Just stop humiliating us. That's all I'm asking. Just be the army and the Marine Corps that we know our men and women are capable of being. Get out of their way. This gender garbage, this social experiment nonsense, stop humiliating our military. That's all I ask. Why can we not get the... I mean, I know why we can't get the answer, but I'm asking this to you. But why can't we, at a press conference at the White House, why can't we say, I want to talk to the guy that was in the other plane, or you can tell us the transcript of what happened when that happened. Talk to the guy who jumped out of the plane. Why did you do that? And again, I'm not trying to put our military on the spot, but these are kind of big questions to ask, right? I mean, if I do something in my business, I have to go face the music on that. Why doesn't everybody have to face music for their decisions or why things are happening? I think it's kind of important. Well, you don't want to talk to generals because they're going to tell you the truth and they won't be generals anymore. True. And you don't want to talk to enlisted people. Because look, I mean, let's be honest. How many people are... Is this a merit-based military anymore? Do we have a meritocracy? Are we promoting people based on pronouns? Go figure. When we're putting politics above military strength, accidents happen. We don't know the facts, but the fact that nobody cares about getting to the bottom of it, the day of the Pentagon paper reporters are gone. Yep. Yep. Let's just talk about the 2024 race quick, and then we will wrap up for today. So your thoughts on the Republican primary so far, I'll stay away from the Democratic side till the very end, but your thoughts on, you know, there's obviously Trump who is now in a, has a huge lead. Ron DeSantis seems to be crumbling underneath himself. Vivek Ramaswamy has jumped up in the polls. Nikki Haley's there. Tim Scott's there. A few others that probably aren't going to get a lot of votes. Chris Christie's the anti-Trump candidate. Mike Pence is, I don't know what Mike Pence is. I'm not really sure. Your thoughts about the whole field so far? I mean, look, it's impressive. They've got a deep bench. There's a lot of diversity. I, you know, none of it matters. Trump is the guy. The more you indict him, the more you empower him. You know, I'd like him to work on his communications a little bit better. You know, but if Trump is Trump, Trump is a Frankenstein monster of Barack Obama. As long as you have that faction, you're going to get, you know, Trump is going to be empowered. I just don't want to see Governor Noem anywhere near the White House. And I, if he's going to pick a running mate, you know, it's hard to find an ally here, you know. But it would be nice to find a governor. I don't want to take anyone from the Senate. I don't want to take anyone from the House with the margins that tight. But I mean, the idea that Governor Noem is being floated right now. I mean, I'd rather take North Dakota. Yeah. A little sled there. You know, it's funny you mentioned that because I saw a lot of that this weekend. I mean, can we just, for lack of a better term, keep it in our pants for about a year and then do what you got to do? It really is. I mean, every time you turn, somebody's doing something idiotic, whether it's Boebert. And again, I say this, David, a lot of people know who you are. A lot more know who you are than they'll ever know who I am. But when you go out in public into a movie theater like that, and I'm going to Boebert, not Noem for a second, you're, you're extremely well known. I don't care if it's dark or if it's as light as it is in the studio right now. What are you thinking? I, you know, she's, she's, she's an embarrassment. She is. She's bad, too. Who would have thought that Marjorie Taylor Greene would have been the, the oasis of the Maryland? I mean, seriously, I, again, you're, you're in Congress every day. You're out in public, you're on the job. You know, at least she wasn't wearing a hoodie, you know, that's all in shorts. She was at least dressed for the occasion, but I, it was, it's wildly embarrassing. Vaping, singing, whatever you're doing. Getting groped. Yes. Who is your VP candidate then? Because I think, you know, you have names thrown around. There's, there's, the vague has been thrown around in there. You know, Byron Donald's has been thrown around in there. Carrie Lake has. I don't know. I love Carrie Lake. I just don't know that Trump needs to go with somebody so divisive there. I think he's got to go with somebody that's, that's firm in their beliefs, but also not maybe going to turn off half the country. Well, you know, it's, it's impossible. One of the, one of the problems with making Trump, you know, the, the enemy of the state that the left has done is that you've really made it difficult for him to even put a cabinet together. You know, I mean, what are you going to do with it? You've got a lot of loyalists out there. You know, the vague is, is I think maybe the most intelligent dynamic candidate we've ever seen run for president, but experience does matter. But you know, I love the way he thinks. I love the movement. I don't know if he would even take the job to be honest with it. I don't think he needs it. But you look at a Tim Scott, I think Tim Scott is, you know, there's a whole lot to his message and I think he's, he's got the experience in the Senate, but honestly, you could literally take the Clint Eastwood chair and, and throw it in there as vice president. I'm going with that because this, this from top to bottom, we have to have seismic change in 24. Do you think he would ever choose Kristi Noem at this point with all that now? Yeah, no one knew Mike Pence was a, was a 24 hour story and then he was the vice president candidate. So who knows? I mean, a lot can happen between now and then, but I just, I don't need, you know, let's just pick people on their merit. Let's pick people that are ready to be the president. Imagine this, imagine picking a vice president that can lead the country. If something happens to a 75 year old president, you know, like Kamala Harris. Yeah. Someone like that.
The Breakdown
A highlight from Markets Shrug Off Predictable Powell at Jackson Hole
"Welcome back to The Breakdown with me, N .L .W. It's a daily podcast on macro, Bitcoin and the big picture power shifts remaking our world. What's going on, guys? It is Friday, August 25th, and today we are doing a macro roundup. Before we get into that, if you are enjoying The Breakdown, please go subscribe to it, give it a rating, give it a review, or if you want to dive deeper into the conversation, come join us on the Breakers Discord. You can find a link in the show notes or go to bit .ly slash breakdown pod. Well, friends, today, the big thing, of course, is Jackson Hole and Powell's speech therein. And so I thought it would be good to put that in a wrapper of the stories that have been going on around and outside of the industry, things that have been impacting traditional markets to put that news of what Powell said in its proper context. And for that, I want to start with a story that those of you who have been listening to the AI Breakdown will be quite familiar with. That is, of course, Nvidia. Nvidia absolutely blew earnings out of the water after the market closed on Wednesday. Their Q2 net income came in at a staggering 6 .7 billion, which was a 422 % increase from the same quarter last year. Sales growth shot up by 171 % on an annualized basis to reach 13 .51 billion. Profit came in at 270 per share. Now, compared to analysts' estimates, those figures represented a 30 % beat on profits per share and a 22 % beat on sales. That is massive, especially considering how much hype and anticipation Nvidia had going into this. Now, overnight on Wednesday, shares rocketed up over 6 % and hit a high point of $517 per share. That pushed the stock up more than 220 % on the year. The company also announced the approval of a ridiculously large $25 billion in buybacks, representing a little over 2 % of the total market cap at current prices. Now, this is the second quarter in a row with blowout earnings for Nvidia. Q1 sales came in at 10 .3 billion, outperforming analysts' estimates by almost 30 % again. During their Q1 report, Nvidia had guided 11 billion in revenue for Q2, which was an estimate that exceeded analysts' forecasts by over 50%. And it turns out even that was far too conservative. Now, of course, Nvidia's success has been coupled to the rise of AI. The firm's H100 GPU is the top of the line in AI computing, and it's not particularly close. Individual units range in price between $25 ,000 and $30 ,000 with a volume discount, but that isn't even really the highest end product being demanded by the world's largest tech firms. That distinction goes to the HGX box, which is essentially eight H100s assembled into a single unit of raw AI computing power. Nvidia's CEO Jensen Huang said of the product line, We call it H100 as if it's a chip that comes off of a fab, but H100s go out really as HGX to the HGX unit's require a supply chain of 35 ,000 parts to put together and are sold at the lofty price tag of $299 ,999 per unit. And even at that price, Nvidia are struggling to keep up. Huang said, We're not shipping close to demand. Now, in a lot of ways, there really has not been anything like this phenomenon in recent memory. Nvidia has built their firm around the transition away from GPUs as just being used for graphics processing and video games to focus on more generalized use cases for that style of chip architecture. That transition started many years ago. For example, in 2012, researchers used Nvidia chips to achieve previously unheard of image recognition. Since then, the firm began working alongside AI researchers to optimize their chips for the tasks demanded by high -end AI models. They took on an explicit AI focus starting around 2017. That process of iteration has led to Nvidia being the singular leader in AI chips with a wide gap between them and their nearest competitor. During a recent interview, Huang said, This type of computing doesn't allow for you to just build a chip and customers use it. You've got to build the whole data center. And indeed, the customers seem perfectly willing to spend the high -end dollars for premium performance. One high -profile startup, for example Inflection AI, recently raised $1 .3 billion in funding to finance the purchase of 22 ,000 H100 chips. Mustafa Suleiman, the CEO at Inflection and previous co -founder at Google DeepMind, said that none of Nvidia's competitors could offer a comparable solution. Huang broke down the math of his company's product offering like this. He said, If you can reduce the time of training to half on a $5 billion data center, the savings is more than the cost of all the chips. We are the lowest cost solution in the world. This year, Meta has committed to spending $30 billion on data centers, with much of that capital likely to be spent with Nvidia as just one example. Now, Huang was not at all bashful on this week's earnings call, stating that a new computing era has begun. Many others agreed with him. Dan Ives from Wedbush called it a 1995 internet moment and said it was the guidance heard around the world. Indeed, so far this year, the market has been responding as if a paradigm -shifting technology change is underway. Nvidia is by far the best performer in the S &P 500, and alongside Nvidia, six other big tech firms have been benefiting from the AI enthusiasm as well. This includes Meta, Amazon, Apple, Alphabet, which is Google, Microsoft, and Tesla. Together, this group, which has now become known as the Magnificent Seven, have outperformed the S &P 500 over the past year. Historically speaking, this narrow range of market breadth is typically only seen in the wake of a massive market downturn, and even then only briefly. The only really comparable era of the last decade when market breadth had maintained such a lopsided slate for so long was in the second half of 2020. During that period, both Etsy and Tesla were added to returns respectively. The rest of the top performers that year were rounded out by L Brands, PayPal, and of course, Nvidia. As another comparison point, so far this year, the median S &P 500 company is up only 2 .34 % compared to the 16 % returns for the overall index. What's more, 228 companies in the index have seen their share price decline year to date. Now, the high -flying Nasdaq 100 index is a little bit more evenly spread. The index saw the best first half returns in its 52 -year history this year, notching up a 30 % gain. 32 firms are outperforming the index this year so far, while the bottom quarter declined in price. Now, these periods of narrow returns don't typically precede a major market correction. However, this situation is somewhat unique. It's rare that multiple companies across a leading sector are so reliant on a single company to supply a critical component. But that's a situation we find ourselves in right now. Now, part of why this matters, of course, is that, as you just heard numbers around, AI has effectively been keeping markets afloat this year. One of the most dramatic moments of this was during the battle around the US debt ceiling. This is a time that the market should have been, by all accounts, incredibly nervous, significantly wobbly. I mean, hell, we had our debt downgraded when all was said and done. But it couldn't beat out Nvidia and AI enthusiasm. Now, that wasn't exactly the case yesterday. A lot of the reporting on Thursday was about how concerns over what Jerome Powell would say at Jackson Hole on Friday were tamping down any particular bump from that Nvidia earnings beat. You'll remember that the annual Jackson Hole Symposium is a big central bankers event that focuses on the long term of monetary policy. It's a chance for the Fed to signal where things are going more than just in the next couple months. At least that's what it's historically been. Last year, it was notable because at the last minute, Powell decided to rip up his speech and give a terse eight minute diatribe that basically said that markets were getting way out ahead of themselves, effectively ending a late summer rally. Powell said at the time in no uncertain terms that the inflation fight was not over and stated explicitly that, quote, there will be pain. Now, coming into this, Adam Posen, president of the Peterson Institute for International Economics, said there's no way Powell's speech can be that tight and clear this time because the economic outlook is genuinely more uncertain. Central bank decision making in some sense is easier when you have policy wrong and you have a long way to go to where you should be. It's more difficult when you have to sort through being close to the right policy, but not sure you're there and that's where the Fed is now. And so a year later, the inflation fight is still underway and it was anticipated that Powell would use his appearance to reinforce the Fed's commitment to finishing the job. Up until now, the policy choices have frankly been somewhat obvious. Continue raising interest rates until inflation cools or something breaks. And even when something breaks, try to fix it without changing interest rate policy and see if that works. However, with inflation now moderating to its lowest level in almost two years, there is a lot more potential for disagreement among FOMC members. Powell was expected to give his views on whether rates should continue to go higher into the end of the year, as well as to sketch out how the Fed would determine when the time would come for rate cuts. Forecasts from Fed members have generally called for rates to be held higher for longer, but with pressure on the banking sector, it's unclear whether policymakers would be on board with sticking to that strategy. Now, as well as the rumors of dissent among FOMC members, the economic establishment is beginning to question whether the inflation fight is even worth taking all the way to its conclusion. Responding to a Wall Street Journal article published on Monday, Paul Krugman tweeted, I agree with Jason Furman's call for a 3 % inflation target. The rationale for 2 % has been overtaken by a couple decades of experience. So if you think 3 % is the right target, shouldn't we be declaring victory? Or to put it a different way, if 2 % was a mistake, how many people should lose their jobs for a mistake? Now, Yuga Kohler, senior staff engineer at Coinbase, captured much of the sentiment in the crypto space when they wrote, the difference between a 2 % and a 3 % inflation rate over the course of 75 years is literally 100%. Raising the target is a sleight of hand to inflate away national debt. Stephen Geiger, an economics commentator and Paul Volcker fan, said, or, and stick with me here, we keep it at 2 % and the Fed and federal government can just do their job. So what did we actually get? Well, in this case, it was much what we expected. Bloomberg's headline reads, Powell signals Fed will raise rates if needed, keep them high. The Wall Street Journal writes, Powell, Fed will proceed carefully on any rate rises. And as per Bloomberg, the key takeaways were that 1. Powell acknowledged that the economic backdrop is better than it was a year ago, but he said that the Fed stands ready and willing to raise interest rates further if they need to. 2. He continued to focus that everything going forward will be data driven, but he did not put the possibility of cuts on the agenda, saying based on this assessment, we will proceed carefully as we decide whether to tighten further or instead to hold the policy rate constant and await further data. Third, Bloomberg says the comments are consistent with expectations that the Fed will leave interest rates unchanged at the next meeting with the possibility of another rate hike later in the year. Fourth, Powell acknowledged that interest rates are now high enough to be restrictive, meaning that they are weighing down on growth and inflation. And finally, Powell said 2 % is and will remain our inflation target, throwing some damp water on that part of the conversation. Nick Timiros from the Wall Street Journal, widely viewed as the Fed whisperer, called it a risk management speech. He quoted Powell as saying, given how far we have come at upcoming meetings, we are in a position to proceed carefully. The Kobayisi letter pointed out some data from bond traders around what their predictions are. They write, odds of a 25 basis point rate hike in September more than doubled, 21 .5 % after Powell's speech. Odds of an additional rate hike this year just hit a two -month high of 52 .1%. Rate cuts are now not expected to begin until June 2024. Doug Bonaparte hit it out of the park again with another great headline. Breaking! Stocks fall as Fed Chair Powell signals he's willing to destroy the economy. But in point of fact, stocks are actually leveling out and even going up slightly, based I think on expectations being met. So all in all, a much less dramatic speech than last year, and frankly just a real continuation of what we've gotten from Powell for the last two years. Blockworks Jack Farley wrote, Powell chooses to close his speech with Paul Volcker's phrase, we'll keep at it for the second year in a row. And that is pretty much the story. Now the last interesting thing that I wanted to point out for this week just by way of closing is that the three -day BRICS summit came to a close on Thursday in South Africa with news that six new members would join the loose economic bloc. Argentina, Egypt, Ethiopia, Iran, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates have committed to join in January. This adds to Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa — there's BRICS — bringing the ranks of membership up to 11. President Xi Jinping called the expansion historic and said it would be a new starting point for BRICS cooperation. Still, while the addition of new nations to the Economic Cooperation Group does add strength, the announcement falls far short of the hype that we had seen coming into it. There had been rampant speculation this year that the group would unveil a common trade currency backed by gold, which frankly rumors of a BRICS currency have been persistent for over a decade but have so far never materialized. So all in all, the world continues to be interesting but doesn't look all that different than it did heading into the week. AI is up, inflation is down, interest rates are flat, but maybe up. And so, as so often has been the case for the last few months, the best thing to do is go touch grass. Until next time, be safe and take care of each other.
What a Weird Week
A highlight from What a Weird Week Show: Butter Cows and Salad Frogs, Fri Aug 18 2023
"Butter Cows and Salad Frogs. This is the What a Weird Week show for Friday, August 18th, 2023. Hi, everybody. It's Weird. This is like Crazy Moon here. Really weird, weird tale. Well, I got a great show for you today. It was so wonderful. Weird stuff. Hi, friends. I'm Scott, and this is What a Weird Week, a show where every week we count down the top 10 weird stories from the news. You can like and subscribe to the podcast. You can see the show notes blog, and you can check out the YouTube channel as well. Find everything at show notes dot page, show notes dot page. This is season four, episode 47, first published Friday, August 18th, 2023. Number 10 is Sticky, Gooey World Record. The other day on National S'mores Day, the folks at S'mores -a -palooza were officially awarded a Guinness World Record for the most people s'moring at the same time. 891 people in Grapevine, Texas put graham wafers, chocolate, and toasted marshmallows together to make this record. So sticky. So delicious, but so sticky. They used 500 fire pits to do this because everybody had to do their own s'mores at the same time. If you want to see more, check the show notes. If you want to see s'more, check the show notes. Nine. Number nine is the Canadian Amateur Safe Cracker and the 75 -Year -Old Safe. This bookstore in Baltimore had an old safe without a combination. They couldn't get into it and of course they wanted to. If you have a 75 -year -old safe and you don't want to get into that thing, you might be a psychopath. Consult your physician. The bookstore put the challenge out on social media, basically paraphrasing, but hey, safe crackers, we've got a challenge for you. A fellow named Rick from Winnipeg, who is a lock picking and safe cracking enthusiast, not a professional, also not a some sort of a heisting criminal, just an enthusiast. He did some crowdfunding and had enough money to travel to Baltimore within three or four days. So Rick got to go and try what a bunch of other safe crackers tried and failed at. And he got the safe open. The deal from the bookstore was you could split whatever was inside the safe. It was a 50 -50 split. So he cracked the safe. He opened it up and it turned out the only thing in there was a pay stub from the 1920s. But I get the feeling it was never about the treasure for Rick. It was about the adventure. Here's a little bit of what Rick said on the CBC. I'm part of a safe cracking slash lock picking group, but now I'm just as it for hobbies. And as a joke, one of these guys who saw the ad on Facebook or Twitter had sent it to me and said, Hey, you should go and give this a try. Apparently a couple of dozen people have given it a try. It took me 10 hours because the lock was not cooperating properly.
The Eric Metaxas Show
Why Now for the New Film 'Route 60'? David Friedman Explains
"To my privilege to have in the studio with me, David Friedman. He was the ambassador U .S. ambassador to Israel under President Trump. And we're talking now about a genuinely exciting film that you and Pompeo Secretary are the hosts of called Route 60. People can find Route 60 dot movie is the website route 60 dot movie. This will be in theaters and we're talking about it September 18th and 19th. So people can preorder tickets at Route 60 dot movie. But what you're describing again, I'm marveling at the fact that I didn't know most of what you're saying. It's a little astonishing to me that when you describe these seminal moments in history, biblical history, that they happened along Route 60. Let me ask you, what was the provenance of this concept of making a film? Was it was a TBN? Was it you? Was it I mean, because it's such it's such a brilliant idea. You kind of think, why did we wait till now to make it? So TBN and I did a project a couple of years ago, a four part documentary on the Abraham Accords. And it still streams on TBN. And it was such a good experience. I just started thinking of what to do next. And, you know, I called Matt and said, what do you think of this? And I raised this issue about Route 60 serving in government for four years as the ambassador to Israel. One of my great frustrations is when I got there, the U .S. government, the State Department policy was you can't set foot over the green line. You can't set foot anywhere in Judea and Samaria. That's not part of Israel. And, you know, my response is it's not part of Israel. I mean, first of all, there are a lot of Israel. There's half a million Israelis living there, but it's not part of Israel. I mean, these places, these biblically incredible places, including, by the way, Jerusalem, parts of Jerusalem are not part of Israel. And they said, no, no, we don't consider it part of Israel. And and when I heard that, I said, OK, well, we got to change that. So I was the first U .S. ambassador in 75 years to actually travel over to the green line to go to these holy
WTOP
"75 years" Discussed on WTOP
"For killing 75 -year -old Bing Wong on July 12th. The victim's teen granddaughter also was struck. Police say the pursuit began after the driver sped away from officers during an attempted traffic stop. Following the hit and run, the Secret Service issued an alert to other law enforcement agencies to search for the driver. The damaged car found was on Benning Road in southeast DC. Multiple witnesses also told investigators Robertson is the only person who drives that vehicle. He's scheduled for a preliminary hearing on August 17th. Cheyenne Corinne, UTLP News. After traffic and weather, just how worried should you be about the latest sweetener linked to cancer? If you love an 08, get a Precision AC tune -up for only $59. Traffic and weather on the 8th, and here's good evening to Carlos Ramirez in the WTLP Traffic Center. Good evening, Ian. We'll go ahead and start off on I -66 eastbound where we do have a Network. Thanks for watching. Thanks for watching. Take your way past Spout Run Parkway. This curve there, so be careful. Watch out for the brake lights. Elsewhere southbound side of 395. This is not storm related. Just a regular old work zone, but it's causing brake lights. As of now, you're going to see those slowdowns from just about, I'd say about King Street. It'll take you all the way down towards Duke Street. You'll have a single left lane getting by by the time you're down there. Another work zone already. Westbound, 66 headed past the Prince William Parkway, 234. Single lane gets you by while we're in the area. Wellington Roads got an accident scene. Lot of delays in both directions there, not far from Jiffy Lube. Of course, there is an event going on down there, so might be something with that as well. 95 looks great. A ton of power outages. Remember, always treat any lights that are out as though they are stop signs. Also, a reminder, see if you downed trees, downed wires, don't call 911. Call 311 to let them know what's going Carlos on. Ramirez, WTOP traffic. The forecast from 7 News First Alert meteorologist Mark is now over across the region, but this is after a very busy
WTOP
"75 years" Discussed on WTOP
"For killing 75 year old Bing Wong on July 12. The victim's teen granddaughter also was struck. Police say the pursuit began after the driver sped away from officers during an attempted traffic stop. Following the hit and run, the Secret Service issued an alert to other law enforcement agencies to search for the driver. The damaged car was found on Benning Road in Southeast DC. Multiple witnesses also told investigators Robertson is the only person who drives that vehicle. He's scheduled for a preliminary hearing August 17th. Shyne Crenn, WTLP News. And coming up after traffic and weather together on the 8s and money news, restaurants are now giving your handbags their own seat. 908. Get a Precision AC tune -up for only What's got a Monique Blyther now in the WTOP Traffic Center? Thanks, Well, Del. starting with a bit of good news first, it's smooth sailing to and from the Eastern Shore at this hour. Three lanes traveling west, two lanes traveling east will get you across the Bay Bridge with no delay. the Now on Capitol Beltway, travel lanes are looking pretty good between Maryland and Virginia. The only issues we I have really are the secondary road to where we've got a number of power outages down poles and down trees. Now let's start in the district. Outbound Whitehurst Freeway at I -66, caller reported the right lane blocked with the down pole and help was not yet on scene to assist. Now on Foxhall Road Northwest both ways between Nebraska Avenue Northwest and Canal Road. We had reports of the down pole in various locations so with caution as you make the outbound Claire Barton Parkway at Cab and John Parkway at last report all lanes remain blocked there for the down tree. Same goes for Twinbrook Parkway in Rockville. This is both ways at Deersmill Road and again dark traffic lights were reported there and remember as you approach those intersections to treat them as a four -way stop. Now heading over to Suitland on Suitland Parkway both ways at Suitland Road we have reports of a serious crash that was under police action. That crash appears to be under major cleanup as lanes are beginning to clear. At last report inbound lanes were forced to divert at Suitland Road. Outbound lanes were under police direction. Now heading into Virginia eastbound 66 through Arlington it's heavy and extremely slow where traffic is forced to divert at Roslyn. Exit 73 at last check all lanes were blocked there for tree. the down Now on GW Parkway both ways near Chain Bridge Road we had reports of a single lane getting you by northbound and southbound lanes we're still waiting for the update. August 1st the is final entry deadline for Maryland's lottery 50th anniversary cash bash when up five to million dollars learn more at mdlottery .com cash bash please play responsibly. I'm Monique Blyther WTOP traffic. Monique thank you now let's get your 7 news alert forecast here is ABC 7's Mark Pena severe thunderstorm threat is now over across the region but this is after a very afternoon busy with severe
WTOP
"75 years" Discussed on WTOP
"More than 75 years umgc has offered working adults an affordable accredited did choose education from more than one hundred and twenty five degrees and certificates and enjoy online in hybrid courses financial resources and lifetime career services you mcc has what you need to succeed again gain application no fee if you apply by august thirty -first learn more at u m g c dot e t u certified operate by chef here's double paris chef the managing partner at healthworks on the discussion transforming health care with care first blue cross blue shield we care deeply about the areas of inefficiency within that and where are members are not getting the quality and equitable access that they expect for the dollar that they spent on one hand with opportunities in health care is delivered finding ways to prevent disease before it occurs in the first place detecting it and treating it as early as possible if it does occur and then trying to provide in the best possible way to manage it if it does become chronic there's also the area of how we engage with the health care ecosystem meeting our members on their own terms improving the ease and intuitiveness of our own systems and then finally making the health journey much more transparent and seamless every step of the way those are a couple of areas we care about deeply listen to the entire discussion wtop .com search care first wtop at 628 traffic and weather on the eighths let's get back to Dave Dildine in the wtop traffic setting in Arlington on the George Washington Parkway callers filling in the blanks lacking police direction near the scenic overlooks and Donaldson run it is a crash involving two or three cars one with airbags off in the southbound lane southbound drivers essentially stopped between 123 and the overlooks some were taking it upon themselves in the absence of any responders and jockeying with oncoming traffic and using the center reversible lane to circumvent that wreck that's blocking the only southbound lane available others were making the dangerous u turned into oncoming northbound traffic so whether you're northbound or southbound uh... you're fending for yourselves until we get some police direction here on the g w parkway and northbound traffic is also quite slow better off to stay right whether you're heading to maryland or virginia on the beltway in maryland and virginia volume delays are minor and brief fresh hours drawing to an uneventful close otherwise sixty -six westbound still having your own to ninety -five southbound slow still into woodbridge and in maryland in the baltimore washington parkway still some heavy traffic near fort mead just off the parkway crash a on one seventy five west of two ninety five two seventy northbound minor slowing past one twenty one at the lane drop and outbound leaving northeast d .c. on new york avenue beyond south dakota avenue had a work zone blocking a lane delays are relatively brief now that rush hour traffic is subsiding and beyond add into maryland it's free flow on fifty from chevrolet and new carolton toward anapolis and the bay bridge i'm dave del dine wtop traffic
The Dan Bongino Show
Mark Levin Congratulates Dan Bongino on 2-Year Radio Anniversary
"I am so honored on my two year anniversary and radio that you would call in the show You gave me my start man I'd be nowhere without you Thanks for doing it Get any B two years Can you believe that Two years And I'll tell you what You are fantastic You are terrific And I want you to keep doing this The nation needs you very very much And two years it does not seem like two years does it No it doesn't market It's the weirdest thing I said to the audience You know when you're younger you know time dilation is real You know the time from first to third grade feels like it's 75 years And then when you get older you like my gosh was that two years ago it's just the weirdest thing I mean it seems like yesterday And I want everyone to understand Mark You're a humble guy but I don't care I don't care if this segment is my show and you're going to take this compliment and you're going to like it damn it This guy folks took a shot on me when nobody else went Well Sean was with me to Sean's a good guy And he was always there for me But Mark Mark said to me he said listen you want to fill in on my show I'd filled in on a radio show like twice I didn't know what I'm doing He's got one of the biggest radio shows in the cosmos And you took a shot on me brother and look what happened Now I'm here on the radio too You know but then it's more than that Maybe I took a shot at and so forth but you were running for office My wonderful wife you're a wonderful wife I forgot to know each other It was very obvious to me that you were a step above many steps above Cop Secret Service but also a guy that studied philosophy and market systems and I would listen to you talk even during your campaigns
AP News Radio
Five go on trial in Germany over far-right plot to kidnap health minister, topple government
"5 people are on trial in Germany, accused of planning a far right coup and plotting to kidnap the country's health minister. The four men, aged from 44 to 56 and a 75 year old woman, are accused of founding or being members of a terrorist organization and treason federal prosecutors say for groups linked to the Reich citizens scene that rejects the legitimacy of Germany's post war constitution and has similarities to parallel movements in the U.S., prosecutors say the Germans intended to create conditions similar to Civil War by using explosives to cause nationwide blackouts, and were then kidnapped, health minister carlotta back, a prominent advocate of strict coronavirus measures, however, there are no indications the group which calls itself United patriots was close to launching the coup. I'm Charles De Ledesma.
The Bible Recap
"75 years" Discussed on The Bible Recap
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The Bible Recap
"75 years" Discussed on The Bible Recap
"Hey Bible readers, I'm Tara Lee Kabul and I'm your host for the Bible recap. We opened today with psalm 50, which is a strong rebuke against people who misunderstand God's heart. There were Israelites who viewed the sacrificial system as a tradeoff for sinning, like a penalty you pay and then everything is fine again, like some kind of speeding ticket. But God says that's never been what this is about. In verses 8 through 15, he basically says, I don't want your bowls and goats and birds. I want your heart. For some of them, this may have been very confusing, like, then why did you spend so much time telling us about the sacrifices? They weren't paying attention. And because of that lack of attention, they missed the very details that would reveal God's heart to them. Instead, they just viewed him as greedy as though he needed food to eat like all the pagan gods. Meanwhile, their hearts are far from him. They're doing wicked things or approving of others who do wicked things or even just sitting by idly complicit when sin is committed. God rebukes them for this. He wants them to remember him. And one way to do that is to bring in their gratitude and Thanksgiving. Psalm 53 is a lot like a psalm we've already covered. Some 14. So he won't spend too much time here, but I just want to point out one thing. This chapter is about the fool. The person who dismisses God and does his own thing. And that's how a person operates removed from the understanding of God's sovereignty and goodness, it becomes easy to think you're in control of your own future. And if you're in charge, then lots of things can go wrong. And if lots of things can go wrong, then that can lead to a lot of fear and striving. First 5 points to this, it says, there they are in great terror when there is no terror. The God says there's a way out for a person like this. The way of Salvation and trusting God's goodness prompts rejoicing and gladness instead of fear and folly. It's counterintuitive, but surrender is actually the path to freedom. The one task the human will can never be fatigued by is surrender. In psalm 60, David writes about feeling like God is angry and that he has rejected Israel. Uses a metaphor we'll see throughout scripture, and it even shows up in our next psalm as well. He compares God's wrath to a cup of wine. In verse three, he says, you have given us wine to drink that made us stagger. Which basically translates to this is some really intense wrath.
The Eric Metaxas Show
Eric Would Not Endorse Proposed Age Limit for US President
"Number one, would you, Eric metaxas, support a quickly ratified amendment to the U.S. Constitution at reads, no person shall be eligible to the office of president of the United States who shall attain to the age of 75 years during a full or partial term of service if it resulted in neither Joe Biden or Donald Trump being reelected in 2024. Absolutely not. I don't think age has anything to do with anything. I think first of all, I believe Donald Trump will be our next president. If the election isn't stolen as it was in 2020 by the guy pretending to be president, I won't mention his name. But listen, if you're a bumbling idiot at age 40 or age 76, it's really not relevant what age you are. If you are an anti American corrupt treasonous hack at 40 or at 76, that's to me the issue. The issue of age is such a non issue. This is where I disagree with our friend Steve dates. He's just wrong. It's got nothing to do with anything. I know people who are 90 who are sharper and brighter than any 50 year old, I know. This is completely irrelevant. If you're a buffoon and a hack and corrupt and shouldn't be president, that's got nothing to do with age. So the answer to that is a simple ixnay no, I would not.
The Eric Metaxas Show
Visit Isaiah62Fast.com to Join an Amazing Movement!
"IHOP, we're talking about international House of prayer, Kansas City, headed up by Mike bickle for many, many years. Now, Mike, what is the website for this 21 day fast to pray fast and pray for Israel? What is the website? And I have it on my screen. It's Isaiah 62 fast dot com or just Isaiah 62 dot com. That's good enough. And you will get right to that. And it's a list of all the ministries that are saying, we're committed to pray one hour a day for 21 days with at least two or three people. Not like a thousand people, and they don't might not even pray together in a room. They might do it virtually on their phone in three different cars. It doesn't matter, or they might join another web stream, there's thousands of web streams that are Tapping into this, and they just pray with someone else. Okay. Now, before Ken fish gets the opportunity to ask you the question, I'll ask you the question. Why? Why are you amassing people to pray and fast for Israel, the website is Isaiah, 62 fast dot com. Isaiah 62 fast dot com. But the question, many people are wondering why? Well, Israel unquestionably, although most will agree with this, will be in their greatest crisis in May in May and June of this year of their 75 year history since becoming a nation in 1948. That's a big statement. Right. So right there, I didn't know that. I was talking to my friend malachi, O'Brien, who was talking to you that he kind of gave me a little bit of this. When I was talking to Ken fish before you came on the call, he was giving me a little bit of this, but most people are not aware of this. The
AP News Radio
Russian missile and drone attack in Ukraine kills 22 people
"Russia's fired more than 20 crews missiles and two drones at Ukraine, killing at least 19 people almost all of them when missiles slammed into an apartment building in the center of the country. The strikes on the 9 story residential building in central Ukraine occurred in Oman, a city far to the south of keefe, leading to the highest number of casualties, and included two ten year old children and a toddler. Another of the victims was a 75 year old woman, who lived in a neighboring building, and suffered internal bleeding from the huge blast shockwave, according to emergency personnel at the scene, Ukrainian officials and analysts have alleged such strikes apart of a deliberate, intimidation strategy by the Kremlin. I'm Charles the Ledesma.
The Charlie Kirk Show
Steve Bannon Weighs in on Fox's Chances of Survival Without Tucker
"So Steve one minute really quick. Do you think that Fox is going to be able to survive this? If this kind of attack on their own audience, is there business model sustainable? I think as I go to some center saw, you look most of the audience is over 75 years old that just has it up there as white noise. So yes, I think they will survive. I think their earnings will be down. I think their cash flow will be down, but I think they'll go to the center. They'll go to they'll become centrist, like if you look at the voting score of the cpac analysis today, all the senators in the 50s, the Mitch mcconnells, they're going to push neoliberal neocon with a smiley face and yes, I think they will survive, but I think if we play our cards right, they'll take a major economic and more important political hit.
ToddCast Podcast with Todd Starnes
Cissie Graham Lynch: The Impact of Men Playing in Women Sports
"The battle over biological women in sports and whether or not we should be allowing men to play in women's sports and what kind of an impact that's actually having on biological women and sissy, I have to imagine that this is really heartbreaking for a lot of young ladies out there who want to be able to get scholarships and go on and have these professional careers. You know, it is. And it seems like right after we get after one cultural battle and hurdle, we're on to another one. And this seems to be snowballing. We continue to see it every morning when we wake up in the news, another story of men entering the arena of women's sports. But you simply look at the Olympic records for men and women for the last 75 years, you don't need any new scientific research to show the unfairness of men competing in women's sports. They're stealing championships the way they're stealing scholarships and opportunities from women. And I'm raising two little girls and as a parent and I think for parents out there, you know, asking, what should we do in these situations? Us parents, we're going to have to make some tough decisions. And of course, we just saw that happen in Vermont. Where the girls basketball team wasn't going to play against a another team that had a transgender on it. I mean, you think about just protecting our children physically, that's a pretty rough sport, contact sport. Those parents made a decision and it had a, you know, it impacted the whole school.
The Dinesh D'Souza Podcast
Is Justice Being Applied Equally?
"One of the ways that we can gauge whether justice is being done is by looking to see if justice is being applied equally. And equally means that if you have two guys who do similar or roughly the same thing, they are charged and prosecuted in the same way and they receive sort of the same penalty or a similar penalty. Yesterday I went on Joe Walsh's podcast. In fact, it's out today. You can see it, you can hear it on Spotify or watch it on YouTube. It was actually a very lively and respectful conversation of a kind that really doesn't happen a whole lot today. But we were talking about January 6th and Joe was pressing me. Well, don't you agree the message was wrong for people to go inside the capitol and I go, yeah, it was. And I said that, look, there are people who committed misdemeanor as they went in there. They didn't mean to break the law, but they did break the law. They didn't do any vandalism. They were completely peaceful and they left shortly thereafter. Well, those people should get a misdemeanor, which basically means you get a warning or some community service, but you're not going to take a 75 year old grandmother. I'm giving you an actual case. In fact, I had Pamela hemphill on the show and lock them up for 60 days because they walked into the capitol for ten minutes. This is just downright outrageous. And you know it's outrageous because it doesn't happen to anyone else. If you look at the massive riots that emerged in Portland in the aftermath of George Floyd, we're now talking about from summer of 2020. Prosecutors dismissed a substantial number. I mean, they dismissed outright more than one third of the cases. Think about it. These are cases that have, in many cases, felony charges for defendants were charged with assaulting federal officers. They just dismissed the charges. They didn't even bring charges against them.
AP News Radio
Conn. woman 1st non-Vermonter granted assisted suicide right
"A woman from Connecticut has become the first non resident granted the right to take advantage of Vermont's assisted suicide law. 75 year old Linda bluestein has terminal cancer. One thing that surprised me about getting this latest terminal diagnosis is just how hard it is to die the way you want to die. It seems like everybody has an opinion on what should be allowed and what shouldn't be allowed. Bluestein lives in Bridgeport, Connecticut, and has reached a settlement with the state of Vermont, she can end her life there as long as she complies with other aspects of the state's assisted suicide law. I care so deeply about how the last moment of my life is going to go. Because I've said goodbye to so many that I've loved, who didn't have a good depth. Bluestein wants to make her death better. Not only for me, but for the people who are going to remember that. For whom that's going to be their last memory of me. Blue Stein is currently undergoing chemotherapy. I'm Ed Donahue
ToddCast Podcast with Todd Starnes
Caller: Why Not Support Candace Owens for Trump's VP?
"We're not talking about canned as well. What did she do now? I just wanted to run with you non establishment. As we renovate, Candace Owens from the daily wire. Yes. What do you like about her? I have some reservations, but I'm curious what makes her your pick. She can go get her. When she has something she wants to do, she doesn't get to get things done. Okay, does that make her, I mean, could she be the president? I mean, if Trump were to not be able to, I'm talking about vice president. I think she good. You think so. All right. I don't know about that, Tony. I mean, she's a good communicator. I'm still not quite clear of her conservative credentials. To be honest with you, she is a relatively new convert. I guess over the past 5 or 6 years to the conservative way of life. And again, nothing wrong with that. But I just have a, I have some, I'm not too sure about that. Okay. And the one thing about Trump. I'm all Trump. I think we should have presidents after 75 years old. I read my statement is because of what's going on now. Well, and that is a fair argument, Tony. Fair argument.
WTOP
"75 years" Discussed on WTOP
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Bloomberg Radio New York
"75 years" Discussed on Bloomberg Radio New York
"4% intraday move. And are now back down to about four tenths of 1%. So a lot of volatility in the stock already coming after their earnings. They did come out and they said, look, the EBITDA numbers did beat the average analyst estimate because those cost cutting measures, but if you look at trading volumes, they're down about 75% year over year. What was the street looking for? I don't think it was 75%. I don't have the exact estimates at the moment, but they weren't expecting 75%, and that's why you saw the stock initially drop on the news. But then come back because it looks like their outcome or the outlook at least is a little bit more positive. Essentially saying that 75% is potentially the lowest it's going to go. But again, it's a mixed analyst recommendations coming out from this. So coinbase, though, probably going to be one of your big movers today up about 5 tons of 1% at the moment with CO IN. Let's talk about cybersecurity stocks, PA and W is the one I have my eye on Paulo alto networks. This is really important when it comes to cybersecurity in general. We know the defense stocks have had this massive bid since the war in Ukraine broke out and alto for me is one of those kind of poster childs for the cyber network story. The shares are up about 9% in the pre market. And this comes after the issue of some pretty strong earnings guidance. They beat on their revenue, their software numbers, but they also beat on their subscription and billings numbers, which means that businesses are actively investing in cybersecurity. Similar to kind of the store you get from cloud companies, for example, your Microsoft alphabets, even though the technology has existed for a while. A lot of people haven't made that pivot yet. And Paula also says, well, this is really focusing on profitability, free cash flow, you know, kind of the bottom line numbers, not just so much the top line stuff that the market was looking for for the past several years. But you got to show some profits. You do. And I think this earnings cycle specifically has been very tough on that that margin story has been something that's kind of been a deal breaker for a lot of companies. You look at Home Depot and Walmart earlier this week. I want to mention Intel really quickly down 8 tenths of 1%. Their dividend slashed 66%, their lowest in 16 years. What is it? Massive story. Yeah, I don't get that. I mean, don't you cut dividends 5%, 10%, 20%? I mean, this is a real company with real balance sheet with cash flow. Well that should kind of shocked me a little bit. Shark barely describes it in Paul. We're going to stop to show here folks because this is really important. Pretty thank you so much for bringing us up with current Gupta doesn't know folks as long ago and far away pulsing I would get printed annual reports. These are actual physical documents and they were in a stupid thick as the ones now because there weren't a lot of lawyers involved. And every company had a different character. And if you open the IBM report, the first two pages Paul was a free cash flow dissertation. From mister Palma Sano or whatever. And that was never going to end. Was it? And it did. It did. I mean, same thing with Intel. How Apple buys back shares now? They got that from Apple from Intel. And tell us the one that did that, Paul. I'm looking at the FA function for Intel financial analysis function. This is a company that had 1520 $10 billion of free cash flow last year in December 2022, negative $10 billion of free cash flow. The street's looking for -7.6 billion free cash flow in 2023 and 2.3 negative free cash flow in 2024. So this is a company that's conserving cash time. And I guess that's one of the places you go is your dividend
Mike Gallagher Podcast
Nikki Haley Rallies Supporters for Her Presidential Campaign
"We need somebody to lead us out of the wilderness. We got to get somebody in The White House who can show us the way. There's a woman in South Carolina who says it's her. And the America I see, the permanent politician will finally retire. We'll have term limits for Congress. And mandatory mental competency tests for politicians over 75 years old. Now there's a little problem with her suggestion that we have mental cognitive tests for any politician over 75, John fetterman is 53. There's going to be a big problem with only targeting people who are 75 or older. I mean, let's face it, she's targeting Trump is what she's doing. She wants to present herself as a fresh start for America. And there are lots of people who are buying into it already.
The Hugh Hewitt Show: Highly Concentrated
Nikki Haley Kicks Off Run for President
"Nikki Haley, let's go to cut number 15. I have devoted my life to this fight, and I'm just getting started. For a strong America. For a proud America, I am running for president of the United States of America. Now the most controversial thing Nikki Haley said was cut number 14. So let's hear from ambassador Haley on that. And the America I see, the permanent politician will finally retire. We'll have term limits for Congress. And mandatory metal competency tests for politicians over 75 years old. Mandatory competency tests for politicians over 75 years old. That's a thinly veiled shot. I would, my advice to every republic. I'm in Switzerland, as you know. I am not going to have a favorite in this race. I'm going to ask questions of them all. Ambassador Haley is welcome here every day, as is the former president as is Mike Pompeo, as is Mike Pence as his Tim Scott, as is everyone who is anyone who's going to run for president, and there are a lot of them. They're all welcome here, and I will ask them all pretty much the same question. I'm going to talk to them as I did with Peter Thiel about China and the media and how do we get the country going? What do we do about this drug addiction problem?
The Eric Metaxas Show
How Did Naomi Wolf Get Her Hands on Pfizer's Internal Docs?
"Welcome, Naomi wolf. It's so good to be here with you in person at last. It's really a gigantic blessing to me to sit in the same room as you and to talk to you about so many things. And I do want to talk to you about many, many things, I want to talk at some point with you about the spiritual aspect of the madness that has been unleashed on humanity. And I want to talk to you about I want to talk to you about lots of things, but I want to start with because not everyone who listens to this program listens to every program and just to reprise what it is that you have done in getting these internal documents from Pfizer, how that happened, and then what you've done with them and what you found. But let's just start with, how did you manage because I still am astonished that you would get your hands on Pfizer's internal documents? Right. Great question. Well, I can't take any credit for it. That was Aaron's Siri and his law firm, which sued the FDA. And sued successfully. And so the court ordered the FDA to release all of these internal Pfizer documents and the FDA as you and I have discussed in the past asked the court to wait to ban the release for 75 years. In other words, this generation was long gone. And luckily, this judge said no. And so the FDA was forced to release 55,000 documents a month, and that's even deceptive because some of these documents are like tens of thousands of pages long. So a massive tranche.
WTOP
"75 years" Discussed on WTOP
"By Friday afternoon. I'm storm team for meteorologist more in rickets. Right now We've got 92 degrees in Southwest D. C. 92 In sterling here. W t O p. It's 95 to feel like 104. W. T O P at 1 51, a key associate of Florida congressman Matt Gates will not be sentenced until November. A federal judge today agreed to delay Joel Greenberg sentencing so we can keep cooperating in a broader sex trafficking investigation. Greenberg had been set to hear his punishment for crimes, including sex trafficking of a minor August 19th. Broader probe could involved Congressman Gates. Um uh, The congressman has denied any wrongdoing and has not been charged with a crime. The Pentagon has given the go ahead for a Naval academy graduates to pursue pursue a career in the NFL. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has granted Cameron Kinleys request to postpone his military service for a chance to play for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Acting Navy Secretary Tom Harker had denied Kinleys request to delay his commissioning, but Austin reversed that decision. President Biden says he's pleased Austin granted the waiver Kinley or cornerback signed with Tampa Bay as an undrafted free agent. He says he's appreciative of Secretary Austin's decision and excited to represent the military and the NFL. Keisha James W. T O P. News, the Defense Department asking Congress to shift a chunk of funds it was given. For 2021. The Pentagon wants to move $4.4 billion of 2021 funds to cover a large range of expenses. The Defense Department needs the money to pay for some of the deployments of the southwest border and for expenses incurred during the pandemic. The military says. If the funds aren't shifted readiness and training could be jeopardized. Duty says it's taking those funds from savings and contracts programs it doesn't need and initiatives that weren't as popular as expected. Scott Mazzone federal news network, some scary moments for a family from an ARRUNDELL County police say their minivan was stolen from a grocery store parking lot with five Children inside. This happened late Monday at a giant food storing Glen Burnie. The Children were found unharmed after a brief search behind the Odyssey minivan they were in is still missing. Anyone with information on this case is being asked to call police. It is a marriage milestone. Today, a former president and first lady are celebrating their diamond Jubilee wedding anniversary. Former President Jimmy Carter and former first lady Rosalynn Carter are celebrating 75 years of what Mr Carter calls partnership. Makes them the longest married presidential couple in American history..
WTOP
"75 years" Discussed on WTOP
"Sleep happens dot com 9 41 now and new this morning 14 people are out of their home after a fire this morning in Prince George's County. It happened at a town home on Kate's be terrorists in Landover, around 6 15. The fire extended to other town homes, leaving nine adults and five kids displaced. One firefighter was taken to a hospital for evaluation. The cause of the blaze is still being investigated. There is new information this morning supporting the government's push to get more Americans vaccinated. People who have yet to get a covid vaccination make up all of Maryland's reported deaths from the virus last month. They also account for the vast majority of new cases in hospitalizations. Across the D C region. A seven day average of new cases was 256 yesterday. That number has been increasing over the past few weeks. But it is a declined from 331 a month ago, Maryland's 75 state parks can often fill up, especially on holiday weekends. One state lawmaker says the state should consider other ways to create more space for people who were eager to enjoy the outdoors. Maryland state delegate Eric Lucky is a big fan of the Maryland State Park system I've visited. I think at this 10.53 of Maryland state parks, so he's got 22 more to go. But like many people checking out where to go on the Fourth of July weekend, he noted how the parks often had to close once they hit capacity. So lucky says he's getting a conversation going on developing some parks and looking at land Act, was it Listen to and he says that's not in conflict with preserving natural space. You know, One of the best things we can do is build the trails build the access that allows people to get to these places and enjoy them so they can become the advocates for preserving them for the future. Kate Ryan. W T o P. NEWS this just in to the W T o P newsroom, fire officials in Surfside, Florida, say 10 more bodies have been pulled from the rubble of that collapsed condo building near Miami. The death toll is now up to 46. About 100. People are still unaccounted for, will have much more in the story coming up at the top of the hour at 10 o'clock in CBS News at 9 43. Now it's a marriage milestone today is a former president and first lady celebrate their wedding anniversary. Former President Jimmy Carter and former first lady Rosalynn Carter are celebrating 75 years of what Mr Carter calls partnership. It makes them the longest married presidential couple in American history. The former president is 96 his wife, 93. Three his secret for a long lasting union, marry the right person and never go to sleep with differences. Her tip common interests, she says. They still look for things to do together, but advises, each person should have some space. They read the Bible together allowed every night. Deborah Rodriguez CBS News, It's 9 44. Here's Josh Wilson, the senior vice president of service lines and technology at Salome on implications of AI and ML based modernization efforts sponsored by Ellen. Am I? As I look to today, the real challenge we're faced as we need all our senior leaders mid and senior to have a much higher digital..
Reformed Millennials - Growth Investing Canada
"75 years" Discussed on Reformed Millennials - Growth Investing Canada
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Reformed Millennials - Growth Investing Canada
"75 years" Discussed on Reformed Millennials - Growth Investing Canada
"Use a firm when you could be providing that he's decided is like we're all way better as a team and you know who don't want to win the internet. I don't want amazon to win. Everything how do i in pow. How do i empower the entrepreneur. Sola preneurs how do i in power that person who wants start their own business. How do i make the market of the internet. The economy of the internet grow the all. Have the exact same mindset. Mark zuckerberg toby key and john carlson or patrick olsen from strikes. Same exactly the same. And they're all on the same team so they are now the new godzilla of the internet because it used to be jeff bezos. But now he's going to space and you've got these three guys one being canadian. The other being an irishman and the other one being alien for sure in zuckerberg and they're all on the same team. Amazing you have two point. Seven billion people that use facebook. You have striped which is without a doubt like the number one starting in the world right now private company. Everyone has a boehner to go work at stripe. Or if you did work at stripe you can get a job at any place on earth because you are now genius somehow because patrick calls and gave you a tap and then you have toby. Look you is the coolest canadian in the world. I'm just so excited for them. I mean the valuations are discussing out of this world but it if your belief is that more commerce is going to be done on the internet. I wouldn't wanna fight those three. Yeah i mean not physically. Maybe but like not in might of business sense. Yeah i love your take on that too. Because i wasn't even thinking in that sense but they do all have that non zero sum mentality which is definitely rare. I think a lot of old school people are always thinking zero-some and they're all founders. I mean as always one of those things you see in a large cap tech company. It's tough to go by. That guy is a constellation stoff. Software still has them. I mean amazon. It's sad there guys leaving you have. I mean it's very difficult to make. That transition like microsoft has three times four times. It's difficult to do it having that founder. Minds that they don't actually care so much about shareholders and they're willing to do crazy stuff in maybe stuff that isn't so accretive to bottom line within the next three or six months but definitely gives you that extra punch to go all out higher over five years so i'm excited for him. I think it's great. I mean i own two of the to publicly traded once. So that's good. That's not investment advice by the way all right to wrap up it. Looks like he finally watched iron cowboy. What what spurred that as a lunatic hundred iron man's in one hundred days. I i've seen that before. I don't know how this came over. He's doing it again. He's doing the end so he did fifty before..
Reformed Millennials - Growth Investing Canada
"75 years" Discussed on Reformed Millennials - Growth Investing Canada
"I mean it's the most is the most positive person i've ever read. But he's i mean it's intoxicating to listen to but i think what he's going forward. I think generally speaking directionally is right. What do you think. Well i wanna get your take on. One of the other analogies he uses. Because it's a little bit closer to home which is the v. c. quote unquote smiling curve. And this is a graph that ben thompson commonly uses but effectively just communicates that in the middle. You're screwed. yeah if you're a solo. Gp that's on the uptrend and there's a lot of those and if you're a differentiated fund let's say like tiger. Global unused have infinite amount of capital. You're good you know a lot of activity there. But if you're a commodity fund you're screwed what do you think about that smiling curve idea while he's probably right. I mean it's like anything right. Where oftentimes the answer. Generally in the middle however when it comes to differentiation. I mean day in the middle brutal. Yeah you lose your speed and you lose your edge. She don't have one. yeah. And i think he's right. He's a hundred percent right. And if the way that i look at it is that the people in the middle if we're using investors so pro market investor so you have venture capitalists and private equity. If you're looking at. I mean largely speaking you either have unlimited money or you have unlimited network And generally speaking you're both or you provide a ton of value right which is also has like its own little unique portion of that smile the people in the middle of the kind of just do all of a mac. I mean if you're not going to city that nobody wants to be in you're gonna lose for sure. Why why would a company like good lawyer or like airbnb. Ten years ago or whatever want to use a whole Middle of the road lacks massive. Capital laxed massive network blacks massive value. Add why would you use that word. Executive abba bookmark on twitter. From jack butcher visualized value guy so this may be relates to the solar gpa into the smaller but he says when attention is capital distribution is a money printer. That wimmer when attention is capital distribution is a money printer..
The Bobby Bones Show
"75 years" Discussed on The Bobby Bones Show
"What we call necker island today my friends. That's crazy day Okay eddie. I'm gonna go offer a bunch of like fifty thousand dollars for them. I love your show with amy on this hundred acres of those. Who did you forty. Two million pounds of wings will be consumed on super bowl. And i don't know what that means. Person raymond amy for the win. Amy as well okay. We're all down to the final fun. Facts it all comes down to this one. Who's ever fact is more fun. It's a fun champion of the week of this is the last one. Oh you have on your back pocket. I don't don't ask for advice advice. I think i've done it. But i can't remember what will you remember but then i've done it. I risk it that it's so good. Oh okay here we go. That number one raimondo. You won that one. So you go. I have i done this go ahead. I don't know man when jack. Nicholson royer when. Jack nicholson was thirty seven. He found out that the woman he thought was his sister was actually his mother so his mom got pregnant when she was sixteen and the family was like. Whoa like you're you're like a you can have the baby stay with us. And we'll raise him so his mother. I'm all And then when he was thirty seven years old old before he realized that he said when jack nicholson was thirty seven he found out the woman he thought was. His sister was his mother. Serve me now based ago going. You're not my mom you're my sister minnie mom crazy. That's pretty wild earth. It is very interesting. It is go ahead lunchbox. Oh yeah matthew mcknight. He holds the world record for the greatest distance thrown in a car accident and living. Oh yeah he's an off-duty paramedic lead polls over to help someone on the side of the road and a car going seventy miles. An hour hits him and he flies a hundred eighteen feet. That's half a football field and he lived. That's incredible and that's what we call. Miracles do happen traumatic. It is traumatic for his whole life to know he was like the nurse trauma. Fill the nurse sort of you should send that into the guinness book of world record is like yeah right. He's in the guinness book of world records. Ray congrats to matthew mcknight but not to lunch box that we've heard the giant when you know he's that for okay. Raoult's amy eddie. Ooh this is tough tougher than i thought. Michael mcknight kind of fun. But i've never heard this jack. Nicholson one. so that's pretty crazy to me. I'm going amy. I'm going and there's great champion fax. Wow lucky you. You can't take down the grand champion. it's hard it is. I'm saying today was hard cajal fox poster to the limit though. I had to get it when you're up you now. Lunch boxes just banned himself from judging next week. A comment like that. Me morgan rayo. That'd be the judge. Okay amy congratulations. You are the fun fact. Friday champion. amy everybody voicemail. We got last night. I was just listening to the podcast. And i just heard about amy's mammogram experience. And i'm actually mammogram for and florida. And i just wanted to say thank you for spreading the word about how many maghazi is a great tool for early indication of breast cancer. And how important stuff exams are. and how. We're not the scariest people i promise. Mammographies are nice people too. So thank you guys and keep in the good word have a great day. No i didn't know that's they were memo. Gophers miami's here's a leash from seattle morning studio race. You are an inspiration for my best friend's wedding that i'm going to in europe in three weeks thanks guys. I hope i see many raised. That wedding like i saw on instagram story. Thank you become a cult hero. For how drunk you at mighties wedding. I don i thought it was going to be a positive influence on people but i mean i guess Inspired her you. People people are now going. Hey if raising your wedding. He doesn't do that well. 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It and contacted the police and then put a psa upon tiktok. But what do you do. Go to your purse before you leave every single place. That's the thing like what do you do to prevent that. I mean you're already watching for repose around you guy no or maybe just make sure you've got a handle on where your purses at all times and that it's not open or available for someone to slip something. Although i mean if people are sneaking and good at this and that's obviously what they train themselves to do for you not to catch them. That's that's crazy. So mirror and morris was saying and that ryan heard is outgoing and she is really shy and she says that his outgoing trae is one that she wishes that she had. I'm like very shy. And i consider myself an introvert. So yeah if we ever walk into a room. And i don't know anyone i feel like he'll be okay but i need like a drink in my hand or something to feel like okay. I can have this conversation do so. 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NewsRadio WIOD
"75 years" Discussed on NewsRadio WIOD
"The fiscal year, it's expected to come close to last year's record of more than three trillion. The Treasury Department says spending is outpaced tax receipts as the economy covers from the pandemic. And last month alone, the deficit was 132 billion, roughly a third of what it was a year earlier. 10 senators planning to present their infrastructure deal to the White House, the five Democrats and five Republicans, hoping it will revive bipartisan negotiations. They agreed to spend nearly $1 trillion over five years to improve roads, bridges, pipes and Internet connections. They say it won't increase taxes, But the White House still needs to find out how it will be paid for the Senate is adjourned until Monday. President Biden and the leaders of half a dozen other economic powers and the president of the European Commission beginning three days of meetings today as the 47th G seven summit gets underway. NBC's Chris Pallone has some details. Over the next three days. The G seven leaders are expected to discuss trade, cyber security and climate change. Topics expected to come up at next week's NATO meeting as well before the president returns home, he'll meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Switzerland. This is Biden's first G seven summit as president, part of his eight day European mission to reset the tone of relations between Washington and traditional US allies, joining Biden and the European Commission president. The leaders of Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan and the U. K a covid 19 variant first detected in India on the rise in the U. S. And it has some experts worried. Baylor Infectious disease expert Dr Peter Hotez says the delta variant hitting right as states relax restrictions. I'm worried that this one they take off this summer just like we had a surge last summer. Dr Hotez says Current vaccines are effective against that variant. A man who bonded out of jail last month accused of posing as a police officer to coerced sex from his victims has been arrested again. 28 year old Rashid months here is accused of attempted sexual battery, kidnapping and armed robbery. Police say he once again posed as a police officer. It is essentially the same allegations as in this case, he allegedly picked up a woman on the street. Got her into his car when she got into his car, advised her that he was Hollywood police officer and forced her into sexual acts. Monsour was booked into the Broward County Jail this time without bond. And the Dolphin is going to be back on the training field next week. Miami is set.
KOMO
"75 years" Discussed on KOMO
"Order has been dismissed by the state Supreme Court. Was Ryan here is talk to the people involved. The court decided in favor of Sheriff Jon Snow as a ruling that law enforcement has discretion over how they enforce the law. Discretion. The petitioner Arthur West says, he acknowledges, But to say that we're not gonna enforce say bank robberies were just gonna educate people who rob banks that would encourage more people to rob banks. Sheriff's Naza tells me there's already a false perception. They're just looking to make arrests, but that his department will hold people accountable. Whether it's just with a little education or Refer. Deputy needs to write a ticket. Why would I want any citizen to feel like if they're not wearing a mask that they need to run away from Long Force Mint? If I'm just going to go talk to him and remind them that maybe it's a good idea for you to wear a mask. And these are the reasons why West says he could appeal to a higher court, but that he probably won't Ryan Harris Camo news. Some 160 businesses have left downtown Seattle amid the pandemic, and according to the downtown Seattle Association, it's not all about economics more from Cuomo's Jeff Pooja alone. No one can argue that the economic collapse hasn't hit business is hard, but he s a president John School, says City Hall has made the problem worse. This entire conversation that our council is lead is really lacked. Clear. Objectives on outcomes. It's just bad policy making. He points to the lack of progress on the homeless situation and the council's effort to defund police but schools and said there is cause for optimism, saying that while more than 160 businesses have left downtown Seattle in the last year 90 new ones have set up shop and moved in. Jeff Pooja look come on. News hits at County Man is charged with attacking police officers for a third time. 47 year old Matthew Anderson was released twice without bail late last year. In those two cases, Anderson pleaded not guilty, then released from kits at county jail. And Tuesday morning, Bremerton police officers responded to 911 calls about a man making threats with a hammer at a local learning center. When officers arrived. They say Anderson kicked one of them before they could make an arrest. Gentle school District Superintendent Denise Juno says she has some regrets about how the district has navigated the pandemic or handling of the emergency over the last year, said to be one of the reasons the school board Opted not to extend her contracts more from Cuomo's Carleen Johnson district is under investigation for taking too long to get those special ed students back into classrooms. But do you know explains their approach was different than many district's thought It was important to maintain that connection for students going to places where they were used to talking to the teacher that they knew and loved. And then also our teachers having access to passions that they were in it, so it took a little longer to make those matches. She says she does regret they were not prepared to get every student a laptop and WiFi connection when students were first sent home last spring, and she says teachers Didn't get all the help they needed for online learning, and those first months she is leaving at the end of June. Her replacement for the next year as interim superintendent, is expected to be Dr Brent Jones, who served as Gino's director of equity and engagement. The school board will finalize that decision on February 24th Carleen Johnson come on news Shell Oil has paid a $191,000 fine for the release of pollutants from its refinery in Anacortes. During refinery maintenance on February 20th 2015 Several operating procedures were violated, resulting in the release of about £700 of pollutants sulfide. Another chemicals were released over a period of more than three hours. Emissions. Second, many and surrounding areas and some sought medical attention find comes as part of a settlement with the EPA over Clean Air Act violations. Homo news time is 10 40 for the beacon Plumbing Sports desk. COLLEGE basketball Tonight. Washington State beats the U C l A Bruins 81 to 73 You see us see the Trojans take the Huskies 69 to 54. Almost Bill Swartz says tennis has taken off during the pandemic, grabbing a couple of rockets, hitting the ball back and forth one of the few safe activities during the pandemic. The United States Tennis Association says there were three million new players last year, a 44% increase over 2019 and new tennis racket sales were up nearly 40%. First tennis Grand Slam of the year. The Australian Open Now on day four women's one seed Ashleigh Barty and men's two seed Ruffin Adult cruised into Round three. The National Hockey League is added some game day. Rapid covert tests for players results returned and 30 minutes and that's on top of the more accurate PCR test. Western Hockey League U. S division will drop the puck on a shortened season March 19th Seattle Thunderbirds Everitt Silver Tips will play games exclusively against Portland, Spokane and the Tri Cities, No playoffs, and Still no Spectators allowed Sports A 10 and 40 After the hour Bill Swerts come on, is call 1888 farmers to switch and you could save an average of $470 on your auto insurance..
KOMO
"75 years" Discussed on KOMO
"Billig urged his colleagues to pass it what's before us today. Is a very big, very important next step of rental assistance and business assistance and childcare vaccine distribution support. 47 senators voted yes to voted No Governor Easley's expected to quickly sign the bill. Some 160 businesses have left downtown Seattle amid the pandemic, and according to the downtown Seattle Association, it's not all about economics more from Cuomo's Jeff Pooja alone. No one can argue that the economic collapse hasn't hit business is hard, but he s a president John School, says City Hall has made the problem worse. This entire conversation that our council is lead is really lacked clear objectives. On outcomes. It's just bad policy making. He points to the lack of progress on the homeless situation and the council's effort to defund police but schools and said there is cause for optimism, saying that while more than 160 businesses have left downtown Seattle in the last year 90 new ones have set up shop in moved in. Jeff Pooja Look come on. News it gets at county man is charged with attacking police officers for a third time. 47 year old Matthew Anderson was released twice without bail late last year. Those two cases. Anderson pleaded not guilty, then released from kits at county jail. Then Tuesday morning, Bremerton police officers responded to 911 calls about a man making threats with a hammer at a local learning center. Officers arrived. They say Anderson kicked one of them before they could make an arrest. Seattle School District Superintendent Denise Juno says she has some regrets about how the district has navigated the pandemic or handling of the emergency for the last year, is said to be one of the reasons the school board opted. Not to extend her contract more from Cole's Carleen Johnson. The district is under investigation for taking too long to get those special ed students back into classrooms. But do you know explains their approach was different than many district's thought It was important to maintain that connection for students going to places where they were used to talking to the teacher that they knew and loved. And then also our teachers having access to classrooms that they were in it, so it took a little longer to make those matches. She says she does regret they were not prepared to get every student a laptop and WiFi connection when students were first sent home last spring, and she says teachers Didn't get all the help they needed for online learning, and those first months she is leaving at the end of June. Her replacement for the next year as interim superintendent is expected to be Dr Brent Jones, who served as Gino's director of equity and engagement. The school board will finalize that decision on February. 24th Carleen Johnson Come on news news time 8 40 for the Beacon Plumbing Sports desk in college basketball tonight. Right now in the second half, the USC Trojans Lead the Huskies 58 44 in the first half. Right now, it's the Cougars ahead of the U. C L. A Bruins 22 to 18 almost Bill Swartz says Tennis has taken off during our pandemic, grabbing a couple of rockets, hitting the ball back and forth one of the few safe activities during the pandemic. The United States Tennis Association. Says there were three million new players last year, a 44% increase over 2019 and new tennis racket sales were up nearly 40%, the first tennis grand Slam of the year. The Australian Open Now a day four women's one seed Ashleigh Barty, and men's two seed Ruffin. Adult cruised into Round three. The National Hockey League is added some game day. Rapid covert tests for players results returned and 30 minutes and that's on top of the more accurate PCR test. Western Hockey League. You Division will drop the puck on a shortened season. March 19th Seattle Thunderbirds. Average silver tips will play games exclusively against Portland, Spokane and the Tri Cities, No playoffs, and still no Spectators allowed Sports a 10 and 40 After the hour bill's words come on in is What you doing? Trying on glasses was sent his three d virtual triumph. Wow, That's pretty cool. But those glasses can I make you look like your uncle Bob? Oh, not exactly the look. I was going for Okay. How about these clear glasses? Oh, or these round ones? Very on trend. I like both on you. You know, I also like these aviator sunglasses. Wait, Are those the actual prices? I say, Get all of them. Seriously? Why not? Right? How old now? I want you glasses. Is any dot com quality prescription glasses starting at 6 95. That sound is why we fund lifesaving science..
Bloomberg Radio New York
"75 years" Discussed on Bloomberg Radio New York
"Others are masters of data, but to understand what they create, you need to think about how they work. Why did the divine decide to do this now? Bloomberg markets give us the economics with these vaccines with Bulls, Weenie and funny, Quinn. Can China afford to be so generous? We welcome thinkers. How's that influence your outlook Weekday mornings at 10 Eastern on Bloomberg Radio. The Bloomberg business happened. Bloomberg radio dot com. Bloomberg, the world is listening. This is a Bloomberg money minute. It may have been money well spent for uber and lift. Government filings indicate the ride sharing company spent record amounts on Washington lobbying last year, Dow Jones says the spending came is the Labor Department work toward finalizing a rule Viewed as a boon to act based big companies. Two birds one stone for NBC Universal. It's shutting down its sports channel Nbcsn. At the end of the year, I moved to cut costs in the face of cord cutting. And one, maybe two boost. NBC's new streaming service Peacock. NBC Sports says key elements of the sports channels programming will move there and to NBC sister Cable Channel, the USA Network. 80 anti satellite TV division. Direct TV is picking up a channel of interest from a private equity firm. Reuters says It's looking for a minority stake and direct TV on Wall Street a strong week ending with another NASDAQ record. On a week gain of 12 points. The Dow and S and P fell. The Dow down 179, the S and P. 12 Joan Doniger Bloomberg Radio. Hi, everyone AL broker here as a guy with his own catchphrase. I appreciate that. After 75 years, Smokies only said only you can prevent wildfires. But I'm filling in because there's a lot more to report like when it's drier, windy..