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A highlight from 1278. Gensler LOST AGAIN! | Judge Shreds SEC Appeal! | XRP Update
"Let's get into some XRP news today and talk about the SEC taking another black eye. These guys are taking round after round from the judge, and it's going to be an interesting one for sure. You don't want to miss this show. All right, my name is Paul Baron. Welcome back into Tech Path. Let's get into it. A couple of topics that we'll break down from the judge, but also the kind of impact this could have for the overall crypto markets, even the Coinbase case. We'll give you guys kind of a rundown. One thing I do want to do is thank our sponsor, and that's iTrust Capital. If you guys are looking at going into long -term investing into crypto IRAs, this is one of the vehicles you can use, and it's very simple to do it. Easy to start up, there's no monthly fees, and all you have to do is you can do your own self -directed trading. So if you want to get into XRP or others, you can do that right here within the iTrust Capital IRA. Very easy to join, and you'd be joining 200 another ,000 accounts that have already created IRAs there with iTrust. So check the link down below. You get a $100 funding reward if you decide to do something there. Helps our channel out. Appreciate that. All right, so let's get into a couple things here. I want to go over to the PDF here. This is the judge response, and there's a few points. I'm going to kind of zoom in on this a little bit for you guys. There's a few spots in here. There's going to be a lot of scrolling, but the point is we're going to get to a couple of points here. I want to go down here to page five. All right, so let's get into this. First, SEC has not presented a pure question of law. This is one of the things that the judge has already pretty much put in in the judgment on the first ruling, and of course, kind of them just saying, hey, this is, you're still in the same position here. In fact, the court specifically rejected defendants' essential ingredients, the legal test, and applied the SEC's legal standards. So this was where the SEC was essentially trying to create their own rules. Judge says, nope, not going to work here. Further into the document, the SEC seeks to appeal question C, and issuers offers and sales of crypto assets and trading platforms create a reasonable expectation of profits based on the efforts of others. But the court did not hold that offers and sales on a digital asset exchange can create a reasonable expectation of profits based on the efforts of others. So I think that is pretty much the same kind of scenario that's playing out in the Coinbase trial that we will most likely, I think we're going to see a win there as well. Ripple's programmatic sales were blind, bid -asked transactions, same as almost every crypto transaction out there. Ripple's programmatic sales represented less than 1 % of the global XRP trading volume, did not make any promises or offers, and the SEC failed to provide evidence. The SEC failed to provide evidence, and she just keeps on, failed to provide evidence over and over on all of this. So really kind of hitting home on the SEC, just not holding up their end of being able to even prove that XRP or other digital assets are securities. Further in this document, it says the SEC failed to provide evidence and the development of use cases for the XRP ledger, which constitutes a tangible and definable consideration to Ripple. That's important. Court also rejected the SEC's argument that XRP provided Ripple employees as compensation and bonuses satisfies the Howie's first prong. So getting into a lot more detail here, and I think this is going to flow into the rest of the civil cases that are still out there against Garlinghouse and Larson. All right, so court rejects the SEC's remaining argument that the courts have accordingly found section five violations where unregistered crypto asset transactions occur not between the issuer and the investor, but through intermediaries, including on trading platforms, keyword on trading platforms. That is Coinbase in a nutshell. And I think that's the scenario. Digital assets I think are getting ready to fall outside of the guise of the SEC. Court rejects the argument that there is a substantial ground for difference of opinion, meaning it doesn't matter what you think the court has a rule of law to go by and we're going to affect it. And, uh, the SEC is not creating their own law, which is the other scenario. Okay, so further in the court, uh, in the document, the court cannot draw any conclusions about library's core reasoning, uh, to an issue because it was never litigated. Therefore the SEC fails to point to any digital asset cases which conflict with the court's holding as to the other distributions. If you don't know about what happened in the library case, this was a really a milestone event for the SEC, but now the court is pretty much saying, man, not really. Listen into this clip right here. After the blockchain was launched and we didn't do an ICO and this was during the ICO boom and then we said we were trying to be a conservative company and eventually the SEC sued us and they declined to actually bring the trial until shortly before the statute of limitations was going to hit on our, on our first buying time. Yeah. We came in and we did a whole presentation and they just used that stuff against us. Never answered a single one of our questions. We've said we'll destroy the entire company. We'll give you our entire pre -mon. You can have every dollar in our bank accounts, right? But what we want is the status that Bitcoin has, right? If I have to blow everything up, if that's what's somehow the difference here. Okay, fine. Just tell me that that's what I have to do. They won't tell you that. They'll say you're, I mean, seriously, it's so it like gives me an energy. That's crazy. I mean, that would be in the founder of library talking about how much pressure and just gravitas that the sec is wielding out there on small companies. And that's the problem of overreach that we talk about all the time. All right, so let's go back to, actually there's another clip I want to play for you. This is John Deaton. Listen to this one. The judge agreed with me, promised me, assured me that he was going to make sure that the world knew that his decision did not apply to secondary market transactions. And that was a very important point because judge Torres in the ripple case cites that hearing Jeremy Kaufman and library spend between one and $4 million and they spend another couple million dollars in legal fees. The sec spends ungodly amount of hours taxpayer money. And when it's all said and done, the government protected us by getting $111 ,000 in legal fees. From library. Well, we've successfully destroyed them financially. We did what we told Jeremy Kaufman we were going to do when he argued with us and we said, we will bankrupt you pal. What happened is the library is appealing the decision by the judge granting summary judgment to the sec. I think that they have been emboldened, if you will, because of the grayscale ruling by the ripple decision by maybe even the Uniswap decision by judge failure and hopefully a really good decision that comes down in the Coinbase motion to, to dismiss. Remember people, there's not a case in 80 years that supports taking an asset that may have been an investment contract in the beginning and then calling it an investment contract. The underlying asset forever. None. Yeah. So Deaton pretty, pretty benefit. I'm pretty passionate about that. And I think he does kind of hit that point home is that the sec kind of plays unfairly, not surprising and to anyone out there. But the good thing is, is now the courts are starting to rule against them. And this seems like they are finally in a position where they're taking the bully to class here further in the conclusion denied at the sec's request for a stay is also denied. So this court basically just lashed everything down. This is an interesting statement at the end prior to the final pretrial conference council for both parties along with parties themselves shall meet in person for at least one hour to discuss the settlement of the match. So they are really meaning the court is really pushing to get this done. This of course is Annalisa Torres, judge Annalisa Torres, which I think is the one that has pretty much outlined that the sec has no case here for digital asset control and most likely is going to fall under, under outside the graces of the court when it comes to the, to the Coinbase, uh, case as well. All right. Just a couple of tweets here. Uh, corrupt sec got an effort fail on their appeal. Judge Torres wrote the fail 10 times. Uh, here's Stuart Alderati, of course, the ripple attorney courts, um, July 13 ruling was and remains law of the land XRP is not a security. Jeremy Hogan comes in and says, Hey, okay, look here. A couple of things here that I want to note. Uh, and that is really this statement right here. This is a disaster for the agency. I'm going to mark that just it's there. This is a disaster for the agency, but I think this is, this is a good thing for crypto in general and digital assets. But more importantly, I think for digital asset technology and how all of this is moving forward, keeping government overreach out of industry and innovation is important because as you know, Deaton kind of mentioned, they went through all that, you know, millions and millions and millions of taxpayers money for $111 ,000 for a library case, which is probably going to get overturned out. So not a good one. Here was Scott, Scott Chamberlain, uh, further talking about the XRP case and he kind of hits something here. So there's a lot in change. SCC failed to prove its case. Now it has to push not something nice uphill with a pointy stick if it wants to win. So they have a huge boulder in front of them to get this done in being able to win. I think the SCC has lost this and I think it's going to start either looking very bad for Gensler or the SCC is going to start to pivot their position. Now you look at it politically, that could be the case because we're starting to see some things in DC that could also kind of tie into this. I want to go over to this last clip, which is Deaton talking about this a little bit further into what this might mean. Listen in. She said some XRP holders, no doubt bought XRP for speculative reasons and they may have relied on the efforts of Ripple, but the SCC didn't prove that. Programmatic sales of XRP on exchanges are not securities. XRP itself is not a security. And what she did in this decision was solidify it. And I'm telling you it's untouchable. It cannot be touched. She even said, look, I never said that it's impossible for some crypto token to still be a security when it's bought on an exchange. I've just said that XRP in this case with these facts are not period. She even made it more clear that as of right now on this day, excluding Bitcoin, XRP is the only one clearly, with legal clarity. I'm really hoping that judge failure comes through on the Coinbase decision because I think that will be when Gensler is forced to pivot. And that's when Elizabeth Warren has to accept that her anti crypto army is a bunch of old people about to die. All right, there you go. Anti crypto army dead. Uh, and I think back to my point is that I think that Gensler is going to pivot. He has to, this is starting to impede political positioning. It's also impeding the benefits of what the SCC is going to try to do in really the work they should be doing, which is real securities law. And that is the challenge because right now it's just overreached. This is just power grabs. You look at what Graywall was saying here. Of course, this is the Coinbase attorney. SCC just filed its opposition motion to dismiss their case. This is the opposition to the motion for Coinbase trying to get this dismissed. This is going to take on a light of its own. If you look back down here at the end, it says, we look forward to filing our reply in October 24th. So as always, we appreciate court's consideration. So this is probably going to move into November, but the key here is the SCC continues to lose and they're losing in very, very grandiose ways. And this is not good for anything from a governmental overreach standpoint. I think it's even worse for the political position of the SCC. And this also starts to change things dramatically, I think in digital assets as a whole. Most likely Coinbase is going to come out of this. Coinbase is going to look really good pretty soon. So, all right guys, we're going to get into that more. We're going to be covering more of this. Obviously we had the speaker house change up this week. There's a big implication there on crypto and digital assets as a whole. We'll cover that. Make sure and stick around on the channel. If you're not subscribed, make sure and subscribe right now. 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The Dan Bongino Show
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A highlight from Boxing with Chris Mannix - Canelo is back
"The volume. Just a reminder that you can catch me recording this podcast live on AMP. AMP is the new live radio app that lets you call in and chat with me in person while I'm recording. Get the app on Apple's App Store and make sure you follow me at Chris Mannix to get notified when I go live. This is Boxing with Chris Mannix. I heard somebody punch him in the face. Anthony Joshua is a composed and ferocious finisher. Watch this. Andy Ruiz is the heavyweight champion. Hosted by S .I.'s Chris Mannix. That was my moment. Now with interviews, analysis and everything going on in the world of boxing. When you have talent, you are given another chance. Here's Chris Mannix. This is Boxing with Chris Mannix, part of the Volume Sports Podcast. Now we're going to welcome in everybody listening live on AMP. You can always get the first listen of this show and all the volume shows on AMP. Make sure you subscribe to the volume feed on AMP. Subscribe to my feed on AMP at Chris Mannix as well. Got a great show lined up for you this week. Eddie Hearn, the promoter of record for this weekend's Lee Wood fight against Josh Warrington over in the UK joins me to talk about that fight. Plus, Eddie always has a few opinions on everything else that's going on in the world of boxing. We'll get to that a little bit later. But it was a busy weekend in boxing. Canelo Alvarez successfully defended his 168 -pound titles. What's the future for him? What's the future for Jermell Charlo, who quite frankly didn't show up in this fight? I thought it was an embarrassing performance by Jermell Charlo who talked a good game, made us believe or made some people believe he was going to win or at least compete, and then just moved around the ring for 12 rounds to survive a decision. We'll talk about that and much more with Keith Idec, senior writer with BoxingScene .com. He was out in Las Vegas. Keith, let's just start there. Compare your expectations for Canelo Charlo with how the fight played out. Chris, what did you think of the way that fight played out in the ring? Chris, I'm not in any way surprised that Canelo Alvarez won. Of course, Charlo was moving up two weight classes. Canelo, although he hadn't looked all that great in his previous three fights, said repeatedly that he would look better because his surgically repaired left wrist was now 100 percent. He could train with it, et cetera. So I felt like Canelo would win the fight. But I did think honestly it was going to be a competitive fight. And the thing that really surprised me more than anything, Chris, which I think you just alluded to, is Jermell Charlo simply did not come to win this fight. He seemed to come to go 12 rounds with Canelo to avoid getting knocked out. And the reason that surprised me more than anything, Chris, is because that's not who Jermell Charlo is. That's not who he has been throughout his career. He has fought and promoted his fights and done interviews with a chip on his shoulder that never goes away. And it has served him very well because he's always been defiant and disproving sometimes imaginary enemies. But, you know, he has always used that to motivate him. And in this case, he really didn't. I thought that he would be able to flip that switch on fight night, although throughout the promotion he sort of behaved the way that he behaved once the bell rang. Like he didn't really believe that he could win the fight and that, you know, this might have been too much for him in the sense that he was moving up two weight classes and fighting a big puncher and a dangerous guy. And that's the way he approached the entire fight. You know, Derek James was on him between rounds. Hey, you're losing this fight. You need to do more. You need to pick it up. And he just never really responded to that. And again, I can't really emphasize enough, Chris, how surprised I am that he didn't try to win. Because, you know, this is a very prideful guy. This is a guy, again, who has repeatedly proved people wrong or tried to prove people wrong and used that as a way to drive him to great heights. Because, Chris, he's the undisputed 154 pound champion, the first one of the four belt era. He has avenged the two blemishes or the two previous blemishes on his record. He's avenged both of those. He knocked out Tony Harrison in their rematch. And although in his first fight against Tony Harrison, I didn't really think that he lost. It was a very close competitive fight. Didn't necessarily think that he lost. But he came back and avenged it with an 11th round knockout. You could certainly argue that he'd lost his first fight to Brian Costanio. But then came back and knocked Costanio out as well in his rematch. So he had taken care of the two blemishes on his record. This is just something that's just going to, you know, it's a blemish on his record that is never going to go away. And it might, unfortunately, be for him, the fight that people remember him for most. Because he just did not come to make this a competitive fight. And there's really no excuse for that. Unless he was hurt and he's not using that as an excuse. Unless his left hand really wasn't 100%. Because it was his first fight since he broke two bones in his left hand last December. Unless that was a factor and he's just not using that as an excuse, which would be commendable to hide that if that is the case. Just didn't look like he came to win the fight. And there's really no two ways about that. I don't really see how you could have seen that any other way. I spoke to Tim Zu yesterday. Did an interview with him for his upcoming fight with Brian Mendoza. And he echoed, we basically agreed on everything that Tim Zu said. And he felt, he was less harsh on Charlo than I thought he was going to be, honestly, because they have this rivalry. But he said the same thing. He was just surprised that we didn't get the A -level Charlo that we've gotten in most of his fights. And the kind of, you know, tenacious, ferocious guy that we usually see. Yeah, Charlo wants credit for going the distance. He doesn't get it in my book. He wants credit for not getting knocked out. He doesn't get it in my book. If you take on a challenge like this, I don't care if you move up one -way class, two -way classes, three -way classes. You have an obligation to try to win. Like, people are paying money to see you try to win. People are buying, spending 85 bucks on pay -per -view to see you try to win. He didn't do that. And I agree with you. When his career's over, you know, if it's corrected tomorrow, this would be the fight he's remembered for. For going up two -way classes and, quote, challenging Canelo Alvarez, but not really challenging him. I'm not surprised that Canelo dominated. I'll say that, Keith, because I've been saying that since that fight was made. I never believed Jermell Charlo could compete with Canelo because, and I say this about every Canelo opponent. To be competitive or to beat Canelo Alvarez, you have to throw with him. You have to be willing to let the right hand go. And since like 2018, when Canelo became this sort of middleweight and above destroyer, only two fighters have done that. Gennady has Golovkin done it, and Dmitry Bivol has done it. Both those guys have been willing to throw punches with Canelo. They have not been fearful of the artillery that was coming back. But every opponent other than that, that I've seen Canelo go up against, whether it's Callum Smith. Billy Joe Saunders had a different game plan, but eventually Billy Joe kind of succumbed to it. And now Jermell Charlo, they just, you know, they were trying to, Caleb Plant, I put on that list as well. They were just trying to jab and, you know, move and try to outbox him from the outside. You can't do that. You can't beat Canelo Alvarez unless you're willing to throw something big back against him. And, you know, Jermell Charlo was kind of an oversized example of that. You know, just the way he fought was just, I thought, just awful. Just a really weak performance from Jermell. But a kind of a continuation of guys that, you know, show up believing they have a game plan to face and beat Canelo Alvarez. But they just don't. And that kind of brings me to my next question, Keith, of who does at this point? You know, I think we'd all agree David Benavidez, at least on paper, is the most competitive option for Canelo Alvarez. I don't know if he's a realistic option for May of 2024. Terrence Crawford's out there saying he wants a piece of Canelo. I love Terrence Crawford. I think it's a marketable fight. But you're not going to convince me Terrence Crawford's going to stand in the pocket and trade with Canelo Alvarez. I just don't believe it. Jermell Charlo, don't get me started. There's no market for a Jermell Charlo -Canelo Alvarez fight. Less so after watching Jermell, the smaller brother and the more active brother, lose to Canelo. What is realistic right now for Canelo Alvarez as we look to the second fight of this PBC deal? Chris, the last time we spoke about this on the podcast, I remember telling you that the people who wanted to see him fight Terrence Crawford next, better hope that the Jermell Charlo fight is at least competitive, because then how do you sell a fight against an even smaller opponent in his next fight? And here we are. I'm not saying Terrence Crawford won't go in there to win. He certainly, based on everything that I know about Terrence Crawford, yet I also thought similar things about Jermell Charlo. I would think Terrence Crawford would go in there with a real attempt to win the fight. He's got a lot of pride. He's a very talented guy. He's one of the best pound -for -pound fighters in the world, coming off an incredibly dominant, career -defining win. But like you said earlier, Chris, when you get in there and you fight Canelo and he starts touching you in the beginning of the fight, people tend to realize, well, this is going to be harder than I thought. Canelo said that throughout Fight Week last week. He said watch when the fight starts and then you'll see Jermell Charlo realize that he's in there with a guy that he hasn't, the type of guy that he hasn't been in the ring with before, and that obviously played out. The same thing could be true of Crawford. Now, it is a marketable fight, Chris, and I think the public reaction to it, to me, has been somewhat surprising because it's been relatively positive. People want to see this fight. I can't stress enough. This guy would have to move up 21 pounds to fight Canelo because Canelo has repeatedly said, I am not doing this in a catchweight. It's not going to be at 164, 162, something where you might then think that Terrence Crawford has more of a chance to win. I really don't see as great as Terrence Crawford is, and as much as I commend him for wanting this challenge, I don't see this as a fight that he can win.
The Dan Bongino Show
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Real Estate Coaching Radio
A highlight from URGENT! How To Get Your Real Estate Listings SOLD NOW!
"Welcome to Real Estate Coaching Radio, starring award -winning real estate coaches and number one international bestselling authors, Tim and Julie Harris. This is the number one daily radio show for realtors looking for a no BS, authentic, real time coaching experience. What's really working in today's market, how to generate more leads, make more money and have more time for what you love in your life. And now your hosts, Tim and Julie Harris. This week we're talking about focusing on drilling down on it and doing our best to make all of you expert on pricing properties correctly and if you happen to have a listing that's not priced correctly, how to reposition it on the market so that it correctly reflects the market's expectations and becomes sold soon. That's right. And this information is also going to be very powerful when you're working with expired listings and all the rest of it. So yesterday we talked about facts, figures, statistics, as Julie's fond of saying, we factored all of you. So now you know again that the market is not crashing. Now you know again, and I say again because we tell you this all the time, that homes are still indeed inflating in value, aka appreciating. So you should be feeling very, I think, jubilant that you are smart enough to be in real estate at the right time. Now when you overlay that with a lot of scripts and a lot of techniques and a lot of skills, you will not believe the success that you'll experience. So we're going to dive deeper into proper pricing today and yeah, this is really critical that you guys really drill down on this and pay attention because this will be the difference between whether you're a successful listing agent or not. That's right. So here's a fact. Not all listings are selling immediately or immediately with multiple offers. If you are sitting on any listing that isn't getting consistent showings, isn't getting offers and seems way too quiet. You may need to implement these strategies to get them sold before they expire on you. Now price reductions are back. We talked a lot about that on yesterday's show. Price reductions are back and probably here to stay until interest rates come down. Meanwhile you have listings to sell, so don't wait to get into action. Be proactive and do the best job for the sellers who have trusted you for the job of not just getting the listing but selling their home. And we're going to be giving you techniques today because I know a lot of the reasons that you guys don't ask for price changes is because you're worried that the seller is going to fire you. And guess what? If you've not essentially followed a lot of the techniques we're going to be sharing with you for the rest of this week, you might very well be fired. For example, if you took the listing and you told the seller unrealistic pricing or unrealistic market time or any of the rest of it because you were not skilled at that time and now you're getting skilled because you're listening to our podcast and you're listening and you joined Premier Coaching and now you're realizing that you need to unring the bell and go back and fix some of the miscommunication out at the seller, we strongly urge you to do that immediately and again, make it so that you are reframing the nature of the market using some of our scripts and techniques and if you want to have the drill down notes from today's podcast, as always, we've included the notes below. So if you're an iTunes, Stitcher, Spotify, Amazon Prime, this podcast is downloaded, Julie Harris, on almost 40 different apps now, if you want to call it that. And yeah, so our notes are there and in most of the apps, the notes are in their full form. They're not edited. Some of them are edited because they don't give us enough room to put all the notes. And when you are reading the notes, please do also, you can use these notes for counseling your sellers as well, by the way. A lot of this information, especially Julie's facts are very, very powerful when presenting to a seller as we've presented it to all of you. We're keeping that in mind when Julie and I are talking, we're assuming that you're going to take a lot of the words that we're saying and you're going to immediately apply that to your real estate practice. So the notes are below and when you're reading the notes, make sure you join Premier Coaching. The link to join Premier Coaching is below and you can join Premier Coaching right now just by clicking on the link or you can just go to premiercoaching .com, premiercoaching .com and I'm going to foreshadow, we anticipate some major upgrades for those of you who are in eXp Realty specifically with regards to Premier Coaching and we're going to be talking more about that in the upcoming weeks, hopefully.
WTOP 24 Hour News
Fresh update on "bell" discussed on WTOP 24 Hour News
"Los Angeles area radiographic technologist James Bell say patient care Kaiser has been negligent in their responsibilities to the frontline health workers and more importantly to our patients. Kaiser Permanente is one of the nation's larger insurers and health care system operators. Jim Criscilla CBS News. Kaiser says company and union reps are the still bargaining at table in a statement it says they reached agreements on several specific proposals last night. The U .S. House of Representatives is paralyzed a day after a Republican faction engineered the ouster of GOP the speaker Kevin McCarthy correspondent John Dickerson. Business will basically come to a standstill. What's going to be required to move forward on government funding and addressing any of the problems that America faces is compromise. McCarthy says he will not run for speaker again that leaves no obvious successor. At the Vatican The Pope has opened a summit to address major controversies like female priests. CBS's Chris Livesay reports from Rome. The Senate is already historic. It's the first time women and lay people are being allowed to vote. However, 80 % of participants are still bishops, but the biggest bombshell dropped earlier this week when Francis opened the door for priests to bless same -sex unions. Christmas and Hanukkah returns via Uber? Check this out. Hate returning packages? said Uber today its drivers will collect up to five prepaid and sealed packages and drop them off at a local post office, UPS or FedEx store. It will charge a flat fee of five dollars or three bucks for Uber One members. It will be available in 5 ,000 cities to start. Customers can choose a drop a drop -off location and receive a visual confirmation once the package has been dropped off. CBS's Cami McCormick. Three scientists in the US have won this year's Nobel Prize in Chemistry. For the discovery and synthesis of quantum dots. Those teeny tiny particles a few atoms in diameter release can big bright lights used in electronic devices and medical imaging and don't be alarmed when your phone starts blaring and vibrating later today. It'll be federal officials testing the nationwide emergency alert system. You'll get notifications on your TV and radio too at 2 20 p .m. Eastern Time Dow up 27 this is CBS News if you need to hire you need indeed because indeed's all -in -one hiring solution helps you attract interview and hire candidates all from one place indeed visit .com slash credit. This is WTOP on your radio and on all your devices with the free WTOP app WTOP news everything you need at
The Eric Metaxas Show
A highlight from Michael and Thomas Pack
"Welcome to The Eric Mataxas Show. Have you heard that some people have a nose for news? Well, Eric has a nose for everything. That's why this is called The Show About Everything. Now welcome your host, who definitely passes the smell test, Eric Mataxas. Hey there, folks. Welcome to the show. It's The Eric Mataxas Show. I play the role of Eric Mataxas. In this show, which is nonfiction, I interview people, usually on subjects that are close to my heart or that I think are important. Today I'm talking to filmmaker Michael Pack, who's been on this show before, who is responsible for a brilliant documentary called Created Equal, Clarence Thomas in his own words, and other things, and also Michael's son, Thomas Pack. We are going to talk about something that is as close to my heart as anything could be. It's the idea of bringing, let's call them conservative values, although that's just a fancy way of saying truth and reality, into media. It is crucial. People of faith, people of Christian values have dropped the ball on this for, I don't know, about 100 years roughly. So whenever somebody is getting into this game, I want to do everything I can to get to know them and to bring them to you, the audience of this program. So Michael Pack and Thomas Pack, welcome and thank you for being with us today. Thank you for having us on, Eric. It's a pleasure to be back on your show. Well, as you know, Michael, I am hot to trot on the subject of what I just mentioned. Now, you just wrote an article at Real Clear Politics. I want to talk to you about that because you sort of summarize what I was just getting at or you explicate what I was just summarizing. Talk a little bit about that and you can mention upfront as well what Thomas is doing. So lead us into the conversation. Well, you're right. The Real Clear piece, which is a bit long, so I guess I explicate rather than summarize, but it tries to lay out what's happened in the culture war over the last at least 50 years, maybe you're right, closer to 100. And what we can do about it. I mean, the fact is, as everyone knows, the progressive left dominates the culture. And they have at least since the 60s where they announced a long march for the institutions and they said they were going to work to take over first the university and then other cultural institutions, and they have succeeded. But I say, Eric, that it is to their credit. This is a battle of ideas. And especially in the area of film and television, they're fighting for the ideas they believe in. You are quite right that we on our side have failed. They're to be commended for succeeding. They're fighting for what they believe in. I agree with you that what they believe in isn't right. So that's a negative, but they're commended for fighting for it. And over those years, they've built up institutions that supported and defended and make it possible. So I lay that out in the real clear piece, which people can also find on my on my Twitter page, Michael Pack underscore. But so I try to give how so over 50 years, the left has poured tens of billions of dollars into this process, and it is their right to do so. And we ought to say that they have allied themselves with a very powerful ally in the form of Satan. We don't need to we don't need to get more specific than that. But people need to understand that, you know, you're very gracious by saying, oh, they're fighting for their ideas. Their ideas are harmful to human beings, not to conservatives, not to people of faith, to human beings in general. And so you're right that they believe in these ideas. But I just have to say, speaking to you as a Jew, you know, Hitler believed in his ideas. So because somebody believes in their ideas, they get, oh, well, they've got their ideas. We have our ideas. I agree with you 100 percent. I know. No, of course, I know you do. And you're being gracious. So go ahead. But but the but but that's right. I mean, one way of looking at their ideas is they have a negative view of America just taking that one slice of it. And we have a positive, upbeat view of America. I mean, we we are documentary producers, and I think this is this left takeover of culture is both in drama, fiction and nonfiction and in the nonfiction realm. It's clear as a bell. The 1619 Project, which began in print, was now a multi -part Emmy nominated Netflix series. And and on like that is America based on racism and the defense of slavery, or is it based on the principles of the Enlightenment? Jefferson laid out in the Declaration of Independence and it matters for the country and the world which side you're on. So I agree with you. But their ideas are wrong. But given that they're wrong, they're right to fight for them. So we need to fight for ours. But but we have we have the model of what they have done and we need to just do it, too. It is not that hard. It's not that complicated. It was not a conspiracy on the part of the left. They announced they were going to do it. It's their right to do it. And they did it. I mean, I mean, even in America, communists, for example, have every right to promulgate their views, which I think is appropriate, given the First Amendment. It doesn't make their views right, but it does give them the right to promulgate them. And it's well, think of the irony, though, that the left is increasingly I mean, just to be fair, that it is because of biblical values, it is because of the values of the founders of this nation, that people on the left. On the wrong side, have the right, which we have given them to promulgate their views, it is why Nazis could march through Skokie, Illinois. It is right, so we believe in free speech. We believe in this kind of stuff. But the irony is that we're now living in a time where we're seeing the left having gained power, use it to squelch and censor voices with whom they disagree. So in other words, they were willing to ride the train of free speech as long as it helped them. And then now that they've gained the upper hand culturally and in other ways, they're suddenly deciding, you know what, free speech was nice. It was nice for a while. But now we don't want those conservatives to have a voice. So there's an irony here, which ought to be mentioned. There is. They're now the enemies of free speech. And in part, it's because, as you say, it's no longer convenient. But in part, it's because of the radicalization of liberalism, the sort of left liberal part of the Democratic Party. I mean, it used to be since the 60s, the new left has been an enemy of free speech. Herbert Mercuza and company never believed in free speech. But that was a minority view on the left. And now, as you say, it's increasingly popular under other rubrics like stopping disinformation and misinformation. And it is. Do they get that from Stalin? I'm always trying to trace these ideas back. I believe it was the Moscow School of Stalin. In any event, I think, you know, legally, you know, Karl Marx did not believe in human rights and individual rights. And he his whole worldview is opposed to that. If you believe in historical determinism and you know which way the world is going, why encourage freedom of speech? So both left and right, Hegelianism, Marx being left Hegelianism, was not really in favor of these kinds of freedoms, these Enlightenment freedoms. And in a sense, they were a reaction against it. I'm not an expert on this, though. Eric, you're going to get into topics too deep for me pretty soon. Well, obviously, we're not here really to talk about this exactly, but it's worth touching on. Well, look, the good news, the headline to me is that you and Thomas, whom we will let get a word in edgewise momentarily, are creating award winning, fabulous documentary films and trying to encourage others to do the same. It's it really is a wonderful thing, as you and I have discussed. I'm getting involved in that a number of media projects and yours have been done with such extraordinary excellence that, you know, even those on the left have had begrudgingly to honor you when we come back. I want to get into everything and I want to ask you, Thomas, about this kind of conservative incubator film project that that you're putting together. Folks, it's the Eric Metaxas show, ericmetaxas .com. Don't go away. Folks, have I told you about Moink? M -O -I -N -K. That's moo plus oink. I get all our meat and our salmon from them. M -O -I -N -K. Moink delivers grass fed and grass finished beef and lamb, pastured pork and chicken, sustainable wild caught salmon straight to your door.
Bloomberg Daybreak
Fresh update on "bell" discussed on Bloomberg Daybreak
"Of law the future law of the difference is bloomberg law learn more markets headlines and breaking news 24 hours a day at bloomberg .com on bloomberg television and the bloomberg business app this is a bloomberg news flash and at 6 .40 on wall street I'm Karen Moscow and we go to the first word breaking news desk for today's morning call and here's bill Maloney bill good morning and good morning Karen U .S. futures are quiet right now with Dow futures 15 higher by points S &P's are unchanged and Nasdaq futures are lower by 17 the U .S. year 10 -old at 4 .82 gold is little changed oil is under pressure and bitcoin is higher by half a percent Japan fell 2 .3 percent overnight while European markets are trading higher this morning and back in the U .S. on the economic front at 815 ADP employment change and 945 S &P global services composite PMI's and at 10 o 'clock the ISM services index after the bell last night Intel reported it would separate its programmable solutions group shares are trading higher by 2 % in the pre -market and wrapping things Apple up has cut the sector -weighted key bank on valuation live from the first
The Dan Bongino Show
Rep. Troy Nehls: Garland, Wray Will Do Everything to Cover Biden
"Willing to stop arresting political opponents and going full commie. So, until that point, we need more people willing to, cause it's radio, bust us bells if you know what I mean. We need bell busters. And you seem like one of them and I like that. So, this hearing is happening with Derek Farland the other day, otherwise known as Merrick Garland, and you were having none of this. You just sliced into this guy. This guy I think makes Eric Holder know what I mean? I'm a legitimate attorney general. This guy is the most corrupt person I in that office in my life. And I was glad you didn't get interrupted when you were calling him out. Your thoughts on the status of the Justice Department under Garland? Well, thank you. It's a great question and we I all know think the American people are figuring this out that there is that. We talk about the two -tier justice system, the justice system under Garland and even the FBI Director Wray that will do everything to provide that cover for the crime family named Biden and then what you're asking and what they've done to Donald Trump over the past several years. So no, there is a two -tier justice system. I guess I am one of those bell busters and I know that you served in NYPD for years. I'm a 30 -year lawman myself. I was a chair of a large county in Texas. So I just call it the way it is. I'm authentic and I think I think people appreciate it, but AG Garland, you know, you get five minutes and you want to seize that that moment sees that opportunity. I didn't give him a lot of time to answer the questions that I had for him because I knew I would just get nothing but delay tactics and lies. So I answered the questions to him, but he did the video, the video of Joe Biden up there talking about firing Viktor Shokin, the prosecutor, or Ukraine and get the one billion dollars to me. That is bribery. The quid
News, Traffic and Weather
Fresh "Bell" from News, Traffic and Weather
"On third avenue has been cleared at bell battery there's no delays our next oldest traffic at 7 54. the news radio 1000 fm 977 forecast from the northwest crawlspace services weather center our temperatures will edge up as we progress through the week we'll see more sunshine 92. wednesday there's a chance for showers in the morning and then we clear up highs are expected in the mid 60s thursday we're close to 70 and in the mid 70s both friday and saturday i'm kelly blier and that's your northwest news radio forecast for all things automotive repair and maintenance
Bloomberg Radio New York - Recording Feed
Monitor Show 16:00 09-27-2023 16:00
"With Bloomberg, you get the story behind the story, the story behind the global birth rate, behind your EV battery's environmental impact, behind sand, yeah, sand, you get context, and context changes everything. Go to Bloomberg .com to get context. It does feel choppy. That's AI at work, right? In the stock market, no clear direction there, but then you take a look at the bond market, the message is clear, yields are higher right now. Yeah, absolutely so, and as you appear to be the good driver, about half the stocks in the S &P are lower, about half the stocks in the S &P are higher, you put it all together, and the net effect is really a market that is unchanged on the day. Of course, it takes time for these numbers to settle, but right now the S &P 500, right around 4 ,274, which is right around where it was yesterday at the close, basically unchanged here on the day. The Dow Jones Industrial Average did move a slightly lower here on the day, down by about two tenths of a percent, the NASDAQ Composite higher on the day by two tenths of a percent, while the Russell 2000 is gonna finish the day. As the relative out performer, higher on the day by about 17 points. Alright, we're gonna get into industry groups in just a moment, but I do want to point Energy, really the out performer, this is oil jumps to a one year high, has to do with levels at Cushing dropping to the lowest since July of 2022. Again, the supply demand dynamics at play, but you know, Katie, I feel like we continue to talk about Energy being really an out performer. I'm gonna do that right now, you take a look at the industry groups, Energy up about two and a half percent, we all know the story, oil prices in particular through the roof, that's benefiting the equities as well. Capital Goods also saw a strong day, as too did some of the semis, and of course we're awaiting Micron results after the bell. You go down the list, there is more red than green, you can see down at the bottom, Autos not doing too hot today, and Utilities, interesting, one of your defensive plays off by about 1 .9 % today, Carol.
Bloomberg Radio New York - Recording Feed
Monitor Show 16:00 09-25-2023 16:00
"With Bloomberg, you get the story behind the story, the story behind the global birth rate, behind your EV batteries, environmental impact behind sand. Yeah, sand. You get context and context changes everything. Go to Bloomberg dot com to get context. Has been for a stronger one. We're going to watch it, though, to see if somehow global economic demand is decreasing and maybe that plays a little bit into it, maybe longer term. All right, as we get the closing bells here in New York City, what had been a really mixed market here from oscillations, from gains to losses, and now back again to gains. The Dow Jones Industrial Average higher by about 40 points or a tenth of a percent. The S &P 500 higher by about 18 points or four tenths of a percent. A similar move higher on a percentage basis for the NASDAQ composite and a similar move higher on a percentage basis for the Russell 2000 girl. Yeah, the Usher index, though, on a tear. I saw what you guys did before. Are we going to talk about Taylor Swift at any point? I know we have some stuff together. Later, later, later. All right, the S &P, let's do the divide. 300 names to the upside, 199 to the downside. Katie for unchanged. All right, I'll save the Taylor Swift comments. Let's take a look at some of these industry groups here. Like we were saying, energy top of the pile. That's true on the industry group level as well, up 1 .3 percent. You can see also chips getting some love. So, too, are some of the auto names. Actually, more green than red. If you do look into the red, though, it's definitely some strong trends there. Household products, for example, off by about half a percent. Food and beverage off by seven tenths of a percent. The staples today really taking a beating. All right, so let's get to some of the individual gainers, if we may, and here's one. It's actually, I think, the number two gainer in the S &P 500, number one gainer in NASDAQ 100. We're talking about GE Healthcare. I couldn't find any real catalyst. This company, though, on pace for its worst full quarter since being spun off.
The Bitboy Crypto Podcast
A highlight from Bitcoin Bull Market: What No Ones Telling You!
"Anytime you start making paper Bitcoin, or paper silver, or paper gold, and what do I mean by that? Futures, ETFs, stuff like that, that creates paper version. That's not actual spot, right? So anytime you do that, yes, the same money that comes in to buy it, so that they can actually short it, and they could keep it down with unlimited money and unlimited leverage, they could keep it down indefinitely, or until they scoop up as much as they want, when everyone loses interest, and then it takes off. What's up, everybody? Good morning, good afternoon, and good night wherever you're tuned in from. Welcome to another Saturday edition of the Alpha series here on Discover Crypto. My name is Kelly Kellum. Welcome to the show. If this is your first time, and I hope to guarantee that it's not going to be your last time, we've got an excellent guest lined up for you today. Mr. Jesse Olson is going to be breaking down what it means to cut the noise out of all these narratives from FUD and HOPE. Look at the chart, let the chart do the talking for you. So without any further ado, let's go ahead and dive in right to our guest. And I want to ask him a question right up front. Jesse, first off, thank you for being here, but do you think we're still going to get another bull run, bull runs like we've seen in the past, or do you think all these new institutions coming in and big money players coming into the market are going to change the dynamic of what a bull run is in Bitcoin? What's your thoughts? What's up, Kelly? Thanks for having me on. I appreciate it. And we should have some fun here. Coming from a trading standpoint, right? I'm going to come from a trading standpoint and a point of view. When I first got the first bull run, right, 2020, 2021, I was still learning. And yes, I was doing pretty good 2021, really good. But the whole time I was saying this, I was like, please give me one more bull run after this, right? Please give me one more. I'm not 100 % certain that we get another bull run like we did on the last one. And I'm not as optimistic with the big institutions coming in. And I wasn't back in 2020 and I wasn't in 2021. Because coming from options, I know that manipulation is in there because they want to make money. They have billions, if not trillions of dollars. They've had algorithms for, I don't know, 12, 15 years or longer that are probably where us retail folk are at now, right? And they have the money behind it, right? So when futures were created end of 2017, I think Bitcoin started to become more correlated. Then there's trusts like GBTC. And if there's ETFs and stuff like that, I think it will become more correlated. I think it's amazing for traders, right? I just don't think that if I'm wrong, I hope I'm wrong because I will do much better, right? I will do much better if we get a massive bull run. But if we don't, it's because it will become more of a trading thing than it will be a long -term great. I just, you know, it can't be that easy. And if it is great, we'll all be there, right? I'm trading Bitcoin. I'm trading it with leverage. I welcome that. I make way more money on a long position with leverage than I do on a short position because, A, the leverage you're gaining profit and the coin value is going up. But on the short side, the coin value isn't going up, it's going down. So I collect more coins, but the coin value isn't going up. So first and foremost, I do want another bull run and I beg for another bull run so all my snipers can participate and they can make money as well and change their lives. But I'm not certain that it's going to happen. And I would be surprised if they allow it to happen. If big companies are coming in, you know, I don't know. We'll see. It'll be interesting to see. But we'll be there if it does and we won't be surprised if it doesn't. Put it that way. Now, Jesse, I have to say how much I appreciate people that are in this space that bring a balanced view because everybody thinks it's just going to go up, up and away, especially considering the fact that we have the halving right around the corner. Do you think the halving is going to be the primary driver of if we do get a bull run? Do you think the halving really truly is going to have an impact on price action? What's your thoughts on this? I have a couple of thoughts on it. So one, I think the halving will still play a factor, right? If all things are the same, if the same, you know, if the one there's a couple of things that could hurt it. Right. So Bitcoin has never Bitcoin came out after the 2008 crash. Right. So it's never experienced a dot com bubble crash. It never experienced 2008 crash. I have. I went back to zero. I lost everything. So for me, the up only left me a long time ago. Right. Like, I know it's not up only when I thought it was up only in my mid 20s. Right. So for me, a couple of those things. I do have hope for Bitcoin. I do believe on some level they'll be able to manipulate it and suppress it. If you look at gold and silver. Right. Gold and silver should probably be $30 ,000 an ounce by now for gold. And silver should probably be $1 ,000 per ounce by now. And because of paper, silver and gold should probably suppress it. Right. So I believe those are probably should be worth a lot more. The one positive with Bitcoin is anyone can go buy spot Bitcoin much easier than silver and gold. Right. I've bought silver and gold and they deliver it to you in a weird package and it's heavy. Right. It's not easily transportable and all that stuff. So there are some positive about Bitcoin. Right. So, you know, who knows what the agendas are? I don't. That's why I stick hyper focus to the charts, because I don't know what the backroom deals are happening. I don't know the narratives. I don't know any of that stuff. I'm not a top point one percenter making those decisions. So the only thing I can do is trade the charts. But, you know, going back, if we do get this bull run, I do have some reasons why, you know, like you said, you brought up one hundred fifty thousand. I do have a couple of reasons why that I could see Bitcoin hit one hundred and ten, one twenty five and maybe even top would be like one hundred forty thousand dollars. But that's a lot of what ifs. So, you know, we will take it level by level and swing trade the heck out of it all the way all the way up in the bull run. If we get another bull run, that's kind of like the topping that I would see price it. So now I appreciate that answer. And I'd like to shift gears here for a second, because you've been trading for years, years before Bitcoin was even around. And I'd like to dive into that experience a little bit and throw it back to the beginners out there, because we do have beginners that are out there still right now. But disproportionately, as we get new bullish impulses, especially in Bitcoin or the rest of the altcoin markets, we're going to have a huge number, a huge influx of new people into the space. So what would you say if you had that? Maybe not a secret sauce, but a beginner's pack, a beginner's sort of encouragement and the need to knows and the need to uses for people that are starting from scratch. Maybe they don't have a pro trading view account. Maybe they're not buying one of our indicators of one of your indicators or some of the many paid indicators out there. There's a lot of free tools. So what would you say for beginners getting started today or at any point in the future? Where do they start? How do they dive into this? Yeah, definitely. I mean, you know, first and foremost, like before this, I would say salvage as much capital at first as possible. I feel like the faster you want to jump in to make money, the faster you are going to lose money. So it sounds generic that, you know, learn first. Right. But say you already passed, you're going down discovery road and you're trying to learn and develop your own strategy. Right. Well, if you're on trading view, for example, you can get a relative strength indicator for free. If you're on trading view, free platform, you can get the MACD indicator. I think that's the most commonly used for beginners is the MACD indicator. And just before you do anything else, just study it and study it some more and then back test it and develop a strategy based off of your back test. There's an amazing replay button on trading view that you can go back and kind of after you develop a strategy, you can easily go back and hit the replay video and see what that, you know, how that kind of plays out in the past. It doesn't mean it's going to happen in the future, but you can get an idea over time of back testing with the replay button. That's probably number one. And then paper trade. I know it's not exciting. I know I didn't do it. I jumped head head first. I would have five digit wins followed by five digit losses. And it was brutal. Right. And I've never had a six digit loss, but I've had six digit wins. But I've had five digit losses and it wasn't until the five digit losses that made me like I made five digit wins with basically hardly any strategy whatsoever. And that was probably the worst thing that could happen. The best thing that could happen is that I had the five digit win loss and it made me go back to the drawing board. It made me reevaluate my whole life. What am I doing in trading type of thing? That aha moment. And that's when I really went obsessive on the charts and developing my own strategy. I saw other people's strategies out there. And when I would back test it, I went through a phase where I back tested so many other people's strategies. I would just say, didn't work. This doesn't work for me. This doesn't work for me. And every strategy could work differently for different people, especially on different timeframes. So develop something that works for you. Find a timeframe that works for you and your lifestyle. Some of our snipers, they can't do swing trading on the daily chart. They don't have the patience for it. They're scalpers. They're day traders. So you got to know yourself too. And then at that point, as you're graduating from paper trading and back testing, the next level is maybe risk some lunch money. The amount of money you and I would go off for like a nice lunch. And if I were to buy your lunch, I don't even think twice about it. Like something that I'm not even going to lose sleep over. Then I talk about doing lunch money. Then maybe you do lunch money with leverage or blah, blah, blah, or a little bit more money with spot, right? So you got to take it in levels and kind of make it a systematic approach. And if you treat it like a business in those levels, that's when you're going to have a better chance of making it. Otherwise, if you jump straight in and you want to go 50 X leverage, no strategy, no experience, no back testing. I guarantee you blow up account. I guarantee it. One of the things I say is like, if you're, if you're trying to double down, like you were doing well, right? So a couple of things that I've talked about in coaching is that, and by the way, I don't do live coaching anymore. I have recorded coaching, but I don't do live coaching. It's just too much time and energy. But when I was doing those live coaching calls, we talked about this and we talked about that. You know, every time you win a trade, if you're treating it like a business, you pull out, for example, I pull out my personal strategies. I pull out 50 % out of that trading kill and I take it out of the digital world and then go maybe put it in the physical world or diversify in some other way. Right? So you're always taking a piece off, always taking a piece off. And one of them, one of the students is like extremely young. Right. And, uh, I, I said, Hey, what are you gonna do with your winnings? Right. He crushed it. And I was actually jealous of his trade. He, he actually nailed it on high leverage. And I'm like, I'm like, go buy your mom something nice. Right. So not only take like money off the table, but it's the whole mindset. If you're not taking money off the table on each trade, what happens is you're up. Like you were say, you know, $50 ,000, $100 ,000, $10 ,000, $1 ,000. Maybe you're brand new. You're up $1 ,000. And that's the most you've ever had. You want to flip that into $10 ,000, right? Then you want to flip that into a million dollars. And that's, and that's what you just fell into that same example you just gave you fell into that mindset. And you only can do that by learning the hard way. So what you have to do is be more systematic about it. And after a win, fighting the urge of going back in and instead of going all back in, you're, you're pulling some out and then you're, you're, you're going at the new, every trade you have to treat as brand new and instead of jumping in and out is everything lining up on the charts, just like it did the first one, you nailed the first trade. And a lot of times this happens when you're, I talk about it, you'll have like nine winning trades in a row and we're human. We're not robots. I'm not a robot. I know I'm most likely to have a bad trade after I've had nine in a row. Why? Because my confidence is so high. I've skipped steps, right? So if you skip steps because your confidence is so high, that's when you're most likely going to have your next loss. And if you forget to put, and if you make a mistake on that, you forget to put in a stop loss. You do too high of leverage. Next thing you know, you're having a major setback and a change. It sets you back not only on financially, but mentally. So be cautious. Once you are making the wins and you are winning like nine times in a row, you're going to have a loss. And usually it's because your confidence is so high, not because you're, you've been on a losing streak, right? So just want to point that out. And it was based off what you're kind of talking about. You're winning. It was the bull run. And then all of a sudden you went all in with more leverage and took a $70 ,000 loss. So you learn from your mistakes, right? Yeah. Well, I got to say, I couldn't agree more with you on all those great places to start for beginners and how utilizing a lot of those free tools that are available to you to get started, to understand the mechanisms of all these tools that you're going to be utilizing when you're doing price analysis and trying to figure out when to buy and when to sell. It's not just about looking at price action. It's about looking at those underlying data sets that can give you an edge as to when trends are going to shift. So with that being said, I have to say, Jesse, thank you so much for being here. Thank you for taking your time to share your thoughts with us and your lens on this market. And everybody, if you want to see more of Jesse, throw one in chat, comment down below, hit that like button, hit that subscribe button, ding the bell. And if you would make sure you head over to Jesse J -E -S -S -E -O -L -S -O -N, find out so much more about him here, all kinds of different content he shares on a daily basis, really breaking down charts. He even has his own Market Sniper Academy right here at MarketSniper .Pro. You can also find out more information on BitLab Academy right here at Academy BitLab. Follow me, of course, at Kelly Kellum, K -E -L -L -Y, K -E -L -L -A -M. Make sure you check out bitlabacademy .com. We have all the tools and courses and strategies and the community that can really help you dive into this space and understand what is going on. Self -custody, trading fundamentals, psychology of trading, on -chain analysis, candles, candle patterns, indicators. There's so much in here as a point. Join us here in BitLab Academy. You can still use our coupon code GIVEME30 for an additional 30 % off your first month. I hope to see you in there in the Discord and over on the BitLab Academy daily YouTube stream right here at youtube .com forward slash at BitLab Academy. I'll see you there. I hope you all have a wonderful day. Have a wonderful weekend. Get out of the charts and we'll see you in the next video. Adios.
The Aloönæ Show
A highlight from S13 E12: Wayne: Entrepreneur, Founder, Marketing Expert
"Hello, welcome to The Elone Show. I'm your host, John Mayelone. In this episode, don't have regulars because reasons, I guess. As for our guest, he is from Alexandra, Louisiana. He's an entrepreneur and founder of Ugly Muck Marketing. Ladies and gentlemen, I give you, Wayne Mullins. Thank you so much. I'm excited to be here. Me too. So, how's life? Life is fabulous. I think, you know, I'm learning to embrace every day in every moment. To embrace the moments, whether they are what some would consider beautiful or what others may consider ugly. To learn to be present and in the moment. And I think that's the best way to possibly live life. Fantastic. And have you been up to much recently? I have. We are on the work front. We are busy growing. It's our busiest season of the year. So, we've been busy there. My wife and I and our kids were in the process of building a house, which is a little bit deceptive. We're not doing the building, obviously, but lots of decisions around building the house and the finishes and all that kind of stuff. Ah, all right then. Very good. And what was the inspiration and the idea of Ugly Muck Marketing? Yeah. So, the idea and inspiration behind Ugly Muck Marketing was simply this, that I wanted to create a marketing agency that is focused on results as the number one thing that matters. So often in the digital marketing space, in the ad agency space, the thing that so many get distracted by is trying to win awards. And Ugly Muck Marketing, the name actually stems from this quote that is, I would rather an ad that's ugly and effective over one that's beautiful, but isn't. So, that is the mission and that is the calling for what we do at Ugly Muck Marketing. Ah, I like it. And what was life for you growing up? I grew up in, I guess you could say more of rural Louisiana, not across the river, not far from where I'm at right now in an area called Pineville, Louisiana, population roughly 15 ,000 or so. So for me, it was growing up, spent a lot of times out in nature, in the woods, building forts in the woods and just had a lot of fun with friends and yeah, it was great. Okay. Very nice. If you could live anywhere in the world, where would it be? I would live where I'm at right now. I'm a firm believer in this idea that we as human beings, we aren't trees, meaning we can get up and move at any point in time. And I think it's not good for us mentally, emotionally to always long to be somewhere different than where we are. And, you know, if I really wanted to live somewhere else in the world, then I'm of the belief that I should make that happen, that I should get up, that I can move. Yes, there may be obstacles, there may be challenges, there may be all kinds of other things that, quote unquote, get in the way. But again, anything is possible. And we live in a world now where it's easier than ever to up and move to a new location. Couldn't agree more. What's your favorite ice cream topping? I'm going to go with probably strawberries. Interesting. Have you heard of a drink called banana friche? It sounds familiar. I don't know if I've had it, but it does sound familiar. Oh, is that so? It is. I don't know where or why I would have heard of it. OK, interesting, because every guest I've had, I've asked this question a lot to most guests and they said, no, I never heard of it. You are the first person to at least heard of it to some extent. So that's a surprise to me, in my opinion. Yeah, we need the bells and the whistles and like the streamers going off or some fireworks or something, at least, right? Yes, that calls for a celebration. Absolutely. So fill me in. What is it? So it is like a banana flavored drink, which is part smoothie, part milkshake. It's called a tingly sensations that you could possibly think of. Sounds delicious. It sure does. Would you rather never use social media again or never watch another movie or TV show again? Well, I'm going to choose TV because I actually really don't watch TV at all at this point or don't watch movies. And I often joke with people when they meet me or get to know me. I say if you begin the sentence or you begin the question with, have you seen the answer is already going to be no. So don't even ask the question. OK, that makes sense. I would say I would say never watch TV or movies again because I'm mostly on social media looking at stuff anyway. And also, you can watch full length feature films on social media, which is kind of multiple parts. So that's the ultimate cheap code. Yes, indeed. I love it. What's the weather like today where you currently are right now? It is overcast today in a high of only 84 degrees, which is actually a break in the heat from where we've been. So we're we're enjoying the overcast and cooler temps today. Me too. It was pretty hot the last few days, but now we're reaching autumn temperatures now, which is pretty cool. Literally. Well. What is the most comfortable piece of clothing you own? I would say it's a T -shirt that my wife got me for my birthday and it's by a company called One Golden Thread. And I don't know what they made the shirt out of. It's some cotton blend, I believe, but it is incredibly comfortable. Ah, very nice. Do you think a hot dog is a sandwich? I would say absolutely. It comes between two slices of bread or two pieces of bread. But I guess if you want to get really technical, the bread is still enjoined on one end. So you can make an argument in that case that is not technically a sandwich, but there are sandwiches that go in a similar style or similar type of bread. So I'm going to say it is OK. That's a good point, I guess. What hobby would you get into if time and money weren't an issue? Time and money weren't an issue. I would get into surfing. Nice. What could you do a 40 minute presentation on without any preparation? Marketing. That makes sense. Would you rather not be able to open closed doors or not be able to close open doors? That's a tough one. I'm going to go with I would rather not be able to close open doors. Nice. It leaves opportunities open for you. Absolutely. Yes, I love it. If you were given 400 acres of land, what would you use it for? I would take some of it. I would make it into a small farm of sorts, enough to produce enough produce for my family and friends. And then I would have a small portion for maybe some farm animals. And then I would love to leave the rest of it very wooded and maybe put a few trails, hiking trails, biking trails through some of that land. OK, that'd be pretty cool. How much time do you spend on the Internet? Way too much. I spend most of my work day on some form of the Internet, whether that is Google Docs, whether that's email or a social media channel. And then unfortunately, I spend too much time of that on social media or on various forms of Internet in the evenings as well. So way too much is the answer. OK. Yes, I agree. I would certainly say the same thing. What is the best way to start the morning? The absolute best way to start the morning is with some meditation and some gratitude. Sweet. Is that all? Or is there more to it? Well, those would be the best. I also love doing some journaling first thing in the morning and reading something that is inspirational, encouraging, something that really helps me set the tone for the day. I believe that our morning is kind of like the rudder, if you will, for the day, like a rudder on a ship determines where the entire massive ship goes. That one little rudder in comparison to the ship. I believe that our morning routines act in that same way. And unfortunately, for so many of us, we are unintentional with our morning routines. We allow the alarm to go off multiple times. We hit snooze, we rush, we hurry, and all of those things fill our minds subconsciously with worry, with stress, with thoughts of I'm late, with thoughts of I'm not going to be on time. All these words and all these feelings that, in my opinion, have a very negative connotation. So, yeah, I think that's that's the rudder for the day. Okay, yes, couldn't agree more.
Over the Next Hill Fitness
Jennifer Robbins Bell Describes Her Best and Worst Marathon Experiences
"Tell me the best race that you've done so far. What's been your favorite? What city, state, whatever? That's a tough question. I loved the St. George Marathon out in Utah. It's just so, the scenery is just so different from where I live in Massachusetts, the Red Canyon. It's just so, I love that area. Like, all the canyons. I think it's beautiful out there. I haven't done that one. But I have done Crater Lake in Oregon. And it was like that for me. It was just breathtaking. Yeah, that's my favorite. It's very cool to go somewhere that's just so different. Absolutely. What was your least favorite so far? Was there one that you're like, oh, I'll never run here again. I don't know if I should name it. You can just describe it. You don't have to put a city name on it. How about that? What was bad about it? So I was almost done with running my 50 states. And it was one of my last few states that I had to do. So I signed up, traveled, flew out there, stayed in a hotel. And we got up in the morning, started running. And then a storm rolled in. And I got to mile four, and they canceled the race. That's the worst. It was awful. Yeah, they don't understand that all the money, all the money, the flight, and the hotel, and probably a car rental, time off work. Oh, that's the worst. I was just like, it's not that bad. Just let me go. Yeah, it should be optional, honestly. I mean, let me sign a waiver quick during this downpour that if I get stuck by lightning, it's OK. It's my own fault. Yeah. Oh, man, that's the worst. But then there wasn't really very many options in that state. So I actually had to go back and run it anyways a couple of years. The next year, I had to go back and run it. Man, oh, I feel your pain. I haven't had one canceled while I was there. I was supposed to do Jekyll Island, Georgia last January. And they were worried about the hurricane things. So they let us know a few days ahead of time. And so we were able to cancel the flights and all that. So I got the vouchers and stuff. So at least I hadn't actually wasted my money and had to do that part again. But it was still disappointing because you're really all jazzed up to go in three days. And I mean, looking at the weather, I know they don't know for sure. Yeah. In that day, it barely rained. It was fine. We would have been fine. Yeah, I've had two cancellations. One was when I was at mile four. And the other one is I had just landed in Philly. And they canceled the race. And I was like, ugh, I'm not going to go all the way to the, I was out of my layover. So I just went up to the airline. I said, I'm getting back on it. I'm going back home. Oh, wow. So they were very, the airline was really, they understood. They were very nice. They just got me on another flight. And I just turned around, came right back home. Because they said, what I'm going to do, sit in a hotel? Yeah. So yeah, that happens to us. And we got to kind of take the good with the bad. It's almost more disappointing than an injury when they do that.
Over the Next Hill Fitness
Jennifer Robbins Bell Is Conquering 52 Marathons in 52 Weeks!
"So today we are going to be learning all about Jennifer Robbins Bell's journey. So let's listen in. Welcome to the show, Jen. Great to have you here. Thank you so much for having me. Yeah, we've had a few glitches. One of them being, I thought you were resting from a marathon last week, but you told me you just did another marathon today. Tell me about this journey you're on. So I set a goal for myself at the beginning of the year to run, or try to run, 52 marathons in 52 weeks. Wow. Now which marathon was this? Which week? So this week was week 34. Oh my goodness. So you have run 26 .2 miles every weekend since January. So my schedule is a little bit different. I'm not doing exactly every week. I work in the field of education. So this summer when I wasn't working, I ran more marathons. And right now I'm just trying to be flexible with my work schedule. So it doesn't always work out that I can run a marathon. I have done multiple marathons, like in a series, to try to make up for the weekends that I can't run. Wow. That's amazing. How are you holding up? How's the body feeling? I think that's one thing that amazes me the most, is that I do seem to have a body that's able to recover quickly from doing the long. And I think that, I don't know, I don't know the science behind it, maybe it's because I've done it so much that my body's just like, all right, this is what's going to happen. Here we go. So I don't know. I don't feel like really worn down or sore during, you know, afterwards. I feel pretty good. I mean, I'm definitely tired and, you know, sore. But maybe I'm just getting used to it. I don't know. Yeah. Once you, I think, build up that endurance, it's just another, it's like people who just walk a mile every day. That's what it is for you. So now other than finishing, do you have any goals set each time for times or anything? So it depends. The races that I've been working on, sometimes it's trail, sometimes it's road. I have done some ultras. So it just kind of depends on what the course is for the race that I'm doing. But my overriding goal is to always stay healthy and injury free. Of course, I always want to run as fast as I can. But you have to sort of rein yourself in a little bit when you're doing it week after week. Otherwise, that staying healthy goal will go up the window. So I do like to try to push as much as I can within reason.
The Dan Bongino Show
Even CNN Acknowledges That the Border Is Not Secure
"Idea. I just said, No, it's mine. It's Jim's idea. Here's CNN acknowledging, basically, in essence, that, yes, the country is being invaded right now. But liberals again like Kareem Jaffee. Nobody believes you moron. No one. Here, take a listen. To put this into perspective in the numbers, in May, post Title 42, numbers of daily crossings dropped to about 3500 a day. Now, as of Monday, a Homeland Security official tells me they encountered more than 8000. To give you some context, that's where we were in late spring when there were alarm bells going off within the administration over just how many people were crossing the US -Mexico border. And what this means on the ground is facilities that are crowded and ill -equipped to handle this many people. And we learned just on Friday in court a filing that in some cases children were temporarily separated from their parents because of crowded holding areas as they were processed through. All of
Tech Path Crypto
A highlight from 1261. Fed Meeting vs. Crypto LIVE | Jerome Powell + Inflation Sentiment Analysis
"All right, so welcome in everybody to the live stream today. We'll be breaking down the FOMC meeting and also talk a little bit about what Chair Powell has decided to do along with the Board of Governors and break down all that, what kind of implications this might have on the market for you. It's going to be a good one. My name is Paul Beyer and welcome back in the Tech Path. All right, so joining, of course, today we will be doing our normal live stream where we air the Fed meeting. And it's not necessarily the meeting, but it's the remarks. It's the press conference after the meeting, which obviously we've got news in now that there is no rate hike. So whether you think that's a good thing or a bad thing, I think the key here is that the Fed has continued to hold this position of softening now is and can they navigate a soft landing is the real question. I think this is going to be the one that we'll have going into this. We're probably going to take, I think we may take some questions. It depends on how long Chair Powell talks. So make sure and drop some of those over on the side. And if this is your first time here on the channel, all I would ask is that you subscribe. We do a lot of hard work and research to hopefully bring the best news content out there in the crypto and blockchain space to you. So just hit that little subscribe button. And if you can hit the little bell, it's going to give of you notifications when we go live, just like this one right here. So we'll break in and all that. Just to let you guys know, so when the Fed meets every month to every two months, depending on the on the period of time, basically you have a board of governors that comes together. They start working through all of the data that comes in from the market. And then at that point, they start to make the final decision of how they're going to go interest about rate hikes or potentially interest rate declines. So we'll be airing Chair Powell's speech when he addresses the press corps here in a bit. So just be on the lookout for that. They are probably about 10 to 15 minutes away. We'll go through some things here today I want to talk about today. First of all, how would Bitcoin react to the Fed's interest rate decision? Obviously, right now we're starting to see Bitcoin do a little bit of slight move down. But that's my question is, do we continue to see Bitcoin in more of a holding pattern right now with where it has been? Or if you look at the chart, let me kind of bring up the Bitcoin chart real quick and I'll just jump over to my chart. And I'm on the five minute chart right now. But as you can kind of see, let me go to the one hour so we can kind of push that out for the last couple of days. You can kind of see a little bit of that incline that we've had over the past few days where Bitcoin slipped right into that $27 .4K range at its high and it started to adjust off of that. And I think this is the scenario that I think a lot of people are looking at. And that is when you consider the current status of the macro pressure that the markets are getting. Remember the S &P and I'm going to show you guys some cool things. Let me jump over to the S &P real quick because this is something that we've been doing here on our power index or our market sentiment index and that is starting to measure a little bit more of the S &P compared to what's happening in crypto. Right now I'm looking just at the one hour but this was the decline that we've seen in the S &P 500 which of course has started to adjust a little bit. Now some of that may be coming from the softening in the market itself. Let me jump over to this article here because I want to go back to this point on Bitcoin. Fed's interest rate decision everybody's expected today did come in at what was expected being no interest rate hike. However some experts also said that low volatility may continue after Fed's decision and investors expecting high volatility in the Bitcoin price may be disappointed. I am in somewhat agreement with that. Now there are two I guess two camps thinking of where this direction may go and what it really boils down to is two things. One of course is going to be the situation of when the Fed does pivot and the other is going to be how much lagging data is coming in in the last quarter because here we are going into Q4 October 1st. Once we start to move into Q4 we're going to start to see one the Q3 earnings that will give us some indicators of how most of these companies are doing which will cause some action on the S &P 500. And then with that you are also going to get lagging data on jobs. You're going to be lagging data on general scenarios that are market pressures coming things like the oil market. And then what we'll see is I still believe is the CRE market the commercial real estate market. That's going to be the one to watch for. And that is my concern if we continue to see a little bit of a decline there. Now the other question that plays into this is how sticky will inflation be during this last quarter because all of what we could see and including possibly another quarter point and we'll probably hear this from Chair Powell here in a few minutes when he comes on to address the press is whether or not we will see another quarter basis points rise in the fourth quarter of this year and how that sets up Q1 and Q2 for 2024. Now you have to be thinking about what is this going to do around an election year. You've got a lot happening with the UAW. That's the United Auto Workers strike potentially looming. Biden administration is pushing hard to try to position against that along with what's happening on the labor market tightening somewhat. And then of course what we've seen with sticky inflation. So all of this was really playing into when is that bottom really in. Now that's the question mark for Bitcoin, Ethereum and some of the blue chip assets. Have we started to see maybe a little bit of that swoop off of the bottom and started that into that stabilization. And I'll show you guys some examples of that. But here's the U .S. Federal Reserve keeping rates elevated through 2024. This is the concern that I think slows things down a little bit in the general market. And that is that if BlackRock is right and that if we continue to see higher rates interest rates through 2024. Now when I say higher he could still pivot and start that quarter point softening of a market. That in itself would most likely send the markets into a tizzy. But I think the other issue is whether or not we actually reach the scenario of an inflation cap that actually gets hit by consumer price index which obviously will affect consumer spending all those kind of things. And that starts to roll into the potential of a recession. And that is the real question mark looming here right now. A couple of points I want to hit out on this article on BlackRock. BlackRock's head of global fundamental income strategy agreed that the Fed is unlikely to change rates. Everybody's right on that. But the big deal is since March 2022 the Fed has increased rates 11 times to fight soaring inflation. And we've got a few charts I'll show you here in a minute of the history of inflation and the reaction of markets and how they've been able to respond. What you see there right there in 2023 is where we are now. But obviously this back in the 1980s when we were at pretty much all time inflation hits. Additionally if you guys did not follow this Citigroup announced the Fed interest rate forecast for September and November. This is another one that I think is important. From now on markets will price and how long interest rates will remain high and rather than whether there'll be an increase in interest rates. And that's my point is if we're talking about all of 2024 seeing a five plus interest rate Fed fund rate that's going to continue to pour money into the money market overall. And I think that's the other scenario especially when you look at the amount of liquidity that's going to be setting in on the sideline. So that's another factor into 2024 because you've got the halving coming with Bitcoin. You have a new election year coming in and then you have these crazy scenarios playing in on all these market pressures coming in from the macro side of things and that's providing that we don't end up with a united autowork because I think if we get a strike in the car market that could have some pretty big effects possibly even actually be one of the things that pushes us into recession because of how the auto mobile industry is so connected to so many different job industries so many sectors and obviously part of what we'll see in terms of just consumer pricing. Other parts on this I wanted to show this is kind of the the nominal Fed funds target rate increase during the FOMC tightening episodes. This goes all the way back to 1983. And this is good because it shows you how quickly this is us right now in the green the twenty two twenty three range. Look how quickly we've accelerated up that chart versus if you look at the 2004 to 06 tightening all the way back to the 2015 to 18 very slow and steady until we had the you know what. And then back here in the 80s which was really kind of that flat line and then boom that heavy acceleration that we had in the early 80s when we really started to see kind of a redefinition of what high inflation truly was. And I don't know how many of you guys are around. I was still in high school at the time but but it this kind of shows where we could be. Now that's the question mark right now because if we stay at this rate right here if we start flat lining right here what maybe we'll have a little bit of this kind of effect back in the 80s where before we saw that last two to three point raise. And that's the concern I have is if we do see any kind of somewhat tentative recovery here in the Q1 possibly even in Q2 does the Fed look at 2024 data and start to reposition. I still believe that we are at the end of this cycle.
Bankless
A highlight from SVM on Ethereum?! Bullish or Bearish $SOL? with Neel Somani, Founder, Eclipse
"Solana on Ethereum? That is the question we explore on today's episode with a new product release as well. This is an opportunity to pick into a topic we haven't yet touched on on Ethereum, which is a virtual machine that Solana has called the SVM. That's the Solana virtual machine. Proponents have said for a long time that it's much better than the Ethereum EVM multi -threaded execution, lots of bells and whistles that Ethereum doesn't have. Now on today's episode, we're finding out that it is coming to Ethereum in the form of a layer 2. The Eclipse Mainnet is what it's called. That is the layer 2 that is launching today with the SVM embedded. Eclipse is not only a new layer 2 on the scene, but it's an entire framework similar to the Optimism Superchain network as well. This poses a lot of interesting questions as you might imagine that we're going to dig into today, including who wins? Is this a W for Ethereum? Is this an L for Solana or maybe the reverse? What does this mean for the future of our industry? A lot to unpack on today's episode. I would even say that a lot of Ethereum people will say that the SVM is a fantastic piece of technology and it is better than the EVM, especially when it comes to the things that virtual machines do, which is execution. There are some massive questions that this brings to the table and I'm about to ask them. But first, I want to talk about our friends and sponsors over at Layer Zero who have a brand new announcement on the scene. This came out of Permissionless. Google Cloud and Layer Zero are partnering together to help thread together 15 different chains across the Web3 ecosystem. So what does Layer Zero do? It passes messages across from chain to chain. What does Google Cloud do? Well, it is the service provider, the Oracle that does that message passing. It is the default Oracle for Layer Zero. But if you don't want Google, you are free to also pick your own Oracle. You could just like Google, how Google is the default search browser for many browsers, Google is the default Oracle for Layer Zero. There's a link in the show notes if you want to find out more, layer0 .network. And so that is a call to action there. There's a link in the show notes. There are some big questions on today's episodes. And so we have the founder of the Eclipse Layer 2. His name is Neil Samani. And he's going to be jumping on the podcast in a minute here. But David, we're going to be unpacking four different protocols. All right. So it's not just Ethereum and Solana. There are a few others as well that are woven into this Layer 2. So what are listeners in for? What are the big questions to prepare us? Yeah, the question doesn't stop at is this Ethereum versus Solana, Ethereum or Solana? Celestia and risk zero are also relevant here. And I think one of the questions is like the big question, if we are investors in this space trying to invest in the future, we want to ask the question, who wins? What are these components doing together? And does some of these components win more than others? What does it mean to win? Or am I just using this lens of winning versus losing because that's my lens for all blockchain systems? And is that even the right lens? So the first question I think we're going to get at is does the Solana VM as an Ethereum Layer 2, is that a bigger win for Ether than it is for Sol? The Solana fanboys in my mentions are convinced that this is the Ethereum protocol moving closer to Solana. But the Layer 2 centric take is that all good execution tech will eventually settle on Ethereum liquidity and security. But then what the hell does Celestia have to do with this equation? And what's risk zero doing there? So this is not just a question about like the tug of war between these two cooperating competing protocols, but what does this mean for the modular thesis at large? So some very big questions. And I think I listened to Neil Samani over at the Modular Summit back in ECC and some of his talks around this base, and I think he's got some of the answers. So we're going to ask all of these questions to Neil here in a second. But first, a moment to talk about some of these fantastic sponsors that make this show possible, especially Kraken, our preferred exchange for crypto in 2023. If you've not had an account with Kraken, consider clicking the link in the show notes to check them out right now. Kraken Pro has easily become the best crypto trading platform in the industry, the place I use to check the charts and the crypto prices, even when I'm not looking to place a trade. 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Bankless Nation, I would love to introduce you to Neil Samani, the founder of Eclipse, a project working to bring the Solana virtual machine, the SVM, to Ethereum. Today, Eclipse has announced their SVM mainnet, the first Eclipse layer 2 on Ethereum that uses the SVM as its execution engine, but Ethereum for settlement and liquidity. Is that a curveball? Well, it doesn't stop there because Eclipse is also using Celestia for data availability and RISC -0 for fraud proofs. So Solana's execution environment, settling on Ethereum with ETH as gas using Celestia for data availability and then security offered by RISC -0 fraud proofs. My first big question to you, Neil, is what the hell is that? What is this? Who even allowed you to put all these forms? What did you create? What is this? I love this image. This is amazing. What the hell is this family guy meme for the people listening on the podcast? It's like Noah on the ark and there's some kind of hybrid animal, like a giraffe, elephant, like I don't know what that tail that is, but some kind of hybrid animal that's been created, like the platypus. That is awesome. David, Ryan, thank you for having me. Yeah. So Neil, where did this idea to put four different networks together come about and maybe talk about some of the motivations here? So the original idea was just to put Solana Ethereum and that was the motivation behind the concepts. And what we ran into was just a ton of constraints and things that you'd expect to be true for a virtual machine because that's how it is in the Ethereum world. So an example is like a chain ID. When you switch your MetaMask wallet to another Ethereum chain or another EVM chain, then they actually have like a well -defined mechanism for doing that. Another example is there's no global miracle tree for Solana. So the lack of these primitives means that that initial idea was not so easy to implement. So we basically implement, we had to add in Celestia or risk zero out of necessity in order to make this possible. Wait, so you had to add Celestia and risk zero, like it wasn't an option to just do a layer two. Just pure Ethereum. So it depends on the amount of transaction volume that we end up running, but at our projected amount of transactions, Ethereum DA would just prove to be very expensive. And it would also lack a lot of the benefits of the Solana VM, which is that you're going for scale, meaning that you want the transactions to be really cheap. So right now it's like the base cost for writing 200 bytes to Ethereum is about 15 cents. So that would be like much more expensive transactions. And that opens us up to account from the Solana community, which is like, oh, we're much cheaper than you. But if you're doing it this way, then we can actually be competitive on price too. I want to get back to why Solana, because that's the big question. Why the SVM, right? But before we do, just really quick, yes, data availability is very expensive in today's world. However, there is some hope. We just did release an episode earlier this week with Dom from Eth Research on Blob Space, an EIP 4844, where the cost of data availability for rollups is going to drop quite significantly. Or maybe let me just rephrase that and say the availability of data availability is going to be increased massively in the form of these blobs. Does that change the calculus at all for you or is it kind of the same? It's still more expensive than something like Celestia. It definitely changes the calculus. Given that it's a fee market, we have to see where that fee ends up landing. So I want it to be live. But yeah, there's great research going on in the Ethereum community for scaling DA. We're watching it closely and we have ambitions to eventually just be fully on Ethereum and just use that for DA as well. Okay, well, let's talk about the big thing here. So the Solana virtual machine, the SVM. We've not done an episode comparing the SVM versus the EVM. We've been thinking about doing one. This maybe gives us a little taste of that. Can you tell us what is so great about the SVM? Why do some people sing its praises and seem to prefer it for certain things? The way to think about it is by starting with the EVM and just understanding the failures of the EVM so far in scaling Ethereum. And I think that if you asked a lot of the researchers in Ethereum community, scale is pretty much the biggest issue. But it feels kind of redundant for me to be saying that because everyone's talking about it. Yet, the way that they've tried to bring scale to Ethereum is just by taking the EVM and turning it into a roll up, effectively. But what's nice about a roll up is that once you've decoupled the execution, consensus, settlement, and DA, is that you can make that execution layer whatever you want. So the issue with the EVM is that it's single -threaded as it exists right now, meaning that all the transactions get in a single file line, they're executed one at a time. And that means that if there's a big NFT drop, for example, then that's going to really spam the network. And there's no way to get your DeFi transaction in unless you're competing with all those other transactions that are in line. But what's nice about a parallelized virtual machine is that you can execute those transactions concurrently, given that they're not touching the same piece of the state. So that's what the Solana virtual machine primarily brings. And it's the most battle -tested VM in the sense that Solana has been around, as opposed to Moov or some other parallelized virtual machines, which are much newer. And that means that you also get the benefits of the existing Solana code base, any existing libraries that are written for the SVM, and we can take all those and immediately port it to Eclipse. So that's the main reason to use the SVM, which is just scale. And scale is inherently maximalistic for a roll up to claim, because we're basically saying that if you have one SVM, you don't need all these other single -threaded VMs around it. Yeah. So one of the reasonings I've heard around the EVM is that while the EVM does execute, because that's what virtual machines do, it was not built for execution. It was built for the Ethereum layer one, and that has prioritized other properties. And while the EVM has had a ton of just network effects, the open source network effects around the EVM are super, super strong. I think in this day and age, in the year 2023, one of the things we're seeing is that the around the SVM are growing sufficient tailwinds that, Neil, I think what you're saying is that, well, I can feel safe that there is sufficient momentum in the network effects of the SVM code base that is going to be an alive code base moving forward into the future. And so it is going to be the execution virtual machine that we can deploy to Ethereum, because if we have a roll -up centric roadmap, we aren't beholden to the EVM on layer twos. This is my interpretation. Is this about right? Yeah, that's right. And what's cool is that it actually goes beyond just the existence of the SVM per se. It's a bit of a misnomer because the SVM is actually the Berkeley packet filter virtual machine. And that's been in the Linux kernel for like decades. So this is a very old virtual machine and it has raw support, raw can compile to the byte code. And there's a few surrounding extensions that are pretty battle tested as well. So we're taking all this existing wealth of open source code and just repurposing it as an Ethereum ML too. How much better is it, Neil? How can you quantify that? I would argue if it's like orders of magnitude, like a hundred times or something, some ridiculous magnitude or faster. Yeah. Okay. So like if we take a roll -up with the exact same stack you're talking about, but rather than the SVM, we have the EVM versus what you're doing with the SVM, how much better is yours? You're saying an order of magnitude, like 10X, 100X? Yeah. It's always tough to talk about throughput because the reality is it depends on what are the state access patterns. Like if everything, let's say every transaction the SVM was accessing the same piece of state, then you actually can't beat sequential because that's just like the fact about databases, right? You'd have to impose, if it was sequential rights, let's say. So then you have to lock that piece of state to execute the transaction, then do the next one, then do the next one. So you're not saving anything in the sequential case, but assuming they're all touching different pieces of state, which if the crypto thesis is right, we're gonna have all kinds of applications doing all sorts of different things. And that's effectively what these EVM roll -ups are mimicking. If you look at OPStack, the reason why people are deploying these is a lot of time they cite dedicated block space, but that's exactly what the SVM already solves for them. So our thinking is why fragment liquidity, fragment the user experience, make them switch networks. It's looking like a mess already, but you can prevent all that by just keeping it all in the same chain. Okay. So one of the, I guess the bull case for the EVM is basically, I don't think anyone really prefers it for its execution prowess and capabilities. They all prefer it because of network effect. It's because we started with the EVM, a whole bunch of apps were built, and now we could just very easily port those apps to roll -ups. That's kind of why. And I guess with SVM, you're making the case that it is much better for just the execution layer type thing, and you're still taking advantage of some of the network effect that Solana has built as well. I want to ask a question here because I'm not sure I fully understand this, but about different fee markets and resourcing, how does that work? So is it the case inside of your roll -up that if there is a big NFT drop or some sort of app that is consuming a large quantity of the block space inside of Eclipse, is that somehow isolated or segmented, or is there some kind of bifurcation of resources between another layer? Localized fee market is - This is a term that I've not fully understood, but I know our friends on the Solana side really purport this as one of the main virtue of actually Solana is these localized fee markets. Tell us about that. Yeah, it's critical. And if you've looked at Arbitrum lately, fees still spike substantially on roll -ups if they're single -threaded. And that's because of that exact reason that you're mentioning, the global fee market. If GMX gets a bunch of activity, then everyone suffers as a result. But economically, that's not actually really the way that it should be because there's this negative externality to GMX being imposed on all of the other apps, but really it should be constrained to that one app. So it's as if you took all these global fees and you just concentrated it on the one app that's actually causing on the hotspot or a state hotspot, as some of the folks on the Solana side will describe it as. And everyone else can just keep merrily happily walking along and they can execute on other cores. So it's really a property of the scheduler within the validator because in every validator, they have to somehow decide what order am I going to process transactions. And they're saying everything that's accessing this piece of state is going to all go on a single core and everyone else can use the other cores. And there's no contention on those. So Neil, this is really just a statement. The design philosophy of Eclipse is just a statement that it's a bullish statement on the growth of the SVM network effects. So maybe in this day and age, if you are like optimist or Arbitrum, you're going for this thing called Ethereum equivalents. And they are making a statement that, hey, we are bullish on the growth of the EVM network effects. And I mean, network effects of different virtual machines can grow independently. It's not an either or. But the philosophy of Eclipse is saying like, hey, there's the SVM network effects are going to grow. They're going to grow a lot. We want to take that and couple it into whatever the value is of being a part of the Ethereum ecosystem. That's my like synopsis of this. Yeah, I'd even argue that EVM network effects have proven to be not so important. And I think it made a lot of sense initially a few years ago when you had Polygon and BSC launching. But if you look at the types of apps that were deployed there, you get like SushiSwap, which is effectively a fork of Uniswap. And now I recognize they deployed even to like Ethereum. But those are the types of apps you often get. And it's rare that those apps are actually net new. Whereas by bringing the SVM to Ethereum, I think we're going to see net new applications in the Ethereum ecosystem, just given that there's a lot of apps that just couldn't exist without parallelism, central limit order bugs being a great example. We've seen a lot of decentralized physical infrastructure networks on Solana, so we can bring those to Ethereum as well. Apps like that, I think, are going to be more interesting to me rather than porting apps that already exist.
Telecom Reseller
A highlight from Major hotel property takes service to next level with E-Metrotel Galaxy Expand, Podcast
"This is Doug Green, and I'm the publisher of Telecom Reseller, and I'm very, very pleased to have with us today Yash Gauda, who's the General Manager of Marriott Courtyard in Brampton, Ontario, which is in the Greater Toronto Area. Yash, thank you very much for joining me today. Pleasure, pleasure, Steve. Thank you. Well, you know, this is something I don't get to do that often. Instead of my usual interview of people that are professionals inside the telecommunications market and the IT market, this time we're bringing our listeners and watchers a special podcast of somebody very special who runs an organization, runs a hospitality organization in a major metropolitan area, and basically can give us some insight on the impact of how a change in the use of technology impacted the function of that technology itself and also helped the organization overall. So we're going to be getting into that in just a second. What we will be talking about specifically is how eMetroTel's GalaxyExpand replaced a previous Mitel product. So Yash, you're the General Manager of the Marriott Courtyard, and your hotel basically implemented this new phone system. Can you tell us a little bit about your Marriott facility? Yeah, sure, Steve. Again, my name is Yash, the General Manager at Marriott Courtyard, Brampton Hotel, and we are one of the biggest hotels in Brampton in terms of rooms or inventory. We have 160 rooms with a huge banqueting space. So we are one of the upscale hotels in Brampton. So that's very interesting. You're a very prominent property. It's something that people like to use and so on. So you know, what I want to understand a little bit to begin with is, why did you make this change? Oh, the moving over to eMetroTel? Okay, this is a pretty, like, how do I say it was a coincidence that got through Joseph. So eventually we had Mitel as our telecommunication system, and all of a sudden our voice messaging system went down in the hotel. So all the back office phones or even the guest phones, if someone had to leave a message to them. So yeah, the whole system went down and we had an old partner who used to service Mitel and I was trying to reach that particular gentleman, Myron, like several times a day. And like, I think nonstop, tried reaching him at least every day for a period of 15 to 20 days. And one day, but the irony was, his phone was ringing. And one day the phone was answered and it was answered by Joseph. So then I started talking to Joseph and then I told him that I need to get in touch with Myron and this is our situation. And then I came to know that Myron had passed away and Joseph took over his accounts. So then that is the time that where I established a connection with Joseph and I briefed him on our issues that was happening in the hotel. And he immediately put me on to his other colleague, Rakshith, started to helping me out in rectifying the current issue that we had. And this is how we got into e -metro rel and they tried to resolve it remotely, but it couldn't happen because the server was down and they never knew it. So Rakshith passed by the hotel. He had a look at the entire existing system. And then I think so he did try to reach out to Mitel and see what was happening. And again, the system, since it was outdated, Rakshith and Joseph came up with a new proposal with e -metro tel and that's how it started. So it literally sounds like a very interesting story of literally going from one generation to a new generation of product and thinking and outlook. So now you're talking to basically company representing e -metro tel. So how did you end up migrating to the e -metro tel system that you chose? The first when I started communicating with Joseph and Rakshith, even though they are not one of the key players in our industry, but their integrity, their honesty in helping me out, that is what influenced me to go with them, because that is one thing that I truly believe in, even though they are getting into new without any experience having done any prior work with hotels and so on. But what influenced me was their honesty and integrity to help the clients. So that is where it started. And they gave me a couple of proposals with the e -metro tel itself and then went through the proposals with our corporate office. And the best part was, again, for us, without even redoing a lot of wiring work, just working at the back end with the server room and changing the main equipment itself. That was awesome. The interruption was bare minimal. If you don't mind, take a closer look at that, because I think all those points are very interesting one by one. So to begin with, as a customer and as a non -technical person, did you expect that there was going to be sort of a physical replacement of the same thing, one with another? Was that initially what you thought would happen? I was thinking, yes, it was going to be a swap of the machines, but when they proposed me with the different equipments and so on and what each functionality would be, then I was like, yeah, I was able to understand it much better. So I think initially this is very interesting. There's no rewiring and you were able to keep basically your bell phone lines in place. Everything was intact. Only the thing that was moved was all the Mitel equipments was switched to e -metro tel, keeping all the wiring, everything intact. So that's a lot less disruptive, probably a lot less expensive in terms of actually implementation. And then I understand that the solution that ultimately came in is basically on one rack, just one box. Yes, just one rack. Yes. Okay. And is that actually like literally the footprint smaller than whatever was there before? Oh, yes. Before, like again, this was an old system and these were like a huge system. There were multiple of them, like four or five of them, but now everything is consolerated to one. And one. And then let's talk about what you've got there. So basically it has the PBX functionality that you had before. Correct. So that is, I think we have an Infinity 5010W console and expansion, I guess. And then actually it solves the problem that initially started this whole thing. The voicemail is operating. Correct. And there's a lot less space, probably a lot less heat and energy being used. So let's sort of bump that up to how it impacts your job. Your ultimate job, I take it, is to make the people that are staying at your hotel happy. Has it really impacted that? Has it impacted your ability to do that? Yes. The important thing is like we are a hotel and the phone has to be buzzing all the time. So if the phone doesn't buzz, that means something is wrong. So earlier we had the issues where the phone was not working and so on. And even the functionality of the new console and even the back office phones are all, it's amazing. We should stay on this point because as a hotel manager, you have the burden of being, it's not just like an office, people in a sense are residing there at least for an evening or two. And so there's all sorts of safety and other issues that are involved in making sure that the phone is perfect. Correct. So, you know, e -metro hotel is a network of certified resellers. Was the migration process that you're describing, was that difficult or hard? No, no, very, very easy. To be honest, like once the new system, the back office phones were shipped to the hotel, so it was like I could install it myself with the help of Rakshith and Joseph. Because they had programmed the phones prior, I guess, and when it was shipped to us. So then again, I was with them on the call and he was guiding me how to activate it and so on. It was easy. Like me not being a technical guy, like installing the phones at the back of the offices was easy. You know, yours is a very difficult job because you're literally running a 24 -hour business, 24 hours a day, 24 -hour desk, residents are coming and going and so on. So how fast, you know, how fast did this all happen? Like the downtime, I can say about the, see, I would say the important thing is the main console. So when that was being like 10 minutes, I guess. 10 minutes? Yeah, 10 to 15 minutes. That's it. And you know, you came in to the office one morning or one afternoon. Was it the same shift that you began and then later at the end of that shift, there was a new phone system in place? Yes, it's like it was Rakshith who was there in the property from his solution. So yeah, I was with him. So he came in the morning, started working one thing at a time. And then yeah, it was the same as I came in the morning. No interruption. As I said, when the telephone, the main console was being put in place, so it's about 10 to 15 minutes for it to reboot and restart and so on. So yeah, maximum. And since this has been working, has it actually worked better for you than the old system? Yes, Ali, in terms of options -wise, yes, this has been worked out much better. So, you know, you were mentioning earlier, you gave us a little bit of background how you ended up back with the ACE security services implementing the solution. And I was interested in understanding that, you know, there was a technological and there were product choices and so on. But I was fascinated by the fact that it ultimately came down to people. Correct, yeah. It is like, see, you need to give options to the new people who are getting into entrepreneurship and so on. Because again, they have the zeal, you know, to excel. So when you go with the bigger companies, what happens is then again, the same process. It's just that, okay, the code, the shipment and all that thing and the scheduling of the people and so on. But here is a new company, ACE solution. Again, as I told you, I was fascinated even before we could get into an agreement. As I said, once the voice messages was down, Rachit was already on top to help me out even without knowing. You know, your industry is so important to so many people. It's such a big employer. It's part of everyone's lives. It's a leading organization. You also work for a leading organization in the world. You know, with all that in mind, do you have any recommendations for people in the position that you're in when it becomes time for them to replace an old system? I would strongly recommend all my fellow colleagues within the same industry and who has outdated versions of a telecommunication system and trying to upgrade their systems to the newer versions to definitely reach out to a solutions and look into e -metro tel. Yash, it's been a real pleasure getting to know you and giving us an insight that we normally don't get the perspective of a person not in the telecommunications industry, but a person actually that uses these products and services and what the outcomes were. I really appreciate your time and I hope to encounter you again. I hope to stay over some time when I'm in Brampton. Sure, sure. Anytime, Steve. It will be great to host you. All right. Well, I'm looking forward to that, but for now, thank you very much. Thank you, Steve. You take care.
Telecom Reseller
Major hotel property takes service to next level with E-Metrotel Galaxy Expand, Podcast - burst 1
"This is Doug Green, and I'm the publisher of Telecom Reseller, and I'm very, very pleased to have with us today Yash Gauda, who's the General Manager of Marriott Courtyard in Brampton, Ontario, which is in the Greater Toronto Area. Yash, thank you very much for joining me today. Pleasure, pleasure, Steve. Thank you. Well, you know, this is something I don't get to do that often. Instead of my usual interview of people that are professionals inside the telecommunications market and the IT market, this time we're bringing our listeners and watchers a special podcast of somebody very special who runs an organization, runs a hospitality organization in a major metropolitan area, and basically can give us some insight on the impact of how a change in the use of technology impacted the function of that technology itself and also helped the organization overall. So we're going to be getting into that in just a second. What we will be talking about specifically is how eMetroTel's GalaxyExpand replaced a previous Mitel product. So Yash, you're the General Manager of the Marriott Courtyard, and your hotel basically implemented this new phone system. Can you tell us a little bit about your Marriott facility? Yeah, sure, Steve. Again, my name is Yash, the General Manager at Marriott Courtyard, Brampton Hotel, and we are one of the biggest hotels in Brampton in terms of rooms or inventory. We have 160 rooms with a huge banqueting space. So we are one of the upscale hotels in Brampton. So that's very interesting. You're a very prominent property. It's something that people like to use and so on. So you know, what I want to understand a little bit to begin with is, why did you make this change? Oh, the moving over to eMetroTel? Okay, this is a pretty, like, how do I say it was a coincidence that got through Joseph. So eventually we had Mitel as our telecommunication system, and all of a sudden our voice messaging system went down in the hotel. So all the back office phones or even the guest phones, if someone had to leave a message to them. So yeah, the whole system went down and we had an old partner who used to service Mitel and I was trying to reach that particular gentleman, Myron, like several times a day. And like, I think nonstop, tried reaching him at least every day for a period of 15 to 20 days. And one day, but the irony was, his phone was ringing. And one day the phone was answered and it was answered by Joseph. So then I started talking to Joseph and then I told him that I need to get in touch with Myron and this is our situation. And then I came to know that Myron had passed away and Joseph took over his accounts. So then that is the time that where I established a connection with Joseph and I briefed him on our issues that was happening in the hotel. And he immediately put me on to his other colleague, Rakshith, started to helping me out in rectifying the current issue that we had. And this is how we got into e -metro rel and they tried to resolve it remotely, but it couldn't happen because the server was down and they never knew it. So Rakshith passed by the hotel. He had a look at the entire existing system. And then I think so he did try to reach out to Mitel and see what was happening. And again, the system, since it was outdated, Rakshith and Joseph came up with a new proposal with e -metro tel and that's how it started. So it literally sounds like a very interesting story of literally going from one generation to a new generation of product and thinking and outlook. So now you're talking to basically company representing e -metro tel. So how did you end up migrating to the e -metro tel system that you chose? The first when I started communicating with Joseph and Rakshith, even though they are not one of the key players in our industry, but their integrity, their honesty in helping me out, that is what influenced me to go with them, because that is one thing that I truly believe in, even though they are getting into new without any experience having done any prior work with hotels and so on. But what influenced me was their honesty and integrity to help the clients. So that is where it started. And they gave me a couple of proposals with the e -metro tel itself and then went through the proposals with our corporate office. And the best part was, again, for us, without even redoing a lot of wiring work, just working at the back end with the server room and changing the main equipment itself. That was awesome. The interruption was bare minimal. If you don't mind, take a closer look at that, because I think all those points are very interesting one by one. So to begin with, as a customer and as a non -technical person, did you expect that there was going to be sort of a physical replacement of the same thing, one with another? Was that initially what you thought would happen? I was thinking, yes, it was going to be a swap of the machines, but when they proposed me with the different equipments and so on and what each functionality would be, then I was like, yeah, I was able to understand it much better. So I think initially this is very interesting. There's no rewiring and you were able to keep basically your bell phone lines in place. Everything was intact. Only the thing that was moved was all the Mitel equipments was switched to e -metro tel, keeping all the wiring, everything intact. So that's a lot less disruptive, probably a lot less expensive in terms of actually implementation. And then I understand that the solution that ultimately came in is basically on one rack, just one box. Yes, just one rack. Yes. Okay. And is that actually like literally the footprint smaller than whatever was there before? Oh, yes. Before, like again, this was an old system and these were like a huge system. There were multiple of them, like four or five of them, but now everything is consolerated to one. And one. And then let's talk about what you've got there. So basically it has the PBX functionality that you had before. Correct. So that is, I think we have an Infinity 5010W console and expansion, I guess. And then actually it solves the problem that initially started this whole thing. The voicemail is operating. Correct. And there's a lot less space, probably a lot less heat and energy being used. So let's sort of bump that up to how it impacts your job. Your ultimate job, I take it, is to make the people that are staying at your hotel happy. Has it really impacted that? Has it impacted your ability to do that? Yes. The important thing is like we are a hotel and the phone has to be buzzing all the time. So if the phone doesn't buzz, that means something is wrong. So earlier we had the issues where the phone was not working and so on. And even the functionality of the new console and even the back office phones are all, it's amazing. We should stay on this point because as a hotel manager, you have the burden of being, it's not just like an office, people in a sense are residing there at least for an evening or two. And so there's all sorts of safety and other issues that are involved in making sure that the phone is perfect. Correct. So, you know, e -metro hotel is a network of certified resellers. Was the migration process that you're describing, was that difficult or hard? No, no, very, very easy. To be honest, like once the new system, the back office phones were shipped to the hotel, so it was like I could install it myself with the help of Rakshith and Joseph. Because they had programmed the phones prior, I guess, and when it was shipped to us. So then again, I was with them on the call and he was guiding me how to activate it and so on. It was easy. Like me not being a technical guy, like installing the phones at the back of the offices was easy. You know, yours is a very difficult job because you're literally running a 24 -hour business, 24 hours a day, 24 -hour desk, residents are coming and going and so on. So how fast, you know, how fast did this all happen? Like the downtime, I can say about the, see, I would say the important thing is the main console. So when that was being like 10 minutes, I guess. 10 minutes? Yeah, 10 to 15 minutes. That's it. And you know, you came in to the office one morning or one afternoon. Was it the same shift that you began and then later at the end of that shift, there was a new phone system in place? Yes, it's like it was Rakshith who was there in the property from his solution. So yeah, I was with him. So he came in the morning, started working one thing at a time. And then yeah, it was the same as I came in the morning. No interruption. As I said, when the telephone, the main console was being put in place, so it's about 10 to 15 minutes for it to reboot and restart and so on. So yeah, maximum. And since this has been working, has it actually worked better for you than the old system? Yes, Ali, in terms of options -wise, yes, this has been worked out much better. So, you know, you were mentioning earlier, you gave us a little bit of background how you ended up back with the ACE security services implementing the solution. And I was interested in understanding that, you know, there was a technological and there were product choices and so on. But I was fascinated by the fact that it ultimately came down to people. Correct, yeah. It is like, see, you need to give options to the new people who are getting into entrepreneurship and so on. Because again, they have the zeal, you know, to excel. So when you go with the bigger companies, what happens is then again, the same process. It's just that, okay, the code, the shipment and all that thing and the scheduling of the people and so on. But here is a new company, ACE solution. Again, as I told you, I was fascinated even before we could get into an agreement. As I said, once the voice messages was down, Rachit was already on top to help me out even without knowing. You know, your industry is so important to so many people. It's such a big employer. It's part of everyone's lives. It's a leading organization. You also work for a leading organization in the world. You know, with all that in mind, do you have any recommendations for people in the position that you're in when it becomes time for them to replace an old system? I would strongly recommend all my fellow colleagues within the same industry and who has outdated versions of a telecommunication system and trying to upgrade their systems to the newer versions to definitely reach out to a solutions and look into e -metro tel. Yash, it's been a real pleasure getting to know you and giving us an insight that we normally don't get the perspective of a person not in the telecommunications industry, but a person actually that uses these products and services and what the outcomes were. I really appreciate your time and I hope to encounter you again. I hope to stay over some time when I'm in Brampton. Sure, sure. Anytime, Steve. It will be great to host you. All right. Well, I'm looking forward to that, but for now, thank you very much. Thank you, Steve. You take care.
Tech Path Crypto
A highlight from 1257. Binance Falling | BNB Chain Analysis
"Alright, so you guys don't want to miss this one. We're going to be breaking down Binance, their current state of things, and are they in trouble or is this just par for the course for crypto? I don't know. We're going to take a look at all the things that are happening around Binance and whether or not maybe you should take a look at it a little harder. My name is Paul Baron. Welcome back into Tech Path. And before we get started, I want to thank our sponsor, and that is iTrustCapital. If you guys are looking at long -term holding of crypto, one of the things you can do is go into a crypto IRA. It's very simple and very easy. All you have to do is visit their website. You can start your crypto IRA journey. Going into Bitcoin, Ethereum, you can do all sorts of altcoins. You can also get into gold and silver. So it's very flexible. No monthly fees for you. The only fees you'll pay is when you do your own self -directed trades inside your IRA. So just check it out. Make sure and use our link. It's going to help you guys get started and you get a $100 funding reward once you do decide to go. All right. We're going to get into a few points I want to hit on. Part of this will be into, there's a few things happening this week, but obviously everybody's kind of all eyes on Binance right now and have been for a couple of weeks. Big week ahead. Monday, the SEC versus Binance designated court hearing. That's today. Wednesday, the FOMC interest rate decision comes in. We also see the press conference from Powell on Wednesday. And then Friday we'll see SEC versus Binance documents unsealed. That to me is the bigger picture because first of all, and we've covered this many times on the show, is that the sealing of these documents is very unusual for the SEC. So what is it that we could discover on those unsealing of those documents? I don't know. I'd love to get you guys' comments on what you think is going to happen on Friday. Drop some comments down below. Make sure and smash the like button is one of the ways that this video gets out there and it gets discovered by the YouTube algorithm. So please help us out there. We appreciate it. All right. So a couple of things happening here. SEC accuses Binance of US of non -cooperation. And this is a problem when you are a US organization and you're with not coordinating the regular. Now I get it. Nobody's in love with the SEC. But you do have to address it. Everybody that we've talked about here recently on the show who have had some challenges all the way into the issue with Ashton Kocher and Mila Kunis. Those people are all acting like normal adults. And that is, all right, let's see how we can fix this. This is the problem I think that relies or lies within the Binance ecosystem. Another thing here that I want to hit on here, sealed documents in the SEC versus Binance unredacts. And this is under court order now. So this is a big deal. So the judge basically said, hey, we're going to go in and allow the SEC motion to unveil the documents related to the lawsuit. Now, why does it get into a court order to say, OK, we're going to do what is in there that is so damaging that would cause a judge to have to approve this to happen and for them to be redacted anyway in the beginning? I think this is the thing that everybody is asking. What is in there that makes this so dramatic? So this week is going to be a big week. So just first of all, pay attention to what's happening within Binance. Most of you probably are off of the Binance exchange in the United States. But overall, if you look at this on a global perspective, this I think is going to have larger waves hitting Binance over the next few months. And I'm only going off of just the troubles with the SEC, the regulatory problems we have here in the U .S. And you have to also extend it into the Binance organization. As an example, mist of the heightened regulatory security right now, Binance is seeing key executives resign left and right. So chief strategy officer, VP of compliance is out ahead of product resigns. General counsel is out ahead of APAC resigns. Binance U .S. CEO, head of legal resigns, chief risk officer. Why is everybody leaving and jumping ship right now? What is it that they know that is going on? If there is anybody out there that work for Binance and if you guys are interested in coming on the show, we would love to have you because I'm very interested to find out what is going on inside the organization to cause this kind of landslide movement of executives. I mean, this cannot be and is not normal for an organization like this. Makes me think of some others that have kind of been out there. All right. So I want to take a look at Binance U .S. just over time. You can kind of see a little bit of the decline in Binance U .S. over time. Obviously, at the heyday, they were running in BNB, especially when you look at BNB over time. This has continued to fall off in general of everything that's been transacting within Binance U .S. So I don't know if you guys are using Binance U .S. Those of you that have, are you in a position where you've started to exit? I'd love to kind of get your feedback of users that are out there in the space that are actually changing maybe some of their habits. And if so, where did you go? And what are you using right now as your exchange of choice? Other thing right here is total value locked, of course, on BSC. Continues to drive down. This, of course, is over, you know, well, right here was their high all the way back into May of 2021, which again, that was right there before that first pump that we had in 2021. And then obviously the Bitcoin high that we hit in November in late 2021. Others, of course, I'll go into. And this one right here is going into transactions also on BSC. And you can kind of see the decline here that's been going on right now. And it's down quite a bit in terms of total transactions. So all these kind of scenarios, whether you follow DeFi Llama or if you guys are out there doing research on different projects, I'm sure you are and you use tools like DeFi Llama, it's one of the things that we use. All right. So as an example, here's Polygon, just Solara 2 coming in at right around two billion, or two million transactions. And then again, this is just one example of these kind of scenarios that are taking place right now in the overall market. The other thing that's looking at this, and I want to zoom in on this a little bit. I'm going to show you where ETH stakers are living right now. Obviously, Lido number one right there at almost 271 ,000 validators, 32 percent of the market share. Let me zoom up on that right there. And then if you scan across there, of course, is Coinbase coming in at 8 .4 percent right there. And then Binance at 4 .5. So Coinbase really has slid in front significantly. And that's a pretty big deal because that's just the United States versus Binance covering pretty much the rest of the planet in terms of ETH stakes. So to me, that's another major slowdown in where Binance is going. And if you look at Ethereum in general, that's a very strong indicator of health in many of these centralized exchanges. Here, of course, is some other examples of Binance doing something that I thought was a little bit thirsty. Today, we're launching OPBNB on Mainnet. Layer 2 solution now fully released to the public, allowing for lightning fast transactions. This course is coming in on Optimism. And they show some of the projects in here within it. But you can kind of see basically this was a exact model that happened with Base. If you look at this, it's an Ethereum virtual machine compatible Layer 2 built on Optimism, the OP stack, by offering cheaper gas fees set to make blockchain technology accessible to all. It's exactly what's happening over on Base. Base, obviously, though, is significantly higher in a very short period of time, too. So that in itself. Here's some of the project partners. Not a lot of partners on here that you'll recognize, but if you guys know of a project that is out there on this, let me know in the comments. And because maybe this would be a good interview or something that we could take a look at how this is working for Binance and some of their project developers, because that's a big deal, I think, when you look at the growth of these ecosystems. Here, of course, is the OP, total value right now, bridged on OP. So it's not necessarily, what is that, right around $4 million. And if you kind of look at some of the projects that are on here as well, here's just to give you an example on NFT sales by volume. Let's go take a look at Binance here. This is over time. So, obviously, ETH, what's possible, obviously, Ronan edits Heyday, Solana, Flow, Polygon, Cardano, and then all the way down into even over Avalanche, and this is all time, versus BNB Chain. So BNB Chain has had a bit of a struggle in being able to really get consistent within the NFT market and Avalanche is, again, another single chain being able to outperform what's happening on Binance. So things have not come together as a whole. Just to give you an example of some of the top BNB Chain games that are out there. You've got, this is the one that, whether you like it or you don't like it, but as you'll notice here, not a lot of major Web3 games that are showing up here on BNB. So, I don't know, again, if you're a game dev, are you building, are you even planning on building on Binance? Would love to kind of get some ideas on that. We've had some people that have been building on this chain before, and many, you know, have started to look at either migration paths, but also starting to look at other options. I think that'll be the big question as we go forward. Here's the top 10 dApps right now on BNB Chain, and you can kind of see some of those. Again, not other than XCAD, which I would say yes, and TinyTap. Yeah, okay. These are good projects. Question will be is, and will these projects start to migrate and do some other strategies here on the long term? This could be one of those scenarios. Social Fi dApps, also by activities over the last 30 days. This comes in from the top 10 social Fi apps, and this is over the last 30 days. I don't know. Again, not necessarily, other than XCAD, I would say is the only one that, well, FriendTech, obviously, on base is going to be the big one over there. All right. So looking at XCAD, which would be, I think, a little bit of their rock star here, a huge moment for XCAD and Play community has arrived. XCAD app is now available iOS, so this is going to be good for XCAD. We've had their CEO on the show before. XCAD is in our market sentiment indicator, so we do track it, and it has ups and downs, but it is a very interesting project, I think, now that may get some interesting movement here with this movement on Apple. All right. So this was our tweet out to the XCAD founder, recommendation to earn a way of rewarding successful video recommendations. You could both increase engagement, break the status quo on YouTube algorithm. Number two, multi -chain support, Ethereum, Polygon, Solana, Flow, and Avalanche, for obvious reasons, should be done ASAP. We'll see what they say about it. Let's go to a clip right here from Oliver. I was using Ethereum quite a lot, and I started to notice that Bitcoin and Ethereum did not scale at all. I got really excited by Zilliqa, and it was the only things I could see that was possibly going to scale. This was a long time ago, way before all these other chains and stuff. For me, I love Zilliqa, nothing against Zilliqa, but for me, I think the future is multi -chain. Why just remain on one single chain when you can be on a few chains? So this was done, that interview we did with Oliver Bell, this is one of the founders of XCAD, was done months before base was really released, was done well before many of these alternatives that are out there within the market, even to a certain extent, even before Avalanche was really getting into gaming. So I think the fact that he was already identifying that multi -chain was a good thing, I think is going to be a scenario that most likely will play out for XCAD. So I am looking for that to be happening over on XCAD. If you were predicting anything, that might be it. The other thing is that when you think about just Binance in general, remember, they were one of the ecosystems that helped foster Web3, and I have to thank them for that. That is one of the things at least that got many of these dev apps and devs together with understanding of how to maybe create something that was a solution to better Web3 in all sorts of different scenarios. But when you look at gaming and where a lot of these game devs are going to be going, you have to look at a couple of chains. And I think Avalanche is a good example, right? Here is kind of the future of what Avalanche is doing right now. DeFi Kingdom, Shrapnel in there, you know, what else do they have over there? Obviously, MetaOps, many of these you guys have probably started to see. But Avalanche has really started to move along here, so pretty intriguing especially. Now, we have had the game lead on here on our show from Avalanche, which you are welcome back to the show, we would love to have you. I like what they are doing, and I think it is one of those things that, you know, we continue to see a lot of movement. We have done a few videos on this. This was Avalanche launching the first NFT game on PS5 and Xbox. This is a pretty big deal, and we broke this down. I was just here a couple of weeks ago, and we also did a full ecosystem. Go check out our videos on Avalanche. You will get a chance to see all the way back to John Woo, who is the CEO of Ava Labs.
Thinking Crypto News & Interviews
A highlight from MARK CUBAN HACKED! CRYPTO STOLEN & IS BINANCE US DEAD??
"Welcome back to the Thinking Crypto podcast, your home for cryptocurrency news and interviews. If you are new here, please hit that subscribe button as well as the thumbs up button and leave a comment below. If you're listening on a podcast platform such as Spotify, Apple or Google or wherever you get your podcasts, be sure to hit that five star rating. All right, folks, first up, I want to let you know about a big interview I have this week. This week, I will be interviewing Kevin Mull, who's the head of global digital assets at Western Union. So we're going to learn how Western Union is going to leverage crypto for payments and much more. Recently, Western Union conducted a retail CBDC pilot with a digital dollar project. So Chris Giancarlo will also participate in the interview. And Kevin was actually formerly at Ripple, so he knows a lot about payments. This should be a really great interview. Make sure you got that notification bell enabled, folks, and that you are subscribed as well as you're subscribed to the newsletter, because this is going to be a really great interview. Obviously, Western Union, one of the largest payment companies in the world. So it's going to be very insightful to hear how they are leveraging crypto and blockchain. All right, let's jump into the news. Mark Cuban loses $870 ,000 in a hot wallet hack. Mark Cuban confirmed that he was hacked, but doesn't know precisely how. Folks, when I hear news like this, look, it does get my alarm bells going, because you never know what these hackers are up to. And even the most sophisticated users in crypto, those who may be OGs, have to make sure we do our due diligence and we go through our checklist of security layers to make sure everything's up to par, because these hackers, that's their job. They do it all day looking to hackers. The other day I told you guys about, I got a phone call from a call center, a scam call center, and the number appeared as Chase Bank, but they said they were from Coinbase and that someone was trying to log into my account, but I knew that was fake. And the good thing is they gave me my public email. They're like, oh yeah, someone was using, or we know your email address is this and this. And I was like, yeah, whatever, that's my public email. That's not even the log in the email I used to log into the platform. So you want to make sure you have the different security layers folks. So independent blockchain sleuth WAS, was the first to spot the hack on September 15th at around 8 PM UTC after they highlighted suspicious behavior with one of Mark Cuban's wallets that the 65 year old hadn't interacted with for roughly five months. So according to the transaction history on Etherscan, several batches of assets, such as USDC coin or USDC tether and Lido staked ether. So S T ETH were suddenly withdrawn from the wallet within a 10 minute window, adding complexity to the matter. Another $2 million worth of USDC was then also withdrawn and sent to a different wallet leading WAS to suspect that Cuban may have just been moving assets around. However, a few hours later, Cuban confirmed to DL news that he had gone on MetaMask for the first time in months and vaguely suggested that the hacker or hackers may have been watching and waiting for a moment to pounce. Cuban added that he had transferred any remaining assets to Coinbase custody, essentially confirming that the $2 million USDC transaction was him. In terms of the hack, members of the community were quick to point out that as opposed to hackers watching Cuban's activity, he must have done something that led to the security breach. Some suggested that Cuban may have mistakenly signed a malicious transaction while others asserted that his private key was compromised, given that the funds were directly transferred out of the wallet.
GEMS with Genesis Amaris Kemp
"bell" Discussed on GEMS with Genesis Amaris Kemp
"Still had to realize that there is a learning disability where retaining information and do college and do My years of study. I had to form my own but i had to raise and like you said i had to go through my journey to understand where this foundation come from and then how can i help myself. What skills do i need. That are the positive. Feel not the depression of the sleep all day. Not the one that Deal with the skill of Begging or forcing love or Trying to i love. This is not what it's supposed to be. Life is supposed to be like so this is where the epitome came due and It's pretty much the essence. The resilient whole package. More of timmy has made that title. I love that. Because as you were talking i see you light up. I see you glow and the reason. You're glowing is 'cause you're on your glow up and you're on your way up because you've found your voice you back the power you took the traumas that were meant to break you and you turn them into a breakthrough because yes it broke you. But you've made it through you. Took the resiliency the determination the perseverance. You've found your fi and you said even though i went to. Ptsd were they mislabeled it me as mental retardation. I overcame that label. Because at labeled did not define kimberly bell was. That label was just a placeholder. While once i knew who i was in who is i wasn't i really became into kimberly bell. Kimberly bell is up powerhouse but that powerhouse stemmed from what happened to kimmy when she was a little girl and her hashing took what happened to her and she took those stones etc that were thrown out her. Is she allowed. Those stones to pave her yellow brick road. She allowed those stones to build a bridge. As she got over the bull-crap she got over the hurt. She got over the lack. She got over running from relationships relationship. She got over from seeking validation in all the wrong places and she really determined. Kimberly is a woman. That is on a mission. Kimberly is a woman that has went through some messed up stuff but that messed up stuff is not going to define me or contain me kimberly. As a woman that went on to get her degrees and she's making it Imprint in the world to drive the impacts. and kimberly. I just wanna to tell you while you are here. I wanna give you your flowers while baked metaphorically speaking because you are a woman on initiatives and you are multifaceted multidimensional in had you not gone through what you went through. You wouldn't have the power to talk about it instead. Another young girl free said another woman free etc right so walk us through a bit of your journey on where you are now and how this book has helped.
GEMS with Genesis Amaris Kemp
"bell" Discussed on GEMS with Genesis Amaris Kemp
"I want you to talk about. How did you decide to name your book. The pit emmy of kimmy. And what did your rydin journey. The process look look like because obviously you went through a healing journey and you went through the processes and you talked about marriages that laurel so. Let's unpack that. Because i feel like in order to really understand who kimberly bell is. We need to understand some of the things that you went through because the things that you went through not just happen to you but it happens for you and now we see how some the messes messes were your message. Yes yeah and so when you said that the epitome how did i come up with the Pity me i came up with this As i had to revisit the journey from like you said the beginning. I had to and it really with the help over there because the whole time dealing with this book I had there. Sometimes i call. I i I had two sessions in the week out but would be breaking down crying and And so It took a lot of courage because My biological mother. And i do not have a relationship still to this day but i had takes that that this was not my outcome. Or because of the fact that i close the The door for relationship with something. I had except from her so But the journey Going with chapter Made me conclude the epitome. Because i kept finding the essence of what i was created from the berry. Getty As you were saying as a child Feeling like you were on wanted But yet was i. If wasn't not not again. But an understanding okay and accept all altruism are gifts you included and you were uniquely and beautifully made so i had to go and reveal that and accept that about me as you were saying when something's traumatically like that happens is always insecurity that i had to unfold and say this was nothing about me. That was wrong with me for this to happen. But i am different. And so i had to reveal and unfold the foundation and the hurt that the mild retardation. That misdiagnose was ptsd. But at that time in the seventy they didn't have the test they didn't have the pool to have that knowledge to really define what i was going to but still is The ptsd that happened and from Birth to five and being silent and and They abuse and the mental trauma I.
Straight Outta Vegas with RJ Bell
"bell" Discussed on Straight Outta Vegas with RJ Bell
"A think the raiders being the on the other side is actually a good thing. Sorry raider fans friends of ours former colleagues of ours but like oh raider hate like bringing on i will say this about the running back style. It is one thing to replace running back. It's a completely other thing to replace three of them. Oh sure yeah. That's that's the that's the tough part of. We're getting into week sixteen weeks seventeen scenarios that we've had in the past while they're down to this guy and the ravens haven't played a game yet in none of those three guys are going to be available later out of the season because they're all season enders. Yeah it could be. It could be tougher baltimore. Yes we know some castes. Look i was excited. I had actually just the night before. All this chaos broke and gus edwards went down. I was like you know what. I'm still going to be bullish. So they can find a way maybe add someone along the way and this will be fine and it'll be them and the forty nine because i wanted to pick someone that wasn't the chiefs in the super bowl world and well look what happened to me. They came back and got me one once again. You know the other thing. I don't know if i told you this dan is. I'm sad because i had heard a little bit of whisper about how jk dobbins was going to be used. And then jason lockenfora who's out in baltimore lives and writing for cbs. Sports joins us each week. He talked about what. Jk dobbins was going to be and he confirmed everything that i'd heard too pens against a wall. Glad it wasn't something bigger. I might have broken something but sounded like he was going to be used out of the slot and a little bit all over the field to give him the best opportunity to dominate. And instead i gotta wait only do it on a video game speaking of dominate. Now's the time where we throw the information at you to allow you to dominate in weeks..
Straight Outta Vegas with RJ Bell
"bell" Discussed on Straight Outta Vegas with RJ Bell
"Enough of bucks cowboys. Let's look ahead to week. One in mike as we look ahead to week one we actually look back at. What happened on thursday because it was another awful day for the baltimore ravens. That's big story heading into week. Watt is what the heck do you do now. If you're if you have any investment into the baltimore ravens how do you clean up if you drafted dobbins. How do you clean up if you drafted or picked up gus edwards after his knee injury. That's going cost them the season. How do you think play things. Play out in baltimore and even big picture. How do they affect lamar jackson. And a guy like mark. Andrey's well congratulations on mark andrews on getting the ink to dry on his contract. I joke that. I wonder if the facilities are managed by the chicago park district. Maybe a little inside baseball. But it goes into the bears wanting to go move to arlington heights at the side of the old arlington park racetrack of who else in charge of these things. In why are there so many activities or is it. Just you know you just got a bad case of something going on. Someone's not live in right. And you need kyrie irving the come in with the sagebrush to take all the bad user tyson williams. We talked about him last week. Was the guy that. I would have put some chips in on six foot tall to twenty bowling ball. Kind of guy that i think is going to get every shot to be the guy right now. it's kind of interesting in that early on thursday. Yeah we're gonna we're gonna ride the bus and it was all about gus edwards and then he goes down. Marcus peters goes down your already. Had all those injuries in the receiving core right bateman Go on down. The line justice hill at the. I mean you know just was wondering happen. Yeah it's it's just one of the and hill had been battling some other injuries. And then he gets the the final blow there. So you bring in levy on bell your bring in devante freeman and you bring in latavius. Murray lady i bel- couldn't stay on the field. Despite all of the defections injuries and other things happening again the city a year ago we talked about it. Daryl williams now damian williams because he opted out and he's always chicago but daryl williams was getting touches before lay on velez so i kinda disqualify him. That's a if you're bench is deep. Sure stash them and watch this week and see what happens. Likewise devante freeman if you need to go down that road. Because you had dobbins or gus edwards or insert otherwi- wide receiver a running back. That went down with injury. Fine i think latavius murray of those three guys is the most likely to come in and actually do something because we've actually seen him perform at a decent level most recently different.
Straight Outta Vegas with RJ Bell
"bell" Discussed on Straight Outta Vegas with RJ Bell
"I'm rj. We are straight out of as and i'm jonas knocks voice of you the fan and rj. We've been talking about the game coming up later on tonight. It is game one of the nfl season. It is the box hosting the dallas cowboys. Kicking off at eight twenty eastern. Time on fox and steve fezzet. Who's not all that thrilled with. Aj hop after a move he pulled. And if you missed that story check out the podcast after the show but steve is here with the best bet. Zeke elliott. i am going under fifty four rush yards. If you look at zeke's year average at the books have put up there expecting him to run for eleven hundred yards. That's about sixty five per game. So what am i doing. Going under. Fifty four when the bookmakers. Oh aware that. This is a tough match-up and they've lowered number well they haven't lowered it enough if you look at the tampa bay rush defense. It's awesome last year held opponents to the lowest rush yards on average per game eighty two. That's about thirty percent last. nfl average. So if i took that sixty five number that we expect on average for zeke and lopped off thirty percent now all of a sudden. I'm down around fifty already. This looks to be a pretty good wager under fifty four but wait. There's more the dallas align is dealing with cluster issues right now and that should really compromise their ability to run the ball that helps her as well if dallas is unable to have successful runs and further the way i expect game to play out. There's an excellent chance to tampa bay will have a substantial lead in the second half aid. Nah point favorite. After all if that transpires. I expect very few runs to zeke in the second half and that will compromise ability to rack up yards as well added up. Zeke elliott under fifty four rush yards. Steve fezzet pregame.com were straight out of vegas. I'm rj bell. Now jonas a lot of one big key important concept there. which is. There's not just efficiency when you do props and props are getting bigger and bigger. As sports betting expands. The casual fan. Loves the idea. How many yards is dr to throw. Four z gonna run for. It's a very popular simple bat and a lot of people think okay zeke's good dax. Good okay that's the starting point. How good is the player. Then the next question is how good is a defense plan against and that combined is going to give you efficiency. How well would they do on a play per play basis but then finally the last pieces which going to be the usage or the game state. And that's where okay. Tampa bay is favored by nine. That means they're probably going to be a most of the game. Would you teams doing. They're behind they throw the ball. They don't run the ball. Thus the usage that zeke is expected to have from fabric is less than typical if dallas were favored in this game. It'd be a whole different thing so it's back to how good the player is how good the defense is. And what's the expectation of his usage. Now i know you're friends with live. Jesus did not work for you. Yeah i just. I i wonder if you guys got on it because it does feel like a kind of a square pick feels like kind of an easy one for but remember note. The square side is usually going to be overs. yes people hey baton unders because as the old saying it's not it's not undertow it's over you. You can always go over. You mean you've seen games. There was one this weekend that they had scored like like they forty points in overtime. Or so i think it was twenty eight and over time and it went over by like a point so that happens all the time i'm gonna get i'm gonna give a quick pick in this game and i'm going to go anti dak here. I i know that as these are probably two bets that it's gonna be hard to lose both of them knock on wood so fast has his. I'm gonna go with under dak prescott two hundred ninety six and a half passing yards. And you know why. I'm doing this. I believe jones. If tampa is rolling. They may take back out if if they get your down. Seventeen with twelve minutes left in the game. You think dot keet taking hits out there no way. I see the possibility of dad going out in just a possibility makes his probably a pretty good bad. So under two nine six and a half passing yards per deck. If you missed any of today's show including multiple best bets on tonight's game go to fox sports radio dot com and search for straight outta vegas. We're back tomorrow six. Pm eastern time. Right here on fsr again. The stories that are affecting the black community are being covered on the black information network. Not a show or podcast is twenty four seven news network covering stories from a black perspective. Listen to the black information that work on the iheartradio app and get news four and by the black community anywhere anytime keeping you informed keeping you engaged the black information network and b. i n. News dot com many those museum. 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Straight Outta Vegas with RJ Bell
"bell" Discussed on Straight Outta Vegas with RJ Bell
"Bring me back to my good years at the jets. Yeah were there some heck. Yeah come on afc championship. I also believe this closes the gap between them. And you know those other top tier teams listen to tape. It's premiering september fourteenth on the iheartradio app on apple podcasts. Or wherever you get your podcasts we are straight out of as an jonas knocks voice of you the fan up here in just a couple of moments we will continue to take a closer look at a situation to watch for week. One of the nfl season and a little showed news is come friday. It's our third anniversary. And i am going to be given out my nfl. Three year. lock on friday. I'm not saying it's a short thing. I'm not saying it's actually lock me saying it's a lock is metaphorical. It means. it's really good. And once i pick it i'll tell you what it is on friday but we'll have a little bit of fun with three years when you think about it. This is a sports batting themed show and still to this day with all the growth of sports betting it's become more and more acceptable. Is there any other national show on one of the major networks on radio. That's a vegas perspective. Show now. this is one of one baby and we appreciate all the support. And maybe that's part of the reason fastest growing show on the network and that is causing your support. Keep it up and we're gonna keep giving you winners like my pretty much lock because it's been three years but it's not really a lock on friday right here in vegas. Oh one. Hundred and seven degrees. The neon is chugging so rj. We're going to take a closer look at the situation in pittsburgh. Do want to let you know that straight out. Vegas is brought to you by autozone. Dealing with a dead battery had to autozone america's number one battery destination. They offer free batteries services like free battery testing and free battery charging next time. We're having battery trouble head to autozone your battery solution and america's number one battery destination t. J. watt the stud defender for the pittsburgh steelers. He is still awaiting a contract settlement. Somehow with the pittsburgh steelers trying to get an extension done before the season kicks off this weekend and his quarterback ben roethlisberger stuck up for r. J. for your steelers saying i think. Tj should get whatever the heck he wants he's arguably one of the best players and football. Well i like the sentiment jonas. But i think it's one of the stupidest comments i've ever heard. It's like hold on a second. Who are you gonna influence here. You're going to influence the rooney's or you can influence. Tj watt. so if you're big band and you want to sign because let's be honest if it's eighty million or seventy seven million. Who cares. no one here. Anyone that says players got to get what he deserves and thinking that you know. Tens of millions. I'm not saying he doesn't. He should get what he deserve. But i don't care. I hope he signs for a few million less. You know why because it would replicate what tom brady dies. Even if it's not by choice and that's more money to spread around once again every dollar you spend with one guy that dollar you can't spend with the other guy so big vans like the very fact he saying this says when he doesn't understand the basics salary cap number two and he's taking his fair share money and number two. You could see the t. J. watt maybe won't be as Staunch about it if he didn't feel the support but if big bands giving them support you be like yeah. You're right as you wait for anything i want. If i say a billion they should give it to me. I'm not the player. Empowerment stuff has gone overboard in my opinion and i totally get that. It's a reaction to how it was to against the players at various times in the past. But man i feel like we've swung the other way mean. It's time to come back the idea that a ben simmons can have four years left on a deal and he's been sanctimonious that he played so bad that they wanna run them out of town. He's saying well. I'm not gonna play. Then if you're mad at me for playing bad and making max then i'm just after you. I'm done with you guys. You should be happy. That you're paying me max and i'm playing like crap. That's what i expect. It doesn't make any sense. Aj what do you think or remember big band. last year. When he renegotiated he took less money. Took an actual pay cuts as entering the put some cash into like he put some of his cash into twenty twenty two and really freed up about fifteen million dollars in cap space for the steelers. Aj let me let me wising up on this to cut. It was an ultimatum. They were going to cut him or would they be right now. Had they cut him with mason rudolph going into the season. I'm saying he's got some clout to. Oh i know he has. I'm saying why you if he didn't have cloud we wouldn't be talking about the question is why use it in a way. That hurts your team. I think he's looking at it as it. Tj watched the future of this franchise and he may be right. He's the best player on that team. X y the best players in the league and for ben who knows. He's on his way out. Maybe that's that's just his way of saying. Hey this is. This is the way to keep this team strong. Give this guy what he and keep him around. This is what it is. He's got one year low. It's the opposite. Big band is selfish like most people but he self interested who isn't really right so he cares more about tj. What playing now than the rooney's paying extra money down the road right. So you're saying it's it's effectively. It's not my money but even playing hurts me so given what he wants place. It's like a child saying daddy. I want that ice cream cone while they're asking twenty eight dollars for. I don't know what you're saying ice cream. I mean is like i get it big bended. Ha i mean you know. He went to miami. Ohio which is a really great school with great people. But maybe not the high's academic standard. And i mean i don't know i don't know i went to high state so i don't really worry about this. Little school was like that. But what i say is big. Ben never struck me as read many books in the offseason in baseball. There's a famous book called ball. Four right and jim boughton road. It great book. It was the first book that really showed. Honestly what was going on in the clubhouse and it talked about mickey mantle and doing amphetamines greenies as they were called and it was like it. Blew the lid off stuff. And i think it was published. Maybe seventy three seventy four. And you know when i was a kid. Many years later. I heard about read. It loved it. He the idea there was that back then. The players like literally the yankees. And we've all heard this. They were getting. They had jobs in the off season. I'm not mickey mantle but like even starting pitcher would be selling used cars if you're a member of the yankees and your sound used cars. That's too far one way. This feels too far the other way to me where i really wonder jones. We talked about this for years. Now is is. What could a player do. The public would almost eighty percent. Say that's wrong. I'm on the owners. Would it have to be. I'm not sure. And i do feel like this is rothlisburger trying to pat himself on the back because he made it a point Tell people when he spoke about this. That one of the reasons he took less money was for guys like t. j. watt to get paid. He made that he made that very aware that you know he deserves this money. And that's part of the reason why i did what i did. So it felt like it was a roundabout way of him patting himself on the back. Which you know. Here's what i know. Just like with aaron rodgers. last year. he was amazing. He was as good as anyone has ever been. Probably as a quarterback. I don't like kevin rogers. But i can see that and say that. But what does it say about his prior three or four years four plus years. That were not near that good. It says the me that all you gotta do is motivate the guy. And you're gonna see the truth. This is what people have been going gaga about with aaron rodgers for his whole career since he started which is look the talent look at the ability and he put it together and And big band coming in thinner now on the tv. Twelve or whatever. Doesn't that make you question about the prior five years and he waddled in. And i'm telling you right now. Big ben's the toughest player. I've ever seen as a steelers fan. Terry bradshaw was famous for being tough. I think his name was maybe deacon jones from the browns but some mean tackle deanne picked him up in like power. Drove terry bradshaw. Back in the day famously. Andbranch was tough. But i've seen big band take hits and come back. I've never seen another quarterback do. So i respect the heck out of that guy and i think he's greatest quarterback better than bradshaw and i. I was like ten years old. When bradfo started winning super bowls. I mean like i was in. I had a little twelve shirt. And i have quite the same arm. But the reality. I used to try to emulate the way he threw the ball. If you look back. I'm short you see in the google is. He used to put his hand on his finger on the tip of the ball. Yeah and it was like this. We used to throw the javelin in in in college. And it was like i tried to throw. It looked like a punt. When i do but i love branch but big ben gets a ton of respect. But he's not a deep thinker and to me. This goes against helping the team. It goes against everything really other than wanting to seem like a good guy because more money. Sounds like a good thing and that to me is very shallow thinking. Any closing thoughts Aj do you say he's not helping the team but he would be helping the team right now. Which is what big ben cares about. This is his last season. He wants the team to win right now. So him being motivated big band to try to get tj. What we signed would involve not trying to give him power to hold how it would be trying to make it where he signed. Because you know who's gonna be more influential the influenceable who's going to be influenced. Rooney's or t. j. watt. Because you didn't want more likely. Yeah you think the rooney's are going to be like. Oh oh big. Ben said that. Better sign them. No yeah we are a straight out of vegas jones now. I was just gonna say. The hangup reportedly according to adidi kikkawa who covers the does a lot of work for nfl network with the steelers is the guarantees. The steelers traditionally will only guarantee money at signing bonus so the signing bonus will be guaranteed in new deals. And then after that they'll restructure and do some things later on to make sure the player does get more money but they just don't want to take on all of that cost up front and this is the way they've always done business. They've done it with rothlisberger. They've done it with everybody. And it feels like tj watts trying to get an organization. Who's at a lot of success. Who's done at a certain way and had success doing it to go against everything that they stand by and the season two couple of days away. I just don't see how this gets resolved before week. One in pittsburgh is fame is for once. The we one hits. The game is played. They do not renegotiate the year and it's hard to argue a team like that. That is much success over. How many generations three coaches and what sixty years nine. It's it's hard to argue that. Their method doesn't work better than some others that we've seen around the nfl. I agree with that. But i all. It's funny because i you know. I guess that's one of the good things talk show is you can see both sides of it. I would say the following whenever there is a bureaucracy right might be. The government might be a big college. Whatever it is where you're interacting with it or city. Which is the government. I guess is they will always default in in radio. You get this too sometimes now again. I've never had to deal with it but local stations. When i've been around the periphery. Oh my god it's take words policy you you you can't bring in your doritos policy and it's such a crutch because it's a yeah you made the policy you can change it so the question is is this something. The steelers have done is now outdated. Because i'm not a player guy. Overly but if he's one of the best defenders in the defensive players in the league the idea that if he got her how much are they looking to guarantee him. I eighteen million or it could have been. I haven't seen the actual number just been different. But i haven't seen an actual number either. I've heard eighteen to twenty or sixteen. Sixteen to eighteen is what i heard what he deserves. More than that. Guaranteed if you're one of the best defensive players in the league so i'm not into. This is where they caught up with lebanon. Bell levian bell wanted guaranteed money after the first year in the steelers said no and now ended up being the end of that relationship but the difference is in my opinion was levy on bell. Wanted the money too early watts. Entering his fifth year option correct. Yes so this is his last year. I mean if he plays out this year if the game kicks off on sunday sunday. It's gotta give in the steel or no. It won't give the steelers. Were not re-negotiate. After that even if he'll play. I think but then the day. This season's over he's unrestricted free agent. So the whole reason these in my opinion and i think this is just objectively true. I'm just not. I sounded like it was gonna teach you guys. You guys know this. The reason that home teams the team that drafted the player have such an advantage in re-signing is because they can pay him early right so think. About how many years it took where he was getting paid a modest amount of money relative to what others were being paid for his position that dallas kept saying no he kept living on that short money now he had sponsorships and all that so it was easier. Why is getting decent money as a first round draft choice but at the he could have got paid after his third year. So now this it strikes me this will be two full years of them. Saying we're not gonna pay you yet. And then he gets to be free. So the trade off is you know. 'cause remember when zeke elliott was in kabo jones it was his third year and it was. It was the first time they could have paid. I'm not gonna play my fourth without it and and forget about it teaching. What's entering fift-. If i'm not mistaken is that right guys. Yes that's right. Yeah so that means. He's played now a full year on short money. Relative to be the best one of the best defenders in the league and now you make play another year insure money you know what that means. It means free agency and he earned it by plane on short money. But we'll be stupid to allow for that go or means a franchise tag right. Yeah yeah but but yeah good point good point but mean meaning that he could be free agent they have a chance to trump trump card and then signed him again. Still though it just feels like you're going to create a bunch of and maybe it's jones said it's about a precedent and that's the main thing here. It's not even the money i bet. They wish it could pay a different way. But i guess they confront load the bonus right. Yeah they can kind of spread it out a little bit and one of the things that was pointed out. I think it was on. Espn they said that. Typically what the steelers do is a. Don't want all of that bulk. Money to to come out of their pockets upfront. So what they'll do is they've been known to restructure. And that way. It's their way of giving players more that noon teed money but it's later on in the deal and it feels like t. J. watt doesn't want to wait till later on. He wants to get his money. Now that's truly not a guarantee because they're the only restructure players that they're comfortable they want to keep on the ten and if he gets injured. Good luck into having the steelers continued. Guaranteed money if something happens. And that's what happened. Were occasionally and i think it happened. With the falcons and matt ryan that your team gets in such bad straight to have to restructure guy. They don't want to restructure. Do you really think they wanted two more years locked in with ryan. They didn't but they had to. So the salary cap is something most talk shows. Don't talk about much. It's it's not interesting in some ways. We don't understand it here as well. I can't speak for jones but you know in vegas. We don't understand it as well as we should. And i think this off season. I'm gonna put some ru energy into it because nowadays you look at a team like the patriots and physics sad. He goes on this one. I said you know. They're going to spend the money because they got it using bow checks sent on it and they spent all that money in the off season and free agent in once they spent money. There is improved a bunch because all these new players. We should've known that they were going to spend it. And we should have known. Lanta wasn't going to be able to do so were they do. Julio jones's gone they have to extend matt ryan in a way. If you understand the money you can be early on some of the decisions. These teams are making short a catch live editions of straight outta vegas weekdays at six. Pm eastern three pm. Pacific straight. Out of vegas here on fox sports radio. I'm jonas knocks voice of you. The fan he's voice. Vegas rj bell. Let's take our final break when we come back. 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Talk Radio 1190 KFXR
"bell" Discussed on Talk Radio 1190 KFXR
"Bell has rung markets are up nicely. 100 points on the Dow 20 points on the S and P NASDAQ's participating as well. So a very nice start to the morning. The NASDAQ up one over 100 points here as well. So good start to the deck. I want to go to a couple things here, almost talk a little bit about and saw an article. By Peter Coy. And over Bloomberg and was talking about stocks and bonds. And you know for a long, long time. Home. Even professionals. By the way would have told you That you might have even said something on the order that there's nothing more beautiful to a professional investor than a negative correlation between stocks and bonds. The socks have a bad month. Bonds have a good mark. Bunch have a bad month. Stocks have a good man. Right there, zigs and zags offset each other. It serves to help a portfolio of stocks and bonds be less volatile. Any investor is somewhat pleased with that. And that actually Is true quite often. But if you look a little closer, it's not that simple, and it doesn't always occur that way. Almost a year. Now, you know Bloomberg, which published the article that I'm using as the backdrop of all this. And I think it's very helpful and very educational to investors. For if we're going on a year now. Lot of investors have been pretty anxious. That the negative correlation between stocks and bonds. May have ended. Maybe over, at least for a period of time. That their movements amplify volatility instead of dampening it. Wow. Now, as a professional investor. I have seen this There have been times in the market where I've seen, you know when we got into a bad market. Where You know phrase. I've used a number of times over the years. When markets get really bad. They just come and find you. It's like they just find you. It's like oil. I've got this defensive stock portfolio. Eventually, The market gets bad enough in two hits it or well I got. You know, I got bonds and bonds end up getting hit. And so the concept of bonds being a good hedge Overstocks, depending of course, on how you do it doesn't Always work. Right in the big picture over long periods of times. It's necessary that stock and bond returns or positively correlated. After all, they're competing investments. Each of them generates an income stream right dividend stocks coupon payments for bonds. Stocks get too expensive Ofttimes investors will move money into bonds. Kind of a cheaper alternative. I mean, there's kind of a give and take, but between them all of them. That on shorter periods of time. There's always an also often a negative correlation, maybe a month to six. They can move in in, um, over which stocks and bonds can really move in different directions. You know if you take a closely Bridgewater Associates Big hedge fund and Connecticut Published something recently. One of their senior guys published a piece. I think it was Jeff Gardner. It did a an interview. He was talking about the reasons Of them being positively correlated moving in the same direction. Right? Because of the kind of economic environment we're in, and I don't want to spend a bunch of time getting too uh, too technical with these kinds of explanations, because I don't know that really helps anything. But I do want to Discuss By the way, Money management firms the way models are set up today. You'd be shocked how precise they tried to be. Mean they do things like you know, Pgm is is an asset manager. And they have something like 1.5 Trillion under management. They issued a report in May. And they talked about the relationship between stocks and bonds. So you don't have to understand what I'm about to tell you. But it will. It will exhibit to you how sophisticated. Some of these modeling portfolios can be. So their point was, Let's say we have a 60% stock portfolio and 40% bonds. And the stock bon correlation. Is about minus 0.3, which is the average for the last 20 years. Volatility is around 7%. It's already real complicated, right? But I want you to hear me out on this because they think it goes to hell. Precise. These models try to be Will say the correlation goes from minus 0.3 to zero. Not positive. It's not negative, either to keep volatility from rising the portfolio manager then because of that move would have to reduce stocks to 52%. Which on average would glory the return of the portfolio, But it's reducing volatility. If the stock bond correlation reached a positive 0.3 not negative anymore, but positive. Keeping volatility from rising would require reducing the stock allocation to 40%. Which would hit returns even harder Now, I don't care if you understand what I just said. It's very difficult to understand it, but we're talking here basically. Two points that I'm trying to make your Number one stocks and Bonds don't always move like we're told, and you know, freshman economics or freshman and finance classes or investment classes. Where are stocks did poorly, so Bonds did find Bonds are doing horribly saw. Bet stocks are doing well. It doesn't always work that way. That's number one. And number two The sophistication. Some of these asset allocation models and what goes into them. Are really Really, uh, very, very detailed and per size. I find it really interesting even if stocks and bonds don't provide a hedge to each other in that kind of what you're always thinking Well, stocks, bonds, hedge my stocks. You know what they they don't always say, Head your stocks. It's a little bit of the same theory that gold is a safe haven. Right? Gold is a safe haven. People have to say that I tell you all the time in this program goal.
Straight Outta Vegas with RJ Bell
"bell" Discussed on Straight Outta Vegas with RJ Bell
"I'm rj bell. We straight out of that. I'm jonas knocks voice of you. The fan and rj some concern about the us men's basketball team. Now they currently have a thirteen point. Lead over argentina. It's an exhibition. But they have lost two straight which is caused some people to wonder whether or not the best days of usa basketball are biden them. You might not remember the old letterman when he would do stupid pet tricks. And then i guess to the human tricks he always would say. This is an exhibition. Please no wagering but there was wagering in all these games and at the end of the show. Yesterday we kind of rattled off some stats. But it bears repeating so mckenzie in the biggest upset wars the line of that game. They're favored by twenty nine. And a half for nigeria. So nigeria almost thirty point favorites so we sat and the money line and the game was seventeen to one was the take back. Yes okay so hundred seventeen hundred so obviously you say big big big underdog but but that seventeen to one doesn't really do justice to how big of an upset it was so what we did was said i. Let's go to college basketball and let's take games. That had a line between twenty eight thirty. I think what was the range. We looked at about twenty nine below. Thirty two okay so in the same range right and it was zero four. I think one hundred and forty two those sixty one hundred sixty one times. There was a team in college basketball favor between twenty nine thirty two and literally zero times. The underdog want that would be very analogous you would think spread wise to the nigeria win and to lose the follow up game. Did we have a spread on that one. Yeah they're favored by sixteen and a half years australia. Sixteen and a half so. How many times is a team that that's interesting. Has any college basketball team. Ever check this as we're talking. Been an underdog by more than the australia line in two straight games and lost both of them so even though in the one game it was. Twenty nine against nigeria. Let's all even account for that. Let's say to lose as a seventeen point or more favorite two straight games. I'm not saying i'm thinking zero. We'll see but as you look at it. I mean is this a commentary on popovich. Joan is is this a commentary on the rest of the world getting better. Is this a commentary on our best players not playing. Would you see that. I mean. I think our players are good enough and there's good enough talent there be performing better. I wonder if a little bit of this is. They're just trying to get back into the rhythm of this talent around. The world has gotten much better. This is not like nineteen ninety-two two with barcelona. I think you're seeing a really really talented players. Come from all over the place. I would expect them to to correct this and get better. The popovich angle is something that some people have brought up. What seems to be the consensus where him why the consensus is. Maybe he was more. His was more of a product of tim. Duncan's time in san antonio then really what gregg popovich is doing So you're saying there's been a reevaluation of how good pop jay s. Because since. Tim duncan his left. They're not the same. It's not the same team. And and look. He's a hall of famer. So that's a natural fallback but maybe now you start to look at popovich different. That he was more or less you know. His success was really dependent on those guys and not so much him getting the best out of those players. Here's what i'd say about. Popovich is i don't like people who feel their answers. The only reasonable answer great. I don't care if you're on one side of the equation the other. I want there to be a sense that they're smart people on the other side. So maybe it's experiences. Maybe it's whatever that has one person thinking one thing one person thinking the other He has a haughtiness about him. Doesn't leave room for that. That said as a coach. I always really valued him and i would make the following case is most of those titles out to the last one. You could say that. Would i think is if you look at that last title. When they beat the heat year after the almost beat the he it was a team. Qui- wasn't quite yet. It was a team effort and to me. Coaching was a huge part of that. When in dunkin wasn't near a top player at that point baby. It's just his inability to communicate with the youth of today and dunkin being a clubhouse or locker room sheriff. Maybe had more to do with it. He doesn't have that now. Perhaps it could be the case. We are straight out of vegas. We are back tomorrow six. 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WGBB Sports Talk New York
"bell" Discussed on WGBB Sports Talk New York
"Not we're speaking with heath bell tonight on sports talk new york talk about the slide in the all star game he. That's that's another memorable moment. You come in from the bullpen and the all star game that was your third consecutive all star game by the way. So you're in three of them and you did a slide in front of the pitches mad you. You broke up a bunch of grass but You did it for the fans right. Yes so i remember the fan Were kind of getting upset at players on rabin's serious about the game that mad and and that was the year that i mean back then the red sox yankees were always battling for first place. Who's going gonna win. And i think. Roy derek jeter were both heard at the time. They just came back from their injury. A couple of weeks before the all star game. God named all-star year and they said they're not sure if they're gonna go the all star game because it's all the way out in arizona and they were already you know they were at home both of them so they're on these coast and back. Then you know monday. Was the homerun derby to tuesday. Was y'all sir game wednesday you had practice in everybody's late on thursday so there really wasn't often if you went to the all star game you literally were traveling the whole time. He never got any rest. So i was fans were kind of upset whatnot and i said you know i want to bring some fun back game i got to do something and one of my kids was watching. Angels in the outfield. And if you remember that movie. That team wasn't very good. And there's a picture that would slide into the mountain walk around the mountain time. Throw the ball down or the rosin. Downs rotates all right. So i was like i'm going to slide into the mound because actually his last name was ask and we have a One of my One of the bullpen guys was anthony vast. And it just kind of it kinda hitting in had like flying right. Everybody in san diego is like do you do that. You should do that. And i was like all right well. I'm gonna keep it quiet. Because i don't want people to talk me out of it and then Both boots votes. He gives inspirational speech. Our manager that how the all star game is important because the giants wouldn't have won the world series last year. we didn't have home field advantage. I kind of thought about not doing it. But i already told public sandoval that third. I asked him. Hey i slide in you make sure you get everybody the wedding and he goes. Oh you should do it so anyway. I forgot so during the break before the game thinking. Maybe i'm not gonna do it so then if you watch it on youtube i sprint in from the outfield and when i always keep my head down. Didn't know the camera guy who's behind me. I really wish. I would've known. Because i would have probably beyond prime standard look back at. That would have been kind of fun. But i did know. He's behind me. Then i got the until dirt. And i pick my head up and sandovol and i was slowing down centerville. Because i wasn't going to do it. The center all literally get everybody out of the way like he has moved moved booth. I'm like now. I gotta do it now. So then i slid in pick out the ball from bugsy but she looked at me when i got to these guys and he walked away and molina starts laughing because San francisco had brian wilson. You know the free. Yeah and but that's what you were saying. I got you guys now. What i was doing for fun though. Good time and and you know the key part is now known as the slide guy. Now there's a good pitcher. I'm just known as pitcher. The star game the swing and it's kind of fun. It's kind of cool. Yeah he's and there you go. That's your legacy man. A lot of people ask me. Hey can come speak a little league or high school in key. Comes sliding into the mound. Sometimes they do. sometimes. I don't depends if i'm wearing pants or not. I won't side if i'm wearing shorts right now you. You don't wanna be like those old white sox uniforms can't now now now you once compared yourself to hans solo and you four star wars sneakers And then that spring training that that's another thing that got you some Some ain't there right. Yeah i'm a big powers guy grown up there wasn't a whole bunch of it out there and then My youngest son now he's Almost twelve he kind of embrace he started liking star wars when he was really young. So we kind of had that going. And then i kind of kind of the stores the jet. I guess you said kind of started coming out of me. So and i kind of we. We still do to this day. He's twelve and i'm forty four. I'm you know when you go into a grocery store. And they have the automatic doors. Sure we always walk up and before a game between us. We got to run up. And who's Who's using the fourth. I ca- yeah people so it's like no i use the because now i yeah. That's that's a great way to share something with you kid. Yeah big kid like my first all star game. I'll always remember because they were like what. What is this like. And i'm like this is. This is people that are older like us. This is going to toys r. Us in your parents saying go ahead and buy whatever you want to kids christmas morning. Just like all these. This is so cool now. You you like toys don't you. He's kasai. there's a store out here. On long island we went to the other day called. Blast from the past doc. Gooden was there signing autographs so we went over there and they they have stuff. You wouldn't believe in this story you you would probably love it. Toys from the past action figures games. I it's a haven over there. Yeah i'm just a big kid that my wife. When she says she has five children including me. Yeah i'm i'm just a big kid. I don't think i've really. I've the only time i've ever been around is when i had to plan my kids. I kept telling my kids to your homework and don't lie. So i don't you know have signed so But as my kids are getting older. Now i mean i have a twenty three year old and nineteen year old a seventeen year old and my little twelve year old I can just. I just be more of a kid again in just having fun with them and.
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"Welcome to another episode of piecing together the podcast where we take a look at a new movie and to figure out what movies inspired it and today on the show we are talking about oxygen a film. that came out a few weeks back on netflix. But it is definitely something that is worth talking about and joining me for this conversation. Is josh bell from awesome movie year which just started its eighth season this time on the films of nineteen sixty seven so you should be checking awesome movie or if you enjoy piecing it together because i.
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"It's not just xs and os for a head coach. How do you manage superstars. The quite frankly have more power than you. I mean if you look at the nats and And obviously a former player there and and and it seems to be going great but the prior coach they are was and i forget his name. Right now he was very well regarded. I'm sure you remember. Yeah it's a god yes can say. He was considered to be one of the best technicians in the game but the players just didn't like him and so it was like you're out so in a way stephen tad obviously more power than that. But the ability to manage these egos 'cause you're twenty two years old twenty three. You sign a max deal. You're making thirty. Plus mill and quite frankly. Almost all of those players have been the stars of their towns of their school since they were twelve. Ten twelve years old. that is a different skill. set to popovich kind of. Do you play play tough with them. You know. I'm not even sure that would lasted as long as it did without dunkin. There's been a lot of talk that ever. Since dunkin retired the spurs. not only. Did they lose them on the core but you think why would a laugh at dunkin was still there so and quite did leave. I mean if you think about it. Whatever popovich's done since having quietly leave was the biggest thing to happen to the spurs and it just strikes me stevens as a former college coach. Navigating these massive egos maybe not his greatest set. Yeah and. I also think that. I don't know that. He had a star his entire time as head. Coach there up until jason tatum. Who's becoming a flat out superstar in the league with just some of his performances. So i mean you could say kyrie irving but i wouldn't really necessarily call that a success. He was in and out and so just to see what he was able to accomplish without really a genuine star at any point and then what he took over and it was a full blown rebuild a stripped it all down. They got a bunch of draft picks traded away. I just think you know if anybody's going to argue whether or not it was a successful run. I think it was a success. Even though there was no finals appearances what he was able to do. I i still think he had a ton of success. I agree but i i would say this. Trend line had flattened out. Yes it was probably going the other way not that it was going where it was below average but it had reached a high and in general if you would have said what is because think about in this goes to age as if maybe even more but if you think about it they they've missed on three or four and some of it was injury and now it looks like another injury situation but You know really. it's very possible. The only assets. That are gonna matter on boston. Come to start of next year that are currently. There are brown and tatum. And you know anyone else. There is probably doesn't move the needle and that is much considering how they've developed to be a situation where what the saudis will be probably the hand favor the ninth favourite next year to win the title. That's gotta be disappointing if if you would've said. Hey them's moving to be a top seven player. Which he is brown taught twenty the idea that there's nothing else there that isn't stevens as much. But it certainly has been a disappointment. I'm rj bell. We are straight out of vegas. Be sure to catch. Live editions of straight outta vegas weekdays at six pm eastern three pm. Pacific.
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"So let's look at danny ainge or specifically. Let's look at stevens. Mckenzie did a good job Digging back into the database so from seven years as head coach against the spread count and playoffs count regular season. where does the celtics rank during. Stephen's tenure number one in the nba during stevenson year number one and what was the ats record. Fifty three point three percent. So think about that. If you had fifty two point three eight is break even against the minus one. Ten vague so literally. If you would have said this stevens fellow you know. He looked good about learn. I think that's gonna transfer into to the nba and he's just got in technology is i'm going to bet. The saudis every game blindly. You would have made money and very rarely over seven seasons zack. going to be the case. If the fact that they're the number one team so not only did they have a good straight up record. You know it wasn't the best but good. They exceeded the saudis expectations more than any other team during his tenure. That to me at least from the vegas perspective is about as well as you can do. Now let's go back mckenzie to danny ages longer. Tenure had the celtics rank eighth straight up eighth against the spread. Okay so if you take out you know what you can do for me. Go from danny ages till stevens began and just look at those years and tell me how where he ranks. Because i'm thinking if they were first from seven years and eighth over the whole time it's going to be even worse than eighth. Joan is as what i'm guessing it's kind of the. Sat kind of thing so although he did there were those title teams. Those you got include the team and then the nba finals team in two thousand ten. That'd be curious to see but remember. Now this vegas breads the great equalizer so when you have a big three like they had you know there probably were seasons a Got to the finals or even one that they didn't even have a winning record against the spread that happens. You know remember. The great story is how the patriots. the year. They started and went ultimately undefeated until the super bowl. They started eight now and they were i..
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"You is even. There's a lot of duke disdain out there because they seem in many ways privileged and they went all the time. It's an expensive school. And you know high academic standards but remember they were big underdogs and they won that game and to this day. I'm telling you right now. If you would say in las vegas amongst the old timers which basketball game has been discussed in the last three hundred sixty five days. I bet that you and ovidiu game is the third most discussed game. I'm talking about all. The games played this year last year. It still is discussed at the diners and because the case could have been made and to this day. There's still you know people that say outside nevada that. Unlv team could have been the best basketball team of all time. Even though they didn't win it they were that highly regarded. Does you think back to back. With the second being undefeated and greg anthony gotten foul trouble and the funny thing was that i still remember. There was a guy. I knew may gigantic bats and he had all the money on. Unlv an actor. He's like the tar tar fixed that when he fixed it and no no indication of that at all. But yeah it was. I mean you think about it. The unlv game or check that villanova. Georgetown gaming eighty-five that line was about nine. So as much as that is considered one of the great upsets in the history of college. Basketball duke was in range of that. Yeah i it. Just an incredible ron incredible career and then look also got there. Were a couple of heartbreaking losses as well too when he got to the so just the five that he won but there were a couple of other appearances where you know. They were in contention and saw him. I think it was in ninety. Four that was grant hill's final year. Uconn them later on to just a legendary career and now he He moves on and it was also a guy that was rumored back in the day that he was up for the lakers job that he was yes seriously. Considering going in coaching the lakers kobe. Prime had a great relationship with mike chef. Ski had said he would have gone to do co. gone to college but he ended up staying at duke. I want a couple of more national titles there and and you know the rest of history and it will be fascinating. Because let's be candid. Last year was designed faster for duke. Yeah and if they go out anywhere like that boy it's going to be like Not a minute too soon. I think obviously his legacy is not at stake. But the the last sentence of the bio is at stake or maybe not the. Let's say the last sentence of the next to last paragraph read there'll be the wrap-up paragraph so. It's going be interesting to see how it goes. Mackenzie we've got the data. That's always the way. hey did. A team exceeded expectations Going back to what. Two thousand four does a five two thousand and five. So how coach k. And doodoo from two thousand five through last year. Fifty one percent. Ats seventy eight percent against Straight up and it's time to duke. Hi susan entire time duke. Seventy eight percent strata. That's about eight hundred ten. That's pretty good..
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"Like what is this. I mean that's that's another way that like you know traditional or stop motion effects You know bring out more creativity than just cgi because yeah you're right. The more recent stuff has been kind of the same kind of thing over and over again but back then those all seem so unique and different even if they were like similar characters and settings right yeah he had the most recent thing i saw was like a promotional video for a custom guitar then made adam jones. I don't know if you saw this. And it was accompanied by an instrumental that was essentially like a new tool song just with no vocals and nine minutes long or whatever and is just look like a screensaver. Not in a positive way. I'll still watch the long rumored by tool fans feature length Tool movie music thing which probably will never happened. I mean but you know. I could still dream for it. Yeah i watch that too i mean. Of course yeah. That sounds heard anything about that. Sounds cool thing that we all used to talk about in the early two thousands. But that's a long time ago so well. The finished puzzle for come. True includes a nightmare on elm street. Three dream warriors devs maniac possessor an antiviral inception the cell silent hill. It follows eternal sunshine of the spotless. Mind science of sleep on rails video games and tool music videos. So josh is there any any major things. We didn't quite get to well going through the pieces Well i just wanna give a shout out to a movie that i couldn't include because i haven't seen but i think has a lot of relevance which is rodney ashes film the nightmare documentary about Sleep paralysis than i think Sort of reenact that experience in a horror style and the shadow man figure in this movie is clearly a reference to the figure that people tend to see during sleep paralysis. That's not something that i've experienced personally. But that's like the common thing that people mention i have once and it was scary as hell. Yeah so again. I think maybe you don't wanna watch that movie. I don't know. And i haven't seen it. But i've read enough about it to know that that's got to be an influence on this. I would think so. Yeah the only other thing. I wanted to bring up and your film. History is better than mine so i don't know maybe maybe you saw the connection but any significance to the weekend at bernie's terminator posters. Would you say mean. Terminator is kind of see. Maybe a little clear sci-fi yeah. I mean i don't know i guess like i actually never seen weekend at bernie's which is an important part of any film history education. Of course. i'm sure it'll come up on awesome movie. You're at some point. Yeah i mean we have. The you know the climax of the movie where she's like sleepwalking and they have to guide her. And i suppose that's almost like carrying along bernie's corpse stretching their just correct the case josh. I think yeah. I think you did it. That is a perfect place to end this. Because we figured this movie out for sure. Okay well josh. Is there another movie you saw recently. You'd like to recommend to our listeners. Sure completely different. I'm going to recommend a movie that that i know you've seen and i think you're not really that into and most critics seemed to have not been into and i had sort of low expectations because of that but i really loved and that is french exit from as azel jacobs that is I mean i don't know as of when this comes out. Probably still just playing in theaters but We'll be available on vod. I imagine within the next few weeks. And it's i can understand why some people were not into it. It's kind of excessively quirky in some ways. But it just had this dry of certes sense of humor. That really really worked for me. Michelle pfeiffer is amazing in it as this sort of socialite. Nukes city socialite who discovers that her fortune has disappeared and she doesn't know how to live without lots and lots of money and event ends up. G moves to paris to stay in a friend's apartment along with her son played by lucas hedges. Who and they have this kind of unhealthily close relationship but it's this talking about whimsical about michelle. Gandara it's this actually quite whimsical witty comedy about their relationship and about this this woman sort of search for her identity with the lack of money and her husband who has had died. And it's got these funny magical realist touches. The husband has been reincarnated as their cats and just a lot of really entertaining supporting performances. And i mean i. I laughed and smiled and was captivated the whole way through so if people have seen reviews. They're not that enthused. I hope they'll give it another look again. It'll probably be on. Vod fairly soon. So french exit is peck. Yeah i like to. I think a lot. More than maybe i lead on and i'm almost tempted to rewatch it. And say hey. Let's do an episode on it. Because i know that you really loved it and i think maybe it deserves another shot from. I hope so. I mean from you and from anyone because like i said i you know as we have discussed whether it qualifies but for me this is my favorite movie of twenty twenty one so far it was not released in two thousand twenty except to critics like you and me who got. Yeah so it's at the top of list at the moment. Yeah nothing makes sense anymore. J world that's right. We sure are well josh. Why don't you tell people what you got going on. What do i got going on. Well i got awesome movie year in the thick of or maybe reaching the end depending on when this comes out of our season on the films of two thousand and three so. That's been a lot of fun talking about those movies. Including multiple. David rosen favorites. So that's cool so we got that still going at awesome movie year dot com and awesome movie year on facebook and instagram and awesome movie pod on twitter. So check that out wherever you listen to. Podcasts my stuff. Josh bell hates everything. dot com. Josh bell hates everything on facebook and it signal bleed on twitter. My reviews in all sorts of different places All kinds of Collated there you my best so Check out all that stuff if you wanna see me or hear me or read me talking about movies. All of the above even dream you josh within the next frontier. Can i get movie reviews into people's dreams. Then i'll really be you know taking things to another level. We'll all be looking.
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"All right. Welcome to another episode of piecing together the podcast where we take a look at a new movie and try to figure out what movies inspired it and if all goes according to plan this is the first episode of two thousand twenty one so happy new year everybody and thank you so much for being here and for listening to this show two thousand and twenty which is an awesome year and there have been just an amazing amount of new listeners to this show and i am looking forward to continuing it for a long time to come so lots of piecing it together coming your way so of course make sure you are subscribed on your podcast app of choice rate and review as an apple podcast pod chaser follow us on social media at piecing pod join our facebook group popcorn and puzzle pieces. Check out our patriotic produced by david. Rosen all those things but you know most of all. You're here now. You're here with us today. So let's talk about a a movie. Let's talk about a movie that I i wanted to make sure to get a chance to talk about i. I didn't love this movie. It's called the midnight sky it stars and is directed by george clooney. And it's out on netflix. Six it came out a couple of weeks back already But i wanted to make sure to do an episode on it. Because even though i didn't love it I just thought it would be a good jumping off point for some good puzzle. Pieces some good discussion and joining me. Is josh bell from awesome movie year and we had a great conversation about it. I am really happy. We got to do this one. So that is coming up now in a second but Also coming up last week this week. Like surrounding this episode is a whole bunch of special end of two thousand twenty content. We've got the top ten of the year. Which would have just come up at the time that this is Going up that came out this past. Friday and We also had a top ten first time. Watches of two thousand twenty. That's going to be an interesting episode and a top five Documentaries of two thousand twenty. So a lotta great special episodes coming your way so just wanna make sure you all know about that And then of course we'll be getting onto more regular episodes of piecing together buffer. Now let's get into the midnight sky. Who all right. Josh bell is back with us to talk about the new. George clooney movie. The midnight sky josh. How doing i'm doing. Well how are you. I am great. I am very much looking forward to our Top ten movies of the year episode planning on recording later this week but we got other movies to squeeze in i so we are talking about the midnight sky. I think this movie is not going to be in that top. Ten list may may just Fall below there. But we'll we'll get our thoughts in on this episode. At least we'll have mentioned in the closing of two thousand twenty. Yeah this is. This is an interesting movie. I didn't love it. I've as i've like been putting together my puzzle piece lists and stuff like that and just kind of reflecting on 'em like it wasn't it wasn't that bad and i'm glad we're gonna be talking about it. I think it's It's definitely movie we're talking about and there should be some good pieces but i did want to ask you though upfront. Was this a movie. Obviously we just kind of randomly were like it will. Let's do the midnight sky but was this a movie that you were like really looking forward to and it was coming out now not right now i mean i wasn't i wasn't like oh i. Hey i can't believe. I'd have to see that movie or anything but i think george clooney as a director is not particularly. I mean there's some decent movies but he doesn't have a super great track record and the other thing is he doesn't have a particularly distinctive style. So there's nothing like. Oh the new george clooney movie. I know how that's going to be and like. I really enjoy what he does. So i'm going to look forward to that. I think he's a good actor And i like scifi movies. It was based on a book that got a lot of acclaim and it looked kind of intriguing to me but it wasn't at the top of my list of things that i wanted to see. I did however go out of my way to see this movie at the drive in when is available in part because i was excited because the drive in here hasn't been showing that many net flicks films. Even though some of the indoor theaters here have been. I would have loved to go see manque for example a big screen or Which we could have done if i wanted to go to an indoor theatre here. But they didn't have it at the drive in. So i saw that they were playing it and i thought oh. Yeah i'm just gonna i'm gonna go check that out because i didn't want to go see christmas chronicles to drive in which they played for many weeks or so. I was excited kind of about that. And i felt like this was a good movie to see on a big screen and i almost wonder if my slightly more favourable response to it had to do with getting to see it that way possible. I don't know so no. It was one of those movies that i think in the in the long list of what's coming up at the end of the year that is Prestigious and being pushed for awards a kind of got lost there. I think but Once it was once it was out. I thought you know what i wanna see at night. I actually went. I ended up going on the last day before it closed. Because i wanted to make sure to see it before it laughed and obviously there wasn't i don't think it did a huge business Three three other cars there with me. Maybe an and one of them left halfway through the movie so kind of movies so it's the kind of thing that like in the in the in the old times when you go to an indie theater in some unsuspecting people would think oh george clooney. He's a big handsome movie star. Let's go see that movie and then halfway through. What is this slow space nonsense. I needed a nap. I think what you're saying though About george clooney. The director is absolutely right. And and it sucks. I honestly it bugs me. Because i like him so much as an actor and just as like this personality i mean. He's one of the one of the few movie stars who feel like i'm rooting for away. When he does direct a movie when he does try to expand on what he does and yeah. It's definitely a lot more miss than hit for sure. Yeah and he's obviously dedicated to it. It's not like sometimes there's actors and they direct one movie and you get the impression that they thought like. I'm going to try this out. And then they don't really follow through with it but this has got to be his sixth or seventh movie as a director right. And i'm i'm sure he's planning more so it seems like he would have at some point developed a particular perspective or sil- or something and It doesn't have. I mean this movie doesn't feel like similar to other george clooney direct do now. He's in any way not at all every one of them seems like i almost wonder if you go back through them all if you'd find influence from whoever he had recently worked with you know the previous years. Yeah i think that's something that's come up a lot. The idea that he works with these big directors because he's a big movie star and they kind of rub off on him and he thinks oh you know what i want to make a movie like the coen brothers i wanna make. It'll be like steven soderbergh. I wanna make a movie like alphonso not to our right. And he's george clooney and he's famous so he gets money and he gets his pick of projects. I i don't know how hot this was a project but again it was. Based on a very acclaimed novel it was written the screenplay by mark smith who wrote the revenue in to certainly a hot screenwriter. I could see this as a project that had like a lot of interest from different directors. But george clooney's george.