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A highlight from Ron Hammond Interview - Crypto Regulation News! SEC Gary Gensler Hearing, FTX Trial, Crypto Bills, Coinbase, Stablecoin Regulation
"Last time he spoke in front of the House Finance Service Committee, he kept saying multiple times, we have not lost a court case on crypto at all. We have brought several actions. And again, remind you, they call settlements wins. And so in their case, they were. They had won every single court case. But now that talking point is really faded because, as you mentioned, the Ripple's case, the Grayscale case, there's also ones like the Coinbase suit going on right now. This content is brought to you by Link2, which makes private equity investment easy. Link2 is a great platform that allows you to get equity in companies before they go public, before they do an IPO. Within their portfolio includes crypto companies, AI companies, and fintech companies. Some of the crypto companies you may recognize include Circle, Ripple, Chainalysis, Ledger, Dapper Labs, and many more. If you'd like to learn more about Link2, please visit the link in the description. Welcome back to the Thinking Crypto podcast, your home for cryptocurrency news and interviews. With me today is Ron Hammond, who's director of government relations at the Blockchain Association. Ron, great to have you back on. Thanks for having me. Always a pleasure. Ron, it's going to be a busy week. It's already a busy week here in DC. Tomorrow is, of course, the hearing with chairman of the SEC, Gary Gensler. Tell us about that and what can we expect. Definitely. For those who may not know, Gary Gensler, the chair of the SEC, is going to be testifying in front of the House Financial Services Committee for the second time this year. That's a really big deal because, to remind you, last year, they barely saw him at all in that committee when the Democrats had control. But if the Republicans can control, they want to exercise oversight of the SEC as much as possible. And again, it's pretty typical, though, for the opposite party to try to put the screws on to the party that has the White House. But in this case, a lot has happened, both in crypto, but also just generally, that it's going to get a lot of flack for Gary Gensler, whether it be on private funds, ESG. And again, crypto will definitely come up a lot after talking to several folks on the House side. He recently testified, though, in front of Senate Banking two weeks ago, and we didn't get too much out of that candidly. We saw a couple of questions from Senator Hagerty from Tennessee on the issues of promethium, for example, and Bitcoin ETF. We also saw some questions from Senator Lummis on SAB 121, which is more crypto accounting standards, and how do you custody actual crypto for banks. So I think we're going to see a lot more hard -hitting points from the House, especially on the Republican side. But I'd also like to caveat, as well, that the shutdown approaching, a lot of Democrats are going to use their time to hit the Republicans. It's just standard politics here. The Republicans are the ones in the House that are really slowing things down, unfortunately, when it comes to funding the government. So Democrat, any for the most part, is going to utilize their five minutes to not really talk about Gary Gensler, but talk about the Republicans shutting down the government. Because again, that's a major, major thing here. As much as crypto is big for us, the macro of all of the shutdown has a lot of implications. So we won't see crypto come up too much, but after talking to a couple offices, it does seem like we're going to have some definitely hard -hitting questions, very similar to what we saw earlier this year in the House. Yeah, and to your point of, you know, things have certainly changed since the last time he appeared, because you had the Ripple lawsuit decision, you had the Grayscale decision, where Grayscale won that, Ripple won a big chunk of theirs as well. And the Prometheum details are more about what Prometheum is and what they're up to. So do you think there's going to be some hard -hitting questions around that, those cases and those things that happened? Definitely. So if you recall, last time he spoke in front of the House Financial Services Committee, he kept saying multiple times, we have not lost a court case on crypto at all. We have brought several actions. And again, remind you, they call settlements wins. And so in their case, they were. They had won every single court case. But now that talking point is really faded because, as you mentioned, the Ripple case, the Grayscale case, there's also ones like the Coinbase suit going on right now. That's got a lot more attention. Actually, it looks a lot better for Coinbase post those decisions. And so he can't rely back on the courts here or say that, hey, look, I'm winning in all these court cases. And actually, especially in the Grayscale case, he lost 3 -0. And two of those judges were Democrat appointees and they're based here in D .C. And so I think that having that set the tone of like, look, you are really overextending here and you're losing in the courts, not by a small margin, by unanimous margin sometimes. And it's just not crypto. You are pushing the balance elsewhere where other industries like ESG or like private equity are seeing these wins and saying, you know what? I think we're going to actually have a chance to win against the SC as well. So like the ETF situation where crypto really just goes out ahead and fights a lot of these fires for more traditional finance. And then those folks kind of benefit from crypto's push. I think we're seeing some of that happening now with the Grayscale case and Ripple case and Coinbase case empowering other industries who feel like they are also having overreach from the SEC saying, you know what? I think we have actually a case here when we can actually win the courts. So I think it's going to be a major theme of this hearing going forward. But also there's going to be several other questions to your point about Prometheum. That was a major issue for that committee, which had Erin Caplan in front of that committee just a couple of months ago. And they reiterate all the talking points, securities laws are clear. The SEC gave us a way to work forward and move things forward. But that argument really fell apart pretty quickly. And we're seeing that in this case, that the Prometheum line that there is a pathway forward registration, there is a way to comply, just doesn't hold water. And so I'm pretty sure we'll see some members of Congress tighten the screws a little bit there because it's been really more of a black box, the SEC, of how this process went. Caplan just kept saying that we actually kept working the SEC and they were clear, but that has yet to even show itself. So I think there'll be a major other theme for this hearing as well. Now you mentioned Coinbase and everyone's looking at that lawsuit. There was also news reported, I think you mentioned it, where Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong will be on the Hill. They've also launched an education campaign around crypto. Tell us about that. Yeah, Coinbase has been a godsend, candidly. Again, we used to have only about five or six lobbyists during the infrastructure fight. And again, we're going up against the banks who have over 150 plus lobbyists. We have going against other agencies or other groups that have way more funding. But Coinbase really has stepped up and said, look, the fights here in DC, we are committed to the United States and we're committed to resources here in the United States and DC to educate Congress, to educate regulators, and to showcase in DC why crypto is important for the future of the United States. And so they're having a huge Hill day tomorrow, actually. Again, it lines up not on purpose at all with Kerry Gensler testifying and of course also the shutdown too. But they're going to be having a whole set of presentations for Hill staff and members of Congress to learn from founders. It's not just Coinbase itself. They're also bringing in other founders from other companies and having a whole demo day, a Hill day, you can say, to educate various offices. And so I think it's really important to have. We're all seeing a lot of other folks from the industry come down. So it's going to be quite the crypto week here in DC. Of course, bad timing with the shutdown, but no one can really plan it like that. So we're really excited to see how that plays out, especially with all the heat recently more moving to AI in terms of interest, but also scrutiny. I think it's good to have more adults in the room and say, hey, look, crypto was the AI about one or two years ago. We're still here. We're fighting a lot of big battles. We need Congress's help to move the needle. But at the same time, let's show you why this is important and why this technology needs to be in America and not be based elsewhere. Because unfortunately, we're seeing a lot of folks migrate over to London, migrate over to the EU. And Coinbase is really taking a strategic stand saying, we're here to stay. We're here to comply with the rules, but we also need some action from Congress. So we'll see how that goes. Sure. Yeah, that's really great that they're doing that. And education advocacy are certainly key. And speaking of legislation and regulations, obviously, we had the market structure bill get marked up in the house. You also have the stable coin bill. What's the latest with those and the next steps? I know the shutdown is probably delaying a lot of things. What are the latest on those items? Yeah, so we were kind of expecting by October timeframe to have a vote on the stable coin bill and the market structure bill. There are other crypto bills as well that passed out of the house financial service committee, but those are the two main big ones. And so the plan was, hopefully, was after this whole shutdown drama that we would have a vote probably in October, but it's looking more like November now. And again, our message to folks is the closer we get to that 2024 election, we're almost a year out, all of a sudden, all bipartisan politics goes away and folks start retreating back to their bases. And it's my team versus your team. And that's when everything grinds to a halt in DC. We're already seeing that right now a little bit with the shutdown where folks are saying it's my team versus your team, but the Republicans are a lot more splintered on their teams. And so we want to make sure that we get these bills pushed out of the house on a good bipartisan basis and then showcase to the Senate why it's important to take up this legislation. Now, there are been some rumors going around recently. Again, Politico report on it, Punchbowl report on it recently, too, that Patrick Henry gave an interview saying, look, the Senate Bank Committee, my Senate counterpart, they're doing completely different things than we're doing in the house. We're focusing on crypto and capital formation and data privacy. They're more focused on marijuana banking, exec compensation, and banking regs. So we are in two different camps on two major different issues. But if we were able to make a trade of some sort, the priorities that Sherrod Brown, who's running for reelection in deep red Ohio, who's going to need all the help he can get, would at least his case to voters saying, look, I'm actually working on this committee that traditionally has not passed that many bills. Mind you, again, they haven't passed a bill, except for this year, for four years before that. And that's during his time as well as Republicans in the chair time. It's crazy. And so in order for this to move the needle, they have to have a trade. And I think that's what's really important to say. If this trade were to happen, a lot does have to happen. But this does provide a pathway potentially for crypto legislation to move forward to the president's desk. Again, a lot has to happen. A lot can mess this up. But this isn't one of the first few times we're seeing kind of a light at the end of the tunnel. And we're really excited by it now again. But we have to have a lot of education because the Senate has not really given too much thought to this issue besides a couple handful of really powerful champions. Yeah, boy, fingers crossed, toes crossed, everything, hoping they can get something through the House and then we can go through the Senate. Boy, I'm hoping something happens by early next year before the madness of the election cycle. Now, there's also the trial for Sam Beckman Fried and the whole FTX debacle. In addition, there's been new updates around Sam Beckman Fried's parents and how money was moved to his aunt and Stanford University and much more. What do you expect to happen in October with this trial? So the main issue that we're going to have here in D .C. is just the noise. A lot of people are going to be talking about the SPF trial. It does have a huge media attention, for better or for worse. And again, we've really at least made sure we tell folks in D .C., again, this is not a crypto problem. This is a complete scammer just using newer technology. But guess what? Same old playbook as we've seen with Madoff and others. But there is concern that there are, at least in the case of the House, for example, we're voting on these big bills. FTX came up as a reason to support the bill, as a reason also to oppose the bill. Some folks say, look, there's no coming of a customer funds. That's what FTX did. And this bill bans that. On the other end, they're saying, you know, well, this legitimizes the crypto market. So this could potentially make more FTXs come up down the road. And so we've seen FTX kind of being pulled in two different directions when it comes to supporting or opposing legislation. And so our concern is the 300 plus members of Congress who have not sat in a crypto hearing who may not even know what Bitcoin or Ethereum is, are they going to listen to the headlines and say, look, actually, SPF is all crypto, which we all know it's not the case. Or they're going to say, SPF did this fraud. That's why we need to pass legislation to make sure this doesn't happen again. And so we're trying to really thread that needle. Of course, you know, we still know everything is going to come out through the trial. There could be some regulatory implications. Again, the campaign donations is a major factor and a major reason why a lot of folks in Congress are a lot more put back by crypto and kind of staying away on the sidelines because they don't get burned again. But as we're seeing kind of recently with the indictment with Senator Menendez recently from New Jersey, some members of the Senate took money from his PAC. And so there's a lot of, you know, just it doesn't matter if you're in crypto, doesn't matter if you're a Singh Senator, there's a lot of issues when it comes to campaign financing as a whole. And a lot of folks are on their toes here. But I think, you know, we want to make sure that we showcase it. Folks, SPF kind of went abroad and tried to really railroad the industry here in D .C. by trying to screw DeFi with his legislation and trying to protect his fraud and scam. Let's make sure it doesn't happen again. Let's put some rules on the road because, yes, SEC is not providing that right now. They haven't for years. And so it's time for Congress to act. So we'll see how that makes the dynamics. I'm sure, again, there'll be a lot of D .C. ties and connections with that court case. So if there's anything damning, we'll soon find out. But our hope is that this actually encourages Congress to act rather than sit on the sidelines saying, no, we're good. Crypto is kind of all SPF, FTX. And what do you think about the dynamic of and I don't know if this is going to be discussed in the trial at all, but Sam Beckman Fried and FTX officials met with the SEC many times. These are confirmed things on the calendar. I believe Sam met with Gary Gensler, according to some calendar updates. Does that play a factor at all? Because obviously we don't know what was discussed and what was the agenda items. But would that bring any pressure on Gary Gensler? Like you met with this guy. Yeah. He said in the New York Times article back in December that he met with SPF, I think it was twice actually, SPF and Gensler personally. But again, also remind you, it's a big organization. SPF was in D .C., more than any CEO in any industry I've seen in my time in D .C. But at the same front, staff meet all the time too. I mean, it wasn't just SPF. He had a whole team of staff that helped out on this front, both at the CFTC, at the SEC and of course with Congress as well. And so Gensler said again explicitly that he met with SPF twice. But I think it'd be good to know, look, how many times does your staff interact? How long do those conversations go? What do they lead to? Because there were some rumors swirling around that FTX is going to get a pass of sorts. And again, those are rumors. We have not had confirmation of that. But the one thing about the court case is that it's going to bring all this to light. So if there's anyone that's saying anything half -truths here or they're trying to protect their character or protect their image, it could really bite them if they have been lying to the press or they've been getting half -truths here. And so if I were to chair Gensler, this likely will come up in tomorrow's hearing. The question is like, look, it's going to come out. The truth will come out. We just want to make sure you're shored up here because it's going to be really bad for you on top of all the other things that have been happening in the courts if you've been caught potentially lying here. And again, I don't see any reason why he would in this situation, but I think the focus should be also not just on SPF and Garrett Gensler, but where do the staffs and the senior level execs and regulators also meet from FTX and the SEC? Hmm. I'm very curious to get those details. Now, speaking of FTX, obviously with the relation with Binance, and I forgot to ask you this earlier, the judge recently said it blocked the SEC from conducting further discovery, if I'm not mistaken, with Binance US. Have you heard anything about that? Not as much, at least in the DC front, but at least when it comes to the Binance situation as a whole, there's still that looming DOJ investigation that a lot of folks in DC are waiting for that shoe to drop. Again, there's various rumors of why that DOJ lawsuit hasn't dropped. There have been confirmation reports of central sanction evasion violations, as well as money laundering violations by Binance and the parent company, not Binance US to my knowledge, but Binance. What is the relationship though between Binance US and Binance? Is that there much cohesion there or is there actually a pretty separate line between those two entities? So one thing's for sure though, a lot of folks in DC or in the early of 2023 are hearing a lot more from Binance. They were definitely hitting DC a lot more, trying to get their narrative out. And I think the mounting allegations are pretty damning. And we've seen a lot of folks who were in DC for Binance trying to deliver that message. They're not here anymore. It was a very short stint for them. So whether that be for the company having financial problems, whether it be more of the regulatory issues, that's unclear at the moment. I would lean more to the regulatory issues, but I think it's all going to come more to light as time goes on, but it's pretty bad. So we'll see exactly how Binance recovers from this, if at all. But at least here in DC, the folks that they had speaking, they largely aren't here anymore. Wow. And final item here, obviously you got the Gensler hearing tomorrow with the House Financial Services Committee. Is there any other major hearings for the remainder of the year that we should be aware of? Not at the moment, at least in terms of big ones. We are seeing some small hearings, rumors coming up right now for more of Senate banking. Again, if they do consider crypto legislation, they've only had one major crypto hearing so far this year, whereas the House has had over 13. But again, like I mentioned earlier, that's just two separate priorities for two separate chairs. But if this trade were to happen, I think I'd just keep an eye on Senate banking. They just had their first AI hearing last week. And as they kind of get more into the AI issues and tech issues in finance, that's going to eventually loop in crypto more and more. So I think we'll keep an eye on Senate banking. And then finally, if we are looking for those votes happening on the House floor for the stablecoin bill, as well as the market structure bill, I probably keep a little eye on the House as well. I guess I think lastly, I'll say now, too, is tax issues. We've been talking a lot about securities law, commodities law for quite some time. But tax issues are really percolating to the surface here. Senate Finance, which is Ron Wyden, who's a big champion for crypto, Democrat side, as well as Mike Crapo from Idaho, they actually put a request out to the industry and another stakeholder saying, look, what does taxation for crypto look like? Please help us. Who should be reporting 1099s? Who should be doing various filings and such? So that's just a request ended in early September. And so we potentially could see some action or at least some legislative hearings on what does crypto taxation look like. And I think it's a very important issue with the broker definition coming out from Treasury. There's a lot of comments going through that system right now. So we'll see where that lines up by keeping an eye on tax issues. That's going to be a major fight for quite some time. And I think it's going to be really important. It's a little nitty gritty, but it's very important for any business to operate in the United States. Yeah, absolutely. That's a big one. And I know there's been some other things happening. I think the FASB rule and with corporations being able to hold Bitcoin and things like that on their balance sheet, I believe there were some updates there. Don't have the full details, but there's certainly a need for further clarity and for individuals and institutions. Ron, always great information, man. Thank you so much. Happy to help. Thanks for having me.
WTOP 24 Hour News
Fresh update on "garrett" discussed on WTOP 24 Hour News
"In the suburbs. It's 1130. This is WTOP news. Everything you need, every time you listen. The WTOP producers desk is wired by IBEW Local 26 where electrical contractors come to grow and good evening I'm Dimitri is our producer. Breaking news on WTOP. continue We to gather the latest details on a shooting on the campus of Morgan State University in Baltimore tonight that several has left people wounded. Baltimore police say there's an active shooter situation going on right now. Students and staff are ordered to shelter in place. Police say the public should avoid the area. The Baltimore banner reports that at least four people were shot. Their conditions are not known right now and the shooter at last report remained at large. Special agents with Federal the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, ATF, head to the scene to assist. Keep it here on WTOP at WTOP .com to bring you the latest on this developing situation, a shooting on the campus of Morgan State University in Baltimore. This is a historic first. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy has been voted out by lawmakers. Democrats joined a handful of hardline Republicans to force out McCarthy a little earlier tonight. It's the first time a House Speaker has been ousted by lawmakers in the 234 -year history of the House. Meanwhile, McCarthy says he's not running again for Speaker. Unfortunately, 4 % of our conference can join all the Democrats and dictate who can be the Republican Speaker in this House. WTOP's Mitchell Miller today on the Hill. The historic vote was 216 to 210 and included an announcement never made before in the history of the House. The office of Speaker of the House of Representatives is hereby declared vacant. Eight Republicans were joined by all the House's Democrats. Florida's Matt Gaetz, a conservative who's been a nemesis of McCarthy, argued during debate that he needed to be forced out for a variety of reasons. Staying late at night, working hard, that's what the American people expect. It's something Speaker McCarthy hasn't delivered and that's why I've moved to vacate the chair. Louisiana Republican Garrett Graves, a McCarthy ally, defended him and is in disbelief over what's taken place. wondering, I keep what is going on? Are we redefining what conservative is? What's going on in this body? North Carolina Congressman Patrick McHenry has been chosen to serve as acting speaker. Meanwhile, Republicans until House elect a new and permanent speaker, all legislative action has ground to a halt. On Capitol Hill, Mitchell Miller, WTOP News. Well, how soon could we see a vote take place on McCarthy's replacement Vice News Deputy D .C. Bureau Chief Todd Zwilich tells WTOP Republicans could try to elect a new speaker as soon as next week following a private candidate forum. One thing that we're seeing that Kevin McCarthy did implore the Republicans to do was to go to the floor and do it in one round. What that means is don't have a repeat of what I election was that he went went through 15 votes to try to become speaker vote after vote after vote having to make concession after concession after concession which we content Todd Zwilich Vice News Deputy D .C. Bureau Chief reporting here on WTOP a little earlier tonight one name that has emerged is Steve police the house majority leader Republican from Louisiana it was recently announced that he is fighting blood cancer and and he's had some other health issues but says tonight he feels strong and punch bowl news has reported scalise is already calling around to Republican House members to learn whether he stands a chance of being elected speaker Donald Trump was back in a New York City courtroom today for his fraud trial the judge issued a gag order today after Mr. Trump posted about the judges clerk on social media CBS News chief election and correspondent campaign Robert Costa in that courtroom again today. Judge N. Gore lashed out about how Trump has handled social media Trump issued a statement about a clerk who works for the judge and he said that this clerk falsely is the girlfriend of Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and because of that statement and also a link to this clerk's Instagram profile the judge was really concerned about the safety of his staff and his clerk and he came back into the courtroom and said to Trump and his team effectively you now have a gag order when it comes to talking talking about my staff. The trial is expected to last into December. 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Mike Gallagher Podcast
A highlight from The No Interruptions Podcast - Remote Vs. In Office Work
"Introducing Carvana Value Tracker, where you can track your car's value over time and learn what's driving it. It might make you excited. Whoa, didn't know my car was valued this high. It might make you nervous. Uh oh, market's flooded. My car's value just dipped 2 .3%. It might make you optimistic. Our low mileage is paying off. Our value's up. And it might make you realistic. Mmm, car prices haven't gone up in a couple weeks. Maybe it's time to sell. But it will definitely make you an expert on your car's value. Carvana Value Tracker. Visit Carvana .com to start tracking your car's value today. This week's No Interruptions podcast on The Mike Gallagher Show has to do with working from home or working in the office. You know, COVID upended everything. COVID has sort of changed the rules. And there are a lot of businesses, it is expected, that will never see people back in the office again. So I wanted to bring two smart people into this conversation. Brett Garrett is an entrepreneur, small business strategist. He started his first business at the age of 24. He founded Serious Plumbing and Air Conditioning. Has had tremendous success. And he has certainly experienced every aspect of the small business cycle. And I think small businesses are the lifeblood of our economy. And he believes that working in person is most beneficial for small businesses as far as productivity, being on a team, not being in solitude. A lot of good arguments on that end of the spectrum. On the other side is Matt Lamb, Matt's associate editor of The College Fix, which is a nonprofit organization run by veteran journalists to help journalists who are just starting out. And boy, do we need a lot of help in that regard. And so you need smart people like Mark. He started out working at Students for Life of America, Students for Life Action, and Turning Point USA. He believes it's actually more beneficial to work remotely with a few caveats. So let me start, guys, with, first of all, generationally. It seems to me that those of us who've been around the block a few times, who are older, maybe more work experienced, probably like the idea of the way things used to be, and that is working from home. Based on your biographies, if I can get personal with you, Matt, how old a guy are you? I'm 29 years old. You're 29. Brent, are you a little older than 29? Just a touch, Mike. I'm 58. There you go. And I wonder, let's start there. Brent, I want to start with you. Is it possible that those of us who are of a certain age, we're kind of used to the way things used to be. Young bucks like Matt come along and they say, hey, there's a better way. Could this just be a generational difference in terms of the belief that working from home is a good idea? It's a great place to start, Mike, and I agree. The baby boomers, I'm actually right on the edge. I'm a den exer. But we grew up with manufacturing mentality. Our parents worked at the factory. They were manufacturers. They built things. They made things. So there are certainly certain lines of work that the origin is that we all work together to produce something and make something better together. So the answer is that one plus one really does equal three on an assembly line when we can all work together. So it is certainly safe to say that those of the past or people who are a little further down the road, we'll put it that way, in their working careers probably do it from that perspective. No doubt.
Afternoon News with Tom Glasgow and Elisa Jaffe
Fresh update on "garrett" discussed on Afternoon News with Tom Glasgow and Elisa Jaffe
"1000 M 7 97 your information station sponsored by Muckleshoot Casino. Thanks for joining us this evening. I'm Kim Sheppard Bill O 'Neill at the editor's desk. Kevin McCarthy is out as Speaker House. of the A small number of Republicans joining with the Democrats and pushing McCarthy out of that post. Here's ABC's Steven White. To reflect the solemnity of the historic moment members of the House voted as their names were called. It followed a fierce Republican on Republican debate that had Louisiana Congressman Garrett Graves accusing Matt Gates of seeking publicity and soliciting donations using official actions official actions to raise money. It's disgusting. Oh boo all you want. Lead insurgent pushed back. Kevin McCarthy is Speaker the of the House of Representatives and he has failed to take a stand where it matters. So if he won't I will. Steven Portnoy ABC News Washington. ABC's Catherine Falter says this is leaving a big portion of the federal government in limbo. The House has no speaker. They have no idea What they are going to do next whether they will nominate McCarthy who they coalesce their support behind is is totally to be determined here. I was texting with some members in the chamber during this vote and a lot of them didn't even know what the next steps were here if there was going to be a speaker pro tem. The man who led the effort to remove Kevin McCarthy as speak speaker are now firmly in the spotlight. Matt Gaetz spoke with reporters shortly after the vote. I think anything that people have said before the McCarthy ouster is probably bearing less weight than the way people may be thinking about these questions after them. Mr Gaetz, you had some positive comments about Steve Scalise yesterday and today. Will you yourself nominate Steve Scalise for Speaker of the House? Maybe. I want to see I want to hear from him. I mean, I'm not here to make a judgment on where Mr Scalise
The Dan Bongino Show
Dan Bongino: Are Republicans Getting Cocky in Red Counties & States?
"OK, so listen. I live in Martin County, Florida, and Martin County, Florida is a really, really red place. There are no Democrats elected here in Martin County, Florida. But I'm going to warn you. And you've probably seen this in Texas, too, Jim, a pretty blood red state to where they seem to be more focused on attacking other Republicans they than do on actually going after what really matters, right? Yeah, you just want something just just like, yeah, yeah, just as I heard rumors about it. Yeah. But down here in Florida, I don't want you to have any illusions that you move down down here. It's a blood red state and like everything's hunky dory. The problem with one party rule, Republicans or Democrats or is they get cocky. Democrats run inner cities into the ground. And the thing with Republicans is become they more like Democrats over time because of why? Because of the golden rule. Most Republicans are really Democrats in elected office. However, no Democrats are really Republicans. And what happens? So we have these county commissioners here in Martin County and only one of them is they're all Republicans. Only one of them is a real Republican. Our name is Stacey Hetherington. The That's rest it. are effectively rhinos. One of them is just an outright, in my opinion, Democrat. Sarah heard. She's not even like pretending. Why am I bringing this up? Because it's not. Oh, it's a local issue. It's not. I see this problem nationally, whether it's Congress or locally. Here's the problem with Republicans. When I ran for office, I saw this. Whether you're in Garrett County, Maryland, which is like as blood red as gets, it there may be one Maryland. Yeah, Maryland's in western Mount Maryland. It's probably like one person voted for Biden in the whole whole county. When you have one party rule, what winds up happening, whether it's Martin County, Florida or Garrett County, Maryland, is eventually over time, the lobbyists and the people figure out that
Mark Levin
Fresh "Garrett" from Mark Levin
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Tech Path Crypto
A highlight from 1263. Gensler Rejects Courts | Hints At Revoking Bitcoin Futures
"Today, we have the SEC going directly against the U .S. court system, and I think it's going to be a good one for you guys. We'll break this down for you. There's a lot happening with Garrett Gensler, how they are strategizing against potentially some of the rulings already by the U .S. courts. You don't want to miss it. My name is Paul Baron. Welcome back into Tech Path. All right, let's get into it today. Before we start, I want to thank our sponsor, and that is Tangem. If you guys are looking at a secure way to do your own self -custody, one of the things you can do is get into these card wallets. Now, a card wallet is like a physical wallet. It in itself works in tandem with your software on the phone, and it does a great job in terms of your overall security and protecting your digital assets. If you like self -custody, this is one of the tools you can use. Just go over, go to tangem .com, click Get Tangem. You've got a couple of options here. They've got a brand new wallet coming out that will give you optional seed phrase capability, all of that happening in October. So jump in, use our discount code. It's going to give you some additional discounts. Make sure and get the three -pack, too, because it's a better deal. So use the discount code, click the link down below, and start your journey on self -custody. Let's get into the first thing. I want to go to the clip that explains Gensler's strategy here about the current status of our courts and their decisions so far and what he might do with that. Listen in. When you take collectively recent court decisions we have seen, how have they made you, Gary Gensler, think differently about regulating this space? I'll tell you. I think the same thing. It's about ensuring for compliance and protecting the investing public. And this is a field, it kind of reminds me a bit of the 1920s, where a lot of people were getting hurt. The securities laws apply to crypto security tokens, and there's nothing incompatible with those tokens, with the securities laws, and we've just seen so many people hurt and lost their money, and there's so many hucksters and fraudsters in this field. All right, so most of this has been, as you guys know, if you've followed our channel for very long, you understand where the problems had lied. Most of it is because of the lack of clarity, the lack of real legislative direction, and I think that's been the case. Gensler's position has pretty much been unchanged. He truly believes that all tokens are essentially securities and that they are the savior against protecting individuals' rights and hopefully their finances. The only problem is that we see just as much fraud and problems within the traditional finance markets as we do in any other markets that are speculative. So I think this is still Gensler's missed shot of really understanding what the future of innovation really means for crypto and blockchain. Let's go to another clip here. This is where maybe could the courts convince him because the rulings have been coming out pretty sequential here in and against, in favor of the blockchain industry and against the SEC. Listen to what he had to say. And so nothing any court would say would change your mind on that? I wish something a court could say which would actually bring the compliance sooner. Having said that, there are a lot of folks in this field that are trying to say, well, those don't apply to us. And I suspect you've interviewed one or two of them, too. You'd be right about that. First thing I want to say here is Gensler's selection of words. His pauses are getting further and further apart. Why is that? I mean, he seems to be so intrepid in the past. And now all of a sudden he's taken this role of just a very, very strategic way of answering questions. And I think it's an interesting concept, especially because of the fact that he's had what handed to him over the past few months in terms of court rulings by judges who are essentially following the law. And this is where I think it starts to rub with a lot of people about Gensler's kind of frivolous attempt at, hey, I don't really care what the courts have to say. They just need to give us the ability to litigate and execute our plan over the SEC or over these financial markets, including the crypto markets in general. Stuart Alderadi kind of jumped in on this on Twitter. Stuart Alderadi obviously coming in from the Ripple case, fresh off a fairly good win. But what's most concerning to me, let me zoom in on that, and should be to you in the full video clip, is shocking admission of an unelected bureaucrat that he won't respect the decisions of the court. This is the problem that the overreach of the SEC continues to dive into. But more important, I think it's more importantly around Gensler himself. Because there's enough dissent in the SEC, especially in most of these rulings here recently, that it does pose a very interesting position right now. Here's John Deaton coming in with it. Just watch the reaction of the question posed. Any court includes the Supreme Court, the Supreme Court of Law of the Land. These people are so inherently arrogant that they think they are above the law. Let me introduce you, everyone, to the real -life example of a megalomaniac right there. And I would agree. I think this interview alone started to really showcase how Gensler thinks about these things. And he's strategically lining up. I'm wondering if there is something big that Gensler - because remember, if you watched one of our other clips when we did the government shutdown video, part of that was in a clip here and there was a lot of nervousness around these government shutdowns. I don't know. Is there something brewing down there with the SEC? I want to go to this next clip because this is where Gensler is going directly against a decision that's already been made around ETFs, listening to what he had to say. I'm not going to ask you to comment specifically on what's next in the Grayscale case, but in part of that ruling it was about the distinction between futures and spot and it not being clear that really fundamentally they were differently in terms of the fraud and manipulation you often talk about. My question to you is, is there a world given those concerns you have about fraud and manipulation that the SEC could actually revoke approval of a Bitcoin futures ETF? We take into consideration any time a court rules and we consider it and think it through and deal with filings that are in front of us. And we have a number of open filings in the Bitcoin exchange traded product space. For spot products, sure, but could you rule out revoking the futures product? Again, I'm just not going to speak to the filings and you are absolutely right. There are a number of Bitcoin futures exchange traded funds and they've been live since about two years. All right. So there was some body language in there in that interview. Part of this was the smirk that Gensler has on his face when that question was asked. This concerns me because it does and has the ability to impact the markets in pretty much a catastrophic way. Traditional traders would see this as a very bad move by the SEC because this could put a lot of futures ETFs at risk. And I think for just him to even entertain that, as opposed to an unequivocal no, we would not do that, we've already put markets in motion, is very telling about the strategy and his grab of power that the SEC has continued to go after. So it's a very interesting situation right now brewing within the SEC. There is something up, there is something up with Gensler and his strategy in terms of these market conditions. I want to go to another clip here on Custodia Bank because this kind of starts to play into this because there are some other scenarios playing out with Custodia Bank and the Fed. I'll explain this in a couple of clips so you guys can catch up. You probably are not completely aware of it. Let me go to this first clip that kind of gives you an overview on Custodia.
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"Parents worked hard youngest in my family they have great wealth and got out of high school and have great great couldn't get a scholarship community college flipped the cars to try to pay my way through it went to visit somebody's way college for weekend a stopped at the grocery store to cast a check and i won the lottery one of the first in california it was before by economics is only five thousand but went much further back then took my folks the dinner but the majority rest the money into the stock market did pretty well the took a break from school went to buy a franchise but no one said they would sell me twenty years old but i learned then never to give up so i opened my own business three selling sandwiches things i learned first to i want to finish my college degree at that time no one my family should finish the four -year degree i did pretty well and now had enough money that pay my way through school as long as i went to cal state so i sold my business going to school i opened up the local paper and said be a summer intern in i local congressman did not know this man but i thought he'd be lucky to have me so i applied he turned me down but you want to know the end of the story i got elected to the seat i couldn't get an internship for i ended up being the 55th speaker of the house one of the greatest honors i loved every minute the one thing i will tell you is doing the right thing isn't always easy but it is necessary i don't regret standing for choosing government over grievance it is my it is my job i do not regret negotiating our government is designed to find compromise i don't regret my efforts to build coalitions and find i was raised to solve problems not create them so i may have lost a vote but today as i walk out of this chamber i feel fortunate to have served the american people i leave the speakership with a sense of pride accomplishment and yes optimism from the day i enter politics my mission has always been to make tomorrow better than today i fought for believe what i in and i believe in this country of america my goals have not changed my ability to fight is just in a different form you need two eight teams unfortunately four percent of our conference can join all the democrats and dictate who can be the republican speaker in this house i don't think that rule is is good for the institution but apparently i'm the only one i believe i can continue to fight maybe in a different manner i will not run for speaker again i'll have the conference pick somebody else i hope you realize that every day i did the job regardless whether you underestimated me or not i want to do it with a smile i grew to enjoy you even on your toughest days and your questions i could always tell what day it was based upon your question monday you would if i could pass the bill tuesday was whether the rule would pass wednesday was the challenge ever to my speakership and thursday when we passed the bill you didn't think it was a very big deal and it all started again on friday you know thank i wouldn't change a thing um i do believe i got a new portrait in there too of teddy roosevelt you all know the man in the arena one of my favorite parts of it who errors who comes up short again and again but there is no effort without error and shortcoming who spends himself in a worthy cause who knows the high achievement and if he fails at least he fails while daring greatly i always like to take a risk saturday i took a risk for the american public regardless what anybody says no one knew whether that would pass the democrats didn't want that bill yes they pull pull fire alarm yes they do their conga line yes they wanted to delay but it was all for the american people i could not look the troops in the eye for pay them those who spoke on the floor i thank them for their positive talks i don't know what those who voted against said and said there were some deal they were never a part of any deal for those who said about what we accomplished i'm proud of what we accomplished from the parents bill of rights to our energy bill but if they want to hold me liable because the senate didn't take it up that's politics for what i know kevin mccarthy speaking live the from u s capital tonight he says he will not run for speaker again after this historic day in which he was kicked out of that position and he said every day that he served as speaker this year he wanted to do it with a smile we'll hear more or from the now former house speaker later but let's recap here and reset it's a historic first with mccarthy being voted out by lawmakers it was democrats who joined a handful of hard -line republicans to force him out and as we say a first time that a house speaker has been ousted by lawmakers in the two hundred thirty four year history of the u s house and mccarthy has just repeated he will not run again for speaker putting the gavel up for grabs w utlp's mitchell miller today on the hill with more the historic vote was two sixteen to two ten and included an announcement never made before in the history of the house the office of speaker of the house of the united states house of representatives is hereby declared vacant eight republicans joined were by all the houses democrats florida's matt gates a conservative who's been a nemesis of mccarthy argued during debate that he needed to be forced out for a variety of reasons stand late at night working hard that's what the american people expect it's something speaker mccarthy hasn't delivered and that's why i've moved to vacate the chair louisiana republican garrett graves a mccarthy ally defended him and is in disbelief over what's taken place i keep wondering what is going on are we redefining what conservative is what's going on in this north carolina congressman patrick mckenry has been chosen to serve as acting speaker meanwhile until house can select a new and permanent speaker all legislative action has ground to a halt on capitol hill mitchell miller wtop news other news tonight donald trump was back in a new york city courtroom today for his fraud trial the judge issued a gag order today after mr trump posted about the judge clerks on social media again the uh... judges a clerk on social media cbs news chief election and campaign correspondent bob costa also in the courtroom again today judging gordon lashed out about how trump is handled social media trump issued a statement about a clerk who works for the judge and he said that this clerk falsely is the girlfriend of senate majority leader chuck schumer and because of that statement and also linked to this course instagram profile the judge was really concerned about the safety of his staff and his and clerk he came and back into the courtroom and said to trump and his team effectively you now have a gag order when it comes to talking about my staff trial expected to last into december a lot more news tonight including what happened with hunter biden at a 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Crypto Banter
A highlight from "DO NOT Buy Bitcoin Now! Here's WHY..." | Gareth Soloway
"I'm back and we're one day before the FOMC Bitcoin still at 27 ,175 now Gareth says Gareth Soloway He says that Bitcoin can get back to $30 ,000 But then he also says that even though Bitcoin can get back to 30 ,000. He wouldn't actually buy it. Listen to this Now interestingly enough, let's talk about how high can price rally right? So, I mean, let's let's talk about it So if you're someone who's saying wow, do I buy Bitcoin now? Honestly the answer is no now But he does think you can go back to to $30 ,000 So listen, what we're gonna do is we're gonna get Gareth on the show a bit later on He's gonna talk to us about what he meant when he said he thinks Bitcoin can go back to 30 ,000 level But he wouldn't actually be buying Bitcoin right now and that's ahead of the FOMC now. Remember it's a big FOMC why because we haven't heard from Jerome Powell since the 25th and 26th of July, so we haven't heard anything from Jerome Powell since the 25th and 26th of July and Remember that since the 21st and 26th of July we've had two very big inflation readings So the big question is what is Jerome Powell going to do tomorrow? Is he going to engineer a soft landing that is one thing that he could be doing or or or is he going to Fly the plane like that plane that got lost I think what we need to do is we need to spend some time talking about this because honestly Honestly, honestly, honestly I Mean, how can anyone? Lose an 80 million dollar plane even the Biden administration. Like how can you lose an 80 million dollar plane? No one can lose an 80 million dollar plane. Not even the Biden administration So this we've got a lot to talk about today. We're also gonna talk about finance We're gonna talk about finance in the SEC. They did go to court yesterday There was a little bit of FUD that came out of the court case yesterday Usually as you know, I don't really pay attention to the finance FUD But this time it's coming from the same people that warned me about Celsius and they were right So I took the side of Celsius and they were right So as I said, I don't usually pay attention to finance FUD because I think it's like usually just bat And I think there's too much finance FUD But I do think we need to talk about what came out of the hearing yesterday. So listen, I'm back We've got a huge show today one day before the FOMC. Let's go guys I Mean we have to laugh we have to laugh Not only did they lose a plane But then like to make matters worse they want us to help them Find the plane now. I mean, this is a true story They lost an 80 million dollar plane and they want us to help them find a plane That's the type of discussion that I usually have with James like I lost the soundboard James. Where's the soundboard? I lost it on the way to work. Anyway, we'll talk we'll talk about the plane later. There's a lot to talk about Listen guys, I'm back. I'm back in the studio. We've got a lot to discuss today Got a big show ahead of the the FOMC Also, I want to talk to a little bit about Asia I want to talk to you about Binance I want to talk to you about altcoins because we are getting bounces in the altcoins as you can see right here on the bubbles But it seems like it's stuff going up one day and down the next day Which means that there's no new capital coming in we know that and what that also means is that we're getting Asset money rotation between between one place or another and then also as a city later on gathers Garrett's coming on the show So we've got a lot to talk about we're a lot we're gonna be here together But let's talk about remember if you haven't yet subscribed the channel help us because one of the things that I realized in Singapore Was the bigger our channel the bigger the guests we can get on the channel the more attention they pay their pay to us And so when you guys subscribe to this channel when you like this content And we get the content out there and you subscribe to the channel That helps the channel grow that helps us bring more bigger guests onto the channel. That's why we need you I'll bring you the highest alpha per minute show in the world every single day and You will just like the content and then everything's fine. Everything works. It's a symbiotic relationship. Anyway, let's talk about Where we are right now Let's go to the charts what we can see when we look at the charts is that Bitcoin is above 27 ,200 one day before the FOMC meeting now, I heard rumors earlier That the reason why Bitcoin was actually rising is because the mount gox trustee may be forced to delay the distribution of the mount Bitcoin 2024 till that was actually written up by the blocks I heard the rumors much earlier today and then the block wrote something about it They're saying Bitcoin bounce may be due to mount gox delay rumors, but still targeting 22 ,000. That's a fan manager called QCP bitcoins price is largely due to rumors of delay that mount gox may drag their payments into 2024 that's actually exactly what I heard earlier today. So it could be that we may not be getting the mount gox Bitcoin hit in the market. Now you ask yourself. Why would that happen? So you very simply why would that would happen mount gox was hacked in 2014 this this this story took place in 2014 The liquidator like the FTX liquidator earns money on The longer this drags out the more the liquidator and it's almost like think about it like a lawyer Okay so the more this thing drags out the more money that the liquidator makes and it looks like the liquidator is going to continue to Pressure the side of the year now, let's go back to the charts because I want to show you something back on the chart So then if you remember but Kyle dupes said something very interesting. He said look when we get this death cross What will happen after the death crosses, but Bitcoin will go down But then Bitcoin will go up back to the price of where the death cross happened, which is twenty seven thousand seven hundred so so far Kyle's little I don't know if you want to call it a prediction is is actually playing out and playing out exactly like said Gary says we can actually go even to 30 ,000. I actually think that both of them are wrong I think that we may at some point soon this year this this month this year We will break that 30 ,000 everyone. I've been saying it for a while I don't know if you remember but I did say at the beginning of September when everybody was completely bearish about Bitcoin and everyone said oh September's gonna finish down because it finishes down every single September. I said no guys I think September's gonna finish up so far. I'm up five point five two percent So so far it feels to me like like like like I'm gonna look I'm gonna Get this but you must realize what's actually happening here James. What what's for lunch? Scacra doesn't talk but he's chewing here. I can hear the chewing going in my one ear and out and out over there Anyway, what we are seeing here is you need to look at the open interest on Bitcoin and what you realize is that the open? interest is just Completely tracking the price which means that price goes up open interest goes up price goes down open interest goes down That's what's going on here, which means it's just short term Ups and downs so to speak that are happening in the market and it's not real volume or real buying coming in So we still I'm still not convinced that this is the pump that's gonna take us over 30 ,000 But I am convinced that bitcoins gonna go north of 30 ,000 end of September Maybe even early October and I think shaldino shares the same the same sentiment as me because he's just opening lungs and lungs and Lungs and you should I think today you opened another long on the show. Did you guys did you guys watch Sheldon show today? scarecrows Scarecrows don't talk but the children open along yes or no scarecrows He opened us a line along. Okay, so say he did open a lot the guys got big big big kahunas I think the same thing was happening with alts when I look at the alt coins It looks like we're just getting a shift from one old coin to another old coin So yesterday roll, but was up today roll, but is down yesterday rune was up today rune is down and that's exactly what's happening There's no big moves. Let's just quickly check on the one hour time frame. No big moves. No big moves in all coins it's basically just a rotation of Many the good thing is that the fundamentals of Bitcoin and I said I don't say this likely but the fundamentals of Bitcoin have actually Never ever ever been stronger and what I mean when I say the fundamentals of Bitcoin have never been stronger So there's two parts of the fundamentals. The one part of the fundamental is the research So what does the research say? What are the fundamentals behind it? The other part of the fundamentals is something that is unique to Bitcoin and unique this asset class Which is the on -chain data because if you look at other asset classes, they don't really have on -chain data Bitcoin has on -chain data So, you know like when we say fundamentals we can actually just go to the chain and we can just say look Well, what is it? What does the chain say? What is the the data on chain say and here this is where it gets a little Bit exciting so it gets very exciting. The first thing is long -term The supply held by long -term holders up to the highest that it's ever been so you can see the percentage Supply that is held by long -term holds the Bitcoin never ever ever been higher that is Also evident here where you can see that 80 % of all Bitcoin have not moved in the last six months so what we're seeing here is long -term holders keep growing and then when they lot they hold they They hold for forever because it hasn't moved for more than six months What we also see is we see the short -term holders have been capitulated. They're out of the market. We don't see them anymore They were here. They they were good tourists and then we said bye -bye and they were just sending their money back to exchanges When I look at the unchain The unchain data right now and I said I don't say this lightly the unchain data right now looks the most positive that's ever been because the coins are sitting with the people who ain't gonna sell the Coins and when I say anchor solid coins, they holding the coins for for six months plus The sentiment is also very good. And I saw this tweet by Chris Paniski and he He shares the same sentiment that I shared in Asia He was struck by how incredible and what the buzz is that happened in a token 2049. You can see his his These guys are killing my ears Thanks guys. Thanks for thanks for destroying my eardrums. I used to have eardrums now they're gone Anyway, that's his version of what happened at token 2049, but he's been around for a while He says contrasting token 25 20 49 to the first bear market conference. I went to inside Bitcoin in April 2015 the worlds are completely different and that's true because Even though from a pricing point of view, we're in a bear market I'm gonna show you something very very very interesting about where we are in the market The other thing that's happening now, which we haven't seen in Bitcoin for for for a long time Since I got into Bitcoin people have been promising me that the institutions are coming into Bitcoin. It's always been the narrative It's like look we've got to prepare ourselves got to prepare us off Because you know what the institutions are coming in when the institutions come in The price of it coins gonna go to the moon and every time the institutions never came in They launched a Bitcoin futures and bang the the price collapsed So I've always been hearing since I got you That the institutions are coming into Bitcoin when the institutions come into Bitcoin They're gonna bring all the money with him But it's been this letdown because it like as much as I've been hearing about it The institutions just haven't come but they just didn't arrive now the institutions are undoubtedly undoubtedly undoubtedly here So we have got Citibank. They are now Unveiling their own Separate blockchain which is going to which which they're going to start piloting you got this is old news But you got the LSE looking to tokenize assets in the line the stock exchange As your as you will recall if you saw my video about token 2049 in Singapore I thought hey said big bull market he predicts and if you go watch that video see what he said But he basically how he breaks down why the bull market is gonna happen in 2024 he also breaks down that AI is gonna be the narrative that's gonna lead it and then he says, okay Well, then you need to you need to be buying file coin Then a German banking giant will be able to hold a number of crypto currencies for its clients So you can see what's going on here. You can see exactly what's going on Yeah, this industry is becoming more and more institutional Deutsche Bank one step closer to launching a digital asset custody service You've got Japanese banking giant Nomura launching a Bitcoin adoption fund for institutional investors You see what's going on here the institutionals the institutions are here are finally actually getting here but we are in a very very very unique time now because this is What Michael Saylor described when I interviewed Michael Saylor last time you'll remember it if you watch the Michael Saylor discussion This is what he said about where we are now about the unique time that we are now in In the cycle able to pick up the phone and call your broker and buy 50 million dollars worth of it Right. So we're at that stage where we know it's coming but We really haven't plugged Wall Street into the asset yet We're in this in between period which in my opinion is the best time to be it's like, you know the future No one else can act on it. If you if you have a crypto account with a crypto Exchange to buy Bitcoin right now So so you hear what he's saying he's saying if you we know they're coming they just it's like it's like it's like this Imagine a concert, you know, the concerts gonna start everyone's waiting at the door, but the gates aren't open yet You know when the gates open everyone's gonna come in and go to the car the concert you have the inside information But they can't act because the doors are still closed. That is where we are. Now. The institutions are coming in this morning I saw that blockchain capital Which is one of the original og funds in crypto, these are like, you know, these are two brothers original og og og funds in crypto raised 400 and say five hundred and eighty million dollars for two new funds now if you read where did they get their money from? most of the firm's limited partners are traditional institutional investors including University endowments So they've got five hundred and eighty dollars from all of these sovereign wealth funds and guys I mean if you were here in 2017 and you were here in 2018 and you were here in 2019 and notice it you look You know in next year or in two years time you're gonna get five hundred and eighty million dollars Given to two brothers in the United States Who have got a good track record and the money's gonna be given to them by institutional university By university endowment private foundations the writing's all over the world. All you have to do is You just have to Act because it's inevitable. It's completely completely completely inevitable And I know like a lot of you may may be sitting here and going yeah But you're not crypto is full of scams and you know, you know We spoke about keeping our customers happy and how every time we get the big names in crypto coming into our into our industry We destroy them, etc, etc You need to remember that every single technology goes through the cycle and I want to read you something which I saw earlier today which made me smile and and again affirm that I was in the right direction so Visa seemed like a disaster when it was first launched the kind of people who attack new things would have been all over it from From the Wikipedia article it says listen to it says they're talking about visa However, the program was riddled with problems as Williams who had never worked in a bank's loan department had been too earnest and trusting in His belief in the basic goodness of the bank's customers and he resigned in December 1959 22 % of the accounts were delinquent not the 4 % expected the police departments around the state were confronted by numerous incidents of of a brand new crime called credit card fraud Both politicians and journalists joined the general uproar against Bank of America and its new fangled credit card Especially when it was pointed out that the card holder agreement held customers liable for all charges even those resulting from fraud Bank of America officially lost eight point eight million dollars in on on the launch of Bank of America card But when the full cost of advertising and overheads were included the bank actually lost around 20 million dollars I mean if you change the word credit card there and you replaced it with the word blockchain you'd say hell them This is exactly what's going on here.
Mark Levin
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The Charlie Kirk Show
A highlight from The Evidence: How Hunters 459 Crimes Connect to Joe Biden with Marco Polo Founder Garrett Ziegler
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The Bill Simmons Podcast
A highlight from The "My Guy" Fantasy Football Draft With Danny Heifetz, Craig Horlbeck, and Danny Kelly. Plus, a Cleveland Sports Check-in With Garrett Bush.
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We're also brought to you by The Ringer Podcast Network, where you can find new rewatchables we put up on Monday night. Me, Chris Ryan, and my dad, we did The Equalizer, one of my dad's favorite movies ever. Stealth Boston movie, by the way, so you can check that out. You can also check out a new Spotify podcast that we announced on Tuesday, Strike Force 5. Oh, yeah, all the late night hosts, Jimmy Kimmel, Jimmy Fallon, John Oliver, Seth Meyers, Stephen Colbert. They got together. They had been doing Zooms during the writer's strike, and then they decided, you know what, maybe this should just be a podcast, and we'll give all the money to our staff, and that's just what we're going to do. All of a sudden, it seemed like a great idea. I remember talking to Jimmy about it and thinking, this is a great idea. This will never actually happen. They'll never actually do this. Well, they did it, and you can follow it on Spotify, Strike Force 5. You can get it wherever you get your podcasts. Can't wait to listen to this. Super excited. Those five guys all on a Zoom together, just cracking jokes. I'm ready. So there you go. On this podcast, it's the second annual My Guy Fantasy Draft. Craig Horlbeck, Danny Kelly, Danny Heifetz from The Ringer Fantasy Show. We're going to come on, and we're going to talk about all of our guys that we like, dislike, that we're afraid of in the fantasy football season, and then went to Cleveland to find Garrett Bush, who is kind of a big guy there. I got to say, he's kind of a guy. He's going to tell us what to expect from the Browns, who are the most confusing 2023 team. A lot of that has to do with Deshaun Watson, which Deshaun Watson, are we going to get? How do we feel about Deshaun Watson in 2023, just in general? And where is Cleveland Sports going? What's happened to them this century? All the good, all the bad. And he's going to lay all of it out for us. So this is a really good podcast. Can't wait. First, our friends from Pro Chip. All right, it's the second annual My Guy Fantasy Draft. Our Ringer Fantasy Show guys are here. Danny Kelly, Danny Heifetz, Craig Horlbeck, my rewatchables producer, always nice when he pops on the BS. So we did this last year. We didn't win any awards, but sometimes you don't need to win awards. Sometimes when something's great, when it works, you just kind of know it, and we're going to run it back. Heifetz, you want to explain what this gimmick is? Yeah, it's you text us a bunch of ridiculous categories and then we kind of build an entire show, right? No, it's fun, though. It's just like it's a draft, but it's not a draft. And then it's it's vibes. It's a vibes episode. Yeah, we can agree on this. The concept is like you go into a fantasy draft. We all have the same kind of guides, same kind of rankings, but it doesn't capture the love. It doesn't capture the irrational. I just believe in this guy. It doesn't capture Craig thinking that that Pickens is going to end up being Justin Jefferson this year. There's just some things he already is or fear PTSD from bad draft picks from the past. I actually listened to a lot of the pod we did last year, and it was pretty funny hearing some of the guys we were like completely enamored by that ended up being bust. And then there were some other ones that I was surprised by the accuracy of it. Danny Kelly, can you ever be right in a fantasy draft? Can you ever go perfect? One in a million. It's like picking stocks, you know, if you get one good one, then you're set. Last year, mine was Romandre. I listened to our show last year, too. Feel like I nailed that one. Didn't get some other ones right. So that's, you know, we don't have to re litigate those. But Romandre, I'm calling that one. The take I was proudest of last year was fearing Cooper Cup after the year that he had just not liking the scent of something. This is veteran experience. I've been doing fantasy, I think since like 1989, 1990, something like that. All right. So I'm going to rip through the categories here. And then we're going to go at them one at a time. This is not, it's a draft, but it's not a draft because if we all have the same guy for a category of two of us have it, it's fine. We're okay. Um, the categories are my one true love, the guy that we just liked the most, my crazy pills guy. Do you want to explain the crazy pills thing, Craig? Uh, I think it could go either way, right? It's either you feel like you're taking crazy pills because nobody else likes the guy you like, or it's the other way around where you feel like you're taking crazy pills because everybody likes this guy and you don't understand it at all. So there's a little variance on that one. You can go either way. There's the my I absolutely hate myself for doing this guy, which seems to happen over and over again in fantasy where you go in there, drive like, well, I'm not going to end up with Russell Wilson. Uh, that was the example I used last year. It could be the example you use again this year. I'm not even gonna spend a dollar for Russell Wilson. Then it gets to the 17th round. If you're in a booger eater draft or, you know, you have $5 left for five guys and it's like, ah, Russell Wilson, Sean Payton, and all of a sudden you have Russell Wilson and you have no idea how he ended up on your team. So that is the, my absolutely hate myself for doing this guy. Uh, there's the, I'm going to add this category. It's a little sub category. The I'm staying away from that whole team team. There's teams where you're just like, I'm out, I'm just blind out. I don't want one person from that team. I'll see, we'll see if we agree on that team. Then we have the, my shameless Homer pick guy. That's going to be really, I mean, Craig, you don't even have to go. Uh, although there could be their tickets like plus 500, but I think we know pick is going to be there. There's the, my, I wouldn't take him even if he was free guy. So you're putting them on your D and D do not draft list. I had McCaffrey as my guy for this last year, which looked brilliant for about six weeks. Then he got traded a machine of an offense. We have the, my, that 2022 booty call isn't happening again guy, which is a new category for this year. This is the, you stumbled into somebody in the free agent auction, maybe in November, you wrote them for a couple of weeks, some fond memories, but you know, as a one night stand or, you know, as a three week stand and you're not going back, then we have the, this is a classic one. The somebody's got to get points on that team guy. We just look at all the teams and like, well, I don't know. Everybody scores 300 someone's catching passes on that team. Someone's rushing for 970 yards. There is the, my sorry, I'm sorry. That's too rich for my blood guy where you look at the draft guide and you see some of the salaries next to the guys. Then you go wait at $47. So Najee Harris was my guy for this last year. And I was proud of that one. There's the, my $1 QB guy. You're not, he's not going to make it break a draft, but you're also kind of secretly stashing away in your head. And we all have our $1 QB. There is the, my I'd be afraid to look on Tuesday and see the red flag guy, which I've added this year. I didn't even tell you about this category. You take the guy and it's going great. Eloy Jimenez is the ultimate baseball example of this. It's going great. You're feeling awesome. And then you go on there on a Tuesday and there's the red flag with the yellow box that there's news. And you're just like, Oh no. Oh God, what happened? And there's certain guys who just, it happens every year. A cousin of that, the, my, I know there's a 99 % chance he's getting hurt again, but God damn, I can't resist this guy guy. Then we have the, my Cooper cup. It's a year after the year guy. So I named this category after Cooper cup. So who is it this year? They had their year last year. Don't do it again. Don't get sucked in five more. The my, I just want everyone on that offense. I don't care guy. The my it's a year too early, but fuck it guy. The my missionary position. We've all had him guy. The my, I fell for the preseason hype guy. And then finally the, my I'd never root for an injury, but he is one injury away. That guy. All right. So we're going to start with my one true love. We're going to go and we're going to go on one, two, three, four on the zoom. And then for the second round, then the second guy will go, Danny Kelly, you're up. All right. My one true love. Who is it? I got to go with Tony Pollard for the Cowboys. I'm irrationally in love with this guy. I've been saying it. I think there's nothing you can say. It convinced me that he's not the best player in the NFL. Like, like just pound for pound, the best player in the NFL. Um, you know, last year he finished as the RV seven this year. He's going to be playing, I think more snaps, getting way more opportunities. If he can get up to like the same level of opportunities as Ekeler and CMC, you know, cause he's in that style of runner. I think this guy could finish as a top three running back in the NFL. And so I am, I'm just like full as a gentleman said, full bloom in love with Tony Pollard. I just can't, I can't help it. So in the ringer fantasy guide, he's 13th right now and he's gone for $42 in auction. So you think that's low? Yeah, I would, I would, I actually had Pollard too. Wow. We all have Pollard. Wait, did you too, Krik? I'm scared now. Yeah. Yeah. Oh, that's, well, that's, that's, this is a sign that, yeah, this is a terrible sign, but I just, I mean, just to pile on to DK stats here, Zeke had 12 touchdowns last year and Nick and Tony Pollard was a top 10 running back. Like what else do you need to hear? Like every time Tony Pollard was on the field, he was the best running back in the league. And now Zeke's gone. Like I rest my case. This is the pregame show where they all pick the same team to win a football and then that team loses. So you should probably stay away from Tony Pollard. Wait. So all three of you had Tony Pollard for this? Yeah, I can give you some. We did not discuss this before coming on. I didn't expect that. Oh, my God. Talk about groups and Jesus. You know, it's, you know, what sucks about this is that means when I have my big auction draft in a week and all my friends are going to be listening to this. And when Tony Pollard comes up, I'm not going to get them because they're all going to bid them up for $57 if I want to get them. Well, Bill's like, oh my God. Well, here's the argument. Rich Rebar, who works for Warren Sharpe, he's at Sharpe Football Analysis and he is a really good comp, which is basically Melvin Gordon was playing ahead of Austin Eckler for years. And everyone's begging for Austin Eckler to get the job. And then Austin Eckler finally got the job and the charges got rid of Melvin Gordon. And then Austin Eckler still wasn't really a first round pick. And we talked ourselves out of it. We hemmed it on. This is Tony Pollard again. It's like Zeke is finally after five years out of Dallas. And we're like, yeah, any point you get Tony Pollard, that's actually crazy. Like, honestly, you could get him for forty five bucks. Austin Eckler is going to go for 60. Tony Pollard would probably just be better than Austin Eckler this year. I kind of genuinely mean this. Tony Pollard should maybe be the first pick in fantasy football. Right? You can convince me. Kind of genuinely. Well, he does have a great offensive line. There are going to be a couple of games against bad teams where he, you know, you have him on Thanksgiving or something and he puts up the four touchdown hundred and eighty yard game. I can see it. So I guess I'm up then because you guys all agreed. You can have anybody you want. My one true love this year, Jalen Hurts of the Philadelphia Eagles, who I also like for MVP. So. Last year, he missed two games and they also blew out what what was a D .K. like seven, eight team, seven, eight games where they just like in the fourth quarter, they didn't even really have to play offense. They're just kind of running out of the string. Yeah, I don't think their defense is going to be as good this year. Sheila Kapadia on the on the NFL show has been talking about this. I think it's to be better than he thinks, but it won't be as good on it. And their schedule is tougher. But, you know, is it possible that he's like a four thousand one thousand guy with some sort of combination of 40 to D like everyone agrees they have the best offensive line in the league. Everyone agrees the one to A .J. Brown, Devonta Smith punch is way up there. And I'm saying like Schrager on TV this week was saying Devonta Smith, this is the year he jumps up to the chase class. So we have that with Dallas Goddard, who everybody thinks is the best all around tight end in the league, the guy who actually blocks and plays three downs, running backs, whatever. Put anyone behind there and they'll gain 80 yards. And then he's going to get a lot of the goal line carries. I think he's my top QB this year. I think I would take him before everybody else. So I don't even think it's that controversial. What do you think of that one? He is, I think you're right. I think the key point you have there is that he barely played in the fourth quarter last year. That's the key thing. He was already in a per game basis. He was the best quarterback in fantasy last year and he barely played the fourth quarter. Yeah. So you could argue he hasn't even reached the ceiling yet. He's our number one guy on the guide right now, I believe. Shameless plug for fantasyfootball .300 .com. He's our 21st player. We have like all our rankings there. And yeah, he has the highest floor and the highest ceiling. My favorite stat about Jalen Hurts, other than 18 rushing touchdowns in 18 games last year, Jalen Hurts had more games over 30 points than under 20. That's everything you want in a quarterback. Well, so he's number one in our guide, but I still feel like in a draft, Mahomes is going over him because of the Mahomes. It's just the most fun to have Mahomes. The R. And I actually think that's a little nuts this year. DK, Hurts is I think either 12 to 1 or 11 to 1 on FanDuel for MVP. And I think those odds are the most out of whack of all the MVP odds, because that's, if you're going to say the MVP is going to come from an awesome team, they're probably one of the five teams that has a chance to go 13 and 4, 14 and 3, something like that. He, they have the most talent on offense, I think, of any team that's going to be in the MVP conversation and we've seen him get better every year. So why is he 11 to 1, 12 to 1? Shouldn't he be like 6 to 1, 7 to 1? Shouldn't it be where Josh Allen is? I don't, is it just because of the previous like impressions that he was a, what was he a third round pick or second round pick and maybe hold on to that for too long? Or maybe it's just because he's surrounded by such a good team. I don't know. But yeah, like you said, he's improved pretty much every season he's been playing, even going back to college. You know, from everything that we've heard, he is maniacal about like working and leadership and just all the things, all the intangibles. And then, of course, you know, if he takes a jump as a passer this year, you know, that's going to be huge for him because he's already like one of the best running quarterbacks. He's double digit rushing touchdowns in the last two years. You know, everything about him screams just, you know, like the face of the franchise season. He's everything they want. And so I could see it like from a narrative point of view, for sure. It reminds me of what you used to have with Russell Wilson when he was alive.
The Hugh Hewitt Show: Highly Concentrated
A highlight from Chairman Gallagher on What Bret Baier and Martha MacCallum Should Ask the GOP Candidates About Xi and CCP
"We're proud to announce our brand new ACLJ Life and Liberty Drive. Our legal teams will be focusing on the issues that you, our ACLJ members, have told us matter the most to you, life and religious liberty. Join the ACLJ in the fight to keep America free. Welcome to today's podcast, sponsored by Hillsdale College, all things Hillsdale, Hillsdale dot edu. I encourage you to take advantage of the many free online courses there. And of course, a listen to the Hillsdale dialogues, all of them at Q for Hillsdale dot com or just Google Apple, iTunes and Hillsdale. Morning Glory America Bonjour. Hi, Canada. I'm Hugh Hewitt. Tomorrow night, eight Republicans will meet on the stage in Milwaukee for a debate. I am certain that China will come up the Chinese Communist Party, but I'm not sure how. Brett Baer, of course, coming up later in the program. Martha McCollum, two superb professionals, the equal of anyone else in our business, will be asking the question. But I thought I would talk it through with the chairman of the House Select Committee on Engagement with the Chinese Communist Party. Mike Gallagher, congressman. Good morning. Great to have you. Thank you for joining me. It is great to be with you, Hugh. We're going to come back around to this kind of war, which I finished last night on the recommendation of you. It is a remarkable book. And I had no idea how awful the chai comms were to our American prisoners. I just I didn't know. Did you know that before? Did the Marines teach you that when you were in the Marines? No, there's there's two things that I think, well, a lot of actually our modern thinking about how to prepare people for when they get captured. Think survival of Asian resistance and escape school, which I attended when I was in the Marine Corps actually comes out of the experience of the Korean War, particularly some politically sensitive moments when a few American captives refused actually to go home. There was, of course, this controversy during that time period post Korean War in the 50s about this idea of brainwashing. This is prominently expressed in the fictional book The Manchurian Candidate, which became a major American movie. But a lot of our thinking about how to better prepare pilots in particular because they get shot down for resisting in captivity actually comes out of that period. Well, a couple of takeaways I'll never forget. There are no Turks died in the camps. The Turks are the toughest people in the world, and none of them died in the Chinese Communist Party camps. And the Americans didn't eat everything they could eat because they didn't like it and they died of starvation. But the fact that the Chinese communists treated our men that way is a tell because they've reverted to this mode. They were the hardcore Maoist, Leninist mode in 1950 through 1953, and they've reverted. And that's what I want to talk to you about. I want to ask you at length. We got a lot of time this morning and thank you for the time. If you were advising Brett and Martha based upon your six months, what would you tell them are the major takeaways that you've learned as the chairman of the Select Committee? And how would you suggest they be turned into a question? Take your time, because that's a big that's a big question. What have you learned thus far in six months? And how would you convert that into questions for our candidates? Well, I think the overall thing to realize for these candidates and this advice is worth what they're paying me for it is that there is, in my opinion, something called the commander in chief test. It's not you know, you're not graded A through F. I think it's a pass fail endeavor, but it is absolutely critical. Put differently, I'm not myopic enough to believe that foreign policy or a particular issue of foreign policy is going to win the candidate candidate the election, but it could very well lose them the election. The final thing to say about the assumptions going into this when it comes to foreign policy is that the conventional wisdom is that it doesn't really matter from a political electoral perspective. And there's a lot of social science to support that. I just would say it doesn't matter until it does. It doesn't matter until things go haywire on the world stage and suddenly voters are looking to a prospective commander in chief to communicate, if nothing else, a sense of safety that I have the temperament and the plan to keep America safe in a very dangerous world, which leads, I think, to the answer your question more than anything else. I think these candidates need to communicate that they have a clear understanding of the threat we face in the Chinese Communist Party, the scale and scope of this threat. Why this isn't just a matter of some obscure territorial disputes in the South China Sea. This is indeed a global competition. The CCP has global ambitions. What happens in Xinjiang, what happens in Beijing is not going to stay there. They are intent on exporting their model of total techno totalitarian control, which leads to the second point that you need to find a way to contrast that threat to enduring the and inherently superior American values. And I do believe that this is a contest between two fundamentally incompatible systems of government. And it's unlike anything we've seen since, of course, the old Cold War. So communicating the stakes, communicating who we're dealing with in the nature of a Marxist Leninist regime that will stop at nothing to ensure that they survive at the expense of their own people. And that is the enemy of freedom around the world is the most important thing. In fact, I would say even more important than any particular policy position is just communicating that understanding of the threat and the prioritization of the threat, a recognition that as president, the most important issue that you will be dealing with as commander in chief is how to deter a war with the CCP in the short term and win a new Cold War with the CCP over the long term. So let's put that in the form of a question for Brett and Martha, because I think you're right, I am looking at, of course, I've always looked at every one of these debates as an audition to be commander in chief. Eventually, there comes a choice with the Democrat. But right now, when I vote in the Virginia primary, I will vote based on who will be the best commander in chief. And because that's what matter. 9 -11 matters. What is the W do on 9 -11 that matters? What does W do? The Afghanistan and Iraq. What does anyone do on any moment of crisis? What do they do in the situation room? Figuring out how to elicit that about China is a difficult thing. So you've been doing nothing but this for six months. And by the way, recap for our audience and Pittsburgh Steeler fans what you have been doing for six months, because they may never have heard of the select committee. This might be the first day they're listening to the audience. No acronyms or five dollars in the tip jar for food for the poor. Well, the speaker of the House created the select committee on the CCP to do two things. One is to communicate why this matters, why anybody in northeast Wisconsin or Pittsburgh or Ohio should care about the threat posed by the CCP, to shine a light on all the things that they're doing, whether it's threatening to invade Taiwan, whether it's establishing illegal police stations on American soil, whether it's infiltrating American universities or attempting to build spy bases in our near abroad, to explain why it matters and why your average American should care about it. The second thing is to identify policies and pieces of legislation that can pass even in divided government. In the 118th Congress, what is the center of gravity in terms of steps that we can take in order to put ourselves on a better position to beat the CCP in this short and long term competition? So that's what we've been doing. We've broken it down, essentially, as though this isn't a perfect organization into three main lines of effort. And I do think this reflects our overall lines of effort, our grand strategy against China basically has three main components. One is military competition. What are the things we need to do to deter a war over Taiwan in the near term, as well as ensure that we maintain our dominant military position over the long term? The second is what I call economic statecraft. How do we selectively decouple from China so they don't have a coercive leverage over us so they can't threaten, for example, to cut off the export of advanced pharmaceutical ingredients in order to bring us to our knees? And then the third line of effort is what I call ideological warfare or ideological competition, which is not only how do we rediscover a language for talking about American values and incorporate values and human rights back into American grand strategy, but also how do we better defend our institutions from Chinese Communist Party subversion, from something called United Front Work, from traditional espionage, things like that. So we aren't corrupted and divided from within, which is what the Chinese Communist Party is trying to do. Wang Huning, who's Xi Jinping's top lieutenant in the 90s, wrote a book called America Against America, in which he talks about Americans as greedy, factional. And that that title, America against America, I think reflects their overall strategy, which is to divide Americans against Americans and thereby make it impossible for us to compete. So we've been developing policy recommendations along each of those lines. We've put out two reports, one on military competition, one related to human rights. And we're going to be putting out further reports. So, you know, I think those are useful starting points for for candidates who want to prepare for a debate in terms of where's Congress at on this issue? Where's the bipartisan center of gravity? Where can you potentially build on some of our work? But that's what we've been doing for six months. It's trying to understand and explain the threat and then identify policy solutions that help us to combat that threat. How would you put that in the form of a question by Brett or Martha? Well, there's the overall prioritization question, you know, what is the biggest threat to American national security, which is a bit boring, but no, it's not that's not boring. That that is that is the question, isn't it? Shouldn't that just be asked? What is the number one threat to American national security and why? Shouldn't that be it? Yeah, I think that that's table stakes, right? That's a good diagnostic question. And then it also allows the candidates, if they want to use their full time and I forget how much time they get to really articulate the key distinction between them and the Biden administration, because if you read the Biden administration's national security strategy that they talk about China as a pacing threat, although I'm hearing now that the Pentagon is saying don't say pacing threat, say pacing challenge or competitor, because we obviously don't want to provoke the CCP for whatever reason. I've described this as kind of like a Voldemort phenomenon. There's this belief that the more more we say things like New Cold War or say that the CCP is doing bad things, that it will somehow become more true, which I think is absurd. I'll be right back. Sherman Gallagher is going to stay with me through the break and then we're going to bring him back and then we're going to do that again. And we're going to talk to him for 15 minutes this morning about this. I can't believe I'm doing that. 15 minutes with Mike Gallagher coming right at you, America. Stay tuned. I'm back now with Chairman Mike Gallagher. This is the segment between the radio segments, so you don't get to hear this unless you're watching it on YouTube or on the on the television station. Chairman, in terms of what level should we expect of our candidates knowledge? I see your Green Bay Packers thing yet. Do you know the Browns cleared 38 million in cap yesterday by restructuring Joel Bentonio and Miles Garrett's contract? We have no we have the most cap space in the NFL. We are the team to beat. We will see you. I actually I don't think you're making it to the Super Bowl this year. We are going to be in the Super Bowl this year and you are not ready for this. I'm glad this isn't on the air because this is a serious conversation. But you had to do that little thing. And I'll I'll just go get my brown sweater and just put it on during this segment like that. I'm going to wear this all the time now on the air because we're going to the Super Bowl. Chairman, do you know that we cleared Miles Garrett contract yesterday? You know what we do? Do you follow sports at all or do you just do ChaiCom stuff? I don't follow Brown's contract minutia. I'll confess. I'll confess that, though. I was I was yesterday. Someone said that I had the potential to coach for the Browns after I helped them with a constituent case issue, to which I said I would never coach for the Browns on an Intel. All right. Let me get serious again. I'm going to try to go off the off the rail. We'll get back on the rails. How many times have you guys held public hearings? Oh, gosh, I think 10 at this point, approximately 10. You had at least one set of war games. You have more war games coming. We do. We have we have at least one more coming up that's going to be more focused on economic and supply chain issues. OK. Do you think the candidates know anything about that? I really do want to try and use today to focus their attention on China. Do you think they know anything about what the select committee has been doing? Have you been approached by any of them? I think some do. It's part of the reason I wrote an op ed on this that appeared today in The Wall Street Journal just came out was an effort, maybe shamelessly, to draw attention to some of the things we're doing, because I think it creates some unique opportunities. I mean, to me, you know, the most and this reflects my bias in thinking that hard power is the most important variable on the world stage. I think a candidate who can articulate what we need to do to rebuild the military in general, but really the Navy in particular, which is, as you know, Hugh is really struggling right now. It needs to be our priority force in our priority theater. It's not. We're going backwards. There's questions about focus, warfighting prowess. You know, I wrote a report with the help of Admiral Montgomery about the lack of warfighting focus in the surface Navy with Tom Cotton, Dan Crenshaw and others. I mean, I think that's a massive opportunity for a candidate really to take the ball on defense and go a few layers deep beyond just peace through strength, military good, China bad. You go a few layers deep on that and sort of communicate that you have a coherent plan. Doesn't need to be super detailed. Doesn't need to be a 50 page white paper about everything we need to do. But just as an overall strategy for fiction, I'm going to get your comms team in trouble again. I haven't seen this plan that you and Cotton worked on. How can I not have seen this plan? Well, this is a year ago. You got to blame Cotton's comms team for this because he was OK. And usually it's good to blame Tom Cotton. He's on next hour. I'll do that. Is that widely available? Yeah, it's Cotton did it with four of us in the house. It was over a year, a year and a half ago, kind of in response to all of these ship collisions. Some of the reports that we were getting from active duty sailors and just the changes over the years to training in the surface Navy. We did a deep dive drawing on the expertise of Admiral Montgomery and others. I will give him about that in the next hour and I'll get a link and I'll make sure it's posted out to the candidates. Don't go anywhere. I'm coming right back with Chairman Gallagher. Welcome back, America. I'm Hugh Hewitt, Chairman Mike Gallagher of the House Select Committee on Engagement, the Chinese Communist Party returns. We talked during the break and we got off course because we did a little football trash talk. But now we're back on course. Chairman Gallagher, have you read this book? You had Kabul, the untold story of Biden's fiasco and the warriors who fought to the end. It it made me furious. It absolutely made me furious. Have you had a chance to read it yet? No, but my friend Commander Salamander, who's great in his podcast, Midrats, I highly recommend, just did a podcast with with the authors. So I listened to it. It's not the same, but I am now looking forward to reading the actual hard copy. Well, the end of the book, which I don't know of Commander Salamander got to because I didn't get to it and I talked to him for a long time. It's about how the chai comms came in as soon as we left. They have designs on Bagram. They know what the air raids mean. They know what the strategic minerals mean. It's just a great example of what happens when we retreat in the world. In fact, in the in the this kind of war book you had me read, I wrote down some notes. A retreat once started as the most difficult of all human actions to reverse. And they were talking about the retreat of the Norcs at that point. And then we would retreat later when they counterattack with the chai comms. But we retreated from Afghanistan and they have come in. Have you focused yet on what they're doing there? It hasn't been, admittedly, a subject of a hearing. You know, we have experts, you know, regional experts and Afghanistan experts. I think the key thing to bring it back to the the presidential debate, obviously the obvious thing to do is to connect the surrender to terrorists in Afghanistan, our abandonment of our position, our abandonment of billions of dollars worth of military equipment to then the collapse of deterrence in Ukraine and Eastern Europe, because I do believe that our feckless position in Afghanistan sent a clear signal of weakness to Vladimir Putin. And no wonder Vladimir Putin ignored all of our warnings leading up to the invasion on February 24th because we look so weak on the world stage and we allowed terrorists to completely take over the country. And I think also that has had a negative impact on our deterrent posture in in the Indo -Pacific, across the Taiwan Strait. You mentioned critical minerals. I also think this is a huge opportunity for presidential candidates to articulate a plausible path towards reducing our dependency on China for critical mineral processing. They control 90 percent of the processing. Right now, I think our attempts to wean ourselves off of our to to establish some form of semiconductor manufacturing independence are not going to be successful, in part because the Biden administration has placed so many onerous regulations on grants for chips, fabrication facilities. But if a Republican candidate, particularly one with a business background or with a gubernatorial background, came in and said, here's our strategy when it comes to advanced pharmaceutical ingredients, critical minerals and rare earth processing, tie that to a robust domestic economic agenda. That's a massive opportunity for someone trying to pass the commander in chief test, because the reality is we are going to have to reclaim our economic independence from China in key areas. The progressives are experimenting with one way to do it. We need to identify a way that is fundamentally free market, but not but nonetheless achieves the actual goal of reducing our dependency on China. Chairman Gallagher, there's only one veteran on the stage, Ron DeSantis. Mike Pence has got a son and a son in law on active duty. Of course, Nikki Haley's husband is deployed. Those three know about this in terms of of why is China a threat? Is it a fair question to ask? Why is China a threat? What is it that worries you about China? Is that a fair question? If so, how would you answer that or suggest they answer that if you are one of the people on the stage? Well, first of all, I do think DeSantis has been really good on China and probably the best in the field. I was watching the forum that they did in Iowa. I forget what it's called, the Iowa Faith and Family Forum. And he proactively brought up China as an issue and talked about what he's done in Florida to combat the threat, talked about the threat in global terms. And so the most of the discussion focused on Ukraine. And I understand that that's more of a politically divisive issue on the stage. And so there is a you know, I think the moderators will want to identify the differences between the candidate thus far. Governor DeSantis has been talking in clear and unapologetic language about why the CCP is a threat and what he would do to combat it, which is greatly appreciated. More to your point, as a Navy veteran, I think he has a huge opportunity to be the Navy guy, be the guy who's going to rebuild the Navy and put it in a position where it can it can deter Xi Jinping from attempting to achieve his lifelong ambition was to take Taiwan by force. So to answer your question, Vivek just told me last week, we'll give them Taiwan after we achieve semiconductor independence. In other words, Vivek understands Taiwan is important for its semiconductor. Your colleague on the committee, Ro Khanna, tweeted at me last night when I was already offline that that doesn't do the trick. That's not why we're worried about Taiwan going down. Who's right? Well, obviously, our interests in Taiwan extend far beyond semiconductors. Our interests predate Taiwan's emergence as a semiconductor powerhouse. And if the concern from Vivek and I think it is that our dependence on TSMC for semiconductor manufacturing needs to be eliminated, I just would say two things. It's highly unlikely that we're going to achieve semiconductor independence by 2028. TSMC is investing far more money than the CHIPS Act is investing right now. Even under a Republican president, we would struggle to wean ourself off our dependency. But if the CCP had control of Taiwan, they would still be able to hold the rest of the world economically hostage. And that is the issue. Semiconductors or other or some sort of domain of economic competition. If they had Taiwan, they would be able to completely dominate the region through which trillions of dollars of international trade go. The other thing I would say, it's I mean, we got to go to break. I'll come back to go to break. We'll be right back with Chairman Gallagher during the break and then one more segment beyond. Don't go anywhere. America, I'm Hugh Hewitt. Portions of The Hugh Hewitt Show are brought to you by Food for the Poor. So I'm back with Chairman Gallagher, Chairman Vivek's answer to that is I'm going to get India to cooperate. And if Taiwan closes the Taiwan Straits, we're going to close the Malacca Straits. Ro Khanna says that's that's crazy. That doesn't work. I don't know what the answer is, but I know what Vivek has told me. I don't think he agrees with you, but I'll let him speak for himself. I don't want to put words in his mouth that we have to worry that much about the Taiwan Strait. Well, he's obviously very smart. I would say this with Marxist Leninist regimes, their appetites grow with the eating. So I think it would be a mistake to think that if we just surrender Taiwan on a date certain that we wouldn't have to worry about the problem. If they're the dominant regional power, they're one step closer to becoming the dominant global power. And that, I think, is the answer to your earlier question. Why? Why is the CCP a threat? Because they're trying to destroy our geopolitical position. Primarily by convincing us to destroy ourselves, they believe, as we mince words about whether they're a competitor or an adversary, they certainly believe that they're in an existential war with the free world led by America and that China will win, rendering America and our constitutional system of self -government subordinate, humiliated and wholly irrelevant on the world stage. So you can sort of think of it as as an assisted suicide. You know, they're trying to expedite our collapse. They provide the chemicals, fentanyl, the collapse in prosperity. Covid, IP theft, economic warfare and the self -loathing and depression via political interference and information warfare. So I think the the the threat would not stop after Xi Jinping had taken Taiwan. I think it would only expedite and become greater. So if you could read Xi Jinping's mind, what is he thinking about us? What does he want to see happen to us? I think he wants us to look inward and to abandon our position on the world stage and to be consumed with internal political battles. I also think he likes seeing us embrace this almost the CCP's narrative that America is an evil country. America is a neo colonial racist hellscape. I mean, this is CCP propaganda that a lot of Americans have embraced. I think ultimately he wants us to lose faith in ourselves as a force for good in the world. And ultimately, over time, he thinks the rest of the world is going to Finland dies more in the CCP's direction as an alternative model of government and world leadership, in part because America has lost faith in itself. That's why I think primarily the hard power is the most important variable. This is an ideological competition overall. And ignoring the role ideology plays in the competition is a fatal flaw. And so we need to find a way to press the candidates on that as well. You know, the we got two minutes before we come back. The ideological competition is quite simply not discussed. And I don't think our media is familiar with it. They're not stupid. They're ignorant of the ideological. They don't even believe it exists anymore. Chairman, have you run into that? Do your Democratic colleagues believe that there are such things like Leninist and that that the 20th century ideological competition is back with a vengeance? Well, I think for two and a half decades, we tried to take the communist out of Chinese Communist Party, and this belief persists that, well, they're not really communist. They're not really Marxist. They've embraced forms of capitalism and they're they're rational actors. And I think this is a dangerous way of thinking to go down, particularly under Xi Jinping. The party has embraced its Marxist Leninist roots. Xi's spirit animal is, in fact, Stalin. He looks to Stalin for guidance on how to operate. And so a candidate who understands that and can articulate that, I think, has a massive opportunity to distinguish themselves. The Democrats sort of come at the ideological competition through human rights. And there are a lot who genuinely believe in the cause of human rights. And though there are times when we have to prioritize between security concerns and human rights, this is when dealing with China, that's not an issue at all. We're coming right back. Stand by, chairman.
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A highlight from Part 1: USAs World Cup Collapse, Basebrawls, Jets Optimism, Life in The G-League and The OC 20 Years Later | with Gabe York and Zoe Simmons
"Coming up, an unexpected two -part podcast cameo from me. It's next. We're also brought to you by the Ringer Podcast Network, where we turned over Sean Fennesey and Amanda Dobbins' big picture feed to Brian Raftery. It's a narrative podcast called, Do We Get to Win This Time? How Hollywood Made the Vietnam War. You can find it on the big picture starting on Tuesday. And it is an idea I'm really excited about because it came from a class that I did as a senior in college in 1992. Me and my friend Horgs talked a movies professor into doing a special Vietnam War movies class where we watched basically every Vietnam War movie that had been made up to 1992 and then tried to write a big picture term paper about it. And the thing that was really fascinating about that class and something that stuck with me was just that whole concept of Hollywood reinventing the entire Vietnam experience under the premise of, Did We Get to Win This Time? So we got Brian involved and he turned the idea into an awesome, awesome podcast. I even went and dug up the term paper that I wrote 31 years ago. I thought it was gonna be horrendous. It wasn't bad. I was kind of proud of myself, retroactively 31 years later. Anyway, Do We Get to Win This Time? How Hollywood Made the Vietnam War. It is gonna be in the big picture podcast starting on Tuesday. So that's one piece of business. Second, new rewatchables on Monday night. It is the 300th movie that we've done. It's a special one. We're doing National Lampoon's Vacation. It was time. Meet Chris Ryan, Van Lathan. Yeah, and Van was pushing for it because we wanted to do Christmas Vacation during the holidays and you can't do Christmas Vacation. If we do National Lampoon's Vacation, super fun. Can't wait for you to listen to it. And we'll be running the video at some point on the YouTube channel, youtube .com slash Bill Simmons, where we put up a whole bunch of rewatchables podcasts in case you missed it. Boogie Nights is up there now. Goodfellas, Independence Day, just a slew of them. So if you're bored and you wanna throw on some rewatchables and watch us make fun of each other, there you go. Last but not least, I don't wanna say this is the most important, but it's certainly the thing I spent the most time on. Our documentary that we did about the G League with Religion of Sports and Ringer Films, we combined, and it is premiering on Tuesday, August 8th. It is called Destination NBA, A G League Odyssey. It's really good. We immersed ourselves into the G League season. We followed Scoot Henderson, Gabe York, Ryan Terrell, Mason Jones, and Denzel Valentine. And the big question was, what is this world like? What's it like to be in the G League? And I am really proud of where we landed with it. And we even have, much later in this podcast, Gabe York is gonna come on. He's one of the five that we followed, and he's gonna tell us what it's like as you're holding on to your dream in your late 20s. We try not to spoil the doc too much with Gabe, but I really liked him. He's probably the guy that jumps out of the doc in the most sympathetic way. So look forward for you to watch it. It is prime video, Tuesday, August 8th, Destination NBA. A G League Odyssey. You love basketball, just watch it, it's good. So there you go. This is gonna be part one of a two -part podcast. Gabe is coming up later. My daughter Zoe Simmons is coming up later because we did a whole bunch of OC stuff on the Prestige TV podcast. I was even on two of the episodes. But I ended up watching season one of the OC. And my daughter was watching with us and loved the show. And she was born a year and a half after it premiered. So me and her broke down season one from the perspective of what is it like when somebody 18 watches the OC, a show that is now two decades old. The anniversary was actually August 6th. And what she liked, what she didn't like, what people aren't doing anymore for her kind of audience. And we just dove into it. So that is much later. First, coming out of the gate, I'm gonna open a six -pack because we have a lot to discuss over the past three weeks, all the stuff I missed. So that's gonna be part one. And then part two, which is gonna go up later on Sunday night, me and Rossello doing this evergreen idea that we've always wanted to do. And this seemed like the perfect time because nothing's happening in basketball. So that's gonna be part two later tonight. Part one coming up. First, our friends from ProJax. What's up? All right, I'm taping this. It is Sunday afternoon Pacific time. And I'm gonna open a six -pack. There's a bunch of stories in sports and culture that happened over the last three weeks. I was just writing stuff down, things that would have been fun for podcast segments. I was just like, man, I wish I could have given my thoughts on that. Just gonna rip through them. So I have six and then maybe a couple bonus ones at the end. The first one, the biggest one, was the US women's soccer team, which lost today in penalty kicks to Sweden, scored zero goals in the last two games, scored one goal in the last three games, and that was off a corner kick. You could feel from the beginning that something was off with this team. It was all the ways. You knew in a checklist of what are the red flags? There were just red flags galore. And the only person who was really calling it out in time over and over again was Carli Lloyd, who was doing the Fox studio show. And she was the one person in the horror movie who knows the house is haunted. And everyone's like, shut up. You're not being patriotic. You just wish you were still on the team. She was right. She was right from the get -go. This team, you could see it before the Vietnam game when it was like, look at the new Nike suits. Look at these new suits. And they're all like styling as they head into the locker room. And they're running commercials. And every player has a commercial. There's players who've never done anything of that commercials. And the vibe was just off. They only beat Vietnam three -nothing in a bracket where goal differential was gonna be super -duper important. And that was a huge red flag. And we did the usual thing that we've been doing since 2019, 2015 of, oh, well, they almost scored a bunch of times. Oh, well, if that had gone in or some bad luck. There was just an arrogance to this team. Like they were carrying themselves like the defending champs, the same way like the Denver Nuggets would go into next NBA season. Like we're the champs. I was like, yeah, you are the champs because the season just happened. The World Cup happened four years ago. Everyone's four years older or wasn't on the team. And you could see they wanted to build the team instead of around the identity of, here are these new up and coming awesome stars that are gonna be in your life. They were really latching on to Alex Morgan and Megan Rapinoe. Alex Morgan's 34, Megan Rapinoe's 37. I think one of the differences between the discourse with women's sports and men's sports is that in men's sports, we grasp for angles. And if somebody is disappointing in some way, we really go nuts. Like think of how James Harden's been treated over the last 12 years. So he's one of the 35 best players ever and has taken just an incredible amount of shit. Oh my God, the playoffs, look at his game log. Oh, he choked again. Alex Morgan, who scored twice in her first two games in the World Cup in 2011, she scored once in 2015 in seven games. She scored six times in 2019, five against Thailand in a game that was 13 to nothing, one in the other six, and then scored nothing in the four games this time around. If you take away that Thailand game, she has scored two goals in the last 17 World Cup games. This is the striker. This is the one who's supposed to be the most dangerous player in the field, who's supposed to produce goals. And she hasn't produced goals since the mid 2010s on the national level. And yet it's Alex Morgan. She was supposed to be the next one. We got to keep propping her up and pretending she's a superstar. She's not a superstar. She's really honestly never been a superstar. She certainly hasn't been as impactful as somebody like Abby Wambach was. So you have the team built around her. She's got to play. They play her the entire game, game two, the entire game, game three. She plays like 95 minutes in this game today, and they don't score goals. And the announcers just won't talk about it. It's like being on an AYSO team that your kid's on, and the coach is playing somebody at striker, and everyone's like, why don't they play Sally at striker instead of the coach's daughter? It's like, oh, you know, the coach's daughter. She's got to play there. So you have that, and then you have Rapinoe, who's 37 years old, who's just, unfortunately, great career, legendary, true legend, huge big time player. And when you hit your late 30s in soccer, it's a wrap. She looked like Yudana Rapinoe, not big Rapinoe, and comes out for the last 25 minutes of this game and can't do anything, and then misses the penalty kick. That's the thing. If you're beholden to past performance, you can't expect to succeed in the moment. And I did feel like, what were this team's strengths? Speed. They had Sophia Smith, who really was bad the last three games on the left wing. Like, she just, she couldn't even connect passes. Trinity Rodman, who's a beast. Lynn Williams, who's super fast and athletic and had some really nice moments the last two games. And then Alyssa Thompson, who's the prodigy, who's the, you know, potential tiger or LeBron of this team. 18 years old, best high school player I've ever had. They won't even throw her out there. But this was not a team that could connect passes. They weren't, like, especially creative. The coaching was just bizarre, and we'll never see that guy again. But it was like, the one thing they did have was speed, especially the forwards, and they just threw that away. And Alex, you know, couldn't do anything. So now they're out. It's the most disappointing finish of the last 25 years for the women's team. And it reminds me in a lot of ways that 2004 Olympic basketball team that we had, the USA team. And I tweeted this, I think after the second game, because that was a team that was between eras, like this one was, where all the best players on that 2014, the ones in their primes, weren't that good, except for Duncan. And Duncan was completely banged up. He'd played so many NBA games the last couple of years. I think his knee was hurt. But, you know, it was Iverson and Marbury. The talent, it just was a between eras. And you had guys on the bench, like LeBron and Carmelo and Wade, who were four years away. Kobe wasn't on the team. And it just felt generationally, like we caught that team in the wrong time. The style was wrong. And we learned all these lessons and we moved on. 2008, we win. There's a documentary about it. But this team felt like it was between eras. The Alex Morgan, Rapinoe era, which was basically done. And then you have this era coming up with Rodman and Sophia Smith and Alyssa. And, you know, it's just four years from now, we'll probably be fine. But they need to re -imagine this. And I think if you're gonna learn any lesson from this, it doesn't matter what happened four years ago. It's the World Cup. It matters what's happening now. So that's one thing. Second thing. So Jaylen Brown gets this huge contract, $304 million. Some people seem surprised that it was that much money. Chris Ryan even took a shot at it when we did our library watchables. Hurt my feelings a tiny bit. Mainly because I didn't really have a comeback. Rosella did something on his podcast about how this actually makes sense. This amount of money, when you think of how the salary cap has climbed just since 2015, and it's gonna keep climbing. And there's this world you can go into where you think about just how much everything is gonna cost in the NBA four or five years from now, that Jaylen Brown at $70 million isn't actually gonna be that intimidating. The same way we feel about Tobias Harris for $40 million now, or Klay Thompson, $40 million now. Yeah, you don't really wanna pay $40 million for Klay Thompson, but you can survive it. And I think that's gonna be where the Celtics land with Jaylen. Here's why they had to do it. They're the favorites on FanDuel right now. They're plus 470. The thing that made them the most special and has made them the most special for the last five, six years is the Jaylen Brown -Jason Tatum combo. They've been incredibly successful. The team itself has made five conference finals in the last seven years. They came super close to making the finals last year. I have now gone into the what if zone with that Celtics team where what if Tatum doesn't hurt his ankle on the first play? Do we beat Miami? They were close is the point. And when you're that close, you can't fuck around. This is not Bradley Beal resigning with Washington for 50 million a year when everybody knows you can't get past the eight seed with Bradley Beal. This is different. You're trying to win a title. You're trying to keep all your optionality open. The thing that's a little scary about it, nobody seems to totally know if he wants to be in Boston. This is something we've discussed on this pod. It's been floating out there. The fact that he wasn't happy about landing in the Kevin Durant trade rumors a couple years ago. And just in general, where the league is now, where as Woj called it, the transfer portal, where people get their contract first and then they decide what they want to do. And I think for the Celtics, they know they bought themselves a year with Jalen and they are still one of the favorites to win the title. And a lot of it's going to depend on health and Porzingis. You could also, I don't want to make the case, but you might be able to make the case that Brown had a fucked up hand last year. Cause he did. Cause he sliced his hand open. It was bleeding even during the Philly series. And maybe that was why his ball handling went sideways. Listen, you got to do the contract. It just breaks your brain. I remember a million years ago, Sports Illustrated and Inside Sports say every year they would have like a salary issue. And they would talk about these guys are making $1 million a year. And it seemed like so much money. And now where we're heading with the money, plus the NBA is the meteorites deal. The moment any of these guys becomes unhappy, what do you do? Because you're paying Jalen, let's say you're paying him 55 million a year. Plus he is the trade kicker, which the team has to pay. Right? So if he decides after a year, you know what? I'm tired of being the scapegoat. Everybody loves Jason. I'm like the middle brother of this team. I want my own team. I want to go to Houston or Atlanta. You got to trade me. What are the Celtics going to do? On top of who would want out, you don't have a lot of options and you turn into what the situation Portland's in with Deem. And then on top of it, it's so much money. It's impossible to get any sort of a fair trade for the guy. So they had to do it. And optionality the that comes out of it is frightening. I remember in the early 2000s, when the first time the contracts kind of went nuts and you would see that people get signing like six -year, $100 million deals, seven -year, $110 million deals. And the Celtics really, really stupidly traded for Vin Baker. One of the worst trades of the last 30 years for Boston Sports. A trade so bad, you knew it instantaneously. And I wrote a piece that you can probably find somewhere in the ESPN archives about it, where I compared it to the end of Thelma Louise when Harvey Keitel is running toward the cliff trying to stop the car from going off the cliff. That's how I thought about the Vin Baker trade when it happened. Then it happens and you just had this salary albatross. It's a salary cap league. And you're like, wow, we just threw away 20 % of our salary cap on this trade. There's going to be a couple of those that are just franchise killers. And whether that leads to them bringing back the amnesty clause, who knows? I wish, I've made this, I've had this idea before. I wish that they had a rule in there that if you drafted a guy, every year that he stays in the team, you get rewarded in some way from a salary cap luxury tax type thing, right? So Jaylen was 2016 draft, this would be his eighth year. Maybe like after the seventh year, because that's usually like the third contract. The guy stays in the team, maybe each year after that, he doesn't count for 2 % of the luxury tax, up to like 30%, something like that. The point is the Warriors should be rewarded for keeping Draymond and Klay and Curry from a tax standpoint, that they were that smart to draft those guys, keep those guys together. They should be incentivized, the players, to want to stay with them because there's some luxury tax stuff that the team gets. And the team should want to be incentivized to take care of those guys because it's also beneficial to them. I just wish they figured out some version of that rule. Anyway, Jaylen was always signing for $304 million. Talk to me in a year, I'll keep my fingers crossed. Next thing, I missed the running back pity party. This was crazy. The running backs all got together and they were really upset about how much money they made. And I don't know what to tell you. There's too many running backs and not enough running back spots. And I don't know if you're trying to build a responsible salary cap team in a collectively bargained era, why would you spend $30 million over two years on a running back unless the running back was awesome? Nobody even wants to spend more than $11 million on running back. So I knew that this was crazy when Damien Harris, who was on the Patriots, who I thought was really good. He's maybe not an elite running back, but a good running back, right? Somebody that if he had been on the Chiefs, he easily could have started for the Chiefs. And he signed with the Bills for like one year, 2 million. And when that happened, combined with Pacheco on the Chiefs' seventh round pick, they won the Super Bowl with him. It's just, this position's devalued. I work on this player, I've been actually working on it the last couple of weeks where I try to rank the players for blue chippers, red chippers, pink chippers, honorable mention, and have this whole point system. And so quarterbacks, Mahomes, who's the alpha of that position, he's worth 10 points. And you could even see this in the point spread. If Mahomes gets hurt, the Chiefs are 10 points, nine points, whatever, less than what they would be as a favorite. They'd switch to an underdog. And you go on down the line. Jalen Hurts, I had him as an eight. I had Joe Burrow as a nine. And you go on, you keep going down, and it's like, Geno Smith's probably a two. But then you look at some of the other positions and you have to value them the same way the salary cap values them and teams value them. Guards, they aren't worth that much. Running backs, sorry, they're not worth that much. My top running back was three points because ultimately running backs don't really matter that much. In the last like five, six years, I would say Derrick Henry was the only running back that you could definitively say, this guy almost won the Super Bowl. Like he was that good. Other than that, you know, it's plug and play, quarterbacks, it's receivers. It's much harder to find the number one receiver. Every team needs one. It's much more tangible if you don't have the number one receiver. And it's much easier to just kind of scrap together the running back position. And yet people went nuts about this. We ironically had this in the NBA with centers. You know, Vucevic, who's a really good offensive player, he signed for 60 million for three years, 20 million a year. And Jaylen Brown's going to make $52 million a year. Is Jaylen Brown two and a half times better than Vucevic? No, it's just, he plays a way more important position. You can only play one center at a time. You can patch together the center position. You could have like Isaiah Hartenstein for $8 million. You could, you know, get Robert Williams for 16. You don't need to spend what Phoenix did on Eaton where they're paying $8 and $30 million a year at center. And you don't really need to do that. You kind of feel obligated if you don't want to lose the asset. But I think the NBA is going to go this way eventually where unless it is Jokic or Embiid, the center or Bam Adebayo, it's a bonus. You could argue that was already an overpay. They gave him a huge extension. The Lakers just gave Anthony Davis $60 million a year as an extension. I would argue that's a little frightening. I feel like you could patch together the center position. What really matters in basketball is having the creator. And this was the argument five years ago with Luka versus Eaton for the number one pick. And I made this argument. It was like, go look at who wins the NBA title every year. It's always the people who have the creator. There's somebody who's on the perimeter of the ball in their hands. Even Jokic, who wins the title this year, he was a creator. He's not a typical center, right? He's basically their point guard on offense who could post up. So this happened in the NBA. Nobody went nuts. And this is happening in football. And is this where football is. If you want to make the most amount of money playing in the NFL, I don't know why you would be a running back. I would be a cornerback. I would be a wide receiver. I'd be an edge rusher. But if you're a running back, you know your shelf life's probably like five, six years. You know the money is not totally gonna be there. Now they're in this, like you have people like JK Dobbins, like, I might hold out. It's like, really? You didn't barely even play in the field. Barkley said he was gonna hold out. And then, you know, probably looked at it. And the money for Barkley is like 10, 11 million. That's unfortunately the market. So you can't fix this. They collectively bargained it. And until we get to the next CBA, I don't know how you fix it. I thought it was really weird. It felt like people had nothing to talk about. And it was like, ah, let's feel bad for running backs. All right, let's take a break. And then I'm gonna finish the rest of the six pack. All right, picking up on the six pack. We're gonna talk a little more football. I talked about the running back pity party. This is a different kind of party. The Jets optimism, which has just been stunning to me over the course of July. I have Jets fans in my life. These are people that usually have no hope and are very reminiscent of the pre -2004 Red Sox fans, just assuming the worst at all times. Why does God hate us? All that stuff. And now they have this crazy optimism based on the fact that they brought in Aaron Rodgers, who I did not think was very good last year, just throwing that out there. I wouldn't say he was bad, but for Rodgers, he was bad. I mean, we thought Rodgers was, he was the reigning MVP and we thought he was still one of the five or six most impactful players in the league. And I don't wanna read stats to you for the next six minutes, but deep balls, he was bad. Turnovers, he was bad. Leadership, he was bad. And the case for Rodgers coming back would be, well, he's gonna be rejuvenated. The Jets, New York City. This is his team. He got away from Green Bay. He's got Hackett back. I get it, but he's also at an age where we've really only seen Tom Brady succeed at a high, high level at the age that Rodgers is at. I was trying to figure it out. I have my QB ratings and I had, you know, the top tier is Mahomes and Burrow and Allen and Herbert and Hertz. Those have to be the top five. Then it drops off and it's Lamar Jackson and Lawrence. And then Rodgers, probably a hair underneath him with a chance to play himself up with those guys. But from what we saw last year, I'm not ready to put him there. So he's the 10th best quarterback in the league, probably. 10th or ninth best quarterback in the league, probably. Well, they have no offensive line. And I don't understand why people keep glossing over this where it's like, hey, Rodgers and Garrett Wilson, he's one of the best receivers in the league and Breece Hall's going to come back and the defense is really good. And it's like, yeah, the offensive line is terrible. Beckton and Dwayne Brown, sure tackles again. And then you have Robert Salah as the coach, who I cannot say I thought that Jets were crisply coached last year. Whatever he was doing with Zach Wilson was insane. No idea if that guy's even a decent coach. So I'm already worried about your offensive line, the age of your quarterback, and the competency of your coach. And that's before we get into the hard knocks curse, because for some reason they're doing hard knocks, the incredible Super Bowl hype already. And then we have the schedule, which is the AFC East has just got screwed by the schedules this year. The Jets, just for quarterbacks in 17 games, they got to play Josh Allen twice, they got to play Mahomes, Herbert, Hertz, Dak Prescott, and Deshaun Watson. And then they also have to play Miami twice. We'll see what we get out of two this year. And then a really good Pats defense. And then Denver, who knows, they might be rejuvenated. So Danny Dimes, they have to play him. It is a brutal schedule, so you have that. And then on top of everything else, you're the Jets. I was there with the Red Sox before 2004, and this is probably just as bad, where you just think the worst possible things can happen is all the time. You're not allowed to have optimism when you're Jets fans. You can be cautiously optimistic. There was an entire Curb Your Enthusiasm episode once, season 10, episode seven, about being a Jets fan. And it was called, I think, the ugly section. Nick Kroll was the maitre d'. And part of the episode was about, he would put these people in different sections of the restaurant, depending on how attractive they were. But there was this other plot, Larry's buddy who loved the Jets, kills himself. And Larry becomes convinced it was because of the Jets, that the Jets killed his friend. This was only a couple of years ago. So now they get Aaron Rodgers, and everything's good. And they're gonna win the Super Bowl. I don't see it, guys. I don't wanna step on my football stuff too much, but I'd be shocked. And Lombardi points out the defense that everybody's ready to compare to the 85 Bears. Lombardi said they had two turnovers over the last eight games last season. So that means something too. I am dubious, to say the least. If you're gonna tell me a tortured franchise actually turns it around this year, I want a tortured franchise that doesn't have expectations. Because the Lions are another one. Everybody's ready to put them in the Super Bowl or close. And the only case for them is just pretty explosive offense. They couldn't stop anybody last year. And the NFC is terrible. But that's another one where is that a fan base that should be super excited and have a ton of hype? The one that's kind of lurking that fits in this group is the Browns. Because the Browns are actually super talented. They're in a winnable division. Burroughs already hurt. And I think they're four to one to win the AFC North on FanDuel, something like that. Their over -under is, I think it climbed up.
Crypto Banter
A highlight from Richard Heart Could Face LIFE IN PRISON (The End Of HEX?)
"Any of you guys from the SEC are listening I hope you are I want you to know in the deepest Deepest parts of your heart that I've saved a lot more people from being wrecked than you have Because I did everything I could to prevent people from putting their money into BlockFi Did you I did everything I could to prevent people from putting their money into Celsius? Did you I did everything I could to put people in charge of their own keys and get them to? Have self custody. Did you do that? I called the top on the day. Did you? What have you done? So I break my balls to save people. I'm warning people about bad daps fake airdrops Showing people constantly every single hack that happens right I hand out free coins out the ying yang I created free coins give them to Bitcoin quarters now creating free coins giving them to aetherium and every single er c20 holder I'm the giving tree of crypto. I raised 27 million for charity You know what the SEC did the SEC? 50 Got paid million dollars. All right, so that is Richard heart and whatever he says there I'm not sure if it's gonna help him when it comes to this big case against the SEC and we're gonna talk about the SEC case and Richard heart and what it means we also going to Talk about Bitcoin and where we're at with Bitcoin. So yesterday when we were on the show we said that It was decision time and Bitcoin needed to either break up or break down It looks like we got our break down and we are at the same level exactly the level which Annie said when she was in The show yesterday. She said it's gonna be twenty eight thousand eight hundred a presto about I said Is it gonna go up or down from here? She said it's gonna go down and she's looking for the twenty eight thousand eight hundred But look not all is lost We have dropped one level which is the 50 the 50 ma the 50 the 50 day moving average We've dropped that level but we are here at Another critical level. So I want to show you this this level here if you take Let me make sure you zoom out first. Let me go on today on to the daily and if you take this trend over here And okay, let me just get off the screen So if you take this trend line over here, it is exactly what Garrett said in terms of the trend So we are let me just get that a bit more a bit neater my charts are my charting skills on the screen I'm not great but you can see that Bitcoin is now moving back towards this trend line over here and probably if you look at that the Next critical level is about the twenty eight thousand. So we are going to talk about that We're also going to talk about this Bitcoin dominance spikes It's not a big spike but Bitcoin dominance actually did start going up and the reason why Bitcoin dominance started going up is because If you look at the bubbles you can see that there are two things that are really weighing down crypto So the first thing is the hex and pulse story. You've got hex down 26 % you got pulse down 45 % But I'll show you something very cool here when you look at hex and pulse Is that if you go to the hourly you can see that they're starting to recover on the hourly So yes, it's been a bad day for hex and pulse but if you go down to a shorter time frame What you can see is that these tokens are actually starting to turn and this may be your indicator that it might actually be buy Time so one of the things we are we should talk about today is we should talk about whether this is the end For hex and pulse or whether we're gonna get some kind of recovery now Magat says that Maybe it's not the end and maybe there's gonna be some kind of recovery the other big sector that you can see is Benicha Ave compound synthetics all the The DeFi token specifically the big DeFi 1 .0 tokens that have a lot of traction They got hit and we're gonna talk about why they got hit Because it's all got to do with curve and the hack that happened on curve But ironically it's actually not the hacker that's pushing down the price The big issue is that what's going on here could be a huge a huge hit to crypto This could be something that takes the market down by 10 or 20 percent overnight if it happens So we got to talk about all of that then I've got to Admit that I was half right and half wrong. So I said that FTX 2 .0 would never ever start I said that never ever start the exchange again And I was half right when I said it because I said it in context of the fact that the exchange token is going to be worth nothing and it is gonna be worth nothing but I was wrong because it seems like the FTX exchange is gonna restart. It's gonna restart pretty soon and We're gonna talk about that today. So there's a lot to talk about today. It's a massive massive show We haven't had a big news show like this for a long long long time Let's go. Let's get this on the road I Mean it's been a rough 24 hours for old coins If you look at that the old coin market hasn't been great and you can see it in the dominance Going back up towards that 50 % remember we were on forty nine and a half and you can see it in the banter bubbles Where you can see that the the the old coins have been really really really hard hit We're gonna talk about each one of them and why they've been hard hit And whether or not this is the end or whether we can expect another leg down Let me tell you that there is a real risk of another big leg down in crypto If if this curve situation doesn't resolve itself, then we've got a very very very big problem We're gonna get the defy the defy protocols the big defy protocols with all the traction They are going to get destroyed. They are going to get crippled if this curve thing pans out So it's a pretty serious thing We did start covering it yesterday, but I think we're gonna speak about it today because it could actually affect your portfolio It's also an amazing amazing amazing opportunity and I'll show you what the opportunity is regarding the curve token So I do have a long positioning curve I was stopped out a little bit of my curve position overnight because the price dipped and I'll show you whether or not it's worth actually getting into a similar trade on curve and where you should get into into Similar trade on curve because there's a lot of money to be made here There is a fort if you know what you're doing. There's a fortune of money to be made here I Think that's what we're gonna be covering today. If you are new to channel subscribe to channel Give us some love help us get on shadow band. We shadow band again. We keep fighting each of these shadow bands We just cannot win the only way to get rid of them is if you give us smash the like button and if you comment and they know that We're producing good content Obviously only do it if you think we're producing good content, but of course you think we're producing good content Otherwise, why the hell are you taking are you taking hours out of your day to come and join us here? That doesn't really make sense. Also If you are not yet signed up for the Bible competition, we will be giving away iPhones on the show today Let's just have a look at our squad We have we have 1948 people in our squad Let's see what the number two squad or the number three squad. In fact, let's just see what the squad layout looks like Okay, let's just quickly see what the layout looks like Okay, my squad if I want to change squad don't you dare do this don't don't change squads we need you in our squad Okay, so we have 1948 the winning team. Wow, we're catching up to them that we've got 70 with 74 behind them We've been 200 behind in the whole time All you do there is a link underneath this video sign up with a crypto banter by but referral link and then sign up to Our team we are going to be giving away the full eight million dollars that we win if we win to the community We're not keeping anything for the host also today We're gonna be giving away two iPhones at the end of the show to two people that have signed up So if you're not already signed up sign up, I mean you basically get an opportunity to win 20 iPhones between 2 ,000 people That's one in every hundred people is gonna win an iPhone and we're gonna just keep giving away iPhone and iPhones until we bolster this squad Alright, let's get into the meat and potatoes of the show because I think there's a massive massive massive show to talk about today There's lots of news. We haven't had news like this for a long time It's actually one of those days where I actually really want to do a show because there's so much to talk about So I think we should probably skip the formalities and just get straight into the hex story because it is a big big big story and I think the big question is what is Richard Hart gonna do is Richard Hart actually going to fight the SEC? or is he just going to be do what everybody else did and Actually settle and I think that I have some insight today. I'm gonna build a story today I'm gonna show you why I think that Richard Hart may actually fight this till the very end I don't think he's gonna just take the the settlement I'm gonna show you why in a few seconds, but for those of you don't know what is going on I think you obviously know who Richard Hart is we showed him in the beginning in the beginning of the show. We also We also on the eve of the launch of the Richard Hart Okay, we are set for you Richard What do you want people to know about you I got a big dick this here is three point one million dollars watches I don't know as big as diamonds you don't I do is Richard Genius legendary arrogant bit of a narcissist the benevolent king quarter -million hate me hate me I'm farther than you'll ever be in your whole life. Who does this guy think he is? Whatever the governments have been doing it's not worked out You've never had worse interest rates. Your money has never been worth less. Everything is getting worse Only thing that's making it better is crypto currency. It's better than the dollar. It's better than gold. It's better money Crypto is money without governments and it is money without banks You're not gonna meet another product like this as long as you live. Yes, every scammer in the world is gonna say this is the trailer for the Richard Hart movie and I think on the eve of the The Richard Hart story the SEC comes out and they make an announcement that they are suing Richard Hart aka Richard Schuler His real name is Richard Schuler and three unincorporated entities that he controls hex pulse chain and pulse X with conducted Conducting unregistered offerings of crypto asset securities that raised more than a billion dollars in crypto assets from investors Hart called on investors to buy crypto asset securities in offerings that he failed to register with SEC He then this is where it gets tricky He then deferred those investors by spending some of their crypto assets on exorbitant luxury goods This action seeks to protect the investing public and hold hot accountable for his action So the SEC coming out with one of their we caught you announcements. This is the document. It's about 27 pages I read all 27 pages so that you don't need to read 27 pages I'll show you the points that are actually important the points that actually make sense So the first point that actually makes sense is what hearted was he raised 2 .3 million etherium from investors with 678 million dollars for the hex project back then it appears at 94 to 97 % of these each deposit saver were Recycling transactions directed by heart and other insiders which enabled heart or other insiders to gain control of a large number of hex tokens What that means is that he was taking the ETH that was deposited and he was recycling them to get more Tokens for himself and other insiders again. This is the allegations as per the SEC He says investors also invested more than 354 million by depositing their crypto assets to the pulse chain public wallet address in exchange for the promise of a future delivery of PLS tokens in connection with pulse X investors invested more than 676 million dollars by depositing their crypto assets to the pulse X Public address in exchange for the promise of future delivery of pulse X tokens They're going after him for hex for pulse and for pulse X now up until this point this whole thing is just a civil case between heart and the SEC for Potentially selling unregistered securities to this point. It's pretty simple straightforward and probably the same charges at every other ICO Founder is going to face now. Some of them will fight the the charges and something won't fight the charges That's just that's just what it is. But this is the point where it gets a little bit more tricky. So if you look at page 7 so it's point up to him Additionally heart and pulse chain defrauded investors by misappropriating at least 12 .1 million of pulse chain investor funds instead of using these funds to develop and market the pulse chain network or even fulfill hearts explicit statement that invested funds support freedom of speech heart and pulse chain used 12 .1 million dollars of investor funds for hearty for hearts personal hearty luxury luxury purchase Including a five hundred fifty five carat diamond the biggest black diamond in the world expensive watches and high -end automobiles now But I mean that was the lifestyle that that that heart was actually and we all saw this we saw the sports cars We saw the watches now. There's a big question here Is this misappropriation of investor funds on the one hand? He did tell everyone that they were sacrificing their money and if you sacrifice the money Well, then you're not actually an investor and if you're not an investor, well, then you don't have any rights that investors have so what the SEC is going after him for is they're making an assumption that a these tokens are securities and that be that he actually Misappropriated funds now again the term misappropriated funds means that Investors had expectations investors had expectations that the funds would be used for a certain purpose. These weren't investors. These are people that Sacrificed their money and probably that's gonna be hearts defense now I wonder if he actually got any legal opinions Before he actually did this and if he did get those legal opinions I wonder if he actually listened to his lawyers or whether he's eager got the better of him because it's all very well You know, sometimes you you get advice from your lawyers and as you end up making more and more money You start thinking that you're more and more invincible and if you Feel more invincible then you may stretch what your lawyers have told you and kind of justified it to yourself that it's okay to use These funds perhaps perhaps you can call this marketing Perhaps you can call this, you know part of the game to try and get people to sign up to the next community You know and you could say that this was what you did The other issue is that it seems like the SEC said that he is a US citizen, but he also The offers offering for sale of hex and hex tokens have not been registered with a commission and they were available to US investors and I think that that may actually be Another another issue that he has I'll show you I'll show you I think it's a point Page 11 so point page 11 hex hex conducted the worldwide offering with no restrictions on who could access hex and hex dot -com and he said that when hit websites and These transactions can be traced to at least 21 ,000 156 wallet addresses including addresses that belong to investors in the United States.
The Dan Bongino Show
Kyle Seraphin: Sheila Jackson Lee's Accusations Are False
"What happened. I told you yesterday I wanted to address this. Sheila Jackson Lee, a hapless, disgraced congresswoman, sadly from the state of Texas, which is a real embarrassment. I don't know how that happened. I heard she did, but explain to the audience how she tried to impugn the integrity of FBI whistleblowers like you, Marcus Allen, Steve Friend, Garrett O 'Boyle. This is how gross this woman is. Explain what she did. Well, essentially, I raised about $560 ,000 for FBI whistleblowers. We put it into a fund that came in through GoFundMe. It was just all small dollar donations, over 11 ,000 people, opening their hearts and wallets, and trying to support Garrett O 'Boyle and Marcus Allen. And so I've aggregated that money, and I wrote some checks ,000 for $255 in change to split the money between these gentlemen. And I mailed them the checks, and then immediately started getting brake the pedal. Everybody was like, oh my god, you're going to get hit with taxes, all this other crazy stuff. So we had to pump the brakes. So the guy shredded the checks, the money's still in my account, I'm holding on to it. And she tried to act like the fact that we were trying to pay these guys so that could they pay off their mortgage bills that they've been basically coming out of savings for for the last year or two, that somehow that was a payoff for their testimony. And I think it's because she doesn't understand the difference between the name Kyle and Cash Patel, which they've obviously decided he's a boogeyman, too. So, you know, number one, it had nothing to do with Cash. Number two, it had to do with a bunch people of these that are that are just really nice folks. And then the third thing is she can't pronounce my name. And they went out there and I guess she doesn't understand the difference between Kyle Serafin's personal bank account and the fight with Cash Foundation, but she doesn't seem that smart. as So we say in Texas, you know, bless her heart. That's what I said on Twitter as
Mark Levin
Daily Wire: New York Times ‘Buries’ the Lede on Hunter Biden
"York Times reported in the 20th paragraph that IRS Supervisory Special Agent Garrett Shapley's whistleblower testimony claiming that a mid -2022 bid by Delaware U .S. David Attorney Weiss to pursue charges in Washington DC got rejected by the top federal prosecutor in the nation's capital you remember I talked about this Matthew Graves over and over and over again and he's the one that's unleashed holy hell against protesters on January I'm not talking about violent just any and to a man and a woman the the black -robed honors their judges have thrown the book and the book and the book after one of these citizens after another and here we are in Hunter Biden's case and same jurisdiction Mr. Graves the U .S. Attorney there with all kinds of links to Democrat the Party and of course they don't mention Mr. Graves appointed by Biden no no David Weiss the Wilmington U .S. Attorney appointed by Trump but what happened to Mr. Graves the U .S. Attorney appointed by Biden they never say that so Chuck Ross pointed out the New York Times waited 20 paragraphs to state the newsworthy tidbit about the source who added credibility to claims of additional against Biden's son Hunter the New York Times reported in the 20th paragraph that IRS supervisory Special Agent Gary Shapley's whistleblower testimony claimed that a mid 2022 by bid Delaware's U .S. Attorney David Weiss to pursue charges in Washington DC by got rejected the top federal prosecutor in the nation's capital why other busy getting Trump quote a similar request to prosecutors in the central district of California which includes
The Dan Bongino Show
Stephen Friend: Why More FBI Agents Aren't Speaking Up
"Kyle or Garrett O 'Boyle or Marcus Esalen or others. Steve, one question I get a lot, I'll pose to you. I was going to go somewhere else, but while I've got you, I get this a lot from listeners and fair enough. It's a good question. They say, yeah, we've got Steve, we've got Kyle, you've got these heroes speaking out. I know you don't see yourself that way because you're a humble guy, but we do. So just take it. But why aren't there more? Why aren't there more? I mean, it's clear right now between the targeting parents as domestic terrorists, the targeting Christians and churches, like all this stuff going on with the FBI. There should be hundreds of you. Well, what's going on? I agree with you. I'm questioning that myself. think I that it's a mixture of fear because they see what happened to somebody like Garrett O 'Boyle, who was clearly trapped the by FBI and had to put his family through a ringer in such a significant substantial way. I think that people pollute themselves with the argument that they just have to follow orders and you just have to look to history and that realize it doesn't smile too kindly on those that subscribe to that belief. And then finally, I think financially, so many people are beholden to the paycheck from the FBI and they convince themselves in their recesses of the brain that they have to do this because they have to feed their family. And I've come around to the idea that I would rather raise hungry children than morally bankrupt children. And I'm hopeful that more individuals will come forward having
Dear Dyslexic Podcast
A highlight from Episode 56 with Garth Robinson from Mindhabits
"Hello there, and welcome to the Dear Dyslexic podcast series brought to you by Rethink Dyslexia, the podcast where we're breaking barriers and doing things differently. I'm Shaye Wiesel, your host, and I'm so glad you can join us. I'm a fellow neurodivergent, and I'm coming from the lands of the Wurundjeri people of the Kulin Nation, where I live and work, and I would like to acknowledge and pay my respects to all the tribes across our beautiful country and to all First Nations people listening today. Our podcast was born in 2017 out of a need to give a voice to the stories and perspectives of adults with dyslexia, and our voice has grown stronger year after year. We're now a globally listened to podcast with guests from all around the world. Join us for insightful conversations about living with dyslexia and other neurodivergences across all walks of life. Our special focus is on adult education, employment, social and emotional well -being, and entrepreneurship. We're excited to be bringing you this episode and invite you to like and follow us, or even better, why not leave us a review on your favorite podcast platform. So let's get started. Hello there, and welcome to this two -part podcast series. My guest today, Gareth Robinson, and I had so much to talk about that we had to create two episodes, so I really hope you can stick around for both of them. Gareth is a family man first and foremost, a coach, sales leader, startup founder, and mental health advocate. He brings 20 years of blue chip corporate experience and over five years of coaching and consulting to the party. So as you can tell, we had a lot to talk about. Gareth's professional and personal purpose overlap, as he does his bit to help people live better and organizations grow. He loves contributing to his community, shining a light on the importance of developing good mental health and redefining success. I asked Gareth to come onto the show today, as I was looking to talk to some other business owners, founders, dyslexics, who had experienced grief and loss. And I was seeking these conversations after losing my mum late last year. And I came across Gareth's videos. He's been creating a series called The Grief Train, following the loss of his brother. Gareth shares tips about how we can manage during times of stress, grief, and loss by implementing tiny habits that can really change our lives and help us manage during some of our toughest days. Before we get started, though, I must note that this episode contains sensitive discussions about not just grief and loss, but also suicide. It's including Gareth's experiences and my personal experiences and some of the mental health challenges. Well, today's conversation aims to promote understanding and to reduce stigma. We acknowledge that hearing about grief and particularly suicide can be triggering for some of you listening today. So please, if you find any of this content distressing, your wellbeing matters, and it is essential to prioritise your mental health above all else and consider seeking support. You can access Lifeline on 131114 or contact the Beyond Blue counsellor on 1300224636. I really hope you get as much out of this two -part series as I have done in implementing little habits to help me manage through some of my toughest and darkest days. I'm super excited to have on the show today, Gareth. Welcome to the show, Gareth. Thanks, Shay. I was doing some research recently following the passing of my mum to try and find people that I could talk to as a business owner around how we manage business and life when we're going through a traumatic time and whether it's grief and loss or something stressful has happened at work or you're not well or someone you're with is not well. I was struggling to find people that I could talk to about this topic. I came across Gareth's work on Instagram through the Grief Train. And so I followed Gareth and contacted him and he kindly said he would be happy to come and talk to me today about his story and how we manage life when we're going through traumatic events. So thank you so much, Gareth, for coming on the show today. You're welcome. Thanks for having me. Would you be able to give our listeners a little bit of a background about yourself and your work and how the Grief Train started? Sure. So firstly, I think I'm a pretty lucky guy. I was born into a middle class family in New Zealand. I now live in Sydney, Bondi's home. I'm very lucky to have a beautiful wife, two kids, 16 -year -old daughter and a 12 -year -old son. I have a roof over my head. I have a couple of jobs, which I'll talk a little bit more about later. So, you know, overall, I'm a really lucky guy. My story, I don't believe is particularly unique in that about six years ago I was made redundant. I'd spent 20 -plus years in corporate. And over the last five or six years, I've been on a few different journeys. One was to start a consultancy, failed at that. Second kind of work -based adventure was bootstrapped a startup with my brother -in -law around creating a community to support people. Launched an app with that. And again, to date, failed with that adventure. So from a work point of view, you could look at my last five, six years as an amazing adventure, perhaps not the most commercially successful. That's when I started MindHabit as a consultancy coaching business. Alongside that journey, in the last three years, I've also lost three people close to me to suicide. One was the best man at my wedding. One was a close childhood friend. And then the third person I lost to suicide, August 22nd last year, was my brother, my big brother Ben. So that probably brings us to why, you know, we've connected. And again, thanks for having me. And that's probably why I'm here, is that I've dealt with loss over the last few years, and in particular with my brother, who I was very close to. And yeah, so that probably some set up. Yeah, and I really connected when I was watching the Grief Train and such raw conversations. So early on in losing someone we love, it's really challenging to be so vulnerable in sharing our experiences, particularly the way you've been sharing yours through the Grief Train. But with your work, with Mindful Habits, we were talking about how do we keep going when we're in such a situation? And it could be we've lost someone or there's a variety of reasons where we could end up feeling grief and loss. And through the work you've done, what is some of the ways that we can look after ourselves, but still keep going during these difficult times? Yeah, it's a great question. And as with most things in life, it's very complex. And before I jump into my answer or answers, I do want to mention, so I'm not a qualified psychologist. However, in the last four or five years, in part through the Bootstrap startup, but also in my own journeys with mental health and working with and, you know, communicating and loving my brother over the last three years as he struggled with the Black Dog, I've invested a fair amount of time and money in understanding what makes people tick and how habits in particular can help us get through these difficult times. So I just wanted to kind of set the scene on that. The thing with habits is, as BJ Fogg will tell us, and he is the founder of Stanford University's Behavior Change Lab and the author of a book called Tiny Habits, as BJ will tell us, most of us have been using the wrong rulebook or instruction manual when it comes to embedding healthy new habits. It's a little bit like buying a bedside table from IKEA, as many of us have done, bringing it home, opening the box and suddenly finding, you know, the instruction manual for a dining table. It's not going to go very well for you. And that's an example of how many of us, including myself, up until a few years ago, how we viewed habits and, you know, shifting positively our routines in the wrong way. Before I jump into the kind of habit stuff that I would like to unload a little bit on, on just how we view time as well, because I feel like with most things, a lot of this is around mindset and how we listen or not listen to the voices in our head, which we all have. And obviously this ties back, my view on this is slightly biased or very much influenced by my experience with my brother and his battles with anxiety, depression over 18 years, and in particular the last three years. So if that's okay, Shay, can I talk a little bit about just different views of time? Yes, of course. And I think for our listeners, because they might be thinking, this is a bit of an unusual topic for me to be talking about on our show, but I just want to bring them back also to the fact around that not just in business and managing challenges, but also day -to -day people that are neurodiverse generally face higher rates of anxiety and depression and are likely higher rates of suicide or likely to attempt suicide. And so the reason I wanted to speak to Garrett today was we've got so many different topics we want to talk about, but part of it was around managing when we're in challenging times and the importance of having some habits and some structure to help support that. And I think I should have given that context to our listeners today because they'll be like, this isn't a dyslexic conversation, but we will be bringing it back around to dyslexia. So hold on to your hats while we unpack. So please, Garrett, go ahead. Yeah, no, that's a good, you can put it in the show notes, Shay. So, and by the way, this is something that Shay did not know when we first connected, but my brother was dyslexic and he was later in life diagnosed with inattentive ADHD. Okay, so yeah, as a side note. Well, okay, where to go with this? Right, just again, when I unpack that, because why I'm here in part is the loss of my brother, so obviously what I'm about to share did not help my brother. So, well, let me rephrase that. It helped, but it helped not enough in my eyes. So, you know, again, just want to call that out. But let's talk about our view of time and how that affects our mental health and helps us cope in moments of stress, whether that's loss of a loved one or simply just difficult times at home or at work. I want to talk about past, present and future. At a high level, how we view the past, present, future can affect our mental health, our happiness or how contented we are and how we deal with stress in our lives. So firstly, when we think about past, often people let their past define who they are today, and that can be a risk for all of us. Therefore, from what I've learned and what a lot of experts talk about is that you need to be a little bit conscious or conscious, I should say, of your past and ensure that certainly the negative events that you can no longer change don't define who you are today, recognizing that every day we have the opportunity to be a different person, to get a little bit better. So that's the past. The present is more around how we compare ourselves to others. And I can put my hand up. This is something that I've been challenged with as most, is that I compare myself to others, my commercial success, my health, a whole lot of things. Human beings, we compare ourselves to others. And the technique here that I want to talk a little bit about is comparing the right things. So rather than comparing that external material stuff, if you like, the house, the car, the holidays, the family, even as a parent, the ability to parent, we should really focus in on what I would call our core values and behaviors. And that's the stuff we should compare if we're going to compare anything. So I'm going to pause now just in case you have anything to add. Otherwise I can move from the past, the present onto the future. I think it's an important point around the past, because as someone with dyslexia, it's very easy for us to carry with us a trauma that we've experienced, particularly in school. And it's really hard for us to leave that trauma behind when we're moving into environments where we're in situations where we've got to read or write and may not be able to disclose. So it will be interesting to talk to you further about how we can move beyond some of that by using the techniques you're going to talk about today. Well, one of those techniques or tools is looking at those events in our past. And similar to the cognitive behavioral theorists, talk about reframing them. In particular, one of the issues of the past is you cannot control it because it's already happened. So if I talk a little bit about circles of control, which move us also into the future, a really nice technique and tool is to think about those circles of control, influence, and concern, and often the stresses that are amplified when we're dealing with loss or grief, or when perhaps you're a person. And again, we have some things maybe harder that someone who isn't would not expect to be difficult, perhaps that that everything just becomes harder. Therefore, understanding what we can control within that inner circle of control, which is often tied to our thoughts and feelings, and then what we can influence, which is the ring outside the inner, which is again, we can only influence some of those things. How our friends behave, our jobs, we can't always control them. Sometimes we can only influence in the situation we're in. And then outside of that is what people call the circle of concern. And when you think about it, the past and the future sit squarely in the circle of concern. We can't change what's happened in the past. We can only change our perception and all the narrative we tell ourselves around that. We can't actually change the future because it doesn't exist here. So I feel that view of time and, you know, certainly in my world around helping manage my stress levels and anxiety is trying to remind myself through visual and verbal cues to focus in the present, which many people talk about, to recognize from the past that it doesn't have to define who I am today. And part of that can also be letting go of even letting go of friendships, perhaps if they're not productive for you or certain environments that are not helping you change positively. And then future state, and for me personally, this is the hardest bit, is try not to stress about an event that hasn't happened yet. And I'll talk a little bit about kind of reverse engineering that shortly. But for now, perhaps I'll pause because I've been talking for a little while and see if Shae's got anything to add. There's lots of things going around my head because the reason I contacted you was around grief. And listening to you talk then, I had my dyslexic hat on of what happens to us as dyslexics. But then as you were just talking, I was always also thinking, you know, how do we, when we've been in a traumatic event like losing someone or losing our job or marriage breakdown, how do we kind of move out of that past? Because it's easy to get, and I know as being someone who's been divorced as well, it's easy to get caught up on, not caught up, but you're reflecting constantly on if you've lost someone or your relationship's broken down, you're in that state of the past a lot in your reflecting time or your grief. And so sometimes it's hard to be in the present when you've constantly got those thoughts going around your head. And again, I qualify that I'm not a psychologist, but I feel there are some actions or activities that we can take to perhaps if we are ruminating about anything, it doesn't have to be the past, there are small actions we can take that can try and perhaps break that rumination if you like. In addition, something my brother -in -law in fact shared with me is tries he and not always successfully to only take the baggage from his past with him that is adding value to him today. So that's a question we need to ask ourselves. Is that baggage or that event in the past and my reaction to it and response, is that helping me deal with my present day and future state? And I can only speak for myself, but I've found when I ask myself that question and analyse it a little bit, some of the baggage, some of the issues that I still have and are still concerns for me, it helps me because I realise that it's not actually helping me today and here and now to be concerned about that something that is outside my circle of control and influence and doesn't help me do anything better today or be more content or happier. So hopefully that makes sense. Yeah it does and it's a good way to frame it and also as you're talking about the circle of influence, we will have that diagram up for people that love visuals like myself. If you haven't heard of this concept before, it's one I love to use as well and we'll put a diagram up that kind of shows you how the flow works from the inner to the outer as well. I think reflecting on what you just said about how does that help me in the now is a positive way to reflect on what's going on. Yes and another, just to expand on that and we haven't even got into habits yet goodness, but another technique that I learned from the stoics that some of your listeners may have heard, you know stoicism has kind of regained popularity as a philosophy through many people. It's only one philosophy but there's some quite good techniques and in fact I mentioned cognitive behavioral theory earlier and quite a few people feel that kind of CBT is based on a lot of stoic principles from you know from thousands of years ago. Quite a few stoics talk about turning obstacles into opportunities and so you know that is something again for me language and just almost a mantra or a saying or something and I will write these on post -it notes. You know if you look at my home office I have probably seven or eight post -it notes with almost mantras and just reminders for me to remind myself when I'm stressed what is actually important to me and just to kind of again shift gears or get out of that in a dialogue with myself. Now sometimes like the loss of your beautiful big brother, that's a pretty big obstacle. So if I unpack that a little bit like how can I turn that into an opportunity and there are actually many ways that I can turn that into an opportunity. It's not an experience you'd wish anyone to go through but there are positives from the loss of my brother and they're small but they're there and one is the gift that he has given me and others and this is quite common to embrace life more fully. It's very common when we lose things whether it's a brother, a husband or a job you know you reset and so he has given me that gift. I believe his entity is still around in some form or another so my relationship has changed with my brother but I try and again I try and be more in the present. I try to enjoy life more fully because life can be short. So certainly back to that turning an obstacle into an opportunity, that's one opportunity. Another opportunity and this is where giving which is actually one of kind of a key pillar within Habits I believe is giving, volunteering, however you give and most of us do in some form or another, it's extremely valuable and so when you are dealing in the, can I swear on this? Yes of course mate.
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"garrett" Discussed on The Poker Coaching Podcast
"Pair maybe Jackson tens. There's the call. Whatever he would like. Two. Nice Jack. Wow. You're picking up on your campaign. So we don't get to see his too. Not nearly as nutted as no. No, no, I didn't. Not nearly as noted as you'd think, but still has Garrett and really bad shape. Tim, somehow, some way shows up with the ace Jack of diamonds. I think his plays actually fine. Preflop on the flop. You know, it's a little bit loose on the plot, but whatever. On the turn, I like a shove. He has a hand that's almost always good, but vulnerable. Well, let's see, let's see if he holds up. They're gonna run it twice. Garrett, giving his opponent the choice. And we're waiting for a river. 9. Wow. Garrett drawn live here. Just go up this if he can get a heart on the river as well. Oh. Oh man. All still improve. Reloading is probably a pointless at this point. Are there a few people that will play after as well? No. So you might beat down. You want to clean it anyway. I think we'll play after. What's going on? They run it twice. Garrett's somehow wins both. Some people have all the luck. Look, whenever this happens to you, whatever you get unlucky. You have to realize, it's okay. You got your money in with good equity. You played your hand fine. Such as life, we can move on to the next hand reasonably. Now, Tim decided to leave. When should you leave in a cash game after getting stacked and when should you reload? Well, obviously if you were like playing too big to begin with or you don't have any more money, you got to leave, right? But if you are properly bankrolled for the game still, you want to ask, am I profitable in this game at this point in time? And if the game's good and you're playing well, yeah, there's no reason you should worry about losing one hand. You're going to lose one hand in a row a lot in your poker career. You're going to get stacked a lot in your poker career, and that is fine. If you get up and leave every time you get stacked, you're going to be spending a lot of time not playing poker, which means that's a lot of time not extracting value from your opponents. The thing is though, is that some players, whenever they get stacked like this when they get unlucky, they get a little bit mad and annoyed and tilty. And then that's what results in them losing almost all of their edge. Or they're going to become highly unprofitable. If that's you, well, you need to work on your tilt control. But if that is you, maybe you do want to leave. Also, maybe the game's no good. Maybe we're going to leave anyway kind of soon because the game's not very good. If that's the case, then obviously leave as well. So make sure you're making smart sane decisions, understand that you are going to lose hands sometimes. Even when you get it in, as a favorite, even as a big favor, even when you run it multiple times, remember there's this hand a long time ago on TV where they got it all in pot limit Omaha and one player had like 25% equity and they ran it four times in the 25% equity one every time. What a game. Aren't you glad you signed up to play this game? If you love poker, do me a favor. Click the like and subscribe button below. You win some you lose some. All you can do is show up and play great. Thank you all for being here. I appreciate all of you. Good luck in your games when you get it in good. I hope you hold up.
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"garrett" Discussed on The Poker Coaching Podcast
"Yeah, you probably have. If you're enjoying the show, please give us a thumbs up. It does help and we do appreciate it. And if you haven't done so yet, please subscribe. I'm trying to see if we can get up to a quarter of a million subscribers. Probably not going to happen tonight, but I'd love to have for it to happen. Sometime relatively soon. But I get time. For showman. Yeah. Just boring too. I feel like nowadays for women. Really, you're my own Jell-O. Nice spotty. This is like a haunted permanent Kumar says, chuck, who's your favorite player here? I don't know, there's a lot to like, to be honest. This is a fun table. I feel like Juan is just amazing. I love watching her play. Getting the stuff langland is so charming. Garrett always engaging and always fun to watch. I mean, Robbie has been a lot of fun too. Nikki air ball. It's tough to choose just one. I mean, I think this is a really good game. And it showed that I was like 15,000. That's a huge deal. But it's like, you know we are playing 25 5100 with a 100 anti pharma the big blind at hustler, casino live, folds around to gator weight on the button. He has the 5 two offsuit he opens it up. What else you got to do? He makes it 300. Over around two Tim in the small blind playing effectively 260 big blinds deep, he calls with a mystery hand. Oh boy. Over onto Garrett. He likes to get in there. He likes to battle. He has the Jack 9 of hearts and the ops to re raise. This may be surprising to some people. They may think that they should always just call the suited connectors, but if you study good strong GTO strategies, some of the best hands to reraise when you are deep stacked out of position are going to be defense suited connected hands. Things like Jack 9 suited 8 7 suited, 6 5 suited. These are all hands that you should be three betting that some portion of the time. So that you actually have good board coverage on all run outs when you do three back before the flop. The problem with only re raising the absolute best hands is that say the flop does come 8 7 three or 6 5 two. And those scenarios, your opponents would have all the nuts in their range, and you'd have almost no nuts in your range. So they have to get deeper and deeper stacked. You're going to find that you want to be three betting with a wider range of hands. Some small portion of the time and some of the best hands to use are going to be the suited connected hands. All right. Over around two Gatorade, he decides to let the 5 two go. That's probably wise. Over to Tim. He decides to call with a mystery hand. What could this be? Now look, I don't know anything about Tim's strategy, but if Tim plays reasonably well. This is going to be a whole lot of pretty good hands, like middle pairs, like good, strong, high cards, probably suited, maybe suited connectors, maybe suited aces. So let's keep that in mind as we head to the flop. Do you actually miss me to work? Kind of? And I just thought this question. Garrett with a flush draw, a tin with a mystery hand. Oh. Thank you, Stevie. Appreciate it. Tim calls the plot comes ten, four, three, two hearts. Garret flops almost the nuts. He needs one more heart and have the nuts. I know it's not really the next YouTube comment or just the effect of nuts. It counts. You're putting all your money on. All right, Tim trex, and Garrett decides to bet. 2000, notice in the scenario if he does get raised to something like 6000. He can easily continue. So that's good. This is a scenario where if we were playing shallower stack or perhaps if there's another straddle and therefore Tim was playing with only a 130 big blinds or something like that instead of 200 something and that scenario maybe you can not necessarily justify betting with flush draws because you really don't want to bet and then get shoved on. But in this spot, you have a very, very easy bet with your draws, especially draws it like showdown value because if you betting it raised, you can still continue. So nice bet from Garrett with the Jack kind of hearts. Tim decides to call. Oh, this is a rough spot because Tim's actually getting okay pod od the problem with hands like let's say king queen or ace queen without a heart is that they're not going to realize their equity all that well because if you just face a bet on the turn, you're going to have to fold, right? That said, I do think a lot of players can be pretty splashy on these low cardboards. So I think we're going to see Tim call with any pair, any gut shot, any backdoor flush draw with an over card. In the scenario, so he's going to have a pretty wide continuing range. Let's head to the turn. What kind of hand is Tim have here? Garrett now with a pair to go along with this flush draw. I don't know. 22 left. I was like, there's no way this guy has 18. Wow. And Tim, with the check raise all in on the turn. Turn is the Jack of clubs giving Garrett top pair. Some people have all the luck, am I right? Tim trex, Garrett goes for a 5000 bet, and then Tim, pretty confidently, rips it all in for $22,000, 17,000 on top. Holy moly. All right, we sold on what he has. You need to channel your inner cycle. In the spot. But type of hand, you think Tim has. You think he has a set? You think he has a hand that's good, but not a set like an over pair or top pair? You think he has a high equity draw, like a flush raw or an open ended straight draw, or do you think he has a junky draw? Like a bad gut shot. Take a second, think about it. Pause the video and write what you would do in the comments section below. This is a situation where you may be able to put your very bad opponents on a specific hand, but you can not put anyone who is competent on a specific hand in this scenario. What you can be pretty sure about is that your opponent, if they are good, will not be playing a marginal hand like this. Your proponent is probably not going to be checked shoving with a ten or pocket 9s or four. That would be especially terrible. But this is a spot where if Tim does have a high equity draw, I think shoving is pretty reasonable. If he has a gut shot like king of hearts 9, I don't think he needs to be shoving that. I think that'd be pretty aggressive. So I think in the spot, Tim's either going to have a pretty high equity draw, probably one that lacks showdown value, or he's going to have a strong made hand. The interesting thing about the spot, though, is that there's actually not a whole lot of strong made hands, right? It's kind of hard for Devin Jack because Garrett has a Jack, and he would probably fold the flop with a lot of hands like Queen Jack. And he could have set, but a lot of people don't call the somewhat big reraise out of position with hands like pocket fours and threes, even though perhaps they should if they don't care it's going to be blasting it off. So assuming Tim does not have all that many sets and he doesn't have all that many top pairs that heavily pushes him towards having some sort of open ended straight draw or flush draw. The interesting thing though is that Garrett actually blocks some of the flush draws, right? So certainly a rough spot, but fortunately for Garrett, he has a hand that is simply unfoldable. When you have a hand that could be the best hand, some portion of the time, or you have a hand that has very good equity with a flush raw. This is the spot where you just have a trivially easy call, but if Garret had something like Queen Jack in the spot, I think it's way closer, but still probably a call. If you had a ten, well, he probably shouldn't blast a turn like this with a tin. But if he did blast a turn like this with a ten, I think it becomes a much rougher spot is probably closer to a fold. So, let's see if you're right. This smells like a set, huh? Set a three, set of fours. Think about four. Two
Doin it! with Danny and Jenny
"garrett" Discussed on Doin it! with Danny and Jenny
"It's a revolution podcast. You know what revolution about our podcast Jenny? What's that? That I can imagine over hundreds of episodes and non science project guide pointed this out. A non science podcast might maybe have won astronaut on the show. Maybe. Maybe if they're busy. And not even a good astronaut, you know? Right. Probably like a fucking geologist is what I'm talking about. You know what I'm saying? Or a medical officer or some bullshit like that. The worst, we have. We've had two, not one. But two. Now, can you tell me how I understood your connection to our previous astronaut? Scott Kelly. Okay, well, let me introduce our guest is astronaut. Garrett. Reisman, everybody..
First Class Fatherhood
"garrett" Discussed on First Class Fatherhood
"Singles do the drop very very soon the album is done. It's can so it's it's it's an emmy man if you go to shade room go online man. I mean when i tell you the fans are ready for this album. They're going crazy. So this has been really rewarding and You know she ended up. She had a beautiful baby And i was able to kind of be in the middle of seeing. That whole thing happened in doing the album. That's happening relationships. Historians crazy so We're gonna see man. I it's gonna be really interesting loves i love it. Be crazy exciting stuff. Yeah can't wait to see myself. let's lasting. I wanna hit you with your show and i love to ask all the data. Get on the podcast. What type of advice do you have for that new dad or for that about to be father. Who's out there listening man for all the new dads or about to be new. Dads listen responsibility of being a father. Is everything you are responsible for that child. But it's not so hard it's not too bad. You just gotta understand that. This is a mini. You and just take on the responsibility of loving that child as much as you possibly can right You know it's okay if you ain't got it all figured out right now but just understand. The one thing is that god gave you amazing gift. Right and Just try to love that child and as much as you possibly can. I mean it. You know these kids need they. They they didn't ask to be here. You know and so I'll look at it as a bad thing or negative thing. Just look at it as a loving you know and it's nothing wrong with loving young right and and and you know that's like us out here. You know what i mean. If you need any advice always hit me up on my diem. I wouldn't be. I would not be opposed giving any advice to any new dads man. 'cause i love being the data. I'm a proud father Love my kids so much. And i really enjoy growing with them. You know and the one thing you don't want to be caught doing sleeping on being great father because one day they will remind you that you left them. That ain't an option so yeah wow very well said man loved a message. There's been a lot of fun for me sean. Garrett depend your first class father all the way they you so much time here in first-class bothered thank you. I appreciate your buddy back to wrap things up here. I got to give a special thank you once again to short garrett depen- how cool was that. Thank you for giving me a few minutes of your time here on. I last bothered me up on twitter guys on instagram. Thought about episode always loved to read you feedback locking into that instagram account at alex's school at least role the upcoming guests announcements including john o.'hurley seinfeld's own j. peterman will be starting by later this week so find out. Follow me over there on instagram. To find out who else will be joining me here. That's all i got you guys today. I'm out of thank you for listening to the first place. Fatherhood remember guys. We are not babysitters fathers. we're not just fathers. We are first last fathers. So i open no..
LifePix Relationships With ST
"garrett" Discussed on LifePix Relationships With ST
"Yeah view their moral miami. It's just my name is my website. Amberg true blood tru e. v. l. od dot com. And there's a start dax year page but has everything on it. Three downloads Like tips for moms. I do a lot of like meditation. Stuff to visualizations of. You're into that kind of stuff. I have a lot of free guided. Meditations and then So you can go there and get all kinds of good stuff whether you're a new mom or a. I don't want to old. Bob experienced wise. Mom have that. I've got some have a podcast stretch marks and a concert marxist effect their little. Your i love. That would be berbie doing garrick. You can find me for every show dot com. I am at professional organizer by trade. And i have a podcast called. Don't get lost in the laundry. Okay garrett anything for you if you wanna see me you have to be at the farmer any orchard or on the road with basically. I don't have a chest. i'm real boring. I'm just boring guy episode really interesting. So thank you for our final question. One that i ask everyone is. How would you describe an extraordinarily ship without using love connection or intimacy. Okay i'll it's finding an infrastructure person and being able to love them perfect. I liked that. So much greg jarrett may think you left me kind of i would say tempting for the word in english but i just say best friend Say the word love. So i don't know i'm not worse but i just say whatever. Bj said is good. I'm a little bit more rough around the edges. I'm a little bit more. Bruce blase say in spanish. Bj's real good with words and she'll make you feel warm unfussy inside so that's not one of my forte's i couldn't met my weaknesses and amber would appreciate that. 'cause i know my weakness. I love it. So i would say why. I really want to hear what the spanish word was garrett for the next podcast but you also gotta give us a lot to curious. Okay so over. Someone here in spanish that you would have known what i oughta. Yeah i think. I learned those i so i would say Extraordinary relationships is one that functions wealth through change were both parties continue to feel supported and connected and appreciated like that so so much. Yeah works really well together with. Bj said like another perspective on it. While you guys this was fun. Thank you so much for arranging. Your schedules constantly changing them. So that would be together a really really appreciate this. Thank you thank you thank you thank you. That's all this episode of life pits relationships and we have a huge favor to ask of you. They will not only support the show but also give others what they need to take their marriage to the next level. We're striving to have a million dollars per episode by december thirty first twenty twenty-five so please share with your family and friends so they can turn their relationship into an extraordinary wine..
Who? Weekly
"garrett" Discussed on Who? Weekly
"Dot before taking a trip ashore with the mystery blonde. Christine has a mystery blonde. Do you know. Chris pines mystery blonde email tips of the daily mail cup. Did you refresh article today. did they. Fight is gone no. There's no refreshing every ten minutes. I on a it's on an auto refreshes. And but i don't care about the mystery blonde moving on we have a section. I'm gonna call gay rights just a couple of things. Gay right right we have. We have three instances. Two instances of gay rights three k. Rights one instance of gay rights jordan barrett married fernando casablancas which isn't super notable. So it's just like models. It's it's models they aren't they're there to gay. Male male models who married jordan barrett is not interesting fernando casablancas interesting because i was cuss blunkett's it stands to reason. I don't really hear that last name often that he's probably related to julian casablancas. The strokes turns out. I was right there brothers. But i didn't know that i guess i'm really stupid. There's sort of like air quotes nepotism because their father founded elite model management and his name was john casablancas and he died like eight years ago and he was this like very successful entrepreneur who is allegedly responsible for the entire concept of supermodels models being cultural figures beyond represented and all of the supermodels of heard elite model management because now it's called elite world group and it is run by julia. Hart who just got a reality show on netflix. Called like my orthodox life my orthodox life that is about how she got into power so basically what happened was unorthodox life sorry oops unorthodox life my unorthodox because she was orthodox and now she's not the the elite model management was run by Julian casablancas his father and another guy. Who then did sexual harassment. And basically the whole thing got sold and unbanned it and now it's elite world group which was run by this guy who julia heart married. His name is silvio Did a lot of tax fraud in case you're wondering The backstory of silvio silvio Bought la perla. Perla was being run by julia heart. At the time after she likes escaped jewish orthodox life whole whole story. You can watch on the reality show whether you'd like to or not. I don't really like that show. But that's a whole other thing. And now that's how this all connects together which is kinda funny funny connection. I thought so this guy. John casa blanca though. I was reading his obituary in the new york times. And even though it's twenty thirteen like recent history. This is how they write about him. I couldn't believe these paragraphs beyond his views with other agencies. Mr was frequently criticized for having sexual relationships young models. His public affair with stephanie seymour. In nineteen eighty-three when he was forty one and she was fifteen ended his second marriage to ginette christian sent former model and this nineteen sixty five miss denmark casualty calling a sexual relationship with a fifteen year old. Like oh it broke up. His marriage deeded i know are- was the co owned with him. Basically both of them were discussing did sex assault and then the hammer went down on marie right but that's why elite model management became elite world group. Like that's why it got like turnover essentially because the to Anyways while eleven new generation of casablanca's brothers hopefully not eating their father's mistakes but there were a lot of who's and them's at jordan and fernando's wedding because they're young models and so kate moss. Was there georgia may jagger was there and jeremy harris was there. I love this quote. It was very spontaneous. But his wedding. Planner serena cook was able to pull some strings and make sure it was very special. Since his aussie family couldn't attend champagne. Cocktail drinks were flowing. It was very relaxed. Kate parentheses moss brought out the rings and really made sure it was special for him just like chaos being. They're delivering the ramos. Here like a model alarm shows up. Like how does she know where the models are speaking of alarms that go off in terms of like random non. Who's who were atta who he wedding. Garrett clayton disney channel star. Mary blake night a screenwriter. I'm acting like i knew who these people were. Before right like googled garrett clayton was the star of a disney channel movie. That was way past my time called teen beach. Blake night screenwriter. Who's written some things. I've never heard of and they've been together for a very long time but they only recently like came out publicly and now they're married. He was the star of the that day. Franko the porn movie a king cobra kyrie clean is like a is legs. Zach ephron under eights but it's like zach ephron another galaxy it's almost like efren took the path less traveled. He is the version that we all thought. Ron was which was like closeted and this guy actually played. Disney guy was closeted the whole time and then did like pseudo gay porn with dave franco like it is the same is the zach. Ephron import deep played a gay porn star in a pretty high profile like indie movie. He was also the voice of diner. Dancer in the uk loves in the big balloon adventure which is one of the biggest flops of all time which made me laugh okay so he loves in the big balloon adventure member. It made one million dollars and it was like very expensive. One of the biggest flops of all time was diner. Dancer in the yuki loves in the big balloon adventure dominated. We have this up. Saying the couple's close friend alycia silverstone officiate at the ceremony which was held at a private residence in. You can't do what the lie was silverstone there. I realize she was in king cobra. I think that's how they met. She was in king cobra. Also hemans ended up playing both played link clark at us and now with a lot of people connect them because they both were in like high school musical teen beach which was high school musical for the kind of the next generation of kids and then they both played link larkin zaka from was in the movie and he was in the hairspray live which was on fox and honestly was feet feet kiki palmer and that a feet so we also have the boyfriend me. The husband blake. Night is aspiring influence or beyond just being a screenwriter and so he had a youtube channel that he abandoned eight months ago but the remnants are accessible online and one of them. They did a video with christy. Carlson romano called blindfold charcuterie taste tests with christy carlson romano in garrett clayton and his channel called again a life again. He also has he. Oh it's not a podcast. It's a dizzy youtube channel. So that being. Lgbtq ally the milk but the thumbnail that says the thumbnail that says being lgbtq ally is for a video called blindfold charcuterie taste taste tests. What so i was like. Oh i'm going to find this video about chris. Carlson toronto being an lgbtq ally but the actual videos content is more about blindfold charcuterie taste testing than it is about ally ship. So.
Who? Weekly
"garrett" Discussed on Who? Weekly
"God biblical amen. So it's sitting here drinking a beer. Talk god amen. Yeah terrible copying god person cavaliers like i prefer to stand. I only drink wine. I don't believe in god. And i'm going to bed. So that's who she is allegedly dating. It's pretty funny perfect name. Can you believe his amos chase rice. And he has a song called drinking beer talking. God amen dreams which is the fake name of the justin bieber character on two two two of us two of them. The other two lindsey. Our big question for you. I saw that storms z. A rapper who i know is dating amber gill whose reality star you know telling amber gill amber one love. I losing she's winner. She was a fan favourite. She won with this guy named greg. They obviously didn't last. He was in the olympics. This all could say he was as roxy some reason. He went to the olympics but they were already broken up. She's amurri player named greg. O'shea i'm going to google images. He's hot she was a fan favourite. She won love. i look and she remained. You made the noise should does this guy that's interesting. He's hot right. yeah okay. This is great because she's kind of like an alien l. reality star in the uk and storms e who i feel like is definitely list. Uk but like certainly has not broken out over here This is a perfect pairing like. They must be going crazy across the pond for these two. I love the way it was confirmed to. Because it's like. She added festival where he was performing but she was in the vip section. And it's like the way this has written about is very like we read some tweets and have to act like we did reporting fellow. Festivalgoers started to jump to conclusions after they spotted amber who won violent back in two thousand nineteen alongside irish rugby player. Greg o'shea watching storms. He performed during the lead section of the to city festival. That's the gophers have suggested. The pair could be dating. As the show's organizers traditionally only allow close context of performers to watch from the side of the stage. What's that's the only confirmation wait. They weren't spotted together. They weren't holding hands. They weren't smooching. She was really just watching his concert. From the section but lindsay festivalgoers have suggested the pair could be dating. I show organizers traditionally only close contacts performances from the side of the state. This is bullshit the mirror. Go fuck yourself. There's no evidence. This is not evidence who else storms. He dated and we talk about him recently. He dated my jama. My jama. who's now dating kyle. kendall jenner's accident scandal jenner's x. I believe it though. I don't need physical connection. Epa if you have the side of the stage. I believe the festivalgoers who have suggested the pair could be. Dating organizers traditionally only close context of performance to watch them from the side of the stage. Stop saying that. Stop saying next. Dating news on page is dating. A woman named emily brown. Who's essentially we just did it. Wasn't he dating someone else. When like a law she was a mystery one at first. And now she's a copywriter okay. On antonio embarrasses dating a woman named nicole kimball who would love. I love this woman. Nicole campbell okay. Why call because she said she saved antonio mendez's life. She said she just gave him an aspirin. Will aspirin saves lives. Oh my god okay. Well she she saved his life he was like. I don't feel well something's wrong. She bought an aspirin. He took the aspirin and he woke up. He was like fuck. I'm having a heart attack. The aspirin as the blood thinner aspirin saves lives. When you have a older boyfriend. You gotta make sure they don't have a heart attack. We have an older boyfriend. Keep aspirin in the house. Aspirin in your palm just to make sure. Just keep it in your pocket. I should the house have aspirin aisles. Oh that's crazy. why not. It's great for hideo should have asked for heart attacks. Do you wanna talk about garrett borowski and sarah emig will there truly to. Who's and i thought you'd enjoy that like you know any people. Do you tell me about your both like reality. Garrett morowski one f boy island the show that like nobody actually watched always want max v. I started what never mind the one of the girlies chose him to be the the gut her boyfriend and he said a nab edge. I'm taking hundred thousand dollars. So he was a boy. That's funny but was weird about that show would that. I barely watched towards the end. They knew that the boys some of the boys were f- boys but they were like we're reforming like i came into this competent as an f. boy but i met you but then you are in boy because you lied the whole time and then he took the money Isn't that so funny. I just thought the show was funny because it had multiple layers where it was like okay so we thought this show was originally to find out who the f. boys and who were the good guys then. We revealed all the boys and the girls still chose one who was an f. boy proving that you really can't win kanye so this guy says i'm taking a hundred thousand dollars. Goes off the show. Then he starts dating jake. Paul ex girlfriend her whose name Is mia francis who was also at one point. Dating harry josie who was dating girl. Francesca who is bisexual. Who is dating. It's literally the same pool of people now. All these people are getting thrown into the same pool is like reality show losers who just like date each other to stay relevant and keep their names in. Tmz which they're doing a good job of because i'm reading this tmz south. Perhaps you know yeah moving on really quickly. This wasn't in here. But you text it to me and i love it chris. Pine might number one five showed off his flexible physique while vacationing on a yacht off italy's picturesque amalfi coast dot dot.
The Bible Says What!?
"garrett" Discussed on The Bible Says What!?
"From in the beginning to the musical apocalypse this is the bible. Says what. I'm your host. Mike weisman after all the years i've spent in the church is a believer. I was never satisfied with the religion. I was indoctrinated into. Jesus left me empty inside the demi god that was supposed to be my everything left a lot of holes. He was never there to encourage me during my struggles. He wasn't there listening and helping me get through tough times. Christianity was and is not good enough for me. I need more than an invisible friend who sends me goosebumps. My desire for human interaction and need for evidence in proof left me doubting and wanting throwing on some jesus blinders and pretending there's an invisible man sending me feelings did not cut it for me. Furthermore my investigations into the book. I had been raised to believe in only brought more doubt and eventual freedom from the religious indoctrination. That helped me prisoner in my own. Mind the bubble. Most christians living is small a necessary. They trapped themselves into a belief system. That is impossible to defend logically. They believe there were invisible beings. Wars bad guys curses the only thing. Christians have that exists in the real world is their holy book and that thing is loaded with absurdities and impossibilities less. Start the show you anything in the bible that you yourself have an issue is actually arguing. Took doesn't kill children. Shut with what do you think. The passover love reading a different bible. You worship him because of the things he's done. Why can i not judge him because of the thing done. Obey me or i'll kill your kids. It doesn't seem to get a tough life. They special guest is returning guests. Garrett vandenburg welcome back to the show. It's could be back man. I'm happy to be chatting here again. Absolutely it's great having to back good seeing hope. Everything's been all right today. We just kind of want to start off with. Let's describe the the dvd that garrett believes it the deity that i believe. Well i mean so we. We use the word god to talk about to talk about something but i think the problem is i a lot of people. Get kind of when they think problems. A lot of people can get into when when the the atheist christian dialogue about this is that usually like i look at the conversation that sam harris or look at any of those guys in kind of the the. There's like a great four horsemen of the apocalypse. Right there was docking hitchens harris and lawrence. Krauss i think guys..
The Bible Says What!?
"garrett" Discussed on The Bible Says What!?
"They special guest is returning guests. Garrett vandenburg welcome back to the show. It's could be back man. I'm happy to be chatting here again. Absolutely it's great having to back good seeing hope. Everything's been all right today. We just kind of want to start off with. Let's describe the the dvd that garrett believes it the deity that i believe. Well i mean so we. We use the word god to talk about to talk about something but i think the problem is i a lot of people. Get kind of when they think problems. A lot of people can get into when when the the atheist christian dialogue about this is that usually like i look at the conversation that sam harris or look at any of those guys in kind of the the. There's like a great four horsemen of the apocalypse. Right there was docking hitchens harris and lawrence. Krauss i think guys. It's always the case that the god that they're arguing doesn't exist doesn't exist like i usually agree with these guys when they disproved the existence of particular. God that's because they're they're quantifying a particular thing they're saying. Well you know if these are the features of our of god exactly then well that that's not real. Yeah there's there's something i mean. This this is a problem is a really philosophical problem though. Because as soon as i described the very specific features of you more me you can push that description to a limit and then you can say not see that that person you're talking about they don't really exist because you just described them wrong. That's that that there's there's a logical contradiction in what the way in thing you just described
Junior Golf Blueprint
"garrett" Discussed on Junior Golf Blueprint
"And i'm like i look over like this is like the third time like you played the wrong flag again and she's gypsy hits. You need screwed up so funny man the double greens got her pretty good. But that was that was interesting part because you can. I hit one hit and road. All the time. And i had like forty yards the pilot. I'm talking like. I got a full hip. Turn on that putter kit there. It was crazy but it's nuts. J. always refers regained focus a little bit the the college recruitment hustle. Right take brothers at ut martin. Obviously but we know that How much of factor that play. You wanted to go there Honestly not much of a factor at all. I mean you d morton is just. It's just where i would like to be. It's anything that i like to do is over there in. Ut martin no matter. It's just it was pretty those choice number one Yeah i mean. I'd say tape might have had a little factor just because i think we've never played together on a team. I thought it would be. That'd be awesome to play with my brother on the same college team. Sure and i mean that's the only factor i would say but so what was recruitment like then for you like like 'cause obviously pandemic was kind of going on but you know you still had your junior year before all of that. You know really kind of escalated but was recruitment. Like like who like you know. Lower school talking to you. What were you trying to like. What were some of the things that you were trying to valujet martin. Pretty much had checked all the boxes right but you know what was that whole experience like for you. Oh it was awesome. I mean just the have the like How do i say that had the like to be able to experience going different colleges in them like interesting like being arrested in me. I was just super cool. Well how many schools do you go. Check out. i went to three three to martin. Western kentucky and awesome fbi places. Rally was looking at really rally. Rally ended up western. Yeah and it was looking at austin. And i don't know if you've ever looked at martin or not. He looked at east tennessee. One the was looking at the other way but So so ut moderns leo won the bid for garrett dummies four year. Five year. stint in college. When you know when you go to morton. I've seen having your brother play there for the last four years. What are you know. Obviously you're going in there with a little bit of knowledge of who the coaches were. The teammates are your expectations. When you show up like what are you like. Where are you excited about. And whether you like not nervous but like most anxious about honestly from what. I've heard from tate what i'm probably most nervous about is the workouts but i'd say most anxious about being with a team that wants to get better. I know my team that i haven't high school wants to get better. But it's just having a level of determination and like going out to the course every single day and just having like a teammate. There with me. That'd be so awesome. That's what i'm ready for. And plus the guys that i see go to. Ut martin are like your friends like they want to hang out with you with you go eat with you do everything due to me like stuff..
Junior Golf Blueprint
"garrett" Discussed on Junior Golf Blueprint
"Yeah i played lights out a phenomenal. And like i was. I was captured them from everywhere and ruining a lot of people's bank accounts and it was awesome. But allie. i've had around over there. Like over seventy five. Like really yeah. It's big i. It's easy off the tee mahboob in most holes. There's a hard tee shots. The parties get the parties are are probably the most difficult part of the golf course. Yeah like the par-four for are very horrible. Yeah i mean they not Most of you can get home in two. I've even gotten home in two on seventeen a couple of times it was like yards if Like sixteen seventeen. Eighteen are strong yet engine holes to nowhere hidden. Wanna finish well sixties. Sixteen to thirty or two forty pro box offering. Yeah it's a solid three yard like it's into the wind and don't miss right that i'm contemplating through it but being i love i love that track and the the people that have always been good to me while showed up in. It's a i. Remember the first time i was out branston. Her walk right by me and i was like okay. What then i started. Hit me but If if you couldn't pick a course in tennessee would it be though where would you play well. I'd love to play augusta. Yeah that's that's the bucket list. Yeah yeah. I don't know if that will ever happen. But if you make a master's good yeah i like to play. I'd like to play at pebble beach. Yeah i'm gonna say this tongue in cheek. I know somebody's gonna like make a comment about this. But i was underwhelmed with pebble beach really. It's it's one hundred percent about where that golf courses located. Not how good that golf course. Actually oh yeah like an outside if you feel bad in a lot of agreement with it if you to pebble beach golf horse end just painted up and you dropped it. In keynes's it's mccabe and in their very small greens. But it's a very nonchalant level. Course now you tee off one and you feel like you're at brentwood country club dogleg right par four houses down the side and kind of like this is public beach You go to tuesday. Par-five xanthi houses on the left. And you're like okay. I guess this is not really the start alice. Thinking is going to be three. You come back you make this turn to the water your your next shot and you start to see the ocean your own. I start to get this now. You play four or five and you get to six the par-five right in in in it's like you get you get on the ocean and then you start to like. I now understand the allure of this golf course right yes. But it's a hundred percent because of you're up against cliffs the oceans their these winds insane. Like i mean it was stout into the face on seventeen when we hit that par-three just like you've brutal But yeah but but that was i mean. That's take away from. That will mean it's still an awesome. Experience is still like you know while. us open's replay there that and is very surprising to me like it's not long a couple long hold does not long ago it was. I was very surprised. We'll say that when. I was watching the golf tournament on like last night. When i was sitting there watching.
Junior Golf Blueprint
"garrett" Discussed on Junior Golf Blueprint
"For the people that aren't from here listening to the gulf by wilbert right in there is like a triangle death and that back nine at basically are like the hardest four holes that quite possibly ever yet because the fairways are super tight outta bounds. everywhere are water. you have this par-five that has a fifteen yard wide fairway the entire length of the fairway. There's no telling where it's gonna bounce when it hit. I mean it's like i've watched kids hit seven hundred off the tee box on that par-five just put it in play. Yeah and in. I've rarely seen kids at driver there and have success environment one. So you know. There's a four hole stress there that pretty much start after you make that eagle that you have to like survive you just get through that and is good and then obviously like you're saying the front line is where you can just go ballistic wide open. There's you can hit it. Three fairways over still hit the green. There's nothing stopping you so you get through the back and the leader in the front. What goes through your head next like you make the turn. What's going on well. I shopped to under on the back. And i was still two shots back. Which like you said you can go. Ballistic on the front nine. So i was like main destroy. Go for i mean i when lance i think lance shot three hundred front saw but i i still have hope because the back nine can get you no matter what is one. It's one swing away. Yup it's once way it's just not four-hole stretch yep but I mean. I didn't really think much about it because i was playing. I was playing good. So i couldn't really think about what lance was doing jackson. Whoever who is in front of me so right you're the and that's a very mature mentality..
Junior Golf Blueprint
"garrett" Discussed on Junior Golf Blueprint
"What's up junior. Golf blueprint fans apologized. I haven't content if you guys last couple of weeks it's been we'll have taken the walter household had the birth of our third son and we're also moving. Chaos says no. Excuse not have shows out. Can you guys on fridays. Apologize ahead of scheduled for you. Boys girls out there listening but we are back in action. I have a great interview day before merging golfers john. Easy martin this fall. Garrett chummy had a standout finished his high school career and cantagalo short at the very end of the season. But it's a good story to talk about here today and make sure that it if you're listening to the show that you're supporting the show. Buzz driving leave us a review and it all social media at not walter. Pj and let them know that you're listening and what you like what you wanna hear if you have a story if you know somebody that wants to be on the show. I'm semi message. Won't get them out. Here get among shows talking about how we can best get you guys the finish line of play high school college professional golf. Whatever that is for you guys. So without further the let's get into the show with garrick and listened to his junior golf story as he heads to. Ut martin jomon today on the podcast we got my man garrett big sexy generally. I've coaching you for what about almost three years now And gary came to me. I get in. We've talked about before. But you're like the perfect scenario of lesson for me because you showed up..
Junior Golf Blueprint
"garrett" Discussed on Junior Golf Blueprint
"What's up junior. Golf blueprint fans apologized. I haven't content if you guys last couple weeks it's been we'll have taken the walter household the birth of our third son and we're also moving. Chaos says no. Excuse not have shows out. Can you guys on fridays. Apologize ahead of scheduled for you. Boys girls out there listening but we are back in action. I have a great interview day before merging golfers john martin. This fall gear chummy. Had a standout finished his high school career and canada below short at the very end of the season. But it's a good story to talk about here today and make sure that it if you're listening to the show that you're supporting the show bus describing leave us a review and it all social media at that walter. Pj to let them know that you're listening and what you like what you wanna hear if you have a story or if you know somebody that wants to be on the show. I'm semi message. Won't get them out. Here get among shows talking about how we can best get you guys to the finish line of play high school college professional golf. Whatever that is for you guys so without further ado. Let's get into the show with garrick and listened to his junior golf story as he heads to. Ut martin jomon.
Culinary School Stories
"garrett" Discussed on Culinary School Stories
"I put those in the show notes as well okay websites. Ww dot shift ash dot com. I also have a youtube block beyond a plate on. It's kinda just informing informative in educational blog for novice young chefs to get started. Just doing things like vinograd in how to cook the fruits and vegetables things like that and stuff that ellen connor school right So that's awesome my website if you like to that out on my social media. Instagram is a am dot garrett's This am daycare assigns. Game linked in ashton Facebook also at him. Good so i can give you follow. I'm is back. I really appreciated Yes that's us. We can find awesome great. So what's next for you. Where do you see yourself going. What's your plans were year from now. Five years from now long-term did mention. You want to open up a restaurant. What is your path right now on this. I said you know with kobe. Through a monkey wrench as the day the entire industry with that. But you know we're resilient you know what we're gonna we're gonna come back archer than than ever before. It's gonna be a great training for industry but as of right now is just continue to build my brand contain building other wealth of knowledge that i'm doing Just just being with different ops needs a learning. I would like to get into the michelin. You know level on the cook there will. It's brought us something more more internal on just some different chess wherever that that might be. I'm not. I'm not too certain i would love to you know. Go back to italy and probably cook over this more. But i understand you know. I'll be competing in the a sixty year. Here in august. That will be held in orlando florida. I i'm proud to announce that also the i was appointed to be the acs national young chefs club president. So that's been a tremendous opportunity for me thus far and we just continue to bill. So but five years chef Be molding my mockery past continuing to learn to tune in to grow..
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"garrett" Discussed on Culinary School Stories
"Mcdonalds burger king. Whatever the case may be get into the industry. Understand the raiders. Understand the the vocabulary. That's being used understand. Language understanding time the discipline that it takes to become a cook in eventually commerce chess Learn the ins and outs of the business as much as you can only way to do that is to dive into a like. I said my first job was a deep cleaner on Taught me to be extremely humility. Humility is In understanding of a certain level of discipline it takes to become an ultimate chef. And i'm very fortunate Aware works you. Who taught me those things. Tommy was aspects. And you know it's very frustrating very difficult. It's very hard on but you want to find out what you wanna do. You know connor school for me on. It celebrated in opened up a different perspective for diversity inclusion on. I think i would not be the chef. I am today with all school. I think that you know some of the opportunities might have come with. Maybe not as quickly on because of that and often a which you wanna do. I think for certain experiences certain Job outlook certain obligations. If you wanna be be in healthcare definitely wanna go to call at school because now you're dealing with dietary nutritional on you know you need to learn how to costing At would you always do. Learning with may not be as quickly you know if you wanna do private shutting You see a lot of that. Nowadays chef Somebody by the home cooking the things for for dinner in turning five sesto icee. Tha that really. Just figure out what you niches. You know if you wanna go to school in a different experience for me. It gave me my friends. You know you hear that a lot. A you get a social platform. He gave you a things like that. But more than that It taught me how to be an individual outside. The colony is more than that. I had to define myself as ashton geared and only we can do that was to get out and do something different A home an environment. That was foreign to me and allow me to grow within myself. So if you're okay with where you are and you just want to build up rings and move up the ranks absolutely you know but if you want a different experience if you wanna learn different things you know if you wanna move. Forward is corner school You know necessary to be a great shift absolutely not you know. Is it a leg up. Sure you just need. Eat apples oranges for that. Yeah it's personal. Everyone's gotta make that decision based on their situation and their goals go. So you talked about diversity..
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"garrett" Discussed on Culinary School Stories
"Tv show and so without further delay is my pleasure. Introduce today's guest chef at garrett ashton welcome to the show and he says rather be here. Thank you all right. I know we got a lot to talk about. So let's start right at the beginning. Which in your case was super young. I was reading your bio and you say that cooking was been part of your life since you were three years old tell us about that i s s so kind of just got my start early one scared the heck out of my parents like seeing a kid started early with effectuation for cooking so I used to do it all you know. I still pots and pans and play with them. You know and just do different things in my mom had to strap some Some bells to my shoes throughout the house of nowhere. I was 'cause. I always you know with a mischievous beginning. The different things like that. So i'm kind of start. You know easy bake oven straight out to the game on my father got. My parents got me that for christmas and baked desserts. One day it was just an ordinary experience watching the batter transform. You know throughout the of indian You know creating the slender roma's That was like on the early onset. My my favorite Aspect of culinary getting involved in cooking from their call name place set. You know. I'm making fake banking flipping fake pancakes cash register. You know i would Play with play with it for hours on end while my brother and my friends are outside playing in the yard like regular kids. Do you know. I'm in the in the house flipping measure pancakes Bacon so mean yeah just kinda started I honestly can't tell you where they all came from just came together on it was just a passion and purpose in being in the kitchen makes you know. It's a safety net amiss. Where i feel most comfortable on even on a professional level in. You know it's always been something. I've just dove into and and for the last Let's see Twenty years now. It's been you know a place where it's always been like okay. That's actions geared. Sound so kind of the early on story in your cooking up with my mother in the kitchen cooking with my father. King my grandparents in the kitchen family reunions family events. You know all of that on the early onset has just been tremendous awesome now. Can we how that materialized. Drought your high school years. Did you participate in highschool. Did you belong to clubs. Did you cook right and did you have a job. Yeah absolutely While i was in middle school. I kind of went through on my parents. Roman some call classes on. So i went to a vocational calling on our school. Specializes in culinary so This is a school heading a high school so we will just work small things how to make spaghetti primavera or on. I remember working peanut brittle and making beautiful the very first time. How interesting an austin. That was You know how to learn how to measure recipes undeveloped recipes so annella so one or two days out the week and then when i got high school we had a vocational program program offer prospective students who want to be in the call industry in making a career and that kind of molded you for that next transition whether it's of occasional culinary school johnson. We'll see i a scoffield. Wanna go out to the industry. At least you have that knowledge. I'm from narrative Certification and if you wanted to you know we are also had a cfc certifications as well so that was kind of like you know like high school transition. My first ever job was. I was a sophomore owner. Save fifteen sixteen years old..