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The Eric Metaxas Show
A highlight from Pesach Wolicki
"Ladies and gentlemen, are you ready to listen to a man of grace, sophistication, integrity, and whimsy? Well, so are we. But until such a man shows up, please welcome Eric Metaxas. Folks, welcome to the program. It is Monday. Everyone is talking about Israel, and that says it should be, and we wanted to bring somebody in who could help us understand the situation better. We have highly recommended to us by many friends, Rabbi Pesach Wolicki. He is the director of Israel365action .com, cohost of the Shoulder to Shoulder podcast. He's been a columnist for the Jerusalem Post, Times of Israel. Rabbi Pesach Wolicki, welcome. Thank you very much, Eric. Thank you for having me on. It's a pleasure. Tell me what's the first thing we should talk about. I got a report—I didn't want to forget—that I don't know if the Red Cross has gone woke or what, but my instinct would be never to give them a dime again ever because of the way they've been behaving. Am I mistaken there? You're not mistaken at all. The Red Cross has never paid any attention, positively, that is, to any casualties in Israel, and it's not just in this war, but for many years. The Red Cross doesn't care one whit about Jews who are in danger, and they have stayed true to form in this war. That's shocking. Most people don't know that. That's why I wanted to lead with that, because when I understood this, I thought to myself, wow, OK. So the rot is everywhere. Legacy Media, every college with a name you'd recognize, they've all gone to hell. They've all been infected with the woke mind virus, and they can be pretty much expected, guaranteed, to come out on the wrong side of these things. So now we know that the Red Cross, which we would think of as a good organization, as a neutral organization that just cares about human beings and suffering, that we should not be giving them our money. We should not be giving them a cent. Look, the Red Cross, like I said, during the years that Gilad Shalit, the Israeli soldier who was held captive for many years by Hamas, was being held, they did nothing about trying to find out how he was doing or to get information to his family, and that is their mandate by the international community. The mandate of the Red Cross is to look after hostages in time of war, to look after prisoners of war, to see how they're doing. At the beginning of this conflict, they claimed that they weren't operating in the Gaza Strip and couldn't get access, which we knew was a lie because we knew that they were operating there and they even put out other statements about what they were seeing on the ground, which showed that they were active in the Gaza Strip. They've been collaborating with their enemies for a long time. But that's no, look, that's no, that's nothing new. You mentioned about the college campuses and about what's going on in the, on the left and in the progressive world, we're seeing something unique and new. A lot of people are comparing this to the Nazis, but it's something new, Eric. And that is this strange marriage between the progressive atheist left and Islamic fundamentalists, which on the face of it looks kind of absurd. And we've all seen the memes like queers for Palestine and all that. But I think as people of faith, we have to have a clarity that there's something very fundamental that these two groups, again, that seem like they have nothing in common, atheist, progressives and Muslim fundamentalists. But there's something very basic that they have in common. And that is an absolute hatred and loathing for the God of the Bible, the text of the Bible and the beliefs of those people who believe in the Bible. They both share that they share. They possibly share it for different reasons. But they've also they've obviously unified around that shared hatred for biblical faith and biblical values in this conflict. I mean, look, we've been seeing this for quite some time, that the the radical left does not denounce the way radical Muslims treat women, for example. Not one word on their the way they treat gays. In other words, they are they are the very different definition, radical Muslims of this caricature that the secular left has created of, you know, mostly serious Christians in America, which is it's obviously untrue to anyone who knows the Christians. But it is, in fact, true of the radical Muslims. And and we know this. I mean, we haven't talked about it much on this program, but we know that the left will not criticize them for stoning women, for the Taliban beating women, for causing women across the Middle East to dress as they force them to dress. I mean, it is it is out of the fevered nightmare of the left with regard to, you know, what they think of as evangelical Christians or right wing Christians. They imagine it. They talk about the Handmaid's Tale, all of this kind of stuff. But this is actually true. This is actually the reality for women throughout the Middle East. And the secular left clearly doesn't care about those women. But they don't only not care about women, they they don't care about gays, all the things they claim to care about, which who are hated by the Muslim fundamentalists. But, you know, this you raise an interesting point about the fact that this is who they're in bed with. They're in bed with each other. And again, I think the only explanation I have for it is that they share an enemy and the enemy is Christians, the enemy is Jews. Look, they they spread this canard that there's that Muslims in America need to be protected from discriminatory violence. Now, when has there ever been can someone please show me a headline, someone please show me an event where Muslims were attacked by Christians in the United States of America? Any any time that I could even think of it, I'm struggling to think of anything. And yet when Joe Biden gave that beautiful speech on behalf of Israel, when he didn't even mention Iran once in the early days of the war, he he in that speech, I don't know, a lot of people didn't notice it. He spoke out about how there's no room for hate. There's no room for acts of violence or hatred in America. And then he said not against Muslims and not against Jews. And he didn't mention anything about Christians. There is a loathing of Christianity on the left that I think informs a lot of their behavior and their loathing of Christianity and their loathing of Judaism and their loathing of the Jewish state, Jewish state, which which is a fulfillment of biblical prophecy. It recognizes the fact that the Jewish people today are the same Jewish people as the Jewish people of the Bible. We have an unbroken chain of our heredity and tradition. We know exactly who we are. The idea that this nation would return from exile after thousands of years and be reconstituted as a nation in our land in fulfillment of biblical prophecy is something that they are terrified of because it testifies to the truth of God and the truth of the Bible. And if they accept that reality, they have a lot of explaining to do. Well, that's very well put. It is an amazing thing. I don't know if you're aware, I wrote a big biography of Dietrich Bonhoeffer, a German pastor. OK, well, he spoke out against the Nazis and against anti -Semitism and he spoke out for the Jews. And I was thinking recently that what? The I mean, we have to understand and I want my audience to understand this. There are people who are genuinely confused. There are people there were people in Germany when you told them about the death camps or what's being done to the Jews, they really believed this is Jewish propaganda. This is not true. They genuinely believed it was not true. And so Gebel's, of course, used this idea of it's Jewish propaganda, Jewish propaganda, that's Jewish propaganda. Recently. We're seeing exactly the same thing when you talk about the atrocities done by Hamas, when you talk about any of these things, they're saying it's Israeli propaganda. It's not true. And I want to be clear, there are people on the left marching, you know, the pro Palestinian marches stuff. We have to understand they actually believe that this is nonsense, which is what gives them the ability to tear down posters, whatever they think it's garbage. And I and I think we have to understand where they're coming from. They they have bought the lie that this is propaganda. And if it were propaganda, nobody would care more about that than I would. In other words, I don't want I don't want to be, you know, played by anybody. And and and so this is part of the problem is knowing what is real and what is not real. We come back. We're talking to Rabbi Pesach Wolicki. We'll be right back. Folks, have I told you about Moink, M -O -I -N -K. That's moo plus oink. I get all our meat and our salmon from them. M -O -I -N -K Moink delivers grass fed and grass finished beef and lamb, pastured pork and chicken, sustainable wild caught salmon straight to your door. There is so much that I want to say to you about Moink. I don't know. I could tell you one thing. Shark Tank host Kevin O 'Leary, Mr. Wonderful, said Moink's bacon is the best bacon he's ever tasted. They are people who really firmly believe in the family farm. Some of you know, I've mentioned this 60 percent of U .S. pork production comes from one company owned by the Chinese. I don't need to say any more. 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The Charlie Kirk Show
A highlight from Jim Jordan and the Revenge of the RINOs
"Cable news, noisy, boring, out of touch. That's why Salem News Channel is different. We keep you in the know. Streaming 24 -7 for free. Home to the greatest collection of conservative voices like Dennis Prager, Jay Sekulow, Mike Gallagher, and more. Salem News Channel is unfiltered and unapologetic. Like, watch anytime, on any screen at snc .tv and local now channel 525. Hey everybody, it's in the Charlie Kirk show. The Speaker of the House race continues. It is a mess. It is a mess right now. Email us as always freedom at charliekirk .com. We also assess Sidney Powell and the continuing Republican, really a civil conflict or civil war that is occurring right now. Email us as always freedom at charliekirk .com. That's freedom at charliekirk .com. Subscribe to our podcast by opening up your podcast application and typing in Charlie Kirk show. Become a member charliekirk .com and click on the members tab. That's charliekirk .com and click on the members tab. As always, you can email us freedom at charliekirk .com. That's freedom at charliekirk .com. It means a lot when you contact us. We appreciate it and become a member charliekirk .com and click on the members tab. Buckle up everybody. Here we go. Charlie, what you've done is incredible here. Maybe Charlie Kirk is on the college campuses. I want you to know we are lucky to have Charlie Kirk. Charlie Kirk's running the White House folks. I want to thank Charlie. He's an incredible guy. His spirit, his love of this country. He's done an amazing job building one of the most powerful youth organizations ever created. Turning Point USA. We will not embrace the ideas that have destroyed countries, destroyed lives, and we are going to fight for freedom on campuses across the country. That's why we are here. Brought to you by the loan experts I trust. Andrew and Todd at Sierra Pacific Mortgage at andrewandtodd .com. The House of Representatives does not have a speaker and says very clearly in the United States Constitution, the House of Representatives shall choose their speaker and other officers and shall have the sole power of impeachment. But right now there is no speaker of the House. Jim Jordan has effectively withdrawn from the speaker's race. We warned you on this program, the moderates were going to dig in. The moderates were going to try to hold the line and they have. The moderates want nothing to do with a conservative speaker. This is them executing their revenge from what happened with Motion to Vacate. It is a tit for tat back and forth. And I could tell you talking to the grassroots, talking to donors. I've had a lot of donor meetings this last week. Really amazing grassroots donors, really amazing people. There's some great donors out there that really love the country. They are so upset with the Republican Party. They are so over this clown show, this circus. The fact that you vacate the chair and then you have no plan to replace it. You can't have Jim. You cannot even get Jim Jordan to become speaker. It is widespread dysfunction. And the grassroots agrees. Talking everyday grassroots warriors. Let me read this one email and I understand. I understand that these emails can be more passion than actual reality. But I mean, I'll just read this one. Frank says, Charlie, the Republican Party is dead to me. We'll never vote for any of them again. OK, I hope you're wrong, but I understand the passion, the sentiment. I hope you change your mind. But what am I supposed to say? Yeah. Vote for Republicans, because if you give them power, what are they going to do? It's not exactly making the best sales pitch. So now there's new headlines that Jim Jordan has basically backed out. Jim Jordan will not pursue a third vote for speaker. That's too bad. And I'd like to see him continue to push this fight forward, but you can't blame him. I mean, only he knows the intensity and the things being thrown at him. So Jim Jordan is a great American. Jim Jordan is a true conservative. We've been pushing him this entire time. But 20 moderates want to try to get in the way to prevent Jim Jordan from becoming speaker. Now, there's bipartisan support, NBC News says. For McHenry Patrick to become temporary House speaker. Hold on a second, bipartisan support. That's a bad, bad headline, everybody. Wait, did we win the House or did we not win the House? We are effectively destroying our House majority because we cannot select a speaker. We warned about this back in January. We've warned about this last week. And I'm sad to say that if Patrick McHenry becomes temporary House speaker, it empowers the Democrats. This is worse than business as usual. The Democrats did not have any power this this last summer. You could say what you want about how you didn't like Kevin McCarthy and you didn't like the C .R. and the debt ceiling. I can resonate with that. But we had real committees on weaponization of government. We had real stuff going on Biden. So we asked, what was the plan? What was the plan? What was the plan? What was the plan? What was the plan? People said, well, just trust the process. Here we are trusting the process. And if Patrick McHenry is getting bipartisan support, that makes me not want to support him. We want a Republican speaker of the House, not a bipartisan speaker of the House. Big difference. We voted for a Republican majority. Notice that impeachment of Biden is gone. By the way, Biden's numbers are going to probably go up five to 10 points in the next week or two, not because he deserves it, but because you do a foreign visit and there's war and all that. It's it's one of the iron laws of politics is when a foreign leader goes abroad in a time of crisis, numbers go up. So we rolled the dice. We did motion to vacate. And some of you are going to say, you know, McKevin McCarthy totally deserved it. Hard to disagree on the C .R. and the debt ceiling stuff. When you spend two trillion dollars that you do not have in the border remains wide open. Jack Smith is unchecked. We're spending money Ukraine. I'm not going to defend that. Bipartisan means concessions. Because we cannot get our act together, because the Republican Party cannot get behind a single speaker, Jim Jordan or otherwise, if it ends up happening that Patrick McHenry becomes speaker of the House and bipartisan support unites behind it, you will have effectively neutered the Republican Congress. Pramila Jalapal, Jayapal, who is left of Joseph Stalin, has come out and said, quote, I'm waiting to see what the assurances are about power sharing. The chairman of the Progressive Caucus, your Republican Congress is going to have to now do power sharing with progressive Democrats. If this ends up happening and if I'm not going to say it is a guarantee, it is as if another election happened, breaking news, CNN Republicans lose House majority. Quote, what do we have to ensure? What happens here reflects the fact that the Democrats are essentially governing this body. You might have won the House of Representatives at the ballot box. But then you lose it because you can't select the speaker. So this is happening in real time. And Jim Jordan has backed out and some of you are very angry that, you know, Jim Jordan is, you know, this one here. Why is Jim Jordan turning into a fluff? Thought he was a fighter. What is going on? Look, you can't blame him. I understand you're angry and all this, but the 20 moderates are not moving. They're not budging, guys. This is the same problem that we illustrated when we said maybe Kevin McCarthy is not as bad as you think he is. And I will say this. The complaints against Kevin McCarthy, totally legit. Fine. C .R. debt ceiling. I don't like that stuff. But Kevin McCarthy would be and still to this day would be a better speaker. Then a bipartisan coalition government, that is a fact, that's a fact, power sharing coalition government, which is now not something that is being remotely entertained. By the way, we've been attacked on this program by people. Charlie, you're fear mongering. Not going to happen. I'm not going to say it's a guarantee, but it's about a 50 50 shot that there's a power sharing agreement at this point to share power with Pramila Jayapal. By the way, the Democrats, they're so smart. Nancy Pelosi told Kevin McCarthy, I'll always have your back. She's a liar, obviously. Kevin McCarthy gets the motion to vacate all the Democrats. The order came down from the Democrats. Do not bail out Kevin McCarthy. And Democrats said, huh? The Republicans don't have a plan. We might be able to take over the House. The Democrats said, hey, what do we have to lose? We just we just have to sit in our chair through another round of voting and yell. Jeffries, Jeffries for another hour. OK, so the Democrats, like good Stalinists, listen to the Politburo, got the order from on high and they said, OK, let's get rid McCarthy. Let's roll the dice. And now they might actually have won. The Democrats might have taken over the House majority without an election. The American people gave the Republicans a majority and the Democrats very well might take it over because of our dysfunction. Now, it's important to note, if something happened to Biden and Kamala, presidency could only be a person with the true title of speaker, not speaker pro tem or acting speaker. So if McEnany or anyone else is sitting in the speaker's chair as anything other than the true speaker elected by a roll call vote of the House, then after Biden, Harris, the president pro tem of the Senate, and then it would go to Anthony Blinken. Anthony Blinken, Lord help us all. And there's a lot of frustration coming in here. Freedom at Charlie Kirk dot com. And people say, well, Charlie, what is the plan? Honestly, that's not for me to answer. I'm not the one that has been calling for this stuff. I'm in the one that's actually been and I've received a fair amount of hostility from people, a fair amount of hostility to people. And that's fine. I appreciate it. I appreciate it. You guys were blooding me up and send tell me to go to bad places, Gehenna, which is Hebrew for help, because I was a little bit cautious, which is against some of my wiring, which is like, guys, hold on. Let's be careful. Some of you are saying, Charlie, give the Democrats the majority. We never had a majority. Pull the mask off and let's move on. Yeah, I think that's very irresponsible. That's not a good idea. A source familiar told The Daily Caller that, quote, Jordan will continue to run and try to shore up votes until then remain speaker designee, not dropping out McHenry temporary till January. Republicans are not exactly making the best case to give us more political power. What do you think about the Jim Jordan, Kevin McCarthy motion to vacate all of this together? Are you pleased with how the last two and a half weeks have gone? Do you think this is the best use of a precious majority? The only thing in government we control. Have you been thrilled post motion to vacate? Email me. Freedom at Charlie Kirk. Dot com. Hey, everybody, Charlie Kirk here every Halloween, you hear about the dangers in the candy your kids will get. But this year, the real tricks are in the meat aisle. Good ranchers wants to take the trick out of your meat, and they're throwing in a treat for my listeners. Lab grown meat is growing more and more popular. 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OK, I think I have to do a better job of explaining this because we're receiving a lot of emails of people confused, saying, Charlie, what do you mean? We could lose the majority. OK, so let me do a better job of kind of articulating this. So you have four hundred and thirty five, right, like 435, 435 members of the United States House of Representatives voting members. You have some people from Guam or the Virgin Islands that aren't voting members that can sit on committees. OK, there are four hundred and thirty five people in the United States Congress and they come together and obviously divided by party. And so one party has more members than the other Republicans. I think right now of two twenty one to twenty to twenty one, right, depending on who's sick or who's in the hospital. Not a joke. You know, when you have to twenty one, it's tough to organize right to twenty to twenty one. So your margin gets to twenty one. Thank you. And Democrats have to twelve and then there's two vacant seats. And so it goes up and down and up and down. It's tough. And they don't allow remote voting. Thankfully, they shouldn't for voting for speaker. So you have to be there in person. So when you have a majority to twenty one and the bad guys have a minority, you should be able to say, hey, that the magic number, whoever can get two hundred and seventeen votes, then you become speaker of the House. You have a majority. You control committees, legislative agenda, all that stuff. So but if part of your party, part of the two twenty one decide to go in a line with the two twelve of the Democrats, which only takes five to five, Republicans could hand the majority over to Democrats and they might.
The Crypto Overnighter
A highlight from 699:Warrens Bill, Chinas Mining Ops & SEC on Grayscale
"Good evening, and welcome to The Crypto Overnight. I'm Nick Ademus, and I will be your host as we take a look at the latest cryptocurrency news and analysis. So sit back, relax, and let's get started. And remember, none of this is financial advice. And it's 10 p .m. Pacific on Saturday, October 14th, 2023. Welcome back to The Crypto Overnight, where we have no sponsors, no hidden agendas, and no BS. But we do have the news, so let's talk about that. Tonight, we'll be diving into the legislative halls of the U .S. Senate, peeking behind the courtroom doors, and even taking a luxurious ride with Ferrari, all while exploring how the crypto landscape is evolving in response to these pivotal events. Buckle up, and let's get started. In a recent development that's stirring the legislative waters, the ties between the militant group Hamas and cryptocurrency have been a focal point in the U .S. Senate. This connection is lending significant energy to Elizabeth Warren's money laundering bill, which aims to tighten the noose around illicit financial activities involving cryptocurrencies. The allegations of Hamas utilizing cryptocurrency to fuel their operations have reignited concerns among U .S. lawmakers about the dark side of digital assets. This shadowy linkage is serving as a catalyst for Senator Warren's bill, which is now gaining traction in the Senate. This bill is seen as a crucial step towards bringing a semblance of regulation to the Wild West of cryptocurrency. In theory, it's designed to stem the tide of money laundering activities by enhancing the oversight on transactions carried out through digital assets. By doing so, it aims to strip away the veil of anonymity that currently shrouds the crypto realm, which has served as a fertile ground for illicit financial activities. However, the exact nature and extent of Hamas involvement with cryptocurrency remains shrouded in ambiguity. While the allegations have brought this issue to the forefront of legislative discussions, there's still a significant lack of concrete evidence linking Hamas to crypto -based financial activities directed at Israel or any other entities. This speculative nature of these allegations only adds fuel to the fire of the ongoing debate on cryptocurrency regulation in the U .S. This situation underscores the delicate balance between innovation and regulation. On one hand, cryptocurrency holds the promise of financial freedom and decentralization, ideals that resonate strongly with a large part of the global population. On the other hand, the potential misuse of these digital assets for nefarious purposes poses a serious threat that lawmakers are keen to address. Senator Warren's bill is a flat -out overreach. Full stop. It's a move that will stifle the innovation and financial freedom promised by cryptocurrencies. The recent developments surrounding the alleged crypto funding of Hamas have undoubtedly nudged this regulatory needle towards a tighter grip on digital assets. Senator Warren's bill symbolizes the growing concern among lawmakers about the potential misuse of cryptocurrencies for sinister purposes. The incident also serves as a stark reminder to the crypto industry about the uphill battle it faces in the quest for mainstream acceptance, especially when adverse events like this bring to light crypto's darker potential. Alright, that wraps up our deep dive into the legislative halls of the U .S. Senate and the dark corners where crypto and terrorism converge. If you're concerned about the impact of this news on your digital assets, you're going to want to stick around. Up next, we have a geopolitical thriller in the crypto mining world. Chinese bitcoin mines are springing up close to sensitive U .S. locations. It's a story that's sure to make you rethink the notion of friendly neighbors. And hey, if you haven't yet, do click that subscribe button and The emergence of Chinese bitcoin mines on U .S. soil has been stirring the waters of national security, igniting a discourse that extends far beyond the crypto realm. This scrutiny comes as some of these mining operations have been found to have ties with the Chinese Communist Party raising eyebrows over the proximity to critical U .S. infrastructure. One particular operation located next to a Microsoft data center that supports the Pentagon and an Air Force nuclear missile base in Cheyenne, in a note to a U .S. government committee, articulated the potential risk stating that the locations could provide advantage point for the Chinese to pursue intelligence operations. Although there haven't been direct indications of malicious activities, the scenario paints a picture of potential threat vectors stemming from the computing power of an industrial level crypto mining operation, especially with an unidentified number of Chinese nationals in close vicinity to strategic U .S. installations. Bit Origin is the company linked to the Cheyenne mine. They transitioned from a pork processing facility to a crypto data center. That's quite the renovation. The choice of location was reportedly influenced by an agreement with local utility providers, not the proximity to the Microsoft data center or the missile base. The ripple effect of China's 2021 bitcoin mining ban is evident. Many Chinese companies redirected their operations to U .S., especially to crypto -friendly states like Texas and Wyoming. The landscape shift also unveiled a complex web of connections with some operations having tied to state -owned entities concealed behind layers of shell companies. For instance, YZY Capital Holdings, controlled by a Chinese businessman and Communist Party member, acquired land near the Microsoft data center for bitcoin mining. Despite legislation like Texas' Lone Star Infrastructure Protection Act, which is infrastructure by businesses owned by foreign adversaries, the lucrative state incentives have kept the Chinese -tied bitcoin mining operations afloat. This situation unveils a gray area, where the operations, although legal, could place enormous stress on the grid and could be used in concert to wreak havoc. The narrative aligns with the broader geopolitical tension. The Office of the Director of National Intelligence warned that in the face of a major conflict, China could consider aggressive cyber operations against U .S. critical infrastructure. The extensive use of bitcoin mining machines from Bitmain highlights the dynamics at play. Bitmain is a dominant Chinese manufacturer with no direct government ties. That said, some exports were channeled through a subsidiary. That subsidiary listed its address as a Communist Party guest house. So that shows how things can become entangled. The lens through which the U .S. perceives the Chinese mining operations on its soil is tinted with national security concerns, underlining the broader implications of the crypto industry in geopolitical theater. The growing presence of Chinese bitcoin mines on American soil delineates a broader narrative of geopolitical maneuvering in the crypto mining landscape. The situation shows how real -world geopolitical frictions are testing the decentralization ethos of cryptocurrencies. Chinese mining operations, especially those with ties to the CCP, pose substantial security risks. Moreover, the situation also casts a spotlight on the regulatory gray areas surrounding cryptocurrency operations within the U .S., provoking a potential re -evaluation of legislative frameworks to better safeguard national interests. Furthermore, this underscores the ripple effects of China's stringent anti -crypto stance. As Chinese mining operations seek more lenient shores, the U .S. has become a significant player in the global crypto mining landscape. This transition also embodies a subtle, yet significant power shift in the global crypto economic framework, pivoting the access of crypto mining power from east to west. The dynamics also beg the question of how the U .S. will navigate the fine line of fostering a conducive environment for crypto innovation while mitigating the attendant national security risks. From geopolitical tensions to regulatory roller coasters, the SEC has dropped a bombshell, or rather opted not to. They've decided against appealing a court ruling in favor of Grayscale's Bitcoin ETF. What does this mean for crypto's mainstream acceptance? Stay tuned to find out. But since you're still here, give us a thumbs up and make sure you're following us for more analysis. The unfolding situation surrounding the Grayscale Bitcoin exchange -traded fund has taken an intriguing turn as the Securities Exchange Commission decided against filing a last -minute appeal to challenge an August court ruling, consequently advancing the likelihood of crypto asset manager Grayscale launching a Bitcoin ETF. This step by the SEC, although not cementing the approval of Grayscale's application, surely signifies a perceptible shift in the regulatory dynamics. The crux of the matter dates back to when Grayscale sought convert its Bitcoin trust into a spot Bitcoin ETF, a proposal initially turned down by the SEC. This rejection led to a legal contest, culminating in an August verdict by a federal appeals court. The court deemed the SEC's disapproval as arbitrary and capricious, pointing out an inconsistency where the SEC had previously cleared Bitcoin futures ETFs for trading, yet opposed the spot ETFs proposed by Grayscale. This ruling nudged the SEC to revisit its stance on Grayscale's application. The window for the SEC to appeal the court's decision was ticking away towards a midnight deadline. However, as the deadline approached, the SEC chose not to contest the court's ruling. This does not automatically tip the scale in favor of Grayscale, but it amplifies the optimism within the crypto industry about the eventual nod for a spot Bitcoin ETF. This development sent a modest ripple through the Bitcoin market as well, as its price experienced a minor surge of roughly 1 .3 % in the moments following the news. A source familiar with the matter indicated that the SEC made the decision ahead of the deadline. SEC Chair Gary Gensler, earlier in the day, chose to remain silent about a potential appeal, declining to comment when asked about it during a press conference. Jennifer Shulp, the director of financial regulation studies at the Cato Institute, emphasized that while the decision by the SEC is a step towards the potential approval, it is not a guarantee. The road towards approval could still encounter legal snags as the SEC could re -review and possibly deny the application on different grounds, potentially igniting another round of legal tug -of -war. The SEC's non -appeal may be indicative of changing tides in the regulatory landscape, changes that could possibly herald a new era of acceptance and recognition of cryptocurrency -based investment vehicles such as ETFs. This move, or lack thereof, by the SEC can be interpreted as a subtle nod to the legitimacy of Grayscale's ambitions, reflecting a potentially more open, or at least less adversarial, regulatory stance towards innovative crypto -based financial products. Gensler has been under pressure by members of Congress to start approving these things. That likely has heavily contributed to this non -action. Moreover, the SEC's silence could be seen as a tacit acknowledgement of the growing influence and acceptance of cryptocurrencies and related financial products within the mainstream financial ecosystem. It's a significant step that not only bodes well for Grayscale, but also sends a positive signal to other firms that might be eyeing similar ventures. While this development is a positive stride, it is essential to note that the road to a Grayscale spot Bitcoin ETF is not entirely clear. The SEC could re -review and deny the application on different grounds, starting the as a breath of fresh air in a heavily regulated and often unpredictable market. It offers a glimmer of hope for Grayscale and the broader crypto community that has long awaited such progressive regulatory measures. Now, who needs a weatherman when you've got the SEC and Coinbase? The regulatory forecast is cloudy, their relationship is stormy, and the SEC is demanding clarity. Up next, we delve into Coinbase's legal push for a clearer stance from the SEC on crypto regulations. If you're new here, you know what to do. Hit that subscribe button and ring the bell to stay in the loop.
RADCast Outdoors
A highlight from Wives Takeover Special: Crystal & Krista in the Drivers Seat
"Fish on! Hey, Radcast is on! And welcome to the show, Mr. Jim Zumbo. Gentlemen, I am pleased to be here and I use that term loosely when I say gentlemen. Al Winder. Just want to welcome you to the show. Thanks for taking time out of your busy schedule to hang out with us on a podcast for a little bit. I am looking forward to it. Nothing makes me happier than to be clocking the box. Hailing from Wisconsin, Janna Waller. Thanks so much for having me. It's Radcast. Hunting, fishing, and everything in between. Powered by Bowspider. Brought to you by PK Lures and High Mountain Seasonings. And now here's your hosts, Patrick Edwards and David Merrill. Today is a very special episode of Radcast Outdoors because we've kicked the guys out of the studio. We are the wives of the Radcast Outdoors hosts. I am Crystal Merrill. And I'm Krista Edwards. And we are here because we're going to talk about what it's like to be married to someone who is quite literally obsessed with the great outdoors. So the guys are definitely in trouble. Yeah, that's right. We are going to have a good time. We're good. We kicked them out. No boys allowed. And just dive into what it's like to be married and have kids with an outdoors enthusiast. That's obsessed. Yeah. As we know, our husbands love hunting and fishing. David is a hunter and Patrick is a little bit more of a fisherman. So tell me about your experience in the outdoors, Krista. So I was raised down in Cheyenne, Wyoming, and I was my dad's fishing buddy as a kid. We would go fishing just at the lakes that are close by. So the Curt Gowdy State Park lakes, he would take us trout fishing. And then as I got a little older, we would go camping with my grandparents on their pop -up camper trailer. I love doing that. My grandpa, I remember, took us to Hog Park and the Miracle Mile and we got to do some fishing there. I've always liked being outside. I've never been an enthusiast of any sorts or anything, but I've always enjoyed being outside hunting, just outdoor recreational activities as well. How about you? I have the same experience as a kid. I was immersed in the outdoors. My dad was a trapper and a hunter and a little bit of a fish or two. There's a picture that exists of me in a diaper standing in front of a bunch of skinned raccoons in Oregon. That does exist. But when I was a teenager, shot my first black tail deer in Oregon, which is where I grew up. And then in 2009, my dad invited me over here to Wyoming, which is now where I live and love, to an antelope hunt out here in the middle of near Riverton, Wyoming. We got a nice antelope. My husband and I, David, we both shot antelope that time. And then we decided to go explore our lives and travel around a little bit. But eventually we did end up back here in Wyoming. Awesome. What do you love about Wyoming? Except for last year? I love the climate. Yeah, that was brutal. The negative 50s was a little bit much last winter. But I love the open wide open spaces. I love the people how friendly they are and just kind and wholesome and morals. I just love the people here. Yeah, I agree. I have really just grown to love Wyoming. I love the mountains. I love all the outdoor recreational opportunities. I love that you can make close relationships because our biggest towns are still small ones. So it's a small world. I don't ever imagine living anywhere else. We love Wyoming. How about you tell me how you met David and how your relationship came to be? We both grew up in Oregon. We actually met in the Cascade Mountains of Oregon. I was a Forest Protection Officer working for the Forest Service. And there's this little mountain house store in the middle of nowhere. And so I would stop in there and I'd get like candy or soda or something on my way. And David was actually a cook there and friends with the owners. He didn't have enough gump to introduce himself to me. So the owner of the store, because David and I were like 17 and 19. When we met, the owner of the store forcibly introduced us and basically told us we were going on a date. And so I think the next day I drove up to the mountain house after work and we watched a movie and talked all night. And that's the history of David and Crystal. The rest is history as they say, right? How about you guys? How did you and Patrick meet? I think we met a couple of times before we actually I don't know. Patrick says that we've met we had met previously, but we actually graduated high school together. We're in the same graduating class. I have vague memories of him there. But we officially started we're introduced by a mutual friend when we were in college down in Cheyenne at the community college down there. One of the new weeks of school, he was standing in line waiting for food. And we because we had been introduced, we started a conversation. He let me cut in line with him for food. We had lunch that day and just started talking and getting to know each other. And like he said, rest is history. We were also young. We were both 19 when we started dating when we first met. We've been married 17 years now. And we have four children, which Patrick has mentioned on the podcast before. Leah, our faith, who is 10. And Benjamin, who is nine, I have to think about that sometimes because they're, they stair step down. How about you? How long have you and David been married? So we've been married 17 years as well. We both I think we both got married in 2006. Didn't we? Yep. Okay. So yeah, we got married in 2006 in Oregon. And yeah, that's the rest of history. So when you first met Patrick, did you really know how obsessed he was with fishing? Because we lived in Cheyenne, I don't know what his passion was when it came to fishing. The opportunities in the Cheyenne area are much less than it is up here in Riverton. And his grandma lived in Riverton. And so when we were first dating, he would come up and visit her, but I didn't always come. So he would fish when he came up here. And then when I would come and visit, we would go fishing. But because it was so sporadic, I didn't realize just what the full depth of the obsession of the hobby, the passion was at that time. So no, I didn't realize when we were married for a few years in 2008, we moved up to Riverton for the first time to help with with his grandma and to help care for her. And it was then a couple years into our marriage that I fully got a full view of how much he really loved it because he had the proximity of Boysen and the ability to go more often. So those I would consider some of our harder years of marriage as we were figuring this out being newlyweds, and also him having these opportunities to go and fish and want to do both be a good husband and stay home but also pursue his hobbies and his passion. So it was then that I really got a full grasp on that. What have you done throughout the years as you've adjusted to being married and realizing how much he loves fishing? What do you guys do together? Do you guys go fishing together a lot now? Is it a family thing? What's the favorite part of being a wife of a husband who just loves the outdoors and has a passion for it? In the beginning, before we had kids, I would go fishing with him sometimes. I will say when we first were married, and I realized that it was difficult, it did create some fights. And we have some fights early on that are in the history books that we can laugh about now today. But as our family has grown when we had kids, it was a great way for us to get outside as a family. And he loves sharing his passion of fishing with children, whether it's our own or anybody else's, he loves teaching people how to fish. So it's been really awesome to see him share that with our family. So we do go as a family and sometimes I don't even fish. I'm just there as referee, making sure that kids aren't dangling up their lines, or I'm helping them pull them out of the water. So bait the hook. Yeah. So he's able to go on a date nights where I just go with him. It's not my passion. I don't mind doing it. I like doing it. But I mainly like spending the time with him. It's really fun to be able to go do something with him that he enjoys so much. And I know that it fills his bucket fills his love tank, whatever you want to call it to be able to do something he enjoys, and to be able to share that with me and with our children. So we do as a family, sometimes it actually has worked out now that our kids are older, that he'll take a couple and leave a couple home with me and he'll take a couple and so that's actually been a really special thing. It gives him the opportunity to spend one on one time or two on one time with with our kids when you have a big family. Sometimes that gets hard with busy schedules and stuff. I don't always go but I've got to a point now in our marriage where I am supportive of him going. I'm to the point now where I recognize the need for him to go when life has been really crazy and he's been really busy or things that work have been really stressful. I can see it and I will encourage him to go where in our early years of marriage when it was just the two of us and we didn't have kids that would not have been the case. I did not want him to go and leave me home alone. But now I say, I see that there's, you're stressed, you should go for half a day or whatever. Because I know that it just helps to renew him and refresh him. And then when he comes home, he's just able to be more present and attentive to our family. And he's just more at peace. So gotta be the support system for the family. And that doesn't mean you always go on these trips. But it looks different. Maybe it means that you cook the fish that he brings home for all the things for the with fish. I cook don't get me wrong. I do cook but he cooks and cleans. There is a learning curve when it comes to cooking fish. We like to cook together. And but he just is really good at fish specifically. I've done a few things and we usually do it together. But yeah, no, when it comes to fishing, he likes doing it all. He loves the catching. He I don't know if he loves the cleaning, but he does the cleaning and then he helps the cooking as well. It's, it's been great. It's been a great way to enjoy it as a family. How about you do fish or hunt with David? Do you guys so we do as a family? Yeah, we do a little bit of everything. Since I've had kids, I have three kids, the youngest is nine months. And so I don't get out as much as I would like. A couple of years ago, we ended up going over by Cody and I got an elk tag and actually harvested a very nice bowl, my first bull elk ever. We dropped the kids off with grandma and we went over there in the winter and harvested a nice bowl. It was awesome. It was nice to get away and do the things as a couple. Now that we have a bigger family, and it's a little bit harder to get out, get everybody ready. Because as a mom, we know that we get everybody ready, we get all the snacks, we get all the clothes, warm and hot and clothes and everything you need to get ready for a trip. It's a lot. It takes a lot more time to prep and prepare. And it's just a lot of effort when you have the kids. But as far as hunting and fishing, I really do enjoy the time. It brings me closer to God. Honestly, the silence, getting away from all the electronics, just the peace of being out in nature is awesome. And I would love to do it more. But I just have to wait till my kids get a little bit older to make it a little easier on everybody. Right. Absolutely. I feel that connection with the Lord as well being out in nature. And then also, just with my husband, the connection there. I don't know how David is. But I can tell you, like when when I went fishing with Patrick, just the two of us, we went a couple of years ago to Keyhole for an anniversary trip. And he was more excited to see me catch fish than than him catching fish. He was going for a trophy. And sometimes I would just read a book while he was trying. But when we started catching crappie and stuff, he would get so excited. And I imagine David's reaction to you getting a big elk was probably the same. And it's just a really special connection that you can have when they they share their love for that. And then it makes when they see somebody that they love, yes, pursuing what they let's just it. It's a cool way to bond. Yes, it is. I will agree. He was actually there with me when I shot my first black tail deer to we were tree stand hunting behind my house and I was climbing up in the tree and he was going to climb up behind me but the deer is already there. Oh, I know eating some apples from the orchard. And so he's standing down there at the bottom of the tree. And of course, I was waiting to get a good rest. I wasn't going to make a poor shot on my first year. I was very patient. The deal wasn't going anywhere. I had plenty of apples. So I was taking my time to get a good shot made a great shot. It was awesome experience for us to just instill that as a new couple and I wish that more couples would get out and do these things together even if you don't necessarily enjoy the sport. Just supporting your spouse. It's a great way to support your spouse just going, doing whatever you can to support them in their passions. Absolutely. When we were dating, it used to be the joke that I would always outfish Patrick whenever we would go fishing when we were dating and first married and I would tease that's why he didn't take me because I would always outfish him. But the real reason why I'd outfish him is because he would set me up in order to catch catch fish. I know this now. Yeah, back then I would tease that I had better skill. I meant that I was doing a better job. But really, he lovingly set me up in a way that I would I'm gonna give you a better lure or a better bait. Yeah, whatever. Yeah. In order for me to have success because then you have fun doing it together like that. Do you have any specific outdoor memories of your family from your childhood or any memories that are your favorite from being in the outdoors with your family? From my growing up years, one of my favorite outdoor memories was a camping trip that I went on with my grandparents and my uncle. My mom is 17 years older than her youngest brother. So my uncle is only like eight years older than I am. We got to do things with him similar to what you would with like a cousin because of the age difference there. We went and I believe it was down by Miracle Mile in a hog park and camped outside. I'd never slept outside open air, no tent, no camper. And he rolled out the sleeping bag like he was going to sleep outside. And I thought that was the coolest thing. So I slept outside open air next to the lake that we were at with my uncle. And so that was really special. I probably was 11 or 12. I don't even remember how old I was. But it's still a memory that sticks with me. And you didn't get carried away by the mosquitoes. Not that I remember. And I remember that was my first wallet I had ever caught. It was on that trip. I had never caught a wallet before. So that was really cool. And then my family. Oh, so many memories as a family with kids now with Patrick and our family, our younger kids. But one of them that I really love was our first camping trip after Katie was born. So Katie's my second. And Leah would have been a year and a half, two years old. Katie was five weeks old, sitting in a tent, nursing my five week old baby while camping. And this trip was so hectic. We got lost on our way. When we got to the lake, Patrick started catching fish immediately. It was like some of the best fishing he'd ever been to. We went to, I can't remember what it's called, a lake in Nebraska. And when we woke up the next day, we camped one whole night, the whole tent set up, the stress of we had to go home. So it was like less than a 24 hour trip. It was so stressful. And looking on it now, it's not a favorite. If you think, that was a wreck. We were a mess. But at the same time, it was just the beginning of we're just going to go no matter how hard this is, we're going to try anyways. And so that was a jumping off point for us on just family camping trips. And we've done many more, always having good parts and always having stressful parts like using the set up, the extra packing with kids and whatnot. So sleeping out under the stars really reminds me of a funny story from David and I when we were first dating, I was, you know, working for the Forest Service. So I was supposed to know all these different trails and everything and be able to read a map. Well, Crystal forgot the map, we were going to go to Danica Lake in Oregon. It's beautiful. I've been there. I hiked in there for my work. And I was going to take David in there, we're going to go fishing. It took a wrong turn on the trail. And we ended up not going into the wilderness, but staying near like a logging trail. And we came out to a place where I knew I was familiar with it was, we had hiked probably 10 miles that day, Danica Lake was not a 10 mile hike. And we get to a place and we just go to a lake that's right off of the road. It's a gravel road, but it's right off the road. And we were just gonna sleep out underneath the stars, we put a tarp down, had our sleeping bags, and we went to sleep woke up the next morning. And David says, I hear something scratching. Oh my goodness. So we look around us. And because we laid out our stuff almost in dark, we laid our tarp down on top of an ants nests or high ant flow area. And they weren't the small ants. These are the big ants. So he now has an ant in his ear. And we are probably two hours from any hospital or anything. Oh my goodness is before I'm a nurse. So I didn't know what to do. I've never had this encounter before. So we were, he was freaking out because something was in his head, scratching. And he's not a calm person around this kind of things. Anyways, I come up with this idea to drop some water into his ear to flood the ant out. And luckily it worked. But to this day, I will never live down the fact that we never made it to Danica Lake. Oh, you never went back? Never made it. Oh, bummer. So it's always this story of if Crystal plans a trip, are we really gonna make it to Danica Lake? Or are we gonna make it somewhere else? You just never know. And then as far as outdoor stories with my family, one of my favorite memories is when I harvested a moose here in Wyoming in 2017. We didn't know the area. So we were just hiking around and we came across a bull moose that was shootable. And the awesome thing was, my oldest son Hunter was probably three or four at the time. And he was on the shoulders of David. David was carrying him when I shot my moose. Oh, cool. So we had this experience together. My father in law was there too. We shot this moose and my son was able to be a part of that experience. And not that he is super enthusiastic about hunting yet. He's 10. And so he's interested in video games and other things like that. But it's a great family memory for us to remember. And then with my middle child, Drake, my dad took me out around Riverton to get an antelope and antelope buck because I for some reason when we first moved here, I drew antelope buck tags almost every year. Nice. Nobody else did. I don't know. So I got to spend that time with the Drake as well when I was harvesting that antelope buck and there's pictures of him sitting on my lap with the antelope and we harvested it together. We butchered it together at home. We do actually most of our own butchering and processing of our meats. That's great. And I think Patrick does the same, doesn't he? With his fish and whatever. Absolutely. Yeah. And the kids, it's a great way to teach them. It's one of those things that kind of get lost in our culture. I feel like today where a lot of kids and I'm not saying necessarily Wyoming kids because we live in a state where it's a little unique, but a lot of times kids don't know where their food comes from. And so whether it is game, wild game and fish, or it's things like poultry and pork and beef, we both have chickens on our properties and we raise pigs. And I know that you guys have done so in the past before. It's just such a good experience for kids to see the whole process. It's not just I went to the store and bought the ass. We went, when you hunt, you harvest it as well as bring it home, clean it, cook it, and then eat it. Same when you raise your own animals or eggs or whatever. It's just good for kids to know that it's not just go to the grocery store, that there is work involved, that it's not actually that easy. And it just brings a greater appreciation for your food as well as for the people who do, our farmers and our ranchers, who raise the food that we eat. And the quality of your food. Absolutely. That's what I love about processing my own game is you can be super fine with how you butcher it. You can be selective with the meats and you can, we do a lot of hamburger. It's not hamburger, it's elk burger, venison burger. Right. We treat it like hamburger and it tastes delicious and we love it and my kids love it and all of these different recipes that we have that we use with wild game because it cooks differently. Absolutely. You can't just cook elk like you can a normal beef steak. It takes a little more love and tenderness for sure. So talking about our kids and getting them involved. So you have three boys, 10, four and nine months, right? Yes. So with your kids, what have you found to be ways to get them outdoors? Because it is extra work, you do have to prepare. You're not just thinking about going to and hunting or going to the lake and fishing. You have to think about all their needs and all the things that you might need for the day to keep them occupied or whatever. So what kinds of tips and things have you found that help? And then also, how have you been motivated to make sure you get your kids outdoors because it is extra work? So how have you motivated yourself to continue doing the work to get them there? So some of the things that I have found that works for my kids to keep them, for lack of a better word, entertained during hunting because it's not always entertaining. They can play with sticks and rocks but they do eventually get bored and then they do eventually get hungry and or cold or hot. So you have to plan for those things because you want for kids the experience to be a positive one. You don't want them to look back and say, oh, I was so cold or I was so hungry and mom and dad didn't have any snacks for me. So you got to plan for those things. Sometimes you do better than others. As far as what I do to the effort, it is important to put that effort out. Yes, it is time consuming but I know it's good for their soul. It's good for my soul to get out even if we just go to Ocean Lake or Morton Lake for the evening and go fishing. It's beautiful to get sit on the beach, listen to the waves come in. It's therapeutic for everybody and it helps everybody's mental health. We just love taking those opportunities to do those small things and I know you do the same thing with your family as well. We do and I always tease that I could be talked out of it every single time. Easily. Yes, especially like the first camping trip of the year when you have to get the camper cleaned and prepped and make sure your supplies are there. Every time we're getting ready to go camping for the first time, I always think we don't have to do this. We can stay home of effort. So much work and so I say that about every trip. You could tell me and say, would you rather stay home? I'd probably say yes to you on a heartbeat. So don't offer that as an option because otherwise I'll probably take you up on it. It's worth it once you get there. You take all the time to prepare the food and to pack all the clothes and to clean up and get the dogs ready and whatever else it is that you need to do in order to get yourselves there. But once you're there and you're set up and you're in nature and you're able to not worry about all the at -home chores and busyness and schedule and you're just able to soak in whatever it might be, it's so worth it. So it's worth the time. It's worth the effort and start. My tip would be to start young. Don't wait till your kids are old enough to hold the fishing pole or do whatever because if you just make it part of your lifestyle to just go and do and be together as a family, then it will get to a point where your kids will look forward to those times. One of the things I also tease about like where people say camping is relaxing and I'm like you have never gone camping with kids. However, we, my family doesn't have little kids anymore. You guys still have a few, a toddler and a baby. But when we got went camping a couple years ago and our kids range from ages 11 to seven and we were able to go and Pat would go fishing and I got to sit in my chair and talk to my friends or read a book and my kids were running around and playing with their friends and and they were all over the place night. I looked at it and I go, oh we've arrived.
The Eric Metaxas Show
A highlight from Michael and Thomas Pack
"Welcome to The Eric Mataxas Show. Have you heard that some people have a nose for news? Well, Eric has a nose for everything. That's why this is called The Show About Everything. Now welcome your host, who definitely passes the smell test, Eric Mataxas. Hey there, folks. Welcome to the show. It's The Eric Mataxas Show. I play the role of Eric Mataxas. In this show, which is nonfiction, I interview people, usually on subjects that are close to my heart or that I think are important. Today I'm talking to filmmaker Michael Pack, who's been on this show before, who is responsible for a brilliant documentary called Created Equal, Clarence Thomas in his own words, and other things, and also Michael's son, Thomas Pack. We are going to talk about something that is as close to my heart as anything could be. It's the idea of bringing, let's call them conservative values, although that's just a fancy way of saying truth and reality, into media. It is crucial. People of faith, people of Christian values have dropped the ball on this for, I don't know, about 100 years roughly. So whenever somebody is getting into this game, I want to do everything I can to get to know them and to bring them to you, the audience of this program. So Michael Pack and Thomas Pack, welcome and thank you for being with us today. Thank you for having us on, Eric. It's a pleasure to be back on your show. Well, as you know, Michael, I am hot to trot on the subject of what I just mentioned. Now, you just wrote an article at Real Clear Politics. I want to talk to you about that because you sort of summarize what I was just getting at or you explicate what I was just summarizing. Talk a little bit about that and you can mention upfront as well what Thomas is doing. So lead us into the conversation. Well, you're right. The Real Clear piece, which is a bit long, so I guess I explicate rather than summarize, but it tries to lay out what's happened in the culture war over the last at least 50 years, maybe you're right, closer to 100. And what we can do about it. I mean, the fact is, as everyone knows, the progressive left dominates the culture. And they have at least since the 60s where they announced a long march for the institutions and they said they were going to work to take over first the university and then other cultural institutions, and they have succeeded. But I say, Eric, that it is to their credit. This is a battle of ideas. And especially in the area of film and television, they're fighting for the ideas they believe in. You are quite right that we on our side have failed. They're to be commended for succeeding. They're fighting for what they believe in. I agree with you that what they believe in isn't right. So that's a negative, but they're commended for fighting for it. And over those years, they've built up institutions that supported and defended and make it possible. So I lay that out in the real clear piece, which people can also find on my on my Twitter page, Michael Pack underscore. But so I try to give how so over 50 years, the left has poured tens of billions of dollars into this process, and it is their right to do so. And we ought to say that they have allied themselves with a very powerful ally in the form of Satan. We don't need to we don't need to get more specific than that. But people need to understand that, you know, you're very gracious by saying, oh, they're fighting for their ideas. Their ideas are harmful to human beings, not to conservatives, not to people of faith, to human beings in general. And so you're right that they believe in these ideas. But I just have to say, speaking to you as a Jew, you know, Hitler believed in his ideas. So because somebody believes in their ideas, they get, oh, well, they've got their ideas. We have our ideas. I agree with you 100 percent. I know. No, of course, I know you do. And you're being gracious. So go ahead. But but the but but that's right. I mean, one way of looking at their ideas is they have a negative view of America just taking that one slice of it. And we have a positive, upbeat view of America. I mean, we we are documentary producers, and I think this is this left takeover of culture is both in drama, fiction and nonfiction and in the nonfiction realm. It's clear as a bell. The 1619 Project, which began in print, was now a multi -part Emmy nominated Netflix series. And and on like that is America based on racism and the defense of slavery, or is it based on the principles of the Enlightenment? Jefferson laid out in the Declaration of Independence and it matters for the country and the world which side you're on. So I agree with you. But their ideas are wrong. But given that they're wrong, they're right to fight for them. So we need to fight for ours. But but we have we have the model of what they have done and we need to just do it, too. It is not that hard. It's not that complicated. It was not a conspiracy on the part of the left. They announced they were going to do it. It's their right to do it. And they did it. I mean, I mean, even in America, communists, for example, have every right to promulgate their views, which I think is appropriate, given the First Amendment. It doesn't make their views right, but it does give them the right to promulgate them. And it's well, think of the irony, though, that the left is increasingly I mean, just to be fair, that it is because of biblical values, it is because of the values of the founders of this nation, that people on the left. On the wrong side, have the right, which we have given them to promulgate their views, it is why Nazis could march through Skokie, Illinois. It is right, so we believe in free speech. We believe in this kind of stuff. But the irony is that we're now living in a time where we're seeing the left having gained power, use it to squelch and censor voices with whom they disagree. So in other words, they were willing to ride the train of free speech as long as it helped them. And then now that they've gained the upper hand culturally and in other ways, they're suddenly deciding, you know what, free speech was nice. It was nice for a while. But now we don't want those conservatives to have a voice. So there's an irony here, which ought to be mentioned. There is. They're now the enemies of free speech. And in part, it's because, as you say, it's no longer convenient. But in part, it's because of the radicalization of liberalism, the sort of left liberal part of the Democratic Party. I mean, it used to be since the 60s, the new left has been an enemy of free speech. Herbert Mercuza and company never believed in free speech. But that was a minority view on the left. And now, as you say, it's increasingly popular under other rubrics like stopping disinformation and misinformation. And it is. Do they get that from Stalin? I'm always trying to trace these ideas back. I believe it was the Moscow School of Stalin. In any event, I think, you know, legally, you know, Karl Marx did not believe in human rights and individual rights. And he his whole worldview is opposed to that. If you believe in historical determinism and you know which way the world is going, why encourage freedom of speech? So both left and right, Hegelianism, Marx being left Hegelianism, was not really in favor of these kinds of freedoms, these Enlightenment freedoms. And in a sense, they were a reaction against it. I'm not an expert on this, though. Eric, you're going to get into topics too deep for me pretty soon. Well, obviously, we're not here really to talk about this exactly, but it's worth touching on. Well, look, the good news, the headline to me is that you and Thomas, whom we will let get a word in edgewise momentarily, are creating award winning, fabulous documentary films and trying to encourage others to do the same. It's it really is a wonderful thing, as you and I have discussed. I'm getting involved in that a number of media projects and yours have been done with such extraordinary excellence that, you know, even those on the left have had begrudgingly to honor you when we come back. I want to get into everything and I want to ask you, Thomas, about this kind of conservative incubator film project that that you're putting together. Folks, it's the Eric Metaxas show, ericmetaxas .com. Don't go away. Folks, have I told you about Moink? M -O -I -N -K. That's moo plus oink. I get all our meat and our salmon from them. M -O -I -N -K. Moink delivers grass fed and grass finished beef and lamb, pastured pork and chicken, sustainable wild caught salmon straight to your door.
Divine Naples Podcast
A highlight from #433 Carl Osburn People of Divine Naples The BEST Barbeque Master in SWFL that been rubbing the meats over 20 years with secret spices, love and gentle hands. His KNOW HOW brought lot of people together around his Table with slab of ribs. THANK YOU CARL
"Welcome to another podcast episode named People of Divine Naples, today you will hear an interview that was done on the very beginning of our Divine Naples podcast, this was the second interview I have ever done in the United States on 14th of January 2018, this interview was never published but for many reasons today I have to bring it to your ears, you will hear voice from my dear friend for 22 years, my neighbor for 18 years, the businessman that you should have known and the person that will be missed by many, if you are one of them you will always find his voice here speaking, enjoy the show. Hello all divine people, welcome to episode 433 named People of Divine Naples, I have the great pleasure to welcome person that decided to dedicate his 22 years of passion for people, he enjoyed to make them happy through taste buds and good vibration, he started experimenting in Naples 2001 with Chicky Hut where he blended in community immediately, after that he opened best rated and most successful barbeque restaurant in South West Florida, Black Eyed Pick and he built from scratch Franklin Social, here is one and only Carl Osborn. Hey Rich, how are you today? I am doing great, good to have you, you are comfortable? Yeah, oh good. Yeah, and our bar is serving good? Yeah, beer is good, check that out. We like to have interviews relaxed so we are prepared with whatever you wish as drinks, so if anybody want to come over and do the interview, so make sure we get the right information. So you are sitting here in a very humble studio, I hope you are feeling comfortable and good, whether it is cold outside, it is good, probably a good time to maybe do barbeque, a lot of people maybe do barbeque because it is Sunday today and you have been doing this for 15 years, isn't it enough of barbeque right now, you still going to continue? Yeah, we are just getting on a good roll right now, we are actually at the restaurant, we are in year 10 right now, but I had 5 years prior doing outside stuff. The question was, you know, if you still like it. I still like it, I love barbeque. That is good, let's just tell everybody what is the name of your restaurant, where you are located, so we can start with that and let's just roll. We are at the Black Eyed Pig Barbeque, it is 5307 Shirley Street in Naples, just off Pine Ridge Road between Airport or Naples Boulevard and Goodlett Road. It is hard to find, so you guys have to get on that road and it is a very short distance from Pine Ridge and you will see from a long way the pig eye, the design on the building. So it is barbeque with a big pig face. Yeah, it is a very inviting pig face. I wanted a big pig to put on top, but they won't let me do that. Oh really? Yeah. But you can smell it from a long distance. Yes. All right, you end up in Naples when? When did you come here? 2001, came down from the Orlando area. Oh really? So you lived in Orlando before? I did, I came to Orlando in 1986 with the Olive Garden. Oh really? So I didn't even know that. I know you for a long time, I didn't know you were in the Olive Garden. I was with the Ruby Tuesday prior for four years and came with the Olive Garden in 1986 to Orlando when they had four restaurants I think. So there is a long way, you are the expert in restaurants, you picked up a lot of practice there. Yeah, I've had a lot of practice closing restaurants and opening restaurants and lots of employees. So you know how to do it? Yes, absolutely. And you know there is a reason for probably keep it on the size you have it because it's very limited on seating, it's very limited with employees, so you can focus on the quality and there is probably, the end is, you've been voted, as many people say, the best barbecue in Naples, so what is the special on that? Well, we decided in the beginning, the building was a breakfast lunch restaurant when we bought it and I've never been open for dinner, so we started opening lunch and dinner and we got rid of everything that we don't do, we got rid of salads, so we're basically just barbecue. If you smoke it, we got, so we just sell what we do. We don't try to be everything to everybody, we do barbecue, that's it. That is very simple? Yes. And you do the hot sauces? Everything is yours? Homemade sauce. Recipes? Everything. Really? I just have to tell everybody who is listening right now, we don't talk ordinary barbecue one like you can buy in the Costco and you roll it out at your parking lot, load it in your SUV, this is serious business. Your barbecue is probably 10 times maybe more bigger, now you bought another little barbecue I would say, right? Specialty built for you, for your business? Yeah, we've got a competition smoker now that we're going to start with this spring, but we use it on a lot of caterings. But going back to the recipes, I've got a great friend of mine who I met here in my first business venture here in town, which is a little bar, he's from Oklahoma and his family has been in business since 1930 in the barbecue business. So a lot of my recipes came from him, so they're well tested, they've been there 85, the one on 88 years now. So, would you say this is like Saturn taste or what is this exactly? Well, Oklahoma, it's a dry rub, everything's dry rub and hickory smoke. Never baked, never boiled, it's just smoked. How many hours do you have to smoke like ribs? Ribs are around three and a half to four hours depending on the size. We do baby backs and St. Louis as well. St. Louis are the ones that came out of Oklahoma, we kind of threw the baby backs in for the East Coast kind of people. And what's the best seller? They sell about equal, we sell a couple of hundred racks of each a week, we have 35 seats, so we stay pretty busy. I think you did really well when bikers start showing up because they love the type of food and I think there's always a lot of bikes on your parking spaces. There's a lot of bikes, there's a lot of guys, golf outings, we always get the guys, we're a big guy hanging out for lunch and then they all bring their wives at dinner. Okay good, so you do what, I mean you do pick, you do chicken, you do sausages, just tell us a little bit. So everybody who's listening, their mouth is already watering right now. We do pulled pork is our specialty, we call ourselves home to pulled pork.
Divine Naples Podcast
A highlight from #433 Carl Osburn People of Divine Naples The BEST Barbeque Master in SWFL that been rubbing the meats over 20 years with secret spices, love and gentle hands. His KNOW HOW brought lot of people together around his Table with slab of ribs. THANK YOU CARL
"Welcome to another podcast episode named People of Divine Naples, today you will hear an interview that was done on the very beginning of our Divine Naples podcast, this was the second interview I have ever done in the United States on 14th of January 2018, this interview was never published but for many reasons today I have to bring it to your ears, you will hear voice from my dear friend for 22 years, my neighbor for 18 years, the businessman that you should have known and the person that will be missed by many, if you are one of them you will always find his voice here speaking, enjoy the show. Hello all divine people, welcome to episode 433 named People of Divine Naples, I have the great pleasure to welcome person that decided to dedicate his 22 years of passion for people, he enjoyed to make them happy through taste buds and good vibration, he started experimenting in Naples 2001 with Chicky Hut where he blended in community immediately, after that he opened best rated and most successful barbeque restaurant in South West Florida, Black Eyed Pick and he built from scratch Franklin Social, here is one and only Carl Osborn. Hey Rich, how are you today? I am doing great, good to have you, you are comfortable? Yeah, oh good. Yeah, and our bar is serving good? Yeah, beer is good, check that out. We like to have interviews relaxed so we are prepared with whatever you wish as drinks, so if anybody want to come over and do the interview, so make sure we get the right information. So you are sitting here in a very humble studio, I hope you are feeling comfortable and good, whether it is cold outside, it is good, probably a good time to maybe do barbeque, a lot of people maybe do barbeque because it is Sunday today and you have been doing this for 15 years, isn't it enough of barbeque right now, you still going to continue? Yeah, we are just getting on a good roll right now, we are actually at the restaurant, we are in year 10 right now, but I had 5 years prior doing outside stuff. The question was, you know, if you still like it. I still like it, I love barbeque. That is good, let's just tell everybody what is the name of your restaurant, where you are located, so we can start with that and let's just roll. We are at the Black Eyed Pig Barbeque, it is 5307 Shirley Street in Naples, just off Pine Ridge Road between Airport or Naples Boulevard and Goodlett Road. It is hard to find, so you guys have to get on that road and it is a very short distance from Pine Ridge and you will see from a long way the pig eye, the design on the building. So it is barbeque with a big pig face. Yeah, it is a very inviting pig face. I wanted a big pig to put on top, but they won't let me do that. Oh really? Yeah. But you can smell it from a long distance. Yes. All right, you end up in Naples when? When did you come here? 2001, came down from the Orlando area. Oh really? So you lived in Orlando before? I did, I came to Orlando in 1986 with the Olive Garden. Oh really? So I didn't even know that. I know you for a long time, I didn't know you were in the Olive Garden. I was with the Ruby Tuesday prior for four years and came with the Olive Garden in 1986 to Orlando when they had four restaurants I think. So there is a long way, you are the expert in restaurants, you picked up a lot of practice there. Yeah, I've had a lot of practice closing restaurants and opening restaurants and lots of employees. So you know how to do it? Yes, absolutely. And you know there is a reason for probably keep it on the size you have it because it's very limited on seating, it's very limited with employees, so you can focus on the quality and there is probably, the end is, you've been voted, as many people say, the best barbecue in Naples, so what is the special on that? Well, we decided in the beginning, the building was a breakfast lunch restaurant when we bought it and I've never been open for dinner, so we started opening lunch and dinner and we got rid of everything that we don't do, we got rid of salads, so we're basically just barbecue. If you smoke it, we got, so we just sell what we do. We don't try to be everything to everybody, we do barbecue, that's it. That is very simple? Yes. And you do the hot sauces? Everything is yours? Homemade sauce. Recipes? Everything. Really? I just have to tell everybody who is listening right now, we don't talk ordinary barbecue one like you can buy in the Costco and you roll it out at your parking lot, load it in your SUV, this is serious business. Your barbecue is probably 10 times maybe more bigger, now you bought another little barbecue I would say, right? Specialty built for you, for your business? Yeah, we've got a competition smoker now that we're going to start with this spring, but we use it on a lot of caterings. But going back to the recipes, I've got a great friend of mine who I met here in my first business venture here in town, which is a little bar, he's from Oklahoma and his family has been in business since 1930 in the barbecue business. So a lot of my recipes came from him, so they're well tested, they've been there 85, the one on 88 years now. So, would you say this is like Saturn taste or what is this exactly? Well, Oklahoma, it's a dry rub, everything's dry rub and hickory smoke. Never baked, never boiled, it's just smoked. How many hours do you have to smoke like ribs? Ribs are around three and a half to four hours depending on the size. We do baby backs and St. Louis as well. St. Louis are the ones that came out of Oklahoma, we kind of threw the baby backs in for the East Coast kind of people. And what's the best seller? They sell about equal, we sell a couple of hundred racks of each a week, we have 35 seats, so we stay pretty busy. I think you did really well when bikers start showing up because they love the type of food and I think there's always a lot of bikes on your parking spaces. There's a lot of bikes, there's a lot of guys, golf outings, we always get the guys, we're a big guy hanging out for lunch and then they all bring their wives at dinner. Okay good, so you do what, I mean you do pick, you do chicken, you do sausages, just tell us a little bit. So everybody who's listening, their mouth is already watering right now. We do pulled pork is our specialty, we call ourselves home to pulled pork.
"That's Why You're Single"
Let's Celebrate the Celebrity Women Paying Child Support to Men
"Was reading something the other day And I was very happy to read About all these women Celebrity women that are now Having to pay child support And or alimony To their significant others Also, I want to give a shout out To my favorite soccer player He caught that hole He caught that hole Cash rules He caught that hole He caught his slippers I believe the soccer player forgot his name I think it's Steve Harvey No, Steve Harvey Well, no Steve Hardy is going to have to pay Yeah, he made too much But she got caught cheating Ain't she rich though? No, she's not on the grand scale She had money But she was dealing with drug dealers before Oh wow, okay, okay I thought she was somebody She's somebody to somebody So what I'm talking about There's this soccer player Who dated an older Supermodel or ex -supermodel Whoever the case may be, I forgot The whole situation But she basically tried to divorce him And asked for Half of his money basically Because he's like A multi -trillion -million dollar So Guess what His mama being smart And he being smart He put all his money in his mama's name So when it was time For them to go to the court And they asking for like Oh, I want this much and this much He like, I'm broke I don't got no money And she ended up having to pay Everything she had So half of everything she got Went to him and he's sitting pretty So That's what I'm talking about right there Nice move, nice Amen That's a nice move We're just gonna run off a couple of names Just a couple that's in that situation First off, we got Sherri Shepherd Give it up Let me show you Black female Celebrity, she's an actress She gotta pay her husband? Let's see We got Britney Spears Mary J. Blige She gotta pay her I love her I kind of love Mary I love Mary too Listen, Mary J. Blige is my wife right there I love Mary That's my celebrity cheat right there I can't clap for Mary I love Mary Listen, if I can get Mary pregnant And she gotta pay me child support Clap it up If I can get Mary pregnant If I can just get Mary pregnant That's what I want We got to basket The WNBA star Candace Parker She love her man for a woman Is that true? Oh good How you gonna leave a brother like that? She gotta pay him 400 grand That's all? WNBA Even though she's like the number one She's like the gear As far as like outside the NBA WNBA making money, she up there She's like There's still a little slap of 400 grand That's a good slap on the wrist 400 grand? Not if you don't got it like that She got it We got Halle Berry on the list No, I can't clap for her No, no Not Halle Berry Halle Berry She gonna pass? She gonna pass She too fine Why she gonna pass? Cause she's too fine How do you elaborate what he just said 10 times? She's just too fine There's nothing in the world that she can ask me to do that I wouldn't do to her She's just too fine She's just too fine Hey TJ, you can't be taller like that She is too fine Alright, Madonna Hell yeah, hell yeah I owe all that money Indeed I beg and care, Madonna One of the Spice Girls Mel B Whoever she is That's a 90's baby thing That's a 90's baby thing Eddie Murphy baby? I think so I think so I think she's gonna pay her ex Steven Belafonte Eddie Yo, cash out to me $5 ,000 a month in child support and $350 ,000 legal fees Damn She gotta pay a lot Million dollars in taxes and shit Your girl Janet Jackson has made the list I got him I got him Y 'all don't know what that means No, I know what that means You know what that means? Nope, but my time How old are you? I'm only 27 15 million 15 million A month or cash out? Cash out That works, I'll take the cash out Together 9 years, she gotta pay 15 million I love Janet, I can't clap for Janet Just a couple more Jennifer Lopez is on the list I guess she's paying I'll give her a pass So you guys are solely giving these women passes and not celebrating because they look good? There's certain things you just gotta be like it's understandable No, there's certain things you could just live with Alright, so If I keep on right now and holla be resilient All my anger, whatever I was bad about It's gone Open the door Jesus, you have given me a gift Thank you I don't even need to smash How you doing, thank you I'm about to eat I can't go McDonald's, Burger King, Taco Bell I'll take the pork out of the freezer right now I don't cook, but I'll cook that day What's wrong with you? That's different Ladies, we clapping I'm sorry, but this segment and this podcast today we're talking about women that gotta pay the terms have switched I mean, we're happy because, well, you know we've been getting it men been getting it for years getting fucked in the court system especially about the guy who went to jail for five years and found out the kid wasn't even his that got me tight and then she, what did she get? what kind of terms she get? smack on the wrist the judge yelled at
Paul Vato Presents: A Celebrity Centric Podcast!
A highlight from Exploring Cultural Identity and Humor with Japanese-American Stand Up Comedian Michelle MALIZAKI!
"Thank you, Mr. Paul Vato. Greetings, ladies and gentlemen. My name is Paul Vato, and this is Paul Vato Presents. And today, my very special guest is Michelle Malazaki. I hope I'm pronouncing that right. That's such a traditional Japanese name, isn't it? No, it's not. Oh, my goodness. I thought it was. Well, welcome, Michelle. Thank you so much for spending a little bit of time with us today. Michelle is a brilliant stand -up comedian, a musical artist. She has recorded a few other podcasts. I first found out about her through my friend Christina Blackburn, who has a great podcast called Storyworthy. And I was a guest of Christina's as well. So it's a great podcast. It's a lot of fun, a lot of industry people. So Michelle, thank you so much for taking time to be here. We're live on fireside, so welcome. Thank you for having me on your show. 100%. I'm so glad that you were able to do it. I have so many questions to ask, cultural differences, comedy, and all that incredible background. Would you be kind enough to tell us a little bit about yourself, where you're from, where you live? Maybe not your address, but where you live, and where you've performed, and things like that. OK, I am originally from Japan. But I just found out I'm not a Japanese person anymore because I become an American. And in Japan, there are only two people, two kind of people, two kinds of people, Japanese and non -Japanese. And I am neither, I'm a former Japanese. Interesting. Are they called, is that Gaijin? Is that the right word or no? I'm not Gaijin. I'm just a former Japanese. Interesting. Is that because you became an American citizen, so you're no longer recognized as Japanese? The second I sworn in as different foreign nationality, then my Japanese citizenship just evaporates. I didn't know that. Wow. And this is because of the Japanese government, not the US government? I see. The American government that you have multiple citizenships. That's what I thought. But I think at that, there used to be a time where you could only have, if you were a US citizen, I thought you could only have a US passport. But I know that that's changed because I know people have multiple passports. So I don't know what changed. Yeah. But with Japan, Japanese government, you can't have dual citizenships. So just one. So as soon as I sworn in as American, then no more Japanese. No more Japanese. All my jokes about being Japanese. Oh, no. Now you can't make any more Japanese jokes. They might get offended. Oh, no. What am I going to do? You've got to rewrite your whole act. I know. Maybe you could divorce your present husband and marry a Japanese guy. And then you could make Japanese jokes. I don't know. Like, I'm still lost since I found about this. Because I don't know. I never belonged to any group. I was an outsider. When did this happen? When did you find out that you were no longer Japanese? I just found out recently. But I did not. Yeah, because I become American citizen a while back. Wow. Wow. Now, you recently went to Japan. Is that right? Yeah, I just did. And I had to get a visa. Oh, yeah, because you're not Japanese. Of course, he has a gift. I'm not a Japanese person. I have to apply for a visa. And then they ask for a picture. So I sent my picture in. And then they called me and said, oh, your picture's too old. You have to send a current picture. How do they know that my face hasn't changed? It's the same person. And you look very young. So it doesn't matter when it was taken. It's the filter, I think. It's like an automatic filter thing. Because my room looks nice. Well, mine's not working, I don't think, because I look old. So I don't know what happened. I've never met you in person, so I don't know. I look even better in person, I think. Oh, a lot of people do. Like, you know, you do Zoom shows. And then you never meet those guys, girls, people in person. And then when you meet them, you're like, oh my gosh, they are really nice -looking. You're like, stay off the Zoom. It makes you look ugly. But I mean, I look the same. I look the same. That's my cat. My cat's kind of famous for barging into international virtual shows. Very interesting, I love that. Yeah, but she never talks to me during the day. No? No, it's just when I'm talking on somebody else other than the cat, then she's just, hey, guys. What's your cat's name? Mochi. Mochi? Yeah, like the food, mochi. I also have a dog named Pinan. Like, all my pets are named after food items. I see that. Do you have any fish? I don't eat them. It's just names. We're not gonna go there, I don't think, right? Maybe. You're like, I'm Japanese, not Korean. Uh -oh, don't tell Bobby Lee. Awesome. These people didn't eat beef nor pork till 170 years ago. Was it strictly pescatarian or vegetarian or what? No, I think, I can't remember because Japanese people believe in many different things, but one of the - When did you decide to come to the US? Because I know that you had an affinity, I think, for maybe American television. Yeah, well, I wanted to, well, I came to America because I wanted to, okay, my mom told me, ever since I was in fifth grade, my mom told me to marry a white guy because half white, half Asian kids are cute. That's true. I actually wanted to marry a British person. I guess you can't marry two, so just one. But then America was closer than England, so I came here. Wonderful. And did your dreams come true? Did you end up marrying a white guy? I ended up marrying a white guy from Ohio. That's as white as you can get. No, I think, I didn't know, but Wisconsin is whiter white people. I didn't know. That is true. I grew up in Chicago, well, in the suburbs, in Illinois, which is right by, well, both Ohio and Wisconsin, and you're right. I think Wisconsin, you could have done a little bit better and found a white guy from Wisconsin. Yeah, oh, well, I didn't know. Next time. Next up, next, yeah. Wisconsin, 10 years younger, that's on my list. Yeah, go to a youth group and maybe you can find a future husband. What does your husband think about you doing standup? Were you doing standup when you guys met or how long have you been doing standup? I actually used to do TV production for Japanese TV and I've done like many different shows, like news about like surrogate mothers, like documentaries to sports news. But like, you know, when I tell people that I was on sports news, you know, you might think, oh my gosh, why are you famous? My hand, like holding a microphone like this was famous right here, just here, yeah, not me. Right, right, right, right. Now, is it true? I used to travel with the Yankees because they had a Japanese player and I get to go inside of the locker room after they take showers after the game. That was my job. What a job. I got paid. What a job. Do you miss it? I don't know, like it was fun. I mean, you go there, we used to rotate like two weeks at a time to follow and that was fun. And some baseball stadiums have better food than the others. Like Arizona Diamondbacks, they have good food, but like Dodgers, eh. Maybe that's a show. Yeah, yeah, yeah. We should do a show where we go to different parks and try their food. Yeah, the San Diego Patriots have good food at the concession stand. Yeah. Yeah, and also Boston Red Sox, they have good food. They got chowders. Of course, Boston. Yeah, but it's kind of like baseball season is kind of hot and then you eat chowders, but it's so good. Wonderful. Did you have to pay for your own food or was it a budget? Actually, at the press level, they have press food and you eat some of those and then you go downstairs and eat more food. I would love to do that job except for going into the men's showers, but you seem to enjoy that. Yeah, yeah, of course I do. They're like, you can leave now. You're like, I'm not done yet. I gotta interview more players. I'm not done yet. So how long have you been doing standup comedy? I've been doing it for like five years. Before that, I used to do improv. I had a midlife crisis and I took some improv classes at the Park and Rec. And then that led me to the Second City and I was just taking a class at a time and I ended up finishing the conservatory program. But improv you have, and I had so much fun, but you have to have team to perform. You know, it's easy to form a team, but it's hard to maintain a team. Oh, I know. I studied improv. After a while, people are not excited to practice anymore. I go, I have to pay 40 bucks for the session and I don't know. And so I started to perform by myself. I was singing and stuff and I had no idea about standup comedy. I didn't know at all. It's like, I live here forever in America, but I didn't know standup comedy existed till like five years ago. Wow, because it's not that big in Japan. Is that right? It's becoming like very recently, but it's in Japan comedy style is usually two people doing skits. So it's very different. And standup comedy, I don't know, I just love it. And you're very good at it. I've seen some of your sets there. Yeah, they're wonderful. And I'd love to talk to you about Second City. Was that in Los Angeles where you studied or were you in Chicago? Yes, that one in Hollywood. Hollywood, yeah, of course. Of course, did you ever do anything at Upright Citizens Brigade or improv? Yes, I also took classes at UCB and I did shows at iOS. Yeah. And I also took an improv class before, like way before when I was pregnant, like seven months pregnant. And I'm like at the, gosh, where are the groundings? Yeah, but I was too pregnant. So I'm like, oh, I can't do this. How long ago was this? How old are your kids? My kids are 16 and 12. Do you like improv better or stand -up better? I like improv. I love improv. I really love improvised music, like musicals. But that one is really hard to practice because you have to have somebody who could play piano or keyboard. And then you have to get a group of people who's willing to make fun of themselves. I like musical improv. The most. You had a song go viral, didn't you? Did you have a famous song about napping? Yeah, I had a nap time by Napster. It's a song for the, it's an official song for National Napping Day. When is National Napping Day? That's the day after the daylight saving time starts. You lose an hour the day before. So you get to take a nap the next day. I didn't know that, that's great. And your song is the official song for National Napping Day? Yes, actually, you know what happened? So I found out, I wrote a song called Nap Time by Napster. And then I found out there's a National Napping Day and I tracked down the guy who found it that day and I send him email. I'm like, I have a perfect song for National Napping Day. Can it be an official song? And he's like, sure.
The Charlie Kirk Show
Former Pastor Turned Meat Entrepreneur Exposes the Shocking Truth
"Have a special guest in studio which fits with a lot of the macro trends and especially what we're seeing in happening in Hawaii and just the food supply. Ben Spell is with us. Ben, I don't know if you've ever been on the program, but welcome back to Phoenix. Yeah, glad to be here. Thanks for having me. You are running a really important company called Good Ranchers, one of my favorite companies. I love meat, I don't eat any carbohydrates basically, just proteins and fats. You guys have the highest quality meat and you personally, former pastor, right? We see the world the same way. Just riff on your company, it's great, goodranchers .com. Yeah, like you said, I was a former pastor just about six years ago and my wife and I had been kind of talking about transitioning and literally just heard God's voice one morning, go and start a meat company. We talked about it, prayed about it, and felt that was what we were supposed to do with no knowledge of agriculture or entrepreneurship or anything. So we set out and we sold everything we had and just put our money into doing that. We just had our firstborn little boy and that was in 2017. We started in 2018 and God just blessed us right from the beginning and we had no idea what we were doing, but thankfully God had a plan for us. Then we realized right as we got into 2020, so 2018, 2019, we had two decently successful years. When we started, it was me selling meat in a parking lot in the truck. That's what I was doing. What we realized as we started getting some buying power and started purchasing more, that almost everything we were buying at that time was coming from Mexico, coming from South America. People don't know that it's foreign -sourced meat repurposed as American meat when you go to your local grocery store. Everything had a USDA stamp on it and all this. As we started looking into it, we realized, oh wow, there's actually no country of origin labeling law for beef or pork in the US. It got quietly repealed in 2015. Prior to 2015, you had to have a country of origin labeling stamp for beef and for pork. It just quietly just went away. Now, over 3 billion pounds of beef gets imported into the US every year. It's being sold in the grocery stores. It's being sold online. Consumers don't know. People think that because they're buying meat at their grocery store or their local butcher or buying it online from an American company, you just assume that you would meat be getting that's coming from American farms. It's just not the case. When we found that out, we drew a line in the sand. Like I said, this was early 2020. We drew a line in the sand and said, you know what? We are only going to source from American farms and ranches, which we actually found out is harder than you would think. We set out on that journey. That's when we started talking about
Bloomberg Radio New York - Recording Feed
Monitor Show 12:00 08-10-2023 12:00
"The product I'm buying was treated better than the average product. And I don't think you can even have that argument when you're talking about a lot of these things. You know, so you just gotta, I don't know, you just gotta go there. Pork bellies, BLTs, all that kind of good stuff. Keep an eye on the price of bacon. S &P 500 up about four tenths of one percent. Holding on to some of the gains we saw earlier on the back of the CPI print this morning. We're going to have more coming up. This is Bloomberg. Broadcasting 24 hours a day at Bloomberg .com and the Bloomberg Business Act. This is Bloomberg Radio. This is Bloomberg Markets with Paul Sweeney and Matt Miller. We got a lot of green on the screen here, but the volume is light. We constantly underestimate the strength of the U .S. consumer. This is a market that's much more optimistic or bullish than maybe its central bankers are. Breaking market news and insight from Bloomberg experts. There's still some concern out there in the market that there is room for things to deteriorate a little bit more than what they're indicating. As small and medium -sized businesses struggle, they don't present as much competition. The supply chain has still got dislocations globally and here in the U .S. This is Bloomberg Markets with Paul Sweeney and Matt Miller on Bloomberg Radio. All right, coming up in this hour, we're going to take a look at the endowments of some of these big universities. They're starting to report their returns for the latest fiscal year. Janet Lauren, higher ed reporter with Bloomberg News, will join us in the studio, so that's good. Jeffrey Cleveland, principal and chief economist at Paden and Riegel. He's going to join the program, talk about that CPI print we got this morning, what it means for the Fed. And then Ian Whitaker, managing director and owner at Liberty Sky Advisors. He's over in London, one of the smarter voices in the media space that I know. He's going to join us, give us his thoughts on what's happening with Disney and some of these other big media companies as I guess we all stream more and spend less time.
The Hugh Hewitt Show: Highly Concentrated
A highlight from Nikki Haley calls for trial of former President Trump to be moved out of D.C.
"Welcome to today's podcast, sponsored by Hillsdale College, all things Hillsdale, Hillsdale .edu. I encourage you to take advantage of the many free online courses there. And of course, listen to the Hillsdale Dialogues, all of them at Q for Hillsdale .com or just Google Apple, iTunes, and Hillsdale. Morning, Gloria America. Bonjour, hi, Canada. It's Hugh Hewitt from Studio North. Good morning. I'm pleased to welcome back former UN ambassador, former governor of South Carolina, and Nikki Haley. Ambassador Haley, good morning. Welcome back to the Hugh Hewitt Show. Good morning from Manchester, New Hampshire. Oh, you're not too far away. I'm up north. Quite a storm going on right now. Ambassador Haley, I want to begin. I've complimented the former vice president, Pence, because he has a son and son -in -law on active duty. I've complimented Ron DeSantis. He's a veteran. You are a veteran military spouse. I believe your husband is deployed as we speak, correct? Yes, he is currently deployed. Okay. So is he an officer? Yes. Well, I am talking, I just talked with Mike Gallagher about this. Senator Tuberville has a hold on more than 300 general officers, colonels who want to promote to general, captains who want to promote to admiral, and then everyone, one star to two star on up. We don't have a commandant in the Marine Corps. We do not have a chief of staff of the army for the first time in 200 years. More than 300 vacancies. It's a mess. And I know that the Pentagon has violated the Hyde amendment and I know you're pro -life, but would you call Senator Tuberville and ask him to stop screwing up the military because we're on the brink of a conflict with China and we cannot have this. Well, you know, I mean, look, this just goes to show how messed up our country is. I mean, you look at the fact that the Department of Defense shouldn't be doing this in the first place, but there's got to be other ways to go about doing this. You know, I mean, in a time where our recruitment's 25 % down and, you know, 80 % of those recruits typically come from military families and military parents are telling their kids not to go into the military. It's because they don't feel like anybody's got the military's back. They look at the fact that 33 ,000 veterans are homeless. They look at the fact that they're, you know, dangling these promotions out there and using them as fodder. I mean, they're looking at the fact that people don't see these, you know, men and women who serve as heroes anymore, and that's sad and it's terrible. And, you know, I appreciate what Tuberville's trying to do. I do. Like, it's totally wrong that the Department of Defense is doing this, but have we gotten so low that this is how we have to go about stopping it? I mean, at what point can we not go and have, you know, congressional members go to the Department of Defense and say, look, you have to go through Congress if you're going to do this. You can't suddenly, you know, decide you're going to do this. Don't hold, you know, don't make us have to do this. I just think it shouldn't get to this point. And, you know, for my husband who's serving overseas and for all those military men and women, the idea that this is what they're looking back and seeing, and this is what they are dealing with on top of the stresses of keeping themselves safe and being away from their families, it's wrong. You know, Ambassador Haley, thank you for saying that. I talked to an officer last week who told me not about himself, but about a friend who is facing a one -year deployment in tough circumstances. I don't know if he's going to Djibouti. I know where they're going. There are some tough places to serve a year. And it's not Navy because usually they do six -month and nine -month deployments, but a year in a tough place, but they can't start. So the family's in limbo. You've been there, right? You know what that month is before deployment. Now that month is six months. Now it's for the family, but it's incredibly stressful for the service member because their life is on hold. And you're, you know, it's enough to try and get ready for something like that. But, you know, for any military family, they can agree with me that once they have had the assignment that they have to go, they just want to go and get it over with. They just want to go ahead and get it done. And, you know, it's just, it goes to the heart of we don't treat our military men and women, service men and women well. We don't treat our veterans well. And, you know, my parents always taught us, you take care of those who take care of you. And I think it's shameful from the way that, you know, we're making veterans have to wait 29 days to get a doctor's appointment to the idea that, you know, you're dealing with a department of defense that's not focused on making sure that our military has the equipment, ammunition up to date that they need. Instead they want them taking gender pronoun classes. We've got a serious problem when you've got China threatening us, Russia threatening us, Iran threatening us, and we're going to sit there and play games like this. It's just wrong. On a political level, I also think it's completely disastrous for anyone on the Republican side, the party of defense, to have a Republican senator doing this, but I'll come back to that. China ran 11 ships in concert with Russia down past the Aleutians last week. I said last night, I'm Brett Barash, I want us to send 11 ships to the Taiwan Strait in response. I don't want to, you know, they didn't come into our waters, but I think we're on the brink of a conflict with China, Ambassador Haley. What do you think? I think that we should make sure we're not in a conflict with China, and I think that President Biden's doing everything he can to make sure that we walk into it. You don't run scared from China. You have to be strong. You have to make sure they know, you know, what we're focused on. We know this all started with Afghanistan, but it didn't end with Afghanistan. We've continued to see Biden go and send Blinken over there and try and make nice. Send Yellen over there, try and make nice. Send John Kerry over there and try and make nice. And in all these things, why are you doing that when they literally are responsible for killing 75 ,000 people last year because they're sending fentanyl across the border? Why are you doing that when they, you know, basically send a Chinese spy balloon over our airspace and they're buying up land next to our military? They've bought the largest pork producer in our country. You know, all of these things that they continue to do, why are we doing that? We now have malware that is in our systems that is going to basically, we don't know where the code is, but we know it's there, that's going to disrupt our power grid, our communications, our water supply. That's what China's done. So quit playing nice with them. And I think that's the problem is, you know, America has been too nice to these people that want to kill us. And that's just not the way you handle it. You handle it with strength. You let them know what you expect of them and you respond and let them know there's a price to pay if they do anything to challenge, threaten us, or any of our allies. Ambassador Haley, like I said, 11 Russian and Chinese ships sail close to the Aleutians, but not into our water. It's the third straight year China has done this. Every time we send one ship, President Biden and Secretary Austin send one ship to the Taiwan Strait, the Chinese Communist Party goes nuts. I like the fact they sent 11 ships near us so that we can just flood the zone in the Taiwan Strait. Would you order that if you were the president in response to this? Well, this is actually in response to the fact that we had exercises going on in the Taiwan Strait, that we had exercises going on in the, you know, South China Sea. That's why China's doing this is because they're upset. But understand, you look at a map and see how close they came to Alaska and you combine that with the Chinese spy base that they're putting up in Cuba, which don't think that they won't send Chinese military there soon. You add that and look at how close they are to our soil. And if that doesn't send a chill up every American's mind, I don't know what will. So yes, if we need to go and put, you know, ships there to show them what we're doing, but it's not so much that you do a tit for tat like that. It's fine. We can do that. But what I'd rather us do is have America strategize to get strong. You know, the fact that China has the largest naval fleet in the world. They have 350 ships. They'll have 400 in two years. We won't even have 350 in two decades. Let's focus. The one thing that will scare China is to watch us strengthen our military because they know that we have the best military in the world. If they start seeing us modernize our equipment, if they start seeing us focus on our navy, our air, our, you know, to make sure that we're doing artificial intelligence, cyber, space, all of those things, they will suddenly start to realize that we need business. Right now, they're just not scared of us.
The Charlie Kirk Show
A highlight from Expose the Tyranny of Lies with Vivek Ramaswamy
"I want to thank Charlie, he's an incredible guy, his spirit, his love of this country. He's done an amazing job building one of the most powerful youth organizations ever created, Turning Point USA. We will not embrace the ideas that have destroyed countries, destroyed lives, and we are going to fight for freedom on campuses across the country, that's why we are here. Brought to you by the loan experts I trust, Andrew and Todd at Sierra Pacific Mortgage at andrewandtodd .com. Today Donald Trump is going to be arraigned at a DC federal courthouse. Former President of the United States, arraigned by this feral dog by the name of Jack Smith, who is using the full force of the federal government. And Merrick Garland signed off on this. It's supposed to be an independent council, this is not an independent council, this is one of Eric Holder's lackeys, went out to The Hague. This guy has failed time and time again with his prosecutorial record. Failed with McDonald, overturned at the Supreme Court. He is perfect for political prosecutions, or should I say, persecutions. I've read the indictment multiple times, we've been through the details of this. This is a disgrace. It's a total disgrace, and I will say, I'm sensing a little bit of a change of even some of the most ardent Trump critics that I speak with and I text with. I spoke with one the other day, someone who hates Donald Trump, and I called him, I said, so, how do you feel? He said, man, I hate Trump. I said, but I don't hate him this much. He said, what do you mean? He said, man, this is so bad. This is so damaging, so dangerous. He's like, Trump's probably going to win the nomination, I'll support him in the general. He's like, I really think Trump is bad for the country, but this is worse. I was like, OK, that's an honest take. I could take that. That is progress. That is movement. And I'll be honest. Anybody who is now doing cheap shots at Donald Trump while he is under active, multi sham federal indictments, I've lost respect for you. Read the room. Understand what's really at play here. This is not the time to get in cheap shots of, oh, Donald Trump should have fired Fauci faster. Yeah, yeah, yeah, OK. Get out of the way. We don't have time for this. OK? There's something much bigger going on here than policy disagreements. That might be valid. OK, personnel selection. We've talked about it. This is the whole ballgame. Can an unelected administrative state take out the leader of an opposition party? They believe. Yes, absolutely. So The New York Times, I read it, so you don't have to. It's just the lack of self -awareness here is amazing. So they go through the co -conspirators. We had John Eastman on the program and who's likely going to be indicted or unindicted co -conspirator. We don't know. This is this is the headline. First Amendment is likely linchpin of Trump defense. Allies prepare for fight over free speech after indictment calls out lies. And then it goes on to say the indictment cites a campaign of election falsehoods. Time out here. Are you allowed to believe things that the government doesn't believe? Why do we have a First Amendment? We are the speaking beings, as Aristotle would say. We have reason, dialogue, conversation, disagreement, debate. What opinions exactly need to be regulated? A free society means that you're allowed to not just disagree, but challenge. And in a free society, you're allowed to have what is deemed as wacky or goofy opinions. I don't even think what Donald Trump was espousing was wacky or goofy. For the record, I think Donald Trump was onto something huge. His gut instinct is correct. The 2020 election was a sham. From the intel agencies to the fake Hunter Biden laptop letter to the mass mail -in ballots to the Center for Technology and Civic Life to the Yul -Roth meetings with Twitter and the FBI, Donald Trump was onto something. But this indictment, and this is why when people do these cheap shots on Trump like, oh, Nikki Haley, move on, get out of the way. You're a waste of time, all right? This here is the criminalization of wrongthink. This is the criminalization and the potential imprisonment and death penalty. That's right. One of the statutes that Donald Trump is facing could potentially get him the death penalty for asking questions. Now, let's just go through the last couple hundred years. Is there ever a time where somebody challenges an orthodoxy and ends up being proven right? One of the most famous examples is Galileo. Galileo, who was basically put on house arrest for questioning, saying, hey, maybe there's something to this heliocentric theory of, nope, I'll put you in house arrest. Go into prison. Or in the 1900s, lobotomies used to be considered to be the most amazing medical breakthrough. How about as recently as the Hunter Biden laptop is a Russian disinformation? Our leader said that, or that the vaccine is safe and effective, or that lockdowns are going to help kids, or that the virus is going to kill 20 percent of our population. What's really going on here with this indictment? And what infuriates me, and I have not heard this point made, is like, OK, they're going after somebody for wrongthink. Meanwhile, not a single member of the administrative state, not a single maggot, not a single vermin, not a single one of these people have been held accountable for their lies the last couple of years, for their intentional misrepresentations, for power, for profit. And yet they're going after Donald Trump for asking questions that they don't like. And The New York Times says, well, you know, the First Amendment is likely his defense. Well, yeah. What they are trying to do is set a precedent that, I'll be honest, is even bigger than Donald Trump. They're going for a civilizational changing indictment here. Not only do they think they will be able to take out the leader of the opposition party, they want to set a precedent in what will be the highest profile case. More eyeballs on this case than I think any in American history. Maybe, maybe the Scopes Monkey trial would come closer. This is going to be, this will be covered wall to wall, every motion, every filing. And by the way, I know it's not customary. We need to demand that there are cameras in the courtroom. We need to demand it. And every one of these trials, there is not an argument not to have cameras in the courtroom, period. You're going to go lock up the opposition leader. I want it on every television. Own it, Jack Smith. Own it, prosecutors. Come on, show us what you're doing. I don't want to look at some sort of sketch by some sort of guy. No, no, no, no, no. Cameras in the courtroom. I want to know what's going on. This will make the O .J. Simpson trial look like child's play as far as the high profile civilizational impact. And that's not just one. You got documents. You got this conspiracy to defraud the United States, a bunch of silly stuff. You got the Georgia one that is looming. We need cameras in the courtroom. We need eyeballs. I thought, because democracy dies in darkness, right? That's what I'm lectured by the degenerates of the Washington Post every day. What is really going on here in this indictment is, yes, Donald Trump is part of it. But the bigger game is can they eliminate the First Amendment? And that is even bigger than Trump. That is the crux of this indictment. The of crux this indictment is the promise of the United States Constitution that our founding fathers put in the First Amendment of the United States Constitution, the Bill of Rights, inspired largely by George Mason, Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion or prohibiting the free exercise thereof or abridging the freedom of speech or of press and the right to peaceably assemble. Here is the key. Here is the key. And to petition the government for a redress of grievances, this entire thing, even if you think Donald Trump was on Neptune and he believed wacky stuff, which I do not. I think he was onto something. You are constitutionally allowed to challenge your government. You're allowed to believe wacky and weird stuff. In fact, that is what makes America a great country. We should applaud it when somebody asks questions of their government. We shouldn't send them to prison. The government is not the arbiter of truth. 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WTOP
"pork" Discussed on WTOP
"Back ribs, Louis St. ribs, pork tenderloins or center cut pork chops, value packs $3 .99 per pound, blueberries and dry pints are strawberry 16 ounce containers only $1 .99 each with digital coupon. Limit two eight. Traffic and weather on the eight sand. We go to the W. T. O. P. Traffic center. Here's Jack. Slowdowns in Virginia will start on 95 northbound Dale City riding off slowly and on toward Lorton southbound. We've got a delay going to the work zone after Centerport Parkway, taking the left lane near milepost 135. The wreck in Manassas eastbound on the Prince William Parkway out near 234. Dumfries Road moved out of the roadway. We have not cleared from the roadway out on the Beltway in a loop coming out of Springfield near the Robinson terminal. That's where you're gonna find that crash still along the right side. I think you've still got cones blocking two right lanes Beyond it just a little heavy as you pass 236 then some slowing into Tysons 66 slowed east out in Manassas then again Fairfax County Parkway headed toward 50 395 solid from the Beltway north headed to King Street then again some slowing across the 14th street bridge. There's a delay in the district. It's on I -295 Northbound leaving oxen Cove toward laboratory Road then exiting to go in on the 11th Street bridge. You'll slow toward the 3rd Street tunnel delays leaving Maryland onto DC 295 South you're slow headed down toward East Capitol Street Jammed in Maryland as we'd said South BW Parkway near 202 50 West after 4 -10 everybody headed into Northeast with the work zone inbound New York Avenue before South Dakota Avenue blocking Center Lane outbound at New York Avenue near 4th Street Northwest that wreck had blocked the left lane Beltway delays in Maryland topside outer loop 95 to George Avenue while Georgetown Road into the big curve interloop delays after Branch Avenue down toward the Wilson bridge the outer loop after Allentown Road had been an earlier crash expect delays on 95 coming South approaching the Beltway to get onto the outer loop on the brakes in Urbana Germantown toward Montgomery Village Avenue then approaching Montrose Road down toward the spur the Comcast business complete connectivity solution its cybersecurity Internet and mobile all from one provider Comcast business powering possibilities restrictions apply Comcast business Internet required Jack Taylor WTOP traffic not a seven news first alert meteorologist Brian Van de Graaff tracking a changing weather pattern not necessarily a bad thing we need some rain and it does look like it arrives not till tomorrow though today clouds are thicker
Mark Levin
Rep. Chip Roy: 17 Senate Republicans Voted Against a Secure Border
"I don't get the sense that the Republican leadership in the Senate takes this as urgently as the and you guys do in the house Am I wrong about that Well I think the exhibit a are the 17 Republican senators who in December joined with Democrats to pass a $1.7 trillion omnibus bill that had specific language in it that actually prevented the use of funds for securing the border And took away from us to leverage that you would get in a funding mechanism to actually try to stop the current abuses But guess what We are now stymied The only tool we have are the debt ceiling and the spending bills at the end of September because the Senate 17 Republicans in the Senate caved and went along with the Democrats also that they could move their agenda that they say is for the military which is all just a fig leaf It's false They were unwilling to stand up and give us a lot of support in there didn't they Lots of pork There was something like 7 or 8000 earmarks like a Michelle Obama trail I mean just tons of pork in the Bill What does that mean Well exactly
Mark Levin
Joe Biden Is Pushing Us Into a Default Crisis
"Having spent this nation into a position of near default Joe Biden is pushing us into a default crisis Because he will not negotiate with the Republicans You're going to hear this phrase over and over again I want a clean debt ceiling Bill Because for most people that sounds good you like the word clean It's the opposite of dirty And these damn Republicans say they're trying to stop a clean bill There is more pork in this bill than ever before in American history More than any two or three budgets combined The radicals are on a spending spree like we've never seen before in American history not even in wartime When they're on budget debt of $31.6 trillion our economy only produces a little over 18 trillion And a debt when you include entitlements of about $350 trillion and Joe Biden has caused other countries to turn on our currency our currency is weak The fed is trying to counter the incredible amount of deficit spending with higher interest rates So we have two elements that are at at odds with each other The monetary system and the fiscal system it is a disaster It is disastrous
The Doug Collins Podcast
Newsmax's John Bachman on the Magic of Athens, GA
"Both of us being Georgia boys, both of us, you know, in this world and we're both in media. We both do all of those things and look, you can spend hours talking about the Biden administration and even dumb Republicans and everything else. We all get that. But coming from Georgia, there's things that matter. Georgia football, music, Arby's barbecue, a cornbread, anything, anything I think food number three, anything under that, you know. Food in general, but barbecue and for those of you for those of y'all in Texas, it is pork, barbecue. Let's just make this this out now. But anyway, those kind of music comes back. But also, and I've gotten dealing with this a lot when I was in Congress when I dealt with the music modernization act and I got to know a lot of these folks. But when you went to school in Athens, what most people don't realize is that Athens is almost an amazing, it's almost a Detroit of the south. And growing up, talk about it because you and the university of Georgia, you know, went over there in the music scene over there, the downtown saint is just an amazing place. It absolutely is amazing place. And that was part of the appeal. I mean, you grow up, if you grow up in Georgia, you hear about Athens, you know about REM, you know about the B-52s. Right when I was graduating high school, I was really starting to listen to a lot of widespread panic. And I was there in the spring of 1998 when widespread panic played in downtown Athens right there in the middle to see him play. And that was right before I started college, I was still a senior in high school and we had just lost in the state or the state of the regional baseball playoffs. My buddy Michael Nelson and I drove to Athens, didn't have a place to stay, but we went and watched widespread panic. And I remember I called my dad the next day and this is before cell phones. I caught him from a pay phone at a waffle House on three 16, and I said, dad, just checking in, letting you know everything's okay. And my tad said, what happened last night, John, I woke up and I read on the front page of the AJC that there was widespread panic in Athens last night, and I said, dad, dad, it's just a band.
The Dan Bongino Show
Using ChatGPT to Organize Your Grocery Store Shopping List
"Tried it out this week and my wife sent me a grocery list This weekend And as she does and sometimes I'll run and get the grocery shop So whatever she thinks we might need she'll put that on the list and typically almost every time she very helpfully puts it in an order that makes sense to me for being in the store So the producers first the meat is next then I'm going up and down the aisles and she kind of knows how the aisles were laid out so she tries to write it in a coherent order so I'm not looking down on the list so I'm like oh man I passed out a long time ago I got to go back around in the store to find it Well this time she just kind of sent me just whatever was on the top of her mind as Karen says top of mind At The White House top of mind she just made a list of all the things we needed and I went on my way to go get it And I was like man this list it's gotta be I gotta have some organization 'cause I hate to miss anything I wanna make sure I get everything as we walk through the store So I went to this artificial intelligence software called OpenAI chat GPT some of you may have used it tried it out And I punched in a note a grocery list store order and I wrote at the top of it can you sort this grocery list in an order based on where the items are in a typical grocery store Start with produce then go to meet then place everything else And I just literally pasted everything from my wife's grocery list In the artificial intelligence and I hit enter just fired away Within 5 seconds it spit this back Sure here's the sorted list based on the typical layout of a grocery store One produce and then it listed carrots onions bananas basil garlic potatoes meat meatloaf mixed sweet sausage pork chops for sauce chicken breasts this is all my wife's writing but it literally put it all together And then everything else It organized the rest of it And it actually made it super coherent for me And it took no time at all Which was really nice The convenience wonderful The tech insane The text insane
National Day Calendar
"pork" Discussed on National Day Calendar
"Reese's Peanut Butter cups are the greatest, but let me play devil's advocate here. Let's see. So, no, that's a good thing. That's definitely not a problem. Reese's you did it. You stumped this charming devil. Welcome to February 12, 2023 in the national day calendar. Today we celebrate our presidential favorite and the perfect big game crunch. Plum pudding hails from England, but Abraham Lincoln liked it so much that the recipe can still be found in White House historical cookbooks. This steamed pudding does not call for plums. However, but is made from Apple dates raisins, nutmeg, and cinnamon. Thanks to Charles Dickens, most people think of it as a Christmas dessert. Back in the day, people dim the lights to serve plum pudding and children played a game called Snapdragon, as they tried to snatch raisins from the flaming dessert. National plum pudding day, coincides with president Lincoln's birthday to honor this Americans love for a traditional English treat and what could be better than plum pudding to serve on the day of the big game. I don't know. What would it be? How powerful this one? Today you're snacking choices are endless, but doesn't it seem fitting to put pig skin on the menu? Much better. Pork rinds have been around for centuries, and got their start with Spanish royalty in the 1500s. Apparently the aristocracy saw them as a delicacy. In the 1800s, the tasty ryans became a convenient snack for shepherds, who cooked most meals over an open fire as they tended their flocks. They were also favored by the United States soldiers as a way to provide sustenance on long journeys. Today, pork rinds are a dieter's dream if you follow the low carb paleo or keto trend, but with a variety of flavors that rival potato chips, any and all snackers can have their protein and crunches too. A national pork rind day pop open a bag of your favorite flavor and enjoy the big game. Okay, I have to have flavor on these or I don't like them. So plum pudding? Salt is a beautiful thing. I think a pump putting dip would be perfect for them. You're weird. I'm Anna deavere. I'm Marlo Anderson. Thanks for joining us as we celebrate every day. See you tomorrow.
Mark Levin
CNN Analyst: Voters Care More About Food Prices Than Jan. 6 Committee
"In new CNN analysts fretted they had American voters might care more about the cost of their food than they do about the January 6th hearings This is Nicholas lanham Fox Building Thursday's consumer price index data which showed inflation reaching 8.2% September as well as the cost of living index at its highest in 40 years CNN Steven collinson I don't know who that punk is but CNN Stephen collinson noted polling has repeatedly reinforced that the economy is the top concern to voters heading into the midterm elections The diet included information about frozen potato products as well as pork products which have increased 10% in 5 and a half percent respectively While it would be too simplistic to say voters are more preoccupied with the cost of French fries than the price of democratic freedoms It wouldn't be far from the Mark collinson wrote Now this is a guy who's paid to give commentary and analysis at CNN I please I want you to understand something These people have nothing but contempt For a hardworking Americans I don't care what party you are Nothing but dripping contempt for you nothing The bend over backwards for murders rapists they'll bend over backwards for people on the doll We'll bend over backwards for illegal immigrants But hardworking Americans Blue collar middle class and they don't like you They despise you
The BBQ Central Show
"pork" Discussed on The BBQ Central Show
"Continuing to produce incredibly mediocre content in an exceptionally professional way. You're listening and watching the barbecues central show once again. Here's your host. Greg ramp portion brought to you by fire board to fiber to drive and fireball to pro pro once again back in stock. So if you're looking for ultimate high heat monitorability the one you want. You can monitor up the six different temperatures simultaneously through five cloud base monitoring or via the bluetooth alexa or the google assistant in your home. Your luck firebird fully integrated with both find out more by visiting firebird dot com or call eight one six nine four five two to three two. That's fire to fiber to drive and firebird to pro all right. We thanked him. Mccaskill all the way back in the first interview segments of the bank talking about pork pricing. And how we got to where we are right now and why it was so high and again if you go back and you're watching the video and you see the pricing that he's looking at. That's not the retail pricing that we were seeing that was packaging plant stuff and distribution stuff so double vat and that's when you start to see the bigger prices that the consumers paying also think riches from dirk riches dot com giving us the in-depth on zee grills in how they really dominate the market. When it comes to pellet cooking and making those low end pelicans not only for other companies but their own brand as well. Hey if you're gonna make them why not make one for yourself. Let's go ahead and point to the second hour refresh libations and we'll be back with some hot takes and other random things before we get with the embedded correspondents around. We'll be right back. You're listening to the number one most downloaded barbecue and grilling podcast anywhere. The barbecues central show..
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"Not be able to kind of handle what you're looking at but yeah i mean you could certainly private label. I mean that's not a hard thing to do in this day and age. What kind of lifespan should you be expecting if you're getting a pella cooker between four to six hundred bucks a couple years. Let's say i'm gonna use it two to three times a week right through. It doesn't matter spring summer. Winter fall boba high. Use if you're in a relatively dry environment you might get five years. I think i think that depend you know a lot of us. Have to with where you live. I mean but yeah maybe that's five might be good if you're gonna keep it covered. You do good maintenance on it but yeah a lot of the components are not what we would consider us. I mean they sell a full-size pella grill. Ways in about one hundred eight pounds and you know when you take out the cooking grates and you know the motor assemblies. Neog resembles fifty pie. You're not talking a lot of metal here. You're talking a very thin body structure. Yeah so if it's cold or the wind blows lightly your temperatures affected your fuel consumptions up things that you would perhaps come to expect from a more expensive cooker is. You're not getting it. So just your expectation and then you're not going to be disappointed. Basically yeah. I mean you know if you're purchasing in that price range because there's not a lot down in that price range at this point. Yeah you can't have huge expectations. You are going to get what you pay for. I try to tell people all the time and they get mad and four. But it's like well if you're not willing to invest then don't expect a lot. Yeah dirk last question before i let you go and appreciate the insight here on e. grill as i was talking with tim mccaskill last segment. We were discussing it the end. The recent release of the latest version of texas monthly's top fifty any thoughts on that and how many of you've been to top ten lies top ten wise. Oh onto six. Maybe really. I might have been discern. Yeah i think. Well ben franklin but that was years ago and that was quite a way i went to burn being. Not that long ago aren't asked us down and seen i inner seller truth barking now administered either and i haven't been to goldies so okay we might be four or five fifty percents not bad. Well i was actually going to get some food from interstellar in the top down or are they in the austin top. Ten the austin the was something came up. And i just kind of didn't get that together. I am enjoying the. I'm enjoying the pandemic from the standpoint. That many of these places do alike or online. Pick up so 'cause i hate standing in line. I am not aligned standard. Which is why. Been to snows once. But i would go again but you know anything coming up that we should be visiting the website for anything hot salacious. I'll have some news out next month. Yes but i can't say anything more about it because there's a contract involved but those aren't back it is not an overtly controversial thing it's just which means a nice thing and it was a lot of you know this affair amount of work but you have a book coming out. I'll who does biography on somebody. Yes the unofficial greg. Empey biography please talking to your alimentary. Schoolteacher miss jalen. What a great. She was my favorite third grade to you and your daughters have been a real help. Yes point lippi rail so they like to talk. Hey make sure that you're visiting derek's website derg riches dot com and check back the fourth tuesday of every month and you can find right here on the show. Derek goes appreciate the time. Thanks for donor. Yes he is sometime around thanksgiving. Yes we will do it. We'll talk turkey that of course dirk dot com is his website. I'll talk to you quickly about big poppa smokers before we come out and get ready for the second hour. 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"I i think right now until the logistic stuff get straightened out. I don't see the that many places think that trying to introduce a whole new product in this environment is is is a good idea. I agree with that enriches joining us here on the show. Dirk riches dot com his website. You should be reading it frequently. So sticking with products you recently did an article on the z grill seven hundred pellet cooker and we can talk about the pella cooker and review here in a second but to me. I think there's two groups of people that know or don't know about audience or know about zero. So i guess i just gave away that toll. Second part of the question. You have a group of people that have no idea who's e grill is but then maybe three groups and you have somebody like me who's heard z grill. Doesn't really know too much about him. And then obviously the subset of c which knows exactly who's grill is and what they are but if we could maybe start by getting a a really good base of who's e grill actually is and how intertwined they actually are in the pellet cooker market which i think most people don't really understand. Yeah it's it's it's one of those kind of long story sort of things but you know the first thing to know is that for twenty years trigger had a patent on pellet cookers. I mean ed. Marin and cook shack came out the fast eddie cooker which got around that hadn't but they were really the only ones do it. I don't think they got a. They had to pay a fate every time they or because they were using the traeger august. Well turner didn't necessarily on the system. The system came straight out of boilers It's the controller. That was the issue. All right really. But i mean If it was a pellet powered cooker and it was it was in your was on your patio. They kind of owned that. And when that patent got close to expiring joe trigger in People decided you know. We're gonna get swamped with competitors. So we don't have a lot of choices in the route they went with was we have to keep the price down. We have to make the traegergrills cheapest possible so that they can stay in business in they can grow so they moved manufacturing to china closed down the manufacturing facility in oregon and set up in china which meant getting a factory in china. That could build a pellagra because they had never done it before and so that became kind of a bit of a nightmare in and people who may have bought one of those first imported traegergrills may still have some bad memories of that whole situation. The quality control is a big problem. There was warranty issues. It was just you know it was very painful process but the factory that started making them in china kept making pella girl said they made more more pal girls in as competitors capable long they were more than happy to make everyone's pella and so they became the biggest pellagra factory in the world. Now there are other places that make pella girls in china. There's a facility. We may be familiar with in wuhan but this facility which is just off. The river near the coast is the janai. It's said giant giant. Josu dry suzy. Gross technology as it's now known They started making Pals for anybody and about twenty sixteen decide well we could make pellet grills for us so they partnered with other companies one of which was h chinese marketing transportation branding company and they created ziegler z. Gross at the market as the cheapest pellagra you could buy. I mean you can get as you grow now. You know not on sale at about four hundred and fifty bucks and if you look at their you know if you look at the z. Grills the there's one girl in particular that's just going to jump out at you and that's the grill silverback because z grill and the gorilla. Silverback almost identical. They you know it's the same. Brill grill. puts it their controller in. They have different controller unit but the the body shape the size bassetti. Everything it's absolutely identical. They look very similar band. There's not much that you know guerrilla can do about that. Because i think they did a lot of the design work for the grow but they didn't really own the look of it so much and people will criticize grills for kind of ripping other people off or you can say they're very entrepreneurial and have created their own. You know owned brian. I mean their most expensive grill as you know in the thousand series. I think it's up to just over a thousand dollars so they are you know they're very much marketed towards the bottom. They have a us subsidiary in charge of just you know trying to you know. They do a shitload of advertising and marketing. And they do. You know d- ashley do real add in my life anywhere. i'll really they. They purchase google ads like crazy. And if you do a little on zee grills you will find that. It's all over your facebook. It's all over your twitter. It's oliver everything but until you kind of step on the magic button. That's going to get you that. It doesn't get dumped on you but yeah they have a pretty aggressive marketing campaign. You just you have to kind of be in the right place to find it. But i think the dump a lot of money on so they make pellet cookers were making traeger pellet cookers throat. I understand now. They also make this guerilla cooker. You're talking about. They make some version of pit boss cooker. If i call them on the phone tomorrow and i said hazy grill. I wanted to make the barbecue central show pellet cooker. This is something that would be right up there. Wheelhouse and then what i have the option of saying i want this to be the most robust pellet cooker out on the market that you can make and i wanna see that retail tag to be fifteen hundred bucks or do. They not even have the wherewithal to do that. Is that outside of their expertise. They could probably do it. I don't think they would unless you were going. Big big big an older sense. Yeah i mean if if you're gonna do fifty containers maybe they could go that route but if you're going to do five containers now you know. That's a lot of these companies. You say that. With like the the the apex kamado grill they will make modifications to it. They will put your name on it. They'll put different handles on a girls will do the same thing. it's like. You know we could stamp it this way. We can put this badge on. We can change the handle on it other than that they have. I think like four five main body types and you're gonna have to stick with that You know you might be able to swap out like cooking. Grates nick for the most part. They're doing i the parcel nickel plated steel and you know the cheaper end stuff. I i think that it would be foolish to go to them. And say i want a real robust one. Because they're going to put their augurs in their motors and all of those components which may.
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"Had did. You have any like knee-jerk reactions to the list. Anybody that you knew that you were like oh you know happy to see them on the list or any surprises. What did you think. Initially my phone started ringing in about six thirty that morning of and it ranked throughout the day in the messages came in the emails. Worn my opinion of people that were you know on the list. Were on the list on the list. Thought they'd be on the list It was interesting you know when text the started doing this years ago we didn't have social media and so it was just a magazine with fifty barbecue restaurants in it so you some people didn't even advertise it. You know i listen. You had a great last week's episode with with daniel von was really good. I'm glad i got to see that. Because you know he. He mentioned that some people don't want to be on the list you know and they didn't advertise. It will now a social media in the in the younger crowd that are running these barbecue restaurants. They want to be on this list. And i was surprised that there was twenty nine new people on this list now. Does that mean the twenty nine they replaced or any less better or the twenty nine that replaced him or that good man. I don't know that's got to be very narrow narrow gap there how you do that i. I'm surprised i don't talk to talk about my customers. And i won't talk about my customers but i'll say this since they're not a customer mind. I was our surprised by style. Switch you know daniel mansion on your program last time that you know. He had his great sandwich. You know the smoke were talked about the smoke cream cheese in talked about the sandwich had and it was came from styles which barbecue in austin. That's my go to place. When i want. Great consistent barbecue with manageable line they. They're very efficient but They they didn't make it on the honorable mention in that kind of surprise me And then the other twenty nine places. I only know of four five of them In the rest of them dan. I don't know greg they were. It was a surprise when you look at the names of the top fifty. How many are you selling our selling my products. Yeah i i can't tell you that You know we can't so there's a thing there's a thing called You know we've got nondisclosures. I don't tell anybody i don. I don't do that. But i i must say this and this is important in last twenty months if you're in the barbecue business and if you sold barbecue out of a restaurant barbecue joint out of a trailer if you sold barbecue out back of your car and you may pay. You made your your your mortgage. You made your debt. You made your rent. You pay these stupid prices for a pre proteins if you did all of that and you're still in business i salute you and you should be a magazine because twenty. The last twenty months have been h. e. double toothpicks. You're not telling me how many customers you have in. The top fifty are their customers of yours in texas who actively or outside of texas who would actively say. Hey we're make all of our meets bubble bob but we bring in mccusker brand sausage in that who were selling to you know. And it's because texans are pretty Closed about that. They want it to be their product. And i'll let i don't care it's their product and a lot of them are. Oem where we make product for based on their recipe under their label We may make it in the plant. But it's their product a few people if you ask them tell you but i don't tell anybody now but non chicago when you get sitex you get the denver. Aj's barbecue you get these places. I think i'm in twenty twenty or twenty one states. They love to say you know. We got mckesson brand sausage. Here you know the proper pig up in up in cleveland had it. I don't know if they still have it. But in your hometown they had and they they were proud to announce that but in texas. Everybody wants to be their own their own domain. They want to keep their products among and they don't really need my help they really don't so they'll just using maintenance is like manufacturing so they don't have to also take on that workload with everything else they're doing. Yeah and plus. It's confusing too. Because we have mccaskey. We have mccusker restaurants still in business. My cousins are all out there making their own sausage in the doing on barbecue. In fact we. It's mccusker barbecue down in puerto aransas For a harvest moon regatta. That they catered and so it would be confusing if you go into a restaurant and says always serves mccusker brand sausage and then across the street is one of my cousins. And you know i wouldn't. I wouldn't want that no doubt about it. It's tim casca here. On the show mccusker brands dot com is. The website is one of the five most recent inductees into the barbecue. Central shows guest hall of fame and most important thing is he has all of this great knowledge that he's happy to share with us as it relates to this industry that we know in love him always appreciate the time. Thanks so much for doing great. No no games. You wanna play game if it has to do with music after one thousand nine hundred seventy eight. I have nothing for you all right here. We go then. I just happened to be sky who liked music before. Nineteen seventy eight as well here. We go tim. You tell me between these two songs. Which is the better song. Is it players. How long or is it. Ambrosia Biggest urinary yet biggest part of me which one is biggest party me. Levitt plight saw mild at both of those songs on my playlist. But i love. I love ambrosia right. So we're going ambrosia final answer. Yes i the locking ten in ambrosia for his final answer against player. And of course tim is raw player. Player is the better answer in that. Specific instance. But we appreciate tim playing. Of course you know what. I find magical about those songs. If you're half paying attention both of those songs around the yacht. Rock siriusxm channel. Yes all the time But if you're only half paying attention to the radio and concentrating on driving the first thirty seconds they both sound like exactly the same song. I'll start singing it in my mind thinking it's the player song but now it's ambrosia vice versa. So i find that song to be kind of tricky so it was kind of a trick question on my part time. I don't mean to do that to a whole family. I like. I love both of them. I love both of them. And i'm just you know when you had daniel last week and you mentioned some guy named styles hair who that is have no clue as to what can i tell you. Now yeah don't worry about appreciate i. I had no clue all right tim. Thanks for coming on. I appreciate thank you all right there. He is tim augusta. Right there. really close bigger. Bet is the best part of real close but baby come back. Is the jam player yacht. Rock radio i see derek. Richardson the green room. We'll get to him here in just one second. Derek might have to be on his music game as well that seems to be a hot game sweeping the nation. I'm not even asking for. The guests are demanding to play games so i will play gains of course because i have gained beds at the red. I'll talk to you quickly about yukon. Glory and the grill and served saddened absolutely wonderful revolution when it comes to landscape grilling baskets. Because i hate to things i hate taking grilling baskets.
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"You'll actually be on the second one. You'll see that that charge over here too. You're right. You can see at one time back in june and may Hogs or a dollar twenty five apparent which was great for the farmers. And that's why you re paying all that money flows spare ribs. See that that line. How got red line goes up there. Yes you're the dotted line and the dotted line. The blue line is twenty twenty two. Excuse me twenty twenty and then the the dotted when is the five year average. And we talked a little bit last time about why. Why do we have to fight these battles with pork and if you look at the if you look at the chart on the left that is how much pork is exported in the millions of pounds. and you can see that red line is twenty twenty one and we're pretty much in line with our normal exports And if you go the the final panel it'll show you who's getting our pork four point four five billion pounds of pork year to date and it'll probably be closer to about seven or eight billion pounds You know sh you know it's going to be up only about two percent but it's still a lot of pork going out of the country and if you look on the right you'll see who's getting it number. One was that say china china. Yeah they like work and mexico's next and it's usually sometimes it. It goes back and forth between mexico and china but china's always usually up there and then followed by japan. Canada south korea philippines philippines michelotto pork. They do have a lot of pork forums and so to south america So that kinda surprising me that columbia is still in there but anyway that's where pork is going and that's why if we didn't export as much would prices be down should should we be a so. I mean my lame business mind would say if we have more supply even if demand is higher we would be able to meet it. Potentially prices drive down instead of sending it away which then of course my lame business mind would say well if you consolidated premium and it's leaving the country. Don't you wanna make the money that you can make seems to be some kind of a vacillating situation. You could be you and you are correct. If we did export less we would have more pork available to us here in the in in the united states but the export kind of guarantees the flow of product. You see kind of guarantees. What 'cause we're steady exporting all the time and When we you know we did have export issues back when we had. Pi d- Or pd. I'm sorry no yup porcine epidemic diarrhea. I think two thousand fifteen. We had his terrible thing were piglets. Were dying and pork went crazy. We didn't export lot because we didn't have a lot to export. So yeah you know. It's interesting thing supply and demand by talk a little bit about brisket how everybody was just buying brisket in the store bought three or four whatever. The limit's said it's eased up a little bit. The demand is is a little less because we're getting into the fall but interestingly enough Even though the demand is gone down people are still buying pork steadily throughout the year. But but the good news is. It's gotten better. I guess. I had no idea that there was that amount of pork leaving the country. And then there's always this weird conversation that americans love to have about a company here in the states. That's owned by the chinese firm smithfield and oh it's chinese-owned baba is there any thought into while they're chinese-owned so they're just shipping pork back over there. They own it. They wanted and they can do that. They can do it because like i told you the last time i was here on your show. There's four control just about everything. Eighty percent of the entire beef and pork markets are controlled by four companies in. So they can do back basically what they want. And of course if you're if you're a foreign owned company and You can pretty much since in your product back to wherever you came from. Because it's what they can do and they're going to sell to whoever pays the most fort. That's just business. Tim mccaskey joining us here. On the show. Mccusker brands dot com is his website. If you want to check it out maybe you have a restaurant food truck or up. Sorry barbecue food truck or restaurant. Barbecue restaurant you'd like to have some great sausages in your place but you wanna make them then. You should be getting a hold of tim and saying how do we put together a special brand just for me and he can take it from there. Let me circle back. Just well actually. Before we before asking briskly question you said the pork is coming into line. Is there anything else on the horizon that we need to be on the lookout for. I remember one thing that stuck out. Springtime as we got into summer was chicken wings. Were either a unavailable. And then be incredibly priced That's something that might rear up again or something along those lines that could see again. Well fourth we had memorial day for the july labor day those big wing days and they're in the summertime people go to beaches and lakes and stuff. The chicken wings situation has eased up. You're still not cheap though but there is more available out there. But i will give you a scoop. I always give you great scoops. Yes historically right. I'm gonna give you scoop right now at all of your To your listeners. Not a lot of them If you're gonna if you're thinking about getting a turkey for for thanksgiving maybe you've talked about this so far but if you haven't gotten a know if you haven't seen the news you may wanna get your turkeys centers. You can find one. We're gonna be frozen anyway so it's not going to hurt anything. You have the room especially if you want a twelve pound hand. They're going to be kind of short this year. They're all saying they've got plenty and a twenty pound. Tom's they said look. We got plenty. There's no rush on this but the way people by infringes miss kobe in this last twenty months people buying frenzies. I think you'd better by turkey soon as you find what you may or may not believe it but the rock and roll hall of fame cities local news just said oh hey keep your eye out on and a potential shortage of turkey's yesterday i'm going to the store tomorrow and getting my turkey as long as they turned me and i'm going to be looking around in exactly for the size you said i've learned over the years and talking with the various pitmasters that a twelve pound. Turkey seems to be the best workable turkey if you need more than that. Then you buy two twenty pound turkeys instead of getting that very cool looking twenty five pound bird but in the end yeah twelve pound birds are much more workable and much more kickable in that realm. So yeah tomorrow. I'm going to grab my turkey so you heard it from tim's mouth i everybody make sure that if you are going to be eating turkey for thanksgiving and a lot of you are make sure that you get out there and grab them up before they become short now. Let me ask a brisk question. Is we tie back to a couple months ago when fast food chains decide to toss brisket on the menu arby's is well known for their brisket Chipotle lay just got into the brisket game. Whatever the hell that looks like. does it. Hamstring the supply. Or is that some kind of a myth. No it does hamstring the supply. But it's difficult to prove exactly where it's going. That's the problem you know years ago when we my family deals direct with packers we directly to the plant. We don't have people in between us brokers we have anything we buy direct from plant so years ago they would say well you know i just so ten loads a load is six hundred cases of brisket and we would buy multiple loads we a lot of meat and so they would say oh. I'm sorry you know we're foreshores. Low four loads short because so and so bought ten loads while then i would go online and look at the. Usda data on load purchases. And i would see that. That was a big low. We don't know who it went too. But the brokers would tell us or the packers. Tell us so then. We knew who it was. An arby's was the last company that they talked about doing it now. Everybody's kinda hush on on these big loads. We know they're being bought.
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"Broadcasting live from the barbecue central shows studios in cleveland ohio. You're listening to the barbecues central show once again. Here's your host greg randy. Welcome back this portion of the show being brought to you by the barbecue guru creators automatic temperature control technologies sellers of ceramic cookers with built in power draft fans accessories to make your barbecue and grilling life easier visit. Bbq guru dot com for more information or call them at eight hundred two eight eight guru. Last week bob track from the barbecue guru came on to talk about how his life has changed since being inducted barbecue. Central shows guest hall of fame tonight. We continue to get feedback from the new class. My next guest is one of the most well known names not only in texas barbecue but in barbecue in general two months ago he broke down the brisk issues. We've been seeing all over the country the past twelve months or so and tonight we're going to be hitting the pork side of things as well so we raced to the hotline and welcome back new barbecue central. Show guest hall of famer tim mccaskey. Hey tim hey how you great. I am fabulous appreciate you make time for the show again and i guess i up before we jump into the pork stuff. I wanted to give you a little room for perhaps any acceptance speech or words of wisdom or thankfulness that you would like to pass and disseminate to the central light faithful. So i turn the stage. Well it you know when you sent me that email. I sat and i looked at and i go. Wow you know you have been in the forefront of this barbecue media. You've been important to what's going on in the barbecue world and for me to be listed in your hall of fame is a is a huge honor especially at my age because you really think people kind of forget about you after so many years and i try to stay relevant. But it's an honor. I appreciate it. Well i appreciate you being a great guest. And that's why we love to recognize those that are bringing value to the show and again the only real thing that needs to happen for somebody to be a potential candidate is to have been a guest on the show at some point not just this year but at some point in the life of the show. All you have to do has have been a guest. So it's pretty easy stuff. And tim bringing a lot of value. And there's been a lot of guests over the years so a good stuff for him and we're happy to have him here on the show. Mechanica brands dot com his website by the way What are the biggest changes that you've noticed in your life since being inducted into the guest fame. Let me think your second A slap a little later. The other day i slept for about another hour because i could just relish the moment in just realize why do i need to get up this early in the hall of fame and sleep a little longer doubt. Take no. I don't wanna make it a a light issue. It is a big issue because you've had some great guests. As i had mentioned in the open him a couple months ago we were talking very in-depth about brisket pricing and the items that contributed to that. I don't know if a lot of people really understood all those underpinnings and we appreciate the time you took to really talk about all of that and bring that to light this time around. I wanted to talk about briskets cousin. Better known as pork because at least here locally in cleveland and had been for quite a substantial amount of time at least in my opinion where i had seen ridiculously high prices on pork but specifically pork spare ribs for a two pack at a kreil vac at your random big shop warehouse for instance me. It's bj's wholesale club. It was sixty two bucks for a pair of saint louis style ribs and i said there's no way i'm feeding ribs to anybody until those things start to back down but didn't seem to be out of line but where i was used to paying ninety nine cents. A pound dollar in ten cents a pound. We were up to a buck and a half so was still a little bit more inflated but just not as bad as the pork ribs so before i lead you into that to say Can we have some kind of a brisket discussion that we had a couple of months ago on a pork. This time around Be happy to. And it's i've got some good news about port those ribs that you bought those saint louis. Ribs should be down next time you go buy them. We've had an interesting summer. We've had an interesting last twenty months obviously in this crazy Mad cap world of kovin But we do have some good news in pork. Indebted has come down. The production is above normal as it is and we'll take this prepared for you. This came from the pork checkoff. Data your spare rib is a very popular cut. Because of the fact you know everybody wants and the saint louis especially so you can see the difference between that trimmed your your spare ribs just a saint louis. A trimmed Squared off Spare ribs you can see. Three fifty one is word as is right now and this is market prices From the packer. This is not retail. And you look at the two fifty two a year ago. That's up forty percent. So there's there's your story on your spare on your on your saint louis trimmed rib you spare rib is actually down. Because why because nobody wants to buy them. I don't know why they're great. Very great rib B- beautiful meat and squared off ripped chip's gone eight lewis and they just grab it The next one there is a stoler picnic. And why is that important is because that's a lot of what's made out of sausage lot. Sausages made out a shoulder picnic. And you can see. It's up thirty. Three percent box trim Which is a seventy two percent Lean trim is It's about the same belly Which is what baking comes from you know in in may greg debt that was four eighty five a pound so even it's up eighteen percent now but it was very. Did you barney bacon. I mean you buy bacon. i'll there were even the crappy. Bacon seem to be ten eleven bucks bound. Yeah and so. It's five dollars and sixty cents on this list. It's going to be double in what your mind. you know. whatever else you can see not ham. Nobody has a ham. It is believed us for a whole lot of things are than than you know a ham. it's not processed near the way and it's down And then the pork loin. You know if you go into store you noticed pork lines are always cheap. Wire pork loins. Cheap that's cheap. Because what can you do with the pork loin. You really can't barbecue it because he gets gets to dry and unless you're check and you know automatic schnitzel you take a slice a piece of pork on beat the heck out of the bopping hammer or put it through a tin you. Gotta she'll That's about all lying can be used for swiss. that's about it and then of course the but The bud is a very popular barbecue cut. It's up twenty two percent but butts were in to fifteen range Back in the spring. And the reason i put lean hogs on there is because that's the value of the hog on the carcass as it comes out the farm so you can see farmers are getting between sixty eight and seventy four cents It's up a little bit from what it was but lean hogs if you get up the next if you go to the next panel.
The BBQ Central Show
"pork" Discussed on The BBQ Central Show
"Travel texas and eat all the barbecue. Now no kidding. What a gig. Oliver in california writing in greg. If you're playing a game with someone and they knowingly give you an answer which is nah andrew. You are not which is not an option. Do they even really want to win the game. they're playing. come on just and daniel do better than that with your musical answers oliver. I agree. I was on the verge of tremendously shocked that when we were playing the music games at the end of the segments when i gave them the two options to pick which one was better both of them when outside of the box to pull in options. That weren't even available to answer with so it would logically than roll downhill. That if you're giving me an answer that isn't one of the two possible correct options. Your answers indeed wrong as we learned last week. Good job paying attention oliver. You can listen to another week. Bill and kansas writing in greg is a longtime listener of the show. I'm ashamed to say that. I had no idea bob trod neck was so ingrained into the fabric of the show. Since the beginning hearing the hall of fame show last month really opened my eyes to the impact. Blog made the show on many levels. I wonder who else. I am forgetting. Great show as always. And while it was a short the steven reich land segment was actually really great as well. Sean in alabama sean. Thank you for writing it. And by the way i don't disagree on all counts after all. It was me realizing once again. How integrated bob tredinnick has been to the show. These years through doug's fact finding as he was putting him into the barbecue hall of fame very good job by dog. We love that. About and thank you bill in kansas for writing in right tim mccaskey's in the green room. We'll get to him here in just one second before we do that. I will talk to you quickly about yoder smokers. They design and build all of their products. Right here in the states and building pride through craftsmanship and world class customer service to that the backbone of how they've built customer service and the company there's approach translates to what can be a truly bespoke style product. It elevates gatherings with friends and family honor to have trusted place in the backyard of america pellet grills wood-fired offset pits and charcoal grills consistent. Blue ribbon flavor has become synonymous with the yoder. Smokers name make no mistake yoder. Smokers flavored driven design is unique to each style of pit and the team has developed cookers to perform time and time again while it lasted competition for generations to come. It's this generational thought. That's rooted in the handmade products and defines the integrity of the core values american-made quality endless flavor. The benchmarks of yoder smokers visit their website. Checkout what they're offering right now yoder. Smokers dot com. that's yoder smokers dot com. Once again. i am working with tate. Triple on trying to get yoder's on the board here for an.
The BBQ Central Show
"pork" Discussed on The BBQ Central Show
"Hey good evening and welcome to the really big barbecue central show. This is the show talked about all things important of the world of barbecue and grilling originating from the rock and roll hall of things. Did he bombs city. Usa cleveland ohio the barbecue capital of the north coast. I am your program host. Greg grumpy happy to have you here on your tuesday evenings alive fire. Fun and provocative show if you wanna jump in the show tonight via phone calls or emails. Here's how you do that. You can get in touch with the show by sending an email to greg at bbq central show dot com or on the twitter instagram said. Bbq's central show anything else. You want to find out about. The show can be found at the main website. The bbq central show dot com. And here's what's happening tonight in case you can get the newsletter coming up in about twelve minutes from now. He was on a couple of months ago last month. He was voted in as part of the five that make up the twenty twenty one class of barbecue. Central shows guest hall of fame. Tim casco will be joining us once again. Couple months ago we talked all about brisket pricing over the last year or so. And why is it the way it is. And tonight we're gonna be talking about pork and why got outrageous and i would is curling back down to whatever normal is going to be or at least normal ish type of zones at this point so tim. We'll be talking about that. Also we talking about the most recent drop of texas monthly's top fifty barbecue list and texas and see if tim has any thoughts on that and of course at the top we will get how his life has changed since being inducted into the guest hall of fame so tim mccusker right off the bat then. Thirty five past the hour. Fourth tuesday of the month in the first hour brings a visit from the creator of riches dot com durkin. I'll be talking about a number of live fire topics we might get his thoughts on the top fifty list as well. He's an austin and at least one of those top fifty are in austin. We'll see if he's been to it. Of course i'm talking about franklin but maybe there's others. I don't know i'm not overly familiar with all this stuff but i try and keep my fingers on the pulse as it were and this has been a really hot topic over the last seven eight days. We'll talk to derek about that as well as a number other topics men will into the second hour and the second hour in the fourth. Tuesday of the month can only bring visit from who the embedded correspondents. That's right plenty on the agenda for the embedded correspondents this evening not the least of which is getting to the one hundred percent assurance picks which everybody is coming to know when love here over the last number of months we started to get into this regularly we have a number of listener's submissions on the shirt picks so while we would like to have it be in the realm of live fire. It doesn't have to be if you would like our yes or no one hundred percent. Yes or no answers on some type of controversy that you might be coming in and you need a group of people to give you their expert opinions on one hundred percent yes or one hundred percent no of whatever your issue is send them in. We got a bunch coming up here to lead the second hour and we would love to have your questions for us to tackle an answer along with you. So that's what's happening. tim. Mccaskill derek richest. I our medical correspondent second hour your phone calls and emails if you would like follow me. 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Maybe we'll bring in a couple people in clubhouse and have them join in on the assured he picks why not fan favourite introduce the fans two hundred percent shirt he picks and how quick you gotta move. Give you some game time action. Why not it was brought to my attention yesterday. That last week. I use the wrong phrasing when i was describing my attendance along with my two daughters and one of their friends at the harry styles concert last monday night. I use the phrase station in life. As i was trying to explain how some folks might not get why i was at that concert or who i was there with and indeed station in life refers to more of a social status than those of us who have kids around the same age. Who might be into the same kind of things as i am. I e harry styles and the associated concert so sam the cooking guy see this public correction is my attempt to make sure i am communicating only one hundred percent properly or as one hundred percent properly as i can be and if i am wrong i am man enough i am man enough to correct directly and now i would expect you to do the same thing and an upcoming video to make up for the wildly reckless misuse and incorrect one hundred percent incorrect. Use of the word epic in your most recent video deep fried french fries or whatever you were making. I will leave it at that. I will also be waiting. I'm man enough to do it here on my show. I'm sure you're man enough to do it. An upcoming video. We don't shoot the same way i'm live. You do at prerecorded and then released the week. however. I'm sure you wanna make up for the reckless misuse of the word epic in your most recent video and again i'll leave it there. Listener feedback from the show last week. Jason and georgia writing. And greg love the daniel von segment last week about the texas monthly top fifty barbecue list. I figured it was mostly some kind of publicity or revenue stunt at the magazine polls every four or five years but this has shed quite a bit of new light on the process for me. Does daniel need an assistant. I'm happy to help him..
Planet Mikey
"pork" Discussed on Planet Mikey
"Only that they'll be robots everywhere. What do you think of it now right now? It's seven bucks. Why don't they just start off with saying I want to go to Rome? For about 5 years see how that works out now, they go to 15. Yeah, and it's got the businesses are already suffering the tortures of the Damned because of the Cove in situations. So so by faith see, yeah, we're not some my money and he's not even going to be around when all this hits our grandchildren's. Are you sure he's around now Jose do anything to make you love me. There was a hologram on T last night what he well, you know, the thing is too he reads these, you know, nice speeches heartfelt things about her that he doesn't write. He's pretty good at though it delivered but he doesn't take them off the prompter. So, you know, he's reading last night instead of saying Milestones. He said millstones. He said we have these millstones Milestones rather that makes it obvious that you don't know what you're saying. Pretty sure whole presidency is weekend at Biden's I think it's totally break, right. Totally. I have to believe in all the fraud. I think the worst killers for this whole thing to make you know, what it is a pork Laden. I mean, it's a joke. I'm a fans delicious. I'm a fiscal conservative. So anytime they piss away money when they could use it more and more important ways. How about the the hundred million dollars to put into the Silicone Valley Railway, you know, that's high speed Railway in Silicone Valley hundred million dollars Nancy Pelosi's District. How does that help anybody in America wage is Rich Big Bang companies get a nice train put in at the taxpayer expense why it be pocket change for them. Exactly. And why is Nancy? Well, you know, why cuz it's Nancy Pelosi's District. To make them love me. Then you add to that Chuck Schumer's bridge for to Canada from New York. What's that? What is that? For? Sure. What does he want his name on the guy's got big brass balls when it comes to spending this money is not a joke. I mean, how can you not look at it and go this is ridiculous. When a trillion out of the 1.9 trillion is pork. They spend it like they're doing us a favor. Have you noticed? I believe Chuck Schumer went off. Talking about spending money. It's not always for just such a great cause and the evil Republicans stand in the way. I've got so many liberal friends and family. No reason I guess just give us back some money just give it gas money, but that'll never happen. No, but all my friends and family members that are liberal they wouldn't go for I mean they they would see that this is ridiculous. They probably blame Trump and they would say well, okay. I understand this. We we need relief off this and maybe some money for this and I understand that but when half of it is just absolutely bullshit everybody with a brain is going to say that's ridiculous and we don't need this kind of thing right now in this country financially. What do you think? I agree not now from birthday to but all these naysayers and all these people who gloom-and-doom normally. How do you explain Florida or Texas wage? I mean setting and never mind the snow storm, but Texas, wait how well Texas does is a state with no income tax for the same way. Yep, no income tax. No juices screws, you know mask no bulshit. No fake birth. You know what your costs in New York too just to live and pay your taxes. It's like ridiculous and there's no the bailout was going to come from the American taxpayer. Have you taken a drive-through Manhattan lately? No, thank you with all the boarded-up stores. It's unbelievable. Looks have you did you yeah. Yeah. Just got to look I had to see it. That's that's that's oh I can I sing Happy Birthday to someone has a birthday today too. And I want to say happy birthday to Lifehouse Smitty. Okay, Ron hunt Ron, hon. What do you know about him? Anybody have a brother named Mike? Yes, he does and Rick Rick Ross and Nick. Okay, Ron hunt and his brother. Michael know run Hunt is a is a guy who's famous for one thing in the history of major life. What does that being hit by the pitch? Ron hunt until Don bailer and great. Beat Craig Biggio came along. Yeah. Ron hunt had been hit by more Major League pitches than any man number. History of Major Leagues 243 hpp's been. Can you imagine how that feels on your skin? It's gotta be awful. He got hit 50 times by a pitch in one year was he an ass-whole? I mean with aiming for him skinny little scrawny guy. He you know, he made a joke about it lately. Why would you hit me when you got Willie Mays and recovery coming up behind me. He play for the Mets. He played for the Giants off everything use him to intimidate the other guys. Ron. Ron Hunt is 80 years old today after suffering through 243 lifetime hpp's am. I don't know where is or how he's doing? You know, if he's got all As of 2018 hunt has been suffering from Parkinson's terrible. Yep. Now, I'm see a saddlebag whole thing. Yeah, the green Ron hunt though still alive still alive. He's eighty I just want to throw that in there cuz you know every once in a while you want to give a salute to the people who don't get any recognition anymore. That's true dead. In his day, I had a I had his 1964 baseball card run hunt. Yeah, he was covering what else we got anything? Oh, yeah, the Jeep Cherokee to hear this story Jeep Cherokee Jeep Cherokee Cherokee Indian tribe is pissed and they want Jeep to stop using the term Cherokee to describe. How long is the Jeep Cherokee been around fifty years any bets? There might be some money involved. Well, they're stepping forward and saying how long I mean when do they start 1974? 1970 so that's what forty six years forty seven years or so. So I said 50 that was a bad. Guess the Jeep Cherokee is a legendary car and now the Cherokee because of the age of living and with all the respected Cherokee People. It'd be different if the jeep was a piece of shit, but it's a great car I'd say I'd be happy to put my name on it. I don't think they're denigrating the the tribe thought they see that there would right. I mean if you name something that you're proud of after a tribe them know you're not you're not beasts marching them. The principal chief of Cherokee Nation said I think one day and age in this country where it's time for both corporations and team sports to retire the use of Native American name images and mascots from their products team jerseys and Sports in general. I'm sure this comes from a choice is well-intended but it does not honor Us by having our name plastered on the side of a car. He's making his move now because the Democrats are in charge. Well, we he's got to get it. He's got to have a pow-wow with these people. Yeah. Well, that's what'll happen. He's on the warpath got might be like the like the Indian Jesse Jackson is going to shake him down for some do yes Galpin. Yeah, I don't know what's going on with that Financial scalping. But you know the facts about the Indian guy who this guy he overdosed on T. Snapple. Really? Yeah, they found him. He's lying dead in his teepee. And now really know Wigwam joke and I was waiting for it though. That's what I know. That's why I already tweeted that out last we heard yeah, they said they said with Warren where's feathers in her hair to keep her Wigwam. I think these are these are light-hearted jokes about Indians. This is nothing bad or serious. I love the Native American people I speak Sioux you do. Yeah, cause she she called me the other day. All right, let's get to the Musical part of the show. You guys ready? Happy birthday Smitty. Happy birthday. Happy birthday in advance young been. Thank you. How long is it going to be older than as soon as his next birthday rolls around so what kind of musical feature do we have this evening? I believe that Joe and Jerry have put together a a medley medley interesting Tunes from their favorite singer. So it's a any guesses as to who their favorite singer be a duet Michael Buble. It's pronounced bubble. You do. Okay. How about Frank Sinatra? No. No, why would Joe and why would why would Joe and Jerry Two Italian Guys want to hear a song from some Italian guy? Well, you never know. By the way, Frank Sinatra was a.
Planet Mikey
"pork" Discussed on Planet Mikey
"With a blown up if you would hit her. She was famously great. Okay. Do you ever crash your Model T when you were a kid know but one day I was headed off to work and I was late. I had to be there at 6. So I'm late June and I'm over by the South Shore Mall. It's raining. I'm in the passing Lane. It's about 15 minutes to 6 a.m. I'm flying and the Rain song. Down in this guy in a truck comes by on my right and cuts me off. He was pissed off that I was in the speeding when he wanted to go faster, but he's in a truck. So I lightly touched my brakes and they locked up and started at sixty-five seventy miles an hour started going a space flow donut flying down the road and I start moving way over to the other side over to the right and I thought this is it and I remember said I said it out loud grip the steering wheel as hard as I could and I said out loud as this all this is going on. This is how people die and there was a guardrail that came sloped down and went into the office and there was a blank spot and then it started again. I don't know why the Blank Spot was there and my car you might, I swear to God said for you my car went right through it. I took down a few small trees. It's like the Gap Gap Gap in Trump's wall in the Border. There's little there's places to get through and then you went right? That's where I went and I lived to tell the tale. I called the station to say listen. I just been a big accident and down. I'm just really in shock and my car is fine. But I'm going to be really late. It was April 1st, and they thought I was joking right just to try and get out of being late. Yeah, the joke would have been on you if there's a gap in the fence and I'd be dead. I definitely would have been dead. That would have been Anna you I've never told anybody, you know the whole story, you know, but the whole thing is that we would hope that Tiger Woods is okay. Yeah, cuz you know, he's obviously an iconic amazing historical figure and he made a comeback he seems to have made him like I just like I do every three four five years. Yep. So okay a couple of things. We I have some some news stories news off. And now the news I'm Brett Butler. People supported in California. They're stealing vaccine codes. And they're using the the rich and the famous the white privilege people are stealing the the codes that they they've given out to lower-income Hispanic black families in California. They're getting their code stolen. So keep people to cut the line on them to get their vaccines and that's just wrong. Yep. Stealing is wrong. Nevermind coughs and that's bad by the way write down these numbers at 9. Thursday. I know you don't have a cuz you said rich white people. So oh that's right. That's right. I forgot. I'm not in that club anymore a twenty eight year old father to be from New York died know after the device. He was building to reveal the gender of his child exploded not the child the device took to Authority. What kind of a device was this? I don't know the incident occurred Sunday New York State Police responded after an explosion was reported at the Home in a town of Liberty New York shortly before noon in this machine was designed to home. Reveal the gender. You know how they have they have. Okay blue or it's pink wasn't like an ultrasound machine beat this beat this pinata and see what color it comes out and you'll know what your kid is, you know the exact old days better, you know when you just look at a picture and it's like got a dick. It's got its giant 1-800 before the boss killed. This is kind of I mean here we are laughing this guy Christopher Patten he's dead he's dead and he was not even able to see his baby before he's born his father his brother. Michael twenty-seven year old brother also was injured in the blast. You know, now he's probably some type of engineer and he was probably full of joy that he was going to create this machine or yep. The whole family was happy and now he's up for a Darwin Award and not doing an investigation of State Police and their bomb disposal unit are investigating this awful thing. Now, they don't know what kind of device use trying to put together or what caused it to explode dead. Are no charges to be filed right now, but this is not the first time he gender reveals stunt has gone wrong. You may remember in 2017 US border patrol agent fired a gun shot that sparked a wildfire in Arizona causing millions of dollars in Damages, you know in 2019 a 56 year old grandma was killed after she was struck by a flying piece of Grandma's coffee cake, no choice a flying piece of debris from a gender reveal device that exploded they had the family had gathered for the purpose of experimenting with a different kinds of explosives. So they could broadcast the whole announcement on a social media have it be viral and Grandma dies and it's suddenly is becomes like worst thing that ever and then of course last year a pyrotechnic device used for a gender reveal the massive Eldorado wildfire in California that torched houses almost twenty thousand acres of land and caused a death of a firefighter who was battling the place so keep it off. Yourself boy girl or whatever or twins, you know these gender reveal parties. They're just self-indulgent stupidity. Can we go back to the days of commercial of the collect call? Remember the yeah. We had a baby. It's a boy commercial. Let's go back to that shit. Yeah you can I call for Mr. We had a baby. It's a boy or whatever. That's strange. Hey everybody lineup. I'm going to tell you what the gender of my baby is is I blow up the fucking block a friend more news news. I have a just a this is actually more opinion, but I think the delay the opinion piece of music. Yeah, you have that. Hold on. Yeah, I do some kind of like a gas. Is it a good storm a sad story a happy story know it's just an opinion. Okay an opinion from hell? People should not get vaccines if they're convicts. Or if you're illegal non-citizens. Or if they're cheaters like those California people stealing code, you're cutting the line in any way shape or form for the Houston Astros. These these vaccines should go to the old folks who need it first and most jobs to survive Bill and then older folks like like me with two co-morbidities Nike my feet, you know, I have two co-morbidities. I did not know. Oh, you're one of them off. No, I'm sensitive. It's my birthday. I know and I'm kidding. Of course my co-morbidities. I have high blood pressure. What was it that Mike said today troop. We have the greatest collection of Red Sox Christmas hits ever recorded wage. Okay. No, I have a couple of comorbidities. You know, I can't talk about them on the air. Yeah because since when is you know, having a giant schlong. I thought you'd never feel like, you know, all right, so now so I've said my piece on that my opinion on that and let's get to this this big 1.9 bath. Trillion-dollar Port Leyden.
Planet Mikey
"pork" Discussed on Planet Mikey
"Happy birthday to my pal Smitty the producer of my podcast. This was on the radio today on the Pike. You lifted basement Studio once a week. I did I lifted it right after I stole it that was have a copyright on that myth happy birthday to you. And of course my lovely wife Christine was having her birthday today and that one's going to cost me as if it already has that's right. By the way, it makes me feel like I've we should have some dessert here this Bill Smith's birthday today. Thank you born on February 23rd, and he's just a young. He's still young man is Tower of Power cuz I remember that song and you guys gave me some fabulous gifts. Thank you, great gifts from all over help. But you know, I am remember how to spell the difference between desert and desert. Yeah, really? Yeah, would you like me to okay. Yes. So desert desert desert wrong, then. I know it's it's it's the SS you got exactly wrong have been wronged her don't start. It's my birthday bash. Right did way to remember is Desert has sugar and spice that's two s's deserts halves and that's one s c these are things in life. These aren't life hacks to get you through get you past people thinking you're stupid until they know you're not by saying dessert dessert wage. Just having you in my life is a huge benefit when you say if you can spell people respect you it's like Joe Castiglione spelling Saltalamacchia, Saltalamacchia wage. They're all right. No, sorry. We already we already went way off the beaten. Yeah, we did. Thanks. Happy birthday. So many. Thanks, man and you and you in Elston Howard dead. Really have the same birthday. He's a famous ballplayer. He's dead. I know he was dead 1980. He was the first black New York. Yankee Elston was yeah. It was an hour ago Catcher And he was also MVP in 1963 Elston Howard was did you know that and he was born on this day born on this day in 1931. Wow. Somewhere around there might have been earlier than that. Maybe he might have been born the twenties come to think of it in our happy birthday to you to relate Johnny Winter. Welcome. Everyone has your birthday is dead or your wife's not do no. Thank God, I better call make sure I know her birthday. It is her birthday today and yours too. And we hope you have a by-the-way March 1st, Yes, sir is Ben kitchens birthday? And that's going to be it is it's like Sunday or Monday or Sunday. So we're not going to be we're going to it's going to be passed your birthday when we do our next podcast. So I'm not getting you any presents am going to get me ready. It's still in the house. Yeah. Sure. I sing a song from like your first birthday, but I did. Yeah why I sing him happy birthday on the boss MP3 of happy birthday, aren't you supposed to cheer him up? I'm sensitive. It's my birthday things that are not careful though be just and this is just breaking news today. We record these podcasts on Tuesday. The Tiger Woods accident. Did you see the video video the accident this video that they took from the helicopter showing where the accident began where it ended he rolled over about 5:20 * 476 feet from where the accident began to where it ended up in a on a hillside woman 407. It's like a football field and a half how fast was he going? They don't know yet. They just said he was seen speeding minutes before the crash. Well, there you go. Well that came all that time to slow down 2 minutes, but we hope he's already had surgery on his legs. I guess wage laws of Life had to come and take him out of the vehicle. Jesus told you done unbelievable to endure. I dated the jaws of life has been tempted now check out. But it reminds me of Roy Campanella the Tiger Woods thing not that Iraq was a great hall of fame Dodger catcher ended up in a wheelchair for the rest of his life. What was his accent? Was that a car late night? Yeah. He went down slick Royal me might have been some drinking involved. I don't know but he went crashed and that was the end of his career. Yeah. I remember when that happened there 39. My dad was really bummed out Brooklyn Dodgers one of those they say one of the nicest people in the history of baseball. What's your worst accident you ever had in a car? I've never really been in a bad one. No. No, what's the worst one fender bender? Did you get a shopping cart at walmart.com? I hit someone's little wooden fence slid out on some ice a little bit hit their little fence and just kept him moving. I hear some one of those little wooden kids Pinocchio dead dead dead right on the woodpile. I was the end of him know I never I've never had anything. I hit a once I hit a possum or something and I felt so awful when you'll be home. Yeah, I think I had a chicken once I remember all I heard was and then I looked in my rearview mirror. It was just feathers everywhere. I thought oh Christ and I feel bad for a week. I felt really bad. I was over on Flutie pass. Yeah that road and all of a sudden this car in front of me just like two wild swerve something was in the rope. And as I slowly got up closer to it was a dead possum that was like gutted and there were little baby possums crawling. So what and maggots everywhere o r o so, what do you do after you eat? All right, so you shit. Okay, Mike totally fine. Okay, great. You don't have the covid-19 cost them. Nothing know. It's you don't want Flying phlegm going on over here. You know, you're right Jesus. I'm glad we have the big Plexi Shields here between all of us, you know, we don't bother with that. None of us are you know, we just fight them. It's none of us have the Cove. We got that covered the Ronin they're calling it The Rona. I think my worst accident was probably I was on Avon mountain in Avon Connecticut and pooped your pants. He'll know and they were you ever dropped me off at my friends would drop me off at Prep School Avon Old Farms and down to the bottom of Avon mountain is this red light stupid place to enter the bottom of a huge home and behind me was my girlfriend driving her Corvair my girlfriend at the time Debbie Goodrow Debbie. She was coming down the hill and her Corvair and I was in a 1957 Ford with my friend Bobby Brown. And he was and her brakes gave out in the Corvair and she smashed we were stopped at the red light. She smashed into the rear end of us. All of our faces hit the dashboard cuz no one more seat belts in nineteen seventy whatever Banks off your face hits the you know dashboard is like what happened? Yeah. She her car was totaled the front cuz the Corvair had the trunk in the front. Yes, that's right and the engine in the rear so it just buckled like a little piece of paper. She okay. Yeah. She was good. Oh now the other if it was the other way around her call her good role for nothing her car with.
KNBR The Sports Leader
"pork" Discussed on KNBR The Sports Leader
"Your pork it turns out you're north of 500. Yeah, I lied. And I did the numbers wrong, But you're two games over five years as the music swells. Rest music, Big dog Rest easy. You were always a winner on the forecast, Dog. Stay Gold Poly alloy. You know what they're saying on the streets today? They say probably Mac was a winner on the forecaster, boys walking out of like a like a pony. Movie or something. Thistle. Great Anyway. All right. So list the list story. A tigress writing a little of the funeral. We digress. Eulogy, dude. Yeah, Aggression sound. We die Grant Aggressive 8 35, Randy Holland Talkin sharks after a tough loss last night. Hey, the 12 Game road trip is over this like when the Spurs get kicked out for the rodeo you don't have that story is right now. Isn't that how the Spurs get kicked out for, like, a month? Yeah, this like the sharks have been on the road for for the entire NHL season. They come home Saturday night. Okay, Right. 8 35, Randy Hunt 8 55 Our daily dose of dubs. Hey, Tomorrow night could be fun. Yeah, 9 35 Mike wilbon coming by to talk to, But now it's good. That's high level guest. That's nice on Camby are one of 45 and 6 80 The sports later. You're listeningto Murph in Mac available now on your Google home. Smart Speaker. This is K NPR 1045 and 6 80, these sports leader. Ladies and gentlemen of these sports leader lessons page has been officially turned. Bring on baseball. Oh, yeah. Yeah, I miss were oiling our gloves rubbing in the pine tarred, spitting some seeds because pitchers and catchers report next week Hey, struck it out Swing swing and a miss. He struck him out again Swing and a miss..
WGN Radio
"pork" Discussed on WGN Radio
"And if surf and turf is your bag, Jules also offering a four ounce lobster tail for 4 99. And Mariana was also has a four ounce lobster tail marked down $2 to 4 88, but you'll need a digital coupon for that. All these has a USDA choice. Beef tenderloin filet mignon at 12 99 a pound If your pet name for your significant other is land shop, you could get fresh lamb chops at Mariano's for 7 £99. Same price it all these same price it, Jule. If your pet name for your significant other is pork chop Jewels as a bogo on pork chops, so happy cooking and happy Valentine's Day. Meanwhile, down on the farm beef was mixed and pork was higher. At the Chicago Mercantile Exchange. February live cattle fell a dollar 33 $116.12 100. March feeder cattle were up 85 cents at 1, 39, 5100 and February lean Hogs rose 95 cents at 73 5500. As for the crops, some big losses with March wheat down 14 cents at 6 35.5 March, Corn was down 21 3 quarters since at 5 34.5 a bushel. And March beans dropped. 47 3 quarters sense at 13 54 bushel midway through the overnight trading beans were down another eight cents. Corn was off seven and wheat was off too. This is national Peppermint Patty Day as well. Aziz National don't cry over spilled milk a day the peppermint sugar, chocolate and dairy producers. Thank you. That's your money on 7 20, WGN 5 41 As I mentioned if you were with us leading the broadcast yesterday, you heard our mystery guest revealed. It was Rachel Ray, and one of the things we talked to the celebrity chef and author about was Doing her syndicated television show from home these days. We have been doing it from home for a year. But this is actually not our home. Our home burned down on August night. We now live in our guesthouse were the permanent guests here now, But yes, send myself and John on our end. It's literally The two of us were it So we're here lighting make up camera ready actions, But I think that you know strangely. I've always been afraid to share my home with folks because it was the only place that felt safe and we was very private. And once I cross that line, I feel like we should have always done the show like this. I really do like I love sharing. Our lives of people in this way, and it helps me true test of my dog and the loss of my house and e. I mean, it helps me so much to be able to just be so open with people and for them to literally be in her home with us. It means the world to me, and it's been a very hard year for the entire planet. But we're grateful for what we've learned during this process and gratitude is right at the center of it. Like just being grateful, Rachel, you have a lot of fans around here are just looking at the text. Somebody says I met Rachel at a book signing here in Chicago. And she called me sweetie. I constantly tell that story to my friends just to make them jealous. Way to go. Well, you know, I love Chicago. It's one of my favorite places. I really do physically miss it. But now I want to come there because I met a couple on zoom that we booked for our show that lives there, and it's Kim and dug through. The gentleman got diagnosed with cancer, and he had stage four colon cancer, but he's doing so well. He's doing so well. And they've had a decade long love story that just brought me to tears. But the two of these clever folks should just support their local restaurants in their community. They turned their baby to a little restaurants, sister around in their van with little like Lady and the tramp light in it and and achieve a clause and candles. She's so beautiful, so romantic, and I said, you know, scene is all this is over now they'll let me I would have to get another license first. I have no idea left it burned in my levee on a plane. I want to go on eating their van with them. They're just the sweetest thing. Rachel Ray, the bubbly.
Alright Mary: All Things RuPaul's Drag Race
"pork" Discussed on Alright Mary: All Things RuPaul's Drag Race
"Lip sing songs. I i in terms of the actual music choices. I don't think there was a in the bunch. The weakest okay. Are you talking about the okay. So they're song choice. Yeah the song choice. I guess the weakest one would be rumors by lindsay lohan. But i know you love that song. Wow i and. I know that we've had a good run here alright. Mary thought it looks like we've come to the end. Someone just got the pork chop you know. Squeeze a low light for me. No i sorry. I i'm looking at all of all of these lip syncs. That one is the weakest which one i think was weaker than that. I would take maybe i i got less out of call me. Maybe so i would say like when i grow up is a great song not the lip. Sync was not my favorite of the six. But i think that's a great song. I okay so highlight it. Let's let's talk because yeah highlight was when lowery went down and did the nina bonino school. That's when she wanted absolutely. I felt bad. she wanted. Yeah i felt bad for denali. Obviously not a lip synching outfit. I think she's the best she could. But he yeah. Denali was trying to keep her clothes on it was. It didn't matter that you were in the gates. Tanya you still came in second right ex- yeah it's like just let those nipples out girl like let's see that boy chest it actually adds to the illusion if anything you know shaw and you what can be also was trying to keep her clothes on as well but able to. She wasn't doing all the dancing that denali was. She had the song where you could kind of. Just walk around and pout. Whereas denali had to dance to when i grow up. She had to choose an ice skates yet. It when i grow up is a much dancer song candy moments i also feel like candy. She list sinks and i kind of love seeing the lisp and her lip inkling. At first i didn't and then it was like oh no. I love the factory of this show. The faculty of candies lip sync all started. When she pressed the boombox. Oh i mean. I love to give it. I'm gonna give it to her and when she turned it off as really funny. I i'll give her that and she had some i understand. Why candy one. She had a moments but i probably was expecting a little bit more but i also was like well given the situation. She really still turned it out. Joe joe is kind of. I don't know when she was doing that. Mark wahlberg fear moment. I was like girl hitting her chest. Oh yeah this. Let me in the house. Let me in the race. Yeah yeah. I mean pleasure. Principle was a great song. Obviously that was to me the best lip sync because of a misnomer rumor. I mean i love rumors the fact that was like it has no right being so good. And i'm i'm going to say in terms of a highlight low light as far as i'm concerned utica widen that lip sync. But it's not the kinda shit that wins a lip sync drag race. Yes what i mean. Well you know. They didn't even really were in a wide shot when she did the open up. Like seven eleven. That's what i was like the rigged rig. This is i just. I dispute this because yes she did seven. Eleven league legs and perfectly. I just felt like there were so many little beats and moments that utica was keeping my attention and keeping the excited. Whereas i felt like i just had in my head got mic being like. Yeah that'll sink. Assassins feels like okay. Well then i won't hire them. Yeah exactly they were setting that up. I i know utica had the hair moment that they kept showing. That was distraction. It was like a fix your hair of you know. I know i felt like she also used it. I just i. I think that utica first of all utica queen. I think i'm gonna be calling her utica goose. I think that she is. I mean to it. I'm really into goosey. Energy of ms utica For this rupaul is adorable. I have to say this. I know that i'm gonna canceled for saying this because we're not supposed to compare queens but come on you cannot cannot go. Any further without mentioning. Utica is like the lovechild between georgie. Thor and coty. Oh oh absolutely. I mean yes. The disclaimer compare queen but after however many seasons and spin offs. There's going to be through lines. There were no yes. I had the same. There were moments. There were there was her profile even was giving me this like coty appropriate. Yeah canton see it. I just yet on. I know there was an. I love it. I love that. I love the same energy that th- orgy brings to drag the same lake joy and clownish nece and like just spastic fund that she brings to it. I liked that you to cook brings the same approach. It's yes it's fun. I love when she says yet so stupid about the strawberry or a hair. I love that she can lake. Say oh i'm a big strawberry in my hair because it represents me overcoming my allergy. But she's like. I know it's so dumb. I love the awareness of it but that she does it anyway. I i don't know how well she's gonna do season. But i really enjoy to highlight. Was rosie walking in the workroom. So okay so let's talk about because you're obviously coming into the season. Just you know drunk on the rose. Yes yes from a rosa absolutely but up. sorry. I'm done nothing to know mary. Okay so these two. This was an interesting pairing. I really gotta say rose and olivia both from new york one. it's funny. How how they. The show edited and olivia was saying like oh rose as a legend and rosy rosy hasn't been doing draw drag for that much longer than libya. I remember the first time. I saw rosa doing one of her first gigs at the basement of the ace hotel during the tony awards. It was fabulous. She was an amazing sinker but like that was one of her. She had makeup on her legs. It was one of her first performances. She hasn't been doing it that much longer than olivia but she is season because yes. She was on the voice with seven east child. She was on. America's got talent stephanie's child as we talked about with john. Sport is having makeup on your legs. A good thing or a bad thing. I think it was a rose eighth-inning because it's sort of like you know. Fix your hair. Fix your mug fix your thighs like what's you know. I think so like made she. She put makeup on her legs like to make them look dirty which is okay all right. So she was doing a full head to toe allusion. Yeah all right. So i think this is an interesting pairing because also they both came in. They were both like. Oh my god. I love you you know. Roseanne was kinda like. Oh my god. I was the host of competition. You're in and they kind of gave that to resume. But you have this what i loved about. The juxtaposition of them is rose walk into the workroom. She smiles and it's a memorable smile because she has to kind of blacked out and then olivia comes in and that smile.
Back From The Future Podcast
"pork" Discussed on Back From The Future Podcast
"Hey engineers thank you for logging on again. On this sunday january third twenty twenty one happy new year just like last year in and i come back every week to bring you the news that matters interviews with industry professionals delicious recipes and topics for engineers by engineers. It's a new year. So what are your resolutions. I like nineteen twenty by ten eighty myself but four k is really gaining momentum. Alright so enough. Bad jokes for one episode. Today we're going to talk about a second revelation in the solar winds compromise. Just when you thought it couldn't get worse it's somehow is and have you seen this. There's an interesting trend happening where piracy is on the decline. But it's for a reason you may not expect following the news. We're going to discuss our new year's resolutions. So let's just see how many of these we all have in common this year. After that iron chef ian is going to delight us with the recipe for smothered pork chops. Just ready for a new year. Then we'll review asgard. Dns.