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The Eric Metaxas Show
A highlight from Ben Stein (Continued)
"Welcome to The Eric Metaxas 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 Metaxas. Folks, welcome to hour two. It is my privilege to continue talking to Ben Stein, who has been reminding me of many things that I'd forgotten. First of all, we're talking about his brand new book about Richard Nixon. It's called The Peacemaker. I cannot wait to read it. I'm I would love to do that once I have read it. But I want to tell you, when you just mentioned your role in the film Expelled, I cannot believe I forgot about that, because that is a film that a lot of the people that I'm friends with have been in that film. And it makes the case clear as a bell that there's no way that we got where we are without a creator. You know, you don't have to believe it's the same creator that I do. But the idea of atheism is dead. I wrote a book called This Atheism Dead. I'm going to send you a copy. But I love all that. And I forgot that you were in the film, Expelled. A lot of people listening to this audience saw the film Expelled. And so I want to talk to you about everything. Let's go back to the malfeasance of The New York Times and other former journalists. Sure, sure. They've always been creeps. And as you so aptly said, they were defending Stalin's mass, mass, mass murders. Their columnists, who I think I think it was later revealed was an actual, either an actual member of the Communist Party or was in some way paid by the Communist Party, Mr. Duranty. This is like you're making it up. I'm not making this up. No, we're not making this up, no. But what I'm going to say, because we've talked about on this program, there's a there's a fantastic film about this, about Duranty and the Ukraine famine. It's Mr. Jones, directed by Agnieszka Holland. Tremendous film, came out about four years ago. And it talks about this. I want to get this. Walter Duranty, not only was he, you know, how do you put it? I mean, he was working for The New York Times, living in Moscow. He was openly a Satanist. That sounds like something you'd make up, right? There was there orgies. It's obvious that Stalin was, I've read about this, yeah, was paying him off and so on and so forth. But the point is that he was reporting for The New York Times, won a Pulitzer Prize for this propaganda. They never rescinded the Pulitzer Prize. The New York Times, of course, was behind the 1619 project. So it's it's it's painful to think it's very painful.
Mike Gallagher Podcast
A highlight from The Mike and Mark Davis Daily Chat - 11/10/23
"Turbulent times call for clear -headed insight that's hard to come by these days, especially on TV. That's where we come in. Salem News Channel has the greatest collection of conservative minds all in one place. People you know and trust, like Dennis Prager, Eric Metaxas, Charlie Kirk, and more. Unfiltered, unapologetic truth. Find what you're searching for at snc .tv and on Local Now Channel 525. Camelot, Camelot, I know it sounds a bit bizarre. Sounds a bit bizarre. Let's guess the birthday, Mr. Mike. Bizarre. Bizarre is the word of the year. Richard Burton, born this date 1925. You know how old he was when he died? He was a young guy, right? 58. Now proving that alcohol is not a preservative. Actually, that wasn't really what got him. He had a lot of health things. I'm not sure the alcohol helped. No, it probably did not. And you know what I watched the other day? You ever do cable laps, dish laps, and you just land on something and you go, oh, this will be worth five minutes, and an hour and a half later, you're still there? The that spectacle was Cleopatra. I mean, the very beginning sort of of their relationship, Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor. I don't know if the movie is that good in terms of, it looks kind of primitive in the early 60s special effects, but it was amazing for its day. And it was just incredible to watch their interplay. And so happy birthday there for Richard Burton, born this date 25. Keeping it in the show business realm and musicals, I saw last night online, a group of Broadway performers got together in tribute to the children who've been kidnapped and are held hostage in Gaza. And they performed Bring Him Home from the musical Les Miserables. And it's a beautiful ballad. And they changed the lyric to bring them home. Oh my gosh, Mike. And Mark, it's beautiful. I mean, it is absolutely magnificent. And you know, and it's, I brought a tear to my eye. I'm going to play it on the show today. I hope everybody will look it up because it's really a good moment. And here's the moment that I love. And now you're going to get, you're going to lose your mind because one of the most toxic, vicious, lefty entertainers on the planet is one of the performers. That would be Debra Messing from Will and Grace. Oh sure, the red haired lady. Yep. And boy, she just despises Trump and conservatives and everything else. This is a time of strange bedfellows and odd allegiances where a lot of hard, hard lefties realized that the antisemitism of note today is on their side. Let me let you finish though. But it's one of those triangulation moments. No, but that's my point. You made my point for me beautifully, better than I ever could. That's what I like about moments of unity, even in a time of darkness. And I mean, boy, we are in such a dark time right now. And what's so difficult is how people are delusional and not being able to see good versus evil and right versus wrong. And so you're right when there's a moment like this where people can get, and the person who retweeted the musical tribute that I saw an ex last night was Patricia Heaton from Everybody Loves Raymond. She's a conservative, she's not a lefty. And so, and she did a big shout out to these Broadway performers for this beautiful moment. Listen, it was put together by Seth Rudetsky. He's like a sassy Broadway guy who I've listened to for years on satellite radio. And believe me, he's no conservative. They hate Republicans, but you're so right. This isn't about that. And I'm just praying for some clarity, for some wisdom. I saw Hillary Clinton yesterday on The View.
History That Doesn't Suck
A highlight from 146: The Armistice of November 11, 1918
"History That Doesn't Suck is a bi -weekly podcast delivering a legit, seriously researched, hard -hitting survey of American history through entertaining stories. If you'd like to support HGDS or enjoy bonus content, please consider giving at patreon .com forward slash history that doesn't suck. It's a cool autumn morning, November 3rd, 1918. We're aboard one of the Imperial German Navy's pre -dreadnought battleships. The SMS Lothringen, currently lying at anchor in the harbor of Kiel, Germany. And Seaman First Class Richard Stumpf is heading to his quarters to put on his parade uniform. Once dressed appropriately, he intends to go ashore and into town to join his fellow frustrated sailors. They will parade. They will march. They will demand better. And Richard is here for it. Okay, time out. Let me fill you in on the situation. For years now, the German Navy has underfed and overworked its average sailors. Meanwhile, these somewhat abused seamen have little to show for their suffering. Indeed, apart from submarine warfare and the 1916 Battle of Jutland, German warships have largely spent this war hemmed in by Britain's effective blockade. With a coming armistice then, one that may well effectively end the German Navy, the Imperial Naval High Command believes that the answer is to sail forth and meet the Brits in battle. Better to meet a glorious death and a watery grave than to be ended by an armistice. Ah, but their hungry mistreated sailors see it differently. Why on earth would they want to go on a suicide mission merely to save the pride of their egotistical admirals? Thus, upon receiving orders a few days ago to engage the Brits in an epic but deadly throwdown at sea, Stokers aboard a few ships responded by intentionally allowing the Boilers fires to go out. Full on mutiny sees the dreadnought class SMS Hegoland and SMS Thuringen. The crew of the latter even locked up their petty officers. The Navy answered by locking up hundreds of these mutinous sailors and keel. And that's why today, Richard and hundreds of other sailors are taken to the streets to protest the incarceration of their naval brothers. And with that background, let's return to the story. Down in his quarters, Richard and other sailors are nearly done dressing. But as they buckle belts and button coats, a few officers enter asking what they can do to appease the men. Sympathetically, Richard answers, we have nothing against our officers. Nevertheless, we shall parade in the streets to obtain our rights. Nearly the whole crew agrees. The SMS Lothringen all but empties as sailors make for shore. Reaching Keel's Old Port Barracks later that afternoon, Richard is astounded. Everywhere he turns, he sees endless droves of sailors and on one side, a long line of rifle bearing Marines who've joined them. Damn, this parade has gained traction. Departing from the parade ground, the sailors and Marines make their way to the flagship now at port, the SMS Baden. After a brief shouting match between the crowd and the captain, a full third of this dreadnought battleship's crew join its ranks. Continuing on, an impromptu marching band gives some semblance of order while another 40 men fall in as they reach Pieterstraße, that is, Peter Street. But soon, our narrator, Seaman First Class Richard Stumpf, realizes that they do indeed only have a semblance of order. That they're turning into a leaderless mob, and he worries that things might get out of hand. It's now 6 p .m. The boisterous throng of servicemen are in front of the city's Marine barracks. Within a moment's time, they rip the gate off its hinges. The flustered, angry sailors then pour through the opening. One elderly major dares to oppose them. Several men surround him, take his gun and ride his epaulettes. Richard looks on, aghast. He feels sympathy for the elderly officer only trying to do his duty. This isn't what Richard had in mind when he came to heel to march for his rights. Freeing a few men being detained at the barracks, the mob of sailors continues on. Politically on the right, Richard grows uneasy as one speech giver calls out that they should hang the Kaiser. His discomfort grows as red cloths and a red bed sheet make for impromptu flags. He's appalled at a dock worker who takes the quickly raised speaker stand near station headquarters to call for the establishment of a Soviet republic. But despite his fellow sailors communist sympathies, or should I say Bolshevism, as these communist minded Germans are inspired by the recent Bolshevik revolution in Russia, Richard is pleased to see how relatively nonviolent things have stayed. Well, if only he knew what was going on elsewhere in Kiel. It's now just past 7 p .m. Among the thousands marching through the streets tonight, a different group far from Richards is approaching the military prison where the stokers who let their ship's boilers go cold are being detained. And these marchers are determined to see these men freed. They howl, shout and yell. Their angry cries are greeted by soldiers loyal to the Kaiser. Troops quickly choke off the street. The commander orders the advancing sailors to stop, but they ignore him. The officer then orders his men to fire above the sailors heads. The throng is undeterred by these warning shots. The endless mass of men continues to advance toward them. The commander orders another volley, but this one is no warning. Bullets tear through flesh. Some sailors fall dead, others screaming agony, while still more return fire or throw stones. This is no longer a mere parade through Kiel. This is the start of the German revolution. Welcome to History That Doesn't Suck. I'm your professor, Greg Jackson, and I'd like to tell you a story. That violent confrontation on the streets of Kiel left eight sailors dead and 29 more wounded. But the Kaiser soldiers weren't without their losses either. Their commander and one lieutenant died, both taken out by knives and stones. Clearly, Germany isn't only struggling on the front, it's struggling at home. It can no longer sustain this war. And that brings us to today's story. The armistice that, after four long, blood -soaked years, will finally silence the guns of World War I. To properly contextualize this hallowed moment, we'll start at the same place Germany does as it seeks peace, by looking to US President Woodrow Wilson's proposed path to peace, his 14 points. I'll remind you what these are before we listen to Woodrow pitch them in a September 1918 speech. We'll then follow his back and forth with the Germans and follow other discussions among allied leaders, all of which will ultimately lead us to a cold and fraught moment of diplomacy between four Germans and four allied leaders, and Marshal Ferdinand Foch's train carriage, somewhere secret, in France's Compiègne forest. With no leverage and a revolution consuming their nation, the German delegates are in a tough spot. But ultimately, we'll see an armistice struck. We'll then end this war, this brutal, awful war, as we watch it continue to take lives right up to the moment that the armistice takes effect at 11 o 'clock on the 11th day of the 11th month of 1918. But having done all of that and taken stock of all the loss, we'll see the joy and relief that washes over all the soldiers, allied and German alike, as their nightmare ends. Well, ready to experience one of the most intense moments in the history of diplomacy? Then let's get to it, and we start with our professorial president, waxing eloquent with his 14 points. Rewind. Woodrow Wilson is no fan of war. On the contrary, the former New Jersey governor and Princeton professor and president turned US president is a proponent of peace. We've seen that in several past episodes. In 132, we heard that effective, if boring, campaign slogan, he kept us out of war, and witnessed how pained the professorial president was to ask Congress to declare war. In 133, we caught the full contrast between him and his hawkish predecessor, former President Theodore Roosevelt. And in 136, we got a taste of Woodrow's 14 points, which, if adhered to, he hopes will ensure a lasting peace after the Great War. But do we remember just what these 14 points are? Well, here's a quick refresher. Woodrow first presented his 14 points while speaking to Congress at the start of this year, on January 8th, 1918. The professorial president called them, quote, the program of the world's peace, the only possible program, close quote. His right -hand man, Edward House, better known by the honorary title, Colonel House, described the 14 points as, quote, a declaration of human liberty and a declaration of the terms which should be written into the peace conference, close quote. The first five points are rules that Woodrow wants all nations to follow. No secret treaties, freedom to navigate the seas, free trade among all nations, signing the coming peace, arms reductions, and finally, an adjustment of all colonial claims that takes the will of colonized peoples and questions of their own sovereignty into mind. Points six through 13 call for specific changes to the map of Europe and the Ottoman Empire, none of which are surprising if you recall the territorial throw downs that helped cause the war. They include the central powers evacuating Russia, Germany evacuating a restored Belgium, Germany returning Alsace -Lorraine to France, an adjustment of Italian borders along nationalist lines, self -determination in the Austro -Hungarian Empire, new borders drawn in the Balkans, a Turkish state with free trade in the Dardanelles, and finally, an independent Poland. As for his last 14th point, Woodrow wants to see an end not just to this war but to all wars. He wants an organization, say a league of nations if you will, to ensure that everyone, big countries and small, are treated fairly. Huh, that's very New Jersey plan of you, Professor Wilson. Constitutional convention jokes aside, Woodrow Wilson believes his 14 points are the way to a lasting permanent peace. In fact, he's so sure of it that as the beleaguered central power of Austria -Hungary tries to initiate peace talks on September 14, 1918, Woodrow quickly rejects them. In the president's mind, there's nothing to discuss. He's already made the terms clear. Austria -Hungary can get back in touch when they want to agree to his 14 points. But is it wise to take such a hard stance on these points, especially when his points are well -meaning but vague? After all, who decides what a quote -unquote impartial adjustment of colonial claims looks like? Who defines self -determination and other such terms? Those questions aren't important to Woodrow. As America enters the Meuse -Argonne campaign, its largest battle to date, one that will send tens of thousands of young doughboys to their graves, Woodrow wants their blood sacrifice to mean something. This war must be, to borrow a phrase recently coined by English author H .G. Wells, the war to end all wars. Thus, the idealistic president is ready to pitch his 14 points to everyone, including the American people.
History That Doesn't Suck
A highlight from 146: The Armistice of November 11, 1918
"History That Doesn't Suck is a bi -weekly podcast delivering a legit, seriously researched, hard -hitting survey of American history through entertaining stories. If you'd like to support HGDS or enjoy bonus content, please consider giving at patreon .com forward slash history that doesn't suck. It's a cool autumn morning, November 3rd, 1918. We're aboard one of the Imperial German Navy's pre -dreadnought battleships. The SMS Lothringen, currently lying at anchor in the harbor of Kiel, Germany. And Seaman First Class Richard Stumpf is heading to his quarters to put on his parade uniform. Once dressed appropriately, he intends to go ashore and into town to join his fellow frustrated sailors. They will parade. They will march. They will demand better. And Richard is here for it. Okay, time out. Let me fill you in on the situation. For years now, the German Navy has underfed and overworked its average sailors. Meanwhile, these somewhat abused seamen have little to show for their suffering. Indeed, apart from submarine warfare and the 1916 Battle of Jutland, German warships have largely spent this war hemmed in by Britain's effective blockade. With a coming armistice then, one that may well effectively end the German Navy, the Imperial Naval High Command believes that the answer is to sail forth and meet the Brits in battle. Better to meet a glorious death and a watery grave than to be ended by an armistice. Ah, but their hungry mistreated sailors see it differently. Why on earth would they want to go on a suicide mission merely to save the pride of their egotistical admirals? Thus, upon receiving orders a few days ago to engage the Brits in an epic but deadly throwdown at sea, Stokers aboard a few ships responded by intentionally allowing the Boilers fires to go out. Full on mutiny sees the dreadnought class SMS Hegoland and SMS Thuringen. The crew of the latter even locked up their petty officers. The Navy answered by locking up hundreds of these mutinous sailors and keel. And that's why today, Richard and hundreds of other sailors are taken to the streets to protest the incarceration of their naval brothers. And with that background, let's return to the story. Down in his quarters, Richard and other sailors are nearly done dressing. But as they buckle belts and button coats, a few officers enter asking what they can do to appease the men. Sympathetically, Richard answers, we have nothing against our officers. Nevertheless, we shall parade in the streets to obtain our rights. Nearly the whole crew agrees. The SMS Lothringen all but empties as sailors make for shore. Reaching Keel's Old Port Barracks later that afternoon, Richard is astounded. Everywhere he turns, he sees endless droves of sailors and on one side, a long line of rifle bearing Marines who've joined them. Damn, this parade has gained traction. Departing from the parade ground, the sailors and Marines make their way to the flagship now at port, the SMS Baden. After a brief shouting match between the crowd and the captain, a full third of this dreadnought battleship's crew join its ranks. Continuing on, an impromptu marching band gives some semblance of order while another 40 men fall in as they reach Pieterstraße, that is, Peter Street. But soon, our narrator, Seaman First Class Richard Stumpf, realizes that they do indeed only have a semblance of order. That they're turning into a leaderless mob, and he worries that things might get out of hand. It's now 6 p .m. The boisterous throng of servicemen are in front of the city's Marine barracks. Within a moment's time, they rip the gate off its hinges. The flustered, angry sailors then pour through the opening. One elderly major dares to oppose them. Several men surround him, take his gun and ride his epaulettes. Richard looks on, aghast. He feels sympathy for the elderly officer only trying to do his duty. This isn't what Richard had in mind when he came to heel to march for his rights. Freeing a few men being detained at the barracks, the mob of sailors continues on. Politically on the right, Richard grows uneasy as one speech giver calls out that they should hang the Kaiser. His discomfort grows as red cloths and a red bed sheet make for impromptu flags. He's appalled at a dock worker who takes the quickly raised speaker stand near station headquarters to call for the establishment of a Soviet republic. But despite his fellow sailors communist sympathies, or should I say Bolshevism, as these communist minded Germans are inspired by the recent Bolshevik revolution in Russia, Richard is pleased to see how relatively nonviolent things have stayed. Well, if only he knew what was going on elsewhere in Kiel. It's now just past 7 p .m. Among the thousands marching through the streets tonight, a different group far from Richards is approaching the military prison where the stokers who let their ship's boilers go cold are being detained. And these marchers are determined to see these men freed. They howl, shout and yell. Their angry cries are greeted by soldiers loyal to the Kaiser. Troops quickly choke off the street. The commander orders the advancing sailors to stop, but they ignore him. The officer then orders his men to fire above the sailors heads. The throng is undeterred by these warning shots. The endless mass of men continues to advance toward them. The commander orders another volley, but this one is no warning. Bullets tear through flesh. Some sailors fall dead, others screaming agony, while still more return fire or throw stones. This is no longer a mere parade through Kiel. This is the start of the German revolution. Welcome to History That Doesn't Suck. I'm your professor, Greg Jackson, and I'd like to tell you a story. That violent confrontation on the streets of Kiel left eight sailors dead and 29 more wounded. But the Kaiser soldiers weren't without their losses either. Their commander and one lieutenant died, both taken out by knives and stones. Clearly, Germany isn't only struggling on the front, it's struggling at home. It can no longer sustain this war. And that brings us to today's story. The armistice that, after four long, blood -soaked years, will finally silence the guns of World War I. To properly contextualize this hallowed moment, we'll start at the same place Germany does as it seeks peace, by looking to US President Woodrow Wilson's proposed path to peace, his 14 points. I'll remind you what these are before we listen to Woodrow pitch them in a September 1918 speech. We'll then follow his back and forth with the Germans and follow other discussions among allied leaders, all of which will ultimately lead us to a cold and fraught moment of diplomacy between four Germans and four allied leaders, and Marshal Ferdinand Foch's train carriage, somewhere secret, in France's Compiègne forest. With no leverage and a revolution consuming their nation, the German delegates are in a tough spot. But ultimately, we'll see an armistice struck. We'll then end this war, this brutal, awful war, as we watch it continue to take lives right up to the moment that the armistice takes effect at 11 o 'clock on the 11th day of the 11th month of 1918. But having done all of that and taken stock of all the loss, we'll see the joy and relief that washes over all the soldiers, allied and German alike, as their nightmare ends. Well, ready to experience one of the most intense moments in the history of diplomacy? Then let's get to it, and we start with our professorial president, waxing eloquent with his 14 points. Rewind. Woodrow Wilson is no fan of war. On the contrary, the former New Jersey governor and Princeton professor and president turned US president is a proponent of peace. We've seen that in several past episodes. In 132, we heard that effective, if boring, campaign slogan, he kept us out of war, and witnessed how pained the professorial president was to ask Congress to declare war. In 133, we caught the full contrast between him and his hawkish predecessor, former President Theodore Roosevelt. And in 136, we got a taste of Woodrow's 14 points, which, if adhered to, he hopes will ensure a lasting peace after the Great War. But do we remember just what these 14 points are? Well, here's a quick refresher. Woodrow first presented his 14 points while speaking to Congress at the start of this year, on January 8th, 1918. The professorial president called them, quote, the program of the world's peace, the only possible program, close quote. His right -hand man, Edward House, better known by the honorary title, Colonel House, described the 14 points as, quote, a declaration of human liberty and a declaration of the terms which should be written into the peace conference, close quote. The first five points are rules that Woodrow wants all nations to follow. No secret treaties, freedom to navigate the seas, free trade among all nations, signing the coming peace, arms reductions, and finally, an adjustment of all colonial claims that takes the will of colonized peoples and questions of their own sovereignty into mind. Points six through 13 call for specific changes to the map of Europe and the Ottoman Empire, none of which are surprising if you recall the territorial throw downs that helped cause the war. They include the central powers evacuating Russia, Germany evacuating a restored Belgium, Germany returning Alsace -Lorraine to France, an adjustment of Italian borders along nationalist lines, self -determination in the Austro -Hungarian Empire, new borders drawn in the Balkans, a Turkish state with free trade in the Dardanelles, and finally, an independent Poland. As for his last 14th point, Woodrow wants to see an end not just to this war but to all wars. He wants an organization, say a league of nations if you will, to ensure that everyone, big countries and small, are treated fairly. Huh, that's very New Jersey plan of you, Professor Wilson. Constitutional convention jokes aside, Woodrow Wilson believes his 14 points are the way to a lasting permanent peace. In fact, he's so sure of it that as the beleaguered central power of Austria -Hungary tries to initiate peace talks on September 14, 1918, Woodrow quickly rejects them. In the president's mind, there's nothing to discuss. He's already made the terms clear. Austria -Hungary can get back in touch when they want to agree to his 14 points. But is it wise to take such a hard stance on these points, especially when his points are well -meaning but vague? After all, who decides what a quote -unquote impartial adjustment of colonial claims looks like? Who defines self -determination and other such terms? Those questions aren't important to Woodrow. As America enters the Meuse -Argonne campaign, its largest battle to date, one that will send tens of thousands of young doughboys to their graves, Woodrow wants their blood sacrifice to mean something. This war must be, to borrow a phrase recently coined by English author H .G. Wells, the war to end all wars. Thus, the idealistic president is ready to pitch his 14 points to everyone, including the American people.
Simply Bitcoin
A highlight from Sam Bankman-Fried Found Guilty on All 7 Counts | EP 860
"You It's all going to zero against Bitcoin. It's going up forever Against Bitcoin you're against freedom Yo, good morning everybody Welcome to simply Bitcoin is Friday, November 3rd in the year 2023 So you can tell from the title crazy crazy stuff happening everywhere today on the Twitter verse of course We will be covering Sam Beckman freed found guilty on all seven counts and of course you guys should know if you're if you're Usually talk about all corners again. It is still the very beginning of the YouTube show So we will use the nomenclature all corners for the time being because it waters down our message We don't ever really want to talk about all coins because we believe it is Bitcoin not all coins there is Bitcoin and then there's everything else and The point of this show is to try to separate Bitcoin from everything else But for better or worse guys, the average person has had SPF on their radar I even was telling rustin yesterday one of my friends. I haven't talked to him in a while. He Was asking me what I'm doing lately. I told him simply Bitcoin and His follow -up question was what is your thoughts on this SPF guy and I'm like, oh my goodness. Here we go My parents have been talking about him. Yeah, all the public media has been talking about him and Finally I guess justice may have caught up with him welcome to law SPF and You know, you can't just commit fraud out there in the name of all coins and and doing good by the people You know, it is what it is There are laws in this country and it seems that SPF has been found guilty on all seven counts We will be talking about that. We got a bunch of clips We will be kind of trolling it out a little bit as well Rustin's gonna give you guys all of the signal on that one in the new segment and in the numbers We were talking about it yesterday. We are seeing At the current stage of the Bitcoin bull market, maybe the end of the crab market the very end tail end of a bear market We're gonna cover for you guys where we are in the cycle and we got a solid clip from Michael sailor at his microstrategy earnings call Basically saying what we've been saying all year long here that people are looking for alternatives. We are seeing public consciousness raised Public attention raised in regards to Bitcoin and what that means moving forward So we'll be talking about that in the numbers and the culture I mentioned yesterday I saw this thread and I really enjoyed it and it was on black rock and Bitcoin So I'm gonna cover that I know we all have the view of F black rock Don't really like black rock obviously for obvious reasons, but I think They may be incentivized to play along with the rules I'm even gonna bring up the white paper and the incentives portion of the white paper which maybe Satoshi was right all along and this is why we are doing what we're doing because if black rock can take down Bitcoin Then what are we really doing here? And then actually actually before I move on I'm not sure if you guys saw this morning, but shouts out to our brothers over at Bitcoin magazine apparently the Federal Reserve is suing them for Basically making a parody t -shirt of the Fed now system and They are saying that they are infringing on their copyright. Absolutely incredible We do not want to associate ourselves with Fed now system and the boys over at Bitcoin magazine, I guess are over the target This is more Credence to the idea of then they fight you stage Absolutely incredible stuff. We will get into that a little bit at towards the end of the news segment, but welcome to simply Bitcoin We are your number one source for the peaceful back Bitcoin revolution We cover breaking news culture and of course mimetic warfare We bring on big corners from all around the world and the biggest names to the everyday big corner We got them all and we will be your guide through Separation of money and state of course. I'm not alone. I got my boy rust in here And I already know that we're gonna get a little crazy. This is the Friday show things should get a little Light -hearted. I I saw a little bit of what rustin has in store for you guys and just gonna forewarn you We will be giving you the signal but we are gonna troll it out a little bit. I'm gonna be honest Well, we're gonna work. Oh, yeah Today we're gonna Oh, I'm stoked up. I'm so stoked out there. You have to happy to be here We get a lot of good news, apparently maybe the system kind of works but not really So we'll dive into that and see what was left out of the trial and the charges. It's very interesting How the media treated this guy leading up to it all throughout the whole thing. They love this guy. He came out of nowhere He looked like he lived under an overpass and and then he was there darling I we got a very good clip of what what's his name? Oh leery what stop listening to these people? They are absolute morons and I think we're coming to a conclusion. Maybe the CDC will pick this up but maybe there may be a connection between degenerative mental illness and Prolonged use of shit coins. So we're gonna dive into that and see if we can get to Bottom of it and also we are way over the target Bitcoin news in the Fed now, we got some good nuggets for that, too Love to see it guys as we always say, you know, the coin is peaceful revolution and memes are artillery ridicule is a powerful tool in our toolbox and hey guys, it is working and Actually before we go in there It just it's absolutely incredible that people at the Federal Reserve Are are digesting Bitcoin content like we're winning absolutely winning so hard. It's incredible But I want to know how many of them have one of those shirts Actually talking with my boy Joe did not many have those shirts at all so Streisand effect in real time. We'll see. We'll see. Anyways guys. We got a lot to talk about. 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Make sure your seed phrase is backed up It's not on a piece of paper in your sock drawer Get yourself a stamp seed kit and also actually actually before I forget guys we are so close to hitting our 21k subscriber a Threshold on YouTube. We will be doing a giveaway. I'm guessing probably live on Monday and the mega prize is a stamp seed Full kit we might even throw in a shirt or a hoodie in there. I don't know where work We'll talk about it over the weekend. But one of you guys in the chat that's been hanging out with us all year I wrote my list down you will be getting a stamp seed kit but for everyone else make sure you scan the QR code and you secure your seed phrase in something that will last the test of time anyways, let's get into the numbers guys because Got a lot of talk about anyways My favorite number the block height tick tock next block The only date that matters is the block height and we are currently at eight hundred and fifteen thousand one hundred and thirty -eight The current Bitcoin price is thirty four thousand seven hundred and thirty and actually little side tangent Rustin we got rug pulled yesterday with our clickbait title. Apparently the Bitcoin price dumped on us when we were like Yeah, Bitcoin totally trolled us yesterday. That is a hundred percent pain max pain in regard to the price Anyways, the current Moscow time aka what your Fiat dollars worth aka how much Bitcoin you can buy for a single dollar It's currently at two thousand eight hundred and seventy nine cents per dollar or for you bit maxis out there 287 bits the total percentage of Bitcoin that will ever be issued I repeat ever be issued until the end of time is currently at ninety three point zero one percent the market cap of Bitcoin in fiat terms is at 678 point four billion the realized monetary inflation taking fiat currencies to school is at one point seven four percent and that Will get cut in half it'll go down It's gonna go down in April roughly April the Bitcoin verse gold market cap. Is that five point eleven percent? Barely at five percent of the gold market cap and that is ten trillion dollars guys And you guys are you guys are bearish out there couldn't be me can't relate Anyways, the total public lightning capacity is at five thousand three hundred and six point nine nine BTC The hash rate the last 90 days is at four hundred and fifteen point four exit hatches the pending fees Wow Okay, yesterday was at one point nine today is at three point nine Oh for Bitcoin currently sitting in the mempool that Clark Moody dashboard is reading and then of course blocks to having We're at twenty four thousand eight hundred and sixty two and as of today the having estimate is the mean number April 20th 2024 let's let's hope we mean that into reality anyways guys As we were telling you yesterday We've been covering it constantly on this show the theme of You know yesterday we talked about the flight to quality. We talked about the bond market. We talked about inflation numbers we've talked about corporate press covering Bitcoin in favorable light or rather even in unfavorable light, but it does seem like we are crossing the Rubicon into mainstream consciousness and moving forward if you are in Financial markets financial media you will have to talk about Bitcoin and I say it all the time, you know Look, we're just youtubers. We're just Bitcoiners. We're just everyday Bitcoiners that happen to make a show We just cover what's going on in the world. So We realize that maybe what we say about Bitcoin doesn't hit as hard as when a billionaire rocket scientist Talks about the same things we're talking about or rather maybe we need to wear suits So we seem like we're more authority figures or maybe one day we'll be on the television and then now that will give us some Sense of legitimacy. But anyways, this is another simply Bitcoin. I told you so moment and Sailor is just saying everything we've been saying forever on the show Anyways, you can see this tweet by a swan it goes Michael sailors bullish mainstream awareness seems to be reaching new heights of Bitcoin And this is from today's micro strategy earnings call. So we got a short clip We'll talk about it and then we will move on into the news, but check this out He's saying what we say all the time guys. Love to see it. We're winning constantly winning. So Tune in strap up. It's gonna be a great bull run mainstream awareness Seems to be reaching new heights for Bitcoin we have We have the likes of Larry Fink Referring to it as a flight quality we have Druckenmiller noting that it's a legitimate asset embraced by an entire generation and Lamenting that he doesn't own more of it or own it We have Muhammad al -aryan on television noting that Bitcoin is being viewed now as a safe haven asset We have a lot of coverage of Bitcoin in television On television networks news networks and also through mainstream media that should continue to grow as that coverage increases that combined with increasing availability of Wall Street analyst coverage and new voices emerging in the community like like fidelity with their analysis of Bitcoin all of those new voices and new interest is Driving of education a new generation of investors I think we can expect more of that during the coming 12 months and All of these things together just create a virtual cycle and as they drive Bitcoin awareness they should drive Bitcoin investment and that should drive more news and that should drive more awareness and that should catalyze more and more firms to take an interest in supporting Bitcoin or investing in Bitcoin and Absolutely love to hear it and and remember guys I'm I just thought of this as we were live because I've been using this chart a lot again I'm over here at nakamoto Institute org chefs at the pierre Richard.
DerrickTalk
A highlight from "RIP To The Original Shaft,Richard Roundtree ....What's Wrong With Cheesecake Factory?
"Welcome to Convo Over Cigars. I'm your host, Derrick Andre Flemming. Took us a small break there, guys, but we are back in full effect. It is Saturday, and let's talk about the death of a guy by the name of Richard Roundtree. Now, rest in peace to Richard Roundtree, who is best known for his signature role in the Shaft movie franchise. Roundtree died on October the 24th at the age of 81 after a brief battle with pancreatic cancer. Now, sources report that his family was at his bedside when he passed away. We're talking about a man whose career spanned five decades and was touted as being the first black action hero, Richard Roundtree. Now, Samuel L. Jackson and others paid tribute to the late actor. Samuel said, his death leaves a deep hole not only in my heart, but I'm sure in a lot of y 'all's hearts too. Roundtree also played a slave by the name of Sam Bennett in the acclaimed 1977 miniseries, Roots.
The Bitboy Crypto Podcast
A highlight from Bitcoin Set For MASSIVE GAINS! (Best Time For Crypto Accumulation?)
"The pump is never over, folks. Boy, I know. I'm feeling good. The crypto markets are starting to decouple from stocks. We may have cooled down a little bit, but we're expecting to cool down. I'm still feeling very bullish, still feeling very excited, still feeling very, very optimistic about this upcoming bull run. We got TJ and Josh with us on the ones and twos. How are you two doing today? Fantastic. In the corner today. I'm loving it. I got grounded. It's a little easy. You get to sit. And that's the main difference here. I like the shoes, man. I need that with my shirt here. But we got TJ. TJ, how are you feeling today? I'm feeling good. Love seeing Bitcoin going up. All right. And we're also talking some alts and we do got some alts that are performing quite well today. Folks, we're going to talk about Bitcoin and the decoupling we're experiencing with Bitcoin and stocks. So long have we said, well, Bitcoin has a strong correlation with tech stocks. Bitcoin has a strong correlation with growth stocks. Bitcoin has a strong correlation with the risk adverse or the risky stocks here. Those days might be behind us. So I don't want to hear about the S &P is dropping. I don't want to hear about, well, NASDAQ is showing some strong resistance at these levels. So I better sell my Bitcoin. Bitcoin might be the new master asset, the apex predator of all assets. I know Michael Saylor, he had that prediction three years ago. Well, it may be coming true today. All right, let's get right into the show here. Folks, make sure you check out Josh's video, came out last night. Let me hit home. All right, right here. You are here. And I would say that kind of sums up where we are within the four -year cycle. Still a firm believer in the four -year cycle. But I want to ask you, do you feel like just looking at that film and the video that you were in yesterday, do you feel like that's pretty accurate? I can't help but say I'm getting a lot of echoes of 2020 right now. The vibes are coming back. It feels like late 2020 or maybe that early January, we're all kind of debating on where we're currently at, but it does feel like that life's coming back from the market. So just it felt right. It felt right. The thumbnail looked good and the video is immaculate. So make sure you guys go check that out. Yeah, go check that out. I do want to share, you know, you talked about the vibes. I think we're not going to go into the X minute just yet, but I don't have it. There's the meme of it's Leo DiCaprio and it has him, you know, it's like, you know, Bitcoin at 35K today. But then it shows Leo from The Revenant is like Bitcoin at 35K about a year ago or on the way down. And my oh my, how things feel different when they're on the way up versus when they're on the way down. In fact, I remember people feeling bad about 50K. You know, there's a point where 50K was a scary number. Oh no, if we go below that, oh, it's over. Now, can you imagine how positive we would feel if we hit 50K? It's a night and day difference, folks. All right, make sure you're following us on X. Follow Josh Jake. It's not it's Joshua Jake, it's ZZ Joshua Jake. So you want to make sure you have the Z. Is a fake account, did they have the yes? Yeah. So that's actually why I had to do that in the beginning. Yeah. Yeah. There's a lot of Joshua Jakes out there. It's a very common name. You know, my parents just grabbed that right out of the Bible. They didn't try too hard. So unfortunately it's a lot of competition on social media. It's the resurrection of the basic names here. The new speaker of the house, his name might be Mike Johnson. It's like John Smith, a Mike. Is there any kind of combination of those names? We get to come up, you know, maybe just some vague thing where no one could really remember like, oh, we've got a Mike Johnson in the back. All right. That's perfect. Go ahead. Sign them up. All right. So it's Josh Jake. And he also catches a content here on Tik TOK, uh, 532 ,000 followers. I need to throw my Tik TOK up here too, as well. All right, guys, let's get into the crypto market though. I just hit refresh, but I like that fresh, fresh data. So we're going to hit it again. Just like that things update folks. Uh, we were up 0 .7. Now we're at 0 .6 here. You can see the crypto market cap coming at $1 .3 And trillion. real quick on that, we were talking a little bit this morning about how that 1 .3 trillion total market cap could be a little bit of a total market cap resistance from, you know, on the way back down. So, or it might break through. Yeah. Yeah. People were wanting to slow it down. Uh, no, not Josh. You, uh, sake. Uh, no, it's has the Z, not, not the, uh, not the Josh name. Uh, all right. But that's probably, you know what? You just made a new fake account. It's almost like, Oh, good idea. And now I'm going to send you a message. How'd your trades going? All right. Uh, let's go and look at the 24 hour. What is going on with this 24 hour volume? TJ, let me get your take here. I can't even remember the last time I've seen, you know, it's very rare. We get triple digits. I can't even remember the last time we saw over $200 billion. It's almost looks like a glitch. Uh, this is such a high, uh, departure because yeah, we have skyrocket. We've been hanging around this 30 to 50 billion. And now we're coming in at 230. What do you think this is a Bitcoin whales taking profit. That would be my best guess here. Yeah. I mean, obviously these are, these could be liquidations. It's a lot of money changing hands at these levels. Um, and, but I think it's just interest in, uh, money coming back into the market. We've got a lot of stuff, a lot of stables on the sidelines, a lot of cash on the sidelines. And I think people, the FOMO is just starting to kick in. I think a little bit from a lot of the bigger players, when you see Bitcoin take a big move, like it did over this past week, this past weekend, uh, you know, it could potentially rally into this weekend. I'll be really interested to see, interested to see what it does next week. Yeah. Seeing, uh, these volume numbers kick up is a very promising, uh, for all of this moving forward. It's exciting. It's fun to be, it's like, we are, we're back. We're back. Yeah. We're back. And, uh, we're seeing also a lot of hex volume too. So maybe Richard Hart, like woke up that God ETH wallet. Who knows? All right. Uh, Bitcoin dominance coming in at 51 .2. I'm not feeling the best about my bet with Tim Warren that we won't hit 60 before we hit 70 K, but you know, I'm, I'm still being optimistic here. ETH dominance coming in at 16 .6 and surprisingly low gas for $230 billion in volume gas, only 34 Guays. So really not too bad in the grand scheme of things. Let me zoom out a little bit. Bitcoin's price coming in at $34 ,181, uh, still kind of just ranging around in this 34 ,500 to 33 ,500 range Bitcoin down about 1 .3 % Ethereum down about 0 .1 % now below 1800. Let's, let's click on this. Just see how much has been battling that level. Okay. Okay. Uh, going against it, going against it, trying to pass it, trying to pass it past it, fake out, uh, you know, fall through support and then come through test support again. And now we're falling through. So we're going to maybe want to take a nice look at that one with charts here. Let's look at some of these other movements here. Look at that Solana, uh, pull back there. So a lot of people taking some profits off that Solana pump. You see it's up 31 % for the week, but now a nice little 5 % correction. And then doge coin. I said a lot of Pepe whales are going to roll their profits into a meme. And I chose doge as the meme took about a week, but, uh, it looks like maybe now it's starting to happen. I should have put my money where my mouth is. I didn't, I didn't listen to my own theory, but if you did, you're making some money. So go ahead and hit that like button. I appreciate it. All right. Uh, we have chain link whales, probably, you know, Sergei, he's starting to sell. So it's down about 4%, but still above $10. So 10 73, really good price. Now's the time to look at the top gainers. Are you excited for this Josh? I'm stoked every single day. Well, actually today's top gainers, you're going to see who it is. You'll see who it is in just a second. It's your favorite coin, right? When you see it, you want to throw a gala. I'm talking about gala, the gaming token. What is your opinion on gala? It is up 42 % for the week, still below 2 cents though, but it's above a penny. I used to love gala games. I really did. I used to hold onto it a lot in the last bull run and ultimate or leading into this, uh, bear market, but it was kind of, we just kept getting just plunged by a very, very thick samurai sword, just straight through the chest by the team and the foundation. Uh, and so, you know, just slowly over time, uh, you know, I started kind of starting to step away a little bit after what they were doing. Did you get in before the major pump right here? So I got on the max chart now. It looks like this was right around. Okay. So right when Bitcoin was pumping November, 2021 gala went all the way from under about a dime to about 65, 70 cents there. So when did you get in? I didn't get into about 20, 25 cents. I knew someone that just like was running all their nodes and stuff. So he made me jump in, but I made a quick profit off of it. Uh, but yeah, you know, and then kind of just fell in love with the community, got involved in the NFTs was like, Oh my goodness, play to earn game. He's going to be huge. Uh, you know, and there's just a few discrepancies that took place with the team and the foundation and early on NFTs. So, well, I think that there's a good lesson there too. Cause I, same thing. We got excited about gala. We played with some of the nodes. I've been to gala verse. I'm very intrigued at where web three gaming is going to go. Uh, but he mentioned a lot of different things, the team, the focus, the initiatives that they were on. And I, when I went to gala verse, I believe it was 21, maybe, yeah, it was summer of 21. They were unveiling the music stuff and gala films, and they were definitely very split focus going a lot of different directions. Uh, the, uh, one of the original founders, definitely strong resume, but seeing a lot of the different initiatives that they had made me pause and like, wait a minute, just stick to games. If you guys go to all these different directions, it's definitely going to get fragmented very quickly. Um, and so I think there's something to be said there for watching a project, seeing what they're working on, they can have a really good idea of being a really good niche just because the project doesn't necessarily succeed. Doesn't mean gaming, you know, web three gaming, isn't going to succeed. Uh, and I still would like to see where some other games come out because they've got a lot in development, but, uh, the tokenomics, we've said for quite some time on this channel, a lot to be desired for. And, and, and that happens a lot in gaming. You get people that know how to make games, but they don't know anything about blockchain. Uh, and so you end up with a good game and bad tokenomics, and then the inverse, you might have really good tokenomics, but a unplayable game. And that we haven't really found a happy medium yet. And I will say this about gaming tokens, it's going to have a high percentage of investors are retail compared to very obscure defy play compared to, you know, this L two side chain para, you know, those are going to have a more of the, the, the in -depth people gala is going to have a huge influx of retail is my prediction. And then the markets can remain, uh, irrational longer than you can remain solvent. And so don't, you could have, you could be screaming at these people don't buy this because look at this huge token unlock and they're like, yeah, I don't really know what that means. I'm going to go ahead and buy this coin. Shut up nerd. So that's going to be my two cents on, you know, the, the counter where, Hey, you know, these tokenomics are terrible. There's no way it can pump. There's going to be a huge percentage of people who just do not care about that. Unfortunately. I agree with crimson caravan company says web three gaming is going places, but I don't think gala is going to take it there. Okay. I tend to, yeah, I think play during game is it'd be especially in the e -sports category. I mean, there's just so much you can do. That's going to allow a lot more gamers of streamers out there. I know you come from Twitch. It's such a competitive area. I think there's going to be a really good crossover in the future, but like you said, it's just, we haven't found that perfect balance yet. And I do expect that to come in the future. And don't you have a little bit of a gaming background, Josh? Yep. Yep. Just a little bit. Try playing professionally with the Vegas competed to the whole nine yards and then started there. That's where I actually started streaming Fortnite's call of duty. And then the game called split gate. If that's a young person's game, a first person shooters is a young person's game. If you look at Fortnite, like the world leaders are all teenagers are lower. And so like at a certain point, like these, these milliseconds of reaction speed is what makes the world champion 22, 23. You can't do it anymore. Cause some 12 year old is going to be like, you know, moving his fingers a hundred miles per hour. It's crazy. Yeah. And also there's a really bad drug usage and a first person shooter. E -sports also in magic. Yeah. Yeah. They actually rolled back the drug testing parameters. That's a real thing. It's like actually a recent story from this week. They, they, they rolled that back. So it's, it's Adderall. So it's, it's, it's heavily, heavily abused in the gaming industry. All right. Let's talk about some of the top gainers though. Speaking of being abused, we have Doge. It got abused all the way down from 69 cents, but now it is back to under 90 % correction folks. So we're back to 90 % draw down instead of 95%. So how do we feel about that? A Doge coming in 7 % pump up to 7 cents, a quant. God dang it. We're just, we're talking about quants so much internally in the office in the past. I don't know a lot yesterday and a lot this morning. I didn't know it was even the number three gainer. We got to get these shorts out. We should have got a short out, man. We should have done a quant short because guys, this was on our radar. We were talking about it. Also we have roll Bitcoin. It's up 5 .4 % along with rocket pool, Shiba in you. So I guess my theory did play out. Folks said the Pepe whales are going to put it in meme tokens. It looks like it's finally happening. Arbitrum up 5%. The graph. Hey man, what are your thoughts on the graph? I love the graph, by the way. Indexing is a huge part of the industry, but you know, if you're trying to read a white paper, I did kind of close my eyes and felt like I was in a library, but you know, indexing is going to be needed for scaling and everything on Ethereum. So I do like graph. I've looked into the past, made quite a few videos on it, but ultimately I don't hold it. Uh, I think I just, because I don't know, again, it just wasn't, it's not the sexy token of the industry. You know what I mean? No. And when you start breaking down, uh, it has a good moniker, which does not, I'm not saying this is what the graph is, but people call it the graph, the Google of blockchain. Yeah. And they call it that it doesn't really make any sense once you really kind of deep dive, but on the surface, it's, it's a not totally unfair comparison. I could see retail and speaking of retail, you know, there's a couple of retail plays. I think I think crypto .com, just the fact that it's called Crow, easy to say crypto .com great URL. I think that's going to play out in a large way. And I would say the same thing for the graph, Google of blockchain. Well, that sounds good. It's on Coinbase. I'm going to buy, Oh, it's under a dollar. I'm going to buy it. So I really feel like retail is going to come back. Also all the people that stayed on the sidelines who had huge pumps from it. Uh, so they, they're probably going to want to get back in. All right. Avalanches. Uh, then after that guys, it gets a little bit boring. We're under 3%. So let's look at the top losers. There's none.
Mike Gallagher Podcast
A highlight from The Mike and Mark Davis Daily Chat - 10/25/23
"The great Richard Roundtree, Shaft, Shaft's Big Score, Shaft in Africa. These were called the Blaxploitation films and it was weird because black people loved them. You know who else loved them? White people. It was the first black action hero. The great Richard Roundtree has passed at 81. I love these movies. I don't know if they were your jam because you were like 11. I don't know. Yeah, I don't know. I kind of remember. Wasn't there Cleopatra Jones? Cleopatra Jones, Pam Greer, Foxy Brown. Absolutely. And that's what makes Tarantino's Jackie Brown, which is an appreciation of that whole genre, quite the masterpiece. So I need to ask my buddy, are you better now? I know we all wanted Jim Jordan. How you feeling if it's Mike Johnson? You know, I'm really fixated on the exchange, the text exchange you and I had where I said most people don't care. And that seemed to shock you. You know, I wonder if people are talking about Mike Johnson over the breakfast table this morning. Who the heck is Mike Johnson? I know. Well, yeah, you know because you're a talk show host and you're paid to know. I know about the obscurity. But that's the disconnect because, you know, I saw you posted on X the other night. Well, you know, here's why I like Beau Schmiel from Wisconsin and I like Mike Johnson a little better than I'm thinking. Nobody cares about any of these people. Just get it done and get it over with. Weren't you? But there's a friend of mine who has a radio show who had quite the righteous conniption fit about 24 hours ago. And it was a high quality conniption fit and it was righteous and it was proper because we didn't get the speaker that you wanted or that I wanted. Are you telling me that speaker that the speakerships not important or that once it gets into folks whose names aren't quite so front of mind that everybody's eyes glaze over? I'm still ticked off. I'm in the middle of the conniption fit. It's this is a clown show and they they've embarrassed themselves. They've totally they've and they've hurt 2024. There's no question about it. Now, the question is how badly how much damage will be done? I'm going to count on the Mark Davis rule about short attention spans and hope that we get over this once we get, you know, Bill Schmiel of Albuquerque to be the speaker. He's about to be very, very he's 10 times more famous this morning than he was yesterday and soon to be even more so. And the other thing he's going to do is it is indeed I mean, who was even running that anybody really had ever heard of? I mean, I guess we had some Pete Sessions national familiarity just beyond the state of Texas. But yeah, it was a lot of folks other than Jim Jordan, who and everybody knew Scalia's, of course, but that seems like a hundred years ago now. And everybody knew Jim Jordan. But nobody knows Mike Johnson. That's right. They're about to. They're about to. But nobody cares. You're trying to make people care. And I'm telling you, I know people I know this audience and I think those people people's eyes are glazing over and they're saying, OK, great. So what is so what is if they don't have familiarity with all that with with Shreveport attorney and the other great thing, former talk show host. We like that anyway, though. But if they do this, Mike Johnson has a talk show in Louisiana. That's correct. Oh, OK. Well, there you go. I love it. What if he's a fisherman? I wonder what he does. What if he goes bowling on Saturday night? Nobody gives a rat's rear end about Mike Johnson. OK, specifically by name, perhaps not. But do we care about having a conservative fighter? Yes. We care about it not being an establishment toady. Are we pleased that it's not Tom Emmer? Yes. Then get over it and well, I'm not. Oh, this is going to be great. I got nothing to get. I got nothing to get over. It's not great that we're still figuring it out. They got to solve it. And when they solve it, we'll turn the page. It'll be fine. Well, of course it will. And that's what I'm saying, that nobody cares. It's not the end of the world. And nobody really cares about any talk show host's analysis of Bill Schmiel versus Mike Johnson. What got to you yesterday? What got to you yesterday? It was a reality. This is weird. This is kind of weird. I guarantee you people are agreeing with me on this. I mean, really, do you think people are sitting around agonizing over Mike Johnson? Not agonizing, but he happens to be the repository of conservative hopes for the House. Today? Exactly. He's number nine. He's about the ninth one on the list. I mean, they're all dropping like flies. This one appears that it's going to succeed. Oh, this one. You said that about Emmer. You said that about everybody else. I said he looked inevitable. Now, here's the thing. I said he looked inevitable as the designee.
Home Gadget Geeks
A highlight from Gavin Campbell with Home Assistants Local Voice AI, mmWave Sensors, Zigbee vs. Z-Wave, 3D Printing and Smart Lawn Watering HGG588
"This is the Average Guy Network and you have found Home Gadget Geeks Show No. 588 with guest, Gavin Campbell, recorded on October 19, 2023. Here on Home Gadget Geeks, we cover all the favorite tech gadgets that find the work. News reviews, product updates and conversation, all for the average tech guy. I'm your host, Jim Collison, broadcasting live from the Average Guy Network TV studios here in beautiful Bellevue, Nebraska. Fall is here, and we're loving every minute of it. Of course, we post a show with some world -class show notes out at The Average Guy. There'll be a few tonight out at The Average Guy. Big thanks to Dave McCabe, who joined me last week. We'll refer back to Dave a few times maybe tonight. And Dave, thanks for coming on. Always great to be with him. I get a lot of comments when I interview Dave on the show. A lot of you guys remember him from Home Server Show. And he's just one of my best friends to hang out with. So Dave, thanks for coming in here. Big thanks to our Patreon subscribers as well, if you're one of those. Thank you. Thanks for doing that. Appreciate it. If you're not and you want to join the team, head out to theaverageguy .tv slash Patreon. I've got a $5 plan. I just got a new Patreon, Patreon, I guess is what we're calling those. These days, Randall Black joined me out there. And so, Randall, thanks for jumping in there. Appreciate you doing that. If you want to do it and give it a try, you can do it for one month, or as long as you want, theaverageguy .tv slash Patreon. I said it before, and I messed up his name. I don't know why, but Gavin Campbell is joining. It said, because in the notes, it said Dave McCabe, and then I fell all over it. Gavin, welcome, welcome back. It's always great to have you. You've been making the circuit these days. What other podcasts have you been on? I heard you on another one. What have you been doing these? So we have our own podcast, hometech .fm. So I do that with TJ and Seth. But this week, I will be on, I don't think it's posted yet, but Entertainment 2 .0. I've been, you know, I've been on that a couple times now with Richard Guenther. So, you know, of course, Home Gadget Geeks, this is, you know, seems like a quarterly thing now. Yeah, you know, I love, I love having you on here. You bring great content, you get, you're kind of become, you have kind of, we're both kind of tired. So this is, there may be a lot of stumbling on words tonight. You have kind of become our home automation expert. Dave admitted on the show last week that he had tried out Home Assistant. Didn't know, didn't know what to do with it. Once he got it up and running, didn't know what to do with it. My Home Assistant instance is running well. You know, I think I've, like I got all my, my Govee sensors for the humidor, for the cigars, those are all on there. Got all the ring, you know, kind of all the, the ring stuff on there. Got all my switches, all my lights, all the, the batteries for the ring, all the, like the, the ink, ink volumes, whatever you call that, how much ink is left in my printer. Like I have an HP printer kind of thing in there. Crazy. I got my 2021 Legacy, all the mileage and the odometer, you know, so the odometer reading and all the tire pressure and stuff sitting on the, I don't, that's probably not the best use for it, but it's there, right? And the weather as well, the shield stuff comes in. So there's a lot, I mean, there's a lot of things available for that, right? Yeah, Home Assistant, if anything, what it's got going for it is it integrates with everything pretty much, like almost too much. And that's also kind of one of the downfalls of it. And we're seeing this even recently with Mazda, they actually, there was an integration with Mazda's online service. And they recently sent them a cease and desist or whatever you would call that, right to say, Hey, we didn't authorize this. You're not allowed to use it, please.
Simply Bitcoin
A highlight from UK Government to Require Exams to Buy Bitcoin | EP 849
"Yo, welcome to another episode of Simply Bitcoin Live, we are your number one source for the Bitcoin revolution, we will be your guide through the separation of money and state. Speaking of the separation of money and state, crazy news coming out of the United Kingdom. You literally cannot make this up if you tried. By January 6th, every UK citizen will have to take a test to buy Bitcoin. It is a six -page quiz that will not be easy and is designed to give up. If you pass, there will be a 48 -hour cooling period before you can actually buy. That was a tweet from Ray Youssef, and he was the original founder of Paxful, which I think he stepped away from. But that is absolutely crazy. And again, it really, reminds of me the book The Sovereign Individual, where they were making the case that governments would try to do everything in their power to basically stop people from opting out of their money. And then this is also something happening in the United States. We have an update for you guys as well. Elizabeth Warren is using the, how do I say this, in a politically correct way. Elizabeth Warren is using the conflict in the Middle East in order to gather support for her bipartisan bill with Senator Marshall, which would be, according to Pierre Richard, a de facto ban on Bitcoin mining within the United States. And also, it would essentially force wallet providers, software wallet providers, hardware wallet manufacturers. Basically, they would have to KYC, because they don't want people to use, quote unquote, use their words unhosted wallets, meaning wallets that are outside of their control. So, we say it in the beginning of the show, this is the separation of money and state after all. And those governments are just not going to go gently into that good night. And again, when I say governments, it's not that it's going to make the government go away, you know, because I think that's a lot of the narrative, a lot of the rhetoric that they used. It's just that governments, the relationship between the citizen, the individual and the state is going to change once you separate money from state, right? Right now, the way that it's structured is we live in a misaligned incentive political structure. Why? Because politicians, when they get elected, they're really incentivized to hold on to that money printer. They're really incentivized to get as close as humanly possible to that money printer. That's the money spigot, right? But you have to understand something about government, right? Government is supposed to be by the people for the people. And I think the ability that Fiat has given governments is that they no longer have to do good by their constituents in order to get funding. What they really have to do is just protect that moat, right? So it's really become a government by the government for the government. If and when we separate money from state, I truly believe as a Bitcoiner that we will be successful in doing so because I think Bitcoin's incentives are stronger than any coercion they might throw at us. I think that the whole dynamic changes. And I think El Salvador is a great example of that. I don't think it's a coincidence that in the society where they fix the base layer, they made Bitcoin legal tender. For some reason, that politician who's in office is actually doing the things that he said he was going to do if he were elected. And why is that? Because without their ability to print money, the only way for governments to raise money is through direct taxation. And if you want to tax your populace more money, right, you have to actually do good by your constituents, right? So it's just interesting this phenomenon. And I don't think we've ever lived in a world in human history where the money was separated from the state, from the sovereign, right? This is a, you know, the debasement of currency is something that has literally, it's been around since the Roman times. The Romans did the same exact thing, like over the decades, over, you know, hundreds of years of Roman history when it became from Roman Republic to the Roman Empire, to the division of the Roman Empire, to the Western Roman Empire, to the Eastern Roman Empire. You know what they did? They debased the currency. Now, it's not like printing money like it is today, but they had a currency called the Donaris. And you could literally see over time that the percentage of silver in the Donaris declined over time. And with that declined, you had the moral decay and the eventual collapse of the Roman Empire, right? So are we living through those times? I mean, you start to see the moral decay in society. You start to see the corruption right up in your grill, in your face. So I truly believe we're living through this pivotal moment in history. Now, what is different than every other moment in history is that this time we have a non -state currency. And because of Bitcoin's true decentralization, only Bitcoin has that. Governments are essentially, it's a forcing function. They're forced to compete with Bitcoin. They're forced to say, OK, this is why you should use our currency. And here's the thing. I don't think they'll be able to win that because governments are always going to want to do two things. They're always going to want to debase their currencies because that's how they pay for the deficit spending. That's how they pay for things they can't afford. And they're always going to want to control and censor the money flows. And those are two things that Bitcoin does not. Right. There's 21 million. There will only ever be 21 million. And Bitcoin is censorship resistant. So I think Bitcoin's incentives are superior to state money. And again, once again, I'm going to mention this book because every Bitcoiner should read this book. This is a theory that was predicted back in the 90s in the book, The Sovereign Individual. Crazy, crazy times. Buckle in. Take your Bitcoin into self -custody. No more delay. Let's bring up my legendary co -host. Has a smile on his face once again. My brother, my co -host, the one, the only, he has dated three central bankers, Agustin Carson, Christine Lagarde and Janet Yellen, the legendary optimist. Wait, did we drop that meme yesterday? I don't think we dropped that. We haven't dropped that meme. I don't know. I don't know if we should. Maybe we should just show it on the show. OK, I'll download it. I'll put it in a meme review. Anyways, anyways, I just wanted to mention what, three minutes in and we're already talking about the Roman Empire, men talking about the Roman Empire again. Couldn't make up.
The Charlie Kirk Show
A highlight from The Origins of Woke with Richard Hanania
"Dr. Peter McCullough says the most common question he's asked is how do I get this out of my body? Spike support formula is the only product that contains ingredients researched to block and dissolve spike protein in the bloodstream. So whether you got the shot, had a bad bout of COVID, or are worried about shedding, there is something you could do now to protect yourself. Head to twc .health slash kirk to buy the wellness company spike support formula and get back to feeling your best. Use promo code kirk at checkout for 10 % off your order. That is promo code kirk for 10 % off your order. Hey everybody. It's in Charlie Kirk show Richard Hananiah new book origins of woke joins us. I think you'll really enjoy this conversation. Email us as always freedom at charliekirk .com. Become a member, go to charliekirk .com and click on the members tab. Get involved with turning point USA at tpusa .com. Sorry, high school or college chapter today at tpusa .com. That is tpusa .com. Email us as always freedom at charliekirk .com. Buckle up everybody. Here we go. Charlie, what you've done is incredible here. Maybe Charlie Kirk is on the college campus. I want you to know we are lucky to have Charlie Kirk. Charlie Kirk's running the White House folks.
Simply Bitcoin
A highlight from What is Bitcoin's Full Price Potential, $1M by 2030? | EP 848
"Welcome to another episode of Simply Bitcoin Live! We are your number one source for the peaceful Bitcoin revolution. We cover breaking news, culture, medic warfare We will be your guide through the separation of money and state Gotta fix my green screen a little bit But yeah guys, it's uh, it's pretty crazy. So Cathie Wood She's the founder Of ARK investments. She went on Natalie Brunel's podcast called coin stories great podcast highly recommend it and Natalie asked Cathie Wood about This report that we've covered on the show many many times about what the expectation of where bitcoins price is going to be by the year 2030 and Cathie Wood's report broke it down into three separate cases the bearish case the you know The mid case and then the bull case and she kind of breaks it down so we'll pay you guys about a clip of the Natalie Purnell podcast if you guys want to watch the full thing check out the video description and Then we're gonna talk about during the news segment Another propaganda hit piece from the New York Times and what we're gonna do is if you just read them by themselves They don't really tell you much. But if you connect the dots and you look at the Historical I Don't want to say performance but the historical behavior of the New York Times the so -called paper of record Parker Lewis when he came on simply Bitcoin IRL, he said something really interesting because I brought up the legacy corporate media and His answer it wasn't my answer. This Parker Lewis's answers as a known ego. They're not legacy corporate media. They're government media and the New York Times has a history of covering up State atrocities and this goes back to the early 1900s when the Soviets initially took power There was there was a New York Times reporter stationed in Moscow and he purposely hid the Ukrainian genocide the whole hold him a door and He reported to the New York Times that you know, the Soviet experiment was it was was wonders It was it was it was amazing for the world and it wasn't until the 90s that New York Times Apologized that this guy Was covering all of this stuff up also in the 2000s The New York Times was the paper that reported that Iraq supposedly had weapons of mass destruction Right, this is the same New York Times that is saying that you know It's reporting that Elizabeth Warren is saying that Bitcoin could potentially be used for For you know for Russians to circumvent US sanctions, this is the same New York Times that released the infamous Propaganda hit piece that Walter America did such a good great job, you know fighting back with the you know Stop the presses, you know Twitter account But this is the same New York Times that you know Basically said that near that Bitcoin mining was bad for the environment Pierre Richard made that really famous video Where you know, he took a co2 meter.
The Hugh Hewitt Show: Highly Concentrated
A highlight from Steve Inskeep On His New Lincoln Book 'Differ We Must
"Welcome back, America. I'm Hugh Hewitt. Steve Inskeep is a remarkable journalist and one of the great voice talents in America. He's also an amazing author. He's the author of this new book, Differ We Must, How Lincoln Succeeded in a Divided America. And I've read all of Steve's books. And you know, I don't agree much on politics, but boy, can he write. Steve Inskeep, welcome back and congratulations on Differ We Must. I'm going to detail why congratulations. But I just want to salute you first. It's a heck of a book. Wow, thank you very much. You've spoken so nicely, I'm reluctant to add anything. I should just let it stand. Let it stand as you said it. But thank you. All right. Well, I want to begin by letting people know, I believe in the Luntz rule. Unless I say the title of the book Differ We Must seven times, people won't remember Differ We Must. They won't know to go and get Differ We Must. So we're going to say Differ We Must seven times, and then we're gonna have a longer conversation after the break, which I will parcel out this week. Steve Inskeep, when you were writing Differ We Must, you know, I'm a student of Lincoln. I've read Bruce McPherson's Battle Cry of Freedom a few times. Team of Rivals by Doris Kearns Goodwin, my old teacher, Bruce Catton. I know I did not know a lot of this, and I'll detail this and what we discovered in Differ We Must. Did you find yourself surprised constantly in this effort? Oh, yeah, I wanted to tell Lincoln's life story through a series of meetings he had with people who differed with them, who had a different background, different race, different gender, or above all, a disagreement, a difference of opinion. And when I began focusing on these 16 meetings with a wide variety of people, I did discover stuff that I didn't know after a lifetime of being interested in and reading about Lincoln. And also some of these meetings, like I'd read a paragraph. But when you get into the details of how a particular meeting came about and what Lincoln's motivations were when he was dealing with William Henry Seward or someone much less famous like William Florville, his barber in Springfield or some of the abolitionists he dealt with. I did learn things constantly. I'm going to talk specifically after the break about Duff Green and Lean Bear and Justice Campbell, because those three were remarkable. I mean, I'm stunned by what I didn't know. But I want to ask you first, in terms of what you would prefer. I read the first half of the book because I got a review copy early, and then it occurred to me midway through it. Inskeep actually is a great voice talent. And I bought the audio book. I almost never do that. Right. I'm cheap. I'm a radio host. I want the book sent to me. But I went and bought the audio book and it's magnificently read. How long did that take? Thank you. I took about two and a half days. And I guess I tend to write the way that I talk or I try to anyway. As part of the process, I end up reading a lot of things aloud, at least when I'm alone in the house. I don't want to disturb my kids by like, you know, constantly performing things. But I find it a great test of your writing to read it aloud. You very quickly find out if the sentences aren't very clear. So I really appreciate what you said. In terms of people should know when you when you read a book and it's by the author, it's in their voice with one great exception. And I love W. So he'll understand this George W. Bush read his book in about 20 minutes, and he didn't bother to inflect anything. You put your belief into the voice, don't you? I think so. I felt that way. And I tried to think about how do I express the words of Lincoln, who, of course, we don't have a recording, but his voice is described as having a particular Midwestern twang and not some deep voice of God. So I tried to express that a little bit. And there are even scenes there's a scene where his great rival, Stephen Douglas, is trying to deliver a speech after he's lost his voice. And so I tried to give a sense of what that croaking sound might have been. And yeah, I mean, I also just the passion, which is, I think, what you're referring to. I believe in what I have to say here. Yeah. Now, I don't know if you've ever listened to the reenactment of the Lincoln Douglas debates with David and Richard Dreyfuss played Judge Douglas and David, I can't think of his last name right now, played Abraham Lincoln. It's magnificent. But nevertheless, it's still an interpretation. I think your Lincoln interpretation is great because you took your tone up about an octave, not an octave. You took it up a couple of beats because he did have a high voice. That's why it carried.
Stuff You Should Know
A highlight from Parasocial Relationships: That Podcaster is Your Friend!
"Hey, and welcome to the podcast. I'm Josh and there's Chuck and Jerry's here too. And this is Step You Should Know, the little close to home edition. Yeah, right. In two ways. One is that as podcasters, we are on one end of the parasocial relationship relationship. Correct. Yeah. And the other is like, I have these, I don't know if you do or not, but I have parasocial relationships of my own with podcasts. I don't have any because I'm sane. Right. Oh, I'm totally kidding. I don't think I have any. No, I don't have any. I think what it is, is it has nothing to do with sanity. My imagination is just not that vivid. Oh, okay. You know what I mean? Because I think for this to set, you have to be able to imagine yourself like in the room with the people you're listening to, for example, or what you would do after they stopped filming the TV show or something like that. Like any, you're big into comedy. Any of your big comedian people that you love, you know, never think like, God, we would be friends if we knew each other. No, I really don't. I don't. I feel like deficient because of it, but I genuinely do not have any parasocial relationship that I can bring to mind. And I don't remember ever having that. I think I just assumed that they wouldn't like me rather than they would like me, which makes it much harder to have a parasocial relationship with somebody you just assume you wouldn't get along with very well. Well, then by some estimates, you're part of the 49 % of people that of Americans, that is, that do not have parasocial relationships. And if you're yelling at us right now, because we defined it yet, a parasocial relationship is a, it's like when you listen to a podcast and you think, I know those guys. They're like my friends. We would be so, we would be such good friends in real life. It's a one -sided relationship between a consumer of a thing, a fan of a thing and a public figure. Yeah. And one of those papers you sent me, I saw it described rather aptly as a one -sided intimacy at a distance. Yeah. And in our go -go, be normal as much as you can type society. That sounds a little like off base, a little weird, a little out there to some people, I should say to others. It's like, well, yeah, of course this is normal life, but we, we should say like, there's nothing inherently wrong with it. It can go wrong as we'll see, but at its base, having a parasocial relationship does not make you a loser, a loner, social misfit, a weirdo. It actually makes you slightly healthier emotionally, intellectually, in my opinion. Yeah. And as we'll talk about, studies bear that out that it's, you know, I think they put it at generally about three to 5 % of the time it can go south and we'll talk about that kind of stuff when it becomes obsessive and stuff like that. But yeah, for the other 95 to 98 % of people, it actually provides quite a benefit because it makes someone feel good and it makes people laugh a lot of times. And I feel like comedy a lot of times is what you associate more. I'm sure you can have parasocial relationships with like Peter Jennings or something or Dan Rather. I'm sure that happens. It would be harder though as we'll see. You generally think of it in terms of like either a podcast or a TV show when you would sit around and you would think about which friend am I or which Sex and the City character. You're such a Miranda. That's the kind of thing that we're talking about here when people identify so much that it's like a real relationship. Yes. And I want to say I am in that very unusual and unique position as are you and as are most podcasters. That you're Miranda? Right. I totally am a Miranda. Actually, no, what's the other one's name who is married to Kyle McLaughlin. I feel like I identify more with her. Yeah, Charlotte. Charlotte. Yeah, I'm a total Charlotte. What I was going to say though is I'm in the unique position of being on the opposite side of a parasocial relationship. That's a very rare place to be. And I can tell you that I do enjoy hearing about that. Like when we're at live shows and people tell us like where they think of us as like their friends or whatever, I always love to hear that kind of thing. Yeah, me too. Yeah. So I don't want to, I don't engage with them myself, but when they are thrust upon me, I'm like, oh yeah, I love that. Yeah. And we feel the same way generally. And most times when we meet listeners who are awesome like that, if we did know each other, there's a good chance we might be friends. Yeah. I think that's another thing too is I think that's kind of like that weirdo view of it. Like the irony of it is they're so far off base that like if they ever actually did meet the person in real life, they would be horribly crushed and maybe even mocked. I mean, at least from our experience, most people who do come up and tell us that they think of us as friends do seem like people we would probably hang out with in real life. Totally. There's also, and I'll talk about this a little bit I guess later, but I'm in a situation where a lot of the podcasts that I consume are comedy podcasts where I do kind of know the person. Oh, okay. But that's a quasi -parasocial relationship because I find myself thinking I'm better friends with them than I am when in fact they are just industry colleagues that are loose pals perhaps. But I think like, oh yeah, me and Scott Aukerman are like great friends because we have so much in common. Yeah, he does not think that. Scott's a great guy, super nice, he's always been very nice. I'll be on his shows occasionally. We both worked with him a little bit but we're not great friends even though I feel like we are because I listen to so much of his stuff. Okay, I'm glad you need to check somebody. I was going to ask you who you have parasocial relationships with but I feel like quasi -parasocial relationship is very niche. Yeah, probably so. So let's begin at the beginning. These things haven't been around forever mostly because they're a product of media communications. They would not exist otherwise because without media you would actually be interacting with this person face to face and that's the big rub of the whole thing is that other person is on the other side of a screen. They're in your headphones. They're not there physically but the way that they present themselves to you tricks us into um becoming friends with them or having an affinity for them just as you would if you met them in real life and the whole thing is traced back to a couple of sociologists named Donald Horton and Richard Wall who back in the 50s started noticing that people would actually talk back to their TV and that they as sociologists they said this is interesting that's kind of unusual and probably new people don't understand TV and I think I'm sure it existed before in radio but as we'll see media has added to itself added to itself added to itself over the generations over the the last you know half century or so to make it more likely that you're going to have a parasocial relationship with somebody in media and a deeper one too but the whole thing started with TV and people shouting at it and what they coined was a term called parasocial interactions. Yeah and that's I think TV also was all of a sudden you had a couple of other ingredients to the recipe that could spawn a parasocial relationship which is repeated consistent faces that you're seeing it's not like you know go into a movie which you could do before the you know 1956. That person being in your house in your living room every week or even every night was a different thing and they were talking to you they were looking at your face and there were new kinds of media personalities that they hadn't seen before which is like game show hosts talk show hosts newscasters people looking into the camera and talking to you the home audience and that changed things and they were fascinated by what they called this relationship between what they dubbed personae who are you know the Dan Rathers or whatever I don't know Dan Rather or so on the tip of my brain. What's he even doing these days? He's writing and stuff right? I don't know it's been a while I haven't heard from him in a while he hasn't called me back.
The Mason Minute
Giant Pandas (MM #4581)
"I remember back in 1972, it was huge news when we announced giant pandas were coming to the Washington, D .C. zoo. Was it Ling Ling and Sing Sing or something like that? They're not long passed on. But there have been giant pandas on loan to zoos across America for years. President Richard Nixon brought them back as kind of a goodwill gift from China. But we never owned them. We only had them on loan. Well, the zoos in Washington, D .C. and Atlanta are losing their giant pandas coming up in 2024. And there will no longer be any giant pandas located in America. Why? Because China and U .S. policies aren't seeing eye to eye right now. And so, therefore, China's not renewing the lease. While giant pandas are China's national animal, I've often found it interesting that they can own these animals. They only live in the wild for about 15 years, but can live up to almost 40 years in captivity. I remember the first time I saw them at the National Zoo in the late 70s or early 80s. It was very cool to sit there and watch them for about 15, 20 minutes. They've been here so long, people kind of take them for granted. Now you're going to take them back to China.
The Mason Minute
Giant Pandas (MM #4581)
"I remember back in 1972, it was huge news when we announced giant pandas were coming to the Washington, D .C. zoo. Was it Ling Ling and Sing Sing or something like that? They're not long passed on. But there have been giant pandas on loan to zoos across America for years. President Richard Nixon brought them back as kind of a goodwill gift from China. But we never owned them. We only had them on loan. Well, the zoos in Washington, D .C. and Atlanta are losing their giant pandas coming up in 2024. And there will no longer be any giant pandas located in America. Why? Because China and U .S. policies aren't seeing eye to eye right now. And so, therefore, China's not renewing the lease. While giant pandas are China's national animal, I've often found it interesting that they can own these animals. They only live in the wild for about 15 years, but can live up to almost 40 years in captivity. I remember the first time I saw them at the National Zoo in the late 70s or early 80s. It was very cool to sit there and watch them for about 15, 20 minutes. They've been here so long, people kind of take them for granted. Now you're going to take them back to China.
The Mason Minute
Giant Pandas (MM #4581)
"I remember back in 1972, it was huge news when we announced giant pandas were coming to the Washington, D .C. zoo. Was it Ling Ling and Sing Sing or something like that? They're not long passed on. But there have been giant pandas on loan to zoos across America for years. President Richard Nixon brought them back as kind of a goodwill gift from China. But we never owned them. We only had them on loan. Well, the zoos in Washington, D .C. and Atlanta are losing their giant pandas coming up in 2024. And there will no longer be any giant pandas located in America. Why? Because China and U .S. policies aren't seeing eye to eye right now. And so, therefore, China's not renewing the lease. While giant pandas are China's national animal, I've often found it interesting that they can own these animals. They only live in the wild for about 15 years, but can live up to almost 40 years in captivity. I remember the first time I saw them at the National Zoo in the late 70s or early 80s. It was very cool to sit there and watch them for about 15, 20 minutes. They've been here so long, people kind of take them for granted. Now you're going to take them back to China.
The Mason Minute
Giant Pandas (MM #4581)
"I remember back in 1972, it was huge news when we announced giant pandas were coming to the Washington, D .C. zoo. Was it Ling Ling and Sing Sing or something like that? They're not long passed on. But there have been giant pandas on loan to zoos across America for years. President Richard Nixon brought them back as kind of a goodwill gift from China. But we never owned them. We only had them on loan. Well, the zoos in Washington, D .C. and Atlanta are losing their giant pandas coming up in 2024. And there will no longer be any giant pandas located in America. Why? Because China and U .S. policies aren't seeing eye to eye right now. And so, therefore, China's not renewing the lease. While giant pandas are China's national animal, I've often found it interesting that they can own these animals. They only live in the wild for about 15 years, but can live up to almost 40 years in captivity. I remember the first time I saw them at the National Zoo in the late 70s or early 80s. It was very cool to sit there and watch them for about 15, 20 minutes. They've been here so long, people kind of take them for granted. Now you're going to take them back to China.
TalkRadio 630 KHOW
"richard whole" Discussed on TalkRadio 630 KHOW
"You are back in the day and capital show with Christie Burton Brown, and that song was especially for our next guest. Representative Richard Whole tour if he represents House District. 64 in Colorado, is a third generation rancher in a military veteran as well as the father of I believe four daughters. Welcome representative Holt ORF to the capital show. Thank you very much. Christy. It's a pleasure to be on the air with you. And I actually have five daughters. So wow. Alright, count. That's great. That's great. Well, well, I wanted to bring you on today. Just because there's so much talk around Colorado. You know, I'm traveling the whole state. You live in Washington County and represent a rural area of Colorado and It's really a fact that Jared Poulsen, the Democrats have Have waged a war on there are rural economies here in this state, and I just would love our listeners to hear from you since you live it every single day. Well, thank you. Christy and I represent nine counties in eastern and southeastern Colorado. It's the largest house district. Currently in the House chamber. And rural Colorado is a big footprint and I very much aware and in touch with what happened in what I call the rest of Colorado. Unlike many of my urban legislators. So some of them don't even like it when I say the rural urban divide just growing right, and it's growing by our actions and our intentions, both direct and indirect. If I just Right well, and I think that's something that Irvin, Colorado actually needs to realize is going on. Like I grew up in rural Colorado. And so I think about it a lot, even though I currently live in the city now, But I don't think a lot of our city city dwelling friends. Do you think about it as much as they should. And how would you say representative Richard Holt? Orff's who were talking to you right now? How would you say that? When rural Colorado is hurt by the policies that get passed to the capital in Denver? Why should that matter to the rest of the state? Well, I think our urban cousins need to understand. That agriculture is the life blood of rural Colorado. Everything that is agriculture in our small towns in our communities. All the services the support the primary economy outside of energy. Oil and gas right and other renewable energy sources. It's agriculture. Yeah, everything that we do is tied around agriculture, and what's important for agriculture, of course, is transportation, right? And also Bannon Internet as we analyzed fast moving markets, um and many of the things that we do out in agriculture, so the biggest thing people need to understand As you cannot. Degrade trying to do harm or damage to our agricultural sector. Yeah, and then so diaper people don't understand how diverse agriculture is true from pencil. The cattle. To poultry to watermelons. So many things in your grocery store a milk Pancakes. Buttermilk pancakes, Buckwheat pancakes. I don't care what kind of picked it like, right? So many things. I'm going to guess you have a particular favorite kind of pancakes, But I will move past that. But no, I think represented. Hold your your right that agriculture is one of the industries that built to Colorado and it continues. I mean, you and the people in your community. You're the ones that feed our families and people so easily forget that. That's why I think we need to elevate more rural voices and listen to people like you. A third generation rancher here in Colorado who understands what it means for our state when that is trampled all over by the boulder elites who run run the capital in the government right now. Yes, Christine and the one thing that highlighted the that divide more than ever. This last session was Senate Bill 21 87, this agricultural workers rights bill. It is a big city. Big union model. It just doesn't fit agriculture, Mhm and the sponsor who claimed to know a little about agriculture, But not much. I promise you right and out fuckers. Who were foolish enough to sign onto this bad legislation. Clearly. We're completely clueless. As to the diversity And the differences. Between agriculture and the agricultural industry and urban Big City factory type. Um, right. Exactly. No, I think you're so right. I think there's a lot of people from the cities he for tend to know what the agricultural industry does are the oil and gas industry to which I think many people just don't understand. And they don't realize how integral that is to the Colorado way of life. And if we triple all over the Colorado way of life, which includes farming, ranging oil and gas that is to the devastation of our entire state. Not only communities like the ones you represent I I did want to ask you. We have a couple minutes before we're gonna go to a break, But I want to ask you I know you have a big background in the military. And how do you think what you learned in the military and what you did there and you're overseas tours and all the other things you did. How How does that affect your view of how? As Republicans of the State pyramid? You are state Representative. How we fight this battle that so many Republicans and conservatives want want to see us truly engaging. Well, I will tell you that, Uh, If you want me to leverage a little bit of my military experience, I will tell you that we have to have a very, um in depth. Strategy. To fight that fight that we have at every level. We have to take a message to Urbanite urban cousins to explain to them. Um, the importance of the rest of Colorado. Yeah, And I think, um, we have to have a short term message. That we are trying. There are many eggs stakeholders that are trying Just to spread this message out, But I will tell you, the message gets ignored, and it has to be a multi layered or a very, uh in depth. Way of communicating at many levels. Yeah, so I would start with that. And I will tell you that, even in the capital this last session, the testimonies from farmers and wrecked ranchers. Was very much ignored. Oh, yeah. The Urban League. Continue to be referenced. And so, um, uh, you know, do not to get too in depth with, you know, strategic analysis or intelligence preparation, the battlefield and some of these military models that we use, right? Um, it's about messaging. And then it's the real issue is we have activist organizations. Most all of them come out of Boulder County. Our animal rights. They are vegan, their anti, um, meat, protein or animal protein, right? They are all that anti Additional American Western values. They are anti rural. Yeah. Urbanite, their elitist urbanites who don't understand where their food comes from. And the effort and time it takes it. The grocery stores filled exactly a representative Holt. Or if we are wrapping up this segment, I hope to have you back another time. Thank you so much. Representative Richard Holt ORF on with us today, talking about the war on rural Colorado being waged by the Democrats. When we come back, we'll be with Daniel Gawronski, a local city council.
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"Of goods but well that didn't slow the role of the house. Any eight now thirteen ten. Kfi a thirteen ten kfi a dot com northern colorado's voice mornings with gail the auto collision specialists studios. Yeah we saw this one coming. Didn't we This according to a piece out of colorado politics by pat 'pablito and marianne goodland this as you did have house. Democrats wednesday voting to give final passage to well. It was a five point. Four billion transportation funding plan now a five point three billion dollar transportation funding plan. And guess what it's driven by taxes by any other name a raft of new fees over the next decade. But you gotta love it. You had house speaker alec. Gannett democrat of denver's saying the best solution for transportation funding that the state of colorado has ever had in the last ten years. Well before you today. Garnett lung broomfield. Democratic representative matt gray is a senate bill to sixties prime sponsor in the house in a floor speech ahead of the final votes. Well he touted. There weren't enough superlatives to describe this work around power grab that's going to cost us all a ton he touted. The stakeholder work done to bring together a diverse coalition ranging from one side. He said that says only asphalt concrete and bridges to another that says no more roads no more lanes so much work he went on to say. I have no idea what that means. So much. work has been put into senate bill to sixty. He said that. no one. okay this is this is a key takeaway. No one let me just say broadly. I'm sure there's a few but no one. Well if there's a few how could it be no one. No one is opposed to senate bill to sixty Well republican state lawmakers seem to have a little bit of a different view now as it had in the senate. The bill cleared the house on a forty one. Twenty four party line vote. Oh with one democratic member excuse. The vote came after hours and hours and hours of objections from republicans. Who last week threatened to have the bill o. Now at two hundred and fourteen pages plus a bonus twenty two page fiscal note read at length with estimates. That the computer wait. I thought they couldn't use that computer to read bills anymore by nonetheless estimates were that the computer would take six hours or more to read it instead. They debated the bills. Points mostly focused on feeds yet representative richard whole tour. He's out of akron. Republican saying the funding mechanisms for the bill are an end. Run around the tax payers bill of rights. He's absolutely correct. In that assessment the investment in infrastructure is important. He said but the investments around the environment are well somewhat of a concern. You had whole torp noting that the difference between the roads and his part of colorado compared to the three states that is district borders and which fund transportation better than colorado. That's pretty significant. When he was first elected representative shane sandwich. He's a republican out of colorado springs. Saying the number one concern of his district was in was indeed infrastructure and roads and that was because of the so-called gap that's the section of i twenty five being widened between castle rock and monument. No matter what side of the aisle you're on. He said we need to focus on transportation. It's been starved. He said and constituents well are demanding action. He said that he recognized the need for a bold transportation plan. But well we're all struggling with how to pay for it. And i need that in a very literal sense. Voters have rejected both bonds and higher taxes but we do want roads to be a priority and according to shane sandwich out of colorado springs He said they want us to use the money. We all ready have not doing end. Round enron around taber. He has a i think. Very cogent question if indeed. The budget is regaining steam and the status getting money from washington through the american rescue plan and dollars. Yes could be despite the narrative. You heard it coming out from under the state. Gold dome yes. Those funds could be shut shuffled around to fund transportation. Then why even ask taxpayers to pay more had represented. Kim ransom out of littleton. Republican saying the word tax was misspelled as fee. A rose by any other name. She called senate bill to sixty a bait and switch tactic. Let's get down to brass tacks here. So what are taxes by any other name. And how much is it going to cost all of us. Well the bill would increase per gallon charge on fuel by two cents a year until twenty eight and then index to inflation on top of the existing twenty two cent gas tax. Oh electric vehicle drivers. You're going to get dinged as well. You'll have to pay more for your tags until they're paying you are paying on par with what those who drive those dreaded combustion vehicles pay to support transportation fees on ride sharing services such as uber and lift would take on another fifteen to thirty cents a trip and yes. You're also going to have new fees on home deliveries now while the bills already cleared the senate. It also saw a host of amendments as it worked through the house and the differences in the legislation will have to be reconciled before the bill. Heads to governor. Jared police's desk. Hey think he will sign it even with you know those little reconciliations and changes that need to be made. I know it's a rhetorical question. Eight fifteen now thirteen ten. 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"Billions. The justice department is warning. Arizona's republican ordered recount of the twenty twenty presidential election results in maricopa county could be violating federal voting and civil rights laws arizona secretary of state katie. Hobbs said observers have witnessed ballots and laptops left unattended and untrained workers using inconsistent procedures. The private company hired by the arizona republican party to carry out the audit called cyber ninjas also says it has been directly contacting voters to verify voter registrations which could constitute voter intimidation. In addition cyber ninjas who ceo has openly promoted conspiracy theories about the election including from prominent cunanan figures is far behind the may fourteenth deadline to finish the audit as of wednesday only about ten percent of the two point. One million ballots had been counted. The veterans memorial coliseum at the arizona state fairgrounds said all elections materials must be vacated may fourteenth but owners now say they will just pause and resume the count if needed meanwhile new york congress member at least defining who top republicans have back to replace cheney and her leadership role said on steve bannon podcast. Thursday sheep supports the arizona recount. Colorado republican lawmaker was reprimanded thursday after he used racist during a debate in the colorado general assembly representative richard whole torres who's white refer to a colleague as buckwheat during wednesday's legislative session getting there. No worry buckwheat. I'm getting and now what i'd like to say what i'd like to say. That's an endearing term by the way representive whole turf. We must maintain in here and not refer to any individuals other than in any appropriate manner. Presentative leslie herod. Who is black rushed to the podium to confront whole turf over his racist remarks as the general assembly broke for recess. New york's attorney general says the nation's largest broadband companies funded a secret campaign to influence the federal communications commission repeal of net neutrality. Rules attorney general letitia. James said thursday. An investigation by our office found that quote. The broadband industry hired marketing companies that co-opted and created identities and followed nearly eighteen million fake comments with the fcc and sent over half a million fake letters to congress and support the repeal supporters of net neutrality save protections are needed to preserve an open internet and bar internet service providers from stopping or slowing down the delivery of websites former maldives president muhammed. She'd was injured in a suspected. Bomb attack thursday the fifty-three-year-old and the she'd who is the current speaker of the maldives parliament became the country's first democratically elected president in two thousand eight but was ousted in a two thousand twelve coup and was granted asylum in britain. Before he returned to the maldives two thousand eighteen he put the fight against the climate crisis. Front and center as presidency and has been hailed as a climate hero thursday's attack has sent shockwaves throughout the islands and is being investigated as an act of terrorism to see our interviews with president mohamed. She'd you can go to democracy now dot org and indigenous leaders and climate activists or holding a global day of action to halt andy fund. The enbridge line three pipeline in northern minnesota protests are taking place at banks and cities across the country as well as in japan. Switzerland sierra leone. Costa rica canada and across europe. This is jackie fielder of stop the money pipeline and so we have one than fifty actions across the us and actions across seven other countries as well as three other continents protesting the banks that are underwriting loans. To end bridge the company behind the line pipeline line three would result in additional one hundred and ninety three million tons of greenhouse gases every single year and it violates indigenous rights of the national may people and their right to free prior and informed consent on thursday water protectors blockaded so-called man camp at the end bridge site to mark missing or murdered indigenous women girls and two spirit awareness week. Indigenous activists said quote. The violence committed on our land. Becomes the violence committed on our people and those are some of the headlines. This is democracy now democracy now dot or the quarantine report when we come back four parents from doris. Guatemala and mexico were reunited this week with their children in the united states after being separated under the trump.
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"To beef or not to be. That is the question. Is that how it went. Maybe not welcome back into noko now. Presented by the nine agencies weld county today making a proclamation that instead of the meat outdated governor polls recommended four march twentieth. They're going meet in day on march twentieth and this garnered support and so far one hundred percent of the people up on our poll question on our facebook page are saying that they're going to specifically eat meat that day. So maybe some the reverse effect maybe governor pulls was wanting to help the beef industry reverse psychology ever heard of it. Maybe i doubt it. Let's bring in now. Live stock exchange owner robin robin. How are you gonna robin. Are you in a windstorm as an engine running behind you was that well that was a boarded road. I'm my way to pick up a load of cows. So i love it. You were in the middle of your. You're in the middle of your heard last wednesday and now you're you're going to pick a pick a load up you just no matter what you do you got time for us and now it's all part of that agricultural world. You never stopped working. Hey that's for sure so. Let's talk about this march twentieth. The see that you guys will be teaming up with high plains. Kennel supplies will meet up and educate Gonna be happening on march twentieth. Talks about talk us through. You know I tell you how it all come about was we both have had started You know planning to do something on our own and then like you know what. We're warren vote. Everybody in agriculture is in this boat together. So we teamed up and we're trying to get everybody's customer base covered so You know we've got A couple of guest speakers And richard whole tour and Also jerry sonnenberg. And we've got We're having not only beef But we're having pork and we're having chicken as well. You know tanner. It's not just meet when they do that. You take out We did some calculation the day and You know if you're gonna meet out day then let's not wear leather soled shoes and let's not were Career coach persons and You know you men take your wallets out of your pockets because that'll come from meat and You know the leather products textiles. It's just amazing. that the non educational Platform that these people have that are implicating problems for us in the agriculture so We're trying to educate everybody. Some of the senate bills that are out there I encourage everybody to. It's real simple. It's real easy you can. If you've got a computer or know someone who's got a computer type in their ceo. sb fans for ceo stands for colorado. Fb stands for senate bill and then type in what. Your questions are One of the big right now For the the rodeo and people are talking about us the twenty one hundred. Thirty five The other one is the ag bill. And then there's the pause Act as well so. I encourage everybody to do their homework. And learn what they're trying to implicate out here for us to our feeding america who are clothing america and who are absolutely protein. The world between milk cheese meat You know it's It's gonna be a great day march twentieth either the locations. I know there's a couple of other ones in the brunch ordinary. Doing some things to and we just encourage everybody to come out. See what we do We're here to help people and we're part of humanity and we take care of these livestock and these people that are are trying to say that we're inhumane They just don't really quite understand that. The cycle i guess. Tanner feeling you'd be fired up about this robin and it was actually excited to share this story with you. I wouldn't over at colorado state university my freshman year of college There was a group of individuals that were coming around petitioning people to try and say that they would go a week without meat And i mean college students are like just get the hell out of here. I'll sign it I had the time for them that day and i asked him. I said well. I want you to explain to me why this is and they said well. Killing animals is inhumane. And i said if you ever been to a sale barn and they hadn't and said have you ever been to the packing house. And they hadn't and they have you ever been to the local farmers ranch and they hadn't and that is where a lot of the disconnect is is that they had not been and they did they didn't they are uninformed on exactly how this this process works and that educating people is the first step we'll give them credit this. I think they called themselves the green brigade or the green warriors. I can't remember one of the other. They were ready to go and do this do these things they wanted to learn. And as long as we can educate that's the first step in getting nonsense like this to stop exactly you know and people don't realize the pharmaceuticals come from it. They don't realize all the check tiles. I mean you know. I encourage people if they don't have if they really want to understand it it. It's not just you know we're we're ending the life of an animal for me. That's not it at all. There's so many areas and so many things that are covered by that. Call your local extension office asking for a break. They can tell you all these things that beef produced pork produce lambs goats chickens. You know all the by products so you know people really really need to get educated on on what it is. And there's no way in the world that plant based protein that the world has enough acreage to grow enough to feed america in the first place. I mean yeah. Sorry robin to catch up. But we're talking with robin roman Owner of livestock exchange. Go keep going robin. So you know when they start doing these things plant based they really need to they. They really need to lot more homework. Because it'd be starving. America and We're here to america and take care of america so And we do that diligently by our grazing our lands we do it diligently through You know grazing permits on the forest area Multiple reasons You know we are stewards of the land and we're stewards of the of the animals that we all raise so we wanna keep feeding america. We'll and it really. I mean it's a numbers game when you get into it. I mean it's it's emotion driven as well but you look at the numbers in weld county alone some of the stats you know. Were even mind boggling. In weld county alone it brings in two billion. That's billion with a b two billion dollars annually at about eighty five percent of that comes from livestock poultry and other meat related sales. So just just the pure economic aspect alone is enough to make you scratch your head and say why exactly what the governor become after this absolutely and i'm asking everybody you know. Some people on the controversy side are like. Oh it's just one day okay. You shut that packing house down for one day. You ask those people that say they're making sixteen bucks an hour one hundred and forty four dollars. Don't show up to work today. You know they went through the pandemic. They went through everything these restaurants. How many restaurants do you know that. Just serve.