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Thinking Crypto News & Interviews
A highlight from SEC GARY GENSLER HEARING & SUBPOENA SOON? COINBASE CRYPTO ADVOCACY WITH NANCY PELOSI!
"Welcome back to the Thinking Crypto Podcast, your home for cryptocurrency news and interviews. If you are new here, please hit that subscribe button as well as the thumbs up button and leave a comment below. If you're listening on a podcast platform such as Spotify, Apple or Google, please leave a 5 star rating and review. It supports the podcast and it doesn't cost you anything. Well, folks, as you all may know, Gary Gensler testified before the House Financial Services Committee today. He got grilled. He got a lot of pressure questions and things that he was shaking and unable to answer. It's the same old nonsense. And I'm sure many of you saw the clips, so I'm not going to play a whole bunch of clips for you, but I'm going to give you the big takeaways. What can we expect next? And McHenry, Patrick out of the gate, started grilling Gary Gensler. He asked him, is Bitcoin a security? And Gary was like stumbling, like he couldn't even answer it. And of course, you know, Patrick McHenry was like, what are you doing, man? I'm giving you softball questions. You can't answer me. Is Bitcoin a security? So Gary Gensler continued his clown show. This guy's a scumbag regulator, as I've been saying for a long time, and needs to be fired. But the big takeaway from what Patrick McHenry said, folks, he threatened Gary Gensler and said, don't make me have to send a subpoena. And he highlighted that Gary has not sent documents about FTX. He highlighted Gary's losses in court and much more. So I think the next step, you know, I haven't seen this level of threat about a subpoena from these folks. So I think we're getting there, folks. And I'm actually going to be interviewing Congressman Warren Davidson, who also did a great job grilling Gary tomorrow. And he's going to I'm going to ask him about the subpoena and what are the next steps. And of course, he highlighted his SEC Stabilization Act, which essentially fires Gary Gensler and replaces that chair seat, adds another commissioner and an executive director. So it makes the SEC less political and more balanced. And he has some great questions to Gary. You know, he even alluded to the EITH Ethereum free pass. Some of you may have seen the clip. So he did a great job. And once again, I'm interviewing him tomorrow. So be sure you're subscribed on the podcast as well as the YouTube channel. And Tom Emmer also brought some heat on Gary Gensler saying, I'm convinced you are not an impartial regulator. And he went on and did a press conference about this. And Gary Gensler is a bureaucrat who does not answer to Congress and much more. So, you know, similar types of comments that we've seen historically. But I think the subpoena threat was the big takeaway for me. The other stuff was, you could argue, was said historically and said before and other hearings with Gary Gensler. Now, Democrat Richie Torres did a great job of talking to Gary and getting specific, like he highlighted, is buying a Pokemon card a security? Gary said no. So he said, well, what if that Pokemon card got tokenized on the blockchain? It's a den of security. And that's where Gary was going back and forth and saying he needs more details and yada, yada. But great questions by Representative Richie Torres, very laser targeted in detail where Gary is just like caught off guard and he's trying to dodge the questions. So Gary continues to get exposed. And I like what happened today. I think the clips and all the news that are coming out of it, while they may not be very much actionable, where Gary is getting kicked out tomorrow, right? They do paint Gary Gensler in a very bad light. And remember, I've said many times, a lot of politics is simply optics. And if you have bipartisan support against Gary Gensler, that's not good. He's not going to be in that seat for very long. So it's great to see Democrats coming out against Gary Gensler. Now, quick word from our sponsor folks, and that is Uphold, which makes crypto investing easy. I've been a user of Uphold since twenty eighteen. They have ten plus million users, two hundred and fifty plus crypto currencies, and they're available in one hundred and fifty countries. You can also trade precious metals and equities on Uphold. If you'd like to learn more, please visit the link in the description. Also, a great comment from Representative Andy Barr to Gary Gensler on capital markets. He said, if the U .S. capital markets are a gold medalist, you are the Tonya Harding of securities regulation because you are kneecapping the United States capital markets with the avalanche of red tape coming out of your commission. Wow. That is a pretty strong remark there. Many of you know about the Tonya Harding story. If you don't look it up, Nancy Kerrigan and Tonya Harden and someone who was sitting behind Gary Gensler started flashing the Coinbase stand with crypto NFT shield. Many of you have seen that. And someone also highlighted the stand with crypto logo on a piece of paper. So this is similar to what happened with the guy who did the buy Bitcoin behind Janet Yellen years ago. So they put this right behind Gary. So it's pretty funny. This is another one that's going to go in the record books. And on that note, the SEC did acknowledge that the 1 .5 trillion dollar asset manager, Franklin Templeton, spot Bitcoin ETF application. Now, that doesn't mean anything because we need an approval. But things are moving ahead for these new applicants. Now, as all this was happening, guess who was in D .C.? Brian Armstrong and the Coinbase folks. Pretty incredible. And they did this whole campaign where they're at the Hill and a Brian Armstrong tweet out here at our nation's capital for a stand with crypto day with 40 founders from across the country. It's time for America to join the rest of the G20 and get some clear rules on the books. So great move here by Coinbase because the juxtaposition of what Gary is saying and what a big publicly traded crypto company is doing with a whole bunch of founders in D .C., educating and providing advocacy is really, really great. So I love this. And you hear you see Brian posted some photos, he said a great meeting with Speaker Pelosi. Now, all feelings about Nancy Pelosi aside, this she's a Democrat, folks, and I think this is a very smart move, Brian. Very, very smart move, because today even Maxine Waters was praising Gary Gensler. Oh, he's the knight in shining armor. And Gary, you know, you've been doing your thing, protecting Americans from these crypto scammers. Right. So remember, just like two years ago, she was hugging up FTX saying she loves Sam Beckman Fried, blowing kisses, taking campaign donations from FTX. So she's can be bought and sold right pretty easily. And I really like this. Coinbase is playing chess here while Gary Gensler is getting grilled. I love it, love it, love it. And they took a whole bunch of photos here at the Capitol Hill. So smart move by Brian. Really, really smart move. Now, finally, Kraken sets sight on stock trading. So Kraken, the crypto exchange, they're looking to expand their services. And, you know, this makes sense. If you're ordering already an exchange where you sell crypto, you can easily move to stocks. And then I know some other folks have been looking to tokenize stocks and sell those. So this is a pretty big move. And we're going to see that these crypto exchanges are going to expand to other markets. And with the advent of tokenization, you know, they're going to tokenize a lot of the traditional financial markets and assets and commodities and much more. And allow people to easily get access to them globally, 24 seven trading and much more. So obviously this would put them up against like Robinhood, essentially right where you have stocks and you've got crypto in the mix. So I think it absolutely makes sense. Well, folks, that's the news. Let me know what you think. What did you think about Gary today in the hearing? And once again, I'll be interviewing Congressman Warren Davidson tomorrow. So be sure to check out that interview once it's published on Friday. And I'll talk to you all later.
Bloomberg Surveillance
Fresh update on "united states" discussed on Bloomberg Surveillance
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Crypto Banter
A highlight from NO BITCOIN ETF IN 2023! | Gary Gensler's Plan Revealed!
"In one of the most unbelievable moves that I've seen since I entered crypto, you got Gary Gensler denying a Bitcoin ETF or not denying, but delaying a Bitcoin ETF just one day before he's supposed to appear in Congress. And he's about to testify in Congress. And despite the fact that he denied or delayed the approval of a Bitcoin ETF, which means that we're not going to see a Bitcoin ETF in 2023. The Bitcoin price is actually going up ahead of his testimony. And the thing with the Bitcoin price going up is that there's certain levels that if Bitcoin hits these levels, we may get a short squeeze. And then that could send the price up even more. I'm going to show you the levels in the show today. I also want to analyze this pump a little bit further. And I'll tell you why it's important to analyze this pump a little bit further. You are watching a Bitcoin pump, but you're watching a Bitcoin pump at the same time when the Dixie is pumping. And when the NASDAQ is down about 5 .7 % in the last six days. We need to discuss why is Bitcoin going up when the Dixie is going is going up and you've got the NASDAQ actually coming down 6%. And this is four days away from what is potentially going to be one of the most costly government shutdowns in the history of the United States. So we're going to discuss that. We also have to talk about Operation Choke Point 3 .0 in the United States, because now institutions, American institutions that are not in the United States are starting to send to letters their clients saying that they're no longer going to get be allowed to invest in crypto. This is coming from Chase Bank, but not in the United States in in in in the UK. And then lastly, and most importantly, in fact, not lastly, but most importantly, I'm going to show you why the next 140 days are the most important 140 days in your entire crypto journey. So stay tuned for that. And then if we do get 1000 likes, I'm going to show you the funniest thing that you'll see today. I guarantee you that it is the funniest, funniest, funniest thing that you'll see today, but I'm not showing it to you guys unless we get our 1000 likes. Yesterday, we got 1300 likes. Let's see if we can beat that. We had more than 1300 likes yesterday. 1400 likes. Let's see if we can beat that chat today. Anyway, let's go. Let's do this. We've got a massive show today.
Hearing Jesus: Daily Bible Study
Fresh update on "united states" discussed on Hearing Jesus: Daily Bible Study
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A highlight from Gold Bars Bob Proclaims His Innocence
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Bloomberg Daybreak
Fresh update on "united states" discussed on Bloomberg Daybreak
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Leading Saints Podcast
A highlight from YSA Leaders in the Church
"As many of you know, we recently published three episodes from the new podcast called At the Table. This is produced by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter -day Saints, and I had the privilege to help with this project as a consultant. After publishing the recent podcast on Leading Saints, those working at the church on this project were so impressed by the results and the feedback from the audience that they asked if we could share more episodes. So for the next three episodes of the Leading Saints podcast, we will feature the three remaining episodes for the first season of the At the Table podcast. Enjoy! And don't forget to send your feedback by taking the survey for each individual episode, which we will link in the show notes. Welcome to the At the Table podcast, a production of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter -day Saints. On this podcast, we aim to explore how church leaders can more effectively understand and utilize the voices of young single adults in their words and stakes. You'll hear from experienced church leaders and young single adults about best practices, inspiring stories, and encouraging methods to help us all follow Jesus Christ together. My name is Kami Castrijon. I'm originally from Colombia. I was born and raised there, and I moved to the United States when I was 16. I moved to the big city of New York, and that's where I joined the church. And then soon after, I served my mission in Riverside, California. Then after my mission, I moved to Utah, and I've been here ever since. I love dancing, especially salsa, hiking, baking, and I am thrilled to be part of this amazing podcast, At the Table. I'm Jared Pearson, and I have the pleasure to be a co -host on the At the Table podcast. I'm currently in Provo, Utah, but I was born and raised in Livermore, California, right outside San Francisco, California. I ended up serving my mission in New Hampshire, the New Hampshire Manchester Mission, and some of my favorite things are playing pickleball, tennis, or staying inside playing some board games or reading books as well. And I'm just really excited to be part of this.
WTOP 24 Hour News
Fresh update on "united states" discussed on WTOP 24 Hour News
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CoinDesk Podcast Network
A highlight from MONEY REIMAGINED: Breaking Down Barriers to Crypto Adoption | Insights from Jan Van Eck and Matt Hougan
"You're listening to Coindesk's Money Reimagined with Michael Casey and Sheila Warren. Hello and welcome to another edition of Money Reimagined. I'm Michael Casey. Listen to us weekly on the Coindesk podcast network or wherever you get your podcasts. We would love to hear from coindesk .com. Subject line Money Reimagined. Sheila is out this week so it's me on my own but what I'm bringing to you are recordings from an interview I did earlier this month with two leaders in fund management, both of whom have significant interests in crypto. One is Jan Van Eck, the CEO of Van Eck funds and the other is Matt Hogan, chief investment officer at Bitwise Asset Management. Van Eck and Bitwise have both filed applications with for Bitcoin. The question I wanted to put to you guys, and I'll go to you first, Jan, is I've been covering this space for 10 years now. And I think we all thought there may be some tipping point moment when the world would suddenly embrace this. And certainly there's been some incredible growth, both in terms of prices and activity and development, phenomenal growth. But at the same time, it always feels like, no, it's not yet there. So what is the single most important barrier that you see toward wider adoption of crypto? Sure. Thank you. I really break it down into, are you talking about crypto as an investment, as an asset class that should be in people's portfolios, or as a technology to be adopted? And I use this example of the relational database, which was a big breakthrough in the architecture of databases 50 years ago or more. And it created a lot more productivity, almost like AI is doing with technology today. But who cares? It wasn't investable, right? It was a nice technology, but it wasn't investable. So I'll start with the investable aspect of it. And I think that since 2017, I firmly believe that Bitcoin is a store of value alternative to gold. But I also say it's sort of like an eight -year -old child. It's going through evolution and adoption, even this year, with the ordinals kind of break through for a while and sort of transaction fees being a thing in Bitcoin, right? It's evolving, it's code, it's kind of living. And I think there's a lot of investor types that haven't adopted it yet. And that's what I see kind of going forward in the future, whether it's probably frontier countries adopting it more, maybe even formally through their central banks or something like that. I think that's foreseeable. I don't see the German central bank or the central bank buying it anytime soon, but it's possible. One of my colleagues pointed out, I think you all did a survey of, sorry, this is a long answer, but yeah, Coindesk did a survey, I think, of perceptions globally of crypto and there was a big break between EM and I guess specifically it was energy usage. It being friendlier for energy usage was the majority view in the emerging markets and in the developed markets, it wasn't that, it was the opposite. So anyway, I see Bitcoin as kind of going through cycles and gradually getting more investor adoption, the ETF aside. So let me stop there and give it to my colleague, Matt. Thanks John. I agree. And I like that separation of investment case versus sort of maybe real world utility. I would add on the investment case, I think it's already there. I agree. It's a digital alternative to gold. And so the people who are holding it are using it for its use case. And I think the barrier to mainstream adoption really is the ETF. I know we'll talk about that more later, but I think if you look back at gold, it was the ETF that brought it into the mainstream. There were a few gold funds before the ETF. Van Eck ran one of the longest running, maybe the longest running, a phenomenal fund, but it really wasn't mainstream until we had an ETF. And I think that will be the tipping point. On real world use cases, if you look at like the Ethereum ecosystem, I actually think we surmounted one of the major hurdles over the last two years. I think what stopped the NFT boom and the DeFi boom was actually the rise in transaction costs as much as anything else. I think there was not enough throughput in that ecosystem to allow it to go mainstream. And I think the development of layer twos have allowed it. I think that's necessary, but not sufficient. So there's still additional barriers, there are regulatory barriers, there are design use case barriers, but I actually think that throughput question was the biggest one and we surmounted it. We just haven't seen the fruits of it because of these other steps that we need to take as well. Okay. So there's actually both of those answers, some things I want to dive into a little bit here. The first one is like this idea of it being gold. And I think in a way, I think maybe you can read from it slightly differently because Jan, you're talking, this is what its use case is, but there is still some evolution in a way that Bitcoin needs to go into. What I think is fascinating about that is like, okay, gold isn't going to evolve. It is just gold. It's in the ground, right? But there is this Bitcoin is code, but it's also a community. It's a living, breathing ecosystem of human beings, which makes it sort of unique. And so therefore, like, you know, how it evolves into being recognized for being the status. Is there an educational component to this, for example? Like, is it important that people kind of get in their heads? We can all use the digital gold analogy, but even getting there requires an understanding about why this actually does do that. Well, let me, this is Jan. I am going to pick a fight with you on the gold side because the use of gold as an investment has changed dramatically over the last 100 years. So even if you look at the history of our company, VanEck, the reason we started our first gold fund as a gold mining fund is it was illegal to own gold in 1968. So you see both Bitcoin and gold being affected not just sort of by securities regulation, but much bigger political, debates. even geopolitical But if you go back to before FDR, right, gold was the underpinning of central banks globally with the idea of trying to reduce currency volatility so that there would be more global trade and global wealth. But then they moved to basically away from the gold system. FDR did when he wanted to spend more money during World War II. Anyway, so, you know, gold has been in and out. And now more recently, central banks around the central banks because they don't trust the U .S. to hold their dollars anymore. Okay, so maybe that's a little historical quibble, but I do think that the role changes and I think it will change with Bitcoin going forward as well, just sticking to Bitcoin. It still sounds to me as if that is a discussion about the external factors, right, i .e., regulatory models, whatever, where governments stand. And all of that is maybe what the composition of what gold is and what a secure, uncorrelated investment needs to be is all contingent upon what is actually happening in that geopolitical circle. So in some respects, Matt, it gets back to your point about like, we're still sitting here waiting for the regulators to make a decision about an ETF or whatever. Yeah, I do think we are. I wanna hit one more thing on the gold thing and then I'll get to that because I think it's really important. There is this perception that gold has been the same for 5 ,000 years, completely wrong. Most people's perceptions about gold are untrue. We went off the gold standard in the early 1970s and people didn't know what gold was, right? They were figuring out what its role in the world was. Coincidentally, or maybe not coincidentally, that was the single best decade to be invested in gold. That was a phenomenal time. When stores of value move from uncertainty to established is when they accrue a lot of value. And that's what's happening in Bitcoin. I think there's some direct analogies to gold. I'd also add gold is a lot more volatile than people give it credit for. People think of it as this steady eddy. It has big swings up and down 20, 30 % a year. A store of value doesn't have to be day to day, unvolatile to be useful. It has to hold value or accrue value over long periods of time. And I think people discredit Bitcoin because they misunderstand gold a little bit. Just to add a comment on Bitcoin before we get off of that, gold shares, to your point, like Bitcoin miners fell 90 % from 2011 to their lows in 2016. I mean, you don't get worse than that, right, in terms of volatility. And that's a part of the ecosystem. It's not bullion, but still, I completely agree with you. So I just wanted to add that. I do think also, and I really want to push you, Matt, on this, that we have a global view of regulation of Bitcoin, right, because China has really taken its foot off the brake over the last year. And I think that's, you know, I call it the country the size of the United States. I think that's super important. Yeah, I think that's really important, too. I actually agree. And I think that's been going on for the last decade. It's sort of like a blanket that won't cover the whole world. And when somebody pulls it, then another government's like, oh, maybe we have an opportunity. I think that's what we saw in China with the U .S. being more restrictive, and then Hong Kong saying, well, what if we aggressively banked gold? Maybe there's an economic opportunity there. And I think it's sort of anti -fragile in that sense. Can I just punch down, maybe we're going to move to the technology side, but I just want to punch down on Bitcoin, because I think it, as an investment, is potentially relevant to everyone's portfolios here at this conference. I mean, you may not like, there are investors like Warren Buffett that will never invest in gold and would never invest in Bitcoin. But for a lot of people, the biggest risk out there, I would say, macro risk, is U .S. federal budget deficit. And I don't know of a better hedge than gold or Bitcoin. So maybe that risk doesn't come to fruition in our lifetimes, but it has got to be an alternative that people think of regardless of everything else in crypto. Yeah. Jan and I are going to keep going back and forth. I would add, it doesn't have to come to fruition for gold to be a good, for Bitcoin to be a good investment. It's an insurance against that potentiality. And if you're a wealthy individual, that's one of the biggest risks to your long term wealth and holding that insurance policy regardless of the outlook. Last thing I would add is we've come a long way. The other mistake people make when looking at Bitcoin regulation is like evaluating us today versus a year ago. If you evaluate us today versus 10 years ago, massive progress, even today versus five years ago. Look at the conversation in Congress today around crypto versus where it was two or three years ago. People need to relax a little, take the long view, and they'll probably have a better outlook for their long term investment.
News, Traffic and Weather
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Thinking Crypto News & Interviews
A highlight from Ron Hammond Interview - Crypto Regulation News! SEC Gary Gensler Hearing, FTX Trial, Crypto Bills, Coinbase, Stablecoin Regulation
"Last time he spoke in front of the House Finance Service Committee, he kept saying multiple times, we have not lost a court case on crypto at all. We have brought several actions. And again, remind you, they call settlements wins. And so in their case, they were. They had won every single court case. But now that talking point is really faded because, as you mentioned, the Ripple's case, the Grayscale case, there's also ones like the Coinbase suit going on right now. This content is brought to you by Link2, which makes private equity investment easy. Link2 is a great platform that allows you to get equity in companies before they go public, before they do an IPO. Within their portfolio includes crypto companies, AI companies, and fintech companies. Some of the crypto companies you may recognize include Circle, Ripple, Chainalysis, Ledger, Dapper Labs, and many more. If you'd like to learn more about Link2, please visit the link in the description. Welcome back to the Thinking Crypto podcast, your home for cryptocurrency news and interviews. With me today is Ron Hammond, who's director of government relations at the Blockchain Association. Ron, great to have you back on. Thanks for having me. Always a pleasure. Ron, it's going to be a busy week. It's already a busy week here in DC. Tomorrow is, of course, the hearing with chairman of the SEC, Gary Gensler. Tell us about that and what can we expect. Definitely. For those who may not know, Gary Gensler, the chair of the SEC, is going to be testifying in front of the House Financial Services Committee for the second time this year. That's a really big deal because, to remind you, last year, they barely saw him at all in that committee when the Democrats had control. But if the Republicans can control, they want to exercise oversight of the SEC as much as possible. And again, it's pretty typical, though, for the opposite party to try to put the screws on to the party that has the White House. But in this case, a lot has happened, both in crypto, but also just generally, that it's going to get a lot of flack for Gary Gensler, whether it be on private funds, ESG. And again, crypto will definitely come up a lot after talking to several folks on the House side. He recently testified, though, in front of Senate Banking two weeks ago, and we didn't get too much out of that candidly. We saw a couple of questions from Senator Hagerty from Tennessee on the issues of promethium, for example, and Bitcoin ETF. We also saw some questions from Senator Lummis on SAB 121, which is more crypto accounting standards, and how do you custody actual crypto for banks. So I think we're going to see a lot more hard -hitting points from the House, especially on the Republican side. But I'd also like to caveat, as well, that the shutdown approaching, a lot of Democrats are going to use their time to hit the Republicans. It's just standard politics here. The Republicans are the ones in the House that are really slowing things down, unfortunately, when it comes to funding the government. So Democrat, any for the most part, is going to utilize their five minutes to not really talk about Gary Gensler, but talk about the Republicans shutting down the government. Because again, that's a major, major thing here. As much as crypto is big for us, the macro of all of the shutdown has a lot of implications. So we won't see crypto come up too much, but after talking to a couple offices, it does seem like we're going to have some definitely hard -hitting questions, very similar to what we saw earlier this year in the House. Yeah, and to your point of, you know, things have certainly changed since the last time he appeared, because you had the Ripple lawsuit decision, you had the Grayscale decision, where Grayscale won that, Ripple won a big chunk of theirs as well. And the Prometheum details are more about what Prometheum is and what they're up to. So do you think there's going to be some hard -hitting questions around that, those cases and those things that happened? Definitely. So if you recall, last time he spoke in front of the House Financial Services Committee, he kept saying multiple times, we have not lost a court case on crypto at all. We have brought several actions. And again, remind you, they call settlements wins. And so in their case, they were. They had won every single court case. But now that talking point is really faded because, as you mentioned, the Ripple case, the Grayscale case, there's also ones like the Coinbase suit going on right now. That's got a lot more attention. Actually, it looks a lot better for Coinbase post those decisions. And so he can't rely back on the courts here or say that, hey, look, I'm winning in all these court cases. And actually, especially in the Grayscale case, he lost 3 -0. And two of those judges were Democrat appointees and they're based here in D .C. And so I think that having that set the tone of like, look, you are really overextending here and you're losing in the courts, not by a small margin, by unanimous margin sometimes. And it's just not crypto. You are pushing the balance elsewhere where other industries like ESG or like private equity are seeing these wins and saying, you know what? I think we're going to actually have a chance to win against the SC as well. So like the ETF situation where crypto really just goes out ahead and fights a lot of these fires for more traditional finance. And then those folks kind of benefit from crypto's push. I think we're seeing some of that happening now with the Grayscale case and Ripple case and Coinbase case empowering other industries who feel like they are also having overreach from the SEC saying, you know what? I think we have actually a case here when we can actually win the courts. So I think it's going to be a major theme of this hearing going forward. But also there's going to be several other questions to your point about Prometheum. That was a major issue for that committee, which had Erin Caplan in front of that committee just a couple of months ago. And they reiterate all the talking points, securities laws are clear. The SEC gave us a way to work forward and move things forward. But that argument really fell apart pretty quickly. And we're seeing that in this case, that the Prometheum line that there is a pathway forward registration, there is a way to comply, just doesn't hold water. And so I'm pretty sure we'll see some members of Congress tighten the screws a little bit there because it's been really more of a black box, the SEC, of how this process went. Caplan just kept saying that we actually kept working the SEC and they were clear, but that has yet to even show itself. So I think there'll be a major other theme for this hearing as well. Now you mentioned Coinbase and everyone's looking at that lawsuit. There was also news reported, I think you mentioned it, where Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong will be on the Hill. They've also launched an education campaign around crypto. Tell us about that. Yeah, Coinbase has been a godsend, candidly. Again, we used to have only about five or six lobbyists during the infrastructure fight. And again, we're going up against the banks who have over 150 plus lobbyists. We have going against other agencies or other groups that have way more funding. But Coinbase really has stepped up and said, look, the fights here in DC, we are committed to the United States and we're committed to resources here in the United States and DC to educate Congress, to educate regulators, and to showcase in DC why crypto is important for the future of the United States. And so they're having a huge Hill day tomorrow, actually. Again, it lines up not on purpose at all with Kerry Gensler testifying and of course also the shutdown too. But they're going to be having a whole set of presentations for Hill staff and members of Congress to learn from founders. It's not just Coinbase itself. They're also bringing in other founders from other companies and having a whole demo day, a Hill day, you can say, to educate various offices. And so I think it's really important to have. We're all seeing a lot of other folks from the industry come down. So it's going to be quite the crypto week here in DC. Of course, bad timing with the shutdown, but no one can really plan it like that. So we're really excited to see how that plays out, especially with all the heat recently more moving to AI in terms of interest, but also scrutiny. I think it's good to have more adults in the room and say, hey, look, crypto was the AI about one or two years ago. We're still here. We're fighting a lot of big battles. We need Congress's help to move the needle. But at the same time, let's show you why this is important and why this technology needs to be in America and not be based elsewhere. Because unfortunately, we're seeing a lot of folks migrate over to London, migrate over to the EU. And Coinbase is really taking a strategic stand saying, we're here to stay. We're here to comply with the rules, but we also need some action from Congress. So we'll see how that goes. Sure. Yeah, that's really great that they're doing that. And education advocacy are certainly key. And speaking of legislation and regulations, obviously, we had the market structure bill get marked up in the house. You also have the stable coin bill. What's the latest with those and the next steps? I know the shutdown is probably delaying a lot of things. What are the latest on those items? Yeah, so we were kind of expecting by October timeframe to have a vote on the stable coin bill and the market structure bill. There are other crypto bills as well that passed out of the house financial service committee, but those are the two main big ones. And so the plan was, hopefully, was after this whole shutdown drama that we would have a vote probably in October, but it's looking more like November now. And again, our message to folks is the closer we get to that 2024 election, we're almost a year out, all of a sudden, all bipartisan politics goes away and folks start retreating back to their bases. And it's my team versus your team. And that's when everything grinds to a halt in DC. We're already seeing that right now a little bit with the shutdown where folks are saying it's my team versus your team, but the Republicans are a lot more splintered on their teams. And so we want to make sure that we get these bills pushed out of the house on a good bipartisan basis and then showcase to the Senate why it's important to take up this legislation. Now, there are been some rumors going around recently. Again, Politico report on it, Punchbowl report on it recently, too, that Patrick Henry gave an interview saying, look, the Senate Bank Committee, my Senate counterpart, they're doing completely different things than we're doing in the house. We're focusing on crypto and capital formation and data privacy. They're more focused on marijuana banking, exec compensation, and banking regs. So we are in two different camps on two major different issues. But if we were able to make a trade of some sort, the priorities that Sherrod Brown, who's running for reelection in deep red Ohio, who's going to need all the help he can get, would at least his case to voters saying, look, I'm actually working on this committee that traditionally has not passed that many bills. Mind you, again, they haven't passed a bill, except for this year, for four years before that. And that's during his time as well as Republicans in the chair time. It's crazy. And so in order for this to move the needle, they have to have a trade. And I think that's what's really important to say. If this trade were to happen, a lot does have to happen. But this does provide a pathway potentially for crypto legislation to move forward to the president's desk. Again, a lot has to happen. A lot can mess this up. But this isn't one of the first few times we're seeing kind of a light at the end of the tunnel. And we're really excited by it now again. But we have to have a lot of education because the Senate has not really given too much thought to this issue besides a couple handful of really powerful champions. Yeah, boy, fingers crossed, toes crossed, everything, hoping they can get something through the House and then we can go through the Senate. Boy, I'm hoping something happens by early next year before the madness of the election cycle. Now, there's also the trial for Sam Beckman Fried and the whole FTX debacle. In addition, there's been new updates around Sam Beckman Fried's parents and how money was moved to his aunt and Stanford University and much more. What do you expect to happen in October with this trial? So the main issue that we're going to have here in D .C. is just the noise. A lot of people are going to be talking about the SPF trial. It does have a huge media attention, for better or for worse. And again, we've really at least made sure we tell folks in D .C., again, this is not a crypto problem. This is a complete scammer just using newer technology. But guess what? Same old playbook as we've seen with Madoff and others. But there is concern that there are, at least in the case of the House, for example, we're voting on these big bills. FTX came up as a reason to support the bill, as a reason also to oppose the bill. Some folks say, look, there's no coming of a customer funds. That's what FTX did. And this bill bans that. On the other end, they're saying, you know, well, this legitimizes the crypto market. So this could potentially make more FTXs come up down the road. And so we've seen FTX kind of being pulled in two different directions when it comes to supporting or opposing legislation. And so our concern is the 300 plus members of Congress who have not sat in a crypto hearing who may not even know what Bitcoin or Ethereum is, are they going to listen to the headlines and say, look, actually, SPF is all crypto, which we all know it's not the case. Or they're going to say, SPF did this fraud. That's why we need to pass legislation to make sure this doesn't happen again. And so we're trying to really thread that needle. Of course, you know, we still know everything is going to come out through the trial. There could be some regulatory implications. Again, the campaign donations is a major factor and a major reason why a lot of folks in Congress are a lot more put back by crypto and kind of staying away on the sidelines because they don't get burned again. But as we're seeing kind of recently with the indictment with Senator Menendez recently from New Jersey, some members of the Senate took money from his PAC. And so there's a lot of, you know, just it doesn't matter if you're in crypto, doesn't matter if you're a Singh Senator, there's a lot of issues when it comes to campaign financing as a whole. And a lot of folks are on their toes here. But I think, you know, we want to make sure that we showcase it. Folks, SPF kind of went abroad and tried to really railroad the industry here in D .C. by trying to screw DeFi with his legislation and trying to protect his fraud and scam. Let's make sure it doesn't happen again. Let's put some rules on the road because, yes, SEC is not providing that right now. They haven't for years. And so it's time for Congress to act. So we'll see how that makes the dynamics. I'm sure, again, there'll be a lot of D .C. ties and connections with that court case. So if there's anything damning, we'll soon find out. But our hope is that this actually encourages Congress to act rather than sit on the sidelines saying, no, we're good. Crypto is kind of all SPF, FTX. And what do you think about the dynamic of and I don't know if this is going to be discussed in the trial at all, but Sam Beckman Fried and FTX officials met with the SEC many times. These are confirmed things on the calendar. I believe Sam met with Gary Gensler, according to some calendar updates. Does that play a factor at all? Because obviously we don't know what was discussed and what was the agenda items. But would that bring any pressure on Gary Gensler? Like you met with this guy. Yeah. He said in the New York Times article back in December that he met with SPF, I think it was twice actually, SPF and Gensler personally. But again, also remind you, it's a big organization. SPF was in D .C., more than any CEO in any industry I've seen in my time in D .C. But at the same front, staff meet all the time too. I mean, it wasn't just SPF. He had a whole team of staff that helped out on this front, both at the CFTC, at the SEC and of course with Congress as well. And so Gensler said again explicitly that he met with SPF twice. But I think it'd be good to know, look, how many times does your staff interact? How long do those conversations go? What do they lead to? Because there were some rumors swirling around that FTX is going to get a pass of sorts. And again, those are rumors. We have not had confirmation of that. But the one thing about the court case is that it's going to bring all this to light. So if there's anyone that's saying anything half -truths here or they're trying to protect their character or protect their image, it could really bite them if they have been lying to the press or they've been getting half -truths here. And so if I were to chair Gensler, this likely will come up in tomorrow's hearing. The question is like, look, it's going to come out. The truth will come out. We just want to make sure you're shored up here because it's going to be really bad for you on top of all the other things that have been happening in the courts if you've been caught potentially lying here. And again, I don't see any reason why he would in this situation, but I think the focus should be also not just on SPF and Garrett Gensler, but where do the staffs and the senior level execs and regulators also meet from FTX and the SEC? Hmm. I'm very curious to get those details. Now, speaking of FTX, obviously with the relation with Binance, and I forgot to ask you this earlier, the judge recently said it blocked the SEC from conducting further discovery, if I'm not mistaken, with Binance US. Have you heard anything about that? Not as much, at least in the DC front, but at least when it comes to the Binance situation as a whole, there's still that looming DOJ investigation that a lot of folks in DC are waiting for that shoe to drop. Again, there's various rumors of why that DOJ lawsuit hasn't dropped. There have been confirmation reports of central sanction evasion violations, as well as money laundering violations by Binance and the parent company, not Binance US to my knowledge, but Binance. What is the relationship though between Binance US and Binance? Is that there much cohesion there or is there actually a pretty separate line between those two entities? So one thing's for sure though, a lot of folks in DC or in the early of 2023 are hearing a lot more from Binance. They were definitely hitting DC a lot more, trying to get their narrative out. And I think the mounting allegations are pretty damning. And we've seen a lot of folks who were in DC for Binance trying to deliver that message. They're not here anymore. It was a very short stint for them. So whether that be for the company having financial problems, whether it be more of the regulatory issues, that's unclear at the moment. I would lean more to the regulatory issues, but I think it's all going to come more to light as time goes on, but it's pretty bad. So we'll see exactly how Binance recovers from this, if at all. But at least here in DC, the folks that they had speaking, they largely aren't here anymore. Wow. And final item here, obviously you got the Gensler hearing tomorrow with the House Financial Services Committee. Is there any other major hearings for the remainder of the year that we should be aware of? Not at the moment, at least in terms of big ones. We are seeing some small hearings, rumors coming up right now for more of Senate banking. Again, if they do consider crypto legislation, they've only had one major crypto hearing so far this year, whereas the House has had over 13. But again, like I mentioned earlier, that's just two separate priorities for two separate chairs. But if this trade were to happen, I think I'd just keep an eye on Senate banking. They just had their first AI hearing last week. And as they kind of get more into the AI issues and tech issues in finance, that's going to eventually loop in crypto more and more. So I think we'll keep an eye on Senate banking. And then finally, if we are looking for those votes happening on the House floor for the stablecoin bill, as well as the market structure bill, I probably keep a little eye on the House as well. I guess I think lastly, I'll say now, too, is tax issues. We've been talking a lot about securities law, commodities law for quite some time. But tax issues are really percolating to the surface here. Senate Finance, which is Ron Wyden, who's a big champion for crypto, Democrat side, as well as Mike Crapo from Idaho, they actually put a request out to the industry and another stakeholder saying, look, what does taxation for crypto look like? Please help us. Who should be reporting 1099s? Who should be doing various filings and such? So that's just a request ended in early September. And so we potentially could see some action or at least some legislative hearings on what does crypto taxation look like. And I think it's a very important issue with the broker definition coming out from Treasury. There's a lot of comments going through that system right now. So we'll see where that lines up by keeping an eye on tax issues. That's going to be a major fight for quite some time. And I think it's going to be really important. It's a little nitty gritty, but it's very important for any business to operate in the United States. Yeah, absolutely. That's a big one. And I know there's been some other things happening. I think the FASB rule and with corporations being able to hold Bitcoin and things like that on their balance sheet, I believe there were some updates there. Don't have the full details, but there's certainly a need for further clarity and for individuals and institutions. Ron, always great information, man. Thank you so much. Happy to help. Thanks for having me.
The HUMAN Training
The Truth About Dominance-Based Dog Training
"Laura, what are we talking about today? We're talking about dominance theory, alpha male -ing, and also going the other direction, not purely positive, but the two different spectrums of the dog training world, and what dominance training looks like, or dominance theory, or... Right. So I guess a great, for someone listening that's not familiar with dominance dog training, there's a misnomer out there that wolf packs, real wolf packs, they have the dominant female, the dominant male, and everybody else is... The alpha. Right. And they dominate everyone, and everyone does what they say. In real life, wolf packs that are natural in the wild, not... Natural wolf packs, not wolf packs put together by the United States government as transplants to a new environment. They family are centered. There's a mom and dad, babies, and they grow up and become bigger dogs. So that is a family pack. They really are a family pack. And there's not... It's as dominant as a mom and a dad trying to train their children. Children. That's how dogs... Obviously, they use their teeth to do different things. And if you see, even dogs, if you see a mama dog with her puppies up, that's why you need to keep the puppies with them till at least eight weeks, is she will correct her puppies correctly to teach them how to bite properly, how to do things that they should be doing. And she uses her paw and her mouth to do that. But she does not hurt them. Right. So... But a lot of people take that to be meaning we need to dominate the dog. We need to have power over the dog. We need to make them... We need to hold the dog down like the alpha in the pack would have. Yes. Is a good example. And we just posted a YouTube video the other day, yesterday actually, like 40 seconds long on that theory of some dog trainers, if they deal with a reactive dog or just any dog. And a lot of times you'll see it with a dog with a strong will. But usually you'll see it with a reactive dog, a dog that's aggressive towards other dogs or people, but that would not go well for what they're doing. They'll do what's called an alpha roll, meaning they force the dog onto its side in a position of submission and hold the dog down on its side and one hand or knee on the dog's head and force the dog to lay there until it submits. So that kind of training is definitely dominance. They're trying to establish dominance over the dog. Basically they're asking the dog to be submissive. 24 -7. And who the hell wants a submissive dog? No, not me. I mean, really. Do I want to wreck my dog's personality and make my dog a submissive dog for the sake of getting them to not lunge and bark at other dogs? I mean, I get that they're trying to get the dog to stop doing that, but they never taught the dog to stop doing that. The dog's just not doing it in your presence because they know you will not tolerate it and what you're going to do to them. It doesn't mean the dog's not aggressive anymore, right? And they're not digging into why the dog's doing it because most of it's fear -based, not all of it, but you need to teach a dog a better behavior and also let them figure out for themselves that this is not a bad situation.
Evangelism on SermonAudio
A highlight from Why so much Religion?
"Dear congregation, the title of the sermon this morning is Why So Much Religion. And if there's one thing that is simply a fact of our life and existence in this world, is that there is so much religion in this world. The anthropologists who study these things tell us that there is hardly a civilization in the world that does not have some kind of religion, some kind of belief in something bigger out there, be it something sinister and evil, or be it something good, something that needs to be appeased. Almost every religious group has some kind of ritual practice, some kind of prayer, some kind of sacrifice, all sorts of things, religious objects and things like that, no matter how primitive the tribe may be, there is always a religion, there's always a religious aspect to it. I'm told that the world at this point is about roughly 30 % Christian, 24 % Islam, 15 % Hindu, and 7 % Buddhist, and all the rest are divided up between all the other more minor religions. I'm told that there are over 100 churches in Kalamazoo alone. Think about yourself this morning, how much time we spend in religious exercises, how much time we spend in church, morning and evening, and sometimes during the week, how much time spent in prayer, and all the parents here, how much money spent on Christian education, right? These are things that we're very familiar with. Again, I'm told that 49%, so almost half of the United States citizens, attend church at least once a month. 61 % of the same pray at least once a week. So even though we might be hearing things, right, of the rise of irreligion, still there's a great deal of religion in even our own country, which makes such a claim to be such an enlightened civilization. So this universality of religion everywhere is something to be explained. That's the question that we have over the title of our sermon, why so much religion? How do we explain the rise of this religion? Now, as Christian people, we believe that religion is a result of revelation, that there is a God in heaven, and we've already considered this in the past, right? That God has a written revelation that he gives to his people, right? But that there is also a general revelation which God makes which is accessible to every single person. But how would the naturalist, how does a secular person who does not believe in God, how do they explain the universality of religion? Again, if you take their worldview, right, and that humans are more highly developed animals, right now, there's no religion amongst animals. Although my brother used to tell me that when the chickens would drink their water and they would fill their beak with water, but then they would lift their beaks up, he always told me they were praying and giving thanks to God for the water they were drinking until I found out that really they're letting the water go down their throat. But there is no religion amongst animals, is there? There is no religion amongst animals. So you have a completely irreligious, again, I'm thinking like a secular person now, right, a completely irreligious group, these animals, right? And if we evolved out of those animals, then at what point along that evolution did religion begin and why did it begin? I'll provide one explanation that's given. But again, you can see how this is something to be explained, isn't it? Why is it? And it's not even just the presence of religion. The presence of religion I think you could probably explain on secular principles. But it's the universality of it. Why does every single civilization have some kind of religious aspect to their life and society? That's the difficulty to be explained. Well, as I opened this passage this week, I saw that Paul gives us a biblical, or the Holy Spirit's explanation of the universality of religion. So that's what I'd like to consider with you this morning is to take up this question of why so much religion in the world? And we find that in Paul's sermon to the Athenians. But let's back up now and take a look then at the second mission journey because we already had the first. The first, remember, well, do you remember those four cities? Those four cities that Paul ministered to where he planted churches in A, I, L, and D? Antioch, Iconium, Lystra, and Derbe? But now we have Paul's second mission journey. It began in chapter 16, as we saw, and now it continues in chapter 17. Remember the last sermon that we did on Acts? It was two weeks ago that Paul, this time, did not sail to Cyprus. And again, you have that map there on the outline. He did not sail to Cyprus as he did on his first mission journey, but instead he went north from Antioch to Tarsus, and then he revisited those four cities in reverse order now, right, because he's coming from a different direction, Derbe, Lystra, Iconium, and Antioch. And then at Antioch, he sought to go south, but remember the Lord closed the door.
The Crypto Conversation
A highlight from DAIM - The Investment Advisor Dedicated to Crypto
"Hi everyone, Andy Pickering here, I'm your host and welcome to the Crypto Conversation, a Brave New Coin podcast where we talk to the people building the future in the Bitcoin, blockchain and cryptocurrency space. Hey team, we have a new sponsor here at the Crypto Conversation, BitGet, one of the world's leading copy trading cryptocurrency exchanges, yes indeed. What happens if you've got the funds to invest but you don't have the time to keep track of the market? You still want to make smart money moves? What do you do? Well, copy trading is a popular choice for beginner traders. You can shorten your learning curve by uncovering tips and strategies from more experienced traders. BitGet's copy trading platform has over 80 ,000 elite traders to choose from and 380 ,000 followers just like yourself who are already using the BitGet copy trading platform as a potential passive income stream. All it takes is one click, you can subscribe to an elite profitable strategist, set your limits, automate your orders and monitor their trades. I've got some links in the show notes below, one link will take you through to the BitGet sign up page, give you a VIP discount. So learn all about it for yourself, thanks to BitGet. And now it is on with the show. My guest today is Brian Courchene. Brian is the founder of the Newport Beach based DAIM. I believe it's one of the first US registered investment advisors dedicated to crypto. I will learn more about this today. Welcome to the show, Brian. Hey, thanks for having me, Andy. Glad to be here. Glad to have you here, Brian. Let's do what we do at the beginning of the show. Big, good if you could please introduce yourself, I really love to hear a little bit about your personal and professional backstory and the lead up to founding DAIM. Yeah, yeah. So we're here in the United States in California, specifically in Newport Beach. And where I come from in the background is I got my start on Wall Street, actually on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. I got with a guy and started writing paper tickets and backing up their floor traders. And then I went on to be a trader in the pit there on the options side. So I was there for 13 months. And then from there, I worked at different broker dealers in New York City, specifically as a vol sales specialist. And that was great. And in 2014, I came across Bitcoin on my own research. October, I made an allocation to it. It was the first one. And from then on, I was kind of the go -to guy. Maybe nobody had a position on the floor, nobody had a position in the building. And I was a guy that people came to when they had questions about the space and this grew and grew and grew. And then in 2017, in the early part of the year, pre -ICO run -up, I had realized that there was a need for a properly licensed advisor and asset manager in the space. Everything that was out there was self -directed. Coinbase, for example, you go on Coinbase, it's all up to you to move your own money, decide what to buy, when and how, and people just needed a human help to this. And so what I realized was that there was also a larger allocation that people wanted to make to the space and they wanted to do it with someone that maybe had some kind of licensing that they could fall back on or recourse. And so I left the firm that I was working at in New York City and moved here to Newport Beach to start building this business to be the first of its kind licensed registered investment advisor in the United States to advise and manage assets for individuals. And so as fast track as that sounded, as simple as it was, it was a bit more of a challenge than that at the time when we were dealing with the regulators and getting the business approved, it took us into 2018 and for people who know prices, the price of Bitcoin had come off from the all -time highs in 2017. January 1st, it was $13 ,500. And then by the time we got into May, it was sub $10 ,000. And so the regulators kicked back a little bit saying they didn't want to license the first of its kind advisor in the space. That was kind of defeating because I'd spent quite a bit of money in my own Bitcoin to build this and get it going. But I didn't stop there. And I basically made a case with them saying, look, you got to approve this business. There's nothing like it out there that can actually help people. And I'm probably the most qualified thing you can get right now. I had the Series 4, which is an options principle. I had the Series 24, which is a compliance officer. I had owned Bitcoin again since 2014. I had the Series 65 and I said, people need help in this space. And we ended up getting the license. It was actually the next day after that phone call. May 31st, 2018. And since then now, yeah, we advise and manage crypto positions for individuals in the United States and corporations. Yeah, fantastic. So DAIM, of course, just stands for Digital Asset Investment Management. You say then that you are helping individuals with their crypto positions and allocations and maybe even their decision making. Just talk us through a little bit more about what that means, Brian. Who are the kind of different target markets or customer segments that your firm services? Yeah, so a typical client for us is generally a business owner in the United States, quite busy with what he's got going on, but wants to have an allocation to the space. Generally, something much larger than a few thousand bucks or 10 grand that somebody would on typical a exchange, Coinbase, Gemini, Kraken, they want to make a larger allocation, maybe something in the hundreds of thousands or even millions to the space. And so they get with us. Things look very familiar from kind of an onboarding standpoint to what their traditional investment advisor might look like. And then we have the license check where they can look us up on the SEC's website. And then we take them through a new client profile where we get to learn a little bit about and them we can then go with them about, okay, this is the allocation we think you should make. Maybe sometimes we've got to walk them back from being too big. And then this is the portfolio we want to put you in. And then from there, it leads to usually a transfer of some sorts from like a traditional investment management firm, Schwab, Fidelity, stuff like that. So we handle the transfer, the funds land, and then we put in place our model portfolio, which is our best thesis on the space. And then we manage their assets according to that. And we actually run that across all of our discretionary clients. So our clients, not only do they get an advisor and a manager sitting on top with a license, but also a portfolio that gets professionally managed, kind of like a fund. The difference is that we run a flat fee and we don't add the performance fee on top of it. And so from there, once they're onboarded and invested, they get 24 seven view access into the account. They get regular statements. If it's a taxable account here in the United States, we work on things like tax loss harvesting. Should that be needed? 10 99 beneficiaries. And then we go into the tax advantage accounts. So we can do things like IRAs, traditional IRAs, Roth IRAs, SEP IRAs, Roth 401ks. And then we even do a corporate 401k where a business can put in place a plan for their employees that gives them the ability to have up to 10 % in pure Bitcoin alongside traditional mutual funds. And this is something actually we're really excited about coming out of like a pilot program. And it's something we want to expand into market. Yeah, I mean, but to jump into their first thing, Brian, I guess, yeah, the idea of having a even a small allocation into people's 401k funds would be obviously a good thing for Bitcoin and presumably a good thing for individuals that do have Bitcoin in their 401ks if over time Bitcoin does appreciate. But do you see, is there a demand for this and you can see this growing over time? Yeah, so the 401k market is quite large. The addressable market is just massive and there's just nothing servicing really alternative investments. And that's where Bitcoin comes into being kind of like a liquid easier alternative investment instead of something like real estate or VC funds. And so when we put the plan out and we went and looked for pilots for this, we thought that it was going to come from mostly crypto native companies or tech startups. But what we found was quite different. We found that interest came from traditional businesses, law firms, construction companies. And when we put the plan in place, when you look at like who wants to participate and who elects for Bitcoin and how much, you actually see it's kind of the crowd that's over 40 and professional and people that you wouldn't think would be so technology native, but it's people that kind of understand like you got to take a little bit of risk and Bitcoin's been around for a while and why not go for that? Because it actually does improve the Sharpe ratio of these portfolios. And so, yeah, it's been surprising to us, which is actually a good thing, because eventually the people that are in the younger generations that are in tech startup or crypto events will get older. They'll have more money in their 401Ks and eventually they'll have the option when they're ready to participate in this. Yeah, very well said. So you said also, Brian, that you almost manage like kind of like a fund, which is DAIM's, I guess, crypto portfolio thesis. Right. So that's correct. I wonder how much of that you're prepared to talk about in terms of, I guess, what that portfolio fund breakdown in terms of crypto assets would look like. And it's notoriously hard, obviously, to beat Bitcoin just with a buy and hold strategy over a kind of long time zone. What's your approach to trying to, I guess, beat the market on behalf of your clients? Yeah, I can talk about this quite a bit. So on the structure side of it, it's set up as SMA here in the United States. Separately managed accounts. So all of our clients actually have their own accounts and the assets are not co -mingled, but we do manage them with an overlay. And that way we can get the trades done and rebalancing as needed. And the great thing about that is it gets back to us being liquid at any time, unlike having a lockup period with a fund. And so when we have that structure, then we move into being able to manage these assets quite easily and then offer our clients the liquidity that's needed. And then as the thesis, when I first started the business and we were running our model portfolio back in 2018, it was Bitcoin only. And we looked at the space as we want to have low turnover. We don't want to incur a lot of trading fees. We don't want to incur a lot of taxes in these accounts, but we also understand that being long crypto in itself is the best way to get multiples on your return. And then when you go to allocate away from Bitcoin and go to seek alpha, you got to see if you're going to have a strategic outperformance. And then what seems easy to say now, in the beginning of 2020, we had done our research on Ethereum and the upgrades that were to come, and we decided to make a 20 % allocation to Ethereum at that time from the book, which worked out really well for us. And it got to a point to where we've allocated away and Bitcoin shrunk to be a little less 60 % of our portfolio. And then we allow these assets to take course. We look at everything from a fundamental standpoint. When we do use technicals, it's really on just deploying and pulling out of positions. And so at the position we're at now, I should back up. Last year, we had closed out a majority of the Ethereum position into the upgrade and went into cash for a while, which helped us through a bit of the downturn last year and gave us capital to start redeploying at the beginning of this year. And so in our search for alpha, we haven't quite found what we like outside of Bitcoin and Ethereum. So we redeployed into Bitcoin, balanced the book 90 % Bitcoin, 10 % ETH. And now we're looking to make some strategic allocations away from both of those as we see us kind of being in the trough zone here, coming out of the bear market and entering a bull market. Yeah, fascinating. And it's interesting, Brian, that you say it's very difficult to find compelling crypto asset allocations outside of Bitcoin and Ethereum. And I suppose being so heavily overweight Bitcoin at the moment looking forward, I suppose that is probably due to the two big catalysts, two big narratives that are around Bitcoin at the moment. I'm talking, of course, of the fourth Bitcoin halving coming around March, April next year. And of course, the BlackRock's Spot Bitcoin application. So yeah, I'd love to understand just how you think about those two data points and perhaps their potential to make Bitcoin interesting again. Yeah. And there's something to touch on, too. What you started off with is looking at all the other investments outside of Bitcoin and Ethereum. And so I'll hop into that in the second half of this answer. But when it comes to the halving and the BlackRock ETF, the halving is an event that's always on the radar. And that has tend to seem price appreciation somewhat after the event. And this stuff has become well known. But what really changed was seeing BlackRock come into the space. And that was further affirmation to us that we are entering a bull market. And there are some very big players that think that there's going to be severe demand and drastic price increases in the space. And so that's another data set to us that says, okay, we don't want to be in cash anymore. We do need to be invested even though we cannot find something at the moment outside of Bitcoin and ETH. We at least want to participate in the market and be in Bitcoin because the narrative can change very quickly in this space. And so it comes to things like this, too. If you look at like key figureheads in the space and their price predictions, you got Arthur Hayes at $70 ,000. Guy Kiyosaki at $100 ,000. You've got Novogratz at $500 ,000. Kathy Woods is at $1 million. I think she might have revised her to like $1 .3 million, but the end of 2023. And so that narrative, micro strategy, acquiring more, there's just little things on the back end. And then you could see something drastic happening. And you got to be ready for that. In the next month, there could be some sort of approval for one of the Bitcoin ETFs. If that doesn't happen in January, there's actually talk that maybe multiple Bitcoin spot ETFs in the United States could get approved all at once. You have things that maybe Gary Gensler gets recalled. Like these events could happen. What we think is that the bad events have already happened. We went through that last year. We went with that with Luna. We had FTX and we had Celsius. The bad actors have been weeded out. And so any kind of regulatory stuff that comes in, we think won't have that drastic of an impact. We saw XRP do well in its case. And we think that the setup for new news and better news is on the horizon. And then you look at the liquidity on it. It's something that can vacuum very quickly to the upside. And then all that takes is the news agencies to just flip and go from doom and gloom to price appreciation. And it will show in Google and it will start to result in prices. So, yeah, that's our thoughts. And those are two big catalysts. I'd say more so the Bitcoin ETF over the halving at this point. Yeah, very well said. And yeah, you're exactly right. I mean, Bitcoin is, it doesn't seem like it now because Bitcoin really has been kind of trading in the range that it's in at the moment, just somewhere between $26 ,000 and $30 ,000, shall we say, for well, for months, really. And so it does feel like, you can call it what you want, the sort of extended bear market, the accumulation zone of the next bull market. But it is very... There's also, there's two known sellers in the market almost at a regular basis. The US government's still selling Bitcoin. And you have FTX that's starting to unload some of their Bitcoin. And so you're getting matched up with, you know, that's why you see this almost sideways slide, you know, and it's disconnect and lack of correlation is because you got these two just unloading and acquiring and just trimming. And then any news could just set this off. But the other thing is that it's possible that our government stops selling at the end of this year and takes a break. They could continue, but if they take a break, well, there's one less seller in the market. And then who knows, maybe what needs to be done in this tranche for FTX also completes as they're projected to. And then now you're relieving sell pressure. You get a Bitcoin approval in Q1 and this thing turns into a vacuum to the upside. Do you, I mean, I wonder what it's like, Brian, to be in your position, like perhaps for, I'm sure you have clients who came in perhaps during the bull market of 2021. And, you know, it's hard for people who experience their first crypto bear market. And, you know, as much as the velocity is intense on the upside, it's also pretty disquieting on the downside. What do you say to people who have sort of started with you in the good times, but now you've got to manage not only their assets through the bear market, but I suppose, you know, their expectations and emotions as well. Yeah, great question, Andy. And it brings me back to the second half of last year and just the many conversations we had with a lot of our clients and, you know, talking about the space and reassuring about our business partners and how well they're here and how good standing they're in and us. And when we onboard clients from the beginning five years ago, even through the bull market in 2021, we go over downside slides with them and we talk about, you know, bad scenarios. You know, hey, you know, how do you feel if this is going to be down 80%, right? And we have those conversations early on when there's no money at play and there's no emotions. And we make that plan and you tend to find that most people can handle it. There could be a few that say, you know, I want to exit and close out. But, you know, now that you have that conversation and it's kind of like out of the way, you can reflect back to, hey, this is the plan we put in place and this is what we're going to do. And for some of those, you know, we can do, if they're a brokerage account, I mentioned earlier, we can do tax loss harvesting. So that's a way to, you know, take these losses and offset it, you know, against future tax payments. And there's an advantage to that. And now when they stay in the game, they allow us to tax loss harvest and prices come back, you get to see some of these get back into the green and they just had a nice, you know, discount to what they're going to be paying in future taxes. And so we try to find things like that. Other things that we do too is, you know, for IRAs, we do stuff unique. We're able to stake in those. In our model portfolios performance, we've actually outperformed Bitcoin by about 30 % by strategically allocating away and pulling back. So that helps as well too, adding units to the account. And we look at this space and can say like, hey, you know, in a year where asset prices came off drastically, we had some cash because we sold earlier. So we're waiting to deploy that. We can tax loss harvest what was down and around. And we're keeping up regular communications with you guys. You know, we're tapping the street to get, you know, insight and affirmation that everybody's in good standing. And that's what really comes to good customer services, just trying to be in front of everybody and open for human communication. Because that's something that most of the businesses in the space really self -directed. I mean, there's no one to talk to in DeFi, right? You can't call any of the businesses. And even in the typical exchanges, it can be hard to have a human to talk to. And that's where we pride ourselves in being available for our clients alongside running the model portfolio. Fantastic. And talk to us, Brian, in terms of I guess the success of DAIM, your business. I'd love to understand any sort of metrics that you watch in terms of the growth in your user base, your clients, your assets under management. I assume things are ticking along and growing over time. Yeah, so when we started the business in 2018, we started off with zero clients. That's the way the regulators wanted to do it. No assets under management. And then a few regulatory audits in 2019, because they liked that we put crypto advisor and manager on there. So that slowed some growth. But then coming into the back half of 2020, we definitely caught a groove. We were able to develop some narrative and marketing in the confines of still Facebook and stuff, not allowing to have crypto advertising, but through our word of mouth and in our network and hand -to -hand discussions. And so we grew the business to over 200 accounts. And really when we look back and we analyze the business today and we look at the AUM and how it fluctuated and the number of clients, I think a lot of companies will see a drastic drawdown in AUM and they will also see a drastic drawdown in number of accounts. Now their accounts might still have a dollar value, but I mean, meaningful accounts, anything over 10 grand. Whereas we'll see that we've trimmed flat through the back half of 2021 and now are slowly increasing. And I think the temperature changed. It felt like right around March that individuals were open to getting back in the space, kind of that really bad hangover from November was behind them. And so I think things are going to get even more favorable for us.
Mark Levin
New Details on Suspended Diplomat Robert Malley’s Security Clearance
"Into the thinking inner workings iran's foreign ministry to crucial time in the nuclear diplomacy even as tayron's portrayal of events is questioned if not flatly denied by others involved in the IEI they show how iran was capable the kind of influence operations that the united states and its allies in the region often conduct more specifically a German professor in the IEI this cabal offered to ghost write opinion pieces for tayron officials and others in the network sought Iranian foreign ministry staff advice about the US and Israeli conferences hearings per semifore quote the IEI participants were prolific writers about beds and analyses and provided insights on television and twitter regularly touting the need for a compromise with tayron on the nuclear issue a position in line with both the obama and rahani administrations at the time it reported the IEI again this cabal at particular access during the final years of former president barack obama's administration asan rahani was then the Iranian president quote the Iran experts initiative that's the IEI was born from a rahani administration eager to end tayron's pariah status following eight years of muhammad yabba dabba doo's presidency in he which courted holocaust denial and promoted the eradication of israel summit 4 reported quote quote this initiative which we call iran experts initiative IEI is consisted of a core group of six to ten distinguished second generation iranians of established
The Charlie Kirk Show
A highlight from Down with the (Burger) King with Michael Seifert and Russ Vought
"Lots of channels. Nothing to watch. Especially if you're searching for the truth. It's time to interrupt your regularly scheduled programs with something actually worth watching. Salem News Channel. Straightforward, unfiltered, with in -depth insight and analysis from the greatest collection of conservative minds. Like Hugh Hewitt, Mike Gallagher, Sebastian Gorka, and more. Find truth. Watch 24 -7 on SNC .TV and on Local Now, Channel 525. Hey everybody, today on The Charlie Kirk Show, Michael Seifert from Public Square joins us. Make sure you download the Public Square app, PublicSQ .com, that is PublicSQ .com. You have to email me, as always, Freedom at CharlieKirk .com. I really enjoy hearing from you. That is Freedom at CharlieKirk .com, Freedom at CharlieKirk .com. Russ Vogt joins us as we talk 9 -30 strategy. I ask, what is a woman to a group of college women, and they do not know the answer. And Bob Menendez, I got a lot of respect for this guy. No, I'm half kidding. Not really. You'll know what I mean if you listen to the end of the episode. It's far from respect, but the guy's got game. And I bet he could win re -election in New Jersey. Email us, Freedom at CharlieKirk .com and subscribe to our podcast. That is Charlie Kirk Show podcast. Get involved with Turning Point USA at TPUSA .com. That is TPUSA .com. Start a high school or college chapter today at TPUSA .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. I want to thank Charlie. He's an incredible guy. His spirit, his love of this country. He's done an amazing job. Building one of the most powerful youth organizations ever created, Turning Point USA. We will not embrace the ideas that have destroyed countries, destroyed lives, and we are going to fight for freedom on campuses across the country. That's why we are here. Joining us now is Russ Vogt, president of the Center for Renewing America. It is September 26th. The shutdown is looming on September 30th. Russ, thank you for joining us. We've had a lot of congressmen on the program, some great guys, Congressman Dan Bishop, Matt Gaetz, we've had Chip Roy. But I'll be honest, it is a Chinese fire drill. It is disorganized. You have people on every single side. I was on the phone this morning. No one knows what the heck is going on. So Russ, what are you hearing? What can we expect coming to September 30th? Do you think the government's going to shut down? I do think it's going to shut down. I think that's where we are. And I think it's good because this is the last leverage point we have against the Biden administration. And you're right, Charlie, in the sense that when you have kind of an intentional strategy on the part of leadership to force this into a corner, it's going to leave something to be desired on the execution front. But here's the good news. I think the House conservatives are increasingly united in forcing a conversation about moving forward on bill by bill and really focusing on the woke and weaponized restrictions that need to be put in place to put a vice grip around the Biden administration's activities against the American people. I think you're going to see those kinds of debates this week, and it's going to move to a good place in terms of the theatrics of the last several weeks. I want to make sure that we calm down the alarmism. So I received a couple emails this weekend. Charlie, I can't believe you want a government shutdown. I need my Social Security checks. Russ, let's tell the truth about this. Social Security still goes out. Medicare still goes out. Essential government services, which I find hilarious because if they're not essential, why do they have jobs? They should all be fired. This is a partial, very partial, let's just call it a fractional government pause because it's not actually a shutdown because they all get back pay. It's basically the secret that no one wants to say is that a lot of government workers are hoping for this because they basically get a vacation. Russ, tell us what really happens because this is important. You've got the parameters of this. Two -thirds of the federal government is on autopilot. Not a good situation, but the reality of where we are. So a third of the federal government is subject to what we call the annual appropriations process. But if you're on Social Security, there's nothing to worry about. You're going to get your check, and you're going to get your check on time. Medicare, the Department of Defense is going to continue to be out there defending our country. All of the people that are in the business of securing this country are going to be similarly at their posts. What this does is this says for those of you who are working on the Biden climate regulations at the EPA or the Department of Interior, sorry, you're going to have to go home. You're not going to be able to be at your desk and working. So this is not something – there are tried and true ways, and I've managed this for President Trump, to make this painless as possible consistent with the law. We thankfully blazed a pretty good trail on that, that they're going to have a hard time playing politics with this. We'll be holding them accountable. But in terms of the – this is not a situation where you're going to go off a cliff, and somehow you're not going to get your government benefits. It's just not the case. Okay, so let's get into this here. What then is the ask? Because the way I look at it, the way the stars have aligned, the universe, all of a sudden – I'm not happy about this, but it just so happens the border has never been as bad as it is right now. And that's like intersecting right with this funding fight over border security. Russ, if Republicans can't get this done, when there's 8 ,500 people illegally entering an eagle pass alone, I mean, it's not as if this is something that happened six months ago. This is actively occurring. Then Republicans are completely worthless. Russ, so what is the ask, and strategically, what is your advice for how they actually get it done? So my view is that they have had a wonderful banner, a messaging parameter called no security, no funding, that allows them to be able to go at this seminal threat that we're seeing along the border, and to make that a very, very important issue. I also think it allows them to deal with the weaponization at the Department of Justice. I don't think that we can leave this leverage point without doing something against the regime that is trying to steal the next election, and at the same time going against half the country and considering them enemies of the state. So I think there's a lot of things that can be done, but if we don't get to the end of this process and have dealt with those two issues, and then spend a lot of time trying to defund the offices doing the bad activities, I'll consider it a failure. So the goal needs to be then not paperwork processors on the border, but actual border security. That's a major difference. But also, I think that the pressure needs to be that Joe Biden needs to start deporting these people. He's hosting them and just releasing them into the interior of the United States. Exactly. And there's a specific rider that needs to be put in place, and Stephen Miller has been calling for this some time, as well as Chip Roy. It needs to be illegal in the sense that you can't spend the money to be able to release someone into the border. That's the kind of thing that it's not just about changing laws that they ignore. It's about saying that a bureaucrat is going to be facing criminal charges in violation of the Anti -Deficiency Act if they ignore the appropriations law that's saying that they can't do that. And as a result, that will change a lot of the policies that we've been asking for. So we're looming towards this lockdown. Re -emphasize what you're saying about leadership. How has leadership basically set the table for failure? Build that out for us. Sure. The year started with much promise. For the first time, House Republicans were governing with conservatives in their caucus, and they were achieving things that no one thought was possible to pass $5 trillion in potential cuts. At the debt limit deal, Kevin McCarthy walked away from House conservatives and went essentially into coalition with House Democrats. At the time, he used it as an excuse. He said, we'll do all this through the appropriations process. That was an excuse, because they then didn't move any of the appropriations bills themselves. It's not like these bills are passed out of the House and sitting in the Senate. Instead, they've had a pileup in which we are now up against a deadline, and they're asking for more time. But the problem is that McCarthy has never governed from the standpoint of we're going to use leverage points to save the country. Instead, he puts a cartel view on it, which is we're going to try to minimize what is necessary to get past this leverage point, because otherwise it will have political risk. I think you and I agree, we're not going to save the country without managing political risk, and we can do that. We have done that previously in shutdowns, and the country will reward Republicans when they fight over these leverage points. That's what we're asking right now, and I think conservatives are insisting on it, and so far, he's having to go in their direction. Yeah, and I think we need to reject the framing of shutdown, which, by the way, ideologically, all I'm on board for. Maybe a pause? I mean, how else can we message this? Because, Russ, here's what's going to happen, right? So we are barreling towards not getting a deal done on Saturday, right? And honestly, I hope a deal doesn't get done in the sense of enough, draw a line in the sand, show your voters you're fighting. It's better for no deal than a bad deal. I think you would agree with that, right, Russ? It's better for no deal at all than a bad deal. And so September 30th happens, and again, your Social Security checks still go out, Medicare still goes out, military still do. You have the DEI, you know, lesbian bureaucrats at the Department of Homeland Security or whatever that might not, you know, be going to work for a couple days. Honestly, good thing. So, but Russ, let's just kind of think about this. How could we better message it? Because the media, Sunday morning, I face the nation, CBS, all that full court press, Republicans shut down the government once midnight hits on Saturday night. So how do we get ahead of this and preemptively message it, not just be on our heels and play defense? Yeah, I mean, I think the reality is, to go back to the facts, what is occurring here is a lapse in funding. It is a lapse in funding. The government is not shutting down. The Department of Defense is still up and running. That would be the case if it actually shut down. Those people would not be at their post. What is happening? Funding is lapsed. Funding will come back on when Congress reaches a deal. And I think if we can communicate facts in that vein, we will help our case and explain to the American people what's actually going on. But here's the thing that I would say. These leverage points in which there is confrontation, there is political risk, are incredibly important because the only chance that we get to get the country's attention. It's when people who are not listening to politics are listening to their Christian music station or whatever they're listening to. And all of a sudden they have the news update that's saying, OK, there's a government lapse. What are the terms that are being discussed? Oh, the weaponization of the Department of Justice. That's what we want. And that is a feature, not a bug, of our politicians here in the cartel of Washington, D .C. Russ, you're doing a wonderful job. Center for Renewing America. We're going to have you back on. September 30th is the big day. I think we're going to swing and miss. But honestly, I'd rather have us strike out with no deal than one that betrays our voters. Russ, thank you so much. You bet. Thanks, Charlie.
Tech Path Crypto
A highlight from 1268. BREAKING! Walmart Launches NFTs in 2,000 Stores! | Ethereum Pudgy Penguins
"Web3 and NFTs just got real today with Walmart's launch of Pudgy Penguins. Now, what does that mean? We're going to break all that down for you and why Walmart is making a massive move into the NFT space, all based on Ethereum. My name is Paul Barron. Welcome back in the Tech Path. Let's get into it today, and that is, on this day, Web3 enters a brave new world. Pudgy Toys, Pudgy World are now available in 2 ,000 Walmarts in the United States. Remember, this is an NFT. This is a game. And, of course, this is all built on the Ethereum blockchain. So, again, right here, Walmart now stepping and weighting their toes into the space. If you look at what's happening with Pudgy Penguins, let me play this clip for you, just to give you guys an idea of what they've launched. My name is Luke Anetz. I'm the CEO of Pudgy Penguins. And today, it's an amazing day to be a Pudgy Pangu. But it's also an amazing day to be a part of Web3 and NFTs. Pudgy Toys are now in the aisle of our favorite retailer, Walmart. This is a huge step forward in bringing people into our industry and pushing the boundaries of what it means to build on the blockchain. Every single one of these toys that you see here is an NFT licensed directly from our community. And every time one of these sells, they get a royalty in perpetuity. This concludes Season 1 of Pudgy Toys. But rest assured, Season 2 is right around the corner. Remember, a brave new world is not a destination. It's the beginning of a journey.
The Dan Bongino Show
Steve Schmidt: 100 Days Legislative Timeframe Is Racist
"Well, that kind of narrows it down. How did this guy get in front of the Canadian Parliament, folks? I have no idea. Liberals are so dumb. I But again, the point is everyone's a Nazi to the left except actual Nazis. here's what I mean. Cue up for me. Cut five. This is Steve Schmidt. This guy's just a clown. He's an A clown, a total A clown, if you know what I mean. This guy was a Republican grifter. He wound up losing just about single every campaign he was involved in got smoked. So now he figured he could grift off the MSNBC crowd. So he goes over to MSNBC and spouts out a bunch of nonsense talking points. Listen to how they work, though, because this guy's a modern day liberal, even though he pretends to be a Republican. Anyone who doesn't toe their line is a Nazi or a fascist, except actual Nazis. Take a listen. The people who are trying to tear down democracy in the country keep telling the rest of the country what it is they plan to do to such a degree that they have announced their plans six months into 2025 to have taken apart the whole of the federal government. Now, since FDR's time in office, the legislative metric in the United States has been 100 days, not six months. This is a racist code whistle to every white supremacist in the country because it's how long it took Adolf Hitler to take one Weimar to Germany a complete and total dictatorship. Folks, these people are freaking crazy. They are absolutely nuts. There's an actual Nazi up in the Canadian Parliament. They can't see that, but they can
Tech Path Crypto
A highlight from 1267. Xbox Leaks Crypto Wallet | Microsoft x Meta Web3 Analysis
"All right, so big news in the industry today, we're going to break it all down for you. This is all about the Microsoft leak documents and its connection to crypto. So this is an important one. If you are interested in crypto at all, even if you're not a gamer, you want to stay around for this one. It's going to be a good one. My name is Paul Baron. Welcome back into Tech Path. Let's get into it today. And I do want to thank our sponsor, and that is Tangem. If you guys are looking at self -custody, this is one of the tools that I like. And it's a great tool because it's utilizing a card system that is basically an NFC device. If you go over to their website, you can learn a little bit more about the Tangem wallet. And if you decide you want to get one, there's a couple of options you've got. You can go right in and get their most recent one, which is the new Tangem wallet releasing here in early October. And then, or possibly even go in and get your classic wallet. The cool thing with the new one is you're going to have the optional seed phrase among some other things. Now, one of the questions that I'm asked often is, how secure is this, Paul? Is it? Because in many cases, if you've had NFC cards, you know, there's these technologies out there that are able to breach these. And Tangem tweeted something that was happening over at one of their events. And this is a product called Flipper Zero, which Flipper Zero, let me kind of play this for you guys real quick, and it'll show you real quick. So the wallet here, let's try reading his NFC. So, reads it, but it can't parse the data. So, let's go ahead... All right, so what Flipper Z does is essentially can analyze any NFC, most NFC, and able to pull the data right from the card. They were unable to crack the wallet right here on Tangem. So they showed that example. So if you guys are interested in security, and that's your thing, and it should be anytime you do self -currency, this may be a solution for you. Make sure and use our discount code, it's down in the links below. All right, so let's get into a couple of points, starting with this news right here. Leaked documents show that Microsoft recently explored the idea of supporting crypto wallets on Xbox consoles. Do you think this next console or software update will include support for crypto? This was actually from Forbes, where they were talking about the leaked documents, showed an Xbox roadmap from May of 2022 that included support for crypto wallets. Now, this is pretty big. Now, there's a lot here that supports this. Other than the leaked documents, we'll break into all of that for you guys as well. And also what its potential is. Now, this was a tweet we put out back in March of this year, March 18th. We put out this, Ethereum and NFT wallets coming directly to Microsoft Edge browser. Browser -based games are about to get a helping hand from the most powerful tech company in the world, being Microsoft. And then we showed the actual function of it, and I'll zoom in and on that. Right there is the crypto wallet integration. This is Edge wallets, and then right there is Ethereum. So again, this is the early stages of what many of these tech companies are prepping for, which I think is going to be a war in the gaming market. Now, this has happened before with Microsoft. Remember the browser wars when Microsoft essentially was going head to head with Netscape. And at the time, Netscape had most of the market share, was doing so great, and everybody kind of counted Microsoft out. And of course, Internet Explorer came, it kind of opened up the browser wars, Google came in behind that and pretty much took most of the market share. But the point is that Microsoft is making some moves. Here was a good example. Here was Azure, NFT solution accelerator. So this again also ties into Microsoft and the use of platforms like Ethereum. So more data kind of showing in where exactly their strategy is going. If you look at the Fortune 100 Web3 investors by number of deals, Citibank, Goldman, IBM, Google, Microsoft, number 15 right there. So you can see this is getting pretty interesting right here when it comes to the major companies understanding where this is going. Now, most of this has been mostly on the institutional side, which is reasonable and understandable. But I think Google and Microsoft are definitely out here in front. Now, the question will be is, how does this play into the rest of the market? Here's some examples of some companies, let me kind of zoom in on this for you guys, of some companies already making a lot of Web3 moves. Obviously, Microsoft with Activision, their acquisition positions Microsoft to build metaverse capabilities. You've got Meta and Imagine PTIX, PayPal and Curve. You can see there's a lot of companies in here that have really started to connect the dots here. Nike Artifact, we've covered it extensively. And then obviously, Apple, we'll see how that goes with their virtual worlds on the avatar side. The other things that I think when we get into this, if you think about, well, is Microsoft ready for this? And I think one of the things that Microsoft, a lot of people don't realize this, they have learned their lesson of these early -stage growth markets. And what I mean by that, this is a statement that goes all the way back into, you know, Wikipedia land. And ironically, I worked for Microsoft at the time when all this was going on. And this was by Bill Gates, where he simply said, this is also famous that the internet were not interested in it. This was a quote from Bill Gates in 1993. Let me kind of zoom in on that for you guys. And the internet, you know, we're not really interested in. And the reason I know this is because when I was working with Microsoft, you know, as a young tech guy, I was thinking, oh my God, this internet thing is going to be an absolute barnstorm. We're going to see an unbelievable growth, unbelievable innovation. And the teams that I was working for, all of my uppers, were essentially saying, don't worry about it. We're going to focus on OS and the future of the, you know, the WordSuite and all the utilities and productivity tools. And I couldn't believe it that that was happening, but it did. And I think Microsoft has learned something from that history in being too late to an early -stage market. And that, I think, is where we're going right now. When I go to this next clip right here, it gets into the Xbox history because they also almost lost the war. Listen in. The Xbox One was a byproduct of a lost and misguided Microsoft, which did not have the interest of gamers at heart. All we heard was TV, TV, sports TV, TV, TV, followed by horribly disconnected attempts at salvaging a situation where irreparable damage had already been done. Fortunately, we have a product for people who aren't able to get some form of connectivity. It's called Xbox 360. Stick with 360. That's your message. Well, if you have zero access to the Internet. Meanwhile, its opposition went on from strength to strength, using Xbox's missteps to enhance its position. Xbox went on to lose its stronghold in two key regions, the United Kingdom and more critically, the United States. At the time, all this seemed like a near impossible task. Many were talking about the possible disappearance of Xbox from the gaming space altogether. It nearly happened. But instead, in comes in Phil Spencer, the newly appointed head of Xbox. All right, so Spencer was kind of the Messiah there and understanding the challenge that he was up against in terms of being able to go against, you know, makers like Sony, etc., that really kind of dominated the gaming space. The Activision deal was so critical for their success going forward, especially in the gaming sector. But now the question is, how do they maybe one up their competition? Because there is a new innovation land that is pretty much untouched. It's a brand new area called Web3 and what we'll see with the use case of crypto and NFTs. All of this is about to crack into what I think is going to happen in the gaming sector right now. If you look at this next clip, which is where Spencer talks a little bit more about creators and this is why I think we can draw the conclusion. Let's go to a clip by Phil Spencer on creators and why this is important. Listen. So that's why Xbox is interested in, you know, going down this road hand in hand with Activision as a king. But what's the benefit to gamers and creators and if possible, is that maybe an angle in the UK that benefits them? In the end, it's all about player and creator benefit. Like we know that as building a platform, if our players aren't finding great games to play and if our creators don't feel like they can build the best games and find players for those games, like nothing else matters. Because we're trying to create a larger marketplace for people who are building games across more screens. Different business models help players and it helps creators as well. And that's our job. And in the end, this has to benefit players and creators or it hasn't been successful for Xbox. I think his statement right there of benefiting creators in the end is critical to the overall strategy of how Xbox is going to go. Xbox and Microsoft are going to go forward and the tie into Web3 and NFTs is going to open up a whole new, not only creator community, but also a creator industry in terms of revenue, business models. All those kind of things are going to really advance in Web3 and I think that is the scenario that Xbox, with these leaked documents, might be setting up along with Microsoft. If you look at what's happening though with Meta, obviously Meta Connect this week, they had something that was kind of interesting. And that was the fact in this little promo, they actually put in a statement in there and the first look at what's next for the metaverse. So they're still using the term. They still see the potential here. And the predictions of what Meta is going to be doing and what Mark Zuckerberg is going to be doing could be much bigger here. And there's some interesting correlation between Meta and Microsoft. Now, you have to think about it. The enemy of my enemy is my friend. Now, think about who the enemy is here. It's most likely Apple and what is happening with Vision Pro. I think there may be a connection here that starts to set things up quite interestingly. Now, as you look at Meta, this was just a quick clip right there from something that Zuckerberg posted. And part of this was really the fact that most likely we're going to see something dropping from Lego in connection with Meta. So again, most likely a lot of new stuff dropping, most likely we're going to see some hardware. And what I'm really interested in is what does that roadmap look for with all of these new devices and potentially new experiences coming to Meta. And we'll find out on the Connect Event. Let's go over to this next clip. This is getting into Game Pass and how this connection into VR works, especially tied into what was happening during this leak. Listen in. We have waited so long for Xbox to finally come to our Quest headsets. And while none other than Mark Zuckerberg made a huge promise that Game Pass would be coming soon to the Quest 2, Microsoft leaked some very important documents that showed their interest and plans for upcoming VR products, with them mentioning that they see XR as their future opportunity, even so much that Xbox can leverage it to build its next -gen platform for immersive apps and games. But probably the most important one noted that Microsoft wanted to expand its hardware portfolios to include complete new categories pointing towards VR devices.
The Tennis.com Podcast
A highlight from Eric Diaz's Journey From the University of Georgia to Coaching Rising American Alex Michelsen
"Welcome to the official tennis .com podcast featuring professional coach and community leader Kamau Murray. Welcome to the tennis .com podcast. We are here with Eric Diaz. You remember the name? Eric is son of Manny Diaz, coach of Alex Mickelson, Werner Tan, and right now has his own thing called tier one performance out in the Irvine area. Welcome to the show, Eric. How's it going? Thanks for having me. Thanks for having me. It's great to be on. Great to be on. So I interviewed your dad probably about 2 months ago. That was, you know, we were poking fun about him redshirting Ethan Quinn, you know, not choosing not to play Ethan Quinn later. You know he wins NCAA the next year. It was kind of like, what were you thinking, right? Yeah, one of those tough ones. Oh yeah, it was kind of like, did you think he wasn't ready? Was he, did he think he wasn't ready? Like, you know, you probably could have won NCAA twice. That kind of thing but you obviously came from good tennis pedigree. So, I guess the first obvious question was what was it like growing up with your dad being Manny? You know, because I, it's hard not to take work home, right? Let's just put it that way. You're a tennis coach and a child of a tennis dad. Yeah. You know, I don't know. I think anybody that's been in tennis for a long time knows it's kind of a lifestyle a little bit. You know, there's definitely being the tennis coach and kind of, you know, working toward things but it's also, I don't know, the sport takes so much of you that sometimes, you know, it just feels like, you know, it's second nature. It's kind of a part of it. So, I mean, growing up in Athens, growing up around Dan McGill Complex was always a treat. That was back when NCAA's were kind of always hosted in Athens. So, I got to watch, you know, all the college greats. I grew up watching the Bryan brothers get, you know, sadly then they were kind of pegging some of our guys in doubles matches but, you know, it was really cool being able to sit court side, watch those guys and then, you know, be able to watch them on TV a little bit later. Really cool. Really cool experience growing up. Now, from a junior career, did your dad coach you your whole career or did he hire private coaches to sort of teach you technique? Because I know, you know, coaching at a program like UGA, it is very demanding and sometimes the children of the tennis coach lose out to the actual players and the people who are paying. So, did he coach you? How was that? You know, he coached me. I think he tried to coach me but at the same time, he also didn't want to put too much pressure on me to like, you know, really play tennis and go in. So, he kind of let it be my own thing. I started, I actually went to Athens Country Club, great little spot on the outside of Athens. Alan Miller was the main coach there. So, he helped me out a lot. He actually, he was on my dad's first, you know, assistant coaching team where they won a national title. I think he paired with Ola who now obviously has been with USGA for a while. I think they played doubles and I think they won a doubles title as well. So, I think Alan was a part of the first team championship and then he was also, you know, he won a doubles title there too. I think he might have won two. So, I spent a lot of time around him which was also, it was really cool. You know, it was a guy who was a part of the Georgia tennis family. Athens is really tight -knit like that and so it's special to be a part of that family both, I guess, through blood and through, you know, the alumni. It's cool. Now, let me ask you, did you ever consider going anywhere else, right? I mean, successful junior career, one of the top players in the nation, tons of options. You know, it could be like, you know, there's always sort of the, oh, his dad's going to give him a scholarship, right? You saw with Ben Shelton, you know, Brian Shelton. Obviously, he's going to look out for his kid. Did you ever aspire to like go to another top program or UCLA or Texas or Florida? I think growing up, you know, because I got to see all those teams play. You know, I remember in 1999, I looked up this guy who, he played number one for UCLA. I don't know, this guy showed up. I'm a little kid and he had half of his head was blue and the other half was gold and, you know, UCLA was firing it up. They were really good at the time. I remember that was my dad's first national title in 99. And, you know, ever since then, I really, you know, I looked up to the guys. Every now and then, I got to sneak on to a little travel trip and, you know, I got to see what it was like. But, I mean, for me, it was always Georgia. I thought Athens was a special place, you know, getting to see the crowds that they get there and being able to kind of just see the atmosphere of everybody caring about each other. You know, it was cool looking at other teams. You know, the Brian brothers had the cool Reebok shoes, you know, the UCLA guy with the different hair. But at the end of the day, it was always the dogs. It was always Georgia. So, I was really lucky when I got to be a part of that team and I got to kind of wear the G that, you know, through my junior years, I was always wearing it, you know, but I guess it was a little bit different when you're actually, you know, on the team and representing. I think it's a different feeling. Yeah. So, if you didn't go into tennis, what else would you be doing? Like, you know, I didn't, you know, I'm obviously coaching now, but I didn't go right into coaching. I went to work into pharmaceuticals like marketing, sales, you know, finance. It's always, I always find it interesting to say if I wasn't coaching, I got my degree, I would be doing this. Yeah. You know, if I was a little bit more prone, I think to just loving schoolwork and loving studying, you know, everybody's always told me that I would make a pretty good lawyer just because I'm a bit of a contrarian. I like to argue. I like to challenge everybody that's kind of around me. So, I'm always looking for a good argument. So, I'll go with that. Everybody's always told me, you know, maybe you should have been a lawyer. You argue a Hey, lot. well, I'm sure, I'm sure your tennis parents, right? The parents of the academy probably don't like that one, right? They like to be in control. They have the last say and be contrarian. A lot of the time they do. A lot of the time they do. Yeah. So, you're sort of like stepping out, right? Out of the shadow and you're now on the west coast out there in the with Irvine area tier one performance and quite honestly, making your own name. I know you've had opportunity to coach Alex Mickelson as well as, you know, Lerner, Tan who are both like doing real well, both like main draw this year at US Open. Tell me about the process of moving way west. Yeah. And starting your own thing. Well, you know, it kind of started with, you know, I took that leap and I moved away from home for, you know, the first time because obviously being born and raised and going to school at UGA. I took my first chance and I went to Boise State and I worked under Greg Patton for a year who I'd heard great things about and, you know, all were true. He's a great guy. I thought it was a fantastic experience. So, I did that for a year and then over the summer, the UGA swim coach's son that I kind of grew up with, he was in Newport and so I kind of came to visit and then, you know, all of a sudden the opportunity to be coaching out here, you know, came about and, you know, I did my due diligence a little bit. You know, I looked at the old tennis recruiting pages and, you know, I'm looking at all the talent over the last like 20 years and, you know, statistically, you look at the list and you're like, okay, you know, if I'm in this area and I give myself, you know, the right opportunities and I, you know, learn how to coach properly, you know, I feel like I've had some pretty good experience from some good mentors. You know, then I kind of thought, you know, okay, maybe I can kind of control my own destiny out here a little bit and, you know, over time, it's taken a lot but, you know, over time, I feel like I did get myself some pretty decent opportunities. So, when you first laid eyes on Mickelson, how old was he? He was 12. He was coming out to some point place. It was the first place I kind of rented courts. It was this old rundown beat up club but beautiful. There were some trees there. Nobody wanted it. The courts were kind of run down and everyone's like, oh no, nothing there and I was like, I'll take it. So, you know, it gave me space. It gave me courts. It gave me the ability to kind of try and market. I made things cheap so I could get a lot of kids out there and try and get a competitive environment going and luckily, you know, had a good bit of talent out there where, you know, the kids kind of attracted the kids and I was this young coach, 23, 24 and, you know, over time, you know, people started to kind of gain trust and realize, you know, this guy isn't that bad. So, you know, over time, it kind of, you know, worked in my favor and, you know, everything kind of worked out. I eventually switched clubs to a nicer one and, you know, you move up. You earn your stripes. Now, when you saw him, did you initially see, you know, like super talent because he won our ADK this summer and, you know, it was full of Steve Johnson, Su -Woo Kwong. It was Ethan Quinn. It was other names, right? Kanee Shakuri. And Alex, okay, you know, he got the USTA wildcard. He's a young kid. You know what I mean? Like, sort of under the radar and then he wins the whole tournament in finals Newport on the grass like a week later. So, did you see it right away? Was he like a typical kind of 12 -year -old throwing his racket, having tantrums? What was he like at 12? Alex has always turned on tantrums. But, you know, when he was 12, he was good. But, you know, I'll be honest, there were a handful of kids out there that, you know, Kyle Kang, who's had a lot of success. I saw him. Sebastian Goresney, who Alex won doubles with. There were a handful of others and, I mean, Alex, they were, he was good. If I thought that he would be this good, you know, at this point, I think I'd I don't think I saw that. But, you know, you definitely see that this kid's capable of playing at a pretty good level while he's young. And then, you know, as the years kind of go and then as you sort of see him and his personality kind of develop, you kind of recognize, you know, this, you know, this isn't too normal of a 16, 17, 18 -year -old kid. And then, you know, sure enough, eventually the results followed, which was pretty fun to watch. Yeah, I mean, I felt it was interesting because he was here with like his friend. Yeah. You know, not even like a coach, trainer, physio, nothing. Like him and his homeboy. Yeah. He didn't look like he played tennis. You know what I mean? So, yeah, it was like, it was interesting to show up without, you know, completing against guys who are here with like coaching that they're paying six -figure salaries and who are scouting, right? And for him to kind of move through the draw, honestly, I mean, you know, maybe he split sets once. Yeah. It was actually really interesting. He's an extremely competitive kid. And so, you know, throughout the last few years kind of as we've traveled to some events and as he's gone to some like by himself, you know, the whole understanding is, okay, how well do you really understand, you know, your day -to -day process? How well are you able to, you know, nowadays, you know, with challengers, everything you can stream, you can watch. So, you know, both myself and, you know, Jay, the other coach that's here and helping him out, you know, we watch, we communicate. But, you know, at the end of the day, you know, it was one of those big decisions, okay, are you going to go to college or are you going to go pro? And he's kind of weighing those two things. And it's, you know, if you really think you want to be a pro, show me. And so it's one of those things, luckily, when he's young, you know, you have the, you know, it's kind of freedom. If he loses some matches, okay, you're young. If, you know, you win some matches, okay, great. You're young. So it's one of those things where, you know, we really kind of wanted to see, you know, what he's able to do sort of on his own. How well can he manage emotionally? How well can he, you know, create some game plans and stick to his day -to -day routines? And he, I would say he passed. And did he officially turn pro? He officially turned pro, yeah. Yeah. So I know UGA was going to be where he was going. I know he was undecided this summer, but UGA was going to, was there a little bit of an inside man kind of happening here, right? You know, I mean, you know, I think that, you know, I'll definitely say, I think he had some exposure to hearing about, you know, some Georgia greatness. I think that for sure. But, you know, I'll say it was his decision. Ultimately, I tried to not put too much pressure or expectation on where he was going to go. You know, I think Georgia has a lot to offer. So I think, you gone that route, I think it would be, you know, I don't think we can really fail if, you know, you're going and you're trying to be a tennis player and that's a place you choose. I think it's a pretty good place. Now tell us about Lerner Tan. I'll admit as a player that I hadn't had the opportunity to watch too much. I had not watched him in the challenges at all. But was he also sort of in the program at a young age or did he just sort of come later on? My partner actually, you know, kind of helped him when he was young because Levitt Jay used to be incorporated at Carson, which was kind of where Lerner kind of had his, you know, beginnings. He was a little bit more, I guess I'll say, you know, his talent was Federation spotted, I guess you could say as to where Alex was kind of, you know, the guy on the outside a little figuring his own way. Lerner was kind of the guy that everybody kind of thought was, you know, the guy. Right. And so, you know, it's been fun kind of watching him, you know, see his transition, you know, from juniors to now, you know, kind of becoming, you know, the top of juniors, you know, winning Kalamazoo the last two years and his transition. It's been fun to see. So, you know, I've seen a lot of him out of the last, you know, two and a half to three years. So it's been, it's definitely been a different transition. I feel like, you know, it's a little bit fire and ice there. You know, Alex is the fiery one screaming a good bit and Lerner is the silent killer. So it's, they're definitely different, which I think, you know, is pretty refreshing and it's kind of cool to see them both have success in their own accord. So tell us about Tier 1 then. So how many courts, obviously you grew up, I mean, like, you know, I started in the park years ago, right? In Chicago Park, right? And now I got 27 courts. But tell us about Tier 1 performance now. Where are you? How many courts do you now have? How many kids are you serving? Yeah, we're in Newport Beach right now, which is great. Weather's nice. We have, right now, we're running our program out of only five ports. It's not that big. You know, we take a lot of pride in just kind of being individually, you know, development based. I feel like if you're in our program, you're going to have, you know, a good bit of time from the coaches. You're probably going to have a chance to hit with some of the top guys. We try to be really selective with who we kind of have. Just because in Southern California, it's really difficult to, you know, get your hands on a ton of courts. There's so many people in tennis. There's only a few clubs now. You know, pickleball, even at our club right now, you know, pickleball is booming. You know, so many people are playing. It's keeping clubs alive, which, you know, I think is nice. But at the same time, I would love to see, you know, a lot of tennis courts and tennis opportunity. But, you know, it is what it is. Yeah, man, pickleball is definitely taking over. You see clubs getting rid of one court, two courts, and they think that it's not that big of an impact. But I mean, two courts really makes a difference in terms of being able to spread kids out, get them more time, get more balls and more balls at the time. But it's, you know, I think in tennis, if we want to fight them off, we've got to market better and we've got to grow, right? They're in this growth sort of stage and we're sort of stagnant, you know, so it's not like we're not leaving the club with a lot of choices other than to diversify, you know what I mean? Right. Yeah, yeah, yeah, for sure. So, let me ask you that. So, you've obviously had two kids that are going on. What do you tell that next parent, whose kid's 14, right, may get to see learner Alex come to the academy and number one, they want to homeschool, right, or ask you whether or not they should homeschool or B, you know, whether or not they should choose to go to college or, you know, turn pro. How are you advising parents? Because I get the question all the time. Should we homeschool, right? Should we do whatever? And I always, you know, the answer is always, it depends. Yeah. But what would be your answer in terms of homeschooling to train? Well, look, I definitely think that if your primary goal is to be a tennis player and I think, you know, if you're an athlete and that's kind of what you want to do, I think there's a lot of benefit in homeschooling just because, you know, it enables you to travel. You know, if I get to the ITF level, you know, I need to be able to travel. Those tournaments start on Monday and they go through Friday. So, you know, if I'm in a regular school, if I'm a high school kid, you know, that's a pretty difficult life for me to be able to justify or to, you know, be able to get my excused absences and stuff like that. You know, we're definitely big. You know, if you show me a 14 and under kid and I feel like I had pretty good experience in this just because I saw a lot of kids from the age of 12 to 14, you know, I got to see an entire kind of generation out of SoCal and a lot of them were pretty good. You know, the one thing I think, you know, when you're 12, 13, 14 years old, I think the primary thing kind of for level, obviously it matters how you're doing it, but I think the primary thing is the repetition. You know, I saw a ton of kids where they had a bunch of practices and I knew that that kid probably, you know, had 30%, 40 % more time than some of the other kids. And, you know, sure enough, that kid is more competent at keeping the ball in play. You know, they're able, you know, they've just seen and touched more balls. So, you know, they're going to make more balls. I think it's a balance. I think it really depends on the parents. I think it really depends on the kid. And I think it depends on the environment that they'll be in if they are going to be homeschooled. You know, I will say that, you know, we've had a handful of kids kind of switch from high school to homeschooled and they're in our program. But I feel like there's still strong social aspects in our program. You know, all the boys are tight. They compete a lot. They, you know, I feel like they get their social, you know, they go to lunch. And just kind of our standards are really high. I think this past year we had five kids that graduated that all went to IVs. So, you know, it's totally possible whether you're homeschooled or whether you're in school, I think, to, you know, kind of pursue academic excellence. I think, you know, just because you're doing one thing and not the other, I don't think that that necessarily, you know, takes that away from you. I think tennis can open a ton of doors. And I think I kind of, you know, we've kind of seen that in the last few years. I've seen a lot more tennis kids choosing IV ever since 2020, I feel. I feel like the IVs have been pretty hot, especially for some blue chip players, which I think, you know, if you look prior to 2020, I think the percentages took a pretty drastic jump, which is interesting to see. Yeah, you know, it's funny, you know, in some markets you see people playing for the scholarship and in some other markets you see them playing for entrance, right, into the Princeton, the Harvards. And one of the myths, like, I think if you think about basketball or football, right, the better basketball football players are obviously choosing the SEC, right, Pac -12, whatever that is. But in tennis, you know, I think that, you know, your academics and your tennis have to be, like, at the top scale to go, just because you're not like a bad tennis player if you go to Harvard, you know what I mean? Like, the kid that goes to Harvard or makes the team probably could have gone to PCU, right, or Florida or whatever, you know what I mean? And so it is interesting to see the number of people who say, yes, I've spent 30 grand on tennis for the past eight years and I'm still willing to pay for college, right, because I got into Princeton, Harvard, Yale, etc. But I think it's a big myth where, you know, the United States is so basketball focused, we see Harvard basketball as, like, okay, that's everyone that didn't get chosen by the Illinois, the Wisconsin, the Michigan. And it's not the same, you know what I mean? Yeah, it's different for sure. So when you think about, like, the Ivies, right, you see a lot of kids go to East Coast and you think about, you know, COVID obviously changed something with the home school, you know, sort of situation. People who never considered that it was possible were like, okay, well, we've been living at home for a year and a half and doing online studies, it's not that bad, you know, they're more focused with their time. Did you see more people from families who you thought would not have done it try it post COVID? Yeah, definitely. I think the really popular thing that a lot of people are doing now is kind of a hybrid schedule, which I actually really like a lot. At least in California, I don't know if the schooling system is different everywhere else. I know it was different where I was from. But a lot of these kids, you know, they'll go to school from 8 to 1130 or 8 to 12. And, you know, they have their three hours where, you know, I don't know how they stagger their classes and stuff like that. But I know that pretty much every kid at every school in SoCal is at least able to do this if they so choose. And so they're able to get released around 12 or something. And, you know, they're able to be at afternoon practice and get a full block in. You know, for me, that still enables you to get the hours you need on court and to be able to maintain some of that social. And, you know, if you become, you know, really, really good, I guess, okay, by junior year, maybe you could consider, okay, maybe I should take this a little bit more seriously, maybe I should go full time homeschool. Or, you know, a lot of these kids are in a place where it's, you know, I'm comfortable with my tennis, I like where it's at, I feel like it'll give me opportunity in college. My grades are great. And, you know, maybe that person's a little more academically inclined. And, you know, they want to have a career and they feel like tennis is that great stepping stone. Which I think is a really cool thing about our sport is it just opens a tremendous amount of doors. I feel like if you figure out how to develop and be a good tennis player and how to compete well in tennis, you can you can apply that to almost everything in life. Yeah. So you talk about opening doors, right? When Alex or Lerner were sort of deciding whether to walk through door number one, which is college, or door number two, which is which is obviously turning pro. Right. How did you advise them? You know what I mean? If I say, hey, you know what? Take a couple wildcards. If you went around or two, maybe you go to college. If you win a tournament, maybe you stay out there. If an agency locks you into a deal, right? Then, you know, they normally know what good looks like and they normally have like the ear of the Nike, the Adidas, right? Then you turn pro. What was your advice in terms of if and when, right? Yeah. For those who ask. Well, they were both in different places. I'm gonna start with Lerner cuz he's younger. He actually, you know, did a semester in college. You know, Lerner finished high school, I think, when he was sixteen, sixteen and a half. And so, obviously, your eligibility clock starts, you know, six months after you finish your high school. So, for him, it was, you know, he was so young, he didn't really have much pro experience at that time. You know, he did great things in juniors. You know, he won Kalamazoo. He got his wild card into the men's that year and then, you know, he played a little bit of pro kind of and then, you know, that that January, he went in and and did a semester at USC which I think was a good experience for him socially. He had some eligibility problems which, you know, only let him play about five, six matches toward the end of the year which was kind of disappointing and then, you know, he won Kalamazoo again and so, you know, that was the second trip there and then, you know, by then, he had a little bit more exposure with, you know, agencies and brands and kind of, you know, the stuff that you'd like to see that'll actually give you the financial security to kind of, you know, chase your dream and pass up, you know, the the education, I guess, for the time being. So, you know, I felt like that was really the security was a big was a big thing for him. You know, prior to winning Kalamazoo for the second time, you know, he still had Junior Grand Slams to play. He wasn't playing men's events. So, for him being that age, you know, it was, well, you know, I'm I'm not in a massive rush so why not get a semester in and I think he had a great time. He really liked it. I mean, he he speaks pretty positively about the dual matches. He actually follows college tennis now a little bit more. You know, he will talk about some dual matches which I think is pretty cool and you know, I think it gave him some confidence getting to play for university, getting to represent, you know, seeing that university promotes you. I think there's a lot of benefits there and now, you know, he's got an alumni base. You know, people talk about all, you know, he's a USC Trojan and stuff like that. You know, you see it at all different tournaments. You know, guys are wearing a USC hat and, you know, hey, learner, da da da and you know, I think that that's pretty cool to be a part of, you know, a big family of people who are proud that, you know, they can say they played in the same place and then Alex. Alex was, you know, he was a little old for his grade and he was one that he committed and, you know, the whole time him and learner kind of, you know, talking and, you know, about going pro and da da da da. You know, obviously, it was their dream. You know, I just kept telling Alex, you know, I don't want to hear it. I don't want to hear it until, you know, it's a real problem and so, you know, he gets to 400 in the world and, you know, it's what you do. You get to 400. You know, it's good but at the end of the day, you know, you're not, your life's not changing because you're 400 in the world. You know, so he's 400 in the world and he's, you know, saying stuff to me and I'm like, I could not care less you're going to college and then it was, you know, this was probably in January, February, you know, he starts to kind of do a little bit better and I think at that point, I recognized that he was better than a lot of the guys kind of at the challenger level. You know, just from my perspective, I was seeing kind of what it was, what it was to be 300, what it was to be 200 and I think at that point, like February, March, I fully knew that he was good enough to be there and to be winning those matches but at the same time, you know, having financial security, having set, you know, all of those factors that kind of go into whether I'm going to pass up my education and go pro. You know, it's a big decision and so I remember we were putting it off. I just said, you know, nothing till US Open. I was like, we're not, we're not talking about college till US Open. I said, you know, when we get to US Open, you finish US Open, you have that exposure, you know, we see what happens in those two weeks and then, you know, then we'll kind of make a decision but until then, like, don't even think about it. Don't talk about it. Don't care. You're going to school and I think that mentality really helped him kind of just play free. He was, you know, I'm not playing to go pro. I'm trying to do my job in school, finish my high school. I'm going to tournaments, playing great, just trying to compete and, you know, lucky for him, you know, well, I guess it's not lucky at all. That kid worked his absolute tail off but, you know, he had that success in Chicago at your club and then, you know, he made that little Newport run and I think by then, that was his third or fourth former top 10 win and, you know, he won his challenger. He final the challenger. He'd semied another one. He had kind of shown and, you know, some people have gotten attention and they started believing in him and so then, you know, that's when that big decision kind of came but I feel like for him, he really established himself, improved himself amongst pros which I think is an interesting thing because a lot of the time when you see these juniors kind of go pro sub 18, a lot of the time, it's because they had tremendous junior success which then made them, you know, they had grand slam success and stuff like that but Alex didn't have any of that. You know, Alex was kind of the late bloomer that, you know, in the last year when he was already 18 and aged out of ITF, the kid really just took it to a new level and, you know, I think he really showed that he's kind of ready for what the tour has to offer.
Real Estate Coaching Radio
A highlight from Finally End Phone Fear Forever! (Part 2)
"Welcome to Real Estate Coaching Radio, starring award -winning real estate coaches and number one international bestselling authors, Tim and Julie Harris. This is the number one daily radio show for realtors looking for a no BS, authentic, real time coaching experience. What's really working in today's market, how to generate more leads, make more money, and have more time for what you love in your life. And now your hosts, Tim and Julie Harris. We are back and Julie, I have to say the feedback we've gotten on this topic was, is fantastic. Yes. It seems that we might be onto something. For those of you who are willing to accept the fact that you might be a little reluctant to have actual conversations with people and maybe just maybe that reluctance is leading you to have results that you're not that proud of. Well, guess what? Continue listening because you're going to love part two. We're going to start digging into the specifics of not just the psychology of call reluctance, but also really I think what we could argue would be the very practical application of picking up the phone and having meaningful conversations. And this is part two. If you did not listen to part one, please go back and listen to part one now because I think it will make all these extra points that we'll be sharing with you guys today even more useful to all of you. And as always, thank you for listening to our podcast. Thank you for keeping this number on listen to daily podcast for real estate professionals in the United States. Our way of thanking you every single day is giving you the notes from today's show. The notes from today's show are down below. If you just if you're on YouTube or if you're on iTunes or Stitcher or Spotify or all the billions of places this podcast is listened to, open up the description and you'll see all of our notes there. And while you're there, also, you're going to see some links specifically. Look for the link to join Premier Coaching. It's the next natural step for all of you. You love this podcast. This is the part. You know, this is from all measures that number one listen to daily podcast real estate professionals at least the United States. If you love the podcast, which we know you do, because many of you listen every day, you will not believe the value you get in Premier Coaching. So scroll down below. Click the link to join Premier Coaching. Julie, let's roll in and talk about point number one. Yes, that's right. So again, this is part two yesterday. We got your head straight. So if you missed part one, then you know, you know what to do. So assuming that your mindset is adjusted for success, let's get to the real work of real estate, the work that leads to appointments to contracts and to closings. Point number one, this is the real work time guys, make a minimum number of contacts daily. Remember that a contact is a conversation with a decision making adult about real estate. That number of contacts should equal the number of transactions you need to do this year to meet or exceed your financial goals. For example, if you need 12 deals, you must make at least 12 contacts daily. As your skills increase, that number typically shrinks. Agents with prospecting skills who have overcome their call reluctance can usually set one appointment for about every 10 contacts or so, assuming that they're making contacts with the likely to most likely to list prospects and not just doing something like circle prospecting. Now what Julie just said, I hope you guys are breaking down what she's saying. So the first thing is, if you're a real estate treasure map, you're filling a blank business plan which you get as the first level of premier coaching, once you complete that, if you determine that you need Julie's example, 12 deals in order to, you know, earn enough money to have all your financial needs once and desires fulfilled, well, then you're going to have to make that number of contacts a day. Contact is a conversation with the decision making adult where you're, you know, essentially answering their question, maybe following up to answer a question, maybe you're just having a conversation over at Orange Theory, but you're going to ask for business. Now as you become more professional and prolific, what you're going to realize is the conversations are going to have to start focusing more on actual people who actually have their hands up in their air who are actually looking to transact. Now here's the magic of all this. When you're getting started, it's what Julie said, the number of contacts equals the number of transactions you want to do, but as you start becoming a listing agent, then the number of contacts you make per day, you can adjust that to be the number of listings you need at all times as far as whatever your, again, it's all part of the real estate treasure map which you get as a part of the first level in Premier Coaching, but one of the outputs of that or one of the results of completing it is you're going to know what your number of listings you need at all times, not just transactions but the number of listings because we want to gear you guys towards being listing agents. So let's say in your marketplace, if you had five listings at all times, you know pretty much like clockwork, three of them would be in contract at once, maybe only two let's say. Well, your average commission is $10 ,000, you're making $240 ,000 a year if you have five listings at all times. So you're going to start out by making more contacts, but once you build up to your magic number of listings, then what you're going to do is the number of contacts you're going to make per day has to be at least the number of listings you need at all times to immediately exceed your goals. We take a very numerical, drilled down, common sense, practical, no BS approach to all the coaching that we provide for you guys, so hopefully this will, frankly, make things a lot more clear and easy to understand and mostly apply in your business. That's right. It actually makes it far more predictable than most of you think, right? You actually can apply numbers and make that work. But isn't ultimately what we're working on here with these guys is that they don't have to wait around for the business to come to them and I'm reading your future points. They can actually go to where the business is. Like some of you have this, really it's bad information and really bad training around the idea that you're supposed to do marketing, branding, passive email marketing, passive SMS, all this other stuff, waiting for people to call you. You consider a win when you create a lead. That is not a win. Leads have no value. Pre -qualified motivated leads have value. Stop giving yourself a win in your head psychologically when it all is just a stinking lead. That is the biggest mistake and it's frankly bad training the agents have been taught and it's not just the last 10 years, it's really the last 30. You created a contact. You didn't create a lead. Yeah. Who cares? You're building your phone book. I mean, well, a lot of these guys don't know what phone books are, but I mean... Your contact database, your CRM, you're collecting names and numbers of people. That does not necessarily mean they're going to transact with you. We said this yesterday and we say it a lot and it is true and again, it's worth repeating because it's such, I think, different information for all of you. Your goal is not to have a ton of leads. That is an enormous mistake. Your goal is to have a handful of leads. Then those leads are all pre -qualified and primarily listing leads and they're ready to list their homes. Maybe the contracts are signed. Maybe they're going to sign the contract in the next 60 days. The point is, is your goal is not to have 20, 30, 40, 50 ,000 leads. Your goal is to have a few leads, mostly even our top producing agents, less than like 15. And when Julie and I are having a lead coaching call and we ask about their leads, if they're giving us a long list of leads or they're saying, well, you know, screenshotting their database with the number of like 42 million, with the number of leads they're dripping on, no, that person is not doing their job. Well, they didn't actually understand the question if they're doing that. Right. You don't know what a lead is. A lead is a pre -qualified, ideally using our scripts, buyer or seller, ideally a seller, who you know what their motivation, you know what their timeframe is, you know what their half to sell is, you know everything about them. That's a lead. Also, they know who you are. And there are tons and tons, millions and millions of people out there that are actually able to be called pre -qualified at that level to list their homes sometime in the next 12 months or less, ideally 90 days or less. You just have to be willing to have the real conversations. Stop burying your head in the sand thinking that a massive number of leads is somehow going to cure your lack of actual skill and your unwillingness to have these actual conversations. It is critically important that you move past the belief that this is a, you know, sort of mass numbers game. It is, of course, a contact sport. That's what real estate and mall sales is. But it's a contact sport that results in you having a pre -qualified lead. Be very clear about that. Which means you have to get over your call reluctance. And point number two, in part two, is to focus on the person you're speaking to more than you're focused on your thoughts and feelings about being on the phone. You're calling to be of service. Maya Angelou famously stated, they'll forget what you said, but remember how you made them feel. So be fascinated by them. Remove the words I, me, my, and mine as much as possible to avoid making it all about you. Ask more questions and make fewer statements. Resist interrupting and sounding anxious to get to the next question. I had someone message us on Instagram that basically said that we're in conflict when we say, because we do say both things. Our highest and truest purpose in this planet is to be of service to others, and at the same time, we will occasionally say the other truth, which is everyone's primary motivation is themselves. Everybody is mostly focused on themselves. Both of those things are true, and here's how they're both true. Because I do accept the fact that everyone, if you're focused on, and everyone is naturally this way. What's in it for me? How does this make me feel? You can't really move past that, and to think or to try to guilt people and to not, it's the Ayn Rand, Atlas Shrugged kind of thing, right? But to have people believe that their highest and truest purpose is not primarily the betterment of themselves is complete out of alignment with how, frankly, humans are actually wired. But have you to accept the fact that the way you better yourself is by being of service to others, and then those two motivations are in alignment. You guys get it? So if your highest and truest purpose is to take care of yourself, to make your life better, to take care of your family, really, that is where your primary focus always is, whether you go down and admit it or not. Okay, that is not in conflict with what society wants you to do, which is to be of service to other people, because by being of service to other people, you actually are improving your own lot in life. You're becoming the best version of you as a real estate professional, and a real estate professional is here to be of service to other people. Hopefully you guys now understand that, that our philosophies are in perfect alignment with how a lot of you guys already naturally think. That's right. So it comes down to reminding yourself, when you're over your call reluctance and you're on a real conversation with a real person, pay attention to what they're saying. Don't just ask the script questions, listen to their answers. So Julie also said something in that, and I want you guys to think about this. She said, without using these words, she said, remove personal pronouns when you're talking to people. Why? Everyone's favorite topic is themselves, remember what I just said. Everyone wants to talk about themselves. Everyone wants to have other people show interest in them.
Mark Levin
Caller: Impeaching Biden Is a Great Idea, But Harris Is Just As Bad
"As bad as making speeches as he you is hear that speech which she made you know about time well there's something about time well we have time and there's i mean what in the world are you talking about she's as bumbling as he is yeah i i now hold on now come on let's be realistic here she she's not the smartest chick you've ever seen in politics but she's not as dumb as joe biden is right now all right let's let's dial back the crazy joe biden's on a different scale right now with with not being able to put together coherent sentences but this idea as klyburn says that you know hey this is a guy that are you know 31 percent of americans have a favorable view of kamala harris even lower than biden it's because she's quote a woman of woman color to and be vice first president so she'd be just fine as the president look if you're at the white house tonight you're concerned over this uh in a way that would make many of you very very i i mean you got to be sitting around going we need a vice president to bring something to table because there's no way that you can vote for joe biden this election not think hey there's a real chance his running there's hate okay a real chance that his running mate is going to end up being the president of the united states of america and i also say this i know why kamala harris was picked it's because she looked at joe biden on stage and called him a racist this is the same guy by the way just called an african -american l l o o j a boy this week right so it's real like the racism is real and they basically like all right crap we gotta we gotta go with this right like this is what we're gonna have to do we're gonna have to we're gonna have to find a woman get kamala harris on here so she'll shut up about the race baiting all right that's gonna shut up on the race baiting and that'll be it well that'll
Mark Levin
Rep. Jim Clyburn Blames Racism for Kamala Harris' Low Approval Rating
"Has the capacity and the capability uh... to be president of the united states have called upon to do so i know that your i mean uh... i love this rights because she's a woman jim kleiber and you don't like comma here she races because she's a woman of color in the first woman to be vice president and so that's the reason why people don't like because her she's black you're racist so you better supporter because she's black i don't think that's going to bring people around i may be wrong but i don't think yelling that if don't you like kamala harris you're a racist is going to bring a bunch of voters all are yep you're right jim kleiber said it spot on right right spot on here yet i'm sorry you have you figured it out i'm a racist i hate black women that's what he's saying if you don't support kamala harris and that's part of if you remember what they did the media did and what democrats did never forget with barack obama right remember when he was running it was like well if you don't support barack obama that's your racist tendencies coming out you couldn't disagree with him because of policies you couldn't disagree with him because of what he stood for no no if you disagreed with him you disagreed with him because the color of his skin and you're a racist and they shame people into voting for barack because obama people are like well i'm not racist i'll prove it here i'll vote for that guy there see i voted for that guy now you can't tell me i'm a racist jim cliburn's like hey if you don't like kamala then it's because she's a black woman so you hate women and you're and you hate and you and racist that's what you are you are a racist 1 -877 -381 38 11 1 877 38 1 38 11 let me go paul
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The Ben Shapiro Show
"united states" Discussed on The Ben Shapiro Show
"Their ads cropped up on our website daily wire. So here's the thing. Ads on our site are largely automated. It is not as the was like we definitely need to appear on daily wire but if they had who cares like that's good. I don't care if worby parker appears on the on the abc news or nbc news or or hell daily kos website. I don't care. It makes no difference to me but apparently makes a huge difference to people on the left got very very angry at warwick parker for one of their ads automatically cropping up on the daily wire page and War parker then decided to make a statement that they were not going to allow ads to appear on our page ever ever again. So here's the thing all of you guys. All my fans feel free to never go to war parker again really. They just lost a lot more customers by me saying that than they did by taking the ad by leaving me out on the side if they'd left the add on site i wouldn't be on the air right now telling you not to shop at four parker but don't bother because obviously there. Whoa kness takes priority over their interest in reaching you. The consumers who include by the way many people who don't agree with me on politics as a as kevin national review puts it. He says all these people you know who listen to my show. They do bhai reasonably priced. I wear they bought eyewear at worby parker store and north center in dallas at the worby parker boutique in the woodland's and addison at west bend and fort worth legacy point in plano where we parker's cosio boom bell rejoices in the greenwich village address. What she pays a multi million dollar homes decorated with jeff koons paintings but his but a good chunk of his customer base lives elsewhere elsewhere so do his employees so a lot of his potential investors because the company is currently planning ipo. So i look forward to. None of the people listened to my show buying their stock or short-selling that'd be terrible if we parker's stock were tank over this so so bad but the point is this. These corporations have decided they are going to mirror the woke priorities of radical left that is seeking to destroy any level of common cause in the united states which is why lift is now proudly coming out and saying that they are going to pay legal bills for any drivers who get sued under the new texas abortion law. Now maybe they have to do that legally because they don't want people who worked for lift quitting their job at a fear of legal liability but that's not all. They said they'd interesting. Listen we want to protect all of our drivers from legal liability. No matter where they're transporting people because listen we're just a transportation company and so we're going to contribute to their defense. Instead the lift general counsel came out and said every single company should follow our lead and actually fund the abortion process like this were doing an active good abortion as an active. Go these your major corporations. Here's the lift general counsel either Neil i think abortion has been historically considered a third rail issue one that businesses. Don't take a stand on i. I hope that that changes. I hope that this is the moment that changes. I'm very proud to work at lift. Where we bring our values to the forefront and i'm very proud to have two male co founders. John logan who actually this idea originated with logan our ceo. And of course. I was very happy to stand in support of it unhappy to be speaking with you now. i many women and many men. Nearly everybody knows a loved one. Maybe themselves partner who has had an abortion and this is a women's rights women's health issue so this should be an issue that every company is willing to speak out on america's corporations are militarized against traditional americans and their world views and their values from google lift and actress that our university system obviously over the weekend. Peter bogosian. Who is this professor over at portland. State university kikwit portland state university. Because he said it's just become unlivable. Here you guys have made it. They freedom of inquiry is just not a thing here. he says. I eventually became convinced corrupted bodies scholarship responsible for justifying radical departures from the traditional role of liberal arts schools in basic civility on campus. And so he engaged in. What was called the so-called squared hoax. Right where he submitted a bunch of fake papers to a bunch of academic journals to demonstrate. How stupid the academic journals are one of them. In two thousand seventeen was an intentionally garbled reviewed paper that took aim at the new orthodoxy. It's what its title was quote the conceptual penis as a social construct. It was published in cogent social science sciences. Which is a journal. It argued penises. Were the product of the human mind and responsible for climate change. Okay this resulted in such blowback from portland. State university that he ended up. Having to quit. Administrators faculty were so angered by. The paper says peterberg goes and they published an anonymous piece in the student. Paper and portland filed formal charges against me. They accused him of research misconduct. Based on the absurd premise. The journal editors who accepted are intentionally. Deranged articles were human subjects though he was experimenting on them with a drug of some sort. Meanwhile ideological intolerance continued to grow portland state in march. a tenured. professor professor disrupted a public conversation. I was holding with author christina hoff sommers and evolutionary biologists brett weinstein and heather hiring in june two thousand eighteen. Someone triggered the fire alarm during my conversation with popular cultural critic. Karl benjamin in october two thousand eighteen and activists pulled the speaker wires to interrupt panel but former google engineer james damore. No one was punished or disciplined. He said this is about the kind of institutions we want and the kind of values we choose every idea that has vans human freedom has always without fail initially condemned as individuals. Who often seem incapable of remembering this lesson. That's exactly what our institutions are for tremendous. The freedoms questions are fundamental. Right portland state. University has failed in fulfilling this duty. This of course is exactly right. And it's not just those institutions is our scientific institutions that are failing us over the weekend. Eight series of medical journals. Two hundred of them decided to issue a statement about climate. Change medical journals. I don't know what your podiatrist knows about. Climate change how your address. Your podiatrist knows about gastroenterology. But apparently we're supposed to believe that if you have an md after name your suddenly an expert in climatology because all of our institutions have been corrupted by woke group thing i left wing group think which is taking all of the commonalities that we have tearing them apart from science to higher learning to free speech to even the notion of a color blind meritocracy. All those things are being destroyed piece by piece in the united states and of course we are supposed to ignore it it. All all of this culminates by the way in bully tactics that are given the full. Go ahead by the media. Most obvious case in point over the course of last couple of days is this video that i discovered when i came on line of my friend larry elder. Who's running for governor of california and who happens to be a black man walking through a crowd and a woke a woke person wearing a gorilla mask throwing an egg at him but this woman is woke and whites. This means that she's an anti racist activist. And larry is conservative and black which means of course. He's a white supremacist. The headline from the media is more like anti-racist activists throws egg at evil white supremacist. But here's the actual video of a black man having an egg him by a woman wearing a gorilla mass which is apparently totally fine because again morality is beside the point opening. There's learning walking down the streets.
The United States of Animals Podcast
"united states" Discussed on The United States of Animals Podcast
"We the people and the animals of the usa united states animals in order to form our perfect union between the species provide the protection and defense of all promote the general welfare of all saban beings bird or feathered scaled or orphaned to our four footed proclaim all animals and people are created equal. So let's celebrate incredible bond between people and animals the special friendships prior no words and the amazing devotion that makes all our lives so much better with your host. United states of animals ambassador. Animal behaviorists an animal fanatic tabby trujillo and this week is the final part of my conversation with the amazing shannon j a person with an uncanny understanding of feline behavior now's a result has been instrumental in bringing scores of lost cats back to their families and saving the lives of hundreds of cats who have been victims of disasters like wildfires. This episode is a little shorter than usual but there were just two more stories about how incredible cats are that we just had to get in so many people think a cat is just a creature you feed and water and clean up after but they want to go home. It's like you're dami. I've spent my life around animals. Of every kind i'd lived in alaska. I've been around bears. Wolves every animal known to mankind. I have never seen an animal with a will to survive like a cat. Never nothing even close. I helped the woman in los angeles three or four months ago. I forgot the kitties name. She was taking him to the vet to get neutered. She was just a volunteer. It was taken him in for an organization to get neutered and she for whatever reason she thought she could carry him from the parking lot to the vet clinic and of course he went crazy scraper all up and he was gone vanished and she gone contacted me and i told her everything she had to do. This was somewhere right in the middle of los angeles near downtown and she never gave up on this cat. One lead after one tip after another after another after another after another and talk to her. I said at this point he could be anywhere and setting cameras. And bait stations isn't gonna work. I said you have to carpet bomb every neighborhood every social media site next door facebook everything with his picture in everything and she ran down one empty tip after another. After another and on christmas day she gets one more tip and she almost didn't go so much said. I just found this orange cat that sitting in an alley and she found him on day fifty. It was him. She found him in an alley with a catastrophic upper respiratory infection. Both eyes glued shut lost over half his body weight and when she got him to a apparently a world-class emergency feline rescue center hospital. The vet told her he was three hours from death. After fifty days on christmas day he is alive. And well shannon you will. You won't believe this. But i knew that was an orange cat and you really. Yeah because i gave her involved in that she didn't give up and she. She ran down so many tips for week. I mean on day fifty and literally the vet told her. He was in critical critical. Care hanging by a thread. And we knew about this and we offered to adopt this cat when he got well. Sunny recouped at the foster who lost him recouped at her home and she adopted him. She did yes she did. I mean it was a week or ten days of touch and go. I know like everybody else every hour. I'm like how's he doing better. He's getting better or you had a setback. He's better yet. Another trans whatever is getting and it was just a. We were rolling along. And i was re sharing the go fund me for that cat. Is the bills. Were going crazy. If i deserve the credit i'll take it. But she was in the trenches. she was responsive. She claimed camera she fall leads. She did not give up on sunny and in the end tammy it saved his life. You remember the national bombing. Yes a help natural musician rescue his katy cat in natural bombing. I remember that one a remotely. You lived in the apartment right where the bomb went off in a blue every window out of his house. That's buck and kitty cat. was molly. Buck got blown into the back room of his house that bomb blasts and he was in the hospital in one of his friends. Christie contacted me and said somehow she heard about me and said what do i do i do. I said lay it all out for me. What does it look like. what's it like. She ever been outside. She never in floor in. Apparently people had been in. And out. And look for. And i was like. I've kind of doing the math. And i'm just trying to visualize my ad. I said she's still inside that apartment. Kono they looked. I said tell somebody to go back. She is in that apartment. She didn't leave. And then the next day they get a couple of good old my brothers and sisters from an actual police department go inside a molly is hiding under -able superficial glass cuts and i got a picture of buck standing here with molly when they brought her out in you know. I wasn't responsible for rescue. But i got it them helping. I said okay. i'll tell them no. They went looked. I said i'm telling you when he's go back. She is in that apartment because he got blown all the way into the back cut. Glass couldn't hear couldn't has cheated. Lee that apartment. That's her homer for three years her life. She's never left he. She's not gonna leave it. He's hiding in there somewhere attack hide somewhere. You can't even believe that. God no kidding my cats and my house all the time yes so i don't know where he's at in this house somewhere and then they have here. They appear news the bad part that you don't know where they're hiding spot was no because they appear like magic they do you know. Here's one to leave you with when it comes to caswell to survive in. This is my best description. Ever cat will fight like the third monkey on the ramp to noah's ark in it's raining i love how you talk. People know the story of noah he took pairs to you by two yet. But if you're imagine there's a third monkey trying to get on ramp. He's only taken to not monkeys gonna fight to get on that to get on that arc and that's why the cat will fight like third monkey on the ramp. The knows arkan. It's raining. They will not ever stop fighting. They just they. Do you know in a fire. Disaster or any kind of disaster of the animal rescues. Cassar are always left behind. Never it's always about the dogs more is in the cats or never in. But were were changing that and we're gonna. This is something the world has never seen him. This story needs to be shared. God i love your stories. I could listen. Don't day it's been awesome chatting with you just to relive these successful miracle like alert dir miracles. Oh kind of course. They don't absolute. They are beans are living miracles and they deserve so much well and we just we just do everything we can form. is something else isn't it. It is and shannon is sharing. His story with the world. Look for his book. Fire cats feline rescue in the burn zone to be coming out soon and documentaries in the works on his dramatic fire rescues and you can keep up with shannon j on facebook if you have a cat now remembered their crafty and they're clever by nature so shannon says don't bet against cat we'll see you next week. On the united states of animals. There are more great stories and pictures on our website. United states animals dot com. And we'd love it when you email us with your own amazing stories about you and your pets. You might even feature your story on the show. Don't forget to follow us on facebook and like us on twitter and give your best friend a high popeye or a hug from us. United states of animals podcast features. Your host tammy trujillo and is produced and directed by tim piper available. Wherever you get your podcasts..
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"I left a trapped right next to the wheel. Well she was sitting under. And i came back in the morning in. Douglas was with me. And i slowly walked up and i see that the trap was untouched. Nothing was Occurred in i lay down dirt on the ground and i peeked my head flashlight. And she was in the same spot bernie yet and if the time i didn't even know who she was i just knew that she badly burn when an animal's that badly injured and this is just some of the things i learned along the way. They you know. Magin your worst pain of your whole life. Are you remotely interested in food right right. No we're talking catastrophic paint and there's no interest in food so you know what's a hail mary to put some food out and just hope they'll come out but she was in there and she wasn't coming out and so i said doug this cat is going to lay in this truck in agony for days. Die if we don't get her out. So i cooked up a plan. I went and got the jack my tire. Jack outta my truck and over a period of an hour and a half. That was a free protracted rescue a partition off the truck with chicken wire. She couldn't escape. And i jacked it up. And i blocked it up. It's called cribbing. That blocked up with cinderblocks. Just happened on this property and got up just high enough or i could reach in and by now she had dropped out of the engine compartment sitting on the ground with third degree burns and all four of her feet covered in costing diesel fuel. Did it leaked onto the truck. She screaming bloody murder. And i snatched her out through in the carrier and did a hundred mile an hour. Run to the emergency vet hospital which you set up her patients. I called them ahead of time. So i'm inbound with a critical burn patient and that was that so the rescue mama cat in mama. Cat was in the hospital for twenty three days an bandages for sixty two days from her catastrophic burns she recovered. Her family was not able to take her back at the time. And so here. We are almost three years later. A mama cat is in residence in my home. A very good life amazing right. That's j. The man who rescues fire cats or fire monkeys as he calls them. There is much more with shannon coming up next week on the united states of animals. Podcast and you can follow shannon on facebook. just do a search for shannon.
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"The one hundred the burned out underneath the burned out truck. I remember a cat under the truck. I didn't remember her name. Tell us about that lama cat. So mama cat. So hide arrived on day. Five and so little backstory. My my good friend. Catherine parsons going back to the tubs. Fire two thousand seventeen. She and i became acquainted from my work. At the tubs fire. And she decided she was going to produce and make a documentary film called. The fire cast of santa rosa. So catherine started on that project in people say. Oh yeah you get this fire and We'll just be in and out in a month or two in like no. It doesn't work that way. Efforts go on for a long long time like a year two years three years. I mean it just goes on and on doesn't end doesn't end so catherine came down from. She's from canada. Toronto came down hard. Some simple talk offers and shot footage and all that was sort of in post production from the fire cast of santa rosa and then november ninth two thousand and eighteen. The campfire broke out and that changed everything so her project then became a completely different animal for the film which was renamed the fire cats so so catherine already friends by then. He spent a lot of time in person visiting and so she hired a a cinematographer a well known drones. Cinematographer named douglas thron. And when a campfire broke out so the day that fire broke out. I was working my second job where i teach at a police academy. I'm a firearms. Instructor is a part time job. And that morning i remember shooting on the to arrange in the morning and around nine thirty in the morning we took a break in the wind was swirling. It was just kind of weird weather like what we all describe as earthquake weather right right. 'cause i grew i grew up in southern california child. Okay i know that whether it was just had a weird vibe myself and might fifteen recruits. Were sitting outside just taking a break in a wind swirling and i looked to the east mountain and napa county called mount saint i saw little darks smudge over the backside of it looked at it and i looked down. I said that looks like smoke. And it looked at it. And i said no that smoke dish those clauses at that smoke but judging by the wind at sea level where i was at which is basically sea level looking to the east and i knew that smoke was coming from a long ways away in the mountains. We'd had those offshore winds goes northeast. Winds and i looked data my sought growing and i look at him. I said you're looking at the beginnings of a monster. That's the exact phrase. I used and they were like y'all. You're smoking your socks. So i got on my iphone. And i punched in fire in california and i saw the campfire in paradise unfolding on media and i immediately contacted catherine the call katherine paradise on. She should oh. My god. And i said i'm going so she hired douglas. The cinematographer joined me. I think on day six. I'd already been inside working. I was able to get into this terrible nightmare. Were authorities were not letting trained rescuers in this was a monumental amount of casualties felines alone was in the thousands and they were not letting anybody in but this one particular organization which i will not name that ended up turning into a complete nightmare and i was getting with my credentials and so i was able to for the first few days. Get in a couple of convoys actually ran into a couple of my friends over there who are. hp offers that. I teach at the academy with and and i got two convoys. We rescued a lot of cats..
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"So in the beginning of every fire I have worked on and to date. I've worked six major western. Us wildfires cal northern california oregon so for example. The campfire which the campfire was in paradise was the mother of all fires. Took out that town. Fifteen thousand five hundred homes and an entire city wiped right off the map. Right of human souls lost in thousands and thousands of this place in las cats burned injured. Show i arrived at the campfire on day. Five and was able to gain entry due to my law enforcement. Profession and i got in there as social media was pulling up the lost and found pages on facebook 'cause by then people can already knew what i did and i had you know people that were reporting their loss kastner addresses and show don day one and two. I'd already had a list of addresses but at that point it was about triage. It was about getting there and start looking for burned up cats right. And that's what i did for the first couple of nights and then i had. We started to get more intel more addresses like his arcadia. Get pictures and i just would take. You know hundreds of pages of notes this address this cat. And then i would start making my rounds working at night and cruising around with the thermal scope at my pickup truck with all my gear. And you're traversing all across the city. And anytime i saw a cat anywhere. I would try and get as close to it as i could out food and water and then make make a notation back out and go looking for cast. Were obviously burned injured in trying to get them and then get to the other. The the known cat addresses and so they develop took the and the people were mapping into research so many people involved behind the scenes. It's just crazy how some we'd learned so much during the campfire because it was just a gigantic followed you on that on social media. Yeah that was That was a life changing experience. It's an emotional thing for you. I can hear it in. Oh yeah what are these cats like when you finally do trap them because you know they've been domestic cats they've been involved in a family then they go through something. None of us should ever go through. So they're totally traumatized. they've been trapped are they. I i know every cat has different personality wise and experience wise but are they friendly at all when you get a hold of them or are they just crazy. I'm over very you know it just depended but very often there were very vocal. I mean some catches screaming screaming in the traps just scared to.
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"Better with your host united states of animals ambassador animal behaviorist animal fanatic tabby trujillo and i am so excited to get the united states of animals. Podcast off the ground and on the air. Our first guest is one of the most remarkable people i have ever met. His name is shannon j and there was so much talk about that. Our conversation lasted nearly two hours. So we'll hear part one this week and part two next week on the united states of animals. If i had to introduce you how to introduce. What would i say about you. Oh boy i don't know well. I just spent the last thirty three years of my life being a full time. Sworn law enforcement officer. And i retired about forty five days ago after thirty three years as an officer. That doesn't define who i am. But that was a you know your career and your life is a big thing. And i just wrote off into the sunset from that long career in An animal advocate in lover. My whole life and by a funny stroke events got involved in the feline search and rescue avocation. Do it for money. Three and a half years ago some three and a half years ago almost four years ago. Yeah almost four years ago. Wow now you actually go into. Fire burn areas after the fires are out because when a fire comes through you can probably grab your dog but good luck getting your cats exactly yup precisely and you actually find them. How did you learn all these techniques that you use. Well tammy was an interesting genesis to my entry into the world of distress displaced feline. Search and rescue so in October eighth of two thousand seventeen. We had the biggest and most destructive wildfires in california history at the time was the tubs fire mma county and two thousand seventeen which was right here in in my community. The night that fire broke out. I was actually a patient enlarge hospital in santa rosa where had been admitted due to complications from brain surgery. So i was in the hospital in awoken at four in the morning with the nurse screaming tonight face saying get up get out the hospitals about the burn up a walk out into a firestorm of fire on three sides and they tried to evacuate me on a bus for another hospital and i said i'm not getting on your bus and i'd just promptly left a girlfriend was heather was become grabbed. Me up took a couple of hours to get me because of the craziness of the fire and people just running and driving in every conceivable direction to escape the flames and we'll we got home at six thirty that morning. The scope in the magnitude of that fire began to emerge as we turn on the television and just saw an i disliked. Harry said my god. Do you know how many animals and cats are going to be burned up lost and scared and gone so backing up about year and a half earlier one of my indoor only kitty cats. A cat named kate escaped our house and vanished without a trace for thirteen days and nights in. That was the genesis of how i started to learn about las cats and behavior and how to find them and rescue them and Of course in the first few days. I did everything wrong in a few things right and eventually i hired a woman who's considered one of the best lost cat fighters in the country if not the world and through that ordeal and it was horrible. My felines my family. They're in my life blood. They mean everything to me. And i make no apology because a lot of people like it's just a cat and if anyone ever says it's just a cat and i said look i don't. We have anything to talk about. And i just known..
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"Team to the olympics. Yeah they had four years ago this time now. I'm not gonna pretend i know. An how how. Dan rate and splaying compared to kevin love win. Assume jalen rose knows at least that you know that statistically that Maybe aden's belongs there but isn't it kind of how ironic or notable that somebody. Espn pianist saying that The there's Someone being chosen because race. You know there's a guy being chosen for this job this assignment. This this honor because of race I'm gonna guess jalen rose probably could think of wanted to people for the For affirmative action program whether it's official or not at espn who maybe were chosen because race. But we don't get into that. We're talking usa basketball. And i you could say you know. Kevin love doesn't belong in the team. But you really think that they are afraid to send an all black team when they just did it for years ago. I mean it seems like a leib but maybe you know maybe onto something but isn't that the culture we live in where everything is about race in. Everyone's chosen based on race. Isn't that something that's happened. All over society i mean as as our president points out free out of five commercials now have mixed race marriages original marriages on tv commercials. So i wouldn't put it past the olympic committee but let's let's be consistent. Jalen rose anytime you see. Someone being chosen partly based on race or sex or sexuality or ethnicity. Why don't you pointed out. Why don't you point it out and condemn it. Let's just not stick strictly to the nc a the usa basketball team Which is coach gregg popovich. So they have you know one of the big names gone is white gregg popovich but kevin. You have this. You're looking at this now Jason whitlock who now writes for The blaze i'll give it give it six months and he's as he always does. He is provocative. And he is a contrarian and he writes a column. I read it and generally generally praise with locke's they thought provoking guy. But he's lead rips the hell out of palin roses man here and in fact. Here's the opening sentence. Jalen rose's ignorant comments smearing white nba player. Kevin love as a token member of the us. Olympic team is just another example of why. Espn's athletes turned. Broadcasters need to shut up and drivel get it not triple triple they should dribble about xs and os not complex societal. Racial issues rose as well beyond his depth. He wants to be provocative edgy and militant. He failed okay first of all he fail. He wants to be provocative that means he wants to provoke key provoked. He provoked discussion debate. All over the place on a topic that there was no interest until jalen rose chimed in a secondly. I hate when people do. I don't do this. I don't say shut up and dribble dribble laura ingraham or shut up and dribble like jason whitlock. Jalen rose hosts what does the show host even though the show hosts on espn. And i assume as a fairly. That's an espn podcast. I'm not sure what it's called but jalen rose show probably You really want jalen rose to stick to xs and os well. Let's be honest jason with luck. You don't do that. I would never say you're beyond your depth. And i wouldn't listen or read you if you did stick to x.'s. Knows so i think that's sorta hypocritical telling anybody stick to xs and os. I mean jalen. Rose is not a player anymore. He's not even you know like an nba a like one of these strictly nba analyst guys like I can't even think of an nba analyst guy who generally sticks to xs and os. But that's not jalen rose's job was. He's he's supposed to be provocative and edgy and mill militant but he slams him he quotes jalen rose slam some good and then as far as i can tell. I don't know if you read this craig. He makes the case for it. He makes the case. He supports the premise. The kevin love was picked so they would have a white guy he literally makes the case. That jalen rose made after telling them after. Saying he's ignorant and out of his depth he literally lists the potential way. Obviously the best white players are all from foreign countries including you know luka doncic. mvp joke it Those kinds of from foreign lands the best white players. The best american born white player by the way. Did you see this self expensive. Find this interesting. Gordon hayward the american born white player he got hurt in april. No surprise he's been through a million injuries. He can't go to the olympics. Because you know you'd get hurt. So you're either potential white candidates joe harris. Jr riddick duncan robinson tyler herro kevin herder. That's the redhead who who's been emerging star in the playoffs here and alex nobody there jumps out. There's no obviously larry bird or even chris mullin or kevin love and his prime. I mean there isn't a guy like that but he. I don't know if you read this goes some there says another one. Jason with lock's things. And i guess he's free do at the blaze. He's got his own. Whatever podcast column. But he rips people in interracial marriages because he somehow thinks that they're just read it says. Jalen rose incapable of deducing. What's really driving olympic decision. Making plus he likes to race bait many black men who are killed ridden about marrying outside their race mask. Their guilt with public militancy writes. I have zero problem with interracial relationships. Great that's great. That's great jason. My problem is with the hypocrites who pretend to dislike the white tree while pushing themselves with the fruit. Cut it out kevin. Love does not deserve to have his olympic experience smeared. So the jalen rose can sound like a tough guy. Honest podcast. It's unfair to love. He's doing his nba brethren a solid. What he saying that jack. I assume when you read that. Now i don't know jalen do i know jalen rose is i believe. Is he married to the woman who's on first. Take with mean luck with with kellerman and stephen. I believe that's his wife and good luck to him. She's very lovely woman. But he thinks because he's an interim i can't even because he's in an interracial marriage he just gets us again. He has no problem with racial marriages check. We'll give that got it. Good jason my problem is with the hypocrites who pretend to dislike the white tree while pledging themselves with the fruit what is I don't know if someone's proofreading this. Glenn beck proof reading this latest blaze columnist. Lock is nothing. If not provocative made he doesn't ever let you down. You will never read. Lock and say boy. That's that was boring. But his problem is with the hypocrites who disliked the white tree. june. Rose i mean again. Does he disliked the white tree. He just says that the us olympic committee doesn't want to send an all black team which is stupid but it's a it's legit opinion any backs it up. He literally he literally says who should replace. Kevin love and why it should be an all black team so you disagree with jalen rose but you can't say. He dislikes the white tree at. He's pleasure self with the fruit. Wow i mean i would. If i were to type those words craig eat on. How how this works and then you read it over. I would that would stop me right there and say is this what i mean really i mean he does a nice job of rip out of you know jalen rose and say and he's he's deputy doesn't nice job of tearing them apart but that jalen rose is doing this because he's married to a white woman. Okay well man. We got a lot today a lot of dumb crazy. wacky weed. anti-american ray soul. Racial stuff today is a pretty wild weekend for the provocateurs in these sports world. Wouldn't you say craig..
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"Army. Yes we do. who are they rick. American people behind every blade of grass but of those american people. You're gonna have a division you're going to have a division between those who backed the current regime's all i can the current government who oppose. You're going to have those who oppose it are standing army is going to come from every single person who has ever gotten a deer hunting license. Eleven point five million hunters in the us. We own the guns we own the guns and we will sit. I'm gonna use a james tube and rick. Warren analogy here. Hunters have been known to sit in a tree. Earn a blind for fifteen hours to make one shot exactly. Do you really think homeboy from the hood with his nine millimeter turn. Sideways has a prayer with eleven point. Five million of us not a chance. And you've got their spokeswoman. The person that they put up there on a pedestal bad ugly constipated chick named greta who thinks that their generation is going to create a revolution. Sister generation. can't even decide how many people that are male or female. So if you want to go this route because this is the route that your government is pushing towards let's dance. I like what mr christopher johns said. Here we are the world's largest non official armed force in the world. Why do you think nobody has invaded. Knock on wood. And i want to put a plug in here. Gentlemen for the american veteran the men that i know in this town where i live. There are many men and women who are veterans. Who will not take this setting down. I know i know them personally. I know that they are well armed. And i know that they still believe because that oath they took eddie like you were talking about. It doesn't end when they get out of the military doesn't end when they sit there and take the uniform off it's in their heart and they uphold that oath all their life. Like i said before rick if you wear a badge or if you're in our military you've taken that oath to uphold the constitution the united states if you fail to do so if you are anti american if you are anti-constitution you need to remove yourself from whatever profession it is that you're in if you took that oath if you're a law enforcement officer i don't care what law enforcement officer you are where your pd state county. Whatever the case might be you need to take yourself out. Take take yourself out of that law enforcement put the badge away because you're not upholding you don't deserve. You do not deserve to wear that badge. If you in the military and join the military to uphold the constitution and to protect the life of the united states american people. You need to remove yourself somehow or go up until your superior that you cannot uphold the constitution. The united states. Because you're an idiot needed to go flood up to him until them right out that you can't do it because that is the whole reason for the united states. That's why we are the united states of america. that's why we are the greatest country in the world. That's why we should defend about our constitution because we are the greatest country and we need to uphold that because with what we have an office right now gentlemen. We are the laughing stock of the entire world. We have idiots running the united states of america. That have no. Yes early clue what they're doing. They have no nope. No pride in our american heritage. They have no honor. They have nothing and yet. They're running the united states. We've got people. Starting fires arson thefts burglaries assaults. Murders taking place within our streets. But that's okay because these are on the far left there idiots in what in the first time in american a patriot steps out to defend something. Oh you guys are a bunch of freaking killers in this that and the other no. We're just protecting what we got. And we're not gonna let you guys destroys being let me do a little housekeeping here. Mr tomas gonzalez haven't seen or heard from you in this group. You're more than welcome to watch our shows and make comments we welcome it. But don't post a link in our chat room for people to click on selling bullshit. That's not what this forum is for. Please don't do that. shit again. Does will ban them. That's your only one warning that's it. Nobody gives a shit. If you can make two hundred seventy five dollars and seventy five cents a day from your home. I don't give a shit. That's not what this form is about. This is about people who speak their mind. Who care about this country who want to see this country going in the right direction. Not your bullshit website. Thank you. I appreciate that very much and this is the kind of stuff that we have to look out for. Gentlemen we are going to have and we are going to go going to be going up against a lot of people who think that this administration is the most admirable thing that ever come along. I'm sorry to say but that's not my belief that's not my stand because i remember an i know an america a strong america that stood for every american citizen and the american citizen obeyed all the laws of the country all the laws of the land and we helped each other and we loved each other. Actually boy isn't data. Unique word put out today. Love another thing that they did they loved and we love our country..
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"There. They have nothing. We send money down there. That money is taken. It doesn't go to. the people. Maybe fractured goes to the people. The rest of it goes to the people in power the people in charge then because of our week policies the cartel nose and families here united says no. Hey if you just send the child the child get in right. What about the kids. That are being sent to san diego or somewhere else with their parents that are not in the country. Wh what happens to them family members family. Somebody's year gotcha. There's one seventeen year old girl. They've had for three hundred days hundred days. She's a sitting up because they can't find a place to place her. So h has actively trying to place these kids all across the united states. This is the biggest this is the biggest child deployment probably in the history of the country. There were one hundred seventy two thousand incursions with unaccompanied minors last month. We're going to break the record for unaccompanied minors coming to the united states. This year next month at the current rate. Well it really correct. You don't really see a lot of that on on on cnn or or anything incident cnn's about the coverage to climate change. I'm sure you're going to start talking about climate. Change january six enough. Yeah they don't have trumpet talk about anymore. So now they're gonna start talking about climate change. They do not want to talk about this. What are the chances that the republicans win the house back in two years very very very good. We totally believe we're going to take back the majority the democrats. This is in part because they've had to acquiesce to a cossio. Cortez and the squad. They have pushed every radical agenda item. That they want and this part is very clear. And i want people understand. It's not they're not just pushing it to show who they are so we can beat them and lose forever. They fundamentally think that if they push their agenda americans will accept the second thing they believe is their reorienting. What the center of politics are and the more. They push their agenda. The more people say. Oh gosh. I don't like that in that in that but this one's not too bad Well when you do that us change to censor a politics so the political center is shifting. I believe their whole mission is to shift the political center of politics so that in ten years and twenty years the things we thought were just crazy. Radical last question for me is who runs for president in two thousand four is going to be trump or is it going to be descent read lightly. Allison that's above my pay grade. Nothing's man obviously you cop out of question you say this. One of them will run. Let me leave it at that. One of them will run. I think you know the president has talked about it. Yes has ron talked about it. A first name basis. No kidding if trump doesn't run governor if trump doesn't run do i know this anthrax. Does he have the best chance. Because i mean a lot of people. Florida did okay through this virus florida. The great you know look around you. Yeah built a..
Beach Talk Radio
"united states" Discussed on Beach Talk Radio
"Going to ourselves as stuff to say that. I was gonna say how much how much backlash community. When you just gotta be one hundred in a lot of people say you know. We want to have a conversation about race. We'll have it. Let's be one hundred about it. Let's be completely honest with ourselves. Completely on us. And i get my colleagues on the floor. Their black bar and you can say a lot of things. I can't say i might get a shrew. Yeah but we have to be honest with ourselves. The vast majority of police engage people mock community. The interactions are fine. The interactions actually done a lot of times people in my community. We want the police there. We want the police because let's be very clear. The vast majority of crime that happens against black people is committed by black people That's tough to say but that's truth. Yeah don't believe me. Go ask people in dunbar right now. Who's going who's end dunbar committing farm against black people. Ask them seriously. Well how do we how does that. How does that change. I think that's a culture change of of the black community. I think you're gonna see a shift in a as we talk right now. The one key stat. I feel for you know as a black man in america for the black community which is incredibly important is the formation of black families are on the rise again. You gotta have father figures in these homes I think black. Attainment in education is on horizon in the united states. That's a quality thing into family homes in the black communities arise. That's a wonderful thing and we're starting to see for the first time in sixty years sixty seventy years as the rise in a black middle class again. It's happening right in front of our eyes. I went to college with a lot of them a lot of people. You know my my colleagues where they went and got a college degree it may work out may have not they figure out a way to be successful in our lives are black. Their black middle class families raising their kids. The right way. And i think that is all that stuff is helpful with respect to how the black community deals law enforcement as four. But i think it's important as we talk about this we've got understand the vast majority of occurrences whip police in a black community are actually positive. the sad part is when we see these flashpoints and he's points are just magnified in front of our eyes so let's talk a little bit abou- talking about college you're going to college and recently. They're talking about forgiving student loan funds. And you have said that that is not something you think is going to be in the best interest is that is that your feeling on it that that would be a good thing to do. The student. Loan forgiveness It's it's bad it's bad policy. I was actually in the senate testifying in front of a live. Elizabeth warrants committee on us Tuesday tuesday or wednesday. My statements were very clear that there's a couple of things number one who's gonna pay it or college is going to pay the money back..
Everything Everywhere Daily
"united states" Discussed on Everything Everywhere Daily
"The creation of the name of the country in question we have to take a step back and look at the origin of the word america. As you might be aware of the word. America is believed to have come from the name of an italian navigator named amerigo vespucci. The first use of the word. America was in fifteen. O seven german cartographer martin seed. Mueller created a map which was at the time the largest map in the world. His map was the very first one that showed a unique landmass that was separate from asia for fifteen years after the first voyage of columbus. Most people still thought that land was part of asia and that are out to india. Might still be possible. This bucci was one of the first people to postulate that this was a brand new world after taking part in several voyages in the late fifteenth and early sixteenth centuries vespucci wrote popular books about his travels which circulated amongst the european literati in these books. He speculated that this land was something brand new. The volt seen mueller map used a version of amerigo and called it america. In fact on the original map. America was only applied to south america. As the seed. Muehler maps spread in europe. Other cartographers began using the same convention for the name of this new land. A book that accompanied the maps which was probably written by volts. Mueller's assistant said quote. I do not see what right anyone would have to object to calling this part after america's who discovered it and who is a man of intelligence american. That is the land of america or america since both europa in asia got their names from women unquote. There's no evidence that amerigo vespucci ever knew that this land was named after him before his death in fifteen twelve now fast forward about two hundred and fifty years and some british colonies are itching to become independent in the early stages of the revolutionary war. The reference was always to the united colonies. The term colony carries baggage with it. A colony is subservient to some other country. Many people who sought independence insisted that they were not colonies but in fact independent nation states the first written reference using the term. The united states of america dates back to january. Second seventeen seventy six. It was in a private letter from stephen moylan to george washington's aide to camp joseph read. He wrote of going quote with full an ample powers from the united states of america to spain unquote to get spain support in the war. The first public publication of the phrase was in the virginia gazette newspaper in williamsburg virginia. Unable six seventeen seventy six. The term united states of america was also put in the first articles of confederation as well as the declaration of independence. The term is really more descriptive than anything else. There are states. They are united and they are in america forever. It's really kind of a mouthful. It's ten syllables. Most countries have a long form and short form but their name for example. The people's of china just goes by china. The federal republic of germany just goes by germany and the independent and sovereign republic of kiribati disclosed. By kiribati's the united states didn't really lend itself to a short simple name in one thousand nine hundred one doctor. Samuel mitchell of new york proposed using the name fredonia. Actually he was more concerned about changing the name of people from the united states from american to fredonia. The term. american didn't really sit well with some people for a couple of reasons. First anyone in north or south america could call themselves american and they wouldn't be wrong second most important for dr mitchell is that the term american was used by the english as a pejorative. Needless to say fredonia never caught on however it was used as the name of a fictional country in the marx brothers. Movie duck soup. You might be wondering that. There is a short form for the name of the united states. It's called america. Well believe it or not. The use of the word america as a short form for the united states wasn't really even a thing until the twentieth century. The first president to use it extensively was theodore roosevelt. For most of the nineteenth century. The short term used to describe the country was columbia. patriotic songs in the nineteenth century. Include columbia gem of the ocean and hail columbia other nineteenth century patriotic songs such as the battle hymn of the republic the star spangled banner and my country. Tis of the never. Use the word america. And i'll confess. This is something. I never even realized until i had to write this show. It wasn't until the twentieth century when we had songs such as america. The beautiful and god bless america. Columbia is a latin is feminist form of columbus after the revolution king's college in new york changed its name to columbia university likewise when the federal district was created it was dubbed the district of columbia and south carolina named its capital city columbia. There was never any real support for changing the name of the country to colombia. It was just sort of something that was informally used. Besides it all became moot when a country in south america grabbed the name in the early nineteenth century. Other proposed alternative names. For the united states have included. Vineland appalachia hysteria. And you sonia. The last one you sony comes from using the initials u. s. frank lloyd wright called his style you sonian one of the other big shifts in how we refer to the country is if the term united states is singular a plural early in the country's history the term united states was always used in the plural in the constitution there are references to treason which referred to the united states in the plural as the thirteen th amendment the start of the change from plural to singular started with the civil war however despite what many people think it was not a sudden change an analysis of supreme court decisions show a slow change over time in fact as late as eighteen ninety the plural usage was still predominant today it's almost exclusively used in the singular we say the united states is rather than the united states are some people don't like the use of the term american to describe people from the united states as our other people from the americas however the united states of america is the only country in the world with the term america in its name yet we're not the only country to use the words united states in their name the official name of mexico is estados unidos mexicanos or the united states of mexico although there's a movement to change the official name of mexico to so whether it's america fredonia or colombia the united states of america are or is still the country sandwiched between canada and mexico regardless of what you want to call it associate producer of everything everywhere daily is third thompson if you'd like to support the show please donate over at patriotair dot com there's content only available to supporters merchandise and even opportunities for a show producer credit. 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"united states" Discussed on THE JOE IZZO SHOW
"It has been almost two hundred and forty five years since the declaration of independence and the constitution the constitution was written during a time of strife our founders knew that we were going to be a nation growing involving the founders wanted a document that could be used to foster growth at guarantee our freedom the writers the constitution saw the need to have three branches of government executive legislative and judicial to make sure that they were checks and balances on the actions of government. The was never an intention by our founders to have one government branch override or dominate. The other to society is strong because we are different sharing and expressing our deals opinions in very unique ways our founders wanted us be one country yet different so we could express our opinion in whatever manner we chose it is. Our individual difference allows us in our country great and free some political groups and individuals in our country have drifted very far away from our founders intent to revive freedom of religion speech right to bear arms and nine of the articles protecting all individual citizens. There are now forces in our country who had like to eliminate or modify these rights as well as those of the eleven through to twenty seventh amendments progressive individuals. Want us to be the clones. No individual thoughts ideas or opinions. The democratic party now believes that the constitution is just outdated net relevant to current times. Some democrats no longer believe in the principles of the constitution in america answer back that the constitution was written for everyone in the last two hundred and fifty years. We've had the freedom of our constitution written in belief that all are welcome in our house..
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"united states" Discussed on (EA) Eternal Affairs TRUTH Radio
"Mom evening and welcome to you politically incorrect with your host andrew scheckter. This week's politically incorrect topic is united. States is dead long live the united states rocky by turnovers media dot com also known as a truth media. Your host night is myself. Andrew scheckter author of dark water game over two time delegates for donald trump to the republican national convention. Please help us with the donation at donate dadi media that online by buying some bullying stored on. Ea media got online. I'll keep the truth online once again. We shot a were re. Thanks to those who made donations to lisa. Marcy to stephen and greg into anthony thank you so much need wherever we can dime a dollar donation. Even just a visit to our podcast on wearies nights. We have our podcast during the week..
Political Analytical
"united states" Discussed on Political Analytical
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Political Analytical
"united states" Discussed on Political Analytical
"Coming to you. From the united states of america this is political analytical. I'm your host daddy hill along with rick. Warren and gordon park join us as we give.