An explanation to Texas electric market is deregulated/privatized, Where Gen Z/Millennials Are Getting Distracted, Uncle Tom (2020 Prime film), and Black Wall Street/Tulsa race massacre. Texas Electric Market (a friend filled me in) "In Texas, the electric market is deregulated/privatized. You sign up for an electricity plan with a given company. That company then buys supply from various electricity producers. Whenever you sign up for a plan, there are different options available. For example, ...
Feb 23, 2021•28 min•Transcript available on Metacast Social media hijacking our minds?, the boredom problem, wage growth illusion, and what's going on with Texas and the polar vortex? OOHHH and Bitcoin over $50k!!! Is Social Media Hijacking Our Minds? - source "When my patients come into my office seeking help, they are compulsively engaging in behaviors on the Internet for hours each day, days at a time, to the exclusion of many other activities, including basic self-care. They derive little or no pleasure from these activities yet are unable to ...
Feb 19, 2021•33 min•Ep 86•Transcript available on Metacast Corn belt farmland has lost a third of its carbon-rich soil, Millions Are Out Of A Job. Yet Some Employers Wonder: Why Can't I Find Workers?, ‘Work is the single most important way of proving your worth’ in the U.S., professor says — and it’s making Americans miserable, and Therapy for the End of the World. Farmland erosion - Corn belt farmland has lost a third of its carbon-rich soil - source Work and Mental Health Millions Are Out Of A Job. Yet Some Employers Wonder: Why Can't I Find Wo...
Feb 17, 2021•30 min•Transcript available on Metacast Experts of everything without knowledge in anything, new Adam Curtis series, the Anti-Work movement, the Federal deficit, and Snowden was right. "They are experts of everything without having actual knowledge in anything." - Source - my sister New Adam Curtis series - Can’t Get You Out of My Head - VIDEOS Can’t Get You Out of My Head tells how we got to this place. And why both those in power - and us - find it so difficult to move on. At its heart is the strange story of what happened when peop...
Feb 15, 2021•27 min•Transcript available on Metacast Follow the breadcrumbs, Big Oil Gets to Teach Climate Science in American Classrooms, majority of the people arrested for Capitol riot had a history of financial trouble, Super Bowl Bruce Springsteen, and GMC. Follow the breadcrumbs of policies Big Oil Gets to Teach Climate Science in American Classrooms - Source The stakes for how children and young adults learn about climate change—the science, the politics, the implications—are extremely high. Environmentalists know this. So, clearly, do foss...
Feb 12, 2021•23 min•Transcript available on Metacast What's the outcome from Wall Street & r/wallstreetbets, how many hours did people work in history, & free market vs capitalism (how are they different). What's the outcome from Wall Street & r/wallstreetbets? Will we see bailouts to hedge funds to appease the billionaires? Stricter and harsher penalties on retail investors? Or Venus by Tuesday? How many hours did people work throughout history? Source I was actually quite surprised by some of these. Free market & cap...
Feb 06, 2021•25 min•Ep 82•Transcript available on Metacast I explain in simplified terms exactly what happened with Gamestop, r/WallStreetBets, the stock market, manipulation, and hedge funds. This stuff is really crazy and I think everyone should be paying attention to this. It's blatant corruption and pulls open a door to the uber wealthy and the game they play. Establishment will always side with the wealthy. According to the media: Hedge fund investors bet on a short sale and hope to tank a company = good Regular people use this public k...
Jan 29, 2021•26 min•Transcript available on Metacast Job loses 4 times as bad as 2009, climate change cognitive bias and hopium of the first world, and refreezing the Arctic Ocean ASAP. "I think the puppet on the right shares my beliefs." "I think the puppet on the left is more to my liking." Hey, wait a minute, there's one guy holding out both puppets! - Bill Hicks. Job losses from pandemic 4 times as bad as 2009 financial crisis (PBS article) - source “This has been the most severe crisis for the world of work since The Great Depression of the 1...
Jan 26, 2021•16 min•Transcript available on Metacast The Fairness Doctrine maybe we need to bring it back, are podcasts next, the crack-up boom market crash, and Bill Gates wants to spray dust Into the atmosphere. (These are breif sum ups and I suggest still looking into them if you are interested.) The Fairness Doctrine - The fairness doctrine of the United States Federal Communications Commission (FCC), introduced in 1949, was a policy that required the holders of broadcast licenses to both present controversial issues of public importance and t...
Jan 21, 2021•26 min•Transcript available on Metacast A thank you to some of you, Trump and the Capitol Building, and Spotify is reportedly removing hundreds of thousands of indie tracks over alleged “artificial stream” violations; DistroKid is already offering a “counter-notification” process for artists whose songs have been pulled down. SOURCES - Spotify assholes - Click Here
Jan 11, 2021•26 min•Transcript available on Metacast Jamie Kilstein - We're all screwed by the same people, 500 scientists and scholars give stark warning, STOP softening our language, Nashville Bombing cool police story, & Killer Mike - Reagan (song). Jamie Kilstein is right - we are all getting screwed by the same people. We just see it from different perspectives. And I believe they want us fighting among ourselves so we don't notice them taking our money. video here More than 500 scientists and scholars have signed the *Interna...
Dec 29, 2020•20 min•Transcript available on Metacast The Nashville bombing, Clair Patterson vs. big oil and how the fight to remove lead was ridiculous, a short audio clip from "My Dinner With Andre" (the 1981 movie), and a website for ER times with hilarious comments. Clair Patterson and his fight to remove lead from gasoline to save people. link here The movie clip from the movie "My Dinner with Andre" link here The website for ER wait times in your area. link here...
Dec 26, 2020•34 min•Transcript available on Metacast Episode 75!!! - Awesome 80's playlist on spotify. Tulsi Gabbard: "Why I voted AGAINST spending bill". Video link here - "This bill dished out hundreds of billions of dollars going towards special interests, going towards the military industrial complex, going towards foreign countries -- meanwhile saying, Here's what's left for you. You get $600'... It is an insult and a slap in the face to every single American in this country who is struggling." 35% of Americans Could Lose Their Home in ...
Dec 22, 2020•39 min•Transcript available on Metacast Misspent energy, and how maybe we should deal with it. “We are all alone, born alone, die alone, and—in spite of True Romance magazines—we shall all someday look back on our lives and see that, in spite of our company, we were alone the whole way. I do not say lonely—at least, not all the time—but essentially, and finally, alone. This is what makes your self-respect so important, and I don't see how you can respect yourself if you must look in the hearts and minds of others for your happin...
Dec 14, 2020•19 min•Transcript available on Metacast What’s the definition of buckling up boot straps? Or how do you define working hard? Maybe instead we should define it as just making a life and not making a living? Miyamoto Musashi - The Book of 5 Rings - Ground, water, fire, wind, and void. I recommend reading it. I think this is a great book to clarify how to work on your life throughout your life.
Nov 30, 2020•24 min•Transcript available on Metacast Crypto craze and it's ripping up! COMPASSION and "Man's Search for Meaning" by Viktor Frankl. I recently read the book and it's not hope that it gives it's compassion and empathy. 1% of farms operate 70% of world's farmland, researchers warn land inequality is rising with farmland increasingly dominated by a few major companies. And Joe cabinet picks "nothing will fundamentally change", yep sounds familiar. SOURCES: farmland article - Here Biden cabinet article - Here...
Nov 25, 2020•23 min•Transcript available on Metacast 1 in 4 Americans are jobless or earning poverty-level wages, new study finds. Children of Men a reality? Possibly, but only time will tell. And Jupiter and Saturn are getting closer, as they near their once-in-20-years conjunction on December 21, 2020. At their closest, they’ll be only 0.1 degrees apart. That’s just 1/5 of a full moon diameter. Start watching them now, and you’ll see them draw close together. Sources: Jobless article - here Ludwig Institute for Shared Economic Prosperity -...
Nov 23, 2020•21 min•Transcript available on Metacast A tweet that shows the disconnect of our powerful leaders, what's good for us isn't good for them. Fed Chairman Powell on the new economy, Deutsche bank wants to charge stay-at-home workers 5% tax to help pay for things, TicketMaster covid testing, and blockchain can actually fix election fraud but it would require you to be accountable. Sources: House Dems and Gop Leaders tweet Fed Chairman Powell article Deutsche Bank article Ticket Master Covid testing article ...
Nov 16, 2020•28 min•Transcript available on Metacast I did NOT realize how many people thought the other podcast was an actual interview with my daughter and not just a story about her. Well here you go. I heard you loud and clear. And she gets just as ranty as me. It's the 2nd part of the episode. The 1st part is about Spotify letting artists promote music for cut in royalty rates. It may be good for smaller artists but also may bite them in the ass in the long run. I will attach an article if you want to read about the story. Story here...
Nov 10, 2020•23 min•Transcript available on Metacast Hunter S. Thompson called it in 1972 with how our elections work. Mr. Rogers tells the truth on the media and what we really should be doing, and holding ourselves accountable for our bullshit. We are bigger than our eyeballs so start listening and seeing each other..
Nov 05, 2020•19 min•Transcript available on Metacast My daughter had asked me a question about loneliness vs being alone. I try to sum it up as best as I can. Watching the American collapse unfold. It's not a Trump or Biden thing either. This election night for some reason feels like a purge. FDR was great, but moved us farther from democracy. He might be the father of the new deal, but he also built the military industrial complex. He saved capitalism at a key moment. Then JFK, LBJ and Nixon dehumanized half the world in the name of capital...
Nov 03, 2020•19 min•Transcript available on Metacast My hypothetical thoughts on if Trump wins. St Augustine of Hippo - "Hope has two beautiful daughters; their names are Anger and Courage. Anger at the way things are, and Courage to see that they do not remain as they are." There is that old saying - 'never attribute to malice that which can be explained by stupidity', but I always flip that around.
Nov 02, 2020•14 min•Transcript available on Metacast My hypothetical thoughts on if Biden wins. Don't worry the next one will be my hypothetical thoughts if Trump wins.
Oct 29, 2020•9 min•Ep 65•Transcript available on Metacast Forward thinking and progressive Senator Dianne Feinstein shows her heartwarming concern for an entire generation prior to throwing them out of her office. Despite overwhelmed hospital, Idaho county public health board votes 4-3 to drop mask mandate, with one board member having given up on trying to control the virus, and another member denying it even exists. The next U.S. administration will likely face a global debt crisis that could dwarf what the world experienced in 2008-2009. IMF managin...
Oct 24, 2020•22 min•Transcript available on Metacast Millennials Control Just 4.2 Percent of US Wealth, 4 Times Poorer Than Baby Boomers Were At Age 34. The millennial generation, people born between 1981 and 1996, make up the largest share of the U.S. workforce, but control just 4.6 percent of the country's total wealth. The 50 Richest Americans Are Worth as Much as the Poorest 165 Million. Not “a lot” of Americans have BTC holdings, study shows, but if you own 0.28% of Bitcoin, only 1% of the world will ever be able to own more than you. Hence p...
Oct 20, 2020•19 min•Transcript available on Metacast Your political leaders are worth millions of dollars and it is disgusting. The top in both the house and senate are worth $30 million - $250 million. And they are getting wealthier because of politics. 10 perks congress has that you don't. 14 million U.S. children going hungry and we are putting ads for donations in other 1st world countries. Wait I thought America was "the best"? The fact we are putting ads in other countries for donations to help out hungry children here is insane. Can w...
Oct 15, 2020•22 min•Transcript available on Metacast A Nashville photographer with diabetes does a great thing for other HRH and she posts their stories to her website, The Flaming Lips have a rad idea for their show. There's some new documentaries. One is called "The Phenomenon" and has some really cool interviews talking about UFO's. And "Plastic Wars" which digs into the world of plastics and the damage it's causing the planet. Plus a quick cool Carl Sagan story which of course gets politicised. SOURCES: High Risk Humans - https://...
Oct 10, 2020•19 min•Ep 61•Transcript available on Metacast The FinCEN Files are leaked documents from the U.S. Treasury's Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) on September 20, 2020. The documents appear to show (from 1999-2017) that while both the banks and the United States Government had the financial intelligence, they did little to stop activities such as money laundering of up to US $2 Trillion. SOURCES: what are the FinCEN Files ? https://www.icij.org/investigations/fincen-files/ https://www.buzzfeed.com/tag/fincen https://www.icij...
Oct 06, 2020•18 min•Transcript available on Metacast It's late and I have way too much fun reading comments about Bill Lee and they cracked me up. So I figured I would share but you can insert any politicians name if you'd like. Man's true problem is that he's too short-sighted. “If I can’t work by myself for a year with no stimulus other than what I can get from books, distant friends, and from my own fun in living, I’m not worth much.” - Georgia O'keeffe
Oct 01, 2020•18 min•Transcript available on Metacast Justifying the Trump tax stuff? Awesome job young Republicans, it's refreshing to see climate change taken serious by the youth of the right. A fantastic open letter from Lori Gallagher Witt which is why identity politics just create more division and harm that actually helping. Sources: https://www.npr.org/2020/09/25/916238283/light-years-ahead-of-their-elders-young-republicans-push-gop-on-climate-change Lori Gallagher Witt esay...
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