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In June 2017, twenty-five-year-old Adam Cormack was shot once in the head and left near a gravel pit outside Whitehorse, Yukon. Within days, Yukon RCMP had a suspect in custody: Edward Penner. Two years later, a jury convicted Penner of first-degree murder, and he was sentenced to life in prison with no chance of parole for twenty-five years.That should have been the end of it. It wasn't. In 2025, the Yukon Court of Appeal overturned Penner's conviction, and a new murder trial was ordered from the beginning.In this episode, we take you through the Adam Cormack murder trial: the evidence, the witnesses who testified, the appeal that unraveled the verdict, and the retrial still ahead. We hear directly from Adam's mother, Theresa Cormack, and a close family friend, on what it's meant to keep fighting for justice for Adam inside Canada's justice system.PLEASE READ: Some TNTC+ episodes may be released publicly in the future. TNTC+ subscribers will always get first access.--Music Composed by: Sayer Roberts - https://soundcloud.com/user-135673977 // shorturl.at/mFPZ0Subscribe to TNTC+ on Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/TNTCJoin our Patreon: www.patreon.com/tntcpodMerch: https://www.teepublic.com/stores/true-north-true-crime?ref_id=24376Follow us on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@truenorthtruecrimeFollow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/truenorthtruecrimeFollow us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/truenorthtruecrime Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
In today's Morning Manna, Rick Wiles and Doc Burkhart examine Proverbs 28:15–17 and Scripture's sobering warning about the abuse of power. God intends authority to protect the vulnerable, yet Solomon compares a wicked ruler to a roaring lion and a ranging bear hunting the defenseless. This lesson explores how greed and lack of understanding transform leadership into oppression, why those entrusted with authority must hate unjust gain, and why Scripture treats the shedding of innocent blood with such severity. Whether the authority is political, spiritual, professional, or within the home, every leader faces the same question: Am I protecting the people God placed under my care, or am I using my position to prey upon them? Lesson 174-2026 Teachers: Rick Wiles and Doc Burkhart You can partner with us by visiting MannaNation.com, calling 1-888-519-4935, or by mail at PO Box 399 Vero Beach, FL 32961 MEGA FIRE reveals the ancient recurring cycles of war and economic collapse that have shaped history for 600 years. These patterns predict America is now entering its most dangerous period since World War II. Get your copy today! www.megafire.world Get high-quality emergency preparedness food today from American Reserves! www.AmericanReserves.com It's the Final Day! The day Jesus Christ bursts into our dimension of time, space, and matter. Now available in eBook and audio formats! Order Final Day from Amazon today! www.Amazon.com/Final-Day Apple users, you can download the audio version on Apple Books! www.books.apple.com/final-day Purchase the 4-part DVD set or start streaming Sacrificing Liberty today. www.Sacrificingliberty.com
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In terms of criminal jury trials, what unfolded in the infamous death cap mushroom case was unique.Because when the jury was locked away from the outside world to consider a verdict, they were staying in the same hotel, in the same country town, as the police who investigated the case, the lawyers who prosecuted, and the media reporting on it. This strange arrangement has opened the case to suggestions that the jury was tainted – a central tenet of Erin Patterson’s appeal against her conviction. Patterson was sentenced to life imprisonment last year, with a non-parole period of 33 years, for serving a poisoned beef Wellington lunch to her in-laws Don and Gail Patterson, Gail’s sister Heather Wilkinson and her Baptist pastor husband Ian Wilkinson. Today, crime and justice reporter Erin Pearson and senior reporter Chris Vedelago on the curious case of the mushroom murder jury. Background reading: Erin Patterson, the jury hotel and the curious case of the missing CCTV The Morning Edition brings you the story behind the story with the best journalists in Australia. Join host Samantha Selinger-Morris, from the newsrooms of The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age, weekdays from 5am.If you enjoyed this episode and want to hear more, rate, review and subscribe on Apple, Spotify, YouTube or whichever platform you find your pods.Subscribe to The Age & SMH: https://subscribe.smh.com.au/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
This episode is sponsored by Revelation Gold Group - Andrew Dunn is the publisher of Longleaf Politics and a contributing columnist to The Charlotte Observer. He's also the author of the book The Change Agent: Pat McCrory's Rise, Reckoning and Legacy. He joined me to talk about the three better questions to ask in the wake of the release of a man who threatened to shoot up five Charlotte schools. Plus, socialists flex their power in the Queen City. Republicans should not ignore it.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-pete-kaliner-show--6946691/support.Subscribe to the podcast My preferred podcast platform: SpreakerCheck out my preferred gold & silver company: Revelation Gold GroupAll the links to Pete's Prep are free! Plus get exclusive content here!Media Bias Check: GroundNews promo code!Advertising and Booking inquiries: Pete@ThePeteKalinerShow.com
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Real Estate Is a Business, Not a Gamble Why did Wayne Hillier choose real estate investing over stocks, traditional investments, or other ways of building wealth? Because Wayne never wanted to rely on simply hoping an asset would increase in value. In today's episode of the Canadian Real Estate Investing Morning Show, Wayne and Gabby answer two investor questions: why they chose real estate investing in the first place, and how to approach friends or family about becoming joint venture partners without making the relationship weird. Wayne explains the realization that changed how he looked at real estate: A rental property isn't just an asset. It's a business. You can buy a property for its ability to generate revenue, control expenses, create cash flow and build equity — without requiring the property value to increase for the investment to work. The second half of today's episode tackles another common investor roadblock: raising money. If you have a great deal but need a money partner, how do you ask your friends? Wayne and Gabby's advice is surprisingly simple: Stop being weird about it. Have the conversation.
Manpreet Kohli (Manny The Hitman, SAITAMA) Loses UK Extradition Appeal #Crypto #Cryptocurrency #podcast #BasicCryptonomics $BDAG Website: https://CryptoTalk.FM Facebook: @ThisIsCTR Chapters (00:00:01) - Rug Puller From Saitama Scam Syndicate Update(00:01:14) - Bitcoin's Strong Run to 77,000(00:02:20) - Asset Distribution and Redistribution in the Market(00:05:30) - Block Dag Former CEO Anthony Turner Confesses To Stealing Money(00:09:56) - Stablecoin Buyback Scam: Don't Trust BDAG(00:12:52) - The Rug Puller's Case in the UK(00:17:16) - The Saitama Token Scam(00:21:29) - CytoChain Purge: The Exit Scam(00:25:09) - Block Dag Crypto Scam: The Same as Saitama
Jeff is back after a long absence, and he explains why: the bipartisan insanity in America left him too disgusted to record, even for the nation's 250th birthday. He remembers the 1976 bicentennial, when kids collected special quarters, flags flew everywhere, and Americans actually liked their country. Compare that to now. What changed? Muslim terror supporters are winning elections coast to coast: Mamdani's New York, where tax dollars fund Israel-bashing puppet shows for four-year-olds, and Michigan, where Abdul El-Sayed will cruise into the Senate after answering a synagogue terror attack with "hurt people, hurt people." Jew hate is now the one issue uniting the far left and the Nazi right — and it wins. And Jeff is officially done defending Trump. Iran "unconditionally surrendered"? They're still firing missiles, rebuilding nuclear sites, and executing protesters while Trump begs for a deal and dangles F-35s in front of Turkey's fanatical dictator Erdogan. Compromised by Qatari billions or just a moron — either way, America's last chance is gone. Next week: Jeff finally takes on the Lindsay Clancy case.
**Sponsored by EasyDNS** Move your domain or web hosting to EasyDNS and support Not On Record: https://easydns.com/NotOnRecord Use promo code: **notonrecord** Can a person be convicted of sexual assault without any sexual intent? In Episode 224 of *Not On Record*, criminal defence lawyer Joseph Neuberger and Diana Davison examine the Alberta Court of Appeal's decision in **R. v. Roan, 2026 ABCA 260**, exploring how Canadian law defines sexual assault through the protection of a person's sexual integrity rather than sexual motive. They also discuss the Ontario Court of Appeal's decision in **R. v. SSD, 2026 ONCA 579**, and its application of the Supreme Court of Canada's decision in **R. v. Berg**, reinforcing the importance of the reasonable doubt standard, the proper application of **W.(D.)**, and why judges must provide clear, consistent reasons for conviction. This episode examines two significant appellate decisions that highlight fundamental principles of Canadian criminal law and the safeguards that protect the integrity of the justice system.
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Vern Streeter | Guest Speaker | August 30, 2026 Referenced Scripture: 2 Corinthians 9:1-5 Generosity inspires generosity (1-2)Follow-through turns vision into reality (3-4)Preparing for generosity prevents arm-twisting (5) Reflection Questions:1. Rate yourself (1-10) on a Parsimony Scale (Parsimony: Extreme unwillingness to spend money). 1 = I hate spending money and do it as little as possible. 10 = I spend myself into oblivion. 2. Where did you learn that? Who taught you that? 3. Rate yourself (1-10) on an Avarice Scale (Avarice: Extreme greed for wealth). 1 = Money and material gain drives all my decisions. 10 = Money is a tool and I only need a couple tools. 4. Where did you learn that? Who taught you that? 5. Have you ever been fooled/manipulated into giving money for someone/something? What happened and how did that feel? How has that affected your generosity? 6. The churches in Macedonia inspired the church in Corinth to be generous. Who has positively influenced your generosity and how have they done that? 7. What things can you do to not give “grudgingly” (reluctantly because of avarice)? (2 Cor. 9:5). 8. How does grace (unearned kindness) affect your view and practice of generosity? What's your next step? * Connect: We'd love to connect with you! Fill out our Connect Card to receive more information, have us pray for you, or to ask us any questions: http://journeybozeman.com/connectcard * Connect: Get your children connected to our children's ministry, Base Camp: https://journeybozeman.com/children * Connect: Our Student Ministry is for High School and Middle School students: https://journeybozeman.com/students * Give: Want to worship through giving and support the ministry of Journey Church: https://journeybozeman.com/give * Gather: Subscribe to our YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/JourneyChurchBozeman * Gather: Download our app: https://journeybozeman.com/app * Gather: Join our Facebook Group to stay connected throughout the week: https://facebook.com/groups/JourneyChurchBozeman Chapters (00:00:00) - Undeserved Kindness(00:02:58) - Second Corinthians 8: Unreasonable Grace(00:08:58) - How to Stop Ranting After the Service(00:14:55) - Be Ready for The Corinthians(00:20:35) - Paul's Appeal to the Macedonians(00:23:47) - The Truth of Tithing(00:27:37) - A QR Code for Grace and Generosity(00:29:20) - Paul on Giving Less Than We Should(00:36:07) - A Moment of Praise
Five more whistleblowers and UAP disclosure advocates joined James Fox's “Dear Mr President” campaign, pressing Trump to release more UFO information and release whistleblowers from their nondisclosure agreements. Plus, Dr. Eric Davis shares more information about alien races and why there has not been a massive Manhattan Project style reverse engineering effort.You can find show notes and references at our website, VeryExcitingTime.com, or support us at patreon.com/VeryExcitingTime.00:00:00 Introduction00:04:30 More Whistleblower Appeals00:29:45 Rep Burlison on UAP Summoning00:41:00 Eric Davis On Alien Bodies00:57:37 Eric Davis on Reverse Engineering Efforts
Is eye appeal taking over the sports card hobby? Mack Cheli of Big Mack's Card Box joins me to talk about his collecting journey, why he learned to prioritize the card over the grade, and how the growing eye appeal movement is changing the way collectors buy vintage cards. We also dig into the expanding world of fourth-party grading and eye appeal designations, including the changing meaning of MBA's gold sticker, what these different designations actually tell collectors, and whether they're creating clarity or more confusion. Plus, Mack takes us through some incredible cards from his personal collection, including vintage legends, signed Hall of Fame rookies, an exceptionally well-centered 1984 Star Michael Jordan and more. Subscribe to Sports Cards Live on YouTube and follow the podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or wherever you listen. Check out The Hobby Spectrum at thehobbyspectrum.com. Discover cards across the hobby with AuctionWire at auctionwire.ai. Use promo code SCL for 60 days free. Research card values and market history with Card Ladder. Use promo code SCL. And check out my book, Pops and Comps: Truths, Insights, and Psychology Behind the Numbers that Drive the Sports Card Market, available on Amazon. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
An expert on the scheme that brings in seasonal workers from overseas says they'd prefer to send more money home, instead of paying for better housing. The Court of Appeal is expected to rule soon on an employment dispute questioning what employers can charge for worker accommodation, while the government is expected to announce its RSE housing policy next month. Gill Bonnett reports.
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IP Fridays - your intellectual property podcast about trademarks, patents, designs and much more
I am Rolf Claessen and my co-host Ken Suzan and I are welcoming you to episode 178 of our podcast IP Fridays! Today's interview guest is Caitlin Byczko, who is partner with Marnes & Thornburg in their IP team. Ken is discussing dupe culture with her. Here is the profile of Caitlin Byczko https://btlaw.com/en/people/caitlin-byczko But before we launch into this very interesting interview, I have some news for you: On August 10th, 2026, Navitas Semiconductor filed suit against Renesas Electronics in the Eastern District of Texas, accusing Renesas of infringing four US patents on gallium nitride semiconductor technology through its SuperGaN product lines. The filing follows a countersuit Renesas brought on July 22nd, 2026, accusing Navitas and two of its employees of misappropriating trade secrets. It shows how patent disputes and trade secret claims between competitors are increasingly being fought on multiple fronts at once, and often as tit for tat. It also emerged on August 12th, 2026, that an EPO Board of Appeal had dismissed an appeal by Atlas Global Technologies and ruled that its WiFi patent, EP 3 353 901, case T 1230/25, could not be maintained in any form at all, even though the original opponents, TP-Link and Vantiva, had already withdrawn their oppositions. That knocked out the basis for several parallel infringement suits at the Unified Patent Court, which were then withdrawn. For suppliers and implementers, the takeaway is that fighting a patent held by a non-practising entity can still be worth it, even once the original opponent has thrown in the towel. On August 10th, 2026, the Unified Patent Court in The Hague fully revoked Maxell’s patent EP 2 061 230, covering technology for handing off content to a second device, and at the same time dismissed Maxell’s infringement claim against several Samsung entities, in cases UPC_CFI_251/2025 and UPC_CFI_769/2025. The judges found the patent to be nothing more than an obvious combination of routine adaptations, with no additional technical effect. And now – let's hear the interview with Ken and Caitlin! A dupe used to be a quiet, slow thing. You’d stand in the cereal aisle, notice the generic box next to the name brand, buy it, tell a friend. Word spread over months. That world is gone. On this episode of IP Fridays, Ken Suzan sat down with Caitlin Byczko, partner at Barnes & Thornburg LLP in Indianapolis, to talk about what’s replaced it: a TikTok-driven economy where a single video can sell out a dupe product within hours, sometimes before the original brand’s own team even knows it exists. Byczko litigates and prosecutes trademarks across retail, fashion, luxury goods, technology, and pharmaceuticals, and she’s watched dupe culture evolve from a marketing footnote into one of the more active battlegrounds in trademark law. Here’s what she told us, and why it matters even if your brand has never heard the word “dupe” used about it. Counterfeit and Dupe Are Not the Same Thing, Legally Byczko opened with what she called the most important distinction in this entire conversation: the difference between a counterfeit and a dupe. A counterfeit uses someone else’s actual trademark. Think of a fake Chanel bag stamped with the interlocking C’s, or a fake Louis Vuitton logo. That’s straightforward infringement, and above certain thresholds, a federal crime. A dupe is different. It mimics the look, feel, or performance of a product without using the name or the logo at all. Elf Cosmetics, Zara, Costco’s Kirkland brand, and Quince have all built parts of their business on exactly this model. No one is pretending to be Chanel. They’re offering something that looks and performs similarly, at a fraction of the price, under their own name. Media and social media use “dupe” and “counterfeit” interchangeably. Legally, that’s sloppy, and it matters, because the two categories trigger completely different legal analyses. If There’s No Logo, What Are Brands Actually Suing Over? This is where trade dress comes in. Trade dress protects the overall look and feel of a product: packaging, color combinations, shape, label design. Byczko pointed out that most of us interact with trade-dress-protected products every day without realizing it. The test is likelihood of confusion. Courts look at how similar the products actually look, how sophisticated the shoppers are, and whether there’s real evidence that people were confused. Byczko flagged one case as a genuine roadmap for this area: Van Leeuwen v. Rebel Creamery, an ice cream trade dress dispute that came out of the Eastern District of New York. In her view, the strength of that case came down to how precisely the brand defined its trade dress for the packaging. That precision, she said, did a lot of the work toward the outcome. She’s also watching Lululemon v. Costco, which she expects to be significant partly because it doesn’t rely on trademark and trade dress alone. Byczko noted that brands are increasingly stacking causes of action together: trademark, patent, false advertising, all pointing at the same product. And she’s tracking Sol de Janeiro v. Macau Beauty, a case she finds notable because it pulls in influencer content and testimonials as evidence, not just packaging and trade dress claims. Macau Beauty, she noted, has already been sued multiple times across different jurisdictions. A note for readers outside the US: trade dress as a distinct doctrine doesn’t exist as such in Germany. The closest tools here are the three-dimensional trademark and, more practically, the wettbewerbsrechtlicher Nachahmungsschutz under Section 4 No. 3 of the German Act Against Unfair Competition (UWG). That provision protects product shape, packaging, and get-up against imitation when the original has wettbewerbliche Eigenart, competitive distinctiveness, and the copy creates avoidable confusion about origin, unfairly exploits the original’s reputation, or was built on dishonestly obtained know-how. It’s a narrower, more fact-specific tool than US trade dress, but the underlying logic Byczko describes, define your product’s distinctive features early and precisely, applies just as much on this side of the Atlantic. Why the Evidence Problem Changed Everything Ken asked what’s actually driving the current wave of disputes, and Byczko’s answer was simple: evidence. Ten or twenty years ago, if you sent a cease-and-desist letter or went to trial, you had almost nothing concrete to show about how consumers actually perceived two products. Now you have TikTok comment sections, influencer testimonials, and entire genres of “dupe content” documenting exactly what shoppers think, in their own words, in real time. In the Sol de Janeiro case, Byczko noted that part of the complaint isn’t just about packaging and trade dress. It’s about what influencers said, what claims they made, and what that content reveals about actual consumer confusion or the absence of it. That’s evidence litigators simply didn’t have access to a decade ago, and it cuts both ways: it can prove confusion, or it can just as easily prove there wasn’t any. Why Dupes Took Off: Economics, Status, and a Generational Shift Byczko was careful to frame this part as her personal read, not a sociologist’s conclusion, but it’s a read shaped by watching these disputes up close. Part of it is straightforward economics. Gen Z is shopping under real affordability pressure, and dupes let them participate in trend cycles without the price tag. Byczko cited a projected $12.6 trillion in Gen Z spending power by 2030, a generation too significant for brands to write off. The other part is cultural. A generation ago, owning a visible logo was the status symbol. Now, for a lot of younger shoppers, being the savvy one, the person who finds the dupe first and tells their followers about it, carries its own status. It’s less “I have the real thing” and more “I outsmarted the markup.” Byczko also pointed to growing public skepticism toward paying five or ten times more for a product purely because of the name on the packaging, particularly in beauty and fashion. The PR Trap: When Enforcement Backfires One of the sharpest points in the conversation was about what happens after a brand decides to enforce. Suing over a dupe can read very differently in public than it does in a courtroom. Byczko put it directly: going after a dupe can easily look, to the public, like a big corporation coming down on a small competitor, or worse, on its own customers, the same people who made the original brand aspirational in the first place. She’s seen this dynamic play out repeatedly in high-profile cases. Her advice: treat enforcement as a communication strategy, not just a legal one. Sometimes the smarter move isn’t a lawsuit at all. It’s a quieter cease-and-desist letter, a takedown request, or doubling down on marketing that explains what actually makes the original worth the price. Charlotte Tilbury has leaned hard into this approach, building campaigns around the idea that the original simply can’t be remade. Olaplex ran a similar play with its “OlaDupe” campaign. Legal and marketing, Byczko said, have to work together on this, not in sequence. What Brands Should Actually Do Byczko laid out three practical layers, all before litigation ever enters the picture. First: register your trademarks, and where a product design is genuinely distinctive, pursue trade dress or design patent protection early, before a dupe exists and before you know whether the product will even take off. That timing problem is real. Brands rarely know in advance which product will become the one worth copying. Her advice was to look at long-standing anchor products, the ones that have quietly carried a brand identity for years, and ask whether they’re actually protected. Second: monitor. A large share of dupe disputes start on social media, not in a courtroom. That means someone needs to be watching hashtags and influencer content, not just from direct competitors, but from adjacent or even unrelated brands that could end up duping a product without anyone noticing until it’s already trending. Third, and the one Byczko clearly considers most underused: consumer education and brand storytelling. “This is the original” is a weak pitch on its own in a market flooded with cheap alternatives. What works better is explaining, specifically, what makes a product different: its formulation, its sourcing, its performance, its longevity. Give people a real reason to pay more, not just a claim to authenticity. Where This Goes Next Byczko doesn’t think dupe culture is a passing trend. Her expectation is closer to “there will eventually be a dupe of everything,” and she’s watching an interesting generational pattern where teenage shoppers are teaching their mothers about dupes, who are in turn teaching their own mothers. On the legal side, she expects more clarity as cases like Van Leeuwen work their way through the system, giving brands a clearer formula for how to define and defend trade dress. On the brand side, she expects less reliance on litigation as the primary weapon and more investment in what’s genuinely hard to copy: real innovation, ingredient transparency, and storytelling that a dupe simply can’t replicate. One data point she raised stuck with us: search interest in the word “craftsmanship” is at its highest point in twenty years. After years of leaning into dupe culture, there are signs some consumers are swinging back toward wanting the original, the real ingredient, the real technique, the thing that can’t be copied to the same quality. For brands sitting on distinctive packaging, a signature shape, or a product identity they’ve never formally registered, that’s less a trend forecast than a to-do list. Here is the full transcript: Ken Suzan: Thank you, Ralf. Our guest today on the IP Friday’s podcast is Caitlin Byczko. Caitlin is a partner with Barnes and Thornburg LLP and is based in Indianapolis, Indiana. Caitlin crafts and defends global brand strategies, protecting intellectual property assets with creative solutions and highly tactical advocacy. She excels in trademark prosecution and litigation before the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board and federal district courts, safeguarding trademarks and digital properties for businesses of all sizes and at every stage of the business life cycle. From startups to Fortune 500 companies, Caitlin manages clients’ intellectual property needs across diverse industries. Her experience spans retail, fashion, luxury goods, sports, technology, agriculture, venture capital and pharmaceuticals. Beyond trademark law, Caitlin brings valuable insights from her law school experience with the National Collegiate Athletic Association, NCAA, and her previous work serving in a technology company’s in-house legal department. Her tenacious nature and clever problem-solving skills shine through in complex matters, earning praise from clients and colleagues alike. Caitlin is co-author of “Dupe Culture Meets the Courtroom,” published in Global Cosmetic Industry on March 16, 2026. Welcome, Caitlin, to the IP Friday’s podcast. Caitlin Byczko: Hi, Ken. Thank you so much. I’m very honored to be here. Ken Suzan: Yeah, so Caitlin, today we’re talking about dupe culture, a topic that is rapidly becoming front for many brands around the world. What’s the actual difference between a dupe and a counterfeit? Caitlin Byczko: That is one of my favorite questions. This is the most important distinction to draw when we are talking legally about dupes because the difference, because media and social media often use the words interchangeably and legally they’re very different. A counterfeit is a product that uses someone else’s actual trademark. We often think of a fake Chanel bag with interlocking C’s or a fake Louis Vuitton. It’s relatively straightforward trademark infringement and generally above certain thresholds is a federal crime. A dupe, by contrast, is a product that mimics the look, feel, or performance product without actually using the name or logo. We often think of it in the beauty products, in the fashion space, some brands like Elf Cosmetics, which was in the article you just mentioned, Zara, Costco’s Kirkland brand, Quince, who are all very well known in the dupe space. Ken Suzan: What has led to the rise of dupe culture? I’m reading about it virtually every day. Caitlin Byczko: I feel very strongly about this and I’m always talking about it in my legal and non-legal worlds. It’s a very interesting societal change that I think we’ve seen over the past year. I am a lawyer, I am not a marketer, I am not a sociologist, but in my opinion, social media and influencer culture specifically has really created the kind of rise in dupes that we see today. I don’t think we can talk about modern dupe culture without talking about TikTok specifically. Dupe content is its own genre, essentially on TikTok and on Instagram. There’s a whole vocabulary that people are dupe influencers, where their whole product, everything that they’re doing and selling, all of the content they’re making is dupe related. What’s really changed is the speed, I think, around when other products or when a dupe product comes out, how it can be marketed and how people can find out about it. The speed of commerce itself has increased wildly as a result, in part because of social media. A product used to take months to build a reputation as a good alternative. When we think about things, generic cereal is one thing that I have been talking about with my parents with respect to dupe culture. It was one of the things that there used to be, you would go to the store and there would be the cereal, the name brand cereal, and then there would be the generic version of the cereal, which was usually less expensive. That in a way was a dupe. It took a long time. Your friends knew about the dupe cereal and then you knew about the dupe cereal. Then it all got around. Now a single video can send a dupe product sold out within days, within hours sometimes. Oftentimes, a brand’s own team doesn’t even know about the dupe until it’s already been wildly out. Part of it becomes this legal issue when there are claims coming around the dupe. In the Sol de Janeiro case against Macau Beauty, part of the complaint isn’t just about the trade dress and the packaging, which I think we’ll talk about. It’s about the influencer content and the testimonials and what people are saying about the dupes. There’s so much evidence now and there’s so much content and there’s so much out there regarding dupes on social media, on TikTok, and in other places. Ken Suzan: Yeah, and it’s an ever-evolving story. Every day there’s new social media content, more evidence for a potential gain, right? Caitlin Byczko: Absolutely. Ken Suzan: So if dupes aren’t using a particular brand name, how are companies suing over them at all? Caitlin Byczko: So this is really where trade dress comes in, and trade dress, as most of us know, has been around for a long time. There are a lot of very well-known things that you probably see or use every day that you don’t know are protected by trade dress, but they are. And the trade dress protects the overall kind of look and feel of a product. So if you think about things like packaging, color combinations, shape, label design, when that becomes distinctive enough, right? When consumers see that and kind of immediately understand it has the secondary meaning related to the brand owner, then it can become a protectable trademark. And so the test for trademark infringement is likelihood of confusion. And courts will look at the factors of how similar the products actually look, how sophisticated the shoppers are, whether there’s evidence that people were actually confused. I think one of the big cases in the trade dress space that came out since you and I discussed originally, Ken, is the Van Leeuwen versus Rebel Creamery ice cream case. And so for any of those interested, it’s a very interesting opinion. It just came out of the Eastern District of New York. I think that really helps people, brands specifically, kind of provide a roadmap with respect to how to define a trade dress. I think they did an excellent job there defining what the trade dress was for the packaging. And I think that that had a lot to do with the success. Ken Suzan: Yes. Ken Suzan: Why do you think younger consumers gravitate towards dupes so much more than past generations did? Caitlin Byczko: I think there are a few things that are kind of top of each other. The obvious one is economics. I think younger consumers, especially Gen Z, they’re shopping in an environment where there’s affordability pressure. And I think that dupes let them participate in certain trend cycles without the price tag. Gen Z is a significant demographic behind the growth of dupes. And they have a predicted spending power we saw recently, $12.6 trillion by 2030. Ken Suzan: Wow. That’s incredible. Caitlin Byczko: I think it is really also coupled with more of what I would say is a cultural shift. Again, I am a lawyer and this is just my opinion. But what feels aspirational is really changing, I think. And a generation ago, we saw in the fashion world, there was a really big, people really liked logos. Having a logo, owning a logo was the point. And now for a lot of younger shoppers or even more savvy shoppers, actually being a savvy shopper is the status symbol itself. So for a lot of creators, finding the dupe before anyone else or being the one who tells your followers about the dupe really has its own, and it’s less “I have this real thing” and more, “oh, I outsmarted the markup.” And I think it’s that kind of value. I think younger consumers are more publicly skeptical of the idea that something is worth five or ten times more just because of the name on the packaging. And I think that that becomes the case particularly in beauty and then clothing as well. And so I think it’s coupled with the question of craftsmanship and all of these different things. Like we can’t view anything in a vacuum, which is why I could talk for 500 years about this topic. Ken Suzan: Yeah, definitely. Now brands obviously want to protect themselves. That’s an important thing. But going after a dupe can backfire publicly, particularly on the internet. Can you comment on this possibility and what should brands do? Caitlin Byczko: Sure. I think the biggest thing is what you just said. So I think there’s the legal component. And when we’re assessing this for one of our brand clients, I think we cannot review one without the other. So I think you have to say, do we have this claim? Do we have a protectable trade dress or a look and feel claim? And what is the potential backlash in the public? I think it is also a joint PR concern, because what we see is suing over a dupe can very easily read to the public as, oh, this big brand or big corporation is coming down on a small competitor or on its own customers that made the original brand aspirational. I think that we see this in a lot of the big cases that are out right now. So brands, I think, can start to think about enforcement as a communication strategy first, because sometimes the smarter play isn’t necessarily filing a lawsuit. It’s kind of a quieter cease and desist, a takedown request, or separately, it might be really doubling down on the craftsmanship or on a marketing side of what makes the product worth the price. I think Charlotte Tilbury is a great example of this, who’s really leaned into this kind of “can’t be duped” or “you can’t remake the original” with respect to some of their really core products. And so I think people really need to, or brands really need to, assess: one, how can we define what it is that’s being duped? And again, that’s where I think that Van Leeuwen case, I think, will be really interesting over the next few years, with respect to kind of providing this roadmap to help people say, here is a way that we can try to really define what the trade dress is and then be able to protect it and be able to enforce it. Ken Suzan: Caitlin, are there cases right now, I know we just talked about the Van Leeuwen case, but are there cases right now that you think will actually set the tone for how this area of law develops? Caitlin Byczko: Absolutely. And I think some of the cases probably are even in the works, they’re not even filed yet, which is probably very exciting to us as trademark nerds. I do think the Lululemon versus Costco case will be a big one. It’s not just trademarks and trade dress, as many of them are not. I think a lot of times we see in these cases brands are very smartly using kind of all of the different types of causes of action that they bring: trademark, patent, false advertising, a lot of different things. And so I think that that one is definitely certainly one to watch kind of in the fashion space. And then the Sol de Janeiro versus Macau Beauty. Macau Beauty has been sued multiple times, I think, in various jurisdictions. And so I think part of that one is very interesting to me because I think it’s this, it loops not only trademark protection, but also it brings in false advertising, it brings in influencers, it brings in all of these different things. And so I think, like we had talked about previously, nothing is really viewed in a vacuum. And I think for all of these cases, one really important thing, maybe that we didn’t necessarily have access to 10 years ago, or certainly 20 years ago, is this like just ripe amount of evidence of potential confusion or potential non-confusion. When we go on social media and look at all of these things, and then read the comments and all of this different data that’s out there, it’s fascinating, because if you’re in trial, or if you’re going to trial, you’re sending a cease and desist letter, like there is evidence of what the consumers think right here in front of you, right? And the weight of that evidence obviously depends on what it is. But it’s fascinating the way that you can very quickly identify, you know, is there confusion? Is there not confusion, in a way that you likely could never have even thought to consider 10 to 20 years ago? Ken Suzan: Now beyond litigation, what should brands actually be doing to protect themselves in a dupe-driven market? Caitlin Byczko: I think one of the best things that we can do, right, is starting to register the trademarks. I think that’s an obvious one. And really start to consider where the product is genuinely distinctive. And so if it is genuinely distinctive, pursuing a trade dress or a design patent early, before a dupe exists, before anything happens. And I know that can be difficult, because oftentimes brands don’t know for sure what’s going to take off and what’s not. It can also be a surprise. But I think it’s really pushing brands that when you are innovating and when you are doing something that is truly unique and truly distinctive, or when you’re looking back on your brand assets and saying, this thing has been an anchor brand asset for 10 years, you know, have we sought trade dress protection? Is there a way that we can do that? The second layer really is monitoring, in my mind, because a lot of dupe disputes do start on social media. And I think it is important to have people within a company, if you have a product that you’re really keeping an eye on, or that you’re concerned about being duped or causing confusion, having someone who is keeping eyes on hashtags and influencer content and all of these various things. You know, we’re not watching just your direct competitors, we’re watching other completely different brands, or kind of made-up brands even, who could be duping the product. And then I think the third thing that I see as very important is this kind of consumer education and brand storytelling, which is when we kind of get outside of the purely legal side of it. And, you know, legal and marketing and brand and social kind of all need to work together, right? I think if the only pitch to consumers is “this is the original,” it kind of becomes a weak argument in a market where there are cheap alternatives everywhere. But I think the brands that really explain what actually makes their product different, in its formulation, its sourcing, its performance, its longevity, it really gives people a real reason to say, I want to pay more for this brand because of XYZ, you know, the technology or whatever that is. Charlotte Tilbury is one that I had mentioned. I know Olaplex kind of had a big campaign around “OlaDupe” is what they called it. So I think really unique and interesting marketing also assists with that. Ken Suzan: Caitlin, where do you see dupe culture heading? Is this a trend that plateaus or does it fundamentally change how brands operate? Caitlin Byczko: I think dupe culture itself is here to stay. I mean, I think we are only getting into a world where there is truly going to be a dupe of everything. And it’s not good or bad necessarily. I think it is just where we are in life. And I think, you know, things serve different purposes. And it all depends a lot on how the younger consumers shop. And it’s also changing how older consumers shop. You know, I’ve read a lot about teenage girls teaching their moms about dupes, who are then teaching their grandmothers about dupes, right? So on the legal side, I think we will get clarity eventually. I think right around, you know, all like all of these things, which seem so complex, and we’ll never know the answer. You know, five [years] from now, we will probably have certainly more clarity, because a lot of these cases will move forward. You know, the Van Leeuwen one, which I’ve now talked about multiple times, but I just obviously think it’s very fascinating. I think that that’s one where you have a roadmap, right? And it may be contested, or, you know, everything is very fact-specific in the trademark world. But I think it will open the door to allow people one more aggressive brand enforcement. But it will give people a roadmap proactively to kind of say, if we follow this formula for our trade dress, or, you know, defining our trade dress, then, you know, we have something we can potentially protect. And then I think on the brand side, we’ll likely see less reliance on litigation as the primary weapon and more investment in things that are actually, you know, difficult to dupe: innovation, ingredient transparency, marketing, genuinely interesting brand storytelling is something that we’ve seen. I read this past week that searches for craftsmanship, just like generally the word craftsmanship, and kind of products with craftsmanship, is at an all-time high, than it’s been in like the past 20 years. And so it’s interesting, right, that we have gone from this kind of luxury item or high craftsmanship to this dupe culture that we are in now. But there is some potential shift where people are saying, you know, now, I’ve seen all of this and I have all of these options, but now actually what I do care about is the original, right, the innovation or the ingredient transparency or all of those things that can’t necessarily be copied to the same quality. So it’s why it will just provide us with endless topic of discussion, because I think it will only just keep changing forever. Ken Suzan: That’s right. Caitlin, I want to thank you for spending time with us on the IP Friday’s podcast. This has been very insightful, and I’m sure we’ll be talking about this issue in the months and years to come. Caitlin Byczko: Thank you so much, Ken. I really appreciate it. Ken Suzan: Thank you.
Retired Associate Justice Thomas L. Willhite Jr. of the California Court of Appeal, Second District, Division Four, joins Tim Kowal and Jeff Lewis to discuss nearly four decades in the legal system, from coordinating capital appeals at the California Attorney General's office to authoring roughly 2,000 appellate opinions. He serves as a mediator, arbitrator, and appellate consultant at ADR Services, Inc. since retiring from the bench in 2023.Justice Willhite offers candid, experience-grounded guidance on appellate briefing and oral argument. And as a legal lecturer and consultant in Italy, Justice Willhite offers some striking comparative law contrasts.Are your introductions more than 3-4 pages? Too long. Don't make the justices read your arguments twice.Prioritize conciseness, a balanced statement of facts, and the importance of confronting adverse authority—in the opening brief, rather than waiting for the reply.What are justices thinking during oral argument? And how should advocates deal with a cold bench?At oral argument, sometimes justices write notes—what are they writing?Did you know Italian courts don't have juries? But the judges who decide the cases have to write detailed judgments—sometimes hundreds of pages long!We ask Justice Willhite: Given the choice between stellar briefs and merely serviceable oral argument—or serviceable briefs but stellar oral argument—which is better?How would you answer?Listen to the full episode and subscribe to the California Appellate Law Podcast for more insights from the bench and bar
On this episode of the SeventySix Capital Sports Leadership Show, Wayne Kimmel sits down with Dylan Robbins, CEO and Co-Founder of SeventySix Capital portfolio company Lucra, alongside Bracketology Co-Founders Kaitlyn Hurley and Jonah Fialkow to discuss Lucra's acquisition of Bracketology and what it means for the future of fan engagement.Dylan, Kaitlyn, and Jonah share how the acquisition came together and why combining Lucra's gamification technology with Bracketology's highly engaged community creates new opportunities across sports and entertainment. Kaitlyn and Jonah also reflect on Bracketology's journey from an idea in college to a platform used by more than one million reality TV fans.The conversation explores how Bracketology turns reality TV into an interactive experience, allowing fans to make predictions, compete with friends, and stay engaged throughout their favorite shows. The group discusses the parallels between sports and reality TV fandom and why gamification can create deeper engagement around both.They also break down Bracketology's organic growth, including the role of social sharing, creators, and influencers in building its community. Dylan discusses how Lucra's technology and rewards infrastructure can help build on that foundation, opening new opportunities for monetization and creating more ways for fans to interact with the content they already love.Looking ahead, the group discusses plans for integrating the two platforms and expanding into new shows, experiences, and formats. They also explore how AI could enable more personalized reality TV experiences and how the combination of digital gaming, rewards, and in-person experiences could reshape fan engagement across entertainment.Finally, Dylan, Kaitlyn, and Jonah share their vision for the combined company, the ideas they are most excited to pursue, and what comes next for Lucra and Bracketology.In this episodeHow Lucra's acquisition of Bracketology came togetherWhy Bracketology was a strategic fit for LucraKaitlyn and Jonah's journey building BracketologyTurning reality TV into an interactive gaming experienceThe parallels between reality TV and sports fandomBuilding an engaged community through organic growth and social sharingThe role of creators and influencers in growing fan communitiesExpanding gamification beyond traditional sportsCreating new rewards and monetization opportunitiesCombining Lucra's technology with Bracketology's communityConnecting digital and in-person fan experiencesThe potential for AI and personalized reality TV experiencesThe future of fan engagement across sports and entertainment01:13 How the Merger Came About and the Quick Deal Process03:40 Kaitlyn's Journey from College Hobby to Industry Leader05:22 Jonah's Story and How He Got Involved06:40 Pre-Merger Growth and Expansion of Bracketology08:03 How Users Experience Bracketology During Shows09:53 The Organic Growth and Social Sharing Phenomenon11:52 Engaging Creators and Influencers in Fan Communities13:40 The Diversity of Players and the Appeal to Women15:53 The Parallels Between Reality TV and Sports Fandom16:43 Why the Merger Was the Right Move for Both Companies17:13 Jonah's Passion and the Future of Reality TV18:51 Next 12-24 Months: Plans and Vision20:28 Future Growth Strategies22:09 The Potential for Wild Ideas and New Formats24:32 Connecting In-Person and Digital Fan Experiences27:52 Family Support and the Passion Behind the Ventures31:17 The Exciting Future of Reality TV and Fan Engagement33:54 Dream Projects and Innovative Ideas in Entertainment34:38 How to Get Involved with Bracketology and LucraSubscribe to the SeventySix Capital Sports Leadership Show for conversations with the athletes, executives, entrepreneurs, and investors shaping the future of sports!#Lucra #Bracketology #FanEngagement
The Bryan Kohberger case isn't over.In this episode of True Crime with Jen Coffindaffer FBI, Jen Coffindaffer takes a closer look at Kohberger's appeal and the hearing now granted by the judge, while revisiting the events surrounding the murders of Kaylee Goncalves, Madison Mogen, Xana Kernodle, and Ethan Chapin.Jen breaks down why the plea deal gave Kohberger an opportunity to appeal and examines her long-held belief that Madison Mogen—not Kaylee Goncalves—was the intended target.She also revisits the evidence and unanswered questions surrounding what happened inside the house that night.What could Kohberger's appeal mean—and what questions about the case still remain?#BreakTheCase #BryanKohberger #Idaho4 #IdahoMurders #KayleeGoncalves #MadisonMogen #XanaKernodle #EthanChapin #TrueCrime #TrueCrimeCommunity #CrimeAnalysis #KohbergerAppeal #CoffindafferFBI
In episode 587 of 'Coffee with Butterscotch,' the brothers point out that right now might actually be the best time to be an indie developer. They dig into why smaller, faster games are resonating with players, what the data from How Many Dudes tells them about market dynamics and visibility, and how studios can build sustainable businesses without burning themselves out in the process. "How Many Dudes?": https://howmanydudes.com"How Many Dudes?" Timeline blog: https://blog.bscotch.net/post/indie-game-dev-timeline-for-how-many-dudes/00:00 Cold Open00:31 Introduction and Welcome02:15 Postmortem Analysis of 'How Many Dudes'05:06 Understanding Game Success and Market Dynamics08:08 The Importance of Research and Development11:06 Interpreting Data and Making Decisions14:04 The Great Conjunction in Indie Game Development17:04 The Appeal of Smaller Indie Games20:14 Market Dynamics and Player Behavior29:35 Balancing Game Length and Player Engagement35:06 Navigating Post-Launch Updates and Player Expectations49:09 The Dilemma of Updating Underperforming Games50:05 Understanding Visibility and Market Demand54:05 The Importance of External Traffic for Game Sales59:45 The Distinction Between Game Quality and Market Appeal01:02:02 The Role of Cultural Relevance in Game SuccessSubscribe on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@coffeewithbutterscotchSubscribe on Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/1LxNEnkChat with us on Discord: https://discord.gg/bscotchSupport the podcast: https://moneygrab.bscotch.netLooking for help making and publishing your own games? Check out LudoKit, the web service we're building to help us with our own games: https://ludokit.com ★ Support this podcast ★
Aaron is joined by Tonery and Professor Peter Kuznick to discuss political developments—including the rising chances for nuclear war and efforts to stop it! Sign the petition: Appeal to Pope Leo XIV To get access to the entire library of American Exception, including the Gray Alliance series with Max Arvo, and the oral history with Peter Dale Scott, subscribe to American Exception on Patreon. Peter Kuznick is Professor of History and Director of the Nuclear Studies Institute at American University. The author of numerous books and articles, Kuznick is the co-creator—with Oliver Stone—of The Untold History of the United States. It is a 12-part documentary series that first played on Showtime, and there's also an excellent book version, now in its second edition. Follow and subscribe to Tonery Rose on Substack! Special thanks to: Dana Chavarria, production Casey Moore, graphics Michelle Boley, animated intro Mock Orange, music
Wednesday, 26 August 2026 Tell us, therefore, what do You think? Is it lawful to pay taxes to Caesar, or not?” Matthew 22:17 “You tell, therefore, us what You, it seems? It permits to give census to Caesar or not?” (CG) In the previous verse, it was noted that the disciples of the Pharisees and the Herodians went to Jesus, buttering Him up with platitudes. Now that they feel He is primed for a fall into the trap they have set, they say, “You tell, therefore, us what to You, it seems.” Here it goes. In the previous verse, they said to Jesus, “Teacher, we have known that true, You are, and the ‘way, the God' in truth You teach, and not it concerns You about anyone. Not, also, You look to ‘appearance, men'.” Now, instead of asking what Scripture (the ‘way, the God') says, they ask for an opinion that is surely intended to trap Him in a moral, religious, or cultural dilemma. One can see them salivating over the answer He will give, knowing that they have Him in a box. And so, with this in mind, they ask their question, “It permits to give census to Caesar or not?” The kensos, census, was introduced in Matthew 17:25. It is a poll tax that was not paid in their Jewish currency but in Roman coin. This is a problem and a dilemma that the people faced. Should they obediently submit to those who ruled them, or should they rebel against their authority? This is where they feel that they have trapped Him. If He says to not pay it, the Herodians are standing there, ready to report Him to the Roman authorities for being a rebel against their duly set authority. On the other hand, if He says that they were to pay the poll tax, the Pharisees, as the religious authorities over the people, would be able to tell the masses that Jesus was a traitor to the nation, placing the authority of the Romans above supposed allegiance to God, who established them as a people. The idea of “supposed” is not that the people could be disobedient to God, but that there may be a contingency not suggested in the presentation of their false dilemma that had nothing to do with disobedience to God. Life application: As noted in a previous commentary, fallacies are mistakes in reasoning that render an argument weak, unsound, or invalid. The content of the fallacy is based on an already broken structure of argumentation. The problem is that people quite often do not know what fallacies are or when they are presented. Instead, they hear what is being presented and, without thinking the matter through, assume that what is stated is valid. And there are a seemingly endless number of fallacies to contend with. Some, like the false dilemma, are often so seemingly innocuous that they are hard to pin down, especially when one is under pressure to give a response. A few common fallacies are: Ad Hominem – Attacking the person making an argument instead of the argument itself. Straw Man – Changing or exaggerating an opponent's argument to make it easier to knock down. False Dilemma – Pretending there are only two choices when there are more options. Appeal to Authority – Claiming something is true just because an expert or famous person says so, without real evidence. Bandwagon (Ad Populum) – Saying an idea is right because lots of people believe in it. Circular Reasoning – Repeating the claim inside the proof itself instead of giving a real reason. Slippery Slope – Claiming that a small first step will lead to a giant, bad disaster without proof. Hasty Generalization – Making a giant rule based on just a small example. We hear these errors in thinking all the time, but don't consider them because we have not taken the time to understand what is being presented or who is presenting the information. Take time to go to a website that specifically lists fallacies and look them over. Consider each one in your mind before moving on. This will help you immensely when you hear people refer to all types of matters. One from a religious perspective was given by John Hagee when he was selling a book about Jesus. He said, “Jesus never claimed to be the Messiah.” Obviously, he had never read the Bible through because Jesus explicitly claimed to be the Messiah in John 4:26, John 17:3 (which uses the word “Christ”, and which means “Messiah”), etc. Further, the terms Messiah and Christ, when referring to Jesus, are stated well over 250 times. But what John Hagee did was to build a Straw Man fallacy by redefining what “Messiah” means for his own purposes. He then essentially said, “See, Jesus never claimed this.” But how many people went out and bought the book? And how many continued to sit under his teaching after such an enormous, purposeful attack against the position and authority of Jesus? The fact that they accepted his word reflects another fallacy mentioned above, the Appeal to Authority. “Oh, the preacher is a specialist on this or that. Therefore, what he says must be true.” Be careful to know when you are being sold a bill of goods. Jesus was prepared, as we will see. Lord God, keep us from false teachers who present misleading, bogus, and even heretical doctrines that will blind us to the truth of Your word. Give us wisdom to understand how what they present is false so that we will not be duped by their words. Yes, help us in this, O God. Amen.
Get access to The Backroom, with 100+ exclusive episodes of 1Dime Radio, on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/OneDimeThis is an Elleven Labs voice-over of an essay I released a while ago on my Substack titled "The Post-Woke Age: Making Sense of Mamdani, AI Job Loss and the 'Vibe Shift“ A Post-Woke Age,” (Part 3 of my Genealogy of Wokeism series). In this essay, I argue that the Fourth Awokening is exhausting itself while AI-driven white-collar displacement could produce a Fifth Awokening through a broader crisis of elite overproduction. I also examine the return of class politics, the appeal of neoreaction, whether a “woke right” really exists, Zohran Mamdani's rise, the left's inability to learn from defeat, and the political trajectory of the Palestine movement.Read the written essay: https://1dimereview.substack.com/p/the-next-awokeningYou can listen to 1Dime Radio on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get podcasts.Timestamps:0:00 The Post-Woke Age7:46 Is Woke Dead, or Is It Coming Back?14:00 The Vibe Shift19:47 AI and the Fifth Awokening26:52 Elite Overproduction in STEM32:59 The FIRE Industries and Bullshit Jobs34:41 Blue-Collar Workers and the Producer Class44:12 The Appeal of Neoreaction46:52 Is There a Woke Right?52:48 Rise of Class Politics Across Left and Right55:46 Don't Mess With the Zohran1:08:59 Why Mamdani Won1:13:39 It's Not Just Optics. It's About Truth1:16:43 Anti-Left Propaganda Works Because Leftists Are the Propaganda1:21:56 Why the Left Is Slow to Learn1:28:19 Israel and Palestine1:35:39 Bibliography/FootnotesFOLLOW 1Dime:1Dime Radio YouTube channel: https://youtube.com/@1dimeradioSubstack: https://1dimereview.substack.com/X/Twitter: https://x.com/1DimeOfficialInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/tonyof1dime/Main 1Dime YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@1DimeeLeave a like, comment, and subscribe. Give 1Dime Radio a 5-star rating on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you listen.
Pinellas had recommended cutting funding for Weedon Island and Shell Key, state-owned preserves that the county leases and operates. But there has been a reprieve.Ever want to ditch your music streaming service for a turntable and needle? Do you reach for a film camera to capture a moment?Also, some insight on the Orlando sloth deaths that resulted in no criminal charges.Follow us on social media:Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/WUSFInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/wusfpublicmedia/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCsN1ZItTKcJ4AGsBIni3
Catching up on the latest headlines this week! Mountain Murders discusses Karmelo Anthony's denied appeal for a new trial, Tupac trial, a strange foster child, and more. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/mountain-murders--3281847/support.
Andrew Maclean, Marvin Bartley & Roger Hannah get your thoughts on Kim Min-Su, the Girona winger has been linked to Rangers this week. Auston Trusty has been missing from Celtic training, and Tony Docherty has been named Scotland Under-21 head coach.Plus the Full-time teaser, and Beat the PunditListen to previous shows on Rayo: https://hellorayo.co.uk/podcasts/superscoreboard/X: https://x.com/ClydeSSBInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/clyde1ssbFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/clyde1TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@clydessb
A @Christadelphians Video: [Actual, provable Bible Truth] We are confronted with the profound reality that the family unit is not an accident of human evolution. It is a divinely orchestrated design, established by God to be the primary environment for salvation. Within this sacred structure, the role of the mother is uniquely critical. As we explore this subject, we uncover the wisdom of a Creator who uses the natural maternal instincts to teach the spiritual, elevating the role of a godly mother to one of immense eternal significance.This thought-provoking and insightful presentation, "God's Wisdom in the Family Design #4: A Mother's Unique Role and Responsibilities," delivered by brother Ken Styles, is a wonderful and expositional study. It masterfully reveals the special spiritual sensitivity and influence God has placed upon mothers, challenging the world's devaluation of this sacred role. It is an outstanding call to recognise that the home is a kingdom-heading environment, and the mother is its primary architect. This revealing study demonstrates how a mother's daily life is the living Bible for her children, showing them the commandments of Christ put into practice.**Chapters:**00:00 - Introduction & Review: The Purpose of the Family03:54 - The Danger of Spiritual Abuse04:30 - A Moral Implication: Raising God's Children05:28 - The Metaphor of the Arrow05:50 - An Appeal to the Ecclesial Family10:42 - The Blessing of Conception13:48 - The Wisdom Behind God's Hatred of Sexual Sin17:40 - Introduction: The Mother's Special Role18:52 - Unique Qualities & The Godly Environment20:33 - Living the Word: More Than Just Reading21:53 - The Mother's Spiritual Influence25:55 - Who is Saving Whom? A Beautiful Paradox28:34 - The Spiritual Basis for a Mother's Role (Titus, Timothy, Proverbs)30:32 - Humorous Moments & The Power of Apology35:52 - Teaching God's Supremacy in Practical Terms44:03 - Personal Insight: The Family Rule Board50:13 - A Story of Correction & God's Saving Purpose52:46 - Conclusion: The Big Picture**Bible Verse Category:**
David Senra: Read the notes at at podcastnotes.org. Don't forget to subscribe for free to our newsletter, the top 10 ideas of the week, every Monday --------- Travis Kalanick is best known for co-founding Uber and building it into one of the world's largest transportation platforms. Before Uber, he spent years building Red Swoosh under extreme financial pressure. He says he took no salary for its first four years, repeatedly ran out of money and lost much of his social life to the company before eventually selling it. He later invested much of the proceeds in friends' startups, becoming the first investor in Expensify. Kalanick started Uber at 33 and carried the intensity of those earlier years into the company. He describes operating with “precision, perfection and obsession” and continued running Uber with the mentality of someone worried about making the next grocery bill even after the company had reached a valuation of roughly $70 billion. Under his leadership, Uber expanded rapidly across cities and countries, creating a new category of app-based transportation and challenging the entrenched taxi systems that controlled many local markets. Uber's growth depended on empowering young operators to build markets from scratch while maintaining tight control over the decisions that mattered most. Kalanick personally participated in the pricing process for the company's first 20 to 30 cities, using each launch to refine a playbook that could eventually operate without him. He describes this management philosophy as finding the line between order and chaos: using the fewest possible rules while preserving the structure required to move quickly at scale. After leaving Uber, he returned to company building within months. His current company, Atoms, is developing artificial intelligence and specialized robotics for industries including food, mining and transportation. Kalanick describes his role as “problem solver in chief,” focusing on the most consequential problems that are not already being solved and pursuing what he considers his broader calling: digitizing the physical world. Show notes: https://www.davidsenra.com/episode/travis-kalanick Made possible by Ramp: https://ramp.com AppLovin: https://applovin.com/senra Deel: https://deel.com/senra Chapters (00:00:00) Building Atoms & the Meta Problem of Management (00:03:51) The Appeal of Impossible Problems: Starting Over in China (00:12:19) Uber vs. Didi: Copycats, Hypergrowth & China's Rules (00:21:02) How Network Effects Become an Efficiency Fortress (00:31:48) Capitalism vs. the Taxi Cartel (00:44:05) The China War Goes Global & the Entrepreneur's Capacity for Pain (00:54:04) Life After Uber: Lawfare, Media Narratives & Reputation (00:58:21) What Founders Get Wrong About Venture Capital (01:08:35) The Fundraising Playbook: QED Storytelling & a Five-Room Auction (01:18:38) The Uber Coup, Radical Accountability & Outgrowing Fear (01:26:42) Why Specialized Robots Beat Humanoids at Industrial Scale (01:31:30) Finding Your Sport: Food, Mining & the Physical AI Stack (01:40:14) How to Build Many Companies Inside One Company (01:46:33) Entropy, Civilization & the Meaning of Progress Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Brian reflects on the whirlwind week of moving his son into Grove City College, wrestling with the mix of pride, sadness, and trust required to release a child into independence and let their faith become their own. He shares the surprising comeback of Christian music legend Sandy Patty, releasing new music a decade after her farewell tour at age 70. Brian reacts to a CBS/YouGov poll showing a striking number of Democrats holding a more favorable view of socialism than capitalism, and shares JD Greer's "Adore, Acknowledge, Appeal" framework for prayer drawn from Nehemiah. He digs into the "friendship depth gap" — the modern problem of having many shallow connections but few deep ones — and a Christianity Today piece cautioning against Texas lawmakers seeking to redefine Islam to strip it of religious liberty protections, warning that restricting freedom for one faith opens the door to restricting it for all. He closes with a thoughtful piece on how to forgive someone who never says sorry.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
CARLY GREGG VERDICT, JPD CORRUPTION, DEREK CHAUVIN APPEAL (Ep #1279)
Your Nebraska Update headlines for today, Aug. 21, include: Robert F. Kennedy Jr. visited National Quarantine Unit at University of Nebraska Medical Center Thursday and met with members of press following his tour, Nebraska Supreme Court agreed to hear appeals challenging the validity of two new political parties, Lincoln joined Omaha in environmental grant program for young people, Wahoo is turning local foxes into interactive public art with new downtown mural, annual Tecmo Bowl National Championship brings players from across the country to Omaha.
A @Christadelphians Video: [Actual, provable Bible Truth] We are confronted with the profound reality that the family unit is not an accident of human evolution. It is a divinely orchestrated design, established by God to be the primary environment for salvation. Within this sacred structure, the role of the mother is uniquely critical. As we explore this subject, we uncover the wisdom of a Creator who uses the natural maternal instincts to teach the spiritual, elevating the role of a godly mother to one of immense eternal significance.This thought-provoking and insightful presentation, "God's Wisdom in the Family Design #4: A Mother's Unique Role and Responsibilities," delivered by brother Ken Styles, is a wonderful and expositional study. It masterfully reveals the special spiritual sensitivity and influence God has placed upon mothers, challenging the world's devaluation of this sacred role. It is an outstanding call to recognise that the home is a kingdom-heading environment, and the mother is its primary architect. This revealing study demonstrates how a mother's daily life is the living Bible for her children, showing them the commandments of Christ put into practice.**Chapters:**00:00 - Introduction & Review: The Purpose of the Family03:54 - The Danger of Spiritual Abuse04:30 - A Moral Implication: Raising God's Children05:28 - The Metaphor of the Arrow05:50 - An Appeal to the Ecclesial Family10:42 - The Blessing of Conception13:48 - The Wisdom Behind God's Hatred of Sexual Sin17:40 - Introduction: The Mother's Special Role18:52 - Unique Qualities & The Godly Environment20:33 - Living the Word: More Than Just Reading21:53 - The Mother's Spiritual Influence25:55 - Who is Saving Whom? A Beautiful Paradox28:34 - The Spiritual Basis for a Mother's Role (Titus, Timothy, Proverbs)30:32 - Humorous Moments & The Power of Apology35:52 - Teaching God's Supremacy in Practical Terms44:03 - Personal Insight: The Family Rule Board50:13 - A Story of Correction & God's Saving Purpose52:46 - Conclusion: The Big Picture**Bible Verse Category:**
This show has been flagged as Clean by the host. Civilization VI, released in 2016, was a further evolution of the franchise that added interesting new features. We introduce it in this episode. Civilization VI Released in 2016, Civ VI is probably still the most played version of the game. Although there has been a general gap of 5-6 years between versions, the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic slowed down many things. Since early 2025 we have had Civilization VII come out, but in my opinion it is still being tweaked and refined. In the meantime, Civilization VI is the game I play now when I play Civ. I've played all of them from the first, and put in many hours here. Since I now play Civ on Steam mostly, I have statistics! I played Civ V for a total of 769 hours, and so far I have played Civ VI for 689 hours, but since this is what I play for now I will probably exceed my Civ V hours pretty soon. BTW, I probably have well over 1000 hours on Civ II, which I think I have played the most, and certainly more than 3000 hours total over all all versions. I'm going to cover this without worrying too much about whether it is the base game or an expansion. Fact is, Firaxis have started moving to something more akin to a subscription model when they introduced the New Frontier Pass, which works very well when you are on Steam. The idea was that you bought this pass, and very few months got new content, and on Steam it would automatically be downloaded to your account. That is not to say that there weren't actual expansions, but since the last thing they released was this “pass”, i'm kind of wondering what they will do with Civ VII. In any case, let's take a look at this. Gameplay Again, you start with a tribe in 4000BC which founds your first city, and you immediately begin building units, exploring, researching, and developing your city. this is a time-tested mechanic that never changes. but there are some interesting changes that make this game fascinating. First, in the earlier versions of Civ you thought of yourself as playing a particular civ, which came with a particular leader. In different versions of Civ the name of the leader might change, like for France you might have Napoleon on some versions, or Joan of Arc in another, but in each case one civ gets one leader, so you tended to think of yourself as playing the nation. Rome might be Caesar in one version, Augustus in another, or Trajan in yet another. (Fun fact: Sid Meier says he always plays as Rome because it just feels right to him). In Civ VI this linkage is broken. One leader, Eleanor of Aquitaine, can be played as the Queen of England, or she can be played as the Queen of France. And each version has different abilities and strengths. If you want a fairly easy Culture victory, play her as Queen of France, and watch as other players' cities rebel and join your Empire because they admire you so much. Teddy Roosevelt also has two different manifestations, Rough Rider Teddy, and Big Stick Teddy, when you have all the expansions. China has two possible leaders, with different strengths: Qin Shi Huang, and Kublai Khan. And Kublai Khan can be either Chinese or Mongolian, with different strengths. So in Civ VI you don't think of what Civ you want to play, you think of which leader you want to play. Every leader comes with a Civilization Ability, a Unique Unit, and a Unique Infrastructure. These matter a lot. For example, take John Curtin, the leader of the Australian civilization. His Civilization Ability is called Land Down Under, and it gives him +3 Housing in coastalcities. Building a Pasture triggers a Culture Bomb, claiming surrounding tiles. Campus, Commercial Hub, Holy Site, and Theater Squaredistricts gain +1 to their yields in tiles with Charming Appeal, and +3 in tiles with Breathtaking Appeal. Then his Unique Unit is the Digger, a melee military unit that replaces the Infantry unit. And his Unique Infrastructure is tile improvement called the Outback Station. This gives you increased food, production, and housing, some of which varies according to what is on surrounding tiles. The point is that each leader gives you very specific advantages that you should play to. In Civ VI it is even more important to tailor your strategy to the particular leader. Leaders like Frederic Barbarossa or Simon Bolivar are very good for Domination, while Peter the Great and Saladin are very good for Religious victories. If you take a random leader be ready to adapt your play style and strategy to fit, or alternatively decide what kind of victory you want to achieve and pick a leader who is good at it. Or if you want a real challenge, pick a leader who is not suited to the victory condition you are aiming at. But keep in mind that the game may take you in places you didn't expect. One game I picked Wilfrid Laurier of Canada, who is ideal for Diplomatic and Cultural victories, and I thought I would be going for a Cultural victory. But Wilfrid's strengths come from his advantages on Tundra land tiles, and I somehow managed to spawn in the middle of the map with no Tundra tiles at all in my empire. I had work hard to manage a Science victory in that case. Districts This is a major change in Civ. In earlier versions you built buildings inside of cities, and you tended to build the same buildings in most or all cities. You were only limited by your ability to generate Production to get them done. Civ VI is different. You have to place Districts on specific tiles, and and you can then develop the district with added buildings. If you want to develop your industry, you can place an Industrial Zone, and then add a Workshop, then a Factory, then a Power plant, and so on, each one increasing your Production. For Science you place down a Campus District, then a Library, then a University, then a Research Lab. And the game mechanic means you cannot built everything in every city. You can place one district at the start, then one more when your city reaches a population of 4, then a third one when you reach 7, and so on with each added population of three allowing one more district. The point is to force you to make choices. Districts get adjacency bonuses which increase their output. The Campus (generates Science) and the Holy Site (generates Faith) both benefit from adjacent Mountains, and the effect is additive. So if you find a tile with three mountains around it, you will want to place one of these districts there. Districts also get adjacency bonuses from other districts, so the planning the layout of your cities is really important to maximize these bonuses. And they can get bonuses even with adjacent Districts that belong to a different city! Another key district is the Encampment, which let you build better, more veteran military units. Since building units requires Production, you should build build an Encampment in a city which has a lot of Production, and that probably means one with an Industrial Zone. A Harbor District would go in a city with coastal tiles, of course. All of this requires planning. Expert players will usually start out by exploring to see what the map looks like around them, what terrain features they have to work with, what resources are available, and so on. Then, around turn ten they will plan out their next cities, and figure out where they want to place districts and so on. There is a built-in “map pin” system for this, and it can be improved by installing the right mod. While you don't have to do this, it does help you to be successful. Maps and Terrain Terrain features matter a lot in this game. We already mentioned adjacency bonuses of Mountains for Holy Sites and Campuses, but there is much more. The map is divided into Continents, and it is quite normal for a contiguous land mass to contain two or more continents if it is large enough. Think of how Europe and Asia are really just one large land mass to see what I mean. This matters because certain units may defend differently depending on which continent they are on, or some civilizations may be affected from having cities on a different continent. Terrain features like Rivers are extremely important for the placement of cities because they provide fresh water. You can sometimes get around that by building an Aqueduct to bring water from a Lake or a Mountain, but that means using up one of your city tiles, and spending production to build it. If you can place your city on a river you can avoid that problem and get off to a fast start. But the downside is that rivers can flood, and that can wreck your improvements. A big idea for terrain is Appeal. Each tile has an Appeal level ranging from Disgusting to Breathtaking, and it is determined by a combination of the tile's features themselves and by adjacencies. The modifiers are added together to determine the Appeal level of the tile, and there is a lens you use to view your Appeal levels on all tiles, which are color coded. This matters particularly if you are trying for a Culture victory. Culture victories are own by generating Tourism, and while some that can come from things like Museums and Wonders, you will really want to maximize your Tourism to win this game, and two good ways to do that are building National Parks and Seaside Resorts. You can only do that if the appeal is at least Charming (or even better, Breathtaking). If you find you cannot build them in what seems like a good spot, chances are Appeal is the problem. So check that out. You can, for instance, remove marshes (which give negative appeal), and plant forests (which add appeal), and that might be all it takes to get these going. The underlying issue in managing your cities is that you only have so many tiles, and a tile that might be great for a farm might also be great for a District. You need food to grow, and you need to grow to put down Districts, so you are always making choices about this, and that is what makes this a great strategy game. Other Resources Civilization 6 Tutorial: In Game Settings Links https://www.pcgamesn.com/civilization-vii/narrative-lead-job-posting https://civilization.fandom.com/wiki/Qin_Shi_Huang_(Civ6) https://civilization.fandom.com/wiki/Kublai_Khan_(Chinese)_(Civ6) https://civilization.fandom.com/wiki/Housing_(Civ6) https://civilization.fandom.com/wiki/Coastal_(Civ6) https://civilization.fandom.com/wiki/Pasture_(Civ6) https://civilization.fandom.com/wiki/Tile_(Civ6) https://civilization.fandom.com/wiki/Campus_(Civ6) https://civilization.fandom.com/wiki/Commercial_Hub_(Civ6) https://civilization.fandom.com/wiki/Holy_Site_(Civ6) https://civilization.fandom.com/wiki/Theater_Square_(Civ6) https://civilization.fandom.com/wiki/District_(Civ6) https://civilization.fandom.com/wiki/Appeal_(Civ6) https://civilization.fandom.com/wiki/Continent_(Civ6) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lkas_uiq_fk https://www.palain.com/gaming/civilization-vi/ Provide feedback on this episode.
Derek Chauvin's lawyers just filed an appeal claiming his murder conviction was unconstitutional — no grand jury, a governor who feared the mob, a verdict the street wrote before the evidence was read. The appeal isn't a legal fight; it's a counter-ritual 50 years in the making. Jason Whitlock traces how America's surrender to domestic terror made Chauvin the scapegoat — and why freeing him is the line. George Floyd, Ben Crump, and a country finally done apologizing. ➢ Show Outline 00:00 - The Derek Chauvin Trial Was a Ritual Not Justice 00:35 - The Appeal as a Legitimacy Operation 02:02 - Why America Negotiates With Domestic Terrorists 04:02 - Chauvin as Scapegoat for White Guilt 05:54 - Is White America Finding Its Resolve Again 07:19 - The Biblical Scapegoat Parallel 09:10 - White Guilt Tribalism and the Biblical Worldview 12:12 - Patronizing Attitudes Toward Black Americans 16:44 - The Inferiority Complex and Anti Black Racism 22:13 - Reinvigorating an Honest Conversation ➢ Follow Our GUESTS https://x.com/VirgilWalker https://x.com/TJMoe28 ➢ Subscribe to Jason's other channel https://www.youtube.com/JasonWhitlock?sub_confirmation=1 https://www.youtube.com/@JasonWhitlockHarmony?sub_confirmation=1 https://www.youtube.com/@JasonWhitlockBYOG?sub_confirmation=1 https://www.youtube.com/@JasonWhitlockClips?sub_confirmation=1 ➢ Connect with Jason on Social Media: https://x.com/JasonWhitlock https://www.instagram.com/realjasonwhitlock/ https://www.facebook.com/jasonwhitlock ➢ Send Jason an Email FearlessBlazeShow@gmail.com ➢ Support The Blaze Visit https://TheBlaze.com. Explore the all-new ad-free experience and see for yourself how we're standing up against suppression and prioritizing independent journalism. Support Conservative Voices! Subscribe to BlazeTV at https://www.fearlessmission.com and get $20 off your yearly subscription. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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The Democrat running for governor is doing her best to stay away from any kind of socialist label. She has taken some moderate stances in recent weeks.
In this episode of The Kubik Report, Victor Kubik continues his conversation with Greg Thomas about Benjamin Franklin, exploring the remarkable final chapter of Franklin's life—his influence on the Constitution, his inventions, his opposition to slavery, and his complex religious beliefs. At age 81, Franklin was the elder statesman of the Constitutional Convention of 1787. As delegates struggled to overcome deep divisions, Franklin reminded them of the limits of human wisdom and made a striking appeal for daily prayer. He asked how an empire could rise without God's aid if even a sparrow could not fall without His notice. Yet surprisingly, his motion was never brought to a vote. The discussion also examines Franklin's extraordinary inventive mind. From bifocals and the lightning rod to the Franklin stove, glass harmonica, flexible catheter, carriage odometer, and even wooden swim fins, Franklin continually searched for practical ways to improve everyday life. He refused to patent his inventions, believing they should benefit everyone. Greg and Victor also explore a less understood side of Franklin: his religious philosophy. Franklin believed in a God who intervened in human affairs and heard prayer, while questioning traditional Christian doctrines concerning Jesus Christ. He nevertheless deeply respected Jesus' moral teachings and believed religion was essential to maintaining a virtuous society. Finally, the episode examines Franklin's late-life commitment to abolition. Shortly before his death in 1790, he petitioned Congress to bring an end to slavery—one final example of a remarkable man whose ideas continued evolving throughout his long life.
Donna Adelson is fighting back with an appeal as new details emerge about her legal battle and her “emergency” behind bars. In this episode, STS breaks down Donna Adelson's appeal, the latest court developments, and the circumstances surrounding her request for relief while in custody. What is behind Donna Adelson's emergency, and could her appeal change what happens next in the Dan Markel murder case? Key Points: Donna Adelson files an appeal Details surrounding her legal challenge Her “emergency” request while behind bars The latest developments in Donna's case The Dan Markel murder investigation Potential arguments from Donna's legal team What prosecutors could argue in response How the appeal could affect her future What happens next in court The Donna Adelson case continues to develop following years of investigation, courtroom battles, and major convictions tied to the murder of Dan Markel. STS examines the appeal, legal arguments, custody issues, and latest developments while separating confirmed facts from allegations and speculation. Follow the STS Podcast for survivor stories, true crime news, cold cases, and real crime stories, bringing context and analysis to the cases that continue to make headlines. Subscribe, Like & Set Alerts to "ALL" for show times & breaking news. https://www.youtube.com/@SurvivingThe... Become a Member: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-yr... Support the show & be a part of #STSNation: Donate to STS' Trial Travel: Https://www.paypal.com/ncp/payment/GJ... VENMO: @STSPodcast or Https://www.venmo.com/stspodcast Check out STS Merch: Https://www.bonfire.com/store/sts-store/ Joel's Book: Https://amzn.to/48GwbLx Support the show on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/SurvivingTheSurvivor Email: SurvivingTheSurvivor@gmail.com Surviving The Survivor is a leading destination for true crime analysis, breaking crime news, murder trial coverage, criminal investigations, courtroom breakdowns, and live case discussions. Hosted by Emmy Award-winning journalist Joel Waldman and his mother Karm, a child Holocaust survivor, STS brings together top FBI profilers, homicide detectives, criminal defense attorneys, prosecutors, forensic experts, journalists, victims' advocates, and survivors to analyze the biggest true crime stories. From high-profile murder cases and missing persons investigations to serial killers, criminal psychology, police procedures, and major court trials, STS delivers fact-based reporting and expert insight from those who have worked some of the nation's most notorious cases. Known for having the best guest in true crime, STS gives viewers direct access to the experts behind the headlines. Join #STSNation for live shows, breaking updates, audience Q&As, and in-depth case analysis. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
Harold Doby III grew up in Georgia with a mother who worked as a correctional officer and a father who was secretly a drug dealer — and when his father was sentenced to 19 years in prison Harold was seven years old and sports became the thing that kept everything together. He had his first child at 16, went on to play Division 1 and Division 2 college basketball, played overseas until an injury ended his career, and then fired a single shot from his licensed firearm in self defense during a bar altercation he says he was not a part of — and watched that decision produce a nearly $200,000 restitution order, 20 years of probation, and eventually a 45 year prison sentence when job loss and injuries made the restitution impossible to pay in the time the court required. _____________________________________________ #justice #selfdefense #truecrimecommunity #prisonsentence _____________________________________________ Thank you to CASH APP for sponsoring this episode: Download Cash App Today: https://capl.onelink.me/vFut/ksjh06pb #CashAppPod Cash App is a financial services platform, not a bank. Banking services provided by Cash App's bank partner(s). Prepaid debit cards issued by Sutton Bank, Member FDIC. Cash App Visa® Debit Flex Cards issued by Sutton Bank, Member FDIC, and The Bancorp Bank, N.A., pursuant to a license from Visa U.S.A. Inc. See terms and conditions for the Sutton prepaid card, Sutton debit flex card, and Bancorp debit flex card. Discounts and promotions provided by Cash App, a Block, Inc. brand. Visit cash.app/legal/podcast for full disclosures. _____________________________________________ Hosted, Executive Produced & Edited By Ian Bick: https://www.instagram.com/ian_bick/?hl=en https://ianbick.com/ _____________________________________________ Timestamps: 00:00 Introduction: From D1 Ball to Prison 00:25 Growing Up in Augusta, Georgia 01:16 Dad's Arrest and Double Life 03:16 Avoiding Trouble and the Golden Kid 05:21 Teenage Mischief and the Firework Incident 06:04 Dad's Legacy and Impact 07:57 Could He Have Avoided Prison? 09:21 Siblings and Different Paths 10:48 Becoming a Father at 16 12:42 Turning Point: Moving to Florida 14:27 College Hoops and the Georgia State Struggle 16:34 Finding a Home at Augusta State 18:16 Going Pro Overseas 21:01 The Career-Ending Foot Injury 23:07 Life After Basketball and a New Purpose 25:49 Sponsor: Cash App 28:06 The 2019 Night That Changed Everything 31:29 Self-Defense and the Warning Shot 32:42 Arrest and the DA's Game 36:34 A String of Unhelpful Lawyers 40:02 Tased by Police and Losing an Eye 41:13 The Open Plea and Sentencing 45:45 The Impossible $155,000 Restitution 49:15 Betrayal and the GoFundMe 51:55 Life on Probation and the Criminal Justice System 54:39 The Violation and 45-Year Sentence 56:34 The Disappearing Restitution Payments 58:54 Depression and the Reality of Prison 01:01:44 Jackson State Prison: A Brutal Introduction 01:03:28 Studying the Law and Winning the Appeal 01:05:51 Filing Motions from Prison 01:07:21 Prison Gangs and Violence 01:08:32 Witnessing Murder and Survival Mode 01:11:00 Accountability and Growth in Prison 01:12:40 The Appeal Process and More Obstacles 01:16:26 Delays and the Viral Facebook Post 01:20:20 Release on Conditions 01:22:25 Life Now: Work and Probation 01:24:16 The Future of the Case 01:25:17 Would He Have Gone to Trial? 01:26:53 Final Lesson for His Daughters 01:27:31 Closing Thoughts _____________________________________________ To advertise on the show, contact sales@advertisecast.com or visit https://advertising.libsyn.com/LockedInWithIanBicka
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Circuit Judge Donald W. Hafele was the trial-level judge in Palm Beach County who repeatedly denied efforts to unseal the secret grand jury transcripts from the 2006 grand jury that investigated Jeffrey Epstein in Florida. When media organizations such as The Palm Beach Post and others petitioned the court to release the secret testimony that might explain why Epstein received a lenient plea deal, Hafele ruled that under existing Florida law he did not have the authority to release those normally confidential records, even though public interest arguments were made about transparency and justice. His rulings maintained the traditional secrecy of grand jury proceedings and kept the transcripts sealed.That decision was overturned by the Florida Fourth District Court of Appeal, which unanimously concluded that Hafele had erred in saying he lacked authority to release the records. The appeals court ruled that under state law grand jury records could be made public if doing so would “further justice,” and ordered Hafele (or the trial court) to review the materials and determine which parts could be released with appropriate redactions. In effect, Hafele's earlier closure was not the final word; the appellate ruling opened the door to unsealing at least portions of the grand jury transcripts, marking a key shift in the long battle over access to these Florida records.to contact me:bobbycapucci@protonmail.comBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-epstein-chronicles--5003294/support.
20th Sunday in Ordinary Time (08/16/26). This weekend is our Catholic Services Appeal, which helps our Diocese of Superior serve the people of Northern Wisconsin. Our goals this year are $69,650 for St. Joseph and $17,290 for St. Ann. We made our goals last year, and I'm confident we can do it again. But I want to challenge us to something deeper than simply meeting a number: prayerful generosity. Jesus gives us the perfect example. He was prayerful—continually interceding for us—and He was generous, giving His very life for our salvation. The CSA makes a real difference: it supports our seminarians and future priests, including the formation that led to my own priesthood. It helps provide priests for our parishes, youth and adult faith opportunities, Catholic schools, and the many services that keep our Diocese and parishes going. So please support the CSA. But even more, I challenge you this year to give more than you did last year—and pray as you give. Give to the Church, the CSA, and the charitable causes you care about. Let your generosity become an act of prayer. We made our goal last year; let's make it again—and let's see if we can do it in just two months! I'm confident we can. But most importantly, let's grow in prayerful generosity, because that makes us look more like Jesus.
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War Room Iran Threatens New Offensive After Ceasefire Collapses, SCOTUS Rejects Trump's Appeal In E. Jean Carroll Verdict, Kushner Meets With Netanyahu & Hamas Leaders
Experience often guides our perspective of spiritual realities. But what is it's role in understanding spiritual warfare? This week we wrap up the What Every Believer Should Know About Spiritual Warfare series. We're reading out of Appendix 2, looking at the sufficiency of Scripture, biblical examples of appeals to experience, the importance of worldview and interpretation, navigating various theological perspectives and more. The goal of this series is to equip you with a spiritual warfare first aid kit, so you can function with more freedom on your deeper walk with God. Check out the free discussion guide in the links below!
In this episode of John Solomon Reports, host John Solomon welcomes former Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker, who shares his experiences as a target of liberal lawfare and the challenges he faced during the John Doe grand jury investigation. Walker discusses his journey from surviving political attacks to thriving as a leader at the Young Americas Foundation, where he engages with young conservatives and addresses the rising allure of socialism among youth. Solomon and Walker delve into actionable strategies to combat these trends and outline the critical issues at stake in the upcoming elections.In the second segment, Solomon is joined by Bud Cummins, a former U.S. Attorney from Little Rock, who offers his legal perspective on the FBI's conduct and the ongoing discussions surrounding the Round River operation. Cummins provides clarity on the implications of these revelations and what they mean for accountability within government.Finally, Solomon shares a personal health journey, discussing how he has successfully managed his blood pressure through a super fruit drink called 120Life. He highlights the benefits he's experienced and encourages listeners to consider natural alternatives to medication for health management.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
This week on Headline Highlights: Courtney Clenney takes a plea deal for manslaughter, avoiding a potential life sentence and leaving her with roughly 16 months left in prison. Week two of Lindsay Clancy's trial brought emotional testimony about the children's deaths, Lindsay's mental health and injuries, and a courtroom controversy over a hot-mic comment during the autopsy evidence. Jesse Butler's case was dismissed after he completed a youthful-offender program without serving jail time, but the DA is now seeking federal review amid explosive allegations and claims of innocence. The Lily Peters murder case could end before trial as a sealed resolution hearing is set for August 26th. A New York mother and grandmother allegedly poisoned and killed four children while believing they were “protecting” them. And a North Dakota mother is accused of attacking her three children, killing two and critically injuring another..Lily Peters: 10 Year Old BRUTALLY Murdered By 14 Year Old Cousin | Carson Peters Berger
Dr. Daniel Bannoura (Ph.D. Notre Dame University) is a Palestinian theologian and Director of Public Engagement at the Bethlehem Institute for Peace & Justice. Daniel received his PhD degree in Qur'anic Studies from the University of Notre Dame. His research focuses on the history and redaction of the Qur'an, Christian-Muslim relations, and Palestinian theology. Daniel also host of “Across the Divide”, a podcast that provides a space for thoughtful conversations about Palestine-Israel through the lens of faith and peace-making. Check out the Church at the Crossroads conference in Atlanta, Nov 5-7, 2026 and the Christ at the Checkpoint Conference in Bethlehem, Dec 27th-31st, 2026. Time Stamps: 00:00:00 Intro00:02:29 Why a Palestinian Christian Researches the Qur'an00:05:04 Did Muhommed Actually Exist?00:11:43 Christian assumptions about Muslims in Gaza 00:16:00 Double Standards for Gazan Christian Deaths 00:16:48 Why are People Still Dying during the Ceasefire?00:18:53 The Debate Around Using the Term “Genocide” 00:23:49 The Shrinking Borders Around Gaza 00:25:24 UN Report on Children being Targeted in Gaza00:27:36 Life Expectancy, Malnutrition, and the Hidden Death Toll00:29:16 Why the World Knows but Hasn't Stopped it 00:45:54 The Shifting Political Landscape00:51:08 Upcoming Conferences in Bethlehem and Atlanta 00:56:34 What can the Church do? 01:04:38 An Appeal to Christian LeadersSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.