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No book in the series gets more hate than Feast. That's understandable--the earlier books comprise arguably the greatest epic fantasy trilogy of all time. Faced with writing a sequel to that, GRRM plotted an entirely different course--Feast sacrifices epic action for internal struggle. The original trilogy is about heroic characters remaking the world around them. In Feast, we're navigating internal landscapes. The transformation is personal. Consider these lines from the book: Have you decided what you are? The question is, who are you? Girl or boy, we fight our battles, but the gods let us choose our weapons. What is dead may never die but rises again stronger. What changed? I died in the Battle of the Trident. Who are you? No one. The earlier books contained many great ideas and insights. Feast goes a step further and shows how you can apply those ideas to enrich your own life. Another big difference is that Feast emphasizes and highlights the social context in which we operate. As a result, it offers a much more nuanced and thoughtful discussion of personal choice and responsibility than does the original trilogy. Feast also differs from the earlier books because it's the product of a different cultural moment. The earlier books were conceived and written in the 1990s, when political scientists were contemplating "the end of history." Feast is written after 9/11 and Bush/Gore, when our understanding of democracy and our place in the world has been massively shaken. The point is, Feast is not at all like the original trilogy--it's even better. Mentioned during pod: Original, correct Margaret Thatcher quote with context: https://www.loc.gov/programs/poetry-and-literature/poet-laureate/poet-laureate-projects/poetry-180/all-poems/item/poetry-180-133/the-summer-day/ Francis Fukuyama and the end of history: https://www.jstor.org/stable/24027184 The cost and complexity of "greed is good": https://www.chicagobooth.edu/review/moral-ambivalence-gordon-gekko GRRM against voter suppression: https://grrm.livejournal.com/287215.html Song of Myself (I contain multitudes):  ⁠https://poets.org/poem/song-myself-51⁠ The Summer Day (one precious life): ⁠https://www.loc.gov/programs/poetry-and-literature/poet-laureate/poet-laureate-projects/poetry-180/all-poems/item/poetry-180-133/the-summer-day/⁠

What Happens When Real Estate Agents Embrace Grit and Growth? In this episode of the Real Estate Excellence podcast, Tracy interviews Kate Swain. Kate is a second-generation North East Floridian and Jacksonville native. Real Estate is Kate's full-time career and passion. She has excelled while being licensed in both Florida and Georgia. She is in the top 5% of all Zillow agents earning her “Best of Zillow” status. Kate was the top selling agent in her brokerage, selling the most properties in 2021 and earning Nassau County top producer status for 2021. In 2021, Kate Swain sold 68 properties totaling 20 million dollars. Kate has the expertise and determination to work hard for you. Kate shares her journey from broadcasting to becoming a top-performing agent. They cover various topics such as the importance of staying active in the industry, utilizing systems for client management, the necessity of mentorship, and leveraging video marketing. Kate emphasizes the value of forming authentic relationships with clients, adapting to market changes, and continuously sharpening one's skills. Tune in to this episode as Kate shares her practical advice for both new and experienced real estate agents looking to excel in their careers!   Highlights 00:00 - 06:21 The Importance of Continuous Learning ·       We welcome Kate Swain to the show! She shares her initial interest in politics and broadcast journalism during her college years. ·       Her experiences at Florida State, including covering the Bush-Gore election controversy. ·       The challenges and demands of pursuing a career in broadcast journalism. 06:22 - 20:01 Networking and Referrals ·       Kate's career transition from working in media to becoming a successful real estate agent. ·       After a tragic family event and disillusionment with media's exploitative nature, she pivoted to real estate. ·       Encouraged by her broker husband, Kate obtained her real estate license in 2018. ·       Juggling a family and an unstructured start. ·       She found success by developing efficient systems for managing clients and transactions. ·       The importance of mentorship, organization, and choosing the right brokerage for long-term success. 20:02 - 36:35 The Importance of Systems in Real Estate ·       The career progression of a real estate agent who begins with a significant referral from a gold medalist athlete. ·       Kate's transition from their initial brokerage to becoming a leader within Keller Williams. ·       The challenges, learning opportunities, and the value of training and persistence. ·       Overseeing operations in Jacksonville, Florida, under the Keller Williams Sports and Entertainment division. ·       Continuous improvement and networking. 36:36 - 50:31 The Power of Video Marketing ·       The aspects of real estate transactions, emphasizing the importance of persistence and creative problem-solving. ·       Personal experiences, including the purchase and sale of multiple homes and handling complex transactions involving condos. ·       Managing professional relationships and the indispensable role of having a capable assistant to achieve success. ·       Addressing the current real estate market challenges and strategies to effectively manage listings. 50:32 - 01:11:36 Tips for New Agents and Conclusion ·       Focusing on the transition to incorporating video marketing. ·       Boosting visibility and engagement through YouTube. ·       Maintaining authentic client relationships. Leveraging videos for lasting impact. ·       Effectively using social media. ·       They practical aspects such as: o   Buyer broker agreements, o   Staying active during slower months, and o   Strategies for new agents to remain top-of-mind and client-focused. ·       Professionalism, authenticity, and the strategic use of technology to enhance real estate business outcomes.   Quotes: “You're never too busy, in my opinion, to carve out something.” – Kate Swain “I know this is a cliché but I truly love helping people.” – Kate Swain “One of the things when I got into real estate is I did not give up time with my family. Family is super important to me.” – Kate Swain   To contact Kate Swain, learn more about her business, and make her a part of your network, make sure to follow her on LinkedIn and Website.   Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kate.swain/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/katie.r.swain YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@NEXTMOVEATLANTICCOAST Website: https://nextmoveatlanticcoast.com/   If you want to build your business and become more discoverable online, Streamlined Media has you covered. Check out how they can help you build an evergreen revenue generator all powered by content creation!   SUBSCRIBE & LEAVE A 5-STAR REVIEW as we discuss real estate excellence with the best of the best.

The complicated history of how America elects presidents and why this matters to the next election. An engaging mix of history and political science, Distorting Democracy will awaken Americans to the perils of our system by unveiling the Electoral College's origins, history, and current problems. This book demonstrates that the system has no principled foundation, that it has changed dramatically over its 230-year history, and that it now threatens the legitimacy of our political system.The book is divided into three ground-breaking sections: Part I tells the story of the Electoral College's origins in the Constitutional Convention. Defenders of the Electoral College tend to invoke gauzy images of the Founding Fathers infusing our system with their unique, timeless wisdom. But history tells a very different story. The Founding Fathers faced a mess; they responded by creating a mess. Part II traces two hundred years of innovations-many of them subtle but highly consequential-to the plan described in the Constitution. As the new nation rapidly descended into bitter political conflict, many of the framers themselves, driven by their partisan interests, massaged the Electoral College into a form that differed profoundly from their founding intentions. Subsequent generations tinkered similarly with the systems' possibilities, always exploiting its potential for political gain. Part III examines how our strange presidential election system has produced frustrating results with increasing frequency in recent elections. Who can forget the Bush-Gore contest of 2000, when the results hinged on "hanging chads" and fewer than 1,500 votes in Florida? Americans endured weeks of a single-state recount, only to have the Supreme Court halt the process and hand the election to George W. Bush. Bush won the Electoral College by a single vote, but Al Gore captured 500,000 more popular votes. Then, in 2016, Donald Trump stunned the world with a substantial Electoral College victory of 302-227, though nearly 3 million more Americans preferred his opponent, and roughly 7 million voted for a third-party candidate. The system increasingly returns results that conflict with the expressed wishes of a majority of voters, a product of our hyper-polarized landscape and unique geopolitical distribution of party loyalists. The system cannot improve until we learn the complicated history of the Electoral College and the lessons it holds for us today. "Every American should read this book. It brings facts and clarity to a debate that too often relies on conjecture about the Electoral College's purposes and ill-informed arguments about how it actually operates. The lessons herein are immense." -- Joshua A. Douglas, Ashland, Inc-Spears Distinguished Research Professor of Law, University of KentuckyBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/arroe-collins-unplugged-totally-uncut--994165/support.

Sam Harris speaks with Barton Gellman about election integrity and the safeguarding of American democracy. They discuss the war games he's run to test our response to an authoritarian president, using federal troops against American citizens, the difference between laws and norms, state powers to resist the federal government, voter identification and election integrity, political control over election certifications, the Bush-Gore election, the Electoral Count Reform Act, the prospect of public unrest after the November election, January 6th, George Soros, the "good people on both sides" calumny against Trump, what happens to Trump and Trumpism if Harris wins in November, the presidential debate with Harris, the authoritarian potential of a second Trump term, Project 2025, and other topics. If the Making Sense podcast logo in your player is BLACK, you can SUBSCRIBE to gain access to all full-length episodes at samharris.org/subscribe. Learning how to train your mind is the single greatest investment you can make in life. That's why Sam Harris created the Waking Up app. From rational mindfulness practice to lessons on some of life's most important topics, join Sam as he demystifies the practice of meditation and explores the theory behind it.

Share this episode: https://www.samharris.org/podcasts/making-sense-episodes/384-stress-testing-our-democracy Sam Harris speaks with Barton Gellman about election integrity and the safeguarding of American democracy. They discuss the war games he's run to test our response to an authoritarian president, using federal troops against American citizens, the difference between laws and norms, state powers to resist the federal government, voter identification and election integrity, political control over election certifications, the Bush-Gore election, the Electoral Count Reform Act, the prospect of public unrest after the November election, January 6th, George Soros, the "good people on both sides" calumny against Trump, what happens to Trump and Trumpism if Harris wins in November, the presidential debate with Harris, the authoritarian potential of a second Trump term, Project 2025, and other topics. Barton Gellman is a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and author. He currently serves as Senior Advisor at the Brennan Center for Justice at NYU School of Law. Previously, he was a staff writer at The Atlantic and The Washington Post. He is the author of Dark Mirror: Edward Snowden and the American Surveillance State and Angler: The Cheney Vice Presidency, for which he won the Los Angeles Times Book Prize. Website: bartongellman.com Twitter: @bartongellman Learning how to train your mind is the single greatest investment you can make in life. That’s why Sam Harris created the Waking Up app. From rational mindfulness practice to lessons on some of life’s most important topics, join Sam as he demystifies the practice of meditation and explores the theory behind it.

The complicated history of how America elects presidents and why this matters to the next election. An engaging mix of history and political science, Distorting Democracy will awaken Americans to the perils of our system by unveiling the Electoral College's origins, history, and current problems. This book demonstrates that the system has no principled foundation, that it has changed dramatically over its 230-year history, and that it now threatens the legitimacy of our political system.The book is divided into three ground-breaking sections: Part I tells the story of the Electoral College's origins in the Constitutional Convention. Defenders of the Electoral College tend to invoke gauzy images of the Founding Fathers infusing our system with their unique, timeless wisdom. But history tells a very different story. The Founding Fathers faced a mess; they responded by creating a mess. Part II traces two hundred years of innovations-many of them subtle but highly consequential-to the plan described in the Constitution. As the new nation rapidly descended into bitter political conflict, many of the framers themselves, driven by their partisan interests, massaged the Electoral College into a form that differed profoundly from their founding intentions. Subsequent generations tinkered similarly with the systems' possibilities, always exploiting its potential for political gain. Part III examines how our strange presidential election system has produced frustrating results with increasing frequency in recent elections. Who can forget the Bush-Gore contest of 2000, when the results hinged on "hanging chads" and fewer than 1,500 votes in Florida? Americans endured weeks of a single-state recount, only to have the Supreme Court halt the process and hand the election to George W. Bush. Bush won the Electoral College by a single vote, but Al Gore captured 500,000 more popular votes. Then, in 2016, Donald Trump stunned the world with a substantial Electoral College victory of 302-227, though nearly 3 million more Americans preferred his opponent, and roughly 7 million voted for a third-party candidate. The system increasingly returns results that conflict with the expressed wishes of a majority of voters, a product of our hyper-polarized landscape and unique geopolitical distribution of party loyalists. The system cannot improve until we learn the complicated history of the Electoral College and the lessons it holds for us today. "Every American should read this book. It brings facts and clarity to a debate that too often relies on conjecture about the Electoral College's purposes and ill-informed arguments about how it actually operates. The lessons herein are immense." -- Joshua A. Douglas, Ashland, Inc-Spears Distinguished Research Professor of Law, University of KentuckyBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/arroe-collins-like-it-s-live--4113802/support.

Welcome back Madi!!!! And welcome back Park Pals to the SEASON FINALE!!!! I'm calling this the Deleted Scenes extravaganza because there were so many juicy cut moments! (Ron bringing his own whiskey and taking a shrimp plate, a lot of amazing guest stars, why Chris thinks it's okay to ask Ann if he can sleep with Jen again - gross) First, we catch up a bit with Madi going over some motherhood moments, then dive deep with an exciting promo from back when this originally aired (almost to the exact date) - this aired on May 10, 2012 and we recorded May 11, 2024!

Morgan Stanley's chief economists have their quarterly roundtable discussion, focusing on the state of inflation across global regions, the possible effect of the US election on the economy and more.----- Transcript -----Seth Carpenter: Welcome to Thoughts On the Market. I'm Seth Carpenter, Morgan Stanley's Global Chief Economist. On this episode, on this special episode of the podcast, we'll hold our second roundtable discussion covering Morgan Stanley's global economic outlook as we look into the second quarter of 2024.It's Thursday, March the 14th at 10 am in New York.Jens Eisenschmidt: And it's 2 pm in London.Chetan Ahya: And 10pm in Hong Kong.Seth Carpenter: Excellent. So, things around the world have changed significantly since our roundtable last quarter. US growth is notably stronger with few signs of a substantial slowdown. Inflation is falling, but giving some hints that things could stay -- maybe -- hotter for longer.In Europe, things are evolving mostly as anticipated, but energy prices are much lower, and some data suggest hope for a recovery. Meanwhile, in China, debt deflation risks are becoming a reality. And the last policy communication shows no sign of reflation. And finally, Japan continues to confirm the shift in equilibrium, and we are expecting the policy rate change imminently.So, let's dig into these developments. I am joined by the leaders of the economics team in key regions. Ellen Zentner is our Chief US Economist, and she's here with me in New York. Chetan Ahya is our Chief Asia Economist, and Jens Eisenschmidt is our Chief Europe Economist.Ellen, I'm going to start with you and the US. Have the stronger data fundamentally changed your view on the US economy or the Fed?Ellen Zentner: So, coming off of 2023, growth was just stronger than expected. And so, carrying that into 2024, we have revised upward our GDP forecast from 1.6 per cent Q4 over Q4 to 1.8 per cent. So already we've got stronger growth this year. We have not changed our inflation forecast though; because this could be another year of stronger data coming from supply side normalization, and in particular the labor market -- where it's come amid higher productivity and decelerating inflation. So, I think we're in store for another year like that. And I would say if I add risks, it would be risk to the upside on growth.Seth Carpenter: Okay, that makes sense. But if there's risk to the upside on growth -- surely there's some risk that the extra strength in growth, or even some of the slightly stronger inflation that we've seen, that all of that could persist; and the Fed could delay their first cut beyond the June meeting, which is what you've got penciled in for the first cut. So how do you think about the risks to the timing for the Fed?Ellen Zentner: So, I think you've got a strong backdrop for growth. You've got relatively easy financial conditions. And Fed policymakers have noted that that could pose upside risks to the economy and to inflation. And so, they're very carefully parsing every data point that comes in. Chair Powell said they need a bit more confidence on inflation coming down. And so that means that the year over year rate on core PCE -- their preferred measure of inflation -- needs to continue to take down.I think that the risk is more how long they stay on hold -- than if the next move is a hike, which investors have been very focused on. Do we get to that point? And so certainly if we don't see the next couple of months and further improvement, then I think it just does lead for a longer hold time for the Fed.Seth Carpenter: All right. A risk of a longer hold time. Chetan, how do you think about that risk?Chetan Ahya: That risk is important to consider. We recently published on the idea that Asian central banks will have to wait for the Fed. Even though inflation across Asia is settling back into target ranges, central banks appear to be concerned that real rate differentials versus US are negative and still widening, keeping Asian currencies relatively weak.This backdrop means that central banks are still concerned about future upside to inflation and that it may not durably stay within the target. Finally, growth momentum in Asia excluding China has been holding up despite the move in higher real rates -- allowing central banks more room to be patient before cutting rates.Seth Carpenter: I got it. Okay, so Jens, what about for the ECB? Does the same consideration apply if the Fed were to delay its cutting cycle?Jens Eisenschmidt: I'm glad you're asking that question, Seth, because that's sort of the single most asked question by our clients. And the answer is, well, yes and no. In our baseline, first of all, to stress this, the ECB cuts before the Fed, if only by a week. So, we think the ECB will go on June 6th to be precise. And what we have heard, last Thursday from the ECB meeting exactly confirms that point. The ECB is set to go in June, barring a major catastrophe on growth or disappointments on inflation.I think what is key if that effect cuts less than what Ellen expects currently; the ECB may also cut less later in the year than we expect.So just to be precise, we think about a hundred basis points. And of course, that may be subject to downward revision if the Fed decides to go later. So, it's not an idle or phenomenon. It's rather a rather a matter of degree.Seth Carpenter: Got it. Okay, so that's really helpful to put the, the Fed in the context of global central banks. But, Ellen, let me come back to you. If I'm going to look from here through the end of the year, I trip over the election. So, how are you thinking about what the US election means for the Fed and for the economy as a whole?Ellen Zentner: Sure. So, I think the important thing to remember is that the Fed has a domestic directive. And so, if there is something impacting the outlook -- regardless, election, geopolitics, anything -- then it comes under their purview to support the economy. And so, you know, best example I can give maybe is the Bush Gore election, when we didn't know who was going to be president for more than two months.And it had to go to the Supreme Court, and at that time, the uncertainty among households, among businesses on who will be the next president really created this air pocket in the economy. So that's sort of the best example I can give where an election was a bit disruptive, although the economy bounced back on the other side of that.Seth Carpenter: But can I push you there? So, it sounds like what you're saying is it's not the election per se that the Fed cares about. the Fed's not entering into the political fray. It's more what the ramification of the election is for the economy. Is that a fair statement?Ellen Zentner: Absolutely. Absolutely fair.Chetan Ahya: One issue the election does force us to confront is the prospect of geopolitical tension, and in particular the fact that President Trump has discussed further tariffs. For China, it is worth considering the implications, given the current weakness.Seth Carpenter: That's a really good point, Chetan, but before we even get there, maybe it's worth having you just give us a view on where things stand now in China. Is there hope of reflationary fiscal policy?Chetan Ahya: Unfortunately, doesn't seem like a lot right now. We have been highlighting that China needs to stimulate domestic demand with expansionary fiscal policy targeted towards boosting consumption. And it is in this context that we were closely watching policy announcement during the National People's Congress a couple of weeks ago.Unfortunately, the announcement in NPC suggests that there are very limited reflationary policies being implemented right now. More importantly, the broad policy focus remains firmly on supporting investment and the supply side; and not enough on the consumption side. So, it does seem that we are far away from getting that required reflationary and rebalancing policies we think is needed to lift China back to moderate 2 to 3 per cent inflation trajectory.Jens Eisenschmidt: I would jump in here and say that part of the ongoing weakness we see in Europe and in particularly Germany is tied to the slowdown in global trade and the weakness Chetan is talking about for China.Seth Carpenter: Okay, Jens, if you're going to jump in, that's great. Could you just let us know where do you think things go in Europe then for the rest of this year and into next year?Jens Eisenschmidt: So, we see indeed a small rebound. So, things are not looking great on numbers. But, you know, where we are coming from is close to recessionary territory; so everything that's up looks will look better.So, we have 0. 5 on year and year growth rates; 1 percent next year; 0.5 for this year. In terms of quarterly profiles -- so, essentially we are hitting at some point later this year a velocity between 0.2 to 0.3, which is close to potential growth for the Euro area, which we estimate at 1.1.Seth Carpenter: Got it. Okay, so outside of the U. S. then. China's week. Europe's lackluster Chetan, I gotta come back to you. Give us some good news. Talk to us about the outlook for Japan. We were early adopters of the Japan reflation story. What does it look like now?Chetan Ahya: Well, the outlook in Japan is the exact opposite of China. We are constructive on Japan's macro-outlook, and we see Japan transitioning to a moderate but sustainable inflation and higher normal GDP growth environment.Japan has already experienced one round of inflation and one round of wage growth. But to get to sustained inflation, we need to see wage growth to stay strong and more evidence of wage passing through to inflation. In this context, we are closely watching the next round of wage negotiations between the trade unions and the corporate sector.We expect the outcome of first round of negotiations to be announced on March 15th, and we think that this will reflect a strong acceleration in wage growth in Japan. And that, we think, will allow Japan's core inflation to be sustained at 1.5 to 1.75 per cent going forward.This rise in inflation will mean higher normal GDP growth and lower real interest rates, reviving the animal spirits and revitalize the corporate sector. We do see BOJ moving from negative rates to positive rates in March 19th policy meeting and later follow up with another 15 bps (basis points) hike in July policy meeting. But we think overall policy environment will remain accommodative supporting Japan's reflation story.Seth Carpenter: All right, that does make me feel a little bit better about the global economy outside of the US. But I'm seeing the indication from the producers, we've got to wrap up. So, I'm going to go to each of you, rapid fire questions. Give me two quick risks to your forecast. Ellen for the US…Ellen Zentner: All right. If we're wrong and the economy keeps growing faster, I think I would peg it on something like fiscal impulse, which has been difficult to get a handle on. Maybe throw in easier than expected financial conditions there that fuel the economy, fuel inflation. I think if we slow a lot more then it's likely because of some stresses in the banking sector.Let's think about CRE; we say it's contained, maybe it's not contained. And then also if companies decide that they do need to reduce headcounts because economic growth is weaker, and so we lose that narrative of employee retention.Seth Carpenter: Got it. Okay, Jens, you're up. Two risks.Jens Eisenschmidt: The key upside risk is clearly consumption. We have a muted part for consumption; but consumption isn't really back to where it has been pre-COVID or just barely so. So, there's certainly more way up and we could be simply wrong because our outlook is too muted.Downside, think of intensification of supply chain disruptions. Think about Red Sea. The news flow from there is not really encouraging. We have modeled this. We think so far so good. But if persists for longer or intensified, it could well be a downside risk because either inflation goes up and/or growth actually slows down.Seth Carpenter: Perfect. All right, Chetan, let me end with you and specifically with China. If we are going to be wrong on China, what would that look like?Chetan Ahya: We think there are two upside risks to our cautious view on China's macro-outlook. Number one, if global trade booms, that helps China to use its excess capacity and enables it to de-lever and lift its inflation. And number two, if we see a shift in the reflationary and rebalancing policies, such that there is aggressive increase in social expenditure on things like healthcare, education, and public housing. This would help households to unlock precautionary saving, boost consumption demand, and get China out of current deflationary environment.Seth Carpenter: Got it. Ellen, Chetan, Jens, thank you each for joining us today. And to the listener, thank you for listening. If you enjoy the show, please leave us a review wherever you listen to the show and share thoughts on the market with a friend or a colleague today.

“Your airbag” by Ralph Nader. “Your seatbelt” by Ralph Nader. “Your cleaner air” by Ralph Nader. “Your safer food” by Ralph Nader. “Your lead protection when you get dental x-rays", “Your warning labels on cigarettes”, “Your right to know if you're exposed to dangerous chemicals at your job”. By Ralph Nader, by Ralph Nader, by Ralph Nader.  We slap names on everything! Bylines. Authorship! We see names on everything in our ego-oriented society with commercialization and profit maximization near its core. But Ralph's name isn't on any of these things. Could be! ​Maybe should be​! But when you've spent nearly seven decades — seven decades! — as a tireless consumer advocate, fighting to achieve protections for a healthier and safer society for all, well, maybe you don't focus on credit. You just focus on change. “Dissent is the mother of ascent,” Ralph reminds us in ​Chapter 130 of 3 Books​, one of many calls-to-arms issued by the four-time Presidential candidate and author of the new book ​The Rebellious CEO​ to our fiery global community of book lovers, writers, makers, sellers ... and librarians. And while Ralph's not running for President in 2024 — “We have a two-party duopoly not a competitive democracy" — he's still working, day after day, calling for change. Sure, he's turning 90 in February, joining his two active nonagenarian sisters, but he doesn't feel old. Why not? Because, according to Ralph, “The only true aging is the erosion of one's ideals." I was very excited to sit down with Ralph and learn from his plentiful experience, wisdom, and ideas. On lots of things! Including de-computerizing elementary schools, shifting from a warmaking to peacemaking society, adding safety to social media, his ingredients for cognitive longevity, his current views of the famed Bush-Gore 2000 presidential election where he was called a "spoiler", and, of course, his 3 most formative books. In an era of blaring, dopamine-spiking news and social media overwhelm this longform conversation with a true master awoke and inflamed my spirit on so many things. I think it'll do the same for you. Let's flip the page into Chapter 130 now... You can find show notes and more information by clicking here: https://www.3books.co/chapters/130 --- Leave us a voicemail. Your message may be included in a future chapter: 1-833-READ-A-LOT.   Sign up to receive podcast updates here: https://www.3books.co/3mail  3 Books is a completely insane and totally epic 15-year-long quest to uncover and discuss the 1000 most formative books in the world. Each chapter discusses the 3 most formative books of one of the world's most inspiring people. Sample guests include: Brené Brown, David Sedaris, Malcolm Gladwell, Angie Thomas, Cheryl Strayed, Rich Roll, Soyoung the Variety Store Owner, Derek the Hype Man, Kevin the Bookseller, Vishwas the Uber Driver, Roxane Gay, David Mitchell, Vivek Murthy, Mark Manson, Seth Godin, Judy Blume and Quentin Tarantino. 3 Books is published on the lunar calendar with each of the 333 chapters dropped on the exact minute of every single full moon all the way up to April 26, 2040. 3 Books is an Apple "Best Of" award-winning show and is 100% non-profit with no ads, no sponsors, no commercials, and no interruptions. 3 Books has 3 clubs including the End of the Podcast Club, the Cover to Cover Club, and the Secret Club, which operates entirely through the mail and is only accessible by calling 1-833-READ-A-LOT. Each chapter is hosted by Neil Pasricha, New York Times bestselling author of The Book of Awesome, The Happiness Equation, Two-Minute Mornings, etc. For more info check out: https://www.3books.co

Salut à toutes et à tous ! On se retrouve pour l'épisode 70 sur l'année 2000 ! On remercie plus particulièrement Vincent et Idriss pour leurs thèmes. Au programme de ce nouveau numéro : - Télé : Malcolm (2'24) - Musique : Linkin Park - Hybrid Theory (46'52) - Cinéma : Snatch avec Nico Prat en invité (1h54'31) - Société : L'élection Bush/Gore (3h18'24) Vous pouvez retrouver Bi-Bop sur Twitter, Insta et Facebook : @3615Bibop. Vous pouvez aussi lâcher une bonne note et des gentils commentaires sur vos applis de podcast. Si vous avez envie denous soutenir, et de nous aider à mettre en place des petits projets comme des jeux concours, on a un Patreon  ! Vous pouvez également réagir aux émissions, poser vos questions ou partager vos souvenirs en laissant un message vocal sur Speakpipe  ! Un énorme merci à tous ceux qui nous ont déjà aidé !On vous souhaite un bel été et de bonnes vacances si vous avez la chance de partir ! Profitez bien !    

This podcast is a must listen for both you and your family's well-being. The stories that Diane Dimond tells about senior guardianship can happen to anyone. Journalist Diane Dimond and I discuss the problems that can occur what happens when a system designed to protect goes horribly wrong. Using stories gleaned from years of research, Diane illustrates how unscrupulous guardians can drain resources designed to allow those incapacitated by mental and physical disability to live comfortable lives and robs family of their inheritance. We're Here to Help, When Guardianship Goes Wrong is must reading for families who have become caregivers. Diane Dimond has enjoyed an award winning career in radio and television news.She is the recipient of theAmerican Bar Association's Silver Gavel Award. Perhaps you know her from her coverage of some of the nation's biggest stories - including the murder of JonBenét Ramsey, the Michael Jackson case, the O.J. Simpson Murder Case and the Bush-Gore election recount in Florida- in a career that has included NPR, CNBC, Court TV, MSNBC and the "Today" show.

While appearing on Face the Nation, Rep. Jamie Raskin stated that election denial is a “hallmark” of fascism. Interestingly, Raskin refused to certify Florida electors during the 2016 Presidential election as part of an effort to prevent Donald Trump from becoming President and, in 2003, he questioned the legitimacy of the 2000 Bush-Gore election.

Hour 2 of The Dawn Stensland Show: In a 24-page ruling, Federal District Judge Aileen Cannon announced she would allow for a special master to review documents seized during an FBI raid of Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago home. Legal expert Andrew C. McCarthy called it a major win for the former President. Michael Torres—Deputy Editor of Real Clear Pennsylvania—joins the show to discuss Donald Trump's rally in Pennsylvania where the former president referred to Democrat candidate for U.S. Senate John Fetterman as a “defund the police Marxist” and mocked him for wearing “dirty” sweatsuits. While the crowd undoubtedly enjoyed Trump's speech, was it something that may sway purple Pennsylvania to vote Republican in the November 2022 midterms? According to investigators, the body of a missing Memphis teacher has been found. Police have arrested a suspect who has been charged with first-degree murder and kidnapping. While appearing on Face the Nation, Rep. Jamie Raskin stated that election denial is a “hallmark” of fascism. Interestingly, Raskin refused to certify Florida electors during the 2016 Presidential election as part of an effort to prevent Donald Trump from becoming President and, in 2003, he questioned the legitimacy of the 2000 Bush-Gore election.

It seems like Biden may be considering war as a way out of his lackluster performance thus far. What do you think? Does this remind you of Bush/Gore? Is it just me?

Ariel Edwards-Levy is CNN's Polling and Elections Analytics Editor, after covering the public opinion beat at Huffington Post for several cycles. In this episode she talks growing up in Southern California, the election that hooked her on politics at a young age, her early days in journalism, how she gravitated toward the polling beat, her transition from Huffington Post to CNN, and Ariel tackles many of the weighty questions confronting the field of polling.IN THIS EPISODEAriel self-identifies as an LA Valley Girl…Ariel's political awareness starts around the 2000 Bush-Gore election…Ariel fondly remembers the days of getting the daily print newspaper…Ariel talks the connections between her background as a journalist to her current focus on polling…Ariel talks her early path in journalism and how she came to the polling beat at the Huffington Post…Ariel talks her transition from Huffington Post to CNN…Ariel talks through what the day job of the Polling and Analytics Editor at CNN actually is…Ariel weighs in on the state of the polling industry…Ariel breaks down the differential non-response bias problem…Ariel on both improvements polling has made recently as well as challenges the field still faces…Ariel talks the mistakes that get under her skin from some public polling…Ariel talks how she thinks about tackling polling complex issues…Ariel's best practices for people to become savvy consumers of public opinion data…Ariel talks the value of qualitative research…Ariel talks how she's developed a large Twitter footprint…Ariel's one quirky work habit…

Karl Smith has worked in journalism since high school. He has been on the bleeding edge of the design revolution and also at the forefront of online journalism and  user-generated content. He designed the front page in Lexington, KY the day Secretariat died, was running a newsroom the night of the Bush-Gore election, and led a newsroom in an area that strongly felt the impacts of the 9/11 attacks. He is the author of the book Anchored in Tradition: An Unofficial Collection of Fun, Facts and Figures About Life at the United States Naval Academy  He also writes the blogs My Kid the Mid and My Kid The Cadet. Karl joins Billy via Zoom to talk about it all. 

Stay Tuned as the Coach and the Vet discuss the division in America that some say started with the Bush/Gore election during Podcast #37. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/thecoachandthevet/support

-Post Election Climate -AOC possibly quitting politics and her "Trump Accountability Project" -Texas Social worker arrested on 134 counts of voter fraud -Are we looking at another civil war? -Influx of alternative social media platforms -Bush/Gore turnover of 2000. Who was on his legal team? Joe Biden's treament of Clarence Thomas -Is breaking the "glass ceiling" by kamala Harris tarnished by her conduct that got her there? Is she truly a role model for the young women of america? -Media bias

November 15, 2020 – U.S. states must adopt uniform election laws on when to count ballots to avoid the mayhem of the recent presidential election, a veteran elections supervisor said Sunday. Bill Cowles, supervisor of elections for Orange County, Florida, and a former member of the Federal Elections Commission Board of Advisors, said Florida is now the model for tabulating elections due to changes made after the historic Bush-Gore presidential election debacle of 2000. Florida now requires paper ballots be collected for recounts, avoiding the state’s hanging chad punch card ballot embarrassment of the 2000 race, Cowles said on the weekly Retail Politics Podcast with Gerry Shields. Florida now allows election supervisors to count ballots 26 days before the election to accelerate the tabulation process. Pennsylvania, where workers did not finish counting ballots until four days after the election, prohibits counting all ballots until election day. Arizona did not finish their count until nine days after the election. Nevada and Georgia also took a week to finish tabulating the votes. “We are a country where the election process is decentralized,” said Cowles, who has served over 30 years. The Florida changes also resolved problems with error ballots. Election workers had time to send affidavits rectifying unsigned ballots or other voter confusion before election day, making sure every vote counted. In 2000, the U.S. Supreme Court voted 5-4 to end a month-long Florida recount, handing the presidency to George W. Bush. “Maybe the legislatures in Nevada and Arizona, Pennsylvania and Georgia will take a look at our procedures and rules and they’ll start consulting with Florida on how to make changes,” Cowles said. Florida also adopted early voting, allowing voters to cast their ballots at the polls weeks in advance, taking the pressure to count all ballots on election day off election supervisors. Cowles dismissed fraud claims, defending the accuracy and integrity of the American election system, noting that prior races resulted in only .0024 percent of American elections resulting in fraud charges and prosecutions. “Fraud has become a campaign tool,” Cowles said. “People throw fraud around as a way to campaign and we’re seeing that in this post-election period.” The recent presidential election vote counting debacle will start new debate over necessary changes as Bush-Gore did in 2000, Cowles said. “You’re only as good as your last election,” he said. “We’ve already started working on the next one.” # # # Gerry Shields is author of the new book, The Front Row: My Jagged Journey Recording American History from Reagan to Trump, available on Amazon.com. The podcast can be heard at: retailpoliticspodcast.com, Spotify or subscribe on Apple.

We have a lot to discuss today, from Pennsylvania to the Dominion voting systems to CNN meltdowns. The attorneys involved in the 2000 Bush/Gore recount, who are said not to be the "MAGA type," are saying that President Trump still has a path to victory. We're also going to engage a little in our first Civics Friday since we have a lot of new listeners who are trying to learn some things about how all of this government stuff is supposed to work.

We have a lot to discuss today, from Pennsylvania to the Dominion voting systems to CNN meltdowns. The attorneys involved in the 2000 Bush/Gore recount, who are said not to be the "MAGA type," are saying that President Trump still has a path to victory. We're also going to engage a little in our first Civics Friday since we have a lot of new listeners who are trying to learn some things about how all of this government stuff is supposed to work.

We have a lot to discuss today, from Pennsylvania to the Dominion voting systems to CNN meltdowns. The attorneys involved in the 2000 Bush/Gore recount, who are said not to be the "MAGA type," are saying that President Trump still has a path to victory. We're also going to engage a little in our first Civics Friday since we have a lot of new listeners who are trying to learn some things about how all of this government stuff is supposed to work.

Today on the Zeoli Show, ballots continue to come in from Philadelphia and throughout Pennsylvania we still don't have 100% transparency on every vote. Which is something everyone, from everywhere should be in agreement on. Ralph Cipriano of bigtrial.net joined the show discussing the issue of the dead in Philadelphia casting votes in elections postmortem. Let's also stop with comparing this election in 2020 to the Bush/Gore 2000 election and some Republicans are looking towards 2024 already . Photo by: Spencer Platt / Staff See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Black Church got on board with ushering the Black Vote to elect Joe Biden. All over traditional and social media the refrain is that Black voters saved America. But, the deeper truth of that statement is this: Black people saved an America that didn’t want to be saved… You see, the 2020 Presidential Election was supposed to be a blowout for Biden. White folk had become "woke." They were protesting en masse, "in far greater numbers that in the 1960s." This was all to be a sign that the white supremacy was at its final throes. And were were told to be excited...to have hope. To use this as an indication that justice is around the corner and all we needed to do was get to the polls...to come out and vote. White folk were going to have our backs... There was supposed to be a “Blue Wave” that swept over the land, bringing the Democrats into Sole Control of the Federal Government. But that didn’t happen… Rather, the Republicans retained control of the Senate and weakened the Democrats’ majority in the House. The Presidential Election - while Biden seems likely to win, was incredibly close in the vote. Forget contesting the vote and the various lawsuits…forget the potential of GOP controlled States unbinding Electors and declaring Trump the winner…forget the stacked Supreme Court with Justices from the Bush-Gore 2000 betrayal of the Black Vote… The vote…the popular vote and Electoral College vote was actually close. Yes, there was a record turnout - in early voting, mail-in voting and in person day of voting. But that increase only serves to highlight the fact that it’s not just a small group of people who side with Trump. There is a shit-ton of people in America who agree with his ideology. They just think Trump went (a little) too far with his behavior. Black people saved an America that didn’t yet want to be saved. Black people saved an America that had not yet come to repentance. And it was the Black Church that counseled us to do it… So, where to now for the Black Church? What should we be considering? How should we be looking toward “the now” and the future? White folks still have not decided to abandon white supremacy. So what should be the outlook for the Black Church going forward? How ought the Black Church minister unto the faithful in this dynamic? That’s what we begin exploring in this episode of Blacks with Power. Check it out and give us your thoughts on “where we go from here…” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=crDlIJJWL1w&sub_confirmation=1

CONTESTED ELECTION!  The latest on the contested election in Pennsylvania, Arizona, Nevada, Georgia and... everywhere else! Rep. Steve Scalise House Republican Whip Represents Louisiana's 1st congressional district   Major gains in the US House of Representatives for the Republican party! Minority Whip Scalise gives us the latest. Kris Kobach Former Secretary of State of Kansas   Ballot and recount shenanigans explained by the former election reform advisor to the Trump Administration.  Matt Schlapp Chairman, ACU A Veteran of the Bush/Gore recount of 2000, Schlapp is on the ground in Navada for the Trump, recount effort.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

UNB professor Donald Wright has expertise in American politics. He shares thoughts on how this election compares to the last time the U-S was embroiled in legal battle to determine the outcome of the presidential race the 2000 Bush/Gore election

America was expected to decide a winner on November 3rd. Instead, we have a recount mess. Here's an analysis. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

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— 00:04:31 I was thrown out of 2 EMPTY hotels for refusing to wear a mask but GOP Gov Abbott says I can vote in CROWDED polling places w/o one — GOP is NON-ESSENTIAL— 00:13:56 Bass Pro Shops and their insane “solution” to in-store Santa visits — we're SCROOGED— 00:22:44 Canadian & UK leaders say lockdown may be lifted for Christmas IF we obey — but then put on again after Christmas. It's conditioning, not a pandemic— 00:32:14 UK radio host destroys UK govt pandemic “scientist” LIVE on air— 00:51:02 & Rockefeller Foundation join forces w CIA-funded Palantir for global tracking and global “mark of the beast” ID— 01:05:04 Alex Jones joins: Media coup against presidential election — 01:39:05 Election results other than the presidential election— 01:47:54 More money spent on 2020 SC Senate race than 2000 Bush-Gore national presidential race— 01:56:56 Two heroes of liberty that show how to fight from the bottom-up against top-down tyrannybanned.video

We talk with two dual citizens who voted for different candidates in yesterday's presidential election; Jane Lytvynenko of Buzzfeed News discusses the role that false and misleading information in this U-S election; Democrat and dual citizen, Jenni Beaver, offers her reaction to the election; Political scientist Matthew Lebo of Western University discusses Trump's claim that he will contest the admissibility of certain ballots all the way to the Supreme Court if necessary; Angela Lewis Maddox, a professor of Political Science at the University of Alabama at Birmingham has analysis of the the election; Our guest for this week's book column is Mike Morden of The Samara Centre for Democracy. He offers some reading on political themes; CBC business columnist Donna Guzik has early reaction in the markets to the voting; Leon Neyfakh, host of the podcast Fiasco, will take us back to the recounts during the Bush/Gore election of 2000, and what lessons we can take from it today; Jess McDougal is Canadian with strong ties to Texas where she has family. She explains why she supports Donald Trump.

Episode 260: On this show, we’re back for now with Gonz’ new baby, Flippy robot with creepy eyes, Sophia is the beast system, 33 million in BTC seized, 33.1 GDP,  NASA announcement is a wet dud, Space Pope Reptilian and the one world religion, whale sculpture saves train, update from down under, the Bush Gore election connection, election tech future, Starlink update, and a Nephilim Update! #Election2020 #Truth #ThinkOutsideTheCage   SHOW NOTES: https://CanaryCryNewsTalk.com     MERCH: https://CanaryCryMerchPerch.com    BECOME A PRODUCER OF THE SHOW https://patreon.com/ccnt  https://patreon.com/CanaryCryRadio  https://CanaryCryRadio.com/Support    Send Jingles and Art to: CanaryCryRadio@gmail.com    FOLLOW US https://CanaryCry.Community  https://CanaryCryRadio.com  https://twitch.tv/CanaryCryRadio  https://dlive.tv/CanaryCryRadio  https://youtube.com/FaceLikeTheSun  https://youtube.com/CanaryCryRadio    Snail Mail:  Gonzo Shimura  P.O. Box 7383 Laguna Niguel, CA 92607    SPOTIFY: https://spoti.fi/30ZmGpu  APPLE PODCAST: https://apple.co/3gl7yt9

Episode 260: On this show, we’re back for now with Gonz’ new baby, Flippy robot with creepy eyes, Sophia is the beast system, 33 million in BTC seized, 33.1 GDP,  NASA announcement is a wet dud, Space Pope Reptilian and the one world religion, whale sculpture saves train, update from down under, the Bush Gore election connection, election tech future, Starlink update, and a Nephilim Update! #Election2020 #Truth #ThinkOutsideTheCage   SHOW NOTES: https://CanaryCryNewsTalk.com     MERCH: https://CanaryCryMerchPerch.com    BECOME A PRODUCER OF THE SHOW https://patreon.com/ccnt  https://patreon.com/CanaryCryRadio  https://CanaryCryRadio.com/Support    Send Jingles and Art to: CanaryCryRadio@gmail.com    FOLLOW US https://CanaryCry.Community  https://CanaryCryRadio.com  https://twitch.tv/CanaryCryRadio  https://dlive.tv/CanaryCryRadio  https://youtube.com/FaceLikeTheSun  https://youtube.com/CanaryCryRadio    Snail Mail:  Gonzo Shimura  P.O. Box 7383 Laguna Niguel, CA 92607    SPOTIFY: https://spoti.fi/30ZmGpu  APPLE PODCAST: https://apple.co/3gl7yt9

On this Election Day, we walked down memory lane and heard your most significant memories.  Several retired political reporters and editors joined MPR News host Angela Davis to talk about Election Days past. They talked about the 2000 presidential election between George W. Bush and Al Gore, when Barack Obama won the presidential election in 2008, and the 1998 election when former wrestler Jesse “The Body" Ventura shocked the world and was elected governor of Minnesota. We also checked in with MPR News senior reporter Jon Collins, who was at the polls in the Cedar-Riverside neighborhood of Minneapolis. Guests: Jon Collins, MPR News senior reporter Pat Kessler, WCCO's senior political reporter Lynda McDonnell, retired Pioneer Press political editor Dane Smith, retired Pioneer Press and Star Tribune political reporter Gene Lahammer, retired State Capitol reporter for The Associated Press Check out some of the memories our audience shared with us below. Note: The submissions have been edited for length and clarity. “The year Jesse Ventura was elected, I left a job in the newsroom of a local news organization a few months before Election Day. It was the first time in my working life I had not spent the Election Day evening in a frantic newsroom, and I was going through a little bit of withdrawal. As I sat stewing in my living room with nothing to do, I seriously considered calling up my former news editor and asking if I could come in to help — even if it just meant going out to get coffee/food for the staff that was working so hard. It was such an exciting evening, and it was really hard not to be in the thick of it.” — Carol “An election memory that stands out for me is the 1990 Senate race, where Paul Wellstone crisscrossed the state in his green bus speaking of progressive ideas, running against lumber store baron Rudy Boschwitz, the well-funded incumbent. I was a college student disillusioned about the political process and was sure that big money would prevail. I went to bed election night without results and woke the next day to the emotional news that Wellstone had won. A stunning victory for the ‘little guy,’ and a bit of faith restored that the system can work when the candidate does the work. Senator Wellstone, you are so missed!” — Sandra “This is not a wonderful story nor heart-warming tale, but it may be my most significant Election Day memory. For many years, I was involved politically and voted independently. Walking through my Uptown neighborhood, with green Ralph Nader signs displayed on almost every lawn, was my idea of a good time. Fast forward to 2016. I got excited about Trump because I sensed he had the sensibility of an independent. I never dreamed I would attend a Republican caucus. Throughout the fall, I became aware of a conspicuous bias in the major media; a bias I hadn't noticed before because usually my candidates were not part of the national coverage and sometimes not even allowed to debate. I found the bias disturbing and not emblematic of the principles I believed this country to be founded upon. Fast forward to election night. As the votes continued to come in, and as it became clearer that not only Trump was in the running, but that he could win, the faces on the liberal media stalwarts was priceless. Many of them across the major networks were literally at a loss for words. Anchors like Norah O'Donnell were stunned; and I love Norah O'Donnell. I was not reveling in their misfortune, nor enjoying my candidate's comeback, but I was relishing that a group of people that had conducted themselves with compromised integrity ultimately learned a lesson and perhaps got what they deserved. The look of astonishment on Norah's face and her subsequent fumbling for words is my most memorable election night experience. The people were speaking.” — John “My most vivid election memory is 10:00 p.m. Nov. 4, 2008. I was teaching 6th grade and one of my students, Devon, called at about 9:50 p.m. that night on the verge of hyperventilating, ‘Mr. Vernosh, do you think he will do it? Do you think he's actually going to win?’ We talked politics and family for a few more minutes and I could tell his family had a watching party and we were both watching CNN. The clock turned to 10:00 p.m. CNN echoed between our phones, they called California, and projected that Sen. Barack Obama was now to be President-Elect Obama. I heard cheers on the phone. Devon screamed even louder than those from his family, ‘Mr. Vernosh, he did it! Oh my god, he did it! Obama won. I'm sorry, I gotta go, Mr. Vernosh.’ As he hung up, I hear him yelling to his mom, ‘Mom, Mom, can you believe he did it!’ He hung up and I wept. I wept because of the joy of the moment. I wept because of the hope President Obama, the first Black president, brought to all of us, especially the students and families I served, of which about 95 percent were Black. Fast forward two years and I was able to share that moment, with President Obama in the Oval Office while meeting with him as Minnesota Teacher of the Year. So while Devon wasn't able to be with me there, his voice and those voices of all my students, certainly were.” — Ryan “One of the first times I voted was the Jesse Ventura race for Minnesota governor. I remember driving along I-35 and seeing one of his green ‘Ventura, Jesse for Governor’ billboards and feeling like he was going to win. We convinced the waiter at Old Chicago to turn on election coverage that night. I know people have mixed feelings about what he did in office but his run, and win, instilled in me that anything is possible in politics. I don't vote down party lines and am not affiliated with either of the two major political parties and I think it is due in part because of the foundation I have in seeing Jesse win. The discourse that was not just divided in two and I liked that.” — Jackie “My most memorable Election Day memory is when Barack Obama won the 2008 election. I had voted before but this was the first election I was really passionate about. Obama gave me hope and something to be excited about. I was ready for a Black president. When I found out that he won, I burst into tears of joy. It was absolutely incredible.” — Ruth “I think one of my more memorable Election Day memories was from 2016. I was 15 and I couldn't vote, but it still is so vivid for me. I was sitting in bed watching election coverage and I started get more and more nervous. I just remember crying for hours as it became more clear that Trump would win. I was deeply in the closet at the time, but I knew he would begin to strip away at LGBT rights and he has. And I knew people of color would get treated even worse than they already would under Trump, which has happened. I remember going to school the next morning. At the time I lived in Texas. Kids were screaming white power and similarly racist things all day. It's more memorable than the first time I voted, which was in the 2020 presidential primary.” — Haleigh “I am old enough to remember going to the polls with my parents in 1960, when I was 5 years old. My mother explained the importance of the election process, and it left an impression on me that I still feel when I vote. Voting is a privilege that we should not take for granted.” — Pamela “I worked for Carter in 1976. Hanging out with the team and watching the returns was so fun and when the trusted news source called the election the room exploded with cheers and hugs all around! It was like New Years Eve x10.” — Wally “My most significant Election Day memory happened all the way back in 2019. After leaving the world of journalism the year before, I wanted to do something to help my community. I knew that St. Paul City Council elections were coming up, so since I had met my councilmember (Rebecca Noecker) before, I decided to volunteer for her reelection campaign. She asked if I would nominate her for the endorsement at the Ward 2 DFL convention and it was an honor. Fast forward a few months to Election Night 2019, when I followed the results from my phone on the couch after mistakenly forgetting to take the night off of work. A friend of mine at the Noecker campaign’s watch party DM’d me saying ‘she won!’ and I danced in my house. It was a likely result but it felt so good anyway because I helped make it happen. It made me realize that local races are just as important as national ones (if not more so!)” — Cass “When I was 7 years old, Obama was running for president the first time. My mom and dad brought me to the polls with them on Election Day and told me about Obama. I felt so excited to join my parents. Them bringing me to vote sparked many questions. I was also able to do a mock voting within my school. Around my 8th birthday, Obama was sworn into presidency. My second grade teacher let us watch it instead of going to recess. I was so excited to watch him be sworn in. It was a memory that I still think back upon and first got me interested in American government.” — Madisyn “I was pregnant with my oldest in 2000. I was due Nov. 19, but I had been on partial bed rest starting at the end of September because the doctor was very concerned about early delivery. My best friend had a dream in October in which I was watching election returns in the hospital, and I thought two weeks early sounded okay. Well, election night came and went, That was the Bush-Gore ‘hanging chad’ election, and when I finally (!) gave birth on Nov. 26, we have pictures in the hospital where CNN is on in the background, and we’re watching election returns.” — Deanne I'm Filipino American living in Hastings. Every time I've gone to vote (three elections) there’s this one white woman checking IDs refusing to believe I'm already registered, saying she can't find me. I have to ask her multiple times to re-check the list before she lets me through. It sucks.” — Patricia “Bringing my 17-year-old daughter with me when I voted for Hillary Clinton in 2016, the first time I got to vote for a woman for president. I was so excited and wanted her to share the moment with me, just months before she could legally vote herself.” — Lisa “In 2016, We were driving back from Nashville, we just celebrated our wedding anniversary. I knew I was going to be out of town during election day, so I requested a mail in absentee ballot. As we were driving home during the morning after Election Day, the picture was very clear the Trump had won, And the certainty I felt for the inevitable Clinton presidency evaporated. I had a lot of time to think on the drive about the immaturity of my decision to not vote. My absentee ballot was sitting on the kitchen table at home, on the day after the election, I thought about how much I dislike Hillary Clinton, I never pictured that Trump would win. I learned a vital lesson that day, but sometimes grown-up decisions weren’t about picking your favorite — It’s also about understanding the consequences of what happens when you choose your favorite verses what happens when choose pragmatism over principle. Please, don’t be like 2016 me — please get out and vote.” — David “Election Day 1996. It was my first time voting in Minneapolis. My polling place was packed, and it was the November in an artistic/grunge/hip neighborhood. No pastels to be found. Until the man in the white suit breezed his way into the room, gliding past all lines, receiving his ballot and then skipping over all the other voters — well the others that had been waiting in line were puzzled. Who was this person? As he skipped over the remaining people in line, puzzlement turned to frustration. It was then that another voter voiced this frustration, ‘Excuse me sir. Don't you think we all are in a hurry? Or that we all don't have places to go? You, sir are a d***head! And everyone in the room knows you are a d***head!’ End scene.” — Jill Use the audio player above to listen to the program. Subscribe to the MPR News with Angela Davis podcast on: Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify or RSS.

Chief joins the show to talk about the George Bush vs Al Gore election controversy in 2000. We get into SNL interpretations, a media mistake, 4 Florida counties deciding the winner, and more.

Our guest is an attorney who worked on the Bush/Gore legal dispute over the 2000 election. Jeff Wadsworth was tasked with historical research that could offer some guidance on which ballots should count, and how to protect voting rights. A lot has changed since 2000, but Wadsworth says there are attorneys already working to deal with a close and contested election this time around. So what issues could cause a legal showdown in 2020? And what did we learn from Bush v Gore? Jeffrey Wadsworth , partner with Harter, Secrest & Emery

This is the second clip from my interview with Ian Welsh (Ian blogs at ianwelsh.net). For this segment, we went on a wild ride discussing the big picture mess that is US politics and society more broadly. I asked Ian what might happen if Trump lost and refused to leave and the resulting discussion meandered through a variety of interesting topics, including the 2000 Bush-Gore election debacle and the problems it enabled, the hope embodied in the squad, whether and what sort of help people want, and the specter of twelve more years of neoliberal politics. (Perish the thought.) All of this was couched in the shadow of the increasingly problematic nature of climate change. I'll ask you to pay heed to Ian when he summons Donella Meadows in calling for people to make change where you can. That's where I think we all ought to be focusing our attention. We need to try to ignore the cacophony as much as possible and try to pitch in where we can help the most. That seems crucial at this moment.Check out my book, Pandemic Capitalism.The podcast's backing track is Never Forget by Ketsa. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit wickedproblemscollaborative.substack.com

In this episode, I speak about the meaning of Mercury retrograde, and it's 'shadow' period. Suggestions are given on ways that each Sun sign can use this three week retrograde period. This retrograde is super important for America, as it will station DIRECT on election day. We have been here before, with a slight difference- the Bush/Gore election took place when Mercury was stationing RETROGRADE, on election day. If you are interested in a detailed personal reading- visit my astrological website for more information: KitchenSari.comIf you wish to sponsor this show, you can do so (5.00, 10.00, 20.00) at Patreon.com/ParkerMcPThanks for listening! Share and Spread the word~ as above, so below!Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/ParkerMcP)

[00:40] Germany vs. Russia (13 minutes) After the poisoning of Alexei Navalny in Russia, Germany is rethinking its relationship with Valdimir Putin. Many Germans are demanding their government end the Nord Stream 2 pipeline project, a project U.S. President Donald Trump has been critical of for years. [13:40] Media Covers for Murderer (10 minutes) Michael Forest Reinoehl shot and killed a Trump supporter in Portland last weekend. The police have been searching for him for days. Yesterday, he appeared in an online video interview with VICE and admitted that he was the murderer. Reinoehl was later killed in a shootout with police in Washington. Why would the media provide cover for Reinoehl? [22:00] Stealing the Election (11 minutes) The Democrats are preparing to steal the presidential election by whatever means necessary in November. This year will be like the 2016 election crisis on steroids. In this segment, I talk about Trumpet editor in chief Gerald Flurry’s prescient comments following the Bush-Gore election fiasco 20 years ago. [33:30] Lockdown for Life (13 minutes) Western nations that used to value liberty are now trampling over basic rights in the name of “public health.” In some areas, the coronavirus crisis response resembles the Chinese Communist crackdown in Wuhan earlier this year. But this isn’t China. It’s happening in Australia, Britain and America! [46:30] New Leaders (9 minutes) The year 2020 has put failed leadership at center stage. Some nations have irrationally ruined their economies by imposing unscientific lockdowns. In other countries, leaders are taking advantage of a pandemic to win political clout. How will this leadership crisis end?

Welcome back Bowlers! Episode 38 brings us a great show featuring the highest highlights of Elon's NeuralLink pigs, RNC vs. DNC Day One, a bit of bitching about the ludicrous "pandemic" and all your favorite segments! Local news outlet FOX4 does a report against new COVID insights. They don't want us to think for ourselves, we are only allowed to think what they tell us to think.   Laurien's Top 3 33 stories: Operation Legend arrests 33 murder suspects (355 total arrests) Former Baltimore Mayor Catherine Pugh's former aide, Gary Brown Jr, receives 33 months 33 arrested at Kissimmee, FL house party   This week's #FTIE topic: First time I ever saw a presidential debate. Laurien's was Bush - Kerry '04 while Spencer's was Bush - Gore one cycle back in 2000. We also replayed this nostalgic election cartoon from JibJab on the 2004 election.   We enjoyed voicemails from Tom Starkweather and an unknown caller. Next week's #FTIE will be "First Time I Ever said "Fuck You" to somebody.   Tune in to Hog Story this Thursday as we join Fletcher & Carolyn in the Smoker!!!

The 2020 General Election in the United States is destined to be a historic moment in American history. Yes, the election is likely to be the most hotly contested electoral competition since the Bush-Gore election in 2000. The election process will be the defining feature and possibly affect the outcome. Because of the continuing COVID-19 pandemic, mail-in (or no-excuse absentee) voting will be the most popular method of voting in the 2020 election.  However, voting by mail is not new in the United States. In fact, it has existed since the American Civil War and it was used during both world wars and the 1918 Spanish flu. Yet many Americans are unfamiliar with the process and pitfalls of voting by mail. Join Robin, Hans, and Ben as they discuss the process of voting by mail, the rules in the different states, and the steps for voting by mail from abroad. Great information for voters in every state. This is a unique "how-to" episode that could ensure that you stay safe while voting and that your vote counts. 

Tom Spencer, an attorney who served in the crazy Bush-Gore recount of 2000, predicts that if mail-in voting is as widespread as the Democrats want, this November will prove as wild a ride as the crazy Bush-Gore recounts of 2000. Hanging chad, anyone?

Leslie begins the show with her 'Ripped from the Headlines' news segment. Here are the stories she covers during the segment: 1. AUDIO: Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) asks Treasury Secretay Steven Mnuchin, “How many workers should give their lives to increase our GDP by a half percent?” 2. WASHINGTON POST: "As White House pushes firms to reopen, new report says much of bailout stimulus money remains unspent" 3. TIME: "The Real Estate Industry Pushed for $160 Billion in Tax Breaks in the CARES Act, Disclosure Filings Show" 4. AXIOS: "Trump threatens to end WHO funding and withdraw U.S. membership" 5. POLITICO: "Biden White House would yank Keystone XL permit" 6. USA TODAY: "New poll shows Sen. Martha McSally losing ground to Mark Kelly and that's not even the bad news" During the second half of the show, Leslie is joined by Bob Ney, an Independent Political analyst for radio stations across America, covering the White House, Congress, and specializes in Mideast issues. He graduated from 'The' Ohio State University and taught English in Shiraz, Iran to Persians in 1978. Leaving Iran due to the beginning of the revolution, Bob was then the American manager of a private sector company in Saudi Arabia, where he lived for a year. He then returned to the United States and was elected to the Ohio House of Representatives (1980), Ohio Senate (1984) and the U.S. House in 1994 as a Republican in an overwhelming Democratic seat. Bob became Chairman of the House Administration Committee, Chair of the Housing Sub Committee, Deputy Whip leadership position and member of the House Transportation Committee. His legacy bill was the passage of the Help America vote act. Co-authored by now Democratic leader Steny Hoyer. HAVA in a bipartisan effort, modernized the American voting systems after the Bush/Gore election aftermath. In 2006 Bob resigned from Congress due to the Jack Abramoff scandal and wrote a book about his time in politics and his incarceration in the federal corrections system. “ Sideswiped” (lessons learned courtesy of the hit men of Capitol Hill) was released in 2013, and is definitely worth a purchase and a read! (buy here: https://tinyurl.com/buysideswiped) The two discuss news that the State Department Inspector General who was fired by President Trump late Friday night, Steve Linick, was investigating the president’s effort to sell weapons to Saudi Arabia without congressional approval. Bob Ney also volunteers helping people with recovery from alcohol and drug abuse, and is involved in other entrepreneurial ventures. He makes his home in Ohio, Father of two grown children and five grandchildren. Bob also co-hosts a weekly podcast, with co-host Jim Owen, where they speak the truth about a fundamentally unfair economic system, and learn what can be done to correct it. It's called 'Door to Door' and can be found at BobNeyDoorToDoor.com. You can watch this episode here: https://www.pscp.tv/w/1RDGlQagbAqJL

Journalist, author, and advocate Gretchen Carlson paved the way for #metoo with her historic 2016 sexual harassment complaint against the chairman of Fox News. Named one of Time Magazine's “100 Most Influential People in the World,” and author of New York Times bestsellers “Be Fierce” and “Getting Real,” Carlson is one of America's most successful news anchors and a globally recognized advocate for women's empowerment.  Carlson previously hosted “The Real Story” on Fox News, and co-hosted the number-one rated cable morning news show, “Fox and Friends," for more than seven years. Carlson's recently announced return to television, as host and producer of A+E and Lifetime Network documentaries, breaks the barriers and blacklisting she faced after saying “enough” to harassment. Her comeback is a beacon of hope for other brave women demoted, fired, or blacklisted from their chosen careers after reporting sexual harassment. Carlson started her television career as a political reporter in Richmond, Virginia, and then served as an anchor and reporter in Cincinnati, Cleveland, and Dallas.  In 2000 Carlson moved to national news as co-host and correspondent on CBS' “The Saturday Early Show,” where she covered some of the world's biggest stories, including the 9-11 terrorist attack from the World Trade Center, the Bush-Gore election, and Oklahoma City Bomber Tim McVeigh's execution. She also reported and produced a 30-part series on domestic violence that won several national awards. In 2016 Carlson became the face of workplace harassment survivors, gracing the covers of Time and Good Housekeeping magazines. Carlson's book “Be Fierce” debuted in October 2017 and immediately joined “Getting Real” as a New York Times bestseller. Since her harassment complaint became public, Carlson has worked fearlessly to change laws that protect predators. In December 2017, she joined a bi-partisan coalition of legislators to introduce the “Ending Forced Arbitration of Sexual Harassment Act,” which voids forced arbitration agreements that prevent sexual harassment survivors from getting their day in court. Profits from “Be Fierce” go to Carlson's Gift of Courage Fund, which supports organizations empowering women and young girls. This year the fund is providing free workshops to low-income women facing gender-based discrimination and violence through the Gretchen Carlson Leadership Initiative and supporting the March of Dimes' Gretchen Carlson Advocacy Fellows. Carlson's advocacy has been honored by numerous organizations, including the New York Women in Communications' Matrix Award; the Radio Television Digital News Association's First Amendment Leadership Award; the National Organization for Women's 2018 Women of Power and Influence Award; and the YWCA Greater Los Angeles' 2018 Phenomenal Champion of Change.    An honors graduate of Stanford University, Carlson was valedictorian of her high school class and studied at Oxford University in England. A violin prodigy, she performed as a soloist with the Minnesota Orchestra at age 13, and in 1989 became the first classical violinist to win the Miss America crown. Carlson is the first former Miss America to serve as Chair of the Miss America Organization. Carlson also serves as a national Trustee for the March of Dimes; on the Board of the Catherine Violet Hubbard Animal Sanctuary in Newtown, Connecticut; and as a Trustee of the Greenwich Academy, an all-girls preparatory day school. She is an active volunteer at her church, and hosted the 2016 “Miss You Can Do It” pageant in Illinois to celebrate the achievements of girls and young women with disabilities. Carlson is married to sports agent Casey Close. The couple lives in Greenwich with their two children. In this episode, you will learn: How Gretchen learned business and humility How speaking up can change the world How you CAN be courageous even when you're afraid

Producer/Host: Amy Browne Studio Engineer: John Greenman Ranked Choice Voting in Maine: Bruce Poliquin's legal challenges to the process, and what would be involved in extending RCV to statewide races. A call-in show discussion of yesterday’s hearing on Poliquin et al’s case in the US Superior Court in Bangor, and where things could go from here. Guests: Ann Luther of the League of Women Voters of Maine, and host of Democracy Forum here on WERU. Reading from their mission statement: “The League of Women Voters of Maine is a nonpartisan political organization that encourages informed and active participation in government, works to increase understanding of major public policy issues, and influences public policy through education and advocacy.” They endorsed RCV back in 2011 and have been working to educate the public about how it works. John Brautigam, Senior Advisor and Counsel for the League of Women Voters of Maine, as well as Former Assistant Attorney General and State Representative (2004-2008). Kathleen McQuaid, Professor of Political Science Emeritus with a PH.D. in Political Science from Temple University. Member Hancock County Democrats, and a supporter of adopting RCV for all levels of elections both here in Maine and nationally. Kyle Bailey, Campaign Manager for the Yes On 1 and Yes On 5 campaigns to win and protect Maine's Ranked Choice Voting election law Amy Fried, Professor and Chair of the Department of Political Science at the University of Maine. Attorney Kim Tucker, Employed by the Florida attorney general during the Bush/Gore election crisis and helped draft their Supreme Court brief Listen to the award-winning Maine Currents- independent local news, views and culture, on the 1st Thursday of each month, 10-11 a.m. on WERU-FM and www.weru.org The post Maine Currents 12/6/18 first appeared on WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives.

Professor Robert Speel joins Tim to discuss classic contested elections in America’s history. Dr. Speel teaches at Penn State University Behrend, where his research focuses on aspects of American politics that include elections and voting behavior, Congress and the presidency, and public policy. The two talk about some little-known and some unforgettable stories of election rigging, challenges and “skullduggery.” https://traffic.libsyn.com/shapingopinion/Contested_Elections_auphonic.mp3 Dr. Speel wrote an article for the Smithsonian where he mentioned that there is a history of candidates and the media crying foul over what they perceived as suspicious results and rigged elections. 1876 – A Compromise that Came at a Price Rutherford B. Hays (Republican) v. Samuel Tilden (Democrat) – There was widespread voter intimidation in the south against African American Republican voters on election day. The primary states involved were Florida, Louisiana and South Carolina. Tilden won those states due to widespread allegations of intimidation and fraud. Congress created bipartisan commission - 15 members of Congress and the Supreme Court of the U.S. to determine how to allocate electors. Changes to the make-up of the commission led to the awarding of those states and an electoral college majority to Rutherford B. Hayes. 1888: Bribing Blocks of Five Democratic Incumbent President Grover Cleveland v. Senator Benjamin Harrison - William Wade Dudley, treasurer of the RNC sent letter to local Republican leaders in Indiana with promise to more or less bribe people for their votes in “blocks of five.” Democrats obtained a copy of the letter and publicized it widely in the days before the election. Harrison won Indiana by 2,000 votes but didn’t need that state to win the Electoral College. Cleveland won the national popular vote by 100,000, and did not contest the Electoral College outcome. Cleveland would face off against Harrison four years later and win the White House again. 1960: Chicago’s Mayor Daley and Kennedy Republican VP Richard Nixon against Democrat John F. Kennedy – It was the closest popular vote of the 20th Century. Kennedy won by roughly 100,000 votes. Chicago Mayor Richard Dailey allegedly churned out just enough votes to give Kennedy the state of Illinois. Chicago had a reputation for election improprieties. Election judges known to look the other way when people voted twice. The city’s Democrat machine would buy people drinks for voting for the “right people” Precinct captains would steal blank ballots, mark them and give it to someone to turn in. Election judges were mostly Democrat. Had Nixon won Illinois and Texas, he would have had an Electoral College majority and won the presidency. Some newspapers investigated and concluded voter fraud had occurred in both states. The GOP mounted bids for recounts but couldn’t find enough discrepancies to shift the balance of the vote. Nixon did not contest the results. 2000: The Hanging Chads Vice President Al Gore v. George W. Bush - Gore was set to conceded when they learned it was very close in Florida and that could tip the scales in Gore’s favor. Many states used paper punch cards in many places. Florida was one of them. It took a month to determine the winner with teams reviewing each ballot for “hanging chads” Over 60,000 ballots in Florida, most of them punch cards, registered no vote for president on the punch cards readers. It was suspected that the machines did not punch presidential votes “all the way through” the card, and left “hanging chads” of paper. They had to find these hanging chads. Gore went to court to have those ballots counted by hand. U.S. Supreme Court ruled on December 12th that Congress had set a deadline of that date for states to choose electors and there was no more time to count ballots. Gore conceded on December 13th. Links

Dedication: Sergeant Meggan Lee Callahan North Carolina Department of Public Safety - Division of Prisons, NC EOW: Wednesday, April 26, 2017Bryan Crabtree, is the Publisher of Talk40.com, and Therealestateexperts.com. As well as a contributor to Townhall.com, ClashDaily.com and DailyCaller.com. http://www.thebryancrabtreeshow.comFlorida has been vital to our election process going back to the Bush-Gore chad debacle. Gubernatorial candidate Bruce Nathan is here to tell us about his plans for the Sunshine State and its role in future races. http://www.brucenathan2018.com/Southern Sense is conservative talk with Annie "The Radio Chick" Ubelis, as host and "CS" Bennett, co-host. Informative, fun, irreverent and politically incorrect, you never know where we'll go, but you'll love the journey! Visit our website at http://www.Southern-Sense.com

Dedication: Sergeant Meggan Lee Callahan North Carolina Department of Public Safety - Division of Prisons, NC  EOW: Wednesday, April 26, 2017Bryan Crabtree, is the Publisher of Talk40.com, and Therealestateexperts.com. As well as a contributor to Townhall.com, ClashDaily.com and DailyCaller.com. http://www.thebryancrabtreeshow.comFlorida has been vital to our election process going back to the Bush-Gore chad debacle. Gubernatorial candidate Bruce Nathan is here to tell us about his plans for the Sunshine State and its role in future races.  http://www.brucenathan2018.com/www.irsnomore.comSouthern Sense is conservative talk with Annie "The Radio Chick" Ubelis, as host and "CS" Bennett, co-host.  Informative, fun, irreverent and politically incorrect, you never know where we'll go, but you'll love the journey!  Visit our website at http://www.Southern-Sense.com

Dedication: Sergeant Meggan Lee Callahan North Carolina Department of Public Safety - Division of Prisons, NC  EOW: Wednesday, April 26, 2017 Bryan Crabtree, is the Publisher of Talk40.com, and Therealestateexperts.com. As well as a contributor to Townhall.com, ClashDaily.com and DailyCaller.com. http://www.thebryancrabtreeshow.com Florida has been vital to our election process going back to the Bush-Gore chad debacle. Gubernatorial candidate Bruce Nathan is here to tell us about his plans for the Sunshine State and its role in future races.  http://www.brucenathan2018.com/ www.irsnomore.com Southern Sense is conservative talk with Annie "The Radio Chick" Ubelis, as host and "CS" Bennett, co-host.  Informative, fun, irreverent and politically incorrect, you never know where we'll go, but you'll love the journey!  Visit our website at http://www.Southern-Sense.com

Dedication: Sergeant Meggan Lee Callahan North Carolina Department of Public Safety - Division of Prisons, NC EOW: Wednesday, April 26, 2017Bryan Crabtree, is the Publisher of Talk40.com, and Therealestateexperts.com. As well as a contributor to Townhall.com, ClashDaily.com and DailyCaller.com. http://www.thebryancrabtreeshow.comFlorida has been vital to our election process going back to the Bush-Gore chad debacle. Gubernatorial candidate Bruce Nathan is here to tell us about his plans for the Sunshine State and its role in future races. http://www.brucenathan2018.com/Southern Sense is conservative talk with Annie "The Radio Chick" Ubelis, as host and "CS" Bennett, co-host. Informative, fun, irreverent and politically incorrect, you never know where we'll go, but you'll love the journey! Visit our website at http://www.Southern-Sense.com

I can honestly say that I cannot recall ever voting in a local election. Or at least caring that I was voting for local candidates as I was voting. I’ve voted in every presidential election since I could (Bush-Gore — what an eventful first vote!). But my attitudes toward civic engagement and activism changed on November 9, 2016. I woke up devastated but ready to fight. Lots of us felt like this. And some even decided to run for public office. So this week hear from a newly elected city councilor about how he decided to run and how he won. Plus, what it means beyond our borders.

In Episode 29, we welcome market veteran, Tom McClellan. Meb starts with some background on Tom – he’s been doing financial writing for 20 years, likely making him one of the longest-running financial writers in the business. The guys then provide an overview of Tom’s proprietary market tool, the McClellan Oscillator. The roots of the Oscillator date back decades ago, when Tom’s father, Sherman, was trying to develop a system by which he could better time corn purchases for their farming business. (It turns out, you can get a better price in March.) In short, Sherman eventually crossed paths with some technical analysts who were exploring breadth statistics in the market (advance/decline line). Sherman applied moving averages to the advance/decline line, and a few tweaks later, we got the McClellan Oscillator. Meb then asks about the best way investors can use the Oscillator, and what the signals are telling us now. Tom gives us a quick tutorial, then suggests that the Oscillator is saying “oversold” (keep in mind this episode was recorded on 11/9). It has been correcting since July, but now that election is over, maybe we’ll see that change. With the election in mind, Meb brings up the sentiment he’s heard from many investors: “I want to wait until the election is over and things are more certain.” Meb finds this amusing, as when are the markets ever certain? This segues into Tom’s election indicator. It had predicted Trump. Tom gives us more details about the mindset behind his indicator. In essence, we see market movements reflected in the poll numbers. In other words, the market is a leading indicator for where the polls will go. As evidence, he references the election when Bush/Gore was too close to call, discussing this through the prism of what the markets were doing at the time. And in this most recent election, the indicator had called for Trump to win though the polls didn’t. Tom says that’s because the poll numbers before the election hadn’t reflected the big decline in the stock market in the week leading up to the election – but that decline did show up as a change in the actual vote. This sets the guys off on a conversation about “sentiment” which is an indicator Tom loves. Then Meb steers the conversation toward interest rates and the Federal Reserve. It turns out, the guys believe you can tell where the Fed should set the Fed Funds Rate by looking at what the yield is on the 2-year note. It’s when that doesn’t happen that we see market issues. Tom gives us an example from Bernanke’s tenure. Meb then points toward another chart from Tom: the S&P verse Federal Tax receipts divided by GDP – in essence, how much the government is collecting in taxes. What’s the relationship here? Well, if you’re against the government taxing too much, you’ll likely agree with the findings. There’s more fascinating conversation about Tom’s various charts. For instance, the common conception is that a slowdown in the economy leads to an increase in crime. Tom says not true. Do you know what is correlated to an increase in crime? Inflation. What inflation does in Year 1 is what crime will do in Year 2. Meb then asks about the biggest mistakes that investors make when creating their own charts. Tom tells us that people want to simplify too much. “Just give me the one chart that will work.” Unfortunately, there is no holy grail. If you’re looking for easy answers, the stock market is not the place to find it. Look for more obscure indicators. If everyone is using the same indicator, there’s no value there. There’s lots more, including a conversation about “value.” Turns out, Tom doesn’t really use value at all. In fact, he says there are only two variables that matter. What are they? Find out in Episode 29.

Jim Hanchett has covered major news stories as a journalist for various media outlets, including NBC. These stories included the Bush – Gore 2000 election, the Pope's visit to Cuba and Bill Clinton's impeachment trial for several media outlets. In 2012, Jim turned in his media accreditation card and now is telling the story of... Continue Reading → The post FIR on Higher Education #47: Video Storytelling in Higher Education appeared first on FIR Podcast Network.

We talk about the war between ad networks, data brokers, publishers, and consumers in front of a live studio audience. At the invitation of Paul Arne and the Tech Law section of the Georgia State Bar, we recorded this episode at the annual Tech Law Institute. But, of course, Big Data didn’t need this description to know that. This show’s links: The Thrill of Victory and the Agony of Defeat The Bush-Kerry (not Bush-Gore as Christian had remembered) debate moment that seemed similar to Joe’s “Want some ranch?” utterance The Technology Law Section of the State Bar of Georgia We’ll do it live! (video, nsfw on account of language, anger, and Bill O’Reilly) The Oyez podcast feed for 2015 Supreme Court oral argument and the collection of Oyez feeds in iTunes The Narrowest Grounds blog, Why it Doesn't Matter if the Court's Opinions Are Originalist - A Comment on Baude on Originalism An interview with Justice Breyer in French Katie Benner and Sydney Ember, Enabling of Ad Blocking in Apple’s iOS 9 Prompts Backlash Some now older pieces by Alexis Madrigal still hold up: Reading the Privacy Policies You Encounter in a Year Would Take 76 Work Days and I'm Being Followed: How Google—and 104 Other Companies—Are Tracking Me on the Web FTC, Protecting Consumer Privacy in an Era of Rapid Change: Recommendations For Businesses and Policymakers Douglas MacMilland and Elizabeth Dworkin, Drawbridge Hires Apple Ad Executive to Track Users Across Devices Matthew Panzarino, Apple’s Tim Cook Delivers Blistering Speech On Encryption, Privacy Matthew Panzarino, Apple Blows Up the Concept of a Privacy Policy Ben Thompson, Why Web Pages Suck Ben Thompson, Popping the Publishing Bubble Marco Arment: Introducing Peace, My Privacy-Focused iOS 9 Ad Blocker, Why Peace 1.0 Blocks The Deck Ads, Just Doesn’t Feel Good, Apple Refunding All Purchases of Peace Jack Balkin, Information Fiduciaries in the Digital Age (blog post) and Information Fiduciaries and the First Amendment (article) The proposed and not passed Do-Not-Track Online Act of 2013 Sorrell v. IMS Health Inc. Christan Turner, The Failures of Freedom and The Information Law Crisis Jane Bambauer, Is Data Speech? Woodrow Hartzog, Website Design as Contract KidCo

Next Tuesday's US Presidential Election promises to be the closest since the Bush/Gore race ended in a dispute over hanging chads a dozen years ago. And Barack Obama could yet join the list of underwhelming one-term presidents. HARDtalk's Stephen Sackur speaks to a veteran Democratic party consultant and campaign strategist, Bob Shrum, and asks why President Obama is struggling to rekindle the enthusiasm he generated four years ago.(Image: Bob Shrum, Credit: Getty Images)

People who try to stay “on the cutting edge” tend to see everything as new. But the thing that has been will be again. And that which currently is, has been, long before our time. If this observation seems familiar to you, it's probably because you remember it from a book written a few thousand years ago. Solomon went looking for the meaning of life and the essay he wrote about his journey, Ecclesiastes, opens with a similar observation about the cyclical nature of things. I call such observations Laws of the Universe and I depend on them to make my clients rich. Sounds like a book title, doesn't it? The Wizard's Laws of the Universe? Perhaps I'll write it someday. Right now I'm looking at a business card I've been carrying in my wallet since late autumn, 2000; Pennie and I were in Stratford, Ontario, while the Bush-Gore “hanging chad” debate raged in Florida. No one was sure who had been elected president. So at dinner in the basement of Fellini's, my partner Steve Rae casually asked, “So what do you think will happen if your boy gets elected?” My reply was detached and instant. “We'll be at war within a year.” Stunned, the table went quiet until Dave Martin, our host, set down his fork and asked, “Why?” “Never put a Texan in the White House,” were the eight short words of my answer. Then, looking across the table at Bob Shrubsall, I said, “They tell me you know more about the science of paint than anyone I'll ever meet. Is that true?” Bob, in the understated way that is typical of Canadians, shared a little of his lifelong obsession with pigmentation and how it had led him into a specialized course of higher education that culminated in several college degrees and a career in research and development. “So what makes one paint different from another?” I asked. This question obviously energized Bob, so I pulled out a pen and began writing down what he said; “Paint, any paint,” he said, “is composed of only 4 things: pigment, vehicle, additives, and resin.” Funny thing. Advertising is like that, too. The pigment of an ad is its color, tone, temperament or style. It's what makes us recognize the ad as part of a specific campaign. Think of this “ad pigment” as brand essence. Most ads today are evocatively pale due to a lack of pigment. The vehicle of an ad is the media which delivers it; newspaper, television, radio, outdoor, direct mail, internet, yellow pages and word-of-mouth are all vehicles of message delivery. The additives of advertising are the specific message points it hopes to deliver. The resin of an ad is what makes it stick in your mind. Surprising Broca and http://wizardacademy.org/academydescription.asp?ID=32 (adding a Third Gravitating Body) are just two methods of adding stickiness. Ultimately though, your ad's resin is the salience of the message as measured by the central executive of Working Memory in the dorsolateral prefrontal association area of the brain's left hemisphere. Yes, there are laws of the universe. And one of them is that lots of things are like paint. Advertising is like paint. Reputations are like paint. It pays to understand paint. Half the people reading this memo were likely irritated by the hyper-generalized nature of the 8-word statement I made at dinner in the basement of Fellini's. “It's more complicated than that, dammit! To say 'never put a Texan in the White House' is just shallow and simplistic and childish and irresponsible.” Yeah, you're probably right. But we did invade Afghanistan 10 months later. Roy H. Williams