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Kyle Robert and Brian Twining get you set for the Cook Out Southern 500 as NASCAR gets ready for the first race of the 2025 NASCAR Playoffs.Kyle and Brian run through the Darlington betting board to see if there is any value prior to practice and qualifying. The guys run through Caesars, Fanduel and BetMGM! They look at outrights, placings and head to head matchups for Pocono. But first they recap the final race of 2025 regular season at Daytona. Ryan Blaney gets an impressive win, the racing was compelling and more. Plus they recap the betting card and DraftKings lineups.As a reminder, use code AOP25 for a 100% match deposit up to $100. While you are there make sure you join the COMPLETELY FREE listeners league!https://t.co/EXWgnKQpzsSubscribe to the Green White Checkered our FREE newsletter on Substack for more picks and bets every race day.https://aoppodcast.substack.com/Make sure you tune into The Draft every Wednesday from our friends Win the Race. Make sure to subscribe to their YouTube channel while you are there.https://www.youtube.com/@WINTHERACEP100:00 Intro05:45 Daytona DFS and Betting Recap11:40 Cook Out Southern 500 Outright Odds and Targets28:06 Cook Out Southern 500 Placements, Matchups and Manufacturer46:58 Cook Out Southern Betting Card Recap

The Secret History of Gold comes out this week. Here for your viewing pleasure is a fim about gold based on the first chapter.“Gold will be slave or master”HoraceIn 2021, a metal detectorist with the eyebrow-raising name of Ole Ginnerup Schytz dug up a hoard of Viking gold in a field in Denmark. The gold was just as it was when it was buried 1,500 years before, if a little dirtier. The same goes for the jewellery unearthed at the Varna Necropolis in Bulgaria in 1972. The beads, bracelets, rings and necklaces are as good as when they were buried 6,700 years ago.In the Egyptian Museum in Cairo, there is a golden tooth bridge — a gold wire used to bind teeth and dental implants — made over 4,000 years ago. It could go in your mouth today.No other substance is as long-lasting as gold — not diamonds, not tungsten carbide, not boron nitride. Gold does not corrode; it does not tarnish or decay; it does not break down over time. This sets it apart from every other substance. Iron rusts, wood rots, silver tarnishes. Gold never changes. Left alone, it stays itself. And it never loses its shine — how about that?Despite its permanence, you can shape this enormously ductile metal into pretty much anything. An ounce of gold can be stretched into a wire 50 miles long or plate a copper wire 1,000 miles long. It can be beaten into a leaf just one atom thick. Yet there is one thing you cannot do and that is destroy it. Life may be temporary, but gold is permanent. It really is forever.This means that all the gold that has ever been mined, estimated to be 216,000 tonnes, still exists somewhere. Put together it would fit into a cube with 22-metre sides. Visualise a square building seven storeys high — and that would be all the gold ever.With some effort, you can dissolve gold in certain chemical solutions, alloy it with other metals, or even vaporise it. But the gold will always be there. It is theoretically possible to destroy gold through nuclear reactions and other such extreme methods, but in practical terms, gold is indestructible. It is the closest thing we have on earth to immortality.Perhaps that is why almost every ancient culture we know of associated gold with the eternal. The Egyptians believed the flesh of gods was made of gold, and that it gave you safe passage into the afterlife. In Greek myth, the Golden Apples of the Hesperides, which Hercules was sent to retrieve, conferred immortality on whoever ate them. The South Americans saw gold as the link between humanity and the cosmos. They were not far wrong.Gold was present in the dust that formed the solar system. It sits in the earth's crust today, just as it did when our planet was formed some 4.6 billion years ago. That little bit of gold you may be wearing on your finger or around your neck is actually older than the earth itself. In fact, it is older than the solar system. To touch gold is as close as you will ever come to touching eternity.And yet the world's most famous investor is not impressed.‘It gets dug out of the ground in Africa, or some place,' said Warren Buffett. ‘Then we melt it down, dig another hole, bury it again and pay people to stand around guarding it. It has no utility. Anyone watching from Mars would be scratching their head.'He's right. Gold does nothing. It does not even pay a yield. It just sits there inert. We use other metals to construct things, cut things or conduct things, but gold's industrial uses are minimal. It is a good conductor of electricity, but copper and silver are better and cheaper. It has some use in dentistry, medical applications and nanotechnology. It is finding more and more use in outer space — back whence it came — where it is used to coat spacecraft, astronauts' visors and heat shields. But, in the grand scheme of things, these uses are paltry.Gold's only purpose is to store and display prosperity. It is dense and tangible wealth: pure money.Though you may not realise it, we still use gold as money today. Not so much as a medium to exchange value but store it.In 1970, about 27 per cent of all the gold in the world was in the form of gold coinage and central bank or government reserves. Today, even with the gold standard long since dead, the percentage is about the same.The most powerful nation on earth, the United States, keeps 70 per cent of its foreign exchange holdings in gold. Its great rival, China, is both the world's largest producer and the world's largest importer. It has built up reserves that, as we shall discover, are likely as great as the USA's. If you buying gold or silver coins to protect yourself in these “interesting times” - and I urge you to - as always I recommend The Pure Gold Company. Pricing is competitive, quality of service is high. They deliver to the UK, the US, Canada and Europe or you can store your gold with them. More here.Ordinary people and institutions the world over use gold to store wealth. Across myriad cultures gold is gifted at landmark life events — births and weddings — because of its intrinsic value.In fact, gold's purchasing power has increased over the millennia, as human beings have grown more productive. The same ounce of gold said by economic historians to have bought King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon 350 loaves of bread could buy you more than 1,000 loaves today. The same gold dinar (roughly 1/7 oz) that, in the time of the Koran in the seventh century, bought you a lamb would buy you three lambs today. Those same four or five aurei (1 oz) which bought you a fine linen tunic in ancient Rome would buy you considerably more clothing today.In 1972, 0.07 ounces of gold would buy you a barrel of oil. Here we are in 2024 and a barrel of oil costs 0.02 ounces of gold — it's significantly cheaper than it was fifty years ago.House prices, too, if you measure them in gold, have stayed constant. It is only when they are measured in fiat currency that they have appreciated so relentlessly (and destructively).In other words, an ounce of gold buys you as much, and sometimes more, food, clothing, energy and shelter as it did ten years ago, a hundred years ago or even thousands of years ago. As gold lasts, so does its purchasing power. You cannot say the same about modern national currencies.Rare and expensive to mine, the supply of gold is constrained. This is in stark contrast to modern money — electronic, debt-based fiat money to give it its full name — the supply of which multiplies every year as governments spend and borrowing balloons.As if by Natural Law, gold supply has increased at the same rate as the global population — roughly 2 per cent per annum. The population of the world has slightly more than doubled since 1850. So has gold supply. The correlation has held for centuries, except for one fifty-year period during the gold rushes of the late nineteenth century, when gold supply per capita increased.Gold has the added attraction of being beautiful. It shines and glistens and sparkles. It captivates and allures. The word ‘gold' derives from the Sanskrit ‘jval', meaning ‘to shine'. That's why we use it as jewellery — to show off our wealth and success, as well as to store it. Indeed, in nomadic prehistory, and still in parts of the world today, carrying your wealth on your person as jewellery was the safest way to keep it.The universe has given us this captivatingly beautiful, dense, inert, malleable, scarce, useless and permanent substance whose only use is to be money. To quote historian Peter Bernstein, ‘nothing is as useless and useful all at the same time'.But after thousands of years of gold being official money, in the early twentieth century there was a seismic shift. Neither the British, German nor French government had enough gold to pay for the First World War. They abandoned gold backing to print the money they needed. In the inter-war years, nations briefly attempted a return to gold standards, but they failed. The two prevailing monetary theories clashed: gold-backed versus state-issued currency. Gold standard advocates, such as Montagu Norman, Governor of the Bank of England, considered gold to be one of the key pillars of a free society along with property rights and habeas corpus. ‘We have gold because we cannot trust governments,' said President Herbert Hoover in 1933. This was a sentiment echoed by one of the founders of the London School of Economics, George Bernard Shaw — to whom I am grateful for demonstrating that it is possible to have a career as both a comedian and a financial writer. ‘You have to choose (as a voter),' he said, ‘between trusting to the natural stability of gold and the natural stability of the honesty and intelligence of the members of the Government… I advise you, as long as the Capitalist system lasts, to vote for gold.'On the other hand, many, such as economist John Maynard Keynes, advocated the idea of fiat currency to give government greater control over the economy and the ability to manipulate the money supply. Keynes put fixation with gold in the Freudian realms of sex and religion. The gold standard, he famously said after the First World War — and rightly, as it turned out — was ‘already a barbarous relic'. Freud himself related fascination with gold to the erotic fantasies and interests of early childhood.Needless to say, Keynes and fiat money prevailed. By the end of the 1930s, most of Europe had left the gold standard. The US followed, but not completely until 1971, in order to meet the ballooning costs of its welfare system and its war in Vietnam.But compare both gold's universality (everyone everywhere knows gold has value) and its purchasing power to national currencies and you have to wonder why we don't use it officially today. There is a very good reason: power.Sticking to the discipline of the gold standard means governments can't just create money or run deficits to the same extent. Instead, they have to rein in their spending, which they are not prepared to do, especially in the twenty-first century, when they make so many promises to win elections. Balanced books, let alone independent money, have become an impossibility. If you seek an answer as to why the state has grown so large in the West, look no further than our system of money. When one body in a society has the power to create money at no cost to itself, it is inevitable that that body will grow disproportionately large. So it is in the twenty-first century, where state spending in many social democracies is now not far off 50 per cent of GDP, sometimes higher.Many arguments about gold will quickly slide into a political argument about the role of government. It is a deeply political metal. Those who favour gold tend to favour small government, free markets and individual responsibility. I count myself in that camp. Those who dismiss it tend to favour large government and state planning.I have argued many times that money is the blood of a society. It must be healthy. So much starts with money: values, morals, behaviour, ambitions, manners, even family size. Money must be sound and true. At the moment it is neither. Gold, however, is both. ‘Because gold is honest money it is disliked by dishonest men,' said former Republican Congressman Ron Paul. As Dorothy is advised in The Wizard of Oz (which was, as we shall discover, part allegory), maybe the time has come to once again ‘follow the yellow brick road'.On the other hand, maybe the twilight of gold has arrived, as Niall Ferguson argued in his history of debt and money, The Cash Nexus. Gold's future, he said, is ‘mainly as jewellery' or ‘in parts of the world with primitive or unstable monetary and financial systems'. Gold may have been money for 5,000 years, or even 10,000 years, but so was the horse a means of transport, and then along came the motor car.A history of gold is inevitably a history of money, but it is also a history of greed, obsession and ambition. Gold is beautiful. Gold is compelling. It is wealth in its purest, most distilled form. ‘Gold is a child of Zeus,' runs the ancient Greek lyric. ‘Neither moth nor rust devoureth it; but the mind of man is devoured by this supreme possession.' Perhaps that's why Thomas Edison said gold was ‘an invention of Satan'. Wealth, and all the emotions that come with it, can do strange things to people.Gold has led people to do the most brilliant, the most brave, the most inventive, the most innovative and the most terrible things. ‘More men have been knocked off balance by gold than by love,' runs the saying, usually attributed to Benjamin Disraeli. Where gold is concerned, emotion, not logic, prevails. Even in today's markets it is a speculative asset whose price is driven by greed and fear, not by fundamental production numbers.Its gleam has drawn man across oceans, across continents and into the unknown. It lured Jason and the Argonauts, Alexander the Great, numerous Caesars, da Gama, Cortés, Pizarro and Raleigh. Brilliant new civilisations have emerged as a result of the quest for gold, yet so have slavery, war, deceit, death and devastation. Describing the gold mines of ancient Egypt, the historian Diodorus Siculus wrote, ‘there is absolutely no consideration nor relaxation for sick or maimed, for aged man or weak woman. All are forced to labour at their tasks until they die, worn out by misery amid their toil.' His description could apply to many an illegal mine in Africa today.The English critic John Ruskin told a story of a man who boarded a ship with all his money: a bag of gold coins. Several days into the voyage a terrible storm blew up. ‘Abandon ship!' came the cry. The man strapped his bag around his waist and jumped overboard, only to sink to the bottom of the sea. ‘Now,' asked Ruskin, ‘as he was sinking — had he the gold? Or had the gold him?'As the Chinese proverb goes, ‘The miser does not own the gold; the gold owns the miser.'Gold may be a dead metal. Inert, unchanging and lifeless. But its hold over humanity never relents. It has adorned us since before the dawn of civilisation and, as money, underpinned economies ever since. Desire for it has driven mankind forwards, the prime impulse for quest and conquest, for exploration and discovery. From its origins in the hearts of dying stars to its quiet presence today beneath the machinery of modern finance, gold has seen it all. How many secrets does this silent witness keep? This book tells the story of gold. It unveils the schemes, intrigues and forces that have shaped our world in the relentless pursuit of this ancient asset, which, even in this digital age, still wields immense power.That was Chapter One of The Secret History of Gold The Secret History of Gold is available to pre-order at Amazon, Waterstones and all good bookshops. I hear the audiobook, read by me, is excellent. The book comes out on August 28.Hurry! Amazon is currently offering 20% off.Until next time,Dominic This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.theflyingfrisby.com/subscribe

The Secret History of Gold comes out this week. Here for your viewing pleasure is a fim about gold based on the first chapter.“Gold will be slave or master”HoraceIn 2021, a metal detectorist with the eyebrow-raising name of Ole Ginnerup Schytz dug up a hoard of Viking gold in a field in Denmark. The gold was just as it was when it was buried 1,500 years before, if a little dirtier. The same goes for the jewellery unearthed at the Varna Necropolis in Bulgaria in 1972. The beads, bracelets, rings and necklaces are as good as when they were buried 6,700 years ago.In the Egyptian Museum in Cairo, there is a golden tooth bridge — a gold wire used to bind teeth and dental implants — made over 4,000 years ago. It could go in your mouth today.No other substance is as long-lasting as gold — not diamonds, not tungsten carbide, not boron nitride. Gold does not corrode; it does not tarnish or decay; it does not break down over time. This sets it apart from every other substance. Iron rusts, wood rots, silver tarnishes. Gold never changes. Left alone, it stays itself. And it never loses its shine — how about that?Despite its permanence, you can shape this enormously ductile metal into pretty much anything. An ounce of gold can be stretched into a wire 50 miles long or plate a copper wire 1,000 miles long. It can be beaten into a leaf just one atom thick. Yet there is one thing you cannot do and that is destroy it. Life may be temporary, but gold is permanent. It really is forever.This means that all the gold that has ever been mined, estimated to be 216,000 tonnes, still exists somewhere. Put together it would fit into a cube with 22-metre sides. Visualise a square building seven storeys high — and that would be all the gold ever.With some effort, you can dissolve gold in certain chemical solutions, alloy it with other metals, or even vaporise it. But the gold will always be there. It is theoretically possible to destroy gold through nuclear reactions and other such extreme methods, but in practical terms, gold is indestructible. It is the closest thing we have on earth to immortality.Perhaps that is why almost every ancient culture we know of associated gold with the eternal. The Egyptians believed the flesh of gods was made of gold, and that it gave you safe passage into the afterlife. In Greek myth, the Golden Apples of the Hesperides, which Hercules was sent to retrieve, conferred immortality on whoever ate them. The South Americans saw gold as the link between humanity and the cosmos. They were not far wrong.Gold was present in the dust that formed the solar system. It sits in the earth's crust today, just as it did when our planet was formed some 4.6 billion years ago. That little bit of gold you may be wearing on your finger or around your neck is actually older than the earth itself. In fact, it is older than the solar system. To touch gold is as close as you will ever come to touching eternity.And yet the world's most famous investor is not impressed.‘It gets dug out of the ground in Africa, or some place,' said Warren Buffett. ‘Then we melt it down, dig another hole, bury it again and pay people to stand around guarding it. It has no utility. Anyone watching from Mars would be scratching their head.'He's right. Gold does nothing. It does not even pay a yield. It just sits there inert. We use other metals to construct things, cut things or conduct things, but gold's industrial uses are minimal. It is a good conductor of electricity, but copper and silver are better and cheaper. It has some use in dentistry, medical applications and nanotechnology. It is finding more and more use in outer space — back whence it came — where it is used to coat spacecraft, astronauts' visors and heat shields. But, in the grand scheme of things, these uses are paltry.Gold's only purpose is to store and display prosperity. It is dense and tangible wealth: pure money.Though you may not realise it, we still use gold as money today. Not so much as a medium to exchange value but store it.In 1970, about 27 per cent of all the gold in the world was in the form of gold coinage and central bank or government reserves. Today, even with the gold standard long since dead, the percentage is about the same.The most powerful nation on earth, the United States, keeps 70 per cent of its foreign exchange holdings in gold. Its great rival, China, is both the world's largest producer and the world's largest importer. It has built up reserves that, as we shall discover, are likely as great as the USA's. If you buying gold or silver coins to protect yourself in these “interesting times” - and I urge you to - as always I recommend The Pure Gold Company. Pricing is competitive, quality of service is high. They deliver to the UK, the US, Canada and Europe or you can store your gold with them. More here.Ordinary people and institutions the world over use gold to store wealth. Across myriad cultures gold is gifted at landmark life events — births and weddings — because of its intrinsic value.In fact, gold's purchasing power has increased over the millennia, as human beings have grown more productive. The same ounce of gold said by economic historians to have bought King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon 350 loaves of bread could buy you more than 1,000 loaves today. The same gold dinar (roughly 1/7 oz) that, in the time of the Koran in the seventh century, bought you a lamb would buy you three lambs today. Those same four or five aurei (1 oz) which bought you a fine linen tunic in ancient Rome would buy you considerably more clothing today.In 1972, 0.07 ounces of gold would buy you a barrel of oil. Here we are in 2024 and a barrel of oil costs 0.02 ounces of gold — it's significantly cheaper than it was fifty years ago.House prices, too, if you measure them in gold, have stayed constant. It is only when they are measured in fiat currency that they have appreciated so relentlessly (and destructively).In other words, an ounce of gold buys you as much, and sometimes more, food, clothing, energy and shelter as it did ten years ago, a hundred years ago or even thousands of years ago. As gold lasts, so does its purchasing power. You cannot say the same about modern national currencies.Rare and expensive to mine, the supply of gold is constrained. This is in stark contrast to modern money — electronic, debt-based fiat money to give it its full name — the supply of which multiplies every year as governments spend and borrowing balloons.As if by Natural Law, gold supply has increased at the same rate as the global population — roughly 2 per cent per annum. The population of the world has slightly more than doubled since 1850. So has gold supply. The correlation has held for centuries, except for one fifty-year period during the gold rushes of the late nineteenth century, when gold supply per capita increased.Gold has the added attraction of being beautiful. It shines and glistens and sparkles. It captivates and allures. The word ‘gold' derives from the Sanskrit ‘jval', meaning ‘to shine'. That's why we use it as jewellery — to show off our wealth and success, as well as to store it. Indeed, in nomadic prehistory, and still in parts of the world today, carrying your wealth on your person as jewellery was the safest way to keep it.The universe has given us this captivatingly beautiful, dense, inert, malleable, scarce, useless and permanent substance whose only use is to be money. To quote historian Peter Bernstein, ‘nothing is as useless and useful all at the same time'.But after thousands of years of gold being official money, in the early twentieth century there was a seismic shift. Neither the British, German nor French government had enough gold to pay for the First World War. They abandoned gold backing to print the money they needed. In the inter-war years, nations briefly attempted a return to gold standards, but they failed. The two prevailing monetary theories clashed: gold-backed versus state-issued currency. Gold standard advocates, such as Montagu Norman, Governor of the Bank of England, considered gold to be one of the key pillars of a free society along with property rights and habeas corpus. ‘We have gold because we cannot trust governments,' said President Herbert Hoover in 1933. This was a sentiment echoed by one of the founders of the London School of Economics, George Bernard Shaw — to whom I am grateful for demonstrating that it is possible to have a career as both a comedian and a financial writer. ‘You have to choose (as a voter),' he said, ‘between trusting to the natural stability of gold and the natural stability of the honesty and intelligence of the members of the Government… I advise you, as long as the Capitalist system lasts, to vote for gold.'On the other hand, many, such as economist John Maynard Keynes, advocated the idea of fiat currency to give government greater control over the economy and the ability to manipulate the money supply. Keynes put fixation with gold in the Freudian realms of sex and religion. The gold standard, he famously said after the First World War — and rightly, as it turned out — was ‘already a barbarous relic'. Freud himself related fascination with gold to the erotic fantasies and interests of early childhood.Needless to say, Keynes and fiat money prevailed. By the end of the 1930s, most of Europe had left the gold standard. The US followed, but not completely until 1971, in order to meet the ballooning costs of its welfare system and its war in Vietnam.But compare both gold's universality (everyone everywhere knows gold has value) and its purchasing power to national currencies and you have to wonder why we don't use it officially today. There is a very good reason: power.Sticking to the discipline of the gold standard means governments can't just create money or run deficits to the same extent. Instead, they have to rein in their spending, which they are not prepared to do, especially in the twenty-first century, when they make so many promises to win elections. Balanced books, let alone independent money, have become an impossibility. If you seek an answer as to why the state has grown so large in the West, look no further than our system of money. When one body in a society has the power to create money at no cost to itself, it is inevitable that that body will grow disproportionately large. So it is in the twenty-first century, where state spending in many social democracies is now not far off 50 per cent of GDP, sometimes higher.Many arguments about gold will quickly slide into a political argument about the role of government. It is a deeply political metal. Those who favour gold tend to favour small government, free markets and individual responsibility. I count myself in that camp. Those who dismiss it tend to favour large government and state planning.I have argued many times that money is the blood of a society. It must be healthy. So much starts with money: values, morals, behaviour, ambitions, manners, even family size. Money must be sound and true. At the moment it is neither. Gold, however, is both. ‘Because gold is honest money it is disliked by dishonest men,' said former Republican Congressman Ron Paul. As Dorothy is advised in The Wizard of Oz (which was, as we shall discover, part allegory), maybe the time has come to once again ‘follow the yellow brick road'.On the other hand, maybe the twilight of gold has arrived, as Niall Ferguson argued in his history of debt and money, The Cash Nexus. Gold's future, he said, is ‘mainly as jewellery' or ‘in parts of the world with primitive or unstable monetary and financial systems'. Gold may have been money for 5,000 years, or even 10,000 years, but so was the horse a means of transport, and then along came the motor car.A history of gold is inevitably a history of money, but it is also a history of greed, obsession and ambition. Gold is beautiful. Gold is compelling. It is wealth in its purest, most distilled form. ‘Gold is a child of Zeus,' runs the ancient Greek lyric. ‘Neither moth nor rust devoureth it; but the mind of man is devoured by this supreme possession.' Perhaps that's why Thomas Edison said gold was ‘an invention of Satan'. Wealth, and all the emotions that come with it, can do strange things to people.Gold has led people to do the most brilliant, the most brave, the most inventive, the most innovative and the most terrible things. ‘More men have been knocked off balance by gold than by love,' runs the saying, usually attributed to Benjamin Disraeli. Where gold is concerned, emotion, not logic, prevails. Even in today's markets it is a speculative asset whose price is driven by greed and fear, not by fundamental production numbers.Its gleam has drawn man across oceans, across continents and into the unknown. It lured Jason and the Argonauts, Alexander the Great, numerous Caesars, da Gama, Cortés, Pizarro and Raleigh. Brilliant new civilisations have emerged as a result of the quest for gold, yet so have slavery, war, deceit, death and devastation. Describing the gold mines of ancient Egypt, the historian Diodorus Siculus wrote, ‘there is absolutely no consideration nor relaxation for sick or maimed, for aged man or weak woman. All are forced to labour at their tasks until they die, worn out by misery amid their toil.' His description could apply to many an illegal mine in Africa today.The English critic John Ruskin told a story of a man who boarded a ship with all his money: a bag of gold coins. Several days into the voyage a terrible storm blew up. ‘Abandon ship!' came the cry. The man strapped his bag around his waist and jumped overboard, only to sink to the bottom of the sea. ‘Now,' asked Ruskin, ‘as he was sinking — had he the gold? Or had the gold him?'As the Chinese proverb goes, ‘The miser does not own the gold; the gold owns the miser.'Gold may be a dead metal. Inert, unchanging and lifeless. But its hold over humanity never relents. It has adorned us since before the dawn of civilisation and, as money, underpinned economies ever since. Desire for it has driven mankind forwards, the prime impulse for quest and conquest, for exploration and discovery. From its origins in the hearts of dying stars to its quiet presence today beneath the machinery of modern finance, gold has seen it all. How many secrets does this silent witness keep? This book tells the story of gold. It unveils the schemes, intrigues and forces that have shaped our world in the relentless pursuit of this ancient asset, which, even in this digital age, still wields immense power.That was Chapter One of The Secret History of Gold The Secret History of Gold is available to pre-order at Amazon, Waterstones and all good bookshops. I hear the audiobook, read by me, is excellent. The book comes out on August 28.Hurry! Amazon is currently offering 20% off.Until next time,Dominic This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.theflyingfrisby.com/subscribe

Kyle Robert and Brian Twining get you set for the 2025 NASCAR Playoffs. They guys talk through all 16 drivers, the tracks that matter and who has a path that makes sense.Then the guys run through the odds on Caesars, Fanduel and BetMGM for the 2025 NASCAR Playoffs future odds to see if there is any value prior to Darlington. Lastly they complete their playoff bracket to see who makes the Championship 4 and crown a winner.As a reminder, use code AOP25 for a 100% match deposit up to $100. While you are there make sure you join the COMPLETELY FREE listeners league!https://t.co/EXWgnKQpzsSubscribe to the Green White Checkered our FREE newsletter on Substack for more picks and bets every race day.https://aoppodcast.substack.com/Make sure you tune into The Draft every Wednesday from our friends Win the Race. Make sure to subscribe to their YouTube channel while you are there.https://www.youtube.com/@WINTHERACEP100:00 Intro03:27 NASCAR Future Outright Odds26:20 NASCAR Championship 4 Odds53:05 NASCAR Championship Bets

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Kyle Robert and Brian Twining get you set for the Coke Zero Sugar 400 as NASCAR gets ready for the final race of the regular season.Kyle and Brian run through the Coke Zero Sugar 400 betting board to see if there is any value prior to practice and qualifying. The guys run through Caesars, Fanduel and BetMGM! They look at outrights, placings and head to head matchups for Daytona. But first they recap arguably the best race of 2025 at Richmond. Austin Dillon gets redemption, the racing was compelling and more. Plus they recap the betting card and DraftKings lineups.As a reminder, use code AOP25 for a 100% match deposit up to $100. While you are there make sure you join the COMPLETELY FREE listeners league!https://t.co/EXWgnKQpzsSubscribe to the Green White Checkered our FREE newsletter on Substack for more picks and bets every race day.https://aoppodcast.substack.com/Make sure you tune into The Draft every Wednesday from our friends Win the Race. Make sure to subscribe to their YouTube channel while you are there.https://www.youtube.com/@WINTHERACEP100:00 Intro09:45 Richmond DFS and Betting Recap21:49 Cook Out 400 Outright Odds and Targets

Scripture Reading: Revelation 2:12-17 The third church in the letters of Christ to the seven churches was in the city of Pergamum.  Like Smyrna, it was a center for emperor worship.  There was a temple dedicated to the worship of Augustus (and subsequent Caesars) in Pergamum as well as the renowned Altar of Zeus. Christ lauds the Christians in Pergamum for their willingness to suffer and display fidelity to the Christian faith.  The problem in Pergamum was that although the Christians had publicly denounced idolatry, some of the people had privately allowed immorality (Rev 2:14) because of doctrinal corruption (Rev 2:15).  Doctrinal corruption always leads to behavioral corruption.  It is true of many Christians today.  Some condemn public evil … abortion, pornography, same sex marriage … but allow subtle sins in their own lives , like lust, hatred, neglect of prayer.  The allowance of subtle sins, often, results from haziness about Biblical doctrine.  Wrong thinking always leads to wrong behavior.  So many of our churches today need a revitalization of precise, deep-rooted, fervent truth in their programs.  Biblical truth is being replaced today, in wholesale fashion and in the name of worship, by entertainment.  While we stimulate our senses we are starving our souls.  We need clear, demanding truth from the eternal Word of God.  This is the only way our lives and our churches will remain pure light in the darkness.  He who has an ear, let him hear.     

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A Caesars Casino in Times Square NYC is in the works, can they make it there as they've made it everywhere else? We discuss. Source: https://w42st.com/post/caesars-palace-times-square-casino-interiors/

Kyle Robert and Brian Twining get you set for the Cook Out 400 as NASCAR gets ready for the penultimate race of the regular season.Kyle and Brian run through the Cook Out 400 betting board to see if there is any value prior to practice and qualifying. The guys run through Caesars, Fanduel and BetMGM! They look at outrights, placings and head to head matchups for Pocono. But first they recap the week that was from Watkins Glen. They talk another SVG ass kicking, lack of passing and what to do with road courses in general. Plus they recap the betting card and DraftKings lineups.As a reminder, use code AOP25 for a 100% match deposit up to $100. While you are there make sure you join the COMPLETELY FREE listeners league!https://t.co/EXWgnKQpzsSubscribe to the Green White Checkered our FREE newsletter on Substack for more picks and bets every race day.https://aoppodcast.substack.com/Make sure you tune into The Draft every Wednesday from our friends Win the Race. Make sure to subscribe to their YouTube channel while you are there.https://www.youtube.com/@WINTHERACEP100:00 Intro01:30 What do we do with road courses?10:40 Watkins Glen DFS and Betting Recap19:07 Cook Out 400 Outright Odds and Targets34:40 Cook Out 400 Placings and Matchups44:56 Cook Out 400 Betting Card Recap

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It is my last day in vegas. I decide to hit some casinos I have never been to before. Rio, Gold Coast, Palms, Silverton, as well as Southpoint, Caesars and Wynn today.

Scott Seidenberg and Steve Fezzik talk all things NFL this week.

Scott Seidenberg and Steve Fezzik talk all things NFL this week.

Day three of our Vegas trip. Going to casino to casino continuing our trek to make $10,000 on this trip. Finally meeting up with Mike and figuring out what his abilities are so we can hopefully continue to make money.Wynn, Caesars, Stratosphere, Main Street Station, California, Southpoint, Sahara today.

Kyle Robert and Brian Twining get you set to Go Bowling at the Glen as NASCAR heads to the final true road course of the season.Kyle and Brian run through the Go Bowling at the Glen betting board to see if there is any value prior to practice and qualifying. The guys run through Caesars, Fanduel and BetMGM! They look at outrights, placings and head to head matchups for Pocono. But first they recap the week that was from Iowa. They talk William Byron using the fumes to get into victory lane, impressive Fords and more. Plus they recap the betting card and DraftKings lineups.As a reminder, use code AOP25 for a 100% match deposit up to $100. While you are there make sure you join the COMPLETELY FREE listeners league!https://t.co/EXWgnKQpzsSubscribe to the Green White Checkered our FREE newsletter on Substack for more picks and bets every race day.https://aoppodcast.substack.com/Make sure you tune into The Draft every Wednesday from our friends Win the Race. Make sure to subscribe to their YouTube channel while you are there.https://www.youtube.com/@WINTHERACEP100:00 Intro08:31 Iowa Corn 350 DFS and Betting Recap28:07 Go Bowling at the Glen Outright Odds and Targets41:59 Go Bowling at the Glen Placings and Matchups57:20 Go Bowling at the Glen Betting Card Recap

This episode starts just after midnight on the morning of August 5th. I spend the day going from casino to casino, mostly smaller casinos off the strip. I meet with Walter White later in the day. I have a good session of Pot Limit Omaha. I meet with a friend who will eventually be working with me on some long-term games.Wynn, Caesars, Red Rock, Sun Coast, Rampart, Southpoint

Want more MTM Vegas? Check out our Patreon for access to our exclusive weekly aftershow! patreon.com/mtmvegas Want to work with us? Reach out! inquiries at mtmvegas dot com Episode Description This week earnings reports and stats came rolling in to indicate whether Las Vegas is really struggling or not. While some numbers do indicate a pullback in visitation, the gaming numbers were actually quite positive giving us mixed results. We also dive into a few earnings calls to see what is driving the good and what they have to say about the rest of the year. In other news Boring Company is expanding with another loop system in Nashville. We also discuss: Venetian removing their LOVE sign, stats showing how local gamblers differ from tourists, 3 rules for living in Las Vegas, Plaza's Jonny Suite, GVR's $200 million renovation, the John Wick Experience and how you can score the Aviator's cool new roulette jacket. Episode Guide 0:00 Vegas blue pool water 0:30 The Fall of Vegas? Rough visitor numbers for June 2:12 Looking at visitor numbers over the years 3:16 How REVPar in June compares to the past - More revenue per room? 5:05 The worst takes on the Vegas slowdown 7:45 Will Las Vegas shift back towards the gambler? 8:58 A look back at 2008 Caesars Total Rewards 10:30 Caesars - lower drink prices & less comps for elites 12:55 Carversteak's tricky prix fixe menu 15:15 NYNY pizza bargain? 16:11 Hogs & Heifers announces new Downtown Vegas location 17:22 Is Downtown Grand in serious financial trouble? 18:07 Another Vegas casino is closing soon - End of $3.99 AYCE spagetti! 20:12 Venetian's new Wizard of Oz activation 22:12 Westgate brings back Elvis 1969 23:48 Fontainebleau may be getting desperate - Tons of new promos 26:29 Resorts World - strangest comp ever? 27:47 The wider slowdown is worse for the newest Vegas casinos Each week tens of thousands of people tune into our MtM Vegas news shows at http://www.YouTube.com/milestomemories. We do two news shows weekly on YouTube with this being the audio version. Never miss out on the latest happenings in and around Las Vegas! Enjoying the podcast? Please consider leaving us a positive review on your favorite podcast platform! You can also connect with us anytime at podcast@milestomemories.com.  You can subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify or by searching "MtM Vegas" or "Miles to Memories" in your favorite podcast app. Don't forget to check out our travel/miles/points podcast as well!

Very long day today. Visited a lot of places I normally do not visit. Had some decent variance. Also played some longer sessions that I normally would. Overall good day, but very tired by the time I got back to my room around 1:00 a.m.

In this episode, Chris and Josh dive into gambling etiquette, from craps tables to slot machines, and answer listener questions about Vegas strategy, comps, and even a 90-day casino stay challenge.  Gambling Etiquette Deep Dive – Full rundown of craps etiquette: buying in, chip handling, keeping hands clear, and tipping dealers. – Discussion on table manners for blackjack and other games. – Slot machine etiquette: no chair saving, slapping screens, or hovering behind players. Personal Stories & Travel Updates – Chris shares a family trip to Pigeon Forge and ziplining fears. – Josh talks about scenic trips to Deception Pass and classic Vegas nostalgia. Listener Email: Craps Frustrations – Angie writes in about a disruptive craps player, sparking the etiquette segment. BJUA “Red Siren” Alert – Jack points out the difference between video poker error rate vs. error cost. – Chris and Josh discuss how to correctly track VP accuracy. Vegas Nostalgia & Casino Ambiance – Listeners miss the old Vegas vibe: live music, neon, theming, and unique ambiance. Would You Rather: 90 Days in Vegas – Debate between staying at Wynn, Venetian/Palazzo, or Four Queens for 90 days with different comp levels. Comps, Hosts, and Casino Strategy – Advice for low- and mid-rollers on whether to split play between brands. – Omari asks about Wynn Tower Suites comps and MGM play strategy. Upcoming Vegas Trips & Patreon Extras – Fantasy football league, “Fading Crap Vegas” picks, and CVTV content. – Star Trek Las Vegas and tech/hacker conventions on the horizon.   Listen now at crapvegas.com Join the Facebook group: crapvegas.com/facebook Support the show & get bonus content: patreon.com/crapvegas  

All roads do, indeed, lead to Rome!  On this episode, special guest, Joseph Atwill, independent scholar and author, will present his controversial thesis that the Roman Flavian emperors invented Christianity as a tool of political propaganda ... but that's just for starters!   Joseph's best-selling book, Caesar's Messiah, established him as one of the world's most penetrating independent scholars, rocking the field of Biblical studies and changing our modern understanding of Jesus and the Gospels forever.  Joseph uncovered what has been kept hidden from the public for millennia:  Christianity began as a highly complex psychological warfare campaign during the First Jewish-Roman War, an ambitious literature project began by the Caesars that was later honed into a potent tool of statecraft, used to this day by the oligarchy for mass pacification. Atwill has also authored  Shakespeare's Secret Messiah  about he 'Bard's' hidden war on the the Roman Catholic Church, encoded in ‘puzzle passages' in the plays, and the key to the true identity of ‘Shakespeare'. Show links: http://www.caesarsmessiah.com/ Get tickets to the Homesteaders Jamboree in Concord, NC! Use code Winner50 to get $50 off your ticket.  https://homesteadersunited.com/ Learn The True Nature Of Dis-Ease & How Our Bodies Actually Work: https://alfavedic.com/themyth/ Join Our Private Community And Join In The Discussion: https://alfavedic.com/join-us/ Follow our new YT channel: / @offgridelegance Start healing yourself and loved ones with ozone! https://alfavedic.com/ozone Get our favorite blue blocker glasses! https://alfavedic.com/raoptics Learn how to express your law and uphold your rights as one of mankind. https://alfavedic.com/lawformankind Alfa Vedic is an off-grid agriculture & health co-op focused on developing products, media & educational platforms for the betterment of our world. By using advanced scientific methods, cutting-edge technologies and tools derived from the knowledge of the world's greatest minds, the AV community aims to be a model for the future we all want to see. Our comprehensive line of health products and nutrition is available on our website. Most products are hand mixed and formulated right on our off grid farm including our Immortality Teas which we grow on site. Find them all at https://alfavedic.com​​​​​​​​​​​​​​ Follow Alfa Vedic: https://linktr.ee/alfavedic Follow Mike Winner: https://linktr.ee/djmikewinner

On today’s Rickey Smiley Morning Show, listeners were brought up to speed on four major stories. First, Donald Trump signed sweeping new tariffs—steel and aluminum rates were doubled to 50%, with tariffs ranging between 10% and 50% now targeting dozens of countries including Canada, the EU, and Taiwan—raising concerns about inflation and legal challenges over their broad scope and rapid rollout. Jay-Z, in partnership with Caesars Entertainment and SL Green Properties, formally bid to bring a large-scale Caesars casino resort to Times Square, pledging $250 million in community benefits, up to 3,800 permanent New York jobs, and a projected $7 billion local economic impact. Lastly, Colorado public schools will begin teaching Black history year-round, responding to widespread advocacy and a growing push for inclusive curriculum reform—marking a shift from token months to systemic education change. Website: https://www.urban1podcasts.com/rickey-smiley-morning-show See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Want more MTM Vegas? Check out our Patreon for access to our exclusive weekly aftershow! patreon.com/mtmvegas Want to work with us? Reach out! inquiries at mtmvegas dot com Episode Description This week earnings reports and stats came rolling in to indicate whether Las Vegas is really struggling or not. While some numbers do indicate a pullback in visitation, the gaming numbers were actually quite positive giving us mixed results. We also dive into a few earnings calls to see what is driving the good and what they have to say about the rest of the year. In other news Boring Company is expanding with another loop system in Nashville. We also discuss: Venetian removing their LOVE sign, stats showing how local gamblers differ from tourists, 3 rules for living in Las Vegas, Plaza's Jonny Suite, GVR's $200 million renovation, the John Wick Experience and how you can score the Aviator's cool new roulette jacket. Episode Guide 0:00 Aviators new roulette jacket 0:29 A look at the new John Wick Experience 2:43 Boring Company is building another loop 4:16 Venetian removes “LOVE” sign 5:37 Takeaways from Red Rock's earnings call - Killing it? 7:30 How local gamblers differ from tourists & what that means 10:09 Green Valley Ranch $200 million renovation & new rooms 11:45 3 Rules for Living in Las Vegas 13:01 Plaza's quirky “Jonny Suite” 14:48 Caesars seat fee controversy 16:34 Caesars earnings - Soft summer but recovery ahead? 18:40 Caesars testing new offers, how players will respond 19:36 June gaming numbers……aren't bad Each week tens of thousands of people tune into our MtM Vegas news shows at http://www.YouTube.com/milestomemories. We do two news shows weekly on YouTube with this being the audio version. Never miss out on the latest happenings in and around Las Vegas! Enjoying the podcast? Please consider leaving us a positive review on your favorite podcast platform! You can also connect with us anytime at podcast@milestomemories.com.  You can subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify or by searching "MtM Vegas" or "Miles to Memories" in your favorite podcast app. Don't forget to check out our travel/miles/points podcast as well!

Kyle Robert and Brian Twining get you set for the Iowa Corn 350 as NASCAR heads to the corn fields.Kyle and Brian run through the Iowa Corn 350 betting board to see if there is any value prior to practice and qualifying. The guys run through Caesars, Fanduel and BetMGM! They look at outrights, placings and head to head matchups for Pocono. But first they recap the week that was from Indianapolis. They talk Bubba Wallace getting to victory lane, the lack of passing and more. Plus they recap the betting card and DraftKings lineups.As a reminder, use code AOP25 for a 100% match deposit up to $100. While you are there make sure you join the COMPLETELY FREE listeners league!https://t.co/EXWgnKQpzsSubscribe to the Green White Checkered our FREE newsletter on Substack for more picks and bets every race day.https://aoppodcast.substack.com/Make sure you tune into The Draft every Wednesday from our friends Win the Race. Make sure to subscribe to their YouTube channel while you are there.https://www.youtube.com/@WINTHERACEP100:00 Intro10:38 Brickyard DFS and Betting Recap32:14 Iowa Corn 350 Outright Odds and Targets48:25 Iowa Corn 350 Placings and Matchups57:29 Iowa Corn 350 Betting Card Recap

A Sermon for the Sixth Sunday after Trinity St. Matthew 5:20-26 by William Klock In last Sunday's Gospel we were with Jesus and Peter in that fishing boat as Jesus preached to the crowd on the shore.  I said that I had a pretty good ides the sorts of things Jesus was preaching, because both Matthew and Luke preserve versions of his favourite sermon about the kingdom.  Today's Gospel gives us a snippet of Matthew's version of that sermon.  In Matthew 5:20 Jesus says to the gathered crowd, “I tell you, unless your righteousness exceeds that of the scribes and Pharisees, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven.”  In the words leading up to this, Jesus was preparing the people to hear this.  He talks about being the salt of the earth and the light of the world and a city set on hill and a light held high on a lampstand for everyone to see.  “That's how you must shine your light in front of people!” he says, “Then they'll see what wonderful things you do, and they'll give glory to your father in heaven.”  Do your works, does you the way you live make people take notice and give glory to God?  That's a tough one, isn't it?  And then, just in case people might be thinking that Jesus came to do away with the law and the prophets: “Don't suppose that I came to destroy the law or the prophets,” Jesus said, “I didn't come to destroy them.  I came to fulfil them!  I'm telling you the truth: until heaven and earth disappear—and since that won't happen this just means never—not one stroke, not one dot, is going to disappear from the law until it's all come true.  So anyone who relaxes a single one of these commandments, even the little ones, and teaches that to people, will be called least in the kingdom of heaven.  And anyone who does them and teaches them will be called great in the kingdom of heaven.”  And this is where Jesus says those words, “Yes, let me tell you: unless your righteousness exceeds that of the scribes and Pharisees, you will never get into the kingdom of heaven.”   Because Jesus was doing and saying so many things that a lot of people thought weren't right, I suspect some people thought that Jesus was teaching an easier way to the kingdom.  The Pharisees were mad because he didn't seem to keep the law with the same zeal that they thought everyone should, but I suspect there were others who thought Jesus was offering them a way to God without all the spiritual rigor and rules.  Just this week I found myself talking to someone who had left an orthodox, biblical church a few years ago and is now worshipping at a United Church.  The reason: “They aren't so strict.  They let people be themselves.  They aren't so bound to the Bible.”  In other words: The United Church offers a way to God that you can follow on your own terms.  I suspect some people thought Jesus was doing a sort of First Century Jewish version of that.  And so Jesus makes it clear that this is not the case.  No, just the opposite in fact.  Not even the Pharisees with all their zeal for torah, not even they meet the standard.  Later in the sermon he'll go on to talk about the wide and narrow way that will lead Israel to destruction and the narrow gate that few can find and the narrow and difficult way beyond that leads to the kingdom.  No, Jesus hasn't come to relax the standard.  Not at all. But before we can go on we need to ask a couple of questions.  When Jesus talks about “righteousness”, what does he mean?  Well, for the Jews “righteousness” was bound up with torah, with the law and with God's covenant.  A righteous person was someone who was faithful to God and to the covenant and that meant, fundamentally, that he was faithful in living the law that God had given his people. The name “Pharisee” means “separated one”.  That's what Israel was supposed to be.  The Lord had delivered Israel from slavery in Egypt to be his people and he gave them a law, he gave them torah, as a way of life that would separate them and that would make them distinct from every other people on earth.  When the nations looked at Israel they were supposed to be moved to give glory to God.  But for most of their history, the Israelites didn't do a very good job of being that separate and distinct people.  They were selective in their obedience.  They worshipped idols.  And so just as he cast Adam and Eve out of the garden and out of his holy presence, the Lord cast out Israel and sent her in exile to Babylon.  Righteousness means “covenant faithfulness” and if Israel wasn't going to be faithful to the covenant, then in order to be faithful himself to the covenant, the Lord would have enact the covenant curses that he promised would befall his people if they didn't keep their end of the covenant—if they were unrighteous. As I've said before fairly recently, the Pharisees knew all of this.  More than that, they believed that the exile was, after a fashion, still ongoing.  Because Israel was still ruled by pagans and because the Lord's presence had never returned to the temple.  They desperately wanted an end to Roman rule and even more than that, they prayed for the Lord's return.  But that wasn't going to happen as long as Israel was still unfaithful—still lacking in righteousness.  So the Pharisees decided to set an example.  They weren't just going to obey the law as best they could; they were going to live their whole lives as if they were priests in the temple.  They wouldn't just keep themselves from sin.  They'd keep themselves ritually pure at all times.  They were ready for the Lord to return.  If only they could get everyone in Israel just as ready!  But not everyone in Israel was as interested in righteousness as they were.  There were a lot of people who just weren't as serious about God's law as they were.  But worse were the compromisers—the Jews who gradually assimilated to the pagan ways of the Greeks and Romans and the people who willingly and knowingly became traitors to the covenant: tax collectors and sinners. Think of it this way: The Pharisees saw themselves in the midst of a culture war.  And they knew it wasn't the first time Israel had faced a culture war.  And so their heroes were the righteous men of Israel's past culture wars.  One of those heroes was Phinehas, one of Aaron's grandsons.  In the book of Numbers we read how Balak, the King of Moab, had hired a prophet to curse the Israelites.  But the prophet, Balaam couldn't do it.  Every time he opened his mouth to curse the Israelites, the Lord caused blessings to spill out.  So Balak, instead, sent a bunch of beautiful Moabite women to infiltrate the Israelite camp and to entice the men of Israel to worship the Canaanite god Baal with them.  Isreal's first culture war.  The men were enticed into sexual immorality and then into idolatry—those two always go hand-in-hand.  But Phinehas, came upon one of the Israelite men in flagrante delicto with one of these women.  Filled with holy zeal, Phinehas grabbed a spear and ran them both through together.  That was the end of Israel's first culture war and Phinehas became a hero for his righteous zeal. But much more recently, the Pharisees looked back on the heroes of the Maccabean Revolt—about 160 years before.  In those days Judah was ruled by Greeks.  And the Greeks just sort of thought that because their culture was so superior to everyone else's, everyone would just assimilate given the chance.  Think of Gus in My Big Fat Greek Wedding.  “There are two kinds of people: Greeks and everyone who wish they was Greek.”  But no matter how many temples or gymnasiums the Greeks built, the Jews wouldn't assimilate.  Antiochus IV Epiphanes had enough of it and finally outlawed the law.  If you circumcised your son, you and he would be executed.  He defiled the Lord's altar by sacrificing a pig on it.  In Second Maccabees we read a horrific story of seven brothers and their mother who were tortured and gruesomely martyred when they refused to eat pork.  Jews were forced to offer sacrifices to Zeus.  Mattathias Maccabeus was watching as one Jewish man caved into that pressure.  The writer of First Maccabees tells us how Mattathias burned with zeal for the law, just like Phinehas had.  He ran forward and killed the man at the altar, then turned and killed the King's soldier.  That would kick off a revolt against the pagan Greeks.  But the Maccabean revolutionaries didn't just go after their foreign rulers; like Mattathias they went after compromising Jews as well. They were the inspiration for the Pharisees.  The Pharisees didn't have that kind of power.  They couldn't force anyone to keep the law or to keep it better.  But they had the same kind of zeal.  They desperately wanted, they prayed for the Lord to return to Zion to destroy the Romans and all the other unrighteous pagans—and all the compromisers like the tax collectors and sinners in Israel, too. And—getting back to Jesus peaching on the hillside—and Jesus now says that even that kind of zeal, that kind of righteousness isn't enough to get folks into the kingdom.  In other words, to the people who were coming to Jesus thinking he was making it easier—kind of like some modern liberal spirituality that you can shape to your own liking—Jesus says, “No.  I didn't come to make it easier.”  But then he condemns even the Pharisees.  They were the most righteous people around and even they weren't going to make the cut.  So what now?  Imagine all the people holding their breath to hear what Jesus is going to say next.  They really, really want to know.  Before he ever started preaching, they'd seen him doing all the Messiah things: casting out demons, healing the sick and the blind and the deaf.  They knew without a doubt that the God of Israel was somehow acting in and through Jesus, so they had to think that when he preached, he preached with authority and he spoke for God.  He's got their attention now.  Now they want to know what it means to be more righteous than even the Pharisees. So Jesus goes on and says, “You have heard it said to the people of old, ‘You shall not murder'; and anyone who commits murder shall be liable to judgement.  But I say to you that everyone who is angry with his brother shall be liable to judgement; anyone who insults his brother with foul and abusive language will be liable to the lawcourt; and anyone who says, ‘You fool,' will be liable to the fires of Gehenna.”   And Jesus keeps going on like this.  If we skip down to 5:27—picking up just were today's Gospel ends—Jesus says something similar about adultery.  “You have heard it said, ‘You shall not commit adultery.'  But I say to you: everyone who gazes at a woman in order to lust after her has already committed adultery with her in his heart.”  On and on.  Divorce falls in Jesus sites too: Divorce is wrong.  Marriage is a life-long covenant.  Tell the truth, he says, and you won't need to make oaths for people to believe you.  The law commanded justice and put limits on retaliation, but Jesus says, “Don't resist evil with violence”, “turn the other cheek”.  “When someone wants to sue you and take your shirt, let him have your coat, too.  When someone forces you to go one mile, go a second one with him.”  And in verse 43 Jesus puts a cherry on top of all this.  They knew that the law was about loving your neighbour, but then they got the idea that the only people who were their neighbours were their fellow Jews.  Love your neighbours, yes, but hate your enemies—people like the Romans, the tax collectors, and the sinners who openly rejected God's law and covenant.  Love your neighbours.  Pray for God to smite your enemies.  And Jesus says, “No!  I tell you: love your enemies!  Pray for people who persecute you!”  Why?  “So that you may be sons [and daughters] of your Father in heaven.”   Do you want to have a share in the kingdom?  Do you want to be a child of the Father?  Do you want to know how to have a righteousness—a covenant faithfulness—greater than even the Pharisees?  Do want people to glorify God when they see how you live?  Then love the way that God loves.  That's what righteousness has always been about: it's been about a people that conforms to the heart of God.  Righteousness is about sinlessness, but it goes deeper than that and that's what the Pharisees and so many others in Israel had forgotten even though it was there all along: “Hear, O Israel, the Lord our God is one Lord.  And you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, soul, mind, and strength, and your neighbour as yourself.” Brothers and Sisters, this is what kingdom people look like in a culture war.  They love the way God loves.  This is the narrow gate, this is the difficult path that leads to the kingdom and life with God.  It's hard.  All we have to do is look around us.  Things haven't changed much since Jesus preached this two thousand years ago.  We're in the middle of a war ourselves and it seems like Christians are prone to the same two failures.  There's a ditch on either side of the road.  You fall into the ditch on this side when you give in and compromise.  Whether it's the Judeans who went along with the Greeks, leaving their sons uncircumcised, eating pork, and making offerings to Zeus or the Christians today who give up and buy into the pagan world's notion that love is whatever you make it, anything goes, and we can all live and fellowship with God on our own terms.  Brothers and Sisters, compromise with a godless and anti-gospel culture isn't the way.  Jesus didn't come to make it easier to get into the kingdom, but there are a lot of people and churches today who think that the answer to the culture and to dwindling interest in the gospel is to lower the bar and to make it easier to think of yourself as a Christian.  Appealing to the cultural moment might get you a few followers in the short term, but it will land you in the outer darkness, weeping and gnashing your teeth just as surely as the opposite error will. The opposite error—the ditch on the other side of the road—is Phariseeism.  And that happens when we forget that the gospel wins not through violence and force but when Christians love the way that God loves.  Brothers and Sisters, no amount of compelling, force, violence, or political power will ever move the heart of an unbeliever to give glory to God because of what they see in us.  But in the midst of a culture war it's very easy for God's people to think that seizing the reigns of power is the answer.  We'll do anything, compromise just about anything, team up with just about anyone no matter how ungodly they are, to get our hands on that power.  And we can do it all with a zealousness like that of Phinehas or Mattathias that feels so right.  We try to meld Caesar and Jesus together, forgetting that Caesars bloody and violent way is the opposite of the gospel, which conquers through love.  You can't trust in Jesus and at the same trust in horses and chariots.  You can't trust in Jesus and at the same time trust in political power.  Jesus demands our allegiance and our trust—all of it and without compromise.  And it's when we give him that full allegiance that we have the loving heart of God.  It's when we're willing to follow Jesus as we turn the other cheek, as we give both our shirt and our coat, as we go the extra mile, even as we go to our own deaths, it's then that world takes notice and give glory to God.  That's how the gospel captivates hearts and transforms the world. Brothers and Sisters, that's the narrow gate and the difficult path.  Don't give up on righteousness when the going gets tough.  And never forget that law is ultimately about loving God and loving our neighbours—everyone—the way God loves them—enough to give his own son.  Love them as God does—even your worst enemy—even to point of sacrifice.  That's how God once captivated your heart and it's how he will captivate theirs. Jesus stresses just how important this is.  Going back to the end of our Gospel in Matthew 5:23 he says, “So, if you are coming to the altar with your gift and there you remember that your brother has a grievance against you, leave your gift right there in front of the altar, and go first and be reconciled to your brother.  Then come back and offer your gift.”   We probably miss the significance of this.  To go to the temple in Jerusalem to make an offering to God was the peak of righteousness, of covenant faithfulness.  This took precedence over everything else.  No one.  No. one.  Would go to Jerusalem.  And remember, Jesus is preaching in Galilee, a three day's journey from Jerusalem.  No one would trek all that way, carrying their animal for sacrifice or buying one at an exorbitant price at the temple, wait their turn, and then standing there with the priest ready to make the sacrifice, suddenly realise they needed to go all the way back home to make something right with a brother or a sister.  Yes, I think Jesus is using a bit of hyperbole here, but he wants to drive his point home, because this is how people—especially the Pharisees thought.  If you were doing it for God, nothing else mattered.  Think of the priest and the Levite in Jesus' parable, leaving a man for dead on the side of the road lest they become ritually impure.  For all their talk of loving God, they'd forgotten just how much God loves us and they'd failed to live it out.  That's why they grumbled when Jesus ate with tax collectors and sinners.  They'd forgotten that all of heaven rejoices over a sinner who repents. No, says Jesus.  Never think that you're honouring God if, at the same time, you're failing to love your neighbour the way God loves him.  Never think you're doing God's work if, at the same time, you've compromised his call to faith and to faithfulness.  Never think you're building the kingdom if, at the same time, you're compromising its principles.  Instead, stop what you're doing and make things right.  Go back and love your neighbour.  Reconcile and make things right with him.  Remember that you serve the God who gave his son out of love in order to reconcile sinful you to himself.  Have that kind of love in your heart and let it shape every thing you do. Brothers and Sisters, every Sunday we recite those words of Jesus: “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind. This is the first and great commandment. And the second is like unto it, You shall love your neighbour as yourself. On these two commandments hang all the Law and the Prophets.”  Don't just mindlessly say those words.  Be shaped by them.  Love God and love your neighbour with everything you've got and then you will have that righteousness greater even than that of the scribes and the Pharisees. Let's pray: O God, you have prepared for those who love you such good things as surpass our understanding: Pour into our hearts such love towards you, that we, loving you above all things, may obtain your promises, which exceed all that we can desire; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.

Want more MTM Vegas? Check out our Patreon for access to our exclusive weekly aftershow! patreon.com/mtmvegas Want to work with us? Reach out! inquiries at mtmvegas dot com Episode Description This week while we await the official June numbers, some information is leaking out that backs up the rough summer Vegas is having. With enthusiasm for Vegas fading, how bad are June's numbers going to be and what data do we have to support the rest of the summer. And why does at 28% drop in one metric mean very bad things if it holds up. In other news Def Leppard announced a new residency at the Colosseum. We also discuss: 20 classic Vegas restaurants, Sahara's all-in hotel deal, mystery roulette at the Palms, deep diving Caesars new credit card, why Fertitta doesn't want to compete with Wynn, Smelly Cat Karaoke and how MGM has brought back some water. Episode Guide 0:00 MGM brings water back 0:43 Def Leppard announces Caesars Palace residency 2:18 Diving deeper into Caesars new Prestige Visa 3:38 Who should get the Caesars Prestige Visa? 4:48 Cash advances and the Caesars Sportsbook for earning status? 5:40 Tilman Fertitta doesn't want to compete with Wynn 8:33 20 Classic restaurants in Las Vegas 10:48 Smelly Cat Karaoke at Grand Bazaar Shops 12:05 Palms introduces Mystery Card Roulette 14:02 125 spins at $1K per spin - Losing $100K in 10 minutes 15:35 Lexi Hotel is struggling badly 17:07 Sahara's all-in $69 rates and no resort fees 18:55 Strip enthusiasm “low” 20:00 Vegas visitor stats crashing? 22:00 Corrections needed in Vegas? Each week tens of thousands of people tune into our MtM Vegas news shows at http://www.YouTube.com/milestomemories. We do two news shows weekly on YouTube with this being the audio version. Never miss out on the latest happenings in and around Las Vegas! Enjoying the podcast? Please consider leaving us a positive review on your favorite podcast platform! You can also connect with us anytime at podcast@milestomemories.com.  You can subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify or by searching "MtM Vegas" or "Miles to Memories" in your favorite podcast app. Don't forget to check out our travel/miles/points podcast as well!

Kyle Robert and Brian Twining get you set for the Brickyard 400 as NASCAR heads to the Brickyard. Who will be kissing the bricks on Sunday?Kyle and Brian run through the Brickyard 400 betting board to see if there is any value prior to practice and qualifying. The guys run through Caesars, Fanduel and BetMGM! They look at outrights, placings and head to head matchups for Pocono. But first they recap the week that was from Dover. They talk Dennys win, an impressive day for Chase Elliott and more. Plus they recap the betting card and DraftKings lineups.As a reminder, use code AOP25 for a 100% match deposit up to $100. While you are there make sure you join the COMPLETELY FREE listeners league!https://t.co/EXWgnKQpzsSubscribe to the Green White Checkered our FREE newsletter on Substack for more picks and bets every race day.https://aoppodcast.substack.com/Make sure you tune into The Draft every Wednesday from our friends Win the Race. Make sure to subscribe to their YouTube channel while you are there.https://www.youtube.com/@WINTHERACEP100:00 Intro09:49 Dover DFS and Betting Recap17:36 Brickyard 400 Outright Odds and Targets36:07 Brickyard 400 Placings and Matchups49:22 Brickyard 400 Betting Card Recap

BEST OF TST: Many things come in threes, from the concept of body-mind-spirit to birth-life-death, and thus the various trinities found around the world from the dominant Christian conception to the Indian Trimurti. There is a universality to this truth, which can be found in everything from mass shootings to plane crashes. The spiritual side of these things is the human side, too, because when horrible things happen we see ourselves and loved ones in the dead; we pray, donate, hold candles, and think about life and death. The long-standing conspiratorial element to this fact has also just been reinforced by former FBI agent Jonathan Gilliam, who was on Fox News over the weekend to say that the recent plane-helicopter crashes “will often happen in threes or more,” and so we should expect to possibly see another one in the coming weeks. This belief that things happen in threes is rooted in psychological patterns, pop culture, and cultural superstitions, where people perceive a connection between events due to our tendency to recognize these patterns. This idea is reinforced by the significance of the number three in various aspects of life, such as religion and folklore, which adds to its mystery. Despite plane crashes becoming less common, the more attention we place on them the more even minor incidents, like a small plane in Palo Alto running off the runway over the weekend, become proof of the triplicity mystique. If another larger incident occurs, the Palo Alto story may be forgotten. The pattern in societal and psychological terms comes in threes before the cycle restarts: shock, curiosity, and digging for answers that never come (outside personal bias) leads to disinterest from short attention spans so that we forget, or think we have all the answers, and so move on to the next shocking episode be it a storm, assassination, shooting, or plane crash. When analyzing these types of stories, context matters too, along with numbers and names which become like reading the green code of the Matrix. This was certainly the case with #286 and Luigi Mangione. The American Airlines flight 5342, which took off from Kansas's Dwight D. Eisenhower National Airport for DC's Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport was carrying 64 people, while the UH-60M Black Hawk helicopter, from the 12th Air Battalion, that slammed into its side was carrying 3 - (67 overall = 13). ATC attempted to contact the helicopter prior to collision, but after a short response and silence, “13 seconds later” disaster struck. The runway cleared for landing was 33, which was shut down after. The plane type was a CRJ-700.The Learjet 55 that crashed in Philadelphia was carrying 6 crew and a child, for a total of 7 deaths, although other outlets have reported the child's mother died in the crash too. 19 others were injured. Others reported seven died in total, including a person on the ground. The FAA initially reported two people onboard, but corrected the report. The little girl had received medical care at a Shriners Hospital for Children 12 miles from the airport. The plane was headed to Tijuana, after a layover in Missouri at the Springfield-Branson National Airport. It seems slightly more than coincidence that the two major aviation incidents this past week have a connection to Super Bowl 59 next week. The Philadelphia Eagles will play the Kansas City Chiefs, who are actually located in Kansas City Missouri, a city split between two states. Some of the skaters onboard the AA flight were from Missoula, Montana. One of the major game storylines of the big game is that Patrick Mahomes has passed Joe Montana for second most playoff wins behind Tom Brady at 35 with his 7 Super Bowls. As already discussed on a previous show: “If we can pull a mythological narrative together… it could be between the Secret Chiefs, i.e., Deep State, and the symbolic bird of America, i.e., the eagle. The big game is being played at Caesars super dome, named after the entertainment casino company that uses a golden caesar for their logo. As this relates to politics we find Trump pushing the golden age of America narrative just weeks before the game, and we find the orange-yellow man fulfilling the promise of restoring order and even expanding America's territories, pricelessly what the first Augustus promised Rome. And funny enough, this Roman period was called Pax Romana, the golden age.” It is also odd that around Super Bowl time these types of aviation incidents, and some would argue sacrifices, are common in recent years. In January 2024, a Boeing 737-9 MAX made an emergency landing after the door plug blew out mid-flight, causing a cascade of criticism and public awareness. Just after the game there was a massacre at the winning celebration. As reported on a previous show: “NBC News reported at 9:44am Thursday 15th, 2024, 23 were injured and 2 were taken into custody = 25. At 10:17am Yahoo reported 22 injured and 3 taken into custody = 25. The numbers 25-22 was the final score of the game. The 3 arrested were out of a group of 10 questioned = 13, and 10-3 was the Halftime score of the Super Bowl.”During the week of the big game in 2023 a series of UFOs were tracked, shot down, and reported on in a national hysteria. Going back to 2020, January 26, the Sikorsky S-76B helicopter carrying Kobe Bryant and his 13-year old daughter crashed, killing 9 in total. It's odd enough Kobe was previously in a commercial for Nike where there was a helicopter crash via a bomb, or that Legends of Chamberlain Heights seemingly predicted the same incident just a few years before, but consider the following: the Sikorsky S-76B (SB 7+6=13) that killed Kobe was also meant to transport VIPs like himself, in likeness to the Black Hawk in Washington which was designed to carry VIPs. Both incidents occurred just prior to the Super Bowl. Sikorsky is also the same company that has MATRIX(tm) autonomy systems for Black Hawk helicopters, something DARPA was planning to test in 2025. In other words, remote controlled systems, which, coupled with the lack of response from the helicopter to ATC, formulates a conspiracy that either the technology failed or it has been used to create an incident and sacrifice the pilots in the process; the helicopter was officially on a “proficiency training flight.” Considering the recent drone hysteria, too, it is likely these objects were authorized by the FAA as an experiment to test AI-autonomy and situational awareness as part of a project called Convergence. On the other hand, viral conspiracy suggests there was no plane in Philadelphia because there was limited to no debris, essentially meaning it was a missile instead. The plane, however, was tipped at 45 degrees traveling at over 460mph and depending at 5-10 thousand feet per 60 seconds. For a small plane, with explosive medical equipment, it makes sense the entire thing was incinerated, or that the limited debris was exploded outward, not inward, far away from the crater. “I think the most important bit of evidence that we've seen so far is the doorbell video showing the aircraft descending at an incredible angle,” Arthur Wolk, an aviation expert, told NBC10. “Almost 45 degrees, which means that the airplane was out of control. No pilot would voluntarily descend any airplane at that angle. That probably resulted in the airplane striking the ground at over 400 knots and probably 5 or even 10,000 feet a minute going down that fast. So, something overtook this flight crew.”*The is the FREE archive, which includes advertisements. 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Want more MTM Vegas? Check out our Patreon for access to our exclusive weekly aftershow! patreon.com/mtmvegas Want to work with us? Reach out! inquiries at mtmvegas dot com Episode Description This week Caesars Entertainment launched their long rumored premium credit card offering. The new Caesars Prestige Visa comes with a ton of perks and ways to spend towards status, but with a $149 annual fee will it be worth getting? What other benefits are they including? In other news this was the week of Vegas misinformation. Two false stories spread across the internet including one that mentioned UNO table games and another that discussed the handpay threshold. We'll let you know what is true and what isn't plus what other board games will be coming to casinos. We also discuss: Cosmo's camera mystery, M Resort's renovations, free pools in Vegas and the new $8B property from Las Vegas Sands. Episode Guide 0:00 Relaxing in Caesars bathtub 0:33 The week of Vegas misinformation - Uno casino games? 1:50 Several Mattel board games coming to casinos 3:35 Which pools are free to the public in Las Vegas? 4:58 The Hangover Experience coming to Vegas? 7:07 Did the slot handpay threshold change? 8:46 Cosmo's mysterious mound of cameras 10:08 Circus Circus tram installation 1981 10:48 Las Vegas Sands $8B new property 13:37 Vegas is the best city in the US for recreation 14:44 Update on South Strip Cosmo clone 16:07 M Resort completes casino renovations 18:51 Caesars launches new premium credit card 20:40 How generous is Caesars new credit card? Each week tens of thousands of people tune into our MtM Vegas news shows at http://www.YouTube.com/milestomemories. We do two news shows weekly on YouTube with this being the audio version. Never miss out on the latest happenings in and around Las Vegas! Enjoying the podcast? Please consider leaving us a positive review on your favorite podcast platform! You can also connect with us anytime at podcast@milestomemories.com.  You can subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify or by searching "MtM Vegas" or "Miles to Memories" in your favorite podcast app. Don't forget to check out our travel/miles/points podcast as well!

Breaking News: New Caesars Rewards Prestige Visa Signature Credit Card! Join host Justin Vacula on the latest episode of the Hurdy Gurdy Travel Podcast where he shares breaking news about the newly released Caesars Rewards Prestige Visa Signature Credit Card. With guest Darren, Justin dives deep into the benefits, drawbacks, and considerations of this exciting new offering. Learn about its benefits, Tier Credit earning potential, ability to load on Caesars gaming sites, signup bonus, and much more. Timestamps: 00:00 Introduction to Low-Cost Travel with Points and Miles 00:32 Welcome to the Hurdy Gurdy Travel Podcast 01:36 Breaking News: New Caesars Rewards Credit Card 02:48 Details of the New Caesars Rewards Prestige Visa 04:12 Earning and Using Reward Credits 05:53 Loading to Caesars Gaming Sites 07:36 Spending Strategies for Tier Credits 13:06 Benefits of Diamond Status and Beyond 18:11 Who Should Consider This Card? 25:16 Creative Spending and Online Gaming 25:56 Proceed with Caution: Potential Issues 26:26 Customer Service Frustrations 27:02 Issues with Upgrading to the New Card 27:46 Marketing and Exclusion Concerns 30:03 Comparisons with MGM Credit Cards 30:45 Potential Solutions and Future Hopes 33:12 Timing Your Application for Maximum Benefits 38:22 Upcoming Travel Plans and Events 42:08 Final Thoughts and Wrap-Up —

Kyle Robert and Brian Twining get you set for the AutoTrader EchoPark 400 as NASCAR heads takes on the Monster Mile.Kyle and Brian run through the AutoTrader EchoPark 400 betting board to see if there is any value prior to practice and qualifying. The guys run through Caesars, Fanduel and BetMGM! They look at outrights, placings and head to head matchups for Pocono. But first they recap the week that was from Sonoma. They talk ANOTHER SVG domination, the in person experience and more. Plus they recap the betting card and DraftKings lineups.As a reminder, use code AOP25 for a 100% match deposit up to $100. While you are there make sure you join the COMPLETELY FREE listeners league!https://t.co/EXWgnKQpzsSubscribe to the Green White Checkered our FREE newsletter on Substack for more picks and bets every race day.https://aoppodcast.substack.com/Make sure you tune into The Draft every Wednesday from our friends Win the Race. Make sure to subscribe to their YouTube channel while you are there.https://www.youtube.com/@WINTHERACEP100:00 Intro05:40 Sonoma DFS and Betting Recap22:24 AutoTrader EchoPark 400 Outright Odds and Targets42:02 AutoTrader EchoPark 400 Placings and Matchups56:04 AutoTrader EchoPark 400 Betting Recap

Ducky and Donnie recap an explosive Day 7 of the World Series of Poker Main Event, taking a look at the remaining 24 players and putting a bow on the Will Kassouf show.Enter the PokerGO Podcast Dream Seat Giveaway: bit.ly/gleampod25.Enter the PokerGO/PGT Dream Seat Competitions: http://pgt.com/dream-seatFollow Donnie on Twitter: @Donnie_PetersFollow Tim on Twitter: @Tim__DuckworthFollow PokerGO on Twitter: @PokerGO Subscribe to PokerGO today to receive 24/7 access to the world's largest poker content library, including the WSOP, High Stakes Poker, No Gamble, No Future, and more. Use the promo code PODCAST to receive $20 off your first year of a new annual subscription. Join today at PokerGO.com.Play free poker against real players anytime, anywhere on PlayPokerGO. Build your path to poker mastery for free with Octopi Poker. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/pokergo-podcast--5877082/support.

Pay for your kids' tuition by smashing our top eight season-long NFL players props for the 2025 futures betting markets! Will Pittsburgh Steelers WR D.K. Metcalf (+600) hit the 1,250 receiving yards milestone with QB Aaron Rodgers making it rain in the Steel City? Plus, can New York Jets RB Breece Hall (+115) bounce back to score over 5.5 rushing TDs? Seth, Eric & Steve save the day for sports bettors everywhere on a new episode of the podcast! ⏰ Time Stamps: 00:00:00 Introduction 00:01:58 Scott Fish Bowl 15 Updates 00:08:42 Draft Night Out 2025 Promo 00:10:27 Between Bets: Top 8 Season-Long NFL Player Props 00:11:29 Dak Prescott Over 3875.5 Passing Yards (-110 via FanDuel) 00:17:22 D.K. Metcalf 1250+ Receiving Yards (+600 via FanDuel) 00:23:53 Breece Hall Over 5.5 Rushing TDs (+115 via ESPN BET) 00:27:53 Calvin Ridley Over 900.5 Receiving Yards (-114 via FanDuel) 00:32:29 Ashton Jeanty 10+ Regular Season Rushing TDs (+250 via ESPN BET) 00:36:18 Trey Benson Over 450.5 Rushing Yards (-115 via Caesars) 00:42:51 Cooper Kupp Under 775 Receiving Yards (-110 via DraftKings) 00:47:05 Fred Biletnikoff Award Winner: Jeremiah Smith (+375 via DraftKings) 00:52:04 Good News: Feel-Good Headlines of the Week 00:52:16 Darren Waller (TE - MIA) Un-retires 00:55:46 Taylor Swift Rocks Tight End University 01:00:22 Lady Gaga Kicks Off The Mayhem Ball Tour Next Week In Vegas! 01:02:27 Plugs + Outro

Kyle Robert and Brian Twining get you set for the Toyota Save Mart 350 as NASCAR heads to wine country for some road course racing.Kyle and Brian run through the Toyota Save Mart 350 betting board to see if there is any value prior to practice and qualifying. The guys run through Caesars, Fanduel and BetMGM! They look at outrights, placings and head to head matchups for Pocono. But first they recap the week that was from Chicago. They talk another SVG domination, if anyone else actually had a chance and more. Plus they recap the betting card and DraftKings lineups.As a reminder, use code AOP25 for a 100% match deposit up to $100. While you are there make sure you join the COMPLETELY FREE listeners league!https://t.co/EXWgnKQpzsSubscribe to the Green White Checkered our FREE newsletter on Substack for more picks and bets every race day.https://aoppodcast.substack.com/Make sure you tune into The Draft every Wednesday from our friends Win the Race. Make sure to subscribe to their YouTube channel while you are there.https://www.youtube.com/@WINTHERACEP100:00 Intro08:22 Chicago DFS and Betting Recap19:55 Toyota Save Mart 350 Outright Odds and Targets35:47 Toyota Save Mart 350 Placings and Matchups51:58 NASCAR In-Season Challenge Bracket Update and Bets

How America's Godless Made a Thunder God Out of a Mortal ClownI saw someone on Reddit shrug: “The thing is, he's actually responsible for stuff. He's the president.”And that's it, isn't it? In a country that once thought presidents were just men in suits, we've built one who rains bunker-buster thunderbolts like Zeus. Not by accident — by hunger. By a god-shaped hole in a nation that told itself it didn't need a god at all.It started as a joke. A clown descends the golden escalator — half Golem, half carnival barker — forged out of the flyover states' raw clay. A tulpa of every grievance that polite America forgot about: open borders, closed factories, global wars fought by kids from nowhere towns. His people breathed him into being like villagers summon a protector. Not a god — just a hammer.But the other tribe, the self-anointed rationalists, the coastal priests of data and democracy, never understood that you don't banish monsters by screaming at them. You feed them. Every headline, every effigy, every “literally Hitler” chant was fuel for the fire. The villagers marked their lintels and said, “At least he's ours.” The priesthood went blind with eclipse fear. A scapegoat is a trickster until he grows too big to burn.Now it's July 2025. He's the 47th president — swing states by landslide, electoral and popular votes. He walks the West Wing like a man wronged, spending four years in exile plotting every bunker plan, every drone fleet sortie, every wall and raid and black budget operation. He doesn't ask permission — he asks forgiveness later. Or never. He knows the fear in your bones, the one that says, “What if he really can smite me from 8,000 miles away?” And you're not wrong. With the Patriot Act still humming, with post-9/11 tools still sharp, the Zeus we built can flick his wrist and the century trembles.It's not just tulpa magic. It's not just a paper god. This is a real empire with 800 bases, an 800-billion-dollar defense spigot, a thousand little Caesars running cover. And the “Never Trumpers” keep screaming, “He's poopy pants! He's senile!” while he stands there naked and radiant, thunderbolt in hand, saying, “You know exactly who I am.”Every mural, every “Never Forget” wall, every daily exorcism is supposed to shrink him back to mortal size. But old magic knows: burning an effigy keeps the flame alive. The villagers built a quarterback, a Champion — not a savior. They know he's a clown. But they also know the crops grow behind the golem's wall. And the other side? They keep howling that the sky god wants your firstborn. Maybe they're right. Or maybe they're feeding him with every scream.When the plague hits or the flood comes, they point up at Olympus: “Trump did this. Trump killed them. Trump broke the world.” And so the trickster tulpa — the clown golem — ascends the storm clouds, pulling the old sun god's mask over that famous hair. Zeus the Trump. Smiter of cities, ruler of the surveillance state, king of the village circus.Don't misunderstand. He won't live forever. Champions break. Golems crumble. But the villagers know how to bury their dead. The priesthood does not. They'll keep the ritual alive long after he's dust, waiting for the next eclipse.Amen.

Want more MTM Vegas? Check out our Patreon for access to our exclusive weekly aftershow! patreon.com/mtmvegas Want to work with us? Reach out! inquiries at mtmvegas dot com Episode Description This week Caesars was in the news with the sudden cancelation of Kelly Clarkson's opening residency shows. A lot of conspiracies surfaced, but it seems like she'll be back soon. We also discuss Caesars cutbacks when it comes to free drinks and a clever solution they came to with their half glass showers at Flamingo. In other news 4th of July went off without a hitch in Las Vegas with fireworks shows happened across town. We also discuss: another stupid Vegas fee, a blockbuster slot manufacturer purchase, a possible Venetian credit card, Cromwell's fire, Top 50 pizza and how the F1 movie ties into Las Vegas. Episode Guide 0:00 A “fun” night at Aria 0:55 4th of July Vegas style 2:23 Fire at Cromwell 4:13 Another stupid Vegas fee 6:02 F1 the movie & Las Vegas 8:00 Top 50 USA Pizza - 2 Vegas spots make the list 9:55 Venetian launching a new credit card? 11:11 Apollo buys IGT & Everi - Slot equipment consolidation 13:17 Flamingo's “new” shower solution 15:00 Caesars cutting back free drink benefits even more 17:15 Kelly Clarkson cancels residency last minute 19:25 Kelly Clarkston    Each week tens of thousands of people tune into our MtM Vegas news shows at http://www.YouTube.com/milestomemories. We do two news shows weekly on YouTube with this being the audio version. Never miss out on the latest happenings in and around Las Vegas! Enjoying the podcast? Please consider leaving us a positive review on your favorite podcast platform! You can also connect with us anytime at podcast@milestomemories.com.  You can subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify or by searching "MtM Vegas" or "Miles to Memories" in your favorite podcast app. Don't forget to check out our travel/miles/points podcast as well!

Matt Zimmerman, a loyalty professional with years of experience across hospitality, gaming and travel.Matt'sloyalty journey began for with sheer persistence —after two years of consistently calling, they finally secured a role as a Loyalty Analyst at Albertsons (the U.S. equivalent of Woolworths). From there, the moved into the fast-paced world of Caesars casinos, followed by several loyalty consulting roles that honed their strategic expertise. A move to Australia opened new opportunities, including leading the loyalty program at HotelClub, then joining Menulog during the height of COVID. Most recently, they transitioned to the product space at Endeavour X, where he designed and launched a new loyalty program, pub+, and app from the ground up.Hosted by Carly NeubauerShow notes:1) Matt Zimmerman2) pub+3) Peter Principle

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Kyle Robert and Brian Twining get you set for the Grant Park 165 as NASCAR heads to Chicago for some road course racing.Kyle and Brian run through the Grant Park 165 betting board to see if there is any value prior to practice and qualifying. The guys run through Caesars, Fanduel and BetMGM! They look at outrights, placings and head to head matchups for Pocono. But first they recap the week that was from Atlanta. They talk Average Ass Chase Elliott finding victory lane, the carnage of ATL and more. Plus they recap the betting card and DraftKings lineups.As a reminder, use code AOP25 for a 100% match deposit up to $100. While you are there make sure you join the COMPLETELY FREE listeners league!https://t.co/EXWgnKQpzsSubscribe to the Green White Checkered our FREE newsletter on Substack for more picks and bets every race day.https://aoppodcast.substack.com/Make sure you tune into The Draft every Wednesday from our friends Win the Race. Make sure to subscribe to their YouTube channel while you are there.https://www.youtube.com/@WINTHERACEP100:00 Intro02:27 Atlanta DFS and Betting Recap16:21 NASCAR In-Season Challenge Bracket Update and Bets29:55 Grant Park 165 Outright Odds and Targets49:10 Grant Park 165 Betting Card Recap

Kyle Robert and Brian Twining get you set for the Quaker State 400 as NASCAR heads to Atlanta for some under the lights racing on Saturday night.Kyle and Brian run through the Quaker State 400 betting board to see if there is any value prior to practice and qualifying. The guys run through Caesars, Fanduel and BetMGM! They look at outrights, placings and head to head matchups for Pocono. But first they recap the week that was from Pocono. They talk lack of passing, exploding rotors and more. Plus they recap the betting card and DraftKings lineups.As a reminder, use code AOP25 for a 100% match deposit up to $100. While you are there make sure you join the COMPLETELY FREE listeners league!https://t.co/EXWgnKQpzsSubscribe to the Green White Checkered our FREE newsletter on Substack for more picks and bets every race day.https://aoppodcast.substack.com/Make sure you tune into The Draft every Wednesday from our friends Win the Race. Make sure to subscribe to their YouTube channel while you are there.https://www.youtube.com/@WINTHERACEP100:00 Intro03:50 Pocono DFS and Betting Recap21:55 Quaker State 400 Outright Odds and Targets37:46 Quaker State 400 Placings, Head to Heads, and More43:13 NASCAR In-Season Challenge Bets59:29 Quaker State 400 Betting Card Recap

Want more MTM Vegas? Check out our Patreon for access to our exclusive weekly aftershow! patreon.com/mtmvegas Episode Description This week the news of a slow Vegas summer continues as Caesars put tons of their shows and experiences on sale and Strat launched an innovative new rewards program. With other sales continuing to materialize by the day, will it just be the Summer or are tough times ahead beyond that. We also discuss why you should take advantage of these deals while you can! In other news the A's are breaking ground on their stadium this coming week and we might now know how they plan to pay for it. (Hint: A big sale!) We also discuss the opening date of The Friends Experience, Netflix House coming to Vegas, a dream job, a hotel project risen from the dead, Arts District's cool new garage and a rumor about even more layoffs at MGM resorts. Episode Guide 0:00 Crazy Girls Vegas dream job 0:39 Formula 1 Vegas confirmed through 2027 3:00 Majestic Hotel reborn - Opening in 2026? 4:11 Is Majestic the ultimate Vegas convention hotel? 6:27 Arts District parking garage is officially happening 7:34 MGM rumors - Cutting even more food management 9:03 The Friends Experience announces opening date & ticket prices 10:51 Netflix House Vegas is coming - More experiential Vegas 13:22 A's groundbreaking date coming this week 14:55 How Fisher's MLS sale could close the stadium funding gap 16:49 Even more Vegas airport “hacks” 18:52 Strat launches locals only loyalty program with big discounts 21:26 Caesars' mega-$50 show ticket sale 23:03 This summer is a great opportunity to save   Each week tens of thousands of people tune into our MtM Vegas news shows at http://www.YouTube.com/milestomemories. We do two news shows weekly on YouTube with this being the audio version. Never miss out on the latest happenings in and around Las Vegas! Enjoying the podcast? Please consider leaving us a positive review on your favorite podcast platform! You can also connect with us anytime at podcast@milestomemories.com.  You can subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify or by searching "MtM Vegas" or "Miles to Memories" in your favorite podcast app. Don't forget to check out our travel/miles/points podcast as well!

In this episode, Scott Becker highlights standout stock performances from Oscar Health, Coinbase, Astera Labs, Caesars, and Penn Entertainment.

Kyle Robert and Brian Twining get you set for the Great American Getaway 400 as NASCAR takes to the tricky triangle.Kyle and Brian run through the Great American Getaway 400 betting board to see if there is any value prior to practice and qualifying. The guys run through Caesars, Fanduel and BetMGM! They look at outrights, placings and head to head matchups for Pocono. But first they recap the week that was from Mexico. They talk SVG dusting the field. strategy calls and more. Plus they recap the betting card and DraftKings lineups.As a reminder, use code AOP25 for a 100% match deposit up to $100. While you are there make sure you join the COMPLETELY FREE listeners league!https://t.co/EXWgnKQpzsSubscribe to the Green White Checkered our FREE newsletter on Substack for more picks and bets every race day.https://aoppodcast.substack.com/Make sure you tune into The Draft every Wednesday from our friends Win the Race. Make sure to subscribe to their YouTube channel while you are there.https://www.youtube.com/@WINTHERACEP100:00 Intro05:02 Viva Mexico 250 DFS and Betting Recap14:18 Pocono Outright Odds and Targets38:15 Pocono Placings, Head to Heads, and More46:33 Pocono Betting Card Recap

Want more MTM Vegas? Check out our Patreon for access to our exclusive weekly aftershow! patreon.com/mtmvegas Episode Description This week a bill passed that paves the way for the most exclusive spaces in Las Vegas to be opened to the public. Previously private gaming salons were reserved for whales, but casinos will now be able to change the rules to open them up to more gamblers. What will happen once the peons are allowed in? In other news a new Vegas robot may soon be selling you tickets! We also discuss: the luckiest casinos in the US, Caesars suites in the 1970s vs today, another Vegas freeway project beginning, Bellagio's Summer Conservatory, Battista's literal hole in the wall, Carversteak's yummy looking new burger and how Las Vegas imagery changes so quickly. Episode Guide 0:00 1991 Vegas Strip icons 1:04 The luckiest casino in the US? 2:38 Another Vegas robot - Tickets? 3:23 Odds getting worse for electronic table games? 5:34 Another 3 year Vegas freeway project begins! 7:05 Bellagio's Summer Conservatory display is here 8:20 Battista's Hole in the Wall suddenly closes for renovations 9:50 Caesars suite 1970s vs today 10:58 Carversteak's new steak & egg burger looks delicious 12:10 Private gaming salons are now open to all! 13:15 Robots & outtakes! Each week tens of thousands of people tune into our MtM Vegas news shows at http://www.YouTube.com/milestomemories. We do two news shows weekly on YouTube with this being the audio version. Never miss out on the latest happenings in and around Las Vegas! Enjoying the podcast? Please consider leaving us a positive review on your favorite podcast platform! You can also connect with us anytime at podcast@milestomemories.com.  You can subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify or by searching "MtM Vegas" or "Miles to Memories" in your favorite podcast app. Don't forget to check out our travel/miles/points podcast as well!

Political power can take many forms, from the top-down model of the Roman Empire, to operating in the democratic politics of today, to the possibilities offered by new technologies for more horizontal power structures in the future.Matthew Sweet is joined on a stage at the Hay Festival by historian Tom Holland, whose new translation of Suetonius' Lives of the Caesars examines Roman power politics from the inside; Guto Harri, who saw the inside workings of power as Downing Street Director of Communications; Adam Greenfield, whose book Lifehouse looks at local networks of mutual aid that have emerged in response to climate crisis; and political philosopher Sophie Scott-Brown - whose book The Radical Fifties: Activist Politics in Cold War Britain is out in July.Producer: Luke Mulhall

Random Vegas  60,000 pounds of shrimp are consumed in Vegas every day.  That's higher than the rest of the United States combined.  TwitPic of the week  The caption read “Nothing is the same” and I tried to challenge that but @Vegas_Visual is right. In this week's winner, taking in 1991, a view from the front of the Mirage looking south and everything in this picture is different now. No more Mirage, Nob Hill to the left is now Casino Royal, next up is Harrah's back when it had a boat motif. Beyond that is Imperial Palace known today at the LINQ and in the distance, you can still see the Diamond of the Dunes hotel tower. Even the top of the Caesars marquee is different.  But most missed is the Mirage frontage and its dolphin statues. While I am looking forward to the guitar I will miss the volcano News Plaza All-inclusive Deal The Bettor Life w/360

This week, Chad pulls back the velvet curtain on Caesars Palace—the crown jewel of the Vegas Strip and a masterclass in high-end indulgence. Chad breaks down the full Caesars experience, from the sun-drenched cabanas where time slows down, to the drinks, events, history, culture, and the whole experience. Want sushi so fresh it levitates off the plate? They've got it. Service that is so good you feel like royalty? Check! With Roman-inspired decadence around every corner, and of course, the legendary Caesars Rewards program that makes every upgrade feel like a power move, Caeser's is a whole vibe, and the definition of doing Vegas right. This episode is your VIP pass to the good life—champagne vibes, killer service, and no regrets. This episode is brought to you by Caesar's Palace and entertainment, Jack Daniel's Tennessee Sour Mash Whiskey, Bad Boy Mowers, The Nashville Palace, Corning Ford, LEER Toppers, Mickey Thompson Tires, Napa Valley Olive Oil, The Provider Culinary, Travel Wisconsin, American Almond Beef, Cowboy Choice Feeds, RESISTOL Cowboy Hats, and Oakley Sunglasses!

Ducky and Donnie recap the 25K Fantasy Draft straight from the PokerGO Studio at ARIA. Enter the PokerGO Podcast Dream Seat Giveaway: bit.ly/gleampod25.Enter the PokerGO/PGT Dream Seat Competitions: http://pgt.com/dream-seatFollow Donnie on Twitter: @Donnie_PetersFollow Tim on Twitter: @Tim__DuckworthFollow PokerGO on Twitter: @PokerGO Subscribe to PokerGO today to receive 24/7 access to the world's largest poker content library, including the WSOP, High Stakes Poker, No Gamble, No Future, and more. Use the promo code PODCAST to receive $20 off your first year of a new annual subscription. Join today at PokerGO.com.Play free poker against real players anytime, anywhere on PlayPokerGO. Build your path to poker mastery for free with Octopi Poker.

Donnie and Ducky offer up their favorite predictions for the upcoming 2025 World Series of Poker, including the Main Event field size.Enter the PokerGO Podcast Dream Seat Giveaway: bit.ly/gleampod25.Enter the PokerGO/PGT Dream Seat Competitions: http://pgt.com/dream-seatFollow Donnie on Twitter: @Donnie_PetersFollow Tim on Twitter: @Tim__DuckworthFollow PokerGO on Twitter: @PokerGO Subscribe to PokerGO today to receive 24/7 access to the world's largest poker content library, including the WSOP, High Stakes Poker, No Gamble, No Future, and more. Use the promo code PODCAST to receive $20 off your first year of a new annual subscription. Join today at PokerGO.com.Play free poker against real players anytime, anywhere on PlayPokerGO. Build your path to poker mastery for free with Octopi Poker.

#OzWatch: Gaius & Germanicus Discuss the Celebration of Suetonius's Work, "Twelve Caesars," by Renaissance Artists and Sculptors. Jeremy Zakis, New South Wales. #FriendsOfHistoryDebatingSociety 1575 itian's painting depicting Doge Antonio Grimani kneeling before the personification of Faith.