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In the verse today, by context, boy met girl, they got married, and then, at some point, the husband went away to the forest to hunt, which means he left his wife for some time. Obviously, he wasn't satisfied, so he went away and tried to enjoy separately. Now he's come back to his wife and to his kingdom. And this verse, after he's been away hunting in the forest, describes him feeling hungry and thirsty. So, he eats, he takes a bath, he puts on sandalwood pulp, and now he's feeling relieved. So, Prabhupāda turns this into a metaphor. In his purport, he describes this as analogous to a person becoming refreshed by finding a saintly person. In this verse, we have a very straightforward understanding of how one can improve one's life: that is by attaining the association of saintly persons. Everything we are now is because of our previous association. "Puruṣaḥ prakṛti-stho hi bhuṅkte prakṛti-jān guṇān kāraṇaṁ guṇa-saṅgo 'sya sad-asad-yoni-janmasu." Kṛṣṇa says in Bhagavad Gītā 13.22 that whatever good or bad we have in our life, or whatever kind of body we have now, it has come about because of our association. And the means by which one can come to the perfection of life is by getting the association of the pure devotee. This is a theme throughout The Bhāgavatam, The Śrī Caitanya Caritāmṛta, and The Bhagavad Gītā. Bhāgavatam 5th Canto: 'rahūgaṇaitat tapasā na yāti na cejyayā nirvapaṇād gṛhād vā na cchandasā naiva jalāgni-sūryair vinā mahat-pāda-rajo-'bhiṣekam.' This is a verse that, when Jaḍa Bharata meets Rahūgaṇa, he realizes that he has been transformed by the association of the pure devotee. So he says you cannot achieve perfection by tapasya -'na cchandasā naiva jalāgni-sūryair' means that you may go in the summertime and sit next to hot fire just to detach yourself from the body or same thing with cold water. Or you may perform your duties properly in the grihasta ashrama or the sanyasa ashrama, but none of these things will bring you to the perfection of life... ------------------------------------------------------------ To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/ ------------------------------------------------------------ Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/ https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/ https://thefourquestionsbook.com/ ------------------------------------------------------------ Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/ Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868 For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSpark For the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark ------------------------------------------------------------ #spiritualawakening #soul #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality #vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose

Une sélection chill out, lounge, downtempo, jazzy, deep house .Playlist: 1/ Azimov, Charos Kayumova « Voyage Voyage » 2/ John Beltran « Just Beyond The Sun » 3/ Findlay Brown, Kenneth Bager, Anders Ponsaing, Kasper Tranberg « Red Flowers » 4/ Dam Swindle, Haile Supreme « Not Enough » 5/ Rah, The Ruffcats, Dead Rabbit « MoonSun » (Dead Rabbit Remix) 6/ Orlando Voorn, Han Litz « Composers » (Downtempo Mix) 7/ C. Da Afro, J.B. Boogie « Paradisco » 8/ St Germain « Rose Rouge » (Atjazz Astro Remix) 9/ Blaq Owl « Hallelujah » 10/ Re-Tide « Mysteries Of The World » (Rework) 11/ Alma Negra « The Vibe » 12/ Orlando Voorn « Good in My Soul » 13/ John Beltran « Belle Isle » 14/ Alastair Lane, Sarah Degny « Roman d'Amour »

This week Jim welcomes Rah Mahtani, the Head of Commercial Strategy US for Alibaba.com, the Chinese multinational technology company founded in 1999 by Jack Ma and 18 colleagues. Alibaba Group operates as a holding company for a wide array of businesses, including online retail, wholesale through Alibaba.com, logistics (Cainiao), cloud computing (Alibaba Cloud), and financial services (Ant Group). Alibaba.com is the world's largest B2B (business-to-business) platform.Rah has been at Alibaba for about 2.5 years, and was promoted to head of commercial strategy about two months ago. Before Alibaba, Rah had a career deeply grounded in social media and digital communications, with time at Volvo, Jack in the Box, and BMW's Mini brand. A graduate of Syracuse University, where he studied Industrial Design, Rah is a self-described lover of dogs, kids and candy. Tune in for a conversation with a marketer in the middle of the changing global trade landscape!---This week's episode is brought to you byDeloitte and StrawberryFrog.Learn more: https://strawberryfrog.com/jimSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

An important announcement episode where the podcast team shares news about Rah stepping back from her co-hosting role and reveals the show's upcoming rebrand to "Collective Conversations: The Women in Business Podcast." The episode captures the bittersweet transition while celebrating the growth of what started as an experiment into a thriving business community with conferences and events.---

Waheguru Ji Ka Khalsa, Waheguru ji ki Fateh.In this Shabad, Gyani Amrik Singh talked about this multi-Rahāo structure.This Shabad is actually a part of a longer composition where Guru Nanak Dev Ji uses metaphorical imagery to discuss spiritual impurity, ego, virtue, false rituals, and the necessity of inner realization through the Shabad (divine Word).Unlike a regular short Shabad which typically contains one Rahāo to highlight the central theme, this composition is in Pauri form and contains multiple stanzas, each ending with a ‘Rahāo' — specifically numbered 1 to 4.This format is meant to pause and reflect after every key idea — essentially breaking the composition into four major spiritual contemplations. Each Rahāo is not a repetition or chorus (like in some hymns), but an independent reflective anchor for the preceding verses. multi-Rahāo structure serves to layer the listener's reflection, not just reinforce one theme. Guru Nanak Dev Ji here is making a powerful critique of superficial religiosity and calls us to inner transformation through the Shabad. Each Rahāo acts as a gateway for introspection, which is why there are four.Structure of the Four Rahāos in this Shabad:1. Rahāo 1 – Emphasizes purity through the Shabad, not just outer acts or emotions.2. Rahāo 2 – Contrasts external rituals (like bathing at pilgrimage sites) with the inner cleansing of ego.3. Rahāo 3 – Points to divine grace and understanding that comes not from pride or performance, but surrender.4. Rahāo 4 – Highlights the centrality of the Shabad as the true purifier and liberator. Here is the latest episode of Gurmat Conversations. Please listen and let me know what you think, if you would like to support future episodes, here is a donation link: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=LSEQVBVWX5LV8⸻

Bir âyet-i kerimede, mealen şöyle buyrulmuştur: “De ki: Ey nefislerinde israfa giren, haddi aşarak günâh işlemekle nefislerine zulmeden kullarım. Allâh'ın rahmetinden ümit kesmeyiniz. Muhakkak ki, Allâh bütün günâhları bağışlar. O Gafur ve Rahîm'dir.” (Zümer s. 53) Âyette geçen “nefis” kelimesi, “zât” mânâsına gelir ve insana emanet olarak verilen bütün organları, duyguları, hissiyatı, akıl ve kalbi içine alır. Aklını yanlış fikirlerle meşgul eden, kalbine bâtıl sevgileri yerleştiren, gözüyle harama bakan, diliyle yalan söyleyen, kısacası kendisine emanet verilen bütün o kıymetli aletleri ve duyguları, yanlış yolda kullanan insanlar “nefislerinde israfa girmiş” kullardırlar. Bu âyet-i kerime ile, insanların böyle bir israftan sakınmaları gereğine işaret edilmiş ve şeytana uyarak böyle bîr hataya düşmeleri halinde de ümitsizliğe kapılmayarak, Allâh (c. c.)'un mağfiretine sığınmaları ders verilmiştir. Her ikisi de “affedicilik” mânâsını ifade eden Gaffar ismiyle Gafur ismi arasındaki ince farkı, İmam Gazâlî (r.âleyh) şöyle açıklar: “Gaffar, tekrar tekrar affeden demektir. Gafur ise, affediciliği tam olup, afv ve mağfiretin en ileri derecesinde bulunan mânâsına gelir.” Bu iki isimden kulun alacağı nasip, iki maddede özetlenebilir: İnsan nefis ve şeytana uyarak bir günâh işlediğinde, derhal tövbe etmeli ve ümitsizliğe düşmemek için Allâh (c.c.)'un Gafur olduğunu hatırlamalıdır. Kulun bu isimden alacağı diğer nasip ise, mü'minlerin hatalarını örtmesi, başkalarına anlatmaması ve onları bağışlamasıdır. İnsan, kendi cüz'î izzetine karşı işlenen küçük hataları affedebilmelidir ki, sonsuz izzet ve azamet sahibi olan Allâh (c.c.)'a karşı işlediği isyanların affını dilemeye yüzü olabilsin. (Mustafa Necati Bursalı, Esmaü'l Hüsna Şerhi,s.1426)

The Lions Squad Announcements is almost here, the Champions Cup is saved (hoo-RAH!), and rugby YouTube star Huw Griffin joins Brett McKay & Harry Jones on The 8-9 Combo Rugby Podcast to celebrate the best of British and forget about everything we hated before the semi-final stage. As all rugby podcasts are at the moment, we're contractually obliged to mention potential Lions Tour bolters amongst other educated guesswork for the make-up of Andy Farrell's squad, and we hold up out end of the deal with a bolter from the leftest of left fields. Also, we rejoice in what will be a cracking Champions Cup Final between Northampton and Bordeaux in Cardiff in a few weeks, plus contemplate some tricky runs home in the URC and Super Rugby Pacific. Games of the Week: • SRP Round 13: Crusaders v Chiefs, Christchurch • URC Round 17: Bulls v Cardiff, Pretoria • Premiership Round 16: Leicester v Sale, Welford Road • Top 14 Round 23: Toulon v Toulouse, Toulon • Japan Rugby League One Rd.18: Urayasu D-Rocks v Mitsubishi Dynaboars; the Chichibu, Tokyo • MLR Rd.13: New England Free Jacks v Chicago Hounds, Quincy MA #rugby #rugbypodcast #89Combo #SuperRugbyPacific #URC #Premiership #Top14 #JapanRugbyLeagueOne #MajorLeagueRugby #HuwGriffin #HGRugby Check out Huw's YouTube channel, it's great! https://www.youtube.com/@huwgriffinrugby Find us: YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@8-9Combo?sub_confirmation=1 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/1BcKhb24YOtwQhKc0S3sDm Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/the-8-9-combo-rugby-podcast/id1729575866 Social media: #89Combo Twitter: https://twitter.com/89combo BlueSky: https://bsky.app/profile/89combo.bsky.social Find Brett and Harry on both Twitter and on BlueSky: @BMcSport + @HaribaldiJones Music: "Stalling" by Topher Mohr & Alex Elena (via YouTube Creator Studio) Voiceovers by Chookman + Sean Maloney Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

We tackle some of the... less inspiring bosses of OSRS, but end on the banger we all know and love,  The Rah! Call in on Speakpipe and leave us a voice message! Join the community discord: www.Discord.gg/Wilderness  You can support the show at: www.Patreon.com/TheWildernessPodcast  Come hangout in-game in our clan 'Wild' Get in touch with us at TheWildernessPodcast@gmail.com

Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for April 8, 2025 is: apparatchik • ah-puh-RAH-chik • noun Apparatchik is used disapprovingly to refer to a blindly devoted official, follower, or member of an organization, such as a corporation or political party. // This generation of graduates wants more out of life than to become establishment apparatchiks. See the entry > Examples: "Played by What We Do in the Shadows' Matt Berry, Shazbor is a faithful party apparatchik and staunch defender of his country's traditions ..." — Damon Wise, Deadline, 25 Jan. 2025 Did you know? The apparat in apparatchik (a term English speakers borrowed from Russian) essentially means "party machine," with machine referring to a highly organized political group under the leadership of a boss or small group of individuals: apparatchik originally referred to someone functioning as a cog in the system of the Communist Party. The term is not a flattering one, and its negative connotations reflect the perception of some Communists as obedient drones in the great Party machine. In current use, however, a person doesn't have to be a member of the Communist Party to be called an apparatchik; they just have to be someone who mindlessly follows orders in an organization or bureaucracy.

Ready to rethink how you make money in your business? Join Chris, Em, and Rah as they unpack the concept of pivoting - not just as a response to crisis, but as a strategic approach to building sustainable income streams. Inspired by Milly Tamati's "Independent Income Ladder" concept, the trio shares honest insights about diversifying revenue, testing new ideas, and giving yourself permission to explore different paths.From practical tips about managing the financial side of change to real talk about the emotional journey of pivoting, this episode offers valuable perspectives for anyone considering a business direction change. Whether you're stuck at a revenue plateau, losing love for your current work, or just curious about creating multiple income streams, this conversation will help you think differently about your business future.Key takeaways:Why traditional business "security" is changingHow to test new income streams without risking everythingPractical steps for smart pivotingManaging the emotional side of business changesReal examples of successful pivotsPlus: Special Disney wisdom from Moana 2 that perfectly captures the spirit of finding your own path ---

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Hell Rains Down.Book 3 in 18 parts, By FinalStand. Listen to the ► Podcast at Explicit Novels. Would you choose ephemeral beauty, or rugged determination? Brief Segway :Senator Susan Collins of Maine, JIKIT's Congressional mentor, at our urging had proposed an amendment to the Taiwan Relations Act Affirmation and Naval Vessel Transfer Act of 2014 which would allow 'Turkey' to purchase six 'Oliver Perry class frigates for $10 million each. The same act already proposed four such vessels to be sold to Taiwan for the same amount as well as giving two to Thailand (and two to Mexico) free of charge.Things had immediately bogged down in the 113th US Congress. It was too easy for Democrats in both Houses to take the President's position that any additional weapons into the South China Sea area would further destabilize the region. The pro-PRC lobby was equally opposed to the bill. Under normal conditions, that would have been good enough to send the measure off to the procedural graveyard.Except in the current contrary nature of the US's chief legislative body, this meant Republicans found themselves drawn to the anything the White House opposed. They could claim they found the anti-Communist, anti-Islamic Extremists stance of the Khanate to be attractive to them though none of them felt the need to actually talk to anyone in the Khanate to find out what they were really all about.We were happy with that policy because true congressional oversight was the last thing we needed. They might start asking uncomfortable questions like...'Who gave you the authority to do any of the crap you pulled?'(No one. We lied like big dogs, purloined resources and cloaked ourselves in 'National Security'. Plus we let our elite personnel have a crack at doing what they had so dedicatedly trained to do, wreck things.)'Wasn't that, that, and that an act of war against the People's Republic of China?'('No comment'. If that didn't work, we would try 'they will never find out'.)'Why are 90% of all the names on these documents redacted? We are the freaking Congress! You work for us.'(Work for them? Not to our way of thinking. We earned our paychecks without any slavish devotion to corporate campaign contributions. We were working so that the lives of Americans and Brits abroad would be that much safer, the world more orderly and for the US and UK to have an ally they could really rely on. We couldn't tell them that. They'd throw us in jail. We'd redacted the records because the names were for people that did not officially exist, or existed in a capacity that didn't imply they were elite warriors, spies and assassins.)Besides,('Those are private citizens not in the employ of this group, or any other government agency we are aware of'.)'We don't care if they are private citizens. We want to know.'('You don't want to know' followed by some major gobbledygook with the term 'deniable assets' interspersed relatively often.)'What do you mean ~ you don't want to know? We asked you a question.'(We meant you people leak information like a sieve and the people we are protecting aren't going to be afraid of getting revealed. They are going to murder people to ensure they are not ~ basically you don't know what is going on and we don't want to tell you, for both our safety's sake.)So,('Trust us. There are factors we are taking into account that you are unaware of because you don't know what's going on'.)'Of course we don't know what's going on. That's why we are asking you.'('You really don't want to know.' We are your highly trained and underpaid experts on this, we aren't raging assholes and we are telling you that bad shit will happen if you force this, thus 'you really don't want to know'.)'What do you mean ~ you really don't want to know?? Yes, we do. We are warning you,'(Okay. Execute Plan B. 'Excuse us for a moment, {create a plausible lie.}'.){Pregnant pause,}Congressman-type: 'It is rather odd that they all had to go into another room to take that phone call.'{Minutes pass}'Go see what is taking them so long.''What do you mean they are all gone? Find them!''What do you mean they seem have left the building? Find them!''Who do I call about this? The FBI, Homeland Security, or the CIA?And finally,'What do you mean they appear to have fled the country? Find them, damn it!'(Hey, I worked with some real shady characters.)Then would come the international manhunts, the flight to avoid prosecution and then resurrecting my life under a different ID in another country which hopefully had a dim view of handing me over to the FBI, or the Navy SEALs.Now back to our regularly scheduled diversion :'It has to do with giving something to the Khanate if you expect them to do anything for you.'Tony: 'You can't appreciate how that is going to look. Besides, that is a political decision, way above your pay-grade.'(Not a good time to remind him that he didn't pay me.)'What precisely do you want us to do? Please be specific.'Tony: 'How is the Khanate going to react to an intervention on the part of the United States?''They will ignore you.'Tony: 'What if the President makes public statement.''What is he going to say?'Tony: 'That the US is dedicated to a peaceful resolution of the unrest in Thailand.''They won't care. They truly believe that actions speak louder than words. If Thailand requested our intervention, or was a client state,'Tony: 'A what?''Client state, a country beholding to the US, or UK for their external security.'Tony: 'I know what client state is. That is 20th Century Imperialist thinking. No one does stuff like that anymore. Besides, the UN is responsible for the external security of its member states, which Thailand is.''The Khanate doesn't see it that way. We won't let them into the UN, so they see no reason to play by the UN's rules. The President can evoke the UN Charter all he wants. Unless he makes UN acceptance dependent on their cooperation, they will see no reason to cooperate.'Tony: 'That's not going to happen.''What part of that won't happen?'Tony: 'The President is not going on international television and endorsing the Khanate as a prospective UN member. What happens if we imply through back channels that the President will support such an action at a later date?''You want us to lie to them? Do you have any idea how badly that will compromise our working relationship with the Khanate?'Tony: 'We will deal with that later. Would they accept such a bargain?''So you are going to lie to them, Mr. Blinken, they will never forgive this act of treachery.'Tony: 'No, you are going to lie to them.'Addison: 'I will resign. I suspect that the rest of the team will quit as well.'Tony: 'What is wrong with your team, Ms. Stuart (Addison)? Can't anyone over there do their damn jobs?''We are doing our damn jobs, Mr. Blinken. We are telling you this is a diplomatically fatal move that will not only reduce this taskforce to uselessness, it will have long term consequences for all future Khanate-American relations.'Tony: 'That is a ridiculous assessment.''That is our experienced assessment. They believe treachery is only forgiven by death. They do believe in loyalty and keeping one's word. In our country, perjury is an unfortunate side effect of the judicial progress. To the Great Khan, it is reason enough to cut your head off.'Tony: 'Fine. I am ordering you to open back-channel talks with the Khanate concerning their admittance to the UN contingent on them taking a reasonable course of action.''Even if we were to do such a moronic thing, the Great Khan will ask Cáel directly to verify this. It is that important to him and his state.'Tony: 'Okay.''Perhaps you could suggest to me what form of coercion I should employ to make Cáel to commit such a blasphemous act?'Tony: 'Tell him to do it. That is what we pay him for.''Mr. Blinken, Mr. Nyilas is an unpaid consultant. At the job he is on sabbatical from, he makes more money than I do. He has an Irish diplomatic passport, been nominated to be the Prince of Albania, Georgia and Armenia, been proclaimed a warrior-prince of Transylvania and is a hero in both Hungary and Romania. He has no brothers, or sisters. His parents are both dead. His only surviving kin are people he is not particularly close to. Since economic and social blackmail are off the table, I am asking you if you are ordering me to use enhanced interrogation techniques to exacting his cooperation in this foolhardy endeavor.'Tony: 'You mean torture him?''I would never go on the record using that word. I don't advise you to use it either.'Tony: 'What kind of people are you?''The kind you engage to take on a mission of this delicate nature. You honestly don't want to know what we've done in the name of our constituent national bodies. You employ us so that you don't have to know. As you said, we 'get it done'. Until now, you have never asked us 'how' we got things done. You wanted the intelligence so we got it for you.'Tony: 'No member of this administration ever asked you to violate US, or International Law.''Which is precisely why the government employs me, so that you can keep your hands clean while mine are steeped in blood. Nothing our team has done will ever blow back on you, so don't worry about that. Why don't we get back to our current dilemma?'(I think until that moment Tony had convinced himself that Addison was another civil servant drone and people like her only existed in the 'black bag' fantasies of conspiracy theorists, hackneyed movie scripts and questionable 'true' spy novels. People like Addison and Lady Fathom weren't standard issue intelligence officers by any stretch of the imagination. They were almost unique in that they did what they did for the very beliefs they had sworn an oath to uphold, to serve their countries.There were no personal vendettas going on. No slush funds were vanishing into Cayman Island accounts. Neither had a God Complex. There was no desire for personal power, career advancement, or fame. I was beginning to think that was why Temujin used them, and me, because we could be counted on to do the right thing when required and only when required. Addison and Fathom had damned themselves forever because someone had to pay the price and get the job done. I imagined they really felt blessed for the opportunity. I worked with maniacs.)Tony: 'Thailand, yes. What if we put troops on the ground in Thailand?''How many?'Tony hummed and hawed so we had to guess.'A Marine Expeditionary Unit? If that is all, they better have an exit plan. Sir, if you want to impress the Khanate with the White House's resolve, you need to start landing troops from the Rapid Deployment Force starting tomorrow. Base aircraft out of Thai air bases. Threaten to ram any Indian Naval vessels that get in your way.'Tony: 'Is that what it would take?'('Yes. It would take the US to growing some balls, damn it!' was not the diplomatic reply though it desperately needed to be said. Hey, I could be a bit of a jingoist when I feel the lives of my loved ones are in danger.)'That is our current assessment of the situation. The Khanate has no reason to take any American threat of force seriously. They won't see anything short of a full-court press as nothing more than posturing for the home audience and what allies we have left.'Tony: 'What does that mean?''It means you are taking the cooperation of Taiwan and Philippines for granted. Our people tell us they see American influence in the region waning and we have been letting the Chinese push them around. Now the Khanate appears and knocks the Chinese back three decades on the World Stage. The Khanate is trying to create a ring of allies around the PRC and a few of them are curious why the US is dragging its heel about such a critical regional issue.'Tony: 'You don't dictate US foreign policy.'(No, we simply enacted foreign policy without your knowledge.)There were probably a large number of Special Forces operators who would be shaking their heads in bewilderment when they found out the US was trying to face down the Khanate over, of all places, Thailand. Hadn't they just busted their humps trying to make the Great Khan see their nations (the US and UK) as potential worthy allies?Working with the Khanate had been 'interesting'. If you asked them for anything, they got it for you, danger and consequences be damned. They'd try anything for the men they considered 'brothers in the struggle'. If you were pinned down by fire from a hillside and asked for fire support, they would napalm the whole damn mountain if that was what it took. The man/woman on the other end of that radio cared for your life, not the human rights of the scumbag shooting at you, or any of the people they might be hiding behind.You also know if they couldn't get it done, it was only because the resources didn't exist. The Khanate Special Forces hadn't acted like co-belligerents, or allies. They treated you like their own kin. They would and had died to make sure some of them got home to their families. If ordered to, they would definitely take the fight to the Khanate. I believed many of them would be asking what had it all been for.'We wouldn't dream of it,' Addison lied.'Good. You have your marching orders. Now get to it,' and Tony hung up on us. Everyone in the room was looking around. What exactly were our marching orders? Had I'd missed that part of our conversation?"Well," Fathom sighed, "there is only one thing we can do." I seriously prayed she would ask me to lie to Temujin."Understood," Mehmet nodded. "Somehow we get the Khanate to launch their offensive into Thailand in three days.""Can they do that?" I blurted out."They do it, or everyone in this room is in a shitload of trouble when they get around to it next week," Addison grinned. "The Khanate high command isn't going to back down just because we ask them to. I wouldn't if I were them.""What happens if they can't make the three day window?" I asked."Then you call up your blood-brother and ask him to fuck over his nation to save us from lengthy prison sentences, or outright assassination," Fathom smirked."If he says 'no'," I looked into her eyes."That's the real tragedy in all this, he won't," she gave me a comforting look. "He isn't going to leave you hanging in the wind. He'll call off his attack dogs because he isn't the kind of man to fuck you over because it is politically expedient. I'm staking all our lives on that. I always have."The Black Lotus? We'd explain to them the ugly reality that neither of us could afford to be painted into a corner over this Thailand issue. We were doing our best, but our political masters were dead set on making a colossal error and we had to follow through with those directives. The Khanate would do everything in their extensive power to support the Black Lotus and if they could invade in three days with some nebulous chance at success, they would go.The Black Lotus, the entire 9 Clans knew JIKIT had no power except what we finagled from the US and the UK. We had borrowed their resources to accomplish what we'd done. The Black Lotus had profited from some of those operations and both the Khanate and JIKIT would owe them big, but we were good for it. That truism was why they worked with us.My personal problem was that I knew the Great Khan would not forgive, or forget this interference by the US. It wasn't in his nature. Worse, the politicians and bureaucrats in Washington would see this as a victory and an expression that the US remained the globe's premier super power. Too few would remember the price of this sense of superiority would be born on the back of Thailand's masses. The revolution would fail after a short, brutal civil war. The tyrant would remain in power and the voice of the Thai people would be stilled.The end result of that late night phone call? We weren't told.What follows is pure conjecture on my part, fueled by intelligence information provided by other JIKIT resources and knowledge about how much the political landscape of Southeast Asia had been transformed by the PCR being driven back to their own coastline, leaving a power vacuum India, Vietnam and the Khanate were eager to fill.The Republic of China/Taiwan --'Aren't you the same people who said only a week ago that sending more weapons into the region would only escalate tensions? And now you want to use our airbases against our latest ally in the region? Do you understand how much internal political turmoil this will cause? Half of us are jumping for joy that someone big and fierce embraces our independence. The other half think it is time to retake China.Yes, we mean the territory currently under the oppressive yoke of the People's Republic of China. Yes, the China the Khanate just kicked the crap out of. The nation that might not be able to protect say, Zhusanjiao. That would be the Pearl River Delta to you Westerners, that huge area on the mainland adjacent to Hong Kong. Hainan is looking pretty ripe for conquest as well. That would be that big island off the coast of, yes, we have indeed suspected you could read a map.At the moment we are expecting the permission of the Khanate to use Woody Island as a forward staging area and logistic base to help us do just that. Take Hainan, yes, that large island currently, and temporarily, under the illegal occupation by those illegitimate bastards in Beijing.What do you mean 'don't declare war on them'? We've been at war with the People's Republic since 1945. No, we are pretty sure we would recall signing a Peace Treaty with them. No, we can't 'get over it' either. Why are you even asking us that? Don't you know our history?Anyway, if we help you, can we expect the same level of cooperation from you as we are getting from the Khanate? In case things go sour, Yes, a shooting war would qualify. See, your people at JIKIT have been helping the Khanate and us, your people, at JIKIT, we are pretty sure it is made up of Americans and British personnel. Why would we think that? Are you serious? Because that's what your governments told us, that's why. Besides, why are you asking us what your people have been doing? Don't they work for you?Speaking of the US government helping us out, what progress is there on the Taiwan Relations Act Affirmation and Naval Vessel Transfer Act of 2014 ? We sure could use those vessels. While we are at it, how about sharing some of the technology used in the F-35. We'll build our own, or a model vaguely similar to it. We value your friendship and know you will help us out in a pinch.Right?'The Philippines --'Sigh. If you really think this will help. By the way, aren't your fighters going to need some in-air refueling? What are you going to do if the Khanate engages them over Philippine airspace? What are you going to do if you get into a shooting war with the Khanate? Will you defend us from their ballistic missile threat? We have a long history as your allies, but the Khanate is totally ruthless, and they scare us. Can you hold our hand, say for the next twenty years?'(The Philippines rolls out their Wish List)Maybe you could give us some advanced fighters?We are a poor country and can't afford to buy any before 2018.We are not greedy, 72 F-16s will do and you are upgrading to the F-35 anyway so we know you have some lying around. Could you also help us with the maintenance cost? We are a poor country, but very large.Some of your decommissioned naval vessels would go a long way in showing us some love. One of those Tarawa-class amphibious assault ships would be really nice and you've got the USS Peleliu decommissioned and about to be scrapped. We have hundreds of islands in our Republic so moving stuff around is pretty tough. Can you help us out?If you could toss in the ship's complement of 20 AV-8B Harrier 2 and 12 V-22 Ospreys with a fifteen year maintenance package that would be even better!We are a poor country. We could never afford to buy any of that stuff.Maybe a frigate, or three? You have a dozen Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigates sitting around. We can finally retire some of our World War 2 relics and make one our new flagship.We know you aren't going to give us one of those powerful nuclear submarines, but maybe you could secure a few loans so we could buy some of those nifty German-made, diesel-powered Type 214's. We hear they are pretty cool, very silent and practically a steal at $330 million per boat! We love you guys! And, we are poor.Oh, and some helicopters!We were going to refurbish some Vietnam-era Iroquois, but since your Marine Corp is retiring the far superior Bell AH-1 SuperCobra, can we have a dozen of those instead?We were going to fix up some of our aging Sikorsky S-76s as air ambulances. Getting new ones would be far superior, don't you think?You also have those cool Blackhawks. You have so many. Could you spare us, say twenty? You're the best!And some guns. And artillery. And some APC's.Did we mention we are a poor country going through an expensive force modernization program?Got any amphibious vehicles lying around? We could use a few of more of those small unit riverine craft (SURC)'s we bought from you recently. They are excellent counter-insurgency tools. You want us doing well fighting the War on Terror, don't you?Did we mention that we are a poor country? And we love you guys!The Federation of Malaysia --We like this idea. Give us say a week to ten days and we can jump right in.You want to go in four days? With what precisely? Compared to the force projections you have been providing us, Who? JIKIT, of course. Who else would you send us to when we requested intelligence on Khanate activities from you? Did we believe them? Why wouldn't we? They are your people,When do you think Thailand will let us intervene? We've asked the Prime Minister if he needs our assistance and he politely declined. Apparently he thinks he's got things well in hand. He does retain command of over 200,000 troops and the opposition is much smaller. I hope you have better luck than we did in convincing him he's in serious trouble.Also, what do you plan to do about the Indian Navy's South China Sea taskforce? It is pretty big, not something we can tackle on our own.Yes, we kind of need to know what you are doing before we decide what we are doing. You do realize that the Gulf of Thailand is currently under the complete domination of the Indian/Khanate/Vietnamese Axis, right?48 combat aircraft? What gave you that idea? The Vietnamese have been refurbishing their Mig-21's like crazy, using Khanate stockpiles, plus there are nearly a 150 Su-22's. Sure, they are both older than manned flights to the Moon, but they can drop bombs, fire rockets and launch ground attack missiles with the best of them. They are still jet aircraft.Worried? You are aware that those antiquated pieces of crap can bomb the northern part of my country, aren't you? So 'yes', we are worried about those 300 flying deathtraps being more than a 'manageable' nuisance.What about our air force? I imagine it will be doing what we trained it to do, defend Federation air space because I doubt those relics will be coming at us unescorted. We can already tell you that the Mig-29's and Su-30's the Khanate and Vietnamese will be flying are excellent aircraft. We fly them too, just not as many.Of course you can base your F-22's out of Sultan Ismail Petra Airport as long as you supply the logistical support. How many? A lot? Could you please be more specific? Two squadrons? My, that's going to get pretty dicey. I believe you when you say the F-22 is a highly advanced stealthy fighter. I also believe that they are a lot less stealthy when they are sitting on the ground re-arming and refueling.Do we think they will really threaten us? They are threatening us, over our Spratly Island claims, are you sure you know what you are getting into? By the way, when this blows over, do you think you can pressure the Khanate into giving us their Spratly island airbase? It is rapidly approaching completion and is over 3000 meters long.How did they do that? They are dredging the ocean floor, it is a man-made island. Didn't your government protest the environmental damage they were causing?No, not the Khanate, the Chinese.Yes, the Khanate currently controls it. They stole it from the PRC hours before the ceasefire. So, can we have it?Yes, we know it belonged to the People's Republic, but it doesn't anymore. Besides, we both opposed it when the Chinese were dredging it up the island from the sea floor, so giving it to us isn't all that egregious, or unexpected, action. It would also go a long way in supporting our just and worthy claims to the Spratly Islands. We really don't want those greedy Chinese, yes, both the People's Republic and the 'Republic of', or, those incompetent Filipinos to steal them from us.Both of us knocking the Vietnamese back on their heels will be going a long way to getting those Communist knuckle draggers to back off as well. Hey, if they do get antsy, can we also take the Vietnamese base in the Spratly's? It isn't as big as the one the Khanate stole, but it is finished, and closer to us. We are sure that if we help you out, you will do the right thing when the time comes. Right?The President of the United States --'They want what? Have they lost their fucking minds?The Philippines is talking about a billion dollar aid package and guaranteed loans we doubt they can ever repay. We only want to use their air bases for a month, maybe two, not deflower their teenage daughters. It isn't as if we are really going to go to war with the Khanate over Thailand. Besides, the last time we 'got involved' like that, George Bush ran up a trillion dollar deficit, and his party was thrown out of office. Doesn't anyone care we are facing a difficult mid-term election in November?So, the Taiwanese think this is the appropriate moment to invade mainland China? And they want our help? Do they know how expensive that can get? Do they understand how much that will unbalance the already shake state of Asian affairs? It is another land war in Asia for the love of God!'And, the Malaysians are going to help us, but not actually help us and they want tens of billions square miles of ocean for the measly concessions they are making? What do they expect us to do with all the Filipinos, Chinese and Vietnamese who already live there?What do you mean none of those islands are actually inhabited? They are just military bases, some of them nothing more than rusting iron hulks on submerged reefs? OH, God damn it! Why don't we take the God damn Spratly Islands for ourselves if they are that fucking important? We have a Marine Corp. Aren't they good at taking islands? I read about it somewhere.No, I'm not changing the damn mission. I'm venting because the world seems to be inhabited with greedy assholes who can't appreciate peaceful discourse without trying to lift my wallet.Okay, okay, I've got this. We are going to form a new international commission to resolve this Spratly Island's nightmare. Have the French chair it. They love that kind of stuff. Makes sure the Germans are on the commission too. They need to look less like money-grubbing douchebags after that fiasco over the Greek economic collapse. Then invite Russia, India and Pakistan. That will pretty much guarantee nothing gets accomplished.That will allow us to keep our promises to those three leeches without having to deliver anything and, when it fails, it won't be seen as my fault. (Groan) What we really need is new videos of Khanate soldiers bayoneting babies, another ISIS atrocity, or more indisputable evidence the Russian Army's involvement in the Ukraine. The Great Khan really screwed us over Tibet (you know, by allowing them to become a free and democratic society), Putin is an evil cuck (who most likely laughs at me behind my back) and another round of Islamophobia-bashing to remind everyone how this is all Bush's fault.No wonder George spent so much time at Crawford Ranch. Navigating international relations is totally thankless and no matter how rosy we paint the latest economic numbers, someone still finds a way to make me look bad. Oh well, if this blows up in my face, I only have two more years in this shooting gallery. Maybe then I might change my mind and decided I really was born in Kenya, or Indonesia. I really wish Hawaii was an independent country. I'd like to retire there if there weren't so many of those damn contentious Americans.The US President wanted to run this operation on a shoestring, not engage in 'nation-building', much less backing an invasion of anybody. In fact, he was trying to stop an invasion.The Philippines was a poor country. So what? It wasn't his fault. He had poor people in the US too and they cast votes.Taiwan suddenly thought it could take on China? They were insane. Of course he would be ignoring a major stated political goal of the ROC for the past 65 years ~ reunification on their terms. Any high-level technological transfer wasn't going to happen because if the Republic ran off the reservation, the President would bloody well be sure no one could trace that decision back to anything he'd done.At least Malaysia was on board, sorta/kinda. They wouldn't actually be able to help until day ten, or fourteen and, unlike the Republic of China, they had a small air force that might not be able to protect forwardly deployed troops. If he ended getting of those National Guard yahoos killed his party would be murdered in November.For a split second, he wondered if he should attempt to make a personal call to the Great Khan, potentate to potentate, except he had this sinking feeling that a winning smile and a handshake would be worse than useless. The man would look him straight in his eyes and start making demands. He would demand action and when the Leader of the Free World prevaricated, he knew the Khanate would call his bluff.And they would fight. The alternative was a grand spectacle of public humiliation and that he could not accept. The US military machine would fight and they would win. They would win because he needed them to win, fast and clean and home for Christmas. Maybe he would authorize the mobilization of those California airmen. Just in case.In the end, Secretary Kerry gave POTUS what he asked for.The Philippines would let them use their country's bases for logistics and strategic assets (aka bombers).The ROC would extend their air umbrella out 200 km to the east, south and west, acting like a shield between the Khanate and US Pacific assets moving through the tight Formosan Straits.Malaysia gave them an airbase from which they could strike into Thailand, or Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos. The US Air Force would have the opportunity to be lethally effective.Had they known the sum total of the US commitment, they would have been appalled. The Khanate did not fuck around.One Carrier Strike Group,Forty (maybe sixty) Air Force fighters,Lumbering B-52's flying half way around the globe,Hadn't they been watching the dogfights over China for the past month? Maybe they would like to dive down and examine the wreckage of the PLAN carrier Liaoning and see just how it met its grisly fate?Apparently not.(I live, love and have loved)"What are you doing here?" she got the preliminary nonsense out of the way. With the way she was dressed, I was an expected visitor. She was expecting some make-up sex. I was thinking 'paying for my past mistakes' sex because I was already seeing way too many women who required me to do things outside the bedroom, non-sexual things. I had my dress jacket swung over my shoulder. It would only get in the way later."I brought you motorcycle over. You left it parked by my place," I kept any appearance of lust, or glee off my face."It is one o'clock in the morning," she glowered."I was called into work. I'm on call 24/7.""Let me guess, you can't talk about it.""You wouldn't believe me if I did, so suffice it to say I was doing things I didn't want to do instead of coming over here, waking you up from a sound sleep.""I wasn't asleep. I was angry," I pointed out."I apologize. Maybe I should have waited until morning." She didn't think I should have waited as long as I had. Keeping her waiting until morning would have left her volcanic."I wasn't asleep.""Your bike is in the parking lot across the street," I handed her the lot ticket."How did you find it?""There are only two places in my neighborhood that allows parking and the second one is poorly lit," I replied."And the attendant let you steal it?" she frowned."He knows me. I do a ton of business with him and it wasn't as if I was dressed like your average carjacker.""How did you start it?""Chaz showed me how to spoof the lock. He's got this spiffy lock-pick set on him.""That he carries with him for such contingencies?""Hey, he's the spycraft professional. I'm the amateur who tags along because karma is a bitch," I grinned."Did you ruin the ignition?""No. He's got this skeleton key thingy. I need to get me one of those," I added. See, I was drifting down the path to becoming a hardened criminal and she had to save me. Girls love saving bad boys from themselves. There is an entire literary genre devoted to the topic."Get in here," Anais barked. She emphasized that command by grabbing my tie and dragging me into her room. Now I could ogle her in her bra, panties and dress shirt left open. As I said moments ago, she was expecting me. Anais had thick, light-brown, just-past-the-shoulders hair with blonde highlights. Her dusky skin tone suggested some ancestral link to the South of France while her deep green eyes suggested Celtic ties.She was definitely someone I would describe as possessing an hourglass figure. She worked out just enough to stay fit, practiced judo (in and outside of the bedroom) and ate right. Her ass was the correct mix of firm and fleshy, her breasts were pleasant without too much bounce and she sported broad, but short, nipples that liked to get bitten.With her bare foot, she kicked the door shut, spun me around by my tie until I slammed, back first, into the wall in the short hallway that led to her bedroom."I repeat, what are you doing here?""I never actually apologized for how things ended up," I sodomized the truth. "Anais, I am truly sorry for how badly I fucked up our affair. I acted without a thought for the possible consequences, or thinking about how betrayed you would feel. Can you accept my apology?""You came here to have sex," she declared. She stepped up tightly against my body, her eyes boring into mine. I had around six inches on her so she had to tilt up her chin to do so."That too," I shrugged."I ought to throw you out the window," she growled. We were on the seventh floor. The window didn't open and the safety glass looked alright."I'll go then," I nodded. Now to make her beg for/demand sex."You are not going anywhere," she snarled. Then she kissed me, a tongue-grapple ensued and she finished things by biting my lower lip so much I tasted blood afterwards. I dropped my jacket. I was about to need both my hands."I think us having sex would be a mistake," I pushed her buttons. I wasn't some wimp acquiescing to her demands. I was a free-willed being; a strong man who needed to be wrestled down and forced to perform.She pulled me down into a second kiss. This was an 'I will leave you incapable of thinking about anything but me' kiss. Yes, I had names for kisses too. They were similar to naming the ingredients of a choice meal. I propelled her back until we slammed into the opposite wall. Anais was a tough chick and a bit of banging around was par for the course.I cupped each ass cheek and pulled her up. She responded by wrapping her legs around my hips. We were still kissing. Anais slipped her hands along my sides before linking them up at the small of my back. She pulled me hard against her while she ground her crotch against mine."Clothes," she rumbled from deep within. As in 'why was I still dressed?'"Been a while," I taunted her. Since she was glommed on to me, I used my freed up hands to rip off my tie."Yes. I bet it hasn't 'been a while' for you," she sizzled."Long as in 5:30 this morning," I teased back. At this point in the foreplay that revelation was akin to throwing gasoline on a fire. I was being an unrepentant dog and she was taking me to confessional, between her thighs."Bastard," she condemned me as well as the entire male side of the species."It doesn't mean I haven't missed you, this, us," I riposted. She retaliated by turning her humping motion into to more of a grind. Bad kitty. Bad kitty wanted to be spanked. Woot!"You are never going to change," she dug her fingernails into my flesh. I yanked my shirt off."If I hadn't changed, you wouldn't be here," I reminded her while nipping at her nose and lips."You are still an egocentric bastard," she growled."Hey, I always took care of your needs," I countered. I had. She knew I had and since she currently wanted me to take her to that higher erotic plane, she wasn't going to contest that fact. Instead, she began working her shirt off and in doing so, squishing her boobs against my chest.Holding her tight, my left hand under her right buttock and my right hand on her mid-back, pressing her torso into mine. We dance through two slow circles before crashing, side by side, on the bed. Anais rolled us over so that she was on top. I didn't let her get in a totally dominant pose, oh no. I had a kitty to take care off. I grabbed her firm ass and propelled her up until I was face first with her gusset.I might not remember to check my bank balance, or the atomic number of Technetium (I once had a girlfriend who would rate my performance on the periodic table in the midst of our fucking, I never made it higher than Copernicium before she passed out), but I can recall the precise taste, texture and topography of every cunt I've had face to face contact with. I knew right where to tongue-fuck Anais to twist her up inside.Control-orgasm, control-orgasm, Anais was pig-headed and wanted to keep dictating our reunion. She also wanted to return to the level of sexual bliss we had shared so often before. Her compromise was to hump my face; really grind it in. Black silk underwear is an excellent medium for transferring force and wetness between partners.She rubbed her love-nub against my upper lip/teeth while I did tongue-ups into her cunt. She was wetter than Bangladesh in the rainy season. That was an indicator of some serious masturbatory sessions stopping just short of orgasm before I arrived. I had some aching sensations to play with and I wasn't cruel. I maneuvered a hand between her thighs, underneath the band of her underwear and exposed her vaginal opening to my fingers and tongue while keeping that silky feel for her clitoris."Rurr," she began growling from the depths of her diaphragm. That was how she always was, thundering like a female grizzly bear in heat. It was an expression with deep subharmonic components that caused the heart to flutter and her flesh to shimmer with the vibrations mixed with her bodily sweat."Come on, Baby," I urged her on.That pissed her off. She was trying to hold off her orgasm for a few more seconds. My 'baby' crack shifted her resolve into anger allowing her climax to overwhelm her."Rah," she howled. It didn't sound like a female coming to fruition. It was more akin to the sound European soccer hooligans made when their team scored a goal. The muscles in Anais' thighs were strumming along like the cords of a piano, her belly was undulating in and out, and her head had rolled back so that she was screaming to the ceiling.The countdown was on. The people next door/across the hall/above or below us would be waking up, think that someone had unleashed a wild animal in the hotel, figure out they were not immediately on the menu, then call the front desk, stating their fears as justifiable fact. Anais and I had been down that road before.I gave Anais' flank a light smack to get her attention. Sure she looked back at me with simmering anger, yet she also knew the score. That had been round #1 in a nightlong bout of sexual conquest, rebellion and re-conquest. She drew her knees to her chest so she could pull off her damp panties in one swift motion. I worked off my shoes, pants, socks and underwear. While she soaked up my naked flesh (muscles, scars and all), she retrieved the phone from the side table and placed it beside her. She wouldn't want to break up our rhythm when the phone rang.No romantic small talk interrupted our shared lust. She wanted that cock and I wanted to give it to her. I moved between her inviting thighs while she examined me, her upper body uplifted by her arms resting on her elbows. Bite-kissing-biting resumed. I slowly pushed her head to the bed with the force of my kisses and strength of my upper body pushing down on her. Somewhere along the way, I slipped into her.Condom? Crap. I was slipping. I would have to pull out, because stopping to put a condom on would earn me some serious ferocity on her part. I plunged in. Anais placed her hands on my hips, claws beneath my kidneys, guiding my pace and power. I may have been on top, but she wasn't giving up on one ounce of control."Damn you," she hissed."Yes?" I leered."Fuck you.""I'm working on it. Is there anything," I teased."Bastard," she looked away, "You remember how I like it.""Whatever made you think I would forget?" I kept at it."Don't look so smug.""I'm working on it," I looked smug. Anais dug her fingernails in. I had to be punished, just ask her."When do you have to go back to work?" she huffed."Six a.m. When do you have to go back?""I have two days off.""Good to know," I stole a kiss from her lips painlessly. Good to know.(Painful dreams)I edged back into consciousness realizing that I was not alone. The muffled sense of my surroundings informed me that I wasn't really awake. She sat on my side of the bed, feet on the floor, side to me."Good evening, Dot," I yawned."Good morning, Cáel," the Goddess Ishara let her melodic voice float over me."Hold on," I interrupted her. I weaved as I leaned over, pawed at my pants (still trapped in the real world) and finally drew forth my offering."A fortune cookie," she chuckled. "I admire your dedication.""It is a simple enough request and I aim to please." I hesitated. "We don't have much time, do we?""You are dreaming, not concussed, so we will be alright if we tread carefully," she told me. "This time, I have no cryptic warnings, or specious pieces of information. I am giving you a gift. Take my hand."I did, not that I had much choice. We 'went', where to, I wasn't sure yet I suspected we were skirting the Weave itself where concepts like Time and Distance had little meaning.The Goddess released my hand and I stepped out of the fog brought about by the abrupt nature of our progress to see a woman sitting beside a pool, no, a sunken bath. She looked up at our approach. Oh shit, it was,"Cáel? You are Cáel, aren't you," she smiled. She stared at me with her blind eyes while waiting for my response with deaf ears."Yes, Tad fi, I'm Cáel. How did you know?""I bear our shared life inside me," she graced me with her serene presence."Ah, I was warned," I stopped myself. I was going to add 'this might happen'. That would be unfair as she appeared pleased with this alteration of her life path. "I was warned by the Goddess that she had something to show me. How are you feeling? Is there anything I can do for you?"She put her hand over her lower abdomen and rubbed the spot with her palm."Seeing you and giving you the news in person is enough," she glowed with happiness."Have you picked out a name yet?" seemed weak."I will leave that up to you.""Oh, come on," I relaxed slightly. "This is something we are doing together.""No, it is not, kind Cáel.""Just because she will most likely end up an Isharan doesn't,""No, Cáel. This birth will cost me my life. I am not destined to ever see my daughter draw her first breath," she confided in me."No!" I recoiled. "That's unfair." What else could I say? 'I take it back. I shouldn't have listened to my Goddess and screwed you out of what little life you had left.'"I am content with my fate, Cáel Nyilas Wakko Ishara. Our daughter will be the first female of the Isharan line in nearly 1600 years. Rejoice that we have been confronted by Destiny and triumphed. The light of the Peacemakers will shine once more among our sisters.""It is not worth the cost of your life," I responded bitterly. This was colossally unfair to all three of us."That you grieve for the short time I have left gives me strength, knowing our daughter will grow up with a strong, caring father. I,"I could sense Ishara close by my side."You must go, my Cáel. We will next see each other in the Halls of our Ancestors. Take our daughter and raise her well. I have faith in you," she sighed pleasantly, as if I had sheltered her from the rainstorm with my umbrella."We must go," Ishara whispered in my ear and then we left. I was back in the hotel room, looking down at the tears on my sleeping face and it hurt so much."You gave me that command knowing what it would cost her," I sounded so hollow, chin on my chest, eyes closed instead of looking at my feet."We are not an easy people to love, Cáel. We are harsh. Endless centuries of suffering, pain and mistrust have made us this way. Please understand that what you see as one life passing is really one life coming into being. It is a life Fate would have denied the line of Ishara. I took you to meet Tad fi because I wanted you to greet your daughter with understanding, not sorrow. I owed you.""Steal my anger why don't you?" I chuckled bitterly. "Can I even blame myself for this tragedy? It isn't like you made me do anything. I did it because I wanted to and never gave much thought to the frail health Tad fi was hanging on to. This is so wrong and I don't know what to do.""Wake up. Keep living. If this news turns your heart, or fills your mind with doubt, then both of us have failed you. Tad fi didn't have to tell you. I didn't have to bring you to her. I believed you were owed the chance to say good-bye.""I didn't say that," I exhaled sadly."You openly grieved and let her comfort you. That is more of a 'goodbye' than most people are able to convey. She knows your heart. You were honest in your sorrow. She saw that and that eased her suffering knowing that you are a person who is free with their heart. For a woman who expected nothing but wickedness from men for so long, that was the ultimate gift. You did help her. You truly did.""I," I woke up. Anais was looking down at me, concerned."You've been crying," she noted by touching my cheek with a finger then showing me the dampness."Do you believe a person's soul can fracture?" I murmured. That sort of talk was unlike the 'me' she once knew."Do you believe that another can help you put your soul back together if that happens?" I continued."You are not talking about us, are you?" she studied me."No. I'm thinking about being a parent, not just a father. Can I fuck that up as much as I've screwed up so many of the other women I've cared for, am I going to be worthy of being a Dad?""Oh, I don't know. You are not the man I knew two years ago. I think you have changed for the better. You are still far from perfect yet, you seem to be trying so much harder than previously.""You think I'm going to screw things up, don't you?""Yes. Yes, I do, but I also think you will only make the same mistake once. That is better than most men can hope for," she let her gaze soften."This is us breaking up,""Yes. I think if I stayed, you would break my heart; and I am starting to believe neither one of us wants that," she nodded. "One more time?""I'd love to," I smiled at her. I still hurt. I was using sex to bandage my pain. Anais knew that and was giving me this unlooked for piece of kindness. It was the best break up I'd ever had, or could ever hope for.{5:45 am, Saturday, August 30th ~ 9 Days to go}"You look like someone strangled your kitten," Pamela told me as I exited Anais' hotel room. She was leaning against the wall across the hall. I had the feeling she had been there a while. Of course I hadn't been allowed to wander off alone; most likely, Chaz had kept an eye on me until Pamela relieved him."I, I got Tadifi killed," I unloaded on her.Pamela immediately dropped her casual fa

En este episodio charlamos sobre más teorías de conspiración a la colombiche. Desde los túneles de la Nacional hasta encuentros transoceánicos y perversas instituciones aparentemente extintas. Todo tiene una explicación histórica detrás, sea divertida, oscura o para ponerse a pensar.----Apóyanos en Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/randomaccesshistory Encuentra todos nuestros links aquí: https://flow.page/randomaccesshistory Para leer o ver:Iceberg de colombiaIceberg de la independenciaEste video que explica muy bien el artículo del ADN Polinesio. -----

Âlemlere rahmet olan Elçi “Biz, seni ancak ve ancak âlemlere rahmet olarak gönderdik” (Enbiyâ 98/107). Fatiha Suresi'nde “Hamd, Rahman ve Rahîm olan âlemlerin Rabb'ine aittir.” diyen Âlemlerin Rabbi, kendisinin ilk olarak Rahmân ve Rahîm isimleriyle bilinmesini istemiştir. Hikmetli Kitap'ta yaratma fiili pek çok yerde Rahman ismine isnat edilerek, yaratmanın bir rahmet tecellisi olduğuna işaret edilmiştir. Âlemlerin Rabbi'nin tüm âlemi kapsayacak şekilde ilk ve en yaygın tecellisi rahmet olduğuna göre O'nun insanlar arasında en güzeli olarak seçtiği ve takdir ettiği sonra da son elçi olarak tüm insanlığa gönderdiği Muhammed Mustafa'ya (sav) yakışan da “âlemlere rahmet” olmasıydı. Musa-Hızır kıssasıyla ilgili dünkü yazımızda da ifade ettiğimiz gibi Allah Teâlâ seçtiği kullarına ledünnî ilim ile birlikte ledünnî merhamet duygusu verir.

Yüce Mevlâ'nın, kullarına verdiği müjde “Kullarıma şunu bildir ki Ben gerçekten çok bağışlayıcı ve çok merhametliyim. Ama azabım da çok elem verici bir azaptır” (Hicr 15/49-50). Hikmetli Kitap'ta Cenâb-ı Hakk'ın cemâl sıfatları ile celâl sıfatları umumiyetle birlikte zikredilir. Böylece insanlar, O'nun iki tür sıfatı olduğunu bilsinler; cemâl sıfatlarının tecellilerini istesinler, ama celâl sıfatlarının tecellilerinden de korunsunlar. Yalnız umumiyetle şöyle bir incelik fark edilir bu ifadelerde: Önce cemâl sıfatları zikredilir ve bunlara yapılan vurgu çok daha güçlüdür. Bununla, O'nun cemâlinin celâline baskın olduğuna işaret edilir. Bu âyet-i kerîmede de benzer bir ifade inceliği görülür. Şöyle ki, Hak Teâlâ, rahmetinden bahsederken isimlerini zikretmiş ve “Ben el-Ğafûr ve er-Rahîm'im.” buyurmuştur. Azabından bahsederken ise “Ben azap ediciyim” gibi bir isim/sıfat kullanmamış, “Azabım çetindir.” buyurmuştur.

Guest mix by: Ilya Rasskazov 01. Paul Murphy & Marc Woolford Project - Jazz Room (Spiritual South remix) (Afro Art) 02. Don Kamares - Batie (Kamares & Afroforce Vocal Dub) (Real Deep Productions) 03. RAH & The Ruffcats - Wake Up (they are the people of the myths) feat. King Khan (Yoruba Soul Mix) (Sonar Kollektiv) 04. Brian Jackson - Mami Wata (Joaquin's House Dance Dub Reprise) (BBE) 05. Galliano - Circles Going Round The Sun (Laroye Dub Mix) (Brownswood) 06. musclecars - Running Out Of Time (BBE) 07. 3three3 - Psalms (Liondub & Rob Paine's Dancefloor Cut) (Worship) 08. Antenna - Another Wave (Altered Circuits) 09. Anish Kumar - Everything Blooms Around Her (AWAL) 10. Floating Points - Del Oro (Ninja Tune) 11. Fred Everything & Robert Owens - Never (Waajeed Remix) (Lazy Days)

As broadcast @ www.totallywiredradio.com Tuesday 04.03.25Hour One and Two with Ket Shah01. Marianne Solivan ft Buster Williams, Brandon Mclune & Jay Sawyer - Open The Door (Imani 2025)02. Küf Knotz & Christine Elise - Cascade (Self Released 2025)03. Uyama Hiroto ft. Substantial & Jsoul - Color of Love (Roph 2024)04. Uwade - I Wonder What We're Made Of (Ehiose / Thirty Tigers 2025)05. Angie Stone - Dinosaur (Cleopatra Conjunction Entertainment 2019)06. Kim Tibbs - The Time Is Now (Self Released 2025)07. Norihiro Tsuru - Farsighted Person (Time Capsule 2025)08. The Sure Fire Soul Ensemble - Freddie (Colemine 2025)09. Sola Rosa - Seeds (Concord 2025)10. Zacchae'us Paul & Gregoire Maret ft Cookie. & Milena Casado - Better Dayz (Candid 2024)11. Okonski - Summer Storm (Colemine 2025)12. Ella Fitzgerald - The Moment of Truth (Verve 2025)13. Bluestaeb, Melodiesinfonie & S. Fidelity - 365 P (Tre Posti) (Jakarta 2025)14. Anan - Etna (Space Echo 2025)15. S-Tone Inc. & Toco - Longe De Voce (Schema 2025)16. Subnesia ft Stine Hjelm - Nobody But You (Music For Dreams 2025)17. Marcus Odie - I'm There (ODNT World 2025)18. Lovetempo - We Can Make It Happen (Toucan 2025)19. Mamacita ft. Persona RS - Tu Amor (Double Drop Luke É Soul Re-Edit) (E Soul Cultura / Mr Bongo 2025)20. Luka ft. Kali Mija - Soft Landing (Charles Webster Mix1) (The Bliss Beyond 2025)21. Charles Petersohn ft. Roberto Di Gioia and People of Tala'aga Samoa - Children Of Zu Zu (Compost 2025)22. Late Nite City - Higher Ground (Late Nites 2025)23. Clavis ft. KUBA - Drifting (Lossless 2025)24. RAH & The Ruffcats ft King Khan - Wake Up (they are the people of the myths) (Yoruba Soul Mix) (Sonar Kollektiv 2025)25. MoBlack & Aycond - O Cajado (Extended Mix) (MoBlack 2025)26. Jo Paciello - Le Jazz (Extended Mix) (Peppermint Jam 2025)

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Mushaf-ı Şerif, Fâtiha Suresi ile başlar. Yedi kısa cümleden oluşan bu mübarek sure; uluhiyet, nübüvvet ve ahiret konularını içermesi itibarıyla Kur'ân'ın bir nevi özetidir. Önce Hak Teâlâ'nın en kuşatıcı sıfatları zikredilir; ardından kulun niyazı gelir. O'nun şu üç sıfatı hatırlatılır: Rabbu'l-âlemîn, er-Rahman er-Rahîm ve Mâliki yevmi'd-dîn. Birincisi, O'nun tüm evreni yaratan, yaşatan; tür farkı olmaksızın tüm canlıların; inanç, ırk ve renk ayırımı gözetmeden cümle mahlûkatın terbiye edicisi olan, -tabiri caizse- bakımını yapan ve ihtiyaçlarını gideren bir varlık olduğu mesajı verilir. Bu sureyi okuyan insana şu hatırlatılır: Senin yönelmiş olduğun, niyaz ettiğin Allah, sadece senin ve senin inancına mensup olanların değil, tüm insanların Rabbi'dir. Dolayısıyla O'na yönelirken, sanki tüm mahlûkat adına O'nun huzurundaymış gibi hissetmelisin veya tüm mevcudatın aslında her an O'nun Rab'liğinin tasarrufu altında olduğunu düşünmelisin. İşte sen, böyle bir Rabb'in huzurundasın.

Want to know what we're reading next before anybody else? Support the podcast by subscribing on Patreon! https://patreon.com/372pages This is our last reading of The Legend of Rah & the Muggles, so obviously, the following things will be resolved, wrapped up, made clear, etc. -The golden key-The box in the cave-Rah and Zyn's parents-Sir Geoffrey-The … Continue reading "372 Pages Ep 182 – Muggles #3 – Zyn? You all right, man?"

This week, James is replaced by Rah-buh-buh. Not, like, permanently. Sorry if we got your hopes up there.

Let's start by confessing that, yes; The Legend of Rah & the Muggles is obviously a children's book. I mean, the nuclear holocaust on page one. The small, deformed, hairless creatures getting dragged away by terrifying rodents. Giant horse ants. Fruit worms. This is kid stuff. Still! That does not deter Mike nor Conor from … Continue reading "372 Pages Ep 181 – Muggles #2 – Look, Dr. Dibbs is Obviously Not a Real Doctor…"

En este episodio nos excusamos por la ausencia de un año y nos preguntamos ¿Para qué nos ha servido la historia?También les contamos sobre: nada. No hay dato random, lo sentimos, vuelvas prontos.Apóyanos en Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/randomaccesshistory Encuentra todos nuestros links aquí: https://flow.page/randomaccesshistory Compra buzitos de RAH y VaP en Buzopolis: https://www.instagram.com/buzopolisIlustraciones pasadas de portada Alejandro D.: https://www.instagram.com/trxsnoche.ilus/ Música de Sergio Tovar: https://soundcloud.com/sergiotovar Editado por José Nicolás Jaramillo.Si eres una de esas personas que sí entra a las notas del episodio, te queremos mucho (●'◡'●)

Support the podcast on Patreon where you get every episode a week early plus other assorted nonsense like Mike trying to recap Star Wars and our other podcast 280 Mysteries We'll Never Get Back! https://patreon.com/372pages Get the book here: Strange, hairless beings. Weird animals. Aquatic creatures. Caretakers caked with their own filth. And these are … Continue reading "372 Pages Ep 180 – The Legend of Rah and the Muggles #1 – Death. War. Destruc — oh, hello, Walter!!"

Sumsuch returns with his first live mix of 2025. Exciting label release news coming next month (don't call it a comeback), but until then sit back and enjoy this special blend of only the finest electronic sounds. Subscribe to the show via Apple Podcasts: https://geni.us/ColourAndPitch Tracklist: 1. Prepared - Modul Vier IV - Compost Records 2. Bopperson & Bikbaye - Wellness Is A Practice (Frankson Remix) - +33JOY 3. Freddy da Stupid - Back To Pangea Part II - Batakari       4. RAH & The Ruffcats - Rodeo (Kid Fonque Refix) - Sonar Kollektiv 5. Julian Marazuela - Lights (Vincenzo Remix) - Be Adult Music 6. Rasmus Vels - Pippi - HUSLY       7. Yuu Udagawa - Radiance (Atjazz Floor Dub) - Cosmocities Records  8. Ewan Rill - Space District (Freedo Mosho Edit) - Electronic Groove Records 9. Clive From Accounts - Konsumu Suru ft. Maya Kuroki & Jessica Roch - Razor N Tape 10. Simbad - Dream On (Giom Remix) - Lazy Days Recordings 11. CandyMan & Gumz - Spirit of Africa - Nervous 12. Sound Avenue - Xfalls (Freedo Mosho Remix) - Electronic Groove 13. Jay Shepheard - Arrowhead County (Roberto Rodriguez Remix) - Compost Records

David Morales, Emiliano Pepe - You Don't Love Me (Extended Mix),Angelica de No - Gonna Get Over You (Radio Edit),Alexander Flood - Can't Get Enough (feat. Vivian Sessoms),Voices Presents Individual - Sky High (Satoshie Tomiie Interpretation),Loleatta Holloway - We're Getting Stronger (The Longer We Stay Together) [Frankie Knuckles & Eric Kupper Remix] (DJ Memê Edit),Hardsoul - Back Together (Director's Cut Classic Club Mix),Gat Decor - Passion (Grant Nelson Vocal Pressure Mix),Hotmood - Funk Party,Michele Chiavarini, Hazel Fernandez - Save Me (Extended Mix),Definite Grooves - Disco Light (Extended Mix),Mary J. Blige - Let No Man Put Asunder,RAH and The Ruffcats - Rodeo (Kid Fonque Refix),Eric Faria - Cant Get Enough Of Your Love Baby (Eric Faria & Jorge Araujo Afro Mix),Erica Falls - Optimistic,Tyrand - Do It Right,Jenn Em - I'm Ready (Alex di Ciò Remix),Close Counters - Freedom We're Needing,Jorge Dalto - Samba All Day Long,Quincy Jones - Love I Never Had It So Good (DoctorSoul Remix),David Morales - Life Is A Song (Ol' Skool Extended Mix),The Salsoul Orchestra - Runaway,

As broadcast @ www.totallywiredradio.com Tuesday 21.01.25Hour One and Two with Ket Shah01. Vaneese & Carolyn - Goodbye Song (Polydor 1978)02. Papik Presents The Soultrend Orchestra ft. Erika Scherlin & Anna Fondi - Nothing Better Than You (Irma 2025)03. Rhythm & Bliss - Love Is The Sun (Rainbow Island / BBE Music 1979/2025)04. Randy Brown - Do It Baby (Parachute 1978)05. Rita Satch - Give It All (Palm Trees) (Silk Throne 2025)06. Victoria Port - Haunting (First Word 2025)07. Wallace Negão - Tambor Falou (Seelae 2024)08. Nyron Higor ft. Johanna - Me Vestir De Você (Far Out 2025)09. S-Tone Inc. ft Laura Fedele - Candlelight (Schema 2025)10. Lea Maria Fries - Witch's Broom (Heavenly Sweetness 2025)11. Kuna Maze - Stab (Tru Thoughts 2025)12. Candidates of Ebba - 1.Maj (Music For Dreams 2025)13. Jorge Montiel & Juan Laya Ft. Andre Espeut - Universal Flow (Instrumental) (Imagenes 2025)14. Pat Kalla & Le Super Mojo - Belle Terre (Voilla Remix) (Heavenly Sweetness 2025)15. Jorge Bezerra - Je Viens De Là (Mike Steva Remix) (ARCO 2025)16. MoBlack & Gruwski - Void (MoBlack 2025)17. RAH & The Ruffcats - Rodeo (Kid Fonque Refix) (Sonar Kollektiv 2025)18. Wardner, Patch - Revelations (Feedasoul 2025)19. Deep Lo - Smooth (Kudos 2025)20. Comfort Deep - Craft Tsa Comfort (Deep Clicks 2025)21. Don Carlos - Keep on Loving (Piano Version) (Irma Dancefloor 2025)22. Matt Correa ft. Brainfreezer - Tropical Meeting (Guerrilla 2025)23. Laseech - Rising Soul (Kez YM Version) (Cycle 2025)24. Justnique - Elevator Music (Blur 2025)25. Adrià Falcó - Sakura (Magic Stories 2025)26. Fimiani - Disco Music (Delfonic Remix) (Toy Tonics 2025)

Send us a textWelcome back to another episode of RAH! We hope you're having a wonderful day so far, and if you are from the north then we hope you are staying warm! Today we're back with a Round Table Talk episode with two familiar voices, Jessica and Blake Browning! It's so good to have the two of them back after almost 6+ months with out them. Today we're talking about some embarrassing things that has either happened to us, our kids, or someone else's kids. We had so much fun talking about these and we hope you enjoy them as well. If you have any stories that you'd like to share, we would LOVE to hear them... So send them our way. Ya never know, we may just make a special episode just from YOUR stories! Make sure to stick around to the very end to hear a blooper conversation we had... We love y'all, and God bless!Thanks for listening! Leave us some feedback at rah.podcast23@gmail.com, or on Apple Podcasts! You can also find us on Facebook and Instagram.

If you supported our Patreon you could've been listening to this a week ago! Join the fun here: patreon.com/372pages In this episode we'll cover the wild backstory of our 32nd book “The Legend of Rah and the Muggles”. You may have heard about the 2001 lawsuit regarding this and the author's other books about “Larry … Continue reading "372 Pages Ep 179 – Book 32: The Legend of Rah and the Muggles"

Send us a textHappy New Year, friends! Welcome back to another episode of RAH! We're back again with another interview episode... A familiar voice.... Jessica Browning!!! Join us as she talks about the testimony of how Just Peachy was established. And it's exactly that... A TESTIMONY! We pray that you find this testimony as an encouragement, and a blessing. We love y'all. God bless! If you would like to check out Just Peachy, you can do so online. She has direct links on her business pages on Facebook and Instagram, or you could simply search justpeachybyjess.com on your web browser.Thanks for listening! Leave us some feedback at rah.podcast23@gmail.com, or on Apple Podcasts! You can also find us on Facebook and Instagram.

Damo is delighted with his recent experience with sleep therapy. Damon just finished INSURV on his Aircraft Carrier. Damo gets back in his “tin foil” bag and brings up aliens again to Damon. Damo talks about receiving his first DEOCS. Damon and Damo discuss how they spent Thanksgiving. The guys discuss what they are thankful for this year in the Navy. What is the “worst” rank in the Navy? Have you seen that graphic going around about upcoming changes in the Navy? The guys discuss these changes and why they waited so long to bring the topic up. NAVADMIN 242/24 was released, marking a major change to the Navy's PFA process. The Pentagon recently dropped 51 disqualifying conditions. The latest annual suicide list has been released by the DoD. AFFF is being sunset due to its toxic nature. NFCU is back in the news for all the wrong reasons. Another Chief was caught stealing military equipment. How can Chiefs that steal retain respect at their commands? Damon has a question about the concept of “change” and what that looks like for a servicemember. The guys discuss their weekly approaches to leadership. The guys share the latest #DoBetter from a listener along with a few of their own. Damo finally finished “The Last Stand of the Tin Can Sailors” and is here to share his review. Follow ‘Permission to Speak Freely' on TikTok, Facebook, Discord, Instagram, and Twitter, and subscribe on YouTube for more great content.     To have your “Do Better” reviewed on a future episode please get in touch with us at ptsfpodcast@gmail.com       Keep up with the ‘Permission to Speak Freely' podcast on our social media and YouTube - https://linktr.ee/Ptsfpodcast       Links and more from the episode:   Drake vs. The Industry https://apnews.com/article/drake-lawsuit-umg-d36b719ed62009c01f09d949b1032c25   Aliens in the Ocean? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nCCVK1i0TjE&ab_channel=WACHFOX   New PRT Navadmin: https://www.mynavyhr.navy.mil/Portals/55/Messages/NAVADMIN/NAV2024/NAV24242.txt?ver=1_AQJjkprVGMF2v-ZMok9Q%3d%3d   Pentagon Drops 51 Disqualifying Conditions https://www.militarytimes.com/news/your-military/2024/10/31/pentagon-drops-51-disqualifying-conditions-as-part-of-recruiting-push/   Houthis Attacking Destroyers https://news.usni.org/2024/11/12/houthis-attack-two-u-s-destroyers-leaving-the-red-sea-pentagon-says   2025 DoD Suicide Report Released https://www.defense.gov/News/Releases/Release/Article/3964785/department-of-defense-releases-its-annual-report-on-suicide-in-the-military-for/#:~:text=In%20CY%202023%2C%20523%20Service,have%20gradually%20increased%20since%202011   Rest Well Sgt. Sarah Roque: Why are we killing each other? https://www.cbsnews.com/news/sergeant-death-sarah-roque-soldier-charged-murder-missouri-fort-leonard-wood/ Body Of Missing 23-Year-Old Army Sergeant Found In Dumpster, Believed To Be Homicide https://www.wideopencountry.com/body-of-missing-23-year-old-army-sergeant-found-in-dumpster-believed-to-be-homicide/   Removal of AFFF https://www.stripes.com/theaters/asia_pacific/2024-11-18/pfas-firefighting-foam-military-japan-15884315.html   Navy Fed fined 95 million for illegal overdraft fees https://www.pymnts.com/bank-regulation/2024/navy-federal-credit-union-fined-95-million-for-illegal-overdraft-fees/   Chief Caught Stealing https://www.13newsnow.com/article/news/crime/chief-petty-officer-pleads-guilty-to-stealing-military-equipment-and-selling-it-online/291-7aa2bb23-4127-48e8-9685-cfe795c85bec   ‘Nah' to ‘Rah' is crazy  - Marine recruit says nah to ‘rah,' flees boot camp, gets captured https://www.marinecorpstimes.com/news/your-marine-corps/2024/11/12/marine-recruit-says-nah-to-rah-flees-boot-camp-gets-captured/       Book of the Week: The Last Stand of the Tin Can Sailors (James Hornfisher) https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/82865/the-last-stand-of-the-tin-can-sailors-by-james-d-hornfischer/       Additional Credits: PTSF “Theme Music” - Produced by Lim0

Aus Lagos, der Stadt in der Fela Kuti lebte und wirkte, kam vor einigen Jahren ein junger Mann mit dem schönen Namen Rapturous Apollo Helios nach Berlin. Da er Live-Musik liebt, tauchte RAH, wie er sich auch nennt, umgehend in die Funk-, HipHop- und Soul-Session-Szene der deutschen Hauptstadt ein, in der auch die Ruffcats ihre Kreise zogen. Bald wurde man aufeinander aufmerksam, und die etablierten Studio- und Bühnenmusiker taten sich mit dem talentierten Sänger, Rapper und MC zusammen. Ein "Match made in Heaven" sozusagen, wie der tonträgergewordene Afrobeat-Funk-Hybrid "Orile To Berlin" beweist.

Mezza & Craig are joined by Lucy Jordache, Georgina Wistow and Ian Mosley to talk about Marillions first gig at the Royal Albert Hall in London. Chat includes the planning and logistics of playing the RAH, including ticket management, band discussions and the reasons why playing the RAH is not like ANY other venue! Later in the episode, Ian Mosley joins the chat to reminisce about this historic gig. Look out for part 2 in our next episode.

Are you all ready for some bad Ronance....or Romance...or Space Opera? Well, it is what it is and this is it. We have Ronan and Crystal and two space races that really...really....really do not want them to be together. What shall they do? Why not call up Sue and Reed, cause they are the poster children of good ideas. I could get all clever and fun, but I am not going to because I have other things to do tomorrow. So instead, I am phoning in and audible from Lady Gaga, and we are going to see what happens. Rah, rah-ah-ah-ah Roma, roma-ma Gaga, ooh-la-la Want your bad romance I want your ugly, I want your disease I want your everything as long as it's free I want your love Love, love, love, I want your love (hey) I want your drama, the touch of your hand (hey) I want your leather-studded kiss in the sand I want your love Love, love, love, I want your love (love, love, love) (I want your love) You know that I want you And you know that I need you I want it bad, your bad romance I want your horror, I want your design 'Cause you're a criminal as long as you're mine I want your love Love, love, love, I want your love I want your psycho, your vertigo shtick (hey) Want you in my rear window, baby, you're sick I want your love Love, love, love, I want your love (love, love, love) (I want your love) I think that all makes sense. I don't know. We also have some merchandise over at Redbubble. We have a couple of nifty shirts for sale. https://www.redbubble.com/people/jeffrickpresent/?asc=u   Check out the images at our website: https://jeffandrickpresent.wordpress.com/2024/10/04/ff-21-ronance/ You can also subscribe and listen to us on YouTube!  Our show supports the Hero Initiative, Helping Comic Creators in Need.  http://www.heroinitiative.org/ Eighties Action by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3703-eighties-action License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Epic Intro 2015 (Original Very Short)

Listen every Friday from 21 till 22 (Moscow time) Jazz FM (radiojazzfm.ru) Subscribe in iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/ru/podcast/funk-and-beyond-weekly/id1063844118?mt=2 for more details please visit beyondfunk.ru Tracklist: 1. Les Hommes - Sonorissima Bay 2. Allysha Joy - Silk 3. Miles Bonny & Shhor - Flyyy Away 4. Thes One - 90s Mike and Chris on the Porch 5. Gizelle Smith & The Mighty Mocambos - Coffee High 6. Lake Street Dive - Seats at the Bar 7. Momo - Para (feat. Jessica Lauren) 8. Thee Heart Tones - No Longer Mine 9. Los Yesterdays - I Want You to Stay 10. Haldi & ans Flamingo - Õige aeg 11. Rah x The Ruffcats - Inside Out (feat. Melane) 12. Clapper - Try Again 13. Oreglo - Peck Reprise 14. 10 Rio 18 - Padre Tiempo (feat. Luzmira Zerpa) 15. Lady Blackbird - The City 16. Kylie Auldist - Changes 17. Mike Anthony - Why Can't We Live Together

Listen every Friday from 21 till 22 (Moscow time) Jazz FM (radiojazzfm.ru) Subscribe in iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/ru/podcast/funk-and-beyond-weekly/id1063844118?mt=2 for more details please visit beyondfunk.ru Tracklist: 1. Karma - My Resting Place 2. Thee Marloes - I Know 3. Bobby Oroza - Queen of the Barrio 4. Sven Lindvall - Your Beautiful Smile 5.Aaron Frazer - Payback 6. Enzo Avitabile and Bottari - A peste 7. Brijean - Euphoric Avenue 8. Azamiah - Night Woman 9. Jake Long - Silhouette (Radio Edit) 10. Bibi Tanga & The Selenites - Like a Rolling Stone 11. Alfie Templeman - Vultures 12. Bolbec - Vengeance Tropicale 13. My Friend Dario - Zingarella 14. DARGZ - Twilight (feat. Jayy Starr) 15. Audrey Powne - Interlude 1 16. Rah x The Ruffcats - MoonSun 17. Lo Greco Bros,Fusion Funk Foundation - Touch 18. Manu Dibango - African Voodoo

Oneika Raymond heads to New Orleans, Louisiana to connect with the people and history of Tremé, one of the oldest Black neighborhoods in the U.S. There, she'll sit with some of the Tremé culture bearers of music, food and history to build a deeper understanding of the city's roots. Oneika sets off from her hotel, W New Orleans French Quarter. It's a short commute to her first stop of the day in the Tremé: Kermit's Tremé Mother in Law Lounge, the last standing jazz lounge in the neighborhood. She meets with Kermit Ruffins, the lounge owner and a beloved musician in his community. He delights Oneika with a song and stories of growing up in the neighborhood where the lively sounds of New Orleans-style jazz were born. Next, Oneika heads to the historic Congo Square, once a gathering place for enslaved and free people of color that remains an epicenter of culture within Tremé today. Denise is a seventh generation Creole storyteller and owner of the New Orleans history storytelling company, Our Sacred Stories. Denise gives Oneika a tour of the gathering place nestled in the heart of Louis Armstrong Park to share the customs and traditions born out of Congo Square.Ready for a meal, Oneika is off to her final stop, the plant-based soul food restaurant, I-tal Garden. There she meets the owner, Chef Joseph “Rah” Robinson for a delicious, home-cooked meal. Chef Rah tells Oneika about his mission to help nourish the bodies within his community by way of his unique, plant-based take on the traditional New Orleans dishes he grew up eating.Experience the soulful city of New Orleans for yourself. For more about Oneika's journey — and to get other itinerary ideas — visit Marriott Bonvoy Traveler. To book your stay at W New Orleans, visit the hotel's website. Book wellness-inspired activities for yourself at Marriott Bonvoy Tours & Activities. Marriott Bonvoy members earn points on every experience booked through the site. About the Journey is a podcast produced by Marriott Bonvoy Traveler, AT WILL MEDIA, MNTRA, and Oneika Raymond. Listen and follow the show here.To read full episode transcripts from About the Journey and see photos of each featured destination, head to About the Journey on Marriott Bonvoy Traveler. Starting this season, you can watch full videos of each episode on the Marriott Bonvoy YouTube channel.

"I Am a Man!" cried the Civil Rights union strikers! DNC: Trump's a scab! Fun calls… Supers… Mexican Israel critic! The Hake Report, Tuesday, August 20, 2024 AD TIME STAMPS * (0:00:00) Start* (0:04:08) Hey, guys! Tom JLP tee * (0:07:55) "I Am a Man!" Wikipedia* (0:13:57) Sanitation strike old footage * (0:18:52) Sanitation strike sob stories, MLK * (0:21:27) We know! You don't know! * (0:25:02) Union guy at DNC * (0:30:21) Steve Kerr all lame, confusing what a leader is * (0:32:11) MARK: Snivel Special Rights; WS; Ban? Military; DNC * (0:40:20) JOE, AZ: slavery… * (0:43:41) JOE: Dred Scott * (0:46:00) JOE: FS, genocide * (0:51:12) JEFF, LA: Union vs workers / scabs * (0:56:00) JEFF: Why Civil Rights coverage? Grandma refused service to MLK * (1:01:20) Supers: IG, Rumble * (1:04:28) Coffees: Ban Joe? Don't split the baby! * (1:08:53) Coffee: Kaz Atheist Edge conversation: Bible, diversity* (1:14:31) WILLIAM, CA: DNC, Waters, AOC, old news, Unions, "racism" * (1:22:42) WILLIAM: Kamala price controls, Dylan Burns, Steve Kerr * (1:27:15) JAVIER, IA, 1st: Israel support no reason. Mexico. * (1:35:28) JAVIER: Israel bomb Gaza, US bomb Mexico cartel. Vengeance * (1:41:48) JAVIER: Killing of young vs old; Gay capital Tel Aviv * (1:45:05) Supers… not ALL Mexicans! * (1:47:32) MR PINK: Vengeance, victimhood. Israel-Palestine propaganda * (1:51:14) MR PINK: Don't be bribed! Boo, Civil Rights! * (1:52:31) Call me tomorrow! * (1:53:19) Panoply Academy - "Dedache" - 1998, Rah! LINKS BLOG  https://www.thehakereport.com/blog/2024/8/20/the-hake-report-tue-8-20-24 PODCAST / Substack  HAKE NEWS from JLP  https://www.thehakereport.com/jlp-news/2024/8/20/hake-news-tue-8-20-24 Hake is live M-F 9-11a PT (11-1CT/12-2ET) Call-in 1-888-775-3773 https://www.thehakereport.com/show VIDEO  YouTube  -  Rumble*  -  Facebook  -  X  -  BitChute  -  Odysee*  PODCAST  Substack  -  Apple  -  Spotify  -  Castbox  -  Podcast Addict  *SUPER CHAT on platforms* above or  BuyMeACoffee, etc.  SHOP  Spring  -  Cameo  |  All My Links  JLP Network:  JLP  -  Church  -  TFS  -  Nick  -  Joel  -  Punchie  HAKE NOTES | Tue 8-20-24“I AM A MAN”Wikipedia (YouTube) "I AM A MAN!" Martin Luther King Jr During the Memphis Sanitation Strike (Daily Dose Documentary) Memphis Sanitation Strike  Get full access to HAKE at thehakereport.substack.com/subscribe

Show notes below! Fire captivates doesn't it? Fire is just absolutely captivating. I remember years ago going camping and we got the fire started up and people from other campsites started coming over cause they didn't know how to build a fire in the rain. And with all the adventures I had with some very interesting Indians, that was a piece of cake. My name is Mr. 2020 you are listening to the power of imagination podcast, and I want you to be on fire for your desire. In other words, you've got to let it warm you. You've got to let it capture your attention. When people gather around a fire, the fire becomes the central part of the circle. You get to become on fire for your desire. Now, that doesn't mean, the most common mistake, by the way, is, you know, ra ra ree, kick him in the knee, ra ra ras, kick him in the other knee. This is not about a Tony Robbins style pep rally, about getting all emotional and all excited. It's about the feeling of natural. So we started up a campfire, and it was wet from the rains. And people naturally just gathered. And this is what happens when you have the foundations firm. Having made over a thousand fires by rubbing two sticks together, probably two, 300 of them in the rain, making a fire in the rain was not a problem for me. I got a lot of experience from doing what works. And I learned what works from those who well knew the traditions. I tried to teach myself how to rub fire, rub two sticks together and make fire for three years before I decided to sit down with someone that knew it. And I was semi successful. I worked really hard and they said, Hey, show me what you're doing. And I did, and I said, Oh my, watch this. And then they showed me a couple of things and I went, my God, how cool is that? And again, this is a whole way of life, by the way, but the basics, what I want you to get today, you have to be on fire for your desire. And that's not emotional. That's occupational. Emotional has you make a big, big deal. Rah, rah, re kick him in the knee bit. You already did that. Rah, rah, rah, kick him in the other knee. But on the other hand. When your desire so floods your attention, when you wear it like a fragrant odor, when you nail the foundation so that you can surrender into it, this becomes easy, this becomes fun. My name is Mr. 2020, you've been listening to the Power of Imagination podcast. Today we invite you to dive deeper, soar higher, get that feel it real power pack special. It's got some really cool recordings, about an hour and a half. Won't take up your whole life to listen to it. It's got some gold in there for you. Got some bonuses too. And also, there's a 33 page handbook. Please print that out. Please scribble notes inside. Don't just skim it. Your life is worth so much more than just another skim on a screen. Have a lovely day. Dive deeper, soar higher. Click it. See ya.

In this episode, Dr. Soong-Chan Rah, award-winning author and seminary professor, discusses the importance of practicing a lived theology, the power of counter-cultural narratives, the role of the church in addressing individual and systemic sin, the significance of lament and how cancel culture actually reveals an insecurity in our identity as followers of Christ. Suanne and Dr. Rah also spend some significant time highlighting the changing demographics of the American church and how that current reality calls us to rethink our practices and love our neighbor in deeper and evolving ways.

On this week's episode, Ape, Rad and Rah celebrate the Season Finale with their last guest for episode 75 name Quan. After much need reminiscing, the gentlemen get right into music where they discuss Rob 49's Latest Single feat. Cardi B, 'On Dat Money,' Big Sean's On The Radar Freestyle, R Kelly Singing in prison and more! In addition, the latest trends of the week including Joe Biden having covid and dropping out then endorsing Kamala Harris. Also, updates on the YSL Trial, Jake Paul and Conor Mcgregor beefing after Jake beats Mike Perry, and Team USA vs South Sudan Basketball game. Tune in to our television reviews wic includes House of the Dragon and The Boys season finale. There's always more! Enjoy and thank you all for making it to episode 75! We love and appreciate all of you.

We're kicking off Season 4 with a bang, with out very first episode exploring the world of bootblacking. Leather care extraordinaire Knotty Kitty as well as the delightfully disembodied voice of Rah teach us the ins and outs of bootblacking, from what it entails to its spicy existence in the kink community. Is there any crossover with foot fetishism? Is bootblacking just for submissives? How do you make shoe shining arousing? Come along as we untie the laces behind the allure and technique behind this unique practice!

We were back with a clutch of brand-new Indie bangers!New music from The Dear Boys, The Rifles, Chloe Slater, Royel Otis, High Vis, Clairo, The Rah's, L'Imperatrice, Brijean, Alice Phoebe Lou, and Bluhm.+ Some classics mixed in from Buzzcocks, Elastica, Oasis, Fatboy Slim, and more.As promised, we're Making Mondays Happy Again!For more info and tracklisting, visit https://thefaceradio.com/side-effects.Tune into new broadcasts of Side Effects, LIVE, Monday from 2 - 4 PM EST / 7 - 9 PM GMT on The Face Radio.Dig this show? Please consider supporting The Face Radio: http://support.thefaceradio.com.Connect: https://linktr.ee/kurtispowers Support The Face Radio with PatreonSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/thefaceradio. Join the family at https://plus.acast.com/s/thefaceradio. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

So-de-licious. Hairy Metal with Dunaway. Tomorrow we Celebrate FREEDOM... Freedom from TMS. Rah! Rah! Wrong team! The Cracks in Tina. Well Pat my Cheese steak. Certified Companions Let It Rip. F Minor Bombs. Tom's got the Vim. killer cords from outer space. Van batting for the other team. Rat-a-too-tees. Sorry Canada. Soda bubbles are devil's farts. They had hair and were a band. Dilated Anus and Euphoric Recommentals and more on this episode of The Morning Stream. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

So-de-licious. Hairy Metal with Dunaway. Tomorrow we Celebrate FREEDOM... Freedom from TMS. Rah! Rah! Wrong team! The Cracks in Tina. Well Pat my Cheese steak. Certified Companions Let It Rip. F Minor Bombs. Tom's got the Vim. killer cords from outer space. Van batting for the other team. Rat-a-too-tees. Sorry Canada. Soda bubbles are devil's farts. They had hair and were a band. Dilated Anus and Euphoric Recommentals and more on this episode of The Morning Stream. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode, I sat down with Rah Mahtani. Rah is the marketing leader of Alibaba North America with a proven track record of steering innovative branding campaigns. He is one of the driving forces behind amazing Co-create and we are here to discuss this upcoming Co-create 2024 conference and why it is a must-attend event for E-commerce professionals.   Rah provides insights into the innovative thinking and collaboration that will be showcased at the conference, as well as the exciting opportunities for networking and learning from industry leaders. Plus, you'll get the dibs ong early bird tickets promotions and exclusive WOE promo code. So tune in in this exciting episode.   In This Episode: [00:15] Introducing Rah Mahtani of Alibaba [02:30] Rah's background and how he has come to where he is. [04:00] Why Co-create? [06:05] Target audience. [08:00] What to look forward to in the event. [12:40] Early bird ticket [14:30] VIP only. [24:00] Networking.   Book References: Where the sidewalk ends by Shel Silverstein House at Pooh Corner by AA Milne   Guest Links and References: Website: https://alibaba.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rmahtani Linkedin profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rahmahtani/ Co-create Event Promo: https://cocreate.alibaba.com/ Code: WOE for 20% off   Links and References: Wizards of Amazon: https://www.wizardsofecom.com/ Wizards of Amazon Courses: www.wizardsofecom.com/academy Wizards of Amazon Meetup: https://www.meetup.com/South-Florida-FBA/ Wizards of Amazon on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/WizardsofAmazon/ Wizards of Amazon on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/wizardsofecom/

In the latest episode of The PWR Podcast, hosts Britt, Relli, and Rah are back on the mic to discuss recent changes and updates happening at PWR! Their discussion starts with the significant decision to move away from their mentorship with Active Life. They explain that there was a misalignment of values that contributed to the compromise of PWR's vision. They reflect and acknowledge the valuable lessons learned, particularly in areas like growing PWR's 1:1 training programs, coach education, and leadership mentorship. With this change, they are excited to return to their roots with a renewed focus on group-first, strength-based interval training! Rah shares recent updates to group class programming that offer a balanced approach to training to meet the wide needs of our member base. Additionally, she is launching the Summer Accountability 8-week program starting on July 8th, which will include nutritional guidance and workouts, and is open to both members and non-members! Whether you're a current PWR member, former member wanting to stay in the know, or want to try PWR out, this episode is worth a listen! New clients can get their first 2 classes for just $27! Head to www.pwr518.com/joinusatpwr to start today! #PWRtothePPL Find PWR on Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠⁠@pwr_518⁠⁠⁠⁠ Find Brittany on Instagram: @brittany.burnham Find Nicole on Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠⁠@nfcardarelli⁠⁠⁠⁠ Find Sarah on Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠⁠@sar_rah_ward --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/pwr518/message

We're joined by President Ronald Reagan's Budget Director, David Stockman. He tells us what real estate investors and everyday people need to know. Stockman served as Reagan's Director of Office, Management and Budget from 1981 to 1985. He tells us to expect higher inflation and interest rates for longer, maybe even the rest of the decade. Don't expect rate cuts for a long time. The US is moving toward an unsustainable debt situation, with $100T in public debt expected within twenty-five years. We have embedded deficits. Learn why the recession has been postponed. David also reveals what will inevitably pull the trigger to potentially start the recession. Hint: Household budgets. Pandemic stimulus programs gave citizens $3T. Half of it has now been spent. He was also one of the founding partners of Blackstone. David Stockman tells a story about President Reagan's personal touch with him. You can subscribe to David Stockman's Contra Corner for free here. Resources mentioned: David Stockman's Contra Corner For access to properties or free help with a GRE Investment Coach, start here: GREmarketplace.com Get mortgage loans for investment property: RidgeLendingGroup.com or call 855-74-RIDGE  or e-mail: info@RidgeLendingGroup.com Invest with Freedom Family Investments.  You get paid first: Text FAMILY to 66866 For advertising inquiries, visit: GetRichEducation.com/ad Will you please leave a review for the show? I'd be grateful. Search “how to leave an Apple Podcasts review”  GRE Free Investment Coaching: GREmarketplace.com/Coach Best Financial Education: GetRichEducation.com Get our wealth-building newsletter free— text ‘GRE' to 66866 Our YouTube Channel: www.youtube.com/c/GetRichEducation Follow us on Instagram: @getricheducation Keith's personal Instagram: @keithweinhold   Complete episode transcript:   Keith Weinhold (00:00:01) - Welcome to our Ivory Coast, Keith Whitehill. There are some dire warning signs for the future of our economy. We're joined by none other than the father of Reaganomics. To break it down with us. Today is late. President Ronald Reagan's budget director joins us. When is this perpetually postponed recession coming? Why? Inflation and high interest rates could carry on for the rest of the decade. And what it all means to your finances and real estate today on get Rich education.   Robert Syslo (00:00:34) - Since 2014, the powerful get Rich education podcast has created more passive income for people than nearly any other show in the world. This show teaches you how to earn strong returns from past real estate, investing in the best markets without losing your time being a flipper or landlord. Show host Keith Wine, who writes for both Forbes and Rich Dad Advisors and delivers a new show every week. Since 2014, there's been millions of listeners downloads and 188 world nations. He has A-list show guests include top selling personal finance author Robert Kiyosaki. Get Rich education can be heard on every podcast platform, plus it has its own dedicated Apple and Android listener.   Robert Syslo (00:01:08) - Phone apps build wealth on the go with the get Rich education podcast. Sign up now for the get Rich education podcast or visit get Rich education.com.   Corey Coates (00:01:19) - You're listening to the show that has created more financial freedom than nearly any show in the world. This is get rich education.   Keith Weinhold (00:01:35) - We're going to drive from Glen Burnie, Maryland, to Glen County, California and across 188 nations worldwide. I'm Keith Reinhold, and you're listening to get Rich education. We're going bigger picture this week before we talk to President Reagan's money guy in the white House. Understand that today's guest was also one of the founding partners of Blackstone, and they are in the real estate business. You're going to get a lot of deep, uniquely qualified insights today. And I'll tell you what's going on around here. Lately, things have been feeling awfully presidential between last week's program and now this week's program. Hey. Stars and stripes forever. Semper fi. Rah! Now, as the greatest detonation in the history of the world, how in the heck are we, as the United States, going to keep financing our debt now, you can think of a treasury, also known as a bond, as an IOU, as we take on debt to fund our government spending programs.   Keith Weinhold (00:02:42) - Really, what we do is issue then these IOUs to the rest of the world and then down the road. We need to pay back these IOU holders, treasuries, holders, whatever we've borrowed with interest on top of that. That's a really simple way to describe how it works. Think of a Treasury as an IOU. Well, we have $9 trillion in treasuries that need to be rolled over at higher interest rates just this year alone. Okay. Well, how does the market look for that sort of thing? Well, a lot like before you decide to sell a piece of real estate, you would want to know how that buyer's market looks. How is the buyer's market for us selling more treasuries, which is basically us issuing more IOUs? How is that world interest level in our treasuries? Well, this is a time when the world is selling treasuries. We're trying to get rid of them. Well, why would they buy more when we keep printing like crazy, debasing the dollars that they will eventually get their treasuries repaid in down the road? Case in point, China is down to just over 700 billion of treasuries that they're holding.   Keith Weinhold (00:04:01) - Well, they were 3 trillion not too long ago, more than four times that Russia and Iran sold all of their treasuries. Other countries are shedding them too, like Japan. It gets even worse than that because the number one holder of our own debt is our own fed. And then it gets even worse than that. Yet, because even our own fed is rolling treasuries off of their balance sheet. So who is going to finance this often irresponsible US spending the 10 trillion or $11 trillion every single year for the next ten years that we have obligations toward already, and it looks like all those are going to be at higher interest rates, too. Now, I am not telling you how to think about us as the United States, for example, sending foreign aid to multiple nations. That's up to you to decide whether it's Ukraine or the Middle East or Taiwan that gets political. And that is beyond the scope of GR. We are an investing show. What I'm saying is that backdrop that I just gave you, that's something that you need to take into consideration, is you weigh those foreign aid decision types.   Keith Weinhold (00:05:20) - Speaking of getting worse, do we at least have competent decision makers today? Now, as we'll talk to the father of Reaganomics here shortly, someone that served in an earlier era. Here's a clip from this era that really went viral lately, but it's apropos to play it here. This is Jared Bernstein today. He chairs President Joe Biden's Council of Economic Advisers. How much confidence does this instill? And remember, this guy chairs the economic advisers to today's president.   Jared Bernstein (00:05:56) - The US government can't go bankrupt because we can print our own money.   Voice (00:06:00) - Like you said, they print the dollar. So why? Why does the government even borrow?   Jared Bernstein (00:06:04) - Well, the, so the I mean, again, some of this stuff gets some of the language that the, some of the language and concepts are just confusing. I mean, the government definitely prints money and it definitely lends that money, which is why the government definitely prints money. And then it lends that money by, by selling bonds. Is that what they do? They they, the.   Jared Bernstein (00:06:34) - Yeah. They, they they sell bonds. Yeah. They sell bonds. Right. Because they sell bonds and people buy the bonds and lend them the money. Yeah. So a lot of times, a lot of times at least to my year with MMT, the, the language and the concepts can be kind of unnecessarily confusing. But there is no question that the government prints money and then it uses that money to so, yeah, I guess I'm just I don't, I can't really, I don't, I don't get it. I don't know what they're talking about.   Keith Weinhold (00:07:08) - Well geez. How's that for clarity and confidence from today's major decision makers on our economy? Gosh. Now, in my opinion, back in 2020, our government, they set up the wrong incentive structure to deal with the pandemic. Remember things like the PGP, the Paycheck Protection Program, remember mortgage loan forbearance and the eviction moratorium. See when that type of aid is given, well, then the result is that citizens don't learn that they need to keep some cash handy, and then that behavior that gets rewarded gets repeated in that behavior is handouts.   Keith Weinhold (00:07:53) - And then the expectation for more handouts. 56% of Americans don't even have $1,000 for an emergency expense. Well, see, they're not really incentivized to in the future. If in a crisis, everyone just gets another taxpayer funded handout, but then see those same people that got that handout get hurt in the long run. Anyway, with the longer run inflation that the handout created, don't let there be one day of austerity for the least prepared American, I guess. Instead, bail them out and add on to everyone's debt load, which you know that right there. That seems to be the playbook. Like that is the protocol of the day that is not responsible, in my view. Now, the minutes of the latest fed meeting, they said that some fed officials would be open to raising interest rates if inflation doesn't let up. I mean, that news alone that sent stocks plunging like they were riding the Tower of Terror, giving the Dow its worst day in a while. I'll discuss that more with the father of Reaganomics, David Stockman, today.   Keith Weinhold (00:09:01) - It's the kind of episode that can stretch your thinking here. Now, what is Reaganomics? Well, one thing that you should know is that it's committed to the doctrine of supply side economics. You probably heard that term before. And really what that's all about is lowering taxes, decreasing regulation, and allowing free trade and what was called the Reagan budget. That's something that his budget director Stockman expected would help curtail the welfare state. And he gained a reputation as a tough negotiator for that. He lives on the Upper East Side of Manhattan today, and it's kind of funny with macroeconomic discussions. You'll notice something here, the word million, that doesn't even come up that much anymore. It's simply a number that is too small. It is more like billion and trillion. And hey, let's see if the term three orders of magnitude above trillion comes up today. Quadrillion, or even the one after that quintillion. Is that where we're going next? We'll see. before we meet David Simon, I've gotten more questions about something, because the national average bank account pays less than 1% on your savings.   Keith Weinhold (00:10:18) - And where do you really get a decent yield on your savings, even beyond the 5% in an online only savings account or a CD, which that does not outpace true inflation? For years now, I've reliably been getting 8%. What I do is keep my dollars in a private liquidity fund. You can do this to your cash generates up to an 8% return. The minimum investment amount is just 25 K, and you keep getting paid until you decide that you want your money back. And the private liquidity fund has a decade plus track record, and they've always paid their investors 100% in full and on time. And I would know this because I am an investor with them myself. So see what it feels like to earn 8%. A lot of other great listeners are any investing involves risk, even dollars at a brick and mortar bank. So to learn more, just text the word family to 66866. Learn more about the liquidity fund. Get 8% interest. Just do it right now while you're thinking about it.   Keith Weinhold (00:11:23) - Text family to 66866. Let's meet David Stockman. A Wall Street and Washington insider and Harvard grad. Today's guest is a former two time congressman from Michigan, a prolific author, and he is none other than the man known as the father of Reaganomics. He was indeed President Ronald Reagan's budget advisor. Welcome to the show, David Stockman.   David Stockman (00:11:54) - Great to be with you. And, that was a while back. But I think there's some lessons from that time that we would be well advised to try to apply today, that's for sure.   Keith Weinhold (00:12:05) - Well, it's an illustrious title that you'll never shake. It's a pleasure to have you here. And David is a real estate investing show. At times we need to step back and look at the bigger picture. And now on the economy, one seems to get a different answer depending on who they speak with. You have a highly qualified opinion. What do both investors and citizens need to know today about the condition of the American economy?   David Stockman (00:12:29) - I don't think the outlook is very promising, but I think it's important to understand what that means for real estate investors, because the fact is, if you're in real estate and I know many of your listeners or viewers are very knowledgeable and sophisticated, there's really two ways to look at real estate.   David Stockman (00:12:49) - One is as a property that generates a flow of cash or income that is highly reliable, and that you can count on and produces a rate of return on the invested capital that's attractive. That's one way. The second way is that if you invest at the right time, when perhaps interest rates are falling and therefore multiples or cap rates are becoming more attractive and property values are rising rapidly, mainly because of easy money and lower interest rates, then there's a huge opportunity for capital gains. As another way of generating return on capital. But those are two obviously very different tracks. The capital gains route by old invest, improve flip flop the gain and move on or the, you know, income based rent and earnings based, approach to property. Now, I think the reason I went through this is pretty elementary, of course, is that the macro environment is very different between the first strategy and the second strategy. And therefore, the important thing to understand about the macro environment is which environment are you in and is it conducive to strategy a the income strategy or b the capital gains strategy? I would say right now we're totally in an incomes strategy environment, the first route.   David Stockman (00:14:34) - And that's because as we've gone through several decades of easy money, of rapidly rising asset values, of ultra low interest rates, very high multiples, in terms of property values to income that has generated trillions and trillions of capital gains for smart real estate investors. But I think we're out of that environment, and we're in an environment now where we're stuck with massive public debt and deficits. We're stuck with a, central bank that is, basically painted itself into a corner, created so much fiat credit, generated so much liquidity into the economy that now it will be struggling with inflation for years to come. Which means, notwithstanding Wall Street's constant belief that rate cuts are coming tomorrow, there won't be rate cuts for a long time to come. And what we're facing, therefore, there is likely higher rates for longer. A environment in which property values are flat if not declining, and therefore the capital gains route is not going to work very well. But if you have good properties with good tenants and good cash flows and, rental flows, real estate mine works out pretty well.   David Stockman (00:16:05) - But you have to understand the macro environment. And that's one of the things that I work on daily when I, publish my daily newsletter, which is called, David Stockman's Contra Corner.   Keith Weinhold (00:16:19) - You can learn more about Contra Corner, David's blog, before we're done today. David, you have a lot of interesting things to say. There we are in this environment where rates have been higher, longer. It sounds like you believe that is going to continue to be the. Case is rate cuts will be postponed is a little more difficult question. It's some crystal ball stuff. But can you tell us more about that? What can we expect for inflation in interest rates for the rest of this 2020s decade, which has about six years to go?   David Stockman (00:16:48) - There's going to be high rates for most of this decade because we have so much inflation and excess demand built into the economy. We really went overboard, especially after 2020 with the pandemic lockdowns and then these massive stimulus program, something like $6 trillion of added stimulus, was injected into the economy in less than 12 months.   David Stockman (00:17:16) - That created a undertow of inflation that is still with us. And despite all the hopeful commentary that comes from Wall Street, if you look at it year to date, I don't look at just the CPI because the headline number is somewhat volatile and can be pushed and pulled a lot from a month to month based on nonrecurring conditions. But if you look at something called the 16% trimmed mean CPI, it's just the same CPI, but it takes out the lowest 8%, the highest 8% of price observations each month out of the thousands in the market basket. What it does is basically takes the extreme volatility out of the top and the bottom, and gives you a trend that is more reliable if you're looking like on a quarter by quarter or year by year or even multi year basis, well, I mentioned this is important because the trim means CPI is still running at about 4.3% during the first four months of this year to date. That's not a victory over inflation. That's double what the fed says his target is. And frankly, the Fed's target is a little bit phony.   David Stockman (00:18:35) - I mean, what's so great about 2% inflation if you're a saver and your savings are, you know, shrinking by 30% over the course of a decade, so they're going to have a tremendous wrestling match with inflation, not just for a few more months, but I think for several more years in this decade, I don't see the federal funds rate, which is kind of the benchmark rate for overnight money coming down below 5% very soon, or if at all. And that's because with inflation running at 4% or better, if you have a 5% money market rate, you're barely getting a return on capital, especially if you factor in taxes. You know, it's like it's a rounding error and that doesn't work over time. I mean, you're not going to get long term savings. You're not going to get long term capital investment. If the return is after inflation and taxes are either non-existent or negative, as they've been for quite a while. So even though everybody would like to hope we're going back to the good old days of 0% over 90 money or 1% money, which they got so used to over the last couple of decades.   David Stockman (00:19:55) - It was bad policy. It wasn't sustainable. It caused a huge amount of bubbles and distortions in our economy. But once we finally got to the end of that in March 2022, when the fed had to finally pivot and say, yeah, inflation isn't transitory, it's, embedded, we got to do something about it. People think we're going right back to where we were, and that's the key thing to understand. We are not going right back to where we were, in part because of all this inflation business I've talked about, but also in part because they got so used to borrowing money on Capitol Hill and practically zero interest rates that they are now, you know, they have built in deficits of 2 trillion or more a year. And, we are going to be pushing into the bond pits, massive amounts of new government debt. There's no consensus to do anything about it. You know, if the Republicans talk about reforming the entitlements, the Democrats say you're throwing grandma out the snow. If the Democrats talk about raising revenue, the Republicans talked about, you're going to get slaughtered with higher taxes.   David Stockman (00:21:12) - And then everybody's for more wars and more defense and the bigger and bigger national security budget. And that's all she wrote. If you don't do with revenue, you don't do it national defense and entitlements. The rest of it is rounding errors. And so we're stuck with these massive additions to the debt. Now, everybody knows the public debt. Is 34 trillion. Ready? Yeah. What I'd say they don't understand is that by the end of this decade, you ask about the decade, right? Will we close to 60 trillion of debt. And, if you look at the last CBO, projection they do every year at long term projection, and CBO actually is more optimistic than it is warranted in any way. In other words, their long term assumptions I call rosy scenario. There's no more recessions for the next couple of decades. Inflation is well-behaved, interest rates stay low. Full employment lasts indefinitely and forever. Well, this doesn't happen. Look at the real world. Over the last 20 or 30 years, we've been all over the lot.   David Stockman (00:22:18) - So if you look at the CBO forecast, which is I'm just saying here is exceedingly optimistic. They never are the less are projecting that the public debt and they don't even write this number down in their report because it's too scary, will be $100 trillion before the middle of this century.   Keith Weinhold (00:22:41) - That's a.   David Stockman (00:22:42) - Trillion. Yeah. Now, if you ask people today who are market savvy, I like a lot of your viewers. Where are the Treasury bills, notes and bonds today? Well, if you average it all out, it's about 5%. I don't think it's going to come down much. It'll vary a little bit up and down over time, but let's just say it stays at 5%. That means the carry cost of the public debt of a couple decades will be 5 trillion a year. The interest okay. It's staggering. That's almost as much as the whole federal budget is spending this today at, you know, about 6.6 6.7 trillion. So that's where we're heading, a massive debt crisis because they built in a structural deficit that the politicians and I call it the unite party.   David Stockman (00:23:33) - They fight about silly things, but they agree on the big things which are leading to this outcome. The unit party has no ability to do anything about this structural deficit or the march from the 34 trillion that we're at today to 60 trillion by the end of the decade, and 100 trillion of public debt by mid-century. Now, for a real estate investor, that's probably the most important number you're going to hear. You know, at least this week or maybe this month or even this year, because what it means is that the amount of new government debt flowing into the bond pits, that'll have to be financed and that can't be monetized by the fed anymore because there's too much inflation, is going to put constant, enormous pressure upward on interest rates. And of course, higher interest rates mean lower property values. That's just basic real estate math. That's the environment we're heading into, which means good properties with good income and good rental flows are really the only way to go.   Keith Weinhold (00:24:55) - Yeah, well, there's an awful lot there.   Keith Weinhold (00:24:57) - And with this persistent higher inflation that you expect, the way I think about it is the higher the rate of inflation, the more that moves a person's dollars out of a savings account and instead out onto the risk curve. Well, David alluded to a problematic economy. We're going to come back and talk about more of those warning signs and what you can do about it. You're listening to Get Resuscitation, the father of Reaganomics and Ronald Reagan's budget director, David Stockman, I'm your host, Keith Reinhold. Role under this specific expert with income property, you need Ridge Lending Group and MLS for 256 injury history from beginners to veterans. They provided our listeners with more mortgages than anyone. It's where I get my own loans for single family rentals up to four Plex's. Start your pre-qualification and chat with President Charlie Ridge. Personally, they'll even customize a plan tailored to you for growing your portfolio. Start at Ridge Lending group.com Ridge lending group.com.   Speaker 7 (00:26:06) - This is author Jim Rickards. Listen to get Rich education with Keith Reinhold and don't quit your day dream.   Keith Weinhold (00:26:23) - Welcome back to Get Ready. So we're talking with the father of Reaganomics. His name is David Stockman, President Reagan's budget advisor. David, you've been talking about a problematic economy and places we can look and the outcomes that that can create. Why don't we talk about some more of those where we're here in a period where we feel like it's an official recession postponed, for example, are there other places that we should be looking? Is it the sustained inverted yield curve that we had for almost two years, the longest one ever, and a Great Recession predictor? Or is it that we're on the precipice of implosion from a debt to GDP ratio that's at 122%. It actually spiked to 133% when Covid first hit. Or for example, is it something and you've already touched on it a bit, is it more of that federal spending on our debts, interest payments alone each year, which had almost $900 billion for that interest line item that now even exceeds the massive $800 billion that we spend each year on national defense, or should we be looking at somewhere else? So what's out there that's really problematic and what's overblown?   David Stockman (00:27:28) - Okay.   David Stockman (00:27:29) - That's great. And all of those things you mentioned you should be looking at, it depends on your time frame. But I think on the initial question, where is this postponed recession? Why hasn't that happened? The place to look is somewhere that I think most Wall Street analysts aren't focused on, but they should be. And that's a series published by the Federal Reserve that tracks household balance sheets, in other words, liabilities and assets. But there's a particular series that I think is critically important to look at, and it's basically bank deposits, checking account savings accounts plus money market funds. This is all the liquid cash accounts of the household sector, not long term investments in real estate or stocks or bonds, but the short term money. It's the spendable money that households have now, what happened during the pandemic and lockdowns. And then the 6 trillion Is stems that were injected into the economy, like some kind of fiscal madness was going on in Washington, created a total aberration in the amount of cash in the economy, in the household sector, in these accounts that I just mentioned, normally right before the lockdown started and the stimulus was injected, you know, the level of cash accounts was about 12 trillion.   David Stockman (00:29:00) - Within two years it was up to 18 trillion. And normally that cash balance grows about the same rate as the economy. In other words, as incomes go up, people save a small share of their income that goes into various bank accounts. There tends to be a lock step relationship. But what happened during that two year period was there was so much extra cash sent out to the households with the $2,000 checks in the $600 a week extra stimulus money, and then the, trillions that went, you know, for things like the Small Business Administration loan program, which was all forgivable, was about almost upwards of $1 trillion. You know, we could itemize all the others. But this enormous government, unusual cash flow into the economy added to these bank accounts enormously. And then something else happened. The geniuses in Washington, led by Doctor Fauci, decided to shut down half of the service sector, the economy. I'm talking with restaurants and bars and gyms, malls and movies and and all the rest of it.   David Stockman (00:30:09) - So all of a sudden, the normal money that people would have been spending on the service venues, which is a big part of total spending, was stopped. It was kind of forced into artificial savings, sort of government mandated savings. Now, if you put the two together, there was about 2 trillion, extra transfer payments sent out to the public during that two year period. And there was a little over a trillion of normal service spending, restaurants in, etc. that didn't happen because there was a closed sign on the door, compliments of Doctor Fauci, or people were scared to death to go out because, you know, they created all this fear that Covid was some form of black death, which it really wasn't for 95% of the population. In any event, if you put the extra free stuff from the government, 2 trillion and the for savings because of these lockdowns, trillion, you have 3 trillion of unusual cash that flowed into the economy on top of the normal production. Income and profits and spending that would have otherwise gone on.   David Stockman (00:31:26) - Now that 3 trillion temporarily ended up in this account, that I'm just talking about the cash balances of the household sector and its peak, there was about 2.8 trillion extra compared to what would been be the normal case in a regular economy. In a normal economy, that money has been slowly spent down by the household sector, even as the fed has tried to put the screws to the economy. In other words, there was so much extra cash in the system that even as the fed raised interest rates from 0 to 5% and did their darndest to slow things down, all of that excess that was built up during the pandemic period was available to spend. It was spent. And here's the key point. About half of it is now been spent. In other words, there's only about a trillion and a half of the nearest 3 trillion left. Now that is what's delayed the recession. If that big, massive 3 trillion nest egg had been there and the fed began to push rates up as it normally did in a normal cycle, we would have been in recession months ago.   David Stockman (00:32:41) - But what has delayed or deferred the recession is this, cushion, this huge macro piggybank of cash that the government inadvertently or adversely is the case may be generated, during the pandemic period. So that's new. See that? Nobody looks at that because normally it's not a factor. You know, the cash balances are a pretty, prosaic, neutral part of the economy. They're not where you look for the leading edge of where the cycle was going or where new developments may turn up tomorrow. But this time, because of this total aberration of what happened to government transfer payments plus the lockdowns, we have a, X factor, let's call it in the macro picture that is confusing people. It's leading a lot of people to abdicate this no landing scenario. In other words, you know, there's not going to be a recession. We're just going to go on to bigger and better things. And, the fed will get inflation under control and then we can be back to happy times again. No, they're missing.   David Stockman (00:33:56) - The elephant in the room is this massive aberrational unusual one time cash balance that was, generated by these policies. And that still has a little ways to go now. I think at the rate it's being run down, you can almost calculate it a couple hundred billion dollars, a quarter sometime next year, all of that extra cash will be out of the system. And then people will be back to spending only what they're earning. And frankly, earnings they're not. I'm talking about wage and salary earnings, are advancing barely at the inflation rate at the present time. So when we get back to about zero real growth in earnings, we're going to finally see the recession.   Keith Weinhold (00:34:45) - I think one of the big takeaways here is that all these artificial economic injections really take time to unwind.   David Stockman (00:34:56) - Exactly. You have to look at, you know, they always say, well, when the government changes policy, fiscal policy, you tighten or you loosen or monetary policy they raise or lower interest rates. They got QE or they got cute putting money in or taking money out that there's lag and lead times in all of this.   David Stockman (00:35:18) - The problem is, none of the great economic gurus who talk about this really know whether the lag time is 12 months, 25 months, 50 or 5, and it varies. I mean, the circumstance has changed so much in a world GDP of 104 trillion, a domestic economy with 28 trillion of GDP, and all the complex factors that are moving back and forth in today's world, especially as it's enabled by technology and global trade and the internet and all the rest of it, nobody knows the lag times. And as a result, it's very hard to predict when the, brown stuff is going to hit the fan, so to speak. On the other hand, you don't have to know the exact date. You really need to understand the direction, the flow of things. And if you're in an environment that isn't sustainable because you're borrowing like crazy or interest rates or artificially. Low or stock price multiples are way the L2 ie or cap rates on real estate or you know, abnormally low. Then what you have to say is we're going to a different state.   David Stockman (00:36:35) - It's not going to be as conducive as the current state, and we have to be prepared for it, even if we are not sure whether that's 12 months from now or 24 months. But it's going to change. So one thing you can be sure of, there is a famous economist back in my day when I worked on Capitol Hill earlier on, he was Nixon's chief economic adviser in the early 70s. And he famously formulated an aphorism, I guess, which said anything that is unsustainable tends to stop. Okay, that's what I know about the lag times. We're in unsustainable financial, fiscal and monetary environment. And the trends that it has given rise to are going to stop and and not in a good way.   Keith Weinhold (00:37:24) - He even fed Chair Jerome Powell has confessed as much as that. This situation is indeed unsustainable, the exact word that he used. Well, David, this has been great in winding down as Ronald Reagan's budget director. Can you share any anecdote, story or quote from you spending time personally with Ronald Reagan? And the reason I ask is because he is perhaps the most revered president of the past few generations.   Keith Weinhold (00:37:52) - That might mean a lot to our listeners here.   David Stockman (00:37:54) - He should be revered, and not only because he was a great president and a great communicator, and did a lot of important things in policy. Some of them got implemented, and a lot of them were frustrated by Washington and the politicians and the Democrats and everybody else. But also, he was a great human being. And my story about that was when I was budget director, in the fifth year of the Reagan administration, we had our first child, and my wife was in the hospital. At that point in time, President Reagan was in Europe on a very important big international, series of meetings. But, somebody in the white House told him that our daughter had been born. And so he took the time out of his schedule for a call from Germany, the hospital where my wife was, and said he would like to talk to her and, congratulate us on our new arrival. But my wife was in a room with another, a new mother.   David Stockman (00:38:53) - She the other person answered the phone and she said to my wife, there's some joker on the phone with President Reagan. And sure enough, he was there. and he took the time to congratulate my wife. And, so that's the kind of, person he was. He really was a great human being.   Keith Weinhold (00:39:13) - Wow. Yeah. That really shows that he can still be warm and heartfelt, even while doing some key international negotiations there. Potentially. Well, we mentioned it earlier. I can tell you, the audience, that David is a regular author and contributor to his Contra Corner blog and letter, and you can get access to that for free. This is information coming from the father of Reaganomics to you. If you think you would find it a value. David, tell us how our audience can connect with you there.   David Stockman (00:39:44) - Just Google David Stockman Contra corner I publish, I have a website, issues a newsletter every day. It comes automatically in the email. I also have a Substack version. You can sign up for either one, the email from my site or from Substack.   David Stockman (00:40:02) - And every day we try to publish something on these issues that we've been talking about. One day it might be Wall Street, another day it might be Capitol Hill, another day it might be, you know, the war in Ukraine. All of these things matter. All of these things influence the environment that investors have to function in. So we try to comment on a variety of those issues based on, you know, the long experience that I've had, both not only in Washington, but also I was on Wall Street, for about 20 years. I was one of the founding partners of Blackstone, for instance. And we were in the real estate business in a major way, even then.   Keith Weinhold (00:40:44) - Well, we absolutely love that. And I sure am appreciative of your time. It was great connecting with you. And thanks for being on the program today, David.   David Stockman (00:40:53) - Very good. Enjoyed it.   Keith Weinhold (00:41:01) - Yeah. Deep insights from the father of Reaganomics. Stockman thinks we'll be struggling with inflation for years to come.   Keith Weinhold (00:41:08) - There won't be rate cuts for a long time. He sees real estate values as flat or declining, so have good tenants with steady income streams. Of course, in our favoured real estate segment here, residential 1 to 4 units where you can get 30 year fixed rate debt. Higher mortgage rates tend to correlate with higher prices, just like it has for the last three years and almost every period before that too. But there could be more pain for the commercial sector then, and assets that are tied to floating rate debt. And if you're aligned with David Stockman on that, you might want to look at your helocs, because after a fixed rate period, their rates tend to float along with the fed funds rate. So be cautious with Helocs and ask David for specifics. He doesn't see the federal funds rate coming down below 5% anytime soon, and you probably know that is the interest rate that a whole bunch of other interest rates are based off of. And that rate is currently at about 5.3%. By the way, there is projected to be more than 100 t more than $100 trillion of public debt before the middle of this century.   Keith Weinhold (00:42:22) - That's less than 25 years away. I mean, these figures just become unfathomable sometimes. Pandemic wrought inflation that really occurred due to this greater supply of dollars that was introduced chasing a reduced supply of goods. And there were fewer goods because people got paid to stay at home not producing anything. Plus, what had been produced often could not be shipped either. David discussed the 16% trimmed mean CPI, and I've got to say, as much as I am a student devotee in studying inflation, I had never heard of that from his vantage point to find recession signs, look at household balance sheets and what's delayed the recession is that those pandemic measures put an extra 3 trillion bucks into households, and households still have about 1.5 trillion left to spend, which could further delay a recession. He projects that it's sometime next year that all of that extra cash will be out of the system. When you talk to how many people got this recession predictions so horribly wrong? Back in October 2022, Bloomberg Economics forecast a 100% chance of a recession by the following fall, which is almost a year ago now.   Keith Weinhold (00:43:48) - Well, a 100% chance that left no room for anything else to happen. And they really whiffed on that one. Now, you know, I've got to add something here. A personal note if I can, but I'll give you a lesson along with it. And that is that at times like today, where I found myself one degree of separation from one of the most revered presidents in all of American history, I sometimes have some difficulty understanding how I keep having the opportunity to share time with people like today's guest. Now, I'm certainly not a PhD economist. And in fact, on the flip side, I've also never been a person that's been so poor and destitute that I was dying of hunger. But I do come from a modest place. When I flew the coop and left my parents home, I rented my first pathetic place to live a $325 a month pool house in the back of my landlord's property at 852 Spruce Avenue in Westchester, Pennsylvania. Yeah, a pathetic little pool house right next to the landlord's swimming pool.   Keith Weinhold (00:45:04) - I mean, I was living really pathetically there for a while as I was struggling just to do things like find gainful employment and figure out the world and find a steady income. Yeah, it was 325 a month plus electric and the one small heater that was there, it was electric and it was really expensive to run. And on the coldest days, it wouldn't even adequately heat my pathetic little pool house that I ended up living in for 18 months. And just because I couldn't figure a way out of that situation for a while, I mean, I was too ashamed to ever bring a girl back there to that sad pool house. It was just one sink for the whole place. Combined kitchen and bathroom sink in the bathroom. I mean, most of my friends, they got their driver's license at age 16 and they soon had their own car. I didn't own a car until I was aged 22 or 23, and it's not because I lived in an urban area and walked. Everywhere use public transit there in Pennsylvania.   Keith Weinhold (00:46:02) - It just took me a long time to afford a beater car and pay for insurance. I really needed a car and couldn't afford one. So really my point here is that sometimes I have to wonder how I got here from there. And I think what it is is taking an interest in real estate and investing. And despite just having a humble bachelor's degree in geography, it's really about becoming an autodidact, meaning self-taught. And it's easy to teach yourself when you find what interests you. And let me point to two other things besides adopting an auto didactic ethic to help me turn the corner into being in a place where I can have conversations like the one that I've had today. It was getting around aspirational friends. Like I've mentioned before, that showed me how I can start with a bang buy with little money. On my first home, I could put a 3.5% down payment on a fourplex, live in one unit and rent out the other three. And I will give myself some credit for doing those things. And then really, the third thing is that stroke of luck element, like just 4% of world inhabitants have been.   Keith Weinhold (00:47:15) - I was one of that 4% that was born in the United States. And then I had two great, married, stable, supportive parents to cultivate the right environment for me. And well, today was just one of those days where I sort of nudged myself and I'm glad that it happened. Most importantly, I trust that you got value from today's show and that you do every single week here. Check out David Stockman's Contra Corner. Next week, we'll look for signs of distress in real estate as we delve inside the foreclosure market and how you can find discounted deals there. Until then, Idaho's Keith Wayne hold don't quit your day trip.   Speaker 8 (00:48:02) - Nothing on this show should be considered specific, personal or professional advice. Please consult an appropriate tax, legal, real estate, financial or business professional for individualized advice. Opinions of guests are their own. Information is not guaranteed. All investment strategies have the potential for profit or loss. The host is operating on behalf of get Rich education LLC exclusively. The.   Keith Weinhold (00:48:30) - The preceding program was brought to you by your home for wealth building.   Keith Weinhold (00:48:34) - Get rich education.com.

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