Crony Capitalist Podcast

26/11/2022

We want to wish everybody a happy Thanksgiving from us here at Rspec Design! We are thankful for our family and our partners that help us continue to strive to create success!


27/07/2022

"Russia, as expected, has cut gas flows to Europe, ratcheting up tensions as countries across the continent try to bolster storage supplies before the winter."



https://www.rferl.org/amp/russia-gas-nord-stream-1-cut-flows-european-union/31962248.html

Russia, as expected, has cut gas flows to Europe, ratcheting up tensions as countries across the continent try to bolster storage supplies before the winter.

24/07/2022

“Violence has gone up so much in the US,” she said. “I wanted to give my kid a normal childhood.”

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-07-20/americans-moving-to-europe-housing-prices-and-strong-dollar-fuel-relocations?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=socialflow-organic&utm_content=business&cmpid=socialflow-facebook-business&fbclid=IwAR175vPenYtSG94vkOQ1cvCdJBGZxGH5C0KLmJXudT1AM75ReCZK2I57OE8

Prohibitive housing prices, a strong dollar and political rancor have contributed to a wave of Americans relocating to Europe.

20/07/2022

"While Monje and Iwasaki’s work has given researchers a better idea of how Covid might affect the brain, it may take years before there is a working treatment for patients."



https://www.wired.com/story/the-secrets-of-covid-brain-fog-are-starting-to-lift/

Scientists are getting closer to understanding the neurology behind the memory problems and cognitive fuzziness that an infection can trigger.

18/07/2022

"Russia would rather see Ukraine destroyed, raised to the ground, than comfortably ensconced in the Western sphere of influence." - Professor John J. Mearsheimer



https://youtu.be/JxdHm2dmvKE

Dr Jordan B Peterson lists the reasons why we're seeing an extended conflict in Ukraine, and explains why a culture war in the West has fueled the Russian fi...

13/07/2022

Would Russia venture into U.S. territory like it did Ukraine? What repercussions would such a move have?



https://www.businessinsider.com/kremlin-official-suggests-US-remember-Alaska-belonged-to-Russia-2022-7

The US purchased Alaska from the Russian government for $7.2 million in 1867. The territory was admitted into the Union in 1959.

08/07/2022

"Friday’s shocking assassination of Japan’s former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in one of the world’s safest countries stunned leaders and drew condemnation."



https://abcnews.go.com/amp/International/wireStory/world-leaders-stunned-abes-shooting-pray-recovery-86433350

Friday’s shocking assassination of Japan’s former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in one of the world’s safest countries stunned leaders and drew condemnation

06/07/2022

"The great virtue of a free market system is that it does not care what color people are; it does not care what their religion is; it only cares whether they can produce something you want to buy. It is the most effective system we have discovered to enable people who hate one another to deal with one another and help one another." - Milton Friedman, Why Government Is the Problem (February 1, 1993), p. 19

30/06/2022

Jesters of Empress Anna Ivanovna by V.Jacobi (1872)

https://slate.com/culture/2015/11/empress-anna-ivanovna-of-russia-hated-love-and-marriage-so-much-that-she-imprisoned-the-prince-and-his-bride-in-an-ice-palace-death-chamber.html

30/06/2022

"Vladimir Putin has responded to NATO's forthcoming expansion, saying he has no problem with Sweden and Finland joining the military alliance, but that if infrastructure is deployed to those countries, Russia will respond in kind."



https://www.cnbc.com/amp/2022/06/30/russia-ukraine-live-updates.html

President Vladimir Putin has responded to NATO's forthcoming expansion. In Ukraine, Russian forces continue to pummel settlements in the east.

30/06/2022

CNN identifies false claims by Democratic super PAC.



https://www.cnn.com/2022/06/25/politics/fact-check-super-pac-lauren-boebert-es**rt-abortion-sugar-daddy/index.html

A Democratic super PAC has made multiple false claims about Republican Rep. Lauren Boebert while pushing unproven allegations that the right-wing Colorado congresswoman has had abortions and formerly worked as an es**rt, all of which Boebert vehemently denies.

29/06/2022

"And from my standpoint as a black American, as far as I'm concerned, it is a high-tech lynching for uppity blacks who in any way deign to think for themselves, to do for themselves, to have different ideas, and it is a message that unless you kowtow to an old order, this is what will happen to you." - Supreme Court Nominee Clarence Thomas, Oct. 11th 1991



https://youtu.be/ZURHD5BU1o8

Around 9:30 p.m., after Anita Hill accused him of sexual harassment, Supreme Court nominee Clarence Thomas responded, calling his nomination hearing "a high-...

27/06/2022

"But while the state of the war, now in its fifth month, is likely to dominate the summit, Nato itself will only offer limited direct support because its members do not want to enter into a fully fledged war with Russia."



https://amp.theguardian.com/world/2022/jun/27/nato-300000-troops-high-alert-russia-threat-ukraine

Alliance’s leader predicts this week’s summit will agree its most significant transformation in a generation

25/06/2022

"How could I bring a child into this terrible world?" ... "Have you read history?" 💭



https://youtu.be/zC1khWr7wg8

Speakers in order: Elon Musk, Chamath Palihapitiya, Dr. Shanna Swan, Jodan B. Peterson, Chris Williamson, Dave Chappelle.Elon Musk is the founder, CEO, and l...

25/06/2022

This is clearly a pro-life documentary and poses an important question: What can we all do to help women?



https://youtu.be/Je1Azu5XHYM

Single and Pregnant?: https://embracegrace.com/get-supportGet Involved: https://embracegrace.com/get-involvedMeet Baby Olivia: https://www.youtube.com/watch?...

24/06/2022

“I could not have imagined, when I accepted this job, the Afghanistan that I am now leaving,” she said.



https://apnews.com/article/afghanistan-politics-united-nations-taliban-religion-a8c83e67c2abf1180c532743d379f8d6

ISLAMABAD (AP) — The U.N. representative in Afghanistan lamented in her farewell statement Thursday the harsh edicts that the Taliban have imposed on girls and women since they seized power in the country, denying them the right to education and work and forcing millions to stay at home.

22/06/2022

"Avenatti has been defending against 36 criminal charges that include stealing millions of dollars from clients, lying to the Internal Revenue Service and a bankruptcy court, and defrauding a bank, and if convicted could face 335 years in prison."



https://kfgo.com/2022/06/16/michael-avenatti-to-discuss-possible-guilty-plea-in-court-hearing/

(Reuters) - Michael Avenatti, the twice-convicted lawyer known for taking on former U.S. President Donald Trump, is scheduled to appear in a California federal court on Thursday to discuss a possible guilty plea for criminal charges he still faces....

17/06/2022

“We, sir, are fighting the battle of America — as to surrendering the fort, receive this laconic reply — come and take it.” - Continental Army Col. John McIntosh, Nov. 1778, Fort Morris TX



https://taskandpurpose.com/mandatory-fun/army-tank-names-come-and-take-it/

16/06/2022

"Two years into the pandemic, these findings are raising concerns about the long-term impacts the coronavirus might have on biological processes such as aging."



https://www.inverse.com/science/covid-19-cognitive-effects-brain

Researchers have been steadily gathering important insights into the effects of Covid-19 on the body and brain.

12/06/2022

"For almost 40 years starting in the 1930s, as government researchers purposely let hundreds of Black men die of syphilis in Alabama so they could study the disease"



https://apnews.com/article/politics-health-syphilis-race-and-ethnicity-business-0a393357b7014707cf2dd18454a3cce4

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — For almost 40 years starting in the 1930s, as government researchers purposely let hundreds of Black men die of syphilis in Alabama so they could study the disease, a foundation in New York covered funeral expenses for the deceased.

09/06/2022

"According to a recent British defence ministry intelligence assessment, the Russians have lost as many soldiers in Ukraine over the last three months as the Soviet Union lost in Afghanistan in nine years — about 15,000 personnel."

https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/what-if-the-ukraine-war-is-never-won-

In late March, roughly a month into Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, an unnamed Nato official told NBC News that the conflict was turning into a meat grinder for both sides. ‘If we’re not in a stalemate, we are rapidly approaching one,’ the Nato official said at the time. ‘The reality is that...

31/05/2022

"A federal jury on Tuesday found former Hillary Clinton campaign lawyer Michael Sussmann not guilty of lying to the FBI — finding special counsel John Durham did not prove his case beyond a reasonable doubt."



https://nypost.com/2022/05/31/ex-clinton-campaign-lawyer-sussmann-acquitted-in-trump-russia-trial/

Prosecutors unsuccessfully sought to prove that Sussmann deliberately lied to then-FBI general counsel James Baker by claiming not to be acting on behalf of the Clinton campaign and an Internet exe…

30/05/2022

"Prosecutors say Mr Sussmann lied by not disclosing in the meeting that he was working for the Democrat's campaign."



https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-61488556

Michael Sussmann peddled baseless claims about the Trump Organization in hope of an "October surprise".

27/05/2022

"Vaccination against SARS-CoV-2 lowers the risk of long COVID after infection by only about 15%, according to a study of more than 13 million people1."



https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/long-covid-risk-falls-only-slightly-after-vaccination/

Results from a large study suggest that vaccines offer less protection against lingering symptoms than expected

15/05/2022

"Finland has formally confirmed it intends to join Nato, abandoning decades of military non-alignment in a historic decision triggered by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine."



https://amp.theguardian.com/world/2022/may/15/finland-formally-confirms-intention-to-join-nato-russia

Nordic country that shares 800-mile border with Russia looks to end decades of non-alignment

15/05/2022

"A third world war is the most obvious threat to the preservation of a free society. If this may be optimistically put to one side, the most serious threat is, I believe, inflation. Inflation is a threat less because of its direct effects than because of the measures that are likely to be taken by government to control the inflation and the effects of inflation on the competitive structure of the economy." - Milton Friedman, 1958.



https://fee.org/media/4990/inflation-milton-friedman.pdf

13/05/2022

“If you’d find it hard to support our content breadth, Netflix may not be the best place for you.”



https://variety.com/2022/digital/news/netflix-culture-memo-update-censorship-spending-1235264904/

Netflix loves to tout its culture of avoiding rules and minimizing corporate red tape. But of course, the company does have operating guidelines, famously detailed in the Netflix Culture document p…

05/05/2022

"Ginsburg said that she believed it would have been easier for the public to understand why the Constitution protected abortion rights if it the matter had been framed as one of equal protection rather than privacy."

https://time.com/5354490/ruth-bader-ginsburg-roe-v-wade/

When Ginsburg was confirmed to the Supreme Court 25 years ago, she explained why

04/05/2022

"Investigators said Chinese drug suppliers send the ingredients to make fentanyl to cartels in Mexico. After creating the fentanyl, either in raw powder or pill form, the cartels would ship them across the border in trucks, according to investigators."



https://abcnews.go.com/amp/US/fentanyl-trip-drug-coming-america/story?id=84403096

Investigators who have been working to stop the flow of fentanyl into the country say they've seen a jump in illegal shipments brought through the border.

13/04/2022

What impact will Sweden & Finland's NATO membership have of European stability?



https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-business-europe-helsinki-nato-a0bfaff08e2b97b32d29c32fe7004d29

HELSINKI (AP) — European Union nations Finland and Sweden reached important stages Wednesday on their way to possible NATO membership as the Finnish government issued a security report to lawmakers and Sweden’s ruling party initiated a review of security policy options.