WEBVTT 1 00:00:05.919 --> 00:00:16.879 Get ready for June twenty five, twenty twenty five, allegedly 2 00:00:16.879 --> 00:00:19.760 according to that thing we call a calendar O'Kelly effect, 3 00:00:19.960 --> 00:00:23.399 and it's news time. Last night couldn't get to you 4 00:00:24.079 --> 00:00:28.760 because well, the power was flickering and such, so couldn't 5 00:00:28.960 --> 00:00:32.159 do it anyway. It is what it is. It was 6 00:00:32.240 --> 00:00:34.119 what it was, and it gonna be what it gonna be. 7 00:00:34.840 --> 00:00:37.759 So it is Roden's day, and I'm live. I'm gonna 8 00:00:37.759 --> 00:00:40.880 try and do too today and give you an idea 9 00:00:40.960 --> 00:00:43.960 what it was I had planned for yesterday, except of 10 00:00:44.000 --> 00:00:47.679 course I had to add to it and expand beyond. 11 00:00:48.960 --> 00:00:53.439 So let's get to part one. If you will ever 12 00:00:53.560 --> 00:00:56.679 consider that the timing of the Iran strikes was meant 13 00:00:56.679 --> 00:01:02.520 to avoid market flux. Also, also, what's the real agenda 14 00:01:02.560 --> 00:01:08.000 behind the twelve day War of Two Eyes? Propositive conspiracy 15 00:01:08.040 --> 00:01:10.400 theorists need to follow the money and keep an eye 16 00:01:10.680 --> 00:01:14.799 on the esoteric symbols as if they still wish to 17 00:01:14.840 --> 00:01:19.879 decode the lies of the MSM and puppet regimes. The 18 00:01:19.879 --> 00:01:22.000 big question we all need to ask among those of 19 00:01:22.079 --> 00:01:26.079 us unsatisfied to be sheep on the orange Jesus pasture 20 00:01:26.599 --> 00:01:31.159 or the controlled fully bogus opposition. Is the number of 21 00:01:31.239 --> 00:01:34.879 us who don't accept the shadows on the cave wall 22 00:01:35.040 --> 00:01:38.359 large enough to bother telling others the images before them 23 00:01:38.519 --> 00:01:44.120 are just to keep them busy. Or has everyone's desire 24 00:01:44.159 --> 00:01:49.239 for reality been obliterated along with alleged nuclear sites in 25 00:01:49.319 --> 00:01:52.519 the twelve day two Eyes War. You know, it's an 26 00:01:52.560 --> 00:01:57.200 interesting question there, because, after all, quite frankly, I would 27 00:01:57.200 --> 00:01:59.599 think if a nuclear facility was bombed, you might have 28 00:01:59.680 --> 00:02:02.760 radiation coming out of somewhere. But then again, Trump was 29 00:02:03.159 --> 00:02:09.120 explaining at NATO today that, well, you know, it's all 30 00:02:09.159 --> 00:02:13.000 buried under rocks. Anyway, I don't want to do Trump, 31 00:02:13.280 --> 00:02:17.520 not during this broadcast. Maybe in part two. I guess 32 00:02:17.680 --> 00:02:22.000 we'll see. One thing's for sure, though, those gigantic what 33 00:02:22.159 --> 00:02:26.520 twenty thousand pound bombs with fifteen thousand pounds of explosive 34 00:02:26.560 --> 00:02:30.039 on them, I don't know. Maybe I've got those numbers wrong. 35 00:02:30.080 --> 00:02:31.919 I know I read them earlier, but I didn't commit 36 00:02:32.000 --> 00:02:35.560 them to memory. I'm certain that it's going to be 37 00:02:35.680 --> 00:02:39.719 a cash registered ringing for the military industrial complex, because 38 00:02:39.719 --> 00:02:41.960 you always got to replace stuff you drop on other people. 39 00:02:43.240 --> 00:02:48.599 I mean, you know, And meanwhile, oil prices stabilized quickly, 40 00:02:48.639 --> 00:02:51.560 but gas prices stilling up, you know, during the twelve 41 00:02:51.639 --> 00:02:53.960 days warm but you know because of instability in the 42 00:02:53.960 --> 00:02:56.759 Middle East. Wait a minute, somebody burying a stranger semblance 43 00:02:56.800 --> 00:03:01.039 to me told you about this already. Big oil doesn't 44 00:03:01.080 --> 00:03:03.159 want to lose out. Well, you know, we're getting ripped 45 00:03:03.199 --> 00:03:06.039 off by the big tech bros, the technocracy, elon, the 46 00:03:06.080 --> 00:03:09.080 many five families that run every single industry, from the media, 47 00:03:09.120 --> 00:03:10.080 on and on and on. 48 00:03:10.800 --> 00:03:11.599 It's all good. 49 00:03:12.599 --> 00:03:16.080 They got to get paid to all right, No, what 50 00:03:16.159 --> 00:03:18.840 are your energy costs going up? I know my grocery 51 00:03:18.840 --> 00:03:21.759 bill is still climbing. I can't afford to stay fed, which, 52 00:03:21.800 --> 00:03:24.800 by the way, thanks a lot. Helen high Water did 53 00:03:24.879 --> 00:03:29.479 that yesterday early in the day before the power started flickering, 54 00:03:29.840 --> 00:03:35.120 and Maria Heller specifically asked her listeners to send me money. 55 00:03:35.159 --> 00:03:36.439 You know why, because she knew what the kind of 56 00:03:36.439 --> 00:03:38.520 shape that I've been in lately. And the truth is, 57 00:03:39.039 --> 00:03:41.240 I'm having trouble keeping the power on even when it's 58 00:03:41.280 --> 00:03:45.360 not flickering, paying for it by the day and trying 59 00:03:45.360 --> 00:03:47.479 to keep bellies full over here is not working out well. 60 00:03:47.479 --> 00:03:50.240 But she specifically asked her listeners to do something, and 61 00:03:50.280 --> 00:03:56.000 you know what, not one. Thanks a lot, but what 62 00:03:56.000 --> 00:03:59.680 are you gonna do. Only you guys who actually care 63 00:03:59.680 --> 00:04:01.240 about what I have to say once in a while, 64 00:04:01.319 --> 00:04:02.960 or sit and hate listen to me are the people 65 00:04:02.960 --> 00:04:05.400 that are going to support anything. I want to thank Connor, 66 00:04:05.439 --> 00:04:07.159 I want to thank b Pete. I want to thank 67 00:04:07.240 --> 00:04:10.599 Jimmy James. I want to thank everybody whoever drops anything 68 00:04:10.639 --> 00:04:16.560 in really really I do. Hey, the tariff, giraffes and 69 00:04:16.639 --> 00:04:19.800 elephants are still in our houses. Good luck. By the way, 70 00:04:19.800 --> 00:04:21.480 if you run a business and you're attempting a plan 71 00:04:21.519 --> 00:04:26.959 for the holidays, ask your seasonal business friends who aren't 72 00:04:27.000 --> 00:04:31.680 overtaken by the great Walmart apocalypse and the Amazon online 73 00:04:31.720 --> 00:04:34.920 brick and mortar destruction. I bet they have some valid 74 00:04:34.920 --> 00:04:37.600 ideas about how to survive when business is bad, because 75 00:04:37.959 --> 00:04:43.959 it's gonna be rough with the unstable Trump situation. Oh, 76 00:04:44.040 --> 00:04:47.079 by the way, speaking of Trump situations, He's only getting 77 00:04:47.079 --> 00:04:49.560 to mention on this part of the show. But I'll 78 00:04:49.560 --> 00:04:52.120 bet that when they start the closing arguments tomorrow on 79 00:04:52.160 --> 00:04:56.000 the I'll bet Trump pardons him Diddy Kong kingpin case. 80 00:04:57.800 --> 00:04:59.720 I'll bet he's gonna sit there and try and figure 81 00:04:59.720 --> 00:05:01.920 out way to pay his million dollars off because take 82 00:05:01.959 --> 00:05:03.959 a look at the list. I mean, forget about the 83 00:05:03.959 --> 00:05:08.399 fifteen hundred people that were convicted, you know, regarding January sixth, 84 00:05:08.399 --> 00:05:11.000 that he pardoned, but I mean between clemency's and everything else, 85 00:05:11.040 --> 00:05:13.439 I mean drug kingpins and lots of white collar people. 86 00:05:13.959 --> 00:05:17.839 I know his pardon lawyer says it's no maga left behind, 87 00:05:19.240 --> 00:05:21.879 But I think that guy thinks mega means money because 88 00:05:21.879 --> 00:05:24.720 everybody's paying millions of dollars and literally just making a 89 00:05:24.759 --> 00:05:28.920 transaction out of getting a pardon. So you know, if 90 00:05:28.920 --> 00:05:32.040 did these people are listening, it doesn't matter how much 91 00:05:32.079 --> 00:05:36.480 baby oil is on that money. Trump will take it anyway. 92 00:05:36.560 --> 00:05:39.600 System of a down, bring your own bomb. It's always 93 00:05:39.639 --> 00:05:45.079 that way. And I gotta say it's getting more and 94 00:05:45.160 --> 00:05:50.560 more interesting. Perhaps I'll come back in the next segment 95 00:05:50.680 --> 00:05:53.360 and talk about these things some more. HU knows what else. 96 00:05:54.759 --> 00:05:57.560 But as I sit here and I grieve for what 97 00:05:57.839 --> 00:06:01.199 has been and what has been deceived, I do think 98 00:06:01.199 --> 00:06:07.199 about the fact that people have not quite understood this 99 00:06:07.480 --> 00:06:13.920 entire Iran Israel circumstance. See, you guys are still taking 100 00:06:13.959 --> 00:06:19.040 it seriously. You don't realize that there is literally something 101 00:06:19.079 --> 00:06:23.399 called collusion and this was a collusionary act in order 102 00:06:23.439 --> 00:06:26.600 to do what. Okay, it's a little more complex than 103 00:06:26.759 --> 00:06:28.800 just the oil payoff, but I'm telling you that's a 104 00:06:28.800 --> 00:06:32.560 big part of it. Big oil needed to get paid off. 105 00:06:32.560 --> 00:06:35.720 They were losing money for a little bit, and now 106 00:06:35.759 --> 00:06:38.240 they're not because the prices are up and all your 107 00:06:38.360 --> 00:06:40.839 energy costs are up. So now all of the energy 108 00:06:40.879 --> 00:06:46.319 billionaires are cashing in rrsses, just like everybody else who 109 00:06:46.399 --> 00:06:50.120 provides even a scrap of food. At this point, I 110 00:06:50.199 --> 00:06:52.399 want to talk about shri inflation when it comes to 111 00:06:52.439 --> 00:06:55.040 your cupcakes. Take a look at how much more you're 112 00:06:55.040 --> 00:06:58.480 paying for an hour's worth of electricity already, and I 113 00:06:58.560 --> 00:07:02.920 mean just in the past thirty days. It's beautiful. I mean, look, 114 00:07:02.959 --> 00:07:05.199 if you're in the south, you're trying not to suffocate 115 00:07:05.399 --> 00:07:08.600 on especially in the southeast, you're trying not to suffocate 116 00:07:08.639 --> 00:07:10.600 on the humidity. I know that, and it's over one 117 00:07:10.639 --> 00:07:14.040 hundred degrees and in Arizona it's way over one hundred degrees. 118 00:07:14.079 --> 00:07:18.319 But you know, in other parts of the country it's 119 00:07:18.360 --> 00:07:22.120 still getting weird. And the prices are up everywhere, not 120 00:07:22.240 --> 00:07:29.079 just because the grid is stressed, but because the financial 121 00:07:29.160 --> 00:07:33.680 grid is stressed and you're on it. You're just a 122 00:07:33.680 --> 00:07:35.879 game piece, you're not a player, but you're on it. 123 00:07:37.439 --> 00:07:41.759 Enjoy kind of reminds me of that game Tron. Anyway, 124 00:07:41.920 --> 00:07:46.199 what else is happening, I don't know. Maybe I should 125 00:07:46.199 --> 00:07:48.000 tell you about a few things that are gonna upcome, 126 00:07:48.199 --> 00:07:51.959 you know, in the near future. Upcome. That's interesting. That's 127 00:07:52.000 --> 00:07:56.319 a nasty sounding phrase. I didn't mean to say that. 128 00:07:57.560 --> 00:07:59.800 Let me remind you about Lancer coming up in November. 129 00:08:00.680 --> 00:08:02.399 Just letting you know once again that if you go 130 00:08:02.480 --> 00:08:06.199 to Assassination Conference dot com and you sign up using 131 00:08:06.360 --> 00:08:09.959 the coupon code O'Kelly ten, you'll get ten percent off, 132 00:08:09.959 --> 00:08:12.839 whether you're going in person or watching online, and that 133 00:08:12.920 --> 00:08:15.600 will be from November twenty first to the twenty third. 134 00:08:16.959 --> 00:08:18.560 I don't know. With the way people are broke though, 135 00:08:18.560 --> 00:08:20.439 I don't know if anybody's going to sign up for anything. 136 00:08:20.879 --> 00:08:24.120 But we shall see, won't we Hopefully you do, and 137 00:08:24.120 --> 00:08:26.519 hopefully I'll get some money together so I can eat 138 00:08:26.519 --> 00:08:28.079 well of them in Dallas, because I'm going there on 139 00:08:28.120 --> 00:08:30.319 somebody else's dying. But I got no other means to 140 00:08:30.360 --> 00:08:32.200 deal with anything outside of a room and a place 141 00:08:32.240 --> 00:08:36.320 to work. Any of you it is what it is. 142 00:08:36.960 --> 00:08:40.679 At that particular meeting, Robert Tannebaum will be there, Mark 143 00:08:40.759 --> 00:08:44.039 Rubert and that guy Eric Henley from that Untold American 144 00:08:44.080 --> 00:08:46.759 Stories podcast on YouTube will be there. Yes, indeed I 145 00:08:46.759 --> 00:08:51.600 will be the MC Will Hollerin, Bill Simpitch, Chris Gallup. 146 00:08:51.639 --> 00:08:56.240 I already mentioned Robert Tenbohm, didn't I, Brent Holland, Walter Hurst, 147 00:08:56.399 --> 00:09:00.480 Paul Abbott, Johnny Kerns, Mount daff Matt Daffit excuse me, 148 00:09:00.919 --> 00:09:04.919 and Robert Grodin all featured at JFK Lancer, which will 149 00:09:04.919 --> 00:09:08.600 be ware at the Fairmount Hotel in Dallas, Texas, which 150 00:09:08.639 --> 00:09:14.679 is at seventeen seventy North Ackrid Street, Dallas, Texas once 151 00:09:14.679 --> 00:09:17.279 again November twenty first to the twenty third of twenty 152 00:09:17.559 --> 00:09:20.919 twenty five. What will we have to say by then? Well, 153 00:09:20.960 --> 00:09:24.159 there is some new documentation coming out, and Jefferson Morley 154 00:09:24.200 --> 00:09:26.440 says that his girl on the committee there is about 155 00:09:26.480 --> 00:09:28.799 to drop some new stuff and he might actually get 156 00:09:28.840 --> 00:09:35.000 finally the Joe Needes files. And are they not busy 157 00:09:35.000 --> 00:09:39.279 with other intelligence matters? Jefferson, I don't know, it's getting 158 00:09:39.320 --> 00:09:42.159 weird over there at JFK Facts, but I still recommend 159 00:09:42.200 --> 00:09:44.759 the blog. Oh, by the way, I do recommend a 160 00:09:44.799 --> 00:09:47.159 few other things in media, but I guess i'll talk 161 00:09:47.240 --> 00:09:50.200 about that again in a little bit. Like I said, 162 00:09:50.320 --> 00:09:53.320 the Diddy trial is going into closing arguments tomorrow, so 163 00:09:53.440 --> 00:09:56.200 I don't know if they have court TV anymore. But 164 00:09:56.919 --> 00:10:00.240 it's all good. Oh. By the way, I accept food 165 00:10:00.360 --> 00:10:02.960 for giving out your links. I want you to know that. 166 00:10:03.720 --> 00:10:06.039 And the world according to harp and anyone who figured 167 00:10:06.039 --> 00:10:08.320 out how to sign up for substack is something I'm 168 00:10:08.320 --> 00:10:10.360 gonna list in the show notes. You know. Hell, I 169 00:10:10.480 --> 00:10:15.240 might drop that whole little note just into the O'Kelly 170 00:10:15.360 --> 00:10:17.639 chatroom at o'chelly dot com, just to prove to you 171 00:10:17.679 --> 00:10:20.679 that I am live. Oh by the way, you can 172 00:10:20.720 --> 00:10:24.559 always go back and roll back the chatroom at o'elly 173 00:10:24.600 --> 00:10:27.960 dot com anytime you like and get a hold of 174 00:10:27.960 --> 00:10:31.200 what it was that was happening during live broadcasts. But 175 00:10:31.279 --> 00:10:33.159 of course most of it is included in the show 176 00:10:33.159 --> 00:10:36.240 notes as well, so links and all kinds of good 177 00:10:36.240 --> 00:10:43.200 stuff are there for your perusal and consideration. I wonder 178 00:10:43.200 --> 00:10:45.039 if I should talk about the list of pardons and 179 00:10:45.080 --> 00:10:49.080 everything with Trump. I don't know. Maybe I'll think about it. 180 00:10:50.000 --> 00:10:52.840 Perhaps we'll go into another segment and see where it 181 00:10:52.960 --> 00:10:57.039 all goes here on the o'celly Effect Wednesday, and yeah, 182 00:10:57.080 --> 00:10:59.679 I'm literally going to try and do two short podcasts 183 00:10:59.679 --> 00:11:02.759 and from one at a time out there and see 184 00:11:02.799 --> 00:11:05.279 if you guys at least will download my stuff still 185 00:11:06.080 --> 00:11:08.919 because you're not sporting the show, So I don't know. 186 00:11:09.039 --> 00:11:11.279 I'm not hearing from people like I used to do nothing. 187 00:11:11.840 --> 00:11:16.559 It seems like the world is going dark unless you're 188 00:11:16.600 --> 00:11:22.360 on X Rayon Musk is still still trying to make 189 00:11:22.440 --> 00:11:48.080 up with Mega. But anyway, stay tuned. 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Pick 208 00:13:06.240 --> 00:13:09.320 up your copy of In Denial at Amazon dot com 209 00:13:09.559 --> 00:13:11.320 in digital or physical. 210 00:13:10.960 --> 00:13:13.279 Fudia Shelley dot com Radio. 211 00:13:14.519 --> 00:13:17.639 The War State by Michael Swanson explains the great national 212 00:13:17.720 --> 00:13:20.720 transformation that took place and put the Kennedy presidency in 213 00:13:20.799 --> 00:13:24.200 the context of the times, and reveals never before published 214 00:13:24.240 --> 00:13:27.879 information about the Cuban missile crisis. President Kennedy would not 215 00:13:27.960 --> 00:13:30.600 have been assassinated if he had been president two hundred 216 00:13:30.679 --> 00:13:34.000 years ago. His assassination took place in the context of 217 00:13:34.039 --> 00:13:37.000 the Cold War and the rise of the national security state. 218 00:13:37.120 --> 00:13:40.639 Before World War II, the United States was a continental republic. 219 00:13:41.000 --> 00:13:44.039 In the decade that followed, it became an imperial superpower. 220 00:13:44.320 --> 00:13:47.759 Generals such as Curtis LeMay not only wanted to invade Cuba, 221 00:13:47.960 --> 00:13:50.159 but knew that there were short range missiles on the 222 00:13:50.240 --> 00:13:53.360 island armed with nuclear warheads that they could not destroy 223 00:13:53.480 --> 00:13:56.320 because they were on mobile launchers. Their invasion could have 224 00:13:56.440 --> 00:13:59.360 led to a Third World War, and they wanted to 225 00:13:59.440 --> 00:14:02.720 go to war anyway. The War State by Michael Swanson 226 00:14:03.000 --> 00:14:05.799 reveals why, and we'll show you what President Kennedy was 227 00:14:05.879 --> 00:14:06.320 up against. 228 00:14:06.559 --> 00:14:10.240 For more information the War State dot Com, go ahead, 229 00:14:10.279 --> 00:14:11.480 call it the. 230 00:14:11.519 --> 00:14:13.200 Truth about the JFA assassination. 231 00:14:13.480 --> 00:14:15.240 Right, Well, what do you want to know? Dy Baker's 232 00:14:15.320 --> 00:14:19.759 wild claim? Oswal girlfriends he knew Ruby and Barrie hanswer weapons? Really, 233 00:14:19.919 --> 00:14:21.919 I imagine I could claim I have four wheels. It 234 00:14:21.960 --> 00:14:24.840 doesn't make me a wagon. But okay, Oswald on the 235 00:14:24.919 --> 00:14:27.360 building and trying to prevent the murder of John Kennedy. 236 00:14:27.440 --> 00:14:28.799 Come on now, has a real. 237 00:14:28.720 --> 00:14:30.320 Effort on the Dafay assassination. 238 00:14:30.519 --> 00:14:34.399 Book into claim. Go to Amazon dot com enter Judith 239 00:14:34.679 --> 00:14:37.519 Baker in her own words. You'll get the results for 240 00:14:37.600 --> 00:14:40.919 a digital copy of a book where Walt Brown utilizes 241 00:14:41.039 --> 00:14:43.679 her own words and the known evidence in the case 242 00:14:43.840 --> 00:14:47.720 to get at well a different perspective. Let's say you 243 00:14:47.799 --> 00:14:50.840 can get Judith Barry Baker in her own words from 244 00:14:50.879 --> 00:14:54.360 the author himself, signed if you request it by contacting 245 00:14:54.399 --> 00:14:58.120 doctor Brown at k I A s jfk at aol 246 00:14:58.360 --> 00:15:01.639 dot com. It's a fun book and it actually dissects 247 00:15:01.919 --> 00:15:05.679 the many, many fantastic claims Judith very Baker in her 248 00:15:05.759 --> 00:15:10.200 own words, thank you for all the great revelation through conversation. 249 00:16:06.080 --> 00:16:10.440 Hel help. 250 00:16:24.720 --> 00:16:33.200 Ready for it? Hey, let's try this one on for size. 251 00:16:33.679 --> 00:16:36.240 A story for the Times and something having to do 252 00:16:36.399 --> 00:16:39.360 with entertainment media and all that good stuff. I mean, 253 00:16:39.480 --> 00:16:41.840 after all, like I said, substack is a way to go, 254 00:16:42.000 --> 00:16:43.799 and a lot of people are reading things like that 255 00:16:43.960 --> 00:16:46.240 over there and supporting a lot of substackers. Maybe that's 256 00:16:46.279 --> 00:16:48.919 what's going on. You got too many people to contribute 257 00:16:48.960 --> 00:16:51.639 to at this point. Uh, you know, you can keep 258 00:16:51.720 --> 00:16:55.360 track of the three alleged conflicts happening right now. Don't 259 00:16:55.399 --> 00:16:57.960 forget Israel and Palestine is still a thing in Ukraine 260 00:16:58.039 --> 00:17:00.840 and Russia a long standing thing. What are they in 261 00:17:00.960 --> 00:17:04.279 season fourteen of that show, season three of the Israel 262 00:17:04.319 --> 00:17:07.519 Palestine issue, and the mini series of the Two Eyes 263 00:17:07.599 --> 00:17:12.319 War already over. Plus there's stupid children's programming of all 264 00:17:12.400 --> 00:17:15.160 sorts in Maga worlds, so you know you can get that. Oh, 265 00:17:15.240 --> 00:17:19.319 by the way, Gladiator two still sucks. And if you're 266 00:17:19.359 --> 00:17:24.480 on the Spectrum Minecraft the movies available on Max now anyway, 267 00:17:25.200 --> 00:17:29.160 other media news Shaquille O'Neal right, the guy that they 268 00:17:29.279 --> 00:17:32.599 brought into Papa John's because Papa John was racist? Remember that? 269 00:17:33.599 --> 00:17:38.240 Anybody remember that? I do, but nobody else does. Shacks 270 00:17:38.480 --> 00:17:45.839 FTX fraud settlement Okay, may reshape athlete deals. This is 271 00:17:46.160 --> 00:17:48.839 according to Sportico dot com, and it's a story that 272 00:17:48.920 --> 00:17:54.000 I missed in a barrage of other stories earlier last week. 273 00:17:54.079 --> 00:17:56.240 I think let me take a look at the publication 274 00:17:56.440 --> 00:17:58.200 date here. I think it was the sixteenth or something 275 00:17:58.279 --> 00:18:01.960 like that when this was published. Yeah, sixteenth, So yeah, 276 00:18:02.000 --> 00:18:04.759 I wasn't able to get this one on the show. 277 00:18:04.880 --> 00:18:06.920 But now we're going to take a look at it 278 00:18:07.960 --> 00:18:10.319 and let's see. Maybe I'll drop that one in the 279 00:18:10.400 --> 00:18:12.680 live chatroom at Ocelli dot com as well. But like 280 00:18:12.799 --> 00:18:15.000 I said, for the complete show notes, you're gonna have 281 00:18:15.039 --> 00:18:17.240 to go to the show notes on the podcast, which 282 00:18:17.279 --> 00:18:19.960 is where most of you hear it. Anyway, and I'm 283 00:18:20.039 --> 00:18:26.359 only live on this particular Wednesday. Anyway, back to the 284 00:18:26.599 --> 00:18:35.039 Shack deal, right, where is it? I just had it here? 285 00:18:35.160 --> 00:18:39.440 Oh no, okay, anyways, last week I proposed the settlements 286 00:18:39.440 --> 00:18:42.319 So two weeks ago, a proposed settlement between Shaquille O'Neill 287 00:18:42.400 --> 00:18:47.960 and investors of failed cryptocurrency exchange FTX to resolve claims 288 00:18:48.039 --> 00:18:50.920 against the Hall of Famer over his FTX endorsement. We're 289 00:18:50.960 --> 00:18:55.599 detailed in a court filing. The settlement contemplates O'Neill's paying 290 00:18:56.039 --> 00:19:00.519 ready for this one point eight million dollars. Now I'm 291 00:19:00.559 --> 00:19:03.079 pulling away from the article for a moment here. See, Shaquill, 292 00:19:03.359 --> 00:19:05.480 just like those many other people that you know, went 293 00:19:05.559 --> 00:19:08.039 around endorsing all those crypto deals, and then you notice 294 00:19:08.079 --> 00:19:11.720 that's dispirit from the media and nobody says anything about it. Well, 295 00:19:11.920 --> 00:19:14.920 he was part of that whole bankman freed thing, I 296 00:19:15.000 --> 00:19:17.720 think right. Anyway, let's take a look at this real quick. 297 00:19:18.960 --> 00:19:21.400 The fact that O'Neil agreed to pay seven figures in 298 00:19:21.480 --> 00:19:24.440 a settlement, which must be approved by US District Judge 299 00:19:24.519 --> 00:19:28.039 K Michael Moore, is a significant development in an area 300 00:19:28.160 --> 00:19:32.480 of law that has historically favored endorsers. O'Neil is one 301 00:19:32.519 --> 00:19:36.240 of several high profile celebrities sued by FTX investors who 302 00:19:36.319 --> 00:19:40.119 blamed them for recommending they invest their money into the 303 00:19:40.160 --> 00:19:46.640 cryptocurrency exchange. Like Tom Brady, shoey Otani, Steph Curry, Giselle Bunchin, 304 00:19:47.119 --> 00:19:52.559 Naomi Osaka, and David Ortiz. O'Neil endorsed FTX, which imploded 305 00:19:52.759 --> 00:19:56.279 in twenty twenty two and whose founder Sam Bankman freed. 306 00:19:56.359 --> 00:19:59.359 There he is was convicted on fraud, money laundering, and 307 00:19:59.519 --> 00:20:03.720 conspira charges before being sentenced to twenty five years in 308 00:20:03.880 --> 00:20:09.240 prison last year. Unfair in deceptive practices, conspiracy to induced 309 00:20:09.319 --> 00:20:12.599 payments in a fraudulent enterprise, and aiding and a betting 310 00:20:13.519 --> 00:20:20.559 are among the claims brought against the celebrities. O'Neill's involvement 311 00:20:20.640 --> 00:20:26.039 in the FTX litigation generated headlines when process servers representing 312 00:20:26.079 --> 00:20:28.680 the investors struggled to tack down the seven foot track 313 00:20:28.799 --> 00:20:32.319 down the seven foot, one three and twenty five pounds 314 00:20:32.599 --> 00:20:37.359 very recognizable. Former NBA star O'Neill fifty three, eventually was 315 00:20:37.440 --> 00:20:41.359 served papers while working as a T and T broadcaster 316 00:20:41.519 --> 00:20:44.160 for a playoff game between two of his former teams, 317 00:20:44.519 --> 00:20:47.440 the Boston Celtics and Miami Heat. Pulling away from the article, 318 00:20:48.720 --> 00:20:52.039 check o'monte papers, Shack's got a show up for his 319 00:20:52.200 --> 00:20:58.799 job at the Papa John's. Like the commercial says okay. 320 00:20:59.480 --> 00:21:02.400 Over the years, endorsers have usually not been held liable 321 00:21:02.480 --> 00:21:06.880 for wrongful act committed by companies they endorse. Endorsers are 322 00:21:06.960 --> 00:21:10.720 paid to lend their name, image, or likeness in support 323 00:21:10.720 --> 00:21:13.400 of a brand, but their knowledge about the brand and 324 00:21:13.559 --> 00:21:18.519 its leaders might be limited. Endorsers are usually not part 325 00:21:18.559 --> 00:21:23.119 of management and strategic decisions, thus aren't in positions to 326 00:21:23.279 --> 00:21:28.079 know of wrongdoing related to financial dealings and accounting. Endorsers 327 00:21:28.119 --> 00:21:31.079 who take an equity or a leadership role in a 328 00:21:31.160 --> 00:21:34.400 company or more exposed to legal fallout from company wrongdoing, 329 00:21:34.559 --> 00:21:40.400 but near paid in spokespersons are less likely to encounter 330 00:21:40.599 --> 00:21:44.720 legal troubles. Those principles were evidenced in a litigation from 331 00:21:44.759 --> 00:21:48.319 two decades ago involving retired Major League Baseball All star 332 00:21:48.440 --> 00:21:53.920 Steve Garby. Garby endorsed Informa, a weight loss system that 333 00:21:54.200 --> 00:21:58.119 made untruthful claims, including that users could lose weight while 334 00:21:58.359 --> 00:22:02.359 just standing or sitting around doing nothing. The Federal Trade 335 00:22:02.400 --> 00:22:07.599 Commission argued that Garby unlawfully misled consumers, but the US 336 00:22:07.680 --> 00:22:11.480 Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit disagreed. While Garby 337 00:22:11.519 --> 00:22:16.880 could have been more inquisitive about Informa before urging people 338 00:22:16.920 --> 00:22:19.680 to buy it, he lacked actual knowledge of any material 339 00:22:19.839 --> 00:22:25.359 representations and thus broke no law. Mindful of the garby 340 00:22:25.400 --> 00:22:31.079 a litigation. In similar cases, investors have depicted ftx's celebrity 341 00:22:31.160 --> 00:22:35.799 investors as playing more instrumental roles than mere spokespersons. To 342 00:22:36.000 --> 00:22:40.200 that point, the celebrities FTX advertisements and social media posts 343 00:22:40.400 --> 00:22:45.119 arguably resembled financial advice while they aren't financial advisors, and 344 00:22:45.160 --> 00:22:50.799 in technical sense, some including O'Neill, have wide business portfolios. 345 00:22:51.319 --> 00:22:55.640 A viewer of a celebrity's FTX endorsement might reasonably believe 346 00:22:55.680 --> 00:23:00.400 it's based on the celebrities business acumen and investment in sites. 347 00:23:02.079 --> 00:23:06.599 The litigation against these celebrities has encountered kurdles. Last month, 348 00:23:06.960 --> 00:23:10.839 More dismissed most of the claims. The judge concluded that 349 00:23:10.960 --> 00:23:14.480 although the celebrities can be blamed in a professional sense 350 00:23:14.559 --> 00:23:19.079 for lacking curiosity about FTX before telling fans it's a 351 00:23:19.119 --> 00:23:22.079 good investment, they didn't know about the fraudulent acts and 352 00:23:22.240 --> 00:23:27.359 thus didn't commit fraud. Moreover, however, declined to dismiss claims 353 00:23:27.640 --> 00:23:32.759 under state securities laws since there is uncertainty about the 354 00:23:32.839 --> 00:23:38.480 application of securities laws to cryptocurrency, and it's possible the 355 00:23:38.599 --> 00:23:45.160 celebrities could count as agents of FTX. Okay, so here's 356 00:23:45.200 --> 00:23:47.440 what the problem is. Right, this article goes on and 357 00:23:47.519 --> 00:23:50.839 on and on and on and on. All right, cryptocurrency 358 00:23:50.920 --> 00:23:54.000 regulations proposed by the Biden administration. Blah blah blah blah. 359 00:23:54.000 --> 00:23:57.799 All right, Look, here's the deal. If you're somebody who 360 00:23:57.960 --> 00:24:00.400 just gets paid to sit there and go, hey, hey look, 361 00:24:00.440 --> 00:24:03.599 eat this crab food, or do this stupid thing or whatever, 362 00:24:03.759 --> 00:24:07.839 or buy this nonsense. If all you are is a 363 00:24:07.920 --> 00:24:11.039 celebrity face, fine, but if you're actually involved in the business, yeah, 364 00:24:11.079 --> 00:24:13.240 you could be held accountable. And Shaq just wanted to 365 00:24:13.240 --> 00:24:14.680 pay to get this the hell out of the way 366 00:24:14.680 --> 00:24:17.039 because he knew that he probably wind up paying a 367 00:24:17.079 --> 00:24:19.880 lot more in lawyer fees than only you know, it's 368 00:24:20.000 --> 00:24:23.440 one point something million. I don't know what he got paid, 369 00:24:23.559 --> 00:24:26.119 but he's probably sorry he took it. Now, this guy 370 00:24:26.319 --> 00:24:29.799 usually kept himself clean, although he's tried every single business 371 00:24:29.880 --> 00:24:32.200 on the planet. And you know, it's like throwing spaghetti 372 00:24:32.279 --> 00:24:34.240 up against the wall. You do it enough time, something's 373 00:24:34.279 --> 00:24:38.880 gonna stick. And he was a great basketball player. But 374 00:24:39.000 --> 00:24:40.880 I don't know why it is they think he's supposed 375 00:24:40.880 --> 00:24:42.799 to be some sort of business genius. And if I 376 00:24:42.920 --> 00:24:45.720 was using Shack online on x on, you know, Instagram, 377 00:24:45.799 --> 00:24:52.160 Twitter or whatever Facebook, who cares? I would not sit 378 00:24:52.200 --> 00:24:54.640 there and go, gee, Shack is smart business wise. I 379 00:24:54.720 --> 00:24:59.680 think he's great. I'm Shack. I bought into Papa John's pizza. No, no, 380 00:25:01.240 --> 00:25:03.039 I don't get it, but he probably paid just get 381 00:25:03.079 --> 00:25:06.000 the nuisance out of the way, And I don't blame him, 382 00:25:06.319 --> 00:25:09.359 but I think this is stupid. On the other hand, 383 00:25:10.079 --> 00:25:14.839 notice how cryptocurrency keeps being one con job after another, 384 00:25:15.839 --> 00:25:19.599 And now we have a crypto reserve, and we have 385 00:25:19.839 --> 00:25:23.599 a president with crypto coin and his whole family has 386 00:25:23.640 --> 00:25:26.039 crypto coins. I mean, I think there's a baron Trump coin. 387 00:25:26.119 --> 00:25:29.240 They might have canceled that one though Milania has one, 388 00:25:29.519 --> 00:25:32.119 no value to it. Each of the kids have one, 389 00:25:32.319 --> 00:25:34.640 and they're coming up literally. I know I made a 390 00:25:34.720 --> 00:25:36.920 joke a few podcasts ago, but they're coming up literally 391 00:25:37.000 --> 00:25:40.880 with their own mobile phone companies. So yeah, everything all in. 392 00:25:41.279 --> 00:25:47.519 Why not brand at all? How about can be Trump 393 00:25:48.240 --> 00:25:52.680 brand be held accountable for the crap it pushes in 394 00:25:52.799 --> 00:25:59.640 the future. I don't know. Doesn't seem like anybody wants 395 00:25:59.680 --> 00:26:01.480 to hold them accountable right now. He's a big hero. 396 00:26:01.720 --> 00:26:06.079 He brought peace everywhere, although I might have something to 397 00:26:06.160 --> 00:26:15.480 say about that in the next podcast. It is definitely 398 00:26:16.400 --> 00:26:19.119 a clown world and a puppet regime. 399 00:26:19.279 --> 00:26:22.240 Baby, for it has been five months in office and 400 00:26:22.400 --> 00:26:26.720 still no recognition from the Nobel Peace Committee for my 401 00:26:27.000 --> 00:26:30.640