James Grant, in a recent interview, discusses what he sees going on in the U.S. economy. James makes the point that in 5,000 years of world history negative interest rates have never happened before! This is how absurd negative interest rates are! This is the end game before the entire global economy unfolds and leads to a massive collapse. Having all of your assets denominated in a fiat currency like the U.S. Dollar is a very risky move. James Grant is a legend and his views on the economy definitely confirms the views that have been discussed on this show since it began. You don’t want to miss this episode to hear what James Grant says and here’s a link to this very interview. http://www.fuw.ch/article/the-fed-is-now-hostage-to-wall-street/

ISM number comes in low, but market celebrates. September hike odds fade.

Chris Whalen, head of research at Kroll Bond Rating Agency, joins the program to talk about the 2008 crisis and similarities to today’s market.

This is episode 139 of You, Me, and BTC – your liberty and Bitcoin podcast!

We’ve got all kinds of fun planned for today’s show. First up, we’ll cover, the rising price of BitCrystals, the in-game currency for Spells of Genesis. If you still haven’t heard about it, SoG is an upcoming trading card game that uses cards stored on the Bitcoin blockchain. It’s pretty darn cool.

Then after that, we’ll chat about a crazy letter that an unnamed bank sent to a Bitcoin user. Apparently, this guy’s not even allowed on bank property without notifying the “Physical Security Department.” Is this legit? Is using Bitcoin sketchy enough to make a bank do this?

Also in today’s show, we’ll read some nasty comments we received from our listeners and reveal how a blind man robbed banks daily.

Tune in for an action-packed episode! Your hosts are Daniel Brown, Tim Baker, and John Stuart. Enjoy!

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Tim Chermak is the founder of Platform, the digital marketing agency for real estate agents. Tim created his education outside of the school system, consistently invested in himself, and learned valuable skills to build a career and a company.

If you are or want to be an entrepreneur, you’ll love this episode.

Tim shares his stories from getting his first clients as a marketing consultant to shifting his consulting business into a scalable digital marketing company and the challenges along the way.

*The episode includes about 9 minutes of NFL talk, skip from 9:00 – 18:00 if you’re just here for the entrepreneurship.

Also covered in this episode:

How Tim starts every morning

NFL talk: Teddy Bridgewater, Vikings vs. Lions, Quarterbacks [ends at 15 Min.]

Rational Choice and NFL Head coaches and coordinators

Tim’s career path from intern to founder of Platform

Lessons learned working as a congressional campaign intern

The advantages young people have when entering new industries

How Tim landed his first client (as a marketing consultant)

Turning a marketing consulting business into a nation-wide digital marketing company

The value of raising your prices

Writing a book as a sales tool

How to double the average webinar attendance rate

Learning to work ON your business, not IN your business

Investing in yourself, even when you can’t “afford” it

Applying social proof to marketing and your life in general

Tim’s impact on The Future of School

After laughing at a woman who berated her Lyft driver for having a hula girl bobblehead, the guys turn to Justin and Daniel's alma mater Clemson and how their administration dealt with conservative social justice warriors. They also discuss why Youtube channels such as Honest Trailers aren't worthwhile.

Just as Dorian Gray’s indifference for anything other than his search for beauty led him down a dark path, how many more Sibyl Vane’s must be driven into death’s arms by Hillary Clinton for her to see the cruelty that flows out of her indifference for those who oppose her pursuit and use of state power?

The DEA bans kratom as the FDA approves OxyContin for kids. Am I the only one that sees the hypocrisy of this? Thank you for joining me on the twelfth episode of The LAVA Spurt, The Kratom vs. OxyContin Edition.

The DEA recently added the herbal substance, kratom, to its schedule 1 list of drugs. Kratom is a plant from Southeast Asia that activates some of the same receptors as opioids but is far less dangerous. Schedule 1 is generally reserved for the most dangerous drugs that have no medicinal benefit, although several of the drugs scheduled that way have shown to have medicinal benefits much to the chagrin of the DEA and the FDA. Schedule 1 includes drugs like heroin, ecstasy, LSD, peyote, and others. Why did they decide to schedule this plant the same way?

It’s Labor Day Eve, and before everyone gets drunk out of their minds and chows down on BBQ, the podcast team discusses Tim’s twitter battles, addressing the Trump speech at a “black church”. Later the trio gets into the movie The Big Short, and why educating people in an entertaining way is important. Finally, the podcast wraps up with some stories regarding Hillary’s emails, Jill Stein, and who could forget – Anthony Weiner.

Patrick Cockburn, journalist and author of Chaos & Caliphate: Jihadis and the West in the Struggle for the Middle East, discusses the possibility of a peace agreement in Syria or further-escalating war as Turkey enters the fray in an effort to stop a Kurdish state from taking hold, and the US, Russia, and Iran back proxy forces in pursuit of their own agendas.