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SHOW LESSJoe Biden just announced a black woman that he would like to see on the Supreme Court.  So, I did some research on Ketanji Brown Jackson and found some interesting facts that you might want to know.   According to Politico:   President Joe Biden is planning to nominate Ketanji Brown Jackson to succeed retiring Justice Stephen Breyer on the Supreme Court, according to two sources familiar with the decision.  Jackson, 51, has been viewed for months as a top contender and fits the bill that Biden and left-leaning activists have sought in the aftermath of Republicans’ successful attempt to pull the judiciary to the right under former President Donald Trump.   Her name has long been floated as a potential Supreme Court justice, particularly after she was tapped to fill the seat left by now-Attorney General Merrick Garland on the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals, generally considered the second-most important court in the U.S.  Education  — Jackson studied government at Harvard University, graduating in 1992. She also received her law degree from Harvard in 1996. (She reportedly once partnered with actor Matt Damon in a drama class.)  — A Washington, D.C., native who grew up in Florida, Jackson graduated from Miami Palmetto Senior High School, where other notable alumni include Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, two-time U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy, as well as a number of former Olympians and professional athletes.  Before the bench — Jackson clerked for three federal jurists, including a district court judge in Massachusetts, an appellate judge in the 1st Circuit and Breyer himself.  — Earlier in her legal career, Jackson worked as an assistant federal public defender in Washington, D.C., where she worked on appellate cases, and served as vice chair of the U.S. Sentencing Commission for several years.

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Most of us have kids who don't want to get up in the morning. Mine don't either. Each day is a fight, with threats, yelling and lots of patience.

But then I realized that I could use this conflict to our family's advantage by linking our morning battle royale to a long-term objective of helping them to become economically secure.

The method involved using that moment of discomfort to help them realize the value of economic freedom and how this might create a more comfortable life they can dream of during adulthood.

I broke the method down today on The Black Financial Channel, even as my youngest interrupted the podcast to tell me that she forgot she had to go to her math club meeting. But I got enough out that this technique might help you and your family.  You can take a listen here. 

If you'd like to subscribe to our BMOT Land Wealth Building program for kids that uses cartoons and puppets to teach valuable financial concepts, feel free to visit BMOTLand.com. 

Today we talk about the deaths of two beauty queens within the context of social media depression and addiction and how it's impacting young people. 

Today we finish up with the discussion about rappers and their contributions to black people.  A recent Your Black World Survey concluded that most Black people do not believe Rappers do enough for the black community.  I want to finish this conversation. 

Kanye West has some interesting things happening in his deal with Apple Music.  According to BillBoard, this is all that's going on in the interesting life of Kanye West:   After announcing Thursday that his forthcoming album, Donda 2, would be streaming exclusively on his branded Stem Player, Kanye West (now known as Ye) says he’s raked in over $1.3 million in sales over the past day alone.  On Instagram Friday (Feb. 18), Ye posted that as of 11:09 a.m. PST he had sold more than 6,200 Stem devices in the past 24 hours, with sales totaling over $1.3 million. “Thats faster than I’ve ever sold any T shirt. God has a plan. New frontier,” Ye wrote of the sales figures. “Everyone that is supporting our revolution is changing the game for all artist. We no longer have to bow to people who don’t even truly care about music. I feel like I’m back at SOB’s performing Jesus Walks.”   At the time of the post, according to the report Ye shared online, he had sold 39,500 Stem Players to date — for a total net sales topping $8.6 million.

Here I break down the investment strategy of Cathie Wood from Ark Investing and whether or not she can be right in the long-term. 

Today on the Pillow Talk with Dr Boyce and Dr Alicia Watkins, we address the woman who says that she only dates prison inmates, and does so 10 at a time. 

Warren Buffett, also known as the Oracle of Omaha for his investing ability, is making some interesting moves in the stock market.  Following Buffett's trades could be an easy way to secure a solid long-term portfolio.   According to CNBC, Buffett just made a major move in Chevron, which could go a long way:   Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway made a slew of changes to its equity portfolio last quarter.  Most notably the legendary investor ramped up his Chevron position by over 30%.  Berkshire owned over 38 million shares of Chevron at the end of 2021, about 33% more than what it held in the previous quarter, a regulatory filing revealed. Now the conglomerate’s bet on the energy name, worth about $4.5 billion, is the ninth biggest holding in its equity portfolio, according to InsiderScore.com analysis.  Buffett first bought Chevron at the end of 2020, which was largely viewed as a classic value play and a bet on the rebounding economy. The wager has paid off handsomely as the energy stock rallied 39% in 2021 and has gained another 16% year to date. Chevron also pays a 4.2% dividend.  The conglomerate also scooped up a timely 14.7 million shares of Activision Blizzard in the fourth quarter, before the video game agreed to an acquisition by Microsoft. Activision enjoyed a big rally this year, up 22.5%, after the announcement of the $68.7 billion all-cash deal.

Tonight we talk about the Super Bowl, best ads, 50 Cent's wife beater and other economic issues behind the big game. 

The price of used cars has skyrocketed due to the chip shortage.

I am reading on Instagram about people who are selling their used cars for nearly the same price they bought them for many years ago.

This might be a time to get rid of your used car and it is probably not the best time to buy one.

But if you do choose to buy a used car, you may want to make sure that your options are flexible so that you don’t end up over paying for the car