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Welcome to on the Chain. This is Chip here with without Jeff. Jeff is on special assignment in South Korea. He will be back on the show soon enough. So you're just gonna have to be hang out with me. We're gonna do it solo. Flying the plane solo tonight. So we got a bunch of things to chat about tonight. We've got first off, we got to talk about XRP and USA Today and boy, oh boy, we're. The Maxi meltdown started over this bullish headline. Acid flow to xrpl Ripple and wormhole plot. Major bridge. Not backing down. Not going to be bullied. Clip goes viral. Mount Lushmore. What is that all about? Meme thread takes aim at political absurdity. Woke is over. It's great to see more proof that the cultural pushback gains more steam. UK pushes back. Brits vent frustration. I think they've had it up to here with all the shenanigans over there. How to spot a Democrat AOC backlash. We have Sweeney and Tom's Times Square and boy, oh boy, people are more and more triggered. Alex Padilla center. Alex Padilla's take. We have all that and more. Here we go. About ready to sneeze. Hang on, I'll try not to sneeze. Here we go. Ready? Let's go, let's go. Hate that when you're gonna sneeze. Can't hit the sneeze button. Try to hit the start button. Welcome, everybody. Drop where you're coming in from today on the chain. How's the on the Chain fam doing tonight? How is everybody this morning? If you're coming in from some other parts of the world, how are you guys doing? How is it going for you guys, huh? How was the beginning of the week? How is it Good. Jim D. Good evening, Jim D. What's going on? Greetings, Chip and all. Not to be mean, but does anyone read USA Today anymore? Nobody? I'll be honest with you. I didn't even know it was still existed. I was shocked to see, like, is this the thing? I thought maybe somebody bought the name, was just putting it on an X account. I quite honestly didn't even think so. Jeff is still nice. Not laws. I would say he's having a great, you know, trip, family trip into South Korea, which is good. Steve Willits from down Under. G', day, Liquors. G'. Day. G', day, everyone. Beautiful to see that Rod Hale in here. Good evening from Sky Post, Oregon. There you go. Probably butchered it again. But we and also too, we're going to be giving away A badass yeti. A little bit more about that. But you know what to do. You got to type in yeti if you want to win. Last time we had, we didn't have that many players last time, even though we had a lot of people in here watching. I don't know, maybe not everybody wants a yeti, but if you want one, you type in Y E T, I yeti and you'll be able to go ahead and win a badass yeti. So there we go. So let's get this puppy kicked off. Hawthorne in the house. From Art on the Lake. We got Jeffrey. How does he coming in from Vegas? What's going on in Vegas tonight? Yeah, well, it's earlier in Vegas, right? Is it two hours behind or is it three hours behind? Five o' clock or six o'? Clock? I was in Vegas in March. I was at a, the Adobe Connect show there. It was great, great phenomenal show conference type of thing. It was really good until USA Today said xrp the best crypto to invest in. That's right, that's what they said. Then people paid attention and then we forgot about them again because that's kind of how it works. That's kind of how it goes. So that's nothing more to talk about, really. There. Uh oh, Joe, Buddy's boycotting the yeti thing. Uh oh, hurts losing 30 times in a row. Well, listen, it doesn't really hurt until you lose 40 times in a row. So I keep playing because you can still win, Joe. You can't win if you don't play. You have to go ahead and do it. And when you least expect it, that's when you go ahead and win. So let's not, let's not get too upset. Come on, Joe, let's type in yeti. Type in those four letters. Y, E, T, I. You can do it. You never know when you're gonna win, man. You just never know. So who knows? I certainly don't. It's all automated. I have nothing to do with it. You guys call rigged every single time. I really had nothing to do with it. So here, let's get to that lead story here. It's a slow news weekend, but so USA Today. And again it's got the official mark there, the yellow mark, and it said they posted this up and I, I love this headline, USA Today, the pulse of the nation in the palm of your hand. So is it like a digital only paper now? Is it a subscription based? I don't. You know, it used to be the whole idea of USA Today when it first came out, I don't know, was it, it was the 80s, I don't remember. But the idea behind USA Today was that it was a, it was a newspaper that covered the entire U.S. right? Because most of the time newspapers back in the day, it was revolutionary because back in the day you had your local rag newspaper and it only covered the surrounding areas and then you know, there's some news headlines. The whole idea of USA Today was it covered the entire US which thus the name USA Today. So I don't know if they're now a subscription Service. They've got 5 million followers. That's not bad. But they put up this post right here. XRP is the smartest cryptocurrency to buy 500 right now. And what's interesting about this post was I was thinking the same thing you're thinking. I'm like USA Today, is that a thing? And I'm thinking to myself, does USA Today actually have writers there? My first thought was do they have a writer there would even understand, even knows what XRP is? Well, my, my premonition was, was pretty much correct because no, they do not have writers. And what a lot of these outlets do is they pick up from other sources. Now you guys have all heard of the Motley fool and that's where they picked it up from. But Laura Shin, who famously, famously fried like a little baby, she's a, she does these podcasts, she's a ETH Maxi mostly. She also likes bitcoin too, but I think she's mostly an ETH Maxi, whatever. She's some type of maxi but she's always crying, crying, crying, crying. I've engaged with her a few times and you know, she is, she's pretty pleasant to deal with on the socials. But she said ermg, I don't know if that's, I don't know, some kind of. Oh my God, I don't know what that even means. Ermg, maybe you guys know, put it in the chat there. This was tweeted to USA's today's 5.1 million followers. Teeth emojis cover your face. Emojis look up in the sky emoji and shriek. You know, with emojis. USA Today, you need crypto literate journalists. Well, here says the crypto supposed illiterate journalist Laura Shin, it took me about five minutes to figure out what was going on here because it tells you right here, USA Today doesn't have any journalists that talked about this. However, the very well respected Motley fool, which is an investment type of an organization, did have something to say. The first thing I did was I looked outside. Okay, who wrote this? Will abonfring from the Motley Fool So what happened is all they did was republish a story. Not that big of a deal. XRP the Smartest cryptocurrency to buy with 500 right now, XRP is demonstrating its long term potential. If you go on the Motley fool, you'll go ahead and see the story. And again, it was just, it's just reposted. It's like stuff you see in Yahoo. It's reposted from like you know, multiple sources. I mean, yeah, it's. You find it on like a Yahoo page or a lot of these outlets do this and they publish it. They have some kind of a publishing agreement where they'll get it out to their, their people. They get. It's probably a paid type of a deal. But they go on to say nowadays 500 doesn't seem like much, especially if you invest in the s and P500 index where you can expect to make an average annual return of let's say 10%. And that's assuming historical trends remain constant. So if you look at it, that's just $50 per year. However, the cryptocurrency industry offers the potential for significantly larger gains than the traditional asset classes like stocks or bonds for investors who are willing to tolerate more volatility. Below I'll explain why the Payments Focus Token Digital XRP Crypto XRP might make an excellent long term pick as it racks up the regulatory wins and in the US and then seeks to disrupt the market for international transactions. They go on to say the regulatory climate is easing. Trump's presidential election victory sparked a sharp rally in many cryptocurrencies and it's hard to it's not hard to understand why Wall street is so optimistic. On the campaign trail, Trump promised to support the digital asset and industry overall and far and so far as administration's meeting or even exceeding expectations with the raft of highly pass legislation. On July 18, Trump signed the Gilding and establishing or the guiding gilding Sorry, the guiding and establishing national innovation for US stablecoins, better known as the Genius act, which is designed to create a framework for issuing dollar peg stable coins. On its face, this law helps legitimize cryptocurrency and mainstream asset class. Genius act is a departure from the climate under the previous administration when lawsuits and enforcement stifled crypto adoption. XRP's developer Ripple Labs was affected by this legal uncertainty. Well, they didn't. They weren't the developer actually that was gifted to them, but. Okay, we'll cut you a little bit of break, all right. We'll bring you back down to earth 21. Ripple lost its partnership with one of its highest profile clients, MoneyGram, which stopped using XRP based liquidity solutions after Ripple was sued by the securities and Exchange Commission. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah. Path to real World Utility XRP's main selling point is its focus on real world utility. Instead of trying to be a platform for highly speculative and often useless decentralized apps, XRP focuses on the more tangible market for international payments. Its Speed Low Fees 0.000001 XRP per transaction make it an ideal bridge between different currencies. So for example, if someone in the US wanted to send money to Japan, they could buy XRP with dollars and use that XRP to buy Japanese yen. Bypassing slow and potentially costly intermediaries. Dollar PEG stablecoins promise to make this process even easier by removing the volatility inherent in a free floating bridge currency like XRP. Instead of allowing the niche to be disrupted, XRP's developers are joining the fray. In 2024, they launched the dollar peg stable coin of their own called Ripple USD. The consumer use of RL USD can indirectly benefit XRP because both tokens are built on the same network. RLUSD transaction fees are paid with XRP which removes. So I'm not gonna get arrested that. But that's pretty much what it is. They ask, is it too late to buy xrp? No. But here it is. The Motley fool is USA Today content provider offering financial news, analysis and commentary designed to help people take control of their financial lives. Its content is produced independently of to USA Today. There you go. Laura Shen so maybe do a little bit of. Maybe just read the article. Maybe just take a glance at the headline and understand that USA Today is republishing the Motley fool, which you probably didn't. She probably saw that.
Jeff
I don't know.
Chip
But she's triggered the fact that they went out to 5.1 million. Oh my God. Say it's not true. It's incredible. No way. No, no. And arts. Look at our chiming in here. Go ahead, hit that like button, guys. It does help the algorithm. It helps us lose less people a day. If you hit that, if it really lights up, we only lose like one or two people a day. But if you don't, we sometimes lose three or four people a day. Why nobody knows was when we go review the videos from the last 30 days, it's nobody to watch the video in the last 30 days. So what does that tell you? That tells you you know exactly what that tells you. So it tells you everything you need to know. Let's see, what else do we have here? Okay, there it is. So ermg is a slang variant of. Oh my God. Think Irma Gerd. Irma Gerd. Irma Gerd. Okay, that makes. Thanks for sharing that with me, Chad. Now I. That even sounds even dumber to me. Thank you for Irma Gerd.
Jeff
Irma Gerd.
Chip
I got you Funny. Thank you for that. You guys are always smart and would know exactly what's going on. What's this? Just impressed with the AI produced YETI songs for each character. Very rock opera. Yeah, well, they're not. Well, don't get your hopes up tonight because that ain't happening. I was out most of the day, came back, did some show prep, and I was going to take my hand at doing it. Obviously. I. I love AI music. I'm actually releasing an AI, an all AI music produced band, fictional band out of the uk, out of Manchester, England area called the Ardwick Saints. They're all my lyrics all done with AI So when I release that, I will let you guys know about that. But again, taking a real big stab at making real legitimate music using my lyrics and then going ahead using AI and prompting to be able to pull it all together and make one cohesive effort in a style of 90s type music. Think charlatans think, you know that type of era. So that's kind of what it's modeled after. So there'll be a lot of that. And I do make AI music. It's just that I haven't delved into doing the. The. The badass yetis, and that's really Jeff's domain. So I kind of let him handle that piece of it. And he's very good at it. So there you go. Can we get an AI produced fed chair? That would be amazing. If we did have an AI fed chair, the first rule would be to you're fired because we got rid of the fed. That would be great. So that's how it works. That's how it works. Just, just. All right, that's what I like to see, Mike. I just hit like and share. That's what we need. Some liking, some sharing. Yeti songs are off the hook and worth the price of admission. Okay, maybe I'll try one for Wednesday night. But I will go a different direction with it. I have to have to put some injected my own stuff in there. But again, it's a little bit. It's a little bit. Yeah. I do do legit music. Thank you for very much. I do legit. Milk is music as well. Yes. I have written and. And produced in my own music and where I sing and wrote the songs. But that's why I have a friend that tells me that I sold out because I. I was wanting him to listen to it and he's like, you sold out, man, you sold out. I'm like, look, I know how to write songs. I think that's why this AI stuff is so popular. So good. The stuff that I'm doing, because I know how to craft a song, I know how to create a bridge. I know how to. I know how to put what kind of words go with each other. It's not just writing out some random stuff. You want it to sound good. So there is. So there is a little bit of technique behind it. Because I hear a lot of AI music. It's not all good. Some of it's good. Some it's. It's okay. It's pretty bad for, you know, as far as a legit type of thing. Overall. Overall. So that's kind of how it works. Let's see Yahweh's dance to the. What is this? You always dance to? The Smiths. There you go. They love the Smiths. Is that like the Smiths? Yeah. So there you go. There you go, man. All right, let's go. Moving on here. Let's take a look at. I wanted to show you guys this video because, you know, there's been. There's two Florida mayors, and the mayors were like, oh, we're not. When it comes to ice, you know, going ahead and arresting and deporting illegals, they're like, no way, man. I'm taking a stand here. I'm taking a stand. You know, he's not gonna do that in Florida. But here's one mayor who gave it a shot. He tried very hard.
Jeff
And.
Chip
Well, let's see what happened here. Let me look at where it is. Here we go. Here he is right here, talking about how he's going to resist ice. He's going to resist them right to the end. Here he is going to be bullied by the state attorney general a few moments later. You're here this afternoon because I signed the ICE agreement. Me, Yes, I signed the damn thing. Because we really had to. We were Put in a tough spot. Yeah. Everyone's talking tough, and then all of a sudden, to come to Jesus. Conversation happened. And what the ramifications look like, like going to prison. Yeah. All of a sudden, like, well, we kind of had to sign that agreement. They're all talking tough until it comes down to, oh, you might do some time in prison. We can arrest you. We can, you know, you'll. You'll be impeached, all this other stuff, whatever. So talking tough is great, but, you know, this is going to start happening more and more, especially when you see these governors are doing this. You cannot stop, you know, the ICE from. From doing their job. The federal. Yeah, the Orlando mayor is about to get fired. That's correct. That is absolutely correct. So that's the other thing, too. It's like, you know, you get fired, you get moved out, all this stuff. But you can also actually do some time, Right. You can get arrested. There's a lot of stuff that could happen to you. So he said it looks like he ice cream himself. So, yeah, all the talking tough stuff really works great until it's like two, a few minutes later and what ends up happening. Kind of had to sign this thing, otherwise it wouldn't have been a really good look, it wouldn't have worked out very well, and it could have been very detrimental. So, guys, I'm going to put a picture up and I want you to come up, I want to see, I want you to hear from you guys. What would you name this? Like, what was your name for this photo? Let's put it up. Let's take a good look at it. And I want you to name it, and I want you to go ahead. Hang on. Just to go ahead and put this up. Think creative. I'm going to put them up on the screen as you guys come up with it. But what would you name this right here? There it is. What would you name that? What does that look like to you, huh? What would you name. Let's see the names come in here. But again, what this is, if you're listening in on the Voice podcast, this is Mount Rushmore. But instead of the president's faces, it has Hillary Clinton, it has Kamala, it has Nancy Pelosi, and it has the fake Indian, Pocahontas, better known as Senator Warren. But there you have it. You've got the four on there. Their faces are superimposed on what look what looks like Mount Rushmore. And I'm just curious what people have. So here we go. Starting here, we've got let's see, we've got Mount Libtard. So says Mark Smithson. The Gorgoins eyes wine. And then we've got Art in the Lake. Mountain Nightmare. More. Mountain Nightmare More. Gotcha. That's very good. We've got Cliff Karen from John Doe. Mike Morass says Tears for Fears. Chad says Happy Mountain. Interesting. All right, Zober says Mount Bitchmore. That's a good one. Steve Willets, Mount Scissor. Me More. Oh, yeah. Yay. And then, of course, we got Micah that says which mountain? These are good. It's hard to choose a good one here, man. There's a couple of good ones here. These are really good. You guys got any more? Because then I will chime in with what some of the other people said. Here's another one here from Rod Hale. Says Mount Flushmore. I like that, too. That's a very good one. That's a very good one indeed. So, yeah, these are all fun. Witch Mountain. That's a. That's a winner. Winner right there. Chicken dinner. I'm not gonna mention. I'm not gonna say that, but there you go. There you go. Something about Scumbag Mountain there. There you have it. There it is. There it is. Cliff Karen is also a good one, too. Yeah, these are all good. Mount Scissor. Memories are delicious. Mount Killamore. We've got Mount Yeast Infection. Yikes. We've got goons like Medusa. There you go. Yeah. The Gogans. Yeah, that's. That's about it. So the reason I was putting this up here is because one of my favorite personalities on X, James woods, the phenomenal actor. I've always been a big fan of his acting, too. He called it Mount Lushmore. So you got Mount Lushmore there. And then somebody else thought it was going to be fun to put the clown makeup on, so they put the clown makeup all over there, which I. I like. I don't know. Mount Clowns. What do you want to call it? Did a nice job with that, by the way. It's very, very well done and executed. And then this one, Mount Lushmore. There they are sharing the vodka. So they're just going around. Nancy, of course, you see, Nancy and Hillary are like. Are both drinking vodka, and you've got Pocahontas looking to take a nip out of that bottle right there. She can't wait to get her hands on that bottle right there. So, you know, that's. That's how it works. Gorgons. Gorgons. What is Gorgons? Gorgon that's what that says, Gorg. Yeah, that's what it says. Gorgons. There you go. There you have it. So that was a little bit of fun with that. And of course this one here. I forgot this one here. This one. The Four Sisters of the Apocalypse. Also strong, very solid. And there's a whole bunch of them that people put in there. People put a lot of their own, added their own here and there. See? Let's see. Yeah, I think that was it. Oh yeah, those. I think I picked out the most of them. I think that was the. The best ones I saw. Maybe there were more here. This one here, There is slurring and then there is pelosiing. Pelosiing. That's what it is. That's what it is. Yeah. People shared a bunch of the. Hell yes. All right, so let's move right along here. Moving along. My Medusa. My Medusa is Greek mythology. I wonder if they shave their nose hairs. I wasn't really thinking much more about that. Mark Smith and loves Mount Bitchmore. That's a good one as well. Is pretty appropriate because they just don't stop Mount more kind of, kind of sizes that up in a very, you know, perfect way. So let's go to some more videos here. We've got some other things to kind of take a look at here. And I wanted to post this up here. This is something that Crypto Eddie found. This is Ripple's Jack McDonald with Wormhole Foundation. Let's listen in here. She clipped this up very nicely. But listen closely what they're talking about here. My name is Robinson Berkey. I'm the co founder of the Wormhole foundation.
Jeff
And I'm Jack McDonald. I head the stablecoin initiative at Ripple.
Chip
We all agree that there's going to be a lot of chains in a lot of different forms and we need something to kind of connect those. And all these chains have a lot of assets they need to flow between the chains within Ripple. Where I sit, we also see the.
Jeff
Benefits of a multi chain world. You think about interoperability platforms like Wormhole.
Chip
We think that there's a lot of opportunities to help bridge that divide, bring.
Jeff
Us to other chains and doing that in a very secure and compliant and efficient way.
Chip
We are responsible for flows, for instance of Biddle Blackrock's flagship money market fund, Apollo's private credit fund acred. We manage all those flows between chains when you want to send them between chains. So you're going to start to see activity flowing between evm sidechain XRPL and all these other blockchains that we probably know and use today. Isn't that interesting that he very succinctly named. He talked a lot about the XRPL and now maybe because Ripple's Jack McDonald's on there, who basically manages, sort of oversees the Stable Coin, the RL USD for Ripple. But very telling, too, because wormhole's huge wormhole is the interoperability between all the chains. So it's great that he said we'll be sending flows there. Talked about Black Rock's biddle that they're working on, so is dropping some cool things in that little clip right there. So I thought that was pretty interesting. Something we might want to unpack and take a little closer look at, but kind of monitor that, you know, as that goes on. So. But again, interesting to actually watch and see what that looks like. The other thing, too, is you guys remember that Donald Trump, he was saying that it's weird that there's no flag in front of the White House. He was like, there should be a flag in front of the White House. Like, I always thought that was weird. Like, I guess I never noticed that there wasn't a flag. You know, it seems like most. It seems like something you'd see. So he paid to have a giant flagpole, you know, assembled and put in, because people are like, oh, I can't believe you're going to be doing this. Well, the other thing that they're angry about is that Trump always thought there'd be. When they host foreign dignitaries, they basically put a tent out on the lawn. And if it's raining, it just turns into a mess because it's on a downward slope. And what ends up happening is all the water rushes in. It's just a 10, right? It has. It's a tent, giant tent where they put down a floor and then they have some sort of a, you know, some sort of a. Some side panels that come down if it's bad weather and they got little plastic windows in them. And this is what a foreign dignitary is being hosted at the White House. You would think a country the size United States would have a ballroom. So Trump said, I am putting in a ballroom. It's going to cost $200 million, and I'm going to. It's gonna. It's gonna be. Probably take about two years to put up and build while the Democrats were crying and pissing and moaning about it like, oh, my God. So what they didn't realize is that Trump's the one who's going to dig in his pocket? He said either himself because they said, what if you don't get donors to donate? He said, then, then I'll pay for it myself. So it's not coming out of any fund and that it'll be a really well done. They picked out a great architectural company that will put a lot of great accents, you know, in line with what the White House looks like. But, you know, having a proper place to hold foreign dignitaries, also hold a couple hundred more people so they can have these dinners and these special things. Probably a lot more secure than a tent as well. So it's when it comes to security, top, you know, top of the, of the line when it comes to, you know, what, what kind of what they will need internally to be able to secure the place. So a tent just doesn't really get it done. So I thought that was pretty good. Pretty good. Let's look over here. What's going on with the autocorrect over here. See, Jim D. Had a comment that I wanted to back up to. Let's see, I wanted, I missed. I highlighted. Here it is right here. Given the new in work pending crypto acts regard referring to the Clarity act and sounding like the banking cartel is now on board with crypto and working to control every aspect of it as the new Ponzi system via Stable Coins. I don't know. I don't know if I 100 see that, but I do get what you're see. I do kind of get where you're going with that. Of course they want to control it. They want to control everything. And I don't really know that they will, but they're, they're. Yeah, there's, there's some, there's some truth to that for sure. This Joe buddy says you heard about, hear about the idea of President Trump just appointing his new Fed chair just to mute Powell by speaking right after Powell speaks. Saying the opposite. Muting Powell purposely to contradict him. Yeah, I don't know if you would. I mean, I think his tenure is up in May, April or May. So it's a long time coming. But, you know, it's all the problem. What I think, I think the reason I like what's going on right now because it's highlighting exactly what the Federal Reserve is here is when you look at Europe and you look at they've had five or six rate cuts, you look at the rest of the world and their inflation is a lot higher than here in the States. So you see that this is Politically motivated. And why would the country like the United States just surrender all their power in 1913 to some banking cartel? And then you borrow a dollar, you take one dollar and then you got to borrow another dollar to pay the interest on the first dollar. Why is, why, why are we enslaving millions of American people? Why are they enslaving people around the globe with these central banks? Well, I predict the first federal bank to fall. I mean, they've gotten rid of two other ones in the US history. But when, if the Federal Reserve goes away in the United States, you can bet it's going to trickle down to every other country. And this is a problem pretty much globally. It's not something that's unique to the United States. You know, you got the same problem in Australia, same problem in Europe. These central banks basically taking everything and doing a hell of a lot of control. So, yeah, here we go. This is Bob Poole says the UK government does not want to stop migrants is now against the law to state migration is not good. And you can't even say anything about the law. Also, wow. UK loves free speech and migrants. Yeah. Well, don't forget when Trump was talking with Keir Starmer and he brought up the whole idea of free speech, he said, you guys don't have free speech. He says, we've had free speech for a long time. Yeah, well, there's a woman serving three years in prison because she spoke out against, you know, illegal immigration and she ended up, and they, they go to like 20 or 30 people's houses daily because they put up an improper social media post. And then even Trump called him out, he goes, because someone, one of the reporters said, I think you're, I think you're, they're censoring true social. And he goes, you better not be centering my true social. The other thing is, is Trump has been using a lot of leverage to tell the UK you cannot censor American companies like X, like Google, all this stuff. You can't censor them. And he's kind of asked, he always asked nice in the beginning, like, hey, shouldn't do this. And, and then something else happens. So you can imagine that something else is probably going to happen. He'll ask nicely. But if they continue to go ahead and do that, not a good, not a good move at all. So the U.S. the U.S. here we go. The U.S. mCA can be canceled with a six month written request. Do you, do you know Trump might do this? Who knows? You never know, man. That's what I'm saying. You just never know. It's possible. I don't know if I would see that being canceled, but other, I think, I think other things would happen more along the line. So I think that would be something a little bit different. We'll see what happens. We'll, we'll see. But look at this. I want to talk about this fly. Look at that. There's a picture of the White House that was taken earlier today. Look at how beautiful that looks. You see there's one on both sides. You got one in the back over here where my mouse says you got this other one. Beautiful. Like, you see a picture of the White House, you expect to see flags flying there. And it's a decent sized flag. It's not this little wonky little flag. It's a nice looking flag. So I saw this and I was like, yeah, this is good to see. You would expect to see this. But imagine there was no flag at the White House. Trump reached in his own pocket, said it should be there and he went ahead and paid for it himself. So, you know, can't. And why would anybody criticize my flagpole in the first place? But for Trump not to have to deal with anybody and say like, oh, I can't believe we're paying for this. Why are we wasting money? He reached in his own pocket, paid for it, got it installed, and there it is. Looks beautiful. Fantastic. Beautiful. Beautiful and delicious. And I talked a little bit about the beginning. I also teased what we might see coming up with this whole thing, with this woke thing going away, man, there's just so much winning going on. I can't take the amount of winning. But look at this right here. Check this out. This right here, another four that rune sex. This one here. New Yorker post headline the end of Sex in the City. The ultimate show about New York women gets axed after being sunk by wokeness. They ruin sex. And if you read this little byline, it says, when it premiered in 1998, Sex in the City was a cultural phenomenon with fans obsessing about a group of women led by Carrie Bradshaw, played by Sarah Jessica Parker, seeking success, love and cosmos in New York. But it's spin off continuation and and just like that was the name of the show, tried to check every non binary box. Was savaged by critics, lost all its fun. Columnist Kirsten Fleming writes HBO canceled it yesterday. See, people, they just don't understand. People don't want to see this garbage, right? They don't. They want fun, they want edgy, they don't want to be they don't want to be preached to, they want to be talked down to. They want to be, you know, you gotta be like the 1% in the world that believe this way and shove it down your throat. They don't want it. They want to be entertained. They want to have some fun. They want some fun dialogue, you know, in Sex in the City, what I understand, I've never watched the whole episode, not that I could ever get through one, but the way I've, it's been told to me, and I know it was a big show with women is they thought it was fun, it was fun, it was exciting, a lot of stuff. But man, trying to go woke and all this stuff. So boom, there you go. And so anybody embarking on these woke missions of whether it's entertainment, TV shows, all this stuff, if you haven't gotten the memo, you're going to pay a sad, painful price. That's how it's going to go. Bob says Disney has not learned yet. They have not. It is abs getting back to economic slavery. We talk about the Fed. Yeah, right there. Steve Willis UK is addicted to the votes migrants bring. Well, it's the same in the US and what's happening now is that multiple states of a blue variety, mostly Democrat states, they leave people on the voter rolls so that they can send out mail in ballots so that somebody gets the ballot, fills it out and they send it in. They keep dead people on the roll. So what they're trying to do is clean up the voter rolls and adjust them so that dead people aren't on there anymore and people that have moved out of state are no longer on there. So they're trying to do that. And there's two states that are not complying and I don't want to name those two because I don't recall if I got the two right. But I, when I read it, I thought, yeah, that seems pretty like pretty appropriate that these states would not comply. Heavy, heavy blue states. So that's kind of what it is. That's right. This is good point too. Eisen says we want jokes about each other. That was what made, that was what made it fun. Goofing on each other, you know, self defecating humor. Humor got too politically correct at a point of worse than humor anymore. And it's, and you see this a lot when you look at memes, when you look at people on the right do memes now they're leveraging AI and they're making funny stuff and they're laughing at, you know, they're laughing at themselves also. They're making, they're making some slight, you know, fun of Trump here and there. It's like there's, there's a lot of that going on, but mostly making fun of love. Now when the left tries to meme, it's just disastrous. Like they're too angry. They're, they're complaining all the time and, and there's no fun left in it. So it's just not gonna, it doesn't really, it doesn't really land in a good way, you know, it's just kind of ridiculous. Yeah, Don Rickles was the best. Man. I wish we could play some Rickles on here. If you guys don't know who Don Rickles is, go look up at Don Rickles Rose. He was the best. I mean we'll, we'll get demonetized and slapped around a little bit. Yeah. Sanford and Son. Yeah. I mean, good time. All those shows were fantastic, you know, and you don't, you don't have that, you know, all in the family. Those shows were funny because they made fun of society, they made fun of each other, religion, race. None of that stuff was, was, was, was, you know, off limits. And it's kind of. You watch it now, you're like, wow, it seems so shocking. And back then it was just funny. People didn't think look at it as shocking. They laughed at it. Right. So it wasn't a big deal. Right here. Steve Willett says the only way we can fix problems with voting fraud is to make voting compulsory after passing ID and IQ test. And you're willing to vote a language of that country. And maybe, I don't know, I don't know if you can do that, Steve, but I definitely know where you can. Bob, is pool saying that USMCA can be canceled with the 6 month written request? Yeah, I don't know. I, I think, I think you put this up before, but I don't think so, man. And you know what I mean, this is a trade deal. I mean who care? I mean it's actually was benefiting the three countries. So I don't necessarily know that that would be canceled at all. But we'll see, we'll see what happens. Jim D. Says the British Labor Party sees all new opportunity with foreign invaders laboring to birth new commie V Voters. Yeah. Until, you know, until they get voted right out of there. That's how it works. And look at Ray the musk knows what's about what's up. He's got the yeti. Let Me look at the yeti. What do we got published over here on the yeti thing? We got 10 people. You have a one in 10 chance of winning a Yeti. So if, you know if I'm thinking, Joe, buddy, if you're there, I'm thinking, you better throw it on, man. You got a 1 in 10 chance. Today might be the day. I'm just saying and want to take a look a couple more videos here that I queued up for tonight. The next one in order here. This was again, probably gonna. Probably get in trouble for playing this because it belongs to some movie studio. This is an old clip. It never got old. I'm sure most of you have seen it. But it came across my feed again today, so I said, let me play it. But this is fun. This is. How do you spot a Democrat? Ready for this?
Jeff
This is Mr. Montgomery.
Chip
I met him a few weeks ago in New York. Oh, how are you? You live here? Yes. Well, maybe you know what a zombie is. When a person dies and is buried, it seems there are certain voodoo priests who have the power to bring him back to life. How horrible. It's worse than horrible because a zombie has no will of his own. You see them sometimes walking around blindly with dead eyes, following orders, not knowing what they do, not caring.
Jeff
You mean like Democrats?
Chip
You mean like Democrats? Bob Hope dropping the line. You mean like Democrats? Great, great stuff, man. Fun, fun, goofy stuff. It's always the eyes, the crazy, crazy eyes. It always is very telling inside of the. The eyes. For sure. Yeah. And this is from Bob. Imagine. Are you in the. Are you in the uk? Are you somewhere over there? Because it kind of sounds like 20 of UK children do not speak English as a first language. That's over 1 million kids. UK will not be the UK in a few years. Oh, it's getting. It's getting conquered. There's no doubt about it. I mean, what. I will tell you that I have seen some things that are encouraging. I was saying I hope the British people sort of rise up and, and don't throw down with this whole thing, because I have to say that it's. It's pretty disparaging to see that maybe they would, you know, just sit back, put up with it and not do anything about it. So I, I just, I don't necessarily know that that's how it would go. Let me see. Do I have this? Here we go. Let's look at this right here. Check this out. These are four. Four cities. I think this took place yesterday. Look at this. You got Manchester, Waterlooville. I'll tell you, Manchester is impressive. Manchester, look at the flags of the Manchester rally. But they're basically protesting against immigration. Like these, you're starting to see these protests take, take, take root. And look, I mean right now they're peaceful. But I say this all the time. There's three main components of any country. That's language, culture and borders. If you lose any two of those, you basically lost your country. So if you can't protect your borders, if you lose your language like Bob Pool's talking about, if you lose your culture, it's like, you know, if I go to France, I want to, I want the culture of France, okay? I want to go because of the French long history. If I go to, if I go to London, man, I want to walk into a pub. I don't, I don't. And I want to be able to get a beer. Not, I mean, because certain parts of London, because there's so many elements of people that don't drink because it's not part of their so called religion. You can't even, they're not even selling, you know, you can't even get a beer. You can't get a pint anywhere. It's ridiculous. When I think about British culture, if you think about. Almost everything has benefited from the British going back to, you know, the common law and the way laws were set up. The way a lot of things, you know, the mag go back to the Magna Carta, right? It was pretty much the impetus in the beginning of a lot of things that spread out over the world and it really came down to the U.S. when they, when, when that happened 249 years ago and they wanted something different. It broke out of, you know, started with taxation, but it was really much more than that. They wanted the right to govern themselves. They wanted, you know, wanted to be, represent themselves and not be represented by something so far away that would you jump on a ship and take, you know, two months to, to get across the, whatever it was, four or five weeks to get across the pond there. So this is encouraging that they're actually stepping up and doing some of this. And I do think that we're going to see a lot more of this. But I, I do expect it to possibly get worse. It may come to some fisticuffs. It may come to. You can only push people so far, right? If you don't stand up for your culture, you don't stand up for yourself, who are you going to stand up for? And I, I just, I hate to see this. I see this is happening all over Europe. Two places it's not happening. It's not happening in Hungary and it's not happening. Which is where, you know, my dad's side of the family is all from Hungary and it's not happening also it's not happening in Poland. Right. There's. Out of how many countries in the eu. But the whole point of it is, is that if you can't come in and you aren't willing to speak the language, you aren't willing to assimilate in the culture. You know, my great grandfather on my mother's side came here, was born in 1899, and he migrated here when he was 12 years old, came over on a ship, and he, he didn't want his kids. They didn't know much Italian because he wanted them to be American. He wanted them to only speak English, so they wouldn't even teach Italian because it was an assimilation. You're here. They wanted to come to a place. He built a great life, and this is kind of how it was. I think it would have been good for them to know Italian. But again, his whole, his whole come from was we have to make sure that, you know, let's assimilate. We're Americans now, you know, and they were born American, so why would they want to. I mean, it's culture. It's a good thing to speak more than one language. But I get what he was going for, and I get the fact that he really wanted to assimilate. He had. I was, you know, lucky to have known him. He lived to almost three months shy of his hundredth birthday, and he, he was, he was a really amazing man. And heavy, thick accent, though. Really heavy. But he, you know, he did his best. You know, he did his best and he did, he did speak. So there you go, there you have it. Cash Velocity says I'm good at math. Maybe you made another comment. Yeah. Viktor Orban. Phenomenal. Viktor Orban's phenomenal. Yeah. And I do think that, yeah, Sharia law is why we have the Second Amendment and. Well, that and the Church of England. There you have it. And this is where I posted this the other day on the leader of Advanced uk. And I said, listen, you have to. You're starting to understand. Because he was talking about tyranny and this and that by the government. I was like, maybe you'll start to understand that the Second Amendment isn't about hunting. It's to protect against tyranny. Okay? So when you have 360 million people living in the US you have like 390 million guns. I think you can kind of do the math. It's not going to be conquered pretty easily. But again, you're not going to have people showing up at your, at your door trying to evict you, trying to come knocking on your door, you know, because they want to throw you in jail over a social media post, which is absolutely insanely ridiculous. So it's getting pretty bad out there. But I really just want the. Jeff is in South Korea with his family and that's why he, you know, we go on vacation or we have work stuff. That always comes first. Family comes first. That's kind of how it works. But Jeff is going to be out. Yeah. And the second, the second's there in case the first one doesn't work out. So that we say the second amendment protects the first Amendment, which is the right to free speech. And Keir Starmer, you know, all we have, we've had free speech for a long time. Oh, really? The problem is you don't have a constitution that protects free speech. No one in Europe has that because what ends up happening. And the problem is unless you, unless you change your laws and it's. And you start making some changes the next, the next, you know, and the other thing, the Tories, what we call the Tories here, Democrats and the labor, we would call left of the. Of the Tories, which is left of the Democrats. So you've got all this leftism going on over there. You know, Nigel Farage. Yeah, a little bit. A little bit better. But it looks like this advanced UK party is really starting to go after what really matters and protecting language, culture and borders. And I think that's a big thing. And people want to sum it up the racism. Well, if you rape somebody and you end up getting off the hook, that's not equal justice. And any. I don't care where you are, it's just not equal justice. So you got to be able to. To spot all the same. Look at this. Always goes up when we're doing the broadcast up to 301. Beautiful to hear that. Got yeti. We got 13 yetis, people. 13 yetis. Come on, Joe, buddy. I don't know if you put in there for it, but I'd like to see the fact that you've actually gone in and put that in there. Let's see. Okay, let me look at this next thing. Oh, so talking about this woke stuff even more. Wanted to. Man, Sydney Sweeney. This is like the story that really never Stops. It never goes away. It's just, it's a non stop thing. But check this out. I'm going to show these two clips back to back. So it turns out that Sydney Sweeney is very good at something we were just chatting a little bit about. But I was kind of surprised to see this. So not only she a great spokeswoman for the Gene campaign, but she happens to be good at something else. Let's watch. So here we go. Check this out. This is Times Square. And what's fun about this, it's very clever. It's on the corner of a building and it looks like there's a giant, you know, Sydney Sweeney in there and she's kind of like looking down like. It's very clever the way it was done. But this is in Times Square in New York City. Look at this. So there she is, she's waving everybody, she's looking down, blowing kisses with her jeans. And it looks like it's just opened up a photo there where she's just kind of waving down, looking out at people, chilling out, hanging out. Brilliant. See the American eagle thing going around the corner. Pretty cool. Pretty well done. Well, it turns out she's pretty good at something else. Check this out.
Jeff
Did not expect this for your first day. Hey, eyes up here.
Chip
Wow. 9:21. Oh my God, girl, your first time. That was really good.
Jeff
You're going dog nuts.
Chip
I mean, dreading girl. Yes. Sydney Sweeney has great splits. Woo woo. Those last two shots on top of each other. You see what I did there, right? That's pretty good. I'd be really proud if I were you.
Jeff
Yeah, for your first day. That's pretty, pretty good.
Chip
Thank you. Cool. Thank you, Sydney.
Jeff
Nice.
Chip
Of course.
Jeff
Thank you.
Chip
Well, there you have it. Turns out she's a pretty damn good shot too. That's gonna have the left up in arms too. Not only she taking the piss out of everybody with that ad, but my God, the left is. Heads are exploding. They're like, oh no, we got gun control. We gotta stop the guns. Oh my goodness. We gotta stop everything that's going on. That was. God. Oh my good. Oh my good. There you go. This is red meat for men and the non wokies. Yeah. For everybody. Jim D. Loves it. Got music bags over here with the yeti. Beautiful. Star wars also ruined for me because of all the wokesh. Yeah. It's just. It got some point of where it's just ridiculous. And speaking of that, something that really annoyed me so. You know, Jesus Christ Superstar, you know, a play that was Pronounced a musical that was produced back in the late 60s, early 70s. Well, they just sort of brought it out of retirement and they're now going around again. But let's look at this here when I show you this. The funny thing about that is, like, you know, Jesus Christ is played by a woman. Okay, now why. Why would you have Jesus Christ portrayed as a woman and Judas is, you know, let's just watch this. This is not Dr. This is actual. I. When I first saw it, I honestly thought somebody messed with this. Something looks weird. If you look at the hand, it looks a little odd. But here is the actress and the actor that are portraying Jesus and Judas and Jesus Christ Superstar. Here it is. So that's. That's Jesus Christ in the music. Okay, it's enough. I can't take anymore. Now, what's weird is that you wouldn't have this happen with Muhammad. Nobody would actually be portraying Muhammad as a woman. I don't think that would happen. I don't think it lasts very long. But it's okay to make fun. It's okay. Always make fun of the Christians. Always fun to make fun of Jesus Christ. Like, there's absolutely no reason to, you know, to have a woman play Jesus Christ. Why would you do that? It makes zero sense. Like, the whole thing is. Is just bizarre to me. But again, you wouldn't have a play where, you know, where you would see Muhammad being played by a woman. Right. They never mess with that religion. But, you know, the Jews and the Christians apparently are always open season. You can do what you want. Nobody complains. And partly because nobody is. Nobody's worried about driving home and getting blown up. That's the other thing too. But it's pretty, pretty sad. It's disgusting. She said Gollum is black. Yes, that did look a lot like Gollum. There you go. Zed says the same thing. Who. Who knows? The female. The female Golem was a good God. Looks like a creature. It's just so demeaning. It really is. It's just horrible. Yep. Bob Pool says they want to make fun of Christians. This is the. Is that them? Is that golem? It's so funny. You guys all said. You guys all called Gollum there, which is funny because I, you know, the Babylon Bee, which is a great parody site, put this up and basically saying what everybody was thinking here. But it says, performance of Jesus Christ Superstar interrupted after Gollum jumps on stage. I just don't understand why you would ever portray Jesus Christ as a woman. It just makes. I don't get it? I don't know. I mean, is that. Is this more of this diversity stuff we got to have. Oh, let's be open. It's, you know, it's just. It's pretty weird to me. You know, I just don't even understand where they're kind of going with this whole thing. It's getting to be a point of where it's. And the other thing. Do you guys remember they just had a. They did it with Anne Boleyn, too. So they had Amberlynn and they had who. Who, who was a white. You know, the Queen of England. Right. And they portrayed her, and I think it was HBO that portrayed her as black. Now, why. Why would you do that? It's like, not even culturally or, you know. Correct. Why would you have Anne Boleyn played by, you know, a black woman? Or, you know, why not? I mean, what's wrong with having a white woman? Who. She was, she was, she was, she was a white woman. Why would you have some other race portray someone? It's like, would you have a cultural bioptic made of Muhammad Ali and have a white dude, a white guy, play Muhammad Ali? I don't know. I just. I don't ever see it happening. Like, oh, we have to do that. Or like an Asian dude or something, you know, I mean, would you have an, you know, an Indian guy play Muhammad Ali? Well, why would you? It just doesn't make any sense. I don't know. It's very, very, very strange times we live in. But again, a lot of people and I saw somebody like, this was so brave. This was the best adaptation I've ever seen of Jesus Christ Superstar. And I'm like, oh, sorry, man, not my cup of tea. I hate to see it. I'll call it out. Every time I do see it, I just don't. I don't agree with it at all. Here's Alex Padilla. He's a senator from the great state of California, which used to be the great state of California. But this. Just listen carefully to what he says and how he positions this and how it makes absolutely zero sense.
Jeff
My focus has been on the people.
Chip
Who have been here, millions of long term residents of the United States who happen to be undocumented. Long term residents of the United States, by the way, they happen to be undocumented. See, this whole idea of not undocumented sounds really nice. Oh, they weren't documented. Oh, they weren't. They miss. They missed being. Oh, they were just undocumented. No, they're legal. They broke in the country, they're going home. That's how it works, right? But he's like they, but long term residents. It's just really crazy the way he positioned that. I don't know, I don't get it. Sorry. If you break the law, you gotta, you know, you gotta have a, you gotta have a law. Everybody has to be law abiding, you know. Look, the good news is a lot of people left voluntarily. A million people left. And the good news is if you volunteer went out, well, you can come back in. But come in, come in the legal way. It doesn't mean you have to. It doesn't mean you can't come back. That's why they said, go ahead, leave the country, come in the right way, file the paperwork and then come back here. And you know, I'm all for legal immigration. I think that makes, you know, every country great. But if you don't want to come in legally, if you don't want to assimilate, if you're not willing to do the work, then why would you want to come here in the first place? So you can go and fly your flag from back home? Just go back home. Why would you, why would you do anything different? Very strange, very strange. Let's see, what else do we have here? Look here in this old, in the old grab bag. That was it for all my. Oh, this was one I wanted to show earlier but kind of got away from me. Somebody saw Ripple Ripple ad in the wild, but here it is. There will be signs. Zooming in on a sign here and it says, and if you, if you see what it says here, it says it's happening in New York City and wherever you go. And then it's there, zooms in, there's Ripple crypto blockchain. It's happening around the world with ripple payments. Custody, stablecoin. There you go. There's the three things that they're talking about between pavement, custody and stablecoin. Very cool. Somebody saw this in New York City. So you do see the, the ad signs in the wild there will be signs and surely there's a sign probably at the airport. Sort of looks like the airport, doesn't it? Kind of looks like the airport, yeah, that's it. So guys, let's get to the yeti drawing. Let's do it. I got 16 in here. Does somebody want to drop a yeti or what's going on? Does somebody want to drop a yeti? A yeti, Anybody? Yeti, anybody? Anybody for a yeti? I'm giving you another Chance. I'm giving you a chance, man. I'm definitely giving you a chance. Anybody? Okay, I'm gonna give you guys. Okay, 16. I'm gonna give you a few more seconds on that. We'll go ahead and do the drawing. Phoenix Starborn. Good to see you, my man. One of the main triggers for me coming to Christ Christianity was after Trump's election in 2016 and the pure evil I watched unfold after that. Well, yeah, that's about get ready to get handled. A lot of evidence coming out. We'll see. Keep, you know, see how that's gonna go. But yeah, that's. Appreciate that. Good to hear. Good to hear from you. Phoenix Starborn, man from the UK from down under, I believe. Right. If I'm not, let's see. Ray the musk says hitting the lake increases the chance of winning. Okay, well, I like that too. You can go ahead and believe that all you want. And I like the sentiment behind that. I thought every religious golden rule is don't tell lies. Well, yeah. Well, and the other one is don't kill people. Most religions have the tenet that you don't kill people. So when you say kill people that don't believe, you believe. Doesn't sound like it's really in line with how most religions act. So I find a little bit odd in that sense right there. So anyway, but wait a minute. Hang on a second, Hang on a second. I'm getting a signal. I'm getting a sick. Is it Jeff? Jeff, what's going on?
Jeff
What's happening?
Chip
Popping in, dude. We were just about ready to do a yeti. A yeti drawing here.
Jeff
Oh, sweet. Talk about timing.
Chip
What time is it? In the morning there. What time is it?
Jeff
It's 10am over here right now.
Chip
10Am is the fam sleeping?
Jeff
No, no, we're just kind of getting everything ready to get out the door again.
Chip
Heading out for another. Another exciting day, huh, of exploring?
Jeff
Yeah. Yep. Been up since like 4:30.
Chip
The time zone, man, it crushes you, man. Remember we went to Australia So rough. It was so far. So Arnold Lake says, welcome in. Jeff the maestro, usual vendetta. Says, what's up, Jeff? Ed says, jeff, what else we have here? I've been trying to orchestrate these crickets waiting for coffee. Michael. What up, Jeff? Phoenix Starborn is in here tonight. Dude, where's Jeff? Because he's in South Korea. Are you in Carnes, Australia? Okay. Yeah, it's 11 there, 11am There. Yeah. So you're only off by one hour there.
Jeff
So South Korea 11 is an hour ahead.
Chip
Yeah, only an hour ahead, man. Amazing, right?
Jeff
Crazy.
Chip
Wow, that building on the left looks secure.
Jeff
Oh, yeah, it's crazy. This one back here.
Chip
Yes. Wild. There you go. Looks very lush where you're at, though.
Jeff
Yeah.
Chip
Bulgoji. What is that? Bugoji?
Jeff
Awesome. Amazing. No, they're like. They have the H mark where you have the. The rest of food preparation and the tables right in the grocery store. We did that yesterday. That was so amazing.
Chip
Mike's morale says Jeff. The Stairway to heaven.
Jeff
Like 10.
Chip
Juan Colby. There you go. Yeah. Jeff, you missed it. But I don't know if you saw the part of the show where I played the Jesus Christ Superstar where now they have a woman playing Jesus and that's apparently okay. They. They have some woman who's playing Jesus and Jesus Christ Superstar. So we just went off on a whole rant and tangent about that. So you missed that exciting news. I said Jews and Christians are open season, but never ever go after the Muslims. No, no. But I also said that when they leave. When they leave the. The show that night, they drive home knowing they're not going to get blown up or hurt, you know, or assassinated. So they. Because they know that no one's coming after them. That's the good news. But you wouldn't do that with any other, you know, you know, with any other religion. So anyway.
Jeff
Yeah.
Chip
Yeah, it's crazy. So it's still hot there.
Jeff
It's actually. It's cooled down quite a bit. It was hot yesterday. Right now it's actually pleasant. A little bit of a breeze. Overcast. It rained last night, so that kind of broke the heat. You know, you always need that rain to break the heat and it's. Yeah.
Chip
Chad says your camera is over caffeinated.
Jeff
Overcast.
Chip
Must be. It must be. It must be tough to. To. There you go. It's beautiful, man.
Jeff
Crazy, right? So that whole valley was clouded over. Like it was a big cloud going through the valley.
Chip
There you go.
Jeff
Yeah, look at that.
Chip
It's wild.
Jeff
And then. Then get some, like, rural areas, like just. It's crazy. Yeah. But that whole valley was just. There's a big cloud floating through the. Through the middle of the valley. Super low clouds this morning. That was kind of cool.
Chip
Wow. Sweet.
Jeff
Yeah.
Chip
Bob says it looks like rain to me.
Jeff
Oh, yeah, no.
Chip
Sweaty head King wants to know if you have a sweaty head.
Jeff
Man. I did. I did go for that. I went hiking on. I guess that was Saturday morning before the. Before the show.
Chip
Yeah.
Jeff
I almost didn't want to Go back.
Chip
To get some coffee. Right.
Jeff
Saturday. Well, Saturday when. When did we do the. When was I on?
Chip
Yesterday morning? Which was it yesterday morning or was it Wednesday? When did you get there?
Jeff
We got here.
Chip
No, it was Wednesday.
Jeff
So it's Wednesday night show.
Chip
It was Wednesday night show, Right.
Jeff
I missed Saturday, right?
Chip
Yeah, you missed Saturday. It was Wednesday night.
Jeff
Where was I? Saturday. What day did I go hiking up the mountains?
Chip
Any earthquakes yet?
Jeff
No, no earthquakes. Only in New York City.
Chip
You're digging the food.
Jeff
Yeah, food's really amazing. Yeah. So I went hiking up the trail early for like a 6am I. I think that was Saturday morning. I went hiking up and then we came back and I was going to try to get on. Well, because Saturday morning would have been last night, right? Yeah, that's. We were in the taxi. We're trying to get a taxi back. But so anyhow, so Saturday morning. Yesterday was Sunday, but Saturday morning I was. I was out. So there's this trail and I hiked up the trail, took the trail, hiked up to the top of this mountain, you know, and it's crazy. Some of the trailers kind of loose dirt and then ropes and stuff like that. But it wasn't so bad. I saw a bunch of people. I saw some extreme runners there that were running up and down the mountain and just a whole bunch of people hiking. It was pretty cool. And then on the way back, I started. I started taking a trail back down the mountain and realized that I didn't recognize anything.
Chip
I'm like, oh, that doesn't sound. That doesn't sound good.
Jeff
Unfortunately, I just found a Google Maps and I'm like, oh, my God. I'm on the other side of the mountain. So I gotta hike back up now. And then I started coming back down again. I buy I passed and then I started not recognizing things again. And I saw some rope hang going down the side of this one cliff. I'm like, oh, my God. I don't recognize this again.
Chip
Man, oh man.
Jeff
Fortunately, I made it back. Like, I can't even imagine. Get lost out here in the wilderness.
Chip
Yeah, I was trying to find. They got all this stuff here. I don't know where the badass yeti. There it is. So let's do the drawing, Everybody. You got 23 in here. We're gonna pull the trigger. Let's see who wins. Joe Buddy, did you get your vote? Joe Buddy's been been by. He's been boycotting because he says it hurts losing 30 times in a row. It doesn't really hurt till you get to around 50, so you got to keep playing. Here we go. Ready?
Jeff
When you boycott, you don't.
Chip
Let's go. Who's gonna win? Who's it gonna be? Badass yetis. Zed.
Jeff
Problem is, we've tried transferring to Zed multiple times. His wallet doesn't work.
Chip
Oh. Said we're gonna have to pass on you, man, because we couldn't get that to you. So what do we do? He never got the last one right? Oh, no.
Jeff
We tried. Tried multiple times, different ways, and it never went through. But we can try again.
Chip
You can redraw mine. For some reason, you guys never sent it. We did send it. It just was never picked up by you, that's all.
Jeff
Never went through. We went through it multiple times.
Chip
Yeah, we tried it. It never sent it. Right. Maybe it's a wallet address or something.
Jeff
I don't know. He's registered. We tried it so many times offline, online, trying to get it over to me.
Chip
Hey, guys, you know what that means? You know what that means?
Jeff
I have to keep trying.
Chip
Here we go. We're gonna pull. We're gonna draw again. Let's go. On the chain. Badass Rod Hill. Big winner. Rod Hail. Rod, are you able to get your wallet? Are you on the road, man? Rod, Hail, winner. Are you able to chime in there and let us know if you're able to go ahead? We did roll another one. There we go. Hazzah to the winner. Huzzah. Rod, are you still here? We need to hear from Rod Hale. If he's still here, you got to say I'm here, and then get us your wallet. And we'll also need. If you're out of X, we're going to need your X handle. So that's going to be really key. Joe, buddy says I didn't want to stoop Yeti anyway. We have chupacabras here. That's what we need to have, Jeff. The badass Chupacabras. That would be great. So if you want to see what you've actually won, because I did not yet. Mike's good at coming in number two. You've come in number two, like, multiple times. Congrats. Rod. Rod, are you here? We need to hear from you, man. If you don't hear from me, we're gonna have to pull it again. We're gonna have to pull it again.
Jeff
You gotta pull it again.
Chip
We're gonna have to pull it again. So let me show you what you guys have won. What? Ultimately, somebody will win, but this is the badass Yeti right there. There it is. That is a spirit walker. And the name is Vinverger. Sounds it rhymes with vinegar. So there it is right there. Beautiful. There's the properties. 4 to 66 out of 543. Not so rare, but also very cool one nonetheless. So we gotta see that. You have to. We're gonna have to re. Oh, Rod Hill's here. Hang on a second. Rod's here. Rod, can you get us your. Your Zaman wallet address? You go into Zaman, open your zombie wallet, and you hit is it the send and then you can copy it from there. Or no receive. It's receive. Right click on the receive button. It pops open thing. You can copy and paste the. Then there. So Rod is here. Rod did win that. Congratulations. You just need to see your. Your. See if I can. I'm gonna go over to the YouTube to see if I can see it here. Everybody's mad that they're not. There's no badass Yeti song, Jeff. They're very disappointed.
Jeff
I know.
Chip
And I was. I was out most of the day, so I didn't really have. I didn't get back till late. I was gonna give my. Try it, but I just didn't have the time to put it together with the show and everything else. So I don't see the address there yet. So I'm still waiting. Would you drop it? Yeah. Always a slow response time. All right, well, no worries. Just let us know if you can get the. Your. Your wallet and. I don't see it in here. Do you guys see it somewhere? I don't see it. Yeah, maybe you're behind, but we just need your wallet address. We know that you're here. We just need your wallet address so I can go ahead and send that off to you and Jeff. While we're doing that, why don't you tell us more about your adventures. How was the match between.
Jeff
It was Barcelona against Seoul. That was Thursday night. Barcelona 1.
Chip
Yeah.
Jeff
Barcelona 1. Six three.
Chip
Kind of figure and then figure that.
Jeff
And then Tottenham played Newcastle here yesterday.
Chip
Did you get to see that?
Jeff
They're gonna try to get tickets, but they got sold out as soon as they went one on sale. They sold out. I think the stadium holds 66,000 people. And so they filled the stadium.
Chip
But.
Jeff
That was a draw yesterday. Tottenham won one with Newcastle. Another friendly. And it was son's last game. So he's not going to be playing for Tottenham anymore. Oh, wow. He's moving on. So it's a big game over here.
Chip
Okay, so I am. Let me just go ahead and scan this with the. What happened, Jeff? You're upside down. Oh, you got. What happened? You're also on mute. I think Jeff lost his signal. I don't know what happened. Unless you're saying, okay, man, well, we'll see you guys. We'll see. Maybe Thursday. Yeah, the next show.
Jeff
Yeah, I'll try to log in again Thursday morning.
Chip
Coming Thursday morning, man. Thanks for coming in. Have a great rest of your day. I'm getting ready for bed myself. Have fun waking up at three in the morning again.
Jeff
Yep. I'll see you Thursday morning.
Chip
All right, man. Have a good one, Jeff. Everyone say goodbye to Jeff to you guys. All right, man. It was cool to see Jeff come in. I wasn't sure if he's going to come in. He got there at the last minute. Very cool to see him sort of come in. Let me. Let me open my zom in here, and I got to scan this QR code so I can send this through. What is going on? This is no bueno. My goodness. I don't know what's going on. My zombie. There's always something going on, man. There we go. And scan this puppy. We go. And it is processing. It's verifying, and it will soon be boom. It's gone. It's successfully out there. So you have a badass yeti, you have yourself a spirit walker, so you should be good to go there. Fantastic. You're welcome. Rod, thank you for supporting on the chain. Appreciate all your comments. Everyone said goodbye. Rigged. Yigged yeti. Rigged. It's rigged if it's a regular, but if it's yeti, it's yigged. And there you have it. So just a couple more things as we go ahead and end this broadcast here, but I wanted to say that it turns out American Eagle apologized. Let me show this here. Let's see. American Eagle apologized, and they replaced Sydney Sweeney with a fat, transgender double amputee of color. So you have it. No, that's just. That's the Babylon B. That's not real. That's a joke. So I thought that was pretty good. Irma Gerd. Irma Gerd. It's rigged. Irma Gerd. Here we go. Beautiful. And then this one here, Kamala announces she will step away from politics to spend more time with vodka. It's also a parody from the Babylon Bee. They never miss this one here. This is a Cincinnati police chief asked citizens not to film crimes next time because it makes her look bad. And we've got this one. 10 Things More Popular than Democrats right now. Which I will get to that a second. The Obama presidential library is facing a lot of criticism at the moment. And then we've got this one. So these are 10 things that are more popular than Democrats right now. Number one, kidney stones. Painful, yes, but have you ever watched an eight hour Hakeem Jeffrey speech? Digital pagers from Israel? Nine out of ten Americans would rather wear one than be associated with the Democrats. British food. Who doesn't love a good pie with a fish head sticking out of it? Diddy parties. The popularity of these has followed a similar trajectory to the Democrat party. WNBA season tickets are more popular because they supposedly have at least one. At least some monetary value. Blue sky. There's reportedly dozens and dozens of devoted users. That's the. That's the Twitter X alternative. Then we've got that one scene from season three, episode four, the Mandalorian where baby Yoda jumps around while battling a youngling Mandalorian and it looks like someone just threw a stuffed animal through the air. Pathetic. That's more popular in Democrats. Jehovah Witnesses at your front porch. They may be annoying, but they're far less dangerous than most Democrats. Jeffrey Dahmer. More people should be apolitical and cannibalistic serial killers. And 10 more popular than Democrats are Republicans, but only by a little bit. There you have it. 10 things more popular than your average Democrats. The Democrats, it turns out they've got a brand new 2028 slogan here and it's we hate capitalism, hot chicks and the juice. There you go. That's their new. That's their new. Their new sort of a slogan for 2028. I don't know if it's a winner or not. I don't necessarily see it as a winner, but anyway, that's all the time we have, guys. It was good for Jeff to stop in. And that's all we have. We will see you guys. Hopefully Jeff will pop in on Wednesday. Thank you guys. Really appreciate you being here. Thanks. I appreciate it. Oh, my God, it's reared. Oh my God. Irma Gerd. So, yeah, thanks everyone that showed up today. Otc. Appreciate it. Yeah. Later, Tater. Later, Tater. Later's all. Appreciate that, Charles. Joey Swall came back after the Hogan mess on X. Yes. Enjoy the ride, guys. Top marks. Beautiful. I love that, man. Oh, here we go, guys. You guys ready for it? Get ready because here it goes. That's all the time we have tonight. We'll see you on the next one. Chip and Jeff. Oh.
Jeff
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Podcast Summary: "XRPL x Wormhole - Maxis Cry - Woke Dies - Sydney Sweeney Takes Times Square!"
Release Date: August 4, 2025
Podcast: On The Chain - Blockchain and Cryptocurrency News + Opinion
Host: Chip (with occasional contributions from Jeff)
The episode kicks off with a discussion about a significant headline from USA Today declaring XRP as "the smartest cryptocurrency to buy right now." This bullish statement inadvertently triggered a backlash among XRP maxis (enthusiasts), leading to a notable price meltdown.
This reaction highlights the volatile nature of cryptocurrency markets, where media endorsements can swiftly influence investor sentiment.
A pivotal segment covers the collaboration between the XRP Ledger (XRPL) and Wormhole Foundation, focusing on enhancing blockchain interoperability. This partnership aims to facilitate seamless asset transfers across multiple blockchain networks, thereby increasing XRP's utility in international payments.
The discussion underscores the importance of interoperability in the evolving blockchain ecosystem, positioning XRP as a bridge currency.
The hosts delve into the proliferation of political memes targeting prominent Democratic figures, symbolizing a broader cultural pushback against what they term as "woke" culture. A notable example is the altered image of Mount Rushmore featuring Hillary Clinton, Kamala Harris, Nancy Pelosi, and Senator Warren.
This segment reflects the intersection of cryptocurrency communities with contemporary political discourse, using humor and satire as tools for expression.
A significant portion of the conversation addresses the UK's stance on immigration and the preservation of its cultural identity. The hosts express concern over increasing immigration numbers, emphasizing the importance of maintaining language, culture, and borders to preserve national identity.
The discussion aligns with similar sentiments expressed in other parts of the world, advocating for controlled and legal immigration to uphold societal cohesion.
Chip shares his foray into AI-generated music, announcing the creation of a fictional band named "Ardwick Saints." The project blends his original lyrics with AI-driven composition to emulate the 90s rock sound reminiscent of bands like The Charlatans.
This venture illustrates the growing trend of integrating artificial intelligence into creative processes, expanding the horizons for content creators within the blockchain community.
A highlight of the episode is the analysis of Sydney Sweeney's promotional advertisement in Times Square. The ad features a large-scale holographic display of Sweeney, engaging passersby with dynamic visuals and interactive elements.
Additionally, a humorous demonstration showcases Sweeney's acting prowess through synchronized clips, further emphasizing her multifaceted talent.
The segment underscores the convergence of mainstream media personalities with blockchain marketing strategies, leveraging high-visibility platforms to promote digital assets.
Engaging the community, Chip and Jeff host a "Badass Yeti" giveaway contest. Participants are encouraged to type in "YETI" to enter, with the chance to win a uniquely designed Yeti NFT.
Despite technical difficulties faced by some participants, the contest adds an interactive and entertaining element to the podcast, fostering community engagement.
The hosts critique the role of central banks, particularly the Federal Reserve, expressing skepticism about their influence on the economy. They discuss the implications of potential policy changes, such as the appointment of a new Fed Chair by former President Trump, and its impact on financial stability.
This segment reflects ongoing debates within the cryptocurrency community regarding the interplay between decentralized assets and traditional financial institutions.
A contentious topic arises from the portrayal of religious figures in media. The hosts criticize the casting choices in recent performances of "Jesus Christ Superstar," where Jesus is depicted by a woman, sparking debates about artistic interpretation versus cultural respect.
This discussion highlights the tensions between progressive artistic endeavors and traditional cultural values, resonating with broader societal debates.
As the episode concludes, Chip and Jeff reflect on the themes discussed, emphasizing the importance of community support and proactive engagement in both the blockchain space and broader societal issues. They reiterate the value of high-quality, fact-based content free from hype, aligning with the podcast's mission to serve both newcomers and veterans in the digital asset landscape.
The hosts sign off with anticipatory remarks for future episodes, maintaining an open line with their global audience.
Chip on USA Today's XRP Headline:
"[03:50]...USA Today said XRP the best crypto to invest in."
Chip on Blockchain Interoperability:
"[21:50]...we need something to kind of connect those."
Chip on Cultural Components of a Country:
"[54:30]...language, culture, and borders. If you lose any two of those, you basically lose your country."
Chip on AI Music Project:
"[08:30]...I'm releasing an AI, an all AI music produced band..."
Chip on Sydney Sweeney's Ad:
"[43:10]...She's waving everybody, blowing kisses with her jeans. Brilliant."
Chip on Federal Reserve Critique:
"[29:00]...Why are we enslaving millions of American people?"
Chip on Portrayal of Jesus Christ:
"[50:00]...Why would you ever portray Jesus Christ as a woman? It just makes zero sense."
This episode of "On The Chain" weaves through a tapestry of topics spanning cryptocurrency developments, political satire, cultural debates, and community engagement. With a blend of insightful analysis and candid commentary, Chip and Jeff provide listeners with a comprehensive overview of current events impacting the blockchain and broader societal landscape.