In the today’s Holistic Survival Show, Jason Hartman speaks to author and former Department of Justice attorney, Sidney Powell. Together, they dive into some of the most scandalous and outrageous cases which have based through the Department of Justice in recent decades. Step-by-step, they overview several of the cases featured in Powell’s book Licensed to Lie: Exposing Corruption in the Department of Justice and consider the true state of our society.

 

Takeaways

01.00 – Sidney Powell’s book, Licensed to Lie: Exposing Corruption in the Department of Justice, deals with some of the most scandalous and historic events to come out of the United States’ Department of Justice.

09.20 – Within the Merrill Lynch case, it got to the point where favourable statements were hidden for six years while four Merrill Lynch executives were sent to prison without even a listed criminal offence.

13.00 – Sometimes there are two sides to a story and you need to dig a little deeper to find out what really happened.

16.55 – You have to question when a judge says he’s never had such a fine person before him for sentencing, and then passes a sentence.

20.20 – www.pogo.org (Project on Government Oversight) has identified over 400 instances of misconduct by prosecutors in the last decade. 

22.00 – Despite having a criminal conviction against his name a few days before the re-election, Ted Stevens only lost his place on the Senate by a few votes.

27.45 – The Bar associations are less than useless in these situations because they just give the same response.

32.00 – Judge Sullivan is turning around the Freedom of Information Act lawsuit against the IRS and doing his best to achieve a just result.

34.10 – There are too many aspects of the IRS case that just seem conveniently timed for it to be believable.

34.40 – Many of Sidney’s articles about these issues can be found at www.Observer.com

36.40 – If the IRS is being used to target political opponents, who gave that order?

 

38.45 – Information about the book and how to purchase it can be found at www.LicensedtoLie.com. Tweet Sidney using the handle @SidneyPowell1 and be sure to ‘like’ Licensed to Lie on Facebook. 

Direct download: HS_231_Sidney_Powell.mp3
Category:Podcast -- posted at: 2:05pm EDT

Jeff DeGraff joins the show today with Jason Hartman. DeGraff is a professor for the University of Michigan's Ross Business school and has worked extensively in teaching innovation. Today, he joins the show to talk a little bit about his new book called, “Making Stone Soup: How to Jumpstart Innovation Teams” and how it can help you succeed in your business venture. 

 

Key Takeaways: 

  • 1:35 – Companies are struggling with innovation on a team level and his new book, Making Stone Soup, talks about some of these challenges and how they can over come it. 
  • 4:25 – When you look at the history of innovation, most of these come from conflicting ideas or completely new hybrid ideas to try and make something better. 
  • 7:15 – Forget the 80/20 rule. Innovation uses the 20/80 rule. 
  • 11:25 – When you look at the patent timeline, it is more incremental than ever before. Jason asks, “Is it because everything has already been invented?” 
  • 15:00 – Remember, you're catering to a completely new generation. Millennials experience the world in a completely different way now. 
  • 20:00 –  DeGraff breaks down the four important elements that make innovation happen. 
  • 23:00 – Tip: Focus on something that works. Do not focus on trying to fix something that's broken. 
  • 27:00 – You can not start something new unless you give up something you're currently doing. We simply can't do it all at once. 
  • 28:15 – As you are trying to build or invent something for the first time, remember that you need multiple versions of it before you can truly succeed. 
Direct download: HS_230-Jeff_DeGraff.mp3
Category:Podcast -- posted at: 3:56pm EDT

Today’s Holistic Survival Show focuses on the ever-changing industry of manufacturing. Your host, Jason Hartman, talks with the President and Executive Director of The Alliance for American Manufacturing, Scott Paul. They discuss topics from moving this industry overseas, to the changing situation over history and even to the impact and potential for change due to 3D printers, with Scott Paul giving his experienced overview on each.

 

 

Key Takeaways

02.20 – The manufacturing market is so vast – it includes both the larger products such as fridges, and the smaller parts you don’t see, such as packaging or car parts.

05.30 – If a US steel plant were to move to China, the percentage increases of output pollutants are staggering.

07.00 – Manufacturing is one of the most important and effective ‘multiplier’ industries in the United States.

13.50 – The situation has changed prettily drastically since the 1990s and that’s not necessarily a good thing.

19.00 – We’re also putting ourselves in a risky security situation due to our total dependence on one manufacturing company in China.

24.20 – Putting money into improving the US infrastructure would be a very wise investment.

25.10 – Find out more information about Scott Paul and his work at www.AmericanManufacturing.org and on Twitter using the handle @KeepItMadeinUSA

29.00 – Germany is in a particularly good position right now, in terms of manufacturing, even though its average compensation manufacturing is almost 20% higher than that of the United States.

34.10 – Manufacturing has the potential to be transformed with the innovation of 3D printing.

Direct download: HS_229_Scott_Paul.mp3
Category:Podcast -- posted at: 8:44am EDT

Dr Allen Francis joins Jason Hartman on today’s Holistic Survival Show to discuss the importance of changing diagnosis methods in the US and the drug usage trends resulting from this. As the situation currently standard, the number of people dependant on anti-depressants, anti-anxiety drugs and anti-psychotic drugs is truly staggering - a topic which Francis attempts to explain and understand.

 

Key Takeaways 

02.20 – In America, the current statistics for the usage of anti-depressant or psychiatric medication are quite staggering.

04.20 – By advertising directly to consumers, drug companies are now making billions of dollars in unnecessary prescriptions.

08.10 – Ideally, the same disassociation will occur with drug companies as has occurred with big tobacco companies over the last 2 decades.

09.40 – A simple change of paying primary care doctors more and giving them more time with patients could transform medical standards in the US.

13.50 – A ‘let’s hope for the best’ mentality only serves to cause more problems.

15.45 – The debates on mass shootings and the motivation behind them always falls to more generalized gun crime, rather than on what drugs were being taken.

17.30 – Comparing the varying medical markets and systems of the US to other countries such as Egypt yields some unbelievable results.

19.30 – DSM-5 turns everyday issues into massive diagnosable health concerns.

21.25 – The guidelines mean that everyone who is a specialist sees their specialty in everybody.

 

 

 

Direct download: HS_228_-_Dr._Allen_Frances.mp3
Category:Podcast -- posted at: 9:29am EDT

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