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World Brief with Zach McCormick

Zach McCormick

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1:30

Magic Money Computer Printing Trillions

World Brief with Zach McCormick ·

2025/03/17

Send us a text US Government computers have been making money “out of thin air” and paying out “trillions” of dollars worth of this “magic money” for who knows what. At least, that is what DOGE Chief Elon Musk reported during an appearance on SenatorTed Cruz’s podcast earlier today. While both Elon and Senator Cruz seemed shocked by this finding the reality is that the Federal Reserve has been doing this for a while now under the code-name “Fedtrade”. The Fed won’t disclose everythi...

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1:16

Banker Takeover?

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2025/03/11

Send us a text Former Bank of England (and Canada) head Mark Carney has recently been elected to lead Canada's Liberal Party and is poised to take over as PM from Justin Trudeau just after Trudeau had a spat with his finance minister Chrystia Freeland. Turns out, Freeland and Carney may friends and some are wondering whether this heralds a shift away from the tradition in high finance of staying out of politics (officially).

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1:18

Gold Flying into US Vaults

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2025/02/18

Send us a text So much gold has been flowing into US vaults that the Bank of England has been unable to honor physical withdrawal requests in real time (whereas before requests could be honored in as little as 2 days, depositors now have to wait as long as 8 weeks to get their hands on the shiny stuff). What's going on here?

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1:28

LA Burns and Fire Hydrants Run Dry

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2025/01/09

Send us a textFire-hydrants run dry just as infernos engulf the Pacific Palisades and Malibu neighborhoods in North Los Angeles. This is one of the wealthiest communities on earth -- home to 'movie stars and millionaires' -- so how could this kind of worst-case-scenario happen?

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1:27

Canada to be 51st State?

World Brief with Zach McCormick ·

2025/01/07

Send us a textPresident Trump has stated he'd like to see Canada become the 51st state of the Union. Is it as far-fetched as it sounds? There is some historical context for the theory but it's a little complicated.

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1:28

Enron's "Egg": a micro-nuclear home generator

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2025/01/06

Send us a textConnor Gaydos, the newest and youngest CEO of Enron unveiled the company's latest product -- the "Egg" a nuclear powered micro home generator. We discuss the parody company that is the "new" Enron from the creators of the faux conspiracy "Birds aren't real". An amusing reminder for us all to use our heads and remember that not everything is a conspiracy.

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1:29

Is Trudeau Really Going to Step Down?

World Brief with Zach McCormick ·

2025/01/06

Send us a textTrudeau announced he intended to step down but his use of a "conditional promise" suggests he may believe there is a way for him to stay on as Canadian PM.

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1:27

You’re not crazy, Your Iphone WAS Listening!

World Brief with Zach McCormick ·

2025/01/03

Send us a textEver have that creepy feeling of getting an ad on your phone for something random that someone just talked to you about? For years Apple denied claims that it targeted adds to people by secretly listening in on their conversations . However according to claims made in the case of Lopez v. Apple, Inc. that’s exactly what they did.Over New Years settled the claim for up to $95 Million dollars but what is really going to happen now?

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1:24

Cybertruck Attacker Shot in Head

World Brief with Zach McCormick ·

2025/01/02

Send us a textAccording to Las Vegas Police, the driver of the cybertruck that went up in flames yesterday suffered a gunshot wound to the head. Several other strange connections to the NOLA attack as well. Many unanswered questions including the biggest one - Why?

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0:57

Curious Connection between NOLA & Vegas Truck Attacks...

World Brief with Zach McCormick ·

2025/01/02

Send us a textThere is a strange coincidental connection between the two electric vehicle terror attacks today -- they were both rented through the car-sharing company Turo. The company which was founded by Andre Haddad in 2009 has been relatively unknown until the COVID era when it seems have gotten a real footing as automobile rental prices spiked. Turo claims it only allows "trusted hosts" to participate in tis service and time will tell if any changes are made to its policies.

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1:23

Possible Active ISIS Cell in NOLA

World Brief with Zach McCormick ·

2025/01/01

Send us a textFBI released updates in the NOLA NYE terror attack:Driver of truck likely had help -- video shows other people placing IEDs in trash cans in French Quarter. Fire at AirBnB nearby was likely base of operations for group.Remote detonation capability of IED's in driver's truck supports multiple attackers theory. Bollards on Bourbon Street were under repair/malfunctioning explaining why they were down. Be On the Lookout (BOLO) appears to be in effect for suspects who remai...

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0:55

Questions About NOLA NYE Terrorist Attack

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2025/01/01

Send us a textWhy did the NYE NOLA attacker do it? Reportedly he was a Texas native, former Army Reservist with a career in real estate -- why throw it all away to attack innocent people in the country he swore to protect just a few years ago? Why use an expensive rented electric F150? Did he have an ISIS flag with him? Why were there conflicting reports about whether the event was being investigated as an act of terrorism? Why weren't the metal bollards on Bourbon Street raised for the celeb...

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1:28

Carter, Trump, China & the Panama Canal

World Brief with Zach McCormick ·

2024/12/30

Send us a textAs the world mourns former President Jimmy Carter's passing, focus on his legacy has brought the Panama Canal back into focus. This time because incoming President Trump wants to take it back in a game of geopolitical chess with China.

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1:13

Musk, Loomer & H1B

World Brief with Zach McCormick ·

2024/12/27

Send us a textThe Musk vs. Loomer blowup has put focus on "H1B" visas -- what are they, how do they work, does anyone like them? What's to be done about it?

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1:28

Florida Gold Standard?

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2024/12/27

Send us a textFlorida Chief Financial Officer Jimmy Patronis recently announced that he will be conducting a study regarding use of gold and silver as an alternative Florida currency. We discuss a the pros and cons as well as some specifics on how it might work at the local level.

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1:30

Financial Storm Trifecta?

World Brief with Zach McCormick ·

2024/12/26

FDIC scandal, big banks fighting tighter "stress tests", Bank of England giving secret pension bailouts: Are these three events the sign of huge financial storm on the horizon?

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1:29

Small Business Scrambling! Injunction Against...

World Brief with Zach McCormick ·

2024/12/24

In a shocking turn of events, a Federal panel of judges reversed the prior ruling which stopped the "Beneficial Ownership Information" reporting requirement of the Corporate Transparency Act from taking effect. The law, which does not apply to big business, banking or NGOs has small business owners scrambling to come into compliance by the January 1, 2025 deadline.

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1:20

Trudeau to Resign?

World Brief with Zach McCormick ·

2024/12/20

Will Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau bow to mounting pressure to resign? Reports suggest yes!

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1:12

Elon for Speaker?

World Brief with Zach McCormick ·

2024/12/19

Could Elon Musk be the next speaker of the house? Yes and we discuss the constitutional reason why.

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1:29

1 (800) CHATGPT

World Brief with Zach McCormick ·

2024/12/18

In this episode of World Brief we discuss Open AI's latest offering -- 1 (800) CHATGPT.

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