Ian Carroll Unleashed 2 | Urban Air Gets Darker And Trump Turns On Israel | Candace Ep 185

[00:00:00] Well, there's a new immigration scandal [00:00:02] today and this time it is white people [00:00:04] trying to come to America and everyone's [00:00:06] got a hot take. All that while Trump is [00:00:08] seemingly reversing the status quo [00:00:10] policy on Israel and simultaneously [00:00:13] making deals with Saudi Arabia for [00:00:14] hundreds of billions of dollars. And [00:00:16] we'll get to that right after we drop a [00:00:18] big bombshell on the story we started [00:00:20] yesterday about Unleash Brands, Michael [00:00:22] Browning Jr. and the Little Gym. All [00:00:24] that today on Canvas. [00:00:30] right [00:00:31] [Music] [00:00:31] [Applause] [00:00:35] [Music] [00:00:40] now. Today, we're going to start with a [00:00:42] brief reminder of what happened to Toys [00:00:44] R Us, famously bankrupted by the private [00:00:47] equity firm KKR and Bane Capital, [00:00:50] because it's important to highlight just [00:00:51] how much private equity will do for [00:00:53] profit and how little they care about [00:00:55] who they hurt while they do it. Before [00:00:58] private equity bought them out, Toys R [00:00:59] Us had $1.8 billion of debt. After [00:01:03] private equity was done with them, they [00:01:04] were loaded with more than 5 billion of [00:01:07] debt. By 2007, interest expenses [00:01:09] consumed 97% of their profit. Amazon was [00:01:13] a juggernaut that spelled the demise of [00:01:15] traditional retail stores. And in 2017, [00:01:17] roughly 7,000 stores and 50,000 jobs [00:01:20] evaporated. Between 2015 and 2017, of [00:01:23] the 43 large retailers and supermarket [00:01:25] companies that filed for bankruptcy, [00:01:27] more than 40% were owned by private [00:01:29] equity firms. But what's worse, private [00:01:32] equity has started to master the art of [00:01:34] the leverage buyout, where they don't [00:01:36] actually put up the money to buy a [00:01:37] business, but instead just take out a [00:01:39] loan using the business they are about [00:01:40] to buy, but don't yet own, and they use [00:01:43] that as the collateral to secure that [00:01:45] loan. Quote, "Many private equity firms [00:01:47] ship in only about 1 to 2% of the equity [00:01:50] needed for a leverage buyout and skim [00:01:53] fees and interest throughout the deal. [00:01:55] If things go well, the firms take a huge [00:01:57] cut of the profit when they exit. If [00:01:59] everything blows up, they usually still [00:02:01] escape with nar a burn. Another common [00:02:04] tactic used to gut a company is once you [00:02:06] control it, you sell off all the real [00:02:08] estate to your real estate buddies and [00:02:10] then force the company Toys R Us to [00:02:12] lease back its own properties for [00:02:14] monthly rent." further sinking the [00:02:16] balance sheet. The private equity model, [00:02:18] often called vulture capitalism, is to [00:02:21] loot and flip, not to invest or run [00:02:24] companies well. And many people don't [00:02:26] realize just how many beloved brands [00:02:29] have been bought out through these types [00:02:30] of leverage buyouts. This is just a [00:02:32] small smattering of recent leverage [00:02:34] buyouts, mostly by private equity, but [00:02:37] sometimes by public mega corporations as [00:02:39] well, as in the example of Craft Hind. [00:02:42] The big boys also realized during these [00:02:44] years that forming cozy relationships [00:02:46] with big consulting firms is a great way [00:02:48] to simultaneously mismanage a company [00:02:50] and take exorbitant fees while you do [00:02:52] it. The consulting industry is ruled by [00:02:55] the big three. That would be McKenzie, [00:02:57] BCG, and Bane and Company. Some of the [00:03:00] big private equity firms even have [00:03:02] associated consulting firms or vice [00:03:04] versa. McKenzie and Company has MIO [00:03:07] partners. Bane Capital spun off Bane and [00:03:10] Company, which are obviously totally [00:03:12] separate companies. And although they [00:03:14] sometimes work together, they would [00:03:16] never collude or do anything below [00:03:18] board. Never. This is actually exactly [00:03:21] what was happening to GameStop leading [00:03:23] into the 2021 short squeeze that rocked [00:03:24] the world. Their board of directors had [00:03:27] been infiltrated and they had hired BCG [00:03:29] to consult them on the way down. [00:03:32] GameStop said that BCG showed [00:03:35] prioritization of excessive fees over [00:03:37] clients interests. And Ryan Cohen, who [00:03:40] was the white knight who bought his way [00:03:42] into GameStop right before the 2021 [00:03:44] squeeze, he knew what they were doing [00:03:46] and he kicked out the corrupt board [00:03:48] members and fired BCG. He was very vocal [00:03:51] on his Twitter talking literally about [00:03:54] BCG and this practice. The exact same [00:03:57] playbook happened at Bed Bath and Beyond [00:03:59] recently, including selling off all [00:04:01] their real estate and forcing them to [00:04:02] lease back their own buildings shortly [00:04:04] before driving them into bankruptcy. But [00:04:07] that's a whole different story. I [00:04:09] mentioned all of that just to show that [00:04:11] this is a pattern for private equity and [00:04:13] the big boys that will do just about [00:04:15] anything to grow their wallets. And now [00:04:17] back to our boy Michael Browning Jr., [00:04:20] You know, this guy who owns the [00:04:22] trampoline park company where yesterday [00:04:24] we saw videos of kids falling off of [00:04:26] rides and getting seriously injured. You [00:04:29] might think it's not his fault. He's [00:04:30] just running a business. And sometimes [00:04:32] his employees make mistakes. Could be. [00:04:35] That would be reasonable to assume if we [00:04:38] were talking about most people. But [00:04:40] today, we're going to take a look at how [00:04:42] he founded Urban Air through the [00:04:44] absolute cannibalization and then [00:04:47] apparently the outright theft of another [00:04:49] man's work. That man is G Price and his [00:04:52] life's work was Leap of Faith [00:04:54] Adventures. And a side note here, in [00:04:56] trying to find photos of G and Leap of [00:04:59] Faith Adventures, this video that we're [00:05:01] about to show you was just about the [00:05:03] only thing I could even find publicly [00:05:04] available online because he and his [00:05:06] business have been so thoroughly erased [00:05:08] by Michael Browning Jr. and the story [00:05:10] we're about to tell. My name is G Price. [00:05:13] Name of our company is Leap of Faith [00:05:15] Adventures and we're in Bell Fountain, [00:05:17] Ohio. Here at Leap of Faith, we work [00:05:18] with family entertainment centers, also [00:05:20] known as FCC's. We help manufacture. We [00:05:23] help install. We help with risk [00:05:25] management. We help in all those things [00:05:27] to make other people successful. Average [00:05:30] week as a B business owner is crazy. [00:05:33] It's chaos. It seems like it's chaos [00:05:36] most of the time. I need a lot of help. [00:05:38] When I started, it was just me building [00:05:41] attractions in my father's garage. So, [00:05:43] it went from me being the bookkeeper, [00:05:47] the welder, the fabricator, the [00:05:48] designer, all those things. I cannot do [00:05:52] everything by myself and be successful. [00:05:54] I need other people in my life to to [00:05:57] allow me to be successful as well. [00:05:59] That's what Fifth Third did and that's [00:06:00] what Jason did. Fifth Third has been [00:06:02] very important. Fifth Third is this [00:06:04] building that we're in. Our research and [00:06:06] development lab that we have and without [00:06:08] Fifth Third, we would have had none of [00:06:10] that. So, I want you to just remember [00:06:13] that man. He's going to be central to [00:06:15] this whole story. And we're going to be [00:06:17] telling the story of his company and how [00:06:19] it went down today. And I also want you [00:06:21] to remember that that is what a founder [00:06:24] looks like. That's what a man that [00:06:26] founded his business on his own [00:06:28] interest, his own passion, his own hard [00:06:30] work looks like. Because now I want to [00:06:34] introduce you to the two [00:06:36] bombshells. the two documents that are [00:06:39] going to guide a lot of our reporting [00:06:41] today and are going to inform all the [00:06:44] rest of Unleash Brand's actions against [00:06:46] Tiffany Siance and all the other people [00:06:48] involved in this scandal. This is a [00:06:51] motion for sanctions and a motion for [00:06:53] injunction and restraining order. On the [00:06:56] right, you have the temporary injunction [00:06:58] and permanent injunction request, and on [00:07:00] the left, you have the motion for [00:07:02] sanctions. [00:07:04] The judge granted the motion for [00:07:06] injunction while the case was litigated. [00:07:08] And the judge extended that injunction [00:07:10] eight times. And a little bit of [00:07:12] background on injunctions, just for [00:07:14] anyone that doesn't know, an injunction [00:07:16] is the highest legal standard that you [00:07:18] can achieve in a lot of ways because [00:07:20] it's used to stop someone immediately [00:07:22] from doing something that is [00:07:23] irreversible, such as a lethal [00:07:25] injection. In this case, it was because [00:07:27] they were apparently stealing his [00:07:29] business and once his business is taken [00:07:31] from him, he will never get it back and [00:07:33] he also won't be able to litigate [00:07:35] anymore. So, it's extremely hard to meet [00:07:37] the requirements for an injunction. And [00:07:39] in this case, the judge granted the [00:07:42] injunction and then further renewed it [00:07:44] eight times, which is generally unheard [00:07:46] of. A judge would only grant an [00:07:48] injunction in the first place if it [00:07:50] clearly had merit. And this one was [00:07:51] renewed eight times until later Gar just [00:07:54] didn't have any money left to fight. Two [00:07:56] years after that first injunction, the [00:07:58] document on the right, [00:08:01] Grice and Leap of Faith Adventures filed [00:08:04] the motion for sanctions, which is on [00:08:06] the left. But they were already almost [00:08:08] out of money and had to settle shortly [00:08:10] after that was filed. So much of what [00:08:12] we're going to read today is from right [00:08:14] at the end of the line, right before it [00:08:16] all crashed down around him. And that's [00:08:18] why it includes so much information [00:08:19] because it was after everything had [00:08:21] already transpired. But it's important [00:08:23] to clarify that this case never won out [00:08:25] in a court of law and never even had [00:08:27] time and money to even be fully tried. [00:08:29] So these are simply allegations made [00:08:32] against Urban Air by Loa. Before Loa, [00:08:37] Leap of Faith Adventures, Urban Air was, [00:08:39] let's just say, not a very successful [00:08:42] company. to quote, "Despite growing the [00:08:46] UATP concept to eight parks over its [00:08:49] four and a quarter years of operation, [00:08:51] UATP is Urban Air theme parks, the [00:08:53] business still only realized annual [00:08:55] revenue of [00:08:56] $87,000 with a net income of [00:09:01] $168,329 for the year ending December [00:09:04] 31st, 2015. That is a very small number [00:09:08] if you're running eight big theme parks [00:09:11] and you're only [00:09:13] netting [00:09:15] 168,000. So it was literally just [00:09:19] trampolines and video games. Michael [00:09:21] Browning was still working a day job and [00:09:23] he had built all of that on his daddy's [00:09:26] money. But then Michael brought Leap of [00:09:29] Faith Adventures in and Urban Air was [00:09:31] completely transformed. [00:09:34] So to be clear, these two men founded [00:09:38] their businesses in the same year [00:09:41] independently. One founded his business [00:09:43] with hard work, relationship building, [00:09:45] and a vision. The other founded his [00:09:47] business with daddy's money, and a [00:09:49] distinct need for [00:09:51] validation. [00:09:53] So Leap of Faith Adventures gave Urban [00:09:56] Air all of their attractions, all of [00:09:58] their new brand identity. Everything [00:10:00] that your kid thinks of as Urban Air [00:10:02] today, that was installed by Leap of [00:10:03] Faith Adventures because this is what [00:10:05] Leap of Faith Adventures did. They were [00:10:07] a company that installed these types of [00:10:09] rides and attractions for these types of [00:10:11] parks. And they did it by forming [00:10:13] relationships with the people that [00:10:15] invented these different rides and [00:10:17] attractions and then bringing that [00:10:19] technology and those attractions in and [00:10:21] installing them for the business like [00:10:23] Urban Air. Fast forward to the end of [00:10:26] 2016. UATP's business model was now [00:10:29] dramatically different. Leap of Faith's [00:10:31] hard work, experience, and expertise [00:10:33] made the Urban Air model scalable and [00:10:35] reproducible, allowing Urban Air to open [00:10:38] 13 new parks in a single year and expand [00:10:40] its previously limited attraction [00:10:42] selection. Remember, eight parks across [00:10:44] the whole founding, then 13 parks in a [00:10:47] single year. So, in short, Leap of Faith [00:10:49] enabled Urban Air to grow and made its [00:10:51] franchise a more attractive investment [00:10:53] opportunity. Browning extended the [00:10:55] following offer to Leap of Faith. Urban [00:10:57] Air would send its franchisees business [00:10:59] exclusively to Leap of Faith for the [00:11:01] sales and installations of attractions, [00:11:03] but in return, Leap of Faith would remit [00:11:05] 70% of the net profits to Urban Air on [00:11:08] top of profit sharing. Urban Air also [00:11:10] promised to bide Leap of Faith with back [00:11:12] office services to assist with the [00:11:13] influx of associated business in [00:11:15] exchange for Leap of Faith agreeing to [00:11:17] pay $1,000 per park fee for those [00:11:19] services. But Urban Air later increased [00:11:21] that fee at 2,000 per park. And that [00:11:24] service, back office services, will [00:11:27] become very relevant later. It included [00:11:30] two main items. A semi-dedicated back [00:11:32] office managerial and accounting [00:11:33] employee Abby Crowley and the [00:11:35] procurement setup and hosting of a [00:11:37] private web domain for Leap of Faith. [00:11:39] Browning insisted Leap of Faith needed a [00:11:41] more professional email address. So [00:11:43] Urban Air purchased or $11.86 86 and [00:11:46] hosted the [00:11:48] lofadv.com email domain for Leap of [00:11:50] Faith. Leap of Faith understood and [00:11:52] expected, however, that the [00:11:54] lofadv.com account would be maintained [00:11:56] as Leap of Faith's private business [00:11:59] account. That will become very relevant [00:12:01] later in this case. And so, just to [00:12:04] clear this up and make it obvious, they [00:12:06] agreed to this profit sharing agreement [00:12:08] because Leap of Faith was getting all [00:12:10] kinds of business and Urban Air was [00:12:12] getting everything. [00:12:14] Leapase work was predicated upon [00:12:16] significant investment including 375 [00:12:19] hours of employee training on [00:12:20] installations, building codes, ADA [00:12:22] compliance, OSHA and other on the job [00:12:25] training to learn. Leapace investment [00:12:27] however was recognized and lauded by the [00:12:29] attraction manufacturers. It built and [00:12:31] installed more than 45 parks during its [00:12:34] tenure from 2016 to 2018 compared to [00:12:37] mere eight parks UATP had accomplished [00:12:40] from its inception in 2013 to the end of [00:12:43] 2015. And you start to see how relevant [00:12:45] it is that Michael Browning would later [00:12:47] start flying in Chinese labor to install [00:12:50] his new parks when this is the type of [00:12:52] cost associated with doing it correctly. [00:12:55] And Leap of Faith was very particular [00:12:58] about doing it correctly. Browning at [00:13:01] this point emailed his dad and said, [00:13:04] quote, "Gired [00:13:06] $75,000. That's a good way to end a [00:13:08] Friday. In a month's time, Urban Air was [00:13:11] earning as much or more in rebates as it [00:13:13] had earned as an operator of eight parks [00:13:16] the entire prior year, 2015. So, you [00:13:19] can't overstate how much of a [00:13:21] transformation this was for Michael [00:13:23] Browning's business. And it's also worth [00:13:26] noting how apparently attached to his [00:13:29] daddy's opinion Michael Browning Jr. is. [00:13:33] We'll continue with the story in a [00:13:34] second, but first, I want to take a [00:13:35] quick second to tell you about Smile. [00:13:38] Have you seen the latest fluoride [00:13:39] headlines in the water supply? The [00:13:41] future of oral care isn't fluoride, it's [00:13:43] peptides. 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[00:14:18] Experience the future of oral care with [00:14:20] Smile and get 15% off plus free shipping [00:14:22] at twwc.alth/candis [00:14:24] health/candis and use code candace. Take [00:14:27] action today for a healthier tomorrow. [00:14:29] Visit [00:14:30] twwc.health/candis with promo code [00:14:32] candace today. Within the first year of [00:14:34] the party's partnership, Urban Air [00:14:37] started spending on extravagances, [00:14:38] including buying a company plane. Once [00:14:40] Browning got a taste of real revenues, [00:14:43] he sought to increase his revenue share, [00:14:45] all at the expense of Leap of Faith. By [00:14:47] April of 2017, a mere year and a half [00:14:49] into the partnership, Browning was [00:14:51] already seeking to alter Urbanire's 7030 [00:14:54] arrangement with Leap of Faith. Browning [00:14:56] wrote, quote, I am trying to modify the [00:14:58] arrangement and therefore the statement [00:15:00] about 70% will no longer be accurate. [00:15:03] Quote, percentage was subject to change. [00:15:06] Browning consistently operated to limit [00:15:08] leap of faith income while expanding [00:15:10] Urban Air's own. If you were junior, a [00:15:13] nepo baby with an extremely successful [00:15:15] father like Browning Senior, what would [00:15:18] you do to protect your newfound success, [00:15:20] your new private plane, your new access [00:15:23] to the big boys club? Would you censor [00:15:26] journalists and publications? Would you [00:15:29] forge documents or commit perjury? Would [00:15:32] you hire felons to do your dirty work or [00:15:34] compel a woman to have an abortion? [00:15:36] Would you plant drugs or harm children [00:15:38] or terrorize small business owners or [00:15:40] bankrupt veterans? And I'm I'm not [00:15:42] saying that Michael Browning Jr. or [00:15:44] anyone else did those things. I'm just [00:15:46] posing you the question, if you had made [00:15:48] your millions, how far would you go to [00:15:51] keep them, [00:15:53] okay? Michael Browning Jr. offered to [00:15:55] move Leap of Faith's whole team from [00:15:57] Ohio to Texas. And Leap of Faith had all [00:16:00] the relationships. Leap of Faith had all [00:16:02] the connections to everyone that had [00:16:04] invented these various rides and was [00:16:07] selling them through Leap of Faith to [00:16:09] Urban Air. They also had all the [00:16:11] expertise that made this transformation [00:16:14] possible. So, it wasn't long before [00:16:16] Junior tried to alter their profit [00:16:18] sharing agreements and take in more [00:16:20] money from the partnership. And now that [00:16:23] Junior had an expanding business, he [00:16:25] started to shop around among interested [00:16:27] private equity investors. Quote, in [00:16:30] response, Polo drafted a letter [00:16:32] informing Price that Urban Air and his [00:16:34] prospective partners wanted to bring [00:16:35] Leap of Faith in-house and make him [00:16:38] Urbanire's vice president of [00:16:39] attractions. But if Price refused the [00:16:41] offer, then Urban Air insisted Price had [00:16:43] to sign the infamous rebate agreement [00:16:46] that Price never signed, but that [00:16:47] Browning now claims that Price did sign. [00:16:50] We'll come back to forging of documents [00:16:53] another time in another part of this [00:16:55] story. Leave it to say for now that that [00:16:58] was never quite resolved and Price was [00:17:00] never able to prove that he did not sign [00:17:02] that in court. But when they offered to [00:17:06] buy him out and he gave a resounding [00:17:08] hell [00:17:09] no, the next step got taken. Unable to [00:17:12] acquire Leap of Faith for the price they [00:17:14] wanted, the Urban Air defendants simply [00:17:16] altered course and embarked on quote [00:17:18] project Leaprog. This was their plan to [00:17:21] steal Leapace business assets and [00:17:24] eliminate any remaining viable [00:17:26] enterprise so it could not then operate [00:17:28] as a competitor. Shortly thereafter, [00:17:30] Urban Air personnel began sending emails [00:17:33] to franchises with whom Leap of Faith [00:17:35] had active sales and installation [00:17:37] contracts in progress that contained the [00:17:39] following message. Quote, Urban Air is [00:17:42] assisting Leap of Faith in the [00:17:44] administration of the attractions [00:17:45] contracts. Please use the attached [00:17:47] wiring instructions for future payments. [00:17:49] Browning admitted sending such emails. [00:17:51] And it's important to note really [00:17:52] quickly that these new wiring [00:17:53] instructions no longer linked to Leap of [00:17:55] Faith's bank accounts, but instead [00:17:57] linked to Urban Heirs bank accounts. And [00:17:59] we will come back to that shortly. But [00:18:01] now that he had private equity backers, [00:18:03] he needed to get in line and run the [00:18:05] private equity playbook the way they [00:18:07] wanted to play it. After successfully [00:18:09] diverting Leapace business funds using [00:18:11] this ploy, Urban Air began using the [00:18:13] following warning on its own email [00:18:15] communications. [00:18:17] Warning. We are actively working to [00:18:18] reduce the possibility of email hacking [00:18:20] and fishing. If you receive an email [00:18:22] letter or package containing wire [00:18:24] transfer instructions, call us using [00:18:26] previously known contact information to [00:18:28] verify the information prior to sending [00:18:30] funds. Never use the information [00:18:31] provided in the email. And so when they [00:18:34] had just sent an email with new wiring [00:18:38] instructions that did not go to the old [00:18:40] Leap of Faith bank accounts, but instead [00:18:43] seemed to go to Urban Air's bank [00:18:45] accounts, diverting all the payments [00:18:47] that all of their franchises should have [00:18:49] been making to Leap of Faith, but [00:18:51] instead are now making to Urban Air [00:18:53] apparently. Then they're sending out [00:18:55] this email saying, "And if you get any [00:18:57] communications telling you to send money [00:18:59] to this old, you know, the old [00:19:01] communications, don't listen to them. It [00:19:03] might be a fishing scam." So, in [00:19:05] addition to diverting Leap of Faith's [00:19:06] incoming payments, Urban Air also moved [00:19:09] substantial amounts of money [00:19:10] attributable to Leap of Faith into Urban [00:19:12] Air Attractions new account. Urban Air [00:19:14] would later take steps to clean out a [00:19:16] Leap of Faith checking account. Such [00:19:18] theft would never have been possible [00:19:20] except for the fact that Leap of Faith [00:19:22] accepted Urban Air's offer to provide [00:19:24] Leap of Faith with the necessary back [00:19:26] office accounting and invoicing on [00:19:28] franchisee products for a per park fee. [00:19:32] That was that thing we mentioned earlier [00:19:34] that was going to come back around. [00:19:35] Allegedly, it came back around. In [00:19:38] addition to diverting funds, Urban Air [00:19:41] also began an active campaign to solicit [00:19:43] Leap of Faith's trained and experienced [00:19:45] employees to come to work for Urban Air. [00:19:47] and in that process learned Leap of [00:19:49] Faith's installation trade secrets. They [00:19:52] also allegedly put up cameras that right [00:19:55] there it says, quote, "It's obvious to [00:19:57] me that you are trying to learn how to [00:19:59] install a park with the line of [00:20:00] questions you've asked of my team and [00:20:02] the cameras you have placed facing the [00:20:04] attractions build at the Bedford job [00:20:06] site." In his arrogance, Browning [00:20:09] readily admits their intentions was to [00:20:11] learn and steal leap of faith experience [00:20:13] and proprietary know-how so that Urban [00:20:15] Air defendants could use it without leap [00:20:18] of faith. Quote, "It is correct that we [00:20:20] have placed cameras at the Bedford [00:20:21] location to record the build. It is [00:20:23] correct that we are learning how to [00:20:25] perform the installs. Myself, John, and [00:20:28] Doug have told you numerous times in [00:20:30] person that our investors and board of [00:20:32] directors will not allow us to have all [00:20:34] of our eggs in the LOFA basket. They [00:20:36] want us to have a contingency plan. [00:20:38] Notably, no such videos have been [00:20:40] produced in the litigation. On July [00:20:42] 24th, 2018, the Urban Air defendant [00:20:44] successfully poached 26 of Leap of [00:20:46] Faith's 40 full-time trained and [00:20:48] experienced employees or three of its [00:20:50] five active crews. So, Michael had [00:20:54] cameras installed in urban areas that [00:20:56] were being built so they could record [00:20:58] Leap of Faith installing those [00:21:00] attractions and use that footage to make [00:21:02] training videos because a lot of the [00:21:04] attractions arrived without installation [00:21:06] instructions. But Leap of Faith's teams [00:21:08] were aces and they knew exactly what [00:21:10] they were doing cuz they'd had all that [00:21:12] training that he had paid for, which [00:21:14] Michael Browning was not as hot on [00:21:15] paying for it, didn't seem. [00:21:17] Then Michael went through a long series [00:21:19] of manipulations to acquire everything [00:21:21] he needed and file patents on [00:21:23] attractions brought to him by Leap of [00:21:25] Faith Adventures. And I don't know how [00:21:28] much intellectual property he might have [00:21:30] stolen this way. There's an immense [00:21:32] amount of legal documentation to go [00:21:33] through, but I'll show you one or two as [00:21:35] an example. So when Leap of Faith [00:21:37] finally took Michael Browning to court, [00:21:39] a man named David Evans was deposed and [00:21:41] testified about theft of his [00:21:42] intellectual property. He owned [00:21:45] Rascalface, which is one of the [00:21:46] companies that Leap of Faith had worked [00:21:48] with over many years, because he had [00:21:50] invented one of the attractions that [00:21:51] Leap of Faith installed in parks, the [00:21:54] Sky Rider. Remember the zipline like [00:21:56] contraption that we were watching kids [00:21:58] falling off of in yesterday's episode? [00:22:00] It's that one, right? So, this other [00:22:02] company invented Sky Rider, and Leap of [00:22:05] Faith is responsible for bringing that [00:22:08] attraction to all these different [00:22:09] various parks for all these different [00:22:11] companies and installing it there. So, [00:22:12] they're kind of like a middleman, right? [00:22:15] David Evans gave an affidavit in this [00:22:17] case and he said, quote, "I met with [00:22:20] Michael Browning at a picnic table [00:22:22] inside the park to discuss the manuals [00:22:24] and I explained to him they contain [00:22:25] sensitive information and therefore that [00:22:27] I would need a confidentiality agreement [00:22:29] signed by him to cover the urban air [00:22:31] organization." Michael Browning read the [00:22:32] confidentiality agreement and he signed [00:22:34] it on February 17th, 2017. A true and [00:22:36] correct copy of that signed [00:22:38] confidentiality agreement is attached as [00:22:40] exhibit 39. By the way, notice how the [00:22:43] text is all messed up on this document. [00:22:45] That's because Michael Browning paid a [00:22:47] lot of money, I presume millions of [00:22:48] dollars, but I don't know, to try to get [00:22:50] this entire case sealed. So, all the [00:22:52] copies available to the public online up [00:22:55] until about right now, are missing huge [00:22:57] chunks and look really weird. It's very [00:23:00] strange at first when you find it, but [00:23:02] we have the official one leaked to us. [00:23:05] Quote, "I did not know that Michael [00:23:07] Browning was going to file a patent on [00:23:08] my design for the multi-level play [00:23:10] attraction, which included Sky Rider and [00:23:13] my non- returnturn gate. I did not [00:23:14] consent to that and would never have [00:23:16] shared my invention to him had I known [00:23:18] that he was going to file a patent [00:23:20] application on it." Here's a copy of the [00:23:23] confidentiality agreement that Michael [00:23:25] signed with Rascalface, this company. [00:23:28] Quote, "You undertake that all [00:23:30] confidential information and our [00:23:32] approach to you and all discussions and [00:23:34] negotiations will be held in complete [00:23:35] and strict confidence and shall not [00:23:37] without our prior consent be disclosed [00:23:39] by any means of communication in whole [00:23:41] or in part to any person nor used for [00:23:44] any purpose other than your involvement [00:23:46] in a business relationship with the [00:23:47] company. The restrictions in this [00:23:48] paragraph do not apply to confidential [00:23:50] information which blah blah blah blah [00:23:52] blah blah blah is a very normal and very [00:23:54] thorough confidentiality agreement that [00:23:56] as you can see Michael Browning signed [00:23:59] in addition to Rascalace at the end here [00:24:02] is a copy of Rascalace's intellectual [00:24:04] property notice and here you can clearly [00:24:08] see that it states note that any product [00:24:10] process or technology described in this [00:24:12] document may be the subject of other [00:24:14] intellectual property rights reserved by [00:24:16] Rascalace Ltd. [00:24:17] / Sky Rider, Thrills, or a third party. [00:24:20] No right to use such intellectual [00:24:22] property rights is granted here. It was [00:24:25] very clear that this is owned by [00:24:26] Rascalace and that it is confidential [00:24:28] and that you are not to disclose such [00:24:30] things. But here is a copy of the patent [00:24:35] that was eventually filed and it clearly [00:24:37] lists Michael Browning Jr. of Bedford, [00:24:40] Texas as the inventor. And you can see [00:24:42] the diagrams for the Sky Rider. We also [00:24:45] have another patent. Same thing showing [00:24:49] the inventor Michael Browning Jr. This [00:24:52] was originally invented by Cheer, which [00:24:54] is another company um similar to [00:24:56] Rascalface that had invented these [00:24:57] attractions and then it had been, you [00:24:59] know, passed through Leap of Faith [00:25:01] Adventures and installed for Urban Air. [00:25:03] Here's the trademark on Sky Rider owned [00:25:05] by Urban Air. As you can see, [00:25:07] highlighted in pink, UATP LLC. That's [00:25:10] Urban Air Theme Parks LLC. So, when [00:25:13] David Evans finally found out about [00:25:15] this, naturally, he was pretty [00:25:17] surprised. Quote, "On October 20th, [00:25:20] 2017, I looked up trademark filings for [00:25:22] Sky Rider online at the United States [00:25:24] Patent and Trademark Office. I [00:25:26] discovered that UATP had filed for a [00:25:28] service mark on the name Skyrider. This [00:25:30] was done without my permission and [00:25:31] without the permission of anyone at Sky [00:25:33] Rider. The public records reflected that [00:25:35] Michael Browning filed for the Sky Rider [00:25:37] Mark in the United States in February [00:25:39] 2017, directly after he signed the [00:25:41] confidentiality agreement at exhibit 39 [00:25:44] and in Europe and the United Kingdom in [00:25:46] October 2017. The filings in Europe and [00:25:48] the United Kingdom occurred the day [00:25:50] after I notified Michael Browning that I [00:25:52] would not sign an exclusivity agreement. [00:25:54] So, here is an email chain showing where [00:25:58] our boy Junior claimed that he needed [00:26:01] detailed drawings of the Sky Rider [00:26:03] because the regulators needed them in [00:26:06] order to operate the park or they were [00:26:07] going to shut it all down. Note the [00:26:09] date. Saturday, March 11th at 8:34 a.m. [00:26:13] 2 days later, he bugged them some more. [00:26:16] We need the drawings quick. March 15, [00:26:20] 2017. That same day, the drawings were [00:26:23] sent to him. [00:26:24] Note that there are six people copied on [00:26:27] this email on March 15th, 2017. Dear [00:26:30] Michael, attached as the drawing for [00:26:31] Sugarland Hub with black and white [00:26:33] colors only. I hope this files I hope [00:26:36] this file is available. [00:26:38] Thanks. That same day, Michael forwards [00:26:41] this whole email chain with the drawings [00:26:43] to two of his attorneys and asks, "Will [00:26:46] these work?" Note that no one else has [00:26:49] copied on this forward. I wonder what [00:26:52] they could possibly have needed those [00:26:54] drawings for. Who knows? I wonder why [00:26:57] they only copied two of Michael's [00:26:59] lawyers onto the forwarding. And I don't [00:27:02] know what they meant when they said, [00:27:04] "Jeff, will this [00:27:05] work?" But shortly after that, patents [00:27:09] and trademarks were filed. So, as soon [00:27:12] as David Evans became aware of this, [00:27:14] many months later, he sent a cease and [00:27:16] desist letter to Junior, clearly [00:27:19] stating, "If you refuse to comply with [00:27:21] our suggested course of action in [00:27:22] paragraph 2 of this email, we'll have no [00:27:25] option but to instruct our lawyers to [00:27:27] commence action to revoke and oppose all [00:27:29] your applications for the trademark [00:27:32] Skyrider." Michael Browning responded, [00:27:35] saying, "Oh, no worries, bud. We just [00:27:37] filed these patents to protect you and [00:27:39] our investment." more or less. You can [00:27:42] read the text here if you want to know. [00:27:44] In a more formal legal notice, they [00:27:46] clarified, "When investigating the [00:27:48] market for zip coasters, Urban Air [00:27:50] noticed that Rascalace had no US [00:27:53] presence or sales, had taken no steps to [00:27:55] obtain patent protection or trademark [00:27:57] protection in either the UK or its home [00:27:59] country or here in the US. Urbanire was [00:28:01] and is remains the sole customer here in [00:28:04] the US and is working hard to grow the [00:28:06] market. While looking into your recent [00:28:08] email, further investigation found an [00:28:09] article from this past October [00:28:10] interviewing Mr. Rupert Oliver. That [00:28:12] article published by Global Amusements [00:28:14] and Play confirmed Urban Air's [00:28:16] investigation. Mr. Oliver admitted that [00:28:18] despite being invented 22 years ago, the [00:28:20] zip coaster had been a bit of a slow [00:28:22] burner. So, it all amounts to, in other [00:28:25] words, we just noticed that you didn't [00:28:26] have the trademarks on it, so we thought [00:28:28] we would file it to protect it for you. [00:28:33] Today, Urban Air continues to install [00:28:35] and use Sky Riders, and kids are falling [00:28:38] off of them and suffering lifealtering [00:28:40] injuries, as we watched on video the [00:28:42] other day, and Rascalace, the original [00:28:44] owner, no longer produces them. Weird [00:28:47] how that works. He then made sure to [00:28:50] brag all about it to his buddies. FYI, [00:28:53] we protect our attractions, baby. Thank [00:28:56] you, Michael Browning. Urban Air [00:28:58] Adventure Parks. Right on. [00:29:01] Now during this time, Michael Browning [00:29:04] Jr. had moved Leap of Faith Adventures [00:29:06] down to Texas. So they were in an urban [00:29:07] air owned building. Michael Browning had [00:29:09] built them a new website and new emails [00:29:11] because he wanted them to appear more [00:29:12] competent. At least that's what he said. [00:29:16] But this gave him control over almost [00:29:18] all of Leap of Faith's infrastructure. [00:29:20] And then one day, Leap of Faith alleges [00:29:23] that they showed up to work and they [00:29:25] claimed they were locked out of their [00:29:26] building and locked out of their emails. [00:29:28] And this is when Michael Browning Jr. [00:29:30] sent emails to all the franchises that [00:29:33] owed Loofpha money for installations [00:29:35] with instructions to pay, but the [00:29:37] payment link seemed to secretly link to [00:29:39] the Unleash brands bank accounts, not [00:29:41] leap of faith. We went over this a [00:29:42] little bit earlier. So, it's kind of [00:29:44] like all happening all at once. And when [00:29:46] that happened, Jen Saraki was a member [00:29:48] of the franchisee association at Urban [00:29:50] Air and she had been in it for a while [00:29:52] and she noticed that the banking [00:29:54] information was not the same as it used [00:29:56] to be. So she went to G, the founder of [00:29:58] Leap of Faith, and asked what was going [00:30:00] on. It looked like they were [00:30:02] intercepting a bunch of payments. And [00:30:04] regardless of why that happened, the [00:30:06] result was that Gar wouldn't be able to [00:30:08] afford lawyers if it continued. So [00:30:11] during this time, Gar sent this letter [00:30:13] to Michael Browning's private equity [00:30:15] partners at the time. And as you can [00:30:17] see, he lists eight different things [00:30:20] that felt egregious to him, reasons why [00:30:22] he didn't feel they should continue to [00:30:24] work with Urban Air. And I just want to [00:30:25] highlight a couple of the last ones, [00:30:27] though. They're all pretty wild. Michael [00:30:30] and Steven are currently hiring slash [00:30:32] rating Loa's installation crews, but [00:30:34] it's more than that. They've done so to [00:30:36] replace us in building franchisee parks, [00:30:38] another illegal interference with our [00:30:39] agreements with the franchises. And [00:30:41] respectfully, we believe they will not [00:30:43] perform the work efficiently or [00:30:44] competently, which can lead to any [00:30:46] number of very bad consequences. It [00:30:48] seems like a very drastic stance to [00:30:49] destroy key relationships and undermine [00:30:51] the only company that has ever built a [00:30:53] park over such a small difference. One [00:30:55] of our employees was lured away by Urban [00:30:58] Air has hired a very large law firm in [00:31:00] Texas to file an extremely silly lawsuit [00:31:03] against Leap of Faith. If anyone thinks [00:31:05] one of our crew chiefs can afford to [00:31:07] hire a large law firm to sue us and that [00:31:09] Steven and Michael aren't paying for it, [00:31:11] I've got a big bridge I'd like to sell [00:31:13] them. I think our lawyers will be able [00:31:15] to prove that this is just another step [00:31:17] by them to try and destroy Leap of [00:31:19] Faith. So from Gar's perspective, it [00:31:24] didn't feel like Michael Browning was [00:31:25] there to be a partner in much of [00:31:28] anything. And he filed this whole big [00:31:30] injunction, the one we've been reading a [00:31:32] bunch from, because he thought that [00:31:34] Michael was trying to steal his company. [00:31:37] So Gar files for this injunction to stop [00:31:39] Browning from doing whatever he was [00:31:41] doing. and Michael received it. Much of [00:31:44] what we read today was from that motion [00:31:45] for injunction, which has never been [00:31:47] seen by anyone outside of the case [00:31:49] before now. And Michael Browning Jr. [00:31:51] went to massive lengths to ensure that [00:31:54] no one would ever see [00:31:56] it. [00:31:58] Whoopsies. Because Michael Browning Jr. [00:32:00] and his team of lawyers just kept [00:32:02] dragging the case on and on, G was [00:32:04] unfortunately bled into bankruptcy. [00:32:06] Several of Gar's lawyers took this case [00:32:08] on contingency, which means they're so [00:32:11] sure you're going to win that they take [00:32:12] the case without pay because they're [00:32:14] going to get paid when you win. They [00:32:16] fought for over 2 years and still hadn't [00:32:19] even made it to [00:32:21] discovery. The section where they go [00:32:23] over all the ways that Browning and his [00:32:24] lawyers extended, disobeyed, and drew [00:32:27] out the courts is way too long to cover. [00:32:30] It's pages and pages and pages long. And [00:32:33] that's because Junior just kept throwing [00:32:34] money at the case, filing appeals over [00:32:36] and over to every level of court that [00:32:38] they could in Texas. That's likely three [00:32:41] different levels right up to the Texas [00:32:42] Supreme Court. And we're talking [00:32:44] sometimes like $50 to $70,000 per [00:32:47] instance. This stuff costs a lot of [00:32:49] money for Michael Browning, but also for [00:32:51] G Price. And the balance of power is [00:32:54] clearly not even in that relationship. [00:32:57] And eventually they bled Gry and he had [00:33:00] to settle. and Unleash Brands paid Gar [00:33:02] $5 million, but most of it, if not all [00:33:06] of it, probably went to the lawyers that [00:33:08] he'd been using for over two years to [00:33:10] defend himself against this lawfare. And [00:33:12] so, the actual case never even made it [00:33:15] to conclusion. It never even made it [00:33:17] into discovery. And G never had a chance [00:33:20] to prove any of these claims that he [00:33:22] made in this document. And to be clear, [00:33:25] they are all just claims. They are not [00:33:27] proven out in a court of law today. In [00:33:30] all of this, Steven Polizola was the [00:33:33] lawyer leading the charge for urban air [00:33:35] and Michael Browning Jr. Prior to this, [00:33:38] he was a private lawyer at Decker Jones, [00:33:40] not a huge law firm that specialized in [00:33:42] contractor law, and he was a small fish [00:33:44] that mostly just worked in getting [00:33:45] people to pay money in contractor law. [00:33:48] When he came on with Browning, he didn't [00:33:50] take pay, but instead took ownership [00:33:52] share. And he's been instrumental to [00:33:54] everything Michael Browning Jr. and [00:33:55] Unleash Brands has done. And now his [00:33:58] considerable fortune is inextricably [00:34:00] tied to the success of Michael Browning [00:34:02] Jr. and Unleash Brands. And I want to [00:34:05] bring him back up for a second too [00:34:06] because it's important as we go forwards [00:34:09] with the story to remember that he is [00:34:11] registered with the state bar of Texas. [00:34:14] He has a duty to fulfill and lawyers, [00:34:16] attorneys take on certain oaths. And as [00:34:19] we go through this story, we're going to [00:34:21] remind us all of the oaths and the [00:34:23] duties that people like Stephen have to [00:34:27] America, to the Constitution, and to the [00:34:30] justice [00:34:31] system. But we don't have time today or [00:34:34] even in a million years to cover all of [00:34:36] Polzola's shadiness. And we've already [00:34:38] covered so much insane ground. So, we're [00:34:41] going to leave it here for today because [00:34:43] that's how Urban Air and Unleash Brands [00:34:45] was born. That's how it was transformed [00:34:47] from a sad little trampoline park into a [00:34:50] nationwide super chain and then an [00:34:52] umbrella corporation that targeted [00:34:53] specifically child ccentric businesses [00:34:56] like toddler [00:34:57] gyms. And when that's your origin story [00:35:00] and now you're flying around in your [00:35:02] private jet rubbing shoulders with the [00:35:04] big boys, I can only imagine what you [00:35:07] might do to cover it up. Actually, I [00:35:09] have documentation showing what he did [00:35:11] to cover it up. But we'll continue with [00:35:14] that and get on to Tiffany's story next [00:35:17] week. Right now, I think it's a good [00:35:19] time to take a quick break and tell you [00:35:21] about one of the show sponsors. I want [00:35:22] to take a quick moment to tell you about [00:35:24] American financing. Debt doesn't just [00:35:26] show up one day. It builds little by [00:35:28] little. Credit cards, car loans, medical [00:35:30] bills, and suddenly you're juggling [00:35:32] payments, feeling stuck. But here's the [00:35:34] good news. You're not stuck. You just [00:35:36] need a reset. At American Financing, [00:35:37] they help homeowners like you. 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That's [00:36:18] 8007951210 or visit [00:36:21] americanfinancing.net/owens. All right. [00:36:23] You might have heard that the Episcopal [00:36:25] Church refused to settle white [00:36:27] Africaners, citing moral opposition. The [00:36:30] Episcopal Church announced on Monday [00:36:32] that it is terminating its partnership [00:36:34] with the government to resettle [00:36:35] refugees, citing moral opposition to [00:36:38] resettling white Africaners from South [00:36:40] Africa who have been classified as [00:36:42] refugees by President Trump's [00:36:43] administration. And in a letter sent to [00:36:46] members of the church, the most reverend [00:36:48] Shawn W. Row who is the presiding bishop [00:36:50] of the Episcopal Church said that two [00:36:52] weeks ago the government informed [00:36:54] Episcopal migration ministries that [00:36:56] under the terms of our federal grant we [00:36:58] are expected to resettle white [00:36:59] Africconers from South Africa whom the [00:37:02] US government has classified as [00:37:03] refugees. The request, Rose said, [00:37:06] crossed a moral line for the Episcopal [00:37:08] Church, which is part of the global [00:37:10] Anglican Communion, which boasts among [00:37:12] its leaders the late Archbishop Desmond [00:37:14] Tutu, a celebrated and vocal opponent of [00:37:16] apartheid in South Africa. Ro wrote, [00:37:19] accordingly, we have determined that by [00:37:21] the end of the federal fiscal year, we [00:37:23] will conclude our refugee resettlement [00:37:25] grant agreements with the US federal [00:37:27] government. Rose stressed that while [00:37:29] Episcopal migration ministries will seek [00:37:31] to wind down all federally funded [00:37:33] services by the end of the federal [00:37:34] fiscal year in September, the [00:37:36] denomination will continue to support [00:37:37] immigrants and refugees in other ways, [00:37:39] such as offering aid to refugees who [00:37:41] have already been resettled. Here is [00:37:43] Reverend Sha W. Ro discussing it on ABC [00:37:45] News on Monday. Of course, this was a [00:37:47] four decades old relationship across [00:37:49] many administrations that was ended [00:37:51] abruptly today. Why did the [00:37:54] classification of these immigrants as [00:37:55] refugees cross a moral line? Well, the [00:37:58] reality is we we can't be ourselves in [00:38:01] the Episcopal Church and take the step [00:38:03] of resettling white Africaners from [00:38:05] South Africa. Our our church has a long [00:38:07] commitment to racial justice and [00:38:09] reconciliation and we have historic ties [00:38:12] with the Anglican Church of South [00:38:13] Africa. Desmond Tutu um is is is a part [00:38:17] of been a partner in was a partner in [00:38:20] this work for us. So, we're just not [00:38:22] able to take this staff. it it it's not [00:38:24] in line with with anything that that [00:38:27] we're about. And it also saddens us to [00:38:30] see that other refugees who are being [00:38:32] denied entrance to the United States are [00:38:35] are people, brave people who've worked [00:38:36] alongside of our military in Iraq and [00:38:39] Afghanistan, now face danger, have been [00:38:42] in camps for a long time and and aren't [00:38:45] being allowed in. And so it this is just [00:38:48] the the program no longer aligns with [00:38:50] where we are as a church and what we're [00:38:52] about. racial justice, but only for [00:38:55] certain races, despite how funny his [00:38:57] voice in that clip is. I think it's [00:39:00] important for us all to remember there's [00:39:02] some middle ground in these issues. And [00:39:04] there's a lot of these issues like this [00:39:05] around the world right now. People [00:39:07] fighting over land and fighting over [00:39:09] whose land it is and people dying, [00:39:11] innocent people dying. And whether it's [00:39:13] South Africa or whether it's Israel, [00:39:15] where wherever it is, I I think that [00:39:18] every side could use a little more [00:39:20] understanding of the other side's [00:39:21] humanity. And yeah, uh, South Africa has [00:39:24] a long history of brutal violence from [00:39:27] white people towards black people, but [00:39:29] that does not give us reason to recycle [00:39:32] that violence into violence from black [00:39:34] people towards white people. That only [00:39:36] extends these cycles. And the same is [00:39:37] true in Israel and Palestine. The same [00:39:39] is true everywhere that it happens. I I [00:39:41] would love to remind us all to have a [00:39:43] little humanity and just advocate for [00:39:45] not killing innocent people, please. He [00:39:48] also made a great point about all the [00:39:49] Afghani people that helped us during the [00:39:51] Afghanistan invasion, brave people that [00:39:54] turned on terrorists in order to help us [00:39:56] in the region. Those people were left in [00:39:59] the lurch at no fault of their own. And [00:40:01] I got to say, I would I would be willing [00:40:03] to listen to the the arguments about [00:40:06] accepting some of that, but that's [00:40:08] neither here nor there because the US [00:40:10] government's left them and they're still [00:40:11] there. Anyways, that announcement came [00:40:13] just as flights with Africconers were [00:40:15] scheduled to arrive at Washington Dulles [00:40:17] International Airport outside Washington [00:40:19] DC and the first batch of entries after [00:40:21] Trump declared via a February executive [00:40:23] order that the US would take in [00:40:25] Africconers in South Africa who are [00:40:27] victims of unjust racial discrimination. [00:40:29] The South African government has [00:40:31] stridently denied allegations of [00:40:32] systemic racial animus. Row noted his [00:40:35] announcement comes as the Trump [00:40:36] administration has otherwise all but [00:40:37] frozen the refugee program with [00:40:39] Africconers among the few and possibly [00:40:41] the only people granted entry as [00:40:43] refugees since January. Shortly after he [00:40:46] was sworn in, Trump signed an executive [00:40:48] order that essentially halted the [00:40:49] refugee program and stop payments to [00:40:51] organizations that assist with refugee [00:40:52] resettlement. Ashley Allison, the former [00:40:55] deputy director and senior policy [00:40:56] adviser for the Obama White House Office [00:40:58] of Public Engagement, was on CNN [00:41:00] discussing how the white Afrey Connors [00:41:02] should go back to their native land in [00:41:04] Europe. 35 30 plus years ago, they went [00:41:07] through a uh revol uh the aparttheid [00:41:11] system ended and they reformed their [00:41:14] constitution under the great leader of [00:41:15] Nelson Mandela and that allowed for a [00:41:19] racial reconciliation, one that this [00:41:21] country has yet to do. But South Africa [00:41:24] did it and they reformed their [00:41:25] constitution. And part of that is that [00:41:27] the people who are native to that land [00:41:29] deserve their rightful land back. That [00:41:32] is not what the Africconers actually [00:41:35] want to have happen which are the white [00:41:37] Africans. And so who are not originally [00:41:40] from Africa who colonized South Africa [00:41:43] also. And so that is what they are [00:41:45] saying is discrimination. Now, if the [00:41:47] constitution in South Africa is [00:41:49] discriminatory, they have their checks [00:41:52] and balances in that land just like we [00:41:54] do. And that is for them to So, if the [00:41:56] Africconers don't actually like the [00:41:57] land, they can leave that country. They [00:42:00] are. They're leaving to come here. No, [00:42:02] these refugees are coming here. They can [00:42:03] actually leave and go to where their [00:42:05] native land is, which is probably [00:42:07] Germany. Are you against them coming [00:42:08] here? Holland. Holland. Are you against [00:42:10] them coming? You notice how she was [00:42:12] about to say they got their rights back [00:42:15] through a revolution? Oh, don't call it [00:42:17] a revolution through ending apartheid. [00:42:20] And I don't mean like I want to be [00:42:22] clear. I'm not laughing at the situation [00:42:23] cuz it's a horrible situation. I'm [00:42:25] laughing at the newscasters because of [00:42:28] who they are. Um the actual situation is [00:42:31] horrible and it's a tragedy. And anytime [00:42:33] that innocent people are dying, it's a [00:42:34] tragedy. And I it bums me out when I see [00:42:37] newscasters being flippant about the [00:42:39] plight of regular people that had [00:42:41] nothing to do with the grievances that [00:42:43] are coming down to them. And whether [00:42:45] you're a white Africaner, a Palestinian, [00:42:47] an Israeli, an American, a Ukrainian, [00:42:50] whoever you are, wherever you are, if [00:42:52] you live in a place where your [00:42:53] government is not protecting your [00:42:57] rights, that's a real shame. Okay, a [00:43:00] quick moment to tell you guys about Tax [00:43:02] Network USA. 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Local media reported on the eve [00:44:31] of the release of Edon Alexander, the [00:44:34] last living American being held by [00:44:35] Hamas, Witoff spelled out the gulf [00:44:37] between his boss and the government of [00:44:39] Benjamin Netanyahu. Quote, "We want to [00:44:41] bring the hostages home, but Israel is [00:44:44] not willing to end the war. Israel is [00:44:46] prolonging it despite the fact that we [00:44:48] don't see where else we can go and that [00:44:50] an agreement must be reached." That's [00:44:53] all according to Channel 12 television [00:44:55] and sources that were apparently present [00:44:56] at the time. [00:44:58] That was just the latest in a series of [00:45:00] high-profile and highstakes snubs from [00:45:02] the White House, which seems to suggest [00:45:04] that Israel's most important ally is a [00:45:06] little unhappy with the government of [00:45:08] Israel and possibly even losing interest [00:45:11] in its fortunes. Quote, "Trump's not [00:45:14] against Israel, but he doesn't care [00:45:15] about Israel," said Alan Pinkis, a [00:45:17] former Israeli diplomat. "As far as [00:45:19] Trump is concerned, Netanyahu has become [00:45:21] an irritant and an irritant that doesn't [00:45:24] contribute to the bank account." On [00:45:26] April 25th, while on his way to Pope [00:45:28] Francis's funeral, Trump had this to say [00:45:30] about Gaza and his meeting with BB [00:45:32] Netanyahu. But Gaza came up and I said, [00:45:35] you know, got to be good to Gaza. Those [00:45:37] people are those people are suffering. [00:45:39] We got to be good to Gaza. We'll we're [00:45:41] going to take care of them. There's a [00:45:43] very uh big need for medicine, food, and [00:45:46] medicine, and we're taking care of it. [00:45:48] In terms of like opening up more access [00:45:50] points or very hard, pushing the [00:45:53] Israelis, we are open up more access [00:45:56] very hard to get food and medicine into [00:45:59] Gaza. How did the prime minister respond [00:46:01] to that? [00:46:03] Well, felt well about it. That's good to [00:46:07] hear, honestly. And that's not an [00:46:10] endorsement of Hamas. That's him talking [00:46:12] about aid for civilians, helping regular [00:46:16] civilians survive. Per the Times of [00:46:19] Israel, this was the first time Trump [00:46:21] had publicly weighed in on the issue of [00:46:22] humanitarian aid for Gaza. The [00:46:25] revelation of the discussion between [00:46:26] Netanyahu and Trump came shortly after [00:46:28] the World Food Program said it had run [00:46:30] out of food stocks in Gaza due to the [00:46:32] sustained closure of crossings into the [00:46:34] enclave. The WFP said in a statement to [00:46:37] journalists, quote, "No humanitarian or [00:46:40] commercial supplies have entered Gaza [00:46:42] for more than 7 weeks as all main border [00:46:44] crossing points remain closed. This is [00:46:47] the longest closure the Gaza Strip has [00:46:48] ever faced, exacerbating already fragile [00:46:51] markets and food systems. So to to close [00:46:54] out that story, I'm just glad that we're [00:46:56] talking about helping the civilians. I'm [00:46:58] glad we're talking about getting aid to [00:46:59] the innocent people that are in the [00:47:01] middle of this conflict. And I'm glad to [00:47:03] hear Trump saying those things the way [00:47:04] he did. But that's not the only thing [00:47:06] that Trump is up to right now. Because [00:47:09] according to CNBC, the White House just [00:47:11] announced $600 billion Saudi investment [00:47:14] in the US during Trump's visit. [00:47:17] President Donald Trump on Tuesday [00:47:18] praised Saudi Arabia and its leaders [00:47:20] after the White House announced a [00:47:22] commitment by the kingdom to invest 600 [00:47:24] billion in a series of deals with the [00:47:26] United States. Trump also announced at [00:47:28] an investment forum in Riyad that he [00:47:30] will order the removal of all US [00:47:32] sanctions against Syria in order to give [00:47:34] them a chance at greatness. Trump's [00:47:37] speech at the investment conference [00:47:38] followed him signing a number of [00:47:40] bilateral agreements during a state [00:47:41] visit with Saudi Crown Prince Muhammad [00:47:44] bin Salman. Here's part of a speech at [00:47:47] that Saudi US investment forum. And it's [00:47:50] crucial for the wider world to note this [00:47:54] great transformation has not come from [00:47:56] western [00:47:58] interventionalists or flying people in [00:48:02] beautiful planes giving you lectures on [00:48:04] how to live and how to govern your own [00:48:07] affairs. know the gleaming marvels of [00:48:09] Riad and Abu Dhabi were not created by [00:48:12] the so-called nation builders, neocons [00:48:15] or liberal nonprofits like those who [00:48:18] spent trillions and trillions of dollars [00:48:21] failing to develop, Cabal, Baghdad, so [00:48:27] many other cities. Instead, the birth of [00:48:30] a modern Middle East has been brought by [00:48:33] the people of the region themselves. The [00:48:35] people that are right here, the people [00:48:36] that have lived here all their lives, [00:48:38] developing your own sovereign countries, [00:48:41] pursuing your own unique visions and [00:48:43] charting your own destinies in your own [00:48:47] way. It's really incredible what you've [00:48:49] done. In the end, the so-called nation [00:48:52] builders wrecked far more nations than [00:48:54] they built. And the [00:48:56] interventionalists were intervening in [00:48:59] complex societies that they did not even [00:49:02] understand themselves. They told you how [00:49:04] to do it, but they had no idea how to do [00:49:07] it themselves. Peace, prosperity, and [00:49:10] progress ultimately came not from a [00:49:12] radical rejection of your heritage, but [00:49:15] rather from embracing your national [00:49:17] traditions and embracing that same [00:49:20] heritage that you love so dearly. I can [00:49:24] just picture Alex Jones right now going [00:49:26] death blow to the globalists. The [00:49:28] globalists are going to out and I love [00:49:30] Alex and that's I'm I'm hoping he's [00:49:32] doing that right now because that speech [00:49:34] is a outright condemnation of the [00:49:38] globalists of the interventionalists of [00:49:41] the propheteers off of war of the people [00:49:44] that have been running the world [00:49:45] apparently. But it is important to [00:49:47] remember he's in Saudi Arabia giving a [00:49:50] speech to the Saudis. And I would love [00:49:52] to hear him come and give that speech to [00:49:54] all the boys in Congress that made money [00:49:57] off of rebuilding after the Iraq war and [00:50:00] after [00:50:01] Afghanistan. And we'll see cuz Trump is [00:50:03] saying a lot of stuff that I think a lot [00:50:06] of people did not expect him to say. [00:50:09] Doing a lot of things I think a lot of [00:50:10] people did not expect him to do. and I [00:50:12] can't wait to see what Twitter is gonna [00:50:15] say about it. So, that's all for today. [00:50:19] I'll have to read your comments on [00:50:21] Twitter about that and all the rest of [00:50:23] the things we talked about later. Don't [00:50:25] forget to like the episode, subscribe to [00:50:28] the show, and share it with all your [00:50:30] friends. Drink some water, do something [00:50:33] healthy for yourself, and we'll see you [00:50:36] tomorrow. [00:50:37] [Music]