Jan. 10, 2026
It Is All About Power
In our short discouse, we look at pursuit of power between the great nations of the 21st Century. We dicsuss:
Trump
The EU
China
The UK
Russia
Venezuela
The United States
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Man, it's a beautiful day.
You know, it really is Saturday
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00:00:05,920 --> 00:00:09,680
morning in beautiful Florida.
Temperature today is supposed to
3
00:00:09,680 --> 00:00:12,480
be about, I don't know, 83°,
something like that.
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00:00:14,800 --> 00:00:17,880
I'm very blessed, you know, I
love here.
5
00:00:18,200 --> 00:00:21,800
I mean, just just check it out.
I mean, it's just something
6
00:00:21,800 --> 00:00:24,640
else.
Got this nice canal where I can
7
00:00:24,640 --> 00:00:28,000
come out every day and, you
know, it's just nice.
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00:00:28,120 --> 00:00:32,439
Anyway, I thought we could have
a conversation about a whole
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00:00:32,439 --> 00:00:36,280
host of things, but I want to
give credit to Kathy Barnett,
10
00:00:36,280 --> 00:00:39,920
somebody that I've been
listening to out of WPHT in
11
00:00:39,960 --> 00:00:43,040
Philadelphia and gotten to know
her style.
12
00:00:43,040 --> 00:00:48,280
And she speaks a lot to,
obviously, issues of the black
13
00:00:48,360 --> 00:00:51,760
community, particularly how
they're getting hoodwinked by
14
00:00:51,760 --> 00:00:56,240
the Democratic Party.
But also she talks about things
15
00:00:56,240 --> 00:00:59,240
like power and what's happening
right now.
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00:01:00,040 --> 00:01:03,520
There is a real struggle of, of
politics.
17
00:01:03,560 --> 00:01:05,519
And it's not unlike with Thomas
Paine.
18
00:01:05,880 --> 00:01:08,960
In fact, I wrote a, an article
about it published on Substack.
19
00:01:09,680 --> 00:01:14,520
And, you know, at the time of
the, the emerging of the
20
00:01:14,520 --> 00:01:18,960
American Society, there was the
issue of who would govern?
21
00:01:19,560 --> 00:01:21,720
Would it be the king?
Would it be France?
22
00:01:21,720 --> 00:01:25,240
Would it be Spanish?
You know, eventually someone was
23
00:01:25,240 --> 00:01:28,760
going to govern the United
States, the 13 colonies.
24
00:01:30,120 --> 00:01:34,560
And so when Thomas wrote his
famous Common Sense, this
25
00:01:34,560 --> 00:01:38,480
resonated with people all over
the country.
26
00:01:39,400 --> 00:01:42,800
And they determined that they
had rightful rulership of their
27
00:01:42,800 --> 00:01:45,680
own sovereignty.
In other words, they were going,
28
00:01:46,320 --> 00:01:48,240
they were going to be the ones
in charge.
29
00:01:49,000 --> 00:01:53,040
And so here we are 250 years
later, and what you're seeing is
30
00:01:53,040 --> 00:01:58,720
a, a competition not unlike the
game of war for many of us who
31
00:01:58,720 --> 00:02:02,520
played that when we were kids.
And it's it's a natural
32
00:02:02,520 --> 00:02:07,400
outgrowth of population
expansion as well as resources.
33
00:02:07,560 --> 00:02:12,040
You know, China has 1.3 billion
people, so they need a lot of
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resources.
They have to sell a lot of
35
00:02:14,560 --> 00:02:18,600
resources as well.
And since America has tariffs
36
00:02:18,600 --> 00:02:22,320
now in place, things like that,
it makes it harder for the
37
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Chinese economy to make a buck.
And this on top of all of the
38
00:02:27,200 --> 00:02:29,840
other social issues because they
are a communist state.
39
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And so they have to, they have
to subsidize.
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And that's the subsidization of
poverty, really.
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And and that poverty is growing
when the economy doesn't do
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well.
And you've got the fact that the
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labor force, which are young
people, you know, they're not
44
00:02:48,720 --> 00:02:53,800
buying what the CCP is selling
in terms of jumping in unless
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you're doing well.
And that's not the case in China
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for probably 70% of its
population.
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All right, so we take a deep
breath and now let's take a look
48
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at Greenland.
You know, again, I always say
49
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that I like I like it when
somebody can sell a good idea.
50
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And unfortunately, Donald Trump
is not the most.
51
00:03:17,280 --> 00:03:20,760
He suffers much like Bush, Bush
Junior did.
52
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He just couldn't say anything.
He couldn't complete a sentence
53
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without starting another
sentence.
54
00:03:28,280 --> 00:03:32,360
And his words get jumbled and,
and he repeats himself and says
55
00:03:32,360 --> 00:03:35,800
the same thing.
And The thing is, when you have
56
00:03:35,800 --> 00:03:42,600
that sort of limitation, you try
to make up for it by trying to
57
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be funny or something else, you
know, And that's what Trump
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does.
He tries to, you know, be funny,
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and I guess he's kind of like
that Don Imus funny, you know,
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that sort of New York funny.
Anyway, there's a good shot
61
00:03:56,120 --> 00:03:58,600
right there.
I mean, come on, really?
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Why not live in Florida?
How about, you know, I have a
63
00:04:02,640 --> 00:04:07,560
sponsor and it's called Dream
Homes, Southwest Florida,
64
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dreamhome.com.
And my son is a real estate
65
00:04:11,400 --> 00:04:14,520
agent in Cape Coral, and he'd
love to sell you a house.
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And we've got plenty of them.
All right, there's my plug.
67
00:04:18,160 --> 00:04:20,720
I'm also coming out with a new
book in a couple of weeks
68
00:04:20,720 --> 00:04:24,080
called.
And it's actually going to be a
69
00:04:24,360 --> 00:04:26,520
huge campaign called Going
Mental.
70
00:04:28,520 --> 00:04:31,320
And we're going to spend some
time talking about how treating
71
00:04:31,320 --> 00:04:35,600
milk mental illness in this
country is also increasing
72
00:04:35,640 --> 00:04:39,960
mental illness in this country.
And one only need to look at
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00:04:39,960 --> 00:04:43,360
Nicholas Reiner to see that we
have a real problem.
74
00:04:43,360 --> 00:04:46,720
And I have to hand it off to, I
think it was either CNN or
75
00:04:47,840 --> 00:04:49,840
someone, maybe even NBC or
something.
76
00:04:50,200 --> 00:04:55,680
They, they did a thing on Nick
Reiner, who recently allegedly
77
00:04:55,680 --> 00:04:59,920
killed his parents and in an
outrage and they talked about
78
00:04:59,920 --> 00:05:03,800
how he was being treated with
drugs and that this is a trap
79
00:05:03,800 --> 00:05:06,600
that a lot of people fall into
when they go to their
80
00:05:06,600 --> 00:05:08,800
psychiatrist.
They have all these great,
81
00:05:08,800 --> 00:05:12,680
wonderful programs and they all
involve, you know, taking
82
00:05:12,920 --> 00:05:16,200
pharmaceutical drugs, mind
altering drugs.
83
00:05:16,680 --> 00:05:21,440
And so I was, I was happy to see
that someone actually, you know,
84
00:05:21,440 --> 00:05:25,160
gave that it's due and, and
discussed it because that's not
85
00:05:25,160 --> 00:05:26,280
the way.
There's so many other
86
00:05:26,280 --> 00:05:30,160
alternative treatments to mental
illness and and mental illness
87
00:05:30,160 --> 00:05:32,840
can be a whole host of different
things.
88
00:05:32,840 --> 00:05:35,400
It's not always tied to
chemicals in the brain.
89
00:05:35,880 --> 00:05:40,280
Sometimes it's about experiences
that we've had and the need to
90
00:05:40,280 --> 00:05:44,080
process, you know, tough
experiences in our life and
91
00:05:44,080 --> 00:05:49,800
having good people who are wise
and can offer some insight and
92
00:05:49,800 --> 00:05:55,400
wisdom into why things happen
instead of the experts who want
93
00:05:55,400 --> 00:05:58,320
to give you a pill and say go
for it anyway.
94
00:05:58,920 --> 00:06:02,000
So where we're at today is there
is a power play going on.
95
00:06:03,360 --> 00:06:06,880
And we have to recognize that
somebody wants to be in charge.
96
00:06:07,680 --> 00:06:12,520
Somebody wants their ideology to
reign supreme on high.
97
00:06:13,720 --> 00:06:18,440
And whether it's Momdani or
Kamala Harris or anybody else,
98
00:06:20,040 --> 00:06:25,720
everybody wants to be the king
of the hill, Xi Jinping, Putin,
99
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the EU people, the leadership of
EU in, in Belgium or wherever
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they're at, I don't even know.
And, and, and you know who gets
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this shit into the stick?
The people, that's who.
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So that's what this is all
about.
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I have to go for my walk.
I decided to do this first and I
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hope you'll join me on my daily
walk of the day.
105
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Remember, a daily walk gives you
an extra day of life and and I'm
106
00:06:55,040 --> 00:06:57,280
off to the races, so we'll see
you next time.
107
00:06:57,280 --> 00:07:01,000
Here I thought we'd do a video
presentation, this time up on
108
00:07:01,000 --> 00:07:02,440
speaking out.
Jim Watkins.
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00:07:02,440 --> 00:07:06,120
Don't forget the website
jimwatkins.org.
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Talk to you later.
00:00:00,800 --> 00:00:05,920
Man, it's a beautiful day.
You know, it really is Saturday
2
00:00:05,920 --> 00:00:09,680
morning in beautiful Florida.
Temperature today is supposed to
3
00:00:09,680 --> 00:00:12,480
be about, I don't know, 83°,
something like that.
4
00:00:14,800 --> 00:00:17,880
I'm very blessed, you know, I
love here.
5
00:00:18,200 --> 00:00:21,800
I mean, just just check it out.
I mean, it's just something
6
00:00:21,800 --> 00:00:24,640
else.
Got this nice canal where I can
7
00:00:24,640 --> 00:00:28,000
come out every day and, you
know, it's just nice.
8
00:00:28,120 --> 00:00:32,439
Anyway, I thought we could have
a conversation about a whole
9
00:00:32,439 --> 00:00:36,280
host of things, but I want to
give credit to Kathy Barnett,
10
00:00:36,280 --> 00:00:39,920
somebody that I've been
listening to out of WPHT in
11
00:00:39,960 --> 00:00:43,040
Philadelphia and gotten to know
her style.
12
00:00:43,040 --> 00:00:48,280
And she speaks a lot to,
obviously, issues of the black
13
00:00:48,360 --> 00:00:51,760
community, particularly how
they're getting hoodwinked by
14
00:00:51,760 --> 00:00:56,240
the Democratic Party.
But also she talks about things
15
00:00:56,240 --> 00:00:59,240
like power and what's happening
right now.
16
00:01:00,040 --> 00:01:03,520
There is a real struggle of, of
politics.
17
00:01:03,560 --> 00:01:05,519
And it's not unlike with Thomas
Paine.
18
00:01:05,880 --> 00:01:08,960
In fact, I wrote a, an article
about it published on Substack.
19
00:01:09,680 --> 00:01:14,520
And, you know, at the time of
the, the emerging of the
20
00:01:14,520 --> 00:01:18,960
American Society, there was the
issue of who would govern?
21
00:01:19,560 --> 00:01:21,720
Would it be the king?
Would it be France?
22
00:01:21,720 --> 00:01:25,240
Would it be Spanish?
You know, eventually someone was
23
00:01:25,240 --> 00:01:28,760
going to govern the United
States, the 13 colonies.
24
00:01:30,120 --> 00:01:34,560
And so when Thomas wrote his
famous Common Sense, this
25
00:01:34,560 --> 00:01:38,480
resonated with people all over
the country.
26
00:01:39,400 --> 00:01:42,800
And they determined that they
had rightful rulership of their
27
00:01:42,800 --> 00:01:45,680
own sovereignty.
In other words, they were going,
28
00:01:46,320 --> 00:01:48,240
they were going to be the ones
in charge.
29
00:01:49,000 --> 00:01:53,040
And so here we are 250 years
later, and what you're seeing is
30
00:01:53,040 --> 00:01:58,720
a, a competition not unlike the
game of war for many of us who
31
00:01:58,720 --> 00:02:02,520
played that when we were kids.
And it's it's a natural
32
00:02:02,520 --> 00:02:07,400
outgrowth of population
expansion as well as resources.
33
00:02:07,560 --> 00:02:12,040
You know, China has 1.3 billion
people, so they need a lot of
34
00:02:12,040 --> 00:02:14,560
resources.
They have to sell a lot of
35
00:02:14,560 --> 00:02:18,600
resources as well.
And since America has tariffs
36
00:02:18,600 --> 00:02:22,320
now in place, things like that,
it makes it harder for the
37
00:02:22,320 --> 00:02:27,200
Chinese economy to make a buck.
And this on top of all of the
38
00:02:27,200 --> 00:02:29,840
other social issues because they
are a communist state.
39
00:02:30,360 --> 00:02:32,960
And so they have to, they have
to subsidize.
40
00:02:33,960 --> 00:02:37,400
And that's the subsidization of
poverty, really.
41
00:02:38,000 --> 00:02:40,960
And and that poverty is growing
when the economy doesn't do
42
00:02:40,960 --> 00:02:43,480
well.
And you've got the fact that the
43
00:02:43,480 --> 00:02:48,720
labor force, which are young
people, you know, they're not
44
00:02:48,720 --> 00:02:53,800
buying what the CCP is selling
in terms of jumping in unless
45
00:02:53,800 --> 00:02:57,120
you're doing well.
And that's not the case in China
46
00:02:57,120 --> 00:02:59,720
for probably 70% of its
population.
47
00:03:01,440 --> 00:03:04,200
All right, so we take a deep
breath and now let's take a look
48
00:03:04,200 --> 00:03:08,600
at Greenland.
You know, again, I always say
49
00:03:08,600 --> 00:03:12,400
that I like I like it when
somebody can sell a good idea.
50
00:03:14,160 --> 00:03:16,680
And unfortunately, Donald Trump
is not the most.
51
00:03:17,280 --> 00:03:20,760
He suffers much like Bush, Bush
Junior did.
52
00:03:20,760 --> 00:03:25,480
He just couldn't say anything.
He couldn't complete a sentence
53
00:03:25,480 --> 00:03:27,120
without starting another
sentence.
54
00:03:28,280 --> 00:03:32,360
And his words get jumbled and,
and he repeats himself and says
55
00:03:32,360 --> 00:03:35,800
the same thing.
And The thing is, when you have
56
00:03:35,800 --> 00:03:42,600
that sort of limitation, you try
to make up for it by trying to
57
00:03:42,600 --> 00:03:45,680
be funny or something else, you
know, And that's what Trump
58
00:03:45,680 --> 00:03:49,120
does.
He tries to, you know, be funny,
59
00:03:49,920 --> 00:03:52,480
and I guess he's kind of like
that Don Imus funny, you know,
60
00:03:52,480 --> 00:03:56,120
that sort of New York funny.
Anyway, there's a good shot
61
00:03:56,120 --> 00:03:58,600
right there.
I mean, come on, really?
62
00:03:59,640 --> 00:04:02,640
Why not live in Florida?
How about, you know, I have a
63
00:04:02,640 --> 00:04:07,560
sponsor and it's called Dream
Homes, Southwest Florida,
64
00:04:07,560 --> 00:04:11,400
dreamhome.com.
And my son is a real estate
65
00:04:11,400 --> 00:04:14,520
agent in Cape Coral, and he'd
love to sell you a house.
66
00:04:14,520 --> 00:04:17,040
And we've got plenty of them.
All right, there's my plug.
67
00:04:18,160 --> 00:04:20,720
I'm also coming out with a new
book in a couple of weeks
68
00:04:20,720 --> 00:04:24,080
called.
And it's actually going to be a
69
00:04:24,360 --> 00:04:26,520
huge campaign called Going
Mental.
70
00:04:28,520 --> 00:04:31,320
And we're going to spend some
time talking about how treating
71
00:04:31,320 --> 00:04:35,600
milk mental illness in this
country is also increasing
72
00:04:35,640 --> 00:04:39,960
mental illness in this country.
And one only need to look at
73
00:04:39,960 --> 00:04:43,360
Nicholas Reiner to see that we
have a real problem.
74
00:04:43,360 --> 00:04:46,720
And I have to hand it off to, I
think it was either CNN or
75
00:04:47,840 --> 00:04:49,840
someone, maybe even NBC or
something.
76
00:04:50,200 --> 00:04:55,680
They, they did a thing on Nick
Reiner, who recently allegedly
77
00:04:55,680 --> 00:04:59,920
killed his parents and in an
outrage and they talked about
78
00:04:59,920 --> 00:05:03,800
how he was being treated with
drugs and that this is a trap
79
00:05:03,800 --> 00:05:06,600
that a lot of people fall into
when they go to their
80
00:05:06,600 --> 00:05:08,800
psychiatrist.
They have all these great,
81
00:05:08,800 --> 00:05:12,680
wonderful programs and they all
involve, you know, taking
82
00:05:12,920 --> 00:05:16,200
pharmaceutical drugs, mind
altering drugs.
83
00:05:16,680 --> 00:05:21,440
And so I was, I was happy to see
that someone actually, you know,
84
00:05:21,440 --> 00:05:25,160
gave that it's due and, and
discussed it because that's not
85
00:05:25,160 --> 00:05:26,280
the way.
There's so many other
86
00:05:26,280 --> 00:05:30,160
alternative treatments to mental
illness and and mental illness
87
00:05:30,160 --> 00:05:32,840
can be a whole host of different
things.
88
00:05:32,840 --> 00:05:35,400
It's not always tied to
chemicals in the brain.
89
00:05:35,880 --> 00:05:40,280
Sometimes it's about experiences
that we've had and the need to
90
00:05:40,280 --> 00:05:44,080
process, you know, tough
experiences in our life and
91
00:05:44,080 --> 00:05:49,800
having good people who are wise
and can offer some insight and
92
00:05:49,800 --> 00:05:55,400
wisdom into why things happen
instead of the experts who want
93
00:05:55,400 --> 00:05:58,320
to give you a pill and say go
for it anyway.
94
00:05:58,920 --> 00:06:02,000
So where we're at today is there
is a power play going on.
95
00:06:03,360 --> 00:06:06,880
And we have to recognize that
somebody wants to be in charge.
96
00:06:07,680 --> 00:06:12,520
Somebody wants their ideology to
reign supreme on high.
97
00:06:13,720 --> 00:06:18,440
And whether it's Momdani or
Kamala Harris or anybody else,
98
00:06:20,040 --> 00:06:25,720
everybody wants to be the king
of the hill, Xi Jinping, Putin,
99
00:06:26,320 --> 00:06:32,000
the EU people, the leadership of
EU in, in Belgium or wherever
100
00:06:32,000 --> 00:06:36,200
they're at, I don't even know.
And, and, and you know who gets
101
00:06:36,200 --> 00:06:39,560
this shit into the stick?
The people, that's who.
102
00:06:40,440 --> 00:06:41,920
So that's what this is all
about.
103
00:06:41,920 --> 00:06:47,240
I have to go for my walk.
I decided to do this first and I
104
00:06:47,240 --> 00:06:50,200
hope you'll join me on my daily
walk of the day.
105
00:06:50,200 --> 00:06:55,040
Remember, a daily walk gives you
an extra day of life and and I'm
106
00:06:55,040 --> 00:06:57,280
off to the races, so we'll see
you next time.
107
00:06:57,280 --> 00:07:01,000
Here I thought we'd do a video
presentation, this time up on
108
00:07:01,000 --> 00:07:02,440
speaking out.
Jim Watkins.
109
00:07:02,440 --> 00:07:06,120
Don't forget the website
jimwatkins.org.
110
00:07:06,520 --> 00:07:07,240
Talk to you later.
