The Philip DeFranco Show - PDS 2.1 "YOU DISGUST ME!" Youtuber Scam Exposed, Brady Portnoy Backlash, Canada "Freedom Convoy", & More

Starting point is 00:00:00 Sup you beautiful bastards! Welcome back to the Philip DeFranco Show. Hit that like button if you want me to punch you in the throat, you weirdo, and let's just jump into it. You know, the first thing that we're gonna talk about today is did a YouTuber just admit to stealing hundreds of thousands of dollars from his followers?

Starting point is 00:00:14 That is the question at hand because of a creator by the name of CoffeeZilla, who's really made a great career out of exposing or really sketchy or just outright scams in the crypto space. And actually he posts this video about a creator by the name of Ice Poseidon, whose real name is Paul Danino.

Starting point is 00:00:27 And as far as like, if you don't know who he is, as people like Moist Critical have explained. He used to be the most influential streamer on Twitch, but over the years he's faded into obscurity, like a fart in the wind, just fleeting but stinking the entire time. He's got such a way with words. While those words may feel harsh,

Starting point is 00:00:45 they might immediately feel okay because of this clip that is in the video. And you know, I'm gonna break this down from the beginning to the end, kind of hitting the highlights, trying to make it consumable, but this part just stands out so much. You wanna keep the money that's not yours,

Starting point is 00:00:59 that you took from the project, even though you'd failed to deliver. I mean, I'm not really sure what you want me to say say but yeah. I'm trying to like get you to return the money because it's a hundred percent still available and you could do that. Yeah I could give the money back it is within my power but I'm gonna look out for myself and not do that. I you know I don't like know what else to say that's just the most honest answer. And so specifically what they're talking about there is Ice Poseidon's alleged pump and dump scheme.

Starting point is 00:01:29 With people having compared it to previous controversies like Save the Kids and members of FaZe Clan along with others. And in fact, before launching the coin, Ice Poseidon talked about these pump and dump schemes in a video and was seemingly excited about how quickly they churn a profit. Though Ice goes on to claim that that was a joke,

Starting point is 00:01:42 but you have CoffeeZilla in this video then going on to explain his scam, which allegedly worked like this. Last July, Ice Poseidon launched a cryptocurrency that he called CXCoin. He then promoted that coin to his fans as a donation platform for streamers. And as CoffeeZilla explains, Ice Poseidon repeatedly told skeptics that he couldn't rug this coin if you wanted to. He had locked all his money up in a smart contract. He told me that in DMs. He said, don't worry, no rug here. All the money is locked. Lol. And according to CoffeeZilla, he was able to then convince other creators and news outlets to trust this coin, saying that he was being honest. He even gave me

Starting point is 00:02:14 his wallet addresses and told me to hold him accountable. He wasn't going to do anything shady. But then earlier this month, he says he began tracing back the wallets that Ice Poseidon gave him and he found that they were actually the wrong wallet. He gave me the DXAO wallet instead of his personal wallet, which didn't tell me anything. For example, one of those things he didn't tell me was the fact that he took out $200,000 from the liquidity pool at the very beginning, which is directly at odds with what Ice Poseidon told me himself when I asked. He said, don't worry, all the money is locked up, except for $200,000, I guess. Also claiming that it didn't stop there, saying that funds from a marketing wallet and CX coin

Starting point is 00:02:50 were misused, saying that money was supposed to be used for marketing campaigns. But eventually, Ice Poseidon complained that marketing tactics were not working and suggested the funds be used elsewhere. Shortly after this coin launched, Ice Poseidon bought himself a brand new Tesla. This video was published July 24th. And as he says, he bought it a week ago, putting it right around the time that he launched the coin and realized he had suddenly gotten a lot of money to his name. With Coffeezilla alleging that Ice Poseidon

Starting point is 00:03:13 got a little bolder with how he used this money and claimed that he found $250,000 missing from the marketing wall. Also pointing to Ice Poseidon pushing this on his followers, saying that this is meant to be a long-term project. But according to Coffeezilla, he ended up giving up after just two weeks. And with that, he was getting increasingly frustrated

Starting point is 00:03:28 with people accusing him of being a scammer, trying to defend himself, and even referencing his talks with CoffeeZilla in an attempt to clear his name. But with that, you had CoffeeZilla claiming that Ice Poseidon was just lying to him and he didn't put all the pieces together until recently. And on January 22nd, 2022,

Starting point is 00:03:41 using his wallet that he didn't tell me about, he drained the liquidity pool, essentially killing his own coin and taking the money from his investors. To be specific, he drained about 90% of the funds, which is about $300,000. This ultimately leading to the two talking where it appears Poseidon just kind of admits to wrongdoing saying, yes, he did take out all those funds, but said that it wasn't rugging because he left some in there. The crypto market is crashing and $300,000 is in there. There's two options, right? Leave the money in there. And then if BNB goes down to like $100, the money goes to

Starting point is 00:04:14 anyways, or I could take it and the money is not just going to dust. The money would have never gone to dust. I mean, it just would go back to the investors when they sold out. But the pushback we've seen there is that Poseidon shouldn't look at this as his money because it's his investor's money and they should have a say. Many also criticizing him

Starting point is 00:04:32 because he seems to just simply blame his investors for buying into CX coin in this interview. Also in this, Coffeezilla presses him on specifics and logistics. Poseidon ends up claiming he personally profited $300,000 from the ordeal. Conversation ultimately turns into this circle, Ice Poseidon essentially saying true, but who cares? That is until Ice Poseidon sent CoffeeZilla

Starting point is 00:04:48 a DM saying that he plans to put $155,000 back into the liquidity pool and saying that he believes that's enough for everyone to sell if they haven't already. But then CoffeeZilla goes on to say, Except wait a minute, I just checked Ice Poseidon doesn't even seem like he can do that much. After DMing me, I went to the Telegram and his admin updated everyone and said, we just finished a buyback of over 120 BNB rocket emoji, which is not $155,000. It's only $40,000. So all of that, though, I didn't get obviously to every aspect. I'll link to the original down below. It's part of the reason why you have creators like Moist Critical slamming Poseidon. What he actually did is just scam people less fortunate than he is.

Starting point is 00:05:27 And I really feel like he has this some kind of main character syndrome or hero complex. Because at the end of Kathy Zilla's video, spoiler alert, he does mention that he'll give back $155,000. And then, like, what, expects us to pat him on the a** for it because he's giving back a fraction of the total amount that he stole? Like, just imagine being robbed. They steal your TV, they steal your Xbox, PlayStation, they steal all your electronics. But then a week later you get a box from the burglar and he sent you the TV remote back and nothing else.

Starting point is 00:05:58 What are you supposed to like write a thank you note to them? And ultimately that is where we are with this story. Now I did reach out to Ice Poseidon to say, hey, do you have any sort of response or statement to all of this that happened?' Just to hear what he has to say for himself, right? Does he think that people are portraying the situation in a misleading manner or, I don't know,

Starting point is 00:06:13 is he gonna have a response that doesn't feel like he's just blase or almost laughing at kind of fucking people over? And I'll repeat the invite here though, it is a little more aggressive because the longer I've sat with this story, just the angrier I've gotten. Like, tell me how you're not a fucking scumbag.

Starting point is 00:06:27 Tell me how this is not you fucking over people that trust you. They probably shouldn't. And I understand that there are gonna be a lot of people that are like, it's their own fault for trusting this guy. I hear you, but also that completely glosses over the connection that viewers have with the people that they watch.

Starting point is 00:06:39 It's the dark side of the term influencer because it is accurate. You have influence over people. And a big issue, and it's not just this one guy, is creators not respecting that and just trying to exploit it for personal gain to the possible detriment of the people watching them. And hey, I'm not a completely cold bastard.

Starting point is 00:06:53 I know people make mistakes, but when this is your reaction, what the fuck? But that said, that's the story, some of my personal takeaway, and now I pass the question off to you. What are your thoughts here? And then I rarely talk about sports news on this show, but today it feels justified

Starting point is 00:07:07 because Tom Brady officially announced his retirement from the NFL. There are two primary things that I wanna hit on here. The first being as a lifelong Jets fan, though you might see me on social media, bandwagoning for the Chargers or the Rams, because I got season tickets so that I could just do something on Sundays.

Starting point is 00:07:20 As a lifelong Jets fan, I even have to acknowledge that Tom Brady is the GOAT. This man and his various supporting cast terrorized the league for two decades. A man that he could be down by four scores and you're like, he's still in it. A man that has ruined many of us who actually watch football, many of our Sundays.

Starting point is 00:07:37 Even though I've spent many moments of many years saying, fuck Tom Brady, I gotta say congratulations to the man. And secondly, oh boy, there was a controversy with his announcement that he was retiring. And that because what seemed to be a very meaningful number of Patriots fans were like, Okay, I'm seeing this retirement announcement. Where's the thanks for us?

Starting point is 00:07:54 We were your team for most of your career. With even high profile Patriot and Brady fans like Dave Portnoy lashing out. What the. I just read like five swipe rights. Tampa this, Tampa that. Let me suck Bruce Arian's d**k. Let me suck the f**king owner's glazers d**k. What, he'd play 100 years in Tampa? Dude, you were there for three seconds. And Fortnoy definitely wasn't alone in that

Starting point is 00:08:18 take. Many people comparing what Brady said to all of a sudden Robert Kraft of the Patriots releasing a statement saying, words cannot describe the feelings I have for Tom Brady, "'nor adequately express the gratitude my family, "'the New England Patriots and our fans have for Tom "'for all he did during his career. "'I have the greatest respect for Tom personally "'and always will. "'His humility coupled with his drive and ambition

Starting point is 00:08:36 "'truly made him special. "'I will always feel a close bond to him "'and will always consider him an extension "'of my immediate family.'" To which Tom Brady quote tweeted that saying, "'Thank you Patriots Nation, I'm beyond grateful. Love you all." Which a number of people appreciated though,

Starting point is 00:08:47 once again, many people like Portnoy saying, "'Doesn't count, almost makes it worse.'" Since all of that, this debate has kind of just continued to rage on, right? People saying, hey, he already said goodbye to the Patriots back in 2020. He showed his love and respect, but I really have no dog in this fight.

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Starting point is 00:10:15 out a video, a lot of people supporting it, a lot of people furious about it, but here you go. The fact that he's willing to make a promise at the outset that it must be a black woman, I got to say that's offensive. Right. You know, black women are what, 6% of the U.S. population. He's saying to 94% of Americans, I don't give a damn about you. You are ineligible. And he's also saying it's actually an insult to black women. If he came and said, I'm going to put the best jurist on the court. And he looked at a number of people and ended up nominating a black woman. He could credibly say, OK, I'm nominating the person who's most qualified. He's not even pretending to say that. He's saying, if you're a white guy, tough luck. If you're a white woman, tough luck. You don't. It won't take long to tell you neutrals ingredients.

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Starting point is 00:12:04 everything from caregivers to CEOs and soon a Supreme Court justice The only thing insulting to this black woman is Ted Cruz thinking he speaks for us others also taking issue with Cruz's population math saying that it doesn't look good when you look up the historical makeup of the Supreme Court of the 115 justices who have served on the high court 112 were white and 110 were men meaning that 94% of all Supreme Court justices Have been white men and just 6% have been a person of color, a woman or Sonia Sotomayor, the only non-white female justice ever, with a black woman having never served on the court.

Starting point is 00:12:32 But still, it is important to note that Ted Cruz was not the lone voice in this. You also had Republican Senator Roger Wicker saying that Biden's pick would be a beneficiary of an affirmative action quota, as well as incoming Georgetown law administrator, Ilya Shapiro, who tweeted that Biden's pick would be a lesser black woman rather than the most

Starting point is 00:12:47 qualified juror. And actually since then he's been placed on administrative leave before he could even start his new job. Also in addition to the pushback we've already talked about, you also had people saying, this is very hypocritical, noting the Republican leaders have also made similar vows to fill Supreme court seats with women. This including Ronald Reagan, who fulfilled his promise

Starting point is 00:13:01 with Sandra Day O'Connor, as well as Trump who met his with Amy Coney Barrett. But ultimately with all of that said, the final thing that I want to hit on here is what are your thoughts? Because the polls around this are all over the place. For example, in a recent ABC News Ipsos poll, it found that over three quarters of Americans

Starting point is 00:13:14 surveyed want Biden to consider all possible nominees. This including 54% of Democrats, with only 23% of all respondents wanting the president to automatically follow through with his vow to appoint a black woman. But at the same time, you had the Hill reporting, a survey conducted by the left-leaning firm, Public Policy Polling on behalf

Starting point is 00:13:28 of the progressive court reform group, Demand Justice, found that 48% of respondents said that Biden should keep his promise, compared to just 31% who said he should not. I said, just from those two, you're seeing drastically different polls. And so I wanna pass the question off to you. What are your thoughts?

Starting point is 00:13:40 And then today's February 1st, which means it is the first day of Black History Month, which quick history lesson, it actually started as a history week back in 1926. Then in 1970, after black educators at Kent State University proposed it the year prior, we saw the first ever celebration of Black History Month with other schools and organizations soon following

Starting point is 00:13:56 and President Ford recognizing it in 1976. But unfortunately the first story about Black History Month is that this morning, apparently someone or some people decided to celebrate the month by calling in bomb threats to over a dozen historically black universities and colleges. Now luckily, there have been no explosions reported, but the threats have resulted in lockdowns as well as classes being moved to remote learning,

Starting point is 00:14:14 and in some cases canceled altogether. What's more is that this is the second day in a row that daily life and classes have been interrupted by bomb threats with at least six HBCUs also reporting bomb threats yesterday. Now currently, it's unclear if any of these threats are connected and law enforcement has largely not said

Starting point is 00:14:27 whether they know who is behind them. Also, in addition to local and state police, the FBI and Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives are also investigating the matter, with the FBI saying in a statement today, the FBI is aware of the series of bomb threats around the country, and we are working with our law enforcement partners

Starting point is 00:14:40 to address any potential threats. And so for now, we're gonna have to wait to see what actually comes from these investigations, if anyone reports anything. But it is also important to note that this is not kind of like this outlier situation. I mean, hell, not even a month ago, eight HBCUs received bomb threats

Starting point is 00:14:52 prompting lockdowns and evacuations. And then finally, we need to talk about the protests going on in Canada right now. Right, so by now, you've probably seen at least a glimpse on the news or social media of convoys of trucks last week heading to the capital of Canada, Ottawa, with what some have called a freedom convoy,

Starting point is 00:15:05 supposed to be a protest of truckers against a recent rule change by both Canada and the United States that requires foreign truckers entering the countries to be fully vaccinated or test and quarantine if they're not. Though, notably here, unvaccinated Canadian truckers would still be unable to enter the US, even if Canada were to drop its rule.

Starting point is 00:15:19 But main thing, you had truckers arriving in the capital on Saturday, but also along the way, their protest morphed into this larger protest against Canada's vaccine policy in general, and it gained a lot of people. At its peak, you saw thousands in the city and at Parliament Hill protesting the rules. And while the protests were largely peaceful

Starting point is 00:15:34 with so many people, there were also pockets of just disgusting assholery, with examples spreading on social media of Nazi flags in the crowd. Also, weirdly, you had people with Confederate flags in Canada. And on top of that, you had some protesters deciding to dance on the tomb of the unknown soldier in the National. Also weirdly, you had people with Confederate flags in Canada. And on top of that, you had some protesters deciding to dance on the tomb of the unknown soldier

Starting point is 00:15:47 in the National War Memorial. With some, such as Chief of Defense General Wayne Ayer, thinking that this was incredibly disrespectful, tweeting on Sunday, "'Generations of Canadians have fought and died "'for our rights, including free speech, but not this. "'Those involved should hang their heads in shame.'" There was also backlash over the desecration

Starting point is 00:16:01 of the Terry Fox Memorial, where he was an athlete and cancer research activist who ran across Canada to promote his cause with his memorial adorned with upside-down Canadian flags and anti-mandate signs. And then on top of that another group allegedly harassed a homeless shelter and demanded they be fed, adding to the general frustration around the event. And so with all that you had Ottawa police saying that there were several criminal investigations underway looking at threatening and illegal behavior regarding the defaced monuments, as well as whether you had some protesters displaying illegal and intimidating behavior to police and other people, including staff and residents at the homeless shelter, with Trudeau himself also condemning these actions. I want to be very clear. We are not intimidated by those who hurl insults and abuse at small business workers and steal food from the homeless. We won't give in

Starting point is 00:16:48 to those who fly racist flags. We won't cave to those who engage in vandalism or dishonor the memory of our veterans. But on the other side of this, we've also seen demonstrators garnering a lot of support from prominent figures in the United States. This including Donald Trump and Elon Musk, some like Donald Trump Jr. taking it a step further with him calling on American truckers to take similar action. You also had Fox News reporting that a GoFundMe to support the Freedom Convoy was approaching $10 million

Starting point is 00:17:15 as of Monday evening. Though, according to that same report, GoFundMe froze that campaign until organizers offered a detailed plan regarding how funds would be spent. And so as far as what happens next, the protests are continuing, though we are seeing some reports saying they've begun to die down somewhat.

Starting point is 00:17:28 Also that for many residents of Central Ottawa, the demonstrations likely cannot end soon enough. Many saying they're upset at the continued noise from the protesters and the need for many of the truckers to blare their horns in residential areas of the city. Also notably, the event has spread to other parts of Canada with truckers blocking off the Coutts border crossing, which is near Sweetgrass, Montana, which is very big. It's not like they just shut off some tiny backwater crossing. This is one of

Starting point is 00:17:48 the major crossings between the United States and Canada. But ultimately that is where that story and today's show ends. As always, thank you for watching, liking, being subscribed for these daily dives into the news. I love your faces and I'll see you tomorrow.

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The Philip DeFranco Show - PDS 2.1 "YOU DISGUST ME!" Youtuber Scam Exposed, Brady Portnoy Backlash, Canada "Freedom Convoy", & More

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