The Pour Over Today - Friday, July 21, 2023

Episode Date: July 21, 2023

Today, we’re talking about the Women’s World Cup, thriving businesses, allegations against the Bidens, and other top news for Friday, July 21st. Stay informed while remaining focused on Christ with The Pour Over. Sponsored by Seed

Today we're talking about the Women's World Cup, thriving businesses, allegations against the Bidens, and other top news for Friday, July 21st. Stay informed while remaining focused on Christ with The Pour Over. Here's the quote of the day. Therefore, faithful Christian, seek the truth, listen to the truth, learn the truth, love the truth, tell the truth, learn the truth, defend the truth. Learn the truth. Defend the truth. Even to death. Jan Hus Let's get started with some espresso shots.

The quadrennial FIFA Women's World Cup kicked off Wednesday. The U.S. Women's National Team left space in their luggage hoping to bring home their third consecutive World Cup trophy and some prize money. It's a fourth of last year's men's World Cup prize pot, but a record-setting $110 million is up for grabs this year. Each participant will get $30,000, with each champion team player getting $270,000. The U.S. faces Vietnam in their first match tonight. Host countries Australia and New Zealand won their matches to open the month-long competition with Aussies overcoming Ireland and Kiwis upsetting powerhouse Norway. New Zealand celebrations are coupled with mourning after an unrelated shooting near team hotels left three people, including the gunman, dead

and five injured just hours before kickoff. Sports are a fun diversion, but they're not all important. Keep eternal things in mind and be quick to offer the hope of Christ. Helen H. Lemel in 1918 said, Turn your eyes upon Jesus, look full in his wonderful face, and the things of earth will grow strangely dim in the light of his glory and grace. Two IRS whistleblowers testified about the DOJ's abnormal investigation into President Biden's son Hunter on Wednesday. Special Agent Joseph Ziegler, a self-proclaimed Democrat, said he wanted to obtain a search warrant into more business docs but felt handcuffed by prosecutors, was prevented from pursuing leads that might implicate President Biden,

and that he submitted evidence to support a tax evasion felony rather than the misdemeanor Hunter received. Meanwhile, Senator Chuck Grassley released an unclassified FBI document describing how then-VP Biden and Hunter allegedly coerced the CEO of a Ukrainian company into paying them millions in exchange for having someone investigate the company fired. Representative Jamie Raskin accused Republicans of attempting to distort evidence while Hunter Biden's attorney called suggestions that the years-long investigation was not thorough, preposterous, and deeply irresponsible. When discussing divisive topics such as the allegations against the Biden family, remember that both your stance and how you take your stance reflect on Christ.

We shouldn't sacrifice relationships to win arguments. James 1 verses 19 through 20 say, For human anger does not accomplish God's righteousness. What do cars, shapewear, AI, and Netflix have in common? Their books are looking good. Tesla reported record quarterly revenue, though its stock reversed over profit margin concerns. Carvana's plan to cut debt by $1.2 billion prompted a 40% stock jump, and reports of a chatbot in development to take a bite out of AI sent Apple stock to an all-time high. Netflix announced that its cheapest ad-free plan, $9.99 a month, is no longer available to

new customers, but users can subscribe to a $6.99 a month ad-supported model. The streaming giant's stock dipped 8%, but it appears the password crackdown worked. It added 5.9 million new subscribers. Finally, Kim Kardashian's $4 billion shapewear company Skims is smoothing out a path towards $750 million in net sales for 2023, even plumper revenues than last year's $500 million. sales for 2023, even plumper revenues than last year's $500 million. Here's a verse to consider when Robin Hood makes up 95% of your screen time. Anyone trusting his riches will fall, but the righteous will flourish like foliage. Proverbs 11 verse 28.

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science, clinical trials, and the pour-over. Visit seed.com slash P-O-U-R for 30% off your first month, or check out the link in our show notes. In other brews, here's a rapid round of updates. The top tree gave himself the axe at Stanford. University President Mark Tessier-Levine resigned after the Board of Trustees concluded that numerous academic reports he authored contained falsified data. Tessier Levine claims that he didn't publish anything without believing the data was accurately presented, but admits he could have been more diligent in making corrections. Hours before refusing to extend the Black Sea Grain Initiative, a deal that provided safe passage to cargo ships

carrying food, Russia began launching missiles targeting Ukrainian Black Sea ports. Strikes wounded at least 20 civilians, destroyed 60,000 tons of grain, and wrecked shipping infrastructure. The show must go on. San Diego Comic-Con began yesterday without any A-list, or any list, actors who are not filming, promoting, interviewing, social media posting, or conference attending during the strike. At least two dozen panels were canceled, but the four-day event still features actorless panels, plenty of merch for sale, and of course, cosplay for days. Following a months-long U.S. Health and Human Services review, the U.S. has suspended funding to China's Wuhan Institute of Virology Lab for failing to provide adequate documentation related to concerns of biosafety protocol violations. The facility, which has been the subject of COVID origin questions for years, has not received funding from the National

Institutes of Health since 2020. Taco John's has held the trademark on Taco Tuesday since 1989, but announced this week it'll drop its enforcement of the TM following a campaign by Taco Bell. T-Bell said it was too common of a phrase to own and celebrated that restaurants everywhere can now legally promote Taco Tuesday. And that's all we have for today. Thanks so much for listening. If you're listening on the Apple Podcasts app, please give us a 5-star rating and drop a review.

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