The Pour Over Today - Monday, August 29, 2022

Episode Date: August 29, 2022

Today we’re talking about the redacted affidavit used to search Mar-a-Lago, the Federal Reserve’s summer camp schedule, declining monkeypox numbers, and other top news for Monday, August 29th. Stay informed while remaining focused on Christ with The Pour Over. Sponsored by LMNT

Today we're talking about the redacted affidavit used to search Mar-a-Lago, the Federal Reserve's summer camp schedule, declining monkeypox numbers, and other top news for Monday, August 29th. Stay informed while remaining focused on Christ with The Pour Over. Here's the quote of the day. Christians should live in the world but not be filled with it. A ship lives in the water, but if the water gets into the ship, she goes to the bottom. So many Christians may live in the world, but if the world gets into them, they sink. Dwight L. Moody. Let's start with some espresso shots.

The affidavit used to obtain a search warrant of Mar-a-Lago was released on Friday, but fair warning, Black Highlighter makes one half of the document a bit harder to read. While support evidence is missing, the affidavit sheds some light on the FBI's rationale for requesting a search warrant. No space at Mar-a-Lago is authorized to store classified documents. In January, the National Archives retrieved 15 boxes of documents from Trump, which included 184 pages of classified documents, including 25 marked top secret. They believe there was probable cause to assume more classified documents remained at Mar-a-Lago. That's the FBI's side, but former President Trump disagrees bigly. Trump responded against the redactions and the judge on Truth Social, saying there's no mention of, quote,

our close working relation regarding turnover. We gave them much and that the raid was never needed. Culturally hot topics frequently make people think, speak, and act poorly, including us. We can respect others and represent God better if we are quick to listen and slow to speak. James 1 verse 19 through 20 says, everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak, and slow to anger, for human anger does not accomplish God's righteousness. slow to speak, and slow to anger, for human anger does not accomplish God's righteousness. The Federal Reserve had its big annual conference in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, and Chairman Powell's mountain-adjacent speech caused a mini-avalanche in New York.

July's rate of inflation was good, but not good enough for Powell. Powell said it takes more than one month to signal that prices are actually declining and reiterating the central bank's commitment to raising interest rates until 2% inflation is achieved, calling price stability the bedrock of our economy. None of that is new, but Powell also predicted rates would remain high for a while to keep inflation down, saying history warns against prematurely taking the foot off the gas, and that seemed to spook investors. The Dow Jones tumbled 1,000 points, 3%, and the tech-heavy Nasdaq fell almost 4% after Powell's speech. Our hope is never contingent on economic performance. It's much more secure than that. Regardless of whether things get worse or better during your lifetime, everything eventually ends well for followers of Christ. Psalm 18 verse 2 says, The Lord is my rock, my fortress, and my deliverer, my God, my rock where I seek refuge,

my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold. While health officials warn we're not in the clear, there is some data to indicate that monkeypox may be slowing its swing. Though infections are still increasing, the pace of new cases has declined. New York City in particular saw 40% fewer new cases over the past month, as vulnerable populations protect themselves with vaccines and other public health measures. Speaking of vaccines, several manufacturers now find themselves at the center of a new fight, against each other. Moderna sued Pfizer and BioNTech,

alleging that their jabs included a dose of patent infringement. Moderna claims it began developing mRNA technology first in 2010 and filed patents by 2016. Pfizer and BioNTech vigorously deny any funny business and claim their shots only include their own proprietary technology. Here's a verse to consider when it feels like disease never sleeps. Rejoice in hope, be patient in affliction, be persistent in prayer. Romans 12, 12. Electrolytes are mostly salt, so if your electrolyte drink is sweet, then, um, well, yeah. Popular electrolyte drinks, think things that end in aid, usually have low amounts of electrolytes in suboptimal ratios and contain fillers. Element is the tasty electrolyte drinks, think things that end in aid, usually have low amounts of electrolytes in

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College football's Week Zero kicked off Saturday, giving fans a little taste of the season before full schedules start this week. Week Zero featured a matchup between Northwestern and Nebraska that was played in Dublin, Ireland, with Northwestern squeaking out the upset. A Chipotle restaurant in Lansing, Michigan voted for a side of unionization with its burritos. The successful union vote is a rarity in the fast food industry and a first for Chipotle. It follows the more than 200 Starbucks locations that voted to unionize in the past 10 months. Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg expressed regret that Facebook suppressed the Hunter Biden laptop story before the 2020 election, but called it, quote, pretty reasonable. Zuck said that the FBI warned Facebook against Russian propaganda on the eve of the votes, and they'd only meant to be vigilant.

A New Mexico man has been indicted for attempting to provide material support to ISIS. Herman Wilson, known as Bilal Abdullah, tried to create an Islamic State Center to offer ISIS ideological teachings and provide training in tactical maneuvers and martial arts in New Mexico. He faces decades in prison if convicted. Thanks to strong winds, the Rum Creek wildfire in southwestern Oregon spread rapidly this weekend, torching over 4,000 acres and more than tripling its total burned acreage in one day. The spread prompted evacuation orders and Oregon Governor Kate Brown invoked the Emergency Conflagration Act to ensure additional

state resources. That's all we have for today. Thanks so much for listening. If you're listening on the Apple Podcast app, give us a five-star rating and drop a review. If you're listening on Spotify, give us a follow and hit the notification bell to never miss a new episode. We appreciate your support and hope you have a great day. We'll see you on Wednesday.