Welcome to The Electric Current Rundown podcast, episode number 70.

I’m your host, Phil Defiance, and I’ll always say that I’m here to encourage the spread of intriguing knowledge that can spark fires in the minds of those seeking inspiration and truly improving the world.

And what I’m going to be talking about in this episode includes a continuation of where I left off on the topic of no one is buying chocolate chip ice cream anymore.

And then I’m going to talk about a third term for President Trump.

It should happen and related thoughts.

And then I’m going to talk about The Lion, The Polygamist and The Biofuel Scam based on an article I read.

But okay, so to continue on where I left off on the last episode on the topic of no one is buying chocolate chip ice cream anymore.

So yeah, I mean, on top of what I said, it’s actually funny.

I mean, chocolate is like popular.

A lot of people love chocolate.

It doesn’t matter, like it can come in many different forms.

And like, I mean, the thing is that when it comes to chocolate chip ice cream, really when it comes to like buying habits and popularity of ice creams, chocolate chip has been really replaced by like other chocolate-based ice creams, like cookie dough and things like that.

There’s like various kinds of that kind of thing, or like peanut butter cookie dough and things like that.

And they have like ridiculous sounding names to like, it just makes them sound like crazy.

So no wonder that they’re doing so well, because they’re given, I mean, the people that are running the marketing departments, that those ice cream companies are coming up with some really crazy sounding names to make it sound absolutely delicious.

And actually, I’ve had some of those.

And I must admit that, yeah, they are damn good.

Like, for example, one thing that I really like is like Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups chocolate type, I mean, Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups ice cream.

Yeah, that stuff’s delicious.

I mean, I like eating the chocolate bars.

I mean, well, they’re not really chocolate bars.

They’re like little cups.

But I like eating those.

So, no wonder in ice cream form, they’re amazing.

And that’s just an example.

One example out of quite a few offerings, right?

And those kinds of things are really what’s taking the spot, like off of chocolate chip ice cream.

And so, no wonder chocolate chip ice cream has really fallen off.

But I mean, when it comes to companies that make chocolate chip ice cream, still till this day, there’s Breyers, but Breyers doesn’t really make true chocolate chip ice cream.

It’s actually like kind of like something that’s similar, but it’s not exactly the true to heart version of it.

But regardless, I mean, it is like one of the closest things if you still want to buy it.

And then other than that, there’s like still some chocolate company, I mean, some ice cream companies that do make it, but they only do it for like specialty type things, like for holidays or inside of certain markets that actually still like it.

So it’s kind of hard to find unless if you live in those kinds of areas or if it’s like that kind of special holiday, then suddenly you might find it in store, you know.

So it’s factors like that, that are really involved with chocolate chip ice cream these days.

And other things are factors like the fact is that people aren’t really eating ice cream as much as they used to.

And it’s connected to the fact that a lot of people are trying to avoid sugar.

And yeah, of course, I mean, a lot of people know about that.

I mean, as a popular thing, like people are trying to get healthy.

And one of the things that they’re trying to do when it comes to getting healthy is avoiding sugar.

Yeah, I mean, diabetes, that’s a big problem these days.

So it makes a lot of sense, right?

You don’t want to eat way too much sugar.

So, I mean, I could understand that, but either way, I’m going to have a couple more thoughts on that topic and then switch topics after this quick break.

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But okay, so now to finish off on that chocolate-chip ice cream topic.

On top of everything else I’ve said, regardless.

Yeah, when it comes to the fact that ice cream has really…

Ice cream has gone down in popularity, really.

I mean, so it’s true.

Well, I mean, it’s connected to that sugar aspect, but like the thing is that…

It’s a matter of fact.

I mean, it’s not like a drastic drop, but it’s facts.

I mean, about like 40 years ago, people used to have like about like one third more ice cream consumption over.

I mean, over the course of one year, every year, like there’s been like a one third drop, really.

So that’s like evidence right there of how like putting it in to context, how there actually has been a drop in popularity when it comes to ice cream.

So I mean, there’s a connection there even to chocolate chip losing popularity, although that’s not the main factor, but that’s actually an interesting thing too.

And if you want to read a little bit more about that whole topic, I’m going to include a link to that article in the description of this episode right here.

So if you want, you can go ahead and read the article too, on top of hearing what I said about it.

But okay, so now I’m going to switch topics to a third term for President Trump.

It should happen and related thoughts.

And I say this, I’m doing this right here, I’m talking about this right here.

Because, well, I mean, think about it, right now, President Trump, like in his second term, is amazing.

I mean, his first term was good.

It was really good, like one of a kind president, definitely.

And that’s why he got reelected.

People wanted more.

But I mean, he got reelected twice, actually.

I’m going to talk about that too.

But that’s why he got reelected, period.

Once or twice, well, actually twice.

But the point is, he got reelected.

Why?

Because he was good in his first term.

Plus, he was a celebrity for decades.

And for what?

Because he’s a really smart man, a really good business man.

And it shows, like, him as president right here, right now.

And back in 2016, 2020.

And yeah, I mean, his first term, though, like he was really good.

Certainly, certainly.

But like his second term, I mean, here we are in April when I’m recording this, entering May.

Obviously, you’re going to be watching this around May because of the schedule that I got.

But either way, I mean, the point is that here we are at the end of April.

Generally, end of April.

And just in a few months, like, okay, I mean, that’s basically he got into office almost February.

So February, March, April, three months, really three months.

Basically, the things he’s done in these three months, like, are ridiculous, like, amazing.

Like, it makes his first term look like amateur hour.

Like, not that great in comparison to this one.

Wow.

Like, he’s really, like, gone off running.

Like, he gets in the office and he literally started running, like, as if he was a marathon runner.

And it’s, like, amazing.

I love what he’s doing, like, everything that he’s doing, like, his craziness.

It makes his first term look like not that great in comparison.

And I can, I, I, I just want to see what comes next.

I mean, we got, like, three years and, like, several months more of this, like, just for this second term right here.

Wow.

It’s amazing.

I mean, like, the tariffs, like, I like that.

I mean, because, like, the New World Order is, is what, what they’re trying to bring.

And it’s all about globalism.

And what’s he doing?

He’s putting tariffs all across a damn planet.

I mean, this is destroying the New World Order system.

I mean, this is amazing, because the New, the New World Order is literally from the devil.

It’s satanic.

And no wonder God saved his life when he got shot in the ear.

That was a miracle caught on video right there.

But why did God do that?

Because he knew this man, this man right here, is going to destroy the New World Order system and put a humongous brick in the path of this globalist garbage.

So it’s beautiful the things that he’s doing, especially with those tariffs.

But not only that, I mean, as if that was like the only thing.

He’s also doing other great things.

I mean, this man is great.

No wonder he says, make America great again, right?

Okay, I’m going to finish off on that topic and then switch topics as I finish off the episode.

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But okay, to finish off on that topic about Trump and the fact that he deserves a third term, I mean, he’s doing other things too.

I mean, he’s bringing in trillions of dollars, billions and trillions of new business from all across the planet.

And it’s connected to the tariffs, but not just connected to the tariffs, also connected to his other policies like taxes and other things that are really pro-growth.

And he’s even like expanding a power plant creation across the entire United States.

I mean, that’s beautiful because under Biden and even Obama before Trump, it was really, really hard to create new power plants because of regulations and all sorts of hoops that you got to go through to eventually be able to create one.

And so Trump is streamlining the process for power plants.

And then other things too, like, I mean, well, then there’s AI.

I mean, like a lot of people are afraid of it.

Maybe could like end up becoming robot technologies that will end up killing us all.

I don’t know about that, though, at the same time.

I mean, but like, I mean, he’s doing all sorts of things.

I mean, the thing is that America’s got to stay at the forefront of technology because obviously that’s the thing.

I mean, that’s one of the main things that America’s about.

So like, I mean, even with AI.

But then there’s other aspects too when it comes to technology in general.

And like, I mean, all sorts of policies that he’s doing, it’s like amazing.

Like, I can’t wait to see what else he’s got up his sleeves.

Like, this guy’s a legend, a living legend.

And then there’s also other things like the fact that they literally stole the 2020 election from him.

And I mean, because of that too, like, this is these are the kinds of things that make me to say this man deserves a third term.

And okay, I know, I know the Constitution because of that amendment that they passed like about a century ago, almost a century ago, in this 22nd Amendment.

It limits a president to only three terms, I mean, two terms.

But the thing is that the that amendment, it doesn’t say, I mean, it doesn’t mention anything about consecutive or nonconsecutive.

And that’s where he can argue it in court.

That, yeah, well, he didn’t get two consecutive terms.

So, I mean, that’s what he should do.

Like, and another thing is that the man is like almost 80, about 80 years old.

And look at him.

He’s like, he’s got the energy of somebody that’s like about half his age.

Like, he’s got it in him.

And he’s even said publicly that he’s thinking about a third term.

You know?

So, like, he’s got the will to do it.

All that he needs now is it to be allowed.

I mean, officially allowed, so he could start running for reelection.

I mean, obviously not yet, but like, I mean, in a couple of years.

So, I got my fingers crossed on that.

And there’s that thing about consecutive terms.

And he really does deserve a third term, especially, I mean, one of the biggest arguments for that is the fact that they literally stole the 2020-20, that election from him.

Yeah, other than the fact that he’s doing such a good job in a second term, like as I was saying.

But OK, so now I’m going to switch topics to finish off the episode.

And on this topic, I’m going to talk about something from an article I read, and it was titled The Lion, The Polygamist and The Biofuel Scan.

Now, this article was a really interesting article, and it was very, very long, like ridiculously long.

It took me like an hour or an hour and 20 minutes to read the whole thing.

Well, that’s also because I took a couple breaks in between.

But I mean, if I read it in one shot, it probably would have taken me like maybe 45 minutes.

But regardless, still, you can imagine that an article that takes that long to read, obviously, must be a long article.

But it was a very interesting story.

I mean, it was based on a guy.

OK, his name was Jacob Kingston and his brother Isaiah.

And it actually also involved their business partner.

Actually, it was mainly Jacob’s business partner.

Isaiah was just like a side story, a side side aspect of the story.

But like, I mean, the business partner was this guy named Dermin.

He he was known as Dermin the Lion, actually.

He was an Armenian, you know, obviously with a European accent to kind of like my dad, actually.

Yes.

I mean, it reminds me because my dad’s got an accent to.

But either way, and they even had an helper named Leon.

Which reminds me of Dermin because Dermin’s the Lion and they had a helper named Leon.

Leon.

But either way, when it comes to Jacob Kingston and even his brother Isaiah, they were direct descendants of their Mormon sect, which was called the Order.

Actually, it was based in the Seattle area or Washington state area, somewhere around there.

That’s where they were from.

And yeah, I mean, that’s a church that came from the Order, which is a Mormon sect.

And obviously, a lot of people know this, that there’s some Mormon sects that still allow polygamy or actually, I mean, you know, polygamy.

Like that’s the thing with these Mormon sects.

Like, there’s a few of them out there, you know, the ability to have like several wives.

Either way, they’re also known as the Kingston Church.

And either way, Jacob had 12 kids and his main wife was a woman named Sally.

And Jacob met Dermot around the year 2009.

And from them, I mean, from then to 2017, they ended up defrauding the federal government of hundreds of millions of dollars.

Huge money.

And their biggest defrauding was actually $650 million in one shot.

Holy, that’s a ton of cash, almost a billion dollars.

And they lived the high life, and Jacob put a lot of his money back to his church, because, I mean, that’s kind of what they do, like, in that church, because, like, really, that sect of the church, and probably a lot of Mormon churches that have, they’re basically offshoots, especially the polygamist ones, like, that’s kind of like a core policy involved, like, especially, I mean, the thing is that part of the article did reference the fact that basically everyone wasn’t really allowed to get rich, and they made an exception for him.

I guess it also was connected to the fact that he literally was a direct descendant of the founder of that sect.

But either way, he was allowed to get rich.

But the thing is that the policy was that if you are rich, then you definitely have to be spending your money and giving your money out amongst the church.

So he spent a lot of his money in the church, a lot.

And I’m not talking about pennies or 20s.

I’m talking about millions, okay?

So he spent a ton of his cash on his church to help the church like he’s supposed to.

But either way, I mean, he was scamming the government.

That’s how he got all that money.

Him and Dermot mainly, and his, I mean, Jacob’s brother, Isaiah.

And by the time he got arrested, yes, he got arrested.

By the time he got arrested, though, he wasn’t as rich.

I mean, he wasn’t very rich, really.

And by that time, he was struggling.

He was even struggling to get six million dollars to really bail him out of the situation under Dermot’s directive.

And really, the scam that they were doing was vegetable-based biofuel and government subsidies related to it.

And that’s actually funny because, I mean, that’s connected to climate change too.

And like actually George W.

Bush actually enabled that whole thing.

And really, I mean, it’s all connected to the fact that America’s got to get off of like gasoline and related products like diesel, yes.

And so like, I mean, that just shows you like how big of a scam climate change is.

Like there’s people like this.

They’re literally abusing climate change policies.

And obviously, this is a big example, but I’m sure there’s plenty out there.

And this guy and his partners were not the only ones and are not currently the only ones.

There’s probably like thousands of others getting rich off of climate change policies, scamming the government like these guys did.

And when it comes to Jacob, he actually like started like, I mean, he started out legit, but he ended up realizing that it didn’t really work out that way.

I mean, he wasn’t really making that much money and he was trying to put bread on the table.

So he was trying to make sure that he can become rich.

So then one day he ended up realizing that it’s time to start scamming, time to become a criminal.

So that’s what he ended up doing.

And he started out kind of small.

And then he ended up like getting bigger and bigger into the criminal game.

And then eventually ended up meeting Dermen, the Armenian, the lion.

And yeah, it was Dermen that really brought him into the idea of this vegetable based biofuel scam.

Like they ended up figuring out a way.

I mean, Dermen really knew the way.

I mean, by that point, actually, Jacob kind of already figured it out a little bit.

But by the time he ended up meeting Dermen, Dermen really brought him into the bigger way to do it.

And then next thing you know, him and Dermen were making tons of cash.

And over the course of 2009 and 2017, that’s eight years in total, they accelerated year after year and were making more and more money.

But then again, I mean, Jacob was putting all sorts of money in the church and also he was living the high life.

So he was spending money like a crazy man.

Like sure, he was making tons of cash, but he didn’t save much of it.

He was like spending it like as if it was toilet paper.

And it was like a crazy thing going on in his life.

But now he’s in jail.

I mean, the government eventually caught on.

And even Germans got jail problems too.

And like, well, I mean, if you’re going to scam the government, don’t do like humongous scamming.

I mean, you’re going to get caught.

Do you want to go to jail?

Well, either way, the point is that this episode is now done.

I mean, I don’t want to continue talking because I mean, I was aiming for 15 minutes.

This is obviously more than that.

Regardless, if you want to read more, because as I said, this was a really long article, and you can tell it’s quite an interesting story.

And remember, a few episodes back, I did say reading short stories is actually a good thing.

So I mean, if you want to read the whole article or a part of it, if you want to read an interesting read, go ahead and check it out, because I put a link to that article in the description of this episode right here.

So either way, that’s the end of this episode, episode number 70 with me, your host, Phil Defiance of The Electric Current Rundown.

And I’ll always say that I’m here to encourage the spread of intriguing knowledge that can spark fires in the minds of those seeking inspiration and truly improving the world.

And till next time, have a good one.