{"id":15069,"date":"2024-06-20T18:21:42","date_gmt":"2024-06-21T01:21:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=15069"},"modified":"2024-06-20T18:37:39","modified_gmt":"2024-06-21T01:37:39","slug":"the-prophecy-and-warning-of-the-white-buffalo-bradcast-6202024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=15069","title":{"rendered":"The Prophecy and Warning of the White Buffalo: &#8216;BradCast&#8217; 6\/20\/2024"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/BradBlog.com\/Images\/BradCast_WhiteBuffalo-Yellowstone_062024.jpg\" hspace=\"6\" vspace=\"3\" border=\"0\" align=\"right\">Given the rarity of the event, and what it said to portend, we&#8217;re taking a few lessons, and warnings, from Lakota legend on today&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/BradBlog.com\/BradCast\"><i>BradCast<\/i><\/a>. [<i>Audio link to full show follows this summary.<\/i>]\n<p>Last week, it was <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/white-buffalo-calf-lakota-prophecy-yellowstone-c7c77fb2791c2ccc271222bd0174aa99\">reported<\/a> that a white buffalo calf was discovered to have been born among thousands of brown bison in <b>Yellowstone National Park<\/b>. That is never before known to have happened. And though no one is able to explain exactly how it did &#8212; the calf is white, with a black nose, eyes and hooves, as opposed to albino, in which case the eyes would be pink &#8212; its birth, in native American lore, is said to be akin to the second coming of Christ, according to Chief <b>Arvol Looking Horse<\/b>, the spiritual leader of the Lakota, Dakota and the Nakota Oyate in <b>South Dakota<\/b>. He is also the 19th keeper of the sacred White Buffalo Calf Woman Pipe and Bundle. (All explained, as well as we can, on today&#8217;s show.)<\/p>\n<p>The birth of the rare white buffalo, according to Lakota prophecy, portends better times. That&#8217;s the good news. It also is said to serve as a warning that more must be done to protect the earth and its inhabitants. We take both that encouraging news and its accompany warning to heart on today&#8217;s program. <\/p>\n<p>To that end, a few of the stories\/warnings we cover on today&#8217;s show&#8230;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/environment\/article\/2024\/jun\/18\/almost-2000-children-die-every-day-from-air-pollution-report-finds\">new study<\/a> finds nearly<i> 2,000<\/i> children under five are now dying <i>every day<\/i> from <strong>air pollution<\/strong>. Yes, you read that correctly! That, and a number of other alarming new studies we&#8217;ve reported on in recent weeks &#8212; such as the <a href=\"https:\/\/e360.yale.edu\/digest\/wildfire-smoke-deaths-california\">50,000 Californians killed<\/a> by chronic exposure to wildfire smoke from 2008 to 2018, and the <a href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/science\/2024\/05\/climate-and-health-benefits-of-wind-and-solar-dwarf-all-subsidies\/\">$250 billion in climate and health benefits<\/a> thanks to wind and solar over four years amid <b>Joe Biden<\/b>&#8216;s renewable energy boom &#8212; underscore the critical, life and death stakes of this year&#8217;s Presidential election. <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>If all of <i>that<\/i> isn&#8217;t warning enough, perhaps the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/news\/nation\/2024\/06\/20\/us-heat-wave-live-updates-temperature-forecast\/74154164007\/\">oppressive heat wave<\/a> across much of the nation today &#8212; and for at least the next week &#8212; may help Americans appreciate the importance of this coming election, as <b>Donald Trump<\/b> has vowed to his fossil fuel industry donors that he will reverse all of <b>President Biden<\/b>&#8216;s unprecedented, landmark climate achievements. <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Some good polling news today &#8212; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/official-polls\/fox-news-poll-three-point-shift-biden-trump-matchup-since-may\">from Fox &#8220;News&#8221;(!)<\/a> &#8212; for <b>Joe Biden<\/b>, following Trump&#8217;s 34 felony convictions last month in New York related to his rigging of the  2016 election with hush-money payments to a porn star. In short, Biden now narrowly leads Trump in a head-to-head contest, according to Fox&#8217; latest national survey, by 2 points, 50% to 48%. There are a whole lot of caveats on this, but the more noteworthy news is that the new numbers represent a 3-point swing in Biden&#8217;s direction since Fox&#8217; last national survey in May, and a 7-point swing since March. There is other news of note from this poll, including that Biden also now tops Trump when polling is expanded to include <b>Robert F. Kennedy Jr.<\/b>, <b>Jill Stein<\/b> and <b>Cornel West<\/b>, who will be on the Presidential ballot in a number of states as well this November.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>The stock price for former President&#8217;s latest grift is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2024\/06\/20\/djt-trump-media-stock-price-today.html\">tanking again<\/a>. Bigly. The company known as <b>Trump Media and Technology Group<\/b>, which has just one wildly money-losing venture (his failing Truth Social site) has tanked in market value an astonishing 50% since his felony convictions last month. On Thursday alone the stock price, which trades as &#8220;DJT&#8221;, plummeted by more than 14.5%, after skidding by about 35% over the past week. A lot of MAGA dupes dumb enough to invest in this loser have lost a <i>whole<\/i> lotta money this month.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Next Thursday&#8217;s first <b>2024 President Debate<\/b> is now set, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2024\/06\/20\/politics\/cnn-debate-trump-biden\/index.html\">according to CNN<\/a>. It will be a two-man affair <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/2024-election\/rfk-jr-fails-qualify-cnn-debate-biden-trump-rcna157291\">between Trump and Biden only<\/a>, with RFK, Jr. (and the others) failing to meet the polling and ballot criteria set by CNN. The debate will be 90 minutes long, will have no studio audience, and the participants microphones will be turned off when it is not their turn to speak. It will be moderated by CNN&#8217;s <b>Jake Tapper<\/b> and <b>Dana Bash<\/b>&#8230;and we wish them well. <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Finally, as record <b>wildfires<\/b>, <b>heat waves<\/b> and the first named storm of this year&#8217;s <b>hurricane season<\/b> explode across the nation (and world), Desi Doyen is here with <a href=\"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=15067\">our latest <i>Green News Report<\/i><\/a>. On all of that, and the even more devastating impacts of our quickly worsening climate crisis&#8230;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<blockquote><p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\".\/Images\/Speaker_Icon_24.png\" style=\"width: 24px; float: none; vertical-align: middle;\"><span style=\"font-size: 18px; line-height: 18px;\"> <b><i><a href=\"https:\/\/BradBlog.com\/audio\/BradCast_BradFriedman-WhiteBuffaloYellowstone-AirPollutionStudy-FoxPoll-DebateCNN_062024.mp3\">CLICK TO LISTEN OR DOWNLOAD SHOW!&#8230;<\/a><\/i><\/b><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><center><b>* * *<\/b><\/center><i>While we post <a href=\"https:\/\/BradBlog.com\/BradCast\"><\/i>The BradCast<i><\/a> here every day, and you can hear it across all of our great affiliate stations and websites, to automagically get new episodes as soon as they&#8217;re available sent right to your computer or personal device, subscribe for free at <a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/the-bradcast-w-brad-friedman\/id803467610\">iTunes<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pandora.com\/podcast\/the-bradcast-w-brad-friedman\/PC:1000025838\">Pandora<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/tunein.com\/radio\/The-BradCast-with-Brad-Friedman-p477565\/\">TuneIn<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.google.com\/feed\/aHR0cHM6Ly9icmFkYmxvZy5jb20vcG9kY2FzdGdlbi9icmFkY2FzdC9mZWVkLnhtbA\">Google<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/The-BradCast-w-Brad-Friedman\/dp\/B08JJRN86R\/ref=sr_1_1\">Amazon<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/podcastgen\/bradcast\/feed.xml\">our native RSS feed<\/a>!<\/i><\/p>\n<p><!--BB-DONATEPITCH-START--><\/p>\n<div style=\"background:#f5f0e0; border:2px solid #6b5a2e; border-radius:6px; padding:10px 14px; text-align:center; font-family:Georgia,serif;\"><span style=\"display:block; margin:0 0 8px 0; color:#3a2e0e; font-size:0.95em; line-height:1.5;\"><strong>The BRAD BLOG<\/strong>, <em>The BradCast<\/em> and <em>Green News Report<\/em> are all 100% independent and 100% listener and reader supported!<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/Donate\" style=\"display:inline-block; background:#6b5a2e; color:#ffffff; padding:6px 18px; border-radius:4px; font-weight:bold; text-decoration:none; font-family:Georgia,serif; font-size:0.9em;\">Please CLICK HERE to help support our work today!<\/a><\/div>\n<p><!--BB-DONATEPITCH-END--><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Given the rarity of the event, and what it said to portend, we&#8217;re taking a few lessons, and warnings, from Lakota legend on today&#8217;s BradCast. 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