@wmwcjr,
I somewhat know both people, Izzy way more than JTT.
JTT once offered to finance a matter I don't now remember, and I took it as a real offer and said no, this years ago now..
I often agreed with JTT or whoever the posit, but despised the ballast.
They are not each other.
Izzy is real. I get why people don't like him, the ratatatat, but I do listen to him a lot. I like him as a person.