The origins of NATO are intertwined with the origins of the Cold War. This video will therefore outline the sense of looming Cold War in the immediate aftermath of World War II, and some of the key events that substantiated this perception, from the perspective of Western Europe and the United States. It will then assess the main political initiatives and events that led to the creation of NATO in 1949. From 1945 to the end of 1946, the wartime allies started to gradually drift apart. The death of American President Franklin Delano Roosevelt impacted on the personal relationship that had been created between the big three, the wartime leader, Roosevelt, Winston Churchill and Joseph Stalin. The end of the war in Europe in May 1945, moreover, deprived the allies of the main, dramatic necessity to cooperate. At the same time, Stalin's policies in Eastern Europe, where he sought to consolidate the Soviet sphere of influence, together with the US testing of the atomic bomb, strained the relationship between the two emerging superpowers. The occupation of Germany by the US, the UK, France and the Soviet Union provided the main testing ground of the incapacity to cooperate with Moscow. The German question, as the division of Germany came to be called, emerged as the most tangible and symbolic issue of the looming Cold War. As the American Charles de Afer at the Soviet Embassy, George Kennan famously wrote in his long telegram of February 1946, the Soviet Union seemed to live in antagonistic capitalist encirclement, in which, in the long run, there could be no permanent peaceful coexistence. Impervious to the logic of reason, according to Kennan, the Soviets were, instead, highly sensitive to the logic of force. The perception of the emergence of two antagonistic blocks was emphatically confirmed by Winston Churchill's iconic speech of March 1946. From Stettin in the Baltic to Trieste in the Adriatic, an iron curtain has descended across the continent. Behind that line lie all the capitals of the ancient states of Central and Eastern Europe, Warsaw, Berlin, Prague, Vienna, Budapest, Belgrade, Bucharest and Sofia. All these famous cities and their populations around them lie in what I must call the Soviet sphere, and all are subject in one form or another, not only to Soviet influence, but to a very high and, in some cases, increasing measure of control from Moscow. At the same time, the Civil War in Greece dramatically revealed the extent of the British economic difficulties following World War II, and consequently the United States gradually became the cornerstone of European recovery. When London declared in February 1947 that it was unable to continue to provide aid to Greece, but that without such aid the communist factions were likely to prevail in the conflict, Washington was compelled to act. In a landmark speech to Congress in March 1947, US President Harry Truman requested authorization to grant aid to Greece in the fight against communist expansion. He also requested aid for Turkey, which was, from the US perspective, exposed to Soviet influence. This statement came to be known as the Truman Doctrine, and would provide the political pillar of the emerging US strategy of containment of the Soviet Union. In parallel with the declaration in support of Greece and Turkey, the United States formulated an economic program to foster the recovery of Western Europe. In June 1947, the US Secretary of State George Marshall announced an aid program in theory proposed to all European countries, provided they would coordinate among themselves the receipt of American aid. The following year, the US Congress approved the so-called Marshall Plan, and in April 1948, US aid to Europe initiated under the European recovery program. Given the program was conceived for capitalist market economies, the Eastern European countries under Soviet influence declined to participate in the program. The division of Europe in two blocks, also from an economic point of view, was thus becoming a concrete and tangible reality. The unresolved issues of Germany and the implications of the European recovery program combined to create the first real Cold War crisis, the Berlin blockade of 1948-1949. When the French, British and Americans decided to introduce a single currency in their occupation zones, in order to be able to extend Marshall Plan aid to the Western sectors, the Soviet Union refused to agree to the introduction of the Western currency in Berlin, which was also divided into four occupied zones like the rest of Germany. The level of tension escalated in June 1948, but since Berlin lied deep within the Soviet occupied zone and no agreements on Western access to Berlin had been negotiated, Stalin believed he was in a position of strength. In response to the Western move, he blocked all access routes to Berlin. Faced with the dilemma, either risk war or abandon West Berlin, the Truman administration opted for an airlift of supplies to the Western sectors of the city. The airlift lasted almost a year until May 1949, providing proof of both America's commitment to West Berlin and the US capacity to sustain the airlift for many months. War not being an attractive nor realistic option, Stalin was forced to back off. The Western zones of Germany proceeded towards the creation of the Federal Republic of Germany. In response, the Soviet occupied zone became the Democratic Republic of Germany. By 1949, the division of Germany in two states came to symbolize the division of Europe. The escalation of tension during the Berlin blockade prompted the Western European countries and the United States to start negotiations on a permanent security pact. For the United States, joining a permanent alliance was a profound turning point. The traditional principle, which stated back to George Washington's admonition to avoid entangling alliances, was reversed with the Vandenberg resolution of June 1948. This paved the way for the US to take part in regional accords that required continued commitments when these directly related to the defense of American national security. On their part, he Western European countries had already joined together with the signing of the Brussels Treaty in March 1948. As the Berlin blockade was coming to its end, on April 4, 1949, the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, France, Belgium, the Netherlands, Luxembourg, Italy, Portugal, Norway, Denmark and Iceland signed the North Atlantic Treaty. While America took on the leadership of the Western block, questions surrounding the credibility of the US commitment, the territorial scope of the alliance and the need for a coordinated European contribution started to surface immediately and would later characterize the history and development of the alliance.


Daoism is basically a, it's not really a religion, it's more like a philosophy that originates from China and it's what the monks practice, you know, like the Dalai Lama, they practice that. And you know, a lot of the ancient Chinese stories, it's all based on Daoism. Even the stories like Shang Chi, a lot of that is based on Daoism as well. Who here has heard about the story of the empty cup? I think this is pretty popular. So there's a master who invites one of his friends to have tea with him.  And as the master continues to pour the tea, the cup starts to overflow in this scholar's cup. And then the scholar says, what are you doing? Why are you pouring all this tea in my cup? It's overflowing.  So I think that's a good example or a good story that reminds us to keep our cups empty, which is to have the attitude. We don't know what we think we know, or at least we don't know what we don't know, right? Because as intelligent or as much experience we think we have in our lives, compared to the knowledge and the wisdom of the universe, we actually know nothing. And even scientists and the top scientists in the world, the smartest ones are the ones that realize we actually know nothing or infatestimally small amount of knowledge compared to how much knowledge is out there in the universe. And a lot of it we don't understand. Most of it actually we don't understand. We can't explain. So once you start to have that attitude, then we start to open our minds, then we can actually grow as human beings, and we can actually grow our wisdom and knowledge. The more knowledge you gain, you realize the less that you know that we understand about our universe. So the problem with a lot of the generation Z is that you have so much information, you think you know everything, you understand everything, which is good.  You don't have a lot of the struggle or basically the progression of life that a lot of us Gen Xers or, you know, people older have.


for joining another episode of Adventures in Commercialization. We're here to discuss creating businesses and creating income and trying to figure out what are we gonna do after COVID, you know? So we have a very special guest, a very coolest friend of mine who has been creating a very awesome small-time business, like small business. He has been marketing himself very locally in the Washington area, Olympia, and he creates very organic and connoisseur chocolate. So welcome, Bliss. Blissful. Blissful wonders, I guess, is what we're calling it today, aren't we? Well, aloha from the mainland of Washington. Oh, yeah. So tell me, how did you get started in the chocolate business? I was thinking about bringing another chocolate connoisseur onto this show. He runs a very high-traffic shop that goes right in, you know, Pike's Place, which is very, you know, tailored to doing, you know, high-traffic connoisseur chocolate. But how do you make it happen from your own small business connoisseur? I love the tooth is I'm blessed that I, I'm still an apprentice. I've been doing it for like 20 years and I'm still learning. And the truth is I go out and I never thought I was gonna do this. I was a trained chef for many years. And one day my chef said, if I would relax, I could be an amazing confectioner.  And that's really where I started, went from one vision to another vision, you know, through premonitions and yeah, quests. Yeah.  Like how did you make it through COVID? Like when you, well, what kind of marketing do you do? I guess it's a great question. And then if you're doing high-trophic marketing, like how did you make it through COVID? Oh, you know, let me think. With COVID, you know, I went back to my roots and the roots were farmers markets where we still had the opportunity to sell. And then we also started promoting the website more, online sales. We got into like Facebook, we got onto Instagram. Every day we were promoting ourselves. And when the markets actually opened up, I was welcomed back. So I got in there and that's how I made it through COVID because it was outside. And then as COVID was progressing away, we were allowed to start opening up pop-ups. Like all the pop-ups I did were outside shows.  And that's how I made it through. Yeah, we just had another girl on this show who was a pop-up sales. Like she did literally pop-up sales of sunglasses. How do you pick your pop-up sales? How do you know when it's gonna be like a good venue to go? Do you pay for pop-ups or like, how does this work? Oh yeah, you just gotta follow the line and through people advertising within ourselves. People like, hey, did you hear about this show? Hey, did you hear about the local event? Hey, and we all promoted each other. And how do you know if it's a good show? You don't, but you take a chance. Especially through COVID, you have to bring an income as a small business. You have to have income every week between expenses of bills and, well, I'm blessed. I don't have employees. I have assistants. And I had to make sure they got their money so I was out hustling. And I would try a pop-up and I would pay the fee. If I made at least five to six percent, I mean six times more than the boot fee, it was worth trying it again. Of course, yeah, that's great. Do you have a minimum, like our maximum fee that you're willing to pay to like go to some of these events? I know this might be like a spontaneous question that I definitely didn't send you, but I was just curious. Like, do you have like somewhere where you're like, totally not worth it? Yes and no. I'll be honest, some of the festivals I did this summer was more than I was ready for. Some of the shows that were cheaper, I was shocked, like overwhelmed, blessed. So you never know until you take a chance, but are you ready to move into that level? Like the biggest shows, like you said, Seattle. How much do they charge? Was it, I've done it for 20 years. So I've said a few word of mouth, example, I tried it. I remember when it was cheaper and now they increased their value, can I still do the same thing I did? And the only thing you do is it's a chance. You have to take a chance, some are gonna be better than others, but you never know until you tried it.  You try it twice, you're out there, but is it worth coming back? And that's how you really play it by ear. Over the years, now I get to pick and choose, but sometimes you go back to your roots and you say, what are you gonna do? I gotta go back to making something. And everybody different fluctuates there. You know, their sale, what do I mean? Their boot fees, they're, you know, you never know. Well, I just want to show our crowd and our audience a little bit of what your website looks like because it is phenomenal. I just wanna let you know, Blissful Wonders is absolutely phenomenal. Look at your beautiful chocolates. They're so amazing. They're absolutely delicious. They are geared towards any person. Look, there's Bliss, there's his little story. These are some of the products that he uses. They're vegan, they're vegetarian, they're organic. You know, like he literally pushes to all types of audiences. You can order them, you can, I mean, you don't have to be in the local area for what he's doing here. And there's products. I'm just telling you, this is some of the best chocolate I've ever tried. I do have to tell you, Bliss, I was really happy to bring you on this show. But how else do you market yourself? So you said that like over COVID, it was really difficult to get out and about. So we sent the website, the website looks absolutely fantastic. I just wanna let you know. It's like the most amazing marketing, but how do you get yourself out there? We do have Facebook group. If we can see that here. But how do you push your marketing? How are you, you're in Olympia, Washington, correct? Yeah.   Okay, like right now I'm honored. I'm doing a podcast. My first one. You know, but the truth is I never leave home without chocolate. And that's how I honestly started. Like I would get in my truck and I printed all the way up to Bellingham, Washington, every co-op, every health food store. And I got in my truck with 500 chocolates and I drove and I showed off who I am. And then I did the same thing, South route. And the thing about what I do is, you know, local support, you're local. And what highlights my chocolate is that I'm blessed that I do it, but I support like seven other businesses. All my berries come from my local community. My cream, Northwest Proud, my wines, local winters. I try to use as much local product as I can. And that's what highlights me. I will never put somebody else down on their chocolate, but I will say what makes mine different than theirs.  Yeah, you've been talking about, I read in your little bio, you're talking about staying local. If anybody else read any description about this, I literally put his bio in here, blissful. He is very humble and he's talking about not making this a larger small business than it means to be because he wants it to be one local, which we already discussed, but two, we want it to be very humble. And I know that we've discussed expanding and this whole podcast is about commercialization and really building your business, but this person specifically I've chosen who has been on our show, who has chosen to stay small. And so I really wanna listen a little bit about why you choose to be small, not only because of locally, I got that, but why are you promoting to stay beyond expansion? Because I wanna keep doing quality. I don't wanna change my beliefs and that's really what it comes down to.  The larger I get, the more I offer back to my peeps. And that's really what it came down to. I wanna grow, don't get me wrong, but I wanna keep it as a local. Like I joke, but I wanna be the Willy Wonka of the Northwest family, just not the Hershey of the world. And that's really where it comes down to.  Hey, how are you? And everybody's my friend. I will greet you, I will tell everybody how, oh, I've known you for 30, 40 years, but I'll treat you like I have. And that's what really keeps the humble business is if it wasn't for my friends and family, I wouldn't be where I am today. So I wanted to do more quality. I absolutely love that. And honestly, I just went and visited my grandfather in Ohio and we went to Amish Country. And the person we buy our meat and cheese from is the same family. From my grandpa literally knew him from when he was a child running around that store. So it literally like that humble blissfulness, it definitely stays tuned with generation to generation. And I'm very thankful for that. I think that there's a lot of businesses out there that need that. And I think that you're definitely doing that. I just wanna let our audience know I went to the Fremont Fair and I've met Bliss Blissful multiple times at different locations, at events. And when I walked up at the Fremont Fair, I knew exactly who he was. I knew exactly the chocolates I was being given and I knew exactly where he was from. So it is a brand name and the brand name definitely has a lot to do with it. Whether it's large, whether it's small, whatever you wanna create here, it's definitely humble blissfulness. Blissful wonders is definitely what's gonna get you to your next level of satisfaction with your customers.  You know, that, you know, and a lot of it is, is like the first ingredient in my chocolate is love. If you don't love to do what you do, why are you doing it? If you don't like it, don't move on and then include what you eat, you know? If you love it, you're gonna, will continue. If you don't, go find something else better to fulfill your need. And that's all I ever wanted. I wanna be that one, but you know, I don't wanna be corporate. I don't wanna be large commercial. I don't wanna be the Hershey's.  You lose your quality. You lose a lot. And I'm not that one to compromise, you know? So what was the hardest thing, I know that you focused on your marketing or your social marketing via Facebook and your online website, which is absolutely fantastic. It definitely like pushes your product here. But what was one of the hardest things you faced over COVID? Like, how did you, going from like being at the Fremont fair to not being able to do that? What was, what was, what was one of the hardest things you had to face? Keeping work, actually keeping an income coming in where instead of my, my assistants working every week, the panic was, how am I gonna give you work? How, how, what are we going to do? I knew if I had to work by myself, I could, but it's not fulfilling, you know? And my peeps are out there. And so, yeah, I'm so glad, I'm sorry. When did you realize this was gonna be your photo? What did you do before this? Like question mark. What happened? My God, before this big old Mennonite beard, I was, I was, Your new boss lets you do it, I guess. Oh my God, look at that baby, yes. I was a construction worker. I went to culinary school for four years. My dream was to be a chef, a Michelin chef. And the higher I got up, the more I realized it wasn't where I wanted to be. You know, and a lot of my things are my sayings, I always use this because it's real. My mom, remember when I was growing up, your parents said, stop playing with your food. Well, I still do. And that's the thing about it. What are you gonna do? I'm going to play. I'm gonna try this. I'm gonna try that if it doesn't work. Let's ask others, what do you think? And that was the biggest thing. And what got me into culinary was when I was a construction worker, I got laid off. People used to bring me food. I said, what do you bring me food? They said, because you're the only one who knows how to cook. So I learned because I've always been independent. I went on to four years of culinary school, you know, when I worked my way through school. And I remember my chef saying, if I calm down, because I hated this, I ain't no good a lie. Candy making, pastries wasn't my forte. And my chef said, if you would calm down, you could make an amazing product. 25 years later, who did I run into? Was my chef from South Florida to here in Washington. And I showed him what I do. And he's like, see, who bumped his head? I'm like, ha, ha. You know, because, and this is where it became.  And everybody wondered, what do I do? I make chocolate, you know? So everything is just a weird fun time of life. You know, and I've learned from some of the best. Like I say I'm self-taught, but I'm also not shy to ask questions. And I've gone to many chocolatiers and sat in their shops. I've gone taking many classes from personal chefs and said, how did you do that? That's how you did that? Oh, I could do that. And it may look easier when you do it with somebody else, but you know, like I teach classes and what beautiful about it is, as a reflection is, I always give out my recipe. I'll show you how to make my chocolate.  Sure. Do you want to make a thousand chocolates a week? No. You know, or do you want to make some for your family?   I hire local, you know, I hire, I buy local. I support local. And that's really what kept me in my roots. And that's how we did it through COVID. The truth is I went out and hustled. I always say, people don't like that word hustle. If it's an honest hustle and you're proud of it and you love it, there's nothing wrong with it. And I would go out every day and solicit and I would hit that website and I would hit that Facebook and I would hit that Instagram or actually my assistants would hit that. I just sit back and make the chocolate and I'm okay with that. And that's really what we did. You know, my one assistant says, I don't know how to build a website. Congratulations, there's your extra, your extra work. Okay, let's bring up this website again. We need to see this again because your website is fantastic. Honestly, I've brought people on this show. Again, like I said, that people who go to sell sunglasses, I got a bunch of them. But this website, and let's see a little bit of the products, literally. And you sell worldwide, nationwide? Nationwide? Yes, I do. Yeah, nationwide. So anybody in Hawaii looking for some little Christmas gifts or like, you know, some Valentine's Day chocolates, this is awesome. Like his stuff is some of the best I've ever tried in my life. It's fantastic. It's connoisseur. It's specific. You do organic. You do vegan. You do anything and everything, right? You tailor to all. I try. Like right now, even when making zero sugar chocolate, it's in the machine right now. Zero sugar. Well, I want, I really do. I want something. Everybody to enjoy something. Okay, so if you're keto, he's on it. Okay. Yeah. Oh my God, I've been working on it for 10 years. Right now. We actually just did it. So which one? I think that's awesome. And you and Taylor, all of them, do you have a shop? Are you just doing it out of your house? How does it work? Yes, yes. I took an empty building at my home and I built a commercial kitchen. Okay, an empty building at your home. Does that mean garage? Basically. And I converted it. No, it's real. Yeah, this is what we're talking about. We're talking about real businesses, real people. The whole point of this whole thing is to really tell people about all the things that they shoulda wanna, coulda done. We gave them extra time, like COVID, let's take it with the glass half full, not half empty and let's put it into this business. A lot of people had all these skills that they chose to like, we're gonna just get back into the work field. Well, they're flooded with work out there.  You can be doing what you need and want to do. And like you said, Bliss, at the very beginning of this episode is, why work for something you don't feel good about doing? Like you just get up every day and like literally just want to be there and do something that you love to do. So if you wanna turn your garage into a chocolate tier company, do it. It's beautiful. I have, when they came to inspect, they were hoping to see like a hippie makeshift, three basins, no. I threw everything I learned, but I worked three jobs to get to this level. Hey, that's okay. No, that's what I mean. I went back to cooking because I needed income. I went back to work trade because I needed a kitchen before I was able to build this one. And at some point, it finally came together where I had all the equipment and the place I live had this building that I converted. And when the health inspector came, he was like, this is not what I expected. I'm like, awesome. In a residential area. But it worked. Did he agree? It really does. I'm running more refrigeration than most restaurants do. Yeah. But you're not alone. I think on the last episode or a couple episodes ago, we talked about a woman who was doing real estate. And she's like, I literally, to get this chart up going, she's like, I put $200,000 of my own money into this just to get somebody to invest in me. And then now we've got $3 million invested, you know? Like she's totally getting it, but it takes time. It takes effort, as Blissful said, that like it took his own working a couple of jobs to make sure that he could get like the startup to do this. It takes time. It takes money. It takes your own effort into it, which is, it's hard. It is. We're not sure coding this on this show. Let me just tell you. No, I've been doing this now for almost 20 years. And I'm still doing it to keep trying to grow because I want to keep my help. I want them to have a nice salary. I want them to have things that makes them want to stay here. You know, we're families. You know, like one of my assistants been with me for over eight years. You know? No, that this was going to become your full-time gig.  Did you just drop those off? Oh, I haven't worked for somebody in 20 years. Good, good for you. Good for you. That's what we're all trying to get to at this point. But it is a struggle because you never know, you know? With that comes, you know, different, comes like independent taxes. Oh my God, what? But I have to do these things and I'm still learning.  And now we're back to the roots. I go back to- Can you say your season as in like the summer season of going to events, right? That's your season? Right, like my big, big, big events is in the summer from literally, I started in May until September. And now I go back to like pop-ups and farmers markets, holidays. And that's when we start promoting more like we got new flavors coming out. We're going to highlight. I'll be honest. I hired an 18 year old young lady. She knows how to play on Instagram. Okay, good. So you're expanding your marketing, which sounds great. Yeah. Right, well, the thing is you hire and look into work trade.  I just want chocolate. Awesome. Yeah, right? But that's why I hired because- Because you keep girls. Yeah, but that sweet tooth girl has a forte who could do more of this than I don't know. Yeah. I know the words, Instagram, Facebook. I do get that. But I'm not that one to know what have the time to do it. So that's what I mean. I hire the young, what is it? You call them the millennials. But these kids- We're doing marketing. We're doing expansion of marketing experts. Yes, well, that's you who know how to do this. I'm that cook in the background who just wants to smile and go out and sell my chocolate and say, thank you. I appreciate it. I love you. But he'll be the person you picked the chocolate up from because we're still staying small, right? You know, the thing is we're big enough to sustain but we're not the corporate commercialism by far. We don't want to be that.  Life is too short. Life is today. I just want to enjoy it, you know, even through midlife crisis. I went and bought another Harley Davidson so I could have wind therapy. You know, what are you doing? Getting on my bike for tacos. Well, you're an Olympia, so we'll see how you can do that. But we are, I do have one more question for you before we end this show. Yes, ma'am. English, if you had other advice for other entrepreneurs that are out there, just trying to do it, trying to make it, whether it's pop-up shop or small business or just anybody pushing their product. What would you say to them? Believe in it. If you believe in your product and you believe in yourself, you're going to go far. And that's really what it is. How confident, how do you know? That's really it. You got to believe in yourself. You got to know your product is something that people really want and they want to show you the support because you care. And that's really all it is. I love it. So anybody in Hawaii or wherever you're viewing from, check this website out. Hillsend Nation Wine. It is the most delicious chocolates I've personally ever had. You can send them to your loved ones. Let's figure it out for Valentine's Day. Blissful Wonders. It is awesome. He does great job. It's made with love. And just get yourself a little bit of that bliss and also come and check in with us. We're adventures of commercialization. We're trying to figure out how to make money, how to make it through COVID, how to just like make your wonders like a reality. So thanks for joining us. 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What up fellas, it's your boy Johnny and pants. They're probably the most important clothing piece in your wardrobe. So we're just gonna hop right into it. I'm gonna talk about my favorite pants that I like to wear. First up as of the filming of this video spring is right around the corner. Warm weather is coming so that means Distress Denim is your best friend. Now this can be lighter or dark denim but it doesn't matter. Distress denim just adds a completely different look to your outfit. Each Distress area gives a bit of character and it adds a bit of edginess to your outfit. However it has been really in since 2015 and although I do see people moving away from this look, it is still nice in my opinion. The most popular Distress Denim out there is obviously the Fear of God Indigo Denim. This pair of Distress Jeans made a huge splash during its inception in the Fear of God 4th Collection. They released at a retail price of $895. Bro, I ain't paying for that. So you can find a lot of cheaper alternatives online for Minimal, Hyper Denim and many others. Those are just the most popular ones. Otherwise you can opt for a different type of Distressing. There are plenty of different designs out there. The next pair of pants that you need are Athletic Pants. But Johnny, I don't train you.   The fuck? Now this can be track pants, joggers, anything you see a gym bro wear counts as an Athletic Pants. These pants look fire with any type of runner, vans or low top sneakers. They're super simple, comfortable and versatile. You can rock these in pretty much any occasion so long as they taper down at the ankle area. Otherwise if it's your typical gray baggy sweat pants I would move away from that. Right now I'm really feeling these strap cargo joggers. It's not your typical track pants and y'all know cargos are my thing. These are my favorite as of right now. So the next pair of pants that you need is of course Black Denim. Definitely the most versatile pair of pants out there. Black Denim is very neutral, will suit any aesthetic and go with any outfit because you don't have to worry about matching any colors. You can focus on a monochrome look, the all black look or a contrasting look. And what I mean by this is wearing all shades of black, gray or contrasting it with a lighter color like white, cream or any pastel color. It is by far my favorite pair of pants. But recently I had to stop wearing them because your boy has been front squatting okay. And because of that my top man pair of pants was giving me some chafing issues on my leg so I had to stop wearing them completely. And my other pair of black denim is zippered denim. Y'all know I don't walk that as much anymore either. But until now I finally found a pair that doesn't give me any chafing issues and fits your boy's massive legs. I'm just playing man. 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Man, you two team keep it clean. What's going to sing Raven here with another video. He did a live stream and wow He did a live stream post game in a long time, man. It's a super long time But anyway, this was a game man and we knew it was gonna be a good game too. We knew it was gonna be a real good game and Like like going into the playoffs Just looking at the game is it's just kind of going it kind of went exactly how we felt it was gonna go With these first couple of games the first one I expected the the coast to really take control of that one. I didn't expect the Texans to really I expected it to Be more competitive, but it wasn't a shock or anything how that one went and with this game You just knew it was gonna be close. You just knew it was gonna be close You knew it was gonna be close. You knew it was gonna be a good game You just you knew it was gonna be one of these man saying again safe I got a little different set up right now as y'all can see but I'm I'm in Baltimore right now. So for the game tomorrow, which I'm starting to finally get my little nervous Give my little nervous stomach going on. So anyway refs were bad. Yeah refs did um They weren't the best But they usually never With the Seahawks, I feel like Seahawks got away from it. Well, they got away with some stuff now Like specifically the the KJ right in the section that should have been passing the parents for sure Because in looking at it live, I didn't think it was passing the parents But when they showed the replay, oh, yeah vape. You already know when but when they showed the replay of the KJ Right in the section he definitely made contact with him before the ball got there and whatnot and But he made a heck of a play for him to still make an exception with all that's with with with all the contact with the ball Just being tip-drilled or whatever. That was crazy, man. Hey, I love y'all too. I love all of y'all, too Yeah, that Alan Herron's injury was nasty. That was nasty and Stuff like that can be deflated team shout out to the Patriots And stuff like that can really deflate a team, but the cowboy still bounced back man. They still bounced back Um What's up cowboy ex factor congrats to your boys, man? I know you super hype right now. She ain't real quick Shout out to all the Cowboys fans. I know my boy little Eric. I know I saw him in here earlier Joyl session, I don't know if he'll show up, but either way But yeah, man, this was This is a real good game. It was a real good game. I felt like to let oh, okay Look at them watching them watching them from the hotel man. Shout out to you You're like the last two P. I cause with makeup Um No, there was one that was good It was I think it was on KJ right to where he made contact with it with mine Cooper I forgot who it was or was it called Beasley? I forgot who he made contact with but I think it was on KJ, right? That was was a good one and I was saying that while I was watching it I was like, oh man, I should have been passing the fence But then you know how some of those flags will be delayed where the play will happen. Hey, appreciate that Nadia Thank you. Shout out to Kareem, Zinni and Iman. Shout out to all three of y'all Kareem, Zinni and Iman. Thank you But the the passing the ference that they called at the end like I said, I think it was on KJ, right? It was it was a good call.  So is it the Saints? who do um Who is it determined who Cowboys play yet since the the Philly the Eagles game and the Bears game ain't happened yet Or is it is it the lock that they play who do they play next because I didn't I wasn't paying attention to that part during the game What's up, Duran? Or they do play the Saints garden that okay, so it's official. They play the Saints. Oh mmm and Oh, it's not official. Okay, man So I guess we'll see tomorrow after the Philly and the Bears game and hopefully we will all all us Ravens fans We'll be happy will be set will be just hyped will be all that Seattle deal what we used to run the ball up the middle knowing there was Man at the end of the game when the Cowboys got that shout out to Dak Prescott man because Something that I've seen from Dak Prescott this season, especially with In some big games there were there have been some big games and I love how would that press got of course he get all the Gets all the flak Gets all the heat. I mean being a Cowboys quarterback. He's definitely gonna get that it comes with it But yes, I am on the floor. I'm on the floor. Yes But with that presscott he um He mans up in in some big moments man and when I say man's up. It's not even just about him throwing the ball With that presscott he um, oh, yeah, you're right. TTV. I gotta fix that all good though. He said you're all gonna be tired I'm resting them on my legs right now. So it should be good. But with that presscott he um He he mans up in big moments like tonight and I say I forgot what the other game was But he's done it multiple times where when he's running You can tell that this dude is not about to like slide like when he's like in the red zone on the on those rushes He'll be running and he'll be running running running running running and he don't try to go down He don't try to like play it safe He puts it all on the line and he drives his best to fight to get into the end zone And I love when he does that man. I love when he does that it just shows a lot of just heart it shows a lot of um Just he mans up man. He mans up. He mans up So that was a that was good for him. We're good for the team too. Shout out to Tavon Austin Who's from Baltimore? I Almost thought that we might sign him when he got cut from no cuz no he didn't get cut He got traded because I thought he was gonna get cut when there was rumors that he was gonna get cut I thought that the Ravens might pick him up as a punt returner because that's That's the way before Cyrus Jones Wave that's I think that was a Was that before generic and Grant or during I don't even remember but man football season already like done That's so sad man. It's so sad that regular season's already done The playoffs here playoffs just gonna be for another month and and then that's gonna be it That is so sad man But anyway, if we went in tomorrow, how do y'all feel about Playing the Patriots. Oh, I would love it. I would love it. Yeah, remember Tim white He didn't do anything to make us remember him Pump return or kick return wise, but we remember him It had to be crazy already know me already know me already know already know I had to be crazy there Had to be crazy there doesn't seem as if a Mario Cooper hates being on the Cowboys.  He gave it offense life. He gave it team life My Cooper came through me He he ended up being worth it. He ended up being worth it. So shout out to What's the head coach name for the Raiders? John Gruden shout out to John Gruden. Thank you, Nadia Shout out to John Gruden for yeah the Bears the Cowboys And I'm surprised it wasn't anybody else too, but yeah, man shout out to him. He did his thing With helping those teams get to the playoffs with super impact players. Oh, yeah You gotta make some money for sure Rivers about to be drained drained out But Raven power machine. He only gonna be left with dirt after tomorrow. I hope so man I'm gonna get Lamar Jackson limited-time shirts. I know I didn't I thought it was ugly They didn't look good to me. Um, so no If I get it for free then oh, yeah, but I'm not gonna I wouldn't pay for that. I thought it was ugly You know, the what's up, man? We when I get back. We're gonna have to get in the matter But you sending me all them screenshots. That's cool and all but we Yeah, we still got to get it in matter, man. Do you think Marty is finally gonna open up the playbook? I think you guys got no choice. I think you're gonna have no choice, but I just don't want them to try to get too pretty But just get smart What's up, Katie just be smart? Play the Lamar strengths play the charges weaknesses Just uh, yeah, just be smart, man You ain't got to try to do nothing too crazy, but just do the thing man No across what kind of question is that would you be mad at Philip Rivers and the charges one like? What okay? Me being a Ravens fan Wow, why would I be happy for that? What kind of question is that? Did you see that break on yet? That that injury was nasty, man that injury was real nasty because they're just the way that it the way that it turned and Oh It was bad, man. It was bad. It was bad Let's see Are you excited for tomorrow's game? Of course, of course, I mean y'all just What? Nitro, he just always has to look on his face after victory that makes me ask that Marty was getting paid regardless of Cowboys playoff success because he's solid as a receiver Well, it wasn't it wasn't looking like it at first. It was not looking like it at first Well, when he was on the on the Raiders It wasn't like looking like he was gonna get paid Well, at least not by the raiders somebody would took care of him, but He's earning more money right now with his play. He's earning a lot more money than he would have gotten I think it had he stayed Had he stayed on the Ravens, man. So yeah, man That's yeah Oh, man, that was a good game And I really wanted the Hawks to win It happens, man. That's the That's the the bittersweet thing about the playoffs man is that everybody got a shot But not everybody's gonna make it That's a it's that's a sad part about it, man Not everybody's gonna make it not everybody can move on not everybody can advance and Just as exciting as it is when somebody wins. It's super exciting. It's just it's great, man All right, uh, God, and we'll see you out there, man It's sad because somebody else got to lose somebody else got to lose and that's the sad part about playoff swing Hmm, and it ain't no overtime. I mean not that it's not no overtime. It's just it's not any um It's not any It's no draw There's no ties. There's none of that stuff. It's somebody wins somebody loses and that's it That's it That's it That onside kick the old man that onside kick. Hey one thing of shout out to Seahawks fans, man The season it ain't really start off too good, but they came a long way And with the Seahawks within this game being down by what they down by not 12 They were down by a Thing was 24 10 we down by 14 What are they down by 14? I forgot how much they were down by either way What's up Karim with the with the Seahawks being down by multiple scores? I forgot what the score was honestly They were down by two scores. They had like a minute and change left the game was What's up Jaden the game was it was looking like it was over But you just knew that Russell Wilson was gonna make something happen had he had timeouts had they had timeouts then We could have been we could have been looking at a whole nother ball game But um, you just knew he was gonna make something happen What's up all day Graham and everybody that came through appreciate y'all what's going on everybody? But you just you just knew he was gonna make something happen and he did he did um he Yeah, he came through big for the team he came through big for with that the plate of Tyler Lockett and then um the pass to I forgot Well, I think of the running back they caught it for the touchdown But the pass I don't know how they like let Tyler Lockett just run right over top of them like that He just made it look so easy, but then Even when they went for it on fourth down I was thinking like I'm like, what are they doing I'm thinking like Why would you go for it on fourth down if you down multiple score if you know they were down by 10 That's what it was now. Remember they were down by 10 I'm like, why would you go for it because all you got to do is kick the field goal And then you're down by seven either way you got to go for the onside kick you got to get the ball back regardless I'm like when they went for it on fourth down. I'm like, what are you doing? But then I forgot that Janet Kowsky got hurt So that with their kicker being hurt they want to They want to take that risk to kick a field goal and then it's like oh well game over anyway And with the game likely having been over Um because there's just a tiny chance to get that onside kickback because most people don't really get many of those back, but um It's yeah that that definitely uh Oh Definitely didn't work out for them Well, it worked out for them going for it because they end up going for uh going for the touchdown on fourth down And they got it. Um, and then they end up going for the two-point conversion and they got it Um, so you you just had you just had to know man you just had to know that If if they would have had timeouts, even if they would have got the ball back to oh, man The rest of Wilson was gonna make something happen, man Because that dude is special. He is special He is spitting again. Um, like I said before he um When enough people have their conversations about the top quarterbacks in that fail Russell Wilson's name don't get mentioned enough. I mean it does not get mentioned enough Uh goldy said who cares seahawks didn't show up its playoff game meaning one and done I mean Uh, it's that's that's that's what it is, man Um, that's true, but people still care because this dude I mean, it ain't like that's the end of his career. So people definitely still care. Um, because he makes stuff happen Uh, what's up, uh, what? Hold on. Let me read that name right. It's modious. It's modious. It's modious I feel like I said the name wrong. I'm pretty sure I didn't say it wrong. My apologies, man Why they hating on Lamar Jackson?  Hey, k. What's up, man? How early are you gonna be out there tomorrow, man? How early are you gonna be out there tomorrow, man? Because I plan on leaving leaving around I plan on getting down there like around like 10 o'clock like not well. Yeah, probably around 10 o'clock I gotta set my alarm, but I plan on getting down there around 10 o'clock so and I feel like even that's gonna be cutting it close because The game starts at one Yeah, be out there for a couple hours. Yeah, we'll see though um Cowboys vs Raven Superbowl you calling it? Okay Around 11. Okay, cool, man. It's rose in the bust. It's one year, man It's one year. You can't you can't call nobody a bus after one year You can't call nobody a bus after one year. It's way too early for that Yeah, uh, Tom's the same seats, man You think the Ravens I think the Ravens ain't gonna be good, man I think it's gonna be a really good one. I still I still do expect the Ravens to win Um, I expect it to be a lot closer But I would not be mad if they surprised me and they be like, you know what we're blowing them out I wouldn't be mad at that. I would love that. Um That would be great if the Ravens decided to do that um That would be amazing. So That would be great the plug on what we talking about seats Not man, uh, it's gonna be a blowout. Okay, Robert. All right I'll take that all day, man. I I would not mind a non stressful game. I would love that. Um No, Nadia, I'm way this way more better commentators than me I think I can actually enjoy these playoffs more without all the Vikings involved. I mean No, I mean it's it's always different, man. It's that much more special when your team is in it.  I just say Ravens by six, man For a change we all do one. That's true, Robert. We do that's true. And we um We kind of we kind of did it last time when we played the chiefs. I mean the charges. I mean, excuse me um But it it it was so close to the very end So Yeah, man, I agree, Robert. That'd be great though. I'm still mad. The pass passed up la more It happens. I mean everybody did Ravens trash good Texans got embarrassed. They sure did They sure did flacko trash Good Tana, uh, how early do you have to meet the players? Oh, um in lot e If the game starts at one I don't know if jb smooth still in here if jb smooth still in here What time did you get there last week? How early did you get there last week because the game started at four? Uh, I think he said he got there around like 130. So about three hours before No, the game started at 4 30. So he got there at 3 30. Um, I mean he got there at 130 So that's about three hours before Um, so the game starts at one tomorrow. So 12 11 10. Yeah, maybe about 10 o'clock Oh, you got there 12 30 Okay, um I would say about like 9 30 10 um, but it's in lot e What I think of mark mariota that he's a injury prone Um, him and Carson wins both. They're on the same boat nice quarterbacks, but they both injury prone Um, we're having rg3. He's there. He's still on the raven. He's just inactive I'm gonna be there around 45. Yeah, I'm gonna be there around like 10. So we'll link up for sure, man. Um I would jb met everybody man jb. Mr. Popular man. He got to meet everybody He got his whole got his little custom jersey and everything man. Shout out to jb, man I know y'all saw him in a vlog man. So shout out to him to do with the deepest voice In any youtube video that do needs to be on Guinness Book of World Records for having the deepest voice on youtube So shout out to him. Um What do you think about the ravens running the offense in the future like eagle did with vik McCoy and uh deshawn jackson. That'd be nice. I mean Whatever's working with me, man. Whatever's working. If it's working. I'm fine with it. I don't I don't care like If it's working, I'm fine with it If it's moving, um, if it's opening this stuff up if it's getting different players involved, then I'm fine with it Who's rookie of the year bakel mayfield Bakel mayfield, man He photo boner, uh, of the bishaw parry and pick now. He got some with bishaw parry man, too Man, but yeah, I know I know the picky talking about me I feel like lamar's gonna have another good passing game like he did against the chargers last time. Do you agree? Yeah, he should man. He should um He definitely should but um, I'm man Tomorrow's gonna be such a tough game And I feel like we got matched up with the toughest team For us to get matched up with and there ain't no disrespect to the other teams That's in the playoffs too, but I feel like the uh, I feel like the chargers are the toughest opponent For us to be matched up with in the playoffs. What's up, g'day Everything texans need to do they're definitely gonna lose clowny. Why you say that you don't think they're gonna take care of them I mean if clowny want to kind of blot some more, that's fine. That'd be a lot of money though Hey, what's up tops dawg? I'm confident Ravens d same as cowboys d Yeah, yeah the defense for sure man. Um, offense just got what offense got to do tomorrow. They got to finish They got to finish If the ravens when am I going to new england? Um I'll never say never but I don't know. I don't I don't think so but Never know never know. I would just have to look at everything Probably not but I would love to know who would that be nice, but um, what's up drake Um, yeah, they need touchdowns. They need touch. They got to finish drives, man All that the the not finishing the drives and uh, you can't uh, you got to finish You got to finish man You got to finish Um But we ain't being brady in new england. Why not? Why not? I don't get why people say that man. You're not the first person that said that like people think that um For some reason people think that Tom Brady is not beatable in new england In the playoffs he very much is He very much is And the ravens, uh, this is a this is a different team It's obviously different offense But it's also a different defense too. Um, that has played new england in the playoffs um Same head coach though So ravens know how to beat new england and even and this is a completely different team Um, but yeah, they can they could beat new england in in new england I just uh, yeah, I don't I don't get why people think that like they can't beat new england.  He will lose to Raven I think james winston will be for sure pro bowl next year. We'll see man. I'm going to the ravens Oh, you're going to the ravens game tomorrow. Draven. Cool, man. I'll see you there for sure, man hit if um I'm gonna be at section 113 114 about an hour before the game about an hour before the game because I know They want everybody in the seats about 30 minutes before so i'm gonna be it was 113 114 about an hour before the game So I I'll see you there for sure, man. I mean you got my snap. So hit me up on snap me um If if you got any questions anything like that, I'll see you out there for sure, man um dark horse nfc super bowl contender If we talking dark horse The eagles if it's dark horse Ain't no problem tana either way, man, even if it's a halftime, whatever. It's cool, man um, yeah dark horse would be eagles because I think um Thinking the two top teams will be saints and bears. Um, I just I'm not buying rams I'm not buying rams. I think I not that I forget that they're in the playoffs, but I just don't buy them but um But yeah, I will say Uh, dark horse would definitely be eagles My pick would be the saints or bears. Probably the saints, but dark horse eagles Gotta go on a plane.  Oh, y'all leaving late night. Wow. Y'all are leaving late Okay all right Ravens will be the underdogs this year. They already are Rams are good. You tripping Who said that Didn't didn't anybody say the rams weren't good. Is something you know some Somebody said the rams weren't good Who said that? Nobody said that Nobody said that I said I'm just I'm just not buying them I don't um No, they don't think they are going to be In the super bowl. I just I don't I don't see it. I don't see it at all They're a nice team. They stacked of course But I just I don't see it. Could it happen? Of course it could happen Eagles could also happen bears could also happen saints could also happen any one of these could also happen because they're in and Anybody in the playoffs despite what a lot of people on the outside will say Oh, like oh this this this team they're not gonna make it because they're not good. They can't do it They can't do it All that stuff don't matter This team that's in the playoffs if the team is in the playoffs Then they could go to the super bowl because they advanced enough To make it to the the final round of everybody who's there. So chiefs versus ram super bowl. We don't want that We don't want that We don't want that that game last time. I mean it was fun. They scored a bunch of points, but no We don't need that either. We don't need that charges versus saints gross gross We don't want that Rams versus Ravens. That'd be cool That'd be cool Ravens versus saints now. Yeah, that's right there Ravens versus saints and Ravens versus bears. Oh, yeah those Okay, those would be it right there saints versus Patriots gross, man I had Hooters earlier for lunch and he almost made me throw it all up But yeah, Ravens versus say Ravens versus refs Hey, man, just I was um and again, like I said, shout out to anybody that watched the vlog that we put up earlier um From the the Ravens and Browns game. I was actually watching it over earlier today and I'm like wow these uh I forgot I had forgot about the uh The the the false thought that they called on was it Marsha yonder or Matt score I think they called it on Matt score where The Browns player jumped In the neutral zone He jumped in the neutral zone And then after the Browns player jumped in the neutral zone, then Matt score He started he jumped back And they called false thought I said what? Because because I had recorded it at the game and it was on the vlog And I was like wow That's crazy Colts eagles. No man, uh Like no nobody was gonna want to see that What are the odds on Wettel bringing that ice cream truck tomorrow? Hey I want I want to see a big bowl of ice cream on his twitter, uh tomorrow night Opinion on the ref this year. I want an actual opinion. I mean The NFL is a business um the refs play a huge part in the outcome a lot of these games. Um, that's it That's what it is They do some frustrating stuff sometimes, but that's what it is man. What's up, uh lina Eagles versus Ravens Yeah, that'd be cool Since the Ravens will be in it, but Our most game time it is it is you're gonna be out there tomorrow.  So yeah, I see out there tomorrow, man Um Chiefs ain't going you can forget that Let's see, man. Yeah, I it will see that defense could could end up being the end of the chiefs But we'll see but I mean every team got a weakness though. Every team got a weakness Yeah, chris more. Um, they said what he got he got a muscle injury something like that um But yeah, every team got a weakness man With the uh, what's charges weakness though? What is charges weakness because chiefs is obviously their defense with the patriots I think is they uh, they're just lack of their lack of big playmakers or and it could be their defense to um And just maybe age Who else but age actually works in their favor too with their experience and whatnot. Um Oh, phyllis rivers think phyllis rivers is charges weakness or maybe his lack of mobility That could that could play a part depending on the team that they face, but man um Ravens, uh, I would say it's their offense not finishing um with the With the rams That recently has been their offense. Um, are you going to the game pretty boy swive? Okay, cool man. See you there? um The saints what saints weakness? Maybe the defense. Yeah defense. Um I'm gonna be in lot e for I'm gonna go stop by the guys at berlin. Then I'm gonna go to lot e um To where the players come in at and then After that the Be gonna be in section 113 114 Charges have a bad interior old line. We took advantage of that. Okay. Well, that's he is a waste of a roster spot No, the ravens just they just don't use them. He ain't a waste of a roster spot. What's up, Gerald? um Oh, I don't know what adam I didn't buy them. Is more than the top 10 corner back Yeah, yeah Are you like my new video? Yeah, I mean I reposted it for a reason man Rams have plenty of depth. What are you talking about? You must be a rams fan.  So I see that uh, you on edge right now, man I don't know what what it was man. Somebody slipped something in some fruit punch that you drunk I don't know what it is man. You ready to go off about them rams man, but trust me. It's it's all good man It's all good. You're just passionate for your boys. I respect it man Sugs and jude on need to eat. Yeah, it's a dairy smith too. Don't forget about the dairy smith Um, so yeah might as well put lassi on. I are like scott if we don't trust them Well, that's what I thought they were gonna do when some different guys that came back. Um But they ended up not even eating the roster spot Sugs last home game Possibility that'd be cool if we do get an afc championship though If the if we would we just got to take care of business obviously tomorrow And we had to go to new england and take care of business against them. Um, and Coats would have to beat the chiefs So, yeah, we would um, we would then get an afc championship game Uh in baltimore, so That's it man Golf is a liability. I mean the same section is okay cool man. You missed the old john brown Hmm. What's the old john brown because we I can't I can't really say we had it We had a we had an old john brown because this it's just one season. So I don't know what happened man Y'all lost me. I'm glad at least one home team won the day So two got to win tomorrow man This would be cool to have an afc championship. Yeah, that'd be great. That'd be so weird, man That'd be weird man getting the ball out quick and snapping early burnt Pittsburgh and new england's crowded line defense just need to be ready. It's not perfect. Oh, yeah Imagine cowboys versus ravens in a super bowl. Oh, that'd be something Whoever come to kansas city is gonna lose. Oh look at your chief's kingdom. He's ready. You man.  So That should be a good one. How you think lemaw jackson do tomorrow? I think you're gonna do all right um This because this is a This is new territory even though like I had watched um I had watched I don't know if y'all watch it too Um, really one of them shows on esp and I forgot who the commentators were but It's like man like really this is what y'all are talking about Um, because lemaw they they had played a clip of lemaw jackson's his interview talking about. Oh, yeah That's the playoffs now. Um, how do you feel of going? How do you feel going into your first playoff game? And he oh it's 12 o'clock already Um, but he was like, oh, yeah, he's like I just I want to I can taste the victory it's like sweet potato pie and um He said he just want to go out there win it blah blah blah all that good stuff. Um, so Where am I going for breakfast? I had nowhere um But hey, yeah, I see that tomorrow for sure corleone um He was like, uh, yeah, he said he could taste the victory. It tastes like sweet potato pie So the commentators on whatever show it was They were like, um, I think was it not rodwoodson. They were I forgot who it was, but they were like, um What they say they were like, uh Oh, oh, maybe your tj Hoosman's I forgot who anyway. They were like, oh lemaw jackson He he can't be saying that stuff because the charges could use that as bulletin board material What? And they were like, oh he um, he may not know now, but he's naive to um he's he's he's naive to uh To this this playoff experience and if he doesn't know now then uh, it's really gonna hit him once the game actually starts It may take a couple of drives, um For for the for just the type of game that he's in to hit him But he's gonna have to realize it soon. It's just not this isn't just any other game And I'm like, yo, this is you don't really confine anything he helps to talk about besides that Like come on man Oh, yeah, I I actually um, I didn't go to sleep last night But that's because I was working on that vlog because I had to make sure oh, it was chris card Okay, so you know what I'm talking about man, you know them that that was who it was That's who it was chris card. Thank you. That was it That was it and when I was watching it. I'm like these dudes like they will take anything man Like anything and like anything It was just wild man, um Yeah, it was chris card though, man um But I'm like wow, but hey that's why they make the big money man because they willing that that's what they got to do They got to come up with topics for their show That's why they make the big money and we here doing videos on the floor. So yeah, it's definitely definitely a difference Um, do you think baker may feel this too cocky? No, not at all Um people for gigs 21 out of 10 year vet is true chiefs garbage rams them That's guy he just saying don't poke the bear. No, man. There wasn't no uh, what it wasn't no poking me How many fumbles will He's Say how many fumbles will am I have next game man? Um, I mean he's been what he's been having like at least a fumble of game And I think he he's fumbled in he's fumbled more games than he's played. Um So Yeah, hopefully none. Hopefully none tomorrow um Hopefully nothing man. We don't we don't we don't need any fumbles man. Um, what do you have two last game? No, we had one last game on a goal line. Um Yeah, man, we don't need any of that stuff Uh I'm about to get negative one fumble. He's gonna throw it to himself. Okay No tomorrow's game will generate hard palpitation man It's gonna be wild man and it's like When I first got here today, I drove past the stadium and It didn't really hit me yet It didn't really hit me yet because I was still super tired man, but um Tomorrow man Tomorrow Oh for the free team keep it clean shirt. I don't even have any shirts on me man. He had two He had two goal He had two goal in the panic backwards pass Something's missing off of there. I hope y'all are stocked up on blood pressure man. It was gotta be man Would you rather see fumbles than five-yard? We'd rather see fumbles than five-yard check downs to be honest I mean No, well Fumbles would could actually get the other team the ball a five-yard check there and that would just be getting five y'all than they sit possibly more but um It just gotta make stuff happen man. It's gonna be a tough game.  You take a shot Had me leaning left Yeah, I could imagine man if you had the crib watching the game and you see rivers get heated. Oh, yeah Yeah, you take a shot every time you're gonna be out of there man You're gonna be out of there for sure. All right, Tandy. Yeah, I'll see you tomorrow, man I see you tomorrow, man. What do you think about ty girly? Ty girly nice, man. You even bought more too, man So hey, yeah, he's good in my book Um from brown friend the Ravens nation don't like your team. But love your videos. You'll appreciate that quartet. Thank you, man Thank you Thank you Say let's play matter So anybody want to play chiefs kingdom and matter because I am definitely not home right now. Um, so yeah I I can't play anybody in any matter Uh, is there any real way we get a good safety for next season? Uh, it's the only real weakness on defense Um, you know, we're still gonna need to address pass rush because terrell slugs He gonna be a year older. Um, I mean and he's a free agent. So he might not even be back Um, it's a dare you smith big chance that he's not even back because he could end up chasing the money Which is not a bad thing because he deserves to get paid I mean who who wouldn't want to get paid a lot more than they do at their current profession So the dare you smith could be going um So there there could be some holes in the pass rush department, man um Deontay thompson the best safety in the draft that does he play for oklahoma alabama One of them two I think because I know I heard that name when I was watching the game last week Oh, I forgot obama. Okay. See hey, see I watched the college game and I paid attention. See I got y'all man I'm trying I'm trying but because I definitely remember that name because he put a hit on somebody, right? I remember that name. See You think Michael Thomas the top five wide receiver You could put him up there. Um Because you got the andrey hofkins Yeah, yeah, you can put him up there tonio brown Yeah, you can you can put him up there. Well made me a ravens fan. Um My family taking me to my first game back in like 2000 maybe 2001 I think 2000 something like that I'm getting I'm getting too comfortable on y'all right now man. These are y'all Shout out to anybody that's been here for a long time because y'all remember to like these the real comfortable streams Like the streams like this and the videos from the car and stuff like that, man Those for the people that have been around for a minute because we ain't been on stream like this in a long time Because usually the streams after the games and stuff. Usually I don't even stream after the game no more. I just do regular videos, but Yeah, man For those who have been around y'all remember man Y'all remember I look like by the fall of sleep. I'm like up man.   So I had been sleeping off and on but now I'm like up But I'm gonna have to try to force myself to go to sleep. Um, who's the x-factor in tomorrow's game? Offensive line um offensive line and Maybe the wide receivers man If we can get good play, I mean, oh man, we just got Just the offense as a whole man. They just really got to get it together, man I feel like they really got to get it together because um They really just got to have it together and get it together too because they ain't got it together right now Um, they ain't got it all together right now and we did get a we did get a touchdown taken away from us Brown's got a touchdown taken away from them too. Um But we got a touchdown taken away from us You know, yeah, Lamar could have had four touchdowns that game But of course he fumbled that the cold line when they popped it out. Um, and then uh, We got the one called back because of that terrible. Anyway, yeah finishing the red zone, man Now you don't want to see what happened to to herns Oh somebody um, oh somebody was questioning that they were wondering about that injury Hmm.  No, man I gotta uh, I keep forgetting every time I do my orders and stuff. I always forget me What it was slow wheels Slow wheels old knowledge. Okay. If it was we'll find a way to lose again I I would have no problem with that I would have no problem with that We need to eliminate bolsa and ingram. Yeah That's true They're tight in the charges fans said we need to worry about it still on pu pu. Yeah, he's not hunter. Henry is not playing He is not playing um, and I think with with hunter Henry, um I don't even think like yeah, he could have been he could have helped the team But I don't think he would have been like a big big big problem. Um, because he there's no way that coming off of um Well, you never know actually Because he coming off with acl acl surgery acl injury So I don't know man.  No, you don't just do that with a acl injury So it ain't like this dude was gonna come out and just be on the field for every offense or snapper whatnot. Um, but yeah, he just No Two injuries in the same amount of time What do you mean, Robert? Who would you hire as the Brown's head coach? Mike McCarthy or Greg Williams or Bruce Arians? I would stick with Greg Williams I would stick with Greg Williams I would stick with him because I mean, you just look look at the vibe over there right now. Look at the energy over there with the Browns right now, man Why would you uh mess that up? Wow Why would you mess that up? He had won the season before. Oh gosh I agree. Avery and elliott for safety sounds fire sound like devon bush. I mean on matter Baker to the ravens Uh, don't fix what's not broke exactly exactly Exactly. Oh, oh, yeah. Shout out to all the raven fans on the on the west coast, man It's all on play calling. Yeah Yeah Yeah, we um tomorrow for I want marty Marty and lamar offensive line. I just wanted to have their best game I want to have their best game Because again, like I said, I feel like at home I feel like a way they they they look so much better Like the offense they I feel like they look so much better away to me. I don't know if it's just me Maybe it's just me. I don't know if y'all see the same thing But to me, I feel like they look so much better in away games They look so much more calm so much more comfortable in games where they away rather than games at home So, I don't know. I say this man. I've been a ravens fan since they came to town And I haven't been as hyped about a season since 2012 Uh, not the same not the same vibe because it's not raised last right, but it's lamar's first Man could be so last right could be erigüero's last right to I don't feel the rivers gonna choke. Hey, I love it Did you watch the melvin golden me over it? Yeah, I love that man. Shout out to that that driver man I did watch it. Can lamar be suitable? Uh 300 plus yards Oh, can he get 300 plus yards or throwing? Hey, I'll take as long as we winning man.  I wouldn't mind if we did like a flakko for four net thing Um if flakko wanted to go there like a flakko for four net Somebody was saying like we did the video yesterday. Somebody said flakko And or in the second round pick or in the third round pick. I think they said flakko and the second round people We don't have a second round anyway, but they said flakko a second rounder and something else I think for four net like no well, you know No, if it's flakko for four net straight up, okay I do that, but flakko and the pick and like all that for four net no straight Let's think the first half and then adjust. I hope not man I hope not man God, I know um, yeah No, man, I just want marty to call his best game ever You want flakko to enjoy that Florida? Yeah, I want him to be down in Florida, man I mean, yeah, let him chill man. Let him be down in flight if you're gonna move anywhere From if you're gonna move from Maryland or if you live in Jersey, I don't know where flakko lives at if you're gonna move from up north You can get out of the cold get out of the snow like who wants snow who wants cold nobody wants that stuff. That's garbage um, you get to move in Florida Where the weather All year, I mean it when it gets cold in Florida it's cold for me because I've been down here for a super long time now and um Even though some people that's like from here from Maryland if they Like cold for me is like 60s that's cold for me now like Up here 60s would be great for people but down there 60s for me. That's cold In 50s for sure.  Oh, yeah I want that form. I want him to be happy I'm gonna be happy So let's see Kill harry your first rounder. I don't know who that is. I think it's a wide receiver, right? Uh, we get to watch the NFL play off of my couch just like the Steelers When are they gonna use lastly we can hope so next year Why you ain't bring Carter with you?  Our state isn't destroyed by hurricanes on a regular basis though. I'll stay in Maryland I mean with the hurricanes they I mean, I've I've been down in Florida for like I said like a long time and I mean, it's just uh It could happen anywhere really, man. Um, but with the hurricanes Hurricanes are different.  I hope that was an accident zaco. Don't put nothing like that, man Don't ever put nothing like that, man. We ain't we ain't with that zaco We ain't with that man. Don't put nothing like that, man But um with hurricanes they're they're a different type of animal. They are I don't even know how to explain them because I I want to say um Once you get used to them then it's not as crazy.  I mean you want your friends and family to all be safe and whatnot it's just I don't know but Hmm, this is hard to explain as you can see Uh, what do you feel like flacco is worth? um I mean the the eagles they got a first for Sam Bradford But um, and he's an injury prone dude It's weird because flacco. He's he's gotten injured this year Um, and then he got concussed last year, but he came back the next week Well, we had like a 10 day break though, but um, he's not injury prone. He's older though um So I'll say like a second or third rounder second depending on the team depending on the desperation of the team but I'll say like a third rounder If it's a team that's not too desperate um, but second for a team that's like needy needy needy Did you say what happened to not or Did you say what happened tonight cowboys play? Uh, I don't I understand it What is the need to? Oh, what does the Raven need to aim for in the draft?  He is collecting that paycheck and prospecting his next move We all know that. Well, I mean flacco ain't got no choice but to do that They ain't like he gonna retire like during the middle of the season And he can't get traded on the middle of the season. He like of course he doing I mean, I can't you can't even say he collecting a check, but I mean He would have been collecting a check whether he would have been playing or not Because he got that contract me So, yeah Money definitely not an issue for flacco. I mean that dude loaded me I'm gonna root for flacco so hard for his next team. Well, yeah, I'm gonna definitely be rooting for flacco I mean with me is the same. I mean if they obviously different players and they had different impacts on the team But that's how it was. It is with me with Perryman Our root for Perryman heavy man root for him heavy and I'm glad to see him doing good And when he when he scored that touchdown against the Ravens in Baltimore, man, I was I was happy for him. Super happy for him But of course, though, I don't want his team to win against the Ravens, but I want him to do good Um against the Ravens now a flacco Um, I wouldn't mind if he did good against the Ravens just as long as they don't lose to But you kind of get that feeling that if flacco does play Baltimore He's gonna just have that added that just that added energy and that added fire that added motivation um and Yeah, he's gonna do some damage, man. If flacco has no control of his destiny, unfortunately I think um We'll see man. We'll see We'll see how they how they do things because I just I don't I know it's a business I know it's a business, but I just I don't see them. Um, unless they release him and just say, hey We're gonna release him. We'll let you choose where you want to go Well, depending depending on who wants him But I just I don't see them I don't see them handling the flacco move Like a complete business move. I'm sure they got to take in they got to take into account the business side of things But I don't see them Handling the flacco move like just any typical player any ordinary player or whatnot. They I don't see them doing that at all There's no way that they're gonna do that um I think it's uh And it's it's weird to like say that because football is such a business, but I just I don't see them I don't see them treating flacco. Just like a regular business move um It might be best for joe to play on the nfc team. So we barely don't have to play him And great, which player do you think has to step up the most? Um Well, Lamar passing wise just consistency in the with the passing game uh, but Marlin Humphrey to just have a bounce back game and I I expect him to I'm not worried about him even after that last game.  No, man I think he'll be fine. But he goes they'll give him weapons. That's for certain The Baltimore get a big name free agent Well Who I receive it probably not but we'll see man Crabtree needs to be going. Yeah, I know he ain't coming back next year. Do you think the jess will be good? Next season. I don't know man. This depends on how they built around dawn. Oh, man Bears are eagles. I picked the bears to win that game. We don't need levy on belba We don't need levy on belba. We could use them. That's true. No way Zeus would have flopped the combine Uh, he was pegged at an early first round pick. He lost millions after his combine performance, but I'm very glad we got him when we did Yes, we all are Oh, just getting new uniforms for real. Are they really They're gonna put like an airplane on on the helmet. What are you gonna put on there? Let me get off of here, man. Because I'm starting to get too comfortable, man. Um, Let me get off of here, man. I appreciate y'all. I'll see y'all tomorrow. I'll probably um The game starts at one I probably put out a question from subscriber video like early. Maybe. Yeah, I probably put one out early Um, probably put out a question from subscriber video Uh, maybe around like nine 9 30 um, maybe around like nine. I don't even know if y'all will be up, but pregame stream Not a hundred percent sure yet Because I didn't do one last time But I mean I I'll see Probably not but I'll see you man. But yeah, y'all just make sure so y'all can see everything. Y'all don't gotta miss anything um Follow on instagram Instagram follow me on instagram Instagram and twitter, um So you can see all the story and stuff like that, man. So follow on instagram and twitter. Um And if you're gonna be at the game, uh, and you just want to just make sure That we can link just hit me up on uh, send me a dm on instagram twitter or snapchat Like I said in videos past that I'm gonna try to I'm gonna make sure that I um Did I do look at my messages tomorrow because no last week I didn't really get to look at them too much Until it was too late, but I'm gonna try to make sure I look at them tomorrow Um, so anybody that want to say what's up? I want to link up or whatever want to say what's up to the vlog or whatnot. Um Y'all come through so yeah, yeah, they're gonna take care of it. We go for sure man But all right appreciate y'all team keep it clean. I see y'all tomorrow. Love y'all man


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I'm so excited every time you flip one of these pages So since you're still here or you're just starting you need to know that there's another video on functional analysis So now I'm basically gonna tell you that it's pointless So go watch that one first before you watch this one And you can watch all my other videos because this is an FA on steroids or minus the steroids or whatever you want to think About in fact, I don't know like I can't even make a jokes about slanting and handling right Raftery, Raftery, Raftery. I shouldn't be making jokes about people's names, but I can't resist so anyway This is part of Jessica Slanton's probably your dissertation. I'm not 100% sure could be a master's thesis It's a heck of an awesome article. So interview informed functional analysis a comparison of synthesized and isolated components Largely based on Hansel Hanley's work in the 24 the 24 the 2014 canonical article from Hanley about the ISCA which ISCA I guess I don't know ISCA I SCA which we'll talk about the II SCA interview informed synthesized Interview informed Interview informed synthesized Something analysis Brad, what's the C in that? Hold on reason gentlemen bear with us as we dig up what the ISCA is This is really embarrassing, and I'm gonna keep it in the video because I just want you to show that now one's perfect. All right, um Component component No, I can't read my own handwriting. It's contingency Of all words in behavior analysis to forget Contingency so the ISCA sorry dr. Hanley's sorry probably dr. Slanton at this point The ISCA is the interview informed synthesized Right you're basically trying to figure out the function of a behavior issue And that is what you would do is look at the contingencies. It's some days It's the gloves folks. It's just the gloves. It's all I have to say. All right, so this one's 2017 So take a look Take a look at Slanton's article. I'll post the reference down there. So you can look it up yourself and buy a copy All right, so here we go. So It's all about FA Kind of it's about a modified version of FA because we can look back and talk about these are kind of sweaty and it's weird so we can look back and talk about a What is functional analysis now keep in mind that a water 82 water 94 all of these articles and a whole bunch In between there not just from water But from all sorts of researchers and tons and tons of people doing this in practice have talked about the value of Functional assessment or analysis. There's tons of different types of functional analysis. I even had some of them down I don't know if I can read them here There's I Don't know the traditional FA. There's precursor FA's their latency FA's There's all sorts of different types of functional analysis that's been looked at over the years but one of the benefits of the functional analysis is also one of its drawbacks by Identifying so crystal clearly what the different functions are for that clients problem behavior You might be putting your blinders on to some bigger issues Which might be that maybe it's more than one thing that's reinforcing the behavior or maybe it's more than one behavior that you're dealing with Right, maybe it's a series of behaviors. Maybe it's a chain, right? Maybe behavior a precursor behavior comes always before the second behavior So what if you can work with the first behavior before you get to the problem behavior? So anyway, the ISCA allows you to pick up on some of those things and it's pretty cool so Basically so many types of FA is out there describes a large set of variations on traditional FA So there I found this article really awesome because it goes there's a ton of amazing references in there They she covers some really cool stuff in terms of if you want some good good background on what FA is and the different types Of it's really well covered So let's get into the ISCA though. So the ISCA kind of switches the gears instead of just this immediate direct observation You get into Open-ended interviews with people that know about the client's behavior and you ask questions about what they think you get Really pointed these things can take like 30-40 minutes to do these interviews and you do them from her sources You know just go to one person you go to multiple people and you kind of you kind of synthesize all of that into one go All right, what are the different things triggers for the kid? I know triggers discriminative stimuli But when you're talking in an interview a looser interview form you got to just try to get the information however You can't you translated how you want? So anyway, you get all this information you figure out what probably is it maintaining the behavior based on these things Then you figure out under what can did flies under what conditions it happens Usually and what triggers and what setting events and all these sort of things happening and you're getting all this information And then you're going to take and instead of doing four different conditions you're going to do two You're going to synthesize these things and using the multi-element design again You're going to synthesize this stuff all the different reinforcers right the potential reinforcers So you might put an attention condition and and even an escape condition depending on the scenario our attention and Automatic you could do all sorts of things that Combine them together because it seems like this behavior is maintained by multiple things according to all these people you've interviewed Anyway, and then you also so I'm looking at that. That's so you kind of I'm combining that it's too hot I can't you're you're combining the establishing operations kind of into one and you also look at broader response Topographies you're not just looking at the one response You're looking at multiple responses and the topographies of those responses Precursor behaviors things that always come right before like I make I do a certain thing with my hands Before I make a specific point right so is this a precursor behavior to me making a specific point Maybe it is but you could you could maybe work with one of those behaviors or both of them In these types of settings instead of just identifying the one self-injurious behavior So maybe you're counting the other thing too. So anyway multi-element designs. We've already talked about She had two studies in this article first one was just comparing Whether or not you can differentiate with the ISCA versus a traditional FA. That's where it's cool They did both now they did the FA actually on the same kiddos, but they did it second So they did that FA second So the benefit of the carryover effect of learning the information that you learn from the ISCA carries over into the FA They gave the FA the double like we're gonna give you an extra bonus of success here So we're gonna we're gonna give them the bonus rather than giving the ISCA the boss Which is really cool when you look at the results. Why because out of the nine kids They were able to differentiate what the the function was Relatively speaking for all nine all nine But for the traditional FA not so much they got four out of nine Which is less than 50% for those of you that don't remember that nine divided by two is four and a half And you can't have a half of a child in this scenario. So it's less than half So less than half of the clients were We're differentiated in using a standard FA. Where's the ISCA nailed at nine out of nine times that alone is pretty awesome But she had studied to Now keep in mind this is a 2017 article 28 to the 2014 article talks about the development of the ISCA It's already singing its praises and it's awesome It's all that stuff But this one takes it a step further and it goes which interventions were better based on the data So based on that data now, you know what's differentiated so they went ahead and developed interventions based on the ISCA or based on the traditional FA and ISCA guess what all four they worked with four kids So all four kids with the ISCA all right the interventions were successful at reducing behavior all four I Think yeah Which is awesome, but for two of those kids it was more effective than the FA The FA was effective for all of them too. Okay, so equally there was it's my my mouth actually makes sense It probably doesn't sound like it the way I'm talking the FA and the ISCA were equally effective for two out of the four kiddos all right clients And the FA was more effective or the the ISCA was more effective than the FA for two So but all four were helped by the ISCA. So the point is is that? Wow, you got a new technique here and that technique is Arguably more valuable in the field than an FA is arguably Science changes slope and the water is pretty pretty big You know and then that FA procedure is awesome and here's a new one kind of popping up And that's good. We like that and the data seems to be really promising So I want you to keep that in mind learn about the ISCA. I think it's really important to learn about you Can pull the journal articles on it Hanley's the primary researcher behind it great Gregory P. Hanley But I think the last couple of points is the behavior is complex Yoes are complex. You know, it's not just one thing that's my signal behavior to start and behaviors Um Combine right so you get these chains of the behaviors messy. It's kind of compound stimuli compound behaviors all sorts of stuff and Ultimately speaking you have Also situations where reinforcers may or may not be as crystal-clear as what you think Sometimes multiple things reinforce the same behavior ISCA. It's cool. It's quicker. It's based in the real world It's not just straight-up experimental It is experimental, but it's not just straight-up rigid as much as an FA But it seems to produce the same amount of data and you could do more with it Arguably according to this author. So anyway, go out and read. See ya