their Saturday the words of Stevenage boss Steve Evans as he prepares to take on Bradford who take a 10 points from their last four games. Jack can play Stevenage, are flying and just one defeat since the start of the season for them. We'll have a minute silence at the start of today's game as we pay our respects to Queen Elizabeth. Evans has faced Bradford 10 times in his time as manager who has never lost. The side have some defending to do here though. Right, he made his way forward and that's a brilliant save. Superb Ashby Hammond stretching across, pushes over the top of the bar, inviting ball into a really good area here. A fine stop to deny banks. As Bradford go ahead, what a significant feel. He's brought down, play will continue though, the overlapping run. Harry Lewis was quickly down to make the save to this encounter. But unbeaten in their last eight league games and looking to keep it that way. Bursting through the traffic. Ashby Hammond with the free kick, deep into the back of the penalty area. Big chance here for Stevenage and it's lifted wide. Slip, Norris, only just sending beyond the far post inches away from an equaliser here. A good knock down into the area. Yes, Yanni there. Norris just couldn't find the target for Stevenage to attack who have looked good since conceding the goal. It's Andy Cook strike that separates the two teams. Stevenage corner, bent forward for this. In from Sweeney, hanging in the air was Pidge, Yanni who came to meet it. Big header but it's over the top of Harry Lewis' crossbar. Bradford as he's thrown, comes in but the half-footed away will be it. Terri Lee getting a bit lightly away side at the moment and it's another let-off. Harry Lewis had that one covered. But again, they're not too far away Stevenage for Yates. They have to withstand plenty of pressure Bradford but they're on the attack here. Looking to carve out an opening, right shifts it wide. Cook waiting in the middle for the delivery. He's the target here. Stop once and twice by Ashby Hammond. The action saved the second time to keep Bradford out. Fell to the danger man, Cook inside the box. Lurking, waiting, looking to pounce. It's up close to a second long throwing to defend here for Bradford. Brilliant strike this was. He's continued to press and press. Really harassing Bradford and Brad Halliday against the wrong sides of early here and the challenge brings the yellow card to get the early advantage in the game. Now they might be in. Chance to break here, writes on his way. Good delivery, right to burst away. It looked as old, wonderful delivery to pick up. As they did off to concede in the first for a route back into the game. And it's Tyrae Wright again on the burst here. Carrying forward for Bradford, cuts in field, to the shot too much. That's what we'll do for Bradford. Only one defeat this season for Stephen Hitch. They may just be heading for another. All too tight in there though. Sliding in, it's another yellow. Completely unnecessary from the Bradford fallback. Late in the game, already three ahead. It's marching orders here for this challenge. Can't really have any arguments. The steps are not fulfilled, he goes.


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He's feeling his Cheerios! With his faithful Indian companion, Toto, the daring and resourceful masquerader of the plains, let the fight for law and order in the early western United States. Nowhere in the pages of history can one find a greater champion of justice. Return with us now to those thrilling days of yesteryear. From out of the past come the thundering hoofbeats of the great horse, Silver! The lone ranger rides again! Come on, Silver! Let's go, big fella! I'm Silver! About noon one day, a painfully thin convict named Pekos Jones returned to his cell after a talk with a warden in territorial prison. As the guard locked the bar door, the ailing prisoner's cellmate, a young redhead named Joe Clemens, helped him to his bunk, then filled a tin cup with water. Here, drink this, Pekos. Thanks, Jeway. I'll show a miss here when you get out tomorrow. Tomorrow's been a long time coming. You going straight when you get out? Maybe after I take care of a job that needs doing. A good job? For me, yeah. But not for a couple of weasel-faced skunks named Gunnison. Checked in his brother, Trig? How'd you know? I never told you... I met him years ago. What have you got against him? They framed me for robbery. Couldn't you prove you were innocent? No, a circumstantial evidence was against me. And to cinch the case, they planted $150 of the stolen money in my room. The sheriff found it. It's the oldest trick in the world. Yeah. But I'll get square for it. I'll pay him in lead. Jeway, I went to prison in Denver years ago for banking. After some double-crossing piles squealing on me. Seems like the varmints I traveled with were all double-crosses. But what's that got to do with me? I laid awake nights thinking of ways to get even. Then one day the prison chaplain talked to me. He said, Vengeance belongs to the Lord. I'm older now. I'm closer to meeting the Lord than it was then. I think the preacher was right. Save your breath, Pekas. Nothing will change my mind about killing those coyotes. Jeway, I never had a son. But if I'd had, I'd have wanted him to be like you. Now, I'm going to give you something that'll put you away ahead of the gunnersons. Huh? What's that? I'll tell you where to locate $150. I'll tell you where to locate $150,000. Well, help me steal. $150,000. I hid it myself. Figuring I'd go back some day and get it. But I'll not need the money. I'm going to pass it along to you. Jeway, I want you to go straight. Late that afternoon, visitors came to the prison. Slim Faye, the prisoner occupying the cell next to the one shared by Joe and Pekas, was escorted under guard to a room where his brother, Len, waited to see him. When the guard was out of earshot, Slim said, Pekas Jones and a fellow named Joe Clemens bunk in the cell next to mine. Joe gets out tomorrow. What better warrant she can drink than framed him into this place? He planned to kill him for it. Pekas talked him out of it by telling him where to find a fortune he stole from Wells Fargo. Wells Fargo money, huh? $50,000 worth. Clemens knows where it is. He'll lead you to it. And when you get it, remember to save a share for me.  Len Faye returned to the well-chosen camp where the Gunnissons ate a cold meal. Hi, Len. Just in time for grub. Yeah, some grub. Cold beans, water and heart jacket. Thank you, brother. He said Joe Clemens is getting out tomorrow. That might mean trouble first. Not if Slim's right. Have you two ever heard of a fellow named Pekas Jones? By sure. We've traveled with him once. Slim says he told Joe where to find $150,000 he stole from Wells Fargo.  We helped him steal that money. I thought the law got it when he was captured. He's too smart for the law. What's Pekas hiding? Slim couldn't hear that part of it, but if we follow Clemens, he'll lead us to it. We'll follow him all right. When he finds the hide in place, we'll close in. Grab the loot and head for the border. The last time we met that poor jughead, we framed him. The next time we meet him, we'll kill him. Unknown to Len Faye or the Gunnissons' brothers, the Lone Ranger and Tonto had been following their trail for a few days. Shortly after noon the next day, the masked man and his Indian friend found the place where the outlaws had camped. Crook seat meal here, Kimo Toto, but to not build fire. They've left them half a day's lead on this now, Toto. Not right. Clele leads south from here. We'll follow it easy, sir. A few hours later, the masked man and Toto found a high ridge overlooking the forbidding gates of territorial prison. The tracks left by three men and their horses indicated that they had waited there for some time.  Watch for long time. Then mount, ride south. Back from the prison, head south, too, Toto. You think Gunnissons and Pella with them wait for riders to come from prison? They may have. I don't know, but Warden Simmons might have the answer. I'll follow the tracks of the Gunnissons brothers and the man with them while you call him the Warden. Me fave. Get him up, scoundrel. Come on, Toto. Half an hour later, the lone ranger slowed Silver to a halt when he heard Toto racing to overtake him. Oh, Toto, boom. Oh, Scoundrel, hope that I... What did you find out, Toto? Warden say young Toto named Joe Clemens get out of prison this morning. The prison guard lend him horse. Tell Joe leave horse livery stable in town. Joe Clemens, huh? Ah, may ask Warden if him know why Gunnisson brothers wait for Joe. Him say Joe claim Gunnissons frame him for robbery. He might be telling the truth. Warden Simmons say tell you him Fetty Glad when him learn we trail Gunnissons and him hope we catch crooks. Let's go, Toto. Come on, Toto. The twisting hillside trail, the lone ranger and Toto traveled, paralleled the main trail from the prison to Sawtooth City, 20 miles away. At dusk, they sighted the distant lights of the town. There, the tracks they followed separated. Oh, Toto, easy, kiddy fellow. One rider angled down to the main trail. Ah, him ride horse with loose shoe. The other two head for the hills. You think one of Gunnisson brothers ride into town after Joe Clemens? I doubt it, Toto. Too many handbills have been circulated about them. They're probably waiting in the hills for their pal. We follow, Toto. We'll go to town. I'll follow him while you go after the others. Oh, maybe you'd better for me ride to town. I want to warn Joe Clemens about the Gunnissons. You go to town wearing mask? No. I'll wear a disguise. We'll continue our lone ranger adventure in just a moment. All over the country in every direction. How you, how you do it is a question. And here's what the half-fifty people have to say. Oh, we descend to do, do, do an OK. OK. Sure, take champion Bob Cousy, who can really make a basketball do tricks. Bob was born in New York. Plays with the famous Boston Celtics. Leads them all in fast break play and Cousy knows the champion way. Starts his day the Wheaties way. Take Neil Johnston, another great champ from the East. Say Neil has been eating Wheaties since he was three feet tall instead of six foot eight. Grew up a long ways on them, didn't he? Mighty appetizer and eaten. And there's a whole kernel of wheat in every Wheaties flake. You're the Wheaties. And you, we do, do, do an OK. OK. Now to continue. In town, the disguised Lone Ranger went directly to the livery stable. There, the loquacious stable owner eyed silver admiringly. I've never seen such a handsome, powerful-looking crit. Thanks. I'm looking for a man named Joe Clemens. Joe Clemens brought that big gray in three or four hours ago. Critter belongs to the garden territorial prison, you know. Do you know if Joe planned to stay in town? Well, he'll stay for the night. Said he'd come back and see me tomorrow about buying a horse. Then he may be at the hotel. Most likely. Beast-wise, that's what I told the other gents who came here looking for him. I spotted the new shoe in his black mare as soon as he came in. After he found out that Joe Clemens had come to town, he wanted to know where to find the blacksmith shop. Black mare? That's right. Easy, said he'd be fuller. Thanks for the information.  That's all right, mister. When and if you're ready to sell that standing, I'll pay Tom Price. Sorry, he isn't for sale. The disguised lone ranger rode down the street toward the blacksmith shop and grew rain at the hitch rail. He was able to see into the lighted shop where the smithy worked on a black mare's left front shoe. Len Faes stood beside the mare. Easy, said he'd be fuller. That shoe's all in the stain now. Len Faes paid the smithy and led the mare to the hitch rail outside. Tossing the reins over the rail, he turned and walked down the street. The disguised lone ranger followed him. Len Faes turned into an alley next to the hotel and stopped outside a lighted ground floor window. The lone ranger studied him for a moment, then entered the hotel lobby. You want a room, mister? No, I'm looking for a man named Joe Clemens. Room 8. Right down that hole. Oh, thanks. A moment later, the lone ranger wrapped sharply on Joe's door. Just a minute. What do you want? Are you Joe Clemens? That's right. Mind if I step inside for a few minutes? Who are you? What do you want with me? There's a man standing in the alley outside he's been watching you. Huh? Take a look at him. See if he's anyone you know. How do you know he's been watching me? Your window's the only lighted one on this side of the hotel. I don't know who he is. I'll draw this shade. I thought you might recognize him. Oh, he's a stranger to me. And so are you. What's your game, mister?  About that critter outside? He and his friends, Trig and Chick Gunnison, followed you from prison. Gunnisons? Trig and Chick are killers. Oh, I know. They might have sent the man outside to kill you. I wanted to warn you. Where are the Gunnisons? I don't know. They follow me into town? Oh, they're not that foolish. The sheriff will arrest them on sight. If that gen outside is a friend of theirs, he knows where they are. He probably does. In that case, I'll get it. Now, wait a minute, Joe. For what? I've been planning for years to get square with those coyotes. You will not do it by trying to take the law into your own hands. The law never gave me anything but a raw deal. I swore I'd get even with the Gunnisons for framing me. You'll have your chance. I'm now going to make my own chances, my own law. You're wrong, Joe. Yeah, a lot you know about it. I'll get revenge. Vengeance belongs to no man. What? What did you say? Vengeance is mine, sayeth the Lord. Huh? He also says be not overcome of evil, but overcome evil with good. What? Where'd you hear that? I learned it as a child from the Bible. The Bible? That's right. You, uh... you and Pekas and the preacher talk the same language. Pekas? Yeah, my cellmate in territorial. He said the same thing. You should have listened to him. Yeah. Maybe you're right. I'm after the Gunnisons myself for a different reason. I want to see them pay for their crimes. They ought to hang. They will, if they're captured. Here. Here's a handbill describing them. Chick and trig Gunnison wanted for murder. This is your chance to help the law get them. Well, how? My horse is at the hitch rail next to the black, their friend rode to town. When he leaves, I'll follow him while you take this handbill to the sheriff. Tell him you think you might be able to lead him to the Gunnisons. Well, how'll I lead him? I'll leave a trail. You'll have no trouble following. Oh, I said he. Well, what about it, Joe? Are you willing to do things the right way? I... I'll go along with your plan. Thanks. I'll see you later. Right. Well-concealed camp in the extensive hill several miles north of Sawtooth City. Trig and Chick Gunnison had built a small fire. While Trig added dead twigs to the flames, Chick studied the moonlit trail below them through powerful binoculars. Any sign of land yet, Chick? Looks like he's coming now. There's someone riding after him. We'll move back into the shadows and wait for the critter whose trailing land. The disguised lone ranger saw the fire when he was still some distance from the camp. Who shall we move? Easy, steady, be calm. Leaving Silver at Ground Hitch, he advanced on foot. As he approached the well screen clearing, he noticed that it was deserted. He stopped. But Chick had already seen him. Get your hands up, mister. Keep walking toward the fire. Three guns are covering you, so don't try a fast move. A trap, huh? Both of you were smart trailing me, didn't you? Take his guns, Trig. Right. Hey! Now that he's stepped into the firelight, I recognize him, Chick. Who is he? A gentleman was talking to Joe Clemens in his hotel room tonight. I've seen him through the window. What's your interest in Joe Clemens? That's our business. Maybe Joe told him about the loot, Chick. Maybe Joe plans to split it with him. Is that it, stranger? What loot are you talking about? The $150,000 Pekas Jones stole from Wells Fargo. Pekas told Joe where he hid it. How do you know? My brother Slim overheard him talking in prison. The only thing we don't know is where to find it. Well, that's why you trailed Joe Clemens. He's going to lead us to that money in gold. Only he doesn't know it. You'll not live to tell him we're wise to him. Let him have it, Chick. Right. You drop guns. Put the gun on cover, Kim and Bobby. Please, my goodness. You drop guns or stop Lenn. Chick Gunnison whirled to fire at the sound of Tatl's voice, but the Indians gunroared. The outlaw spun under the impact of a bullet in the shoulder. I'll kill you for that. When Prig and Lenn turned to pace the Indian, the Lone Ranger's fists went into action. You! A hard blow to the side of Lenn's head sent the outlaw sprawling. He fell against Prig, knocking the killer off balance. Momentarily stunned. Lenn went down, but the Lone Ranger had already grabbed his gun. Before Prig could shoot, the Lone Ranger fired Lenn's revolver. Oh, my hand! You busted my hand! Make another move and I'll smash your arm. You all right, Kim and Bobby? Yes, thanks, Tutto. We got here just in time. Me have hard time finding an outlaw camp. Then we see fire a few minutes ago. We come here, find out. See you. Good work. Oh, what hit me? I did. If you want any more trouble... Oh, give us. I'm hurt by shoulder. I'll manage it after your hands are tied. I'll keep them covered, Tutto. Be tie-hands, then dress wound. Half an hour later, the Lone Ranger and Tutto rolled toward town with the Gunnison brothers and Lenn Fay. When they met Joe Clemens and Sheriff Sam Rush. The Laman studied Tutto closely and grinned as the Lone Ranger said, You know all about the Gunnison Sheriff. Lenn Fay's travel with him. Here, doggone right, I know about the Skunks, mister. And I think I know who you are. You do? I remember seeing Tutto and I recognized your voice. On top of that, I know your horse. There's not another one like Silver in the West. Oh, where we meet before? Well, I was a member of Sheriff Brand Posse in Calumet. You helped him capture the Ringo Durangang. Oh, yes. I'm downright proud to meet you again. Well, thanks, Sheriff. I'm glad Joe brought you here. I want to see those coyotes hanging. No, they'll swing for their crimes all right. And Lenn will probably get a long prison sentence for it. Joe, they said you know where to find the loot Pekos Jones hid. Well, I... Wells Fargo's offered a $10,000 reward for the return of this stolen money. Yeah. You learn the reward by turning it over to the Lone Ranger. That's right. If you know where to find it. Well, it's not really mine. It belongs to Pekos. It belongs to Wells Fargo. Well, old Pekos wanted me to go straight when I got out of prison. So I... I reckon I might as well go all the way. You've made a good start on the right track. Sheriff, you and Joe will be able to handle the prisoners, won't you? The hard work's already been done first, mister. We'll have no trouble with them from here to jail. Then Tottenham, I'll leave you. Good luck, Joe. Thanks, mister. Thanks forever. I hope we meet again. So do I. Ready, Tottenham? Uh-huh. Adios, Sheriff. So long, and thanks. I'd give anything for a six-shooter right now. I'd gun that critter in his engine, pal.  But I'll have the last laugh. What do you mean? I'll have a front seat at your hangin'. And watch more. I'm going to write, Pekos, and tell him he was right about vengeance. You might likewise tell him you met the Lone Ranger. I'll do the... 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And we are live below how welcome to another episode of China Hawaii and you I am your host Andrew Zimmerman, and I'm really excited for our topic today. We're going to be talking about Hong Kong and Minneapolis. That may sound like a familiar city to those of you who are here because with me is our returning guest Robbie do be he's an attorney. That's working out in the area. We're really really excited to have him back on. Thank you very much for being with us Robbie. Yeah, happy to be back on. No aloha shirt this time I as a lawyer I'm still at work, which happens sometimes but I'm excited to be back on the show and excited to get going. Yeah, well don't worry we're matching on the attire today okay so I dropped the aloha shirt to we're just going you're very formal. Yeah yeah yeah we're keeping the we're keeping the formal. Okay, I'm not coming in with like a swimsuit. But you know today's topic is I think going to be one of the most interesting things that I've talked about in a really, really long time, which is we're going to be contrasting. We're going to be in Minneapolis now the really big significance of these is what we're talking about today is the riots that both of these countries experienced in the last two years. As you know as everybody may have remembered in 2019 there were really really large, large scale riots not just in Minneapolis but all over the country in the, in the wake of the George Floyd death, and there were thousands of more protests but we're going to save a lot of time for to talk about that with Robbie because Robbie is our certified Minneapolis expert knows everything about it. Now, the one thing that I want to sort of say at the outset for how we're going to frame this is, and I've discussed this with Robbie ahead of time is we're going to kind of be discussing this episode in the three parts. The first is going to be Robbie's going to talk about Minneapolis and kind of what's happened over there. The second part, I'm going to be talking about Hong Kong and what sort of led to the riots over there. But I'm going to make sure that after I've framed the issue I'm going to give Robbie a chance to respond to anything that I've said. And so if there's something that we don't agree on in the framing we can iron it out beforehand. And then for the third part, we're going to sort of contrast a lot of different things across these, namely the causes of the riots, the goals of the riots, you know, what are the consequences of it. And we're going to sort of see how the two countries really look broadly at violence, both just randomly and directly towards something like the state. So without further ado, before we get started Robbie I understand, and I could be wrong on this, that you are not a massive fan of the Chinese Communist Party am I incorrect in that statement. That's underselling it probably I have very little positive to say about that entity. Tough crowd tough crowd that's okay. I'm going to tell you out at the, at the very outset that my goal is to sort of change your mind. Okay, I don't have high hopes for it. We'll see where I can get. Alright, so without further ado, Robbie do you want to take it. Let's, let's, I'll let you frame it as kind of openly as you want without these sort of leading you into a question, but can you tell me sort of what happened with these Minneapolis protests and or riots but now these are obviously not all protests turned into violence right in fact the vast majority don't. But it seems to me that there's clearly more than one, you know, person dying to the hands of police that let off this massive massive social unrest. So can you talk a little bit more about what happened. Absolutely. So, I do appreciate you pointing out that obviously not all protests are riots and not all riots or protests the vast majority of what happened around the country with George, after George Floyd's death were protests, but there was a bit of Orwellian news articles with mostly peaceful protests which I think is would be to say not peaceful protests which would be rights. So that being said, Minneapolis has had. I think a lot of tension between the African American community and the police department for a long time, all the way back in 1998 the Human Rights Watch reported that the Minneapolis police department was committing human rights violations. There's been a string of police chiefs and mayors who have said we got to reform our police department we got to change things about how we're doing our police department. And a lot of the reform that's been asked for for a long time has not happened. A really important thing to kind of know going into George Floyd is in 2016, Philando Castile was also shot and killed by the cops. And that set up a large string of riots where, excuse me, law string of protests where the police department at the time said, Okay, we're going to change a lot about how we do this we're going to change about how we do traffic stops are going to change how we approach minorities who are having interactions with the cops. Well, then you have George Floyd murdered in on May 25, 2020 by Derek Chauvin, and it's this horrific video where for nine minutes and 27 seconds you see this police officer Neil on the back of George Floyd who's screaming I can't breathe, can't breathe he's asking, you know, the officer to stop and Derek Chauvin doesn't. Now, there's a lot of social media hot takes of well, this wasn't a murder because George Floyd was on these drugs or this was a murder and Derek Chauvin meant to do it the whole time. A jury has found the Derek Chauvin murdered George Floyd and so personally I don't consider that to be up for debate I think the court of law has determined that and people social media takes don't particularly matter. But what this did spark was protests first at the death of George Floyd but then those did in my opinion turn into riots. You had burning you had hundreds of businesses burned down you had millions of dollars in property damages you had buildings being burned down as far as suburbs of Woodbury, which if you're a Minnesota person you know that's pretty far from the core of North Minneapolis where this happened and so I think that you had decades of building tension, where police department and mayor said we're going to change we're going to change we're going to change just give us time work with us here. Without the change, you had a murder in 2016, you had a murder in 2020 with George Floyd that sparked the protests at the same time that people have been locked in for COVID. And I think there's a lot of social unrest with that generally that that's spiraled and really resonated with a lot of people. And there's so many articles that have been written in research has been done to show that the Minneapolis police department in particular has a lot of work to do for actually disciplining its officers and actually making sure that it holds officers who violate those rights or who violate the code of contact accountable. And I think even the police department themselves and the current chief Arredondo has admitted, we have fallen short, and they have fallen short of the burden they need to do. So, I think to kind of sum it up, you know, people. You had some kind of extreme reactions of Oh, you know, all cops are terrible and we got to get rid of them, which I think is is frankly an absurd position. But then you also had well, you know, just don't commit crimes and things won't happen to you, which also doesn't take into account the number of incidences of Minneapolis police officers who have violated rights, or who have broken the code of conduct without having any discipline or any repercussions for that's a really, really great summary of what's happened in Minneapolis and that's the three things that I want to ask you to sort of set the framework for how we're going to analyze Minneapolis is what were the perceptions of the reaction with these protests and or riots that broke out at both the local level when it comes to Minneapolis, the national level and the international level to the best of your understanding. So, I was still living in Honolulu when George Floyd was murdered. And so a lot of my initial experience with it was through friends who were still living there or through the connections I had in different communities, seeing different communities burned down that I knew I had been there I've been to those businesses I've been in the streets. On the local level there was a lot of pain and a lot of heartbreak, because it just felt like the city was broken and that people couldn't understand why these things kept happening. There was a lot of anger at the experience of people in the city itself versus the suburbs versus the excerpts was all very different. You know, speaking to friends who lived in Minneapolis it was why is everyone focusing on on the riots when all this has been mostly peaceful and you know we need all these reforms and why is no one talking about it and then talking to friends in the excerpts who said you know the city's burning and why is no one doing anything about the city burning and why, you know, why can't people just stop, you know, rioting and I think a lot of disconnect between the two sides there. A lot of the people who didn't live in Minneapolis that I saw on social media were either we got to defund the police and abolish it and all cops are horrible or it was you know send the military in and crush all of this, which I think is really unhealthy and a sign that people had stopped seeing human beings in front of them and stopped seeing George Floyd as a human being who had died and he was instead of a symbol and stopped seeing Derek Chauvin as a man who had committed a crime and instead saw him as an automatic of all police officers everywhere, which is just not, in my opinion, fair. On the international level, you know there was a lot of outrage and around the world, you know, I think, particularly with China since we'll get to that, I think China really wanted to capitalize on this as a point to divert attention from themselves and divert attention to legitimate critiques of their policies in Hong Kong and around their country of how they are treating dissidents. But even in Europe and around the world, a lot of countries were just really appalled at what they were seeing and I think in a lot of ways rightly so. Yeah. Well, don't worry, we're going to get to the, we're going to get to the contrast in a second. But now that you've sort of set up the background for what's happened in Minneapolis and I think you did a really, really excellent job I don't think there's any if I can I pause you for one second Andrew apologize but I had a timer going for nine minutes and 27 seconds which just ended. So that entire time we've talked that's how long Derek Chauvin had his knee on George Floyd. Wow. Wow. Wow, that's a really, he didn't, he didn't tell me this at a time everybody. Sorry to jump that on you but I thought I'm really, really hard to feel that impact until you really sit there with it. Yeah, I'm really glad that you did that for us because that gives us that gives a really good sense of, you know, how terrifying it must have been. So now but but now that you've given the contrast. I want to give a quick minute to sort of talk about Hong Kong. A lot of what I, what I say is not going to be something that's particularly like broadcast in western in like western media. That's not to say that you won't find it right for example there's plenty of things that you'll find and maybe not like CNN, or like Fox News but I did do a really, really thorough job I think in kind of making sure that my understanding of how Hong Kong got to a situation was correct.  Cool. All right, so a lot of the problems that we sort of experienced with Hong Kong can they kind of is extend all the way back into the early 1800s. In the early 1800s the British were trying to figure out how they were going to finance a massive tea empire. At the time, something like 10% of the entire government's funding came out of tea duties or like imports that you would get for tea. It's unbelievably popular, but the problem was, the British were not able to find anything that would properly, you know that the Chinese really wanted, right. And then they found opium opium became very very quickly well known as through China and it was explosively popular. This was despite the fact that opium had been illegal for a very, very long time. But it was one of those things where similar to smoking marijuana in the United States. It is very technically illegal. But, you know, according to statistics right, there's something like 130 million Americans that admit to smoking weed at some point in their life, and we clearly don't have had, we don't have that many people who have gone to jail for it right so it was one of those is one of those kind of softly illegal things right. And so the British kind of played around with keeping keeping some amount of distance to selling opium in China, but they very much were doing a lot of smuggling operations that are maybe going to like an Indian border, trying to get it, get it sold out to there. And so, a lot of this kind of spiraled when when the Chinese viceroy means the shoe burns about 20,000 crates worth of opium publicly, and the British demand reparations for it. Chinese wouldn't do it quickly a war breaks out and the Chinese lost. There's no there's not really a way to get around it. Now, my, I am somebody who tries to read things from both sides but I will admit to you, I have a very difficult time, and I'd rather say I had a difficult time justifying the British position of selling opium within within China. I think it was very clearly a move of just economic greed at the expense of really destroying the social fabric of the whole country, and sort of bashing over its laws right. But regardless, the war sort of ended after a naval blockade that China wouldn't was really in the position to overcome, and a deal got broken in, which would lease Hong Kong which was at the time was basically a rocket was almost completely uninhabited. Yeah, I'm not kidding it was very, very, yeah, it was very, very, it was not even close to what it is now right much of that exists because of you know British funding and special economic privileges that it got. But anyway, they leased Hong Kong for 99 years, and that lease kind of got bumped to about 140 because the war ended in the war ended in 1800 but then World War two kind of mess with the clock a little bit but anyway, the factory government ended up seeding Hong Kong in on in June of 1997 back to the back to the Chinese and the the goal, the one of the things that was very clear in the in the handover right was that there would be a recognition of one country to systems in other words there would be a 50 year point 50 year period of special economic and several privileges that were not necessarily extended to mainland Chinese. Now, here's where things get a little bit messy. In 2018, there was a man, I cannot pronounce his name so I won't try that that went down to Taiwan. When he was with his girlfriend at his time, and he killed his girlfriend in Taiwan, and then went the one on a plane back to Hong Kong. He quickly ended up telling the police what happened, but the problem kind of came out that there was no, there was at the time between Hong Kong, Taiwan and China, there wasn't any kind of established extradition laws. So in other words if you had some and what the what Beijing kind of realized was that there was a loophole, such that if someone was from Hong Kong, and then committed a crime in China and then ran back to Hong Kong there would be really nothing they could do. And so what kind of came out of that was a bill for extradition. There was a bill of which is very very simple. You know we're just going to have an extradition law that says you can get tried in Hong Kong. And if you are found guilty, you get sent off to mainland China for you get sent off to mainland China for whoever knows what. Now this is what actually sparks the big protest. What not a lot of people know is that there were two layers of protest between Hong Kong and China, excuse me, between between Hong Kong and self. The two layers of protest right was the first one that came out was the immediate response to the extradition law. Now the funny thing about the extradition law is the extradition law was actually withdrawn. There was an overwhelming negative. What's that. Not withdrawn at first. Not withdrawn at first yeah and suspended it, and then only after protests would do it. Sure, sure. I think it's important. Okay, okay. No, no, no, I'll give you that. There was a second wave of protests that came out right and basically the second wave of protests was in response to what was called the national security law right now the national security law was I think where a lot of the more controversial elements came in because the rioting got extremely violent so we are talking.  It was very common to see people just, you know, starting fires in the street and molotovs. And eventually, the national security law itself was passed. And ultimately that sort of led to a full safe force and quiet and quieting of the of the riots here. That's basically my understanding of it there's there's some stuff that I've left out, but that is that is from what I've read so far. Do you have any with the exception of that one little bit do you have any issue with how it ended so far. I think an important aspect to remember is that as part of the two country one system Hong Kong is supposed to be able to develop its own laws it has its own separate Constitution that enables it to freedom of freedom of speech and different things that the Chinese Constitution effectively does not even if it, you know, claims to, and a large part of the concern over the national security large and the extradition bill was that it was going to be the beginning of China overriding the two party to one country two systems agreement and to eventually fully take over Hong Kong and I think without you have to have that context before you can't just say oh it's an extradition bill or it's a security bill you have to have the context of what Hong Kongers were afraid it represented. Okay, okay. Now, we've only got about 10 minutes left but I think. Yeah, I still think that we can get we can we have time for some interesting questions right. So the first thing that I kind of want to talk about is at the time of Hong Kong's at the time of Hong Kong's heat of the riots right. A lot of the things that were happening seem to me very very controversial in the sense that people were kind of being apolitical about the situation. And they were just saying it doesn't really matter what your political views are, you don't really have the right to start to like burn down a building right. But this sort of apolitical sense of this apolitical dedication to non violence is a big thing that explains opposition to riots in America. I think Americans in general do not like the use of political violence or the especially when it comes to the destruction of property the loss of human life. I think, you know, it's interesting. You know, our country was founded on revolution. It was founded on, you know, using political violence to overthrow the government that existed to overthrow a tyrannical government. You know, we have the right to assemble. We have the right to protest. We have the right to free speech, which has given the American citizens a constitutional peaceful way of which to express their anger express their concerns express their desire for change. And I think because of that we've developed a political system that doesn't view rioting and doesn't view violence as a politically legitimate tool. Because there are such a myriad number of non violent ways to change and to be effective in government that the use of violence just isn't justifiable. And I think that that's how Americans very much most Americans view this you have people on the political fringes the left and right to view violence as a political a valid political tool but I would say the vast vast majority of Americans do not. Okay. Yeah, no one of the things that's really interesting to me is. I think that this is written explicitly in the Constitution but I seem to remember something something to the effect of Jefferson writing that should the people of the United States find themselves in a government that is oppressive that they have the right of revolution right and this concept of a right of revolution is completely alien in many, many parts of the world, not just China but I would say probably well over half the countries on Earth, if not much higher than that. Do you think that that those sort of attitudes of maintaining this right to revolution explain a lot of Americans attitude. Well because I know you were talking about Americans generally do not support political violence, but it seems like there's always this undertone of like, but we could if we wanted to. Yeah, I mean I think Jefferson is an interesting one he was very influenced by the French Revolution where they decided to cut everyone's heads off, which is a little bit different than how we did it. And certainly no one writes like the French but I do think that there is a sense in America that you know I think you see this a little bit more on the political right and the political left but there's a sense that we have the right to oppose. And we have the right to oppose a government that goes beyond the boundaries that we set for it. And I think that, you know, that's part of what the idea behind the second amendment was is, you know, the citizens have the right to bear arms, and an armed citizenry is one that the government cannot oppress. So I do think that there was a sense in the American people in a sense in the American tradition that there is somewhat a right to revolution. I do think that there are limits to that I think, you know, the Civil War was a very clear limit of no you don't get to succeed from the country you don't get to fight over owning one another's property there are limits but I do think there's an undercurrent of that and I think it mostly comes in the idea of Liberty, right that Americans feel that, you know, Liberty is a value worth fighting for and that gets projected into the international stage to and I think, especially with Hong Kong the American responses to the Hong Kong protest, compared to in riots here, I think reflect an idea of it was viewed as Hong Kong was fighting for Liberty, and fighting for Liberty from, you know, the Chinese, the communist Chinese government, versus riots here, because you have those legitimate political mechanisms for change, we're not a valid form of fighting and using political violence that answered your question. No, I think it gives me really interesting insight. You know, it's interesting that the Chinese conception of political violence is that you can't do it. For sure. And the current, you know, power over the over China the Chinese Communist Party right in many ways use itself as like a large standing extension of the past 5000 years of Chinese civilization which is always really really Now, one of the things that's been interested with that's most interesting is I think that these the dynasties the Ming dynasty the Qing dynasty has historically observed what's called the mandate of heaven. And the idea behind the mandate of heaven is basically that should there be a case where the government does fall to like a violent power, it is basically an indication that heaven wanted this state to fall right right. And I think that modern China is sort of moving away from those from those terms in other words we're they're trying to get away from a world in which violent revolution is is even conceivable as a method of government change right. Do you think that do you think that more countries are going to kind of adopt this attitude of like, we sort of want to get to a post violence form of governance. Yeah, I will say a few things. It is ironic that the Chinese government is not in favor of violent revolutions when that is how the Chinese government that currently exists here to power. And also not surprising that they especially wouldn't want the term mandate of heaven, given their, their approach to religion, but that being said, I think a big idea of the end of history that came around in the 90s with the fall the Soviet Union is that we were in a post war society, we were in a post conflict society that everything from here on out was going to be the rise of democracies going to be the rise of free trade and prosperity globally. And, and that's an idea that you know has really stood on, obviously no government wants to be overthrown and I think anyone. There should always be the position of any government that peaceful change is the appropriate way to change. But, and it also has to be the case that peaceful change has to be possible that change there has to be a mechanism for which the citizens of any government can peacefully change the system of their government. So I think no government wants to get violently overthrown. I think you are seeing a large rise in authoritarianism and totalitarianism and surveillance states, which instead of creating the conditions where the citizens don't feel the need to overthrow their government because they have legitimate ways to address change. The governments are instead focused on so completely surveilling and oppressing their people that they cannot overthrow them. And I think it, you know, there's two ways to achieve peaceful governance one is to oppress your people so much they can't fight back or one is to create such a peaceful system that there is no need for fighting. And I think a lot of countries, you know in the 90s into history, we were going to go on the peaceful system route but I think a lot of systems now a lot of countries now are going on the oppressive route of oppress your citizens so much that they, they literally can't fight back against you. Well, that's a really, I think we've laid an incredible conversations, incredible conversations foundations but unfortunately, time has blown by. I'm still very pleased with how much, with how much we got done. Robbie, I want to thank you very very much for coming and coming down on and talking to us again. It was really really interesting getting your perspective and hopefully this is something that on this show, maybe with maybe with other guests maybe with you sometime in the late future because you're quite busy I don't want to have you on every week. But we're very, very glad that you came on is there anything you want to tell people about where they can find you or any projects that you're working on or anything like that. Yeah, so, like I said last time I'm on LinkedIn I'm on Facebook. You know, you can email me as well I think something that is particularly interesting to me at this time period is the United States government has been very reluctant to actually accept any refugees from Hong Kong right now. They've done a big talk about how we got to help Hong Kong fight for democracy and we need to make sure the Chinese government isn't unjustly imprisoning people and stuff but if you actually look at the numbers of asylum and refugee, given to Hong Kong it's it's pathetically low, in my opinion, and I think that the United States has a duty to accept, you know, democracy, people who fight for democracy so if I can pitch anything it would be to call your representatives call your senators and ask them to fight for for freedom fighters from Hong Kong, not freedom fighters but to mock people fighting for democracy to get asylum and refugee status in America. I agree look someone doesn't want to be in Hong Kong I want to get them I want to get my way out I feel that I extend that I extend that to all immigrants okay I'm very very pro freedom of the guy. But that's a lot of things that we could lay on the table but we're going to have to end it there. Robby thank you very very much for coming back on telling us a little bit more and helping us kind of make these comparisons of how the two countries see riots and violence I really really liked your perspective. I'm sorry I did get to change your mind on the CPC but maybe that'll come someday. Well probably not but I respect you trying. Alright thank you very much a lot everybody.


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Metformin is the most commonly prescribed medication for treatment of diabetes in the world, yet it is the most controversial drug used for diabetes as well. Today I will tell you your alternatives to metformin. Now these will include alternative natural remedies that work or regular pharmaceuticals if you're not into dietary supplements or do not believe in them. After you hear everything you will make your own mind. I am Dr. Ahmed Ergin. I treat diabetes every day. Diabetes care is my passion. I am in a war with diabetes and you are in it with me. You have the right to know all your options. So why are we talking about metformin alternatives to begin with? Because metformin side effects are very likely to occur during the treatment and the medication may not be suitable for everyone. In fact up to 90 percent of people have some sort of side effect such as diarrhea, excessive gas, bloating, burping and so on. Not so fun. Now rare side effects can even include chest pain and liver failure and so on. Now sometimes common side effects are tolerable and sometimes they are not. Sometimes side effects disappear, sometimes they don't. We don't have any way of saying who will have side effects and who will not. Also there is significant controversy over whether you can take metformin with kidney disease and whether metformin causes any kidney damage at all. Now one thing is certain that taking metformin after stage 3 kidney disease is not advised. I know that question is asked all the time that what are the metformin alternatives? What else can I take besides metformin right? Well you're lucky because you have options. If your doctor tells you the only way is his or her way or my way or highway, listen up because you will hear something different today. You'll be more educated after watching this video than the average family doctor. As an example, a newly diagnosed top two diabetic patients, particularly those overweight patients or patients who fail to comply with the lifestyle changes and so forth, and they need to control their blood sugar levels, right? Well they're typically prescribed metformin. That's pretty much the gold standard. Even pre-diabetics or people with PCOS get metformin as the first agent. Why is that? Well because it is super cheap, it is effective for those who can tolerate it. So why not, right? So most people end up using it. Some people, typically a minority of the people, love it. A majority, if not hated, but they kind of learn to deal with the side effects or learn to live with it. But if you knew your alternatives, you could make a better decision or at least discuss your options with your doctor, for example. You need to know the mechanism of action of metformin also to understand your alternatives better, right? So metformin has a number of effects on body's glucose regulation. It primarily lowers glucose synthesis, making glucose in the liver and prevents the glucose absorption in the gut. Metformin also boosts the glucose absorption through the skeletal muscle so that the glucose does not hang out in your blood. Finally, it also enhances insulin sensitivity as a result lowers your blood sugar levels. Metformin has no effect on insulin secretion. So what are your alternatives? Let's start with the simplest one, the lifestyle change, right? Well the studies have repeatedly confirmed that you can actually achieve diabetes control, especially early stages, by restricting calorie and carbon take. Because excess fat in the liver causes excess supply of fat in the pancreas, which leads to impaired functioning of the pancreas, which is the insulin producing hormonal gland in your body. Now reduced intake of calories not only decreases the production of glucose, but also contributes to weight loss along with the clearance of fat from the liver and pancreas. What is your other option? Well eccentric release metformin can be an alternative to standard metformin as well. So most of you may never heard of that, or some of you may already be taking this, but it is slightly more tolerable than regular metformin. But there is no guarantee that you will be able to tolerate eccentric release metformin if you have trouble to begin with metformin as well. Now berberine as an alternative to metformin as well, right? So berberine is a great diabetes supplement that is frequently used to treat type 3 diabetes, not by the doctors but by the people. Now berberine is a bioactive compound found in a variety of plants including the berberous shrub family. But berberine is a really good compound that can improve insulin sensitivity. Hundreds of different studies have been conducted to determine its effect on type 3 diabetes and cholesterol and most of them pointing to metformin like features. It works with a cellular mechanism called AMP kinase activation which is an enzyme that works as a partial signal switch and it helps you improve your insulin resistance by making your own body breakdown glucose better and faster as a result of that your cholesterol also improves and your LDL the bed cholesterol also improves. What else it does? It also improves the gastrointestinal flora, your bacteria in the gastrointestinal system by increasing the good bacteria and it helps to reduce the amount of carbohydrates that are absorbed or broken down by your body. So although berberine like metformin can cause side effects too. So many people prefer berberine over metformin because it is completely natural and it has a lower toxic potential than the other agents like metformin and unlike pharmaceuticals such as metformin berberine is completely natural it is completely plant-based and it can be found in supplements. Now we're gonna talk about the berberine's cousin the hydroberberine a second but before that I want to emphasize that both berberine and metformin can cause gastro intestinal distress but berberine is less likely to do so. So is there anything better than berberine right? That's a question. Is there such thing? Yes the hydroberberine is a superior form of berberine. The hydroberberine's chemical structure allows it to be more readily absorbable by the body and it reduces the side effects. Simply put only a portion of the standard berberine is absorbed after passing through the gut such as like 20% of it. Now berberine has a problem with the absorption and distribution in the body overall. As a result a greater portion of the berberine is wasted and it can lead to bacteria digesting berberine causing bloating and so forth. This is why the hydroberberine is superior to berberine because when you take the hydroberberine directly the active form of a berberine is not wasted it is totally absorbed and distributed and metabolized within the body very easily. Now scientists also discovered that the hydroberberine has a higher bioavailability overall five times actually not overall five times better bioavailability. So remember in our super berberine product we have the hydroberberine and saline cinnamon in a 20 to 1 concentration very strong according to my longtime research that is the best combination and a healthier natural alternative to metformin. There are other drugs such as sulfonylurea drugs some people may say alternative to metformin but it's no it's not. The mechanism of action is totally different than metformin and the side effects of these medications like galapazide, galiburide or galamopride are totally different and worse. They make your pancreatic cells make insulin all the time without taking a break causing long-term failure of your pancreatic beta cells. You can still have even abdominal pain and diarrhea but the worst problems associated with sulfonylurea class is that it is low blood sugar and weight gain. So what are the other pharmaceutical alternatives to metformin then that is not sulfonylurea? Well pyagilthazone is one. Pyagilthazone is licensed in FDA approved for a long time. It reduces the insulin resistance in the liver muscle and fat tissue as well and as a result you know your body will be able to uptake the glucose a lot easier. So it is in a sense we call it an insulin sensitizer in a way similar to metformin although not exactly. It does not have the gastrointestinal side effects of metformin but it does cause weight gain, water retention or edema you can call it and a possible worsening of heart failure if you are taking that medication with insulin and a possible increased risk of bone fractures have been reported and a slight but questionable risk of bladder cancer that is not necessarily confirmed. However if you or someone in your family has bladder cancer I would definitely stay away from pyagilthazone. There are tons of other diabetic medications that you can replace metformin with but they do not work necessarily like metformin and they are definitely not cheap. They also come with their own sets of side effects and in my opinion and in my practice I find the hydroberberine and saline cinnamon as the best natural alternative to metformin. That is why we came up with the superberberine after a year of research and studying. So make sure that you check that out on our website. Now if you cannot afford superberberine which I totally understand you can still consider extended or leased metformin or pyagilthazone as a less expensive generic medication option or you can simply switch to a different medication that your insurance covers if keeping your glucose under control is your ultimate goal. Again berberine and the hydroberberine also provide longevity benefits, anti-cancer benefits and heart benefits as well that you may not find in other diabetic medications. Now a few medications such as Jardians, Farsiga and Osempic and Victosa are some few examples of diabetic medications that have been proven to be cardiovascularly beneficial. So make sure you discuss those options with your doctor as well. So when it comes to natural alternatives though unless your doctor is open to those things you will probably just waste your time they will block you out so don't even bother discussing those with your doctor if they are not open to it. Do your own research keep learning and at the end that's why I'm here I hope this video helped you understand the best alternatives to metformin I'll see in the next video remember to like subscribe and share see you guys later. Hey guys I hope you're enjoying this channel so far and I hope you subscribed already if you didn't do it and if you did watch this video right there I think that will help you too.


Welcome everyone to the briefing of Operation Gatekeeper which the Queensland Police Force State Crime Operations Task Force Argos has been conducting. How we got to this point is in January 2010 Task Force Argos detectives from State Crime Operations commenced the investigations in regard to a website that was well known within Australian and other jurisdictions over the world. One of our investigations has led us to an address at Hallensvale on the Gold Coast. Police executed a warrant at that address when they located a 23 year old male person who has since been charged for possessing child exploitation images.  Within that website we were able to take control of it and within it we discovered there were 44,000 child exploitation images, some 88,000 postings, a posting being somebody has either made a comment about the images on the website or they have themselves posted a child exploitation material image. From taking possession of that website we were also able to ascertain over 21,000 individual users from 100 countries had accessed that website and either posted images or made comments about those images. Investigations within Queensland led us to execute some 46 warrants across the state leading to the arrest of 21 adult male persons and the dealing of with one juvenile at age 15. We have charged those 21 persons with 86 charges. They either have appeared before the court or presently before the courts. We are also perhaps the best sign of the success of this operation was we were able to locate 29 child victims. Of those 29 child victims one of those children resided here in Brisbane. We were further able to identify four other children in New South Wales through our expert victim identification officer at Task Force Argos. We then identified a further eight child victims in Russia. Another five child victims in Mexico. The other victims resided in the UK and the USA. Can I just make this point that these images are not just images. These images themselves create a demand within the market and a demand which to supply that demand leads to the exploitation of children. So that's the first point I want to make. The second point I want to make that your possession or accessing these websites is adding to that demand market. Behind each one of these images there's a child getting abused. The next point I wish to make about these images is it's quite obvious there's a direct correlation between these images and children being offended. People that possess these images or have an unsavoury interest in these images are usually involved with some type of offending against children. The next point I wish to make about this is most of these offenders in which we have knocked on their doors have been sitting in their home in the security that they think they cannot be touched by law enforcement agencies. Can I please say this that if you're on your computer at home it is no safety for you not being located. Police will follow you into your home either through the images or through the websites which you're accessing and we will knock on your door and prosecute you for those offences. The occupations range from those unemployed to semi-professional people and process workers. There are a number of people with access to children but specifically no teachers. No. What were the ages of the children who were removed from home? The child in Brisbane was 11 years of age. The children within the images age from infants up to adolescents. The children that were removed in other countries such as Russia were all under the age of 16 years of age. Police, when you took over this operation from the House in Helensvale, did you run it out of the House in Helensvale or here in Auckland? No, once we execute the warranted Helensvale we're able to get the material that we needed and we ran it from back here at Task Force Argos. How did you find the child in Brisbane? Through the images. Was it a male child? It was a male child. It was related to the child? It was known to the offender and the offender was actively using the website to access images. So Helensvale man was he actually posting this international website so that his international website basically started in Australia? The website itself is based of a server which is located in Holland in Europe and the individual in Helensvale was the administrator of that site.  How difficult was that job for Argos to protect the child from the other thing? Well we didn't actually run the site. Often when we obtained the details of the site and had the administrator we were able to very quickly close the site down and freeze it. Obviously we don't want a site like that running. So the primary thing was to close it down but in closing the site down one of our other priorities was ensuring that we encapsulated as much evidence as we could from that website which we did. I mean this could be a massive job. Most people think of people who access child porn. You think of older men. But the people you think child porn is in here in juvenile and a lot of them are 21, 19. Are you surprised by the ages of the alleged family? No I'm not. I think everyone has this stereotype that it's an older male person. This crime class is committed by people from different ages, different walks of life and different sexes as well. How did you come across this problem then? Was it a tip off from international or was this by your own good work? It was through Task Force Argos's efforts. I won't talk about the mythology about how we did it because we'd like to keep that to ourselves. But over the last few years can I just say this that the technologies have advanced in this area but alongside the abilities of Task Force Argos and the police have also advanced and we've become quite acute in our methodology to target these type of people. What age would be the youngest child found in USF Wales? I haven't got those details right. Are you expecting further arrest? Yes we are. We have a number of computers that are still being forensically examined and a number of inquiries running out so we predict there will be further arrest. Is that being to state and internationally important? Yes. Are any of the 21 accused repeated then? No. Have any of them been dealt with through the courts? Have they used it finalised for any of the sentences? I believe some have been finalised. No I don't, sorry. When was the Helen family arrested? And then when did you...  Okay it was in January 2010 and between January 2010 and now a lot of those people that were on that side and especially when we initially took that side people were actively still trying to gain access and make postings to that side which we of course kept that to ourselves with the idea that we could still capture IP addresses of people trying to access that at side or download material. So even... Let me try. As soon as you arrested the Helen's bar man you immediately just age like shut it down but people could still access that side. People would still try and access the side but they could not access the child exploitation material. Well we've got IP addresses or addresses from over 100 countries and the offenders are predominantly in, as I said, Russia, Mexico, UK and USA. Did you go along to any of the sentences? No I didn't. Did anyone read what the reaction was from these people? I think the normal reaction of these type of people is they think they're safe in their home behind a computer. They see it as a victimless crime it is not a victimless crime. Each one of those images is a crime scene photo of a child getting abused. This has had some impact on the successes over the years but it doesn't seem to have stopped up a bit. Is there ever going to be an end to this? I hope there is going to be an end to it but as we've seen over the years the market is still there. People are still accessing this material. People are still producing this material and placing it on websites. How would you describe the images? No, did I tell you before but in terms of severity I know in the past they range from... I think images, if you were to say to me is something bad or really bad. I think it's all bad.  How big is the problem in Australia and how do we compare the rest of the world? I think in Australia we're very successful in this crime type. I think comparatively around the world it's wherever the websites are around the world which is worldwide. That's why they call it WWW. So the problem is worldwide and I don't think Australia is any worse than any other country. Can you pass on the IP addresses if you have any idea of made arrests based on that? Yes, we have. We've passed it on to our counterparts and other jurisdictions. We've worked in partnership with Australian Federal Police and also other law enforcement agencies overseas. No, they've made any arrests overseas based on what you've given them. Yes, I have. I believe Russia for one. Not any other? Mexico. What sort of conditions have they been in? What sort of conditions have they been in? Are they held or...? No, notoriously these type of people will be friend children. They will be friend their own children, unfortunately, or relatives' children or family friends' children. They'll access children any way they can. When was the child physically removed from that situation if he hadn't unleashed on how long he's been going on for? I don't know exactly the details of how long he's been going on for, but when we came aware of it last year, we removed the child straight away. No, I don't. Do you know how many figures have been charged in the country? Australia-wide. I know the figures for Queensland. I haven't got the Australia-wide figures. Great on-scale child exploitation websites. Would this be the largest, one of the largest to have been shot down? I don't think it's the largest, but I think what we've seen here in Australia is predominantly these websites have been based overseas. The administrators have been overseas. But here in Queensland for the first time, I believe, we've actually seen a homegrown administrator on a website with a significant site with postings from numerous countries, 100 countries, as I've said. So in Queensland, do you think it's much more investigational? Yes, we did. We made referrals to all the other agencies overseas. We work in partnership with those other agencies, and we're making nearly daily contact with those. So how does the website work? Do you have to have a password to get into there? No. You can log on, and you can become a user, and then you can access, make postings and comments, just like most other websites. How does the website interact with other child exploitation websites? Sometimes these websites link to each other. Sometimes they stand alight. Well, I don't think it's right. That's right. So from the 44,000 images we've taken possession of from the website, we then went and executed warrants, 46 warrants in total. And from those 46 warrants, we've taken possession of 3,000 and 7, 307,000 images. You said sometimes they link to other websites. Sometimes they don't. In this particular case, did this website have connections to other websites? No. Have you made any commercial benefit out of these websites? I think all websites, as an administrator, can make a form of money, but notoriously with these websites, they're not set up for a commercial venture. They're usually set up for the enjoyment, if you could call it enjoyment, of people, and to facilitate the trading of images. This man, what was his idea of doing it for you? Well, I don't know what he specifically was doing it for. Unable to answer that. The 23 oil that Hallensvale is very IT savvy, I'd call it. Very articulate with the use and administration of websites and the downloading of images. Like this, and a web for the international website would be based in a Queensland city like that. I think the strong message we've got from this operation Gatekeeper is that it no longer sits offshore in Australia. This type of venture can occur in our own backyard in Queensland. And that's the, I suppose, the characteristics of websites in the IT world this day that we have to deal with. We don't know exactly. At least 12 months. I do. I think there needs to be some community understanding that, you know, the viewing and accessing of these images is an offence. And as I said before that the more important message to get out to people is that if you are viewing or possessing these images you're creating a market for children to be exploited. We've had one other in Queensland on the north coast some three years ago, I believe. Not on the scale? Not on the scale.


Good morning, everybody. It's another new day. We're continuing our journey from Sudbury, Ontario over to Edmonton, Alberta Dropped by home for a quick reset.  That's taking me down into Minnesota So the Winnipeg headed west Makes sense because the Sun is in the south The daylight hours are getting longer though And that is very encouraging. It means a new year is coming all new years here already, but For me the year sort of begins when the snow melts So we're gonna be driving as far as we can today I'm allowed to drive 13 hours in one day in Canada. I have to do that within 16 hours From when I start my day to when I end my day has to be no more than 16 hours for those of you not familiar with Canadian hours of service That should get us to around Lloyd Minster, Alberta That's what I'm thinking. That's where I'd like to get to tonight. That's a long way from here That's about 1,100 kilometers 1,200. I might even get past Lloyd. Who knows? But Lloyd is the goal North Battleford is The consolation Saskatoon is a fail. I want to get as far as I can because I want to Really really Have as much time as possible for tomorrow Tomorrow, I'm unloading this freight in Edmonton on Niscue just south of Edmonton And then I have to run over to Meadow Lakes to sketch on which is a five-hour drive. They're open till 10 p.m And that's in central time. So I'm losing an hour coming from Alberta back into Saskatchewan So six hours from when I leave Edmonton there. I can't forget that time change But I want to get as far towards Minnesota as I can yet I'm just trying to get as far as I can. I want to make as much as like as much of this week as I can All blue is scheduled for a service this Friday So once I'm done this rounder All blue will go into the shop get a nice detailed bath Deserves it The engine will get all those fluids changed out get greased get new filters Get screened over by a fine tooth comb See if there's anything else that I missed that needs to be looked at The truck has been doing really good for me. I mean obviously like knock on wood, but I've been very impressed. I was nervous buying a used truck. I want an older truck. That's what I wanted I wanted a W9. This one came for sale and everything about it looked perfect, right? Nothing looked fishy But I'm always a little bit nervous, you know when you buy a used vehicle when you buy used anything even like a house or Anything There's always the chance that you're just buying someone else's headache and they've sort of just put lipstick on the pig and Made it look nice, but really underneath. It's a big old lemon not this one. I Still talk to the previous owner They're really good guy Doesn't live too far away from me lives like two minutes away from it From the same town same background And he had all the records to show me that he took care of the truck He didn't just tell me he took care of it He had the records to prove it so he came with the receipts and said look I've been taking care of this truck I've rebuilt the engine. I've done this. I've done that and I've taken care of it I was still nervous, but you know went through with it and boy am I glad that I did He was an honest man of integrity and you know guys like that You don't find too often anymore Here's just a good guy Didn't lie about anything there were a few things that needed to be adjusted on the truck or needed to be looked at Or fixed he told me about them straight up said this this doesn't work This needs to be fixed. This is going this will need to be replaced But I did this this and this and that's the kind of driver I strive to be to I Don't ever plan on selling all blue But I do take detailed records on absolutely everything that I do to this truck everything that I add to it so that you know if the If the time ever did come it'd be a very sad day as it was for the previous owner too When I picked the truck up off his driveway I could tell it was hard for him to say goodbye to it But he had his reasons And I believe they revolved around family reasons to be home He'd been in old blue himself. It wasn't called old blue then. I don't know what he called the truck probably just the truck And he'd been in this truck for eight years So that's a big part of his life that you know you gotta say goodbye to and I felt for him a lot of man That must be hard as excited as I was to take it home, right to my shop When you care for a truck that much for that long it becomes a part of you, right? And he might even be watching this video now, so hey How's it going? Told him about my videos and that he's commented on a few before He's a good guy And it's nice to know that if anything if I have any questions about the truck I can always you know shoot him a message and and ask him and let me know I'm still getting to know old blue. We've been together since May of last year. I guess June I put her on the road June 2022 I think for the most part all the little things that needed to be looked at we we got fixed She's been doing really good for me Slowly putting my own My own touch on the truck making it my own adding more lights That is definitely me the more lights the better ask my wife I love lights everywhere in the house on the truck everywhere more lights the better More lights got my new steering wheel in here. This was a gift from Jim thankful for that But I love my job to me. This isn't a job. This is a lifestyle. This is who I am A big part of who I am Not only am I a son a brother a husband soon to be a dad I'm also a trucker. That's part of my That'll always be part of my identity. You can never take that away from me You can take the truck away from the man You can't take the truck out of the man though. Is that how the saying goes? You can take the man out of the truck. You can't take the truck out of the man. You guys know what I meant I may not be a millionaire I may not own a big yacht in the Caribbean one day Let I'll be happy beautiful beautiful Saskatchewan Canadian prairies Stopping at the Petro Pass up here in Grenfell. I Was gonna go all the way to Balgoni and fuel up the flying J there, but My fuel gauge is going down faster than I thought it would we're uh Well blue is a little thirsty pulling these reels through the prairie wind here. So I didn't quite I'm not gonna risk it. I'm already at like an eighth of a tank and fellas right here. This is a newer Petro Pass It came up well probably like four or five years ago already, but it wasn't here when I started driving so it's still new to me Get to it. Is this the exit? Yes Yes, this is the exit. It's right there. There's the sign They're owned by BVD petroleum. I think I don't know if they're owned by them or they're partnered with them You'll see it on the sign just around the corner here Open 24-7 gas diesel convenience store bistro restaurant showers laundry Wi-Fi ATM Lotto They got everything they got diesel fuel cuz I'm gonna need a lot of it.  They haven't been looking good this whole trip I've been averaging under five miles per us gallon. I got this giant steel parachute behind me Not only is it it's not too heavy, but it's and it's heavy enough. It's also just really big It is what it is I accepted the load so it's worthwhile for me Here it is up here and they got it around the corner is sort of sneaky you got to know where to go How do we case so the pumps we got to go around the back and face forward? I don't want to go in backwards Block and everything do not enter do not enter. Well, where are we supposed to enter? Okay? I'm gonna have to go turn around somewhere now Is the entrance? There's all this parking here lots. Oh, it's over. There's another entrance over here. Okay. This is new They made this parking lot bigger and this entrance is different. That was not like that last time I don't know when they did that but I Haven't stopped here in a while.  That should be enough fuel to get us all the way to Edmonton Should be we'll see how the wind treats us on the highway That wind is just relentless Lots of parking here though This was all grass before and the parking lot ended like somewhere around here and there was maybe like Spots for 15 trucks. Maybe now you could fit probably like Oh 50 to 75 trucks in here. Maybe more. Oh And people are lining up over there. Well, I want to go get in line in the correct way I guess so there is another entrance on that side over there How confusing is this? I'm gonna get in get in line and not cut the line over here They've made this really confusing Wasn't expecting it to be so busy now, you know Don't go in that entrance over there unless you just want to get to the parking lot if you want to get to the fuel islands There's another entrance on this side and get in line. Don't cut the line Don't listen to her. She doesn't know what she's talking about. I'm turnin here.  This is a totally different stop now good for them like this is way better You just got to figure out the parking lot and the pumps a little bit here. All right, here's the lineup Expecting to have to wait for fuel here. I thought this was a smaller little truck stop Not anymore a guy in front of the guy in front of me played a prank And he turned this nozzle off or he shut the valve off there I Guess he's playing a prank the guy in front of me couldn't figure it out He's getting all mad that the pump wouldn't work so he left And I pull up I noticed that right away turned it on pump works fine just had to open the valve So this valve here shuts off fuel flow through this pump here and the guy in front couldn't figure it out Before I come and tell him He just took off all mad and the pump wasn't working went around a different pump Always make sure that the valve is open some guys like to pull pranks and close them I don't do that So we bought 675 liters and spent $1,362 and 91 cents Canadian That was from Thunder Bay, Ontario to Grenfell, Saskatchewan Neaky guys, you know funny guys funny I didn't see the guy who turned it off But it had to have been the guy before the guy in front of me Because for the longest time I couldn't figure out why the guy in front of me was getting mad at the pump and It's taking forever. I was what's taking so long and finally, yeah, it leaves in a hurry I was about to come out and help him I would have been able to tell him that right away because this is one of the first things that I looked for Is the valve open? So tip to you for the future When you're fueling if your pump is not pumping juice Just check to make sure that valve is open Simple as that Simple fix Don't got to ruin anyone's day Okay, the sun has set. We got a long way to go yet Price of diesel fuel here is $2 and 2 cents per liter Canadian and 675 liters 0.04 liters if we're being accurate, which equals 53.7 liters per 100 kilometers or 53.7 liters per 100 kilometers and us miles per gallon 53.7 liters per 100 kilometers is 4.38 miles per gallon. Can you feel the pain? 4.38 miles per gallon We're just gonna pretend we're playing golf and the lowest score wins We did great Wish I'll never speak of this That's a lie. I'm a vlogger. I talk about everything even the bad days I like to keep my fuel mileage at about six or higher miles per us gallon 4.38 Sometimes the wind and the weather and the load just uh, they don't help you they drag you down It is what it is so making money so Let's get out there. I'm not making any money sitting here. Let's get out there full of juice I think this is the best way out of town. Maybe I could have gone that way For once you're right Karen. I'll give you that Even a broken clock is right twice a day. I don't know if it would have been faster going the other way Like I said before this is not my usual stop. I don't stop here very often at all I didn't even know they doubled the size of the truck stop there And it looks like it's been like that for a little while already and it shows you how often I stop here I usually go through the Balgoni flying j couldn't get quite as far So 675 liters or 178 or 173 gallons us gallons And I burnt that in just over 1200 kilometers Or what would that be? Less than a thousand miles trans canada number one this away He is her Well, this stop sign is not quite sure you want me to stop or you know, we always are you okay? It's been partying too hard. Look at this guy Maybe it's supposed to flash like that got my attention, right? That's the whole point of it Dude, your axles are all the way at the back of your trailer Makes him have to take an even wider turn All right, let's go. Look at that sky.  Wow Stoneship in my window last week And I tried to fix it at home And it didn't work as well as I wanted it to I have a windshield repair kit, right? And it fills in the chip so that it doesn't spread or turn into cracks, but You can still see where it was And I thought it would do a little bit better job concealing it It's right there right in the middle of the window to replace the whole window anyways if it cracks out from there Trying to avoid that it is all filled up. So maybe Maybe it'll be okay white minster I still have an hour on my clock. So we're going to keep going even further I surpass our goal for today It's been a good day steady driving Stopped for fuel and a bathroom break and that was pretty much it check the load a couple of times Good steady day of hard driving Gate to the left on trans-candidate highway highway 16 changing time zone Beautiful alberta Full 13 hours driving 300 meters turn left on 53 street highway 870 That is that that was a long day How far did we go today? Let's see From my location To steiner 1220 kilometers We made the most of this day Drove pretty much the full 13 hours just barely made it had like Three minutes left on the clock Whoo, well, I'll show you where we're at in the morning once the sun comes up. I'll give you a look around here and uh I'll take it from there. We'll see you in just a second. Have you ever seen anyone put a jacket on that fast? This is where we spent the night The petrol pass up on a hill this was packed last night already so everyone's been Everyone who got here before me is pretty much on the road already makes sense So thanks for hanging out with me on this long drive. I'll see you tomorrow