Somewhere in that part of the world where jungles are lush and tensions are constant, brutal and cynical men set the stage for danger as they lie in ambush for their own countrymen, men of their own nation's army. Frontier of civilization leers the face of war in our time. Not the only face to be sure, but one that is becoming increasingly familiar. The face of unconventional war, casting from a remote corner shadows that reach across the world. The world has long been familiar with two military challenges posed by the forces of world communism, the challenge of nuclear war and the challenge of large-scale conventional war. The United States and the free world have met these challenges by maintaining the ability to fight both kinds of war, an ability so powerful it has deterred the communists from starting either one. Today we see with increasing frequency evidence of another technique the communists use whenever they consider the occasion appropriate. The technique of unconventional warfare, the third challenge. Good news, comrade, the province to the north is now ours. Good. That is very good. These are the men who unleashed the dogs of war today. Victory is near, comrade. We have seen their like in our time before. Revolutionaries marks this style. They spread their communism by waging the shadowy hit-and-run war of the guerrilla on the regular forces of the established government of their country. And as they move through the countryside, from village to village, they bring against the people themselves other powerful weapons, weapons of persuasion. Come out. Let us talk together. We have much to say to one another. Come closer. Let us get acquainted. These are the people who must be convinced that rebellion is good, that the war which ravages their land is in their interest. Marxism or communism, not yet. That will come later, much later. Remember Fidel Castro? Half the world debated whether he was communist while he consolidated his gains and won his revolution. No, the message now is one aimed at the gut and the heart of the people, food, land, hope, the promise of a better life. And with this message, he begins to reach them. They are with him now, and their support is indispensable to him.  No revolution can succeed without the firm support of the people. Yes, he has them, and now he can begin to press his demands. Lacky soldiers of the imperialist army. The pages of the bloody history of our times. Remember Cuba, Indochina, anguish and horror the communists bring today to the free part of that nation, Vietnam. And remember, who we can never afford to forget, the master design which unifies all these insurgent actions. On January 6, 1961, Premier Nikita Khrushchev makes official what the world has known for some time. He announces that the Soviet Union stands behind and supports what he calls Wars of Liberation, by which he means insurgent actions which bring new territory under communist domination. Yes, assuredly, the masters of world communism have a substantial stake in the subversive rebellions around the world. So they're quite interested in the progress of the war in this small far-off country. The war fought with guerrilla tactics and weapons of the mind, and with even stronger methods were necessary. For the technicians of revolution know how to take care of resistance and how to make a clear example of anyone who offers it. Please, leave us in peace. We wish not trouble in this village. When necessary, persuasion when possible, and always the tactics of hidden warfare. With village after village taken over, the tide of communist control continues its steady sweep through the countryside. From the communist point of view, this little war is progressing very well indeed. And the rebellion has reached the stage where it poses a serious threat to the government. It is in light of this situation that the government has called on the United States for help. And the word out of Washington tonight is that the United States will respond quickly. American interest is aroused. A television correspondent visits a briefing room in the Pentagon to get the answers from a Defense Department expert on unconventional warfare. Sir, I think that our viewers across the nation would like to know, first of all, two things. Why are we going to be involved? And how does it serve America's interest for us to become involved? We are going to give assistance because the authorized and lawful government has asked us for help. The government over there is in dire danger of overthrow from a subversive force that is supported and supplied by other communist states. The government over there believes, and our own military advisers agree, that their federal forces are strong enough to take care of the situation if they are properly trained to fight the shadowy, elusive guerrilla war, the enemy is fighting. We're going to send the men who can train them to fight that kind of war. And we have these men, experts in this kind of guerrilla warfare? You bet we have. At Fort Bragg, North Carolina, home of the Special Warfare Center, a new kind of soldier has emerged, the Special Forces Trooper, the man who specially is guerrilla fighting. He is distinguished by the green beret he wears. But he is distinguished too by a good deal more than that. He is identified by his toughness and his skill. This kind of soldier trains to fight a lonely war, anywhere, under any conditions, against an enemy who lives in shadows and strikes in stealth. To do this, he must learn a whole new way of life. He has to depend on the land and on himself, for his shelter. For his shelter. He has to depend on the land and on himself, for his food. He must be master of his environment. And to be this, he must conquer whatever fear of it he holds. There will be few broad highways for him to travel. His roots will be those that once were called impassable. He trains to make them passable. The impassable cliff, the impenetrable jungle, the unpredictable river, these are his avenues. These are some of the physical skills he masters. There are many more. He learns to handle all kinds of rivercraft. He is a paratrooper. He becomes an expert in the arts of sabotage. He grows adept at handling all weapons, including those used by communist countries. And beyond the realm of muscle and courage, there are other skills he must develop. He has to acquire a working knowledge of the language of the country in which he will serve. He must learn enough about field medicine to take care of emergencies, broken bones, infections, burns. He is also trained to perform minor surgical procedures. He becomes a highly qualified radio operator. His radio, if he is lucky enough to have one, will be his only contact with the world he leaves behind him. But the ability to survive is, of course, only part of the guerrillas' needs. In the end, his effectiveness will be measured in terms of his ability to destroy and to harass. So he becomes, finally, an expert in the techniques and the tools of destruction. All the military services today are giving greater emphasis to training for this kind of war. In the Navy, this training is reflected in the activities of a special group of sailors. Men who must master the water and use it as the guerrilla soldier must master and use the land. The jobs they train for are as varied as they are dramatic. They make beach reconnaissance. They take hydrographic information which can be used to prepare the way for invasion. They can take assure saboteurs who can operate behind the enemy's lines. They can carry with them demolitions to blow up harbor and shipping facilities, fighting the silent war of the special war. Air Force Special Air Warfare Center in Florida is the home of the Air Force's special warriors who are known as Air Commandos. Air Commandos prepare themselves to provide close air support for counterinsurgency and to deploy troops and equipment rapidly to areas of guerrilla activity. Air Commandos parachutists make up combat-controlled teams which can spearhead guerrilla or counter-guerrilla operations. These men, dropped into the forward areas, are able to direct and control airstrikes, resupply missions and the landing of Army's forces. The Marines, who are conditioned to the rugged training of small units and individuals, provide an excellent example of the way conventional units train to defeat unconventional forces. Indispensable to this training, of course, is an understanding of how the guerrilla operates. Because of his tenuous status, he will never stand and fight if he can help it. The principles of speed and surprise and employing guerrilla tactics themselves, unfeasible, can enable a conventional force to encircle the guerrilla position, blocking his escape. Thus trapped, firepower can destroy him. Crucial test of all these special skills in which members of all the services train is the classic test of all combat preparation, the effect on the enemy. The special warrior, no less than any other, trains to fight if and when he is called upon to do so, and to fight in the special way for which he is prepared, very likely deep in enemy territory, possibly in cooperation with unconventional forces of other friendly nations. This is the wartime mission for which he trains. But in peacetime, or in the condition of cold war which passes for peace in our day, his talents can be used in another way. They can be used to help free nations threatened by communist insurgents, develop the ability to withstand and defeat those rebellious forces. The problem is somewhat broader than combat tactics alone. A successful counterinsurgency operation has to include a program of civic action, too. A program in which the regular military forces of the country can ensure the allegiance of the people by identifying themselves as the people's protectors and champions. The guerrilla, being the special kind of fighter he is, can survive and win only if he has the support of the people. And when they have the people's support, they have a firm base for operations. They have protection, they have a source of supply, they have an intelligence network. To defeat the communist insurgent, his link with the people, both physically and psychologically, must be broken. And to accomplish this, the people themselves, the peasant, the villager, must be convinced, not just in words, but by deeds, that their established government is their true friend and benefactor, who will help them improve their lot and their lives. Without this, tactical training alone would not do the job. And guidance in this field of civic action, then, will be part of the assistance we provide? It will. At Fort Gordon, Georgia, the Army conducts a civil affairs school in which this concept is stressed in detail. The Army, incidentally, has primary responsibility for conducting instruction in civil affairs. But members of all services attend the Army schools, as well as members of the armed forces of friendly nations. Civic action itself is complicated, involving as it does political, social, economic, and other factors. But the central theme of instruction is basically simple. As you work with the services of other countries to develop their counterinsurgency capabilities, show them how they, the military forces themselves, can help satisfy the people's demands. For in many of these countries, the military forces are the only element with the skills and equipment needed. More than any other group, they have the knowledge and training in the political, economic, and social factors relating to counterinsurgency. Moreover, they have the trucks and road graders and tractors, which, when they are not needed for military operations, can be used to build roads. They have the equipment to drain the swamps and direct the schools, which in a village may be the difference between health and disease, between knowledge and illiteracy. In the counterinsurgency course offered at the Special Warfare School at Fort Bragg, the same message threads through all counter-guerrilla instructions, even to the point of demonstrating how needed equipment can be improvised. A simple thing like a projector, for instance, which utilizes sunlight and can be constructed out of basic materials, can be an effective method of bringing education to a village that has no teachers. And thus, even this humble item becomes a potent weapon in the war for men's minds. The war for men's minds. You know, this whole emphasis on wars fought in the brush and the jungle, and in the minds of men who probably have no concept of the world beyond their village, how does our ability to fight and train others to fight this kind of war fit into the picture today? When we and the enemy we face, both are armed with nuclear weapons, which give war itself a new dimension. Well, let's take a look at that broad picture. A major war fought with nuclear weapons obviously is the first challenge we face, but we're well prepared to meet this challenge. Our greatest strength lies in our nuclear power and our ability to deliver. This power is such that it would be able to survive a nuclear surprise attack from the enemy and strike back with sufficient force to destroy the enemy target system. By maintaining our margin of superiority in this striking power, we intend to continue deterring the masters of the Soviet empire from grand scale aggression. The communists professed horror of thermal nuclear war, however. It doesn't mean that they have renounced war as an estimate of policy. They haven't, for instance, ruled out conventional war. War is limited geographically and fought with conventional weapons. This is the second challenge of war we face. Strike command is a well-despected example of the kind of power we have to fight the conventional war. Operating as a unified command based in the U.S., it has operational control of the combat-ready army divisions of the continental United States, and all the combat-ready fighter wings, tankers, and troop carriers of the tactical air command. From this massive power, it can be spawned immediately to emergency calls anywhere in the world, with a combat force specially tailored to the emergency. Strike command's chief characteristic is that it is flexible, and in this it is like the nation itself, in its ability to select the response most appropriate to the challenge. With this range of responses available to us, and with the communists aware that we stand ready to block any open aggression of theirs, we will be able to deter the Soviets from launching open war of any dimension, or, if they are reckless enough to begin one, to defeat them in it. But does this eliminate war from the communists' master plan? Unhappily, it does not. There still remains the third challenge, the wars the communists call popular uprisings, or liberation wars. They mean wars of subversion and covered aggression against the constitutive authority of a country. The communists frankly admit that they will support this kind of war. From their point of view, it would make sense if they could get by with it. They could win a good deal of the world this way, but they will not be able to get away with it. We intend to block this avenue of conquest as we are blocking all others, by training the forces of free governments who ask for such help to defeat the subversives who wage this kind of war. And this brings us to the situation of the moment. For as we send men over to the small proud ally who was asked for our assistance, this is precisely the kind of help we will provide. To the best of our ability, sir. Thank you, Captain. We are glad to have you here. Very glad indeed. Thus the mission begins, as the Americans come to the beleaguered country to train its forces to fight the communist insurgents. The training is strenuous and thorough.  For before you can defeat the guerrilla, you have to find him. And in order to find him, you have to be able to travel the way he travels. The guerrilla must always be kept off balance and on the run. He must be denied the opportunity to attack, and finally, he must be ferreted out and killed. Along with the military training begins the long, patient, painstaking effort of gaining the allegiance of the people, of convincing them through a program of civic action that their interests can best be served by the legally constituted authority of their country. Interest in the hard problems of their lives will reach their hearts. Not just professions of sympathy, the communists can and do give those, but actual and honest demonstrations are what pay off. With popular support swinging now behind the government, the insurgent is cut off from the support and the source of supply that he must have. With the guerrillas becoming isolated and with the regular forces becoming steadily more accomplished in the techniques of hidden warfare, the serious work of guerrilla hunting begins. This is slow war and hard war. But the long months of training, of patience and determination have their effect. Slowly, the heavy tide which threatened to engulf this land and the murk of communist enslavement begins to roll back. The turning tide rustles along the jungle floor as soldiers now well coached in the techniques of counter guerrilla warfare take the offensive, flushing out and destroying insurgent groups. The changing tide rolls out of the skies above the brush. The turning tide reaches far. It carries to the very headquarters of the leaders of the revolution with the word that the federal forces are closing in. The bold men who ravaged the land with such reckless spirit now turn and run. But the cause they served before is the same one they served now in crisis. If that cause can best be advanced by escaping, carrying with them the seeds and the techniques of the revolution, then escape is the highest good. All else is expendable. These men move in the conspiracy of those animated by a sinister dream. Mankind locked in the dead spirit of a Soviet world. In the sweep of this tortured vision defeats our temporary.  This is the unceasing challenge they pose. History's answer to this challenge lies now with a warrior who trains for stealth and cold violence. Who trains to fight the lonely and brutal war of the guerrilla. Who prepares to meet the enemy and defeat him in warfare's most distant regions. In the remote silences of the sea. In the changeless jungle brush. And in the changing minds of men. This is the unconventional warrior who trains to give his nation and the world of free men the weapon with which to meet and defeat. Communism's third challenge in our day. To crush the hope for victory from the ambitions of men who grind their heels on mankind's face in lands bleeding now and yet to bleed in the torment of red insurgency. To banish their dark dream to the shadows of history as it is written by free men.


The reason I watch Bill Maher every week is because I think Bill Maher is the only motherfucka that's out here telling the truth. Okay. I just really do. Like Bill Maher is out here telling the truth about what's going on without compromising motherfucking democracy. You know, he was talking, he always talks about how we are normalizing so many things that we shouldn't normalize anymore, especially in government and he was just talking about how Trump is at the point where Trump was just committing crimes in your face now.   You know what I'm saying? Yeah. And I just, I just like watching him, but he did this about a couple of weeks ago. He did this whole rant and the rant was really about, hold on, it was from a New York Times article. Okay. That's what he was referencing. And the New York Times article was entitled, our food is killing us. And it was a quote that reads, poor died is the leading cause of mortality in the United States. Then he listed all the terrible health conditions that are caused by obesity and he talked about how obesity is a huge part of a healthcare debate that nobody is, is having. Right. And he actually said something that we have said on this podcast a million times. If I'm not mistaking the first Bernadette podcast, the star shame enterprise was actually about how shame works. I've had plenty of people come up to me and say, Shalemain, you shamed me into losing weight, whatever, whatever.   And I think that's the thing with shame, right? The thing with shame is it don't matter if I say it publicly, if I put you to the side, if you're ashamed about something and I say it to you, that's inside you. It's inside you. You can't be offended by something that you don't feel insecure about.  That's it.  I've been talking with a list for 30 years. You can say whatever list joke you got.  Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. You know what I'm saying? You can say whatever about me. It don't bother me if it don't bother me. Exactly. Right?  Yeah.  We're not talking about them.  Majority of the people in America who are fat are fat because of overeating and lack of exercise. That is a fact. You can argue with me till the cows come home and there's no where you're going to read that doesn't tell you otherwise. I've never met a fat person that works out more than me. You know what I'm saying? Never once. I've never met one.  Yeah. So when you're giving people this medicine, you throw a little candy in it. Yes. And even though it's truth and jokes. Yes. When he says fat shaming works, I don't think, I think he's looking at it and I can't speak for him. I'm just saying that's the way we also look at it because that is what it's called, right?  I'm not though. I'm just telling that person, yo, lose some weight. You want to be here, right? You don't have a heart attack or whatever. So I'm not doing it on purpose. So I think when Bill Maher was saying that, that's what he was saying.  He's just telling them, yo, if they big, let them know. Yeah. If they obese, let them know. You encourage them to get in the shape. James Corden. Nobody ever lost weight because of compliments. Yes. And James Corden said, I have nothing but respect for Maher. I think he's terrific. I watched his show last night, but he said, what, he said, what did James Corden actually say? He said fat shaming.  He needs to make a comeback. And James Corden basically said, fat shaming is wrong.  He made it all about fat shaming, but this whole conversation was bigging in fat shaming, but being that we're only focusing on this, the one line Maher said about fat shaming, we're dismissing everything else about obesity and health care and overeating and lack of exercise. Like we get so distracted. You know what I mean? We're not distracted. He's been a parasite. You think he's just. Parasiting, man. Mm hmm. That's all he's doing. He's finding a bite that he can use to virtue signal on and then he can, you know, pat himself on the back and all his followers can be like, oh my God, you're so good. You're so right. Look how evil that person was. You shine some light on how evil they were. Parasite behavior, dude. Parasite, dude. Yeah. I'm not mad at James Corden for his opinion. You know what I'm saying? He has the right to his opinion. I am.  And that's an unhealthy thing. It is an unhealthy thing.  I would. I would have a light for him to have that conversation about Bill Maher. Here's the thing. I have no problem with you pushing back on the fat shaming thing. If you equally big up all the things that you agree with that he said. Yes. I did say he's right. Obesity is a real thing. And lack of exercise. And people are down to a little bit. But big that up just as much as you make a point about the fat shaming thing. You can tell Bill Maher you can do all of that without encouraging fat shaming. Whatever. But just big up the good and what Bill Maher said. As much as you big up what you deem is negative. Yeah.  Yes. And I think you get into trouble there because it's like, well, you can't just be a comedian the second motherfuckers give you pushback. And then all the other stuff you say that's serious. You go, no, that's, I meant to me. I meant that all of that. Yeah. You know, and I think that's where a lot of comics like is, I think it's tough for comics and most people in general, just to be content and just be entertainment. But just because it's a joke doesn't mean that it's false. Absolutely. Joke just, joke just means intention. Yes. But if he only did jokes, he could joke about that all he want. And then it's totally fine. But the fact that the beginning was serious and he was giving these serious points. It's almost like he's using the comedy as like a way to get out of jail free. But that's why I like Bill Maher. And that's cool. That's what I love. I think Bill Maher is the best host on television. Who's not Stephen Colbert? Yeah. You know what I'm saying? But Stephen does something totally different. Right. There's nobody I liked it. The only other person I used to like to hear that did what Maher did with John Stude. Yeah. John was phenomenal. Phenomenal. Yeah, yeah. Maher is Maher. I think Maher has killed Mike on this show all the time. Cause he gets it. Maher is center. Yeah. As much as people act like Maher is left-leaning. No. Maher is center. He's left. This is as much as you consider the right. It's just that right now, the right needs a lot more criticism. Right. But he's also heavy on the left. Like he's heavy on the criticism the left needs right now too? He hates the left. Listen. He thinks the left is responsible for the puthification of society. Yeah.  Y'all. He calls the left a shooting, a circle of shooters. What do they call it? Mexican shooter. Huh?  Yeah. What do they call it? Shooting. If everybody's shooting each other in a circle, everyone's dead. Not a circle jerk, a circular firing squad. Yeah, yeah, yeah. So everybody's killing each other. Everybody's in a circle. Everybody's shooting each other. You end up killing each other, canceling each other out.  You know what I mean? So he's just as hard on him as he is on the right. But I just like him cause I feel like there's nobody out there that's stating the obvious more than motherfucking Bill Maher. Yeah.   Right.  Yeah. We gotta start dismantling systems. Yeah.  But systems don't get retweets, bro.  Well, I'm not in the retweet. I'm in the actual work. Now we talking. You know what I'm saying? Dismantling systems takes time. Dismantling systems take time and they both take hard work to do. Yeah.


I'm so excited to do another palette review. I thrive off of eyeshadow palette reviews, okay, and ABH Came out with a banger. I mean, I haven't tried it yet, but like I was really really excited about it I feel like this palette is an ABH comeback because They're gonna be wrong they've come out with some palettes well one like this one and the purple one that you guys know I like they've come out with palettes that I've liked but this is the first palette in a while Where it's scream to me old-school ABH But new and modernized and better and I'm just I'm really excited about this palette So this is the nouveau palette from ABH. I did order this off of the ABH website It wasn't the quickest shipping would have gotten it sooner had I waited for it to launch on Sephora Which it did it's also available from what I've seen at most of forest stores If you want to check it out in person before picking it up But I will have links down below where you can pick up the palette. It is 55 US dollars not cheap But if ABH does a good job with this quality, I'm not gonna complain Doesn't specify anywhere that this is limited edition or not But they describe it as an all-in-one palette for immediate effortless looks from on the go to ultra glam on the ABH website It says that it's inspired by rich hues and duo chrome shades of summer dreams think amped up everyday neutrals perfect pops of color Ethereal whatever whatever. I think it looks like that like I'm excited. I see the vibes. I'm into the vibes Side note as we get close if my base looks a little messed up I filmed my Pat McGrath blush review right before this I was taking off and reapplying my makeup and then I took off my eye makeup and so yeah My base is a little jacked up, but I wanted to play with this palette. Okay, here we go So this is the box that it's going to come in It's just this beautiful green. I love it and you'll see the palette is made in the USA You have the colors here all of that and then the palette itself looks like this So you have this texture. I don't know what this is, but you can see it It's not the old school, you know velvet that ABH used just a couple years ago. I get super dirty So I like that and then here's the back It just has a sticker here to tell you where the product's made 12 months shelf life cruelty free So just in comparison to size. This is the most recent ABH palette Maybe it's not but this is the most recent when I bought the primrose palette You can see that this is Shorter than the primrose and then of course comparing it to the ABH Palettes that we used to go crazy for back in the day. This is the exact same size No, just a little shorter the same size Anyways, one thing that I do notice is different though. Well, let's open up the palette first I'm getting ahead of myself. You open it up.  Yes, I'm looking at this. I know it's boring I know it's neutral, but there's something about it that I had to have it like without question This is such a beautiful color story. It probably is doable when I look at it though I'm like, it's just so beautiful and cool tones and the pop of purple. Just put my name on it Now let's compare it to the size of the regular not regular But the older ABH palettes that a lot of us are probably familiar with so the pans in this one are actually Bigger because overall this has 1.34 net grams of product and then the ones that are this size Have 0.71 grams of product and you will see that each pan is bigger However, the older palettes have 14 shades whereas the newer one has 12 shades I would prefer 14 shades, but that's just me, but whatever. I like it I think the design all of it the aesthetic of this it feels very fresh But still true to the ABH that we all know and love I'm also happy that unlike the primrose palette like I don't know I didn't like these two big shadows at the bottom I just like the more classic eyeshadow style, but that's that on that Let's get to the swatches. I just want to dig my dirty little fingers in here. My fingers are not dirty though We're gonna start off with the top four wings Isle bell and with stereo. Oh, they feel good. Look at that. Mmm. I expected nothing left Wings is a metallic silver green with sparkling reflex Isle is a metallic blonde gold. Oh, I love that. Bell is a metallic antique bronze that looks really pretty and then Stereo is a matte pastel lavender with sparkling Reflex and that's watched very well. Then we have Lily or Lily Hope Paloma and Flute so a metallic rose gold with multi-dimensional reflex a metallic olive green with gold reflex a Cream ivory with sparkling reflex, but it's mad on impeach last for Liberty Peacock Metro and muse. These are the deepest shades matte muted hunter green Duo chrome bluish green with pink reflex matte rich clay Then we have a metallic dark chocolate brown. Oh, it's so beautiful. It's it's earthy It's fresh. It's ethereal. I'm loving this. I think this is beautiful. You can see it's a really great ratio of mats Shimmers and metallic. I'm into this. I love these swatches Everything swatched really beautiful and nothing feels like a dud and I noticed the mats a bh is known for their really loosely packed messy formula The mats felt less messy less Loosely pressed so we'll see how that translates on the eyes But this formula it feels like a bh except the mats aren't as messy So let's see. Let's get it on my eyeballs I cannot wait any longer feel like testing as many shades as possible today So we're gonna do two different eye looks. I normally don't like to do this It bothers my aesthetic. Okay, it messes it up But I just want to give you a nice thorough review of each shade So I do have Kaleidos to an activator eye primer on both of my eyelids right now We're just gonna go for the gusto. I'm gonna use an esum v33 and let's see what wisteria is all about That's that lilac shade.  I mean it's soft But yeah with that oops with that second coat. It's no longer soft Okay, we want this to run all the way through but this would be pretty just as like a one-and-done shadow That look is kind of popular now. Let's take a look at liberty right here No mess with that. I'm going to put this on the outer half of the eyelid. I'm not going for cute looks I'm going for making sure that this palette is of quality, but I hope they turn out cute Okay, so for some depth. I'm going into muse now This is a shimmer shade as you can see but it wasn't very reflective on swatch So I'm just gonna try it in the outer corner to see because if you want depth, you know That's the shade you're gonna have to go to. Oh, yeah, this is fine It's maybe not as smooth or creamy as it would be if it was an actual matte But that gives a lot of depth that did a really nice job, and it wasn't too messy I do have a little bit of fallout. I wish wouldn't happen since I've concealer, but it's fine I'm gonna put a little bit more of wisteria that did fade away a little bit. Oh, that looks good Okay, we're gonna take lily or lily which is this beautiful metallic shade And I'm gonna put this all over the lid just some green reflect in here, which is really pretty It goes really well with the Liberty shade. I mean, this is a BH right here I can totally tell don't even need to wet the brush I like how this shade has green reflex. So it's going into the green really well and Dan Let's try some of peacock right here, which is a duo chrome shade put that on the outer corner Well, not really but you see where I'm putting it. I'm leading it into the outer corner Wow, this look is pretty. Oh, yes I like it now. Let's get the lower lash line and for the lower lash line was Stereo it's going down here very nice and then Liberty I'm just repeating what we did with the matte shades on the upper lash line and then muse And I love that they have paloma here Just to clean up underneath the brow. Thank you, ABH.  I love it. Okay, and then I'm gonna clean up because as you can see you still did get fallout It's not nearly as much fallout I would say as it could be with using a BH, but it did make a mess So unfortunately, I'm gonna have to take my concealer off again and clean this up. I'll do that later We're gonna leave the look here. I want to move on to the other eye Getting back at it. I want to use the other two matte shades. So let's go into this shade right here I'm gonna use this as a Transition shade. So we're gonna blend this all over the crease. This is a really nice shade It has a good warmth to it that is gonna complement all of the other shades in this palette Blending beautifully. I don't know if you saw but there's not much kickback with this shade in particular And then I'm just gonna go ahead. I'm gonna use the same brush and we're gonna use some of metro right here actually take a look Little bit of fallout nothing crazy tap your brush off to get as little of a mess as possible The shade has a little bit more warmth to it and brightness to it But it's not that much deeper than the first shade that we put down which I'm surprised by but she's looking very very pretty So we're gonna start off with I'll right here this metallic I'm gonna focus this in the inner corner. Well, that's a really pretty soft gold They call it a blonde gold. I'm gonna blend it a little bit higher and that kind of just opens up the eye Just like this. We're gonna fill in this gap, but I want this to be kind of the overarching color. That's nice It's a little bit more of a shimmer as opposed to a metallic and then I have to give wings a try because And that's gonna bleed into a gold right here filling in this area It's almost like a silver green. No, that's exactly how they describe it online It is a silver green and these greens are gonna pop so pretty Against the orange and you shade really they'll pop pretty against the purple the green And then we're gonna build if you haven't noticed we're gonna go to bell and then we're gonna go to hope So let's get some of Bell. This one's almost like a dirtier Antique gold green and then the last one hope right here Then I'm probably gonna get some more of Muse Now if I weren't testing each of these shades just to see how beautiful they are not the looks I would create Also, I wouldn't put four shimmers on my eyelid. My eyelid is too small, but I'm not mad at this look I'm gonna go in with more of Muse and this is a shade that really has the ruckus on my face on the other Oh, but it's the best shade for depth. I truly just wish that this was a matte shade We don't need a shade that darkened Shimmer form if it's going to be the only shade that's this dark like I like a dark shimmer Don't get me wrong But I'd rather have a matte shade this dark. Oh, yeah, that shade a little goes a long way Oh, I love this look this look you can tell I was testing this one is cool I'm gonna get a little bit more of metro because I want some of the warmth to peek through You know, let's also get that warmth on the lower lash line as well. I'm going pretty low with it I'm gonna put some golds under there, but we don't want to lose that warmth in this look a little bit more of muse Then I decided we're gonna use a bell in the center of the lower lash line like this and Then I'm going into aisle, which is that beautiful gold that I'm obsessed with it's gonna meet us around here Okay, so once we get liner and lashes on I know this will look a lot better So let me clean up the under eyes and I'll be back to give you what my final thoughts on this With the lashes and everything put together here's kind of how the eyes are looking We have this one right here Which is a mod podge of the shades that caught out to me the most and then we have kind of like an earthy glam Look here. This look is definitely my favorite But I can envision so many looks that I want to create with this palette The last few facts that you should know before purchasing this palette Is there are three press pigments in this palette meaning they are not intended for use around the eye area Those shades are going to be with stereo Paloma and metro very odd I find it a bit weird that paloma and metro are press pigments because normally those types of shades aren't press pigments But lavenders normally are so if you notice that your eyes are sensitive to press pigments Keep that in mind mine aren't I don't really care if they're press pigments or not They don't irritate my eyes. I'm going to use them around my eyes And those three shades are the ones that are more powdery as well. So just keep that in mind But yeah, overall, I mean, I am loving this palette. I feel inspired by this palette I will definitely be using this some more I will be posting my looks on my instagram story if you want to see what other looks I create them One thing that I'm really proud of about my channel Even though I do these first impression reviews if you are subscribed to my channel and you follow along my videos I always update you on everything that I try that's something that I've really worked hard to incorporate in the last few months on my channel So this will be featured in a monthly palette rankings Probably my monthly favorites. I also do speed review videos periodically So if you're subscribed and you stay tuned you will get my finalized thoughts As I continue to use this palette But I can tell you right now as somebody who reviews new products every single day Pretty good at telling you the first time how it is and how it is. It's It's pretty pretty good. So just Do your face makeup after you do your eyes and I think you will be good This palette's really great for the neutral glam lovers. You can get really natural everyday looks But if you're looking for fun pops of color, you have the lavender you have the green Overall, I would say you're probably a neutral lover if you like this palette But I think this is a good way if you're like a brown kind of person Like you only wear brown eyeshadows This might be a good way to get a little bit more color incorporated into your routine But I love this palette. I think it's really great. I can tell you already. It's going in my monthly favorites quality 9 out of 10 a little messy I would say with a couple of shades, but 9 out of 10 I feel like abh is back and she's better than ever and I hope we continue to trail down this path So let me know if you guys pick this palette up What are your thoughts at the very least if you have a Sephora near you go check it out? I think you might buy it though. So maybe don't Anyways, thank you guys for liking this video and being subscribed to my channel and I will catch you guys in the next one Bye guys. Have a good one


Nobody with real power cares if you refuse to vote for Biden. There's been a lot of talk in pro-Palestine circles about withholding votes for Biden in protest of his genocide in Gaza, which is of course fine. But the discourse around doing so often misses an important point. A lot of U.S. voters erroneously think they'd be punishing the Democrats for Gaza by costing them the election, mistakenly assuming Democrats care about winning. They don't. Losing an election costs Democratic party leaders nothing. All the career politicians and political operatives at the top keep their careers either way. From their point of view, this is just a cushy job with sweet benefits, and they keep those when they lose. And obviously, Biden himself doesn't care. He'll have a comfortable retirement regardless of the outcome in November. And on some level, he's surely aware that it's nuts for a dementia patient to be in the White House anyway. The unelected empire managers who actually run the U.S. power structure also don't care who wins the election. They know they'll still get their murder and militarism and capitalism and imperialism no matter who gets sworn in next year, whether it's Biden or Trump or Harris or someone else. Nobody with any real power cares about your vote, and that's the real issue. That's the real point that keeps getting missed here. The problem is not that the wrong people keep getting elected. It's that the elections don't matter and voters don't have a say. It's that humanity is dominated by a murderous, globe-spanning power structure loosely centralized around Washington, whose actual movements and behavior have effectively zero responsiveness to the will of the electorate. You're never going to be able to vote your way out of this mess, and you're never going to be able to not vote your way out of this mess, because the power of your vote has been undermined to a value of zero. That doesn't mean there's no way out of this mess.  There are still plenty of other tools in the toolbox for forcing an evil power structure to stop doing evil things, but they require a lot of hands to bring about, and right now we don't have them. Too many people have been successfully propagandized into believing the status quo works, and their government is basically good, or successfully manipulated into giving up on politics altogether and throwing their attention into other things.   They've got to realize that this power structure does not ultimately serve their interests, or the interests of their fellow human beings around the world. Only when enough eyes open to this reality can revolutionary change via direct action become possible. The good news is it's entirely possible to help get those eyes open. Everything you do to help share the truth with your fellow citizens and spread awareness of what's really going on pushes this possibility toward reality. The more people open their eyes, the more people there are to help open others. So this could snowball from impossible to probable to inevitable quite quickly. An entire globe-spanning empire rests on a closed pair of eyelids. Once they snap open, the whole thing will crumble. And from there, we can begin building a healthy world together.


Let's look in that vault. Yeah. All right, so Lady Aida, the top secrets this week. Why don't you talk about the first two?  I can't remember the name of the company, like Gena UV or something. They have an A and an AB UV light sensor. I thought that would be kind of interesting because I'm always looking for UV light sensors. A lot of them get discontinued. And then this ENS-160 quad mox gas sensor, I thought was kind of interesting too. Mox gas sensors, you know, it's always kind of interesting. Different companies have different takes on them. The technology, the theory behind them is kind of the same with all of them, but they have a little tweak. So this is a breakout for the ENS-160. They do have an Arduino driver, just kind of nice. I can check it out, I squared C. And then we have a little video that we shot. Lady Aida, what is this? This is a miniature like model train or like model city or architectural model stoplight. And I thought this was a really adorable little device that maybe engineers could use. I've got it wired up to an Arduino Metro Mini. And the wires are really thin. So I just kind of got them stuck in here, but it's good enough to test. The black wire goes to plus five volts. And then you just connect the red, yellow, and green to digital IO. And then I've got a little bit of Arduino code just to test it out. But I just thought this was so cute. I mean, like maybe people making electronic doll houses or something can use this cute little model. And necklace. And necklace, maybe. Yeah, like stop, red, green, go. And I also got this interesting kind of like test clip, which is 0.1 inch spacing. And you just clip it on very handy maybe for debugging or programming. Then we have a little short video, the latest Pie Leap update that we're working on right now. Trevor put together a quick video. Gonna show that. And then we're gonna show some LED cubes and then we're gonna do some questions. Hello, this is Trevor. And I'm here to show you our new Pie Leap update. This time around, we'll be showing you the Pie Leap update with the second playground, Blue Fruit. Let's get started. First we're gonna select the project. We're going to connect to our Blue Fruit device. We enter pairing mode. And we should be connecting now. Awesome. So now let's transfer some rainbows over to our second playground, Blue Fruit. And just like that, we have rainbows. Let's try that for our Blink project. Awesome. Let's try our project that's a bit larger put together. Doesn't take too long. And there it is. Awesome. And is it working? Yes it is. Awesome. Well, there you go. That's our new Pie Leap update. We'll check in with you soon. See ya. Okay, then these are some videos of an upcoming project. You've probably seen some of this on Pedro's show, 3D Hangouts, but we got a lot of cube projects. And this is part of another larger cube project. And this is before they figured out how to get the camera to not desync. And then they figured out how to get it to sync nicely. Yeah, well, you know, I think most folks understand that. Yeah. You'd be surprised. I'm gonna have to say it every time. Yeah. Now we're trying to orient ourselves. Yeah. I kind of like that it's a little Minecraft. It's like the test image of Minecraft cube. Yeah. There's something hilarious about that. And then here's a pretty cool. This is starting to get like matrixy. Yeah, this is a test demo. It's not smart, but we're gonna make it smart. Yeah. And that's a tough secret of the week. Okay, I'm gonna jump right into questions. Let's get some of these questions. Yes.


Well, Tanzu, it's good to see you again today. Yes, you too. Yes. Both of us got a chance to be at South Dakota State University today for the FFA event, the FFA, I guess what they call it, their annual meeting. Their state convention. State convention. That's the word I was looking for. You had a chance to present for NRCS, and I had a chance to present for the Grassland Coalition. And I think we had a good day. I think we made a difference, I hope. Yeah, I think so. And I think these students, many of them as young as, well, I know there's even some junior high students here, so probably as young as maybe 12 years old, are recognizing drought impacts kind of almost from wherever in the state they're from. You bet. I agree with you. I know that in my presentation, I had a chance to talk a little bit about grasslands and the importance of them and the threats to them. And of course, we talked about drought, right? And we talked about resilience and all of those kinds of things. So it was a good visit. I got to sit in just for a few moments during one of your presentations. I was shocked and very pleased at the knowledge level that these teenagers are exhibiting about not just grasslands, but agriculture in general in our state. I agree. It makes you feel good. It makes you feel like there's a promise. So we're here today. We want to do a little video. We want to talk about drought things. But my path to the Grassland Coalition is different than most of the other board members. So I am a board member, but my path that brought me there was actually through a professional career with NRCS. But there's no doubt that over my almost 40-year career with NRCS, I definitely had to work and got a chance to work with a lot of producers that were facing difficult weather conditions. Sometimes it was not enough rain, like how many of us are facing this year. And then sometimes it was way too much moisture piled up on land and flooding and some of those things too. So I think the thing that we know for sure is Mother Nature is going to give us, throw us some curveballs, and we're going to have to be ready to deal with them. And that was kind of the message today to the young people was that there were a few of them that kind of wanted to push me into a discussion about climate change, I think, and like that. But I think the key of it is, is we don't really have to talk about that. We just have to talk about the fact that weather in South Dakota is going to be variable. And let's do everything we can on our ranches and our operations to be resilient to that, whatever Mother Nature throws at us. So, Jeff, to the rancher or even prospective producers might listen or watch these videos, what do you say to them? Is there a magic recipe that fits across the state? Oh, I don't think there's a magic recipe, right? I mean, that would be like what we've always said at NRCS that with conservation planning, every ranch is different. Every farm is different. And so I don't think there's one secret. But I do think that one secret that has probably served many people well, and I think the other board members of the Grassland Coalition pointed out well is to have a plan, to know what you're going to do. And I don't think it's always just, we talk a lot about having a drought plan, but I think that it's also smart about having a plan where you want to take your ranch long term and to make it be better and healthier, right? And then that's going to help prepare you for a drought plan. I think the drought plan is a portion of that. It's like, what am I going to do if this happens? But on the other hand, I think it's also good to know what you want to do long term with the operation and how you want to make it be better. And better is in your eyes, right? But how do you want to do that? So I think planning, of course, many people can call that a conservation plan, a ranch plan, you can call whatever kind of plan. But I think that has a subset in it that deals with what if these really extreme things, I face these extremes, and then what am I going to do? What steps will I take? I know in my conversation with Jim Falstick, he really said it well. Yeah, it can be drought this time, but it can be any time that grazing or forages become unavailable. It could be fire, hail, deep snow in the winter time if you're a winter grazer. It could be any number of things that all of a sudden even losing a lease could change the stars for this year's grazing plan for an operation. So I think you're right. And seeing that long term, not only for the resources perspective, but financially, is there another generation to this operation or are we going to be it? Right. Maybe this land is our retirement account.  No, they're not. And you know, the good thing for me is, is that the farm that I was able to grow up on is the farm that I've gotten to go back to now after I retired from NRCS. And so now I'm there seeing things and experience in some of those things. And I sure as heck don't want to give anybody the impression that I've faced difficult route and had to deal with it in just the short time I've been back. But you know, just a year or two ago, we had a pretty fair crop of grasshoppers and we got a little dry, you know. And so some of the grasslands on the farm were suffering a lot and some decisions had to be made. And I guess the one thing that I tried to prioritize is that I want to try to do what's right that's going to keep that, those species, those grasses and those forbs as healthy as they can be so that when I get the right moisture conditions, again, they're going to come back. And I think that also then ties to the same thing with the soil. I think that's something that it's way better to start before you're facing the drought, right? To have some of those reserves built up. But I think that goes back to this whole idea of being resilient and how are you going to try to handle that? And would you agree that's a purpose of this homemade video campaign from the Grassland Coalition is, you know, we want to reach the people that are entering, you know, what in some situations across the state might be that almost the third season of drier than normal conditions. If you're finding yourself with your back against the wall, having a de-stock heavily or purchase feed or all the above, we don't want you to be found in this situation again. We want to help you access the tools, the resources, the people that can help you walk through and be better prepared next time. Exactly. But when the board discussed this whole thing, you know, it's like in some cases, there can be concern that, well, we're too late to help people, right? If you're in the drought today, we're too late to help. What good is the drought plan going to do now? But like the board said, right? We can't lose this opportunity to help people so they don't have to deal with it next time. And you said that well. So yes, that's the purpose of this campaign. We hope that you are at a place where you have it all planned out. You've had a good conservation plan for years. You've implemented things on your ranch. Things are going well for you. Even though you're dry, maybe you've got some of those ways to deal with that built into your system. We hope that you're in. But on the other hand, if you are not in that situation, you haven't had a chance to develop those. We hope that you'll say now's the time. And so know that there's a ton of resources out there from a lot of partners, including the folks at the Grassland Coalition who can direct you to the right places to do the right thing for your place. Certainly visit the SDDroughtPlan.org website. It's named Pray for Rain Plan for Grout, but SDDroughtPlan.org. The Grassland Coalition offers the South Dakota Grazing School at several locations throughout the summer and that's an annual event. But make plans to attend this year, particularly if you're finding yourself with fewer livestock to do stockmanship with, or maybe you have completely liquidated, and have some time on your hands, what better time to invest $150 in the cost of a few nights hotel room to help equip yourself to manage those resources at your disposal even better than you've been able to in the past. No one questions the fact that farmers and ranchers are America's original land stewards. But if we're truly honest with ourselves, we can all do a better job. So let's learn from each other and we hope to see you at some of those Grassland Coalition events. You bet. And along that same line, come to those events just like Tan said, but then the other thing of it is, is know that we have out there the mentor handbooks and some of that stuff. So there's a lot of producers across the state that probably have it walked exactly the same path you need to walk because your operation is different than theirs. But they've walked down a path and there are so many of them that I've run into are willing to share their, the things that happened to them. And most of them are gonna say, well, it may not work in your operation, but this is what I did. And what, and many of them are humble about the things they've done, but they're willing to talk. So look those folks up, ask for advice, reach out to people, come to those events and let's all together try to head down a path where we not only make your operation be more resilient, but we make the community be more resilient, we make our state be more resilient. The resources are there. They are. There's a lot of resources there. And I'm anxious to get to meet many of you in the future and just get to know your operations and I wanna learn from you because I have so much to learn. I think the one constant in working with anything with Mother Nature, right? I mean, you said it that all of us have things we could do better and there is no doubt because the minute you think that you've got it figured out, she sends you a curve ball. It's like I got something new to try. So yeah, there's always something more to work on. So certainly, well, thanks for your time, Jeff. No problem. It's been pleasure. I hope this messaging reaches the people that it needs to reach. And by all means, send a friend the website address and we appreciate you watching and listening and providing any feedback you might have. Very good, thanks. Thank you.


YouTube team keep it clean what's going on the same graven here with another video and I know it's been a lot of videos today And sorry for so many, but I just wanted to keep y'all updated And so y'all can have a clear headspace moving forward, especially when it comes to the Ravens roster moves now Of course, there's been a lot of speculation been going on for the past couple of hours With the Ravens waving Daylan Mack and Dom Agil With Daylan Mack has been rumored that he was out of shape That he just wasn't in good condition coming into training camp so that could have contributed Don't know if that's factual or not I've heard it from a couple of different people, but I just I don't know so I can't really confirm or deny whatever but anyway Something more important that I got from Jeff Zribick as far as the roster moves now We did come to the conclusion that the Ravens are at 79 men on the roster With all the moves that they made last week And then the moves that they've made over the past couple of days. They are as 79 men on the roster, but What one thing that Jeff Zribick pointed out that's very very important that I did not know That's why I wanted to share with you guys is that for the COVID list They're not announcing when somebody returns from the COVID list Because you know how if somebody came back from injured reserve or somebody was on the physically unable to perform bliss And they got activated it would be announced like oh they passed their physical so they off the PUP or they've been Designated to return from injured reserve the Ravens would announce it But he said for the COVID list, they're not gonna be announcing when those players get removed from that list And with there being no tie-in table for a player to remain on that list One would have to think that maybe that last roster spot that seems to be available Maybe that's for Nigel warrior because he was placed on the COVID list a Little less. I think a little less than a week ago I got to see exactly when we did the video on it But he was placed on the COVID list a little less than a week ago But if you you have to I believe you have to take three COVID tests to get cleared and then you can come off I forgot exactly what the what the requirements here are to come off But obviously you got a test negative multiple times and then just like boom. Okay. Welcome back So that could be that final roster spot that seems open at the moment It could just be for Nigel warrior to return and claim his spot back So just wanted to share that with y'all So just in case and I mean hopefully we don't have any more Hopefully nobody in the NFL has any more of the the players testing positive for the virus But as far as the Raven specifically as a football team as a franchise as an organization He said that they they're not gonna be reporting when players come off of the list They're report when somebody goes on the list, but they're not gonna be reporting when somebody comes off of the list So maybe Jeff for Jameson Maybe one of them will report it and if they do then of course, you know We'll let y'all know but um that may that may be what that final spot is for for Nigel warrior It's not confirmed though, but it it would make sense if the Ravens aren't announcing when players are returning from that COVID list So like I said, if there's ever anything that I find out I'll let y'all know you already know man, and I know y'all would do the same So I love y'all team keep it clean. I appreciate y'all and just like Nigel warrior shouldn't be for too much longer. I'm out


There has been a drone attack on the Kresty airfield in Russia's Pskov region, Russian Telegram channels have reported. The airfield in which the 334th Military Transport Aviation Regiment is stationed, hosts both military and civilian aircraft, mainly IL-76 aircraft. According to the report, series of explosions occurred in the territory of the airfield, followed by fire. The military personnel sought to shoot down the drones with the use of automatic weapons. Overall, 21 drones attacked the airfield. It should be noted that Pskov province is located 700 kilometers away from Ukraine. During the attack, five IL-76 aircraft were damaged, a warehouse and an oil base have exploded. During the incident, five planes were damaged, while the warehouse where the fuel was stored exploded. The planes were used to send Wagner and Stormzy mercenaries to the front. As a result of the explosion, technical personnel and pilots of the airport lost their lives. They have reportedly burnt. A nearby military base has also been hit. The 104th Guards assault regiment stationed at this base was involved in the massacre of civilians in Bucha city. The drone attack on the Pskov region is considered to be the strongest one on Russian airfields in 2023.