Ahead of the Gov. election in Imo State, the factional leadership of the Labour Party in the state says it's been strategic in its efforts to take over power from the all-progressive Congress-led state government. Confusion trailed the Gov. primary of the Labour Party in Imo State as three factions held the party's primary election in different locations in the state. Ten of the aspirants settled for the landmark event centre at New Ulwiri, where their delegates for the election, while three other aspirants held their elections differently along MCC Road, Urata in Ulwiri North's local government area. Joining us now to discuss this is Nzee Akujobi Ikechiku Siru. He is the Imo State Chairman of the Labour Party. He's apparently the factional chairman. Thank you so much Nzee for joining us. Good evening. Thank you for having me. It's interesting that the Labour Party that many would have made reference to as the third force or more like a saviour of sorts in terms as far as political parties go, would not be found in this kind of embryo, but this is the case where we've had parallel primaries held for the same elections. Explain to me why this came to be. I thank you very much for the question, but I must confess it's very, very unfortunate. All these issues I will tell you is from the national executive, the former national executive that we have overwhelmed by the social support Labour Party. You know in socials you have to be able to manage it, otherwise you will have problems with it. So that's the only thing I have to say from now on. But further, if I must say something about it, our former national chairman, Paris Tachilo Sarpouli, messed the system up and that is the problem we are going through today. But we are trying to do a kind of crisis management. Thank God he shot himself on the feet and the court of confidentialization told him to step aside and the national working committee raised another person, somebody I would call a godsend to redeem the image of the party and that is what we have been going through since then. Thank you very much. How is this addressing the situation in the party? Because from what we know or what has been reported in the news, you had a four-way parallel primary. And so whether we like it or not, even though it might be that the court has allowed you to contest this election, there are still people who have freed nerves, there are people who are unhappy with the system, as you have clearly stated that this might be a problem from the top. But now that the top has fixed someone new, how is he addressing the issues and of course trying to mend fences? Is there any such thing happening right now? If I understand it very well, you mean what is the fate of the most state... Labour Party in general, yes. Having been clearly stated by the court of confidentialization and by us and the most state that Alaji Bashirapapa is the authentic acting national chairman, it simply means which they have voiced out as well that Chief Ikechukujosefu Kebu is the authentic candidate of Labour Party in the most state. Having emerged from the primaries of 16th of April 2023, which was conducted by the National Working Committee led by Alaji Bashirapapa and not the one on the 15th, which was conducted by the Aburi-led executive. So now having called that one clear and having advised INEC to do the needful, we are a camp party now, even though in one of the press conferences I gave, I said I've come to reconcile those that grieve the vote because I know that people are grieved. You cannot pay 25 million Naira and the claims went the other way around and you'll be happy. But I'm working hard to make sure that I reconcile everybody because election is a let's go team, not a woman business. So all of us are coming together, I assure you that in little than no time, Labour Party must stay to be an enviable party that will win this election come November 11, 2023. I always like to and do not take this the wrong way. If you are as a party, do not necessarily have your house in order, how are you able to convince the average voter who obviously might not necessarily be having it good? I mean, we'll get to talking about what's happening in more states in a few minutes, but how do you try to get the average voter convince them to vote for you when your house is on fire? In fact, as far as I'm concerned, we are doing our best because the Labour Party executive people, they are coming together to do justice to the reconciliation agenda we have and I believe you people in the media, you help us to like this interview I'm granting, you help us to aid so that people will sincerely see the truth. Like me, you know the problem is that when you don't know what is inside the house and you come and start operating from outside, you mess everything up. I joined Labour Party 2014, even before they had been a sympathiser of Labour Party, but I officially joined 2014 and I've been consistent with the party. Then somebody can not just come today and tell me that he will know the constitution or the runnings of the party more than me. And this, our President and National Chairman joined this party inception, they are the inaugural members of Labour Party since 2002. So nobody will say he's a new president or he just came from the blue. Even Abura himself joined a little ago, he joined around the 2007. He has been a member but I'm not envying him for being the National Chairman but he messed everything up. That's why this thing. And a court of competent division in a city in Abuja Khabibat territory said you are restrained from parodying yourself and the three of us. And he still continues in misleading his cohort and his followers. That is what is causing the problem but I think in little time like he has seen the truth and he's facing his case now. Everybody will know that Labour Party is in peace and we don't have distractions again. Let's talk about the capabilities of the Labour Party in Imo State. As we know, the Imo State obviously has its own fair share of troubles. Imo State does have a sitting governor who is of the ruling party. You also have of course candidates from other political parties that would be up against the Labour Party. So my question is how do you hope to surmount all of this because like you started at the beginning to say that the Labour Party's success is what has somewhat become its destruction. I didn't quite understand what you meant by success. Is it the success of its spread and you know the following or what exactly were you talking about and how will this play out in Imo State in terms of getting the votes of the people? The true position in Imo State, if I understand what you mean, is that there is no gain saying that the citizens of Imo State are not happy.  So we are telling the people we can do it and they know that the Labour Party being a Social Democratic Party is a human-based party. You know like this thing is our slogan is Papa Mama Peking and it's enshrined in our logo. So we are human-based party who want to work for Imo State people and we want to show them how governance should be run. But the issue is that the incumbent, you don't underestimate the powers of the incumbent. We respect him for that but the truth is that these people want to know what you do for them and we know what we can do for them and that is what we are telling them. We want to at least put Imo State in a state that people will believe tomorrow, people will hope to see tomorrow, not just being afraid of what will happen tomorrow. So hunger is killing people in Imo State. Apart from hunger, you are not safe in your house. Some areas in Imo State, even in that old zone that the incumbent is from, some houses have been bamboozled and the citizens have run away. That is the ones that lead those, some of them are dead. Even recently in Noguta they bombed a lot of places. Even yesterday in Imo Piso, Arizona, a sitting monad was hacked down by Ngu.  It's unfortunate. Thank you for bringing that up. Thank you for bringing that up because I was going to talk about Imo State. Imo State has gradually become a hotbed of insecurity. You would call them all sorts of names, terrorists. You'd call them unknown Godmen. I mean the latest is to sit at home. I mean I think I heard the Enugu State governor put out a statement today saying yesterday urging its citizens to go out and do their businesses. And if any of them were caught sitting at home or businesses were seen shot, those businesses or those premises will be reclaimed by government. But the big question is why are the governors in the southeast allowing for some faceless men to take over the state and cost this level of mayhem if they are supposed to be the ones who protect light and property? That would prove to you that a man cannot give up if he doesn't have. The truth is that the incumbent in Imo State, who have tried him for four years, he doesn't have managerial ability that can make peace in Imo State. So we have to bring in another person. And I'm happy the citizenry, the leaders of Imo State, they are coming together to say let us try another person because if you have a home that you give somebody to manage for you and you couldn't manage it. The best thing is to put that person and you put another manager because the goodness of a home depends largely on the manager. So I'm 100 percent sure the candidate of level party, Chief Ikechuku Josephu Kebu, is the best hand for now to manage their affairs of Imo State and redeem them from the eminent blunder that will come more or less if we make any mistake.  We have a common enemy. We cannot deny that. So let us set aside what is happening in the level party and let us come openly and sincerely face our common enemy and achieve good for the citizens because you cannot say you are running a party and the citizens are crying every day. I mean it's something that we have to look in order to know what is wrong. And we know now that the wrong thing is that the government, based on what General Abacha said at the time, the government are for compromise. He said any problem, any fracas, any insecurity that last more than 72 hours in the state or in the government, that the government is at work and they have compromised. So that's what I believe. The government hasn't compromised. Why are these killings for four years now? Finally, before I let you go, as a citizen of Imo State and someone who's from the southeast extraction of this country, what exactly do you think that the governors of the East South, Eastern State are not getting right or overlooking, which has allowed for this insecurity to continue? Because I mean the federal government on one hand has sent security operatives, soldiers, but then just as you said there needs to be some form of synergy and cooperation. Sometime last year the Southeast Governors Forum had a tea party, that's what I call it, saying that they were going to deal with the situation in the Southeast. But here we are almost a year down the line. Nothing has really changed. What do you think the missing ingredient is? The missing thing is that you cannot run Imo State from Imo State. You cannot run Imo State from Imo State. Every state is peculiar to their problem. Like all these things they are doing, it is different in Imo State, it's different in Imo State, it's different in Imo State. The basic truth is that a sitting governor who is the chief security officer of that state should plan the best way to handle his security system and mash it up. But the basic truth is that they are even running Imo State, that the incumbent is hiring local vigilante from across border to run the state. It doesn't work out that way. So let us use our local content, what we have here. In my village, the village in the head knows almost all the criminals in that village. So you cannot go from to another village to bring people to try to attract those criminals. I believe that the government in Imo State, with all the security apparatus around him and available to him, he should know who is who and he should know how to control this thing. But when he cannot do it or he has compromise, then we don't have alternative than to bring in another person. We don't have option at all than to bring in another person and let another try. And I'm sure chief execution of the candidate of Labour Party, we do justice to that. And everybody will be happy after January 2024, swear in it.  What happens in the interim? Just as you said, what happens to the family of the chief team that was hacked to death? What happens to people who go about their business, they want to open their shop because they want to earn a living and be able to feed their families and then they're beaten and bastard and sometimes killed in the process. What happens in the interim to those people? Because you see, we're very short-sighted. Everybody's looking at their own win. What about the general interests of the average emo person or the average person in the southeast? Because you keep talking about the elections but in the interim, what are parties like you or the Labour Party and other parties willing to do to help the situation right now in the interim as opposed to waiting till your person is sworn into office if he gets into that position and then you can come up with the, let's say, the bright idea. What happens now? This is my question. In fact, after this interview, my team have planned to pay the family visit tomorrow and the basic truth is this, the sitting government, the incumbent government, still has up to November, January to stay in that position. So what we'll be doing is to sympathize with the families and praying to God that at least we'll be remaining some people who still remain to that day.  Nobody can take it from me unless you are God. But the basic truth is that we are working hard. It is not one man, it's not my fight I do. Even that family that I've lost somebody, would they be happy to lose more people? So all of us must come together. You know, you know, it has happened, it has happened. And it's very unfortunate, everybody should criticize it. But the basic truth is that to save the remaining people who are working hard to make sure that everybody come together, let us leave this still working for our structure. He's sharing money, like they said, even that year, they swore in 247 special assistance. What are they going to do in government acts? So the people that have been doing that work, those works, they pray for years now. They are not doing anything. Okay, so all of them are bringing people. You see that he's distributed sharing money, our common patrimony to people that he wants to better their stomach and buy them over. It doesn't work like that. I know that people, I believe that people will still collect those with money and do the needful. Finally, finally, I just want to quickly ask you, you can choose not to answer. Do you think that if the federal government were to release Namdi Kanu as the court has ordered, it would one way or the other quail the situation in the Southeast? Or is this beyond Namdi Kanu? Let me tell you another, let me give another shock. I am not 100% sure that it's IPOB that I've been doing this, you know, the non-roman IPOB because they have continuously denied that it's not them. Maybe somebody somewhere is putting his own people to scatter the place so that he will be using the crisis to fuel his security vote and the rest of them to cover these monies he's spending. Are you one way or the other accusing the governor of fueling the insecurity in emo states? Is that what you're accusing the governor of? People have accused him separately. Even the man they're calling, he can't go to Gochini from Nidato, not outside the federal security. He has accused him openly, hasn't come to contest him. He said he's in that he has compromised. He's a problem of our security system in emo states.  Why would a governor orchestrate these level of killings of his own people? To what end? I don't know. I don't know. But what I know is that, like the question you put before, if the federal government should obey the law, the court and the others that have said releasing nandekado, at least we will not know definitely if such a thing happens again. IPOB, you said it's not you now. We have released your man. Why is this thing still happening? Then from there, even the IPOB can't help flesh out all these people, black melancholy. But for now, I'm telling you the truth, there is problem in emo states. And we must do something about it. And there is nothing best to do than to say, this man, you have tried your best and your best is not enough. Go, let another take over. Thank you very much. Finally, looking at the Tinnable administration, which is 40 plus days in office. Do you think that he has the wherewithal to face squarely what's happening in the South East? And of course, do you think that he will pay attention to Watohanezi and the rest of the people have been advocating for? That is the release of Nandekano. Do you think that the Tinnable will be in a position to do that? Personally, or every woman that is saying don't release Nandekano, he says that it's not the true son of people, because whatever happened, the young man, if the court has said he's free, why don't you leave him? Is your own court, you set up the court and the court have said release him? Why don't you leave him? Why should they be holding him? That's what we're asking. Whether or not, any averageable man should say release Nandekano. The three cannot make efforts. If you release Nandekano to Hanezi or as you can sit him down and say my son, what is the problem? We can negotiate these things. But everybody knows that the Shapiro, or just Ocalo was crying on camera the other day that they could have marginalized him. But you see, so every people, citizens have been marginalized. But the truth is that we must come together to forge ahead and fight a normal cause. If we fight from left, from right, we might not get there. But unity will stand. So if the averageable man will come together and they march to Asu Rock, I think, I see what you're listening to them. But when they are on side, they have somebody they call, I've forgotten the young man's name, and they don't know who or somebody like that. But when he did what he did, they posted and they released him. So let them release this young man to the Hanezi people who is our cultural organization here. They can discuss with you and whatever will normalize it. It might be another thing. Okay. All right. Well, I want to say thank you. Nze Akojobi Iketi-Kustirio is the Emo State Chairman of the Labour Party. He's a fractional chairman of the Labour Party. We want to say thank you for joining us on the conversation tonight. Thank you very much. But I'm not the national chairman. I'm the authentic Congress-produced chairman of the Labour Party Emo State who have been reinstated. I wouldn't remove me out of his money because I don't know the truth. But I've been partying and called me back. So I'm not fractional. I'm not that chairman of the Emo State now than myself. Okay. Well, thank you very much for coming on the show. We appreciate it. Well, that's it on the show tonight. My name is Mary Ann Ako. Thank you all for being part of the show. Don't forget, you can play catch up on all of our previous episodes. Just go to PLOS TV Africa on YouTube, like, subscribe and follow all of our programs. Have a good evening.


Giants hat rangers shirt Yankee game. What's going on? Supporting New York. Here, New York sports.  Of course. I, you know, it was fishy from the beginning. It was fishy from the beginning. I was wearing a pitching ninja Mets shirt before, and I was like, I can't do this. Like, you can't wear a Mets shirt to a Yankees Nationals game. I completely agree. You got to take your shoes off when going into someone's house. Absolutely. I root for the Yankees because my best friend's Yankees fan is Moot depends on how it is. Right. So you have to root for the Yankees to hope they do well. You're keeping the family together. Exactly.


Hello, this is David D. Guernandez, and you're watching Spirit Church here on the Encounter TV Network. I'm beginning now a new series titled, I Am. And in this series, we're going to be exploring the powerful I Am declarations that Jesus made. And on this particular installment, I'll be looking at the phrase where Jesus said, I am the bread of life. But first, Steven Moctezuma is here with me. He's going to lead you in some very anointed worship, and then we're getting right into this message. Let's worship now. In John chapter 6, verse number 35, Jesus makes this powerful statement. I am the bread of life. Whoever comes to me will never be hungry again. Whoever believes in me will never be thirsty. Now, the day before Jesus made this powerful declaration, he actually performed the feeding of the 5,000. This was a miracle. No doubt, the people had now gathered around him so that they could be fed physically. And it is in this context that we find Jesus making this statement. So let's go now to John chapter 6, verse 22. The next day, the crowd that had stayed on the far shore saw that the disciples had taken the only boat, and they realized Jesus had not gone with them. Several boats from Tiberius landed near the place where the Lord had blessed the bread and the people had eaten. So when the crowd saw that neither Jesus nor his disciples were there, they got into the boats and went across to Capernaum to look for him. They found him on the other side of the lake and asked, Rabbi, when did you get here? Jesus replied, I tell you the truth.    For God the Father has given me the seal of His approval. They replied, we want to perform God's works too. What should we do? Jesus told them, this is the only work God wants from you. Believe in the one He has sent. They answered, show us a miraculous sign if you want us to believe in you. What can you do? After all, our ancestors ate manna while they journeyed through the wilderness. The scriptures say Moses gave them bread from heaven to eat. Jesus said, I tell you the truth. Moses didn't give you bread from heaven, my father did. And now he offers you the true bread from heaven. The true bread of God is the one who comes down from heaven and gives life to the world. Sir, they said, give us that bread every day. And right here he makes the statement, Jesus replied, I am the bread of life. Whoever comes to me will never be hungry again. Whoever believes in me will never be thirsty. I want to look at verse number 27 here for a moment.   God has so much more for us than what we can see and experience in this world. As I said, the people who had gathered around the Lord gathered around him because they wanted to receive a physical feeding. They wanted to receive that physical bread. Their minds were on the temporary. Their minds were on the earthly. And Jesus tells them, I am the bread of heaven. I am the bread that came down from God. Now bread, first and foremost, satisfies. I want to show you a verse found in Proverbs chapter 27 verse 7. A person who is full refuses honey, but even bitter food tastes sweet to the hungry. In other words, when you've been filled, you no longer hunger. But when you are hungry, anything will do. We become so distracted in our everyday lives. We become filled with entertainment. We become filled with accomplishments. We become filled with tasks and responsibilities.  And the things of this world may satisfy for a moment. But you'll just go hungry again. Jesus is the only one that brings true satisfaction. Only in Jesus do we find true and lasting satisfaction. Only in His presence are we truly filled.  You know, one of the greatest keys to overcoming sin and temptation is not willpower, though you should exercise your will to resist temptation. It's not necessarily following a step one, two, three program. The greatest way to resist sin is to be satisfied in Jesus. The greatest way to resist distraction is to be satisfied in Jesus. Think about it. What is this life?  What is this world? What is this life? It's temporary. There really is nothing in this world that brings eternal satisfaction. This is partly why Jesus said, I am the bread of heaven. He says that if you eat of this bread, you'll never go hungry again. This tells us that it is in Christ that we find ultimate satisfaction. Being satisfied in Him, we bring glory to Him. When we partake of Jesus, when we are satisfied in His presence, we are satisfied spiritually. We are satisfied emotionally. We are satisfied mentally. We are truly fulfilled completely in Him. He becomes our desire. Our hunger begins to intensify for Him. We gain an appetite for spiritual things rather than the things of this world. We become too full of Him to hunger for sinful things or worldly things. Now look at verse 32. Jesus said, I tell you the truth, Moses didn't give you bread from heaven. My Father did. And now He offers you the true bread from heaven. Now the children of Israel, when they were wandering through the desert on their way to the Promised Land, were fed by God through divine means. It was a miracle. God sent manna from heaven. The children of Israel were allowed to take enough supply to feed themselves for that day. But they weren't allowed to save any for the next day except for the day before the Sabbath because they couldn't gather it on the Sabbath day. So God only allowed them to collect for two days the day before the Sabbath. But every day that He fed them, they were instructed to take only enough to be satisfied for the day. Now I know I just said that in Jesus there is eternal satisfaction. But there is also an aspect to His nature that requires that we consistently partake of Him. Now just as the children of Israel were only allowed to take a supply for the day, so you and I must partake of our daily bread. This is the second thing that bread does. Bread sustains. Jesus truly is that daily bread. John chapter 1 verse 1 says in the beginning the word already existed. The word was with God and the word was God. So the word became flesh and made His home among us. He was full of unfailing love and faithfulness and we have seen His glory, the glory of the Father's one and only Son. That's John chapter 1 verse 1 and verse 14. John chapter 6 verse 58 says this, I am the true bread that came down from heaven.  But will live forever. Jesus is the full revelation of God. In Him dwells the fullness of the Godhead bodily. He sustains you. Yesterday's revelation cannot sustain you through today's trials. Sure, you can remember a revelation, but in remembering that revelation and rehearsing it back to yourself, it actually becomes fresh for that day.  In Him you will find longevity. In Him you will find consistency and faithfulness. If you fear that one day you might fall away. If you fear that one day you might make a sinful mistake again. If you fear that maybe you'll become inconsistent in your prayer or in your devotion to the word. It is His presence. It is Him. He will sustain you if only you will partake of Him. I know far too many believers. I know of far too many believers who've become so tired and doing good, who've grown so weary in living righteously. And the reason we become weary along our spiritual journey is because we're not eating. We're not partaking of the bread of life. Only in Jesus do we find satisfaction. Only in Christ can we truly be sustained. He adds that strength to your spirit man. He adds that strength to your ability to resist temptation. He adds that strength to the exercising of spiritual gifts and serving in ministry. When you try to do ministry, when you try to live holy, when you try to love as God loves without the strength that the bread of life brings, you'll grow tired, you'll burn out, and you'll fail every single time. But when you do these things that we ought to do, empowered and strengthened by the bread of life, you will never, ever, ever fail in strength. You will never, ever, ever grow tired. You will never, ever, ever lack spiritual vitality. We must partake of His presence through fellowship. Through prayer. Through the intake of His word. We feed upon the presence of Jesus. Now if you are one who struggles to maintain these things in your life, I ask you, what are you feeding yourself? If there is no appetite for the spiritual, it means that you're filling up on the carnal. So my challenge to you is simple. Stop looking for satisfaction in the world. Stop looking for satisfaction in people. Stop looking for satisfaction in accomplishments. There's nothing that can truly satisfy like the bread of heaven. And when you begin to truly find satisfaction in Him, you will have an appetite only for the things of God and sinful desires, carnal desires, even desires of distraction will begin to fade into nothing. And as you partake of the bread of life, you will be satisfied. You will be sustained. Father, in the name of Jesus, I pray for that one now receiving this word. And I ask you, Lord, to help us. Help us to find satisfaction in only you. Help us to partake of who you are. Kill any desire that is not for the bread of life. Kill any craving that would cause us to look to be satisfied and sustained through any other means. And I pray in the name of Jesus that we would be strengthened. We thank you and we love you, Lord. In honor and we bless you. In the name of Jesus, we pray. And I want you to say it because you believe it. Say, amen. Well, I want to welcome now the new members of Spirit Church. There you are up on the screen. We love you. We're praying for you. 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When you comment on any one of our videos, your comment may end up in one of the episodes of Spirit Church right here on EncounterTV. Again, these are the comments from Time with the Lord, The Right Way to Begin in Ministry. Simran Jatwani writes, Glory to the Most High God. Dear Pastor David, thank you so much for this wonderful message. May the grace of the Father and the Son be with you, your family and the DHM team in Jesus' name. Teacher Karla writes, Thank you Pastor David for reminding me of the importance of having time with the Lord. It could be the first level, but that does not mean that it's unimportant because it is the foundation.  Jana Palmer writes, Thank you for this word. Thank you for preaching the truth. Regina P. says, This was the right message at the right time. The Holy Spirit is leading me to share the gospel with the people around me, which I have started doing. This message was just in time. Thank you, David. Love from India. Well, God bless you all the way in India. And the final comment comes from Sharon Z. who writes, Spending time with Jesus, Simple and Easy. Thank you for making this message available because I missed it live. Well, we tried to make all of our content available all over the world as often as we can because we believe in sowing gospel seeds. And really, it's the word of God as it goes forth that brings about transformation. I want to talk to you about something, but first I want to read a verse to you or a portion of scripture, really. This is found in 2 Corinthians chapter 9, verse number 6. Now, this topic is a very touchy subject because people have a lot of misunderstandings concerning this subject. But I want to read you this portion of scripture. It's very important. 2 Corinthians chapter 9, verse number 6. Remember this. A farmer who plants only a few seeds will get a small crop. But the one who plants generously will get a generous crop. You must each decide in your heart how much to give. And don't give reluctantly or in response to pressure for God loves a person who gives cheerfully. Verse 8 says, And God will generously provide all you need. Then you will always have everything you need and plenty left over to share with others. Here's the promise of scripture. When you financially support the gospel, it triggers this promise. Now, I understand that some have abused this concept and have really used greed and gimmicks and guilt to try to motivate God's people to give, but really the Bible says clearly here that we're to do it cheerfully. So there is truth to this, though that truth has sometimes been twisted. Now, in verse 10, the Bible says, For God is the one who provides seed for the farmer and then bread to eat. In the same way, he will provide and increase your resources and then produce a great harvest of generosity in you. In other words, God is the one who provides us with the resources that we might be a blessing to the gospel, to the kingdom, to ministries and ultimately to people who are lost and need the gospel message. So the scripture is very clear. As you generously sow seed into ministry, into the gospel, not to get, not being triggered by greed, not in response to some gimmick, not in response to guilt, but simply because you love souls and you love the work of the ministry, that's when God provides more resources. Why? Because he can trust you with what you have. See, often we say, God, bless me and I'll give, but it's still the way around. God says, give and I'll bless you. And as you respond in faith to the promises of God and as you step out in confident hope on the word of God, he will provide everything you need. And I love what the scripture says. It says that he will generously provide all you need so your needs are going to be met and then it says then you will always have everything you need and plenty left over to share with others. Am I saying that if you give to the ministry, you're going to be living in a mansion, driving a fancy car, and you're going to be a multimillionaire? No, it's not the promise of the gospel. We're all going to face trials and God does appoint some to be wealthy people. But here the scripture gives us the definition, the biblical balance definition of what it means to truly prosper. And that is that your needs are met and you have the resources to be a blessing to others. That truly is biblical prosperity. And so I want to challenge you today. As the scripture says, a farmer who plants only a few seeds will get a small crop. And even in these uncertain times, we must sow. We may think, we may imagine that because times are uncertain that God looks down and winks and says, I understand you're not giving because you're uncertain about the future. That's not the case at all. Even in uncertain times, we must respond in obedience to the word of God, in obedience to the voice of the Holy Spirit. So I ask you right now, listen for the voice of the Holy Spirit. Ask him, Lord, what would you like me to give? You're not watching this by accident. Don't ignore the voice of the Holy Spirit if he's speaking to you now. Because this is an important cause. People need the gospel. I'm not asking you to give so I can live a life of luxury. I'm not asking you to give so that I can consume it upon my lust. I'm asking you to give to fund the media, to fund the events, to fund the live streams, to fund the Holy Spirit school freely we receive, so freely we give.  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The wife of the president, Mrs. Aisha Buhari, has reached out to over 600 Adama students that graduated from a foundation since the inception of the foundation in Adama in 2017. The foundation has graduated over 3,000 less privileged students who could not have access to education. Mrs. Buhari, who was represented by daughter, Halima Buhari said if the country would be free from security challenges, education the people would be a powerful weapon to use. I have always carried myself, if there is anything that I can do to ameliorate the ever-declining access to education, especially in the north-east. In 2017, I worked with Congo Silver Tongue Institute in Yolam to experiment my thoughts about how to improve access to education for our youth. The experimental project brought back those who initially lost hope in education because they had failed the important examination of Wayak and Neko and had no idea where to start again. And the wife of Adama State Governor Lamifantiri applauded the president's wife for taking into consideration the plight of the less privileged in the state shall ever say the Adama State government would complement the effort of the federal government. Education is the pre-mails of progress in every society and every family. I shall condition by this singular action of empowering the youth through education has liberated and engendered youth in progressing activities that will enable them to better their lives, better their selves and also Adama State and Nigeria at lunch. I am saying this because I know how my pro-parents squeezed themselves before sending me to the School of Nursing where I am currently studying nursing and I know a handful secured admissions in various universities and colleges, but we are unable to make it because of their parent-economic standing. In the light of this, I passionately appeal to her Excellency to consider having an environment that will support women and children to get the best education so that the foundation will have legs to remain solid.


Thanks a lot Reed. So Ruth are you still here? No, I'd love to meet your son though. So the world belongs to me now What an ambitious statement a good dose of aspiration and quite a bit of audacity in it as well And I think you know at the highest level. We really are talking about about Ruth's son and The world belongs to me now, and I think the question that we're facing is what world are we going to give to Ruth's son or to Sarah to Sarah And I think the the real answer is it depends to be honest And I think if we're looking at countries that are experiencing a youth bulge It really depends it depends on how we manage some of the transitions that we've been speaking about And if we manage them well, we can see hopefully a demographic Dividend we can see increased economic opportunities and growth following these Sort of bulb youth bulge in many countries, especially in sub-Saharan Africa and in the Middle East as well But if we don't manage the transitions well, there could be disaster frustration social upheaval Unemployment is already highest among the youth today, but that even increasing. So that's what we're trying to do I think with the you safe consortium and with the discussion we're having today around youth financial Services now I'd love to focus a bit more on on sort of the client side of it But I can't the other panelists did it all day I'm actually going to focus a bit more on the financial service provider perspective and the policy making perspective for thinking about offering Financial services to youth but before I do that I can't help myself since we took a client centered approach to this session today I want to hear a little bit from all of you in this room and about your experiences with financial services I'm going to ask you to raise your hands as I ask different questions and apologies to folks on the webinar that I can't see So who in this room at birth? Basically got a savings account Okay, so a small number of people who by the time they were teenagers had a savings account Okay, a lot more and Who when you were a teenager you had a savings account. Were you able to do your own transactions? Okay, great. So I think again. I don't know the nationalities of everybody here in this room I assume we have primal many Americans and probably a smattering of other nationalities and I don't know where you grew up But I think it's very telling to see what's happening in this room So very few people at birth, but if you to look at countries of the Netherlands It would be completely different would be almost everybody in the room would have said yes And quite a high number as teenagers including People who actually had control over the accounts Which I think is very exciting and the answers would not be the same in most emerging markets that we would go to So now I really want to focus a bit on you know Given that in many parts of the world the answers would have been different What is the potential policy case for youth savings? And I mean the youth are obviously a really important demographic group for reasons that have been mentioned before And I'd like to to pause it that there are at least three Really great opportunities on the policymaking side the first one has been mentioned a lot already by Jamie and others Which is the asset building theory Michael Sheridan who's part of the youth safe consortium is Cogut League Lee is in the back Did a lot of work around asset building theory and the asset effect that is both a material Effect so if you build assets that is a good thing in terms of better access to education to health care to improved living living standards a housing standards pardon me, but also behavioral Effects, which which Alex and others touched upon the better cognitive skills the future orientation So policymaking case for asset building very important the second one that I would describe it is around good financial habits So very early on building good financial habits And we I think all of us even the ones that are no longer such kids in the room Know that what we start to do early in life. We tend to have her rapid uptake We tend to remember it the practice that also Alex mentioned being very important the third Aspect from a policymaking perspective that I think makes youth savings important is the fact that many countries actually have an explicit Objective to increase their growth savings rate and the US is one country where that's not doing so well on this front But it's important both from a household perspective So the household having more savings to be able to deal with vulnerabilities to be able to manage shocks that life will bring But also at the macro national level having capital for investment is very important But there are challenges and these have come up actually through the questions and answers Period so first of all the issue of legal age to enter into a contract So in most countries you become a major at 16 or 18 or even 21 in some countries And you need to be of that legal age to open a formal relationship with a formal financial institution And I think here what's I think exciting is we're seeing some differentiation now between the opening of the contract and the Ownership of the contract of the contract of the bank account and the transacting And we're seeing different regulators around the world trying to build in flexibility to allow minors to enter into contract So even if for example, they have to have an adult with them to open the account They might be able to transact on their own especially when it comes to depositing Even though for withdrawals they might need to have that adult with them But maybe the adult will not be able to withdraw alone if the minor is not there So I think there is exciting things happening on that front and there was a question asked about consumer protection I think we have to remember how ever strongly want to advocate for youth savings that there are real Consumer protection reasons for having legal age of contracts, and I think we shouldn't forget that The second sort of question mark out there and this came up also around the policymaking side is the documentation needed to open Savings account. I mean the good news is that around the world when we speak about financial inclusion There are exciting things happening in terms of relaxing documentation requirements as Appropriate so for example the financial action task force a standard-setting body that deals with know your customer regulations for example is Actually has explicitly said we need to have tiered know your customer regulations So if you're talking about very small account balances, we should be able to allow less stringent Less stringent regulations and so school IDs was mentioned as one example of relaxing the documentation requirements So these were sort of three positive things on the policymaking side to question mark concerns outstanding I'm going to very quickly now move to the financial service providers And had asked you know more questions about the financial service provider perspective and here I think there's a lot of opportunities Out there for financial service providers to be interested in offering savings accounts to the young I think the most powerful one is this idea of building loyal lifetime time a loyal lifetime customer base if You acquire a person early in their lives into your financial institution if you serve them Well and meet their evolving needs over time Likelihood is that you'll keep them and there was a study done in six European countries including France and Germany that actually saw that 85% of people never changed their bank in their lifetime. So good develop developed country experience there and I think Lisa you mentioned cross-selling when you were talking and the importance of that so the idea is that if you acquire client young with savings over the over the years you can cross sell different products to them and make them Very attractive even if they're not attractive on a product base as a client a total client value They could be quite attractive the second sort of I think Very up positive point from a financial service provider perspective is the idea that youth Have networks that are very important. So if you get the youth in they're often early adopters of new things including technology Including perhaps formal financial services. So if you get them in early You might be able to get their parents into your bank down the road their friends into the bank down the road Which would also reduce your cost of acquiring new clients a Third positive point with regard to financial service providers and those of you who come from the microfinance side Will will know that we have seen some saturation in some markets like Bosnia I'm like Nicaragua like India around very specific client segments And around very specific products. So increasingly we're seeing some providers saying I won't want to and I need to expand My market share and I can't do it by still targeting that one type of clientele I need to develop new client segments And so in those countries that are facing competitive pressures The youth client segment could be a quite exciting market to go after and finally and frankly not to be I think neglected is this concept of brand and building an image for strong corporate social social responsibility that can be a way for Commercial institutions to down the line Look at a client segment seriously. It starts it as commercial responsibility, but could evolve But and I only have two points on sort of the real thorny issues that financial service providers face But they're really important ones and both of my points have the word profitability in them with a question mark So the short-term Profitability for the financial service provider to offer savings account to youth is uncertain I think we just have to be very clear about that and it's one of the reasons I actually wanted to start with the public policy case Because I think it's also important to remember the case may be a public policy case And the reasons are obvious small-balance accounts into themselves forget just youth You know are costly and often not profitable on a product standalone product basis Although again from a client total client value perspective may be profitable And so they're real Challenges there at least again showed the info the data from at least the four pilots that we're not really so far It's early early early days, but so far mostly looking at in-school youth So if then if you're talking about getting to out of school youth, which I think we would want to low-income youth That's gonna drive the cost up most likely. So that's a real challenge and unfortunately my second point The long-term profitability is unclear as well And so, you know, we know that most many many boards across all kinds of institutions are conservative And they want to know up front, you know, when am I gonna break even on this and when am I gonna start making profits on this? However, we also know that boards with vision I think think about things somewhat differently and in a lot of the conversations that we've had with the 15 or so Financial service providers that are mentioned in a paper. That's outside when we get to your drinks You'll see that often they have a strategic vision To go out to go for the youth market and to go to this market with savings products They have a strategic long-term vision. They frankly don't necessarily do the math Right away. They eventually will always do the math So eventually we've got to crack this profitability nut Technology could be a real piece of it in terms of sort of reducing transaction costs and reducing the costs of acquiring clients And staying in touch with them But I do think Some of the discussion needs to be reframed from the immediate business case to really understand strategically why would a smart Commercial financial institution care about this this client segment Now the cocktail will be yours soon my friends, but I do want to Leave you with a couple of areas. I'm a bit like Alex. I like next steps that I think requires More thought more energy more study And I think this is really important because I am seeing in certain circles to be very frank with you this almost advocacy fervor for youth savings and although I have an inner Advocate for youth savings I also I'm careful because I know from the microfinance world what backlash can mean if you overstate things without the evidence base So food for thought in terms of areas that require more more investigation and reflection the first piece Is really better understanding and getting more data on the social impact of having youth Access saving services intuitively it makes so much sense to me I spent a lot of my time in Europe growing up and it just makes so much sense But we need the data and we need the data from developing countries not just developed countries Um, I think we also need to better understand at the national level How different parts of government can work together to really try and create smart incentives to get youth to save So it's not just the ministry of finance. It could be the ministry of youth the ministry of sports There are really many different parts of government often at the national level interested in youth And so how do they come together to create the right set of incentives? I think is really important Thirdly, I think we need more innovation more experimentation on the provider side I think we need to understand what is different about serving youth. Is it the product design? Is it the marketing channel? Is it the marketing itself? Is it financial capability? Probably a little bit of all of the above but we need to better understand these different pieces and what's important What needs to be different and how they interplay with each other We got if we do eventually have to get the numbers in terms of the profit and business case We have to be able to figure that figure this out down the line and my final final word will be To really again if we think about the world and where we're trying to go complex lives that these youth face Often intertwining as Sonia said all three transitions once And so I think we need to really think of the set of interventions that respond to their needs holistically And I think holistically both in terms of the financial services We're talking about savings here, which is a critical saving a product But probably they need a range of different financial services And They also need non financial services. So understanding that full set of interventions That youth will need while each of us in the different roles that we place Also, I think saying focus in terms of the areas of expertise that we bring to the table To then meet client needs is what I think is ahead of ahead of us So with those few words, I have the honor of on behalf of new america foundation to invite you to drinks and continued conversation right outside Thank you very much for your attention


From its very earliest iterations, really the first written histories that we have, history has been overwhelmingly conducted from above. If you collect, say, a thousand random historical tomes, you know, the really old books in the libraries from across the ages, probably 95% or more of them will have been written from above. That is to say they're about great men, they're great deeds, the great kingdoms and empires and nation states they construct and rule. Histories from above are about the big books, the big ideas, the big institutions, the big thinkers, the massive events, and the golden ages. This is Liberty Chronicles, a project of Libertarianism.org. I'm Anthony Comegna. By studying history, we empower ourselves to challenge received wisdom and create knowledge of our own. And there are many, many different methods one can adopt to do exactly that. Today we'll be speaking about two very broad approaches to constructing narratives of past events and interpreting their meaning for both actors in the past and for ourselves in the present and the future. I recently asked Jason Kuznicki, a historian here at the Cato Institute, to give us some examples of how exactly historians and historical education in the ancient and medieval periods especially tended to support or justify existing institutions. The earliest histories that we have are essentially chronicles. They are chronicles of kings or emperors when they ruled, what events took place when they ruled, and maybe some short commentaries about what they did well or badly. When we get to the Greeks, the founder of history conventionally is Herodotus, although there were lots of historians before them. They were mostly chronicles. Herodotus wants to tell a story of civilizational conflict between Greece and Persia. He is very intent on particular ideas about how an individual relates to the state. The state to him is in a sense a theater of virtue. It's a way for people to demonstrate their virtue or lack thereof. It is the opportunity that we have on earth to show that we can be self-sacrificing for something that is greater than us, which ought to be our country, our homeland, which is exemplified by the state or by the polity. Our study of history instructs us as to how the state should be run, what kind of state we should want, and therefore, what kind of society we should have, how it should be organized, and so on. Ancient historians were very explicit about this. People like Herodotus and later Thucydides very clear that what they were doing was writing an instruction manual, a manual for how to have a good polity and how to be a member of it and how to do a good job at that. That's why you would study history, was to improve your participation, to improve your civic participation, up to and including by sacrificing your life if necessary. What exactly changed between the ancient medieval world and today to make historians and people studying the past take average people and everyday events seriously? Average people began to have more disposable income. This is one area where there really is an economic cause and the economic cause really is the rising bourgeoisie. People wanted to read histories about things besides just state power and how to be a good citizen soldier. People nowadays have much more interest in reading cultural history and in reading scientific history and in reading lives of people who simply led interesting lives, whether or not they were functionaries of the state or guiding the state in some way. To your mind it doesn't have a whole lot to do with the intellectuals themselves. It's more about the marketplace. I think it is a market driven phenomenon. When you look at who wrote histories in the ancient world they tended to be people who were already of the upper classes and they tended to be people who were already very deeply involved with the government in one way or the other. Even in imperial Rome where you get political histories that were sometimes written from a critical viewpoint, they are still very intensely political histories so Tacitus writes in this vein a lot. You find much less writing about what is it like to just live in say a Roman town and what's day-to-day life like for people or how did Greek theater develop? What's the history of the theater? You don't find histories like that so much. It strikes me that people used to be very interested in philology and things like that as a matter of history, learning the origin of language. That's a very from below sort of history and people have a deep interest in that. You're absolutely right that philology is an example of history from below and the beginnings of that I think come from the church because churchmen were very intensely interested in language. This is not something that relates directly to the state or to government. It comes from the fact that they are themselves highly literate. They are very concerned with the meanings of words because of theological disputes and the need to get their theology right. They are concerned because they believe with Isidore of Seville that words have power. Words are ontologically important. They're important in the order of the universe. Isidore of Seville writes this very long treatment of etymologies and of the imagined origins of words. He's trying to get a handle on creation. He's trying to understand creation. Now, a lot of his etymologies turn out to be completely fake and spurious but it's an interesting attempt to show how things work and to do so by looking at the history of words. It's a very interesting document the etymologies is in the history of history. Because history from above is usually about these great big people, these great big blob units, political units like kingdoms and empires, they're usually narratives that are entirely connected to the perspectives of elites in society. This are the only people after all who have possessed a strong historical voice throughout most of time. This is sometimes not necessarily a choice the historian makes so much as it is a choice thrust upon them by the weight of the evidence. So much of what we have that we know about the past simply comes to us from the elite echelons of society. And gradually as we learn about the past this way we come to actually understand the world from the elite point of view so much so that we even internalize it and accept the world that is given to us that we're born into as though it were the world that naturally is supposed to be. We take history as given as though it's a fact of nature. It's been said by many different people many different ways that history is myth trying to become nature. And that's exactly what history from above tends to promote. A world in which some rule over others seems so natural to some of us that deposit otherwise is often immediately dismissed as utopian, foolish, even dangerous simply to bring to expression. But is there no saving grace here? After all, haven't those with the most concentrated political power, the greatest amounts of wealth and the most cultural influence been the most significant to history when everyone's contributions are tallied up? Well you might think that if you've never seriously considered history from below and you might not have considered history from below in part at least because elites do not want you to seriously consider it. To them they are the natural rulers and we are the natural slaves, serfs or today democratic rubber stampers. The historical record has been terribly biased by the perspective from above and a view from below is therefore an absolutely necessary corrective. History from below is the history of average people, marginalized people, everyday activities, emergent social phenomenon, things that are not centrally planned or put into place by a single-wheel acting. It's the history of those people and subjects largely excluded by traditional histories. And for some examples of this, some ideas to get us going here, I want to turn to a poem, this is a poem called Questions from a Worker Who Reads, 1935. Questions from a Worker Who Reads by Bertolt Brecht, 1935. Who built Thebes of the Seven Gates? In the books you will read the names of kings. Did the kings haul up the lumps of rock? And Babylon many times demolished. Who raised it up so many times? In what houses of gold glittering Lima did its builders live? Where, the evening that the Great Wall of China was finished, did the masons go? Great Rome is full of triumphal arches. Who erected them? Over whom did the Caesar's triumph? Had Byzantium much praised in song, only palaces for its inhabitants? Even in fabled Atlantis, the night that the ocean engulfed it, the drowning still cried out for their slaves. The young Alexander conquered India. Was he alone? Caesar defeated the Gauls. Did he not even have a cook with him? Philip of Spain wept when his armada went down. Was he the only one to weep? Frederick II won the Seven Years' War. Who else won it? Every page a victory. Who cooked the feast for the victors? Every ten years a great man. Who paid the bill? So many reports. So many questions. Naturally one should not only do history from below, but we certainly cannot simply do history from above either. Rather we should be painfully aware of how shifting our perspective shifts the facts of the past as well and interpret our sources accordingly. So let's go through some examples to see exactly how history from below is a necessary corrective to essentially millennia of history from above. More often than not, history from above results in narratives that serve the self-interests both of the historians and the powerful people who benefit from intellectual defenses of the status quo. A professor of mine in graduate school named Marcus Rettiker was the best lecturer I ever saw and he started his semesters with undergraduates by pointing out to them the idea that history is myth trying to become nature by giving a list of several very widely accepted historical myths. First, the poor will always be with you. This is a Bible verse Mark 14.7. The poor will always be with you. Well is this necessarily the case? Is poverty a fact of nature or a fact of history? Are we condemned to forever have rich and poor simply because there always have been rich and poor? I certainly see no particular reason to think so and when we accept a statement like this as a fact of nature rather than a fact of history, we come to accept the world we're used to as though it was the only world that could or ever should be. Our second myth is that a woman's place is in the home. Now throughout most of time and in most places around the planet, men have forcibly subordinated women through a long series of historical events, culminating in societies that imagine it is natural and right that women be constrained from individual participation in society. Does this mean, however, that there is something in the genetic code of women that will cause them to explode or become damaged if they leave the house and run for parliament? Well certainly not, obviously that's ridiculous. This may aid patriarchy, but the concept depends not on our DNA, but rather our laws and customs. Our histories produce patriarchy, not our natures. And race is perhaps an even clearer example of this. Race is an entirely contrived category. It's socially invented, with absolutely zero genetic basis. Certainly people do look different from one another, I will grant you that. But phenotypical differences in skin tone or hair type account for a vanishingly small portion of our genetics. So small in fact that if you plucked a random white European and a random black Sub-Saharan African, the two individuals are more likely to share a greater amount of their genetics than they would with random individuals in their own populations. So similar are the fundamental building blocks nature provides us. History however provides us with something much different and much more sinister. The law condemns some people to be slaves on the basis of their biology. The law elevates others to the position of permanent or potential masters. These legal and social categories are not given by genetics. They're the products of centuries and millennia of deliberate action, usually on the part of the powerful few to justify their exploitation of weaker parties. Next is the myth of the Pilgrim Fathers as America's great origin myth, which provides purpose and mission and therefore justification for our society. Most people probably do have some sense that the Puritans and Separatists in New England did not in fact hope to establish this continent as some sort of libertarian escape from the old world where people could finally live freely and practice their religion. In reality, the colonial elites uprooted the old world governing institutions and grafted them onto American soils. They imported the very same sorts of tyranny they supposedly wanted to escape. And this is shocking, but from roughly 1500 to 1800, five out of every six immigrants out to the new world were unfree. So what? Was that Bacon's New Atlantis or some city on the hill? Or were the Americas much closer to a prison planet? Well each of these myths are powerful primarily because they are half truths. Yes, people are biologically different. No, those differences do not necessarily imply condemnation to particular social existences. Yes, poverty has always existed and does not seem ready for conquest anytime soon. No, this does not mean that we will never be able to eliminate significant material want. Yes, many colonists fled Europe and elsewhere to live freely on the frontiers of civilization. No, these actual liberty seekers were not successful on the whole. There were small pockets of libertarianism and individualism, but they were quickly and relatively cleanly rounded up and ironed out. Historical myths captivate you with the truth and hoodwinks you with the falsehood. All the while, you are likely so impressed with the truths that you don't even notice the trickery already afoot in your brain. So who exactly creates these myths? And whose interests do they serve? You'll never really know until you do the work of history from below. Sometimes doing history from below rather than above is as simple as broadening the scope of your evidence beyond the relatively controllable published record. It might mean deep dives into personal diaries, letters, newspapers, pop and material culture. You might have to use archeological anthropological evidence. You might introduce a variety of methodological approaches to often studied subjects. And practically every type of history you can imagine can be practiced both from above and from below, and the very best historians are able to put together a holistic picture of human action and interaction such that everybody, everyone and their agency can be accounted for. No one unduly emphasized and no one's existence unjustly denied space in the record. And that's the sort of method we have adopted here. So often we like to think that brilliant and courageous entrepreneurs should take the place of emperors and legislators in dominating the historical record. But perhaps we should remind ourselves from time to time at least that pencils are not handed down to us from great entrepreneurs. They are built by countless millions from below. Liberty Chronicles is a project of Libertarianism.org. It is produced by Test Terrible. To learn more about Liberty Chronicles, visit Libertarianism.org.


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Good guy here Colton Welker for the rocks that's gonna go to Eric Eric clicks and the Rockies We got Aaron Zavala 22 out of 49 Nice pack nice auto for Texas. That's gonna be for Raymond and the Rangers Tim McCarver 40 out of 49 Cardinals that's gonna go to John and the Redbirds Think Tim McCarver No longer with us, right Somewhat recently. Yes passed away in February. All right Pete We got Gavin sheets 15 out of 25 rookie patch not a graph I'm really sick card here, too. This might not even go in a 180 top loader White Sox is a number block team. So that's gonna go to White Sox 5 comfortable in a slider box and White Sox 5 is gonna be for Mark.  That's a Larry Walker one of one Larry Walker on a Printing plate that's for Eric clicks and the Rockies Nice and of course out of fives and under Get the train whistle All aboard the Big Hit Express Got a book dual memorabilia signature is 64 out of 99 and that's Tyler McGill Mets our number block team. So I'll go to Mets for That's Chris beat with the number four last Bob Mojo more car in the bottom. It's Max Scherzer 16 out of 20th Dodgers edition of Max Scherzer commemorating his 3000th strikeout and counting Yeah, that auto does not look like Larry Larry Walker, but that's I mean that doesn't look like it spells Larry Walker But I've seen his autograph and that's how he does it. All right next box I don't know how Larry gets Larry out of that, but it's distinct. What do you need? Justin, who do you like in the US open this week? Justin's a golfer. He knows a thing or two about golf. We've got a we're going to I'm gonna I'm gonna go to I got tickets for Sunday. Oh Got tickets for Sunday me and Nick are going his brother Should be fun Yeah, they're kind of pricey, but I was like, I don't know when I'm gonna be able to set foot on that country I was like and I don't think us open comes back for another 10 15 years or something. So another major tournament Yon Gomes is going to go to the Cubs. Oh Cubs are a number block team 81 out of 99 Gonna be for Nathan. Yeah, Keke is a machine during majors 24 out of 25 that's field gear Eugenio Suarez Seattle That's for David M. Who got the Mariners straight up Got your don Alvarez 12 out of 99. That's for Houston. Houston is a number block team. So Houston 2 It's gonna be for Chris M 43 out of 49 that's Jose Devers for Miami Eric Klicks or the Marlins Planning on it Eric Jennings. I'm planning on getting a little taken out alone for refreshments and souvenirs The ticket itself is expensive enough That's all I got to try to pick some winners to put on my betting card to try to pay for the weekend We got Connor Siebel 27 out of 49 being town Being town is the die-cut lettering And that's for Boston. That's gonna be for Ed P. Got Logan Webb jersey and autographs 18 out of 64 Bureau be a TM. I don't doubt it I'm doubt it Eric Giants are a number block team actually so I'll go to Giants 8 That'll be Jeff Brown but uh Well, I don't know living in LA. We're used to things being expensive I've been to enough music festivals in my life. I've been to enough You know enough sporting events here in LA where We're used to those kind of prices, so I don't think I'll be too shocked All right, nice patch nice auto 47 out of 99 Greg with the Phillies You go Greg bought the Philly straight up Ooh and a triple auto Spencer Torkelson Bobby with Junior say a Suzuki eight out of 25 Prime trio that's not bad at all all three pretty solid players a lot of upside for all three of these guys, too But that's gonna be a sad times randomizer. Well, maybe not Detroit is a number block team The Royals are a number block team and the Cubs are a number block team So it just goes by the number eight out of 25. That's gonna be Jeff Brown there you go Jeff. That was easy. No sad times randomizer. Just one happy person. There you go. Nice All right, the book Hall of Fame materials Barry Larkin 37 out of 49 piece of his jersey Going to the Reds. That's for Ed P in the Cardinals And we got Angel or on hell Zerpa for the Royals 68 out of 99 Royals eight That's another one for Jeff a nice little box for Jeff there All right, we're halfway through this full case break two more to go Justin Thomas one. Ooh a little Justin Thomas W. Okay, Justin Thomas. That's interesting I don't think it's gonna be a favorite Just betting favorites just never works in golf rarely does it work in golf? Well, you might have to sprinkle a little money on Scotty Shepard. Just just because Rex, what's up? What do you got for me here? Remember a couple months ago when I got an Akeman mission? Yes, I do remember that just saying it has the original tags 275 how much does his auto add to that? Hmm, I Don't know there must be other examples of Akeman. There must be I think there's a lot of Akeman stuff out there You could probably will look for authentic jerseys But keep in mind just because it says just because the original tags is 275. I don't think it's I Don't think you can put it on eBay for at least two cents You know what I mean? You're not paying for the jersey in that particular auction There's Trevor Rogers 21 out of 25 Eric clicks with the Marlins Victor Hovland Eric Jennings is thinking that's not a bad pick It's Casey Meyes 45 out of 49. There's another card right there That's for Detroit Detroit 5 is gonna be mark Hovland's had a recent win So he's in good form and has improved his short game a lot Chipping and putting has been been a lot better So in the those improvements are showing that could be a nice little nice little play Outrides are hard 15 out of 25 stand the man musu for John outrides are super hard You know, I think even even the pro golf better is probably aren't winning too many outrides in a given year but you got to play around with the top 10 top 20s Hovland the top 10 pick Here is a Geraldo Perdomo 93 out of 99 for the snakes Raymond picked up the diamond back straight up We got Windy City Greg Deekman 67 out of 99 Some cool lettering there. It's gonna go to Cubs 7 That'll be for Chris B. We got Trevor Bauer 95 out of 99 So it'll go to the Dodgers Dodgers 5 that'll be For Mark we got Lars Newt bar local guy 77 out of 99 Else a gun dough you go went to Elsa on a high school just about what 15 20 minutes north of us here That's gonna go to John and the Cardinals No traffic Jose of Bray you six out of ten nice. This is still white socks edition. It's gonna go to White Sox 6 I'll be for Nathan There you go. I think it's a good price point right there Rex put it at thousand take a best offer boom The book is rookie signature jumbo material Chas McCormick 88 out of 99 for the Stroh's Astros 8 it's gonna be for Jeff. Oh, he went through the fence just like Aaron judge Yeah, the outfielder on a long fly ball By Michael Conforto Yeah, went through the gate What's with the gates in major league baseball? Secure those gates you guys That's a grounds crew issue. Come on grounds crew team What happened there son getting himself the sun blasting right in his eyes, too He's gonna blame the Sun. It was the Sun that guy's good All right final box ladies and gentlemen good luck Thanks, everyone for getting in we got a nice triple relic Josiah Gray Five out of ten former Dodger prospect. That's gonna go to mark in the number five His win-loss record isn't very good, but look at his underlying numbers The Nationals aren't very good, but he's been having a nice little season biography materials Longo for the Giants that's gonna be San Francisco one And that'll be for Nathan got more Barry Larkin 24 out of 49 for Ed P and the Red Legs Ah, sorry, Justin was on was picking up his son from Bible school But I think Rom and Xander are who I'm putting some money on to win Just can't trust Xander Shoffley, but I think I'm on John Rom as well Do you trust that putter though? Like are you familiar with all the all those strokes gain stats Thomas? Pretty much it's like Sort of an average like how many strokes are you gaining or losing? Relative to the rest of the field and what your expected shot is going to be on there Right, so he's been a leak off the tee elite from the fairway elite out of the bunkers elite everywhere Elite right, but his putter is like below tour average. He's just below average. He's just been terrible at it for the last handful of months Which is crazy because he's had all these top five finishes. Yeah, how do you think so like Exactly, so he's just landing it with exactly so he's losing losing strokes because of his putter It's crazy and this is from like within 10 feet out like we're pros usually nail that stuff He's not doing it That drew Ellis by the way goes to Raymond and the diamond backs Tristan Casas is going to go to Ed P and the Red Sox Top loader dust in there plastic particles, but Clean for Tristan Casas Tristan houses. We've got Hyeong Jong Yang 24 out 25 that is For Texas and that's going to be for Raymond and the Rangers And we got Juan Yepes 23 out of 99. I Have seen footage of the coal of the course conditions No, I've seen the pit. I've seen footage of the course though like it looks beautiful The rough is insane. Is it? Oh, yeah, I've there's they're super Lot of tick-tock videos of guys The rough and disappears Are you talking about those kind of conditions Justin? That I've seen John with the Cardinals And there's Alex Bregman 24 out 25 and then I think I think Boranca is going to be a buzzword on the television broadcast this weekend which are essentially a Dry riverbed they're like Obviously desert like conditions in Southern California's Bregman going to number four During rainy season those gullies are where the water usually goes but But most of the time they're just dry and there's a lot of Rocks and dirt and stuff like that there We got legendary signatures nickname nine out of ten Whoa cool Papa Bell Legendary material signatures Now St. Louis That's He represents. He's a player from the old Negro League team. Let's go to the Czechos I think this goes to Baltimore, but let me check go to group rake checklist calm. Let's go there Fair honey, what's going on? You came across streaming you can help me out with your twitch custom graphics even more. No, thank you But I appreciate the offer. We're good on that front Cool Papa Bell according to checklist says none Well, we'll just randomize it to the to the group then. Yeah, you played for the St. Louis stars Yeah, so we'll go by the checklist says none on the checklist on group rake checklist calm so we'll randomize that to somebody and Last one is Maddox burns a bronze for the Dodgers 29 out of 99. That's gonna go to Dodgers nine if he's a first-rounder from pick from 2021 so keep an eye out for him Dodgers number block team once again Dodgers nine Nathan keep an eye out for that guy All right, so let's do this randomizer. What I'm gonna do is I'm gonna randomize The teams right here, so we got new dice new list So this will be for the book then we're gonna do the teams again For the wax party invite now if it lands on a number block team then we'll randomize the names again from the number block list So potentially two randomizers for the wax party But we'll use one dice roll for all the randomizing and that's gonna be eight times two and a six eight times This is for the cool Papa Belle cut auto One two three four five six seven and Eight so team on top gets it And if it's number block team it'll go it's nine out ten it'll go to it'll go to Nathan if it's number block team on top All right. Good luck It's gonna go to the reds and that's Ed Ed P with the red straight up gets the cool Papa Belle nine out of ten legendary materials signatures That's really cool. A little piece of history there Ed Alright congrats Ed All right now we got a wax party invite Let's flip back to the description just one right? Yeah, we've got a wax party invite So let's gather the teams again We'll use the same dice roll team on top after eight gets the wax party invite. Good luck one two three four five six seven and Eighth and final time fingers cross everybody And once again if it's a number block team then we'll do a dice roll or we'll use the same dice roll And randomize the number block names If it's straight up obviously the person who bought that team share we'll get it So after eight times a lot of sad faces here two through thirty, but one happy face It's for the Astros and the Astros are a number block team So let's flip back to the list here. Let's go to and you can see right here Astros So let's click over to the number block tab and gather everybody's names here And let's do the final randomizer two and a six eight times name on top wax party invite one two three four five six Seven and eighth and final time after eight Chris Butler It was the Butler the Butler did it the last one mojo helping out as well Chris you're in the wax party. Congrats to you and thanks for watching everybody I'm Joe for jazby's case breaks calm, and I'll see you next time for the next break. Bye. Bye