Amen. All right, so Judges chapter 9 keep your place here. We're going to be going back and forth to Judges chapter 9 so we see quite a story here in Judges chapter 9 and The sermon this morning or this evening is going to be on a Bemelex kingdom a Bemelex kingdom And we're finishing up the train wrecks in the Bible series tonight and this story in Judges chapter 9 About a Bemelex kingdom is quite a train wreck. So what is the story first of all? Let's look at the story and see what we can learn from it this evening. So who's a Bemelex first of all So a Bemelex is the son of this man named Jerobo and he went you know the Bible says a Bemelex the son of Jerubo went to Session So who is Jerubo look back at Judges chapter 8 and verse number 35 Where the Bible says, you know, basically the Bible is telling us at the end of Judges chapter 8 What the people did so this is the time of the judges of course and a Bemelex is the son of Gideon a very famous Judge and the Bible says in verse 35 of Judges 8 35 neither showed they kindness to the house of Jerobo I don't know why I'm having such a hard time saying that Jerubo Namely Gideon so it's another name for Gideon. Okay, and if you look at Judges chapter 7 it says right in the very first Verse there it says then Jerubo, which is Gideon, okay? So we know that Jerubo is Gideon so Gideon had 70 sons from his wives and then the Bible says in Judges chapter 8 that he had this other son from a concubine named Bemelech and a Bemelech wanted to be in charge. He wanted to be the ruler He wanted to reign over the people look at verse 1 of Judges 9 The Bible says in a Bemelech the son of Jerubo went to Session under his mother's brethren and communed with him And with all the family of the house of his mother's father saying speak I pray you in the ears of all the men of Session Whether it be better for you either that all the sons of Jerubo which are three score in ten persons So that's 70 right three score three times 20 60 and then 10 we have 70 people reign over you or that one reign over you Remember also that I am your bone and your flesh So he's saying you know go to these people of Session these men of Session and say hey Is it better that all these 70 sons reign over you or that just me reign over you and his mother's Brethren spake of him and all the years of the men of Session all these words and their hearts were inclined to follow Abimelech for they said he is our brother and they gave him three score and ten pieces of silver out of the house of Belbeareth with wherewith Abimelech hired vein and light persons which followed him and when he went to his father's house at Ophra He and then he went he went unto his father's house at Ophra and slew his brethren the sons of Jerubo So he slew all of Gideon's 70 sons here being three score and ten persons upon one stone Not withstanding yet Jotham the youngest son of Jerubo was left for he hid himself So he he's he basically executes them on this stone whatever this stone is I mean it's it must have been quite a scene Executing all of Gideon's sons. I mean Gideon was a great judge Gideon You know freed the nation of Israel from the Midianites and I mean he had some serious Battles that he fought I mean he really Took it to the Midianites and he freed the nation and just You know one chapter later just one generation later. They do this to his sons All right, and then one of them gets away, okay? So Jotham the youngest he gets away and go back to verse number seven and Jotham the only son of Gideon that escapes lays a curse onto Abimelech and look at verse number seven and I just I love the curse here that that Jotham lays on him And I'll explain it to you in verse seven it says when they told it to Jotham He went and stood in the top of the Mount Gerizim and lifted up his voice and cried and said unto them harken unto me he men of session These are the ones that turned against Everybody with abimelech that God may harken unto you the trees went now. He kind of gives a parable here He says the trees went forth on a time to anoint a king over them and they said unto the olive tree Rain over us so he's giving a parable of trees Asking other trees to rain over them and they asked the olive tree first But the olive tree said unto them should I leave my fatness Wherewith by they honor God and man to be promoted over the trees so the olive tree says no I'm happy where I'm at with all my olives and the trees said to the fig tree Come thou and rain over us But the fig tree said unto them should I forsake my forsake my sweetness and my good fruit and go to be Promoted over the trees so the fig tree says no either. He's like I've got my own things I don't need to be king then said the trees unto the vine so he's kind of stepping it down Right, he's going from the top tree the olive tree down to the fig tree now He goes down to the vine and he says come thou rain over us and the vine said unto them Should I leave my wine with cheereth God and man and go to be promoted over the trees So the vine said no, I don't want it. I'm happy where I'm at and then said all the trees under the bramble So this is kind of a tongue-and-cheek slam at a bimilek right here He's make they basically go to the to the brush to the to the weed Brush the bramble and say come thou rain over us and the bramble said unto the trees Well, so the bramble wants the job Right the bramble wants the job. He's like hey I get to rule over the olive tree looks like a promotion if in truth He anoint me king over you then come and put your trust in my shadow and if not let fire come out of the bramble and Devour the cedars of Lebanon now therefore if he had done truly and sincerely and that you have made a bimilek king And if you've dealt well with Jerubo and his house and have done according Done unto him according to the deserving of his hands Skip down to verse number 19. He kind of repeats this and summarizes it He says if he then have dealt truly and sincerely with Jerubo and with his house this day Then rejoice in a bimilek and let him also rejoice in you So he's he's saying you know hey if you've done the right thing here He's saying then be happy with your new king and let him be happy with you He's saying you know just serve him and let him serve you and just be happy and then he says But if not and he knows the answer he knows the answer to the question He says but if not let fire come out from a bimilek and devour the men of session and The house of Milo and then let fire come out from the men of session and from the house of Milo and devour Abimelech so the curse is this is that he's like if you haven't dealt Well, if you've dealt treacherously with the sons of Gideon and with Gideon then he says you know Just let you destroy each other basically is what he says So he's straight up cursing a bimilek here and look go down to verse number 22 the men of session Betray a bimilek in verse number 22 it says when a bimilek had reigned three years over Israel and it wasn't that long Then God sent an evil spirit between a bimilek and the men of session and the men of session dealt treacherously with a bimilek look at verse number 26 and Gaul the son of ebid came out from with his brethren and went over to session and the men of session put their confidence in him So look the curse of Jotham comes true I mean how the story ends is basically a bimilek, you know commits this treachery And he murders the sons of Gideon of the great judge Gideon who had just freed the nation from the Midianites And then just three years later the very people that help him commit this treachery turn on him Then what does he do?   It wasn't his place To be the next judge. I mean he wasn't appointed by God So everyone isn't anointed to be the king. He was forcing something here, okay? So he was forcing this situation, right? It wasn't of God so that's the first thing, you know, we got to be careful not to force situations that aren't of God All right, the second thing is this Beware just thoughts on the story in general. Okay, beware of what the Bible calls vain and light men Go back to judges chapter 9 and look at verse number 4 Look at judges chapter 9 and verse number 4 the Bible says and they gave him three score and ten pieces of silver Out of the house of Bill Bill Beareth. Why? Why did he need money? Wherewith a benelic hired vain and light persons which followed him so he basically paid them off He paid them off to follow him and it worked because they were vain and light men They were not men of strong moral character. Okay, they were people that could be purchased They were people whose loyalty could be purchased I mean these were literally men that were paid to follow him is it a surprise that they turned against him You know just a few years later look at judges chapter 9 and verse number 19 And the Bible says, you know, this is the back to the curse It says if he have dealt truly and sincerely with Jerubo in his house this day then rejoice But if not let fire come out from a bemelech and devour the men of Sasham and the house of Milo look a Bemelech built his house on betrayal He built his house on treachery, so the first thing is beware of the leaders that Surround themself with the shallowest of people This is a warning and you can see this you'll see this in your secular life You'll see this at work, you know, hopefully you never see it at church But beware of leaders that surround themselves with vain and light persons shallow people That have no death look wicked people always do this Always they choose the weakest and most easily influenced group of people why? Because it's easy to manipulate them That's why Okay, so this brings me to my main point a Bemelech built his house on betrayal He built his house on treason look a bemelech had a goal and the goal was not godly We know that but he had a goal and he executed his goal through treachery So the point I want to really make and really drive home this evening is this is it matters how you get there? in your Christian life You know this attitude that you know exists in the world today that you know We just need to make the right alliances and you know It doesn't matter if we betray people and do this as long as it gets us to our goal You know this political Maneuvering that you'll see out in the world today. Look, I mean even in politics publicly You'll see this it's ridiculous, right because the point is here is that the reason? I mean ultimately that because of the way that a bemelech rose to power The very reason for his success Was his downfall I Mean that was the curse coming true But that is the way that God Prosecutes things a bemelech's kingdom was his downfall the type of kingdom he built was his downfall He built it through treachery and he died through treachery. You see Let's talk about treachery for a few minutes just for a few minutes I'm gonna give you three points on treachery. You're like, how how will I recognize treachery? Does treachery exist today? You know How will I know if someone's treacherous? How will I know if I'm dealing with someone that is a treacherous type of person? How can I tell? Well, the Bible tells you turn to Jeremiah chapter 12 first of all The first thing to look for is this treacherous people will speak fair words to you always Treacherous people will speak fair words to you go to Jeremiah chapter 12 and verse number six I'll just give you a few points on how to recognize Treacherous people and then we'll get back to the main point But the point is that fair words will come from treacherous people. You're like, well, what if people are just being nice? Well, you you have to know look at Jeremiah chapter 12 and verse number six You must recognize this the Bible says for even thy brethren in the house of thy father Even they have dealt treacherously with thee. So here's some people who are dealing treacherously with you Yay, they have called the multitude after thee believe them not though they speak fair words under thee So basically this leads into turn to Proverbs chapter 29. This leads into things like flattery And how to recognize it Right because these people they were speaking fair words, but they were really dealing treacherously Behind the back of this person in Jeremiah chapter 12. Look at Proverbs 29 and verse 5 Talking about flattery the Bible says in Proverbs 29 a man that flattereth his neighbor Spreadeth a net for his feet. So somebody that flatters you is really trying to entrap you Okay, so I mean what's the difference between fair words and flattery and you know, how are you gonna tell right? Well, I mean it really has to do with sincerity Right. I mean if I say that, you know, brother Matthew, that's a nice jacket And I don't mean it. I think it's ugly Right. I think that's the worst jacket. I've actually ever seen in my life I'm just kidding brother But look if I say that's a nice jacket and I mean it then that's not flattering But if I say it's a nice jacket and brother though, man, I mean you're just you're just everything.  See The difference is sincerity with flattery folks go back to Proverbs chapter 27 And look at verse number six So I mean a verse that we've gone over several times in the last two or three weeks The Bible says faithful are the wounds of a friend, but look at the next part of the verse It says but the kisses of an enemy are deceitful So the Bible here says that you know faithful are the wounds of a friend You know your friend means it. He's saying some some not good things to you, but it's sincere And he's trying to help you but on the other side of that you're getting good words from somebody who's really your enemy So I mean the world will teach you that your friend should just say nice things only to you But the Bible says that people that just say nice things only to you are probably your enemy It's deceitful look at Romans chapter 16 and verse number 18 Roman 16 and verse number 18 The Bible says for they that are such serve not our Lord Jesus Christ, but their own belly So here's people that are just they're trying to you know come into the church and cause problems and just serve themselves And the Bible says and by good words and fair speeches deceive the hearts of what of The simple So the wicked people the wicked people they're always after the simple first They're always after you know the the vain and light persons, right? So like once again, we see the wicked they surround themselves with these types of people Easily manipulated type types of people look at Isaiah chapter 33 The second point is this treacherous dealers people that you know treacherous dealers now Here's this is rocket science. Listen treacherous dealers deal treacherously Look at Isaiah chapter 33. This is what this is what a bemelech should have known right here Isaiah 33 in verse number one The Bible says woe to thee that spoil list and that and thou was not spoiled So he's saying you know woe to somebody who goes and just you know does harm where you weren't harmed Okay, and deal is treacherously and they dealt not treacherously with these so the people that you know go and do something They're they're spoiling people and these people did nothing to you But you're dealing treacherously with them then it says when thou shalt cease to spoil thou shall be spoiled And when thou shalt make an end to deal treacherously They shall deal treacherously with thee you see how that works So it says when you go out and you deal treacherously with people and then you're like all right. I got what I wanted I Spoiled you I took all your stuff. I got what I wanted. It says guess what? Now they're gonna deal treacherously with you So those that deal look so that leads to my third point the treacherous will end through treachery Treachery doesn't work Because treachery will end in treachery period I Mean see pretty much the entire kingdom northern kingdom of Israel history Treachery ends in treachery every single time a bemalax end was through the means of his rise See and it's fitting right. I mean he would have been better off just staying in his own vineyard like like the vine he would have been better off just you know Having what God wanted for his life instead of forcing something and then treacherously gaining something that he wanted and Then ending in treachery So look the application this evening is is a broad one, but it's this Goals are great. Okay. Goals are great in your life. They're necessary But it matters how you get there It matters how you get there look a bemalax reached his goal A bemalax he was king or he was the ruler. I Don't know if he was called a king, but he was the ruler. He made it. He said I want to be I want to reign over you He prosecuted this plan and he reigned over them for sure But it didn't matter to a bemalax how he achieved that goal. It was just anything goes so what look Life is not about setting goals and then just doing whatever it takes To get that to those goals. I mean look this can be considered a disadvantage What I'm saying can be considered a disadvantage to the world. I Mean you think of your corporate psychopath Or whatever The person that will just do anything that it takes to get to the top They will do anything that it takes to get that promotion to get that credit to get whatever to make themselves look good Make their people look good make you look bad Look, but you have to operate under this this moral authority of the Bible The world could look at that as a disadvantage But let's see, you know if it is a disadvantage, you know, you have to operate morally you have to know the law like we talked About this morning Otherwise look otherwise God will not be in it God will not be in it in an a bemalax case God destroyed it a Bemalax kingdom the kingdom he built the very kingdom destroyed him What are some examples of this for for us today? Well, what's a what's a goal that that most people have especially, you know men look financial success Right, I mean isn't that isn't that something that everybody wants right? I mean look you should not have a goal to be rich But let's take a poll You have to support your family you have to to make a living guys Let's take a poll raise your hand if you want to be broke. I don't see any hands You have to make a living the Bible says this you are to support your family you are to work you are look nobody wants to be broke I Mean there's a line you're not to have this goal to just be rich But you have to support your family. I Mean there are a lot of people making a lot of money off the government lately Did you know that I? Said at the beginning of this whole thing back in February or whatever it was And I'll say it again. It's almost like they're trying to get everyone on government support It's it almost feels like that's what they're trying to do and I'm more convinced now than I was then I Mean business. I mean I hear all kinds of stories from people businesses getting grants that don't need them It's like it's a free-for-all out there. I Mean whenever the government is handing out billions yay trillions of dollars I mean look the people the vultures are going to swoop in and people are good at this To take advantage right I mean think about the individual the worker You know just staying home and go on instead of going to work For 50% of people 50% of people did you know that 50% of people being on unemployment right now?  Because you're building a BIMLEX Kingdom. I mean you're you're you might say to me. Oh, you've never been hurt It work. You don't know when I was 19 years old I was working for a steel building company and I was on three sets of Scaffolding on a trailer which is six times three It's 18 feet in the air from the bottom of my feet to the bottom of the trailer and one of the hooks wasn't hooked And I was carrying two blankets of insulation and I fell 18 feet and landed on my back My hard hat broke everything. I landed on all these pipes. Thank God the pipes were there It's like I bounced off the trailer and onto the ground And you're like what did you do well? I mean thank God that I wasn't I didn't have any broken bones. I wasn't really hurt I had some bruises and I was cut from my neck to my tailbone with cuts So what did you do? I went to work the next day That's what I did That's what I did. You know what? This is the opposite of a BIMLEX Kingdom because I could walk to the owner of that company today, and he'd give me a job tomorrow 1000% No problem. You must do things the right way Or you're kicking against the pricks as Jesus would put it But here's the flip side. Okay. Here's the flip side. It's not all bad news Okay, here's the flip side where there are are all these people that are just taking advantage There's opportunity You know, I've always said that about homeschooling I've always said that about homeschooling as the as the government education system destroys 99% of the the coming generation in this country And that 1% is going to be in high demand high demand Homeschoolers will stand above the rest Hands down no problem. There'll be opportunity everywhere Imagine a kid today. I'm already seeing it by the way a kid today that shows up to work on time every day Is like some kind of superhero. It's embarrassing It's crazy. That's all it takes there's opportunity everywhere because a Bemalek is everywhere all these people just dealing treacherously with their employers and And everybody out there.   Look, here's the thing That kingdom that you're building will be your own downfall and here's why First of all getting a job especially if you have no experience in anything I Mean you have to convince someone to invest money in you. Did you know that? You won't produce anything useful for an employee if you have zero experience for probably a year or more.   I'm looking at you This is what you have to do You have to convince someone to invest into you and everyone's in a Bimalek You know how many small business owners? I know that don't even look for people anymore Because they it's not that they don't need people.  I mean look you can rip some people off You can once or twice Then you're marked Then you're marked I joke with my wife. She's probably sick of this joke after 21 years But I often joke with my wife with all the credit card application I don't even know if we still get him we probably do she probably just throws him away and I don't even see him But I'm like we should just take out all The credit cards that we can and just like whoo-hoo. Let's just go spending and then we'll just like move to the Philippines or something We'll live with brother Stucky. Well, I mean look you can do that once and then you know you've destroyed yourself and And no one will touch you with a 10-foot pole you can get there You can get there you can build this type of rep yet reputation a Bimalek's kingdom that you're building will be your downfall It may work for three years Like it worked for a Bimalek, but it'll be your downfall You know the guy who's like, you know what I'm gonna get into a career Work hard be loyal.   Where's your child?    I Mean homeschooling is hard. I mean if you're done homeschooling in half an hour, you're not doing it, right. I Mean the few times when I had to work from home I mean, I'm just it stresses me out all the stuff that's going on I'd rather just you know be away at work and and have my wife be able to do all that But it's a lot and you're like, well, it's not a lot for me. Well, you're not doing it, right and If you're just having some screen or whatever raise your kids look you're building a Bemelex kingdom and that kingdom will be their downfall I mean the church just I mean just Things in the church and how things are prosecuted in the church. I mean not to get into this I don't really even have this in my notes, but look When I think about the things that are prosecuted in the church and why they're done that way There's not a lot of things. No, let me just clear that up. There's nothing that's done here by accident There's nothing that's done here by accident turn to Hebrews chapter 10 10 Let me just show you something real quick because this quite frankly This as we come up on our one-year anniversary This one thing is probably the biggest learning curve that I've gone through since I started, you know going from being church member to Church leader. This is probably one of my biggest learning curves. I've learned a lot, but look at Hebrews chapter 10 and Look at verse number 24 Now you're like, I've heard this a million times. This is telling me to go to church. No, let's look at something different Look at verse number 24 The Bible says we're just gonna read the first part of verse 24 The Bible says and let us consider one another to provoke unto love and to good works Underline underline if you don't mind writing in your Bible underline consider one another There's a lot of things that sitting in the in the seats. I Didn't really understand why it was that way There's a lot of things like that. I mean a few things I can just think of on the top of my head I wasn't really one to go to the pastor and ask. Hey, why do you do it that way? Why do you do it that way? But look that would have been fine if I would have done that I just I just kind of put that trust in him that you know, there must be a reason for it I know the reasons now. I know the reasons now. I I have had so many moments in The last year where I'm like, that's why pastor does it that way I'm like, ah that makes sense I mean just like light bulb light bulb light bulb but here's if I could just cover a lot of those things in In one verse it would be Hebrews 10 24 It's not every reason but look there whenever we have a church event or we have church things that we do or Activities all these different things here's and you're like, why do they do it that way and all this kind of stuff? I mean look here's the main thing so you have an idea and how some and look there's no issues here I'm just trying to explain some things that I've learned over the last year There's no issues at this church that I know of right, but here's the thing You are like, oh, I have an idea on how to do this or I have an idea on this or whatever Maybe we could do it like this, but here's the thing you're considering You know yourself and your idea and maybe your family. I have to consider everybody on Everything I mean that the stories I could tell you about it like how my wife and I talk about just the social Situations and well we could do this and have it there and oh but then oh can't do that because we have to consider everyone So that is where I mean the driver of probably 90% of why we do things the way we do around here It's because we're just trying to consider everybody You see what I mean, so That I mean that's my job is to consider Everyone I mean it's your job to consider one another. I have to consider everybody So I mean that's been a real eye-opener a real you know perspective Adjuster for me as I stepped into the ministry, but so I mean just realize that in the church You know we prosecute things especially in a biblical church We we prosecute things Specifically in a specific way church disciplines and other things all these different things I mean they're gonna be prosecuted in a very I mean nothing will be by accident Nothing will be by accident at all right. I mean a lot of times it's not comfortable A lot of times maybe I have to have a conversation with somebody but look it's on purpose And it's for a reason Okay, and the main reason is just so we can consider everyone and we're supposed to consider one another right So look back to the main point There should be no christian of emilex All right, because look the way that of emilec prosecuted things here. It was not moral It was not it was not the right way to do things obviously to murder all these people and treachery You know so christians should know better Is is the bottom line? I mean look at romans 8 and verse 31 Don't turn there turn to proverbs chapter 3 and we'll just read proverbs chapter 3 Romans 8 31 says, you know, it's a famous verse right if god if god be for us who can be against us Right, I mean that that's what romans 8 31. It's a famous verse in the bible if god be for us Who could be against us? But what's the opposite of that? Look at a bemilec. He's the opposite of that. Look at proverbs chapter 3 and verse number four the bible says So shall thou find favor and good understanding in the sight of god and man It's talking about reading the law if you read a couple verses up Then it says in all thy ways acknowledge him and he shall direct thy paths So look it says if you acknowledge the way god wants you to do things And it says in the verses above, you know forget not my law and verse number one If you don't forget the law and you do things the way that god wants you to do He'll direct your paths and he'll be with you and if god be for us who could be against us So look if it's saying that if god is for you if you're doing things the right way I mean forget about what the world thinks. So the world is actually wrong The world is actually wrong when they think the corporate psychopath way is the way to go because if god be for us Forget about it. It's not close So look, I mean romans. I mean sometimes I wonder if people even believe the bible Sometimes I mean If god if you are not doing things the right, I mean Romance 13 says the government is there to punish evil.  What are they listening to because look? If god is not with you Your efforts are futile I mean worthless You will get nowhere And I can't tell you how many times I have seen this play out before my very eyes Somebody just can't get something going and they're just not it's not working out and I'm like, I know why it's not working out Because you're not doing it the way god wants you to do it And if god be for us who could be against us, but if god's against you forget it Forget it You have to do it The right way goals are great Goals are great, but it takes more than goals. You're like, man, this sounds hard and complicated. Well Welcome to church That's why I'm telling you these things But guess what? You know like it's complicated the bible gives you this direction The bible gives you the direction on you know, look the bible gives you the goals And then it tells you how to get to the goals In the right way I mean If we don't do this, it doesn't matter if you get there. You're like, but it's working. I'm almost there. It doesn't matter Abimelech made it to being king He was king or he was the ruler God will be against you just like he was against Abimelech I mean, look it's it's a theme folks. It's a theme.  It's it's the same type of theme God will destroy you with that very thing Look, I don't I don't want to be In this type of position and I don't understand who would Abimelech's kingdom was his very downfall Because of not because of the goal. Look, it wasn't a godly goal But it wasn't really because of the goal. It was because of how he got there and what he did It was both right it was the goal and how he he prosecuted but god used the method To destroy him with it I mean talk about poetic justice So look folks methods matter And you need god to be on your side or you will get nowhere In this christian life. Let's bow our heads and have a word of prayer


I'm saying set the ambience for your growth. If you do not set the ambience of joy and reverence within you, reverence does not mean toward something, toward somebody, it's a way to be. It's a certain way to be. Reverence means you're in a receptive mode because you understand life happens best with grace. You're constantly in a receptive mode.  You want to take in the intelligence of creation into you.  Don't give the piece of your mind. If you keep giving away, what will you be left with? You'll be left with nothing.


All right cyber traders welcome on back here in this Tuesday as always post traders talk addition each and every Tuesday That is here this afternoon meeting January 9th not always is it January 9th great to see Chuck bill and all of our students members alike inside the cyber group room Just give me a quick chat back if you could hear me loud and clear and Kathleen on C4 the stock just a moment ago Jeff on our Mara trade there Chuck on Boyle and actually those two otherwise So great to see Lee Chris Manny Michael Brian Mark Craig going from top to bottom in between there and all of us Otherwise on Facebook live LinkedIn Twitter YouTube etc at cyber trading you as always just be a friend tell a friend But you know we actually just came off our traders talk workshop earlier today I had a great workshop go went over Mara mainly went over NVIDIA from yesterday and showing you really how you could base just a simple options call out just off of level 3 and level 4 And then at the end we actually had a fun little raffle give away a couple of different coaching packs Congratulations to two of our students there Pablo E and Phil M Just I'll message you folks if not later today then as soon as we open up shop tomorrow morning There's actually a couple of us. I do need to still get back to there We go my friend Larry and then a couple more as well via email So been on the stick most of my day today actually so trust me by the end of this afternoon I definitely intend to get back to most if not all actually Larry nice thumbnail my friend right there too I see alright so ARDX look at this up 11 plus percent breaking higher from yesterday and actually definitely proving me wrong in terms of Continuation because you know back yesterday. I was saying look at the gap. It filled it back from 2021 This is actually one of the more notable notable gap fills that we've had really since that time and maybe a bit beforehand So finally over time we didn't hold her breath for it But ended up filling this gap from the end of last year into the beginning of this And I definitely feeling it more definitely exceeding that gap fill at this point breaking way above it now It's at the highs of the day here so easily enough. I'll just put this ARDX just on our watch list to begin ARDX Let's take a look at level four and just setting up shop here pretty quick here So I'm just gonna show you a level four to make it even easier But you know here's an iceberg order in which it broke above actually at first this morning It was many as 90 plus thousand shares that were out there at one time From there it looks like someone pulled part of their order But still showed is like fifty sixty thousand shares at first on the initial test and then just now Rebreaking or retesting and then breaking out here. So pretty good move Like we'd said we'll definitely put this back on our watch list and it's extremely tradable good spread good tier size Even though it's a you know proving me wrong or exceeding my expectations. Well at this stage Let's see if there's more here, you know, why not got 42,000 share iceberg up top It looks like at 923 along that actually at 927 that another 41,000 sitting there is that through yep, that's just even on Nasdaq. How about that? So if I if I had if I had the book viewer up in time You would actually be able to see that there directly on the Nasdaq book viewer to show it from my advanced level 2 window there now ARTX on our list. Let's see what else we can grab though from top to bottom Actually, we'll just jump to Mara here Mara ended up making a nice move back up off a minor support level just earlier today We covered this trade from top to bottom Or bottom to top them back to bottom them back in between here and you know I got a lot of lines on this chart mind you But you know just before it ended up retesting big support the big range that we had called out early this morning In fact actually give me a quick moment. I'd love to show you that so earlier today in chat We had mentioned this in our workshop before too This is why it's so important to be a member at least inside our live trading room to receive all of our commentary call-outs, etc So earlier today I wrote to you we went over this in traders talk at 925 this morning Mara 24 77 to 25 the combination of them the range of them is the first support level And then if it were to make a clean break below there, then you got like a really far drop So thankfully we didn't have to worry about that clean break. It ended up holding support early in the morning And once again now too So at least here for the afternoon we're gonna put Mara back on our list You might sit you sit there and say like you know Josh loves Mara It's like the only thing he focuses in on a not really that's not true at all It's just a matter of you know volatility if this thing had a 20 cent spread. I would not be calling it out If this thing moved, you know, five or eight cents across the entire day I'd say it wouldn't be worth our time So over time I'm certain Mara will become more out of her price range the more this goes up Then eventually we'll focus in more on the other miners out there as we always have been but like you know CLSK You know, we've been following that for a little while here So we're always gonna trade new ones over time, you know Mara and Riot go together a CLSK They all move somewhat in tandem, but I will tell you though. I just Mara given the volatility Maybe it's a lower float. Maybe it's just the overall, you know activity and eyes that are on this trade But it's a good combination for now. I mean remember what I said about Neo and IO back I mean a year and a half at this go a year a year and a half go at this point The more this drops off it becomes a slower more stagnant trade You're not gonna hear me call the stock out nearly as frequent, right? And then that is exactly what happened on this one. So they come and go, you know right now Mara is our cup of tea here It's the flavor of the weekend You know for now add that back to our list, right? But let's see what else we got though We'll go from top to bottom now and see what else we can grab here I'd say a lot of these are gonna be washed up at least from earlier today Like all the big percentage gainers from the morning session SNTG looks like a second wind type of move there not much happening now Nexie obviously tanking here across the afternoon done Zcar that nice old gap fill later this one actually I know later was watching earlier today and gap filled up towards like $8 it did a good job filling a good chunk of it, but just at this stage now. It looks pretty weak order book pretty thin This a CET just up until a moment ago is actually looking great. Did we even call this one out, Rich? Let me just take a look. I didn't so I'm just asking if rich did in my absence and I don't think he did either So hey, there's been plenty of out plenty of stocks out there that we've had our eyes on This one end up just making more of a recent pop up after two o'clock topped off at 379 377 there I mean it is still at a potential higher low It's still at a potential support level, but I really don't like this most recent drop-off So I'll come back to this one at the ends if we need to all right We keep it moving here SLDB stock from yesterday actually pop and drop and I guess trying to make a recovery now But look at that order book not a fan of that there cutter here CTR LAES this one looks pretty decent actually and I slow move but at the highs and you know good book good trend Love, you know all of that at least. I'll add that LAES ACCD Kind of same deal, but in terms of bang for the you know bang for the buck You know as far as like and really what you can make more money on It's probably better stocks at this point GRTS Wow, this one actually had a pretty good move up and Don't get your stocks twisted as I actually just did a second ago for like a micro second here You got GRTS up 25 and a half percent today Why do they have to make it so hard for us here? You got GRTS on the gainers list and then they got GR FS GR FS on the losers list actually both moved up today. This one being more of a gap filled thankfully, but Let's go back to that other one number 15 on the gainers list GRTS This one making a pretty good push across the entire day, but much like the LAES stock It's right at the highs right where we want to see it cheap good book And for now that makes the cut I got the C4 or 4C Think fast just tuning in right now. So 4C will call it Nevertheless great pop from earlier today, you know higher low over time and then it ran back up higher Look at the daily chart though I mean this thing back, you know a few weeks ago if you recall if you've you know if you were in our trading room back Then we ended up following this back in early to mid December ran up from basically two up to eight in a matter of a couple of days time phenomenal trade back then but You know, we don't really necessarily expected to make a return back up to those highs So it's easy to say. Hey, it's been a made it's made for a great bounce good swing trade I would not really be swing trading the stock. This would just be a day trade to me It has been I haven't been in it today at least but you know, I've been calling it out as a day trade specifically so good book near the highs Doesn't hurt us to add this back to our watch list here for this afternoon Now just here if this is a lower high in building and then it just tanks then at that point probably just scrap it off your list then but All right, CDIO familiar name from last week. It was a choppy move then choppy move now This CENX. It's aluminum. Yep, aluminum stock there. All right, so let's hop over to loser side here We got class ahead class at 305 eastern time for any of our gold platinum and diamond students here at CTU So want to make sure that you folks have enough time to click the link get ready for class I know the Fausto is getting ready right now All right, so we had the GRFS on the loser side. We saw that already actually let me just jump back to it as we begin there Normally for a gap fill especially for a stock like filling the gap going upward like a downward gap and it's filling it going up You know, you normally tend to see it just fall off pretty quickly after what goes up comes back down twice as fast Well, this one's been proving proving me wrong in that regard. It hasn't made that full-fledged reversal really all Right around 10 o'clock. Maybe 1030. She actually had that reversal, but then higher low and it bounced. So You know, does it hurt us to add this to our watch list again at this stage now? It doesn't I mean we got five stocks on there I feel like we'd have a pretty big list if we were at like nine or ten So I don't feel like we're overwhelming us here with putting this on there But normally for a stock down and a dead cap bounce opportunity You typically tend to see it exhaust out after the morning You know more so drop so at least this has been holding here, but I guess I'll add this to the back end of our watch list now GRFS just don't get them confused though GRTS up like on the gainers list GRFS Maybe up but it's on the loser's list here GRFS All right, so let's see what else we can add here though. Otherwise. I mean bunch of stocks that are really cheap jet blue down big obviously with Boeing perhaps there overnight more news come out that whole debacle Jet blue the lows bowing down a little bit today and dropped off just this afternoon, but I'd say jet blues looking pretty weak Delta up today got a love Delta not the stock but the airline at least I love Delta Airlines UAL pretty choppy there and flat not really whole lots right home about in that regard You know jet blue there we go. We'll add this to our watch list as a short that the lows.  I think the news out on this one was that they ended up letting go or firing 25% of their workforce and It actually led to a reaction that we would normally expect Which is a pop at first if you look at the after hours yesterday this thing popped when that news came out That's often what happens when a company announces layoffs Boy doesn't mean it's going to continue and that happened just in the after hours when we weren't really treating it So, you know just the overnight reaction was a big drop off afterwards it tanked as soon as the market opened up and Obviously not breaking a lower even from from last week's, you know low is there at the time. So Unity, I'll add this to our watch list. All right, let's see if there's anything else looking good Actually, there's a lot that's down percentage wise like more than 5% at least so, you know for Sam or grand Brian Larry Lorraine anyone else here in the chat board. Just let me know if there's anything else that I'm missing Did I mention AR DX EA so we started off with AR DX that one just looking great Now it's been phenomenal and pushed up even more since we last left off with it And so it's been up what like 16 17 cents from where we even left off with it in this meeting Really good trade. I mean at this point you'd figure maybe ten dollars is your next psychological Oh, take a look at this huge iceberg on the buy side. Wow, and I don't have the Nasdaq book If you were up running on me here, but you see it on trade station That's my level three built built within the platform and it's on the Nasdaq It is confirmed just you see a via level two even if you look close enough It's on my level two window 9790 or 99,000 share iceberg on the buy side there. It's at 925 So likely that was a ladder likely that was an order on the bid that was pushing this up Yep, and there we go. And here's level four. Oh, so it popped up originally at 915 and Now although it was just out there a moment ago And I'll show time and sales in a bit, but it looks like most of that order just got whacked It just got filled right there pretty quickly Yep, although it shows in yellow on my tape, which isn't correct. That should be red But we'll see what happens at 925 whether that leads to another slingshot or if this is the top of the roller coaster You didn't really want to see that order get filled at 925 there So we're gonna keep this on our list at the top number one here for now I'll tell you I like what we got though. Otherwise, I mean Sam with the GR FS news and then otherwise that's pretty much it That's all we got here Check out Benzingo pro. We got about 15 minutes anyway I want to make sure all of our students have enough time to get ready for class the advanced trading class with Fausto the man himself coming up at 305 Eastern You got next see MTC both of those are absolute crap.  Just looking at the order book the MTC Yeah Crap. All right. Just checking out YouTube. Lastly anyone on YouTube Facebook live, etc. at cyber trading you No, always look to hit the subscribe button hit the follow button So you know when we're going live when we're not I always look to spread the good word of CTU around Gotta get back to my inbox like I'd said just later on today for a few students Larry Joyce Bill I think I got back to a couple of us on traders talk questions But now I have a few more I have to get through just by the end of today. So just check your emails later on this evening Be on the stick at least from 3 to 4 p.m. And then Actually got a nice nice spot afternoon. How about that get a nice massage facial got the whole treatment going on actually later today I figured kick off the new year right much like we're giving away a couple coaching packs to you guys here Start the new year off right for myself little self-care. Alright, so folks again. I think that's pretty much it I mean that we got a good list. I love what we got in fact Bunch of trades on the way up a bunch of trades holding near the highs and If that's not good enough for you, we got a couple shorts jet blue got unity Right All right, folks. So hey otherwise just if you have any other questions feel free to shoot me over a quick private chat I'll be on the mic like had said up until the market closed today If you're joining us on social media, just scan that QR code on the top left of the stream If you're not as fancy with your phone not as good with your camera that is okay Just go right down to the link on the banner below Ctu.co forward slash trial we look forward to seeing you inside our live trading room. Alright folks talk to everybody soon. Take care


It's brilliant to be at this conference today and never has it had never has been a more relevant time for it As we look at our constitutional freedoms being stifled and people talking about finding their voice on the roads You know it couldn't have been a better day to hear Rajdeep Sardisai in his keynote address speak about that for very long We have existed in silos and now these silos need to melt and we don't need to talk at one another We need to talk with one another. So I think that was a beautiful take away from the morning session even from Aditya Hosh's and you know, Mr. Avinar a call session which was all about that with these lines blurring and these lines merging The overall sum of the parts has to be bigger than the individual sum of the parts, you know So that that really is the synergistic message which was appearing from all of that Speaking about my panel particularly From our panel, I think it is about how Communication PR and how everything has changed in the life of a brand market here with the advent of digital and social media And my personal take from that is what I mentioned there is as well is that this whole democratization of the space Where the power which was centralized with a few people is now decentralized and in a way Every consumer now has a microphone and now has a platform in his or her hand is essentially a good thing This whole democratization of the space is a very good thing for both brands as well as consumers And we need to look at it as an opportunity not just as a double-edged sword


If you want me to continue with my work, it is crucial to support the channel via Patreon. Moreover, make sure to subscribe to Bobby's Perspective on Rumble. All the links are in the description box below. May Allah bless you all. Alright guys, welcome back to the channel. If you're new, my name is Bobby. Guys, it has been a while since I recorded a sit-down video. It must have been multiple years by now. And I want to talk about nutrition today. And this is something that reminds me as well of the old days of Bobby's Perspective. Today I want to talk about nutrition in an Islamic context, of course, because here I am surrounded by Muslims where I live. And henceforth I'm surrounded by Muslim food stands. Oftentimes I see the halal sign. However, when I'm looking at that food, I personally see Mediocre unhealthy food.  If the food says it is halal, we of course have to assume that it's halal. However, halal means permissible and not healthy. So we cannot conflate those things. If you're living in a Muslim country, of course, all the foods are halal by default. And therefore you can make the choice if you're eating healthy food or if you're eating junk food. However, in non-Muslim countries, we have limited access to halal food. Of course, you do have a halal butcher. But when you go out, most of the time you see some fried chicken, you see some kebabs, or any other type of junk food that then in turn is labeled as halal. So today I want to keep it short and concise. I'm not going to give you a whole nutritional breakdown, but I want to remind my viewers of what was available during the time of the Prophet, Salah al-Alayi was selling. Because halal food, yes, by default is halal when it's slaughtered in a certain way. However, meat back in the day was not fried in vegetable oils like it is nowadays, unfortunately, common practice within the junk food industry. So therefore I want to urge you to redirect your focus. It's great that you identified the label. You saw it as halal food. Fantastic. But please look at that food and see if it is a whole food or not. Let us go through the list of what foods were available during the time of the Prophet, Salah al-Alayi was selling. Number one, we have dates and other fruits. Dates were a staple in the Arabian diet. They were widely available and provided a good source of energy. Other fruits such as figs, grapes, pomegranates and melons were also consumed. In an environment like the desert, hydration is key. Therefore, fruits are an amazing source of water, of course. The water and fruits is easily available to the human body, just as the carbohydrates that are found within those fruits. But moreover, if you look into dates, they do offer some B vitamins, for example, vitamin B6 and iron as well. The point that I'm making here is this is a whole food. Yes, this is halal. It is a fruit. Nowadays, the equivalent would be some fruit that is coated in sugar and chocolate. It would still be technically halal, but it was not found during the time of the Prophet, Salah al-Alayi was selling. Number two, barley and wheat. Grains like barley and wheat were used to make bread and porridge. Bread was a common part of the diet. So now, yet again, this cannot be conflated with bread nowadays. Bread nowadays is bleached flour, processed junk, where they add sugar and vegetable oils into it. Those ancient grains from back in the day were complex fermented starchy carbohydrates. Not something that sends your blood sugar onto a roller coaster. No, this would give you sustainable energy. This is unprocessed, this fermented, therefore easily digestible. So please notice the difference between those two foods. Yes, both are called bread, but they are two different foods entirely. Number three, meat, especially lamb and camel was consumed. However, it's important to note that meat was not as widely available as other food items and it was a luxury for many. This is something that we have to take into consideration. Of course, meat was not widely available as it is nowadays.  But yet again, this video is here for you to redirect your focus. Meat is not just meat. Yet again, first and foremost, we all understand that kebab meat is just junk most of the time. It is processed meat filled with all kinds of salts and yet again, unfortunately, vegetable seed oils. Even if we're talking about the halal slaughter process, nowadays you have so-called halal meat and it comes from a slaughterhouse, an industrial-sized slaughterhouse. You just hear Bismillah, Bismillah and the throats are slit. Those animals grew up in absolutely horrendous conditions and are just killed on a conveyor belt. It's absolutely repulsive, no matter if it is considered halal or not. Compare this to the slaughter process back in the day. But you can find it nowadays as well. You can find it in a halal farm, for example. If you would go out of your way and visit halal farms, you can even do the slaughter yourself. That meat is ultimately better for you, for your family and it provides a better life for the animal as well. It's a win-win situation. Number four, milk and dairy products. Milk from camels, goats and sheep was a significant source of nutrition. Yogurt and cheeses were also made from milk and here the crucial factor is raw milk. Because pasteurization, the process of killing all the bacteria in the milk, was invented roughly 1862. So around 200 years ago, people started killing all the bacteria, all the beneficial bacteria in milk products. Since then, lactose intolerance is spiking. It is absolutely everywhere, very prevalent and people started drinking almond milk and soy milk and all of that gunk.  Why? Because you had raw, unpasteurized milk that contained all the bacteria and the enzymes that are important for the digestion of milk. So the healthiest milk that you can consume is raw milk, raw cheeses, raw yogurts, etc. And this is why we can learn so much of the Prophet's diet, of the Prophet, Salaf alayhi wa sallam, when we look back at what he ate. Because we find very, very similar food items to ours nowadays. But when you look in detail, you will find that those food items were unprocessed, unpasteurized, unheeded, not fortified, not diluted with vegetable oils, etc. Number five, honey. Honey was highly valued and used as a sweetener. It was also known for its medicinal properties. And here raw is the buzzword yet again because the honey back in the day was not heat treated either and was raw. When you look into medicinal properties of honey, guess what? That medicinal honey is always raw. And the honey that you find within the supermarket is heat treated and has no medicinal benefits. Why? Number six, olives and olive oil. Olive trees were cultivated in certain regions and olives and olive oil were part of the diet. I know I talked a lot about vegetable seed oils, but the emphasis is on seeds. Seed oils are very high in PUA's, which is polyunsaturated fats. However, if you look at olive oil on the other hand, olive oil has roughly 8 to 10% polyunsaturated fats. And therefore if you consume vegetable oils, this would be amongst the healthiest vegetable oils that you can consume aside from avocados, macadamia nuts. They're pretty all right as well. Number seven, vegetables. Vegetables such as cucumbers, onions, garlic, and lentils were consumed. The funny thing is we can't really talk about vegetable consumption here because let's be honest. When we're talking about onions and garlic, those are consumed sporadically. Nobody consumes big quantities of those vegetables. When it comes down to lentils, sure this would be classified as a vegetable, no doubts about it. However, cucumbers are actually a fruit.  No, cucumbers really are a fruit and it is very hydrating of course. We all know that cucumbers contain a lot of water and therefore again within a desert scenario, eating cucumbers would be amazingly hydrating for you and therefore a good choice of a fruit but not a vegetable. The reason why I mention this here is because you can see that the list of vegetables is very, very short. Nowadays, however, they tell you need to eat broccoli and kale to be healthy. So where are those people back in the day not healthy? Did the prophet do something wrong here? Of course not. Broccoli, spinach, all of those greens are man-made inventions. None of those vegetables you can find in nature. All of those vegetables have been cultivated and now they are mass produced for people to eat. If you look however into the oxalate content of those greens, you will see that they can lead to kidney stones and be actually detrimental to your health. So therefore reducing vegetables is actually much healthier for you than you would think. Number eight, nuts and seeds. Almonds, walnuts and other nuts were eaten during the time of the prophet, Salah alayhi wasalaam. I'm not a big fan of nuts. Nor would I ever make the claim that nuts are somehow an integral part of a healthy human diet. However, that being said, we can see the abstinence of peanuts, for example. And if we look into nowadays and age, peanuts are amongst the most consumed nuts, especially in the form of peanut butter. And peanut butter are grinded peanuts with vegetable oils and sugar. Moreover, peanuts contain efflatoxin, which is ultimately a toxin coming from mold. So if you're eating almonds and walnuts in their whole form, you wouldn't overeat on them necessarily. If you however spoon feed yourself with peanut butter jelly sandwiches, you can of course do the math. All right, guys, and this is it for today's video. I really hope that this opened your eyes a little bit and made you reflect upon food choices. Because as I said, being surrounded by Muslims here, man, I've seen horrendous eating habits. Just because it says halal, it does not equate, it is healthy. Yet again, yes, it is permissible. I'm not here to rule anything out. But please reflect upon that those foods are nothing but treats. They can be eaten. You can treat yourself with it if you want to. But ultimately, this does not constitute a healthy diet. It really does not. Here in Thailand, man, 90% of halal food is simply fried chicken. They love that stuff. But it's absolutely unhealthy for you. Mediocre meat, quality, fried in vegetable seed oils. This is detrimental to you. And in the worst case scenario, it can lead to heart attacks, et cetera. We have to remind ourselves of what food used to be. So therefore, I want to refer you back to the time of the Prophet Sallallahu alaihi wa sallam, because we know the first three generations were the best generations. So if they were the best generations, you would assume that they had, by default, the best life. They had the best foods around them, the healthiest foods, of course. Why were those the healthiest foods? Simple because they were unprocessed. Honestly, people make diets so complicated nowadays. Should I do keto? Should I do carnivore? Should I do vegan? The best way to go, first and foremost, is to eat unprocessed foods. Then the second step is to see how much protein you need and to adjust the protein needs. Then you go from there. But anyways, I said I don't want to talk about nutrition too deeply today, but simply refer you back to the original food items that we could find during the time of the Prophet Sallallahu alaihi wa sallam. Guys, let me know in the comments section if you want to hear more about nutrition and then I will make an extensive video about that. But for now, this is it. Guys, if you enjoyed the video, leave me a thumbs up, subscribe to the channel if you haven't already. Check out the links in the description box below to further support this channel. And now, as always, may God bless you all. Much love and peace.


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If you're like me, you definitely know Nintendo Switch 2 is launching next year. This is maybe gaming's worst kept secret and we know this in a similar way to how we knew the Switch OLED was going to be launching back in 2021. I know, I know, we all thought it was going to be a Switch Pro and there was all these reports, but the bottom line is there was a new system that came out. It was a new revision for the Nintendo Switch, but either way that you slice it, hey, a new system did actually come out even if the smoke didn't lead to the exact fire we had hoped. Now there's lots of speculation about this. Maybe it was the pandemic, tough time at manufacturing, whatever it is, the smoke wasn't exactly what we thought it was, but those problems are behind us. There's no pandemic at the moment. There's no manufacturing problems that we're aware of. PlayStation 5, Xbox and Switch are all plentiful this holiday season. So are your mobile devices. It's really not that hard to get what you want to get these days. So as that is the case, I would think a lot of the smoke is probably from a blazing inferno that is Nintendo Switch 2 coming next year. You add that in with the fact that next year we actually enter the eighth year of Nintendo Switch. And I know you want to be like Nintendo Nintendo Nintendo seven to 10 years for the Nintendo Switch. Like, yeah, look, the Switch is going to exist after Switch 2 launches. It's not like Nintendo is pressing DELETE on Switch. But what's interesting is it looks more and more increasingly likely that we're going to get multiple new consoles from Nintendo next year. And that's what we're talking about right now. Now, before I dive into the rest, you know what?  I mean, maybe you are subscribed and if you are, thank you so much. But if you're not, you know you missed out on free Oreo cookies raining from the heavens. Look, guys, I don't know when they're going to show up. I just know that, hey, check your cookies and there'll probably be some Oreos there if you hit the subscribe button. I don't know what to tell you. Also, drop a like and why don't leave a comment below letting me know what you're most excited for for 2024. So before we dive into some of the Switch 2 stuff and even Furukawa's comments and all this stuff surrounding it because we got a lot to get into, let's talk about the other system that's likely launching in 2024. And it's something we've talked about, but it might not be this exact thing. And I'm going to talk about why it might not be exactly this thing we talked about before and rather could be a variation of something else and why Nintendo is going to do it. We got to talk about the Switch Mini. So look, all of that came from patents. And regardless of whether or not the system is smaller or not. And again, we're talking about the Switch Mini here for a moment because this wasn't a bunch of patents. The patents are public. And when patents are public, it usually means that this was a canceled concept or project. But the idea of things that Nintendo has done in the past like a Super Nintendo Entertainment System Junior, the Wii Mini, a Game Boy Micro and other models that came late in a console's lifespan of the old system was really about trying to generate sales. And all of these systems that we just mentioned by name came out after the launch of a new system. And this was because these systems were made to be super cheap and, well, available to buy cheaply. So cheap to make, cheap to buy. This was just to garner extra sales from a platform that, you know, Nintendo's moving on from. It's never been something that's been really successful if you want to look at raw sales data for Nintendo in the past. But the system didn't exist. These late, you know, alternate smaller systems or whatever you want to call them. They weren't there to garner extra millions and millions of system sales. But just to help extend the life a little bit longer for super cheap. And look, I don't know what Nintendo is going to do with this supposed system that is going to come out after Nintendo Switch 2 launches. It is not something that we have enough knowledge on. But would I be willing to bet that Nintendo is going to release a super cheap Nintendo Switch at some point after the Nintendo Switch 2 comes out? Yeah, I'd be willing to bet it. History says they're going to do it. The Nintendo Switch is going to continue to live on for at least two to three more years. Look how long the 3DS lasted for. Look, when Nintendo has a successful system, they continue to sell it for years. The Wii persisted years into the Wii U. In fact, the Wii persisted longer than the Wii U did. The point is that, yeah, Nintendo is going to do something like this. I don't think this is a foreign concept. And if you think they're going to release this in lieu of Nintendo Switch 2, then you literally haven't paid attention to not only all of Nintendo's history, but just gaming console history. PlayStation 2 had several variations after PlayStation 3 came out. Same thing happens with Xbox. Same thing happens with everything. Like, this just is normal. I don't really know why anyone thought when the Switch Mini stuff was starting to be reported that, like, oh man, this means there's no Switch 2. Do you not know your gaming history? And I guess it's okay if you don't. Maybe the Switch was your first ever system. But gaming history says that this is not a replacement or instead of system. This isn't even intended to be an improved model. It's typically just, hey, we're trying to make the Nintendo Switch for as cheap as we possibly can to sell it for as cheap as we possibly can. So it might get a few extra sales it wouldn't have otherwise. Now, the other system obviously is Nintendo Switch 2. And there are so many rumors and reports surrounding it that it seems undeniable that it exists. And I know people are going to say, well, Furukawa destroyed all the Switch 2 rumors. But he actually only addressed two very specific rumors. And he left the rest alone, believe it or not. The reports on dev units being in partner's hands in the middle of July, Nintendo said nothing about that. The reports on the demos themselves, the actual demos at Gamescom. Again, Nintendo never denied that happened. Nintendo did deny telling some devs in 2022 about the system. And they denied specifically. This is where Nintendo did get specific. That Switch 2 had any sort of prototype or physical system present at Gamescom. They didn't say Gamescom by name, but we all know that's what they meant. Which actually wasn't what the reports from Gamescom actually said. They said demos running on target spec hardware, which just meant game demos running on a PC. And that the PC puts the clocks and all of that around what the supposed Nintendo Switch 2 will be. This is actually how most game demos for consoles happened in the past at events like E3. You wouldn't call those PCs that are sitting under there, OU, when they're showing off Breath of the Wild. It's not actually running an OU, it's being run on a PC. So the key thing, though, is that Furukawa specifically said the hardware itself wasn't present. And was something else that he said. Some rumors are being passed around as if they are public knowledge. And if you don't know what he was referencing there, some reported that Nintendo Switch 2 was physically present at Gamescom behind closed doors. And it was being treated as a fact by some outlets who were regurgitating the reports. He was clarifying that there's no truth to that. But think about other stuff he never addressed. He didn't address the T239 Nvidia leaks from 2022. Didn't touch that. The dev kits. Hell, he didn't even touch on the rumors about there possibly being a digital only system at launch. Yes, remember that rumor? Let me give you a little refresher here. Let's just say that there's a rumor out there that says there'll be two versions of Switch 2 at launch. Just like the PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series. One of them is digital only. That information came from a rumor from Special Nick on an Xbox Era podcast earlier this year. Again, Furukawa addressed none of that. Now, Special Nick did note that this was merely something he heard was a plan at some point. And he didn't know if it actually moved forward and they're manufacturing and going to go forward with it. Still, it could mean there's technically three new systems launching next year. Switch 2, the Switch 2 all digital, and then obviously this new model of Nintendo Switch made on the cheap. So the question would be, why would Nintendo possibly release two if not three systems next year? And the reality is that Nintendo is a company that knows what it's doing. And I know if you follow Nintendo's transition to other systems in the past and sequel consoles, it's easy to point out Nintendo doesn't know what they're doing, right? They haven't really successfully transitioned and been able to repeat success over and over. Even the Super Nintendo, which is widely regarded one of Nintendo's best transitions, it still sold like one third less units than the original Nintendo Entertainment system. So while it was still successful in its own right and to me, my second favorite Nintendo home console of all time, it's also one of those, you know, it technically didn't reach the levels of the prior system or even come close technically. So Nintendo has a history of failing to repeat successes, the things we just talked about. Furukawa said he wants to avoid that. So do you think you avoid that by waiting until nobody wants to buy Switch anymore? Or do you think you do it while Switch still has a market? Obviously you do it while Switch still has a market. Imagine they didn't want to release the iPhone 15 this year because people were still buying the iPhone 14. No, you know, not bring out your next product because the last one is still selling. You keep momentum by continuously refreshing and releasing new products. PlayStation learned this a long time ago. PlayStation 2 was still selling phenomenal when PlayStation 3 came out. But you sell it while you still have market momentum. You don't wait till nobody cares about your products anymore and then release a new system. We've seen Nintendo do this for decades and while they've been around and they're still more successful than Xbox, that's not really been proven to create consistent success. They fixed all of this with Nintendo Switch where they climbed back up that mountain and got to the top. But now you got to stay there and you don't stay there by releasing a next generation system way too late. And what's also going to help you stay there is even after this next generation system comes out, you don't stop selling the old system. You don't stop releasing games for it.   You make them cross-gen. Look at what Sony's done. PlayStation 5 is selling phenomenal and only recently has it gotten exclusive. I think Nintendo's going to go to the exclusive well pretty much day one. But I think Nintendo's actually going to do something we've never really seen them do.  Not just that launch. I think for the entire first year, the first calendar year of Nintendo Switch 2, any games that looks like it could run on a Switch but is also going to have a Switch 2 version will have a Switch version. They won't just abandon 130 plus million, 140 plus million by the time Switch 2 comes out. Owners. They're not going to just toss them to the trash. Nintendo's going to take care of them while also satisfying the new owners of Switch 2. I think Nintendo has a clear plan. And I'm not going to go over that plan today. I think we'll wait until Nintendo actually announces the system likely next year. I know we're hoping for the game awards, hyping to responsibly. But when Nintendo likely announces the system next year, we'll talk about it then. Because I think Nintendo's got a nice little roadmap for themselves that's very clear and very obvious and could even include Smash Bros. Yeah, we're not talking about that in this video. But there's some strong evidence to suggest that Masahiro Sakurai is back again working on Smash Bros. We're going to leave it at that. I think Nintendo knows what they're doing. I think they're going to keep Switch relevant for a little bit longer. Meanwhile, they're going to continue to bring Switch 2 out next year. I don't know if it's this these rumored first half or early next year. If it's going to be, you know, winter release or a holiday release. Look, I don't know when Switch 2 is coming next year. And I don't know when this new revised Nintendo Switch is going to come out. But I firmly believe they're coming out next year. And I want to get your guys' thoughts on this. Do you think I'm just crazy? Do you think I'm out there? Do you think this doesn't make sense? Or are you like me and going, damn, this actually is. Mucho gracias. Why did I just say that? Mucho grande. I look, I don't speak Spanish. Why am I attempting to put Spanish at the end of this video? I can't even say I speak Spanish. That's how bad I am. All right, guys. Thank you so much for being here and we'll catch you in the next video.


Good morning guys. Happy Saturday from Tampa. I am with my friend and we are going to Oxford Exchange. Hopefully fingers crossed we can get in. We really want brunch here. We got up really early to come here. We don't have reservations. So we're just gonna like fingers crossed that we get in. I'm here for a private screening of the Barbie movie for my other friend's birthday. So that'll be like super fun. Got to change up clothes. This is my fit. And yeah, it's so pretty. We're not really good into Oxford Exchange but we made a reservation for like 3.30. The movie will be over by then. So it's totally fine. But now we're walking to get Chick-fil-A breakfast because basically we're still hungry. Like we're gonna have something and then we'll probably have popcorn at the movies. Then we'll do Oxford Exchange for like our big meal for the day. The weather's actually pretty nice out too. So good to try to not get run over here. Decided to come to the International Plaza Mall. We parked next to the lards. Gonna stop in the Apple Store, hopefully. Had to stop into Lulu Lemon because it's like the best store, you know? And across the street is Burberry as you guys can see over there. But yeah, we're just shopping. They have a really good selection here and we're hoping to go to Oritzia too. We gotta love the Align jacket. I have this, I think I have this one but this one has no hood. So I'm gonna get this. I have it in my hands right here but this one's so great because it doesn't have the hood. As you can see, this one has a hood and it chokes me. So this one doesn't and I love the green and the gold. So I think I'm going to get this. It's like $100. But the thing is, I'm gonna sell my tan one because I can sell that for full price. There's nothing wrong with it because Lulu Lemon has a really good resale rate. Like everything Lulu Lemon that I've sold always goes pretty fast. We're at the Tampa, Oritzia. We're gonna go to Al-O in Oritzia but we're gonna come back after the movie because basically we need to get changed and stuff and then head over cause we have to be there at 11.30. So yeah, like we're just gonna come back. We hit up Louis Vuitton. Yeah, we're just gonna come back so we can hit up those stores. It'll be cool but we did some damage. I ended up getting the bag, the hoodie, not the hoodie, the scuba funnel neck. I'm never gonna remember that. Funnel, like a funnel cake. I guess that's one way to remember it but that's enough damage for today. Do you wanna see yourself or do you want me to see? Oh, you can see. Okay. So this is my outfit. Got the heels on. I've always wanted to dress up for the Barbie movie and this gives me an opportunity too so I'm excited. We're super early but we're gonna go pee and like take some pics. So yeah. I arrived at the movie theater a little early and I met a friend Kelly. Hi vlog. And she has an Instagram. I'll link it down below if you wanna check out her page. She's the sweetest so we've just been like talking, catching up, getting to know each other and she has this really cool name necklace. I wish everyone had that. Like, look how cool that is. And it's customized. I love that. And I'm on TikTok. You're on TikTok? What's your username? So my username is kellyboot on the score one. Follow me there. I make a lot of fun content about makeup. Get ready for me. Learn more about the disability community. I'm very involved in this study for international. So if you wanna get involved or follow me, check it out please. Yes, I was looking for a new vlog. With the birthday girl. Wait, I gotta like make it. Yeah. With the birthday girl. Hi. Hi, love. And friends since high school. Sorry, my armpit like eight years old. It's okay. And happy birthday. This is, Carly's card is in here. Oh, you guys didn't have to do that. It's so sweet. There's no tissue paper. Yeah, if you want to. I wish she was like, yes. All right, open it girl. Is that what my birthday is? Yeah, it's the private screening of the Warby movie. Yeah. Hopefully they could tell from the outfit. The Warby outfit. And remember that, yeah, I wanted to get it for you. Yeah, look at me up at Disney gear. Nikolai got me a selfie light. Really? She got me the ears and you got me my backpack. Yeah. So cute. And then there's the cards. You guys are sweet. You want me to open them? No, it's okay. But I just want to tell the vlog. I always remind them that we got kicked out of Disney at Disney Springs that one time. We're doing our photo shoot. Yeah, yeah. I was like, that was an iconic moment. Yes. Very iconic. Okay, so this is what the theater looks like. It's so private. Look at these seats. I wonder if they recline. Oh my God, they do. Wait, I think, can I show your feet? Yeah. Prefit feet. Okay, so we are on our way to Oxford Exchange again because we made reservations. So basically we're going to eat there because we love Oxford Exchange. And then we don't really know what we might go meet up with Kayla because they're going to be at this restaurant that starts with like a pee. I forgot the name of it. We might go meet up with them because they're going to just like bar hop and stuff. So we'll see where their day takes us. Nothing's really like tentative, you know? But she did invite us, which was really nice. Man, I'm already out of breath. I don't know. My friend and I were just saying that like, dude, we are starving. Like, I don't know what it is. We didn't really eat any popcorn at the movie theater. We just got like some water and stuff. Overall, it's been such a good day so far. Okay, so we came into DeLards. Well, it's DeLards, but I say DeLards because me and some of my old co-workers at Universal used to call it that. So we're in DeLards. And my friend has to go pee really bad. It's almost like me having to pee in a cup that one time. So we're like on the hunt to find a bathroom for her. I'm like, if you need to pee in a cup in my car, it's okay. It's okay. That's Safari Part Two. That's Safari Part Two. Came into the Tampa, Eurythia store and just exploring as normal. Came into Allo because, I mean, I can't believe they have an Allo store here in Tampa. We need to get one at Mount Melania desperately. And you guys don't understand how much I want an Allo hat. Oh my God. I want one so freaking bad, but they're kind of expensive. So I put one on my Christmas list. Okay, sorry if you can hear like some background noise. My mom's watching like a TV show or Netflix show. And I just wanted to come on to in the video.  I wasn't expecting to have that much fun, but I always have fun when I go to Tampa, see Kayla, hang out with Harley, like everything. But I have this funny story. So basically we're in Allo because there's an Allo in Tampa. I don't know why there's not one in Orlando, but I've been wanting an Allo hat, right? But they're way too expensive.  It's like $58 or something. Can't be doing that. So we were looking at the hats and there's this like one version of the hat that like all of the tags said $38. I'm like, oh my gosh, if I could get this hat for like 40 bucks, yes. So me being like a good citizen, like I bring it to like one of the sales associates like attention and I'm like, hey, like this is the exact same hat, but like it's marked like $38, not 58. And she was like, oh, let me ask my manager. I'll double check or whatever. And basically the manager was like, oh, that's wrong, we need to pull those.  And then she grabbed it and my friend was like gonna check it out.  So I mentioned like, oh, could we get those hats at the price? Cause like I was the one that found the error on one of the versions of the hats. And she was like, well, technically they're not on the floor anymore. So no, and it was a different person. I feel like the sales associate and the manager I spoke with like went in the back. So it was like super awkward. And like, honestly, I feel like the best customer service thing to do would be like, oh, thank you so much for finding this mistake. Like you can get it at this price because like if not people are just been thinking that. And yeah, so it was kind of sad, but it's all right. I didn't need to spend any more money either. I wasn't really planning on spending money, but oh my gosh, I had to have that funnel neck pull over because I never wear my scuba half zip because of the fricking like hood, like choking me. So I'm like, this version doesn't have a hood and it's honestly quite cuter. It's good for like the holidays and fall. I thought that was funny and I really wish I could have gotten the discount cause I would have bought that hat like right then and there in chief. It was really $38 cause I'll be like, yes, that is awesome. I think that is going to be it for this video. I hope you guys enjoyed it. It was super fun. If you did enjoy, give it a thumbs up. Don't forget to subscribe to my channel and I'll see you guys in my next video. Bye.